Game Guide: Sporting KC at D.C. United by Sporting Kansas City

D.C. UNITED v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (May 9, RFK Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m. ET) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2015 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 8 5-1-2 17 10 6 5 3-0-2 11 7 3

United at home

ROSTERS

Sporting 9 3-2-4 13 12 12 on road 4 1-2-1 4 7 9

Hamid

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (51 meetings): United 20 wins (1 shootout), 66 goals … Sporting 20 wins (0 shootout), 73 goals … Ties 11

Boswell

Opare

2 Kemp

Franklin

AT D.C. (25 meetings): United 13 wins (0 shootout), 35 goals … Sporting 6 wins (0 shootout), 26 goals … Ties 6

Kitchen

Arnaud

DeLeon

LAST YEAR (MLS) 5/31: DC 1, KC 0 (Espindola 28) 8/23: KC 0, DC 3 (Espindola 24; Rolfe 28; Kitchen 31) 10/3: DC 0, KC 0

Pontius

Espindola

Rolfe

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING UNITED Sat. May 16 Colorado Wed. May 13 Orlando City SC Wed. May 20 New England Sun. May 17 at Philadelphia Sat. May 23 at Seattle Sat. May 23 at New England Fri. May 29 FC Dallas Wed. May 27 at Portland

Dwyer

9 Nemeth

8 Zusi

Espinoza

Feilhaber

93 WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

SPORTING

UNITED

F A 10 6 72 120

F 12 68

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

Mustivar

Sinovic

A 12 68

5 2 5 0

8 0 3 1

6 3 2 0 1 0 0 0

5 0 3 1 0 0 2 1

3 6 3

3 7 2

TYPE OF PLAY

5 1 2 0 0 2 0 0

2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0

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

3 3 4

2 4 0

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

Anibaba

Ellis

29 Melia

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

5 0 1 0

Besler

HOW SCORED

6 1 3 0

REFEREE: Armando Villarreal. AR1 (bench): Matthew Nelson; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Longville; 4th: Mark Kadlecik DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none

D.C. UNITED 2 Taylor Kemp (DF) 4 Marcus Halsti (MF) 5 Sean Franklin (DF) 6 Kofi Opare (DF) 7 Eddie Johnson (FW) 8 Davy Arnaud (MF) 10 Fabian Espindola (FW) 11 Luis Silva (MF) 12 Michael Farfan (MF) 13 Chris Pontius (MF) 14 Nick DeLeon (MF) 15 Steve Birnbaum (DF) 17 Miguel Aguilar (MF) 18 Chris Rolfe (FW) 19 Jairo Arrieta (FW) 20 Jalen Robinson (DF) 22 Chris Korb (DF) 23 Perry Kitchen (MF) 25 Jared Jeffrey (MF) 27 Collin Martin (MF) 28 Bill Hamid (GK) 29 Michael Seaton (FW) 30 Conor Doyle (FW) 32 Bobby Boswell (DF) 34 Luke Mishu (DF) 48 Travis Worra (GK) 50 Andrew Dykstra (GK) SPORTING KC 1 Luis Marin (GK) 2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Krisztian Nemeth (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Bernardo Anor (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Amadou Dia (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Servando Carrasco (MF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 18 James Rogers (FW) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 71 Marcel de Jong (DF) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF)

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) DC KC

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 1-0-2 4-0-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 1-2-3 1-0-1

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 4-0-2 1-1-0 2-0-2 1-2-0

THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.

D.C. UNITED Date Score (Gms since) 5/02/2015 DC 2, CLB 0 4/25/2015 DC 2, VAN 1 6/28/2014 DC 0, SEA 1 3/22/2015 DC 0, NYR 2 4/18/2015 DC 1, HOU 1 5/02/2015 DC 2, CLB 0 3/22/2015 DC 0, NYR 2

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED United WLWWTTWW Sporting KC TLTWWTLTW

(0) (0) (12) (2) (2) (0) (6)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 5/03/2015 KC 1, CHI 0 3/28/2015 KC 1, NYC 0 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2 4/18/2015 KC 1, LA 2 4/25/2015 KC 4, HOU 4 5/03/2015 KC 1, CHI 0 4/11/2015 KC 0, RSL 0

(0) (2) (5) (1) (1) (0) (3)

TEAM LEADERS UNITED G: 2 Kitchen/Rolfe A: 3 Rolfe SHT: 20 Pontius/Rolfe SOG: 10 Rolfe FC: 16 Arnaud/Kitchen FS: 15 Arnaud OF: 14 Arrieta C: 2 3 players tied E: 0 SPORTING G: 3 Nemeth A: 5 Feilhaber SHT: 29 Dwyer SOG: 8 Dwyer FC: 14 Dwyer FS: 30 Dwyer OF: 9 Dwyer C: 2 3 players tied E: 1 Besler

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG DC 8 1 4 3 0 0 10 1.25 KC 9 2 5 0 1 1 12 1.33 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG DC 8 4 2 2 0 0 6 0.75 KC 9 4 1 2 1 1 12 1.33 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 DC 10 2 1 2 1 2 2 KC 12 2 2 1 1 2 4 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 DC 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 KC 12 3 2 1 3 1 2

D.C. UNITED v SPORTING KANSAS CITY

(May 9, RFK Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m. ET -- MLS Game 93)

D.C. UNITED 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 2 Taylor Kemp DF 5-11 153 07/23/1990 Highlands Ranch, CO 5 4 0 1 26 22 1 3 4 Marcus Halsti MF 6-1 185 03/19/1984 Helsinki, Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Sean Franklin DF 5-10 160 03/21/1985 Panorama City, CA 8 8 1 0 197 186 7 24 6 Kofi Opare DF 6-2 190 10/12/1990 Mampong, Ghana 6 5 0 0 18 16 1 0 7 Eddie Johnson FW 6-0 180 03/31/1984 Bunnell, FL 0 0 0 0 202 162 71 21 8 Davy Arnaud MF 5-11 160 06/22/1980 Nederland, TX 7 7 0 2 335 302 50 45 10 Fabian Espindola FW 5-9 160 05/04/1985 San Luis, Argentina 2 2 1 1 182 153 56 29 11 Luis Silva MF 5-11 170 12/10/1988 Los Angeles, CA 5 0 1 0 89 68 20 13 12 Michael Farfan MF 5-9 160 06/23/1988 San Diego, CA 7 3 0 1 89 69 4 10 13 Chris Pontius MF 6-0 168 05/12/1987 West Covina, CA 8 8 1 0 137 117 29 16 14 Nick DeLeon MF 5-10 170 07/17/1990 Phoenix, AZ 7 6 0 1 92 85 10 11 15 Steve Birnbaum DF 6-1 180 01/23/1991 Irvine, CA 3 3 0 0 24 24 0 0 17 Miguel Aguilar MF 5-9 172 08/30/1993 Juarez, Mexico 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 Chris Rolfe FW 5-8 155 01/17/1983 Kettering, OH 8 8 2 3 207 177 56 31 19 Jairo Arrieta FW 5-8 154 08/25/1983 Nicoya, Costa Rica 6 6 1 0 73 59 18 9 20 Jalen Robinson DF 5-9 145 05/08/1994 Cantonsville, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Chris Korb DF 5-9 160 10/08/1987 Cleveland, OH 4 4 0 0 91 83 0 8 23 Perry Kitchen MF 6-0 160 02/29/1992 Indianapolis, IN 8 8 2 0 133 132 9 9 25 Jared Jeffrey MF 5-11 165 06/14/1990 Richardson, TX 1 0 0 0 21 12 2 0 27 Collin Martin MF 5-11 150 11/09/1994 Chevy Chase, MD 0 0 0 0 13 6 0 1 28 Bill Hamid GK 6-3 225 11/25/1990 Annandale, VA 6 6 0 0 121 121 0 1 29 Michael Seaton FW 6-0 180 05/01/1996 Spanish Town, Jamaica 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 30 Conor Doyle FW 6-2 172 10/13/1991 McKinney, TX 6 0 0 0 37 9 2 1 32 Bobby Boswell DF 6-2 185 03/15/1983 Austin, TX 8 8 1 0 299 296 15 12 34 Luke Mishu DF 6-0 180 06/26/1991 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Travis Worra GK 6-3 175 04/09/1993 Lancaster, PA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 2 2 0 0 23 23 0 1 HEAD COACH: Ben Olsen

05/03/1977 W54 L65 T37

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Luis Marin GK 6-2 196 05/18/1983 Santiago, Chile 8 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 6 2 0 62 45 8 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 5 4 0 0 27 21 0 3 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 8 8 0 2 158 153 2 9 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 5 3 1 0 227 204 13 19 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 0 0 0 0 123 98 2 13 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 7 7 0 2 155 122 22 41 9 Krisztian Nemeth FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 7 6 3 0 7 6 3 0 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 9 2 5 119 107 14 24 11 Bernardo Anor MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 6 1 0 0 77 49 12 3 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 5 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 9 9 2 1 59 47 26 4 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 4 3 0 0 137 133 0 7 16 Servando Carrasco MF 5-10 175 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 6 5 0 0 65 36 1 1 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 James Rogers FW 5-8 150 06/27/1993 Yoyah, Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 22 Connor Hallisey MF 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 7 7 1 1 119 114 5 7 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 8 8 1 1 121 101 3 12 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 1 1 0 0 7 6 0 0 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 7 2 0 0 206 116 15 14 71 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 6 6 0 1 6 6 0 1 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 94 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 3 3 0 0 9 4 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W79 L60 T48

D.C. UNITED vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY RFK MEMORIAL STADIUM, Washington, D.C. May 9, 2015 (WEEK 10, MLS Game #83) 7 p.m. ET (CSN-MA; KMCI-38) Two of the powers of the Eastern Conference over recent seasons but now separated into different divisions, D.C. United and Sporting Kansas City meet for the lone time this season in league play Saturday evening at RFK Stadium. United extended their undefeated streak to six games in maintaining their hold on the top spot in the East, following their 2-0 win against Columbus last weekend. Sporting sit mid-table in the Western Conference, snapping a three-game winless run with a 1-0 win against the Chicago Fire last weekend. REFEREE: Armando Villarreal. AR1 (bench): Matthew Nelson; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Longville; 4th: Mark Kadlecik MLS Career: 52 games; FC/gm: 23.0; Y/gm: 2.6; R: 16; pens: 12 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: none DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (51 meetings): United 20 wins (1 shootout), 66 goals … Sporting 20 wins (0 shootout), 73 goals … Ties 11 AT D.C. (25 meetings): United 13 wins (0 shootout), 35 goals … Sporting 6 wins (0 shootout), 26 goals … Ties 6 LAST YEAR (MLS) 5/31: DC 1, KC 0 (Espindola 28) 8/23: KC 0, DC 3 (Espindola 24; Rolfe 28; Kitchen 31) 10/3: DC 0, KC 0  This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.  D.C. United claimed the season series between the teams a year ago as Sporting Kansas City did not score a goal in three meetings. United won 1-0 at RFK Stadium on May 31 and 3-0 at Sporting Park on Aug. 23; they also played to a scoreless draw in the nation’s capital Oct. 3.  The United victories ended a seven-game winless streak overall vs. SKC. The United win in Kansas City was their first there since 2007, ending a nine-game winless run. Sporting last won at RFK Stadium in 2012.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. DC: P14 W7 L4 D3 … Ben Olsen vs. KC: P10 W2 L6 D2 D.C. UNITED D.C. United stretched their undefeated streak to six games with a second consecutive win, defeating Columbus Crew SC 2-0 on Saturday evening at RFK Stadium. United are in a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with 17 points from 8 matches. LAST MATCH  United hit for the opener in the 14th minute. On the counter, Chris Rolfe collected the ball in his own half after a failed Columbus corner kick, turned and made a 40-yard run upfield. His perfectly-weighted through ball hit Fabian Espindola in stride, and he fired low and inside the far post from the left side of the area.  The United second came four minutes before halftime. Espindola swung in a corner kick which slipped through a mass of players all the way to the back post where Sean Franklin was completely unmarked, and he easily redirected the service into goal from close range.  United head coach Ben Olsen made two changes to the team that came back from an early deficit for a 2-1 win against Vancouver Whitecaps FC at BC Place. Bill Hamid came in between the posts for Andrew Dykstra, and Davy Arnaud returned to the midfield for Michael Farfan.  D.C. UNITED (4-4-2): Bill Hamid - Sean Franklin, Bobby Boswell, Kofi Opare, Chris Korb - Nick DeLeon (Michael Farfan 63), Perry Kitchen, Davy Arnaud, Chris Pontius - Fabian Espindola (Miguel Aguilar 86), Chris Rolfe (Luis Silva 71). TEAM NEWS  United extended their undefeated streak to six league games with their second consecutive win in the triumph against Columbus.  The Crew SC match kicked off a three-game homestand at RFK Stadium for United. It was the third victory in five home games for United this season, one of seven teams still undefeated at home in MLS this season.

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Dating back to last season, United are now undefeated in their last 12 league matches at RFK Stadium, the club’s fifth-longest undefeated run in regular season games. United are undefeated on East Capitol Street in their last 16 matches over all competitions. Making his second appearance of the season after coming off suspension, Fabian Espíndola scored his first goal and added his first assist. His last league goal was in the final game of the 2014 season, Oct. 25 at Montréal. “Fabi getting back in to form wasn’t a real concern of ours. Physically and mentally this is what he does, he plays soccer for a living and he wants to score goals,” said United head coach Ben Olsen. “It’s great to have him back out there. He plays with a fire that we all love and I think the guys rally behind his energy. I thought [Chris] Rolfe was very classy again and Davy [Arnaud] and Perry [Kitchen] did a lot of work in the midfield.” Said Espindola: "I’m just happy to have scored and happy to have gotten it done so quickly. Obviously it’s been a while since I’ve been out there and it’s good to get it out of the way. More than anything I’m just overjoyed that we got the win and we’re still rolling.” Bill Hamid returned between the posts after missing the previous two matches through injury. It was his fourth shutout in his six league appearances this season. “We closed the game out a week ago as well. I didn’t think that was going to be a trend of ours, but it’s good to be up two goals and keep a shutout. I thought Bill was steady and our backs were good,” said Olsen. Chris Rolfe recorded his third assist of the season, making his second start as part of the strike partnership. Rolfe has a goal and/or and assist in each of his last four matches; he has two goals and two assists over that stretch. “The thing with Chris is that he adapts so well wherever he’s played at,” said Espindola. “Last year they used him as a winger, sometimes as a forward, but he always did so well. Truthfully, I feel great about our relationship – today they played me up top and Chris out wide and his work rate was phenomenal, he set me up perfectly.”

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City put an end to their winless run after three matches, getting the game’s lone goal for a victory against the Chicago Fire on Sunday afternoon at Sporting Park. Sporting are in a tie for fourth place in the Western Conference with 13 points from 9 matches. LAST MATCH  The game's lone goal came in the 74th minute. Graham Zusi played the ball out to Jalil Anibaba on the right flank, and he returned it into the heart of the area for Paulo Nagamura to head past Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson into the upper left corner to give Sporting the 1-0 lead.  Sporting goalkeeper Tim Melia made three saves in his first start of the season to record the clean sheet.  The Fire ended the match a man down after midfielder David Accam was sent off in the 89th minute, shown red by referee Jose Carlos Rivero for violent conduct.  SKC manager Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that came back for a wild 4-4 draw with the Houston Dynamo at BBVA Compass Stadium. Tim Melia came in between the posts in place of Luis Marin, Seth Sinovic started at left back for Marcel de Jong, and Soni Mustivar came into the midfield in place of the suspended Servando Carrasco.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic (Amadou Dia 77) - Soni Mustivar (Jacob Peterson 85) - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza (Paulo Nagamura 65) Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth. TEAM NEWS  Sporting put an end to a three-game winless run with their first victory since April 5, returning home after a draw and a loss in a two-game road swing.  “This win is really big. The league is so competitive and the teams are really close. Every game is hard, and getting three points becomes important even more. Even though this is only our third win of the season, you look at the league and this puts us in a good position,” said Paulo Nagamura.  Nagamura scored the game’s lone goal in the victory against Chicago, his first goal since last Sept. 26 when he scored against New England. Nagamura said it was the first goal he had ever scored on a header. Nagamura was making his first appearance since March 28.  “I think he has an incredible winning mentality. He's a fantastic professional. He's a good leader with the guys and all the guys respect him. I never doubt that he's going to come into the game and give everything he has,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. “He's 5-foot-nothing and he's going up against a guy that is 6-foot-4 and his first action of the game is him trying to win a header. That's just the way he competes and it's big for the rest of our players when he's out there.”  Tim Melia made his first start of the season between the posts, his first league appearance in exactly a year, since playing for Chivas USA against Houston on May 3, 2014. Melia was credited with the victory for the first time in seven MLS appearances for his career.

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“Tim has been very sharp in training and has got a lot of confidence. I think that sometimes a player, whether a goalkeeper or a player on the field, sometimes it's good for them to get a chance to sit back and watch. That opens up an opportunity for someone else,” said Vermes. “Tim played very well and we'll continue to move and get better from here.” Graham Zusi recorded an assist for a second consecutive match, making his third consecutive start after missing two matches through injury. Soni Mustivar made his first MLS start, playing 85 minutes in a deep-lying central midfield role in place of the suspended Servando Carrasco. Mustivar had made four appearances as a substitute. Seth Sinovic came into the lineup for the first time since March 28, coming in at left back and playing 77 minutes. His last appearance was as a halftime substitute on April 5. “I thought our line was excellent. We stepped up a lot and I think it showed with a lot of their offsides calls. You saw that when our defensive line steps up high, our goalkeeper has to step with us, almost off his line to be that sweeper,” center back said Matt Besler. “It wasn’t necessarily a game plan we had against Chicago specifically, but it was more just how we wanted to play. We wanted to compact the field and step high.

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2015 D.C. UNITED STATISTICS (5-1-2, 17 pts.) UNF 18 23 10 32 13 19 11 5 8 12 14 2 50 28 22 30 25 6 17 15 48

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

PLAYER Chris Rolfe Perry Kitchen Fabian Espindola Bobby Boswell Chris Pontius Jairo Arrieta Luis Silva Sean Franklin Davy Arnaud Michael Farfan Nick DeLeon Taylor Kemp Andrew Dykstra Bill Hamid Chris Korb Conor Doyle Jared Jeffrey Kofi Opare Miguel Aguilar Steve Birnbaum Travis Worra Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

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

GS 8 8 2 8 8 6 0 8 7 3 6 4 2 6 4 0 0 5 0 3 0

MIN 638 720 176 720 694 423 82 720 630 311 500 380 148 540 340 118 1 535 27 185 32

8 8

720 720

G 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6

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

SHT 20 4 6 5 20 7 6 4 3 4 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 10 3 4 2 5 5 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

9 5

90 127

39 42

FC 4 16 1 5 4 9 4 8 16 9 5 4 0 0 2 5 0 5 1 3 1

FS 6 13 2 3 15 6 2 3 16 3 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0

OFF 1 0 4 0 1 14 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

CK 9 0 1 0 0 0 6 8 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

102 94 94 102

26 27

33 52

10 10

0 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Fabian Espindola 1, Chris Rolfe 1, Chris Pontius 1, Luis Silva 1, Jairo Arrieta 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Davy Arnaud 2, Chris Rolfe 2, Nick DeLeon 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Chris Pontius 0-1 D.C. UNITED GOALKEEPING UNF 50 28 48

POS G G G

GOALKEEPER Andrew Dykstra Bill Hamid Travis Worra Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 6 1 8 8

GS 2 6 0 8 8

MIN SHTS 148 11 540 30 32 1 720 42 720 39

SV 8 25 1 34 27

GA 2 4 0 6 10

GAA 1.22 0.67 0 0.75 1.25

PG 0 0 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0 0 1

W 0 4 1 5 1

L 0 1 0 1 5

T 1 1 0 2 2

SO 0 4 0 4 1

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (3-2-4, 13 pts.) UNF 9 10 14 3 23 27 6 8 5 71 13 11 22 2 37 94 4 1 16 15 93 29

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

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

GP 7 9 9 6 7 8 5 7 8 6 5 6 1 1 7 3 5 8 6 4 5 1

GS 6 9 9 6 7 8 3 7 8 6 2 1 0 0 2 3 4 8 5 3 1 1

MIN 524 804 810 534 630 694 312 571 700 453 235 188 1 5 211 187 365 720 408 302 146 90

9 9

810 810

G 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12

A 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 17 9 29 7 8 8 4 10 0 5 3 4 0 0 1 3 2 0 7 4 0 0

SOG 3 2 8 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0

13 11

121 91

28 33

FC 5 13 14 6 6 13 9 7 6 1 4 4 0 0 2 3 4 0 8 4 4 0

FS 6 16 30 4 3 12 3 7 3 7 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0

OFF 2 1 9 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

113 110 110 113

15 33

47 46

14 18

1 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Paulo Nagamura 1, Ike Opara 1, Krisztian Nemeth 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Matt Besler 2, Graham Zusi 1, Jalil Anibaba 1, Benny Feilhaber 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 1-1, Dom Dwyer 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 1

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 8 9 9

GS 1 8 9 9

MIN SHTS 90 3 720 30 810 33 810 28

SV 3 19 22 15

GA 0 12 12 12

GAA 0 1.5 1.33 1.33

PG 0 0 0 1

PA 0 0 0 2

W 1 2 3 2

L 0 2 2 3

T 0 4 4 4

SO 1 3 4 2

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D.C. UNITED 2015 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri.

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OPPONENT RESULT 7 Montreal W 1-0 22 at New York L 0-2 28 Los Angeles W 1-0 3 at Orlando City W 1-0 SC 11 New York T 2-2 18 Houston T 1-1 25 at Vancouver W 2-1 2 Columbus W 2-0 9 Sporting KC 13 Orlando City SC 17 at Philadelphia 23 at New England 27 at Portland 30 Philadelphia 3 Chicago 6 Toronto FC 14 at Orlando City SC 21 New England 24 at Chicago 27 at Toronto FC 3 at Seattle 18 at FC Dallas 26 Philadelphia 1 Real Salt Lake 8 at Montreal 13 at New York City FC 22 San Jose 30 at New York 12 at Colorado 19 Columbus 26 at Montreal 2 New York City FC 18 Chicago 25 at Columbus

ATT 11549 21036 14462 32822

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

16304 13047 21000 13107

3-1-1 3-1-2 4-1-2 5-1-2

POS PTS NOTES: 2 3 DC: Arrieta (58); 7 3 NYR: Wright-Phillips (25) Sam (71) 2 6 DC: Pontius (93+); 1 9 DC: Silva (91+); 1 2 2 2

10 DC: 11 DC: 14 DC: 17 DC:

Kitchen (26,66); NYR: Perrinelle (68) Sam (90) Rolfe (36); HOU: Clark (65) Boswell (10) Rolfe (64); VAN: Morales (2) Espindola (15) Franklin (41);

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

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.

Sun. Apr.

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

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

ATT 19784 14149 20848 27454

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

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

W 3-2

19545

2-1-2

Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr.

11 Real Salt Lake 18 at Los Angeles 25 at Houston

T 0-0 L 1-2 T 4-4

20087 20018 21046

2-1-3 2-2-3 2-2-4

2 4 6

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

May May May May May May June June

W 1-0

19581

3-2-4

Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri.

June July July July

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

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep.

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

Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct.

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

8 KC: Dwyer (16) Anibaba (91+) Nemeth (94+); PHI: own goal (3) Aristeguieta (19) 9 9 KC: Nemeth (22); LA: Husidic (9) Gonzalez (94+) 10 KC: Nemeth (2) Dwyer (74) Feilhaber (80,95+); HOU: Barnes (11,46) Bruin (46+) Rodriguez (83) 13 KC: Nagamura (75);

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UNITED INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 Perry Kitchen Assists 1 9 times Shots 5 Chris Rolfe Shots on Goal 3 Chris Rolfe Fouls Committed 5 Davy Arnaud 5 Michael Farfan 5 Perry Kitchen Fouls Suffered 4 Davy Arnaud Offside 6 Jairo Arrieta Saves 5 Bill Hamid 5 Bill Hamid 5 Bill Hamid Shots Faced 7 Bill Hamid 7 Bill Hamid Goals Allowed 2 Bill Hamid 2 Bill Hamid

Goals 2 04/11/2015 vs 2 04/25/2015 vs 2 05/02/2015 vs Assists 2 03/07/2015 vs 2 03/28/2015 vs 2 04/11/2015 vs 2 05/02/2015 vs Shots 15 04/11/2015 vs 15 04/18/2015 vs Shots on Goal 7 04/18/2015 vs Fouls Committed 20 04/25/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 17 04/11/2015 vs Corner Kicks 7 03/28/2015 vs Offside 7 03/28/2015 vs 7 04/18/2015 vs Saves 5 03/22/2015 vs 5 04/03/2015 vs 5 04/11/2015 vs 5 04/25/2015 vs Shots Faced 7 03/22/2015 vs 7 04/11/2015 vs 7 04/25/2015 vs Goals Allowed 2 03/22/2015 vs 2 04/11/2015 vs

04/11/2015 vs NYR

T 2-2

03/07/2015 vs MTL

W 1-0

03/07/2015 vs MTL

W 1-0

03/22/2015 vs NYR

L 0-2

03/22/2015 vs NYR 04/25/2015 vs VAN 04/25/2015 vs VAN

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

04/18/2015 vs HOU

T 1-1

03/28/2015 vs LA

W 1-0

03/22/2015 vs NYR 04/03/2015 vs ORL 04/11/2015 vs NYR

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

03/22/2015 vs NYR 04/11/2015 vs NYR

L 0-2 T 2-2

03/22/2015 vs NYR 04/11/2015 vs NYR

L 0-2 T 2-2

NYR VAN CLB

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

MTL LA NYR CLB

W W T W

NYR HOU

T 2-2 T 1-1

HOU

T 1-1

VAN

W 2-1

NYR

T 2-2

W 1-0

LA HOU

W 1-0 T 1-1

NYR ORL NYR VAN

L W T W

NYR NYR VAN

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

NYR NYR

L 0-2 T 2-2

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 Benny Feilhaber Assists 2 Benny Feilhaber Shots 6 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 4 Benny Feilhaber 4 Roger Espinoza 4 Kevin Ellis Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer Offside 2 4 times Saves 4 Luis Marin 4 Luis Marin Shots Faced 6 Luis Marin Goals Allowed 4 Luis Marin

Goals 4 04/25/2015 at Assists 4 04/05/2015 at Shots 18 03/08/2015 at Shots on Goal 6 04/05/2015 at Fouls Committed 16 03/14/2015 at Fouls Suffered 17 03/08/2015 at Corner Kicks 8 04/05/2015 at Offside 3 04/18/2015 at Saves 4 04/05/2015 at 4 04/18/2015 at Shots Faced 6 04/18/2015 at Goals Allowed 4 04/25/2015 at

04/25/2015 at HOU

T 4-4

04/05/2015 at PHI

W 3-2

04/05/2015 at PHI

W 3-2

04/05/2015 at PHI

W 3-2

03/14/2015 at DAL 03/21/2015 at POR 04/25/2015 at HOU

L 1-3 T 0-0 T 4-4

03/28/2015 at NYC 04/11/2015 at RSL

W 1-0 T 0-0

03/14/2015 at DAL

L 1-3

04/05/2015 at PHI 04/18/2015 at LA

W 3-2 L 1-2

04/18/2015 at LA

L 1-2

04/25/2015 at HOU

T 4-4

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)

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

Shots 6 03/28/2015 vs Shots on Goal 3 03/07/2015 vs 3 03/28/2015 vs Fouls Committed 6 03/07/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 9 04/18/2015 vs Corner Kicks 1 03/22/2015 vs Offside 0 03/22/2015 vs Saves 3 03/07/2015 vs 3 05/02/2015 vs Shots Faced 3 05/02/2015 vs

W 1-0

MTL LA

W 1-0 W 1-0

MTL

W 1-0

HOU

T 1-1

NYR

L 0-2

NYR

L 0-2

MTL CLB

W 1-0 W 2-0

CLB

W 2-0

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)

HOU

T 4-4

PHI

W 3-2

NYR

T 1-1

PHI

W 3-2

DAL

L 1-3

NYR

T 1-1

PHI

W 3-2

L 1-2

PHI LA

W 3-2 L 1-2

L 1-2

HOU

T 4-4

Shots 9 03/28/2015 at Shots on Goal 1 04/11/2015 at Fouls Committed 10 03/08/2015 at Fouls Suffered 8 04/25/2015 at Corner Kicks 2 03/28/2015 at Offside 0 03/08/2015 at 0 03/21/2015 at Saves 0 04/11/2015 at 0 04/25/2015 at Shots Faced 0 04/11/2015 at

NYC

W 1-0

RSL

T 0-0

NYR

T 1-1

HOU

T 4-4

NYC

W 1-0

NYR POR

T 1-1 T 0-0

RSL HOU

T 0-0 T 4-4

RSL

T 0-0

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

SPORTING KC VS UNITED ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sporting KC

United 20 wins, 67 goals Sporting KC 20 wins, 73 goals 11 ties 6/20/1996 7/31/1996 8/4/1996 6/21/1997 7/19/1997 8/31/1997 3/21/1998 8/26/1998 5/15/1999 6/26/1999 5/17/2000 6/10/2000 4/7/2001 6/16/2001 4/20/2002 6/15/2002 7/4/2002 8/10/2002 4/12/2003 5/17/2003 10/25/2003 5/15/2004 7/10/2004 11/14/2004 4/30/2005 5/21/2005 7/9/2005 7/20/2005 5/13/2006 5/27/2006 6/24/2006 6/28/2006 4/14/2007 7/4/2007 10/5/2007 3/29/2008 8/2/2008 5/6/2009 9/9/2009 10/24/2009 3/27/2010 5/5/2010 8/21/2011 10/22/2011 3/10/2012 8/11/2012 4/5/2013 5/19/2013 10/18/2013 5/31/2014 8/23/2014 10/3/2014

KC KC KC KC KC DC DC DC DC DC KC DC DC DC DC KC KC DC KC DC DC DC KC DC KC DC KC KC DC DC DC DC KC DC KC KC DC KC DC KC KC DC KC KC KC KC KC DC KC DC DC DC

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

vs at at vs vs vs vs at at vs vs vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs vs at vs at at at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at at vs vs vs vs vs at vs

DC DC DC DC DC KC KC KC KC KC DC KC KC KC KC DC DC KC DC KC KC KC DC KC DC KC DC DC KC KC KC KC DC KC DC DC KC DC KC DC DC KC DC DC DC DC DC KC DC KC KC KC

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

DC SOW

(OT)

(2OT) (OT) (2OT) (2OT)

(KC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (KC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (HD) (KC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (KC) (CA) (DC) (CA) (DC) (CA) (CA) (DC) (SP) (DC) (DC) (SP) (SP) (DC) (SP) (DC) (SP) (DC)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 38 296 133 311 79 115

2 34 328 132 326 84 116

OT 1 2 2 1 2 0

United Tot 73 626 267 638 165 231

1 35 271 134 383 64 112

2 30 294 125 336 71 149

OT 1 4 2 2 1 1

Tot 66 569 261 721 136 262

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: DC KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

7 11

13 16

13 10

11 14

12 11

9 10

1 1

66 73

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes Ben Olsen

vs. DC vs. KC

7-4-3 2-6-2

(1.71 pts./game) (0.8 pts./game)

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

8 8 37 22 32 57 5 5 3 47 14

United Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Richie Williams Jaime Moreno Troy Perkins Bill Hamid Rimando/Hamid Troy Perkins Troy Perkins

9 10 51 25 33 45 7 5 6 44 13

Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Kerry Zavagnin Davy Arnaud Jimmy Nielsen Bo Oshoniyi Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: United 2 6 players tied 2 4 players tied 9 Dwayne De Rosario (10/22/11) 5 Luciano Emilio (09/09/09) 7 3 players tied 6 Etcheverry/Olsen 1 14 players tied 9 Troy Perkins (07/04/07) 6 Jeff Causey (06/21/97)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

Sporting KC 2 5 players tied 3 Chung/Radosavljevic 7 Kei Kamara (10/22/11) 4 Takawira/Smith 7 6 1 9

Fabbro/Zotinca 5 players tied 15 players tied Garth Lagerwey (08/04/96) 3 9 players tied

W-L-T Breakdowns: D.C. United W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

Streak (started)

Sporting Kansas City W-L-T

Streak (started)

1-0-2 4-0-0 0-1-0

1 Ws 4 Ws 1 Ls

(05/02/2015) (03/07/2015) (03/22/2015)

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

7 Ws (06/06/2014) 1 Ws (05/03/2015) 1 Ts (04/25/2015)

1-1-0 4-0-2

1 Ws 1 Ws

(04/25/2015) (05/02/2015)

1-2-0 2-0-2

1 Ls (04/18/2015) 1 Ws (05/03/2015)

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

1 Ls 1 Ts 2 Ws 1 Ws 3 Ws

(03/22/2015) (04/18/2015) (04/25/2015) (10/12/2014) (04/26/2014)

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

2 1 1 3 1

Ts Ws Ws Ws Ts

(03/21/2015) (05/03/2015) (10/10/2014) (03/29/2014) (04/25/2015)

4-0-0 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0

4 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ts 1 Ls

(03/07/2015) (04/25/2015) (04/11/2015) (09/20/2014) (08/27/2014)

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

1 1 1 5 1

Ws Ts Ls Ls Ts

(05/03/2015) (03/08/2015) (04/18/2015) (08/23/2014) (04/25/2015)

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UNITED CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (20-20-11) PLAYER

MIN

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

26 14 16 8 8 14 3 4 6 8 2 6 3 10 9 5 6 10 6 12 2 5 13 3 6 3 3 9 3 4 3 6 1 2 16 16 6 13 16 3 18 4 4 6 1 3 5 1 6 7 6 5 5 11 5 2 2 51 51

22 13 15 8 7 9 2 4 4 6 1 1 3 7 9 5 4 10 5 12 2 5 13 2 6 2 2 9 1 4 2 5 1 0 16 16 4 13 13 3 18 3 3 3 1 2 5 1 4 7 5 3 5 10 4 2 2 51 51

1837 1015 1365 624 643 898 196 360 439 544 135 227 270 661 732 450 400 855 466 1048 180 450 1170 147 490 209 209 810 147 332 129 489 90 67 1451 1290 397 1170 1228 203 1451 302 262 346 71 139 406 90 374 574 465 287 405 858 405 180 178 4590 4590

8 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 73

8 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 66 67

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

37 34 33 24 18 18 5 8 9 4 6 10 11 11 12 8 7 12 8 9 3 4 6 6 9 2 3 1 2 7 1 2 2 2 3 7 3 6 17 4 9 8 2 2 0 1 3 0 6 1 8 5 4 11 0 0 0 571 626

1 10 1 1 2 1 11 4 4 9 1 5 2 51 51

90 900 100 90 180 90 1014 316 360 810 90 405 135 4590 4590

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

SHT

GAA

5 5 0.00 46 38 0.80 2 1 0.90 3 2 1.00 11 9 1.00 4 3 1.00 55 43 1.15 15 10 1.42 17 11 1.50 64 47 1.56 6 3 2.00 23 14 2.22 16 5 6.67 267 191 1.43 262 186 1.30

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 6 8

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. UNITED (20-20-11) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

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

22 8 9 12 8 10 12 9 20 5 11 2 6 20 9 6 20 13 6 11 11 4 13 2 6 4 24 4 8 4 4 21 2 1 2 2 8 3 2 1 10 13 2 5 2 11 8 9 4 4 4 51 51

19 8 7 10 6 10 12 7 19 5 9 2 5 16 8 3 17 13 4 11 9 4 9 2 6 3 23 2 7 4 3 21 2 1 2 1 4 3 1 1 8 13 2 3 2 11 7 5 2 4 1 51 51

1776 716 608 842 611 882 986 636 1593 449 867 178 407 1445 745 365 1592 1170 367 968 818 316 856 171 572 233 2090 212 639 348 220 1854 180 90 180 96 456 270 86 69 678 1154 163 322 180 980 632 431 189 308 142 4590 4590

9 7 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 67

10 4 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 67 66

51 16 12 24 31 17 14 15 25 13 18 4 6 25 10 8 39 2 9 15 2 4 9 7 3 1 14 6 3 7 9 3 3 4 2 1 11 5 3 1 10 3 1 6 0 0 0 11 6 7 0 626 571

Andy Gruenebaum Jimmy Nielsen Eric Kronberg Tony Meola Kevin Hartman Bo Oshoniyi Garth Lagerwey Mike Ammann Chris Snitko William Hesmer Jon Kempin Team totals Opponent totals

1 9 1 11 8 9 2 5 3 1 1 51 51

MIN SHTS 90 810 90 980 720 810 180 450 270 90 90 4590 4590

GAA

7 7 0.00 22 18 0.44 2 1 1.00 56 44 1.01 37 25 1.25 54 39 1.44 21 14 1.50 31 19 2.00 21 13 2.67 6 4 3.00 5 2 3.00 262 186 1.30 267 191 1.43

0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 8 6

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CURRENT UNITED VS. SPORTING KC (20-20-11)

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. UNITED (20-20-11)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Fabian Espindola Chris Rolfe Jairo Arrieta Sean Franklin Eddie Johnson Bobby Boswell Nick DeLeon Perry Kitchen Michael Farfan Luis Silva Chris Korb Chris Pontius Davy Arnaud Steve Birnbaum Conor Doyle Andrew Dykstra Bill Hamid Jared Jeffrey Taylor Kemp Collin Martin Kofi Opare Michael Seaton Team totals Opponent totals

13 20 7 10 13 25 6 9 6 6 7 11 8 2 1 2 10 1 3 1 1 1 51 51

10 19 6 9 8 24 6 9 6 5 7 10 7 2 1 2 10 1 3 0 1 0 51 51

952 1453 520 866 769 2205 490 810 540 411 574 858 650 180 80 180 900 90 225 45 90 10 4590 4590

5 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 73

0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 67

29 34 9 6 21 9 9 1 12 9 1 11 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 571 626

Jacob Peterson Ike Opara Graham Zusi Matt Besler Dom Dwyer Paulo Nagamura Jalil Anibaba Bernardo Anor Servando Carrasco Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Jon Kempin Jimmy Medranda Chance Myers Erik Palmer-Brown Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

13 4 11 13 4 15 8 4 4 2 9 9 1 1 7 1 10 51 51

11 3 9 13 4 14 8 3 2 2 7 6 1 0 6 0 10 51 51

888 277 867 1170 348 1323 693 257 178 180 597 506 90 24 542 81 900 4590 4590

2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 67

2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 66

21 3 18 2 7 15 2 6 3 0 9 14 0 1 4 0 7 626 571

GOALKEEPER

MIN

GAA

Bill Hamid Andrew Dykstra Team totals Opponent totals

10 2 51 51

900 180 4590 4590

46 38 0.80 18 12 2.00 267 191 1.43 262 186 1.30

0 0 6 8

5 2 3.00 262 186 1.30 267 191 1.43

0 8 6

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Jon Kempin Team totals Opponent totals

1 51 51

MIN SHTS 90 4590 4590

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vs. (3-2-4; 13 points)

(5-1-2; 17 pts.)

May 9, 2015 | RFK Stadium | 7:00 P.M. EDT Comcast SportsNet, 99.1 FM

PROBABLE STARTING XI Rolfe (8 GP/8 GS; 2G/3A) Pontius (8 GP/8 GS; 1G/0A) Kemp (5 GP/4 GS; 0G/1A)

Arnaud (7 GP/7 GS; 0G/2A) Opare (6 GP/5 GS; 0G/0A)

EspĂndola (2 GP/2 GS; 1G/1A) Kitchen (8 GP/8 GS; 2G/0A) Boswell (8 GP/8 GS; 1G/0A)

DeLeon (7 GP/6 GS; 0G/1A) Franklin (8 GP/8 GS; 1G/0A)

Hamid (6 GP/6 GS; 0.67 GAA; 4 SO)

INJURY REPORT OUT: Collin Martin (nerve surgery)

D.C. UNITED COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS

TJ Scholl Craig Stouffer

(910) 389-1607 (240) 426-2829

tscholl@dcunited.com cstouffer@dcunited.com

@tjscholl16 @CraigStouffer

2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (5-1-2)

Day Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat.

Date March 7 March 22 March 28 April 3 April 11 April 18

Sat.

April 25

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

May 2 May 9 May 13 May 17 May 23 May 27 May 30 June 3 June 6 June 14 June 21 June 24 June 27 July 3 July 18 July 26 Aug. 1 Aug. 8 Aug. 13 Aug. 22 Aug. 30 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 2 Oct. 18 Oct. 25

Opponent (Result) Time Montreal Impact (W, 1-0) 3:00pm at New York Red Bullss (L, 2-0) 5:00pm LA Galaxy (W, 1-0) 7:00pm at Orlando City SC (W, 1-0) 7:00pm New York Red Bullss (T, 2-2) 7:00pm Houston Dynamo (T, 1-1) 7:00pm at Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W, 2-1) 10:30pm Columbus Crew SC (W, 2-0) 7:00pm Sporting Kansas City 7:00pm Orlando City SC 8:00pm at Philadelphia Union 7:00pm at New England Revolution 7:30pm at Portland Timbers 10:30pm Philadelphia Union 7:00pm Chicago Fire 7:00pm Toronto FC 7:00pm at Orlando City SC 7:00pm New England Revolution 5:00pm at Chicago Fire 8:30pm at Toronto FC 5:00pm at Seattle Sounders FC 11:00pm at FC Dallas 9:00pm Philadelphia Union 5:00pm Real Salt Lake 7:00pm at Montreal Impact 8:00pm at New York City FC 7:30pm San Jose Earthquakes 7:00pm at New York Red Bullss 7:00pm at Colorado Rapids 9:00pm Columbus Crew SC 7:00pm at Montreal Impact 5:00pm New York City FC 7:00pm Chicago Fire TBD at Columbus Crew SC 5:00pm

*All dates and times are subject to change

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GAME NOTES BEST START IN TEAM HISTORY At 5-1-2 (17 points), tied for first place in Major League Soccer, D.C. United is off to the best start in team history through eight games. With the club’s 2-0 win over Columbus on May 2, it eclipsed the previous best start in 2006. The Black-and-Red will continue to match themselves with the 2006 team, which went on a 13-game unbeaten run from May to July that season. Comparison of D.C. United regular season records Year Record, points Record, points Season result thru 8 games thru 9 games 1997* 5-3, 13 pts 6-3, 14 pts Supporters Shield, MLS Cup champion 1998* 6-2, 12 pts 7-2, 15 pts MLS Cup runner-up 1999* 5-3, 11 pts 6-3, 14 pts Supporters Shield, MLS Cup champion 2006 4-1-3, 15 pts 5-1-3, 18 pts Supporters Shield, Eastern Conference finals 2007 3-3-2, 11 pts 4-3-2, 14 pts Supporters Shield 2014 3-3-2, 11 pts 4-3-2, 14 pts 1st in Eastern Conference, club record for points (59) 2015 5-1-2, 17 pts ? ? *no ties, shootout victories worth one point UNBEATEN STREAK AT HOME D.C. United defeated the Columbus Crew to extend their home, unbeaten streak to 16 matches in all competitions, including 12 straight in regular season play. United’s last loss at home came on June 28, 2014, a 1-0 defeat against Seattle. ROLFE ON THE SCORESHEET IN FOUR STRAIGHT With an assist on the first goal in D.C. United’s 2-0 win over Columbus on May 2, midfielder Chris Rolfe now has a goal or an assist in four consecutive matches, tied for the second-longest streak in MLS. Against Houston (Apr. 18) and Vancouver (Apr. 25), he had goals in back-to-back games, recording his first goal of the 2015 season with a spectacular free kick in the 36th minute of United’s 1-1 draw with the Dynamo. He also scored the game-winning goal in United’s 2-1 win at the Whitecaps. Rolfe, who finished 2014 with six goals and six assists, leads the team with three assists in 2015. He now has 56 career goals, tying him for eighth among active MLS players and 30th all-time. THE RETURN OF FABIÁN ESPÍNDOLA Argentine forward Fabián Espíndola made his first start of 2015 in United’s 2-1 win over Vancouver on Apr. 25, following a six-game suspension to start the season. He scored his first goal of the 2015 season last week against the Columbus Crew SC and also tallied an assist. He is coming off the most productive of his eight seasons in Major League Soccer. In 2014, he was tied for D.C. United’s team lead in scoring with a career-high 11 goals and led the squad with a career-high nine assists. He’s also one of only four MLS players with at least nine goals every year from 2011-14, a group that includes Landon Donovan, Thierry Henry and Chris Wondolowski. Espíndola also has two goals in 2015 outside of MLS play against Alajuelense in the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League. UNDEFEATED WHEN SCORING FIRST D.C. United improved its 2015 record to 4-0-2 when scoring first with the team’s 2-0 win over Columbus on May 2. The Black-and-Red are 20-0-3 since the beginning of the 2014 season when D.C. United was the only team in MLS that did not lose a game when scoring the first goal, finishing the year 16-0-1 (.971). In addition, in 2014 the Black-and-Red went undefeated when leading at the half (14-0-1). FIRST WIN AGAINST COLUMBUS IN OVER TWO YEARS D.C. United earned its first win against the Columbus Crew since Oct. 20, 2012, when the Black-and-Red defeated Columbus at RFK Stadium, 3-2. D.C. United is now 19-8-4 at home against Columbus in franchise history and 26-24-10 overall. BOSWELL ON VERGE OF 300TH MLS APPEARANCE Defender Bobby Boswell, a 2014 MLS Best XI selection and 2014 MLS All-Star, made his 62nd consecutive MLS regular season start in D.C. United’s 2-0 win over Columbus on May 2. His current streak is the second longest in Major League Soccer behind New York goalkeeper Luis Robles (89 consecutive starts). Boswell has started 42 straight games since his return to D.C. United in 2014. He is tied for 11th all-time in starts (296) and tied for 25th in games played (299). HAMID’S RETURN/CONTRACT EXTENSION After missing two games with injury, D.C. United goalkeeper Bill Hamid returned to action in United’s 2-0 win over Columbus on May 2, his fourth shutout of the year. Hamid leads MLS with a 0.67 goals against average and .833 saves percentage. On May 1, Hamid and D.C. United agreed to a multi-year contract extension. ARNAUD BECOMES MOST FOULED PLAYER IN MLS HISTORY Midfielder Davy Arnaud became the most fouled player in MLS history in D.C. United’s 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Mar. 28. In his 14th MLS season, the 34-year-old has suffered 713 fouls. Former D.C. United legend Jaime Moreno is second (703), and the closest active player is Houston midfielder Brad Davis (471).

ARNAUD MAKES 300th START After reaching 300 career regular season appearances in 2014, midfielder Davy Arnaud made his 300th start in United’s 2-2 draw with New York on Apr. 11. With 301 career starts, Arnaud is eighth all-time in MLS history and fourth among active players behind Kyle Beckerman (331), Brad Davis (304) and Brian Carroll (303). WORRA MAKES DCU DEBUT Undrafted rookie goalkeeper Travis Worra made his MLS debut in D.C. United’s 2-1 win at Vancouver, replacing an injured Andrew Dykstra in the 58th minute. Worra finished with one save and zero goals allowed. The former University of New Hampshire product has gone 2-0-1 with two shutouts and a penalty kick save on loan with the USL Richmond Kickers in 2015. SILVA SCORES IN ’15 DEBUT In his first appearance since October 2014, Luis Silva came on as a substitute in the 76th minute and scored the lone goal with a free kick in the 91st minute of D.C. United’s 1-0 victory at Orlando City on April 3. Silva finished 2014 as D.C. United’s co-leading scorer with a career-high 11 goals in 27 appearances. PONTIUS NETS FIRST GOAL OF 2015 With his game-winning, 93rd-minute goal against the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chris Pontius recorded his first goal of the 2015 regular season. The goal was the 29th of Pontius’ career, moving him into a tie with Ben Olsen for seventh all-time on D.C. United’s all-time scoring list. Pontius, 27, is D.C. United’s longest tenured player, selected in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. OPARE MAKES FIRST DCU START Defender Kofi Opare made his first start for the Black-and-Red in league play in D.C. United’s 1-0 win over Orlando City on Apr. 3. A week earlier, he made his regular season debut for United, coming on in the fifth minute as an injury replacement for Steven Birnbaum in a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy. Opare was acquired from the Galaxy in July 2014, but did not feature during the regular season for the Black-and-Red while starting all four of D.C. United’s CONCACAF Champions League group stage games during the fall. OLSEN REACHES 50 VICTORIES With D.C. United’s 1-0 win over Montreal on March 7, Head Coach Ben Olsen reached 50 career regular season victories. His overall record is 53-65-37. In his fifth full season, Olsen is the longest-serving coach in D.C. United history. He is currently the third-longest tenured coach in MLS behind Los Angeles’ Bruce Arena (2008) and Kansas City’s Peter Vermes (2009) and sixth among active MLS coaches in regular season victories. USMNT CALL-UPS Goalkeeper Bill Hamid and midfielder Perry Kitchen were both part of the U.S. Men’s National Team’s roster for its recent 2-0 victory over Mexico at Alamodome in San Antonio on April 15. Kitchen made his second U.S. appearance in the match, playing the final 27 minutes. It was also the second appearance for Kitchen in 2015, as he made his U.S. senior team debut against Panama on Feb. 8. UNITED LOANS PLAYERS TO RICHMOND D.C. United players are again having success this season on loan with the USL Richmond Kickers, which is an affiliate club for the third straight season. Four players have appeared for the Kickers in 2015: goalkeeper Travis Worra, defender Luke Mishu, defender Jalen Robinson, and midfielder Miguel Aguilar. DAVY ARNAUD AGAINST FORMER TEAM Davy Arnaud began his MLS career at the Kansas City Wizards in 2002, which later changed its name to Sporting Kansas City in his last year at the club in 2011. He played in 240 games and amassed 43 goals and 32 assists during his nine-year stint at the club. Since leaving the club, he has played 8 games against Sporting Kansas City for both D.C. United and the Montreal Impact. He has yet to score or have an assist in any of those fixtures. D.C. UNITED INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS AGAINST SPORTING KC Players on the current D.C. United squad have been successful in scoring against Sporting KC in the past. Fabián Espíndola shares second place for goals against the Kansas club among active players with five, including two in 2014. The last time he scored against the club was on Aug. 23, 2014, in a 3-0 win at Sporting Park. Jairo Arrieta and Chris Rolfe have also enjoyed similar success against Sporting KC and both have three goals against the club. Jairo Arrieta last scored against the Kansas club on June 29, 2013, for his former club, the Columbus Crew. Chris Rolfe, who has five career assists vs. Kansas City, and Perry Kitchen also scored in the 3-0 win at Sporting Park on Aug. 23, 2014.

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No. 17 8 19 15 32 14 30 50 9 12 5 4 28 25 7 33 23 22 32 34 6 13 20 18 11 48

Name Taylor Kemp Markus Halsti Sean Franklin Kofi Opare Eddie Johnson Davy Arnaud Fabián Espíndola Luis Silva Michael Farfan Chris Pontius Nick DeLeon Steve Birnbaum Miguel Aguilar Chris Rolfe Jairo Arrieta Jalen Robinson Chris Korb Perry Kitchen Jared Jeffrey Collin Martin Bill Hamid Michael Seaton Conor Doyle Bobby Boswell Luke Mishu Travis Worra Andrew Dykstra

Name Miguel Aguilar Davy Arnaud Jairo Arrieta Steve Birnbaum Bobby Boswell Nick DeLeon Conor Doyle Andrew Dykstra Fabian Espindola Michael Farfan Sean Franklin Markus Halsti Bill Hamid Jared Jeffrey Eddie Johnson Taylor Kemp Perry Kitchen Chris Korb Collin Martin Luke Mishu Kofi Opare Chris Pontius Jalen Robinson Chris Rolfe Luis Silva Travis Worra

Pos. D M/D D D F M F M M M/F M D M M/F F D D M M M GK F F D D GK GK

Age 21 34 31 24 32 24 23 29 30 26 30 31 24 24 31 24 23 27 20 23 24 27 20 32 26 22

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

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Wt. 153 185 160 190 180 160 160 163 160 168 170 180 172 155 150 145 160 160 165 150 225 180 175 185 180 170 195

DOB 7-23-90 3-19-84 3-21-85 10-12-90 3-31-84 6-22-80 5-4-85 10-12-88 6-23-88 5-12-87 7-17-90 1-23-91 8-30-93 1-17-83 8-25-83 5-8-94 10-8-87 2-29-92 6-14-90 11-9-94 11-25-90 5-1-96 10-13-91 3-15-83 6-26-91 4-09-93 1-2-86

Hometown Highlands Ranch, CO Helsinki, Finland Panorama City, CA Mampong, Ghana Daytona Beach, FL Nederland, TX San Luis, Argentina Los Angeles, CA San Diego, CA Yorba Linda, CA Phoenix, AZ Irvine, CA Sacramento, CA Kettering, OH Nicoya, Costa Rica Catonsville, MD Cleveland, OH Indianapolis, IN Richardson, TX Chevy Chase, MD Annandale, VA Capitol Heights, MD McKinney, TX Austin, TX Knoxville, TN Lancaster, PA Woodbridge, VA

College University of Maryland -----Cal State Northridge University of Michigan -----West Texas A&M University -----University of California-Santa Barbara University of North Carolina University of California-Santa Barbara University of Louisville University of California University of San Francisco University of Dayton Wake Forest University University of Akron University of Akron -----Wake Forest University ----------Creighton University Florida International University University of Notre Dame University of New Hampshire Virginia Commonwealth University

2015 D.C. United Alphabetical Roster

Pronunciation AH-gee-lar AR-no ar-ee-AY-tah BURN-bawm Boswell DAY-leh-own Doyle DIKES-truh fah-be-AHN es-PEEN-do-la FAR-fan Franklin HALL-stee ha-MEED Jeffrey Johnson Kemp Kitchen Korb Martin MEE-shoo KOAF-ee oh-PAR-ay PON-tee-us Robinson Rolf Silva WORE-uh

Birthplace Cuidad Juarez, Mexico Nederland, TX Nicoya, Costa Rica Irvine, CA Austin, TX Phoenix, AZ McKinney, TX Honolulu, HI San Luis, Argentina San Diego, CA Panorama City, CA Helsinki, Finland Annandale, VA Richardson, TX Bunnell, FL Highlands Ranch, CO Indianapolis, IN Cleveland, OH Chevy Chase, MD Knoxville, TN Mampong, Ghana West Covina, CA Catonsville, MD Kettering, OH Los Angeles, CA Lancaster, PA

Previous Club University of San Francisco Montreal Impact Orlando City SC University of California Houston Dynamo University of Louisville Derby County (England) Charleston Battery (USL Pro) New York Red Bulls Cruz Azul LA Galaxy Malmo FF D.C. United Academy Mainz (Germany) Seattle Sounders FC University of Maryland University of Akron University of Akron D.C. United Academy University of Notre Dame LA Galaxy Univ. of California-Santa Barbara University of Wake Forest Chicago Fire Toronto FC University of New Hampshire

2015 D.C. UNITED TRANSACTIONS 2015 1/12/15 Signed Finnish international and former Malmรถ FF midfielder/defender Markus Halsti. 1/14/15 Aquired Costa Rican international Jairo Arrieta from Orlando City SC in exchange for an International Roster Slot for the 2015 Major League Soccer season. 1/15/15 Selected University of San Francisco midfielder Miguel Aguilar with the 17th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft 2/10/15 Signed midfielder Michael Farfan via the Major League Soccer allocation ranking order. 2/25/15 Signed former University of New Hampshire goalkeeper Travis Worra. 3/6/15 Signed former University of Notre Dame defender Luke Mishu. 4/1/15 Loaned Michael Seaton to ร rebro SK.

D.C. UNITED MINI-BIOS 4 | Markus Halsti (@Halstinho) Last Appearance: N/A.Last Goal: N/A. Last Assist: N/A. CAREER: Finland international Markus Halsti has spent the last seven seasons with Malmö FF in the Allsvenskan, the top Swedish division, appearing in 115 games and scoring six goals. The midfielder/defender helped Malmö to three league championships in the last five seasons, including the 2014 campaign in which he started 21 of 26 games and was named to the Allsvenskan Team of the Year. 5 | Sean Franklin (@SFranklin5) Last appearance: Started and played 90 minutes in 2-0 win over Columbus on 5/2/15. Last goal: 5/2/15 vs. Columbus. Last assist: 10/12/14 (2x) at Houston. 2015: Has eight appearances (eight starts). Scored in 2-0 win vs. Columbus on 5/2. Made season debut against Montreal on 3/7/15. 2014: In his first season in D.C., Franklin featured in 29 games (28 starts), recording one goal and four assists. The defender made his debut on 3/8/14 vs. Columbus. CAREER: Joined D.C. United after being selected in Stage 1 of the 2013 Major League Soccer Re-Entry Draft. Selected by the L.A. Galaxy in the first round (4th overall) of the 2008 SuperDraft and played in 160 games (150 starts) in six seasons. Was named 2008 Rookie of the Year and 2008 Galaxy defender of the year, and won back-to-back MLS Cups with the Galaxy in 2011 and 2012. 6| Kofi Opare (@Kofiopare6) Last appearance: Started and played 90 minutes in 2-0 win over Columbus on 5/2/15. Last goal: 10/16/13 (for Los Angeles) vs. Montreal. Last assist: N/A. 2015: Has six appearances (five starts). Made D.C. United and season debut against Los Angeles on 3/28/15, replacing an injured Steven Birnbaum in the fifth minute. Made first D.C. United start at Orlando City on 4/3/15. 2014: Acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy on 7/29/14 in exchange for United’s allocation ranking and a second round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Didn’t appear during regular season. Started all four of United’s matches in CONCACAF Champions League. Made six appearances (five starts) for Los Angeles prior to being traded. CAREER: Selected by Los Angeles in the second round (No. 24 overall) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. Started six of the Galaxy's final eight games as a rookie and both legs of Western Conference semifinal series loss to Real Salt Lake. Played four years (2009-12) at the University of Michigan, reached College Cup final in 2010. 7 | Eddie Johnson (@eddie_johnson7) Last appearance: Started and played 90 minutes in 1-1 draw at Montreal on 10/25/14. Last goal: 10/18/14 vs. Chicago. Last assist: 10/18/14 vs. Chicago. 2014: In first season in D.C., Johnson made 26 appearances (22 starts), recording seven goals and three assists. Made 2014 debut on 3/8 vs. Columbus. CAREER: Acquired from Seattle Sounders FC on 12/17/13 in exchange for allocation funds. Johnson started 20 games for the Sounders in 2013, finishing the season with nine goals and two assists. Johnson led the Sounders in scoring in 2012 and 2013, posting 23 goals in 49 league appearances following his return after four years in Europe.

8 | Davy Arnaud (@d_arnaud22) Last appearance: Started and played 90 minutes in 2-0 win over Columbus on 5/2/15. Last goal: 5/3/14 at Portland. Last assist: 3/28/15 vs. Los Angeles. 2015: Has seven appearances (seven starts). Made season debut and had an assist on game-winning goal in 1-0 win over Montreal on 3/7/15. Assisted on game-winning goal in 1-0 win over Los Angeles on 3/28/15. On 3/28/15 vs. Los Angeles, became most fouled player in MLS history. Made 300th career start in United’s 2-2 draw with New York on Apr. 11. 2014: In first season in D.C., featured in 31 games (30 starts), recording two goals. Made 2014 debut on 3/8 vs. Columbus. CAREER: Acquired from the Montreal Impact on 12/10/13 in exchange for an international roster spot for the 2014 and 2015 Major League Soccer seasons. Spent two seasons with Montreal Impact following 10 years with Kansas City. 10 | Fabián Espíndola Last Appearance: Started and saw 86 minutes of action in a 2-0 win over Columbus on 5/2/15. Last Goal: 5/2/15 vs. Columbus Last Assist: 5/2/15 vs. Columbus 2015: Has two appearances (two starts) following six-game suspension to start the season. Had a goal and assist in 2-0 win vs. Columbus on 5/2. 2014: In his first season in D.C., Espíndola featured in 27 games (24 starts), setting career-highs in goals (11) and assists (9). He made his 2014 debut on 3/8 vs. Columbus. CAREER: Espíndola was selected by D.C. United in Stage 2 of the 2013 Major League Soccer Re-Entry Draft on 12/18/13. He had nine goals and two assists in 28 appearances (23 starts) for the New York Red Bullss in 2013. The Argentinian forward had 35 goals and 17 assists for Real Salt Lake from 2007-12. 11 | Luis Silva Last appearance: Came off the bench to play 19 minutes in a 2-0 win over Columbus on 5/2/15. Last Goal: 4/3/15 (at Orlando City). Last Assist: 8/23/14 (at Sporting Kansas City). 2015: Has five appearances off the bench totaling 86 minutes. Made season debut vs. Orlando City on Apr. 3 and scored lone goal in a 1-0 win. 2014: In his second season in D.C., Silva featured in 27 games (22 starts), recording a career-high 11 goals and four assists. He made his 2014 debut with the club on 3/8 vs. Columbus. CAREER: Silva was acquired from Toronto FC on 7/9/13 in exchange for allocation money. In 2013, Silva found the net three times and had two assists. Selected fourth overall by Toronto in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft and had five goals and five assists as a rookie. 12 | Michael Farfan (@MichaelFarfan88) Last Appearance: Came off the bench to play 27 minutes in 2-0 win vs. Columbus on 5/2/15. Last Goal: N/A Last Assist: 4/25/15 vs. Vancouver. 2015: Has seven appearances (three starts). Recorded first assist in 2-1 win at Vancouver. Made debut off the bench vs. Montreal on 3/7. CAREER: Spent 2014 season with Cruz Azul in Liga MX, making one appearance that included scoring a tying goal in second-half added time in a game against Pachuca. Farfan made 88 appearances (69 starts) with Philadelphia from 2011-2013, recording four goals and nine assists. A product of the University of North Carolina and Cal State-Fullerton, selected by the Union with the 23rd pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft and was 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year finalist. Also played in the 2012 MLS All-Star Game.

13 | Chris Pontius (@ChrisPontius13) Last Appearance: Started and played 90 minutes in 2-0 win vs. Columbus on 5/2/15. Last Goal: 3/28/15 (vs. Los Angeles) Last Assist: 10/27/13 (vs. Houston) 2015: Has eight appearances (eight starts). Scored game-winning goal in 1-0 win over Los Angeles on 3/28. 2014: After missing the first six months of the season recovering from hamstring surgery, made six appearances (three starts) in 2014, finishing the year with one goal. Made season debut on 9/10 against New York. CAREER: In his seventh season, Pontius is D.C. United’s longest tenured player, selected seventh overall in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. In 2012 Pontius was named to his first MLS Best XI and was also awarded the club’s Volkswagen MVP, Volkswagen Fan’s Choice Award, Volkswagen Goal of the Year, the Golden Boot and was runner up for MLS Comeback Player of the Year. 14 | Nick DeLeon (@NickDeLeon7) Last Appearance: Started and played 63 minutes in 2-0 win over Columbus on 5/2/15. Last Goal: 7/5/14 at Toronto. Last Assist: 3/28/15 vs. Los Angeles. 2015: Has seven appearances (six starts). Assisted game-winning goal in 1-0 win vs. Los Angeles on 3/28. 2014: In his third MLS season, made career-high 32 appearances (31 starts), recording two goals and five assists. CAREER: In 2013, DeLeon had two goals and one assist in 25 appearances (23 starts). Selected seventh overall in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Finished rookie year with six goals and four assists and was selected as a finalist for MLS Rookie of the Year. 15 | Steve Birnbaum (@StevenBirnbaum) Last Appearance: Started and played five minutes in 1-0 win vs. Los Angeles on 3/28/15. Last Goal: N/A. Last Assist: N/A. 2015: Has three appearances (three starts). 2014: Started final 21 games, beginning with debut on 6/7/14 at FedEx Field against Columbus. Was named Rookie of the Year finalist, United’s fifth in six seasons, joining Chris Pontius (2009), Andy Najar (2010 Rookie of the Year), Perry Kitchen (2011) and Nick DeLeon (2012). CAREER: Selected second overall out of California-Berkeley in the 2014 SuperDraft on 1/16/14. In 2013, was named NSCAA First Team AllAmerican, NSCAA First Team All-Far-West, College Soccer News First Team All-American, All-Pac-12 First Team, Soccer News Net College Boot Player of the Year Finalist and a Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy Semifinalist. 17 | Miguel Aguilar Last Appearance: Came off the bench for 4 minutes in 2-0 win vs. Columbus on 5/2/15. Last Goal: N/A. Last Assist: N/A 2015: Has 3 appearances off the bench, totaling 27 minutes. CAREER: Selected 17th overall selection in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Was a four-year standout at the University of San Francisco, played 72 games, had 15 goals and nine assists. In 2014, was an All-West Coast Conference First Team selection for a USF team that finished second in the West Coast Conference. The first Don selected in the MLS SuperDraft since 2010 when Conor Chinn was taken in the third round and the highest selection since Rob Valentino in 2008.

18 | Chris Rolfe (@ChrisRolfe17) Last Appearance: Started, played 71 minutes, had one assist in a 2-0 win over Columbus on 5/2/15. Last Goal: 4/25/15 at Vancouver. Last Assist: 5/2/15 vs. Columbus 2015: Has eight appearances (eight starts). Had assist in 2-0 win vs. Columbus on 5/2. Scored game-winning goal in 2-1 win at Vancouver on 4/25. Scored free kick goal in 1-1 tie with Houston on 4/18. Had assist in 2-2 tie with New York on 4/11. Assisted lone goal in 1-0 win vs. Montreal on 3/7. 2014: Made 21 appearances (20 starts), recording six goals and six assists. Had a goal and an assist in 3-0 win at Sporting Kansas on 8/23 and in 2-0 win vs. Houston on 5/21. Scored in debut on 4/5/14 vs. New England following acquisition from Chicago in exchange for allocation money on 4/2/14. CAREER: Had 48 regular season goals and 22 assists over eight seasons with Chicago, including being named the Fire’s MVP in 2012. Had career-best nine goals and eight assists in 2008 en route to leading Chicago to the MLS Eastern Conference finals. Played 32 matches and had six goals for Aalborg BK in Denmark from 2010-2012. Selected by Chicago in the third round of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. 19 | Jairo Arrieta Last Appearance: Started and played 58 minutes in 1-1 draw vs. Houston on 4/18/15. Last Goal: 3/7/15 vs. Montreal. Last Assist: N/A 2015: Has six appearances (six starts). Scored lone goal in seasonopening 1-0 win vs. Montreal on 3/7. CAREER: Acquired from Orlando City SC on 1/14/15 in exchange for an International Roster spot for the 2015 season. Selected by Orlando in the sixth round of the 2014 Expansion Draft after three MLS seasons in Columbus, where he logged 17 goals and nine assists in 67 appearances (53 starts). In 2014, Arrieta finished with five goals (one assist) in 23 matches (14 starts), including two game-winning tallies. 20 | Jalen Robinson (@JayyBird15) Last Appearance: N/A Last Goal: N/A Last Assist: N/A 2015: Has one goal in five appearances (five starts) on loan with USL Richmond Kickers. 2014: Made 19 appearances (10 starts) on loan with USL PRO side Arizona United SC. CAREER: Robinson, in his second season, has not yet appeared in a regular season match. United’s seventh Homegrown player to sign with the First Team joined the club from Wake Forest University on 1/6/14. 22 | Chris Korb Last Appearance: Started and played 90 minutes in 2-0 win over Columbus on 5/2/15. Last Goal: N/A. Last Assist: 9/27/14 vs. Philadelphia. 2015: Has four appearances (four starts). 2014: In his fourth season, made 19 appearances (15 starts), recording a career-high matching three assists. He made his 2014 debut on 4/26/14 vs. FC Dallas. CAREER: Selected in the second round (31st overall) of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. In 2013, The Akron product set career highs in games played (30), started (30), and minutes played (2,700). 23 | Perry Kitchen (@PerryKitchen23) Last Appearance: Started and played 90 minutes in 2-0 win over Columbus on 5/2/15. Last Goal: 4/11/15 (2x) vs. New York. Last Assist: 8/31/14 vs. New York. 2015: Has eight appearances (eight starts). Scored both United goals in 2-2 draw vs. New York on 4/11. 2014: Made 31 appearances (31 starts), recording a career-high five goals and four assists. CAREER: Selected in the first round (3rd overall) in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft on 1/13/11. Named D.C. United’s Most Valuable Player after a 2013 season in which he made 31 starts and led the team with four assists. Was a finalist for MLS Rookie of the Year in 2012.

25| Jared Jeffrey Last Appearance: Came off the bench and played one minute in 2-2 draw vs. New York on 4/11/15. Last Goal: 9/28/13 at Toronto. Last Assist: N/A 2015: Has one appearance. 2014: In his second season with D.C. United, Jeffrey made ten appearances (two starts). He made his 2014 debut on 3/29 vs. the Chicago Fire. CAREER: Was acquired on 7/3/13 via waiver draft. In 2013, Jeffrey made 10 appearances (10 starts) and scored two goals. . 27 | Collin Martin (@martcw12) Last Appearance: Started and played 81 minutes in 1-1 draw at Montreal on 10/24/14. Last Goal: N/A. Last Assist: 8/3/13 vs. Montreal. 2015: N/A. 2014: Made six appearances (two starts). Made his 2014 debut with the club on 5/24 vs. the New England Revolution. CAREER: On 7/10/13, Martin became the sixth United player to sign a Homegrown contract. In his first professional season he appeared in seven games (four starts), recording one assist in his debut, a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Impact. 28 | Bill Hamid (@BillHamid28) Last Appearance: Started and played 90 minutes in 2-0 shutout win over Columbus on 5/2/15. 2015: Has six appearances (six starts). Has 25 saves and four shutouts. 2014: In his fifth season, made 30 appearances (30 starts), recording ten shutouts and one assist en route to being named Goalkeeper of the Year – the first Homegrown player to win the honor – and as a member of the 2014 MLS Best XI. Finished first in saves percentage (75.3), second in shutouts (10), third in goals against average (1.13), tied for fourth in wins (14) and fourth in saves (110). Was the only goalkeeper to finish in the top three in saves percentage, shutouts and goals against average. Set career highs in games played and started (30), minutes played (2,700) shutouts, saves and wins. Became the youngest goalkeeper and the first MLS Homegrown player to reach 100 MLS regular season games. CAREER: Became United’s first academy player to turn professional in 2009. Made history on May 5, 2010, becoming the youngest goalkeeper to win an MLS contest at 19 years and 161 days old. 30 | Conor Doyle (@ConorDoyle14) Last Appearance: Came off the bench in the 89th minute in 2-1 win at Vancouver on 4/25/15. Last Goal: 8/17/13 vs. Montreal. Last Assist: 8/3/13 vs. Montreal. 2015: Has six appearances, totaling 118 minutes. 2014: Made 17 appearances (one start). He made his 2014 debut with the club on 3/8 vs. Columbus. Missed final 14 regular season games following knee injury. CAREER: Acquired via league lottery on 7/18/13. In 2013, had two goals and one assist in 14 appearances (eight starts). 32 | Bobby Boswell (@bobbyboswell) Last Appearance: Started, played 90 minutes in a 2-0 win over Columbus on 5/2/15. Last Goal: 4/25/15 at Vancouver. Last Assist: 9/20/14 at Chicago. 2015: Has eight appearances (eight starts). Scored game-tying goal in 21 win at Vancouver on 4/25. 2014: Was only United player to start all 34 games, recording one goal and a career-high three assists en route to being named to the 2014 MLS Best XI and a finalist for MLS Defender of the Year. Named to second MLS All-Star Team. CAREER: Returned to United after being selected in Stage 1 of the 2013 Major League Soccer Re-Entry Draft following 177 appearances in six seasons with Houston, where he was twice named Dynamo defender of the year. Began career with D.C. as an undrafted free agent. Named 2006 MLS Defender of the Year, MLS All-Star, and MLS Best XI.

33 | Taylor Kemp (@TKemp02) Last Appearance: Started and played 90 minutes in 1-1 tie vs. Houston Dynamo on 4/18/15. Last Goal: 10/11/14 at Houston. Last Assist: 4/11/15 vs. New York. 2015: Has five appearances (four starts). Had an assist off a corner kick in 2-2 draw vs. Houston on 4/11. 2014: Made 13 appearances (12 starts), recording one goal and two assists. Made 2014 debut on 6/28 vs. Seattle. CAREER: Selected in the first round (17th overall) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft on 1/17/13. 34 | Luke Mishu Last Appearance: N/A. Last Goal: N/A. Last Appearance: N/A. CAREER: Was a team captain and played every minute of senior season at Notre Dame in 2014, notching five assists while helping the defense post six shutouts, earning second-team all-ACC honors. The native of Knoxville, Tenn., was also a key member of the Notre Dame squad that captured the 2013 national championship and the 2013 ACC regularseason title. Mishu finished his collegiate career with 12 assists in 75 matches (71 starts). 48 | Travis Worra Last Appearance: Came off of the bench in the 58th minute of 2-1 win at Vancouver on 4/25/15. 2015: Has one appearance. Finished with one save. Career: Worra joined D.C. United during the 2015 preseason. During his four-year college career at the University of New Hampshire, Worra started 59 of 60 games and finished with a record of 25-22-10. He is tied for second in program history in shutouts (21), third in wins and seventh in saves (234). The Lancaster, Pa., native was named America East Goalkeeper of the Year in 2013 and was a first team All-America East selection, with six shutouts and a 0.55 goals against average. 50 | Andrew Dykstra Last Appearance: Started and played 58 minutes in 2-1 win at Vancouver on 4/25/15. 2015: Has two appearances (two starts). Made season debut in 1-1 draw vs. Houston on 4/18. 2014: Made four appearances (four starts), going 30-1 with two shutouts. Made his 2014 debut on 4/5 vs. the New England Revolution. CAREER: Signed with D.C. United on 2/27/12. In 2013, Dykstra had a standout season on loan with D.C. United's USL PRO affiliate Richmond Kickers, named USL Goalkeeper of the Year after starting 26 games and helping the Kickers to the USL PRO semifinals. He finished the USL PRO regular season with the league’s lowest goals against average (.863), and registered 10 shutouts in 22 appearances.

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2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Saturday, May 9, 2015 Kickoff: 6 p.m. CT RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.) MLS Regular Season Game 10 English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV Referee: English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Assistant ref: TV and radio Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Assistant ref: talent Andy Gruenebaum (color) Fourth official: Jake Yadrich (analyst) Kacie McDonnell (sideline) Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Radio talent Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Raul Padrino Villegas (color)

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3-2-4 (13 pts.) RECORD 9 GAMES PLAYED t-4th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 12 GOALS 1.33 GOALS/GAME 13 ASSISTS 12 GOALS ALLOWED 1.33 ALLOWED/GAME 0 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 121 (28) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 23.1% ON GOAL % 113 FOULS COMMITTED 110 FOULS SUFFERED 14 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Armando Villarreal Matthew Nelson Kyle Longville Mark Kadlecik

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

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2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

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

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6th season 54-65-37 (.465) 6th season 54-65-37 (.465)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of May 6, 2015 OUT: • Ike Opara (ruptured left Achilles tendon) • Marcel de Jong (left hip muscle strain) QUESTIONABLE: • Chance Myers (left Achilles) • Paulo Nagamura (lower back sprain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 9, 2015 at D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #DCvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#DCvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC and D.C. United meet Saturday for the 52nd time in the regular season with the series tied 20-20-11. Despite holding a 6-13-6 all-time record at RFK Stadium, Sporting KC has just one loss in their last five trips to the venue dating back to 2011. Peter Vermes’ side went 6-0-1 against D.C. United between 2011 and 2013, including two triumphs at RFK, but failed to win any of three matches between the clubs in 2014. Neither team has scored more than one goal in each of the last five meetings in the nation’s capital, a stretch that includes three clean sheets and just two goals conceded for SKC. D.C. United recorded a shutout in each of their three games against Sporting KC last year, winning two and drawing one. Fabian Espindola scored the lone goal in a 1-0 result on May 31 at RFK before bagging another game-winner in a 3-0 decision at Sporting Park on Aug. 23. Chris Rolfe and Perry Kitchen rounded out the scoring as D.C. earned their first win in Kansas City since 2007. The 2014 series ended with a scoreless draw in D.C. Recent #DCvSKC regular season meetings Date Score Result Location 04/05/2013 KC 1 vs DC 0 W Sporting Park 05/19/2013 KC 1 at DC 1 T RFK Stadium 10/18/2013 KC 1 vs DC 0 W Sporting Park 05/31/2014 KC 0 at DC 1 L RFK Stadium 08/23/2014 KC 0 vs DC 3 L Sporting Park 10/03/2014 KC 0 at DC 0 T RFK Stadium

Stats as of Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Sporting KC - Team • One of five teams to make the MLS Cup Playoffs each of the last four seasons (LA, NYR, SEA, RSL). • Leads MLS with 30 road wins since the beginning of 2011. • One of two MLS teams (Seattle Sounders FC) with a winning road record since the beginning of 2011 (30-28-18). • In the 2015 regular season, Sporting KC... ...is tied for 1st in MLS with 97 chances created ...leads MLS with 28 chances created from set plays and five assists from set plays ...leads MLS with five headed goals and ranks tied for 3rd with 12 total goals ...leads MLS with 61 successful crosses/corners ...leads MLS with 553 duels won and 193 aerial duels won ...leads MLS with 230 interceptions, 21 more than any other team ...is tied for 2nd in MLS with 13 assists ...has conceded the 2nd fewest shots per game in MLS (10.1) Sporting KC - Individual • Benny Feilhaber is tied for the MLS lead with five assists. He ranks 5th in MLS with 22 chances created. • Dom Dwyer leads MLS with 30 fouls suffered. • Matt Besler is tied for 2nd in MLS with two game-winning assists. • Graham Zusi is 4th in MLS with 10 chances created from set plays. • All three of Krisztian Nemeth’s shots on target this season have resulted in goals. • Former Chicago Fire defender Jalil Anibaba has played every minute of Sporting KC’s last seven games, starting with his club debut on March 21.

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Graham Zusi has one goal and four assists in 11 regular season matches against D.C. United. Matt Besler’s most recent MLS goal came at RFK Stadium in a 1-0 win on Oct. 22, 2011. Fabian Espindola has scored five goals in 13 regular season matches against Sporting KC, including two game-winners in 2014 (May 31, Oct. 3). Chris Rolfe has recorded three goals and five assists in 20 regular season matches against Sporting KC, including one last season at Sporting Park (Aug. 23, 2014). Jairo Arrieta has scored three goals in seven regular season games against Sporting KC, all as a member of Columbus Crew SC. Perry Kitchen has five yellow cards in nine regular season games against Sporting KC. Bill Hamid has a 0.80 goals against average and 38 saves in 10 regular season games against Sporting KC (3-5-2 record).

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D.C. midfielder Davy Arnaud played for Kansas City from 2002-2011, recording 52 goals and 40 assists in all competitions. His 240 appearances for the club rank first in Kansas City regular season history, while his 43 goals and 35 assists rank second and fourth, respectively. SKC midfielder Servando Carrasco and D.C. defender/captain Bobby Boswell were teammates at the Houston Dynamo in 2013. SKC forward Bernardo Anor and D.C. forward Jairo Arrieta were teammates at Columbus Crew SC from 2012-2014. SKC defender Amadou Dia (2013-14) and D.C. defender Taylor Kemp (2011-12) both played for the Real Colorado Foxes in the USL Premier Development League. Both players grew up playing youth soccer in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. SKC defender Jalil Anibaba and D.C. midfielder Michael Farfan were college teammates at North Carolina in 2010.

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Manager Peter Vermes’ 79 regular season wins are 12th most in MLS history. With a win Saturday, he will move into a tie for 11th with Octavio Zambrano. Dom Dwyer ranks 9th in KC history with 26 regular season goals, two behind Scott Sealy (2005-08) and Vitalis Takawira (1996-99) who are tied for 7th. His 30 goals in all competitions are tied for 9th in KC history, one behind Takawira and two behind Mo Johnston (1996-01). In SKC regular season history, Dwyer ranks... ...1st with 0.44 goals per game ...2nd with 7 penalty kick goals ...tied for 3rd with 5 multi-goal games ...tied for 8th with 7 game-winning goals Graham Zusi ranks 3rd in KC history with 41 assists in the MLS regular season and 51 assists in all competitions. His 17 game-winning assists are 2nd most all-time, behind Preki’s 23. Zusi is 71 minutes shy of passing Tony Meola for 14th place on the club’s all-time regular season chart (currently 11,260 minutes played). In SKC regular season history, Zusi ranks... ...9th with 155 games played ...7th with 242 shots ...6th with 198 fouls suffered ...1st with 537 corner kicks (8th most in MLS history) ...tied for 6th with 8 game-winning goals In SKC regular season history, Matt Besler ranks... ...8th with 158 games played ...7th with 153 games started ...7th with 13,816 minutes played Benny Feilhaber is tied with Kei Kamara for 10th in KC history with 21 assists in all competitions, one behind Jack Jewsbury in 9th. Feilhaber is set to make his 125th MLS appearance on Saturday. Seth Sinovic is 14 minutes shy of passing Josh Wolff for 14th place on the club’s all-time minutes chart (all competitions). The Leawood, Kansas, native enters Saturday with 12,863 minutes played. If he plays on Saturday, Sinovic will tie Diego Gutierrez for 16th place in Kansas City history with 147 appearances for the club in all competitions. Bernardo Anor is one shy of 50 MLS regular season starts. Last Sunday, Tim Melia became the 16th goalkeeper to play an MLS match for Kansas City and the 15th to record a league win.

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 9, 2015 at D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES SPORTING KC ON THE ROAD TO FACE D.C. UNITED Sporting KC will travel to the nation’s capital to face Eastern Conference leaders D.C. United at 6 p.m. CT Saturday at RFK Stadium. Tied for fourth place in the Western Conference, SKC (3-2-4, 13 points) will seek their fourth inter-conference victory of 2015 after previously defeating New York City FC, Philadelphia Union and Chicago Fire. Peter Vermes’ side went 6-0-1 against D.C. United between 2011 and 2013, including two triumphs at RFK Stadium, but failed to win any of three matches between the clubs in 2014. Neither team has scored more than one goal in each of the last five meetings at RFK Stadium, a stretch that includes three shutouts and just two goals conceded for SKC. Last year’s first place finisher in the Eastern Conference regular season, D.C. United (5-1-2, 17 points) is off to their best eight-game start in club history. Ben Olsen’s side leads MLS with just 0.75 goals allowed per match and has recorded three shutouts in five contests at home, where the team is undefeated in 16 straight games across all competitions dating back to June 2014. Forward Chris Rolfe leads D.C. with two goals and three assists, while veteran midfielder Davy Arnaud—who played 273 matches for Kansas City from 2003-2011—has contributed a pair of game-winning assists.

TIM MELIA ONE OF FOUR SKC PLAYERS TO EARN TEAM OF THE WEEK HONORS In his club debut at Sporting Park, goalkeeper Tim Melia recorded the first win and shutout of his six-year MLS career as Sporting KC blanked the Chicago Fire 1-0. His solid outing between the posts, punctuated by three sure-handed saves, earned him Team of the Week honors from MLSsoccer.com and SI.com. Three of Melia’s teammates also received Team of the Week recognition for their roles in a victory that lifts Sporting KC into a fourth place tie in the West. Benny Feilhaber, Major League Soccer’s Player of the Month for April, created three excellent scoring chances and joined Melia among MLSsoccer.com’s best XI while also getting the nod from NBC Pro Soccer Talk. Elsewhere, Captain Matt Besler was a Team of the Week selection on NBC Pro Soccer Talk and Goal.com, leading all MLS players last weekend with 13 clearances. His backline partner, former Chicago defender Jalil Anibaba, was named among Bleacher Report’s top performers after he limited Harry Shipp’s impact on the match and supplied a perfect cross for Paulo Nagamura’s game-winning goal. ZUSI REACHES ASSIST MILESTONES Graham Zusi’s cushioned header that led to Feilhaber’s last-gasp equalizer on April 25 gave the United States international 50 career assists for Sporting KC in all competitions. He becomes just the third player in club history to reach that mark, behind Preki (104) and Chris Klein (54). Last Sunday, Zusi inched closer to passing Klein for second place when he recorded his 51st career assist on Paulo Nagamura’s headed goal in the 75th minute of a 1-0 win over Chicago. His 17th game-winning assist in the MLS regular season lifted him into sole possession of second place on the club’s all-time charts, breaking a tie with Klein.

LAST TIME OUT: SKC TOPS CHICAGO 1-0 AT SPORTING PARK Sporting KC moved into fourth place in the Western Conference with a 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire last Sunday at Sporting Park. Paulo Nagamura came off the bench to score the game’s lone goal with a header in the 75th minute, while Tim Melia made three saves for his first career MLS shutout and first career MLS win in his Sporting KC debut. In front of the stadium’s 58th consecutive MLS sellout crowd and a national television audience on ESPN2, Sporting KC donned their new all-white third kits for the 50th all-time regular season meeting against the rival Fire. Chicago entered with wins in each of their last three matches, but saw that streak snapped by a Sporting KC side that has held the Fire scoreless in four of the past five meetings in KC. After attempting 11 shots in the first half, SKC was limited to only three shots in the second stanza. Manager Peter Vermes inserted Nagamura as his first of three substitutes in the 65th minute and the move paid dividends 10 minutes later as the Brazilian provided the breakthrough moment with the first headed goal of his 11year MLS career. Newcomer Jalil Anibaba delivered the cross from the right flank and Nagamura did the rest, snapping his header inside the far post to finish off a 12-pass sequence for the 13th goal of his career and his first game-winning goal since 2009. Graham Zusi was credited with the secondary assist on the play, claiming sole possession of second place on the club’s all-time charts with 17 game-winning assists.

MUSTIVAR MAKES FIRST START Holding midfielder Soni Mustivar made his first MLS start last Sunday in a 1-0 win over Chicago at Sporting Park. The 25-year-old Haitian played 85 minutes in the match after previously making four substitute appearances this season. Sporting KC signed Mustivar ahead of the 2015 season. He previously played each of the past three seasons in Romania’s Liga I, recording 61 league appearances with two goals in addition to playing eight matches in the UEFA Europa League. He also started in Petrolul’s triumph in the 2012-13 Romanian Cup Final. Mustivar has earned six caps for the Haiti Men’s National Team. He most recently played in three matches at the 2014 CFU Caribbean Cup in November to help Haiti qualify for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Prior to making his international debut with Haiti in 2013, he was a youth international for France at the U-20 level. SKC DEBUTS ALL-WHITE THIRD KIT On April 29, SKC released the club’s new third kit featuring a monochromatic white and metallic silver jersey that debuted last Sunday at Sporting Park in a 1-0 win over Chicago. The collared jersey’s signature argyle pattern, an iconic element from the third kit of the past two years, is showcased across the chest and is incorporated atop the back of the uniform, as well as on the reverse side of the socks. The silver metallic color scheme further showcases the player names/numbers, two MLS Cup championship stars above the club crest and all four distinctive logos: Ivy Funds, adidas, Sporting KC and MLS. The third kit, exclusively worn with corresponding white shorts and white socks, accompanies Sporting KC’s new primary uniform which launched for the team’s 20th season in 2015, in addition to the striped secondary jersey introduced last year.

FEILHABER NAMED MLS PLAYER OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber was voted Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for April, the league announced Monday. The veteran midfielder finished the month with two goals and three assists, including the first brace of his five-year MLS career. Feilhaber, 30, is tied for first in MLS with five assists in 2015. During a month in which Feilhaber played every minute in SKC’s four games, he started strong by setting up two goals with corner kicks in a 3-2 comeback victory over the Philadelphia Union on April 5. Named the Man of the Match in a scoreless draw against Real Salt Lake on April 11, Feilhaber then became the second fastest SKC player all-time to reach the five-assist mark in a season—doing so in his seventh league appearance—when he provided the final pass for Krisztian Nemeth’s equalizer at the LA Galaxy on April 18. Feilhaber capped off April with the first brace of his MLS career in a wild 4-4 draw at Houston. Down 3-2 in the 80th minute, Feilhaber leveled the match with a well-placed penalty kick past goalkeeper Tyler Deric. After the Dynamo regained the lead minutes later, Feilhaber’s stoppage-time blast, which was voted MLS Goal of the Week, gave Sporting KC its fifth consecutive result in Houston.

NEMETH FINDING HIS FORM First-year forward Krisztian Nemeth has scored in three of Sporting KC’s last five matches and is now the club’s top scorer in 2015. The 26-year-old Hungarian and former Liverpool Reserves member has put three shots on goal this season, each of which has found the back of the net.

TIM MELIA NOMINATED FOR MLS SAVE OF THE WEEK Following the first shutout and first victory of his six-year MLS career last Sunday, Sporting KC goalkeeper Tim Melia was nominated for his first MLS Save of the Week honor. He earned the nomination for his first of three saves in the 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire at Sporting Park. Guly do Prado came close to giving the Fire the lead with a well-struck shot from the top of the penalty area but Melia dove low to his left to push away the effort in the 13th minute. Melia went on from there to make four punches, the most by an MLS goalkeeper in 2015, and he was also credited with five accurate keeper sweepings to set a new MLS season-high. His performance earned BurgerFi Man of the Match honors, as well as a place on MLSsoccer.com’s Team of the Week. Most seasons prior to first shutout/victory in MLS history Player Team 1st shutout 1st victory Tim Melia Sporting KC 6th season (2015) 6th season (2015) Chris Konopka Toronto FC 6th season (2015) 6th season (2015) Eric Kronberg Sporting KC 6th season (2011) 5th season (2010)

ROAD WARRIORS Sporting KC has won 30 away matches in MLS since the beginning of 2011, more than any other club, including eight road wins in each of the previous three regular seasons. Their 24 road wins from 2012-2014 are the most of any MLS club over a three-year span during the non-shootout era (2000-present). Sporting KC is one of two MLS teams (Seattle Sounders FC) with a winning road record since the beginning of 2011, compiling a 30-28-18 mark away from home (including postseason). ARNAUD REUNION D.C. midfielder Davy Arnaud is set to face his former club on Saturday. In Kansas City regular season history, he ranks first with 240 appearances, second with 43 goals and fourth with 35 assists. Arnaud, who played 10 seasons in Kansas City, made his MLS debut with the then-Wizards in 2002 after playing collegiately at West Texas A&M (NCAA Division II). He was a 2009 MLS All-Star and played his final season with Kansas City in 2011 before moving to Montreal (2012-13) and D.C. (2014-present). 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 9, 2015 at D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) HISTORIC COMEBACK Sporting KC’s 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Union on April 5 was just the seventh in MLS history by a team that trailed entering stoppage time. Jalil Anibaba scored a 91st-minute equalizer to set the stage for Krisztian Nemeth’s game-winner with 94 minutes on the clock. The last time Kansas City pulled off such a reversal was Sept. 17, 2007, when Eddie Johnson (93’) and Scott Sealy (94’) condemned the Columbus Crew to a 3-2 defeat. All-time MLS comeback wins in stoppage time Date Result Score at 90 min Venue 04/08/2000 DC 3-2 CHI 1-2 RFK Stadium 04/21/2001 DAL 3-2 CHI 1-2 Cotton Bowl 07/27/2003 NE 2-4 DC 2-1 Gillette Stadium 09/15/2007 KC 3-2 CLB 1-2 Arrowhead Stadium 10/15/2011 DC 1-2 CHI 1-0 RFK Stadium 06/29/2013 SJ 3-2 LA 1-2 Stanford Stadium 04/05/2015 KC 3-2 PHI 1-2 Sporting Park

IN-FORM FEILHABER FAST TO FIVE ASSISTS From a playmaking perspective, Benny Feilhaber got off to one of the best starts in club history this season. At LA Galaxy on April 18, he became the second fastest player to reach the five assist mark, doing so in his seventh league appearance of 2015. Feilhaber’s role in Krisztian Nemeth’s 22nd-minute strike also marked the second time in Sporting KC history that one player has assisted five of the team’s first seven goals in a season. The only other player to accomplish that feat is winger Graham Zusi, who needed just four games to reach five assists in 2012 and also set up five of the club’s first seven goals that year. With 25 regular season matches still to play in 2015, Feilhaber is two assists shy of equaling his career-high, set in 2011 during his first MLS campaign with the New England Revolution. After recording a brace on April 25 at Houston, he is also two goals shy of equalling a career-best four MLS goals, set in 2011 and 2014. SCORING EARLY, SCORING LATE Sporting KC bookended the scoring last Saturday, drawing first blood really early and salvaging a tie really late. Krisztian Nemeth’s low drive in the second minute— the fourth earliest ever conceded by Houston at home—was tied for the team’s second quickest road goal all-time. Conversely, Benny Feilhaber’s spectacular volley after 95 minutes was the team’s second latest road goal all-time and fourth latest overall. Latest stoppage time goals in Sporting KC regular season history Date Result Scorer Min. Venue 07/20/2013 RSL 1-2 KC Ike Opara* 97+ Rio Tinto Stadium 09/28/2012 KC 2-0 CHI Graham Zusi 96+ Sporting Park 09/22/2010 KC 4-3 HOU Josh Wolff* 96+ CommunityAmerica Ballpark 04/25/2015 HOU 4-4 KC Benny Feilhaber 95+ BBVA Compass Stadium 05/04/2014 KC 2-0 CLB Claudio Bieler 95+ Sporting Park

A THOUSAND GOALS ALL-TIME Krisztian Nemeth’s 94th-minute match-winner on April 5 against the Philadelphia Union bore league-wide significance, as it marked the first time in which both teams scored at least two goals from set pieces since September 2009. It also happened to be the Kansas City’s 1,000th goal across all competitions in team history. Sporting KC milestone goals (all competitions) Goal Scorer Date Opponent 1st Vitalis Takawira 04/13/1996 Colorado Rapids 100th Edmundo Rodriguez 06/21/1997 D.C. United 200th Preki 07/31/1999 San Jose Clash 300th Roy Lassiter 08/12/2001 Colorado Rapids 400th Stephen Armstrong 07/04/2003 Colorado Rapids 500th Own goal 05/21/2005 D.C. United 600th Jose Burciaga 05/05/2007 Columbus Crew 700th Own goal 06/24/2009 New England Revolution 800th Kei Kamara 08/21/2011 D.C. United 900th Graham Zusi 07/07/2013 Chicago Fire 1000th Krisztian Nemeth 04/05/2015 Philadelphia Union

GOALS GALORE IN HOUSTON Last Saturday’s 4-4 draw between Sporting KC and Houston was tied for the second highest scoring match in Kansas City’s 646-game MLS history (including postseason). Only a 6-4 win against Columbus during the inaugural 1996 season offered more scoring over 90 minutes plus stoppage time. Sporting KC’s four goals were also tied for the team’s second most in a road match all-time, one behind a five-goal shutout win at Colorado in 2000. The fact that Kansas City put four past a Houston defense that had previously conceded one goal in 360 minutes at BBVA Stadium this year (and led MLS with 0.57 goals allowed per game) makes the feat even more impressive. Highest scoring matches in Sporting KC history Date Result Goals Venue 05/02/1996 KC 6-4 CLB 10 Arrowhead Stadium 08/16/1998 CLB 5-3 KC 8 Ohio Stadium 04/25/2015 HOU 4-4 KC 8 BBVA Compass Stadium Note: seven goals scored on 11 occasions (KC is 9-2-0 in those games)

LOAN RECAP: LOPEZ STARTS AGAIN FOR OKC Mikey Lopez returned to his home state of Texas last Friday, May 1, and was once again in the starting lineup for head coach Jimmy Nielsen as OKC Energy FC (2-1-2) earned a 2-2 draw at the Austin Aztex (3-3-1) in a USL match-up between Western Conference foes. The 22-year-old midfielder played 61 minutes in his fifth straight start for Sporting Kansas City’s USL affiliate in front of 2,696 fans at House Park. OKC Energy FC will now return home Saturday to host LA Galaxy II (2-3-1), led by former KC manager Curt Onalfo. In the NASL, Saad Abdul-Salaam and Jon Kempin were unused substitutes in the San Antonio Scorpions’ 2-1 loss to expansion side Jacksonville Armada FC (2-2-0) last Saturday at Community First Park. The Scorpions (0-3-1) will look for their first win of the year next Saturday when they host the Carolina RailHawks (1-1-3) at Toyota Field. Mikey Lopez (OKC) USL Stats: 5 GP, 5 GS, 358 MIN Saad Abdul-Salaam (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 3 GP, 3 GS, 270 MIN Jon Kempin (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 2 GP, 180 MIN, 2.50 GAA, 5 saves

FOR THE GOALKEEPERS, ONE TO FORGET While the 4-4 draw on April 25 may have been an instant classic among fans, pundits and participating field players, it will be one the goalkeepers want to forget. Luis Marin and Tyler Deric combined to make zero saves, marking just the fourth time in MLS history that a match failed to produce a single save. The other three instances—most recently a scoreless draw between Dallas and Seattle last month— combined for just seven shots on goal, while Houston and SKC combined for eight. All-time MLS matches without a save from either team Date Result Shots on goal Venue 05/18/2005 RSL 2-0 CHV 2 Rice-Eccles Stadium 04/04/2009 LA 2-3 COL 5 StubHub Center 03/28/2015 DAL 0-0 SEA 0 Toyota Stadium 04/25/2015 HOU 4-4 KC 8 BBVA Compass Stadium

WINNING THE DUEL In a 3-1 loss at FC Dallas on March 14, Sporting KC lost 61 percent (69 of 113) of the game’s duels, marking the largest negative discrepancy in duels for Sporting KC since Opta began tracking MLS statistics in 2011. Since then, Sporting KC has out-dueled five of their last seven opponents and leads MLS with 553 duels won entering Week 10. Following the FC Dallas match, Sporting KC responded with two consecutive performances in which they set MLS season-highs for duels won. Peter Vermes’ men won 72 duels in a 0-0 draw against Portland before winning 78 in a win at New York City FC.

IN-FORM DEFENDER IKE OPARA SIDELINED WITH RUPTURED ACHILLES Sporting KC announced on April 13 that defender Ike Opara has been diagnosed with a ruptured Achilles tendon in his left ankle. He suffered the injury in a scoreless draw between Sporting KC and Real Salt Lake on April 11. The 26-year-old had played every minute of the team’s first six games until that point after coming back from a season-ending surgery in his right ankle one year ago. At the time of his injury, Opara led Sporting KC – and all MLS defenders – with two goals in 2015, while also anchoring a backline that had three shutouts and conceded the fewest shots per game (9.8) of any team in the league. He led all MLS players in 2015 with 30 interceptions and 33 aerials won, while ranking second in duels won (55). He was named to MLSsoccer.com’s Team of the Week in three of the season’s first four weeks and finished third in MLS Player of the Month voting for March.

SPORTING PARK SELLOUT STREAK Sporting Park has sold out 58 consecutive MLS matches (including playoffs) dating back to March 2012 and 70 of 79 overall since opening in June 2011. Sporting KC has set new regular season attendance records in each of the last four years, eclipsing 20,00 spectators per game in 2014. In 79 MLS matches played at the venue, Sporting Park is averaging 19,370 spectators -- 104.9 percent of its 18,467seat capacity. Sporting KC’s average home attendance in 2014 was at 108.7 percent capacity, the best mark in MLS.

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 9, 2015 at D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) SPORTING KC A SET PIECE THREAT Through the first nine weeks of the season, Sporting KC has been one of the league’s most dangerous teams on set pieces. In addition to scoring four goals directly off set pieces, the team has accumulated numerous statistics that illustrate their set piece prowess. • Sporting KC leads MLS with 28 chances created from set plays (eight more than any other team) and five assists from set plays • Sporting KC leads MLS with five headed goals • Benny Feilhaber and Matt Besler are two of four MLS players (Brad Davis, Stefan Ishizaki) with multiple assists from set plays (two each).

SUCCESS IN KANSAS CITY Sporting KC is in their 20th season as one of nine active charter members in Major League Soccer. Led by seventh-year Manager Peter Vermes, Sporting KC is the only club to win an MLS Cup (2013), a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2012) and multiple conference regular season titles (2011, 2012) since 2006. Vermes has guided the team to four straight postseason appearances and 70 MLS victories (including playoffs) since 2011, third most in the league. During that time, Sporting KC has recorded a league-best 30 road wins. In addition to winning championships, the club has seen many of its current players earn individual accolades. Winger Graham Zusi was named MLS Breakout Player of the Year in 2011, while captain Matt Besler received MLS Defender of the Year recognition in 2012. A pair of three-time MLS All-Stars, Zusi (28 caps) and Besler (25 caps) are veterans of the United States Men’s National Team and signed Designated Player contracts with Sporting KC last July after competing at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Last year, Dwyer scored 22 MLS goals and 24 goals in all competitions to set new single-season records for the club. The 24-year-old has scored 52 goals in all competitions since the start of 2013—30 with Sporting KC and 22 with former USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. Now entering his fourth year in Kansas City, Dwyer signed a contract extension during this offseason. Sporting KC also welcomes back Honduran international midfielder Roger Espinoza, who played five seasons for the team from 2008-2012. After becoming an MLS All-Star in 2012, Espinoza moved to Wigan Athletic where he won the 2013 FA Cup title and made 57 total appearances across the English Premier League, English Championship, UEFA Europa League and domestic cups. He is the only active MLS player to have competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

STADIUM CRASHERS On March 28, Sporting KC delivered New York City FC their first ever defeat at Yankee Stadium with a 1-0 result. Sporting KC has now handed MLS opponents their first loss at a new stadium at seven different venues, including a penalty shootout win against San Jose in 1996. Opponent Date Venue of 1st loss Result San Jose Earthquakes April 21, 1996 Spartan Stadium T 2-2 Houston Dynamo April 8, 2006 Robertson Stadium W 2-1 Toronto FC April 28, 2007 BMO Field W 1-0 Seattle Sounders April 11, 2009 CenturyLink Field W 1-0 Real Salt Lake May 16, 2009 Rio Tinto Stadium W 2-0 Houston Dynamo May 12, 2013 BBVA Compass Stadium W 1-0 New York City FC March 28, 2015 Yankee Stadium W 1-0 RULING THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Following a 1-0 win at New York City on March 28, Sporting KC moved to 7-1-2 in their first meetings against expansion (or relocated*) clubs during Major League Soccer’s expansion era (2005-present) . The list below excludes the San Jose Earthquakes, who took a two year hiatus from 2006-07 before returning to MLS in 2008. Opponent Date Venue Result Chivas USA June 1, 2005 StubHub Center T 1-1 Real Salt Lake July 16, 2005 Arrowhead Stadium W 3-2 Houston Dynamo* April 8, 2006 Robertson Stadium W 2-1 Toronto FC April 25, 2007 Arrowhead Stadium W 3-0 Seattle Sounders FC April 11, 2009 CenturyLink Field W 1-0 CommunityAmerica Ballpark W 2-0 Philadelphia Union June 10, 2010 Vancouver Whitecaps April 2, 2011 Empire Field T 3-3 Portland Timbers July 2, 2011 Providence Park W 2-1 Montreal Impact May 5, 2012 Sporting Park L 2-0 New York City FC March 28, 2015 Yankee Stadium W 1-0

2015 MEDIA RECOGNITIONS JALIL ANIBABA Week 5 (4/6) Goal.com Team of the Week Week 9 (5/4) Bleacher Report Team of the Week MATT BESLER Week 9 (5/4) Goal.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week MARCEL DE JONG Week 3 (3/23) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week DOM DWYER Week 5 (4/6) Goal.com Team of the Week ROGER ESPINOZA Week 2 (3/16) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Week 3 (3/23) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Week 5 (4/6) Goal.com Team of the Week SI.com Best XI BENNY FEILHABER Week 1 (3/9) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Week 4 (3/30) Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Week 6 (4/13) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Week 8 (4/27) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week SI.com Best XI MLSsoccer.com Goal of the Week April MLSsoccer.com Player of the Month Week 9 (5/4) MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week TIM MELIA Week 9 (5/4) MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week SI.com Best XI IKE OPARA Week 1 (3/9) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Soccer By Ives Best XI Week 3 (3/23) MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week SI.com Best XI Week 4 (3/30) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week SI.com Best XI March Soccer By Ives Player of the Month MLSsoccer.com Player of the Month finalist Week 6 (4/13) Goal.com Team of the Week

OFFSEASON OVERHAUL A roster makeover during the offseason saw Sporting KC acquire 13 new players and part ways with 15 members from last year’s squad. While retaining its veteran core – Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Seth Sinovic and Chance Myers – the club made multiple signings at each position. New goalkeepers (2): Luis Marin (31), a Chilean international (eight caps) with 12 years of professional experience in his native country and Sporting KC’s current holder of the No. 1 jersey; Tim Melia (28), a sixth-year MLS veteran who was a League Pool Goalkeeper in 2014 and received a call-up from Sporting KC last summer. New defenders (4): Jalil Anibaba (26), a versatile veteran who has started more than 100 MLS matches over four years with Chicago and Seattle; Saad Abdul-Salaam (23), a right back out of Akron selected 12th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; Amadou Dia (21), a left back out of Clemson selected 20th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; Marcel de Jong (28), a Canadian international (33 caps) who has played each of the last four years at FC Augsburg of the German Bundesliga. New midfielders (3): Roger Espinoza (28), a Honduran international (46 caps) and MLS All-Star who played in Kansas City from 2008-2012 before joining Wigan Athletic in England; Servando Carrasco (26), an MLS veteran who played 60 games over four years with Seattle and Houston; Soni Mustivar (25), a Haiti international who has played each of the last three seasons with Petrolul Ploiesti in the Romanian first division. New forwards (4): Bernardo Anor (26), a fifth-year veteran who played 72 MLS matches and scored 12 goals in Columbus; Krisztian Nemeth (26), a Hungarian international (15 caps) with nearly 10 years of professional experience across Europe; Connor Hallisey (22), a winger out of California selected 10th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; James Ansu Rogers (21), a winger out of New Mexico selected 53rd overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 9, 2015 at D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC regular season record vs. D.C. United: 20-20-11 Home games: 14-7-5 (47 GF, 31 GA) Road games: 6-13-6 (26 GF, 35 GA) Date

06/20/1996 07/31/1996 08/04/1996 06/21/1997 07/19/1997 08/31/1997 03/21/1998 08/26/1998 05/15/1999 06/26/1999 05/17/2000 06/10/2000 04/07/2001 06/16/2001 04/20/2002 06/15/2002 07/04/2002 08/10/2002 04/12/2003 05/17/2003 10/25/2003 05/15/2004 07/10/2004 04/30/2005 05/21/2005 07/09/2005 07/20/2005 05/13/2006 05/27/2006 06/24/2006 06/28/2006 04/14/2007 07/04/2007 10/05/2007 03/29/2008 08/02/2008 05/06/2009 09/09/2009 10/24/2009 03/27/2010 05/05/2010 08/21/2011 10/22/2011 03/10/2012 08/11/2012 04/05/2013 05/19/2013 10/18/2013 05/31/2014 08/23/2014 10/03/2014

Score

KC 5 vs DC 1 KC 3 at DC 2 KC 4 at DC 2 KC 6 vs DC 1 KC 3 vs DC 2 KC 0 at DC 2 KC 2 at DC 3 KC 1 vs DC 2 KC 3 vs DC 3 KC 0 at DC 3 KC 2 vs DC 0 KC 0 at DC 0 KC 2 at DC 3 KC 0 vs DC 3 KC 1 at DC 2 KC 2 vs DC 0 KC 2 vs DC 1 KC 0 at DC 0 KC 3 vs DC 2 KC 1 at DC 1 KC 1 at DC 1 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 0 vs DC 0 KC 2 at DC 3 KC 1 at DC 0 KC 1 vs DC 1 KC 1 at DC 2 KC 1 vs DC 3 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 2 vs DC 3 KC 4 at DC 2 KC 0 vs DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 1 KC 2 vs DC 0 KC 0 at DC 2 KC 1 vs DC 1 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 2 vs DC 2 KC 4 vs DC 0 KC 1 at DC 2 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 1 at DC 0 KC 1 at DC 0 KC 2 vs DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 1 at DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 0 vs DC 3 KC 0 at DC 0

Result

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 9 Preki 10 Preki 51 Preki 25 Preki 33 Kerry Zavagnin 45 Davy Arnaud

Location

Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium RFK Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark RFK Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark RFK Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark CommunityAmerica Ballpark RFK Stadium Sporting Park RFK Stadium RFK Stadium Sporting Park Sporting Park RFK Stadium Sporting Park RFK Stadium Sporting Park RFK Stadium

7 Jimmy Nielsen 5 Bo Oshoniyi 6 Jimmy Nielsen 44 Tony Meola 13 Bo Oshoniyi

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

Troy Perkins 5 Bill Hamid 5 Hamid/Rimando 3 Troy Perkins 47 Troy Perkins 14

d.c. united

six players tied 2 Goals four players tied 2 Assists (10/22/11) Dwayne De Rosario 9 Shots (9/9/09) Luciano Emilio 5 Shots on Goal three players tied 7 Fouls Committed Etcheverry/Olsen 6 Fouls Suffered

2 five players tied 3 Chung/Preki 7 Kei Kamara (10/22/11) 4 Smith/Takawira 7 Fabbro/Zotinca 6 five players tied 9 Garth Lagerwey (8/4/96) 3 nine players tied

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(7/4/07) Troy Perkins 9 (6/21/97) Jeff Causey 6

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

1 2 OT 38 34 1 296 328 2 133 132 2 311 326 3 79 84 2 114 114 0

Total 73 626 267 640 165 228

d.c. united Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 35 30 1 271 294 6 134 125 3 383 336 9 64 71 1 112 149 2

Total 66 571 262 728 136 263

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL

StubHub Center

1-15 12 7

16-30 17 15

SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,370

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 79 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 73 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 10 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 79 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

Jaime Moreno 8 Jaime Moreno 8 Jaime Moreno 37 Jaime Moreno 22 Richie Williams 32 Jaime Moreno 57

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

KC DC

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS

Sporting KC postseason record vs. D.C. United: 0-1-0 Date Score Result Location 11/14/2004 KC 2 vs DC 3 2004 MLS Cup

d.c. united

104.9 6

31-45 9 13

46-60 13 10

61-75 11 13

76-90 10 7

OT 1 1

Total 73 66

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON including penalty shootout wins in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

148

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 99 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 9, 2015 at D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Bernardo Anor (trade - 12/8/14)

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

Jalil Anibaba (trade - 12/12/14)

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

James Marcelin (signing - 12/16/14)

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

Luis Marin (signing - 12/18/14)

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

Krisztian Nemeth (signing - 12/18/14)

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

Tim Melia (signing - 12/23/14)

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

Roger Espinoza (signing - 1/6/15)

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

Connor Hallisey (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)

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

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

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

Servando Carrasco (trade - 1/27/15)

Aurelien Collin (trade - 12/8/14)

Soni Mustivar (signing - 2/13/15)

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

Amadou Dia (SuperDraft - 2/18/15)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)

Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

2013

Mikey Lopez (14th)

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

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

Connor Hallisey (10th)

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

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

2015

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

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

MLS Lottery Draft

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 9, 2015 at D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS

ATTENDANCE

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

T 1-1

Opara 50 19,784

Saturday, March 14

at FC Dallas

MLS

L 1-3

Espinoza 44 14,149

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

T 0-0

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20,848

Saturday, March 28

at New York City FC

MLS

W 1-0

Opara 12 27,454

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

W 3-2

Dwyer 16, Anibaba 91+, Nemeth 94+

19,545

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

T 0-0

---

20,087

Saturday, April 18

at LA Galaxy

MLS

L 1-2

Nemeth 22

20,018

Saturday, April 25

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

T 4-4

Nemeth 2, Dwyer 74, Feilhaber 80, 95+

21,046

SUNDAY, MAY 3

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

W 1-0

Nagamura 75

19,581

Saturday, May 9

at D.C. United

MLS