Game Guide: Sporting KC vs Portland Timbers by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v PORTLAND TIMBERS (March 21, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2015 SEASON RECORDS

ROSTERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 2 0-1-1 1 2 4 at home 1 0-0-1 1 1 1 Timbers on road

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

Marin

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (5 meetings): Sporting KC 3 wins, 8 goals … Timbers 2 wins, 6 goals … Ties 0

Opara

Besler

Dia

71 de Jong

10 Feilhaber

AT KC (2 meetings): Sporting KC 1 win, 5 goals … Timbers 1 win, 4 goals … Ties 0

Nagamura

Espinoza

Zusi

LAST YEAR (MLS): 6/27: POR 0, KC 1 (Olum 24)

9 Nemeth

14 Dwyer

UPCOMING MATCHES TIMBERS SPORTING Sat. Mar. 28 at Vancouver Sat. Mar. 28 at New York City FC Sat. Apr. 4 FC Dallas Sun. Apr. 5 Philadelphia Sun. Apr. 12 Orlando City SC Sat. Apr. 11 Real Salt Lake Sun. Apr. 19 at New York City FC Sat. Apr. 18 at Los Angeles

22 Wallace

F 2 90

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

6 21

Chara

Jewsbury

TIMBERS

A 4 45

Villafana

A 2 90

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

4 0 0 0

2 0 0 0

1 0 1 0

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 0

1 1 0

TYPE OF PLAY

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

1 0 1

2 1 1

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

Ridgewell

Borchers

2 Powell

12 Kwarasey

HOW SCORED

0 1 1 0

11 Asprilla

Nagbe

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

Adi

REFEREE: Silviu Petrescu. AR1 (bench): Daniel Belleau; AR2 (opposite): Andrew Bigelow; 4th: Fotis Bazakos DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

SPORTING KC 1 Luis Marin (GK) 2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Krisztian Nemeth (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Bernardo Anor (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Amadou Dia (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Servando Carrasco (MF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 18 James Rogers (FW) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 71 Marcel de Jong (DF) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF) PORTLAND TIMBERS 2 Alvas Powell (DF) 4 Will Johnson (MF) 6 Darlington Nagbe (FW) 7 Nat Borchers (DF) 8 Diego Valeri (MF) 9 Fanendo Adi (FW) 10 Gaston Fernandez (FW) 11 Dairon Asprilla (MF) 12 Adam Kwarasey (GK) 13 Jack Jewsbury (DF) 14 Ben Zemanski (MF) 15 Jeanderson (DF) 17 Michael Nanchoff (MF) 19 Jorge Villafana (DF) 20 Taylor Peay (DF) 21 Diego Chara (MF) 22 Rodney Wallace (MF) 23 Norberto Paparatto (DF) 24 Liam Ridgewell (DF) 26 George Fochive (MF) 27 Nick Besler (MF) 28 Andy Thoma (MF) 32 Schillo Tshuma (FW) 33 Andrew Weber (GK) 35 Anthony Manning (DF) 37 Maximiliano Urruti (FW) 90 Jake Gleeson (GK)

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DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC POR

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

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

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

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 10/10/2014 KC 2, CHI 0 9/12/2014 KC 4, CHV 0 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2 3/14/2015 KC 1, DAL 3 3/08/2015 KC 1, NYR 1 10/10/2014 KC 2, CHI 0 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC TL Timbers TT

(2) (3) (1) (0) (1) (4) (2)

PORTLAND TIMBERS Date Score (Gms since) 10/08/2014 POR 3, SJ 0 10/25/2014 POR 2, DAL 0 8/24/2014 POR 2, SEA 4 9/27/2014 POR 2, TOR 3 3/15/2015 POR 2, LA 2 3/07/2015 POR 0, RSL 0 3/07/2015 POR 0, RSL 0

(3) (0) (6) (2) (0) (1) (1)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 1 Espinoza/Opara A: 2 Feilhaber SHT: 8 Dwyer SOG: 3 Dwyer FC: 5 Feilhaber FS: 5 Dwyer/Feilhaber OF: 1 Nemeth/Opara C: 1 3 players tied E: 1 Besler TIMBERS G: 2 Adi A: 1 3 players tied SHT: 6 Wallace SOG: 5 Wallace FC: 5 Asprilla FS: 8 Adi OF: 2 Adi C: 1 Powell/Ridgewell E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1.00 POR 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1.00 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 2.00 POR 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 KC 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 POR 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 POR 2 0 0 0 0 1 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v PORTLAND TIMBERS

(March 21, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 23)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-2 196 05/18/1983 Santiago, Chile 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 Luis Marin DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 2 2 1 0 58 41 7 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 1 1 0 0 23 18 0 3 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 1 1 0 0 151 146 2 7 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 2 1 0 0 224 202 12 19 DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 0 0 0 0 123 98 2 13 7 Chance Myers MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 2 2 0 0 150 117 22 39 8 Graham Zusi 9 Krisztian Nemeth FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2 2 0 2 112 100 12 21 MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 2 1 0 0 73 49 12 3 11 Bernardo Anor 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 2 2 0 0 52 40 24 3 14 Dom Dwyer 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 1 1 0 0 134 131 0 7 16 Servando Carrasco MF 5-10 175 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 0 0 0 0 59 31 1 1 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 18 James Rogers FW 5-8 150 06/27/1993 Yoyah, Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 21 22 Connor Hallisey MF 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 0 0 0 0 112 107 4 6 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 2 2 1 0 115 95 3 11 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 2 0 0 0 201 114 15 14 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 71 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

L59 11/21/1966 W76 T44

PORTLAND TIMBERS 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 2 Alvas Powell DF 6-0 165 07/18/1994 St. Thomas, Jamaica 2 2 0 0 22 17 2 2 4 Will Johnson MF 5-10 160 01/21/1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 0 0 0 0 177 162 25 15 FW 5-9 165 07/19/1990 Monrovia, Liberia 2 2 0 1 129 118 18 16 6 Darlington Nagbe 7 Nat Borchers DF 6-2 175 04/13/1981 Tucson, AZ 2 2 0 0 290 289 12 6 MF 5-10 165 05/01/1986 Valentin Alsina, Argentina 0 0 0 0 64 60 21 27 8 Diego Valeri 9 Fanendo Adi FW 6-4 185 10/10/1990 Lagos, Nigeria 2 2 2 0 26 20 11 4 Gaston Fernandez FW 5-7 160 10/12/1983 Buenos Aires, Argentina 2 0 0 0 34 17 7 2 10 11 Dairon Asprilla MF 5-11 165 05/25/1992 Istmina, Colombia 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 12 Adam Kwarasey GK 6-3 168 12/12/1987 Oslo, Norway 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 13 Jack Jewsbury DF 6-0 185 04/13/1981 Springfield, MO 2 2 0 0 305 248 24 35 Ben Zemanski MF 5-11 150 05/12/1988 Akron, OH 0 0 0 0 110 74 3 9 14 15 Jeanderson DF 5-11 160 08/13/1991 Serra, Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Michael Nanchoff MF 5-8 150 09/24/1988 North Royalton, OH 1 0 0 0 19 3 0 0 19 Jorge Villafana DF 5-9 150 09/16/1989 Anaheim, CA 2 2 0 0 107 82 8 8 20 Taylor Peay DF 6-2 180 09/05/1991 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Diego Chara MF 5-8 150 04/05/1986 Cali, Colombia 1 1 0 0 119 118 4 12 MF 6-0 165 06/17/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 2 2 0 1 129 107 18 16 22 Rodney Wallace 23 Norberto Paparatto DF 6-3 180 01/03/1984 Adrogue, Argentina 0 0 0 0 13 12 0 0 24 Liam Ridgewell DF 6-2 170 07/21/1984 Bexley, England 2 2 0 1 17 17 2 2 26 George Fochive MF 5-9 172 03/24/1992 Washington, DC 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 27 Nick Besler MF 6-1 165 05/07/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Andy Thoma MF 5-11 165 04/29/1993 Los Alamos, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Schillo Tshuma FW 5-10 162 09/21/1992 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Andrew Weber GK 6-2 190 08/09/1983 Austin, TX 0 0 0 0 11 9 0 0 35 Anthony Manning DF 6-4 200 09/04/1992 Mesquite, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Maximiliano Urruti FW 6-0 165 02/22/1991 Rosario, Argentina 2 0 0 0 39 16 11 2 Jake Gleeson GK 6-3 200 06/26/1990 Wellington, New Zealand 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 90 HEAD COACH : Caleb Porter

02/18/1975 W26 L14 T30

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs PORTLAND TIMBERS SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. March 21, 2015 (WEEK 3, MLS Game #23) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38; ROOT-NW) What is now sure to become a crucial clash in the Western Conference is ahead on Saturday evening as Sporting Kansas City play host to the Portland Timbers on Saturday evening at Sporting Park. Both clubs are looking for their first victory of the new season. Sporting lost for the first time last weekend, a 3-1 defeat at FC Dallas, while the Timbers were hauled back into their second draw of the year, a late 2-2 tie with the LA Galaxy at Providence Park. REFEREE: Silviu Petrescu. AR1 (bench): Daniel Belleau; AR2 (opposite): Andrew Bigelow; 4th: Fotis Bazakos MLS Career: 91 games; FC/gm: 27.5; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 11; pens: 16 SUSPENDED: none DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (5 meetings): Sporting KC 3 wins, 8 goals … Timbers 2 wins, 6 goals … Ties 0 AT KC (2 meetings): Sporting KC 1 win, 5 goals … Timbers 1 win, 4 goals … Ties 0 RETURN MATCHES: 9/9: Portland Timbers vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. PT; 10/3: Portland Timbers vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. PT LAST YEAR (MLS): 6/27: POR 0, KC 1 (Olum 24)  The road team has won three of the five meetings all-time in the series, including a 1-0 Sporting victory last year at Providence Park.  The Timbers took a 3-2 victory in the last league meeting between the teams at Sporting Park, in 2013. The Timbers also won a fifth-round match in the U.S. Open Cup last year in Kansas City.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. POR: P5 W3 L2 D0 … Caleb Porter vs. KC: P2 W1 L1 D0 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City suffered their first loss of the new season, falling 3-1 to FC Dallas on Saturday evening at Toyota Stadium. Sporting are in a tie for ninth place in the Western Conference with 1 point from 2 matches. LAST MATCH  FCD opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Blas Perez started the play, looping a pass that allowed Fabian Castillo to race towards goal. Castillo found Tesho Akindele, who made a nifty turn and found a trailing Perez on the right side of the box, and he fired the ball past SKC goalkeeper Luis Marin.  But the visitors pulled level in the 44th minute when Roger Espinoza was given far too much space to drill a into the left side of the net from just outside the area as FCD goalkeeper Chris Seitz could not keep out the shot despite getting a hand to it.  FC Dallas took the lead in the 52nd minute. A corner kick was deflected back to Michel, whose looping cross found an wide-open Perez in the penalty area, and he converted from close range as the flag stayed down despite a hint of offside.  The lead was doubled in in the 73rd minute when a perfectly weighted pass from Michel found Ryan Hollingshead streaking down the right side. Hollingshead then found Castillo, who accelerated past Marin and finished into an empty net.  Kansas City had another golden opportunity in the 79th minute after Matt Hedges was ruled to have handled the ball in the box. Dom Dwyer took the resulting penalty kick, but Seitz read him perfectly and dove right to keep the ball out.  SKC manager Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that reached a 1-1 result with the New York Red Bulls at Sporting Park. Marcel de Jong and Kevin Ellis came into the back four for Seth Sinovic and the suspended Matt Besler, and Paulo Nagamura started in the midfield in place of Bernardo Anor.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Luis Marin - Amadou Dia, Ike Opara, Kevin Ellis, Marcel de Jong - Benny Feilhaber - Roger Espinoza, Paulo Nagamura - Graham Zusi (Jacob Peterson 88), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Bernardo Anor 76). TEAM NEWS  With the loss at FC Dallas, it’s the second consecutive season SKC has opened the year with a loss and a draw in their first two matches.

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“I'm just unhappy about the three goals,” SKC manager Peter Vermes said. “I felt the second goal changed things a little bit, but there were times where we lost possession in some very easy situations or put ourselves in dangerous positions. Other than that, I thought we were very good.” Roger Espinoza scored his first goal in MLS since Aug. 3, 2011, making his second start in his return to the league after leaving following the completion of the 2012 campaign. Benny Feilhaber recorded his second assist in as many matches. The two Sporting KC goals this season have come from a defender and a midfielder. “[Central striker Dom Dwyer’s] movement off the ball, his pressure up front, all that stuff was very, very good,” Vermes said. “I look at the number of opportunities we're getting as good, and we're going to stick them away. I'm not worried about that.” With Matt Besler suspended, Kevin Ellis was given the start in central defense, while Canadian international Marcel de Jong made his MLS debut at left back. “I'm very pleased with the performance of my team. Although we got three goals scored against us, I thought we played very well,” Vermes said. “I thought we were on the front foot. I thought we put them under a lot of pressure. I think most of their game was they played a lot of long balls down the field, they weren't playing their normal game because of the way that we were aggressive on the defensive side, and we created a lot of chances within their box and had a lot of opportunities.” After playing the opening match in a central midfield role, Krisztian Nemeth moved to a wide attacking role in his second MLS match.

PORTLAND TIMBERS The Portland Timbers were hauled back into a second draw in as many matches to open the season in dramatic fashion, ending with a 2-2 result with the LA Galaxy on Sunday afternoon at Providence Park. The Timbers are in a tie for seventh place in the Western Conference with 2 points from 2 matches. LAST MATCH  The Timbers opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Darlington Nagbe sprang a counter attack with a quick backheel flick to Rodney Wallace, and after he continued forward, he played the ball through to Fanendo Adi in the box, who fired a curling right-footed shot past LA ‘keeper Brian Rowe and inside the far post.  But the Galaxy pulled level in the 65th minute as Gyasi Zardes flashed in front of Timbers goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey to redirect Jose Villarreal's cross into the back of the net from very close range.  The game exploded in the final minutes. In the 90th minute, Nagbe took the ball on the right wing and left it off for Adi in the box. He then took a touch to fend off traffic and fired past Rowe for the apparent match-winner.  Yet the Galaxy had one more answer. A corner kick came in from the right and Alan Gordon looped a header from the center of the area over the reach of Kwarasey for the dramatic stoppage-time equalizer.  Timbers head coach Caleb Porter made one change to the team that reached a scoreless draw with Real Salt Lake at Providence Park. Diego Chara came into the midfield in place of George Fochive.  PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-2-3-1): Adam Kwarasey - Alvas Powell, Nat Borchers, Liam Ridgewell, Jorge Villafana - Diego Chara, Jack Jewsbury - Dairon Asprilla (Gaston Fernandez 56), Darlington Nagbe, Rodney Wallace (Maximiliano Urruti 82) - Fanendo Adi. TEAM NEWS  The Timbers – who recorded 13 draws a year ago – reached their second draw in as many matches to start 2015 in dramatic fashion following the Galaxy’s stoppage-time equalizer. A year ago the Timbers allowed 14 goals from the 75th minute onward, tied for third-most in MLS.  “Ultimately we have to remember that we just played two of the better teams in the league. We played them both very even and maybe even a notch better, certainly in the Salt Lake game,” said Timbers head coach Caleb Porter. “So not getting three points in the last two games isn’t what we wanted, but ultimately we haven’t lost either. We’re certainly going to look at the areas we need to improve, but at the same time, a lot of positive signs in this team right now.”  Said midfielder Jack Jewsbury: “The silver lining is that we got points and we did get results, but when we’re at home, three points is the goal and we expect to do that. So it is disappointing in the way that it happened, giving up a late goal. There’s definitely stuff to work on. It’s early in the season, so can’t get too wound up over it.”  Fanendo Adi netted his first two goals of the season, the first two of the year for the Timbers. It was Adi’s fifth career multiple-goal game in MLS – of his 11 goals, 10 have come in two-goal games.  “We scored two goals, so obviously I think it’s coming along well,” Porter said. “As I’ve said, it’s not an area of the team I’m concerned about. We’re going to score goals, we’re going to create chances. We play in an aggressive way.”  The Timbers have not lost to a Western Conference foe in league play since last Aug. 30. They have scored 20 goals in the 10 games since, going 5-0-5 in that time.

