Game Guide: Sporting KC vs Real Salt Lake by Sporting Kansas City

2016 GAME GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v REAL SALT LAKE (April 2, Children's Mercy Park, 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2016 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 3 3-0-0 9 4 1 at home 2 2-0-0 6 3 1 Real on road

3 1-0-2 5 6 5 2 0-0-2 2 4 4

Melia

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (20 meetings): Sporting 8 wins, 25 goals … Real 7 wins, 24 goals … Ties 5

F 6 45

16 Olum

Movsisyan

10 Plata

Allen

Mulholland

Stephen

16 Wingert

A 5 54

3 1 2 0

5 0 0 0

1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0

2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0

2 3 1

1 4 0

TYPE OF PLAY

1 1 2

0 1 0

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

Maund

Beltran

Glad

18 Rimando

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS

80 Garcia

HOW SCORED

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

22 Hallisey

REAL

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

96 Quintilla

Dwyer

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 Dia

Zusi

UPCOMING MATCHES REAL SPORTING Sat. Apr. 9 Colorado Sat. Apr. 9 at Red Bulls Sat. Apr. 16 Vancouver Wed. Apr. 13 Colorado Sat. Apr. 23 at Los Angeles Sun. Apr. 17 at FC Dallas Sat. Apr. 30 Houston Sun. Apr. 24 at San Jose

1 0 0 0

4 Ellis

Mustivar

LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/11: KC 0, RSL 0 6/21: RSL 2, KC 1 (Jaime 15; Garcia 93+ -- Dwyer 30) 7/24: RSL 2, KC 1 (Morales 34; Plata 73 – Feilhaber 50)

1 3 0 0

12 Coelho

Myers

AT KC (10 meetings): Sporting 5 wins, 12 goals … Real 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 4

F A 4 1 68 270

ROSTERS

REFEREE: Ted Unkel. AR1 (bench): Claudio Badea; AR2 (opposite): Anthony Vasoli; 4th: Armando Villarreal DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: KC: Roger Espinoza (through April 3) … RSL: Kyle Beckerman (through April 3); Jamison Olave (through April 3); Juan Manuel Martinez (through April 3)

SPORTING KC 1 Jon Kempin (GK) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Diego Rubio Kostner (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Brad Davis (MF) 12 Nuno Andre Coelho (DF) 13 Amadou Dia (MF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Lawrence Olum (MF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 21 Justin Mapp (MF) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 25 Alec Kann (GK) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 30 Daniel Salloi (FW) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF) 96 Jordi Quintilla (MF) REAL SALT LAKE 1 Lalo Fernandez (GK) 2 Tony Beltran (DF) 3 Phanuel Kavita (DF) 4 Jamison Olave (DF) 5 Kyle Beckerman (MF) 6 Boyd Okwuonu (DF) 7 Juan Manuel Martinez (FW) 8 Sunday Stephen (MF) 10 Joao Plata (FW) 11 Javier Morales (MF) 12 Omar Holness (FW) 14 Yura Movsisyan (FW) 15 Justen Glad (DF) 16 Chris Wingert (DF) 17 Demar Phillips (DF) 18 Nick Rimando (GK) 19 Luke Mulholland (MF) 21 Aaron Maund (DF) 24 Jeff Attinella (GK) 25 Danilo Acosta (MF) 26 Adolfo Ovalle (MF) 27 John Stertzer (MF) 30 Emery Welshman (FW) 49 Devon Sandoval (FW) 70 Jordan Allen (MF) 80 Olmes Garcia (FW)

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC RSL

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 1-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-2 1-0-0 0-0-0

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 3-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-2 1-0-0

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 3/20/2016 KC 1, TOR 0 3/06/2016 KC 1, SEA 0 10/21/2015 KC 0, COL 2 10/16/2015 KC 0, SJ 1 9/27/2015 KC 1, SEA 1 3/20/2016 KC 1, TOR 0 10/21/2015 KC 0, COL 2

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC Real Salt Lake

WWW TWT

(0) (0) (3) (1) (7) (0) (4)

REAL SALT LAKE Date Score (Gms since) 3/12/2016 RSL 2, SEA 1 10/04/2015 RSL 2, COL 1 10/17/2015 RSL 0, DAL 1 10/25/2015 RSL 1, SEA 3 3/19/2016 RSL 2, POR 2 9/19/2015 RSL 3, LA 0 10/17/2015 RSL 0, DAL 1

(0) (3) (1) (2) (0) (8) (4)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 2 Dwyer A: 1 4 players tied SHT: 10 Dwyer SOG: 4 Dwyer/Hallisey FC: 9 Espinoza FS: 8 Espinoza OF: 3 Dwyer C: 1 4 players tied E: 1 Espinoza REAL G: 3 Plata A: 2 Martinez/Plata SHT: 6 Plata SOG: 4 Plata FC: 8 Beckerman FS: 8 Martinez OF: 3 Movsisyan C: 1 6 players tied E: 1 3 players tied

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 3 0 2 1 0 0 4 1.33 RSL 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 2.00 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0.33 RSL 3 0 1 2 0 0 5 1.67 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 RSL 6 0 2 1 1 1 1 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 RSL 5 0 1 0 0 0 4

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v REAL SALT LAKE (April 2, Children's Mercy Park, 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 36)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 1 Jon Kempin DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 0 0 0 0 62 45 8 0 3 Ike Opara 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 49 43 4 4 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 3 3 0 0 185 180 2 10 MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 0 0 0 0 243 218 15 20 6 Paulo Nagamura 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 3 3 0 1 139 111 2 16 MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 3 3 0 1 176 140 24 45 8 Graham Zusi FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Diego Rubio Kostner 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-10 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 0 0 0 0 142 128 22 34 11 Brad Davis MF 5-11 165 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 2 0 1 0 370 325 56 122 Nuno Andre Coelho DF 6-4 181 01/07/1986 Penafiel, Portugal 3 3 1 0 3 3 1 0 12 13 Amadou Dia MF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 3 3 0 0 25 16 0 1 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 3 3 2 1 83 69 38 6 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 144 140 0 7 16 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 1 0 0 0 68 40 3 2 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 1 0 0 0 23 10 0 1 21 Justin Mapp MF 6-1 160 10/18/1984 Brandon, MS 0 0 0 0 303 243 22 65 22 Connor Hallisey MF 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 3 3 0 0 16 9 0 1 25 Alec Kann GK 6-4 190 08/08/1990 Decatur, GA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 3 3 0 0 133 113 3 15 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 3 3 0 0 32 31 0 0 29 30 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 0 0 0 0 225 129 16 16 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 3 3 0 0 28 23 0 2 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 2 0 0 0 15 8 0 0 94 96 Jordi Quintilla MF 5-9 154 10/25/1993 Barcelona, Spain 3 3 0 1 11 6 0 1 ON LOAN 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 7 4 0 0 10 6 0 0 23 Bernardo Anor MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 13 4 0 0 84 52 12 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

L69 11/21/1966 W93 T53

REAL SALT LAKE 2016 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Lalo Fernandez GK 6-3 170 12/16/1992 Guadalajara, Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Tony Beltran DF 5-8 150 10/11/1987 Whittier, CA 3 3 0 1 198 185 0 9 DF 6-1 184 03/09/1993 Lubumbashi, Katanga, Zaire 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 Phanuel Kavita 4 Jamison Olave DF 6-3 210 04/21/1981 Medellin, Colombia 3 3 1 0 202 199 16 4 MF 5-11 165 04/23/1982 Crofton, MD 3 3 0 0 382 353 36 48 5 Kyle Beckerman DF 5-9 170 02/24/1993 Edmond, OK 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 6 Boyd Okwuonu 7 Juan Manuel Martinez FW 5-9 170 10/25/1985 Viedma, Rio Negro, Argentina 3 3 0 2 11 10 1 3 8 Sunday Stephen MF 5-11 148 09/17/1988 Lagos, Nigeria 3 3 1 0 3 3 1 0 10 Joao Plata FW 5-2 135 03/01/1992 Guayaquil, Ecuador 3 3 3 2 113 91 27 25 11 Javier Morales MF 5-9 150 01/10/1980 Buenos Aires, Argentina 2 2 0 0 213 196 45 77 Omar Holness FW 6-0 174 03/13/1994 Kingston, Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 14 Yura Movsisyan FW 6-1 179 08/02/1987 Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR 3 3 1 0 84 45 21 3 Justen Glad DF 6-0 145 02/28/1997 Pasadena, CA 1 0 0 0 8 6 0 0 15 16 Chris Wingert DF 5-11 165 06/16/1982 Babylon, NY 3 2 0 0 299 264 1 16 Demar Phillips DF 5-6 132 09/23/1983 Kingston, Jamaica 1 1 0 0 19 17 0 0 17 18 Nick Rimando GK 5-9 184 06/17/1979 Montclair, CA 3 3 0 0 397 397 0 7 19 Luke Mulholland MF 5-9 150 08/07/1988 Preston, England 2 0 0 0 62 51 9 9 21 Aaron Maund DF 6-1 185 09/19/1990 Dorchester, MA 3 3 0 0 49 41 1 1 Jeff Attinella GK 6-2 190 09/29/1988 Clearwater, FL 0 0 0 0 25 24 0 0 24 25 Danilo Acosta MF 5-11 170 11/17/1997 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Adolfo Ovalle MF 5-9 155 04/28/1997 Temuco, Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 John Stertzer MF 6-0 170 10/04/1990 Fairfax, VA 0 0 0 0 30 12 1 0 Emery Welshman FW 5-11 180 11/09/1991 Mississauqa, ON, Canada 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 49 Devon Sandoval FW 6-1 185 06/16/1991 Albuquerque, NM 2 0 0 0 64 34 7 3 70 Jordan Allen MF 5-11 160 04/25/1995 Rochester, NY 1 1 0 0 26 12 1 2 80 Olmes Garcia FW 6-0 175 10/21/1992 Barranquilla, Colombia 2 0 0 0 82 35 10 5 ON LOAN Sebastian Saucedo MF 5-7 145 01/22/1997 San Fernando Valley, CA 9 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 HEAD COACH : Jeff Cassar

02/02/1974 W27 L23 T21

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs REAL SALT LAKE CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. April 2, 2016 (WEEK 5, MLS Game #36) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38 / SKCTVN; KMYU-12) A key match between Western Conference clubs who have developed a bit of a rivalry over the last few years is ahead when Sporting Kansas City meet Real Salt Lake on Saturday evening at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting are the only team still with a perfect record thus far in 2016, winning for a third time in three outings last time out in a 1-0 win against Toronto FC. Real are still without a defeat this season, pulled back into a 2-2 draw with the Portland Timbers in their last match two weeks ago at Rio Tinto Stadium. REFEREE: Ted Unkel. AR1 (bench): Claudio Badea; AR2 (opposite): Anthony Vasoli; 4th: Armando Villarreal MLS Career: 33 games; FC/gm: 25.8; Y/gm: 4.2; R: 11; pens: 19 SUSPENDED: KC: Roger Espinoza (through April 3) … RSL: Kyle Beckerman (through April 3); Jamison Olave (through April 3); Juan Manuel Martinez (through April 3) DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (20 meetings): Sporting 8 wins, 25 goals … Real 7 wins, 24 goals … Ties 5 AT KC (10 meetings): Sporting 5 wins, 12 goals … Real 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 4 RETURN MATCHES: 5/21: Sporting Kansas City vs. Real Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m. CT; 10/16: Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting Kansas City, 5 p.m. MT (FS1) LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/11: KC 0, RSL 0 6/21: RSL 2, KC 1 (Jaime 15; Garcia 93+ -- Dwyer 30) 7/24: RSL 2, KC 1 (Morales 34; Plata 73 – Feilhaber 50)  Real have a two-game winning streak alive vs. Sporting, having won the last two league meetings a year ago, both by 2-1 scorelines, and both at Rio Tinto Stadium (June 21 and July 24) – their first wins against KC since the 2011 season. RSL haven’t lost in four consecutive regular season matches vs. SKC.  Real have never won at Sporting Park, in six meetings lifetime, including MLS Cup 2013. RSL last won in Kansas City in 2009 (at CommunityAmerica Ballpark).  The teams also met in a U.S. Open Cup semifinal a year ago, Sporting winning 3-1 in Kansas City on their way to the title.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. RSL: P11 W3 L5 D3 … Jeff Cassar vs. KC: P4 W2 L0 D2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City continued their perfect start to the season last time out, getting the game’s only goal for a victory against Toronto FC on March 20 at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting are in a tie for first place in the Western Conference with 9 points from 3 games. LAST MATCH  The game's only goal came in the 70th minute. Brad Davis chased down a Dom Dwyer feed on the right of the area, fought off a defender and cut a shot back inside the far post for his first goal with his new club.  Sporting goalkeeper Tim Melia was credited with four saves in keeping the clean sheet, the best in the 62nd minute when Tsubasa Endoh sent in a right-footed shot that Melia was narrowly able to get a piece of to send off the crossbar and over.  Sporting manager Peter Vermes made no changes to his team for a third match, keeping the group that gained a 2-1 win against Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Children’s Mercy Park.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Chance Myers, Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia - Soni Mustivar - Jordi Quintilla (Lawrence Olum 81), Roger Espinoza (ejected 84) - Connor Hallisey (Brad Davis 46), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi. TEAM NEWS  Sporting KC are the last team remaining in MLS with a perfect record to start the season, following their third victory in three games in the win vs. Toronto FC. It matches the club’s second-longest winning streak to open a season (also: 2006), after winning seven games in a row to open the 2012 campaign.  “We have only played three games so far and one thing we are is well organized. I think the team is disciplined. I think we have been taking our chances pretty well. Everyone is stepping up from different places. I think that

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is the reason why we are getting results,” said Sporting manager Peter Vermes. “But it is so early in the season, I can only imagine what is going to come. It doesn't really matter because we have only played three games.” Vermes has not changed his team in any of the first three league games, but he will be forced into a move for the RSL match after Roger Espinoza was sent off late vs. Toronto FC. It was also a second clean sheet in three matches for Sporting. They have allowed just one goal through the opening three games – fewest in MLS this season. Brad Davis came off the bench for the second consecutive match, coming on at the halftime break for his longest shift of the season – and netted his first goal since coming to SKC from the Houston Dynamo in the offseason. “Like I said when Brad came here, I didn't tell him, but I told the staff, he was probably going to get seven points on his own,” said Vermes. “And then he wound up getting the win tonight with three, so he has four more to get us for the rest of the season. I believe he will. When he does more, the better then.” Said defender Matt Besler: “I'm happy to see him get the goal. He deserves everything that comes to him. I also give credit to our fans because he has made it tough on us for a lot of years and for our fans to give him the warm reception that they did and to welcome him to the club as one of our own, they deserve a lot of credit as well.” Dom Dwyer was credited with an assist on the Sporting goal, his first of the season. Dwyer has been involved in three of SKC’s four goals this season, with two goals and the assist.

REAL SALT LAKE Real Salt Lake remained undefeated for the season but were pegged back for a second late draw on the year last time out, ending in a 2-2 tie with the Portland Timbers on March 19 at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real are in sixth place in the Western Conference with 5 points from 3 games. LAST MATCH  Real took the lead after 16 minutes when Joao Plata whipped home a master-class free kick that left goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey frozen to his line. But barely a quarter-hour later, RSL was down a man after Kyle Beckerman was sent off.  Yet it Real who doubled the lead when Yura Movsisyan took advantage of a misplayed ball by Timbers defender Nat Borchers, streaked down the flank and scored his first goal since his return to MLS.  The Timbers finally broke through in the 79th minute when Fanendo Adi scored on a cleanup play in the penalty area, turning home a rebound.  Adi then collected the equalizer five minutes when he smashed home a penalty kick straight down the middle after Jamison Olave was sent off after committing the foul in the area.  RSL head coach Jeff Cassar made one change to the team that defeated Seattle Sounders FC 2-1 at Rio Tinto Stadium. Javier Morales came back into the team in place of Jordan Allen.  REAL SALT LAKE (4-2-3-1): Nick Rimando - Tony Beltran, Jamison Olave (ejected 83), Aaron Maund, Chris Wingert - Kyle Beckerman (ejected 31), Sunday Stephen - Joao Plata (Justen Glad 85), Javier Morales (Luke Mulholland 55), Juan Manuel Martinez - Yura Movsisyan (Devon Sandoval 64). TEAM NEWS  Real are also still undefeated to begin the season, after conceding a pair of late goals for a second time this season in seeing a two-goal lead reversed in the draw with the Portland Timbers.  Yura Movsisyan scored his first MLS goal since Oct. 24, 2009, his final game in his first stint in the league, in making a third consecutive start as the spearhead of the attack.  “We talked about any time you can get Yura 1 v 1 with a center back, doesn’t matter who it is, I like our chances. I really like that we’ve scored goals even being down a man,” said RSL head coach Jeff Cassar. “Now the goal is to keep as many players on the field as possible but it’s good. He needed to be rewarded for all the hard work he’s been doing.”  Said goalkeeper Nick Rimando: “It’s good for our forwards to get some goals and get some confidence but in this locker room it doesn’t matter who scores. It’s the results that count and right now we’re getting the results. Obviously I think we could have a couple more points but we’re happy with it.”  Joao Plata netted his third goal of the season – half of Real’s six goals on the campaign. Plata was involved in each of Real’s first five goals scored this season, with three goals and two assists.  Jamison Olave was sent off late in the match, the 10th ejection of his MLS career – the most all-time. Olave has been sent off in four of his last 20 league matches, dating back to last season.  There will be two other forced changes for Real. Kyle Beckerman will be suspended after he was sent off early in the match, and Juan Manuel Martinez is also suspended following a ruling by the MLS Disciplinary Committee.  “I don’t think any of them were dirty. I don’t think we’re that type of team at all. I just think we’re putting ourselves in tough decision making. We’re trying to do the right things and it’s not working out,” said Cassar.

