Match Notes: Sporting at Colorado Rapids | March 17, 2019 by Sporting Kansas City

COLORADO RAPIDS vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY

DICK’S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City, Colo. Sunday, March 17, 2019 (Week 3, MLS Game #35) 7 p.m. MT (Altitude; FS-KC)

COLORADO RAPIDS 2019 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 194 03/06/1979 North Brunswick, NJ 2 2 0 0 162 160 0 2 1 Tim Howard DF 5-9 164 12/11/1993 Harrisburg, PA 2 2 0 0 82 78 3 6 2 Keegan Rosenberry 3 Kofi Opare DF 6-2 190 10/12/1990 Mampong, Ghana 0 0 0 0 77 73 4 1 4 Danny Wilson DF 6-2 174 12/27/1991 Livingston, Scotland 2 1 0 0 25 23 0 1 5 Tommy Smith DF 6-2 181 03/31/1990 Macclesfield, England 0 0 0 0 33 33 4 3 6 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 163 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2 2 1 0 238 214 38 56 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 2 2 0 0 53 25 15 8 7 Diego Rubio MF 5-10 143 06/14/1987 Lund, Sweden 0 0 0 0 24 21 0 3 8 Johan Blomberg 10 Kellyn Acosta MF 5-10 150 07/24/1995 Plano, TX 2 2 0 1 131 105 11 16 12 Niki Jackson FW 6-1 175 08/25/1995 Vicksburg, MS 1 0 0 0 16 1 3 0 13 Sam Vines DF 5-10 150 05/31/1999 Colorado Springs, CO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 Andre Rawls GK 6-2 182 12/20/1991 San Ramon, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Dillon Serna MF 5-7 140 03/25/1994 Brighton, CO 2 2 0 1 93 50 9 7 Sam Raben DF 6-0 165 05/11/1997 Birmingham, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 Jack Price MF 5-7 152 12/19/1992 Shrewsbury, England 2 1 0 0 33 32 1 4 20 Nicolas Mezquida MF 5-6 150 01/21/1992 Paysandu, Uruguay 2 2 0 0 103 52 12 4 Nana Boateng MF 5-11 160 05/10/1994 Accra, Ghana 0 0 0 0 38 24 1 2 21 23 Kei Kamara FW 6-3 190 09/01/1984 Kenema, Sierra Leone 2 2 1 0 316 261 113 44 Kortne Ford DF 6-2 185 01/26/1996 Olathe, KS 0 0 0 0 35 33 1 0 24 26 Cole Bassett MF 5-11 148 07/28/2001 Littleton, CO 1 1 0 0 7 4 1 0 27 Deklan Wynne DF 5-10 165 03/20/1995 Johannesburg, South Africa 2 2 0 0 27 24 0 0 28 Sam Nicholson MF 5-9 157 01/20/1995 Edinburgh, Scotland 0 0 0 0 39 33 4 4 Matt Hundley FW 5-10 160 05/11/2000 Littleton, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 31 Clint Irwin GK 6-3 195 04/01/1989 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 121 119 0 0 44 Axel Sjoberg DF 6-7 210 03/08/1991 Stockholm, Sweden 1 1 0 0 82 80 3 1 99 Andre Shinyashiki FW 5-9 150 06/11/1997 Sao Paulo, Brazil 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 HEAD COACH : Anthony Hudson

03/11/1981 W8 L20 T8

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas 2 Botond Barath DF 6-2 165 04/21/1992 Budapest, Hungary 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 DF 6-1 175 10/23/1996 Kigali, Rwanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Abdul Rwatubyaye 4 Andreu Fontas DF 6-1 190 11/14/1989 Banyoles, Spain 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 2 2 0 0 259 253 3 18 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 2 2 1 0 69 69 5 6 FW 5-10 170 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 2 2 0 1 32 26 10 11 7 Johnny Russell 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 2 2 0 0 254 214 28 63 FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 2 2 1 0 60 36 13 10 9 Krisztian Nemeth 10 Yohan Croizet MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 1 0 0 0 33 19 3 3 11 Kelyn Rowe MF 5-8 150 12/02/1991 Federal Way, WA 2 0 0 0 208 160 29 40 12 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/23/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 2 2 0 0 65 45 13 7 Gianluca Busio MF 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 1 1 0 0 8 2 1 1 13 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 2 2 0 0 210 199 1 11 16 Graham Smith DF 6-3 185 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 17 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 1 1 0 0 223 203 8 32 Eric Dick GK 6-5 205 10/03/1994 Roeland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 Erik Hurtado FW 5-10 185 11/15/1990 Fredricksburg, VA 0 0 0 0 105 47 12 10 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 2 0 0 0 53 38 14 9 21 Felipe Gutierrez MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 2 2 0 0 22 20 7 2 DF 6-0 165 06/17/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 203 160 24 29 22 Rodney Wallace 23 Tyler Freeman FW 5-10 150 01/09/2003 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Gedion Zelalem MF 5-11 155 01/26/1997 Berlin, Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-8 155 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 1 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 2 2 0 0 123 122 0 0 75 Wan Kuzain MF 5-10 160 09/14/1998 Carbondale, IL 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 Jimmy Medranda DF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 0 0 0 0 86 62 5 4 94 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W134 L100 T82

COLORADO RAPIDS vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sunday, March 17, 2019; Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colo., 7 p.m. MT REFEREES

2019 SEASON RECORDS Rapids at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 2 0-1-1 1 3 5 1 0-0-1 1 3 3

Sporting on road

REFEREE: Allen Chapman. AR1 (bench): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho; AR2 (opposite): Mike Kampmeinert; 4th: Guido Gonzales Jr.; VAR: Jorge Gonzalez; AVAR: Jonathan Johnson TEAM NEWS

2 1-1-0 3 3 2 1 0-1-0 0 1 2

SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: none

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Rapids 23 wins (3 shootout), 82 goals … Sporting 25 wins (1 shootout), 100 goals … Ties 14

DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

AT COLORADO: Rapids 18 wins (2 shootout), 52 goals … Sporting 5 wins (1 shootout), 38 goals … Ties 9 LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/24: COL 2, KC 2 (Badji 5; Mason 8 -- Gutierrez 57; Rubio 91+) 5/5: KC 1, COL 0 (Salloi 16)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2 COLORADO RAPIDS 0 Scoring Summary: SEA--Leerdam 2 (unassisted) 5 SEA--Ruidiaz 2 (unassisted) 8

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING RAPIDS Sat. Mar. 30 Montreal Sat. Mar. 23 at FC Dallas Sun. Apr. 7 at FC Cincinnati Sat. Mar. 30 Houston Sun. Apr. 14 Red Bulls Sat. Apr. 6 at Orlando City Sat. Apr. 20 at San Jose Wed. Apr. 10 Seattle

COLORADO RAPIDS--Tim Howard, Keegan Rosenberry, Danny Wilson, Deklan Wynne, Dillon Serna, Nicolas Mezquida (Niki Jackson 85), Benny Feilhaber, Jack Price, Kellyn Acosta (Andre Shinyashiki 77), Diego Rubio, Kei Kamara.

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

RAPIDS

F 3 60

A 5 36

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 3 60

A 2 90

3 0 0 0

2 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 0

0 2 0

HOW SCORED

2 1 0 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

1 3 1 0

TYPE OF PLAY

2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1

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

2 1 0

3 2 0

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 PHILADELPHIA UNION 0 Scoring Summary: KC--Sanchez 1 (penalty kick) 11 KC--own goal (Elliott) 80 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Botond Barath, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Gianluca Busio (Kelyn Rowe 78), Ilie Sanchez (Yohan Croizet 84), Felipe Gutierrez, Johnny Russell (Daniel Salloi 80), Krisztian Nemeth, Gerso Fernandes.

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) COL KC

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

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

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

COLORADO RAPIDS Date Score (Gms since) 10/28/2018 COL 2, DAL 1 10/13/2018 COL 2, MIN 0 10/06/2018 COL 0, LFC 3 3/09/2019 COL 0, SEA 2 3/02/2019 COL 3, POR 3 10/21/2018 COL 0, SJ 0 3/09/2019 COL 0, SEA 2

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Rapids TL Sporting KC LW

(1) (2) (2) (0) (1) (3) (0)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 3/10/2019 KC 2, PHI 0 (0) 10/21/2018 KC 3, DAL 0 (1) 7/28/2018 KC 2, DAL 3 (7) 3/03/2019 KC 1, LFC 2 (0) 10/06/2018 KC 1, LA 1 (5) 3/10/2019 KC 2, PHI 0 (0) 9/23/2018 KC 0, PHI 2 (7)

TEAM LEADERS RAPIDS G: 1 3 players tied A: 1 Acosta/Serna SHT: 8 Kamara SOG: 4 Kamara FC: 6 Feilhaber FS: 6 Mezquida/Rubio OF: 1 Mezquida/Shinyashiki C: 1 Feilhaber/Rosenberry E: 1 Sjoberg SPORTING G: 1 Nemeth/Sanchez A: 1 Russell SHT: 5 Gutierrez/Nemeth SOG: 2 Busio/Nemeth FC: 5 Espinoza/Zusi FS: 4 3 players tied OF: 2 Fernandes/Nemeth C: 2 Zusi E: 1 Espinoza

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG COL 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1.50 KC 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1.50 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG COL 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 2.50 KC 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1.00 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 COL 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 KC 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 COL 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 KC 2 0 0 0 1 0 1

2019 COLORADO RAPIDS STATISTICS (0-1-1, 1 pts.) UNF 99 6 23 17 10 44 26 4 27 7 19 2 20 12 1

POS F M F M M D M D D F M D M F G

PLAYER Andre Shinyashiki Benny Feilhaber Kei Kamara Dillon Serna Kellyn Acosta Axel Sjoberg Cole Bassett Danny Wilson Deklan Wynne Diego Rubio Jack Price Keegan Rosenberry Nicolas Mezquida Niki Jackson Tim Howard Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2

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

MIN 26 180 180 180 154 27 40 150 180 120 140 180 175 5 180

2 2

180 180

GP 2 2 2

GS 2 2 2

G 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3

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

SHT 4 4 8 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 0

SOG 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 1 6 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 4 0 4 4 0 0

FS 1 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0

OFF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

CK 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

1 2

37 29

10 9

27 29

29 27

4 2

24 7

7 2

0 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None COLORADO RAPIDS GOALKEEPING UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Howard Team totals Opponent totals

MIN SHTS 180 10 180 10 180 9

SV 6 6 6

GA 5 5 3

GAA 2.5 2.5 1.5

PG 0 0 0

PA 1 1 0

W 0 0 1

L 1 1 0

T 1 1 1

SO 0 0 1

2019 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (1-1-0, 3 pts.) UNF 6 9 7 4 2 20 21 12 13 8 11 5 17 15 29 10

POS M F F D D F M F M M M D M D G M

PLAYER Ilie Sanchez Krisztian Nemeth Johnny Russell Andreu Fontas Botond Barath Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Gerso Fernandes Gianluca Busio Graham Zusi Kelyn Rowe Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic Tim Melia Yohan Croizet Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1

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

MIN 174 180 170 68 112 27 152 163 78 180 40 180 84 180 180 6

2 2

180 180

G 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2

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

SHT 4 5 2 0 0 0 5 0 4 3 1 0 1 2 0 0

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

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

FS 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0

OFF 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

1 2

27 29

9 11

31 21

21 31

4 6

6 12

8 4

1 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ilie Sanchez 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Ilie Sanchez 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 2 2

GS 2 2 2

MIN SHTS 180 11 180 11 180 9

SV 9 9 6

GA 2 2 3

GAA 1 1 1.5

PG 0 0 1

PA 1 1 1

W 1 1 1

L 1 1 1

T 0 0 0

SO 1 1 0

COLORADO RAPIDS 2019 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat.

Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Thu. Sat. Sat.

Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May June June June June July July July

Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat.

July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.

Sat. Aug. Thu. Sun. Sat. Sun. Sun.

Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct.

OPPONENT 2 Portland 9 at Seattle 17 Sporting KC 23 at FC Dallas 30 Houston 6 at Orlando City SC 10 Seattle 13 D.C. United 20 at Chicago 27 at Atlanta 3 Vancouver 11 Real Salt Lake 19 at Los Angeles 25 Columbus 29 at Philadelphia 1 FC Cincinnati 8 Minnesota 22 at Vancouver 28 Los Angeles FC 4 New England 13 at Portland 20 New York City FC 27 at San Jose 3 Montreal 10 San Jose 14 at Minnesota 17 at Houston 24 at Real Salt Lake 31 at New York Red Bulls 12 Los Angeles 15 at Toronto FC 21 at Sporting KC 29 FC Dallas 6 at Los Angeles FC

RESULT T 3-3

ATT 12717

W-L-T 0-0-1

L 0-2

37725

0-1-1

POS PTS NOTES: 4 1 COL: Kamara (16) Feilhaber (46) Shinyashiki (94+); POR: Valeri (29) Blanco (46+) own goal (66) 9 1 SEA: Leerdam (5) Ruidiaz (8)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sun.

Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

Sun. Apr. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat.

Apr. Apr. May May May May May June June June June

Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri.

July July July July July

Sun. Aug. Sat. Aug. Wed. Aug. Sat. Thu. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun.

Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct.

OPPONENT RESULT 3 at Los Angeles L 1-2 FC 10 Philadelphia W 2-0 17 at Colorado 30 Montreal 7 at FC Cincinnati 14 New York Red Bulls 20 at San Jose 27 New England 5 Atlanta 12 at D.C. United 18 Vancouver 26 Seattle 29 Los Angeles 1 at Houston 7 at Toronto FC 23 at Columbus 29 at Real Salt Lake 3 Los Angeles FC 6 Chicago 13 at Vancouver 20 FC Dallas 26 at New York City FC 4 at Seattle 10 Real Salt Lake 14 at Orlando City SC 17 San Jose 22 Minnesota 31 Houston 7 at Portland 15 at Los Angeles 21 Colorado 25 at Minnesota 29 Portland 6 at FC Dallas

ATT 22099

W-L-T 0-1-0

18738

1-1-0

POS PTS NOTES: 12 0 KC: Nemeth (16); LFC: Rossi (47) Diomande (94+) 7

3 KC: Sanchez (11) own goal (80);

RAPIDS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)

Goals 1 Kei Kamara 1 Andre Shinyashiki 1 Benny Feilhaber Assists 1 Dillon Serna 1 Kellyn Acosta Shots 5 Kei Kamara Shots on Goal 2 Kei Kamara 2 Andre Shinyashiki 2 Kei Kamara Fouls Committed 4 Benny Feilhaber 4 Diego Rubio Fouls Suffered 5 Diego Rubio Offside 1 Nicolas Mezquida 1 Andre Shinyashiki Saves 5 Tim Howard Shots Faced 7 Tim Howard Goals Allowed 3 Tim Howard

Goals 3 03/02/2019 vs Assists 2 03/02/2019 vs Shots 15 03/09/2019 vs Shots on Goal 6 03/02/2019 vs Fouls Committed 18 03/09/2019 vs Fouls Suffered 14 03/09/2019 vs Corner Kicks 4 03/02/2019 vs Offside 2 03/02/2019 vs Saves 5 03/02/2019 vs Shots Faced 7 03/02/2019 vs Goals Allowed 3 03/02/2019 vs

03/02/2019 vs POR 03/02/2019 vs POR 03/02/2019 vs POR

T 3-3 T 3-3 T 3-3

03/02/2019 vs POR 03/02/2019 vs POR

T 3-3 T 3-3

03/09/2019 vs SEA

L 0-2

03/02/2019 vs POR 03/02/2019 vs POR 03/09/2019 vs SEA

T 3-3 T 3-3 L 0-2

03/09/2019 vs SEA 03/09/2019 vs SEA

L 0-2 L 0-2

03/09/2019 vs SEA

L 0-2

03/02/2019 vs POR 03/02/2019 vs POR

T 3-3 T 3-3

03/02/2019 vs POR

T 3-3

03/02/2019 vs POR

T 3-3

03/02/2019 vs POR

T 3-3

POR

T 3-3

POR

T 3-3

SEA

L 0-2

POR

T 3-3

SEA

L 0-2

SEA

L 0-2

POR

T 3-3

POR

T 3-3

POR

T 3-3

POR

T 3-3

POR

T 3-3

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)

Goals 1 Krisztian Nemeth 1 Ilie Sanchez Assists 1 Johnny Russell Shots 4 Felipe Gutierrez 4 Ilie Sanchez 4 Gianluca Busio Shots on Goal 2 Krisztian Nemeth 2 Gianluca Busio Fouls Committed 5 Roger Espinoza Fouls Suffered 3 Roger Espinoza Offside 2 Krisztian Nemeth Saves 5 Tim Melia Shots Faced 6 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 2 Tim Melia

Goals 2 03/10/2019 at Assists 1 03/03/2019 at Shots 16 03/10/2019 at Shots on Goal 5 03/03/2019 at Fouls Committed 17 03/03/2019 at Fouls Suffered 11 03/03/2019 at Corner Kicks 6 03/10/2019 at Offside 3 03/10/2019 at Saves 5 03/10/2019 at Shots Faced 6 03/03/2019 at Goals Allowed 2 03/03/2019 at

03/03/2019 at LFC 03/10/2019 at PHI

L 1-2 W 2-0

03/03/2019 at LFC

L 1-2

03/10/2019 at PHI 03/10/2019 at PHI 03/10/2019 at PHI

W 2-0 W 2-0 W 2-0

03/03/2019 at LFC 03/10/2019 at PHI

L 1-2 W 2-0

03/03/2019 at LFC

L 1-2

03/03/2019 at LFC

L 1-2

03/10/2019 at PHI

W 2-0

03/10/2019 at PHI

W 2-0

03/03/2019 at LFC

L 1-2

03/03/2019 at LFC

L 1-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019) Shots 14 03/02/2019 vs Shots on Goal 3 03/09/2019 vs Fouls Committed 11 03/02/2019 vs Fouls Suffered 13 03/02/2019 vs Corner Kicks 3 03/09/2019 vs Offside 0 03/09/2019 vs Saves 1 03/09/2019 vs Shots Faced 3 03/09/2019 vs

POR

T 3-3

SEA

L 0-2

POR

T 3-3

POR

T 3-3

SEA

L 0-2

SEA

L 0-2

SEA

L 0-2

SEA

L 0-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019)

PHI

W 2-0

LFC

L 1-2

PHI

W 2-0

LFC

L 1-2

LFC

L 1-2

LFC

L 1-2

PHI

W 2-0

PHI

W 2-0

PHI

W 2-0

LFC

L 1-2

LFC

L 1-2

Shots 11 03/03/2019 at Shots on Goal 4 03/10/2019 at Fouls Committed 14 03/10/2019 at Fouls Suffered 10 03/10/2019 at Corner Kicks 0 03/03/2019 at Offside 1 03/03/2019 at Saves 4 03/03/2019 at Shots Faced 5 03/10/2019 at

LFC

L 1-2

PHI

W 2-0

PHI

W 2-0

PHI

W 2-0

LFC

L 1-2

LFC

L 1-2

LFC

L 1-2

PHI

W 2-0

SPORTING KC VS RAPIDS ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Rapids 23 wins, 85 goals Sporting KC 25 wins, 101 goals 14 ties 4/13/1996 5/5/1996 7/10/1996 8/7/1996 6/28/1997 8/28/1997 9/6/1997 9/26/1997 10/4/1997

KC 3 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 4 at COL KC 1 vs COL KC 2 at COL KC 5 vs COL COL 3 at KC

0 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0

KC SOW

(KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC)

10/8/1997 5/31/1998 7/19/1998 8/8/1998 9/2/1998 4/17/1999 7/7/1999 9/10/1999 9/25/1999 4/1/2000 4/29/2000 8/2/2000 8/26/2000 9/16/2000 9/20/2000 9/24/2000 7/18/2001 8/12/2001 8/19/2001 3/23/2002 5/11/2002 9/14/2002 9/20/2002 7/4/2003 8/22/2003 9/13/2003 10/4/2003 11/4/2003 11/8/2003 5/1/2004 6/9/2004 9/10/2004 9/25/2004 4/2/2005 7/4/2005 7/8/2006 9/9/2006 5/19/2007 7/22/2007 4/5/2008 8/16/2008 3/28/2009 9/26/2009 4/10/2010 7/17/2010 5/28/2011 7/6/2011 10/30/2011 11/2/2011 5/19/2012 8/31/2013 3/29/2014 5/16/2015 6/27/2015 8/29/2015 10/21/2015 4/13/2016 5/11/2016 7/16/2016 4/9/2017 5/27/2017 3/24/2018 5/5/2018

COL 3 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 4 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 3 vs KC COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 1 at KC KC 3 vs COL KC 5 at COL KC 3 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs COL COL 0 vs KC KC 3 vs COL COL 0 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 3 vs COL KC 1 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 3 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 2 vs COL KC 1 at COL COL 3 vs KC KC 1 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 0 vs COL KC 1 vs COL COL 1 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs COL KC 2 at COL KC 2 vs COL COL 2 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 3 at COL KC 0 vs COL KC 2 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 3 vs COL COL 1 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 1 vs COL

2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0

COL SOW COL SOW COL SOW

(2OT) (2OT) (2OT) (2OT) (2OT)

(2OT) (2OT)

(D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (DS) (KC) (CA) (DS) (DS) (CA) (CA) (DS) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (SP) (DS) (SP) (SP) (DS) (DS) (SP) (DS) (DS) (SP)

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

1 32 330 130 439 92 150

2 50 407 152 481 78 149

Sporting KC

OT 0 5 2 2 1 0

Tot 82 742 284 922 171 299

1 36 374 148 394 87 142

2 64 495 211 408 86 166

OT 0 4 1 9 0 1

Tot 100 873 360 811 173 309

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: COL KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

11 8

10 13

10 14

15 25

10 10

26 30

0 0

82 100

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes Anthony Hudson

vs. COL vs. KC

6-6-6 0-1-1

(1.26 pts./game) (0.5 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

8 7 53 29 35 36 3 5 3 44 17

Rapids John Spencer Chris Henderson John Spencer John Spencer Pablo Mastroeni Chris Henderson 5 times Cannon/Hahnemann Scott Garlick Marcus Hahnemann Marcus Hahnemann

9 16 83 35 34 47 7 6 6 65 18

Sporting KC Klein/Radosavljevic Preki Preki Preki McKeon/Zavagnin Kerry Zavagnin Tony Meola Tim Melia Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal

2 2 8 5

Fouls Committed

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

7 1 9 5

Rapids 8 players tied 6 players tied Mark Chung (09/14/02) John Spencer (08/22/03) Chris Martinez (08/02/00) Kevin Doyle (05/11/16) 12 players tied 4 players tied Grafer/Kramer

2 3 9 5

Sporting KC 9 players tied Preki (10/04/03) Onandi Lowe (08/12/01) Dom Dwyer (08/29/15)

7 Chris Henderson (08/26/00) 7 3 players tied 1 14 players tied 9 Bo Oshoniyi (09/10/04) 4 Mike Ammann (08/07/96)

W-L-T Breakdowns: Colorado Rapids W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

Streak (started)

Sporting Kansas City W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

2 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ls

(07/01/2018) (10/21/2018) (03/09/2019)

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

1 Ws (03/10/2019) 1 Ls (09/23/2018) 1 Ws (10/17/2018)

0-1-0 0-0-1

1 Ls 1 Ts

(03/09/2019) (03/02/2019)

0-0-0 1-1-0

1 Ws (10/17/2018) 1 Ws (03/10/2019)

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

1 Ls 4 Ls 2 Ws 1 Ts 0-

(03/09/2019) (07/04/2018) (10/13/2018) (03/02/2019) -

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

2 1 4 4 5

Ls Ls Ws Ws Ws

(06/30/2018) (03/03/2019) (08/11/2018) (03/17/2018) (03/10/2018)

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

1 Ts 3 Ws 4 Ls 1 Ts 3 Ls

(10/21/2018) (08/04/2018) (08/19/2018) (03/02/2019) (05/19/2018)

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

7 2 2 3 1

Ws Ws Ls Ls Ls

(08/04/2018) (10/17/2018) (09/23/2018) (07/14/2018) (07/04/2018)

RAPIDS CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (23-25-14) PLAYER

MIN

John Spencer Chris Henderson Mark Chung Wolde Harris Conor Casey Ross Paule Paul Bravo Marcelo Balboa Terry Cooke Vicente Sanchez Steve Trittschuh Kyle Beckerman Kevin Doyle Sean Henderson Jovan Kirovski Shaun Bartlett Chris Carrieri Wes Hart Scott Benedetti Omar Cummings Shkelzen Gashi Zach Kingsley Tyrone Marshall Alain Nkong Dillon Powers Dominique Badji Edson Buddle Jose Burciaga Jr. Jordan Cila Jeff Cunningham John DiRaimondo Facundo Erpen Maynor Figueroa Kortne Ford Marlon Hairston Jean Harbor Kosuke Kimura Joe Mason Clint Mathis David Patino Zizi Roberts Marcelo Sarvas Dillon Serna Richard Sharpe Luis Solignac Chris Martinez Adrian Paz Carlos Valderrama Colin Clark Juan Ramirez Seth Trembly Peter Vermes Mehdi Ballouchy Nat Borchers Jason Boyce Edgar Castillo Eric Denton Robin Fraser Denis Hamlett Nicolas Hernandez Peguero Jean Philippe Ritchie Kotschau Jeff Larentowicz Thiago Martins Pablo Mastroeni Marco Pappa Jacob Peterson Jack Price Martin Rivero Jamie Smith Tommy Smith Roy Wegerle Team totals Opponent totals

13 24 11 12 8 11 15 19 7 4 11 14 7 6 4 4 10 11 4 7 4 6 3 3 9 8 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 6 4 8 2 2 4 3 3 4 2 5 13 8 7 5 2 8 11 6 10 1 2 3 9 3 4 4 16 5 1 22 2 5 2 2 2 2 5 62 62

12 21 10 7 8 10 14 19 5 3 11 9 6 5 4 4 9 9 4 6 4 4 3 1 6 7 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 4 4 8 1 1 4 2 2 2 0 4 11 7 7 5 1 3 10 6 10 1 2 3 9 3 4 4 14 5 0 21 2 3 2 1 0 2 3 62 62

1172 2006 959 663 696 935 1192 1732 515 273 990 913 561 428 296 325 774 778 347 538 334 291 270 159 560 636 102 179 154 127 90 270 180 173 386 324 712 109 96 338 212 187 184 15 346 954 599 670 375 78 317 914 456 910 40 180 270 850 270 344 260 1277 450 33 1841 131 218 180 123 73 180 213 5580 5580

8 4 6 7 5 2 5 2 5 1 4 3 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 85 79 101 103

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

53 32 30 18 22 18 33 35 10 3 14 14 13 4 8 7 17 6 4 13 8 4 1 4 5 12 3 3 4 7 2 2 1 2 4 9 3 2 2 9 9 3 2 2 9 3 11 4 5 2 3 4 8 1 1 1 3 1 0 6 8 6 4 0 11 3 7 2 4 0 2 4 746 876

3 3 2 6 5 8 2 8 3 1 3 2 5 8 1 1 1 62 62

270 270 180 540 450 750 180 720 270 100 270 180 470 720 90 90 90 5580 5580

Ian Feuer Zac MacMath Preston Burpo Matt Pickens Tim Howard Scott Garlick Dusty Hudock Joe Cannon Clint Irwin Scott Vallow Bouna Coundoul Chris Woods David Kramer Marcus Hahnemann John Berner Adin Brown Paul Grafer Team totals Opponent totals

SHT

GAA

12 11 0.33 8 5 0.33 9 7 0.50 28 21 1.17 27 18 1.20 45 32 1.44 16 13 1.50 54 39 1.62 12 8 1.67 5 3 1.80 14 7 2.00 18 14 2.00 25 12 2.11 64 44 2.12 4 1 3.00 10 7 3.00 11 6 5.00 362 248 1.60 284 194 1.31

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 12

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. RAPIDS (25-23-14) PLAYER

MIN

Preki Chris Klein Vitalis Takawira Mo Johnston Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Dom Dwyer Graham Zusi Jimmy Conrad Frank Klopas Gary Glasgow Matt McKeon Teal Bunbury Benny Feilhaber Francisco Gomez Eddie Johnson Miklos Molnar Roy Lassiter Scott Sealy Paul Wright Mark Chung Kerry Zavagnin Chris Henderson Brian Johnson Seth Sinovic Chris Brown Gerso Fernandes Jack Jewsbury Krisztian Nemeth Igor Simutenkov Ryan Smith Ryan Tinsley Stephen Armstrong Alex Bunbury Felipe Gutierrez Michael Harrington Kei Kamara Michael Kraus Alexi Lalas Uche Okafor Diego Rubio Daniel Salloi Mike Sorber Dave van den Bergh Eric Quill Jose Burciaga Jr. Mike Burns Carlos Marinelli Chance Myers Sasha Victorine Sal Zizzo Saad Abdul-Salaam Peter Byaruhanga Bobby Convey Eric Eichmann Roger Espinoza Diego Gutierrez Connor Hallisey Tony Meola Soni Mustivar Paulo Nagamura Bo Oshoniyi Ryan Pore Craig Rocastle CJ Sapong Khiry Shelton Scott Uderitz Team totals Opponent totals

26 21 14 18 18 13 9 15 18 8 7 19 6 8 11 3 2 5 5 9 12 27 8 8 10 14 4 14 3 6 3 8 6 4 1 10 6 1 4 16 3 2 3 1 6 9 5 3 8 6 1 6 1 1 2 12 15 3 17 5 5 8 5 3 3 2 6 62 62

24 21 10 17 15 11 7 14 18 5 5 17 3 7 4 3 2 4 2 5 12 26 8 3 9 6 2 12 3 4 2 8 6 3 1 10 5 0 4 15 1 1 3 1 5 9 3 2 7 6 1 4 1 1 1 11 14 1 17 4 5 8 2 2 1 2 4 62 62

2175 1840 889 1534 1442 925 643 1225 1579 492 486 1563 307 669 508 244 158 319 225 483 1080 2399 730 342 698 833 211 1052 251 385 196 684 433 287 90 879 456 23 360 1338 70 97 267 83 432 774 281 217 582 491 90 438 45 59 102 1010 1257 152 1580 364 437 730 112 161 94 180 352 5580 5580

SHT

GOALKEEPER

9 16 9 3 8 3 7 7 5 2 4 3 4 2 3 2 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 8 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 101 103 85 79

83 43 32 38 37 20 27 23 12 15 11 26 9 21 18 6 7 3 6 10 34 10 11 1 3 12 2 17 5 7 8 2 7 8 6 1 12 1 6 5 6 8 3 4 5 10 1 2 7 10 2 2 0 0 2 12 10 2 0 1 9 0 1 0 3 8 1 876 746

Garth Lagerwey Chris Snitko Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tim Melia Bo Oshoniyi Kevin Hartman Mike Ammann Pat Harrington Eric Kronberg David Winner Team totals Opponent totals

2 2 6 17 10 8 6 9 2 1 1 62 62

MIN SHTS 135 100 540 1580 900 730 540 800 135 90 90 5580 5580

GAA

7 5 0.67 5 4 0.90 20 14 1.00 85 65 1.03 33 20 1.20 44 31 1.36 31 22 1.50 46 29 1.91 5 1 2.00 6 3 2.00 2 0 2.00 284 194 1.31 362 248 1.60

0 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 12 6

CURRENT RAPIDS VS. SPORTING KC (23-25-14) PLAYER

MIN

Kei Kamara Kortne Ford Dillon Serna Kellyn Acosta Benny Feilhaber Jack Price Tommy Smith Nana Boateng Johan Blomberg Tim Howard Clint Irwin Niki Jackson Nicolas Mezquida Sam Nicholson Kofi Opare Keegan Rosenberry Axel Sjoberg Danny Wilson Deklan Wynne Team totals Opponent totals

11 2 4 7 7 2 2 2 1 12 5 1 5 2 3 2 4 2 2 62 62

8 2 2 5 7 2 2 1 1 12 5 0 4 1 3 1 4 2 2 62 62

770 173 184 500 572 180 180 105 58 1100 400 26 303 78 270 95 360 180 180 5580 5580

GOALKEEPER

MIN

Tim Howard Clint Irwin Team totals Opponent totals

12 5 62 62

1100 400 5580 5580

SHT

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. RAPIDS (25-23-14) A

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

3 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 79 101 103

22 2 2 6 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 746 876

Graham Zusi Kelyn Rowe Seth Sinovic Gerso Fernandes Erik Hurtado Krisztian Nemeth Felipe Gutierrez Daniel Salloi Rodney Wallace Roger Espinoza Matt Besler Yohan Croizet Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Johnny Russell Ilie Sanchez Team totals Opponent totals

15 6 12 4 9 4 1 2 16 12 15 2 6 11 2 4 62 62

14 5 11 2 2 3 1 1 9 11 14 1 5 11 2 4 62 62

1225 441 852 211 282 271 90 97 878 1010 1263 80 432 990 176 360 5580 5580

GAA

GOALKEEPER

68 50 0.98 16 11 1.35 362 248 1.60 284 194 1.31

0 0 6 12

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

11 62 62

MIN SHTS 990 5580 5580

SHT

3 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 103 85 79

23 8 3 2 7 5 6 8 13 12 5 3 9 0 4 1 876 746

GAA

39 24 1.27 284 194 1.31 362 248 1.60

1 12 6

MATCH INFORMATION

2019 MLS SCHEDULE DATE

VS COLORADO RAPIDS VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-1) 1 pt

(1-1-0) 3 pts

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER REGULAR SEASON Kickoff: Sunday, March 17, 2019 | 7:00 p.m. MT DICK'S Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO

Referee: Assistants: Fourth Official: VAR: AVAR:

Allen Chapman Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho, Michael Kampmeinert Guido Gonzales Jr Jorge Gonzalez Jonathan Johnson

BROADCASTING INFORMATION

Local TV: Altitude TV Talent: Richard Fleming (play-by-play), Marcelo Balboa (color) Local Radio: Altitude 92.5 FM Radio Talent: Connor Cape (play-by-play), Jordan Angeli (color)

SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS Facebook: www.facebook.com/coloradorapids Twitter (EN): @ColoradoRapids | #Rapids96 Twitter (ES): @LosRapids Instagram: @coloradorapids Youtube: www.youtube.com/coloradorapids

3/2 3/9 3/17 3/23 3/30 4/6 4/10 4/13 4/20 4/27 5/3 5/11 5/19 5/25 5/29 6/1 6/8 6/22 6/28 7/4 7/13 7/20 7/27 8/3 8/10 8/14 8/17 8/24 8/31 9/11 9/15 9/21 9/29 10/6

OPPONENT PORTLAND TIMBERS @ SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC SPORTING KANSAS CITY @ FC DALLAS HOUSTON DYNAMO @ ORLANDO CITY SC SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC D.C. UNITED @ CHICAGO FIRE @ ATLANTA UNITED FC VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC REAL SALT LAKE @ LA GALAXY COLUMBUS CREW SC @ PHILADELPHIA UNION FC CINCINNATI MINNESOTA UNITED FC @ VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC LOS ANGELES FOOTBALL CLUB NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION @ PORTLAND TIMBERS NEW YORK CITY FC @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES MONTREAL IMPACT SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES @ MINNESOTA UNITED FC @ HOUSTON DYNAMO @ REAL SALT LAKE @ NEW YORK RED BULLS LA GALAXY @ TORONTO FC @ SPORTING KANSAS CITY FC DALLAS @ LOS ANGELES FOOTBALL CLUB

TIME(MT)/RESULT

3-3, T 2-0, L 7:00 P.M. 2:30 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 5:30 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 11:00 A.M. 4:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 6:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 5:30 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 9:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 6:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 5:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 5:30 P.M. 2:00 P.M.

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MOST RECENT STARTING XI* 23

RAPIDS COMMUNICATIONS Luis Aguilar

Manager, Media Relations 303-506-1869 luis.aguilar@coloradorapids.com www.coloradorapids.com/club/media

UNAVAILABLE FOR SELECTION Out: Ford (knee) Last updated on 3/13/19

4 1

*MLS Regular Season

2019 COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES

COLORADO RAPIDS NEWS AND NOTES NOTES The last time the sides met was on May 5, 2018 when SKC took a 1-0 home win at Children's Mercy Park. SKC FW Dรกniel Sallรณi would score the lone goal. Colorado's first home match of the the 2018 MLS season was against SKC on Mar. 24. The game ended in a 2-2 with a Diego Rubio stoppage time goal to level the scoreline for SKC. Last weekend at Seattle the Rapids had four Homegrown players in their 18 (Bassett, Raben, Serna, and Vines). This game marks the first time the Rapids play on St. Patrick's Day. Colorado have played three games the day after St. Patrick's Day and only once the day before the holiday, but have never played an MLS regular season match that falls on March 17. Sporting KC acquired 22-year-old midfielder Gedion Zelalem from English club Arsenal FC on Mar. 11. If available for selection, Zelalem could make his first MLS appearance.

QUICK HITS Feilhaber (2013-17), Kamara (2009-13) and Rubio (2016-18) are former Sporting Kansas City players. A Win Would... - Improve Colorado's 2019 MLS record to 1-1-1 - Mark a two-game unbeaten run at home for the Rapids What To Look For Today... - FW Diego Rubio can feature against his former club - MF Benny Feilhaber can start in his 215th MLS match - FW Kei Kamara could score his 114th MLS career goal - MF Cole Basset could make his fifth MLS career start Colorado Roots for visiting team: SKC's Roger Espinoza's hometown is Aurora, CO Graham Smith is a native of Highlands Ranch, CO Today marks the 63rd edition of this rivalry.

Rapids defender Axel Sjรถberg is available for selection after serving a one-game suspension last weekend vs. Seattle.

Colorado Rapids record vs. Sporting Kansas City Overall: 23-25-14 Home: 18-5-9 Road: 5-20-5

Since MLS Week 1, Sporting Kansas City have played four matches leading up to the clash against Colorado. SKC have played two MLS regular season games and two Champions League games.

NEWS

Sam Nicholson made his first start as a Rapid last season on the road against SKC. Kei Kamara is one goal short of tying Ante Razov's goal record of 114 as the fifth all-time highest goalscorer in MLS. SKC's Graham Zusi could make his 215th MLS appearance today. Zusi has spent his entire MLS career with Kansas City. Colorado has not lost a regular season home game to SKC since 2014. That is five home games unbeaten against the Western Conference foe.

Check out the Rapids' Media HQ page: For game notes, quote sheets, preview sound, match reports and photos please go to: www.coloradorapids.com/club/media Hudson on Altitude 92.5 FM Radio: Catch Rapids Head Coach Anthony Hudson each Wednesday at 8:40 a.m. for his weekly radio interview on Altitude Sports Radio.

2019 COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES

2018 COLORADO RAPIDS PLAYER STATS NO. PLAYER 1 15 31

Tim Howard Andre Rawls* Clint Irwin

NO. PLAYER 2 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 26 27 28 29 44 99

Keegan Rosenberry Danny Wilson Tommy Smith Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Johan Blomberg Kellyn Acosta Niki Jackson Sam Vines Dillon Serna Sam Raben Jack Price Nicolás Mezquida Nana Boateng Kei Kamara Kortne Ford Cole Bassett Deklan Wynne Sam Nicholson Matt Hundley* Axel Sjöberg Andre Shinyashiki

POS. GP/GS MINS SHO SV GA PKG/PKA RECORD GK GK GK

POS. D D D M F M M F D M D M M M F D M D M F D F

2/2 0/0 0/0

GP/GS 2/2 2/1 0/0 2/2 2/2 0/0 2/2 1/0 0/0 2/2 0/0 2/1 2/2 0/0 2/2 0/0 1/1 2/2 0/0 0/0 1/1 2/0

180 0 0

10 0 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 0 0

5 0 0

0/1 0/0 0/0

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

MINS SHTS/SOG FC 180 150 0 180 120 0 154 5 0 180 0 140 175 0 180 0 40 180 0 0 27 26

1/0 1/0 0/0 4/1 1/0 0/0 4/0 0/0 0/0 2/1 0/0 1/0 3/0 0/0 8/4 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 4/3

4 1 0 6 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

OFF Y/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 * On loan

MLS TEAM OF THE WEEK Tim Howard, Benny Feilhaber (Week 1)

GOAL OF THE WEEK Andre Shinyashiki (Week 1)

2019 COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES

2019 COLORADO RAPIDS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE NO. PLAYER 10 21 26 8 6 24 1 29 31 12 23 20 28 19 18 15 2 7 17 99 44 5 13 4 27

Kellyn Acosta Nana Boateng Cole Bassett Johan Blomberg Benny Feilhaber Kortne Ford Tim Howard Matt Hundley* Clint Irwin Niki Jackson Kei Kamara Nicolás Mezquida Sam Nicholson Jack Price Sam Raben Andre Rawls* Keegan Rosenberry Diego Rubio Dillon Serna Andre Shinyashiki Axel Sjöberg Tommy Smith Sam Vines Danny Wilson Deklan Wynne

* On loan

POS.

HT/WT

PRONUNCIATION

PLACE OF BIRTH

M M M M M D GK F GK F F M M M D GK D F M F D D D D D

5' 10"/ 150 5' 11"/ 160 5' 11"/ 148 5' 10"/ 143 5' 9"/ 163 6' 2"/ 185 6' 3"/ 194 5' 10"/ 160 6' 3"/ 195 6' 1"/ 175 6' 3"/ 190 5' 6"/ 150 5' 9"/ 157 5' 7"/ 152 6' 0"/ 165 6' 2"/ 182 5' 9"/ 164 5' 11"/ 170 5' 7"/ 140 5' 9"/ 150 6' 7"/ 210 6' 2"/ 181 5' 10"/ 150 6' 2"/ 174 5' 10"/ 165

Kell-IN Bwah-teng

Plano, TX Accra, Ghana Littleton, CO Lund, Sweden Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olathe, KS North Brunswick, NJ Littleton, CO Charlotte, NC Vicksburg, MS Kenema, Sierra Leone Paysandu, Uruguay Edinburgh, Scotland Shrewsbury, England Birmingham, AL San Ramon, CA Harrisburg, PA Santiago, Chile Brighton, CO Sao Paulo, Brazil Stockholm, Sweden Macclesfield, England Colorado Springs, CO Livingston, Scotland Johannesburg, South Africa

Joe-Han FAIL-hob-ber CORT-nee

KYE kuh-MAR-uh mez-KEE-dah

KEE-guhn Ru-BEE-oh DIHL-un Sir-nuh Shin-YAH-She-KEE shoe-Berg

WIN

2019 COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES

COLORADO RAPIDS 2019 STATS Rapids in 2019 Quickest Goal… Kei Kamara (3/2 vs. POR) – 16th minute Quickest Goal Against… Kelvin Leerdam (3/9 vs. SEA) – 5th minute Game-winning goals after 75’… n/a Game-tying goals after 75’… Andre Shinyashiki (3/2 vs. POR) – 90+4'

Game-winning goals against after 75’… n/a

Game-tying goals against after 75’… n/a

Red Cards For… Axel Sjöberg (3/2 vs. POR) – 27th minute

Red Cards Against… n/a

2019 Season Leaders Goals Assists Shots on Goal Game-winning Goals Game-winning Assists Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Cautions Ejections

1 Feilhaber, Kamara, Shinyashiki 1 Acosta, Serna 4 Kamara n/a n/a 6 Feilhaber 6 Mezquida, Rubio 1 Feilhaber, Rosenberry 1 Sjöberg

GK Minutes Played Goals Against Average Shutouts Saves

180 Howard 2.50 Howard 0 Howard 6 Howard

Coach - Regular Season MLS Experience MLS Record Year With Team Record With Team

2nd Season 8-20-8 2nd Season 8-20-8

Penalty Kicks… n/a

Penalty Kicks Against… Diego Valeri (3/2 vs. POR) – 29th minute

Penalty Kicks Earned… n/a Youngest Goal-scorer… Andre Shinyashiki (3/2 vs. POR) – 21 years, 8 months, and 22 days Oldest Goal-scorer… Kei Kamara (3/2 vs. POR) – 34 years, 6 months, and 4 days Youngest Starter… Cole Bassett (3/2 vs. POR) – 17 years, 7 months, and 5 days Youngest to play in a game… Cole Bassett (3/2 vs. POR) – 17 years, 7 months, and 5 days Oldest Starter… Tim Howard (3/2 vs. POR) – 39 years, 11 months, and 27 days Oldest to play in a game… Tim Howard (3/2 vs. POR) – 39 years, 11 months, and 27 days

2019 Fast Facts Minutes Leader Games Leader Starts Leader Largest Victory Largest Defeat Longest Win Streak Longest Unbeaten Streak Longest Losing Streak

6 tied at 90’ 14 tied at 2 9 tied at 2 n/a 2-0 @ SEA 3/9 n/a 1 game, 3/2 1 game, 3/9

Substitute Appearances Kellyn Acosta - 0 Nana Boateng - 0 Cole Bassett - 0 Johan Blomberg - 0 Benny Feilhaber - 0 Kortne Ford - 0 Tim Howard - 0 Matt Hundley - 0 Clint Irwin - 0 Niki Jackson - 1 Kei Kamara - 0 Nicolás Mezquida - 0 Sam Nicholson - 0

Jack Price - 1 Sam Raben - 0 Andre Rawls - 0 Keegan Rosenberry - 0 Diego Rubio - 0 Dillon Serna - 0 Andre Shinyashiki - 2 Axel Sjöberg - 0 Tommy Smith - 0 Sam Vines - 0 Danny Wilson - 1 Deklan Wynne - 0

Substitute Goals Andre Shinyashiki (3/2 vs. POR) – 94th minute

Substitute Assists n/a

2019 COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES

COLORADO RAPIDS MISCELLANEOUS STATS 2019 Record When W-L-D Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime

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

Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Allowing 0 goals Allowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goals Allowing 3 goals Allowing 4+ goals

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

Wearing burgundy 0-1-1 Wearing white 0-0-0 Wearing parley 0-0-0 Leading at 75’ 0-0-0 Tied at 75’ 0-0-0 Trailing at 75’ 0-1-1 Outshooting opponent 0-1-0 Outshot by opponent 0-0-1 Shots even 0-0-0 Shutouts 0-0-0 One-goal games 0-0-0 Day games (before 5 p.m.) 0-0-1 Games 5 p.m. MT or later 0-1-0 With red card for 0-0-1 With red card against 0-0-0 In Pacific time-zone In Mountain time-zone In Central time-zone In Eastern time-zone

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

Vs. Western Conference 0-1-1 Vs. Eastern Conference 0-0-0 On grass 0-0-1 On turf 0-1-0

Regular Season Record by Month March 2019 March all-time April 2019 April all-time May 2019 May all-time June 2019 June all-time July 2019 July all-time August 2019 August all-time September 2019 September all-time October 2019 October all-time

0-1-1 14-15-11 0-0-0 33-44-17 0-0-0 47-47-22 0-0-0 33-48-20 0-0-0 47-40-30 0-0-0 37-56-17 0-0-0 34-39-19 0-0-0 18-23-15

Regular Season Home and Away Overall all-time 2019 at home All-time home 2019 on road All-time road

265-315-152 0-0-1 181-99-85 0-1-0 82-213-66

Team 2019 Highs & Lows 3, 3/2 vs. POR Goals Scored 3, 3/2 vs. POR Goals Conceded 15, 3/9 vs. SEA Shots 6, 3/2 vs. POR Shots on Goal 4, 3/9 vs. SEA Rapids Shots Blocked by Opponent 4, 3/2 vs. POR Corner Kicks 2, 3/2 vs. POR Offsides 21, 3/9 vs. SEA Crosses From Open Play 18, 3/9 vs. SEA Fouls Committed 14, 3/9 vs. SEA Fouls Suffered 5, 3/2 vs. POR Saves 13, 3/9 vs. SEA Tackles Won 49, 3/9 vs. SEA Duels Won 48.7, 3/2 vs. POR Percentage of Duels Won 41.5, 3/2 vs. POR Possession (%) 339, 3/9 vs. SEA Total Passes 83, 3/9 vs. SEA Passing Accuracy (%)

0, 3/9 vs. SEA 2, 3/9 vs. SEA 14, 3/2 vs. POR 3, 3/9 vs. SEA 3, 3/2 vs. POR 3, 3/9 vs. SEA 0, 3/9 vs. SEA 18, 3/2 vs. POR 11, 3/2 vs. POR 13, 3/2 vs. POR 1, 3/9 vs. SEA 3, 3/2 vs. POR 40, 3/2 vs. POR 44.5, 3/9 vs. SEA 37.1, 3/9 vs. SEA 336, 3/2 vs. POR 79, 3/2 vs. POR

2019 COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES

COLORADO RAPIDS ALL-TIME RECORDS MLS REGULAR SEASON Consecutive Wins (Overall) 7 April 10, 1999 - May 27, 1999 Consecutive Wins (Home) 6 March 12, 206 - May 11, 2016 Consecutive Wins (Away) 3 May 5, 1999 - May 16, 1999 Consecutive Matches Unbeaten (Overall) 15 April 13, 2016 - July 23, 2016 Consecutive Matches Unbeaten (Home) 19 March 12, 2016 - March 17, 2017 Consecutive Matches Unbeaten (Away) 6 April 13, 2016 - July 23, 2016 Consecutive Losses (Overall) 8 April 21, 2018 - June 6, 2018 Consecutive Losses (Home) 4, twice Last: April 29, 2018 - June 1, 2018 Consecutive Losses (Away 9 July 18 2014 - October 25 2014 Consecutive Clean Sheets (Overall) 4 July 9, 2003 - August 13, 2003 Consecutive Clean Sheets (Home) 5 July 4, 2004 - September 4, 2004 Consecutive Clean Sheets (Away) 3 March 7, 2015 - April 10, 20015 Consecutive Matches with Goals Scored (Overall) 14 September 30, 2006 - June, 7 2007 18 August 29, 1996 - September 17, 1997 Consecutive Matches with Goal Scored (Home) 19 June 18, 1998 - July 31, 1999 Consecutive Matches with Goal Scored (Away) 4 August 19, 2018 - September 15, 2018 Consecutive Matches without a Goal (Overall) Consecutive Matches without a Goal (Home) 3, four times Last: august 11, 2018 - present April 21, 2018 - June 9, 2018 Consecutive Matches without a Goal (Away) 4, twice Largest Margin of Victory 4, seven times Last: April 10, 2015 Largest Margin of Defeat 6, twice Last: August 25, 2018 Most Goals Scored in a Match 5, three times Last: October 5, 2013 Most Goals Conceded in a Match 7 May 6, 1998

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CLUB TRANSACTIONS

PLAYER

Ricardo Perez Jack McBean Enzo Martinez Sam Hamilton Andrew Dykstra Mike da Fonte Kip Colvey Edgar Castillo Caleb Calvert Yannick Boli Giles Barnes Zac MacMath Nicolás Mezquida Kei Kamara Clint Irwin Andre Rawls Diego Rubio Keegan Rosenberry Benny Feilhaber Andre Shinyashiki Marlon Hairston Sam Raben Matt Hundley Sam Raben Kofi Opare Shkëlzen Gashi Andre Rawls Matt Hundley Sam Raben

DATE

Nov. 27, 2018 Nov. 27, 2018 Nov. 27, 2018 Nov. 27, 2018 Nov. 27, 2018 Nov. 27, 2018 Nov. 27, 2018 Nov. 27, 2018 Nov. 27, 2018 Nov. 27, 2018 Nov. 27, 2018 Dec. 9, 2018 Dec. 9, 2018 Dec. 11, 2019 Dec. 14, 2019 Dec. 14, 2019 Dec. 18, 2019 Dec. 19, 2019 Jan. 11, 2019 Jan. 11, 2019 Jan. 11, 2019 Jan. 15, 2019 Jan. 15, 2019 Feb. 18, 2019 Feb. 25, 2019 Mar. 1, 2019 Mar. 6, 2019 Mar. 6, 2019 Mar. 6, 2016

TRANSACTION

Option for 2019 declined Option for 2019 declined Option for 2019 declined Option for 2019 declined Out of contract Option for 2019 declined Option for 2019 declined Loan expired Option for 2019 declined Out of contract Option for 2019 declined Traded to Vancouver Whitecaps FC Acquired via trade with Vancouver Whitecaps FC Acquired via trade with FC Cincinnati Acquired via trade with Toronto FC Selected third in the 2018 Re-Entry Draft Acquired via a trade with Sporting Kansas City Acquired via a trade with the Philadelphia Union Signed to a one-year contract with an option for 2020 Selected fifth overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft Traded to Houston Dynamo Signed to a one-year Homegrown Contract Signed to a four-year Homegrown Contract Loaned to Switchbacks FC Signed to a one-year contract Placed on waivers Loaned to Switchbacks FC Loaned to Switchbacks FC Recalled from Switchbacks FC

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2019 FULL SEASON SCHEDULE

DATE

OPPONENT

Saturday, March 2 Saturday, March 9 Sunday, March 17 Saturday, March 23 Saturday, March 30 Saturday, April 6 Wednesday, April 10 Saturday, April 13 Saturday, April 20 Saturday, April 27 Friday, May 3 Saturday, May 11 Sunday, May 19 Saturday, May 25 Wednesday, May 29 Saturday, June 1 Saturday, June 8 Saturday, June 22 Friday, June 28 Thursday, July 4 Saturday, July 13 Saturday, July 20 Saturday, July 27 Saturday, August 3 Saturday, August 10 Wednesday, August 14 Saturday, August 17 Saturday, August 24 Saturday, August 31 Wednesday, September 11 Sunday, September 15 Saturday, September 21 Sunday, September 29 Sunday, October 6

PORTLAND TIMBERS @ SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC SPORTING KANSAS CITY @ FC DALLAS HOUSTON DYNAMO @ ORLANDO CITY SC SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC D.C. UNITED @ CHICAGO FIRE @ ATLANTA UNITED FC VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC REAL SALT LAKE @ LA GALAXY COLUMBUS CREW SC @ PHILADELPHIA UNION FC CINCINNATI MINNESOTA UNITED FC @ VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC LOS ANGELES FOOTBALL CLUB NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION @ PORTLAND TIMBERS NEW YORK CITY FC @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES MONTREAL IMPACT SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES @ MINNESOTA UNITED FC @ HOUSTON DYNAMO @ REAL SALT LAKE @ NEW YORK RED BULLS LA GALAXY @ TORONTO FC @ SPORTING KANSAS CITY FC DALLAS @ LOS ANGELES FOOTBALL CLUB

TIME(MT)/RESULT TV

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2019 REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES MARCH 2, 2019: COLORADO RAPIDS 3-3 PORTLAND TIMBERS MSL REGULAR SEASON | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK| COMMERCE CITY, CO WEATHER: HEAVY SNOW | ATTENDANCE: 12,717 | #SNOWCLASSICO3 COLORADO RAPIDS (0-0-1, 1 PT.) |PORTLAND TIMBERS (0-0-1, 1 PT.) GOALS AND ASSISTS: 16' KAMARA (COL) - ASSISTED BY ACOSTA, SERNA 29' VALERI (POR) 45'+1' BLANCO (POR) - ASSISTED BY VALERI 46' FEILHABER (COL) 66' WYNNE (OG) (POR) 90+4' SHINYASHIKI (COL)

MARCH 9, 2019: SEATTLE SOUNDERS 2-0 COLORADO RAPIDS MSL REGULAR SEASON | CENTURYLINK FIELD| SEATTLE, WA WEATHER: CLEAR | ATTENDANCE: 37,725| #SEAVCOL COLORADO RAPIDS (0-1-1, 1 PT.) |SEATTLE SOUNDERS (2-0-0, 6 PTS.) GOALS AND ASSISTS: 5' LEERDAM (SEA) 8' RUIDÍAZ (SEA)

COLORADO RAPIDS: HOWARD, ROSENBERRY, SJÖBERG, WYNNE, SERNA, FEILHABER, ACOSTA (SHINYASHIKI 77'), MEZQUIDA, BASSET (PRICE 40'), RUBIO (WILSON 30'), KAMARA

UNSUSED SUBSTITUTES: BASSETT, BLOMBERG, IRWIN, RABEN, VINES

UNSUSED SUBSTITUTES: BLOMBERG, JACKSON, IRWIN, VINES PORTLAND TIMBERS: ATTINELLA, VALENTIN, MABIALA, CASCANTE, VILLAFAÑA, CHARA, GUZMÁN (FLORES 86'), POLO, VALERI, BLANCO, EBOBISSE (MELANO 87') UNSUSED SUBSTITUTES: ASPRILLA, CLARK, CONECHNY, DIELNA, MOREIRA STATS: COL POR SHOTS (ON GOAL) 14(6) 27(7) SAVES 5 3 FOULS 11 13 OFFSIDE 2 2 CORNER KICKS 4 17 TOTAL PASSES 336 452 POSSESSION 41.5% 58.5% DISCIPLINARY: 18' CHARA (Y), 27' SJÖBERG (R), 32' CASCANTE (Y)

COLORADO RAPIDS: HOWARD, ROSENBERRY, WILSON, WYNNE, SERNA, MEZQUIDA (JACKSON 85'), FEILHABER, PRICE, ACOSTA (SHINYASHIKI 77'), RUBIO, KAMARA

SEATTLE SOUNDERS: FREI, LEERDAM, KEE-HEE, MARSHALL, SMITH, SVENSSON, ROLDAN, MORRIS (TORRES 85'), LODEIRO, RODRÍGUEZ (SHIPP 68'), RUIDÍAZ UNSUSED SUBSTITUTES: BRUIN, BWANA, DELEM, MEREDITH, TOLO STATS: COL SEA SHOTS (ON GOAL) 15(3) 13(3) SAVES 1 3 FOULS 18 14 OFFSIDE 0 2 CORNER KICKS 3 7 TOTAL PASSES 346 599 POSSESSION 37.3% 62.7% DISCIPLINARY: 17' ROSENBERRY (Y), 25' SVENSSON (Y), 33' FEILHABER (Y), 52' MORRIS (Y), 59' ROLDAN (Y), 65' LEERDAM (Y), 90'+3' LODEIRO (Y)

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COLORADO RAPIDS GOAL MAP 3 1 2

MAP DOES NOT INCLUDE OWN GOALS IN FAVOR OF COLORADO

# Player

Date Opponent Min How

1 Kamara 3/2 2 Feilhaber 3/2 3 Shinyashiki 3/2

POR POR POR

16' RF 46' RF 90+4' LF

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2019 COLORADO RAPIDS COACHING STAFF

Hudson arrived in Major League Soccer on November 29, 2017 after guiding the New Zealand national team to an Intercontinental Playoff appearance against Peru. In the summer of 2017, the then 36-year-old became the youngest ever manager to lead a team to the Confederations Cup, earning international praise following his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong showing against CONCACAF giants Mexico. In just over three years as head coach of New Zealand, Hudson helped the All Whites win the 2016 OFC Nations Cup championship, while posting a 9-11-7 record along the way â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including a 1-1 draw with the United States at RFK Stadium in October of 2016. Hudson began his managerial career in 2008 when he took over the reins of third-tier Real Maryland Monarchs at the age of 27. After a two-year spell with the club, he returned to England where he would work under Harry Redknapp at Tottenham Hotspur as a reserve team coach, before taking over English fifth-tier side Newport County in 2011. The Seattle, Washington native would then serve as head coach of the Bahrain U-23 and senior national teams from 2012-14. He led the U-23s to their first-ever major trophy at the U-23 Gulf Cup of Nations in 2013, before helping the senior side finish third at the 2013-14 West Asian Football Federation Championship. As a player, Hudson came up through the youth ranks at West Ham United before joining Dutch side NEC Nijmegen in 2001. He would finish his playing career as player-assistant with the Wilmington Hammerheads from 2006-08

Darren Bazeley Assistant Coach

Conor Casey Assistant Coach

Neil Emblen Assistant Coach

Chris Sharpe Assistant Coach

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2019 COLORADO RAPIDS TV/RADIO ROSTER

10 Kellyn Acosta

26 Cole Bassett

8 Johan Blomberg

21 Nana Boateng

6 Benny Feilhaber

24 Kortne Ford

1 tim howard

29 matt hundley

31 clint irwin

12 niki jackson

23 Kei kamara

20 Nicolรกs Mezquida

28 sam nicholson

3 kofi opare

19 jack price

18 sam raben

15 andre rawls

2 keegan rosenberry

7 diego rubio

17 dillon serna

5 tommy smith

13 sam vines

4 danny wilson

27 deklan wynne

99 andre shinyashiki 44 Axel Sjรถberg

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PLAYER BIOS

#10 Kellyn Acosta (Midfielder) Age: 23 (07/24/1995) Birthplace: Plano, Texas Hometown: Plano, Texas #26 cole bassett (Midfielder) Age: 17 (07/28/2001) | Homegrown Birthplace: Littleton, Colorado Hometown: Littleton, Colorado #8 Johan blomberg (Midfielder) Age: 31 (06/14/1987) | international Birthplace: Lund, Sweden Hometown: Lund, Sweden

Acquired: signed via a trade with FC Dallas on Jul 23, 2018 Last game: PLAYED 77' MINUTES AND RECORDED 2 SHOTS

#21 Nana Boateng (Midfielder) Age: 24 (05/10/1994) Birthplace: Accra, Ghana Hometown: Accra, Ghana #6 benny feilhaber (Midfielder) Age: 34 (01/19/1985) Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hometown: Irvine, California #24 kortne ford (defender) Age: 23 (01/26/1996) | Homegrown Birthplace: Olathe, Kansas Hometown: Greeley, Colorado #1 tim howard (goalkeeper) Age: 39 (03/06/1979) | Designated player Birthplace: North Brunswick, New Jersey Hometown: North Brunswick, NJ #29 matt hundley (forward) Age: 18 (05/11/2000) | homegrown | loaned out Birthplace: Littleton, Colorado Hometown: Littleton, Colorado #31 clint irwin (goalkeeper) Age: 29 (04/01/1989) Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina #12 niki jackson (foward) Age: 23 (08/25/1995) Birthplace: Vicksburg, MS Hometown: Memphis, TN

Acquired: Signed from Manchester City on Jan 24, 2017 Last game: not in the 18 against SEATTLE

Acquired: Signed a Homegrown contract on Aug 10, 2018 Last game: UNUSED SUBSTITUTE VS SEATTLE

Acquired: signed from AIK Fotboll on Nov 21, 2017 Last game: unused substitute vs SEATTLE

Acquired: signed a one year contract with an option for 2020 on Jan 11, 2019 Last game: PLAYED ALL 90 MINUTES AND RECORDED 1 SHOT

Acquired: Signed a Homegrown contract on Jan 6, 2017 Last game: out due to injury (knee)

Acquired: signed via the Allocation Process on March 20, 2016, Last game: notched ONE save vs SEATTLE

Acquired: Signed a four-year Homegrown contract on jan 11, 2019 Last game: featured in first game with COLORADO SPRINGS SWITCHBACKS FC

Acquired: signed via a trade with Toronto FC on dec 14, 2018 Last game: unused substitute VS SEATTLE

Acquired: Selected by the Rapids in the fourth round of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. signed a one year contract with three additional option years on feb 20, 2018. Last game: SUBSTITUTED IN AT THE 85TH MINUTE vs seattle

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PLAYER BIOS

#23 kei kamara (forward) Age: 34 (09/01/1984) Birthplace: Kenema, Sierra Leone Hometown: Kenema, Sierra Leone #20 Nicolás Mezquida (Midfielder) Age: 27 (01/21/1992) | international Birthplace: Paysandu, Uruguay Hometown: Montevideo, Uruguay

Acquired: signed via trade with FC Cincinnati Dec. 11, 2018 Last game: PLAYED ALL 90 MINUTES AND RECORDED 5 SHOTS

#28 sam nicholson (Midfielder) Age: 24 (01/20/1995) | international Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Hometown: Edinburgh, Scotland #3 kofi opare (defender) Age: 29 (10/12/1990) Birthplace: Mampong, ghana Hometown: Niagra falls, ontario #19 jack price (Midfielder) Age: 26 (12/19/1992) | International Birthplace: Shrewsbury, England Hometown: Shrewsbury, England #18 sam raben (defender) Age: 21 (05/11/1997) | homegrown | loaned out Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama Hometown: Greenwood Village, Colorado #15 andre rawls (goalkeeper) Age: 27 (12/20/1991) | loaned out Birthplace: San Ramon, California Hometown: San Ramon, California #2 keegan rosenberry (defender) Age: 25 (12/11/1993) Birthplace: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Hometown: Ronks, Pennsylvania #7 diego rubio (forward) Age: 25 (05/15/1993) Birthplace: Santiago, Chile Hometown: Santiago, Chile #17 dillon serna (midfielder) Age: 24 (03/25/1994) | homegrown Birthplace: Brighton, CO Hometown: Brighton, CO

Acquired: Signed via trade with Minnesota United FC on May 1, 2018 Last game: not in the 18 VS SEATTLE

Acquired: signed via trade with Vancouver Whitecaps FC on dec 9, 2018 Last game: played 85 MINUTES AND RECORDED 2 SHOTS

Acquired: Acquired via a trade with FC Dallas on July 23, 2018 Last game: out injured (foot)

Acquired: Signed from Wolverhampton Wanderers using TAM on jan 9, 2018 Last game: PLAYED ALL 90 MINUTES AND RECORDED 1 SHOT

Acquired: Signed a one-year Homegrown contract on jan 11, 2019 Last game: UNUSED SUBSTITUTE VS SEATTLE

Acquired: Selected third in the 2018 Re-Entry Draft on dec 14, 2018 Last game: RECORDED FIRST START WITH COLORADO SPRINGS SWITCHBACKS FC

Acquired: signed via trade with Philadelphia Union on dec 19, 2018 Last game: played 90 MINUTES AND RECORDED 1 SHOT

Acquired: signed via trade with Sporting Kansas City on dec 18, 2018 Last game: PLAYED ALL 90 MINUTES AND RECORDED 1 SHOT

Acquired: Signed as a homegrown player on jan 14, 2013 Last game: played all 90 MINUTES IN SEATTLE

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PLAYER BIOS

#99 Andre Shinyashiki (foward) Age: 21 (06/11/1997) | international Birthplace: Sao Paulo, Brazil Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil #44 Axel Sjöberg (defender) Age: 27 (03/08/1991) Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden #5 tommy smith (defender) Age: 28 (03/31/1990) | international Birthplace: Macclesfield, England Hometown: Ipswich, England

Acquired: selected fifth overall in the 2019 mls superdraft by colorado Last game: SUBSTITUTED IN AT THE 77TH MINUTE AND RECORDED 2 SHOTS

#13 sam vines (defender) Age: 19 (05/31/1999) | homegrown Birthplace: Colorado Springs, CO Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO #4 danny wilson (defender) AAge: 27 (12/27/1991) | international Birthplace: Livingston, Scotland Hometown: Livingston, Scotland #27 deklan wynne (defender) Age: 23 (03/20/1995) Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand

Acquired: signed a three-year homegrown contract on feb 23, 2018 Last game: unused substitute VS SEATTLE

Acquired: Selected 14th overall by colorado in the MLS SuperDraft on jan 15, 2015 Last game: SUSPENDED VS SEATTLE Acquired: signed a two-year contract with a club option in year three, from Ipswich Town on jan 22, 2018 Last game: out injured (knee)

Acquired: signed a three-year contract with a club option for a fourth, from Rangers F.C. on jan 29, 2018 Last game: PLAYED A FULL 90 MINUTES IN SEATTLE Acquired: signed from Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchanged for $100,000 in TAM on dec 21, 2017 Last game: played all 90 min vs SEATTLE at the centerback position

Tim Howard Keegan Rosenberry Kofi Opare Danny Wilson Tommy Smith Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Johan Blomberg Kellyn Acosta Niki Jackson Sam Vines Andre Rawls Dillon Serna Sam Raben Jack Price Nicolas Mezquida Nana Boateng Kei Kamara Kortne Ford Cole Bassett Deklan Wynne Sam Nicholson Matt Hundley Clint Irwin Axel Sjoberg Andre Shinyashiki

Player

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 15 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 26 27 28 29 31 44 99

90D

27D 13 13

40M 90D 90D

90F 90F

50 90M 90M 85M

90D 90D

77M 77M 5

90M 90M 30F 90F

2 SEA 0-2 90G 90D

1 POR 3-3 90G 90D

COLORADO RAPIDS

Game log: Game #1 03/02/2019 Game #2 03/09/2019

COL 3 vs POR 3 COL 0 at SEA 2

T L

Kamara 1 (Acosta 1, Serna 1)

16; Feilhaber 1 (unassisted)

COLORADO RAPIDS 46; Shinyashiki 1 (unassisted)

94+

Adrian Zendejas Botond Barath Abdul Rwatubyaye Andreu Fontas Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Yohan Croizet Kelyn Rowe Gerso Fernandes Gianluca Busio Seth Sinovic Graham Smith Roger Espinoza Eric Dick Erik Hurtado Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Rodney Wallace Tyler Freeman Jaylin Lindsey Tim Melia Wan Kuzain Jimmy Medranda

Player

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 29 75 94

90D

90G 90G

17 10 62M 90M

84M

90D 84M 80F 90D 90F 6 28 12 73F 90F 78M 90D 90D

68D 90D 90M 90F 90D 90F

1 2 LFC PHI 1-2 2-0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY at COLORADO RAPIDS

2019 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Sunday, March 17, 2019 Kickoff: 8:00 p.m. CT Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, CO) MLS Regular Season Game 3 Sporting Kansas City 1-1-0, 3 points (1-0-0 home; 0-1-0 away) T-7th in MLS Western Conference Colorado Rapids 0-1-1, 1 point (0-0-1 home; 0-1-0 away) T-9th in MLS Western Conference

1-1-0 (3 pts.) 2 T-7th in West 3 1.50 1 2 1.00 +1 27 (9) 33.3% 31 21 8 1

English TV: FOX Sports KC English Radio: ESPN 95.3 FM Spanish Radio: ESPN Deportes 1480 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:

Allen Chapman Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho Michael Kampmeinert Guido Gonzales Jr. Jorge Gonzalez

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 29 75 94

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

Name Adrian Zendejas Botond Barath Abdul Rwatubyaye Andreu Fontas Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Yohan Croizet Kelyn Rowe Gerso Fernandes Gianluca Busio Seth Sinovic Graham Smith Roger Espinoza Eric Dick Erik Hurtado Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Rodney Wallace Tyler Freeman Gedion Zelalem Jaylin Lindsey Tim Melia Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal Jimmy Medranda

Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas BOH-tond buh-RAT GWAH-too-BYAH-yay ahn-DRAY-oo BEEZ-ler ILL-ee-eh

COLORADO RAPIDS

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

0-1-1 (1 pt.) 2 T-9th in West 3 1.50 2 5 2.50 -2 29 (9) 31.0% 29 27 2 1

2019 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

gram ZOO-see KRIS-tee-ON NEY-muth CRAH-zay KELL-in JER-soh jahn-LUKA BOO-see-oh sin-OH-vick her-TAH-doh shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay

GEH-dee-on zeh-LAH-lem MEE-lia wahn koo-ZANE wahn kuh-MAHL muh-DRAHN-dah

Ilie, Nemeth Johnny Russell Nemeth, Zusi Gutierrez, Nemeth Ilie Sanchez N/A Espinoza, Zusi Three Players Graham Zusi Roger Espinoza

1 GOALS 1 ASSISTS 3 SHOTS 2 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 0 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 5 FOULS COMMITTED 4 FOULS SUFFERED 2 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 180 Tim Melia 1.00 Tim Melia 1 Tim Melia 1 Tim Melia 8

2019 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

COLORADO RAPIDS

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

1 Three Players 1 Acosta, Serna 8 Kei Kamara 4 Kei Kamara 0 N/A 0 N/A 6 Benny Feilhaber 6 Diego Rubio 1 Feilhaber, Rosenberry 1 Axel Sjoberg 180 Tim Howard 2.50 Tim Howard 0 N/A 0 N/A 6 Tim Howard

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

Eastern Conference 1. Columbus Crew SC 2. D.C. United 3. Toronto FC 4. Montreal Impact 5. Orlando City SC 6. New York City FC 7. New York Red Bulls 8. Chicago Fire 9. Atlanta United FC 10. New England Revolution 11. FC Cincinnati 12. Philadelphia Union

Pts 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0

W L T 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0

GD +2 +2 +2 0 0 0 0 -1 -2 -2 -3 -4

GP 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2

Western Conference 1. Seattle Sounders FC 2. Los Angeles FC 3. Minnesota United FC 4. FC Dallas 5. Houston Dynamo 6. Real Salt Lake 7. Sporting Kansas City 8. LA Galaxy 9. Colorado Rapids 10. Portland Timbers 11. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 12. San Jose Earthquakes

Pts 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 0 0

W L T 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0

GD +5 +4 +4 +2 +1 +1 +1 -1 -2 -3 -2 -4

GP 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

PETER VERMES 11th season 134-100-82 11th season (.554) 134-100-82 (.554)

ANTHONY HUDSON

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

2nd season 8-20-8 (.333) 2nd season 8-20-8 (.333)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Friday, March 15 QUESTIONABLE: • Andreu Fontas (Hip Injury) • Erik Hurtado (Knee Injury) • Daniel Salloi (Ankle Injury) OUT: • Jimmy Medranda (Knee Injury)

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 17, 2019 at Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #COLvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#COLvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City is back in MLS regular season action this weekend when the side travels to take on the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Sunday night. Sporting KC holds a slender 25-23-14 lead in the all-time series against Colorado, and took the 2018 series with a 1-1-0 record. Last year, Sporting KC visited Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on March 24, 2018 and escaped with a point following a thrilling 2-2 draw. In their home opener, the Rapids raced out to an early 2-0 lead which held through halftime, only for Felipe Gutierrez to hit back before a late, late equalizer from Diego Rubio deep into stoppage time saw Sporting KC snatch a draw. The return fixture at Children’s Mercy Park came on May 5, 2018, with Sporting taking all three points behind Daniel Salloi’s early goal on their way to a 1-0 victory. That improved Sporting KC’s home record against the Rapids to 20-5-5, which means SKC has a 5-18-9 mark on the road against the Rapids. Colorado has three former Sporting KC players on their 2019 roster: midfielder Benny Feilhaber and forwards Kei Kamara and Diego Rubio.

Sporting KC Team Notes • Sporting are 4-2-0 in all competitions this season, winning all three home games and losing two of three away fixtures. • Sporting have recorded shutouts in four of their six competitive matches this season. • On Thursday, Sporting became the lone MLS team to reach the 2019 Concacaf Champions League Semifinals with a 3-0 win over Independiente.

Date

Sporting KC Player Notes • Forward Krisztian Nemeth leads Sporting with five goals in as many appearances this season across all competitions. • Defender Matt Besler is the only player to play every minute of Sporting’s first six competitive matches this season. • Forward Gerso Fernandes has recorded two goals and two assists in four Concacaf Champions League appearances this winter. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has posted shutouts in four of his first five starts this season across all competitions.

#COLvSKC: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 25-23-14 in regular season)

05/05/2018 03/24/2018 05/27/2017 04/09/2017 07/16/2016

Score

KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 0 at COL 1

Result Details W T L W L

Salloi scores early on to give SKC shutout win Gutierrez and Rubio strike in second half to salvage road point Ford scores early as Rapids frustrate Sporting KC Sinovic, Gerso and Dwyer score before Doyle nets late PK Marlon Hairston scores winner late for the Rapids

Colorado Rapids Team Notes • Colorado has ranked last in goal scoring for two straight seasons. Their 36 goals in 2018 were seven fewer than any other team. • Colorado’s minus-27 goal difference last season (36-63) was the worst in the Western Conference. • Colorado’s eight away losses in 2018 were the second-most in MLS (6-8-3). • The Rapids outshot Seattle 15-13 in last weekend’s 2-0 road loss but conceded twice in the first eight minutes.

#COLvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY • Sporting KC defender Graham Zusi has scored three goals and added two assists against the Colorado Rapids, including a one goal and two assist performance in a 3-2 victory on the road on March 29, 2014. His other goals came at home on July 6, 2011 and Aug. 31, 2013. • Defender Seth Sinovic has a goal and two of his eight career assists against the Colorado Rapids. He scored his first-ever regular-season goal in the 3-1 win on April 9, 2017, and also added an assist in the same game. His other assist came in a 2-2 road draw on May 19, 2012. • Winger Gerso Fernandes has a goal and an assist against Colorado, scoring his first goal for the club with the game-winner on April 9, 2017 before adding an assist on Diego Rubio’s late equalizer in the 2-2 road draw on March 24, 2018. • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez has one goal against the Rapids, scoring the first goal of an eventual 2-2 road draw on March 24, 2018. • Forward Daniel Salloi has scored once against Colorado, notching the gamewinner in the 1-0 home win on May 5, 2018. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has one assist against the Colorado Rapids, coming on Fernandes’ game-winning goal on April 9, 2017. • Midfielder Kelyn Rowe has one goal and two assists against the Rapids, all coming with the New England Revolution. He scored in a 3-0 home win on July 30, 2014, before adding assists in back-to-back appearances against the Rapids away on April 4, 2015 and home on Sept. 3, 2016. • Forward Erik Hurtado has one goal and one assist against the Rapids, both coming in the same game - a 3-3 home draw for Vancouver on Sept. 24, 2016. • Defender Rodney Wallace has seven assists against Colorado, including three in the same game in a 3-0 home win for Portland on June 23, 2013. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 3-7-1 all-time against Colorado, posting a 1.27 goals against average with two shutouts. His shutouts came in a 2-0 home victory on June 27, 2015 and a 1-0 home win on May 5, 2018.

Colorado Rapids Player Notes • Among Colorado’s 11 offseason acquisitions are former Sporting players Benny Feilhaber, Kei Kamara and Diego Rubio. The trio combined for 94 goals and 87 assists in 371 competitive matches during their respective stints with Sporting. • Forward Kei Kamara and midfielder Benny Feilhaber both scored in Colorado’s 3-3 draw against Portland to open the season.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Forward Krisztian Nemeth is two appearances shy of reaching 50 in all competitions for Sporting KC.

#COLvSKC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Colorado trio Benny Feilhaber (2013-2017), Kei Kamara (2009-2013) and Diego Rubio (2016-2018) all played for Sporting KC. • Sporting KC Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes played for the Colorado Rapids from 1997-1999 before joining Kansas City. • Defenders Graham Zusi and Matt Besler both played on the U.S. National Team alongside Colorado ‘keeper Tim Howard and midfielder Kellyn Acosta. • Forward Johnny Russell has played with Colorado defender Danny Wilson on the Scotland Under-21 National Team from 2011-2012. Forward Krisztian Nemeth also played with Danny Wilson at Liverpool in 2010. • Midfielder Gedion Zelalem was a teammate of Colorado’s Danny Wilson while on loan from Arsenal at Rangers from 2015-2016. • Forward Erik Hurtado played with Colorado’s Nicolas Mezquida at Vancouver Whitecaps FC from 2014-2018. • Colorado defender Kortne Ford is born in Olathe, Kansas - a suburb of Kansas City. He also played with Sporting KC defender Graham Smith at the University of Denver in 2016. Smith also played with Andre Shinyashiki at Denver.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

MELIA CONTINUES PENALTY HEROICS

Following Thursday’s Concacaf Champions League Semifinal Second Leg victory over Independiente, Sporting Kansas City now returns to MLS action for their next two matches before resuming Champions League commitments in early April. Sporting KC has opened the season 1-1-0 in MLS play while advancing through two rounds of CCL action and will take on the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park this Sunday.

Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia continued his stunning record against penalty kicks when he dove to his right to keep out Marco Fabian’s attempt during last Sunday’s 2-0 victory over the Philadelphia Union at Children’s Mercy Park. That save was crucial as it kept Sporting in a 1-0 lead following Ilie Sanchez’s early penalty. As tough as stopping a penalty kick is - just 16.7 percent of penalties were saved during the 2018 MLS regular season - Melia has now saved eight penalties since the start of the 2016 season, three more than any other goalkeeper in the league.

Sporting KC opened the season with a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat to Los Angeles FC at Banc of California Stadium after Adama Diomande’s 94th-minute winner, but responded with a comfortable 2-0 victory at Children’s Mercy Park over the Philadelphia Union last Sunday. That leaves Sporting KC in seventh place in the Western Conference with three points.

Melia has saved eight of 18 penalties faced over the last four regular seasons. Among keepers with at least five penalty kicks faced during that time, his 0.44 save percentage on spot kicks blows away a crop of second-placed goalkeepers tied on 0.33. Melia also became the second keeper in Kansas City history to record 40 regular-season shutouts for the club. He currently sits second all-time on the chart behind Jimmy Nielsen’s 45. Melia was named to the bench of the MLS Team of the Week for his explots.

Peter Vermes’ side finished the 2018 season atop the Western Conference to clinch the number one seed in their conference for the first time since 2012 when the side was playing in the East. Following Sunday’s game against the Rapids, Sporting KC will enjoy a bye week during the FIFA international window before hosting the Montreal Impact at Children’s Mercy Park on March 30 before the Concacaf Champions League Semifinals First Leg against Monterrey, scheduled somewhere between April 2-4.

WELCOME TO KC, GEDION ZELALEM

Sporting Kansas City announced on Monday that the club has signed 22-year-old midfielder Gedion Zelalem from English Premier League giants Arsenal. Zelalem spent six years in North London, making a handful of first team appearances for the Gunners.

Sporting KC will see some friendly faces when the side visits Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Sunday, as former Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber and forwards Kei Kamara and Diego Rubio all ply their trade for the Rapids in 2019. Between them, Feilhaber, Kamara and Rubio had a combined 94 goals and 87 assists in 371 appearances in all competitions as all three players had a large impact at the club. All three players won at least one piece of silverware with the club.

Born in Berlin, Germany, Zelalem moved to the U.S. with his father in 2006 after three years in the Hertha Berlin Academy. He played for multiple academy teams in the Washington, D.C. area, eventually starring for Olney Rangers from 2011-2013. Zelalem began his international youth career Germany before gaining U.S. citizenship and representing the U.S. at U-20 and U-23 levels.

RAPIDS RECAP

Sporting Kansas City is set to travel to take on the Colorado Rapids this Sunday as the side returns to MLS action following their Concacaf Champions League victory on Thursday. It’s the first of two matches between the two sides this season, as Sporting will host the Rapids at Children’s Mercy Park in the return fixture on September 21.

Zelalem moved from the U.S. to London in early 2013 to join Arsenal’s academy, rising from the U-16s to the U-21s in his first year. He was part of Arsenal’s squad during a July 2013 preseason tour of Asia and made his debut as a substitute in the FA Cup in early 2014. The following December, Zelalem earned his UEFA Champions League debut against Turkish giants Galatasaray. Two loan stints with Rangers FC in Scotland and VVV Venlo in the Netherlands followed. Zelalem most recently played for the Arsenal U-23s, returning from an injury in November 2018.

The last time Sporting KC visited Dick’s Sporting Goods Park was on March 24, 2018 when Sporting KC came back from a two-goal deficit to snatch a 2-2 draw at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Goals within the opening eight minutes from Dominique Badji and Joe Mason put Sporting on the back foot, but Peter Vermes’ side responded well and midway through the second half, Felipe Gutierrez volleyed home to pull a goal back after Yohan Croizet had hit the post. With the game heading toward its conclusion in stoppage time, Sporting KC found their equalizer when Diego Rubio slid home a finish from Khiry Shelton’s back-heel to steal a point.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMIFINAL AWAITS

Sporting Kansas City produced a rousing comeback in the Concacaf Champions League Quarterfinals Second Leg on Thursday evening to erase a 2-1 deficit from the First Leg against Panamanian side Independiente to win 3-0 at Children’s Mercy Park and advance to the Semifinals 4-2 on aggregate. Sporting KC will travel to Monterrey between April 2-4 before hosting the return leg between April 9-11.

In the most recent meeting between the sides - May 5, 2018 at Children’s Mercy Park Sporting KC sealed a 1-0 victory after Daniel Salloi’s opportunistic early goal to take all three points in a tight encounter.

After a frustrating opening 75 minutes, which saw Independiente goalkeeper Jose Guerra produce a string of stunning saves, Sporting finally found the breakthrough when Krisztian Nemeth volleyed home. Further goals were piled on by Roger Espinoza and a clinical second from Nemeth as the home side cruised to victory on the night and booked a date with Mexican powerhouse Monterrey in the Semifinals.

Sporting KC leads the all-time series between the two clubs in regular-season matches. Sporting is 25-23-14 all-time against the Rapids, including a 5-18-9 record on the road.

CONGESTION CHARGE

It’s the first time in club history that the side has reached the Semifinals of the current Concacaf Champions League format, though the side did advance to the Semifinals of the tournament’s precursor - the Concacaf Champions Cup. Sporting KC advanced to the Semifinals of the Champions Cup in 2002 only to be defeated by Mexican side Monarcas Morelia 7-2 on aggregate.

While racking up the travel miles, Sporting Kansas City has also been racking up the miles on the legs of its squad in the early part of the 2019 season. Starting with the Feb. 21 match against Toluca in the Concacaf Champions League Round of 16, the side has already played six games in the space of 21 days, and will have played seven in the space of 24 days following this weekend’s road match against the Colorado Rapids.

Monterrey are currently top of the Liga MX standings in the 2019 Clausura and advanced to the Semifinals of the Champions League by defeating Salvadorian side Alianza in the Round of 16 before dispatching reigning MLS Cup Champions Atlanta United FC in the Quarterfinals.

Sporting KC rolled out an unchanged lineup in the first three games of the season: both legs against Toluca in the Champions League and the MLS opener against LAFC at Banc of California Stadium. Heading into the Champions League Quarterfinals First Leg against Panamanian side Independiente, Peter Vermes made eight changes to his team, giving starts to goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas, defenders Jaylin Lindsey, Botond Barath and Rodney Wallace, midfielders Kelyn Rowe and Yohan Croizet, and forwards Erik Hurtado and Daniel Salloi. Sporting KC returned to its original group, sans the injured Andreu Fontas and suspended Roger Espinoza who were replaced by Botond Barath and Gianluca Busio in the 2-0 win over Philadelphia on Sunday. Espinoza and Salloi returned to the lineup for the 3-0 victory in the Second Leg on Thursday.

NEMO FINDING BIG GOALS ON THE BIG STAGE

Sporting Kansas City forward Krisztian Nemeth continued his blistering form to start the 2019 season with a brace in Thursday’s 3-0 victory over Independiente in the Concacaf Champions League Quarterfinals Second Leg to help Sporting advance 4-2 on aggregate.

When Sporting KC faced Toluca, Los Angeles FC and Independiente all on the road in the space of a week, it marked the third time in club history that the side has played three road games in the space of a week, and first time ever with three road games in a week with at least one outside of the country.

Nemeth, who re-joined Sporting KC for a second stint last August, now has five goals in five games to start the season - four in the Champions League and one in MLS regular season play. In 2018, Toronto FC’s Sebastian Giovinco and Jonathan Osorio each finished as the tournament’s top scorers with four goals each. Nemeth is currently tied for the tournament-lead with four goals alongside Tigres UANL’s Enner Valencia.

In the current seven-game stretch, Sporting KC will have played in all four continental U.S. time zones: Central Time: Feb. 21 vs. Toluca, Feb. 28 at Toluca, March 10 vs. Philadelphia, March 14 vs. Independiente. Pacific Time: March 3 at LAFC. Eastern Time: March 6 at Independiente. Mountain Time: March 17 at Colorado Rapids.

The Hungarian international has also shown that he can score on the big stage, netting the game-winner in the Champions League Round of 16 First Leg against Toluca, scoring in Sporting’s MLS opener on the road at Los Angeles FC and netting twice including the game-winner - in Thursday’s victory over Independiente.

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 17, 2019 at Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

GLOBE TROTTING

2026 WORLD CUP HEADING TO NORTH AMERICA

Sporting Kansas City finally returned home from Panama last week after taking on Club Atletico Independiente in the Concacaf Champions League Quarterfinals on Wednesday. The club wrapped up an unprecedented road trip that saw the side play in three countries and cover nearly 10,000 air miles in an 18-day span.

The United Bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States was selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow. Kansas City is one of 23 Candidate Host Cities in the United Bid. The vote, which occurred a day before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, also marks the first time three nations have been selected to co-host a FIFA World Cup and the first time the FIFA World Cup will be played in North America in 32 years. The United Bid offers FIFA and its 211 Member Associations unity, certainty, and opportunity as they prepare to host the largest FIFA World Cup in history.

During that stretch, Sporting spent just four full days in Kansas City and played four competitive matches in three different times zones, three of which took place away from home, each in a different country. The wild travel schedule amounted to six separate flights and approximately 9,760 miles. Date Feb. 18 Feb. 23 Feb. 27 March 1 March 4 March 7

Flight Phoenix to KC KC to Albuquerque Albuquerque to Toluca Toluca to LA LA to Panama City Panama City to KC

Note End of preseason Training camp #TOLvSKC #LAFCvSKC #CAIvSKC Return home

Distance 1,040 miles 720 miles 1,170 miles 1,530 miles 3,010 miles 2,290 miles

Running Total 1,040 miles 1,760 miles 2,930 miles 4,460 miles 7,470 miles 9,760 miles

With the FIFA Congress decision to award the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to the federations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the three nations will jointly manage preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup until FIFA establishes their operations to manage the competition. Among other decisions, FIFA will make the final selection of host cities for the 2026 competition from the 23 candidates proposed in the United Bid. Each of the United Bid’s 23 proposed stadiums are fully built, occupied and operational, ensuring long-term use following the 2026 World Cup. The United Bid has 150 existing world-class training facilities, millions of hotel rooms, and advanced infrastructure. The United Bid is expected to generate more than $14 billion in revenue and $11 billion in profits for FIFA, which will be shared with the 211 FIFA Member Associations, helping further develop and expand the game of football across the globe.

Sporting have played three away games in a seven-day period just twice previously, in 1999 and 2006. Neither road trip required SKC to leave the country, let alone do it twice.

RECORD-SETTING 2018

Sporting Kansas City enjoyed a historic 2018 season that saw the club set new records in multiple attacking categories. Most notably, the club shattered the franchise’s all-time goalscoring record by tallying 65 goals in 34 games, eclipsing the 61 goals the then Kansas City Wizards tallied in their inaugural season in 1996.

PLAYOFF STREAK REACHES EIGHT SEASONS

In 2018, Sporting KC continued its impressive streak of postseason appearances, becoming just the sixth club in MLS history to make at least eight straight trips to the MLS Cup Playoffs, while Manager Peter Vermes is now just the third coach to lead the same team to eight straight playoff appearances.

As well as their overall goalscoring exploits, Sporting Kansas City also set new club records in five other offensive categories: Road Goals (31), Goal Difference (+25), Assists (69), Shots (583) and Corner Kicks (206).

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) Seattle Sounders FC 10 (2009-2018) *active New York Red Bulls 9 (2010-2018) *active Sporting KC 8 (2011-2018) *active LA Galaxy 8 (2009-2016) NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014)

Peter Vermes’ side also found multiple goals in 25 of the club’s 40 matches in all competitions last season and was only shutout seven times. Sporting KC finished the regular season as the fourth highest scoring team in MLS with 65 goals, while the side scored 79 goals when including the MLS Cup Playoffs and U.S. Open Cup play. Sporting had 16 different goalscorers last year in MLS play - which was tied for the second highest number of goalscorers across a single squad this season. In 2018, SKC found goals from Daniel Salloi (14), Johnny Russell (10), Diego Rubio (10), Felipe Gutierrez (7), Gerso Fernandes (6), Ilie Sanchez (5), Ike Opara (3), Yohan Croizet (3), Roger Espinoza (3), Khiry Shelton (2), Graham Zusi (2), Jimmy Medranda (2), Cristian Lobato (2), Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (1), Krisztian Nemeth (1) and Gianluca Busio (1). The 6-0 triumph over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 20, 2018 tied club records for largest margin of victory and most goals scored in a competitive match. Sporting KC finished the year with 65 goals in 34 regular-season matches, having scored 40 in all of 2017. The last time Sporting KC hit six goals in an MLS match was on June 20, 1999.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Peter Vermes Sporting KC 8 2011-2018 (active) Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Sigi Schmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

VERMES ENTERS 11th SEASON

VERMES VERBATIM

Vermes is the longest tenured coach that is currently in charge of a team in Major League Soccer, having been in charge of Sporting KC since 2009 - one year longer than Ben Olsen has been at the helm at D.C. United. Vermes became the longest tenured coach in MLS when then LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena took the USMNT job in late 2016.

On the first goal: “The great thing is we had a good mentality. We never stopped and it was a matter of finding the first goal. Their goalkeeper, he stood on his head today. He had a lot of great saves and played very well. I thought he made a great save on (Graham) Zusi’s free kick. I think that was a big moment in the game. There were a few chances we had where he didn’t make saves where we kind of played them wide. I just felt it was inevitable. We were too good to not win the game and go through.”

Entering his 11th season at the helm of Sporting KC, manager Peter Vermes looks to win more hardware and guide his side to yet another postseason appearance in 2019. The task begins with the Concacaf Champions League, which began at the end of February, before MLS play began in March and U.S. Open Cup action starts later in the year.

See below for comments from Sporting KC Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes following the 3-0 victory over Club Atletico Independiente in the Concacaf Champions League Quarterfinals Round of 16 Second Leg at Children’s Mercy Park on March 14, 2019.

Vermes has guided Sporting KC to four titles under his watch, winning three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups in 2012, 2015 and 2017, and the MLS Cup in 2013. His trophy haul ranks as the second highest among active MLS coaches - only trailing Toronto FC’s Greg Vanney’s five championships. On a local level, Vermes’ 11 years with SKC is the second longest tenure by a head coach in the history of major KC professional sports behind Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer Hank Stram, who was Chiefs head coach from 1963-1974.

On being the first Sporting team to make the semis in the Champions League: “It’s a historical moment in that we’ve never made it this far and for us to take this step. To now have a little bit of a break, too. We play this weekend and then the FIFA window comes up and we have a little break there where we can get a couple of days off. The great thing is that the guys have worked really hard. The way that we’ve prepared up until this point, we’ve put a lot of emphasis on finding a way to get through these first two series and we’ve done that. It’s a big moment for the club but obviously we’ve got a big challenge in front of us with Monterrey.”

Vermes has compiled a 169-118-94 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 20-6-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 134 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks fifth all-time and second among active coaches in MLS, trailing Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley.

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 17, 2019 at Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Colorado Rapids: 25-23-14 Home games: 20-5-5 (62 GF, 30 GA) Road games: 5-18-9 (38 GF, 52 GA) Date 04/13/1996 05/05/1996 07/10/1996 08/07/1996 06/28/1997 08/28/1997 09/06/1997 09/26/1997 05/31/1998 07/19/1998 08/08/1998 09/02/1998 04/17/1999 07/07/1999 09/10/1999 09/25/1999 04/01/2000 04/29/2000 08/02/2000 08/26/2000 07/18/2001 08/12/2001 08/19/2001 03/23/2002 05/11/2002 09/14/2002 09/20/2002 07/04/2003 08/22/2003 09/13/2003 10/04/2003 05/01/2004 06/09/2004 09/10/2004 09/25/2004 04/02/2005 07/04/2005 07/08/2006 09/09/2006 05/19/2007 07/22/2007 04/05/2008 08/16/2008 03/28/2009 09/26/2009 04/10/2010 07/17/2010 05/28/2011 07/06/2011 05/19/2012 08/31/2013 03/29/2014 06/27/2015 08/29/2015 10/21/2015 04/13/2016 05/11/2016 07/16/2016 04/09/2017 05/27/2017 03/24/2018 05/05/2018

Score KC 3 vs COL 0 KC 0 at COL 4 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 4 KC 3 at COL 3 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 1 KC 5 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 4 vs COL 1 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 2 at COL 3 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 0 KC 0 vs COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 0 KC 5 at COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 0 at COL 0 KC 2 at COL 2 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 1 KC 0 at COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 2 at COL 3 KC 2 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 4 vs COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 0 KC 1 at COL 3 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 4 vs COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 2 vs COL 2 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 vs COL 0 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 vs COL 1 KC 2 at COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 1 KC 3 at COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 vs COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 2 at COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 9 Klein, Preki 16 Preki 83 Preki 35 Preki 34 McKeon, Zavagnin 47 Kerry Zavagnin

Result Location W Arrowhead Stadium L Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Mile High Stadium SOW Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Mile High Stadium SOL Mile High Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium SOL Mile High Stadium SOL Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Mile High Stadium T (2OT) Mile High Stadium T (2OT) Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium L Invesco Field at Mile High L Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Invesco Field at Mile High L Invesco Field at Mile High T (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium L Invesco Field at Mile High W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Invesco Field at Mile High L Invesco Field at Mile High W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Invesco Field at Mile High L Invesco Field at Mile High W Arrowhead Stadium T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T Arrowhead Stadium W CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W CommunityAmerica Ballpark T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T Livestrong Sporting Park T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park W Sporting Park W Dick’s Sporting Goods Park W Sporting Park L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park L Sporting Park L Children’s Mercy Park L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park W Children’s Mercy Park L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park W Children’s Mercy Park

124

7 6 6 65 18

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

John Spencer Chris Henderson John Spencer John Spencer Pablo Mastroeni Chris Henderson

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Five Players 3 Cannon, Hahnemann 5 Scott Garlick 3 Marcus Hahnemann 44 Marcus Hahnemann 17

Tony Meola Tim Melia Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola

8 7 53 29 35 36

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

COLORADO RAPIDS

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

2 Nine Players 3 Preki (10/4/03) 9 Onandi Lowe (8/12/01) 5 Dom Dwyer (8/29/15) 7 Chris Henderson (8/26/00) 7 Three Players

Eight Players Six Players (9/14/02) Mark Chung (8/22/03) John Spencer (8/2/00) Chris Martinez (5/11/16) Kevin Doyle

2 2 8 5 7 7

Four Players Grafer, Kramer

9 5

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

9 Bo Oshoniyi (9/10/04) 4 Mike Ammann (8/7/96)

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 36 64 0 374 495 7 148 211 3 394 408 12 87 86 0 142 166 3

Total 100 876 362 814 173 311

COLORADO RAPIDS Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 32 50 0 330 407 9 130 152 2 439 481 8 92 78 2 150 149 8

Total 82 746 284 928 172 307

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC COL

1-15

8 11

16-30

12 10

31-45

16 11

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,505

CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS Dating back to April 2012 (including postseason)

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 145 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 137 MLS regular season, 8 MLS postseason, 19 Open Cup, 9 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 145 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

178

COLORADO RAPIDS

105.6 5

46-60

24 16

61-75

11 9

76-90

29 25

0 0

Total

100 82

100

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

310

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 178 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 17, 2019 at Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Tyler Freeman (Signed as Homegrown Player - Oct. 2, 2018)

Kharlton Belmar (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Rodney Wallace (Signed as Free Agent - Dec. 14, 2018)

Amer Didic (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Erik Hurtado (Trade - Dec. 14, 2018)

Brad Evans (Option Declined/Retired - Nov. 30, 2018)

Botond Barath (Signing - Dec. 18, 2018)

Cristian Lobato (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Kelyn Rowe (Trade - Dec. 18, 2018)

Colton Storm (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Abdul Rwatubyaye (Signing - Feb. 5, 2019)

Diego Rubio (Trade - Dec. 14, 2018)

Gedion Zelalem (Signing - March 11, 2019)

Ike Opara (Trade - Jan. 28, 2019)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE Oct. 2: Nov. 30: Dec. 14: Dec. 14: Dec. 18: Dec. 18: Jan. 28: Feb. 5: March 11:

IN/OUT DETAILS IN Sporting KC signs F Tyler Freeman as a Homegrown player from the Sporting KC Academy. OUT Sporting KC declines options for D Amer Didic, D Brad Evans, D Colton Storm, M Cristian Lobato and F Kharlton Belmar. IN Sporting KC signs D Rodney Wallace as a free agent. IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires F Erik Hurtado from Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS) in exchange for the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural second-round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft and natural first-riund pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. IN Sporting KC signs D Botond Barath, most recently at Budapest Honved FC (Hungary). IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires M Kelyn Rowe and $300,000 in allocation money from the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for F Diego Rubio. OUT Sporting KC acquires up to $1,000,000 in allocation money from Minnesota United FC (MLS) in exchange for D Ike Opara. IN Sporting KC acquires D Abdul Rwatubyaye in a transfer from Rayon Sports FC (Rwanda). IN Sporting KC acquires M Gedion Zelalem in a transfer from Arsenal FC (England).

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011

Trades

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2013

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

2015

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15)

2016

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

2017 2018

2019

Swope Park Rangers

Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Eric Dick (13th) Graham Smith (18th)

Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)

Yohan Croizet (12/15/17) Johnny Russell (1/31/18) Felipe Gutierrez (2/6/18) Andreu Fontas (8/8/18)

Krisztian Nemeth (8/6/18)

Jaylin Lindsey (1/1/18) Wan Kuzain (4/13/18)

Rodney Wallace (12/14/18) Botond Barath (12/18/18) Abdul Rwatubyaye (2/5/19) Gedion Zelalem (3/11/19)

Erik Hurtado (12/14/18) Kelyn Rowe (12/18/18)

Tyler Freeman (1/1/19)

Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16)

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 17, 2019 at Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21

DEPORTIVO TOLUCA

CCL

3-0

Nemeth, Gerso, Ilie

Thursday, February 28

at Deportivo Toluca

CCL

2-0

Gerso, Nemeth

Sunday, March 3

at Los Angeles FC

MLS

1-2

Nemeth

Wednesday, March 6

at Club Atletico Independiente

CCL

1-2

Ilie

SUNDAY, MARCH 10

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

2-0

Ilie, Own Goal

THURSDAY, MARCH 14

CLUB ATLETICO INDEPENDIENTE CCL

3-0

Nemeth (2), Espinoza

Sunday, March 17

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

8:00

FOX Sports KC

SATURDAY, MARCH 30

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

2:00

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

Tuesday-Thursday, April 2-4

at C.F. Monterrey

CCL

TBD

Yahoo Sports/UDN

Sunday, April 7

at FC Cincinnati

MLS

2:00

ESPN

TUESDAY-THURSDAY, APRIL 9-11 C.F. MONTERREY

CCL

TBD

YAHOO SPORTS/UDN

SUNDAY, APRIL 14

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS