Game Guide: Sporting KC vs. New England Revolution by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (May 20, Sporting Park, 7 p.m. CT; ESPN2) 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

Revolution 11 5-2-4 19 15 11 on road 5 2-2-1 7 6 8

Melia

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (50 meetings): Sporting 23 wins (1 shootout), 77 goals … Revolution 16 wins (1 shootout), 62 goals … Ties 11 AT KC (24 meetings): Sporting 12 wins (1 shootout), 37 goals … Revolution 7 wins (0 shootout), 26 goals … Ties 5

F 15 66

Feilhaber

Nagamura

9 17

8 Tierney

A 11 90

8 4 3 0

7 1 3 0

6 5 1 1 1 0 1 0

5 3 0 0 2 1 0 0

5 10 0

3 7 1

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

Agudelo

Bunbury

Nguyen

Jones

Caldwell

Goncalves

Farrell

28 Woodberry

22 Shuttleworth

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

8 1 3 1

Davies

HOW SCORED

5 3 5 0

9 Nemeth

Dwyer

REVOLUTION

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

Peterson

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM A 13 69

13 Dia

Mustivar

UPCOMING MATCHES REVOLUTION SPORTING Sat. May 23 D.C. United Sat. May 23 at Seattle Sun. May 31 Los Angeles Fri. May 29 FC Dallas Sat. June 6 at Portland Sat. June 6 Seattle Sat. June 13 Chicago Sun. June 21 at Real Salt Lake

F 13 69

5 Besler

Anibaba

LAST YEAR (MLS) 4/26: NE 2, KC 0 (Bunbury 92+; Nguyen 95+) 9/3: NE 3, KC 1 (Bunbury 45; Nguyen 48, 94+ -- Saad 9) 9/26: KC 2, NE 3 (Nagamura 54; Dwyer 56 – Rowe 22; Goncalves 35; Jones 85)

SPORTING

4 Ellis

REFEREE: Allen Chapman. AR1 (bench): Paul Scott; AR2 (opposite): Fabio Tovar; 4th: Tyler Ploeger DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): NE: Andy Dorman

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) N.E. REVOLUTION 2 Andrew Farrell (DF) 4 Steve Neumann (MF) 5 Jeremy Hall (MF) 6 Scott Caldwell (MF) 7 Sean Okoli (FW) 8 Chris Tierney (DF) 9 Charlie Davies (FW) 10 Teal Bunbury (FW) 11 Kelyn Rowe (MF) 12 Andy Dorman (MF) 13 Jermaine Jones (MF) 14 Diego Fagundez (MF) 16 Daigo Kobayashi (MF) 17 Juan Agudelo (FW) 18 Brad Knighton (GK) 21 Zachary Herivaux (MF) 22 Bobby Shuttleworth (GK) 23 Jose Goncalves (DF) 24 Lee Nguyen (MF) 25 Darrius Barnes (DF) 26 Trevor Spangenberg (GK) 28 London Woodberry (DF) 29 Tyler Rudy (MF) 30 Kevin Alston (DF) 33 Donnie Smith (MF) 92 Timi Mulgrew (FW)

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DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC NE

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

INTERNATIONAL DUTY KC: Erik Palmer-Brown (U.S. U-20 national team)

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

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 Revolution LLTWWTWWWTT

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

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION Date Score (Gms since) 5/02/2015 NE 2, NYR 1 (1) 4/19/2015 NE 2, PHI 1 (1) 7/26/2014 NE 1, CLB 2 (14) 3/15/2015 NE 0, NYC 2 (3) 5/16/2015 NE 1, TOR 1 (0) 4/25/2015 NE 4, RSL 0 (3) 4/11/2015 NE 0, CLB 0 (5)

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 REVOLUTION G: 4 Davies A: 3 Caldwell SHT: 26 Nguyen SOG: 9 Rowe FC: 28 Agudelo FS: 22 Nguyen OF: 8 Davies C: 4 Dorman E: 1 Goncalves

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 10 2 6 0 1 1 13 1.30 NE 11 4 1 5 0 1 15 1.36 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 10 4 2 2 1 1 13 1.30 NE 11 4 4 2 1 0 11 1.00 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 NE 15 1 3 4 3 2 2 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 13 3 2 2 3 1 2 NE 11 0 2 2 1 4 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (May 20, Sporting Park, 7 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 110)

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 DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 9 9 0 2 159 154 2 9 5 Matt Besler 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 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 6 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 13 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 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 18 James Rogers FW 5-8 150 06/27/1993 Yoyah, Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 21 22 Connor Hallisey MF 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 8 8 1 1 120 115 5 7 23 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 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 3 3 0 0 9 4 0 0 94 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W79 L60 T49

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 2 Andrew Farrell DF 5-11 185 04/02/1992 Louisville, KY 11 11 0 0 75 75 0 1 4 Steve Neumann MF 6-0 165 10/02/1991 Jacksonville, FL 4 0 0 0 27 3 0 0 MF 5-10 177 09/11/1988 Tampa, FL 1 1 0 0 116 98 2 6 5 Jeremy Hall 6 Scott Caldwell MF 5-8 150 03/15/1991 Weymouth, MA 11 10 1 3 66 47 1 7 FW 6-1 182 02/03/1993 Seattle, WA 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 Sean Okoli DF 6-0 170 01/09/1986 Boston, MA 10 9 1 1 165 150 8 27 8 Chris Tierney 9 Charlie Davies FW 5-10 160 06/25/1986 Manchester, NH 10 7 4 0 58 38 18 5 10 Teal Bunbury FW 6-2 185 02/27/1990 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 8 6 2 1 128 82 25 14 MF 5-8 150 12/02/1991 Federal Way, WA 11 8 3 2 101 76 18 20 11 Kelyn Rowe 12 Andy Dorman MF 6-1 160 05/01/1982 Chester, England 9 7 0 0 149 105 17 20 Jermaine Jones MF 6-0 170 11/03/1981 Frankfurt, West Germany 6 6 0 0 16 13 2 4 13 MF 5-8 140 02/14/1995 Montevideo, Uruguay 9 3 0 1 97 67 22 15 14 Diego Fagundez Daigo Kobayashi MF 5-10 155 02/19/1983 Fuji, Japan 4 3 0 1 68 47 2 9 16 17 Juan Agudelo FW 6-1 180 11/23/1992 Manizales, Colombia 11 11 3 1 84 55 21 8 Brad Knighton GK 6-2 180 02/06/1985 Hickory, NC 0 0 0 0 37 35 0 2 18 21 Zachary Herivaux MF 6-1 150 02/01/1996 Osaka, Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GK 6-2 205 05/13/1987 Tonawanda, NY 11 11 0 0 86 84 0 0 22 Bobby Shuttleworth 23 Jose Goncalves DF 6-2 180 09/17/1985 Lisbon, Portugal 7 6 0 0 68 67 3 2 MF 5-8 150 10/07/1986 Richardson, TX 10 9 1 2 105 100 28 16 24 Lee Nguyen 25 Darrius Barnes DF 6-1 175 12/24/1986 Raleigh, NC 5 4 0 1 125 107 2 4 Trevor Spangenberg GK 6-2 180 04/21/1991 Mesa, AZ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 28 London Woodberry DF 6-1 160 05/28/1991 Oklahoma City, OK 5 5 0 2 13 8 0 2 Tyler Rudy MF 5-10 160 09/29/1993 Olney, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 30 Kevin Alston DF 5-9 160 05/05/1988 Washington, DC 6 4 0 0 138 131 1 7 Donnie Smith MF 5-11 160 12/07/1990 Detroit, MI 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 33 92 Timi Mulgrew FW 5-9 155 09/16/1992 Sterling, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ON LOAN Jerry Bengtson FW 6-1 165 04/08/1987 Santa Rosa de Aguan, Honduras 7 1 1 0 36 23 4 0 HEAD COACH : Jay Heaps