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After missing the Seattle match with a rib injury, Javier Morales returned to the lineup, playing 55 minutes in the attacking midfield role. “It was bothering him right at the end of the first half. We wanted to push him as long as we possibly could and get him out. We talk about sacrifice, he sacrificed himself for our team. I couldn’t be more proud of him but he’s in a lot of pain,” said Cassar.

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2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (3-0-0, 9 pts.) UNF 14 11 12 7 8 96 13 22 94 16 5 27 17 93 29

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

PLAYER Dom Dwyer Brad Davis Nuno Andre Coelho Chance Myers Graham Zusi Jordi Quintilla Amadou Dia Connor Hallisey Jimmy Medranda Lawrence Olum Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Saad Abdul-Salaam Soni Mustivar Tim Melia Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

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

GS 3 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 3 3

MIN 270 58 270 263 270 247 270 204 22 9 270 264 7 270 270

3 3

270 270

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

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

SHT 10 2 4 0 5 2 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 2 0

SOG 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 8 2 0 5 4 3 7 2 1 1 2 9 0 1 1

FS 7 3 3 0 3 5 4 2 1 0 1 8 1 2 0

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

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

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

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

4 0

35 29

13 10

46 41

41 46

6 9

15 9

4 4

1 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Brad Davis 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Nuno Andre Coelho 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Chance Myers 1, Graham Zusi 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Jordi Quintilla 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3 3 3

GS 3 3 3

MIN SHTS 270 10 270 10 270 13

SV 9 9 8

GA 1 1 4

GAA 0.33 0.33 1.33

PG 1 1 0

PA 1 1 0

W 3 3 0

L 0 0 3

T 0 0 0

SO 2 2 0

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2016 REAL SALT LAKE STATISTICS (1-0-2, 5 pts.) UNF 10 4 8 14 7 2 21 16 17 49 11 70 15 5 19 18 80

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

PLAYER Joao Plata Jamison Olave Sunday Stephen Yura Movsisyan Juan Manuel Martinez Tony Beltran Aaron Maund Chris Wingert Demar Phillips Devon Sandoval Javier Morales Jordan Allen Justen Glad Kyle Beckerman Luke Mulholland Nick Rimando Olmes Garcia Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 252 263 204 243 267 270 270 246 20 27 145 81 5 211 48 270 12

3 3

270 270

G 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5

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

SHT 6 3 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0

SOG 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

FC 2 2 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 8 3 0 2

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

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

CK 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0

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

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

5 4

27 46

12 16

38 39

39 38

4 14

11 37

6 8

3 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jamison Olave 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Joao Plata 1, Juan Manuel Martinez 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Joao Plata 1-1 REAL SALT LAKE GOALKEEPING UNF 18

POS G

GOALKEEPER Nick Rimando Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3 3 3

GS 3 3 3

MIN SHTS 270 16 270 16 270 12

SV 11 11 6

GA 5 5 6

GAA 1.67 1.67 2

PG 1 1 1

PA 1 1 1

W 1 1 0

L 0 0 1

T 2 2 2

SO 0 0 0

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Fri. Thu. Sun. Sat. Sun. Sun.

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OPPONENT RESULT 6 at Seattle W 1-0 12 Vancouver W 2-1 20 Toronto FC W 1-0 2 Real Salt Lake 9 at New York 13 Colorado 17 at FC Dallas 24 at San Jose 27 at Vancouver 1 Los Angeles 7 at Houston 11 at Colorado 15 Orlando City SC 21 Real Salt Lake 27 D.C. United 2 at Los Angeles 19 FC Dallas 25 at Montreal 3 Columbus 10 New York City FC 13 at Chicago 16 at Colorado 24 Seattle 31 Portland 7 at Portland 13 at FC Dallas 20 Vancouver 27 at Philadelphia 9 Houston 18 Los Angeles 24 at San Jose 1 at New England 16 at Real Salt Lake 23 San Jose

ATT 39525 20178 19867

W-L-T 1-0-0 2-0-0 3-0-0

POS PTS NOTES: 5 3 KC: Coelho (73); 1 6 KC: Dwyer (5,41); VAN: Morales (70) 1 9 KC: Davis (70);

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REAL SALT LAKE 2016 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Thu.

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OPPONENT RESULT 6 at Orlando City T 2-2 SC 12 Seattle W 2-1 19 at Portland T 2-2 2 at Sporting KC 9 Colorado 16 Vancouver 23 at Los Angeles 30 Houston 7 at Colorado 14 at Houston 21 at Sporting KC 28 at Columbus 2 at New York City FC 18 Portland 22 New York 25 at FC Dallas 1 D.C. United 9 Montreal 13 at Vancouver 16 New England 22 San Jose 31 at Philadelphia 3 at Toronto FC 6 Chicago 14 at Seattle 20 FC Dallas 26 Colorado 7 Los Angeles 10 at Portland 17 Houston 24 FC Dallas 1 at San Jose 16 Sporting KC 23 at Seattle

ATT 60147

W-L-T 0-0-1

19282 21144

1-0-1 1-0-2

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 RSL: Plata (26,66); ORL: Larin (94+) Winter (95+) 3 5

4 RSL: Stephen (43) Olave (86); SEA: Alonso (28) 5 RSL: Plata (16) Movsisyan (58); POR: Adi (79,84)

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 2 Dom Dwyer Assists 1 4 times Shots 8 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 4 Chance Myers Fouls Suffered 4 Roger Espinoza Offside 2 Dom Dwyer Saves 4 Tim Melia Shots Faced 4 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 1 Tim Melia

Goals 2 03/12/2016 vs Assists 2 03/12/2016 vs Shots 14 03/06/2016 vs 14 03/12/2016 vs Shots on Goal 6 03/12/2016 vs Fouls Committed 19 03/06/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 20 03/12/2016 vs Corner Kicks 6 03/06/2016 vs 6 03/12/2016 vs Offside 5 03/12/2016 vs Saves 4 03/20/2016 vs Shots Faced 4 03/12/2016 vs 4 03/20/2016 vs Goals Allowed 1 03/12/2016 vs

03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 2-1

03/06/2016 vs SEA

W 1-0

03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 2-1

03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 2-1

03/06/2016 vs SEA 03/12/2016 vs VAN 03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 1-0 W 2-1 W 2-1

03/20/2016 vs TOR

W 1-0

03/12/2016 vs VAN 03/20/2016 vs TOR

W 2-1 W 1-0

03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 2-1

VAN

W 2-1

VAN

W 2-1

SEA VAN

W 1-0 W 2-1

VAN

W 2-1

SEA

W 1-0

VAN

W 2-1

SEA VAN

W 1-0 W 2-1

VAN

W 2-1

TOR

W 1-0

VAN TOR

W 2-1 W 1-0

VAN

W 2-1

REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 2 Joao Plata Assists 2 Joao Plata Shots 3 Joao Plata 3 Kyle Beckerman Shots on Goal 2 Joao Plata Fouls Committed 4 Kyle Beckerman Fouls Suffered 5 Jamison Olave Offside 2 Yura Movsisyan Saves 5 Nick Rimando Shots Faced 7 Nick Rimando Goals Allowed 2 Nick Rimando 2 Nick Rimando

Goals 2 03/06/2016 at 2 03/12/2016 at 2 03/19/2016 at Assists 3 03/12/2016 at Shots 12 03/12/2016 at Shots on Goal 4 03/06/2016 at 4 03/12/2016 at 4 03/19/2016 at Fouls Committed 15 03/19/2016 at Fouls Suffered 14 03/19/2016 at Corner Kicks 5 03/12/2016 at Offside 2 03/12/2016 at Saves 5 03/06/2016 at Shots Faced 7 03/06/2016 at Goals Allowed 2 03/06/2016 at 2 03/19/2016 at

03/06/2016 at ORL

T 2-2

03/12/2016 at SEA

W 2-1

03/06/2016 at ORL 03/12/2016 at SEA

T 2-2 W 2-1

03/06/2016 at ORL

T 2-2

03/12/2016 at SEA

W 2-1

03/12/2016 at SEA

W 2-1

03/12/2016 at SEA

W 2-1

03/06/2016 at ORL

T 2-2

03/06/2016 at ORL 03/06/2016 at ORL 03/19/2016 at POR

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016) Shots 7 03/20/2016 vs Shots on Goal 3 03/20/2016 vs Fouls Committed 13 03/20/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 9 03/06/2016 vs Corner Kicks 3 03/20/2016 vs Offside 0 03/20/2016 vs Saves 2 03/06/2016 vs Shots Faced 2 03/06/2016 vs

TOR

W 1-0

TOR

W 1-0

TOR

W 1-0

SEA

W 1-0

TOR

W 1-0

TOR

W 1-0

SEA

W 1-0

SEA

W 1-0

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016)

ORL SEA POR

T 2-2 W 2-1 T 2-2

SEA

W 2-1

SEA

W 2-1

ORL SEA POR

T 2-2 W 2-1 T 2-2

POR

T 2-2

POR

T 2-2

SEA

W 2-1

SEA

W 2-1

ORL

T 2-2

ORL

T 2-2

ORL POR

T 2-2 T 2-2

Shots 7 03/19/2016 at Shots on Goal 4 03/06/2016 at 4 03/12/2016 at 4 03/19/2016 at Fouls Committed 10 03/06/2016 at Fouls Suffered 12 03/12/2016 at Corner Kicks 2 03/06/2016 at Offside 1 03/06/2016 at 1 03/19/2016 at Saves 2 03/12/2016 at Shots Faced 3 03/12/2016 at

POR

T 2-2

ORL SEA POR

T 2-2 W 2-1 T 2-2

ORL

T 2-2

SEA

W 2-1

ORL

T 2-2

ORL POR

T 2-2 T 2-2

SEA

W 2-1

SEA

W 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, 25 goals Real Salt Lake 7 wins, 24 goals 5 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

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

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

KC SOW

(KC) (RE) (RE) (KC) (KC) (RE) (RE) (CA) (RT) (CA) (RT) (CA) (SP) (RT) (SP) (RT) (SP) (SP) (SP) (RT) (RT)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 12 98 36 143 30 45

2 12 119 52 125 32 40

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 24 217 88 268 62 85

Sporting KC 1 13 124 48 103 26 63

2 12 143 59 142 20 54

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 25 267 107 245 46 117

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC RSL

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

3 3

8 1

2 8

4 2

5 3

3 7

0 0

25 24

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Jeff Cassar Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. RSL

2-0-2 3-5-3

(2 pts./game) (1.09 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 9 20 32 3 2 4 31 9

Sporting KC Sealy/Wolff Arnaud/Wolff Davy Arnaud 3 times Davy Arnaud Davy Arnaud Hartman/Nielsen 3 times Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Bo Oshoniyi

2 3 20 9 17 26 4 4 3 36 9

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 8 players tied 7 Kevin Hartman (3 times) 4 Jimmy Nielsen (05/29/10)

Goals Allowed

Arnaud/Kamara 7 players tied Davy Arnaud (05/29/10) Espinoza/Dwyer

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 5 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)

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

2 Ws 3 Ws 1 Ts

(08/08/2015) (10/25/2015) (09/27/2015)

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

2 Ts (03/06/2016) 1 Ws (03/12/2016) 5 Ls (05/16/2015)

0-0-0 3-0-0

2 Ls 6 Ws

(10/16/2015) (09/18/2015)

1-0-0 0-0-2

1 Ws (03/12/2016) 2 Ts (03/06/2016)

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

3 Ls 3 Ws 2 Ws 3 Ws 3 Ws

(09/23/2015) (10/03/2015) (10/25/2015) (04/05/2015) (05/20/2015)

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

7 2 1 2 1

Ls Ls Ts Ws Ls

(06/24/2015) (07/11/2015) (03/19/2016) (09/12/2015) (08/01/2015)

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

3 Ws 2 Ws 4 Ls 2 Ls 1 Ls

(10/03/2015) (10/25/2015) (06/21/2015) (08/22/2015) (08/19/2015)

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

3 1 2 2 4

Ws Ws Ts Ls Ls

(07/18/2015) (03/12/2016) (03/06/2016) (07/11/2015) (04/25/2015)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. REAL SALT LAKE (8-7-5) PLAYER

MIN

Josh Wolff Scott Sealy Sasha Victorine Eddie Johnson Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Teal Bunbury Jose Burciaga Jr. Aurelien Collin Dom Dwyer Kei Kamara Chris Klein Ike Opara Ryan Pore Soony Saad Davy Arnaud Graham Zusi Claudio Bieler Michael Harrington Jack Jewsbury Carlos Marinelli Preki Ryan Smith Dave van den Bergh Team totals Opponent totals

4 6 8 3 8 5 4 6 4 5 6 2 2 5 1 12 8 2 11 11 4 1 2 1 20 20

4 6 7 2 8 3 4 6 4 4 6 2 2 2 1 11 6 1 8 8 2 1 2 1 20 20

347 491 647 186 649 326 360 507 360 352 524 179 174 201 79 969 580 98 775 749 189 45 179 84 1800 1800

4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 24

5 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22 19

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

10 14 12 6 13 5 8 7 7 15 14 7 4 4 2 27 9 1 2 14 5 1 6 1 267 217

1 1 6 6 2 4 20 20

90 90 540 540 180 360 1800 1800

1 0 35 21 13 18 88 107

1 0 31 14 8 9 63 79

0.00 0.00 0.67 1.17 2.00 2.25 1.20 1.25

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

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 (7-8-5) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Jason Kreis Atiba Harris Jordan Cila Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Javier Morales Robbie Russell Andy Williams Sebastian Jaime Alvaro Saborio Mehdi Ballouchy Nat Borchers Chris Brown Pablo Campos Jeff Cunningham Olmes Garcia Ned Grabavoy Matias Mantilla Joao Plata Chris Klein Kyle Beckerman Alecko Eskandarian Luke Kreamalmeyer Rusty Pierce Dante Washington Team totals Opponent totals

4 4 2 8 7 11 6 13 2 7 2 11 3 3 2 5 6 1 3 2 12 1 1 1 1 20 20

4 3 2 5 6 11 4 7 2 7 1 11 3 1 0 2 4 1 3 2 12 1 0 1 0 20 20

360 259 150 512 477 945 427 690 159 629 111 990 270 59 43 217 363 90 240 180 1080 90 56 90 27 1800 1800

2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 25

2 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 19 22

13 4 2 16 9 19 5 11 2 14 3 5 4 1 1 4 1 2 9 3 20 3 1 0 1 217 267

Nick Rimando Jeff Attinella Chris Seitz Scott Garlick D.J. Countess Team totals Opponent totals

11 3 2 2 2 20 20

MIN SHTS 990 270 180 180 180 1800 1800

45 22 12 9 19 107 88

GAA

36 17 8 5 13 79 63

0.82 1.00 1.00 2.00 3.50 1.25 1.20

0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. REAL SALT LAKE (8-7-5)

CURRENT REAL SALT LAKE VS. SPORTING KC (7-8-5)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Brad Davis Paulo Nagamura Benny Feilhaber Roger Espinoza Dom Dwyer Ike Opara Justin Mapp Graham Zusi Saad Abdul-Salaam Bernardo Anor Matt Besler Amadou Dia Kevin Ellis Connor Hallisey Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Chance Myers Lawrence Olum Erik Palmer-Brown Jacob Peterson Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

22 19 7 8 5 5 15 8 2 3 10 2 2 1 3 2 6 2 1 17 7 20 20

20 16 5 8 4 5 11 6 1 1 10 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 9 7 20 20

1791 1450 506 649 352 429 938 580 91 117 900 134 96 11 270 135 353 32 90 892 613 1800 1800

4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 24

12 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 19

34 20 9 13 15 6 13 9 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 1 267 217

Kyle Beckerman Javier Morales Olmes Garcia Joao Plata Jordan Allen Jeff Attinella Tony Beltran Justen Glad Aaron Maund Yura Movsisyan Luke Mulholland Jamison Olave Demar Phillips Nick Rimando Devon Sandoval Sebastian Saucedo John Stertzer Chris Wingert Team totals Opponent totals

27 11 5 4 2 3 8 1 4 2 4 14 2 25 3 1 2 19 20 20

21 11 2 4 0 3 8 1 4 1 3 14 1 25 2 0 0 15 20 20

2007 945 217 307 46 270 698 90 360 84 284 1203 92 2274 169 1 4 1303 1800 1800

2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 25

2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 22

34 19 4 11 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 217 267

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

3 20 20

270 1800 1800

19 88 107

12 2.00 63 1.20 79 1.25

2 1 0

17 95 79 63

1.00 1.03 1.25 1.20

0 1 0 1

GOALKEEPER

Jeff Attinella Nick Rimando Team totals Opponent totals

3 25 20 20

MIN SHTS 270 2274 1800 1800

22 121 107 88

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GAME NOTES

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. REAL SALT LAKE

2016 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Saturday, April 2, 2016 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 4 Sporting Kansas City 3-0-0, 9 points (2-0-0 home; 1-0-0 away) 1st place in Western Conference

3-0-0 (9 pts.) RECORD 3 GAMES PLAYED 1st in West CONFERENCE POSITION 4 GOALS 1.33 GOALS/GAME 4 ASSISTS 1 GOALS ALLOWED 0.33 ALLOWED/GAME +3 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 35 (13) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 37.1% ON GOAL % 46 FOULS COMMITTED 41 FOULS SUFFERED 4 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV English Radio: 99.3 FM Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official:

Real Salt Lake 1-0-2, 5 points (1-0-0 home; 0-0-2 away) 6th place in Western Conference

Ted Unkel Claudiu Badea Anthony Vasoli Armando Villarreal

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 25 27 29 30 37 93 94 96

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

Name Jon Kempin Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Diego Rubio Benny Feilhaber Brad Davis Nuno Andre Coelho Amadou Dia Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Lawrence Olum Saad Abdul-Salaam Justin Mapp Connor Hallisey Alec Kann Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Daniel Salloi Jacob Peterson Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda Jordi Quintilla

Pronunciation oh-PAR-ah

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

FAIL-hob-ber KWAY-yoh AH-mah-doo DEE-ah sin-OH-vick OH-lum sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM

HAL-iss-see CAN MEE-lia shallow-ee SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah JORE-dee kin-TEE-yuh

Montreal Impact Philadelphia Union Orlando City SC New York City FC Toronto FC New York Red Bulls New England Revolution Chicago Fire D.C. United Columbus Crew SC

Western Conference 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Sporting Kansas City FC Dallas LA Galaxy Vancouver Whitecaps FC San Jose Earthquakes Real Salt Lake Houston Dynamo Portland Timbers Colorado Rapids Seattle Sounders FC

Pts 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 1

Pts 9 9 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 0

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

1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2

0 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 2 1

W L T 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0

GD GP +2 +2 +1 0 +1 –4 –3 –1 –6 –2

3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3

GD GP +3 +2 +4 0 0 +1 +3 0 0 –3

3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3

REAL SALT LAKE

Dom Dwyer 2 GOALS 3 four players tied 1 ASSISTS 2 Dom Dwyer 10 SHOTS 6 Dwyer/Hallisey 4 SHOTS ON GOAL 4 three players tied 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 four players tied 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 1 Roger Espinoza 9 FOULS COMMITTED 8 Roger Espinoza 8 FOULS SUFFERED 8 three players tied 1 CAUTIONS 1 Roger Espinoza 1 EJECTIONS 1 Tim Melia 270 Tim Melia 0.33 Tim Melia 3 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 9

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

Joao Plata Martinez/Plata Joao Plata Joao Plata Jamison Olave Martinez/Plata Kyle Beckerman Juan Manuel Martinez five players tied three players tied

270 Nick Rimando 1.67 Nick Rimando 1 Nick Rimando 0 Nick Rimando 11 Nick Rimando

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 8th season 93-69-53 8th season (.556) 93-69-53

Top six clubs from each conference advance to MLS Cup Playoffs

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1-0-2 (5 pts.) 3 6th in West 6 2.00 5 5 1.67 +1 27 (12) 44.4% 38 39 6 3

2016 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

BEEZ-ler POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra ZOO-see

2016 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference

REAL SALT LAKE

(.556)

JEFF CASSAR

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

3rd season 27-23-21 (.528) 3rd season 27-23-21 (.528)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Wednesday, March 30 OUT: • Matt Besler (concussion) • Justin Mapp (left toe) QUESTIONABLE: • Benny Feilhaber (right abdominal strain) • Paulo Nagamura (right lower leg strain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 2, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvRSL: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvRSL: BY THE NUMBERS

Three MLS clubs remain unbeaten entering the month of April, and two will go head-to-head Saturday at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting KC (3-0-0, 9 points) and Real Salt Lake (1-0-2, 5 points) continue a rivalry that reached a boiling point in 2015 when the clubs met four times across all competitions. RSL had the upper hand during the regular season, winning twice at home and securing a 0-0 draw in Kansas City on April 11. Sporting KC, however, won a dramatic U.S. Open Cup semifinal at Children’s Mercy Park on Aug. 12, erasing an early deficit to win 3-1 before lifting the title a month later. Real Salt Lake has struggled to win in Kansas City, going 1-6-5 across all competitions with the lone victory coming in August 2009. RSL is winless in seven straight trips with just three goals scored during that stretch. In addition, the Claret-and-Cobalt have never scored in four regular season games at Children’s Mercy Park (0-2-2) and has mustered just five total shots on goal in those four matches. RSL hasn’t scored a regular season goal in Kansas City in 417 minutes (Aug. 7, 2010 at CommunityAmerica Ballpark). The last two meetings between the clubs at Children’s Mercy Park have resulted in 0-0 draws. At the same time, Sporting KC has struggled to secure league wins against their Utah rival. Peter Vermes’ side is winless in four regular season meetings since the start of 2014. History appears to be on their side entering Saturday, however, as the road team in this fixture has just one win in the last 12 meetings across all competitions. The lone road win came in July 2013 when Sporting KC topped RSL 2-1 thanks to a 97th-minute header from Ike Opara following a Graham Zusi corner kick. It was the latest goal in the club’s regular season history and set the stage for a dramatic 2013 MLS Cup later that year. Sporting KC holds a narrow edge in the all-time regular season series with an 8-7-5 record, including a 5-1-4 mark at home.

Stats as of Thursday, March 31

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC is off to its third 3-0-0 start in club history (2006, 2012) and is one of three unbeaten teams remaining in MLS (Real Salt Lake, Orlando City). • SKC has allowed one goal through three games, the fewest in MLS. • SKC has yet to concede a goal through the run of play this season. The only other time SKC didn’t allow such a goal through three games of the season was 2012, when SKC opened the first six games without allowing a goal from the run of play. • SKC ranks second in MLS in average possession (57%) and passing accuracy (82%). • SKC has faced 9.7 shots per game, fewest in MLS. Sporting KC Player Stats • Matt Besler and Nuno Andre Coelho are tied for third in MLS with 59 successful passes per game. • Soni Mustivar is one of two MLS players (Wil Trapp) with at least 60 passes per game and a passing accuracy above 87%. Real Salt Lake Team Stats • RSL’s six goals are their second most through three games in club history. • For the first time in their 12-year history, RSL has scored multiple goals in each of their first three games of the season. • At 1-0-2, RSL is one of three unbeaten teams remaining in MLS (Sporting KC, Orlando City). • RSL has blown a pair of 2-0 leads after the 75th minute this season, both on the road: a 2-2 draw at Orlando City on March 6 (conceded goals in the 94th and 95th minutes) and a 2-2 draw at Portland on March 19 (conceded goals in the 79th and 84th minutes). • RSL ranks 19th in MLS with nine shots per game and has been outshot by an average of 15-9 this season. • RSL leads MLS with three red cards. No other team has more than one.

#SKCvRSL: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 8-7-5 in regular season) Date

Score

07/20/2013 12/07/2013* 04/05/2014 04/11/2015 06/21/2015 07/24/2015 08/12/2015**

KC 2 at RSL 1 KC 1 vs RSL 1 KC 0 vs RSL 0 KC 0 vs RSL 0 KC 1 at RSL 2 KC 1 at RSL 2 KC 3 vs RSL 1

Result Details W T T T L L W

Opara scores in 97’, SKC’s latest regular season goal ever SKC wins MLS Cup with 7-6 shootout win after 1-1 draw Jeff Attinella makes 8 saves for RSL in MLS Cup rematch RSL has 0 shots on goal; Opara’s most recent game Dwyer equalizes in 30’ but Olmes Garcia wins it in 92’ Feilhaber bags beauty but Morales & Plata secure win SKC advances to Open Cup Final after erasing 1-0 deficit

Real Salt Lake Player Stats • Entering the weekend, Joao Plata is tied for second in MLS with three goals and is one of three players (Will Bruin, Ignacio Piatti) with three goals and two assists. Plata has scored four goals in all competitions, including his strike against Tigres in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals on March 2. • Aaron Maund ranks fourth in MLS with 6.7 clearances per game.

*2013 MLS Cup **2015 U.S. Open Cup Semifinals

#SKCvRSL: PLAYER HISTORY • Brad Davis has four goals and 12 assists in 22 regular season appearances vs. Real Salt Lake. • Justin Mapp has four assists in 15 regular season appearances vs. Real Salt Lake. • Soni Mustivar scored his only Sporting KC goal to date vs. Real Salt Lake in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals. • Tim Melia is 0-3-0 vs. Real Salt Lake in the regular season. • Javier Morales had two goals, one assist and 13 chances created in three regular season appearances against Sporting KC last year. • Olmes Garcia scored two goals against Sporting KC last year, including one at Children’s Mercy Park in the Open Cup semifinals. • Benny Feilhaber had two goals and two assists in four appearances against Real Salt Lake last season (including Open Cup).

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Brad Davis has 40 career game-winning assists in the regular season, one shy of tying Landon Donovan and Steve Ralston for the all-time MLS lead. • Chance Myers is one shy of his 150th MLS appearance for Sporting KC (including playoffs) • Dom Dwyer has 38 regular season goals, one shy of tying Chris Klein for fourth place in club history. • Graham Zusi has 45 regular season assists, one shy of passing Chris Klein for sole possession of second place in club history. • Graham Zusi is one shy of becoming the 10th player in Sporting KC history to score 25 regular season goals. • Benny Feilhaber has 25 regular season assists for Sporting KC, one shy of tying Josh Wolff for 6th in club history. • Kevin Ellis is one shy of his 50th career MLS regular season appearance. • Sporting KC has conceded 999 goals all-time in all competitions.

#SKCvRSL: PLAYER CONNECTIONS • Sporting KC goalkeeper Tim Melia played for RSL from 2010-2011, backing up Nick Rimando. Melia made no MLS appearances for the club. • RSL striker Yura Movsisyan began his professional career with the Kansas City Wizards from 2006-2007, scoring five goals in 31 games across all competitions. • The U.S. MNT roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup included Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Kyle Beckerman and Nick Rimando. • The U.S. MNT roster for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup included Graham Zusi, Kyle Beckerman and Nick Rimando. • Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson and RSL winger Joao Plata were teammates at Toronto FC in 2011. • Peterson and RSL defender Chris Wingert were teammates at the Colorado Rapids from 2006-2007. • Sporting KC defender Chance Myers and RSL defender Tony Beltran were college teammates at UCLA from 2006-2007. • Sporting KC defender Amadou Dia and RSL defender Phanuel Kavita were college teammates at Clemson from 2011-2014.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 2, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes STRONG STARTERS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES ZUSI SCORES AS U.S. BURIES GUATEMALA

Sporting KC has opened 2016 with its third 3-0-0 start in club history, having previously done so in 2006 and 2012. With another victory on Saturday against rivals Real Salt Lake, Peter Vermes’ men would wrap up the team’s second 4-0-0 start. In 2012, Sporting KC started 7-0-0 before finishing with a club record 63 points during the regular season (18-7-9).

Midfielder Graham Zusi scored the fourth goal of his international career on Tuesday to help the United States Men’s National Team secure a 4-0 win over Guatemala in a FIFA World Cup qualifier at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Zusi, who joined the U.S. roster on Sunday, started and played 81 minutes as Jurgen Klinsmann’s side collected three precious points to jump to second place in Group C of CONCACAF’s semifinal qualifying round. The Sporting KC playmaker marked his 33rd international appearance with the game’s third goal just 18 seconds into the second half.

STINGY SPORTING

In addition to leading MLS with just one goal allowed, Sporting KC has yet to concede a goal from the run of play through three matches of the 2016 regular season. The only other time Sporting KC didn’t allow such a goal through three games of the season was 2012, when Peter Vermes’ side went the first six games without allowing a goal from the run of play.

Tuesday’s victory gives the U.S. seven points through four matches in the semifinal round of qualifying. Twelve CONCACAF nations have been divided into three groups, with the top two finishers in each group advancing to the final phase of World Cup qualifying, called “The Hexagonal.” The Yanks will face Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Sept. 2) and group leaders Trinidad and Tobago (Sept. 6) in the last two matches of the semifinal stage. Zusi joined the U.S. roster last Sunday, two days after the U.S. fell 2-0 at Guatemala.

The only shot to beat goalkeeper Tim Melia this season was a second-half penalty kick from Pedro Morales in Sporting KC’s 2-1 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on March 12. Sporting KC enters the month of March with just 9.7 shots faced per game, fewest in MLS.

ESPINOZA AND HONDURAS CLAIM CRUCIAL WIN

UNDER CONTROL

Sporting KC enters the weekend ranking second in MLS with 57 percent average possession and 82.2 percent passing accuracy, thanks in part to first-half red cards from Seattle’s Oniel Fisher on March 6 and Vancouver’s Jordan Smith on March 12. As a result of Sporting KC’s possession dominance, the team ranks last in MLS with 14.7 interceptions per game after leading the league last year with 26 interceptions per match. Sporting KC also leads MLS with 38 accurate long balls per game, while midfielder Soni Mustivar is one of two MLS players (alongside Wil Trapp of Columbus) with at least 60 pass attempts per game and a passing accuracy above 87 percent.

Midfielder Roger Espinoza featured for Honduras on Tuesday in the fourth round of CONCACAF’s World Cup qualifying tournament, playing 90 minutes in a crucial 2-0 win over El Salvador. Espinoza recorded his 49th cap for Honduras, starting a match Los Catrachos desperately needed to win to stay alive in World Cup qualifying. With the win and Canada’s 2-0 loss to Mexico, Honduras is now in second place in Group A of qualifying with four points through four games. Canada also has four points, but Honduras has the edge with a -1 goal differential compared to Canada’s -4. Honduras resumes qualifying in September with a home game against Canada followed by a road test at Mexico to conclude the group.

HOME SWEET HOME

MUSTIVAR AND HAITI FALL TO PANAMA

Since opening in 2011, state-of-the-art Children’s Mercy Park has served as a fortress for Sporting KC. The club is 63-21-28 in competitive matches at the stadium, including penalty shootout victories in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup (recorded as draws).

While the U.S. and Honduras inched closer to the Hex on Tuesday, Sporting KC midfielder Soni Mustivar and Haiti moved to the brink of elimination. Haiti fell 1-0 to Panama in a must-win game for Les Grenadiers. Mustivar played 45 minutes on Tuesday in his 11th international appearance and left the match at halftime with the scored tied 0-0.

Peter Vermes’ men were particularly tough to beat at home in 2015, setting club records with a nine-game home winning streak (May 3 – July 21) and a 16-game home unbeaten streak (March 8 – Aug. 15) in all competitions. Sporting KC ended the 2015 campaign with a 14-2-5 home record, including four wins en route to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final. Sporting KC’s 14 total home wins last year tied the club record previously set in 2000, 2004 and 2012 — continuing a trend that saw the club win a major trophy in each of those seasons. The team also scored 42 times (all competitions) at Children’s Mercy Park, the most on home soil since 1996.

COOL COELHO

Newly acquired center back Nuno Andre Coelho has wasted no time settling in with Sporting KC. The 6-foot-4 defender has started in each of Sporting KC’s first three wins to start the season and scored a 30-yard goal in his MLS debut, propelling his team to a 1-0 win at Seattle Sounders FC on March 6. The Portuguese center back has helped anchor a defense that has yet to allow a goal through the run of play and is tied for third in MLS with 59 successful passes per game.

72 STRAIGHT AND COUNTING

Children’s Mercy Park has sold out 72 consecutive MLS matches dating back to April 2012 (including four playoff games) and 84 of 93 league matches since opening in 2011. The 18,467-seat venue and has averaged 105 percent capacity over the last five MLS seasons, drawing more than 19,400 fans per game. A 73rd straight sellout is expected Saturday as Sporting KC hosts Real Salt Lake in a battle of unbeaten teams.

A native of Penafiel, Portugal, Coelho has played more than 160 matches during a 12-year professional career in Europe, including seven appearances in the UEFA Champions League with Portuguese clubs SC Braga and FC Porto. He most recently played for Balikesirspor of the Turkish Super Lig during the 2014-15 season. He signed for Sporting KC in January to bring another defensive option for a back line that has lost center back Ike Opara to long-term injuries in each of the last two seasons.

DWYER CLIMBING GOAL CHARTS

OPARA ON THE BRINK OF RETURN

It hasn’t taken long for Dom Dwyer to vault up Sporting KC’s all-time scoring chart across all competitions. The 25-year-old has scored 47 goals since August 2013, when he bagged his first career goal for the club. Five more tallies will see Dwyer pull level at 52 with recently retired midfielder Davy Arnaud, who is second on the club’s scoring list in all competitions behind Preki (81). Among players to have netted at least 20 total goals for the club, none come close to the goal scoring rate of Dwyer.

With Sporting KC captain Matt Besler ruled out for Saturday with a concussion, center back Ike Opara is in contention to make his first MLS appearance in nearly a year. The athletic defender enjoyed a brilliant start to the 2015 season before rupturing his Achilles in a 0-0 draw against Real Salt Lake on April 11 at Children’s Mercy Park. At the time of Opara’s injury, he led MLS with 30 interceptions and 33 aerial duels won while ranking seventh with 42 clearances. He also led Sporting KC with two goals, most among MLS defenders, and was an MLSsoccer.com Player of the Month candidate for March.

Sporting KC Goals per Game - All Competitions (min. 20 goals) Player GP Goals Goals/Game Dom Dwyer 108 47 .435 Kei Kamara 126 41 .325 Preki 254 81 .319 Igor Simutenkov 63 20 .317 Scott Sealy 96 30 .313 Josh Wolff 163 46 .282 Vitalis Takawira 111 31 .279 Teal Bunbury 105 24 .229 Mark Chung 104 21 .202

A seven-year MLS veteran, Opara enters his fourth season as a member of Sporting KC. The club’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year appeared in a career-high 18 MLS matches during his first season in Kansas City. He scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions and appeared in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches en route to winning MLS Cup, but missed most of 2014 with an ankle injury. He began his MLS career in 2010 and played 36 league matches for the San Jose Earthquakes from 2010-2012.

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 2, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes FEILHABER NEARING COMEBACK

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) MELIA WINS FIRST CAREER SAVE OF THE WEEK AWARD

Veteran midfielder Benny Feilhaber is in contention to make his 2016 debut on Saturday after sitting out Sporting KC’s first three games of the season. His wife Michelle gave birth to Julia on March 13, the Feilhabers’ second daughter after Sofia was born in July 2014.

S porting KC goalkeeper Tim Melia won his first career MLS Save of the Week for his spectacular stop in the 62nd minute of a 1-0 win over Toronto FC on March 20. Tsubasa Endoh was one-on-one with Melia and side-footed a shot on target, but the keeper sprung to his left to push the ball onto the underside of the crossbar, allowing Amadou Dia to clear the danger.

Feilhaber is coming off a career-best campaign in 2015. Last year he set a Sporting KC record with 20 assists in all competitions, while his 32 combined goals and assists in all competitions were second most in team history behind Preki (36 in 1996). His season culminated in Sporting KC MVP honors as well as an MLS MVP nomination alongside winner Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto) and former teammate Kei Kamara (Columbus).

KEMPIN, MEDRANDA AND SALLOI JOIN RANGERS

The Swope Park Rangers announced on March 25 that the club has acquired goalkeeper Jon Kempin, midfielder Jimmy Medranda and forward Daniel Salloi on loan from Sporting KC. All three players featured in the Rangers’ seasonopening win against Portland Timbers 2 last Saturday at Children’s Mercy Park.

Feilhaber set MLS career-highs with 10 goals and 15 assists during the regular season, becoming the third player in club history to reach double digits in both categories (Josh Wolff, Preki). He also recorded five assists in Sporting KC’s run to the U.S. Open Cup title, taking just one year to become the club’s all-time assist leader in the tournament.

Sporting KC’s first-ever Homegrown signing in 2010, Kempin has made 10 appearances for the club in all competitions. The 22-year-old has also represented the U.S. from the Under-14 through Under-23 levels in addition to being named to the U.S. Men’s National Team for the 2015 January Camp. Medranda, 22, appeared off the bench in Sporting KC’s first two games of the season against Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC after spending significant time in preseason with the Rangers. He joined Sporting KC on loan in 2013 from Colombian side Deportivo Pereira, and the deal was made permanent in 2014. A native of Mosquera, Colombia, Medranda has made 16 appearances in all competitions for Sporting KC.

FROM FOES TO FRIENDS

No active MLS players have faced Sporting KC on more occasions in the regular season than Brad Davis (31) and Justin Mapp (30). Coincidentally, both veterans joined the club this offseason, transitioning from long-time foes to welcome midfield additions in Kansas City. Davis made his debut for the club in a 2-1 victory over Vancouver on March 12 and netted the match-winner in a 1-0 result against Toronto FC on March 20. Mapp still awaits his first appearance for the team.

One of Sporting KC’s newest signings, Salloi joined the club as a Homegrown Player on January 13, 2016. Like Kempin, Salloi featured prominently for the Sporting KC Academy. While with the Academy Under-18 team, Salloi led the squad with 21 goals in 28 appearances before heading back to his native Hungary and signing an amateur contract with Ujpest FC. The 19-year-old forward made five appearances in preseason with Sporting KC, scoring one goal against the Houston Dynamo at the Desert Diamond Cup on Feb. 27.

DAVIS MAKES HIS MARK

Sporting KC continued its perfect start to the 2016 MLS season with a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC on March 20 at Children’s Mercy Park. Second-half substitute Brad Davis scored the game-winning goal as Sporting KC moved atop the Supporters’ Shield standings and became the only MLS club with a 3-0-0 record through Week 3. Davis, a 15-year MLS veteran who joined Sporting KC from the Houston Dynamo in January, provided the breakthrough in the 70th minute of a tightly contested affair between 2015 playoff teams.

THREE TITLES IN FOUR YEARS

When Sporting KC lifted the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup last September, it became the fifth MLS club to win three major trophies in a four-year span since 2005, joining Seattle, D.C. United, LA Galaxy and Columbus Crew SC. Should Sporting KC add to its trophy haul in 2016, it would join LA as the only MLS clubs to win four titles in a five-year span since 2005.

Davis has recorded 59 goals and 131 assists (including postseason) during a 15year MLS career highlighted by 2006 and 2007 MLS Cup championships, 2011 MLS Best XI honors and six MLS All-Star selections. His 370 appearances and 122 assists in the regular season are both third most in MLS history. A native of Missouri, Davis ended his 10-year stay in Houston as the Dynamo’s all-time leader in regular season games played (271), starts (252) and assists (104). In addition to winning two MLS Cups, Davis led Houston to seven playoff trips from 2006-2015, including MLS Cup appearances in 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012.

Sporting KC Seattle Sounders FC D.C. United LA Galaxy Columbus Crew SC

MLS Cup (2013), Open Cup (2012, 2015) Open Cup (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014), Supporters’ Shield (2014) Open Cup (2008), Supporters’ Shield (2006, 2007) MLS Cup (2011, 2012, 2014), Supporters Shield (2010, 2011) MLS Cup (2008), Supporters’ Shield (2008, 2009)

PETER THE GREAT

Davis, 34, leads active MLS players with 122 regular season assists, 45 more than any other player. The left-footed midfielder has reached double figures in assists in six of the last seven seasons since 2009 and seven times overall, a feat matched only by Landon Donovan.

Last season Peter Vermes became the winningest coach in Sporting KC history, ending 2015 with 90 regular season wins and 113 victories across all competitions. He entered the year trailing Bob Gansler in both categories. Vermes has coached 256 matches in Kansas City across all competitions with a 116-79-61 record, 14 games shy of tying Gansler’s 270-game record.

MAPP AWAITS SPORTING KC DEBUT

Sporting KC winger Justin Mapp resumed rehab this week on a toe injury that has sidelined him since preseason. The 31-year-old veteran, who became a father on March 24 with the birth of his son Jackson, still awaits his Sporting KC debut.

Vermes’ 93 regular season victories are eighth most in MLS history and fourth most among active coaches behind Sigi Schmid (222), Bruce Arena (192) and Dominic Kinnear (154). Now entering his eighth MLS season, Vermes ties Bob Gansler (1999-2006) as the club’s longest-tenured manager.

In December, Mapp became the first Free Agent signing in Major League Soccer history after the League introduced free agency in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement in early 2015. He has recorded 23 goals and 70 assists in 318 MLS appearances (including postseason) since being drafted fourth overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft, and his 65 regular season assists rank third among active players in MLS.

Mapp spent his rookie campaign at D.C. United before joining the Chicago Fire, where he helped the club reach the playoffs six times between 2003-2010. He left Chicago in July 2010, having won two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups (2003, 2006) and a Supporters’ Shield title (2003) to go with MLS All-Star (2005) and MLS Best XI (2006) honors. Mapp spent 2012-2015 with the Montreal Impact, where he ranks second in club history with 21 MLS assists and fifth with 82 regular season appearances. In 2013 and 2014, Mapp tied MLS career-highs with eight assists and helped Montreal win consecutive Amway Canadian Championship titles, landing tournament MVP honors both times. He was an MLS All-Star in 2013 as Montreal made its first playoff appearance.

Coach Sigi Schmid Bruce Arena Dominic Kinnear Frank Yallop Bob Bradley Steve Nicol Jason Kreis Peter Vermes Bob Gansler Thomas Rongen

Active in MLS Yes (SEA) Yes (LA) Yes (SJ) No No No No Yes (SKC) No No

Wins 222 192 154 130 124 112 100 93 86 83

Seasons

(including 2016)

17 14 13 13 9 11 8 8 8 7

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 2, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) BESLER OUT

Sporting KC captain Matt Besler sustained a concussion with the U.S. Men’s National Team in training on March 24. With his status as day-to-day, the defender will miss his first Sporting KC match through injury since 2013. Besler has missed several club matches for international duty with the United States since then, but not due to injury. Besler ranks seventh in Sporting KC history with 222 games played in all competitions. He is eight appearances shy of tying Jimmy Conrad for sixth, 13 shy of tying Chris Klein for fifth, and 32 shy of tying Preki for fourth. The Kansas native has logged at least 30 games in six of his seven seasons with Sporting KC since being taken in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. Besler is a four-time MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-15) and has twice been named to the MLS Best XI (2012-13) to go along with an MLS Defender of the Year honor in 2012. He logged 38 appearances for Sporting KC in 2015, leading MLS in clearances while adding a career-best four assists in all competitions. The 29-year-old was named an MLS All-Star for the fourth time and shared Sporting KC Defensive Player of the Year honors with Soni Mustivar.

SWOPE PARK RANGERS WIN INAUGURAL MATCH

The Swope Park Rangers claimed a 2-1 win over Portland Timbers 2 in the club’s first-ever game on Saturday at Children’s Mercy Park. Second-half goals from Kevin Oliveira and Daniel Salloi propelled the Rangers past their Western Conference counterparts. The Rangers will now head to Oklahoma to take on Tulsa Roughnecks FC at ONEOK Field on Saturday. The game will kick off at 7 p.m. with a live stream on SportingKC.com.

KEVIN OLIVEIRA NAMED TO USL TEAM OF THE WEEK

Swope Park Rangers midfielder Kevin Oliveira was named to the USL Team of the Week after scoring the first goal in club history against Portland Timbers 2 on Saturday. The Rangers won the game 2-1 at Children’s Mercy Park, and Oliveira was also named Man of the Match after a comprehensive midfield performance that included three shots.

DEFENDING THE OPEN CUP

Sporting KC enters the 2016 season as defending champions of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Peter Vermes’ side defeated the Philadelphia Union in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw through regulation to win the 2015 final on Sept. 30, effectively securing a spot in the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League. The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has been held annually since 1914 and is open to all amateur/professional soccer teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. The knockout-style tournament is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the U.S. and the world’s third-longest running open soccer tournament. This year’s winner will earn $250,000 and a berth into the 2017-18 CONCACAF Champions League. Sporting KC has won the tournament on three occasions (2004, 2012, 2015), third-most among MLS clubs behind Seattle and Chicago who have four titles apiece. All 17 American MLS clubs will enter the 2016 Open Cup in the round of 32 in June.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ON THE HORIZON

Courtesy of the club’s 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup championship, Sporting KC will compete in the group stage of the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League, set to begin in August. 2016 marks the third time in four years that Sporting KC has featured in the international competition, which involves the top clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament winner will qualify as CONCACAF’s representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup.

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK TO HOST U.S. MNT VS. BOLIVIA

Children’s Mercy Park will host an international friendly between the United States Men’s National Team and Bolivia on May 28 at 7 p.m. CT, U.S. Soccer announced Tuesday. The match will be the United States’ final tune-up before hosting the Copa America Centenario, a marquee tournament headlined by the U.S., Mexico, Argentina and Brazil that features 16 nations from CONMEBOL (South America) and CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean).

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 2, 2016 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: 8-7-5 Home games: 5-1-4 (12 GF, 7 GA) Road games: 3-6-1 (13 GF, 17 GA)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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

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

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 CommunityAmerica Ballpark W W Rio Tinto Stadium L CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Rio Tinto Stadium T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W Children’s Mercy Park L Rio Tinto Stadium W Children’s Mercy Park W Rio Tinto Stadium T Children’s Mercy Park T Children’s Mercy Park L Rio Tinto Stadium L Rio Tinto Stadium

Date 12/07/2013 MLS Cup

All-Time Postseason Results Score Result Location KC 1 vs RSL 1 W (SO) Children’s Mercy Park KC wins 7-6 in PKs

2 12 143 59 142 20 54

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

3 Hartman/Nielsen 2 three players tied 4 Kevin Hartman 31 Kevin Hartman 9 Bo Oshoniyi

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 three players tied 3 Josh Wolff (8/3/05) 6 Arnaud/Kamara 3 seven players tied 8 Davy Arnaud (5/29/10) 6 Dwyer/Espinoza 7 three players tied 4 Kevin Hartman (5/29/10)

five players tied 2 Javier Morales 3 Kyle Beckerman 20 Kyle Beckerman 9 Kyle Beckerman 17 Javier Morales 26 Nick Rimando 4 Nick Rimando 4 Nick Rimando 3 Nick Rimando 36 Nick Rimando 9

real salt lake

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

(9/30/06) Atiba Harris (6/21/15) Javier Morales

2 2 Beckerman/Saborio 8 Beckerman/Kreis 3 Harris/Olave 8 (5/29/10) Javier Morales 7 (4/5/14) Jeff Attinella (8/13/05) D.J. Countess

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

16-30

8 1

31-45

2 9

46-60

4 2

61-75

5 3

76-90

3 7

0 0

Total

25 24

Total 25 267 107 245 46 117

real salt lake Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 12 98 36 143 30 45

2 12 119 52 125 32 37

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 24 217 88 268 62 82

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,410

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 93 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 87 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 14 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 93 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

117

8 4

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 KC 3 RSL 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 13 124 48 103 26 63

4 Sealy/Wolff 5 Arnaud/Wolff 27 Davy Arnaud 9 three players tied 20 Davy Arnaud 32 Davy Arnaud

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

real salt lake

105.1 6

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

188

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 117 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 2, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Lawrence Olum (signing - 12/9/15)

Jalil Anibaba (option declined - 11/25/15)

Alec Kann (Re-Entry Draft - 12/11/15)

Mikey Lopez (out of contract - 12/31/15)

Justin Mapp (signing - 12/14/15)

Krisztian Nemeth (transfer - 1/29/16)

Brad Davis (trade - 1/7/16)

Erik Palmer-Brown (loan - 2/1/16)

Daniel Salloi (Homegrown - 1/13/16)

Bernardo Anor (loan - 2/17/16)

Nuno Andre Coelho (signing - 1/26/16)

Amobi Okugo (waived - 2/23/16)

Diego Rubio (loan - 3/8/16)

Marcel de Jong (contract terminated - 3/1/16)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Nov. 25: OUT Sporting KC declines contract option for D Jalil Anibaba Dec. 9: IN Sporting KC signs M Lawrence Olum, re-signs D Seth Sinovic and GK Jon Kempin to new contracts Dec. 11: IN Sporting KC selects GK Alec Kann in first round of MLS Re-Entry Draft Dec. 14: IN Sporting KC signs M Justin Mapp Dec. 31 OUT M Mikey Lopez leaves Sporting KC out of contract Jan. 7: IN Sporting KC acquires M Brad Davis from the Houston Dynamo in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, a third-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft and future considerations Jan. 11: Sporting KC re-signs M Soni Mustivar and M Paulo Nagamura to new contracts Jan. 13: IN Sporting KC signs F Daniel Salloi as Homegrown Player Jan. 26: IN Sporting KC signs D Nuno Andre Coelho Jan. 29: OUT Sporting KC transfers F Krisztian Nemeth to Al-Gharafa SC (Qatar) Feb. 1: OUT Sporting KC loans D Erik Palmer-Brown to FC Porto (Portugal) Feb. 17: OUT Sporting KC loans M Bernardo Anor to Minnesota United FC (NASL) Feb. 23: OUT Sporting KC waives M Amobi Okugo March 1: OUT Sporting KC and D Marcel de Jong mutually agree to terminate contract March 8: IN Sporting KC acquires F Diego Rubio on loan as Young Designated Player March 25: OUT Sporting KC loans GK Jon Kempin, M Jimmy Medranda and F Daniel Salloi to Swope Park Rangers (USL)

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011 2012

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11) Dom Dwyer (16th)

2013

Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)

Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

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

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Jordi Quintilla (8/6/15)

Bernardo Anor (12/8/14) (ON LOAN)

Lawrence Olum (12/9/15) Justin Mapp (12/14/15) Nuno Andre Coelho (1/26/16) Diego Rubio (3/8/16)

Brad Davis (1/7/16)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11) Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13) (ON LOAN)

2014 2015

2016

Connor Hallisey (10th) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th) Amadou Dia (20th)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

Alec Kann (12/11/15)

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 2, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

Sunday, March 6

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

W 1-0

Coelho

SATURDAY, MARCH 12

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS

MLS

W 2-1

Dwyer 2

SUNDAY, MARCH 20

TORONTO FC

MLS

W 1-0

Davis

SATURDAY, APRIL 2

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS