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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v REAL SALT LAKE (April 11, Sporting Park; 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2015 SEASON RECORDS

ROSTERS

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

4 2-0-2 8 6 4 2 1-0-1 4 1 0

Marin

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (17 meetings): Sporting 8 wins, 23 goals … Real 5 wins, 20 goals … Ties 4

Opara

Besler

Anibaba

71 de Jong

16 Carrasco

AT KANSAS CITY (9 meetings): Sporting 5 wins, 12 goals … Real 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 3

Feilhaber

Espinoza

Peterson

LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/5: KC 0, RSL 0

94 Medranda

14 Dwyer

UPCOMING MATCHES REAL SPORTING Sat. Apr. 18 Vancouver Sat. Apr. 18 at Los Angeles Sat. Apr. 25 at New England Sat. Apr. 25 at Houston Fri. May 1 San Jose Sun. May 3 Chicago Wed. May 6 Los Angeles Sat. May 9 at D.C. United

13 Garcia

F 6 75

F 6 60

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

Mulholland

Beckerman

REAL

A 6 75

Mansally

A 4 90

3 0 3 0

3 0 1 0

1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0

2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

2 2 2

1 3 0

TYPE OF PLAY

2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1

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

3 2 1

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. AR1 (bench): Greg Barkey; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Chris Penso DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none

none

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

THE LAST TIME SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 4/05/2015 KC 3, PHI 2 3/28/2015 KC 1, NYC 0 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2 3/14/2015 KC 1, DAL 3 3/21/2015 KC 0, POR 0 3/28/2015 KC 1, NYC 0 3/21/2015 KC 0, POR 0

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

TLTWW TTWW

Olave

REAL SALT LAKE 1 Eduardo Fernandez (GK) 2 Tony Beltran (DF) 3 Phanuel Kavita (DF) 4 Jamison Olave (DF) 5 Kyle Beckerman (MF) 6 Boyd Okwuonu (DF) 7 Jordan Allen (DF) 8 Joao Plata (FW) 10 Luis Gil (MF) 11 Javier Morales (MF) 12 Elias Vasquez (DF) 13 Olmes Garcia (FW) 14 Justen Glad (DF) 15 Alvaro Saborio (FW) 16 Wellington Paeckart (MF) 17 Demar Phillips (DF) 18 Nick Rimando (GK) 19 Luke Mulholland (MF) 21 Aaron Maund (DF) 23 Sebastian Jaime (FW) 24 Jeff Attinella (GK) 26 Adolfo Ovalle (MF) 27 John Stertzer (MF) 28 Chris Schuler (DF) 29 Abdoulie Mansally (DF) 49 Devon Sandoval (FW) 50 Sebastian Saucedo (DF)

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

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

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

Beltran

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC RSL

Rimando

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

4 0 1 1

28 Schuler

HOW SCORED

1 1 4 0

7 Allen

11 Morales

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

Saborio

SPORTING KC 1 Luis Marin (GK) 2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Krisztian Nemeth (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Bernardo Anor (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Amadou Dia (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Servando Carrasco (MF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 18 James Rogers (FW) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 71 Marcel de Jong (DF) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF)

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

REAL SALT LAKE Date Score (Gms since) 3/29/2015 RSL 2, TOR 1 4/05/2015 RSL 1, SJ 0 6/07/2014 RSL 1, POR 3 10/05/2014 RSL 0, CHV 1 3/14/2015 RSL 3, PHI 3 4/05/2015 RSL 1, SJ 0 3/07/2015 RSL 0, POR 0

(0) (0) (12) (3) (2) (0) (3)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 2 Opara A: 4 Feilhaber SHT: 17 Dwyer SOG: 7 Dwyer FC: 8 Dwyer/Nagamura FS: 17 Dwyer OF: 2 Dwyer/Nemeth C: 1 6 players tied E: 1 Besler REAL G: 2 Morales A: 3 Morales SHT: 10 Garcia SOG: 3 Garcia/Morales FC: 8 Garcia/Mansally FS: 13 Morales OF: 4 Saborio C: 2 3 players tied E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 5 1 3 0 1 0 6 1.20 RSL 4 1 1 1 1 0 6 1.50 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 5 2 1 1 1 0 6 1.20 RSL 4 2 1 0 1 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 1 1 1 0 2 RSL 6 0 1 2 1 0 2 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 6 1 2 0 2 1 0 RSL 4 0 0 2 1 0 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v REAL SALT LAKE (April 11, Sporting Park; 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 52)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 CAREER Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A No. Player 1 Luis Marin GK 6-2 196 05/18/1983 Santiago, Chile 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 5 5 2 0 61 44 8 0 DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 1 1 0 0 23 18 0 3 4 Kevin Ellis 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 4 4 0 2 154 149 2 9 MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 4 3 0 0 226 204 12 19 6 Paulo Nagamura 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 0 0 0 0 123 98 2 13 MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 4 4 0 0 152 119 22 39 8 Graham Zusi 9 Krisztian Nemeth FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5 5 0 4 115 103 12 23 10 Benny Feilhaber 11 Bernardo Anor MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 4 1 0 0 75 49 12 3 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 12 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 5 5 1 0 55 43 25 3 14 Dom Dwyer 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 3 2 0 0 136 132 0 7 Servando Carrasco MF 5-10 175 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 3 2 0 0 62 33 1 1 16 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 James Rogers FW 5-8 150 06/27/1993 Yoyah, Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 22 Connor Hallisey MF 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 3 3 1 0 115 110 5 6 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 4 4 1 1 117 97 3 12 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 29 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 4 1 0 0 203 115 15 14 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 71 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 94 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 3 3 0 0 9 4 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

L59 11/21/1966 W78 T46

REAL SALT LAKE 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Eduardo Fernandez GK 6-3 170 12/16/1992 Guadalajara, Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Tony Beltran DF 5-8 150 10/11/1987 Whittier, CA 4 4 0 0 168 155 0 6 DF 6-1 184 03/09/1993 Congo DR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Phanuel Kavita 4 Jamison Olave DF 6-3 210 04/21/1981 Medellin, Colombia 4 4 1 0 181 178 15 3 MF 5-11 165 04/23/1982 Crofton, MD 4 4 0 0 357 328 35 46 5 Kyle Beckerman DF 5-9 170 02/24/1993 Edmond, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Boyd Okwuonu 7 Jordan Allen DF 5-11 160 04/25/1995 Rochester, NY 4 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 8 Joao Plata FW 5-2 135 03/01/1992 Guayaquil, Ecuador 0 0 0 0 91 71 20 19 MF 5-10 155 11/14/1993 Garden Grove, CA 3 2 0 0 113 75 10 8 10 Luis Gil 11 Javier Morales MF 5-9 150 01/10/1980 Buenos Aires, Argentina 4 4 2 3 189 174 39 68 Elias Vasquez DF 5-11 170 06/18/1992 Guatemala City, Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 13 Olmes Garcia FW 6-0 175 10/21/1992 Barranquilla, Colombia 4 4 0 1 51 24 8 5 14 Justen Glad DF 6-0 145 02/28/1997 Pasadena, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Alvaro Saborio FW 6-0 170 03/25/1982 San Carlos, Costa Rica 3 3 1 0 116 102 61 13 Wellington Paeckart MF 5-6 152 05/02/1989 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 17 Demar Phillips DF 5-6 140 09/23/1983 Kingston, Jamaica 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 18 Nick Rimando GK 5-9 185 06/17/1979 Montclair, CA 3 3 0 0 373 373 0 7 19 Luke Mulholland MF 5-9 150 08/07/1988 Preston, England 4 2 1 0 35 26 7 7 Aaron Maund DF 6-1 180 09/19/1990 Dorchester, MA 0 0 0 0 24 17 0 0 21 23 Sebastian Jaime FW 5-11 160 01/30/1987 La Plata, Argentina 3 3 0 0 9 6 0 0 24 Jeff Attinella GK 6-2 190 09/29/1988 Clearwater, FL 1 1 0 0 16 15 0 0 27 John Stertzer MF 6-0 170 10/04/1990 Fairfax, VA 2 0 0 0 13 3 0 0 Chris Schuler DF 6-4 185 09/09/1987 St. Louis, MO 4 4 0 0 79 71 5 2 28 29 Abdoulie Mansally DF 5-10 160 01/27/1989 Banjul, Gambia 4 3 0 0 123 69 7 7 49 Devon Sandoval FW 6-1 185 06/16/1991 Albuquerque, NM 3 1 0 0 35 18 3 1 50 Sebastian Saucedo FW 5-7 145 01/22/1997 San Fernando Valley, CA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Jeff Cassar

02/02/1974 W17 L8 T13

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs REAL SALT LAKE SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. April 11, 2015 (WEEK 6, MLS Game #52) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38; KMYU-12) The MLS Cup finalists just two seasons ago, Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake meet for the only time during the league campaign when the clubs clash Saturday evening at Sporting Park. SKC have won back-to-back matches, their last win an historic comeback in stoppage time to take a 3-2 home triumph against Philadelphia Union last Sunday. Real are still undefeated on the season following their second win on the trot, a 1-0 win at the San Jose Earthquakes last Sunday. REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. AR1 (bench): Greg Barkey; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Chris Penso MLS Career: 111 games; FC/gm: 25.2; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 36; pens: 28 SUSPENDED: none DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (17 meetings): Sporting 8 wins, 23 goals … Real 5 wins, 20 goals … Ties 4 AT KANSAS CITY (9 meetings): Sporting 5 wins, 12 goals … Real 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 3 LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/5: KC 0, RSL 0  This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.  MLS Cup 2013 opponents, the clubs reached a scoreless draw in their lone meeting a year ago, April 5 at Sporting Park.  Real have never won at Sporting Park, in four meetings lifetime, including MLS Cup 2013. RSL last won in Kansas City in 2009 (at CommunityAmerica Ballpark). Sporting won on their last trip to Utah, in 2013.  Coaches record: Jeff Cassar vs. KC: P1 W0 L0 D1 … Peter Vermes vs. RSL: P8 W3 L3 D2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City won for the second consecutive match in historic fashion, grabbing two goals in stoppage time for a 3-2 victory against Philadelphia Union on Sunday afternoon at Sporting Park. Sporting are in a tie for third place in the Western Conference with 8 points from 5 matches. LAST MATCH  The visitors took the lead after just three minutes. An in-swinging corner kick came in from the right of the SKC goal and the ball bounced off Sporting winger Jacob Peterson's shoulder and into the goalmouth, just crossing the line.  But SKC drew level in the 16th minute. Union goalkeeper Rais Mbolhi collided with a teammate while trying to track down Benny Feilhaber's corner to the back post, and Dom Dwyer was there to head home the equalizer.  Union took the lead just three minutes from another set piece goal. This time it was Fernando Aristeguieta sending home a long header of a Sebastien Le Toux free kick, bouncing it off the right post and into the back of the net.  Sporting still had the final answer with some late dramatics. First, just after the regulation 90 minutes were complete, a partially cleared free kick was driven back into the box and Jalil Anibaba sent a header goalward from the heart of the area that found the lower right corner of the goal.  Then, SKC scored an historic winner when a Benny Feilhaber corner kick came in from the right and Matt Besler flicked on at the near post, sending into the goalmouth for Krisztian Nemeth to poke home.  SKC manager Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that got the game’s lone goal for a victory against New York City FC at Yankee Stadium. Marcel de Jong came back in at right back for Seth Sinovic, Roger Espinoza came into the midfield in place of Paulo Nagamura, and Jacob Peterson started out wide for the injured Graham Zusi.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-4-1): Luis Marin - Jalil Anibaba, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Marcel de Jong (Seth Sinovic 46) - Servando Carrasco (Soni Mustivar 77) - Jacob Peterson, Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza, Jimmy Medranda (Krisztian Nemeth 64) - Dom Dwyer TEAM NEWS  Sporting became the seventh team in MLS history to reverse a deficit in stoppage time, scoring the tying and winning goals after the 90th minute for the victory against Philadelphia.

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“I love the perseverance and determination of the team. I think you could sense it in the stadium that we were going to come back and that is a great thing,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. “It (gives) great confidence to our team. They should know that they have the ability to do what they did. At this stadium, I think anything is possible. We have won championships here, and late comebacks like what we had here was a special moment.” Krisztian Nemeth scored the winner (94+) after Jalil Anibaba netted the equalizer; Benny Feilhaber set up two of Sporting’s three goals and now leads MLS with four assists this season. “I don't think it was a very good game,” said Feilhaber. “I don't think we played that well. I don't think anybody will tell you that we did. But we got it done. That's quite an accomplishment, regardless of who you're playing against and who you are, to get two goals in stoppage time.” All three Sporting goals began from deadball situations. Both goals they allowed also started from set pieces; three of the six goals SKC has allowed this season have begun with deadball situations. Of Sporting’s six goals on the season, three have now been scored by central defenders (Ike Opara 2, Jalil Anibaba 1). “I think we are a very dangerous team on set pieces. I think [vs. Philadelphia] we were a little susceptible on the defensive side. That is something we will clean up very quickly, but in regards to the offensive side we are money and we have to continue using that going forward,” Vermes said. Dom Dwyer netted his first goal of the season, making a fifth consecutive start as the spearhead of the Sporting attack, ever-present in the team thus far this season. “I think we are really dangerous team. I think we create a lot of stuff going forward. Obviously, we are really dangerous on set pieces. We are on the cusp of being that much more dangerous in through the run of play with the chances that we are creating in and around the other team's box,” Vermes said. Nemeth scored his first MLS goal after coming on as a second-half substitute; he had missed the previous two matches with a knee injury after starting the opening two games of the season. “He had already been out two weeks and he wasn´t 90 minutes fit. So we weren't going to run a risk in that situation,” said Vermes. “He was good for us. I have always said he is a special player and I think he is going to add a lot to us, especially as he gets more used to not only our team but the way the league is.”

REAL SALT LAKE Real Salt Lake remained undefeated to begin the season, gaining their second victory in a row in a 1-0 win against the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday afternoon at Avaya Stadium. Real are in a tie for third place in the Western Conference with 8 points from 4 matches. LAST MATCH  The game's only goal came a minute before the halftime break. Following a foul at the top of the restraining arc, Javier Morales took the ensuing free kick. His first attempt slammed into the defensive wall, but the rebound gave him a second chance and Morales made no mistake, drilling a shot off the underside of the crossbar and into the goal.  RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando was credited with two saves in keeping the clean sheet.  RSL head coach Jeff Cassar made three changes to the team that got a late goal for a 2-1 win against Toronto FC at Rio Tinto Stadium. Nick Rimando came back in between the posts in place of Jeff Attinella, and Jordan Allen and Alvaro Saborio started up top in place of Sebastian Jaime and Devon Sandoval.  REAL SALT LAKE (4-1-2-3): Nick Rimando - Tony Beltran, Jamison Olave, Chris Schuler, Abdoulie Mansally Kyle Beckerman - Javier Morales, Luke Mulholland - Jordan Allen (Luis Gil 76), Alvaro Saborio (Devon Sandoval 68), Olmes Garcia (John Stertzer 87). TEAM NEWS  Real Salt Lake claimed their second consecutive win, their first away from home this season, with the victory against San Jose. RSL is one of two teams still undefeated this season following Week 6 (also: New York Red Bulls).  “I thought it was probably our best performance all year. The commitment from the guys on the defensive end was off the charts,” said RSL head coach Jeff Cassar. “It was something we stressed all week long that we think our defensive intensity is going to lead to offensive chances. I think on a different night we probably could have scored some more goals too, but the commitment defensively, the space that we limited them to was unbelievable.”  Javier Morales scored his second goal this season from a free kick for the Real Salt Lake tally. The goals are Morales’s first directly from free kicks since the 2012 season.  “I believe every time he shoots that he’s going to score or when he makes a final pass I believe that it’s going to come off,” said midfielder Kyle Beckerman. “He works really hard at his craft. He’s constantly working hard in practice and you’re seeing it in the games. We want to get him the ball as much as possible.”  Morales has two goals and three assists this season, having now played a part in five of RSL’s six goals on the campaign (the sixth goal was a penalty kick converted by Álvaro Saborío).

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“He’s playing at an extremely high level right now and I think his confidence is very high,” Cassar said. “We’re going to talk a lot about that goal, but I’m going to think about the defensive play that he made in the second half that was unbelievable. That’s what I hold dear to my heart. That’s the kind of thing that other people watch and see, and it rallies them.” Jordan Allen was given his first professional start, playing on the right side of the RSL three-man attack as Sebastian Jaime was ruled out after suffering a bone bruise on his right leg. “It’s a little bit of a fracture, but it’s in not a half-bad area – it’s a non-weight-bearing one, so he’s going to be in some pain for probably 10 days. Then after that it’s about managing the pain and getting him back into it. That’s what the doctors say and the trainers, but we’ll have to see. It’s a tricky one,” Cassar said. In his return between the posts, Nick Rimando recorded his second clean sheet of the season, adding to his MLS-record total, which now stands at 117 in league play. “I thought the effort and the commitment from the guys to defend was fantastic. On the road that’s what you need to pull out results … I think our chances came from us being a good defensive, organized team. When we play good defense we get our chances and that’s the kind of team we are,” Rimando said.

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (2-1-2, 8 pts.) UNF 3 27 14 23 9 10 5 13 11 2 8 37 94 4 1 71 6 16 15 93

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

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

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

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

MIN 450 359 450 270 179 444 340 180 160 5 302 128 187 90 450 225 287 173 225 26

5 5

450 450

G 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6

A 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 5 3 17 5 8 4 0 3 4 0 5 0 3 0 0 3 3 2 3 0

SOG 2 2 7 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

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

FS 3 8 17 1 2 11 2 2 4 1 3 0 2 0 1 4 3 0 0 0

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

CK 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 14 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0

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

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

7 7

55 68

20 18

68 61

61 68

13 6

24 28

9 6

0 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ike Opara 1, Krisztian Nemeth 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Matt Besler 2, Benny Feilhaber 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Dom Dwyer 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 5 5 5

GS 5 5 5

MIN SHTS 450 20 450 20 450 18

SV 15 15 11

GA 6 6 6

GAA 1.2 1.2 1.2

PG 0 0 0

PA 0 0 1

W 2 2 1

L 1 1 2

T 2 2 2

SO 2 2 1

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2015 REAL SALT LAKE STATISTICS (2-0-2, 8 pts.) UNF 11 15 4 7 19 13 29 28 17 49 24 27 5 10 18 23 50 2

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

PLAYER Javier Morales Alvaro Saborio Jamison Olave Jordan Allen Luke Mulholland Olmes Garcia Abdoulie Mansally Chris Schuler Demar Phillips Devon Sandoval Jeff Attinella John Stertzer Kyle Beckerman Luis Gil Nick Rimando Sebastian Jaime Sebastian Saucedo Tony Beltran Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 360 248 360 125 215 348 278 360 82 114 90 14 360 172 270 203 1 360

4 4

360 360

G 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4

A 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 6 6 4 2 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 2 0 0

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

FC 5 4 4 4 4 8 8 5 0 1 0 0 6 3 0 4 0 5

FS 13 5 1 5 5 7 4 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 5

OFF 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

CK 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

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

4 2

43 48

16 19

61 60

60 61

8 8

9 30

9 12

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Javier Morales 1, Jordan Allen 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Javier Morales 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Alvaro Saborio 1-1 REAL SALT LAKE GOALKEEPING UNF 18 24

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Nick Rimando Jeff Attinella Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3 1 4 4

GS 3 1 4 4

MIN SHTS 270 13 90 6 360 19 360 16

SV 9 5 14 10

GA 3 1 4 6

GAA 1 1 1 1.5

PG 0 0 0 1

PA 0 0 0 1

W 1 1 2 0

L 0 0 0 2

T 2 0 2 2

SO 2 0 2 1

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat.

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OPPONENT 8 New York 14 at FC Dallas 21 Portland 28 at New York City FC 5 Philadelphia

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

ATT 19784 14149 20848 27454

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

W 3-2

19545

2-1-2

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 KC: Opara (50); NYR: Sam (54) 9 1 KC: Espinoza (44); DAL: Perez (17,52) Castillo (73) 8 2 6 5 KC: Opara (13); 2

8 KC: Dwyer (16) Anibaba (91+) Nemeth (94+); PHI: own goal (3) Aristeguieta (19)

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

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REAL SALT LAKE 2015 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 7 at Portland 14 Philadelphia

Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat.

Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May

Wed. Sat. Sun. Sun. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Wed. Sat. Sun.

May May June June June June July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

29 Toronto FC 5 at San Jose 11 at Sporting KC 18 Vancouver 25 at New England 1 San Jose 6 Los Angeles 9 at Chicago 16 at Montreal 23 New York City FC 27 at Los Angeles 30 at Vancouver 7 Colorado 21 Sporting KC 24 at New York 27 Columbus 4 Orlando City SC 11 at Colorado 18 Houston 24 Sporting KC 1 at D.C. United 8 at Vancouver 15 Portland 22 Seattle 29 at FC Dallas 12 at Houston 19 Los Angeles 27 at San Jose 4 at Colorado 14 Portland 17 FC Dallas 25 at Seattle

RESULT T 0-0 T 3-3

ATT 21144 20281

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

W 2-1 W 1-0

20794 18000

1-0-2 2-0-2

POS PTS NOTES: 5 1 6 2 RSL: Morales (29) Olave (55) Saborio (86); PHI: Aristeguieta (34,38) own goal (58) 5 5 RSL: Mulholland (38) Allen (89); TOR: Goncalves (88) 3 8 RSL: Morales (44);

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 1 6 times Assists 2 Benny Feilhaber Shots 6 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 4 Benny Feilhaber 4 Roger Espinoza Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer Offside 2 Krisztian Nemeth Saves 4 Luis Marin Shots Faced 5 Luis Marin 5 Luis Marin Goals Allowed 3 Luis Marin

Goals 3 04/05/2015 vs Assists 4 04/05/2015 vs Shots 18 03/08/2015 vs Shots on Goal 6 04/05/2015 vs Fouls Committed 16 03/14/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 17 03/08/2015 vs Corner Kicks 8 04/05/2015 vs Offside 2 03/14/2015 vs 2 03/28/2015 vs 2 04/05/2015 vs Saves 4 04/05/2015 vs Shots Faced 5 03/14/2015 vs 5 04/05/2015 vs Goals Allowed 3 03/14/2015 vs

03/08/2015 vs NYR

T 1-1

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

03/14/2015 vs DAL 03/21/2015 vs POR

L 1-3 T 0-0

03/28/2015 vs NYC

W 1-0

03/14/2015 vs DAL

L 1-3

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

03/14/2015 vs DAL 04/05/2015 vs PHI

L 1-3 W 3-2

03/14/2015 vs DAL

L 1-3

PHI

W 3-2

PHI

W 3-2

NYR

T 1-1

PHI

W 3-2

DAL

L 1-3

NYR

T 1-1

PHI

W 3-2

DAL NYC PHI

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

PHI

W 3-2

DAL PHI

L 1-3 W 3-2

DAL

L 1-3

REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 1 6 times Assists 2 Javier Morales Shots 5 Olmes Garcia Shots on Goal 2 Olmes Garcia Fouls Committed 4 Chris Schuler Fouls Suffered 4 Javier Morales 4 Javier Morales Offside 3 Alvaro Saborio Saves 5 Nick Rimando 5 Jeff Attinella Shots Faced 6 Nick Rimando 6 Jeff Attinella Goals Allowed 3 Nick Rimando

Goals 3 03/14/2015 at Assists 2 03/14/2015 at 2 03/29/2015 at Shots 13 03/14/2015 at Shots on Goal 7 03/14/2015 at Fouls Committed 22 03/07/2015 at Fouls Suffered 19 03/07/2015 at Corner Kicks 5 03/14/2015 at Offside 4 03/14/2015 at Saves 5 03/07/2015 at 5 03/29/2015 at Shots Faced 6 03/07/2015 at 6 03/29/2015 at Goals Allowed 3 03/14/2015 at

03/14/2015 at PHI

T 3-3

03/29/2015 at TOR

W 2-1

03/29/2015 at TOR

W 2-1

03/29/2015 at TOR

W 2-1

03/07/2015 at POR

T 0-0

03/07/2015 at POR 03/14/2015 at PHI

T 0-0 T 3-3

03/14/2015 at PHI

T 3-3

03/07/2015 at POR 03/29/2015 at TOR

T 0-0 W 2-1

03/07/2015 at POR 03/29/2015 at TOR

T 0-0 W 2-1

03/14/2015 at PHI

T 3-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015) Shots 9 03/28/2015 vs Shots on Goal 2 03/21/2015 vs 2 03/28/2015 vs Fouls Committed 10 03/08/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 11 04/05/2015 vs Corner Kicks 2 03/28/2015 vs Offside 0 03/08/2015 vs 0 03/21/2015 vs Saves 2 03/14/2015 vs Shots Faced 3 03/21/2015 vs 3 03/28/2015 vs

NYC

W 1-0

POR NYC

T 0-0 W 1-0

NYR

T 1-1

PHI

W 3-2

NYC

W 1-0

NYR POR

T 1-1 T 0-0

DAL

L 1-3

POR NYC

T 0-0 W 1-0

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)

PHI

T 3-3

PHI TOR

T 3-3 W 2-1

PHI

T 3-3

PHI

T 3-3

POR

T 0-0

POR

T 0-0

PHI

T 3-3

PHI

T 3-3

POR TOR

T 0-0 W 2-1

POR TOR

T 0-0 W 2-1

PHI

T 3-3

Shots 9 03/07/2015 at Shots on Goal 2 03/07/2015 at 2 04/05/2015 at Fouls Committed 12 03/14/2015 at 12 03/29/2015 at Fouls Suffered 12 04/05/2015 at Corner Kicks 0 03/07/2015 at 0 03/29/2015 at Offside 0 03/07/2015 at Saves 2 03/14/2015 at 2 04/05/2015 at Shots Faced 3 04/05/2015 at

POR

T 0-0

POR SJ

T 0-0 W 1-0

PHI TOR

T 3-3 W 2-1

W 1-0

POR TOR

T 0-0 W 2-1

POR

T 0-0

PHI SJ

T 3-3 W 1-0

W 1-0

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

REAL SALT LAKE VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Real Salt Lake

Sporting KC 8 wins, 23 goals Real Salt Lake 5 wins, 20 goals 4 ties 7/16/2005 8/13/2005 5/20/2006 9/30/2006 7/14/2007 8/29/2007 6/7/2008 6/28/2008 5/16/2009 8/29/2009 5/29/2010 8/7/2010 8/3/2011 9/17/2011 4/14/2012 7/20/2013 12/7/2013 4/5/2014

KC 3 vs RSL KC 4 at RSL RSL 2 vs KC KC 3 vs RSL KC 1 vs RSL RSL 3 vs KC RSL 0 vs KC KC 1 vs RSL KC 2 at RSL RSL 1 at KC RSL 4 vs KC KC 1 vs RSL KC 2 vs RSL RSL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs RSL KC 2 at RSL KC 1 vs RSL KC 0 vs RSL

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

KC SOW

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

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 10 79 31 127 27 30

2 10 105 44 112 25 30

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 20 184 75 239 52 60

Sporting KC 1 12 108 42 91 24 55

2 11 124 53 115 18 48

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 23 232 95 206 42 103

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC RSL

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

3 2

7 1

2 7

3 2

5 2

3 6

0 0

23 20

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Jeff Cassar Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. RSL

0-0-1 3-3-2

(1 pts./game) (1.38 pts./game)

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

4 5 27 9 20 32 3 2 4 31 9

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

2 2 17 9 14 21 3 4 2 31 8

Real Salt Lake 5 times 4 times Kyle Beckerman Kyle Beckerman Kyle Beckerman Javier Morales Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 3 players tied Josh Wolff (08/13/05) Arnaud/Kamara 6 players tied Davy Arnaud (05/29/10) Roger Espinoza (09/17/11) 1 7 players tied 7 Kevin Hartman (3 times) 4 Jimmy Nielsen (05/29/10)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

2 3 6 3 8 6

Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

Real Salt Lake Atiba Harris (09/30/06) 16 players tied Beckerman/Saborio Beckerman/Kreis Harris/Olave Javier Morales (05/29/10) 1 4 players tied 8 Jeff Attinella (04/05/14) 4 D.J. Countess (08/13/05) 2 1 6 3 6 7

W-L-T Breakdowns: Sporting Kansas City W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

Streak (started)

Real Salt Lake W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

7 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ws

(06/06/2014) (03/21/2015) (04/05/2015)

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

8 Ws (08/02/2014) 2 Ts (10/17/2014) 1 Ts (03/14/2015)

1-1-0 1-0-1

1 Ws 1 Ws

(04/05/2015) (03/28/2015)

0-0-0 2-0-1

1 Ls (10/05/2014) 2 Ws (03/29/2015)

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

1 Ts 1 Ws 1 Ws 3 Ws 3 Ws

(03/21/2015) (03/28/2015) (10/10/2014) (03/29/2014) (04/19/2014)

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

2 1 3 1 2

Ts Ws Ws Ts Ws

(10/17/2014) (04/05/2015) (10/11/2014) (03/14/2015) (05/11/2014)

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

1 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ws 5 Ls 0-

(03/28/2015) (03/08/2015) (04/05/2015) (08/23/2014) -

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

1 1 2 1 1

Ws Ws Ls Ts Ls

(04/05/2015) (03/29/2015) (08/22/2014) (03/14/2015) (05/31/2014)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. REAL SALT LAKE (8-5-4) PLAYER

MIN

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

4 6 8 3 4 6 4 5 6 2 1 5 1 12 7 2 11 11 4 1 2 1 17 17

4 6 7 2 4 6 4 5 6 2 1 2 1 11 5 1 8 8 2 1 2 1 17 17

347 491 647 186 360 507 360 379 524 179 90 201 79 969 490 98 775 749 189 45 179 84 1530 1530

4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 20

5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 16

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

10 14 12 6 8 7 7 8 14 7 2 4 2 27 9 1 2 14 5 1 6 1 232 184

1 6 6 4 17 17

90 540 540 360 1530 1530

1 35 21 18 75 95

1 31 14 9 55 69

0.00 0.67 1.17 2.25 1.18 1.35

0 0 0 0 0 0

Eric Kronberg Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Bo Oshoniyi Team totals Opponent totals

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REAL SALT LAKE CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (5-8-4) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

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

4 4 2 8 7 6 13 6 2 11 3 3 2 6 1 2 10 1 1 8 1 1 17 17

4 3 2 5 6 4 7 6 1 11 3 1 0 4 1 2 10 1 0 8 1 0 17 17

360 259 150 512 477 427 690 539 111 990 270 59 43 363 90 180 900 90 56 675 90 27 1530 1530

2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 23

2 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 20

13 4 2 16 9 5 11 13 3 5 4 1 1 1 2 3 17 3 1 14 0 1 184 232

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

9 2 2 2 2 17 17

MIN SHTS 810 180 180 180 180 1530 1530

39 16 12 9 19 95 75

GAA

31 12 8 5 13 69 55

0.89 1.00 1.00 2.00 3.50 1.35 1.18

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. REAL SALT LAKE (8-5-4)

CURRENT REAL SALT LAKE VS. SPORTING KC (5-8-4)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Paulo Nagamura Roger Espinoza Ike Opara Graham Zusi Jalil Anibaba Benny Feilhaber Bernardo Anor Matt Besler Servando Carrasco Dom Dwyer Tim Melia Chance Myers Jacob Peterson Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

18 5 4 7 4 4 2 7 4 2 1 6 14 7 17 17

15 5 4 5 2 3 1 7 3 1 1 3 7 7 17 17

1360 379 345 490 239 281 104 630 266 82 90 353 721 613 1530 1530

2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 20

1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 16

18 8 4 9 2 7 3 2 1 5 0 3 11 1 232 184

Kyle Beckerman Abdoulie Mansally Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Jeff Attinella Tony Beltran Olmes Garcia Luis Gil Aaron Maund Luke Mulholland Jamison Olave Joao Plata Nick Rimando Devon Sandoval Chris Schuler Team totals Opponent totals

25 10 6 8 2 5 2 5 2 1 13 2 23 1 3 17 17

19 6 6 8 2 5 1 4 2 0 13 2 23 0 3 17 17

1827 668 539 675 180 428 93 305 180 35 1113 135 2094 18 270 1530 1530

2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 23

2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 20

31 8 13 14 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 184 232

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 17 17

90 1530 1530

6 75 95

4 2.00 55 1.18 69 1.35

1 0 0

12 90 69 55

1.00 1.07 1.35 1.18

0 1 0 0

GOALKEEPER

Jeff Attinella Nick Rimando Team totals Opponent totals

2 23 17 17

MIN SHTS 180 2094 1530 1530

16 115 95 75

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GAME NOTES

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs REAL SALT LAKE

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Saturday, April 11, 2015 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Sporting Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 6 English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV Referee: English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Assistant ref: TV and radio Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Assistant ref: talent Andy Gruenebaum (color) Fourth official: Jake Yadrich (analyst) Kacie McDonnell (sideline) Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Radio talent Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Raul Padrino Villegas (color)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2-1-2 (8 pts.) RECORD 5 GAMES PLAYED t-3rd in West CONFERENCE POSITION 6 GOALS 1.20 GOALS/GAME 7 ASSISTS 6 GOALS ALLOWED 1.20 ALLOWED/GAME 0 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 68 (18) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 26.5% ON GOAL % 61 FOULS COMMITTED 68 FOULS SUFFERED 6 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Jorge Gonzalez Greg Barkey Kyle Atkins Chris Penso

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

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Luis Marin 1.20 Luis Marin 2 Luis Marin 2 Luis Marin 15

GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

1.00 Rimando/Attinella 1 Rimando/Attinella Nick Rimando 2 Nick Rimando 9

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES

*on loan

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

real salt lake

Ike Opara 2 GOALS 2 Javier Morales Benny Feilhaber 4 ASSISTS 3 Javier Morales Dom Dwyer 17 SHOTS 10 Olmes Garcia Dom Dwyer 7 SHOTS ON GOAL 7 Garcia/Morales Nemeth/Opara 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 Allen/Morales Matt Besler 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 1 Javier Morales Dwyer/Nagamura 8 FOULS COMMITTED 8 Garcia/Mansally Dom Dwyer 17 13 Javier Morales FOULS SUFFERED six players tied 1 2 three players tied CAUTIONS Matt Besler 1 EJECTIONS 0

7th season 78-59-46 7th season 78-59-46

Standings through April 7, 2015

Pts W L 9 3 1 7 2 0 7 2 2 6 2 3 5 1 1 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 3 Pts W L 12 4 1 10 3 1 8 2 0 8 2 1 7 2 1 6 2 3 6 1 1 5 1 2 5 1 2 3 0 1

2-0-2 (8 pts.) 4 t-3rd in West 6 1.50 4 4 1.00 +2 43 (16) 37.2% 61 60 9 0

2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference 1. D.C. United 2. New York Red Bulls 3. New England Revolution 4. Chicago Fire 5. New York City FC 6. Orlando City SC 7. Columbus Crew SC 8. Toronto FC 9. Montreal Impact 10. Philadelphia Union Western Conference 1. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2. FC Dallas 3. Real Salt Lake 4. Sporting Kansas City 5. Seattle Sounders FC 6. San Jose Earthquakes 7. Portland Timbers 8. LA Galaxy 9. Houston Dynamo 10. Colorado Rapids

real salt lake

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

jeff cassar 2nd season 17-8-13 2nd season 17-8-13

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of April 8, 2015 OUT: • Chance Myers (left Achilles) QUESTIONABLE: • Graham Zusi (left hamstring strain) • Seth Sinovic (left groin strain) • Kevin Ellis (right foot strain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 11, 2015 vs Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvRSL: RECENT MEETINGS

#SKCvRSL: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC and Real Salt Lake last met in the MLS regular season on April 5, 2014, at Sporting Park. The hosts were held to a scoreless draw in a rematch of MLS Cup 2013 as Jeff Attinella, making his fifth league start in place of the injured Nick Rimando, made a career-high eight saves. Sporting KC outshot Real Salt Lake 20-5 and held a 9-1 advantage in shots on goal. Real Salt Lake is winless in their last four trips to Sporting Park with just one goal in 390 minutes of action. This stretch includes the 2013 MLS Cup final in which the visitors lost a penalty kick shootout 7-6 after a 1-1 stalemate through 120 minutes. In the coldest recorded game in MLS history (20 degrees), veteran forward Alvaro Saborio put Real Salt Lake ahead in the 52nd minute before Aurelien Collin nodded home a Graham Zusi Corner kick on 76 minutes. Saturday is the first of three regular season meetings between the clubs in 2015. Sporting KC will visit Rio Tinto Stadium for a pair of nationally televised matches on June 21 (Fox Sports 1) and July 24 (UniMas). Date Score Result Location 08/03/2011 Sporting Park KC 2 vs RSL 0 W 09/17/2011 Rio Tinto Stadium KC 0 at RSL 1 L 04/14/2012 KC 1 vs RSL 0 W Sporting Park 07/20/2013 KC 2 at RSL 1 W Rio Tinto Stadium 12/07/2013* KC 1 vs RSL 1 T Sporting Park 04/05/2014 KC 0 vs RSL 0 T Sporting Park *MLS Cup 2013 counted as a draw (Sporting KC won 7-6 on penalty kicks)

Sporting KC - Team • Sporting KC is one of five teams to make the MLS Cup Playoffs each of the last four seasons (NY, LA, SEA, RSL). • In the 2015 regular season, Sporting KC... ...ranks 2nd in MLS with 68 shots ...leads MLS with 55 chances created, 22 more than they have allowed ...leads MLS with 19 chances created from set plays ...leads MLS with 146 interceptions, 28 more than any other team ...leads MLS with 327 duels won and 177 aerial duels won ...leads MLS with four headed goals ...ranks second to last in MLS with 56.5 percent passing accuracy in the attacking third of the field Sporting KC - Individual • Benny Feilhaber leads MLS with four assists. • Dom Dwyer is 2nd in MLS with 17 shots and third with seven shots on target. • Matt Besler is tied for 2nd in MLS with two game-winning assists. • Roger Espinoza is tied for 2nd in MLS with 43 duels won. • Ike Opara leads MLS with 28 interceptions and ranks 2nd with 25 aerial duels won.

#SKCvRSL: PLAYER HISTORY • • • • •

Real Salt Lake - Team & Individual • One of two teams MLS teams without a loss (New York Red Bulls). • Ranks 2nd in MLS with a 1.50 goals per game average. • Ranks last in MLS with nine corner kicks. • Javier Morales is tied for 2nd in MLS with 13 chances created. • Jamison Olave leads MLS with 33 headed clearances and is 2nd with 44 total clearances.

On July 20, 2013, defender Ike Opara scored the latest regular season goal in Sporting KC history, heading home a 97th-minute header to give his team a 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium. Midfielder Roger Espinoza scored for Sporting KC in a 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 3, 2011. Winger Abdoulie Mansally has two goals and two assists in 10 regular season appearances against Sporting KC, all as a member of the New England Revolution from 2008-2011. Forward Alvaro Saborio has two goals in seven MLS matches against Sporting KC, most recently scoring at Sporting Park in the 2013 MLS Cup final. Goalkeeper Nick Rimando has an 8-9-6 regular season record against Sporting KC with five shutouts and a 1.07 goals against average.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES Team • In a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Union last Sunday, Sporting KC reached 1,000 goals in all competitions. The 1,000th goal, a gamewinner coming from Krisztian Nemeth in the 94th minute, was fifthlatest goal in the club’s regular season history. • Last Sunday’s win was just the seventh in MLS history by a team that

#SKCvRSL: PLAYER CONNECTIONS • • • • • •

Sporting KC’s Matt Besler and Graham Zusi and Real Salt Lake’s Kyle Beckerman and Nick Rimando were on the United States Men’s National Team roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson and Real Salt Lake midfielder Kyle Beckerman were teammates at the Colorado Rapids from 2006-2007. Peterson and Real Salt Lake winger Joao Plata were teammates at Toronto FC in 2011. Sporting KC forward Bernardo Anor and Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Jeff Attinella were college teammates at South Florida from 2007-2010. Sporting KC defender Seth Sinovic and Real Salt Lake defender Chris Schuler were college teammates at Creighton from 2006-2009. Sporting KC defender Amadou Dia and Real Salt Lake defender Phanuel Kavita, both rookies in MLS, were college teammates at Clemson from 2011-2014.

•

Manager Peter Vermes • The seventh-year head coach is the 2nd longest serving manager in club history behind Bob Gansler (eight seasons). • His regular season winning percentage (.552) is best for Sporting KC all-time and 8th best in MLS history (minimum 30 games won). • His 78 regular season wins are tied for 12th most in MLS history. With a win Saturday, he will pass Tim Hankinson to take sole possession of 12th place. Players • Matt Besler is one shy of 150 MLS regular season starts for Sporting KC. He would be the seventh player to start 150 regular season matches in club history. • Dom Dwyer is one shy of 30 goals for his Sporting KC career in all competitions. He is currently ninth place on the club’s all-time scoring charts, one behind Scott Sealy and two behind Vitalis Takawira. • If Roger Espinoza plays 39 minutes on Saturday, he will reach the 10,000-minute mark for his Sporting KC career in all competitions. He would be the fifth player on Sporting KC’s current roster to reach the milestone (Matt Besler, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Graham Zusi). • If Jalil Anibaba plays 11 minutes on Saturday, he will reach the 10,000-minute mark for his regular season career. He would be the sixth player on Sporting KC’s current roster to reach the milestone. • Paulo Nagamura is one shy of his 75th MLS appearance for Sporting KC (including postseason). • Bernardo Anor is one shy of 50 MLS regular season starts.

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trailed entering stoppage time. Sporting KC is three shy of 500 home goals scored all-time in the MLS regular season.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 11, 2015 vs Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES SPORTING KC TO HOST REAL SALT LAKE IN 2013 MLS CUP REMATCH Following two straight wins over Eastern Conference opponents, Sporting Kansas City will host Real Salt Lake at 7:30 p.m. CT on Saturday at Sporting Park. The teams enter the match tied for third place in the Western Conference with eight points apiece. Both sides have scored six goals this season, tied for third most in MLS entering week six, and feature an in-form, playmaking midfielder. Sporting KC’s Benny Feilhaber leads MLS with four assists, while Real Salt Lake’s 35-year-old veteran Javier Morales has two goals and three assists. Saturday’s showdown features the league’s top two defenses since the start of 2011, with Sporting KC allowing 144 goals and Real Salt Lake conceding 155. They are also the only two MLS clubs to have logged at least 10 shutouts in each of the last three seasons. Real Salt Lake has zero wins and just one goal in four trips to Sporting Park (1-5-3 all-time in Kansas City), including the 2013 MLS Cup final in which Sporting KC won a 10-round penalty kick shootout after a 1-1 stalemate through 120 minutes.

SNIFFING OUT THE SUCCESSFUL PASS The Philadelphia Union led Sporting KC for 85 minutes of last Sunday’s match, but their advantage was less than comfortable. Conceding more than two-thirds of the possession to Sporting KC, Jim Curtin’s squad completed just 115 passes at 52.8 percent passing accuracy, both the lowest in an MLS match since 2012. Fewest successful passes in an MLS match since 2012 Team Opponent Successful passes Date Philadelphia Sporting KC 115 04/05/2015 04/13/2013 Toronto FC Philadelphia 119 03/09/2013 Toronto FC Sporting KC 121 06/22/2013 Sporting KC FC Dallas 123 03/16/2013 Chicago Fire Sporting KC 131 08/11/2012 D.C. United Sporting KC 131 SPORTING KC REACHES 1,000 GOALS IN ALL COMPETITIONS In addition to being the club’s 1,000th goal across all competitions in team history, Krisztian Nemeth’s 94th-minute match-winner last Sunday against the Philadelphia Union bore league-wide significance. It was the first MLS match in which both teams scored at least two goals from set pieces since September 2009. Sporting KC milestone goals (all competitions) Date Opponent Goal Scorer Vitalis Takawira 04/13/1996 Colorado Rapids 1st D.C. United 100th Edmundo Rodriguez 06/21/1997 07/31/1999 San Jose Clash 200th Preki 08/12/2001 Colorado Rapids 300th Roy Lassiter Colorado Rapids 400th Stephen Armstrong 07/04/2003 05/21/2005 D.C. United 500th Own goal 05/05/2007 Columbus Crew 600th Jose Burciaga 06/24/2009 New England Revolution 700th Own goal 08/21/2011 D.C. United 800th Kei Kamara 07/07/2013 Chicago Fire 900th Graham Zusi 04/05/2015 Philadelphia Union 1000th Krisztian Nemeth

SPORTING KC SCORES TWICE IN STOPPAGE TIME TO SINK PHILADELPHIA Sporting KC erased a late deficit to earn a thrilling 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Union last Sunday with two goals in second half stoppage time. Jalil Anibaba pulled the home side level in the 91st minute to set the stage for Krisztian Nemeth’s gamewinner—the club’s 1000th goal in team history across all competitions—in the 94th minute. Playing their 600th all-time regular season match and 300th at home, Sporting KC fell behind in the third minute after an own goal from Jacob Peterson. Dom Dwyer opened his 2015 scoring account in the 16th minute for his 25th career MLS goal, but Philadelphia restored their lead three minutes later through Designated Player Fernado Aristeguieta. The Union would hold their lead until the 91st minute when Roger Espinoza lofted a pass into the penalty box. Anibaba directed his header downward inside the post for his fifth career MLS goal and first since October 2013. The late-game heroics culminated in a milestone moment when Benny Feilhaber’s corner kick, flicked on by Matt Besler, was turned over the line by Nemeth. A second-half substitute, the Hungarian newcomer’s first MLS goal enters the record books as the team’s historic 1000th goal in all competitions. Nemeth’s 94th-minute strike was the latest game-winning goal Sporting KC has ever scored at Sporting Park. In addition, Sunday’s 3-2 win was just the seventh in MLS history by a team that trailed entering stoppage time.

SPORTING PARK SELLOUT STREAK Sporting Park has sold out 56 consecutive MLS matches (including playoffs) dating back to March 2012 and 68 of 77 overall since opening in June 2011. Sporting KC has set new regular season attendance records in each of the last four years, eclipsing 20,00 spectators per game in 2014. In 77 MLS matches played at the venue, Sporting Park is averaging 19,358 spectators -- 104.8 percent of its 18,467-seat capacity.

HISTORIC COMEBACK Sporting KC’s 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Union last Sunday was just the seventh in MLS history by a team that trailed entering stoppage time. The last time Kansas City pulled off such a reversal was Sept. 17, 2007, when Eddie Johnson (93’) and Scott Sealy (94’) condemned the Columbus Crew to a 3-2 defeat. All-time MLS comeback wins in stoppage time Date Result Score at 90 min Venue 04/08/2000 DC 3-2 CHI 1-2 RFK Stadium 04/21/2001 DAL 3-2 CHI 1-2 Cotton Bowl 07/27/2003 NE 2-4 DC 2-1 Gillette Stadium 09/15/2007 KC 3-2 CLB 1-2 Arrowhead Stadium 10/15/2011 DC 1-2 CHI 1-0 RFK Stadium 06/29/2013 SJ 3-2 LA 1-2 Stanford Stadium 04/05/2015 KC 3-2 PHI 1-2 Sporting Park

OPARA EARNS MLS PLAYER OF THE MONTH NOMINATION Sporting KC defender Ike Opara was nominated for Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for March. The defender started all four matches during the month, scored two goals and anchored a backline that posted two shutouts. After missing the final six months of 2014 with a chondral defect injury in his right ankle, Opara has made up for lost time with an excellent start to 2015. Through the first five weeks of the 2015 campaign, he leads MLS in interceptions (25), clearances (36), headed clearances (25) and aerial duels won (23), and ranks second in duels won (37). He is the only Sporting KC defender to have started all five matches and has played in every minute (450) of the regular season. In addition, Opara has been named to the MLS Team of the Week three times, more than any other player.

LEAVING IT LATE Krisztian Nemeth’s 94th-minute strike last Sunday against the Philadelphia Union enters the annals as the latest game-winning goal Kansas City has ever scored at Sporting Park. It was the fifth-latest goal in the club’s regular season history and their third latest game-winner. Sporting KC’s latest game-winning goals at Sporting Park Date Result Scorer Minute 04/05/2015 KC 3-2 PHI Krisztian Nemeth 94+ 04/05/2013 KC 1-0 DC Claudio Bieler 89 03/25/2011 KC 2-1 DAL Kei Kamara 88 08/31/2013 KC 2-1 COL Graham Zusi 88 09/01/2012 KC 2-1 TOR Oriol Rosell 87 Sporting KC’s latest stoppage time goals in regular season history Date Result Scorer Min. Venue 07/20/2013 RSL 1-2 KC Ike Opara* 97+ Rio Tinto Stadium 09/28/2012 KC 2-0 CHI Graham Zusi 96+ Sporting Park 09/22/2010 KC 4-3 HOU Josh Wolff* 96+ CommunityAmerica Ballpark 05/04/2014 KC 2-0 CLB Claudio Bieler 95+ Sporting Park 04/05/2015 KC 3-2 PHI Krisztian Nemeth* 94+ Sporting Park 09/15/2007 KC 3-2 CLB Scott Sealy* 94+ Arrowhead Stadium

HEADY PLAY FROM OPARA Ike Opara has scored twice this season to bring his goal total to six across all competitions since he joined the club in 2013. The 6-foot-2 centerback has proven particularly dangerous on set pieces, as all six of his goals have been headers. Opara’s five MLS goals over the last three regular seasons are tied for third most among defenders, one behind Jordan Harvey (Vancouver) and Matt Hedges (Dallas). BESLER POSTS TWO STRAIGHT GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Captain Matt Besler has recorded an assist in two straight matches for the first time in his seven-year professional career. His flick-on header set up Krisztian Nemeth’s game-winner last Sunday after recording the game-winning assist to Ike Opara at New York City FC on March 28. Six of Besler’s nine career assists for Sporting KC have come from throw-ins. ROAD WARRIORS Sporting KC has won 30 away matches in MLS since the beginning of 2011, more than any other club, including eight road wins in each of the previous three regular seasons. Their 24 road wins from 2012-2014 are the most of any MLS club over a three-year span during the non-shootout era (2000-present). Coincidentally, the 1-0 victory over New York City FC on March 28 was Sporting KC’s 300th regular season road game and the team’s 100th road win across all competition in club history.

*Game-winning goal 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 11, 2015 vs Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) WINNING THE DUEL In a 3-1 loss at FC Dallas on March 14, Sporting KC lost 61 percent (69 of 113) of the game’s duels, marking the largest negative discrepancy in duels for Sporting KC since Opta began tracking MLS statistics in 2011. Following the match, Sporting KC responded with two consecutive performances in which they set MLS season-highs for duels won. Peter Vermes’ men won 72 duels in a 0-0 draw against Portland before winning 78 in a win at New York City FC. Entering Week 6, Sporting KC leads MLS with 327 duels won.

THREE SKC PLAYERS NAMED TO GOAL.COM TEAM OF THE WEEK Three Sporting KC players highlighted the Goal.com MLS Team of the Week following last week’s round of action. Jalil Anibaba, Dom Dwyer and Roger Espinoza landed spots on the squad after playing significant roles in the team’s come-frombehind win over the Philadelphia Union. Anibaba provided a 91st-minute equalizer for his first Sporting KC goal and his first MLS strike since October 13. Espinoza won eight duels in central midfield, set up Anibaba’s goal and chased down Fernando Aristeiguieta in a one-on-one situation to prevent the striker from testing goalkeeper Luis Marin. Dom Dwyer headed home his first goal of 2015, won nine duels and put four of his six shots on target.

OFFSEASON OVERHAUL A roster makeover during the offseason saw Sporting KC acquire 13 new players and part ways with 15 members from last year’s squad. While retaining its veteran core – Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Seth Sinovic and Chance Myers – the club made multiple signings at each position. New goalkeepers (2): Luis Marin (31), a Chilean international (eight caps) with 12 years of professional experience in his native country and Sporting KC’s current holder of the No. 1 jersey; Tim Melia (28), a sixth-year MLS veteran who was a League Pool Goalkeeper in 2014 and received a call-up from Sporting KC last summer. New defenders (4): Jalil Anibaba (26), a versatile veteran who has started more than 100 MLS matches over four years with Chicago and Seattle; Saad Abdul-Salaam (23), a right back out of Akron selected 12th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; Amadou Dia (22), a left back out of Clemson selected 20th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; Marcel de Jong (28), a Canadian international (33 caps) who has played each of the last four years at FC Augsburg of the German Bundesliga. New midfielders (3): Roger Espinoza (28), a Honduran international (46 caps) and MLS All-Star who played in Kansas City from 2008-2012 before joining Wigan Athletic in England; Servando Carrasco (26), an MLS veteran who played 60 games over four years with Seattle and Houston; Soni Mustivar (25), a Haiti international who has played each of the last three seasons with Petrolul Ploiesti in the Romanian first division. New forwards (4): Bernardo Anor (26), a fifth-year veteran who played 72 MLS matches and scored 12 goals in Columbus; Krisztian Nemeth (26), a Hungarian international (15 caps) with nearly 10 years of professional experience across Europe; Connor Hallisey (23), a winger out of California selected 10th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; James Ansu Rogers (22), a winger out of New Mexico selected 53rd overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

LOAN UPDATE: ABDUL-SALAAM MAKES PRO DEBUT, LOPEZ AND OKC WIN Three of Sporting KC’s on-loan players were in action last Saturday at the USL and NASL levels. Saad Abdul-Salaam made his professional debut for the San Antonio Scorpions—after joining the club on March 31—alongside SKC teammate Jon Kempin in a 3-1 home loss to the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the NASL season opener. Both players started and went the distance in the defeat in front of 6,723 fans at Toyota Field. The Scorpions will regroup with a Week 2 bye and return to action on April 18 against Indy Eleven. Mikey Lopez made his second straight start for head coach Jimmy Nielsen as OKC Energy FC (1-0-1) secured a 2-1 win over Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (02-0) in the expansion side’s first-ever home match at Sand Creek Stadium. Danish forward Danni König scored both goals for OKC with the game-winner coming in the third minute of second-half stoppage time on an assist from former Sporting KC midfielder Michael Thomas. OKC Energy FC also has an early bye in prep for the team’s home opener at the newly renovated Taft Stadium on April 18 against the Seattle Sounders 2 (2-0-0). Mikey Lopez (OKC) USL Stats: 2 GP, 2 GS, 162 MIN Saad Abdul-Salaam (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 2 GP, 2 GS, 162 MIN Jon Kempin (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 1 GP, 90 MIN, 3.00 GAA, 2 saves STADIUM CRASHERS On March 28, Sporting KC delivered New York City FC their first ever defeat at Yankee Stadium with a 1-0 result. Sporting KC has now handed MLS opponents their first loss at a new stadium at seven different venues, including a penalty shootout win against San Jose in 1996. Date Venue of 1st loss Result Opponent San Jose Earthquakes April 21, 1996 Spartan Stadium T 2-2 Houston Dynamo April 8, 2006 Robertson Stadium W 2-1 Toronto FC April 28, 2007 BMO Field W 1-0 Seattle Sounders April 11, 2009 CenturyLink Field W 1-0 Real Salt Lake May 16, 2009 Rio Tinto Stadium W 2-0 Houston Dynamo May 12, 2013 BBVA Compass Stadium W 1-0 New York City FC March 28, 2015 Yankee Stadium W 1-0

SUCCESS IN KANSAS CITY Sporting KC begins their 20th season as one of nine active charter members in Major League Soccer. Led by seventh-year Manager Peter Vermes, Sporting KC is the only club to win an MLS Cup (2013), a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2012) and multiple conference regular season titles (2011, 2012) since 2006. Vermes has guided the team to four straight postseason appearances and 69 MLS victories (including playoffs) since 2011, third most in the league. During that time, Sporting KC has recorded a league-best 30 road wins. In addition to winning championships, the club has seen many of its current players earn individual accolades. Winger Graham Zusi was named MLS Breakout Player of the Year in 2011, while captain Matt Besler received MLS Defender of the Year recognition in 2012. A pair of three-time MLS All-Stars, Zusi (28 caps) and Besler (25 caps) are veterans of the United States Men’s National Team and signed Designated Player contracts with Sporting KC last July after competing at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Last year, Dwyer scored 22 MLS goals and 24 goals in all competitions to set new single-season records for the club. The 24-year-old has scored 51 goals in all competitions since the start of 2013—29 with Sporting KC and 22 with former USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. Now entering his fourth year in Kansas City, Dwyer signed a contract extension during this offseason. Sporting KC also welcomes back Honduran international midfielder Roger Espinoza, who played five seasons for the team from 2008-2012. After becoming an MLS All-Star in 2012, Espinoza moved to Wigan Athletic where he won the 2013 FA Cup title and made 57 total appearances across the English Premier League, English Championship, UEFA Europa League and domestic cups. He is the only active MLS player to have competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

RULING THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Following a 1-0 win at New York City on March 28, Sporting KC moved to 7-1-2 in their first meetings against expansion (or relocated*) clubs during Major League Soccer’s expansion era (2005-present) . The list below excludes the San Jose Earthquakes, who took a two year hiatus from 2006-07 before returning to MLS in 2008. Opponent Date Venue Result Chivas USA June 1, 2005 StubHub Center T 1-1 Real Salt Lake July 16, 2005 Arrowhead Stadium W 3-2 Houston Dynamo* April 8, 2006 Robertson Stadium W 2-1 Toronto FC April 25, 2007 Arrowhead Stadium W 3-0 Seattle Sounders FC April 11, 2009 CenturyLink Field W 1-0 CommunityAmerica Ballpark W 2-0 Philadelphia Union June 10, 2010 Vancouver Whitecaps April 2, 2011 Empire Field T 3-3 Portland Timbers July 2, 2011 Providence Park W 2-1 Montreal Impact May 5, 2012 Sporting Park L 2-0 New York City FC March 28, 2015 Yankee Stadium W 1-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 11, 2015 vs Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) 2015 MEDIA RECOGNITIONS Jalil Anibaba Week 5 (4/6) Goal.com Team of the Week Marcel de Jong Week 3 (3/23) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Dom Dwyer Week 5 (4/6) Goal.com Team of the Week Roger Espinoza Week 2 (3/16) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Week 3 (3/23) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Week 5 (4/6) Goal.com Team of the Week Benny Feilhaber Week 1 (3/9) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Week 4 (3/30) Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Ike Opara Week 1 (3/9) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Soccer By Ives Best XI Week 3 (3/23) MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Week 4 (3/30) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week March Soccer By Ives Player of the Month

OPTA: SPORTING KC 2015 REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS Team Statistic # Shots 18 Shots on goal 6 Chances created 15 Passes successful 368 Passing accuracy 78.8% Corners 8 Possession 67.6% Duels won 78 Tackles won 29 Interceptions 37 Shots faced (high) 14 Shots faced (low) 7 Fouls committed 16 Fouls suffered 17

Individual Statistic

Opponent New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union Portland Timbers Philadelphia Union Philadelphia Union New York City FC Philadelphia Union New York Red Bulls New York City FC New York Red Bulls Portland Timbers FC Dallas New York Red Bulls

# Player

Shots 6 Dom Dwyer Shots on goal 4 Dom Dwyer Chances created 5 Dom Dwyer Graham Zusi Passes successful 70 Matt Besler Corners 7 Benny Feilhaber Open play crosses 5 Marcel de Jong 5 Jalil Anibaba 4 Roger Espinoza Dribbles completed Graham Zusi Duels won 13 Ike Opara Tackles won 6 Jimmy Medranda Interceptions 9 Kevin Ellis Ike Opara Clearances 15 Ike Opara Headed clearances 10 Ike Opara Fouls committed 4 Benny Feilhaber Roger Espinoza Fouls suffered 6 Dom Dwyer Saves 4 Luis Marin

Date 3/8/15 4/5/15 3/8/15 4/5/15 3/21/15 4/5/15 4/5/15 3/28/15 4/5/15 3/8/15 3/28/15 3/8/15 3/21/15 3/14/15 3/8/15

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

Date

Opp.

4/5/15 4/5/15 3/8/15 3/8/15 4/5/15 4/5/15 3/14/15 3/21/15 3/21/15 3/21/15 3/28/15 4/5/15 3/14/15 3/28/15 3/28/15 3/28/15 3/14/15 3/21/15 3/28/15 4/5/15 3/21/15 3/28/15

PHI PHI NYR NYR PHI PHI DAL POR POR POR NYC PHI DAL NYC NYC NYC DAL POR NYC PHI POR NYC

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 11, 2015 vs Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. Real Salt Lake: 8-5-4 Home games: 5-1-3 (12 GF, 7 GA) Road games: 3-4-1 (11 GF, 13 GA) Date 07/16/2005 08/13/2005 05/20/2006 09/30/2006 07/14/2007 08/29/2007 06/07/2008 06/28/2008 05/16/2009 08/29/2009 05/29/2010 08/07/2010 08/03/2011 09/17/2011 04/14/2012 07/20/2013 04/05/2014

Score KC 3 vs RSL 2 KC 4 at RSL 2 KC 1 at RSL 2 KC 3 vs RSL 3 KC 1 vs RSL 0 KC 1 at RSL 3 KC 0 at RSL 0 KC 1 vs RSL 0 KC 2 at RSL 0 KC 0 vs RSL 1 KC 1 at RSL 4 KC 1 vs RSL 1 KC 2 vs RSL 0 KC 0 at RSL 1 KC 1 vs RSL 0 KC 2 at RSL 1 KC 0 vs RSL 0

Result W W L T W L T W W L L T W L W W T

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Location Arrowhead Stadium Rice-Eccles Stadium Rice-Eccles Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Rice-Eccles Stadium Rice-Eccles Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark Rio Tinto Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark Rio Tinto Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark Sporting Park Rio Tinto Stadium Sporting Park Rio Tinto Stadium Sporting Park

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

3 Hartman/Nielsen 2 Hartman/Nielsen 4 Kevin Hartman 31 Kevin Hartman 9 Bo Oshoniyi

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

five players tied 2 four players tied 2 Kyle Beckerman 17 Kyle Beckerman 9 Kyle Beckerman 14 Javier Morales 21 Nick Rimando 3 Nick Rimando 4 Nick Rimando 2 Nick Rimando 31 Nick Rimando 8

real salt lake

2 three players tied Goals 3 Josh Wolff (8/13/05) Assists 6 Arnaud/Kamara Shots 3 six players tied Shots on Goal 8 Davy Arnaud (5/29/10) Fouls Committed 6 Roger Espinoza (9/17/11) Fouls Suffered

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 2 OT 12 11 0 108 124 0 42 53 0 91 115 0 24 18 0 55 48 0

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

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS

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

real salt lake

7 three players tied 4 Jimmy Nielsen (5/29/10)

Total 23 232 95 206 42 103

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(9/30/06) Atiba Harris 2

16 players tied 1 Beckerman/Saborio 6 Beckerman/Kreis 3 Harris/Olave 6 (5/29/10) Javier Morales 7 (4/5/14) Jeff Attinella 8 (8/13/05) D.J. Countess 4

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

KC 3 7 2 3 5 3 0 23 RSL 1 1 8 2 2 6 0 20

REAL SALT LAKE Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 10 10 0 79 105 0 31 44 0 127 112 0 27 25 0 30 27 0

Total 20 184 75 239 52 57

SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,358

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 77 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 71 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 10 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 97 matches played at the stadium

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 77 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

147

104.8 6

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

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 11, 2015 vs Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Bernardo Anor (trade - 12/8/14)

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

Jalil Anibaba (trade - 12/12/14)

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

James Marcelin (signing - 12/16/14)

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

Luis Marin (signing - 12/18/14)

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

Krisztian Nemeth (signing - 12/18/14)

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

Tim Melia (signing - 12/23/14)

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

Roger Espinoza (signing - 1/6/15)

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

Connor Hallisey (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)

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

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

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

Servando Carrasco (trade - 1/27/15)

Aurelien Collin (trade - 12/8/14)

Soni Mustivar (signing - 2/13/15)

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

Amadou Dia (SuperDraft - 2/18/15)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)

Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

2013

Mikey Lopez (14th)

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

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

Connor Hallisey (10th)

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

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

2015

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

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

MLS Lottery Draft

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 11, 2015 vs Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

T 1-1

Opara 50 19,784

Saturday, March 14

at FC Dallas

MLS

L 1-3

Espinoza 44 14,149

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

T 0-0

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Saturday, March 28

at New York City FC

MLS

W 1-0

Opara 12 27,454

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

W 3-2

Dwyer 16, Anibaba 91+, Nemeth 94+

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

REAL SALT LAKE

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