SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. REAL SALT LAKE CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. 7:30 p.m. CT (FS-KC+; KMYU-12)
Saturday, April 29 (Week 9, MLS Game #89)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 7 7 0 0 94 68 9 3 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 63 53 5 5 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 7 7 0 0 207 201 3 11 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 7 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 7 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 7 7 1 0 7 7 1 0 DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 7 7 0 1 201 162 26 49 8 Graham Zusi 9 Latif Blessing FW 5-7 140 12/30/1996 Accra, Ghana 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5 5 1 1 177 161 30 48 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 0 0 0 0 15 3 1 0 11 Diego Rubio 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 7 7 2 1 120 104 54 9 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 7 7 1 1 160 153 1 8 15 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 1 0 0 0 53 36 0 7 17 21 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 31 31 0 1 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 3 2 0 0 61 28 8 6 23 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Cameron Iwasa FW 5-10 175 07/07/1993 Sacramento, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 7 7 0 1 167 147 4 21 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 7 7 0 0 63 62 0 0 30 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 39 Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 DF 5-8 145 08/23/1994 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 0 0 0 0 23 23 0 2 40 Igor Juliao 77 Tyler Pasher MF 5-11 160 04/27/1994 Elmira, Ontario, Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 5 0 0 1 55 44 0 3 94 Jimmy Medranda FW 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 7 7 0 1 48 37 1 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes
11/21/1966 W106 L83 T64
REAL SALT LAKE 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 186 12/16/1992 Guadalajara, Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Lalo Fernandez 2 Tony Beltran DF 5-7 150 10/11/1987 Whittier, CA 3 3 0 0 227 212 0 11 DF 5-11 170 02/07/1994 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Reagan Dunk 4 David Horst DF 6-4 210 10/25/1985 Pine Grove, PA 2 2 0 0 133 120 5 3 5 Kyle Beckerman MF 5-11 170 04/23/1982 Crofton, MD 7 7 0 0 413 384 36 49 6 Justin Schmidt DF 6-1 195 11/02/1993 Everett, WA 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 MF 5-11 164 09/17/1988 Lagos, Nigeria 4 3 0 0 19 18 1 1 8 Sunday Stephen 10 Joao Plata FW 5-2 157 03/01/1992 Guayaquil, Ecuador 4 3 0 1 144 119 33 36 MF 5-9 161 07/07/1994 Vyskov, Czech Republic 7 7 2 3 7 7 2 3 11 Albert Rusnak 12 Omar Holness MF 6-0 174 03/13/1994 Kingston, Jamaica 3 0 0 0 12 3 0 0 13 Chad Barrett FW 5-11 188 04/30/1985 San Diego, CA 3 0 0 0 278 165 58 31 14 Yura Movsisyan FW 6-1 177 08/02/1987 Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR 8 8 4 0 118 75 33 6 Justen Glad DF 6-1 160 02/28/1997 Pasadena, CA 0 0 0 0 35 33 2 1 15 16 Chris Wingert DF 5-11 170 06/16/1982 Babylon, NY 7 7 0 0 323 287 1 16 Demar Phillips DF 5-6 132 09/23/1983 Kingston, Jamaica 6 6 0 1 53 45 0 6 17 18 Nick Rimando GK 5-10 189 06/17/1979 Montclair, CA 7 7 0 0 431 431 0 7 MF 5-9 165 08/07/1988 Preston, England 8 6 2 1 101 80 15 12 19 Luke Mulholland 20 Luis Silva MF 6-0 175 12/10/1988 Oaxaca, Mexico 7 2 0 1 115 81 20 14 21 Aaron Maund DF 6-2 185 09/19/1990 Dorchester, MA 2 2 0 0 68 60 1 1 22 Ricardo Velazco FW 5-7 153 05/26/1993 Casa Grande, AZ 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 Sebastian Saucedo MF 5-7 145 01/22/1997 San Fernando Valley, CA 6 4 0 0 15 5 0 0 23 24 Matt VanOekel GK 6-4 205 09/20/1986 Chesapeake, VA 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 25 Danilo Acosta MF 5-11 170 11/17/1997 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 27 Brooks Lennon FW 5-10 155 09/22/1997 Paradise Valley, AZ 6 6 1 0 6 6 1 0 28 Chris Schuler DF 6-4 205 09/09/1987 St. Louis, MO 6 6 0 0 90 81 5 2 29 Jose Hernandez MF 5-3 126 04/12/1996 Mexico City, Mexico 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Jordan Allen MF 5-10 160 04/25/1995 Rochester, NY 2 2 0 0 50 24 4 4 70 HEAD COACH : Mike Petke
01/30/1976 W32 L20 T19
SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. REAL SALT LAKE
Saturday, April 29; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 7:30 p.m. CT REFEREES
2017 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 7 3-1-3 12 6 3 at home 3 2-0-1 7 5 2 Real on road
REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero. AR1 (bench): Anthony Vasoli; AR2 (opposite): Jose da Silva; 4th: Nima Saghafi TEAM NEWS
8 2-4-2 8 9 12 4 1-2-1 4 4 7
SUSPENDED: none
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sporting 8 wins, 27 goals … Real 9 wins, 29 goals … Ties 6
WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Seth Sinovic SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: RSL: Chris Schuler, Kyle Beckerman
AT KC: Sporting 5 wins, 14 goals … Real 3 wins, 12 goals … Ties 4
DISABLED LIST: KC: Diego Kostner INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/2: KC 1, RSL 2 (Feilhaber 94+ -- Glad 29; Mulholland 79) 5/21: KC 1, RSL 3 (Dwyer 50 -- Martinez 32; own goal 47+; Movsisyan 53) 10/16: RSL 0, KC 0
LAST LEAGUE MATCHES FC DALLAS 1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 0 Scoring Summary: DAL--Figueroa 1 (Barrios 2, Grana 1) 77
UPCOMING MATCHES REAL SPORTING Sat. May 6 FC Dallas Wed. May 3 Red Bulls Sat. May 13 at New England Sun. May 7 at Minnesota Wed. May 17 NYCFC Sat. May 13 at Orlando City Sat. May 20 at Seattle Wed. May 17 Seattle
SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Benny Feilhaber (Soni Mustivar 72), Gerso Fernandes (Latif Blessing 84), Dom Dwyer, Jimmy Medranda (Daniel Salloi 81).
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM REAL
SPORTING
F A 6 3 105 210
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
F 9 80
A 12 60
7 1 1 0
7 3 2 0
6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
0 7 2
2 9 1
HOW SCORED
1 4 1 0
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
1 1 1 0
TYPE OF PLAY
4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
1 4 1
2 1 0
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
REAL SALT LAKE 1 ATLANTA UNITED 3 Scoring Summary: ATL--Villalba 4 (unassisted) 9 ATL--Asad 2 (Almiron 4) 46 RSL--Rusnak 2 (Mulholland 1) 69 ATL--Vazquez 1 (Gressel 2) 96+ REAL SALT LAKE--Nick Rimando (Matt VanOekel 58), Danilo Acosta, Chris Wingert (Sebastian Saucedo 71), Chris Schuler, Demar Phillips, Luke Mulholland (Luis Silva 85), Kyle Beckerman, Albert Rusnak, Brooks Lennon, Yura Movsisyan, Joao Plata.
DISTANCE
(W-L-T) KC RSL
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 2-0-0 1-0-3 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-2 1-1-0
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 3-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-0 1-1-0
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 4/09/2017 KC 3, COL 1 (0) 4/15/2017 KC 1, POR 0 (1) 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 (12) 4/22/2017 KC 0, DAL 1 (0) 3/31/2017 KC 0, TOR 0 (3) 4/15/2017 KC 1, POR 0 (1) 4/22/2017 KC 0, DAL 1 (0)
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC Real Salt Lake
TTWTWWL TLLTLWWL
REAL SALT LAKE Date Score (Gms since) 4/08/2017 RSL 3, VAN 0 (1) 4/15/2017 RSL 2, COL 1 (0) 4/22/2017 RSL 1, ATL 3 (0) 4/01/2017 RSL 2, MIN 4 (1) 3/25/2017 RSL 0, NYR 0 (4) 4/08/2017 RSL 3, VAN 0 (2) 3/25/2017 RSL 0, NYR 0 (4)
TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 2 Dwyer A: 1 7 players tied SHT: 21 Dwyer SOG: 9 Dwyer FC: 14 Dwyer FS: 26 Dwyer OF: 2 Dwyer C: 4 Sinovic E: 0 REAL G: 4 Movsisyan A: 3 Rusnak SHT: 20 Movsisyan SOG: 7 Movsisyan FC: 12 Beckerman FS: 11 Rusnak OF: 6 Movsisyan C: 3 Beckerman/Schuler E: 1 Beckerman
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 7 4 1 1 1 0 6 0.86 RSL 8 3 2 2 1 0 9 1.13 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 7 4 3 0 0 0 3 0.43 RSL 8 3 1 2 1 1 12 1.50 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 6 1 0 1 2 0 2 RSL 9 1 1 0 1 2 4 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 RSL 12 3 2 0 2 4 1
2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (3-1-3, 12 pts.) UNF 14 10 15 7 8 94 27 93 30 3 6 9 5 17 22 29
POS F M D F D F M M F D M F D D F G
PLAYER Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Seth Sinovic Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi Jimmy Medranda Roger Espinoza Soni Mustivar Daniel Salloi Ike Opara Ilie Sanchez Latif Blessing Matt Besler Saad Abdul-Salaam Soony Saad Tim Melia Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 7 5 7 7 7 7 7 5 2 7 7 3 7 1 3 7
GS 7 5 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 7 7 0 7 0 2 7
MIN 630 420 630 624 630 545 629 71 16 630 630 36 630 1 178 630
7 7
7 7
630 630
G 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3
A 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 21 8 1 16 10 14 4 0 3 3 4 3 1 0 7 0
SOG 9 2 1 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
7 4
95 62
26 28
FC 14 6 5 9 5 3 10 2 0 5 7 1 5 0 1 1
FS 26 11 3 10 3 6 7 1 1 4 10 6 4 0 4 0
OFF 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
CK 2 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
C 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
74 101 101 74
6 17
35 22
12 11
0 0
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dom Dwyer 1, Gerso Fernandes 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Roger Espinoza 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Jimmy Medranda 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29
POS G
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
GP 7 7 7
GS 7 7 7
MIN SHTS 630 28 630 28 630 26
SV 23 23 21
GA 3 3 6
GAA 0.43 0.43 0.86
PG 1 1 0
PA 2 2 0
W 3 3 1
L 1 1 3
T 3 3 3
SO 4 4 4
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2017 REAL SALT LAKE STATISTICS (2-4-2, 8 pts.) UNF 14 11 19 27 17 10 20 21 13 28 16 25 4 70 29 6 5 24 18 12 22 23 8 2
POS F M M F D F M D F D D M D M M D M G G M F M M D
PLAYER Yura Movsisyan Albert Rusnak Luke Mulholland Brooks Lennon Demar Phillips Joao Plata Luis Silva Aaron Maund Chad Barrett Chris Schuler Chris Wingert Danilo Acosta David Horst Jordan Allen Jose Hernandez Justin Schmidt Kyle Beckerman Matt VanOekel Nick Rimando Omar Holness Ricardo Velazco Sebastian Saucedo Sunday Stephen Tony Beltran Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals
GP 8 7 8 6 6 4 7 2 3 6 7 3 2 2 1 3 7 2 7 3 5 6 4 3
GS 8 7 6 6 6 3 2 2 0 6 7 3 2 2 0 3 7 1 7 0 0 4 3 3
MIN 665 629 536 540 529 271 207 103 65 540 611 270 180 113 17 270 583 122 598 3 104 358 290 270
8 8
8 8
720 720
G 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 9
A 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 20 15 11 5 1 10 5 0 3 1 5 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 9 1 0
SOG 9 6 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 7
91 98
FC 6 7 8 5 7 2 3 1 1 10 11 5 0 2 0 1 12 0 1 1 4 8 10 1
FS 3 11 9 3 1 4 2 1 1 8 2 3 1 2 0 0 6 0 2 0 7 8 3 8
OFF 6 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
CK 0 42 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 28
93 106 106 93
21 13
41 52
15 18
1 1
GAA 1.66 0.74 1.5 1.12
PG 0 0 0 1
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Albert Rusnak 1, Brooks Lennon 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Demar Phillips 1, Joao Plata 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Yura Movsisyan 1-1 REAL SALT LAKE GOALKEEPING UNF 18 24
POS G G
GOALKEEPER Nick Rimando Matt VanOekel Team totals Opponent totals
GP 7 2 8 8
GS 7 1 8 8
MIN SHTS 598 31 122 4 720 35 720 28
SV 20 3 23 18
GA 11 1 12 9
PA 1 0 1 1
W 2 0 2 4
L 4 0 4 2
T 1 1 2 2
SO 2 1 3 3
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.
OPPONENT 4 at D.C. United 11 FC Dallas 18 San Jose 31 at Toronto FC 9 Colorado
Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.
Apr. Apr. Apr. May
15 at Portland 22 at FC Dallas 29 Real Salt Lake 3 New York Red Bulls 7 at Minnesota 13 at Orlando City SC 17 Seattle 20 at Vancouver 27 at Colorado 3 Minnesota 10 Montreal 17 at San Jose 24 at Los Angeles 1 Portland 6 Philadelphia 22 at Real Salt Lake 29 Chicago 6 Atlanta 12 at Seattle 19 FC Dallas 26 at Houston 6 at New York City FC 10 at Columbus 16 New England 24 Los Angeles 30 Vancouver 7 at Minnesota 15 Houston 22 at Real Salt Lake
Sun. May Sat. May Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sat.
May May May June June June June July July July
Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.
July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.
Sun. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun.
Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct.
RESULT T 0-0 T 0-0 W 2-1 T 0-0 W 3-1
ATT 18268 19117 19282 27909 19249
W-L-T 0-0-1 0-0-2 1-0-2 1-0-3 2-0-3
W 1-0 L 0-1
21144 15411
3-0-3 3-1-3
POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 6 2 5 5 KC: Feilhaber (37) own goal (89); SJ: Jungwirth (91+) 5 6 4 9 KC: Sinovic (6) Fernandes (58) Dwyer (85); COL: Doyle (94+) 2 12 KC: Dwyer (53); 4 12 DAL: Figueroa (77)
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REAL SALT LAKE 2017 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.
ATT 19519 13024 20348 16213
W-L-T 0-0-1 0-1-1 0-2-1 0-2-2
Sat. Apr.
OPPONENT RESULT 4 Toronto FC T 0-0 11 at Chicago L 0-2 18 Los Angeles L 1-2 25 at New York Red T 0-0 Bulls 1 at Minnesota L 2-4
17728
0-3-2
11
Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr.
8 Vancouver 15 at Colorado 22 Atlanta
17069 15087 18946
1-3-2 2-3-2 2-4-2
8 6 6
Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.
Apr. May May May
Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Tue. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun.
May May May June June June June July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct.
29 at Sporting KC 6 FC Dallas 13 at New England 17 New York City FC 20 at Seattle 27 Philadelphia 31 at Houston 3 at FC Dallas 17 Minnesota 24 at San Jose 30 Orlando City SC 4 at Los Angeles 19 at Portland 22 Sporting KC 29 Columbus 5 Houston 12 at D.C. United 19 at Montreal 23 San Jose 26 Colorado 9 at Vancouver 16 Portland 23 Seattle 30 at Los Angeles 15 at Colorado 22 Sporting KC
W 3-0 W 2-1 L 1-3
POS PTS NOTES: 6 1 9 1 CHI: Nikolic (11) Alvarez (15) 10 1 RSL: Movsisyan (18); LA: Romney (69) Boateng (74) 9 2 2 RSL: Mulholland (4) Movsisyan (87); MIN: Molino (16) Ramirez (52,62) Venegas (68) 5 RSL: Rusnak (54) Movsisyan (74) Mulholland (78); 8 RSL: Movsisyan (85) Lennon (88); COL: Doyle (29) 8 RSL: Rusnak (69); ATL: Villalba (9) Asad (46) Vazquez (96+)
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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)
Goals 1 5 times Assists 1 7 times Shots 5 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 3 Gerso Fernandes 3 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 3 6 times Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer Offside 1 6 times Saves 5 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia Shots Faced 6 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 1 Tim Melia 1 Tim Melia 1 Tim Melia
Goals 3 04/09/2017 vs Assists 4 04/09/2017 vs Shots 15 03/04/2017 vs 15 03/18/2017 vs 15 03/31/2017 vs Shots on Goal 6 04/09/2017 vs Fouls Committed 18 03/11/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 22 03/04/2017 vs 22 04/15/2017 vs Corner Kicks 7 03/18/2017 vs 7 04/09/2017 vs Offside 2 03/04/2017 vs Saves 5 03/04/2017 vs 5 04/22/2017 vs Shots Faced 6 03/04/2017 vs 6 04/22/2017 vs Goals Allowed 1 03/18/2017 vs 1 04/09/2017 vs 1 04/22/2017 vs
03/18/2017 vs SJ
W 2-1
03/18/2017 vs SJ
W 2-1
03/11/2017 vs DAL
T 0-0
03/18/2017 vs SJ 04/15/2017 vs POR
W 2-1 W 1-0
03/11/2017 vs DAL
T 0-0
03/04/2017 vs DC 04/15/2017 vs POR
T 0-0 W 1-0
03/04/2017 vs DC
T 0-0
03/04/2017 vs DC 04/22/2017 vs DAL
T 0-0 L 0-1
03/04/2017 vs DC 04/22/2017 vs DAL
T 0-0 L 0-1
03/18/2017 vs SJ 04/09/2017 vs COL 04/22/2017 vs DAL
W 2-1 W 3-1 L 0-1
COL
W 3-1
COL
W 3-1
DC SJ TOR
T 0-0 W 2-1 T 0-0
COL
W 3-1
DAL
T 0-0
DC POR
T 0-0 W 1-0
SJ COL
W 2-1 W 3-1
DC
T 0-0
DC DAL
T 0-0 L 0-1
DC DAL
T 0-0 L 0-1
SJ COL DAL
W 2-1 W 3-1 L 0-1
REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)
Goals 1 9 times Assists 2 Albert Rusnak Shots 5 Joao Plata 5 Yura Movsisyan 5 Albert Rusnak Shots on Goal 3 Albert Rusnak Fouls Committed 5 Sebastian Saucedo Fouls Suffered 4 4 times Offside 2 Yura Movsisyan 2 Brooks Lennon Saves 5 Nick Rimando Shots Faced 9 Nick Rimando Goals Allowed 4 Nick Rimando
Goals 3 04/08/2017 at Assists 3 04/08/2017 at Shots 19 04/08/2017 at Shots on Goal 6 04/08/2017 at Fouls Committed 17 03/04/2017 at Fouls Suffered 18 03/18/2017 at Corner Kicks 12 04/08/2017 at Offside 4 03/18/2017 at Saves 5 04/01/2017 at Shots Faced 9 04/01/2017 at Goals Allowed 4 04/01/2017 at
03/18/2017 at LA
L 1-2
04/08/2017 at VAN
W 3-0
03/04/2017 at TOR 04/08/2017 at VAN 04/08/2017 at VAN
T 0-0 W 3-0 W 3-0
04/08/2017 at VAN
W 3-0
04/01/2017 at MIN
L 2-4
03/04/2017 at TOR
T 0-0
03/25/2017 at NYR 04/08/2017 at VAN
T 0-0 W 3-0
04/01/2017 at MIN
L 2-4
04/01/2017 at MIN
L 2-4
04/01/2017 at MIN
L 2-4
TEAM LOW GAMES (2017) Shots 12 04/09/2017 vs 12 04/15/2017 vs 12 04/22/2017 vs Shots on Goal 1 04/22/2017 vs Fouls Committed 5 04/22/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 10 03/31/2017 vs Corner Kicks 3 04/22/2017 vs Offside 0 03/31/2017 vs 0 04/15/2017 vs Saves 2 03/18/2017 vs 2 03/31/2017 vs 2 04/09/2017 vs Shots Faced 2 03/31/2017 vs
COL POR DAL
W 3-1 W 1-0 L 0-1
DAL
L 0-1
DAL
L 0-1
TOR
T 0-0
DAL
L 0-1
TOR POR
T 0-0 W 1-0
SJ TOR COL
W 2-1 T 0-0 W 3-1
TOR
T 0-0
TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)
VAN
W 3-0
VAN
W 3-0
VAN
W 3-0
VAN
W 3-0
TOR
T 0-0
LA
L 1-2
VAN
W 3-0
LA
L 1-2
MIN
L 2-4
MIN
L 2-4
MIN
L 2-4
Shots 5 03/18/2017 at Shots on Goal 1 03/11/2017 at Fouls Committed 6 04/22/2017 at Fouls Suffered 5 03/25/2017 at Corner Kicks 4 04/15/2017 at 4 04/22/2017 at Offside 0 04/15/2017 at Saves 2 03/11/2017 at 2 03/18/2017 at 2 04/15/2017 at Shots Faced 3 03/04/2017 at 3 03/25/2017 at 3 04/08/2017 at 3 04/15/2017 at
LA
L 1-2
CHI
L 0-2
ATL
L 1-3
NYR
T 0-0
COL ATL
W 2-1 L 1-3
COL
W 2-1
CHI LA COL
L 0-2 L 1-2 W 2-1
TOR NYR VAN COL
T T W W
0-0 0-0 3-0 2-1
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
REAL SALT LAKE VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS
Real Salt Lake
Sporting KC 8 wins, 27 goals Real Salt Lake 9 wins, 29 goals 6 ties 7/16/2005 8/13/2005 5/20/2006 9/30/2006 7/14/2007 8/29/2007 6/7/2008 6/28/2008 5/16/2009 8/29/2009 5/29/2010 8/7/2010 8/3/2011 9/17/2011 4/14/2012 7/20/2013 12/7/2013 4/5/2014 4/11/2015 6/21/2015 7/24/2015 4/2/2016 5/21/2016 10/16/2016
KC 3 vs RSL KC 4 at RSL RSL 2 vs KC KC 3 vs RSL KC 1 vs RSL RSL 3 vs KC RSL 0 vs KC KC 1 vs RSL KC 2 at RSL RSL 1 at KC RSL 4 vs KC KC 1 vs RSL KC 2 vs RSL RSL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs RSL KC 2 at RSL KC 1 vs RSL KC 0 vs RSL KC 0 vs RSL RSL 2 vs KC RSL 2 vs KC RSL 2 at KC RSL 3 at KC RSL 0 vs KC
2 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
KC SOW
(KC) (RE) (RE) (KC) (KC) (RE) (RE) (CA) (RT) (CA) (RT) (CA) (SP) (RT) (SP) (RT) (SP) (SP) (SP) (RT) (RT) (SP) (SP) (RT)
Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 15 113 43 166 35 50
2 14 140 61 145 34 44
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot 29 253 104 311 69 94
Sporting KC 1 13 136 53 125 33 72
2 14 168 66 160 27 68
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot 27 304 119 285 60 140
GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC RSL
1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
OT
Total
3 3
8 2
2 9
5 4
5 3
4 8
0 0
27 29
CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Mike Petke Peter Vermes
vs. KC vs. RSL
3-1-1 3-7-4
(2 pts./game) (0.93 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
4 5 27 10 20 32 3 4 4 31 9
Sporting KC Sealy/Wolff Arnaud/Wolff Davy Arnaud Dom Dwyer Davy Arnaud Davy Arnaud Hartman/Nielsen Tim Melia Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Oshoniyi/Melia
2 4 22 10 20 29 5 4 4 44 10
Real Salt Lake 5 times Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Kyle Beckerman Kyle Beckerman Javier Morales Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists
Sporting KC 2 3 players tied 3 Josh Wolff (08/13/05)
Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
6 3 8 6
Shutouts Saves
1 9 players tied 7 Kevin Hartman (3 times) 4 Jimmy Nielsen (05/29/10)
Goals Allowed
Arnaud/Kamara 8 players tied Davy Arnaud (05/29/10) 3 players tied
Real Salt Lake 2 Atiba Harris (09/30/06) 2 Javier Morales (06/21/15) 6 Beckerman/Saborio 3 Beckerman/Kreis 6 Harris/Olave 7 Javier Morales (05/29/10) 1 6 players tied 8 Jeff Attinella (04/05/14) 4 D.J. Countess (08/13/05)
W-L-T Breakdowns: Sporting Kansas City W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals
Streak (started)
Real Salt Lake W-L-T
Streak (started)
2-0-0 1-1-3 0-0-0
3 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ls
(10/23/2016) (04/22/2017) (10/01/2016)
0-1-0 1-1-2 1-2-0
1 Ls (03/18/2017) 1 Ws (04/08/2017) 1 Ls (04/22/2017)
0-1-0 3-0-0
2 Ls 5 Ws
(10/01/2016) (09/24/2016)
1-2-0 1-2-0
1 Ls (04/22/2017) 1 Ws (04/08/2017)
0-1-3 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0
1 Ls 1 Ws 3 Ws 1 Ws 0-
(04/22/2017) (04/15/2017) (09/24/2016) (04/09/2017) -
0-1-2 0-2-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-0
1 4 1 1 0
Ts Ls Ws Ws -
(03/25/2017) (10/01/2016) (04/15/2017) (04/08/2017) -
1-0-3 2-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
1 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ts 1 Ls 0-
(04/15/2017) (04/22/2017) (09/18/2016) (10/01/2016) -
1-0-2 1-0-0 0-2-0 0-1-0 0-1-0
1 1 7 1 3
Ws Ws Ls Ls Ls
(04/08/2017) (04/15/2017) (06/25/2016) (04/22/2017) (04/23/2016)
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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. REAL SALT LAKE (8-9-6) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
Josh Wolff Scott Sealy Benny Feilhaber Sasha Victorine Dom Dwyer Eddie Johnson Roger Espinoza Teal Bunbury Jose Burciaga Jr. Aurelien Collin Kei Kamara Chris Klein Ike Opara Ryan Pore Soony Saad Davy Arnaud Graham Zusi Claudio Bieler Michael Harrington Jack Jewsbury Carlos Marinelli Jimmy Medranda Preki Ryan Smith Dave van den Bergh Team totals Opponent totals
4 6 8 8 8 3 10 4 6 4 6 2 4 5 1 12 11 2 11 11 4 2 1 2 1 23 23
4 6 6 7 7 2 10 4 6 4 6 2 2 2 1 11 9 1 8 8 2 1 1 2 1 23 23
347 491 582 647 622 186 829 360 507 360 524 179 180 201 79 969 850 98 775 749 189 107 45 179 84 2070 2070
4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 29
5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23 23
SHT GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
SHT
SV
GAA
PG
10 14 8 12 25 6 16 8 7 7 14 7 4 4 2 27 11 1 2 14 5 3 1 6 1 304 253
1 1 6 6 5 4 23 23
90 90 540 540 450 360 2070 2070
1 0 35 21 29 18 104 119
1 0 31 14 19 9 74 89
0.00 0.00 0.67 1.17 1.80 2.25 1.26 1.17
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Eric Kronberg Luis Marin Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Bo Oshoniyi Team totals Opponent totals
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REAL SALT LAKE CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (9-8-6) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
GOALKEEPER
GP
Jason Kreis Atiba Harris Jordan Cila Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Javier Morales Joao Plata Robbie Russell Andy Williams Sebastian Jaime Alvaro Saborio Mehdi Ballouchy Nat Borchers Chris Brown Pablo Campos Jeff Cunningham Olmes Garcia Justen Glad Ned Grabavoy Matias Mantilla Juan Manuel Martinez Yura Movsisyan Luke Mulholland Kyle Beckerman Chris Klein Alecko Eskandarian Luke Kreamalmeyer Rusty Pierce Dante Washington Team totals Opponent totals
4 4 2 8 7 13 6 6 13 2 7 2 11 3 3 2 6 4 6 1 2 5 7 14 2 1 1 1 1 23 23
4 3 2 5 6 13 6 4 7 2 7 1 11 3 1 0 2 4 4 1 2 4 5 14 2 1 0 1 0 23 23
360 259 150 512 477 1125 498 427 690 159 629 111 990 270 59 43 250 360 363 90 167 300 465 1260 180 90 56 90 27 2070 2070
2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 27
2 1 0 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 23 23
13 4 2 16 9 20 17 5 11 2 14 3 5 4 1 1 4 3 1 2 3 9 4 22 3 3 1 0 1 253 304
Nick Rimando Jeff Attinella Chris Seitz Scott Garlick D.J. Countess Team totals Opponent totals
13 4 2 2 2 23 23
MIN SHTS 1170 360 180 180 180 2070 2070
54 25 12 9 19 119 104
SV
GAA
PG
44 19 8 5 13 89 74
0.77 1.00 1.00 2.00 3.50 1.17 1.26
0 1 0 0 0 1 1
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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. REAL SALT LAKE (8-9-6)
CURRENT REAL SALT LAKE VS. SPORTING KC (9-8-6)
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
Benny Feilhaber Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Ike Opara Soony Saad Graham Zusi Jimmy Medranda Saad Abdul-Salaam Matt Besler Andrew Dykstra Kevin Ellis Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Erik Palmer-Brown Diego Rubio Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals
10 8 10 7 1 11 2 4 12 2 4 6 5 1 1 8 23 23
8 7 10 5 1 9 1 3 12 2 3 6 5 1 0 8 23 23
762 622 829 435 79 850 107 271 1075 180 276 540 405 90 10 703 2070 2070
2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 29
2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23
12 25 16 6 2 11 3 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 304 253
Chad Barrett Kyle Beckerman Joao Plata Justen Glad David Horst Yura Movsisyan Luke Mulholland Luis Silva Jordan Allen Tony Beltran Aaron Maund Demar Phillips Nick Rimando Sebastian Saucedo Chris Schuler Sunday Stephen Chris Wingert Team totals Opponent totals
22 29 7 4 7 5 7 7 4 11 6 5 27 1 4 2 21 23 23
13 23 7 4 6 4 5 5 1 11 6 2 27 0 4 2 17 23 23
1104 2187 565 360 470 300 465 435 149 968 540 235 2454 1 360 180 1430 2070 2070
5 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 27
2 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23
42 36 19 3 3 9 4 9 2 3 3 1 0 0 5 1 3 253 304
GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
SHT
SV
GAA
PG
GAA
PG
Tim Melia Andrew Dykstra Team totals Opponent totals
6 2 23 23
540 180 2070 2070
35 14 104 119
23 9 74 89
1.83 2.50 1.26 1.17
2 1 1 1
130 103 0.99 119 89 1.17 104 74 1.26
1 1 1
GOALKEEPER
GP
Nick Rimando Team totals Opponent totals
27 23 23
MIN SHTS 2454 2070 2070
SV
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GAME NOTES
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. REAL SALT LAKE
2017 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, April 29, 2017 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 8 Sporting Kansas City 3-1-3, 12 points (2-0-1 home; 1-1-2 away) 4th place in Western Conference Real Salt Lake 2-4-2, 8 points (1-2-1 home; 1-2-1 away) T-7th place in Western Conference
3-1-3 (12 pts.) 7 4th in West 6 0.86 7 3 0.43 +3 94 (26) 27.7% 74 101 12 0
English TV: FOX Sports Kansas City + English Radio: ESPN 99.3 FM Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official:
Jose Carlos Rivero Anthony Vasoli Jose Da Silva Nima Saghafi
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 17 21 22 23 24 27 29 30 39 40 77 93 94
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID FWD FWD DEF DEF GK FWD DEF FWD MID GK FWD FWD DEF DEF MID MID
Name Adrian Zendejas Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi Latif Blessing Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Andrew Dykstra Soony Saad Colton Storm Cameron Iwasa Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Daniel Salloi Cameron Porter Igor Juliao Tyler Pasher Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda
Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas
REAL SALT LAKE
RECORD GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS
2-4-2 (8 pts.) 8 T-7th in West 9 1.13 7 12 1.50 -3 98 (28) 28.6% 106 93 18 1
2017 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY
BEEZ-ler ILL-ee-eh JER-soh gram ZOO-see FAIL-hob-ber sin-OH-vick sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM SOO-nee sod
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Dom Dwyer Seven Players Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Dwyer, Gerso Four Players Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic N/A
REAL SALT LAKE
2 GOALS 1 ASSISTS 21 SHOTS 9 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 14 FOULS COMMITTED 26 FOULS SUFFERED 4 CAUTIONS 0 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 630 Tim Melia 0.43 Tim Melia 3 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia 23
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
4 3 20 9 1 1 12 11 3 1
Yura Movsisyan Albert Rusnak Yura Movsisyan Yura Movsisyan Lennon, Rusnak Phillips, Plata Kyle Beckerman Albert Rusnak Beckerman, Schuler Kyle Beckerman
598 1.66 2 2 20
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando
EE-gore ZHOO-lee-ow SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON
2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
PETER VERMES
Eastern Conference 1. Orlando City SC 2. Columbus Crew SC 3. New York Red Bulls 4. Atlanta United FC 5. Chicago Fire 6. New York City FC 7. Toronto FC 8. New England Revolution 9. D.C. United 10. Montreal Impact 11. Philadelphia Union
Pts 15 13 13 11 11 10 10 9 8 7 3
W L T 5 1 0 4 3 1 4 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 1 2 4 0 4 3
GD +3 +1 0 +9 0 +4 +3 0 -6 –2 –6
GP 6 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7
Western Conference 1. Portland Timbers 2. FC Dallas 3. Houston Dynamo 4. Sporting Kansas City 5. Seattle Sounders FC 6. San Jose Earthquakes 7. Real Salt Lake 8. Minnesota United FC 9. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10. LA Galaxy 11. Colorado Rapids
Pts 16 14 13 12 9 9 8 8 7 6 4
W L T 5 2 1 4 0 2 4 2 1 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 1 2 5 0 1 4 1
GD +8 +5 +4 +3 +3 -2 -3 -11 -4 –5 –4
GP 8 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 6
9th season 106-83-64 9th season (.545) 106-83-64 (.545)
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
MIKE PETKE 3rd season 32-20-19 (.585) 1st season 2-1-0 (.667)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, April 27 OUT: • Diego Rubio (Torn ACL)
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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvRSL: HEAD-TO-HEAD
#SKCvRSL: BY THE NUMBERS
For the sixth occasion in the first eight games of the young MLS season, Sporting Kansas City will take on a side that qualified for the 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs in Real Salt Lake. To date, the only two sides Sporting KC has faced in 2017 that did not reach the postseason in 2016 was the San Jose Earthquakes on March 18 and the Portland Timbers on April 15 - both of whom are currently in playoff positions. Sporting KC endured a wretched time against Real Salt Lake in 2016, going 0-2-1 with both defeats coming at Children’s Mercy Park. On April 2, 2016, RSL claimed a 2-1 victory behind goals from Justen Glad and Luke Mulholland, with Benny Feilhaber’s late penalty not enough to earn a point as SKC fell to their first defeat of the season. Six weeks later, Sporting KC fell again at home by a 3-1 scoreline when Burrito Martinez, Yura Movsisyan and an own goal from Brad Davis cancelled out Dom Dwyer’s strike. The final meeting between thte sides came on Oct. 16 when Sporting KC earned a 0-0 draw on the road that kick-started the side’s current streak of six shutouts in the last nine regular-season games. Real Salt Lake are one of just six active MLS teams that Sporting KC has a losing record against (8-9-6), while SKC hasn’t topped RSL in the last seven regular-season meetings. The last victory came on July 20, 2013 with a 2-1 win at Rio Tinto Stadium.
Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC’s three goals conceded through seven games in the 2017 MLS season are tied for the least conceded in the league. • SKC is tied for fourth in MLS in dribbles attempted with 144 and is sixth with 63 completed dribbles. • SKC has faced the joint fewest shots in MLS this season with 62, despite playing one more game than their two closest challengers (COL - 62 and FCD - 70). SKC has faced the fewest shots per game in the league with 8.86. • SKC has faced the fewest shots per game (8.86) and has taken the fourth most shots per game (13.57) in MLS this season. • SKC (3-1-3, 12 pts.) is one of four teams to lose once or less in MLS, joined by the only remaining unbeaten side FC Dallas (4-0-2, 14 pts.), Orlando City SC (5-1-0, 15 pts.) and Toronto FC (2-1-4, 10 pts.).
Date
Sporting KC Player Stats • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has the best goals against average in MLS among goalkeepers to play at least 450 minutes with 0.43, conceding just three goals this season and posting a joint league-high four shutouts. In addition, his 82.10 save percentage leads all goalkeepers to play at least 450 minutes. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez ranks second in MLS with 527 passes attempted, and is third in the league in passes completed with 443. Only CLB’s Wil Trapp (609), who has played one more game, has attempted more passes. • Midfielder Ilie is also tied for second among all MLS midfielders with four blocks. • Winger Gerso Fernandes is fifth in MLS with 31 dribbles attempted, and tied for sixth in dribbles completed with 14. • Forward Dom Dwyer is in the top 10 in MLS in both shots (21) and shots on goal (9).
#SKCvRSL: Recent Meetings (RSL leads 9-8-6 in regular season)
10/16/2016 05/21/2016 04/02/2016 07/24/2015 06/21/2015
Score
KC 0 at RSL 0 KC 1 vs RSL 3 KC 1 vs RSL 2 KC 1 at RSL 2 KC 1 at RSL 2
Result Details T L L L L
Two sides split the points in even contest at Rio Tinto Dwyer scores; Martinez, Movsisyan & own goal win it for RSL Glad and Mulholland tally for RSL, Feilhaber scores late PK Morales opens scoring, Feilhaber responds but Plata wins it Dwyer equalizes after Jaime’s opener, but Garcia scores late
#SKCvRSL: PLAYER HISTORY
Real Salt Lake Team Stats • RSL leads the league in crosses from open play (128) and is tied for the leaguelead with 44 corners into the area. • RSL is third in MLS with 832 duels, and ranks seventh in duels won with 384. • RSL has taken the fifth most shots (98) but ranks 13th in shots on target (28). • RSL has taken the second most corners in MLS this season with 52, only trailing NE by one. • RSL is tied for fifth in MLS with 12 goals conceded through eight games.
• Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber leads the team with two goals and two assists against Real Salt Lake. Both of his goals came in 2-1 losses on July 24, 2015 and April 2, 2016. One of his assists came on Dom Dwyer’s goal on June 21, 2015, while the other came as a member of the New England Revolution on July 4, 2011. • Forward Dom Dwyer has two goals in eight games against Real Salt Lake. Both came in defeats: a 2-1 loss on June 21, 2015 and a 3-1 loss on May 21, 2016. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has one goal against Real Salt Lake, the gamewinner in a 2-0 victory at Children’s Mercy Park on Aug. 3, 2011. • Defender Ike Opara has one goal against Real Salt Lake, coming in his first season with the club. He scored the game-winning goal in the 97th minute of a 2-1 win on July 20, 2013 at Rio Tinto Stadium. • Forward Soony Saad has a goal in his only appearance against RSL, coming in that same 2-1 victory on July 20, 2013. • Defender Graham Zusi has two assists all-time against Real Salt Lake - with both coming on game-winners. He had the assist on Aurelien Collin’s goal in a 1-0 win on April 14, 2012, and he had the assist on Ike Opara’s late goal in the 2-1 win on July 20, 2013. • Midfielder Jimmy Medranda has one assist against RSL, coming on Dom Dwyer’s goal in a 3-1 defeat on May 21, 2016. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 0-5-1 all-time against Real Salt Lake, posting a 1.83 goals against average and one shutout - coming in the most recent meeting on Oct. 16, 2016. • Goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra is 1-1-0 against Real Salt Lake, with the win coming as a member of D.C. United in a 6-4 victory on Aug. 1, 2015.
Real Salt Lake Player Stats • Midfielder Albert Rusnak leads all of MLS with 36 corners into the penalty area, while he has also sent in 16 crosses from open play. • Midfielder Rusnak is also ninth in the league with 15 chances created. Forward Brooks Lennon is tied for ninth with 11 chances created from open play. • Midfielder Luke Mulholland is tied for sixth in MLS with 19 interceptions from midfield. • Forward Yura Movsisyan has the lowest aerial duel success rate of all players to compete in at least 25 aerial duels. Movsisyan has won just eight of his 35 duels, or 23 percent.
NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Forward Dom Dwyer is one game-winning goal away from tying Preki for the most in team history with 13. Dwyer is also two appearances away from hitting 150 in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Defender Graham Zusi is one regular-season assist shy of his 50th for Sporting KC, making him just the second player in club history to reach that mark alongside Preki who ended his Sporting KC career with 98 assists. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is two regular-season shutouts away from reaching 22 and tying Kevin Hartman and Bo Oshoniyi for third in the club’s all-time rankings. • Midfielder Jimmy Medranda is two regular-season appearances shy of reaching 50 for Sporting KC.
#SKCvRSL: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Goalkeeper Tim Melia played for Real Salt Lake from 2010-2011, but never made an appearance for the club. • Defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi, along with midfielder Benny Feilhaber all played with RSL midfielder Kyle Beckerman and goalkeeper Nick Rimando with the U.S. Men’s National Team since 2007. • Defender Erik Palmer-Brown and Real Salt Lake’s Danilo Acosta, Justen Glad, Brooks Lennon and Sebastian Saucedo were teammates during the U.S. Under-20 National Team’s recent run to CONCACAF Championship glory. • Defender Matt Besler was a teammate of Real Salt Lake’s Aaron Maund at the University of Notre Dame in 2008. • Defender Seth Sinovic played with RSL’s Chris Schuler at Creighton University from 2006-2009. • Defender Colton Storm played college soccer alongside RSL’s Omar Holness at the University of North Carolina. • Real Salt Lake forward Yura Movsisyan spent two seasons with the Kansas City Wizards from 2006-2007, scoring five goals in 28 games. • Sporting KC goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty played alongside defender Chris Schuler at old USSF D2 team AC St. Louis in 2010.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ON THE CUSP OF HISTORY
SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES
SIX MELIA-N SAVES TO MAKE, CHOOSE ONE
Sporting Kansas City enters Saturday night’s showdown with rivals Real Salt Lake on the verge of making history at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting KC’s home unbeaten streak currently stands at 12 games, which is tied for the longest such record in club history. The streak began with a 2-0 victory over FC Dallas on June 19, 2016, and the side hasn’t lost a regular-season game at home since May 27, 2016 when Peter Vermes’ men fell 1-0 to D.C. United.
With his five-save performance in the first half of the 1-0 defeat to FC Dallas on Saturday, Sporting KC goalkeeper Tim Melia tied the club record for most saves in one half of soccer during the Opta era (2010-present). The record was set by legendary goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen when he made five saves in the second half of a 1-0 victory over Columbus Crew SC on July 14, 2010 and was matched by Melia in a 0-0 draw with Portland on Sept. 9, 2015.
Since that game, Sporting KC has gone 9-0-3 at home, including a 2-0-1 mark so far in 2017. Only the New York Red Bulls have a longer active undefeated streak at home, having avoided the taste of defeat at Red Bull Arena in their last 18 matches at the stadium, dating back to April 9, 2016 - when Sporting KC earned a 2-0 victory behind goals from Benny Feilhaber and Dom Dwyer.
Melia is in the midst of an outstanding season for Sporting KC, leading all goalkeepers to play at least 450 minutes with a 0.43 goals against average, and is tied for the league lead with four shutouts alongside New York’s Luis Robles. The 30-year-old also recently won MLS Save of the Week for his brilliant stop on Darlington Nagbe’s volley that earned Sporting KC a 1-0 victory over Portland at Providence Park on April 15.
Should Sporting KC avoid defeat on Saturday night, the side would reach 13 consecutive games unbeaten at home and etch its name in club history by bettering the previous record of 12 that Sporting KC posted from March 8 through Aug. 15, 2015.
TIMES AIN’T CHANGIN’
For the first time in the 2017 season, Peter Vermes used all three of his available substitutes in the 1-0 defeat to FC Dallas last Saturday. Soni Mustivar was introduced in the 72nd minute, followed by Daniel Salloi in the 81st and Latif Blessing in the 84th as Sporting KC went in search of an equalizer following Maynor Figueroa’s 77th-minute header.
THE OLD ENEMY
Sporting Kansas City is preparing to face one if its main rivals on Saturday night when the side faces off against Real Salt Lake at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting KC has struggled against RSL in recent years, going winless in the last seven regular-season meetings between the two sides (0-4-3), while Peter Vermes’ men went 0-2-1 against RSL in 2016, with both losses coming at home. It’s Sporting KC’s longest active winless streak against any club in MLS.
So far this season, Sporting KC has made the fewest substitutions in MLS with 12 in seven games, or 1.71 per game. This points to a larger trend as Sporting KC has made the second fewest substitutions in the Opta era (2010-present) among teams to be active in each year, with only the New York Red Bulls (622) making fewer changes than Sporting KC’s 639 in that time period. Sporting KC’s record when using three substitutes in a game since 2010 is 70-58-38 (0.536 winning percentage), while the side has posted a 24-19-23 record (0.538 winning percentage) when making two or less changes in a match.
Sporting KC last topped RSL in the regular season on July 27, 2013, when Ike Opara headed home Graham Zusi’s corner kick in the 97th minute of a contest at Rio Tinto Stadium to send Sporting KC home with a 2-1 victory. Sporting KC last beat RSL at Children’s Mercy Park on April 4, 2012 behind a goal from Aurelien Collin - also off a Zusi assist.
Only seven teams have used all three substitutes in each of their games so far in 2017, with Saturday’s opponents Real Salt Lake joined by Atlanta United FC, FC Dallas, the Houston Dynamo, Orlando City SC, the Montreal Impact and the San Jose Earthquakes.
Outside of MLS play, Sporting KC has won the last two meetings - emerging victorious in the 2013 MLS Cup Final and the 2015 U.S. Open Cup Semifinals. Individually, Benny Feilhaber thrives against Real Salt Lake, tallying three goals and two assists in his last six games against the side.
GER-SO QUICK
Winger Gerso Fernandes continues to excite game-after-game with his outstanding dribbling ability. Gerso is currently fifth in MLS with 31 dribbles attempted across the opening seven games of the season, while his 14 completed dribbles ranks tied for sixth in the league.
RSL were the first side to part ways with their head coach this season, firing Jeff Cassar after three years at the helm. Replacing him is Mike Petke, who most recently guided the New York Red Bulls to the Eastern Conference Championship in 2014 before being controversially replaced by current head coach Jesse Marsch.
Sporting KC is tied for third in the league in dribbles attempted per game with 20.57, while their 9.0 successful dribbles per game ranks fourth in MLS. The San Jose Earthquakes lead the league in dribbles attempted with 173 and dribbles completed with 87.
STINGY SPORTING
Sporting Kansas City’s backline boasts the most impressive numbers in MLS this season, with the side conceding just three goals through seven games in 2017 and posting four shouts. The goal the side conceded to FC Dallas in the 77th minute of last Saturday’s contest was the first goal conceded in regulation time this year, with the other two coming in stoppage time. The goal also marked the first time Sporting KC has trailed this year and led to their first defeat of the season.
Real Salt Lake are 14th in MLS in dribbles attempted per game with 16.13, while they are tied fo ninth in dribbles completed per game with 8.0. RSL are led by Yura Movsisyan who has attempted 17 dribbles this season, while Luke Mulholland has completed a team-leading nine dribbles.
DWYER ROUNDING INTO FORM
Prior to the concession of Florian Jungwirth’s goal against San Jose on March 18, goalkeeper Tim Melia had posted a career-high 457 minute shutout streak dating back to last season, while it was the third longest streak in Sporting KC history - trailing only Tony Meola’s league-best 681 minute shutout streak in 2000, and Jimmy Nielsen’s 546 minute streak in 2013. Melia currently has four shutouts - halfway to his total for each of the 2015 and 2016 seasons - and a league-best 0.43 goals against average among goalkeepers to play at least 450 minutes.
Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer opened his account for the 2017 season with two goals in his last three games - including the game-winner on the road against the Portland Timbers on April 15. The goals come on the back of a six-game scoreless streak for the striker, dating back to last season - matching the longest scoreless streak Dwyer has had since the start of his breakout 2014 season. Prior to that scoreless streak, Dwyer had scored in four straight games from Sept. 9 through Oct. 1, 2016. He has now scored in at least two consecutive games 11 times in his MLS regular-season career.
Sporting KC’s three goals against in 2017 are tied for the fewest in MLS, with only last weekend’s opponents FC Dallas conceding as few - though they have played one less game. Sporting KC has made minimal changes to the side’s backline through the opening six games of the season, with Melia behind a defense of Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler and Seth Sinovic - all of whom have played the full 90 minutes of every game.
The goal also saw Dwyer notch his 12th regular-season game-winning goal for the club, and he is now just one game-winner away from joining club legend Preki atop the team’s all-time standings in that category. Dwyer only had two game-winning goals in the 2015 and 2016 seasons after tallying six in 2014, but is now halfway to matching the total from the last two years after only seven games.
Real Salt Lake have conceded the fifth most goals in the league with 12 - four times as many as Sporting KC - and have a goals against average of 1.50. All 12 goals against have come in just five of RSL’s games, as the side has posted three shutouts - good for third best in MLS. On the other hand, RSL has just one shutout in their last 35 regularseason road games.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED)
BESLER AND SINOVIC RENEW PARTNERSHIP
PLAYOFF STREAK
After recording four shutouts in the opening seven games on the left side of the defense to open the 2017 MLS season, center back Matt Besler and left back Seth Sinovic have now posted 42 total shutouts in just 112 games where both have started in the regular season.
Sporting KC is looking to become the sixth club in MLS history to make at least seven straight trips to the postseason, while Manager Peter Vermes would be just the fourth coach to lead the same team to seven straight playoff appearances. LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) LA Galaxy 9 (2009-2016) *active Seattle Sounders FC 9 (2009-2016) *active New York Red Bulls 8 (2010-2016) *active NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014) Sporting KC 6 (2011-2016) *active
Since Sinovic made his first appearance for the team on May 28, 2011 after being waived by the New England Revolution earlier in the year, Sporting KC leads all of MLS with 72 shutouts - 11 more than the LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake in second. Besler and Sinovic have started 112 of the 203 games since the trade, posting 42 of the club’s 72 shutouts alongside one another. Individually, Besler leads the league in shutouts since Sinovic joined the club with 58, while Sinovic is tied for third with 51. Besler and Sinovic have started and played the full 90 minutes in each of Sporting KC’s last nine regular-season games, conceding just three goals. Real Salt Lake boasts the other player in the top three of the category, with Nick Rimando contributing to the second most shutouts (52).
LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Sigi Scmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Peter Vermes Sporting KC 6 2011-2016 (active) Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013
DWYER CLOSING IN ON PREKI
After yet another season of rampant goalscoring, forward Dom Dwyer is now within touching distance of Sporting KC legend Preki for the most goals in both MLS and in all competitions. Dwyer scored his first two goals of the 2017 season this month to bring his regular-season total to 54, and 63 in all competitions. Dwyer sits just 17 MLS goals and 18 strikes in all competitions shy of Preki’s all-time records of 71 and 81, respectively.
SPORTING KC DROPS CONCESSION PRICES
In March, Sporting KC announced that the club is dropping the prices of various food and beverage items at Children’s Mercy Park. Beer, soda and water all saw prices drop anywhere from $0.50 to $3.00, with most items dropping at least $1.50 at an average of 20 percent. The cost of margaritas, hotdogs, bratwursts, chips and grilled cheese sandwiches also dropped anywhere from $0.25 to $1.50 per item, with the new pricing available for the entirity of the 2017 MLS season.
The 26-year-old has amassed 52 goals since the start of the 2014 season. Only Bradley Wright-Phillips has scored more MLS goals in that time period than Dwyer, and took home the MLS Golden Boot titles in 2014 and 2016.
Another factor that comes into play is Dwyer’s longevity. The Londoner is the only Sporting KC player to appear in at least 36 games in all competitions over the last three seasons. Player Preki Dwyer Arnaud Wolff Klein
Goals (MLS) 71 54 43 43 39
VERMES VERBATIM
On the game against FC Dallas... “I thought it was a pretty even match all the way through. In the middle of the first half I thought we started giving the ball away in the middle part of the field and they had a few counterattacks based on us losing the ball, and I thought we fixed that going into halftime 0-0. I had a good idea the game would end 0-0, 1-0, somebody might sneak (a goal), but it was a good effort from our part. I don’t think at any time we were overplayed. It was just an even match.”
Goals (All Competitions) 81 63 52 46 43
On his team’s 65% possession advantage for the game... “You always want to have the ball as much as you can, but it doesn’t necessarily always equate into anything. When I look at the number of times on goal for both teams it’s very similar. Statistics can play a lot of different ways, but they were pretty even for the most part. Possession was just a fact that, at times, we were good with the ball.”
RUBIO REMAINS OUT WITH ACL INJURY
Sporting KC forward Diego Rubio suffered a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in his right knee during training on Oct. 14, 2016 and remains sidelined for the foreseeable future. Rubio recorded three goals and one assist in 20 appearances across all competitions in 2016 after joining Sporting KC on loan in March. The 23-year-old Chilean completed his permanent transfer from Spanish side Real Valladolid to Sporting KC in September. In September, Rubio became the first player in club history to score in the MLS regular season, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League in the same year. He opened his 2016 scoring account in a 1-1 draw at Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 27 and notched the game-winner in extra time of a 2-1 U.S. Open Cup victory over Minnesota United FC on June 15. Rubio then tallied his first goal at Children’s Mercy Park in a 2-1 Champions League defeat to Vancouver on Sept. 13. A native of Santiago, Chile, Rubio has netted 40 goals and added 16 assists since turning professional in 2011 at age 17. After rising from the youth ranks to the senior team at hometown club Colo-Colo, Rubio moved overseas to Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he scored 22 times for Sporting B from 2011-2015. The striker made 20 first-team appearances for Sporting while also going on loan to Romanian side Pandurii Targu Jiu in 2013 and Norwegian outfit Sandnes Ulf in 2014. Rubio earned three caps for the Chile Men’s National Team in 2011 at age 18 before playing eight matches at the U-20 level from 2012-2013.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS
Sporting KC record vs. Real Salt Lake: 8-9-6 Home games: 5-3-4 (14 GF, 12 GA) Road games: 3-6-2 (13 GF, 17 GA) Date 07/16/2005 08/13/2005 05/20/2006 09/30/2006 07/14/2007 08/29/2007 06/07/2008 06/28/2008 05/16/2009 08/29/2009 05/29/2010 08/07/2010 08/03/2011 09/17/2011 04/14/2012 07/20/2013 04/05/2014 04/11/2015 06/21/2015 07/24/2015 04/02/2016 05/21/2016 10/16/2016
Score KC 3 vs RSL 2 KC 4 at RSL 2 KC 1 at RSL 2 KC 3 vs RSL 3 KC 1 vs RSL 0 KC 1 at RSL 3 KC 0 at RSL 0 KC 1 vs RSL 0 KC 2 at RSL 0 KC 0 vs RSL 1 KC 1 at RSL 4 KC 1 vs RSL 1 KC 2 vs RSL 0 KC 0 at RSL 1 KC 1 vs RSL 0 KC 2 at RSL 1 KC 0 vs RSL 0 KC 0 vs RSL 0 KC 1 at RSL 2 KC 1 at RSL 2 KC 1 vs RSL 2 KC 1 vs RSL 3 KC 0 at RSL 0
SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED
4 Sealy, Wolff 5 Arnaud, Wolff 27 Davy Arnaud 10 Dom Dwyer 20 Davy Arnaud 32 Davy Arnaud
Result Location W Arrowhead Stadium W Rice-Eccles Stadium L Rice-Eccles Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Rice-Eccles Stadium T Rice-Eccles Stadium W CommunityAmerica Ballpark W Rio Tinto Stadium L CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Rio Tinto Stadium T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W Livestrong Sporting Park L Rio Tinto Stadium W Livestrong Sporting Park W Rio Tinto Stadium T Sporting Park T Sporting Park L Rio Tinto Stadium L Rio Tinto Stadium L Children’s Mercy Park L Children’s Mercy Park T Rio Tinto Stadium
REAL SALT LAKE Five Players 2 Javier Morales 4 Kyle Beckerman 22 Kyle Beckerman 10 Kyle Beckerman 20 Javier Morales 29
WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED
3 Hartman, Nielsen 4 Tim Melia 4 Kevin Hartman 31 Kevin Hartman 9 Melia, Oshoniyi
Nick Rimando 5 Nick Rimando 4 Nick Rimando 4 Nick Rimando 44 Nick Rimando 10
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
REAL SALT LAKE
Three Players Josh Wolff (8/13/05) Arnaud, Kamara Eight Players Davy Arnaud (5/29/10) Three Players
GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED
(9/30/06) Atiba Harris (6/21/15) Javier Morales
Beckerman, Saborio Beckerman, Kreis Harris, Olave (5/29/10) Javier Morales
2 2 6 3 6 7
7 Three PLayers 4 Jimmy Nielsen (5/29/10)
SAVES GOALS ALLOWED
(4/5/14) Jeff Attinella (8/13/05) D.J. Countess
8 4
2 3 6 3 8 6
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 2 OT 13 14 0 136 168 0 53 66 0 125 160 0 33 27 0 72 68 0
Total 27 304 119 285 60 140
REAL SALT LAKE Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 2 OT 15 14 0 113 140 0 43 61 0 166 145 0 35 34 0 50 41 0
Total 29 253 104 311 69 91
GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC RSL
90
1-15
3 2
16-30
31-45
2 11
CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS
19,428
CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS Dating back to April 2012 (including postseason)
ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 111 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)
SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 105 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 14 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies
PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 110 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467
137
8 2
105.2 5
46-60
5 3
61-75
5 3
76-90
4 8
OT
0 0
Total
27 29
74
SPORTING KC MATCHES WON
not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals
224
SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 137 matches played at the stadium
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In
Players Out
Tyler Pasher (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)
Brad Davis (retired - 10/23/16)
Adrian Zendejas (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)
Nuno Coelho (out of contract - 11/23/16)
Igor Juliao (loan - 12/23/16)
Chance Myers (out of contract - 11/23/16)
Gerso Fernandes (transfer - 1/4/17)
Jacob Peterson (out of contract - 11/23/16)
Latif Blessing (transfer - 1/9/17)
Ever Alvarado (option not exercised - 11/23/16)
Christian Volesky (trade - 1/9/17)
Emmanuel Appiah (option not exercised - 11/23/16)
Cameron Iwasa (signing - 1/10/17)
Connor Hallisey (option not exercised - 11/23/16)
Andrew Dykstra (signing - 1/10/17)
Jon Kempin (option not exercised - 11/23/16)
Ilie Sanchez (signing - 1/13/17)
Justin Mapp (option not exercised - 11/23/16)
Soony Saad (signing - 1/30/17)
Paulo Nagamura (retired - 12/12/16)
Colton Storm (SuperDraft - 2/24/17)
Alec Kann (Expansion Draft - 12/13/16) Lawrence Olum (trade - 2/3/17) Benji Joya (waived - 2/27/17) Christian Volesky (waived - 2/27/17)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Oct. 23: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis retires Nov. 16: Sporting KC signs M Benny Feilhaber and D Ike Opara to new contracts Nov. 23: OUT D Nuno Coelho, D Chance Myers and F Jacob Peterson leaves Sporting KC out of contract. Sporting KC declines options on D Ever Alvarado, M Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, GK Jon Kempin and M Justin Mapp Dec. 2: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Tyler Pasher and GK Adrian Zendejas from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Dec. 12: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Paulo Nagamura retires Dec. 13: Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis, GK Alec Kann and D/M Jimmy Medranda to new contracts Dec. 13: OUT Sporting KC goalkeeper Alec Kann selected in Expansion Draft by Atlanta United FC (MLS) Dec. 23: IN Sporting KC signs D Igor Juliao on loan from Fluminense FC (Brazil) Jan. 4: IN Sporting KC signs F Gerso Fernandes as a Designated Player Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Latif Blessing from Ghana Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Christian Volesky in trade with Portland Timbers (MLS) Jan. 10: IN Sporting KC signs GK Andrew Dykstra and F Cameron Iwasa Jan. 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Ilie Sanchez Jan. 30: IN Sporting KC re-acquires F Soony Saad Feb. 3: OUT Sporting KC trades M Lawrence Olum to the Portland Timbers (MLS) Feb. 24: IN Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection D Colton Storm Feb. 27: OUT Sporting KC waives M Benji Joya and F Christian Volesky
CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year
MLS SuperDraft
2009
Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)
Signings
2011 2012
Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th)
2016 2017
Homegrown Players
Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)
Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)
Benny Feilhaber (12/11/12) Ike Opara (12/12/12)
Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)
Cameron Porter (7/12/16)
Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)
MLS Re-Entry Draft
Dom Dwyer (16th)
2013 2015
Trades
Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Diego Rubio (3/8/16)
Colton Storm (14th)
Tyler Pasher (12/2/16) Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16) Igor Juliao (loan) (12/23/16) Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Latif Blessing (1/9/17) Cameron Iwasa (1/10/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Soony Saad (1/30/17)
Andrew Dykstra (Second Round)
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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE
OPPONENT
COMPETITION
TIME (CT) / RESULT
Saturday, March 4
at D.C. United
MLS
T
0-0 --
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
FC DALLAS
MLS
T
0-0
--
SATURDAY, MARCH 18
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
MLS
W
2-1
Feilhaber, Own Goal
Friday, March 31
at Toronto FC
MLS
T
0-0
--
SUNDAY, APRIL 9
COLORADO RAPIDS
MLS
W
3-1
Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer
Saturday, April 15
at Portland Timbers
MLS
W
1-0
Dwyer
Saturday, April 22
at FC Dallas
MLS
L
0-1
--
SATURDAY, APRIL 29
REAL SALT LAKE
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3
NEW YORK RED BULLS
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
Sunday, May 7
at Minnesota United FC
MLS
12:30
FOX Sports 1
Saturday, May 13
at Orlando City SC
MLS
6:30
FOX Sports KC Plus
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
Saturday, May 20
at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS
6:00
FOX Sports KC
Saturday, May 27
at Colorado Rapids
MLS
7:00
FOX Sports KC
SATURDAY, JUNE 3
MINNESOTA UNITED FC
MLS
4:00
ESPN
SATURDAY, JUNE 10
MONTREAL IMPACT
MLS
7:00
FOX SPORTS KC
Saturday, June 17
at San Jose Earthquakes
MLS
8:00
FOX Sports KC
Saturday, June 24
at LA Galaxy
MLS
9:30
FOX Sports KC
SATURDAY, JULY 1
PORTLAND TIMBERS
MLS
6:00
ESPN
THURSDAY, JULY 6
PHILADELPHIA UNION
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC
Saturday, July 22
at Real Salt Lake
MLS
9:00
FOX Sports KC Plus
SATURDAY, JULY 29
CHICAGO FIRE
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
SUNDAY, AUG. 6
ATLANTA UNITED FC
MLS
7:00
FOX SPORTS 1
Saturday, Aug. 12
at Seattle Sounders FC
MLS
3:00
FOX Sports KC
SATURDAY, AUG. 19
FC DALLAS
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
Saturday, Aug. 26
at Houston Dynamo
MLS
8:00
FOX Sports KC
Wednesday, Sept. 6
at New York City FC
MLS
6:30
FOX Sports KC
Sunday, Sept. 10
at Columbus Crew SC
MLS
12:00
ESPN
SATURDAY, SEPT. 16
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC
SUNDAY, SEPT. 24
LA GALAXY
MLS
12:00
ESPN
SATURDAY, SEPT. 30
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
MLS
8:00
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
Saturday, Oct. 7
at Minnesota United FC
MLS
7:00
FOX Sports KC
SUNDAY, OCT. 15
HOUSTON DYNAMO
MLS
4:00
FOX SPORTS KC
Sunday, Oct. 22
at Real Salt Lake
MLS
3:00
FOX Sports KC
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TV / SCORERS
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS 2017 Record When... Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime
3-0-0 0-1-0 2-0-0 1-1-3 0-0-0
Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Allowing 0 goals Allowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goals Allowing 3 goals Allowing 4+ goals
0-1-3 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-3 2-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Wearing Sporting blue Wearing dark indigo
2-1-3 1-0-0
Leading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’
3-0-0 0-1-3 0-0-0
Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even
3-0-3 0-0-0 0-1-0
With zero subs With one sub With two subs with three subs
0-0-0 1-0-1 2-1-2
Day games (before 5 p.m.) Games 5 p.m. CT or later
0-0-0 3-1-3
With red card for With red card against
0-0-0 0-0-0
Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75
0-0-0 3-1-3
In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone In Central time zone In Eastern time zone
1-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-1 0-0-2
vs. Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference
3-1-1 0-0-2
On grass On turf
2-1-3 1-0-0
Quickest Goals... Seth Sinovic (4/9 vs. COL) - 6th Minute Quickest Goals Against... Maynor Figueroa (4/22 at FCD) - 77th Minute Game-winning goals after 75’...
Regular Season Record By Month March 2017 March all-time April 2017 April all-time May 2017 May all-time June 2017 June all-time July 2017 July all-time Aug. 2017 Aug. all-time Sept. 2017 Sept. all-time Oct. 2017 Oct. all-time
vs. Atlanta United FC vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew SC vs. D.C. United vs. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo vs. LA Galaxy vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Montreal Impact vs. NE Revolution vs. New York City FC vs. New York Red Bulls vs. Orlando City SC vs. Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake vs. SJ Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
Own Goal (3/18 vs. SJ) - 89th Minute
Game-tying goals after 75’...
1-0-3 17-9-9 2-1-0 42-36-15 0-0-0 34-43-24 0-0-0 39-29-23 0-0-0 50-35-24 0-0-0 40-50-16 0-0-0 30-37-17 0-0-0 21-15-15
None
Game-winning goals against after 75’...
None
Red Cards...
None
Red Cards Against...
None
Penalty Kicks...
None Marcelo Sarvas (3/4 at DC) - Saved by Tim Melia Kevin Doyle (4/9 vs. COL) - Scored on Tim Melia
Youngest Goalscorer... Oldest Goalscorer... Youngest Starter... Youngest to play in a game... Oldest Starter... Oldest to play in a game...
0-0-0 (0-0-0) 14-26-11 (0-0-0) 24-22-13 (1-0-0) 25-22-6 (0-0-0) 20-21-13 (0-0-1) 23-22-12 (0-1-1) 5-9-11 (0-0-0) 20-24-14 (0-0-0) 0-0-0 (0-0-0) 6-3-2 (0-0-0) 24-17-11 (0-0-0) 2-0-0 (0-0-0) 20-20-13 (0-0-0) 1-1-0 (0-0-0) 5-5-4 (0-0-0) 6-3-2 (1-0-0) 8-9-6 (0-0-0) 24-24-7 (1-0-0) 4-7-3 (0-0-0) 14-4-6 (0-0-1) 6-1-3 (0-0-0)
Maynor Figueroa (4/22 at FCD) - 77th Minute
Game-tying goals against after 75’...
Penalty Kicks Against...
Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2017)
Shutouts 1-0-3 One-goal games 2-1-0 On ESPN/ESPN2 On FOX/FS1 On FSKC
SPORTING KC IN 2017 (MLS REGULAR SEASON) 0-0-1 0-0-1 3-0-1 0-1-0
Gerso Fernandes (4/9 vs. COL) - 26 years and 47 days Benny Feilhaber (3/18 vs. SJ) - 32 years and 58 days Jimmy Medranda (3/4 at DC) - 23 years and 25 days Latif Blessing (3/11 vs. DAL) - 20 years and 71 days Benny Feilhaber (4/22 at FCD) - 32 years and 93 days Benny Feilhaber (4/22 at FCD) - 32 years and 93 days
Regular Season Home and Away Overall All-time 2017 at home All-time at home 2017 on road All-time on road
273-254-143 2-0-1 178-91-65 1-1-2 95-163-78
2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS GOALS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 2 4 6 OPPONENT 0 3 3
SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 46 48 94 OPPONENT 29 33 62
SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 12 15 27 OPPONENT 12 16 28
FOULS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 34 40 74 OPPONENT 45 56 101
OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 4 2 6 OPPONENT 9 8 17
CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 17 17 34 OPPONENT 8 15 23
CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 4 7 11 OPPONENT 2 9 11
EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0 0 0 OPPONENT 0 0 0
PK’S (MADE/ATTEMPTED) 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0/0 0/0 0/0 OPPONENT 0/1 1/1 1/2
SPORTING KC ALL-TIME WIN/LOSS RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES OVERALL Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 273 254 143 17 20 8 24 15 6 10 12 9 324 301 166
HOME GF GA 928 895 59 60 89 55 39 45 1115 1055
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 178 91 65 14 3 3 17 7 2 6 4 5 215 105 75
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AWAY GF GA 555 398 35 15 59 26 20 13 671 453
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 95 163 78 2 16 5 7 8 4 4 8 3 108 195 90
GF GA 371 496 21 42 30 29 19 32 441 599
Neutral site MLS Cup Playoffs International TOTAL
W L T 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
GF GA 3 3 0 0 3 3
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2017 REGULAR SEASON)
Formation: 4-3-3
NOTE: Chart does not account for players interchanging and/or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.
Center forward Dom Dwyer 7
Left forward
Right forward
Jimmy Medranda 3 Gerso Fernandes 2 Soony Saad 2
Gerso Fernandes 5 Jimmy Medranda 2
Left-center midfielder
Right-center midfielder
Benny Feilhaber 4 Jimmy Medranda 2 Roger Espinoza 1
Roger Espinoza 6 Benny Feilhaber 1
Defensive midfielder Ilie Sanchez 7
Left back
Seth Sinovic 7
Left center back
Right center back
Matt Besler 7
Ike Opara 7
Goalkeeper Tim Melia 7
9
Right back Graham Zusi 7
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 BOX SCORES March 4, 2017: D.C. United 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. Attendance: 18,268 Weather: Clear and 37 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sporting KC (0-0-1, 1 pt.) D.C. United (0-0-1, 1 pt.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber M Espinoza F Medranda F Dwyer F Gerso
D.C. United GK Hamid D DeLeon D Birnbaum (C) D Franklin D Kemp M Sarvas M Sam (Neagle 76’) M Jeffrey M Buscher (Vincent 61’) M Nyarko F Mullins (Ortiz 69’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Worra (GK) Ellis Boswell Abdul-Salaam Harkes Mustivar Le Toux Blessing Saad Salloi Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 37’ DC - Sean Franklin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 54’ DC - Rob Vincent (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (5) 5 11 2 5
DC 9 (6) 5 22 0 4
March 31, 2017: Sporting KC 0-0 Toronto FC MLS Regular Season | BMO Field | Toronto, Ontario Attendance: 27,909 Weather: Rainy and 44 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sporting KC (1-0-3, 6 pts.) Toronto FC (1-0-3, 6 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Mustivar 65’) F Gerso F Dwyer F Saad (Blessing 83’)
Toronto FC GK Irwin (Bono 40’) D Zavaleta D Moor D Hagglund M Beitashour M Osorio (Cooper 76’) M Bradley (C) M Vazquez M Edwards F Giovinco F Ricketts (Altidore 62’)
March 11, 2017: Sporting KC 0-0 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,117 Weather: Clear and 31 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sporting KC (0-0-2, 2 pts.) FC Dallas (1-0-1, 4 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber M Espinoza F Medranda (Blessing 67’) F Dwyer F Gerso
FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Harris D Figueroa D Hedges (C) D Guillen M Cermeno M Gruezo M Pomykal (Barrios 80’) M Hayes (Acosta 46’) M Akindele F Colman (Lamah 63’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Seitz (GK) Ellis Grana Juliao Zimmerman Mustivar Urruti Saad Salloi Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: FCD - Aaron Guillen (Yellow Card; Handball) 4’ FCD - Maynor Figueroa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 29’ FCD - Atiba Harris (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Argument) 81’ FCD - Carlos Gruezo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ FCD - Carlos Cermeno (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Dissent) 95+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (2) 4 18 1 4
FCD 6 (4) 2 13 1 3
April 9, 2017: Sporting KC 3-1 Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,249 Weather: Partly cloudy and 74 degrees 1 2 F 1 2 3 0 1 1
Sporting KC (2-0-3, 9 pts.) Colorado Rapids (1-2-1, 4 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Mustivar 74’) F Gerso F Dwyer F Saad (Salloi 83’)
Colorado Rapids GK Howard (C) D Miller D Ford (Burling 83’) D Watts D Williams M Adjei-Boateng (Powers 73’) M Azira M Gashi (Calvert 68’) M Hairston M Badji F Doyle
March 18, 2017: Sporting KC 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,282 Weather: Sunny and 60 degrees Sporting KC (1-0-2, 5 pts.) San Jose Earthquakes (2-1-0, 6 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber (Mustivar 85’) M Espinoza F Gerso F Dwyer F Medranda (Saad 78’)
1 2 F 1 1 2 0 1 1
San Jose Earthquakes GK Bingham D Lima D Bernardez D Jungwirth D Francis M Hyka (Salinas 61’) M Alashe (Thompson 80’) M Godoy M Dawkins F Wondolowski (C) F Urena (Hoesen 68’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Tarbell (GK) Ellis Imperiale Juliao Sarkodie Blessing Ceren Salloi Scoring Summary: SKC - Benny Feilhaber 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 37’ SKC - David Bingham (Own Goal) 89’ SJ - Florian Jungwirth 1 (Danny Hoesen 1, Anibal Godoy 1) 91+ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Simulation) 16’ SJ - Marco Urena (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (4) 2 9 1 7
SJ 5 (3) 3 11 2 2
April 15, 2017: Sporting KC 1-0 Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Portland, OR Attendance: 21,144 Weather: Sunny and 54 degrees Sporting KC (3-0-3, 12 pts.) Portland Timbers (4-2-1, 13 pts.)
1 2 F 0 1 1 0 0 0
Sporting KC Portland Timbers GK Melia GK Gleeson D Zusi D Powell D Opara D Olum D Besler (C) D Miller D Sinovic D Farfan (Asprilla 85’) M Ilie M Guzman (Mattocks 71’) M Espinoza (Abdul-Salaam 90’) M Chara M Feilhaber (Mustivar 83’) M Blanco F Gerso M Valeri (C) F Dwyer M Nagbe F Medranda F Adi
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Mavinga Abdul-Salaam Chapman Ellis Cheyrou Porter Delgado Salloi
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) MacMath (GK) Abdul-Salaam da Fonte Ellis Hamilton Blessing Gatt Porter
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Attinella (GK) Ellis Myers Blessing Vytas Saad Okugo Salloi Barmby
Scoring Summary: None
Scoring Summary: SKC - Seth Sinovic 1 (Unassisted) 6’ SKC - Gerso 1 (Roger Espinoza 1, Dom Dwyer 1) 58’ SKC - Dom Dwyer 1 (Seth Sinovic 1, Soni Mustivar 1) 85’ COL - Kevin Doyle 1 (Penalty Kick) 94+
Scoring Summary: SKC - Dom Dwyer 2 (Jimmy Medranda 1, Benny Feilhaber 1) 53’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ TOR - Jozy Altidore (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (5) 2 11 0 4
TOR 13 (2) 5 10 0 6
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’ COL - Eric Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ COL - Jared Watts (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (6) 2 8 1 7
10
COL 8 (3) 3 12 4 1
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 25’ COL - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (4) 3 12 0 5
POR 10 (4) 3 22 4 4
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 BOX SCORES April 22, 2017: FC Dallas 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX Attendance: 15,411 Weather: Cloudy and 58 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sporting KC (3-1-3, 12 pts.) FC Dallas (4-0-2, 14 pt.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber (Mustivar 72’) F Gerso (Blessing 84’) F Dwyer F Medranda (Salloi 81’)
FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Grana D Zimmerman D Hedges (C) D Figueroa M Acosta M Gruezo M Lamah (Harris 86’) M Morales (Ulloa 85’) M Akindele (Barrios 73’) F Urruti
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Lissek (GK) Ellis Hollingshead Abdul-Salaam Cermeno Saad Colman Scoring Summary: FCD - Maynor Figeuroa 1 (Michael Barrios 2, Hernan Grana 1) 77’ Misconduct Summary: None Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (1) 5 5 1 3
FCD 11 (6) 1 11 6 3
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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS DATE
March 4 March 11 March 18 March 31 April 9 April 15 April 22 April 29 May 3 May 7 May 13 May 17 May 20 May 27 June 3 June 10 June 17 June 24 July 1 July 6 July 22 July 29 Aug. 6 Aug. 12 Aug. 19 Aug. 26 Sept. 6 Sept. 10 Sept. 16 Sept. 24 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 15 Oct. 22
OPPONENT
at D.C. United vs. FC Dallas vs. San Jose Earthquakes at Toronto FC vs. Colorado Rapids at Portland Timbers at FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake vs. New York Red Bulls at Minnesota United FC at Orlando City SC vs. Seattle Sounders FC at Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Colorado Rapids vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Montreal Impact at San Jose Earthquakes at LA Galaxy vs. Portland Timbers vs. Philadelphia Union at Real Salt Lake vs. Chicago Fire vs. Atlanta United FC at Seattle Sounders FC vs. FC Dallas at Houston Dynamo at New York City FC at Columbus Crew SC vs. New England Revolution vs. LA Galaxy vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Minnesota United FC vs. Houston Dynamo at Real Salt Lake
RESULT
SCORE
T T W T W W L
0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 3-1 1-0 0-1
ATTEND. 18,268 19,117 19,282 27,909 19,249 21,144 15,411
RECORD PLACE PTS. GOALSCORERS 0-0-1 0-0-2 1-0-2 1-0-3 2-0-3 3-0-3 3-1-3
T-6 6 5 T-4 T-3 2 4
1 2 5 6 9 12 12
--Feilhaber, Own Goal -Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer Dwyer --
SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON STATS 2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (3-1-3, 12 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF APRIL 22, 2017 UNF POS 14 F 10 M 15 D 7 F 27 M 94 F 93 M 8 D 17 D 5 D 9 F 29 GK 3 D 22 F 30 F 6 M 21 GK 4 D 24 F 40 D 2 D 77 M 39 F 11 F 23 D 1 GK
PLAYER Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Seth Sinovic Gerso Fernandes Roger Espinoza Jimmy Medranda Soni Mustivar Graham Zusi Saad Abdul-Salaam Matt Besler Latif Blessing Tim Melia Ike Opara Soony Saad Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Andrew Dykstra Kevin Ellis Cameron Iwasa Igor Juliao Erik Palmer-Brown Tyler Pasher Cameron Porter Diego Rubio Colton Storm Adrian Zendejas Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP GS MIN G 7 7 630 2 5 5 420 1 7 7 630 1 7 7 624 1 7 7 629 0 7 7 545 0 5 0 71 0 7 7 630 0 1 0 1 0 7 7 630 0 3 0 36 0 7 7 630 0 7 7 630 0 3 2 178 0 2 0 16 0 7 7 630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7 630 6 7 7 630 3
A 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C 21 9 14 26 2 2 2 8 2 6 11 0 23 0 1 1 5 3 1 0 4 16 8 9 10 1 0 1 4 0 10 7 0 0 1 14 2 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 9 1 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 3 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 4 0 0 1 7 2 1 4 0 8 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 7 10 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 94 26 74 101 6 35 12 0 4 62 28 101 74 17 22 11 0
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Gerso Fernandes 1, Dom Dwyer 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Jimmy Medranda 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Roger Espinoza 1, Dom Dwyer 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS 29 GK
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
GP GS 7 7 7 7 7 7
MIN 630 630 630
SH 28 28 26 12
SV GA 23 3 23 3 21 6
GAA PG 0.43 1 0.43 1 0.86 0
PA 2 2 0
W 3 3 1
L T 1 3 1 3 3 3
SO 4 4 4
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Manager | Peter Vermes
Assistant Coach | Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach Kerry 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, among others.
Peter Vermes is in his ninth season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2017. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 131 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won three major trophies – the 2012 and 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regular-season standings in 2011 and 2012. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to six 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 106 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank eighth 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. He has coached 301 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.
He started his professional career with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to Kansas City in 2000. He played 237 games (228 starts) and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in Kansas City blue. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001.
Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, the Swope Park Rangers (USL) 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.
On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the United States Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured. He married his wife Mirriam prior to the 2009 season, when he became an assistant coach at the club.
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.
Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic
Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored a sensational goal 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 Figueras of the Spanish Second Division.
Assistant Coach 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.
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.
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.
Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful seasons 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. Year
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.
PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC MLS Playoffs Open Cup International Total
2009 3-6-3 --- 2010 11-13-6 --- 2011 13-9-12 2-1-0 2012 18-7-9 1-1-0 2013 17-10-7 2-1-2 2014 14-13-7 0-1-0 2015 14-11-9 0-0-1 2016 13-13-8 0-1-0 2017 3-1-3 --- TOTAL 106-83-64 5-5-3
--- 0-1-0 3-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 --- 14-5-2
--- --- --- --- 2-0-2 3-2-1 --- 1-2-1 --- 6-4-4
3-6-3 11-14-6 18-11-12 23-8-10 22-12-11 18-17-8 18-11-11 15-17-9 3-1-3 131-97-73
Goalkeeper Coach | Alec Dufty Goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty enters his first season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as Sporting KC’s USL affiliate - the Swope Park Rangers - goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016. A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, going on to make 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.
Fitness Coach | Mateus Manoel Mateus Manoel is in his eighth season with Sporting KC as Head Fitness Coach. His responsibilities cover all aspects of sport performance and science for the team, including strength and conditioning, injury prevention, field practices, nutrition, fitness monitoring (training load and readiness), player re-adaptation following rehab and recovery.
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 season.
In the summer of 2010, Manoel was an Assistant Fitness Coach for the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team during the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He had formerly served as the Head Fitness Coach for the Mexican Men’s National Team in 2009, working with renowned coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. During 2007 and 2008, Manoel held a position with Athletes’ Performance in the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, where he worked with professional athletes from a variety of sports, including NFL, NHL, MLB and MLS (Chivas USA and LA Galaxy). Previously, he had assisted with strength and conditioning for D.C. United, while concurrently holding the position of Sports Performance Director with Velocity Sports Performance in Alexandria, Virginia. Manoel holds a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from George Washington University, where he was also responsible for the strength and conditioning needs of the Colonials Men’s Varsity Soccer Team. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland - College Park and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Manoel was born in Brazil and is fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #17 | D | SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM | @Saad_Abdul SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
53
36
3452
0
7
MLS Postseason
2
2
210
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
6
2
305
0
1
International
2
2
180
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
63
42
4147
0
8
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 7 times, last: Sept. 18, 2016, KC vs. LA Shots on Goal 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 16, 2016, KC at RSL Shots 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2016, KC at RSL Fouls Committed 5, May 21, 2016, KC vs. RSL Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2015, KC at POR Last Regular Season... Appearance April 15, 2017, KC at POR Goal N/A Assist Sept. 18, 2016, KC vs. LA 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-4 Weight: 185 Birthday: 9/8/1991 Hometown: Gahanna, Ohio College: Akron Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#12)
Sporting KC selected defender Saad Abdul-Salaam with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 Abdul-Salaam played three seasons at the University of Akron (2012-14), recording three goals and 12 assists in 54 college games. He helped Akron win MAC regular season titles MLS SuperDraft. The right back played 28 matches across all competitions during his rookie season, including 22 regular season appearances, all five games in the Lamar in each of his three seasons and earned All-MAC First Team honors as a senior in 2014. Hunt U.S. Open Cup and one start in the MLS Cup Playoffs. He recorded six assists in 30 MLS appearances in 2016 and once again started in the MLS Cup Playoffs. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
53
36
3452
0
7
20
6
45
35
5
0
2
0
0
1
KC - Postseason
2
2
210
0
0
0
0
5
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
55
38
3662
0
7
20
6
50
37
5
0
3
0
0
1
#5 | D | MATT BESLER | @MattBesler SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assists 1, 11 times, last: May 1, 2016, KC vs. LA Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: March 16, 2013, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs. COL
A
MLS Regular Season
207
201
18122
3
11
MLS Postseason
13
13
1260
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
16
14
1294
0
1
International
10
10
885
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
246
238
21561
3
12
Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assist May 1, 2016, KC vs. LA 2017 Record when: he starts 3-1-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Birthday: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8) Sporting KC’s Matt Besler is in his ninth season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012-13), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-16), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors since being selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Notre Dame. Besler ranks fifth in Sporting KC history with 246 appearances across all competitions. A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 213 of 219 MLS matches (including playoffs) and landed club Defender of the Year honors four times (2011-13, 2015).
Besler has earned 37 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He featured in four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Kansan to play in the quadrennial tournament, as the U.S. advanced to the Round of 16. He also helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting all three matches in the knockout stage. He joined the U.S. squad for the 2016 Copa America Centenario, starting two matches, and scored his first international goal at St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Sept. 2, the same day his firstborn daughter Parker Rhea was born in Kansas City.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
207
201
18122
3
11
38
9
183
100
7
1
27
2
2
5
KC - Postseason
13
13
1260
0
0
2
0
14
10
2
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
220
214
19382
3
11
40
9
197
110
9
1
27
2
2
5
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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #9 | F | LATIF BLESSING | @latif_blessing SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
3
0
36
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
3
0
36
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, March 31, 2017, KC at TOR Shots 1, 3 times, last: April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Fouls Committed 1, March 11, 2017, KC vs. FCD Fouls Suffered 4, March 11, 2017, KC vs. FCD Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-7 Weight: 140 Birthday: 12/30/1996 Hometown: Accra, Ghana Last Club: Liberty Professionals FC (Ghana) Acquired: Signed on 1/9/2017
Allies one week later. He caught fire during the month of April with five goals over a three-game span, including a brace in a 5-1 victory over defending league champions Ashanti Gold.
Sporting Kansas City acquired 20-year-old winger Latif Blessing in a transfer from Liberty Professionals FC of the Ghana Premier League in early 2017. Born and raised in Accra, Ghana, Blessing was named the 2016 Ghana Premier League player of the year after leading the top flight with 17 goals in his first season on the senior team. He was also a finalist for the 2016 Ghanaian FA Cup most valuable player award, helping Liberty Professionals reach the semifinals of the knockout competition.
Blessing received his first call-up to the Ghana Men’s National Team in December 2016 as a member of the Black Stars’ 30-man provisional squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, but was not selected to the final roster.
Blessing, a product of the Liberty Professionals youth academy, debuted for the first team on Feb. 28, 2016 and opened his scoring account with a game-winning goal against Inter MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
3
0
36
0
0
3
1
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
3
0
36
0
0
3
1
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
#14 | F | DOM DWYER | @Ddwyer14 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
120
104
9401
54
9
MLS Postseason
9
6
582
2
0
U.S. Open Cup
10
9
810
5
1
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 9 times, last: Aug. 13, 2016, KC at FCD Assists 1, 9 times, last: April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2016, KC vs. HOU Shots 9, Sept. 9, 2016, KC vs. HOU Fouls Committed 6, 2 times, last: July 31, 2016, KC vs. POR Fouls Suffered 9, April 19, 2014, KC vs. MTL
International
9
2
314
2
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
148
121
11107
63
10
Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal April 15, 2017, KC at POR Assist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL 2017 Record when: he starts 3-1-3 he scores 2-0-0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 180 Birthday: 7/30/1990 Hometown: London, England College: South Florida Acquired: 2012 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)
Dom Dwyer has scored 63 goals for Sporting KC in all competitions, second most in team tournament, including a single-game club record four goals against FC Dallas in the Round of 16. history, since being taken in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft (16th overall). He set a singleseason club record with 22 MLS goals in 2014 and has become the first player in Kansas City history to score at least 12 goals in three straight regular seasons. Dwyer won national championships at Tyler (Texas) Junior College in 2009 and 2010, earning national junior college player of the year honors after scoring 37 times as a A 2014 MLS All-Star, Dwyer has scored 85 goals in all competitions since the start of sophomore. He moved to South Florida in 2011, netting 16 goals in 21 games. 2013, 63 for Sporting KC and 22 for former USL affiliate Orlando City SC. In 2015, he claimed Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Golden Boot honors with five goals in the MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
120
104
9401
54
9
377
148
219
262
100
4
24
1
12
4
KC - Postseason
9
6
582
2
0
24
9
20
18
8
0
1
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
129
110
9983
56
9
401
157
239
280
108
4
25
1
13
4
15
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #21 | GK | ANDREW DYKSTRA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 3 times, last: March 6, 2016, DC at LA (w/ DC) Saves 8, May 15, 2010, CHI at KC (w/ CHI) Last Regular Season... Appearance March 6, 2016, DC at LA (w/ DC) Shutout April 12, 2014, DC at NY (w/ DC) 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Birthday: 1/2/1986 Hometown: Woodbridge, Virginia College: Virginia Commonwealth University Acquired: Signed on 1/10/2017 after being selected in Stage Two of Re-Entry Draft Dykstra joins Sporting KC having previously played for D.C. United from 2012-2016, where he served as a backup goalkeeper to Bill Hamid. He began his professional career with the Chicago Fire in 2009 and boasts seven years of MLS experience, appearing in 31 regular season matches with seven shutouts and an 11-11-8 record.
Undrafted out of college, Dykstra was signed to the Chicago Fire’s developmental roster in April 2009. He was signed to the senior roster two months later and became Chicago’s starting goalkeeper ahead of the 2010 campaign. He ended the year with a career-high 17 MLS appearances and five shutouts. Dykstra has previously spent time on loan in the USL with the Richmond Kickers and the Charleston Battery.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
31
31
2758
153
104
7
44
1.44
3
5
0
1
11
11
8
MLS - TOTAL
31
31
2758
153
104
7
44
1.44
3
5
0
10
11
11
8
#4 | D | KEVIN ELLIS | @Kev_Ellis4 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Assists 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 1, 2016, KC at NE Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs. LA Shots 3, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs. LA Fouls Committed 4, April 25, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR
A
MLS Regular Season
63
53
4939
5
5
MLS Postseason
3
3
300
1
0
U.S. Open Cup
10
9
867
0
0
International
6
6
540
2
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
82
71
6646
8
5
Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 23, 2016, KC vs. SJ Goal Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Assist Oct. 1, 2016, KC at NE 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 6/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri College: Barton County Community College Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/2011 Sporting KC’s second Homegrown Player in club history, Kevin Ellis set regular season career-highs with 27 games played and four goals in 2015, the most by any MLS defender that year. He added another goal in the MLS Cup Playoffs and finished 2015 with starts in 32 of 33 appearances across all competitions. On April 2, 2016 he became the first Sporting KC Homegrown Player to reach 50 career regular season appearances. Now in his seventh MLS season, Ellis developed in the Sporting KC Academy while
attending Oak Park High School before playing at Barton County Community College from 2009-10. He scored his first goal for the club in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals against eventual champion Cruz Azul (Mexico).
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
63
53
4839
5
5
25
11
65
42
2
0
9
0
2
3
KC - Postseason
3
3
300
1
0
2
2
4
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
66
56
5239
6
5
27
13
69
44
2
0
10
0
2
3
16
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #27 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
167
147
13042
4
21
MLS Postseason
8
7
545
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
13
11
1234
0
2
International
3
2
232
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
191
167
15053
4
23
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 9, 2016, KC vs. HOU Assists 1, 21 times, last: April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 2, 7 times, last: July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 5, May 1, 2016, KC vs. LA Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2016, KC at RSL Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal Sept. 9, 2016, KC vs. HOU Assist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL 2017 Record when: he starts 3-1-3 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 10/25/1986
Roger Espinoza played five seasons in Kansas City from 2008-12 before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. After a two-year stint in the English Premier League and English Championship, Espinoza returned to Sporting KC in 2015 and tallied one goal and four MLS assists. His 2015 campaign was cut short due to a left foot injury sustained in early August, but returned to the fold as a regular starter in 2016, tallying a career-high five assists.
competitions, tallying four goals and 23 assists over seven seasons. In two years at Wigan Athletic, he logged 57 appearances, including eight in the UEFA Europa League, and started in the club’s 2013 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester City. Espinoza has earned 51 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team since debuting in 2009. He has competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Espinoza was an MLS All-Star in 2012 and helped lead the club to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title that season. He has made 191 appearances for the club in all MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
167
147
13042
4
21
167
44
259
227
10
14
33
6
1
5
KC - Postseason
8
7
545
0
0
6
2
10
10
1
0
3
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
175
154
13587
4
21
173
46
269
237
11
14
36
6
1
5
#10 | M | BENNY FEILHABER | @b_feilhaber22 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
125
115
10095
25
39
MLS Postseason
7
7
694
0
3
U.S. Open Cup
9
9
810
3
6
International
9
8
592
1
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
150
139
12191
29
51
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs. FCD Assists 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC Shots 5, 2 times, last: May 29, 2015, KC vs. FCD Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal March 18, 2017, KC vs. SJ Assist April 15, 2017, KC at POR 2017 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 1-0-0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 1/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, California College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with New England Revolution on 12/11/2012 A seven-year MLS veteran, Benny Feilhaber set professional career-highs in 2015 with 10 goals and 15 assists en route to an MLS MVP nomination. He was named MLS Player of the Month in April of that year, earned MLS All-Star honors for the first time in his career and landed Sporting KC’s 2015 Most Valuable Player award after finishing with a club record 20 assists in all competitions. Feilhaber turned professional in 2005 with German club Hamburg after two seasons at UCLA. He moved to Derby County of the English Premier League in 2007 and Danish side AGF Aarhus in 2008 before signing with the New England Revolution in 2011. He
joined Sporting KC prior to the 2013 campaign and has made 150 appearances across all competitions for the club with 29 goals and 51 assists. Feilhaber has earned 43 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in 2007. He scored the game-winning goal on a volley in the 2007 Gold Cup Final against Mexico before competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He helped lead the U.S. to the final of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and also made three appearances at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He returned to the National Team after a three year absence in January 2017 under new head coach Bruce Arena.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
125
115
10095
25
39
181
57
153
249
4
207
21
1
6
12
MLS - Regular Season
177
161
14288
30
48
259
84
220
390
6
278
29
3
6
13
KC - Postseason
7
7
694
0
3
17
3
14
17
2
2
2
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
184
168
14982
30
51
276
87
234
407
8
280
31
3
6
14
17
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #7 | F | GERSO FERNANDES | @ge7fe SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assists 0 Shots on Goal 3, March 18, 2017, KC vs. SJ Shots 4, 2 times, last: March 18, 2017, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 3, April 15, 2017, KC at POR Fouls Suffered 3, April 15, 2017, KC at POR
A
MLS Regular Season
7
7
624
1
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
7
7
624
1
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 3-1-3 he scores 1-0-0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 140 Birthday: 2/21/1991 Hometown: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Last Club: C.F. Os Belenenses (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 1/4/2017 Gerso Fernandes, a left-footed winger, has played more than 150 matches during a six-year professional career in Portugal. He has spent each of the last five seasons in the Portuguese first division, including the 2016-17 Primeira Liga campaign with Belenenses. He started nine of 14 Primeira Liga appearances for Belenenses since August, recording four assists as well as the game-winning goal against Maritimo on Dec. 10, 2016. He also contributed one assist in three domestic cup matches, featuring in the 2016-17 Taça de
Portugal and the 2016-17 Taça da Liga. Fernandes appeared more than 100 times for Estoril between 2011-2016. He helped clinch promotion to the Primera Liga in his first year with the club before facilitating Estoril’s transition to the top flight over the next two seasons, recording four assists in 43 Primera Liga appearances and playing six games in the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League group stage.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
7
7
624
1
0
16
8
8
10
1
0
1
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
7
7
624
1
0
16
8
8
10
1
0
1
0
1
0
#24 | F | CAMERON IWASA | @cam31iwasa SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/7/1993 Hometown: Sacramento, California Last Club: Sacramento Republic FC (USL) Acquired: Signed on 1/10/2017 Cameron Iwasa was a 2016 USL All-League Second Team honoree, recording 12 goals and three assists in his second year with Sacramento Republic FC. Iwasa’s 12 goals set a regular-season club record and helped Sacramento finish first in the USL Western Conference standings. Iwasa appeared in all 30 regular season matches for his hometown club in 2016, including a team-record 27 straight starts to end the campaign. His 59 shot attempts and 31 shots on goal were also single-season Sacramento records. Iwasa earned USL Team of the Week honors three times and was named USL Player of the Week in Week 13 after netting a brace in a 3-2 win over Rio Grande Valley FC on June 18.
he scores 0-0-0
The forward inked his first professional contract with Sacramento in 2015 and ended the season with one goal and one assist in 17 regular season appearances as a rookie. Iwasa totaled 23 goals and 14 assists during a four-year collegiate career at UC Irvine. He was named a 2014 MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist as a senior after recording six goals, six assists and guiding UC Irvine to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #40 | D | IGOR JULIAO | @IgorJuliao2 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
23
23
1992
0
2
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
3
3
225
0
1
ALL COMPETITIONS
26
26
2217
0
3
Height: 5-8 Weight: 145 Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Last Club: Fluminense FC Acquired: Signed on loan on 12/23/2016
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHV Shots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHV Shots 3, Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs. NE Fouls Committed 3, Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs. PHI Fouls Suffered 4, 5 times, last: Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHV
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 18, 2014, KC at PHI Goal N/A Assist Sept. 12, 2014 KC at CHV 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 8/23/1994
Igor Juliao rejoins Sporting KC after spending the 2014 MLS season with the club on loan from Fluminense FC. That year, Juliao earned Co-Newcomer of the Year honors after logging 26 appearances and adding three assists in all competitions. Juliao also notched the game-winning assist on Benny Feilhaber’s goal in the 2-1 victory over Columbus on July 16, 2014. A product of the Fluminense FC Academy, Juliao spent nine years with the club’s youth teams before making his debut with the senior side as a 17-year-old in August 2012. In
his Fluminense FC youth and professional career, Julião played in a total of 379 games with 76 goals. Internationally, Juliao was selected to Brazil’s Under-20 Men’s National Team for the 2013 South American Youth Championship in Argentina and made three appearances at the competition.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
23
23
1992
0
3
15
4
25
52
5
0
4
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
23
23
1992
0
3
15
4
25
52
5
0
4
0
0
1
#94 | D | JIMMY MEDRANDA | @jimmymedranda SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
48
37
3042
1
3
MLS Postseason
1
0
1
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
2
210
0
0
International
2
1
96
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
53
40
3349
1
3
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC Assists 1, 3 times, last: April 15, 2017, KC at POR Shots on Goal 2, June 2, 2016, KC at LA Shots 4, 3 times, last: March 4, 2017, KC at DC Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 4, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC Assist July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB 2017 Record when: he starts 3-1-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthday: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014 Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Colombian club Deportivo Pereira, making his MLS debut a month later. He signed permanently for Sporting KC in February 2014 and has played 53 games for the club across all competitions, including a career-high 32 appearances and 25 starts in 2016.
Medranda has scored one goal and added three assists since the start of 2016, his first for the club. He joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team by age 17. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
48
37
3042
1
3
65
11
54
30
2
6
9
1
1
2
KC - Postseason
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
49
37
3043
1
3
65
11
54
30
2
6
9
1
1
2
19
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
57
57
5130
0
0
MLS Postseason
2
2
174
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
5
5
480
0
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
65
65
5874
0
0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 19, 2015, KC vs. SJ Saves 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Shutout April 15, 2017, KC at POR 2017 Record when: he starts 3-1-3
Birthday: 5/15/1986
Tim Melia solidified his position as starting goalkeeper in 2016 following his breakout season in 2015 where he earned MLS Comeback Player of the Year honors. Now in his sixth MLS season after previously serving as a back-up goalkeeper at Real Salt Lake (2010-11) and Chivas USA (2012-14), Melia ended 2016 with eight clean sheets and a 1.11 goals against average in the regular season as Sporting KC made its sixth straight playoff appearance.
save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against average. He was a six-time member of the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week and became the first goalkeeper in MLS history to record six shutouts in his first nine league matches for a new team.
After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New York), 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 In 2016, Melia became the first goalkeeper in club history to record at least five saves, one penalty stop and a shutout win in the same match against the New York Red Bulls on 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United. April 9 before performing the feat again in the 2017 season opener against D.C. United. During his breakout campaign in 2015, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 precent MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
57
57
5130
232
167
19
61
1.07
6
8
5
0
24
20
12
MLS - Regular Season
63
62
5569
268
189
20
75
1.21
7
9
5
1
25
24
13
KC - Postseason
2
2
174
5
2
0
2
1.03
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
65
64
5743
273
191
20
77
1.21
7
9
5
1
25
25
13
#93 | M | SONI MUSTIVAR | @billydougie SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
55
44
4004
0
3
MLS Postseason
2
2
210
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
7
7
604
1
0
International
2
2
154
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
66
55
4972
1
3
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Aubervilliers, France Last Club: Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 2, Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs. VAN Shots on Goal 1, Oct. 21, 2015, KC vs. COL Shots 2, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2016, KC vs. HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: May 11, 2016, KC at COL
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal N/A Assist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 2/12/1990
Soni Mustivar is entering his third season with Sporting KC having set career-highs in starts (24) and minutes played (2095) in 2016. In his first season at Sporting KC, Mustivar earned Co-Defender of the Year honors after producing a 15-5-6 record as a starter in all competitions and led MLS during the regular season with more than six interceptions per 90 minutes played. Mustivar began his professional career as a teenager with SC Bastia in France’s Ligue 2 from 2008-10. He then moved to FC Petrolul Ploiesti and played three seasons in
Romania’s Liga I, recording 61 league appearances in addition to eight games in the UEFA Europa League. He started in Petrolul’s triumph in the 2013 Romanian Cup Final. Mustivar has earned 12 caps for the Haiti Men’s National Team since debuting in 2013. This year he has helped Haiti book a spot in the Copa America Centenario and featured in a pair of 2018 World Cup qualifiers. He was a youth international for France at the U-20 level and holds dual citizenship in both France and Haiti. He joined Haiti for the Copa America Centenario but did not appear in a game.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
55
44
4004
0
3
11
1
63
39
0
0
8
1
0
1
KC - Postseason
2
2
210
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
57
46
4214
0
3
11
1
65
42
0
0
8
1
0
1
20
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #3 | D | IKE OPARA | @ikeopara SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
59
46
4265
6
3
MLS Postseason
3
0
16
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
2
210
0
0
International
7
7
630
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
71
55
5121
7
3
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 9 times, last: July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC Assists 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Shots 3, 2 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 5, May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 3, April 13, 2016, KC vs. COL Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC Assist Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ 2017 Record when: he starts 3-1-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Birthday: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes on 12/12/2012 Eighth-year veteran Ike Opara is in his fifth season as a member of Sporting KC, having set career-highs for appearances (25), starts (15) and assists (3) in 2016. He enjoyed a sensational first month of the 2015 campaign, scoring two goals, leading MLS in interceptions and earning an MLS Player of the Month nomination, before suffering a season-ending Achilles rupture in April. He made his 2016 debut on April 9 in a 2-0 win against the New York Red Bulls, his first MLS appearance in nearly a year, and has featured regularly along the back line since then.
Sporting KC’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Opara appeared in 18 MLS matches during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. He scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions and featured in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches. A season-ending ankle injury limited him to three MLS appearances in 2014. Opara represented the United States at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Qualifying Tournament. The San Jose Earthquakes selected him in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing, and he played 36 MLS matches for the team over three seasons.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
59
46
4265
6
3
42
17
62
25
2
0
8
1
3
2
MLS - Regular Season
94
68
6417
9
3
63
24
91
42
7
1
10
1
4
2
KC - Postseason
3
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
4
0
94
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
98
68
6511
9
3
64
24
92
44
7
1
10
1
4
2
#2 | D | ERIK PALMER-BROWN | @ErikBrown14 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
10
6
611
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
2
180
0
0
International
1
1
60
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
13
9
851
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 3, May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs. LA Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Birthday: 4/24/1997 Hometown: Lee’s Summit, Missouri Last Club: FC Porto (Portugal) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 8/2/2013 Homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown is the youngest signing in club history. A native of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Palmer-Brown is considered one of the top youth prospects for his age in the country. He was named captain of the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, starting all four games in the tournament so far and scoring the winning goal against Mexico. He previously represented the U.S. U-20s at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, starting the third and final group stage match. Palmer-Brown made his debut and first MLS start in May 2014, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender, for the first of six appearances in all
competitions (including debuts in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League). He added seven more competitive appearances in 2015, including four starts. Palmer-Brown has represented United States youth national teams at the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels and captained the U-20s at the Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament in September 2015. Most recently, Palmer-Brown captained the U.S. U-20s to CONCACAF Championship glory on March 5, 2017 and helped the side clinch a berth in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
10
6
611
0
0
2
0
7
3
1
0
4
1
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
10
6
611
0
0
2
0
7
3
7
0
4
1
0
0
21
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #77 | D | TYLER PASHER | @typash SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
1
1
90
0
0
Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Hometown: Elmira, Ontario Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Birthday: 4/27/1994
Canadian midfielder Tyler Pasher signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after starring for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign.
he scores 0-0-0
Pasher had previously played for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL and Lansing United of the NPSL. Raised in the Newcastle United Academy in England, Pasher returned to Canada and joined the Toronto FC Academy in 2010 before turning pro and signing with PS Kemi in Finland three years later.
The 22-year-old joined the Rangers in March 2016 after a successful preseason spell and played a leading role throughout the season. He started 26 of 28 USL appearances with Pasher has previously represented the Canadian National Team at the Under-17 and five goals and four assists (including playoffs), tallying three of his assists in the playoffs Under-20 levels, while he was called into the Canadian senior team to train ahead of a as the Rangers were crowned USL Western Conference champions and advanced to the pair of friendlies in March 2015. USL Cup Final. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
# 39 | F | CAMERON PORTER | @Cam39Porter SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
2
0
32
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
4
3
234
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
6
3
266
1
0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Hometown: Centerville, OH College: Princeton Last Club: Montreal Impact Acquired: Signed on 7/12/2016
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, March 7, 2015, MTL at DC (w/ MTL) Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 2, March 7, 2015, MTL at DC (w/ MTL)
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance July 31, 2016, KC vs. POR Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 5/23/1993
Sporting KC acquired 23-year-old forward Cameron Porter from the Montreal Impact on July 12, 2016. Montreal selected Porter with the 45th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. He played five matches during his rookie campaign, including three games in the CONCACAF Champions League knockout stage. Porter scored one of Montreal’s most important goals in club history on March 4, 2015, netting a 94th-minute equalizer against Mexican side CF Pachuca in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. His first professional tally, scored before a crowd of 38,104 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, sent the Impact to the semifinals and allowed the
club to eventually finish runners-up in the tournament. Porter suffered an ACL tear to his left knee two weeks later and missed the remainder of the 2015 season. He made his Sporting KC debut in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC on July 24, then scored his first goal for the club in the CONCACAF Champions League on Oct. 19, a 3-1 win over Central FC. Porter played collegiately at Princeton University from 2011-2014, recording 31 goals and 13 assists in 67 appearances. The college star led the NCAA with 15 goals during his final college season.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
2
0
32
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
4
1
71
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
22
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #11 | F | DIEGO RUBIO | @DiegoRubo_ SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, April 27, 2016, KC at VAN Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 7, 2016, KC at POR Shots 4, 2 times, last: July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC Fouls Suffered 5, July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC
A
MLS Regular Season
15
3
330
1
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
1
86
1
1
International
3
3
270
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
20
7
686
3
1
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Birthday: 5/15/1993 Hometown: Santiago, Chile Last Club: Real Valladolid (Spain) Acquired: Signed on loan from Real Valladolid as Young Designated Player on 3/8/2016 Sporting KC acquired 23-year-old Chilean striker Diego Rubio in March 2016 after he recorded 37 goals and 15 assists during a five-year professional stint in South America and Europe. The forward joined Sporting KC initially on loan from Real Valladolid of the Spanish Segunda Division, where he made 14 appearances during the 2015-16 season. A native of Santiago, Chile, he scored his first goal on April 27 at Vancouver. He scored the game-winner in the 109th minute of Sporting KC’s 2-1 victory over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 on June 15, then opened his CONCACAF Champions League scoring account on Sept. 13 vs. Vancouver. Rubio completed his permanent transfer to Sporting KC in September. Rubio tore his ACL in October 2016 and is currently in rehab from the injury.
Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 1, 2016, KC at NE Goal April 27, 2016, KC at VAN Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Rubio played for 18-time Primeira Liga champion Sporting Clube de Portugal from 2011-2015, scoring 22 goals in 52 games for the club’s reserve team Sporting B. He also made 20 senior team appearances, including six in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League as he helped the club advance to the tournament semifinals. Rubio has earned three caps for the Chile Men’s National Team since debuting at age 18 in a friendly against Paraguay in June 2011. He appeared in two additional friendlies against France and Mexico later that year before playing eight matches at the U-20 level in 2012 and 2013, including three starts at the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
15
3
330
1
0
13
2
13
13
5
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
15
3
330
1
0
13
2
13
13
5
0
2
0
0
0
#22 | F | SOONY SAAD | @SoonySaad SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
61
28
2781
8
6
MLS Postseason
4
0
47
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
5
4
375
4
1
International
4
4
376
2
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
74
36
3579
14
7
Height: 5-10 Weight: 165 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan Last Club: Pattaya United (Thailand) Acquired: Signed on 1/30/2017
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs. TOR Assists 2, Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs. NE Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: June 6, 2014, KC at HOU Shots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs. CLB Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: June 27, 2014, KC vs. POR Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Goal Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NE Assist Aug. 16, 2014, KC at TOR 2017 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 8/17/1992
Saad rejoins Sporting KC from Pattaya United of Thailand’s first division, where he scored Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title, scoring two pivotal goals in a 3-2 third-round victory over nine goals across 28 Thai League appearances in 2016. He has also recorded three Orlando City. goals for the Lebanon Men’s National Team since making his senior international debut in 2013. Saad enjoyed a breakout year in 2013, reaching MLS career-highs with four goals, four assists and 23 games played. He also notched a brace in a 2-0 CONCACAF Champions During his first stint with Sporting KC, Saad tallied 14 goals and seven assists in 71 League win at Honduran side Olimpia and appeared in two playoff games during Sporting appearances across all competitions. He was signed by MLS and allocated to Sporting KC’s run to the 2013 MLS Cup championship. In 2014, Saad scored five goals across all KC via a lottery draft in July 2011. The following month, he scored nine minutes into his competitions and helped the club advance to the MLS Cup Playoffs for a fourth straight MLS debut on his 19th birthday to become the youngest goal scorer in club history. In year. Thai outfit BEC Tero Sasana signed Saad ahead of the 2015 season and loaned 2012, Saad played nine MLS matches and helped Sporting Kansas City capture the him to Pattaya United last year. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
61
28
2781
8
6
105
32
39
55
3
27
2
0
2
2
KC - Postseason
4
0
47
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
65
28
2828
8
6
105
32
42
55
3
27
2
0
2
2
23
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #30 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
2
0
16
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
2
0
16
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 3, April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 1, April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 150 Birthday: 7/19/1996 Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Last Club: Gyirmot SE (Hungary) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 1/13/2016 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Daniel Salloi as the fourth Homegrown Player in club history in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017 against the Colorado Rapids. Salloi is the third Homegrown Player on Sporting Kansas City’s roster, alongside Kevin Ellis (2011) and Erik Palmer-Brown (2013). In June 2016, he was loaned to Hungarian club Gyirmot SE for the remainder of the year. Prior to his loan to Gyirmot, Salloi made 10 appearances for Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. The forward scored four goals and added three assists in six starts for the team. Salloi moved to the United States in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas. He
joined the Sporting Kansas City Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season and scored a team-high 21 goals in 28 appearances, including three hat-tricks in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. After a successful spell with the Sporting KC U-18s, Salloi returned to his former Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 to sign an amateur contract for senior team, a 20-time champion in Hungary’s first division. He made his professional debut in the top-tier OTP Bank Liga on July 18, the day before his 19th birthday.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
2
0
16
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
2
0
16
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
#6 | M | ILIE SANCHEZ | @iliesanchez SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
7
7
630
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
7
7
630
0
0
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Elche CF (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 1/13/2017
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 2, March 18, 2017, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: March 31, 2017, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 4, March 4, 2017, KC at DC
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal N/A Assist N/A 2016 Record when: he starts 3-1-3 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 11/21/1990
Sánchez, a product of FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, has eight years of professional experience in Spain and Germany. The defensive midfielder featured extensively for FC Barcelona B from 2009-2014 and most recently played for Spanish side Elche CF during the 2015-16 season.
