SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT
Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS)
MLS Regular Season Game 15
Sporting Kansas City
2-7-5, 11 points
(1-3-3 home; 1-4-2 away)
T-13th in MLS Western Conference
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
5-5-4, 19 points
(2-3-2 home; 3-2-2 away) 7th in MLS Western Conference
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Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
Assistant ref: Corey Rockwell
Assistant ref: Tyler Wyrostek
4th official: Alexandra Billeter
VAR: David Barrie
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
2024 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS
Logan Ndenbe en-DEN-bay
Robert Castellanos CASS-tee-YAH-nos
20 FWD Alenis Vargas uh-LEN-iss
feh-LEE-pay 22
Zorhan Bassong ZOR-uhn bah-SONG
Ozzie Cisneros (loaned out) sis-NAIR-oce
Rindov rin-DOVE
29 GK Tim Melia MEE-lia
30 FWD Stephen Afrifa uh-FREE-fuh 31 MID Danny Flores
36 GK Ryan Schewe SHAY-way 54 MID Remi Walter vault-AIR
77 FWD Marinos Tzionis ma-REE-noss JOHN-eese
2024 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
2024 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Erik Thommy 4
Memo Rodriguez 4 Erik Thommy 33 Agada, Thommy 10 Davis, Pulido 1 Three Players 1 Erik Thommy 24
Erik Thommy 24 Davis, Rodriguez 5 N/A 0
Tim Melia 1170 Tim Melia 1.92
Tim Melia 2
Tim Melia 1
Tim Melia 48
SHOTS ON GOAL GAME-WINNING GOALS GAME-WINNING ASSISTS FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
Yohei Takaoka
Yohei Takaoka
Yohei Takaoka
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON
SPORTING KANSAS CITY FACT
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No. Pos. Name Pronunciation 1 GK John Pulskamp 3 DEF Andreu Fontas
4 DEF Robert Voloder
DEF
MID
7 FWD Johnny Russell 8 MID Memo Rodriguez 9 FWD Alan Pulido
10 FWD Daniel Salloi shallow-EE 11 FWD Khiry Shelton
14 DEF Tim Leibold
17 DEF Jake Davis 18 DEF
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ahn-DRAY-oo
VOLO-derr 5
Dany Rosero danny roh-CERO 6
Nemanja Radoja nem-AHN-ya RAHD-oy-ah
ah-LAHN pooh-LEE-doh
KY-ree
LIE-bold
DEF
DEF
FWD Willy
24 DEF Kayden Pierre
MID
26
21 MID Felipe Hernandez
23
Agada ah-GAH-dah
25
MID Erik Thommy tommy 28 DEF Chris
SPORTING KANSAS CITY VANCOUVER WHITECAPS 5-5-4 (19 pts.) 1.36 14 7th in West 20 1.43 16 17 1.21 +3 168 (63) 37.5% 137 158 25 1 RECORD POINTS PER GAME GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED
2-7-5 (11 pts.) 0.79 14 T-13th in West 22 1.57 20 26 1.86 -4 169 (62) 36.7% 170 189 30 0
CAUTIONS EJECTIONS
SPORTING KANSAS CITY VANCOUVER WHITECAPS 5 Gauld, White 3 Ryan Raposo 27 Brian White 13 Ryan Gauld 2 Brian White 2
Picault 20 Andres Cubas 28 Ali Ahmed 5
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GOALS ASSISTS
Fafa
Andres Cubas 1 Bjorn Utvik 1260 Yohei Takaoka 1.21 Yohei Takaoka
39
SHOTS
PETER VERMES VANNI SARTINI
4th season 36-32-28 (.521) MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM 16th season (.530) 197-168-120 16th season (.530) 197-168-120 Eastern Conference Pts W L T GD GP 1. Inter Miami CF 34 10 2 4 +17 16 2. FC Cincinnati 33 10 2 3 +9 15 3. New York City FC 26 8 5 2 +3 15 4. Columbus Crew 24 6 2 6 +8 14 5. New York Red Bulls 23 6 3 5 +4 14 6. Toronto FC 22 7 7 1 0 15 7. Charlotte FC 22 6 5 4 +1 15 8. Philadelphia Union 18 4 4 6 +4 14 9. D.C. United 18 4 5 6 -4 15 10. Orlando City SC 16 4 6 4 -7 14 11. Nashville SC 16 3 4 7 -3 14 12. Atlanta United FC 13 3 7 4 0 14 13. CF Montreal 13 3 7 4 -14 14 14. Chicago Fire FC 11 2 8 5 -13 15 15. New England Revolution 7 2 10 1 -17 13 Western Conference Pts W L T GD GP 1. Real Salt Lake 29 8 2 5 +13 15 2. Minnesota United FC 25 7 2 4 +7 13 3. LA Galaxy 25 6 2 7 +5 15 4. Los Angeles FC 24 7 4 3 +6 14 5. Austin FC 23 6 4 5 +2 15 6. Colorado Rapids 22 6 5 4 +1 15 7. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 19 5 5 4 +3 14 8. Houston Dynamo FC 18 5 6 3 -2 14 9. Seattle Sounders FC 17 4 6 5 0 15 10. Portland Timbers 16 4 7 4 -2 15 11. St. Louis 16 3 4 7 -2 14 12. FC Dallas 13 3 6 4 -4 13 13. San Jose Earthquakes 11 3 10 2 -11 15 14. Sporting Kansas City 11 2 7 5 -4 14
4th season 36-32-28 (.521)
Club Name Sporting Kansas City Second Reference Sporting KC, Sporting, SKC Inaugural Season 1996 Stadium Children’s Mercy Park Capacity 18,467 (Max Standing Room: 21,650) Training Facility Compass Minerals National Performance Center Owner Sporting Club Manager Peter Vermes Captain Johnny Russell President & CEO Jake Reid MLS Cup 2000 & 2013 MLS Supporters’ Shield 2000 U.S. Open Cup 2004, 2012, 2015 & 2017
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2024 NUMERICAL ROSTER
NO. PLAYER PRONUNCIATION POS. HT. WT. BIRTHDATE (AGE) HOMETOWN LAST CLUB
1 John Pulskamp GK 6-4 210 04/19/2001 (23) Bakersfield, CA Sporting KC II (USL Championship)
3 Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo DEF 6-2 200 11/14/1989 (34) Banyoles, Spain Celta Vigo (Spain)
4 Robert Voloder VOLO-derr DEF 6-0 170 05/09/2001 (23) Frankfurt, Germany NK Maribor (Slovenia)
5 Dany Rosero danny roh-CERO DEF 6-2 205 10/06/1993 (30) Bogota, Colombia Atletico Junior (Colombia)
6 Nemanja Radoja nem-AHN-ya RAHD-oy-ya MID 6-0 175 02/06/1993 (31) Novi Sad, Serbia Levante (Spain)
7 Johnny Russell FWD 5-9 175 04/08/1990 (34) Glasgow, Scotland Derby County FC (England)
8 Memo Rodriguez MID 5-8 155 12/27/1995 (28) El Campo, TX Austin FC (MLS)
9 Alan Pulido ah-LAHN pooh-LEE-doh FWD 5-10 170 03/08/1991 (33) Ciudad Victoria, Mexico Chivas Guadalajara (Mexico)
10 Daniel Salloi shallow-EE FWD 6-1 160 07/19/1996 (27) Budapest, Hungary Sporting KC Academy
11 Khiry Shelton KY-ree FWD 6-3 190 06/26/1993 (30) Austin, TX SC Paderborn 07 (Germany)
14 Tim Leibold LIE-bold DEF 5-9 170 11/30/1993 (30) Friolzheim, Germany Hamburger SV (Germany)
17 Jake Davis DEF 5-9 160 01/03/2002 (22) Rochester, MI Sporting KC II (USL Championship)
18 Logan Ndenbe en-DEN-bay DEF 5-8 180 02/09/2000 (24) La Louviere, Belgium EA Guingamp (France)
19 Robert Castellanos CASS-tee-YAH-nos DEF 6-1 195 05/11/1998 (26) Palmdale, CA KuPS (Finland)
20 Alenis Vargas uh-LEN-iss FWD 6-1 160 12/04/2003 (20) San Pedro Sula, Honduras Sporting KC II (MLS NEXT Pro)
21 Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay MID 5-7 140 06/08/1998 (25) Nashville, TN Sporting KC II (USL Championship)
22 Zorhan Bassong ZOR-uhn bah-SONG DEF 5-9 175 05/07/1999 (25) Montreal, Canada Farul Constanta (Romania)
23 Willy Agada ah-GAH-dah FWD 5-9 185 09/17/1999 (24) Bauchi, Nigeria Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel)
24 Kayden Pierre DEF 5-9 155 02/16/2003 (21) Bloomfield Hills, MI Sporting KC Academy
25 Ozzie Cisneros (loaned out) sis-NAIR-oce MID 5-5 140 03/13/2004 (20) Omaha, NE Sporting KC Academy
26 Erik Thommy tommy MID 5-8 155 08/20/1994 (29) Wettenhausen, Germany VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
28 Chris Rindov rin-DOVE DEF 6-2 185 10/08/2001 (22) Rockville, MD
29 Tim Melia MEE-lia GK 6-1 215 05/15/1986 (38) Great River, NY Chivas USA (MLS)
30 Stephen Afrifa uh-FREE-fuh FWD 5-10 155 02/19/2001 (23) Toronto, Canada
31 Danny Flores MID 5-9 150 04/06/2002 (22) Half Moon Bay, CA Oakland Roots (USL Championship)
36 Ryan Schewe SHAY-way GK 6-3 195 03/08/2002 (22) Marietta, GA
54 Remi Walter vault-AIR MID 5-8 165 04/26/1995 (29) Essey-les-Nancy, France Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey)
77 Marinos Tzionis ma-REE-noss JOHN-eese FWD 5-7 155 07/16/2001 (22) Nicosia, Cyprus Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2024 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
30 Stephen Afrifa uh-FREE-fuh FWD 5-10 155 02/19/2001 (23) Toronto, Canada Florida International University
23 Willy Agada ah-GAH-dah FWD 5-9 185 09/17/1999 (24) Bauchi, Nigeria
22 Zorhan Bassong ZOR-uhn bah-SONG DEF 5-9 175 05/07/1999 (25) Toronto, Canada
19 Robert Castellanos CASS-tee-YAH-nos DEF 6-1 195 05/11/1998 (26) Palmdale, CA
25 Ozzie Cisneros (loaned out) sis-NAIR-oce MID 5-5 140 03/13/2004 (20) Omaha, NE
17 Jake Davis DEF 5-9 160 01/03/2002 (22) Rochester, MI
31 Danny Flores MID 5-9 150 04/06/2002 (22) Burlingame, CA Virginia Tech
3 Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo DEF 6-2 200 11/14/1989 (34) Banyoles, Spain
21 Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay MID 5-7 140 06/08/1998 (25) Ibague, Colombia
14 Tim Leibold LIE-bold DEF 5-9 170 11/30/1993 (30) Boblingen, Germany
29 Tim Melia MEE-lia GK 6-1 215 05/15/1986 (38) Great River, NY Lynn University
18 Logan Ndenbe en-DEN-bay DEF 5-8 180 02/09/2000 (24) La Louviere, Belgium
24 Kayden Pierre DEF 5-9 155 02/16/2003 (21) Rochester Hills, MI
9 Alan Pulido ah-LAHN pooh-LEE-doh FWD 5-10 170 03/08/1991 (33) Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
1 John Pulskamp GK 6-4 210 04/19/2001 (23) Bakersfield, CA
6 Nemanja Radoja nem-AHN-ya RAHD-oy-ya MID 6-0 175 02/06/1993 (31) Novi Sad, Serbia
28 Chris Rindov rin-DOVE DEF 6-2 185 10/08/2001 (22) Silver Spring, MD University of Maryland
8 Memo Rodriguez MID 5-8 155 12/27/1995 (28) Wharton, TX
5 Dany Rosero danny roh-CERO DEF 6-2 205 10/06/1993 (29) Bogota, Colombia
7 Johnny Russell FWD 5-9 175 04/08/1990 (34) Glasgow, Scotland
10 Daniel Salloi shallow-EE FWD 6-1 160 07/19/1996 (27) Siofok, Hungary
36 Ryan Schewe SHAY-way GK 6-3 195 03/08/2002 (22) Marietta, GA Georgetown University
11 Khiry Shelton KY-ree FWD 6-3 190 06/26/1993 (30) Colorado Springs, CO Oregon State University
26 Erik Thommy tommy MID 5-8 155 08/20/1994 (29) Ulm, Germany
77 Marinos Tzionis ma-REE-noss JOHN-eese FWD 5-7 155 07/16/2001 (22) Nicosia, Cyprus
20 Alenis Vargas uh-LEN-iss FWD 6-1 160 12/04/2003 (20) San Pedro Sula, Honduras
4 Robert Voloder VOLO-derr DEF 6-0 170 05/09/2001 (23) Frankfurt, Germany
54 Remi Walter vault-AIR MID 5-8 165 04/26/1995 (29) Essey-les-Nancy, France
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NO. PLAYER PRONUNCIATION POS. HT. WT. BIRTHDATE (AGE) BIRTHPLACE COLLEGE
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KC Game Notes | May 29, 2024 vs. Vancouver
#SKCvVAN: HEAD-TO-HEAD
Sporting Kansas City (2-7-5, 11 pts.) returns home this week as to take on Vancouver Whitecaps FC (5-5-4, 19 pts.) at Children’s Mercy Park on Wednesday night.
The most recent meeting between the two sides came at Children’s Mercy Park on July 1, 2023 with Sporting claiming a comfortable 3-0 victory. Remi Walter and Alan Pulido each struck in the first half before Erik Thommy added a third early in the second stanza to seal the points.
The two sides split the points when they met at BC Place in Canada a month previous on June 3, 2023. Pulido headed Sporting into the lead midway through the first half, expertly redirecting Thommy’s corner kick into the top corner. Sporting thought they’d held on for three points but Ryan Gauld salvaged a draw for the hosts when he converted from the penalty spot in the 88th minute after Robert Voloder’s foul on Deiber Caicedo.
Sporting KC has a commanding 12-6-5 lead in the all-time regular-season series against Vancouver since the Whitecaps joined MLS in 2011, including a 7-2-2 mark at home. Sporting’s victory last July snapped a four-game winless run against Vancouver dating back to mid-2021.
#SKCvVAN: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 12-6-5 in regular season)
Date Score Result Details
07/01/2023
06/03/2023
05/28/2022
04/02/2022
10/17/2021
KC 3 vs VAN 0 W Walter, Pulido & Thommy on the scoresheet in home win
KC 1 at VAN 1 T Pulido opens scoring before Gauld tallies late penalty
KC 0 vs VAN 1 L Cavallini scores first-half penalty to claim all three points
KC 0 at VAN 1 L Raposo scores winner in 73rd minute for the hosts
KC 1 at VAN 2 L Gauld and Teibert tally before Russell pulls one back
#SKCvVAN: PLAYER HISTORY
• Winger Johnny Russell leads the team with four goals and two assists against Vancouver, having scored a hat trick in the 6-0 home win on April 20, 2018 before recording an assists in the 4-1 road win on Oct. 17, 2018 and the 3-0 road win on July 13, 2019. He also tallied in Sporting’s 2-1 road loss to the Whitecaps on Oct. 17, 2021.
• Forward Daniel Salloi has recorded three goals and two assists versus Vancouver. Two goals came in a 4-1 road win on Oct. 17, 2018, before adding another with the game-winner in the 3-0 home win on May 16, 2021. His assists came on Jimmy Medranda’s goal in the 6-0 home victory on April 20, 2018 and Johnny Russell’s goal in the 2-1 road loss on Oct. 17, 2021.
• Forward Alan Pulido has scored five goals against Vancouver, including his first goal for Sporting KC on his debut - a 3-1 road win on Feb. 29, 2020. He also tallied a brace in the 3-0 home win on May 16, 2021, the opener in the 1-1 road draw on June 3, 2023 and another in the 3-0 home win on July 1, 2023.
• Midfielder Remi Walter has one goal and one assist against the Whitecaps, both coming in the 3-0 home win on July 1, 2023.
• Forward Khiry Shelton has three assists against Vancouver. He notched his first in a 3-2 home win for NYCFC on April 30, 2016 before tallying two assists - including the game-winning assist - in Sporting’s 4-1 road win on Oct. 17, 2018.
• Midfielder Erik Thommy has tallied one goal and one assist against the Whitecaps, first tallying an assist in the 1-1 road draw on June 3, 2023 before scoring in the 3-0 home win on July 1, 2023.
• Defender Tim Leibold has one assist against Vancouver, coming in the 3-0 home win on July 1, 2023.
• Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 8-5-1 against Vancouver with a 1.00 goals against average, while he has four shutouts coming in a 1-0 win on the road on July 12, 2015, a 6-0 home victory on April 20, 2018, a 3-0 road win on July 13, 2019 and a 3-0 home win on May 16, 2021.
• Midfielder Memo Rodriguez has three goals and one assist against the Whitecaps, all coming as a member of the Houston Dynamo. He scored twice, including the game-winner, in a 3-2 home win on March 16, 2019 before adding a goal and the game-winning assist in a 2-1 home win on May 22, 2021.
#SKCvVAN: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS
• Vancouver left back Luis Martins spent three seasons with Sporting KC from 2019-2021, tallying one goal and six assists across 60 appearances in all competitions for the club.
• Forward Johnny Russell played alongside fellow Scotsman Ryan Gauld at Dundee United from 2012-2013.
• Defender Tim Leibold was teammates with Vancouver’s Alessandro Schöpf at FC Nurnberg from 2015-2016.
• Midfielder Memo Rodriguez played alongside Whitecaps forward Fafa Picault at the Houston Dynamo from 2021-2022.
• Midfielder Nemanja Radoja and Vancouver defender Ranko Veselinovic were both born in Novi Sad, Serbia and developed at Serbian club FK Vojvodina.
#SKCvVAN: BY THE NUMBERS
Sporting KC Team Notes
• Sporting is on an eight-match winless run in MLS since the start of April with a 0-6-2 record. It is the club’s longest winless drought since opening the 2023 campaign 0-7-3 before rallying to make the postseason and beat top-seeded St. Louis City SC in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs.
• Sporting has lost five straight MLS matches by a one-goal margin, the club’s longest losing streak in the regular season since 2011.
• Sporting has a 1-7-5 record in games decided by one goal or fewer.
• Sporting ranks seventh in MLS with 1.57 non-penalty goals per game.
• Sporting ranks third in MLS with 0.86 first-half goals per game.
• Sporting leads MLS with seven goals from outside the box and has taken 51% of its shot attempts from outside the box, the highest percentage in MLS.
• Sporting has scored seven goals off set pieces this season, tied for the third most in MLS.
• Sporting has outperformed its expected goal total by 7.7 goals this season, the third most in MLS (22 goals scored, 14.3 expected goals).
• In all competitions, Sporting has conceded 11 goals in eight away matches (1.38 per game) and 16 goals in eight home matches (2.0 per game) this season.
• Sporting has outscored opponents 19-12 through the 64th minute and been outscored 14-3 from the 65th minute onward during the 2024 regular season.
• Sporting has dropped 17 points from winning positions this season, the most in MLS.
Sporting KC Player Notes
• Midfielder Memo Rodriguez scored his first goal for Sporting in Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Portland on Saturday. Rodriguez leads Sporting with four assists this season and will miss Wednesday’s match against Vancouver due to caution accumulation.
• Forward Alan Pulido and midfielder Erik Thommy are tied for the Sporting lead with four goals this season in all competitions. Thommy ranks ninth in MLS with 55 progressive carries, dribbles that advance the ball either into the penalty area or 10 yards closer to goal.
• Forward Daniel Salloi tallied his third assist of the season in Saturday’s loss at Portland and now has three goal contributions (1g, 3a) in his last five MLS matches. Salloi currently has 99 goal contributions in all competitions for the club (59g, 40a).
Vancouver Whitecaps Team Notes
• Vancouver is winless in six MLS matches (0-3-3 record) since opening the season 5-2-1.
• Vancouver has not held a lead in an MLS match since April 27, going five straight games without a lead.
• Vancouver is 3-2-2 away from home this season, boasting the third best road record in the Western Conference.
• Vancouver has conceded seven goals in seven away matches this season, the third fewest in MLS behind Atlanta and Austin (six each).
• Vancouver went 435 minutes without scoring a league goal from April 27 to May 18, the longest drought by an MLS team this season.
• Vancouver is 5-1-1 when scoring the first goal and 0-4-2 when conceding the first goal this season.
• Vancouver ranks third in MLS in passing accuracy at 87%.
• Vancouver leads MLS with 15.2 clearances per match.
• Vancouver has conceded four goals on counter attacks this season, tied for third most in MLS.
• Vancouver has an average shot distance of 16.3 yards this season, the shortest in MLS.
• Vancouver leads MLS with 45 crosses into the penalty area.
Vancouver Whitecaps Player Notes
• Midfielder Ryan Gauld and forward Brian White are tied for the team lead in both goals (five) and goal contributions (seven) this season. Gauld ranks fourth in MLS with 40 key passes this season but has just two assists.
• Defender Ranko Veselinovic leads MLS with 61 clearances this season.
NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES
• Forward Daniel Salloi is one shy of 100 goal contributions for the club in all competitions (59g, 40a)
• Sporting will play its 450th regular season home match in club history on Wednesday.
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LOOKING TO SNAP WINLESS RUN
Sporting Kansas City is aiming to snap an unpleasant recent run of form that sees the team winless in their last eight matches in MLS regular-season play, including five straight losses following Saturday’s 2-1 setback against the Portland Timbers at Providence Park.