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“We don’t look overmatched. Our guys don’t look like they’re intimidated. That’s a very good sign,” said Porter. “We haven’t done quite enough to get three points, but at the same time, neither Salt Lake nor LA were able to beat us. I think that’s a positive.” Diego Chara made his 2015 season debut, coming into the center of midfield alongside Jewsbury. Darlington Nagbe continued his role as the spearhead of the three-man midfield and collected his first assist of the season. “He’s going to get on the ball and he’s going to create problems. I thought that was on display this game. I also think we've become a more well-rounded team and I think that’s going to pay off over the course of a 34-game season,” said Porter. “We have a lot of different ways that we can play. We’re a balanced team. We have good team speed. Even though we gave up the goal on a set piece, we have a bit more size on set pieces now. We have the ability, if we need to go direct, we can. We can play on the counter if we can. If we want to keep the ball we can. I think that diversity in our team will help us over the course of the season, game-in, game-out, depending on what the game calls for.”

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (0-1-1, 1 pts.) UNF 3 27 10 13 11 14 2 8 37 4 9 1 71 5 6 15

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

PLAYER Ike Opara Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Amadou Dia Bernardo Anor Dom Dwyer Erik Palmer-Brown Graham Zusi Jacob Peterson Kevin Ellis Krisztian Nemeth Luis Marin Marcel de Jong Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Seth Sinovic Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

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

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

MIN 180 180 180 180 75 180 5 173 15 90 153 180 90 70 119 90

2 2

180 180

GP 2 2 2

GS 2 2 2

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

A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 2 2 1 3 1 8 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 1

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

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

FS 1 3 5 2 2 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0

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

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

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

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

6 2

25 29

9 8

29 26

26 29

6 2

14 12

4 3

0 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Dom Dwyer 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

MIN SHTS 180 9 180 9 180 8

SV 5 5 6

GA 4 4 2

GAA 2 2 1

PG 0 0 0

PA 0 0 1

W 0 0 1

L 1 1 0

T 1 1 1

SO 0 0 0

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2015 PORTLAND TIMBERS STATISTICS (0-0-2, 2 pts.) UNF 9 6 24 22 12 2 11 21 10 26 13 19 37 17 7

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

PLAYER Fanendo Adi Darlington Nagbe Liam Ridgewell Rodney Wallace Adam Kwarasey Alvas Powell Dairon Asprilla Diego Chara Gaston Fernandez George Fochive Jack Jewsbury Jorge Villafana Maximiliano Urruti Michael Nanchoff Nat Borchers Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 172 180 180 172 180 180 118 90 62 86 180 180 16 4 180

2 2

180 180

GP 2 2 2

GS 2 2 2

G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

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

SHT 5 3 0 6 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 2 1 0

SOG 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

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

FS 8 6 1 2 0 4 1 3 4 1 4 1 0 0 1

OFF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0

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

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 2

26 22

10 6

29 37

37 29

3 1

15 6

2 5

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None PORTLAND TIMBERS GOALKEEPING UNF 12

POS G

GOALKEEPER Adam Kwarasey Team totals Opponent totals

MIN SHTS 180 6 180 6 180 10

SV 4 4 7

GA 2 2 2

GAA 1 1 1

PG 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0

W 0 0 0

L 0 0 0

T 2 2 2

SO 1 1 1

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OPPONENT RESULT 8 New York T 1-1 14 at FC Dallas L 1-3 21 Portland 28 at New York City FC 5 Philadelphia 11 Real Salt Lake 18 at Los Angeles 25 at Houston 3 Chicago 9 at D.C. United 16 Colorado 20 New England 23 at Seattle 29 FC Dallas 6 Seattle 21 at Real Salt Lake 27 Colorado 12 at Vancouver 18 Montreal 24 at Real Salt Lake 1 Houston 8 at Toronto FC 15 Vancouver 19 San Jose 22 at Columbus 29 at Colorado 9 at Portland 13 at Orlando City SC 18 FC Dallas 23 at Houston 27 Seattle 3 at Portland 16 at San Jose 25 Los Angeles

ATT 19784 14149

W-L-T 0-0-1 0-1-1

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 KC: Opara (50); NYR: Sam (54) 9 1 KC: Espinoza (44); DAL: Perez (17,52) Castillo (73)

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PORTLAND TIMBERS 2015 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun.

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OPPONENT RESULT 7 Real Salt Lake T 0-0 15 Los Angeles T 2-2 21 at Sporting KC 28 at Vancouver 4 FC Dallas 12 Orlando City SC 19 at New York City FC 26 at Seattle 2 Vancouver 9 at Montreal 16 at Houston 23 at Toronto FC 27 D.C. United 30 at Colorado 6 New England 20 Houston 24 at Los Angeles 28 Seattle 5 San Jose 11 at Philadelphia 18 Vancouver 25 at FC Dallas 2 at San Jose 7 Chicago 15 at Real Salt Lake 21 Houston 30 at Seattle 9 Sporting KC 20 New York 26 at Columbus 3 Sporting KC 14 at Real Salt Lake 18 at Los Angeles 25 Colorado

ATT 21144 21144

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

POS PTS NOTES: 4 1 7 2 POR: Adi (31,90); LA: Zardes (65) Gordon (92+)

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 1 Ike Opara 1 Roger Espinoza Assists 1 Benny Feilhaber 1 Benny Feilhaber Shots 5 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 2 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 4 Benny Feilhaber Fouls Suffered 5 Benny Feilhaber Offside 2 Krisztian Nemeth Saves 3 Luis Marin Shots Faced 5 Luis Marin Goals Allowed 3 Luis Marin

Goals 1 03/08/2015 vs 1 03/14/2015 vs Assists 1 03/08/2015 vs 1 03/14/2015 vs Shots 18 03/08/2015 vs Shots on Goal 4 03/08/2015 vs 4 03/14/2015 vs Fouls Committed 16 03/14/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 17 03/08/2015 vs Corner Kicks 6 03/08/2015 vs 6 03/14/2015 vs Offside 2 03/14/2015 vs Saves 3 03/08/2015 vs Shots Faced 5 03/14/2015 vs Goals Allowed 3 03/14/2015 vs

