VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC v SPORTING KC (April 18, BC Place, 7 p.m. PT) PROBABLE LINEUPS
2012 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Whitecaps FC 5 2-1-2 8 4 3 at home 2 1-0-1 4 2 0 Sporting on road
1
6 6-0-0 18 9 1 2 2-0-0 6 2 0
Cannon
12
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
Lee
ALL-TIME (2 meetings): Whitecaps FC 0 wins, 4 goals … Sporting 1 win, 5 goals … Ties 1
15
6
Bonjour
DeMerit
27
7
29
Le Toux
Hassli
17 Sapong
11 Convey
16
SPORTING
WHITECAPS FC
Sinovic
F A 9 1 60 540
OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 1 5 0
1 0 0 0
3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 5 0
0 0 1
DISTANCE
1 3 0 (W-L-T) VAN KC
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
1 2 0
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 1-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 2-0-0 4-0-0 0-0-0
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC Date Score (Gms since) 3/10/2012 VAN 2, MTL 0 (1) 3/17/2012 VAN 1, CHV 0 (2) 10/22/2011 VAN 1, COL 2 (2) 4/07/2012 VAN 1, SJ 3 (0) 3/31/2012 VAN 0, PHI 0 (1) 3/31/2012 VAN 0, PHI 0 (1) 3/31/2012 VAN 0, PHI 0 (1)
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Whitecaps WWTTL Sporting KC WWWWWW
5
78
Besler
Collin
7 Myers
REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. SAR (bench): Ian Anderson; JAR (opposite): Kevin Duliba; 4th: Alejandro Mariscal INJURY REPORTS VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC – OUT: FW Darren Mattocks (R shoulder burn); DF Alain Rochat (L knee sprain); GK Brian Sylvestre (R knee surgery); DOUBTFUL: FW Etienne Barbara (groin strain); MF Floyd Franks (lower back pain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Michael Nanchoff (L heel contusion) … SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: GK Eric Kronberg (lower back injury); DOUBTFUL: DF Cyprian Hedrick (R Achilles tendinitis)
SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Michael Harrington (DF) 3 Korede Aiyegbusi (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) 11 Bobby Convey (MF) 12 Konrad Warzycha (FW) 13 Lawrence Olum (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Roger Espinoza (MF) 16 Seth Sinovic (DF) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 18 Eric Kronberg (GK) 19 Peterson Joseph (MF) 20 Shawn Singh (DF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 24 Cyprian Hedrick (DF) 32 Luke Sassano (DF) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 55 Julio Cesar (DF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 88 Michael Thomas (MF)
DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none INTERNATIONAL DUTY none
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 2-1-0 0-0-0 5-0-0 1-0-0
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
Julio Cesar
Nielsen
TYPE OF PLAY
3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
55
1
HOW SCORED
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
Zusi
Espinoza
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM
23 Kamara
8 15
1 1 1 0
Thorrington
Chiumiento
UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING WHITECAPS FC Sat. Apr. 21 at Portland Sat. Apr. 21 FC Dallas Sat. May 5 Montreal Sat. Apr. 28 at Columbus Sat. May 12 at Chicago Sat. May 5 San Jose Sat. May 19 at Colorado Sat. May 12 at New England
2 1 1 0
11
20
Koffie
LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/2: VAN 3, KC 3 (Harris 73; Camilo 91+, 93+ – Bunbury 45, 58; Kamara 62) 6/25: KC 2, VAN 1 (Camilo 15 – Bravo 33; Julio Cesar 40)
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
3 Harvey
Davidson
28
AT VANCOUVER (1 meeting): Whitecaps FC 0 wins, 3 goals … Sporting 0 wins, 3 goals … Ties 1
F A 4 3 113 150
ROSTERS VANCOUVER WHITECAPS 1 Joe Cannon (GK) 2 Michael Boxall (DF) 3 Jordan Harvey (DF) 4 Alain Rochat (DF) 6 Jay DeMerit (DF) 7 Sebastien Le Toux (FW) 8 Etienne Barbara (FW) 9 Atiba Harris (FW) 11 John Thorrington (MF) 12 Lee Young-Pyo (MF) 13 Michael Nanchoff (MF) 15 Martin Bonjour (DF) 16 Matt Watson (MF) 17 Omar Salgado (FW) 18 Brad Knighton (GK) 19 Carlyle Mitchell (DF) 20 Davide Chiumiento (MF) 22 Darren Mattocks (FW) 23 Long Tan (FW) 24 Brian Sylvestre (GK) 26 Floyd Franks (MF) 27 Jun Marques Davidson (MF) 28 Gershon Koffie (MF) 29 Eric Hassli (FW) 31 Russell Teibert (MF) 32 Greg Klazura (DF) 36 Bryce Alderson (MF) 37 Camilo (FW)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 4/14/2012 KC 1, RSL 0 4/01/2012 KC 1, CHV 0 8/27/2011 KC 2, DAL 3 9/17/2011 KC 0, RSL 1 10/01/2011 KC 1, SJ 1 4/14/2012 KC 1, RSL 0 9/17/2011 KC 0, RSL 1
(0) (0) (9) (4) (8) (0) (11)
TEAM LEADERS WHITECAPS FC G: 2 Le Toux A: 2 Hassli SHT: 11 Chiumiento SOG: 3 Hassli/Le Toux FC: 13 Hassli FS: 13 Chiumiento OF: 7 Hassli C: 2 Hassli E: 0 SPORTING G: 3 Kamara/Sapong A: 6 Zusi SHT: 33 Kamara SOG: 15 Kamara FC: 14 Kamara FS: 12 Kamara OF: 3 Sapong C: 2 Myers E: 0
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG VAN 5 2 2 1 0 0 4 0.80 KC 6 0 4 1 1 0 9 1.50 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG VAN 5 4 0 0 1 0 3 0.60 KC 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 0.17 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 VAN 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 KC 9 0 1 3 2 1 2 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 VAN 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 KC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC v SPORTING KC (April 18, BC Place, 7 p.m. PT - MLS Game 55)
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Joe Cannon GK 6-2 200 01/01/1975 Sun Valley, ID 5 5 0 0 311 310 0 4 2 Michael Boxall DF 6-2 200 08/18/1988 Auckland, New Zealand 0 0 0 0 19 18 0 0 3 Jordan Harvey DF 5-11 175 01/28/1984 Mission Viejo, CA 5 2 0 1 110 103 1 11 4 Alain Rochat DF 6-0 170 02/01/1983 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC 3 3 0 1 31 30 3 2 6 Jay DeMerit DF 6-1 180 12/04/1979 Green Bay, WI 5 5 1 0 26 25 1 0 7 Sebastien Le Toux FW 6-0 165 01/10/1984 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France 5 5 2 0 95 82 28 23 8 Etienne Barbara FW 6-0 190 06/10/1982 Pieta, Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Atiba Harris FW 6-3 185 01/09/1985 Basseterre, St. Kitts 1 1 0 0 132 107 17 19 11 John Thorrington MF 5-8 150 10/17/1979 Johannesburg, South Africa 2 2 0 0 72 60 8 2 12 Lee Young-Pyo DF 5-9 146 04/23/1977 Hongcheon-gun, South Korea 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 13 Michael Nanchoff MF 5-8 150 09/24/1988 North Royalton, OH 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 15 Martin Bonjour DF 6-3 190 04/09/1985 Carhue, Argentina 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 16 Matt Watson MF 6-0 180 01/01/1985 Bromsgrove, England 5 3 0 0 5 3 0 0 17 Omar Salgado FW 6-4 190 09/10/1993 El Paso, TX 0 0 0 0 14 5 1 1 18 Brad Knighton GK 6-2 195 02/06/1985 Hickory, NC 1 0 0 0 15 14 0 0 19 Carlyle Mitchell DF 6-2 165 08/08/1987 Arima, Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 20 Davide Chiumiento MF 5-8 150 11/22/1984 Heiden, Switzerland 5 5 0 1 31 25 2 10 Darren Mattocks FW 6-0 155 09/02/1990 Portmore, Jamaica 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 Long Tan FW 6-1 170 04/01/1988 Dalian, Liaoning, China 2 0 0 0 15 4 1 2 23 Brian Sylvestre GK 6-5 200 12/19/1992 Hollywood, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Floyd Franks MF 5-11 175 04/05/1984 Hattiesburg, MS 1 0 0 0 17 2 1 0 26 Jun Marques Davidson MF 6-2 165 06/07/1983 Tokyo, Japan 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 27 Gershon Koffie MF 5-11 155 08/25/1991 Koforidua, Ghana 3 2 0 0 32 30 1 0 28 FW 6-4 200 05/03/1981 Sarreguemines, France 4 4 0 2 30 25 10 4 29 Eric Hassli 31 Russell Teibert MF 5-7 145 12/22/1992 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Can. 0 0 0 0 11 5 0 0 Greg Klazura DF 5-11 165 01/27/1989 Leominster, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Bryce Alderson MF 5-10 160 02/05/1994 Kitchener, ON, Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 MF 5-7 155 07/21/1988 Presidente Prudente, Brazil 4 3 1 1 36 32 13 4 37 Camilo HEAD COACH : Martin Rennie
05/22/1975 W2 L1 T2
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2012 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 6 6 0 0 66 66 0 0 2 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 1 0 0 0 139 119 5 13 3 Korede Aiyegbusi DF 5-5 155 07/15/1988 London, England 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 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 6 6 0 0 78 74 2 2 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 4 0 0 0 161 144 9 14 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 6 6 0 1 65 43 0 3 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 6 6 1 6 70 40 7 14 9 Teal Bunbury FW 6-2 175 02/27/1990 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 3 1 0 0 58 34 14 5 11 Bobby Convey MF 5-9 150 05/27/1983 Philadelphia, PA 6 6 0 1 170 158 11 31 12 Konrad Warzycha FW 6-1 190 02/14/1989 Zabrze, Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Lawrence Olum DF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 160 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 6 6 0 0 93 73 2 9 16 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 6 6 0 1 46 44 0 1 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 6 5 3 0 40 27 8 5 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 Shawn Singh DF 5-9 145 05/05/1989 Bakersfield, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 23 Kei Kamara MF 6-3 186 09/01/1984 Kenema, Sierra Leone 6 6 3 1 151 111 37 14 24 Cyprian Hedrick DF 6-0 185 10/06/1989 Duala, Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Luke Sassano DF 6-0 170 10/14/1985 Orinda, CA 1 0 0 0 48 30 1 0 37 Jacob Peterson MF 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 5 0 0 0 143 82 9 10 55 Julio Cesar MF 6-1 170 11/18/1978 Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil 6 6 0 0 33 31 2 2 78 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 6 6 2 0 29 27 5 0 88 Michael Thomas MF 5-10 190 03/08/1989 Olathe, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes
L28 11/21/1966 W33 T21
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY BC PLACE, Vancouver, B.C. April 18, 2012 (WEEK 7, MLS Game #55) 7 p.m. CT (SNET Pac.; KSMO) Sporting Kansas City put their perfect record on the line in what could be a real test, traveling to Vancouver to face Whitecaps FC at BC Place. Sporting have six wins from six games, after knocking off the defending champion LA Galaxy 1-0 at home last weekend. Whitecaps FC return to action after a bye week, their last match a 3-1 loss at San Jose that put an end to their unbeaten streak and record shutout streak to start a season. REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. SAR (bench): Ian Anderson; JAR (opposite): Kevin Duliba; 4th: Alejandro Mariscal MLS Career: 129 games; FC/gm: 24.9; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 47; pens: 48 INJURY REPORT: VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC – OUT: FW Darren Mattocks (R shoulder burn); DF Alain Rochat (L knee sprain); GK Brian Sylvestre (R knee surgery); DOUBTFUL: FW Etienne Barbara (groin strain); MF Floyd Franks (lower back pain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Michael Nanchoff (L heel contusion) … SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: GK Eric Kronberg (lower back injury); DOUBTFUL: DF Cyprian Hedrick (R Achilles tendinitis) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (2 meetings): Whitecaps FC 0 wins, 4 goals … Sporting 1 win, 5 goals … Ties 1 AT VANCOUVER (1 meeting): Whitecaps FC 0 wins, 3 goals … Sporting 0 wins, 3 goals … Ties 1 LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/2: VAN 3, KC 3 (Harris 73; Camilo 91+, 93+ – Bunbury 45, 58; Kamara 62) 6/25: KC 2, VAN 1 (Camilo 15 – Bravo 33; Julio Cesar 40 This is the only league meeting between the teams this season. The teams played to a wild 3-3 draw in their first-ever meeting last April 2 at Empire Field, Whitecaps FC scoring two goals in stoppage time to pull out the result. Whitecaps FC became the fourth club in MLS history to overcome a deficit of three goals to gain a point, matching the largest in MLS history. All four matches ended in draws, though the first – a May 4, 1996 meeting between the MetroStars and Tampa Bay, concluded with a shootout win for the Mutiny. The pair of goals in stoppage time marked the sixth time two or more goals were scored in added time to gain a result, one shy of the record. Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. VAN: P2 W1 L0 D1 … Martin Rennie vs. KC: first game VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC return to action after seeing their season-opening unbeaten and shutout streaks come to an end, falling 3-1 to the San Jose Earthquakes on April 7 at Buck Shaw Stadium. Whitecaps FC are in seventh place in the Western Conference with 8 points from 5 games. LAST MATCH Whitecaps FC opened the scoring four minutes after the break, Eric Hassli posted up inside the box and played a pass back to Sebastien Le Toux off a throw-in, and Le Toux knocked it inside the far post. Five minutes after the ‘Caps broke the MLS record for most minutes to start a season without conceding a goal, the Quakes pulled even. Chris Wondolowski got behind the Vancouver defense, held off defender Jay DeMerit, then ran onto a throw-in from left back Ramiro Corrales and chipped 'Caps goalkeeper Joe Cannon. Then, in the 72nd minute, Corrales dialed a cross into the box, and second-half substitute Alan Gordon answered with a diving header to give San Jose the lead. Wondolowski hammered the final nail into the coffin in the 78th minute. Tressor Moreno found the striker at the back post with a cross from a free kick, and Wondolowski simply redirected it into the net on the volley. Whitecaps FC head coach Martin Rennie made two changes to the team that played to a second successive goalless draw, against Philadelphia Union at PPL Park. Gershon Koffie and Eric Hassli returned to the side, in place of Matt Watson and the suspended Atiba Harris.
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VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (4-4-2): Joe Cannon - Lee Young-Pyo, Jay DeMerit, Martin Bonjour, Jordan Harvey - Davide Chiumiento, Gershon Koffie, Jun Marques Davidson (Camilo 76), John Thorrington (Matt Watson 79) - Sebastien Le Toux, Eric Hassli. TEAM NEWS Whitecaps FC saw their MLS club-record undefeated streak come to an end at four games. “Second half, we obviously started the half very well, and got a good goal,” head coach Martin Rennie said. “From nowhere in a short space of time, we switched off and we’ve lost three goals and lost the game. In many ways, the difference was [Chris] Wondolowski scored two goals out of nothing, and that changed the game, in my opinion.” Whitecaps FC saw their record-setting shutout streak to start a season ended at 426 minutes, five more than the New York Red Bulls achieved in 2007. “It’s not something we can ignore,” goalkeeper Joe Cannon said. “We have to look at it and learn from it. We get paid to play this game, and I don’t think it’s smart to just throw anything under the rug, even if you win. We’re still in the early going here and I think we just have to look at that game for what it is and move on.” After two games without scoring a goal – or hitting the net (Whitecaps FC were not credited with a single goal attempt on target in either scoreless draw vs. Philadelphia or D.C. United) – Vancouver was credited with two shots on goal vs. San Jose. “I think tonight we played our best stuff,” captain Jay DeMerit said on Saturday. “We created the most chances and got forward the best we have all season. If we could combine the past few games we played defensively, and then combined with how we did offensively tonight, those are things we can take forward into [our next game].” Sebastien Le Toux scored his second goal of the season, his first since netting just seconds into the season opener against Montréal. It was Vancouver’s first goal in 251 minutes – the third-longest streak without a goal thus far in MLS this season. “We played better than I think all the games we played away [so far],” Le Toux said to Vancouver radio station TEAM 1410. “We found ourselves in a pretty good situation [going up 1-0], so I think things are getting better and better.” SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City extended their winning streak to start the 2012 season to six games, getting the game’s only goal in a victory against Real Salt Lake on Saturday evening at Livestrong Sporting Park. Sporting have 18 points from 6 matches to lead the Eastern Conference. LAST MATCH The game's lone goal came after 63 minutes. Graham Zusi flighted in a corner from the left and Aurelien Collin slashed in at the back post to head it home. It was Collin’s second goal of the year, both coming on headers off set-piece assists from Zusi. SKC goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen was called upon to make just one save on the night, a routine stop of a Nat Borchers header from Kyle Beckerman’s free kick in second-half stoppage time that ended Sporting's leaguerecord string of not allowing a shot on goal at 335 minutes. Sporting head coach Peter Vermes made no changes to his team for a fourth match in a row, maintaining the side that defeated the LA Galaxy 1-0 at Livestrong Sporting Park. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-2-3-1): Jimmy Nielsen - Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic (Michael Harrington 89) - Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 51), Roger Espinoza - Kei Kamara, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 82) - C.J. Sapong. TEAM NEWS Sporting Kansas City is just the second club to have taken maximum points through six games – after the 1996 Los Angeles Galaxy, who won their first nine games in regulation time. The 1998 Galaxy also started with nine games unbeaten – but won the opener in a shootout (worth one point in the standings). “At the end of the day, we found a way to get the goal in the second half. A fantastic three points for the guys,” said KC manager Peter Vermes. “Now we are going on a weeklong road trip. It won’t be easy but we have a good situation going right now and we have to keep it going.” Sporting faced one shot on goal– their first in 335 minutes (an MLS record). Goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen has been called upon to make just eight saves in SKC’s first six games. “I don’t think that I’ve seen anything like that before in my life. That’s credit to the whole organization and the team,” said Nielsen. “Our defense starts with C.J. (Sapong), and if he’s in good position, he’s making the midfielders’ job easy. And if the midfielders’ job is easy, that makes the defenders’ job easy. And if the defense is in good position, it makes my job very, very easy.” Said Vermes: “Defensively, our back line was very attentive and concentrated. Collin and Besler did a very good job against their two central strikers and didn’t give them anything. The header at the end was actually offside, though the center official waved it off. They actually did not get a shot on goal.”