While two victories in the U.S. Open Cup has been a welcome morale-boost for the club, the team is desperate to get back into the win columns in MLS play and will look to do so facing fellow strugglers Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Wednesday night. Much like Sporting, the season started well for Vancouver - going 5-2-1 in their first eight games but are now winless in their last six, going 0-3-3 since April 27.
Sporting is nearing the conclusion of a stretch that will see the team play five matches in the space of 15 days from May 18 through June 1. Following Wednesday’s match against Vancouver, Sporting travel to face Minnesota United FC at Allianz Field on Saturday before having a week to prepare for a home bout with Seattle on June 8.
VANQUISHING VANCOUVER
Sporting Kansas City will look to get the club’s home form back on track this week when Vancouver Whitecaps FC pay a visit to Children’s Mercy Park on Wednesday night. Sporting enters the match winless in eight with five straight losses, while Vancouver are winless in six, having gone 0-3-3 since their 5-2-1 start to the campaign.
Wednesday’s clash is the first of two meetings between Sporting and the Whitecaps in 2024, with Peter Vermes’ side visiting BC Place in the return fixture on July 17. The most recent matchup between the two sides came at Children’s Mercy Park on July 1, 2023 with Sporting cruising to a 3-0 victory. Remi Walter and Alan Pulido both got on the scoresheet in the first half before Erik Thommy made the points safe early in the second period.
Sporting claimed the season series with Vancouver following that victory after picking up a 1-1 draw at BC Place a month earlier on June 3, 2023. Pulido’s brilliant header had given Sporting the lead on the night but Ryan Gauld sunk a late penalty to salvage a point for the hosts.
Sporting leads the all-time series with the Whitecaps 12-6-5, including a strong 7-2-2 mark at Children’s Mercy Park. However, Sporting has won just one of their last five regular-season meetings with the Whitecaps, going 1-3-1 since mid-2021.
RODRIGUEZ OFF THE MARK IN SPORTING BLUE
Sporting Kansas City newcomer Memo Rodriguez continued to make a positive impact with his new club this past weekend after scoring his first goal in Sporting Blue during the 2-1 loss to the Portland Timbers at Providence Park.
Arriving on the edge of the area to meet Alan Pulido’s layoff, Rodriguez lashed a venomous strike beyond the dive of Maxime Crepeau and into the corner to make the score 1-1 in the 63rd minute and mark his first MLS goal since May 31, 2023 when he was a member of the LA Galaxy.
Rodriguez, who was making the 100th start of his MLS regular-season career on Saturday, is tied for the team-lead with five goal involvements for Sporting KC so far in 2024 and leads the team with four assists.
Rodriguez joined Sporting following a nomadic 2023 season split between the Galaxy and Austin FC after a lengthy career with Houston Dynamo FC where he came through the club’s Academy. In all, Rodriguez has now made 167 appearances in MLS play and tallied 19 goals and 20 assists.
SALLOI CLOSES IN ON CENTURY MARK
Sporting Kansas City forward Daniel Salloi bagged himself another assist during the club’s 2-1 defeat to the Portland Timbers at Providence Park on Saturday night.
Salloi received a pass from Johnny Russell inside the penalty area and quickly found Alan Pulido who set up Memo Rodriguez to fire home and make the score 1-1 in the 63rd minute of the match. Salloi was credited with a secondary assist on the goal, marking his third goal contribution in his last five MLS matches (1g, 2a).
The Hungarian winger now has 59 goals and 40 assists in all competitions for Sporting KC, putting him one shy of becoming the fourth player in club history to reach 100 goal involvements.
Player Goals Assists G+A
Preki 81 104 185
Graham Zusi 35 90 125
Johnny Russell 63 44 107
Daniel Salloi 59 40 99
PULIDO RECORDS BACK-TO-BACK ASSISTS
Sporting Kansas City forward Alan Pulido recorded another assist on Memo Rodriguez’s goal in the club’s 2-1 loss to the Portland Timbers at Providence Park in Oregon on Saturday night.
Pulido received a pass from Daniel Salloi in the area and calmly laid the ball off to Rodriguez who rifled home his first goal for the club from the edge of the area.
Pulido now has two assists on the season, both coming in Sporting’s last two MLS matches. Last week, Pulido helped set up Johnny Russell’s opener in the eventual 3-2 loss to Austin FC at Q2 Stadium.
The Mexico international now has four goals and two assists on the 2024 season across all competitions and his six goal contributions are tied with Willy Agada for the most on the team. In MLS regular-season action, Pulido’s five goal contributions (3g, 2a) are tied with Agada (3g, 2a), Memo Rodriguez (1g, 4a) and Erik Thommy (4g, 1a) for the team lead.
OPEN CUP QUARTERFINAL SET FOR JULY 10
After a 4-0 win over FC Tulsa last Tuesday, Sporting Kansas City will continue the club’s quest for a record-tying fifth U.S. Open Cup trophy with a home match at 8 p.m. CT on Wednesday, July 10 against MLS foe FC Dallas in the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals.
The winner between Sporting Kansas City and FC Dallas will host the winner between Atlanta United (MLS) and Indy Eleven (USL Championship) in the semifinals.
The U.S. Open Cup, named in honor of former Kansas City Wizards owner Lamar Hunt, has crowned a champion since 1914 and Sporting KC (2004, 2012, 2015, 2017) are four-time winners of U.S. Soccer’s national championship, tied for the most among MLS clubs. Sporting have prevailed in 27 U.S. Open Cup matches since 2012, more than any other team in American soccer, during a run that includes an active 14-match home unbeaten streak in U.S. Open Cup play since the start of 2015.
U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TO PLAY FINAL PREP MATCH AT CMP
The U.S. Men’s Olympic Soccer Team will face Asian champion Japan at 7 p.m. CT on Tuesday, June 11 at Children’s Mercy Park in the team’s final preparation match before the USA heads to France for the 2024 Olympics.
The U.S. Men’s Olympic Team is returning to the Olympics this summer for the first time since 2008 and serves as an important part of U.S. Soccer’s mission to develop winning teams. The Olympic Men’s Soccer Tournament is restricted to players under the age of 23, with each team allowed three overage players on its roster.
In a marquee opening game of the tournament, the USA will kick off its Olympic return on July 24 against host France before taking on New Zealand on July 27 and Guinea on July 30.
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Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes
Thoughts on the match…
“I actually thought we did a pretty good job away from home. I need to see the two goals a little bit more. I haven’t had a chance to look at them since I’ve come in. I think we were good on the ball. I thought we created some good stuff. Obviously, we got back into the game. I just think giving up the second goal obviously killed us as late as it was. At the end, we tried to move some guys around and get some fresh legs on there just because obviously we’ve been playing mid week so just trying to get some fresh legs at the end. When you look at it, we were trying to get in and around the box, but they did a good job defending at the end. I wouldn’t say that we had a ton of chances. We were maybe a little bit off there at the very end, but I thought we actually played okay.”
On losing Erik Thommy to injury…
“I think there’s no doubt that we miss him. I think we miss Remi (Walter) as well. And don’t get me wrong, I thought when Felipe (Hernandez) came on, he actually did a good job. But, I would say he’s more of a No. 8. He’s not an attacking guy. Thommy’s more of attacking guy in that position and losing that, it for sure hurt us.”
On turning things around…
“You have got to keep fighting for it. I think the energy and all that is there, but we have got to keep fighting for it. There’s no other way to get around it. We have got quite a few games coming up and we have got to try to find a way to defend better and not put ourselves in a situation where we are chasing the game from behind. We have got to be better in that area.”
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3 at VAN 1 W BC Place 07/03/2013
1 vs VAN 1 T Sporting Park
0 at VAN 2 L BC Place
1 at VAN 0 W BC Place
08/15/2015 KC 4 vs VAN 3 W
05/20/2017
09/30/2017
0 at VAN 0 L BC Place
0 vs VAN 1 L Children’s Mercy Park
04/20/2018 KC 6 vs VAN 0 W Children’s Mercy Park
10/17/2018
4 at VAN 1 W BC Place
05/18/2019 KC 1 vs VAN 1 T Children’s Mercy Park
07/13/2019
02/29/2020
3 at VAN 0 W BC Place
3 at VAN 1 W BC Place
05/16/2021 KC 3 vs VAN 0 W Children’s Mercy Park
10/17/2021
5 Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2024 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS TOTAL MLS SELLOUTS 184 220 MLS matches at full capacity since 2011 (including postseason) SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED SPORTING KC MATCHES WON 274 147 219 MLS regular season, 14 MLS postseason, 24 Open Cup, 12 International, 5 friendlies not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 19,229 220 MLS matches at full capacity since 2011 (including postseason) PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 104.1 220 MLS matches at full capacity since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467 SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED 487 in 274 matches played at the stadium ATTENDANCE RECORDS (full capacity games only) Sporting KC MLS record vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC: 12-6-5 Home games: 7-2-2 (24 GF, 9 GA) Road games: 5-4-3 (20 GF, 15 GA) Date Score Result Location 04/02/2011 KC 3 at VAN 3 T Empire Field 06/25/2011 KC 2 vs VAN
Livestrong Sporting Park 04/18/2012 KC
1 W
KC
08/10/2014 KC
07/12/2015 KC
Sporting Park 03/12/2016 KC 2 vs VAN 1 W Children’s Mercy Park 04/27/2016 KC 1 at VAN 1 T BC Place 08/20/2016 KC 2 vs VAN 0 W Children’s Mercy Park
KC
KC
KC
KC
KC
KC 1 at VAN
L BC Place 04/02/2022 KC 0 at VAN
L BC Place 05/28/2022 KC 0
L Children’s
06/03/2023 KC
BC Place 07/01/2023 KC 3 vs VAN 0 W Children’s Mercy Park ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS VANCOUVER WHITECAPS Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 13 11 0 24 Shots 110 143 0 253 Shots on Goal 40 50 0 90 Fouls 142 139 0 281 Offsides 28 27 0 55 Corner Kicks 39 52 0 91 Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 22 22 0 44 Shots 172 202 0 374 Shots on Goal 52 67 0 119 Fouls 130 151 0 281 Offsides 20 17 0 37 Corner Kicks 59 68 0 127 ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY VANCOUVER WHITECAPS Camilo Sanvezzo 4 Four Players 2 Camilo Sanvezzo 19 Camilo Sanvezzo 9 Kendall Waston 14 Gershon Koffie 15 David Ousted 2 David Ousted 4 David Ousted 2 Stefan Marinovic 18 Marinovic, Ousted 10 GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED 5 Alan Pulido 4 Graham Zusi 32 Daniel Salloi 12 Daniel Salloi 30 Roger Espinoza 23 Roger Espinoza 8 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia 40 Tim Melia 14 Tim Melia ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY VANCOUVER WHITECAPS Manneh, Sanvezzo 2 Three Players 2 (4/2/11) Camilo Sanvezzo 9 (4/2/11) Camilo Sanvezzo 4 (3/12/16) Octavio Rivero 6 (8/10/14) Gershon Koffie 7 (7/13/19) Zac MacMath 8 (4/20/18) Stefan Marinovic 6 GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED SAVES GOALS ALLOWED 3 Johnny Russell (4/20/18) 2 Four Players 8 Dom Dwyer (3/12/16) 5 Diego Rubio (9/30/17) 6 Benny Feilhaber (8/10/14) 5 Davis, Kinda 6 Three Players 3 Melia, Nielsen 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total KC 2 8 10 11 4 9 0 44 VAN 3 4 6 1 5 5 0 24
IN SERIES BY INTERVAL
2
1
vs VAN 1
Mercy Park
1 at VAN 1 T
GOALS SCORED
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER
Players In Players Out
DEF - Zorhan Bassong (Signed as Free Agent - Dec. 12, 2023)
FWD - Alenis Vargas (Acquired from Futbol Consultants Desamparados - Dec. 15, 2023)
MID - Memo Rodriguez (Signed as Free Agent - Feb. 1, 2024)
GK - Ryan Schewe (MLS SuperDraft Selection - Feb. 5, 2024)
GK - Kendall McIntosh (Out of Contract - Dec. 1, 2023)
DEF - Kortne Ford (Option Declined - Dec. 1, 2023)
DEF - Graham Zusi (Option Declined - Dec. 1, 2023)
MID - Cam Duke (Out of Contract - Dec. 1, 2023)
MID - Roger Espinoza (Option Declined - Dec. 1, 2023)
MID - Felipe Gutierrez (Option Declined / Retired - Dec. 1, 2023)
MID - Gadi Kinda (Out of Contract - Dec. 1, 2023)
MID - Ozzie Cisneros (Loaned to Carolina Core FC - April 16, 2024)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE
DATE IN/OUT DETAILS
Dec. 1: OUT Sporting KC declines options on defenders Kortne Ford and Graham Zusi along with midfielders Roger Espinoza and Felipe Gutierrez. In addition, goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh and midfielders Cam Duke and Gadi Kinda are out of contract.
Dec. 12: IN Sporting KC signs free agent defender Zorhan Bassong, most recently with Farul Constanta (Romania).
Dec. 15: IN Sporting KC acquires forward Alenis Vargas in a transfer from Futbol Consultants Desamparados (Costa Rica). Vargas had spent the 2023 season on loan with Sporting KC II (MLS NEXT Pro).
Feb. 1: IN Sporting KC signs free agent midfielder Memo Rodriguez, most recently with Austin FC (MLS).
Feb. 5: IN Sporting KC signs goalkeeper Ryan Schewe, the club’s first round pick (22nd overall) in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft out of Georgetown.
April 16: OUT Sporting KC loans midfielder Ozzie Cisneros to Carolina Core FC (MLS NEXT Pro) for the remainder of the 2024 season.
CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Johnny Russell (1/31/18)
Andreu Fontas (8/8/18)
2020 Khiry Shelton (12/9/19) Alan Pulido (12/10/19)
2021 Remi Walter (12/22/20)
2022 Logan Ndenbe (1/14/22)
Robert Voloder (1/19/22)
Marinos Tzionis (1/24/22)
Willy Agada (6/23/22)
Erik Thommy (6/23/22)
2023 Stephen Afrifa (1st Round - #8) Chris Rindov (2nd Round - #37)
Nemanja Radoja (10/26/22) Tim Leibold (1/12/23)
Robert Castellanos (2/17/23)
Dany Rosero (3/2/23)
2024 Ryan Schewe (1st Round - #22) Zorhan Bassong (12/12/23) Alenis Vargas (12/15/23)
Danny Flores (1/13/23)
Memo Rodriguez (2/1/24)
Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)
Felipe Hernandez (8/30/19)
John Pulskamp (2/24/20)
Ozzie Cisneros (1/20/21) Kayden Pierre (5/4/21) Jake Davis (8/19/21)
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Homegrown Players Re-Entry Draft 2015 Tim Melia (12/23/14) 2016
Year MLS SuperDraft Overseas Signings Domestic/Free Agents
2018
2019
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2024 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Saturday, February 24 at Houston Dynamo FC
SATURDAY, MARCH 2 PHILADELPHIA UNION
Saturday, March 9 at Los Angeles FC
SATURDAY, MARCH 16 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
PULIDO SATURDAY, MARCH 23 LA GALAXY
Saturday, March 30 at Toronto FC
3-1 Walter, Davis, Vargas SUNDAY, APRIL 7 PORTLAND TIMBERS
SATURDAY, APRIL 13 INTER MIAMI CF
SATURDAY, APRIL 20 ST. LOUIS
April 27 at Minnesota United FC
Saturday, May 4 at Real Salt Lake
Wednesday, May 8 at Union Omaha
T 3-3 AGADA (2), ROSERO
(2)
Pulido SATURDAY, MAY 11
May 18 at Austin FC
Davis TUESDAY, MAY 21 FC TULSA
Saturday, May 25 at Portland Timbers
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
June 1 at Minnesota United FC
JUNE 8 SEATTLE SOUNDERS
June 15 at LA Galaxy
JUNE 19 REAL SALT LAKE
June 22 at Columbus Crew
JUNE 29 AUSTIN
July 4 at Colorado Rapids
JULY 7 FC DALLAS
July 13 at San Jose Earthquakes
July 17 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
JULY 20
JULY 28
AUGUST 5
AUGUST 24
September 7 at New York Red Bulls
Sunday, September 15 at Seattle Sounders FC
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
SEPTEMBER 21
September 28 at St. Louis
OCTOBER 5 LOS ANGELES FC
Saturday, October 19 at FC Dallas
CUP
4-0 HERNANDEZ (2),
-
SEASON PASS
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COMPETITION TIME (CT) / RESULT TV
SCORERS
OPPONENT
/
MLS
T 1-1 Thommy
MLS T
1-1 WALTER
MLS T 0-0
MLS W 2-1 ROSERO,
MLS L 2-3 RADOJA,
AGADA
MLS W
MLS
MLS
L 2-3 THOMMY
MLS
MLS L 1-2
MLS L 0-1
Open Cup W
MLS L 1-2 SALLOI
MLS L
OPEN
MLS L 1-2
MLS 7:30
APPLE
MLS 7:30 P.M. Apple TV - MLS Season Pass SATURDAY,
FC MLS 7:30 P.M. APPLE TV - MLS SEASON PASS Saturday,
MLS 9:30 P.M. Apple TV
Season Pass
MLS 7:30 P.M. APPLE TV - MLS SEASON PASS Saturday,
MLS 6:30 P.M. Apple TV
MLS Season Pass SATURDAY,
MLS 7:30 P.M. APPLE TV - MLS SEASON PASS Thursday,
MLS 8:30 P.M. Apple TV
MLS Season Pass SUNDAY,
MLS 7:30 P.M. APPLE TV
PASS
DALLAS OPEN CUP 8:00 P.M. APPLE TV - FREE Saturday,
MLS 9:30 P.M. Apple TV - MLS Season Pass Wednesday,
MLS 9:30 P.M. Apple TV - MLS Season Pass SATURDAY,
ST. LOUIS MLS 7:30 P.M. APPLE TV - MLS SEASON PASS / FS1 SUNDAY,
CHICAGO
LEAGUES CUP 8:00 P.M. APPLE TV - MLS SEASON PASS MONDAY,
TOLUCA FC LEAGUES CUP 8:00 P.M. APPLE TV - MLS SEASON PASS SATURDAY,
ORLANDO
MLS 7:30 P.M. APPLE TV
MLS
Saturday,
MLS 6:30 P.M. Apple TV - MLS Season Pass
MLS 6:00 P.M. Apple TV - MLS Season Pass / FS1
COLORADO RAPIDS MLS 7:30 P.M. APPLE TV - MLS SEASON PASS SATURDAY,
MINNESOTA UNITED FC MLS 7:30 P.M. APPLE TV
MLS SEASON PASS Saturday,
MLS 7:30 P.M. Apple TV
MLS
MLS 7:30 P.M. APPLE TV
MLS
MLS 8:00 P.M. Apple TV - MLS Season Pass
T 3-3 PULIDO, OWN GOAL, THOMMY Saturday,
Pulido
2-1 Tzionis,
HOUSTON DYNAMO FC
Saturday,
2-3 Russell,
W
AFRIFA, TZIONIS
Rodriguez
P.M.
TV
MLS
Saturday,
- MLS
WEDNESDAY,
-
FC
-
- MLS SEASON
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 FC
FIRE FC
CITY SC
-
SEASON PASS
-
-
Season Pass SATURDAY,
-
SEASON PASS
2024 REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
2024 VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
Feb. 24, 2024 at HOU Jaime Herrera
Ian Anderson HOU Goal
Overturned - No Goal
Brad Smith heads the ball into the bottom corner off a cross from Coco Carrasquilla. After reviewing the play, referee Jaime Herrera overturns his original decision and disallows the goal because Carrasquilla was offside in the build-up.
March 16, 2024 vs. SJ Amin Hadzic
Ian Anderson SJ Goal
Overturned - No Goal
Rodrigues fires the ball home from close range after a free kick is deflected into his path. After reviewing the play, referee Amin Hadzic overturns his original decision and disallows the goal due to handball because the ball came off the arm of Vitor Costa.
March 23, 2024 vs. LA Aleksandar Zhelyazkov
Shawn Tehini LA No Goal
Overturned - Goal
Marky Delgado fires home at the far post after the ball had been tipped into his path, but the flag goes up for offside. After reviewing the play, referee Aleksandar Zhelyazkov overturns his original decision and allows the goal because Delgado was onside.
May 18, 2024 at ATX Sergii Boiko
Sorin Stoica ATX Goal
Overturned - No Goal
Dani Pereira scores for Austin after a build-up that began with Jader Obrian down the right wing. After reviewing the play, referee Sergii Boiko overturns his original decision and disallows the goal because Obrian was offside.
May 25, 2024 at POR Drew Fischer
Jorge Gonzalez POR No Goal
Overturned - Goal
Evander scores for Austin after the ball was headed down into his path by Felipe Mora, but the referee raises his flag for offside on Mora. After reviewing the play, referee Drew Fischer overturns his original decision and allows the goal because Mora was onside.
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DATE REFEREE VAR INCIDENT DECISION
REFEREE GAMES RECORD SKC FOULS OPP. FOULS SKC YC OPP. YC SKC RC OPP. RC SKC PK OPP. PK Jaime Herrera 1 0-0-1 11 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 Rafael Bonilla 1 0-0-1 9 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 Lorenzo Hernandez 1 0-0-1 10 19 4 2 0 0 0 0 Amin Hadzic 1 1-0-0 12 15 3 2 0 0 0 0 Aleksandar Zhelyazkov 1 0-1-0 12 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 Guido Gonzales Jr. 1 1-0-0 13 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 Armando Villarreal 1 0-0-1 16 20 3 2 0 0 1 1 Victor Rivas 1 0-1-0 14 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 Allen Chapman 1 0-0-1 15 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 Ted Unkel 1 0-1-0 11 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 Tim Ford 1 0-1-0 13 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 Alexis Da Silva 1 0-1-0 14 13 2 1 0 0 0 0
Boiko 1 0-1-0 12 7 2 4 0 0 0 1 Drew Fischer 1 0-1-0 8 13 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sergii
SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS
2024 Regular-Season Record When...
Scoring first goal 1-3-4
Conceding first goal 1-4-0
Leading at halftime 1-1-2
Tied at halftime 1-3-2
Trailing at halftime 0-3-1
Scoring 0 goals 0-1-1
Scoring 1 goal 0-3-2
Scoring 2 goals 1-3-0
Scoring 3 goals 1-0-2
Scoring 4+ goals 0-0-0
Allowing 0 goals 0-0-1
Allowing 1 goal 2-1-2
Allowing 2 goals 0-3-0
Allowing 3 goals 0-3-2
Allowing 4+ goals 0-0-0
Wearing Sporting blue 2-4-3
Wearing Argyle 0-3-2
Wearing Parley 0-0-0
Leading at 75’ 2-0-2
Tied at 75’ 0-4-3
Trailing at 75’ 0-3-0
Outshooting opponent 1-2-2
Outshot by opponent 1-3-2
Shots even 0-2-1
Shutouts 0-1-1
One-goal games 1-7-0
Day games (before 5 p.m.) 0-0-1
Games 5 p.m. CT or later 2-7-4
Temperature 75 & up 0-2-0
Temperature below 75 2-5-5
With SKC red card 0-0-0
With opponent red card 0-0-0
In Pacific time zone 0-1-1
In Mountain time zone 0-1-0
In Central time zone 1-5-4 In Eastern time zone 1-0-0 vs. Western Conference 1-6-4 vs. Eastern Conference 1-1-1
On grass 2-6-5 On turf 0-1-0
With zero subs 0-0-1 With one sub 0-1-1
With two subs 0-1-1
With three subs 1-2-1
With four subs 1-2-0
With five subs 0-1-1
With six subs 0-0-0
Regular Season Record By Month
Feb. 2024 0-0-1
Feb. all-time 1-2-1 March 2024 2-1-2
March all-time 27-16-15
April 2024 0-2-2
April all-time 46-47-25
May 2024 0-4-0
May all-time 47-58-31
June 2024 0-0-0
June all-time 48-36-31
July 2024 0-0-0
July all-time 59-48-32
Aug. 2024 0-0-0
Aug. all-time 56-55-22
Sept. 2024 0-0-0
Sept. all-time 43-53-23
Oct. 2024 0-0-0
Oct. all-time 34-21-19
Nov. 2024 0-0-0
Nov. all-time 1-2-0
Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2024)
vs. Atlanta United FC 1-2-1 (0-0-0)
vs. Austin FC 2-5-1 (0-1-0)
vs. Charlotte FC 0-0-0 (0-0-0)
vs. Chicago Fire FC 19-28-12 (0-0-0) vs. Colorado Rapids 29-26-19 (0-0-0)
vs. Columbus Crew 26-22-9 (0-0-0)
vs. D.C. United 22-22-13 (0-0-0)
vs. FC Cincinnati 1-0-1 (0-0-0)
vs. FC Dallas 28-30-14 (0-0-0)
vs. Houston Dynamo FC 14-14-16 (0-1-1)
vs. Inter Miami CF 0-2-0 (0-1-0)
vs. Los Angeles FC 4-6-2 (0-0-1)
vs. LA Galaxy 26-27-18 (0-1-0)
vs. Minnesota United FC 11-5-4 (0-1-0)
vs. CF Montreal 8-5-3 (0-0-0)
vs. Nashville SC 2-2-0 (0-0-0)
vs. NE Revolution 25-20-12 (0-0-0)
vs. New York City FC 2-3-1 (0-0-0)
vs. New York Red Bulls 22-22-14 (0-0-0)
vs. Orlando City SC 2-3-2 (0-0-0)
vs. Philadelphia Union 6-6-7 (0-0-1)
vs. Portland Timbers 9-8-7 (0-1-1)
vs. Real Salt Lake 13-17-9 (0-1-0)
vs. St. Louis 1-2-1 (0-0-1)
vs. SJ Earthquakes 31-26-10 (1-0-0)
vs. Seattle Sounders FC 11-12-4 (0-0-0)
vs. Toronto FC 15-4-8 (1-0-0)
vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 12-6-5 (0-0-0)
Regular Season Home, Away & Neutral
Overall All-time 364-339-199
2024 at home 1-3-3
All-time at home 236-121-92
2024 on road 1-4-2
All-time
SPORTING KC IN 2024 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
Quickest Goal... Erik Thommy (4/13 vs. MIA) - 6th Minute
Quickest Goal Against... Michael Boxall (4/27 at MIN) - 2nd Minute
Game-winning goals after 75’...
Game-tying goals after 75’...
Game-winning goals against after 75’... Mark Delgado (3/23 vs. LA) - 80th Minute Chicho Arango (5/4 at RSL) - 81st Minute Ibrahim Aliyu (5/11 vs. HOU) - 78th Minute Evander (5/25 at POR) - 79th Minute
Game-tying goals against after 75’... Alejandro Bedoya (3/2 vs. PHI) - 95+ Minute Eric Miller (4/7 vs. POR) - 81st Minute Tomas Totland (4/20 vs. STL) - 92+ Minute
Against... Penalty Kicks... Willy Agada (4/7 vs. POR) - Missed Wide Left
vs. POR) - Scored on Tim Melia Sebastian Driussi (5/18 at ATX) - Saved by
MATCHES
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on road 126-217-107 2024 neutral
All-time neutral
0-0-0
2-1-0
Red Cards...
Foul on Erik Thommy
62nd
Alenis
117
Oldest Goalscorer... Johnny Russell
Youngest Starter... Kayden
at MIN) - 21 years and 71 days Youngest to play in a game... Alenis Vargas (2/24 at HOU) - 20 years and 82 days Oldest Starter... Tim Melia (5/25 at POR) - 38 years and 10 days Oldest to play in a game... Tim Melia
POR)
38 years
10 days
Red Cards
Penalty Kicks Earned...
(4/7 vs. POR) -
Minute Penalty Kicks Against... Evander (4/7
Tim Melia Youngest Goalscorer...
Vargas (3/30 at TOR) - 20 years and
days
(5/18 at ATX) - 34 years and 40 days
Pierre (4/27
(5/25 at
-
and
Competition W L T GF GA MLS Reg. Season 364 339 199 1284 1224 MLS Playoffs 21 25 12 79 79 MLS is Back KO 0 1 1 1 3 U.S. Open Cup 36 18 8 130 72 International 14 17 10 56 70 TOTAL 435 400 230 1550 1448 OVERALL Competition W L T GF GA MLS Reg. Season 236 121 92 765 538 MLS Playoffs 17 6 5 50 30 U.S. Open Cup 26 7 3 91 33 International 9 7 5 31 28 TOTAL 288 141 105 937 629 HOME 2024 MLS
TEAM STATS PK’S (MADE/ATTEMPTED) 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0/0 0/1 0/1 OPPONENT 0/0 1/2 1/2 CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 30 35 65 OPPONENT 29 38 67 OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 16 7 23 OPPONENT 12 18 30 FOULS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 66 104 170 OPPONENT 88 101 189 CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 8 22 30 OPPONENT 6 20 26 EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0 0 0 OPPONENT 0 0 0 GOALS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 12 10 22 OPPONENT 9 17 26 SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 92 78 170 OPPONENT 71 97 168 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 40 22 62 OPPONENT 32 47 79
REGULAR SEASON
WIN/LOSS
Competition W L T GF GA MLS Reg. Season 126 217 107 513 682 MLS Playoffs 3 18 7 26 46 U.S. Open Cup 10 11 5 39 39 International 5 10 4 25 42 TOTAL 144 256 123 603 809 AWAY Competition W L T GF GA MIB Reg. Season 2 1 0 6 4 MIB KO Stage 0 1 1 1 3 MLS Cup 1 1 0 3 3 SuperLiga 0 0 1 0 0 TOTAL 3 3 2 10 10 NEUTRAL
SPORTING KC ALL-TIME
RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE
SPORTING KC 2024 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES
Feb. 24, 2024: Houston Dynamo 1-1 Sporting KC
MLS Regular Season | Shell Energy Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 18,818 Weather: 69 degrees and clear
Sporting KC (0-0-1, 1 point)
Houston Dynamo (0-0-1, 1 point)
Sporting KC Houston Dynamo FC GK Melia GK Clark (C)
D Davis D Dorsey
D Rosero D Sviatchenko
D Fontas D Micael
D Leibold (Bassong 74’) D Schmitt
M Radoja M Artur
M Thommy (Rodriguez 74’) M Carrasquilla
M Walter M Raines (Gregus 67’)
F Russell (C) (Afrifa 59’) F Kowalczyk
F Pulido (Agada 59’) F Aliyu
F Salloi (Vargas 86’) F Smith (Segal 67’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Tarbell (GK)
Castellanos Awodesu
Voloder Sargeant
Hernandez Steres Gonzalez Sylla Gyamfi
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Erik Thommy 1 (Unassisted) 61’
HOU - Gabe Segal 1 (Ibrahim Aliyu 1, Coco Carrasquilla 1) 69’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Dissent) 57’
SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 67’
HOU - Ben Olsen (Yellow Card; Dissent) 89’
Stats Summary SKC HOU
Shots (on goal) 6 (2) 12 (6)
Saves 4 1
Fouls 11 13
Offside
March 16, 2024: Sporting KC 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes
MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,219 Weather: 56 degrees and clear
Sporting KC (1-0-3, 6 points) 2 0 2 San Jose (0-4-0, 0 points) 1 0 1
Sporting KC San Jose
GK Melia GK Daniel
D Davis D Marie (Thompson 85’)
D Rosero D Wilson
D Voloder D Rodrigues
D Leibold D Costa
M Radoja M Espinoza
M Thommy M Yueill (C)
M Rodriguez (Walter 46’) M Gruezo (Morales 72’)
F Russell (C) (Afrifa 53’) M Pellegrino (Skahan 64’)
F Pulido (Agada 87’) F Ebobisse (Kikanovic 63’)
F Salloi (Vargas 88’) F Judd (Bouda 64’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Yarbrough (GK)
Bassong Beason
Castellanos Munie
Pierre Baldisimo
Hernandez
Scoring Summary:
SJ - Vitor Costa 1 (Cristian Espinoza 1) 11’
SKC - Dany Rosero 1 (Memo Rodriguez 1) 18’
SKC - Alan Pulido 1 (Johnny Russell 1, Jake Davis 1) 29’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 35’
SJ - Ousseni Bouda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’
SJ - Cristian Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’
SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 82’
SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 91+
Stats Summary SKC SJ
Shots (on goal) 5 (3) 13 (6)
Saves 5 1
Fouls 12 15
Offside 1 1
Corner Kicks 3 5
March 2, 2024: Sporting KC 1-1 Philadelphia Union
MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,942 Weather: 65 degrees and clear
Sporting KC (0-0-2, 2 points)
Sporting KC Philadelphia Union GK Melia GK Semmle
D Davis D Mbaizo (Wagner 46’)
D Rosero D Elliott (C)
D Fontas D Lowe
D Leibold D Harriel
M Radoja M Martinez (Bedoya 46’)
M Thommy (Rodriguez 80’) M Bueno
M Walter M McGlynn (Anderson 82’)
F Russell (C) M Rafanello (Gazdag 46’)
F Pulido (Agada 80’) F Donovan (Uhre 57’)
F Salloi (Afrifa 87’) F Sullivan
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Rick (GK)
Bassong Glesnes
Castellanos Real
Voloder Baribo
Hernandez
Vargas
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Remi Walter 1 (Unassisted) 19’
PHI - Alejandro Bedoya 1 (Unassisted) 95+
Misconduct Summary:
PHI - Alejandro Bedoya (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’
PHI - Damion Lowe (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’
SKC - Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+
March 9, 2024: LAFC 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BMO Stadium | Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 22,175 Weather: 60 degrees and clear
Sporting KC (0-0-3, 3 points)
(1-1-1, 4 points)
Sporting KC LAFC
GK Melia GK Lloris
D Davis D Hollingshead
D Rosero D Murillo
D Fontas D Long
D Leibold D Campos
M Radoja M Tillman
M Thommy M Ilie (C) (Martinez 78’)
M Rodriguez M Atuesta
F Russell (C) F Olivera
F Pulido F Bogusz
F Salloi F Bouanga
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Romero (GK)
Bassong Palencia
Castellanos Segura
Pierre Duenas
Voloder Musto
Hernandez Angel
Afrifa Ordaz
Agada Vargas
Scoring Summary: None
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’
LAFC - Omar Campos (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 31’
- Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’
- Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 60’ LAFC - Eduard Atuesta (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 88’
SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+
March 23, 2024: Sporting KC 2-3 LA Galaxy
MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,102
Weather: 46 degrees and overcast
Sporting KC (1-1-3, 6 points)
Sporting KC LA Galaxy
GK Melia GK McCarthy
D Davis D Yamane
D Rosero D Zavaleta
D Voloder D Yoshida (C)
D Leibold D Aude
M Walter M Delgado
M Radoja M Cerrillo (Brugman 62’)
M Thommy M Painstil
M Pulido (C) M Puig
M Salloi (Afrifa 83’) M Pec (Fagundez 83’)
F Agada F Joveljic (Berry 83’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Micovic (GK)
Bassong Cuevas
Castellanos Nelson
Pierre Aguirre
Rindov Perez
Flores Vivi
Hernandez
Tzionis
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Nemanja Radoja 1 (Daniel Salloi 1) 34’
SKC - Willy Agada 1 (Unassisted) 48+
LA - Eriq Zavaleta 1 (Unassisted) 72’
LA - Dejan Joveljic 5 (Riqui Puig 1, Gaston Brugman 2) 75’
LA - Mark Delgado 1 (Unassisted) 80’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’
SKC - Tim Leibold (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 69’
LA - Gaston Brugman (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 88’
Stats
March 30, 2024: Toronto FC 1-3 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BMO Field | Toronto, Canada
Sporting KC Toronto FC GK Melia GK Gavran
D Davis D O’Neill
D Rosero D Long
D Voloder D Rosted (Thompson 68’)
D Leibold M Marshall-Rutty
M Radoja M Longstaff (Kerr 68’)
M Walter M Coello (Flores 59’)
M Rodriguez (Hernandez 78’) M Spicer
F Thommy (Afrifa 96+) M Bernardeschi
F Agada (Vargas 78’) M Osorio (C)
F Salloi (C) F Owusu (Akinola 86’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Ranjitsingh (GK) Bassong Franklin
Castellanos Mabika
Pierre Mailula
Tzionis Perruzza
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Remi Walter 2 (Unassisted) 57’
SKC - Jake Davis 1 (Willy Agada 1) 64’
SKC - Alenis Vargas 1 (Jake Davis 2) 83’
TOR - Jonathan Osorio 1 (Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty 1) 97+
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’
TOR - Alonso Coello (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 57’
SKC - Tim Leibold (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’
TOR - Jonathan Osorio (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’
Stats Summary SKC TOR
(on goal) 17 (10) 12 (2)
1 6
13 10
1 5
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1 2 F
0 1 1
0 1 1
1 3 Corner Kicks 3 5
1 2 F
1 0 1
0 1 1
Philadelphia Union (0-0-2, 2 points)
Stats Summary SKC PHI Shots (on goal) 12 (7) 7 (2) Saves 1 6 Fouls 9 13 Offside 2 1 Corner Kicks 7 2
1 2 F
0 0 0
0 0 0
LAFC
SKC
SKC
Stats Summary SKC LAFC Shots (on goal) 15 (6) 15 (6) Saves 6 6 Fouls 10 19 Offside 0 2 Corner Kicks 8 6
1
2 F
1 2 F
0 2 LA Galaxy (2-0-3, 9 points) 0 3 3
2
Summary SKC LA Shots (on goal) 25 (8) 12
Saves 5 6 Fouls 12 10 Offside 0 2 Corner Kicks 6 11
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Weather: 43 degrees
cloudy 1 2 F Sporting
0 3 3 Toronto
0 1 1
Attendance: 24,382
and
KC (2-1-3, 9 points)
FC (3-2-1, 10 points)
Shots
Saves
Fouls
Offside
Corner Kicks
4 5
April 7, 2024: Sporting KC 3-3 Portland Timbers
MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 17,424 Weather: 66 degrees and sunny 1 2 F
Sporting KC (2-1-4, 10 points) 3 0 3
Portland Timbers (2-3-2, 8 points) 0 3 3
Sporting KC Portland Timbers GK Melia GK Crepeau
D Davis D Mosquera (Bravo 46’)
D Rosero D Araujo
D Voloder D K. Miller
D Leibold D E. Miller
M Radoja M Paredes (Williamson 96+)
M Walter M Ayala (Chara 54’)
M Rodriguez (Vargas 82’) M Moreno (Mora 46’)
F Thommy M Evander (C)
F Agada (Pulido 71’) M Antony (Asprilla 89’)
F Salloi (C) F Rodriguez
Subs not used: Subs not used:
Pulskamp (GK) Pantemis (GK)
Bassong Zuparic
Castellanos Fogaca
Fontas Pierre Hernandez
Tzionis
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Willy Agada 2 (Unassisted) 13’
SKC - Dany Rosero 2 (Memo Rodriguez 2) 38’
SKC - Willy Agada 3 (Robert Voloder 1, Remi Walter 1) 48+
POR - Evander 3 (Penalty Kick) 64’
POR - Felipe Mora 2 (Jonathan Rodriguez 1, Antony 2) 66’
POR - Eric Miller 1 (Unassisted) 81’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 25’
POR - Kamal Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 34’
SKC - Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’
POR - Eric Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 82’
SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 98+
Stats Summary SKC POR
Shots (on goal) 15 (6) 9 (8) Saves 5 3
16 20
0 2
7 1
April 27, 2024: Minnesota United 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Allianz Field | St. Paul, MN Attendance: 19,712 Weather: 57 degrees and cloudy
1 2 F
Sporting KC (2-3-5, 11 points)
Minnesota United (5-2-2, 17 points)
Sporting KC Minnesota United
GK Melia GK St. Clair
D Pierre (Shelton 70’) D Taylor
D Rosero D Arriaga
D Fontas D Boxall (C)
D Leibold D Padelford (Harvey 80’)
M Walter D Rosales
M Radoja M Lod (Bran 92+)
M Thommy M Trapp
M Pulido (Vargas 83’) F Oluwaseyi (Tapias 66’)
M Salloi (C) F Pukki (Clark 46’)
F Agada (Russell 62’) F Fragapane (Hlongwane 46’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Smir (GK)
Bassong Valentin
Castellanos
Voloder
Rodriguez
Tzionis
Scoring Summary:
MIN – Michael Boxall 1 (Robin Lod 6, Joseph Rosales 2) 2’
MIN – Tanitoluwa Oluwaseyi 4 (Joseph Rosales 3, Robin Lod 7) 25’
SKC – Alan Pulido 3 (Daniel Salloi 2, Nemanja Radoja 1) 38’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC – Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Dissent) 23’
MIN – Devin Padelford (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 32’
MIN – Michael Boxall (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 63’
Stats Summary SKC MIN
Shots (on goal) 7 (3) 9 (5)
Saves 3 1
Fouls 11 16
Offside 5 0
Corner Kicks 4 5
April 13, 2024: Sporting KC 2-3 Inter Miami CF MLS Regular Season | Arrowhead Stadium | Kansas City, MO Attendance: 72,610 Weather: 77 degrees and sunny
(2-2-4,
Sporting KC Inter Miami CF GK Melia GK Callender
D Davis D Weigandt
D Rosero D Aviles
D Fontas D Freire
D Leibold D Alba (Negri 78’)
M Walter (Hernandez 46+) M Busquets
M Radoja M Gressel (Cremaschi 67’)
M Thommy (Russell 84’) M Ruiz
M Pulido F Messi (C)
M Salloi (C) F Suarez
F Agada F Gomez (Bright 93+)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Dos Santos (GK)
Bassong Allen
Castellanos Sailor
Pierre Sunderland
Voloder Afonso
Tzionis Borgelin
Vargas
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Erik Thommy 2 (Tim Leibold 1) 6’
MIA - Diego Gomez 2 (Lionel Messi 5) 18’
MIA - Lionel Messi 5 (David Ruiz 2) 51’
SKC - Erik Thommy 3 (Unassisted) 58’
MIA - Luis Suarez 6 (Diego Gomez 5) 71’
Misconduct Summary:
MIA - Tomas Aviles (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 15’
MIA - Diego Gomez (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 56’
SKC - Felipe Hernandez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’
SKC - Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 83’
SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’
Stats Summary
May 4, 2024: Real Salt Lake 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | America First Field | Sandy, UT Attendance: 20,001 Weather: 69 degrees and cloudy
Sporting KC (2-4-5, 11 points)
Real Salt Lake (6-2-3, 21 points)
Sporting KC Real Salt Lake
GK Pulskamp GK MacMath
D Davis D Brody
D Fontas D Glad
D Voloder D Vera
D Leibold D Katranis (Hidalgo 59’)
M Rodriguez M Eneli
M Tzionis (Hernandez 46’) M Ojeda
M Thommy M Gomez (Chang 92+)
F Russell (C) (Vargas 61’) M Arango (C)
F Pulido (Agada 75’) M Barajas (Luna 46’)
F Salloi (Shelton 88’) F Julio (Palacio 70’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Schewe (GK) Beavers (GK) Bassong Quinton
Castellanos Silva
Pierre Jacquesson
Radoja
Scoring Summary:
RSL - Chicho Arango 9 (Brayan Vera 1) 81’
Misconduct Summary:
RSL – Emeka Eneli (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 14’
RSL – Brayan Vera (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47’
RSL – Chicho Arango (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’
SKC - Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 94+
April 20, 2024: Sporting KC 3-3 St. Louis
MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,637
Weather:
Sporting KC St. Louis GK Melia GK Burki (C)
D Davis D Totland
D Rosero D Parker
D Fontas D Hiebert
D Leibold D Markanich (Dyhr 88’)
M Walter M Ostrak (Kijima 64’)
M Radoja M Durkin
M Thommy M Alm (Thorisson 73’)
M Pulido M Vassilev (Jackson 64’)
M Salloi (C) M Pompeu
F Agada (Russell 54’) F Klauss
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Lundt (GK)
Bassong Nerwinski
Castellanos Nilsson
Pierre Watts
Voloder
Rodriguez
Shelton Vargas
Scoring Summary: SKC - Alan Pulido 2 (Willy Agada 2) 17’
STL - Joao Klauss 3 (Ramus Alm 2, Chris Durkin 1) 31’
STL - Celio Pompeu 3 (Joao Klauss 1) 48+
SKC - Own Goal (Roman Burki) 64’
SKC - Erik Thommy 4 (Andreu Fontas 1) 77’
STL - Tomas Totland 1 (Unassisted) 92+
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Dissent) 52+
SKC - Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Dissent) 47’
STL - Tim Parker (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 63’
SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’
STL - Celio Pompeu (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’ Stats Summary SKC STL
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May 11, 2024: Sporting KC 1-2 Houston Dynamo FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,562 Weather: 74 degrees and sunny
Sporting KC (2-5-5, 11 points)
Dynamo (5-4-2,
Sporting KC Houston Dynamo GK Melia GK Clark
D Davis D Dorsey
D Fontas D Sviatchenko
D Voloder D Micael
D Leibold (Bassong 90’) D Steres (Schmitt 46’)
M Radoja M Artur
M Rodriguez M Herrera (C) (Blessing 70’)
M Russell (C) (Vargas 82’) M Carrasquilla
M Pulido (Tzionis 74’) M Bassi (Smith 86’)
M Salloi M Aliyu (Bartlow 92+)
F Agada (Afrifa 90’) F Kowalczyk
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Tarbell (GK)
Castellanos Gregus
Hernandez Raines
Shelton Gaines
Segal
Scoring Summary:
HOU - Hector Herrera 1 (Amine Bassi 3) 31’
SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Memo Rodriguez 3) 61’
HOU - Ibrahim Aliyu 4 (Griffin Dorsey 1) 78’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’
SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’
HOU - Sebastian Kowalczyk (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 94+
Stats
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MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX
SPORTING KC 2024
SCORES
Offside
Corner Kicks
Fouls
1 2 F Sporting KC
10 points) 1 1 2 Inter Miami CF
15 points) 1 2 3
(4-2-3,
SKC MIA Shots (on goal) 10 (3) 10 (6) Saves 3 1 Fouls 14 9 Offside 1 1 Corner Kicks 5 1
52 degrees
cloudy 1 2 F Sporting KC (2-2-5, 11 points) 1 2 3 St. Louis (2-1-6, 12 points) 2 1 3
and
Saves
Fouls 15 21 Offside 2 0 Corner Kicks 2 6
Shots (on goal) 7
4 1
1 0 1
2 0 2
1 2 F
0 0 0
0 1 1
Stats Summary SKC RSL Shots (on goal) 10 (1) 14 (4) Saves 3 1 Fouls 10 12 Offside 0 2 Corner Kicks 2 7
1 2 F
0 1 1 Houston
17 points) 1 1 2
Summary SKC HOU Shots (on goal) 14
14
Saves 5 5 Fouls 14 13 Offside 3 3 Corner Kicks 7 3
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May 18, 2024: Austin FC 3-2 Sporting KC
MLS Regular Season | Q2 Stadium | Austin, TX Attendance: 20,738
Weather: 89 degrees and sunny
Sporting KC (2-6-5, 11 points)
Austin FC (6-4-4, 22 points)
Sporting KC Austin FC GK Melia GK Stuver
D Davis D Gallagher
D Castellanos D Cascante (Vaisanen 46’)
D Fontas D Hines-Ike
D Bassong D Kolmanic
M Radoja M Pereira
M Rodriguez M Valencia
M Thommy M Obrian (Finlay 65’)
F Russell (C) (Afrifa 83’) M Driussi (C) (Hedges 86’)
F Pulido (Agada 63’) M Wolff (Ring 71’)
F Salloi (Tzionis 63’) F Rubio (Zardes 46’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Cleveland (GK)
Leibold Jimenez
Voloder Fodrey
Hernandez Rigoni
Shelton Vargas
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Johnny Russell 1 (Alan Pulido 1, Memo Rodriguez 4) 19’
ATX - Jader Obrian 3 (Dani Pereira 1) 28’
ATX - Jader Obrian 4 (Dani Pereira 2, Jhojan Valencia 1) 39’
ATX - Sebastian Driussi 5 (Gyasi Zardes 2) 46’
SKC - Jake Davis 2 (Erik Thommy 1) 63’
Misconduct Summary:
ATX - Julio Cascante (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’
ATX - Brendan Hines-Ike (Yellow Card; Dissent) 70’
SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Dissent) 88’
ATX - Dani Pereira (Yellow Card; Simulation) 89’
ATX - Jhojan Valencia (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’
SKC - Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Dissent) 94+
Stats Summary SKC ATX
Shots (on goal) 19 (3) 12 (7)
Saves 4 1
Fouls 12 7
Offside 4 6
Corner Kicks
May 25, 2024: Portland Timbers 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance:
Sporting KC (2-7-5, 11 points)
Timbers (4-7-4, 16 points)
Sporting KC Portland Timbers
GK Melia GK Crepeau
D Davis (Afrifa 88’) D Mosquera (E. Miller 88’)
D Rosero D Araujo
D Fontas D Zuparic
D Leibold (Bassong 75’) D K. Miller
M Radoja M Ayala (Paredes 75’)
M Rodriguez (Agada 88’) M Chara (C)
M Thommy (Hernandez 18’) M Antony
F Russell (C) M Evander (Bravo 90’)
F Pulido M Rodriguez
F Salloi (Tzionis 75’) F Mora (Asprilla 88’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Pantemis (GK) Castellanos Mabiala
Shelton McGraw Vargas Williamson Fogaca
Scoring Summary:
POR - Felipe Mora 7 (Evander 6) 51’
SKC - Memo Rodriguez 1 (Alan Pulido 2, Daniel Salloi 3) 63’
POR - Evander 6 (Felipe Mora 2, Jonathan Rodriguez 3) 79’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’
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SCORES
1 2 F
1 1 2
1
2
3
5 7
degrees and cloudy 1 2 F
0 1 1
0 2 2
22,848 Weather: 59
Portland
Stats
POR Shots (on goal) 6
11 (5) Saves 2 1 Fouls 8 12 Offside 3 1 Corner Kicks 2 3
Summary SKC
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May 8, 2024: Union Omaha 1-2 Sporting KC
U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 | UNO Caniglia Field | Omaha, NE Attendance: 4,733 Weather: 68 degrees and partly cloudy
Omaha
Sporting KC Union Omaha
GK Pulskamp GK Nuhu (C)
D Pierre D Acoff (Lewis 98’)
D Castellanos D Milanese (Jiba 93+)
D Voloder D Mastrantonio
D Bassong (Fontas 97’) D Jerome
M Radoja (C) D Malone
M Hernandez (Rodriguez 46’) M Nortey (Aoumaich 117’)
M Thommy (Pulido 61’) M Dolabella (Knapp 77’)
F Shelton (Salloi 46’ (Davis 117’)) M Gallardo
F Agada (Russell 69’) F Gomez
F Tzionis F Kunga (Rodriguez 76’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Schewe (GK) Lapsley (GK) Holt
Scoring Summary:
OMA - Lagos Kunga 2 (Unassisted) 31’
SKC - Marinos Tzionis 1 (Unassisted) 48’
SKC - Alan Pulido 1 (Marinos Tzionis 1) 120’
Misconduct Summary:
OMA – Luca Mastrantonio (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 57’
SKC – Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 67’
SKC – Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 78’
OMA – Brandon Knapp (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’
OMA – Joe Gallardo (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 97+
SKC – Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 91’
SKC – Robert Voloder (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 108’
Stats
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May 21, 2024: Sporting KC 4-0 FC Tulsa
U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 10,088 Weather: 69 degrees and sunny
Sporting KC FC Tulsa
GK Pulskamp GK Creek
D Davis D Damm
D Rosero (Castellanos 46’) D Tetteh (Laszo 46’)
D Fontas D Se. Sanchez
D Leibold D Seagrist
M Radoja (C) (Salloi 68’) M Portillo
M Hernandez M Diallo (Pacheco 70’)
M Thommy (Rodriguez 46’) M Dalou (Stojanovic 46’)
F Tzionis (Russell 75’) M Ferri (Yosef 60’)
F Agada M Ponce
F Afrifa (Pulido 76’) F Goodrum (C) (Sa. Sanchez 79’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Schewe (GK) Roggeveen (GK) Bassong St. Clair
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Felipe Hernandez 1 (Unassisted) 37’
SKC - Stephen Afrifa 1 (Unassisted) 47+
SKC - Felipe Hernandez 2 (Willy Agada 1) 63’
SKC - Marinos Tzionis 2 (Stephen Afrifa 1) 65’
Misconduct Summary:
TUL - Justin Portillo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 25’
TUL - Patrick Seagrist (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 30’
TUL - Patrick Seagrist (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 46’
SKC - Stephen Afrifa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’
Stats Summary SKC TUL Shots (on goal) 34 (14) 3 (3) Saves 3 10 Fouls 17 19
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KC 2024 U.S. OPEN CUP BOX
SPORTING
SCORES
1 2 ET1 ET2 F
KC 0 1 0 1 2 Union
1 0 0 0 1
Sporting
Summary SKC OMA Shots (on goal) 23
11
Saves 1 5 Fouls 18 12 Offside 2 0 Corner Kicks 14 2
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1 2 F Sporting KC 2 2 4 FC Tulsa 0 0 0
Offside
Corner Kicks
1 3
8 0
SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2024 REGULAR SEASON)
Formation: 4-3-3 (9 games)
Left forward
Daniel Salloi 9
Left-center midfielder
Memo Rodriguez 6
Remi Walter 2
Erik Thommy 1
Center forward
Alan Pulido 7
Willy Agada 2
Left back
Tim Leibold 8 Zorhan Bassong 1
Right forward
Johnny Russell 7
Erik Thommy 2
Right-center midfielder
Erik Thommy 6
Remi Walter 2
Marinos Tzionis 1
Defensive midfielder
Nemanja Radoja 8
Memo Rodriguez 1
Left center back
Andreu Fontas 5
Robert Voloder 4
Right center back
Dany Rosero 7
Robert Castellanos 1
Andreu Fontas 1
Goalkeeper
Tim Melia 8
John Pulskamp 1
Formation: 4-2-3-1 (5 games)
Center forward
Willy Agada 5
Right back
Jake Davis 9
Left midfielder
Daniel Salloi 5
Attacking midfielder
Alan Pulido 5
Left-defensive midfielder
Nemanja Radoja 5
Left back
Tim Leibold 5
NOTE: Charts do not account for players interchanging and/ or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.
Right midfielder
Erik Thommy 4
Johnny Russell 1
Right-defensive midfielder
Remi Walter 4
Memo Rodriguez 1
Left center back
Andreu Fontas 3
Robert Voloder 2
Right center back
Dany Rosero 4
Andreu Fontas 1
Right back
Jake Davis 4
Kayden Pierre 1
Goalkeeper
Tim Melia 5
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SPORTING KC AND CHILDREN’S MERCY KANSAS CITY CONTINUE TO IMPACT LOCAL COMMUNITY
A leading independent children’s health organization dedicated to holistic care, translational research, educating caregivers and breakthrough innovation to create a world of well-being for all children, Children’s Mercy Kansas City began a 10-year partnership with Sporting KC in 2016. Children’s Mercy provides the highest level of care for children from birth through the age of 21. U.S. News & World Report has repeatedly ranked Children’s Mercy as one of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals.”
The comprehensive partnership between Sporting KC and Children’s Mercy Kansas City – which includes naming rights to Sporting KC’s world-class stadium, Children’s Mercy Park, as well as the Sporting KC II and Sporting KC Academy complex at Swope Soccer Village – is also at the forefront of Sporting’s state-of-the-art training ground at Compass Minerals National Performance Center. In a first-of-its-kind collaboration between a professional sports team, a national sports federation and a sports medicine provider, the facility opened in 2018 and features the Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine Center alongside Sporting Kansas City and U.S. Soccer.
Children’s Mercy Kansas City is also the official health care and sports medicine provider for the Sporting Kansas City Academy and Compass Minerals National Performance Center as part of a multi-faceted partnership that focuses on the following three components to impact the local community:
1. Strengthening community
• The partnership directly supports The Victory Project, Sporting’s foundation to help children - including those with cancer and disabilities – through all of life’s challenges.
• Sporting KC players and staff engage with, encourage and inspire Children’s Mercy patients throughout the year during hospital visits and special events.
• FLEET, an innovative team of remote experience robots operated via an iPad, regularly attends Sporting KC home matches to provide an all-access interactive experience for patients at Children’s Mercy. Manufactured by Double Robotics, the robot allows users to enjoy two-way live audio and video captured from a 150-degree wide-angle lens while navigating to control their own VIP behind-the-scenes journey.
• Launched in 2018, the RED CARD campaign addresses one of the most significant social issues impacting children nationwide by empowering youth and adults to prevent and intervene in bullying. Through school assemblies and community-wide messaging, the RED CARD initiative aims to reach children, parents, teachers and coaches who have daily opportunities to create supportive environments and stop bullying in its tracks. In 2023 and 2024, Sporting and Children’s Mercy teamed up to provide 90 students at 30 local elementary and middle schools with SKC jerseys on National Random Acts of Kindness Day as part of a Kindness In The Schools (K.I.T.S.) initiative.
2. Improving access to pediatric-trained sports medicine
• The Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine Center at Village West is located inside Compass Minerals National Performance Center and offers a full range of sports medicine services, resources and programming for youth athletes. More than two million high-school athletes and 3.5 million children under age 14 are injured each year in the U.S. playing sports. Only a small percentage are treated by pediatric-trained sports medicine specialists who truly understand the youth’s growing body, developing brain and unique psychosocial stressors.
3. Protecting youth athletes and educating parents and coaches
• The partnership provides athletic training, rehabilitation and conditioning programs for the Sporting KC Academy’s six teams at Swope Soccer Village, which hosts Sporting KC II home matches as well as year-round athletic leagues, tournaments and other marquee events.
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May 29 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
June 1 at Minnesota United FC
June 8 vs. Seattle Sounders FC
June 15 at LA Galaxy
June 19 vs. Real Salt Lake
June 22 at Columbus Crew
June 29 vs. Austin FC
July 4 at Colorado Rapids
July 7 vs. FC Dallas
July 13 at San Jose Earthquakes
July 17 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
July 20 vs. St. Louis
August 24 vs. Orlando City SC
September 7 at New York Red Bulls
September 15 at Seattle Sounders FC
September 18 vs. Colorado Rapids
September 21 vs. Minnesota United FC
September 28 at St. Louis
October 5 vs. Los Angeles FC
October 19 at FC Dallas
16 Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2024 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2024 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE ATT. RECORD PTS. PLACE GOALSCORERS
24 at Houston Dynamo FC T 1-1 18,818 0-0-1 1 T-5 Thommy
2 vs. Philadelphia Union T 1-1 19,942 0-0-2 2 8 Walter March 9 at Los Angeles FC T 0-0 22,175 0-0-3 3 T-9 March 16 vs. San Jose Earthquakes W 2-1 18,219 1-0-3 6 T-4 Rosero, Pulido March 23 vs. LA Galaxy L 2-3 18,102 1-1-3 6 9 Radoja, Agada
30 at Toronto FC W 3-1 24,382 2-1-3 9 6 Walter, Davis, Vargas
7 vs. Portland Timbers T 3-3 17,424 2-1-4 10 T-5 Agada (2), Rosero April 13 vs. Inter Miami CF L 2-3 72,610 2-2-4 10 9 Thommy (2) April 20 vs. St. Louis T 3-3 19,637 2-2-5 11 10 Pulido, Own Goal, Thommy
February
March
March
April
at Minnesota United FC L 1-2 19,712 2-3-5 11 10 Pulido
April 27
at Real Salt Lake L 0-1 20,001 2-4-5 11 10
vs. Houston Dynamo FC L 1-2 18,562 2-5-5 11 T-11 Salloi
18 at Austin FC L 2-3 20,738 2-6-5 11 13 Russell, Davis
at Portland Timbers L 1-2 22,848 2-7-5 11 T-13 Rodriguez
May 4
May 11
May
May 25
SPORTING KC 2024 REGULAR-SEASON STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2024 STATISTICS (2-7-5, 11 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF MAY 25, 2024 UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 30 F Stephen Afrifa 8 0 89 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 23 F Willy Agada 13 7 622 3 2 29 10 10 7 8 0 0 0 22 D Zorhan Bassong 4 1 122 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19 D Robert Castellanos 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 D Jake Davis 13 13 1168 2 2 7 2 15 5 0 0 5 0 3 D Andreu Fontas 10 10 900 0 1 2 1 9 7 1 0 4 0 21 M Felipe Hernandez 4 0 175 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 14 D Tim Leibold 13 13 1138 0 1 6 2 15 16 3 0 2 0 29 GK Tim Melia 13 13 1170 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 D Kayden Pierre 1 1 70 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 F Alan Pulido 13 12 990 3 2 18 7 5 20 3 0 0 0 1 GK John Pulskamp 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 M Nemanja Radoja 13 13 1170 1 1 7 4 13 11 0 0 3 0 8 M Memo Rodriguez 10 8 679 1 4 13 4 13 9 1 16 5 0 5 D Dany Rosero 11 11 990 2 0 5 3 17 13 0 0 3 0 7 F Johnny Russell 11 8 678 1 1 16 5 3 20 1 18 2 0 10 F Daniel Salloi 14 14 1200 1 3 21 9 18 21 4 19 2 0 11 F Khiry Shelton 2 0 22 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 26 M Erik Thommy 13 13 1065 4 1 33 10 24 24 2 0 3 0 77 F Marinos Tzionis 4 1 103 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 20 F Alenis Vargas 7 0 70 1 0 3 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 D Robert Voloder 6 6 540 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 54 M Remi Walter 9 8 719 2 1 4 2 4 7 0 10 0 0 Own-goals received 1 TEAM 14 14 1260 22 20 169 62 170 189 23 65 30 0 OPPONENT 14 14 1260 26 29 169 79 189 169 30 67 25 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jake Davis 1, Alan Pulido 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Willy Agada 1, Jake Davis 1, Johnny Russell 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Willy Agada 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SH SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 29 GK Tim Melia 13 13 1170 75 48 25 1.92 1 2 2 6 4 1 1 GK John Pulskamp 1 1 90 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 TEAM 14 14 1260 79 51 26 1.86 1 2 2 7 4 1 OPPONENT 14 14 1260 62 40 22 1.57 0 1 7 2 4 2
SPORTING KC 2024 PARTICIPATION CHART (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
CISNEROS INJ UNAV SKCII INJ UNAV UNAV SKCII UNAV LOAN LOAN LOAN LOAN LOAN LOAN
DAVIS RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 SUS RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-88
FLORES INJ SKCII SKCII SKCII DNP SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII UNAV SKCII UNAV
FONTAS CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INJ INJ INJ DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90
HERNANDEZ DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SUB-12 DNP SUB-46 UNAV SKCII SUB-45 DNP DNP SUB-72
LEIBOLD LB-74 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-89 DNP LB-75
MELIA GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 UNAV GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 NDENBE INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ
PIERRE SKCII SKCII DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP RB-70 DNP INJ INJ INJ
PULIDO CF-59 CF-80 CF-90 CF-87 AM-90 INJ SUB-19 AM-90 AM-90 AM-83 CF-75 AM-74 CF-63 CF-90 PULSKAMP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP GK-90 DNP DNP DNP
RADOJA DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 INJ DM-90 DM-90 DM-90
RINDOV SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII DNP SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII UNAV
RODRIGUEZ SUB-16 SUB-10 CM-90 CM-45 INJ CM-78 CM-82 INJ DNP DNP DM-90 DM-90 CM-90 CM-88
ROSERO CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INJ INJ INJ CB-90
RUSSELL RW-59 RW-90 RW-90 RW-53 INJ INJ INJ SUB-6 SUB-36 SUB-28 RW-61 RW-82 RW-83 RW-90
SALLOI LW-86 LW-87 LW-90 LW-88 LW-83 LW-90 LW-90 LW-90 LW-90 LW-90 LW-88 LW-90 LW-63 LW-75
SCHEWE SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII DNP SKCII SKCII UNAV
SHELTON INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ DNP SUB-20 SUB-2 DNP DNP DNP
THOMMY CM-74 CM-80 CM-90 CM-90 RW-90 RW-89 RW-90 RW-84 RW-90 RW-90 CM-90 UNAV CM-90 CM-18 TZIONIS SKCII UNAV SKCII UNAV DNP DNP DNP DNP UNAV DNP CM-45 SUB-16 SUB-27 SUB-15
VARGAS SUB-4 DNP DNP SUB-2 INTL SUB-12 SUB-8 DNP DNP
SUB-8 DNP DNP VOLODER DNP DNP DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 DNP
6/15 6/19
AFRIFA
AGADA
BASSONG
CASTELLANOS
CISNEROS
DAVIS
FLORES
FONTAS
HERNANDEZ
LEIBOLD
MELIA
NDENBE
PIERRE
PULIDO
PULSKAMP
RADOJA
RINDOV
RODRIGUEZ
ROSERO
RUSSELL
SALLOI
SCHEWE
SHELTON
THOMMY
TZIONIS
VARGAS
VOLODER
WALTER
KEY Position-Minutes -
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2/24 3/2 3/9 3/16 3/23 3/30 4/7 4/13 4/20 4/27 5/4 5/11 5/18 5/25 5/29 6/1 6/8 PLAYER @HOU PHI @LAFC SJ LA @TOR POR MIA STL @MIN @RSL HOU @ATX @POR VAN @MIN SEA AFRIFA SUB-31 SUB-3 DNP SUB-37 SUB-7 SUB-1 UNAV UNAV SKCII INJ SKCII SUB-1 SUB-7 SUB-2
SUB-31 SUB-10 DNP SUB-3 CF-90 CF-78 CF-71 CF-90 CF-54 CF-62 SUB-15 CF-89 SUB-27 SUB-2
SUB-16 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SUB-1 LB-90 SUB-15
DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CB-90 DNP
AGADA
BASSONG
CASTELLANOS
DNP DNP CB-90 CB-90 DNP UNAV
SUB-45 DM-90 CM-90 CM-90 DM-44 DM-90 DM-90 INJ INJ INJ INJ
6/22 6/29 7/4 7/7 7/13 7/17 7/20 8/24 9/7 9/15 9/18 9/21 9/28 10/5 10/19
@LA RSL @CLB ATX @COL DAL @SJ @VAN STL ORL @NY @SEA COL MIN @STL LAFC @DAL
SUB-7 SUB-29
WALTER CM-90 CM-90 INJ
PLAYER
Starting Position-Minutes Played DNP
Unused Substitute INJ - Injured SKCII - Sporting Kansas City II SUB-Minutes
played UNAV
Unavailable For Selection SUS - Suspended INTL - International Duty LOAN - Out on Loan ACD - Sporting KC Academy
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- Substitute-Minutes
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MANAGER & SPORTING DIRECTOR | PETER VERMES
Peter Vermes is in his 16th season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2024 and is the longest-tenured active head coach in MLS. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 242 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won four major trophies – the 2012, 2015 and 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regularseason standings in 2011 and 2012, as well as the Western Conference in 2018 and 2020. His three U.S. Open Cup championships are the third most in Open Cup history. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to eight straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 197 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank third most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions.
On August 4, 2018, Vermes coached his 302nd MLS regular-season game with Sporting KC, becoming the league’s all-time leader in games coached for one club. He was named the first-ever MLS Sporting Executive of the Year by his peers in 2018. Vermes has coached 575 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.
With over 15 years of service at Sporting KC, Vermes is one of the longest serving managers in world soccer. Among all leagues with an average attendance of 10,000+, Vermes ranks second, only behind Bundesliga side FC Heidenheim’s Frank Schmidt (Sept. 17, 2007 – present). Among the top 126 leagues in the world as denoted by the CIES Football Observatory in March 2022, Vermes’ tenure at ranks as the fifth longest active run.
Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, Sporting Kansas City II (MLS NEXT Pro) and the Sporting KC Academy. Vermes entered MLS ahead of its inaugural season in 1996 and retired from the league in 2002, closing out his playing career in Kansas City after stints with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and Colorado Rapids.
Following a standout high school career in which he was named New Jersey Player of the Year, Vermes was a star forward and All-American at Rutgers University. After college, Vermes represented the United States in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, and was named 1988 Chevrolet U.S. Male Soccer Athlete of the Year for his efforts.
Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored against the host Azzurri. It was the first time the U.S. had qualified for the World Cup in 40 years and set the stage for the progress of the U.S. National Team. In 1989 and 1990, Vermes became the first American to play in the Hungarian and Dutch First Divisions, playing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueres of the Spanish Second Division.
For MLS’s inaugural season in 1996, Vermes served as captain of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. In 1997, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for current Sporting KC Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin and played in Denver through the 1999 season, leading the Rapids to the 1997 MLS Cup Final.
Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful season of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors in helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 after appearing in 209 MLS matches (including playoffs) and playing more than 18,000 minutes. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC
ASSISTANT COACH | KERRY ZAVAGNIN
Kerry Zavagnin currently holds the MLS record as he enters his 25th season with one club as a player or coach. Zavagnin first joined Kansas City in 2000 as a holding midfielder and was an integral part of the club’s midfield for the next nine seasons, during which time he helped lead the Wizards to MLS Cup (2000) and U.S. Open Cup (2004) Championships. He was named to the MLS All-Star team and the Best XI in 2004. Zavagnin’s primary duties as an assistant include scouting, developing Sporting Kansas City’s younger players, breaking down film and assisting with training sessions. He started his professional career with the MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to KC in 2000. He played 237 games and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories before being overtaken by Matt Besler early in 2018. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in KC. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001. On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the U.S. Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured.
ASSISTANT COACH | ZORAN SAVIC
Zoran Savic joined Sporting Kansas City late in the 2009 season after a 30-year career at all levels of the game in the United States. A native of Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, Savic began his journey through American soccer with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1980. Savic would go on to star for several MISL teams, with his most prosperous period coming with the Kansas City Comets, with whom he scored 70 goals in just over 100 appearances from 1982-1984. After retiring as a player in 1991, Savic turned his attention to coaching in the indoor game. Savic led the Kansas City Attack from 1992-1996, winning Coach of the Year honors for the 1994-1995 season while also serving as the team’s General Manager. Savic later coached the Kansas City Comets from 2000-2005. In 2007 Savic switched to the outdoor game, joining Chivas USA as an assistant to then-head coach Preki before moving into the commentary booth for Kansas City matches in 2008 and 2009. Savic’s career as a commentator was cut short, however, when newly installed Manager Peter Vermes tabbed Savic to be part of his coaching staff late in the 2009 season.
ASSISTANT COACH | ASH WALLACE
Ash Wallace has served on Sporting Kansas City’s technical staff since 2012, aiding the first team coaching staff in a variety of roles. Wallace, originally from England, helps scout and develop game plans for upcoming opponents, assists in planning and executing training sessions and provides valuable analysis for coaches and players regarding strategy. Wallace holds a U.S. Soccer A License. Wallace’s first involvement with the club came in August 2012 when he was contracted to produce a detailed scouting report on Seattle Sounders FC ahead of the U.S. Open Cup Final, helping Sporting claim their first of four major titles during a trophy-laden decade. Prior to joining Sporting KC, Wallace was a member of the Preston North End coaching staff and also served as an opposition scout for Fleetwood Town in his native England. Earlier in his career, he worked with Preston North End’s women’s academy teams and Penwortham Boys academy teams while earning a Degree in Sports Coaching from the University of Central Lancashire.
GOALKEEPER COACH | ALEC DUFTY
Alec Dufty is in his ninth season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as the Sporting KC II goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016. In his first season working with the Sporting KC first team, starting goalkeeper Tim Melia enjoyed a recordbreaking season where he was named the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, making one appearance before joining the MLS reserve goalkeeper pool. In 2010, Dufty joined USSF D2 Pro League side AC St. Louis, making 30 appearances before returning to MLS with the Chicago Fire in late 2010. He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2011 season. Dufty then took to coaching, first working with Florida Gulf Coast University and then the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, Dufty served as goalkeeper coach for Toronto FC II in their inaugural USL Championship season.
DIRECTOR, SPORTS PERFORMANCE & SCIENCE | JOEY HARTY
Joey Harty was named Sporting Kansas City’s Director of Sports Performance and Science ahead of the 2020 season, stepping up from his role as assistant fitness coach which he held from 2018-2019. Harty manages all aspects of the club’s performance department from the academy to the senior team. He oversees day-to-day training plans on and off the field, including work in the weight room, soccer session planning, onfield movement training, data analysis and more, aiming to optimize player health and performance. Harty joined Sporting’s organization in January 2016, serving as a fitness coach for the Sporting Kansas City Academy before spending the 2017 season as head fitness coach for Sporting KC II. The Colorado native then transitioned to assistant fitness coach for Sporting’s first team in January 2018 before landing his current role with the club. Prior to arriving in Kansas City, Harty worked for Phoenix Rising FC and Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Harty attended Grand Canyon from 2010-2014, played for the men’s soccer team from 2010-2012 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. In addition to holding several professional licenses and certifications in athletic performance, Harty is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
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Year MLS Playoffs MIB KO Open Cup Intl. Total 2009
3-6-3 2010
0-1-0 11-14-6 2011 13-9-12 2-1-0 3-1-0 18-11-12 2012 18-7-9 1-1-0 4-0-1 23-8-10 2013 17-10-7 2-1-2 1-1-0 2-0-2 22-12-11 2014 14-13-7 0-1-0 1-1-0 3-2-1 18-17-8 2015 14-11-9 0-0-1 4-0-1 18-11-11 2016 13-13-8 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-2-1 15-17-9 2017 12-9-13 0-1-0 4-0-1 16-10-14 2018 18-8-8 1-1-2 2-1-0 21-10-10 2019 10-16-8 0-0-0 0-1-0 3-3-0 13-20-8 2020 12-6-3 0-1-1 0-1-1 12-8-5 2021 17-10-7 1-1-0 0-1-0 18-12-7 2022 11-16-7 3-0-1 14-16-8 2023 12-14-8 2-1-1 1-1-0 1-1-1 16-17-10 2024 2-7-5 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 4-7-5 TOTAL 197-168-120 9-10-7 0-1-1 26-8-4 10-9-5 242-196-137
3-6-3
11-13-6
#30 | F | STEPHEN AFRIFA
Height: 5-10
Weight: 155 Birthday: 2/19/2001
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
College: Florida International University
Acquired: 2023
MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)
Forward Stephen Afrifa was selected by Sporting Kansas City as the eighth overall pick of the 2023 MLS SuperDraft before signing with the team at the conclusion of his senior year in April. He enjoyed a standout career at FIU, where he amassed 23 goals and 11 assists in 63 appearances from 2019-2022. He made his debut for Sporting on May 17, 2023 at LAFC before earning his first start at Austin on July 15, 2023. Afrifa scored his first goal for the club in a 4-0 Open Cup win over FC Tulsa on May 21, 2024.
Capable of playing as a striker or a winger, Afrifa began his professional journey on the heels of a phenomenal campaign in 2022 that yielded a team-high 10 goals, four assists and USC Second Team All-American honors. He guided the Panthers to the 2022
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0
Shots on Goal 1, March 23, 2024, KC vs. LA
Shots 1, March 23, 2024, KC vs. LA
Fouls Committed 2, March 23, 2024, KC vs. LA Fouls Suffered 2, March 16, 2024, KC vs. SJ
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR Goal N/A
Assist N/A
2024 Record when: he
American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles and was named the AAC Championship Most Outstanding Offensive Player. Afrifa ended his senior season as a MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist and a member of the USC All-East Region Team.
As a freshman, Afrifa tallied three goals and three assists, and added two goals and an assist during his COVID-shortened sophomore year. As a junior, Afrifa helped FIU make its first of two consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances with a team-best eight goals and three assists. Afrifa competed for USL League Two side One Knoxville SC in 2022, scoring 10 goals and leading the club to a first-place finish in the South Central Division and a run to the national quarterfinals.
#23 | F | WILLY AGADA
Height: 5-9 Weight: 185 Birthday: 9/17/1999
Hometown: Bauchi, Nigeria
Last Club: Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 6/23/2022
Willy Agada joined Sporting KC in a transfer from Israeli side Hapoel Jerusalem in June 2022. A native of Nigeria, Agada scored 37 goals across four seasons in Israel before heading to the United States. Agada enjoyed an incredible start to his Sporting KC career, tallying eight goals and two assists in just 12 appearances to close out 2022 - placing him among the best goalscorers by a per-game basis in the league.
Agada turned professional as an 18-year-old and bagged eight goals during his first season with Hapoel Jerusalem in 2018-2019. He doubled his goal haul the following year, scoring a team-best 15 times across 36 appearances in the Israeli second division.
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 2, 4 times, last: April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Assists 1, 4 times, last: April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Shots on Goal 5, Oct. 2, 2022, KC vs. SEA
Shots 7, 2 times, last: March 23, 2024, KC vs. LA
Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 6, 2022, KC vs. LA
Fouls Suffered 3, 3 times, last: March 18, 2023, KC at DAL
Last Regular Season...
Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Goal April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Assist April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
2024 Record when: he starts 1-4-2 he scores 0-1-1
Agada’s excellent 2019-2020 campaign paved the way for a loan to Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Premier League where he finished second on the team with six goals in 20202021. The 2021-2022 season saw Agada return to Hapoel Jerusalem, which had gained promotion to the Premier League and led the team with eight goals.
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SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 39 24 2224 14 4 MLS Postseason 1 0 6 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 3 2 218 0 1 International 1 0 19 1 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 44 26 2467 15 5
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 39 24 2224 14 4 97 41 44 28 18 0 3 0 3 1 KC - Postseason 1 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 40 24 2230 14 4 99 41 44 28 18 0 3 0 3 1
starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 11 1 139 0 0 MLS Postseason 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 2 2 121 1 1 International 0 0 0 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 13 3 260 1 1
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 11 1 139 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 11 1 139 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
#22 | D | ZORHAN BASSONG | @BassongZ
Height: 5-10
Weight: 175 Birthday: 5/7/1999
Hometown: Montreal, Canada
Last Club: Farul Constanta (Romania)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/12/2023
Sporting Kansas City added left back Zorhan Bassong ahead of the 2024 campaign. The Canadian has previously spent time in France, Belgium, Romania and Major League Soccer, including 43 matches in all competitions with CF Montreal. He played two MLS seasons in Montreal from 2021-2022 before spending 2023 in Romania with Arges Pitesti and Farul Constanta.
Born in Toronto and raised in Montreal, Bassong moved to Belgium in 2013 to join the Mouscron academy. Bassong furthered his development in the heralded academy systems at Belgian side Anderlecht and French club Lille, beginning his professional career at the latter in 2016.
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0
Assists 1, May 29, 2021, MTL at CHI (w/ MTL)
MTL)
Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: July 7, 2021, MTL vs. MIA (w/ MTL)
Last Regular Season...
Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Goal N/A
Assist May 29, 2021, MTL at CHI (w/ MTL)
2024 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
He joined Belgian outfit Cercle Brugge in January 2019 and left the club in July 2020. Bassong enjoyed a two-year MLS stint with CF Montreal that began in early 2021. Following his time with Montreal, Bassong spent 2023 with two Romanian clubs, Arges Pitesti and Farul Constanta.
On the international stage, Bassong represented the Belgium U-19s for two friendlies in 2017 before switching his allegiance to Canada. He earned two caps for Canada’s senior national team in January 2020, including a 90-minute outing in a 4-1 friendly win over Barbados. In March 2021, Bassong played three matches for Canada at the 2020 Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship in Mexico, reaching the semifinals.
#19 | D | ROBERT
CASTELLANOS
| @rc4official
Height: 6-1
Weight: 195 Birthday: 5/11/1998
Hometown: Palmdale, California
Last Club: KuPS (Finland)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 2/17/2023
Center back Robert Castellanos signed with Sporting Kansas City ahead of the 2023 campaign following a brief stint playing abroad with KuPS in Finland. Castellanos turned professional in 2017 and has had stints in the USL Championship, MLS and Finland. Castellanos made his debut for the club in Philadelphia on April 1, 2023 and scored his first goal for Sporting in the 4-1 home win over Austin FC on June 10, 2023.
Castellanos developed at the youth level with Nomads SC in San Diego before joining Liga MX club Atlas’ academy in 2016. He launched his professional career in early 2017, signing for LA Galaxy II and started 15 of 16 appearances in his debut USL Championship season. Castellanos spent the next three years at RGVFC, where he played 37 matches
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX
Assists 0
Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX
Shots 2, Aug. 1, 2021, NSH at TOR (w/ NSH)
Fouls Committed 3, April 1, 2023, KC at PHI
Fouls Suffered 2, June 17, 2023, KC vs. LAFC
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 18, 2024, KC at ATX
Goal June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX
Assist N/A
2024 Record when: he starts
and scored two goals. Castellanos jumped to MLS by signing for Nashville in February 2021 where he scored an equalizing goal in a 1-1 draw at Toronto FC in his lone appearance for the club. Nashville loaned Castellanos to the Tampa Bay Rowdies for the 2022 season where he played 13 matches, including starts in all three playoff games as the Rowdies reached the Conference Final. Castellanos then ventured abroad by joining KuPS, where he started three matches before leaving the club.
Castellanos is a former U.S. youth international, having made two appearances for the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team in 2016.
20 Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2024 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes
he scores 0-0-0 SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 13 8 790 1 0 MLS Postseason 1 0 5 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 4 3 333 0 0 International 0 0 0 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 18 11 1128 1 0
0-1-0
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 13 8 790 1 0 3 1 8 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 MLS - Regular Season 14 9 880 2 0 5 2 8 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 KC - Postseason 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 15 9 885 2 0 5 2 8 4 0 0 1 1 1 0
Shots on Goal 1, July 31, 2021, MTL at MIA (w/ MTL)
Shots 1, 8 times, last: May 18, 2024, KC at ATX
Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 19, 2021, MTL vs. CHI (w/
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 4 1 122 0 0 MLS Postseason 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 1 1 97 0 0 International 0 0 0 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 5 2 219 0 0
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 4 1 122 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS - Regular Season 40 15 1550 0 1 8 1 27 10 5 0 3 1 0 1 MLS - TOTAL 40 15 1550 0 1 8 1 27 10 5 0 3 1 0 1
Height: 5-5
#25 | M | OZZIE CISNEROS | @OzzieCisner10
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 Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A
Assist N/A
Weight: 140 Birthday: 3/13/2004
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
Last Club: Sporting KC Academy
Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 1/20/2021
Forward Ozzie Cisneros, who has competed for the Sporting KC Academy at the U-13 through U-19 levels, became the fourth-youngest signing in club history when he inked an MLS contract at age 16 in early 2021. He scored his first professional goal for Sporting KC II against Louisville City FC on July 28, 2021 before making his debut for Sporting KC in a Leagues Cup match against Club Leon on Aug. 10, 2021. Cisneros is currently out on loan at Carolina Core FC in MLS NEXT Pro for the remainder of the 2024 season.
A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Cisneros joined the Sporting KC Academy as a 12-year-old in 2016. That summer, he led Sporting to a fourth-place finish at the Concacaf U-13 Champions League in Mexico City. Cisneros went on to play almost 70 matches for
Sporting in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, scoring 15 goals and climbing to the U-19 ranks by the time he was 15. He helped the U-17s reach the 2019 Development Academy Playoffs and split time between the U-17s and U-19s during the first half of the 2019-20 campaign. Cisneros and the SKC Academy returned to action in September 2020 in MLS Next play, with Cisneros striking twice during the abbreviated fall season - once for the U-17s and once for the U-19s.
On the international stage, Cisneros notably starred at the 2019 Concacaf U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring both goals in a 2-0 quarterfinal win over Costa Rica, and also found the back of the net at the 2019 Torneo delle Nazioni in Italy.
#17 | D | JAKE DAVIS | @jdavis_3211
Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 1/3/2002
Hometown: Rochester, Michigan
Last Club: Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 8/19/2021
Sporting Kansas City signed defender Jake Davis as a Homegrown Player in August 2021 as the 19th Homegrown Player to emerge from the Sporting Kansas City Academy. He made his first-team debut in the 4-0 victory over Minnesota United on Sept. 15, 2021 and earned his first MLS start on April 29, 2023 in a home match against Montreal. Davis scored his first goal for Sporting with the game-winner in a 3-1 win at Toronto on March 30, 2024.
Davis spent significant time developing with Sporting KC II under former Sporting greats Paulo Nagamura and Benny Feilhaber from 2019-2022 before breaking out with the first
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: May 18, 2024, KC at ATX
Assists 1, 4 times, last: March 30, 2024, KC at TOR Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: May 18, 2024, KC at ATX
Shots 2, Sept. 20, 2023, KC vs. NSH
Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: July 15, 2023, KC at ATX
Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: May 4, 2024, KC at RSL
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Goal May 18, 2024, KC at ATX
Assist March 30, 2024, KC at TOR
2024 Record when: he starts 2-6-5 he scores 1-1-0
team in early 2023, switching from central midfield to right back and helping the team post a 12-7-5 record in the 24 regular-season matches he started.
A native of Rochester, Michigan, Davis moved to Kansas City in 2017 at age 15 to join the Sporting KC Academy. He represented Sporting at the U-17 and U-19 levels, amassing eight goals across 54 appearances in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.
Davis earned international recognition in November 2019 when he was selected to the United States U-17 National Team for the 19th annual Nike International Friendlies.
21 Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2024 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 43 37 3222 2 4 MLS Postseason 4 4 354 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 5 3 256 0 0 International 3 3 237 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 55 47 4069 2 4
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 43 37 3222 2 4 14 3 47 15 0 0 8 0 1 2 KC - Postseason 4 4 354 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 47 41 3576 2 4 14 3 48 18 0 0 8 0 1 2
0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 0 0 0 0 0 MLS Postseason 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 1 1 18 0 0 International 1 1 90 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 2 2 108 0 0
2024 Record when: he starts
CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular 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 8 0 0 0
MLS
#31 | M | DANNY FLORES
Height: 5-9
Weight: 150 Birthday: 4/6/2002
Hometown: Half Moon Bay, CA
College: Virginia Tech
Last Club: Oakland Roots (USL Championship)
Acquired: Signed off Waivers on 1/13/2023
Sporting Kansas City added Danny Flores off MLS waivers in January 2023. Flores began his MLS career after a two-year college stint at Virginia Tech, while he also boasts three seasons of play in the USL Championship, representing Philadelphia Union II from 2019-2020 and Oakland Roots SC in 2021. Flores spent the 2023 season primarily with SKC II, tallying two goals and two assists in 21 MLS NEXT Pro appearances while he also made his first-team debut on March 25 against Seattle.
Flores made his USL Championship debut in September 2019 for Union II and was an ever-present fixture for the club the following year by playing in all 16 matches. Flores returned to California in 2021 as he moved cross-country to join Oakland Roots SC for the
club’s inaugural USL Championship campaign, starting 10 of 12 matches. Following his successful spell in Oakland, Flores began his collegiate career in Virginia Tech’s midfield. He started all 19 matches during his first season and was named the No. 3 freshman in the country by Top Drawer Soccer and earned ACC All-Freshman Team accolades. Flores continued to lead the Hokies in 2022, scoring a team-best four goals and adding two assists.
Flores has represented the U.S. U-17 National Team, where he competed alongside SKC Academy products Gianluca Busio and Tyler Freeman. Flores starred for two clubs at the Academy level, first with Shattuck St. Mary’s and later with the Philadelphia Union.
#3 | D | ANDREU FONTAS | @AFontas3
Height: 6-2
Weight: 200 Birthday: 11/14/1989
Hometown: Banyoles, Spain
Last Club: Celta Vigo (Spain)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 8/8/2018
Andreu Fontas joined Sporting KC midway through the 2018 season following a 10-year career with more than 200 appearances in his native Spain. Fontas underwent Achilles surgery in late 2019, keeping him out for the majority of the 2020 season before returning as an MLS Defender of the Year contender in 2021. Fontas has made 138 appearances in all competitions for Sporting KC, tallying three goals and three assists.
Fontas spent five seasons from 2013-2018 with Celta Vigo in Spain’s top-flight La Liga, where he played alongside current Sporting midfielder Nemanja Radoja and started 100 of 105 league appearances, helping the club to the semifinals of the 2016-17 UEFA
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 21, 2022, KC vs. POR
Assists 1, 3 times, last: April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Shots on Goal 1, 10 times, last: May 11, 2024, KC vs. HOU
Shots 2, 8 times, last: June 21, 2023, KC at LA
Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: Sept. 16, 2023, KC at MIN
Fouls Suffered 3, May 11, 2024, KC vs. HOU
Last Regular Season...
Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Goal Aug. 21, 2022, KC vs. POR
Assist April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
2024 Record when: he starts 0-6-4 he scores 0-0-0
Europa League. The defender developed in FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, playing nearly 100 matches combined for FC Barcelona B and FC Barcelona from 2008-2012. Fontas advanced from Barcelona’s B team to the first team in 2009 and played in 16 games for the Spanish giants, including a sub appearance in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final. Fontas spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Mallorca before signing with Celta Vigo in June 2013.
Internationally, Fontas has represented Spain at the Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels and has also played for the Catalonia National Team.
22 Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2024 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes
Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 0
Regular Season Game
he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 1 0 6 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 1 0 6 0 0
Last Regular Season... Appearance March 25, 2023, KC vs. SEA Goal N/A Assist N/A 2024 Record when:
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 117 111 10029 3 3 MLS Postseason 6 6 540 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 8 7 677 0 0 International 7 7 596 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 138 131 11842 3 3
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 117 111 10029 3 3 46 10 76 47 1 0 18 2 1 1 KC - Postseason 6 6 540 0 0 2 0 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 123 117 10569 3 3 48 10 83 49 1 0 19 2 1 1
#21 | M | FELIPE HERNANDEZ | @Fe1ipe98
Height: 5-7
Weight: 140 Birthday: 6/8/1998
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship)
Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 8/30/2019
Felipe Hernandez signed with Sporting KC as a Homegrown Player in August 2019. Hernandez is the first Sporting player to progress from an Academy Affiliate club to the SKC Academy to Sporting KC II before signing with the senior team. He signed with the first team following a breakout 2019 with SKC II in the USL Championship, where he started 24 of 26 appearances, scored a team-best eight goals and recorded four assists.
Hernandez scored his first MLS goal for the club in a June 23, 2021 victory over the Colorado Rapids and also tallied the opener against his hometown club Nashville SC in a 2-1 Sporting victory on June 19, 2022.
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 1, 4 times, last: May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR
Assists 2, May 14, 2022, KC at POR
Shots on Goal 2, May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR
Shots 4, 4 times, last: Sept. 10, 2022, KC at HOU
Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC
Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: April 8, 2023, KC vs. COL
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Goal May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR
Assist May 14, 2022, KC at POR
2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Hernandez played for Sporting Nashville Heroes, a former Academy Affiliate, and moved to Kansas City in the summer of 2014 to join the Academy. At age 16, Hernandez earned a preseason training stint with the first team in January 2015, before signing an Academy contract with SKC II in August 2016, two months prior to earning Bob Gansler Academy Player of the Year honors that then led to a professional SKC II contract in early 2017.
On the international stage, Hernandez played for the U.S. U-19 and U-20 National Teams in 2016 and 2017.
#14 | D | TIM LEIBOLD
Height: 5-9 Weight: 170 Birthday: 11/30/1993
Hometown: Friolzheim, Germany
Last Club: Hamburger SV (Germany) Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 1/12/2023
Tim Leibold joined Sporting Kansas City in January 2023 having amassed more than 20 goals and 40 assists in nearly 300 professional appearances in his native Germany. Leibold is the third German newcomer at Sporting since the start of 2022, following center back Robert Voloder and midfielder Erik Thommy. Since joining the club, Leibold has tallied four assists in 35 appearances across all competitions.
Leibold spent eight seasons across Germany’s top two divisions from 2015-2022. He starred at Nurnberg from 2015-2019 before moving to Hamburg, where he served as club captain during the 2020-21 campaign. Leibold developed in youth academies at VfB Stuttgart, TSF Ditzingen and SGV Freiberg before turning professional with Freiberg at
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0
Assists 1, 4 times, last: April 13, 2024, KC vs. MIA
Shots on Goal 2, March 30, 2024, KC at TOR
Shots 2, 3 times, last: April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Fouls Committed 3, June 21, 2023, KC at LA
Fouls Suffered 5, March 9, 2024, KC at LAFC
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR Goal N/A
Assist April 13, 2024, KC vs. MIA
2024 Record when: he starts 2-6-5 he scores 0-0-0
age 18 in 2012. Leibold enjoyed a breakthrough in 2015 by joining 2. Bundesliga side Nurnburg and solidifying his place as a regular starter. The 2018-19 campaign saw Leibold lead Nurnburg with 32 Bundesliga starts while also assisting three goals. Competing in one of the world’s best leagues, he led the team in key passes, tackles, recoveries and touches while placing second in minutes played.
Leibold then returned to the 2. Bundesliga with a move to Hamburg, where he had his best professional season to date in 2019-20. He played every minute of all 34 league matches and led the 2. Bundesliga with 16 assists. At the international level, Leibold played five matches for the Germany U-20s in 2013.
23 Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2024 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 73 31 3545 4 6 MLS Postseason 2 0 43 0 0 MLS is Back KO Stage 1 0 26 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 8 7 640 4 1 International 0 0 0 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 84 38 4254 8 7
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 73 31 3545 4 6 65 13 53 56 3 54 4 0 0 2 KC - Postseason 2 0 43 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 75 31 3588 4 6 65 13 54 59 3 55 4 0 0 2
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 30 22 2005 0 4 MLS Postseason 1 1 89 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 1 1 90 0 0 International 3 3 270 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 35 27 2454 0 4
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 30 22 2005 0 4 14 5 28 19 5 0 4 0 0 1 KC - Postseason 1 1 89 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 31 23 2094 0 4 14 5 33 22 5 0 5 0 0 1
Height: 6-1
#29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28
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 25, 2024, KC at POR Shutout March 9, 2024, KC at LAFC 2024 Record when: he starts 2-6-5
Weight: 215 Birthday: 5/15/1986
Hometown: Great River, New York
College: Lynn University
Last Club: Chivas USA (MLS)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/23/2014
Tim Melia leads Sporting KC in regular-season wins (102), shutouts (67) and saves (716), and has also played the most games (245) of any goalkeeper in club history. 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) before surpassing each of those stats in 2018.
Melia has an unbelievable knack for saving penalty kicks, having only conceded 19 of the 34 he has faced for Sporting while also guiding the team to penalty shootout victories in the 2015 U.S. Open Cup Final, the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Semifinal, the 2020 MLS is Back Round of 16, the 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs Quarterfinal and the 2023 Wild Card Game.
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 saves in a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy. During his breakout campaign in 2015, he was named MLS Comeback Player of the Year.
After a four-year college career with NCAA DIII program Lynn University, 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 call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.
#18 | D | LOGAN NDENBE | @Ndenbe22
Height: 5-8 Weight: 180 Birthday: 2/9/2000
Hometown: La Louviere, Belgium
Last Club: EA Guingamp (France)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/14/2022
Logan Ndenbe joined Sporting in a transfer from French team EA Guingamp in January 2022. Ndenbe arrived in Kansas City after spending his first five professional seasons in Europe with Belgian top-flight side KV Oostende and Guingamp.
Ndenbe has made 50 appearances for the club in all competitions, tallying two goals and two assists with both goals coming in the 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs series against St. Louis. Ndenbe suffered a torn ACL in the second match against St. Louis on Nov. 5, 2023 and is set to be out until the summer of 2024.
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 0
Assists 1, Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL
Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL
Shots 3, April 30, 2022, KC vs. DAL
Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 30, 2023, KC at STL
Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: July 3, 2022, KC vs. NY
Last Regular Season...
Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN
Goal N/A
Assist Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL
2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Ndenbe developed in the Royal Excel Mouscron academy before joining KV Oostende as a 17-year-old in 2017. Ndenbe left Belgium in July 2020, signing for Guingamp to mark the start of a successful stint in the French Ligue 2.
On the youth international stage, Ndenbe rose through the Belgian U-17 and U-18 teams before earning his Belgium U-21 debut in June 2021 for his first of six matches in 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying. He started in four games during qualifying, helping the team go 3-0-1.
24 Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2024 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 245 245 21945 0 0 MLS Postseason 14 14 1284 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 278 278 25029 0 0
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA C E W L T KC - Regular Season 245 245 21945 1046 716 67 319 1.31 21 37 18 1 102 86 54 MLS - Regular Season 251 250 22384 1078 734 67 333 1.34 22 38 18 2 102 90 55 KC - Postseason 14 14 1284 61 39 2 20 1.40 1 1 0 0 4 5 4 MLS - TOTAL 265 264 23668 1139 773 69 353 1.34 23 39 18 2 106 95 59
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 43 37 3292 0 1 MLS Postseason 3 3 270 2 0 U.S. Open Cup 3 1 84 0 1 International 1 0 15 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 50 41 3661 2 2
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 43 37 3292 0 1 17 3 43 46 6 0 4 0 0 0 KC - Postseason 3 3 270 2 0 4 2 4 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 46 40 3562 2 1 21 5 47 53 6 0 5 0 0 0
#24 | D | KAYDEN PIERRE | @KaydenPierre5
Height: 5-9
Weight: 155 Birthday: 2/16/2003
Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Last Club: Sporting KC Academy
Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 5/4/2021
Kayden Pierre signed with Sporting as a Homegrown player early in the 2021 season after impressing at preseason camp in Arizona with the Sporting KC first team. He made his debut for the club against Club Leon in the Leagues Cup on Aug. 10, 2021 before making his MLS debut at Colorado on March 12, 2022. He enjoyed a breakout spell over the summer of 2022 with senior right back Graham Zusi sidelined through injury, as Pierre made 12 of his 19 appearances on the season between June 25-Sept. 17.
Pierre joined the Sporting KC Academy in 2018 from Vardar SC in his native Michigan. He represented Sporting at the U-15, U-17 and U-19 levels and helped guide the U-17s to
Height: 5-10
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0
Assists 1, July 13, 2022, KC at MIN
Shots on Goal 0
Shots 1, Sept. 13, 2022, KC vs. DC
Fouls Committed 3, Sept. 4, 2022, KC at LA
Fouls Suffered 4, July 3, 2022, KC vs. NY
Last Regular Season...
Appearance April 27, 2024, KC at MIN
Goal N/A
Assist July 13, 2022, KC at MIN
2024 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he
the Academy Playoffs in 2019. Capable of playing at left back and right back, Pierre gained his first professional experience in 2020 when he signed an amateur academy contract with SKC II. Pierre enjoyed a breakout season for Sporting in 2022, making 22 appearances in all competitions.
On the international stage, Pierre has competed for the U.S. U-14, U-16 and U-20 national teams.
#9 | F | ALAN PULIDO | @alanpulido
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 2, 6 times, last: Sept. 2, 2023, KC vs. STL
Assists 2, July 22, 2020, KC at RSL
Shots on Goal 6, Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL
Shots 8, May 22, 2021, KC at SJ
Fouls Committed 3, June 19, 2021, KC at POR
Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC
Last Regular Season...
Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Goal April 27, 2024, KC at MIN
Assist May 25, 2024, KC at POR
2024 Record when: he starts 1-7-4 he scores 1-1-1
Weight: 170 Birthday: 3/8/1991
Hometown: Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
Last Club: C.D. Guadalajara (Mexico)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 12/10/2019
Mexican star Alan Pulido signed with Sporting KC as a Designated Player in a club-record transfer from Chivas Guadalajara in December 2019. Pulido has scored over 100 combined goals for club and country during a decorated career highlighted by five domestic championships and the 2018 Concacaf Champions League title.
Pulido tallied 15 goals and eight assists in 36 games in his first two seasons in MLS and was named Sporting’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2020. Pulido missed the entire 2022 season following knee surgery, returning to the field on April 1, 2023 and was named MLS Comeback Player of the Year after tallying 14 goals on his return in 2023. Pulido has recorded 34 goals and 16 assists in 85 appearances across all competitions for the club.
Pulido developed in the Tigres UANL youth academy before breaking into the first team in 2009 as an 18-year-old. He helped Tigres to the 2009 SuperLiga title and two years later,
Pulido scored in the second leg of the 2011 Liga MX Apertura Final as Tigres won its first league championship since 1982. Pulido enjoyed a breakout 2013-14 campaign with 25 goals in all competitions during his final season at Tigres, scoring in the 2014 Copa MX Clausura Final to finish as the tournament’s top scorer. Pulido then signed for Greek outfit Levadiakos before heading to Greek powerhouse Olympiacos. Pulido returned to Liga MX in August 2016, joining Chivas on a club-record transfer fee. His first full season with Chivas yielded 14 goals, helping his side to a double-winning campaign that ended with his first Liga MX Best XI selection. In 2018, he led Chivas to the Concacaf Champions League title and the club’s first continental championship in 56 years.
At the international level, Pulido has bagged five goals in 20 caps for Mexico’s senior team and was part of the El Tri squad at the 2011 Copa America and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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0-0-0 SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 21 10 1024 0 1 MLS Postseason 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 4 3 310 0 0 International 2 0 108 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 27 13 1442 0 1
scores
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 21 10 1024 0 1 1 0 6 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 21 10 1024 0 1 1 0 6 21 0 0 1 0 0 0
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 74 64 5620 31 13 MLS Postseason 5 5 423 0 3 MLS is Back KO Stage 2 2 180 1 0 U.S. Open Cup 3 1 133 2 0 International 1 1 30 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 85 73 6386 34 16
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 74 64 5620 31 13 167 70 32 118 23 1 6 0 9 3 KC - Postseason 5 5 423 0 3 9 3 5 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 79 69 6043 31 16 176 73 37 129 24 1 7 0 9 3
#1 | GK | JOHN PULSKAMP | @john_pulskamp
Height: 6-4
Weight: 210 Birthday: 4/19/2001
Hometown: Bakersfield, California
Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship)
Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player on 2/24/2020
John Pulskamp joined Sporting KC as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2020 season after acquiring his Homegrown rights from the LA Galaxy where he spent two seasons in the club’s Academy. He made his MLS debut in the 2021 season opener, helping the side to a 2-1 victory at the New York Red Bulls.
Pulskamp became the youngest goalkeeper in Sporting KC history to record a shutout following a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy on Oct. 27, 2021 at the age of 20 years and 191 days. He enjoyed a breakout year in 2022 when he deputized for an injured Tim Melia to make 15 starts in all competitions, posting an 8-3-4 record.
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: March 25, 2023, KC vs. SEA Saves 7, July 17, 2022, KC at RSL
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 4, 2024, KC at RSL Shutout March 11, 2023, KC vs. LA 2024 Record when: he starts 0-1-0
Pulskamp joined the MLS ranks on the heels of a breakout 2019 USL Championship season with SKC II. Pulskamp arrived in Kansas City in April 2019 after a two-year stint in the LA Galaxy Academy. He also spent time on trial with English Premier League outfit AFC Bournemouth in the summer of 2018. Prior to joining the Galaxy, he represented youth sides Real So Cal and Central California Aztecs.
Pulskamp was called in to a U.S. Men’s National Team training camp in December 2021. At the youth international level, Pulskamp has represented the U.S. at the U-18 and U-20 levels.
#6 | M | NEMANJA RADOJA
Height: 6-0 Weight: 175 Birthday: 2/6/1993
Hometown: Novi Sad, Serbia
Last Club: Levante (Spain)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 10/26/2022
Nemanja Radoja signed with Sporting KC ahead of the 2023 campaign, having spent most of the last decade in the Spanish La Liga with Celta Vigo and Levante. Radoja played nearly 300 matches across the top divisions of Serbia and Spain and also boasts experience in the UEFA Europa League with Vojvodina and Celta Vigo. Radoja has tallied one goal and four assists in 45 appearances across all competitions since joining SKC.
Radoja began his professional career with Serbian club Vojvodina before embarking on an eight-year journey in La Liga. He logged 181 La Liga appearances from 2014-2022, playing alongside Sporting defender Andreu Fontas at Celta Vigo from 2014-2018 and spent three seasons with Levante from 2019-2022. Radoja developed in Vojvodina’s youth academy and joined the club’s senior team in 2011 prior to brief loan spells in Serbia. Celta Vigo acquired Radoja via transfer in August 2014 and he took little time
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, March 23, 2024, KC vs. LA Assists 2, Aug. 26, 2023, KC vs. SJ Shots on Goal 2, March 23, 2024, KC vs. LA Shots 3, March 23, 2024, KC vs. LA
Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: July 15, 2023, KC at ATX
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR Goal March 23, 2024, KC vs. LA Assist April 27, 2024, KC at MIN 2024 Record when: he starts 2-6-5 he scores 0-1-0
settling in as a key figure for Celta, regularly competing in tandem with Fontas for a team that finished eighth in 2014-15. Radoja and Celta improved upon their fortunes in 2015-16 leading to a sixth-place league finish. Celta Vigo’s 2016-17 campaign was highlighted by runs to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey and UEFA Europa League, where they fell to eventual champions Manchester United. Radoja moved to Levante ahead of the 2019-20 campaign. His first year at the club was highlighted by scoring in a 3-1 upset win over European powerhouse FC Barcelona.
On the international stage, Radoja has two caps for the Serbia Men’s National Team. He earned his senior debut in a friendly match at Ukraine in November 2016 and made one appearance in Serbia’s successful qualifying campaign ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. As a youth, Radoja represented Serbia at the U-18 through U-21 levels.
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SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 24 23 2107 0 0 MLS Postseason 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 8 8 810 0 0 International 4 4 360 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 36 35 3277 0 0
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA C E W L T KC - Regular Season 24 23 2107 94 61 6 33 1.41 2 3 0 0 8 10 6 MLS - TOTAL 24 23 2107 94 61 6 33 1.41 2 3 0 0 8 10 6
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 38 34 2889 1 4 MLS Postseason 4 4 358 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 3 3 278 0 0 International 0 0 0 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 45 41 3525 1 4
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 38 34 2889 1 4 17 5 32 29 0 0 7 0 0 0 KC - Postseason 4 4 358 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 42 38 3247 1 4 17 5 36 35 0 0 7 0 0 0
#28 | D | CHRIS RINDOV | @ChrisRindov
Height: 6-2
Weight: 185 Birthday: 10/8/2001
Hometown: Rockville, Maryland
College: Maryland
Acquired: 2023 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#37)
Sporting Kansas City singed center back Chris Rindov ahead of the 2023 season after selecting the defender in the Second Round (37th overall) of the 2023 MLS SuperDraft out of Maryland. Rindov became Sporting’s first MLS SuperDraft selection to sign for the first team since 2018. Rindov made his MLS debut as a late substitute on April 22, 2023 at New England.
Rindov was a defensive mainstay for perennial powerhouse Maryland, starting in each of the program’s 38 matches over his final two seasons and finishing his college career with four goals and five assists in 58 appearances. Rising from freshman walk-on to team captain as a senior, he had a banner year in 2022 as an All-Big Ten First Team honoree
and an MLS College Showcase participant. Rindov played every minute in all 20 matches for the Terrapins in 2022, pushing Maryland to the Big Ten regular season title with an unbeaten 4-0-4 conference record. A two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, Rindov guided the Terps to their 22nd consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance in the fall of 2022.
Rindov won four consecutive state championships at Rockville High School. He also played for youth club OBGC, where he competed at two national championships and won an Eastern Regional title in 2018.
#8 | M | MEMO RODRIGUEZ | @40_jrod
Height: 5-8 Weight: 155 Birthday: 12/27/1995
Hometown: El Campo, Texas
Last Club: Austin FC (MLS)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 2/1/2024
Sporting Kansas City signed midfielder Memo Rodriguez ahead of the 2024 MLS campaign. Prior to joining Sporting, Rodriguez scored 34 goals in 227 professional club appearances since joining Houston Dynamo FC as a homegrown player in late 2014. He spent seven MLS seasons in Houston, notably winning the 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, prior to representing both LA Galaxy and Austin FC in 2023.
Born in Wharton, Texas, and raised in nearby El Campo, Rodriguez entered the Houston Dynamo Academy in 2011. He was named its Academy Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013 before launching his MLS career at age 18, inking a Homegrown Player deal with the Dynamo ahead of the 2015 season. He spent most of his debut campaign on loan
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 2, 2 times, last: July 13, 2020, HOU at LAFC (w/ HOU)
Assists 1, 20 times, last: May 18, 2024, KC at ATX
Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: July
last: June 29, 2022, HOU at POR (w/
Last Regular Season...
Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Goal May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Assist May 18, 2024, KC at ATX
2024 Record when: he starts 2-4-2 he scores 0-1-0
with the Charleston Battery in the USL Championship before joining the Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, Houston’s then-USL affiliate, for a breakout 2016 season. Rodriguez rejoined Houston in 2017 and made his MLS debut on April 8, 2017. In 2018, Rodriguez and Houston collected silverware as champions of the prestigious U.S. Open Cup before being named the Dynamo Young Player of the Year in 2019.
The Galaxy signed Rodriguez as a free agent in January 2023. He scored his first goal for the club in a thrilling 3-2 road win over Real Salt Lake on May 31 before moving to Austin FC in a trade on Aug. 1. He played nine MLS matches for Austin and finished the year with 21 league appearances, notching one goal and two assists.
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Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 0
Assist N/A 2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 1 0 4 0 0 MLS Postseason 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 1 1 90 0 0 International 0 0 0 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 2 1 94 0 0
Last Regular Season... Appearance April 22, 2023, KC at NE Goal N/A
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24, 2021, HOU at SJ (w/ HOU) Shots 7, 2 times, last: April 16, 2021, HOU vs. SJ (w/ HOU)
Committed 5, June 18, 2022, HOU at ORL (w/ HOU) Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times,
HOU)
Fouls
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 10 8 679 1 4 MLS Postseason 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 2 0 120 0 0 International 0 0 0 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 12 8 799 1 4
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 10 8 679 1 4 13 4 13 9 1 16 5 0 0 0 MLS - Regular Season 167 100 8623 19 20 253 88 146 150 30 254 25 0 2 3 MLS - TOTAL 167 100 8623 19 20 253 88 146 150 30 254 25 0 2 3
Height: 6-2
Weight: 205
Hometown: Bogota, Colombia
Last Club: Atletico Junior (Colombia)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 3/2/2023
Birthday: 10/6/1993
#5 | D | DANY ROSERO
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 4 times, last: April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Assists 0
Shots on Goal 1, 10 times, last: April 27, 2024, KC at MIN
Shots 3, April 1, 2023, KC at PHI
Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: April 27, 2024, KC at MIN
Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Last Regular Season...
Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Goal April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Assist N/A
2024 Record when: he
Sporting Kansas City acquired center back Dany Rosero in a transfer from Colombian side Atletico Junior in March 2023. Rosero eclipsed 300 professional appearances across Argentina and his native Colombia, scoring 20 goals and competing in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. Beginning his career at Argentine club Arsenal de Sarandi as a teenager, the defender spent seven seasons in the Colombian top-flight Categoria Primera A with Patriotas Boyacá, Deportivo Cali and Junior. To date, Rosero has tallied five goals in 45 appearances across all competitions for Sporting KC.
Born in Colombia, Rosero moved to Argentina to join Arsenal’s youth academy and began his professional career with the club in 2012. He enjoyed a pair of early breakthroughs by helping Arsenal win the 2013 Copa Argentina and by appearing in the 2014 Copa Libertadores. Rosero returned to his home country in 2016 with Patriotas Boyacá where
strong performances paved the way for Rosero to join Colombian powerhouse Deportivo Cali in 2017. Rosero delivered his most dominant season to date in 2019, scoring seven goals and starting 55 games in all competitions, with Deportivo Cali finishing as Copa Colombia runners-up.
In 2020, Rosero signed for Colombian heavyweights Junior and played in both the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, making 11 starts across the two tournaments. The following season, Rosero made seven appearances in the Copa Libertadores and one in the Copa Sudamericana while scoring three goals in 33 Primera A matches as Junior finished fifth in the aggregate league table. Rosero remained one of the Colombian first division’s best center backs in 2022, starting 36 league games and propelling Junior to the Copa Colombia finals.
#7 | F | JOHNNY RUSSELL
Height: 5-9 Weight: 175 Birthday: 4/8/1990
Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland
Last Club: Derby County FC (England)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/31/2018
Scottish winger Johnny Russell joined Sporting KC in a transfer from English club Derby County FC in January 2018. A cult-hero at the club, Russell has tallied 63 goals and 44 assists in 209 appearances for Sporting KC since the start of 2018. He was named club captain ahead of the 2021 season.
In 2021, Russell scored in eight consecutive games as part of a run where he tallied 15 goals in 19 matches over the second half of the campaign. Russell was named the club’s MVP in 2020 and 2022 as well as Offensive Player of the Year in 2018, 2019 and 2021.
Russell previously scored 93 goals during a 12-year professional career in England and his native Scotland. Russell developed in the Dundee United Academy in Scotland before
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 3, 2 times, last: May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA
Assists 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN
Shots on Goal 4, 4 times, last: Aug. 28, 2021, KC vs. COL
Shots 8, Sept. 2, 2020, KC vs. DAL
Fouls Committed 5, April 30, 2022, KC vs. DAL
Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: April 8, 2023, KC vs. COL
Last Regular Season...
Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Goal May 18, 2024, KC at ATX
Assist March 16, 2024, KC vs. SJ
2024 Record when: he starts 1-4-3 he scores 0-1-0
making his professional debut for the top-flight Scottish Premiership club in May 2007 at age 17. He spent most of the following three seasons out on loan and marked his first Dundee United start with a goal in the 2009 Scottish FA Cup. After scoring 23 goals from 2010-2012, Russell’s final season at Dundee saw him produce a team-best 20 goals. Russell joined Derby County in the summer of 2013 and marked his debut for the Rams with his first of nine goals in the 2013-14 English Championship as Derby fell just short of promotion to the EPL. He totaled 18 goals over the next two seasons.
Russell has 13 career caps for Scotland and scored his first international goal during a European Championship Qualifier in San Marino on March 24, 2019. He has also represented Scotland at the U-19 and U-21 levels.
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starts 2-4-5 he scores 1-0-1 SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 37 37 3254 4 0 MLS Postseason 4 4 355 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 1 1 45 0 0 International 3 3 270 1 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 45 45 3924 5 0
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 37 37 3254 4 0 25 10 43 33 0 0 11 0 1 0 KC - Postseason 4 4 355 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 41 41 3609 4 0 28 11 46 34 0 0 12 0 1 0
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 178 151 13132 57 36 MLS Postseason 11 11 1004 1 3 MLS is Back KO Stage 2 2 157 0 1 U.S. Open Cup 9 5 574 4 2 International 9 8 642 1 2 ALL COMPETITIONS 209 177 15539 63 44
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 178 151 13132 57 36 366 145 107 271 22 402 15 1 10 8 KC - Postseason 11 11 1004 1 3 22 8 12 24 1 29 1 0 0 1 MLS - TOTAL 189 162 14136 58 39 388 153 119 295 23 431 16 1 10 9
#20 | F | DANIEL SALLOI
Height: 6-1
Weight: 160 Birthday: 7/19/1996
Hometown: Budapest, Hungary
Last Club: Sporting KC Academy
Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 1/13/2016
Daniel Salloi signed with Sporting KC as a Homegrown Player in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017. After enjoying a breakout campaign in 2018 where he tallied 16 goals and seven assists in all competitions, Salloi rebounded from a few lean years to be named an MLS All-Star and an MLS MVP finalist in 2021 after recording 16 goals and 10 assists in all competitions, tying the club record for most non-penalty goals in a single MLS regular season. His 16 game-winning goals are the most in club history.
Salloi, who signed a new four-year contract in late 2022, enjoyed another productive year in 2023 by leading the team with 22 goal contributions (10 goals, 12 assists) and has recorded 59 goals and 40 assists in 230 appearances across all competitions. Salloi scored on his first start for the club - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United in the U.S. Open Cup on June 14, 2017 - and added his first MLS goal vs. Portland on July 1, 2017 before scoring the winning goal in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final against the Red Bulls.
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 4 times, last: May 18, 2022, KC vs. COL Assists 2, 4 times, last: Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN
Shots on Goal 4, 3 times, last: July 13, 2019, KC at VAN
Shots 8, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL
Fouls Committed 4, June 7, 2019, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 5, July 31, 2021, KC vs. DAL
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Goal May 11, 2024, KC vs. HOU
Assist May 25, 2024, KC at POR
2024 Record when: he starts 2-7-5 he scores 0-1-0
Salloi moved to the U.S. in 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, joining the SKC Academy. Salloi briefly returned to his former Hungarian Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 where he made his pro debut on July 18, 2015 before returning to Kansas City in 2016. He split the 2016 season on loan with SKC II and Gyirmot SE in Hungary before joining the Sporting KC first team full-time in 2017.
Salloi has four caps for the senior Hungary National Team, having made his debut in a World Cup Qualifier against England on Sept. 2, 2021. He previously played for the Hungary Under-21 National Team.
RYAN SCHEWE
Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 Birthday: 3/8/2002
Hometown: Marietta, Georgia
College: Georgetown
Acquired: 2024 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#22)
Sporting Kansas City selected goalkeeper Ryan Schewe as the 22nd overall pick in the first round of MLS SuperDraft 2024. In two outstanding seasons as a starter at Georgetown University from 2022-2023, Schewe posted a 20-4-4 record with a 0.79 goals against average, 12 clean sheets and 86 saves. He enjoyed a breakout season as a junior in 2022, landing Second Team All-BIG EAST recognition after leading the conference in save percentage (.838) and shutouts (seven) en route to an 11-2-1 record.
During his senior year in 2023, Schewe propelled the Hoyas to the BIG EAST regular season championship with a 9-2-3 record and led the conference with the lowest goals against average (0.84) and the most shutouts (five). He punctuated his final college
campaign with BIG East Goalkeeper of the Year and First Team All-BIG EAST honors while also receiving United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-East Region accolades.
In addition to playing for Georgetown, Schewe competed as an amateur for Georgia club Apotheos FC of the National Premier Soccer League in 2022 and the New York-based Westchester Flames of USL League Two in 2023. At the youth level, the Georgia native spent three years each with the Atlanta United Academy and United Football Academy in his home state.
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SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 193 156 14229 46 35 MLS Postseason 11 10 937 5 4 MLS is Back KO Stage 2 1 74 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 16 8 1037 8 1 International 8 3 258 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 230 178 16535 59 40
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 193 156 14229 46 35 429 176 118 195 39 115 18 3 16 12 KC - Postseason 11 10 937 5 4 33 16 6 14 2 12 1 0 1 1 MLS - TOTAL 204 166 15166 51 39 462 192 124 209 41 127 19 3 17 13
Record when: he starts 0-0-0 SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
#36 | GK |
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2024
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA C E W L T KC - Regular Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Height: 6-3
Weight: 190
Hometown: Austin, Texas
College: Oregon State
Last Club: SC Paderborn 07 (Germany)
#11 | F | KHIRY SHELTON | @KhiryShelton
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 1, 18 times, last: June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX
Assists 3, Sept. 23, 2016, NYC vs. CHI (w/ NYC)
Shots on Goal 4, July 17, 2020, KC vs. COL
Shots 6, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL
Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 21, 2018, KC at FCD
Fouls Suffered 4, April 11, 2015, NYC at PHI (w/ NYC)
Last Regular Season...
Appearance May 4, 2024, KC at RSL
Goal June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX
Assist July 9, 2022, KC at MTL
2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 6/26/1993
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/9/2019
Khiry Shelton is in the midst of his second stint with Sporting Kansas City, having initially helped the club to a first place in the Western Conference and a record-breaking scoring season in 2018, before departing to play in Germany with SC Paderborn 07 for one season in 2019. He returned to the club ahead of the 2020 season and has tallied 15 goals and 17 assists across 141 appearances for the club.
Shelton was selected second overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by expansion side New York City FC and spent three seasons with the club before initially arriving in KC via trade ahead of the 2018 season.
He was NYCFC’s first-ever SuperDraft pick and played a total of 54 regular-season games for the club, notching six goals and 10 assists across just 23 starts.
In college, Shelton attended Oregon State University where he was an NSCAA All-America Second Team selection; Pac-12 Player of the Year; All-Far West Region First Team as he helped lead the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003 during his senior year. Shelton was a member of the U.S. U-18 National Team as a youth player.
#26 | M | ERIK THOMMY | @erikthommy
Height: 5-8 Weight: 155 Birthday: 8/20/1994
Hometown: Wettenhausen, Germany
Last Club: VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 6/23/2022
Erik Thommy, a German Bundesliga veteran, signed with Sporting KC in June 2022. Thommy previously recorded 42 goals and 33 assists across nine seasons in his native Germany - including nine goals, 14 assists and 96 appearances in the top-flight Bundesliga. He scored his first goal for Sporting in the 4-2 victory over the LA Galaxy on Aug. 6, 2022 and has tallied 12 goals and 16 assists across 70 appearances across all competitions for the club.
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 2, April 13, 2024, KC vs. MIA
Assists 2, Sept. 2, 2023, KC vs. STL
Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: March 11, 2023, KC vs. LA
Shots 8, March 11, 2023, KC vs. LA
Fouls Committed 4, April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Fouls Suffered 5, 3 times, last: April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Last Regular Season...
Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Goal April 20, 2024, KC vs. STL
Assist May 18, 2024, KC at ATX
2024 Record when: he starts 2-6-5 he scores 0-1-2
Capable of playing in an advanced midfield role or on the wing, Thommy launched his professional career with FC Augsburg in 2014 before going on loan to FC Kaiserslautern (2014-2016) and Jahn Regensburg (2016-2017). Thommy joined VfB Stuttgart in 2017, starred for Fortuna Dusseldorf during a successful loan spell in 2019-2020, and ended his time at Stuttgart in the Spring of 2022 by appearing in each of the club’s last six matches of the 2021-2022 campaign.
Thommy developed in academies at SV Kleinbeuren (2000-2002), SSV Ulm (2002-2009) and TSG Thannhausen (2009-2010) before moving to FC Augsburg. He signed for FC Augsburg II in 2013 and made his Bundesliga debut with Augsburg’s senior team as a 19-year-old in February 2014.
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SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 59 55 4552 12 14 MLS Postseason 4 1 132 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 4 3 219 0 1 International 3 2 211 0 1 ALL COMPETITIONS 70 61 5114 12 16
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 59 55 4552 12 14 152 55 62 102 5 93 11 0 1 3 KC - Postseason 4 1 132 0 0 2 1 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 63 56 4684 12 14 154 56 64 105 6 96 11 0 1 3
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 121 79 7308 12 13 MLS Postseason 9 6 580 1 2 MLS is Back KO Stage 1 1 80 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 7 4 347 2 2 International 3 3 209 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 141 93 8524 15 17
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 121 79 7308 12 13 117 44 105 98 21 1 9 0 4 8 MLS - Regular Season 175 102 9793 18 23 154 56 129 129 24 1 9 0 4 11 KC - Postseason 9 6 580 1 2 7 3 9 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 MLS - Postseason 11 6 637 1 2 7 3 9 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 186 108 10430 19 25 161 59 138 138 27 1 9 0 4 11
#77 | F | MARINOS TZIONIS
Height: 5-7
Weight: 155 Birthday: 7/16/2001
Hometown: Nicosia, Cyprus
Last Club: Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/24/2022
Marinos Tzionis signed with Sporting KC in a transfer from Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus in late January 2022. Tzionis scored 15 goals in 88 appearances for hometown club Omonia Nicosia since turning professional as a 15-year-old in 2017. Appearing mostly as a substitute during his time with Sporting, Tzionis has tallied five goals and two assists in 59 appearances across all competitions.
Tzionis scored his first goal for the club with a last-gasp equalizer in the 98th minute of the club’s U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 clash with FC Dallas on May 10, 2022 and scored his first MLS goal four days later in a loss at Portland.
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 1, May 14, 2022, KC at POR
Assists 1, May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR
Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 10, 2022, KC at HOU
Shots 3, 3 times, last: Aug. 26, 2023, KC vs. SJ
Fouls Committed 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 20, 2023, KC vs. NSH
Fouls Suffered 5, April 17, 2022, KC at LAFC
Last Regular Season...
Appearance May 25, 2024, KC at POR
Goal May 14, 2022, KC at POR
Assist May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR
2024 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
Tzionis developed in Omonia Nicosia’s academy, signed for the first team in 2017 and made his senior debut for the club in May 2018. In a breakout 2020-21 campaign, Tzionis guided Omonia to the club’s first league title in 11 years by tallying seven goals in 43 games. He landed his UEFA Champions League debut in the qualifying rounds and started all six of Omonia’s games in the UEFA Europa League group stage.
Tzionis represented Cyprus at the U-17 and U-19 youth levels, before breaking into the senior national team in September 2020. To date, Tzionis has two goals in 25 caps for the Cyprus National Team, scoring his first goal in a 2-0 win over Estonia on March 29, 2022.
#20 | F | ALENIS VARGAS | @_aleeenis
Height: 6-1
Weight: 160 Birthday: 12/4/2003
Hometown: San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Last Club: Futbol Consultants Desamparados (Costa Rica)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 12/15/2023
Sporting Kansas City acquired forward Alenis Vargas in a transfer from Costa Rican side Futbol Consultants Desamparados ahead of the 2024 season. Vargas spent the 2023 season on loan with SKC II and enjoyed an excellent campaign in MLS NEXT Pro. In 21 appearances, Vargas recorded six goals and five assists while drawing three penalty kicks and helping the team reach the MLS NEXT Pro Playoffs with a third-place finish in the Western Conference.
A native of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Vargas did not begin playing competitive soccer until he was 16. He developed in the Leones Academy from 2019-2020 before joining the
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, March 30, 2024, KC at TOR
Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, March 30, 2024, KC at TOR Shots 2, March 30, 2024, KC at TOR
Fouls Committed 1, 4 times, last: April 27, 2024, KC at MIN
Fouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: May 11, 2024, KC vs. HOU
Last Regular Season...
Appearance May 11, 2024, KC vs. HOU
Goal March 30, 2024, KC at TOR
Assist N/A
2024 Record when: he
reserve team at Honduran powerhouse C.D. Olimpia in December 2020 at age 17. Vargas left his home country in 2022, signing for Futbol Consultants in Costa Rica’s second division. During the latter half of the year, he trained with reigning top-flight champion Cartaginés, where he was coached by former striker and Costa Rican World Cup veteran Paulo Wanchope.
Vargas excelled on loan with SKC II in 2023, scoring a sensational scissor-kick goal to spark a 4-0 home win over first-place Colorado Rapids 2 before scoring a hat trick in a
win over Portland Timbers 2 in Aug. 13, 2023.
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starts 0-0-0 he scores 1-0-0 SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 7 0 70 1 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 7 0 70 1 0
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 7 0 70 1 0 3 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 7 0 70 1 0 3 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
6-1
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 52 13 1580 1 1 MLS Postseason 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 6 5 523 4 1 International 1 0 19 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 59 18 2122 5 2
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 52 13 1580 1 1 39 11 21 51 3 16 0 0 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 52 13 1580 1 1 39 11 21 51 3 16 0 0 0 0
Height: 6-0
Weight: 170
Hometown: Frankfurt, Germany
Last Club: NK Maribor (Slovenia)
Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/19/2022
Birthday: 5/9/2001
#4 | D | ROBERT VOLODER
Regular Season Game Highs:
Goals 1, Sept. 13, 2022, KC vs. DC
Assists 1, 2 times, last: April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Shots on Goal 1, Sept. 13, 2022, KC vs. DC
Shots 1, 4 times, last: June 3, 2023, KC at VAN
Fouls Committed 2, 3 times, last: May 11, 2024, KC vs. HOU Fouls Suffered 4, April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Last Regular Season...
Appearance May 11, 2024, KC vs. HOU
Goal Sept. 13, 2022, KC vs. DC
Assist April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
2024 Record when: he starts 2-3-1 he scores 0-0-0
Robert Voloder arrived in Kansas City in a transfer from NK Maribor in the Slovenian first division ahead of the 2022 MLS season. Voloder had played every minute for Slovenian powerhouse Maribor during the 2021-22 season before making the move to MLS. Since joining Sporting KC, Voloder has made 37 appearances in all competitions and tallied his first MLS goal against D.C. United on Sept. 13, 2022.
Prior to joining Maribor, Voloder began his professional career at heralded German side FC Cologne. He developed in the club’s academy from 2016-2020 before being selected to Cologne’s first team squad for three German Bundesliga matches at the end of the
2019-20 campaign. Voloder featured regularly for FC Cologne II in 2020-21, starting all 26 appearances.
On the youth international stage, Voloder represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the U-17 through U-19 levels from 2017-2019 before switching his national team allegiance to Germany in September 2019, debuting for the country’s U-19s in a friendly against England. He played his first of five matches for the German U-20s in the fall of 2020 and recently captained the team in an Under 20 Elite League matchup against Norway on Sept. 6, 2021.
#54
| M | REMI WALTER | @remi_walter
Height: 5-8 Weight: 165 Birthday: 4/26/1995
Hometown: Essey-les-Nancy, France
Last Club: Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey)
Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/22/2020
Remi Walter signed with Sporting KC in December 2020, having amassed nearly 200 professional appearances since 2012 while playing in his native France and one season in Turkey. Walter has been an integral part of the Sporting KC squad since 2021, tallying nine goals and 10 assists in 120 appearances, and was the only Sporting player to start all 34 regular-season matches in 2022.
Walter developed in Nancy’s youth academy before joining the first team as an 18-year-old in 2013. He became a regular starter in the early stages of the 2013-14 season and spent the next two and a half years as an integral midfield contributor for the side before being transferred to French title contender Nice in early 2016. Walter helped
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 8 times, last: March 30, 2024, KC at TOR Assists 1, 9 times, last: April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
Shots on Goal 2, June 17, 2023, KC vs. LAFC
Shots 3, 4 times, last: June 17, 2023, KC vs. LAFC
Fouls Committed 3, March 5, 2022, KC vs. HOU
Fouls Suffered 3, Nov. 7, 2021, KC vs. RSL
Last Regular Season... Appearance April 27, 2024, KC at MIN
Goal March 30, 2024, KC at TOR
Assist April 7, 2024, KC vs. POR
2024 Record when: he starts 1-3-4 he scores 1-0-1
the club to a fourth-place finish as well as qualification to the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. The following season, Walter and Nice took another step forward by placing third in Ligue 1 and booking a spot in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League. Walter split the 2017-18 campaign between Nice and Troyes on loan, before returning to Nice in the summer of 2018. Walter transferred to Turkish first division outfit Yeni Malatyaspor in January of 2020 before departing later that summer.
On the international stage, Walter was a French youth international who participated in a number of high-profile tournaments, namely the 2012 UEFA U-17 Championship in Slovenia and qualifying for the 2017 UEFA U-21 Championship in Poland.
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SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 104 94 8325 8 9 MLS Postseason 6 6 512 1 0 U.S. Open Cup 6 4 421 0 1 International 4 4 315 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 120 108 9573 9 10
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 104 94 8325 8 9 67 23 63 66 0 49 8 1 4 4 KC - Postseason 6 6 512 1 0 4 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 MLS - TOTAL 110 100 8837 9 9 71 24 68 68 0 50 8 1 5 4
SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G A MLS Regular Season 32 24 2284 1 2 MLS Postseason 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. Open Cup 5 2 255 0 0 International 0 0 0 0 0 ALL COMPETITIONS 37 26 2539 1 2
MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA KC - Regular Season 32 24 2284 1 2 3 1 19 20 0 0 3 1 0 0 MLS - TOTAL 32 24 2284 1 2 3 1 19 20 0 0 3 1 0 0
SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD
Games C.J. Sapong (2011), Ilie Sanchez (2018), Graham Zusi (2018), Luis Martins (2021), Felipe Hernandez (2022), Remi Walter (2022)
Sanchez (2018), Graham Zusi (2018)
Dom Dwyer (2014)
Preki (1997 & 2003)
Davy Arnaud (2004)
(2013)
Davy Arnaud (2010), Roger Espinoza (2019)
SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013), Tim Melia (2018)
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013), Tim Melia (2018)
Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice
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PLAYERS)
SINGLE GAME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS) SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS
GAME RECORDS
ALL-TIME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS) Stat Player #
34 Minutes
3060 Goals
22 Assists
17 Shots Preki (1996) 140 Shots on goal Preki (1996) 61
79 Fouls Suffered
111 Offsides Eddie Johnson
50 Corner Kicks Graham Zusi
150 Cautions
13 Ejections
3 Stat Player # Games
Minutes
3060 Wins Mike Ammann (1997) 21 Losses Mike Amman (1998) 16 Draws Bo Oshoniyi (2005) 12 Shutouts Tony Meola (2000) 16 Goals Against Average Tim Melia (2017) 0.78 Goals Allowed Tim Melia (2019) 56 Saves Tony Meola (2000) 129 Stat Player # Goals
in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010), Gerso Fernandes (2017), Johnny Russell (2018), Krisztian Nemeth (2019), Johnny Russell (2019) 3 Assists Chris Henderson (1999) 4 Shots Preki (1997) 12 Shots on goal Preki (1996), Eddie Johnson (2007) 6 Fouls Committed Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013) 8 Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud (2006) 10 Offsides Alex Bunbury (1999) 7 Corner Kicks Alex Zotinca (2006) 12 Stat Year # Points Per Game 2020 1.857 Goals 2018 65 Assists 2018 69 Shots 2018 583 Shots on goal 1996 250 Fouls Committed 2013 511 Fouls Suffered 2000 541 Offsides 1997 117 Corner Kicks 2021 207 Cautions 2019 74 Ejections 2011 8 Points 2012 63 Wins 1997 21 Losses 1999 24 Ties 2017 13 Shutouts 2000 17 Goals Allowed 2019 67 Stat Player # Goals Allowed Bo Oshoniyi (2001), Tim Melia (2019), Tim Melia (2022) 7 Saves Tim Melia (2018) 10 Stat Player # Games Tim Melia* 245 Minutes Tim Melia* 21,945 Wins Tim Melia* 102 Losses Tim Melia* 86 Draws Tim Melia* 54 Shutouts Tim Melia* 67 Goals Allowed Tim Melia* 319 Saves Tim Melia* 716 Goals Against Avg. Jimmy Nielsen 0.99 Stat Player # Games Graham Zusi 355 Minutes Graham Zusi 27,731 Goals Preki 71 Assists Preki 98 Shots Preki 693 Shots on goal Preki 283 Fouls Committed Roger Espinoza 517 Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud 528 Offsides Vitalis Takawira 126 Corner Kicks Graham Zusi 800 Cautions Roger Espinoza 78 Ejections Roger Espinoza 13
SINGLE
(GOALKEEPERS)
Ilie
Fouls Committed Chris Henderson (2000)
(2007)
(2012)
Aurelien Collin
34
Digital
1. Graham Zusi
6. Nick
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
ASSISTS
SHOTS
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BOLD * - denotes player on current roster GAMES PLAYED Player GP 1. Graham Zusi 355 2. Roger Espinoza 338 3. Matt Besler 294 4. Tim Melia* 245 5. Davy Arnaud 240 6. Kerry Zavagnin 237 7. Nick Garcia 224 8. Preki 218 9. Seth Sinovic 210 10. Jimmy Conrad 204 GOALS Player GP G 1. Preki 218 71 2. Johnny Russell* 178 57 2. Dom Dwyer 128 57 4. Daniel Salloi* 193 46 5. Davy Arnaud 240 43 5. Josh Wolff 144 43 7. Chris Klein 200 39 8. Kei Kamara 113 38 9. Alan Pulido* 74 31 9. Graham Zusi 355 31 9. Benny Feilhaber 167 31 9. Mo Johnston 149 31 GAME-WINNING GOALS Player GP GWG 1. Daniel Salloi* 193 16 2. Dom Dwyer 128 13 2. Preki 218 13 4. Chris Klein 200 12 5. Kei Kamara 113 11 5. Josh Wolff 144 11 7. Johnny Russell* 178 10 7. Graham Zusi 355 10 7. Davy Arnaud 240 10 10. Alan Pulido* 74 9 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Player GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi 355 29 2. Preki 218 23 3. Chris Klein 200 16 4. Benny Feilhaber 167 13 5. Roger Espinoza 338 12 5. Daniel Salloi* 193 12 7. Davy Arnaud 240 10 7. Josh Wolff 144 10 9. Johnny Russell* 178 8 9. Khiry Shelton* 121 8 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 8 9. Mo Johnston 149 8 9. Kei Kamara 113 8 9. Chance Myers 147 8 9. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8 MULTI-GOAL GAMES Player GP MGG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 10 2. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 3. Johnny Russell* 178 7 3. Preki 218 7 5. Alan Pulido* 74 6 6. Felipe Gutierrez 60 5 6. Kei Kamara 113 5 6. Scott Sealy 88 5 6. Josh Wolff 144 5 10. Willy Agada* 39 4 10. Daniel Salloi* 193 4 10. Mo Johnston 149 4 10. Chris Klein 200 4 PENALTY KICK GOALS Player GP PKG 1. Preki 218 21 2. Benny Feilhaber 167 12 3. Johnny Russell* 178 8 4. Dom Dwyer 128 7 5. Alan Pulido* 74 6 6. Ilie Sanchez 144 5 6. Felipe Gutierrez 60 5 6. Kei Kamara 113 5 9. Claudio Lopez 57 4 10. Claudio Bieler 41 3 10. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 3 10. Jack Jewsbury 195 3 10. Josh Wolff 144 3 GOALS PER GAME Player GP GLS AVG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 57 0.45 2. Alan Pulido* 74 31 0.42 3. Kei Kamara 113 38 0.34 4. Preki 218 71 0.33 5. Johnny Russell* 178 57 0.32 5. Scott Sealy 88 28 0.32 7. Josh Wolff 144 43 0.30 8. Vitalis Takawira 103 28 0.27 9. Daniel Salloi* 193 46 0.24 10. Mark Chung 94 20 0.21 *Minimum 20 goals
Player GP A 1. Preki 218 98 2. Graham Zusi 355 74 3. Roger Espinoza 338 45 3. Chris Klein 200 45 5. Benny Feilhaber 167 43 6. Johnny Russell* 178 36 7. Daniel Salloi* 193 35 7. Davy Arnaud 240 35 9. Mo Johnston 149 28 10. Josh Wolff 144 26
Player GP SH 1. Preki 218 693 2. Graham Zusi 355 483 3. Davy Arnaud 240 452 4. Daniel Salloi* 193 429 5. Dom Dwyer 128 401 6. Kei Kamara 113 370 7. Johnny Russell* 178 366 8. Roger Espinoza 338 365 9. Chris Klein 200 312 10. Mo Johnston 149 274 SHOTS ON GOAL Player GP SOG 1. Preki 218 283 2. Daniel Salloi* 193 176 2. Davy Arnaud 240 176 4. Dom Dwyer 128 161 5. Johnny Russell* 178 145 6. Graham Zusi 355 144 7. Mo Johnston 149 138 7. Chris Klein 200 138 7. Josh Wolff 144 138 10. Kei Kamara 113 126 FOULS COMMITTED Player GP FC 1. Roger Espinoza 338 517 2. Davy Arnaud 240 329 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 326 4. Matt McKeon 144 309 5. Graham Zusi 355 283 6. Matt Besler 294 241 7. Dom Dwyer 128 239 8. Nick Garcia 224 234 9. Mo Johnston 149 226 10. Seth Sinovic 210 217 FOULS SUFFERED Player GP FS 1. Davy Arnaud 240 528 2. Roger Espinoza 338 405 3. Graham Zusi 355 389 4. Preki 218 362 5. Kerry Zavagnin 237 354 6. Benny Feilhaber 167 299 7. Dom Dwyer 128 273 8. Johnny Russell* 178 271 9. Nick Garcia 224 250 10. Mark Chung 94 204 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Player GP YC 1. Roger Espinoza 338 78 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 44 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 4. Nick Garcia 224 37 5. Matt Besler 294 35 5. Seth Sinovic 210 35 7. Graham Zusi 355 32 8. Aurelien Collin 107 31 9. Diego Gutierrez 119 30 9. Matt McKeon 144 30 CORNER KICKS Player GP CK 1. Graham Zusi 355 800 2. Preki 218 452 3. Johnny Russell* 178 402 4. Benny Feilhaber 167 287 5. Claudio Lopez 57 188 6. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 175 7. Francisco Gomez 114 157 8. Chris Henderson 61 154 9. Chris Klein 200 152 10. Davy Arnaud 240 144
Player GS
GAMES STARTED
305
285
2. Roger Espinoza
2. Matt Besler 285 4. Tim Melia* 245 5. Kerry Zavagnin 228
Garcia 224
Davy Arnaud 213
Jimmy Conrad 203 9. Seth Sinovic 200 10. Preki 199 MINUTES PLAYED Player MP
Graham Zusi 27,731 2. Matt Besler 25,501 3. Roger Espinoza 24,715 4. Tim Melia* 21,945 5. Kerry Zavagnin 20,515 6. Nick Garcia 20,157 7. Davy Arnaud 19,399 8. Jimmy Conrad 18,194 9. Preki 17,817 10. Seth Sinovic 17,738 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Player GP 1. Tim Melia* 245 2. Jimmy Nielsen 128 3. Tony Meola 125 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 5. Kevin Hartman 90 6. Mike Ammann 60 7. Chris Snitko 26 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9. John Pulskamp* 24 10. Garth Lagerwey 23 SAVES Player GP SV
Tim Melia* 245 716 2. Tony Meola 125 507 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 354 4. Kevin Hartman 90 332 5. Jimmy Nielsen 128 304
Mike
60 206
26 95
23 83
24 61
25 58 GOALKEEPER WINS Player GP GW
Tim Melia* 245 102
Jimmy Nielsen 128 57
Tony Meola 125 49
7.
8.
1.
1.
6.
Amman
7. Chris Snitko
8. Garth Lagerwey
9. John Pulskamp*
10. Eric Kronberg
1.
2.
3.
60 33
96 33
90 30
23 12
Eric
25 9 9.
24 8 10.
11 6 SHUTOUTS Player GP SO
Tim
245 67
Jimmy Nielsen 128 45
125 37
90 22
96 22
4. Mike Ammann
4. Bo Oshoniyi
6. Kevin Hartman
7. Garth Lagerwey
8.
Kronberg
John Pulskamp*
Andy Gruenebaum
1.
Melia*
2.
3. Tony Meola
4. Kevin Hartman
4. Bo Oshoniyi
60
25 8
24 6
Marin 8 3
6. Mike Ammann
10 7. Eric Kronberg
8. John Pulskamp*
9. Luis
11
9. Andy Gruenebaum
3
23 3
26 3
9. Garth Lagerwey
9. Chris Snitko
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
SAVES
Year Player GP SV
2000 Tony Meola 31 129
2003 Tony Meola 30 121
2008 Kevin Hartman 30 117
2005 Bo Oshoniyi 32 112
2019 Tim Melia 32 111 SHUTOUTS
Year Player GP SO
2000 Tony Meola 31 16
2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 15
2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 13
2018 Tim Melia 34 13
2008 Kevin Hartman 30 10
2010 Jimmy Nielsen 29 10
2017 Tim Melia 31 10
GOALKEEPER WINS
Year Player GP GW
1997 Mike Ammann 29 21
2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18
2018 Tim Melia 34 18
2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 17
2000 Tony Meola 31 15
1996 Garth Lagerwey 23 12
2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12
2017 Tim Melia 31 12
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE
Year Player GP GA GAA
2017 Tim Melia 31 24 0.78
2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.79
2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.88
2000 Tony Meola 31 29 0.92
2004 Tony Meola 21 22 1.05
*Minimum 1,000 minutes played
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GAMES PLAYED Year Player GP
C.J. Sapong 34 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2018 Tim Melia 34 2018 Ilie Sanchez 34 2018 Graham Zusi 34 2021 Luis Martins 34 2022 Felipe Hernandez 34 2022 Remi Walter 34 2023 Daniel Salloi 34 2023 Erik Thommy 34 GAMES STARTED Year Player GS 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2018 Tim Melia 34 2018 Ilie Sanchez 34 2018 Graham Zusi 34 2022 Remi Walter 34 MINUTES PLAYED Year Player MIN 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2018 Tim Melia 3060 2018 Ilie Sanchez 3060 2018 Graham Zusi 3060 2022 Remi Walter 2974 2017 Ilie Sanchez 2970 2021 Andreu Fontas 2970 2000 Nick Garcia 2915 2000 Peter Vermes 2915 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Year Player GP 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2018 Tim Melia 34 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 32 2019 Tim Melia 32 GOALS Year Player GP GOALS 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 1996 Preki 32 18 2021 Daniel Salloi 30 16 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 16 2021 Johnny Russell 30 15 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 2023 Alan Pulido 28 14 ASSISTS Year Player GP ASSISTS 1997 Preki 27 17 2003 Preki 30 17 2000 Preki 31 15 2012 Graham Zusi 32 15 2015 Benny Feilhaber 32 15 SHOTS Year Player GP SHOTS 1996 Preki 32 140 2012 Kei Kamara 33 134 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 119 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 113 1999 Preki 30 97 SHOTS ON GOAL Year Player GP SOG 1996 Preki 32 61 2012 Kei Kamara 33 49 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 48 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 48 1997 Preki 27 44 2002 Preki 25 44 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 44 FOULS COMMITTED Year Player GP FC 2000 Chris Henderson 31 79 2001 Matt McKeon 26 76 1997 Matt McKeon 31 75 2000 Matt McKeon 30 75 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 66 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 66 2018 Roger Espinoza 32 66 FOULS SUFFERED Year Player GP FS 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 111 2005 Davy Arnaud 31 85 2015 Dom Dwyer 30 81 1999 Preki 30 77 2006 Davy Arnaud 32 76 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Year Player GP YC 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 13 2019 Felipe Gutierrez 32 11 2022 Roger Espinoza 30 11 2011 Aurelien Collin 23 10 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 10 2016 Roger Espinoza 30 10 1997 Mo Johnston 29 9 2005 Jose Burciaga Jr. 31 9 2017 Roger Espinoza 30 9 2018 Roger Espinoza 32 9 EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3 2019 Roger Espinoza 16 3 nine players tied with 2 CORNER KICKS Year Player GP CK 2012 Graham Zusi 32 150 2013 Graham Zusi 27 128 2014 Graham Zusi 25 125 2009 Claudio Lopez 29 123 2019 Johnny Russell 28 109 OFFSIDES Year Player GP OFF 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 50 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 44 1997 Vitalis Takawira 28 43 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 38 2000 Chris Henderson 31 36 GAME-WINNING GOALS Year Player GP GWG 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 6 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 6 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 6 2018 Daniel Salloi 29 6 1997 Preki 27 5 2012 C.J. Sapong 31 5 2015 Krisztian Nemeth 27 5 2021 Daniel Salloi 30 5 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Year Player GP GWA 2000 Chris Henderson 31 5 2000 Matt McKeon 30 5 2003 Preki 30 5 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 5 2004 Josh Wolff 26 5 2012 Graham Zusi 32 5 2013 Graham Zusi 27 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 30 5 PENALTY KICK GOALS Year Player GP PKG 1996 Preki 32 7 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 7 2003 Preki 30 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 32 5 2016 Benny Feilhaber 29 5 2019 Felipe Gutierrez 32 5 GOALS PER GAME Year Player GP GLS AVG 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 12 0.71 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 0.67 2022 Willy Agada 12 8 0.67 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 0.63 1996 Preki 32 18 0.56 *Minimum 5 goals
2011
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
GOALS
Career: 71 Preki
Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014)
Game: 3 10 times
Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd)
Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd)
Half: 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/2017 vs. SEA, 2nd)
ASSISTS
Career: 98 Preki
Season: 17 Preki (1997)
Season: 17 Preki (2003)
Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET)
Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st)
Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st)
SHOTS
Career: 693 Preki
Season: 140 Preki (1996)
Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB)
Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd)
Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd)
Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)
GOALS
Season: 65 in 2018
Game: 7 03/30/2019 vs. MTL
2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB
Half: 5 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd)
Half: 5 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)
ASSISTS
Season: 69 in 2018
Game: 10 06/20/1999 vs. MET
2-Tms: 12 07/04/2001 vs. CHI
Half: 8 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)
SHOTS
Season: 583 in 2018
Game: 34 05/15/2016 vs. ORL
Game: 34 04/20/2018 vs. VAN
Game: 34 10/06/2018 vs. LA
2-Tms: 44 4 times
Half: 23 04/20/2018 vs. VAN (2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL
Career: 283 Preki
Season: 61 Preki (1996)
Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA)
Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY)
Game: 6 Alan Pulido (10/24/2020 vs. COL)
Half: 4 10 times
FOULS COMMITTED
Career: 517 Roger Espinoza
Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000)
Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL)
Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL)
Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)
FOULS SUFFERED
Career: 528 Davy Arnaud
Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004)
Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY)
Half: 6 8 times
CORNER KICKS
Career: 800 Graham Zusi
Season: 150 Graham Zusi (2012)
Game: 12 Alex Zotinca (07/22/2006 at NY)
Half: 8 Chris Henderson (04/10/1999 vs. SJ, 2nd)
Half: 8 Chris Henderson (05/20/2000 vs. SJ, 1st)
Half: 8 Johnny Russell (08/14/2019 at ORL, 2nd)
GOALS ALLOWED
Career: 319 Tim Melia
Season: 60 Tim Melia (2019)
Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/2001 vs. CHI)
Game: 7 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA)
Game: 7 Tim Melia (05/14/2022 at POR)
Half: 6 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA, 2nd)
Half: 6 Tim Melia (05/14/2022 at POR, 2nd)
SAVES
Career: 716 Tim Melia
Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000)
Game: 10 Tim Melia (04/08/2018 at LA)
Half: 7 4 times
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
SHOTS ON GOAL
Season: 250 in 1996
Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA
Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI
Game: 14 04/20/2018 vs. VAN
2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB
2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL
Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st)
FOULS COMMITTED
Season: 511 in 2013
Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB
2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC
Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st)
Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd)
Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st)
FOULS SUFFERED
Season: 541 in 2000
Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL
2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC
Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)
CORNER KICKS
Season: 207 in 2021
Game: 15 04/10/1999 vs. SJ
2-Tms: 22 08/14/1999 at MET
Half: 10 04/10/1999 vs. SJ (2nd)
GOALS ALLOWED
Season: 67 in 2019
Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI
Game: 7 09/15/2019 at LA
Game: 7 05/14/2022 at POR
2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB
Half: 6 09/15/2019 at LA (2nd)
Half: 6 05/14/2022 at POR (2nd)
SAVES
Season: 133 in 1999
Game: 10 04/08/2018 at LA
2-Tms: 18 04/18/1997 vs. DAL
2-Tms: 18 09/02/2000 vs. TB
Half: 7 4 times
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