08/02/1976 W45 L43 T25

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. May 20, 2015 (WEEK 12, MLS Game #110) 7 p.m. CT (ESPN2 / ESPN Deportes) Sporting Kansas City will try to return to action when they take on the New England Revolution for the only time this season in league play as the clubs face off at Sporting Park Wednesday evening before an ESPN2 audience. Sporting saw their scheduled match with Colorado postponed over the weekend, following a 1-1 draw with D.C. United the week before. The Revolution have now gone nine games without a loss, coming off a second consecutive draw following a 11 result with Toronto FC on Saturday at Gillette Stadium. REFEREE: Allen Chapman. AR1 (bench): Paul Scott; AR2 (opposite): Fabio Tovar; 4th: Tyler Ploeger MLS Career: 55 games; FC/gm: 22.8; Y/gm: 3.6; R: 13; pens: 21 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: NE: Andy Dorman SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza … NE: Juan Agudelo DISABLED LIST: NE: Darrius Barnes INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Erik Palmer-Brown (U.S. U-20 national team) HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (50 meetings): Sporting 23 wins (1 shootout), 77 goals …Revolution 16 wins (1 shootout), 62 goals …Ties 11 AT KC (24 meetings): Sporting 12 wins (1 shootout), 37 goals … Revolution 7 wins (0 shootout), 26 goals … Ties 5 LAST YEAR (MLS) 4/26: NE 2, KC 0 (Bunbury 92+; Nguyen 95+) 9/3: NE 3, KC 1 (Bunbury 45; Nguyen 48, 94+ -- Saad 9) 9/26: KC 2, NE 3 (Nagamura 54; Dwyer 56 – Rowe 22; Goncalves 35; Jones 85)  This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.  The Revolution won all three meetings between the clubs a season ago. They won 3-2 on Sept. 26 in the only meeting at Sporting Park – it was New England’s first in in Kansas City since 2008, a 3-1 win on April 9, ending an eight-game winless streak there.  When the Revolution took the first game of the series last season, a 2-0 win at Gillette Stadium on April 26, it ended a six-game Sporting undefeated streak in league play, and the goals were their first scored in the series since July 30, 2011, snapping a 592-minute shutout streak.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. NE: P8 W3 L0 D5 … Jay Heaps vs. KC: P1 W0 L1 D0 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City will look to return to action after their home game scheduled for Saturday vs. the Colorado Rapids was postponed due to inclement weather. Last time out, SKC made it three games without loss, coming back for a 1-1 draw with D.C. United at RFK Stadium. Sporting are in a tie for sixth 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).

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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.  “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.  “I thought our team did a really good job. They really didn't break us down through the buildup,” Vermes said. “They got very frustrated and just banged balls forward, which those balls are more ours than theirs, especially when their forward had his back to the goal and we were able to see the field in front of us.”  Said Matt Besler: “We played totally different in D.C. than we play 75 percent of the time. It wasn't anything because of us. It was the coaching staff seeing an opportunity that we thought we could take an advantage of.”  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. “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.” NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION The New England Revolution stretched their undefeated streak to nine games, playing to a second consecutive draw with a 1-1 result with Toronto FC on Saturday evening at Gillette Stadium. The Revolution are in second place in the Eastern Conference with 19 points from 11 matches. LAST MATCH  The Revolution opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. London Woodberry collected a pass along the right side of the TFC penalty area before being provided ample space to drop in a cross that Juan Agudelo headed home from the heart of the box.  But shortly after the break, TFC drew level. Michael Bradley grabbed the ball in the center circle and charged hard through the New England defense on a mazy dribbling run before beating Revs goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth with a low far-post finish from the right side of the area.  Revolution head coach Jay Heaps made one change to the team that reached a late 2-2 draw with Orlando City SC at the Citrus Bowl. Jose Goncalves came back into the team in place of Andy Dorman.  NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (4-2-3-1): Bobby Shuttleworth - London Woodberry, Andrew Farrell, Jose Goncalves, Chris Tierney - Jermaine Jones (Andy Dorman 63), Scott Caldwell - Teal Bunbury, Lee Nguyen, Juan Agudelo (Kelyn Rowe 63) - Charlie Davies (Diego Fagundez 82). TEAM NEWS  The Revolution still extended their undefeated run despite playing to a second consecutive draw off of a threegame winning streak. The nine games without loss is the second-longest unbeaten streak in club history, the longest since going a club-record 12 games over the end of the 2004 season and the start of 2005.  “I think last week was 45 minutes of not playing well, [vs. Toronto FC] was 10 minutes of not playing well. But, it still cost us the same amount of points so it’s still disheartening and disappointing because we hate leaving points on the table, especially at home. At the same time we have to look at the positive,” said Revolution head coach Jay Heaps.

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Said defender Andrew Farrell: “Even though it’s a tie you know it feels like a loss. Back-to-back games we’ve had the lead and given up the lead. It’s tough to swallow two points in two games where I think we had the lead and could have gotten six; but move on. It’s a short week.” Juan Agudelo scored his third goal of the season, his first since April 25. Agudelo is the only Revolution to have started in every match this season. After starting four matches in central defense, Jermaine Jones returned to his deep-lying central midfield role as Jose Goncalves made his first since April 11, coming into central defense. “It’s a combination. I thought with Jose he’s been training really well this week and we wanted to kind of give a different look in the midfield against what we thought was a pretty dynamic midfield in Toronto’s,” said Heaps. Jones was forced off just after the hour mark, replaced by Andy Dorman. Jones had missed the opening five matches of the season while recovering from sports hernia surgery. “Jermaine had a little bit of a knock early this week and missed a little bit of training time and with so many games coming up we wanted to be smart. At the same time we thought Dorman and Kelyn (Rowe) when they came in were going to add freshness and they did,” Heaps said. “Sometimes you need to shake it up just too kind of get things going in the right direction and I thought we did that at the right time.” Making his fifth consecutive start at right back, London Woodberry collected his second assist in MLS, both coming over the last three matches. “I don’t think we’ve seen the full effect yet ... [vs. TFC] we were right side dominant and usually we go in there and we’re left side completely dominant. I think now teams are going to have to limit the right side and give us fair balance and that will open up opportunities for Chris (Tierney),” said Heaps. “I thought in the second half we were a getting little bit more out of Chris (Tierney). At the same time I still think London has that ability and we needed more from him in the second half. I think they overcommitted to stopping London in the second half and we weren’t able to get enough. So, when we get the balance exactly right I think we’ll be more difficult to deal with.”

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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 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION STATISTICS (5-2-4, 19 pts.) UNF 9 11 17 10 6 24 8 28 16 25 14 2 12 22 5 13 23 30 7 4

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

PLAYER Charlie Davies Kelyn Rowe Juan Agudelo Teal Bunbury Scott Caldwell Lee Nguyen Chris Tierney London Woodberry Daigo Kobayashi Darrius Barnes Diego Fagundez Andrew Farrell Andy Dorman Bobby Shuttleworth Jeremy Hall Jermaine Jones Jose Goncalves Kevin Alston Sean Okoli Steve Neumann Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 10 11 11 8 11 10 10 5 4 5 9 11 9 11 1 6 7 6 3 4

GS 7 8 11 6 10 9 9 5 3 4 3 11 7 11 1 6 6 4 0 0

MIN 638 676 815 566 919 811 840 450 303 391 336 990 653 990 90 468 503 346 33 48

11 11

990 990

G 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 11

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

SHT 17 16 23 7 6 26 7 1 2 1 11 1 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 2

SOG 8 9 8 3 2 7 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1

15 11

130 117

49 42

FC 7 9 28 17 16 16 1 4 2 2 9 2 10 0 3 10 9 3 2 0

FS 9 14 15 12 16 22 4 3 5 1 3 5 6 2 0 8 4 7 2 0

OFF 8 1 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

CK 0 7 0 0 0 23 25 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0

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

150 153 153 150

20 19

62 60

19 30

1 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Teal Bunbury 2, Juan Agudelo 1, Kelyn Rowe 1, Chris Tierney 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Lee Nguyen 1, Chris Tierney 1, Darrius Barnes 1, Juan Agudelo 1, Diego Fagundez 1, Kelyn Rowe 1, Scott Caldwell 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Lee Nguyen 1-1 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION GOALKEEPING UNF 22

POS G

GOALKEEPER Bobby Shuttleworth Team totals Opponent totals

GP 11 11 11

GS 11 11 11

MIN SHTS 990 42 990 42 990 49

SV 29 29 34

GA 11 11 15

GAA 1 1 1.36

PG 2 2 1

PA 2 2 1

W 5 5 2

L 2 2 5

T 4 4 4

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 T 0-0

19581 16221 0

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

4 4 6

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) 14

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NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 2015 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sun. Mar. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat.

Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.

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

May May May May June June June June June July July July

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

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

OPPONENT RESULT 8 at Seattle L 0-3 15 at New York L 0-2 City FC 21 Montreal T 0-0 28 San Jose W 2-1 4 at Colorado W 2-0 11 Columbus T 0-0 19 at Philadelphia W 2-1 25 Real Salt Lake W 4-0

ATT 39782 43507

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

POS PTS NOTES: 12 0 SEA: Dempsey (25,67) Martins (41) 12 0 NYC: Villa (19) Mullins (84)

14189 10668 11450 13092 18106 17982

0-2-1 1-2-1 2-2-1 2-2-2 3-2-2 4-2-2

11 7 3 5 3 1

2 New York 8 at Orlando City SC 16 Toronto FC 20 at Sporting KC 23 D.C. United 31 Los Angeles 6 at Portland 13 Chicago 21 at D.C. United 24 at Columbus 27 Vancouver 4 at FC Dallas 11 at New York 18 New York City FC 25 at Chicago 1 Toronto FC 15 Houston 29 at Philadelphia 5 Orlando City SC 13 at Toronto FC 16 New York 19 at Montreal 26 Philadelphia 3 at Chicago 17 Montreal 25 at New York City FC

W 2-1 T 2-2

18296 27243

5-2-2 5-2-3

1 1

1 4 NE: Rowe (21,37); SJ: Wondolowski (62) 7 NE: Agudelo (18) Nguyen (54); 8 11 NE: Davies (64) Bunbury (76); PHI: Maidana (42) 14 NE: Tierney (39) Agudelo (43) Davies (50) Caldwell (84); 17 NE: Davies (9) Bunbury (60); NYR: Kljestan (73) 18 NE: Davies (19) Rowe (71); ORL: Larin (75) Collin (90)

T 1-1

24269

5-2-4

19 NE: Agudelo (32); TOR: Bradley (53)

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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

REVOLUTION INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 Kelyn Rowe Assists 1 15 times Shots 7 Kelyn Rowe Shots on Goal 5 Kelyn Rowe Fouls Committed 6 Juan Agudelo Fouls Suffered 4 7 times Offside 2 4 times Saves 7 Bobby Shuttleworth Shots Faced 9 Bobby Shuttleworth Goals Allowed 3 Bobby Shuttleworth

Goals 4 04/25/2015 at Assists 4 03/28/2015 at Shots 25 04/25/2015 at Shots on Goal 13 04/25/2015 at Fouls Committed 20 05/02/2015 at Fouls Suffered 17 03/15/2015 at Corner Kicks 10 05/16/2015 at Offside 7 04/11/2015 at Saves 7 03/15/2015 at Shots Faced 9 03/15/2015 at Goals Allowed 3 03/08/2015 at

03/28/2015 at SJ

W 2-1

03/28/2015 at SJ

W 2-1

03/28/2015 at SJ

W 2-1

03/28/2015 at SJ

W 2-1

03/21/2015 at MTL

T 0-0

03/08/2015 at SEA

L 0-3

03/15/2015 at NYC

L 0-2

03/15/2015 at NYC

L 0-2

03/15/2015 at NYC

L 0-2

03/08/2015 at SEA

L 0-3

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)

RSL

W 4-0

W 2-1

RSL

W 4-0

RSL

W 4-0

NYR

W 2-1

NYC

L 0-2

TOR

T 1-1

CLB

T 0-0

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

SEA

L 0-3

Shots 5 04/11/2015 at Shots on Goal 1 03/08/2015 at 1 03/15/2015 at Fouls Committed 9 03/28/2015 at 9 05/16/2015 at Fouls Suffered 9 05/02/2015 at Corner Kicks 2 04/04/2015 at Offside 0 03/21/2015 at 0 04/04/2015 at 0 05/02/2015 at Saves 0 03/08/2015 at 0 04/11/2015 at 0 05/08/2015 at Shots Faced 0 04/11/2015 at

CLB

T 0-0

SEA NYC

L 0-3 L 0-2

SJ TOR

W 2-1 T 1-1

NYR

W 2-1

COL

W 2-0

MTL COL NYR

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

SEA CLB ORL

L 0-3 T 0-0 T 2-2

CLB

T 0-0

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

REVOLUTION VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Revolution

Sporting KC 23 wins, 78 goals Revolution 16 wins, 63 goals 11 ties 6/1/1996 6/15/1996 7/27/1996 5/3/1997 7/12/1997 7/26/1997 5/16/1998 7/1/1998 4/3/1999 9/7/1999 7/19/2000 9/6/2000 7/7/2001 7/29/2001 6/22/2002 7/13/2002 5/14/2003 5/31/2003 6/2/2004 6/19/2004 8/21/2004 6/4/2005 6/11/2005 8/6/2005 10/8/2005 4/15/2006 7/29/2006 8/9/2006 9/23/2006 5/26/2007 8/2/2007 8/19/2007 4/9/2008 10/11/2008 10/25/2008 6/13/2009 7/11/2009 9/5/2009 8/21/2010 10/16/2010 4/23/2011 7/30/2011 3/17/2012 7/21/2012 8/4/2012 3/23/2013 8/10/2013 11/2/2013 11/6/2013 4/26/2014 9/3/2014 9/26/2014

KC NE KC NE NE KC KC KC NE NE NE KC KC KC KC KC KC NE NE KC KC NE NE KC KC KC KC NE NE KC NE NE NE KC KC KC NE KC KC NE NE KC KC KC KC NE KC NE KC NE NE NE

2 2 4 2 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 4 2 1 3 1 3 3 0 4 4 1 3 1 3 0 1 0 3 2 3 2 3 3

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

NE KC NE KC KC NE NE NE KC KC KC NE NE NE NE NE NE KC KC NE NE KC KC NE NE NE NE KC KC NE KC KC KC NE NE NE KC NE NE KC KC NE NE NE NE KC NE KC NE KC KC KC

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

NE SOW

KC SOW

(2OT) (2OT)

(2OT)

(KC) (FX) (KC) (FX) (FX) (KC) (FX) (KC) (KC) (FX) (KC) (FX) (FX) (KC) (KC) (GL) (KC) (GL) (KC) (GL) (GL) (GL) (KC) (GL) (KC) (KC) (KC) (GL) (GL) (GL) (GL) (KC) (CA) (CA) (GL) (CA) (GL) (GL) (CA) (GL) (GL) (SP) (SP) (SP) (GL) (GL) (SP) (GL) (SP) (GL) (GL) (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 28 266 106 321 67 111

2 34 302 140 335 59 109

Sporting KC

OT 0 2 0 1 1 1

Tot 62 570 246 657 127 221

1 35 317 131 345 75 76

2 42 363 149 345 90 134

OT 0 3 2 1 0 1

Tot 77 683 282 691 165 211

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC NE

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

8 6

14 9

13 12

12 8

14 9

16 18

0 0

77 62

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Jay Heaps Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. NE

3-3-2 5-5-3

(1.38 pts./game) (1.38 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves

Sporting KC 8 Preki 5 Jewsbury/Radosavljev ic 44 Preki 23 Josh Wolff 29 Arnaud/Zavagnin 40 Davy Arnaud 6 Bo Oshoniyi 3 Hartman/Meola 5 Jimmy Nielsen 43 Bo Oshoniyi

Goals Allowed

13 Hartman/Meola

Goals Assists

Revolution 5 3 times 7 Steve Ralston 42 23 35 24 6 10 7 10 8 35

Taylor Twellman Taylor Twellman Shalrie Joseph Shalrie Joseph Matt Reis Matt Reis Matt Reis Matt Reis Matt Reis

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 3 Johnson/Takawira 2 6 players tied

Goals Assists Shots

8 Igor Simutenkov (06/22/02) 4 6 players tied 6 Harrington/Collin 9 Onandi Lowe (07/07/01) 1 13 players tied 8 Kevin Hartman (08/02/07) 3 7 players tied

Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

Revolution 3 Pat Noonan (06/02/04) 2 Joe-Max Moore (09/07/99) 6 3 players tied 4 7 6 1 11

4 players tied Alexi Lalas (07/27/96) Wise/Imbongo 13 players tied Matt Reis (07/11/09)

4 5 players tied

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)

New England Revolution 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)

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

2 Ts (05/08/2015) 2 Ts (03/21/2015) 1 Ws (04/19/2015)

1-2-1 2-0-2

1 Ts 1 Ws

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

1-2-0 4-0-2

1 Ws (04/19/2015) 2 Ts (05/08/2015)

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

3 Ts 1 Ts 1 Ws 3 Ws 1 Ts

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

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

2 1 1 4 3

Ts Ts Ts Ws Ws

(03/21/2015) (05/16/2015) (05/08/2015) (07/30/2014) (05/11/2014)

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

1 Ts 2 Ts 1 Ls 5 Ls 1 Ts

(05/16/2015) (03/08/2015) (04/18/2015) (08/23/2014) (04/25/2015)

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

1 1 1 2 2

Ws Ts Ts Ls Ls

(04/25/2015) (05/16/2015) (05/08/2015) (06/28/2014) (03/08/2014)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. REVOLUTION (23-16-11) PLAYER

MIN

Preki Kei Kamara Josh Wolff Davy Arnaud Vitalis Takawira Chris Klein Igor Simutenkov Jimmy Conrad Eddie Johnson Jack Jewsbury Claudio Lopez Teal Bunbury Birahim Diop Scott Sealy Matt Taylor Soony Saad Sasha Victorine Chris Brown Dario Fabbro Gary Glasgow Chris Henderson Paulo Nagamura Carey Talley Graham Zusi Mark Chung Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Aaron Hohlbein Mo Johnston Miklos Molnar Mark Santel C.J. Sapong Kerry Zavagnin Jose Burciaga Jr. Matt McKeon Mike Sorber Paul Wright Alex Bunbury Antonio Dovale Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Francisco Gomez Diego Gutierrez Goran Hunjak Frank Klopas Roy Lassiter Onandi Lowe Carlos Marinelli Chance Myers Brandon Prideaux Eric Quill Ryan Raybould Refik Sabanadzovic Seth Sinovic Antti Sumiala Ryan Tinsley Scott Uderitz Scott Vermillion Team totals Opponent totals

16 8 15 20 7 14 4 21 6 20 5 4 3 7 2 6 11 10 2 2 4 5 4 12 8 3 4 3 10 1 1 8 20 11 10 2 7 1 2 1 7 10 11 2 4 2 2 4 8 3 3 4 2 9 1 5 5 3 50 50

14 8 15 20 6 13 3 20 6 14 5 3 2 3 0 3 9 6 2 2 4 4 4 7 7 2 4 3 10 1 1 6 18 10 8 2 3 1 2 1 5 7 11 0 4 1 1 3 4 3 2 2 2 9 1 5 5 3 50 50

1227 717 1282 1799 548 1216 274 1825 524 1286 417 268 158 319 27 321 808 624 135 157 360 388 380 673 640 187 360 270 876 90 59 551 1630 869 759 160 334 70 105 90 526 623 964 13 304 90 121 299 452 270 202 220 180 808 71 443 433 270 4500 4500

8 6 6 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 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 0 0 78 63

5 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 73 63

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

44 37 35 42 16 20 14 9 17 33 16 12 6 9 2 7 7 17 5 5 7 6 2 15 13 7 8 2 17 3 1 10 9 11 8 2 8 0 2 1 8 13 10 1 4 2 7 8 5 0 4 0 0 7 1 0 2 2 683 571

9 6 12 1 9 3 8 2 1 50 50

810 471 1080 90 810 249 740 180 90 4500 4500

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

SHT

GAA

25 19 0.67 32 24 0.96 56 43 1.00 8 7 1.00 42 30 1.44 14 9 1.45 53 35 1.58 9 4 2.50 7 4 3.00 246 175 1.23 281 200 1.53

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 5

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REVOLUTION CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (16-23-11) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Shalrie Joseph Taylor Twellman Pat Noonan Clint Dempsey Lee Nguyen Steve Ralston Joe-Max Moore Abdoulie Mansally Teal Bunbury Paul Keegan Rajko Lekic Giovanni Savarese Khano Smith Jose Cancela Imad Baba Chiquinho Conde Jay Heaps Jermaine Jones Brian Kamler Sainey Nyassi Kelyn Rowe Darren Sawatzky Adam Cristman Leo Cullen Raul Diaz Arce Kheli Dube Jose Goncalves Wolde Harris Edgaras Jankauskas John Kerr Jeff Larentowicz Marko Perovic Alex Pineda Chacon Evans Wise Peter Woodring Mauricio Wright Mike Burns Johnny Torres Richie Baker Welton Kevin Alston Darrius Barnes Jamar Beasley Zak Boggs Diego Fagundez Benny Feilhaber Joe Franchino Alexi Lalas Cate Ivan McKinley Patrick Mullins Alberto Naveda Matt Reis Jim Rooney Chris Tierney Team totals Opponent totals

24 16 11 9 8 19 7 8 3 7 2 1 13 9 8 1 23 2 6 8 7 4 4 4 2 6 4 7 2 2 9 3 2 3 2 4 7 5 3 3 11 11 3 1 5 5 17 5 2 4 1 5 25 2 8 50 50

24 16 10 9 8 19 6 5 3 4 2 1 10 7 8 1 22 2 6 5 6 2 2 4 2 3 4 5 1 2 9 3 0 2 2 4 7 1 1 3 11 10 0 1 1 5 16 5 2 4 0 5 25 2 7 50 50

2073 1419 842 810 701 1657 571 556 260 349 180 90 882 637 623 90 1985 135 365 540 469 233 213 335 180 229 360 429 119 124 810 239 72 257 135 360 630 164 119 270 894 869 83 90 178 409 1348 444 135 319 29 416 2250 180 642 4500 4500

5 5 5 3 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 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 78

3 3 2 1 1 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 63 73

25 42 22 20 14 17 19 8 5 8 6 5 17 13 17 2 17 2 8 7 7 6 4 2 3 6 2 13 2 3 7 6 3 3 3 6 8 4 3 3 7 1 8 1 2 4 12 3 5 4 1 14 0 2 3 571 683

Scott Coufal Nick Downing Wolde Harris Juergen Sommer Walter Zenga Aidan Heaney Bobby Shuttleworth Jeff Causey Matt Reis Jose Fernandez Adin Brown Ian Feuer Jim St. Andre Brad Knighton Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1 1 4 1 5 4 25 1 5 1 2 1 50 50

MIN SHTS 90 3 1 90 357 90 450 270 2250 90 470 90 180 90 4500 4500

GAA

0 0 0.00 1 1 0.00 0 0 0.00 3 3 0.00 13 10 0.76 5 4 1.00 16 10 1.20 20 16 1.33 145 108 1.40 10 8 2.00 39 25 2.49 10 6 3.00 12 5 3.00 7 4 4.00 281 200 1.53 246 175 1.23

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 3

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. REVOLUTION (23-16-11)

CURRENT REVOLUTION VS. SPORTING KC (16-23-11)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

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

18 12 3 4 3 1 7 8 8 9 8 9 13 3 1 50 50

15 7 2 4 3 1 5 4 3 9 8 4 13 2 1 50 50

1423 673 187 360 270 90 526 452 371 808 720 381 1170 193 90 4500 4500

2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 63

1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 73 63

18 15 7 8 6 1 8 5 5 7 2 12 3 1 0 683 571

Lee Nguyen Teal Bunbury Jermaine Jones Kelyn Rowe Jose Goncalves Kevin Alston Darrius Barnes Diego Fagundez Chris Tierney Juan Agudelo Jerry Bengtson Scott Caldwell Charlie Davies Andy Dorman Andrew Farrell Jeremy Hall Brad Knighton Daigo Kobayashi Steve Neumann Sean Okoli Bobby Shuttleworth Team totals Opponent totals

8 3 2 7 4 11 11 5 8 2 1 4 3 15 5 6 2 4 3 1 5 50 50

8 3 2 6 4 11 10 1 7 0 1 2 2 12 5 5 2 4 0 0 5 50 50

701 260 135 469 360 894 869 178 642 65 57 224 184 1071 450 479 180 316 66 4 450 4500 4500

3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 78

1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 73

14 5 2 7 2 7 1 2 3 1 1 0 3 17 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 571 683

GOALKEEPER

MIN

GAA

Team totals Opponent totals

50 50

4500 4500

246 175 1.23 281 200 1.53

3 5

16 10 1.20 10 6 2.50 281 200 1.53 246 175 1.23

0 0 5 3

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Bobby Shuttleworth Brad Knighton Team totals Opponent totals

5 2 50 50

MIN SHTS 450 180 4500 4500

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GAME NOTES

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Kickoff: 7 p.m. CT Sporting Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 11

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

3-2-5 (14 pts.) RECORD 10 GAMES PLAYED 6th 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

English TV: ESPN2 Spanish TV: ESPN Deportes TV talent: Glen Davis (play-by-play) TV talent: Richard Mendez (play-by-play) Taylor Twellman (color) Giovanni Savarese (color) English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Radio talent: Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Radio talent Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Andy Gruenebaum (color) Raul Padrino Villegas (color) Jake Yadrich (analyst)

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

Charlie Davies Scott Caldwell Lee Nguyen Kelyn Rowe Teal Bunbury seven players tied Juan Agudelo Lee Nguyen Andy Dorman Jose Goncalves

1.00 Bobby Shuttleworth 5 Bobby Shuttleworth 4 Bobby Shuttleworth 29 Bobby Shuttleworth

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES

*on loan

GD GP +4 11 +4 11 +5 10 +3 10 –1 11 –1 9 –3 9 –10 12 –5 11 –2 6 GD GP +4 11 +3 12 +8 10 +1 11 +1 12 0 10 –4 12 –5 11 –2 11 0 10

new england revolution

Dwyer/Nemeth 3 GOALS 4 Benny Feilhaber 5 ASSISTS 3 Dom Dwyer 32 SHOTS 26 Dom Dwyer 9 SHOTS ON GOAL 9 three players tied 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 Matt Besler 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 1 Roger Espinoza 16 FOULS COMMITTED 28 Dom Dwyer 31 22 FOULS SUFFERED Roger Espinoza 3 4 CAUTIONS Matt Besler 1 EJECTIONS 1

7th season

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Standings through Sunday, May 17, 2015

Pts 21 19 17 14 12 10 10 9 7 5 Pts 21 20 19 17 16 14 14 14 13 10

5-2-4 (19 pts.) 11 2nd in East 15 1.36 15 11 1.00 +4 130 (49) 37.7% 150 153 19 1

2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

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

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MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

JAY HEAPS 4th season 45-43-25 (.509) 4th season 45-43-25 (.509)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of May 18, 2015 OUT: • Ike Opara (left Achilles) • Chance Myers (left Achilles) • Marcel de Jong (left hip muscle strain) • Graham Zusi (concussion) • Seth Sinovic (concussion) QUESTIONABLE: • Roger Espinoza (left adductor strain) • Paulo Nagamura (lower back sprain) • Bernardo Anor (right hamstring strain)

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#SKCvNE: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC and the New England Revolution are set for their 51st all-time regular season meeting Wednesday at Sporting Park. Despite holding a 23-1611 advantage in the series, Sporting KC suffered three defeats to the Revs last season by an 8-3 aggregate scoreline. New England secured a 2-0 home win last April before beating Sporting KC twice in the month of September, 3-1 at Gillette Stadium and 3-2 at Sporting Park. Lee Nguyen and Teal Bunbury notched two goals apiece across the three matches. Peter Vermes’ side held the upper hand in 2013, posting two regular season shutouts and eliminating Jay Heaps’ men in the two-legged Eastern Conference semifinals before winning MLS Cup. Sporting KC went nine home games unbeaten against New England in all competitions between 2008 and 2013, out-scoring the Revs 23-4 during the stretch, before suffering a 3-2 loss last year. Recent #SKCvNE MLS meetings Date Score Result Location 03/23/2013 KC 0 at NE 0 T Gillette Stadium 08/10/2013 KC 3 vs NE 0 W Sporting Park 11/02/2013* KC 1 at NE 2 L Gillette Stadium 11/06/2013* KC 3 at NE 1 W Sporting Park 04/26/2014 KC 0 at NE 2 L Gillette Stadium 09/03/2014 KC 1 at NE 3 L Gillette Stadium 09/26/2014 KC 2 vs NE 3 L Sporting Park *2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals

Stats through Sunday, May 17

Sporting KC - Team (2015 regular season) • SKC 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 4th in MLS with 38 successful crosses from open play. • SKC is 3rd in MLS with a 27.1% crossing accuracy from open play. • SKC leads MLS with 32 chances created from set plays, nine more than any other team. • SKC has conceded 9.8 shots per game, fewest in MLS. • SKC leads MLS with 25.1 interceptions per game. • SKC is 2nd in MLS with 60.4 duels won per game. • SKC leads MLS with 23 keeper sweepings (Luis Marin 16, Tim Melia 7). • SKC ranks 19th 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 6th in MLS with 20 successful crosses/corners and 6th with 25 chances created. • Dom Dwyer is 3rd in MLS with 31 fouls won. He ranks 6th with 32 shots. • Matt Besler is tied for 3rd in MLS with two game-winning assists and ranks 7th 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, Aurelien Collin, Joevin Jones).

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Paulo Nagamura recorded a goal and an assist in Sporting KC’s 3-2 loss to New England on Sept. 26, 2014, at Sporting Park. Dom Dwyer scored a goal against New England in a 3-2 loss at Sporting Park on Sept. 26, 2014. Benny Feilhaber scored Sporting KC’s Goal of the Year with a free kick to round out a 3-0 win over New England on Aug. 10, 2013, at Sporting Park. Against his former club, Seth Sinovic scored the game-winning goal in the second leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Nov. 6, 2013. The 3-1 win over New England gave Sporting KC a 4-3 aggregate victory. Lee Nguyen has three goals in eight regular season matches against Sporting KC, including two in 2014 (April 26 and Sept. 3). New England forward Teal Bunbury scored twice against his former club in 2014 (April 26 and Sept. 3). Jermaine Jones recorded the first assist of his MLS career against SKC on Sept. 3 before scoring his first MLS goal against SKC on Sept. 26.

New England Revolution - Team (2015 regular season) • New England is currently riding a nine-game unbeaten streak (5-0-4) after losing their first two matches of the season. • New England leads MLS with 15 games won and 51 points accumulated since September 2014 (including postseason). • New England is tied for the Eastern Conference lead with 15 goals scored. • New England leads MLS with 160 passes per game in the attacking third. • New England has conceded 10.6 shots per game, fewest in the Eastern Conference. • New England ranks last in MLS with a tackle success rate of 78.1%. New England Revolution - Individual (2015 regular season) • New England has a different statistical leader for goals (Charlie Davies 4), assists (Scott Caldwell 3), shots (Lee Nguyen 26), shots on goal (Kelyn Rowe 9), and game-winning goals (Teal Bunbury 2). • Since Jermaine Jones joined New England last August, the Revs are 14-2-5 when he plays (including postseason). • Chris Tierney is 3rd in MLS with 87 total crosses/corners and 12 successful crosses from open play. • New England is one of two teams (FC Dallas) to have three players with at least three goals scored (Charlie Davies 4, Kelyn Rowe 3, Juan Agudelo 3).

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Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber played for New England from 2011-2012, recording five goals and nine assists in 52 MLS matches. New England forward Teal Bunbury played for Sporting KC from 2010-2013, recording 24 goals and eight assists in 105 matches across all competitions. Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and Jermaine Jones played in all four games for the United States Men’s National Team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. SKC goalkeeper Tim Melia and New England forward Juan Agudelo were teammates at Chivas USA from 2012-2013. SKC winger Graham Zusi and New England midfielder Jeremy Hall were college teammates at Maryland from 2006-2008, winning the NCAA National Championship in 2008. Managers Peter Vermes and Jay Heaps faced each other as players for their current clubs on two occasions in 2001. Vermes was victorious in both matches as Kansas City beat New England 2-1 on July 7 and 2-0 on July 29. Vermes and Heaps played the full 90 minutes in both games.

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Manager Peter Vermes’ 79 regular season wins are 12th most in MLS history. With a win Wednesday, 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. Wednesday 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 20, 2015 vs. New England Revolution | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES SPORTING KC HOSTS NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION AT SPORTING PARK Squaring off as inter-conference opponents for the first time since 2004, Sporting Kansas City and the New England Revolution meet in a nationally televised contest on ESPN2. Wednesday’s match at Sporting Park, set to kick off at 7 p.m. CT, will be the 51st regular season game between the two charter members of MLS. Sporting KC is 3-0-2 against Eastern Conference opposition in 2015 and will seek redemption against a New England Revolution side that swept the three-game regular season series in 2014, including a 3-2 result at Sporting Park on Sept. 26. While Dom Dwyer and Krisztian Nemeth lead Sporting KC with three goals each, scoring has been widespread for Peter Vermes’ side: seven different players have found the back of the net, tied for second most in MLS. Benny Feilhaber has pulled the strings from midfield en route to five assists, tied for the league lead. Wednesday kicks off perhaps the toughest stretch in Sporting KC’s 2015 schedule. After hosting 2014 MLS Cup finalist New England, the club travels west to face reigning Supporters Shield champion Seattle Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field on Saturday. SKC will then return home to play Western Conference leaders FC Dallas on May 29 before playing Seattle again on June 6 at Sporting Park. New England, meanwhile, looks to extend their unbeaten streak to double digits for the first time since 2005 when they opened the season 7-0-4. After Saturday night’s 1-1 home draw with Toronto FC, the Revs are 5-0-4 in their current ninegame unbeaten run, which began with the club’s home opener against the Montreal Impact on March 21. Jay Heaps’ side can extend that streak to 11 games, one shy of the club record, with a pair of results this week against longtime rivals Sporting KC and D.C. United.

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. Palmer-Brown has joined 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 a 1-1 draw at D.C. United on May 9, 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

INCLEMENT WEATHER POSTPONES MATCH BETWEEN SKC AND COLORADO Saturday’s MLS regular season match between Sporting KC and the Colorado Rapids at Sporting Park was postponed due to inclement weather. The match, originally scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. CT, did not begin and will be played in its entirety at Sporting Park. It was the first postponed game in Sporting Park’s five-year history. The match will be rescheduled for a later date, to be determined in the near term. It was the second game of the 2015 MLS season to be postponed due to weather conditions. The Philadelphia Union’s home match against FC Dallas on March 21 was played a day later than scheduled after a winter weather advisory was issued for the areas around PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania.

TOUGH STRETCH BECKONS Beginning Wednesday, 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 (5-2-4, 19 pts.) before traveling to face reigning Supporters Shield champion Seattle Sounders FC (6-3-1, 19 pts.) just three days later. The team returns to Sporting Park on May 29 to host current Western Conference leaders FC Dallas (6-2-3, 21 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 (3-3-5, 14 pts.) has lost just twice since March 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 Eleven weeks into the MLS season, 33 of 105 matches have resulted in draws -- a rate of 31.4 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 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 33 in 105 games 31.4% 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 on May 9. 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 at D.C. on May 9 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 Season Losses Record through 10 games 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 20, 2015 vs. New England Revolution | 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 4. 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, tied for most in MLS, 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 raced out 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 11 rank sixth in MLS. 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 11 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 (nine 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 five MLS players 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 Saad Abdul-Salaam started and played the full 90 minutes in the San Antonio Scorpions 3-2 road win over FC Edmonton (1-3-2, 5 pts) at Clarke Field on Sunday. The victory was San Antonio’s first in Edmonton in six all-time trips and snapped a 10-game home unbeaten streak for the hosts. Abdul-Salaam has now started five of San Antonio’s six matches in 2015. The 23-year-old rookie was selected 12th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Akron. USL Stats: 5 GP, 5 GS, 358 MIN Mikey Lopez (OKC) Saad Abdul-Salaam (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 5 GP, 4 GS, 450 MIN Jon Kempin (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 2 GP, 180 MIN, 2.50 GAA, 5 saves

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 20, 2015 vs. New England Revolution | 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

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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 20, 2015 vs. New England Revolution | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC regular season record vs. New England: 23-16-11 Home games: 12-7-5 (37 GF, 26 GA) Road games: 11-9-6 (40 GF, 36 GA) Date 06/01/1996 06/15/1996 07/27/1996 05/03/1997 07/12/1997 07/26/1997 05/16/1998 07/01/1998 04/03/1999 09/07/1999 07/19/2000 09/06/2000 07/07/2001 07/29/2001 06/22/2002 07/13/2002 05/14/2003 05/31/2003 06/02/2004 06/19/2004 08/21/2004 06/04/2005 06/11/2005 08/06/2005 10/08/2005 04/15/2006 07/29/2006 08/09/2006 09/23/2006 05/26/2007 08/02/2007 08/19/2007 04/09/2008 10/11/2008 10/25/2008 06/13/2009 07/11/2009 09/05/2009 08/21/2010 10/16/2010 04/23/2011 07/30/2011 03/17/2012 07/21/2012 08/04/2012 03/23/2013 08/10/2013 04/26/2014 09/03/2014 09/26/2014

Score

KC 2 vs NE 1 KC 1 at NE 1 KC 4 vs NE 2 KC 1 at NE 2 KC 0 at NE 2 KC 0 vs NE 0 KC 3 at NE 1 KC 1 vs NE 0 KC 0 vs NE 1 KC 2 at NE 3 KC 0 vs NE 1 KC 1 at NE 0 KC 2 at NE 1 KC 2 vs NE 0 KC 3 vs NE 2 KC 4 at NE 2 KC 1 vs NE 1 KC 2 at NE 2 KC 2 vs NE 3 KC 3 at NE 1 KC 2 at NE 1 KC 1 at NE 1 KC 0 vs NE 2 KC 2 at NE 1 KC 2 vs NE 2 KC 1 vs NE 0 KC 1 vs NE 1 KC 0 at NE 0 KC 1 at NE 1 KC 4 at NE 3 KC 0 at NE 2 KC 0 vs NE 1 KC 1 vs NE 3 KC 1 vs NE 0 KC 3 at NE 1 KC 3 vs NE 1 KC 0 at NE 0 KC 4 at NE 2 KC 4 vs NE 1 KC 0 at NE 1 KC 2 at NE 3 KC 1 vs NE 1 KC 3 vs NE 0 KC 0 vs NE 0 KC 1 at NE 0 KC 0 at NE 0 KC 3 vs NE 0 KC 0 at NE 2 KC 1 at NE 3 KC 2 vs NE 3

Result

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

W Arrowhead Stadium L (SO) Foxboro Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Foxboro Stadium L Foxboro Stadium W (SO) Arrowhead Stadium W Foxboro Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L Foxboro Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium W Foxboro Stadium W Foxboro Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Gillette Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium T Gillette Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium W Gillette Stadium W Gillette Stadium T Gillette Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium W Gillette Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium T Gillette Stadium T Gillette Stadium W Gillette Stadium L Gillette Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L CommunityAmerica Ballpark W CommunityAmerica Ballpark W Gillette Stadium W CommunityAmerica Ballpark T Gillette Stadium W Gillette Stadium W CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Gillette Stadium L Gillette Stadium T Sporting Park W Sporting Park T Sporting Park W Gillette Stadium T Gillette Stadium W Sporting Park L Gillette Stadium L Gillette Stadium L Sporting Park

Matt Reis 6 Matt Reis 10 Matt Reis 7 Matt Reis 108 Matt Reis 35

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

new england revolution

3 Johnson/Takawira Goals 2 six players tied Assists 8 Igor Simutenkov (6/22/02) Shots 4 six players tied Shots on Goal 6 Collin/Harrington Fouls Committed 9 Onandi Lowe (7/7/01) Fouls Suffered 8 Kevin Hartman (8/2/07) 3 seven players tied

(6/2/04) Pat Noonan 3 (9/7/99) Joe-Max Moore 2

three players tied 6 four players tied 4 (7/27/96) Alexi Lalas 7 Imbongo/Wise 6

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(7/11/09) Matt Reis 11

five players tied 4

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

1 2 OT 35 42 0 317 363 3 131 149 2 345 345 4 75 90 1 76 132 1

Total 77 683 282 694 166 209

new england revolution Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

11/02/2013* KC 1 at NE 2 L Gillette Stadium 11/06/2013* KC 3 at NE 1 W Sporting Park *2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals

1 2 OT 28 34 0 266 302 3 106 140 0 321 335 1 67 59 1 111 109 1

Total 62 571 246 657 127 221

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total KC 8 15 12 12 15 15 0 77 NE 6 8 14 7 9 18 0 62

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

three players tied 5 Steve Ralston 7 Taylor Twellman 42 Taylor Twellman 23 Shalrie Joseph 35 Shalrie Joseph 24

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

6 Bo Oshoniyi 3 Hartman/Meola 5 Jimmy Nielsen 43 Bo Oshoniyi 13 Hartman/Meola

Sporting KC postseason results vs. New England: 1-1-0 (4 GF, 3 GA) Date Score Result Location

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

8 Preki 5 Preki/Jewsbury 44 Preki 23 Josh Wolff 29 Arnaud/Zavagnin 40 Davy Arnaud

Location

new england revolution

104.9 6

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 20, 2015 vs. New England Revolution | 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 20, 2015 vs. New England Revolution | 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

---

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

Postponed to a later date TBD

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

7:00

ESPN2

Saturday, May 23

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

9:00

KMCI, SKCTV

FRIDAY, MAY 29

FC DALLAS

MLS

8:00

KMCI, Unimas

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, June 16/17

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (4th Round)

Sunday, June 21

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

9:00

Fox Sports 1

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, June 30/July 1

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (5th Round)

Sunday, July 12

at Vancouver Whitecaps

MLS

8:00

KMCI, SKCTV

SATURDAY, JULY 18

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, July 21/22

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Quarterfinals)

Friday, July 24

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

10:00

KMCI, Unimas

SATURDAY, AUG. 1

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Saturday, Aug. 8

at Toronto FC

MLS

3:00

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, Aug. 11/12

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Semifinals)

SATURDAY, AUG. 15

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS

MLS