03/08/2015 vs NYR 03/14/2015 vs DAL

T 1-1 L 1-3

03/08/2015 vs NYR 03/14/2015 vs DAL

T 1-1 L 1-3

03/08/2015 vs NYR

T 1-1

03/14/2015 vs DAL

L 1-3

03/14/2015 vs DAL

L 1-3

03/08/2015 vs NYR

T 1-1

03/14/2015 vs DAL

L 1-3

03/08/2015 vs NYR

T 1-1

03/14/2015 vs DAL

L 1-3

03/14/2015 vs DAL

L 1-3

NYR DAL

T 1-1 L 1-3

NYR DAL

T 1-1 L 1-3

NYR

T 1-1

NYR DAL

T 1-1 L 1-3

DAL

L 1-3

NYR

T 1-1

NYR DAL

T 1-1 L 1-3

DAL

L 1-3

NYR

T 1-1

DAL

L 1-3

DAL

L 1-3

TIMBERS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 Fanendo Adi Assists 1 Darlington Nagbe 1 Liam Ridgewell 1 Rodney Wallace Shots 4 Rodney Wallace Shots on Goal 4 Rodney Wallace Fouls Committed 5 Dairon Asprilla Fouls Suffered 5 Fanendo Adi Offside 3 Fanendo Adi Saves 2 Adam Kwarasey 2 Adam Kwarasey Shots Faced 4 Adam Kwarasey Goals Allowed 2 Adam Kwarasey

Goals 2 03/15/2015 at Assists 3 03/15/2015 at Shots 18 03/07/2015 at Shots on Goal 6 03/07/2015 at Fouls Committed 19 03/07/2015 at Fouls Suffered 22 03/07/2015 at Corner Kicks 11 03/07/2015 at Offside 3 03/15/2015 at Saves 2 03/07/2015 at 2 03/15/2015 at Shots Faced 4 03/15/2015 at Goals Allowed 2 03/15/2015 at

03/15/2015 at LA

T 2-2

03/15/2015 at LA 03/15/2015 at LA 03/15/2015 at LA

T 2-2 T 2-2 T 2-2

03/07/2015 at RSL

T 0-0

03/07/2015 at RSL

T 0-0

03/07/2015 at RSL

T 0-0

03/07/2015 at RSL

T 0-0

03/15/2015 at LA

T 2-2

03/07/2015 at RSL 03/15/2015 at LA

T 0-0 T 2-2

03/15/2015 at LA

T 2-2

03/15/2015 at LA

T 2-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015) Shots 11 03/14/2015 vs Shots on Goal 4 03/08/2015 vs 4 03/14/2015 vs Fouls Committed 10 03/08/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 12 03/14/2015 vs Corner Kicks 6 03/08/2015 vs 6 03/14/2015 vs Offside 0 03/08/2015 vs Saves 2 03/14/2015 vs Shots Faced 4 03/08/2015 vs

DAL

L 1-3

NYR DAL

T 1-1 L 1-3

NYR

T 1-1

DAL

L 1-3

NYR DAL

T 1-1 L 1-3

NYR

T 1-1

DAL

L 1-3

NYR

T 1-1

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)

T 2-2

RSL

T 0-0

RSL

T 0-0

RSL

T 0-0

RSL

T 0-0

RSL

T 0-0

T 2-2

RSL LA

T 0-0 T 2-2

T 2-2

Shots 8 03/15/2015 at Shots on Goal 4 03/15/2015 at Fouls Committed 10 03/15/2015 at Fouls Suffered 15 03/15/2015 at Corner Kicks 4 03/15/2015 at Offside 0 03/07/2015 at Saves 2 03/07/2015 at 2 03/15/2015 at Shots Faced 2 03/07/2015 at

T 2-2

RSL

T 0-0

RSL LA

T 0-0 T 2-2

RSL

T 0-0

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

TIMBERS VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 3 wins, 8 goals Timbers 2 wins, 6 goals 0 ties 7/2/2011 8/17/2011 4/21/2012 4/27/2013 6/27/2014

KC 2 at POR KC 3 vs POR POR 1 vs KC POR 3 at KC KC 1 at POR

1 1 0 2 0

(PO) (SP) (PO) (SP) (PO)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 7 31 15 31 1 7

2 1 38 10 46 2 16

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Timbers Tot 8 69 25 77 3 23

1 4 25 10 29 10 8

2 2 28 7 33 9 15

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 6 53 17 62 19 23

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC POR

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

2 0

4 1

1 3

0 1

1 0

0 1

0 0

8 6

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Caleb Porter Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. POR

1-1-0 3-2-0

(1.5 pts./game) (1.8 pts./game)

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

2 2 9 4 8 8 2 2 1 9 6

Sporting KC Myers/Zusi Matt Besler C.J. Sapong Graham Zusi Aurelien Collin Kei Kamara Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen

Timbers Darlington Nagbe Diego Valeri Darlington Nagbe Wallace/Nagbe Diego Chara Darlington Nagbe Perkins/Ricketts Troy Perkins Troy Perkins Perkins/Ricketts Troy Perkins

2 2 9 3 13 14 1 2 1 8 5

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:

Shots on Goal

Sporting KC 2 Myers/Zusi 1 8 players tied 5 Teal Bunbury (08/17/11) 3 Graham Zusi (08/17/11)

Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

5 Nagamura/Bunbury 5 Kei Kamara (04/21/12)

Shutouts

1 Eric Kronberg (06/27/14) 4 Jimmy Nielsen (04/27/13) 3 Jimmy Nielsen (04/27/13)

Goals Assists Shots

Saves Goals Allowed

Timbers 1 5 players tied 2 Diego Valeri (04/27/13) 4 Boyd/Adi 3 Rodney Wallace (04/27/13) 4 Diego Chara (06/27/14) 6 Darlington Nagbe (06/27/14) 1 Troy Perkins (04/21/12) 6 Donovan Ricketts (04/27/13) 3 Troy Perkins (08/17/11)

W-L-T Breakdowns: Sporting Kansas City 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)

Portland Timbers W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

6 Ws 1 Ls 7 Ls

(06/06/2014) (03/14/2015) (08/10/2014)

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

1 Ts (03/15/2015) 2 Ts (10/17/2014) 1 Ts (09/07/2014)

0-1-0 0-0-1

8 Ls 1 Ts

(08/10/2014) (03/08/2015)

0-0-0 0-0-1

1 Ws (10/04/2014) 1 Ts (03/15/2015)

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

1 Ls 1 Ls 1 Ws 2 Ws 3 Ws

(10/26/2014) (03/14/2015) (10/10/2014) (03/29/2014) (04/19/2014)

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

2 1 1 2 1

Ts Ts Ts Ws Ts

(10/17/2014) (08/16/2014) (03/15/2015) (09/20/2014) (04/05/2014)

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

1 Ws 1 Ts 4 Ls 5 Ls 0-

(10/10/2014) (03/08/2015) (08/10/2014) (08/23/2014) -

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

1 1 2 1 2

Ts Ws Ts Ls Ls

(03/07/2015) (10/04/2014) (09/13/2014) (09/27/2014) (06/01/2014)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. TIMBERS (3-2-0) PLAYER Chance Myers Graham Zusi Aurelien Collin C.J. Sapong Lawrence Olum Soony Saad Matt Besler Omar Bravo Kevin Ellis Benny Feilhaber Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

4 4 4 5 1 2 4 1 1 1 4 5 5

4 4 4 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 5 5

359 360 360 393 56 117 360 82 90 61 345 450 450

2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 6

0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 8 6

SHT GOALKEEPER 6 8 7 9 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 69 53

Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

GAA

1 4 5 5

90 360 450 450

3 14 17 25

3 9 12 16

0.00 1.50 1.20 1.60

0 0 0 0

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TIMBERS CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (2-3-0) PLAYER Darlington Nagbe Ryan Johnson Rodney Wallace Bright Dike Diego Valeri Diego Chara Jack Jewsbury Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

