2016 GAME GUIDE
SPORTING KANSAS CITY v REAL SALT LAKE (May 21, Children's Mercy Park, 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS
2016 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 13 5-6-2 17 13 14 6 3-2-1 10 8 7
Real on road
10 5-3-2 17 14 14 6 1-3-2 5 8 12
ROSTERS
29 Melia
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
17
ALL-TIME (21 meetings): Sporting 8 wins, 26 goals … Real 8 wins, 26 goals … Ties 5
12
5
Coelho
Besler
Abdul-Salaam
94 Medranda
93 Mustivar
AT KC (11 meetings): Sporting 5 wins, 13 goals … Real 2 wins, 9 goals … Ties 4
8
10
27
Feilhaber
Espinoza
Zusi
2016 [MLS]: 4/2: KC 1, RSL 2 (Feilhaber 94+ -- Glad 29; Mulholland 79)
11 Davis
14 Dwyer
14
UPCOMING MATCHES REAL SPORTING Sat. May 28 at Columbus Fri. May 27 D.C. United Thu. June 2 at NYCFC Thu. June 2 at Los Angeles Sat. June 18 Portland Sun. June 19 FC Dallas Wed. June 22 Red Bulls Sat. June 25 at Montreal
10 Plata
F 13 90
F 14 64
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
19
5
Mulholland
Beckerman
16
REAL
A 14 84
Wingert
A 14 64
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
6 7 1 0
8 2 4 0
11 3 0 0
5 3 1 0 2 1 2 0
9 1 0 2 2 0 0 0
3 9 2
1 11 2
TYPE OF PLAY
8 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 0 1 1 2 1 1 1
OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
2 9 2
1 9 4
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
15
4
Glad
Olave
2 Beltran
18 Rimando
HOW SCORED
3 6 4 0
7 Martinez
11 Morales
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING
Movsisyan
REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Jeff Hosking; AR2 (opposite): Jeffrey Greeson; 4th: Edvin Jurisevic DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none
SPORTING KC 1 Jon Kempin (GK) 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 Diego Rubio (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Brad Davis (MF) 12 Nuno Andre Coelho (DF) 13 Amadou Dia (MF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Lawrence Olum (MF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 21 Justin Mapp (MF) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 25 Alec Kann (GK) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 30 Daniel Salloi (FW) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF) 96 Jordi Quintilla (MF) REAL SALT LAKE 1 Lalo Fernandez (GK) 2 Tony Beltran (DF) 3 Phanuel Kavita (DF) 4 Jamison Olave (DF) 5 Kyle Beckerman (MF) 6 Boyd Okwuonu (DF) 7 Juan Manuel Martinez (FW) 8 Sunday Stephen (MF) 10 Joao Plata (FW) 11 Javier Morales (MF) 12 Omar Holness (FW) 14 Yura Movsisyan (FW) 15 Justen Glad (DF) 16 Chris Wingert (DF) 17 Demar Phillips (DF) 18 Nick Rimando (GK) 19 Luke Mulholland (MF) 21 Aaron Maund (DF) 24 Jeff Attinella (GK) 25 Danilo Acosta (MF) 27 John Stertzer (MF) 30 Emery Welshman (FW) 49 Devon Sandoval (FW) 70 Jordan Allen (MF) 80 Olmes Garcia (FW)
DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none
DISTANCE
(W-L-T) KC RSL
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 2-0-0 3-3-2 0-3-0 1-0-2 4-2-0 0-1-0
INTERNATIONAL DUTY none
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 4-1-1 1-5-1 3-1-2 2-2-0
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 5/15/2016 KC 2, ORL 1 4/09/2016 KC 2, NYR 0 4/13/2016 KC 1, COL 2 5/11/2016 KC 0, COL 1 5/01/2016 KC 1, LA 1 4/09/2016 KC 2, NYR 0 5/11/2016 KC 0, COL 1
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC Real Salt Lake
WWWLWLLLTTLLW TWTWWWLWLL
(0) (5) (2) (0) (3) (8) (1)
REAL SALT LAKE Date Score (Gms since) 4/30/2016 RSL 2, HOU 1 4/02/2016 RSL 2, KC 1 10/17/2015 RSL 0, DAL 1 5/15/2016 RSL 0, HOU 1 3/19/2016 RSL 2, POR 2 4/16/2016 RSL 1, VAN 0 5/15/2016 RSL 0, HOU 1
(0) (3) (4) (0) (7) (4) (0)
TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 5 Dwyer A: 4 Abdul-Salaam SHT: 43 Dwyer SOG: 15 Dwyer FC: 27 Espinoza FS: 35 Dwyer OF: 18 Dwyer C: 3 Espinoza E: 1 Espinoza/Opara REAL G: 4 Plata A: 4 Plata SHT: 18 Plata SOG: 9 Plata FC: 15 Beckerman/Beltran FS: 23 Martinez OF: 7 Movsisyan C: 3 Beckerman/Beltran E: 1 3 players tied
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 13 3 7 3 0 0 13 1.00 RSL 10 2 2 6 0 0 14 1.40 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 13 3 6 4 0 0 14 1.08 RSL 10 2 5 2 0 1 14 1.40 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 13 1 4 1 1 3 3 RSL 14 0 4 1 2 5 2 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 14 1 2 4 1 3 3 RSL 14 0 3 2 2 1 6
SPORTING KANSAS CITY v REAL SALT LAKE (May 21, Children's Mercy Park, 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 119)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 CAREER Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A No. Player 1 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 3 0 0 68 48 8 0 3 Ike Opara 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 2 2 0 0 51 45 4 4 DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 9 9 0 1 191 186 2 11 5 Matt Besler 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 1 0 0 0 244 218 15 20 DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 6 6 0 1 142 114 2 16 7 Chance Myers 8 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 11 10 0 3 184 147 24 47 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 6 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 9 Diego Rubio 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-10 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 8 2 2 151 136 24 36 MF 5-11 165 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 11 7 2 0 379 332 57 122 11 Brad Davis 12 Nuno Andre Coelho DF 6-4 181 01/07/1986 Penafiel, Portugal 13 13 1 0 13 13 1 0 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 10 9 0 0 32 22 0 1 13 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 13 11 5 2 93 77 41 7 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 4 3 0 0 148 143 0 7 15 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 8 6 1 1 75 46 4 3 16 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 9 6 0 4 31 16 0 5 17 21 Justin Mapp MF 6-1 160 10/18/1984 Brandon, MS 1 0 0 0 304 243 22 65 Connor Hallisey FW 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 7 6 0 1 20 12 0 2 22 25 Alec Kann GK 6-4 190 08/08/1990 Decatur, GA 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 12 12 0 1 142 122 3 16 GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 12 12 0 0 41 40 0 0 29 Tim Melia 30 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 2 0 1 1 227 129 17 17 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 7 7 0 0 32 27 0 2 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 10 5 0 0 23 13 0 0 94 96 Jordi Quintilla MF 5-9 154 10/25/1993 Barcelona, Spain 5 5 0 1 13 8 0 1 ON LOAN Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 7 4 0 0 10 6 0 0 Bernardo Anor MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 13 4 0 0 84 52 12 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes
L75 11/21/1966 W95 T55
REAL SALT LAKE 2016 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Lalo Fernandez GK 6-3 170 12/16/1992 Guadalajara, Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Tony Beltran DF 5-8 150 10/11/1987 Whittier, CA 10 10 0 1 205 192 0 9 DF 6-1 184 03/09/1993 Lubumbashi, Katanga, Zaire 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 Phanuel Kavita 4 Jamison Olave DF 6-3 210 04/21/1981 Medellin, Colombia 7 6 1 0 206 202 16 4 MF 5-11 165 04/23/1982 Crofton, MD 9 9 0 0 388 359 36 48 5 Kyle Beckerman DF 5-9 170 02/24/1993 Edmond, OK 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 6 Boyd Okwuonu 7 Juan Manuel Martinez MF 5-9 170 10/25/1985 Viedma, Rio Negro, Argentina 9 9 2 2 17 16 3 3 8 Sunday Stephen MF 5-11 148 09/17/1988 Lagos, Nigeria 7 7 1 0 7 7 1 0 10 Joao Plata MF 5-2 135 03/01/1992 Guayaquil, Ecuador 8 7 4 4 118 95 28 27 11 Javier Morales MF 5-9 150 01/10/1980 Buenos Aires, Argentina 7 5 1 0 218 199 46 77 Omar Holness FW 6-0 174 03/13/1994 Kingston, Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 14 Yura Movsisyan FW 6-1 179 08/02/1987 Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR 10 10 2 0 91 52 22 3 Justen Glad DF 6-0 145 02/28/1997 Pasadena, CA 7 6 1 1 14 12 1 1 15 16 Chris Wingert DF 5-11 165 06/16/1982 Babylon, NY 7 6 0 0 303 268 1 16 Demar Phillips DF 5-6 132 09/23/1983 Kingston, Jamaica 7 4 0 1 25 20 0 1 17 18 Nick Rimando GK 5-9 184 06/17/1979 Montclair, CA 8 8 0 0 402 402 0 7 19 Luke Mulholland MF 5-9 150 08/07/1988 Preston, England 9 4 1 1 69 55 10 10 20 Emilio Orozco DF 5-11 167 04/29/1992 Oxnard, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aaron Maund DF 6-1 185 09/19/1990 Dorchester, MA 8 8 0 0 54 46 1 1 21 22 Andrew Brody FW 5-10 140 05/03/1995 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Jeff Attinella GK 6-2 190 09/29/1988 Clearwater, FL 2 2 0 0 27 26 0 0 25 Danilo Acosta MF 5-11 170 11/17/1997 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Stertzer MF 6-0 170 10/04/1990 Fairfax, VA 5 4 0 0 35 16 1 0 27 30 Emery Welshman FW 5-11 180 11/09/1991 Mississauqa, ON, Canada 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 49 Devon Sandoval FW 6-1 185 06/16/1991 Albuquerque, NM 6 0 0 0 68 34 7 3 70 Jordan Allen MF 5-11 160 04/25/1995 Rochester, NY 7 5 1 1 32 16 2 3 80 Olmes Garcia FW 6-0 175 10/21/1992 Barranquilla, Colombia 4 0 0 0 84 35 10 5 ON LOAN Sebastian Saucedo MF 5-7 145 01/22/1997 San Fernando Valley, CA 9 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 HEAD COACH : Jeff Cassar
02/02/1974 W31 L26 T21
SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs REAL SALT LAKE CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. May 21, 2016 (WEEK 12, MLS Game #119) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38 / SKCTVN; KMYU-12) A Western Conference matchup that has built into a rivalry over the last few years, Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake face off for the second time this season when the clubs meet Saturday evening a Sporting Park. SKC put a stop to their winless run after seven games last weekend, coming back for a 2-1 win against Orlando City SC at Sporting Park. Real have started a five-game road swing with back-to-back shutout defeats, last a 1-0 loss at the Houston Dynamo last Sunday. RSL took a 2-1 win when the clubs met in April at Sporting Park. REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Jeff Hosking; AR2 (opposite): Jeffrey Greeson; 4th: Edvin Jurisevic MLS Career: 217 games; FC/gm: 26.6; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 62; pens: 74 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: RSL: Kyle Beckerman, Tony Beltran DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (21 meetings): Sporting 8 wins, 26 goals … Real 8 wins, 26 goals … Ties 5 AT KC (11 meetings): Sporting 5 wins, 13 goals … Real 2 wins, 9 goals … Ties 4 FUTURE MATCH: 10/16: Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting Kansas City, 5 p.m. MT (FS1) The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Justen Glad and Luke Mulholland scored on either side of halftime as Real Salt Lake claimed a 2-1 win April 2 at Children’s Mercy Park. The first meeting victory was Real’s first ever at Children’s Mercy Park, in seven meetings lifetime, including MLS Cup 2013. RSL had last won in Kansas City in 2009 (at CommunityAmerica Ballpark). Real have a three-game winning streak alive vs. Sporting, having won the last two league meetings a year ago, both by 2-1 scorelines, and both at Rio Tinto Stadium (June 21 and July 24) – their first wins against KC since the 2011 season. RSL haven’t lost in five consecutive regular season matches vs. SKC (3-0-2). Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. RSL: P12 W3 L6 D3 … Jeff Cassar vs. KC: P5 W3 L0 D2 LAST MEETING 4/2: KC 1, RSL 2 (Feilhaber 94+ -- Glad 29; Mulholland 79) Real took the lead after 29 minutes when Justen Glad scored his first professional goal, heading home a free kick sent into the goalmouth by Joao Plata. The lead was doubled with 11 minutes when a corner kick was only partially cleared outside the area, and Luke Mulholland curled in a low shot just inside the post. Sporting won a penalty late in stoppage time when Diego Rubio Kostner was hauled down just on the edge of the area and referee Ted Unkel pointed to the spot. Benny Feilhaber converted, but Sporting could not come all the way back. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Chance Myers, Nuno Andre Coelho, Kevin Ellis, Amadou Dia - Soni Mustivar - Benny Feilhaber, Jordi Quintilla (Jimmy Medranda 73) - Brad Davis (Diego Rubio 80), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi. REAL SALT LAKE (4-2-3-1): Jeff Attinella - Tony Beltran, Justen Glad, Aaron Maund, Chris Wingert (Demar Phillips 59) - John Stertzer, Sunday Stephen - Jordan Allen, Luke Mulholland, Joao Plata - Yura Movsisyan (Devon Sandoval 70). SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City put an end to their winless streak after seven matches, coming back for a 2-1 win against Orlando City SC on Sunday afternoon at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting are in a tie for sixth place in the Western Conference with 17 points from 13 games. LAST MATCH Orlando City took the lead in the 67th minute through some good fortune. A corner kick fell into the scrum in front of the SKC goal, and took a deflection off one Sporting defender before nicking off the inside of Jimmy Medranda's leg and just rolling over the line.
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Sporting finally broke through with the leveler in the 74th minute. Benny Feilhaber lifted a beautiful ball over the top to Jacob Peterson, who headed the ball to a streaking Dom Dwyer, and he coolly finished with a header from the edge of the six. SKC hit for the winner when Peterson followed up with a goal of his own in the 79th minute, heading in a Roger Espinoza cross from the right side. Sporting manager Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that dropped a 1-0 decision to the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Matt Besler, Benny Feilhaber and Graham Zusi came into the team, in place of Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum and the suspended Ike Opara. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Saad Abdul-Salaam, Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda - Soni Mustivar - Roger Espinoza (Paulo Nagamura 90), Benny Feilhaber (Lawrence Olum 86) - Brad Davis (Jacob Peterson 69), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi. TEAM NEWS Sporting won for the first time since April 9, snapping a seven-game winless streak, which included five defeats. It was Sporting’s longest winless run since a club-record tying 10-game winless streak March 29-June 9, 2011. “Now I don't have to listen to all these questions about whether or not we are winless in so many games. At the end of the day, the focus should be on how good of a team we are when we play the way we did tonight. We have that in us and when we do, I think it's very tough to play against us,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. Sporting also came from behind to win a game, after conceding the opening goal, for the first time this season. SKC had five losses and one draw after allowing the opening goal this year. “We knew we were having some good performances, maybe not all of them, but we were creating some shots and chances. Our possession has been pretty good but we just needed to put it all together,” said Jacob Peterson. “There is no doubt that a win is going to instill more confidence in the group but I don't think that was lacking. We all understand what we need to do to be the best team we can be and if we do that, as we did tonight, these next two home games will be very important for us to continue this momentum we are on.” The opening goal for Sporting was their first following back-to-back attacking shutouts, snapping a goalless string of 314 minutes dating back to May 1, the fourth-longest scoring drought in MLS this season. Sporting was credited with 34 total shots on target, the most in a single game in the club’s 21-year history, and the third-most in a single game in MLS history. “I think the effort is the No. 1 reason why we were able to come out on top tonight. When we do that, when we play with our DNA of who we are, pressing the game, running forward, going at teams, getting numbers in the box, when we do that we are going to create chances,” said Vermes. “Sometimes they don't always go in, but when you do that you are going to give yourselves a chance to win. When you don't bring effort, when you don't bring fight to a game, you are not going to win. Tonight we did that.” Jacob Peterson scored a goal and added an assist, making just his second appearance of the season, both coming in the last two matches. It was the first time in his MLS career, in 227 league appearances, when Peterson scored a goal and added an assist in the same match. “Jake hasn't played a lot of minutes this year,” Vermes said. “The fact that he comes in here and he holds true to the first value we have as a group – that is, the team's first – whether he held a grudge or not, he didn't show it on the field. If he did, he displayed in a way and a fashion that's professional.” Dom Dwyer scored his fifth goal of the season, his first since April 13. He had gone six games in between without a goal; he had not gone more than seven games without a goal in his MLS career. Saad Abdul-Salaam collected his fourth assist on the season, the Sporting team leader in assists. He was making a sixth start of the season and ninth appearance overall. Among players involved in at least 25 tackles in MLS 2016, Sporting KC’s Roger Espinoza has a league-best 85.0 percent success rate. REAL SALT LAKE Real Salt Lake fell to a second consecutive defeat on their long road swing, dropping a 1-0 decision to the Houston Dynamo in a weather-delayed match on Sunday afternoon at BBVA Compass Stadium. Real are in a tie for sixth place in the Western Conference with 17 points from 10 games. LAST MATCH The game, postponed to Sunday afternoon due to inclement weather the day before, finally had its breakthrough in the 65th minute. A punt from Dynamo goalkeeper Joe Willis downfield bounced through a group of players, with Giles Barnes running onto the ball before taking it down and slotting it past RSL 'keeper Jeff Attinella. Willis was credited with two saves in keeping the clean sheet for Houston. RSL head coach Jeff Cassar made four changes to the team that fell 1-0 to the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Jeff Attinella came in between the posts for Nick Rimando, Chris Wingert started at fullback in place of Demar Phillips, John Stertzer came into the midfield for Sunday Stephen, and Joao Plata started out wide to replace Jordan Allen.
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REAL SALT LAKE (4-2-1-3): Jeff Attinella - Tony Beltran, Justen Glad, Jamison Olave, Chris Wingert (Jordan Allen 75) - John Stertzer (Luke Mulholland 74), Kyle Beckerman - Javier Morales - Juan Manuel Martinez (Olmes Garcia 82), Yura Movsisyan, Joao Plata. TEAM NEWS Real continued their five-game road swing with a second consecutive defeat, shut out at the attacking end in both matches. Real have lost three of their last four matches after opening the season with a six-game undefeated run. “We just weren’t good enough in any of the areas today, when we spoke at half time we said the game would probably come down to just one play, and to be fair that’s a goal kick. It comes all the way through, it bounces and puts him in on goal, it shouldn’t ever happen, it’s not good,” said RSL head coach Jeff Cassar. Said goalkeeper Jeff Attinella: “We’ve got to get results on the road. It’s going to be a long month and got to find a way. We’ve done it before in the past – get back to that formula and we’ll be all right.” Real were held without a single shot on goal for the fifth time in the club’s MLS history, the third time already this season (the first coming April 11 in the first meeting with Sporting KC). RSL’s four total attempts at goal were tied for second-fewest in club history. “I do think we fatigued,” said Cassar. “I just didn’t think our front four [attackers] were defending the way we typically have been and we weren’t good enough on the offensive end to not defend.” Jeff Attinella made his second start of the season, his first coming on April 2, in the 2-1 win vs. Sporting KC. Attinella has been on the losing end of five of his last six league starts in goal. “I thought he did a very good job, especially dealing with set plays. Our marking on set pieces wasn’t good enough tonight but he did a good job commanding his box,” said Cassar. Said Attinella: “Obviously you want to play games. Jeff told me a few weeks ago that I was going to get this one. Obviously you want to win, but it felt good to be back out there. At the end of the day if you don’t win or get a result it really doesn’t matter.” Joao Plata returned to the starting lineup for the first time since April 16, playing the full 90 minutes in a wide attacking role. Plata had come off the substitutes’ bench the week before, after missing two matches through injury. John Stertzer made his return to the lineup after a two-match absence, coming into a central midfield role and playing 74 minutes. Chris Wingert also returned after a two-game absence, playing 75 minutes at fullback. “I’m going to put together a very competitive week and the guys that are winning and working hard, will play,” said Cassar. “It doesn’t matter what their names are.” Real Salt Lake’s Yura Movsisyan has the lowest winning percentage amongst the 58 total players that have been involved in at least 30 aerials this season (26.7 percent). Sporting KC’s Dom Dwyer is tied for third-worst in this category (32.7 percent). Real Salt Lake has conceded a league-high 79 corners this season. Sporting KC has conceded just 43 corners, which is the third-lowest total in the league behind D.C. United (37) and Toronto FC (40).
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2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (5-6-2, 17 pts.) UNF 14 10 11 37 16 9 12 17 8 7 22 96 5 27 25 13 3 94 21 4 6 15 93 29
POS F M M F M F D D F D F M D M G D D M M D M D M G
PLAYER Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Brad Davis Jacob Peterson Lawrence Olum Diego Rubio Nuno Andre Coelho Saad Abdul-Salaam Graham Zusi Chance Myers Connor Hallisey Jordi Quintilla Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Alec Kann Amadou Dia Ike Opara Jimmy Medranda Justin Mapp Kevin Ellis Paulo Nagamura Seth Sinovic Soni Mustivar Tim Melia Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals
GAME-WINNING GAME-WINNING Chance Myers PENALTY KICK
GP 13 9 11 2 8 6 13 9 11 6 7 5 9 12 1 10 6 10 1 2 1 4 7 12
GS 11 8 7 0 6 2 13 6 10 6 6 5 9 12 1 9 3 5 0 2 0 3 7 12
MIN 1056 761 664 35 515 162 1170 598 902 467 470 365 795 1072 90 817 340 462 8 131 1 259 630 1080
13 13
13 13
1170 1170
G 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 13
A 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 43 15 15 1 3 7 11 6 16 0 10 3 0 26 0 1 3 13 0 1 0 3 4 0
SOG 15 4 7 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 5 1 0 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 18
136 181
51 54
FC 25 6 7 0 7 6 3 6 8 6 3 3 10 27 0 16 9 8 0 1 0 2 6 2
FS 35 12 13 0 3 7 10 7 9 4 4 7 5 24 0 5 6 6 0 1 0 3 8 0
OFF 18 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 1 20 21 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
177 161 161 177
31 35
43 72
21 21
4 2
GOALS: Brad Davis 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Jacob Peterson 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Nuno Andre Coelho 1 ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Saad Abdul-Salaam 1, Jordi Quintilla 1, Roger Espinoza 1, 1 GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 1-1
SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 25
POS G G
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Alec Kann Team totals Opponent totals
GP 12 1 13 13
GS 12 1 13 13
MIN SHTS 1080 49 90 2 1170 51 1170 54
SV 36 1 37 37
GA 13 1 14 13
GAA 1.08 1 1.08 1
PG 2 0 2 1
PA 3 0 3 1
W 5 0 5 6
L 6 0 6 5
T 1 1 2 2
SO 3 0 3 3
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2016 REAL SALT LAKE STATISTICS (5-3-2, 17 pts.) UNF 10 7 14 70 15 19 4 11 8 17 2 21 16 49 24 27 5 18 80
POS M M F M D M D M M D D D D F G M M G F
PLAYER Joao Plata Juan Manuel Martinez Yura Movsisyan Jordan Allen Justen Glad Luke Mulholland Jamison Olave Javier Morales Sunday Stephen Demar Phillips Tony Beltran Aaron Maund Chris Wingert Devon Sandoval Jeff Attinella John Stertzer Kyle Beckerman Nick Rimando Olmes Garcia Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals
GP 8 9 10 7 7 9 7 7 7 7 10 8 7 6 2 5 9 8 4
GS 7 9 10 5 6 4 6 5 7 4 10 8 6 0 2 4 9 8 0
MIN 644 730 852 427 545 420 582 486 521 405 900 666 543 55 180 305 751 720 32
10 10
10 10
900 900
G 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14
A 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 18 16 17 5 1 9 7 10 8 2 2 3 4 2 0 2 13 0 2
SOG 9 8 6 2 1 2 4 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 1
14 11
142 121
54 47
FC 2 3 9 6 4 9 5 9 13 10 15 4 4 0 0 4 15 0 2
FS 11 23 12 7 5 6 5 17 9 5 13 7 2 1 0 2 4 2 0
OFF 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 18 3 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
C 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
135 114 114 135
41 8
79 37
22 17
1 3
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Yura Movsisyan 1, Jamison Olave 1, Joao Plata 1, Luke Mulholland 1, Juan Manuel Martinez 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Joao Plata 2, Jordan Allen 1, Juan Manuel Martinez 1, Demar Phillips 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Javier Morales 1-1, Joao Plata 1-1 REAL SALT LAKE GOALKEEPING UNF 18 24
POS G G
GOALKEEPER Nick Rimando Jeff Attinella Team totals Opponent totals
GP 8 2 10 10
GS 8 2 10 10
MIN SHTS 720 48 180 6 900 54 900 47
SV 32 4 36 31
GA 12 2 14 14
GAA 1.5 1 1.4 1.4
PG 1 1 2 2
PA 2 1 3 2
W 4 1 5 3
L 2 1 3 5
T 2 0 2 2
SO 2 0 2 2
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Fri. Thu. Sun. Sat. Sun. Sun.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May May June June June July July
Wed. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sun.
July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct.
Sun. Oct.
OPPONENT RESULT 6 at Seattle W 1-0 12 Vancouver W 2-1 20 Toronto FC W 1-0 2 Real Salt Lake L 1-2 9 at New York W 2-0 13 Colorado L 1-2 17 at FC Dallas L 1-2 24 at San Jose L 0-1 27 at Vancouver T 1-1 1 Los Angeles T 1-1 7 at Houston L 0-2 11 at Colorado L 0-1 15 Orlando City SC W 2-1 21 Real Salt Lake 27 D.C. United 2 at Los Angeles 19 FC Dallas 25 at Montreal 3 Columbus 10 New York City FC 13 at Chicago 16 at Colorado 24 Seattle 31 Portland 7 at Portland 13 at FC Dallas 20 Vancouver 27 at Philadelphia 9 Houston 18 Los Angeles 24 at San Jose 1 at New England 16 at Real Salt Lake 23 San Jose
ATT 39525 20178 19867 20553 21406 19168 16215 18000 18836 19431 20071 12857 19080
W-L-T 1-0-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 3-1-0 4-1-0 4-2-0 4-3-0 4-4-0 4-4-1 4-4-2 4-5-2 4-6-2 5-6-2
POS PTS NOTES: 5 3 KC: Coelho (73); 1 6 KC: Dwyer (5,41); VAN: Morales (70) 1 9 KC: Davis (70); 2 9 KC: Feilhaber (94+); RSL: Glad (29) Mulholland (79) 1 12 KC: Feilhaber (17) Dwyer (60); 2 12 KC: Dwyer (77); COL: Solignac (41) Gashi (82) 4 12 KC: Olum (22); DAL: Barrios (35) Rosales (68) 6 12 SJ: Wondolowski (59) 6 13 KC: Rubio (27); VAN: Bolanos (14) 6 14 KC: Davis (30); LA: dos Santos (42) 6 14 HOU: Barnes (30) Wenger (46+) 7 14 COL: Serna (78) 7 17 KC: Dwyer (74) Peterson (79); ORL: own goal (67)
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REAL SALT LAKE 2016 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.
Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.
Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Thu.
Apr. May May May May May June
Sat. Wed. Sat. Fri. Sat. Wed. Sat. Fri. Sun. Wed. Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun.
June June June July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct.
OPPONENT RESULT 6 at Orlando City T 2-2 SC 12 Seattle W 2-1 19 at Portland T 2-2 2 at Sporting KC W 2-1 9 Colorado W 1-0 16 Vancouver W 1-0 23 at Los Angeles L 2-5
ATT 60147
W-L-T 0-0-1
19282 21144 20553 19224 19720 25867
1-0-1 1-0-2 2-0-2 3-0-2 4-0-2 4-1-2
3 5 3 2 2 4
30 Houston 7 at Colorado 14 at Houston 15 at Houston 21 at Sporting KC 28 at Columbus 2 at New York City FC 18 Portland 22 New York 25 at FC Dallas 1 D.C. United 9 Montreal 13 at Vancouver 16 New England 22 San Jose 31 at Philadelphia 3 at Toronto FC 6 Chicago 14 at Seattle 20 FC Dallas 26 Colorado 7 Los Angeles 10 at Portland 17 Houston 24 FC Dallas 1 at San Jose 16 Sporting KC 23 at Seattle
19950 14638 0 17943
5-1-2 5-2-2 5-2-2 5-3-2
2 2 6 6
W L T L
2-1 0-1 0-0 0-1
POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 RSL: Plata (26,66); ORL: Larin (94+) Winter (95+) 4 RSL: 5 RSL: 8 RSL: 11 RSL: 14 RSL: 14 RSL: (26) 17 RSL: 17 COL: 17 17 HOU:
Stephen (43) Olave (86); SEA: Alonso (28) Plata (16) Movsisyan (58); POR: Adi (79,84) Glad (29) Mulholland (79); KC: Feilhaber (94+) Plata (72); Martinez (55); Martinez (16) Morales (70); LA: Zardes (19) Magee Boateng (41) dos Santos (45) Gerrard (91+) Allen (62) Movsisyan (70); HOU: Miranda (54) Jones (47) Barnes (65)
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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)
Goals 2 Dom Dwyer Assists 1 18 times Shots 8 Dom Dwyer 8 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 5 Amadou Dia 5 Roger Espinoza 5 Ike Opara Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer Offside 4 Dom Dwyer Saves 6 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 8 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 2 4 times
Goals 2 03/12/2016 vs 2 04/09/2016 vs 2 05/15/2016 vs Assists 4 05/15/2016 vs Shots 34 05/15/2016 vs Shots on Goal 13 05/15/2016 vs Fouls Committed 20 04/24/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 20 03/12/2016 vs Corner Kicks 9 04/27/2016 vs Offside 8 04/02/2016 vs Saves 6 04/02/2016 vs 6 04/09/2016 vs Shots Faced 8 04/02/2016 vs Goals Allowed 2 04/02/2016 vs 2 04/13/2016 vs 2 04/17/2016 vs 2 05/07/2016 vs
03/12/2016 vs VAN
W 2-1
03/06/2016 vs SEA
W 1-0
03/12/2016 vs VAN 05/15/2016 vs ORL
W 2-1 W 2-1
03/12/2016 vs VAN
W 2-1
04/24/2016 vs SJ 05/01/2016 vs LA 05/11/2016 vs COL
L 0-1 T 1-1 L 0-1
05/07/2016 vs HOU
L 0-2
04/09/2016 vs NYR
W 2-0
04/02/2016 vs RSL 04/09/2016 vs NYR
L 1-2 W 2-0
04/02/2016 vs RSL
L 1-2
04/02/2016 vs RSL
L 1-2
VAN NYR ORL
W 2-1 W 2-0 W 2-1
ORL
W 2-1
ORL
W 2-1
ORL
W 2-1
SJ
L 0-1
VAN
W 2-1
VAN
T 1-1
RSL
L 1-2
RSL NYR
L 1-2 W 2-0
RSL
L 1-2
RSL COL DAL HOU
L L L L
REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)
Goals 2 Joao Plata Assists 2 Joao Plata Shots 5 Joao Plata 5 Juan Manuel Martinez Shots on Goal 3 Yura Movsisyan Fouls Committed 4 5 times Fouls Suffered 5 Jamison Olave 5 Javier Morales 5 Juan Manuel Martinez Offside 2 Yura Movsisyan 2 Yura Movsisyan Saves 6 Nick Rimando Shots Faced 12 Nick Rimando Goals Allowed 5 Nick Rimando
Goals 2 03/06/2016 at 2 03/12/2016 at 2 03/19/2016 at 2 04/02/2016 at 2 04/23/2016 at 2 04/30/2016 at Assists 3 03/12/2016 at 3 04/30/2016 at Shots 21 04/23/2016 at Shots on Goal 8 04/02/2016 at Fouls Committed 18 04/02/2016 at Fouls Suffered 17 04/30/2016 at Corner Kicks 7 04/30/2016 at Offside 2 03/12/2016 at 2 04/02/2016 at Saves 6 04/23/2016 at Shots Faced 12 04/23/2016 at Goals Allowed 5 04/23/2016 at
03/06/2016 at ORL
T 2-2
03/12/2016 at SEA
W 2-1
04/16/2016 at VAN 05/07/2016 at COL
W 1-0 L 0-1
04/09/2016 at COL
W 1-0
03/12/2016 at SEA
W 2-1
03/12/2016 at SEA 04/30/2016 at HOU 05/07/2016 at COL
W 2-1 W 2-1 L 0-1
03/12/2016 at SEA 04/02/2016 at KC
W 2-1 W 2-1
04/23/2016 at LA
L 2-5
04/23/2016 at LA
L 2-5
04/23/2016 at LA
L 2-5
TEAM LOW GAMES (2016) Shots 7 03/20/2016 vs 7 04/09/2016 vs 7 05/11/2016 vs Shots on Goal 1 05/01/2016 vs 1 05/11/2016 vs Fouls Committed 4 04/09/2016 vs 4 04/13/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 6 05/15/2016 vs Corner Kicks 0 04/09/2016 vs Offside 0 03/20/2016 vs Saves 0 05/01/2016 vs 0 05/15/2016 vs Shots Faced 0 05/15/2016 vs
TOR NYR COL
W 1-0 W 2-0 L 0-1
LA COL
T 1-1 L 0-1
NYR COL
W 2-0 L 1-2
ORL
W 2-1
NYR
W 2-0
TOR
W 1-0
LA ORL
T 1-1 W 2-1
ORL
W 2-1
1-2 1-2 1-2 0-2
TEAM LOW GAMES (2016)
ORL SEA POR KC LA HOU
T W T W L W
2-2 2-1 2-2 2-1 2-5 2-1
SEA HOU
W 2-1 W 2-1
LA
L 2-5
KC
W 2-1
KC
W 2-1
HOU
W 2-1
HOU
W 2-1
SEA KC
W 2-1 W 2-1
LA
L 2-5
LA
L 2-5
LA
L 2-5
Shots 7 03/19/2016 at 7 05/15/2016 at Shots on Goal 0 05/15/2016 at Fouls Committed 7 04/30/2016 at Fouls Suffered 12 03/12/2016 at Corner Kicks 1 04/09/2016 at Offside 0 04/23/2016 at 0 04/30/2016 at 0 05/07/2016 at 0 05/15/2016 at Saves 2 03/12/2016 at 2 04/02/2016 at 2 05/15/2016 at Shots Faced 3 03/12/2016 at 3 04/02/2016 at 3 05/15/2016 at
POR HOU
T 2-2 L 0-1
HOU
L 0-1
HOU
W 2-1
SEA
W 2-1
COL
W 1-0
LA HOU COL HOU
L W L L
SEA KC HOU
W 2-1 W 2-1 L 0-1
SEA KC HOU
W 2-1 W 2-1 L 0-1
2-5 2-1 0-1 0-1
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2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. REAL SALT LAKE (0-1-0) UNF 10 11 7 8 29 4 14 94 93 13 96 12 9
POS M M D F G D F M M D M D F
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
CP
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
90 80 90 90 90 90 90 17 90 90 73 90 10 90 90
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 15
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8
1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 13 18
2 4 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 18 13
0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 2
0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
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 0 0 0 0 0
Benny Feilhaber Brad Davis Chance Myers Graham Zusi Tim Melia Kevin Ellis Dom Dwyer Jimmy Medranda Soni Mustivar Amadou Dia Jordi Quintilla Nuno Andre Coelho Diego Rubio Team totals Opponent totals
GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 1-1
UNF 29
POS G
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
1 1 1
1 1 1
MIN SHT 90 90 90
8 8 3
SV
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
SO
O'TIME
6 6 2
2 2 1
2.00 2.00 1.00
0 0 1
0 0 1
0 0 1
1 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
2016 REAL SALT LAKE VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0) UNF 19 15 10 2 14 17 16 24 21 27 49 70 8
POS M D M D F D D G D M F M M
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
CP
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
90 90 90 90 70 31 59 90 90 90 20 90 90 90 90
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 15 10
2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 3
4 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 2 3 18 13
2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 13 18
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 0 0 0 0 0
Luke Mulholland Justen Glad Joao Plata Tony Beltran Yura Movsisyan Demar Phillips Chris Wingert Jeff Attinella Aaron Maund John Stertzer Devon Sandoval Jordan Allen Sunday Stephen Team totals Opponent totals
GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 1-1
UNF 24
POS G
GOALKEEPER Jeff Attinella Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
1 1 1
1 1 1
MIN SHT 90 90 90
3 3 8
SV
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
SO
O'TIME
2 2 6
1 1 2
1.00 1.00 2.00
1 1 0
1 1 0
1 1 0
0 0 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
REAL SALT LAKE VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS
Real Salt Lake
Sporting KC
Sporting KC 8 wins, 26 goals Real Salt Lake 8 wins, 26 goals 5 ties 7/16/2005 8/13/2005 5/20/2006 9/30/2006 7/14/2007 8/29/2007 6/7/2008 6/28/2008 5/16/2009 8/29/2009 5/29/2010 8/7/2010 8/3/2011 9/17/2011 4/14/2012 7/20/2013 12/7/2013 4/5/2014 4/11/2015 6/21/2015 7/24/2015 4/2/2016
KC 3 vs RSL KC 4 at RSL RSL 2 vs KC KC 3 vs RSL KC 1 vs RSL RSL 3 vs KC RSL 0 vs KC KC 1 vs RSL KC 2 at RSL RSL 1 at KC RSL 4 vs KC KC 1 vs RSL KC 2 vs RSL RSL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs RSL KC 2 at RSL KC 1 vs RSL KC 0 vs RSL KC 0 vs RSL RSL 2 vs KC RSL 2 vs KC RSL 2 at KC
2 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1
KC SOW
(KC) (RE) (RE) (KC) (KC) (RE) (RE) (CA) (RT) (CA) (RT) (CA) (SP) (RT) (SP) (RT) (SP) (SP) (SP) (RT) (RT) (SP)
Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 13 105 40 151 31 46
2 13 127 56 135 33 42
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot 26 232 96 286 64 88
1 13 128 50 109 30 68
2 13 149 60 149 24 56
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot 26 277 110 258 54 124
GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC RSL
1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
OT
Total
3 3
8 2
2 8
4 2
5 3
4 8
0 0
26 26
CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Jeff Cassar Peter Vermes
vs. KC vs. RSL
3-0-2 3-6-3
(2.2 pts./game) (1 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
4 5 27 9 20 32 3 3 4 31 9
Sporting KC Sealy/Wolff Arnaud/Wolff Davy Arnaud 3 times Davy Arnaud Davy Arnaud Hartman/Nielsen Tim Melia Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Bo Oshoniyi
2 3 20 9 17 26 4 4 3 36 9
Real Salt Lake 5 times Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Kyle Beckerman Kyle Beckerman Javier Morales Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists
Sporting KC 2 3 players tied 3 Josh Wolff (08/13/05)
Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
6 3 8 6
Shutouts Saves
1 8 players tied 7 Kevin Hartman (3 times) 4 Jimmy Nielsen (05/29/10)
Goals Allowed
Arnaud/Kamara 7 players tied Davy Arnaud (05/29/10) Espinoza/Dwyer
Real Salt Lake 2 Atiba Harris (09/30/06) 2 Javier Morales (06/21/15) 6 Beckerman/Saborio 3 Beckerman/Kreis 6 Harris/Olave 7 Javier Morales (05/29/10) 1 5 players tied 8 Jeff Attinella (04/05/14) 4 D.J. Countess (08/13/05)
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)
Real Salt Lake W-L-T
Streak (started)
2-0-0 3-3-2 0-3-0
3 Ws 1 Ws 3 Ls
(08/08/2015) (05/15/2016) (04/02/2016)
1-0-2 4-2-0 0-1-0
1 Ws (04/02/2016) 2 Ls (05/07/2016) 6 Ls (05/16/2015)
1-5-1 4-1-1
1 Ws 1 Ts
(05/15/2016) (05/01/2016)
2-2-0 3-1-2
2 Ls (05/07/2016) 1 Ls (04/23/2016)
0-3-0 2-3-2 3-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
6 Ls 2 Ts 4 Ws 3 Ws 3 Ws
(09/23/2015) (04/27/2016) (10/25/2015) (04/05/2015) (05/20/2015)
0-2-1 2-0-0 3-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0
1 2 1 2 1
Ls Ws Ws Ws Ls
(05/15/2016) (04/09/2016) (04/30/2016) (09/12/2015) (08/01/2015)
3-0-0 2-2-2 0-4-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
4 Ws 1 Ws 8 Ls 2 Ls 1 Ls
(10/03/2015) (05/15/2016) (06/21/2015) (08/22/2015) (08/19/2015)
2-0-1 3-2-0 0-0-2 0-0-0 0-1-0
1 2 2 2 5
Ts Ls Ts Ls Ls
(05/14/2016) (05/07/2016) (03/06/2016) (07/11/2015) (04/25/2015)
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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. REAL SALT LAKE (8-8-5) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
Josh Wolff Scott Sealy Benny Feilhaber Sasha Victorine Eddie Johnson Roger Espinoza Teal Bunbury Jose Burciaga Jr. Aurelien Collin Dom Dwyer Kei Kamara Chris Klein Ike Opara Ryan Pore Soony Saad Davy Arnaud Graham Zusi Claudio Bieler Michael Harrington Jack Jewsbury Carlos Marinelli Preki Ryan Smith Dave van den Bergh Team totals Opponent totals
4 6 6 8 3 8 4 6 4 6 6 2 2 5 1 12 9 2 11 11 4 1 2 1 21 21
4 6 4 7 2 8 4 6 4 5 6 2 2 2 1 11 7 1 8 8 2 1 2 1 21 21
347 491 416 647 186 649 360 507 360 442 524 179 174 201 79 969 670 98 775 749 189 45 179 84 1890 1890
4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 26
5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22 20
SHT GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
SHT
SV
GAA
PG
10 14 6 12 6 13 8 7 7 18 14 7 4 4 2 27 10 1 2 14 5 1 6 1 277 232
1 1 6 6 3 4 21 21
90 90 540 540 270 360 1890 1890
1 0 35 21 21 18 96 110
1 0 31 14 14 9 69 81
0.00 0.00 0.67 1.17 2.00 2.25 1.24 1.24
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Eric Kronberg Luis Marin Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Bo Oshoniyi Team totals Opponent totals
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REAL SALT LAKE CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (8-8-5) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
GOALKEEPER
GP
Jason Kreis Atiba Harris Jordan Cila Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Javier Morales Robbie Russell Andy Williams Sebastian Jaime Joao Plata Alvaro Saborio Mehdi Ballouchy Nat Borchers Chris Brown Pablo Campos Jeff Cunningham Olmes Garcia Justen Glad Ned Grabavoy Matias Mantilla Luke Mulholland Chris Klein Kyle Beckerman Alecko Eskandarian Luke Kreamalmeyer Rusty Pierce Dante Washington Team totals Opponent totals
4 4 2 8 7 11 6 13 2 4 7 2 11 3 3 2 5 2 6 1 5 2 12 1 1 1 1 21 21
4 3 2 5 6 11 4 7 2 4 7 1 11 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 4 2 12 1 0 1 0 21 21
360 259 150 512 477 945 427 690 159 330 629 111 990 270 59 43 217 180 363 90 374 180 1080 90 56 90 27 1890 1890
2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 26
2 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 20 22
13 4 2 16 9 19 5 11 2 11 14 3 5 4 1 1 4 3 1 2 3 3 20 3 1 0 1 232 277
Nick Rimando Jeff Attinella Chris Seitz Scott Garlick D.J. Countess Team totals Opponent totals
11 4 2 2 2 21 21
MIN SHTS 990 360 180 180 180 1890 1890
45 25 12 9 19 110 96
SV
GAA
PG
36 19 8 5 13 81 69
0.82 1.00 1.00 2.00 3.50 1.24 1.24
0 1 0 0 0 1 1
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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. REAL SALT LAKE (8-8-5)
CURRENT REAL SALT LAKE VS. SPORTING KC (8-8-5)
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
Brad Davis Benny Feilhaber Paulo Nagamura Roger Espinoza Dom Dwyer Ike Opara Justin Mapp Graham Zusi Saad Abdul-Salaam Bernardo Anor Matt Besler Nuno Andre Coelho Amadou Dia Kevin Ellis Connor Hallisey Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Chance Myers Lawrence Olum Erik Palmer-Brown Jacob Peterson Jordi Quintilla Diego Rubio Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals
23 8 19 8 6 5 15 9 2 3 10 1 3 3 1 1 4 3 7 2 1 17 1 1 7 21 21
21 6 16 8 5 5 11 7 1 1 10 1 2 2 0 0 4 3 4 0 1 9 1 0 7 21 21
1871 596 1450 649 442 429 938 670 91 117 900 90 224 186 11 17 360 225 443 32 90 892 73 10 613 1890 1890
4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 26
12 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 20
35 10 20 13 18 6 13 10 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 14 1 0 1 277 232
Kyle Beckerman Javier Morales Joao Plata Olmes Garcia Justen Glad Luke Mulholland Jordan Allen Jeff Attinella Tony Beltran Aaron Maund Yura Movsisyan Jamison Olave Demar Phillips Nick Rimando Devon Sandoval Sebastian Saucedo Sunday Stephen John Stertzer Chris Wingert Team totals Opponent totals
27 11 5 5 2 5 3 4 9 5 3 14 3 25 4 1 1 3 20 21 21
21 11 5 2 2 4 1 4 9 5 2 14 1 25 2 0 1 1 16 21 21
2007 945 397 217 180 374 136 360 788 450 154 1203 123 2274 189 1 90 94 1362 1890 1890
2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 26
2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 22
34 19 13 4 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 0 1 0 6 0 1 2 3 232 277
GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
SHT
SV
GAA
PG
SV
GAA
PG
Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
4 21 21
360 1890 1890
27 96 110
18 2.00 69 1.24 81 1.24
2 1 1
19 95 81 69
1.00 1.03 1.24 1.24
1 1 1 1
GOALKEEPER
GP
Jeff Attinella Nick Rimando Team totals Opponent totals
4 25 21 21
MIN SHTS 360 2274 1890 1890
25 121 110 96
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GAME NOTES
WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE
SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. REAL SALT LAKE
2016 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, May 21, 2016 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 14 Sporting Kansas City 5-6-2, 17 points (3-2-1 home; 2-4-1 away) 7th place in Western Conference
5-6-2 (17 pts.) RECORD 13 GAMES PLAYED 7th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 13 GOALS 1.00 GOALS/GAME 18 ASSISTS 14 GOALS ALLOWED 1.08 ALLOWED/GAME –1 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 181 (54) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 29.8% ON GOAL % 161 FOULS COMMITTED 177 FOULS SUFFERED 21 CAUTIONS 2 EJECTIONS
English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official:
Real Salt Lake 5-3-2, 17 points (4-0-0 home; 1-3-2 away) 6th place in Western Conference
Ricardo Salazar Jeff Hosking Jeffrey Greeson Edvin Jurisevic
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 25 27 29 30 37 93 94 96
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF MID DEF MID FWD MID MID DEF DEF FWD DEF MID DEF MID MID GK MID GK FWD FWD MID MID MID
Name Jon Kempin Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Diego Rubio Benny Feilhaber Brad Davis Nuno Andre Coelho Amadou Dia Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Lawrence Olum Saad Abdul-Salaam Justin Mapp Connor Hallisey Alec Kann Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Daniel Salloi Jacob Peterson Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda Jordi Quintilla
Pronunciation oh-PAR-ah
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
FAIL-hob-ber KWAY-yoh AH-mah-doo DEE-ah sin-OH-vick OH-lum sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM
HAL-iss-see CAN MEE-lia shallow-ee SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah JORE-dee kin-TEE-yuh
New York City FC Montreal Impact Philadelphia Union Toronto FC New York Red Bulls D.C. United New England Revolution Orlando City SC Columbus Crew SC Chicago Fire
Western Conference 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Vancouver Whitecaps FC LA Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City Seattle Sounders FC Portland Timbers Houston Dynamo
Pts 17 16 15 15 13 13 13 11 10 7
Pts 24 23 20 19 18 17 17 13 12 11
W L T 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 1
3 3 3 4 7 4 3 3 4 5
5 4 3 3 1 4 7 5 4 4
W L T 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 3
2 4 5 1 3 3 6 5 6 6
3 2 2 4 3 2 2 1 3 2
GD GP
+1 +2 +3 +2 –6 0 –5 +1 –3 –5
12 11 10 11 12 11 12 10 10 10
Dom Dwyer 5 GOALS 4 Saad Abdul-Salaam 4 ASSISTS 4 Dom Dwyer 43 SHOTS 18 Dom Dwyer 15 SHOTS ON GOAL 9 five players tied 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 Dwyer/Zusi 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 2 Roger Espinoza 27 FOULS COMMITTED 15 Dom Dwyer 35 FOULS SUFFERED 23 Roger Espinoza 3 CAUTIONS 3 two players tied 1 EJECTIONS 1 Tim Melia 1080 Tim Melia 1.08 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia 3 Tim Melia 36
MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
PETER VERMES 8th season 95-75-55 8th season (.544) 95-75-55 (.544)
Joao Plata Joao Plata Joao Plata Joao Plata five players tied Joao Plata Beckerman/Beltran Juan Manuel Martinez Beckerman/Beltran three players tied
720 Nick Rimando 1.00 Jeff Attinella 4 Nick Rimando 2 Nick Rimando 32 Nick Rimando
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
JEFF CASSAR 3rd season 31-26-21 (.532) 3rd season 31-26-21 (.532)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, May 19 OUT: • Kevin Ellis (right groin strain)
GD GP +6 0 0 +12 +1 0 –1 –2 –5 –1
REAL SALT LAKE
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON
Through Thursday, May 19
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
5-3-2 (17 pts.) 10 6th in West 14 1.40 11 14 1.40 0 121 (47) 38.8% 114 135 17 3
2016 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs
BEEZ-ler POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra ZOO-see
2016 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference
REAL SALT LAKE
12 13 13 10 11 10 13 10 12 11
QUESTIONABLE: • Seth Sinovic (left groin strain)
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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvRSL: HEAD-TO-HEAD
#SKCvRSL: BY THE NUMBERS
Two teams hovering around the red line in the Western Conference go head-to-head Saturday at Children’s Mercy Park as part of Major League Soccer’s Heineken Rivalry Week. Sporting KC (5-6-2, 17 points) and Real Salt Lake (5-3-2, 17 points) continue a rivalry that reached a boiling point in 2015 when the clubs met four times across all competitions. RSL had the upper hand during the regular season, winning twice at home and securing a 0-0 draw in Kansas City. Sporting KC, however, won a dramatic U.S. Open Cup semifinal at Children’s Mercy Park, erasing an early deficit to win 3-1 before lifting the title a month later. Real Salt Lake won the first meeting of 2016, claiming a 2-1 road victory for their first win in Kansas City since 2009. RSL had been winless in seven straight trips to Sporting KC, scoring just three times during that stretch, but broke out of the slump with goals on either side of halftime from Homegrown defender Justen Glad and English midfielder Luke Mulholland. Glad’s first-half header snapped RSL’s 444-minute regular season scoreless streak in KC dating back to 2010 and gave the Claret-and-Cobalt its first-ever win at Children’s Mercy Park. Benny Feilhaber opened his 2016 scoring account in the defeat, bagging his third goal in his last four games against RSL in all competitions. Sporting KC has struggled to secure regular season wins against their Utah rival in recent years. Peter Vermes’ side is winless in five regular season meetings (0-3-2) since the start of 2015, including three straight setbacks by a 2-1 scoreline. However, the road team in this fixture has just two wins in the last 13 meetings across all competitions. The first of which came in July 2013 when Sporting KC topped RSL 2-1 thanks to a 97th-minute header from Ike Opara following a Graham Zusi corner kick. It was the latest goal in the club’s regular season history and set the stage for a dramatic 2013 MLS Cup later that year, which Sporting KC won on home soil. The all-time regular season series is tied at 8-8-5, with Kansas City holding a 5-2-4 mark at home.
Stats as of Thursday, May 19
Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC is third in MLS with 181 shot attempts but ranks 18th in scoring offense at 1.0 goals per game. • SKC has faced a league-low 10.5 shots per game and ranks second in scoring defense at 1.08 goals allowed per game. • SKC leads MLS with 177 fouls suffered. • Eleven of SKC’s 13 matches have been decided by a goal or less. • SKC is the only team in MLS that has yet to score or concede three or more goals in a game. • SKC is 3-0-0 when scoring multiple goals and 0-4-0 when allowing multiple goals. Sporting KC Player Stats • Forward Dom Dwyer leads MLS with 35 fouls suffered and 18 offsides while ranking fourth with 43 shots. • Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam is tied for fifth in MLS with four assists. • Defender Nuno Coelho leads MLS in minutes played (1,170) while ranking fifth in successful passes (618), fifth in interceptions (42), eighth in blocked shots (9) and 13th in clearances (48). • Midfielder Roger Espinoza ranks fifth in MLS with 40 tackles and seventh with 509 successful passes. • Winger Graham Zusi ranks seventh in MLS with 28 chances created. • Midfielder Soni Mustivar is tied for third in MLS with 3.9 tackles per game. Real Salt Lake Team Stats • RSL scored in its first eight games of 2016 but has failed to score in the last two, a pair of 1-0 defeats to Colorado and Houston (current 200-minute goalless streak). • RSL is tied for the MLS lead with five goals from set pieces, while their seven open-play goals are third-fewest in the league. • RSL is one of three teams (LA Galaxy and FC Dallas) with multiple wins after allowing the first goal (2-2-0). • Nine of RSL’s 10 games have been decided by a goal or less. RSL is second in MLS with five one-goal wins (5-2-0 in one-goal games).
#SKCvRSL: Recent Meetings (Series tied 8-8-5 in regular season) Date
Score
07/20/2013 12/07/2013* 04/05/2014 04/11/2015 06/21/2015 07/24/2015 08/12/2015** 04/02/2016
KC 2 at RSL 1 KC 1 vs RSL 1 KC 0 vs RSL 0 KC 0 vs RSL 0 KC 1 at RSL 2 KC 1 at RSL 2 KC 3 vs RSL 1 KC 1 vs RSL 2
Result Details W T T T L L W L
Opara scores in 97’, SKC’s latest regular season goal ever SKC wins MLS Cup with 7-6 shootout win after 1-1 draw Jeff Attinella makes 8 saves for RSL in MLS Cup rematch RSL has 0 shots on goal; Opara’s most recent game Dwyer equalizes in 30’ but Olmes Garcia wins it in 92’ Feilhaber bags beauty but Morales & Plata secure win SKC advances to Open Cup Final after erasing 1-0 deficit Glad and Mulholland on target; Feilhaber nets PK
Real Salt Lake Player Stats • With four goals and four assists in eight appearances, winger Joao Plata is one of three MLS players (Sebastian Giovinco, Giovani dos Santos) to average at least one goal or assist per game. • Plata leads RSL in goals (4) and assists (4). No other player has more than two of each. He also ranks eighth in MLS with 26 chances created. • Between 2011-2015, no MLS player created more chances than midfielder Javier Morales (430 including playoffs). The 10-year veteran has been involved in more than 25 percent (123 of 487) of RSL’s regular season goals all-time. • Defender Jamison Olave leads MLS with 6.4 clearances per game. • Forward Juan Manuel Martinez leads MLS with 3.2 dribbles per game.
*2013 MLS Cup **2015 U.S. Open Cup Semifinals
#SKCvRSL: PLAYER HISTORY • Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber has three goals and two assists in his last four appearances against RSL in all competitions. • Sporting KC winger Brad Davis has four goals and 12 assists in 23 regular season appearances against RSL. • Sporting KC midfielder Soni Mustivar scored his only Sporting KC goal to date vs. Real Salt Lake in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals. • Sporting KC goalkeeper Tim Melia is 0-4-0 vs. RSL in the regular season. • Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer scored against RSL in a 2-1 road loss last year. • RSL defender Justen Glad scored his first career MLS goal in RSL’s 2-1 win over Sporting KC on April 2, assisted on a free kick from Joao Plata. RSL midfielder Luke Mulholland would then score the game-winner. • RSL midfielder Javier Morales had two goals, one assist and 13 chances created in three regular season games against Sporting KC last year.
NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Brad Davis has 40 career game-winning assists in the regular season, one shy of tying Landon Donovan and Steve Ralston for the all-time MLS lead. • Roger Espinoza is one shy of his 150th career MLS appearance (including playoffs). • Benny Feilhaber is one shy of his 100th career MLS regular season appearance for Sporting KC.
#SKCvRSL: PLAYER CONNECTIONS
SPORTING KC SOCIAL MEDIA PROPERTIES
• Sporting KC goalkeeper Tim Melia played for RSL from 2010-11, backing up Nick Rimando. Melia made no MLS appearances for the club. • RSL striker Yura Movsisyan began his professional career with the Kansas City Wizards from 2006-07, scoring five goals in 31 games across all competitions. • The U.S. MNT roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup included Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Kyle Beckerman and Nick Rimando. • The U.S. MNT roster for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup included Zusi, Beckerman and Rimando. • Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson and RSL winger Joao Plata were teammates at Toronto FC in 2011. • Peterson and RSL defender Chris Wingert were teammates at the Colorado Rapids from 2006-07. • Sporting KC defender Chance Myers and RSL defender Tony Beltran were college teammates at UCLA from 2006-2007.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES LAST TIME OUT: SPORTING KC OUSTS ORLANDO SUPER-SUB JACOB PETERSON PROVIDES THE ANSWER Sporting KC bounced back into the victory column Sunday with a thrilling 2-1 win over Orlando City SC at sold-out Children’s Mercy Park. Dom Dwyer’s 50th goal for the club in all competitions drew Sporting KC level in the 74th minute, setting the stage for substitute Jacob Peterson to cap his heroic cameo with the match-winner five minutes later. A national television audience on ESPN saw Sporting KC unleash an offensive barrage to the tune of 34 shot attempts, an alltime club record and third most in MLS regular season history. Sunday’s result gave Manager Peter Vermes his 100th MLS coaching win (including playoffs) and lifted his side into a tie for sixth place in the West (5-6-2, 17 points).
Sporting KC faced a bleak reality heading into the 69th minute of last Sunday’s home game against Orlando City SC. Despite thoroughly dominating proceedings, Sporting KC’s first 30 shot attempts had yielded zero goals, a grim scoreless streak had passed 300 minutes and a winless skid was in danger of reaching eight games with Orlando City up 1-0. Enter Jacob Peterson, an 11-year MLS veteran aptly nicknamed “The Answer.” The do-it-all serviceman had played just 14 minutes all season, but his secondhalf cameo last Sunday could go down as a decisive turning point in Sporting KC’s season.
SHOTS FIRED: SPORTING KC MAKES HISTORY
For 90 minutes on Sunday, Sporting KC turned Children’s Mercy Park into a shooting gallery as a once-stuttering offense burst to life in a gripping 2-1 victory over Orlando City SC. By the end of the afternoon, Peter Vermes’ men had pulled the trigger 34 times, a new club record and the third-most in an MLS match all-time. Sporting KC put 13 of those attempts on target, tied for thirdmost in KC history and eclipsing the team’s total from the previous five matches combined (12). The visiting Lions, meanwhile, mustered just seven total shots and failed to test goalkeeper Tim Melia the entire game.
Peterson was the catalyst to unlocking Orlando City’s defense, assisting Dom Dwyer’s goal in the 74th minute before nodding home the game-winner in the 79th. In doing so, he tallied the first multi-goal performance of his 236-game MLS career and — more impressively — became the first player in Sporting Kansas City history to tally a game-winning goal and an assist after being subbed in past the 60th minute. SKC SUBS WITH 1 GOAL & 1 ASSIST (REGULAR SEASON Player Date Goals / Assists Entered Chris Klein 7/22/1999 2 goals, 1 assist (GW goal) 46th min. Francisco Gomez 10/4/2003 1 goal, 1 assist 76th min. Jack Jewsbury 7/24/2004 1 goal, 1 assist 54th min. Jacob Peterson 5/15/2016 1 goal, 1 assist (GW goal) 69th min.
DWYER NETS FIFTY
Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer scored his 50th career goal for Sporting KC across all competitions in Sunday’s 2-1 win over Orlando City SC. The Englishman becomes the third player in club history to reach that mark, trailing only Preki (81) and Davy Arnaud (52).
TEAM OF THE WEEK: ESPINOZA RUNS RAMPANT
Roger Espinoza was at his vintage best on Sunday. Jacob Peterson may have stolen the headlines in Sporting KC’s 2-1 win over Orlando City SC, but no player turned in a better performance from start to finish than the Honduran midfielder. MLSsoccer.com and ESPNFC took notice, naming Espinoza to their respective Team of the Week squads for Week 11.
Last weekend saw Dwyer notch his 50th Sporting KC goal against the team with which he first caught fire as a professional. The 25-year-old went on loan to then-USL side Orlando City in 2013 with zero goals in Sporting colors. He scored 22 times for for the Lions before returning to Kansas City later that year and continuing his fine form for much of the past three seasons.. Dom Dwyer: 50 goals in all competitions By year: By competition Versus club (top 5) 2012: 0 Regular season: 41 Montreal: 7 2013: 4 Postseason: 2 Houston: 6 2014: 24 Open Cup: 5 FC Dallas: 5 2015: 17 Champions League: 2 Toronto FC: 4 2016: 5 NY Red Bulls: 4
The following stat line tells you everything you need to know about Espinoza, whose tireless motor propelled Sporting KC to its most dominant showing of the season: • • • • •
VERMES HITS THE CENTURY MARK
Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes won his 100th MLS match on Sunday (including playoffs) with a 2-1 triumph over Orlando City SC. This makes him the sixth coach in MLS history to reach that milestone with a single team. Coach Bruce Arena Dominic Kinnear Steve Nicol Sigi Schmid Frank Yallop Peter Vermes
Club Wins LA Galaxy 134 Houston Dynamo 126 NE Revolution 123 Seattle Sounders FC 120 San Jose Earthquakes 109 Sporting KC 100
A game-winning assist to Peterson in the 79th minute A career-high six chances created during the Opta era A career-high six shot attempts, including two on target Three tackles, three interceptions and three recoveries Successful in 43 of 51 pass attempts
Peterson, who entered the match in the 69th minute before assisting Dom Dwyer’s equalizer and scoring the match-winner, joined Espinoza among ESPNFC’s best XI. He also landed a rather appropriate spot on the Team of the Week bench from MLSsoccer.com and Bleacher Report. ESPNFC added yet a third Sporting KC player to its Team of the Week squad, including Matt Besler in a four-man backline. The captain anchored a defense that limited Orlando City to zero shots on target while contributing four interceptions, three clearances and three recoveries.
Still with club? YES No No YES No YES
BESLER JOINS 20,000-MINUTE CLUB
In Sunday’s 2-1 win over Orlando City SC, captain Matt Besler reached 20,000 minutes played in all competitions during his Sporting KC career. He became the sixth player in Sporting KC history to reach the milestone.
DAVIS CLIMBING THE RANKS
Sporting KC winger Brad Davis logged his 379th career regular season appearance last Sunday, passing the retired Steve Ralston for second all-time in regular season appearances by field players. Davis currently trails Kyle Beckerman, who is still plying his trade at Real Salt Lake with 388 regular season appearances. Saturday’s game could see three of the top four most experienced players in MLS history on the field at the same time, with Davis and Beckerman joining Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando on the top-five chart. All-time MLS appearances (including playoffs) 1. Kevin Hartman 465 (416 regular season) Retired GK 2. Nick Rimando 436 (403 regular season) Active GK 3. Kyle Beckerman 419 (388 regular season) Active MID 4. Brad Davis 406 (379 regular season) Active MID 5. Steve Ralston 412 (378 regular season) Retired MID Davis has recorded 60 goals and 131 assists (including postseason) during a 15year MLS career highlighted by 2006 and 2007 MLS Cup championships, 2011 MLS Best XI honors and six MLS All-Star selections. His 122 assists in the regular season are third most in MLS history. He also has 40 career game-winning assists in the regular season, one shy of tying Ralston and Landon Donovan for the all-time MLS lead.
PLAYER 1. Kerry Zavagnin 2. Nick Garcia 3. Davy Arnaud 4. Preki 5. Jimmy Conrad 6. Matt Besler
MIN GAMES 25,278 291 24,715 273 21,637 273 20,618 254 20,550 230 20,000 228
76 STRAIGHT AND COUNTING
Children’s Mercy Park has sold out 76 consecutive MLS matches dating back to April 2012 (including four playoff games) and 88 of 97 league matches since opening in 2011. The 18,467-seat venue has averaged 105 percent capacity over the last five MLS seasons, drawing more than 19,400 fans per game.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes NUNO THRIVING IN DEFENSE
SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) MUSTIVAR ON HAITI’S PRELIMINARY COPA AMERICA SQUAD
Sporting KC center back Nuno Andre Coelho has been one of the club’s best performers through 13 games of the 2016 campaign. In addition to being the team’s only field player to feature in all 1,170 minutes of action, Coelho leads MLS in minutes played while ranking second in successful passes (618), fourth in interceptions (42), eighth in blocked shots (9) and 12th in clearances (48). The 2016 season opener saw Coelho score on his MLS debut, firing a 30-yard attempt that skipped across the wet surface and under the mitts of Sounders keeper Stefan Frei in a 1-0 win at Seattle.
Sporting KC midfielder Soni Mustivar has been named to the Haiti Men’s National Team’s preliminary roster for the Copa America Centenario. Haiti will face Colombia in an international friendly on May 29 before competing in Group B of the Copa America Centenario against Peru (June 4), Brazil (June 8) and Ecuador (June 12). A dual citizen of Haiti and France, Mustivar has made 11 international appearances for Haiti since debuting in 2013. He has earned three caps this year, including two World Cup qualifiers and a playoff win over Trinidad and Tobago that punched Les Grenadiers’ ticket to the Copa America.
A native of Penafiel, Portugal, Coelho has played more than 160 matches during a 12-year professional career in Europe, including seven appearances in the UEFA Champions League with Portuguese clubs SC Braga and FC Porto. He most recently played for Balikesirspor of the Turkish Super Lig during the 2014-15 season. He signed for Sporting KC in January to bring another defensive option for a back line that has lost center back Ike Opara to long-term injuries in each of the last two seasons.
Mustivar, 26, signed for Sporting KC before the 2015 season and was named the club’s Co-Defender of the Year in October. Last year he led MLS with more than six interceptions per 90 minutes played and boasted a 15-5-6 record as a starter across all competitions. Mustivar started the first four games of 2016 before missing six straight with a hamstring injury. He made his return in Saturday’s match at the Houston Dynamo.
BESLER & ZUSI ON PRELIMINARY COPA AMERICA ROSTER
DEFENDING THE OPEN CUP
U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has submitted the preliminary roster for the historic 2016 Copa America Centenario, including Sporting KC defender Matt Besler and winger Graham Zusi among the 40-man squad. The U.S. began a training camp Monday in Miami, with MLS players set to join the squad this coming Monday in advance of their Copa America opener against Colombia on June 3 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
Sporting KC will begin their defense of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in the fourth round of the 2016 tournament, traveling to face the winner between Saint Louis FC (USL) and Minnesota United FC (NASL) on June 15. U.S. Soccer on Thursday announced all potential fourth round matchups, which will see the 17 MLS clubs based in the United States enter the competition in the round of 32. Saint Louis FC and Minnesota United FC will square off in the third round on June 1 at World Wide Technology Soccer Park in Fenton, Missouri, with the winner advancing to host title-holders Sporting KC.
Besler, 29, has earned 31 caps for the U.S. since debuting in January 2013, including two starts this year. He started all four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and helped lead the Yanks to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup title. The Kansas native has earned MLS Best XI (2012-13), MLS All-Star (2011, 201315) and 2012 MLS Defender of the Year honors since being selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Notre Dame.
Sporting KC enters the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup as reigning champions of the tournament. Manager Peter Vermes’ side defeated the Philadelphia Union in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw through regulation to win the 2015 final on Sept. 30, effectively clinching a berth in the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League.
Zusi, 29, has made 33 international appearances since 2012 with four goals and six assists, including two assists at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He competed at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup and last month scored for the U.S. in a World Cup qualifying win over Guatemala. Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15), MLS Best XI (2012-13) and 2011 MLS Breakout Player of the Year accolades since joining Besler as part of Sporting KC’s 2009 MLS SuperDraft class out of the University of Maryland.
The 2016 tournament began with 91 teams, making it the largest field during the modern era (1995-present). Eighteen USL clubs entered the competition in Wednesday’s second round, which saw 21 teams advance to join nine NASL sides in the third round on June 1. This year’s winner will earn $250,000 and a spot in the 2017-18 CONCACAF Champions League.
PETER THE GREAT
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has been held annually since 1914 and is open to all amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. The knockout-style tournament is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the U.S. and the world’s third-longest running open soccer tournament. Sporting KC is a three-time champion of the tournament — having lifted the Dewar Challenge Trophy on home soil in 2004 and 2012 — third-most among MLS clubs behind Seattle Sounders FC and the Chicago Fire (four each).
Last season Peter Vermes passed Bob Gansler as the winningest coach in Sporting KC history, ending 2015 with 90 regular season wins and 113 victories across all competitions. Vermes has coached 266 matches for Kansas City in all competitions with a 118-85-63 record, four games shy of tying Gansler’s 270game record. Vermes’ 95 regular season victories are eighth most in MLS history and fourth most among active coaches behind Sigi Schmid (226), Bruce Arena (195) and Dominic Kinnear (157). Now in his eighth MLS season, Vermes ties Bob Gansler (1999-2006) as the club’s longest-tenured manager.
Coach Sigi Schmid Bruce Arena Dominic Kinnear Frank Yallop Bob Bradley Steve Nicol Jason Kreis Peter Vermes Bob Gansler Thomas Rongen
Wins 226 195 157 130 124 112 100 95 86 83
Season 17 14 13 13 9 11 8 8 8 7
THREE TITLES IN FOUR YEARS
When Sporting KC lifted the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup last September, it became the fifth MLS club to win three major trophies in a four-year span since 2005, joining Seattle, D.C. United, LA Galaxy and Columbus Crew SC. Should Sporting KC add to its trophy haul in 2016, it would join LA as the only MLS clubs to win four titles in a five-year span since 2005.
Active in MLS Yes (SEA) Yes (LA) Yes (SJ) No No No No Yes (SKC) No No
Sporting KC Seattle Sounders FC D.C. United LA Galaxy Columbus Crew SC
MLS Cup (2013), Open Cup (2012, 2015) Open Cup (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014), Supporters’ Shield (2014) Open Cup (2008), Supporters’ Shield (2006, 2007) MLS Cup (2011, 2012, 2014), Supporters Shield (2010, 2011) MLS Cup (2008), Supporters’ Shield (2008, 2009)
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ON THE HORIZON
Courtesy of the club’s 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup championship, Sporting KC will compete in the group stage of the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League, set to begin in August. 2016 marks the third time in four years that Sporting KC has featured in the international competition, which involves the top clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament winner will qualify as CONCACAF’s representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup. Sporting KC joins the Portland Timbers (2015 MLS Cup winner), New York Red Bulls (2015 Supporters’ Shield winner), FC Dallas (2015 Western Conference first place finisher) and Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2015 Canadian Championship winner) as MLS representatives in the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League. 4
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS
All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS
Sporting KC record vs. Real Salt Lake: 8-8-5 Home games: 5-2-4 (13 GF, 9 GA) Road games: 3-6-1 (13 GF, 17 GA)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Date 07/16/2005 08/13/2005 05/20/2006 09/30/2006 07/14/2007 08/29/2007 06/07/2008 06/28/2008 05/16/2009 08/29/2009 05/29/2010 08/07/2010 08/03/2011 09/17/2011 04/14/2012 07/20/2013 04/05/2014 04/11/2015 06/21/2015 07/24/2015 04/02/2016
Score KC 3 vs RSL 2 KC 4 at RSL 2 KC 1 at RSL 2 KC 3 vs RSL 3 KC 1 vs RSL 0 KC 1 at RSL 3 KC 0 at RSL 0 KC 1 vs RSL 0 KC 2 at RSL 0 KC 0 vs RSL 1 KC 1 at RSL 4 KC 1 vs RSL 1 KC 2 vs RSL 0 KC 0 at RSL 1 KC 1 vs RSL 0 KC 2 at RSL 1 KC 0 vs RSL 0 KC 0 vs RSL 0 KC 1 at RSL 2 KC 1 at RSL 2 KC 1 at RSL 2
Result Location W Arrowhead Stadium W Rice-Eccles Stadium L Rice-Eccles Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Rice-Eccles Stadium T Rice-Eccles Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark W W Rio Tinto Stadium L CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Rio Tinto Stadium T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W Children’s Mercy Park L Rio Tinto Stadium W Children’s Mercy Park W Rio Tinto Stadium T Children’s Mercy Park T Children’s Mercy Park L Rio Tinto Stadium L Rio Tinto Stadium L Children’s Mercy Park
Date 12/07/2013 MLS Cup
All-Time Postseason Results Score Result Location KC 1 vs RSL 1 W (SO) Children’s Mercy Park KC wins 7-6 in PKs
real salt lake
4 Sealy/Wolff 5 Arnaud/Wolff 27 Davy Arnaud 9 three players tied 20 Davy Arnaud 32 Davy Arnaud
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
3 Hartman/Nielsen 3 Tim Melia 4 Kevin Hartman 31 Kevin Hartman 9 Bo Oshoniyi
Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD
five players tied 2 Javier Morales 3 Kyle Beckerman 20 Kyle Beckerman 9 Kyle Beckerman 17 Javier Morales 26 Nick Rimando 4 Nick Rimando 4 Nick Rimando 3 Nick Rimando 36 Nick Rimando 9
All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 three players tied 3 Josh Wolff (8/3/05) 6 Arnaud/Kamara 3 seven players tied 8 Davy Arnaud (5/29/10) 6 Dwyer/Espinoza 7 three players tied 4 Kevin Hartman (5/29/10)
real salt lake
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
(9/30/06) Atiba Harris (6/21/15) Javier Morales
2 2 Beckerman/Saborio 8 Beckerman/Kreis 3 Harris/Olave 8 (5/29/10) Javier Morales 7 (4/5/14) Jeff Attinella (8/13/05) D.J. Countess
SAVES GOALS ALLOWED
GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 KC 3 RSL 2
All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS
16-30
8 2
31-45
2 9
46-60
4 2
61-75
5 3
76-90
4 8
OT
0 0
Total
26 26
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 13 128 50 109 30 68
2 13 149 60 149 24 56
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 26 277 110 258 54 124
real salt lake Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 13 105 40 151 31 46
2 13 127 56 135 33 39
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Total 26 232 96 286 64 85
CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS
19,416
CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS Dating back to April 2012 (including postseason)
ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 97 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)
SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 91 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 14 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies
PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 97 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467
121
8 4
105.1 5
64
SPORTING KC MATCHES WON not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals
193
SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 121 matches played at the stadium
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In
Players Out
Lawrence Olum (signing - 12/9/15)
Jalil Anibaba (option declined - 11/25/15)
Alec Kann (Re-Entry Draft - 12/11/15)
Mikey Lopez (out of contract - 12/31/15)
Justin Mapp (signing - 12/14/15)
Krisztian Nemeth (transfer - 1/29/16)
Brad Davis (trade - 1/7/16)
Erik Palmer-Brown (loan - 2/1/16)
Daniel Salloi (Homegrown - 1/13/16)
Bernardo Anor (loan - 2/17/16)
Nuno Andre Coelho (signing - 1/26/16)
Amobi Okugo (waived - 2/23/16)
Diego Rubio (loan - 3/8/16)
Marcel de Jong (contract terminated - 3/1/16)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Nov. 25: OUT Sporting KC declines contract option for D Jalil Anibaba Dec. 9: IN Sporting KC signs M Lawrence Olum, re-signs D Seth Sinovic and GK Jon Kempin to new contracts Dec. 11: IN Sporting KC selects GK Alec Kann in first round of MLS Re-Entry Draft Dec. 14: IN Sporting KC signs M Justin Mapp Dec. 31 OUT M Mikey Lopez leaves Sporting KC out of contract Jan. 7: IN Sporting KC acquires M Brad Davis from the Houston Dynamo in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, a third-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft and future considerations Jan. 11: Sporting KC re-signs M Soni Mustivar and M Paulo Nagamura to new contracts Jan. 13: IN Sporting KC signs F Daniel Salloi as Homegrown Player Jan. 26: IN Sporting KC signs D Nuno Andre Coelho Jan. 29: OUT Sporting KC transfers F Krisztian Nemeth to Al-Gharafa SC (Qatar) Feb. 1: OUT Sporting KC loans D Erik Palmer-Brown to FC Porto (Portugal) Feb. 17: OUT Sporting KC loans M Bernardo Anor to Minnesota United FC (NASL) Feb. 23: OUT Sporting KC waives M Amobi Okugo March 1: OUT Sporting KC and D Marcel de Jong mutually agree to terminate contract March 8: IN Sporting KC acquires F Diego Rubio on loan as Young Designated Player March 25: OUT Sporting KC loans GK Jon Kempin, M Jimmy Medranda and F Daniel Salloi to Swope Park Rangers (USL) April 1: IN M Jimmy Medranda returns to Sporting KC from Swope Park Rangers April 26: OUT Sporting KC loans M Jordi Quintilla to Swope Park Rangers (USL)
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 2012
MLS Re-Entry Draft
Seth Sinovic (5/10/11) Dom Dwyer (16th)
2013
Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)
Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)
Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)
Benny Feilhaber (12/11/12) Ike Opara (12/12/12)
Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Jordi Quintilla (8/6/15)
Bernardo Anor (12/8/14) (ON LOAN)
Lawrence Olum (12/9/15) Justin Mapp (12/14/15) Nuno Andre Coelho (1/26/16) Diego Rubio (3/8/16)
Brad Davis (1/7/16)
Kevin Ellis (2/18/11) Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13) (ON LOAN)
2014 2015
2016
Connor Hallisey (10th) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th) Amadou Dia (20th)
6
Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)
Alec Kann (12/11/15)
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE
OPPONENT
COMPETITION
TIME (CT) / RESULT
TV / SCORERS
Sunday, March 6
at Seattle Sounders FC
MLS
W 1-0
Coelho 73
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS
MLS
W 2-1
Dwyer 5, 41
SUNDAY, MARCH 20
TORONTO FC
MLS
W 1-0
Davis 70
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
REAL SALT LAKE
MLS
L 1-2
Feilhaber 94+
Saturday, April 9
at New York Red Bulls
MLS
W 2-0
Feilhaber 17; Dwyer 60
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
COLORADO RAPIDS
MLS
L 1-2
Dwyer 77
Sunday, April 17
at FC Dallas
MLS
L 1-2
Olum 22
Sunday, April 24
at San Jose Earthquakes
MLS
L 0-1
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Wednesday, April 27
at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS
T 1-1
Rubio 27
SUNDAY, MAY 1
LA GALAXY
MLS
T 1-1
Davis 30
Saturday, May 7
at Houston Dynamo
MLS
L 0-2
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Wednesday, May 11
at Colorado Rapids
MLS
L 0-1
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SUNDAY, MAY 15
ORLANDO CITY SC
MLS
W 2-1
Dwyer 74, Peterson 79
SATURDAY, MAY 21
REAL SALT LAKE
MLS
7:30
KMCI-TV, SKCTV
FRIDAY, May 27
D.C. UNITED
MLS
6:00 UniMas, KMCI-TV
Thursday, June 2
at LA Galaxy
MLS
9:30
June 14-16
TBD U.S. Open Cup (Round of 32)
SUNDAY, JUNE 19
FC DALLAS
MLS
4:00
ESPN
Saturday, June 25
at Montreal Impact
MLS
6:30
KMCI-TV, SKCTV
June 28-30
TBD U.S. Open Cup (Round of 16)
SUNDAY, JULY 3
COLUMBUS CREW SC
MLS
6:00
FS1
SUNDAY, JULY 10
NEW YORK CITY FC
MLS
7:00
FS1
Wednesday, July 13
at Chicago Fire
MLS
7:30
KMCI-TV, SKCTV
Saturday, July 16
at Colorado Rapids
MLS
8:00
KMCI-TV, SKCTV
July 19-21
TBD U.S. Open Cup (Quarterfinals)
SUNDAY, JULY 24
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
MLS
2:00
ESPN
Thursday, July 28
MLS All-Star Game
San Jose, CA
8:00
ESPN
SUNDAY, JULY 31
PORTLAND TIMBERS
MLS
1:00
FOX
Sunday, Aug. 7
at Portland Timbers
MLS
3:00
ESPN
Wednesday, Aug. 10
TBD U.S. Open Cup (Semifinals)
Saturday, Aug. 13
at FC Dallas
MLS
8:00
KMCI-TV, SKCTV
SATURDAY, AUG. 20
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
MLS
9:00
KMCI-TV, SKCTV
Saturday, Aug. 27
at Philadelphia Union
MLS
6:00
KMCI-TV, SKCTV
FRIDAY, SEPT. 9
HOUSTON DYNAMO
MLS
7:00 UniMas, KMCI-TV
SUNDAY, SEPT. 18
LA GALAXY
MLS
12:00
ESPN
Wednesday, Sept. 21
TBD U.S. Open Cup (Final)
Saturday, Sept. 24
at San Jose Earthquakes
MLS
9:30
KMCI-TV, SKCTV
Saturday, Oct. 1
at New England Revolution
MLS
6:30
KMCI-TV, SKCTV
Sunday, Oct. 16
at Real Salt Lake
MLS
6:00
TBD (subject to flex)
SUNDAY, OCT. 23
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
MLS
3:00
TBD (subject to flex)
7
KMCI-TV, SKCTV
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS
SPORTING KC IN 2016 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
Regular Season Record By Month
2016 Record When... Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Allowing 0 goals Allowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goals Allowing 3 goals Allowing 4+ goals Wearing Sporting blue Wearing dark indigo Wearing white Leading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’ Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even One-goal games On ESPN/ESPN2 On FOX/FS1 On KMCI-TV Day games (before 5 p.m.) Games 5 p.m. CT or later With red card for With red card against Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75 In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone In Central time zone In Eastern time zone vs. Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference On grass On turf With zero subs With one sub With two subs with three subs
March 2016 March all-time April 2016 April all-time May 2016 May all-time June 2016 June all-time July 2016 July all-time Aug. 2016 Aug. all-time Sept. 2016 Sept. all-time Oct. 2016 Oct. all-time
4-1-1 1-5-1 2-0-0 3-3-2 0-3-0 0-3-0 2-3-2 3-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-0 2-2-2 0-4-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-3-0 4-1-1 0-2-1 4-0-0 1-1-2 0-5-0 3-4-2 2-2-0 0-0-0 4-5-0 1-1-0 2-1-1 2-4-1 1-1-0 4-5-2 1-1-0 2-0-2 0-1-0 5-5-2 1-1-1 0-1-0 3-4-1 1-0-0 3-0-0 2-6-2 4-6-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-2-0 3-4-1
Quickest Goals...
3-0-0 16-9-6 1-4-1 40-35-15 1-2-1 34-41-24 0-0-0 38-29-21 0-0-0 46-33-24 0-0-0 39-48-15 0-0-0 29-37-15 0-0-0 20-14-14
5th min, Dom Dwyer, 3/12 vs VAN 17th min, Benny Feilhaber, 4/9 at NY 22nd min, Lawrence Olum, 4/17 at DAL 27th min, Diego Rubio, 4/27 at VAN 30th min, Brad Davis, 5/1 vs LA
Quickest Goals Against... Game-winning goals after 75’...
14th min, Christian Bolanos, 4/27 at VAN 29th min, Justen Glad, 4/2 vs RSL 35th min, Michael Barrios, 4/17 at DAL 30th min, Giles Barnes, 5/7 at HOU 41st min, Luis Solignac, 4/13 vs COL 79th min, Jacob Peterson, 5/15 vs ORL
Game-tying goals after 75’... Game-winning goals against after 75’...
Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2016)
Game-tying goals against after 75’...
14-25-11 (0-0-0) vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids 23-21-13 (0-2-0) vs. Columbus Crew SC 24-22-6 (0-0-0) vs. D.C. United 20-20-12 (0-0-0) vs. FC Dallas 22-21-10 (0-1-0) vs. Houston Dynamo 5-9-10 (0-1-0) vs. LA Galaxy 20-24-12 (0-0-1) vs. Montreal Impact 6-3-1 (0-0-0) vs. NE Revolution 24-16-11 (0-0-0) vs. New York City FC 1-0-0 (0-0-0) vs. New York Red Bulls 20-20-13 (1-0-0) vs. Orlando City SC 1-1-0 (1-0-0) vs. Philadelphia Union 5-4-4 (0-0-0) vs. Portland Timbers 4-2-2 (0-0-0) vs. Real Salt Lake 8-8-5 (0-1-0) vs. SJ Earthquakes 21-24-7 (0-1-0) vs. Seattle Sounders FC 3-7-3 (1-0-0) vs. Toronto FC 14-4-5 (1-0-0) vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 5-1-3 (1-0-1)
Own Goals...
Regular Season Home and Away
Youngest Starter...
Overall All-time 2016 at home All-time at home 2016 on road All-time on road
Youngest to play in a game...
79th min, Luke Mulholland, 4/2 vs RSL 82nd min, Shkelzen Gashi, 4/17 at DAL 78th min, Dillon Serna, 5/11 at COL 67th min, Jimmy Medranda, 5/15 vs ORL
Own Goals Against... Red Cards...
84th min, Roger Espinoza, 3/20 vs TOR 76th min, Ike Opara, 5/11 at COL
Red Cards Against...
41st min, Oniel Fisher, 3/6 at SEA 46th min +, Jordan Smith, 3/12 vs VAN 51st min, Kendall Waston, 4/27 at VAN 70th min, Ashley Cole, 5/1 vs LA
Penalty Kicks...
84th min, Benny Feilhaber, 4/2 vs RSL (goal)
Penalty Kicks Against...
70th min, Pedro Morales, 3/12 vs VAN (goal) 64th min, Bradley Wright-Phillips, 4/9 at NY (saved) 59th min, Chris Wondolowski, 4/24 at SJ (goal)
Youngest Goalscorer...
22 yrs., 348 days, Diego Rubio, 4/27 at VAN
Oldest Goalscorer...
262-246-134 3-2-1 169-89-62 2-4-1 93-157-72
34 yrs., 175 days, Brad Davis, 5/1 vs LA 22 yrs., 70 days, Jimmy Medranda, 4/17 at DAL 22 yrs., 28 days, Jimmy Medranda, 3/6 at SEA
Oldest Starter...
34 yrs., 189 days, Brad Davis, 5/15 vs ORL
Oldest to play in a game...
34 yrs., 189 days, Brad Davis, 5/15 vs ORL
2016 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS GOALS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 6 7 13 OppONENT 7 7 14
SHOTS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 86 95 181 OppONENT 71 66 137
SHOTS ON GOAL SPORTING KC OppONENT
1 29 25
2 25 25
Total 54 50
FOULS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 62 99 161 OppONENT 94 83 177
OFFSIDES 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 20 15 35 OppONENT 16 15 31
CORNER KICKS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 32 40 72 OppONENT 26 17 43
CAUTIONS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 3 18 21 OppONENT 10 11 21
EJECTIONS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 0 2 2 OppONENT 2 2 4
PK’S (Made/attempted) 1 SPORTING KC 0/0 OppONENT 0/0
2 1/1 2/3
Total 1/1 2/3
Sporting kc all-time win/loss records IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES overall Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W 262 17 23 9 311
L 246 19 14 10 289
T 134 8 6 8 156
home GF 893 59 86 33 1071
GA 865 59 51 37 1012
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W 169 14 17 5 205
L 89 3 7 3 102
8
away T 62 3 2 5 72
GF 530 35 59 16 640
GA 385 15 26 10 436
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W 93 2 6 4 105
L 157 15 7 7 186
T 72 5 4 2 83
GF 363 21 27 17 428
GA 480 41 25 27 573
Neutral site MLS Cup Playoffs International TOTAL
W 1 0 1
L 1 0 1
T 0 1 1
GF 3 0 3
GA 3 0 3
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2015 REGULAR SEASON)
Formation: 4-3-3
NOTE: Chart does not account for players interchanging and/or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.
Center forward Dom Dwyer 11 Diego Rubio 2
Left forward
Right forward
Graham Zusi 5 Brad Davis 4 Connor Hallisey 4
Jimmy Medranda 4 Graham Zusi 4 Brad Davis 3 Connor Hallisey 2
Left-center midfielder
Right-center midfielder
Roger Espinoza 11 Benny Feilhaber 1 Jordi Quintilla 1
Benny Feilhaber 7 Jordi Quintilla 4 Roger Espinoza 1 Soni Mustivar 1
Defensive midfielder Soni Mustivar 6 Lawrence Olum 6 Nuno Andre Coelho 1
Left back
Amadou Dia 9 Seth Sinovic 3 Jimmy Medranda 1
Left center back
Right center back
Matt Besler 9 Kevin Ellis 2 Ike Opara 2
Nuno Andre Coelho 12 Ike Opara 1
Goalkeeper Tim Melia 12 Alec Kann 1
9
Right back
Saad Abdul-Salaam 6 Chance Myers 6 Graham Zusi 1
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2016 BOX SCORES March 6, 2016: Seattle Sounders FC FC 0-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | CenturyLink Field | Seattle, WA Attendance: 39,525 Weather: 50 degrees and rainy
March 12, 2016: Sporting KC 2-1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,178 (71st straight sellout) Weather: 57 degrees and cloudy
March 20, 2016: Sporting KC 1-0 Toronto FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,867 (72nd straight sellout) Weather: 48 degrees and sunny
1 2 F Sporting KC (1-0-0, 3 pts) 0 1 1 Seattle Sounders FC (0-1-0, 0 pts) 0 0 0
1 2 F Sporting KC (2-0-0, 6 pts) 2 0 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (0-2-0, 0 pts) 0 1 1
1 2 F Sporting KC (3-0-0, 9 pts) 0 1 1 Toronto FC (1-1-1, 4 pts) 0 0 0
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Chance Myers, Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia; Soni Mustivar, Jordi Quintilla, Roger Espinoza; Connor Hallisey (Jimmy Medranda 82), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Alec Kann, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Kevin Ellis, Lawrence Olum, Jacob Peterson, Daniel Salloi
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Chance Myers (Saad Abdul-Salaam 83), Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia; Soni Mustivar, Jordi Quintilla (Jimmy Medranda 76), Roger Espinoza; Connor Hallisey (Brad Davis 77), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Alec Kann, Kevin Ellis, Lawrence Olum, Daniel Salloi
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Chance Myers, Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia; Soni Mustivar, Jordi Quintilla (Lawrence Olum 81), Roger Espinoza; Connor Hallisey (Brad Davis 46), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Alec Kann, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Kevin Ellis, Jimmy Medranda, Daniel Salloi
Seattle Sounders FC: Stefan Frei; Oniel Fisher, Brad Evans (Dylan Remick 90), Chad Marshall, Joevin Jones; Cristian Roldan, Osvaldo Alonso, Andreas Ivanschitz; Jordan Morris (Oalex Anderson 83), Nelson Valdez (Zach Scott 70), Clint Dempsey Subs not used: Tyler Miller, Nathan Sturgis, Aaron Kovar, Darwin Jones Stats Summary SKC SEA Shots (on goal) 14 (4) 8 (2) Saves 2 3 Fouls 19 9 Offside 1 3 Corner Kicks 6 7 Misconduct Summary: SEA -- Oniel Fisher (ejection; serious foul) 41 SKC -- Graham Zusi (caution; unsporting behavior) 76 SKC -- Roger Espinoza (caution; unsporting behavior) 77 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Nuno Andre Coelho 1 (Jordi Quintilla 1) 73
April 2, 2016: Sporting KC 1-2 Real Salt Lake MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,553 (73rd straight sellout) Weather: 63 degrees and sunny
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: David Ousted; Jordan Smith, Kendall Waston, Tim Parker, Jordan Harvey; Deybi Flores (Kianz Froese 46), Matias Laba (Blas Perez 67), Cristian Techera (Fraser Aird 46), Pedro Morales, Kekuta Manneh; Octavio Rivero Subs not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Pa-Modou Kah, Sam Adekugbe, Masato Kudo Stats Summary SKC VAN Shots (on goal) 14 (6) 9 (4) Saves 3 3 Fouls 14 19 Offside 5 3 Corner Kicks 6 0 Misconduct Summary: VAN -- Octavio Rivero (caution; unsporting behavior) 36 VAN -- Kendall Waston (caution; unsporting behavior) 38 VAN -- Jordan Smith (ejeection; serious foul) 45+1 SKC -- Jordi Quintilla (caution; unsporting behavior) 51 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 1 (unassisted) 5 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 2 (Chance Myers 1, Graham Zusi 1) 41 VAN -- Pedro Morales 1 (penalty kick) April 9, 2016: New York Red Bulls 0-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Red Bull Arena | Harrison, NJ Attendance: 21,406 Weather: 40 degrees and cloudy
Toronto FC: Clint Irwin; Steven Beitashour, Damien Perquis, Josh Williams (Jay Chapman 86), Justin Morrow; Marco Delgado, Michael Bradley, Tsubasa Endoh (Mo Babouli 77), Will Johnson, Benoit Cheyrou (Jozy Altidore 77); Sebastian Giovinco Subs not used: Quillan Roberts, Ashtone Morgan, Nick Hagglund, Eriq Zavaleta Stats Summary SKC TOR Shots (on goal) 7 (3) 12 (4) Saves 4 2 Fouls 13 12 Offside 0 3 Corner Kicks 3 2 Misconduct Summary: TOR -- Benoit Cheyrou (caution; unsporting behavior) 60 TOR -- Justin Morrow (caution; dissent) 71 SKC -- Roger Espinoza (ejection; serious foul) 84 SKC -- Tim Melia (caution; time wasting) 87 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Brad Davis 1 (Dom Dwyer 1) 70
April 13, 2016: Sporting KC 1-2 Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,168 (74th straight sellout) Weather: 47 degrees and sunny
1 2 F Sporting KC (3-1-0, 9 pts) 0 1 1 Real Salt Lake (2-0-2, 8 pts) 1 1 2
1 2 F Sporting KC (4-1-0, 12 pts) 1 1 2 New York Red Bulls (1-4-0, 3 pts) 0 0 0
1 2 F Sporting KC (4-2-0, 12 pts) 0 1 1 Colorado Rapids (3-2-1, 10 pts) 1 1 2
Sporting Kansas City: Tim Melia; Chance Myers, Nuno Andre Coelho, Kevin Ellis, Amadou Dia; Soni Mustivar, Benny Feilhaber, Jordi Quintilla (Jimmy Medranda 73); Brad Davis (Diego Rubio 80), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (C) Subs Not Used: Alec Kann, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Jacob Peterson
Sporting Kansas City: Tim Melia; Chance Myers (Saad Abdul-Salaam 52), Nuno Andre Coelho, Kevin Ellis (Ike Opara 42), Amadou Dia; Benny Feilhaber, Lawrence Olum, Roger Espinoza (Jimmy Medranda 94+); Connor Hallisey, Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (C) Subs Not Used: Alec Kann, Jordi Quintilla, Jacob Peterson, Diego Rubio
Sporting Kansas City: Tim Melia; Saad Abdul-Salaam, Nuno Andre Coelho, Ike Opara, Amadou Dia; Jordi Quintilla (Benny Feilhaber 46), Lawrence Olum (Brad Davis 72), Roger Espinoza; Connor Hallisey, Diego Rubio (Dom Dwyer 57), Graham Zusi (C) Subs Not Used: Alec Kann, Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Sal Zizzo, Chris Duvall, Karl Ouimette, Connor Lade; Sean Davis, Dax McCarty (C) (Alex Muyl 85), Lloyd Sam (Anatole Abang 65), Sacha Kljestan (Shaun Wright-Phillips 75), Mike Grella; Bradley WrightPhillips Subs Not Used: Kyle Reynish, Zach Carroll, Brandon Allen, Tyler Adams
Colorado Rapids: Zac MacMath; Dillon Serna, Bobby Burling, Eric Miller, Marc Burch; Sam Cronin, Micheal Azira, Dominique Badji, Marco Pappa (Mekeil Williams 69), Shkelzen Gashi (Conor Doyle 89); Luis Solignac Subs Not Used: Chris Froschauer, Zach Pfeffer
Real Salt Lake: Jeff Attinella; Tony Beltran, Justen Glad, Aaron Maund, Chris Wingert (Demar Phillips 59); John Stertzer, Sunday Stephen, Luke Mulholland; Jordan Allen, Yura Movsisyan (Devon Sandoval 70), Joao Plata Subs Not Used: Lalo Fernandez, Emilio Orozco, Andrew Brody, Olmes Garcia, Danilo Acosta SKC RSL Stats Summary Shots (on goal) 9 (3) 15 (8) Saves 6 2 Fouls 13 18 Offside 8 2 Corner Kicks 7 3 Misconduct Summary: RSL -- Yura Movsisyan (caution; unsporting behavior) 67 RSL -- Joao Plata (caution; time wasting) 77 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; unsporting behavior) 90 RSL -- Luke Mulholland (caution; argument) 90 Scoring Summary: RSL -- Justen Glad 1 (Joao Plata 3) 29 RSL -- Luke Mulholland 1 (unassisted) 79 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 1 (penalty kick) 94+
Stats Summary SKC NY Shots (on goal) 7 (3) 22 (6) Saves 6 1 Fouls 4 11 Offside 4 4 Corner Kicks 0 7 Misconduct Summary: NY -- Sal Zizzo (caution; dissent) 44 SKC -- Roger Espinoza (caution; unsporting behavior) 74 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 2 (Graham Zusi 2, Dom Dwyer 2) 17 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 3 (Saad Abdul-Salaam 1) 60
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SKC COL Stats Summary Shots (on goal) 17 (3) 12 (6) Saves 4 1 Fouls 4 17 Offside 2 1 Corner Kicks 8 0 Misconduct Summary: COL -- Marco Pappa (caution; unsporting behavior) 33 SKC -- Diego Rubio (caution; unsporting behavior) 52 COL -- Dillon Serna (caution; unsporting behavior) 57 COL -- Marc Burch (caution; unsporting behavior) 62 Scoring Summary: COL -- Luis Solignac 2 (Marco Pappa 3) 41 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 4 (Connor Hallisey 1, Saad Abdul-Salaam 1) 77 COL -- Shkelzen Gashi 1 (unassisted) 82
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2016 BOX SCORES (CONTINUED) April 17, 2016: FC Dallas 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX Attendance: 16,215 Weather: 65 degrees and rainy
April 24, 2016: San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Avaya Stadium | San Jose, CA Attendance: 18,000 Weather: 64 degrees and partly cloudy
April 27, 2016: Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BC Place | Vancouver, Canada Attendance: 18,836 Weather: 57 degrees and clear
1 2 F Sporting KC (4-3-0, 12 pts) 1 0 1 FC Dallas (5-1-2, 17 pts) 1 1 2
1 2 F Sporting KC (4-4-0, 12 pts) 0 0 0 San Jose Earthquakes (4-2-2, 14 pts) 0 1 1
1 2 F Sporting KC (4-4-1, 13 pts) 1 0 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (3-4-2, 11 pts) 1 0 1
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Saad Abdul-Salaam, Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler (C), Amadou Dia (Seth Sinovic 70); Benny Feilhaber, Lawrence Olum (Ike Opara 70), Roger Espinoza; Jimmy Medranda (Diego Rubio 79), Dom Dwyer, Brad Davis Subs not used: Alec Kann, Jordi Quintilla, Connor Hallisey, Jacob Peterson
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Saad Abdul-Salaam, Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler (C) (Ike Opara 75), Amadou Dia (Diego Rubio 86); Benny Feilhaber, Lawrence Olum, Roger Espinoza; Brad Davis, Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Alec Kann, Seth Sinovic, Connor Hallisey, Jimmy Medranda, Jacob Peterson
Sporting KC: Alec Kann; Saad Abdul-Salaam, Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler (C), Amadou Dia; Benny Feilhaber, Lawrence Olum, Roger Espinoza; Jimmy Medranda (Graham Zusi 75), Diego Rubio (Dom Dwyer 57), Connor Hallisey (Brad Davis 64) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Ike Opara, Seth Sinovic, Jacob Peterson
FC Dallas: Chris Seitz; Ryan Hollingshead (Atiba Harris 46), Zach Loyd (C), Walker Zimmerman, Maynor Figueroa; Michael Barrios, Kellyn Acosta, Victor Ulloa, Fabian Castillo (Juan Esteban Ortiz 82); Maximiliano Urruti, Tesho Akindele (Mauro Rosales 63) Subs not used: Jesse Gonzalez, Moises Hernandez, Colin Bonner, Carlos Lizarazo Stats Summary SKC FCD Shots (on goal) 14 (6) 9 (5) Saves 3 5 Fouls 5 12 Offside 1 3 Corner Kicks 4 5 Misconduct Summary: FCD -- Atiba Harris (caution; unsporting behavior) 90 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Lawrence Olum 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 22 FCD -- Michael Barrios 4 (Maximiliano Urruti 2, Kellyn Acosta 1) 35 FCD -- Mauro Rosales 1 (unassisted) 68
San Jose Earthquakes: David Bingham; Marvell Wynne, Victor Bernardez, Andres Imperiale, Shaun Francis; Alberto Quintero (Tommy Thompson 90), Fatai Alashe, Anibal Godoy, Simon Dawkins (Shea Salinas 77); Chris Wondolowski, Quincy Amarikwa (Adam Jahn 71) Subs not used: Bryan Meredith, Kofi Sarkodie, Matias Perez Garcia, Innocent Stats Summary SKC SJ Shots (on goal) 13 (5) 9 (2) Saves 1 5 Fouls 20 12 Offside 1 1 Corner Kicks 4 5 Misconduct Summary: SJ -- Anibal Godoy (caution; unsporting behavior) 1 SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; unsporting behavior) 33 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; dissent) 59 SKC -- Amadou Dia (caution; unsporting behavior) 81 Scoring Summary: SJ -- Chris Wondolowski 7 (unassisted) 59
San Jose Earthquakes: David Ousted; Fraser Aird, Kendall Waston, Tim Parker, Jordan Harvey; Matias Laba, Russell Teibert, Christian Bolanos (Kekuta Manneh 78), Pedro Morales (C) (Pa Modou Kah 54), Cristian Techera; Masato Kudo (Octavio Rivero 65) Subs not used: Paulo Tornaghi, Andrew Jacobson, Blas Perez, Nicolas Mezquida Stats Summary SKC VAN Shots (on goal) 10 (2) 5 (2) Saves 1 1 Fouls 11 11 Offside 2 1 Corner Kicks 9 5 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; unsporting behavior) 22 VAN -- Kendall Waston (caution; unsporting behavior) 40 SKC -- Diego Rubio (caution; unsporting behavior) 41 VAN -- Kendall Waston (ejection; unsporting behavior) 51 SKC -- Nuno Andre Coelho (caution; dangerous play) 60 Scoring Summary: VAN -- Christian Bolanos 1 (Cristian Techera 2) 14 SKC -- Diego Rubio 1 (Lawrence Olum 1, Saad Abul-Salaam 3) 27
May 1, 2016: Sporting KC 1-1 LA Galaxy MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,431 (75th straight sellout) Weather: 55 degrees and cloudy 1 2 F Sporting KC (4-4-2, 14 pts) 1 0 1 LA Galaxy (4-1-3, 15 pts) 1 0 1
May 7, 2016: Houston Dynamo 2-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 20,071 Weather: 77 degrees and sunny 1 2 F Sporting KC (4-5-2, 14 pts) 0 0 0 Houston Dynamo (2-5-2, 8 pts) 2 0 2
May 11, 2016: Colorado Rapids 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO Attendance: 12,857 Weather: 56 degrees and partly cloudy 1 2 F Sporting KC (4-6-2, 14 pts) 0 0 0 Colorado Rapids (7-2-2, 23 pts) 0 1 1
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Ike Opara, Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber; Jimmy Medranda (Justin Mapp 82), Dom Dwyer, Brad Davis Subs not used: Alec Kann, Chance Myers, Saad AbdulSalaam, Paulo Nagamura, Lawrence Olum, Diego Rubio
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Chance Myers (Jimmy Medranda 62), Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza; Brad Davis (Diego Rubio 67), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (Saad Abdul-Salaam 77) Subs not used: Alec Kann, Ike Opara, Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura
LA Galaxy: Brian Rowe; A.J. DeLaGarza, Daniel Steres, Jelle Van Damme, Ashley Cole; Sebastian Lletget (Jeff Larentowicz 62), Mike Magee (Robbie Rogers 72), Giovani dos Santos (Jose Villarreal 90), Baggio Husidic, Emmanuel Boateng; Gyasi Zardes Subs not used: Dan Kennedy, Leonardo, Rafael Garcia, Jose Villarreal, Bradford Jamieson
Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric; Jalil Anibaba, David Horst, Agus, DaMarcus Beasley (Abdoulie Mansally 67); Ricardo Clark, Alex, Andrew Wenger, Cristian Maidana (Leonel Miranda 75), Giles Barnes; Erick Torres (Will Bruin 57) Subs not used: Joe Willis, Raul Rodriguez, Boniek Garcia, Collen Warner
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Saad Abdul-Salaam, Nuno Coelho, Ike Opara, Seth Sinovic (Amadou Dia 59); Soni Mustivar, Lawrence Olum, Roger Espinoza (C); Brad Davis (Jacob Peterson 76), Dom Dwyer, Jimmy Medranda (Connor Hallisey 68) Subs not used: Alec Kann, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Diego Rubio
Stats Summary SKC LA Shots (on goal) 17 (1) 4 (1) Saves 0 0 Fouls 15 12 Offside 4 3 Corner Kicks 7 1 Misconduct Summary: LA -- Ashley Cole (caution; time wasting) 69 LA -- Ashley Cole (ejection, second caution; unsporting behavior) 70 SKC -- Ike Opara (caution; unsporting behavior) 82 LA -- Jose Villarreal (caution; time wasting) 90+4 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Brad Davis 2 (Graham Zusi 3, Matt Besler 1) 30 LA -- Giovani dos Santos 4 (Gyasi Zardes 2) 42
Stats Summary SKC HOU Shots (on goal) 17 (3) 14 (7) Saves 5 3 Fouls 14 8 Offside 3 1 Corner Kicks 8 3 Misconduct Summary: HOU -- Alex (caution; unsporting behavior) 29 HOU -- Jalil Anibaba (caution; unsporting behavior) 53 SKC -- Roger Espinoza (caution; unsporting behavior) 62 HOU -- Ricardo Clark (caution; unsporting behavior) 95+ Scoring Summary: HOU -- Giles Barnes 3 (Erick Torres 1) 30 HOU -- Andrew Wenger 3 (C. Maidana 2, G. Barnes 2) 46+
11
Colorado Rapids: Zac MacMath; Mekeil Williams, Bobby Burling, Axel Sjoberg, Marc Burch; Sam Cronin, Micheal Azira, Dominique Badji, Jermaine Jones (Dillon Powers 87), Luis Solignac (Dillon Serna 76); Kevin Doyle Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Jared Watts, Dennis Castillo, Marlon Hairston, Conor Doyle Stats Summary SKC COL Shots (on goal) 7 (1) 11 (3) Saves 1 1 Fouls 19 18 Offside 2 2 Corner Kicks 4 1 Misconduct Summary: COL -- Dominique Badji (caution; unsporting behavior) 33 SKC -- Ike Opara (caution; unsporting behavior) 56 SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; unsporting behavior) 59 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; unsporting behavior) 61 COL -- Axel Sjoberg (caution; unsporting behavior) 75 SKC -- Ike Opara (ejection, second caution; unsporting behavior) 76 Scoring Summary: COL -- Dillon Serna 1 (unassisted) 78
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2016 BOX SCORES (CONTINUED) May 15, 2016: Sporting KC 2-1 Orlando City SC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,080 Weather: 64 degrees and partly cloudy 1 2 F Sporting KC (5-6-2, 17 pts) 0 2 2 Orlando City SC (2-3-5, 11 pts) 1 1 2 Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Saad Abdul-Salaam, Nuno Coelho, Matt Besler (C), Jimmy Medranda; Benny Feilhaber (Lawrence Olum 86), Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza (Paulo Nagamura 93+); Brad Davis (Jacob Peterson 69), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Alec Kann, Chance Myers, Connor Hallisey, Diego Rubio Orlando City SC: Joe Bendik; Rafael Ramos, Tommy Redding, David Mateos, Brek Shea (Luke Boden 65); Darwin Ceren (Carlos Rivas 86), Servando Carrasco, Kevin Molino, Kaka (C), Antonio Nocerino; Cyle Larin (Julio Baptista 71) Subs not used: Earl Edwards, Kevin Alston, Harrison Heath, Adrian Winter Stats Summary SKC ORL 34 (13) 7 (0) Shots (on goal) Saves 0 10 Fouls 10 6 Offside 2 4 Corner Kicks 6 4 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Jimmy Medranda (caution; unsporting behavior) 49 SKC -- Nuno Coelho (caution; unsporting behavior) 84 Scoring Summary: ORL -- Own goal 1 (Jimmy Medranda 1) 67 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 5 (Jacob Peterson 1, Benny Feilhaber 2) 74 SKC -- Jacob Peterson 1 (Roger Espinoza 1, Saad Abdul-Salaam 4) 79
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Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #17 | D | SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM | @Saad_Abdul SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
31
16
1672
0
5
MLS Postseason
1
1
120
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
5
1
206
0
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
37
18
1998
0
6
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 5 times, last: May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Shots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Shots 2, Apr. 27, 2016, KC at VAN Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2015, KC at POR Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal N/A Assist May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL 2016 Record when: he starts 1-4-1 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-4 Weight: 185 Birthday: 9/8/1991 Hometown: Gahanna, Ohio College: Akron Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#12) Sporting KC selected defender Saad Abdul-Salaam with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. The right back played 28 matches across all competitions during his rookie season, including 22 regular season appearances, all five games in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and one start in the MLS Cup Playoffs. He has recorded four assists in nine MLS appearances in 2016.
Abdul-Salaam played three seasons at the University of Akron (2012-14), recording three goals and 12 assists in 54 college games. He helped Akron win MAC regular season titles in each of his three seasons and earned All-MAC First Team honors as a senior in 2014.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
31
16
1672
0
5
11
4
19
23
2
0
1
0
0
1
KC - Postseason
1
1
120
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
32
17
1792
0
5
11
4
21
25
2
0
2
0
0
1
#5 | D | MATT BESLER | @MattBesler SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
191
186
16741
2
11
MLS Postseason
12
12
1170
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
15
13
1204
0
1
International
10
10
885
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
228
221
20000
2
12
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 11 times, last: May 1, 2016, KC vs LA Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist May 1, 2016, KC vs LA 2016 Record when: he starts 4-3-2 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Birthday: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)
Sporting KC captain Matt Besler is in his eighth season at his hometown club. He playoffs) and landed club Defender of the Year honors four times (2011-13, has earned MLS Best XI (2012-13), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-15), MLS Defender 2015). of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors since being selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Notre Dame. Besler has earned 31 caps or the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He featured in four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Besler, who signed a long-term Designated Player contract in 2014, ranks seventh Cup, becoming the first Kansan to play in the quadrennial tournament, as the U.S. in Sporting KC history with 228 appearances across all competitions. A regular advanced to the Round of 16. He also helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF staple of the team’s backline, he has started 198 of 203 MLS matches (including Gold Cup, starting all three matches in the knockout stage. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
191
186
16741
2
11
34
8
174
94
6
1
25
2
1
5
KC - Postseason
12
12
1170
0
0
2
0
14
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
203
198
17,911
2
11
36
8
188
103
7
1
25
2
1
5
13
Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #12 | D | NUNO ANDRE COELHO | @nunoacoelho12 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
13
13
1170
1
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
13
13
1170
1
0
Height: 6-4 Weight: 181 Hometown: Penafiel, Portugal Last Club: Balikesirspor (Turkey) Acquired: Signed on 1/26/2016
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Mar. 6, 2016, KC at SEA Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, Mar. 6, 2016, KC at SEA Shots 3, Mar. 6, 2016, KC at SEA Fouls Committed 1, 3 times, last: May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: Apr. 27, 2016, KC at VAN Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal Mar. 6, 2016, KC at SEA Assist N/A 2016 Record when: he starts 5-6-2 he scores 1-0-0
Birthday: 1/7/1986
Sporting KC signed Nuno André Coelho in January 2016. The center back has played more than 160 matches during a 12-year career in Europe, including seven appearances in the UEFA Champions League with Portuguese clubs SC Braga and FC Porto. Coelho most recently played for Balikesirspor of the Turkish Super Lig during the 2014-15 season. He scored a game-winning goal in his MLS debut as Sporting KC beat Seattle Sounders FC 1-0 on March 6.
spent 2006-07 on loan at Standard Liege of the Belgian first division.
A native of Portugal, Coelho made his professional debut at age 18 with FC Porto B. Between 2006 and 2009, FC Porto loaned Coelho to Portuguese clubs FC Maia (2006), Portimonense SC (2007-08) and CF Estrela da Amadora (2008-09). Coelho
During his final campaign at FC Porto in 2009-10, Coelho helped his club win the Taça de Portugal, the country’s premier knockout competition. After moving to Sporting Clube de Portugal in 2010, he joined SC Braga in 2011 and helped the club finish third in the 2011-12 Primiera Liga. Coelho’s performances earned him a training stint with the Portuguese national team in September 2012. Coelho’s 2012-13 campaign was highlighted by six starts in the UEFA Champions League and a 2013 Taça da Liga title, Braga’s first domestic cup since 1966.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
13
13
1170
1
0
11
1
3
10
0
0
2
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
13
13
1170
1
0
11
1
3
10
0
0
2
0
1
0
#11 | M | BRAD DAVIS | @Brad_Davis11 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
11
7
664
2
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
11
7
664
2
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, June 21, 2007, HOU vs CHV Assists 3, April 11, 2011, HOU vs VAN Shots on Goal 5, June 21, 2007, HOU vs CHV Shots 6, 2 times, last: June 2, 2010, HOU at NY Fouls Committed 5 Sept. 23, 2006, HOU at CLB Fouls Suffered 5, 4 times, last: May 16, 2009, HOU at NY Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal May 1, 2016, KC vs LA Assist Oct. 18, 2015, HOU vs SEA 2016 Record when: he starts 1-5-1 he scores 1-0-1
Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 Birthday: 11/8/1981 Hometown: St. Charles, Missouri College: Saint Louis Last Club: Houston Dynamo Acquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo on 1/7/2016 U.S. international midfielder Brad Davis joined Sporting KC in January 2016. He has recorded 60 goals and 131 assists (including postseason) during a 15-year MLS career highlighted by 2006 and 2007 MLS Cup championships, 2011 MLS Best XI honors and six MLS All-Star selections. His 379 appearances are second most in MLS history among field players, while his 122 assists rank third all-time. On April 17, he became the fifth player in MLS history to reach 400 career MLS appearances (including playoffs). A native of St. Charles, Missouri, Davis ends his 10-year stay in Houston as the Dynamo’s all-time leader in regular season games played (271), starts (252) and
assists (104). In addition to winning two MLS Cups, Davis led Houston to seven playoff trips between 2006-2015, including four MLS Cup appearances in 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012. Davis leads active MLS players with 122 regular season assists while reaching double figures in assists in six of the last seven seasons since 2009 and seven times overall, a feat matched only by Landon Donovan. Davis has earned 17 caps with four assists for the U.S. Men’s National Team since debuting in 2005. He made his lone World Cup appearance with a start against eventual champion Germany on June 26, 2014.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
11
7
664
2
0
15
7
7
13
4
21
0
0
1
0
MLS - Regular Season
379
332
28941
57
122
572
239
413
509
63
1234
37
4
14
40
MLS - Postseason
27
26
2376
3
9
36
14
37
44
6
92
2
0
1
3
MLS - TOTAL
406
358
31317
60
131
608
253
450
553
69
1326
39
4
15
43
14
Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #13 | D | AMADOU DIA | @Amadou_iT11 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
32
22
2134
0
1
MLS Postseason
1
1
120
0
1
U.S. Open Cup
4
4
351
0
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
37
27
2605
0
3
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: June 6, 2015, KC vs SEA Shots 2, Mar. 8, 2015, KC vs NYR Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 1, 2015, KC vs HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 12, 2016, KC vs VAN Last Regular Season... Appearance May 11, 2016, KC at COL Goal N/A Assist Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA 2016 Record when: he starts 4-4-1 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 150 Birthday: 6/8/1993 Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado College: Clemson Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#20) Sporting KC selected defender Amadou Dia with the 20th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. As a rookie, the left back started 18 of 27 appearances in all competitions and recorded one assist each in the regular season, MLS Cup Playoffs and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. He has started nine of 10 appearances for Sporting KC in 2016.
four goals and six assists. As a senior in 2014, he led the Tigers to the school’s first ACC soccer championship since 2001 and a second straight berth in the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship.
Dia has represented the United States at the U-14 (2007), U-18 (2009-10) and U-20 (2012) levels. He holds dual citizenship in his native France and in 2010 was Dia played in 70 games during a four-year college career at Clemson, contributing an NSCAA All-American and Colorado’s Gatorade Soccer Player of the Year. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
32
22
2134
0
1
6
3
42
21
5
0
3
0
0
0
KC - Postseason
1
1
120
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
33
23
2254
0
2
6
3
44
22
6
0
4
0
0
0
#14 | F | DOM DWYER | @Ddwyer14 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
93
77
7004
41
7
MLS Postseason
8
5
492
2
0
U.S. Open Cup
8
8
686
5
1
International
9
2
314
2
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
118
92
8496
50
8
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 6 times, last: Mar. 12, 2016, KC vs VAN Assists 1, 7 times, last: Apr. 9, 2016, KC at NY Shots on Goal 5, Aug. 29, 2015, KC at COL Shots 8, 2 times, last: May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Fouls Committed 5, 4 times, last: Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered 9, Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Assist Apr. 9, 2016, KC at NY 2016 Record when: he starts 5-5-1 he scores 3-1-0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 180 Birthday: 7/30/1990 Hometown: London, England College: South Florida Acquired: 2012 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16) Dom Dwyer has scored 50 goals for Sporting KC in all competitions, third most in team history, since being taken in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft (16th overall). He set a single-season club record with 22 MLS goals in 2014 and added a team-high 12 last year, earning Sporting KC Offensive Player of the Year honors. A 2014 MLS All-Star, Dwyer has scored 72 goals in all competitions since the start of 2013, 50 for Sporting KC and 22 for former USL affiliate Orlando City SC. Last season he shared Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Golden Boot honors with five goals
in the tournament, including a single-game club record four goals against FC Dallas in the Round of 16. Dwyer won national championships at Tyler (Texas) Junior College in 2009 and 2010, earning national junior college player of the year honors after scoring 37 times as a sophomore. He moved to South Florida in 2011, netting 16 goals in 21 games.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
93
77
7004
41
7
280
110
163
197
84
2
15
1
10
3
KC - Postseason
8
5
492
2
0
23
9
18
14
7
0
1
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
101
82
7496
43
7
303
119
181
211
91
2
16
1
11
3
15
Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #4 | D | KEVIN ELLIS | @Kev_Ellis4 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
51
45
4118
4
4
MLS Postseason
2
2
210
1
0
U.S. Open Cup
9
8
777
0
0
International
4
4
360
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
66
59
5465
6
4
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 4 times, last: Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Assists 1, 4 times, last: May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Shots 3, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Fouls Committed 4, Apr 25, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Last Regular Season... Appearance Apr. 9, 2016, KC at NY Goal Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Assist May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL 2016 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 6/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri College: Barton County Community College Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/2011 Sporting KC’s second Homegrown Player in club history, Kevin Ellis is coming off a 2015 campaign in which he set regular season career-highs with 27 games played and four goals, the most by any MLS defender last year. He added another goal in the MLS Cup Playoffs and finished 2015 with starts in 32 of 33 appearances across all competitions. On April 2, he became the first Sporting KC Homegrown Player to reach 50 career regular season appearances.
Now in his sixth MLS season, Ellis developed in the Sporting KC Academy while attending Oak Park High School before playing at Barton County Community College from 2009-10. He scored his first goal for the club in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals against eventual champion Cruz Azul (Mexico).
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
51
45
4118
4
4
19
8
58
36
2
0
8
0
1
3
KC - Postseason
2
2
210
1
0
1
1
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
53
47
4328
5
4
20
9
61
37
2
0
9
0
1
3
#27 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
142
122
10806
3
16
MLS Postseason
7
6
455
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
11
9
1024
0
2
International
2
1
142
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
162
138
12427
3
18
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DAL Assists 1, 16 times, last: May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Shots on Goal 2, 6 times, last: May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Fouls Committed 5, May 1, 2016, KC vs LA Fouls Suffered 6, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DAL Assist May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL 2016 Record when: he starts 5-5-2 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 10/25/1986
Roger Espinoza played five seasons in Kansas City from 2008-12 before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. After a two-year stint in the English Premier League and English Championship, Espinoza returned to Sporting KC in 2015 and tallied a career-high four MLS assists. His 2015 campaign was cut short due to a left foot injury sustained in early August, but he has returned to the fold as a regular starter in 2016.
U.S. Open Cup title that season. He has made 162 appearances for the club in all competitions, tallying three goals and 18 assists over seven seasons. In two years at Wigan Athletic, he logged 57 appearances, including eight in the UEFA Europa League, and started in the club’s 2013 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester City.
Espinoza has earned 49 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team since debuting in 2009. He has competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups as Espinoza was an MLS All-Star in 2012 and helped lead the club to the Lamar Hunt well as the 2012 Summer Olympics. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
142
122
10806
3
16
141
39
211
190
9
14
25
5
1
3
KC - Postseason
7
6
455
0
0
4
1
7
7
1
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
149
128
11261
3
16
145
40
218
197
10
14
27
5
1
3
16
Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #10 | M | BENNY FEILHABER | @b_feilhaber22 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
99
90
7873
19
27
MLS Postseason
6
6
604
0
3
U.S. Open Cup
7
7
600
2
5
International
9
8
592
1
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
121
111
9669
22
38
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL Assists 2, 4 times, last: May 20, 2015, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 3, Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL Shots 5, 2 times, last: May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal Apr. 9, 2016, KC at NY Assist May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL 2016 Record when: he starts 2-4-2 he scores 1-1-0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 1/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, California College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with New England Revolution on 12/11/2012 A six-year MLS veteran, Benny Feilhaber set professional career-highs in 2015 with 10 goals and 15 assists en route to an MLS MVP nomination. He was named MLS Player of the Month in April, earned MLS All-Star honors for the first time in his career and landed Sporting KC’s 2015 Most Valuable Player award after finishing with a club record 20 assists in all competitions.
Revolution in 2011. He joined Sporting KC prior to the 2013 campaign and has made 121 appearances across all competitions for the club with 22 goals and 38 assists. Feilhaber has earned 41 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in 2007. He scored the game-winning goal on a volley in the 2007 Gold Cup Final against Mexico before competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He helped lead the U.S. to the final of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and also made three appearances at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Feilhaber turned professional in 2005 with German club Hamburg after two seasons at UCLA. He moved to Derby County of the English Premier League in 2007 and Danish side AGF Aarhus in 2008 before signing with the New England MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
99
90
7873
19
27
143
46
120
194
3
124
20
1
5
7
MLS - Regular Season
151
136
12066
24
36
221
73
187
335
5
195
28
3
5
8
KC - Postseason
6
6
604
0
3
15
1
9
17
2
0
1
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
157
142
12670
24
39
236
74
196
352
7
195
29
3
5
9
#22 | M | CONNOR HALLISEY | @c_hallisey SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
20
12
986
0
2
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
4
2
163
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
24
14
1149
0
2
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 13, 2016, KC vs COL Shots on Goal 2, Mar. 12, 2016, KC vs VAN Shots 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 12, 2016, KC vs VAN Fouls Committed 1, 6 times, last: Apr. 27, 2016, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 2, Mar. 6, 2016, KC at SEA Last Regular Season... Appearance May 11, 2016, KC at COL Goal N/A Assist Apr. 13, 2016, KC vs COL 2016 Record when: he starts 4-1-1 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 158 Birthday: 2/9/1993 Hometown: Granite Bay, California College: California Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10) Sporting KC selected midfielder Connor Hallisey with the 10th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of California. He logged 17 appearances with one assist in all competitions as a rookie last year and has started six of seven appearances in 2016.
A former member of the United States U-18 Men’s National Team, Hallisey played four seasons at Cal (2011-14), recording 12 goals and 19 assists in 72 career games. As a senior in 2014, he was an NCAA Division I Men’s Second Team All-American, starting 19 matches with nine goals and 12 assists as a MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
20
12
986
0
2
18
8
6
5
2
3
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
20
12
986
0
2
18
8
6
5
2
3
0
0
0
0
17
Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #25 | GK | ALEC KANN | @akann90 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
1
1
90
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
1
1
90
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 2, Oct. 25, 2015, CHI vs NY Saves 6, Oct. 25, 2015, CHI vs NY Last Regular Season... Appearance Apr. 27, 2016, KC at VAN Shutout N/A 2016 Record when: he starts 0-0-1
Height: 6-4 Weight: 190 Birthday: 8/8/1990 Hometown: Decatur, Georgia College: Furman Last Club: Chicago Fire Acquired: 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft (#11) Sporting KC selected former Chicago Fire goalkeeper Alec Kann in Stage One of the 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft. He spent most of last season with Chicago’s USL affiliate Saint Louis FC, recording 74 saves in 19 matches during the team’s inaugural campaign. He made six saves in his MLS debut on Oct. 25, 2015, against the New York Red Bulls. He made his Sporting KC debut in a 1-1 draw at Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 27.
A native of Decatur, Georgia, Kann joined Chicago ahead of the 2013 season from USL side Charleston Battery, where he began his professional career in 2012. The goalkeeper was loaned to the USL’s Charlotte Eagles in 2014 and made 57 saves across 17 appearances for the club. A four-year starter at Furman University, Kann posted a 37-16-10 record with 18 shutouts and a 1.00 goals against average in 65 starts during his college career.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
KC - Regular Season
1
1
90
2
1
0
1
1.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
T 1
MLS - Regular Season
2
2
180
10
7
0
3
1.50
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
MLS - TOTAL
2
2
180
10
7
0
3
1.50
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
#1 | GK | JON KEMPIN | @JonKempin21 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
7
6
585
0
0
MLS Postseason
1
0
36
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
90
0
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
10
8
801
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 3, 3 times, last: Sept. 13, 2015, KC at ORL Saves 3, Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Shutout N/A 2016 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 Birthday: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/31/2010 Currently on loan with the Swope Park Rangers (USL), goalkeeper Jon Kempin has made nine appearances in all competitions for Sporting KC since becoming the club’s first Homegrown Player in 2010. The Overland Park, Kansas, native most recently made his MLS postseason debut in October 2015, making three saves in the longest penalty kick shootout in MLS history against the Portland Timbers.
to former USL affiliate OKC Energy FC before breaking into Sporting KC’s first team for his MLS and CONCACAF Champions League debuts.
At the beginning of 2015, Kempin was named to the United States Men’s National Team roster for the first time in his career to take part in manager Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp. He has also represented the U.S. at the U-14 Kempin played his first match for Sporting KC in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open through U-23 levels, last featuring for the U-23s in a friendly against Brazil in Cup, then spent most of 2013 on loan to Orlando City SC. He began 2014 on loan November 2015. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
7
6
585
24
11
0
12
1.85
0
1
0
0
2
3
1
KC - Postseason
1
0
36
1
0
0
1
2.50
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
8
6
621
25
11
0
12
1.74
0
1
0
0
2
3
2
18
Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #21 | M | JUSTIN MAPP | @jmapp21 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
1
0
8
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
1
0
8
0
0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 160 Hometown: Brandon, Mississippi Last Club: Montreal Impact Acquired: Signed on 12/14/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: May 4, 2013, MTL at SJ Assists 2, 6 times, last: Aug. 24, 2013, MTL vs HOU Shots on Goal 4, Apr. 30, 2005, CHI at CLB Shots 6, Apr. 30, 2005, CHI at CLB Fouls Committed 4, Apr. 22, 2005, CHI at NY Fouls Suffered 8, Sept. 4, 2004, CHI vs DC Last Regular Season... Appearance May 1, 2016, KC vs LA Goal May 4, 2013, MTL at SJ Assist July 27, 2014, MTL vs POR 2016 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 10/18/1984
Sporting KC signed midfielder Justin Mapp in December 2015, completing the first Free Agent signing in MLS history. A 14-year veteran, Mapp has recorded 23 goals and 70 assists in 318 MLS appearances (including postseason) since beginning his professional career with D.C. United in 2002. He made his Sporting KC debut as a second-half substitute against LA Galaxy on May 1.
All-Star (2005) and MLS Best XI (2006) honors. Following a stint with the Philadelphia Union from 2010-11, Mapp has played each of the previous four seasons with the Montreal Impact. In 2013 and 2014, Mapp tied MLS careerhighs with eight assists and helped Montreal win consecutive Canadian Championship titles, landing tournament MVP honors both times.
Mapp played for the Chicago Fire from 2003-10, where he won two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups (2003, 2006) and a Supporters’ Shield title (2003) to go with MLS
Mapp earned eight caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team between 2005 and 2007, including three games played at the 2007 Copa America in Venezuela.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
1
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
304
243
20355
22
65
350
138
178
432
63
378
12
0
7
18
MLS - Postseason
15
8
809
1
5
13
6
13
11
3
23
0
0
1
1
MLS - TOTAL
319
251
21164
23
70
363
144
191
443
66
401
12
0
8
19
#94 | M | JIMMY MEDRANDA | @jimmymedranda SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
23
13
1020
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
1
0
6
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
24
13
1026
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Apr. 27, 2016, KC at VAN Shots 4, May 1, 2016, KC vs LA Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Fouls Suffered 4, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2016 Record when: he starts 1-2-2 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthday: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014 Midfielder Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Colombian club Deportivo Pereira, making his MLS debut a month later. He signed permanently for Sporting KC in February 2014 and has played 24 games for the club across all competitions, including a career-high 10 appearances this season.
Medranda joined the Swope Park Rangers for a brief loan spell in March, where he started in the club’s inaugural match in the United Soccer League. He joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team by age 17. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
23
13
1020
0
0
23
3
23
14
1
5
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
23
13
1020
0
0
23
3
23
14
1
5
2
0
0
0
19
Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
35
35
3150
0
0
MLS Postseason
1
1
84
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
5
5
480
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
41
41
3714
0
0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 19, 2015, KC vs SJ Saves 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Shutout Apr. 9, 2016, KC at NY 2016 Record when: he starts 5-6-1
Birthday: 5/15/1986
Major League Soccer’s reigning Comeback Player of the Year, Tim Melia was a breakout performer during his sixth MLS season after previously serving as a back-up goalkeeper at Real Salt Lake (2010-11) and Chivas USA (2012-14). He ended 2015 with nine clean sheets and a 15-8-5 record in all competitions as Sporting KC made its fifth straight playoff appearance. He also made two saves in a penalty shootout win over the Philadelphia Union in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final.
average. He was a six-time member of the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week and became the first goalkeeper in MLS history to record six shutouts in his first nine league matches for a new team. After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.
Among MLS goalkeepers, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
35
35
3150
162
118
11
41
1.13
4
5
3
0
16
14
5 6
MLS - Regular Season
41
40
3589
194
136
11
55
1.38
5
6
3
1
16
18
KC - Postseason
1
1
84
4
2
0
1
1.07
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
42
41
3673
198
138
11
56
1.31
5
6
3
1
16
18
6
#93 | M | SONI MUSTIVAR | @billydougie SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
32
27
2468
0
2
MLS Postseason
1
1
120
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
5
5
426
1
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
38
33
3014
1
2
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Aubervilliers, France Last Club: Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 2, Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Shots on Goal 1, Oct. 21, 2015, KC vs COL Shots 2, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 13, 2015, KC at ORL Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: May 11, 2016, KC at COL Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal N/A Assist Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN 2016 Record when: he starts 4-3-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 2/12/1990
Soni Mustivar’s first season at Sporting KC in 2015 culminated in Co-Defender of the Year honors. The defensive midfielder had a 15-5-6 record as a starter in all competitions and led MLS during the regular season with more than six interceptions per 90 minutes played. Mustivar began his professional career as a teenager with SC Bastia in France’s Ligue 2 from 2008-10. He then moved to FC Petrolul Ploiesti and played three seasons in Romania’s Liga I, recording 61 league appearances in addition to eight
games in the UEFA Europa League. He started in Petrolul’s triumph in the 2013 Romanian Cup Final. Mustivar has earned 11 caps for the Haiti Men’s National Team since debuting in 2013. This year he has helped Haiti book a spot in the Copa America Centenario and featured in a pair of 2018 World Cup qualifiers. He was a youth international for France at the U-20 level and holds dual citizenship in both France and Haiti.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
32
27
2468
0
2
7
1
37
31
0
0
5
0
0
1
KC - Postseason
1
1
120
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
33
28
2588
0
2
7
1
39
34
0
0
5
0
0
1
20
Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #7 | D | CHANCE MYERS | @CR_Myers SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
142
114
10427
2
16
MLS Postseason
10
10
960
0
1
U.S. Open Cup
15
13
1176
2
2
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
168
138
12653
4
19
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assists 1, 16 times, last: Mar. 12, 2016, KC vs VAN Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots 3, 3 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs VAN Fouls Committed 4, 6 times, last: Mar. 6, 2016, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Last Regular Season... Appearance May 7, 2016, KC at HOU Goal Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assist Mar. 12, 2016, KC vs VAN 2016 Record when: he starts 4-2-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 Birthday: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, California College: UCLA Acquired: 2008 MLS SuperDraft (#1) Nine-year veteran Chance Myers enters 2016 as Sporting KC’s longest tenured player. The No. 1 overall selection in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft has played 168 matches for the club in all competitions, recording four goals and 19 assists from the right back position. He is one of four players in Sporting KC history, alongside Davy Arnaud, Kerry Zavagnin and Preki, to play nine seasons at the club.
back on the MLS Castrol Index. He led MLS with 91 successful crosses from open play between 2011 and 2013 before missing most of 2014 and half of 2015 with an Achilles injury. Myers featured for the United States at the U-18, U-20 and U-23 youth national teams and joined the senior team for the first time as a member of Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp in 2014.
Myers eclipsed 30 MLS appearances in both 2011 and 2012, and after making a career-high 31 MLS starts in 2013 (including playoffs), was the top-rated outside MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
142
114
10427
2
16
92
23
152
101
11
5
12
1
0
8
KC - Postseason
10
10
960
0
1
7
1
9
10
0
1
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
152
124
11387
2
17
99
24
161
111
11
6
14
1
0
8
#6 | M | PAULO NAGAMURA | @paulinhonag SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
87
74
6455
6
6
MLS Postseason
6
6
607
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
9
7
713
1
1
International
5
5
413
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
107
92
8188
7
7
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Assists 1, 20 times, last: Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 4, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots 6, Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Fouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LA Fouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Assist Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL 2016 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 155 Birthday: 3/2/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Trade with Chivas USA on 11/29/2011 A 12-year MLS veteran, Paulo Nagamura joined Sporting Kansas City in 2012 and has since tallied seven goals and seven assists in 107 matches across all competitions. The 33-year-old midfielder has played a pivotal role in Sporting KC’s three major championships over the last four seasons, converting penalty kicks in shootouts of the 2012 and 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups as well as the 2013 MLS Cup and the 2015 Western Conference Knockout Round. Nagamura played 120 minutes in each cup final victory.
A native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nagamura began his career with Sao Paulo FC and English Premier League side Arsenal FC. He moved to the United States in 2005 to play for the LA Galaxy, where he won the MLS Cup and U.S. Open Cup in his first season. He also played for Toronto FC (2007) and Chivas USA (2007-11), becoming an MLS All-Star in 2009. A two-time MLS Cup champion and three-time U.S. Open Cup winner, he has started 233 of 260 career MLS appearances (including postseason).
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
87
74
6455
6
6
104
25
112
71
9
3
17
0
2
1
MLS - Regular Season
244
218
19223
15
20
244
76
358
280
13
20
57
2
6
6
KC - Postseason
6
6
607
0
0
11
2
10
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
16
15
1516
0
0
20
7
26
31
2
0
4
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
260
233
20739
15
20
264
83
384
311
15
20
61
2
6
6
21
Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #16 | M | LAWRENCE OLUM | @OmoshLaw13 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
75
46
4291
4
3
MLS Postseason
2
1
202
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
8
6
619
0
1
International
6
5
451
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
91
58
5563
4
4
Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya College: Missouri Baptist Last Club: Kedah FA (Malaysia) Acquired: Signed on 12/9/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 4 times, last: Apr. 17, 2016, KC at DAL Assists 1, 3 times, last: Apr. 27, 2016, KC at VAN Shots on Goal 1, 7 times, last: Apr. 17, 2016, KC at DAL Shots 3, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 17, 2016, KC at DAL Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal Apr. 17, 2016, KC at DAL Assist Apr. 27, 2016, KC at VAN 2016 Record when: he starts 1-4-1 he scores 0-1-0
Birthday: 7/10/1984
Lawrence Olum returns to Sporting KC in 2016 after previously playing for the club from 2011-2014. He has made 91 appearances for the team in all competitions with four goals and three assists. The defensive midfielder played 112 minutes in the 2013 MLS Cup victory over Real Salt Lake and set MLS career-highs in 2014 with 25 appearances and 21 starts. He rejoins Sporting KC after helping Kedah FA win the 2015 Malaysia Premier League title.
Olum has earned four caps for the Kenya Men’s National Team since debuting for the Harambee Stars in May 2014. He most recently played for Kenya in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Zambia last September. After a four-year college career at Missouri Baptist University, Olum had lower-division spells at the Portland Timbers (2007-08), Minnesota Thunder (2009), Austin Aztex (2010) and Orlando City SC (2011) before joining Sporting KC in September 2011.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
75
46
4291
4
3
30
7
49
14
4
0
14
0
3
0
KC - Postseason
2
1
202
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
77
47
4493
4
3
33
7
49
15
4
0
14
0
3
0
#3 | D | IKE OPARA | @ikeopara SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
33
26
2423
5
0
MLS Postseason
3
0
16
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
90
0
0
International
5
5
450
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
42
32
2979
6
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 8 times, last: Mar. 28, 2015, KC at NYC Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJ Shots 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJ Fouls Committed 5, May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 3, Apr. 13, 2016, KC vs COL Last Regular Season... Appearance May 11, 2016, KC at COL Goal Mar. 28, 2015, KC at NYC Assist N/A 2016 Record when: he starts 0-2-1 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Birthday: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes on 12/12/2012 Seventh-year veteran Ike Opara is in his fourth season as a member of Sporting KC. He enjoyed a sensational first month of the 2015 campaign, scoring two goals, leading MLS in interceptions and earning an MLS Player of the Month nomination, before suffering a season-ending Achilles rupture in April. He made his 2016 debut on April 9 in a 2-0 win against the New York Red Bulls, his first MLS appearance in nearly a year.
Sporting KC’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Opara appeared in a career-high 18 MLS matches during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. He scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions and featured in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches. A season-ending ankle injury limited him to three MLS appearances in 2014. Opara represented the United States at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Qualifying Tournament. The San Jose Earthquakes selected him in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing, and he played 36 MLS matches for the team over three seasons.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
33
26
2423
5
0
27
11
44
16
2
0
5
1
3
0
MLS - Regular Season
68
48
4585
8
0
48
18
73
33
7
1
7
1
4
0
KC - Postseason
3
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
4
0
94
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
72
48
4679
8
0
49
18
74
35
7
1
7
1
4
0
22
Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #37 | F | JACOB PETERSON | @jacob__peterson SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
89
47
4457
8
7
MLS Postseason
6
3
263
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
13
8
752
1
3
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 17 times, last: May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Assists 1, 17 times, last: May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 3, May 12, 2013, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR vs CLB
International
6
3
359
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
114
61
5831
10
10
Height: 5-10 Weight: 165 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 1/19/2012
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Assist May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL 2016 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 1-0-0
Birthday: 1/27/1986
A 10-year MLS veteran, Jacob Peterson has 17 goals and 17 assists in 227 regular NCAA Division I National Championship (2003-04), Canadian Championship season appearances over the course of his professional career. Now in his fifth (2010-11), U.S. Open Cup (2012) and MLS Cup (2013). season with Sporting KC, he has contributed 10 goals and 10 assists in 114 games across all competitions for the club. As a youth, Peterson represented the United States at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championships and the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played for MLS clubs Peterson is one of only two players in MLS history, alongside former Kansas City Colorado Rapids (2006-09), Toronto FC (2010-11) and the San Jose Earthquakes defender Nick Garcia, to be a member of teams that won each of the following: (2011) before joining Sporting KC in 2012. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
89
47
4457
8
7
87
37
39
46
9
3
4
1
3
2
MLS - Regular Season
227
129
11743
17
17
201
79
84
126
25
63
9
1
6
6
KC - Postseason
6
3
263
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
9
5
424
0
0
1
0
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
236
134
12167
17
17
202
79
86
130
26
63
9
1
6
6
#96 | M | JORDI QUINTILLA | @jordiquintilla SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
13
8
639
0
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
0
54
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
14
8
693
0
1
Height: 5-9 Weight: 154 Hometown: Lleida, Spain Last Club: AC Ajaccio (France) Acquired: Signed on 8/6/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Mar. 6, 2016, KC at SEA Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Shots 3, Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR Last Regular Season... Appearance Apr. 13, 2016, KC vs COL Goal N/A Assist Mar. 6, 2016, KC at SEA 2016 Record when: he starts 3-2-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 10/25/1993
Sporting KC signed midfielder Jordi Quintilla in August 2015. Currently on loan with the Swope Park Rangers (USL), he made nine appearances in all competitions during the final two months of the season with three starts. He converted the match-winning penalty kick in a shootout that sealed Sporting KC’s 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup triumph over the Philadelphia Union. In the 2016 opener on March 6, he notched his first MLS assist in a 1-0 win at Seattle.
Quintilla developed as a youth at UE Lleida before moving to FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy, where he trained alongside former Sporting KC midfieldr Oriol Rosell. In 2012, he began his pro career as an 18-year-old with Barcelona B in Spain’s second division and later went on laon to CF Badalona and CE L’Hospitalet. He spent the 2014-15 season with AC Ajaccio in French Ligue 2.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
13
8
639
0
1
10
4
14
14
0
4
1
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
13
8
639
0
1
10
4
14
14
0
4
1
0
0
1
23
Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #9 | F | DIEGO RUBIO | @DiegoRubo_ SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
6
2
162
1
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
6
2
162
1
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Apr. 27, 2016, KC at VAN Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, Apr. 27, 2016, KC at VAN Shots 4, Apr. 13, 2016, KC vs COL Fouls Committed 3, Apr. 2, 2016, KC vs RSL Fouls Suffered 3, Apr. 27, 2016, KC at VAN
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Birthday: 5/15/1993 Hometown: Santiago, Chile Last Club: Real Valladolid (Spain) Acquired: Signed on loan from Real Valladolid as Young Designated Player on 3/8/2016 Sporting KC acquired 22-year-old Chilean striker Diego Rubio on a loan as a Young Designated Player in March 2016. Rubio has recorded 37 goals and 15 assists during a five-year professional career in South America and Europe. The forward joins Sporting KC from Real Valladolid of the Spanish Segunda Division, where he made 14 appearances during the 2015-16 season. A native of Santiago, Chile, he made his Sporting KC debut on April 2 against Real Salt Lake and scored his first goal on April 27 at Vancouver.
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 7, 2016, KC at HOU Goal Apr. 27, 2016, KC at VAN Assist N/A 2016 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0
2011-2015, scoring 22 goals in 52 games for the club’s reserve team Sporting B. He also made 20 senior team appearances, including six in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League as he helped the club advance to the tournament semifinals.
Rubio has earned three caps for the Chile Men’s National Team since debuting at age 18 in a friendly against Paraguay in June 2011. He appeared in two additional friendlies against France and Mexico later that year before playing eight matches at the U-20 level in 2012 and 2013, including three starts at the 2013 South Rubio played for 18-time Primeira Liga champion Sporting Clube de Portugal from American Youth Football Championship. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
6
2
162
1
0
7
1
6
7
3
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
6
2
162
1
0
7
1
6
7
3
0
2
0
0
0
#30 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 0 Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2016 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 150 Birthday: 7/19/1996 Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Last Club: Ujpest FC (Hungary) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/13/2016 Currently on loan with the Swope Park Rangers (USL), Daniel Salloi signd as the fourth Homegrown Player in Sporting KC history on Jan. 13, 2016. A native of Budapest, Hungary, Salloi moved to the United States in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas. He joined the Sporting KC Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season and scored a team-high 21 goals in 28 appearances, including three hat-tricks in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.
he scores 0-0-0
Prior to his arrival in Kansas City, Salloi played for Hungarian side Ujpest FC in Budapest at the U-16, U-17 and U-21 levels. He earned the club’s U-16 and U-17 academy player of the year honors and joined the Hungary U-18 Men’s National Team in 2013. After a successful spell with the Sporting KC U-18s, Salloi returned to Hungary in July 2015 to sign an amateur contract for Ujpest FC’s senior team, a 20-time champion in Hungary’s first division. The forward ended his stay at Ujpest FC with seven goals and four assists in 16 matches across all competitions.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
Sporting KC Player Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #15 | D | SETH SINOVIC | @ssinovic SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
128
125
11047
0
7
MLS Postseason
11
11
1045
2
0
U.S. Open Cup
10
10
898
0
2
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 7 times, last: Sept. 6, 2014, KC at NY Shots on Goal 2, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Shots 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NE Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: Apr. 20, 2013, KC at LA
International
9
9
810
0
1
ALL COMPETITIONS
158
155
13800
2
10
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed on 5/10/2011
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 11, 2016, KC at COL Goal N/A Assist Sept. 6, 2014, KC at NY 2016 Record when: he starts 0-2-1 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 1/28/1987
A seven-year MLS veteran, Seth Sinovic has started 155 of 158 appearances in all competitions since joining Sporting KC from the New England Revolution in 2011. The left back played at least 30 regular season matches every year from 2012-2014, during which time Sporting KC conceded the fewest combined goals in MLS.
Sporting KC won MLS Cup. He was named the club’s Defender of the Year in 2014. After a four-year college career at Creighton University, Sinovic was selected by New England with the 25th pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made 20 MLS appearances as a rookie before moving to Sporting KC in 2011.
A native of Leawood, Kansas, Sinovic scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and notched the second of his career in the 2013 postseason as MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
128
125
11047
0
7
64
18
152
85
3
0
19
0
0
4
MLS - Regular Season
148
143
12627
0
7
71
19
165
95
3
0
22
0
0
4
KC - Postseason
11
11
1045
2
0
4
2
15
11
0
0
1
0
2
0
MLS - TOTAL
159
154
13672
2
7
75
21
180
106
3
0
23
0
2
4
#8 | M | GRAHAM ZUSI | @gzusi SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
184
147
13577
24
47
MLS Postseason
12
12
1169
0
6
U.S. Open Cup
11
9
878
3
3
International
8
8
690
0
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
215
176
16314
27
59
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHI Assists 2, 5 times, last: May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last Regular Season... Appearance May 15, 2016, KC vs ORL Goal Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Assist May 1, 2016, KC vs LA 2016 Record when: he starts 5-4-1 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) An eight-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15), MLS Best XI (2012-13) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) accolades in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. He earned Sporting KC MVP honors from 2012-14 and is the only player to appear in each of the last four MLS All-Star Games. Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract in 2014. He has recorded 27 goals and 59 assists in 215 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being drafted in 2008 out of the University of Maryland, where he won two national championships. He is second in club history with 59 total assists, while
his 410 chances created from 2011-2015 (including postseason) ranked third in MLS. Zusi has earned 33 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording four goals and six assists. He played four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He played in his first CONCACAF Gold Cup last summer, starting two matches, and most recently scored in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala on March 29.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
184
147
13577
24
47
276
89
160
232
25
625
15
0
8
21
KC - Postseason
12
12
1169
0
6
21
1
19
23
1
58
1
0
0
3
MLS - TOTAL
196
159
14646
24
53
297
90
179
255
26
683
16
0
8
24
25
Sporting KC Coach Bios | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Manager | Peter Vermes
Assistant Coach | Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin first joined Kansas City in 2000 as a holding midfielder and was an integral part of the club’s midfield for the next nine seasons, during which time he helped lead the Wizards to MLS Cup (2000) and U.S. Open Cup (2004) Championships. He was named to the MLS All-Star team and the Best XI in 2004. Zavagnin’s primary duties as an assistant include scouting, developing Sporting Kansas City’s younger players, breaking down film and assisting with training sessions, among others.
Peter Vermes enters his eighth season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2016. He is tied as the team’s longest-serving manager and his 118 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won three major trophies – the 2012 and 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – as well as two MLS Eastern Conference regular season titles (2011, 2012). He is the second coach to lead Sporting KC to five straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 95 regular season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank eighth most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions.
He started his professional career with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to Kansas City in 2000. He played 237 games (228 starts) and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in Kansas City blue. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001.
Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster and the Sporting KC Academy. Vermes entered MLS ahead of its inaugural season in 1996 and retired from the league in 2002, closing out his playing career in Kansas City after stints with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and Colorado Rapids.
On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the United States Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured. He married his wife Mirriam prior to the 2009 season, when he became an assistant coach at the club.
Following a standout high school career in which he was named New Jersey Player of the Year, Vermes was a star forward and All-American at Rutgers University. After college, Vermes represented the United States in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, and was named 1988 Chevrolet U.S. Male Soccer Athlete of the Year for his efforts. Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored a sensational goal against the host Azzurri. It was the first time the U.S. had qualified for the World Cup in 40 years and set the stage for the progress of the U.S. National Team. In 1989 and 1990, Vermes became the first American to play in the Hungarian and Dutch First Divisions, playing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueras of the Spanish Second Division.
Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic Assistant Coach Zoran Savic joined Sporting Kansas City late in the 2009 season after a 30-year career at all levels of the game in the United States. A native of Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, Savic began his journey through American soccer with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1980. Savic would go on to star for several MISL teams, with his most prosperous period coming with the Kansas City Comets, with whom he scored 70 goals in just over 100 appearances from 1982-1984.
For MLS’s inaugural season in 1996, Vermes served as captain of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. In 1997, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for current Sporting KC Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin and played in Denver through the 1999 season, leading the Rapids to the 1997 MLS Cup Final.
After retiring as a player in 1991, Savic turned his attention to coaching in the indoor game. Savic led the Kansas City Attack from 1992-1996, winning Coach of the Year honors for the 1994-1995 season while also serving as the team’s General Manager. Savic later coached the Kansas City Comets from 2000-2005.
Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful seasons of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors in helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 after appearing in 184 MLS matches and playing more than 16,000 minutes. He was nominated on the players’ ballot for the National Soccer Hall of Fame from 2007-2012. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Year
PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC MLS Playoffs Open Cup International Total
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 TOTAL
3-6-3 11-13-6 13-9-12 18-7-9 17-10-7 14-13-7 14-11-9 5-6-2 95-75-55
--- --- 2-1-0 1-1-0 2-1-2 0-1-0 0-0-1 --- 5-4-3
--- 0-1-0 3-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 4-0-1 --- 13-4-2
--- --- --- --- 2-0-2 3-2-1 --- --- 5-2-3
In 2007 Savic switched to the outdoor game, joining Chivas USA as an assistant to then-head coach Preki before moving into the commentary booth for Kansas City matches in 2008 and 2009. Savic’s career as a commentator was cut short, however, when newly installed Manager Peter Vermes tabbed Savic to be part of his coaching staff late in the 2009 season.
3-6-3 11-14-6 18-11-12 23-8-10 22-12-11 18-17-8 18-11-11 5-6-2 118-85-63
Assistant Coach | John Pascarella Assistant Coach John Pascarella played professionally for nine seasons before beginning his coaching career in 1998 at the University of Maryland. Pascarella played club soccer with Sporting Kansas City Technical Director Peter Vermes. His playing experience took him to Peru before he returned to the United States to play in the A-League and MLS.
Fitness Coach | Mateus Manoel
Once his playing career was over, Pascarella began coaching as a member of Sasho Cirovski’s staff at Maryland. He then went on to work in Northern Virginia youth soccer circles as a high school coach and Olympic Development Program coach before becoming the Head Coach and Technical Director of the Northern Virginia Royals of the USL’s Premier Development League for two seasons.
Mateus Manoel is in his seventh season with Sporting KC as Head Fitness Coach. His responsibilities cover all aspects of sport performance and science for the team, including strength and conditioning, injury prevention, field practices, nutrition, fitness monitoring (training load and readiness), player re-adaptation following rehab and recovery.
Pascarella joined Kansas City’s technical staff in 2009 and was a goalkeeper and fitness coach until 2011, when he became an assistant.
In the summer of 2010, Manoel was an Assistant Fitness Coach for the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team during the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He had formerly served as the Head Fitness Coach for the Mexican Men’s National Team in 2009, working with renowned coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. During 2007 and 2008, Manoel held a position with Athletes’ Performance in the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, where he worked with professional athletes from a variety of sports, including NFL, NHL, MLB and MLS (Chivas USA and LA Galaxy). Previously, he had assisted with strength and conditioning for D.C. United from the MLS, while concurrently holding the position of Sports Performance Director with Velocity Sports Performance in Alexandria, Virginia. Manoel holds a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from George Washington University, where he was also responsible for the strength and conditioning needs of the Colonials Men’s Varsity Soccer Team. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland - College Park and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Manoel was born in Brazil and is fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Player
#
Games
C.J. Sapong (2011)
34
Games
Davy Arnaud
240
Minutes
Nick Garcia (2000) & Peter Vermes (2000)
2916
Minutes
Kerry Zavagnin
20515
Goals
Dom Dwyer (2014)
22
Goals
Preki
71
Assists
Preki (1997 & 2003)
17
Assists
Preki
98
Shots
Preki (1996)
140
Shots
Preki
693
Shots on goal
Preki (1996)
61
Shots on goal
Preki
283
Fouls Committed
Chris Henderson (2000)
79
Fouls Committed
Davy Arnaud
329
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2004)
111
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud
528
Offsides
Eddie Johnson (2007)
50
Offsides
Eddie Johnson
126
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi (2012)
150
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi
625
Cautions
Aurelien Collin (2013)
13
Cautions
Kerry Zavagnin
44
Ejections
Davy Arnaud (2010)
3
Ejections
Nick Garcia
5
SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)
ALL-TIME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Player
#
Games
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)
34
Games
Jimmy Nielsen
128
Minutes
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)
3060
Minutes
Jimmy Nielsen
11497
Wins
Mike Ammann (1997)
21
Wins
Jimmy Nielsen
57
Losses
Mike Amman (1998)
16
Losses
Tony Meola
45
Draws
Bo Oshoniyi (2005)
12
Draws
Jimmy Nielsen
32
Shutouts
Tony Meola (2000)
16
Shutouts
Jimmy Nielsen
45
Goals Against Avg.
Jimmy Nielsen (2012)
0.79
Goals Allowed
Tony Meola
154
Goals Allowed
Mike Amman (1997) & Kevin Hartman (2007)
45
Saves
Tony Meola
507
Saves
Tony Meola (2000)
129
Goals Against Avg.
Jimmy Nielsen
0.99
SINGLE GAME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Player
#
Goals
Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010)
3
Goals
1996
61
Assists
2000
67
2012
542
Assists
Chris Henderson (1999)
4
Shots
Shots
Preki (1997)
12
Shots on goal
1996
250
2013
511
Shots on goal
Preki (1996), Eddie Johnson (2007)
6
Fouls Committed
Fouls Committed
Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)
8
Fouls Suffered
2000
541
1997
117
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2006)
10
Offsides
Offsides
Alex Bunbury (1999)
7
Corner Kicks
2012
199
12
Cautions
2013
67
Ejections
2011
8
Points
2012
63
Corner Kicks
Alex Zotinca (2006)
SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) Stat
Player
#
Wins
1997
21
Goals Allowed
Bo Oshoniyi
7
Losses
1999
24
Saves
Garth Lagerwey (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000, three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)
9
Ties
2005 & 2011
12
Shutouts
2000
17
Goals Allowed
1996
63
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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Player GP 1. Davy Arnaud 240 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 3. Nick Garcia 224 4. Preki 218 5. Jimmy Conrad 204 6. Chris Klein 200 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 8. Matt Besler* 191 9. Graham Zusi* 184 10. Michael Harrington 149 10. Mo Johnston 149 GAMES STARTED Player GS 1. Kerry Zavagnin 228 224 2. Nick Garcia 3. Davy Arnaud 213 4. Jimmy Conrad 203 5. Preki 199 6. Matt Besler* 186 7. Chris Klein 183 8. Graham Zusi* 147 9. Jack Jewsbury 142 9. Mo Johnston 142
GOALS G Player GP 1. Preki 218 71 2. Davy Arnaud 240 43 2. Josh Wolff 144 43 93 41 4. Dom Dwyer* 5. Chris Klein 200 39 6. Kei Kamara 113 38 7. Mo Johnston 149 31 8. Scott Sealy 88 28 8. Vitalis Takawira 103 28 10. Graham Zusi* 184 24 ASSISTS A Player GP 1. Preki 218 98 2. Graham Zusi* 184 47 2. Chris Klein 200 45 4. Davy Arnaud 240 35 5. Mo Johnston 149 28 6. Benny Feilhaber* 99 27 6. Josh Wolff 144 26 8. Mark Chung 94 25 9. Kerry Zavagnin 237 22 10. Jack Jewsbury 195 20 10. Kei Kamara 113 20 SHOTS Player GP SH 218 693 1. Preki 2. Davy Arnaud 240 452 3. Kei Kamara 113 370 4. Chris Klein 200 312 149 274 5. Mo Johnston 6. Dom Dwyer* 93 280 7. Graham Zusi* 184 276 8. Josh Wolff 144 265 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 216 10. Mark Chung 94 203
MINUTES PLAYED Player MP 1. Kerry Zavagnin 20,515 20,157 2. Nick Garcia 3. Davy Arnaud 19,399 4. Jimmy Conrad 18,194 5. Preki 17,817 16,741 6. Matt Besler* 7. Chris Klein 16,380 13,577 8. Graham Zusi* 9. Jack Jewsbury 13,275 10. Mo Johnston 12,599
SHOTS ON GOAL SOG Player GP 1. Preki 218 283 2. Davy Arnaud 240 176 149 138 3. Mo Johnston 3. Chris Klein 200 138 3. Josh Wolff 144 138 6. Kei Kamara 113 126 7. Dom Dwyer* 93 110 8. Vitalis Takawira 103 102 9. Mark Chung 94 95 10. Jack Jewsbury 195 90
GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Player GP 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 125 2. Tony Meola 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 4. Kevin Hartman 90 5. Mike Ammann 60 35 6. Tim Melia* 7. Chris Snitko 26 8. Eric Kronberg 25 23 9. Garth Lagerwey 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 Player 1. Tony Meola 2. Bo Oshoniyi 3. Kevin Hartman 4. Jimmy Nielsen 5. Mike Amman 6. Tim Melia* 7. Chris Snitko 8. Garth Lagerwey 9. Eric Kronberg 10. Andy Gruenebaum
SAVES
GP 125 96 90 128 60 35 26 23 25 11
SV 507 354 332 304 206 118 95 83 58 34
SHUTOUTS SO Player GP 128 45 1. Jimmy Nielsen 2. Tony Meola 125 37 3. Kevin Hartman 90 22 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 22 35 11 5. Tim Melia* 5. Mike Ammann 60 10 7. Eric Kronberg 25 8 8 3 8. Luis Marin 8. Andy Gruenebaum 11 3 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 3 26 3 8. Chris Snitko GOALKEEPER WINS GW Player GP 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 57 125 49 2. Tony Meola 3. Mike Ammann 60 33 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 33 5. Kevin Hartman 90 30 35 16 6. Tim Melia* 6. Garth Lagerwey 23 12 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9 9. Andy Gruenebaum 11 6 10. Chris Snitko 26 5
FOULS COMMITTED Player GP FC 1. Davy Arnaud 240 329 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 326 3. Matt McKeon 144 309 4. Nick Garcia 224 234 5. Mo Johnston 149 226 6. Roger Espinoza* 142 211 7. Jimmy Conrad 204 210 8. Aurelien Collin 107 191 9. Diego Gutierrez 119 190 10. Jack Jewsbury 195 175 FOULS SUFFERED FS Player GP 1. Davy Arnaud 240 528 2. Preki 218 362 237 354 3. Kerry Zavagnin 4. Nick Garcia 224 250 184 232 5. Graham Zusi* 6. Mark Chung 94 204 93 197 7. Dom Dwyer* 8. Diego Gutierrez 119 196 9. Benny Feilhaber* 99 194 10. Roger Espinoza* 142 190 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Player GP YC 1. Kerry Zavagnin 237 44 2. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Nick Garcia 224 37 4. Aurelien Collin 107 31 119 30 5. Diego Gutierrez 5. Matt McKeon 144 30 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 28 7. Mo Johnston 149 28 9. Jimmy Conrad 204 27 10. Matt Besler* 191 25 10. Roger Espinoza* 142 25
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CORNER KICKS Player GP CK 1. Graham Zusi* 184 625 2. Preki 218 452 3. Claudio Lopez 57 188 4. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 175 5. Francisco Gomez 114 157 6. Chris Henderson 61 154 7. Chris Klein 200 152 8. Davy Arnaud 240 144 9. Benny Feilhaber* 99 124 10. Carlos Marinelli 41 91 GAME-WINNING GOALS Player GP GWG 1. Preki 218 13 2. Chris Klein 200 12 3. Kei Kamara 113 11 3. Josh Wolff 144 11 93 10 5. Dom Dwyer* 5. Davy Arnaud 240 10 7. Graham Zusi* 184 8 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 110 7 9. C.J. Sapong 9. Scott Sealy 88 7 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS GWA Player GP 1. Preki 218 23 184 21 2. Graham Zusi* 3. Chris Klein 200 16 4. Davy Arnaud 240 10 4. Josh Wolff 144 10 6. Chance Myers* 142 8 6. Jack Jewsbury 195 8 6. Mo Johnston 149 8 6. Kei Kamara 113 8 6. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8 MULTI-GOAL GAMES MGG Player GP 1. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 2. Preki 218 7 93 6 3. Dom Dwyer* 3. Kei Kamara 113 5 3. Scott Sealy 88 5 3. Josh Wolff 144 5 7. Mo Johnston 149 4 7. Chris Klein 200 4 10. Graham Zusi* 184 3 10. Davy Arnaud 240 3 89 3 10. Teal Bunbury 10. Eddie Johnson 43 3 PENALTY KICK GOALS PKG Player GP 1. Preki 218 21 93 7 2. Dom Dwyer* 3. Benny Feilhaber* 99 6 3. Kei Kamara 113 5 5. Claudio Lopez 57 4 6. Claudio Bieler 41 3 6. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 3 6. Jack Jewsbury 195 3 6. Josh Wolff 144 3 10. Omar Bravo 27 2 10. Matt McKeon 144 2 Player 1. Dom Dwyer* 2. Kei Kamara 3. Preki 4. Scott Sealy 5. Josh Wolff 6. Vitalis Takawira 7. Mark Chung 8. Mo Johnston 9. Chris Klein 10. C.J. Sapong *Minimum 20 goals
GOALS PER GAME GP 93 113 218 88 144 103 94 149 200 110
GLS 41 38 71 28 43 28 20 31 39 20
AVG 0.44 0.34 0.33 0.32 0.30 0.27 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.18
BOLD * - denotes player on current roster
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON / 1996-2015) GAMES PLAYED Year Player GP 2011 C.J. Sapong 34 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2012 Kei Kamara 33 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 GAMES STARTED Year Player GS 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 8 players tied with 32 MINUTES PLAYED MIN Year Player 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2000 Nick Garcia 2915 2000 Peter Vermes 2915 1996 Preki 2880 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2880 2011 Matt Besler 2880 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Year Player GP 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 32 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2000 Tony Meola 31 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 Year 2000 2003 2008 2005 2007
Player Tony Meola Tony Meola Kevin Hartman Bo Oshoniyi Kevin Hartman
Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 2008 Kevin Hartman 2010 Jimmy Nielsen
SAVES GP 31 30 30 32 30
SV 129 121 117 112 110
SHUTOUTS GP SO 31 16 34 15 34 13 30 10 29 10
GOALKEEPER WINS Year Player GP GW 1997 Mike Ammann 29 21 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 17 2000 Tony Meola 31 15 1996 Garth Lagerwey 23 12 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Year Player GP GA GAA 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.79 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.88 31 29 0.92 2000 Tony Meola 2004 Tony Meola 21 22 1.05 2014 Eric Kronberg 19 20 1.05 *Minimum 1,000 minutes played
Year Player 2014 Dom Dwyer 1996 Preki 2007 Eddie Johnson 1996 Vitalis Takawira 1997 Preki 2000 Miklos Molnar 2003 Preki 2015 Dom Dwyer
GOALS GP GOALS 33 22 32 18 24 15 28 13 27 12 17 12 30 12 30 12
Year Player 1997 Preki 2003 Preki 2000 Preki 2012 Graham Zusi 2015 Benny Feilhaber 1996 Preki 1998 Preki
ASSISTS GP ASSISTS 27 17 30 17 31 15 32 15 32 15 32 13 25 13
Year Player 1996 Preki 2012 Kei Kamara 2014 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki 2015 Dom Dwyer
SHOTS GP SHOTS 32 140 33 134 33 113 30 97 30 96
SHOTS ON GOAL Year Player GP SOG 1996 Preki 32 61 2012 Kei Kamara 33 49 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 48 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 48 1997 Preki 27 44 2002 Preki 25 44 FOULS COMMITTED GP FC Year Player 2000 Chris Henderson 31 79 2001 Matt McKeon 26 76 1997 Matt McKeon 31 75 2000 Matt McKeon 30 75 31 66 2013 Oriol Rosell FOULS SUFFERED Year Player GP FS 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 111 2005 Davy Arnaud 31 85 2015 Dom Dwyer 30 81 1999 Preki 30 77 2006 Davy Arnaud 32 76 2014 Benny Feilhaber 31 73 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) GP YC Year Player 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 13 2011 Aurelien Collin 23 10 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 10 1997 Mo Johnston 29 9 2005 Jose Burciaga Jr. 31 9 EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3 7 players tied with 2
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CORNER KICKS GP CK Year Player 2012 Graham Zusi 32 150 2013 Graham Zusi 27 128 2014 Graham Zusi 25 125 2009 Claudio Lopez 29 123 2011 Graham Zusi 32 97 OFFSIDES Year Player GP OFF 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 50 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 44 1997 Vitalis Takawira 28 43 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 38 2000 Chris Henderson 31 36 GAME-WINNING GOALS Year Player GP GWG 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 6 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 6 33 6 2014 Dom Dwyer 1997 Preki 27 5 31 5 2012 C.J. Sapong 2015 Krisztian Nemeth 27 5 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Year Player GP GWA 2000 Chris Henderson 31 5 2000 Matt McKeon 30 5 2003 Preki 30 5 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 5 2004 Josh Wolff 26 5 2012 Graham Zusi 32 5 2013 Graham Zusi 27 5 PENALTY KICK GOALS GP PKG Year Player 1996 Preki 32 7 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 7 2015 Benny Feilhaber 32 5 2003 Preki 30 5 1997 Preki 27 3 1998 Preki 25 3 2006 Jose Burciaga Jr. 30 3 2013 Claudio Bieler 28 3 GOALS PER GAME GP GLS AVG Year Player 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 12 0.71 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 0.67 24 15 0.63 2007 Eddie Johnson 1996 Preki 32 18 0.56 2013 Kei Kamara 15 7 0.47 *Minimum 5 goals
BOLD * - denotes current season
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 21, 2016 vs. Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Career: 71 Preki Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014) Game: 3 6 times Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd) Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL Career: 283 Preki Season: 61 Preki (1996) Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA) Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/007 vs. NY) Half: 4 6 times
CORNER KICKS Career: 625 Graham Zusi Season: 150 Graham Zusi (2012) Game: 12 Alex Zotinca (07/22/2006 at NY) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (04/10/1999 vs. SJ, 2nd) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (05/20/2000 vs. SJ, 1st)
ASSISTS Career: 98 Preki Season: 17 Preki (1997) Season: 17 Preki (2003) Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET) Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st) Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st)
FOULS COMMITTED Career: 329 Davy Arnaud Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000) Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL) Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL) Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)
GOALS ALLOWED Career: 154 Tony Meola Season: 45 Mike Ammann (1997) Season: 45 Kevin Hartman (2007) Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/201 vs. CHI) Half: 4 6 times
FOULS SUFFERED Career: 528 Davy Arnaud Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004) Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY) Half: 6 7 times
SAVES Career: 507 Tony Meola Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000) Game: 9 9 times Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/23/2000 at MET, 1st) Half: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (06/13/2001 at LA, 2nd) Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/08/2003 vs. SJ, 1st)
SHOTS Career: 693 Preki Season: 140 Preki (1996) Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB) Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd) Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd) Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Season: 61 in 1996 Game: 6 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Game: 6 06/21/1997 vs. DC Game: 6 06/20/1999 vs. MET 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 5 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd) Half: 5 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd) ASSISTS Season: 67 in 2000 Game: 10 06/20/1999 vs. MET 2-Tms: 12 07/04/2001 vs. CHI Half: 8 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st) SHOTS Season: 542 in 2012 Game: 34 05/15/2016 vs ORL 2-Tms: 44 08/14/1999 at MET 2-Tms: 44 08/05/2000 vs. LA 2-Tms: 44 06/09/2001 at MIA Half: 19 07/28/2012 vs. CLB (2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 250 in 1996 Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st) FOULS COMMITTED Season: 511 in 2013 Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB 2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st) Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd) Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st) FOULS SUFFERED Season: 541 in 2000 Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL 2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)
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CORNER KICKS Season: 199 in 2012 Game: 15 04/10/1999 vs. SJ 2-Tms: 22 08/14/1999 at MET Half: 10 04/10/1999 vs. SJ (2nd) GOALS ALLOWED Season: 63 in 1996 Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 4 7 times SAVES Season: 133 in 1999 Game: 9 10 times 2-Tms: 18 04/18/1997 vs. DAL 2-Tms: 18 09/02/2000 vs. TB Half: 7 08/23/2000 at MET (1st) Half: 7 06/13/2001 at LA (2d) Half: 7 08/08/2003 vs. SJ (1st)
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EARLY PACING STILL BODES WELL FOR RSL: While a pair of back-to-back 0-1 losses at Colorado & Houston in as many weeks have dropped RSL to 5-3-2 and 17 points from 10 games, removing the Claret-and-Cobalt from the top spot in the MLS points-pergame average race (now 1.70, trailing both Colorado – 2.09 – and Los Angeles – 1.90, two teams that have defeated RSL away, as well as Dallas at 1.77, having played 3 add’l games), RSL remains on a record pace for 58 points in 2016, a pacing obviously tested on the current 5game road trip, the longest stretch away from Utah in RSL history … FLOODING-RELATED POSTPONEMENTS TWICE IN 364 GAMES: Last Saturday in Houston, RSL saw its game postponed 15 hours due to extreme weather and flooding in South Texas, the second time in the club’s 364-game history across all competitions that a game had been unable to kick off as scheduled on same day … The previous instance came in July, 2011, when Vancouver’s initial stadium, Empire Field, saw its newly-installed temporary grass surface flooded by downpours just two days prior to a friendly against Manchester City … In both delays, RSL suffered shutouts – 0-1 last week in Houston after a 15-hour delay, 0-3 at Vancouver after a 60-day one … HARDWARE DENIED BY FIRST SHUTOUT SUFFERED OF 2016: RSL failed two weeks ago to capture its first piece of hardware this season, as the Claret-and-Cobalt suffered its first shutout of the season at the hands of Rapids GK Zac MacMath, who was excellent in Colorado’s 1-0 win at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in suburban Denver … Now, RSL will have to wait until a home game on August 26 against Tim Howard and Jermaine Jones to capture the coveted Rocky Mountain Cup for the eighth time in the last 10 seasons … Five weeks ago, RSL won 1-0 over the Rapids, extending the Claret-andCobalt unbeaten streak at home to 13 consecutive regular-season games played against Colorado without a loss, dating back to Sept. 22, 2007 – winning 9 of the 13 with four draws … RSL has captured seven of the 11 alltime regional cups in the rivalry, outscoring the Rapids 22-5 in the last 13 meetings on Utah soil (Colorado has never won at Rio Tinto Stadium, and last won at Rice-Eccles in April, 2007) … Colorado’s USMNT stars Tim Howard and Jermaine Jones should arrive in SLC when the teams meet again that Friday, August 26, nationally on Univision Deportes Network and KMYU in Utah … RSL LOOKING TO REBOUND FROM NON-PLAYOFF 2015: RSL’s 4-0-2 start to the season earned the club the distinction of being the last MLS side to suffer a loss, which happened with a dismal first-half performance in a 2-5 loss at LA on April 23 … Overall, RSL is ultimately seeking a return to the postseason after not qualifying in 2015, its first nonplayoff year in eight seasons, dating back to 2007… Last year saw an unprecedented amount of change due to roster turnover, injury and the demands of learning a new formation … Despite the disappointment in league play, RSL did advance to the Semifinals of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, losing at eventual champion Sporting Kansas City, and won its 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions League group with a 3-0-1 mark rd (10 points), earning the 3 overall seed in this year’s CCL Quarterfinal stage, where it was ousted 3-1 on aggregate by Mexican power Tigres UANL … EARLY-SEASON ROAD WARRIORS: RSL had fared well away from home early on in 2016, as Head Coach Jeff Cassar’s club kicked off the MLS season with a 1-1-2 mark in its first four road matches … With the last two scoreless matches away, RSL still must play at total of nine of first 13 away from home overall to kick off 2016 for the deepest glut of road games in RSL’s 12 seasons …
BACK TO THE SCENE: This weekend, RSL returns to Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, the site of the club’s lone 2016 road win, a 2-1 decision back on April 2 … In that match, RSL – missing five starters due to suspension (Beckerman, Martinez, Olave) or injury (Rimando, Morales) – rode goals from DF Justen Glad and MF Luke Mulholland to a 2-0 lead, before a late PK halved the lead and denied Jeff Attinella the clean sheet …
LATEST RSL INJURY REPORT (Thurs., 5/18) QUESTIONABLE: DF Aaron Maund (R hamstring 4/30) DF Phanuel Kavita (R MCL 3/5) DF Boyd Okwuonu (concussion 3/5) FW Emery Welshman (hip flexor 3/10)
PROBABLE: FW Olmes Garcia (R ankle 3/23) MF Sunday Stephen (R ankle 4/9) DF Demar Phillips (R hamstring 5/12)
HARDSHIP RULE INVOKED EARLY-APRIL AT KANSAS CITY: In that game, suspensions affected availability for RSL Captain Kyle Beckerman and DF Jamison Olave (both receiving red cards in the th March 19 2-2 draw at Portland), as well as Argentine FW Juan Manuel Martinez (MLS Disciplinary Committee suspension for late tackle on March 19 at Portland), while Head Coach Jeff Cassar also dealt with injuries to MF Javier Morales (broken ribs), FW Emery Welshman (hip flexor), FW Olmes Garcia (ankle), MF Omar Holness (shoulder), DF Boyd Okwuonu (concussion), DF Phanuel Kavita (knee) and MF Fito Ovalle (personal). Those absences allowed RSL the invocation of Major League Soccer’s “Extreme Hardship” rule, where clubs could sign players 25-years-old or younger from their USL affiliate on loan for MLS season games … The “hardship” exists when an MLS club has fewer than 15 total players available or when an MLS club with three goalkeepers on its roster has fewer than two goalkeepers available … Based on the previous week’s performances with the USL Real Monarchs and RSL’s positional depth needs, DF Emilio Orozco and MF Andrew Brody joined the team on that weekend’s jaunt to Kansas City …
ALL-TIME RSL HISTORY AGAINST KANSAS CITY: The early-April RSL win evened the Claret-and-Cobalt’s all-time regular season series with Kansas City to an all-time 8-8-5 mark, one which includes KC’s dominant 5-2-4 mark at home … The 2-1 RSL win on April 2 snapped a winless streak of 7 games (all comps) at Kansas City, not winning since 2009 … th
Overall, RSL is now 2-6-5 in KC, with DF Justen Glad’s 29 -minute header – his first professional goal – snapping a streak of 446 minutes (MLS play) without scoring in KC dating back to 2010 … The win was RSL’s first at what is now Children’s Mercy Park, where RSL has posted a 1-2-2 reg. season mark … The road team in this fixture has just two wins in the last 13 meetings across all competitions, the one prior to April 2 coming back in July 2013, when Ike Opara headed home a much-disputed 97th-minute winner at Rio Tinto Stadium … RSL held the upper hand during the 2015 regular season, winning twice at home and securing a 0-0 draw in Kansas City … Sporting KC, however, won a dramatic U.S. Open Cup semifinal at Children's Mercy Park on Aug. 12, erasing an early deficit to win 3-1 … Sporting KC and RSL combined for 20 yellow cards and one red card in four meetings last season, including the Open Cup semi … RIMANDO 400 FINALLY OFFICIAL: th RSL GK Nick Rimando made his 400 career MLS regular-season appearance a month ago in LA, just one week after extending the all-time th MLS clean sheet record with his 125 career shutout (89 in an RSL uniform) th April 16 against Vancouver … Rimando – now in his 10 year with RSL and th his 18 in MLS – is a Montclair, Calif., native and former UCLA ‘keeper who th returned to his Southern California home to make his 400 career MLS regular-season appearance (all starts), just the second-ever player to attain the threshold (GK Kevin Hartman, 416) … Legendary USA MetroStars and Kansas City GK Tony Meola ranks #2 in all-time starts without an appearance off the bench, with (only) 250 …
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MORE MILESTONES FOR WALL OF THE WASATCH: Rimando – known affectionately as the “Wall of the Wasatch” by MLS fans – th made his 300 career RSL appearance (all competitions in the 10 seasons th from 2007-present) in the April 30 2-1 win over Houston, one which will be th remembered for his 80 -minute “face save” to secure the three points for RSL …
PERSONAL-HIGH 17 OF RIMANDO’S SHUTOUTS STALL RAPIDS: While RSL GK Nick Rimando’s career MLS shutout #124 nearly came in Orlando on opening day – the final 65 seconds obviously changed that – it was finally added to the record books April 9 against Colorado, against whom the Wall of the Wasatch has amassed 17 of his 125 career shutouts, his highest total vs. one team ... April 16 against Vancouver, Rimando extended his MLSrecord total for clean sheets to 125 (with 89 coming in an RSL kit) … Victims over the last 18 cumulative seasons, in descending order: Colorado (17), Chicago / Chivas / San Jose (10 each), Red Bulls (9), LA Galaxy / New England (8 each), Columbus & D.C. (7 each), Kansas City (6), Dallas / Houston / Portland / Toronto (5 each), Vancouver (3), Philadelphia (2), Montreal, NYCFC and Tampa Bay (1 each) ...
RIMANDO’S MLS HISTORY AGAINST SPOT KICKS: Despite allowing Adi to convert the equalizing penalty kick late on March 19 in Portland, RSL GK Nick Rimando has achieved legendary status as a PK stopper in MLS play, stoning Gerrard at LA April 23 and denying opponents on a total of 18 of 45 attempts during his 10 MLS seasons with RSL, his 8 PK saves in the 2013-16 seasons doubling the total of any other GK … For his MLS career, Rimando has saved 27 of 75 attempts from the spot, in addition to his scintillating efforts in shootout tiebreakers to enable RSL to advance to and win MLS Cup 2009 (also engaged in playoff PK shootouts in 2004 with D.C. United and 2013 for RSL) …
FEAST OR FAMINE AWAY FROM RIOT: With RSL conceding five goals away at LA in late April, the club has now allowed 51 goals in its last 24 road games dating back to last season, an astonishing 2.13 goals per game (by comparison, RSL has allowed just 16 goals at home in its last 23 games at Rio Tinto Stadium) … On 11 occasions – nearly half of the last 24 road games – RSL has allowed 3 or more goals, posting a 5-16-3 mark away dating back to last Easter … RSL has conceded just one or fewer goals in 9 of the last 24 road games, including the last two weeks at Houston and Colorado …
RIOT AT THE RIOT IN BACK HALF OF SEASON: However, following the field renovation and the league-wide Copa America break in early June, RSL will play five of its next six and seven of its next nine at home, beginning on June 14 in Open Cup play and then June 18 against Portland, leading into the annual MLS All-Star Break in late July … RSL also sees another late-season stretch of six out of eight at home from late August to late October, prior to the season finale at Seattle on Oct. 23 … Other potential home game additions could occur during Open Cup windows of June 29/30, July 19/20, August 9/10 and Sept. 20/21 …
HOUSTON WIN FIRST WITH MAESTRO MORALES AS STARTER: Incredibly, four of RSL’s five MLS wins this season have come with RSL MF Javier Morales either unavailable (v SEA, at KC, v VAN) or off the bench (v th COL), with only the April 30 2-1 comeback over Houston seeing the maestro in the starting lineup … Morales – who has been in and out of the lineup this season due to broken ribs and/or flu bug – did come off the bench four weeks ago against Colorado to set up Plata’s game-winner, and started and played the full 90 each of the last two weeks …
ARGENTINE DUO POTENT FOR RSL: Thus far this season when Javier Morales and Juan Manuel Martinez are on the field together (436 minutes), RSL outscores its opponents by a 6-3 margin … On the offensive side, the Argentine duo bring a creative flair unlike many in MLS, with the combination of metronomic tempo and unpredictable flash providing a constant threat …
POINTS FROM A LOSING POSITION: RSL’s early-season pair of comeback wins at home – on both March 12 and April 30, both recovering from an 0-1 deficit to capture the full three points against Seattle and Houston – replicates a feat that occurred just once in the club’s disappointing 2015 season … Last October 4, RSL ventured on the road in Colorado to rebound from an early deficit to win, 2-1, on a Luke Mulholland blast, in MLS game #30 a year ago …
2016 RSL OVERVIEW 2015 RESULTS:
MLS: 11-15-8 (9th West, 16th MLS); Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (3-1-0, Semifinalist); SCCL Group G winner (3-0-1, 10 pts.)
HEAD COACH:
Jeff Cassar, 10th Season w/ Club (3rd as HC: 32-26-20 all comps, 1.49 ppg)
TECHNICAL STAFF: GM Craig Waibel, 3rd Season; Head Scout Andy Williams, 12th Season; Asst. Coach Ted Eck, 3rd Season; Asst. Coach Tyrone Marshall, 2nd Season Asst. Coach Daryl Shore, 3rd Season; Asst. Coach Richie Williams, 1st Season; 2015 LEADERS:
Goals: Javier Morales (8 total, 3 game-winning) Assists: Javier Morales (12 total, 3 game-winning) In Goal: Nick Rimando (66 saves, 8 shutouts) Appearances: Olmes Garcia (33) Starts: Tony Beltran (31) Minutes: Tony Beltran (2,774)
KEY ADDITIONS:
FW Yura Movsisyan; MF Sunday Stephen; DF Chris Wingert; FW Emery Welshman
KEY DEPARTURES: MF Luis Gil; FW Sebastian Jaime; DF Chris Schuler; MF Luis Silva PREFERRED XI (4-3-3): GK: Nick Rimando (18) DF: Tony Beltran (2) / Jamison Olave (4) / Aaron Maund (21) / Chris Wingert (16)
RIO TINTO STADIUM FIELD RENOVATION NOW ONGOING: The main impetus on RSL’s early-season / road-heavy slate is due to a May 1 – June 13 field replacement at the world-class Sandy venue … An exact replication of the base and field surface is now installed, as RSL has played more than 150 games at home since the Oct. 9, 2008 opener …
MF: Kyle Beckerman (5) / “Sunny” (8) / Javier Morales (11) FW: Juan Manuel Martinez (7) / Yura Movsisyan (14) / Joao Plata (10)
BENCH: GK Jeff Attinella, DF Justen Glad, DF Demar Phillips, MF Luke Mulholland, MF John Stertzer, MF Jordan Allen, FW Olmes Garcia, FW Devon Sandoval, FW Emery Welshman
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PLATA RETURNS TO STARTING XI AFTER ABSENCE: RSL FW Joao Plata – who had not started in three consecutive weekends after suffering a hip flexor strain in training April 20 – returned to action two weeks ago at Colorado off the bench, and returned to the XI last Sunday in Houston … Prior to his injury, Plata assaulted the league leaderboards, having scored or assisted in a six consecutive games, one off the club record (MF Javier Morales, Aug.-Sept. 2014) … Plata added yet another game-winning assist April 16 against Vancouver, just one week after scoring the game-winner in the 1-0 home win over Colorado to bring his 2016 total to 4 goals / 4 assists on the young season … The diminutive Ecuadoran was also robbed of another assist as FW Yura Movsisyan’s legitimate goal against Colorado that would have given RSL a 2-0 scoreline was disallowed … Plata – now in his fourth season with RSL – had scored or assisted on nine of RSL’s 11 goals in CONCACAF and MLS play this season (prior to the 4 scored in his absence), with only FW Yura Movsisyan’s “strip-streak” past Nat Borchers 3/19 at Portland and the long-range Luke Mulholland seeingeye blast in Kansas City outside Plata’s influence …
#SWISSARMYKNIFE JORDAN ALLEN STEPS UP: RSL’s dynamic third-year player Jordan Allen found the back of the net April 30 against Houston for his first of the season, a dramatic equalizer just minutes after the Dynamo took a 1-0 lead … Allen was sprung by fellow RSL homegrown Justen Glad, who combined with fellow centerback Jamison Olave to win the ball back after a recycled corner kick and spring Allen in alone … Earlier in the year, Allen stepped up for his first-ever start at the #10 spot in the 2-1 victory March 12 against Seattle … The win – without MF Javier Morales, the team’s midfield maestro out with a hip injury suffered in the 2-2 draw at Orlando – was the first in eight games played th without the 10 -year Argentine since May 14, 2015, in a 2-1 win at Chicago … RSL now boasts four wins without the maestro this season, equaling its total from the previous 42 games … SO SO CLOSE TO ROAD CLEAN SHEET: Back on April 2 at Kansas City, RSL was one disputed PK call away th from a potential road clean sheet, as the 89 -minute lunge outside the box from MF John Stertzer was adjudged by Referee Ted Unkel to be in the box, allowing SKC man Dom Dwyer to convert the spot kick against GK Jeff Attinella … That’s the only goal RSL had conceded in the month of April prior to the LA debacle, in 270 minutes of action, on the heels of an eventful March that saw RSL allow 5 goals in three games, including four late goals at Orlando and Portland in red-card-marred contests … MOVING ON WITHOUT MAUND IN MIDDLE: Midway through the first half April 30 against Houston, RSL DF Aaron Maund suffered a hamstring strain after getting tangled up in a tackle from behind by Dynamo FW Giles Barnes, forcing the former Notre th Dame man out in the 36 minute … To that point of the year, Maund had been the lone RSL player to have played every minute of the season (666 in MLS play, 180 in CCL action), emerging from deep on the 2015 preseason depth chart to have now started 37 of RSL’s last 40 games across all competitions … Maund has missed each of the last 2 weeks after receiving PRP therapy on the hamstring on May 2, but could be part of the selection this weekend in Kansas City …
WINGERT RETURN NOW EVEN MORE CRITICAL: Due to Maund’s injury, late preseason acquisition Chris Wingert moves up the centerback depth chart behind Jamison Olave and Justen Glad … RSL lost Wingert a year ago to expansion side NYCFC and former boss Jason Kreis … The former St. John’s D/M was originally acquired back in 2007, claimed via waivers from Colorado just three days before the famed Medhi Ballouchy/Kyle Beckerman trade with the Rapids in late June of that year … Wingert, Beckerman, Rimando and Morales all arrived within months of each other in 2007, forever transforming the competitive culture of the club … MOVSISYAN GAME-WINNER REKINDLES MEMORIES: RSL FW Yura Movsisyan found the back of the net April 30 with a game-winner against Houston, the goal his first on Utah soil since October, 2009, a 3-0 win over Colorado that clinched a playoff berth for RSL and simultaneously eliminated the Rapids for the third consecutive season … nd
Yura’s 2 goal of the year was his first since March 19 at Portland, stripping Nat Borchers and sprinting 55 yards towards goal before calmly slotting a lefty shot past Adam Kwarasey to give RSL a 2-0 lead in Portland … Despite the 6+ year gap, Yura only went two reg. season MLS games without scoring (technically) …
YURA’S BACK!: RSL entered 2016 buoyed by the return of the club’s sixth all-time leading scorer, as FW Yura Movsisyan has been loaned from Spartak Moscow of the Russian Premier League for 2016 … Yura scored 15 goals in 50 appearances for RSL from 2007-09, culminating in MLS Cup 2009 … Reunited with fellow RSL champions Kyle Beckerman, Nick Rimando, Chris Wingert, Tony Beltran, Jamison Olave and Javier Morales, the man who scored 70 goals in 177 Danish / Russian Premier League or Armenian National Team games since departing RSL stated simply upon his return: “I’m here to win Championships.” … With the 2 goals this season, Movsisyan is now tied with former FW/head coach Jason Kreis with 17 in his RSL career, good for eighth in club annals …
RSL SNAPS FUTILITY STREAK AGAINST VANCOUVER: ST While the April 16 RSL win was the club’s 101 on Utah soil since 2008 – averaging 2.12 points per game while posting an impressive 101-2240 mark across all competitions in that time – the club had not defeated Vancouver since September, 2013, when a shock 1-0 win at BC Place occurred three days prior to that year’s Open Cup Final … Prior to last week, RSL was 0-4-2 overall against the Whitecaps since that time, including a 0-1-2 mark at Rio Tinto Stadium (including last season’s 0-1 home loss that saw red card ejections to DF Jamison Olave and FW Sebastian Saucedo, as well as the Whitecaps’ stoppage-time equalizer in 2014 … Last year’s Whitecaps win at the RioT was the first for a Canadian side in 16 all-time Vancouver/Montreal/Toronto visits to Utah, RSL now boasting a 12-1-5 all-time mark against the “Maple Leaf collective” on the Wasatch Front …
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RSL’s RED CARD EPIDEMIC STARTED WITH VANCOUVER VISIT: In the March 19 2-2 draw at Portland, RSL saw MF Kyle Beckerman and DF Jamison Olave each ejected, RSL’s second and third red cards in the young MLS season … Following DF Demar Phillips’ ejection 22 minutes into the March 6 opener at Orlando, the ejections continue a disturbing trend, as 2015 saw the club set a dubious new mark for RSL with 9 red cards in 34 games, surpassing the club’s season-record 7 set in 2013, 2011 and 2009 ... Outside MLS competition last year, FW Olmes Garcia was shown a straight red for a late tackle behind play Aug. 12 at Kansas City in the 13 elimination from the Open Cup, while on Sept. 15 in the CCL, MF John Stertzer was ejected in the 81st after receiving his second yellow card just 6 minutes after his first, causing RSL to play with 10 men the final 10’ and forcing Stertzer out of the home Santa Tecla tilt ... Additionally, RSL head coach Jeff Cassar was dismissed in two games last year (Aug. 4 at VAN and July 11 at COL, post-game) ... RSL has now played 429 games across all competitions in its 12-year history – 363 MLS reg. season, 21 MLS Cup Playoff, 23 Open Cup and 22 CONCACAF Champions League – and has been reduced to nine men in a game just 5 times, but just once at home (last April’s 0-1 loss to Vancouver started a run of 3 double-reds in the last 46 games overall, 36 in MLS play) ... The list: Feb. 22, 2011 (CCL) @ Columbus - 0:0 T (Beltran/Borchers) April 21, 2012 (MLS) @ San Jose - 1:3 L (Olave/Espindola) April 18, 2015 (MLS) v Vancouver - 0:1 L (Olave/Saucedo) June 24, 2015 (MLS) @ Red Bulls - 0:1 L (Morales/Phillips) March 19, 2016 (MLS) @ Portland – 2:2 T (Beckerman/Olave) OLAVE SETS DUBIOUS MARK: With the red card on March 19 at Portland, RSL DF Jamison Olave now owns the dubious distinction of being the all-time expulsion leader in Major League Soccer’s 21-year history, with 10 ejections in 205 career games played … RSL Captain Kyle Beckerman – who is the league’s all-time yellow card (88) and fouls committed (588) leader, in part due to appearing in more games than any field player in MLS history (388) – received his fourth all-time red card, and his first since 2012, on March 19 … HOME-OPENING DRAMA AGAINST SEATTLE: RSL improved to 5-0-7 all-time on Utah soil in MLS openers with the th March 12 , 2-1 comeback win over Seattle, as FW Joao Plata assisted th on both goals, each coming late in each half … In the 44 minute, a Plata corner kick found newcomer MF Sunny at the corner of the box, his pinpoint header giving the Spanish-raised Nigerian a goal on his th first-ever MLS shot … then, in the 86 minute, a Plata free kick sailed across the box to FW Juan Manuel Martinez, whose offering far post found DF Jamison Olave, who outjumped the SEA ‘keeper to give RSL the full 3 points … OPENING NIGHT AT THE RIOT: th In actuality, Real Salt Lake kicked off the home portion of its 12 season 10 days earlier on March 2, succumbing in a 1-1 elimination draw against Mexican power Tigres UANL, which had won the home leg 2-0 back on Feb. 24 in Monterrey … That night’s match – RSL’s first knockout-round SCCL contest at Rio rd Tinto Stadium since an 0-1 loss on April 27, 2011 – marked the 3 largest crowd for RSL at the venue, as a sold-out, standing-room only mass of 20,921 was only 84 shy of surpassing the 21,004 that saw RSL defeat LA, 3-0, last Sept. 19, and just 53 shy of eclipsing the 20,956 that saw Kaka and Orlando last July 4 in another 1-1 draw …
ALWAYS “SUNNY” AT THE RIOT: In addition to Movsisyan and Wingert, RSL has added an experienced, pedigreed midfield presence in Nigerian MF Sunday Stephan Obayan, the former Valencia man who has been playing professionally in Turkey in recent years … Known simply as “Sunny” (which is what will appear on his jersey), the 27-year old was capped by the Super Eagles in 2010 after an extensive youth international career with Spain, where he emigrated as a 15-year old … His reputation as a young starlet saw his Second Division club, Poli, Ejido, reject lucrative transfer overtures from the likes of Real Madrid and Atletico … After 8 years in Spain from 2005-13, Sunny has played just 50 games in Israel, Bulgaria and Turkey in the last two seasons before signing with RSL … A two-way midfielder known for his crisp passing and defensive bite, Sunny provides depth in midfield alongside Kyle Beckerman, Luke Mulholland, John Stertzer, rookies Danilo Acosta and Omar Holness, and behind Javier Morales & Jordan Allen …
BURRITO BACK FOR FULL SEASON: The biggest benefit for RSL’s inability to secure Yura Movsisyan’s transfer from Spartak Moscow in last Summer’s window was GM Craig Waibel’s “backup” signing of Argentine FW Juan Manuel Martinez from Boca Juniors … Nicknamed “Burrito,” Martinez immediately injected a spark into the RSL attack, as the club scored eight goals in his first four games, the outside winger atop the 4-3-3 offering a secondary playmaker option, a scintillating work rate and a defensive dimension that accelerated how Joao Plata & Olmes Garcia, among others, understood their roles in the diamond departure … Martinez and his family have assimilated so quickly to life in Utah that he day after RSL’s late-October elimination from the MLS Cup Playoffs, Martinez asked for a contract extension, and later told Waibel in his season-ending exit meeting that the club and its fans “have seen only about 70-75% of what I can do” in an initial eight games that saw a goal, an assist and the creation of dozen other quality scoring chances …
BELTRAN THE IRON MAN: RSL DF Tony Beltran has called the Wasatch Front home since 2008, and enters 2016 coming off an All-Star campaign that saw him lead the club in minutes (2,774) and starts (31), second only to FW Olmes Garcia (33) in appearances (31) … The Iron Man has appeared in all but 21 of the last 183 starting selections since the beginning of 2012 in either Jeff Cassar’s or Jason Kreis’ XI across all competitions, after battling Robbie Russell and Chris Wingert for time early in his career as part of a three-outside back rotation … TH
10 SEASON ON WASATCH FOR ICONS KYLE, NICK, JAVI: RSL’s iconic trio of GK Nick Rimando, Capt. Kyle Beckerman and MF Javier Morales arrived with RSL throughout the 2007 season, making th this year each player’s 10 with the Claret-and-Cobalt … Rimando – already the all-time MLS leader in shutouts (125) – could eclipse Kevin Hartman in several categories, including wins (needs 4 to surpass), starts (12), games (15) and minutes (928) … “The Wall of the Wasatch” is roughly ½ a season away from securing G.O.A.T. (“Greatest of All Time) status … Beckerman continues racking up the numbers as Major League Soccer’s all-time leader amongst field players in games played (388), the RSL captain is just 984 minutes from overtaking Steve Ralston, the former Tampa Bay/New England star … Beckerman is also 13 starts from eclipsing Ralston for every field-player service category, with this th season – his 18 in MLS – as the league’s all-time leader in both fouls (588) and yellow cards (88) … Those totals and that distinction sounds worse than it actually is, considering the dreadlocked warrior averages just one foul every 55 minutes played – mostly at the defensive midfielder position – and just one yellow card every 4.5 games played …
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Morales, known as “The Maestro,” entered 2016 off back-to-back seasons that have seen him notch career highs in goals (9 in 2014 / 8 in 2015) and assists (12 in each of 2014/15) … Javi was stellar in last Fall’s SCCL group stage, providing assists on each of the club’s last 3 goals, the trio coming at home in 2-1 and 1-0 wins over Santa Tecla (SLV) and Municipal (GUA) to secure 10 of a possible 12 points and win Group G, earning the #3 seed in the knockout round … Morales has long served as the fulcrum for the RSL attack, the ageless wonder returning to the field in Oct. 2011 after a shattered ankle suffered just 2 weeks following the CCL Final loss to Monterrey … Morales, with 45 goals and 77 assists in 214 career MLS games, boasts 25% of the Utah club’s all-time scoring, despite missing all of 2005/06 and most of 2007/2011 … Javi needs just one game-winning goal to match former FW Alvaro Saborio for club’s all-time lead (21), the Argentine already with one more game-winning assist (18) than captain Beckerman (17) …
REGGAE BOYZ FIND A HOME IN UTAH: Several of Jamaica’s finest have found a home in Utah, as Head Scout Andy Williams – the club’s first-ever pick in the 2005 expansion draft and a beloved fan favorite for several seasons – and second-year assistant Tyrone Marshall, an MLS/CONCACAF National Team legend in his own right – have recruited active Reggae Boyz Demar Phillips nd (left back, now in his 2 RSL season) and Omar Holness (defensive midfielder, rookie year) to Sandy …
“OC” & OMAR REUNITED: Holness was drafted in January’s MLS SuperDraft out of the University of North Carolina with RSL’s #5 pick, the second consecutive year that th RSL took a Tar Heel in the college draft (DF Boyd “OC” Okwuonu, 27 overall, 2015) … Okwuonu was actually Holness’ host during his recruiting visit back in 2012, as the Jamaican international played in Chapel Hill for three seasons with Okwuonu …
WELSHMAN GRADUATES FROM MONARCHS: As RSL’s minor-league affiliate, the Real Monarchs (USL) kick off its second campaign on March 26, the club’s first “graduate” from USL to MLS is FW Emery Welshman, now signed to the RSL roster as a backup winger/target man … Welshman, the Guyana National Team standout who grew up in suburban Toronto, Ontario, played his college career at Oregon State … In 2013, he was a first-round pick in the MLS th SuperDraft for Toronto FC (16 overall), appearing in 2 games (1 MLS, 1 Amway Canadian Championship) …
ACADEMY INFLUENCE EXPANDING QUICKLY: The RSL pyramid continues to expand, as MF Jordan Allen, DF Justen Glad, DF Phanuel Kavita, MF Danilo Acosta, GK Lalo Fernandez and MF Adolfo “Fito” Ovalle each occupy one of the 28-30 senior roster spots for RSL … Ovalle – as in 2015 – will likely be assigned to the USL Monarchs as the one “permanent” player allowed under MLS rules, while the rest of the group should log heavy minutes with both RSL and the Monarchs, depending on time of year, competition needs, international call-ups, etc. …
JUSTEN “GLADLY” GIVES UP #14: Glad – who appeared in 7 MLS games last year, starting six, playing a total of 551 minutes at both center and outside back – showed up this preseason with an added 20 pounds of muscle, the 19-year old growing rd ever more comfortable in his 3 professional season since eschewing a full ride at Stanford to pursue his RSL dream … A fixture in the U.S. National Team youth setup, Glad expects to be eating for free on the road this year, thanks to conceding the jersey #14 he has worn the last two seasons to incoming FW Yura Movsisyan, who chose the digits he wore from 2007-09 instead of the then-available #10 shirt …
PLATA NOW #10: With Yura choosing #14 and Glad moving to #15, fourth-year RSL man Joao Plata switched from #8 to the vaunted #10 this season, that jersey vacated with former MF Luis Gil’s move to Queretaro (Liga MX) in December … Plata joins Gil, Robbie Findley, Arturo Alvarez & Mehdi Ballouchy as part of the quintet to have worn #10 in RSL’s 12 seasons …
BURRITO, ALLEN, GARCIA ALSO CHANGING JERSEYS: Amidst the flurry of changes, Argentine FW Juan Manuel “Burrito” Martinez has ditched the #22 he wore the last eight games year for his preferred #7, his old Boca Juniors jersey number … Burrito’s decision meant that third-year RSL man Jordan Allen had to switch, so he combined his old #7 with his desired #10 to wear #70 this season … Perhaps feeling left out after his buddies Plata and Martinez switched, FW Olmes Garcia – now in his fourth season with RSL – has flipped his jersey from #13 to #80, reasons unknown …
FIRST IMPRESSIONS AGAINST EXPANSION TEAMS: RSL has posted a 4-3-1 mark in its debut games against MLS expansion teams since 2009, including a 1-0-1 mark against NYCFC (20 W) and Orlando (1-1 T) last year … In ROAD debuts against the same group, RSL is 0-4-3, drawing at Orlando, Toronto and Philadelphia and losing to Seattle, Portland, Vancouver and Montreal … RSL hits the road to visit Yankee Stadium on June 2 at NYCFC to complete the rotation …
RSL ACQUIRES TARGET ALLOCATION MONEY: Back on Thursday, March 10, RSL GM Craig Waibel acquired Target Allocation Money from Toronto FC in exchange for the right of first refusal to former RSL-AZ Academy FW Ben Spencer, who has been with TFC II (USL) the last year after playing for Indy Eleven (NASL), FC Molde (Norway) and the Chivas USA Academy after departing RSL-AZ in 2011 … ORIGINAL RIOT PITCH REPLACEMENT: Random facts and figures for the original Rio Tinto Stadium pitch, from Oct. 9, 2008 through April 30, 2016: YEAR 2008: 2009: 2010: 2011: 2012: 2013: 2014: 2015: 2016:
RECORD 2-1-1 10-1-5 14-0-5 14-4-4 12-6-3 16-4-4 11-1-6 12-4-6 4-0-1
OVERALL (12- 2- 6) (26- 2-11) (40- 6-15) (52-12-18) (68-16-22) (79-17-28) (91-21-34) (95-21-35)
MLS Regular Season: 74-16-31 (2.09 PPG) CONCACAF Champions League: 8-1-2 (2.36 PPG) MLS Cup Playoffs: 5-2-2 (1.89 PPG) U.S. Open Cup: 8-2-0 (2.40 PPG) First Goal: Jamison Olave, 42’ equalizer, 10/9/08 v NYRB First Win: Oct. 18, 2008; 3-1 v FC Dallas First Shutout: Nick Rimando, 11/1/08 v Chivas USA First Playoff Win: Nov. 1, 2008; 1-0 v Chivas USA First Playoff Goal: Yura Movsisyan, game-winner, 11/1/08 v Chivas First CCL Win: Aug. 18, 2010; 2-1 v Arabe Unido (PAN) First CCL Goal: Alvaro Saborio, 8/18/10 v Arabe Unido (PAN) st 151 Game: April 30, 2016; 2-1 W v Houston Dynamo (95-21-35) Last Goal: Yura Movsisyan, 70’ game-winner, 4/30/16 v Houston Last Shutout: Nick Rimando, 4/16/16 v Vancouver Largest Crowd: 21,004 – 9/19/15 - 3-0 W over LA Galaxy Smallest Crowd: 7,620 – 6/28/11 - 2-0 W over Wilmington (USOC)
2016 REAL SALT LAKE STORYLINES TO WATCH RSL @ SPORTING KANSAS CITY CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK – Sat., May 21, 2016 – 6:30 p.m. MT
RSL SEEKS TO RESTORE ROAR AT RIOT FORTRESS: RSL ended its disappointing 2015 campaign with a home 12-4-6 record across all competitions (just a 7-4-6 RioT mark in MLS play), with the pair of late-season 0-1 losses to Portland & Dallas just the club’s 4th & 5th in its last 47 home games overall, dating back to the 2013 Open Cup Final ... The six draws at home equaled the club’s all-time season high, set in 2006 and 2008 ... Last year’s ignominy snapped a 7-year run that had seen RSL average 2.00 points per game or more at home each MLS season from 2008-14, as well as a 5-year streak of 10 or more home wins in league play … With recent 1-goal home wins over Vancouver, Colorado and Houston, since the beginning of 2008, RSL now boasts a 102-22-40 mark in its last 164 home games (all comps) in that span, during which it has outscored opponents by 172 goals (289-117), with an 81-17-36 reg. season mark (236/96), the 8-1-2 CCL record (21/7), 5-2-2 playoffs (11/4), as well as an 8-2-0 Open Cup mark (21/10) ...
BACK ABOVE .500 ALL-TIME: Last year’s late-season quartet of October losses at San Jose and Seattle sandwiching home setbacks against Portland and Dallas returned RSL’s all-time MLS regular-season mark down to a perfectly even .500, six months after reaching a 11-year cumulative high of 6 games over with the April 5 road win at San Jose ... Attaining the “.500” mark in 2014, in MLS game 293, allowed the club to call itself “even” for the first time since May 2005, with a 3-3-2 mark early in its history ... RSL dropped to 32 games below .500 on May 24, 2008, after a 1-2 loss at Dallas, the club’s low-water mark in terms of overall record ... RSL went 8-5-8 the rest of the way to earn a playoff berth, knock out #1 seed Chivas and even host the West Final that season ... The early-season form has pushed RSL back to two games above .500, a feat that could be difficult to maintain with the road-heavy early-season slate …
ALL-TIME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL FALLING AS WELL: It took 265 all-time regular-season matches, but the 4-1 victory @CHV in May 2013 put RSL’s all-time aggregate goal differential in MLS play deep into positive territory at the conclusion of a game, the club scoring 341 goals all-time while conceding 338 ... Back on Sept. 21, 2011 in a 3-1 win at Red Bull Arena in New York, RSL briefly got its goal +/- head above water, but a late Joel Lindpere goal dropped the side to even, three days before a 1-4 road loss at D.C. United ... When Jason Kreis took over RSL 4 games into the club’s third season in 2007, the differential was minus-43, eventually dropping as low as minus-57 after a loss at Dallas on May 24, 2008 - more than 6.5 years ago ... It took 160 regular-season matches, but RSL finally made up the difference ... Last year’s April 5 win over SJ allowed RSL to set a new all-time +33 high-water goal differential mark, now back to +21 after the season-ending PDX / DAL / SEA losses, also thanks to damage suffered in recent road defensive debacles at LA, DCU & VAN ...
TURF MONSTER STRUGGLE IS REAL: All-time, RSL owns a woeful record on turf, as the team is now 8-23-18 in all competitions on fake grass, being outscored 42-85 … RSL is 0-8-4 in its last 12 games across all competitions on the fake stuff, posting an 0-4-1 mark in each of the 2014/2015 seasons, prior to an 0-0-2 mark so far in 2016 … RSL’s greatest glory has come on an artificial surface, winning MLS Cup 2009 in a shootout against LA at what was then known as Qwest Field in Seattle ... In 2011, RSL emerged from two home-and-home knockout series with turf results in the second leg: the 2010/11 CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal series with a 1:2 road loss at Saprissa, courtesy of the valued Jamison Olave road goal; and the MLS Cup Playoffs West Semifinal against Seattle with an 0:2 loss ... WASATCH FORTRESS AGAINST INTERNATIONAL VISITORS: After the 1-1 Tigres draw, all-time RSL boasts a total of 27 wins on Utah soil against international opponents in either CCL play (8-1-2, with a 21/7 goal advantage), exhibitions (7-4-4, 20/17 difference) or against visiting Canadian MLS teams (12-2-3, with a 32/14 +/-) … Since moving into Rio Tinto Stadium in October, 2008, RSL owns a 22-2-7 (win-lossdraw) mark against int’l clubs or in CCL competition … Mexican clubs are now 1-1-1 in Sandy in meaningful games, as Cruz Azul (2010 group stage) fell 1-3 at RSL prior to Monterrey riding a Humberto Suazo dagger in April 2011 in the second leg of the 2010/11 Final … HOW RSL GOT THERE: By eliminating Municipal (Guatemala) and Santa Tecla (El Salvador) last fall, RSL joined D.C. United, LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders as MLS placed four teams in the CONCACAF knockout round for the first time ever, each facing off against a Liga MX side … As it was back in the 2011 CCL Final, RSL was eliminated by a team from Monterrey, Mexico, as Tigres UANL – the current Mexican champions – defeated RSL, 3-1, on aggregate …
WALL OF THE WASATCH INDEED: Iconic RSL GK Nick Rimando saw his CCL shutout streak snapped at 593 minutes Feb. 24 with Tigres’ first goal (he last allowed a goal in the th 14 minute of RSL’s 0-1 loss at Herediano in July 2012), while his HOME clean sheet streak totaled 406 minutes, snapped with a 91+ clincher by Andre-Pierre Gignac at the death … Rimando – who saved a st PK in 1 half stoppage against Gignac in Monterrey a week earlier – had not conceded at Rio Tinto Stadium in CCL play since the Humberto th Suazo series-winner in the 44 minute against Monterrey at the RioT back in April 2011 …
ELIMINATION GAMES AT HOME FOR CLARET-AND-COBALT: RSL’s all-time home record in elimination games at Rio Tinto Stadium is now 10-5-2 overall across all competitions, with a 1-1-1 (CCL), 1-2-1 (MLS) and 8-2-0 (Open Cup) marks … The home final losses in 2011 CCL to Monterrey and the 2013 U.S. Open Cup Final to D.C. United have scarred the psyche of the RSL fan base, as did the 2008 West Final loss to New York Red Bulls, as each game saw relatively dominant attacking RSL performances marred by a lack of finishing, uncooperative woodwork, or both … June 14 Open Cup v. Wilmington/Miami winner next up …
2016 REAL SALT LAKE ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
# 25 70 24 5 2 1 80 15 12 3 7 21 11 14 19 6 4 17 10 18 49 8 27 30 16
Name Danilo Acosta Jordan Allen Jeff Attinella Kyle Beckerman Tony Beltran
Pos. MF D/M/F GK MF DF Eduardo “Lalo” Fernandez GK Olmes Garcia FW Justen Glad DF Omar Holness MF Phanuel Kavita DF Juan Manuel Martinez FW Aaron Maund DF Javier Morales MF Yura Movsisyan FW Luke Mulholland MF Boyd Okwuonu DF Jamison Olave DF Demar Phillips DF Joao Plata FW Nick Rimando GK Devon Sandoval FW Sunday Stephen MF John Stertzer MF Emery Welshman FW Chris Wingert DF
Ht. 5-11 5-11 6-2 5-11 5-8 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-1 5-9 6-1 5-9 6-1 5-9 5-9 6-3 5-6 5-2 5-9 6-1 5-11 6-0 5-11 5-11
Wt. 160 160 190 165 150 170 175 145 174 184 170 180 150 190 150 170 210 140 135 185 185 170 170 185 180
D.O.B. 11/07/1997 04/25/1995 09/29/1988 04/23/1982 10/11/1987 12/16/1992 10/21/1992 02/28/1997 03/13/1994 03/09/1993 10/25/1985 09/19/1990 01/10/1980 08/02/1987 08/07/1988 02/24/1993 04/21/1981 09/23/1983 03/01/1992 06/17/1979 06/16/1991 09/17/1988 10/04/1990 11/09/1991 06/16/1982
Hometown Sandy, UT Rochester, NY Clearwater, FL Crofton, MD Claremont, CA El Paso, TX Istmina, Colombia Tucson, AZ Kingston, Jamaica Salt Lake City, UT Buenos Aires, Arg. Dorchester, MA Buenos Aires, Arg. Pasadena, CA Preston, England Edmond, OK Cali, Colombia Kingston, Jamaica Guayaquil, Ecuador Montclair, CA Albuquerque, NM Lagos, Nigeria Oaktown, VA Missisauga, Canada Babylon, NY
NUMERIC ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 24 25 27 30 49 70 80
Name Lalo Fernandez Tony Beltran Phanuel Kavita Jamison Olave Kyle Beckerman Boyd Okwuonu Juan Manuel Martinez Stephen Sunday Joao Plata Javier Morales Omar Holness Yura Movsisyan Justen Glad Chris Wingert Demar Phillips Nick Rimando Luke Mulholland Aaron Maund Jeff Attinella Danilo Acosta John Stertzer Emery Welshman Devon Sandoval Jordan Allen Olmes Garcia
Pos. GK DF DF DF MF DF FW MF FW MF MF FW DF DF DF GK MF DF GK MF MF FW FW DF FW
Pronunciation LAW – lo
FAN – well oak – WAH – new “Burrito” “Sunny” JOE - ow HOLE - ness mowv – SIS – ee - un
Place of Birth Guadalajara, Mexico Whittier, CA Lubumbashi, DR Congo Cali, Colombia Crofton, MD Edmond, OK Viedma, Argentina Lagos, Nigeria Guayaquil, Ecuador Buenos Aires, Arg. Kingston, Jamaica
Tucson, AZ Babylon, NY duh – MARR Kingston, Jamaica ruh - MAHN - do Montclair, CA Preston, England MAWND Dorchester, MA ATT – uh – NELL - uh Clearwater, FL uh-KOSE-tuh San Pedro Sula, Honduras Fairfax, VA Missisauga, Canada DEV - un Albuquerque, NM Rochester, NY OLE - mace Barranquilla, Colombia
O w n e r : Dell Loy Hansen (Logan, UT) C h i e f B u s i n e s s O f f i c e r : Andy Carroll (Park City, UT) G e n e r a l M a n a g e r : Craig Waibel (Spokane, WA) H e a d C o a c h : Jeff Cassar (Livonia, MI) A s s i s t a n t C o a c h : Richie Williams (Middletown, NJ) A s s i s t a n t C o a c h : Daryl Shore (Peekskill, NY) A s s i s t a n t C o a c h : Ted Eck (Springfield, IL) A s s i s t a n t C o a c h : Tyrone Marshall (Kingston, Jamaica) VP, Soccer Operations: Rob Zarkos (Bellevue, WA) A s s t . G e n e r a l M a n a g e r : Elliot Fall (Salt Lake City, UT) H e a d S c o u t : Andy Williams (Kingston, Jamaica)
(as of April 28, 2016)
College -Virginia South Florida -UCLA ---North Carolina Clemson -Notre Dame -Pasadena City Wingate North Carolina ---UCLA New Mexico -Maryland Oregon State St. John’s
Status SUP/HP/GC/DOM SUP/HP/DOM SEN/DOM SEN/DOM SEN/DOM SUP/HP/DOM SEN/GC/DOM SUP/HP/DOM SUP/GA/Int’l SUP/HP/DOM SEN/DP/Int’l SEN/DOM SEN/GC/DOM SEN/DP/DOM SEN/GC/DOM SEN/DOM SEN/GC/DOM SEN/Int’l SEN/DP/GC/DOM SEN/DOM SUP/DOM SEN/Int’l SEN/DOM SUP/Int’l SEN/DOM
Last Club (League) C.A. Penarol (Uruguayan 1st Div.) UCLA Clemson University New York Red Bulls (MLS) Colorado Rapids (MLS) University of North Carolina Boca Juniors (Argentina) Alanyaspor (Turkish 1st Div.) Toronto FC (MLS) Vecindario (Spanish 2nd Div.) University of North Carolina Spartak Moscow (Russian Premier Lg.) RSL-Arizona Academy U-16s (USSDA) New York City FC (MLS) Aalesunds FK (Norway) New York Red Bulls (MLS) Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) Toronto FC (MLS) Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) Real Monarchs SLC (USL) University of Maryland Real Monarchs (USL) University of New Mexico University of Virginia Deportes Quindio (Colombian 1st Div.)
H e a d A t h l e t i c T r a i n e r : Tyson Pace (Clearfield, UT) A s s t . A t h l e t i c T r a i n e r : Tyler Knight (Huntsville, AL) A s s t . A t h l e t i c T r a i n e r : Marshall Stoddard (Ogden, UT) Team Physicians: Dr. Andrew Cooper (Salt Lake City, UT), Dr. Joe Albano (Syracuse, NY), Dr. Stephen Kirk (Sandy, UT), Dr. John Edwards (Provo, UT) T e a m C h i r o p r a c t o r : Monte Layton, D.C. (Midvale, UT) P r e s s O f f i c e r s : Trey Fitz-Gerald (Albuquerque, NM); Matt Gaschk (Gig Harbor, WA); T e a m V i d e o g r a p h e r s : Tyler Gibbons (San Diego, CA); D i r . , S p o r t s S c i e n c e / P e r f o r m a n c e : Dan Barlow (Silver Spring, MD) T e a m P h o t o g r a p h e r : Ray Taggart (Sandy, UT) S t r e n g t h / C o n d i t i o n i n g C o a c h : Presley Okobia (Newark, NJ) T e a m C h a p l a i n : John Prim (Cottonwood Heights, UT) T e a m A d m i n i s t r a t o r : Tim Weaver (Lockport, NY) E q u i p m e n t M a n a g e r : Kevin Harter (Dallas, TX) A s s t . E q u i p m e n t M g r : Eric Brimhall (Manassas, VA)
REAL SALT LAKE – ALL-TIME MLS REGULAR-SEASON HISTORY (2005-present) v. COL LA DAL CHV SJ HOU KC NE RBNY DC CLB CHI SEA VAN POR TOR PHI MTL ORL NYC
------ OVERALL -----GP W- L- T GF GA +/36 14-12-10 41 34 +7 32 12-13- 7 50 48 +2 31 10-16- 5 38 44 -6 29 13-12- 4 38 34 +4 25 9- 8- 8 36 32 +4 23 8-10- 5 35 31 +4 21 8- 8- 5 26 26 = 18 9- 5- 4 34 25 +9 18 5- 5- 8 25 26 -1 18 7- 7- 4 28 30 -2 18 5-10- 3 20 25 -5 18 5- 6- 7 15 21 -6 17 7- 6- 4 18 21 -3 15 5- 6- 4 15 19 -4 14 5- 4- 5 18 15 +3 14 8- 4- 2 20 11 +9 8 2- 0- 6 14 10 +4 4 2- 2- 0 7 8 -1 2 0- 0- 2 3 3 = 1 1- 0- 0 2 0 +2 364 136-134-94 487 466 +21
----- HOME GAMES ----GP W-L-T GF GA +/18 10-3-5 25 11 +14 14 6-3-6 26 19 +7 17 9-5-3 28 19 +9 13 7-3-3 20 11 +9 12 4-3-5 18 10 +8 11 6-1-4 13 5 +8 10 6-3-1 17 13 +4 9 5-2-2 21 9 +12 9 4-0-5 16 8 +8 9 7-1-1 19 7 +12 9 4-3-2 15 8 +7 8 2-3-3 7 12 -5 8 5-1-2 12 6 +6 8 4-1-3 10 5 +5 8 4-3-1 12 9 +3 8 7-1-0 19 8 +11 4 2-0-2 10 6 +4 2 2-0-0 4 1 +3 1 0-0-1 1 1 = 1 1-0-0 2 0 +2 181 96-36-49 297 169 +128
----- ROAD GAMES ------------- FORM GP W- L-T GF GA +/- 16 15 14 13 18 4- 9-5 16 23 -7 LW WLT WWW TLT 17 6-10-1 24 29 -5 L WLT LTW LWL 14 1-11-2 10 25 -15 LL WLT TWL 16 6- 9-1 18 23 -5 WLL WWW WWL 13 5- 5-3 18 22 -4 LTW WTT LWW 12 2- 9-1 22 26 -4 LW WW W W 11 2- 5-4 9 13 -4 W WWT T L 9 4- 3-2 13 16 -3 L W W 9 1- 5-3 9 18 -9 L T L 9 0- 6-3 9 23 -14 L W L 9 1- 7-1 5 17 -12 T T W 10 3- 3-4 8 9 -1 W W T 9 2- 5-2 6 15 -9 W LW LWL LWW 7 1- 5-1 5 14 -9 W LLL LTT WWT 6 1- 1-4 6 6 = T LLT TLW TWT 6 1- 3-2 1 3 -2 W W W 4 0- 0-4 4 4 = T T T 2 0- 2-0 3 7 -4 L W L 1 0- 0-1 2 2 = T T W 183 40-98-45 190 297 -107
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GUIDE (reverse order) ---------12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 LWW TW TT WTL TWL WWTL LWLT LLLW WLW LW WL WT TT TWL WLWL TLWL LWT WT WL LW WLW LLT LWLL LWLL WW TW WL LWL LLL TTTL WLWL LLL WW TW TL WTW TLLT L LT WL LTT LT LLW TWLL L WL TW WL LT WL TW LL W TW WW LW TW LT WT LL W WW TW WL TL TT LT TT W LT WT TW LW LW TW LL L LL WL LW LW LT WL LL T LT WW TL TT LT LW LL TTW WL TT WL TLW LW WWW TL W LW TW LW WL TL T WT TW W
(ROAD)
REAL SALT LAKE – ALL-TIME YEAR-BY-YEAR MLS REGULAR-SEASON RECORD Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 TOT.
-------- OVERALL --------W- L- T PTS PPG GF GA 5-22- 5 20 0.63 30 65 10-13- 9 39 1.22 45 49 6-15- 9 27 0.90 31 45 10-10-10 40 1.33 40 39 11-12- 7 40 1.33 43 35 15- 4-11 56 1.87 45 20 15-11- 8 53 1.56 44 36 17-11- 6 57 1.68 46 35 16-10- 8 56 1.65 57 41 15- 8-11 56 1.65 54 39 11-15- 8 41 1.21 38 48 5- 3- 2 17 1.70 14 14 136-134-94 502 1.37 487 466
---- HOME GAMES ---W- L- T PPG GF GA 5- 8- 3 1.13 19 24 6- 4- 6 1.13 23 19 4- 7- 4 1.07 18 22 8- 1- 6 2.00 24 10 9- 1- 5 2.13 34 11 11- 0- 4 2.47 31 7 10- 3- 4 2.00 29 15 11- 4- 2 2.06 27 15 10- 3- 4 2.00 31 16 11- 1- 5 2.24 33 14 7- 4- 6 1.59 20 14 4- 0- 0 3.00 6 2 96-36-49 1.85 297 169
RSL COACHING HISTORY -- Reg. Season -Year 2005 2006 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Coach W L John Ellinger 5 22 John Ellinger 10 13 John Ellinger 0 2 TOTAL 15 37 Jason Kreis 6 13 Jason Kreis 10 10 Jason Kreis 11 12 Jason Kreis 15 4 Jason Kreis 15 11 Jason Kreis 17 11 Jason Kreis 16 10 TOTAL 90 71 Jeff Cassar 15 8 Jeff Cassar 11 15 Jeff Cassar 5 3 TOTAL 31 26 ALL-TIME 136 134
T 5 9 2 16 7 10 7 11 8 6 8 57 11 8 2 21 94
PCT .234 .453 .250 .338 .365 .500 .483 .683 .556 .589 .589 .542 .603 .435 .600 .530 .509
---- ROAD GAMES ---W- L- T PPG GF GA 0-14- 2 0.13 11 41 4- 9- 3 1.00 22 30 2- 8- 5 0.73 13 23 2- 9- 4 0.67 16 29 2-11- 2 0.53 9 24 4- 4- 7 1.27 14 13 5- 8- 4 1.12 15 21 6- 7- 4 1.29 19 20 6- 7- 4 1.29 26 25 4- 7- 6 1.06 21 25 4-11- 2 0.82 16 34 1- 3- 2 0.83 6 10 40-98-45 0.91 190 297
----- MLS Cup Playoffs ----W L T PCT OT ShO
PTS 20 39 2 61 25 40 40 56 53 57 56 327 56 41 17 114 502
1 2 0 1 0 3 7 0
0 7
1 0 1 2 1 1 6 1
1 7
1 2 1 0 1 1 6 1
1 7
.500 .750 .250 .333 .250 .700 .526 .250
.250 .500
0-0-0 0-0-2 0-0-0
0-0 2-0 0-0
0-0-3
0-1 2-1
0-0-3
2-1
Conf. Finish West 5 West 5 West 6 West 3 West 5 West 2 West 3 West 2 West 2 West 3 West 9
Supporters Shield 11th of 12 9th of 12 12th of 13 7th of 14 8th of 15 2nd of 16 3rd of 18 5th of 19 4th of 19 4th of 19 16th of 20
--------- USOC --------W L T PCT OT ShO 0 1 0 .000 0-1-0 1 1 0 .500 1-0-0 1 0 0 1.000 2 2 0 .500 1-1-0 0 1 0 .000 1 1 0 .500 0 1 0 .000 0 1 1 .250 1-0 1 1 0 .500 0 1 0 .000 4 1 0 .800 6 6 1 .500 1-0 0 1 0 .000 3 1 0 .750 3 11
2 11
0 1
.500 .500
Postseason Result DNQ DNQ DNQ West Finalist MLS Cup Champion Quarterfinals West Finalist Quarterfinals MLS Cup Runner-up Quarterfinals DNQ
W
------ CCL -----L T PCT PTS
4 2 2
1 2 1
1 2 1
.750 .500 .600
13 8 7
8
4
4
.600
28
3 0 3 11
0 1 0 5
1 1 2 6
.875 .250 .875 .643
7 1 8 36
REAL SALT LAKE – U.S. OPEN CUP HISTORY vs. Team Minnesota Thunder (USL) Virginia Beach (USL) Kansas City Wizards Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Seattle Sounders FC San Jose Earthquakes D.C. United Wilmington Hammerheads (USL) FC Dallas Minnesota Stars FC (NASL) Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) Charleston Battery (USL PRO) Carolina Railhawks (NASL) Portland Timbers D.C. United Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) Seattle Sounders FC 2 (USL) Portland Timbers LA Galaxy Sporting Kansas City TOTALS
GP 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
W-L-T 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-1 1-0-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-3 11-11-1
OT 0-1-0 1-0-0
ShO
1-0 0-1-0
1-0-0 1-0-0
3-2-0
1-0
GF 4 2 2 1 0 1 7 1 2 0 1 3 5 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 41
GA 6 1 1 3 2 4 3 2 0 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 39
Mtg. 2005 2006 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015
Round Rd of 16 Rd of 16 Play-in Quarterfinal Play-in Play-in Play-in Play-in Rd of 16 Quarterfinal Rd of 32 Rd of 32 Rd of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal FINAL Rd of 32 Rd of 32 Rd of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal
Series Note: Kreis hat trick wasted in 4-6 OT road loss Andy Williams bombazo in 93’ rescues home RSL side Orange ball rolled out in last Ellinger win … Kovalenko red card dooms RSL chances Starfire turf not kind as RSL loses to expansion SEA 4-0 home win & 3-3 road draw (PK win) give RSL edge Najar GWG in OT overcomes Morales/Saborio substitutions Beltran, Alexandre lead RSL in home match RSL wilts in sweltering heat at Pizza Hut Park Record crowd of 17,000+ watch RSL shocker to 2nd div team Beckerman early, Sandoval/Stephenson late saves 120’ RSL Early 0-2 deficit overcome by Sandoval, Plata, et al Beltran, Wingert and Saborio score as RSL dominates Saborio early, Plata late in Will Johnson return to RTS 45’ Lewis Neal goal dooms dominant RSL at home - again 10’ Findley goal unable to hold up, ATL rides Poku 91+’ 57’ Morales sub leads to Plata equalizer, game-winner Attinella clean sheet bolstered by Jaime, Javi goals Maund header in 87’ leads RSL past Gerrard, Keane Early Garcia goal precedes 2g KC explosion in final 10’
REAL SALT LAKE – CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HISTORY vs. Team Series Arabe Unido (PAN) Cruz Azul (MEX) Toronto FC (CAN) Columbus Crew (USA) 1 Saprissa (CRC) 1 Monterrey (MEX) 1 Herediano (CRC) Tauro FC (PAN) Santa Tecla (SLV) Municipal (GUA) Tigres (MEX) 1 TOTALS
W-L ------1-0 1-0 0-1 -----
0-1
GP 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 22
W-L-T 2-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-1-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 2-0-0 2-0-1 2-0-0 0-1-1 11-6-6
OT
ShO
GF 5 7 5 4 3 2 0 3 2 2 1 34
GA 3 6 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 3 22
Mtg. 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2015 2015 2016
Stage Group Group Group Quarter Semi FINAL Group Group Group Group Quarter
Series Notes/Result RSL sweeps home and away by 2-1 / 3-2 scores Spectacular 4-5 road loss reversed by 3-1 group clincher Morales FK at death clinches passage to knockouts Feb. 22 frozen field in Ohio, March 1 dominance in Utah Sabo strikes w/o celebrating, Olave road goal critical Morales road equalizer sets up home finale, Suazo dagger Borchers red leads to loss, home shutout denies advance 94+ Sabo PK wins on road, Javi/Kyle show at home Javi assists late on goals for Garcia, Martinez comeback Plata road/Olave home goals hold up Rimando shutouts 1-3 agg. loss in QF; Plata G, Yura/Wingert RioT return
REAL SALT LAKE – ALL-TIME MLS CUP PLAYOFF HISTORY YEAR 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013
2014 2015
vs. Team
Series
Chivas USA New York Columbus Crew Chicago Fire Los Angeles Galaxy FC Dallas Seattle Sounders FC Los Angeles Galaxy Seattle Sounders FC Los Angeles Galaxy Portland Timbers Sporting KC Los Angeles Galaxy TOTALS
W-L
GP
W-L-T
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 2-0 0-1 0-1
2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2
1-0-1 0-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-1-1 1-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-1 1-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-1 0-1-1
14
8-6
21
7-7-7
AET
0-0-1 0-0-1
ShO
1-0 1-0
1-0-0 0-1
0-0-2
2-1*
GF
GA
3 0 4 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 5 1 0
2 1 2 0 1 3 2 3 1 1 2 1 5
22
24
Round
Series Result
West Semis West Final East Semis East Final MLS Cup '09 West Semis West Semis West Final West Semis West Semis West Final MLS Cup ’13 West Semis
Won 3-2 on aggregate Lost 0-1 in West Final Won 4-2 on aggregate Won PK shootout 5-4 Won PK shootout 5-4 Lost 2-3 on aggregate Won 3-2 on aggregate Lost 1-3 in West Final Lost 0-1 on aggregate Won 2-1 on aggregate Won 5-2 on aggregate Lost PK shootout 6-7 Donovan hat trick paces LA 2nd-leg
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE MLS CUP PLAYOFF RESULTS (won 8 of 14 all-time series; 7-7-7 W-L-T) 2008 11/01/2008 11/08/2008 11/15/2008
2009 10/31/2009 11/05/2009 11/14/2009 11/22/2009
2010 10/30/2010 11/06/2010 2011 10/29/2011 11/02/2011 11/06/2011
2012 10/29/2011 11/02/2011 2013 11/03/2013 11/07/2013 11/10/2013 11/24/2013 12/07/2013
2014 11/01/2014 11/09/2014
OPPONENT RESULT ATT. Chivas USA W 1-0 14,719 at Chivas USA T 2-2 19,265 RSL advances 3-2 on aggregate New York L 0-1 20,008* RSL eliminated 0-1 on aggregate
W-L-T RD. 1-0-0 WCSF 1 1-0-1 WCSF 2
OPPONENT RESULT ATT. Columbus W 1-0 11,499 at Columbus W 3-2 10,109 RSL advances 4-2 on aggregate at Chicago T 0-0 (AET) 21,723* RSL advances 5-4 on PKs vs Los Angeles T 1-1 (AET) 46,011 RSL wins MLS Cup ’09 5-4 on PKs
W-L-T RD. 1-0-0 ECSF 1 2-0-0 ECSF 2
OPPONENT RESULT ATT. at FC Dallas L 1-2 11,003 FC Dallas T 1-1 19,324 RSL eliminated 2-3 on aggregate
W-L-T RD. 0-1-0 WCSF 1 0-1-1 WCSF 2
OPPONENT RESULT ATT. Seattle W 3-0 17,067 at Seattle L 0-2 36,021 RSL advances 3-2 on aggregate at Los Angeles L 1-3 23,347
W-L-T RD. 1-0-0 WCSF 1 1-1-0 WCSF 2
SCORERS: RSL: Saborio (41, 53); Grabavoy (88) SEA: Alonso (56); Neagle (61)
1-2-1
RSL: Saborio (25) LA: Donovan (23); Magee (58), Keane (68)
OPPONENT RESULT ATT. at Seattle T 0-0 34,941 Seattle L 0-1 19,657 RSL eliminated 0-1 on aggregate
W-L-T RD. 0-0-1 WCSF 1 0-1-0 WCSF 2
SEA: Martinez (81)
OPPONENT RESULT ATT. at Los Angeles L 0-1 27,000* Los Angeles W 2-1 19,042 RSL advances 2-1 on aggregate Portland W 4-2 17,333 at Portland W 1-0 20,674* RSL advances 5-2 on aggregate at Kansas City T 1-1 (AET) 21,650* RSL loses MLS Cup ’13 6-7 on PKs
W-L-T RD. 0-1-0 WCSF 1 1-0-0 WCSF 2
NOTES: First ESPN appearance since Nov. 2011 at LA RSL: Velasquez (26); Schuler (103)
1-0-0 2-0-0
WCF 1 WCF 2
RSL: Findley, Schuler, Morales, Saborio RSL: Findley
0-0-1
CUP
RSL: Saborio (55); KC: Collin (73)
OPPONENT Los Angeles at Los Angeles RSL eliminated
1-1-1
WCF
2-0-1
ECF
2-0-2
CUP
WCF
RESULT ATT. W-L-T RD. T 0-0 20,713* 0-0-1 WCSF 1 L 0-5 27,000 0-1-1 WCSF 2 0-5 on aggregate
*shootouts officially recorded as ties
NOTES: RSL: Movsisyan (90) RSL: Kovalenko (39) Morales (77); CHV: Kljestan (30) Braun (83) NY: van den Bergh (28) SCORERS: RSL: Findley (88) RSL: Morales (37) Findley (45) Williams (74); CLB: Barros Schelotto (19,35)
RSL: Findley (64); LA: Magee (41) SCORERS: RSL: Espindola (5); DAL: Cunningham (44) Avila (88) RSL: Findley (80); DAL: McCarty (17)
SCORERS:
NOTES: Penedo stands on head in game RSL dominated Worst loss in RSL postseason history, 2nd-worst loss ever
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE MLS ATTENDANCE HISTORY (2005-present) Top 72 All-Time RSL Home Attendances Date Aug. 12, 2006 June 4, 2005 Sept. 20, 2008 May 3, 2008 April 16, 2005 Sep. 19, 2007 Oct. 7, 2006 Sept. 19, 2015 July 4, 2015 March 2, 2016 July 24, 2015 May 23, 2015 March 29, 2015 Sept. 28, 2011 July 4, 2006 July 4, 2007 Nov. 1, 2014 Oct. 11, 2014 Sept. 19, 2014 Oct. 22, 2014 August 22, 2015 Sept. 6, 2014 Sept. 22, 2012 July 4, 2014 March 26, 2011 Sept. 21, 2013 April 19, 2014 May 17, 2014 May 24, 2014 Oct. 5, 2013 Oct. 27, 2012 August 16, 2014 June 7, 2014 March 22, 2014 Oct. 19, 2010 August 9, 2014 Oct. 23, 2013 July 3, 2013 Oct. 23, 2012 August 21, 2012 March 24, 2012 April 18, 2015 July 24, 2014 June 20, 2012 Oct. 22, 2011 April 27, 2011 March 16, 2013 July 4, 2012 March 30, 2012 August 15, 2015 Sept. 1, 2012 July 30, 2014 March 14, 2015 August 18, 2012 June 18, 2013 July 19, 2014 Oct. 16, 2010 April 4, 2012 July 18, 2015 June 27, 2015 July 29, 2009 Oct. 9, 2008 Nov. 15, 2008 April 30, 2016 Oct. 17, 2015 Sept. 17, 2011 June 22, 2013 July 20, 2013 April 16, 2016 May 1, 2015 April 26, 2014 June 6, 2009
Opponent Real Madrid (ESP) FC Dallas Chivas USA Los Angeles Galaxy Colorado Rapids Los Angeles Galaxy Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy Orlando City SC Tigres UANL (MEX) Sporting Kansas City New York City FC Toronto FC Chicago Fire Chivas USA Toronto FC Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Colorado Rapids Chivas USA Seattle Sounders FC FC Dallas Portland Timbers FC New England Revolution Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Portland Timbers Colorado Rapids FC Dallas FC Dallas Vancouver Whitecaps FC Seattle Sounders FC Portland Timbers Los Angeles Galaxy Cruz Azul (MEX) D.C. United Chivas USA Philadelphia Union Herediano (CRC) Tauro FC (PAN) Chivas USA Vancouver Whitecaps Montreal Impact Los Angeles Galaxy Portland Timbers Monterrey (MEX) Colorado Rapids Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders FC Portland Timbers D.C. United New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union FC Dallas USMNT v Honduras WCQ Vancouver Whitecaps FC FC Dallas Montreal Impact Houston Dynamo Columbus Crew SC MLS All-Star Game New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls Houston Dynamo FC Dallas Sporting Kansas City Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC San Jose Earthquakes Vancouver Whitecaps FC Colorado Rapids
Attendance 45,511* 40,589 26,391 25,571 25,287 24,633 22,515 21,004* 20,956* 20,921* 20,809* 20,801* 20,794* 20,762* 20,752 20,751 20,713* 20,701* 20,692* 20,665* 20,549* 20,545* 20,524* 20,513* 20,507* 20,504* 20,496* 20,489* 20,488* 20,488* 20,483* 20,483* 20,480* 20,466* 20,463* 20,452* 20,447* 20,446* 20,436* 20,430* 20,415* 20,414* 20,398* 20,382* 20,378* 20,378* 20,370* 20,363* 20,359* 20,338* 20,334* 20,295* 20,281* 20,281* 20,275* 20,265* 20,236* 20,191* 20,174* 20,171* 20,120* 20,008* 20,008* 19,950 19,899 19,888** 19,848 19,832** 19,720 19,715 19,661 19,546
(2016 games in BOLD) Notes Highest-attended soccer match in Utah history sees Beckham/Raul/Robinho et al. Doubleheader w/ USA v. Costa Rica WC Qualifier, feat. Donovan Rice-Eccles finale marks biggest stand-alone regular season crowd (0-1 Beckham thrills masses with two goals to equalize in 2-2 tie Inaugural RSL Home Game at Rice-Eccles Even without Beckham, teams entertain in thrilling 2-2 draw Playoff hopes fade in ’06 Rice-Eccles finale Big Dev brace leads RSL over star-studded LA to keep playoff hopes alive #Rimando123 Kaka scores 4’ into game, Jaime scores in 4th straight home match, Kaka ejected in 45’ Early Plata goal gives RSL hope, but Javi PK miss + late Gignac goal prevent advancement Morales & Plata score on either side of Feilhaber; Attinella huge in Pioneer Day win Homecoming for Kreis & Co. celebrated w/ Stertzer 1st-career goal, Saborio header, Rimando 0 19-y.o. Jordan Allen header at the death delivers points in 1st-ever Sunday reg. season game Largest crowd in Rio Tinto Stadium history witnesses worst-ever home defeat (0-3 v CHI) ’05 Expansion brethren duel to scoreless Independence Day tie Canadian club makes first RES visit on July 4th West Semi Leg One crowd says #ThanksLD to Donovan, Galaxy, as RSL outshoots LA 16-3, but … Grabavoy/Velasquez score 5’ apart during FIFA window to clinch 7th straight playoff berth 5-1 win completes 9-pt RMC sweep, as Plata, Morales, Schuler strike for 3g in 5 min Goals by Saborio/Beckerman combine w/ 313’ shutout streak in finale of 11-1-5 home season Morales, Jaime strike early, Rimando earns SO as RSL rides dominant possession in must-win Findley strikes early, Sabo hits GWG on 1st touch in 118 days for 2-1 win in Jaime debut RSL becomes 2nd-ever team with 3 straight 15-win seasons in playoff-clinching win Morales/Plata PKs lead RSL in Beckerman/Rimando World Cup homecoming RSL exacts ’10 Supp. Shield revenge with dominating performance 3g in 4 min sees two Lenhart headers around Morales goal in loss, H2H w/ “Holy War” Stellar Rimando saves, Grabavoy goal in 78’ make RSL unbeaten in 7 games w/ Cassar Morales PK, Plata goal earn W as Attinella/Grossman/Sandoval replace World Cup vets Scoreless draw in lackluster game highlighted by Attinella excellence Despite Mansally red in 15’ RSL holds on for 1-1 draw on exquisite Saborio goal Third consecutive scoreless draw unceremonious end to record season (17 wins/57 pts) Plata & Mulholland score 4’ apart in early 2nd half to overtake 1st place in West RSL takes early lead on Mulholland goal, but 2 counters, red card, PK doom club Early-arrivals loudly greet with multiple tifo displays; Sabo nets, Keane equalizes Historic 3-1 win makes RSL first MLS squad to win CCL Group 3 goals in first 24’ from Plata and Schuler (x2) bolster Rimando shutout #113 (MLS-record) 2013 finale sees Saborio, Plata score 3’ apart in early 2nd half to clinch West 2 seed Down a man, RSL comes back twice from deficits to salvage 2-2 draw on Morales 95+ PK Despite dominance, 0-0 draw eliminates RSL from advancement out of group play Saborio, Beckerman score in dominating CCL home opener in must-win group game RSL dominates possession, yet concedes fluky goal in 0-1 loss RSL sees pair of red cards (Saucedo, Olave) in 0-1 loss, snapping 13-game home unbeaten run Mulholland’s 3’ goal and Garcia brace send RSL past 10-man Impact late RSL blows 2-0 lead after 24’ for first time in 234 MLS games to lose 2-3 Record-breaking third consecutive sellout in 2011 reg. season finale Trip to FIFA Club World Cup falls one step short in 0-1 loss RSL continues unbeaten run in home openers (4-0-5) due to late Saborio heroics RSL snaps unprecedented 3-game home skid with entertaining scoreless draw Findley, Gil supply first-half strikes for 8th straight non-playoff RSL sellout Poor finishing leaves excellent first half work unrewarded, Borchers header at death kills Will Johnson header following 85-min lightning delay snaps 4-game winless streak Early Plata goal cancelled out by sublime Henry strike in nutty Olave return to UT Morales/Olave/Sabo tally to cancel out Aristeguieta brace, Olave OG in 2015 opener Late Ferreira goal shocks Rio Tinto Stadium faithful in stoppage time loss Team USA improves to 3-0 in Utah as Jozy Altidore scores in 4th straight game Plata equalizes after controversial PK decision gives VAN brief lead 2-0 W snaps 17-game Dallas unbeaten run, extends RSL home dominance 1-0 W depressed by late injuries to Morales, Grabavoy 2-0 W features Morales golazo, Plata’s first of season to go with Attinella clean sheet 2-2 T features exquisite set piece, Jaime poach in Kavita debut Premier League’s Everton downs MLS’ best in PKs after 1-1 draw Massive crowd brings festive atmosphere to stadium-opening 1-1 draw Red Bulls’ return ruins Western Conf. Final in front of second sellout 2nd-half goals from Allen, Movsisyan reverse 0-1 deficit in last game on original RioT surface Brilliant first half wasted, against-the-run goal by Dallas leads to 0-1 loss RSL downs East leader with Borchers’ game-winner early 2nd half Beckerman, Findley strike on either side of half in largest-ever non-sellout crowd Stoppage-time goal by KC, Wingert red card infuriate Pioneer Day crowd Burrito magic helps Rimando/Maund heroics stand up RSL registers 0 shots on goal, but Bernardez OG serves as late equalizer Plata, Sabo strike in first 9’ but RSL concedes 2x in final 5’ for disappointing draw Stadium dedication with Elder Gonzalez starts with David Archuleta, ends with 1-1 draw
Largest 59 Crowds at Rio Tinto Stadium (opened October 2008) Date Sept. 19, 2015 July 4, 2015 March 2, 2016 July 24, 2015 May 23, 2015 March 29, 2015 Sept. 28, 2011 Nov. 1, 2014 Oct. 11, 2014 Sept. 19, 2014
Opponent LA Galaxy Orlando City SC Tigres UANL (MEX) Sporting Kansas City New York City FC Toronto FC Chicago Fire LA Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Colorado Rapids
Attendance 21,004* 20,956* 20,921* 20,809* 20,801* 20,794* 20,762* 20,713* 20,701* 20,692*
(2016 games in BOLD)
Notes Big Dev brace leads RSL over star-studded LA to keep playoff hopes alive #Rimando123 Kaka scores 4’ into game, Jaime scores in 4th straight home match, Kaka ejected in 45’ Early Plata goal gives RSL hope, but Javi PK miss + late Gignac goal prevent advancement Morales & Plata score on either side of Feilhaber; Attinella huge in Pioneer Day win Homecoming for Kreis & Co. celebrated w/ Stertzer 1st-career goal, Saborio header, Rimando 0 19-y.o. Jordan Allen header at the death delivers points in 1st-ever Sunday reg. season game Largest crowd in RTS history witnesses worst-ever home defeat (0-3 v Chicago) West Semi Leg One crowd says #ThanksLD to Donovan, Galaxy, as RSL outshoots LA 16-3, but … Grabavoy/Velasquez score 5’ apart during FIFA window to clinch 7th straight playoff berth 5-1 win completes 9-pt RMC sweep, as Plata, Morales, Schuler strike for 3g in 5 min
(cont’d) Largest 59 Crowds at Rio Tinto Stadium (opened October 2008) Date Oct. 22, 2014 Sept. 4, 2015 August 22, 2015 Sept. 6, 2014 Sept. 22, 2012 July 4, 2014 March 26, 2011 Sept. 21, 2013 April 19, 2014 May 17, 2014 May 24, 2014 Oct. 5, 2013 Oct. 27, 2012 August 16, 2014 June 7, 2014 March 22, 2014 Oct. 19, 2010 August 9, 2014 Oct. 23, 2013 July 3, 2013 Oct. 23, 2012 August 21, 2012 March 24, 2012 April 18, 2015 July 24, 2014 June 20, 2012 Oct. 22, 2011 April 27, 2011 March 16, 2013 July 4, 2012 March 30, 2012 August 15, 2015 Sept. 1, 2012 July 30, 2014 March 14, 2015 August 18, 2012 June 18, 2013 July 19, 2014 Oct. 16, 2010 April 4, 2012 July 18, 2015 June 27, 2015 July 29, 2009 Oct. 9, 2008 Nov. 15, 2008 Sept. 17, 2011 July 20, 2013 July 21, 2012
Opponent Chivas USA Mexico vs. Trinidad Seattle Sounders FC FC Dallas Portland Timbers FC New England Revolution LA Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Portland Timbers Colorado Rapids FC Dallas FC Dallas Vancouver Whitecaps FC Seattle Sounders FC Portland Timbers LA Galaxy Cruz Azul (MEX) D.C. United Chivas USA Philadelphia Union Herediano (CRC) Tauro FC (PAN) Chivas USA Vancouver Whitecaps Montreal Impact LA Galaxy Portland Timbers Monterrey (MEX) Colorado Rapids Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders FC Portland Timbers D.C. United New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union FC Dallas USMNT v Honduras WCQ Vancouver Whitecaps FC FC Dallas Montreal Impact Houston Dynamo Columbus Crew SC MLS All-Star Game New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City Colorado Rapids
Attendance 20,665* 20,560* 20,549* 20,545* 20,524* 20,513* 20,507* 20,504* 20,496* 20,489* 20,488* 20,488* 20,483* 20,483* 20,480* 20,466* 20,463* 20,452* 20,447* 20,446* 20,436* 20,430* 20,415* 20,414* 20,398* 20,382* 20,378* 20,378* 20,370* 20,363* 20,359* 20,338* 20,334* 20,295* 20,281* 20,281* 20,275* 20,265* 20,236* 20,191* 20,174* 20,171* 20,120* 20,008* 20,008* 19,888** 19,832** 19,492**
(2016 games in BOLD)
Notes Goals by Saborio/Beckerman combine w/ 313’ shutout streak in finale of 11-1-5 home season Int’l Friendly ends in scintillating 3-3 draw Morales, Jaime strike early, Rimando earns SO as RSL rides dominant possession in must-win Findley strikes early, Sabo hits GWG on 1st touch in 118 days for 2-1 win in Jaime debut RSL becomes 2nd-ever team with 3 straight 15-win seasons in playoff-clinching win Morales/Plata PKs lead RSL in Beckerman/Rimando World Cup homecoming RSL cruises to 2 goals in first 10 minutes against star-studded rival 3g in 4 min sees two Lenhart headers around Morales goal in loss, H2H w/ “Holy War” Stellar Rimando saves, Grabavoy goal in 78’ make RSL unbeaten in 7 games w/ Cassar Morales PK, Plata goal earn W as Attinella/Grossman/Sandoval replace World Cup vets Scoreless draw in lackluster game highlighted by Attinella excellence Despite Mansally red in 15’ RSL holds on for 1-1 draw on exquisite Saborio goal Third consecutive scoreless draw unceremonious end to record season (17 wins/57 pts) Plata & Mulholland score 4’ apart in early 2nd half to overtake 1st place in West RSL takes early lead on Mulholland goal, but 2 counters, red card, PK doom club Early-arrivals loudly greet with multiple tifo displays; Sabo nets, Keane equalizes Historic 3-1 win makes RSL first MLS squad to win CCL Group 3 goals in first 24’ from Plata and Schuler (x2) bolster Rimando shutout #113 (MLS-record) 2013 finale sees Saborio, Plata score 3’ apart in early 2nd half to clinch West 2 seed Down a man, RSL comes back twice from deficits to salvage 2-2 draw on Morales 95+ PK Despite dominance, 0-0 draw eliminates RSL from advancement out of group play Saborio, Beckerman score in dominating CCL home opener in must-win group game RSL dominates possession, yet concedes fluky goal in 0-1 loss RSL sees pair of red cards (Saucedo, Olave) in 0-1 loss, snapping 13-game home unbeaten run Mulholland’s 3’ goal and Garcia brace send RSL past 10-man Impact late RSL blows 2-0 lead after 24’ for first time in 234 MLS games to lose 2-3 Record-breaking third consecutive sellout in 2011 reg. season finale Trip to FIFA Club World Cup falls one step short in 0-1 loss RSL continues unbeaten run in home openers (4-0-5) due to late Saborio heroics RSL snaps unprecedented 3-game home skid with entertaining scoreless draw Findley, Gil supply first-half strikes for 8th straight non-playoff RSL sellout Poor finishing leaves excellent first half work unrewarded, Borchers header at death kills Will Johnson header following 85-min lightning delay snaps 4-game winless streak Early Plata goal cancelled out by sublime Henry strike in nutty Olave return to UT Morales/Olave/Sabo tally to cancel out Aristeguieta brace, Olave OG in 2015 opener Late Ferreira goal shocks Rio Tinto Stadium faithful in stoppage time loss Team USA improves to 3-0 in Utah as Jozy Altidore scores in 4th straight game Plata equalizes after controversial PK decision gives VAN brief lead 2-0 W snaps 17-game Dallas unbeaten run, extends RSL home dominance 1-0 W improves RSL to 7-1-1 in expansion teams’ inaugural visits 2-0 W features Morales golazo, Plata’s first of season to go with Attinella clean sheet 2-2 T features exquisite set piece, Jaime poach in Kavita debut Premier League’s Everton downs MLS’ best in PKs after 1-1 draw Massive crowd brings festive atmosphere to stadium-opening 1-1 draw Red Bulls’ return ruins Western Conf. Final in front of second sellout RSL downs East leader with Borchers’ game-winner early 2nd half Stoppage-time goal by KC, Wingert red card infuriate Pioneer Day crowd Saborio, Johnson pace RSL to 3rd consecutive home clean sheet
Largest Non-Sellout Crowds at Rio Tinto Stadium (opened October 2008) Date April 30, 2016
Opponent Houston Dynamo
Attendance 19,950
Notes 2nd-half goals from Allen, Movsisyan reverse 0-1 deficit in last game on original RioT surface
Oct. 17, 2015 June 22, 2013 April 16, 2016 May 1, 2015 April 26, 2014 June 6, 2009
FC Dallas Seattle Sounders FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC San Jose Earthquakes Vancouver Whitecaps FC Colorado Rapids
19,899 19,848 19,720 19,715 19,661 19,546
Brilliant first half wasted, against-the-run goal by Dallas leads to 0-1 loss Beckerman, Findley strike on either side of half in largest-ever non-sellout crowd Burrito magic helps Rimando/Maund heroics stand up RSL registers 0 shots on goal, but Bernardez OG serves as late equalizer Plata, Sabo strike in first 9’ but RSL concedes 2x in final 5’ for disappointing draw Stadium dedication with Elder Gonzalez starts with David Archuleta, ends with 1-1 draw
*Sellout **Sellout w/ diminished “concert stage” capacity Rio Tinto Stadium sellouts defined as games in which more SRO seats are sold prior to remaining manifested seats
ALL-TIME MLS REGULAR SEASON ATTENDANCE HISTORY (2005-present) 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 TOT.
OVERALL RECORD 5-22-5 10-13-9 6-15-9 10-10-10 11-12-7 15- 4-11 15-11-8 17-11-6 16-10-8 15- 8-11 11-15-8 5- 3-2 136-134-94
------ AT HOME GAMES TOTAL 16 288,586 16 261,855 15 239,395 15 242,690 15 245,628 15 256,427 17 299,047 17 324,482 17 326,699 17 345,971 17 342,608 4 78,176 181 3,252,464
------AVERAGE 18,037 16,366 15,960 16,179 16,375 17,095 17,591 19,087 19,218 20,351 20,153 19,544 17,958
---- ON THE ROAD ----GAMES TOTAL AVERAGE 16 207,985 12,999 16 246,209 15,388 15 236,047 15,736 15 231,367 15,424 15 217,799 14,520 15 262,410 17,494 17 292,465 17,204 17 333,221 19,601 17 318,870 18,757 17 318,523 18,737 17 317,147 18,656 6 119,291 19,882 183 3,096,745 16,922
HOME RANK 2d 5th 7th 7th 5th 7th 10th 8th 8th 6th 10th
LARGEST HOME CROWD 40,589 ( 6/04/05, 0-2 22,515 (10/07/06, 1-1 24,633 ( 9/19/07, 2-2 26,391 ( 9/20/08, 0-1 19,546 ( 6/06/09, 1-1 20,236 (10/16/10, 2-0 20,762 ( 9/28/11, 0-3 20,524 ( 9/22/12, 2-1 20,504 ( 9/21/13, 1-2 20,701 (10/11/14, 2-0 21,004 ( 9/19/25, 3-0
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ALL-TIME RSL MLS CUP PLAYOFFS ATTENDANCE HISTORY (2008-14) OVERALL ------ AT HOME ------- ---- ON THE ROAD ----HOME RECORD GAMES TOTAL AVERAGE GAMES TOTAL AVERAGE RANK 2008 1-1-1 2 34,727 17,364 1 19,265 19,265 3d 2009 2-0-2 1 11,499 11,499 2* 31,832 15,916 6th 2010 0-1-1 1 19,324 19,324 1 11,003 11,003 4th 2011 1-2-0 1 17,067 17,067 2 59,458 29,729 7th 2012 0-1-1 1 19,657 19,657 1 34,941 34,941 5th 2013 3-1-1 2 36,375 18,188 3 67,674 22,558 6th 2014 0-0-1 1 20,713 20,713 1 27,000 27,000 TOT. 7-7-7 9 138,649 17,331 11* 251,073 22,825 *totals do not reflect MLS Cup 2009, RSL v LA at Seattle’s Qwest Field –
LARGEST HOME CROWD 20,008*(11/15/08, 0-1 11,499 (10/31/09, 1-0 19,324 (11/06/10, 1-1 17,067 (10/29/11, 3-0 19,657 (11/08/12, 0-1 19,042 (11/07/13, 2-1 20,713 (11/01/14, 0-0 46,011
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (136-134-94, 502 pts.) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) UNF POS PLAYER 15 F Alvaro Saborio 11 M Javier Morales 10 F Robbie Findley 7 F Fabian Espindola 5 M Kyle Beckerman 10 F Joao Plata 90 F Jeff Cunningham 9 F Jason Kreis 14 F Yura Movsisyan 77 M Andy Williams 4 D Jamison Olave 10 M Luis Gil 20 M Ned Grabavoy 19 M Luke Mulholland 80 F Olmes Garcia 6 M Nat Borchers 8 F Will Johnson 17 M Chris Klein 49 F Devon Sandoval 8 M Chris Brown 3 D Carey Talley 84 M Clint Mathis 23 F Sebastian Jaime 28 D Chris Schuler 23 F Paulo Junior 7 F Atiba Harris 7 M Juan Manuel Martinez 16 F Kenny Deuchar 6 F Jordan Cila 19 F Pablo Campos 70 F Jordan Allen 10 M Mehdi Ballouchy 22 M Nelson Gonzalez 22 M Jonny Steele 22 F Jamie Watson 4 F Kyle Brown 13 D Brian Dunseth 23 D Eddie Pope 24 M Seth Trembly 16 D Chris Wingert 3 D Robbie Russell 26 M Sebastian Velasquez 11 F Alecko Eskandarian 29 M Abdoulie Mansally 11 F Freddy Adu 12 M Jean-Marc Alexandre 21 F Dema Kovalenko 21 D Aaron Maund 15 D Justen Glad 23 M Khari Stephenson 14 F Melvin Tarley 14 M Yordany Alvarez 12 F Emiliano Bonfigli 23 M Raphael Cox 22 F Luis Miguel Escalada 12 M Cole Grossman 27 D Matias Mantilla 27 M Kevin Novak 25 F Tino Nunez 16 D Carlos Salcedo 27 D Douglas Sequeira 25 M Jafet Soto 8 M Sunday Stephen 27 M John Stertzer 2 D Tony Beltran 26 M Collen Warner 12 M Leslie Fitzpatrick
GP 127 218 137 125 240 82 38 58 63 189 149 134 159 69 84 205 114 43 68 60 60 66 26 80 36 43 17 29 12 27 32 46 18 28 38 8 24 69 22 211 78 38 17 49 11 38 22 39 14 19 9 38 10 6 5 21 17 29 12 25 18 8 7 31 205 37 18
GS 112 198 84 104 235 67 33 55 46 122 147 89 128 55 35 205 104 43 34 40 58 57 20 72 17 25 16 18 8 8 16 40 5 11 6 3 24 69 11 198 68 15 17 33 10 14 19 37 12 9 9 20 1 2 1 7 15 27 2 20 13 1 7 13 192 19 6
MIN 9883 17620 7597 8658 20938 5708 3006 4952 4138 11536 12750 7819 11571 4755 3781 18225 9445 3832 3183 3506 5120 4639 1528 6716 1381 2405 1374 1557 646 834 1508 3401 504 1179 1112 286 2011 5930 1176 17492 5959 1517 1428 3103 899 1296 1668 3341 1096 791 729 1900 288 208 126 692 1382 2250 281 1870 1246 192 564 1256 17264 1532 716
G 63 46 36 35 25 25 19 17 17 14 12 11 10 10 10 10 9 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 4 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 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
A 13 77 15 17 32 22 11 9 3 29 3 9 14 9 5 4 8 9 3 1 9 11 2 2 6 2 3 2 1 4 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 9 5 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 2
SHT 334 342 217 253 339 157 94 132 160 232 77 126 101 73 96 87 180 92 57 54 48 88 28 44 40 32 21 41 6 22 18 42 10 19 26 7 8 18 25 67 38 31 47 20 24 18 25 14 5 21 22 17 5 1 4 4 5 7 6 5 16 2 7 11 55 22 8
SOG 138 139 93 121 123 73 52 57 71 83 31 39 36 24 42 30 77 37 25 24 16 31 13 10 19 19 13 18 4 12 10 11 5 4 13 4 5 6 13 17 12 11 21 4 12 7 5 3 2 7 12 5 2 1 2 1 3 3 3 2 4 2 2 4 18 10 6
FC 175 292 56 166 333 38 28 68 58 198 179 73 134 70 84 134 103 26 54 26 95 56 33 81 19 92 11 29 10 26 27 82 16 29 24 6 34 64 38 228 52 25 32 69 11 35 30 44 9 17 9 54 2 1 2 7 21 29 10 28 29 1 9 24 188 32 11
FS 162 508 135 135 215 66 56 72 67 269 104 70 213 89 88 89 123 31 46 29 91 39 28 41 13 58 41 30 9 10 37 75 5 14 46 1 22 57 31 112 28 32 39 42 25 11 23 20 11 3 6 14 2 2 0 4 6 20 3 9 14 3 7 21 155 25 13
OFF 155 35 73 117 14 36 45 44 33 26 7 7 14 2 27 11 10 21 12 8 5 9 6 0 17 32 2 18 4 6 1 7 0 1 14 3 3 1 0 3 1 1 16 0 6 8 1 0 0 1 18 0 3 0 5 0 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 9 5 0
CK 0 781 0 9 123 67 0 3 2 225 0 18 13 27 0 0 41 76 0 2 0 52 0 0 1 0 8 0 1 0 1 49 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 25 0 13 24 1 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 6
C 17 35 5 25 58 3 7 10 5 21 33 5 15 13 13 18 23 1 3 0 14 14 2 11 0 13 3 4 1 3 4 9 1 6 2 0 3 6 8 39 10 0 6 10 1 5 7 4 3 2 0 10 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 5 3 0 2 7 30 5 0
E 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 3 9 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0
INT’L
USA USA ECU
ARM
USA
USA CAN USA
USA
SKN
USYNT
USA USA
GAM
UKR USYNT JAM
CRC CRC NIG USA
CONT’D - ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (136-134-94, 502 pts.) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) UNF POS PLAYER 18 G Nick Rimando 15 D Robert Scarlett 17 M Demar Phillips 10 M Arturo Alvarez 25 D Gustavo Cabrera 16 D Willis Forko 19 M Luke Kreamalmeyer 16 D Chris Lancos 7 M Lovel Palmer 3 D Rusty Pierce 31 D Jack Stewart 53 D Terakazu Tanaka 99 F Dante Washington 14 F Artur Aghasyan 13 F Chris Agorsor 2 D Nelson Akwari 27 F Cody Arnoux 24 G Jeff Attinella 25 D Rich Balchan 16 M Matt Behncke 20 M Nikolas Besagno 13 F Justin Braun 4 M Paul Broome 8 M Matias Cordoba 1 G D.J. Countess 15 M Kenny Cutler 21 M Rachid El Khalifi 1 G Scott Garlick 8 M Adolfo Gregorio 33 D David Horst 21 M Christian Jimenez 14 F Ryan Johnson 13 D Ian Joy 5 M Brian Kamler 3 D Phanuel Kavita 25 D Jean-Martial Kipre 28 D Dustin Kirby 6 D Cameron Knowles 6 M Ritchie Kotschau 31 D Michael Lookingland 44 M Brandon McDonald 30 D Rauwshan McKenzie 18 G Jay Nolly 15 M Leighton O'Brien 6 D Boyd Okwuonu 16 M Wellington Paeckart 24 G Kyle Reynish 4 D Marlon Rojas 50 M Sebastian Saucedo 45 G Josh Saunders 1 G Chris Seitz 14 F Dipsy Selolwane 20 M Luis Silva 12 D Nathan Sturgis 18 F Luis Tejada 2 D Daniel Torres 12 D Elias Vasquez 22 M David Viana 19 D Blake Wagner 3 D Kwame Watson-Siriboe 8 D Evan Whitfield 8 F Joey Worthen Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 257 9 25 16 4 38 6 14 17 15 25 4 9 4 1 41 2 27 4 8 8 2 11 7 27 47 4 31 6 3 1 7 20 28 2 18 2 4 20 1 3 6 7 6 3 4 8 7 9 3 7 8 10 8 1 26 15 2 2 19 5 3
GS MIN 257 23075 8 720 20 1797 8 724 4 360 38 3244 2 249 8 811 14 1198 15 1200 24 1993 4 325 2 282 1 98 0 10 35 3195 0 69 26 2379 2 233 7 587 4 440 1 87 10 917 2 173 27 2422 35 3103 3 178 31 2745 4 359 2 176 0 6 1 154 18 1384 24 2028 2 180 16 1427 1 82 3 346 18 1664 1 90 3 270 4 404 6 585 1 236 1 118 1 111 7 685 6 507 1 168 3 231 7 630 4 401 7 530 7 491 0 2 25 2188 14 1264 0 27 1 63 17 1548 0 135 0 29
363 363
363 32670 363 32670
G 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 487 465
A 2 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 0 8 12 18 0 0 6 3 8 3 6 0 7 3 0 7 1 1 1 6 1 3 1 3 0 13 2 0 4 0 0 1 3 11 1 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 10 9 5 0 5 3 1 1 6 2 1
SOG 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0
FC 4 7 22 12 6 26 0 11 16 20 20 3 3 5 0 39 1 0 5 12 9 2 13 4 0 36 3 0 5 1 0 3 27 22 2 24 1 6 19 2 3 5 1 2 0 2 0 8 5 0 0 10 0 12 0 21 27 2 0 25 3 0
FS 38 5 17 9 4 34 7 5 8 24 11 0 7 2 0 21 1 2 1 5 8 2 15 0 4 8 4 2 7 6 0 5 8 38 1 14 0 2 10 0 1 5 1 3 0 3 1 5 5 1 1 9 9 10 0 18 4 0 2 8 5 3
421 4457 1776 4579 4533 423 4366 1738 4545 4558
OFF 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
CK 0 5 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 8 0 6 0 2 4 0 3 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 4 1 0
E 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
947 1693 664 915 1886 624
60 46
INT’L USA JAM JAM SLV SLV
JAM
JAM
USYNT
TRI
BOT
GUA
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE GOALKEEPING STATISTICS (136-134-94, 1.26 GAA, 108 SO) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only)
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV 5 M Brian Kamler 1 0 8 0 0 24 G Kyle Reynish 8 7 685 25 20 18 G Nick Rimando 257 257 23075 1131 818 1 G Scott Garlick 31 31 2745 158 108 45 G Josh Saunders 3 3 231 18 13 1 G Chris Seitz 7 7 630 34 19 24 G Jeff Attinella 27 26 2379 156 105 1 G D.J. Countess 27 27 2422 170 112 18 G Jay Nolly 7 6 585 59 41 Team totals 363 363 32670 1737 1226 Opponent totals 363 363 32670 1777 1236
GA 0 5 281 43 4 13 49 54 17 465 487
GAA 0.00 0.66 1.08 1.41 1.56 1.86 1.85 2.01 2.62 1.27 1.36
PG 0 0 27 1 0 1 9 3 1 42 48
PA W L 0 0 0 0 2 0 45 110 81 2 10 12 0 1 1 1 1 4 11 7 13 3 4 19 1 1 4 63 136 133 55 133 136
T SO 0 0 5 4 66 89 9 4 1 0 2 1 6 5 4 4 1 0 94 108 94 108
INT’L
USA
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL MISCELLANEOUS STATS (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only)
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Alvaro Saborio 21, Javier Morales 20, Fabian Espindola 11, Robbie Findley 9, Joao Plata 8, Kyle Beckerman 7, Olmes Garcia 4, Andy Williams 4, Jeff Cunningham 4, Luke Mulholland 4, Yura Movsisyan 3, Nat Borchers 3, Jason Kreis 3, Will Johnson 3, Ned Grabavoy 3, Devon Sandoval 3, Jamison Olave 2, Luis Gil 2, Chris Schuler 2, Pablo Campos 2, Brian Dunseth 2, Juan Manuel Martinez 1, Jordan Allen 1, John Stertzer 1, Chris Klein 1, Kyle Brown 1, Carey Talley 1, Tino Nunez 1, Douglas Sequeira 1, Jonny Steele 1, Yordany Alvarez 1, Jean-Marc Alexandre 1, Paulo Junior 1, Eddie Pope 1, Atiba Harris 1
GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Javier Morales 18, Kyle Beckerman 17, Joao Plata 8, Fabian Espindola 7, Robbie Findley 5, Andy Williams 5, Tony Beltran 4, Robbie Russell 4, Clint Mathis 4, Alvaro Saborio 3, Luis Gil 3, Ned Grabavoy 3, Jeff Cunningham 3, Nick Rimando 2, Olmes Garcia 2, Luke Mulholland 2, Devon Sandoval 2, Sebastian Velasquez 2, Paulo Junior 2, Collen Warner 2, Alecko Eskandarian 2, Chris Wingert 2, Chris Klein 2, Carey Talley 2, Jordan Allen 2, Aaron Maund 1, Atiba Harris 1, Dema Kovalenko 1, Chris Brown 1, Will Johnson 1, Nat Borchers 1, Lovel Palmer 1, Jason Kreis 1, Juan Manuel Martinez 1, Demar Phillips 1
PENALTY KICK GOALS / ATTEMPTS: Alvaro Saborio 15-17, Javier Morales 10-12, Jeff Cunningham 5-5, Jason Kreis 4-4, Joao Plata 3-3, Carey Talley 2-2, Robbie Findley 2-3, Dema Kovalenko 1-1, Fabian Espindola 1-1, Will Johnson 1-1, Freddy Adu 1-1, Paulo Junior 1-1, Andy Williams 1-2, Alecko Eskandarian 1-2
REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME, 2005-present) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) GAMES PLAYED Nick Rimando Kyle Beckerman Javier Morales Chris Wingert Nat Borchers Tony Beltran Andy Williams Ned Grabavoy Robbie Findley Jamison Olave Alvaro Saborio
GP 257 240 218 211 205 205 189 159 137 149 127
MINUTES PLAYED Nick Rimando Kyle Beckerman Nat Borchers Chris Wingert Javier Morales Tony Beltran Ned Grabavoy Andy Williams Jamison Olave GOALS Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Robbie Findley Fabian Espindola Joao Plata Kyle Beckerman Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis Yura Movsisyan Andy Williams
GS 257 235 198 198 205 192 122 128 83 147 112 MIN 23075 20938 18225 17594 17414 17084 11571 11536 12657
GP 127 218 137 125 82 240 38 58 63 189
GAME-WINNING GOALS Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Joao Plata Kyle Beckerman Jeff Cunningham Andy Williams Olmes Garcia Nat Borchers Ned Grabavoy Will Johnson Jason Kreis
GP 127 218 125 137 82 240 38 189 83 205 159 114 58
HAT TRICKS Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Javier Morales
GP 127 137 218
MULTI-GOAL GAMES Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Jeff Cunningham Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan Joao Plata Olmes Garcia Kyle Beckerman Chris Brown Ned Grabavoy Atiba Harris Jason Kreis Chris Schuler Devon Sandoval
GP 127 218 38 125 137 63 82 83 240 60 159 43 58 80 66
G 63 46 36 35 25 25 19 17 17 14 GWG 21 20 11 9 8 7 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 HATS 3 1 1 2+ G GM 13 7 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
PENALTY-KICK GOALS Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis Joao Plata Robbie Findley Carey Talley 7 players tied with 1
GP 127 218 38 58 82 137 60
PKG 15 10 5 4 3 2 2
PKA 17 12 5 4 3 2 2
ASSISTS Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Andy Williams Joao Plata Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Ned Grabavoy Chris Wingert Alvaro Saborio Jeff Cunningham Clint Mathis
GP 218 240 189 82 125 137 159 211 127 38 66
A 76 32 29 22 17 15 14 14 13 11 11
GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Fabian Espindola Joao Plata Robbie Findley Andy Williams Clint Mathis Robbie Russell Tony Beltran Jeff Cunningham Luis Gil Alvaro Saborio Ned Grabavoy
GP 218 240 125 82 137 189 66 78 205 38 133 127 159
GWA 18 17 7 7 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
GOALS PER 90 MIN. Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Fabian Espindola Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Minimum: 20 goals
MIN 9883 7597 8658 16354 19467
G 63 36 35 42 25
AVG 0.57 0.43 0.36 0.24 0.11
ASSISTS PER 90 MIN. Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Minimum: 20 assists
MIN 16354 11536 19467
A 74 29 32
AVG 0.40 0.23 0.15
SCORING PCT. Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Fabian Espindola Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Minimum: 20 goals
GP 127 137 125 203 223
SHOTS ON GOAL PCT. Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Will Johnson Javier Morales Alvaro Saborio Kyle Beckerman Andy Williams Minimum: 75 shots on goal
GP 125 137 114 203 118 223 189
SHT 334 217 253 313 313 SHT 253 217 180 313 313 313 232
G 63 36 35 42 25 SOG 121 93 77 128 126 118 83
PCT 18.9 16.6 13.8 13.7 7.9 PCT 47.8 42.9 42.8 40.8 40.5 37.3 35.8
REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME, 2005-present) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) SHOTS Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Alvaro Saborio Fabian Espindola Andy Williams Robbie Findley Will Johnson Joao Plata Yura Movsisyan Jason Kreis
GP 218 240 127 125 189 137 114 82 63 58
SHT 339 335 334 253 232 217 180 157 156 132
SHOTS ON GOAL Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Andy Williams Will Johnson Joao Plata Yura Movsisyan Jason Kreis
GP 127 218 240 125 137 189 114 82 63 58
SOG 138 138 127 121 93 83 77 73 72 57
FOULS COMMITTED Kyle Beckerman Javier Morales Chris Wingert Andy Williams Tony Beltran Jamison Olave Alvaro Saborio Fabian Espindola Nat Borchers Ned Grabavoy
GP 240 218 211 189 205 149 127 125 205 159
FC 330 287 229 198 188 181 174 166 134 134
FOULS SUFFERED Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Ned Grabavoy Alvaro Saborio Tony Beltran Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Will Johnson Chris Wingert
GP 218 189 240 159 127 205 125 137 114 211
FS 508 269 220 213 162 159 135 135 123 119
CAUTIONS (YELLOWS) Kyle Beckerman Chris Wingert Javier Morales Jamison Olave Tony Beltran Fabian Espindola Will Johnson Andy Williams Nat Borchers Alvaro Saborio
GP 240 211 218 149 205 125 114 189 205 127
CAUT 58 39 35 33 30 25 23 21 18 17
EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Jamison Olave Fabian Espindola Tony Beltran Andy Williams Nat Borchers Kyle Beckerman Demar Phillips Yordany Alvarez Will Johnson Clint Mathis Chris Wingert Abdoulie Mansally
GP 149 125 205 189 205 240 25 38 114 66 211 48
EJECT 9 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
CORNER KICKS Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Chris Klein Clint Mathis
GP 218 189 240 43 66
CK 779 225 125 76 52
OFFSIDES Alvaro Saborio Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis
GP 127 125 137 38 58
OFF 155 117 73 45 44
SERVICE IN GOAL Nick Rimando Scott Garlick D.J. Countess Jeff Attinella Kyle Reynish Chris Seitz Jay Nolly Josh Saunders Brian Kamler WINNING PCT. Nick Rimando
GP 257
SAVES PERCENTAGE Nick Rimando
GP 257 31 27 27 8 7 7 3 1 WON 110
GS 257 31 27 26 7 7 6 3 0
LOST 81
MIN. 23075 2745 2422 2289 685 630 585 231 8
TIED PCT 66 .558
GP SAVES 257 818
SOG PCT 1100 72.5
WINS Nick Rimando Scott Garlick Jeff Attinella D.J. Countess Kyle Reynish Jay Nolly Josh Saunders Chris Seitz
GP 257 31 27 27 8 7 3 7
WON 110 10 7 4 2 1 1 1
LOSSES Nick Rimando D.J. Countess Jeff Attinella Scott Garlick Jay Nolly Chris Seitz Josh Saunders
GP 257 27 27 31 7 7 3
LOST 81 19 13 12 4 4 1
SAVES Nick Rimando D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Jeff Attinella Jay Nolly Kyle Reynish Chris Seitz Josh Saunders
GP 257 27 31 27 7 8 7 3
SVS 818 112 108 107 41 20 19 13
SHUTOUTS Nick Rimando D.J. Countess Jeff Attinella Scott Garlick Kyle Reynish Chris Seitz
GP 257 27 27 31 8 7
SHO 89 4 5 4 4 1
REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS (2005-present) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) GAMES PLAYED 2016 Beltran/Movsisyan 2015 Olmes Garcia 2014 Ned Grabavoy 2013 Ned Grabavoy 2012 Tony Beltran 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nat Borchers Andy Williams 2009 Nat Borchers Chris Wingert 2008 Kyle Beckerman Nick Rimando 2007 Eddie Pope Nick Rimando 2006 Mehdi Ballouchy Chris Klein 2005 Chris Brown
GP 10 32 33 32 32 33 30 30 30 30 30 30 27 27 32 32 29
GAMES STARTED 2016 Beltran/Movsisyan 2015 Tony Beltran 2014 Nat Borchers 2013 Ned Grabavoy 2012 Tony Beltran 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nat Borchers 2009 Nat Borchers 2008 Kyle Beckerman Nick Rimando 2007 Eddie Pope Nick Rimando 2006 Chris Klein 2005 D.J. Countess Clint Mathis
GS 10 30 32 29 32 33 30 30 30 30 27 27 32 27 27
MINUTES PLAYED 2016 Tony Beltran 2015 Tony Beltran 2014 Nat Borchers 2013 Ned Grabavoy 2012 Tony Beltran 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nat Borchers 2009 Nat Borchers 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Chris Klein 2005 D.J. Countess GOALS 2016 Joao Plata 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Joao Plata 2013 Alvaro Saborio 2012 Alvaro Saborio 2011 Alvaro Saborio 2010 Alvaro Saborio 2009 Robbie Findley 2008 Yura Movsisyan 2007 Robbie Findley 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Jason Kreis
ASSISTS GP ASTS 2016 Joao Plata 8 4 2015 Javier Morales 25 11 2014 Javier Morales 30 12 2013 Javier Morales 28 10 2012 Javier Morales 29 9 2011 Kyle Beckerman 29 9 2010 Javier Morales 26 9 2009 Clint Mathis 28 7 2008 Javier Morales 29 15 2007 Eskandarian / Williams tied with 3 2006 Jeff Cunningham 31 11 2005 Kreis / Mathis tied with 4
MIN 900 2684 2856 2688 2857 2970 2673 2679 2700 2430 2842 2422 GP 8 25 27 16 31 23 27 27 22 16 31 24
G 4 8 13 12 17 11 12 12 7 6 16 9
GAME-WINNING GOALS 2016 5 players tied with 1 each 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Plata / Saborio tied with 4 2013 Javier Morales 2012 Alvaro Saborio 2011 Alvaro Saborio 2010 Alvaro Saborio 2009 Robbie Findley 2008 Javier Morales 2007 Robbie Findley 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Brian Dunseth Jason Kreis
GP
GWG
25
3
28 31 23 27 27 29 16 31 24 24
4 6 4 5 3 3 3 4 2 2
GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 2016 Joao Plata 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Joao Plata 2013 Joao Plata 2012 Javier Morales 2011 Kyle Beckerman 2010 Javier Morales 2009 4 players tied with 2 2008 Javier Morales Andy Williams 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Clint Mathis
GP 8 25 26 29 29 29 26
GWA 2 3 2 3 5 6 3
29 26 17 31 27
2 2 2 3 3
PENALTY-KICK GOALS 2016 Joao Plata / Javier Morales 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Javier Morales 2013 Alvaro Saborio 2012 Alvaro Saborio 2011 Alvaro Saborio 2010 Alvaro Saborio 2009 Robbie Findley Will Johnson 2008 Dema Kovalenko 2007 Carey Talley 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Jason Kreis
GP
PKG 1 2 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 4 3
SHOTS 2016 Joao Plata 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Javier Morales 2013 Alvaro Saborio 2012 Alvaro Saborio 2011 Alvaro Saborio 2010 Alvaro Saborio 2009 Yura Movsisyan 2008 Yura Movsisyan 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Jason Kreis
GP SHOTS 8 20 25 49 30 66 16 53 31 87 23 66 27 51 26 64 22 69 17 47 31 83 24 65
25 30 16 31 23 27 27 26 22 26 31 24
CONT’D – REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS (2005-present) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) SHOTS ON GOAL 2016 Joao Plata 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Joao Plata 2013 Alvaro Saborio 2012 Alvaro Saborio 2011 Fabian Espindola 2010 Alvaro Saborio 2009 Yura Movsisyan 2008 Yura Movsisyan 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Jason Kreis
GP 8 25 26 16 31 27 27 26 22 17 31 24
SOG 12 20 33 21 40 31 22 29 33 21 45 31
FOULS COMMITTED 2016 Kyle Beckerman 2015 Luke Mulholland 2014 Javier Morales 2013 Ned Grabavoy 2012 Kyle Beckerman 2011 Alvaro Saborio 2010 Javier Morales 2009 Kyle Beckerman 2008 Javier Morales 2007 Atiba Harris 2006 Carey Talley 2005 Andy Williams
GP 9 29 30 32 30 23 26 25 29 21 30 26
FC 18 37 55 37 57 43 35 42 49 45 53 41
FOULS SUFFERED 2016 Juan Manuel Martinez 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Javier Morales 2013 Javier Morales 2012 Javier Morales 2011 Andy Williams 2010 Javier Morales 2009 Javier Morales 2008 Javier Morales 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 2006 Andy Williams 2005 Andy Williams
GP 9 25 30 28 29 31 26 26 29 17 29 26
FS 24 58 74 78 69 45 76 55 59 39 52 79
CAUTIONS (YELLOWS) GP CAUT 2016 Beckerman / Beltran tied w/ 3 each 2015 Kyle Beckerman 26 9 2014 Beltran / Wingert tied with 6 2013 Kyle Beckerman 26 7 2012 Espindola / Wingert tied with 7 2011 Kyle Beckerman 29 6 Fabian Espindola 27 6 Will Johnson 25 6 2010 Jamison Olave 27 8 2009 Kyle Beckerman 25 10 2008 Jamison Olave 23 9 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 17 6 Matias Mantilla 10 6 Carey Talley 26 6 2006 Atiba Harris 22 8 2005 Seth Trembly 22 8 EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) 2016 Olave/Beckerman/Phillips 2015 Jamison Olave 2014 4 players tied with 1 2013 Yordany Alvarez 2012 4 players tied with 1 2011 Nat Borchers 2009 Jamison Olave 2008 Ian Joy Andy Williams Chris Wingert 2007 5 players tied with 1 2006 5 players tied with 1 2005 6 players tied with 1
GP EJECT 1 21 3 18
2
30 25 19 26 29
2 3 1 1 1
CORNER KICKS 2016 Joao Plata 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Javier Morales 2013 Javier Morales 2012 Javier Morales 2011 Kyle Beckerman 2010 Javier Morales 2009 Javier Morales 2008 Javier Morales 2007 Mehdi Ballouchy 2006 Chris Klein 2005 Andy Williams
GP 8 25 30 28 29 29 26 26 29 14 32 26
CK 18 93 120 108 97 42 80 113 112 40 75 73
OFFSIDES 2016 Yura Movsisyan 2015 Alvaro Saborio 2014 Alvaro Saborio 2013 Alvaro Saborio 2012 Alvaro Saborio 2011 Alvaro Saborio 2010 Fabian Espindola 2009 Fabian Espindola 2008 Kenny Deuchar 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Jason Kreis
GP 10 14 16 16 31 23 22 22 29 17 31 24
OFF 9 19 21 20 37 38 29 21 18 16 35 23
SCORING PCT. 2016 2015 Sebastian Jaime 2014 Joao Plata 2013 Alvaro Saborio 2012 Alvaro Saborio 2011 Alvaro Saborio 2010 Alvaro Saborio 2009 Robbie Findley 2008 Fabian Espindola 2007 Robbie Findley 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Jason Kreis Minimum: 5 goals SHOTS ON GOAL PCT. 2016 2015 Javier Morales 2014 Joao Plata 2013 Alvaro Saborio 2012 Alvaro Saborio 2011 Fabian Espindola 2010 Javier Morales 2009 Will Johnson 2008 Kyle Beckerman 2007 Alecko Eskandarian 2006 Jeff Cunningham 2005 Jason Kreis Minimum: 20 shots on goal
GP SHOTS GOALS PCT 19 26 16 31 23 27 27 12 16 31 24
20 56 53 87 66 51 60 25 20 83 65
5 13 12 17 11 12 12 5 6 16 9
GP SHOTS 25 26 16 31 27 26 26 30 17 31 24
49 56 53 87 62 42 48 45 47 83 65
25.0 23.2 22.6 19.5 16.7 23.5 20.0 20.0 30.0 19.3 13.8 SOG
PCT
20 32 21 40 31 21 22 22 21 45 31
40.8 57.1 39.6 46.0 50.0 50.0 45.8 48.9 44.7 54.2 47.7
CONT’D – REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS (2005-present) (active RSL players in BOLD – MLS reg. season games only) GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess
GP 8 24 24 27 31 33 27 26 30 27 31 27
WINS 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
GAMES STARTED IN GOAL 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess
GS 8 24 24 27 31 33 27 26 30 27 31 27
LOSSES GP LOST 2016 Nick Rimando 8 2 2015 Nick Rimando 24 9 2014 Attinella / Rimando tied with 4 each 2013 Nick Rimando 27 7 2012 Nick Rimando 31 11 2011 Nick Rimando 33 11 2010 Nick Rimando 27 4 2009 Nick Rimando 26 10 2008 Nick Rimando 30 10 2007 Nick Rimando 27 13 2006 Scott Garlick 31 12 2005 D.J. Countess 27 19
MINUTES PLAYED IN GOAL 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess
MIN 720 2160 2160 2430 2790 2970 2430 2285 2700 2430 2745 2422
GOALS AGAINST AVG. 2016 Jeff Attinella 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess Minimum: 1000 minutes played
GP 2 24 24 27 31 33 27 26 30 27 31 27
WINNING PCT. 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick Minimum: 5 wins
WON LOST TIED 4 2 2 8 9 7 13 4 7 14 7 6 16 11 4 14 11 8 15 4 8 10 10 6 10 10 10 6 13 8 10 12 9
GP 8 24 24 27 31 33 27 26 30 27 31
MIN 180 2160 2160 2430 2790 2970 2430 2285 2700 2430 2745 2422
GA GAA 2 1.00 24 1.00 25 1.05 28 1.04 33 1.06 36 1.09 18 0.67 29 1.14 39 1.30 37 1.37 43 1.41 54 2.01
PCT .625 .490 .715 .630 .581 .545 .704 .500 .500 .370 .468
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Scott Garlick D.J. Countess
GP 8 24 24 27 31 33 27 26 30 27 31 27
WON 4 8 13 14 16 14 15 10 10 6 10 4
SAVES 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess
GP 8 24 24 27 31 33 27 26 30 27 31 27
SHUTOUTS 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Nick Rimando 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess
GP SHO 8 2 24 8 24 7 27 9 31 12 33 13 27 14 26 9 30 8 27 7 31 4 27 4
SAVES PERCENTAGE 2016 Nick Rimando 2015 Nick Rimando 2014 Jeff Attinella 2013 Nick Rimando 2012 Nick Rimando 2011 Nick Rimando 2010 Nick Rimando 2009 Nick Rimando 2008 Nick Rimando 2007 Nick Rimando 2006 Scott Garlick 2005 D.J. Countess Minimum: 40 saves
GP SAVES 8 33 24 66 9 44 27 82 31 83 33 95 27 78 26 73 30 96 27 146 31 108 27 112
SVS 33 66 77 82 83 95 78 73 96 146 108 112
SOG 48 93 59 112 116 134 100 108 140 191 158 170
PCT 69.2 71.0 74.6 73.2 71.6 70.9 78.0 67.6 68.6 76.4 68.4 65.9
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL POSTSEASON SUPERLATIVES (2005-present) ==================================================== (active RSL players in BOLD – playoff games only) GAMES PLAYED Career: 21 Career: 21 Season: 5
Kyle Beckerman Nick Rimando 9 times
MINUTES Career: Career: Season:
Kyle Beckerman Nick Rimando 5 times
2010 2010 510
OFFSIDES Career: Season: Game: Half:
6 3 3 2 1
Robbie Findley Robbie Findley (2009) Alvaro Saborio (2011) Alvaro Saborio (10/29/2011 vs. SEA) 21 times
ASSISTS Career: Season: Season: Game: Game: Half:
9 3 3 2 2 1
Javier Morales Javier Morales Javier Morales Javier Morales Javier Morales 23 times
Half: Half:
30 12 12 6 4 4
(2011) (2013) (10/29/11 vs. SEA) (11/10/13 vs. POR)
Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan (2008) Robbie Findley (2009) Alvaro Saborio (10/29/11 v. SEA) Alvaro Saborio (10/29/11 v. SEA, 1st) Kyle Beckerman (12/07/13 at KC, 2d)
SHOTS ON GOAL Career: 13 Season: 6 Season: 6 Game: 3 Half: 2
Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan (2008) Robbie Findley (2009) Alvaro Saborio (10/29/11 vs. SEA) 10 times
FOULS COMMITTED Career: 33 Season: 10 Season: 10 Season: 10 Game: 6 Game: 6 Game: 6
Javier Morales Yura Movsisyan (2008) Chris Wingert (2009) Chris Schuler (2013) Yura Movsisyan (11/01/08 vs. CHV) Javier Morales (11/08/08 at CHV) Chris Wingert (11/14/09 at CHI)
Half:
5
FOULS SUFFERED Career: 40 Season: 10 Season: 10 Game: 5 Game: 5 Half:
4
3
CORNER KICKS Career: 54 Season: 21 Game: 9
GOALS Career: Season: Season: Game: Half:
SHOTS Career: Season: Season: Game:
15 10 6
Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley (2009) Robbie Findley (11/22/09 at LA) Robbie Findley (11/22/09 at LA, 1st)
Javier Morales Javier Morales (2013) Javier Morales (11/07/13 vs. LA)
Half:
5
Javier Morales (11/07/13 vs. LA, 2d)
Half:
5
Javier Morales (11/10/13 vs. POR, 1st)
CAUTIONS Career: Season: Game: Half:
6 2 1 1
Kyle Beckerman 4 times 33 times 29 times
EJECTIONS Career: Season: Game:
1 1 1
Javier Morales Javier Morales (2010) Javier Morales (10/30/10 at DAL)
Half:
1
Javier Morales (10/30/10 at DAL, 2d)
GK GAMES PLAYED Career: 21 Season: 5
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando (2013)
GK MINUTES Career: 2010 Season: 510
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando (2013)
GK WINS Career: Season:
7 3
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando (2013)
GK LOSSES Career: Season:
7 2
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando (2011)
GK TIES Career: Season:
7 2
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando (2009)
GK SHUTOUTS Career: Season: Season:
8 2 2
Nick Rimando Nick Rimando (2009) Nick Rimando (2013)
Yura Movsisyan (11/01/08 vs. CHV, 2d)
Javier Javier Robbie Alvaro Javier
Morales Morales Findley Saborio Morales
(2011) (2013) (10/29/11 vs. SEA) (11/08/12 vs. SEA)
Alvaro Saborio (10/29/11 vs. SEA, 1st)
GK GOALS ALLOWED Career: 24 Season: 5 Season: 5 Game: 5 Half: 3
Nick Nick Nick Nick Nick
Rimando Rimando Rimando Rimando Rimando
GK SAVES Career: Season: Game: Half:
Nick Nick Nick Nick
Rimando Rimando (2009) Rimando (11/05/09 at CLB) Rimando (11/05/09 at CLB, 2d)
62 18 8 6
(2014) (2011) (11/08/14 at LA) (11/08/14 at LA, 2d)
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE TEAM POSTSEASON HIGHS (2005-present) ==================================================== GAMES PLAYED Season: MINUTES Season:
5
510
in 2013
in 2013
GOALS Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
8 4 6 2
in 2013 11/10/2013 vs. POR 11/10/2013 vs. POR 4 times
ASSISTS Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
7 4 5 3
in 2013 11/10/2013 vs. POR 11/10/2013 vs. POR 11/10/2013 vs. POR (2d)
SHOTS Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
67 24 40 16
SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 23 Game: 11 2-Tms: 15 Half: 7
in 2013 11/15/2008 vs. NY 11/07/2013 vs. LA 11/15/2008 vs. NY (2d)
in 2008 10/29/2011 vs. SEA 11/05/2009 at CLB 11/01/2008 vs. CHV (2d)
FOULS COMMITTED Season: 83 Game: 24 2-Tms: 44 Half: 13 Half: 13
in 2013 11/08/2008 11/08/2008 11/08/2008 11/05/2009
at at at at
CHV CHV CHV (1st) CLB (2d)
FOULS SUFFERED Season: 72 Game: 22 2-Tms: 44 Half: 12 Half: 12
in 2013 11/22/2009 11/08/2008 11/08/2008 11/02/2011
at at at at
LA CHV CHV (2d) SEA (2d)
OFFSIDES Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
18 8 13 4
in 2009 11/22/2009 at LA 11/22/2009 at LA 10/31/2009 vs. CLB (2d)
CORNER KICKS Season: 22 Game: 11 2-Tms: 21 Half: 8
in 2013 11/06/2010 vs. DAL 11/07/2013 vs. LA 11/06/2010 vs. DAL (2d)
CAUTIONS Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half: Half:
8 4 7 7 3 3
in 2013 11/14/2009 11/08/2008 11/14/2009 11/08/2008 11/06/2010
EJECTIONS Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
1 1 2 1
in 2010 10/30/2010 at DAL 10/30/2010 at DAL 10/30/2010 at DAL (2d)
GK GAMES PLAYED Season: 5
in 2013
GK MINUTES Season:
510
in 2013
GK WINS Season:
3
in 2013
GK LOSSES Season:
2
in 2011
GK TIES Season:
2
in 2009
GK SHUTOUTS Season: Season:
2 2
in 2009 in 2013
at CHI at CHV at CHI at CHV (1st) vs. DAL (1st)
GK GOALS ALLOWED Season: 5 Season: 5 Game: 5 2-Tms: 6 Half: 3
in 2011 in 2014 11/08/2014 at LA 11/10/2013 vs. POR 11/08/2014 at LA (2d)
GK SAVES Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
in 2009 11/05/2009 at CLB 11/14/2009 at CHI 11/05/2009 at CLB (2d)
18 8 14 6
ALL-TIME REAL SALT LAKE TEAM POSTSEASON LOWS (2005-present) ==================================================== GAMES PLAYED Season: Season: Season: MINUTES Season: Season: Season:
2 2 2
in 2010 in 2012 in 2014
180 180 180
in 2010 in 2012 in 2014
OFFSIDES Season: Game: Game: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
GOALS Season: Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
in 2012 in 2014 9 times 11/14/2009 at CHI 11/02/2012 at SEA 11/01/2014 vs. LA 25 times
ASSISTS Season: Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
0 0 0 0 0
in 2012 in 2014 10 times 5 times 25 times
SHOTS Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half: Half:
22 4 15 1 1
in 2010 11/02/2011 10/31/2009 11/02/2011 11/24/2013
at SEA vs. CLB at SEA (1st) at POR (2d)
SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 10 in 2010 Game: 1 11/02/2011 2-Tms: 4 10/31/2009 2-Tms: 4 11/03/2013 Half: 0 11/02/2011 Half: 0 11/03/2013 Half: 0 12/07/2013
at SEA vs. CLB at LA at SEA (1st) at LA (2d) at KC (1st)
FOULS COMMITTED Season: 23 Game: 4 2-Tms: 13 Half: 1 FOULS SUFFERED Season: 26 Season: 26 Game: 8 2-Tms: 13 Half: 2 Half: 2
in 2012 11/15/2008 vs. NY 11/15/2008 vs. NY 11/15/2008 vs. NY (2d)
in 2010 in 2012 11/14/2009 11/15/2008 11/14/2009 11/07/2013
at CHI vs. NY at CHI (2d) vs. LA (1st)
1 0 0 0 1 0
in 2012 11/01/2008 11/08/2012 11/10/2013 11/01/2008 14 times
vs. vs. vs. vs.
CHV SEA POR CHV
CORNER KICKS Season: 10 Game: 0 2-Tms: 3 Half: 0
in 2012 11/08/2008 at CHV 11/08/2008 at CHV 8 times
CAUTIONS Season: Game: Game: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half:
2 0 0 0 1 1 0
in 2012 11/15/2008 11/08/2012 11/10/2013 11/08/2012 11/10/2013 20 times
EJECTIONS Season: Game: 2-Tms: Half:
0 0 0 0
5 times 19 times 19 times 39 times
vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.
NY SEA POR SEA POR
GK GAMES PLAYED Season: 2 Season: 2 Season: 2
in 2010 in 2012 in 2014
GK MINUTES Season: Season: Season:
180 180 180
in 2010 in 2012 in 2014
GK WINS Season: Season: Season:
0 0 0
in 2010 in 2012 in 2014
GK LOSSES Season:
0
in 2009
GK TIES Season:
0
in 2011
GK SHUTOUTS Season:
0
in 2010
GOALS ALLOWED Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half:
1 0 0 0 0 0
in 2012 8 times 11/14/2009 at CHI 11/02/2012 at SEA 11/01/2014 vs. LA 24 times
SAVES Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half:
4 0 3 3 0
in 2010 10/29/2011 vs. SEA 10/31/2009 vs. CLB 11/03/2013 at LA 10 times
#
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 30 49 50 70 80
Player
Lalo Fernandez Tony Beltran Phanuel Kavita Jamison Olave Kyle Beckerman Boyd Okwuonu Juan Manuel Martinez Sunday Stephen Joao Plata Javier Morales Omar Holness Yura Movsisyan Justen Glad Chris Wingert Demar Phillips Nick Rimando Luke Mulholland Emilio Orozco Aaron Maund Andrew Brody Jeff Attinella Danilo Acosta Adolfo Ovalle John Stertzer Emery Welshman Devon Sandoval Sebastian Saucedo Jordan Allen Olmes Garcia 3
81M 9
1
26
90D 54 85D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M
70F 90F 90D 90D 59D 73D 31 17 90G 90M 64M
90G
89F 90F 90F 90F 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 67 90D 90D 90G 90G 90G 90G 75M 90M 5 32
5
90F 90D 75D
16
90G
74M
78F 90F 58F 15 12 8
90M 45M 1
6
20 15
90M
90M
2
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 36D
90F 89F 64F 5 66 90D 90D 20D 90G 90G 90G 13 35
87M 90M 90M 90F 90F 23F 88F 90F 82F 24M 90M 90M 90M 84M 85M 58M 77M 90M 85M 90M 90F 90F 32 90F 90M 55M 26 45 90M 90M 90M
90D 90D 83D 90M 90M 31M
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ORL SEA POR KC COL VAN LA HOU COL HOU 2-2 2-1 2-2 2-1 1-0 1-0 2-5 2-1 0-1 0-1
REAL SALT LAKE
"00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position
Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game
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RSL RSL RSL RSL RSL RSL RSL RSL RSL RSL
at vs at at vs vs at vs at at
ORL 2 SEA 1 POR 2 KC 1 COL 0 VAN 0 LA 5 HOU 1 COL 1 HOU 1
T W T W W W L W L L
Plata 1 (penalty kick) 26; Plata 2 (Beltran 1, Martinez 1) Obayan 1 (Plata 1) 43; Olave 1 (Martinez 2, Plata 2) 86 Plata 3 (unassisted) 16; Movsisyan 1 (unassisted) 58 Glad 1 (Plata 3) 29; Mulholland 1 (unassisted) 79 Plata 4 (unassisted) 72 Martinez 1 (Plata 4) 55 Martinez 2 (Mulholland 1) 16; Morales 1 (penalty kick) 70 Allen 1 (Glad 1) 62; Movsisyan 2 (Phillips 1, Allen 1) 70
REAL SALT LAKE 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 0
66
#
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 24 25 26 27 49 50 70 80
Player
REAL SALT LAKE
72F
90M 81M 90M 90M
90D 90M
90D
84F
90M 90M 90M 90M
90D 90M
90D
90D
90D 90G
1 6
89D
90G
90D
9 18
L T
Plata (Movsisyan) 22
2015/16 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QF1 QF2 TIGR TIGR 0-2 1-1
Lalo Fernandez Tony Beltran Phanuel Kavita Jamison Olave Kyle Beckerman Boyd Okwuonu Juan Manuel Martinez Sunday Stephan Obayan Joao Plata Javier Morales Omar Holness Yura Movsisyan Justen Glad Chris Wingert Demar Phillips Nick Rimando Luke Mulholland Aaron Maund Jeff Attinella Danilo Acosta Adolfo Ovalle John Stertzer Devon Sandoval Sebastian Saucedo Jordan Allen Olmes Garcia
2015/16 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QF1 02/24/2016 RSL 0 at TIGRES 2 QF2 03/02/2016 RSL 1 at TIGRES 1