After missing most of 2011-12 through injury, Sánchez claimed a regular spot in Barcelona B’s midfield over the next two seasons. He played 29 league matches in 2012-13 and started 36 of 38 appearances in 2013-14, guiding Barcelona B to another third-place finish in the Segunda Division. Sánchez appeared in 114 league games during his five-year spell at FC Barcelona B.
Born and raised in Barcelona, Sánchez jumped from La Masia to FC Barcelona B ahead of the 2009-10 campaign. He helped the club earn promotion to the Spanish Segunda Sánchez moved to Germany’s second division in 2014, making 26 appearances in all Division in his first professional season. He played 24 more matches the following year as competitions for 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga. He was then loaned back to his native Barcelona B finished third in Spain’s second tier. Spain for the 2015-16 campaign, where he played 28 games for CF Elche in the Segunda Division. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
7
7
630
0
0
4
0
7
10
0
1
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
7
7
630
0
0
4
0
7
10
0
1
2
0
0
0
24
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #15 | D | SETH SINOVIC | @ssinovic SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assists 1, 8 times, last: April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 2, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD Shots 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NE Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA
A
MLS Regular Season
140
135
11950
1
8
MLS Postseason
12
12
1134
2
0
U.S. Open Cup
10
10
898
0
2
International
11
10
937
1
2
ALL COMPETITIONS
173
167
14919
4
12
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed on 5/10/2011
Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL 2017 Record when: he starts 3-1-3 he scores 1-0-0
Birthday: 1/28/1987
An eight-year MLS veteran, Seth Sinovic has started 167 of 173 appearances in all competitions since joining Sporting KC from the New England Revolution in 2011. The left back played at least 30 regular season matches every year from 2012-2014, during which time Sporting KC conceded the fewest combined goals in MLS. He scored his first MLS regular-season goal on his 150th MLS appearance for Sporting KC against the Colorado Rapids on April 9.
A native of Leawood, Kansas, Sinovic scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and notched the second of his career in the 2013 postseason as Sporting KC won MLS Cup. He was named the club’s Defender of the Year in 2014. After a four-year college career at Creighton University, Sinovic was selected by New England with the 25th pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made 20 MLS appearances as a rookie before moving to Sporting KC in 2011.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
140
135
11950
1
8
67
19
162
90
4
0
25
0
0
4
MLS - Regular Season
160
153
13530
1
8
74
20
175
100
4
0
28
0
0
4
KC - Postseason
12
12
1134
2
0
5
3
18
12
0
0
2
0
2
0
MLS - TOTAL
172
165
14664
3
8
79
23
193
112
4
0
30
0
2
4
#23 | D | COLTON STORM | @ColtonStorm SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/6/1994 Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania College: University of North Carolina Acquired: 2017 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14) - signed on 2/24/2017 Rookie defender Colton Storm joined Sporting Kansas City as the No. 14 overall selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Storm, a right back, tallied two goals and eight assists in 69 matches during his four-year career at the University of North Carolina.He capped his senior campaign in 2016 with Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and NSCAA Third Team All-South Region honors. He was also named to the NCAA College Cup Best XI after guiding the Tar Heels to their seventh final four in program history.
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Born and raised in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Storm started 41 straight games for North Carolina from 2015-2016. He captained the team as a senior, leading a defense that posted 12 shutouts in 21 matches. As a youth, Storm competed in the United States U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida. He played club soccer for HMMS Eagle FC in his hometown.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #1 | GK | ADRIAN ZENDEJAS | @MrZ3ND SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Height: 6-5 Weight: 185 Hometown: Chula Vista, California Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Birthday: 8/30/1995
The Chula Vista, California native joined Club Tijuana in 2014 and made his debut for the Under-20 team in February 2015. He made 31 total appearances for the U-20 team while helping the Xolos reach the 2015 Apertura final and the 2016 Clausura final. He made his first-team debut in a preseason friendly against Club Leon on July 3, 2015 and played all four preseason games for the Xolos in July 2015. His youth career includes a stint at Nomads SC in San Diego, California while he also played for Hilltop High School in Chula Vista.
Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after playing for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign. Zendajas joined the Rangers in June 2016 and debuted in a 2-1 win over LA Galaxy II on Aug. 27 before starting five of the team’s final seven regular season matches, amassing a perfect 5-0-0 record with three shutouts, 13 saves and a 0.40 goals against average. Zendejas carried his great form into the postseason, earning two more clean sheets as the Rangers rattled off three straight victories en route to the USL Cup Final. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#8 | M | GRAHAM ZUSI | @gzusi SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
201
162
14956
26
49
MLS Postseason
13
13
1259
0
6
U.S. Open Cup
12
10
968
3
3
International
8
8
690
0
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
234
193
17873
29
61
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, 5 times, last: May 29, 2015, KC vs. FCD Shots on Goal 3, 4 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2017, KC at FCD Goal Oct. 23, 2016, KC vs. SJ Assist March 18, 2017, KC vs. SJ 2017 Record when: he starts 3-1-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) A nine-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15), MLS Best XI (2012-13) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) accolades in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. He earned Sporting KC MVP honors from 2012-14 and is the only player to appear in every All-Star Game from 2011-2014. Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract in 2014. He has recorded 29 goals and 61 assists in 234 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being drafted in 2008 out of the University of Maryland, where he won two national championships. He is second in club history with 61 total assists, while his 410 chances created from 2011-2015 (including postseason) ranked third in MLS.
Zusi has earned 45 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording five goals and six assists. He played four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He played in his first CONCACAF Gold Cup last summer, starting two matches, and most recently scored in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala on March 29. He played five games for the U.S. at the 2016 Copa America Centenario, scoring on June 7 in a 4-0 win over Costa Rica.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
201
162
14956
26
49
298
95
170
244
27
651
15
0
8
22
KC - Postseason
13
13
1259
0
6
24
1
20
23
1
61
1
0
0
3
MLS - TOTAL
214
175
16215
26
55
322
96
190
267
28
712
16
0
8
25
26
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 PARTICIPATION CHART 3/4 3/11 3/18 3/31 4/9 4/15 4/22 4/29 5/3 5/7 5/13 5/17 5/20 5/27 6/3 6/10 6/17 PLAYER @DC DAL SJ @TOR COL @POR @DAL RSL NY @MIN @ORL SEA @VAN @COL MIN MTL @SJ Abdul-Salaam DNP UNAV INJ DNP DNP SUB-1 DNP Besler CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 Blessing DNP SUB-23 DNP SUB-7 DNP DNP SUB-6 Dwyer CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 Dykstra UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR UNAV Ellis DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Espinoza CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 CM-90 Feilhaber CM-90 CM-90 CM-85 INJ INJ CM-83 CM-72 Gerso LW-90 LW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-84 Iwasa INJ INJ INJ UNAV UNAV SPR SPR Juliao UNAV DNP DNP UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV Medranda RW-90 RW-67 LW-78 CM-65 CM-74 LW-90 LW-81 Melia GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 Mustivar DNP DNP SUB-5 SUB-25 SUB-16 SUB-7 SUB-18 Opara CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 Palmer-Brown INTL INJ INJ SPR SPR SPR SPR Pasher UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR Porter UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP UNAV UNAV Rubio INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ Saad DNP DNP SUB-12 LW-83 LW-83 DNP DNP Salloi DNP DNP DNP DNP SUB-7 DNP SUB-9 Ilie CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 Sinovic LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 Storm UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR Zendejas DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Zusi RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 6/24 7/1 7/6 7/22 7/29 8/6 8/12 8/19 8/26 9/6 9/10 9/16 9/24 9/30 10/7 10/15 10/22 PLAYER @LA POR PHI @RSL CHI ATL @SEA DAL @HOU @NYC @CLB NE LA VAN @MIN HOU @RSL Abdul-Salaam Besler Blessing Dwyer Dykstra Ellis Espinoza Feilhaber Gerso Iwasa Juliao Medranda Melia Mustivar Opara Palmer-Brown Pasher Porter Rubio Saad Salloi Ilie Sinovic Storm Zendejas Zusi KEY Position-Minutes - Starting Position-Minutes Played SUB-Minutes - Substitute-Minutes played
DNP - Unused Substitute UNAV - Unavailable For Selection
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INJ - Injured SUS - Suspended
SPR - Swope Park Rangers (USL) INTL - International Duty
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Player
#
Games
C.J. Sapong (2011)
34
Games
Davy Arnaud
240
Minutes
Nick Garcia (2000) & Peter Vermes (2000)
2916
Minutes
Kerry Zavagnin
20515
Goals
Dom Dwyer (2014)
22
Goals
Preki
71
Assists
Preki (1997 & 2003)
17
Assists
Preki
98
Shots
Preki (1996)
140
Shots
Preki
693
Shots on goal
Preki (1996)
61
Shots on goal
Preki
283
Fouls Committed
Chris Henderson (2000)
79
Fouls Committed
Davy Arnaud
329
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2004)
111
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud
528
Offsides
Eddie Johnson (2007)
50
Offsides
Vitalis Takawira
126
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi (2012)
150
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi
651
Cautions
Aurelien Collin (2013)
13
Cautions
Kerry Zavagnin
44
Ejections
Davy Arnaud (2010)
3
Ejections
Roger Espinoza
6
SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)
ALL-TIME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Player
#
Games
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)
34
Games
Jimmy Nielsen
128
Minutes
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)
3060
Minutes
Jimmy Nielsen
11497
Wins
Mike Ammann (1997)
21
Wins
Jimmy Nielsen
57
Losses
Mike Amman (1998)
16
Losses
Tony Meola
45
Draws
Bo Oshoniyi (2005)
12
Draws
Jimmy Nielsen
32
Shutouts
Tony Meola (2000)
16
Shutouts
Jimmy Nielsen
45
Goals Against Avg.
Jimmy Nielsen (2012)
0.79
Goals Allowed
Tony Meola
154
Goals Allowed
Mike Amman (1997) & Kevin Hartman (2007)
45
Saves
Tony Meola
507
Saves
Tony Meola (2000)
129
Goals Against Avg.
Jimmy Nielsen
0.99
SINGLE GAME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Player
#
Goals
Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010)
3
Goals
1996
61
Assists
2000
67
Assists
Chris Henderson (1999)
4
Shots
2012
542
Shots
Preki (1997)
12
Shots on goal
1996
250
Shots on goal
Preki (1996), Eddie Johnson (2007)
6
Fouls Committed
2013
511
2000
541
Fouls Committed
Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)
8
Fouls Suffered
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2006)
10
Offsides
1997
117
2012
199
Offsides
Alex Bunbury (1999)
7
Corner Kicks
Corner Kicks
Alex Zotinca (2006)
12
Cautions
2013
67
Ejections
2011
8
SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)
Points
2012
63
Stat
Player
#
Wins
1997
21
Goals Allowed
Bo Oshoniyi
7
Losses
1999
24
Saves
Garth Lagerwey (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000, three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)
9
Ties
2005 & 2011
12
Shutouts
2000
17
Goals Allowed
1996
63
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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Player GP 1. Davy Arnaud 240 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 3. Nick Garcia 224 4. Preki 218 5. Matt Besler* 207 6. Jimmy Conrad 204 7. Graham Zusi* 201 8. Chris Klein 200 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 10. Roger Espinoza* 167 GAMES STARTED Player GS 1. Kerry Zavagnin 228 2. Nick Garcia 224 3. Davy Arnaud 213 4. Jimmy Conrad 203 5. Matt Besler* 201 6. Preki 199 7. Chris Klein 183 8. Graham Zusi* 162 9. Roger Espinoza* 147 10. Jack Jewsbury 142 10. Mo Johnston 142 MINUTES PLAYED Player MP 1. Kerry Zavagnin 20,515 2. Nick Garcia 20,157 3. Davy Arnaud 19,399 4. Jimmy Conrad 18,194 5. Matt Besler* 18,122 6. Preki 17,817 7. Chris Klein 16,380 8. Graham Zusi* 14,956 9. Jack Jewsbury 13,275 10. Roger Espinoza* 13,042 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Player GP 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 2. Tony Meola 125 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 4. Kevin Hartman 90 5. Mike Ammann 60 6. Tim Melia* 57 7. Chris Snitko 26 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9. Garth Lagerwey 23 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 SAVES Player GP SV 1. Tony Meola 125 507 2. Bo Oshoniyi 96 354 3. Kevin Hartman 90 332 4. Jimmy Nielsen 128 304 5. Mike Amman 60 206 6. Tim Melia* 57 171 7. Chris Snitko 26 95 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 83 9. Eric Kronberg 25 58 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 34 SHUTOUTS Player GP SO 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 45 2. Tony Meola 125 37 3. Kevin Hartman 90 22 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 22 5. Tim Melia* 57 20 5. Mike Ammann 60 10 7. Eric Kronberg 25 8 8. Luis Marin 8 3 8. Andy Gruenebaum 11 3 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 3 8. Chris Snitko 26 3 GOALKEEPER WINS Player GP GW 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 57 2. Tony Meola 125 49 3. Mike Ammann 60 33 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 33 5. Kevin Hartman 90 30 6. Tim Melia* 57 25 6. Garth Lagerwey 23 12 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9 9. Andy Gruenebaum 11 6 10. Chris Snitko 26 5
GOALS Player GP G 1. Preki 218 71 2. Dom Dwyer* 120 54 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Josh Wolff 144 43 5. Chris Klein 200 39 6. Kei Kamara 113 38 7. Mo Johnston 149 31 8. Scott Sealy 88 28 8. Vitalis Takawira 103 28 10. Graham Zusi* 201 26 ASSISTS Player GP A 1. Preki 218 98 2. Graham Zusi* 201 49 2. Chris Klein 200 45 4. Benny Feilhaber* 125 39 5. Davy Arnaud 240 35 6. Mo Johnston 149 28 7. Josh Wolff 144 26 8. Mark Chung 94 25 9. Kerry Zavagnin 237 22 10. Roger Espinoza* 167 21 SHOTS Player GP SH 1. Preki 218 693 2. Davy Arnaud 240 452 3. Dom Dwyer* 120 377 4. Kei Kamara 113 370 5. Chris Klein 200 312 6. Graham Zusi* 201 298 7. Mo Johnston 149 274 8. Josh Wolff 144 265 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 216 10. Mark Chung 94 203 SHOTS ON GOAL Player GP SOG 1. Preki 218 283 2. Davy Arnaud 240 176 3. Dom Dwyer* 120 148 4. Mo Johnston 149 138 4. Chris Klein 200 138 4. Josh Wolff 144 138 7. Kei Kamara 113 126 8. Vitalis Takawira 103 102 9. Graham Zusi* 201 95 9. Mark Chung 94 95 FOULS COMMITTED Player GP FC 1. Davy Arnaud 240 329 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 326 3. Matt McKeon 144 309 4. Roger Espinoza* 167 259 5. Nick Garcia 224 234 6. Mo Johnston 149 226 7. Dom Dwyer* 120 218 8. Jimmy Conrad 204 210 9. Aurelien Collin 107 191 10. Diego Gutierrez 119 190 FOULS SUFFERED Player GP FS 1. Davy Arnaud 240 528 2. Preki 218 362 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 354 4. Dom Dwyer* 120 262 5. Nick Garcia 224 250 6. Benny Feilhaber* 125 249 7. Graham Zusi* 201 244 8. Roger Espinoza* 167 227 9. Mark Chung 94 204 10. Diego Gutierrez 119 196 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Player GP YC 1. Kerry Zavagnin 237 44 2. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Nick Garcia 224 37 4. Roger Espinoza* 166 33 5. Aurelien Collin 107 31 6. Diego Gutierrez 119 30 6. Matt McKeon 144 30 8. Jack Jewsbury 195 28 8. Mo Johnston 149 28 10. Matt Besler* 206 27 10. Jimmy Conrad 204 27
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CORNER KICKS Player GP CK 1. Graham Zusi* 201 651 2. Preki 218 452 3. Benny Feilhaber* 125 208 4. Claudio Lopez 57 188 5. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 175 6. Francisco Gomez 114 157 7. Chris Henderson 61 154 8. Chris Klein 200 152 9. Davy Arnaud 240 144 10. Carlos Marinelli 41 91 GAME-WINNING GOALS Player GP GWG 1. Preki 218 13 2. Dom Dwyer* 120 12 2. Chris Klein 200 12 3. Kei Kamara 113 11 3. Josh Wolff 144 11 6. Davy Arnaud 240 10 7. Graham Zusi* 201 8 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 9. C.J. Sapong 110 7 9. Scott Sealy 88 7 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Player GP GWA 1. Preki 218 23 2. Graham Zusi* 201 22 3. Chris Klein 200 16 4. Benny Feilhaber* 125 12 5. Davy Arnaud 240 10 5. Josh Wolff 144 10 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 8 7. Mo Johnston 149 8 7. Kei Kamara 113 8 7. Chance Myers 147 8 7. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8 MULTI-GOAL GAMES Player GP MGG 1. Dom Dwyer* 120 9 2. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 3. Preki 218 7 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 4. Scott Sealy 88 5 4. Josh Wolff 144 5 7. Mo Johnston 149 4 7. Chris Klein 200 4 9. Graham Zusi* 201 3 9. Davy Arnaud 240 3 9. Teal Bunbury 89 3 9. Eddie Johnson 43 3 PENALTY KICK GOALS Player GP PKG 1. Preki 218 21 2. Benny Feilhaber* 124 10 3. Dom Dwyer* 119 7 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 5. Claudio Lopez 57 4 6. Claudio Bieler 41 3 6. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 3 6. Jack Jewsbury 195 3 6. Josh Wolff 144 3 10. Omar Bravo 27 2 10. Matt McKeon 144 2 Player 1. Dom Dwyer* 2. Kei Kamara 3. Preki 4. Scott Sealy 5. Josh Wolff 6. Vitalis Takawira 7. Mark Chung 8. Mo Johnston 9. Benny Feilhaber* 9. Chris Klein *Minimum 20 goals
GOALS PER GAME GP 120 113 218 88 144 103 94 149 125 200
GLS AVG 54 0.45 38 0.34 71 0.33 28 0.32 43 0.30 28 0.27 20 0.21 31 0.21 25 0.20 39 0.20
BOLD * - denotes player on current roster
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Year Player GP 2011 C.J. Sapong 34 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2012 Kei Kamara 33 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 GAMES STARTED Year Player GS 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 9 players tied with 32 MINUTES PLAYED Year Player MIN 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2000 Nick Garcia 2915 2000 Peter Vermes 2915 1996 Preki 2880 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2880 2011 Matt Besler 2880 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Year Player GP 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 32 2000 Tony Meola 31 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2003 Tony Meola 2008 Kevin Hartman 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2007 Kevin Hartman
SAVES GP SV 31 129 30 121 30 117 32 112 30 110
Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 2008 Kevin Hartman 2010 Jimmy Nielsen
SHUTOUTS GP SO 31 16 34 15 34 13 30 10 29 10
GOALKEEPER WINS Year Player GP GW 1997 Mike Ammann 29 21 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 17 2000 Tony Meola 31 15 1996 Garth Lagerwey 23 12 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Year Player GP GA GAA 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.79 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.88 2000 Tony Meola 31 29 0.92 2004 Tony Meola 21 22 1.05 2014 Eric Kronberg 20 22 1.10 *Minimum 1,000 minutes played
Year Player 2014 Dom Dwyer 1996 Preki 2016 Dom Dwyer 2007 Eddie Johnson 1996 Vitalis Takawira
GOALS GP GOALS 33 22 32 18 33 16 24 15 28 13
CORNER KICKS Year Player GP CK 2012 Graham Zusi 32 150 2013 Graham Zusi 27 128 2014 Graham Zusi 25 125 2009 Claudio Lopez 29 123 2011 Graham Zusi 32 97
Year Player 1997 Preki 2003 Preki 2000 Preki 2012 Graham Zusi 2015 Benny Feilhaber
ASSISTS GP ASSISTS 27 17 30 17 31 15 32 15 32 15
OFFSIDES Year Player GP OFF 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 50 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 44 1997 Vitalis Takawira 28 43 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 38 2000 Chris Henderson 31 36
SHOTS GP SHOTS 32 140 33 134 33 119 33 113 30 97
GAME-WINNING GOALS Year Player GP GWG 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 6 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 6 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 6 1997 Preki 27 5 2012 C.J. Sapong 31 5 2015 Krisztian Nemeth 27 5
Year Player 1996 Preki 2012 Kei Kamara 2016 Dom Dwyer 2014 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki
SHOTS ON GOAL Year Player GP SOG 1996 Preki 32 61 2012 Kei Kamara 33 49 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 48 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 48 1997 Preki 27 44 2002 Preki 25 44 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 44 FOULS COMMITTED Year Player GP FC 2000 Chris Henderson 31 79 2001 Matt McKeon 26 76 1997 Matt McKeon 31 75 2000 Matt McKeon 30 75 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 66 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 66 FOULS SUFFERED Year Player GP FS 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 111 2005 Davy Arnaud 31 85 2015 Dom Dwyer 30 81 1999 Preki 30 77 2006 Davy Arnaud 32 76 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Year Player GP YC 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 13 2011 Aurelien Collin 23 10 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 10 2016 Roger Espinoza 30 10 1997 Mo Johnston 29 9 2005 Jose Burciaga Jr. 31 9 EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3 eight players tied with 2
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GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Year Player GP GWA 2000 Chris Henderson 31 5 2000 Matt McKeon 30 5 2003 Preki 30 5 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 5 2004 Josh Wolff 26 5 2012 Graham Zusi 32 5 2013 Graham Zusi 27 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 30 5 PENALTY KICK GOALS Year Player GP PKG 1996 Preki 32 7 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 7 2003 Preki 30 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 32 5 2016 Benny Feilhaber 29 5 GOALS PER GAME Year Player GP GLS 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 12 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 1996 Preki 32 18 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 16 *Minimum 5 goal
AVG 0.71 0.67 0.63 0.56 0.48
BOLD * - denotes current season
Sporting KC Game Notes | April 29, 2017 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Career: 71 Preki Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014) Game: 3 6 times Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd) Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL Career: 283 Preki Season: 61 Preki (1996) Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA) Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/007 vs. NY) Half: 4 7 times
CORNER KICKS Career: 651 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)
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)
FOULS COMMITTED Career: 329 Davy Arnaud 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)
GOALS ALLOWED Career: 154 Tony Meola Season: 45 Mike Ammann (1997) Season: 45 Kevin Hartman (2007) Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/201 vs. CHI) Half: 4 6 times
FOULS SUFFERED Career: 528 Davy Arnaud Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004) Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY) Half: 6 7 times
SAVES Career: 507 Tony Meola Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000) Game: 9 9 times Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/23/2000 at MET, 1st) Half: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (06/13/2001 at LA, 2nd) Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/08/2003 vs. SJ, 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)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Season: 61 Game: 6 Game: 6 Game: 6 2-Tms: 10 Half: 5 Half: 5
in 1996 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 06/21/1997 vs. DC 06/20/1999 vs. MET 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd) 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)
ASSISTS Season: 67 Game: 10 2-Tms: 12 Half: 8
in 2000 06/20/1999 vs. MET 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)
SHOTS Season: 542 Game: 34 2-Tms: 44 2-Tms: 44 2-Tms: 44 Half: 19
in 2012 05/15/2016 vs ORL 08/14/1999 at MET 08/05/2000 vs. LA 06/09/2001 at MIA 07/28/2012 vs. CLB (2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 250 in 1996 Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI 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)
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CORNER KICKS Season: 199 in 2012 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: 63 in 1996 Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 4 7 times SAVES Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half: Half: Half:
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Real Salt Lake kicked off its 13 Major League Soccer season last month, the Utah side buoyed by a passionate fan base boasting nearly 13,000 season ticket holders at its Rio Tinto Stadium home in Sandy, where the “Claret-and-Cobalt” has enjoyed a pronounced home-field advantage in Major League Soccer, posting an impressive 100-24-46 mark in the building since its opening in October, 2008, including last month’s 0-0 opening day draw v. TFC, the short-handed 1-2 loss to West rival LA Galaxy on March 18 – In what would ultimately become Jeff Cassar’s final game as head coach – and then the 3-0 win in Mike Petke’s home debut, prior to last week’s 1-3 home loss to Atlanta … RSL entered the year expecting to return 9 of 11 starters from last season – including its co-leading scorers, FW Yura Movsisyan and FW Joao Plata, among 17 players overall – the locker room guided by iconic Captain Kyle Beckerman and GK Nick Rimando … Two of MLS’ most decorated players, Beckerman and Rimando are perennial All-Stars who have achieved individual glory and international recognition through team th success – each now playing their 11 seasons in Utah, joined by DF Tony th Beltran and Chris Wingert in their 10 MLS seasons on the Wasatch Front, the quartet representative of the Club’s long-tenured core … In search of hardware, RSL seeks to reach the MLS Cup Playoffs for the ninth time in 10 years this season, a remarkable run among MLS elite (only LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders have accrued more points since 2008) that includes an MLS Cup 2009 title, the state of Utah’s only major professional championship in the last 40 years … Recent campaigns have seen RSL advance to another MLS Cup title game, losing in 2013 via a penalty-kick shootout in Kansas City, where the 2015 squad also dropped a Semifinal match in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup … RSL lost an Open Cup Final at home in 2013, the one-goal loss to D.C. United a bitter reminder of the Club’s groundbreaking (and ultimately heartbreaking) run to the CONCACAF Champions League Final in 2011, when RSL became the first-ever – and still only - U.S. side to progress within one goal of the FIFA Club World Cup … In 2015, RSL expanded its development pyramid with the addition of Real Monarchs, one of several MLS-operated expansion clubs in the USL … Former Head Coach Freddy Juarez – now with the first team – had enjoyed success developing homegrown players at the RSL-Arizona Academy in Casa Grande, Ariz., prior to moving to the professional ranks … Long-time RSL DF Chris Schuler utilized a rehab stint with the Monarchs to return to MLS last season, while RSL Academy product Ricardo Velazco – after 10 goals in 47 games with the USL side in 2015/16 – earned a first-team contract, joining fellow Academy alumni GK Lalo Fernandez, DF Justen Glad, MF Danilo Acosta, FW Sebastian Saucedo and FW Jordan Allen, all returning to RSL’s roster, which for 2017 includes FW Brooks Lennon (on loan from Liverpool FC in England) and another homegrown signing, MF Jose Hernandez, last year’s co-Pac 12 Player of the Year (UCLA) … Glad, Saucedo, Acosta and Lennon spent the majority of the club’s preseason leading the United States’ to the CONCACAF U-20 Championship, along with yet another Academy product – DF Aaron Herrera (New Mexico) … Late this Summer, Real Salt Lake's Arizona Academy – overseen by U.S./Mexico icon Martin Vasquez – will move north to the Club’s primary training center in Herriman, Utah, approximately 20 minutes southwest of Rio Tinto Stadium … The $60 million facility will serve as the Club’s cornerstone, its daily training home opening in 2018 for both of the club's professional teams – RSL (MLS) and Real Monarchs (USL) – while centralizing the club's U-18, U-16 and future U-14 development academy youth selections … The Herriman facility will provide adjacencies for an on-site charter school opening in Fall 2017, with STEM disciplines (Science/Technology/Engineering/Math) for nearly 300 local boys and girls …
LATEST RSL INJURY REPORT (Thu., 4/27) OUT: DF David Horst (knee 3/17) FW Chad Barrett (knee 3/21) QUESTIONABLE: DF Justen Glad (knee 3/5) FW Jordan Allen (quad strain 3/11) DF Tony Beltran (back 3/22) DF Aaron Maund (hamstring 4/1) GK Nick Rimando (hamstring 4/22) PROBABLE: MF Stephen Sunday (hamstring 4/1) FW Joao Plata (quad 4/8) DF Chris Wingert (face 4/22)
Last November in North Logan, Utah, RSL Owner Dell Loy Hansen broke ground on the first of a half-dozen regional training centers across Utah and Arizona to be built in the next 2-3 years … Each $5 million RTC houses a classroom, as well as an indoor and outdoor field, dedicated to fulfilling a curriculum based on the club's vision and mission for youth soccer training and education, and the continued development of both recreational and competitive pre-Academy (ages 7-12) initiatives across the InterMountain West … In 2016, the RSL Foundation was established, created with the goals of being active in the community year-round, utilizing the popularity and reach of RSL and the Monarchs in promoting health and wellness for children throughout the region, engaging supporters of soccer to raise funds and volunteer time for various local initiatives …
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Real Salt Lake (2-4-2, t-7 West) continues its 2017 campaign with a trip th this weekend to face West rival Sporting Kansas City (3-1-3, 4 West) Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park at 6:30 p.m. MT, as the club looks to rebound from its first loss last week with new Head Coach Mike Petke at the helm … RSL travels to Kansas City, Kansas with an active seven-game unbeaten run against Sporting in MLS regular-season and playoff competition, dating back to 2013 … RSL won twice last year at SKC, notching 2-1 and 3-1 wins in enemy territory … DF Justen Glad scored his first-ever MLS goal last April in the first meeting, with MF Luke Mulholland sniping the game-winner from long distance … Six weeks later, FW Yura Movsisyan returned to haunt the MLS club which drafted him in 2007, scoring a goal and slamming the game-winner off the chest of a KC defender just before halftime for the decisive own goal …
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LAST WEEK: RSL 1 : 3 ATLANTA
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CUP HISTORY
RSL experienced its first loss in the Mike Petke era and the second home loss of the young season with a 1-3 decision last Saturday at Rio Tinto Stadium, gifting goals to the vaunted Atlanta expansion side early in each half …
RSL’s dramatic win two weeks ago at Colorado kicked off the 13 edition of the annual Rocky Mountain Cup series, giving RSL three points in the first of three contests between the regional rivals as they battle for bragging rights in the fan-created competition …
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MF Albert Rusnák was able to pull a goal back in the 68 minute, thanks to a magical individual run by Demar Phlliips, but RSL was unable to snare the equalizer even with three in the back and extreme pressure, ultimately conceding a third deep into stoppage time … RSL GK Nick Rimando had to be replaced by backup Matt VanOekel 10 minutes into the second half, after RImando felt something pop whle leaping for a fingertip save over the bar … Seconds later, on the resultant corner, DF Chris Wingert knocked heads with Jeff Larentowicz and was removed in favor of an attacker … The loss was rare for RSL against an expansion team, as the Claret-andCobalt boast a 7-2-2 all-time home mark in its initial contests on Utah soil against expansion teams, with only Toronto’s 2-1 win at Rice-Eccles Stadium on July 4, 2007 providing a blemish prior to last weekend … At Rice-Eccles, RSL defeated expansion brethren Chivas USA in their initial 2005 match, as well as in the 2008 San Jose “relaunch” … Since moving to Rio Tinto Stadium in 2009, RSL is now 5-1-2 in an expansion side’s debut in Sandy (RSL recorded RioT wins against NYCFC, Montreal, Philadelphia, Vancouver and Seattle, drawing in Sandy in maiden tilts against Orlando and Portland) …
LAST ROAD TRIP: RSL 2 : 1 at COLORADO Petke, the club’s fourth head coach in its 13 MLS seasons, guided the club to a pair of wins in his first two weeks at the helm, including a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory two weeks ago at Colorado … th
Armenian FW Yura Movsisyan converted an 85 -minute penalty kick for his third consecutive game with a goal, while Academy product and Liverpool loanee Brooks Lennon blasted a shot from 25 yards out just three minutes later for his first-ever MLS goal and what proved to be the game-winner … RSL GK Nick Rimando made 2 saves to pull within 8 of th setting another new all-time MLS record, earning his 185 MLS reg. season win overall (including 119 in an RSL uniform) … With the win, RSL ended an eight-game road winless streak, the club last taking the full three points away on July 31, 2016, in a 2-1 win at Philadelphia (FW Joao Plata with the curling game-winner, a shot later named MLS Goal of the Week) … ROAD DEMONS EXORCISED?: th Lennon’s heroics gave RSL its 44 regular-season MLS road win in 13 th years, while the road come-from-behind victory marked just the 11 time in the club’s 198 road contests that it was able to claim the full three points from a losing position … In late March, RSL did manage to earn the road point in a 0-0 draw at New York Red Bulls … That week’s road shutout was RSL’s first in nearly two seasons, dating back to April 11, 2015, in a scoreless draw at Kansas City – next week’s road opponent – at Childrens Mercy Park, where RSL did manage to win twice last year, by 2-1 and 3-1 scorelines …
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RSL has captured 8 of the last 10 Rocky Mountain Cups dating back to 2007 after the Rapids won the first two in both 2005/06, with more than a dozen players having participated for both teams in the rivalry … RSL Captain Kyle Beckerman and DF Chris Wingert are the two active players to have once called Colorado home, while new RSL Head Coach Mike Petke represented the Rapids from 2005-08 as a player … After former player and current RSL analyst Brian Dunseth scored the Claret-and-Cobalt’s first-ever home goal on a Clint Mathis assist in the Utah side’s Wasatch debut in April, 2005, the rivalry picked up animus when then-Rapids DF and current HC Pablo Mastroeni celebrated the 2006 series win at Rice-Eccles Stadium, angering fans and former RSL Owner Dave Checketts … RSL earned its first piece of silverware – ever – with the 2007 RMC win, as a late Robbie Findley goal at DSG Park not only gave RSL the series but the added joy of knocking the Rapids out of MLS Cup Playoff contention – something repeated in both 2008 and 2009 with RSL wins on the final day of that year’s MLS campaign to deny Colorado postseason berths … A pair of stoppage-time goals by Alvaro Saborio in the 2010 finale in Commerce City allowed RSL earn a 2-2 draw and retain the Cup as holders in a year that saw the Rapids go on to win MLS Cup over Dallas and give the Rocky Mountain Cup contestants back-to-back league titles (RSL 2009, COL 2010) … Colorado’s only two series wins in the last 10 years came in 2013 – winning once against two draws – and in 2015, when each team won once, drew the third match and gave the Rapids the RMCup on goal differential …
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The April 8 debut of Mike Petke on the RSL sideline will be remembered as a 3-0 “Snowmageddon” win at home, leading to an MLS Player of the Week nod for MF Albert Rusnák, whose game-winning goal – the first of his RSL/MLS career – and pair of assists to FW Yura Movsisyan and MF Luke Mulholland – all came in a snowy second half … Movsisyan has now scored in three of the last four contests, while Mulholland joins Yura in finding the back of the net in both the 2-4 loss at Minnesota on April 1 and last week’s 3-0 win over Vancouver … RSL now boasts an overall 5-1-3 mark at Rio Tinto Stadium against Vancouver, outscoring the Whitecaps 13-5 overall …
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PERSONAL-HIGH 17 OF RIMANDO’S SHUTOUTS STALL RAPIDS: While RSL GK Nick Rimando’s career MLS shutout #124 nearly came in Orlando on last year’s opening day – the final 65 seconds obviously changed that – it was finally added to the record books last April 9 against Colorado, against whom the Wall of the Wasatch has amassed 17 of his 131 career shutouts, his highest total vs. one team ... April 8 against Vancouver, Rimando extended his MLS-record total for clean sheets to 131 (with 95 coming in an RSL kit) ... Victims over the last 18 cumulative seasons, in descending order: Colorado (17), Chicago / Chivas / San Jose (10 each), Red Bulls and New England (9 each), LA Galaxy (8), Dallas, Columbus, D.C. and Kansas City (7 each), Seattle / Toronto (6 each), Houston / Portland (5 each), Vancouver (4), Philadelphia (2), Montreal, NYCFC and Tampa Bay (1 each) ... BREAKING DOWN RIMANDO’S 185 CAREER WINS: While RSL GK Nick Rimando’s 185 career wins surpass Kevin Hartman for the most in MLS regular-season history, his 119 with RSL as also the most for one player with a single team ...
SCORING WOES A THING OF THE PAST?: Even with seven goals in the three weeks leading up to the 1-3 ATL loss, RSL has just 15 goals overall in its last 16 games overall, and had not found the back of the net for the first 198 minutes this season, prior to FW Yura Movsisyan’s exquisite header v. LA on March 18 … The active scoreless streak going into the April 1 tilt at Minnesota was snapped at 166 minutes with Luke Mulholland’s early score … The late Movsisyan goal at TCF Bank Stadium on April 1 gave RSL a multi-goal game for the first time since the first match in the recent streak, a 3-3 draw with LA back on Sept. 7 at Rio Tinto Stadium … Heading into the ATL loss, RSL had three straight multi-goal games for the first time since last June – a span of 23 games …
TURF MONSTER STRUGGLE IS REAL: RSL has not won on artificial surface since November, 2013, a season that saw the club post a 3-1-3 overall mark on the fake stuff, closing out the Western Conference title and a berth in MLS Cup 2013 in Kansas City with a 1-0 win at Portland in the West Semi Leg Two at Providence Park ...
The breakdown of all 185, all-time by opponent: 21 - Colorado 15 - New England / Red Bulls 14 - Chicago 13 - Chivas / San Jose 12 - LA Galaxy / Dallas 11 - DC United 10 - Kansas City
8 - Seattle 7 – Columbus / Toronto 6 - Houston 5 – Portland / Vancouver 3 – Tampa Bay / Philadelphia 2 – Montreal / NYCFC 1 – RSL
And the breakdown of career Rimando wins, by Stadium: HOME: 73 - Rio Tinto 30 - RFK 15 - Lockhart 11 - Rice-Eccles ROAD: 13 - StubHub 9 - Toyota Park + BBVA Compass + Buck Shaw *(Elias data error) 4 - Giants Stadium / Dick’s Sporting Goods Park 4 - Gillette 2 - Century Link / Foxboro / Mile High / Raymond James / Soldier Field 1 - Arrowhead / Avaya / BMO / Cardinal / Crew / Cotton Bowl / Dragon / FCDallas / Providence / Red Bull Arena / Sporting Park / Yankee Stadium / Talen Energy OVERALL SLIDE SNAPPED AGAINST WHITECAPS: Due to the late-season swoon last year, RSL’s active winless streak entering April 8 v. Vancouver was at 13 games (12 reg. season and 1 playoff) … RSL had not won since August 26 of last year, after the club nd moved to 2 in the overall table with late August wins over Colorado and th Dallas before sliding to sixth in the West and 9 overall with the lateseason slide, one which saw the club score just three goals in the final seven games following a dramatic 3-3 draw with LA at home on Sept. 7 … ALL-TIME RSL WINLESS STREAKS: # YEAR(S) START END 18 2005/06 08/10/05 v NE 5/13/06 @LA 15 2006/07 09/23/06 v DAL 6/23/07 v DC 13 2016/17 09/07/16 v LA 4/8/17 v VAN 12 2005 08/10/05 v NE season 11 2007 04/07/07 v DAL 6/23/07 v DC
RECORD 0-16-2 0-6-9 0-8-5 0-11-1 0-5-6
All-time, RSL owns a woeful record on turf, as the team is now 8-28-18 in all competitions on fake grass, being outscored 46-96 ... RSL is winless in its last 17 games across all competitions on the fake stuff with an 0-134 record in that span, posting an 0-4-1 mark in each of the 2014/2015 seasons (including CCL play), prior to an 0-4-2 mark in 2016 (RSL conceded 2-0 leads at Orlando and at Portland in March before settling for 2-2 draws, while losing on July 13 at Vancouver, 0-2, and on the final day of the season at Seattle, 1-2) ... RSL’s greatest glory has come on an artificial surface, winning MLS Cup 2009 in a shootout against LA at what was then known as Qwest Field in Seattle ... In 2011, RSL emerged from two home-and-home knockout series with turf results in the second leg: the 2010/11 CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal series with a 1 : 2 road loss at Saprissa, courtesy of the valued Jamison Olave road goal; as well as the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs West Semifinal Second Leg at Seattle, where an 0 : 2 loss held up a 3 : 0 win in the first leg at home … May 13 at NE, you are on the clock … EARLY-SEASON INJURY BUG CONTINUES: An early-season injury bug has struck RSL, which saw teenage centerback Justen Glad – who played 2500 minutes a year ago as a 19year old – suffer a knee injury in the CONCACAF U-20 qualifying final on March 5 … Glad’s setback arrived on top of difficulties for DF Aaron Maund (hamstring), DF Chris Schuler (foot), DF David Horst (knee) and DF Demar Phillips (hamstring) each missing time already this season … FW Joao Plata returned for the final 30 minutes on April 1 at Minnesota and started April 8 v VAN for the first time since March 11 at Chicago after suffering a hip contusion in training 25 days prior, while FW Jordan Allen suffered a right quadriceps strain March 11 against the Fire, missing each of the last five games before picking up a new injury last Saturday in Monarchs’ action at Seattle … Training in the week leading up to New York saw FW Chad Barrett (knee) and DF Tony Beltran (back) – one of the RSL “Iron Men” in his 10 years with the club – miss time as well … Barrett and Horst each underwent successful surgeries last week, with Barrett out until October and Horst likely out 4-6 weeks …
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Now it appears MF Stephen Sunday suffered an aggravated muscle injury in the game against Minnesota – a game that saw DF Aaron th Maund removed in the 13 minutes – that has seen both miss training time the last two weeks, making their presences questionable against Atlanta … “Sunny” did start and play 74 minutes for Real Monarchs in last Saturday’s 3-1 road win at Seattle, giving him the inside track to return to the RSL 18 this weekend in Kansas City … Maund could see action for the Monarchs at home Saturday against Swope Park Rangers as his rehab stint continues … OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS FOR SEVERAL RSL MEN: The spate of early-season injuries has provided opportunity for numerous RSL rookies, Academy products and USL Monarchs graduates in the early going … Beltran’s back/calf injuries have provided chances at right back, as RSL-Academy product and former Real Monarchs man Danilo Acosta made his MLS/RSL debut against Vancouver and followed that up with th a full 90 minutes in each of the last two weeks, becoming the 7 RSL homegrown out of eight on this year’s roster to gain MLS experience, and the eighth RSL player in 2017 to make his club debut … Acosta has played each of the last three games for RSL at right back – opposite of his preferred left back slot for the USA U-20 CONCACAF Champions … With Acosta in the mix, RSL has seen 24 of the 27 rostered players in 2017 appear in MLS action (GK Lalo Fernandez, DF Justen Glad and DF Reagan Dunk are the trio yet to appear) … A month ago at home against LA, wingers Brooks Lennon and Sebastian Saucedo each made their season debuts, sparking the team during a dominant first half-hour prior to the storm of yellow cards … Lennon – an RSL Academy product on loan in 2017 from Liverpool – made his MLS/RSL debut and has played all 450 minutes in the five games since, while Saucedo’s appearance was the first for the club since 2015 after spending the 2016 season on loan with Veracruz in LigaMX … “Bofo” started recent games at New York and at Minnesota, th coming on in the 60 minute against the Whitecaps and then starting again last week at Colorado … The March 11 loss to the Fire saw the MLS/RSL debut for DF Justin th Schmidt, the club’s 35 -overall selection in the most recent MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Washington, where the Albuquerque, N.M. native was recruited and coached by current RSL GM Craig Waibel during his time with the Huskies … In the 2017 opener, RSL saw winger Ricardo Velazco make his MLS/RSL debut, coming on for the final five minutes against Toronto … The former Real Monarchs standout and RSL-Arizona academy product signed his first-team contract late last year, played extended minutes in week two after Jordan Allen’s injury at Chicago and appeared again off the bench in the loss to LA and in the draw at NY … It was Velazco’s persistence on the wing that led to the foul that created th the free kick at Colorado in the 85 minute, with Albert Rusnák’s offering headed off the crossbar by MF Luis Silva, the rebound falling to DF Chris Wingert, whose shot was denied by a clear handball on the doorstep, leading to Yura Movsisyan’s equalizing penalty kick …
VANOEKEL SHINES BETWEEN THE PIPES AT NEW YORK: March 25 – during which the RSL at Red Bull match was just one of three MLS reg. season matches during the FIFA international window – GK Matt VanOekel became the sixth different player to make his RSL debut in the first month of the season (Rusnák, Barrett, Velazco, Schmidt, Lennon, VanOekel – MF Jose Hernandez later became the th seventh in the same game), with the duo becoming the ninth and 10 players this season to appear for RSL for the first time since 2015 or earlier (Saucedo, Horst, Silva) … Van Oekel was named to the MLS Team of the Week for his 3-save clean-sheet performance at Red Bull Arena, the former NASL “Golden Glove winner in 2016 picking up right where he left off, with 16 shutouts and an 0.55 goals against average for FC Edmonton … Interim Head Coach Daryl Shore made three substitutions in the latter part of the New York match, lending a debut to RSL academy product rd MF Jose Hernandez in the 73 minute, while MF Ricardo Velazco nd came on for Saucedo in the 82 minute and second-year MF Omar Holness made his 2017 debut, coming on for Movsisyan in stoppage time …
PETKE ERA KICKED OFF THIS MONTH Four Wednesdays ago, Real Salt Lake promoted Mike Petke to the club’s head coaching role, RSL Owner Dell Loy Hansen announced; terms of the multi-year deal were not disclosed … “Mike’s leadership capabilities, his track record, work ethic and fiery personality are anticipated to confidently lead Real Salt Lake into a new era,” said Hansen, who broke ground 10 months ago on the club’s $60 million Herriman training facility, which will open this September and house both the MLS and USL professional teams and three academy sides … “Mike quickly integrated himself into our club, and has embraced both the pressure of our short-term expectations and all the tenets and principles guiding our long-term intentions.”
Petke – who joined the Utah club back on December 23, 2016, as head coach of the Division II Real Monarchs – previously served as the New York Red Bulls (MLS) head coach for the 2013/14 seasons … With the Red Bulls, Petke led the original MLS side to a franchise-best two-year run in club history, amassing a 30-19-19 mark while giving the club its first-ever trophy, the 2013 MLS Supporters Shield … In 2014, the Red Bulls finished one goal shy of MLS Cup, dropping its Eastern Conference Finals series … “First and foremost, I want to express my gratitude to Mr. Hansen for his belief in my abilities,” said Petke, who earned his first three points for the club in Saturday’s 2-1 Monarchs’ road victory at Portland … “My family has been excited about our return to the Rocky Mountains since Christmas; we have always been amazed by the fantastic culture for soccer here in Utah, and I am honored to be charged with delivering pride and excellence to the passionate RSL fan base …” “I arrived in December thinking this was the right fit and the right opportunity; the vision and blueprint provided by Mr. Hansen permeates from the first team to the Monarchs and through to our academy and our facilities that open this Fall,” continued Petke, who has had extensive involvement in youth development over the last two years prior to his Monarchs appointment … “There is so much excitement and momentum surrounding our club, starting with the infrastructure and direction provided by (GM) Craig Waibel and (VP, Soccer Administration) Rob Zarkos, through to both the veteran talent and young potential in our locker room … The expertise and commitment from our technical staff, the relevance created by our business side and the passion displayed by our fans provides an outstanding foundation
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which makes me proud to accept this responsibility and lead RSL to new heights …”
2017 STORYLINES TO WATCH
Petke, now 41, appeared as a player in 196 of his 351 career MLS games with the MetroStars/Red Bulls (also playing with D.C. United and Colorado Rapids), after growing up on Long Island … In 2004/05 with D.C. United, Petke was a teammate of current RSL GK Nick Rimando, the duo winning MLS Cup in 2004. From 2005 to 2007 with the Colorado Rapids, Petke was teammates with another pair of current RSL players, Captain Kyle Beckerman and DF Chris Wingert … Petke attended St. John’s The Baptist High School in West Islip, New York (also the high school home of Wingert) prior to a college career at Southern Connecticut …
“IRON MAN” BECKERMAN: The RSL Captain went a full 90 minutes each of the first two Saturdays th of the season prior to his 44 -minute ejection on March 18, after nursing a bone bruise in his left knee during all of preseason, extending his all-time MLS marks for field players with 413 GP, 384 starts and 34,355 minutes played … As a result of his consistent service, Beckerman also leads the all-time tally in fouls committed (626) and yellow cards (96) …
Petke will retain all of the club’s assistant coaches, including Shore – who served as interim head coach the two weeks between Cassar’s dismissal and Petke’s official start – as well as Tyrone Marshall and Freddy Juarez, video analyst Ted Eck and strength coaches Henry Ruggiero and Matt Howley … "Mike won a Supporters Shield, he’s managed high-profile players, he enjoyed a great playing career,” said Waibel, noting the position’s unique balance of winning now and development for the future, amidst an ever-changing league … “There’s almost nothing he hasn’t seen in the sport in this country, and integrating someone with his experience, intelligence and teaching ability into our organization will pay dividends up and down our pyramid, from the academy teams to the Monarchs to the first team …” Petke – now the fourth head coach in Real Salt Lake’s 13-year Major League Soccer history, following John Ellinger (72 games from 200507), Jason Kreis (266 games from 2007-13) and Jeff Cassar (121 games from 2014-17), as well as Daryl Shore (2 games as interim this season) – replaces long-time RSL employee Cassar, who was dismissed from the club’s head coaching role on March 20, following a 38-37-30 run in MLS, Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League play … Under Cassar, RSL advanced to the MLS Cup Playoffs in two of his three seasons in charge, eliminated by the LA Galaxy in both 2014 and 2016 … CASSAR’S OVERALL STANDING AFTER THREE-PLUS YEARS: RSL boss Jeff Cassar ended his RSL career with a 38-37-30 overall MLS reg. season mark (6-4-5 in CCL, USOC and playoffs) following his dismissal on March 20, his 1.39 PPG average buoyed by a 12-game unbeaten run to kick off his 2014 debut year and a 4-0-2 mark in 2016, giving RSL the distinction as Major League Soccer’s last undefeated side in each of those seasons … Under Cassar, RSL advanced to the MLS Cup Playoffs in both 2014 and 2016, two of his three full seasons … Overall, RSL’s home mark at the RioT under Cassar ended at 26-720 in MLS matches, and 31-7-24 when you include postseason, CCL and Open Cup contests in Sandy ...
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Beckerman’s next assist will be the 50 of his MLS career, the Crofton, th MD native currently ranking 6 all-time amongst active players in the th category … Kyle’s 36 career goals rank him 20 amongst active players; but his scoreless 2016 campaign the dreadlocked wonder’s first goalless year since 2003 with Colorado … Beckerman has appeared in 25 or more games in all but one of the last 14 seasons, missing part of 2010 with plantar fasciitis, causing him to appear only 22 times that season, which was incidentally RSL’s best-ever regular season (15-4-11, 1.87 PPG, +25 goal differential) … Beckerman is joined by GK Nick Rimando as the lone RSL men to appear in all 22 of the club’s all-time postseason contests, as the former Miami Fusion castoffs have guided the club to the playoffs in eight of the last nine seasons from 2008-16, with only the 2015 outlier … Kyle was the first-ever and remains the only MLS field player to appear in 400 or more games, joining GKs Nick Rimando (now 431 – all starts) and Kevin Hartman (416) ... Only GKs Rimando and Hartman have more minutes played in MLS than Beckerman, his long-time teammate at Miami and RSL Rimando leading in minutes (38,908 and counting) after passing Hartman’s 37,260 in mid-2016 ... Rimando surpassed 25,000 minutes for RSL on the final day of 2016 at Seattle, the GK now sitting at 25,653 – and counting – when wearing Claret-and-Cobalt (MLS reg. season only) … MORE WALL OF THE WASATCH: Three weeks ago against Vancouver, RSL GK Nick Rimando earned st th his 131 career clean sheet (95 in Claret-and-Cobalt) before 17,069 at a snowy Rio Tinto Stadium … In Rimando’s previous clean sheet this season, coming in the 2017 opener against Toronto FC, the netminder’s heroics were highlighted by Rimando’s denial of TFC FW Sebastian Giovinco’s penalty kick attempt th th st in the 30 minute, the 29 failed attempt (21 save) for opposing PK takers in Rimando’s storied MLS career … All-time, Rimando opponents are now 50 for 79 from the spot, including a 29 for 49 mark during his 11 seasons with RSL … The “Wall of the Wasatch” owns 10 PK saves in the last five seasons (2013-present), more than doubling the total of any other MLS GK … RIMANDO RECORD PURSUIT: The “Wall of the Wasatch” holds all-time MLS marks in games (431), starts (431), minutes (38,908), wins (185), and shutouts (131) … The former Miami Fusion and D.C. United ‘keeper needs just 6 saves and 1 shot faced to assume sole possession of those all-time MLS marks as well, along with 1 loss …
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RETURNING CORE OF RSL EXPERIENCE: Nearly two-thirds of RSL’s roster from last year returns in 2017, as 17 of 27 players who indoctrinated Rio Tinto Stadium on Opening Day were here in 2016… Last year’s side qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the eighth time in the last nine seasons … PROJECTED FIRST XI: nd With the returning core of guys who guided RSL to 2 overall in the 2016 MLS Supporters’ Shield table on Labor Day Weekend prior to a 7th game winless run in reg. season play that saw RSL drop to the 6 spot in the Western Conference, RSL has looked to replace departed icon Javier Morales at the #10 spot and fan favorite Burrito Martinez on the right wing, while the remainder of the 4-2-3-1 formation sees a familiar setup … Nine of the 11 who started the majority of last year – GK Nick Rimando, outside backs Tony Beltran & Demar Phillips, centerbacks Aaron Maund & Justen Glad, holding mids Kyle Beckerman & Sunny, along with leading scorers up top, Joao Plata & Yura Movsisyan – all return in 2017, expecting to avoid the late-summer meltdown seen in 2016 … YOUNGER, FASTER, DEEPER? … : However, RSL expects to have more options for each matchday’s 18 who dress and additional combinations for the starting XI this year, as a mix of youth (MF Albert Rusnák, FW Jordan Allen, MF Jose Hernandez, FW Brooks Lennon, MF Ricardo Velazco, M/F Sebastian Saucedo and rookie DFs Reagan Dunk & Justin Schmidt) have pushed for consideration with their preseason and/or USA U-20 performances … … WITH A MORE EXPERIENCED BENCH?: Meanwhile, RSL GM Craig Waibel has bolstered the veteran core and burgeoning youth on the roster with a handful of established professionals; former Toronto / D.C. United M/F Luis Silva returns to Utah after a year with Tigres (MEX); DF David Horst – once drafted by RSL – is back on the Wasatch after 90+ MLS starts with Portland and th Houston; while FW Chad Barrett, the 7 -leading active scorer in MLS after a career that has taken him to Chicago, Toronto, Seattle & San Jose, arrives for front-line depth; and veteran GK Matt VanOekel joins RSL after a record-setting year with Edmonton (NASL) that saw him claim 16 clean sheets, an 0.55 goals against average … INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE INTRODUCED ..: RSL’s roster now reflects a growing international aspect, as the last few offseasons have seen arrivals from other leagues, with Albert Rusnák (Holland), Yura Movisisyan (Denmark/Russia), Sunny (Nigeria/Spain), Luis Silva (Mexico), Brooks Lennon (England) and Sebastian Saucedo (Mexico) arriving to Utah … … WHILE ARIZONA ACADEMY PAYING DIVIDENDS: 2017 will be remembered as the year that the club’s highly-respected youth academy moves from Arizona to Utah, eventually calling nearby Herriman, UT, home and moving onto a 42-acre campus that will also serve as the daily training home for RSL and the Real Monarchs (USL) … But with a whopping eight homegrown players on the Claret-andCobalt’s MLS roster this year – as well as seeing RSL provide 25% of Tab Ramos’ USA U-20 qualifying roster – this could be the year of the homegrown … FW Brooks Lennon made the move from Liverpool FC in England – where he distinguished himself with that club’s U-23 side – in early February to join RSL in a bid for first-team MLS minutes, training with RSL for just 4 sessions before joining U.S. U-20 camp … Lennon buried the initial PK in the U-20 CONCACAF tiebreaker a month ago v. Honduras, and of course provided the game-winning heroics last week against Colorado …
DF Danny Acosta looks to be comfortable from the early returns on his preseason switch to left back, starting each of the USA U-20 games in Costa Rica in recent weeks … Acosta – raised in Utah and playing for local club LaRoca along with Sebastian Saucedo – played mostly a holding midfield role in 2016 with the USL Real Monarchs, and has appeared at right back in the April games vs. Vancouver and at Colorado … Acosta buried the confederation-clinching penalty kick in early March against Honduras, the country of his birth, following a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes of regulation in the regional title game … Saucedo returns to RSL after a year on loan with Veracruz in Mexico, expecting to challenge for minutes in MLS in 2017 … The Park City native bagged a first-half brace in the U.S. U-20 4-1 win over St. Kitts in the CONCACAF U-20 group stage … Last but not least amongst the rostered RSL players recently with Tab Ramos’ qualifying side is DF Justen Glad, one of the stars of the CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying tourney in Costa Rica … Glad earned nearly 2500 minutes with RSL a year ago as a teenager (the Tucson native just turned 20 on the last day of February), and has demonstrated leadership, determination and skill beyond his years … Glad will likely miss another few weeks with a left knee injury suffered th th in the 47 minute of the March 5 USA U-20 championship game in CONCACAF qualifying for this Summer’s youth World Cup, as the club’s medical staff continues to assess the bone bruise in the tibial plateau of his left knee … Glad was joined by longtime academy and RSL teammate Jordan Allen in a recent announcement that the duo had signed contract extensions with RSL, as Allen – now in his fourth year as a pro – appears to have the inside track on locking down the club’s starting right wing position … This preseason, Allen was RSL’s most dangerous attacker, scoring 2 goals and earning 2 penalties in a series of friendlies, also demonstrating a defensive tenacity in that role which has been wholly absent by previous occupiers of that slot in the club’s 4-3-3 setup in 2015/16 … GK Lalo Hernandez has benefited greatly from nearly 50 games the last three seasons in a Real Monarchs (USL) uniform, while M/F Ricardo Velazco became the club’s first-ever player to progress from the RSL academy, to the Monarchs, to earning an MLS deal last August … That duo, along with rookie MF Jose Hernandez (homegrown from UCLA), should see early-season minutes with the Monarchs in addition to selections in the RSL 18 periodically … Overall, RSL has 13 players aged 22 or younger as the 2017 season kicks off, by far the youngest RSL team in club history … DF Danilo Acosta is one of four RSL players (Justen Glad, Jose Hernandez, Brooks Lennon) born in 1997, with Danilo’s November birthday making him the youngest on a roster that includes GK Nick Rimando (June 1979) as the club’s oldest active player … LONG-TERM CONTRACT EXTENSIONS: Since last October, RSL has signed several players to long-term contracts and/or extensions, including FW Yura Movsisyan and DF Aaron Maund late last year, as well as DF Tony Beltran and MF Luke Mulholland … 2017 has already seen new deals for MF Albert Rusnák, with extensions for FW Joao Plata, FW Jordan Allen and DF Justen Glad as well … IRON MAN MULHOLLAND: Last year saw a club-high 33 appearances by RSL MF Luke Mulholland, equaling club marks set by Ned Grabavoy (2014) and Nick Rimando (2011) for most MLS reg. season games played in a single-season for an RSL player … The English native who attended Wingate College in the U.S. before winning minor-league titles in Tampa Bay and Minnesota signed with RSL four years ago, the versatile midfielder with a penchant for long-distance goals able to play
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in any and all three midfield spots … VETERAN END OF THE SPECTRUM: While a youth movement is certainly happening at the RioT, the “kids” are coming up under the tutelage of a quartet of men – Captain Kyle Beckerman, GK Nick Rimando, DF Tony Beltran and DF Chris Wingert – who built and established the competitive culture of an organization that has become a perennial playoff contender during their tenures … th
Beckerman and Rimando each kick off their 11 seasons with RSL continuing to rewrite the MLS record books every time out, as both claim league highs – both active and all-time – for appearances, starts, minutes, etc., in both the field player and goalkeeper categories … Beckerman also leads MLS all-time in fouls and yellow cards, while Rimando is MLS’ all-time winningest GK, boasts an amazing 130 career clean sheets, and is now just 16 saves away from breaking Kevin Hartman’s record to place his name atop every GK category … Meanwhile, DF Tony Beltran – drafted by RSL in 2008 out of UCLA as th part of the Generation adidas program – enters his 10 year with the club, his 227 career regular-season starts with RSL the most-ever for an active player with only one club … Beltran’s counterpart on the opposite side, DF Chris Wingert, actually arrived to RSL back in the Summer of 2007 three days prior to Beckerman … Wingert, also coming from the rival Colorado Rapids, spent one season with his hometown NYCFC in their expansion 2015 year prior to returning to Utah, where his 15,000+ minutes have guided the club across multiple Cup runs in various competitions … HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: Wingert’s return to RSL after a year away has not been uncommon for the club, which has recently seen “second stints” in Claret-and-Cobalt for players such as Luis Silva (back in 2017 after one year in Mexico), Yura Movsisyan (back in 2016 after 6 seasons in Denmark/Russia) … The returns to RSL for guys like Sebastian Saucedo (Veracruz) and Brooks Lennon (Liverpool) is nothing new, as RSL in the past saw recently retired DF Jamison Olave come back to the fold for 2015/16 after a two-year stint with Red Bull New York, and RSL Original Clint Mathis return to his 2005 MLS roots with a 2009 Cup run after time at Colorado and LA … RECENT DEPARTURES: RSL was forced to say goodbye to another club icon, MF Javier Morales, in the recent offseason, the 10-year RSL veteran with 49 goals and 81 assists since 2007 (accounting for nearly 25% of all goals in RSL’s 12-year history) signing with FC Dallas … The exciting Juan Manuel Martinez returned home to Argentina after 15 months in Utah, the former Boca Juniors star electing to take care of his homesick family … A pair of Colombian players no longer call the RSL locker room home, as FW Olmes Garcia spent preseason with San Jose Earthquakes and DF Jamison Olave retired and moved down the hall to join Mike Petke’s staff on the USL Real Monarchs … Backup GK Jeff Attinella – who had been at RSL for several seasons – was claimed by Minnesota in the recent expansion draft and traded to Portland, where he battles Jake Gleeson for the Timbers’ #1 spot between the pipes … MF John Stertzer, drafted by RSL from Maryland in 2014, won a roster spot with NYCFC this season, while FW Devon Sandoval – whose 2013 rookie campaign powered RSL through the playoffs – spent much of last year on loan with Rayo OKC in the NASL, the same league in which his current team, the San Francisco Deltas, will compete …
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM: RSL saw its two top forwards – Joao Plata and Yura Movsisyan, both of whom are returning for 2017 – each score 9 reg. season MLS goals … Plata added 12 assists and earned the distinction of also scoring RSL’s lone CONCACAF Champions League goal in last year’s Quarterfinal stage against Tigres UANL (Mexico), and adding goals in both of RSL’s 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup contests … RIOT FORTRESS PROVIDES PERENNIAL SUCCESS: RSL has now lost just 39 games all-time at home in 198 reg. season games on the Wasatch Front over the previous 13 seasons, with half of that total (19) coming in the club’s first three campaigns (2005-07) … And only 20 since 2008 in MLS (over the last 170 games all competitions at Rio Tinto Stadium, RSL is 100-24-46) … ACTIVE GAME-WINNING GOAL LEADERS: All-time, 36 different players have scored a game-winning goal for RSL in the club’s first 13 MLS seasons, with the active leaders as follows: Joao Plata (8), Kyle Beckerman (7), Yura Movsisyan (4), Luke Mulholland (4) and Jordan Allen (2), the group joined last week by Brooks Lennon with his first-ever game-winner … BACK IN UPPER ECHELON – OR TOP HALF AT LEAST: th RSL finished in 9 place in the overall 20-team MLS table in 2016, a th significant improvement from the club’s 16 place finish in 2015 … In each of the five seasons from 2010-14, RSL finished amongst the top five teams in MLS, including as Supporters Shield runners-up in 2010 COME-FROM-BEHIND D.N.A. FOR CLARET-AND-COBALT: RSL amassed a 6-11-3 overall mark last season across all competitions when conceding the game’s first goal, the most wins (six) and the most points captured (21 when conceding first, and 23 overall) amongst the 20 MLS teams from a losing position in 2016 ... In all of the previous year, it took RSL 30 games to notch a single come-from-behind victory, Oct. 4, 2015, at Colorado ... RSL went 10-8-0 last year in games decided by one goal last season, including a 7-1-0 home mark ... PLAY TO THE FINAL WHISTLE: While RSL came from behind to earn victories six times last season, it also salvaged draws with second-half equalizers in 2016 against Montreal, San Jose and now LA ... On the flipside, RSL also allowed stoppage-time goals to end shutout bids on three occasions (3/6 @ ORL, 4/2 @ KC and 7/1 v. DCU), conceding points to the opposition twice in those instances ... MISSED OPPORTUNITIES DESPITE HOME RECORD: Even with the disappointment from the midsummer streak of five consecutive home draws last year, RSL’s 8-1-8 home mark buoyed the club’s overall 12-12-10 record in 2016 … STILL, HOME COOKING TASTES SO GOOD: Despite the recent glut of home draws, since the beginning of 2008 RSL now boasts a 107-25-51 mark in its last 183 home games (all comps) in that span on Utah soil, during which it has outscored opponents by 176 goals (313-137), with an 86-20-44 reg. season mark (256/112), an 8-1-2 CCL record (21/7), a 5-2-2 playoff performance (11/4), with an 8-2-2 Open Cup mark (24/13) ... RSL’s Rocky Mountain Cup win last August 26 marked the club’s 100th overall MLS reg. season win (currently 101-39-58 at home since 2005) ...
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BELTRAN THE IRON MAN: th RSL DF Tony Beltran made his 227 career regular-season appearance in MLS March 18 v LA, all with RSL – which gives him the all-time Major League Soccer lead for games played ONLY with one team … Drafted in 2008 out of UCLA as part of the Generation adidas program, Beltran spent much of his early career as part of a 3-man rotation at outside back with Robbie Russell and Chris Wingert, before emerging as a perennial starter in 2011 … STINGY DEFENSE AT THE RIOT: Last week’s 1-3 home loss against Atlanta was only the sixth time in the last two-plus years worth of MLS action – totaling 38 games on Utah soil – that RSL has conceded multiple goals to a visitor … LA drew 3-3 at the RioT last September, Portland scored twice in the 2-2 draw on June 18, with Philadelphia opening 2015 with a 3-3 draw at Rio Tinto and RSL later drawing with Columbus two years ago by a 2-2 scoreline ... LA won 2-1 on March 18 in what was Jeff Cassar’s last game as head coach … SCHULER BACK IN FOLD FOR RSL REARGUARD: A day prior to the Maund injury in last August’s training, RSL General Manager Craig Waibel announced that the club had re-signed longtime DF Chris Schuler ... The now seven-year MLS veteran returned to MLS after a brief stint in the USL with Real Monarchs SLC, making his first MLS appearance last Aug. 26 in the win over Colorado after a span of 410 days away (last previous official game with first team: 1-0 USOC win over LA in July, 2015) ... Schuler went on last year to make 9 MLS appearances overall, and started in both the March 4 0-0 draw with TFC and last Saturday’s 1-2 loss to LA Galaxy… Schuler, 28, played six seasons with Real Salt Lake after being selected in the third round, 39th overall, in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft ... He has played 81 matches in six-plus seasons, highlighted by goals in the 2013 postseason against LA and Portland, as well as his careerbest 25 appearances in 2014 ... However, a rash of injuries in 2015 limited him to just five MLS appearances ... Schuler signed with the Monarchs last March 18, playing nine matches with the USL side after rehabbing a foot injury suffered last season with RSL ... In six of his starts, he played the full 90 minutes, showing to Waibel and the RSL coaching staff that he is fit and ready to contribute again at the MLS level ... This year, Schuler has been in the middle of the backline for five of the club’s seven games, including three of RSL’s four clean sheets … The first four appearances all paired Schuler with different partners, but DF Chris Wingert has joined him each of last two weeks … CENTER-BACK ROTATION CONTINUES FOR RSL: Longtime RSL/MLS DF Chris Wingert played centerback alongside former DF – and current Real Monarchs coach – Jamison Olave in that 3-3 draw with LA last Sept. 7, moving to the middle for RSL for the first time since the summer of 2012, which saw Wingert pair twice in league play with Nat Borchers and once in a CCL match with Kwame Watson-Siriboe ... Now Wingert has played next to Justin Schmidt in Minnesota and next to Schuler each of the last three weeks … Now with homegrown DF Justen Glad out after his U-20 knee injury suffered March 5 against Honduras in Costa Rica for USA – the teenager who started in 27 games a year ago, the focus could shift to returning veteran DF David Horst and rookie DF Justin Schmidt, who played for current RSL GM Craig Waibel at the University of Washington before being selected No. 35 overall in the most recent MLS SuperDraft …
RARE OWN-GOAL GAME-WINNERS AT KC, NYC: The 3-1 win at Kansas City last May 21 was the rare RSL game-winner credited to an own goal, as that game saw the ultimate decider slammed home off Brad Davis by a thundering Yura Movsisyan cross just before halftime ... Only the 3rd in RSL’s 395-game MLS reg. season history ... Two weeks later, Javier Morales’ offering glanced off NYC defender Frederic Brillant, for RSL’s 2nd OG game-winner in a 3-game stretch, after boasting (?) only 2 in the previous 365 league matches ... WHILE GLAD VICTIMIZED IN COLUMBUS, and NOW VANCOUVER: A week after the 2-1 win at KC last May 21, RSL conceded its first own goal of the season, as a sliding Aaron Maund tackle on Crew FW Justin Meram caromed off the onrushing leg of fellow centerback Justen Glad, the teenager victimized with an OG for the first time in his young career ... Back on July 13 at Vancouver, Glad was “credited” with an OG again, this time as a Tony Beltran clearance slammed off his chest and past GK Jeff Attinella ... RSL had last conceded on OG back on March 19, 2015, at home against Philadelphia, when DF Jamison Olave was credited in a 3-3 draw ... Prior to benefiting on May 21 at KC and June 2 in NYC, RSL’s last OG received was back in April, 2012, in a home win over Toronto, as DF Richard Eckersley was victimized ... RSL’s RED CARD EPIDEMIC STARTED WITH VANCOUVER VISIT: In the March 19 2-2 draw at Portland last year, RSL saw MF Kyle Beckerman and DF Jamison Olave each ejected, RSL’s second and third red cards in the young 2016 MLS season ... Following DF Demar Phillips’ ejection 22 minutes into the March 6, 2016 opener at Orlando, the ejections continued a disturbing trend, as 2015 saw the club set a dubious new mark for RSL with 9 red cards in 34 games, surpassing the club’s season-record 7 set in 2013, 2011 and 2009 ... Outside MLS competition in 2015, now-departed FW Olmes Garcia was shown a straight red for a late tackle behind play Aug. 12 at Kansas City in the 1-3 elimination from the Open Cup, while on Sept. st 15 in the CCL, MF John Stertzer was ejected in the 81 minute after receiving his second yellow card just 6 minutes after his first, causing RSL to play with 10 men the final 10’ and forcing Stertzer out of the home Santa Tecla tilt ... Additionally, RSL head coach Jeff Cassar was dismissed in two games in 2015 (Aug. 4 at VAN and July 11 at COL, post-game) ... RSL has now played 464 games across all competitions in its 13-year history – 395 MLS reg. season, 22 MLS Cup Playoff, 25 Open Cup and 22 CONCACAF Champions League – and has been reduced to nine men in a game just 5 times, and only once at home (the April 2015 0-1 loss to Vancouver that started a run of 3 double-reds in the last 70 games overall, 57 in MLS play) ... The double-red card games list: Feb. 22, 2011 (CCL) @ Columbus - 0:0 T (Beltran/Borchers) April 21, 2012 (MLS) @ San Jose - 1:3 L (Olave/Espindola) April 18, 2015 (MLS) v Vancouver - 0:1 L (Olave/Saucedo) June 24, 2015 (MLS) @ Red Bulls - 0:1 L (Morales/Phillips) March 19, 2016 (MLS) @ Portland – 2:2 T (Beckerman/Olave)
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OLAVE SETS DUBIOUS MARK: With his red card last March 19 at Portland, former RSL DF Jamison Olave claimed the dubious distinction of being the all-time expulsion leader in Major League Soccer’s 22-year history, with 10 ejections in 215 career games played ... RSL Captain Kyle Beckerman – who is the league’s all-time yellow card (96) and fouls committed (626) leader, in part due to appearing in more games than any field player in MLS history (413) – also received his fifth all-time red card, and one of only two since 2012, on March 18 ... Those totals and that distinction sounds worse than it actually is, considering the dreadlocked warrior averages just one foul every 55 minutes played – mostly at the defensive midfielder position – and just one yellow card every 4.5 games played ...
REGGAE BOYZ FIND A HOME IN UTAH: Several of Jamaica’s finest have found a home in Utah, as Head Scout Andy Williams – the club’s first-ever pick in the 2005 expansion draft and a beloved fan favorite for several seasons – and second-year assistant Tyrone Marshall, an MLS/CONCACAF National Team legend in his own right – have recruited active Reggae Boyz Demar rd Phillips (left back, now in his 3 RSL season) and Omar Holness nd (defensive midfielder, 2 year) to Sandy ...
CAN RSL GET BACK TO .500?: The March 11 0-2 loss at Chicago dropped the club below .500 in MLS reg. season play for the first time since April 2014 ... The April 1 loss to expansion Minnesota dropped RSL three games down, the club pulling games back with the pair of wins to kick off the Mike Petke era … Last week’s ATL loss dropped RSL down to two games below the evenwater mark … Back in the non-playoff 2015 campaign, RSL’s late-season quartet of October losses at San Jose and Seattle sandwiching home setbacks against Portland and Dallas returned RSL’s all-time MLS regularseason mark down to a perfectly even .500, six months after reaching a 11-year cumulative high of 6 games over with the April 5 road win at San Jose ... Attaining the “.500” mark in 2014, in MLS game 293, allowed the club to call itself “even” for the first time since May 2005, with a 3-3-2 mark early in its history ... RSL dropped to 32 games below .500 on May 24, 2008, after a 1-2 loss at Dallas, the club’s low-water mark in terms of overall record ... RSL went 8-5-8 the rest of the way to earn a playoff berth, knock out #1 seed Chivas and even host the West Final that season ... ALL-TIME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL CREEPING DOWN AS WELL: It took 265 all-time regular-season matches, but the 4-1 victory @CHV in May 2013 put RSL’s all-time aggregate goal differential in MLS play deep into positive territory at the conclusion of a game, the club scoring 341 goals all-time while conceding 338 ... Back on Sept. 21, 2011 in a 3-1 win at Red Bull Arena in New York, RSL briefly got its goal +/- head above water, but a late Joel Lindpere goal dropped the side to even, three days before a 1-4 road loss at D.C. United ... When Jason Kreis took over RSL 4 games into the club’s third season in 2007, the differential was minus-43, eventually dropping as low as minus-57 after a loss at Dallas on May 24, 2008 - more than 6.5 years ago ... It took 160 regular-season matches, but RSL finally made up the difference ... Last year’s April 5 win over SJ allowed RSL to set a new all-time +33 high-water goal differential mark, now back down to +16 after the 3-1 loss to Atlanta …
WASATCH FORTRESS AGAINST INTERNATIONAL VISITORS: After the 1-2 loss last July 19 to Inter Milan (ITA), all-time RSL still boasts a total of 27 wins on Utah soil against international opponents in either CCL play (8-1-2, with a 21/7 goal advantage), exhibitions (7-5-4, 21/19 difference) or against visiting Canadian MLS teams (12-2-4, with a 33/15 +/-) ... Since moving into Rio Tinto Stadium in October, 2008, RSL owns a 22-3-7 (win-loss-draw) mark against int’l clubs or in CCL competition ... Mexican clubs are now 1-1-1 in Sandy in meaningful games, as Cruz Azul (2010 group stage) fell 1-3 at RSL prior to Monterrey riding a Humberto Suazo dagger in April 2011 in the second leg of the 2010/11 Final ... Manchester United visits Rio Tinto Stadium on Monday, July 17 this year, as was announced last month … WALL OF THE WASATCH INDEED: Iconic RSL GK Nick Rimando saw his CCL shutout streak snapped at 593 minutes back on Feb. 24, 2015, with Tigres’ first goal (he last allowed a goal in the 14th minute of RSL’s 0-1 loss at Herediano in July 2012), while his HOME clean sheet streak totaled 406 minutes, snapped with a 91+ clincher by Andre-Pierre Gignac at the death ... Rimando – who saved a PK in 1st half stoppage against Gignac in Monterrey a week earlier – had not conceded at Rio Tinto Stadium in CCL play since the Humberto Suazo series-winner in the 44th minute against Monterrey at the RioT back in April 2011 ... LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK HOME: RSL kicks off the 2017 season with 3 of its first 5 MLS contests on the road, as the club has lost just twice in 22 overall at home over the last two years (including CCL and Open Cup contests, all draws) ... In MLS play, RSL went 8-1-8 at Rio Tinto Stadium (8-1-11 overall) to join Dallas and LA as clubs with just one blemish at home last season, trailing Colorado’s 12-0-5 home mark as the Rapids joined RSL, LA, San Jose and Houston as teams to post unbeaten home MLS reg. seasons ... Each of the other 16 MLS sides dropped 2 or more games in their friendly confines ... RSL has maintained an unblemished home mark just once in its 12 previous seasons, posting an 11-0-4 mark during the 2010 campaign ... Since MLS adopted a 34-game reg. season, the club’s best-ever home mark was the 11-1-5 ledger in 2014, Jeff Cassar’s first season as head coach ... RSL SEEKS TO RESTORE ROAR AT RIOT FORTRESS: RSL’s 2016 campaign of 8-1-11 overall (8-1-8 in MLS) saw a lateseason 0-1 loss to Houston doom the hopes of hosting a home playoff th game, that surprising Dynamo result just the club’s 6 shutout loss in its last 56 home games overall, dating back to the 2013 Open Cup Final ... The eight MLS draws at home last year set a new all-time season high, surpassing the six draws in 2006 and 2008 ... The ignominy of the last two years at home snapped a 7-year run that had seen RSL average 2.00 points per game or more in Sandy in each MLS season from 2008-14, as well as a 5-year streak of 10 or more home wins in league play ...
REAL SALT LAKE @ SPORTING KANSAS CITY CHILDRENS MERCY PARK – Sat., April 29, 2017 – 6:30 P.M. MT TV: KMYU (2.2 air / 12 satellite / 643 Comcast HD) RADIO: ESPN700 AM (ENG) / 102.3 FM (SPN)
RED DEVILS INVADE UTAH ON JULY 17: Rio Tinto Stadium and Real Salt Lake will host iconic and legendary international power Manchester United – winners of a record 20 topflight titles in England (including 13 in the Premier League era) and three European championships – on Monday, July 17 (evening kickoff TBA), RSL Owner Dell Loy Hansen announced Tuesday … “Our fans have been incredibly supportive since our inception in 2005 and they deserve the opportunity to see some of the world’s best on our Rio Tinto Stadium field,” Hansen said, reiterating that the club’s Herriman Complex will provide a training destination for many of the world’s best going forward … “The Manchester United club is synonymous with the beautiful game around the globe, and to have them visit our great State to play against RSL is the culmination of an amazing effort consistent with our vision for Real Salt Lake” … Presented in part by the Utah Sports Commission, the Red Devils are making their first trip to Utah, joining a list of top-flight international clubs to visit the Beehive State to face RSL … Manchester United follows Real Madrid (Spain) in 2006 (Rice-Eccles Stadium), Everton (England) in 2007/09 and Internazionale Milano (Italy) in 2016 (Rio Tinto Stadium). RSL also boasts a long history of hosting regional CONCACAF powers Club América (Mexico) in 2008, Saprissa (Costa Rica) in 2011, Chivas de Guadalajara (Mexico) in 2008, as well as South American clubs Boca Juniors (Argentina) in 2007 and Universidad Católica (Chile) in 2005, among others …
REAL SALT LAKE’S INTERNATIONAL HISTORY: Real Salt Lake famously hosted its first European visitor back in August, 2006, when world power Real Madrid visited the Beehive State, RSL falling 0-2 at Rice-Eccles Stadium on the University of Utah campus on August 12, 2006, not coincidentally the date of Rio Tinto Stadium’s groundbreaking … The following Summer, RSL downed Everton (ENG), 2-0, with the Liverpool-based side returning to Utah for the 2009 MLS All-Star Game in Sandy, the Toffees winning via penalty kick shootout, 4-3, to decide a 1-1 draw at the conclusion of 90 minutes … RSL’s history against international clubs at Rio Tinto Stadium is dominated by CONCACAF Champions League play with 22 of 23 alltime games of this type part of CCL competition; however, numerous friendlies have existed against Mexican, Argentine, Jamaican, Chilean and English teams, mostly at Rice-Eccles Stadium during the 13-year old club’s early years … With last Summer’s 1-2 loss at home to Italy’s Inter Milan, RSL’s alltime record is now 18-10-10 (W-L-T) all-time in international contests, with a +14 goal differential (55 goals for / 41 goals against) … In meaningful int’l competition, RSL is 11-5-6 (34 GF / 22 GA) … In the Rio Tinto Stadium era, RSL is 13-7-8 vs. visiting international squads (does NOT include league matches against visiting Canadian teams, against whom RSL is now 13-2-3 (33/14 goal +/-); however, the record DOES include CCL series v. Columbus and Toronto) …
David Horst DF · #4
Luke Mulholland MF · #19
Omar Holness MF · #12
Yura Movsisyan FW · #14
Aaron Maund DF · #21
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Jose Hernandez MF · #29
15
Lalo Fernandez GK · #1
Reagan Dunk DF · #3
Tony Beltran DF · #2
1
Chad Barrett FW · #13
Jordan Allen MF · #70
Danilo Acosta MF · #25
2017 REAL SALT LAKE
THE TEAM
Sunday Stephen MF · #8
19
Brooks Lennon FW · #27
Justen Glad DF · #15
Kyle Beckerman MF · #5
Director of Video Analysis
T Eck Ted
Matt Van Oekel GK · #24
Sebastian Saucedo MF · #23
Demar Phillips DF · #17
Assistant Coach
TTyrone Ty rone Marshall
Ricardo Velazco FW · #22
Justin Schmidt MF · #6
Joao Plata FW · #10
Goalkeeper Coach
Daryl Shore
Chris Wingert DF · #16
Chris Schuler DF · #28
Nick Rimando GK · #18
Assistant Coach
Freddy Juarez
Head Coach
Mike Petke
Luis Silva MF · #20
Albert Rusnák MF · #11
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2017 REAL SALT LAKE ROSTER
(as of March 29, 2017)
RED = new for 2017
ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
# 25 70 13 5 2 3 1 15 29 12 4 27 21 14 19 17 10 18 11 23 6 28 20 8 22 24 16
Name Danilo Acosta Jordan Allen Chad Barrett Kyle Beckerman Tony Beltran Reagan Dunk
Pos. MF D/M/F FW MF DF DF Eduardo “Lalo” Fernandez GK Justen Glad DF Jose Hernandez MF Omar Holness MF David Horst DF Brooks Lennon FW Aaron Maund DF Yura Movsisyan FW Luke Mulholland MF Demar Phillips DF Joao Plata FW Nick Rimando GK Albert Rusnák MF Sebastian Saucedo FW Justin Schmidt DF Chris Schuler CB Luis Silva M/F Sunday Stephen MF Ricardo Velazco MF Matt VanOekel GK Chris Wingert DF
Ht. 5-11 5-11 5-11 5-11 5-8 5-11 6-3 6-0 5-5 6-0 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-1 5-9 5-6 5-2 5-9 5-10 5-7 6-1 6-4 5-11 5-11 5-8 6-4 5-11
Wt. 160 160 180 165 150 170 170 175 145 174 210 180 180 190 150 140 135 185 175 160 195 205 190 170 150 210 180
D.O.B. 11/07/1997 04/25/1995 04/30/1985 04/23/1982 10/11/1987 02/07/1994 12/16/1992 02/28/1997 04/12/1996 03/13/1994 10/25/1985 09/22/1997 09/19/1990 08/02/1987 08/07/1988 09/23/1983 03/01/1992 06/17/1979 07/07/1994 01/22/1997 11/02/1993 09/06/1987 12/10/1988 09/17/1988 05/26/1993 09/20/1986 06/16/1982
Hometown Sandy, UT Rochester, NY San Diego, CA Crofton, MD Claremont, CA Dallas, TX El Paso, TX Tucson, AZ Casa Grande, AZ Kingston, Jamaica Pine Grove, PA Paradise Valley, AZ Dorchester, MA Pasadena, CA Preston, England Kingston, Jamaica Guayaquil, Ecuador Montclair, CA Vyskov, Czech Rep. Park City, UT Albuquerque, NM Chicago, IL Los Angeles, CA Lagos, Nigeria Casa Grande, AZ Chesapeake, VA Babylon, NY
College -Virginia UCLA -UCLA Denver --UCLA North Carolina Old Dominion -Notre Dame Pasadena City Wingate --UCLA --Washington Creighton UC-Santa Barbara -Louisville Rutgers St. John’s
Status SUP/HP/GC/DOM SUP/HP/DOM SEN/DOM SEN/DOM SEN/DOM SUP/DOM SUP/HP/DOM SEN/HP/DOM SUP/HP/Int’l SUP/GA/Int’l SEN/DOM SUP/HP/DOM SEN/DOM SEN/DP/DOM SEN/GC/DOM SEN/Int’l SEN/DP/GC/DOM SEN/DOM SEN/Int’l SUP/HP/DOM SUP/DOM SEN/DOM SEN/DOM SEN/Int’l SUP/HP/DOM SEN/DOM SEN/DOM
NUMERIC ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
# 1 2 4 3 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 70
Name Lalo Fernandez Tony Beltran David Horst Reagan Dunk Kyle Beckerman Justin Schmidt Sunday Stephen Joao Plata Albert Rusnák Omar Holness Chad Barrett Yura Movsisyan Justen Glad Chris Wingert Demar Phillips Nick Rimando Luke Mulholland Luis Silva Aaron Maund Ricardo Velazco Sebastian Saucedo Matt VanOekel Danilo Acosta Brooks Lennon Chris Schuler Jose Hernandez Jordan Allen
Pos. GK DF DF DF MF DF MF FW MF MF FW FW DF DF DF GK MF M/F DF MF FW GK MF FW DF MF DF
Pronunciation LAW – lo
Last Club (League) C.A. Penarol (Uruguayan 1st Div.) UCLA Houston Dynamo (MLS) Univ. of Denver Colorado Rapids (MLS) Univ. of Washington “Sunny” Alanyaspor (Turkish 1st Div.) JOE - ow Toronto FC (MLS) ROOS – knock FC Groningen (Dutch Eredivisie) HOLE - ness University of North Carolina San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) mowv – SIS – ee - un Spartak Moscow (Russian Premier Lg.) Tucson, AZ RSL-Arizona Academy U-18s (USSDA) Babylon, NY New York City FC (MLS) duh – MARR Kingston, Jamaica Aalesunds FK (Norway) ruh - MAHN - do Montclair, CA New York Red Bulls (MLS) Preston, England Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) Oaxaca, Mexico Tigres UANL (Liga MX) MAWND Dorchester, MA Toronto FC (MLS) Casa Grande, AZ FC Tucson (PDL) “Bofo” San Fernando Valley, CA Veracruz (Liga MX) van OAK – ull Chesapeake, VA FC Edmonton (NASL) uh-KOSE-tuh San Pedro Sula, Honduras Real Monarchs SLC (USL) Paradise Valley, AZ Liverpoool FC Reserves (England) SHOO – lurr Chicago, IL Real Monarchs SLC (USL) Mexico City, Mexico UCLA Rochester, NY University of Virginia
O w n e r : Dell Loy Hansen (Logan, UT) G e n e r a l M a n a g e r : Craig Waibel (Spokane, WA) H e a d C o a c h : Mike Petke (Bohemia, NY) A s s i s t a n t C o a c h : Freddy Juarez (Las Cruces, NM) A s s i s t a n t C o a c h : Tyrone Marshall (Kingston, Jamaica) A s s i s t a n t C o a c h : Daryl Shore (Peekskill, NY) V i d e o A n a l y s t : Ted Eck (Springfield, IL) VP, Soccer Operations: Rob Zarkos (Bellevue, WA) A s s t . G e n e r a l M a n a g e r : Elliot Fall (Salt Lake City, UT) H e a d S c o u t : Andy Williams (Kingston, Jamaica) S c o u t : Dane Murphy (Danbury, CT) S t r e n g t h / C o n d i t i o n i n g : Henry Ruggiero (Stow, MA) Matt Howley (Melbourne, AUS) T e a m A d m i n i s t r a t o r : Tim Weaver (Lockport, NY) E q u i p m e n t M a n a g e r s : Kevin Harter (Dallas, TX); Randy Butts (Salt Lake City, UT)
Place of Birth Guadalajara, Mexico Whittier, CA Pine Grove, PA Dallas, TX Crofton, MD Everett, WA Lagos, Nigeria Guayaquil, Ecuador Vyskov, Czech Rep. Kingston, Jamaica San Diego, CA
H e a d A t h l e t i c T r a i n e r : Tyson Pace (Clearfield, UT) A s s t . A t h l e t i c T r a i n e r : Tyler Knight (Huntsville, AL) A s s t . A t h l e t i c T r a i n e r : Marshall Stoddard (Ogden, UT) Team Physicians: Dr. Andrew Cooper (SLC, UT), Dr. Michael Cosgrave (Highland, UT) Dr. Stephen Kirk (Sandy, UT), Dr. John Edwards (Provo, UT) T e a m C h i r o p r a c t o r : Monte Layton, D.C. (Midvale, UT) P r e s s O f f i c e r s : Trey Fitz-Gerald (Albuquerque, NM); Matt Gaschk (Gig Harbor, WA); Delia Maresco (McLean, VA) T e a m V i d e o g r a p h e r s : Tyler Gibbons (San Diego, CA); Bobby Hitz (Salt Lake City, UT) T e a m P h o t o g r a p h e r : Ray Taggart (Sandy, UT) T e a m C h a p l a i n : JR Baker (Salt Lake City, UT)
2017 REAL MONARCHS SLC ROSTER
(as of March 29, 2017)
RED = new for 2017
ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
# 40 41 43 45 44 58 53 46 57 49 47 42 56 48 54 52 59 51 50 55
Player James Moberg Charlie Adams Nick Besler Andrew Brody Kyle Curinga Jonel Desiré Michael Gallagher Daniel Haber Karsten Hanlin Chandler Hoffman Max Lachowecki Jesus Leal Skyler Milne Chase Minter Emmanuel Ocran Emilio Orozco Taylor Peay Andrew Putna Connor Sparrow Sebastian Velasquez
Pos. MF MF MF FW DF FW DF FW MF FW DF MF FW MF FW DF DF GK GK MF
Ht. 6-1 5-9 6-1 5-10 6-1 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-10 6-4 5-9 5-10 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-2 5-7
Wt. 185 155 185 135 165 172 195 170 160 190 155 155 211 150 175 170 195 180 175 145
Birthdate 04/16/1994 05/16/1994 05/07/1993 05/03/1995 12/30/1993 02/12/1997 08/07/1994 05/20/1992 12/13/1993 08/17/1990 06/30/1992 12/18/1992 09/27/1993 08/19/1992 02/19/1996 04/29/1992 09/05/1991 10/21/1994 05/10/1994 02/11/1991
Hometown Windsor, CA Brentford, England Overland Park, KS Orlando, FL Clearwater, FL Mirebalais, Haiti Sammamish, WA Toronto, Canada Centennial, CO Birmingham, Alabama Evansville, IN Culiacan, Mexico Bluffdale, UT Heath, TX Accra, Ghana Oxnard, CA Salt Lake City, UT Lemont, IL Saint Louis, MO Spartanburg, SC
NUMERIC ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
# 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
Player James Moberg Charlie Adams Jesus Leal Nick Besler Kyle Curinga Andrew Brody Daniel Haber Max Lachowecki Chase Minter Chandler Hoffman Connor Sparrow Andrew Putna Emilio Orozco Michael Gallagher Emmanuel Ocran Sebastian Velasquez Skyler Milne Karsten Hanlin Jonel Desiré Taylor Peay
Pos. MF MF MF MF DF FW FW DF MF FW GK GK DF DF FW MF FW MF FW DF
Pronunciation
lay - ALL BEESE – lurr koo – RING – uh LACK-oh-WECK-ee
or – OSS - coh OH – cran MILL – knee JOE-nell des-uh-RAY PAY
Place of Birth Modesto, CA Hendon, England Culiacan, Mexico Overland Park, KS Clearwater, FL Las Vegas, NV Toronto, Canada Evansville, IN Rowlett, TX Birmingham, Alabama Saint Louis, MO Lemont, IL Ventura County, CA Sammamish, WA Accra, Ghana Medellin, Colombia Logan, UT Denver, CO Mirebalais, Haiti Salt Lake City, UT
Owner: Dell Loy Hansen (Logan, UT) VP/Administration: Rob Zarkos (Bellevue, WA) General Manager: Elliot Fall (Salt Lake City, UT) Head Coach: Mark Briggs (Wolverhampton, Eng.) Asst. Coach: Matt Glaeser (Fredericksburg, VA) Asst. Coach: Jamison OLave (Cali, Colombia) Sport Performance: Bryan Russ (SLC, UT) Video Analyst: Preston Gayton (SLC, UT) Team Administrator: Taymour Roushdi (London/Paris) Equipment Manager: Alex Caparelli (Buenos Aires, ARG) Head Athletic Trainer:Marshall Stoddard (Logan, UT)
Status Int’l
Int’l
Int’l Int’l
Last Club Univ. of Washington Stevenage (England League Two) Cimarrones de Sonora (Ascenso MX) Portland Timbers (MLS) FF Jaro (Finland) Univ. of Louisville Vancouver Whitecaps 2 (USL) Univ. of Notre Dame Sacramento Republic (USL) Louisville City (USL) Creighton Univ. Univ. of Illinois-Chicago Chivas USA (MLS) Portland Timbers 2 (USL) Asante Kotoko FC (Ghana) Rayo OKC (NASL) Utah Valley University Univ. of Denver AS Capoise (Haiti) Portland Timbers 2 (USL)
Team Physicians:
Team Chiropractor: Press Officers: Team Videographers: Team Photographer: Team Chaplain:
www.RSL.com/Monarchs
College Washington -Notre Dame Louisville --Washington Cornell Denver UCLA Notre Dame -Utah Valley Calif. Polytechnic --Washington Ill.-Chicago Creighton Spartanburg Methodist
Dr. Andrew Cooper (SLC, UT), Dr. Michael Cosgrave (Highland, UT) Dr. Stephen Kirk (Sandy, UT), Dr. John Edwards (Provo, UT) Monte Layton, D.C. (Midvale, UT) Trey Fitz-Gerald (Albuquerque, NM); Matt Gaschk (Gig Harbor, WA); Delia Maresco (McLean, VA) Tyler Gibbons (San Diego, CA); Bobby Hitz (Salt Lake City, UT) Ray Taggart (Salt Lake City, UT) JR Baker (Salt Lake City, UT)
REAL SALT LAKE – ALL-TIME MLS REGULAR-SEASON HISTORY (2005-present) ------ OVERALL -----v. GP W- L-T GF GA +/COL 38 16-12-10 45 36 +9 DAL 34 11-17-6 39 46 -7 LA 34 12-14-8 54 53 +1 CHV 29 13-12-4 38 34 +4 SJ 27 9- 9-9 38 35 +3 HOU 24 8-11-5 35 32 +3 KC 23 9- 8-6 29 27 +2 CHI 20 6- 7-7 18 24 -6 RBNY 20 6- 5-9 27 27 = NE 19 9- 5-5 34 25 +9 SEA 19 7- 8-4 20 25 -5 CLB 19 5-11-3 23 29 -6 DC 19 7- 7-5 29 31 -2 VAN 17 6- 7-4 18 21 -3 POR 16 5- 5-6 20 18 +2 TOR 15 8- 5-2 20 12 +8 PHI 9 3- 0-6 16 11 +5 MTL 5 2- 2-1 8 9 -1 ORL 2 0- 0-2 3 3 = NYCFC 2 2- 0-0 5 2 +2 MIN 1 0- 1-0 2 4 -2 ATL 1 0- 1-0 1 3 -2 396 145-147-104
----- HOME GAMES ----GP W- L-T GF GA +/19 11-3-5 27 12 +15 19 10-5-4 29 19 +10 17 6-4-7 30 24 +6 13 7-3-3 20 11 +9 13 4-3-6 19 11 +8 12 6-2-4 13 6 +7 11 6-3-2 17 13 +4 9 3-3-3 10 13 -3 10 5-0-5 18 9 +9 10 5-2-3 21 9 +12 8 5-1-2 12 6 +6 9 4-3-2 15 8 +7 10 7-1-2 20 8 +12 9 5-1-3 13 5 +8 9 4-3-2 14 11 +3 8 7-1-0 19 8 +11 4 2-0-2 10 6 +4 3 2-0-1 5 2 +3 1 0-0-1 1 1 = 1 1-0-0 2 0 +2 1
526 510 +16
0-1-0
1
198 101-39-58
3
----- ROAD GAMES ----GP W- L-T GF GA +/19 5- 9-5 18 24 -6 15 1-12-2 10 27 -17 17 6-10-1 24 29 -5 16 6- 9-1 18 23 -5 14 5- 6-3 19 24 -5 12 2- 9-1 22 26 -4 12 3- 5-4 12 14 -2 11 3- 4-4 8 11 -3 10 1- 5-4 9 18 -9 9 4- 3-2 13 16 -3 11 2- 7-2 8 19 -11 10 1- 8-1 8 21 -13 9 0- 6-3 9 23 -14 8 1- 6-1 5 16 -11 7 1- 2-4 6 7 -1 7 1- 4-2 1 4 -3 5 1- 0-4 6 5 +1 2 0- 2-0 3 7 -4 1 0- 0-1 2 2 = 1 1- 0-0 3 2 +1 1 0- 1-0 2 4 -2
-2
318 186 +132
198
thru 04/23/17
----------- FORM GUIDE 17 16 15 14 13 12 W WLW WLT WWW TLT LWW TWL LL WLT TWL LWT L TL WLT LTW LWL WLW WLL WWW WWL LT LTW WTT LWW LLL LLW WW W W L TWW WWT T L L L W W W T T T W L T L W T L W W W LLW LW LWL LWW TTW L T T W L T L W L W W LW LLL LTT WWT TLW LTT LLT TLW TWT WWW T L W W W W W T T T T T L W L W T T W W L L
(reverse order) -----------11 10 09 08 07 06 05 TW TT WTL TWL WWTL LWLT LLLW WT WL LW WLW LLT LWLL LWLL LW WL WT TT TWL WLWL TLWL WW TW WL LWL LLL TTTL WLWL WW TW TL WTW TLLT LT WL LTT LT LLW TWLL WL TW WL LT WL TW LL LT WW TL TT LT LW LL WW TW WL TL TT LT TT TW WW LW TW LT WT LL WL TT WL LL WL LW LW LT WL LL LT WT TW LW LW TW LL LW TL LW TW LW WL TL WT TW
44-108-46 208 324 -116
(ROAD)
REAL SALT LAKE – ALL-TIME YEAR-BY-YEAR MLS REGULAR-SEASON RECORD ---------- OVERALL ----------Year W- L- T PTS PPG GF GA 2005 5-22- 5 20 0.63 30 65 2006 10-13- 9 39 1.22 45 49 2007 6-15- 9 27 0.90 31 45 2008 10-10-10 40 1.33 40 39 2009 11-12- 7 40 1.33 43 35 2010 15- 4-11 56 1.87 45 20 2011 15-11- 8 53 1.56 44 36 2012 17-11- 6 57 1.68 46 35 2013 16-10- 8 56 1.65 57 41 2014 15- 8-11 56 1.65 54 39 2015 11-15- 8 41 1.21 38 48 2016 12-12-10 46 1.35 44 46 2017 2- 4- 2 8 1.00 9 12 TOT. 145-147-104 539 1.37 526 510
------ HOME GAMES -----+/W- L- T PPG GF GA +/-35 5- 8- 3 1.13 19 24 -5 -4 6- 4- 6 1.13 23 19 +4 -14 4- 7- 4 1.07 18 22 -4 -1 8- 1- 6 2.00 24 10 -14 +8 9- 1- 5 2.13 34 11 +23 +25 11- 0- 4 2.47 31 7 +24 +8 10- 3- 4 2.00 29 15 +14 +11 11- 4- 2 2.06 27 15 +12 31 16 +15 +16 10- 3- 4 2.00 +15 11- 1- 5 2.24 33 14 +19 -10 7- 4- 6 1.59 20 14 +6 -2 8- 1- 8 1.88 22 14 +8 -3 1- 2- 1 1.00 5 5 = +16 101-39-58 1.84 318 186 +132
RSL COACHING HISTORY -- Reg. Season -Year 2005 2006 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 2017
Coach W L T John Ellinger 5 22 5 John Ellinger 10 13 9 John Ellinger 0 2 2 TOTAL 15 37 16 Jason Kreis 6 13 7 Jason Kreis 10 10 10 Jason Kreis 11 12 7 Jason Kreis 15 4 11 Jason Kreis 15 11 8 Jason Kreis 17 11 6 Jason Kreis 16 10 8 TOTAL 90 71 57 Jeff Cassar 15 8 11 Jeff Cassar 11 15 8 Jeff Cassar 12 12 10 Jeff Cassar 0 1 1 TOTAL 38 37 30 D. Shore (Int.) 0 1 1 Mike Petke 2 1 0 ALL-TIME 145 147 104
PCT .234 .453 .250 .338 .365 .500 .483 .683 .556 .589 .589 .542 .603 .435 .500 .250 .505 .250 .667 .495
PTS 20 39 2 61 25 40 40 56 53 57 56 327 56 41 46 1 144 1 6 539
------ ROAD GAMES -----W- L- T PPG GF GA +/0-14- 2 0.13 11 41 -30 4- 9- 3 0.94 22 30 -8 2- 8- 5 0.73 13 23 -20 2- 9- 4 0.67 16 29 -13 2-11- 2 0.53 9 24 -15 4- 4- 7 1.27 14 13 +1 5- 8- 4 1.12 15 21 -6 6- 7- 4 1.29 19 20 -1 6- 7- 4 1.29 26 25 +1 4- 7- 6 1.06 21 25 -4 4-11- 2 0.82 16 34 -18 4-11- 2 0.82 20 30 -10 1- 2- 1 1.00 4 7 -3 44-108-46 0.88 208 324 -116
----- MLS Cup Playoffs ----W L T PCT OT ShO
Conf. Finish West 5 West 5 West 6 West 3 West 5 West 2 West 3 West 2 West 2 West 3 West 9 West 6
1 2 0 1 0 3 7 0
1 0 1 2 1 1 6 1
1 2 1 0 1 1 6 1
.500 .750 .250 .333 .250 .700 .526 .250
0
1
0
.000
--------- USOC --------W L T PCT OT 0 1 0 .000 0-1-0 1 1 0 .500 1-0-0 1 0 0 1.000 2 2 0 .500 1-1-0 0 1 0 .000 1 1 0 .500 0 1 0 .000 0 1 1 .250 1 1 0 .500 0 1 0 .000 4 1 0 .800 6 6 1 .500 0 1 0 .000 3 1 0 .750 0 0 2 .500
0
2
1
.167
3
2
2
.600
7
8
7
.477
11
11
3
.500
0-0-0 0-0-2 0-0-0
0-0 2-0 0-0
1-0-1 1-0-3
0-1 2-1
1-0-2
2-1
Supporters Shield 11th of 12 9th of 12 12th of 13 7th of 14 8th of 15 2nd of 16 3rd of 18 5th of 19 4th of 19 4th of 19 16th of 20 9th of 20
Postseason Result DNQ DNQ DNQ West Finalist MLS Cup Champion Quarterfinals West Finalist Quarterfinals MLS Cup Runner-up Quarterfinals DNQ Knockout Participant
------ CCL -----L T PCT PTS
ShO
W
1-0
4 2 2
1 2 1
1 2 1
.750 .500 .600
13 8 7
1-0
8
4
4
.600
28
1-1
3 0
0 1
1 1
.875 .250
7 1
3
1
2
.574
11
11
5
6
.643
39
2-1
REAL SALT LAKE – U.S. OPEN CUP HISTORY vs. Team Minnesota Thunder (USL) Virginia Beach (USL) Kansas City Wizards Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Seattle Sounders FC San Jose Earthquakes D.C. United Wilmington Hammerheads (USL) FC Dallas Minnesota Stars FC (NASL) Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) Charleston Battery (USL) Carolina Railhawks (NASL) Portland Timbers D.C. United Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) Seattle Sounders FC 2 (USL) Portland Timbers LA Galaxy Sporting Kansas City Wilmington Hammerheads (USL) Seattle Sounders FC TOTALS
GP 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 25
W-L-T 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-1 1-0-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-3 0-0-1 0-0-1 11-11-3
OT 0-1-0 1-0-0
ShO
1-0 0-1-0
1-0-0 1-0-0
3-2-0
1-0 0-1 2-1
GF 4 2 2 1 0 1 7 1 2 0 1 3 5 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 44
GA 6 1 1 3 2 4 3 2 0 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 42
Mtg. 2005 2006 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016
Round Rd of 16 Rd of 16 Play-in Quarterfinal Play-in Play-in Play-in Play-in Rd of 16 Quarterfinal Rd of 32 Rd of 32 Rd of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal FINAL Rd of 32 Rd of 32 Rd of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Rd of 32 Rd of 16
Series Note: Kreis hat trick wasted in 4-6 OT road loss Andy Williams bombazo in 93’ rescues home RSL side Orange ball rolled out in last Ellinger win … Kovalenko red card dooms RSL chances Starfire turf not kind as RSL loses to expansion SEA 4-0 home win & 3-3 road draw (PK win) give RSL edge Najar GWG in OT overcomes Morales/Saborio substitutions Beltran, Alexandre lead RSL in home match RSL wilts in sweltering heat at Pizza Hut Park Record crowd of 17,000+ watch RSL shocker to 2nd div team Beckerman early, Sandoval/Stephenson late saves 120’ RSL Early 0-2 deficit overcome by Sandoval, Plata, et al Beltran, Wingert and Saborio score as RSL dominates Saborio early, Plata late in Will Johnson return to RTS 45’ Lewis Neal goal dooms dominant RSL at home - again 10’ Findley goal unable to hold up, ATL rides Poku 91+’ 57’ Morales sub leads to Plata equalizer, game-winner Attinella clean sheet bolstered by Jaime, Javi goals Maund header in 87’ leads RSL past Gerrard, Keane Early Garcia goal precedes 2g KC explosion in final 10’ RioT reopen sees Attinella, Wingert excel in PKs Plata PK not enough to overcome hot visiting GK
REAL SALT LAKE – CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HISTORY vs. Team Series Arabe Unido (PAN) Cruz Azul (MEX) Toronto FC (CAN) Columbus Crew (USA) 1 Saprissa (CRC) 1 Monterrey (MEX) 1 Herediano (CRC) Tauro FC (PAN) Santa Tecla (SLV) Municipal (GUA) Tigres (MEX) 1 TOTALS
W-L ------1-0 1-0 0-1 -----
0-1
GP 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 22
W-L-T 2-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-1-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 2-0-0 2-0-1 2-0-0 0-1-1 11-6-6
OT
ShO
GF 5 7 5 4 3 2 0 3 2 2 1 34
GA 3 6 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 3 22
Mtg. 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2015 2015 2016
Stage Group Group Group Quarter Semi FINAL Group Group Group Group Quarter
Series Notes/Result RSL sweeps home and away by 2-1 / 3-2 scores Spectacular 4-5 road loss reversed by 3-1 group clincher Morales FK at death clinches passage to knockouts Feb. 22 frozen field in Ohio, March 1 dominance in Utah Sabo strikes w/o celebrating, Olave road goal critical Morales road equalizer sets up home finale, Suazo dagger Borchers red leads to loss, home shutout denies advance 94+ Sabo PK wins on road, Javi/Kyle show at home Javi assists late on goals for Garcia, Martinez comeback Plata road/Olave home goals hold up Rimando shutouts 1-3 agg. loss in QF; Plata G, Yura/Wingert RioT return
REAL SALT LAKE – ALL-TIME MLS CUP PLAYOFF HISTORY YEAR 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013
2014 2015 2016
vs. Team
Series
W-L
GP
W-L-T
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 2-0 0-1 0-1
2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2
1-0-1 0-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-1-1 1-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-1 1-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-1 0-1-1
Los Angeles Galaxy 1 TOTALS 14
0-1 8-8
1 22
0-1-0 7-8-7
Chivas USA New York Columbus Crew Chicago Fire Los Angeles Galaxy FC Dallas Seattle Sounders FC Los Angeles Galaxy Seattle Sounders FC Los Angeles Galaxy Portland Timbers Sporting KC Los Angeles Galaxy
AET
0-0-1 0-0-1
ShO
1-0 1-0
1-0-0 0-1
0-0-2
2-1*
GF
GA
3 0 4 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 5 1 0
2 1 2 0 1 3 2 3 1 1 2 1 5
1 23
3 27
Round
Series Result
West Semis West Final East Semis East Final MLS Cup '09 West Semis West Semis West Final West Semis West Semis West Final MLS Cup ’13 West Semis
Won 3-2 on aggregate Lost 0-1 in West Final Won 4-2 on aggregate Won PK shootout 5-4 Won PK shootout 5-4 Lost 2-3 on aggregate Won 3-2 on aggregate Lost 1-3 in West Final Lost 0-1 on aggregate Won 2-1 on aggregate Won 5-2 on aggregate Lost PK shootout 6-7 Donovan hat trick paces LA 2nd-leg
West Knockout
Plata PK succumbs to Boateng brace
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE MLS CUP PLAYOFF RESULTS (won 7 of 14 all-time series; 7-8-7 W-L-T) 2008 11/01/2008 11/08/2008 11/15/2008
2009 10/31/2009 11/05/2009 11/14/2009 11/22/2009
2010 10/30/2010 11/06/2010 2011 10/29/2011 11/02/2011 11/06/2011
2012 10/29/2011 11/02/2011 2013 11/03/2013 11/07/2013 11/10/2013 11/24/2013 12/07/2013
2014 11/01/2014 11/09/2014 2016 10/26/2016
OPPONENT RESULT ATT. Chivas USA W 1-0 14,719 at Chivas USA T 2-2 19,265 RSL advances 3-2 on aggregate New York L 0-1 20,008* RSL eliminated 0-1 on aggregate
W-L-T RD. 1-0-0 WCSF 1 1-0-1 WCSF 2
OPPONENT RESULT ATT. Columbus W 1-0 11,499 at Columbus W 3-2 10,109 RSL advances 4-2 on aggregate at Chicago T 0-0 (AET) 21,723* RSL advances 5-4 on PKs vs Los Angeles T 1-1 (AET) 46,011 RSL wins MLS Cup ’09 5-4 on PKs
W-L-T RD. 1-0-0 ECSF 1 2-0-0 ECSF 2
1-1-1
WCF
2-0-1
ECF
2-0-2
CUP
NOTES: RSL: Movsisyan (90) RSL: Kovalenko (39) Morales (77); CHV: Kljestan (30) Braun (83) NY: van den Bergh (28) SCORERS: RSL: Findley (88) RSL: Morales (37) Findley (45) Williams (74); CLB: Barros Schelotto (19,35)
RSL: Findley (64); LA: Magee (41)
OPPONENT RESULT ATT. at FC Dallas L 1-2 11,003 FC Dallas T 1-1 19,324 RSL eliminated 2-3 on aggregate
W-L-T RD. 0-1-0 WCSF 1 0-1-1 WCSF 2
SCORERS: RSL: Espindola (5); DAL: Cunningham (44) Avila (88) RSL: Findley (80); DAL: McCarty (17)
OPPONENT RESULT ATT. Seattle W 3-0 17,067 at Seattle L 0-2 36,021 RSL advances 3-2 on aggregate at Los Angeles L 1-3 23,347
W-L-T RD. 1-0-0 WCSF 1 1-1-0 WCSF 2
SCORERS: RSL: Saborio (41, 53); Grabavoy (88) SEA: Alonso (56); Neagle (61)
1-2-1
RSL: Saborio (25) LA: Donovan (23); Magee (58), Keane (68)
OPPONENT RESULT ATT. at Seattle T 0-0 34,941 Seattle L 0-1 19,657 RSL eliminated 0-1 on aggregate
W-L-T RD. 0-0-1 WCSF 1 0-1-0 WCSF 2
SEA: Martinez (81)
OPPONENT RESULT ATT. at Los Angeles L 0-1 27,000* Los Angeles W 2-0 19,042 RSL advances 2-1 on aggregate Portland W 4-2 17,333 at Portland W 1-0 20,674* RSL advances 5-2 on aggregate at Kansas City T 1-1 (AET) 21,650* RSL loses MLS Cup ’13 6-7 on PKs
W-L-T RD. 0-1-0 WCSF 1 1-0-0 WCSF 2
LA: Franklin (48); First ESPN appearance since Nov. 2011 at LA RSL: Velasquez (26); Schuler (103)
1-0-0 2-0-0
WCF 1 WCF 2
RSL: Schuler (35), Findley (41), Sandoval (48), Morales (82) RSL: Findley (29)
0-0-1
CUP
RSL: Saborio (55); KC: Collin (73)
WCF
OPPONENT Los Angeles at Los Angeles RSL eliminated
RESULT ATT. W-L-T RD. T 0-0 20,713* 0-0-1 WCSF 1 L 0-5 27,000 0-1-1 WCSF 2 0-5 on aggregate
OPPONENT at Los Angeles
RESULT L 1-3
*shootouts officially recorded as ties
ATT. 18,124
W-L-T RD. 0-1-0 KO
Penedo stands on head in game RSL dominated Worst loss in RSL postseason history, 2nd-worst loss ever
RSL: Plata (21) LA: Gordon (16); Boateng (26, 34)
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE MLS ATTENDANCE HISTORY (2005-present) Top 85 All-Time RSL Home Attendances Date Aug. 12, 2006 June 4, 2005 Sept. 20, 2008 May 3, 2008 April 16, 2005 Sep. 19, 2007 Oct. 7, 2006 Sept. 19, 2015 July 4, 2015 March 2, 2016 July 24, 2015 May 23, 2015 March 29, 2015 Sept. 28, 2011 July 4, 2006 July 4, 2007 Nov. 1, 2014 Oct. 11, 2014 Sept. 19, 2014 Oct. 22, 2014 August 22, 2015 Sept. 6, 2014 Sept. 22, 2012 July 4, 2014 March 26, 2011 Sept. 21, 2013 April 19, 2014 May 17, 2014 May 24, 2014 Oct. 5, 2013 Oct. 27, 2012 August 16, 2014 June 7, 2014 March 22, 2014 Oct. 19, 2010 August 9, 2014 Oct. 23, 2013 July 3, 2013 Oct. 23, 2012 August 21, 2012 March 24, 2012 April 18, 2015 July 24, 2014 July 1, 2016 June 20, 2012 Oct. 22, 2011 April 27, 2011 March 16, 2013 July 4, 2012 March 30, 2012 March 18, 2017 August 15, 2015 Sept. 1, 2012 June 18, 2016 July 30, 2014 March 14, 2015 August 18, 2012 June 18, 2013 Sept. 7, 2016 July 19, 2014 Oct. 16, 2010 April 4, 2012 July 18, 2015 June 27, 2015 August 26, 2016 July 29, 2009 July 9, 2016 Sept. 24, 2016 Oct. 9, 2008 Nov. 15, 2008 Sept. 17, 2016 April 30, 2016 August 20, 2016 August 6, 2016 Oct. 17, 2015 Sept. 17, 2011 June 22, 2013 July 22, 2016 July 20, 2013 April 16, 2016 May 1, 2015 October 16, 2016 April 26, 2014 June 6, 2009 March 4, 2017
Opponent Real Madrid (ESP) FC Dallas Chivas USA Los Angeles Galaxy Colorado Rapids Los Angeles Galaxy Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy Orlando City SC Tigres UANL (MEX) Sporting Kansas City New York City FC Toronto FC Chicago Fire Chivas USA Toronto FC Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Colorado Rapids Chivas USA Seattle Sounders FC FC Dallas Portland Timbers FC New England Revolution Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Portland Timbers Colorado Rapids FC Dallas FC Dallas Vancouver Whitecaps FC Seattle Sounders FC Portland Timbers Los Angeles Galaxy Cruz Azul (MEX) D.C. United Chivas USA Philadelphia Union Herediano (CRC) Tauro FC (PAN) Chivas USA Vancouver Whitecaps Montreal Impact D.C. United Los Angeles Galaxy Portland Timbers Monterrey (MEX) Colorado Rapids Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders FC LA Galaxy Portland Timbers D.C. United Portland Timbers New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union FC Dallas USMNT v Honduras WCQ LA Galaxy Vancouver Whitecaps FC FC Dallas Montreal Impact Houston Dynamo Columbus Crew SC Colorado Rapids MLS All-Star Game Montreal Impact FC Dallas New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo FC Dallas Chicago Fire FC Dallas Sporting Kansas City Seattle Sounders FC San Jose Earthquakes Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC San Jose Earthquakes Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC Colorado Rapids Toronto FC
Attendance 45,511* 40,589 26,391 25,571 25,287 24,633 22,515 21,004* 20,956* 20,921* 20,809* 20,801* 20,794* 20,762* 20,752 20,751 20,713* 20,701* 20,692* 20,665* 20,549* 20,545* 20,524* 20,513* 20,507* 20,504* 20,496* 20,489* 20,488* 20,488* 20,483* 20,483* 20,480* 20,466* 20,463* 20,452* 20,447* 20,446* 20,436* 20,430* 20,415* 20,414* 20,398* 20,389* 20,382* 20,378* 20,378* 20,370* 20,363* 20,359* 20,348* 20,338* 20,334* 20,317* 20,295* 20,281* 20,281* 20,275* 20,266* 20,265* 20,236* 20,191* 20,174* 20,171* 20,134 20,120* 20,086 20,069 20,008* 20,008* 19,975 19,950 19,939 19,909 19,899 19,888** 19,848 19,842 19,832** 19,720 19,715 19,705 19,661 19,546 19,516
*Sellout
**Sellout w/ diminished “concert stage” capacity
(2017 games in BOLD) Notes Highest-attended soccer match in Utah history sees Beckham/Raul/Robinho et al. Doubleheader w/ USA v. Costa Rica WC Qualifier, feat. Donovan Rice-Eccles finale marks biggest stand-alone regular season crowd (0-1 loss) Beckham thrills masses with two goals to equalize in 2-2 tie Inaugural RSL Home Game at Rice-Eccles Even without Beckham, teams entertain in thrilling 2-2 draw Playoff hopes fade in ’06 Rice-Eccles finale Big Dev brace leads RSL over star-studded LA to keep playoff hopes alive #Rimando123 Kaka scores 4’ into game, Jaime scores in 4th straight home match, Kaka ejected in 45’ Early Plata goal gives RSL hope, but Javi PK miss + late Gignac goal prevent advancement Morales & Plata score on either side of Feilhaber; Attinella huge in Pioneer Day win Homecoming for Kreis & Co. celebrated w/ Stertzer 1st-career goal, Saborio header, Rimando 0 19-y.o. Jordan Allen header at the death delivers points in 1st-ever Sunday reg. season game Largest crowd in Rio Tinto Stadium history witnesses worst-ever home defeat (0-3 v CHI) ’05 Expansion brethren duel to scoreless Independence Day tie Canadian club makes first RES visit on July 4th West Semi Leg One crowd says #ThanksLD to Donovan, Galaxy, as RSL outshoots LA 16-3, but … Grabavoy/Velasquez score 5’ apart during FIFA window to clinch 7th straight playoff berth 5-1 win completes 9-pt RMC sweep, as Plata, Morales, Schuler strike for 3g in 5 min Goals by Saborio/Beckerman combine w/ 313’ shutout streak in finale of 11-1-5 home season Morales, Jaime strike early, Rimando earns SO as RSL rides dominant possession in must-win Findley strikes early, Sabo hits GWG on 1st touch in 118 days for 2-1 win in Jaime debut RSL becomes 2nd-ever team with 3 straight 15-win seasons in playoff-clinching win Morales/Plata PKs lead RSL in Beckerman/Rimando World Cup homecoming RSL exacts ’10 Supp. Shield revenge with dominating performance 3g in 4 min sees two Lenhart headers around Morales goal in loss, H2H w/ “Holy War” Stellar Rimando saves, Grabavoy goal in 78’ make RSL unbeaten in 7 games w/ Cassar Morales PK, Plata goal earn W as Attinella/Grossman/Sandoval replace World Cup vets Scoreless draw in lackluster game highlighted by Attinella excellence Despite Mansally red in 15’ RSL holds on for 1-1 draw on exquisite Saborio goal Third consecutive scoreless draw unceremonious end to record season (17 wins/57 pts) Plata & Mulholland score 4’ apart in early 2nd half to overtake 1st place in West RSL takes early lead on Mulholland goal, but 2 counters, red card, PK doom club Early-arrivals loudly greet with multiple tifo displays; Sabo nets, Keane equalizes Historic 3-1 win makes RSL first MLS squad to win CCL Group 3 goals in first 24’ from Plata and Schuler (x2) bolster Rimando shutout #113 (MLS-record) 2013 finale sees Saborio, Plata score 3’ apart in early 2nd half to clinch West 2 seed Down a man, RSL comes back twice from deficits to salvage 2-2 draw on Morales 95+ PK Despite dominance, 0-0 draw eliminates RSL from advancement out of group play Saborio, Beckerman score in dominating CCL home opener in must-win group game RSL dominates possession, yet concedes fluky goal in 0-1 loss RSL sees pair of red cards (Saucedo, Olave) in 0-1 loss, snapping 13-game home unbeaten run Mulholland’s 3’ goal and Garcia brace send RSL past 10-man Impact late Burrito solves Hamid just once in Sabo return on national TV Fireworks game RSL blows 2-0 lead after 24’ for first time in 234 MLS games to lose 2-3 Record-breaking third consecutive sellout in 2011 reg. season finale Trip to FIFA Club World Cup falls one step short in 0-1 loss RSL continues unbeaten run in home openers (4-0-5) due to late Saborio heroics RSL snaps unprecedented 3-game home skid with entertaining scoreless draw Findley, Gil supply first-half strikes for 8th straight non-playoff RSL sellout Movsisyan heads home Rusnák cross in Lennon debut, but Beckerman red sees RSL overrun Poor finishing leaves excellent first half work unrewarded, Borchers header at death kills Will Johnson header following 85-min lightning delay snaps 4-game winless streak Martinez, Movsisyan score on either side of Adi/Melano strikes Early Plata goal cancelled out by sublime Henry strike in nutty Olave return to UT Morales/Olave/Sabo tally to cancel out Aristeguieta brace, Olave OG in 2015 opener Late Ferreira goal shocks Rio Tinto Stadium faithful in stoppage time loss Team USA improves to 3-0 in Utah as Jozy Altidore scores in 4th straight game Plata double, Burrito equalizer at the death celebrates Beckerman’s 400th career MLS game Plata equalizes after controversial PK decision gives VAN brief lead 2-0 W snaps 17-game Dallas unbeaten run, extends RSL home dominance 1-0 W depressed by late injuries to Morales, Grabavoy 2-0 W features Morales golazo, Plata’s first of season to go with Attinella clean sheet 2-2 T features exquisite set piece, Jaime poach in Kavita debut Movsisyan brace reverses 0-1 deficit, RSL captures 8th Rocky Mtn Cup in 10 years Premier League’s Everton downs MLS’ best in PKs after 1-1 draw Late Movsisyan PK equalizes after early Impact rebound off wicked Ciman free kick Fifth clean sheet of season for Rimando, RSL – all coming at home Massive crowd brings festive atmosphere to stadium-opening 1-1 draw Red Bulls’ return ruins Western Conf. Final in front of second sellout RSL unable to overcome 27’ giveaway to push back into Shield contention; 1st home loss of ‘16 2nd-half goals from Allen, Movsisyan reverse 0-1 deficit in last game on original RioT surface Late Olave blast – reminiscent of series clincher at Saprissa – makes Rimando shutout stand Rimando gets win #181 thanks to Morales brace, first Garcia goal in a year Brilliant first half wasted, against-the-run goal by Dallas leads to 0-1 loss RSL downs East leader with Borchers’ game-winner early 2nd half Beckerman, Findley strike on either side of half in largest-ever non-sellout crowd Late Javier chip sets up Mulholland blast to equalize in 4th consecutive league draw at home Stoppage-time goal by KC, Wingert red card infuriate Pioneer Day crowd Burrito magic helps Rimando/Maund heroics stand up RSL registers 0 shots on goal, but Bernardez OG serves as late equalizer Rimando stands tall in scintillating Sunday scoreless draw Plata, Sabo strike in first 9’ but RSL concedes 2x in final 5’ for disappointing draw Stadium dedication with Elder Gonzalez starts with David Archuleta, ends with 1-1 draw Rimando PK save + Rusnák debut highlight earliest MLS opener in club history (Rio Tinto Stadium sellouts defined as games in which more SRO seats are sold prior to remaining manifested seats)
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE MLS ATTENDANCE HISTORY (2005-present) Largest 72 Crowds at Rio Tinto Stadium (opened October 2008) Date Sept. 19, 2015 July 4, 2015 March 2, 2016 July 24, 2015 May 23, 2015 March 29, 2015 Sept. 28, 2011 Nov. 1, 2014 Oct. 11, 2014 Sept. 19, 2014 Oct. 22, 2014 Sept. 4, 2015 August 22, 2015 Sept. 6, 2014 Sept. 22, 2012 July 4, 2014 March 26, 2011 Sept. 21, 2013 April 19, 2014 May 17, 2014 May 24, 2014 Oct. 5, 2013 Oct. 27, 2012 August 16, 2014 June 7, 2014 March 22, 2014 Oct. 19, 2010 August 9, 2014 Oct. 23, 2013 July 3, 2013 Oct. 23, 2012 August 21, 2012 March 24, 2012 April 18, 2015 July 24, 2014 July 1, 2016 June 20, 2012 Oct. 22, 2011 April 27, 2011 March 16, 2013 July 4, 2012 March 30, 2012 March 18, 2017 August 15, 2015 Sept. 1, 2012 June 18, 2016 July 30, 2014 March 14, 2015 August 18, 2012 June 18, 2013 Sept. 7, 2016 July 19, 2014 Oct. 16, 2010 April 4, 2012 July 18, 2015 June 27, 2015 August 26, 2016 July 29, 2009 July 9, 2016 Sept. 24, 2016 Oct. 9, 2008 Nov. 15, 2008 Sept. 17, 2016 April 30, 2016 August 20, 2016 August 6, 2016 Sept. 17, 2011 July 22, 2016 July 20, 2013 October 16, 2016 March 4, 2017 July 21, 2012
Opponent LA Galaxy Orlando City SC Tigres UANL (MEX) Sporting Kansas City New York City FC Toronto FC Chicago Fire LA Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Colorado Rapids Chivas USA Mexico vs. Trinidad Seattle Sounders FC FC Dallas Portland Timbers FC New England Revolution LA Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Portland Timbers Colorado Rapids FC Dallas FC Dallas Vancouver Whitecaps FC Seattle Sounders FC Portland Timbers LA Galaxy Cruz Azul (MEX) D.C. United Chivas USA Philadelphia Union Herediano (CRC) Tauro FC (PAN) Chivas USA Vancouver Whitecaps Montreal Impact D.C. United LA Galaxy Portland Timbers Monterrey (MEX) Colorado Rapids Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders FC LA Galaxy Portland Timbers D.C. United Portland Timbers New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union FC Dallas USMNT v Honduras WCQ LA Galaxy Vancouver Whitecaps FC FC Dallas Montreal Impact Houston Dynamo Columbus Crew SC Colorado Rapids MLS All-Star Game Montreal Impact FC Dallas New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo FC Dallas Chicago Fire Sporting Kansas City San Jose Earthquakes Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC Colorado Rapids
Attendance 21,004* 20,956* 20,921* 20,809* 20,801* 20,794* 20,762* 20,713* 20,701* 20,692* 20,665* 20,560* 20,549* 20,545* 20,524* 20,513* 20,507* 20,504* 20,496* 20,489* 20,488* 20,488* 20,483* 20,483* 20,480* 20,466* 20,463* 20,452* 20,447* 20,446* 20,436* 20,430* 20,415* 20,414* 20,398* 20,389* 20,382* 20,378* 20,378* 20,370* 20,363* 20,359* 20,348* 20,338* 20,334* 20,317* 20,295* 20,281* 20,281* 20,275* 20,266* 20,265* 20,236* 20,191* 20,174* 20,171* 20,134 20,120* 20,086 20,069 20,008* 20,008* 19,975 19,950 19,939 19,909 19,888** 19,842 19,832** 19,705 19,516 19,492**
*Sellout
**Sellout w/ diminished “concert stage” capacity
(2017 games in BOLD)
Notes Big Dev brace leads RSL over star-studded LA to keep playoff hopes alive #Rimando123 Kaka scores 4’ into game, Jaime scores in 4th straight home match, Kaka ejected in 45’ Early Plata goal gives RSL hope, but Javi PK miss + late Gignac goal prevent advancement Morales & Plata score on either side of Feilhaber; Attinella huge in Pioneer Day win Homecoming for Kreis & Co. celebrated w/ Stertzer 1st-career goal, Saborio header, Rimando 0 19-y.o. Jordan Allen header at the death delivers points in 1st-ever Sunday reg. season game Largest crowd in RTS history witnesses worst-ever home defeat (0-3 v Chicago) West Semi Leg One crowd says #ThanksLD to Donovan, Galaxy, as RSL outshoots LA 16-3, but … Grabavoy/Velasquez score 5’ apart during FIFA window to clinch 7th straight playoff berth 5-1 win completes 9-pt RMC sweep, as Plata, Morales, Schuler strike for 3g in 5 min Goals by Saborio/Beckerman combine w/ 313’ shutout streak in finale of 11-1-5 home season Int’l Friendly ends in scintillating 3-3 draw Morales, Jaime strike early, Rimando earns SO as RSL rides dominant possession in must-win Findley strikes early, Sabo hits GWG on 1st touch in 118 days for 2-1 win in Jaime debut RSL becomes 2nd-ever team with 3 straight 15-win seasons in playoff-clinching win Morales/Plata PKs lead RSL in Beckerman/Rimando World Cup homecoming RSL cruises to 2 goals in first 10 minutes against star-studded rival 3g in 4 min sees two Lenhart headers around Morales goal in loss, H2H w/ “Holy War” Stellar Rimando saves, Grabavoy goal in 78’ make RSL unbeaten in 7 games w/ Cassar Morales PK, Plata goal earn W as Attinella/Grossman/Sandoval replace World Cup vets Scoreless draw in lackluster game highlighted by Attinella excellence Despite Mansally red in 15’ RSL holds on for 1-1 draw on exquisite Saborio goal Third consecutive scoreless draw unceremonious end to record season (17 wins/57 pts) Plata & Mulholland score 4’ apart in early 2nd half to overtake 1st place in West RSL takes early lead on Mulholland goal, but 2 counters, red card, PK doom club Early-arrivals loudly greet with multiple tifo displays; Sabo nets, Keane equalizes Historic 3-1 win makes RSL first MLS squad to win CCL Group 3 goals in first 24’ from Plata and Schuler (x2) bolster Rimando shutout #113 (MLS-record) 2013 finale sees Saborio, Plata score 3’ apart in early 2nd half to clinch West 2 seed Down a man, RSL comes back twice from deficits to salvage 2-2 draw on Morales 95+ PK Despite dominance, 0-0 draw eliminates RSL from advancement out of group play Saborio, Beckerman score in dominating CCL home opener in must-win group game RSL dominates possession, yet concedes fluky goal in 0-1 loss RSL sees pair of red cards (Saucedo, Olave) in 0-1 loss, snapping 13-game home unbeaten run Mulholland’s 3’ goal and Garcia brace send RSL past 10-man Impact late Burrito solves Hamid just once in Sabo return on national TV Fireworks game RSL blows 2-0 lead after 24’ for first time in 234 MLS games to lose 2-3 Record-breaking third consecutive sellout in 2011 reg. season finale Trip to FIFA Club World Cup falls one step short in 0-1 loss RSL continues unbeaten run in home openers (4-0-5) due to late Saborio heroics RSL snaps unprecedented 3-game home skid with entertaining scoreless draw Findley, Gil supply first-half strikes for 8th straight non-playoff RSL sellout Movsisyan heads home Rusnák cross in Lennon debut, but Beckerman red sees RSL overrun Poor finishing leaves excellent first half work unrewarded, Borchers header at death kills Will Johnson header following 85-min lightning delay snaps 4-game winless streak Martinez, Movsisyan score on either side of Adi/Melano strikes Early Plata goal cancelled out by sublime Henry strike in nutty Olave return to UT Morales/Olave/Sabo tally to cancel out Aristeguieta brace, Olave OG in 2015 opener Late Ferreira goal shocks Rio Tinto Stadium faithful in stoppage time loss Team USA improves to 3-0 in Utah as Jozy Altidore scores in 4th straight game Plata double, Burrito equalizer at the death celebrates Beckerman’s 400th career MLS game Plata equalizes after controversial PK decision gives VAN brief lead 2-0 W snaps 17-game Dallas unbeaten run, extends RSL home dominance 1-0 W improves RSL to 7-1-1 in expansion teams’ inaugural visits 2-0 W features Morales golazo, Plata’s first of season to go with Attinella clean sheet 2-2 T features exquisite set piece, Jaime poach in Kavita debut Movsisyan brace reverses 0-1 deficit, RSL captures 8th Rocky Mtn Cup in 10 years Premier League’s Everton downs MLS’ best in PKs after 1-1 draw Late Movsisyan PK equalizes after early Impact rebound off wicked Ciman free kick Fifth clean sheet of season for Rimando, RSL – all coming at home Massive crowd brings festive atmosphere to stadium-opening 1-1 draw Red Bulls’ return ruins Western Conf. Final in front of second sellout RSL unable to overcome 27’ giveaway to push back into Shield contention; 1st home loss of ‘16 2nd-half goals from Allen, Movsisyan reverse 0-1 deficit in last game on original RioT surface Late Olave blast – reminiscent of series clincher at Saprissa – makes Rimando shutout stand Rimando gets win #181 thanks to Morales brace, first Garcia goal in a year RSL downs East leader with Borchers’ game-winner early 2nd half Late Javier chip sets up Mulholland blast to equalize in 4th consecutive league draw at home Stoppage-time goal by KC, Wingert red card infuriate Pioneer Day crowd Rimando stands tall in scintillating Sunday scoreless draw Rimando PK save + Rusnák debut highlight earliest MLS opener in club history Saborio, Johnson pace RSL to 3rd consecutive home clean sheet (Rio Tinto Stadium sellouts defined as games in which more SRO seats are sold prior to remaining manifested seats)
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE MLS ATTENDANCE HISTORY (2005-present) MLS REGULAR SEASON (2005-present) 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 TOT.
OVERALL ------ AT HOME RECORD GAMES TOTAL 5-22-5 16 288,586 10-13-9 16 261,855 6-15-9 15 239,395 10-10-10 15 242,690 11-12-7 15 245,628 15- 4-11 15 256,427 15-11-8 17 299,047 17-11-6 17 324,482 16-10-8 17 326,699 15- 8-11 17 345,971 11-15-8 17 342,608 12-12-10 17 336,086 2- 4-2 4 75,882 145-147-104 198 3,585,289
------AVERAGE 18,037 16,366 15,960 16,179 16,375 17,095 17,591 19,087 19,218 20,351 20,153 19,770 18,971 18,108
---- ON THE ROAD ----GAMES TOTAL AVERAGE 16 207,985 12,999 16 246,209 15,388 15 236,047 15,736 15 231,367 15,424 15 217,799 14,520 15 262,410 17,494 17 292,465 17,204 17 333,221 19,601 17 318,870 18,757 17 318,523 18,737 17 317,147 18,656 17 428,395 23,648 4 62,052 15,513 198 3,493,704 17,645
HOME RANK 2d 5th 7th 7th 5th 7th 10th 8th 8th 6th 10th 11th 12th 12th
LARGEST HOME CROWD 40,589 ( 6/04/05, 0-2 22,515 (10/07/06, 1-1 24,633 ( 9/19/07, 2-2 26,391 ( 9/20/08, 0-1 19,546 ( 6/06/09, 1-1 20,236 (10/16/10, 2-0 20,762 ( 9/28/11, 0-3 20,524 ( 9/22/12, 2-1 20,504 ( 9/21/13, 1-2 20,701 (10/11/14, 2-0 21,004 ( 9/19/25, 3-0 20,389 ( 7/01/16, 1-1 20,348 ( 3/18/17, 1-2
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LARGEST HOME CROWD 20,008*(11/15/08, 0-1 11,499 (10/31/09, 1-0 19,324 (11/06/10, 1-1 17,067 (10/29/11, 3-0 19,657 (11/08/12, 0-1 19,042 (11/07/13, 2-1 20,713 (11/01/14, 0-0
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MLS CUP PLAYOFF ATTENDANCE HISTORY (2008-16) OVERALL GAMES TOTAL AVERAGE GAMES TOTAL AVERAGE RANK 2008 1-1-1 2 34,727 17,364 1 19,265 19,265 3d 2009 2-0-2 1 11,499 11,499 2* 31,832 15,916 6th 2010 0-1-1 1 19,324 19,324 1 11,003 11,003 4th 2011 1-2-0 1 17,067 17,067 2 59,458 29,729 7th 2012 0-1-1 1 19,657 19,657 1 34,941 34,941 5th 2013 3-1-1 2 36,375 18,188 3 67,674 22,558 6th 2014 0-0-1 1 20,713 20,713 1 27,000 27,000 2016 0-1-0 1 18,124 18,124 TOT. 7-8-7 9 138,649 17,331 12* 269,197 22,433 *totals do not reflect MLS Cup 2009, RSL v LA at Seattle’s Qwest Field –
46,011
Largest Non-Sellout Crowds at Rio Tinto Stadium (opened October 2008) Date August 26, 2016 Sept. 24, 2016 July 9, 2016 Sept. 17, 2016 April 30, 2016 August 20, 2016 August 6, 2016 Oct. 17, 2015 June 22, 2013 July 22, 2016 April 16, 2016 October 16, 2016 May 1, 2015 April 26, 2014 June 6, 2009 March 4, 2017
Opponent Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Montreal Impact Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo FC Dallas Chicago Fire FC Dallas Seattle Sounders FC San Jose Earthquakes Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sporting Kansas City San Jose Earthquakes Vancouver Whitecaps FC Colorado Rapids Toronto FC
Attendance 20,134 20,069 20,086 19,975 19,950 19,939 19,909 19,899 19,848 19,842 19,720 19,705 19,715 19,661 19,546 19,516
Notes Movsisyan brace reverses 0-1 deficit, RSL captures 8th Rocky Mtn Cup in 10 years Fifth clean sheet of season for Rimando, RSL – all coming at home Late Movsisyan PK equalizes after early Impact rebound off wicked Ciman free kick RSL unable to overcome 27’ giveaway to push back into Shield contention; 1st home loss of ‘16 2nd-half goals from Allen, Movsisyan reverse 0-1 deficit in last game on original RioT surface Late Olave blast – reminiscent of series clincher at Saprissa – makes Rimando shutout stand Rimando gets win #181 thanks to Morales brace, first Garcia goal in a year Brilliant first half wasted, against-the-run goal by Dallas leads to 0-1 loss Beckerman, Findley strike on either side of half in largest-ever non-sellout crowd Late Javier chip sets up Mulholland blast to equalize in 4th consecutive league draw at home Burrito magic helps Rimando/Maund heroics stand up Rimando stands tall in scintillating Sunday scoreless draw RSL registers 0 shots on goal, but Bernardez OG serves as late equalizer Plata, Sabo strike in first 9’ but RSL concedes 2x in final 5’ for disappointing draw Stadium dedication with Elder Gonzalez starts with David Archuleta, ends with 1-1 draw Rimando PK save + Rusnák debut highlight earliest MLS opener in club history
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (145-147-104, 539 pts.) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) UNF POS PLAYER 15 F Alvaro Saborio 11 M Javier Morales 10 F Robbie Findley 7 F Fabian Espindola 10 F Joao Plata 14 F Yura Movsisyan 5 M Kyle Beckerman 90 F Jeff Cunningham 9 F Jason Kreis 19 M Luke Mulholland 77 M Andy Williams 4 D Jamison Olave 10 M Luis Gil 80 F Olmes Garcia 20 M Ned Grabavoy 6 M Nat Borchers 8 F Will Johnson 17 M Chris Klein 7 F Juan Manuel Martinez 49 F Devon Sandoval 8 M Chris Brown 3 D Carey Talley 84 M Clint Mathis 23 F Sebastian Jaime 28 D Chris Schuler 23 F Paulo Junior 70 F Jordan Allen 7 F Atiba Harris 16 F Kenny Deuchar 6 F Jordan Cila 19 F Pablo Campos 11 M Albert Rusnák 10 M Mehdi Ballouchy 22 M Nelson Gonzalez 22 M Jonny Steele 22 F Jamie Watson 15 D Justen Glad 4 F Kyle Brown 13 D Brian Dunseth 23 D Eddie Pope 24 M Seth Trembly 16 D Chris Wingert 3 D Robbie Russell 26 M Sebastian Velasquez 11 F Alecko Eskandarian 29 M Abdoulie Mansally 11 F Freddy Adu 12 M Jean-Marc Alexandre 21 F Dema Kovalenko 21 D Aaron Maund 8 M Sunday Stephen 27 M John Stertzer 23 M Khari Stephenson 14 F Melvin Tarley 27 F Brooks Lennon 14 M Yordany Alvarez 12 F Emiliano Bonfigli 23 M Raphael Cox 22 F Luis Miguel Escalada 12 M Cole Grossman 27 D Matias Mantilla 27 M Kevin Novak 25 F Tino Nunez 16 D Carlos Salcedo 27 D Douglas Sequeira 25 M Jafet Soto 2 D Tony Beltran 17 M Demar Phillips 26 M Collen Warner 18 G Nick Rimando
GP 127 240 137 125 108 90 265 38 58 101 189 159 134 104 159 205 114 43 40 74 60 60 66 26 90 36 50 43 29 12 27 7 46 18 28 38 35 8 24 69 22 231 78 38 17 49 11 38 22 53 19 49 19 9 6 38 10 6 5 21 17 29 12 25 18 8 227 53 37 286
GS 112 217 84 104 91 69 260 33 55 80 122 157 89 44 128 205 104 43 36 36 40 58 57 20 81 17 24 25 18 8 8 7 40 5 11 6 33 3 24 69 11 217 68 15 17 33 10 14 19 51 18 21 9 9 6 20 1 2 1 7 15 27 2 20 13 1 212 45 19 286
MIN 9883 19305 7597 8658 7810 6113 23137 3006 4952 6865 11536 13654 7819 4645 11571 18225 9445 3832 3227 3352 3506 5120 4639 1528 7527 1381 2304 2405 1557 646 834 629 3401 504 1179 1112 2975 286 2011 5930 1176 19057 5959 1517 1428 3103 899 1296 1668 4525 1405 1932 791 729 540 1900 288 208 126 692 1382 2250 281 1870 1246 192 19102 4082 1532 25653
G 63 49 36 35 30 28 25 19 17 15 14 13 11 11 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
A 13 81 15 17 31 6 33 11 9 11 29 3 9 6 14 4 8 9 3 3 1 9 11 2 2 6 4 2 2 1 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 9 5 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 5 2
SHT 334 367 217 253 228 230 374 94 132 120 232 84 126 110 101 87 180 92 47 58 54 48 88 28 48 40 31 32 41 6 22 15 42 10 19 26 8 7 8 18 25 73 38 31 47 20 24 18 25 17 13 13 21 22 5 17 5 1 4 4 5 7 6 5 16 2 60 21 22 0
SOG 138 146 93 121 100 102 134 52 57 33 83 33 39 49 36 30 77 37 19 25 24 16 31 13 10 19 16 19 18 4 12 7 11 5 4 13 4 4 5 6 13 18 12 11 21 4 12 7 5 4 3 4 7 12 2 5 2 1 2 1 3 3 3 2 4 2 19 4 10 0
FC 175 308 56 166 51 70 376 28 68 124 198 182 73 99 134 134 103 26 21 57 26 95 56 33 95 19 40 92 29 10 26 9 82 16 29 24 30 6 34 64 38 246 52 25 32 69 11 35 30 62 36 32 17 9 4 54 2 1 2 7 21 29 10 28 29 1 223 64 32 5
FS 162 530 135 135 92 94 240 56 72 131 269 108 70 94 213 89 123 31 77 48 29 91 39 28 52 13 53 58 30 9 10 12 75 5 14 46 22 1 22 57 31 122 28 32 39 42 25 11 23 29 17 29 3 6 3 14 2 2 0 4 6 20 3 9 14 3 187 31 25 39
OFF 155 37 73 117 43 52 14 45 44 3 26 7 7 30 14 11 10 21 5 12 8 5 9 6 0 17 2 32 18 4 6 2 7 0 1 14 0 3 3 1 0 3 1 1 16 0 6 8 1 0 0 1 1 18 4 0 3 0 5 0 0 2 2 1 3 2 10 4 5 0
CK 0 818 0 9 118 2 121 0 3 37 225 0 18 0 13 0 41 76 13 0 2 0 52 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 45 49 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 13 24 1 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 0
C 17 38 5 25 6 8 65 7 10 20 21 34 5 15 15 18 23 1 3 3 0 14 14 2 14 0 5 13 4 1 3 1 9 1 6 2 7 0 3 6 8 45 10 0 6 10 1 5 7 9 6 7 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 5 3 0 38 8 5 9
E 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 1 3 9 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0
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CONT’D - ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (145-147-104, 536 pts.) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) UNF POS PLAYER 12 M Leslie Fitzpatrick 15 D Robert Scarlett 16 D Willis Forko 31 D Jack Stewart 3 D Rusty Pierce 7 M Lovel Palmer 16 D Chris Lancos 20 M Luis Silva 10 M Arturo Alvarez 25 D Gustavo Cabrera 53 D Terakazu Tanaka 99 F Dante Washington 19 M Luke Kreamalmeyer 2 D Nelson Akwari 15 M Kenny Cutler 1 G Scott Garlick 24 G Jeff Attinella 1 G D.J. Countess 5 M Brian Kamler 2 D Daniel Torres 6 M Ritchie Kotschau 3 D Kwame Watson-Siriboe 25 D Jean-Martial Kipre 13 D Ian Joy 12 D Elias Vasquez 4 M Paul Broome 24 G Kyle Reynish 1 G Chris Seitz 16 M Matt Behncke 18 G Jay Nolly 50 M Sebastian Saucedo 4 D Marlon Rojas 12 D Nathan Sturgis 20 M Nikolas Besagno 30 D Rauwshan McKenzie 14 F Dipsy Selolwane 33 D David Horst 8 M Adolfo Gregorio 6 D Cameron Knowles 12 M Omar Holness 6 D Justin Schmidt 3 D Phanuel Kavita 44 M Brandon McDonald 15 M Leighton O'Brien 25 D Rich Balchan 45 G Josh Saunders 6 D Boyd Okwuonu 21 M Rachid El Khalifi 8 M Matias Cordoba 14 F Ryan Johnson 8 D Evan Whitfield 24 G Matt VanOekel 16 M Wellington Paeckart 22 F Ricardo Velazco 14 F Artur Aghasyan 31 D Michael Lookingland 13 F Justin Braun 28 D Dustin Kirby 27 F Cody Arnoux 13 F Chad Barrett 19 D Blake Wagner 8 F Joey Worthen 22 M David Viana 26 M Jose Hernandez 13 F Chris Agorsor 21 M Christian Jimenez 18 F Luis Tejada Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 18 9 38 25 15 17 14 17 16 4 4 9 6 41 47 31 29 27 28 26 20 19 18 20 15 11 8 7 8 7 15 7 8 8 6 8 5 6 4 12 3 3 3 6 4 3 5 4 7 7 5 2 4 5 4 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 396 396
GS 6 8 38 24 15 14 8 9 8 4 4 2 2 35 35 31 28 27 24 25 18 17 16 18 14 10 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN 716 720 3244 1993 1200 1198 811 752 724 360 325 282 249 3195 3103 2745 2559 2422 2028 2188 1664 1548 1427 1384 1264 917 685 630 587 585 530 507 491 440 404 401 356 359 346 280 270 270 270 236 233 231 210 178 173 154 135 133 111 104 98 90 87 82 69 65 63 29 27 17 10 6 2
396 35640 396 35640
G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 526 510
A 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 8 8 0 6 3 8 3 15 18 0 0 7 6 7 13 0 1 0 11 5 3 6 7 3 3 1 0 0 6 0 18 0 5 1 0 10 1 4 0 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
SOG 6 3 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC 11 7 26 20 20 16 11 3 12 6 3 3 0 39 36 0 0 0 22 21 19 25 24 27 27 13 0 0 12 1 13 8 12 9 5 10 1 5 6 7 1 2 3 2 5 0 0 3 4 3 3 0 2 4 5 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
FS 13 5 34 11 24 8 5 11 9 4 0 7 7 21 8 2 2 4 38 18 10 8 14 8 4 15 1 1 5 1 12 5 10 8 5 9 7 7 2 5 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 4 0 5 5 0 3 7 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
OFF 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CK 6 5 0 0 1 0 5 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
C 0 0 4 2 3 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 8 6 0 1 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
456 4871 1910 5041 4985 998 1856 732 464 4793 1884 4999 5023 1014 2068 685
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ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE GOALKEEPING STATISTICS (145-147-104, 1.28 GAA, 115 SO) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only)
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV 5 M Brian Kamler 1 0 8 0 0 24 G Kyle Reynish 8 7 685 25 20 18 G Nick Rimando 286 286 25653 1253 900 1 G Scott Garlick 31 31 2745 158 108 45 G Josh Saunders 3 3 231 18 13 1 G Chris Seitz 7 7 630 34 19 24 G Jeff Attinella 29 28 2559 161 107 1 G D.J. Countess 27 27 2422 170 112 18 G Jay Nolly 7 6 585 59 41 24 G Matt VanOekel 2 1 133 4 3 Team totals 396 396 35640 1884 1320 Opponent totals 396 396 35640 1909 1330
GA 0 5 320 43 4 13 53 54 17 1 510 526
GAA 0.00 0.66 1.11 1.41 1.56 1.86 1.86 2.01 2.62 0.51 1.28 1.33
PG 0 0 29 1 0 1 9 3 1 0 44 53
PA W L T SO 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 4 49 119 92 74 95 2 10 12 9 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 11 7 15 6 5 3 4 19 4 4 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 67 145 147 104 115 63 147 145 104 120
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ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL MISCELLANEOUS STATS (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only)
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Javier Morales 22, Alvaro Saborio 21, Fabian Espindola 11, Robbie Findley 9, Joao Plata 8, Kyle Beckerman 7, Yura Movsisyan 4, Olmes Garcia 4, Luke Mulholland 4, Andy Williams 4, Jeff Cunningham 4, OWN GOAL 4, Jamison Olave 3, Nat Borchers 3, Jason Kreis 3, Will Johnson 3, Ned Grabavoy 3, Devon Sandoval 3, Jordan Allen 2, Luis Gil 2, Chris Schuler 2, Pablo Campos 2, Brian Dunseth 2, Albert Rusnák 1, Brooks Lennon 1, Juan Manuel Martinez 1, John Stertzer 1, Chris Klein 1, Kyle Brown 1, Carey Talley 1, Tino Nunez 1, Douglas Sequeira 1, Jonny Steele 1, Yordany Alvarez 1, Jean-Marc Alexandre 1, Paulo Junior 1, Eddie Pope 1, Atiba Harris 1,
GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Javier Morales 18, Kyle Beckerman 17, Joao Plata 10, Fabian Espindola 7, Robbie Findley 5, Andy Williams 5, Tony Beltran 5, Robbie Russell 4, Clint Mathis 4, Olmes Garcia 3, Alvaro Saborio 3, Luis Gil 3, Ned Grabavoy 3, Jeff Cunningham 3, Nick Rimando 2, Luke Mulholland 2, Jordan Allen 2, Chris Wingert 2, Demar Phillips 2, Devon Sandoval 2, Sebastian Velasquez 2, Paulo Junior 2, Collen Warner 2, Alecko Eskandarian 2, Chris Klein 2, Carey Talley 2, Aaron Maund 1, Juan Manuel Martinez 1, Atiba Harris 1, Dema Kovalenko 1, Chris Brown 1, Will Johnson 1, Nat Borchers 1, Lovel Palmer 1, Jason Kreis 1
PENALTY KICK GOALS / ATTEMPTS: Alvaro Saborio 15-17, Javier Morales 11-14, Jeff Cunningham 5-5, Jason Kreis 4-4, Joao Plata 4-5, Yura Movsisyan 3-4, Carey Talley 2-2, Robbie Findley 2-3, Dema Kovalenko 1-1, Fabian Espindola 1-1, Will Johnson 1-1, Freddy Adu 1-1, Paulo Junior 1-1, Andy Williams 1-2, Alecko Eskandarian 1-2
REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME, 2005-present) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) GAMES PLAYED Nick Rimando Kyle Beckerman Javier Morales Chris Wingert Tony Beltran Nat Borchers Andy Williams Ned Grabavoy Jamison Olave Robbie Findley Alvaro Saborio MINUTES PLAYED Nick Rimando Kyle Beckerman Javier Morales Tony Beltran Chris Wingert Nat Borchers Jamison Olave Ned Grabavoy Andy Williams Alvaro Saborio
GP 286 265 240 231 227 205 189 159 159 137 127
GS 286 260 216 217 212 205 122 128 157 83 112
PENALTY-KICK GOALS Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis Joao Plata Yura Movsisyan Robbie Findley Carey Talley 7 players tied with 1
MIN 25650 23137 19309 19102 19050 18225 13654 11571 11536 9883
GOALS Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Robbie Findley Fabian Espindola Joao Plata Yura Movsisyan Kyle Beckerman Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis Andy Williams
GP 127 240 137 125 108 90 265 38 58 189
G 63 49 36 35 30 28 25 19 17 14
GAME-WINNING GOALS Javier Morales Alvaro Saborio Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Joao Plata Kyle Beckerman Jeff Cunningham Yura Movsisyan Olmes Garcia Luke Mulholland Andy Williams
GP 240 127 125 137 108 265 38 90 104 101 189
GWG 22 21 11 9 8 7 4 4 4 4 4
HAT TRICKS Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Javier Morales
GP 127 137 240
MULTI-GOAL GAMES Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Jeff Cunningham Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan Joao Plata Olmes Garcia Kyle Beckerman Chris Brown Ned Grabavoy Atiba Harris Jason Kreis Chris Schuler Devon Sandoval
GP 127 240 38 125 137 90 108 104 265 60 159 43 58 80 72
HATS 3 1 1 2+ G GM 13 8 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
GP 127 240 38 58 108 90 137 60
PKG 15 11 5 4 4 3 2 2
PKA 17 14 5 4 5 4 3 2
ASSISTS Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Joao Plata Andy Williams Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Ned Grabavoy Chris Wingert Alvaro Saborio Jeff Cunningham Clint Mathis Luke Mulholland
GP 240 265 109 189 125 137 159 231 127 38 66 101
A 81 33 31 29 17 15 14 14 13 11 11 11
GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Joao Plata Fabian Espindola Tony Beltran Robbie Findley Andy Williams
GP 240 265 108 125 227 137 189
GWA 18 17 10 7 5 5 5
GOALS PER 90 MIN. Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan Joao Plata Fabian Espindola Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Minimum: 20 goals
MIN 9883 7597 5368 7281 8658 18982 22194
G 63 36 24 30 35 49 25
AVG 0.57 0.43 0.40 0.37 0.36 0.23 0.10
ASSISTS PER 90 MIN. Javier Morales Joao Plata Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Minimum: 20 assists
MIN 18982 7281 11536 22194
A 81 29 29 33
AVG 0.38 0.36 0.23 0.13
SCORING PCT. Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Joao Plata Fabian Espindola Javier Morales Yura Movsisyan Kyle Beckerman Minimum: 20 goals
GP 127 137 100 125 236 79 254
SHT 334 217 209 253 372 210 364
G 63 36 30 35 49 24 25
PCT 18.9 16.6 14.4 13.8 13.2 11.4 6.9
SHOTS ON GOAL PCT. Fabian Espindola Joao Plata Yura Movsisyan Robbie Findley Will Johnson Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Andy Williams
GP 125 100 79 137 114 127 236 254 189
SHT 253 209 210 217 180 334 372 364 232
SOG 121 94 93 93 77 138 150 132 83
PCT 47.8 45.0 44.3 42.9 42.8 41.3 40.3 36.3 35.8
REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME, 2005-present) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) SHOTS Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Alvaro Saborio Fabian Espindola Andy Williams Yura Movsisyan Robbie Findley Joao Plata Will Johnson Jason Kreis
GP 240 265 127 125 189 90 137 108 114 58
SHT 368 361 334 253 232 221 217 210 180 132
SHOTS ON GOAL Javier Morales Alvaro Saborio Kyle Beckerman Fabian Espindola Yura Movsisyan Joao Plata Robbie Findley Andy Williams Will Johnson Jason Kreis
GP 240 127 265 125 90 108 137 189 114 58
SOG 148 138 131 121 102 95 93 83 77 57
FOULS COMMITTED Kyle Beckerman Javier Morales Chris Wingert Tony Beltran Andy Williams Jamison Olave Alvaro Saborio Fabian Espindola Nat Borchers Ned Grabavoy
GP 265 240 231 227 189 159 127 125 205 159
FC 360 312 243 218 198 186 175 166 134 134
FOULS SUFFERED Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Ned Grabavoy Tony Beltran Alvaro Saborio Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Chris Wingert Will Johnson
GP 240 189 265 159 227 127 125 137 231 114
FS 535 269 228 213 177 162 135 135 125 123
CAUTIONS (YELLOWS) Kyle Beckerman Chris Wingert Javier Morales Tony Beltran Jamison Olave Fabian Espindola Will Johnson Andy Williams Nat Borchers Alvaro Saborio
GP 265 231 240 227 159 125 114 189 205 127
CAUT 66 42 38 37 35 25 23 21 18 17
EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Jamison Olave Kyle Beckerman Tony Beltran Nat Borchers Fabian Espindola Andy Williams Yordany Alvarez Will Johnson Abdoulie Mansally Clint Mathis Demar Phillips Chris Wingert
GP 159 265 227 205 125 189 38 114 49 66 53 231
EJECT 9 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
CORNER KICKS Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Joao Plata Chris Klein
GP 240 189 265 108 43
CK 829 225 121 113 76
OFFSIDES Alvaro Saborio Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis
GP 127 125 137 38 58
OFF 155 117 73 45 44
SERVICE IN GOAL Nick Rimando Scott Garlick D.J. Countess Jeff Attinella Kyle Reynish Chris Seitz Jay Nolly Josh Saunders Matt VanOekel Brian Kamler WINNING PCT. Nick Rimando
GP 286
SAVES PERCENTAGE Nick Rimando
GP 286 31 27 29 8 7 7 3 1 1 WON 119
GS 286 31 27 28 7 7 6 3 1 0
LOST 92
MIN. 25650 2745 2422 2469 685 630 585 231 90 8
TIED PCT 75 .520
GP SAVES SOG PCT 286 900 1255 72.1
WINS Nick Rimando Scott Garlick Jeff Attinella D.J. Countess Kyle Reynish Jay Nolly Josh Saunders Chris Seitz
GP 286 31 29 27 8 7 3 7
WON 119 10 7 4 2 1 1 1
LOSSES Nick Rimando D.J. Countess Jeff Attinella Scott Garlick Jay Nolly Chris Seitz Josh Saunders
GP 286 27 29 31 7 7 3
LOST 92 19 15 12 4 4 1
SAVES Nick Rimando D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Jeff Attinella Jay Nolly Kyle Reynish Chris Seitz Josh Saunders Matt VanOekel
GP 286 27 31 29 7 8 7 3 2
SVS 900 112 108 107 41 20 19 13 5
SHUTOUTS Nick Rimando Jeff Attinella D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Kyle Reynish Chris Seitz Matt VanOekel
GP 286 29 27 31 8 7 2
SHO 95 5 4 4 4 1 1
REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS (2005-present) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) GAMES PLAYED 2017 Movsisyan / Mulholland 2016 Luke Mulholland 2015 Olmes Garcia 2014 Ned Grabavoy 2013 Ned Grabavoy 2012 Tony Beltran 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nat Borchers Andy Williams 2009 Nat Borchers Chris Wingert 2008 Kyle Beckerman Nick Rimando 2007 Eddie Pope Nick Rimando 2006 Mehdi Ballouchy Chris Klein 2005 Chris Brown
GP 8 33 32 33 32 32 33 30 30 30 30 30 30 27 27 32 32 29
GAMES STARTED 2017 Yura Movsisyan 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Tony Beltran 2014 Nat Borchers 2013 Ned Grabavoy 2012 Tony Beltran 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nat Borchers 2009 Nat Borchers 2008 Kyle Beckerman Nick Rimando 2007 Eddie Pope Nick Rimando 2006 Chris Klein 2005 D.J. Countess Clint Mathis
GS 8 31 30 32 29 32 33 30 30 30 30 27 27 32 27 27
MINUTES PLAYED 2017 Yura Movsisyan 2016 Tony Beltran 2015 Tony Beltran 2014 Nat Borchers 2013 Ned Grabavoy 2012 Tony Beltran 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nat Borchers 2009 Nat Borchers 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Chris Klein 2005 D.J. Countess
MIN 665 2468 2684 2856 2688 2857 2970 2673 2679 2700 2430 2842 2422
GOALS GP 2017 Yura Movsisyan 8 2016 Movsisyan / Plata tied w/ 9 each 2015 Javier Morales 25 2014 Joao Plata 27 2013 Alvaro Saborio 16 2012 Alvaro Saborio 31 2011 Alvaro Saborio 23 2010 Alvaro Saborio 27 2009 Robbie Findley 27 2008 Yura Movsisyan 22 2007 Robbie Findley 16 2006 Jeff Cunningham 31 2005 Jason Kreis 24
ASSISTS GP ASTS 2017 Albert Rusnák 7 3 2016 Joao Plata 30 12 2015 Javier Morales 25 11 2014 Javier Morales 30 12 2013 Javier Morales 28 10 2012 Javier Morales 29 9 2011 Kyle Beckerman 29 9 2010 Javier Morales 26 9 2009 Clint Mathis 28 7 2008 Javier Morales 29 15 2007 Eskandarian / Williams tied with 3 2006 Jeff Cunningham 31 11 2005 Kreis / Mathis tied with 4 GAME-WINNING GOALS GP GWG 2017 Rusnák / Lennon tied w/ 1 2016 Morales/Olave/Movisyan/OG tied with 2 2015 Javier Morales 25 3 2014 Plata / Saborio tied with 4 2013 Javier Morales 28 4 2012 Alvaro Saborio 31 6 2011 Alvaro Saborio 23 4 2010 Alvaro Saborio 27 5 2009 Robbie Findley 27 3 2008 Javier Morales 29 3 2007 Robbie Findley 16 3 2006 Jeff Cunningham 31 4 2005 Brian Dunseth 24 2 Jason Kreis 24 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 2017 Plata / Phillips tied w/ 1 2016 Joao Plata 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Joao Plata 2013 Joao Plata 2012 Javier Morales 2011 Kyle Beckerman 2010 Javier Morales 2009 4 players tied with 2 2008 Javier Morales Andy Williams 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Clint Mathis
G 4 8 13 12 17 11 12 12 7 6 16 9
GP
GWA
30 25 26 29 29 29 26
3 3 2 3 5 6 3
29 26 17 31 27
2 2 2 3 3
PENALTY-KICK GOALS GP PKG 2017 Yura Movsisyan 8 1 2016 Movsisyan/Morales/Plata tied w/ 2 each 2015 Javier Morales 25 2 2014 Javier Morales 30 4 2013 Alvaro Saborio 16 4 2012 Alvaro Saborio 31 3 2011 Alvaro Saborio 23 3 2010 Alvaro Saborio 27 2 2009 Robbie Findley 27 1 Will Johnson 26 1 2008 Dema Kovalenko 22 1 2007 Carey Talley 26 2 2006 Jeff Cunningham 31 4 2005 Jason Kreis 24 3
CONT’D – REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS (2005-present) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) SHOTS 2017 Yura Movsisyan 2016 Yura Movsisyan 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Javier Morales 2013 Alvaro Saborio 2012 Alvaro Saborio 2011 Alvaro Saborio 2010 Alvaro Saborio 2009 Yura Movsisyan 2008 Yura Movsisyan 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Jason Kreis
GP SHOTS 8 22 29 75 25 49 30 66 16 53 31 87 23 66 27 51 26 64 22 69 17 47 31 83 24 65
SHOTS ON GOAL 2017 Yura Movsisyan 2016 Yura Movsisyan 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Joao Plata 2013 Alvaro Saborio 2012 Alvaro Saborio 2011 Fabian Espindola 2010 Alvaro Saborio 2009 Yura Movsisyan 2008 Yura Movsisyan 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Jason Kreis
GP 8 29 25 26 16 31 27 27 26 22 17 31 24
SOG 10 33 20 33 21 40 31 22 29 33 21 45 31
FOULS COMMITTED GP FC 2017 Sunday Stephen 4 10 2016 Beltran / Mulholland tied w/ 49 each 2015 Luke Mulholland 29 37 2014 Javier Morales 30 55 2013 Ned Grabavoy 32 37 2012 Kyle Beckerman 30 57 2011 Alvaro Saborio 23 43 2010 Javier Morales 26 35 2009 Kyle Beckerman 25 42 2008 Javier Morales 29 49 2007 Atiba Harris 21 45 2006 Carey Talley 30 53 2005 Andy Williams 26 41 FOULS SUFFERED 2017 Albert Rusnák 2016 Juan Manuel Martinez 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Javier Morales 2013 Javier Morales 2012 Javier Morales 2011 Andy Williams 2010 Javier Morales 2009 Javier Morales 2008 Javier Morales 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 2006 Andy Williams 2005 Andy Williams
GP 7 32 25 30 28 29 31 26 26 29 17 29 26
FS 15 81 58 74 78 69 45 76 55 59 39 52 79
CAUTIONS (YELLOWS) GP CAUT 2017 Chris Schuler 6 4 2016 Tony Beltran 29 8 2015 Kyle Beckerman 26 9 2014 Beltran / Wingert tied w/ 6 2013 Kyle Beckerman 26 7 2012 Espindola / Wingert tied w/ 7 2011 Beckerman/Espindola/Johnson tied w/ 6 2010 Jamison Olave 27 8 2009 Kyle Beckerman 25 10 2008 Jamison Olave 23 9 2007 Eskandarian/Mantilla/Talley tied w/ 6 2006 Atiba Harris 22 8 2005 Seth Trembly 22 8
EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) GP EJECT 2017 Kyle Beckerman 7 1 2016 Olave/Beckerman/Phillips tied w/ 1 2015 Jamison Olave 21 3 2014 4 players tied with 1 2013 Yordany Alvarez 18 2 2012 4 players tied with 1 2011 Nat Borchers 30 2 2009 Jamison Olave 25 3 2008 Joy/Williams/Wingert tied w/ 1 2007 5 players tied with 1 2006 5 players tied with 1 2005 6 players tied with 1 CORNER KICKS GP 2017 Albert Rusnák 7 2016 Morales / Plata tied w/ 57 each 2015 Javier Morales 25 2014 Javier Morales 30 2013 Javier Morales 28 2012 Javier Morales 29 2011 Kyle Beckerman 29 2010 Javier Morales 26 2009 Javier Morales 26 2008 Javier Morales 29 2007 Mehdi Ballouchy 14 2006 Chris Klein 32 2005 Andy Williams 26
CK 45
OFFSIDES 2017 Yura Movsisyan 2016 Yura Movsisyan 2015 Alvaro Saborio 2014 Alvaro Saborio 2013 Alvaro Saborio 2012 Alvaro Saborio 2011 Alvaro Saborio 2010 Fabian Espindola 2009 Fabian Espindola 2008 Kenny Deuchar 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Jason Kreis
OFF 9 19 19 21 20 37 38 29 21 18 16 35 23
GP 8 30 14 16 16 31 23 22 22 29 17 31 24
93 120 108 97 42 80 113 112 40 75 73
SCORING PCT. GP SHOTS GOALS PCT 2016 Juan Manuel Martinez 27 42 7 17.5 2015 Sebastian Jaime 19 20 5 25.0 2014 Joao Plata 26 56 13 23.2 2013 Alvaro Saborio 16 53 12 22.6 2012 Alvaro Saborio 31 87 17 19.5 2011 Alvaro Saborio 23 66 11 16.7 2010 Alvaro Saborio 27 51 12 23.5 2009 Robbie Findley 27 60 12 20.0 2008 Fabian Espindola 12 25 5 20.0 2007 Robbie Findley 16 20 6 30.0 2006 Jeff Cunningham 31 83 16 19.3 2005 Jason Kreis 24 65 9 13.8 Minimum: 5 goals SHOTS ON GOAL PCT. 2016 Yura Movsisyan 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Joao Plata 2013 Alvaro Saborio 2012 Alvaro Saborio 2011 Fabian Espindola 2010 Javier Morales 2009 Will Johnson 2008 Kyle Beckerman 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Jason Kreis Minimum: 20 shots on goal
GP SHOTS 24 65 25 49 26 56 16 53 31 87 27 62 26 42 26 48 30 45 17 47 31 83 24 65
SOG 31 20 32 21 40 31 21 22 22 21 45 31
PCT 47.9 40.8 57.1 39.6 46.0 50.0 50.0 45.8 48.9 44.7 54.2 47.7
CONT’D – REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS (2005-present) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL 2017 Nick Rimando 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess
GP 7 30 24 24 27 31 33 27 26 30 27 31 27
WINS 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
GAMES STARTED IN GOAL 2017 Nick Rimando 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess
GS 7 30 24 24 27 31 33 27 26 30 27 31 27
LOSSES GP LOST 2017 Nick Rimando 7 4 2016 Nick Rimando 30 9 2015 Nick Rimando 24 9 2014 Attinella / Rimando tied with 4 each 2013 Nick Rimando 27 7 2012 Nick Rimando 31 11 2011 Nick Rimando 33 11 2010 Nick Rimando 27 4 2009 Nick Rimando 26 10 2008 Nick Rimando 30 10 2007 Nick Rimando 27 13 2006 Scott Garlick 31 12 2005 D.J. Countess 27 19
MINUTES PLAYED IN GOAL 2017 Nick Rimando 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess
MIN 595 2700 2160 2160 2430 2790 2970 2430 2285 2700 2430 2745 2422
GOALS AGAINST AVG. 2017 Nick Rimando 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess Minimum: 1000 minutes played
GP 7 30 24 24 27 31 33 27 26 30 27 31 27
WINNING PCT. 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick Minimum: 5 wins
WON LOST TIED 11 9 10 8 9 7 13 4 7 14 7 6 16 11 4 14 11 8 15 4 8 10 10 6 10 10 10 6 13 8 10 12 9
GP 30 24 24 27 31 33 27 26 30 27 31
MIN 595 2700 2160 2160 2430 2790 2970 2430 2285 2700 2430 2745 2422
GA GAA 11 1.66 40 1.33 24 1.00 25 1.05 28 1.04 33 1.06 36 1.09 18 0.67 29 1.14 39 1.30 37 1.37 43 1.41 54 2.01
PCT .522 .490 .715 .630 .581 .545 .704 .500 .500 .370 .468
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Scott Garlick D.J. Countess
GP 7 30 24 24 27 31 33 27 26 30 27 31 27
WON 2 11 8 13 14 16 14 15 10 10 6 10 4
SAVES 2017 Nick Rimando 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess
GP 7 30 24 24 27 31 33 27 26 30 27 31 27
SHUTOUTS 2017 Nick Rimando 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess
GP SHO 7 2 30 6 24 8 24 7 27 9 31 12 33 13 27 14 26 9 30 8 27 7 31 4 27 4
SAVES PERCENTAGE 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Jeff Attinella 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess Minimum: 40 saves
GP SAVES 27 85 24 66 9 44 27 82 31 83 33 95 27 78 26 73 30 96 27 146 31 108 27 112
SVS 21 96 66 77 82 83 95 78 73 96 146 108 112
SOG 125 93 59 112 116 134 100 108 140 191 158 170
PCT 68.0 71.0 74.6 73.2 71.6 70.9 78.0 67.6 68.6 76.4 68.4 65.9
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL POSTSEASON SUPERLATIVES (2005-present) ==================================================== (active RSL players in BOLD – playoff games only) GAMES PLAYED Career: 22 Career: 22 Season: 5
Kyle Beckerman Nick Rimando 9 times
MINUTES Career: Career: Season:
Kyle Beckerman Nick Rimando 5 times
2100 2100 510
OFFSIDES Career: Season: Game: Half:
6 3 3 2 1
Robbie Findley Robbie Findley (2009) Alvaro Saborio (2011) Alvaro Saborio (10/29/2011 vs. SEA) 21 times
ASSISTS Career: Season: Season: Game: Game: Half:
9 3 3 2 2 1
Javier Morales Javier Morales Javier Morales Javier Morales Javier Morales 23 times
Half: Half:
30 12 12 6 4 4
(2011) (2013) (10/29/11 vs. SEA) (11/10/13 vs. POR)
Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan (2008) Robbie Findley (2009) Alvaro Saborio (10/29/11 v. SEA) Alvaro Saborio (10/29/11 v. SEA, 1st) Kyle Beckerman (12/07/13 at KC, 2d)
SHOTS ON GOAL Career: 13 Season: 6 Season: 6 Game: 3 Half: 2
Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan (2008) Robbie Findley (2009) Alvaro Saborio (10/29/11 vs. SEA) 10 times
FOULS COMMITTED Career: 35 Season: 10 Season: 10 Season: 10 Game: 6 Game: 6 Game: 6
Javier Morales Yura Movsisyan (2008) Chris Wingert (2009) Chris Schuler (2013) Yura Movsisyan (11/01/08 vs. CHV) Javier Morales (11/08/08 at CHV) Chris Wingert (11/14/09 at CHI)
Half:
5
FOULS SUFFERED Career: 42 Season: 10 Season: 10 Game: 5 Game: 5 Half:
4
3
CORNER KICKS Career: 57 Season: 21 Game: 9
GOALS Career: Season: Season: Game: Half:
SHOTS Career: Season: Season: Game:
15 10 6
Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley (2009) Robbie Findley (11/22/09 at LA) Robbie Findley (11/22/09 at LA, 1st)
Javier Morales Javier Morales (2013) Javier Morales (11/07/13 vs. LA)
Half:
5
Javier Morales (11/07/13 vs. LA, 2d)
Half:
5
Javier Morales (11/10/13 vs. POR, 1st)
CAUTIONS Career: Season: Game: Half:
6 2 1 1
Kyle Beckerman 4 times 33 times 29 times
EJECTIONS Career: Season: Game:
1 1 1
Javier Morales Javier Morales (2010) Javier Morales (10/30/10 at DAL)
Half:
1
Javier Morales (10/30/10 at DAL, 2d)
GK GAMES PLAYED Career: 22 Season: 5
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando (2013)
GK MINUTES Career: 2100 Season: 510
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando (2013)
GK WINS Career: Season:
7 3
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando (2013)
GK LOSSES Career: Season:
8 2
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando (2011)
GK TIES Career: Season:
7 2
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando (2009)
GK SHUTOUTS Career: Season: Season:
8 2 2
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando (2009) Nick Rimando (2013)
Yura Movsisyan (11/01/08 vs. CHV, 2d)
Javier Javier Robbie Alvaro Javier
Morales Morales Findley Saborio Morales
(2011) (2013) (10/29/11 vs. SEA) (11/08/12 vs. SEA)
Alvaro Saborio (10/29/11 vs. SEA, 1st)
GK GOALS ALLOWED Career: 27 Season: 5 Season: 5 Game: 5 Half: 3
Nick Nick Nick Nick Nick
Rimando Rimando Rimando Rimando Rimando
GK SAVES Career: Season: Game: Half:
Nick Nick Nick Nick
Rimando Rimando (2009) Rimando (11/05/09 at CLB) Rimando (11/05/09 at CLB, 2d)
66 18 8 6
(2014) (2011) (11/08/14 at LA) (11/08/14 at LA, 2d)
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE TEAM POSTSEASON HIGHS (2005-present) ==================================================== GAMES PLAYED Season: MINUTES Season:
5
510
in 2013
in 2013
GOALS Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
8 4 6 2
in 2013 11/10/2013 vs. POR 11/10/2013 vs. POR 4 times
ASSISTS Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
7 4 5 3
in 2013 11/10/2013 vs. POR 11/10/2013 vs. POR 11/10/2013 vs. POR (2d)
SHOTS Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
67 24 40 16
SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 23 Game: 11 2-Tms: 15 Half: 7
in 2013 11/15/2008 vs. NY 11/07/2013 vs. LA 11/15/2008 vs. NY (2d)
in 2008 10/29/2011 vs. SEA 11/05/2009 at CLB 11/01/2008 vs. CHV (2d)
FOULS COMMITTED Season: 83 Game: 24 2-Tms: 44 Half: 13 Half: 13
in 2013 11/08/2008 11/08/2008 11/08/2008 11/05/2009
at at at at
CHV CHV CHV (1st) CLB (2d)
FOULS SUFFERED Season: 72 Game: 22 2-Tms: 44 Half: 12 Half: 12
in 2013 11/22/2009 11/08/2008 11/08/2008 11/02/2011
at at at at
LA CHV CHV (2d) SEA (2d)
OFFSIDES Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
18 8 13 4
in 2009 11/22/2009 at LA 11/22/2009 at LA 10/31/2009 vs. CLB (2d)
CORNER KICKS Season: 22 Game: 11 2-Tms: 21 Half: 8
in 2013 11/06/2010 vs. DAL 11/07/2013 vs. LA 11/06/2010 vs. DAL (2d)
CAUTIONS Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half: Half:
8 4 7 7 3 3
in 2013 11/14/2009 11/08/2008 11/14/2009 11/08/2008 11/06/2010
EJECTIONS Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
1 1 2 1
in 2010 10/30/2010 at DAL 10/30/2010 at DAL 10/30/2010 at DAL (2d)
GK GAMES PLAYED Season: 5
in 2013
GK MINUTES Season:
510
in 2013
GK WINS Season:
3
in 2013
GK LOSSES Season:
2
in 2011
GK TIES Season:
2
in 2009
GK SHUTOUTS Season: Season:
2 2
in 2009 in 2013
at CHI at CHV at CHI at CHV (1st) vs. DAL (1st)
GK GOALS ALLOWED Season: 5 Season: 5 Game: 5 2-Tms: 6 Half: 3
in 2011 in 2014 11/08/2014 at LA 11/10/2013 vs. POR 11/08/2014 at LA (2d)
GK SAVES Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
in 2009 11/05/2009 at CLB 11/14/2009 at CHI 11/05/2009 at CLB (2d)
18 8 14 6
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE TEAM POSTSEASON LOWS (2005-present) ==================================================== GAMES PLAYED Season: MINUTES Season: GOALS Season: Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half:
1
90
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ASSISTS Season: Season: Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
0 0 0 0 0 0
SHOTS Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half: Half:
22 4 15 1 1
in 2016
in 2012 in 2014 9 times 11/14/2009 at CHI 11/02/2012 at SEA 11/01/2014 vs. LA 25 times
in 2012 in 2014 in 2016 11 times 5 times 27 times
in 2010 11/02/2011 10/31/2009 11/02/2011 11/24/2013
SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 10 in 2010 Game: 1 11/02/2011 2-Tms: 4 10/31/2009 2-Tms: 4 11/03/2013 Half: 0 11/02/2011 Half: 0 11/03/2013 Half: 0 12/07/2013 FOULS COMMITTED Season: 23 Game: 4 2-Tms: 13 Half: 1 FOULS SUFFERED Season: 26 Season: 26 Game: 8 2-Tms: 13 Half: 2 Half: 2
OFFSIDES Season: Game: Game: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
in 2016
at SEA vs. CLB at SEA (1st) at POR (2d)
at SEA vs. CLB at LA at SEA (1st) at LA (2d) at KC (1st)
in 2012 11/15/2008 vs. NY 11/15/2008 vs. NY 11/15/2008 vs. NY (2d)
in 2010 in 2012 11/14/2009 11/15/2008 11/14/2009 11/07/2013
at CHI vs. NY at CHI (2d) vs. LA (1st)
1 0 0 0 1 0
in 2012 11/01/2008 11/08/2012 11/10/2013 11/01/2008 14 times
vs. vs. vs. vs.
CHV SEA POR CHV
CORNER KICKS Season: 10 Game: 0 2-Tms: 3 Half: 0
in 2012 11/08/2008 at CHV 11/08/2008 at CHV 8 times
CAUTIONS Season: Game: Game: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half:
2 0 0 0 1 1 0
in 2012 11/15/2008 11/08/2012 11/10/2013 11/08/2012 11/10/2013 20 times
EJECTIONS Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
0 0 0 0
6 times 20 times 20 times 41 times
GK GAMES PLAYED Season: 1
in 2016
GK MINUTES Season:
in 2016
90
vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.
NY SEA POR SEA POR
GK WINS Season: Season: Season: Season:
0 0 0 0
in in in in
GK LOSSES Season:
0
in 2009
GK TIES Season: Season:
0 0
in 2011 in 2016
GK SHUTOUTS Season: Season:
0 0
in 2010 in 2016
GOALS ALLOWED Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half:
1 0 0 0 0 0
in 2012 8 times 11/14/2009 at CHI 11/02/2012 at SEA 11/01/2014 vs. LA 24 times
SAVES Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half:
4 0 3 3 0
in 2010 10/29/2011 vs. SEA 10/31/2009 vs. CLB 11/03/2013 at LA 10 times
2010 2012 2014 2016
Lalo Fernandez Tony Beltran Reagan Dunk David Horst Kyle Beckerman Justin Schmidt Sunday Stephen Joao Plata Albert Rusnak Omar Holness Chad Barrett Yura Movsisyan Justen Glad Chris Wingert Demar Phillips Nick Rimando Luke Mulholland Luis Silva Aaron Maund Ricardo Velazco Sebastian Saucedo Matt VanOekel Danilo Acosta Brooks Lennon Chris Schuler Jose Hernandez Jordan Allen
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