Sporting KC Game Notes | May 22, 2022 at San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
208
208
18673
0
0
MLS Postseason
10
10
924
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
180
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
11
11
1080
0
0
International
6
6
540
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
237
237
21397
0
0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 210 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA (MLS) Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 7, 2 times, last: May 14, 2022, KC at POR Saves 10, April 8, 2018, KC at LA Last Regular Season... Appearance May 18, 2022, KC vs. COL Shutout May 7, 2022, KC at NYC 2022 Record when: he starts 3-7-3
Birthday: 5/15/1986
Tim Melia has the most regular-season wins (90), shutouts (63) and saves (604) in club history, and has also played the most games (208) of any Sporting goalkeeper. Melia claimed the 2017 Goalkeeper of the Year crown with career-highs in wins (12), shutouts (10), saves (91), starts (31) and minutes (2,759). Melia surpassed each of those numbers in 2018, posting 18 wins, 13 shutouts, 106 saves, 34 starts and 3060 minutes.
saves in a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy. During his breakout campaign in 2015, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 precent save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against average. He was named MLS Comeback Player of the Year. After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.
Melia was also named the club’s 2017 Most Valuable Player. Among goalkeepers with at least 15 regular-season appearances in 2017, he led MLS with a 0.78 goals against average, 78.4 save percentage and 69.2-percent passing accuracy. He also ranked second in shutouts. On April 8, 2018, Melia set a new club record and career-high with 10 MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
208
208
18673
870
604
63
260
1.25
16
29
15
1
90
69
47
MLS - Regular Season
214
213
19112
903
622
63
274
1.29
17
30
15
2
90
73
48
KC - Postseason
10
10
924
49
31
1
17
1.66
1
1
0
0
2
4
3
MLS - TOTAL
224
223
20036
952
653
64
291
1.31
18
31
15
2
92
77
51
#18 | D | LOGAN NDENBE | @Ndenbe22 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
11
9
820
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
11
9
820
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 3, April 30, 2022, KC vs. DAL Fouls Committed 3, May 18, 2022, KC vs. COL Fouls Suffered 4, May 14, 2022, KC at POR Last Regular Season... Appearance May 18, 2022, KC vs. COL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 2-4-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-7 Weight: 160 Birthday: 2/9/2000 Hometown: La Louviere, Belgium Last Club: EA Guingamp (France) Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/14/2022 Sporting Kansas City acquired left back Logan Ndenbe in a transfer from EA Guingamp in the French second division in January 2022. Ndenbe arrives in Kansas City after spending his first five professional seasons in Europe with Belgian top-flight side KV Oostende and French club Guingamp. He has logged nearly 50 professional appearances since 2017 and represented Belgium at the U-17 through U-21 levels.
Ndenbe left Belgium in July 2020, signing for Guingamp to mark the start of a successful stint in the French Ligue 2. He made 16 appearances for the club during the 2020-21 campaign and took another step forward during the first half of the 2021-2022 season, playing every minute in 12 league starts while adding one assist.
On the youth international stage, Ndenbe rose through the Belgian U-17 and U-18 teams A native of Mouscron, Belgium, Ndenbe developed in the Royal Excel Mouscron academy before earning his Belgium U-21 debut in June 2021 for his first of six matches in 2023 before joining KV Oostende as a 17-year-old in 2017. He played 15 matches in three UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying. He has started in each of the team’s seasons with the club, featuring in the Belgian First Division A as well as the league’s last four games since Oct. 12, helping the team go 3-0-1. playoff competition for the UEFA Europa League. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
11
9
820
0
0
5
0
14
17
1
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
11
9
820
0
0
5
0
14
17
1
0
2
0
0
0
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