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While extending their season-opening winning streak to seven games, Sporting Kansas City also lengthened their current shutout streak to 337 minutes – second in MLS this season (behind Vancouver’s 426). “There are a lot of things that go into that (shot on goal) record: all 11 of us defending as a whole, applying pressure, even a little luck,” said defender Matt Besler. “The most important thing for us is the shutout streak. Shutting teams out gives us a chance to win every week.” Sporting KC have scored three of their nine goals from set pieces. Two have come from corner kicks – both of the goals scored by Collin – and one on a free kick. “It’s never an easy thing to score on a corner kick,” Vermes said. “Here’s the reason: You’re not only fighting a crowd. There’s a guy usually holding on to you. Maybe we’re the only ones who hold in games, but at the end of the day it’s not an easy thing.” After seeing his five-game streak with an assist come to an end, Graham Zusi collected his sixth assist of the season in the 1-0 win against Real Salt Lake, giving him the MLS lead. “There’s four or five guys I can get it to on set pieces,” Zusi said. “Like I always say, I just try to put it in a dangerous spot, and those guys do the rest.” After maintaining the same first XI since the New England game, Vermes could be forced into a change in Vancouver. Holding midfielder Julio Cesar was forced from the field early in the second half against RSL. “I do not think it is a very serious pull. I think it is more of a strain. We will just evaluate him over the course of the next couple days and then we will make a decision but he’s a very important guy for the team,” said Vermes. “But at the same time, the biggest thing for me when we have muscle injuries is that we need to shut down a guy and wait until he is 100 percent to bring him back. I don’t think he will be ready for Wednesday, plus travel, so we will have to figure it out.”
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2012 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC STATISTICS (2-1-2, 8 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 7 F Sebastien Le Toux 37 M Camilo 6 D Jay DeMerit 29 F Eric Hassli 20 M Davide Chiumiento 3 D Jordan Harvey 4 D Alain Rochat 15 D Martin Bonjour 1 G Joe Cannon 27 M Jun Marques Davidson 26 M Floyd Franks 9 F Atiba Harris 18 G Brad Knighton 28 M Gershon Koffie 12 D Lee Young-Pyo 22 F Darren Mattocks 23 F Long Tan 11 M John Thorrington 16 M Matt Watson 36 M Bryce Alderson 8 F Etienne Barbara 2 D Michael Boxall 32 D Greg Klazura 19 D Carlyle Mitchell 13 M Michael Nanchoff 17 F Omar Salgado 24 G Brian Sylvestre 31 M Russell Teibert Team totals Opponent totals
GP 5 4 5 4 5 5 3 5 5 5 1 1 1 3 5 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
GS 5 3 5 4 5 2 3 5 5 5 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
MIN 450 256 450 359 412 258 237 450 401 436 8 70 49 211 450 1 24 138 290 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 450 450
G 2 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 4 3
A 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
SHT 7 4 3 8 11 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 58
SOG 3 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 22
FC 3 2 1 13 4 2 5 10 0 6 1 2 0 7 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 80
GAA 0.00 0.67 0.60 0.80
PG 0 0 0 0
FS 5 7 6 3 13 3 4 4 0 6 0 3 0 5 4 1 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 66
OFF 2 2 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 11
CK 0 9 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 22
C 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 9
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Sebastien Le Toux 1, Jay DeMerit 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Alain Rochat 1, Eric Hassli 1, Camilo 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN 18 G Brad Knighton 1 0 49 1 G Joe Cannon 5 5 401 Team totals 5 5 450 Opponent totals 5 5 450
SHTS 2 20 22 13
SV 2 15 17 9
GA 0 3 3 4
PA 0 0 0 0
W 1 1 2 1
L 0 1 1 2
* = Played with other teams in 2012. Only Vancouver Whitecaps FC statistics listed here.
T 0 2 2 2
SO 0 3 4 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
2012 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (6-0-0, 18 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 23 M Kei Kamara 17 F C.J. Sapong 78 D Aurelien Collin 8 M Graham Zusi 11 M Bobby Convey 7 D Chance Myers 16 D Seth Sinovic 5 D Matt Besler 9 F Teal Bunbury 15 M Roger Espinoza 2 D Michael Harrington 55 M Julio Cesar 6 M Paulo Nagamura 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 13 D Lawrence Olum 37 M Jacob Peterson 32 D Luke Sassano 3 D Korede Aiyegbusi 14 F Dom Dwyer 4 D Kevin Ellis 19 M Peterson Joseph 21 G Jon Kempin 18 G Eric Kronberg 22 F Soony Saad 20 D Shawn Singh 88 M Michael Thomas Team totals Opponent totals
GP 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 6 1 6 4 6 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
GS 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 6 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
MIN 540 444 509 505 488 540 539 540 96 540 1 475 85 540 32 52 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 540 540
G 3 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 9 1
A 1 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
SHT 33 14 6 17 3 4 3 1 7 11 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 46
SOG 15 8 3 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 9
FC 14 8 8 8 2 11 4 1 4 11 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 70
FS 12 8 4 8 2 4 10 1 2 9 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 80
OFF 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11
CK 1 0 0 24 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 16
C 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6
GAME-WINNING GOALS: C.J. Sapong 2, Kei Kamara 2, Graham Zusi 1, Aurelien Collin 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 4, Chance Myers 1, Kei Kamara 1, Bobby Convey 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Kei Kamara 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 6 6 Team totals 6 6 Opponent totals 6 6
MIN 540 540 540
SHTS 9 9 37
SV 8 8 27
GA 1 1 9
GAA 0.17 0.17 1.50
PG 0 0 0
PA 0 0 1
W 6 6 0
L 0 0 6
* = Played with other teams in 2012. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.
T 0 0 0
SO 5 5 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 2012 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Wed. Sat. Wed. Sat. Wed. Sun. Fri. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May June June June June July July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct.
10 17 24 31 7 18 21 28 5 12 19 26 10 16 20 23 4 7 11 14 18 22 27 11 15 18 25 1 15 23 29 3 20 27
OPPONENT Montreal at Chivas USA D.C. United at Philadelphia at San Jose Sporting KC FC Dallas at Columbus San Jose at New England Seattle at Portland Houston Colorado New York at Los Angeles at Colorado at Chivas USA at Toronto FC at Chicago Los Angeles San Jose at Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake FC Dallas at Seattle at Portland at Los Angeles at FC Dallas Colorado Seattle Chivas USA Portland at Real Salt Lake
RESULT W 2-0 W 1-0 T 0-0 T 0-0 L 1-3
ATT. 21,000 7,723 19,394 17,189 10,525
W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 T1 3 VAN: Le Toux (4) Camilo (54) 2-0-0 T1 6 VAN: DeMerit (68) 2-0-1 1 7 2-0-2 3 8 2-1-2 4 8 VAN: Le Toux (49); SJ: Wondolowski (68,78) Gordon (72)
ATT. 16,314 19,777 15,161 13,372 20,323 19,422
W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 1 3 KC: Sapong (93+) 2-0-0 T1 6 KC: Zusi (28) Kamara (39) Sapong (47) 3-0-0 1 9 KC: Collin (49+) Kamara (88); DAL: Villar (25) 4-0-0 1 12 KC: Sapong (47) 5-0-0 1 15 KC: Kamara (40) 6-0-0 1 18 KC: Collin (63)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2012 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat. Wed.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May June June June June July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct.
10 17 25 1 7 14 18 21 5 12 19 27 16 20 23 29 4 7 14 18 21 28 4 11 18 26 1 14 19 22 28 7 20 24
OPPONENT at D.C. United New England FC Dallas at Chivas USA Los Angeles Real Salt Lake at Vancouver at Portland Montreal at Chicago at Colorado San Jose Toronto FC at Seattle at Philadelphia Chicago at Montreal Houston at Columbus at Houston New England Columbus at New England D.C. United at Toronto FC New York Toronto FC Houston at New York at Montreal Chicago at Columbus at New York Philadelphia
RESULT W 1-0 W 3-0 W 2-1 W 1-0 W 1-0 W 1-0
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)
TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)
Goals 1 Camilo 1 Sebastien Le Toux 1 Jay DeMerit 1 Sebastien Le Toux
Goals 2 03/10/2012
vs. MTL
W 2-0
Shots 6 03/17/2012
at
CHV
W 1-0
Assists 3 03/10/2012
vs. MTL
W 2-0
Shots on Goal 0 03/24/2012 0 03/31/2012
vs. DC at PHI
T 0-0 T 0-0
03/10/2012 03/10/2012 03/17/2012 04/07/2012
vs. vs. at at
MTL MTL CHV SJ
W W W L
2-0 2-0 1-0 1-3
Assists 1 6 times
Shots 16 04/07/2012
Shots 6 Eric Hassli
Shots on Goal 6 04/07/2012
Shots on Goal 2 Davide Chiumiento 2 Eric Hassli 2 Sebastien Le Toux
04/07/2012
04/07/2012 04/07/2012 04/07/2012
at
at at at
SJ
SJ SJ SJ
L 1-3
L 1-3 L 1-3 L 1-3
at
at
Fouls Committed 17 03/17/2012 at Fouls Suffered 26 03/10/2012
SJ
SJ
L 1-3
L 1-3
CHV
W 1-0
vs. MTL
03/10/2012 03/17/2012 03/24/2012
vs. MTL at CHV vs. DC
W 2-0 W 1-0 T 0-0
Corner Kicks 4 03/10/2012 4 03/31/2012 4 04/07/2012
vs. MTL at PHI at SJ
W 2-0 T 0-0 L 1-3
Fouls Suffered 5 Matt Watson
03/31/2012
at
T 0-0
Offside 5 03/17/2012
at
CHV
W 1-0
Saves 5 03/10/2012 5 03/17/2012
vs. MTL at CHV
W 2-0 W 1-0
Shots Faced 7 03/10/2012
vs. MTL
W 2-0
Goals Allowed 3 04/07/2012
at
L 1-3
Offside 4 Eric Hassli Saves 5 Joe Cannon Shots Faced 5 Joe Cannon 5 Joe Cannon Goals Allowed 3 Joe Cannon
03/17/2012
03/10/2012
03/10/2012 04/07/2012
04/07/2012
at
CHV
vs. MTL
vs. MTL at SJ
at
SJ
W 1-0
Fouls Suffered 7 03/17/2012 at
CHV
W 1-0
Corner Kicks 3 03/17/2012 3 03/24/2012
at CHV vs. DC
W 1-0 T 0-0
Offside 2 03/10/2012 2 03/31/2012 2 04/07/2012
vs. MTL at PHI at SJ
W 2-0 T 0-0 L 1-3
Saves 2 03/31/2012 2 04/07/2012
at at
PHI SJ
T 0-0 L 1-3
Shots Faced 2 03/31/2012
at
PHI
T 0-0
W 2-0
W 2-0 L 1-3
SJ
L 1-3
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)
TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)
Goals 1 9 times
Goals 3 03/17/2012
vs. NE
W 3-0
Shots 14 04/07/2012
Assists 3 03/17/2012 3 03/25/2012
vs. NE vs. DAL
W 3-0 W 2-1
Shots 27 03/17/2012
vs. NE
Assists 2 Graham Zusi Shots 11 Kei Kamara Shots on Goal 5 Kei Kamara Fouls Committed 5 Kei Kamara Fouls Suffered 4 Roger Espinoza Offside 2 Kei Kamara 2 C.J. Sapong
03/25/2012
03/25/2012
03/25/2012
04/07/2012
03/10/2012
03/17/2012 03/17/2012
vs. DAL
vs. DAL
vs. DAL
vs. LA
at
DC
vs. NE vs. NE
T 0-0
W 2-0
Fouls Committed 4 Gershon Koffie 4 Eric Hassli 4 Eric Hassli
PHI
Fouls Committed 11 03/24/2012 vs. DC
W 2-1
W 2-1
W 2-1
W 1-0
W 1-0
Shots on Goal 9 03/25/2012
Shots on Goal 4 04/07/2012
Fouls Committed 16 03/10/2012 at
DC
W 1-0
vs. LA
W 1-0
Fouls Committed 9 04/07/2012 vs. LA
W 1-0
W 3-0 Fouls Suffered 10 03/17/2012
vs. DAL
vs. LA
vs. NE
W 3-0
W 2-1 Corner Kicks 4 03/17/2012
vs. NE
W 3-0
Offside 0 03/10/2012 0 04/01/2012 0 04/14/2012
at DC at CHV vs. RSL
W 1-0 W 1-0 W 1-0
Saves 0 03/25/2012 0 04/01/2012 0 04/07/2012
vs. DAL at CHV vs. LA
W 2-1 W 1-0 W 1-0
Shots Faced 0 04/01/2012 0 04/07/2012
at CHV vs. LA
W 1-0 W 1-0
W 1-0
Fouls Suffered 14 04/14/2012
vs. RSL
W 1-0
W 3-0 W 3-0
Corner Kicks 11 04/14/2012
vs. RSL
W 1-0
vs. NE
W 3-0
Saves 6 Jimmy Nielsen
03/17/2012
vs. NE
W 3-0
Offside 4 03/17/2012
Shots Faced 6 Jimmy Nielsen
03/17/2012
vs. NE
W 3-0
Saves 6 03/17/2012
vs. NE
W 3-0
Goals Allowed 1 Jimmy Nielsen
03/25/2012
vs. DAL
W 2-1
Shots Faced 6 03/17/2012
vs. NE
W 3-0
Goals Allowed 1 03/25/2012
vs. DAL
W 2-1
2011 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-1) UNF 37 9 20 16 7 2 12 1 6 3 29 14 8 28 25 18 4 22 31 19
POS PLAYER FWD Camilo FWD Atiba Harris MID Davide Chiumiento MID Nizar Khalfan MID*Terry Dunfield DEF Michael Boxall MID Jeb Brovsky GK Joe Cannon DEF Jay DeMerit DEF Bilal Duckett FWD Eric Hassli DEF Greg Janicki DEF Wes Knight MID Gershon Koffie DEF Jonathan Leathers GK Jay Nolly DEF Alain Rochat MID Shea Salinas MID Russell Teibert D/M*Blake Wagner ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1
GS 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1
MIN 180 90 66 40 167 180 90 90 45 45 90 63 69 90 180 90 180 90 45 90
G 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 11 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2
SOG 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
FC 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 0
FS 4 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 1
OFF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
4 5
7 6
31 35
12 15
22 26
26 22
4 7
7 9
2 4
0 0
0 0
GP 1 1
GS 1 1
MIN 90 90
SHTS 8 7
SV 6 4
GA 2 3
GAA 2.00 3.00
PG 1 0
PA 1 0
W 0 0
L 1 0
T 0 1
2 2
2 2
180 180
15 12
10 8
5 4
2.50 2.00
1 0
1 0
0 1
1 0
1 1
GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 GK Joe Cannon 18 GK Jay Nolly ----------Team totals Opponent totals
SO O'TIME 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0
0-0-0 0-0-0
2011 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (1-0-1) UNF 9 99 23 55 88 15 17 8 22 27 5 78 20 2 7 1 4 16 6
POS PLAYER FWD Teal Bunbury FWD Omar Bravo FWD Kei Kamara DEF Julio Cesar MID Milos Stojcev M/D Roger Espinoza FWD C.J. Sapong MID Graham Zusi MID Davy Arnaud MID*Stephane Auvray DEF Matt Besler DEF Aurelien Collin FWD Birahim Diop DEF Michael Harrington DEF Chance Myers GK Jimmy Nielsen MID Craig Rocastle DEF*Seth Sinovic DEF Shavar Thomas ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1
GS 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0
MIN 90 85 99 172 158 180 171 90 97 14 180 90 90 95 90 180 1 90 8
G 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 3 3 5 1 6 2 7 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
SOG 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
FC 0 1 2 2 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 0
FS 0 3 2 0 1 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 0
OFF 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CP 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
5 4
6 7
35 31
15 12
26 22
22 26
7 4
9 7
4 2
0 0
0 0
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Julio Cesar 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 1, Omar Bravo 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Omar Bravo 1-1
UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 2
GS 2
MIN 180
SHTS 12
SV 8
GA 4
GAA 2.00
PG 0
PA 0
W 1
L 0
T 1
2 2
2 2
180 180
12 15
8 10
4 5
2.00 2.50
0 1
0 1
1 0
0 1
1 1
SO O'TIME 0 0-0-0 0 0
0-0-0 0-0-0
SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Sporting KC 1 win, 5 goals Whitecaps 0 wins, 4 goals Ties 1 04/02/2011 06/25/2011
VAN 3 vs KC 3 KC 2 vs VAN 1
(EF) (SP)
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 1 11 5 13 3 3
Whitecaps 2 OT Tot. 3 0 4 20 0 31 7 0 12 9 0 22 1 0 4 4 0 7
Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 3 2 0 5 21 14 0 35 8 7 0 15 10 16 0 26 2 5 0 7 6 3 0 9
GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:
VAN KC
1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 1 0
OT 0 0
Total 4 5
CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Martin Rennie vs. KC Peter Vermes vs. VAN
0-0-0 (1.00 pts./game) 1-0-1 (2.00 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
3 2 11 5 3 4
Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
Whitecaps Camilo Chiumiento/Khalfan Camilo Camilo Camilo/Hassli Camilo
2 2 7 3 4 4
0 1 Joe Cannon 0 6 Joe Cannon 3 Jay Nolly
Sporting KC Teal Bunbury Milos Stojcev C.J. Sapong C.J. Sapong 3 players tied Roger Espinoza
1 Jimmy Nielsen 0 0 8 Jimmy Nielsen 4 Jimmy Nielsen
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Whitecaps Camilo (4/2/11) Nizar Khalfan (4/2/11) Camilo (4/2/11) Camilo (4/2/11) Camilo/Hassli Harris/Koffie
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
2 2 9 4 3 3
Saves Goals Allowed
6 Joe Cannon (6/25/11) 3 Jay Nolly (4/2/11)
2 2 4 2 4 3
Sporting KC Teal Bunbury (4/2/11) Milos Stojcev (4/2/11) 3 players tied 3 players tied Birahim Diop (4/2/11) 3 players tied
6 Jimmy Nielsen (4/2/11) 3 Jimmy Nielsen (4/2/11)
2012 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
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC W-L-T Streak (started)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY W-L-T Streak (started)
1-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0
3 Ws (10/6/2011) 1 Ls (4/7/2012) 8 Ls (6/4/2011)
2-0-0 4-0-0 0-0-0
3 Ws (9/10/2011) 6 Ws (10/15/2011 6 Ts (5/28/2011)
2-1-0 0-0-0
1 Ls (4/7/2012) 6 Ls (7/30/2011)
5-0-0 1-0-0
8 Ws (9/28/2011) 1 Ws (3/25/2012)
0-0-2 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
2 1 2 1 2
Ts Ls Ws Ws Ws
(3/24/2012) (4/7/2012) (10/12/2011 (10/6/2011) (3/19/2011)
0-0-0 4-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0
1 5 3 3 31
Ls Ws Ws Ws Ws
(9/17/2011) (10/22/2011 (9/28/2011) (8/17/2011) (5/2/1996)
2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0
2 1 3 4 2
Ts Ws Ls Ls Ls
(3/24/2012) (10/12/2011 (8/20/2011) (4/10/2011) (7/30/2011)
5-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
10 1 1 2 20
Ws Ws Ts Ls Ls
(8/3/2011) (3/25/2012) (9/5/2011) (4/23/2011) (5/5/1996)
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-1) PLAYER Camilo Atiba Harris Davide Chiumiento Nizar Khalfan Terry Dunfield Michael Boxall Jeb Brovsky Joe Cannon Jay DeMerit Bilal Duckett Eric Hassli Greg Janicki Wes Knight Gershon Koffie Jonathan Leathers Jay Nolly Alain Rochat Shea Salinas Russell Teibert Blake Wagner Team totals Opponent totals
GOALKEEPER Joe Cannon Jay Nolly ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2
GS 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 2
MIN 180 90 66 40 167 180 90 90 45 45 90 63 69 90 180 90 180 90 45 90 180 180
G 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5
CURRENT VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-1) A 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6
SHT 11 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 31 35
GP 1 1
MIN 90 90
SHTS 8 7
SV 6 4
GAA 2.00 3.00
PG 1 0
2 2
180 180
15 12
10 8
2.50 2.00
1 0
PLAYER Atiba Harris Camilo Sebastien Le Toux Davide Chiumiento Michael Boxall Joe Cannon Jay DeMerit Jordan Harvey Eric Hassli Brad Knighton Gershon Koffie Alain Rochat Russell Teibert John Thorrington Team totals Opponent totals
GP 12 2 6 2 2 27 1 5 1 1 1 2 1 8 2 2
GS 11 2 5 1 2 27 1 5 1 1 1 2 0 5 2 2
GOALKEEPER Joe Cannon Brad Knighton ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 27 1
MIN 2450 90
2 2
180 180
MIN 979 180 397 66 180 2450 45 450 90 90 90 180 45 473 180 180
G 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5
SHTS SV 158 122 7 4 15 12
10 8
A 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6
SHT 16 11 13 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 7 31 35
GAA 1.14 4.00
PG 4 0
2.50 2.00
1 0
SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (1-0-1)
CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (1-0-1)
PLAYER Teal Bunbury Omar Bravo Kei Kamara Julio Cesar Milos Stojcev Roger Espinoza C.J. Sapong Graham Zusi Davy Arnaud Stephane Auvray Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Birahim Diop Michael Harrington Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Craig Rocastle Seth Sinovic Shavar Thomas Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2
GS 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 2
MIN 90 85 99 172 158 180 171 90 97 14 180 90 90 95 90 180 1 90 8 180 180
G 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
A 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7
SHT 3 3 5 1 6 2 7 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 35 31
GOALKEEPER Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 2
MIN 180
SHTS 12
SV 8
GAA 2.00
PG 0
2 2
180 180
12 15
8 10
2.00 2.50
0 1
PLAYER Teal Bunbury Kei Kamara Julio Cesar Roger Espinoza Jacob Peterson C.J. Sapong Graham Zusi Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Bobby Convey Michael Harrington Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Jimmy Nielsen Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2
GS 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 2
MIN 90 99 172 180 137 171 90 180 90 24 95 90 60 180 90 180 180
G 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
A 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7
SHT 3 5 1 2 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 35 31
GOALKEEPER Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 2
MIN 180
SHTS 12
SV 8
GAA 2.00
PG 0
2 2
180 180
12 15
8 10
2.00 2.50
0 1
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY – 2012 MLS MEDIA NOTES
Major League Soccer Regular Season – Week 7 Wednesday, April 18, 2012 – 7 p.m. PT Bell Pitch at BC Place in Vancouver, BC Television: Sportsnet Pacific Radio: TEAM 1410
PMS 278
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Sporting Kansas City
MLS RS: 2-1-2 -- GF: 4 - GA: 3 8 points, 7th in the Western Conference MLS RS Home: 1-0-1 -- GF: 2 - GA: 0 MLS RS Away: 1-1-1 -- GF: 2 - GA: 3 Amway Canadian Championship: 0-0-0
MLS RS: 6-0-0 -- GF: 9 - GA: 1 18 points, 1st in the Eastern Conference MLS RS Home: 4-0-0 -- GF: 7 - GA: 1 MLS RS Away: 2-0-0 -- GF: 2 - GA: 0 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 0-0-0
WHITECAPS FC – PROBABLE STARTING XI
GAME OFFICIALS
GK - 1.Joe Cannon RB - 12.Young-Pyo Lee CB - 15.Martin Bonjour CB - 6.Jay DeMerit © LB - 3.Jordan Harvey RM - 28.Gershon Koffie HM - 27.Jun Marques Davidson AM - 20.Davide Chiumiento LM - 11.John Thorrington F - 7.Sebastien Le Toux F - 29.Eric Hassli
Referee: Baldomero Toledo AR1 (bench side): Ian Anderson AR2 (far side): Kevin Duliba Fourth Official: Alejandro
ABOUT WHITECAPS FC In 1974, Vancouver Whitecaps FC played their inaugural season in the North American Soccer League, and in 1979, the club won the NASL Soccer Bowl championship. Following the demise of the NASL in 1984, Vancouver 86ers were founded in 1986 and from 1987 to 1992 the club won four Canadian Soccer League titles. In 1993, Vancouver joined the North American second division after the disbandment of the CSL. In 2001, the club reverted back to the Whitecaps and the following season added FC to their official name while creating a full club model that encompasses professional teams for men and women, extensive youth development and grassroots participation programs, facility development, and the Whitecaps Foundation to support specific initiatives related to health and wellness through soccer. Since 2004, Whitecaps FC have won two United Soccer Leagues First Division championships and two USL W-League championships. Whitecaps FC were the 17th club admitted to Major League Soccer on March 18, 2009, and on March 10, 2011, Vancouver kicked off their inaugural year in MLS at Empire Field before moving into the new BC Place Stadium in downtown Vancouver. Vancouver finished the 2011 season with a record of 6W-18L-10D. 2012 is Vancouverʼs 37th season of professional soccer, and 26th consecutive season. Whitecaps FC are the longest running pro soccer club in United States and Canadian history.
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VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY – 2012 MLS MEDIA NOTES
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC - 2012 ROSTER ALPHABETICAL # LAST 36 Alderson 8 Barbara 15 Bonjour 2 Boxall 1 Cannon 20 Chiumiento 6 DeMerit 26 Franks 9 Harris 3 Harvey 29 Hassli 32 Klazura 18 Knighton 28 Koffie 12 Lee 7 Le Toux 27 Davidson 22 Mattocks 19 Mitchell 13 Nanchoff 4 Rochat 17 Salgado 37 Sanvezzo 24 Sylvestre 23 Tan 31 Teibert 11 Thorrington 16 Watson
FIRST POS Bryce M Etienne F Martin D Michael D Joe G Davide M Jay D Floyd M Atiba M/F Jordan D/M Eric F Greg D/M Brad G Gershon M Young-Pyo D Sébastien F Jun Marques M Darren F Carlyle D Michael M Alain D Omar F Camilo M/F Brian G Long F Russell M John M Matt M
NUMERICAL # PLAYER 1 Joe Cannon 2 Michael Boxall 3 Jordan Harvey 4 Alain Rochat 6 Jay DeMerit 7 Sébastien Le Toux 8 Etienne Barbara 9 Atiba Harris 11 John Thorrington 12 Young-Pyo Lee 13 Michael Nanchoff 15 Martin Bonjour 16 Matt Watson 17 Omar Salgado 18 Brad Knighton 19 Carlyle Mitchell 20 Davide Chiumiento 22 Darren Mattocks 23 Long Tan 24 Brian Sylvestre 26 Floyd Franks 27 Jun Marques Davidson 28 Gershon Koffie 29 Eric Hassli 31 Russell Teibert 32 Greg Klazura 36 Bryce Alderson 37 Camilo Sanvezzo
HT 5-10 6-01 6-03 6-02 6-02 5-08 6-01 5-11 6-03 5-11 6-04 5-11 6-02 5-11 5-09 6-00 6-01 5-10 6-02 5-08 6-00 6-04 5-07 6-05 6-01 5-07 5-08 6-00
WT AGE 160 18 190 29 190 26 200 23 200 37 150 27 180 32 175 28 185 27 170 28 200 30 165 23 27 195 155 20 150 34 155 28 165 28 155 21 165 24 150 23 170 29 190 18 155 23 200 19 170 24 145 19 150 32 180 27
PRONUNCIATION KAN-uhn BOX-all JOR-duhn HAR-vee ah-lahn roe-SHA duh-MAIR-it se-BAS-chuhn luh-too ETT-tee-en BAR-bar-ah ah-tee-ba HAIR-iss THOR-ing-tuhn yung PEE-o LEE NAHN-chawf MAR-teen bon-JUR WAHT-suhn O-mar sall-GAH-doe NIGHT-en kar-LIE-el MIH-chull dah-VEE-day CUE-mee-EN-toe DAIR-uhn MAT-uks TAN sill-ves-TREE floyd franks JOON MAR-kess DAY-vid-suhn GURR-shin co-fee AH-slee TIE-bert KLA-zur-AH brice all-dur-suhn kah-MEE-lo san-VAY-zoe
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC - SOCCER OPERATIONS President Bob Lenarduzzi Director, Professional Teams Greg Anderson Director, Soccer Operations Tom Soehn Head Coach Martin Rennie Assistant Coach Paul Ritchie Assistant Coach Carl Robinson Assistant Coach & Scouting Coordinator Jake DeClute Goalkeeper Coach Marius Rovde
HOMETOWN Kitchener, ON Pietà, MLT Carhué, ARG Auckland, NZL Los Altos, CA Heiden, SUI Green Bay, WI Vestavia Hills, AL Los Angeles, CA Mission Viejo, CA Sarreguemines, FRA Rockford, IL Richmond, VA Accra, GHA Hongcheon-gun, KOR Rennes, FRA Tokyo, JPN Portmore, JAM Arima, TRI North Royalton, OH Yverdon-les-Bains, SUI El Paso, TX Presidente Prudente, BRA Hollywood, FL Dalian, CHN Niagara Falls, ON Los Angeles, CA Redditch, ENG
POS G D D/M D D F F M/F M D M D M F G D M F F G M M M F M D/M M M/F
PREVIOUS CLUB (LEAGUE - YEARS) COLLEGE (YEARS) Whitecaps FC Residency (USSDA: '11 - '12) -Carolina RailHawks (NASL: '10 - '11) -Rampla Juniors FC (URU PD: '09 - '11) -U. California, Santa Barbara (NCAA DI: '07 - '10) U. California, SB ('07 - '10) San Jose Earthquakes (MLS: '08 - '10) Santa Clara U. ('95 - '97) Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF D-2: '10) -Watford FC (ENG CL: '04 - '10) U. of Illinois at Chicago ('98 - '01) U. of NC at Charlotte (ʻ02 - ʻ05) Carolina RailHawks (NASL: '10 - '11) FC Dallas (MLS: '09 - '10) -Philadelphia Union (MLS: '10 - '11) U. California - LA ('02 - '05) FC Zürich (SUI SL: '07 - '11) -U. Notre Dame (NCAA DI: '07 - '11) U. Notre Dame ('07 - '11) Carolina RailHawks (NASL: '11) -Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF D-2: '10) -Al-Hilal FC (KSA PL: '09 - '11) -Philadelphia Union (MLS: '10 - '11) -Tokushima Vortis (JPN J.League D2: '11) -U. of Akron (NCAA DI: '10 - '11) U. Akron ('10 - '11) Joe Public FC (TRI PL: '08 - '11) -U. of Akron (NCAA DI: '07 - '10) U. Akron ('07 - '10) FC Zürich (SUI SL: '06 - '10) -Club Deportivo Guadalajara (MEX RES: '09 - '10) -Gyeongnam FC (KOR KL: '10) -Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USL PDL: '11) -FC Tampa Bay (USSF D-2: '10) -Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF D-2: '10) -Chicago Fire (MLS: '05 - '10) -Carolina RailHawks (NASL: '08 - '11) U. Maryland ('04 - '05)
PLACE OF BIRTH Sun Valley, ID Auckland, New Zealand Mission Viejo, CA Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC Green Bay, WI Mont-Saint-Aignan, France Pietà, Malta Basseterre, Saint Kitts Johannesburg, South Africa Hongcheon-gun, South Korea North Royalton, OH Carhué, Argentina Bromsgrove, England El Paso, TX Hickory, NC Arima, Trinidad Heiden, Switzerland Portmore, Jamaica Dalian, China Hollywood, FL Hattiesburg, MI Tokyo, Japan Koforidua, Ghana Sarreguemines, France Niagara Falls, ON Leominster, MA Kitchener, ON Presidente Prudente, Brazil
DOB 75.01.01 88.08.18 84.01.28 83.02.01 79.12.04 84.01.10 82.06.10 85.01.09 79.10.17 77.04.23 88.09.24 85.09.04 85.01.01 93.09.10 85.02.06 87.08.08 84.11.22 90.09.02 88.04.01 92.12.19 84.04.05 83.06.07 91.08.25 81.05.03 92.12.22 89.01.27 94.02.05 88.07.21
Head, Sports Medicine and Science Strength & Conditioning Coach Head Athletic Trainer Physiotherapist Assistant Athletic Trainer Team Physician Team Physician Head Equipment, Logistic & Facilities Manager Assistant Equipment Manager Manager, Professional Teams
CITZEN USA NZL USA CAN/SUI USA FRA/USA MLT SKN/USA RSA/USA KOR USA ARG ENG/USA USA/MEX USA TRI SUI/ITA JAM CHN/USA USA USA JPN/USA GHA FRA CAN USA CAN BRA
W/ ʻCAPS 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 2nd
Rick Celebrini Mike Young Jake Joachim Graeme Poole Jon MacGregor Dr. Jim Bovard Dr. Bob McCormack Ed Georgica Andrew Lichtenfels Joe Jesseau
W/ MLS 14th 2nd 7th 2nd 2nd 4th 1st 7th 8th 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 5th 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY – 2012 MLS MEDIA NOTES MATCH NOTES This is the third MLS meeting between Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City. The two previous MLS encounters took place during the 2011 season: Vancouver and Kansas City drew 3-3 at Empire Field on April 2 before Sporting KC defeated Whitecaps FC 2-1 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 25. WHITECAPS FC NOTES As a member of the MLS Eastern Conference, tonightʼs visit of leaders Sporting Kansas City is the only regular season meeting between the two clubs. Tonightʼs match is also the first of two league matches on Bell Pitch at BC Place this week. Following the visit of Sporting KC, Whitecaps FC will host Western Conference rivals FC Dallas this Saturday night. Two weeks tonight, Whitecaps FC will embark on their quest to win their first-ever Voyageurs Cup title in the 2012 Amway Canadian Championship. Vancouver will take on North American Soccer League side FC Edmonton in a two-match, aggregate-goal semifinal series. The first leg will take place at Edmontonʼs Commonwealth Stadium on Wednesday, May 2, while the decisive second leg is set for BC Place on Wednesday, May 9. The winners of the Whitecaps FC versus FC Edmonton semifinal series will face the winner of the allEastern Canadian semifinal series between MLS rivals Montreal Impact and Toronto FC. The winners of this yearʼs Canadian Championship will represent Canada in the 2012-13 edition of the CONCACAF Champions League (CCL). Toronto FC reached the semifinals of the 2011-12 CCL before falling to Mexicoʼs Club Santos Laguna.
Striker #9 Atiba Harris is available for this eveningʼs match after serving a one-match suspension during the 31 defeat at Western Conference rivals San Jose Earthquakes on Apr. 7. On Apr. 8, Harris scored the winning goal for Whitecaps FC reserves, as they defeated hosts San Jose Earthquakes reserves 2-1 in the MLS Reserve League. Midfielder #13 Michael Nanchoff and striker #8 Etienne Barbara returned to full training last week after lengthy injury lay-offs. However, both players are unlikely to be available for tonightʼs match. Whitecaps FC left fullback #4 Alain Rochat will miss tonightʼs match with a left knee sprain, while striker #22 Darren Mattocks will also miss the Sporting KC matchup, as he continues his recovery from burns to his upper right arm and shoulder. Goalkeeper #24 Brian Sylvestre is also unavailable, as he continues his recovery from knee surgery. Midfielder #26 Floyd Franks is listed as doubtful with lower back pain. Whitecaps FCʼs second Designated Player - midfielder Barry Robson - will be joining the club in July 2012 following the completion of the 2011-12 season with English League Championship side Middlesbrough FC.
ABOUT WHITECAPS FC VERSUS SPORTING KANSAS CITY This is the third meeting between Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City, with both clubs first facing each other in MLS last season. Their inaugural meeting at Empire Field on Apr. 2, 2011, became one of the most memorable matches in Whitecaps FC history. After two goals by Teal Bunbury and a strike by Kei Kamara gave Sporting KC a three-goal lead, Whitecaps FC staged a remarkable comeback to earn an improbable 3-3 draw. Atiba Harris scored first before Camilo Sanvezzo dramatically struck twice in second-half stoppage time to earn a point for Vancouver. The next meeting went Kansas Cityʼs way on June 25, 2011. Though Camilo gave the ʻCaps an early lead at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, goals by Mexican international Omar Bravo and Brazilian defender Julio Cesar gave Sporting KC a 2-1 victory. Their last encounter was in preseason, with Whitecaps FC defeating Sporting KC 3-0 at the Disney Pro Soccer Classic in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 29. Date
Location
Result
2011.04.02 2011.06.25
Vancouver, BC Kansas City, KS
D L
3-3 2-1
Attend. 20,518 18,467
Vancouver Scorers
Kansas City Scorers
Harris, Camilo (2) Camilo
Bunbury (2), Kamara Bravo, Cesar
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WHITECAPS FC AND KANSAS CITY PLAYER CONNECTIONS Sporting Kansas City striker Teal Bunbury was born in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. His Father is Guyanese-born Canadian Alex Bunbury, a professional soccer player with the sixth most all-time caps for the Canadian men's soccer team. Having dual American/Canadian citizenship, Bunbury made the decision to join the U.S. National Team after representing Canada at youth level with the Canadian U-17 and U-20 National Teams. Both Bunbury and Whitecaps striker Darren Mattocks were top scorers during their time with University of Akron. Bunbury would tally 23 goals in 48 appearances with the Zips from 2008-09, while Mattocks would notch 39 goals in his 47 college appearances in 2010-11. Like Vancouver strikers Sébastien Le Toux and Eric Hassli, Sporting KC defender Aurélien Collin is a native of France. Collin also spent the 2007-08 season playing for Gretna FC of the Scottish Premier League, while Whitecaps FC designated player and midfielder Barry Robson played for rival side Dundee United before later being traded to Celtic FC. The two players would meet on the pitch twice during that time, first on Sep. 22, 2007 When Collinsʼ team Gretna would defeat Dundee 3:2, with Robson picking up an assist on his corner kick. The two would meet again on Dec. 22, 2007 when Dundee would once more fall to Gretna 2:1. Sporting Kansas City midfielder Bobby Convey and Whitecaps FC goalkeeper Joe Cannon were teammates with San Jose Earthquakes from 2009 to 2010, while Sporting Kansas City striker Kei Kamara played alongside Cannon with the Quakes in 2008. Kansas City midfielder Jacob Peterson and Cannon were also teammates in 2006 with Colorado Rapids. The pair would help the Rapids to the Western Conference Championship before they fell to eventual MLS Cup champions Houston Dynamo. Peterson also competed against Whitecaps FC in the 2011 Canadian Championship during his tenure with Toronto FC making the start in a 1:1 draw during the first leg of a two-leg championship match on May 18, 2011.
In the 2005-06 season of the English Championship League Convey played for Reading FC while Whitecaps FC centre fullback Jay DeMerit played for Watford FC. The two would both get the start in a scoreless match on Mar. 11, 2006. Both playersʼ teams were promoted to the English Premier League for the 2006-07 season where Whitecaps FC right fullback Young-Pyo Lee was playing for Tottenham FC, but neither DeMerit nor Lee would play against Convey that season. In the 2007-08 season of the English Premier League Lee and Convey would square-off twice, both got the start first on Dec. 29, 2007 when Tottenham would defeat Reading 6:4; then again in a third-round FA Cup match on Jan. 5, 2008 when the two sides would tie 2:2. Kansas City right fullback Chance Myers, defender Shawn Singh, and Vancouver defender Jordan Harvey all played college soccer with UCLA. Myers made 42 appearances for the Bruins from 2006-07, Singh would appear in 56 matches from 2009-11, and Harvey made 69 appearances from 2002-05. Sporting defender Lawrence Olum has been competing against Whitecaps FC every season since 2007, beginning with his time at the Portland Timbers (USL-1) from 2007-08; Minnesota Thunder (USL-1) in 2009; Austin Aztex (USSF D2) in 2010 and finally with Kansas City in 2011. Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi and striker Camilo Sanvezzo both earned Major League Soccer (MLS) Player of the Week honours in 2011. Camilo was credited after scoring a brace against Sporting Kansas City in Week Three, while Zusi was given the nod for tallying two goals of his own in a 3-1 win over Portand Timbers in Week 23. Both 'Caps defender Greg Klazura and Kansas City midfielder Michael Thomas captained their University of Notre Dame squads. Klazura made 44 appearances for the Fighting Irish from 2009-11, while Thomas appeared 83 times from 2006-09.
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WHITECAPS FC 2012 MATCH SUMMARIES Mar 10 2-0 W Montreal Impact BC Place – 21,000, Vancouver, BC Scoring Summary 4' – VAN – Le Toux (Hassli, Rochat) 54' – VAN – Camilo (Chiumiento) Match Stats Shots: VAN 12 – MTL 8 Shots on Goal: VAN 5 – MTL 7 Saves: VAN 7 – MTL 3 Fouls: VAN 13 – MTL 26 Offsides: VAN 2 – MTL 2 Corners: VAN 4 – MTL 4
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1.Joe Cannon; 12.Young-Pyo Lee, 15.Martin Bonjour, 6.Jay DeMerit ©, 4.Alain Rochat; 37.Camilo Sanvezzo (16.Matt Watson 81ʼ), 28.Gershon Koffie, 27.Jun Marques Davidson, 20.Davide Chiumiento (3.Jordan Harvey 64ʼ); 7.Sébastien Le Toux, 29.Eric Hassli (22.Darren Mattocks 89ʼ) Subs not used: 18.Brad Knighton, 19.Carlyle Mitchell, 23.Long Tan, 36.Bryce Alderson Montreal Impact 1.Donovan Ricketts; 15.Jeb Brovsky, 13.Matteo Ferrari, 5.Tyson Wahl, 31.Josh Gardner; 22.Davy Arnaud ©, 8.Patrice Bernier (32.Miguel Montano 81ʼ), 7.Felipe Martins, 21.Justin Mapp (26.Mike Fucito 64ʼ); 11.Sanna Nyassi, 17.Justin Braun (33.Andrew Wenger 72ʼ) Subs not used: 24.Greg Sutton, 3.Shavar Thomas, 18.Collen Warner, 19.Zarek Valentin
Cautions 19' – MTL – Martins 28' – MTL – Bernier 58' – VAN – Bonjour
Mar 17 1-0 W Chivas USA The Home Depot Center – 7,723, Carson, CA Scoring Summary 68' - VAN – DeMerit (Camilo) Match Stats Shots: CHV 11 – VAN 6 Shots on Goal: CHV 5 – VAN 2 Saves: CHV 5 – VAN 1 Fouls: CHV 7 – VAN 17 Offsides: CHV 2 – VAN 5 Corners: CHV 4 – VAN 3
Chivas USA 1.Dan Kennedy; 7.James Riley, 4.Rauwshan McKenzie, 3.Heath Pearce, 13.Ante Jazic; 22.Ryan Smith (17.Miller Bolanos 62'), 6.Peter Vagenas (21.Ben Zemanski 74'), 8.Oswaldo Minda, 16.Laurent Courtois; 10.Nick LaBrocca ©, 14.Casey Townsend (58.Cesar Romero 62') Subs not used: 28.Tim Melia, 2.Scott Gordon, 5.John Valencia, 77.Favid Junior Lopez Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1.Joe Cannon (18.Brad Knighton 41'); 12.Young-Pyo Lee, 15.Martin Bonjour, 6.Jay DeMerit ©, 4.Alain Rochat; 37.Camilo Sanvezzo (3.Jordan Harvey 71'), 16.Matt Watson, 27.Jun Marques Davidson, 20.Davide Chiumiento (26.Floyd Franks 82'); 7.Sebastien Le Toux, 29.Eric Hassli Subs not used: 19.Carlyle Mitchell, 22.Darren Mattocks, 23.Long Tan, 28.Gershon Koffie
Cautions 35' – MTL – Minda 63' – MTL – Davidson 89' – VAN – Hassli
Mar 24 0-0 D D.C. United BC Place – 19,394, Vancouver, BC Scoring Summary none
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1.Joe Cannon; 12.Young-Pyo Lee, 15.Martin Bonjour, 6.Jay DeMerit ©, 4.Alain Rochat (3.Jordan Harvey 57'); 20.Davide Chiumiento (23.Long Tan 86'), 16.Matt Watson, 27.Jun Marques Davidson, 37.Camilo Sanvezzo; 7.Sebastien Le Toux, 29.Eric Hassli
Match Stats Shots: VAN 8 – DC 12 Shots on Goal: VAN 0 – DC 3 Saves: VAN 3 – DC 0 Fouls: VAN 11 – DC 15 Offsides: VAN 4 – DC 3 Corners: VAN 3 – DC 5
Subs not used: 18.Brad Knighton, 17.Omar Salgado, 19.Carlyle Mitchell, 26.Floyd Franks, 28.Gershon Koffie
Cautions 33' - VAN – Hassli 35' - DC – Santos 70' - DC – Pontius
Subs not used: 50.Andrew Dykstra, 5.Dejan Jakovic, 20.Stephen King, 22.Chris Korb
D.C. United 31.Joe Willis; 3.Robbie Russell, 4.Brandon McDonald, 19.Emiliano Dudar, 21.Daniel Woolard; 2.Danny Cruz, 11.Marcelo Saragosa, 18.Nick DeLeon (13.Chris Pontius 57'); 7.Dwayne De Rosario ©, 9.Hamdi Salihi (16.Josh Wolff 80'), 29. Maicon Santos (8.Branko Boskovic 80')
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WHITECAPS FC 2012 MATCH SUMMARIES Mar 31 0-0 D Philadelphia Union PPL Park – 17,189, Chester, PA Scoring Summary none Match Stats Shots: PHI 9 – VAN 9 Shots on Goal: PHI 2 – VAN 0 Saves: PHI 0 – VAN 2 Fouls: PHI 20 – VAN 13 Offsides: PHI 3 – VAN 2 Corners: PHI 5 – VAN 4 Cautions 43' – PHI – Gomez 56' – PHI – Davidson 65' – VAN – Harris 77ʼ – PHI – M. Farfan
Apr 7 1-3 L San Jose Earthquakes Buck Shaw Stadium – 10,525, Santa Clara, CA Scoring Summary 49' - VAN - Le Toux (Hassli, Harvey) 68' - SJ - Wondolowski (Corrales) 72' - SJ - Gordon (Corrales) 78' - SJ - Wondolowski (Moreno) Match Stats Shots: SJ 11 – VAN 16 Shots on Goal: SJ 5 – VAN 6 Saves: SJ 5 – VAN 2 Fouls: SJ 10 – VAN 12 Offsides: SJ 2 – VAN 2 Corners: SJ 4 – VAN 4
Philadelphia Union 18.Zac MacMath; 25.Sheanon Williams, 4.Danny Califf ©, 2.Carlos Valdes, 24.Porfirio Lopez (21.Michael Farfan 45ʼ); 6.Gabriel Gomez, 7.Brian Carroll, 26.Keon Daniel (10.Danny Mwanga 86ʼ); 15.Gabriel Farfan, 23.Lionard Pajoy, 12.Chandler Hoffman (9.Jack McInerney 51ʼ) Subs not used: 32.Chase Harrison, 3.Chris Albright, 14.Amobi Okugo, 17.Josue Martinez Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1.Joe Cannon; 12.Young-Pyo Lee, 15.Martin Bonjour, 6.Jay DeMerit ©, 3.Jordan Harvey; 11.John Thorrington (28.Gershon Koffie 59ʼ), 27.Jun Marques Davidson, 20.Davide Chiumiento, 16.Matt Watson; 7.Sebastien Le Toux, 9.Atiba Harris (23.Long Tan 70ʼ) Subs not used: 18.Brad Knighton, 17.Omar Salgado, 19.Carlyle Mitchell, 26.Floyd Franks, 32.Greg Klazura
San Jose Earthquakes 18.Jon Busch; 33.Steven Beitashour, 26.Victor Bernardez, 15.Justin Morrow, 12.Ramiro Corrales ©; 6.Shea Salinas, 4.Sam Cronin (7.Khari Stephenson 68'), 30.Rafael Baca, 81.Marvin Chavez (11.Tressor Moreno 38'); 8.Chris Wondolowski, 10.Simon Dawkins (16.Alan Gordon 52') Subs not used: 1.David Bingham, 5.Brad Ring, 21.Jason Hernandez, 55.Ike Opara Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1.Joe Cannon; 12.Young-Pyo Lee, 15.Martin Bonjour, 6.Jay DeMerit ©, 3.Jordan Harvey; 28.Gershon Koffie, 27.Jun Marques Davidson (37.Camilo Sanvezzo 76'), 20.Davide Chiumiento, 11.John Thorrington (16.Matt Watson 78'); 7.Sebastien Le Toux, 29.Eric Hassli Subs not used: 18.Brad Knighton, 17.Omar Salgado, 19.Carlyle Mitchell, 23.Long Tan, 32.Greg Klazura
Cautions 11' – VAN – Davidson 37' – VAN – Bonjour 45' + – VAN – Lee 90ʼ + – SJ – Corrales
WHITECAPS FC - BUDWEISER MAN OF THE MATCH March 10 – Jun Marques Davidson March 17 – Jay DeMerit March 24 – Jay DeMerit March 31 – Young-Pyo Lee April 7 – Eric Hassli
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MLS CAREER STATS Regular Season # Name 9 Atiba Harris 26 Jordan Harvey 7 Sébastien Le Toux 11 John Thorrington 37 Camilo Sanvezzo 4 Alain Rochat 28 Gershon Koffie 20 Davide Chiumiento 29 Eric Hassli 6 Jay DeMerit 2 Michael Boxall 26 Floyd Franks 23 Long Tan 17 Omar Salgado 31 Russell Teibert 13 Michael Nanchoff 19 Carlyle Mitchell
1 Joe Cannon 18 Brad Knighton Playoffs # Name 11 John Thorrington 9 Atiba Harris 7 Sébastien Le Toux
1 Joe Cannon
GP 132 110 95 72 36 31 32 31 30 26 19 17 15 14 11 5 3
GS 107 103 82 60 32 30 30 25 25 25 18 2 4 5 5 1 3
MIN 9545 9169 7487 5140 2740 2671 2678 2086 2224 2121 1616 381 461 504 503 137 241
GP 310 15
GS 309 14
MIN 27865 1241
GAA 1.33 1.60
W 109 5
GP 6 4 2
GS 5 4 2
MIN 485 371 180
G 1 0 1
A 0 1 0
GP 18
GS 18
MIN 1690
Regular Season and Playoffs combined # Name GP GS MIN 9 Atiba Harris 136 111 9916 7 Sébastien Le Toux 97 84 7667 11 John Thorrington 78 65 5625
1 Joe Cannon
GP 328
GS 327
MIN 29555
G 17 1 28 8 13 3 1 2 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
GAA 1.22
G 17 29 9 GAA 1.32
A 19 10 23 2 4 2 0 10 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
SH 177 29 205 52 87 22 37 31 80 7 2 7 12 15 2 2 0 L 127 5
SH 7 3 2
W 7
A 20 23 2 W 116
SOG 82 8 93 19 38 6 10 8 31 2 2 3 3 5 0 0 0 D 70 4
SOG 3 1 1 L 8
SH 180 207 59 L 135
D 3
SOG 83 94 22 D 73
FC 286 96 40 99 48 40 65 19 66 21 25 9 8 9 4 3 3 SO 80 2
FC 9 18 1 SO 5
FC 304 41 108 SO 85
FS 180 56 92 90 62 43 81 56 38 19 10 3 11 4 6 0 GA 412 22
FS 12 5 1 GA 23
FS 185 93 102 GA 435
C 40 13 0 17 5 6 3 2 10 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
E 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOG SV 1707 1240 84 61
C 2 0 0
E 0 1 0
SOG 90
SV 64
C 40 0 19
E 3 0 2
SOG SV 1797 1304
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2012 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER RESERVE LEAGUE NAME Atiba Harris Omar Salgado Carlyle Mitchell Long Tan Greg Klazura Michael Boxall Brad Knighton Ben Fisk * Gershon Koffie Russell Teibert Matt Watson Sam Adekugbe * Bryce Alderson Carlo Marquez * Floyd Franks Ben McKendry * Jordan Harvey Yassin Essa * Caleb Clarke *
GP 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
GOALKEEPER GP GS Brad Knighton 2 2 Callum Irving * *Whitecaps FC Residency player
GS 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 MIN 180
MIN 90 180 180 158 180 180 180 145 90 90 90 80 78 63 53 49 45 27 22 SH 30
SV 10
G 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GA 2
GAA 1.00
A 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PKG/A 0/0
C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 1
L 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 1
SO 0
HOW THE TEAM WAS BUILT Russell Teibert Brian Sylvestre Long Tan Davide Chiumiento Alain Rochat Gershon Koffie Bryce Alderson Jay DeMerit Atiba Harris Joe Cannon John Thorrington Omar Salgado Michael Nanchoff Michael Boxall Eric Hassli Camilo Sanvezzo Jordan Harvey Carlyle Mitchell Young-Pyo Lee Matt Watson Martin Bonjour Darren Mattocks Brad Knighton Greg Klazura Etienne Barbara Jun Marques Davidson Sébastien Le Toux Barry Robson Floyd Franks
08.09.10: 10.02.12: 10.07.20: 10.08.17: 10.08.17: 10.09.03: 10.09.07: 10.11.18: 10.11.24: 10.11.24: 10.11.24: 11.01.13: 11.01.13: 11.01.18: 11.03.04: 11.03.17: 11.07.07: 11.09.14: 11.12.07: 11.12.16: 12.01.06: 12.01.12: 12.01.17: 12.01.17: 12.01.17: 12.01.19: 12.01.31: 12.02.16: 12.03.05:
Joined Whitecaps FC Residency -- 11.03.17: Home Grown Generation adidas acquisition Joined Whitecaps FC Residency -- 11.03.14: Home Grown acquisition Acquired MLS discovery rights – 11.03.11: added to MLS roster Free agent acquisition -- 11.03.08: added to MLS roster Free agent acquisition --11.01.21: added to MLS roster Free agent acquisition -- 11.02.09: added to MLS roster Joined Whitecaps FC Residency -- 11.11.17: Home Grown Generation adidas acquisition Free agent acquisition -- MLS allocation ranking Selected 4th overall in the 2010 Expansion Draft Selected 16th overall in the 2010 Expansion Draft Selected 20th overall in the 2010 Expansion Draft Selected 1st overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft -- Generation adidas Selected 8th overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft -- Generation adidas Selected 1st overall in the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft -- 11.03.16: added to MLS roster Free agent acquisition -- Designated Player Free agent acquisition Acquired via trade from Philadelphia for allocation money Free agent acquisition Free agent acquisition Free agent acquisition Free agent acquisition Selected 2nd overall in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft -- Generation adidas Free agent acquisition Selected 21st overall in the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft -- 12.02.22: added to MLS roster Acquired MLS discovery rights -- 12.02.28: added to MLS roster Free agent acquisition Acquired via trade from Philadelphia for allocation money Free agent pre-signing acquisition -- set to arrive in Vancouver in July Acquired from Carolina RailHawks (NASL)
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WHITECAPS FC 2012 RECORD WHEN (W-L-D): Overall Home Away
2-1-2 1-0-1 1-1-1
Scoring first Opponent scores first Leading at halftime Trailing at halftime Tied at halftime Leading after 60 minutes Trailing after 60 minutes Tied after 60 minutes Leading after 75 minutes Trailing after 75 minutes Tied after 75 minutes
2-1-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-0-2 2-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-2
When scoring 0 goals When scoring 1 goal When scoring 2 goals When scoring 3 goals When conceding 0 goals When conceding 1 goal When conceding 2 goals When conceding 3 goals
0-0-2 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
Playing on turf Playing on grass Day matches Night matches Vs. East Coast Vs. Midwest Vs. West Coast Wearing white kit Wearing blue kit BC Place roof open BC Place roof closed
1-0-1 1-1-1 1-1-1 1-0-1 1-0-2 0-0-0 1-1-0 2-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-1 1-0-0
GOAL FREQUENCY… Minute range 0-15 16-30 31-45 First half added time 46-60 61-75 76-90 Second half added time Total
GF 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4
Broadcast on TSN Broadcast on TSN2 Broadcast on SNET PAC Broadcast on SNET ONE
1-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0
When scoring in 1st half When not scoring in 1st half When conceding in 1st half When not conceding in 1st half When scoring in 2nd half When not scoring in 2nd half When conceding in 2nd half When not conceding in 2nd half
1-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 2-1-2 2-1-0 0-0-2 0-1-0 2-0-2
Minute range 0-15 16-30 31-45 First half added time 46-60 61-75 76-90 Second half added time Total
GA 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
WHITECAPS FC - PLAYER PROFILES Goalkeeper #1 Joe Cannon has played more than 300 MLS regular season games and in his 14th MLS season. Cannon joined Whitecaps FC after being selected in the eighth round (16th overall) of the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft. A two-time MLS Goalkeeper of the Year, the former San Jose Earthquakes shot-stopper played for the previous edition of the Earthquakes, Colorado, and LA. This included an MLS Cup title with San Jose in 2001. Last year, Cannon started 20 regular season matches, as well as one Canadian Championship game. 2012: Started all five matches, first four matches did not concede a goal. Won MLS Save of the Week in Week 2 and 3. Goalkeeper #18 Brad Knighton joined Whitecaps FC on Jan. 17, 2012, after spending 2011 with NASL side Carolina RailHawks. A former New England Revolution and Philadelphia Union shot-stopper, Knighton became the first player from the U. of North Carolina Wilmington to sign with MLS when he joined the league back in 2007. 2012: Made his Whitecaps FC debut in Vancouver 1-0 win over Chivas USA on Mar. 17, replacing an injured Cannon in the 41st minute. Goalkeeper #24 Brian Sylvestre is just 19-years-old and is in his second MLS season with the club. The native of Hollywood, Florida, arrived in Vancouver in Feb. 2010, as a member of clubʼs Residency program. 2012: Recovering from right knee surgery on Sep. 6, 2011.
Centre back #2 Michael Boxall joined Vancouver's MLS roster on Mar. 17, 2011, after being the top pick in the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft on Jan. 18. He started all but one of his 19 appearances during his rookie season for Whitecaps FC. Boxall has represented New Zealand at the U-20, U-23, and senior international levels including three starts for the All Whites during the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. The native of Auckland, New Zealand, enjoyed four seasons in NCAA Division I with the U. of California, Santa Barbara. Left back #3 Jordan Harvey joined Whitecaps FC on July 7, 2011, from Philadelphia Union in exchange for allocation money. Harvey started all 14 of his league appearances for Whitecaps FC and added four assists. Now in his seventh season in MLS, Harvey has started more than 100 matches in MLS and is a former US U-20. 2012: First two matches came in as a sub at left midfielder, on Mar. 24 vs. D.C. United replaced an injured Rochat at left back. Started the last two matches at LB.
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WHITECAPS FC - PLAYER PROFILES Left back #4 Alain Rochat joined Whitecaps FC from Swiss club FC Zürich on Jan. 21, 2011. The Canadianborn and Swiss raised defender initially signed with Vancouver in Aug. 2010 but stayed with FC Zürich on loan. Rochat was named the recipient of the clubʼs Jock MacDonald Unsung Hero Award following an impressive first season with Whitecaps FC. He was third in league appearances for Vancouver, while leading all defenders, after starting all but one of his 28 MLS matches and four Canadian Championship games that year. Offensively, he led all defenders in scoring with three goals and one assist, as well as one assist in the Canadian Championship. 2012: Set-up Whitecaps FC first goal of 2012 season against Montreal on Mar. 10 recording the second assist on Le Touxʼs fourth minute goal. Started the first three matches, sprained his left knee against D.C. United on Mar. 24. Centre back #6 Jay DeMerit is a US international and played every match for his country at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. DeMerit became Whitecaps FC's first MLS signing on Nov. 18, 2010. The native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, came to Vancouver after six seasons with England's Watford FC, where he was team captain. He became Whitecaps FC's inaugural MLS captain and the 20th men's team captain since the club's first season in 1974 on Mar. 2. Despite battling with injuries during the early part of last season, DeMerit appeared in nearly two-thirds of Whitecaps FCʼs regularseason matches during their inaugural MLS season, starting all but one of his 21 appearances and also made two starts in the Canadian Championship. 2012: Scored the match winner in Vancouverʼs 1-0 win over Chivas USA on Mar. 17, his first goal for Whitecaps FC. Played in every minute to start the season. Striker #7 Sébastien Le Toux joined Whitecaps FC from MLS rivals Philadelphia Union in exchange for allocation money on Jan. 31, 2012. The last two seasons in MLS, Le Toux has scored 25 goals and added 20 assists. An MLS All-Star in 2010, the native of Mont-Saint-Aignan, France, has emerged as one of the premier strikers in the league, having started his MLS career with Pacific Northwest rivals Seattle Sounders FC in 2009. Le Toux also had spells with Seattle at the North American second division level and in his native France. 2012: Opened his Whitecaps FC account with the first goal, and gamewinner, of the 2012 season against Montreal Impact on Mar. 10 in the fourth minute. Scored the ʼCaps lone goal in 3-1 loss at San Jose on Apr. 7. Played in every minute to start the season.
Striker #8 Etienne Barbara is a Maltese international with experience of North American and European club soccer. Whitecaps FC acquired his MLS Discovery Rights from Canadian rivals Montreal Impact in exchange for Mexican defender Gienir Garcia, who was selected second overall in the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft by Whitecaps FC on Jan. 17, 2012. The native of Pietà, Malta, is re-united with Whitecaps FC head coach Martin Rennie after playing two seasons for him in Carolina. 2012: Recovering from a groin strain suffered on Jan. 23. Returned to training with the squad last week. Right midfielder #9 Atiba Harris was a member of the 2010 MLS Cup finalists FC Dallas and joined Whitecaps FC after being selected in the second round (fourth overall) of the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft. A Saint Kitts and Nevis international, he has had spells in England, Spain and with MLS sides Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA. Though a knee injury restricted Harris to just five starts for Whitecaps FC that year, his attacking production in the early stages of Vancouverʼs inaugural MLS campaign was impressive, as he was one of five ʻCaps players to score two or more goals that season. During his five matches he scored two goals and added three assists. 2012: Suffered a left knee injury during the second half of the preseason match against Toronto FC on Mar. 3. Returned to MLS action on Mar. 31 at Philadelphia Union, however, was subsequently suspended for the next match by the MLS disciplinary committee for violent conduct that endangered the safety of his opponent in the 65th minute. Scored the match winner in the ʼCaps 2-1 MLS Reserve League win over San Jose. Central midfielder #11 John Thorrington joined Whitecaps FC after being selected in the tenth round (20th overall) of the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft. The US international was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew-up in Palos Verdes Peninsula, California. Thorrington has spent time with European clubs Manchester United FC and Bayer Leverkusen before six seasons with MLS club Chicago Fire. Thorringtonʼs first season with Whitecaps FC was restricted with injuries; however, he did play 10 of the clubʼs last 12 matches in 2011. 2012: Missed Vancouver first three matches recovering from left quad strain suffered during the end of the first half of the preseason match against Montreal Impact on Feb. 24. Started Vancouverʼs away matches against Philadelphia Union on Mar. 31 and San Jose Earthquakes on Apr. 7.
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WHITECAPS FC - PLAYER PROFILES Right back #12 Young-Pyo Lee is regarded as a soccer legend in his native South Korea. Lee joined Whitecaps FC on Dec. 6, 2011, following a highly distinguished club and international career that included appearances at three FIFA World Cup tournaments for his country. A skillful fullback that can play on either the right or left flank, Lee comes to MLS following spells in Saudi Arabia, Germany, England, Netherlands, and his native South Korea. 2012: Played 90 minutes during his MLS debut in Whitecaps FC 2-0 win over Montreal Impact on Mar. 10. Played every minute to start the season. Midfielder #13 Michael Nanchoff is an attack-minded GA midfielder that helped the U. of Akron to the 2010 NCAA College Cup title. Nanchoff joined Whitecaps FC after being selected eighth overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. A native of North Royalton, Ohio, Nanchoff was one of five Akron players to be selected among the first eight picks by MLS clubs in the 2011 SuperDraft. After a lengthy spell on the sidelines with a groin injury, Nanchoff made five appearances during his first season in MLS with Whitecaps FC. 2012: Recovering from left heel contusion suffered during the second half of the preseason match against Sporting Kansas City on Feb. 29. Returned to training with the squad last week. Centre back #15 Martin Bonjour brings plenty of topflight experience from South America. A native of Carhué, Argentina, Bonjour joined Whitecaps FC on Jan. 6, 2012, after playing several seasons in neighbouring Uruguay and having spells in his native Argentina, Peru, and Poland. 2012: Played 90 minutes during MLS debut in Whitecaps FC 2-0 win over Montreal Impact on Mar. 10. Played in every minute to start the season. Midfielder #16 Matt Watson moved to MLS when he joined Whitecaps FC on Dec. 16, 2011. The native of Redditch, England, is reunited with Rennie after playing three seasons (2009 to 2011) for him in Carolina. His 107 appearances rank him second all-time in the club. 2012: Made his MLS debut as a second-half sub in Whitecaps FC 2-0 win over Montreal Impact on Mar. 10. Striker #17 Omar Salgado is a GA signing who joined Whitecaps FC after being selected first overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. The native of El Paso, Texas, scored on his debut with the US U-20 national team as a 16-yearold. He had previously trained with Vancouver's USSF D2 Pro League squad in Aug. 2010. Salgado started five of his 14 appearances during his rookie season in MLS, scoring one goal and adding one assist. 2012: Contributed with two assists from the left in MLS Reserve League action.
Centre back #19 Carlyle Mitchell joined Vancouver on September 15, 2011, after several seasons in his native Trinidad & Tobago with Joe Public. He made three starts for Whitecaps FC during their inaugural MLS season. A former Trinidad & Tobago U-20 and U-23 international, he more recently earned three senior caps. Midfielder #20 Davide Chiumiento is a skillful playmaker, who can play on either flank or as an attacking midfielder. Chiumientoʼs first season in MLS saw him lead Whitecaps FC, and be tied for fifth in the league, with nine assists after making 26 MLS appearances. He joined Vancouver's MLS roster on Mar. 8, 2011, after spending three seasons in his native Switzerland with FC Luzern. Chiumiento has also played in the top-flight leagues of Italy and France. 2012: Set-up Whitecaps FC second goal of 2012 season against Montreal Impact on Mar. 10, recording the lone assist on Camilo Sanvezzoʼs 54th-minute goal. Started every match to start the season. Striker #22 Darren Mattocks has game-changing qualities. Mattocks joined Whitecaps FC after being the second overall pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft in Kansas City, Missouri. A two-year standout at the U. of Akron, Mattocks helped the Zips to the 2010 NCAA College Cup title. The native of Portmore, Jamaica, signed a GA contract with MLS on Dec. 20, 2011. 2012: Made his MLS debut as a second-half sub in Whitecaps FC 2-0 win over Montreal on Mar. 10. He is recovering from burns suffered during an accident on Mar. 18. Striker #23 Long Tan became the first Chinese-born player to sign in MLS when he joined Vancouverʼs roster on March 11, 2011. Tan started four of his 13 matches and scored one goal during his first season in MLS with Whitecaps FC. The native of Dalian, China, played the 2010 season for FC Tampa Bay in the USSF D-2. Midfielder #26 Floyd Franks joined Whitecaps FC on Mar. 5, 2012, after playing the last two seasons under 'Caps head coach Rennie at NASL club Carolina RailHawks. Last season, the native of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, helped lead the RailHawks to the NASL regular season title after registering four assists in 25 starts for the North Carolina-based outfit. 2012: Made his Whitecaps FC debut as a second-half sub in Whitecaps FC 1-0 win over Chivas USA on Mar. 17.
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WHITECAPS FC - PLAYER PROFILES Midfielder #27 Jun Marques Davidson is a defensiveminded midfielder with nearly a decadeʼs worth of experience in the Japanese J.League. He joined Whitecaps FC on Jan. 19, 2012, after spending a season with J.League Division Two club Tokushima Vortis. A dual American/Japanese citizen, Davidson comes to MLS with experience of North American professional soccer following a spell with Carolina RailHawks in 2010. 2012: Played 90 minutes during his MLS debut in Whitecaps FCʼs 2-0 win over Montreal Impact on Mar. 10. For his efforts, he was named Budweiser Man of the Match. Started every match to start the season. Central midfielder #28 Gershon Koffie joined Whitecaps FC's MLS roster on Feb. 9, 2011, becoming one of the first players to be signed to an international roster spot by the club. A product of the lower divisions in his native Ghana, Koffie moves up to MLS with Vancouver after arriving at the club during the 2010 USSF D-2 Pro League season. Koffie was named Whitecaps FC's Most Promising Player after a productive first season in MLS, in which he was third in league appearances for the Blue and White, while leading all ʻCaps midfielders, after starting all but one of his 29 MLS matches that season. Striker #29 Eric Hassli was signed as Whitecaps FC's first Designated Player after spending three-and-a-half seasons with Swiss Super League's FC Zürich. The native of Sarreguemines, France, has spent most of his career in in Switzerland, but has spent time with French Ligue 1 outfits Valenciennes FC and FC Metz. Hassliʼs first season in MLS was highly eventful, as the Frenchman scored 10 goals in 26 league appearances for Vancouver, with him finishing the campaign as the MLS co-leader for multi-goal games with four. Whitecaps FC fans will long remember his MLS debut. In the club's debut match at Empire Field on Mar. 19, the striker scored the club's first-ever goal in MLS before adding the fourth goal in Whitecaps FC's 4-2 home win over Toronto FC. 2012: Set-up Whitecaps FCʼs first goal of 2012 season against Montreal Impact on Mar. 10, recording the first assist on Le Touxʼs fourth-minute goal. Suffered a right ankle sprain against D.C. United that kept him out of the line-up on Mar. 31 away to Philadelphia Union.
Outside midfielder #31 Russell Teibert joined Vancouver's MLS roster on Mar. 17, 2011, after signing a 'Generation adidas' contract as a Home Grown Player with MLS. Teibert became the 10th youngest player to appear in a competitive match for the Whitecaps FC first team at 17 years and 221 days. Named Canadian U-17 Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009, Teibert has been part of the ʼCaps since Sep. 10, 2008, when he became a member of the club's Residency program. Teibert started five of his 11 appearances for Whitecaps FC during the clubʼs inaugural season in MLS. He made his MLS debut on the left-hand side of midfield during Vancouver's inaugural match in MLS, as Whitecaps FC defeated his former club Toronto FC 4-2 at Empire Field on Mar. 19. 2012: Missed three matches while away with Canadaʼs U-23 team for Olympic qualifying from Mar. 13 to Apr. 2. Left or right back #32 Greg Klazura was selected by Whitecaps FC in the second round (21st overall) of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft on Jan. 17, 2012. The outside back signed with Vancouver on Feb. 22, 2012. The native of Rockford, Illinois, spent five-years at the U. Notre Dame, and served as Fighting Irish co-captain in his final year of NCAA Division I soccer in 2011. 2012: Dressed but did not play against Philadelphia Union on Mar. 31. Central midfielder #36 Bryce Alderson is a talented central midfielder that captained Canada at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Alderson joined Whitecaps FCʼs MLS roster after signing a 'Generation adidas' contract as a Home Grown Player on Nov. 17, 2011. Named Canadian U-17 Player of the Year in 2010 and 2011, the native of Kitchener, Ontario, first joined the clubʼs Residency program on Sept. 7, 2010. 2012: Dressed but did not play against Montreal Impact on Mar. 10. Missed three matches while away with Canadaʼs U-23 team for Olympic qualifying from Mar. 13 to April 2.
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WHITECAPS FC - PLAYER PROFILES Left midfielder #37 Camilo Sanvezzo joined Vancouver's MLS roster on March 17, 2011. After leaving his native Brazil, for Europe, he had a very successful spell in Malta with Qormi FC, finishing as top scorer in the Premier League (24 goals) and Maltese FA Trophy (six goals) in 2009-10. Last July, Camilo joined Gyeongnam FC in the K-League of South Korea. In his first season in MLS, the Brazilian was named Whitecaps FC Player of the Year after leading the club in appearances (32) and starts (29). He was also the first MLS recipient of the Domenic Mobilio Golden Boot after leading the 'Caps with 13 goals in all competitions during the campaign. 2012: Scored the second goal of 2012 season in season opener against Montreal Impact on Mar. 10 in the 54th minute. Suffered a right quad strain that kept him out of the line-up on Mar. 31 away to Philadelphia Union.
An experienced midfielder, Barry Robson has represented his native Scotland 17 times at the international level. Robson became Whitecaps FCʼs third Designated Player signing in the clubʼs Major League Soccer history on Feb. 16, 2012. The native of Inverurie, Scotland, will come to MLS after a playing career spent entirely in Britain with Scottish clubs Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC, Dundee United FC, and Celtic FC, as well English side Middlesbrough FC. Robson will complete the 2011-12 English League Championship season with Middlesbrough before joining Whitecaps FC near the start of the secondary North American transfer window, which opens on June 27, 2012.
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RECORD 6-0-0 (18 pts) GAMES PLAYED 6 CONFERENCE POSITION 1st in East GOALS 9 GOALS/GAME 1.5 ALLOWED 1 ALLOWED/GAME .17 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL +8 SHOTS (ON GOAL) 105 (37) ON GOAL % 35.2% FOULS COMMITTED 80 FOULS SUFFERED 70 CAUTIONS 8 EJECTIONS 0
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2012 REgular season Individual Leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY vancouver whitecaps FC 3 Sapong/Kamara goals Sebastien Le Toux 2 6 Graham Zusi assists Eric Hassli 2 33 Kei Kamara shots David Chiumiento 11 15 Kei Kamara shots on Goal Hassli/Le Toux 3 2 Sapong/Kamaragame-winning goals DeMerit/Le Toux 1 4 Graham Zusi
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2-1-2 (8 pts) 5 7th in West 4 .8 3 .6 +1 50 (13) 26.0% 66 80 8 0
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Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | April 18th, 2012 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC| www.SportingKC.com
When last they met... Sporting Kansas City came away with the 2-1 come-from-behind victory last time these two squads met. The game was played at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on June 25, 2011 in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,467 people. The visitors got on the board first when Camilo capitalized on a Davide Chiumiento free kick in the 15th minute of play. Camilo’s header goal marked the first goal Sporting Kansas City had conceded at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park since its opening on June 9, 2011. However, Camilo’s goal would not go unanswered by a resilient SKC side. It was Omar Bravo who notched the equalizer on a penalty kick after Jay DeMerit took him down in the box. Bravo stepped up to the spot and pushed the ball past Cannon into the back of the net.
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC Jordan Harvey played college ball at UCLA from 2002-2005. Sporting KC players Chance Myers and Shawn Singh also played collegiate ball for UCLA, however not until after Harvey was gone. Vancouver’s Greg Klazura was a member of the University of Notre Dame Men’s Soccer Program from 2007-2011. While there he was teammates with Sporting Kansas City’s Matt Besler who played for the Fighting Irish from 20052008 and Michael Thomas who played from 2006-2009. Vancouver Whitecaps FC goalkeeper Brad Knighton was born in Hickory, North Carolina just four hours away from Sporting Kansas City defender Michael Harrington, who was born in Greenville, NC. Knighton first joined MLS playing for New England Revolution. SKC defender Seth Sinovic also started his MLS career with the Revolution, however the two players time with the Revs did not overlap. Vancouver’s Sebastien Le Toux and Sporting’s Aurelien Collin are both originally from France. Le Toux and Collin were born an hour and a half away from each other with Le Toux being born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, while Collin is from Enghien-les-Bains. Sporting Kansas City forward Teal Bunbury and Vancouver Whitecaps FC forward Darren Mattocks both enjoyed two seasons at the University of Akron. Both student-athletes left college before entering their junior year, earning Generation adidas contracts and SuperDraft selection. The two Zips would have shared two seasons together should Bunbury have stayed for a full four years, but due to his decision to go professional at the conclusion of his 2009 season Bunbury just missed Mattocks two-year stint at Akron starting in 2010. However, Bunbury was teammates with Vancouver midfielder Michael Nanchoff during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Sporting Kansas City has scored five goals in just two games against the Whitecaps, conversely, Vancouver has tallied four goals against KC in the same pair of games. 2012 Major Events at Livestrong sporting park
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Sporting Kansas City’s 6-0-0 start in 2012 is the first time since 1996 that a club has earned six wins in regulation to start their season. In 1998, the Los Angeles Galaxy started 9-0 with the aid of shootout victories. In 1996, the Galaxy earned eight straight wins in regulation to start the season before earning a shootout win over New England and extending that streak to 12-0 to start the season. Sporting Kansas City is two goals shy of 100 all-time in the month of April. Sporting Kansas City would become the third MLS team to pass the century mark in goals for the month. Sporting Kansas City’s all-time record is 200-199-100. After last week’s victory, Sporting Kansas City became the fifth club to have won 200 or more MLS regular season matches. The 100 ties ranks most among all MLS teams, while the next loss will be the 200th in team history. Four clubs have lost 200 or more MLS regular season matches. Sporting Kansas City has scored 299 goals all-time in the first half of MLS regular season matches. One more first half strike and the club will become the seventh MLS club to score 300 or more goals in the opening 45 minutes. Wednesday’s match marks the 500th all-time for the club. Teal Bunbury and C.J. Sapong, Sporting Kansas City’s first round selections in the 2010 and 2011 MLS SuperDraft respectively, lead all players taken in their draft classes for goals scored to date. Bunbury has 14 goals in his MLS career after being drafted 4th overall in 2010, while Sapong was MLS Rookie of the Year in 2011 and has eight goals, including a team-high three through six games this season. Sporting Kansas City leads MLS with 105 shots and 37 shots on goal this season. Conversely, Sporting Kansas City is tied with Houston Dynamo and Chicago Fire for fewest shots allowed this season (46). Sporting KC striker Kei Kamara leads all MLS players with 33 shots and 15 shots on goal in 2012. Kei Kamara’s next game-winning assist will move him into a tie for 10th place on the club’s all-time chart, joining Mark Chung, Matt McKeon, and Sasha Victorine. Kei Kamara’s next game-winning goal will move him into a tie with Digital Takawira for fourth on the club’s all-time chart. Sporting Kansas City’s next successful penalty kick will be the 50th in club history. The club has converted 73% of penalties taken. Sporting Kansas City’s next regular season loss will be the 200th in team history. Four clubs have lost 200 or more MLS regular season matches, led by the New York Red Bulls with 217 defeats. Sporting Kansas City’s next goal allowed in the second half will be the 400th given up by the team in the second half in team history. By contrast, the team has allowed 306 goals in the first half of play. Sporting Kansas City’s win over Real Salt Lake set the club’s all-time record for longest regular season winning streak in regulation at eight games, dating back to 2011. The only other time the team had won seven consecutive regular season matches came in 1997 during the MLS shootout era. Nielsen has the lowest goals against average in MLS this season at 0.16. Nielsen has the most wins (6) and shutouts (5) of any MLS goalkeeper. Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes sits atop the team’s all-time coaches chart for best winning percentage (.530, 33-28-21). Sporting Kansas City leads the League with 41 corner kicks in 2012. Sporting Kansas City’s record when Collin scores is 5-0-1. Of Collin’s six goals, four were game-winners and the other two were game-tying goals.
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Sporting Kansas City News, Notes and headlines Undefeated Streak Continues | Sporting Kansas City is currently in first place of the Eastern Conference. KC is the only team with a 6-0-0 record at the conclusion of week six and becomes the second team in MLS history to go 6-0-0 in regulation to start the season, along with the LA Galaxy circa 1996.
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In Wednesday’s match, Sporting Kansas City face the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of the Western Conference. This match marks Sporting KC’s fifth of six straight matches with opponents from the West. So far, Kansas City is four for four against Western Conference opponents in 2012 and with a victory on Wednesday, Sporting Kansas City would extend their winning sreak to seven.
Besler up for Man of the Year | Matt Besler joins forces with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society during the months of March, April and May for the Man of the Year Campaign in a ten-week fundraising competition to earn the LLS’s Man of the Year title by raising funds for blood cancer research.
Defensive Display | Sporting Kansas City has earned five shutouts in their first six games of the 2012 season conceeding just one goal. The defense led by captain Jimmy Nielsen and centerbacks Matt Besler and Aurelien collin has also allowed the fewest shots by any MLS team this season (46). Seth Sinovic and Chance Myers round out the back line for KC yet both play a vital role in the KC attack, each tallying one assist so far this year.
However, the 3-0 lead wasn’t enough to get SKC the win as Vancouver scored three second half goals to leave both teams with just one point and a 3-3 draw at the conclusion of the contest.
Set Pieces | Sporting Kansas City came one shy of matching the alltime club high for corner kicks taken in the first half of a match last Saturday with 9 attempts. However, it wasn’t until the second half and 10th attempt that Graham Zusi was able to connect with Aurelien Collin to put Sporting in the lead against Real Salt Lake.
The assist marks Zusi’s 6th already this season, four of which were game-winning. Zusi leads MLS in assists and game-winning assists in 2012 and is moving up the club’s all-time charts, tied for 15th and The limited number of shots is impressive, yet perhaps more re- 5th in that order. markable is Sporting KC’s ability to pressure opponents all over the field to prevent quality attacking opportunities for opposing sqauds. Sports Team of the Year | Sporting Kansas City has been nominated Sporting Kansas City had not allowed a shot on goal in 335 minutes by the 2012 SportsBusiness Awards for Sports Team of the Year. of soccer, holding Chivas USA and LA Galaxy without a shot on goal In addition, LIVESTRONG Sporting Park received nomination for for an entire match, while Real Salt Lake did not earn their first shot Sports Facility of the Year. The winners of Street and Smith’s Sportson goal until second half stoppage time. Business Journal 2012 awards will be announced on May 23, 2012 at the New York Marriott Marquis at Times Square. To put this in perspective, Kansas City has only been able to hold an opponent without a shot on goal for an entire game three other TheStadiumBusiness Awards | Sporting Club CEO Robb Heineman times in the club’s exsistance. And the last time a team was able was nominated for Executive of the Year and LIVESTRONG Sporting to hold LA Galaxy without a shot on goal was on May 31, 2003. Park earned nominations in four categories including Venue of the Futhermore, the streak sets a new MLS all-time record, surpassing Year. The club’s state-of-the-art LIVESTRONG Sporting Park garthe previous mark of 185 minutes. nered recognition alongside venues on four different continents with its consideration for Venue of the Year. LSP was also nominated for Vancouver Whitecaps FC | As Vancouver finds themselves in the the Customer Experience Award, the Community Award and the New midst of just their second season of MLS competition, they also go Venue Award. into Wednesday’s match averaging two goals per game against a Sporting Kansas City side. The teams have played just twice before In addition, Sporting Innovations’ FAN360 is one of five nominees and with one match at home for each side. for the Product Innovation Award as a product or service that has uniquely transformed and improved the way stadiums, arenas and Although Sporting Kansas City came away with the victory in the sports venues do business. last meeting between the two teams, SKC wasn’t as fortunate last time the two sides met at BC Place. SKC went up 2-0 on a pair of The winners in all categories will be announced live at the TheStadigoals from Teal Bunbury. A third goal was added in the 63rd minute umBusiness Awards gala, to be held in Turin on May 15, 2012.
2012 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS Scoring 1 2 Total Shots 1 2 Total Sog 1 2 Total SPORTING 4 5 9 SPORTING 40 65 105 SPORTING 14 23 37 Opp. 1 0 1 Opp. 18 28 46 Opp. 4 5 9 Fouls 1 2 Total Offsides 1 2 Total Corners 1 2 Total SPORTING 45 35 80 SPORTING 3 4 7 SPORTING 23 18 41 Opp. 33 37 70 Opp. 7 4 11 Opp. 6 11 17 Cautions 1 2 Total Ejections 1 2 Total PK 1 2 Total SPORTING 5 3 8 SPORTING 0 0 0 SPORTING 1 0 1 Opp. 1 5 6 Opp. 1 0 1 Opp. 0 0 0
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All-time regular season results Date 4/2/2011 6/25/2011
Score 3-3 2-1
Result Location T Empire Field W LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC VAN
1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot. 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4
Regular Season Record Breakdown 2012 Record When… • Scoring first goal: 5-0-0 • Conceding first goal: 1-0-0 • Leading at halftime: 2-0-0 • Tied at halftime: 4-0-0 • Trailing at halftime: N/A 0 goals scored: N/A 1 goal scored: 4-0-0 2 goals scored: 1-0-0 3 goals scored: 1-0-0 4+ goals scored: N/A 0 goals allowed: 5-0-0 1 goal allowed: 1-0-0 2 goals allowed: N/A 3 goals allowed: N/A 4+ goals allowed: N/A • Wearing Sporting Blue: 6-0-0 • Wearing Dark indigo: N/A • Leading at 75’ 4-0-0 • Tied at 75’ 2-0-0 • Trailing at 75’ N/A • Outshooting opponent 5-0-0 • Outshot by opponent N/A • Shots even 1-0-0 • One-goal games 5-0-0 • On ESPN 1-0-0 • On NBCSN N/A • On KCTV5 N/A • On KSMO-TV 5-0-0 • Day games (before 5pm) 1-0-0 • Games 5pm or later: 5-0-0 • With red card received… N/A • With red card against… 1-0-0 • Temperature 75 & up… 1-0-0 • Temperature below 75… 5-0-0 • In Pacific time zone… 1-0-0 • In Mountain time zone… N/A • In Central time zone… 4-0-0 • In Eastern time zone… 1-0-0 • vs. Eastern Conference 2-0-0 • vs. Western Conference 4-0-0 • On grass… 6-0-0 • On turf… N/A Home and Away... • Overall All-time: 200-199-100 • 2012 At home: 4-0-0 • All-time at home: 135-72-43 • 2012 On road: 2-0-0 • All-time on road: 65-127-57
Record By Month.. March 2012: 3-0-0 March all-time: 8-6-1 April 2012: 3-0-0 April all-time: 34-26-11 May 2012: N/A May all-time: 25-33-16 June 2012: N/A June all-time: 32-25-19 July 2012: N/A July all-time: 35-29-20 Aug. 2012: N/A Aug. all-time: 31-39-12 Sept. 2012: N/A Sept. all-time: 22-31-11 Oct. 2012: N/A Oct. all-time: 13-10-10 Team-by-team (in 2012)... • vs. Chicago: 10-21-9 (0-0-0) • vs. Chivas USA: 7-4-4 (1-0-0) • vs. Colorado Rapids: 20-17-12 (0-0-0) • vs. Columbus Crew: 18-20-5 (0-0-0) • vs. D.C. United: 17-18-9 (1-0-0) • vs. FC Dallas: 20-19-8 (1-0-0) • vs. Houston Dynamo: 3-5-4 (0-0-0) • vs. LA Galaxy: 18-22-11 (10-0) • vs. Miami Fusion: 3-4-1 • vs. N.E. Revolution: 20-13-9 (1-0-0) • vs. New York Red Bulls: 1717-9 (0-0-0) • vs. Philadelphia Union: 1-0-3 (0-0-0) • vs. Portland Timbers: 2-0-0 (0-0-0) • vs. Real Salt Lake: 7-5-3 (1-0-0) • vs. SJ Earthquakes: 19-20-7 (0-0-0) • vs. Seattle Sounders FC: 1-5-0 (0-0-0) • vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny: 10-6-1 • vs. Toronto FC: 5-3-4 (0-0-0) • vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 1-01 (0-0-0)
All-Time Regular Season series leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY Vancouver Whitecaps fc 2 2 7 3
Teal Bunbury Goals Camilo 3 Milos Stojcev Assists Chiumiento/Khalfan 2 C.J. Sapong Shots Camilo 11 C.J. Sapong Shots on Goal Camilo 5 4 3 Players Tied Fouls Committed Camilo/Hassli 3 4 Roger EspinozaFouls Suffered Camilo 4 1 Jimmy Nielsen Wins N/A Losses N/A Shutouts 8 Jimmy Nielsen Saves 4 Jimmy Nielsen Goals allowed
N/A Joe Cannon 2 N/A Joe Cannon 6 Jay Nolly 3
All-Time Regular Season game highs SPORTING KANSAS CITY Vancouver whitecaps FC 2 Teal Bunbury Goals Assists 2 Milos Stojcev Shots 4 3 Players Tied 2 3 Players Tied Shots on Goal 4 Birahim Diop Fouls Committed 3 3 Players Tied Fouls suffered 6 Jimmy Nielsen Saves 3 Jimmy Nielsen Goals allowed
Camilo Nizar Khalfan Camilo Camilo Camilo/Hassli Harris/Koffie
2 2 9 4 3 3
Joe Cannon 6 Jay Nolly 3
All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 3 21 8 10 2 6
2 2 14 7 16 5 3
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot. 5 35 15 26 7 9
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 1 11 5 13 3 3
2 3 20 7 9 1 4
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot. 4 31 12 22 4 7
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE LEADERS assists GOALS PLAYER TEAM GP A 1. Graham Zusi KC 6 6 2. Thierry Henry NY 6 5 3. Eric Alexander POR 6 3 3. Nick DeLeon DC 5 3 3. Roy Miller NY 6 3 3. Blas Perez DAL 6 3
GAME-WINNING ASSISTS PLAYER TEAM GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi KC 6 4 2. Blas Perez DAL 6 2 3. Kei Kamara KC 6 1 3. Chance Myers KC 6 1 3. Bobby Convey KC 6 1 3. 30 others tied with 1...
Corner Kicks PLAYER TEAM GP CK 1. Graham Zusi KC 6 24 2. David Beckham LA 4 20 2. Nick DeLeon DC 5 20 4. Kirk Urso CLB 5 19 5. Kyle Beckerman RSL 7 18 6. Brad Davis HOU 3 16 6. Ricardo Villar DAL 5 16 8. Jack Jewsbury POR 6 15 8. Felipe Martins MTL 7 15
GOALKEEPER WINS PLAYER TEAM GP W 1. Jimmy Nielsen KC 6 6 2. Nick Rimando RSL 7 5 3. Jon Busch SJ 6 4 4. Michael Gspurning SEA 5 3 4. Kevin Hartman DAL 6 3 4. Dan Kennedy CHV 6 3 4. Ryan Meara NY 6 3 4. Matt Pickens COL 6 3
SAVES PLAYER TEAM GP SV 1. Kevin Hartman DAL 6 23 1. Dan Kennedy CHV 6 23 3. Ryan Meara NY 6 22 3. Matt Pickens COL 6 22 3. Donovan Ricketts MTL 7 22 6. Troy Perkins POR 6 20 6. Nick Rimando RSL 7 20 8. Joe Willis DC 5 18 9. Milos Kocic TOR 5 17 9. Matt Reis NE 6 17
GOALKEEPER SHUTOUTS
1. 2. 2. 2. 2.
PLAYER Jimmy Nielsen Jon Busch Joe Cannon Michael Gspurning Nick Rimando
TEAM KC SJ VAN SEA RSL
GP 6 6 5 5 7
SHO 5 3 3 3 3
PLAYER TEAM GP G 1. Kenny Cooper NY 6 7 1. Thierry Henry NY 6 7 1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 6 7 4. David Estrada SEA 5 4 5. C.J. Sapong KC 6 3 5. Kei Kamara KC 6 3 5. Kris Boyd POR 6 3 5. Maicon Santos DC 6 3 5. Fabian Espindola RSL 7 3 5. Robbie Keane LA 5 3 5. Darlington Nagbe POR 6 3 5. Blas Perez DAL 6 3
Game-Winning Goals PLAYER 1. Chris Wondolowski 2. C.J. Sapong 2. Kei Kamara 2. Kenny Cooper 2. David Estrada 6. Graham Zusi 6. Aurelien Collin 6. 33 others tied with 1..
TEAM GP SJ 6 KC 6 KC 6 NY 6 SEA 5 KC 6 KC 6
GWG 3 2 2 2 2 1 1
Multi-Goal Games PLAYER 1. Thierry Henry 2. Kenny Cooper 2. Chris Wondolowski 4. Maicon Santos 4. David Estrada 4. Robbie Keane 4. Darlington Nagbe
TEAM NY NY SJ DC SEA LA POR
GP 6 6 6 6 5 5 6
GAMES 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Hat Tricks PLAYER TEAM GP HATS 1. David Estrada SEA 5 1 1. Thierry Henry NY 6 1
Shots on Goal PLAYER TEAM GP SOG 1. Kei Kamara KC 6 15 2. Thierry Henry NY 6 14 3. Kenny Cooper NY 6 12 3. Sanna Nyassi MTL 7 12 3. Chris Wondolowski SJ 6 12 6. Robbie Keane LA 5 11 7. Fabian Espindola RSL 7 10 8. Kris Boyd POR 6 9 8. Danny Koevermans TOR 5 9 8. Dominic Oduro CHI 4 9 8. Kelyn Rowe NE 6 9
Shots
PLAYER 1. Kei Kamara 2. Thierry Henry 3. Fredy Montero 3. Chris Wondolowski 5. Fabian Espindola 6. Dwayne De Rosario 7. Robbie Keane 7. Sanna Nyassi 9. Kris Boyd 9. Maicon Santos
TEAM KC NY SEA SJ RSL DC LA MTL POR DC
GP 6 6 5 6 7 6 5 7 6 6
SH 30 26 24 24 23 21 20 20 18 18
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2012 Schedule and Box Scores DATE
Sat., March 10th Sat., March 17th Sun., March 25th Sun., April 1st Sat., April 7th Sat., April 14th Wed., April 18th Sat., April 21st Sat., May 5th Sat., May 12th Sat., May 19th Sun., May 27th Sat., June 16th Wed., June 20th Sat., June 23rd Fri., June 29th Wed., July 4th Sat., July 7th Sat., July 14th Wed., July 18th Sat., July 21st Sat., July 28th Sat., August 4th Sat., Aug. 11th Sat., August 18th Sun., Aug. 26th Sat., Sept. 1st Fri., Sept. 14th Wed., Sept. 19th Sat., Sept. 22nd Fri., Sept. 28th Sun., October 7th Sat., October 20th Wed., Oct. 24th
OPPONENT
GOAL SCORERS
1-0 W @ D.C. United Sapong 3-0 W vs. New England Zusi/Kamara/Sapong 2-1 W vs. FC Dallas Collin/Kamara 1-0 W @Chivas USA Sapong 1-0 W vs. Los Angeles Galaxy Kamara 1-0 W vs. Real Salt Lake Collin @Vancouver Whitecaps @Portland Timbers vs. Montreal Impact @Chicago Fire @Colorado Rapids vs. San Jose Earthquakes vs. Toronto FC @Seattle Sounders @Philadelphia Union vs. Chicago Fire @Montreal Impact vs. Houston Dynamo @Columbus Crew @Houston Dynamo vs. New England Revolution vs. Columbus Crew @New England Revolution vs. D.C. United @Toronto FC vs. New York Red Bulls vs. Toronto FC vs. Houston Dynamo @New York Red Bulls @Montreal Impact vs. Chicago Fire @Columbus Crew @New York Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia Union
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (0-2-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (2-0-0) DATE: March 17, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Goals by Period New England Revolution Sporting Kansas City
1 0 2
2 0 1
Tot 0 3
SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0) VS D.C. UNITED (0-1-0) DATE: March 10, 2012 -- RFK Stadium Goals by Period 1 2 Tot D.C. United 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 1 (Zusi 1) 93+ Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Teal Bunbury DC: Cautions: John Lozano Stats Sporting Kansas City DC United TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Kamara 6) 7 (De Rosario/Salihi/Santos) SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Kamara 3) 1 (Santos 1) FOULS: 16 (4 tied with 3) 12 (Boskovic/Woolard 2) OFFSIDE: 0 3 CORNER KICKS: 5 3 SAVES: Nielsen 1 Hammid 7 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 85), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 75). D.C. UNITED--Bill Hamid, Robbie Russell, Daniel Woolard, Brandon McDonald, Dejan Jakovic, Andy Najar, Chris Pontius (Danny Cruz 74), Perry Kitchen, Branko Boskovic (Josh Wolff 66), Dwayne De Rosario, Hamdi Salihi (Maicon Santos 80). Referee: Mark Geiger Referee’s Assistants: Sean Hurd, Steven Taylor 4th Official: Mark Kadlecik. Attendance: 16, 314. Temperature: 44.
FC DALLAS (1-1-1) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (3-0-0) DATE: March 25, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period FC Dallas Sporting Kansas City
1 1 1
2 0 1
Tot 1 2
Scoring Summary: KC--Zusi 1 (Kamara 1) 28 KC--Kamara 1 (unassisted) 39 KC--Sapong 2 (Sinovic 1, Zusi 2) 47
Scoring Summary: DAL--Ricardo Villar 2 (free kick) 25 KC--Collin 1 (Zusi 3) 49+ KC--Kamara 2 (Myers 1, Zusi 4) 88
Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Zusi 28, Myers 45 NE: Ejections: McCarthy 14
Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Collin 32, Myers 36, Espinoza 93+ DAL: Cautions: D. Hernandez 49+
Stats Sporting Kansas City New England TOTAL SHOTS: 27 (Kamara 7) 11 (Nguyen/Simms 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Kamara/Sapong 3) 6 (Guy 2) FOULS: 12 (Myers 3) 10 (Sene 2) OFFSIDE: 4 2 CORNER KICKS: 4 1 SAVES: Nielsen 6 Reis 4
Stats Sporting Kansas City FC Dallas TOTAL SHOTS: 18 (Kamara 11) 8 (Villar 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 9 (Kamara 5) 1 (Villar 1) FOULS: 15 (Myers 4) 11 (4 Tied with 2) OFFSIDE: 1 0 CORNER KICKS: 7 5 SAVES: N/A Hartman 7
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Chris Tierney, A.J. Soares, Stephen McCarthy (Ejected 14), Benny Feilhaber (Jeremiah White 61), Clyde Simms, Shalrie Joseph, Lee Nguyen, Kelyn Rowe (Ryan Guy 45), Saer Sene (Diego Fagundez 57).
FC DALLAS--Kevin Hartman, Zach Loyd, Hernan Pertuz, George John, Ugo Ihemelu, Bryan Leyva (Andrew Wiedeman 70), Daniel Hernandez, Jair Benitez, Ricardo Villar (Bobby Warshaw 45, Luis Perea 90), Andrew Jacobson, Blas Perez.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin (Lawrence Olum 59), Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Paulo Nagamura 57), Bobby Convey, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Luke Sassano 76), C.J. Sapong.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Lawrence Olum 91+), Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 93+), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong.
Referee: Silviu Petrescu Referee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Corey Parker 4th Official: David Gantar. Attendance: 19,777. Temperature: 74 and Cloudy.
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja Referee’s Assistants: Frank Anderson, Peter Balciunas 4th Official: Yader Reyes. Attendance: 15,161. Temperature: 81 and Sunny.
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2012 Schedule and Box Scores SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-0-0) VS CHIVAS USA (1-3-0) DATE: April 1, 2012 -- The Home Depot Center Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Chivas USA 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 3 (Zusi 5) 47
Stats Sporting Kansas City FC Dallas TOTAL SHOTS: 19 (Kamara 4) 6 (3 Tied with 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Sapong 3) 0 (26 Tied with 0) FOULS: 15 (Myers 4) 11 (Minda 3) OFFSIDE: 0 3 CORNER KICKS: 7 1 SAVES: N/A Kennedy 4 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Paulo Nagamura 89), Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 73), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 72). CHIVAS USA--Dan Kennedy, James Riley, Ante Jazic (Cesar Romero 80), Heath Pearce, Rauwshan McKenzie, Ryan Smith, Laurent Courtois, Oswaldo Minda, Nick LaBrocca, Alejandro Moreno (Miller Bolanos 72), Casey Townsend. Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Frank Anderson 4th Official: Allen Chapman. Attendance: 13,372. Temperature: 64 and Clear.
REAL SALT LAKE (5-2-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (6-0-0) DATE: April 14, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park 1 0 0
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot LA Galaxy 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Kamara 3 (Convey 1) 40
Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Sinovic 34 CHV: Cautions: Rauwshan McKenzie 84
Goals by Period Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City
LA GALAXY (1-3-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (5-0-0) DATE: April 7, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
2 0 1
Tot 0 1
Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: None. LA: Cautions: Donovan Stats Sporting Kansas City FC Dallas TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Espinoza/Zusi 3) 4 (Magee 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Kamara 2) 0 (31 Tied with 0) FOULS: 9 (Kamara 5) 12 (Donovan 4) OFFSIDE: 2 1 CORNER KICKS: 7 2 SAVES: N/A Saunders 3 LA GALAXY--Josh Saunders, Sean Franklin, Todd Dunivant, Tommy Meyer, A.J. DeLaGarza, Landon Donovan, Mike Magee, Michael Stephens (Marcelo Sarvas 77), Juninho (Kyle Nakazawa 72), Edson Buddle (Chad Barrett 56), Robbie Keane. SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 69), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 78), C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 87). Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Referee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Brian Poeschel 4th Official: Michael Kennedy. Attendance: 20,323. Temperature: 60 and Cloudy.
Miscellaneous Stats - 2012 Regular Season Quickest Goal... Quickest Goal Against...
28, Graham Zusi, 3/17 vs NE 25, Ricardo Villar, 3/25 vs DAL
Scoring Summary: KC--Collin 2 (Zusi 6) 63
Game-winning goals after 75’...
Misconduct Summary: RSL: Caution: Johnson 51 KC: Caution: Nagamura 76 RSL: Caution: Steele 78
Game-tying goals after 75’...
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Stats Sporting Kansas City FC Dallas TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Kamara/Sapong 3) 10 (Espindola 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 Tied with 1) 1 (Borchers 1) FOULS: 13 (Espinoza 4) 14 (Espindola/Steele 3) OFFSIDE: 0 2 CORNER KICKS: 11 4 SAVES: Nielsen 1 Rimando 2 REAL SALT LAKE--Nick Rimando, Tony Beltran, Chris Wingert, Jamison Olave, Nat Borchers, Will Johnson, Luis Gil (Paulo Junior 76), Kyle Beckerman, Sebastian Velasquez (Jonny Steele 63), Fabian Espindola, Alvaro Saborio. SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic (Michael Harrington 89), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 82), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 51), C.J. Sapong. Referee: Kevin Stott Referee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Brian Poeschel 4th Official: Tyler Ploeger. Attendance: 19,422. Temperature: 72 and Cloudy.
Red Cards Against... Penalty Kicks... Penalty Kicks Against...
93+, C.J. Sapong, 3/10 at D.C. United 88, Kei Kamara, 3/25 vs DAL
14, Stephen McCarthy, 3/17 vs NE 50, Saved, Kei Kamara, 3/25 vs DAL
N/A
Youngest Goalscorer...
23y74d, C.J. Sapong, 3/10 at DC
Oldest Goalscorer...
27y219d, Kei Kamara, 4/7 vs LA
Youngest Starter...
22y12d, Teal Bunbury, 3/10 at DC
Oldest Starter...
34y252d, Jimmy Nielsen, 4/4 vs RSL
MINI BIOS
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COACHING STAFF
#9 | F | Teal Bunbury Ht: 6-2 Wt. 175 DOB: 2/17/1990 Hometown: Prior Lake, MN College: Akron Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#4)
Regular-Season Game Highs:
Peter Vermes Kerry Zavagnin Zoran Savic Manager
Assistant Coach
John Pascarella Goalkeeping Coach
Assistant Coach
Mateus Manoel
Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 10, 2011, KC vs HOU Assists 1, 5 times, last: Aug. 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 7, August 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Last.. Appearance April 7, 2012 KC vs LA Goal Oct. 30, 2011, KC at COL Assist Aug. 27, 2011, KC vs DAL 2012 Record when: he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Fitness Coach
#3 | D | Korede Aiyegbusi Ht: 5-5 Wt. 155 DOB: 7/15/1988 Hometown: London, UK College: North Carolina State Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round(#20)
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed 1, 4 times, last: April 30, 2011, KC at NY Fouls Suffered 1, June 10, 2010, KC vs PHI Last.. Appearance August 17, 2011, KC vs POR Goal N/A Assit: N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
#55 | D | Julio Cesar Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 11/18/1978 Hometown: Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil Last Club: Maritimo Funchal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 3/14/11
Regular-Season Game Highs:
Goals 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs LA Assists 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NY Shots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Shots 2, 2 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Last.. Appearance April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Goal Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs LA Assist Oct. 30, 2011, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 6-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
#5 | D | Matt Besler
#55 | D | Aurelien Collin
Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Notre Dame Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)
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, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 2 times, last: August 6, 2011, KC vs SEA Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 2 times, last: July 16, 2011, KC at HOU Fouls Committed 3, Mar. 27, 2010, KC vs DC Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last.. Appearance April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist Aug. 6, 2011, KC vs SEA 2012 Record when: he starts 6-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Assists N/A Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Shots 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Fouls Committed 6, Apr. 23, 2011, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: July 16, 2011, KC at HOU Last.. Appearance April 14, 2012 KC vs RSL Goal March 25, 2012, KC vs DAL Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 6-0-0 he scores 2-0-0
Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | April 18th, 2012 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC| www.SportingKC.com #11 | M | Bobby Convey
#15 | M | Roger Espinoza
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
Ht: 5-11 Wt. 160 DOB: 10/25/1986 Hometown: Aurora, CO College: Ohio State Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)
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 April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Goal May 21, 2011, SJ vs NE Assist April 7, 2012, KC vs LA 2012 Record when: he starts 6-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs:
Goals 1, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Assists 1, 9 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Shots 5, 2 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 4, 3 times, last: April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Fouls Suffered 6, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last.. Appearance April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Goal August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Assist July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 6-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
#14 | D | Dom Dwyer
#2 | D | Michael Harrington
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990 Hometown: Cuckfield, England College: University of South Florida Acquired: ‘12 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)
Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/24/1986 Hometown: Greenville, NC College: North Carolina Acquired: ‘07 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#3)
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 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 5, 2008, KC vs CHI Assists 2, Sept. 22, 2010, KC vs HOU Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Shots 2, 5 times, last: Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Fouls Committed 6, July 11, 2009, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, July 14, 2007, KC vs RSL Last.. Appearance April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Goal Oct 5, 2008, KC vs CHI Assist Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
#4 | D | Kevin Ellis
#24 | D | Cyprian Hedrick
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
Ht: 6’ Wt. 185 DOB: 10/06/1989 Hometown: Cameroon College: Coastal Carolina Acquired: ‘12 MLS Superdraft 2nd Round (#30)
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 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
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 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | April 18th, 2012 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC| www.SportingKC.com #19 | M | Peterson Joseph
#18 | GK | Eric Kronberg
Ht: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990 Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Last Club: SC Braga (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 09/01/11
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 N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last.. Appearance Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Saves 6, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Last.. Appearance Shutout
June 12, 2011, KC at DAL June 4, 2011, KC at TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
#23 | F | Kei Kamara
#7 | M | Chance Myers
Ht: 6-3 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/1/1984 Hometown: Lawndale, CA College: Cal-State Dominguez Hills Last Club: Houston Dynamo Acquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo 9/15/09
Ht: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA College: UCLA Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 4 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Shots on Goal 5, 2 times, last: March 25, 2012, KC vs DAL Shots 11, March 25, 2012, KC vs DAL Fouls Committed 5, 4 times, last: April 7, 2012, KC vs LA Fouls Suffered 7, June 28, 2008, SJ at CHI Last.. Appearance April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Goal April 7, 2012, KC vs LA Assist March 17, 2012 KC vs NE 2012 Record when: he starts 6-0-0 he scores 3-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 3 times last: March 25, 2012 KC vs DAL 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 3, 4 times, last: March 25, 2012, KC vs DAL Last.. Appearance April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Goal N/A Assist March 25, 2012 KC vs DAL 2012 Record when: he starts 6-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
#21 | GK | Jon Kempin
#6 | M | Paulo Nagumura
Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Juniors Acquired: Signed 8/31/10
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 Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last.. Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Assists 1, 14 times, last: June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR Shots on Goal 4, May 15, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots 5, May 15, 2006, LA vs RSL Fouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LA Fouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Last.. Appearance April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Goal Sept. 10, 2010, CHV vs NE Assist June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | April 18th, 2012 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC| www.SportingKC.com #1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen
#22 | F | Soony Saad
Ht: 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977 Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark Last Club: Vejle (Denmark) Acquired: Signed 2/15/10
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 Allowed 4, May 29, 2010, KC at RSL Saves 7, 3 times, last: June 22, 2011, KC at PHI Last.. Appearance Shutout 2012 Record when:
April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL April 14, 2012 KC vs RSL he starts 6-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Shots 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs. LA Fouls Committed 1, Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NY Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs. LA Last.. Appearance Nov. 2, 2011, KC vs COL Goal August 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
#13 | D | Lawrence Olum
#17 | F | C.J. Sapong
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
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 N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last.. Appearance March 25, 2012, KC vs DAL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 8 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Assists 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Shots 5, 2 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: June 12, 2011, KC at DAL Last.. Appearance April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Goal April 1, 2012 KC at CHV Assist Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ 2012 Record when: he starts 6-0-0 he scores 3-0-0
#37 | F | Jacob Peterson
#32 | D | Luke Sassano
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
Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/14/1985 Hometown: Orinda, California College: University of California, Berkeley Last Club: NY Red Bulls Acquired: Trade with LA Galaxy on 12/15/10
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 9 times, last: Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Assists 1, 10 times, last: Aug. 27, 2011, SJ at TOR Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC 4, 4 times, last: April 16, 2011, TOR at DC Shots Fouls Committed 2, 7 times, last: July 20, 2011, SJ at VAN Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Last.. April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Appearance Goal Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Assist Aug. 27, 2011, SJ at TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 12, 2011, KC at DAL Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: June 17, 2011, KC vs SJ Shots 3, April 27, 2008, NY vs SJ Fouls Committed 3, May 25, 2008, NY vs CHI Fouls Suffered 3, June 12, 2008, NY at DC Last.. Appearance March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Goal June 12, 2011, KC at DAL Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | April 18th, 2012 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC| www.SportingKC.com #20 | D | Shawn Singh
#12 | M | Konrad Warzycha
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 145 DOB: 05/05/1989 Hometown: Bakersfield, California College: UCLA Acquired: ‘12 MLS Supplemental Draft 1st Round (16th). Signed 3/19/12
Ht: 6-1 Wt. 190 DOB: 02/14/1989 Hometown: Dublin, Ohio College: Ohio State Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round
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 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
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 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
#16 | D | Seth Sinovic
#8 | M | Graham Zusi
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed May 10, 2011
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 N/A Assists 1, March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Shots 3, April 17, 2010, NE at SJ Fouls Committed 3, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Last.. Appearance April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Goal N/A Assist March 17, 2012, KC vs NE 2012 Record when: he starts 6-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #88 | M | Michael Thomas Ht: 5-8 Wt. 170 DOB: 1//1987 Hometown: Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia College: Notre Dame Last Club: Borac Čačak (Serbia) Acquired: Signed 3/16/2011
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 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assists 2, 2 times, last: March 25, 2012: KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Shots 5, July 16, 2011, KC at HOU Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: March 10, 2012, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last.. Appearance April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Goal March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Assist April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL 2012 Record when: he starts 6-0-0 he scores 1-0-0
Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | April 18th, 2012 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC| www.SportingKC.com
ALL-TIME STATISTICS Korede Aiyegbusi
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
8
2
223
0
0
0
0
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
8
2
223
0
0
0
0
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Matt Besler
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
78
74
6672
2
2
18
7
56
38
5
0
9
0
1
1
KC - Post Season
3
3
270
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
81
77
6942
2
2
18
7
59
39
6
0
9
0
1
1
Teal Bunbury
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
58
34
3281
14
5
113
46
63
41
36
3
6
1
4
1
KC - Post Season
3
3
246
2
0
7
3
5
4
1
0
1
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
61
37
3527
16
5
120
49
68
45
37
3
7
1
5
1
Julio Cesar
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
33
31
2624
2
2
13
5
37
23
1
0
3
1
1
1
KC - Post Season
3
3
239
0
1
1
0
1
5
0
0
2
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
36
34
2863
2
3
14
5
38
28
1
0
5
1
1
2
Aurelien Collin
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
29
27
2421
5
0
21
8
46
23
2
0
11
1
3
0
KC - Post Season
3
3
270
1
0
4
1
5
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
32
30
2691
6
0
25
9
51
24
2
0
11
1
4
0
Bobby Convey
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
6
6
488
0
1
3
1
2
2
0
14
0
0
0
1
MLS - Reg. Season
170
158
14179
11
31
197
89
228
213
41
263
34
2
2
10
MLS - Post Season
5
5
450
2
1
7
3
8
8
1
11
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
175
163
14629
13
32
204
92
236
221
42
274
34
2
3
10
Dom Dwyer
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
Kevin Ellis
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
Roger Espinoza
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
93
73
6515
2
9
72
18
120
111
8
13
15
3
1
2
KC - Post Season
5
4
288
0
0
1
0
3
5
1
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
98
77
6803
2
9
73
18
123
116
9
13
17
3
1
2
Michael Harrington
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
139
119
10757
5
13
34
21
124
99
9
4
17
0
0
4
KC - Post Season
5
5
450
0
0
0
0
3
7
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
144
124
11207
5
13
34
21
127
106
9
4
18
0
0
4
Cyprian Hedrick
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
Peterson Joseph
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
1
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
1
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kei Kamara
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
71
61
5556
23
11
227
79
105
111
27
2
7
0
7
5
MLS - Reg. Season
151
111
10293
37
14
355
137
212
215
68
4
14
1
11
7
KC - Post Season
3
3
269
0
0
8
4
3
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Post Season
5
4
347
1
0
9
5
5
7
4
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
156
115
10640
37
14
362
140
217
222
72
4
14
1
11
7
Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | April 18th, 2012 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC| www.SportingKC.com Chance Myers
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
65
43
4163
0
3
42
13
66
38
3
4
4
1
0
1
KC - Post Season
3
3
270
0
0
0
0
5
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
68
46
4433
0
3
42
13
71
42
3
4
4
1
0
1
Paulo Nagamura
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
4
0
85
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
MLS - Reg. Season
161
144
12853
9
14
140
51
248
210
4
18
40
2
4
5
MLS - Post Season
10
9
909
0
0
9
5
16
24
1
0
4
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
170
153
13723
9
14
149
56
264
234
5
18
44
2
4
5
Lawrence Olum
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
3
0
45
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
3
0
45
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jacob Peterson
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
5
0
52
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Reg. Season
143
82
7338
9
10
115
42
45
80
16
60
5
0
3
4
MLS - Post Season
3
2
161
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
146
84
7499
9
10
115
42
46
82
17
60
5
0
3
4
Soony Saad
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
4
0
39
1
0
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
KC - Post Season
2
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
6
0
43
1
0
2
1
2
2
0
0
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
40
27
2540
8
5
67
33
38
52
8
0
0
0
3
2
KC - Post Season
3
3
270
1
0
5
5
8
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
43
30
2810
9
5
72
38
46
59
8
0
0
0
3
2
Luke Sassano
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
10
5
545
1
0
3
2
2
6
0
1
1
0
0
0
MLS - Reg. Season
48
30
2798
1
0
17
3
20
27
1
1
4
1
0
0
MLS - Post Season
4
4
341
0
0
1
0
3
5
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
52
34
3139
1
0
18
3
23
32
1
1
5
1
0
0
Shawn Singh
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
Seth Sinovic
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
26
26
2096
0
1
8
2
18
24
1
0
3
0
0
0
MLS - Reg. Season
46
44
3856
0
1
16
3
32
35
1
0
6
0
0
0
KC - Post Season
3
3
265
0
0
0
0
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
49
47
4121
0
1
16
3
36
38
1
0
6
0
0
0
Michael Thomas
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
Konrad Warzycha
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
Graham Zusi
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
0
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
70
40
3898
7
14
85
29
50
57
5
138
7
0
2
8
KC - Post Season
3
3
270
0
2
4
0
5
3
0
11
0
0
0
1
MLS Career - TOTAL
73
43
4078
7
16
89
29
55
60
5
149
7
0
2
9
Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | April 18th, 2012 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC| www.SportingKC.com
GOALKEEPING ALL-TIME STATISTICS Jimmy Nielsen
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
KC - Reg. Season
66
66
5917
237
167
22
70
1.06
2
3
28
21
16
KC - Post Season
3
3
270
9
7
2
2
0.67
0
0
2
1
0
MLS Career - TOTAL
69
69
6187
246
174
24
72
1.05
2
3
30
22
16
Jon Kempin
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
KC - Reg. Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Career - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
0
0
0
0
0
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
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Player
Jimmy Nielsen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Bobby Convey Konrad Warzycha Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Peterson Joseph Shawn Singh Jon Kempin Soony Saad Kei Kamara Cyprian Hedrick Luke Sassano Jacob Peterson Birahim Diop Julio Cesar Aurelien Collin Michael Thomas
"00" = minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 90D 12 90D 90M 3 69M 82M
90D 39 90D 90M
1 2 3 4 5 6 DC NE DAL CHV LA RSL 1-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 1
1
90D 90D 90D 90D 33 1 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 57M 89M 89M 75F 18 85M 90M 89M 73M 31 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 89D 15 90F 90F 72F 87F 90F
14 1
17
21
8
90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M
5 90M 76M 90M 90M 78M 51M 90D 59D 90D 90D 90D 90D
Game Game Game Game Game Game Game
log: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 03/10/2012 03/17/2012 03/25/2012 04/01/2012 04/07/2012 04/14/2012
KC KC KC KC KC KC
1 3 2 1 1 1
DC 0 NE 0 DAL 1 CHV 0 LA 0 RSL 0
W W W W W W
Sapong Zusi 1 Collin Sapong Kamara Collin
1 (Zusi 1) 93 (Kamara 1) 28; Kamara 1 (unassisted) 39; Sapong 2 (Sinovic 1, Zusi 2) 1 (Zusi 3) 49+; Kamara 2 (Myers 1, Zusi 4) 88 3 (Zusi 5) 47 3 (Convey 1) 40 2 (Zusi 6) 63
SPORTING KANSAS CITY at vs vs at vs vs
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