SPORTING
Sporting Kansas City
2-2-5,
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT
Allianz Field (St. Paul, MN)
MLS Regular Season Game 10
Referee: Ted Unkel
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
2024 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS
JOHN-eese
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2024 NUMERICAL ROSTER
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2024 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
#MINvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD
Sporting Kansas City (2-2-5, 11 pts.) looks to keep their strong road form going this weekend when the team heads north to take on Minnesota United FC (4-2-2, 14 pts.) at Allianz Field on Saturday night. Sporting is coming off a frustrating 3-3 draw with rivals St. Louis this past Saturday while Minnesota earned an impressive 3-0 victory at Charlotte FC on Sunday.
Sporting swept the season-series with Minnesota last year, starting with a 3-0 victory on May 13, 2023 at Children’s Mercy Park. Dany Rosero headed home his first goal for the club before Daniel Salloi finished off a flowing move to double the lead. Gadi Kinda added a third late on to cap the win.
Sporting claimed an unlikely three points for just their second-ever win at Allianz Field on Sept. 16, 2023. After weathering a Minnesota storm early in the second half, Sporting pounced as substitute and Kinda struck late on and claim a 1-0 victory.
The third meeting came on a dramatic Decision Day where both teams needed a win to stand a chance of qualifying for the MLS Cup Playoffs. Sporting stormed to a 3-1 win behind a brace from Johnny Russell and a goal from Remi Walter.
Sporting holds an 11-4-4 record against the Loons in MLS regular-season play, including a perfect 9-0-0 record at home and a 2-4-4 mark on the road.
#MINvSKC: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 11-4-4 in regular season)
10/21/2023
KC 3 vs MIN 1 W Russell brace and Walter goal leads SKC to postseason 09/16/2023
KC 1 at MIN 0 W Kinda strikes late to earn crucial three points on the road 05/13/2023
KC 3 vs MIN 0 W
#MINvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY
• Forward Johnny Russell has five goals and 10 assists against Minnesota. His first goal came in the 1-0 home win on Sept. 13, 2020. Russell got an assist in the 1-1 draw on May 20, 2018 before assisting both goals in the 2-0 home win on Aug. 25, 2018. Russell tallied the game-winning assist in the 1-0 home win on Aug. 22, 2019 before setting up the opener in the 2-1 road loss on Sept. 25, 2019. Russell had a goal and two assist performance in the 4-0 home win on Sept. 15, 2021 before tallying another assist in the 2-1 road loss on Oct. 31, 2021. Russell scored in the 1-1 road draw on July 13, 2022 and notched assists in the 4-1 home win on Sept. 17, 2022 and the 3-0 home win on May 13, 2023. The Scotsman tallied a brace in the 3-1 Decision Day home victory on Oct. 21, 2023.
• Forward Khiry Shelton has scored four times and added an assist against the Loons, tallying his first goal for Sporting KC in a 1-1 road draw on May 20, 2018. He added another in SKC’s MLS is Back opener - a 2-1 loss on July 12, 2020, before scoring the game-winner and tallying an assist in the 4-0 home win on Sept. 15, 2021. He also scored in the 2-1 road loss on Oct. 31, 2021.
• Forward Daniel Salloi has three goals and four assists against Minnesota, netting the opening goal in a 4-1 home win on June 3, 2018 before tallying another in the 4-0 home win on Sept. 15, 2021 and an assist in the 4-1 home win on Sept. 17, 2022. Salloi tallied a goal and an assist in the 3-0 home win on May 13, 2023 and a pair of assists in the 3-1 home victory on Decision Day on Oct. 21, 2023.
• Forward Willy Agada has scored twice against the Loons, bagging a brace in the 4-1 home win on Sept. 17, 2022.
• Midfielder Erik Thommy has a goal and two assists against Minnesota, with one goal and one assist coming in the 4-1 home win on Sept. 17, 2022 and the other assist coming in the 3-0 home win on May 13, 2023.
• Defender Dany Rosero has scored once against Minnesota United, heading home the opener in the 3-0 home win on May 13, 2023.
• Forward Alan Pulido has two assists against the Loons, setting up Khiry Shelton’s opener in the 2-1 loss at MLS is Back on July 12, 2020 and Daniel Salloi’s goal in the 3-0 home win on May 13, 2023.
• Defender Kayden Pierre has one assist against Minnesota, tallying his first MLS assist in the 1-1 road draw on July 13, 2022.
• Midfielder Remi Walter has tallied one goal and one assist against Minnesota, recording the assist in the 3-0 home win on May 13, 2023 and his goal in the 3-1 home win on Decision Day on Oct. 21, 2023.
• Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 10-3-2 all-time against Minnesota United FC, with seven shutouts and a 0.62 goals against average.
• Goalkeeper John Pulskamp is 1-0-1 all-time against the Loons, with his win coming in the 4-1 home victory on Sept. 17, 2022.
• Midfielder Memo Rodriguez has a goal and two assists against Minnesota, all coming as a member of the Houston Dynamo. He tallied the game-winning assist ina 3-0 home win on Sept. 2, 2020 before scoring in a 2-2 road draw on Oct. 18, 2020. He then set up a late consolation in a 2-1 home loss on July 23, 2022.
#MINvSKC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS
• Midfielder Memo Rodriguez was teammates with Minnesota defender Zarek Valentin at the Houston Dynamo from 2020-2022.
• Defender Andreu Fontas was playing for Celta Vigo in 2015 while Minnesota forward Franco Fragapane was on loan with Celta Vigo’s B team.
• Forward Alenis Vargas was called in to the Honduran National Team for the first time in March alongside Minnesota’s Joseph Rosales
• Manager Peter Vermes played with Minnesota Chief Development Officer Manny Lagos at the New York Metrostars in 1996.
#MINvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS
Sporting KC Team Notes
• Sporting rank fourth in MLS in total goals scored (17) and third in non-penalty goals (17).
• Sporting have scored two or more goals in six straight regular season matches for the first time since the inaugural MLS season in August 1996. The team has never scored multiple goals in seven straight regular season matches.
• Last Saturday’s 3-3 draw against St. Louis was Sporting’s fifth straight match to produce at least four combined goals. The team’s first four games of the season produced three or fewer combined goals.
• Sporting’s last four home matches since March 23 have produced 22 total goals, an average of 5.5 per game.
• Sporting have conceded three goals in four straight regular season home matches for the first time in club history.
• Sporting have trailed for a total of 63 minutes this season, the fewest in MLS.
• Sporting have scored first in five straight matches and in 25 of the club’s last 35 matches in all competitions dating back to 2023.
• Sporting have outscored opponents 14-5 through the 64th minute and been outscored 11-3 from the 65th minute onward this season.
• Sporting lead MLS with 14 points dropped from winning positions, including 12 points dropped in six home matches.
• Sporting are 1-2-4 when scoring first this season and 1-0-0 when conceding first.
• Sporting have conceded the opening goal just once in 2024, the fewest in MLS.
• Sporting rank fourth in MLS with 5.4 shots on target per match and have the longest average shooting distance in the league (19.5 yards)
• Sporting have played 199 successful long balls this season, 23 more than any other team, and rank fifth in MLS in long ball accuracy at 51%.
Sporting KC Player Notes
• Midfielder Erik Thommy, who scored Sporting’s final goal in a 3-3 home draw against St. Louis last Saturday, has three goals in his last two games and a team-leading four goals on the season. Thommy, who leads MLS with 50 progressive carries this season, has appeared in 55 straight regular season matches since debuting for Sporting on July 23, 2022, tied for the seventh longest streak in club history.
• Forward Alan Pulido scored the opening goal last Saturday’s draw against St. Louis. He became the third fastest player in Kansas City history to hit 30 regular season goals for the club, doing so in 69 matches.
• Forward Willy Agada has scored or assisted a goal in four of Sporting’s last five matches since making his first start of the season on March 23. Agada has equaled his MLS career-high with two assists, tied for the team lead.
• Goalkeeper Tim Melia is tied for fourth in MLS with 34 saves.
Minnesota United Team Notes
• Minnesota has opened the season with a 4-2-2 record for the 2nd straight year.
• Minnesota’s four wins this season are one shy of the MLS lead.
• Minnesota is 3-0-0 when scoring first and 1-2-2 when conceding first in 2024.
• Minnesota has an MLS-best 4-0-0 record when leading at halftime this season. All four of their wins this season have come with a halftime lead. The Loons are 0-2-1 when trailing at the break.
• Minnesota has won just five of its last 21 regular season home matches since the start of 2023 (5-5-11 record), including a 1-1-2 record this season.
• Minnesota has used 24 players during the 2024 regular season, second most in MLS.
• Minnesota ranks second in MLS in passes into the box per game (10.8) and third in shots on target per game (5.5).
• Minnesota leads MLS with 12.4 interceptions per game.
Minnesota United Player Notes
• Midfielder Robin Lod leads Minnesota in both goals (three) and assists (five) this season. Lod’s five assists are one shy of the MLS lead and his eight total goal contributions are fourth most in the league.
• Midfielder Joseph Rosales is the only MLS player with two red cards this season. He ranks fifth in the league in interceptions (17).
• Defender Michael Boxall is tied for third in MLS in clearances (45), while defender DJ Taylor ranks fourth in the league in interceptions (18).
NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES
• Defender Jake Davis is one appearance shy of his 50th in all competitions for Sporting KC.
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES
ROAD-HEAVY SCHEDULE STARTS SATURDAY
Sporting Kansas City closed out a disappointing homestand this past weekend with a 3-3 draw against cross-state rivals St. Louis and will now embark on a grueling portion of the club’s 2024 regular-season schedule, playing four of their next five matches on the road.
Saturday’s draw marked the fourth straight home match that the team saw an early lead slip to either draw or lose. While the team has scored multiple goals in six straight regular-season matches for the first time since 1996, the team has also conceded three goals in four consecutive home games for the first time in the club’s history.
With a road-heavy upcoming schedule, it’s worth nothing that Sporting is actually unbeaten on the road in 2024 and has lost just three times in their last 15 matches dating back to last season, going 6-3-6 in that time.
LOONS CALLING
Sporting Kansas City begins a tough period in the club’s schedule this weekend with a trip to face off against Minnesota United FC at Allianz Field on Saturday night. Sporting will play four of their next five MLS matches on the road.
Sporting swept Minnesota across three regular-season meetings last season, winning two games at home and one away. The first meeting saw Sporting pick up just their second win of the season with a 3-0 victory on May 13, 2023 at Children’s Mercy Park behind goals from Dany Rosero, Daniel Salloi and Gadi Kinda.
The two sides met again on Sept. 16, 2023 at Allianz Field and despite Minnesota creating a host of chances, it was Sporting who stole a 1-0 victory after Kinda came off the bench to snatch a late winner.
The third and final meeting came in a dramatic Decision Day bout on Oct. 21, 2023 where both sides knew they needed a win to stand a chance of qualifying for the MLS Cup Playoffs. Johnny Russell scored twice and Remi Walter also got on the scoresheet as Sporting cruised to a 3-1 win and a spot in the postseason.
Sporting leads the all-time regular-season series with Minnesota 11-4-4 but have a losing 2-4-4 record on the road. Sporting has a remarkable 9-0-0 mark at home in the series, scoring 25 goals and conceding just three.
THOMMY SHINES AGAIN
Sporting Kansas City midfielder Erik Thommy was named to the MLS Team of the Matchday for the second consecutive week following another terrific performance in the 3-3 draw with St. Louis at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night.
The German started on the right wing before shifting back to his customary spot in attacking midfield following the introduction of Johnny Russell early in the second half. Thommy was a constant threat to the St. Louis backline all match, reaching team-highs with five shots and five fouls suffered.
In the 77th minute of the match, Thommy latched onto a brilliant ball over the top from Andreu Fontas and went through one-on-one with fellow German goalkeeper Roman Burki before firing the ball into the top corner to give the hosts a late lead.
Thommy now has three goals in his last two games and a team-leading four goals on the season. Since joining the club midway through the 2022 campaign, the 29-year-old has tallied 12 goals and 15 assists in 64 appearances across all competitions as the attacking force of the Sporting midfield.
PULIDO & AGADA LINK-UP FOR BRILLIANT GOAL
Sporting Kansas City forwards Alan Pulido and Willy Agada linked up to devastating effect to open the scoring in Sporting’s 3-3 draw with St. Louis last Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park.
After Tim Leibold and Daniel Salloi combined down the left wing, the German left back found Pulido in a pocket of space 25 yards from goal and he played a smooth one-two with Agada before the Mexican fired home into the side-netting for his second goal of the season.
The goal saw Pulido reach 30 goals in the regular season for Sporting KC in just his 69th appearance, becoming the third fastest player to reach the 30-goal milestone in club history. The only players to have reached 30 regular-season goals faster than Pulido were Preki who reached 30 goals in 59 games and Dom Dwyer who did so in 66 matches.
Pulido now has 32 goals and 14 assists in 78 appearances across all competitions for the club since joining ahead of the 2020 season while Agada has reached 15 goals and four assists in 37 matches.
FONTAS TALLIES FIRST PRIMARY ASSIST FOR SKC
Sporting Kansas City center back Andreu Fontas showed off his ball-playing abilities this past weekend with a brilliant assist on Erik Thommy’s goal in the 3-3 draw with rivals St. Louis at Children’s Mercy Park.
Fontas, being pressured out on the left touchline inside his own half, sent a perfectlyweighted through ball behind the St. Louis backline that found an on-rushing Erik Thommy who fired into the top corner beyond Roman Burki to give his side a late lead.
The assist is Fontas’ first assist of the campaign and the first primary assist of his MLS career. Fontas had previously recorded two secondary assists - one in 2022 and one in 2023.
SCORING & CONCEDING AT RAPID PACE
Sporting Kansas City continued the club’s recent trend of participating in wildly highscoring matches this past weekend with a second 3-3 draw in three matches following a frustrating ending against rivals St. Louis at Children’s Mercy Park.
There have been 26 goals scored in Sporting’s last five matches (2-3 vs. LA, 3-1 at TOR, 3-3 vs. POR, 2-3 vs. MIA, 3-3 vs. STL) - an average of 5.2 goals per game. In club history, Sporting’s matches have averaged 2.78 goals per game.
Sporting has now scored multiple goals in six straight regular season matches for the first time since the club’s inaugural season in August 1996. Of concern is the fact that Sporting has now conceded three goals in four consecutive home matches for the first time ever.
ACADEMY TRIO CALLED UP BY NATIONAL TEAMS
Sporting KC Academy trio Aiden Benitez, Ian James and Jack Kortkamp were called in to their respective youth national teams this past week.
Benitez, 16, will join the El Salvador’s U-20s for three friendlies later this month. The Indiana native joined the Sporting Academy in the fall of 2022 and has represented the U-17s for the past two seasons in MLS NEXT. Typically playing as a No. 9, Benitez has competed with the SKC Academy at prestigious MLS NEXT competitions such as the 2023 MLS NEXT Cup Playoffs, 2023 MLS NEXT Flex and the 2024 GA Cup.
Defender Ian James and goalkeeper Jack Kortkamp - who both regularly train with the first team and SKC II - were selected for the U.S. U-16 Domestic Youth National Team training camp this month in West Palm Beach, Florida. James
James, a 15-year-old native of St. Paul, Minnesota, joined the SKC Academy in 2021 and has represented the club at the U-14, U-15, U-17 and U-19 levels. He captained the U-15s for the majority of the 2022-23 MLS NEXT Season and has been an integral part of the U-17 backline this season. Kortkamp, 16, joined the Sporting Kansas City Academy in the summer of 2021 and has since represented club and country as one of the most talented American goalkeepers in his age group.
QUOTES: #SKCvSTL
Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes
Thoughts on the match…
“It’s good to score first. That part was good. They scored their two. We come out in a very good way in the second half to get ourselves in a great position. We climbed back in to the game, which is great, and obviously they get the goal at the end. I think it was entertaining. I think it was interesting from different perspectives, I guess. I think it was, again, good to get the first goal and good for us to climb back and be in a good position. I think the guys fought. I think the guys made some very good opportunities and they also had to fight through some other stuff that, unfortunately, it wasn’t seen maybe the way that we thought. But we had to keep fighting for that as well so we had to fight against more than just St. Louis. We had to fight through other things as well and the guys did a good job of that. I give them a lot of credit.”
On dropping points at home…
“I think you guys are all focused on that. Maybe you missed the game because when you watch games like this, they’re entertaining. Do we want to be on that side of it?
No, but it’s the same thing when we go away and we play at Toronto and we scored three goals. It happens. Right now we’ve played quite a few games at home and that’s a situation that occurred. I think we’re getting better at it and I think we’ll continue to do that over the course of the season. You guys are worried about it. I’m not.”
On the physicality of the match…
“We always know what’s going to happen, but there’s also an impartial party that has to also make decisions. Unfortunately, those decisions weren’t our way so we had to fight against that as well. I think our guys did a really good job of it.”
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER
Players In Players Out
DEF - Zorhan Bassong (Signed as Free Agent - Dec. 12, 2023)
FWD - Alenis Vargas (Acquired from Futbol Consultants Desamparados - Dec. 15, 2023)
MID - Memo Rodriguez (Signed as Free Agent - Feb. 1, 2024)
GK - Ryan Schewe (MLS SuperDraft Selection - Feb. 5, 2024)
GK - Kendall McIntosh (Out of Contract - Dec. 1, 2023)
DEF - Kortne Ford (Option Declined - Dec. 1, 2023)
DEF - Graham Zusi (Option Declined - Dec. 1, 2023)
MID - Cam Duke (Out of Contract - Dec. 1, 2023)
MID - Roger Espinoza (Option Declined - Dec. 1, 2023)
MID - Felipe Gutierrez (Option Declined / Retired - Dec. 1, 2023)
MID - Gadi Kinda (Out of Contract - Dec. 1, 2023)
MID - Ozzie Cisneros (Loaned to Carolina Core FC - April 16, 2024)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE
DATE IN/OUT DETAILS
Dec. 1: OUT Sporting KC declines options on defenders Kortne Ford and Graham Zusi along with midfielders Roger Espinoza and Felipe Gutierrez. In addition, goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh and midfielders Cam Duke and Gadi Kinda are out of contract.
Dec. 12: IN Sporting KC signs free agent defender Zorhan Bassong, most recently with Farul Constanta (Romania).
Dec. 15: IN Sporting KC acquires forward Alenis Vargas in a transfer from Futbol Consultants Desamparados (Costa Rica). Vargas had spent the 2023 season on loan with Sporting KC II (MLS NEXT Pro).
Feb. 1: IN Sporting KC signs free agent midfielder Memo Rodriguez, most recently with Austin FC (MLS).
Feb. 5: IN Sporting KC signs goalkeeper Ryan Schewe, the club’s first round pick (22nd overall) in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft out of Georgetown.
April 16: OUT Sporting KC loans midfielder Ozzie Cisneros to Carolina Core FC (MLS NEXT Pro) for the remainder of the 2024 season.
2020
2021
2022
2023 Stephen Afrifa (1st Round - #8)
Chris Rindov (2nd Round - #37)
2024 Ryan Schewe (1st Round - #22)
CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Johnny Russell (1/31/18)
Andreu Fontas (8/8/18)
Khiry Shelton (12/9/19)
Alan Pulido (12/10/19)
Remi Walter (12/22/20)
Logan Ndenbe (1/14/22)
Robert Voloder (1/19/22)
Marinos Tzionis (1/24/22)
Willy Agada (6/23/22)
Erik Thommy (6/23/22)
Nemanja Radoja (10/26/22)
Tim Leibold (1/12/23)
Robert Castellanos (2/17/23)
Dany Rosero (3/2/23)
Zorhan Bassong (12/12/23)
Alenis Vargas (12/15/23)
Danny Flores (1/13/23)
Memo Rodriguez (2/1/24)
Felipe Hernandez (8/30/19)
John Pulskamp (2/24/20)
Ozzie Cisneros (1/20/21)
Kayden Pierre (5/4/21)
Jake Davis (8/19/21)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2024 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
2024 REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
2024 VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
Brad Smith heads the ball into the bottom corner off a cross from Coco Carrasquilla. After reviewing the play, referee Jaime Herrera overturns his original decision and disallows the goal because Carrasquilla was offside in the build-up.
March 16, 2024 vs. SJ Amin Hadzic
Ian Anderson SJ Goal Overturned - No Goal
Rodrigues fires the ball home from close range after a free kick is deflected into his path. After reviewing the play, referee Amin Hadzic overturns his original decision and disallows the goal due to handball because the ball came off the arm of Vitor Costa.
March 23, 2024 vs. LA Aleksandar Zhelyazkov
Shawn Tehini LA No Goal Overturned - Goal
Marky Delgado fires home at the far post after the ball had been tipped into his path, but the flag goes up for offside. After reviewing the play, referee Aleksandar Zhelyazkov overturns his original decision and allows the goal because Delgado was onside.
SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS
2024 Regular-Season Record When...
Regular Season Record By Month
Feb.
Feb.
SPORTING KC IN 2024 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
Quickest Goal... Erik Thommy (4/13 vs. MIA) - 6th Minute
Quickest Goal Against...
Game-winning goals after 75’...
Game-tying goals after 75’...
Vitor Costa (3/16 vs. SJ) - 11th Minute
Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2024)
vs.
Game-winning goals against after 75’... Mark Delgado (3/23 vs. LA) - 80th Minute
Game-tying goals against after 75’...
Alejandro Bedoya (3/2 vs. PHI) - 95+ Minute
Eric Miller (4/7 vs. POR) - 81st Minute
Tomas Totland (4/20 vs. STL) - 92+ Minute
Red Cards...
Red Cards Against...
Penalty Kicks...
Willy Agada
Youngest Goalscorer... Alenis Vargas (3/30 at TOR) - 20 years and 117 days
Oldest Goalscorer... Alan Pulido (4/20 vs. STL) - 33 years and 43 days
Youngest Starter... Jake Davis (2/24 at HOU) -
Youngest
2024 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS
Feb. 24, 2024: Houston Dynamo 1-1 Sporting KC
MLS Regular Season | Shell Energy Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 18,818
Sporting KC Houston Dynamo FC
GK Melia GK Clark (C)
D Davis D Dorsey
D Rosero D Sviatchenko
D Fontas D Micael
D Leibold (Bassong 74’) D Schmitt
M Radoja M Artur
M Thommy (Rodriguez 74’) M Carrasquilla
M Walter M Raines (Gregus 67’)
F Russell (C) (Afrifa 59’) F Kowalczyk
F Pulido (Agada 59’) F Aliyu
F Salloi (Vargas 86’) F Smith (Segal 67’)
Subs not used: Subs not used:
Pulskamp (GK) Tarbell (GK)
Castellanos Awodesu
Voloder Sargeant
Hernandez Steres Gonzalez Sylla Gyamfi
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Erik Thommy 1 (Unassisted) 61’
HOU - Gabe Segal 1 (Ibrahim Aliyu 1, Coco Carrasquilla 1) 69’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Dissent) 57’
SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 67’
HOU - Ben Olsen (Yellow Card; Dissent) 89’
Stats
(6)
Sporting KC San Jose
GK Melia
GK Daniel
D Davis D Marie (Thompson 85’)
D Rosero D Wilson
D Voloder D Rodrigues
D Leibold D Costa
M Radoja M Espinoza
M Thommy M Yueill (C)
M Rodriguez (Walter 46’) M Gruezo (Morales 72’)
F Russell (C) (Afrifa 53’) M Pellegrino (Skahan 64’)
F Pulido (Agada 87’) F Ebobisse (Kikanovic 63’)
F Salloi (Vargas 88’)
F Judd (Bouda 64’)
Subs not used: Subs not used:
Pulskamp (GK) Yarbrough (GK)
Bassong Beason
Castellanos Munie
Pierre Baldisimo
Hernandez
Scoring Summary:
SJ - Vitor Costa 1 (Cristian Espinoza 1) 11’
SKC - Dany Rosero 1 (Memo Rodriguez 1) 18’
SKC - Alan Pulido 1 (Johnny Russell 1, Jake Davis 1) 29’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 35’
SJ - Ousseni Bouda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’
SJ - Cristian Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’
SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 82’
SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 91+
Stats Summary
SKC SJ
Shots (on goal) 5 (3) 13 (6)
Saves 5 1
Fouls 12 15
Offside 1 1
Corner Kicks 3 5
March
D Davis
D Mbaizo (Wagner 46’)
D Rosero D Elliott (C)
D Fontas D Lowe
D Leibold D Harriel
M Radoja M Martinez (Bedoya 46’)
M Thommy (Rodriguez 80’) M Bueno
M Walter M McGlynn (Anderson 82’)
F Russell (C) M Rafanello (Gazdag 46’)
F Pulido (Agada 80’) F Donovan (Uhre 57’)
F Salloi (Afrifa 87’) F Sullivan
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Rick (GK)
Bassong Glesnes
Castellanos Real
Voloder Baribo
Hernandez
Vargas
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Remi Walter 1 (Unassisted) 19’
PHI - Alejandro Bedoya 1 (Unassisted) 95+
Misconduct
(Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’
SKC - Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+
D Davis D Hollingshead D Rosero D Murillo D Fontas D Long
D Leibold D Campos
M Radoja M Tillman
M Thommy M Ilie (C) (Martinez
March 23, 2024: Sporting KC 2-3
LA Galaxy
MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS
Attendance: 18,102
Weather: 46 degrees and overcast
Sporting KC (1-1-3, 6 points)
Sporting KC LA Galaxy
1 2 F
2
GK Melia GK McCarthy
D Davis D Yamane
D Rosero D Zavaleta
D Voloder D Yoshida (C)
D Leibold D Aude
M Walter M Delgado
M Radoja M Cerrillo (Brugman 62’)
M Thommy M Painstil
M Pulido (C) M Puig
M Salloi (Afrifa 83’) M Pec (Fagundez 83’)
F Agada F Joveljic (Berry 83’)
Subs not used:
Subs not used:
Pulskamp (GK) Micovic (GK)
Bassong Cuevas
Castellanos Nelson
Pierre Aguirre
Rindov Perez
Flores
Hernandez
Tzionis
Scoring Summary:
Vivi
SKC - Nemanja Radoja 1 (Daniel Salloi 1) 34’
SKC - Willy Agada 1 (Unassisted) 48+
LA - Eriq Zavaleta 1 (Unassisted) 72’
LA - Dejan Joveljic 5 (Riqui Puig 1, Gaston Brugman 2) 75’
LA - Mark Delgado 1 (Unassisted) 80’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’
SKC - Tim Leibold (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 69’
LA - Gaston Brugman (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 88’
Sporting
Melia
Gavran
D Davis D O’Neill
D Rosero D Long
D Voloder D Rosted (Thompson 68’)
D Leibold M Marshall-Rutty
M Radoja M Longstaff (Kerr 68’)
M Walter M Coello (Flores 59’)
M Rodriguez (Hernandez 78’) M Spicer
F Thommy (Afrifa 96+) M Bernardeschi
F Agada (Vargas 78’)
M Osorio (C)
F Salloi (C) F Owusu (Akinola 86’)
Subs not used:
Subs not used:
Pulskamp (GK) Ranjitsingh (GK)
Bassong Franklin
Castellanos Mabika
Pierre Mailula
Tzionis Perruzza
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Remi Walter 2 (Unassisted) 57’
SKC - Jake Davis 1 (Willy Agada 1) 64’
SKC - Alenis Vargas 1 (Jake Davis 2) 83’
TOR - Jonathan Osorio 1 (Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty 1) 97+
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’
TOR - Alonso Coello (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 57’
SKC - Tim Leibold (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’
TOR - Jonathan Osorio (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’
Stats Summary
17 (10) 12 (2)
April
Sporting KC Portland Timbers
GK Melia GK Crepeau
D Davis D Mosquera (Bravo 46’)
D Rosero D Araujo
D Voloder D K. Miller
D Leibold D E. Miller
M Radoja M Paredes (Williamson 96+)
M Walter M Ayala (Chara 54’)
M Rodriguez (Vargas 82’) M Moreno (Mora 46’)
F Thommy M Evander (C)
F Agada (Pulido 71’) M Antony (Asprilla 89’)
F Salloi (C) F Rodriguez
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Pantemis (GK)
Bassong Zuparic
Castellanos Fogaca
Fontas Pierre Hernandez
Tzionis
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Willy Agada 2 (Unassisted) 13’
SKC - Dany Rosero 2 (Memo Rodriguez 2) 38’
SKC - Willy Agada 3 (Robert Voloder 1, Remi Walter 1) 48+
POR - Evander 3 (Penalty Kick) 64’
POR - Felipe Mora 2 (Jonathan Rodriguez 1, Antony 2) 66’
POR - Eric Miller 1 (Unassisted) 81’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 25’
POR - Kamal Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 34’
SKC - Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’
POR - Eric Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 82’
SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 98+
April
Callender
D Davis D Weigandt
D Rosero D Aviles
D Fontas D Freire
D Leibold D Alba (Negri 78’)
M Walter (Hernandez 46+)
M Busquets
M Radoja M Gressel (Cremaschi 67’)
M Thommy (Russell 84’)
M Ruiz
M Pulido F Messi (C)
M Salloi (C) F Suarez
F Agada F Gomez (Bright 93+)
Subs not used: Subs not used:
Pulskamp (GK)
Dos Santos (GK)
Bassong Allen
Castellanos Sailor Pierre Sunderland
Voloder Afonso
Tzionis Borgelin
Vargas
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Erik Thommy 2 (Tim Leibold 1) 6’
MIA - Diego Gomez 2 (Lionel Messi 5) 18’
MIA - Lionel Messi 5 (David Ruiz 2) 51’
SKC - Erik Thommy 3 (Unassisted) 58’
MIA - Luis Suarez 6 (Diego Gomez 5) 71’
Misconduct Summary:
MIA - Tomas Aviles (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 15’
MIA - Diego Gomez (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 56’
SKC - Felipe Hernandez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’
SKC - Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 83’
SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’
April 20, 2024: Sporting KC 3-3 St. Louis MLS
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Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS
Sporting
GK Melia GK Burki (C)
D Davis D Totland
D Rosero D Parker
D Fontas D Hiebert
D Leibold D Markanich (Dyhr 88’)
M Walter M Ostrak (Kijima 64’)
M Radoja M Durkin
M Thommy M Alm (Thorisson 73’)
M Pulido M Vassilev (Jackson 64’)
M Salloi (C) M Pompeu
F Agada (Russell 54’) F Klauss
Subs not used:
Subs not used:
Pulskamp (GK) Lundt (GK)
Bassong Nerwinski
Castellanos Nilsson
Pierre Watts
Voloder
Rodriguez
Shelton Vargas
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Alan Pulido 2 (Willy Agada 2) 17’
STL - Joao Klauss 3 (Ramus Alm 2, Chris Durkin 1) 31’
STL - Celio Pompeu 3 (Joao Klauss 1) 48+
SKC - Own Goal (Roman Burki) 64’
SKC - Erik Thommy 4 (Andreu Fontas 1) 77’
STL - Tomas Totland 1 (Unassisted) 92+
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Dissent) 52+
SKC - Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Dissent) 47’
STL - Tim Parker (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 63’
SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’
STL - Celio Pompeu (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’
Stats Summary
SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2024 REGULAR SEASON)
Formation: 4-2-3-1 (3 games)
Center
NOTE: Charts do not account for players interchanging and/ or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.
SPORTING KC
A leading independent children’s health organization dedicated to holistic care, translational research, educating caregivers and breakthrough innovation to create a world of well-being for all children, Children’s Mercy Kansas City began a 10-year partnership with Sporting KC in 2016. Children’s Mercy provides the highest level of care for children from birth through the age of 21. U.S. News & World Report has repeatedly ranked Children’s Mercy as one of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals.”
The comprehensive partnership between Sporting KC and Children’s Mercy Kansas City – which includes naming rights to Sporting KC’s world-class stadium, Children’s Mercy Park, as well as the Sporting KC II and Sporting KC Academy complex at Swope Soccer Village – is also at the forefront of Sporting’s state-of-the-art training ground at Compass Minerals National Performance Center. In a first-of-its-kind collaboration between a professional sports team, a national sports federation and a sports medicine provider, the facility opened in 2018 and features the Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine Center alongside Sporting Kansas City and U.S. Soccer.
Children’s Mercy Kansas City is also the official health care and sports medicine provider for the Sporting Kansas City Academy and Compass Minerals National Performance Center as part of a multi-faceted partnership that focuses on the following three components to impact the local community:
1. Strengthening community
• The partnership directly supports The Victory Project, Sporting’s foundation to help children - including those with cancer and disabilities – through all of life’s challenges.
• Sporting KC players and staff engage with, encourage and inspire Children’s Mercy patients throughout the year during hospital visits and special events.
• FLEET, an innovative team of remote experience robots operated via an iPad, regularly attends Sporting KC home matches to provide an all-access interactive experience for patients at Children’s Mercy. Manufactured by Double Robotics, the robot allows users to enjoy two-way live audio and video captured from a 150-degree wide-angle lens while navigating to control their own VIP behind-the-scenes journey.
• Launched in 2018, the RED CARD campaign addresses one of the most significant social issues impacting children nationwide by empowering youth and adults to prevent and intervene in bullying. Through school assemblies and community-wide messaging, the RED CARD initiative aims to reach children, parents, teachers and coaches who have daily opportunities to create supportive environments and stop bullying in its tracks. In 2023 and 2024, Sporting and Children’s Mercy teamed up to provide 90 students at 30 local elementary and middle schools with SKC jerseys on National Random Acts of Kindness Day as part of a Kindness In The Schools (K.I.T.S.) initiative.
2. Improving access to pediatric-trained sports medicine
• The Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine Center at Village West is located inside Compass Minerals National Performance Center and offers a full range of sports medicine services, resources and programming for youth athletes. More than two million high-school athletes and 3.5 million children under age 14 are injured each year in the U.S. playing sports. Only a small percentage are treated by pediatric-trained sports medicine specialists who truly understand the youth’s growing body, developing brain and unique psychosocial stressors.
3. Protecting youth athletes and educating parents and coaches
• The partnership provides athletic training, rehabilitation and conditioning programs for the Sporting KC Academy’s six teams at Swope Soccer Village, which hosts Sporting KC II home matches as well as year-round athletic leagues, tournaments and other marquee events.
April 27 at Minnesoota United FC
May 4 at Real Salt Lake
May 11 vs. Houston Dynamo FC
May 18 at Austin FC
May 25 at Portland Timbers
May 29 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
June 1 at Minnesota United FC
June 8 vs. Seattle Sounders FC
June 15 at LA
June
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June
July
July
July
July
July
August
September
FLORES INJ SKCII SKCII SKCII DNP SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII
FONTAS CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INJ INJ INJ DNP CB-90 CB-90
HERNANDEZ DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SUB-12 DNP SUB-46 UNAV
LEIBOLD LB-74 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90
MELIA GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90
NDENBE INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ
PIERRE SKCII SKCII DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PULIDO CF-59 CF-80 CF-90 CF-87 AM-90 INJ SUB-19 AM-90 AM-90
PULSKAMP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
RADOJA DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90
RINDOV SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII DNP SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII
RODRIGUEZ SUB-16 SUB-10 CM-90 CM-45 INJ CM-78 CM-82 INJ DNP
ROSERO CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90
RUSSELL RW-59 RW-90 RW-90 RW-53 INJ INJ INJ SUB-6 SUB-36
SALLOI LW-86 LW-87 LW-90 LW-88 LW-83 LW-90 LW-90 LW-90 LW-90
SCHEWE SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII
SHELTON INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ DNP
THOMMY CM-74 CM-80 CM-90 CM-90 RW-90 RW-89 RW-90 RW-84 RW-90
TZIONIS SKCII UNAV SKCII UNAV DNP DNP DNP DNP UNAV
VARGAS SUB-4 DNP DNP SUB-2 INTL SUB-12 SUB-8 DNP DNP
VOLODER DNP DNP DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 DNP DNP
WALTER CM-90 CM-90 INJ SUB-45 DM-90 CM-90 CM-90 DM-44 DM-90
AGADA BASSONG CASTELLANOS CISNEROS DAVIS FLORES FONTAS HERNANDEZ LEIBOLD MELIA NDENBE PIERRE PULIDO PULSKAMP RADOJA RINDOV RODRIGUEZ ROSERO RUSSELL SALLOI SCHEWE SHELTON THOMMY TZIONIS VARGAS VOLODER WALTER
MANAGER & SPORTING DIRECTOR | PETER VERMES
Peter Vermes is in his 16th season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2024 and is the longest-tenured active head coach in MLS. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 240 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won four major trophies – the 2012, 2015 and 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regularseason standings in 2011 and 2012, as well as the Western Conference in 2018 and 2020. His three U.S. Open Cup championships are the third most in Open Cup history. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to eight straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 197 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank third most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions.
On August 4, 2018, Vermes coached his 302nd MLS regular-season game with Sporting KC, becoming the league’s all-time leader in games coached for one club. He was named the first-ever MLS Sporting Executive of the Year by his peers in 2018. Vermes has coached 568 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.
With over 15 years of service at Sporting KC, Vermes is one of the longest serving managers in world soccer. Among all leagues with an average attendance of 10,000+, Vermes ranks second, only behind Bundesliga side FC Heidenheim’s Frank Schmidt (Sept. 17, 2007 – present). Among the top 126 leagues in the world as denoted by the CIES Football Observatory in March 2022, Vermes’ tenure at ranks as the fifth longest active run.
Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, Sporting Kansas City II (MLS NEXT Pro) and the Sporting KC Academy. Vermes entered MLS ahead of its inaugural season in 1996 and retired from the league in 2002, closing out his playing career in Kansas City after stints with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and Colorado Rapids.
Following a standout high school career in which he was named New Jersey Player of the Year, Vermes was a star forward and All-American at Rutgers University. After college, Vermes represented the United States in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, and was named 1988 Chevrolet U.S. Male Soccer Athlete of the Year for his efforts.
Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored against the host Azzurri. It was the first time the U.S. had qualified for the World Cup in 40 years and set the stage for the progress of the U.S. National Team. In 1989 and 1990, Vermes became the first American to play in the Hungarian and Dutch First Divisions, playing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueres of the Spanish Second Division.
For MLS’s inaugural season in 1996, Vermes served as captain of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. In 1997, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for current Sporting KC Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin and played in Denver through the 1999 season, leading the Rapids to the 1997 MLS Cup Final.
Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful season of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors in helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 after appearing in 209 MLS matches (including playoffs) and playing more than 18,000 minutes. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
ASSISTANT COACH | KERRY ZAVAGNIN
Kerry Zavagnin currently holds the MLS record as he enters his 25th season with one club as a player or coach. Zavagnin first joined Kansas City in 2000 as a holding midfielder and was an integral part of the club’s midfield for the next nine seasons, during which time he helped lead the Wizards to MLS Cup (2000) and U.S. Open Cup (2004) Championships. He was named to the MLS All-Star team and the Best XI in 2004. Zavagnin’s primary duties as an assistant include scouting, developing Sporting Kansas City’s younger players, breaking down film and assisting with training sessions. He started his professional career with the MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to KC in 2000. He played 237 games and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories before being overtaken by Matt Besler early in 2018. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in KC. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001. On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the U.S. Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured.
ASSISTANT COACH | ZORAN SAVIC
Zoran Savic joined Sporting Kansas City late in the 2009 season after a 30-year career at all levels of the game in the United States. A native of Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, Savic began his journey through American soccer with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1980. Savic would go on to star for several MISL teams, with his most prosperous period coming with the Kansas City Comets, with whom he scored 70 goals in just over 100 appearances from 1982-1984. After retiring as a player in 1991, Savic turned his attention to coaching in the indoor game. Savic led the Kansas City Attack from 1992-1996, winning Coach of the Year honors for the 1994-1995 season while also serving as the team’s General Manager. Savic later coached the Kansas City Comets from 2000-2005. In 2007
Savic switched to the outdoor game, joining Chivas USA as an assistant to then-head coach Preki before moving into the commentary booth for Kansas City matches in 2008 and 2009. Savic’s career as a commentator was cut short, however, when newly installed Manager Peter Vermes tabbed Savic to be part of his coaching staff late in the 2009 season.
ASSISTANT COACH | ASH WALLACE
Ash Wallace has served on Sporting Kansas City’s technical staff since 2012, aiding the first team coaching staff in a variety of roles. Wallace, originally from England, helps scout and develop game plans for upcoming opponents, assists in planning and executing training sessions and provides valuable analysis for coaches and players regarding strategy. Wallace holds a U.S. Soccer A License. Wallace’s first involvement with the club came in August 2012 when he was contracted to produce a detailed scouting report on Seattle Sounders FC ahead of the U.S. Open Cup Final, helping Sporting claim their first of four major titles during a trophy-laden decade. Prior to joining Sporting KC, Wallace was a member of the Preston North End coaching staff and also served as an opposition scout for Fleetwood Town in his native England. Earlier in his career, he worked with Preston North End’s women’s academy teams and Penwortham Boys academy teams while earning a Degree in Sports Coaching from the University of Central Lancashire.
GOALKEEPER COACH | ALEC DUFTY
Alec Dufty is in his ninth season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as the Sporting KC II goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016. In his first season working with the Sporting KC first team, starting goalkeeper Tim Melia enjoyed a recordbreaking season where he was named the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, making one appearance before joining the MLS reserve goalkeeper pool. In 2010, Dufty joined USSF D2 Pro League side AC St. Louis, making 30 appearances before returning to MLS with the Chicago Fire in late 2010. He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2011 season. Dufty then took to coaching, first working with Florida Gulf Coast University and then the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, Dufty served as goalkeeper coach for Toronto FC II in their inaugural USL Championship season.
DIRECTOR, SPORTS PERFORMANCE & SCIENCE | JOEY HARTY
Joey Harty was named Sporting Kansas City’s Director of Sports Performance and Science ahead of the 2020 season, stepping up from his role as assistant fitness coach which he held from 2018-2019. Harty manages all aspects of the club’s performance department from the academy to the senior team. He oversees day-to-day training plans on and off the field, including work in the weight room, soccer session planning, onfield movement training, data analysis and more, aiming to optimize player health and performance. Harty joined Sporting’s organization in January 2016, serving as a fitness coach for the Sporting Kansas City Academy before spending the 2017 season as head fitness coach for Sporting KC II. The Colorado native then transitioned to assistant fitness coach for Sporting’s first team in January 2018 before landing his current role with the club. Prior to arriving in Kansas City, Harty worked for Phoenix Rising FC and Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Harty attended Grand Canyon from 2010-2014, played for the men’s soccer team from 2010-2012 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. In addition to holding several professional licenses and certifications in athletic performance, Harty is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Height: 5-10 Weight: 155
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
College: Florida International University
Birthday: 2/19/2001
Acquired: 2023 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)
Forward Stephen Afrifa was selected by Sporting Kansas City as the eighth overall pick of the 2023 MLS SuperDraft before signing with the team at the conclusion of his senior year in April. He enjoyed a standout career at Florida International, where he amassed 23 goals and 11 assists in 63 appearances from 2019-2022. He made his debut for Sporting on May 17, 2023 at LAFC before earning his first start at Austin on July 15, 2023.
Capable of playing as a striker or a winger, Afrifa began his professional journey on the heels of a phenomenal campaign in 2022 that yielded a team-high 10 goals, four assists and United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American honors. He guided the Panthers to the 2022 American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles and was
Regular
Last Regular Season... Appearance March 30, 2024, KC at TOR
Goal N/A
named the AAC Championship Most Outstanding Offensive Player. Afrifa ended his senior season as a 2022 MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist and a member of the USC All-East Region Team.
As a freshman, Afrifa tallied three goals and three assists, and added two goals and an assist during his COVID-shortened sophomore year. As a junior, Afrifa helped FIU make its first of two consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances with a team-best eight goals and three assists. Afrifa competed for USL League Two side One Knoxville SC in 2022, scoring 10 goals and leading the club to a first-place finish in the South Central Division and a run to the national quarterfinals.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 185
Hometown: Bauchi, Nigeria
Last Club: Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 6/23/2022 #23
Birthday: 9/17/1999
Willy Agada joined Sporting KC in a transfer from Israeli side Hapoel Jerusalem in June 2022. A native of Nigeria, Agada scored 37 goals across four seasons in Israel before heading to the United States. Agada enjoyed an incredible start to his Sporting KC career, tallying eight goals and two assists in just 12 appearances to close out 2022 - placing him among the best goalscorers by a per-game basis in the league.
Agada turned professional as an 18-year-old and bagged eight goals during his first season with Hapoel Jerusalem in 2018-2019. He doubled his goal haul the following year, scoring a team-best 15 times across 36 appearances in the Israeli second division.
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 2, 4 times, last: April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Assists 1, 4 times, last: April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Shots on Goal 5, Oct. 2, 2022, KC vs. SEA
Shots 7, 2 times, last: March 23, 2024, KC vs. LA
Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 6, 2022, KC vs. LA
Fouls Suffered 3, 3 times, last: March 18, 2023, KC at DAL
Last Regular Season...
Appearance April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Goal April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Assist April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
2024 Record when: he starts 1-2-2 he scores 0-1-1
Agada’s excellent 2019-2020 campaign paved the way for a loan to Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Premier League where he finished second on the team with six goals in 20202021. The 2021-2022 season saw Agada return to Hapoel Jerusalem, which had gained promotion to the Premier League and led the team with eight goals.
#22 | D | ZORHAN BASSONG | @BassongZ
Height: 5-10
Weight: 175 Birthday: 5/7/1999
Hometown: Montreal, Canada
Last Club: Farul Constanta (Romania)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/12/2023
Sporting Kansas City added left back Zorhan Bassong ahead of the 2024 campaign. The Canadian has previously spent time in France, Belgium, Romania and Major League Soccer, including 43 matches in all competitions with CF Montreal. He played two MLS seasons in Montreal from 2021-2022 before spending 2023 in Romania with Arges Pitesti and Farul Constanta.
Born in Toronto and raised in Montreal, Bassong moved to Belgium in 2013 to join the Mouscron academy. Bassong furthered his development in the heralded academy systems at Belgian side Anderlecht and French club Lille, beginning his professional career at the latter in 2016.
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 0
Assists
Shots on
Last Regular Season...
1, May 29, 2021, MTL at CHI (w/ MTL)
Appearance Feb. 24, 2024, KC at HOU Goal N/A
He joined Belgian outfit Cercle Brugge in January 2019 and left the club in July 2020. Bassong enjoyed a two-year MLS stint with CF Montreal that began in early 2021. Following his time with Montreal, Bassong spent 2023 with two Romanian clubs, Arges Pitesti and Farul Constanta.
On the international stage, Bassong represented the Belgium U-19s for two friendlies in 2017 before switching his allegiance to Canada. He earned two caps for Canada’s senior national team in January 2020, including a 90-minute outing in a 4-1 friendly win over Barbados. In March 2021, Bassong played three matches for Canada at the 2020 Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship in Mexico, reaching the semifinals.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 195
Hometown: Palmdale, California
Last Club: KuPS (Finland)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 2/17/2023 #19
| D | ROBERT CASTELLANOS | @rc4official
Birthday: 5/11/1998
Center back Robert Castellanos signed with Sporting Kansas City ahead of the 2023 campaign following a brief stint playing abroad with KuPS in Finland. Castellanos turned professional in 2017 and has had stints in the USL Championship, MLS and Finland. Castellanos made his debut for the club in Philadelphia on April 1, 2023 and scored his first goal for Sporting in the 4-1 home win over Austin FC on June 10, 2023.
Castellanos developed at the youth level with Nomads SC in San Diego before joining Liga MX club Atlas’ academy in 2016. He launched his professional career in early 2017, signing for LA Galaxy II and started 15 of 16 appearances in his debut USL Championship season. Castellanos spent the next three years at RGVFC, where he played 37 matches
and scored two goals. Castellanos jumped to MLS by signing for Nashville in February 2021 where he scored an equalizing goal in a 1-1 draw at Toronto FC in his lone appearance for the club. Nashville loaned Castellanos to the Tampa Bay Rowdies for the 2022 season where he played 13 matches, including starts in all three playoff games as the Rowdies reached the Conference Final. Castellanos then ventured abroad by joining KuPS, where he started three matches before leaving the club.
Castellanos is a former U.S. youth international, having made two appearances for the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team in 2016.
Height: 5-5
Weight: 140
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
Last Club: Sporting KC Academy
Birthday: 3/13/2004
Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 1/20/2021
Forward Ozzie Cisneros, who has competed for the Sporting KC Academy at the U-13 through U-19 levels, became the fourth-youngest signing in club history when he inked an MLS contract at age 16 in early 2021. He scored his first professional goal for Sporting KC II against Louisville City FC on July 28, 2021 before making his debut for Sporting KC in a Leagues Cup match against Club Leon on Aug. 10, 2021. Cisneros is currently out on loan at Carolina Core FC in MLS NEXT Pro for the remainder of the 2024 season.
A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Cisneros joined the Sporting KC Academy as a 12-year-old in 2016. That summer, he led Sporting to a fourth-place finish at the Concacaf U-13 Champions League in Mexico City. Cisneros went on to play almost 70 matches for
Sporting in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, scoring 15 goals and climbing to the U-19 ranks by the time he was 15. He helped the U-17s reach the 2019 Development Academy Playoffs and split time between the U-17s and U-19s during the first half of the 2019-20 campaign. Cisneros and the SKC Academy returned to action in September 2020 in MLS Next play, with Cisneros striking twice during the abbreviated fall season - once for the U-17s and once for the U-19s.
On the international stage, Cisneros notably starred at the 2019 Concacaf U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring both goals in a 2-0 quarterfinal win over Costa Rica, and also found the back of the net at the 2019 Torneo delle Nazioni in Italy.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 160
Hometown: Rochester, Michigan
Last
Birthday: 1/3/2002
Last Club: Sporting KC II (USL Championship)
Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 8/19/2021
Sporting Kansas City signed defender Jake Davis as a Homegrown Player in August 2021 as the 19th Homegrown Player to emerge from the Sporting Kansas City Academy. He made his first-team debut in the 4-0 victory over Minnesota United on Sept. 15, 2021 and earned his first MLS start on April 29, 2023 in a home match against Montreal. Davis scored his first goal for Sporting with the game-winner in a 3-1 win at Toronto on March 30, 2024.
Davis spent significant time developing with Sporting KC II under former Sporting greats Paulo Nagamura and Benny Feilhaber from 2019-2022 before breaking out with the first
team in early 2023, switching from central midfield to right back and helping the team post a 12-7-5 record in the 24 regular-season matches he started.
A native of Rochester, Michigan, Davis moved to Kansas City in 2017 at age 15 to join the Sporting KC Academy. He represented Sporting at the U-17 and U-19 levels, amassing eight goals across 54 appearances in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.
Davis earned international recognition in November 2019 when he was selected to the United States U-17 National Team for the 19th annual Nike International Friendlies.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 150 Birthday: 4/6/2002
Hometown: Half Moon Bay, CA
College: Virginia Tech
Last Club: Oakland Roots (USL Championship) Acquired:
Sporting Kansas City added Danny Flores off MLS waivers in January 2023. Flores began his MLS career after a two-year college stint at Virginia Tech, while he also boasts three seasons of play in the USL Championship, representing Philadelphia Union II from 2019-2020 and Oakland Roots SC in 2021. Flores spent the 2023 season primarily with SKC II, tallying two goals and two assists in 21 MLS NEXT Pro appearances while he also made his first-team debut on March 25 against Seattle.
Flores made his USL Championship debut in September 2019 for Union II and was an ever-present fixture for the club the following year by playing in all 16 matches. Flores returned to California in 2021 as he moved cross-country to join Oakland Roots SC for the
Last Regular Season... Appearance March 25, 2023, KC vs. SEA Goal N/A Assist N/A
2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
club’s inaugural USL Championship campaign, starting 10 of 12 matches. Following his successful spell in Oakland, Flores began his collegiate career in Virginia Tech’s midfield. He started all 19 matches during his first season and was named the No. 3 freshman in the country by Top Drawer Soccer and earned ACC All-Freshman Team accolades. Flores continued to lead the Hokies in 2022, scoring a team-best four goals and adding two assists.
Flores has represented the U.S. U-17 National Team, where he competed alongside SKC Academy products Gianluca Busio and Tyler Freeman. Flores starred for two clubs at the Academy level, first with Shattuck St. Mary’s and later with the Philadelphia Union.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 200
Hometown: Banyoles, Spain
Last Club: Celta Vigo (Spain)
Birthday: 11/14/1989
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 8/8/2018
Andreu Fontas joined Sporting KC midway through the 2018 season following a 10-year career with more than 200 appearances in his native Spain. Fontas underwent Achilles surgery in late 2019, keeping him out for the majority of the 2020 season before returning as an MLS Defender of the Year contender in 2021. Fontas has made 131 appearances in all competitions for Sporting KC, tallying three goals and three assists.
Fontas spent five seasons from 2013-2018 with Celta Vigo in Spain’s top-flight La Liga, where he played alongside current Sporting midfielder Nemanja Radoja and started 100 of 105 league appearances, helping the club to the semifinals of the 2016-17 UEFA
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 21, 2022, KC vs. POR
Last Regular Season... Appearance April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Europa League. The defender developed in FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, playing nearly 100 matches combined for FC Barcelona B and FC Barcelona from 2008-2012. Fontas advanced from Barcelona’s B team to the first team in 2009 and played in 16 games for the Spanish giants, including a sub appearance in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final. Fontas spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Mallorca before signing with Celta Vigo in June 2013.
Internationally, Fontas has represented Spain at the Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels and has also played for the Catalonia National Team.
Height: 5-7
Weight: 140
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Birthday: 6/8/1998
Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship)
Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 8/30/2019
Felipe Hernandez signed with Sporting KC as a Homegrown Player in August 2019. Hernandez is the first Sporting player to progress from an Academy Affiliate club to the SKC Academy to Sporting KC II before signing with the senior team. He signed with the first team following a breakout 2019 with SKC II in the USL Championship, where he started 24 of 26 appearances, scored a team-best eight goals and recorded four assists.
Hernandez scored his first MLS goal for the club in a June 23, 2021 victory over the Colorado Rapids and also tallied the opener against his hometown club Nashville SC in a 2-1 Sporting victory on June 19, 2022.
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 1, 4 times, last: May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR
Assists 2, May 14, 2022, KC at POR
Shots on Goal 2, May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR
Shots 4, 4 times, last: Sept. 10, 2022, KC at HOU
Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC
Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: April 8, 2023, KC vs. COL
Last Regular Season...
Appearance
April 13, 2024, KC vs. MIA
Goal May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR
Assist May 14, 2022, KC at POR
2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Hernandez played for Sporting Nashville Heroes, a former Academy Affiliate, and moved to Kansas City in the summer of 2014 to join the Academy. At age 16, Hernandez earned a preseason training stint with the first team in January 2015, before signing an Academy contract with SKC II in August 2016, two months prior to earning Bob Gansler Academy Player of the Year honors that then led to a professional SKC II contract in early 2017.
On the international stage, Hernandez played for the U.S. U-19 and U-20 National Teams in 2016 and 2017.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 170
Hometown: Friolzheim, Germany
Last Club: Hamburger SV (Germany)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 1/12/2023 #14
Birthday: 11/30/1993
Tim Leibold joined Sporting Kansas City in January 2023 having amassed more than 20 goals and 40 assists in nearly 300 professional appearances in his native Germany. Leibold is the third German newcomer at Sporting since the start of 2022, following center back Robert Voloder and midfielder Erik Thommy. Since joining the club, Leibold has tallied four assists in 30 appearances across all competitions.
Leibold spent eight seasons across Germany’s top two divisions from 2015-2022. He starred at Nurnberg from 2015-2019 before moving to Hamburg, where he served as club captain during the 2020-21 campaign. Leibold developed in youth academies at VfB Stuttgart, TSF Ditzingen and SGV Freiberg before turning professional with Freiberg at
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 0
Assists 1, 4 times, last: April
Last Regular Season...
Appearance April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Goal N/A
Assist April 13, 2024, KC vs. MIA
2024 Record when: he starts 2-2-5 he scores 0-0-0
age 18 in 2012. Leibold enjoyed a breakthrough in 2015 by joining 2. Bundesliga side Nurnburg and solidifying his place as a regular starter. The 2018-19 campaign saw Leibold lead Nurnburg with 32 Bundesliga starts while also assisting three goals. Competing in one of the world’s best leagues, he led the team in key passes, tackles, recoveries and touches while placing second in minutes played.
Leibold then returned to the 2. Bundesliga with a move to Hamburg, where he had his best professional season to date in 2019-20. He played every minute of all 34 league matches and led the 2. Bundesliga with 16 assists. At the international level, Leibold played five matches for the Germany U-20s in 2013.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 215
Hometown: Great River, New York
College: Lynn University
Last Club: Chivas USA (MLS)
Birthday: 5/15/1986
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/23/2014
Tim Melia leads Sporting KC in regular-season wins (102), shutouts (67) and saves (702), and has also played the most games (241) of any goalkeeper in club history. Melia claimed the 2017 Goalkeeper of the Year crown with career-highs in wins (12), shutouts (10), saves (91), starts (31) and minutes (2,759) before surpassing each of those stats in 2018.
Melia has an unbelievable knack for saving penalty kicks, having only conceded 19 of the 34 he has faced for Sporting while also guiding the team to penalty shootout victories in the 2015 U.S. Open Cup Final, the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Semifinal, the 2020 MLS is Back Round of 16, the 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs Quarterfinal and the 2023 Wild Card Game.
Among goalkeepers with at least 15 regular-season appearances in 2017, he led MLS with a 0.78 goals against average, 78.4 save percentage and 69.2-percent passing accuracy. He also ranked second in shutouts. On April 8, 2018, Melia set a new club record and career-high with 10 saves in a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy. During his breakout campaign in 2015, he was named MLS Comeback Player of the Year.
After a four-year college career with NCAA DIII program Lynn University, Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.
Acquired in transfer on 1/14/2022
Logan Ndenbe joined Sporting in a transfer from French team EA Guingamp in January 2022. Ndenbe arrived in Kansas City after spending his first five professional seasons in Europe with Belgian top-flight side KV Oostende and Guingamp.
Ndenbe has made 50 appearances for the club in all competitions, tallying two goals and two assists with both goals coming in the 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs series against St. Louis. Ndenbe suffered a torn ACL in the second match against St. Louis on Nov. 5, 2023 and is set to be out until the summer of 2024.
Last Regular Season...
Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN
Goal N/A
Assist Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL
2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Ndenbe developed in the Royal Excel Mouscron academy before joining KV Oostende as a 17-year-old in 2017. Ndenbe left Belgium in July 2020, signing for Guingamp to mark the start of a successful stint in the French Ligue 2.
On the youth international stage, Ndenbe rose through the Belgian U-17 and U-18 teams before earning his Belgium U-21 debut in June 2021 for his first of six matches in 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying. He started in four games during qualifying, helping the team go 3-0-1.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 155
Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Last Club: Sporting KC Academy
Birthday: 2/16/2003
Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 5/4/2021
Kayden Pierre signed with Sporting as a Homegrown player early in the 2021 season after impressing at preseason camp in Arizona with the Sporting KC first team. He made his debut for the club against Club Leon in the Leagues Cup on Aug. 10, 2021 before making his MLS debut at Colorado on March 12, 2022. He enjoyed a breakout spell over the summer of 2022 with senior right back Graham Zusi sidelined through injury, as Pierre made 12 of his 19 appearances on the season between June 25-Sept. 17.
Pierre joined the Sporting KC Academy in 2018 from Vardar SC in his native Michigan. He represented Sporting at the U-15, U-17 and U-19 levels and helped guide the U-17s to
the Academy Playoffs in 2019. Capable of playing at left back and right back, Pierre gained his first professional experience in 2020 when he signed an amateur academy contract with SKC II. Pierre enjoyed a breakout season for Sporting in 2022, making 22 appearances in all competitions.
On the international stage, Pierre has competed for the U.S. U-14, U-16 and U-20 national teams.
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Birthday: 3/8/1991
Hometown: Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
Last Club: C.D. Guadalajara (Mexico)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 12/10/2019
Mexican star Alan Pulido signed with Sporting KC as a Designated Player in a club-record transfer from Chivas Guadalajara in December 2019. Pulido has scored over 100 combined goals for club and country during a decorated career highlighted by five domestic championships and the 2018 Concacaf Champions League title.
Pulido tallied 15 goals and eight assists in 36 games in his first two seasons in MLS and was named Sporting’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2020. Pulido missed the entire 2022 season following knee surgery, returning to the field on April 1, 2023 and was named MLS Comeback Player of the Year after tallying 14 goals on his return in 2023. Pulido has recorded 32 goals and 14 assists in 78 appearances across all competitions for the club.
Pulido developed in the Tigres UANL youth academy before breaking into the first team in 2009 as an 18-year-old. He helped Tigres to the 2009 SuperLiga title and two years later,
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 2, 6 times, last: Sept. 2, 2023, KC vs. STL
Assists 2, July 22, 2020, KC at RSL
Shots on Goal 6, Oct.
Last Regular Season...
2024, KC vs. STL
Goal April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Assist June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX
2024 Record when: he starts 1-2-4 he scores 1-0-1
Pulido scored in the second leg of the 2011 Liga MX Apertura Final as Tigres won its first league championship since 1982. Pulido enjoyed a breakout 2013-14 campaign with 25 goals in all competitions during his final season at Tigres, scoring in the 2014 Copa MX Clausura Final to finish as the tournament’s top scorer. Pulido then signed for Greek outfit Levadiakos before heading to Greek powerhouse Olympiacos. Pulido returned to Liga MX in August 2016, joining Chivas on a club-record transfer fee. His first full season with Chivas yielded 14 goals, helping his side to a double-winning campaign that ended with his first Liga MX Best XI selection. In 2018, he led Chivas to the Concacaf Champions League title and the club’s first continental championship in 56 years.
At the international level, Pulido has bagged five goals in 20 caps for Mexico’s senior team and was part of the El Tri squad at the 2011 Copa America and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 210
Hometown: Bakersfield, California
Birthday: 4/19/2001
Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship)
Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player on 2/24/2020
John Pulskamp joined Sporting KC as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2020 season after acquiring his Homegrown rights from the LA Galaxy where he spent two seasons in the club’s Academy. He made his MLS debut in the 2021 season opener, helping the side to a 2-1 victory at the New York Red Bulls.
Pulskamp became the youngest goalkeeper in Sporting KC history to record a shutout following a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy on Oct. 27, 2021 at the age of 20 years and 191 days. He enjoyed a breakout year in 2022 when he deputized for an injured Tim Melia to make 15 starts in all competitions, posting an 8-3-4 record.
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: March 25, 2023, KC vs. SEA Saves 7, July 17, 2022, KC at RSL
Last Regular Season...
Appearance March 25, 2023, KC vs. SEA Shutout March 11, 2023, KC vs. LA 2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Pulskamp joined the MLS ranks on the heels of a breakout 2019 USL Championship season with SKC II. Pulskamp arrived in Kansas City in April 2019 after a two-year stint in the LA Galaxy Academy. He also spent time on trial with English Premier League outfit AFC Bournemouth in the summer of 2018. Prior to joining the Galaxy, he represented youth sides Real So Cal and Central California Aztecs.
Pulskamp was called in to a U.S. Men’s National Team training camp in December 2021. At the youth international level, Pulskamp has represented the U.S. at the U-18 and U-20 levels.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 175
Hometown: Novi Sad, Serbia
Last Club: Levante (Spain)
Birthday: 2/6/1993
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 10/26/2022
Nemanja Radoja signed with Sporting KC ahead of the 2023 campaign, having spent most of the last decade in the Spanish La Liga with Celta Vigo and Levante. Radoja played nearly 300 matches across the top divisions of Serbia and Spain and also boasts experience in the UEFA Europa League with Vojvodina and Celta Vigo. Radoja has tallied one goal and three assists in 39 appearances across all competitions since joining SKC.
Radoja began his professional career with Serbian club Vojvodina before embarking on an eight-year journey in La Liga. He logged 181 La Liga appearances from 2014-2022, playing alongside Sporting defender Andreu Fontas at Celta Vigo from 2014-2018 and spent three seasons with Levante from 2019-2022. Radoja developed in Vojvodina’s youth academy and joined the club’s senior team in 2011 prior to brief loan spells in Serbia. Celta Vigo acquired Radoja via transfer in August 2014 and he took little time
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 1, March 23, 2024, KC vs. LA
Assists
Shots on Goal
Last Regular Season...
Aug. 26, 2023, KC vs. SJ
Appearance April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Goal March 23, 2024, KC vs. LA
Assist Aug. 26, 2023, KC vs. SJ
2024 Record when: he starts 2-2-5 he scores 0-1-0
settling in as a key figure for Celta, regularly competing in tandem with Fontas for a team that finished eighth in 2014-15. Radoja and Celta improved upon their fortunes in 2015-16 leading to a sixth-place league finish. Celta Vigo’s 2016-17 campaign was highlighted by runs to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey and UEFA Europa League, where they fell to eventual champions Manchester United. Radoja moved to Levante ahead of the 2019-20 campaign. His first year at the club was highlighted by scoring in a 3-1 upset win over European powerhouse FC Barcelona.
On the international stage, Radoja has two caps for the Serbia Men’s National Team. He earned his senior debut in a friendly match at Ukraine in November 2016 and made one appearance in Serbia’s successful qualifying campaign ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. As a youth, Radoja represented Serbia at the U-18 through U-21 levels.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 185
Hometown: Rockville, Maryland
College: Maryland
Birthday: 10/8/2001
Acquired: 2023 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#37)
Sporting Kansas City singed center back Chris Rindov ahead of the 2023 season after selecting the defender in the Second Round (37th overall) of the 2023 MLS SuperDraft out of Maryland. Rindov became Sporting’s first MLS SuperDraft selection to sign for the first team since 2018. Rindov made his MLS debut as a late substitute on April 22, 2023 at New England.
Rindov was a defensive mainstay for perennial powerhouse Maryland, starting in each of the program’s 38 matches over his final two seasons and finishing his college career with four goals and five assists in 58 appearances. Rising from freshman walk-on to team captain as a senior, he had a banner year in 2022 as an All-Big Ten First Team honoree
Last Regular Season...
Appearance April 22, 2023, KC at NE Goal
2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
and an MLS College Showcase participant. Rindov played every minute in all 20 matches for the Terrapins in 2022, pushing Maryland to the Big Ten regular season title with an unbeaten 4-0-4 conference record. A two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, Rindov guided the Terps to their 22nd consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance in the fall of 2022.
Rindov won four consecutive state championships at Rockville High School. He also played for youth club OBGC, where he competed at two national championships and won an Eastern Regional title in 2018.
Height: 5-8 Weight: 155
Hometown: El Campo, Texas
Last Club: Austin FC (MLS)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 2/1/2024 #8
Birthday: 12/27/1995
Sporting Kansas City signed midfielder Memo Rodriguez ahead of the 2024 MLS campaign. Prior to joining Sporting, Rodriguez scored 34 goals in 227 professional club appearances since joining Houston Dynamo FC as a homegrown player in late 2014. He spent seven MLS seasons in Houston, notably winning the 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, prior to representing both LA Galaxy and Austin FC in 2023.
Born in Wharton, Texas, and raised in nearby El Campo, Rodriguez entered the Houston Dynamo Academy in 2011. He was named its Academy Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013 before launching his MLS career at age 18, inking a Homegrown Player deal with the Dynamo ahead of the 2015 season. He spent most of his debut campaign on loan
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 2, 2 times, last: July 13, 2020, HOU at LAFC (w/ HOU)
Assists 1, 18 times, last: April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: July 24,
Last Regular Season...
Appearance April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Goal May 31, 2023, LA at RSL (w/ LA)
Assist April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
2024 Record when: he starts 2-0-2 he scores 0-0-0
with the Charleston Battery in the USL Championship before joining the Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, Houston’s then-USL affiliate, for a breakout 2016 season. Rodriguez rejoined Houston in 2017 and made his MLS debut on April 8, 2017. In 2018, Rodriguez and Houston collected silverware as champions of the prestigious U.S. Open Cup before being named the Dynamo Young Player of the Year in 2019.
The Galaxy signed Rodriguez as a free agent in January 2023. He scored his first goal for the club in a thrilling 3-2 road win over Real Salt Lake on May 31 before moving to Austin FC in a trade on Aug. 1. He played nine MLS matches for Austin and finished the year with 21 league appearances, notching one goal and two assists.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 205
Hometown: Bogota, Colombia
Last Club: Atletico Junior (Colombia)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 3/2/2023
Birthday: 10/6/1993
Sporting Kansas City acquired center back Dany Rosero in a transfer from Colombian side Atletico Junior in March 2023. Rosero eclipsed 300 professional appearances across Argentina and his native Colombia, scoring 20 goals and competing in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. Beginning his career at Argentine club Arsenal de Sarandi as a teenager, the defender spent seven seasons in the Colombian top-flight Categoria Primera A with Patriotas Boyacá, Deportivo Cali and Junior. To date, Rosero has tallied five goals in 42 appearances across all competitions for Sporting KC.
Born in Colombia, Rosero moved to Argentina to join Arsenal’s youth academy and began his professional career with the club in 2012. He enjoyed a pair of early breakthroughs by helping Arsenal win the 2013 Copa Argentina and by appearing in the 2014 Copa Libertadores. Rosero returned to his home country in 2016 with Patriotas Boyacá where
strong performances paved the way for Rosero to join Colombian powerhouse Deportivo Cali in 2017. Rosero delivered his most dominant season to date in 2019, scoring seven goals and starting 55 games in all competitions, with Deportivo Cali finishing as Copa Colombia runners-up.
In 2020, Rosero signed for Colombian heavyweights Junior and played in both the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, making 11 starts across the two tournaments. The following season, Rosero made seven appearances in the Copa Libertadores and one in the Copa Sudamericana while scoring three goals in 33 Primera A matches as Junior finished fifth in the aggregate league table. Rosero remained one of the Colombian first division’s best center backs in 2022, starting 36 league games and propelling Junior to the Copa Colombia finals.
#7 | F | JOHNNY RUSSELL
Height: 5-9 Weight: 175 Birthday: 4/8/1990
Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland
Last Club: Derby County FC (England)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/31/2018
Scottish winger Johnny Russell joined Sporting KC in a transfer from English club Derby County FC in January 2018. A cult-hero at the club, Russell has tallied 62 goals and 44 assists in 202 appearances for Sporting KC since the start of 2018. He was named club captain ahead of the 2021 season.
In 2021, Russell scored in eight consecutive games as part of a run where he tallied 15 goals in 19 matches over the second half of the campaign. Russell was named the club’s MVP in 2020 and 2022 as well as Offensive Player of the Year in 2018, 2019 and 2021.
Russell previously scored 93 goals during a 12-year professional career in England and his native Scotland. Russell developed in the Dundee United Academy in Scotland before
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 3, 2 times, last: May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA
Assists 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN
Shots on Goal 4, 4 times, last: Aug. 28, 2021, KC vs. COL
Shots 8, Sept. 2, 2020, KC vs. DAL
Fouls Committed 5, April 30, 2022, KC vs. DAL
Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: April 8, 2023, KC vs. COL
Last Regular Season...
Appearance April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Goal Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN
Assist March 16, 2024, KC vs. SJ
2024 Record when: he starts 1-0-3 he scores 0-0-0
making his professional debut for the top-flight Scottish Premiership club in May 2007 at age 17. He spent most of the following three seasons out on loan and marked his first Dundee United start with a goal in the 2009 Scottish FA Cup. After scoring 23 goals from 2010-2012, Russell’s final season at Dundee saw him produce a team-best 20 goals. Russell joined Derby County in the summer of 2013 and marked his debut for the Rams with his first of nine goals in the 2013-14 English Championship as Derby fell just short of promotion to the EPL. He totaled 18 goals over the next two seasons.
Russell has 13 career caps for Scotland and scored his first international goal during a European Championship Qualifier in San Marino on March 24, 2019. He has also represented Scotland at the U-19 and U-21 levels.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 160
Hometown: Budapest, Hungary
Last Club: Sporting KC Academy
Last Regular Season...
Birthday: 7/19/1996
Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 1/13/2016
Daniel Salloi signed with Sporting KC as a Homegrown Player in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017. After enjoying a breakout campaign in 2018 where he tallied 16 goals and seven assists in all competitions, Salloi rebounded from a few lean years to be named an MLS All-Star and an MLS MVP finalist in 2021 after recording 16 goals and 10 assists in all competitions, tying the club record for most non-penalty goals in a single MLS regular season. His 16 game-winning goals are the most in club history.
Salloi, who signed a new four-year contract in late 2022, enjoyed another productive year in 2023 by leading the team with 22 goal contributions (10 goals, 12 assists) and has recorded 58 goals and 38 assists in 223 appearances across all competitions. Salloi scored on his first start for the club - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United in the U.S. Open Cup on June 14, 2017 - and added his first MLS goal vs. Portland on July 1, 2017 before scoring the winning goal in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final against the Red Bulls.
Salloi moved to the U.S. in 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, joining the SKC Academy. Salloi briefly returned to his former Hungarian Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 where he made his pro debut on July 18, 2015 before returning to Kansas City in 2016. He split the 2016 season on loan with SKC II and Gyirmot SE in Hungary before joining the Sporting KC first team full-time in 2017.
Salloi has four caps for the senior Hungary National Team, having made his debut in a World Cup Qualifier against England on Sept. 2, 2021. He previously played for the Hungary Under-21 National Team.
Height: 6-3 Weight: 195
Hometown: Marietta, Georgia
College: Georgetown
Birthday: 3/8/2002
Acquired: 2024 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#22)
Sporting Kansas City selected goalkeeper Ryan Schewe as the 22nd overall pick in the first round of MLS SuperDraft 2024. In two outstanding seasons as a starter at Georgetown University from 2022-2023, Schewe posted a 20-4-4 record with a 0.79 goals against average, 12 clean sheets and 86 saves. He enjoyed a breakout season as a junior in 2022, landing Second Team All-BIG EAST recognition after leading the conference in save percentage (.838) and shutouts (seven) en route to an 11-2-1 record.
During his senior year in 2023, Schewe propelled the Hoyas to the BIG EAST regular season championship with a 9-2-3 record and led the conference with the lowest goals against average (0.84) and the most shutouts (five). He punctuated his final college
campaign with BIG East Goalkeeper of the Year and First Team All-BIG EAST honors while also receiving United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-East Region accolades.
In addition to playing for Georgetown, Schewe competed as an amateur for Georgia club Apotheos FC of the National Premier Soccer League in 2022 and the New York-based Westchester Flames of USL League Two in 2023. At the youth level, the Georgia native spent three years each with the Atlanta United Academy and United Football Academy in his home state.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 190
Hometown: Austin, Texas College: Oregon State
Last Club: SC Paderborn 07 (Germany)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/9/2019 #11
Birthday: 6/26/1993
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 1, 18 times, last: June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX
Assists 3, Sept. 23, 2016, NYC vs. CHI (w/ NYC)
Shots on Goal 4, July 17, 2020, KC vs. COL
Shots 6, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL
Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 21, 2018, KC at FCD
Fouls Suffered 4, April 11, 2015, NYC at PHI (w/ NYC)
Last Regular Season...
Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN
Goal June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX
Assist July 9, 2022, KC at MTL
2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Khiry Shelton is in the midst of his second stint with Sporting Kansas City, having initially helped the club to a first place in the Western Conference and a record-breaking scoring season in 2018, before departing to play in Germany with SC Paderborn 07 for one season in 2019. He returned to the club ahead of the 2020 season and has tallied 15 goals and 17 assists across 138 appearances for the club.
Shelton was selected second overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by expansion side New York City FC and spent three seasons with the club before initially arriving in KC via trade ahead of the 2018 season.
He was NYCFC’s first-ever SuperDraft pick and played a total of 54 regular-season games for the club, notching six goals and 10 assists across just 23 starts.
In college, Shelton attended Oregon State University where he was an NSCAA All-America Second Team selection; Pac-12 Player of the Year; All-Far West Region First Team as he helped lead the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003 during his senior year. Shelton was a member of the U.S. U-18 National Team as a youth player.
Height: 5-8 Weight: 155
Hometown: Wettenhausen, Germany
Last Club: VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 2, April 13, 2024, KC vs. MIA
Assists 2, Sept. 2, 2023, KC vs. STL
Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: March 11, 2023, KC vs. LA
Shots 8, March 11, 2023, KC vs. LA
Fouls Committed 4, April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Fouls Suffered 5, 3 times, last: April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Last Regular Season...
Appearance April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Goal April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Assist Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL
2024 Record when: he starts 2-2-5 he scores 0-1-2
Birthday: 8/20/1994
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 6/23/2022
Erik Thommy, a German Bundesliga veteran, signed with Sporting KC in June 2022. Thommy previously recorded 42 goals and 33 assists across nine seasons in his native Germany - including nine goals, 14 assists and 96 appearances in the top-flight Bundesliga. He scored his first goal for Sporting in the 4-2 victory over the LA Galaxy on Aug. 6, 2022 and has tallied 12 goals and 15 assists across 64 appearances across all competitions for the club.
Capable of playing in an advanced midfield role or on the wing, Thommy launched his professional career with FC Augsburg in 2014 before going on loan to FC Kaiserslautern (2014-2016) and Jahn Regensburg (2016-2017). Thommy joined VfB Stuttgart in 2017, starred for Fortuna Dusseldorf during a successful loan spell in 2019-2020, and ended his time at Stuttgart in the Spring of 2022 by appearing in each of the club’s last six matches of the 2021-2022 campaign.
Thommy developed in academies at SV Kleinbeuren (2000-2002), SSV Ulm (2002-2009) and TSG Thannhausen (2009-2010) before moving to FC Augsburg. He signed for FC Augsburg II in 2013 and made his Bundesliga debut with Augsburg’s senior team as a 19-year-old in February 2014.
Height: 5-7
Weight: 155
Hometown: Nicosia, Cyprus
Last Club: Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/24/2022
Birthday: 7/16/2001
#77 | F | MARINOS TZIONIS
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 1, May 14, 2022, KC at POR
Assists 1, May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR
Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 10, 2022, KC at HOU Shots 3, 3 times, last: Aug. 26, 2023, KC vs. SJ
Fouls Committed 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 20, 2023, KC vs. NSH
Fouls Suffered 5, April 17, 2022, KC at LAFC
Last Regular Season...
Appearance Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL Goal May 14, 2022, KC at POR
Assist May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR
2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Marinos Tzionis signed with Sporting KC in a transfer from Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus in late January 2022. Tzionis scored 15 goals in 88 appearances for hometown club Omonia Nicosia since turning professional as a 15-year-old in 2017. Appearing mostly as a substitute during his time with Sporting, Tzionis has tallied three goals and one assists in 53 appearances across all competitions.
Tzionis scored his first goal for the club with a last-gasp equalizer in the 98th minute of the club’s U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 clash with FC Dallas on May 10, 2022 and scored his first MLS goal four days later in a loss at Portland.
Tzionis developed in Omonia Nicosia’s academy, signed for the first team in 2017 and made his senior debut for the club in May 2018. In a breakout 2020-21 campaign, Tzionis guided Omonia to the club’s first league title in 11 years by tallying seven goals in 43 games. He landed his UEFA Champions League debut in the qualifying rounds and started all six of Omonia’s games in the UEFA Europa League group stage.
Tzionis represented Cyprus at the U-17 and U-19 youth levels, before breaking into the senior national team in September 2020. To date, Tzionis has two goals in 25 caps for the Cyprus National Team, scoring his first goal in a 2-0 win over Estonia on March 29, 2022.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 160
Hometown: San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Birthday: 12/4/2003
Last Club: Futbol Consultants Desamparados (Costa Rica)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 12/15/2023
Sporting Kansas City acquired forward Alenis Vargas in a transfer from Costa Rican side Futbol Consultants Desamparados ahead of the 2024 season. Vargas spent the 2023 season on loan with SKC II and enjoyed an excellent campaign in MLS NEXT Pro. In 21 appearances, Vargas recorded six goals and five assists while drawing three penalty kicks and helping the team reach the MLS NEXT Pro Playoffs with a third-place finish in the Western Conference.
A native of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Vargas did not begin playing competitive soccer until he was 16. He developed in the Leones Academy from 2019-2020 before joining the
reserve team at Honduran powerhouse C.D. Olimpia in December 2020 at age 17. Vargas left his home country in 2022, signing for Futbol Consultants in Costa Rica’s second division. During the latter half of the year, he trained with reigning top-flight champion Cartaginés, where he was coached by former striker and Costa Rican World Cup veteran Paulo Wanchope.
Vargas excelled on loan with SKC II in 2023, scoring a sensational scissor-kick goal to spark a 4-0 home win over first-place Colorado Rapids 2 before scoring a hat trick in a 6-1 win over Portland Timbers 2 in Aug. 13, 2023.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 170
Hometown: Frankfurt, Germany
Last Club: NK Maribor (Slovenia)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/19/2022
Birthday: 5/9/2001
#4 | D | ROBERT VOLODER
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 1, Sept. 13, 2022, KC vs. DC
Assists 1, 2 times, last: April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Shots on Goal 1, Sept. 13, 2022, KC vs. DC
Shots 1, 4 times, last: June 3, 2023, KC at VAN
Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX
Fouls Suffered 4, April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Last Regular Season...
Appearance April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Goal Sept. 13, 2022, KC vs. DC
Assist April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
2024 Record when: he starts 2-1-1 he scores 0-0-0
Robert Voloder arrived in Kansas City in a transfer from NK Maribor in the Slovenian first division ahead of the 2022 MLS season. Voloder had played every minute for Slovenian powerhouse Maribor during the 2021-22 season before making the move to MLS. Since joining Sporting KC, Voloder has made 34 appearances in all competitions and tallied his first MLS goal against D.C. United on Sept. 13, 2022.
Prior to joining Maribor, Voloder began his professional career at heralded German side FC Cologne. He developed in the club’s academy from 2016-2020 before being selected to Cologne’s first team squad for three German Bundesliga matches at the end of the
2019-20 campaign. Voloder featured regularly for FC Cologne II in 2020-21, starting all 26 appearances.
On the youth international stage, Voloder represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the U-17 through U-19 levels from 2017-2019 before switching his national team allegiance to Germany in September 2019, debuting for the country’s U-19s in a friendly against England. He played his first of five matches for the German U-20s in the fall of 2020 and recently captained the team in an Under 20 Elite League matchup against Norway on Sept. 6, 2021.
Height: 5-8
Weight: 165
Hometown: Essey-les-Nancy, France
Last Club: Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey)
Birthday: 4/26/1995
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/22/2020
Remi Walter signed with Sporting KC in December 2020, having amassed nearly 200 professional appearances since 2012 while playing in his native France and one season in Turkey. Walter has been an integral part of the Sporting KC squad since 2021, tallying nine goals and 10 assists in 119 appearances, and was the only Sporting player to start all 34 regular-season matches in 2022.
Walter developed in Nancy’s youth academy before joining the first team as an 18-year-old in 2013. He became a regular starter in the early stages of the 2013-14 season and spent the next two and a half years as an integral midfield contributor for the side before being transferred to French title contender Nice in early 2016. Walter helped
Regular Season Game Highs:
Last Regular Season...
Appearance April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Goal March 30, 2024, KC at TOR Assist April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR 2024 Record when: he starts 1-2-4 he scores 1-0-1
the club to a fourth-place finish as well as qualification to the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. The following season, Walter and Nice took another step forward by placing third in Ligue 1 and booking a spot in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League. Walter split the 2017-18 campaign between Nice and Troyes on loan, before returning to Nice in the summer of 2018. Walter transferred to Turkish first division outfit Yeni Malatyaspor in January of 2020 before departing later that summer.
On the international stage, Walter was a French youth international who participated in a number of high-profile tournaments, namely the 2012 UEFA U-17 Championship in Slovenia and qualifying for the 2017 UEFA U-21 Championship in Poland.
SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) SINGLE
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
GOALS
Career: 71 Preki
Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014)
Game: 3 10 times
Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd)
Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd)
Half: 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/2017 vs. SEA, 2nd)
ASSISTS
Career: 98 Preki
Season: 17 Preki (1997)
Season: 17 Preki (2003)
Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET)
Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st)
Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st)
SHOTS
Career: 693 Preki
Season: 140 Preki (1996)
Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB)
Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd)
Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd)
Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)
GOALS
Season: 65 in 2018
Game: 7 03/30/2019 vs. MTL
2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB
Half: 5 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd)
Half: 5 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)
ASSISTS
Season: 69 in 2018
Game: 10 06/20/1999 vs. MET
2-Tms: 12 07/04/2001 vs. CHI
Half: 8 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)
SHOTS
Season: 583 in 2018
Game: 34 05/15/2016 vs. ORL
Game: 34 04/20/2018 vs. VAN
Game: 34 10/06/2018 vs. LA
2-Tms: 44 4 times
Half: 23 04/20/2018 vs. VAN (2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL
Career: 283 Preki
Season: 61 Preki (1996)
Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA)
Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY)
Game: 6 Alan Pulido (10/24/2020 vs. COL)
Half: 4 10 times
FOULS COMMITTED
Career: 517 Roger Espinoza
Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000)
Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL)
Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL)
Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)
FOULS SUFFERED
Career: 528 Davy Arnaud
Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004)
Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY)
Half: 6 8 times
CORNER KICKS
Career: 800 Graham Zusi
Season: 150 Graham Zusi (2012)
Game: 12 Alex Zotinca (07/22/2006 at NY)
Half: 8 Chris Henderson (04/10/1999 vs. SJ, 2nd)
Half: 8 Chris Henderson (05/20/2000 vs. SJ, 1st)
Half: 8 Johnny Russell (08/14/2019 at ORL, 2nd)
GOALS ALLOWED
Career: 310 Tim Melia
Season: 60 Tim Melia (2019)
Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/2001 vs. CHI)
Game: 7 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA)
Game: 7 Tim Melia (05/14/2022 at POR)
Half: 6 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA, 2nd)
Half: 6 Tim Melia (05/14/2022 at POR, 2nd)
SAVES
Career: 702 Tim Melia
Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000)
Game: 10 Tim Melia (04/08/2018 at LA)
Half: 7 4 times
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
SHOTS ON GOAL
Season: 250 in 1996
Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA
Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI
Game: 14 04/20/2018 vs. VAN
2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB
2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL
Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st)
FOULS COMMITTED
Season: 511 in 2013
Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB
2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC
Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st)
Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd)
Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st)
FOULS SUFFERED
Season: 541 in 2000
Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL
2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC
Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)
CORNER KICKS
Season: 207 in 2021
Game: 15 04/10/1999 vs. SJ
2-Tms: 22 08/14/1999 at MET
Half: 10 04/10/1999 vs. SJ (2nd)
GOALS ALLOWED
Season: 67 in 2019
Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI
Game: 7 09/15/2019 at LA
Game: 7 05/14/2022 at POR
2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB
Half: 6 09/15/2019 at LA (2nd)
Half: 6 05/14/2022 at POR (2nd)
SAVES
Season: 133 in 1999
Game: 10 04/08/2018 at LA
2-Tms: 18 04/18/1997 vs. DAL
2-Tms: 18 09/02/2000 vs. TB
Half: 7 4 times