5 1 4 1 2 5 4 5 5

5 1 4 0 2 5 4 5 5

407 72 335 24 168 450 360 450 450

2 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 8

0 1 1 0 2 1 1 6 8

9 3 3 1 5 1 5 53 69

GOALKEEPER Donovan Ricketts Troy Perkins Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 3 5 5

MIN SHTS

GAA

180 270 450 450

8 8 16 12

1.50 1.67 1.60 1.20

0 0 0 0

12 13 25 17

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. TIMBERS (3-2-0) PLAYER Chance Myers Graham Zusi Jalil Anibaba Bernardo Anor Matt Besler Kevin Ellis Benny Feilhaber Paulo Nagamura Seth Sinovic Servando Carrasco Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Ike Opara Jacob Peterson Team totals Opponent totals

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

CURRENT TIMBERS VS. SPORTING KC (2-3-0)

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

4 4 6 3 4 1 2 5 4 3 1 3 1 2 3 5 5

4 4 6 1 4 1 2 4 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 5 5

359 360 540 116 360 90 151 314 345 117 90 270 90 107 209 450 450

2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6

0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6

6 8 5 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 69 53

Rodney Wallace Darlington Nagbe Nat Borchers Ben Zemanski Diego Valeri Diego Chara Jack Jewsbury Fanendo Adi Gaston Fernandez Will Johnson Maximiliano Urruti Jorge Villafana Andrew Weber Team totals Opponent totals

9 5 21 5 2 5 4 1 1 9 1 3 1 5 5

9 5 21 4 2 5 4 1 0 8 0 2 1 5 5

785 407 1900 350 168 450 360 90 25 732 8 207 90 450 450

2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8

2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8

7 9 6 4 5 1 5 4 0 10 0 2 0 53 69

MIN

SHT

GAA

GOALKEEPER

1 5 5

90 450 450

9 17 25

4 5.00 12 1.20 16 1.60

0 0 0

Andrew Weber Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 5 5

MIN SHTS

GAA

90 450 450

3 1.00 16 1.60 12 1.20

0 0 0

4 25 17

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GAME NOTES

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs PORTLAND TIMBERS

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Saturday, March 21, 2015 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Sporting Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 3 English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV Referee: English Radio: 102.9 FM Assistant ref: TV and radio Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Assistant ref: talent Andy Gruenebaum (color) Fourth official: Jake Yadrich (analyst) Kacie McDonnell (sideline) Spanish Radio: La Gran D 1340 AM Radio talent Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Raul Padrino Villegas (color)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

0-1-1 (1 pt.) RECORD 2 GAMES PLAYED t-9th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 2 GOALS 1.00 GOALS/GAME 2 ASSISTS 4 GOALS ALLOWED 2.00 ALLOWED/GAME -2 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 29 (8) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 27.6% ON GOAL % 26 FOULS COMMITTED 29 FOULS SUFFERED 3 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Silviu Petrescu Daniel Belleau Andrew Bigelow Fotis Bazakos

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. Pos. GK 1 2 DEF 3 DEF 4 DEF 5 DEF 6 MID DEF 7 8 MID 9 FWD MID 10 11 MID 12 MID 13 DEF 14 FWD 15 DEF 16 MID 17 DEF 18 FWD 21 GK 22 MID DEF 23 27 MID GK 29 37 FWD 71 DEF 93 MID 94 MID

*on loan

Name Pronunciation Luis Marin muh-REEN Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara oh-PAR-ah Kevin Ellis Matt Besler BEEZ-ler Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra Chance Myers Graham Zusi ZOO-see Krisztian Nemeth KRIS-tee-ON NEY-muth Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber Bernardo Anor AHN-your Mikey Lopez Amadou Dia ah-mah-doo DEE-ah Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick Servando Carrasco ser-VAWN-dough cuh-ROSS-co Saad Abdul-Salaam sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM James Ansu Rogers Jon Kempin Connor Hallisey HAL-iss-see Jalil Anibaba jah-LEEL ah-nee-bah-bah Roger Espinoza Tim Melia MEE-lia Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong de YUNG Soni Mustivar SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var Jimmy Medranda muh-DRAHN-dah

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Espinoza/Opara Benny Feilhaber Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Dwyer/Feilhaber three players tied Matt Besler

GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

1.00 Adam Kwarasey 0 Adam Kwarasey 1 Adam Kwarasey 4

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 7th season 76-59-45 7th season 76-59-45

Standings through March 19, 2015

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

portland timbers

1 GOALS 2 Fanendo Adi 2 ASSISTS 1 three players tied 8 SHOTS 6 Rodney Wallace 3 Rodney Wallace SHOTS ON GOAL 5 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS 0 0 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 0 5 FOULS COMMITTED 5 Dairon Asprilla 5 8 Fanendo Adi FOULS SUFFERED 1 1 Powell/Ridgewell CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS 0

Luis Marin 2.00 0 0 Luis Marin 5

2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Pts W L 4 1 0 4 1 0 3 1 1 3 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 Pts W L 6 2 0 4 1 0 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1

0-0-2 (2 pts.) 2 t-7th in West 2 1.00 3 2 1.00 0 26 (10) 38.5% 29 37 2 0

2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

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Eastern Conference 1. New York City FC 2. Orlando City SC 3. Columbus Crew SC 4. D.C. United 5. Toronto FC 6. Philadelphia Union 7. New York Red Bulls 8. Montreal Impact 9. Chicago Fire 10. New England Revolution Western Conference 1. FC Dallas 2. LA Galaxy 3. Seattle Sounders FC 4. Houston Dynamo 5. San Jose Earthquakes 6. Vancouver Whitecaps 7. Portland Timbers 8. Real Salt Lake 9. Colorado Rapids 10. Sporting Kansas City

portland timbers

caleb porter

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

2nd season 26-14-30 2nd season 26-14-30

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of March 18, 2015 OUT: •

Chance Myers (left Achilles)

QUESTIONABLE: •

Ike Opara (left shoulder strain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 21, 2015 vs Portland Timbers | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes KANSAS CITY CONNECTIONS •

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NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

Portland midfielder Jack Jewsbury played for Kansas City from 20032010, recording 15 goals and 22 assists in 218 appearances across all competitions. Jewsbury’s 218 matches played for Kansas City rank seventh in club history. Sporting KC designated players Matt Besler and Graham Zusi faced Portland goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey in the group stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. All three players started as the U.S. defeated Ghana 2-1 on June 16. Sporting KC midfielder Graham Zusi and Portland winger Rodney Wallace were teammates at the University of Maryland in 2007 and 2008, winning the NCAA national championship their final year together. Sporting KC defender Ike Opara and Portland goalkeeper Andrew Weber were teammates at the San Jose Earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.

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RECENT MEETINGS

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The teams last met in the MLS regular season on June 27, 2014 at Providence Park. Sporting KC delivered a gritty road performance and escaped with a 1-0 win thanks to Lawrence Olum’s goal in the 24th minute. Just three days earlier, the Timbers eliminated Sporting KC from the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with at 3-1 round of 16 victory at Sporting Park. Gaston Fernandez scored twice and Will Johnson added a third before the hosts drew one back with a Soony Saad penalty kick. The visiting team has won four of six total meetings between the clubs in all competitions since 2011. Saturday’s contest is the first of three head-to-head regular season matchups in 2015 as Sporting KC will travel to Providence Park on Sept. 9 and Oct. 3. Date Result Comp. Location 07/02/2011 SKC 2-1 Portland MLS Providence Park 08/17/2011 MLS SKC 3-1 Portland Sporting Park 04/21/2012 SKC 0-1 Portland MLS Providence Park 04/27/2013 SKC 2-3 Portland MLS Sporting Park 06/24/2014 SKC 1-3 Portland Open Cup Sporting Park 06/27/2014 SKC 1-0 Portland MLS Providence Park

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PLAYER HISTORY • • • • • •

BY THE NUMBERS

Graham Zusi scored two goals against Portland at Sporting Park on Aug. 17, 2011. As a member of Columbus Crew SC, Bernardo Anor scored a gamewinning goal against Portland on July 7, 2013. As a member of the Chicago Fire, Jalil Anibaba scored against Portland on May 20, 2012. Two of Matt Besler’s seven career regular season assists have come against Portland (7/2/11 and 4/27/13). Rodney Wallace has two goals and two assists in nine regular season appearances against Sporting KC, most recently scoring at Sporting Park on April 27, 2013. Darlington Nagbe has two goals in five regular season appearances against Sporting KC, most recently scoring at Sporting Park on April 27, 2013.

Sporting KC - Team • Sporting KC is one of five teams to make the MLS Cup Playoffs each of the last four seasons (NY, LA, SEA, RSL). • Sporting KC is one of two clubs (RSL) with at least 10 shutouts in each of the last three regular seasons (38 total). • Sporting KC has ranked in the top three in possession three straight seasons, averaging a league-high 57.2 percent in 2014. • In the 2015 regular season, Sporting KC... ...leads MLS with 66 interceptions ...ranks third in MLS with 23 chances created ...ranks second in MLS with 44 aerial duels won Sporting KC - Individual (2015 regular season) • Roger Espinoza leads MLS midfielders with 19 duels won • Benny Feilhaber is one of three MLS players (Michel and Ned Grabavoy) with two assists. • Ike Opara leads MLS with 12 interceptions. • Graham Zusi ranks third in MLS with seven chances created.

SPORTING KC SOCIAL MEDIA PROPERTIES Web www.SportingKC.com www.SportingKC.com/blog www.SportingKC.com/media-recap www.SportingKC.com/social-media www.SportingKC.com/podcast www.SportingKC.com/gameon www.SportingKC.com/video www.SportingKC.com/media-guide sportingkansascity.Tumblr.com YouTube.com/sportingkansascity Storify.com/sportingkc Flickr.com/sportingkc

Sporting Park has sold out 54 straight MLS matches dating back to March 2012, including four postseason games. Seventh-year head coach Peter Vermes is the second longest serving manager in club history behind Bob Gansler. His regular season winning percentage (.547) is best for Sporting KC all-time, and his 76 regular season wins are 13th most in league history. If Matt Besler plays 90 minutes on Saturday, he will pass Jack Jewsbury for seventh all-time with 13,276 minutes played for the club (regular season). If he plays, he will also move into a tie for eighth place in club history (Matt McKeon) with 183 appearances in all competitions. If Bernardo Anor starts on Saturday, it will be the 50th regular season start of his MLS career. If Dom Dwyer starts on Saturday, it will be the 50th start of his Sporting KC career in all competitions. On March 8, Amadou Dia became the first rookie to start for Sporting KC in a regular season opener since 2011. Dom Dwyer has 24 goals in the regular season, ninth most in club history. Graham Zusi is 10th with 22. Dom Dwyer is seventh in MLS history with 0.60 goals per 90 minutes (regular season, minimum 20 goals scored). Graham Zusi has 49 assists for Sporting KC in all competitions, third most in club history. Graham Zusi has 16 game-winning assists in the MLS regular season, tied for second most in club history with Chris Klein. Graham Zusi is the only player to record at least five goals and at least seven assists in each of the last four regular seasons. Graham Zusi is tied with Cobi Jones for eighth in MLS history with 527 corner kicks in the regular season. Sporting KC has scored 996 goals across all competitions in team history. Potential Sporting KC debutants on Sunday: Saad Abdul-Salaam, Jalil Anibaba, James Ansu Rogers, Servando Carrasco, Connor Hallisey, Tim Melia and Soni Mustivar. Potential MLS debutants on Sunday: Saad Abdul-Salaam, James Ansu Rogers, Connor Hallisey, and Soni Mustivar.

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Portland Timbers • Portland ranked second in 2014 with 25 road points, seven road wins (7-6-4), and 27 road goals scored. • Portland led MLS in 2014 with 13 goals scored outside the box. • Darlington Nagbe led MLS in 2014 with 244 duels won. • Diego Chara led MLS in 2014 with 83 fouls committed and ranked second with 118 tackles won. • In the 2015 regular season... ...Darlington Nagbe ranks second in MLS with seven dribbles completed. ...Liam Ridgewell ranks second in MLS with 13 headed clearances.

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 21, 2015 vs Portland Timbers | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES SPORTING KC HOSTS PORTLAND AT SPORTING PARK

FIRST CLASH WITH NYCFC ON THE HORIZON

Following a 3-1 defeat at FC Dallas last Saturday, Sporting KC returns home to host the Portland Timbers on Saturday at Sporting Park. Both clubs enter MLS Week 3 in search of their first victory of the season. Sporting KC began the campaign with a 1-1 home draw against the New York Red Bulls, while Portland has opened with a pair of home draws to Real Salt Lake (0-0) and LA Galaxy (2-2). Benny Feilhaber recorded an assist in each of Sporting KC’s first two games and is one of three MLS players with two assists on the season. Meanwhile, Fanendo Adi has scored both goals for the Timbers after recording nine goals in his first MLS campaign last year.

Sporting KC ends the month of March with their inaugural meeting against expansion side New York City FC on March 28. This will also be Sporting KC’s first ever match played at Yankee Stadium, and just the second MLS regular season game held at the historic venue—following NYCFC’s 2-0 win against the New England Revolution on March 15.

BLEACHER REPORT GIVES ESPINOZA TEAM OF THE WEEK NOD Despite a 3-1 defeat at the hands of FC Dallas, Roger Espinoza was recognized for his dynamic midfield display at Toyota Stadium last Saturday. Bleacher Report named the 28-year-old World Cup veteran to its MLS Team of the Week after he netted his first MLS goal since August 2011 and won a game-high 12 duels.

Sporting KC earned a 1-0 road win at Portland last season, but the Timbers have been victorious in each of their last two trips to Kansas City. Caleb Porter’s team left Sporting Park with a 3-2 win in April 2013 en route to finishing atop the Western Conference regular season standings. Last June, Portland eliminated Sporting KC from the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a 3-1 triumph in the round of 16.

MARCEL DE JONG MAKES MLS DEBUT Left back Marcel de Jong made his MLS debut in last Saturday’s 3-1 loss to FC Dallas. The 28-year-old played the full 90 minutes and led all players in the match with five crosses from open play.

Seven of Sporting KC’s eight regular season goals against Portland have come in the first half. Similarly, four of Portland’s six goals against Sporting KC have come before the interval, meaning just three second-half goals have been scored between the clubs in five regular season meetings.

Sporting KC signed de Jong ahead of the 2015 season. A dual citizen of Canada and Netherlands, he began his youth career with PSV Eindhoven before signing professionally with Helmond Sport in 2004. After two years in the Dutch second division – and scoring against Italy at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands – he joined Roda JC in the top flight Eredivisie in 2006.

MARCH FORTRESS Sporting KC hasn’t lost a home game in March since 2009, an unbeaten run of eight games (5-0-3). Six of those matches have come at Sporting Park, where the club has conceded just three goals in 540 minutes of action. The club has suffered just two home defeats all-time during the month (8-2-4 overall), with the first setback coming against the Chicago Fire in 1999 at Arrowhead Stadium.

De Jong made the move to Germany in 2010, signing for FC Augsburg. His initial season with Augsburg culminated with promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time since the team was founded in 1907 and the club maintained first division status for each of the past four campaigns.

WINNING IN THE WEST Sporting KC rejoins the Western Conference in 2015 as part of conference realignment for Major League Soccer’s 20th season. With expansion clubs Orlando City SC and New York City SC joining the Eastern Conference, Sporting KC moves west after playing each of the last 10 seasons in the East.

De Jong has made 31 appearances for the Canada Men’s National Team with two goals since his international debut at age 21 in 2007. He has represented his country at each of the past three CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments, as well as 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

Sporting KC recorded 21 wins against Western Conference opponents from 20112014 (21-12-12 overall), more than any other Eastern Conference team, including a 5-2-2 mark last year. The club played their first nine seasons (1996-2004) in the Western Conference and reached the postseason on seven occasions. 1999 was the last time Sporting KC failed to qualify for the playoffs as a member of the West.

OFFSEASON OVERHAUL

SPORTING PARK SELLOUT STREAK

New goalkeepers (2): Luis Marin (31), a Chilean international (eight caps) with 12 years of professional experience in his native country and Sporting KC’s current holder of the No. 1 jersey; Tim Melia (28), a sixth-year MLS veteran who was a League Pool Goalkeeper in 2014 and received a call-up from Sporting KC last summer.

A roster makeover during the offseason saw Sporting KC acquire 13 new players and part ways with 15 members from last year’s squad. While retaining its veteran core – Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Seth Sinovic and Chance Myers – the club made multiple signings at each position.

Sporting Park has sold out 54 consecutive MLS matches (including playoffs) dating back to March 2012 and 66 of 75 overall since opening in June 2011. Sporting KC has set new regular season attendance records in each of the last four years, eclipsing 20,00 spectators per game in 2014. In 75 MLS matches played at the venue, Sporting Park is averaging 19,336 spectators -- 104.7 percent of its 18,467seat capacity. Sporting KC’s average home attendance in 2014 was at 108.7 percent capacity, the best mark in MLS.

New defenders (4): Jalil Anibaba (26), a versatile veteran who has started more than 100 MLS matches over four years with Chicago and Seattle; Saad Abdul-Salaam (23), a right back out of Akron selected 12th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; Amadou Dia (22), a left back out of Clemson selected 20th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; Marcel de Jong (28), a Canadian international (31 caps) who has played each of the last four years at FC Augsburg of the German Bundesliga.

DEFEAT IN DALLAS Sporting KC suffered their first defeat of 2015 in a 3-1 loss at FC Dallas last Saturday. Panama international Blas Perez scored twice for the home side at Toyota Stadium, giving him eight goals in his last eight regular season games, while Roger Espinoza scored the third goal of his Sporting KC career and his first since returning to the club this offseason after a two-year stint at English club Wigan Athletic.

New midfielders (3): Roger Espinoza (28), a Honduran international (45 caps) and MLS All-Star who played in Kansas City from 2008-2012 before joining Wigan Athletic in England; Servando Carrasco (26), an MLS veteran who played 60 games over four years with Seattle and Houston; Soni Mustivar (25), a Haiti international who has played each of the last three seasons with Petrolul Ploiesti in the Romanian first division.

Espinoza cancelled out Perez’s 17th minute opener just before halftime, receiving a pass from Benny Feilhaber and blasting a 22-yard shot into the corner of the net. The Honduran international celebrated in front of more than 800 traveling Sporting KC fans who made the eight-hour drive from Kansas City for Saturday’s match.

New forwards (4): Bernardo Anor (26), a fifth-year veteran who played 72 MLS matches and scored 12 goals in Columbus; Krisztian Nemeth (26), a Hungarian international (15 caps) with nearly 10 years of professional experience across Europe; Connor Hallisey (23), a winger out of California selected 10th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; James Ansu Rogers (22), a winger out of New Mexico selected 53rd overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

FC Dallas seized control of the game with two second-half goals, the first amid controversy in the 52nd minute. Michel’s cross from the right wing found Perez at the far post in an offside position. The linesman’s flag stayed down and Perez tucked home to restore the hosts’ lead. Castillo sealed the result in the 73rd minute, racing onto the end of a Ryan Hollingshead through ball and finishing past goalkeeper Luis Marin.

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 21, 2015 vs Portland Timbers | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) 2015 MEDIA RECOGNITIONS

OPTA: SPORTING KC 2015 REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS

Amadou Dia Week 1 (3/9)

TEAM Statistic # Shots 18 Shots on goal 4 Chances created 15 Passes successful 292 Passing accuracy 75.1% 6 Corners Possession 58.8% Duels won 66 Aerial duels won 34 Tackles won 11 Interceptions 37 Shots faced 14 Fouls committed 16 Fouls suffered 17

Opponent New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls FC Dallas New York Red Bulls FC Dallas FC Dallas New York Red Bulls FC Dallas FC Dallas New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls FC Dallas New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls FC Dallas New York Red Bulls

Date 3/8/15 3/8/15 3/14/15 3/8/15 3/14/15 3/14/15 3/8/15 3/14/15 3/14/15 3/8/15 3/8/15 3/8/15 3/14/15 3/8/15 3/8/15 3/14/15 3/8/15

Result T 1-1 T 1-1 L 3-1 T 1-1 L 3-1 L 3-1 T 1-1 L 3-1 L 3-1 T 1-1 T 1-1 T 1-1 L 3-1 T 1-1 T 1-1 L 3-1 T 1-1

INDIVIDUAL Statistic # 5 Shots Shots on goal 2 Chances created 5 Passes successful 44 Corners 5 Open play crosses 5 Dribbles completed 3 Duels won 12 Aerial duels won 6 Tackles won 3 Interceptions 9 5 Headed clearances Fouls committed 4 Fouls suffered 5 Saves 3

Player Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Graham Zusi Benny Feilhaber Graham Zusi Graham Zusi Marcel de Jong Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza Ike Opara Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic Ike Opara Benny Feilhaber Kevin Ellis Ike Opara Benny Feilhaber Benny Feilhaber Luis Marin

Date 3/8/15 3/14/15 3/8/15 3/8/15 3/14/15 3/8/15 3/14/15 3/14/15 3/14/15 3/14/15 3/8/15 3/8/15 3/8/15 3/8/15 3/14/15 3/14/15 3/8/15 3/14/15 3/8/15 3/8/15

Result T 1-1 L 3-1 T 1-1 T 1-1 L 3-1 T 1-1 L 3-1 L 3-1 L 3-1 L 3-1 T 1-1 T 1-1 T 1-1 T 1-1 L 3-1 L 3-1 T 1-1 L 3-1 T 1-1 T 1-1

Bleacher Report Team of the Week (bench)

Roger Espinoza Week 2 (3/16) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Benny Feilhaber Week 1 (3/9) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Ike Opara Week 1 (3/9)

Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Soccer By Ives Best XI

SUCCESS IN KANSAS CITY Sporting KC begins their 20th season as one of nine active charter members in Major League Soccer. Led by seventh-year Manager Peter Vermes, Sporting KC is the only club to win an MLS Cup (2013), a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2012) and multiple conference regular season titles (2011, 2012) over the past nine seasons. Since 2011, Vermes has guided the team to four straight postseason appearances and 67 MLS victories (including playoffs), third most in the league. During that time, Sporting KC has recorded a league-best 29 road wins. In addition to winning championships, the club has seen many of its current players earn individual accolades. Winger Graham Zusi was named MLS Breakout Player of the Year in 2011, while captain Matt Besler received MLS Defender of the Year recognition in 2012. A pair of three-time MLS All-Stars, Zusi (28 caps) and Besler (25 caps) are veterans of the United States Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Team and signed Designated Player contracts with Sporting KC last July after competing at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Last year, Dwyer scored 22 MLS goals and 24 goals in all competitions to set new single-season records for the club. The 24-year-old has scored 50 goals in all competitions since the start of 2013â&#x20AC;&#x201D;28 with Sporting KC and 22 with former USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. Now entering his fourth year in Kansas City, Dwyer signed a contract extension during this offseason. Sporting KC also welcomes back Honduran international midfielder Roger Espinoza, who played five seasons for the team from 2008-2012. After becoming an MLS All-Star in 2012, Espinoza moved to Wigan Athletic where he won the 2013 FA Cup title and made 57 total appearances across the English Premier League, English Championship, UEFA Europa League and domestic cups. He is the only active MLS player to have competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 21, 2015 vs Portland Timbers | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Bernardo Anor (trade - 12/8/14)

Antonio Dovale (option declined - 11/25/14)

Jalil Anibaba (trade - 12/12/14)

Christian Duke (option declined - 11/25/14)

James Marcelin (signing - 12/16/14)

Andy Gruenebaum (option declined - 11/25/14)

Luis Marin (signing - 12/18/14)

Michael Kafari (option declined - 11/25/14)

Krisztian Nemeth (signing - 12/18/14)

Eric Kronberg (option declined - 11/25/14)

Tim Melia (signing - 12/23/14)

Victor Munoz (option declined - 11/25/14)

Roger Espinoza (signing - 1/6/15)

Sal Zizzo (option declined - 11/25/14)

Connor Hallisey (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)

Lawrence Olum (out of contract - 11/25/14)

Saad Abdul-Salaam (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)

Martin Steuble (out of contract - 11/25/14)

Servando Carrasco (trade - 1/27/15)

Aurelien Collin (trade - 12/8/14)

Soni Mustivar (signing - 2/13/15)

C.J. Sapong (trade - 12/8/14)

Amadou Dia (SuperDraft - 2/18/15)

Soony Saad (out of contract - 1/1/15)

James Ansu Rogers (SuperDraft - 2/25/15)

Igor Juliao (loan ends - 1/1/15)

Marcel de Jong (signing - 3/2/15)

Claudio Bieler (out of contract - 1/20/15) Jorge Claros (waived - 2/24/15) James Marcelin (waived - 2/24/15)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Nov. 25: OUT IN Dec. 8: Dec. 8: OUT Dec. 12: IN Dec. 16: IN Dec. 17 Dec. 18: IN Dec. 23: IN Jan. 1: OUT Jan. 6: IN Jan. 15: IN Jan. 15: Jan. 20: OUT IN Jan. 20: Jan. 27: IN IN Feb. 13: IN Feb. 18: Feb. 24: OUT Feb. 25: IN March 2: IN

Sporting KC declines contract options for M Christian Duke, M Antonio Dovale, GK Andy Gruenebaum, M Michael Kafari, GK Eric Kronberg, M Victor Munoz and F Sal Zizzo; M Lawrence Olum and M Martin Steuble leave club out of contract Sporting KC acquires M Bernardo Anor from Columbus Crew SC Sporting KC trades D Aurelien Collin to Orlando City SC; trades F C.J. Sapong to Philadelphia Union Sporting KC signs D Jalil Anibaba after acquiring his rights from Orlando City SC (2014 MLS Expansion Draft) Sporting KC signs M James Marcelin Sporting KC signs F Dom Dwyer to contract extension Sporting KC signs GK Luis Marin and F Krisztian Nemeth Sporting KC signs GK Tim Melia F Soony Saad leaves club out of contract; D Igor Juliao leaves club as loan expires Sporting KC signs M Roger Espinoza Sporting KC selects M Connor Hallisey (10th overall), D Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th overall) and D Amadou Dia (20th overall) in the first round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Hallisey and Abdul-Salaam signed with MLS prior to the draft and were automatically added to Sporting KCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roster. Sporting KC signs F Jacob Peterson to new contract F Claudio Bieler leaves club out of contract Sporting KC selects M James Ansu Rogers (53rd overall) and D Tony Rocha (73rd overall) in the third and fourth rounds of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis to new contract; signs M Servando Carrasco after acquiring his rights from Houston Dynamo Sporting KC signs M Soni Mustivar Sporting KC signs D Amadou Dia, the 20th overall pick (first round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC waives M Jorge Claros and M James Marcelin Sporting KC signs F James Ansu Rogers, the 53rd overall pick (third round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC signs D Marcel de Jong

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)

Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

2013

Mikey Lopez (14th)

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

Benny Feilhaber (12/11/12) Ike Opara (12/12/12)

Connor Hallisey (10th)

Luis Marin (12/18/14) Krisztian Nemeth (12/18/14) Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Marcel de Jong (3/2/15)

Bernardo Anor (12/8/14) Jalil Anibaba (12/12/14) Servando Carrasco (1/27/15)

2015

Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th) Amadou Dia (20th) James Ansu Rogers (53rd)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

MLS Lottery Draft

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 21, 2015 vs Portland Timbers | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. Portland Timbers: 3-2-0 Home games: 1-1-0 (5 GF, 4 GA) Road games: 2-1-0 (3 GF, 2 GA) Date 07/02/2011 08/17/2011

Score KC 2 at POR 1 KC 3 vs POR 1

04/21/2012

KC 0 at POR 1

Providence Park

04/27/2013

KC 2 vs POR 3

Sporting Park

06/27/2014

KC 1 at POR 0

Result W W

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Location Providence Park Sporting Park

Providence Park

2 Myers/Zusi 2 Matt Besler 9 C.J. Sapong 4 Graham Zusi 8 Aurelien Collin 8 Kei Kamara

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

2 Jimmy Nielsen 2 Jimmy Nielsen 1 Eric Kronberg 9 Jimmy Nielsen 6 Jimmy Nielsen

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

Darlington Nagbe 2 Diego Valeri 2 Darlington Nagbe 9 Nagbe/Wallace 3 Diego Chara 13 Darlington Nagbe 14 Perkins/Ricketts 1 Troy Perkins 2 Troy Perkins 1 Perkins/Ricketts 8 Troy Perkins 5

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 7 1 0 8 Shots 31 38 0 69 15 10 0 25 Shots on Goal Fouls 31 46 0 77 Offsides 1 2 0 3 Corner Kicks 7 15 0 22

2 Myers/Zusi 1 eight players tied 5 Teal Bunbury (8/17/11) 3 Graham Zusi (8/17/11) 5 Bunbury/Nagamura 5 Kei Kamara (4/21/12) 4 Jimmy Nielsen (4/27/13) 3 Jimmy Nielsen (4/27/13)

portland timbers

five players tied 1 Goals (4/27/13) Diego Valeri 2 Assists Adi/Boyd 4 Shots (4/27/13) Rodney Wallace 3 Shots on Goal (6/27/14) Diego Chara 4 Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered (6/27/14) Darlington Nagbe 6 SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(4/27/13) Donovan Ricketts 6 (8/17/11) Troy Perkins 3

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL

Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 4 2 0 6 Shots 25 28 0 53 Shots on Goal 10 7 0 17 Fouls 29 33 0 62 Offsides 10 9 0 19 Corner Kicks 8 14 0 22

portland timbers

KC POR

1-15

1 0

16-30

4 1

SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,336

31-45

2 3

46-60

0 1

61-75

1 0

76-90

0 1

0 0

Total

8 6

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 75 matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 69 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 10 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 95 matches played at the stadium

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 75 matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

144

104.7 6

including penalty shootout wins in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 21, 2015 vs Portland Timbers | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

T 1-1

Opara 50

19,784

Saturday, March 14

at FC Dallas

MLS

L 1-3

Espinoza 44

14,149

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS