Game Guide: Sporting KC at Seattle Sounders FC by Sporting Kansas City

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (May 23, CenturyLink Field; 7 p.m. PT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2015 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sounders FC 10 6-3-1 19 17 9 at home 4 3-1-0 9 7 3

ROSTERS

24 Frei

Sporting 11 4-2-5 17 17 15 on road 5 1-2-2 5 8 10 LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (9 meetings): Sounders FC 7 wins, 12 goals … Sporting 1 win, 6 goals … Ties 1

Marshall

Evans

Mears

AT SEATTLE (5 meetings): Sounders FC 3 wins, 4 goals … Sporting 1 win, 2 goals … Ties 1

Remick

Pineda

Alonso

Neagle

Pappa

LAST YEAR (MLS) 3/8: SEA 1, KC 0 (Barrett 94+)

Barrett

Dempsey

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING SOUNDERS FC Fri. May 29 FC Dallas Wed. May 27 Colorado Sat. June 6 Seattle Sun. May 31 New York Sun. June 21 at Real Salt Lake Sat. June 6 at Sporting KC Sat. June 27 Colorado Sat. June 13 FC Dallas

Dwyer

9 Nemeth

37 Peterson

Feilhaber

Nagamura

93 WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM F A 17 9 53 100

F 17 58

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

Mustivar

SPORTING

SOUNDERS FC

Dia

A 15 66

Besler

6 2 1 0

6 5 6 0

10 1 3 1

9 3 2 0 2 0 1 0

8 0 3 1 0 0 2 1

3 11 3

3 10 2

TYPE OF PLAY

6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0

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

6 10 1

1 8 0

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) SEA KC

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 5-0-0 1-2-1 0-1-0 2-0-0 1-2-4 1-0-1

REFEREE: Jair Marrufo. AR1 (bench): Corey Rockwell; AR2 (opposite): Eduardo Mariscal; 4th: Drew Fischer DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Date Score (Gms since) 4/26/2015 SEA 1, POR 0 5/16/2015 SEA 2, VAN 0 3/14/2015 SEA 2, SJ 3 5/09/2015 SEA 2, CLB 3 3/28/2015 SEA 0, DAL 0 5/16/2015 SEA 2, VAN 0 4/12/2015 SEA 0, LA 1

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sounders FC Sporting KC

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SPORTING KC 1 Luis Marin (GK) 2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Krisztian Nemeth (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Bernardo Anor (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Amadou Dia (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Servando Carrasco (MF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 18 James Rogers (FW) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 71 Marcel de Jong (DF) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF)

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

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 6-1-0 0-2-0 2-0-2 2-2-1

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

Ellis Melia

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

12 1 0 3 1 0 0 0

Anibaba

HOW SCORED

7 8 2 0

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 1 Troy Perkins (GK) 2 Clint Dempsey (FW) 3 Brad Evans (MF) 4 Tyrone Mears (DF) 5 Andy Rose (MF) 6 Osvaldo Alonso (MF) 7 Cristian Roldan (MF) 8 Gonzalo Pineda (MF) 9 Obafemi Martins (FW) 10 Marco Pappa (MF) 11 Aaron Kovar (MF) 12 Leo Gonzalez (DF) 13 Andres Correa (DF) 14 Chad Marshall (DF) 15 Dylan Remick (DF) 17 Darwin Jones (FW) 19 Chad Barrett (FW) 20 Zach Scott (DF) 21 Jimmy Ockford (DF) 22 Charlie Lyon (GK) 24 Stefan Frei (GK) 27 Lamar Neagle (MF) 31 Damion Lowe (DF) 42 Micheal Azira (MF) 80 Victor Mansaray (FW) 91 Oniel Fisher (MF)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 5/20/2015 KC 4, NE 2 3/28/2015 KC 1, NYC 0 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2 4/18/2015 KC 1, LA 2 5/09/2015 KC 1, DC 1 5/03/2015 KC 1, CHI 0 4/11/2015 KC 0, RSL 0

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TEAM LEADERS SOUNDERS FC G: 7 Dempsey A: 5 Dempsey/Pappa SHT: 18 Dempsey SOG: 13 Neagle FC: 13 Alonso FS: 20 Martins OF: 7 Martins C: 2 6 players tied E: 1 Pineda SPORTING G: 5 Nemeth A: 6 Feilhaber SHT: 36 Dwyer SOG: 11 Dwyer FC: 20 Dwyer FS: 35 Dwyer OF: 14 Dwyer C: 3 Espinoza E: 1 Besler

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG SEA 10 2 2 3 3 0 17 1.70 KC 11 2 6 0 1 2 17 1.55 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG SEA 10 5 3 0 2 0 9 0.90 KC 11 4 2 3 1 1 15 1.36 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 SEA 17 3 4 3 1 4 2 KC 17 2 3 4 2 2 4 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 SEA 9 2 2 0 4 1 0 KC 15 4 2 2 3 2 2

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (May 23, CenturyLink Field; 7 p.m. PT -- MLS Game 118)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-2 190 07/29/1981 Springfield, OH 0 0 0 0 213 213 0 2 1 Troy Perkins FW 6-1 170 03/09/1983 Nacogdoches, TX 8 8 7 5 114 107 48 29 2 Clint Dempsey 3 Brad Evans MF 6-1 170 04/20/1985 Phoenix, AZ 10 10 0 0 178 154 22 26 DF 5-11 163 02/18/1983 Stockport, England 10 10 0 1 10 10 0 1 4 Tyrone Mears 5 Andy Rose MF 6-2 170 02/13/1990 Melbourne, Australia 10 6 0 2 67 31 5 6 6 Osvaldo Alonso MF 5-11 155 11/11/1985 San Cristobal, Cuba 7 7 0 0 179 175 6 14 MF 5-8 165 06/03/1995 Artesia, CA 6 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 7 Cristian Roldan MF 5-10 166 10/19/1982 Mexico City, Mexico 9 8 0 1 37 32 3 8 8 Gonzalo Pineda 9 Obafemi Martins FW 5-7 154 10/28/1984 Lagos, Nigeria 8 8 6 2 59 54 31 19 MF 5-10 155 11/15/1987 Guatemala City, Guatemala 8 8 0 5 149 133 32 26 10 Marco Pappa 11 Aaron Kovar MF 5-10 155 08/14/1993 Seattle, WA 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 12 Leo Gonzalez DF 6-1 174 11/21/1980 San Jose, Costa Rica 7 3 0 0 128 115 1 3 Andres Correa DF 5-10 175 01/29/1994 Medellin, Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Chad Marshall DF 6-4 190 08/22/1984 Riverside, CA 8 8 0 0 292 289 17 13 14 15 Dylan Remick DF 6-0 165 05/19/1991 Chicago, IL 7 7 0 0 21 15 0 0 Darwin Jones FW 5-10 175 04/04/1992 Chicago, IL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 FW 5-11 185 04/30/1985 San Diego, CA 5 2 2 0 242 155 53 30 19 Chad Barrett 20 Zach Scott DF 5-11 175 07/02/1980 Wailukur, HI 3 2 0 0 87 69 1 1 21 Jimmy Ockford DF 6-1 185 06/10/1992 Trenton, NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Charlie Lyon GK 6-2 215 04/10/1992 St. Charles, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Stefan Frei GK 6-3 195 04/20/1986 Altstaetten, Switzerland 10 10 0 0 126 126 0 2 27 Lamar Neagle MF 5-11 165 05/07/1987 Tacoma, WA 10 8 2 0 118 82 26 17 31 Damion Lowe DF 6-3 175 05/05/1993 Kingston, Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 Micheal Azira MF 5-10 160 08/22/1987 Kampala, Uganda 4 3 0 0 18 9 0 0 80 Victor Mansaray FW 5-11 180 02/22/1997 Freetown, Sierra Leone 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 91 Oniel Fisher MF 5-9 155 11/22/1991 Portmore, Jamaica 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Sigi Schmid

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-2 196 05/18/1983 Santiago, Chile 8 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 1 Luis Marin 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 2 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 6 2 0 62 45 8 0 3 Ike Opara 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 6 5 0 0 28 22 0 3 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 10 10 0 2 160 155 2 9 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 6 4 1 0 228 205 13 19 DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 0 0 0 0 123 98 2 13 7 Chance Myers 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 8 8 0 2 156 123 22 41 FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 9 7 5 1 9 7 5 1 9 Krisztian Nemeth 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11 11 3 6 121 109 15 25 MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 6 1 0 0 77 49 12 3 11 Bernardo Anor 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 7 3 0 0 7 3 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 11 11 4 1 61 49 28 4 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 5 4 0 0 138 134 0 7 15 16 Servando Carrasco MF 5-10 175 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 7 5 0 0 66 36 1 1 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 18 James Rogers FW 5-8 150 06/27/1993 Yoyah, Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 22 Connor Hallisey MF 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 9 9 1 2 121 116 5 8 23 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 9 9 1 2 122 102 3 13 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 3 3 0 0 9 8 0 0 29 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 9 4 0 1 208 118 15 15 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 6 6 0 1 6 6 0 1 71 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 7 3 0 0 7 3 0 0 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 3 3 0 0 9 4 0 0 94 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

L60 11/21/1966 W80 T49

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY CENTURYLINK FIELD, Seattle, Wash. May 23, 2015 (WEEK 12, MLS Game #118) 7 p.m. PT (JOEtv / ROOT-NW Alt; KMCI-38) A vital meeting in the Western Conference is ahead when Seattle Sounders FC return home to take on Sporting Kansas City on Saturday evening at CenturyLink Field. The teams are separated by just two points in a tight divisional tussle, Sounders FC sitting just two points off the top spot. Sounders FC head back home following an impressive 2-0 victory at West leaders Vancouver Whitecaps FC, while Sporting hit the road after putting an end to the New England Revolution’s long undefeated run with a 4-2 home win at midweek. REFEREE: Jair Marrufo. AR1 (bench): Corey Rockwell; AR2 (opposite): Eduardo Mariscal; 4th: Drew Fischer MLS Career: 181 games; FC/gm: 23.4; Y/gm: 2.8; R: 34; pens: 53 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Erik Palmer-Brown (U.S. U-20 national team) HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (9 meetings): Sounders FC 7 wins, 12 goals … Sporting 1 win, 6 goals … Ties 1 AT SEATTLE (5 meetings): Sounders FC 3 wins, 4 goals … Sporting 1 win, 2 goals … Ties 1 RETURN MATCHES: 6/6: Sporting Kansas City vs. Seattle Sounders FC, 7:30 p.m. CT; 9/27: Sporting Kansas City vs. Seattle Sounders FC, 4 p.m. CT (ESPN2) LAST YEAR (MLS) 3/8: SEA 1, KC 0 (Barrett 94+)  Sounders FC have an eight-game league unbeaten streak alive against Sporting, including a 1-0 win at CenturyLink Field last March 8 in the only meeting between the teams. Since a 1-0 KC win in 2009 in the first meeting ever between the clubs, Seattle has won seven matches (with one draw).  The teams did meet in the 2012 U.S. Open Cup Final, Sporting winning in a penalty-kick shootout after a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes in K.C., ending Sounders FC’s three-year hold on the Open Cup title.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. SEA: P8 W0 L7 D1 … Sigi Schmid vs. KC: P41 W20 L15 D6 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Seattle Sounders FC returned to their winning ways, concluding a three-game road swing with a 2-0 win against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday afternoon at BC Place. Sounders FC are in third place in the Western Conference with 19 points from 10 matches. LAST MATCH  Sounders FC got off to the perfect start, taking the lead after just five minutes. Collecting a bouncing ball in midfield, Clint Dempsey played in Chad Barrett and he outpaced the Whitecaps FC backline to finish low past goalkeeper David Ousted.  Sounders FC doubled their lead with seven minutes remaining in the half. Barrett struck again, getting on the end of a perfectly weighted pass from Marco Pappa before volleying past Ousted from a tight angle, the finish capping off a 25-pass sequence.  Sounders FC head coach Sigi Schmid made two changes to the team that fell 3-2 to Columbus Crew SC at Mapfre Stadium. Lamar Neagle came into a wide role in place of Andy Rose, and Chad Barrett started up top in place of Obafemi Martins.  SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (4-4-2): Stefan Frei - Tyrone Mears, Brad Evans, Chad Marshall, Dylan Remick Marco Pappa (Leo Gonzalez 90), Osvaldo Alonso, Gonzalo Pineda, Lamar Neagle (Darwin Jones 85) - Chad Barrett (Andy Rose 72), Clint Dempsey. TEAM NEWS  It was a second victory on the three-game road swing for Sounders FC, who have victories in five of their last six matches.  “It’s early in the season but we wanted to let people know that we are still here. We haven’t disappeared,” Schmid said. “I know Dallas and Vancouver have been on top of the table pretty much from the beginning of the season. But we wanted to let people know the road still goes through Seattle.”

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The visit by Sporting KC starts a string of three home games over the next week. Sounders FC return to CenturyLink Field not having allowed a goal there in their last 200 minutes. “We’ve got a tough stretch next week,” Schmid said. “I know we’ve got three at home, but we still have three games in a week so it’s going to be a little bit of work. That means we’re going to have to rely on our whole team as well. Different people are going to pop up and play.” Chad Barrett scored two goals in a game for the sixth time in his MLS career – the first time since 2010 – for his first two goals this season. It was his second start of the year, his first since March 28. “[Barrett] has scored goals in this league before,” Seattle head coach Sigi Schmid said. “I know he’s a good player. He scored goals for us last year. We talked about it. ‘Hey, here’s your chance. You’ve got to make use of your opportunity. Focus on the game.’ We tried to keep him in between their two center backs and look for those little gaps when they popped up and he finished both his chances really well.” Barrett was in the lineup in place of Obafemi Martins, who was out with a tibial contusion. Martins had not returned to full training at the start of the week before the Sporting match. “[Martins] looks unlikely for this weekend,” Schmid said. “He’s in the gym and working, but he can’t get on the field yet.” Clint Dempsey extended his streak to eight games this year with a goal and/or an assist – every game he’s played this season – with an assist vs. Vancouver. Dating back to last year, Dempsey has a goal and/or assist in 10 consecutive games; the MLS record is 11 games, set three times previously. It was a sixth clean sheet of the season for Sounders FC, the first since April 26, and the first after again conceding a season-high three goals. “Three out of our back four are new guys. Remick didn’t play that much last year. Tyrone’s a new guy, we shifted Brad Evans’ position and I think those guys are really starting to gel and understand each other,” said Schmid. Said goalkeeper Stefan Frei: “That was probably our best performance overall just because we were very efficient and in control offensively and defensively at all times. Our possession was spot on. The way we took care of our chances was clinical. It was a pleasure to watch.”

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City extended their undefeated run to four games, rolling to a 4-2 win against the New England Revolution on Wednesday evening at Sporting Park. Sporting are in a tie for fourth place in the Western Conference with 17 points from 11 matches. LAST MATCH  The Revolution took the lead in the 11th minute. Kelyn Rowe sent through a long diagonal ball 30 yards from goal for Juan Agudelo to run onto. After making a cutback that took a Sporting defender off his feet, Agudelo calmly slotted the ball past Tim Melia with the goalkeeper caught well off his line.  But the Sporting barrage began in the 29th minute. In the center of the box, Dom Dwyer squared up with his back to goal, received a pass from Krisztian Nemeth off his chest, spun to his right and fired a low left-footed shot inside goalkeeper Brad Knighton's right post.  SKC took the lead in the 39th minute when Nemeth headed home from inside the area from a free kick flighted in by Benny Feilhaber out on the left flank. Just three minutes after that, Revolution defender Jose Goncalves was called for a foul on Dwyer just inside the top of the penalty and referee Allen Chapman pointed to the spot, and Feilhaber sent the 'keeper the wrong way in converting the resulting penalty.  Less than a half-minute into the second half, Nemeth bagged his second of the night. Winger Jacob Peterson made a long run to win a duel for the ball outside the New England penalty area, then sent a perfect diagonal pass that Nemeth settled and finished cleanly under Knighton.  New England pulled a goal back in the 64th minute when Scott Caldwell knocked home second-half substitute Teal Bunbury's cross from just right of the penalty spot.  SKC manager Peter Vermes made four changes to the team that came back for a 1-1 draw with D.C. United at RFK Stadium. Kevin Ellis and Amadou Dia came into the back four in place of Erik Palmer-Brown and Seth Sinovic, and Paulo Nagamura and Krisztian Nemeth came into the team replacing Roger Espinoza and Graham Zusi.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia - Soni Mustivar - Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (Servando Carrasco 86) - Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 79), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Saad Abdul-Salaam 90). TEAM NEWS  Sporting made it four games without defeat, with two wins and two draws in that time, with the win against New England. SKC has suffered just one loss in their last nine games dating back to March 21.  Sporting also remained undefeated for the season at Sporting Park with a second home victory. Sporting are 30-3 on their home ground this season, one of five undefeated teams at home still remaining in MLS.

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The four goals scored equaled the most for Sporting this season – matching the total they hit for in a wild 4-4 draw at the Houston Dynamo on April 25. “The execution of the game plan was very good. We played with a lot of intelligence in the game, and I thought that was the difference. There was obviously a lot of effort and everything else, but I thought our intelligence in the game was very good,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. Krisztian Nemeth scored his first two-goal game since coming to MLS, now leading Sporting with five goals this season. Nemeth had been held without a goal in back-to-back games after scoring three goals over a fourgame span April 5-25. He also contributed his first MLS assist. Dom Dwyer scored for a second consecutive match, his third goal in the last four matches and his fourth goal of the season, all since April 5. “There's no doubt that Dom can score and there is no doubt that Krisztian can. It's just them getting used to the league a little. They found themselves in some really good spots and probably could have scored another one. … We could have scored a few more goals in that game. We were good,” said Vermes. Said Dwyer: “We work well off each other, we kind of know where we're going to be. I'll work off the ball for him and he'll work off the ball for me. We have a little combination going. We're very unselfish with each other, we just want to win. We don't care who scores, we just want to win. At the end of the day, we're very happy right now. Four goals is a job well done for us.” Benny Feilhaber converted his second penalty kick this season for his third goal on the year, and also added his sixth and seventh assists of the season – now leading MLS. “These guys, they make the game without our midfield sometimes, which then opens up everything for us,” Feilhaber said. “Dom … the work he does up there creates so much opportunity for us. Krisztian, he has a way of not only dribbling the ball, but the way he manages the ball at his feet. He opens up space for other guys. Defenders keep their eye on him, which opens up space for the runs. It's very easy playing with guys like that.” Newcomer Amadou Dia made his first start since March 14, when he started the first two games of the season, coming in at left back. Connor Hallisey made his third substitute appearances – all over the last four matches – while Saad AbdulSalaam made his MLS and Sporting KC debut as a late substitute. “Our three first round draft picks closed out the game. … It was great to see those three guys in this time while we are struggling regarding injuries and everything else. For all three of those guys to be in at the end and still help us solidify and get a result is excellent,” said Vermes.

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2015 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC STATISTICS (6-3-1, 19 pts.) UNF 2 9 19 27 10 5 8 4 11 3 14 7 17 15 12 42 91 6 24 80 20

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

PLAYER Clint Dempsey Obafemi Martins Chad Barrett Lamar Neagle Marco Pappa Andy Rose Gonzalo Pineda Tyrone Mears Aaron Kovar Brad Evans Chad Marshall Cristian Roldan Darwin Jones Dylan Remick Leo Gonzalez Micheal Azira Oniel Fisher Osvaldo Alonso Stefan Frei Victor Mansaray Zach Scott Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 8 8 5 10 8 10 9 10 3 10 8 6 1 7 7 4 1 7 10 2 3

GS 8 8 2 8 8 6 8 10 0 10 8 2 0 7 3 3 0 7 10 0 2

MIN 697 720 201 682 653 580 704 890 39 900 720 163 5 630 279 273 4 613 900 16 197

10 10

900 900

G 7 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 9

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

SHT 18 16 5 16 15 8 3 3 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 1

SOG 11 11 2 13 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

16 10

101 155

53 50

FC 7 10 2 9 12 5 8 10 1 8 10 5 0 5 7 10 0 13 0 0 2

FS 15 20 0 4 13 8 9 7 1 11 5 2 0 7 1 1 0 15 2 0 0

OFF 1 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 1 0 1 23 0 21 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

125 122 122 125

13 9

53 54

16 19

1 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Clint Dempsey 3, Lamar Neagle 1, Obafemi Martins 1, Chad Barrett 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Clint Dempsey 2, Marco Pappa 1, Obafemi Martins 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Clint Dempsey 1-1 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC GOALKEEPING UNF 24

POS G

GOALKEEPER Stefan Frei Team totals Opponent totals

GP 10 10 10

GS 10 10 10

MIN SHTS 900 50 900 50 900 53

SV 41 41 36

GA 9 9 17

GAA 0.9 0.9 1.7

PG 0 0 1

PA 0 0 1

W 6 6 3

L 3 3 6

T 1 1 1

SO 5 5 2

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (4-2-5, 17 pts.) UNF 9 14 10 3 23 27 6 8 5 37 71 13 11 22 2 94 4 1 17 16 15 93 29

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

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

GP 9 11 11 6 9 9 6 8 10 9 6 7 6 3 2 3 6 8 1 7 5 7 3

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

MIN 632 971 984 534 810 784 398 660 880 375 453 326 188 17 95 187 455 720 1 412 392 326 270

11 11

990 990

G 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 15

A 1 1 7 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 23 36 13 7 8 10 4 10 0 5 5 3 4 1 1 3 2 0 0 7 5 0 0

SOG 5 11 4 2 3 3 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0

19 16

147 109

40 39

FC 7 20 16 6 8 16 9 8 8 3 1 7 4 0 0 3 5 0 0 9 4 5 0

FS 8 35 21 4 3 12 3 8 4 2 7 3 4 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 4 1

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

CK 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

139 131 131 139

21 41

54 61

20 21

1 2

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

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3 8 11 11

GS 3 8 11 11

MIN SHTS 270 9 720 30 990 39 990 40

SV 6 19 25 21

GA 3 12 15 17

GAA 1 1.5 1.36 1.55

PG 0 0 0 2

PA 0 0 0 3

W 2 2 4 2

L 0 2 2 4

T 1 4 5 5

SO 1 3 4 2

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Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun.

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

28 at FC Dallas 4 Houston 12 at Los Angeles 18 at Colorado 26 Portland 3 at New York City FC 9 at Columbus 16 at Vancouver 23 Sporting KC 27 Colorado 31 New York 6 at Sporting KC 13 FC Dallas 20 San Jose 24 at Philadelphia 28 at Portland 3 D.C. United 11 at Chicago 18 Colorado 25 at Montreal 1 Vancouver 9 at Los Angeles 16 Orlando City SC 22 at Real Salt Lake 30 Portland 5 Toronto FC 12 at San Jose 19 at Vancouver 27 at Sporting KC 4 Los Angeles 18 at Houston 25 Real Salt Lake

RESULT W 3-0 L 2-3

ATT 39782 39175

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

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

18333 39860 27000 13134 41451 25384

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

L 2-3 W 2-0

16714 21000

5-3-1 6-3-1

T W L W W W

POS PTS NOTES: 1 3 SEA: Dempsey (25,67) Martins (41); 2 3 SEA: Dempsey (1) Martins (84); SJ: Wondolowski (13,48) Emeghara (70) 5 4 3 7 SEA: Martins (39); 6 7 LA: Gordon (23) 4 10 SEA: Neagle (5,25) Martins (73); COL: Torres (22) 3 13 SEA: Dempsey (77); 3 16 SEA: Martins (23,66) Dempsey (58); NYC: Ballouchy (54) 3 3

16 SEA: Dempsey (24,75); CLB: Kamara (10,58) Higuain (50) 19 SEA: Barrett (5,38);

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

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.

Sun. Apr.

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

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

ATT 19784 14149 20848 27454

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

W 3-2

19545

2-1-2

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

11 Real Salt Lake 18 at Los Angeles 25 at Houston

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

20087 20018 21046

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

2 4 6

Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed.

May May May May

3 Chicago 9 at D.C. United 16 Colorado 20 New England

W T T W

19581 16221 0 18864

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

4 4 6 4

Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun.

May May June June

Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri.

June July July July

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

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

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

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

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

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

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 KC: Opara (50); NYR: Sam (54) 9 1 KC: Espinoza (44); DAL: Perez (17,52) Castillo (73) 8 2 6 5 KC: Opara (13); 8 KC: Dwyer (16) Anibaba (91+) Nemeth (94+); PHI: own goal (3) Aristeguieta (19) 9 9 KC: Nemeth (22); LA: Husidic (9) Gonzalez (94+) 10 KC: Nemeth (2) Dwyer (74) Feilhaber (80,95+); HOU: Barnes (11,46) Bruin (46+) Rodriguez (83) 13 KC: Nagamura (75); 14 KC: Dwyer (45); DC: Arrieta (42) 14 17 KC: Dwyer (29) Nemeth (39,46) Feilhaber (43); NE: Agudelo (11) Caldwell (64)

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SOUNDERS FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 5 times Assists 2 Marco Pappa Shots 6 Lamar Neagle 6 Lamar Neagle Shots on Goal 5 Lamar Neagle 5 Lamar Neagle Fouls Committed 5 Micheal Azira Fouls Suffered 5 Osvaldo Alonso 5 Obafemi Martins Offside 4 Obafemi Martins Saves 10 Stefan Frei Shots Faced 13 Stefan Frei Goals Allowed 3 Stefan Frei 3 Stefan Frei

Goals 3 03/08/2015 vs 3 04/18/2015 vs 3 05/03/2015 vs Assists 4 03/08/2015 vs 4 05/03/2015 vs Shots 17 04/18/2015 vs Shots on Goal 10 04/12/2015 vs Fouls Committed 18 04/12/2015 vs 18 04/18/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 15 04/12/2015 vs 15 05/03/2015 vs Corner Kicks 10 03/14/2015 vs Offside 5 04/12/2015 vs Saves 10 05/09/2015 vs Shots Faced 13 05/09/2015 vs Goals Allowed 3 03/14/2015 vs 3 05/09/2015 vs

03/08/2015 vs NE

W 3-0

05/03/2015 vs NYC

W 3-1

04/12/2015 vs LA 04/18/2015 vs COL

L 0-1 W 3-1

04/12/2015 vs LA 04/18/2015 vs COL

L 0-1 W 3-1

03/28/2015 vs DAL

T 0-0

04/12/2015 vs LA 05/03/2015 vs NYC

L 0-1 W 3-1

04/12/2015 vs LA

L 0-1

05/09/2015 vs CLB

L 2-3

05/09/2015 vs CLB

L 2-3

03/14/2015 vs SJ 05/09/2015 vs CLB

L 2-3 L 2-3

NE COL NYC

W 3-0 W 3-1 W 3-1

NE NYC

W 3-0 W 3-1

COL

W 3-1

L 0-1

LA COL

L 0-1 W 3-1

LA NYC

L 0-1 W 3-1

L 2-3

L 0-1

CLB

L 2-3

CLB

L 2-3

SJ CLB

L 2-3 L 2-3

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 Benny Feilhaber 2 Krisztian Nemeth Assists 2 Benny Feilhaber 2 Benny Feilhaber Shots 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Krisztian Nemeth Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 5 Dom Dwyer Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer Offside 3 Dom Dwyer Saves 4 Luis Marin 4 Luis Marin Shots Faced 6 Luis Marin Goals Allowed 4 Luis Marin

Goals 4 04/25/2015 at 4 05/20/2015 at Assists 5 05/20/2015 at Shots 18 03/08/2015 at Shots on Goal 7 05/20/2015 at Fouls Committed 16 03/14/2015 at 16 05/20/2015 at Fouls Suffered 17 03/08/2015 at Corner Kicks 8 04/05/2015 at Offside 4 05/20/2015 at Saves 4 04/05/2015 at 4 04/18/2015 at Shots Faced 6 04/18/2015 at Goals Allowed 4 04/25/2015 at

04/25/2015 at HOU 05/20/2015 at NE

T 4-4 W 4-2

04/05/2015 at PHI 05/20/2015 at NE

W 3-2 W 4-2

04/05/2015 at PHI 05/20/2015 at NE

W 3-2 W 4-2

04/05/2015 at PHI

W 3-2

05/20/2015 at NE

W 4-2

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

W 1-0 T 0-0

05/20/2015 at NE

W 4-2

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

W 3-2 L 1-2

04/18/2015 at LA

L 1-2

04/25/2015 at HOU

T 4-4

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015) Shots 5 04/04/2015 vs Shots on Goal 0 03/28/2015 vs Fouls Committed 6 05/09/2015 vs 6 05/16/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 6 03/28/2015 vs Corner Kicks 3 04/04/2015 vs 3 05/03/2015 vs 3 05/16/2015 vs Offside 0 03/14/2015 vs 0 04/04/2015 vs 0 04/18/2015 vs 0 04/26/2015 vs Saves 0 03/28/2015 vs Shots Faced 0 03/28/2015 vs

HOU

W 1-0

DAL

T 0-0

CLB VAN

L 2-3 W 2-0

DAL

T 0-0

HOU NYC VAN

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

SJ HOU COL POR

L W W W

DAL

T 0-0

DAL

T 0-0

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)

HOU NE

T 4-4 W 4-2

W 4-2

NYR

T 1-1

W 4-2

DAL NE

L 1-3 W 4-2

NYR

T 1-1

PHI

W 3-2

W 4-2

PHI LA

W 3-2 L 1-2

L 1-2

HOU

T 4-4

Shots 9 03/28/2015 at Shots on Goal 1 04/11/2015 at Fouls Committed 10 03/08/2015 at 10 05/09/2015 at Fouls Suffered 8 04/25/2015 at Corner Kicks 2 03/28/2015 at 2 05/20/2015 at Offside 0 03/08/2015 at 0 03/21/2015 at Saves 0 04/11/2015 at 0 04/25/2015 at Shots Faced 0 04/11/2015 at

NYC

W 1-0

RSL

T 0-0

NYR DC

T 1-1 T 1-1

HOU

T 4-4

NYC NE

W 1-0 W 4-2

NYR POR

T 1-1 T 0-0

RSL HOU

T 0-0 T 4-4

RSL

T 0-0

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

SPORTING KC VS SOUNDERS FC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sounders FC

Sounders FC 7 wins, 12 goals Sporting KC 1 wins, 6 goals 1 ties 4/11/2009 10/17/2009 4/17/2010 10/9/2010 5/21/2011 8/6/2011 6/20/2012 5/8/2013 3/8/2014

KC 1 at SEA SEA 3 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 2 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 2 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 1 at KC SEA 1 vs KC

0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0

(Q) (CA) (Q) (CA) (Q) (SP) (Q) (SP) (Q)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 44 11 57 15 18

2 10 58 23 51 11 23

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC Tot 12 102 34 108 26 41

1 2 54 19 67 5 33

2 4 53 14 70 8 24

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 6 107 33 137 13 57

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC SEA

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

1 1

0 0

2 0

0 2

2 8

0 0

6 12

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Sigi Schmid

vs. KC

Peter Vermes

vs. SEA

20-156 0-7-1

(1.61 pts./game) (0.12 pts./game)

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

1 2 19 8 14 20 5 1 2 15 4

Sounders FC 12 times 3 times Fredy Montero Fredy Montero Osvaldo Alonso Fredy Montero Kasey Keller Ben Dragavon Kasey Keller Kasey Keller Kasey Keller

2 1 13 4 17 11 1 5 1 9 8

Sporting KC Davy Arnaud 5 times Kei Kamara Arnaud/Kamara Aurelien Collin C.J. Sapong Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sounders FC 1 12 players tied 2 Jaqua/Ljungberg 6 Fredy Montero (04/11/09) 3 Fredy Montero (04/11/09) 4 Kenny Cooper (03/08/14) 7 Osvaldo Alonso (03/08/14) 1 4 players tied

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

4 Kasey Keller (10/17/09) 2 Kasey Keller (10/17/09)

Goals Allowed

Sporting KC 1 6 players tied 1 5 players tied 6 Kamara/Dwyer 3 Kei Kamara (08/06/11) 6 Aurelien Collin (twice) 4 Sapong/Dwyer 1 Kevin Hartman (04/11/09) 5 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09) 3 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09)

W-L-T Breakdowns: Seattle Sounders FC W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

Streak (started)

Sporting Kansas City W-L-T

Streak (started)

5-0-0 1-2-1 0-1-0

15 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ls

(04/26/2014) (05/09/2015) (04/12/2015)

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

8 Ws (06/06/2014) 1 Ts (05/09/2015) 1 Ts (04/25/2015)

0-2-0 6-1-0

2 Ls 5 Ws

(04/12/2015) (04/04/2015)

2-2-1 2-0-2

1 Ws (05/20/2015) 1 Ws (05/03/2015)

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

1 Ls 2 Ws 1 Ws 6 Ws 6 Ws

(04/12/2015) (04/04/2015) (05/16/2015) (04/12/2014) (04/26/2014)

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

3 1 1 3 1

Ts Ts Ws Ws Ws

(03/21/2015) (05/09/2015) (10/10/2014) (03/29/2014) (05/20/2015)

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

3 Ws 2 Ws 1 Ts 4 Ls 2 Ls

(04/04/2015) (04/18/2015) (10/19/2014) (07/28/2014) (05/11/2014)

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

1 2 1 5 1

Ts Ts Ws Ls Ts

(05/16/2015) (03/08/2015) (05/20/2015) (08/23/2014) (04/25/2015)

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SOUNDERS FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (7-1-1) PLAYER Nate Jaqua Mauro Rosales Mike Fucito Tyrone Marshall Chad Barrett Alvaro Fernandez Patrick Ianni Roger Levesque Lamar Neagle Sanna Nyassi Jeff Parke Djimi Traore Freddie Ljungberg Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Tyson Wahl Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

4 4 3 4 1 4 4 3 2 2 4 2 3 1 6 2 9 9

2 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 4 2 3 0 5 2 9 9

240 245 61 271 12 169 182 186 108 93 360 180 260 33 452 180 810 810

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 6

2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 11 5

SHT GOALKEEPER 5 3 5 1 2 5 2 2 6 3 2 1 2 2 5 1 102 107

Stefan Frei Michael Gspurning Kasey Keller Andrew Weber Ben Dragavon Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

GAA

1 1 6 1 1 9 9

90 90 479 90 61 810 810

3 3 20 4 3 33 34

3 3 15 3 2 26 20

0.00 0.00 0.75 1.00 1.48 0.67 1.33

0 0 1 0 0 1 0

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. SOUNDERS FC (1-7-1) PLAYER Davy Arnaud Zoltan Hercegfalvi Kei Kamara Jacob Peterson Josh Wolff Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Michael Harrington Jack Jewsbury Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

5 1 7 3 4 7 4 7 4 9 9

5 1 4 3 3 6 4 6 4 9 9

450 70 413 196 284 587 360 553 343 810 810

2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 12

1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 11

12 1 13 4 4 4 2 0 2 107 102

Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 6 2 9 9

MIN SHTS

GAA

90 540 180 810 810

4 9 7 20 26

1.00 1.33 1.50 1.33 0.67

0 0 0 0 1

5 17 12 34 33

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CURRENT SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KC (7-1-1)

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. SOUNDERS FC (1-7-1)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

Chad Barrett Clint Dempsey Marco Pappa Chad Marshall Lamar Neagle Brad Evans Osvaldo Alonso Stefan Frei Leo Gonzalez Obafemi Martins Troy Perkins Dylan Remick Andy Rose Zach Scott Team totals Opponent totals

20 10 8 26 3 8 9 7 4 1 19 1 1 4 9 9

12 9 7 26 2 5 9 7 4 1 19 1 0 4 9 9

1014 843 563 2239 198 490 810 630 360 90 1710 90 18 356 810 810

5 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6

2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5

39 22 27 18 7 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 102 107

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

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Stefan Frei Troy Perkins Team totals Opponent totals

7 19 9 9

630 1710 810 810

32 113 33 34

23 80 26 20

1.00 1.63 0.67 1.33

0 5 1 0

GOALKEEPER Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

7 5 7 3 3 1 1 6 6 4 5 3 7 9 9

5 5 6 3 2 1 1 4 2 4 2 2 4 9 9

383 425 587 270 190 90 90 379 238 360 203 195 431 810 810

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12

0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11

7 7 4 2 8 6 0 4 6 4 3 1 7 107 102

GP 9 9

MIN SHTS

GAA

810 810

20 1.33 26 0.67

0 1

34 33

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SEA-SKC GAME NOTES

M AT C H I N F O R M AT I O N

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Kickoff: Saturday, May 23 | 7:00 p.m. PT Location: XBOX Pitch at CenturyLink Field | Seattle, Wash.

Referee: Jair Marrufo Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Eduardo Mariscal Fourth Official: Drew Fischer BROADCAST INFORMATION

Local Tv: JOEtv Regional Tv (Eastern WA, OR, ID, MT, AK): ROOT SPORTS Local Radio (simulcast): KIRO Radio 97.3 FM Talent: Ross Fletcher and Kasey Keller Pre and Post-Match Tv: Jackie Montgomery, Taylor Graham and Steve Zakuani Pre and Post-Match Radio: Jason Rantz, Wade Webber and Pete Fewing Regional Spanish Tv: Univision-Seattle (KUNS-TV) Talent: Jaime Mendez and Diego Arrioja Local Spanish Radio: El Rey 1360 AM Talent: Mario Rodgiguez and Felipe Maqueda MEDIA SERvICES

A variety of media resources - including Sounders FC's 2015 media guide, player and coach interviews, archived press releases, photos for editorial use, game guides, credential request forms and more - can be found via the following link: www.SoundersFC.com/Media

SOUNDERS FC PROBABLE LINEUP 19

Dempsey 8 GP, 7 G, 5 A

Barrett 5 GP, 2 G, 0 A

Pappa 8 GP, 0 G, 5 A

Remick 7 GP, 0 G, 0 A

Pineda 8 GP, 0 G, 1 A

Neagle 10 GP, 2 G, 0 A

Evans 10 GP, 0 G, 0 A

Marshall 8 GP, 0 G, 0 A

Mears 10 GP, 0 G, 1 A

Frei 10 GP, 9 GA, 5 SHO

SOUNDERS FC INJURY REPORT

QUESTIONABLE None

Seattle (6-3-1, 19 points) concluded its road stint with the 100th regular season win in team history last weekend, a 2-0 victory at Vancouver. Chad Barrett scored both first-half tallies en route to earning MLS Player of the Week honors. Winners of four of their past five matches, the Rave Green sit third in the Western Conference, two points back of first place with games in hand.

Clint Dempsey is tied for the league-lead with seven goals and is tied for second five assists, and has recorded a point in all eight appearances in 2015. Obafemi Martins sits one goal behind, and Marco Pappa is also tied atop the assist list. Stefan Frei ranks first with 41 saves and is tied for second with five shutouts. Sporting Kansas City (4-2-5, 17 points) is led by a pair of U.S. Men’s National Team veterans in defender Matt Besler and midfielder Graham Zusi. Benny Feilhaber leads MLS with seven assists this season, while newcomer Krisztian Nemeth leads the team with five goals.

Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 2015 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

This Week vs. Sporting Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Sounders FC Weekly Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

2015 at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Sounders FC History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Awards and Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 2015 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Alonso 7 GP, 0 G, 0 A

Sounders FC returns home to the XBOX Pitch at CenturyLink Field to face Sporting Kansas City for the first time as a conference rival. The 2013 MLS Cup Champion returned to the Western Conference this year for the first time since 2005.

OUT Correa (R adductor strain) Martins (tibial contusion)

2015 Statistics and Box Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Mini-Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

2015 SNAPSHOT

SEATTLE Overall Record 6-3-1 Goals Scored 17 Goals Scored Per Game 1.70 Goals Allowed 9 Goals Allowed Per Game 0.90 Goal Differential 8

Individual Leaders: Goals Assists Goalkeeper

Dempsey (7) 2 players (5) Frei (0.90)

KANSAS CITY 4-2-5 17 1.54 15 1.36 2

Nemeth (5) Feilhaber (7) Marin (1.50)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY| MAY 23, 2015 - 7:00 P.M. PT 2015 SOUNDERS FC SCHEDULE

MLS REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 6-3-1 (HOME: 3-1-0; AWAY: 3-2-1)

2015 ALL COMPETITIONS RECORD: 6-3-1 (HOME: 3-1-0; AWAY: 3-2-1) DAY

DATE OPPONENT

MARCH (1-1-1; GF 5, GA 3) Sun. 3/8 Sat.

3/14

Tue. 3/24 Sat.

3/28

New England

San Jose

Club Tijuana at FC Dallas

APRIL (3-1-0; GF 5, GA 2) Sat.

4/4

Sat.

4/18

TIME (PT)

Tv/ATT.

W-L-D

POS.

W, 3-0

39,782

1-0-0

T-1

L, 2-3

D, 2-2 D, 0-0

Houston

W, 1-0

at Colorado

W, 3-1

Sun. 4/12

at LA Galaxy

Sun. 4/26

Portland

MAY (2-1-0; GF 7, GA 4)

39,175 39,155 18,333 39,860

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

T-5 T-9 5

L, 0-1

27,000

2-2-1

T-8

W, 1-0

41,451

4-2-1

13,134

3-2-1

GOAL SCORERS

SEA: Dempsey (25, 67), Martins (41); NE: None SEA: Dempsey (1), Martins (84)

SJ: Wondolowski (13, 48), Emeghara (70)

SEA: Neagle (11), Rose (56); TIJ: D. Moreno (21), Ruiz (28) SEA: None; DAL: None

SEA: Martins (39); HOU: None

SEA: None; LA: Gordon (23)

SEA: Neagle (5, 25), Martins (73) ; COL: Torres (22) SEA: Dempsey (77)

Sun. 5/3

at New York City

W, 3-1

25,384

5-2-1

SEA: Martins (23, 66), Dempsey (58); NYC: Ballouchy (54)

Sat.

at Vancouver

W, 2-0

21,000

6-3-1

SEA: Barrett (5, 38); VAN: None

Sat.

5/9

5/16

5/23

Wed. 5/27

Sun. 5/31

at Columbus

Sporting KC Colorado

New York

JUNE (0-0-0; GF 0, GA 0) Sat.

Sat. Sat.

6/6

6/13 6/20

Wed. 6/24 Sun. 6/28

Sat.

Sat. Sat.

7/3

7/11

7/18

7/25

8/1

JOEtv

at Philadelphia

at Portland

9/5

Sat.

9/19

9/12

Sun. 9/27

Colorado

7:00 PM

Q13FOX

at Montreal

5:30 PM 5:00 PM

vancouver

7:00 PM

Orlando City

2:00 PM

1:00 PM

JOEtv JOEtv

Q13FOX ESPN

ESPN2

7:00 PM

Q13FOX

Toronto FC

7:00 PM

JOEtv

at Vancouver

4:00 PM

JOEtv

Portland

at San Jose

at Sporting KC

OCTOBER (0-0-0; GF 0, GA 0) Sun. 10/4

FS1

JOEtv/UniMas

SEPTEMBER (0-0-0; GF 0, GA 0) Sat.

JOEtv

8:00 PM

at Real Salt Lake

Sat.

4:00 PM

LA Galaxy

Sun. 10/18 at Houston

Sun. 10/25 Real Salt Lake *International Friendly

SoundersFC.com/Media

2:00 PM

7:30 PM

2:00 PM

ESPN2

JOEtv

ESPN2

6:30 PM

FS1

4:00 PM

JOEtv

TBD

SEA: Dempsey (24, 75); CLB: Kamara (10, 58), Higuain (49)

JOEtv

D.C. United

at Chicago

Sat.

Sun. 8/30

4:00 PM

ESPN2

1:00 PM

7:00 PM

5-3-1

JOEtv

San Jose

at LA Galaxy

8/22

2:00 PM

JOEtv

Sun. 8/9

Sun. 8/16

7:00 PM

JOEtv

5:30 PM

AUGUST (0-0-0; GF 0, GA 0) Sat.

7:00 PM

16,714

at Sporting KC

FC Dallas

JULY (0-0-0; GF 0, GA 0) Fri.

L, 3-2

ESPN2

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SERIES NOTES

Sounders FC is 7-1-1 all-time against Sporting, including a 3-1-1 record at CenturyLink Field. SKC delivered Sounders FC its firstever loss in MLS in April 2009, but has yet to find much success since, going winless in the next eight matches. In each of the past two seasons, Seattle has won 1-0 on a goal in stoppage time.

The all-time series between Seattle and Kansas City has historically been low-scoring and close. On five occasions, Seattle has scored game-winners in second-half stoppage time, and all nine meetings have been decided by one goal or fewer. Eight of the nine meetings have had three combined goals or fewer.

ABOUT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Sporting Kansas City is tied for fourth in the Western Conference with 17 points (4-2-5). The club opened the season with a 1-1-2 record in March, followed by a matching 1-1-2 record in April. Thus far in May, Sporting KC beat Chicago and drew D.C. United, and most recently took down New England 4-2 on Wednesday.

SKC is tied atop MLS with 17 goals, tied for second with 18 assists and is fourth 147 shots. On the other side, Peter Vermes’ club ranks just 16th with a 1.36 goals against average. Sporting Kansas City re-joined the Western Conference this season for the first time since 2005 after the addition of expansion sides Orlando City SC and New York City FC in the East.

SKC NOTABLES

Sporting Kansas City is led by midfielder Benny Feilhaber, who leads MLS with seven assists this season, already matching his career high. First-year MLS forward Krisztian Nemeth leads the team with five goals, while Dom Dwyer is one behind with four. In 2014, Dwyer netted 22 goals, good for second in MLS.

Sporting is led by a pair of United States Men’s National Team veterans in defender Matt Besler and midfielder Graham Zusi. Besler has 25 appearances for the Stars and Stripes, while Zusi has 28 appearances and three goals. Both players are tied for second on the team with two assists.

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks SEA SKC

Midfielder Servando Carrasco began his MLS career in Seattle, making 40 regular season appearances and scoring one goal from 2011-2013. He has appeared in six matches for Kansas City this season. Seattle’s Clint Dempsey played alongside Sporting KC’s Matt Besler and Graham Zusi at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

BUSY HOME STRETCH FOR SEATTLE

For the first time in club history, Sounders FC is hosting three leauge matches in nine days at CenturyLink Field, starting tonight before continuing Wednesday against Colorado and next Sunday against the New York Red Bulls.

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KANSAS CITY 1 2 Total 2 4 6 54 53 107 19 14 33 67 70 137 5 8 13 32 23 55

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERvALS 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 1 1 0 0 2 8 1 1 0 2 0 2

Total 12 6

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS

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

SEATTLE 1 12 players tied 2 3 players tied 19 Fredy Montero 8 Fredy Montero 14 Osvaldo Alonso 20 Fredy Montero 5 2 15 4

Kasey Keller Kasey Keller Kasey Keller Kasey Keller

KANSAS CITY 2 Davy Arnaud 1 5 players tied 13 Kei Kamara 4 Arnaud/Kamara 17 Aurelien Collin 11 C.J. Sapong 1 1 9 8

Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen

ALL-TIME SINGLE-GAME HIGHS Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Saves Goals Allowed

SEATTLE 1 12 players tied 2 Ljungberg/Jaqua 6 Montero (4/11/09) 3 Montero (4/11/09) 4 Cooper (3/8/14) 7 Alonso (3/8/14) 4 Keller (10/17/09) 2 Keller (10/17/09)

KANSAS CITY 1 6 players tied 2 5 players tied 5 Kamara/Dwyer 3 Kamara (8/6/11) 6 Collin (twice) 4 Sapong/Dwyer 5 Hartman (10/17/09) 3 Hartman (10/17/09)

ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS

SEA-SKC CONNECTIONS

Sporting Kansas City defender Jalil Anibaba appeared in 16 league matches with Sounders FC in 2014, including 14 starts, and tallied one assist. He has started in eight matches in the 2015 campaign.

SERIES SNAPSHOT

SEATTLE 1 2 Total 2 10 12 44 58 102 11 23 34 57 51 108 15 11 26 17 23 40

Date 04/11/2009 10/17/2009

Seattle Sounders FC Record: 7-1-1 Home Games: 3-1-1 (4 GF, 2 GA) Road Games: 4-0-0 (8 GF, 4 GA) Result SEA 0 vs. KC 1 SEA 3 at KC 2

W/L/D L W

SEA 1 vs. KC 0 SEA 2 at KC 1

W W

04/17/2010 10/09/2010

SEA 1 vs. KC 0 SEA 2 at KC 1

06/20/2012

SEA 1 vs. KC 1

03/08/2014

SEA 1 vs. KC 0

05/21/2011 08/06/2011

05/08/2013

SEA 1 at KC 0

Location CenturyLink Field CommunityAmerica BallPark

W W

CenturyLink Field CommunityAmerica BallPark

CenturyLink Field

CenturyLink Field Sporting Park

Sporting Park

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY| MAY 23, 2015 - 7:00 P.M. PT SOUNDERS FC WEEKLY NOTES

DEUCE ON RECORD SCORING STREAK

Clint Dempsey has recorded a goal or an assist in all 10 regular season matches he has appeared since October 19, 2014, including all eight appearances this season. The 10-match active mark is tied for the fourth longest streak in MLS history, one shy of the MLS record. It also marks the first double-digit goal/assist streak since the 1998 season.

The U.S. Men’s National Team captain is tied atop MLS with seven goals, three game-winning goals and 0.90 goals per 90 minutes. He is also tied for second league-wide with five assists and two game-winning assists, and is a lone second with 0.65 assists per 90 minutes. Dempsey’s 23 career scores for Sounders FC ranks tied for fourth in club history, while his 15 assists ties him for fifth. CLINT DEMPSEY 10-MATCH GOAL/ASSIST STREAK DATE 10/19/2014 10/25/2014 03/08/2015 03/14/2015 04/04/2015 04/18/2015 04/26/2015 05/03/2015 05/09/2015 05/16/2015

OPP @LA LA NE SJ HOU @COL POR @NYC @CLB @VAN

G 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0

A 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1

TEAM DC SJ LA SEA COL LA

STREAK 11 11 11 10 10 10

DATES 4/25/98-6/13/98 6/15/97-8/24/97 9/7/97-5/17/98 10/19/14-present 4/12/97-7/19/97 9/28/97-7/4/98

MIL ESTONE TRACKER: LAST WEEK AT vAN

Stefan Frei: Moved to second place in club ranks in career saves (140) Clint Dempsey: Tied for fifth-most assists in club history (15) Sounders FC: Recorded 100th regular season win

BY THE NUMBERS

All nine of the meetings between Sounders FC and Sporting Kansas City have been decided by one goal or fewer.

5: Goals Seattle has scored in the 92+ minute or later against Sporting Kansas City.

10: Consecutive matches Clint Dempsey has registered a goal or an assist, one short of tying the league record.

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Barrett’s performance opened up his 2015 scoring account and put him tied for first in MLS with Clint Dempsey at 0.90 goals per 90 minutes. The 11-year MLS veteran is now 12th on the active MLS scoring chart and 33rd all-time with 53 career goals.

Barrett now has nine goals in 1,068 minutes played since joining Sounders FC before the 2014 season. His 0.76 goals per 90 minutes is first in club history among players with at least nine goals.

PAPPA’S PASSING PROWE SS

Sounders FC midfielder Marco Pappa matched his career-high with his fifth assist of the season against Vancouver, finding Chad Barrett for a first-time strike in the 38th minute. His five assists are tied for second in MLS alongside teammate Clint Dempsey and two others. After assisting a Dempsey goal in the season opener against New England and adding two more against New York City FC on May 3, Pappa has tallied one assist in each of the past two matches. He now has six goals and 10 assists in 37 appearances for Sounders FC since joining prior to the 2014 season. The sevenyear MLS veteran has 32 goals and 26 assists in 149 career MLS appearances dating back to 2008.

MOST CONSECUTIvE GAMES WITH G/A IN MLS HISTORY PLAYER Roy Lassiter Ronald Cerritos Mauricio Cienguegos Clint Dempsey Raul Diaz Arce Cobi Jones

BARRETT OPENS 2015 GOAL ACCOUNT

Filling in for the injured Obafemi Martins, forward Chad Barrett scored two first-half goals in a shutout win at Vancouver last Saturday, earning him MLS Player of the week honors.

2015 LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP

Sounders FC learned its first 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup pairing earlier this week, with the club facing the Portland Timbers in the Fourth Round on June 16 at Starfire Stadium. Sounders FC is the defending champion and four-time winner of the tournament, following three-consecutive titles from 2009-2011 and the 2014 championship. Sounders FC is 15-0-1 all-time at Starfire Stadium in the Open Cup, and 21-1-3 overall. Meanwhile, S2 advanced to the Third Round with a 4-2 extra-time win over Kitsap Pumas SC this week and face Portland Timbers 2 at 1:00 p.m. PT on Wednesday.

THROWBACK: 03/08/2014

In the 2014 season opener, Chad Barrett tied the then-record for latest goal in franchise history, netting the game-winner four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Sporting Kansas City 1-0 at CenturyLink Field. On a counter attack, Homegrown Player Sean Okoli sent a cross into the box, where Clint Dempsey positioned himself for a jumping header that struck the crossbar. An ensuing scramble in the sixyard box vaulted the ball upwards, which Barrett half-volleyed into the net. Goalkeeper Stefan Frei recorded three saves en route to a shutout in his first start as a member of Sounders FC.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY| MAY 23, 2015 - 7:00 P.M. PT SITUATIONAL SPLITS

Overall Home Away

March April May June July August September October

vs. Eastern Conf. vs. Western Conf.

Day games Night games

National TV Local TV

When leading at half When tied at half When trailing at half

When scoring first When conceding first

With 0 goals scored With 1 goal scored With 2 goals scored With 3 goals scored With 4+ goals scored

Conceding 0 goals Conceding 1 goal Conceding 2 goals Conceding 3 goals Conceding 4+ goals GOALS 1. Dempsey, SEA Kamara, CLB 3. Martins, SEA Barnes, HOU Rivero, VAN Wondolowski, SJ ASSISTS 1. Feilhaber, KC 2. Dempsey, SEA Pappa, SEA Castillo, DAL Finlay, CLB

GAME-WINNING GOALS 1. Dempsey, SEA Perez, DAL Barnes, HOU 3. Five players

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6-3-1 3-1-0 3-2-1

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

2-1-0 4-2-1 1-0-0 5-3-1

3-1-0 3-2-1

5-0-0 1-2-1 0-1-0

6-1-0 0-2-0

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

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

7 7 6 6 6 6 7 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2

2015 AT A GLANCE PLAYER SPLITS

When Alonso... Scores or assists Starts

When Azira... Scores or assists Starts

When Dempsey... Scores Scores or assists Starts

When Evans... Scores or assists Starts

When Martins... Scores Scores or assists Starts

When Neagle... Scores Scores or assists Starts

When Pappa... Scores Scores or assists Starts

When Pineda... Scores Scores or assists Starts

When Rose... Scores Scores or assists Starts

0-0-0 5-2-0

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

ON THE LEADERBOARDS - MLS GOALS PER 90/Min 1. Dempsey, SEA Barrett, SEA 3. Martins, SEA 4. Harden, SJ Kamara, CLB

ASSISTS PER 90/Min 1. Pappa, SEA 2. Dempsey, SEA 3. Diaz, DAL Feilhaber, KC

SHOTS ON GOAL PCT. 1. Neagle, SEA 2. Ballouchy, NYC 3. Perez, DAL 3. Martins, SEA

0.90 0.90 0.75 0.73 0.73

0.69 0.65 0.64 0.64 81.3 75.0 69.2 68.8

GOAL SPLITS

GOALS SCORED While leading While tied While trailing

6 8 3

Inside the six-yard box Inside the 18-yard box Outside the area Penalties

6 9 1 1

Unassisted One assist Two assists

5 7 4

Run of play Set piece (PK) Own Goals

Forwards Midfielders Defenders

16 1 (1) 0

15 2 0

GOALS ALLOWED While leading While tied While trailing

3 4 2

Inside the six-yard box Inside the 18-yard box Outside the area Penalties

1 8 0 0

Unassisted One assist Two assists

2 5 2

Run of play Set piece (PK) Own Goals

Forwards Midfielders Defenders

SAvES 1. Frei, SEA 2. Bingham, SJ 3. Penedo, LA 4. Saunders, NYC SHUTOUTS 1. Ousted, VAN 2. Frei, SEA 3. +Five others

SAvES PERCENTAGE 1. Frei, SEA 2. Hamid,â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;DC 3. Bingham, SJ

8 1 (0) 0

7 2 0

41 38 37 35 6 5 4 82.0 81.0 76.0

*Through May 19

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY| MAY 23, 2015 - 7:00 P.M. PT SOUNDERS FC HISTORY

HEAD COACH SIGI SCHMID

Named the first Head Coach of Seattle Sounders FC on December 16, 2008, Sigi Schmid is the winningest coach in MLS history. Since 1999, Schmid’s teams have won nine major titles, including two MLS Cups.

A two-time MLS Coach of the Year, Schmid has led Sounders FC to seven-consecutive appearances in the MLS Cup Playoffs, marking the second-longest active streak while nearing the record for most consecutive postseason appearances by an expansion team. Schmid also guided Sounders FC to a record three-straight Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup titles, becoming the first team in 42 years to win back-to-back championships.

Schmid joined Sounders FC in its inaugural campaign after leading the Columbus Crew to its first MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield, earning MLS Coach of the Year honors in 2008. From 1999 through 2004, Schmid’s L.A. Galaxy teams won four major competitions: the 2002 MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield, the 2001 U.S. Open Cup and the 2001 CONCACAF Champions Cup. He was voted the MLS Coach of the Year in his first season, 1999. Altogether, his Galaxy teams were 79-53-32 and reached the MLS Cup final four times, winning three division crowns. Schmid has twice served as the U.S. U-20 National Team head coach, most recently in 2005 at the FIFA World Championships. Schmid first forged a winning tradition at his alma mater, UCLA. After serving as an assistant, he was elevated to head coach of the Bruins in 1980, beginning a 19-year run at the helm. He claimed three national titles (1985, 1990, 1997) and was named national coach of the year following the 1997 championship. His UCLA teams accumulated a record of 322-63-33. Schmid ranks No. 1 in MLS career victories (213) and games coached (462). Overall, Schmid’s record in MLS is 213-143-106. His combined postseason win total (24) is the second-highest in MLS history.

GAMES 179 Alonso 148 Evans 128 Gonzalez 119 Montero 108 Hurtado GOALS 47 Montero 31 Martins 24 Neagle 23 Dempsey 23 Johnson WINS 44 Keller 26 Frei 24 Gspurning

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 Rank 1 2 3 4 5

MOST ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON MLS WINS Coaches Sigi Schmid Bruce Arena Dominic Kinnear Bob Bradley Frank Yallop

MOST ALL-TIME POSTSEASON MLS WINS

Coaches Bruce Arena Sigi Schmid Dominic Kinnear Bob Bradley Steve Nicol

ASSISTS 34 Montero 34 Rosales 24 Evans 19 Martins 15 Neagle 15 Dempsey

SAvES 270 Keller 140 Frei 135 Gspurning

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MINUTES 15,404 Alonso 11,696 Evans 10,205 Gonzalez 9,450 Montero 9,123 Hurtado SHOTS 411 Montero 216 Alonso 163 Dempsey 158 Neagle 150 Evans SHUTOUTS 30 Keller 18 Gspurning 14 Frei

Wins 29 24 15 14 11

SCHMID vS. MLS

Team Regular Season Chicago 17-8-9 Chivas USA 11-5-6 Colorado 26-11-8 Columbus 9-6-7 D.C. United 18-10-5 FC Dallas 19-10-12 Houston 6-5-5 Kansas City 20-15-6 L.A. Galaxy 7-8-7 Miami 4-1-1 Montreal 1-2-0 New England 14-12-7 New York 11-15-7 New York City 1-0-0 Philadelphia 3-2-2 Portland 6-2-4 Real Salt Lake8-8-5 San Jose 16-15-6 Tampa Bay 3-2-1 Toronto 9-2-4 Vancouver 4-4-4 TOTAL 213-143-106

SOUNDERS FC ALL-TIME LEADERS (MLS)

CAREER STARTED 175 Alonso 135 Evans 115 Gonzalez 109 Montero 103 Hurtado

Wins 213 179 144 124 123

Postseason Total 2-0-1 19-8-10 11-5-6 6-1-0 32-12-8 9-6-7 0-1-0 18-11-5 2-0-1 21-10-13 0-1-1 6-6-6 4-2-1 24-17-7 2-3-0 9-10-7 4-1-1 1-2-0 1-0-0 15-12-7 2-1-1 13-16-8 1-0-0 3-2-2 0-2-0 6-4-4 2-1-1 10-9-6 1-2-0 17-17-6 2-0-0 5-2-1 9-2-4 4-4-4 24-15-8 237-158-114

GAMES 34 Frei, 2014 34 Keller, 2011 33 Alonso, 2011 33 Montero, 2012 33 Rosales, 2013 33 Alonso, 2014

SINGLE SEASON STARTED 34 Frei, 2014 34 Keller, 2011 33 Alonso, 2014 32 Alonso, 2011 31 Marshall, 2014 30 3 players

MINUTES 3,060 Frei, 2014 3,060 Keller, 2011 2,952 Alonso, 2014 2,891 Alonso, 2011 2,790 Marshall, 2014 2,710 Yedlin, 2013

WINS 20 Frei, 2014 18 Keller, 2011 14 Keller, 2010

SAvES 110 Keller, 2011 99 Frei, 2014 82 Keller, 2010

SHUTOUTS 11 Keller, 2010 10 Keller, 2009 10 Gspurning, 2013

GOALS 17 Martins, 2014 15 Dempsey, 2014 14 Johnson, 2012 13 Montero, 2012 12 Montero (twice)

ASSISTS 13 Martins, 2014 13 Rosales, 2012 13 Rosales, 2011 10 Montero, 2010 9 4 players

SHOTS 126 Montero, 2012 113 Dempsey, 2014 108 Montero, 2011 91 Montero, 2010 86 Montero, 2009

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2015 MLS WEEKLY AWARDS

NAME F Clint Dempsey F Obafemi Martins D Tyrone Mears F Clint Dempsey D Chad Marshall F Obafemi Martins M Lamar Neagle GK Stefan Frei F Obafemi Martins

D Chad Marshall D Dylan Remick GK Stefan Frei Week 10 F Chad Barrett

AWARD MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week AT&T Goal of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week AT&T Goal of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSSoccer.com Player of the Week MLSSoccer.com Goal of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Save of the Week MLSSoccer.com Team of the Week MLSSoccer.com Player of the Week

DATE April 2 Mar. 20 Mar. 17 Feb. 10 Jan. 26 Jan. 20

Jan. 15

2015 TRANSACTIONS

PLAYER F Kenny Cooper F Kevin Parsemain D Oniel Fisher GK Charlie Lyon D AndrĂŠs Correa F Eriq Zavaleta F Andy Craven

GK Charlie Lyon F Andy Bevin

M Cristian Roldan

GK Tyler Miller D Oniel Fisher F Sean Okoli

Jan. 13 Jan. 6 Dec. 29

GK Troy Perkins F Darwin Jones D Tyrone Mears

TRANSACTION Waived Waived Signed to contract Signed to contract Signed to contract Traded to Toronto for 2nd round pick in 2016 MLS SuperDraft Selected in MLS SuperDraft with 45th overall pick Selected in MLS SuperDraft with 75th overall pick Selected in MLS SuperDraft with 80th overall pick Selected in MLS SuperDraft with 16th overall pick Selected in MLS SuperDraft with 33rd overall pick Selected in MLS SuperDraft with 40th overall pick Traded to New England for No. 33 pick in 2015 MLS Super Draft (Tyler Miller) Signed to contract Signed to Homegrown Contract Signed to contract

2015 USL WEEKLY AWARDS

DATE Week 1

NAME F Pablo Rossi

Week 2

F Andy Craven M Giuliano Frano F Darwin Jones

Week 4 Week 6 Week 9

M Giuliano Frano D Nick Miele F Andy Craven

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AWARD USL Player of the Week USL Team of the Week USL Team of the Week USL Team of the Week USL Player of the Week USL Team of the Week USL Team of the Week USL Team of the Week USL Team of the Week

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NAME Troy Perkins Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Tyrone Mears Andy Rose Osvaldo Alonso Cristian Roldan Gonzalo Pineda Obafemi Martins Marco Pappa Aaron Kovar Leo Gonzalez Andres Correa Chad Marshall Dylan Remick Darwin Jones Chad Barrett Zach Scott Jimmy Ockford Charlie Lyon Stefan Frei Lamar Neagle Damion Lowe Micheal Azira Victor Mansaray Oniel Fisher

POS GK F M D M M M M F M M D D D D F F D D GK GK M D M F M/D

No. 4 6 9 12 24 27 42 80

Name Tyron Mears Osvaldo Alonso Obafemi Martins Leo Gonzalez Stefan Frei Lamar Neagle Micheal Azira Victor Mansaray

Pos. D M F D GK M M F

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

COACHING STAFF

HT 6-2 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-2 5-11 5-8 5-10 5-7 5-10 5-10 6-1 5-10 6-4 6-0 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-3 5-11 6-3 5-10 5-11 5-9

2015 SOUNDERS FC ROSTER

WT 190 170 170 163 170 155 165 166 154 155 155 185 175 190 165 175 185 175 185 215 195 165 175 160 180 155

BIRTHDATE 7/29/81 3/09/83 4/20/85 2/18/83 2/13/90 11/11/85 6/03/95 10/19/82 10/28/84 11/15/87 8/14/93 11/21/80 1/29/94 8/22/84 5/19/91 4/04/92 4/30/85 7/2/80 6/10/92 4/10/92 4/20/86 5/07/87 5/05/93 8/22/87 2/22/97 11/22/91

HOMETOWN Worthington, OH Nacogdoches, TX Phoenix, AZ Manchester, England Bristol, England San Cristobal, Cuba Pico Rivera, CA Mexico City, Mexico Lagos, Nigeria Guatemala City, GT Seattle, WA San Jose, Costa Rica Medellin, Colombia Riverside, CA Inverness, IL Des Moines, WA San Diego, CA Haiku, HI Yardley, PA St. Charles, IL Altstaetten, Switzerland Federal Way, WA Kingston, Jamaica Kampala, Uganda Fife, WA Portmore, Jamaica

Pronunciation MEERS ahs-VAHL-doe oh-bah-FEM-ee LAY-oh STEF-in FRY NAY-gull ah-zeer-uh MAN-sur-AY

Sigi Schmid Brian Schmetzer Ante Razov Tom Dutra David Tenney Kurt Schmid Chad Kolarcik

Head Coach Top Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Goalkeeper Coach Sports Science and Performance Manager Assistant Coach/Scout Head Strength and Conditioning Coach

Garth Lagerwey Chris Henderson Andrew Opatkiewicz Ezra Hendrickson Marc Nicholls Grant Clark Vince Johnson Randy Noteboom Dr. Michael Morris Chris Cornish Nolan Myer Gene Ramirez

General Manager & President of Soccer Sporting Director S2 General Manager S2 Head Coach Academy Technical Director Team Administration Director Team Services Director Director of Sports Medicine Medical Director Head Athletic Trainer Equipment Manager Team Security

TEAM STAFF

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PREvIOUS CLUB Montreal Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) Columbus Bolton (ENG) UCLA (NCAA) Charleston (USL) Washington (NCAA) Queretaro (MEX) Levante (ESP) SC Heerenveen (NED) Stanford (NCAA) Herediano (CRA) Fortaleza (COL) Columbus Brown (NCAA) Washington (NCAA) New England Seattle (USL) Louisville (NCAA) Marquette (NCAA) Toronto FC Montreal Hartford (NCAA) Charleston (USL) Sounders FC Academy New Mexico (NCAA)

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POS F F M F M M D M M GK D D M D M D M M F F D D D GK D GK

Player Clint Dempsey Obafemi Martins Lamar Neagle Chad Barrett Marco Pappa Andy Rose Tyrone Mears Gonzalo Pineda Brad Evans Stefan Frei Chad Marshall Dylan Remick Osvaldo Alonso Leo Gonzalez Micheal Azira Zach Scott Cristian Roldan Aaron Kovar Victor Mansaray Darwin Jones Oniel Fisher Andres Correa Damion Lowe Charlie Lyon Jimmy Ockford Troy Perkins Team totals Opponent totals

GP 8 8 10 5 8 10 10 9 10 10 8 7 7 7 4 3 6 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 10

2015 MLS R E G U L A R S E A S O N S TAT I S T I C S GS 8 8 8 2 8 6 10 8 10 10 7 7 7 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10

MIN 697 720 682 201 653 580 890 704 900 900 720 630 613 279 273 197 163 39 16 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 900 900

G 7 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 9

A 5 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 10

SHT 18 16 16 5 15 8 3 3 1 0 4 0 3 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 155

SOG 11 11 13 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 50

FC/FS 7/15 10/20 9/4 2/0 12/13 5/8 10/7 8/9 8/11 0/2 10/5 5/7 13/15 7/1 10/1 0/2 5/2 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 125/122 122/125

OFF 1 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9

CK 0 1 1 0 23 0 3 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 54

C/E 0/0 2/0 0/0 0/0 2/0 2/0 2/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 2/0 0/0 1/0 1/0 2/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 16/1 19/3

GP-games played; GS-games started; MIN-minutes; G-goals;A-assists; P-points; SHT-shots; SOG-shots on goal; FC/FS-fouls committed/fouls suffered; CK-corner kicks; OFF-offsides; C/E-cautions/ejections

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Clint Dempsey (3), Obafemi Martins (1), Lamar Neagle (1), Chad Barrett (1) GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Clint Dempsey (2), Marco Pappa (1), Obafemi Martins (1) PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Clint Dempsey 1-1 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC INDIvIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF

POS

GOALKEEPER

Troy Perkins

Stefan Frei

Charlie Lyon Team totals

Opponent totals

MIN

SHTS

GAA

W-L-T

0.00

0-0-0

10 0

900 0

900

50 0

0.90

6-3-1

0.00

0-0-0

1.70

3-6-1

0.90

6-3-1

GP-games played;GS-goals scored;MIN-minutes;SHTS-shots;SV-saves;GA-goals allowed;GAA-goals against avg.;PG-penalty goals;PA-penalty attempts;W/L/T-wins/losses.ties;SO-shutouts

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SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY| MAY 23, 2015 - 7:00 P.M. PT 2015 MLS R E G U L A R S E A S O N B O X S C O R E S Sounders FC 3 vs. New England Revolution 0 Sounders FC 0 at LA Galaxy 1 March 8, 2015, on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, Wash.) Attendance: 39,782

SCORING SEA - Dempsey (penalty) 25’, Martins (Mears, Dempsey) 41’, Dempsey (Pappa, Martins) 67’ NE - None Lineup: Frei; Mears, Evans-C, Marshall, Gonzalez; Neagle (Rose 83’), Azira, Pineda (Roldan 90+’), Pappa (Kovar 90’); Dempsey, Martins Substitutes Not Used: Perkins, Scott, Remick, Barrett SEA NE

SHT 6 8

SOG 3 1

CK 8 6

FC 16 14

OFF 1 1

Sv 1 0

Sounders FC 2 vs. San Jose Earthquakes 3

March 14, 2015, on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, Wash.) Attendance: 39,175 SCORING SEA - Dempsey 1’, Martins (Rose, Pineda) 84’ SJ - Wondolowski 13’, Wondolowski 48’, Emeghara (Jahn) 70’

Lineup: Frei; Mears (Roldan* 80’), Evans-C, Marshall, Gonzalez; Neagle (Barrett 72’), Azira* (Rose 67’), Pineda, Pappa; Dempsey, Martins Substitutes Not Used: Perkins, Scott, Remick, Kovar SEA SJ

SHT 12 12

SOG 9 4

CK 10 1

FC 12 13

OFF 0 1

Sv 1 7

Sounders FC 0 at FC Dallas 0

March 28, 2015, at Toyota Stadium (Dallas, Texas) Attendance: 18,833

Lineup: Frei; Mears, Evans-C, Scott, Gonzalez*; Neagle, Azira* (Fisher 86’), Pineda, Rose, Roldan (Kovar 61’); Barrett (Mansaray 75’)

SEA DAL

SHT 7 4

SOG 0 0

CK 7 4

FC 14 6

OFF 1 1

Sounders FC 1 vs. Houston Dynamo 0

Sv 0 0

April 4, 2015, on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, Wash.) Attendance: 39,860 SCORING SEA - Martins (Dempsey) 39’ HOU - None

Lineup: Frei; Mears, Evans-C, Marshall, Remick; Neagle (Azira 60’), Alonso (Scott 72’), Pineda+, Rose*; Dempsey (Gonzalez 87’), Martins Substitutes Not Used: Perkins, Kovar, Pappa, Barrett SHT SEA 5 HOU 16 * - Caution

SOG CK 2 3 2 7 + - Ejection

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FC 11 13

SCORING SEA - None LA - Gordon (Gonzalez, Gomes) 23’

Lineup: Frei; Mears, Evans-C, Marshall*, Remick; Pappa (Mansaray 89’), Alonso, Rose, Roldan (Kovar 81’); Neagle (Barrett 74’), Martins* Substitutes Not Used: Perkins, Azira, Gonzalez, Scott SEA LA

SHT 14 16

SOG 10 4

CK 4 3

FC 18 15

OFF 5 0

Sv 3 10

Sounders FC 3 vs Rapids 1

April 18, 2015, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, Colo.) Attendance: 13,134 SCORING SEA - Neagle (Dempsey) 5’, Neagle 25’, Martins (Rose) 73’ COL - Torres (Powers) 22’

Lineup: Frei; Mears*, Evans-C, Marshall*, Remick; Pappa (Roldan 81’), Alonso, Rose* (Gonzalez 89’); Dempsey (Pineda 70’), Martins Substitutes Not Used: Perkins, Azira, Barrett, Scott SEA COL

SHT 17 27

SOG 9 9

CK 4 4

Sounders FC 1 vs Timbers 0

FC 18 13

OFF 0 1

Sv 8 6

April 26, 2015, on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, Wash.) Attendance: 41,451 SCORING SEA - Dempsey 77’ POR - None

SCORING SEA - None DAL - None

Substitutes Not Used: Perkins, Ockford, Remick

April 12, 2015, at StubHub Center (Carson, Calif.) Attendance: 27,000

OFF 0 1

Sv 2 1

Lineup: Frei; Mears, Evans, Scott, Remick; Neagle (Rose 77’), Alonso*, Pineda, Pappa* (Gonzalez 86’); Dempsey, Martins Substitutes Not Used: Perkins, Azira, Barrett, Scott SEA POR

SHT 10 11

SOG 3 3

CK 5 3

FC 12 12

Sounders FC 3 vs New York City FC 1

OFF 0 1

Sv 2 2

May 3, 2015 at Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) Attendance: 25, 384

SCORING SEA - Martins (Pappa) 23’, Dempsey (Pappa, Martins) 58’, Martins (Dempsey) 66’ NYC - Ballouchy (Mullins) 54’ Lineup: Frei; Mears*, Evans, Marshall, Remick; Rose, Alonso, Pineda (Roldan 90’), Pappa* (Neagle 67’); Dempsey, Martins* Substitutes Not Used: Perkins, Azira, Barrett, Scott SEA NYC

SHT 11 20

SOG 7 9

CK 4 10

FC 13 15

OFF 2 1

Sv 8 4

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY| MAY 23, 2015 - 7:00 P.M. PT 2015 MLS R E G U L A R S E A S O N B O X S C O R E S Sounders FC 2 at Columbus Crew SC 3 May 9, 2015,at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Attendance: 16,714

SCORING SEA - Dempsey (Pappa) 24’, Dempsey 75’ CLB - Kamara (Francis) 10’, Higuain (Finlay) 49’, Kamara (Jimenez, Meram) 58’ Lineup: Frei; Mears, Evans-C, Marshall, Remick; Rose (Chad Barrett 70’), Alonso, Pineda*, Pappa (Lamar Neagle 62’); Dempsey, Martins Substitutes Not Used: Perkins, Scott, Roldan, Gonzalez, Azira SEA CLB

SHT 11 24

SOG 6 13

CK 5 10

FC 6 13

OFF 3 2

Sv 10 4

Sounders FC 2 at vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 May 16, 2015, at BC Place (Vancouver, B.C.) Attendance: 21,000 SCORING SEA - Barrett (Dempsey) 5’, Barrett (Pappa) 38’ vAN - None

Lineup: Frei; Mears, Evans-C, Marshall, Remick; Neagle (Jones 85’), Alonso, Pineda, Pappa (Gonzalez 89’); Dempsey, Barrett (Rose 72’) Substitutes Not Used: Perkins, Scott, Roldan, Azira SEA vAN

SHT 7 16

SOG 4 5

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CK 3 6

FC 6 7

OFF 1 0

Sv 5 2

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY| MAY 23, 2015 - 7:00 P.M. PT

TROY PERKINS

Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 Born: July 29, 1981 Hometown: Springfield, Ohio College: Evansville

HOW ACQUIRED

Montreal (2013-2014), Portland (2011-2012), D.C. United (2010), Valarenga (Norway, 2008-2009), D.C. United (2004-2007). 2015 NOTES

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Played 90 minutes in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana (March 24) CAREER NOTES

• Started in 21 regular season matches in 2014 with the Montreal Impact • Ranks #10 in MLS history in games started in goal (213) and minutes in

goal (19,147) • Named 2006 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year

Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 Born: April 20, 1985 Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Citizenship: United States College: UC Irvine

D/M

PREvIOUS CLUBS

Columbus (2007-08). 2015 NOTES

• One of two players on squad to play every minute so far in 2015 • Tied MLS record with three first-half assists at CHV (9/3) • Perfect 7/7 career on penalty kicks • Set career-high in games played and starts (29) in 2012 • Won 2008 MLS Cup with Columbus and four Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups

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Tottenham Hotspur (England, 2012-13), Fulham (England, 2007-12), New England (2004-06). 2015 NOTES

• Tied for first in MLS with seven goals and tied for second with five assists • Has recorded a goal or assist in all eight games he has appeared and 10

straight overall, one short of the league record • Scored fastest goal in club history (18 seconds) in 3-2 loss vs. SJ (March 14) • Scored two goals and recorded an assist in season-opening 3-0 win over NE (March 8); one of two players in MLS to score two goals in Week 1

• Current U.S. captain and second all-time with 40 goals and sixth with 112 caps for USMNT • 18 goals and 11 assists across 36 career appearances for Sounders FC since joining in August of 2013 • Holds American record with 57 goals in EPL with Fulham and Tottenham • 25 goals and 14 assists in 71 appearances for New England Revolution from 2004-06

Selected from Columbus in the MLS Expansion Draft on November 26, 2008. Signed multi-year contract on November 20, 2013.

with Seattle • Earned 17 caps for U.S. National Team with one goal

PREvIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES

HOW ACQUIRED

CAREER NOTES

Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 Born: March 9, 1983 Hometown: Nacogdoches, Texas Citizenship: United States College: Furman

Signed as a Designated Player on August 3, 2013.

PREvIOUS CLUBS

BRAD EvANS

CLINT DEMPSEY

HOW ACQUIRED

Acquired on January 13, 2015.

TYRONE MEARS

Height: 5-11 Weight: 163 Born: February 18, 1983 Hometown: Manchester, England Citizenship: England Pronunciation: MEERS

HOW ACQUIRED

Acquired as Discovery Signing on December 29, 2014. PREvIOUS CLUBS

Bolton Wanderers (England, 2011-2014), Burnley (England, 2009-2011), Marseille (France, 2008-2009), Derby County (England, 2007-2009), West Ham United (England, 2006-2007), Preston North End (England, 20022006), Manchester City (England, 2001-2002). 2015 NOTES

• Made MLS debut and recorded assist in 3-0 win over NE (March 8) • Named to MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week for Week 1 CAREER NOTES

• In 2010-2011, made a career-high 49 total appearances for Burnley • Advanced Marseille through the quarterfinal of the UEFA Cup with extra time game-winner goal in 2009

• Product of the Manchester City youth system

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY| MAY 23, 2015 - 7:00 P.M. PT

ANDY ROSE

Height: 6-2 Weight: 170 Born: February 13, 1990 Hometown: Bristol, England Citizenship: United Kingdom College: UCLA

HOW ACQUIRED

OSvALDO ALONSO

Height: 5-11 Weight: 155 Born: November 11, 1985 Hometown: San Cristóbal, Cuba Citizenship: Cuba Pronunciation: ahs-VAHL-doe HOW ACQUIRED

Acquired from Real Salt Lake via trade after being selected in Supplemental Draft on January 17, 2012.

Signed as free agent on January 26, 2009. Signed to contract extension on February 17, 2011. Signed as a Designated Player on November 19, 2013.

2015 NOTES

• Appeared in all 10 MLS regular season matches this season, starting six • Scored second-half equalizer in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Ti-

juana (March 24)

CAREER NOTES

• Scored three goals in 2014 regular season, including stoppage-time winner vs. RSL (9/12/14) • Scored four goals with five assists in 34 matches across all competitions as a rookie in 2012 • Twice named team captain and All-Pac 12 First Team at UCLA • Selected with Seattle’s top pick in the 2012 Supplemental Draft

2015 NOTES

• Has started all seven matches since returning from offseason surgery, playing 90 miniutes in last six PREvIOUS CLUBS

Charleston Battery (USL, 2008), FC Pinar del Rio (Cuba, 2005-07). CAREER NOTES

• Voted team MVP for fourth consecutive season in 2013 • Seattle’s all-time leader in games played, starts and minutes • Named to the 2012 MLS Best XI for first time in his career • Granted full U.S. citizenship on June 16, 2012 • Capped 17 times by Cuban National Team and captain of

during 2008 Olympic qualifying

CRISTIAN ROLDAN

Height: 5-8 Weight: 165 Born: June 3, 1995 Hometown: Pico Rivera, California Citizenship: United States College: Washington

HOW ACQUIRED

Drafted by Seattle as the 16th pick in the MLS SuperDraft on January 15, 2015 2015 NOTES

• Called into U-20 U.S. National Team for camp in Austria (April 18-26) • Appeared in five MLS regular season matches this season, earning first career start in 0-0 draw at DAL (March 28)

• Scored goal in S2’s inaugural 4-2 win vs. Sacramento (March 21) • Started in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana (March 24) CAREER NOTES

• Named to NSCAA Third Team All-American as a sophomore at University of Washington 2013 Gatorade National Player of the Year as a senior at El Racho High School

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GONZALO PINEDA

Height: 5-10 Weight: 166 Born: October 19, 1982 Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico Citizenship: Mexico

U-23 team

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on March 5, 2014. PREvIOUS CLUBS

Queretaro (loan; Mexico, 2012-13), Puebla (loan; Mexico, 2011-12), Cruz Azul (loan; Mexico, 2010-11), San Luis (loan; Mexico, 2010), Guadalajara (2006-13), UNAM (2002-05). 2015 NOTES

• Appeared in nine of 10 matches in 2015, starting seven • Recorded assist in 3-2 loss vs. SJ (March 14) CAREER NOTES

• Tied-third in MLS with four game-winning assists in 2014 • Seven-year veteran of Mexico’s Liga MX with over 200 appearances • Has made 44 appearances for the Mexico National Team and participated in 2006 FIFA World Cup

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY| MAY 23, 2015 - 7:00 P.M. PT

OBAFEMI MARTINS

Height: 5-7 Weight: 154 Born: October 28, 1984 Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria Citizenship: Nigeria Pronunciation: Oh-bah-fem-ee

PREvIOUS CLUBS

Levante (Spain, 2013-13), Birmingham City (loan; England, 2011), Rubin Kazan (Russia, 2010-12), VfL Wolfsburg (Germany, 2009-10), Newcastle United (England, 2006-09), Internazionale (Italy, 2001-06). 2015 NOTES

• Tied for third in MLS with six goals in 2015 • Won AT&T Goal of the Week for late score in 3-1 win at COL (April 18) • Named MLS Player of the Week after recording two goals and an assist in a 3-1 win over NYC (May 3)

• Named to MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week for Week 1 and Week 9 CAREER NOTES

• Sounders FC single-season record with 17 goals and 45 points in 2014 • Played 12 professional seasons in Europe’s top leagues • Nigerian striker with 38 caps and 18 goals for national team

Height: 5-10 Weight: 155 Born: August 14, 1993 Hometown: Seattle, Washington Citizenship: United States College: Stanford

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed as Homegrown Player on January 8, 2014. 2015 NOTES

• Recorded two assists in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana

(March 24) • Started S2’s inaugural 4-2 win vs. Sacramento (March 21) CAREER NOTES

• Made MLS debut at DC (6/28) • Drew penalty kick and recorded assist in professional debut, a 5-0 win vs.

PSA (6/18) • Sounders FC Academy product and two-year starter at Stanford, where he totaled five goals and eight assists • 2012 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year • 2011 Gatorade Washington State Player of the Year as a senior at Garfield High School

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Height: 5-10 Weight: 155 Born: November 15, 1987 Hometown: Guatemala City, Guatemala Citizenship: Guatemala

Acquired via allocation on January 31, 2014.

Signed as Designated Player on March 15, 2013.

AARON KOvAR

MARCO PAPPA

HOW ACQUIRED

SC Heerenveen (Netherlands, 2012-13), Chicago (2008-12), CSD Municipal (Guatemala, 2006-09). 2015 NOTES

• Tied for second in MLS with five assists in 2015 • Recorded two assists in 3-1 win at NYCFC (May 2) • Called in to Guatemala National Team for friendlies vs. Canada and El Salvador

CAREER NOTES

• Won Golden Ball and Golden Boot at the 2014 Copa Centroamericana after scoring four goals in three games

• Scored 32 goals and 21 assists in 141 career MLS appearances, including MLS All-Star honors in 2010 and 2011

• Won 2010 MLS Goal of the Year • Capped 30 times by Guatemalan National Team

LEO GONZALEZ

Height: 6-1 Weight: 174 Born: November 21, 1980 Hometown: San Jose, Costa Rica Citizenship: Costa Rica Pronunciation: LAY-o

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on July 2, 2009. Re-signed on December 16, 2013. PREvIOUS CLUBS

Municipal Liberia (Costa Rica, 2009), CS Herediano (Costa Rica, 2000-08) . 2015 NOTES

• Started and played 90 minutes in first three MLS regular season matches CAREER NOTES

• Voted 2013 Sounders FC Defender of the Year after starting a career-high 27 games, including 14 of Seattle’s 15 wins • Became fifth player in club history to make 100 appearances for Seattle • Capped 60 times by Costa Rica and played in 2006 FIFA World Cup • Started club career in 2000 for CS Herdiano, making 154 appearances and scoring three goals over nine seasons

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ANDRES CORREA

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Born: January 29, 1994 Hometown: Medellin, Colombia Citizenship: Colombia

HOW ACQUIRED

Columbus (2004-13).

2015 NOTES

• Made Sounders FC debut in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Ti-

juana (March 24)

2015 NOTES

• Named to MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week in Week 9 • Started last seven matches at leftback for Sounders FC • Made first start of season against Houston (April 4) CAREER NOTES

• Made first start of career in season opener vs. KC (3/8) • Three-time First Team All-Ivy League at Brown • Two-time sectional champion in the 400m dash in high school

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• Named to MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week for Week 5 and Week 9 • First player in MLS history to earn three Defender of the Year awards • Ranks in Top 20 among active players with 284 appearances • Capped 11 times by U.S. National Team

• Made six appearances for Medellin in the 2014 Apertura • Has 10 appearances for Colombian Youth National Teams

Selected in the second round (35th pick) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft on January 17, 2013.

2015 NOTES

CAREER NOTES

HOW ACQUIRED

Height: 6-4 Weight: 190 Born: August 22, 1984 Hometown: Riverside, California Citizenship: United States College: Stanford

PREvIOUS CLUBS

Fortaleza (2014), Medellin (2011-14).

Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 Born: May 19, 1991 Hometown: Inverness, Ill. Citizenship: United States College: Brown

Selected in the first round (10th pick) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft on January 17, 2013.

PREvIOUS CLUBS

DYLAN REMICK

CHAD MARSHALL

HOW ACQUIRED

Added as a Discovery Signing on February 10, 2015.

DARWIN JONES

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Born: April 4, 1992 Hometown: Chicago, Ill. Citizenship: United States College: Washington

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed as Homegrown Player on January 9, 2015. 2015 NOTES

• Made MLS debut in 4-2 win at VAN (May 16) • Tied for S2 team lead with four goals this season • Named USL Player of the Week after hat trick in 4-0 S2 win over Whitecaps

FC 2 (March 29)

CAREER NOTES

• All-Pac 12 First Team selection for two seasons at Washington • Scored team-high 16 goals in 2010-11 as a member of Sounders FC U-18

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY| MAY 23, 2015 - 7:00 P.M. PT

CHAD BARRETT

Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 Born: April 30, 1985 Hometown: San Diego, California Citizenship: United States College: UCLA

HOW ACQUIRED

PREvIOUS CLUBS

• Scored two goals and was named MLSsoccer.com Player of the Week in 2-0 win at VAN (May 16). • Made first start of season in 0-0 draw at DAL (March 28)

PREvIOUS CLUBS

New England Revolution (2013), LA Galaxy (2011-12), Toronto FC (200810), Chicago Fire (2005-08).

CAREER NOTES

• Third on team with seven goals, including three game-winners, in 2014 • 10th-year MLS veteran with 44 goals and 29 assists in first nine seasons • Won 2011 MLS Cup and Supporter’s Shield with LA Galaxy

Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 Born: June 10, 1992 Hometown: Yardley, PA. Citizenship: USA College: Louisville

HOW ACQUIRED

Selected in the Second Round (21st overall) in 2014 MLS SuperDraft. 2015 NOTES

• Started and played 90 minutes in S2’s inaugural 4-2 win vs. Sacramento (March 21) • Made First Team debut in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana (March 24) CAREER NOTES

• Loaned to New York Cosmos for 2014 season • Scored two goals in 10 appearances for Cosmos

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Height: 5-11 Weight: 175 Born: July 2, 1980 Hometown: Haiku, Hawaii Citizenship: United States College: Gonzaga

Signed on March 16, 2009.

2015 NOTES

JIMMY OCKFORD

ZACH SCOTT

HOW ACQUIRED

Selected by Seattle in Stage Two of the 2013 ReEntry Process (New England). Signed on January 9, 2014.

Seattle Sounders (USL-1, 2002-08). 2015 NOTES

• Made first MLS regular season start of season in 0-0 draw at DAL (March 28)

• Made first appearance of season in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club

Tijuana (March 24) CAREER NOTES

• Played every minute of 2014 U.S. Open Cup • Scored first career MLS goal, playoffs goal and Open Cup goal in 2012 • Key defender for USL-1 Sounders during championship seasons of 2005 and 2007

CHARLIE LYON

Height: 6-2 Weight: 215 Born: April 10, 1992 Hometown: St. Charlies, IL Citizenship: USA College: Marquette

HOW ACQUIRED

Selected in the Fourth Round (75th overall) in 2015 MLS SuperDraft. 2015 NOTES

• Played every minute for S2 this season CAREER NOTES

• Two-time co-recipient of Big East Goalkeeper of the Year and All-Big East First Team Selection

• Nine clean sheets in 18 appearances as a senior at Marquette, finishing

with a 0.74 goals against average

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY| MAY 23, 2015 - 7:00 P.M. PT

STEFAN FREI

Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 Born: April 20, 1986 Hometown: Altstaetten, Switzerland College: California Pronunciation: STEF-in FRY

PREvIOUS CLUBS

Montreal Impact (2012), Sounders FC (2009, 2011), Charleston Battery (USL-2, 2010).

Toronto FC (2009-13). 2015 NOTES

• Leads MLS with 41 saves, ranks second with five shutouts and tied for

third with a 0.90 goals against average • Recorded a career-high 10 saves in 3-2 loss at Columbus (May 9) CAREER NOTES

• Recorded nine shutouts and 99 saves for Seattle in 2014 • Became second player in Sounders FC history to play in every minute of

the season in 2014 • Four-time Canadian Cup Championship winner

Height: 6-3 Weight: 175 Born: May 5, 1993 Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica Citizenship: Jamaica College: Hartford

HOW ACQUIRED

Selected with the eighth overall selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft on January 16, 2014. 2015 NOTES

• Made First Team debut in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana (March 24)

CAREER NOTES

• Started all 44 appearances in three seasons at University of Hartford • Scored five goals while leading Hartford to school-record 0.84 goals against average in 2013

• Jamaican international and a Generation adidas player

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Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 Born: May 7, 1987 Hometown: Federal Way, Wash. Citizenship: United States College: UNLV

M/F

Obtained from Montreal via trade on January 27, 2013.

Acquired via trade from Toronto on December 10, 2013.

DAMION LOWE

LAMAR NEAGLE

HOW ACQUIRED

2015 NOTES

• Scored first two goals of season in 3-1 win at COL (April 18) • Recorded career-high five shots in consecutive matches at LA (April 4)

and at COL (April 18) • Scored goal in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana (March 24) CAREER NOTES

• Career-high 27 points (nine goals, nine assists) in 2014 • Named 2013 Sounders FC Humanitarian of the Year • 2010 Golden Boot and MVP of USL-2 for Charleston Battery

MICHEAL AZIRA

Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Born: August 22, 1987 Hometown: Kampala, Uganda Citizenship: Uganda Pronunciation: ah-zeer-uh

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on March 6, 2014. PREvIOUS CLUBS

Charleston Battery (2012-14) 2015 NOTES

• Started at central midfield in first three MLS regular season matches CAREER NOTES

• Called into Uganda National Team for 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier • Scored game-winner for Charleston Battery in 2012 USL Pro Champi-

onship

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY| MAY 23, 2015 - 7:00 P.M. PT

vICTOR MANSARAY

Height: 5-11 Weight: 180 Born: February 22, 1997 Hometown: Freetown, Sierra Leone Citizenship: USA/Sierra Leone Pronunciation: MAN-sur-RAY

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed as Homegrown Player on November 5, 2014. 2015 NOTES

• Called into U-18 U.S. National Team for camp in Bosnia (April 22-May 1), scoring two goals and an assist in two friendlies vs. Bosnia U-18s

• Made MLS debut in 15 minutes of action at FC Dallas (March 28) • Made First Team debut in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana (March 24)

CAREER NOTES

• Scored 33 goals for Sounders FC Academy from 2012-2014 • Made two appearances and loggged 106 minutes for U.S. U-18 National

Team

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ONIEL FISHER

Height: 5-9 Weight: 155 Born: November 22, 1991 Hometown: Portmore, Jamaica Citizenship: Jamaica College: New Mexico

M/D

HOW ACQUIRED

Selected in the Second Round (40th overall) in 2015 MLS SuperDraft. 2015 NOTES

• Made MLS debut in 4 minutes of action at FC Dallas (March 28) • Made First Team debut in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana (March 24)

CAREER NOTES

• Started 34 of 39 appearances in two seasons at the University of New Mexico, recording four goals and three assists

• Earned first Jamaica Senior National Team cap vs. Trinidad and Tobago in 2010; five appearances for Jamaica U-20 squad

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41; Dempsey 2 (Martins 1, Pappa 1)

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Dempsey 1 (penalty kick) 25; Martins 1 (Mears 1, Dempsey 1) Dempsey 3 (unassisted) 1; Martins 2 (Rose 1, Pineda 1) 84

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY at SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Saturday, May 23, 2015 Kickoff: 9 p.m. CT CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) MLS Regular Season Game 12 English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV Referee: English Radio: 102.9 FM Assistant ref: TV and radio Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Assistant ref: talent Andy Gruenebaum (color) Fourth official: Jake Yadrich (analyst) Kacie McDonnell (sideline) Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Radio talent Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Raul Padrino Villegas (color)

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4-2-5 (17 pts.) RECORD 11 GAMES PLAYED t-4th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 17 GOALS 1.55 GOALS/GAME 18 ASSISTS 15 GOALS ALLOWED 1.36 ALLOWED/GAME +2 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 147 (40) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 27.2% ON GOAL % 139 FOULS COMMITTED 131 FOULS SUFFERED 20 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Jair Marrufo Corey Rockwell Eduardo Mariscal Drew Fischer

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

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Krisztian Nemeth Benny Feilhaber Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer four players tied Matt Besler Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Matt Besler

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MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

900 Stefan Frei 0.90 Stefan Frei Stefan Frei 6 Stefan Frei 5 41 Stefan Frei

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

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5 GOALS 7 Clint Dempsey 7 ASSISTS 5 Dempsey/Pappa 36 SHOTS 18 Clint Dempsey 11 SHOTS ON GOAL 13 Lamar Neagle 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 Clint Dempsey 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 2 Clint Dempsey 20 FOULS COMMITTED 13 Osvaldo Alonso 35 20 Obafemi Marins FOULS SUFFERED 3 2 six players tied CAUTIONS 1 Gonzalo Pineda EJECTIONS 1

Luis Marin 720 Tim Melia 1.00 Marin/Melia 2 Luis Marin 3 Luis Marin 19

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Standings through Thursday, May 21, 2015

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

6-3-1 (19 pts.) 10 3rd in West 17 1.70 16 9 0.90 +8 101 (53) 52.5% 125 122 16 1

2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

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

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MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

sigi schmid 16th season 213-143-106 (.576) 7th season 100-57-49 (.604)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of May 21, 2015 OUT: • Chance Myers (left Achilles) • Ike Opara (left Achilles) • Seth Sinovic (concussion) QUESTIONABLE: • Bernardo Anor (right hamstring strain) • Marcel de Jong (left hip muscle strain) • Roger Espinoza (left adductor strain) • Paulo Nagamura (lower back sprain) • Graham Zusi (concussion)

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 23, 2015: at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SEAvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SEAvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC travels to Seattle in hopes of snapping an eight-game winless run against Sounders FC. Kansas City won the inaugural regular season contest between the clubs in April 2009 at CenturyLink Field, but Seattle has held the upper hand since then with seven victories and a draw. Seattle has a history of leaving it late against Sporting KC, scoring eight of their 12 goals in the series after the 75th minute. Seattle has scored in second half stoppage time to win each of the last two meetings, but the trend dates back even further: Sporting KC has given up nine points after the 65th minute during their eight-game winless streak against the reigning Supporters Shield and U.S. Open Cup champions. The spell includes four 1-0 defeats in which Seattle scored after the 90th minute and another loss in which Sporing KC led going into the 90th minute. #SEAvSKC regular season meetings Date Score Result Details

04/11/2009 10/17/2009 04/17/2010 10/09/2010 05/21/2011 08/06/2011 06/20/2012 05/08/2013 03/08/2014

KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 2 vs SEA 3 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2 KC 1 at SEA 1 KC 0 vs SEA 1 KC 0 at SEA 1

Stats through Thursday, May 21

Sporting KC - Team (2015 regular season) • SKC is tied for the MLS lead with 17 goals scored. • SKC is tied for the MLS lead with 19 assists. • SKC leads MLS with six assists from set plays. • SKC leads MLS with six headed goals. • SKC is 2nd MLS with 69 successful crosses/corners. • SKC ranks 3rd in MLS with 121 chances created. • SKC is 2nd in MLS with 41 successful crosses from open play. • SKC leads MLS with 34 chances created from set plays, 11 more than any other team. • SKC has conceded 9.9 shots per game, fewest in MLS. • SKC leads MLS with 24.5 interceptions per game. • SKC is 2nd in MLS with 58.9 duels won per game. • SKC leads MLS with 24 keeper sweepings (Luis Marin 16, Tim Melia 8). • SKC ranks 18th in MLS in shooting accuracy (36.7%).

W Davy Arnaud scores game-winner SEA erases 2-1 deficit with goals in 69’ and 76’ L L Michael Fucito scores in 92nd minute L SEA scores in 66’ and 78’ L Jeff Parke scores in 93rd minute L SEA erases 1-0 deficit with goals in 90’ and 92’ T Jake Peterson and Patrick Ianni score early in match L Djimi Traore scores in 94th minute L Chad Barrett scores in 94th minute

Sporting KC - Individual (2015 regular season) • Benny Feilhaber leads MLS with seven assists. He ranks 3rd in MLS with 30 chances created and 5th with 21 successful crosses/corners. He ranks 2nd among MLS midfielders with 67 duels won. • Dom Dwyer is tied for 1st in MLS with 35 fouls won. • Matt Besler is tied for 3rd in MLS with two game-winning assists and ranks 3rd with 81 clearances. • All five of Krisztian Nemeth’s shots on target this season have resulted in goals. • Jalil Anibaba is one of two MLS defenders with at least one goal and two assists this season (Omar Gonzalez).

#SEAvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY • • • • • •

Jacob Peterson is the only player on Sporting KC’s current roster to score a regular season goal against Seattle. Peterson scored in the eighth minute of a 1-1 draw at CenturyLink Field on June 20, 2012. Benny Feilhaber has recorded two assists in five regular season appearances against Seattle, both as a member of the New England Revolution (6/26/11 and 10/1/11). Chad Barrett has five goals in 20 regular season appearances against Sporing KC, including a 94th-minute game-winner in the opening match of the 2014 MLS season on March 8 of last year. Clint Dempsey has three goals and two assists in 10 regular season appearances against Sporting KC, all as a member of the New England Revolution from 2004-2006. Marco Pappa has two goals and four assists in eight regular season appearances against Sporting KC, all as a member of the Chicago Fire from 2009-2012. Zach Scott scored Seattle’s lone goal in a penalty kick shootout defeat to Sporting KC in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final at Sporting Park. SKC won the shootout 3-2 after a 1-1 draw in regulation.

Seattle Sounders FC - Team (2015 regular season) • Seattle is tied for the MLS lead with 17 goals scored. • Seattle leads MLS with a +8 goal differential. • Seattle leads MLS with a shooting accuracy of 64.6 percent and a shot conversion rate of 20.7 percent. • Seattle is tied for 2nd in MLS with eight big chances missed. • Seattle leads the Western Conference in successful passes per game (372). • Seattle’s six chances created from set plays are tied for the fewest in MLS. • Seattle is 2nd in MLS with five clean sheets. • Despite allowing 15.5 shots per game (most in MLS), Seattle has conceded just 0.9 goals per game. Seattle Sounders FC - Individual (2015 regular season) • Clint Dempsey is tied for the MLS lead with seven goals and is tied for 2nd with five assists. • Obafemi Martins is tied for 3rd in MLS with six goals. • Osvaldo Alonso leads MLS with a passing accuracy of 92.1 percent (minimum 500 minutes played). • Stefan Frei leads MLS with 41 saves and ranks 2nd with an 82.0 save percentage.

#SEAvSKC: PLAYER CONNECTIONS • • • • • •

Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and Clint Dempsey played in all four games for the United States at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Sporting KC winger Bernardo Anor and Seattle defender Chad Marshall were teammates a Columbus Crew SC from 2011-2013. Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson and Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei were teammates at Toronto FC during the 2011 season. Sporting KC defender Jalil Anibaba and Seattle midfielder Marco Pappa were teammates at the Chicago Fire from 2011-2012. Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber and Seattle forward Chad Barrett were college teammates at UCLA from 2003-2004. Jalil Anibaba played for Seattle during the 2014 season, recording one assist in 17 MLS matches (including postseason).

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Manager Peter Vermes is one shy of his 100th win for Sporting KC in all competitions. Vermes’ 80 regular season wins are tied with Octavio Zambrano for 11th most in MLS history, one shy of tying Dave Dir in 10th place. Dom Dwyer is tied for 6th in KC history with 32 goals in all competitions, nine goals shy of reaching the top five. Dwyer’s 28 regular season goals are tied for 7th in KC history, three behind Mo Johnston (1996-01) in 6th. Dwyer is one shy of his 50th regular season start for Sporting KC. Graham Zusi is one shy of his 150th start for Sporting KC in all competitions. Krisztian Nemeth can become just the second player in MLS history to score goals in each of his first six shots on target. Defender Claudio Suarez scored in his first seven attempts on goal as a member of Chivas USA from 2006-2007. On Wednesday, Nemeth became the first SKC player since Graham Zusi in June 2011 to record two goals and one assist in a match. SKC has scored four or more goals twice in a four-game span for the fourth time in team history and the first time since 2003. SKC has already won twice this season when allowing two goals (4/5 and 5/20). The team won two such games in the previous three seasons combined.

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 23, 2015: at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES SPORTING KC RALLIES FOR 4-2 WIN OVER NEW ENGLAND Playing the team’s 100th game at Sporting Park and 200th MLS match under Manager Peter Vermes, Sporting Kansas City rallied for a 4-2 victory over the New England Revolution on Wednesday at Sporting Park. Juan Agudelo opened the scoring for the visitors with an early goal in the 11th minute before Sporting Kansas City responded with four straight goals in a 18-minute span. Dom Dwyer’s well-taken goal in the 29th minute sparked the comeback followed by two goals from Krisztian Nemeth and the game-winner from Benny Feilhaber, who also earned his League-leading sixth assist of the season. Though the Revolution’s Scott Caldwell pulled a goal back in the 64th minute, Sporting KC snapped New England’s nine-game unbeaten run to remain unbeaten both at home (3-0-3) and against Eastern Conference opponents (4-0-2) in 2015.

GOALS FLYING IN Sporting KC exploded for four goals on Wednesday en route to beating the New England Revolution 4-2 at Sporting Park. The output brings their total to 17 goals scored on the season, tied for first in MLS with New England, FC Dallas and Saturday’s opponent Seattle Sounders FC. Coming not long after a 4-4 draw at Houston on April 25, SKC has scored four or more goals twice in a four-game span for the fourth time in team history and the first time since 2003. In addition, SKC has already won twice this season when allowing two goals (4/5 and 5/20). The team won two such games in the previous three seasons combined. DAUNTING STRETCH OF MATCHES CONTINUES Sporting KC is embarking on a stretch of five straight games against opponents who qualified for the 2014 postseason. SKC defeated reigning Eastern Conference champion and 2014 MLS Cup finalist New England Revolution 4-2 on Wednesday and now travels to face defending Supporters Shield champion Seattle Sounders FC (6-3-1, 19 pts.) just three days later. The team returns to Sporting Park on May 29 to host Western Conference leaders FC Dallas (6-2-3, 21 pts.) before locking horns again with Seattle on June 6 at Sporting Park. Following their first bye week of the season, SKC will visit Rio Tinto Stadium on June 21, where Real Salt Lake (3-3-5, 14 pts.) has lost just twice since the beginning of 2014.

FOUR ROOKIES DRESS IN WEDNESDAY’S VICTORY Sporting KC—without seven players due to injury, including World Cup veterans Graham Zusi and Roger Espinoza, as well as an eighth on international duty—played all three of the team’s first-round SuperDraft picks and dressed a fourth rookie draft selection in Wednesday’s win over New England. Left back Amadou Dia (No. 20 overall) made his third MLS start while midfielder Connor Hallisey (No. 10 overall) and defender Saad-Abdul Salaam (No. 12 overall) entered as late substitutes. Abdul-Salaam received his MLS debut just a day after being recalled from his loan to the NASL’s San Antonio Scorpions. In addition, rJames Ansu Rogers (No. 53 overall) was named to the substitutes bench for the first time this season. Wednesday’s match was the first since Nov. 8, 2008, in which SKC played three rookie draft selections in the same MLS game. It was also the first time since May 26, 2007, in which four rookies were in Kansas City’s 18 for a regular season match.

TOUGH TO BEAT Peter Vermes’ side has proven hard to beat during the first two months of the season. SKC battled back from a 1-0 deficit at D.C. on May 9 to earn a 1-1 draw then came from behind to beat New England on Wednesday. The team has now claimed seven points from games when conceding first (2-2-1 record), most in MLS. Furthermore, the club’s two losses through 11 games are their fewest to start a season since 2005 and tied for their second fewest all-time. Fewest losses to start a Sporting KC season Season Losses Record through 11 games 2000 0 9-0-2 (29 points) 2003 2 4-2-5 (17 points) 2005 2 4-2-5 (17 points) 2015 2 4-2-5 (17 points)

VERMES ONE SHY OF 100 WINS AS SPORTING KC HEAD COACH Sporting KC manager Peter Vermes has won 99 matches in all competitions since taking over in August 2009. He will go for his 100th career victory on Saturday against a Seattle side he has never defeated in MLS (0-7-1). Vermes is the only person to win MLS Cup as both a player (2000) and a coach (2013) for the same club. In addition to winning an MLS Cup championship in 2013, Vermes has guided Sporting KC to two regular season conference titles (2011, 2012) and a U.S. Open Cup title (defeating Seattle in the final at Sporting Park). The seventh-year head coach has won 80 regular season matches, tied with Octavio Zambrano for 11th most in MLS history and one shy of tying Dave Dir for 10th. He coached his 200th MLS match on Wednesday and has logged an 85-64-51 league record including postseason. He has a 99-70-55 mark in all competitions.

SPORTING KC PLAYS 100TH MATCH AT SPORTING PARK Sporting KC played their 100th match at Sporting Park on Wednesday, cruising to a 4-2 victory over the New England Revolution for their 50th all-time win at the stadium (shootout wins in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Open Cup counted as draws). The 100 games include 74 regular season, six postseason, 10 Open Cup, five CONCACAF Champions League and five friendly matches. Sporting Park has sold out 59 consecutive MLS matches (including playoffs) dating back to March 2012 and 76 of 100 overall since opening in June 2011 (all competitions). Sporting KC has set new regular season attendance records in each of the last four years, eclipsing 20,00 spectators per game in 2014. In 80 MLS matches played at the venue, Sporting Park is averaging 19,364 spectators -- 104.9 percent of its 18,467-seat capacity.

DWYER CLIMBING THE GOAL CHARTS Dom Dwyer bagged SKC’s first goal in a 4-2 win over New England on Wednesday. The Englishman, who set SKC’s single-season record with 24 goals in all competitions last year, moved into a tie with Mo Johnston for sixth place on the club’s all-time scoring chart with his 32nd career goal in all competitions. Dwyer, 24, is nine goals shy of entering the top five on the club’s all-time scoring chart in all competitions. His .400 goals per game rate is second best in Kansas City history (minimum 10 goals), behind only Miklos Molnar (.709) who scored 17 goals over 24 games in 2000. Top goal scorers in Sporting KC history (all competitions) Years with KC Goals Appearances Goals/game Player 1. Preki 1996-2000, 02-05 81 254 .319 2. Davy Arnaud 2002-11 52 273 .190 3. Josh Wolff 2003-10 46 163 .282 4. Chris Klein 1998-2005 43 235 .183 5. Kei Kamara 2009-13 41 126 .325 6. Dom Dwyer 2012-present 32 80 .400 6. Mo Johnston 1996-2001 32 170 .188

SPORTING KC AND COLORADO RESCHEDULE MATCH FOR OCT. 21 May 16’s regular season match between Sporting KC and the Colorado Rapids at Sporting Park was postponed due to inclement weather. The match, originally scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. CT, was the first postponed game in Sporting Park’s five-year history. The game has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 21, four days before the final match day of the regular season. PALMER-BROWN HEADING TO FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP Sporting KC defender Erik Palmer-Brown has been selected to the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team roster for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be held from May 30 – June 20 in New Zealand. Palmer-Brown has joined the U-20 squad in Australia for training ahead of their first match of the tournament on May 30. Palmer-Brown has appeared in eight matches for Sporting KC across all competition, including a 90-minute outing in a 1-1 draw at D.C. United on May 9, since signing as a homegrown player in August 2013. He made his MLS debut in 2014 at age 17 and remains the youngest player to appear in a Major League Soccer match in club history. Palmer-Brown debuted with the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team as a 16-year-old in January 2014. He participated in the 2014 Dallas Cup with the U-20’s and has since participated in three of the team’s international training camps in Argentina (September 2014), England (March 2015) and Austria (April 2015). The United States is one of 24 countries to qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Coached by Tab Ramos, the Yanks were drawn into Group A alongside Myanmar (May 30), New Zealand (June 2) and Ukraine (June 5). The top two teams in each of the six groups – along with the top four overall third-placed teams – advance to the Round of 16 in the tournament’s Knockout Stage.

NEMETH CATCHING FIRE Krisztian Nemeth bagged his first MLS brace on Wednesday and now leads the team with five goals in 2015. All five of his shots on target this season have resulted in goals, making him one of only four players in MLS history to score on each of their first five shots on goal during the regular season (Charlie Davies, Jesse Marsch and Claudio Suarez). Nemeth turned in a comprehensive performance against New England, adding an assist to become the first SKC player since Graham Zusi in June 2011 to notch two goals and an assist in the same game. He also completed 25 of his 26 passes to lead the team with a passing accuracy clip of 96.1 percent. Acquired in December, Nemeth is a member of the Hungary Men’s National Team and boasts 10 years of professional experience in Europe. He played for the Liverpool FC Reserves from 2007-08 while also competing in Greece, Netherlands and his native Hungary. He most recently played for Roda JC Kerkrade of the Dutch second division in 2013-14. 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 23, 2015: at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) FEILHABER ON PACE FOR CAREER SEASON From a playmaking perspective, Benny Feilhaber has raced out to one of the best starts in Kansas City history. The 30-year-old World Cup veteran leads MLS with seven assists and ranks tied for third with 30 chances created. Feilhaber, who won Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for April, is on pace for a career season and looks likely to receive MLS All-Star honors for the first time in 2015. With 23 league games still to play, his three goals are one shy of his regular season career-high while his seven assists match a career-high set in 2011. Feilhaber joined MLS in 2011, playing two seasons for New England before joining SKC ahead of the 2013 campaign. In Wednesday’s 4-2 win over his former club, the midfielder tallied one goal, two assists and surpassed 10,000 MLS minutes played (including postseason).

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

ROAD WARRIORS Sporting KC has won 30 away matches in MLS since the beginning of 2011, tied for most in MLS, including eight road wins in each of the previous three regular seasons. Their 24 road wins from 2012-2014 are the most of any MLS club over a three-year span during the non-shootout era (2000-present). Sporting KC is one of two MLS teams (Saturday’s opponent Seattle Sounders FC) with a winning road record since the beginning of 2011, compiling a 30-28-19 mark away from home (including postseason). SPORTING KC A SET PIECE THREAT Through the first 11 weeks of the season, Sporting KC has been one of the league’s most dangerous teams on set pieces. In addition to scoring five goals directly off set pieces, the team has accumulated numerous statistics that illustrate their set piece prowess. • Sporting KC leads MLS with 34 chances created from set plays (11 more than any other team) and six assists from set plays • Sporting KC leads MLS with six headed goals • Benny Feilhaber (3) and Matt Besler (2) are two of five MLS players with multiple assists from set plays.

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

MELIA STEPS UP Tim Melia has started each of the last three matches in goal for Sporting KC after being a longtime backup with two other clubs. The sixth-year MLS veteran was signed in the offseason after previously representing Real Salt Lake (2010-2011) and Chivas USA (2012-2014), where he backed up MLS All-Stars Nick Rimando (RSL) and Dan Kennedy (Chivas USA). In his club debut on May 3 at Sporting Park, Melia recorded the first win and shutout of his six-year MLS career as Sporting KC blanked the Chicago Fire 1-0. His solid outing between the posts, punctuated by three sure-handed saves—one of which was nominated for MLS Save of the Week—earned him BurgerFi Man of the Match honors and Team of the Week recognition from MLSsoccer.com and SI.com. Most seasons prior to first shutout/victory in MLS history Team 1st shutout 1st victory Player Tim Melia Sporting KC 6th season (2015) 6th season (2015) Chris Konopka Toronto FC 6th season (2015) 6th season (2015) Eric Kronberg Sporting KC 6th season (2011) 5th season (2010)

MATT BESLER Week 9 (5/4)

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

MARCEL DE JONG Week 3 (3/23)

DOM DWYER Week 5 (4/6)

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

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

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

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

LOAN RECAP: ABDUL-SALAAM AND SCORPIONS WIN SECOND STRAIGHT Saad Abdul-Salaam started and played the full 90 minutes in the San Antonio Scorpions 3-2 road win over FC Edmonton (1-3-2, 5 pts) at Clarke Field on Sunday. The victory was San Antonio’s first in Edmonton in six all-time trips and snapped a 10-game home unbeaten streak for the hosts. Abdul-Salaam has now started five of San Antonio’s six matches in 2015. The 23-year-old rookie was selected 12th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Akron. Mikey Lopez (OKC) USL Stats: 5 GP, 5 GS, 358 MIN Saad Abdul-Salaam (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 5 GP, 4 GS, 450 MIN Jon Kempin (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 2 GP, 180 MIN, 2.50 GAA, 5 saves

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

IKE OPARA

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NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week SI.com Best XI MLSsoccer.com Goal of the Week MLSsoccer.com Player of the Month MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week SI.com Best XI Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Soccer By Ives Best XI MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week SI.com Best XI Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week SI.com Best XI Soccer By Ives Player of the Month MLSsoccer.com Player of the Month finalist Goal.com Team of the Week

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 23, 2015: at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC regular season record vs. Seattle Sounders FC: 1-7-1 Home games: 0-4-0 (4 GF, 8 GA) Road games: 1-3-1 (2 GF, 4 GA) Date 04/11/2009 10/17/2009

Score KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 2 vs SEA 3

Result Location W CenturyLink Field L CommunityAmerica Ballpark

04/17/2010 10/09/2010

KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2

L L

CenturyLink Field CommunityAmerica Ballpark

05/21/2011 08/06/2011

KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2

L L

CenturyLink Field Sporting Park

06/20/2012

KC 1 at SEA 1

CenturyLink Field

05/08/2013

KC 0 vs SEA 1

Sporting Park

03/08/2014

KC 0 at SEA 1

CenturyLink Field

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

sounders fc

2 Davy Arnaud 1 five players tied 13 Kei Kamara 4 Arnaud/Kamara 17 Aurelien Collin 11 C.J. Sapong

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

1 Kevin Hartman 5 Jimmy Nielsen 1 Kevin Hartman 9 Jimmy Nielsen 8 Jimmy Nielsen

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 six players tied 1 five players tied 6 Kamara/Dwyer 3 Kei Kamara (8/6/11) 6 Aurelien Collin (twice) 4 Sapong/Dwyer

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 2 OT Total 2 4 0 6 54 53 0 107 19 14 0 33 67 70 0 137 5 8 0 13 32 23 0 55

5 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09) 3 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09)

SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,364

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 80 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 74 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 10 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 80 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

100

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

12 players tied 1 Ljungberg/Jaqua 2 (4/11/09) Fredo Montero 6 (4/11/09) Fredo Montero 3 (3/8/14) Kenny Cooper 4 (3/ 8/14) Osvaldo Alonso 7 (10/17/09) Kasey Keller 4 (10/17/09) Kasey Keller 2

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total KC 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 6 SEA 1 1 0 0 2 8 0 12

1 2 OT Total 2 10 0 12 44 58 0 102 11 23 0 34 57 51 0 108 15 11 0 26 17 23 0 40

sounders fc

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL

sounders fc Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

Kasey Keller 5 Ben Dragavon 1 Kasey Keller 2 Kasey Keller 15 Kasey Keller 4

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS

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

12 players tied 12 three players tied 2 Fredy Montero 19 Fredy Montero 8 Osvaldo Alonso 14 Fredy Montero 20

104.9 5

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

152

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 100 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 23, 2015: at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Bernardo Anor (trade - 12/8/14)

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

Jalil Anibaba (trade - 12/12/14)

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

James Marcelin (signing - 12/16/14)

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

Luis Marin (signing - 12/18/14)

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

Krisztian Nemeth (signing - 12/18/14)

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

Tim Melia (signing - 12/23/14)

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

Roger Espinoza (signing - 1/6/15)

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

Connor Hallisey (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)

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

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

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

Servando Carrasco (trade - 1/27/15)

Aurelien Collin (trade - 12/8/14)

Soni Mustivar (signing - 2/13/15)

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

Amadou Dia (SuperDraft - 2/18/15)

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

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

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

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

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Nov. 25: OUT IN Dec. 8: Dec. 8: OUT Dec. 12: IN Dec. 16: IN Dec. 17 Dec. 18: IN Dec. 23: IN Jan. 1: OUT Jan. 6: IN Jan. 15: IN Jan. 15: Jan. 20: OUT IN Jan. 20: Jan. 27: IN IN Feb. 13: IN Feb. 18: Feb. 24: OUT Feb. 25: IN March 2: IN March 20: LOAN (out) March 24: LOAN (out) April 1: LOAN (out) May 19: LOAN (in)

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

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)

Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

2013

Mikey Lopez (14th)

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

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

Connor Hallisey (10th)

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

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

2015

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

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

MLS Lottery Draft

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 23, 2015: at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

T 1-1

Opara 50 19,784

Saturday, March 14

at FC Dallas

MLS

L 1-3

Espinoza 44 14,149

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

T 0-0

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Saturday, March 28

at New York City FC

MLS

W 1-0

Opara 12 27,454

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

W 3-2

Dwyer 16; Anibaba 91+; Nemeth 94+

19,545

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

T 0-0

---

20,087

Saturday, April 18

at LA Galaxy

MLS

L 1-2

Nemeth 22

20,018

Saturday, April 25

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

T 4-4

Nemeth 2; Dwyer 74; Feilhaber 80, 95+

21,046

SUNDAY, MAY 3

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

W 1-0

Nagamura 75

19,581

Saturday, May 9

at D.C. United

MLS

T 1-1

Dwyer 45

16,221

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

W 4-2

Dwyer 29; Nemeth 39, 46; Feilhaber 43

18,864

Saturday, May 23

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

9:00

KMCI, SKCTV

FRIDAY, MAY 29

FC DALLAS

MLS

8:00

KMCI, Unimas

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

Tue/Wed, June 16/17

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (4th Round)

Sunday, June 21

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

9:00

Fox Sports 1

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, June 30/July 1

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (5th Round)

Sunday, July 12

at Vancouver Whitecaps

MLS

8:00

KMCI, SKCTV

SATURDAY, JULY 18

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, July 21/22

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Quarterfinals)

Friday, July 24

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

10:00

KMCI, Unimas

SATURDAY, AUG. 1

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Saturday, Aug. 8

at Toronto FC

MLS

3:00

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, Aug. 11/12

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Semifinals)

SATURDAY, AUG. 15

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS

MLS