Game Guide: Sporting KC vs. Colorado Rapids by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v COLORADO RAPIDS (May 16, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2015 SEASON RECORDS

ROSTERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 10 3-2-5 14 13 13 at home 5 2-0-3 9 5 3 Rapids on road

10 1-2-7 10 9 9 5 1-0-4 7 6 2

Melia

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (52 meetings): Sporting 22 wins (1 shootout), 90 goals … Rapids 17 wins (3 shootout), 70 goals … Ties 13

Feilhaber

Espinoza

Ramirez

Powers

Torres

RAPIDS

Harrington

F A 9 9 100 100 4 3 2 0

4 4 1 0

7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0

0 8 1

1 8 0

TYPE OF PLAY

7 3 2 0 1 0 0 0

6 0 3 1 0 0 2 1

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

3 7 3

3 8 2

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

Pittinari

Cronin

Burling

16 Riley

Moor

1 Irwin

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

8 1 3 1

Badji

HOW SCORED

5 3 5 0

9 Nemeth

Dwyer

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

Peterson

UPCOMING MATCHES RAPIDS SPORTING Sat. May 23 Vancouver Wed. May 20 New England Wed. May 27 at Seattle Sat. May 23 at Seattle Sat. May 30 Portland Fri. May 29 FC Dallas Sun. June 7 at Real Salt Lake Sat. June 6 Seattle

A 13 69

15 Sinovic

Mustivar

LAST YEAR (MLS) 3/29: COL 2, KC 3 (Sanchez 60, 78 – Zusi 50; Feilhaber 79; Dwyer 92+)

F 13 69

5 Besler

Anibaba

AT KC (25 meetings): Sporting 17 wins (0 shootout), 55 goals … Rapids 3 wins (1 shootout), 25 goals … Ties 5

SPORTING

2 Palmer-Brown

REFEREE: Juan Guzman. AR1 (bench): Jonathan Johnson; AR2 (opposite): Richard Gamache; 4th: Ismail Elfath DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

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) COLORADO RAPIDS 1 Clint Irwin (GK) 2 Nick LaBrocca (MF) 3 Drew Moor (DF) 4 Marc Burch (DF) 5 Michael Harrington (DF) 6 Sam Cronin (MF) 7 Vicente Sanchez (FW) 8 Dillon Powers (MF) 10 Gabriel Torres (FW) 11 Marcelo Sarvas (MF) 12 John Berner (GK) 13 Ben Newnam (DF) 14 Dominique Badji (FW) 15 Juan Ramirez (MF) 16 James Riley (DF) 17 Dillon Serna (MF) 18 Zac MacMath (GK) 19 Charles Eloundou (FW) 22 Lucas Pittinari (MF) 23 Bobby Burling (DF) 27 Shane O'Neill (DF) 29 Caleb Calvert (FW) 33 Jared Watts (MF) 44 Axel Sjoberg (DF) 57 Carlos Alvarez (MF) 94 Marlon Hairston (MF)

none

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC COL

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

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

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

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

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 5/09/2015 KC 1, DC 1 5/03/2015 KC 1, CHI 0 4/11/2015 KC 0, RSL 0

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC TLTWWTLTWT Rapids TTTLWLTTTT

(0) (3) (5) (2) (0) (1) (4)

COLORADO RAPIDS Date Score (Gms since) 7/25/2014 COL 3, CHV 0 4/10/2015 COL 4, DAL 0 4/18/2015 COL 1, SEA 3 10/25/2014 COL 0, VAN 1 5/08/2015 COL 1, SJ 1 4/10/2015 COL 4, DAL 0 4/04/2015 COL 0, NE 2

(11) (2) (2) (5) (0) (5) (6)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 3 Nemeth A: 5 Dwyer/Nemeth SHT: 32 Dwyer SOG: 9 Dwyer FC: 16 Espinoza FS: 31 Dwyer OF: 11 Dwyer C: 3 Espinoza E: 1 Besler RAPIDS G: 4 Torres A: 4 Powers SHT: 26 Torres SOG: 11 Torres FC: 29 Pittinari FS: 27 Ramirez OF: 16 Torres C: 2 5 players tied E: 1 Burling

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 10 2 6 0 1 1 13 1.30 COL 10 4 5 0 0 1 9 0.90 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 10 4 2 2 1 1 13 1.30 COL 10 4 4 1 1 0 9 0.90 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 13 2 2 2 1 2 4 COL 9 1 2 2 0 1 3 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 13 3 2 2 3 1 2 COL 9 1 4 1 1 2 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v COLORADO RAPIDS (May 16, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 105)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-2 196 05/18/1983 Santiago, Chile 8 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 1 Luis Marin DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 2 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 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 9 9 0 2 159 154 2 9 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 5 3 1 0 227 204 13 19 DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 0 0 0 0 123 98 2 13 7 Chance Myers MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 8 8 0 2 156 123 22 41 8 Graham Zusi 9 Krisztian Nemeth FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 8 6 3 0 8 6 3 0 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10 10 2 5 120 108 14 24 MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 6 1 0 0 77 49 12 3 11 Bernardo Anor 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 6 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 10 10 3 1 60 48 27 4 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 5 4 0 0 138 134 0 7 15 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 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 8 8 1 1 120 115 5 7 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 9 9 1 2 122 102 3 13 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 2 2 0 0 8 7 0 0 29 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 8 3 0 0 207 117 15 14 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 6 6 0 1 6 6 0 1 71 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 6 2 0 0 6 2 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

L60 11/21/1966 W79 T49

COLORADO RAPIDS 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 195 04/01/1989 Charlotte, NC 10 10 0 0 68 66 0 0 1 Clint Irwin 2 Nick LaBrocca MF 5-10 165 12/04/1984 Staten Island, NY 5 3 1 0 212 189 18 18 DF 6-0 165 01/15/1984 Dallas, TX 4 4 0 0 286 273 21 6 3 Drew Moor 4 Marc Burch DF 6-1 180 05/07/1984 Cincinnati, OH 3 3 0 0 177 137 4 20 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 10 10 0 1 217 192 5 18 5 6 Sam Cronin MF 5-10 165 12/12/1986 Atlanta, GA 6 5 0 0 179 167 6 17 FW 5-7 145 12/07/1979 Montevideo, Uruguay 9 3 0 0 34 22 7 4 7 Vicente Sanchez 8 Dillon Powers MF 5-11 170 02/14/1991 Plano, TX 10 9 1 4 70 65 11 19 FW 6-0 179 09/18/1983 Adamstown, Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Kevin Doyle 10 Gabriel Torres FW 5-11 165 10/31/1988 Panama City, Panama 10 10 4 1 40 26 10 3 MF 5-10 155 10/16/1981 Sao Paulo, Brazil 6 5 0 1 94 85 9 20 11 Marcelo Sarvas 12 John Berner GK 6-3 205 02/14/1991 St. Louis, MO 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 13 Ben Newnam DF 5-10 165 04/18/1991 Greensboro, NC 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 Dominique Badji FW 6-0 175 10/16/1992 Dakar, Senegal 9 6 1 0 9 6 1 0 15 Juan Ramirez MF 5-8 150 05/25/1993 Buenos Aires, Argentina 9 8 0 1 9 8 0 1 16 James Riley DF 5-10 150 10/27/1982 Colorado Springs, CO 6 6 1 0 241 220 3 17 Dillon Serna MF 5-7 140 03/25/1994 Denver, CO 6 1 1 0 34 19 4 4 17 18 Zac MacMath GK 6-0 194 08/07/1991 St. Petersburg, FL 0 0 0 0 103 102 0 0 19 Charles Eloundou FW 5-7 155 12/04/1994 Yaounde, Cameroon 2 0 0 0 13 4 0 1 22 Lucas Pittinari MF 5-10 167 11/30/1991 Laborde, Argentina 10 10 0 1 10 10 0 1 Bobby Burling DF 6-5 195 10/15/1984 Clear Lake City, TX 6 6 0 0 125 111 2 2 23 26 Deshorn Brown FW 6-2 170 12/22/1990 Manchester, Jamaica 1 0 0 0 62 50 20 4 Shane O'Neill DF 6-2 190 09/02/1993 Midleton, Ireland 3 2 0 0 51 47 1 0 27 29 Caleb Calvert FW 6-2 160 10/22/1996 Wrightwood, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Jared Watts MF 6-1 155 02/03/1992 Statesville, NC 2 2 0 0 19 15 0 1 44 Axel Sjoberg DF 6-7 210 03/08/1991 Stockholm, Sweden 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 57 Carlos Alvarez MF 5-10 160 11/12/1990 Los Angeles, CA 1 0 0 0 51 39 2 4 94 Marlon Hairston MF 6-0 157 03/23/1994 Jackson, MS 0 0 0 0 22 9 1 1 HEAD COACH : Pablo Mastroeni

08/29/1976 W9 L20 T15

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs COLORADO RAPIDS SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. May 16, 2015 (WEEK 11, MLS Game #105) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38; Altitude) Sporting Kansas City and the Colorado Rapids meet for the first time this season as the Western Conference clubs face off at Sporting Park on Saturday evening. Sporting return home after extending their current undefeated run to three games, following a 1-1 draw at D.C. United last weekend. The Rapids hit the road after seeing their home winless streak extended to record proportions, reaching a fourth consecutive 1-1 draw in their match with the San Jose Earthquakes at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. REFEREE: Juan Guzman. AR1 (bench): Jonathan Johnson; AR2 (opposite): Richard Gamache; 4th: Ismail Elfath MLS Career: 51 games; FC/gm: 25.7; Y/gm: 3.6; R: 17; pens: 12 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (52 meetings): Sporting 22 wins (1 shootout), 90 goals … Rapids 17 wins (3 shootout), 70 goals … Ties 13 AT KC (25 meetings): Sporting 17 wins (0 shootout), 55 goals … Rapids 3 wins (1 shootout), 25 goals … Ties 5 RETURN MATCHES: 6/27: Sporting Kansas City vs. Colorado Rapids, 7:30 p.m. CT; 8/29: Colorado Rapids vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7 p.m. MT LAST YEAR (MLS) 3/29: COL 2, KC 3 (Sanchez 60, 78 – Zusi 50; Feilhaber 79; Dwyer 92+)  The Rapids have not defeated Sporting since the 2009 season, when they won 2-1 on March 28 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Sporting have won three of the eight meetings since, with five draws, including victories in the lone meeting each of the last two seasons.  The Rapids haven’t won in Kansas City since 2002, a 2-1 win at Arrowhead Stadium. Since, Kansas City is 80-4 at home vs. Colorado, including a 2-1 win at Sporting Park in the last meeting there in 2013.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. COL: P8 W3 L0 D5 … Pablo Mastroeni vs. KC: P1 W0 L1 D0 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City made it three games without loss, coming back for a 1-1 draw with D.C. United on Saturday evening at RFK Stadium. Sporting are in a tie for fourth place in the Western Conference with 14 points from 10 matches. LAST MATCH  The game's two goals came less than three minutes apart late in the first half. United grabbed the opener in the 42nd minute. Midfielder Perry Kitchen swung a perfectly placed long ball into the area from 40 yards out, finding Chris Pontius at the far post. Pontius chested the service down and then found a trailing Jairo Arrieta, who slotted home from 10 yards out.  Yet just more than two minutes later, Sporting midfielder Roger Espinoza collected the ball 25 yards from goal, streaked towards the end line and sent in a cross towards Dom Dwyer, and he collected and finished with lethal quickness, turning and firing home from 12 yards out, KC's first goal against United in 397 minutes.  SKC manager Peter Vermes made two changes to the team that got the game’s lone goal for a victory against the Chicago Fire at Sporting Park. Erik Palmer-Brown came into the back four for Kevin Ellis, and Jacob Peterson started out wide in place of Krisztian Nemeth.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Jalil Anibaba, Erik Palmer-Brown, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic Soni Mustivar - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza - Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 85), Dom Dwyer (Krisztian Nemeth 71), Graham Zusi (Amadou Dia 90). TEAM NEWS  Sporting extended their undefeated streak to three games with a second consecutive road draw. They’ve come away with points on three of five away matches this season.

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“I thought we were very good all game long, tactically,” SKC manager Peter Vermes said. “I thought it was very difficult for them to try and break us down, and I thought we were good at, many times, finding opportunities on the counter. I thought our tactical awareness in the game was very good.” Dom Dwyer scored his second goal in three matches and is now tied with Krisztian Nemeth for the SKC team lead with three goals. Dwyer was taken off for a substitute in the 71st minute, the first minutes he has not played this season. “He was like a lone striker up there today where a lot of the times the wingers are a little bit tighter to him. He did a lot of work by himself and he got beat up quite a bit, so we wanted to get some fresh legs on those last few minutes of the game,” said Vermes. Jacob Peterson returned to the starting lineup for the first time since April 11, as Krisztian Nemeth went to the substitutes’ bench for the first time in five matches. Erik Palmer-Brown made his first start of the season, coming into central defense – his first appearance since coming on as a late substitute in the March 7 season opener. Palmer-Brown will now be joining the U.S. national team for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. “I think he did well. Obviously, there are still things he can be better at but he was pretty good,” said Vermes. “There are some tactical things we could change or help him read the situations a bit better, but for a kid who has just turned 18 not too long ago, it was definitely a big step in the right direction. He has an incredible career ahead of him.” Said Palmer-Brown: “It was hard because I had broken a wrist before, but nothing that caused me to be out for over three months. I was in a boot, not walking, so it was really tough for me. It was during a break too, so for me it was hard, but it was a good learning experience to come back from an injury like that. If it happens again, I am ready.” There is an injury scare coming out of the United match as Graham Zusi suffered a clash of heads that leaves his availability in doubt for the weekend. “We've got to be very smart with him,” Vermes said. “We're not going to – we've just got to make sure everything's right before we bring him back. So right now, he's very doubtful.”

COLORADO RAPIDS The Colorado Rapids made it four consecutive draws, coming back with a late equalizer for a 1-1 draw with the San Jose Earthquakes on Friday evening at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids are in 10th place in the Western Conference with 10 points from 10 matches. LAST MATCH  The Quakes hit for the opener in the 19th minute. Directly in front of goal, Chris Wondolowski calmly settled a corner sent in by Shea Salinas before sending in a clean finish.  The equalizer for the Rapids came in the third minute of added time. Again from a corner kick, the ball was partially cleared, but only as far as James Riley at the back of the penalty area, and he floated a header over a mass of bodies and into the back of the net to leave the teams level.  Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni made two changes to the team that claimed a 1-1 draw with the LA Galaxy at StubHub Center. Drew Moor came into the back four for Shane O'Neill, and Dominique Badji started in place of Nick LaBrocca.  COLORADO RAPIDS (4-2-3-1): Clint Irwin - James Riley, Drew Moor, Axel Sjoberg, Michael Harrington Lucas Pittinari, Sam Cronin (Charles Eloundou 74) - Gabriel Torres, Dillon Powers, Juan Ramirez - Dominique Badji (Vicente Sanchez 46). TEAM NEWS  The Rapids saw their home winless streak extended to 11 games, an MLS record. They last won at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on July 25, 2014, a 3-0 win against Chivas USA. The Chicago Fire had gone 10 games without winning at home in the 2011 season.  “The stadium needs an exorcism,” Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni said. “It is one of the most bizarre experiences that I’ve ever seen in a place where, in the past, we’ve been able to wriggle out of situations and do it.”  Said Drew Moor: “We just need to be better on the field and start games better at home. We want this to be a place that teams fear when they come in and it has been in the past. There’s altitude that teams start to feel in the second half. Teams start to feel it in the 60th or 70th minute but that’s only if we put the work in in the first 20-30 minutes. I know that because I’ve been a visitor here.”  The Rapids also played to their fourth consecutive draw – all with a 1-1 scoreline. The MLS record is six consecutive draws set three times – including by the Rapids in 2011. The Chicago Fire’s streak of six consecutive draws a year ago did not include any scoreless draws – the most consecutive score draws.  “I say cursed but I believe that we are the captains of our ships, the masters of our souls and I believe that we will find a way to navigate through this,” Mastroeni. “But I don’t know when, and that is the mysterious part. We’ve endured a lot, but it’s going to come.”

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James Riley scored his first goal since July 11, 2010, when he netted for Seattle Sounders FC against FC Dallas. It was his third career league goal in 11 seasons and 241 MLS appearances. “It wasn’t a celebratory moment,” Riley said. “I wish it was a game winner. Obviously we’re disappointed we still haven’t won at home. But it would be a different story if we weren’t creating chances. This is my 11th year in the league and we have honest guys in this locker room. It just takes growing pains. We need to face that adversity in battle. It’s pulling out results like this that help build that foundation of character that will help us be better in the middle and latter parts of the season.” After missing out on the last two matches, Moor returned to the starting lineup, partnering Axel Sjoberg in central defense. It was just the second match they have formed the center back pairing. “The defense is holding strong, guys are working hard,” Moor said. “We are 10 games in and we have a team that is brand new almost so it’s still that adversity and that gelling in battle. You can do it in practice but it’s pulling out results like this and doing the road trip that we did last week and get results like that. It helps build the foundation of character that we need to succeed.” Dominique Badji returned to the starting lineup, but came off at halftime in favor of Vicente Sanchez – his shortest shift as a starter in MLS.

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

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

PLAYER Dom Dwyer Krisztian Nemeth Benny Feilhaber Ike Opara Roger Espinoza Jalil Anibaba 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 10 8 10 6 9 8 5 8 9 6 6 6 2 2 8 3 5 8 6 5 6 2

GS 10 6 10 6 9 8 3 8 9 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 8 5 4 2 2

MIN 881 543 894 534 784 720 312 660 790 453 236 188 6 95 296 187 365 720 408 392 236 180

10 10

900 900

G 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13

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

SHT 32 17 11 7 10 8 4 10 0 5 3 4 0 1 3 3 2 0 7 5 0 0

SOG 9 3 3 2 3 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0

14 13

132 98

33 35

FC 15 5 14 6 16 7 9 8 8 1 4 4 0 0 3 3 4 0 8 4 4 0

FS 31 6 19 4 12 3 3 8 3 7 2 4 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 3 0

OFF 11 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 22 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

123 119 119 123

17 37

52 51

16 19

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 2 8 10 10

GS 2 8 10 10

MIN SHTS 180 5 720 30 900 35 900 33

SV 4 19 23 19

GA 1 12 13 13

GAA 0.5 1.5 1.3 1.3

PG 0 0 0 1

PA 0 0 0 2

W 1 2 3 2

L 0 2 2 3

T 1 4 5 5

SO 1 3 4 2

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2015 COLORADO RAPIDS STATISTICS (1-2-7, 10 pts.) UNF 10 8 17 14 16 2 15 22 11 5 44 13 23 57 19 1 26 3 33 4 6 27 7

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

PLAYER Gabriel Torres Dillon Powers Dillon Serna Dominique Badji James Riley Nick LaBrocca Juan Ramirez Lucas Pittinari Marcelo Sarvas Michael Harrington Axel Sjoberg Ben Newnam Bobby Burling Carlos Alvarez Charles Eloundou Clint Irwin Deshorn Brown Drew Moor Jared Watts Marc Burch Sam Cronin Shane O'Neill Vicente Sanchez Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 10 10 6 9 6 5 9 10 6 10 6 1 6 1 2 10 1 4 2 3 6 3 9

GS 10 9 1 6 6 3 8 10 5 10 6 1 6 0 0 10 0 4 2 3 5 2 3

MIN 863 781 135 492 530 284 680 900 462 900 540 90 518 31 33 900 2 360 180 270 423 196 308

10 10

900 900

G 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9

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

SHT 25 19 2 12 4 4 18 12 7 2 5 0 3 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 10

SOG 11 9 1 3 1 1 4 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6

9 6

136 120

46 37

FC 8 8 4 14 5 7 7 29 7 5 9 2 10 0 0 0 0 4 3 5 5 3 4

FS 16 18 0 7 1 5 27 6 12 6 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 5 1 3 2 0 8

OFF 16 4 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

CK 1 17 0 0 0 0 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18

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

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

139 138 138 139

32 7

55 34

19 24

1 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dominique Badji 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Dillon Powers 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None COLORADO RAPIDS GOALKEEPING UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Clint Irwin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 10 10 10

GS 10 10 10

MIN SHTS 900 37 900 37 900 46

SV 28 28 36

GA 9 9 9

GAA 0.9 0.9 0.9

PG 2 2 0

PA 2 2 0

W 1 1 2

L 2 2 1

T 7 7 7

SO 4 4 4

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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 T 1-1

19581 16221

3-2-4 3-2-5

4 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); 14 KC: Dwyer (45); DC: Arrieta (42)

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COLORADO RAPIDS 2015 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sun.

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

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

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

OPPONENT RESULT 7 at Philadelphia T 0-0 21 New York City T 0-0 FC 28 at Houston T 0-0 4 New England L 0-2 10 at FC Dallas W 4-0 18 Seattle L 1-3 24 FC Dallas T 1-1 29 at New York T 1-1 2 at Los Angeles T 1-1 8 San Jose T 1-1 16 at Sporting KC 23 Vancouver 27 at Seattle 30 Portland 7 at Real Salt Lake 19 FC Dallas 24 at Orlando City SC 27 at Sporting KC 4 Vancouver 11 Real Salt Lake 18 at Seattle 1 Los Angeles 8 Columbus 14 at San Jose 22 at Chicago 26 Houston 29 Sporting KC 9 at Vancouver 12 D.C. United 19 at Toronto FC 26 at Houston 4 Real Salt Lake 10 Montreal 25 at Portland

ATT 18022 17692

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

19603 11450 12929 13134 12944 12540 16676 14169

0-0-3 0-1-3 1-1-3 1-2-3 1-2-4 1-2-5 1-2-6 1-2-7

POS PTS NOTES: 3 1 8 2 6 8 6 7 8 8 8 8

3 3 NE: Agudelo (18) Nguyen (54) 6 COL: Badji (2) Powers (43) Torres (70) Serna (85); 6 COL: Torres (22); SEA: Neagle (5,25) Martins (73) 7 COL: LaBrocca (79); DAL: Diaz (31) 8 COL: Torres (25); NYR: Wright-Phillips (30) 9 COL: Torres (40); LA: Gordon (75) 10 COL: Riley (93+); SJ: Wondolowski (19)

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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 5 times Saves 4 Luis Marin 4 Luis Marin Shots Faced 6 Luis Marin Goals Allowed 4 Luis Marin

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

04/25/2015 vs HOU

T 4-4

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

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

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

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

W 1-0 T 0-0

03/14/2015 vs DAL

L 1-3

04/05/2015 vs PHI 04/18/2015 vs LA

W 3-2 L 1-2

04/18/2015 vs LA

L 1-2

04/25/2015 vs HOU

T 4-4

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

RAPIDS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 1 9 times Assists 1 9 times Shots 6 Gabriel Torres Shots on Goal 3 Vicente Sanchez Fouls Committed 7 Lucas Pittinari Fouls Suffered 8 Juan Ramirez Offside 3 4 times Saves 6 Clint Irwin Shots Faced 9 Clint Irwin Goals Allowed 3 Clint Irwin

Goals 4 04/10/2015 at Assists 4 04/10/2015 at Shots 27 04/18/2015 at Shots on Goal 9 04/18/2015 at Fouls Committed 23 03/07/2015 at Fouls Suffered 18 03/28/2015 at 18 04/18/2015 at Corner Kicks 12 05/08/2015 at Offside 6 04/24/2015 at Saves 6 04/18/2015 at Shots Faced 9 04/18/2015 at Goals Allowed 3 04/18/2015 at

04/10/2015 at DAL

W 4-0

04/10/2015 at DAL

W 4-0

04/18/2015 at SEA

L 1-3

04/18/2015 at SEA

L 1-3

04/18/2015 at SEA

L 1-3

04/24/2015 at DAL

T 1-1

03/07/2015 at PHI

T 0-0

04/18/2015 at SEA

L 1-3

04/18/2015 at SEA

L 1-3

04/18/2015 at SEA

L 1-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015) Shots 9 03/28/2015 vs Shots on Goal 1 04/11/2015 vs Fouls Committed 10 03/08/2015 vs 10 05/09/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 8 04/25/2015 vs Corner Kicks 2 03/28/2015 vs Offside 0 03/08/2015 vs 0 03/21/2015 vs Saves 0 04/11/2015 vs 0 04/25/2015 vs Shots Faced 0 04/11/2015 vs

NYC

W 1-0

RSL

T 0-0

NYR DC

T 1-1 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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)

DAL

W 4-0

DAL

W 4-0

SEA

L 1-3

SEA

L 1-3

PHI

T 0-0

HOU SEA

T 0-0 L 1-3

T 1-1

DAL

T 1-1

SEA

L 1-3

SEA

L 1-3

SEA

L 1-3

Shots 2 03/07/2015 at Shots on Goal 0 03/07/2015 at Fouls Committed 10 05/08/2015 at Fouls Suffered 11 03/21/2015 at 11 04/10/2015 at Corner Kicks 1 03/07/2015 at Offside 1 04/10/2015 at 1 04/18/2015 at 1 04/29/2015 at Saves 1 04/04/2015 at 1 04/24/2015 at Shots Faced 2 03/21/2015 at 2 03/28/2015 at 2 04/24/2015 at

PHI

T 0-0

PHI

T 0-0

T 1-1

NYC DAL

T 0-0 W 4-0

PHI

T 0-0

DAL SEA NYR

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

NE DAL

L 0-2 T 1-1

NYC HOU DAL

T 0-0 T 0-0 T 1-1

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

RAPIDS VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Rapids

Sporting KC 22 wins, 91 goals Rapids 17 wins, 73 goals 13 ties 4/13/1996 5/5/1996 7/10/1996 8/7/1996 6/28/1997 8/28/1997 9/6/1997 9/26/1997 10/4/1997 10/8/1997 5/31/1998 7/19/1998 8/8/1998 9/2/1998 4/17/1999 7/7/1999 9/10/1999 9/25/1999 4/1/2000 4/29/2000 8/2/2000 8/26/2000 9/16/2000 9/20/2000 9/24/2000 7/18/2001 8/12/2001 8/19/2001 3/23/2002 5/11/2002 9/14/2002 9/20/2002 7/4/2003 8/22/2003 9/13/2003 10/4/2003 11/4/2003 11/8/2003 5/1/2004 6/9/2004 9/10/2004 9/25/2004 4/2/2005 7/4/2005 7/8/2006 9/9/2006 5/19/2007 7/22/2007 4/5/2008 8/16/2008 3/28/2009 9/26/2009 4/10/2010 7/17/2010 5/28/2011 7/6/2011 10/30/2011 11/2/2011 5/19/2012 8/31/2013 3/29/2014

KC 3 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 4 at COL KC 1 vs COL KC 2 at COL KC 5 vs COL COL 3 at KC COL 3 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 4 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 3 vs KC COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 1 at KC KC 3 vs COL KC 5 at COL KC 3 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs COL COL 0 vs KC KC 3 vs COL COL 0 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 3 vs COL KC 1 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 3 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 2 vs COL KC 1 at COL COL 3 vs KC KC 1 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 0 vs COL KC 1 vs COL COL 1 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs COL KC 2 at COL KC 2 vs COL COL 2 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 3 at COL

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

KC SOW

COL SOW COL SOW COL SOW

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

(2OT) (2OT)

(KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (DS) (KC) (CA) (DS) (DS) (CA) (CA) (DS) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (DS)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 28 293 114 367 79 137

2 42 358 135 392 64 138

Sporting KC

OT 0 5 2 2 1 0

Tot 70 656 251 761 144 275

1 33 311 135 335 82 114

2 57 404 180 340 80 130

OT 0 4 1 9 0 1

Tot 90 719 316 684 162 245

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: COL KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

8 7

10 12

9 13

14 22

10 9

19 27

0 0

70 90

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes Pablo Mastroeni

vs. COL vs. KC

3-0-5 0-1-0

(1.75 pts./game) (0 pts./game)

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

9 16 83 35 34 47 7 5 6 65 18

Sporting KC Klein/Radosavljevic Preki Preki Preki McKeon/Zavagnin Kerry Zavagnin Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola

Rapids John Spencer Chris Henderson John Spencer John Spencer Pablo Mastroeni Chris Henderson 4 times Cannon/Hahnemann Scott Garlick Marcus Hahnemann Marcus Hahnemann

8 7 53 29 35 36 3 5 3 44 17

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed

2 3 9 4 7

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

7 1 9 4

Sporting KC 9 players tied Preki (10/04/03) Onandi Lowe (08/12/01) 9 players tied Chris Henderson (08/26/00) 3 players tied 12 players tied Bo Oshoniyi (09/10/04) Mike Ammann (08/07/96)

Rapids 8 players tied 4 players tied Mark Chung (09/14/02) John Spencer (08/22/03) Chris Martinez (08/02/00) 3 players tied 8 players tied 4 players tied Grafer/Kramer

2 2 8 5 7 6 1 9 5

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

Streak (started)

Colorado Rapids W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

7 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ts

(06/06/2014) (05/09/2015) (04/25/2015)

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

1 Ts (05/02/2015) 4 Ts (03/07/2015) 2 Ts (04/24/2015)

1-2-1 2-0-2

1 Ts 1 Ws

(05/09/2015) (05/03/2015)

0-2-2 1-0-2

2 Ts (04/24/2015) 2 Ts (04/29/2015)

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

2 Ts 1 Ts 1 Ws 3 Ws 1 Ts

(03/21/2015) (05/09/2015) (10/10/2014) (03/29/2014) (04/25/2015)

0-1-3 0-1-4 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0

1 4 1 1 2

Ls Ts Ts Ls Ws

(04/04/2015) (04/24/2015) (09/13/2014) (08/20/2014) (05/24/2014)

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

1 Ws 2 Ts 1 Ls 5 Ls 1 Ts

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

1-0-3 0-0-4 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0

1 4 2 3 6

Ws Ts Ls Ls Ls

(04/10/2015) (04/24/2015) (10/11/2014) (07/30/2014) (04/26/2014)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. RAPIDS (22-17-13) PLAYER

MIN

Preki Chris Klein Vitalis Takawira Mo Johnston Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Graham Zusi Jimmy Conrad Frank Klopas Gary Glasgow Matt McKeon Teal Bunbury Francisco Gomez Eddie Johnson Miklos Molnar Benny Feilhaber Roy Lassiter Scott Sealy Paul Wright Mark Chung Kerry Zavagnin Chris Henderson Brian Johnson Chris Brown Dom Dwyer Jack Jewsbury Igor Simutenkov Ryan Smith Ryan Tinsley Stephen Armstrong Alex Bunbury Michael Harrington Kei Kamara Michael Kraus Alexi Lalas Uche Okafor Mike Sorber Dave van den Bergh Eric Quill Jose Burciaga Jr. Mike Burns Carlos Marinelli Sasha Victorine Sal Zizzo Peter Byaruhanga Bobby Convey Eric Eichmann Diego Gutierrez Tony Meola Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Bo Oshoniyi Ryan Pore Craig Rocastle C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Scott Uderitz Team totals Opponent totals

26 21 14 18 18 13 7 18 8 7 19 6 11 3 2 2 5 5 9 12 27 8 8 14 2 14 6 3 8 6 4 10 6 1 4 16 3 1 6 9 5 3 6 1 1 1 2 15 17 5 3 8 5 3 3 4 6 52 52

24 21 10 17 15 11 6 18 5 5 17 3 4 3 2 2 4 2 5 12 26 8 3 6 1 12 4 2 8 6 3 10 5 0 4 15 3 1 5 9 3 2 6 1 1 1 1 14 17 4 3 8 2 2 1 4 4 52 52

2175 1840 889 1534 1442 925 511 1579 492 486 1563 307 508 244 158 174 319 225 483 1080 2399 730 342 833 81 1052 385 196 684 433 287 879 456 23 360 1338 267 83 432 774 281 217 491 90 45 59 102 1257 1580 379 257 730 112 161 94 315 352 4680 4680

9 9 8 7 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 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 91 73

16 3 3 7 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 92 68

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

83 43 32 38 37 20 6 12 15 11 26 9 18 6 7 6 3 6 10 34 10 11 1 12 3 17 7 8 2 7 8 1 12 1 6 5 3 4 5 10 1 2 10 2 0 0 2 10 0 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 722 660

2 2 6 17 8 6 9 2 1 1 52 52

135 100 540 1580 730 540 800 135 90 90 4680 4680

Garth Lagerwey Chris Snitko Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi Kevin Hartman Mike Ammann Pat Harrington Eric Kronberg David Winner Team totals Opponent totals

SHT

GAA

7 5 0.67 5 4 0.90 20 14 1.00 85 65 1.03 44 31 1.36 31 22 1.50 46 29 1.91 5 1 2.00 6 3 2.00 2 0 2.00 251 174 1.33 318 218 1.71

0 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 11 6

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RAPIDS CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (17-22-13) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

John Spencer Chris Henderson Mark Chung Wolde Harris Conor Casey Ross Paule Paul Bravo Marcelo Balboa Terry Cooke Steve Trittschuh Kyle Beckerman Sean Henderson Jovan Kirovski Vicente Sanchez Shaun Bartlett Chris Carrieri Wes Hart Scott Benedetti Omar Cummings Zach Kingsley Tyrone Marshall Alain Nkong Edson Buddle Jose Burciaga Jr. Jordan Cila Jeff Cunningham John DiRaimondo Facundo Erpen Jean Harbor Kosuke Kimura Clint Mathis David Patino Zizi Roberts Richard Sharpe Chris Martinez Adrian Paz Carlos Valderrama Colin Clark Seth Trembly Peter Vermes Mehdi Ballouchy Nat Borchers Jason Boyce Eric Denton Robin Fraser Denis Hamlett Nicolas Hernandez Peguero Jean Philippe Ritchie Kotschau Jeff Larentowicz Thiago Martins Pablo Mastroeni Jacob Peterson Martin Rivero Jamie Smith Roy Wegerle Team totals Opponent totals

13 24 11 12 8 11 15 19 7 11 14 6 4 2 4 10 11 4 7 6 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 8 2 4 3 2 13 8 7 5 8 11 6 10 1 3 9 3 4 4 16 5 1 22 5 2 2 5 52 52

12 21 10 7 8 10 14 19 5 11 9 5 4 2 4 9 9 4 6 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 8 1 4 2 0 11 7 7 5 3 10 6 10 1 3 9 3 4 4 14 5 0 21 3 1 0 3 52 52

1172 2006 959 663 696 935 1192 1732 515 990 913 428 296 168 325 774 778 347 538 291 270 159 102 179 154 127 90 270 324 712 96 338 212 15 954 599 670 375 317 914 456 910 40 270 850 270 344 260 1277 450 33 1841 218 123 73 213 4680 4680

8 6 5 5 5 4 3 2 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 91

4 7 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 68 92

53 32 30 18 22 18 33 35 10 14 14 4 8 3 7 17 6 4 13 4 1 4 3 3 4 7 2 2 9 3 2 9 9 2 3 11 4 5 3 4 8 1 1 3 1 0 6 8 6 4 0 11 7 4 0 4 660 722

Ian Feuer Preston Burpo Matt Pickens Scott Garlick Dusty Hudock Joe Cannon Scott Vallow Bouna Coundoul Clint Irwin Chris Woods David Kramer Marcus Hahnemann John Berner Adin Brown Paul Grafer Team totals Opponent totals

3 2 6 8 2 8 1 3 1 2 5 8 1 1 1 52 52

MIN SHTS 270 180 540 750 180 720 100 270 90 180 470 720 90 90 90 4680 4680

GAA

12 11 0.33 9 7 0.50 28 21 1.17 45 32 1.44 16 13 1.50 54 39 1.62 5 3 1.80 14 7 2.00 3 1 2.00 18 14 2.00 25 12 2.11 64 44 2.12 4 1 3.00 10 7 3.00 11 6 5.00 318 218 1.71 251 174 1.33

0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 11

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. RAPIDS (22-17-13)

CURRENT RAPIDS VS. SPORTING KC (17-22-13)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

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

7 5 16 2 5 6 5 3 8 2 1 4 1 2 4 52 52

6 5 16 1 4 6 5 2 7 2 1 3 1 2 1 52 52

511 444 1356 81 379 469 450 246 633 176 90 291 90 151 128 4680 4680

3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 73

2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 68

6 11 20 3 4 0 5 4 3 1 0 2 0 1 2 722 660

Vicente Sanchez Nick LaBrocca Marcelo Sarvas Marc Burch Sam Cronin James Riley Carlos Alvarez John Berner Deshorn Brown Bobby Burling Marlon Hairston Michael Harrington Clint Irwin Zac MacMath Drew Moor Shane O'Neill Dillon Powers Gabriel Torres Jared Watts Team totals Opponent totals

2 10 3 9 8 18 1 1 2 7 1 2 1 9 14 2 2 2 1 52 52

2 10 2 6 8 15 0 1 2 5 0 2 1 9 14 2 2 1 1 52 52

168 874 193 556 623 1400 45 90 160 474 2 172 90 810 1260 180 180 98 90 4680 4680

2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 91

0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 92

3 16 3 3 6 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 660 722

GOALKEEPER

MIN

GAA

GOALKEEPER

GAA

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 52 52

90 4680 4680

6 4 2.00 251 174 1.33 318 218 1.71

0 11 6

Zac MacMath Clint Irwin John Berner Team totals Opponent totals

9 1 1 52 52

42 30 1.22 3 1 2.00 4 1 3.00 318 218 1.71 251 174 1.33

1 0 0 6 11

SHT

MIN SHTS 810 90 90 4680 4680

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GAME NOTES

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. COLORADO RAPIDS

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Saturday, May 16, 2015 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Sporting Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 11 English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV Referee: English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Assistant ref: TV and radio Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Assistant ref: talent Andy Gruenebaum (color) Fourth official: Jake Yadrich (analyst) Kacie McDonnell (sideline) Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Radio talent Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Raul Padrino Villegas (color)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

3-2-5 (14 pts.) RECORD 10 GAMES PLAYED t-4th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 13 GOALS 1.30 GOALS/GAME 14 ASSISTS 13 GOALS ALLOWED 1.30 ALLOWED/GAME 0 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 132 (33) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 25.0% ON GOAL % 123 FOULS COMMITTED 119 FOULS SUFFERED 16 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Juan Guzman Jonathan Johnson Richard Gamache Ismail Elfath

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

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

W L T 5 2 3 5 1 3 4 1 4 4 3 2 3 5 0 3 5 0 2 4 3 1 6 3 1 7 3 0 3 2 W L T 6 3 2 6 2 2 5 3 1 3 2 5 4 4 2 3 3 5 3 2 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 1 2 7

Tim Melia 0.50 Luis Marin 2 Luis Marin 3 Luis Marin 19

GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

Gabriel Torres Dillon Powers Gabriel Torres Gabriel Torres Dominique Badji Dillon Powers Lucas Pittinari Juan Ramirez five players tied Bobby Burling

0.90 Clint Irwin Clint Irwin 1 Clint Irwin 4 28 Clint Irwin

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES

*on loan

GD GP +4 10 +4 9 +5 9 +5 9 –1 8 –3 8 –4 9 –5 10 –11 11 –5 5 GD GP +5 11 +4 10 +6 9 0 10 –1 10 0 11 –2 10 0 10 –1 11 0 10

colorado rapids

Dwyer/Nemeth 3 GOALS 4 Benny Feilhaber 5 ASSISTS 4 Dom Dwyer 32 SHOTS 26 Dom Dwyer 9 SHOTS ON GOAL 11 three players tied 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 Matt Besler 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 1 Roger Espinoza 16 FOULS COMMITTED 29 Dom Dwyer 31 27 FOULS SUFFERED Roger Espinoza 3 2 CAUTIONS Matt Besler 1 EJECTIONS 1

7th season

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Standings through Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Pts 18 18 16 14 9 9 9 6 6 2 Pts 20 20 16 14 14 14 14 13 13 10

1-2-7 (10 pts.) 10 10th in West 9 0.90 9 9 0.90 0 136 (46) 33.8% 139 138 19 1

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. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2. FC Dallas 3. Seattle Sounders FC 4. Sporting Kansas City 5. San Jose Earthquakes 6. LA Galaxy 7. Real Salt Lake 8. Portland Timbers 9. Houston Dynamo 10. Colorado Rapids

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MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

2nd season 9-20-15 (.375) 2nd season 9-20-15 (.375)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of May 13, 2015 OUT: • Ike Opara (ruptured left Achilles tendon) • Marcel de Jong (left hip muscle strain) • Graham Zusi (concussion) QUESTIONABLE: • Chance Myers (left Achilles) • Paulo Nagamura (lower back sprain)

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Sporting KC and Colorado meet Saturday for the first of three head-to-head meetings in 2015. This will be the first intra-conference match between the teams since 2004, when Kansas City was last in the Western Conference, and the 53rd regular season meeting all-time (SKC leads 22-17-13). Recent history in the head-to-head matchup favors Sporting KC, who are unbeaten in 10 straight MLS matches against Colorado dating back to 2009 with a 5-0-5 record (including postseason). In addition, Kansas City has not lost to the Rapids at home since September 2002, a run of 14 straight MLS matches without a defeat (10-0-4 record including postseason). Each of the last two regular season meetings has ended with a late gamewinner for Sporting KC. When the clubs last met at Sporting Park in August 2013, Graham Zusi buried an 88th-minute goal to give the hosts a 2-1 win. Benny Feilhaber also found the back of the net in the match. In March 2014, Zusi (50’), Feilhaber (79’) and Dwyer (92’) were on target as SKC erased a 2-1 deficit to win 3-2 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Recent #SKCvCOL regular season meetings Date Score Result Location 05/28/2011 KC 1 at COL 1 T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park 07/06/2011 KC 1 vs COL 1 T Sporting Park 05/19/2012 KC 2 at COL 2 T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park 08/31/2013 KC 2 vs COL 1 W Sporting Park KC 3 at COL 2 W Dick’s Sporting Goods Park 03/29/2014

Stats through Tuesday, May 12

Sporting KC - Team (2015 regular season) • SKC is tied for 3rd in MLS with 14 assists and leads MLS with five assists from set plays. • SKC leads MLS with five headed goals. • SKC is 2nd MLS with 65 successful crosses/corners. • SKC is 3rd in MLS with 38 successful crosses from open play. • SKC leads MLS with 32 chances created from set plays, 10 more than any other team. • SKC is 2nd in MLS with 604 duels won and 212 aerial duels won. • SKC has conceded 9.8 shots per game, fewest in MLS. • SKC leads MLS with 251 interceptions. • SKC leads MLS with 23 keeper sweepings. • SKC ranks 18th in MLS in shooting accuracy (35.1%). Sporting KC - Individual (2015 regular season) • Benny Feilhaber is tied for the MLS lead with five assists. He ranks 3rd in MLS with 20 successful crosses/corners and 5th with 25 chances created. • Dom Dwyer is 2nd in MLS with 31 fouls won. He ranks 3rd with 160 duels and 5th with 32 shots. • Matt Besler is tied for 2nd in MLS with two game-winning assists and ranks 5th with 72 clearances. • All three of Krisztian Nemeth’s shots on target this season have resulted in goals. • Jalil Anibaba is one of four MLS defenders with at least one goal and one assist (Omar Gonzalez, Jordan Allen, Joevin Jones).

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Graham Zusi has three goals and four assists in nine MLS matches played against Colorado (including postseason). He has scored in each of the last two games against the Rapids (8/31/13 and 3/29/14). Benny Feilhaber has scored three goals in five MLS matches against Colorado, including one in each of the last two meetings (8/31/13 and 3/29/14). Dom Dwyer scored a 92nd-minute game-winner in a 3-2 triumph over Colorado on March 29, 2014, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Vicente Sanchez scored two penalty kick goals for Colorado in a 3-2 loss to Sporting KC on March 29, 2014. As a member of LA Galaxy, Marcelo Sarvas notched a goal and an assist in a 2-0 win over Sporting KC on April 20, 2013. As a member of Chivas USA, Nick LaBrocca scored in a 1-1 draw at Sporting Park on July 9, 2011.

Colorado Rapids - Team (2015 regular season) • Colorado is 3rd in MLS with 136 shots. • Colorado is 3rd in MLS with 108 chances created. • Colorado leads MLS with 32 offsides. • Colorado is one of four teams to concede two penalty kick goals. Colorado Rapids - Individual (2015 regular season) • Gabriel Torres leads Colorado with four goals and is tied for the MLS lead with 16 offsides. • Dillon Powers is 4th in MLS with four assists. • Lucas Pittinari leads MLS with 29 fouls committed. • Clint Irwin is tied for 2nd in MLS with four clean sheets. • Lucas Pittinari is 4th in MLS with 38 tackles won. • Juan Ramirez is 2nd among MLS midfielders with 74 duels won. • Axel Sjoberg is 3rd in MLS with 78 clearances.

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SKC forward Jacob Peterson played for the Colorado Rapids from 20062009, scoring eight goals in 95 MLS appearances for the club (including postseason). Colorado defender Michael Harrington played for SKC from 20072012, recording five goals and 15 assists in 170 appearances over all competitions. His 149 regular season games played for SKC rank 10th in club history. Peterson and Colorado defender Drew Moor were college teammates at Indiana from 2003-2004, winning NCAA National Championships in both seasons. SKC goalkeeper Tim Melia and Colorado midfielder Nick LaBrocca were teammates at Chivas USA in 2012. SKC midfielder Servando Carrasco and Colorado defender Marc Burch were teammates at Seattle Sounders FC from 2012-2013. SKC midfielder Paulo Nagamura and Colorado defender Bobby Burling were teammates at Chivas USA from 2007-2009.

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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 27 regular season goals, one behind Scott Sealy (2005-08) and Vitalis Takawira (1996-99) who are tied for 7th. Dwyer’s 31 goals in all competitions are tied for 7th in KC history, one behind Mo Johnston (1996-01) in 6th. 10th in KC history with 21 assists in all competitions, one behind Jack Jewsbury in 9th. Seth Sinovic is one shy of his 150th MLS appearance (including postseason). Jacob Peterson is one shy of his 75th MLS appearance for Sporting KC (including postseason). Sporting KC is two shy of 500 home goals in MLS regular season history. Saturday will be Sporting KC’s 100th game played at Sporting Park. -- 74 MLS regular season -- 6 MLS postseason -- 10 U.S. Open Cup -- 5 CONCACAF Champions League -- 5 friendlies

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 16, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES SPORTING KC RETURNS HOME TO FACE COLORADO RAPIDS Sporting KC begins a two-game home stand Saturday when they play host to the Colorado Rapids at Sporting Park. The clubs meet as intra-conference foes for the first time since 2004 with Sporting KC holding a 22-17-13 edge in the all-time series. Peter Vermes’ men have yet to lose at Sporting Park this season and face a Rapids side that has one win in their last 24 MLS matches dating back to July 2014. Despite sitting at the bottom of the Western Conference, Colorado has avoided defeat in eight of their first 10 games en route to a league-leading seven draws. Pablo Mastroeni’s team has recorded four consecutive 1-1 draws entering Saturday and opened the season with three straight 0-0 stalemates. Gabriel Torres (four goals) and Dillon Powers (four assists) power the Rapids going forward, while Clint Irwin is tied for second in MLS with four clean sheets. Recent history in the head-to-head matchup favors Sporting KC, who are unbeaten in 10 straight MLS matches against Colorado dating back to 2009 with a 5-0-5 record (including postseason). In addition, Kansas City has not lost to the Rapids at home since September 2002, a run of 14 straight MLS matches without a defeat (10-0-4 record including postseason).

PALMER-BROWN HEADING TO FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP Sporting KC defender Erik Palmer-Brown has been selected to the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team roster for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be held from May 30 – June 20 in New Zealand. Following Saturday’s match against Colorado, the 18-year-old Palmer-Brown will join the U-20 squad in Australia for training ahead of their first match of the tournament on May 30. Palmer-Brown has appeared in eight matches for Sporting KC across all competition, including a 90-minute outing in last Saturday’s 1-1 draw at D.C. United, since signing as a homegrown player in August 2013. He made his MLS debut in 2014 at age 17 and remains the youngest player to appear in a Major League Soccer match in club history. A Lee’s Summit, Missouri native, Palmer-Brown is a product of the Sporting Kansas City Academy and graduated from Archbishop O’Hara High School this month. He is the third player in Sporting KC’s history to represent the U.S. at a FIFA U-20 World Cup while playing for the club along with Francisco Gomez (1999) and Mikey Lopez (2013). Palmer-Brown debuted with the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team as a 16-year-old in January 2014. He participated in the 2014 Dallas Cup with the U-20’s and has since participated in three of the team’s international training camps in Argentina (September 2014), England (March 2015) and Austria (April 2015). The United States is one of 24 countries to qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Coached by Tab Ramos, the Yanks were drawn into Group A alongside Myanmar, New Zealand and Ukraine. The top two teams in each of the six groups – along with the top four overall third-placed teams – advance to the Round of 16 in the tournament’s Knockout Stage. The U.S. will play friendlies against Australia (May 19) and Serbia (May 24) before traveling from Australia to New Zealand for the group stage of the competition. U.S. schedule at 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup May 30: vs. Myanmar at Northland Events Centre in Whangarei June 2: vs. New Zealand at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland June 5: vs. Ukraine at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland

LAST TIME OUT: SKC AND D.C. UNITED SETTLE FOR 1-1 DRAW Sporting KC secured a 1-1 draw against Eastern Conference leaders D.C. United last Saturday at RFK Stadium. Forwards Jairo Arrieta (42’) and Dom Dwyer (45’) traded goals three minutes apart in the lone regular season meeting between the two sides this season. With the road result, Sporting KC remains unbeaten (3-0-2) in 2015 versus teams from the East while D.C. United extended the club’s home unbeaten streak to 17 games in all competitions. D.C. United was held to only two shots in the opening 45 minutes but capitalized with their lone shot on goal in the 42nd minute. Perry Kitchen started the scoring sequence with a diagonal ball for Chris Pontius, who settled with his chest and immediately laid a pass back for Arrieta. The Costa Rican international made no mistake with a first-time finish for his second goal of the season and 19th of his MLS career. Sporting KC responded with the game-tying goal just three minutes later when Dom Dwyer was on the receiving end of an assist from Roger Espinoza. The Honduran international took on two D.C. United defenders on the dribble and split the double team with a pass that set up Dwyer for a left-footed strike past Hamid from eight yards out.

TOUGH STRETCH BECKONS Following Saturday’s game against the Colorado Rapids, Sporting KC will embark on a stretch of five straight games against opponents who qualified for the 2014 postseason. SKC will host defending Eastern Conference champion and 2014 MLS Cup finalist New England Revolution (5-2-3, 18 pts.) on Wednesday before traveling to face reigning Supporters Shield champion Seattle Sounders FC (5-3-1, 16 pts.) just three days later. The team returns to Sporting Park on May 29 to host current Western Conference leaders FC Dallas (6-2-2, 20 pts.) before locking horns again with Seattle on June 6 at Sporting Park. Following their first bye week of the season, SKC will visit Rio Tinto Stadium on June 21, where Real Salt Lake (3-2-5, 14 pts.) has lost just twice since the beginning of 2014.

MELIA STEPS UP Tim Melia has started each of the last two matches in goal for Sporting KC, allowing one goal in 180 minutes of action. The sixth-year MLS veteran, who celebrated his 29th birthday on Friday, was signed in the offseason after previously representing Real Salt Lake (2010-2011) and Chivas USA (2012-2014), where he backed up MLS All-Stars Nick Rimando (RSL) and Dan Kennedy (Chivas USA). In his club debut on May 3 at Sporting Park, 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—one of which was nominated for MLS Save of the Week—earned him BurgerFi Man of the Match honors and Team of the Week recognition from MLSsoccer.com and SI.com. Most seasons prior to first shutout/victory in MLS history Team 1st shutout 1st victory Player 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)

DRAWS PREVALENT Ten weeks into the MLS season, 30 of 95 matches have resulted in draws -- a rate of 31.6 percent. That clip is up 4 percent from last year and nearly 8 percent from 2012. As the table currently stands, seven MLS clubs have at least four ties. Six of those seven play in the loaded Western Conference, where LA Galaxy (5), Real Salt Lake (5) and Colorado Rapids (7) have as many or more draws than Sporting Kansas City. Colorado, set to visit Sporting Park this Saturday, has recorded as many draws through 10 games as any team in league history. Number of draws in MLS (2012-present) Draws Percent of matches Season 2015 30 in 95 games 31.6% 2014 89 in 323 games 26.6% 2013 82 in 323 games 24.5% 2012 77 in 323 games 23.8%

DWYER CLIMBING THE GOAL CHARTS Dom Dwyer moved into a tie for the team lead with three goals this season after scoring just before halftime of Sporting KC’s 1-1 draw at D.C. United last Saturday. The Englishman, who set SKC’s single-season record with 24 goals in all competitions last year, moved into a tie with Vitalis Takawira for seventh place on the club’s all-time scoring chart with his 31st career goal in all competitions. Dwyer, 24, is one goal shy of tying Mo Johnston (1996-2001) for sixth on the club’s all-time scoring chart in all competitions. His .392 goals per game rate is second best in Kansas City history (minimum 10 goals), behind only Miklos Molnar (.709) who scored 17 goals over 24 games in 2000. Top goal scorers in Sporting KC history (all competitions) Player Years with KC Goals Appearances Goals/game 1. Preki 1996-2000, 02-05 81 254 .319 2. Davy Arnaud 2002-11 52 273 .190 3. Josh Wolff 2003-10 46 163 .282 4. Chris Klein 1998-2005 43 235 .183 5. Kei Kamara 2009-13 41 126 .325 6. Mo Johnston 1996-2001 32 170 .188 7. Dom Dwyer 2012-present 31 79 .392 7. Vitalis Takawira 1996-99 31 111 .280

TOUGH TO BEAT While victories have been hard to come by early in the year, Peter Vermes’ side has proven just as hard to beat. SKC battled back from a 1-0 deficit Saturday night to earn their fourth point of 2015 when conceding first, most in MLS. Furthermore, the club’s two losses through 10 games are their fewest to start a season since 2007 and their third fewest during the non-shootout era (2000-present). Fewest losses to start a Sporting KC season Losses Record through 10 games Season 2000 0 8-0-2 (26 points) 2003 1 4-1-5 (17 points) 2005 2 4-2-4 (16 points) 2007 2 6-2-2 (20 points) 2015 2 3-2-5 (14 points)

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 16, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) 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 in March— 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

BENNY 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 on May. 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.

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

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 30-28-19 mark away from home (including postseason). 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. Feilhaber’s 25 chances created through Week 10 rank fifth in MLS, five behind leader Pedro Morales. With 24 regular season matches still to play in 2015, he 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.

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 The 4-4 draw between Sporting KC and Houston on April 25 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)

SPORTING KC A SET PIECE THREAT Through the first 10 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 32 chances created from set plays (10 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).

SCORING EARLY, SCORING LATE Sporting KC bookended the scoring on April 25, 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 Result Scorer Min. Venue Date RSL 1-2 KC Ike Opara* 97+ Rio Tinto Stadium 07/20/2013 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

LOAN RECAP: ABDUL-SALAAM GETS FIRST WIN IN SAN ANTONIO Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam started and played 90 minutes last Saturday as the San Antonio Scorpions (1-3-1, 4 points) defeated the Carolina RailHawks (1-2-3, 6 points) 1-0 at Toyota Field for their first win and clean sheet of the 2015 NASL season. It was Abdul-Salaam’s fourth 90-minute outing for the defending NASL champions, who remain in 11th place with five matches of the spring season remaining. In Oklahoma City, meanwhile, inclement weather postponed Energy FC’s USL match against LA Galaxy II until Aug. 4. Midfielder Mikey Lopez has started the first five games of the season for Energy FC (2-1-2, 8 points), who have played the fewest matches of any club in the USL’s 12-team Western Conference. Mikey Lopez (OKC) USL Stats: 5 GP, 5 GS, 358 MIN Saad Abdul-Salaam (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 4 GP, 4 GS, 360 MIN Jon Kempin (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 2 GP, 180 MIN, 2.50 GAA, 5 saves 4

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 16, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) 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 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.

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

MATT BESLER

2015 MEDIA RECOGNITIONS JALIL ANIBABA Week 5 (4/6) Week 9 (5/4) Week 9 (5/4)

Goal.com Team of the Week Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week

MARCEL DE JONG Week 3 (3/23)

DOM DWYER Week 5 (4/6)

Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week

ROGER ESPINOZA Week 2 (3/16) Week 3 (3/23) Week 5 (4/6)

Bleacher Report Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week SI.com Best XI

BENNY FEILHABER Week 1 (3/9) Week 4 (3/30) Week 6 (4/13) Week 8 (4/27) April Week 9 (5/4)

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 San Jose, 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

TIM MELIA

Week 9 (5/4)

IKE OPARA

Week 1 (3/9) Week 3 (3/23) Week 4 (3/30) March Week 6 (4/13)

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. 5

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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 16, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC regular season record vs. Colorado Rapids: 22-17-13 Home games: 17-3-5 (55 GF, 25 GA) Road games: 5-14-8 (35 GF, 45 GA) Date

04/13/1996 05/05/1996 07/10/1996 08/07/1996 06/28/1997 08/28/1997 09/06/1997 09/26/1997 05/31/1998 07/19/1998 08/08/1998 09/02/1998 04/17/1999 07/07/1999 09/10/1999 09/25/1999 04/01/2000 04/29/2000 08/02/2000 08/26/2000 07/18/2001 08/12/2001 08/19/2001 03/23/2002 05/11/2002 09/14/2002 09/20/2002 07/04/2003 08/22/2003 09/13/2003 10/04/2003 05/01/2004 06/09/2004 09/10/2004 09/25/2004 04/02/2005 07/04/2005 07/08/2006 09/09/2006 05/19/2007 07/22/2007 04/05/2008 08/16/2008 03/28/2009 09/26/2009 04/10/2010 07/17/2010 05/28/2011 07/06/2011 05/19/2012 08/31/2013 03/29/2014

Score

KC 3 vs COL 0 KC 0 at COL 4 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 4 KC 3 at COL 3 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 1 KC 5 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 4 vs COL 1 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 2 at COL 3 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 0 KC 0 vs COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 0 KC 5 at COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 0 at COL 0 KC 2 at COL 2 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 1 KC 0 at COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 2 at COL 3 KC 2 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 4 vs COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 0 KC 1 at COL 3 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 4 vs COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 2 vs COL 2 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 vs COL 0 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 vs COL 1 KC 2 at COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 1 KC 3 at COL 2

Result

W L W L W (SO) W W W L W W L L (SO) L L (SO) L (SO) W W W T T T W T L L T L T L W W W L W W L L W T T W L L T W T T T T W W

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 9 Klein/Preki 16 Preki 83 Preki 35 Preki 34 McKeon/Zavagnin 47 Kerry Zavagnin

Location

Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Invesco Field at Mile High Arrowhead Stadium

John Spencer 8 Chris Henderson 7 John Spencer 53 John Spencer 29 Pablo Mastroeni 35 Chris Henderson 36 four players tied 3 Cannon/Hahnemann 5 Scott Garlick 3 Marcus Hahnemann 44 Marcus Hahnemann 17

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

colorado rapids

2 nine players tied Goals 3 Preki (10/4/03) Assists 9 Onandi Lowe (8/12/01) Shots 4 nine players tied Shots on Goal 7 Chris Henderson (8/26/00) Fouls Committed 7 three players tied Fouls Suffered 9 Bo Oshoniyi (9/10/04) 4 Mike Amman (8/7/96)

eight players tied 2 four players tied 2 (9/14/02) Mark Chung 8 (8/22/03) John Spencer 5 (8/2/00) Chris Martinez 7 three players tied 6

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

four players tied 9 Grafer/Kramer 5

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Arrowhead Stadium

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

Invesco Field at Mile High Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Invesco Field at Mile High Invesco Field at Mile High Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Invesco Field at Mile High Invesco Field at Mile High Arrowhead Stadium

1 2 OT 33 57 0 311 404 7 135 180 3 335 340 12 82 80 0 114 130 3

Total 90 722 318 687 162 247

colorado rapids Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

Arrowhead Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Dick’s Sporting Goods Park CommunityAmerica Ballpark CommunityAmerica Ballpark Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Sporting Park Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Sporting Park Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

1 2 OT 28 42 0 293 358 9 114 135 2 367 392 8 79 64 2 137 138 8

Total 70 660 251 767 145 283

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 KC 6 12 15 21 10 COL 8 10 10 15 8

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

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

7 Tony Meola 5 Tony Meola 6 Tony Meola 65 Tony Meola 18 Tony Meola

Invesco Field at Mile High Invesco Field at Mile High

colorado rapids

104.9 6

76-90 26 19

OT 0 0

Total 90 70

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 16, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Bernardo Anor (trade - 12/8/14)

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

Jalil Anibaba (trade - 12/12/14)

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

James Marcelin (signing - 12/16/14)

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

Luis Marin (signing - 12/18/14)

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

Krisztian Nemeth (signing - 12/18/14)

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

Tim Melia (signing - 12/23/14)

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

Roger Espinoza (signing - 1/6/15)

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

Connor Hallisey (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)

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

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

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

Servando Carrasco (trade - 1/27/15)

Aurelien Collin (trade - 12/8/14)

Soni Mustivar (signing - 2/13/15)

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

Amadou Dia (SuperDraft - 2/18/15)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)

Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

2013

Mikey Lopez (14th)

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

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

Connor Hallisey (10th)

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

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

2015

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

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

MLS Lottery Draft

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 16, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

T 1-1

Opara 50 19,784

Saturday, March 14

at FC Dallas

MLS

L 1-3

Espinoza 44 14,149

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

T 0-0

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Saturday, March 28

at New York City FC

MLS

W 1-0

Opara 12 27,454

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

W 3-2

Dwyer 16, Anibaba 91+, Nemeth 94+

19,545

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

T 0-0

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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

T 1-1

Dwyer 45

16,221

SATURDAY, MAY 16

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS