Sporting KC vs D.C. United - April 5, 2013

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v D.C. UNITED (April 5, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2013 SEASON RECORDS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 5 2-1-2 8 6 3 at home 2 1-0-1 4 2 0 United on road

1 Nielsen

4 1-2-1 4 2 4 2 0-1-1 1 0 2 LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

7

8

26

9

Pajoy

Rafael

19

7

Porter

De Rosario

23

F 2 180

Kitchen

22 Korb

A 4 90

2

5

4

Jakovic

McDonald

Riley

28 Hamid

HOW SCORED

1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

1 0 1 0

2 0 2 0

1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

1 0 1

1 3 0

TYPE OF PLAY

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

REFEREE: Armando Villarreal.

SAR (bench): Corey Rockwell; JAR (opposite): Jeff Muschik; 4th: Edvin Jurisevic DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE KC: Teal Bunbury; Jacob Peterson

DISTANCE

0 6 0

(W-L-T) KC DC

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

0 3 0

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 3/30/2013 KC 2, MTL 0 3/02/2013 KC 3, PHI 1 7/28/2012 KC 1, CLB 2 3/09/2013 KC 1, TOR 2 3/23/2013 KC 0, NE 0 3/30/2013 KC 2, MTL 0 3/23/2013 KC 0, NE 0

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC WLTTW United LWTL

(0) (2) (8) (1) (1) (0) (1)

D.C. UNITED 2 James Riley (DF) 3 Robbie Russell (DF) 4 Brandon McDonald (MF) 5 Dejan Jakovic (DF) 6 Syamsir Alam (MF) 7 Dwayne De Rosario (MF) 8 John Thorrington (MF) 9 Rafael Teixeira (FW) 11 Marcelo Saragosa (MF) 12 Raphael Augusto (MF) 13 Chris Pontius (MF) 15 Ethan White (DF) 16 Casey Townsend (FW) 17 Conor Shanosky (MF) 18 Nick DeLeon (MF) 19 Kyle Porter (MF) 20 Carlos Ruiz (FW) 21 Daniel Woolard (DF) 22 Chris Korb (DF) 23 Perry Kitchen (MF) 24 Lewis Neal (MF) 25 Marcos Sanchez (MF) 26 Lionard Pajoy (FW) 28 Bill Hamid (GK) 29 Michael Seaton (FW) 31 Joe Willis (GK) 33 Taylor Kemp (DF) 50 Andrew Dykstra (GK)

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

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

THE LAST TIME

Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.

17 Sapong

16

13

UNITED

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

10 Feilhaber

Pontius

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

6 Nagamura

Bieler

UPCOMING MATCHES UNITED SPORTING Sat. Apr. 13 New York Wed. Apr. 17 at New York Sun. Apr. 21 Philadelphia Sat. Apr. 20 at Los Angeles Sat. Apr. 27 at Columbus Sat. Apr. 27 Portland Wed. May 8 Houston Sun. May 5 Chivas USA

4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

16 Sinovic

20

Zusi

LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/10: DC 0, KC 1 (Sapong 93+) 8/11: KC 2, DC 1 (Bunbury 13; Zusi 63 – DeLeon 23)

3 0 0 0

78 Collin

Rosell

AT KC (23 meetings): Sporting 12 wins (0 shootout), 45 goals …

United 6 wins (1 shootout), 28 goals … Ties 5

4 1 1 0

5 Besler

Myers

ALL-TIME (45 meetings): Sporting 18 wins (0 shootout), 70 goals …

United 18 wins (1 shootout), 61 goals … Ties 9

F A 6 3 75 150

ROSTERS SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Yann Songo'o (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Teal Bunbury (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Bobby Convey (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Lawrence Olum (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Claudio Bieler (FW) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 18 Eric Kronberg (GK) 19 Peterson Joseph (MF) 20 Oriol Rosell (MF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 24 Mechack Jerome (MF) 25 Christian Duke (MF) 27 Kyle Miller (MF) 31 Josh Gardner (MF) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 88 Michael Thomas (MF)

D.C. UNITED Date Score (Gms since) 3/09/2013 DC 1, RSL 0 10/06/2012 DC 1, TOR 0 3/23/2013 DC 1, CLB 2 3/02/2013 DC 0, HOU 2 3/16/2013 DC 0, NY 0 3/16/2013 DC 0, NY 0 3/16/2013 DC 0, NY 0

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

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 3 Bieler A: 2 Feilhaber/Zusi SHT: 17 Bieler SOG: 6 Bieler FC: 9 Sapong/Sinovic FS: 13 Zusi OF: 5 Bieler C: 3 Collin/Sinovic E: 0 UNITED G: 1 Pajoy/Teixeira A: 1 Pontius SHT: 5 De Rosario/Pontius SOG: 3 De Rosario FC: 8 Pontius FS: 11 Pontius OF: 9 Pajoy C: 1 4 players tied E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 5 2 1 1 1 0 6 1.20 DC 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0.50 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 0.60 DC 4 2 0 2 0 0 4 1.00 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 6 1 0 1 0 1 3 DC 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 GOALS ALLOWED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 DC 4 1 0 0 1 0 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v D.C. UNITED (April 5, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT - MLS Game 43)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2013 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Jimmy Nielsen GK 6-3 200 08/06/1977 Aalborg, Denmark 5 5 0 0 99 99 0 0 2 Yann Songo'o DF 6-1 182 02/14/1989 Yaounde, Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 1 1 0 0 36 23 3 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 4 4 0 0 107 102 2 4 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 5 5 0 0 189 168 10 15 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 3 3 0 1 92 68 0 10 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 4 4 2 2 100 69 13 25 9 Teal Bunbury FW 6-2 175 02/27/1990 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 0 0 0 0 77 47 19 6 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5 5 0 2 57 51 5 11 11 Bobby Convey FW 5-9 150 05/27/1983 Philadelphia, PA 2 2 0 0 182 168 12 32 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Lawrence Olum DF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 1 0 0 0 23 10 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 5 5 0 0 75 73 0 2 16 Claudio Bieler FW 5-11 170 03/01/1984 Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina 5 5 3 0 5 5 3 0 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 5 3 0 1 70 49 14 8 18 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 19 Peterson Joseph MF 5-8 132 04/24/1990 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 3 0 0 0 14 4 0 1 20 Oriol Rosell MF 6-0 168 07/07/1992 Puig-Reig, Catalonia, Spain 5 5 1 0 10 6 2 0 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 4 1 0 0 17 3 1 1 24 Mechack Jerome DF 5-10 165 04/21/1990 Liancourt, Haiti 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 25 Christian Duke MF 5-9 155 06/05/1991 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Kyle Miller MF 5-9 160 05/12/1989 Ventura, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Josh Gardner MF 5-10 168 09/14/1982 Brazosport, TX 0 0 0 0 49 38 3 5 37 Jacob Peterson MF 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 0 0 0 0 161 91 13 11 78 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 5 5 0 0 57 54 6 1 88 Michael Thomas MF 5-10 190 03/08/1989 Olathe, KS 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 UNAVAILABLE 23 Kei Kamara (loan) FW 6-3 186 09/01/1984 Kenema, Sierra Leone 33 32 11 8 178 137 45 21 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes 11/21/1966 W47 L36 T32

D.C. UNITED 2013 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 2 James Riley DF 5-10 150 10/27/1982 Colorado Springs, CO 4 3 0 0 214 195 2 16 3 Robbie Russell DF 6-2 200 07/16/1979 Accra, Ghana 0 0 0 0 97 84 2 9 4 Brandon McDonald DF 6-1 185 01/16/1986 Phoenix, AZ 4 4 0 0 129 119 7 8 5 Dejan Jakovic DF 6-2 178 07/16/1985 Karlovac, Croatia 3 3 0 0 83 80 1 0 6 Syamsir Alam MF 5-8 148 07/06/1992 Jakarta, Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Dwayne De Rosario MF 5-11 164 05/15/1978 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada 2 2 0 0 302 255 100 75 8 John Thorrington MF 5-8 150 10/17/1979 Johannesburg, South Africa 2 2 0 0 91 74 8 3 9 Rafael Teixeira FW 6-0 179 07/13/1992 Agua Boa, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 11 Marcelo Saragosa MF 6-0 175 01/22/1982 Campo Grande, Brazil 3 2 0 0 135 110 3 8 12 Raphael Augusto MF 5-11 170 03/06/1991 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Chris Pontius MF 6-0 170 05/12/1987 West Covina, CA 4 4 0 1 105 91 25 14 15 Ethan White DF 6-0 183 01/01/1991 Kensington, MD 0 0 0 0 24 21 1 0 16 Casey Townsend FW 5-11 161 07/07/1989 Traverse City, MI 0 0 0 0 17 10 1 2 17 Conor Shanosky MF 6-4 185 12/13/1991 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Nick DeLeon MF 5-10 170 07/17/1990 Phoenix, AZ 4 4 0 0 32 29 6 4 19 Kyle Porter MF 6-0 160 01/19/1990 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 Carlos Ruiz FW 5-9 145 09/15/1979 Guatemala City, Guatemala 3 0 0 0 172 150 88 17 21 Daniel Woolard DF 5-10 155 05/22/1984 Bedford, TX 2 2 0 0 64 54 3 2 22 Chris Korb DF 5-9 160 10/08/1987 Gates Mills, OH 4 4 0 0 42 38 0 5 23 Perry Kitchen MF 6-0 160 02/29/1992 Indianapolis, IN 4 4 0 0 67 66 1 1 24 Lewis Neal MF 5-11 155 07/14/1981 Leicester, England 1 0 0 0 19 7 2 1 25 Marcos Sanchez MF 5-8 155 12/23/1989 Panama City, Panama 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 26 Lionard Pajoy FW 6-1 185 06/07/1981 Villa del Rosario, Colombia 4 4 1 0 36 32 9 3 28 Bill Hamid GK 6-3 225 11/25/1990 Annandale, VA 4 4 0 0 64 64 0 0 29 Michael Seaton FW 6-0 180 05/01/1996 Spanish Town, Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Joe Willis GK 6-5 190 08/10/1988 St. Louis, MO 0 0 0 0 14 13 0 0 33 Taylor Kemp DF 5-11 153 07/23/1990 Highlands Ranch, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 205 01/02/1986 Woodbridge, VA 0 0 0 0 17 17 0 1 HEAD COACH: Ben Olsen

05/03/1977 W30 L32 T21

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs D.C. UNITED SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. April 5, 2013 (WEEK 6, MLS Game #43)

7:30 p.m. CT (KSMO)

Sporting Kansas City put their long shutout streak on the line in a key Eastern Conference battle when they receive D.C. United on Friday evening at Sporting Park. SKC haven’t allowed a goal now in three-plus games, since March 9, following their 2-0 home win against the Montréal Impact last weekend. United return to action with just two goals scored in their four matches this season, coming off a 2-1 home loss to the Columbus Crew on March 23.

REFEREE: Armando Villarreal. SAR (bench): Corey Rockwell; JAR (opposite): Jeff Muschik; 4th: Edvin Jurisevic MLS Career: 11 games; FC/gm: 24.0; Y/gm: 2.7; R: 6; pens: 4 DISABLED LIST: KC: Teal Bunbury; Jacob Peterson SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (45 meetings): Sporting 18 wins (0 shootout), 70 goals … United 18 wins (1 shootout), 61 goals … Ties 9 AT KC (23 meetings): Sporting 12 wins (0 shootout), 45 goals … United 6 wins (1 shootout), 28 goals … Ties 5 RETURN MATCHES: 5/19: D.C. United vs. Sporting Kansas City, 5 p.m. (UniMas); 10/18: Sporting Kansas City vs. D.C. United, 8 p.m. (NBCSN) LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/10: DC 0, KC 1 (Sapong 93+) 8/11: KC 2, DC 1 (Bunbury 13; Zusi 63 – DeLeon 23)  Sporting KC have a four-game winning streak alive vs. D.C. United. The last D.C. victory in the series came May 5, 2010 at RFK Stadium.  United have not won in Kansas City since 2007. In the seven visits since, Sporting have won four games with three ties; that includes two wins and two draws in four meetings all-time at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, and victories in both meetings at Sporting Park.  Sporting have won on each of their last two visits to RFK Stadium, a 1-0 scoreline on each occasion.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. DC: P8 W5 L2 T1 … Ben Olsen vs. KC: P4 W0 L4 T0 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City put an end to their three-game winless run, stopping the Montréal Impact’s perfect start with a 2-0 victory Saturday evening at Sporting Park. Sporting are in third place in the Eastern Conference with 8 points from 5 matches.

LAST MATCH  Sporting opened the scoring after just five minutes. Benny Feilhaber latched onto the ball at midfield and sent in a through ball for Claudio Bieler, who cut the ball away from Matteo Ferrari at the top of the box then buried his low shot inside the right post.  The home side finally sealed the outcome in the 80th minute. This time Feilhaber filtered a through ball for Graham Zusi, and he fought off a challenge from Impact center back Karl Ouimette in the area before burying a shot past Troy Perkins with his left foot.  Sporting manager Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that played to a goalless draw with the New England Revolution. Chance Myers and Matt Besler came into the back four for Mechack Jerome and Ike Opara, and Graham Zusi came into the team for Soony Saad.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Jimmy Nielsen - Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 90) - Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Peterson Joseph 85) - Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 90) TEAM NEWS  While winning for the first time at home this season, Sporting also extended their undefeated streak to three matches – all against Eastern Conference teams – following draws vs. Chicago and New England.  “I think we could have scored a couple more goals but outside of that they were great on both sides of the ball,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. “In transitional moments, in regard to us losing it and winning it back and

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then the second efforts in different situations were tremendous. I just think that our ultimate pressure lead to two very high quality goals. Great movement, excellent passes, and then great finishes.”

Graham Zusi returned from international duty to his place on the right side of the attacking threesome, and scored his second goal of the season, his first since opening day.

“He's playing with a lot of confidence, but he's also a very good player,” Vermes said. “His game is definitely evolving, and the confidence is allowing him to do some of the things that he's progressed in on the field.”

Benny Feilhaber recorded his first two assists since coming to Sporting in an offseason deal with the New England Revolution. The two assists matched his season total through 29 appearances with the Revolution a season ago; it was his second career two-assist game, also getting two Oct. 22, 2011 vs. Toronto FC. “Kansas City plays a very different style of pressure than any other team in this league,” Feilhaber said. “It takes a little while for the new guys, including myself, to kind of pick up on it – when we want to go, when we want to hold a little more. It's obviously not the easiest system to figure out right off the bat, so I'm getting it little by little. I think I'm improving every game. Today, I think it all came together for myself and for the team.”

Said Vermes:” I told Benny as soon as he came off that this was his best performance for our team and it's exactly what we're looking for from him. I've seen him play for a long time and his defensive work and the bite he has in the midfield and today he was all over the place.”

It was a third consecutive shutout for Sporting and goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen, who have now not conceded a goal in 339 minutes.

“That streak doesn't really matter. All that matters is winning,” said Nielsen. “We had an outstanding performance today. It was so attractive; it was so sexy to watch. I was so proud. It's the best soccer we've played since I came here. As a team and individually, the only word for it is ‘outstanding.’”

Claudio Bieler scored his third goal in five games, his first since netting in each of Sporting’s opening two matches of the season. His fifth-minute opener vs. Montréal ended SKC’s goalless drought at 198 minutes.

D.C. UNITED D.C. United return to action following a weekend off, their last match a 2-1 home loss to the Columbus Crew on March 23. United are in a tie for seventh place in the Eastern Conference with 4 points from 4 matches.

LAST MATCH  Columbus broke through in the 15th minute when an unmarked Josh Williams headed in Tyson Wahl's free kick from just beyond the edge of the six-yard box.  But United leveled the score in the 22nd minute with a moment of brilliance from Rafael. He reached Chris Pontius' header, turned on a Crew defender and struck a low drive from beyond 35 yards that dipped away from goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum and inside the right post.  But the Crew scored the winner 13 minutes into the second half. Federico Higuaín sent in a curling free kick from the left that surprised United 'keeper Hamid and caused him to spill it. A half-clearance fell to Ben Speas, who hammered home an open shot from the edge of the 18-yard box for his first career MLS goal.  United head coach Ben Olsen made two changes to the team that reached a scoreless result with the New York Red Bulls. Daniel Woolard came into the back four for Dejan Jakovic, and Rafael Teixeira started in place of Marcelo Saragosa.  D.C. UNITED (4-3-1-2): Bill Hamid - James Riley (Carlos Ruiz 81), Daniel Woolard, Brandon McDonald, Chris Korb - Nick DeLeon (Kyle Porter 31), Perry Kitchen, Chris Pontius - Dwayne De Rosario - Lionard Pajoy, Rafael Teixeira (Lewis Neal 70).

TEAM NEWS  United lost for the first time at RFK Stadium in league play since opening day of the 2012 season – when they suffered a 1-0 loss to Sporting Kansas City.  “I don’t think there’s been good enough progression right now. But we’ve had some things to deal with. We’ve had some injuries and call-ups as an excuse, I suppose, and we’ve got some new guys fitting in—Rafael today and [Dwayne De Rosario] in a new position,” said United head coach Ben Olsen. “I’m not overly alarmed. I don’t like what’s going on right now, the last two games in particular. But I do think that we have some new pieces and we are still finding out who we are, even though we have a lot of the same guys. “  Making his first appearance since signing as a Designated Player in the offseason, Rafael scored his first MLS goal – a stunning long-range strike.  “He is getting there. This was a big step for him. Obviously, he gets the goal, which helps,” said Olsen. “I thought it was crowded up there. Dwayne [De Rosario] was a touch high. There weren’t a lot of spaces or alleys to get into our forwards. And when Dwayne pulled off a little in the second half, there were more chances for Rafael and Pajoy. It was the first time they played together.”  United have scored two goals from four matches this season, with only two teams (New England and Chicago) having netted fewer goals this season.  “Most of it getting in a rhythm and getting that confidence to be able to play,” said Chris Pontius. “After last year, we need to be able to be more confident as players on the ball. … We're not holding the ball enough. We need

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to give our defense more of a break to defend, and I think we do that with possession on the ball, and we just haven't done that.”

Goalkeeper Bill Hamid made seven saves vs. Columbus, and now has 20 saves for the season – the total is second in MLS, behind the 23 by Chivas USA goalkeeper Dan Kennedy, even following the bye week.

“We’re asking a lot of Bill Hamid right now. He’s a monster. And I wish I didn’t have to see him make so many great saves,” said Olsen. Said Dwayne De Rosario: “He's helped us to stay in the game. But we have to feed off that momentum, we have to feed off those big saves and push and initiate. Especially going back home. I just feel that we didn't really play with enough poise, enough passion.”

After playing as a withdrawn central attacker behind a lone striker in his first start in 2013, De Rosario was lined up as an attacking central midfielder behind a front two vs. Columbus.

“In the formation that we put out there, we are always going to have more attack,” said Olsen. “Dwayne in the midfield can help with ball possession. But it was just an easy day for them in the midfield. … Even saying that, we still had good looks towards the end to tie it up.”

With Dejan Jakovic on international duty with Canada, Daniel Woolard made his first start since the season opener, coming into central defense.

“The backline did extremely well, especially [since] it was makeshift. [Daniel] Woolard had to step in – he came off a head injury last year and had to step in to center back and he did extremely well. Brandon [McDonald] did extremely well, too,” said Hamid. “Just getting the ball forward is something we have to work on – getting the ball to the midfield, then getting the ball to the forward and then laying off to the midfield. We gotta get the ball forward more often.”

Nick DeLeon lasted just 31 minutes before coming off with a hamstring strain and is expected to miss about 6 weeks with the injury.

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2013 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (2-1-2, 8 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 16 F Claudio Bieler 8 M Graham Zusi 20 M Oriol Rosell 10 M Benny Feilhaber 7 D Chance Myers 17 F C.J. Sapong 5 D Matt Besler 78 D Aurelien Collin 11 F Bobby Convey 24 D Mechack Jerome 19 M Peterson Joseph 6 M Paulo Nagamura 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 13 D Lawrence Olum 3 D Ike Opara 22 F Soony Saad 15 D Seth Sinovic 25 M Christian Duke 14 F Dom Dwyer 4 D Kevin Ellis 31 M Josh Gardner 21 G Jon Kempin 18 G Eric Kronberg 12 M Mikey Lopez 27 M Kyle Miller 2 D Yann Songo'o 88 M Michael Thomas Team totals Opponent totals

GP 5 4 5 5 3 5 4 5 2 3 3 5 5 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5

GS 5 4 5 5 3 3 4 5 2 2 0 5 5 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5

MIN 450 360 449 416 269 341 360 450 108 181 40 450 450 1 90 85 450 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 450 450

G 3 2 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 6 3

A 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1

SHT 17 9 5 6 4 8 3 6 2 2 1 4 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 38

SV 7 7 12

GA 3 3 6

SOG 6 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 10

FC 7 7 6 8 3 9 5 6 3 1 2 8 0 0 2 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 79

GAA 0.60 0.60 1.20

PG 1 1 0

FS 6 13 5 12 4 12 5 1 1 0 1 7 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 78

OFF 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 18

CK 0 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 21

C 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 9

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Oriol Rosell 1, Claudio Bieler 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 1, Benny Feilhaber 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 5 5 Team totals 5 5 Opponent totals 5 5

MIN 450 450 450

SHTS 10 10 19

PA 1 1 0

W 2 2 1

L 1 1 2

* = Played with other teams in 2013. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.

T 2 2 2

SO 3 3 2

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 0 0 0

2013 D.C. UNITED STATISTICS (1-2-1, 4 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 26 F Lionard Pajoy 9 F Rafael Teixeira 13 M Chris Pontius 18 M Nick DeLeon 7 M Dwayne De Rosario 28 G Bill Hamid 5 D Dejan Jakovic 23 M Perry Kitchen 22 D Chris Korb 4 D Brandon McDonald 24 M Lewis Neal 19 M Kyle Porter 2 D James Riley 20 F Carlos Ruiz 25 M Marcos Sanchez 11 M Marcelo Saragosa 8 M John Thorrington 21 D Daniel Woolard 6 M Syamsir Alam 50 G Andrew Dykstra 33 D Taylor Kemp 12 M Raphael Augusto 3 D Robbie Russell 29 F Michael Seaton 17 M Conor Shanosky 16 F Casey Townsend 15 D Ethan White 31 G Joe Willis Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4 1 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 1 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4

GS 4 1 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4

MIN 334 70 360 301 166 360 270 360 360 360 20 98 306 35 89 188 148 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 360 360

D.C. UNITED INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP 28 G Bill Hamid 4 Team totals 4 Opponent totals 4

GS 4 4 4

MIN 360 360 360

G 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 2 4

A 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 1 2

SHT 4 1 5 3 5 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 67

SV 20 20 11

GA 4 4 2

SOG 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 24

FC 5 0 8 2 0 0 2 7 4 2 0 3 5 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 54

GAA 1.00 1.00 0.50

PG 0 0 0

FS 5 3 11 3 4 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 1 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 46

OFF 9 3 1 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 14 2

CK 0 0 18 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 19 23

C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Lionard Pajoy 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

SHTS 24 24 13

PA 1 1 0

* = Played with other teams in 2013. Only D.C. United statistics listed here.

W 1 1 2

L 2 2 1

T 1 1 1

SO 2 2 2

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 0 0 0 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2013 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Wed. Fri. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May June June June July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

2 9 16 23 30 5 17 20 27 5 8 12 19 26 1 22 29 3 7 13 20 27 3 10 18 23 31 7 21 27 5 9 18 26

OPPONENT at Philadelphia at Toronto FC Chicago at New England Montreal D.C. United at New York at Los Angeles Portland Chivas USA Seattle at Houston at D.C. United Houston Montreal at FC Dallas Columbus Vancouver at Chicago Toronto FC at Real Salt Lake at Montreal New York New England at San Jose at Chicago Colorado Columbus at Toronto FC Philadelphia at Columbus at Houston D.C. United at Philadelphia

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

ATT. 18,160 25,991 19,868 12,215 18,609

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 0 3 KC: Zusi (41) Rosell (66) Bieler (83); PHI: Le Toux (17) 1-1-0 T1 3 KC: Bieler (77); TOR: Earnshaw (3,21) 1-1-1 T3 4 1-1-2 T3 5 2-1-2 3 8 KC: Bieler (5) Zusi (80)

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

ATT. 20,019 17,072 22,022 11,034

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 0-1-0 T5 0 HOU: own goal (80) R. Clark (89) 1-1-0 T2 3 DC: Pajoy (60) 1-1-1 T4 4 1-2-1 T6 4 DC: Teixeira (22); CLB: Williams (15) Speas (58)

D.C. UNITED 2013 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Fri. Sun.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May June June June June June July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

2 9 16 23 5 13 21 27 8 11 19 25 2 8 15 22 29 3 7 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 8 15 21 28 4 12 18 27

OPPONENT at Houston Real Salt Lake at New York Columbus at Sporting KC New York Philadelphia at Columbus Houston at FC Dallas Sporting KC Portland at Chicago at New England Toronto FC San Jose Vancouver at Seattle at Colorado at Chicago New England Montreal at Philadelphia at Montreal Toronto FC at New York at Chivas USA Los Angeles at New England at Toronto FC Chicago Philadelphia at Sporting KC Houston

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2013)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2013)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2013)

Goals 1 6 times

Goals 3 03/02/2013

at

PHI

W 3-1

Shots 7 03/02/2013

at

PHI

W 3-1

Assists 3 03/02/2013

at

PHI

W 3-1

Shots on Goal 1 03/09/2013

at

TOR

L 1-2

Assists 2 Graham Zusi 2 Benny Feilhaber Shots 6 Claudio Bieler

03/02/2013 03/30/2013

at PHI vs. MTL

W 3-1 W 2-0

Shots 21 03/30/2013 03/30/2013

vs. MTL

Shots on Goal 6 03/30/2013 03/23/2013 03/30/2013 03/30/2013

at NE vs. MTL vs. MTL

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

Fouls Committed 4 Paulo Nagamura 4 C.J. Sapong 4 Graham Zusi

03/09/2013 03/23/2013 03/30/2013

at TOR at NE vs. MTL

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

Offside 3 Claudio Bieler Saves 4 Jimmy Nielsen

03/09/2013 03/16/2013 03/16/2013

03/02/2013

03/02/2013

at TOR vs. CHI vs. CHI

at

at

PHI

PHI

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

at

PHI

W 3-1

Goals Allowed 2 Jimmy Nielsen

03/09/2013

at

TOR

L 1-2

D.C. UNITED INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2013) vs. RSL vs. CLB

Offside 5 03/30/2013

at

PHI

W 3-1

Shots Faced 5 03/02/2013

at

PHI

W 3-1

Goals Allowed 2 03/09/2013

at

TOR

L 1-2

vs. CHI

T 0-0

Saves 0 03/23/2013

at

NE

T 0-0

Shots Faced 0 03/23/2013

at

NE

T 0-0

Fouls Committed 6 03/23/2013 vs. CLB

L 1-2

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

03/09/2013

vs. RSL

W 1-0

at HOU vs. CLB

Offside 0 03/16/2013

L 0-2

Fouls Suffered 5 Chris Pontius

03/02/2013 03/23/2013

W 2-0

W 3-1 T 0-0

HOU

W 1-0

vs. CLB

vs. MTL

L 1-2

PHI NE

at

vs. RSL

03/23/2013

TOR

at at

Shots on Goal 0 03/02/2013

03/09/2013

at NY vs. CLB

at

T 0-0

Saves 4 03/02/2013

Shots 10 03/09/2013 Shots on Goal 6 03/09/2013

03/16/2013 03/23/2013

vs. CHI

Corner Kicks 2 03/02/2013 2 03/23/2013

Assists 1 03/23/2013

Fouls Committed 5 Chris Pontius

Goals Allowed 2 Bill Hamid 2 Bill Hamid

Corner Kicks 9 03/09/2013

T 0-0

T 0-0

L 0-2 L 1-2

Shots Faced 9 Bill Hamid

Fouls Suffered 20 03/16/2013

NE

NY

at HOU vs. CLB

Saves 7 Bill Hamid 7 Bill Hamid

T 0-0

at

03/02/2013 03/23/2013

vs. CLB

NE

at

Shots 5 03/16/2013

Shots 3 Chris Pontius 3 Dwayne De Rosario

03/23/2013

Fouls Suffered 10 03/23/2013

Goals 1 03/09/2013 1 03/23/2013

L 1-2

Offside 4 Lionard Pajoy

Fouls Committed 20 03/23/2013 at

W 2-0

W 1-0 L 1-2

vs. CLB

vs. RSL vs. CLB vs. CLB

vs. MTL

TEAM LOW GAMES (2013)

03/23/2013

03/09/2013 03/23/2013 03/23/2013

W 3-1

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2013)

Assists 1 Chris Pontius

Shots on Goal 2 Carlos Ruiz 2 Dwayne De Rosario 2 Brandon McDonald

PHI

W 3-1

03/02/2013

03/09/2013 03/23/2013

Fouls Committed 13 03/02/2013 at

W 3-1

Shots Faced 5 Jimmy Nielsen

Goals 1 Lionard Pajoy 1 Rafael Teixeira

W 2-0

W 2-0

Shots on Goal 2 Claudio Bieler 2 Claudio Bieler 2 Graham Zusi

Fouls Suffered 5 Claudio Bieler 5 C.J. Sapong 5 Graham Zusi

vs. MTL

vs. RSL vs. CLB

vs. CLB

vs. RSL

Corner Kicks 7 03/09/2013 7 03/23/2013

L 1-2

W 1-0 Fouls Suffered 10 03/23/2013

vs. RSL

Fouls Committed 17 03/09/2013 vs. RSL Fouls Suffered 16 03/02/2013 16 03/09/2013

W 1-0 L 1-2

at HOU vs. RSL

vs. RSL vs. CLB

L 0-2 W 1-0

W 1-0 L 1-2

Offside 8 03/23/2013

vs. CLB

L 1-2

Saves 7 03/16/2013 7 03/23/2013

at NY vs. CLB

T 0-0 L 1-2

Shots Faced 9 03/23/2013

vs. CLB

L 1-2

Goals Allowed 2 03/02/2013 2 03/23/2013

at HOU vs. CLB

L 0-2 L 1-2

L 1-2

L 0-2 L 1-2

L 1-2

Corner Kicks 2 03/02/2013

at

HOU

L 0-2

Offside 2 03/02/2013 2 03/09/2013 2 03/16/2013

at HOU vs. RSL at NY

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

Saves 4 03/02/2013

at

HOU

L 0-2

Shots Faced 6 03/02/2013

at

HOU

L 0-2

W 1-0

L 1-2

T 0-0 L 1-2

vs. CLB

W 1-0

2012 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. D.C. UNITED (2-0-0) UNF 8 9 17 5 23 78 11 15 2 25 7 6 1 37 20 55 16 88

POS MID FWD FWD DEF MID DEF MID M/D DEF DEF DEF MID GK MID MID MID DEF MID

PLAYER Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury C.J. Sapong Matt Besler Kei Kamara Aurelien Collin Bobby Convey Roger Espinoza Michael Harrington Neven Markovic Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Jimmy Nielsen Jacob Peterson Oriol Rosell Julio Cesar Seth Sinovic Michael Thomas ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 180 165 21 180 180 180 85 179 90 90 90 88 180 5 1 92 90 84

G 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

SHT 8 4 1 0 9 6 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2

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

FC 6 3 0 0 4 3 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2

FS 0 3 3 0 7 0 1 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0

OFF 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 11 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

3 1

4 1

35 14

13 3

29 26

26 29

3 5

14 4

5 3

0 0

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Graham Zusi 1, C.J. Sapong 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 1, Kei Kamara 1, Matt Besler 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 3

SV 2

GA 1

GAA 0.50

PG 0

PA 0

W 2

L 0

T 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

3 13

2 10

1 3

0.50 1.50

0 0

0 0

2 0

0 2

0 0

SO O'TIME 1 0-0-0 1 0

0-0-0 0-0-0

2012 D.C. UNITED VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-2-0) UNF 18 14 8 6 2 7 29 19 28 5 23 22 4 13 3 9 11 27 16 21

POS PLAYER MID Nick DeLeon M/F Andy Najar MID Branko Boskovic DEF*Mike Chabala MID*Danny Cruz MID Dwayne De Rosario FWD Maicon Santos DEF Emiliano Dudar GK Bill Hamid DEF Dejan Jakovic MID Perry Kitchen DEF Chris Korb DEF Brandon McDonald F/M Chris Pontius DEF Robbie Russell FWD Hamdi Salihi MID Marcelo Saragosa FWD*Long Tan FWD Josh Wolff DEF Daniel Woolard ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 90 180 111 80 26 90 10 90 180 90 180 90 180 164 90 80 45 71 43 90

G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

SHT 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0

SOG 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

FS 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 4

OFF 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

CK 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

1 3

1 4

14 35

3 13

26 29

29 26

5 3

4 14

3 5

0 0

0 0

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 13

SV 10

GA 3

GAA 1.50

PG 0

PA 0

W 0

L 2

T 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

13 3

10 2

3 1

1.50 0.50

0 0

0 0

0 2

2 0

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 28 GK Bill Hamid ----------Team totals Opponent totals

SO O'TIME 0 0-0-0 0 1

0-0-0 0-0-0

D.C. UNITED VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME RESULTS United 18 wins, 61 goals Sporting 18 wins, 70 goals Ties 9

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

Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 37 32 1 70 263 288 2 553 121 121 2 244 280 292 3 575 78 77 2 157 97 98 0 195

06/20/1996 07/31/1996 08/04/1996

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

(KC) (DC) (DC)

06/21/1997 07/19/1997 08/31/1997

KC 6 vs DC 1 KC 3 vs DC 2 DC 2 vs KC 0

(KC) (KC) (DC)

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

03/21/1998 08/26/1998

DC 3 vs KC 2 DC 2 at KC 1

(DC) (KC)

KC DC

05/15/1999 06/26/1999

DC 3 at KC 3 DC 3 vs KC 0

DC SOW (KC) (DC)

05/17/2000 06/10/2000

KC 2 vs DC 0 DC 0 vs KC 0

(KC) (DC)

Peter Vermes vs. DC Ben Olsen vs. KC

04/07/2001 06/16/2001

DC 3 vs KC 2 DC 3 at KC 0

(DC) (KC)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:

04/20/2002 06/15/2002 07/04/2002 08/10/2002

DC KC KC DC

1 (OT) 0 1 0 (OT)

(DC) (KC) (KC) (DC)

04/12/2003 05/17/2003 10/25/2003

KC 3 vs DC 2 (OT) DC 1 vs KC 1 (OT) DC 1 vs KC 1 (OT)

(KC) (DC) (DC)

05/15/2004 07/10/2004

DC 1 vs KC 0 KC 1 vs DC 0

(DC) (KC)

04/30/2005 05/21/2005 07/09/2005 07/20/2005

KC DC KC KC

0 3 1 1

vs vs at vs

DC KC DC DC

0 2 0 1

(KC) (DC) (DC) (KC)

05/13/2006 05/27/2006 06/24/2006 06/28/2006

DC DC DC DC

2 3 1 3

vs at vs at

KC KC KC KC

1 1 0 2

(DC) (KC) (DC) (KC)

04/14/2007 07/04/2007 10/05/2007

KC 4 at DC 2 DC 1 at KC 0 KC 1 vs DC 1

(DC) (KC) (KC)

03/29/2008 08/02/2008

KC 2 vs DC 0 DC 2 vs KC 0

(CA) (DC)

05/06/2009 09/09/2009 10/24/2009

KC 1 vs DC 1 DC 1 vs KC 0 KC 2 vs DC 2

(CA) (DC) (CA)

2 2 2 0

vs vs vs vs

KC DC DC KC

03/27/2010 05/05/2010

KC 4 vs DC 0 DC 2 vs KC 1

(CA) (DC)

08/21/2011 10/22/2011

KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 1 at DC 0

(SP) (DC)

03/10/2012 08/11/2012

KC 1 at DC 0 KC 2 vs DC 1

(DC) (SP)

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS 11/14/2004

DC 3 at KC 2 (HD, F)

1 31 249 123 337 57 99

United 2 OT 29 1 264 6 117 3 289 9 60 1 138 2

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 11 17 9 12 11 9 7 11 13 10 12 7

OT 1 1

Tot. 61 519 243 635 118 239

Total 70 61

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: 5-2-1 (2.00 pts./game) 0-4-0 (0.00 pts./game)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

9 10 51 25 33 45

Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Kerry Zavagnin Davy Arnaud

8 8 37 22 32 57

United Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Richie Williams Jaime Moreno

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

5 5 4 44 13

Jimmy Nielsen Bo Oshoniyi Meola/Nielsen Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi

5 4 3 47 14

Troy Nick Nick Troy Troy

Perkins Rimando Rimando Perkins Perkins

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 5 players tied Chung/Preki Kei Kamara (10/22/11) Takawira/Smith Fabbro/Zotinca 5 players tied

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

2 3 7 4 7 6

Saves Goals Allowed

9 Garth Lagerwey (8/4/96) 3 8 players tied

2 2 9 5 7 6

United 6 players tied 3 players tied Dwayne De Rosario (10/22/11) Luciano Emilio (9/9/09) 3 players tied Etcheverry/Olsen 9 Troy Perkins (7/4/07) 6 Jeff Causey (6/21/97)

2013 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS:

At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Scored Allowed Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 or more Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

SPORTING KANSAS CITY W-L-T Streak (started)

W-L-T

D.C. UNITED Streak (started)

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

2 Ws (10/24/2012 2 Ts (3/16/2013) 1 Ls (3/9/2013)

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

7 Ws (4/22/2012) 1 Ls (3/23/2013) 1 Ts (10/27/2012

1-0-0 1-1-0

2 Ws (10/24/2012 1 Ls (3/9/2013)

1-0-0 0-2-0

2 Ws (10/6/2012) 2 Ls (3/2/2013)

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

6 1 9 6 31

Ts Ls Ws Ws Ws

(7/7/2012) (3/9/2013) (5/27/2012) (8/17/2011) (5/2/1996)

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

1 1 1 4 32

Ts Ls Ws Ws Ws

(3/16/2013) (3/23/2013) (9/15/2012) (5/19/2012) (7/18/1998)

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

1 2 3 2 21

Ws Ws Ls Ls Ls

(3/30/2013) (10/24/2012 (7/18/2012) (4/23/2011) (5/5/1996)

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

1 2 2 5 29

Ts Ts Ls Ls Ls

(3/16/2013) (9/29/2012) (3/2/2013) (9/17/2011) (4/13/1996)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. D.C. UNITED (18-18-9)

CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. D.C. UNITED (18-18-9)

PLAYER Preki Mark Chung Vitalis Takawira Scott Sealy Kei Kamara Sasha Victorine Mo Johnston Chris Brown Chris Klein Claudio Lopez Eddie Johnson Frank Klopas Graham Zusi Jack Jewsbury Josh Wolff Stephen Armstrong Davy Arnaud Matt Besler Teal Bunbury Jose Burciaga Jr. Michael Harrington Chris Henderson Matt McKeon Ryan Smith Carey Talley Paul Wright Kerry Zavagnin Sean Bowers Dario Fabbro Nick Garcia Roy Lassiter Miklos Molnar Edmundo Rodriguez C.J. Sapong Mike Sorber Matt Taylor Ivan Trujillo Francisco Gomez Diego Gutierrez Stephane Auvray Brian Johnson Garth Lagerwey Tony Meola Uche Okafor Ryan Pore Igor Simutenkov Lance Watson

GP 22 8 9 12 7 10 12 9 20 5 2 6 6 20 9 6 20 8 6 11 11 4 13 2 6 4 24 8 4 21 2 1 2 4 3 2 1 10 13 2 5 2 11 8 9 4 4

GS 19 8 7 10 6 10 12 7 19 5 2 5 5 16 8 3 17 8 4 11 9 4 9 2 6 3 23 7 3 21 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 8 13 2 3 2 11 7 5 4 1

MIN 1776 716 608 842 585 882 986 636 1593 449 178 407 462 1445 745 365 1592 720 367 968 818 316 856 171 572 233 2090 639 220 1854 180 90 96 133 270 86 69 678 1154 163 322 180 980 632 431 308 142

G 9 7 5 5 4 3 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 10 4 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

SHT 51 16 12 24 27 17 14 15 25 13 4 6 12 25 10 8 39 2 9 15 2 4 9 7 3 1 14 3 9 3 3 4 1 5 5 3 1 10 3 1 6 0 0 0 11 7 0

Team totals Opponent totals

45 45

45 45

4094 4094

70 61

65 61

553 519

GOALKEEPER Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Kevin Hartman Bo Oshoniyi Garth Lagerwey Mike Ammann Chris Snitko William Hesmer ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 6 11 8 9 2 5 3 1

MIN 540 980 720 810 180 450 270 90

SHTS 17 56 37 54 21 31 21 6

SV 14 44 25 39 14 19 13 4

GAA 0.50 1.01 1.25 1.44 1.50 2.00 2.67 3.00

PG 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0

45 45

4094 4094

243 244

172 171

1.34 1.54

8 6

PLAYER Jacob Peterson Graham Zusi Matt Besler Teal Bunbury Ike Opara C.J. Sapong Paulo Nagamura Aurelien Collin Bobby Convey Benny Feilhaber Josh Gardner Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Oriol Rosell Seth Sinovic Michael Thomas Team totals Opponent totals

GP 11 6 8 6 2 4 11 3 7 3 2 5 6 1 4 1 45 45

GS 9 5 8 4 1 1 10 3 7 1 1 4 6 0 4 1 45 45

GOALKEEPER Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 6

MIN 540

45 45

4039 4039

MIN 735 462 720 367 97 133 964 270 625 142 81 362 540 1 360 84 4039 4039

G 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 61

A 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 61

SHT 16 12 2 9 1 5 11 8 5 4 2 3 0 0 2 2 553 519

SHTS 17

SV 14

GAA 0.50

PG 0

243 244

172 171

1.36 1.56

8 6

D.C. UNITED CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (18-18-9)

CURRENT D.C. UNITED PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (18-18-9)

PLAYER Jaime Moreno Christian Gomez Marco Etcheverry Raul Diaz Arce Luciano Emilio Santino Quaranta Roy Wegerle Roy Lassiter John Harkes Carey Talley Danny Allsopp Ali Curtis Freddy Adu Bobby Convey Tony Sanneh A.J. Wood Jeff Agoos Alecko Eskandarian Joshua Gros Rodney Wallace Bobby Boswell Abdul Thompson Conteh Nick DeLeon Mario Gori Julius James Mark Lisi Ivan McKinley Shawn Medved Mike Petke Hristo Stoitchkov Bryan Namoff Richie Williams Marc Burch Brian Carroll Ben Olsen Clyde Simms Chris Albright Jose Alegria Adam Cristman Eric Denton Facundo Erpen Fred Ivan Guerrero Brian Kamler Dema Kovalenko John Maessner Andy Najar Mark Simpson Mark Watson Craig Ziadie

GP 26 14 16 8 8 14 3 4 6 8 2 6 10 9 5 6 10 6 12 5 10 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 6 2 16 16 6 13 16 18 4 4 1 3 5 6 1 6 6 5 5 5 2 2

GS 22 13 15 8 7 9 2 4 4 6 1 1 7 9 5 4 10 5 12 5 10 2 1 2 2 1 4 2 5 0 16 16 4 13 13 18 3 3 1 2 5 3 1 4 5 3 5 4 2 2

MIN 1837 1015 1365 624 643 898 196 360 439 544 135 227 661 732 450 400 855 466 1048 450 900 147 90 209 209 147 332 129 489 67 1451 1290 397 1170 1228 1451 302 262 71 139 406 346 90 374 465 287 405 405 180 178

G 8 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 8 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

SHT 37 34 33 24 18 18 5 8 9 4 6 10 11 12 8 7 12 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3 2 7 1 2 2 3 7 3 6 17 9 8 2 0 1 3 2 0 6 8 5 4 0 0 0

Team totals Opponent totals

45 45

45 45

4094 4094

61 70

61 65

519 553

GOALKEEPER Josh Wicks Doug Warren Louis Crayton Zach Wells Joe Willis Nick Rimando Bill Hamid Tom Presthus Scott Garlick Troy Perkins Steve Cronin Mark Simpson Jeff Causey ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 1 1 2 1 11 4 4 4 9 1 5 2

MIN 90 100 90 180 90 1014 360 316 360 810 90 405 135

SHTS 5 2 3 11 4 55 23 15 17 64 6 23 16

SV 5 1 2 9 3 43 18 10 11 47 3 14 5

GAA 0.00 0.90 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.15 1.25 1.42 1.50 1.56 2.00 2.22 6.67

PG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1

45 45

4094 4094

244 243

171 172

1.54 1.34

6 8

PLAYER Carlos Ruiz Dwayne De Rosario Robbie Russell Lionard Pajoy Nick DeLeon Marcelo Saragosa James Riley Andrew Dykstra Bill Hamid Dejan Jakovic Perry Kitchen Chris Korb Brandon McDonald Chris Pontius John Thorrington Casey Townsend Ethan White Joe Willis Daniel Woolard Team totals Opponent totals

GP 18 25 7 1 1 9 18 2 4 4 4 2 8 7 9 1 1 1 4 45 45

GS 14 17 5 1 1 6 15 2 4 4 4 2 8 7 6 1 1 1 3 45 45

GOALKEEPER Joe Willis Bill Hamid Andrew Dykstra ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 4 2

MIN 90 360 180

45 45

4039 4039

MIN 1271 1614 517 90 90 646 1400 180 360 360 360 180 685 569 533 90 90 90 216 4039 4039

G 6 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 70

A 0 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 65

SHT 52 50 5 2 1 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 7 2 0 0 0 519 553

SHTS 4 23 18

SV 3 18 12

GAA 1.00 1.25 2.00

PG 0 0 0

244 243

171 172

1.56 1.36

6 8

GAME NOTES WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs D.C. United Sporting Park Kansas City, Kansas English TV: KSMO, WIBW English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Gran D 1340 AM

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. Pos. 1 GK 3 DEF 4 DEF 5 DEF 6 MID 7 DEF 8 MID 9 FWD 10 MID 11 MID 12 MID 13 DEF 15 DEF 16 FW 17 FWD 18 GK 19 MID 20 MID 22 FWD 24 DEF 27 DEF 31 DEF 37 DEF 78 DEF 88 MID

Name Pronunciation Jimmy Nielsen neel-sen Ike Opara oh-PAR-ah Kevin Ellis Matt Besler BEEZ-ler Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra Chance Myers Graham Zusi ZOO-see Teal Bunbury BUN-buh-ree Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber Bobby Convey CON-vee Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum OH-lumm Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick Claudio Bieler bee-AY-lurr C.J. Sapong sah-PONG Eric Kronberg Krawn-berg Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell ew-REE-all rohz-EL Soony Saad soo-NEE sod Mechack Jerome MEH-shack Kyle Miller Josh Gardner Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en Michael Thomas

2013 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2-1-2 (8 pts) 5 3rd in East 6 1.20 3 0.60 +3 77 (19) 24.7% 78 79 12 0

D.C. UNITED

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

1-2-1 (4 pts) 4 8th in East 2 0.50 4 1.00 -2 31 (13) 41.9% 46 54 4 0

2013 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

D.C. UNITED

Pijoy/Rafael 1 3 Claudio Bieler GOALS Chris Pontius 1 2 Feilhaber/Zusi ASSISTS Pontius/De Rosario 5 17 Claudio Bieler SHOTS De Rosario 3 6 Claudio Bieler SHOTS ON GOAL 1 Bieler/Rosell GAME-WINNING GOALS Lionard Pijoy 1 N/A 1 Feilhaber/Zusi GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Chris Pontius 11 13 Graham Zusi FOULS SUFFERED Chris Pontius 8 9 CJ Sapong FOULS COMMITTED 3 Collin/Sinovic CAUTIONS four players tied 1 N/A EJECTIONS N/A 0.60 Jimmy Nielsen GOALS AGAINST AVG 2 Jimmy Nielsen WINS 3 Jimmy Nielsen SHUTOUTS 7 Jimmy Nielsen SAVES

Bill Hamid 1.00 Bill Hamid 1 Bill Hamid 2 Bill Hamid 20

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES

2013 REGULAR SEASON MLS STANDINGS Eastern Conf.

GP W L T P 1. Montreal Impact 5 4 1 0 12 2. Houston Dynamo 4 3 1 1 9 3. Sporting Kansas City 5 2 1 2 8 4. Columbus Crew 4 2 1 1 7 5. Philadelphia Union 4 2 2 0 6 6. New York Red Bulls 5 1 2 2 5 7. Toronto FC 4 1 2 1 4 8. D.C. United 4 1 2 1 4 9. New England Revolution 4 1 2 1 4 10. Chicago Fire 4 0 3 1 1 Western Conf.

GP W L T P 1. FC Dallas 5 4 1 0 12 3. Chivas USA 5 3 1 1 10 2. LA Galaxy 4 2 0 2 8 4. Real Salt Lake 5 2 2 1 7 5. San Jose Earthquakes 5 2 2 0 7 6. Vancouver Whitecaps 4 2 2 0 6 7. Portland Timbers 4 0 1 3 3 8. Colorado Rapids

5 0 3 2 2 9. Seattle Sounders 4 0 3 1 1

BEN OLSEN

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

5th season 47-36-32 5th season 47-36-32

SPORTING KC INJURY REPORT

As of April 2, 2013 OUT: • •

Teal Bunbury (left knee sprain) Jacob Peterson (right shoulder sprain)

Questionable: •

C.J. Sapong (lumbar spine strain)

4th season 30-33-21 4th season 30-33-21

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KANSAS CITY CONNECTIONS...

• • • • • • • • •

Bobby Convey played for D.C. United from 2000-2004.

Perry Kitchen and Teal Bunbury both played at Akron.

Marcelo Saragosa and Paulo Nagamura were teammates at Chivas USA (2009-2010) Josh Gardner, Marcelo Saragosa, and Paulo Nagamura were teammates at the LA Galaxy from 2005-2006.

Brandon McDonald and Bobby Convey were teammates at the San Jose Earthquakes from 2009-2011.

Graham Zusi and Ethan White both played at Maryland.

Josh Gardner and Daniel Woodward were teammates at the Carolina Railhawks in 2010.

Lewis Neal and Mechack Jerome were teammates at Orlando City SC in 2011.

Bill Hamid, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi, and Matt Besler were all selected to the United States Men’s National Team 2013 January camp.

LAST TIME THEY MET...

The two teams last met in MLS regular season action on August 11, 2012, with Sporting KC winning the match 2-1.

Sporting KC took an early lead with a 13th minute Teal Bunbury goal but D.C. United leveled the match ten minutes later with Nick DeLeon goal.

Graham Zusi provided the match winner with his third goal of the regular season.

The result moved Sporting KC into first place in the Eastern Conference and was Peter Vermes 100th match as manager.

Sporting KC and D.C. United will meet three times in the 2013 regular season (April 5th, May 19th, and October 18th).

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NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES...

• • • • • • • • • • • •

Peter Vermes is in his fifth season as manager, second longest in club history behind Bob Gansler.

Peter Vermes’ winning percentage (.548) is best for SKC all-time Bobby Convey (212 minutes shy) and Paulo Nagamura (25 minutes shy) are nearing 15,000 regular season minutes played in their MLS careers (accomplished by 36 active players) Jimmy Nielsen’s career GAA (1.00) and winning percentage (.561) is best for goalkeepers in club history.

Jimmy Nielsen is second place in games played, minutes played, wins, shutouts, save percentage, and games started for goalkeepers in club history.

Jimmy Nielsen’s next regular season start will be his 100th with Sporting KC. Graham Zusi’s start against Montreal on March 30 was his 100th regular season match played.

Graham Zusi’s next multi-goal game will move him into fifth on KC’s all-time multi-goal game chart with four.

Graham Zusi’s next game-winning assist will move him into sole possession of third place on Sporting KC’s all-time chart with 11.

Graham Zusi’s next assist will tie him with Josh Wolff for fifth place on Sporting KC’s all-time chart with 26.

Sporting KC has the most ties in MLS history among all teams (111) Claudio Bieler is second all-time and only active Designated Player to score in his first two MLS regular season matches.

SPORTING KC NEWS & NOTES Longest active shutout streak in MLS Sporting KC has not conceded a goal in 339 minutes. The streak is the longest in MLS this season and dates back to the March 9th match against Toronto FC. Sporting KC have clean sheets in their last three matches (vs Chicago, New England, & Montreal) and allowed a combined two shots on goal.

Feilhaber Top Performer of the Week Benny Feilhaber was voted top perfomer of the week for MLSSoccer.com.

The midfielder had two assists in Sporting KC’s 2-0 victory over the Montreal Impact on March 30. Feilhaber joins teammate Graham Zusi as the only players to have a multi-assist match this regular season.

Bieler, Zusi add to their goal totals Claudio Bieler scored his third goal of the season and Graham Zusi added his second in Sporting KC’s 2-0 win over Montreal. Bieler is one of three active Designated Players to score three goals in their first five MLS regular season matches. Zusi has two goals and two assists in four matches and is nominated for MLSSoccer.com Player of the Month for March.

Four players on loan to Orlando Jon Kempin, Dom Dwyer, Christian Duke, and Yann Songo’o joined Orlando City on loan for the 2013 USL Pro season. Dow Dwyer has scored eight goals in friendly matches including four against the University of Tampa on March 26. Orlando City begins the USL Pro season on April 7 against Phoenix FC.

Kamara on loan to Norwich Sporting KC forward Kei Kamara is on loan to English Premier League side Norwich City until May 6. Kamara has one goal and one assist in five appearances for the club.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALS AND ASSISTS

2

6 5

1

3 3

4

3 2 4 5

KEY GOALS: ASSISTS: 6

GOAL INFORMATION 1- Graham Zusi, Mar. 2, at Philadelphia Union, 41 2- Oriol Rosell (Zusi), Mar. 2, at Philadelphia Union, 66 3- Claudio Bieler (Myers/Zusi), Mar. 2, at Philadelphia Union, 83 4- Claudio Bieler (Sapong), Mar. 9, at Toronto FC, 77 5- Claudio Bieler (Feilhaber), Mar. 30, vs Montreal Impact, 5 6- Graham Zusi (Feilhaber), Mar. 30, vs Montreal Impact, 80

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY OFFSEASON TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Josh Gardner (trade) Ike Opara (trade) Yann Songo’o (signing) Claudio Bieler (signing) Mikey Lopez (SuperDraft) Mechack Jerome (signing) Benny Feilhaber (trade) Christian Duke (Supplemental Draft)

Julio Cesar (waived) Cyprian Hedrick (waived) Konrad Warzycha (waived) Neven Markovic (waived) Michael Harrington (trade) Korede Aiyegbusi (option not exercised) Roger Espinoza (out of contract)

TRANSACTION TIMELINE November 19: Sporting Kansas City waives four players and does not select any players in the waiver draft.

December 3: Sporting Kansas City trades Michael Harrington to Portland Timbers for allocation money and does not exercise option on Korede Aiyegbusi.

December 5: Sporting Kansas City acquires Josh Gardner from Montreal Impact in exchange for highest second round pick in 2013 MLS SuperDraft.

December 11: Sporting Kansas City acquires Benny Feilhaber from New England Revolution for natural first round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, and natural second round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

December 12: Sporting Kansas City re-signs Matt Besler.

December 12: Sporting Kansas City acquires Ike Opara from the San Jose Earthquakes for natural second round draft prick in 2013 MLS SuperDraft.

December 13: Sporting Kansas City signs Yann Songo'o.

December 18: Sporting Kansas City signs Claudio Bieler, the fourth Designated Player in club history.

January 1: Roger Espinoza joins Wigan Athletic (English Premier League) January 17: Sporting Kansas City selects Mikey Lopez (14th overall) in the MLS SuperDraft.

January 22: Sporting Kansas City selects Christian Duke, Brian Fekete, Mitchell Cardenas, and Mike Reidy in the MLS Supplemental Draft.

January 30: Sporting Kansas City loans Kei Kamara to Norwich City (English Premier League).

February 28: Sporting Kansas City signs Christian Duke and Mechack Jerome.

March 14: Sporting Kansas City loans Jon Kempin, Dom Dwyer, Christian Duke, and Yann Songo’o to USL Pro affiliate Orlando City SC.

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2006

Eric Kronberg (40th)

MLS Supplemental Draft

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

MLS Lottery Draft

2007 2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

2010

Teal Bunbury (10th)

Jimmy Nielsen (Feb. 15)

2011

C.J. Sapong (10th)

Aurelien Collin (Apr. 15) Peterson Joseph (Sept. 1) Lawrence Olum (Sept. 15)

Seth Sinovic (Nov. 28 from MON, originally signed May 10) Paulo Nagamura (Nov. 29 from CHV) Bobby Convey (Dec. 2 from SJ

2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

Kyle Miller (54th)

Jacob Peterson (Jan. 19) Oriol Rosell (Aug. 2)

Michael Thomas (Jan. 18 from SJ)

2013

Mikey Lopez (14th)

Christian Duke (14th)

Yann Songo’o (Dec. 13) Claudio Bieler (Dec. 18) Mechack Jerome (Feb 28)

Josh Gardner (Dec. 5) Ike Opara (Dec. 12) Benny Feilhaber (Dec. 11)

Kei Kamara (Sept.

15 from HOU) Jon Kempin (Aug. 31) Kevin Ellis (Feb. 18)

Soony Saad (July 5)

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ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS Date 06/20/1996 07/31/1996 08/04/1996 06/21/1997 07/19/1997 08/31/1997 03/21/1998 08/26/1998 05/15/1999 06/26/1999 05/17/2000 06/10/2000 04/07/2001 06/16/2001 04/20/2002 06/15/2002 07/04/2002 08/10/2002 04/12/2003 05/17/2003 10/25/2003 05/15/2004 07/10/2004 04/30/2005 05/21/2005 07/09/2005 07/20/2005 05/13/2006 05/27/2006 06/24/2006 06/28/2006 04/14/2007 07/04/2007 10/05/2007 03/29/2008 08/02/2008 05/06/2009 09/09/2009 10/24/2009 03/27/2010 05/05/2010 08/21/2011 10/22/2011 03/10/2012 08/11/2012

KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC

Score Result Location 5 vs DC 1 W Arrowhead Stadium 3 at DC 2 W RFK Stadium 4 at DC 2 W RFK Stadium 6 vs DC 1 W Arrowhead Stadium 3 vs DC 2 W Arrowhead Stadium 0 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium 2 at DC 3 L RFK Stadium 1 vs DC 2 L Arrowhead Stadium 3 vs DC 3 SOL Arrowhead Stadium 0 at DC 3 L RFK Stadium 2 vs DC 0 W Arrowhead Stadium 0 at DC 0 T RFK Stadium 2 at DC 3 L RFK Stadium 0 vs DC 3 L Arrowhead Stadium 1 at DC 2 L(OT) RFK Stadium 2 vs DC 0 W Arrowhead Stadium 2 vs DC 1 W Arrowhead Stadium 0 at DC 0 T(2OT) RFK Stadium 3 vs DC 2 W(OT) Arrowhead Stadium 1 at DC 1 T(2OT) RFK Stadium 1 at DC 1 T(2OT) RFK Stadium 0 at DC 1 L RFK Stadium 1 vs DC 0 W Arrowhead Stadium 0 vs DC 0 T Arrowhead Stadium 2 at DC 3 L RFK Stadium 1 at DC 0 W RFK Stadium 1 vs DC 1 T Arrowhead Stadium 1 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium 1 vs DC 3 L Arrowhead Stadium 0 at DC 1 L RFK Stadium 2 vs DC 3 L Arrowhead Stadium 4 at DC 2 W RFK Stadium 0 vs DC 1 L Arrowhead Stadium 1 vs DC 1 T Arrowhead Stadium 2 vs DC 0 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark 0 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium 1 vs DC 1 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark 0 at DC 1 L RFK Stadium 2 vs DC 2 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark 4 vs DC 0 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark 1 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium 1 vs DC 0 W Sporting Park 1 at DC 0 W RFK Stadium 1 at DC 0 W RFK Stadium 2 vs DC 1 W Sporting Park

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 37 263 121 280 78 97

Category Goals

Shots

Shots on Goal Fouls

Offsides Corner Kicks

1 31 249 123 337 57 99

2 32 288 121 292 77 98

OT 1 2 2 3 2 0

Tot. 70 553 244 575 157 195

D.C. UNITED 2 29 264 117 289 60 138

OT 1 6 3 9 1 2

Tot. 61 519 243 635 118 239

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

D.C. UNITED

9 Preki Jaime Moreno 8 GOALS 10 Preki Jaime Moreno 8 ASSISTS 51 Preki Jaime Moreno 37 SHOTS 25 Preki SHOTS ON GOAL Jaime Moreno 22 33 Kerry Zavagnin FOULS COMMITTED Richie Williams 32 45 Davy Arnaud FOULS SUFFERED Jaime Moreno 57 5 Jimmy Nielsen Troy Perkins 5 WINS 5 Bo Oshoniyi Nick Rimando 4 LOSSES 4 Meola/Nielsen Perkins/Ricketts 3 SHUTOUTS 44 Tony Meola Troy Perkins 47 SAVES 13 Jimmy Nielsen GOALS ALLOWED Troy Perkins 14

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 3 7 4 7 6

D.C. UNITED

five players tied GOALS six players tied 2 Chung/Preki ASSISTS three players tied 1 Kei Kamara SHOTS Dwayne De Rosario 9 Takawira/Smith SHOTS ON GOAL Luciano Emilio 5 Fabbro/Zotinca FOULS COMMITTED three players tied 7 five players tied FOULS SUFFERED Etcheverry/Olsen 6

9 Garth Lagerway SAVES 3 eight players tied GOALS ALLOWED

Troy Perkins 9 Jeff Causey 6

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC DC

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot. 11 17 9 12 11 9 1 70 7 11 13 10 12 7 1 61

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2013 Schedule and Box Scores DATE Sat., March 2nd Sat., March 9th Sat., March 16th Sat., March 23rd Sat., March 30th Fri., April 5th Wed., April 17th Sat., April 20th Sat., April 5th Sun., May 5th Wed., May 8th Sun., May 12th Sun., May 19th Sun., May 26th Sat., June 1st Sat., June 22nd Sat., June 29th Wed., July 3rd Sun., July 7th Sat., July 13th Sat., July 20th Sat., July 27th Wed., July 31st Sat., Aug. 3rd Sat., Aug. 10th Sun., Aug. 18th Fri., Aug. 23rd Sat., Aug. 31st Sat., Sept. 7th Sat., Sept. 21st Fri., Sept. 27th Sat., Oct. 5th Wed., Oct. 9th Fri, Oct. 18th Sat., Oct. 26th

OPPONENT

3-1 W @ Philadelphia Union 2-1 L @ Toronto FC 0-0 D vs Chicago Fire 0-0 D at NE Revolution 2-0 W vs Montreal Impact D.C. United New York Red Bulls LA Galaxy Portland Timbers Chivas USA Seattle Sounders Houston Dynamo D.C. United Houston Dynamo Montreal Impact FC Dallas Columbus Crew Vancouver Whitecaps Chicago Fire Toronto FC Real Salt Lake Monteal Impact MLS All-Star Game New York Red Bulls NE Revolution San Jose Earthquakes Chicago Fire Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Toronto FC Philadelphia Union Columbus Crew Houston Dynamo D.C. United Philadelphia Union

GOAL SCORERS Bieler/Rosell/Zusi Bieler N/A N/A Bieler/Zusi N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Sporting KC at Philadelphia Union PPL Park | Chester, Penn.

Attendance: 18,160 Weather: 42 degrees, mostly cloudy

1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (1-0-0) 1 2 3 Philadelphia Union (0-1-0) 1 0 1 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers (Mechack Jerome 92+); Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Peterson Joseph 82); Paulo Nagamura; Bobby Convey (C.J. Sapong 63), Claudio Bieler, Graham Zusi

Sporting KC at Toronto FC Rogers Centre | Toronto, Canada Attendance: 25,991

1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (1-1-0) 0 1 1 Toronto FC (1-1-0) 2 0 2

Sporting KC: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 82); Paulo Nagamura; Bobby Convey (C.J. Sapong 46), Claudio Bieler, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Josh Gardner, Peterson Joseph, Lawrence Olum Toronto FC : Joseph Bendik; Richard Eckersley, Danny Califf, Darren O’Dea, Ashtone Morgan; John Bostock (Darel Russell 85), Terry Dunfield (Jonathan Osorio 82), Jeremy Hall, Reggie Lambe; Hogan Ephraim (Kyle Bekker 87), Robert Earnshaw Subs not used: Gale Agbossoumonde, Stefan Frei, Andrew Wiedeman, Emery Welshman TOR SKC Shots (on goal) 5 (3) 16 (1) Corner Kicks 3 9 Fouls 19 15 Offsides 3 2 Misconduct Summary: KC - Paulo Nagamura (caution; reckless foul) 24 KC - Aurelien Collin (caution; tactical foul) 39 KC - Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 75 TOR - Danny Califf (caution; unsporting behavior) 77 KC - Benny Feilhaber (caution; dissent) 78 TOR - Richard Eckersley (caution; persistent infringement) 86 TOR - Darren O’Dea (caution; reckless foul) 95+ Scoring Summary: TOR - Robert Earnshaw 1 (unassisted) 3 TOR - Robert Earnshaw 2 (penalty kick) 21 KC - Claudio Bieler 2 (C.J. Sapong 1) 77 Referee: Fotis Bazakos Asst. Ref.: Peter Manikowski Asst. Ref.: Corey Parker 4th Official: Silviu Petrescu

Sporting KC vs Chicago Fire Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan. Attendance: 19,868 (sell-out) Weather: 44 degrees and cloudy

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Soony Saad, Josh Gardner

Sporting Kansas City (1-1-1) Chicago Fire (0-2-1)

Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath; Sheanon Williams, Amobi Okugo, Jeff Parke, Raymon Gaddis; Michael Lahoud (Roger Torres 80), Brian Caroll (c), Michael Farfan, Keon Daniel (Conor Casey 84), Gabriel Farfan (Jack McInerney 70); Sebastien Le Toux

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 77); Paulo Nagamura; C.J. Sapong 46, Claudio Bieler, Graham Zusi

Subs not used: Chris Konopka, Danny Cruz, Bakary Soumare, Antoine Hoppenot

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Bobby Convey, Mikey Lopez, Ike Opara, Josh Gardner, Lawrence Olum

PHI SKC Shots (on goal) 17 (5) 7 (4) Corner Kicks 6 2 Fouls 19 13 Offsides 1 4

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares, Michael Videira (Wells Thompson 83), Jalil Anibaba; Dan Paladini, Jeff Larentowicz, Dilly Duka (Alex 59), Chris Rolfe, Patrick Nyarko; Sherjill MacDonald (Maicon Santos 67)

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless tackle) 25 KC -- Bobby Convey (caution; tactical foul) 56 PHI -- Raymon Gaddis (caution; reckless foul) 89 Scoring Summary: PHI -- Sebastien Le Toux 1 (Keon Daniel) 17 KC -- Graham Zusi 1 (unassisted) 41 KC -- Oriol Rosell 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 66 KC -- Claudio Bieler 1 (Chance Myers 1, Graham Zusi 2) 83 Referee: Mark Geiger Asst. Ref.: Adam Wienckowski Asst. Ref.: Greg Barkey 4th Official: Ted Unkel

1 0 0

2 0 0

F 0 0

Subs not used: Hunter Jumper, Quincy Amarikwa, Paolo Tornaghi, Joel Lindpere SKC CHI Shots (on goal) 20 (3) 7 (1) Corner Kicks 7 1 Fouls

14 20 Offsides 0 5 Misconduct Summary: CHI -- Daniel Paladini (caution; reckless tackle) 41 KC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 47 CHI -- Gonzalo Segares (caution; reckless foul) 77 CHI -- Maicon Santos (caution; delaying a restart) 84 CHI -- Chris Rolfe (caution; simulation) 91+ KC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; reckless foul) 93+ Scoring Summary: None Referee: Silviu Petrescu Asst. Ref.: Philippe Briere Asst. Ref.: Paul Scott 4th Official: Matthew Foerster

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2013 Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC at New England Revolution Gillette Stadium | Foxboro, Mass.

Attendance: 12,215 Weather: 42 degrees, windy

1 Sporting Kansas City (1-1-2) 0 New England Revolution (1-1-1) 0

2 0 0

F 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura; C.J. Sapong, Claudio Bieler, Soony Saad (Peterson Joseph 63) Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Mikey Lopez, Josh Gardner, Kyle Miller, Lawrence Olum, Michael Thomas New England Revolution: Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Jose Goncalves, A.J. Soares, Andrew Farrell, Lee Nguyen, Clyde Simms, Juan Toja, Scott Caldwell, Kelyn Rowe, Chad Barrett (Ryan Guy 64) Subs not used: Bobby Shuttleworth, Kalifa Cisse, Chris Tierney, Andy Dorman, Diego Fagundez, Darrius Barnes Team Stats

Shots (on goal) Fouls

Offsides Corner Kicks

KC 13 (5) 20 1 2

NE 3 (0) 10 4 6

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Mechack Jerome (caution; reckless tackle) 30 KC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; simulation) 71 Scoring Summary: None Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Asst. Ref.: Claudio Badea Asst. Ref.: Jason Cullum 4th Official: Mark Geiger

Sporting KC vs Montreal Impact Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan. Attendance: 18,609 (sell-out) Weather: 65 degrees and partly cloudy

Sporting Kansas City (2-1-2) Montreal Impact (4-1-0)

1 1 0

2 1 0

F 2 0

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 90), Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Peterson Joseph 85); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 90) Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome, Bobby Convey Montreal Impact : Troy Perkins; Jeb Brovsky, Matteo Ferrari, Karl Ouimette, Hassoun Camara; Patrice Bernier, Justin Mapp, Felipe Martins (Andrew Wenger 62), Davy Arnaud (c), Andres Romero (Sanna Nyassi 63); Marco Di Vaio (Blake Smith 79) Subs not used: Evan Bush, Wandrille Lefevre, Calum Mallace, Collen Warner Team Stats

Shots Corner Kicks Fouls

Offsides

SKC 21 (6) 6 16 5

MTL 6 (1) 5 11 4

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; dissent) 49 KC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 53 MTL -- Felipe Martins (caution; reckless foul) 55 Scoring Summary: KC -- Claudio Bieler 3 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 5 KC -- Graham Zusi 2 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 80 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Asst. Ref.: Adam Wienckowski Asst. Ref.: Matthew Kreitzer 4th Official: Matthew Foerster

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SKC Miscellaneous Stats 2013 Record When…

Record By Month...

Scoring first goal 1-0-0 Conceding first goal 1-1-0 Leading at halftime 1-0-0 Tied at halftime 1-0-2 Trailing at halftime 0-1-0 Scoring 0 goals 0-0-1 Scoring 1 goal 0-1-0 Scoring 2 goals 1-0-0 Scoring 3 goals 1-0-0 Scoring 4+ goals N/A Allowing 0 goals 1-0-2 Allowing 1 goal 1-0-0 Allowing 2 goals 0-1-0 Allowing 3 goals N/A Allowing 4+ goals N/A Wearing Sporting Blue 2-1-1 Wearing Dark indigo 0-0-1 Leading at 75’ 2-0-0 Tied at 75’ 0-0-2 Trailing at 75’ 0-1-0 Outshooting opponent 2-1-2 Outshot by opponent 1-0-0 Shots even N/A One-goal games 0-1-0 On ESPN N/A On NBCSN 0-0-1 On KCWE 1-1-0 On KSMO-TV 1-0-1 Day games (before 5pm) 1-1-2 Games 5pm or later 1-0-0 With red card received N/A With red card against N/A Temperature 75 & up N/A Temperature below 75 2-0-2 Indoors 0-1-0 In Pacific time zone N/A In Mountain time zone N/A In Central time zone 1-0-1 In Eastern time zone 1-1-1 vs. Eastern Conference 1-1-1 vs. Western Conference N/A On grass 2-0-1 On turf 0-1-1 With zero subs N/A With one sub 0-0-2 With two subs 0-1-0 with three subs 2-0-0

March 2013 March all-time April 2013 April all-time May 2013 May all-time June 2013 June all-time July 2013 July all-time Aug. 2013 Aug. all-time Sept. 2013 Sept. all-time Oct. 2013 Oct. all-time

SKC Miscellaneous Stats - 2013 Regular Season

2-1-2 10-7-3 N/A 35-27-11 N/A 26-35-17 N/A 33-27-20 N/A 37-31-22 N/A 34-39-13 N/A 25-31-13 N/A 14-10-12

Team-by-team (in 2013)... vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

11-23-10 (0-0-1) Chicago 7-4-4 (0-0-0) Chivas USA 20-17-13 (0-0-0) Colorado Rapids 19-21-6 (0-0-0) Columbus Crew 18-18-9 (0-0-0) D.C. United 20-19-8 (0-0-0) FC Dallas 3-6-6 (0-0-0) Houston Dynamo 18-22-11 (0-0-0) LA Galaxy 3-4-1 Miami Fusion 2-1-1 (1-0-0) Montreal Impact 21-13-11 (0-0-1) N.E. Revolution New York Red Bulls 18-17-11 (0-0-0) Philadelphia Union 3-1-3 (1-0-0) 2-1-0 (0-0-0) Portland Timbers 7-5-3 (0-0-0) Real Salt Lake 20-20-7 (0-0-0) SJ Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC 1-5-1 (0-0-0) 10-6-1 Tampa Bay Mutiny 8-4-4 (0-1-0) Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0-1 (0-0-0)

Home and Away...

Overall All-time 2013 at home All-time at home 2013 on road All-time on road

Quickest Goal...

5 min., Claudio Bieler, 3/30 vs MTL

Quickest Goal Against...

3 min, Robert Earnshaw, 3/9 at TOR

Game-winning goals after 75’...

N/A

Game-tying goals after 75’...

N/A

Game-winning goals against after 75’...

N/A

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

Hat Tricks...

N/A N/A

Hat Tricks Against...

N/A

Own Goals...

N/A

Own Goals Against...

N/A

Red Cards...

N/A

Red Cards Against...

N/A

Penalty Kicks...

N/A

Penalty Kicks Against...

3 min, Robert Earnshaw, 3/9 at TOR

Youngest Goalscorer...

20y238d, Oriol Rosell, 3/2 at PHI

Oldest Goalscorer...

Youngest Starter...

Oldest Starter...

29y29d, Claudio Bieler, 3/30 vs MTL 20y204d, Soony Saad, 3/23 at NE 35y236d, Jimmy Nielsen, 3/30 vs MTL

214-207-111 1-0-1 142-75-48 1-1-1 72-132-63

2013 MAJOR EVENTS AT SPORTING PARK

• • •

MLS All-Star Game: MLS All-Stars v TBD (July 31) Concert: Flatlands Festival (September 12-14) U.S. Men’s National Team vs Jamaica - FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualifying (October 11)

2013 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SCORING 1 2 TOTAL SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SOG 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 2 4 6 SPORTING 29 48 77 SPORTING 10 7 18 OPP. 3 0 3 OPP. 21 17 28 OPP. 8 2 10 FOULS 1 2 TOTAL OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL CORNERS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 35 43 78 SPORTING 10 2 12 SPORTING 8 18 26 OPP. 39 40 79 OPP. 10 8 18 OPP. 13 8 21 CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL PK 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 4 8 12 SPORTING 0 0 0 SPORTING 0 0 0 OPP. 1 5 6 OPP. 0 0 0 OPP. 1 0 1

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 5, 2013 vs D.C. United| 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

20516

Goals

Preki (1996)

18

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

328

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2004)

111

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud

528

Offsides

Eddie Johnson (2007)

50

Offsides

Eddie Johnson

126

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi (2012)

150

Corner Kicks

Preki

452

Cautions

Aurelien Collin (2011)

10

Cautions

Kerry Zavagnin

44

Ejections

Davy Arnaud (2010)

3

Ejections

Nick Garcia

5

Single Season Records (Goalkeepers)

All-Time Records (Goalkeepers)

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Player

#

Games

Jimmy Nielsen (2012)

34

Games

Tony Meola

125

Minutes

Jimmy Nielsen (2012)

3060

Minutes

Tony Meola

11323

Wins

Mike Ammann (1997)

21

Wins

Tony Meola

49

Losses

Mike Ammann (1998)

16

Losses

Tony Meola

45

Draws

Bo Oshoniyi (2005)

12

Draws

Tony Meola

30

Shutouts

Tony Meola (2000)

16

Shutouts

Tony Meola

37

Goals Against Average

Jimmy Nielsen (2012)

0.79

Goals Allowed

Tony Meola

154

Goals Allowed

Ammann (1997)/Kevin Hartman (2007)

79

Saves

Tony Meola

507

Saves

Tony Meola (2000)

129

Goals Against Average

Jimmy Nielsen

1.00

Single Game Records (Field Players)

Single Season Team Records

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Year

#

Goals

Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop

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)

6

Fouls Committed

2000

503

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud (2010)

8

Fouls Suffered

2000

541

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2006)

10

Offsides

1997

117

Offsides

Alex Bunbury (1999)

7

Corner Kicks

2012

199

Corner Kicks

Alex Zotinca (2006)

12

Cautions

2003

58

Ejections

2011

8

Points

2012

63

Single Game Records (Goalkeepers)

Wins

1997

21

Stat

Player

#

Losses

1999

24

Goals Allowed

Bo Oshoniyi

7

Ties

2005 & 2011

12

Saves

Garth Lagerway (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000 & three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)

9

Shutouts

2000

17

Goals Allowed

1996

63

MINI BIOS

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 5, 2013 vs D.C. United| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

Coaching Staff

Peter Vermes Kerry Zavagnin Zoran Savic Manager Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

John Pascarella Assistant Coach

Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach

#5 | D | Matt Besler Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Notre Dame Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 19, 2012, KC at NY Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 5, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last..

Appearance March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist September 19, 2012, KC at NY 2013 Record when: he starts 2-1-1 he scores 0-0-0 #16 | F | Claudio Bieler Ht: 5-11 Wt. 170 DOB: 03/01/1984 Hometown: Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina Last Club: LDU Quito (Ecuador) Acquired: Signed as Designated Player on 12/18/12

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Assists N/A Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Shots 6, March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Suffered 5, March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Last..

Appearance March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 2-1-0

#9 | F | Teal Bunbury Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 2/17/1990 Hometown: Prior Lake, MN College: Akron Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#4)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COL Assists 1, 6 times, last: August 26, 2012, KC vs NY Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots 7, 3 times, last: July 28, 2012, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 7, August 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Last..

Appearance August 26, 2012, KC vs NY Goal August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Assist August 26, 2012, KC vs NY 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #78 | D | Aurelien Collin Ht: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 03/08/1986 Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, France Last Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 4/15/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 6 times, last: April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assists 1, June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Shots 4, 3 times, last: August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Fouls Committed 6, 2 times, last: June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered 3, 5 times, last: Aug. 18, 2012, KC at TOR Last..

Appearance March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assist June 20, 2012, KC at SEA 2013 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 0-0-0 #11 | M | Bobby Convey Ht: 5-9 Wt. 150 DOB: 5/27/1983 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose 12/02/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Assists 3, 2 times, last: May 8, 2010, SJ vs NY Shots on Goal 4, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Shots 8, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Fouls Committed 5, August 6, 2011, SJ vs POR Fouls Suffered 7, May 3, 2003, DC vs DAL Last..

Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Assist May 19, 2012, KC at COL 2013 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 5, 2013 vs D.C. United| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #4 | D | Kevin Ellis Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 06/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, MO College: Barton County CC Acquired: Signed as Home Grown on 2/18/11

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 Last..

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#24 | D | Mechack Jerome Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 04/21/1990 Hometown: Liancourt, Haiti Previous Club: Orlando City SC Acquired: Signed on 2/28/13

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Shots 2, March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 1, March 23, 2013, KC at NE Fouls Suffered N/A Last..

Appearance March 23, 2013, KC at NE Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-2 he scores 0-0-0

#10 | M | Benny Feilhaber

#19 | M | Peterson Joseph

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 01/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, CA College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with New England Revolution 12/11/12

Ht: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990 Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Last Club: SC Braga (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 9/1/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: June 2, 2012, NE vs CH Assists 2, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Shots on Goal 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 15, 2012, NE at DC Shots 4, 4 times, last: May 12, 2012, NE vs VAN Fouls Committed 5, July 17, 2011, NE vs PHI Fouls Suffered 6, May 12, 2012, NE vs VAN Last..

Appearance March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal June 2, 2012, NE vs CHI Assist March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL 2013 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 0-0-0 #31 | D/M | Josh Gardner Ht: 5-10 Wt. 167 DOB: 09/14/1982 Hometown: Houston, TX College: Cincinnati Last Club: Montreal Impact Acquired: Trade with Montreal Impact 12/5/12

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 27, 2011, CLB at SEA Assists 1, 5 times, last: Aug. 13, 2011, CLB vs NE Shots on Goal 1, 12 times, last: Sept. 24, CLB vs LA Shots 4, Aug. 27, 2011, CLB at SEA Fouls Committed 4, Mar. 10, 2012, MTL at VAN Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 9, 2006, LA at HOU Last..

Appearance October 27, 2012, NE at MTL Goal Aug. 27, 2011, CLB at SEA Assist Aug. 13, 2011, CLB vs NE 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, July, 14, 2012, KC vs CLB Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, 4 times, last: March 23, 2013, KC at NE Fouls Committed 2, July 18, 2012, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 4, October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Last..

Appearance March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal N/A Assist July 14, 2012, KC at CLB 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #18 | GK | Eric Kronberg Ht: 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983 Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA College: California Acquired: ‘06 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round (#40)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Saves 6, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Last..

Appearance Shutout 2013 Record when:

June 12, 2011, KC at DAL June 4, 2011, KC at TOR he starts 0-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 5, 2013 vs D.C. United| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #12 | M | Mikey Lopez Ht: 5-8 Wt. 160 Hometown: Mission, TX College: North Carolina Acquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft

DOB: 02/20/1993

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 Last..

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #27 | D | Kyle Miller Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 5/12/1989 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Rockhurst University Acquired: 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft

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 Last..

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#6 | M | Paulo Nagamura Ht: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 03/02/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Aquired in trade on 11/29/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Assists 1, 15 times, last: Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 4, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LA Fouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Last..

Appearance March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Assist September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR 2013 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 0-0-0

#1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen Ht: 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977 Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark Last Club: Vejle (Denmark) Acquired: Signed 2/15/10

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Saves 7, 3 times, last: June 22, 2011, KC at PHI Last..

Appearance Shutout 2013 Record when:

March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL he starts 2-1-2

#7 | D | Chance Myers

#13 | D | Lawrence Olum

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA College: UCLA Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 7/10/1984 Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya College: Missouri Baptist University Last Club: Orlando City SC (USL PRO) Acquired: Signed 9/15/10

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 10 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Shots on Goal 2, May 3, 2008, KC at CLB Shots 3, June 9, 2011, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Last..

Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal N/A Assist March 2, 2013, KC at PHI 2013 Record when: he starts 2-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 2, June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 1, 8 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHI Fouls Suffered 1, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Last..

Appearance March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 5, 2013 vs D.C. United| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #3 | D | Ike Opara

#22 | F | Soony Saad

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, NC College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with SJ Earthquakes 12/12/12

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 08/17/1992 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan College: Univ. of Michigan Acquired: Weighted Lottery on 07/05/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 3, 2010, SJ vs D.C. Assists N/A Shots on Goal 2, Apr. 17, 2010, SJ vs NE Shots 3, March 23, 2013, KC at NE Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: May 28, 2011, SJ at CHI Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: Aug. 25, 2012, SJ vs COL Last..

Appearance March 23, 2013, KC at NE Goal July 3, 2010, SJ vs D.C. Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0 #37 | F | Jacob Peterson Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana University Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 01/19/2012

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 13 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Assists 1, 11 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 2, 9 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Last..

Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Goal October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Assist June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #20 | F | Oriol Rosell Ht: 6-0 Wt. 168 DOB: 7/7/1992 Hometown: Puig-Reig, Catalonia, Spain Last Club: Barcelona B (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 08/2/2012

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Shots 2, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Committed 2, 3 times, last: March 23, 2013, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Last..

Appearance March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 1-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Assists 1, July 4, 2012, KC at MTL Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: August 4, 2012, KC at NE Shots 2, June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: March 23, 2013, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 3, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Last..

Appearance March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal August 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assist July 4, 2012, KC at MON 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0 #17 | F | C.J. Sapong Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia College: James Madison Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 14 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Assists 1, 8 times, last: March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Shots on Goal 4, September 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Shots 10, September 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 4, March 23, 2013, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 5, March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Last..

Appearance March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Assist March 9, 2013, KC at TOR 2013 Record when: he starts 1-0-2 he scores 0-0-0 #15 | D | Seth Sinovic Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed May 10, 2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 2 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COL Shots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: Aug. 18, 2012, KC at TOR Shots 3, April 17, 2010, NE at SJ Fouls Committed 4, March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Suffered 3, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Last..

Appearance March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal N/A Assist May 19, 2012, KC at COL 2013 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 5, 2013 vs D.C. United| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #88 | M | Michael Thomas Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 1//1987 Hometown: Olathe, Kansas College: Notre Dame Last Club: Ljungskile (Sweden) Acquired: Signed 3/16/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Shots 3, June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Fouls Committed 2, August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Last..

Appearance August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #8 | M | Graham Zusi Ht: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, FL College: Maryland Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHI Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Shots 5, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Suffered 5, March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Last..

Appearance March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Assist March 2, 2013, KC at PHI 2013 Record when: he starts 2-1-1 he scores 2-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 5, 2013 vs D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

ALL-TIME STATISTICS Matt Besler

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

107

102

9261

2

4

27

8

86

54

5

0

12

0

1

3

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

1

0

5

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

112

107

9711

2

4

28

8

91

58

6

0

12

0

1

3

Claudio Bieler

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

5

5

450

3

0

17

6

7

6

5

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

5

5

450

3

0

17

6

7

6

5

0

0

0

1

0

Teal Bunbury

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

77

47

4432

19

6

157

61

82

54

45

5

7

1

5

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

246

2

0

7

3

5

4

1

0

1

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

80

50

4678

21

6

164

64

87

58

46

5

8

1

6

1

Aurelien Collin

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

57

54

4852

6

1

49

13

101

48

9

0

19

1

3

0

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

1

0

6

1

10

1

2

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

62

59

5302

7

1

55

14

111

49

11

0

19

1

4

0

Bobby Convey

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

18

16

1097

1

2

9

3

8

8

0

31

2

0

0

1

MLS - Reg. Season

182

168

14788

12

32

203

91

234

219

41

280

36

2

2

10

KC - Post Season

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Post Season

6

5

451

2

1

7

3

8

8

1

11

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

188

173

15239

14

33

210

94

242

227

42

291

36

2

3

10

Benny Feilhaber

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

5

5

416

0

2

6

2

8

12

0

1

2

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

56

50

4524

5

9

83

29

74

151

2

72

10

2

0

1

Josh Gardner

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

49

38

3359

3

5

42

12

47

24

4

51

4

0

0

2

MLS - Post Season

1

1

90

0

0

2

1

1

2

0

4

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

50

39

3449

3

5

44

13

48

26

4

55

4

0

0

2

Mechack Jerome

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

3

2

181

0

0

2

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

3

2

181

0

0

2

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Peterson Joseph

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

14

4

311

0

1

4

0

8

8

0

1

3

1

0

1

MLS - Post Season

2

1

103

0

0

2

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

16

5

414

0

1

6

0

9

10

0

1

3

1

0

1

Mikey Lopez

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. 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

Kyle Miller

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. 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

Chance Myers

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

92

68

6430

0

10

62

14

93

65

4

4

6

1

0

4

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

0

0

6

6

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

97

73

6880

0

10

62

14

99

71

3

4

7

1

0

4

Paulo Nagamura

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

32

34

2217

1

1

41

7

38

26

1

3

5

0

0

1

MLS - Reg. Season

188

167

14885

10

15

180

57

282

232

5

20

44

2

4

6

MLS - Post Season

10

9

909

0

0

9

5

16

24

1

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

198

176

15794

10

15

189

62

298

256

6

20

48

2

4

6

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 5, 2013 vs D.C. United| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Lawrence Olum

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

23

10

922

0

0

7

0

8

1

1

0

3

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

23

10

922

0

0

7

0

8

1

1

0

3

0

0

0

Ike Opara

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

1

1

90

0

0

3

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

36

23

2252

3

0

24

8

31

17

5

1

2

0

1

0

MLS - Post Season

1

0

78

0

0

1

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

37

23

2330

3

0

25

8

31

18

5

1

2

0

1

0

Jacob Peterson

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

23

9

942

4

1

24

11

7

7

2

0

0

1

1

1

MLS - Reg. Season

161

91

8228

13

11

138

53

52

87

18

60

5

1

4

5

KC - Post Season

1

1

89

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Post Season

4

3

250

0

0

0

0

1

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

165

94

8478

13

11

138

53

53

91

19

60

5

1

4

5

Oriol Rosell

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

10

6

576

2

0

6

2

8

6

0

0

1

0

2

0

MLS - Post Season

1

1

90

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Total

11

7

666

2

0

7

2

9

6

0

0

1

0

2

0

Soony Saad

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

17

3

429

1

1

12

3

8

9

0

7

0

0

0

0

KC - Post Season

2

0

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

19

3

433

1

1

12

3

9

9

0

7

0

0

0

0

C.J. Sapong

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

70

49

4647

14

8

122

51

77

107

23

0

2

0

6

2

KC - Post Season

5

5

440

1

0

13

7

9

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

75

54

5087

15

8

135

58

86

119

23

0

2

0

6

2

Seth Sinovic

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

55

55

4808

0

2

22

3

53

46

2

0

7

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

74

72

6298

0

2

27

4

65

56

2

0

10

0

0

0

KC - Post Season

4

4

360

1

0

2

1

3

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

78

76

6658

1

2

29

5

68

60

2

0

10

0

1

0

Michael Thomas

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

7

3

344

0

0

6

1

6

2

0

1

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

7

3

344

0

0

6

1

6

2

0

1

1

0

0

0

Graham Zusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

100

69

6541

13

25

159

50

88

107

10

288

9

0

5

10

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

3

9

0

12

7

0

20

1

0

0

2

MLS Career - TOTAL

105

74

6991

13

28

168

50

100

114

10

308

10

0

5

12

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 5, 2013 vs D.C. United| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

GOALKEEPING ALL-TIME STATISTICS Jimmy Nielsen

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

99

99

8887

340

243

35

99

1.00

6

8

42

29

27

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

12

8

3

4

0.80

0

0

3

2

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

104

104

9337

352

251

38

103

0.99

6

8

45

31

27

Eric Kronberg

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2

MLS Career - TOTAL

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2

#

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 31 37 78 88

Player

Jimmy Nielsen Yann Songo'o Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Benny Feilhaber Bobby Convey Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Claudio Bieler C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell Jon Kempin Soony Saad Kei Kamara Mechack Jerome Christian Duke Kyle Miller Josh Gardner Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin Michael Thomas 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90F 90F 90F

8

13

63F

90D 90D

1

90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

1

8 27 5 90M 90M 90M 90M 89M

90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 27 45 90F 90F 89F

1

82M 82M 77M 90M 85M 63F 45F

90D 90M 89D 90F

1 2 3 4 5 PHI TOR CHI NE MTL 3-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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

Game Game Game Game Game Game

log: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 03/02/2013 03/09/2013 03/16/2013 03/23/2013 03/30/2013

KC KC KC KC KC

3 1 0 0 2

PHI 1 TOR 2 CHI 0 NE 0 MTL 0

W L T T W 80

66; Bieler 1 (Myers 1, Zusi 2)

5; Zusi 2 (Feilhaber 2)

41; Rosell 1 (Zusi 1) 77

Bieler 3 (Feilhaber 1)

Zusi 1 (unassisted) Bieler 2 (Sapong 1)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY at at vs at vs

83

(1-2-1; 4 pts.)

vs.

(2-1-2; 8 pts.)

APRIL 5, 2013 | SPORTING PARK | 7:30 P.M. CT ROMANTICA 900

PROBABLE STARTING XI Pajoy

Rafael

(4 GP/4 GS; 1G/OA)

(1 GP/1 GS; 1G/OA)

Pontius

(4 GP/4 GS; 0G/1A)

Porter

De Rosario

Kitchen

(2 GP/2 GS; 0G/0A)

Korb

(4 GP/4 GS; 0G/0A)

(3 GP/0 GS; 0G/0A)

(4 GP/4 GS; 0G/0A)

Jakovic

McDonald

(3GP/3 GS; 0G/0A)

(4 GP/4 GS; 0G/0A)

Riley

(4 GP/3 GS; 0G/0A)

Hamid

(4 GP/4 GS; 1.00 GAA; 2 SO)

INJURY REPORT

OUT: Nick DeLeon (R hamstring strain); Lewis Neal (pubic stress reaction); John Thorrington (L MCL strain) QUESTIONABLE: Dwayne De Rosario (R adductor strain)

D.C. UNITED COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS

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(607) 237-3865 (650) 766-5615

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@RyanTronovitch @SarahRLerner

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Opponent (Result) at Houston Dynamo (L 0-2) Real Salt Lake (W 1-0) at New York Red Bulls (T 0-0) Columbus Crew (L 1-2) at Sporting Kansas City New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union at Columbus Crew Houston Dynamo at FC Dallas Sporting Kansas City Portland Timbers at Chicago Fire at New England Revolution Toronto FC San Jose Earthquakes Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Seattle Sounders FC at Colorado Rapids at Chicago Fire New England Revolution Montreal Impact at Philadelphia Union at Montreal Impact Toronto FC at New York Red Bulls at Chivas USA LA Galaxy at New England Revolution at Toronto FC Chicago Fire Philadelphia Union at Sporting Kansas City Houston Dynamo

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GAME NOTES Hamid’s Hot Streak Posting a single-game season-high seven saves in a 0-0 draw with the New York Red Bulls on 3/16 – including a goalline clearance at the death – Hamid was named MLS Player of the Week for Week 3. The clean sheet at Red Bull Arena was Hamid’s second consecutive shutout and two of his saves were nominated for MLS Save of the Week. Hamid had previously collected the accolade in Week 1. The 22year-old netminder has saved 20 of 24 shots on target and is also a joint-best in saves percentage (83.3%) for goalies that have blocked at least 10 shots. Additionally, Hamid is the only goalkeeper who has stopped a penalty kick this season, in eight total attempts across MLS. Lastly, the Annandale, VA native posted the second-longest shutout streak of 2013 thus far, going 196 minutes without conceding a goal.

Immediate Impact Young Designated Player Rafael, 20, went into the D.C. United record books with his game-tying rocket of a goal from 35+ yards out in the 3/23 loss vs. Columbus. Tallying 22 minutes into his inaugural MLS start, Rafael’s strike was the second-quickest goal in club history in a debut start. Only Jaime Moreno notched a faster goal in his first League start when he put the ball in the back of the net four minutes into that game.

Dominant Defense The Black-and-Red owns the second-longest span in MLS without conceding a goal at 196 consecutive minutes, posting back-to-back clean sheets in one home and one away game in that period of time.

Slow Start in 2012 Despite a slow start in the Month of March in 2012 (1-2-1), D.C. United bounced back in the Month of April to go undefeated (3-0-2) and ended up making the playoffs for the first time in five years.

Off the Mark Through five games of 2013, Sporting Kansas City has registered the second-lowest rate of shots on target (24.7% of total shots) in the League. Only the San Jose Earthquakes has hit a smaller percentage of its shots on target (24.2%).

Getting Physical Sporting Kansas City has committed more fouls (78) than any team in MLS except Chivas USA (90).

Kansas City Drought Before its 2-0 win over the Montreal Impact last week, Sporting Kansas City was carrying an almost 200-minute goal-scoring drought, the fifth-longest stretch in MLS 2013.

Evenly Matched In 45 all-time regular-season meetings between D.C. United and Sporting Kansas City, the clubs have evenly split their match-ups (18-18-9). Last season, United dropped both games to Kansas City, with scores of 1-0 and 2-1.

Top Eastern Conference Sides Sporting Kansas City and D.C. United finished first and second in the Eastern Conference, respectively, in 2012.

United advanced to the Eastern Conference finals while Sporting was eliminated by the Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Strike Success vs. Sporting Kansas City D.C. United has tallied 61 goals all-time against Sporting Kansas City, only scoring more against the New York Red Bulls (116), New England Revolution (87), Columbus Crew (81) and Chicago Fire (62).

Going Up Early D.C. United will be looking to continue its first half scoring streak that saw them boast a perfect 7-0-0 mark in 2012 when leading its opponent at halftime.

Brazilians on the Black-and-Red The recent signing of Brazilian talent Rafael, 20, makes him the youngest current (Young) Designated Player (DP) in the League and the second-youngest DP signing in League history. Rafael brings United’s total of Brazilian players to three – alongside Raphael Augusto and Marcelo Saragosa – tying the League lead for most players from the South American country with the 2012 MLS Cup winner LA Galaxy.

Four sent to Richmond As a part of D.C. United’s landmark affiliation with USL PRO side the Richmond Kickers, the club on 3/19 sent defender/midfielder Taylor Kemp, forward Michael Seaton, midfielder Conor Shanosky and forward Casey Townsend there on a season-long loan.

MILESTONES Winning History D.C. United is one of Major League Soccer’s most storied clubs. The club has won four MLS Cups (1996, 1997, 1999, 2004), four Supporters’ Shields for putting together the best regular season record four times (1997, 1999, 2006, 2007), two U.S. Open Cup titles (1996, 2008) and two international trophies – the CONCACAF Champions Cup and InterAmerican Cup, both in 1998.

De Rosario catching Twellman United captain Dwayne De Rosario is one goal away from tying Taylor Twellman’s mark (101) as MLS’ sixth all-time leading-scorer. De Rosario is also one game-winning goal away from tying Twellman for fifth all-time in the category. De Rosario saw his first action of 2013 against the New York Red Bulls last Saturday after sitting out the first two games due to suspension.

One Win Shy of 300 If D.C. United claims victory tonight over the Columbus Crew, then it will be the club’s 300th win across all competitions, making the Black-and-Red the second team in MLS history to achieve the mark. The LA Galaxy was the first team in MLS to achieve 300 victories.

Best of the Best D.C. United is the only club in MLS to feature three current players who have won the MLS All-Star MVP award – Carlos Ruiz (2003), Dwayne De Rosario (2006), and Chris Pontius (2012).

Young League, Younger Talent On January 14, Homegrown player Michael Seaton, 16, became MLS’ first-ever signing to be born after the League’s inception in 1996.

Best of the Best D.C. United is the only club in MLS to feature three current players who have won the MLS All-Star MVP award – Carlos Ruiz (2003), Dwayne De Rosario (2006), and Chris Pontius (2012).

Multi-Goal Magicians D.C. United forward Carlos Ruiz is currently tied with Blackand-Red legend Jamie Moreno for the fourth most multi-goal games in MLS history (17). Ruiz would hold the fourth most multi-goal games (outright) if he scores two or more goals in the next match. Additionally, Dwayne De Rosario is currently tied with Juan Pablo Angel for eighth most multi-goal games and would move to seventh if he can find the net two or more times in the next match.

Ruiz Looking to Eclipse Lassiter United forward Carlos Ruiz is one goal away from being MLS’ ninth (outright) leading-scorer all time, currently tied for ninth with Roy Lassiter on the list with 88 goals. Ruiz is also third all-time in goals scored among active players, with teammate Dwayne De Rosario as the leader in the category with 100 goals.

D.C. UNITED-SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYER CONNECTIONS Dwayne De Rosario & Matt Besler • Besler (and teammate Graham Zusi) competed with the U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) in a friendly against De Rosario (along United’s Dejan Jakovic and Kyle Porter) and the Canada Men’s National Team on 1/29. The two countries tied 0-0. & Jacob Peterson • Peterson and De Rosario played together for Toronto FC from 2010-11. Toronto FC finished 5th in the Eastern Conference in 2010, and 8th in 2011, though neither player finished 2011 in Toronto. & Graham Zusi • Zusi (and teammate Matt Besler) and the USMNT played De Rosario (and United’s Jakovic and Porter) and the Canada Men’s National Team to a 0-0 tie in a friendly on 1/29 in Houston, TX. Both De Rosario and Zusi started the match.

• Dejan Jakovic & Matt Besler • Besler (and teammate Graham Zusi) and the USMNT faced Jakovic (along with teammates De Rosario and Porter) and the Canada Men’s National Team, playing to a 0-0 draw in a friendly on 1/29 in Houston, Texas. Besler and Jakovic have also met in college. Besler and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish played Jakovic and the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) on 8/25/06. Jakovic’s UAB beat No. 10 Notre Dame 1-0 and both Besler and Jakovic both started the match. & Eric Kronberg • Kronberg and Jakovic met during collegiate play on 9/24/05. Kronberg and the University of California beat Jakovic and UAB 3-1. Both Kronberg and Jakovic started the match. & Graham Zusi • Zusi (and teammate Matt Besler) and the USMNT faced Jakovic (and United’s De Rosario and Porter) and the Canada Men’s National Team. The two countries played to a 0-0 tie in a friendly on 1/29/13 in Houston, TX. Perry Kitchen & Soony Saad • Kitchen (and teammate Chris Korb) and the Akron Zips hosted Saad and the Michigan Wolverines on 10/29/10, seeing Michigan receive a thrashing in a game that ended 7-1 in favor of the Zips. Saad scored the Wolverine’s lone goal. The two would meet later in the semifinal round of the NCAA College Cup. Kitchen scored the match equalizer, eventually seeing the Zips go on to win the game 2-1.

Chris Korb & Matt Besler • Besler’s (and SKC teammate Michael Thomas’s) Notre Dame and Korb’s Akron met on 8/29/08. The Zips blanked the Fighting Irish, winning 3-0. Both Besler and Korb started as defenders for that match. & Teal Bunbury • Bunbury and Korb were teammates at the University of Akron from 2008-09. Korb, a defender, and Bunbury, a forward, saw the Zips to a 17-2-4 record in 2008 and a 23-0-2 record in 2009. & Soony Saad • Saad and Korb (along with United teammate Perry Kitchen) faced each other twice in 2010. The first meeting was on 10/29/10. The Akron Zips emerged victorious by a score line of 7-1. Korb assisted Akron’s third goal, while Saad scored Michigan’s only goal. The second time the Zips played the Wolverines was in the semifinal game of the 2010 NCAA College Cup. The Zips won 2-1 and would go on to win the College Cup Championship.

& Michael Thomas • Thomas (and Sporting Kansas City’s Besler) and the Fighting Irish played Korb and the Akron Zips on 8/29/08. Thomas, like Besler and Korb, also started this match. The Zips won 3-0 in Bloomington, IN. Brandon McDonald & Bobby Convey • Convey and McDonald played for the San Jose Earthquakes from 2009-11, where they reached the MLS playoff semifinals in 2010. McDonald made 53 appearances, while Convey made 75. They both scored three goals during their time at San Jose. & Chance Myers • Myers and McDonald met twice in collegiate play. Myers and the UCLA Bruins first faced McDonald and the University of San Francisco Dons on 9/17/06, seeing UCLA win 2-0. The second meeting saw another UCLA victory, this time by a score of 1-0; Myers had the lone goal. & Ike Opara • Opara and McDonald played together for the San Jose Earthquakes from 2010-11. Like teammate Bobby Convey and United’s McDonald, Opara tallied three goals while at San Jose.

Chris Pontius & Eric Kronberg • Kronberg and the University of California Golden Bears played Pontius’ University of California, Santa Barbara Gauchos on 9/2/05. Cal defeated UCSB 2-0. Kronberg started the match, while then-freshman Pontius did not. & Ike Opara • Opara’s Wake Forest University met Pontius’ UCSB on 9/21/08. The Demon Deacons crushed the Gauchos 6-2. Both Opara and Pontius netted a goal during the game.

Kyle Porter & Matt Besler • Besler (and teammate Graham Zusi) competed with the U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) in a friendly against Porter (along United’s De Rosario and Jakovic) and the Canada Men’s National Team on 1/29. The two countries tied 0-0. & Graham Zusi • Zusi (and teammate Matt Besler) and the USMNT faced Porter (and United’s De Rosario and Jakovic) and the Canada Men’s National Team. The two countries played to a 0-0 tie in a friendly on 1/29in Houston, TX. Marcos Sánchez & Teal Bunbury • Bunbury (and teammate Graham Zusi) and the USMNT took on Sánchez’s Panama National Team on 1/25/12 in a friendly in Panama City, Panama. Bunbury assisted Sporting Kansas City teammate Zusi’s goal for a 1-0 victory over Panama. & Graham Zusi • Zusi scored the lone goal (off of an assist from Sporting Kansas City teammate Teal Bunbury) in the USMNT’s 1-0 win over Sánchez’s Panama Men’s National Team in a friendly on 1/25/12.

Marcelo Saragosa & Josh Gardner • Gardner and Saragosa were teammates on the LA Galaxy from 2004-06. Gardner featured in 21 games for the Galaxy, while Saragosa made 40 appearances. Both midfielders tallied one goal during their time with LA.

& Paulo Nagamura • Both Nagamura and Saragosa played for the LA Galaxy from 2005-06. The pair of Brazilians saw the Galaxy to an MLS Cup in 2005. Nagamura and Saragosa were also teammates at Chivas USA from 2009-10.

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Name James Riley Robbie Russell Brandon McDonald Dejan Jakovic Alam Syamsir Dwayne De Rosario John Thorrington Rafael Marcelo Saragosa Raphael Augusto Chris Pontius Ethan White Casey Townsend Conor Shanosky Nick DeLeon Kyle Porter Carlos Ruiz Daniel Woolard Chris Korb Perry Kitchen Lewis Neal Marcos Sanchez Lionard Pajoy Bill Hamid Michael Seaton Joe Willis Taylor Kemp Andrew Dykstra Name Raphael Augusto Nick DeLeon Dwayne De Rosario Andrew Dykstra Bill Hamid Dejan Jakovic Taylor Kemp Perry Kitchen Chris Korb Brandon McDonald Lewis Neal Lionard Pajoy Chris Pontius Kyle Porter Rafael James Riley Carlos Ruiz Robbie Russell Marcos Sanchez Marcelo Saragosa Michael Seaton Conor Shanosky Alam Syamsir John Thorrington Casey Townsend Ethan White Joe Willis Daniel Woolard

Pos. D D D D M M M F M M M/F D F D/M M M F D D M M M F GK F GK D GK Age 21 21 34 26 21 27 22 20 24 26 30 31 25 23 20 30 33 32 23 30 16 20 20 33 23 21 23 27

Ht. 5-10 6-2 6-1 6-2 5-8 5-10 5-8 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-4 5-10 6-0 5-9 5-10 5-9 6-0 5-11 5-7 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-5 5-11 6-4

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Wt. 150 205 185 178 148 164 150 179 175 170 168 183 161 185 170 160 180 155 160 160 155 154 185 225 180 190 153 195

DOB 10-27-82 7-16-79 1-16-86 7-16-85 7-6-92 5-15-78 10-17-79 7-13-92 1-22-82 3-6-91 5-12-87 1-1-91 7-7-89 12-13-91 7-17-90 1-19-90 9-15-79 5-22-84 10-8-87 2-29-92 7-14-81 12-23-89 6-7-81 11-25-90 5-1-96 8-10-88 7-23-90 1-2-86

Hometown Colorado Springs, CO Amherst, MA Phoenix, AZ Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada Jakarta, Indonesia Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Johannesburg, South Africa Água Boa, Minas Gerais Brazil Campo Grande, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Yorba Linda, CA Kensington, MD Traverse City, MI Sterling, VA Phoenix, AZ Toronto, Canada Guatemala City, Guatemala Bedford, TX Gates Mills, OH Indianapolis, IN Leicester, England Stadt, Panama Norte de Santander, Colombia Annandale, VA Capitol Heights, MD St. Louis, MO Highlands Ranch, CO Woodbridge, VA

College Wake Forest Duke University University of San Francisco University of Alabama-Birmingham ------------------------------University of California-Santa Bárbara University of Maryland University of Maryland -----University of Louisville ----------Midwestern State University University of Akron University of Akron -------------------------University of Denver University of Maryland Virginia Commonwealth University

2013 D.C. United Alphabetical Roster

Pronunciation Aug-oo-sto de-le-ON DAY-row SAR-ee-oh DYKE-strah Ah-meed DAY-on YA-ko-vich Kemp kitch-in CORB MAC-donald neal pa-hoy PON-tee-us Porter ra-fai-al ry-lee Roo-eez Russ-el San-chez sarah-GO-sa Sea-ton shan-OSCK-kee Al-um Thorring-ton Town-send white willis wull-ERD

Birthplace Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Phoenix, Arizona Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Honolulu, HI Annandale, VA Karlovac, Croatia Highlands Ranch, CO Indianapolis, IN Cleveland, OH Glendale, AZ Leicester, England Norte de Santander, Colombia West Covina, CA Toronto, Canada Água Boa, Minas Gerais Brazil Colorado Springs, CO Guatemala City, Guatemala Accra, Ghana Stadt, Panama Campo Grande, Brazil Spanish Town, Jamaica Pittsburgh, PA Jakarta, Indonesia Johannesburg, South África Traverse City, MI Kensington, MD St. Louis, MO Bedford, TX

Previous Club Fluminense University of Louisville New York Red Bulls Charleston Battery (USL Pro) D.C. United Academy Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) University of Maryland University of Akron University of Akron San Jose Earthquakes Orlando City (USL Pro) Philadelphia Union Univ. of California-Santa Barbara FC Edmonton Bahia Chivas USA Veracruz (Mexico) Real Salt Lake Tauro FC (Panama) South Brazil D.C. United Academy D.C. United Academy C.S. Visé (Belgium) Vancouver Whitecaps FC Chivas USA University of Maryland University of Denver Carolina RailHawks (NASL)

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2013 D.C. UNITED TRANSACTIONS

Rafael Teixeira de Souza acquired on loan as a Young Designated Player from Brazilian Serie A club Bahia Michael Seaton signed as a Homegrown player 2013 MLS SUPERDRAFT Taylor Kemp (first round/17th overall) 1/21 John Thorrington signed after being selected in Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft 1/22 2012 MLS SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT Evan Raynr (second round/36th overall) 1/25 Alam Syamsir signed on loan from C.S. Vise (Belgium) 1/25 Casey Townsend acquired from Chivas USA in exchange for a 2014 second-round MLS SuperDraft pick 1/30 Andy Najar transferred to R.S.C. Anderlecht (Belgium) 2/14 James Riley acquired via trade from Chivas USA in exchange for a 2015 second round Supplemental Draft Pick 2/20 Carlos Ruiz selected via MLS allocation process 2/26 Marcos Sánchez signed on one-year loan from Tauro FC 2/27 Lance Rozeboom and Hamdi Salihi depart club 2/28 Kyle Porter acquired from Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for a second round pick in the 2014 Supplemental Draft.

3/19 Taylor Kemp, Michael Seaton, Conor Shanosky and Casey Townsend sent out on season-long loans to the Richmond Kickers (USL-PRO)

D.C. UNITED MINI-BIOS

2 | James Riley (@JamesRiley) Riley joined D.C. United on 2/14/13 from Chivas USA. The defender started all 32 games in which he appeared in 2012, tying goalkeeper Dan Kennedy for the most minutes played with 2,880.

Last game: Started and went 81 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew on 3/23.

3 | Robbie Russell (@RobbieRussell03) Russell is one of the few United players with an MLS Cup under his belt and will use his veteran experiences to help lead the team. Russell made an impact during his first season with the Black-and-Red, appearing in 19 games (16 starts), netting one goal and logging 1,355 minutes. The defender also added a game-winning, series-clinching assist in Leg 2 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals against New York.

Last game: Has not yet seen time on the field in 2013.

4 | Brandon McDonald (@BMcDonald4) “Ironman” Brandon McDonald started 33 of the Black-and-Red’s 34 games in 2012, setting a new team record for minutes played (2,963).

McDonald also earned United’s Defender of the Year Award, but also produced offensively with two goals and four assists.

Last game: Started and went 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew on 3/23.

5 | Dejan Jakovic (@DejanJakovic) Completing a successful 4th season with the club, Jakovic started 21 games and featured in 23, marking his 80th match with United. The center back has started 77 games for United, logging 6,879 minutes.

Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 0-0 draw against the New York Red Bulls on 3/16.

6 | Alam Syamsir (@syamsiralam) United signed Alam on loan on 1/25/13. Alam played for Club Atlético Peñarol of the Uruguayan Primera División as well as spending time with Dutch sides SC Heerenveen and Vitesse Arnhem, both of the Eredivisie, before coming to United from C.S. Visé of Belgium.

Last game: Has not yet seen time on the field in 2013.

7 | Dwayne De Rosario (@dwaynederosario) De Rosario added another record-breaking year to add to his impressive MLS career. The Black-and-Red captain notched his 100th MLS goal, an accomplishment only six others can boast. De Rosario played 26 games for United, starting all but one of those matches. The Canadian goalscorer finished with seven goals and a team-best 12 assists, despite missing the remaining seven games due to injury.

Last game: Started and went 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew on 3/23.

8 | John Thorrington Thorrington started 14 games for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in 2012, featuring in 19. The veteran midfielder finished with one assist last year and logged over 1,000 minutes. United acquired Thorrington in Stage-2 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft on 12/14/12.

Last game: Started and played 75 minutes before coming off the field due to injury in a 1-0 win against Real Salt Lake on 3/9.

9 | Rafael Rafael signed with United on 1/9/13 on loan from Bahia of Brazil’s ‘Serie A’ as a Young Designated Player in the League. The strong Brazilian forward – currently the League’s youngest DP – scored 10 goals in 36 first-team appearances for Bahia last season.

Last game: Logged his first inaugural MLS start and scored his first goal in a 70-minute appearance in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew on 3/23.

11 | Marcelo Saragosa (@MarceloSaragosa) Saragosa, a veteran midfielder, became a steadying force for United towards the end of last season, stepping up when playoffs were on the line. Starting nine of the Black-and-Red’s last 11 games, the Brazilian midfielder tallied one goal and one assist.

Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 0-0 draw with the New York Red Bulls on 3/16.

12 | Raphael Augusto Augusto saw his first MLS minutes in the first leg of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Houston Dynamo. The dynamic midfielder subbed in for an injured Saragosa, a fellow Brazilian, in the 40th minute.

Last game: Has not yet seen time on the field in 2013.

13 | Chris Pontius (@ChrisPontius13) Pontius is currently United’s longest tenured player and finished an impressive 2012 with 12 goals and four assists. Pontius was named to his first ever MLS Best XI and was also awarded the club’s Volkswagen MVP, Volkswagen Fan’s Choice Award, Volkswagen Goal of the Year, the Golden Boot and was runner up for MLS Comeback Player of the Year.

Last game: Started and went 90 minutes, tallying an assist, in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew on 3/23.

15 | Ethan White (@EthanWhite15) White, a D.C. United Homegrown product, signed with the Black-andRed after two years at the University of Maryland. The defender logged close to 2,000 minutes for United in 2011, starting 21 of the 24 games in which he featured. White did not log regular season minutes in 2012, but played all 120 minutes of the third-round match of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against the Richmond Kickers.

Last game: Has not yet seen time on the field in 2013.

16 | Casey Townsend Townsend, selected by Chivas USA in the first round (5th overall) at the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, started 10 of the 17 games in which he featured as a rookie. Finishing with one goal and two assists, the University of Maryland product was acquired by United on 1/25/13. On 3/19, the club announced he was one of four players sent on season-long loan to the Richmond Kickers (USL PRO).

Last game: Has not yet seen time on the field in 2013.

17 | Conor Shanosky (@ConorShanosky17) A Virginia native, Shanosky went on a season-long loan to the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League. Logging the second-highest number of minutes played (2,232), Shanosky became a critical piece of the Strikers’ midfield. On 3/19, the club announced he was one of four players sent on season-long loan to the Richmond Kickers (USL PRO).

Last game: Has not yet seen time on the field in 2013.

18 | Nick DeLeon (@NickDeLeon7) A 2012 MLS Rookie of the Year finalist, DeLeon had an inaugural MLS campaign to remember, finishing with six goals – breaking the club’s rookie goal-scoring record – and four assists. The former University of Louisville standout also notched two critical goals in the playoffs, including the game-winner against New York in Leg 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. In total, DeLeon featured in 28 matches, starting 25, and logged 2,175 minutes.

Last game: Started and went 31 minutes before leaving the field due to injury in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew on 3/23.

19 | Kyle Porter (@KylePorter19) Finishing the season as the second leading goal scorer with 12 goals for North American Soccer League side FC Edmonton, the Canadian made 54 appearances for the club, logging 3,399 minutes of play and registering two assists. D.C. United signed Porter on 2/28/13 after a standout pre-season trial.

Last game: Subbed in for Nick DeLeon and played 59 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew on 3/23.

20 | Carlos Ruiz The past MLS MVP, MLS Cup winner and MLS Cup MVP joined United on 2/20/13 via the MLS allocation process. The former Guatemalan captain has led the league in scoring twice (2002 and 2003), is currently the 9th (tied) All- Time Leading Goal scoring in MLS (3rd among active players), and is the league’s All-Time Leading Scorer in playoffs (16).

Last game: Subbed in for James Riley and played nine minutes in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew on 3/23.

21 | Daniel Woolard (@Woolard21) Woolard, a staple of United’s backline, started 20 of his 20 games played last season. The outside back tallied one goal, two assists and logged 1,754 minutes before his season was cut short due to a concussion.

Last game: Started and went 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew on 3/23.

22 | Chris Korb Korb, a University of Akron product, had a consistent and noteworthy sophomore campaign. The defender logged over 2,050 minutes, starting 22 of the 26 games in which he featured. Korb registered three assists on the year, one of which set-up Lewis Neal for a playoff-clinching goal on 10/20/12 against the Columbus Crew.

Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 0-0 draw against the New York Red Bulls on 3/16.

23 | Perry Kitchen (@PerryKitchen23) Coming off a campaign that saw Kitchen a Rookie of the Year Finalist, the Indianapolis native continued to impress in 2012. Starting all 32 games in which he featured, the 21-year-old controlled the center of the midfield all season. Registering one assist and logging an incredible 2,804 minutes, Kitchen finished just one minute shy of the club’s previous single-season record (2,805), set by Jeff Agoos in 1996.

Last game: Started and went 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew on 3/23.

24 | Lewis Neal In his first season with the Black-and-Red, Neal found the net twice and assisted once. Appearing in 18 games and starting seven, the experienced midfielder logged 717 minutes overall. Neal scored the game-winner against Columbus on 10/20/12 that earned D.C. its first playoff berth in five years.

Last game: Subbed in for Rafael and played 20 minutes in a 2-1 loss to the Columbus Crew on 3/23.

25 | Marcos Sánchez Singed on loan from Tauro FC (Panama) on 2/26/13, the Panamanian international joins the Black-and Red on a one-year loan after an impressive pre-season trial. Sanchez, 23, has made 18 appearances (12 starts) for his country, tallying two goals. Most recently, the young midfielder assisted on a goal during United’s 2-0 pre-season win over the Philadelphia Union.

Last game: Came on as a substitute for Dwayne De Rosario in the 76th minute in a 0-0 draw with the New York Red Bulls on 3/16.

26 | Lionard Pajoy Acquired from the Philadelphia Union, Pajoy joined D.C. midway through the 2012 season. Pajoy immediately made an impact, starting all 12 of United’s remaining regular season games, as well as all four playoff matches. Finishing the year with three goals and one assist, Pajoy logged close to 1,000 minutes with the Black-and-Red. Last game: Started and went 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew on 3/23.

28 | Bill Hamid (@BillHamid28) Signed as a Homegrown Player in 2009, Hamid commanded his net with a saves percentage of 77.9%, the best among all MLS goalkeepers in 2012. Starting all 24 games in which he played, the Virginia native set his own career highs with eight shutouts, a goals allowed per game average of 1.03, 88 saves and 13 wins.

Last game: Went 90 minutes – making seven saves – in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew on 3/23 29 | Michael Seaton (@MichaelSeatonn) Seaton, United’s 5th Homegrown Player to sign with the First team, joined D.C. on 1/14/13. Seaton, 16, was the leading scorer for D.C. United’s U-15 Academy and the co-leading scorer for the U-16 Academy with twelve goals. On 3/19, the club announced he was one of four players sent on season-long loan to the Richmond Kickers (USL PRO).

Last game: Has not yet seen time on the field in 2013.

31 | Joe Willis Willis started 10 matches in 2012, finishing the season with 11 total appearances. Registering two clean sheets, the goalkeeper recorded 31 saves on the year. The Missouri native logged 972 minutes in 2012 with the Black-and-Red and made a save on a re-taken penalty kick against New York in Leg 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

Last game: Has not yet seen time on the field in 2013.

33 | Taylor Kemp (@TKemp02) Kemp joined D.C. United as the 17th overall pick in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. A University of Maryland product, Kemp received second-team-All-ACC honors as a senior captain. The lefty was sidelined due to an injury, but still finished the year with six assists in only 10 matches. On 3/19, the club announced he was one of four players sent on season-long loan to the Richmond Kickers (USL PRO).

Last game: Has not yet seen time on the field in 2013.

50 | Andrew Dykstra Dykstra spent the better part of his 2012 campaign on loan with USLPRO side Charleston Battery. The goalkeeper made 23 appearances for Charleston and led the team to a USL-PRO title with a 12-6-2 record.

Last game: Has not yet seen time on the field in 2013.

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