SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. LA GALAXY CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. 7:30 p.m. CT (FS-KC+; SpecSN)
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 (Week 14, MLS Game #170)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas DF 6-2 165 04/21/1992 Budapest, Hungary 9 8 0 0 9 8 0 0 2 Botond Barath 4 Andreu Fontas DF 6-1 190 11/14/1989 Banyoles, Spain 5 5 0 0 7 6 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 8 8 0 0 265 259 3 18 MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 12 10 1 2 79 77 5 8 6 Ilie Sanchez 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 170 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 12 11 7 3 42 35 17 13 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 8 8 0 2 260 220 28 65 Krisztian Nemeth FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 11 10 7 1 69 44 19 11 9 10 Yohan Croizet MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 11 6 0 2 43 25 3 5 11 Kelyn Rowe MF 5-8 150 12/02/1991 Federal Way, WA 12 6 0 2 218 166 29 42 FW 5-8 140 02/23/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 7 7 0 2 70 50 13 9 12 Gerso Fernandes 13 Gianluca Busio MF 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 8 4 3 0 15 5 4 1 14 Nicolas Hasler DF 5-9 174 05/04/1991 Vaduz, Liechtenstein 8 5 0 1 42 33 3 5 DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 9 8 0 0 217 205 1 11 15 Seth Sinovic 16 Graham Smith DF 6-3 185 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 3 2 0 0 5 4 0 0 17 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 4 4 0 2 226 206 8 34 Eric Dick GK 6-5 205 10/03/1994 Roeland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 Erik Hurtado FW 5-10 185 11/15/1990 Fredricksburg, VA 0 0 0 0 105 47 12 10 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 7 2 0 0 58 40 14 9 21 Felipe Gutierrez MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 12 11 4 1 32 29 11 3 DF 6-0 165 06/17/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 204 161 24 29 22 Rodney Wallace 23 Tyler Freeman FW 5-10 150 01/09/2003 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gedion Zelalem MF 5-11 155 01/26/1997 Berlin, Germany 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 24 26 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-8 155 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 1 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 11 11 0 0 132 131 0 0 30 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 163 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 10 2 2 248 222 39 58 Wan Kuzain MF 5-10 160 09/14/1998 Carbondale, IL 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 75 94 Jimmy Medranda DF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 1 0 0 0 87 62 5 4 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes
11/21/1966 W136 L103 T87
LA GALAXY 2019 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A David Bingham GK 6-2 189 10/19/1989 Castro Valley, CA 14 14 0 0 144 143 0 2 1 2 Perry Kitchen MF 6-0 160 02/29/1992 Indianapolis, IN 1 0 0 0 190 182 10 12 DF 6-1 192 02/06/1992 Montevideo, Uruguay 12 12 1 3 12 12 1 3 3 Diego Polenta 4 David Romney DF 6-2 190 06/12/1993 Irvine, CA 1 1 0 0 73 60 3 5 5 Daniel Steres DF 6-0 175 11/11/1990 Burbank, CA 14 14 3 0 86 78 7 2 6 Servando Carrasco MF 5-11 165 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 7 2 0 0 152 89 2 7 MF 5-8 155 04/03/1989 Marseille, France 5 5 0 1 61 55 24 22 7 Romain Alessandrini 8 Jonathan dos Santos MF 5-8 160 04/26/1990 Mexico City, Mexico 13 13 2 1 48 46 5 10 FW 6-5 209 10/03/1981 Malmo, Sweden 10 10 9 2 37 34 31 12 9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 11 Favio Alvarez MF 6-0 154 01/23/1993 Cordoba, Argentina 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 12 Chris Pontius MF 6-0 170 05/12/1987 Yorba Linda, CA 12 5 1 2 253 205 51 37 14 Joe Corona MF 5-8 155 07/09/1990 Los Angeles, CA 13 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 Diedie Traore DF 6-0 180 01/15/1999 Bonody, France 4 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 15 16 Jorgen Skjelvik DF 6-0 170 07/05/1991 Baerum, Norway 10 10 0 1 42 39 0 3 MF 5-10 165 09/03/1992 San Francisco, CA 13 13 1 2 95 77 12 14 17 Sebastian Lletget 18 Uriel Antuna MF 5-9 130 08/21/1997 Gomez Palacio, Mexico 14 14 2 1 14 14 2 1 MF 5-7 145 01/08/1989 San Jose dos Campos, Brazil 2 0 0 0 210 197 19 25 19 Juninho 20 Tomas Hilliard-Arce DF 6-1 175 11/22/1995 Hartford, CT 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 21 Giancarlo Gonzalez DF 6-1 185 02/08/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 6 3 0 0 23 20 1 0 22 Julian Araujo DF 5-9 154 08/13/2001 Lompoc, CA 5 3 0 0 5 3 0 0 MF 5-6 150 01/17/1994 Accra, Ghana 13 4 0 1 100 62 8 13 24 Emmanuel Boateng 25 Rolf Feltscher DF 5-11 163 10/06/1990 Bulach, Switzerland 11 11 0 2 26 26 1 5 Efrain Alvarez MF 5-8 150 06/19/2002 Los Angeles, CA 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 26 27 Emil Cuello MF 5-11 165 01/02/1997 Orem, UT 5 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 28 Matt Lampson GK 6-3 200 09/06/1989 Cleveland, TN 0 0 0 0 60 58 0 0 29 Ethan Zubak FW 6-0 165 04/15/1998 Corona, CA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Bradford Jamieson FW 6-3 165 10/18/1996 Los Angeles, CA 0 0 0 0 42 20 4 2 38 41 Justin Vom Steeg GK 6-4 200 04/05/1997 Santa Barbara, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hugo Arellano DF 5-11 165 03/05/1998 Norwalk, CA 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 ON LOAN Joao Pedro MF 5-9 154 04/03/1993 Guimaraes, Portugal 3 1 0 0 31 27 1 2 HEAD COACH : Guillermo Barros Schelotto
05/04/1973 W8 L5 T1
SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. LA GALAXY
Wednesday, May 29, 2019; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 7:30 p.m. CT REFEREES
2019 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 12 3-4-5 14 23 22 7 3-1-3 12 19 13
Galaxy on road
14 8-5-1 25 19 17 6 2-3-1 7 6 8
REFEREE: Robert Sibiga. AR1 (bench): Ian Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Adam Garner; 4th: Luis Guardia; VAR: Edvin Jurisevic; AVAR: Peter Balciunas TEAM NEWS
ALL-TIME: Sporting 23 wins (2 shootout), 76 goals … Galaxy 24 wins (0 shootout), 90 goals … Ties 15
SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Felipe Gutierrez, Krisztian Nemeth, Benny Feilhaber, Yohan Croizet ... LA: Joe Corona, Diego Polenta
AT KC: Sporting 16 wins (1 shootout), 46 goals … Galaxy 8 wins (0 shootout), 41 goals … Ties 8
DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: LA: Julian Araujo (USA U-20)
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/8: LA 0, KC 2 (Salloi 56; Russell 61) 10/6: KC 1, LA 1 (Russell 83 -- Ibrahimovic 25)
LAST LEAGUE MATCHES SPORTING KANSAS CITY 3 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2 Scoring Summary: KC--Russell 5 (Croizet 1, Hasler 1) 29 KC--Russell 6 (Sanchez 2) 46+ SEA--Ruidiaz 5 (Leerdam 2, Shipp 2) 63 KC--Russell 7 (Rowe 2, Croizet 2) 68 SEA--Leerdam 4 (Lodeiro 8) 71
UPCOMING MATCHES GALAXY SPORTING Sun. June 2 New England Sat. June 1 at Houston Sat. June 22 at FC Cincinnati Fri. June 7 at Toronto FC Sat. June 29 at San Jose Sun. June 23 at Columbus Thu. July 4 Toronto FC Sat. June 29 at Real Salt Lake
SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Nicolas Hasler, Botond Barath, Matt Besler (Graham Smith 79), Seth Sinovic, Felipe Gutierrez, Ilie Sanchez, Benny Feilhaber (Gianluca Busio 75), Johnny Russell, Yohan Croizet (Jimmy Medranda 89), Kelyn Rowe.
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM GALAXY
SPORTING
F 23 47
A 22 49
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
F 19 66
A 17 74
9 3 6 1
9 ORLANDO CITY SC 0 8 LA GALAXY 1 0 0 Scoring Summary:
6 3 4 1 5 0 0 0
8 1 0 4 3 0 1 0
8 10 1
3 12 2
HOW SCORED
9 12 2 0
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
14 6 2 0
LA--J. dos Santos 2 (unassisted) 19
TYPE OF PLAY
13 2 2 1 3 1 0 1
16 2 1 2 1 0 0 0
OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
5 15 3
5 15 2
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
LA GALAXY--David Bingham, Rolf Feltscher, Daniel Steres, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Jorgen Skjelvik, Sebastian Lletget (Chris Pontius 91+), Joe Corona, Favio Alvarez (Ethan Zubak 74), Emil Cuello (Perry Kitchen 57), Jonathan dos Santos, Uriel Antuna.
DISTANCE
(W-L-T) KC LA
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 3-1-2 0-1-1 0-2-2 5-1-0 3-2-1 0-2-0
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 3-1-2 0-3-3 7-0-0 1-5-0
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 5/26/2019 KC 3, SEA 2 10/21/2018 KC 3, DAL 0 5/05/2019 KC 0, ATL 3 5/12/2019 KC 0, DC 1 5/18/2019 KC 1, VAN 1 3/10/2019 KC 2, PHI 0 5/12/2019 KC 0, DC 1
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC LWTWTTLTLLTW Galaxy WLWWWWWTWLLLLW
(0) (5) (2) (0) (1) (10) (2)
LA GALAXY Date Score (Gms since) 4/28/2019 LA 2, RSL 1 (2) 5/24/2019 LA 1, ORL 0 (0) 5/19/2019 LA 0, COL 1 (0) 5/08/2019 LA 1, CLB 3 (1) 4/24/2019 LA 0, MIN 0 (6) 5/24/2019 LA 1, ORL 0 (0) 5/19/2019 LA 0, COL 1 (1)
TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 7 Nemeth/Russell A: 3 Russell SHT: 32 Nemeth SOG: 15 Russell FC: 19 Nemeth FS: 17 Fernandes/Russell OF: 7 Nemeth C: 3 3 players tied E: 1 Espinoza GALAXY G: 9 Ibrahimovic A: 3 Polenta SHT: 50 Ibrahimovic SOG: 16 Ibrahimovic FC: 20 Ibrahimovic FS: 24 Antuna OF: 17 Ibrahimovic C: 4 Corona/Polenta E: 0
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 12 2 5 2 1 2 23 1.92 LA 14 4 2 7 1 0 19 1.36 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 12 1 5 3 1 2 22 1.83 LA 14 4 5 3 2 0 17 1.21 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 23 2 3 5 2 5 6 LA 19 0 3 7 0 4 5 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 22 2 2 3 5 5 5 LA 17 1 1 3 5 5 2
2019 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (3-4-5, 14 pts.) UNF 7 9 21 13 6 12 8 11 17 10 14 14 3 1 4 30 30 2 20 24 16 94 5 22 15 29
POS F F M M M F M M M M D D D G D M M D F M D D D D D G
PLAYER Johnny Russell Krisztian Nemeth Felipe Gutierrez Gianluca Busio Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi Kelyn Rowe Roger Espinoza Yohan Croizet Nicolas Hasler (KC) Nicolas Hasler (TOT) Abdul Rwatubyaye Adrian Zendejas Andreu Fontas Benny Feilhaber (KC) Benny Feilhaber (TOT) Botond Barath Daniel Salloi Gedion Zelalem Graham Smith Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Rodney Wallace Seth Sinovic Tim Melia Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 12 11 12 8 12 7 8 12 4 11 5 8 2 1 5 3 12 9 7 3 3 1 8 1 9 11
GS 11 10 11 4 10 7 8 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 5 3 10 8 2 1 2 0 8 1 8 11
MIN 1001 881 960 355 936 571 720 580 284 561 361 434 164 90 428 255 875 742 238 82 191 1 634 27 783 990
12 12
12 12
1080 1080
G 7 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 22
A 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 30 32 27 10 9 6 12 16 4 8 1 2 2 0 2 2 11 3 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0
SOG 15 13 13 7 1 3 0 3 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
18 20
175 156
66 61
FC 7 19 18 8 10 8 6 12 10 10 2 2 3 0 4 6 21 12 4 1 0 0 3 1 7 0
FS 17 8 12 5 9 17 9 11 7 5 3 5 0 0 4 6 26 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
OFF 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 38 0 9 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 0 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
E 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
151 135 135 151
18 20
55 51
27 29
2 5
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Krisztian Nemeth 1, Ilie Sanchez 1, Johnny Russell 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Kelyn Rowe 1, Felipe Gutierrez 1, Gerso Fernandes 1, Yohan Croizet 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Felipe Gutierrez 2-2, Ilie Sanchez 1-1, Krisztian Nemeth 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 1
POS G G
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Adrian Zendejas Team totals Opponent totals
GP 11 1 12 12
GS 11 1 12 12
MIN SHTS 990 57 90 4 1080 61 1080 66
SV 36 3 39 43
GA 21 1 22 23
GAA 1.91 1 1.83 1.92
PG 0 1 1 3
PA 2 1 3 4
W 3 0 3 4
L 4 0 4 3
T 4 1 5 5
SO 1 0 1 2
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2019 LA GALAXY STATISTICS (8-5-1, 25 pts.) UNF 9 5 8 18 3 12 17 25 26 24 16 7 1 4 15 27 29 11 21 14 22 19 2 6
POS F D M M D M M D M M D M G D D M F M D M D M M M
PLAYER Zlatan Ibrahimovic Daniel Steres Jonathan dos Santos Uriel Antuna Diego Polenta Chris Pontius Sebastian Lletget Rolf Feltscher Efrain Alvarez Emmanuel Boateng Jorgen Skjelvik Romain Alessandrini David Bingham David Romney Diedie Traore Emil Cuello Ethan Zubak Favio Alvarez Giancarlo Gonzalez Joe Corona Julian Araujo Juninho Perry Kitchen Servando Carrasco Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 10 14 13 14 12 12 13 11 3 13 10 5 14 1 4 5 2 2 6 13 5 2 1 7
GS 10 14 13 14 12 5 13 11 0 4 10 5 14 1 3 2 0 2 3 13 3 0 0 2
MIN 900 1260 1117 1155 1080 540 1138 963 76 575 898 281 1260 90 220 140 31 149 284 1134 289 8 33 239
14 14
14 14
1260 1260
G 9 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 17
A 2 0 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 50 13 8 22 10 17 17 6 2 7 4 8 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 7 3 0 0 0
SOG 16 5 4 5 2 4 7 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 10
184 204
54 65
FC 20 9 16 11 13 5 6 12 2 2 10 7 0 0 3 2 1 1 5 16 2 0 2 9
FS 10 4 6 24 8 5 13 12 0 3 3 5 1 0 9 1 0 1 2 20 3 0 0 0
OFF 17 1 0 10 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
CK 2 0 26 0 0 0 21 1 3 1 0 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 0
C 3 1 3 1 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
154 135 135 154
37 35
86 71
28 20
0 1
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4, Jonathan dos Santos 1, Daniel Steres 1, Sebastian Lletget 1, Diego Polenta 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic 1, Jonathan dos Santos 1, Sebastian Lletget 1, Romain Alessandrini 1, Jorgen Skjelvik 1, Uriel Antuna 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4-4, Jonathan dos Santos 1-1 LA GALAXY GOALKEEPING UNF 1
POS G
GOALKEEPER David Bingham Team totals Opponent totals
GP 14 14 14
GS 14 14 14
MIN SHTS 1260 65 1260 65 1260 54
SV 46 46 34
GA 17 17 19
GAA 1.21 1.21 1.36
PG 3 3 5
PA 5 5 5
W 8 8 5
L 5 5 8
T 1 1 1
SO 4 4 4
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar.
RESULT L 1-2
ATT 22099
W-L-T 0-1-0
W 2-0 T 1-1 W 7-1
18738 11037 18632
1-1-0 1-1-1 2-1-1
7 6 5
T 1-1
26023
2-1-2
7
T 2-2
17897
2-1-3
7
Sat. Apr.
7 at FC Cincinnati 14 New York Red Bulls 20 at San Jose
L 1-4
15777
2-2-3
8
Sat. Apr.
27 New England
T 4-4
18511
2-2-4
8
Sun. Sun. Sat. Sun.
May May May May
5 Atlanta 12 at D.C. United 18 Vancouver 26 Seattle
L L T W
18518 12521 18691 19882
2-3-4 2-4-4 2-4-5 3-4-5
10 11 11 11
Wed. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat.
May June June June June
Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri.
July July July July July
29 Los Angeles 1 at Houston 7 at Toronto FC 23 at Columbus 29 at Real Salt Lake 3 Los Angeles FC 6 Chicago 13 at Vancouver 20 FC Dallas 26 at New York City FC 4 at Seattle 10 Real Salt Lake 14 at Orlando City SC 17 San Jose 22 Minnesota 31 Houston 7 at Portland 15 at Los Angeles 21 Colorado 25 at Minnesota 29 Portland 6 at FC Dallas
Sun. Mar. Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sun. Apr. Sun. Apr.
Sun. Aug. Sat. Aug. Wed. Aug. Sat. Thu. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun.
Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct.
OPPONENT 3 at Los Angeles FC 10 Philadelphia 17 at Colorado 30 Montreal
0-3 0-1 1-1 3-2
POS PTS NOTES: 12 0 KC: Nemeth (16); LFC: Rossi (47) Diomande (94+) 3 KC: Sanchez (11) own goal (80); 4 KC: Russell (88); COL: Rubio (54) 7 KC: Russell (10,50) Nemeth (43,68,84) Gutierrez (47+) Busio (78); MTL: Taider (89) 8 KC: Busio (62); CIN: Mattocks (19) 9 KC: Russell (24) Busio (88); NYR: Royer (52) White (75) 9 KC: Gutierrez (66); SJ: Hoesen (6,12) Salinas (46) Eriksson (61) 10 KC: Nemeth (33,83) Gutierrez (60,70); NE: Caicedo (18,35) Agudelo (42) Jones (66) 10 ATL: Martinez (39,76) Barco (47) 10 DC: Arriola (78) 11 KC: Nemeth (37); VAN: Cornelius (94+) 14 KC: Russell (29,46+,68); SEA: Ruidiaz (63) Leerdam (71)
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LA GALAXY 2019 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar.
OPPONENT 2 Chicago 9 at FC Dallas 16 Minnesota
Sun. Fri. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sun. Sat.
31 Portland 5 at Vancouver 13 Philadelphia 19 Houston 24 at Minnesota 28 Real Salt Lake 4 at New York Red Bulls 8 at Columbus
W W W W T W L
11 New York City FC 19 Colorado 24 at Orlando City SC 29 at Sporting KC 2 New England 22 at FC Cincinnati 29 at San Jose 4 Toronto FC 12 San Jose 19 Los Angeles FC 27 at Portland 3 at Atlanta 11 at D.C. United 14 FC Dallas 17 Seattle 25 at Los Angeles FC 1 at Seattle 12 at Colorado 15 Sporting KC 21 Montreal 25 at Real Salt Lake 29 Vancouver 6 at Houston
Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May
Wed. May Sat. May Sun. May Fri. May Wed. May Sun. June Sat. June Sat. Thu. Fri. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sat. Sun.
June July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.
Sun. Thu. Sun. Sat. Wed.
Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep.
Sun. Sep. Sun. Oct.
RESULT W 2-1 L 0-2 W 3-2
ATT 25866 17220 21177
W-L-T 1-0-0 1-1-0 2-1-0
2-1 2-0 2-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 2-3
23820 22120 24053 21503 19779 20615 20128
3-1-0 4-1-0 5-1-0 6-1-0 6-1-1 7-1-1 7-2-1
L 1-3
13207
7-3-1
L 0-2
22806
7-4-1
L 0-1 W 1-0
19015 24712
7-5-1 8-5-1
POS PTS NOTES: 3 3 LA: Steres (68) Ibrahimovic (80); CHI: Sapong (49) 7 3 DAL: Ziegler (53) Acosta (61) 5 6 LA: dos Santos (36) Pontius (41) Lletget (81); MIN: Gregus (75) Rodriguez (87) 5 9 LA: Ibrahimovic (33,65); POR: Ebobisse (44) 2 12 LA: Steres (63) Ibrahimovic (71); 3 15 LA: Ibrahimovic (27,36); 2 18 LA: Ibrahimovic (31) Polenta (88); HOU: Elis (53) 2 19 2 22 LA: Antuna (16) Ibrahimovic (78); RSL: Toia (64) 2 22 LA: Antuna (39) Ibrahimovic (43); NYR: Tarek (15) Rzatkowski (59) Etienne (67) 2 22 LA: Steres (87); CLB: Zardes (27) Higuain (53) Jimenez (66) 2 22 NYC: dos Santos (44) Moralez (51+) 4 3
22 COL: Shinyashiki (82) 25 LA: dos Santos (19);
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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)
Goals 3 Krisztian Nemeth 3 Johnny Russell Assists 2 Roger Espinoza 2 Gerso Fernandes 2 Yohan Croizet Shots 7 Krisztian Nemeth Shots on Goal 4 Johnny Russell Fouls Committed 5 Roger Espinoza Fouls Suffered 5 Gerso Fernandes 5 Johnny Russell Offside 2 6 times Saves 5 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia Shots Faced 8 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 4 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia
Goals 7 03/30/2019 vs Assists 7 03/30/2019 vs Shots 20 04/14/2019 vs Shots on Goal 9 03/30/2019 vs Fouls Committed 17 03/03/2019 vs 17 05/26/2019 vs Fouls Suffered 16 03/17/2019 vs 16 04/14/2019 vs 16 04/27/2019 vs Corner Kicks 9 04/27/2019 vs Offside 3 03/10/2019 vs 3 04/07/2019 vs Saves 5 03/10/2019 vs 5 05/05/2019 vs Shots Faced 8 05/05/2019 vs Goals Allowed 4 04/20/2019 vs 4 04/27/2019 vs
03/30/2019 vs MTL 05/26/2019 vs SEA
W 7-1 W 3-2
03/30/2019 vs MTL 03/30/2019 vs MTL 05/26/2019 vs SEA
W 7-1 W 7-1 W 3-2
04/27/2019 vs NE
T 4-4
05/26/2019 vs SEA
W 3-2
03/03/2019 vs LFC
L 1-2
03/30/2019 vs MTL 05/12/2019 vs DC
W 7-1 L 0-1
03/10/2019 vs PHI
W 2-0
03/10/2019 vs PHI 05/05/2019 vs ATL
W 2-0 L 0-3
05/05/2019 vs ATL
L 0-3
04/20/2019 vs SJ 04/27/2019 vs NE
L 1-4 T 4-4
MTL
W 7-1
MTL
W 7-1
NYR
T 2-2
MTL
W 7-1
LFC SEA
L 1-2 W 3-2
COL NYR NE
T 1-1 T 2-2 T 4-4
NE
T 4-4
PHI CIN
W 2-0 T 1-1
PHI ATL
W 2-0 L 0-3
ATL
L 0-3
SJ NE
L 1-4 T 4-4
GALAXY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)
Goals 2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Assists 2 Diego Polenta Shots 8 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Shots on Goal 3 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Fouls Committed 5 Joe Corona Fouls Suffered 5 Diedie Traore Offside 4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Saves 6 David Bingham 6 David Bingham Shots Faced 7 David Bingham 7 David Bingham 7 David Bingham Goals Allowed 3 David Bingham 3 David Bingham
Goals 3 03/16/2019 at Assists 4 05/04/2019 at Shots 22 05/04/2019 at Shots on Goal 7 03/16/2019 at Fouls Committed 19 05/11/2019 at Fouls Suffered 16 05/04/2019 at Corner Kicks 9 03/02/2019 at 9 04/13/2019 at Offside 6 05/11/2019 at Saves 6 04/28/2019 at 6 05/24/2019 at Shots Faced 7 04/28/2019 at 7 05/04/2019 at 7 05/24/2019 at Goals Allowed 3 05/04/2019 at 3 05/08/2019 at
03/31/2019 at POR
W 2-1
04/13/2019 at PHI
W 2-0
05/04/2019 at NYR
L 2-3
05/11/2019 at NYC
L 0-2
05/04/2019 at NYR
L 2-3
05/11/2019 at NYC
L 0-2
04/28/2019 at RSL
W 2-1
03/31/2019 at POR
W 2-1
04/28/2019 at RSL 05/24/2019 at ORL
W 2-1 W 1-0
04/28/2019 at RSL 05/04/2019 at NYR 05/24/2019 at ORL
W 2-1 L 2-3 W 1-0
05/04/2019 at NYR 05/08/2019 at CLB
L 2-3 L 1-3
TEAM LOW GAMES (2019) Shots 9 03/17/2019 vs Shots on Goal 3 05/05/2019 vs Fouls Committed 10 04/14/2019 vs 10 05/12/2019 vs Fouls Suffered 5 05/05/2019 vs Corner Kicks 0 03/03/2019 vs Offside 0 04/20/2019 vs 0 05/12/2019 vs Saves 1 03/17/2019 vs 1 03/30/2019 vs Shots Faced 2 03/17/2019 vs 2 03/30/2019 vs
COL
T 1-1
ATL
L 0-3
NYR DC
T 2-2 L 0-1
ATL
L 0-3
LFC
L 1-2
SJ DC
L 1-4 L 0-1
COL MTL
T 1-1 W 7-1
COL MTL
T 1-1 W 7-1
TEAM LOW GAMES (2019)
MIN
W 3-2
NYR
L 2-3
NYR
L 2-3
MIN
W 3-2
NYC
L 0-2
NYR
L 2-3
CHI PHI
W 2-1 W 2-0
NYC
L 0-2
RSL ORL
W 2-1 W 1-0
RSL NYR ORL
W 2-1 L 2-3 W 1-0
NYR CLB
L 2-3 L 1-3
Shots 4 05/24/2019 at Shots on Goal 1 03/09/2019 at 1 05/11/2019 at 1 05/24/2019 at Fouls Committed 6 04/24/2019 at Fouls Suffered 6 04/13/2019 at Corner Kicks 3 03/09/2019 at Offside 0 03/09/2019 at 0 04/24/2019 at Saves 1 04/24/2019 at 1 05/08/2019 at Shots Faced 1 04/24/2019 at
ORL
W 1-0
DAL NYC ORL
L 0-2 L 0-2 W 1-0
MIN
T 0-0
PHI
W 2-0
DAL
L 0-2
DAL MIN
L 0-2 T 0-0
MIN CLB
T 0-0 L 1-3
MIN
T 0-0
GALAXY VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Sporting KC 23 wins, 78 goals Galaxy 24 wins, 90 goals 15 ties 5/19/1996 7/6/1996 8/11/1996
LA 2 vs KC 0 KC 3 vs LA 1 KC 3 vs LA 2
KC SOW
(RB) (KC) (KC)
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8/21/1996 10/10/1996 10/13/1996 4/5/1997 5/10/1997 5/30/1997 9/28/1997 4/18/1998 4/29/1998 7/4/1998 8/13/1998 5/8/1999 6/6/1999 7/25/1999 10/9/1999 5/6/2000 6/24/2000 8/5/2000 8/12/2000 9/29/2000 10/3/2000 10/6/2000 4/14/2001 5/5/2001 6/13/2001 8/15/2001 5/4/2002 5/18/2002 7/20/2002 8/21/2002 9/25/2002 9/28/2002 10/2/2002 5/24/2003 6/14/2003 9/27/2003 10/11/2003 6/5/2004 7/24/2004 10/2/2004 10/16/2004 11/5/2004 9/17/2005 9/25/2005 7/1/2006 9/2/2006 7/7/2007 9/27/2007 5/24/2008 9/13/2008 5/30/2009 7/25/2009 4/24/2010 8/28/2010 5/14/2011 9/5/2011 4/7/2012 4/20/2013 7/19/2014 4/18/2015 10/25/2015 5/1/2016 6/2/2016 9/18/2016 6/24/2017 9/24/2017 4/8/2018 10/6/2018
KC LA LA KC KC KC LA LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA KC LA KC KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA KC LA KC LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC LA LA LA LA LA LA KC LA KC KC KC LA KC KC LA KC LA KC KC LA KC KC KC KC KC
2 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 5 1 0 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 1
at vs at vs vs at vs at at vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at vs at vs
LA KC KC LA LA LA KC KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC LA KC LA LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC LA KC LA KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA KC KC KC KC KC KC LA KC LA LA LA KC LA LA KC LA KC LA LA KC LA LA LA LA LA
1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
KC SOW LA SOW
(2OT)
(2OT) (2OT) (OT) (OT) (2OT) (2OT) (OT) (2OT) (2OT)
(OT)
(RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (HD) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (KC) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (CA) (CA) (HD) (HD) (SP) (SP) (HD) (SP) (HD) (SP) (SP) (HD) (SP) (HD) (SP) (HD) (SP)
HEAD-TO-HEAD Galaxy Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 34 333 138 431 100 170
2 53 385 185 465 88 180
Sporting KC
OT 1 6 5 5 1 4
Tot 88 724 328 901 189 354
1 33 356 126 401 80 136
2 42 407 169 392 78 153
OT 1 4 1 2 1 1
Tot 76 767 296 795 159 290
GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC LA
1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
OT
Total
8 8
12 12
12 13
13 12
16 16
14 26
1 3
76 90
CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes
vs. LA
7-3-6
(1.69 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
8 9 89 45 41 59 6 6 3 71 22
Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Matt McKeon Preki Tony Meola Tony Meola Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola
8 10 50 22 36 77 12 9 7 79 29
Galaxy Donovan/Jones Cienfuegos/Donovan Cobi Jones Cobi Jones Danny Califf Cobi Jones Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
2 2 9 6 6 8 1 10 5
Sporting KC Chris Klein (09/27/03) 3 players tied Diego Rubio (10/06/18) Preki (05/19/96) Diop/Johnston Arnaud/Radosavljevic 10 players tied Tim Melia (04/08/18) Tony Meola (08/05/00)
2 2 7 5 7 7 1 8 3
Galaxy 7 players tied 8 players tied 3 players tied Mathis/Quijano Carlos Ruiz (06/14/03) Carlos Ruiz (05/24/03) 14 players tied Kramer/Reis Hartman/Kramer
W-L-T Breakdowns: Sporting Kansas City W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals
Streak (started)
LA Galaxy W-L-T
Streak (started)
3-1-2 0-1-1 0-2-2
1 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ls
(05/26/2019) (05/12/2019) (05/05/2019)
5-1-0 3-2-1 0-2-0
1 Ws (05/24/2019) 1 Ls (05/19/2019) 5 Ls (08/18/2018)
0-3-3 3-1-2
2 Ls 1 Ws
(05/05/2019) (05/26/2019)
1-5-0 7-0-0
5 Ls (03/09/2019) 7 Ws (03/16/2019)
0-2-0 0-2-3 1-0-1 1-0-0 1-0-1
4 Ls 1 Ts 1 Ts 5 Ws 1 Ts
(06/30/2018) (05/18/2019) (04/14/2019) (03/17/2018) (04/27/2019)
0-3-1 1-1-0 6-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-0
2 1 1 4 3
Ls Ws Ls Ws Ws
(05/11/2019) (05/24/2019) (05/04/2019) (09/23/2018) (03/31/2018)
1-0-0 1-1-3 1-1-1 0-1-0 0-1-1
7 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ws 4 Ls 1 Ts
(08/04/2018) (05/18/2019) (05/26/2019) (07/14/2018) (04/27/2019)
3-0-1 4-1-0 1-2-0 0-2-0 0-0-0
1 1 1 3 3
Ws Ls Ls Ls Ls
(05/24/2019) (05/19/2019) (05/11/2019) (10/28/2018) (08/18/2018)
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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. GALAXY (23-24-15) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
Preki Chris Klein Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Mark Chung Vitalis Takawira Igor Simutenkov Dom Dwyer Diego Gutierrez Claudio Lopez Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi Chris Brown Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Jack Jewsbury Mo Johnston Matt McKeon Paul Wright Kerry Zavagnin Jimmy Conrad Francisco Gomez Kei Kamara Diego Rubio Omar Bravo Alex Bunbury Brad Davis Kevin Ellis Gary Glasgow Alexi Lalas Onandi Lowe Yura Movsisyan Krisztian Nemeth Lawrence Olum Ike Opara Jacob Peterson Paul Rideout Julio Cesar Carey Talley Shavar Thomas Scott Uderitz Graham Zusi Matt Besler Herculez Gomez Saad Abdul-Salaam Stephen Armstrong Sean Bowers Jose Burciaga Jr. Mike Burns Bobby Convey Gerso Fernandes Vicente Figueroa Chris Henderson Brandon Prideaux Ilie Sanchez Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals
29 24 21 12 12 15 7 7 14 4 2 4 15 16 9 13 18 21 11 24 17 15 4 4 1 3 2 4 4 4 1 3 2 2 6 5 4 3 7 5 5 14 15 3 3 7 14 10 7 2 4 4 7 11 4 9 62 62
27 21 16 12 12 10 5 7 12 3 2 3 12 15 7 10 16 19 8 24 17 10 4 2 1 3 2 3 2 4 0 0 2 2 6 2 4 3 6 4 5 12 15 3 3 3 13 10 4 1 1 1 7 9 4 8 62 62
2427 1965 1463 1050 1077 962 478 628 1160 289 178 264 990 1315 659 967 1539 1725 711 2177 1489 819 321 207 90 257 154 277 231 360 51 81 164 180 540 215 360 258 547 336 424 1111 1349 230 270 336 1102 817 408 83 132 156 632 886 360 735 5580 5580
8 7 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 90
9 8 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 72 94
SHT GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
89 30 28 21 30 21 13 24 9 8 8 11 11 16 15 15 23 21 10 10 5 20 8 11 2 6 5 3 5 6 3 3 6 2 7 9 8 2 3 1 3 18 0 9 1 8 11 7 1 0 5 2 10 0 5 3 768 729
5 8 1 6 5 16 4 7 10 1 1 62 62
450 720 90 540 405 1369 360 630 885 90 90 5580 5580
Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Andy Gruenebaum Kevin Hartman Chris Snitko Tony Meola Garth Lagerwey Mike Ammann Bo Oshoniyi Luis Marin Eric Kronberg Team totals Opponent totals
SHT
GAA
PG
16 12 0.80 29 22 0.88 2 1 1.00 24 15 1.33 30 22 1.33 96 71 1.45 22 15 1.50 34 19 1.71 62 43 1.83 6 4 2.00 10 6 4.00 331 230 1.44 296 216 1.21
SV
0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 8 5
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GALAXY CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (24-23-15) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
GOALKEEPER
GP
Landon Donovan Cobi Jones Mauricio Cienfuegos Carlos Ruiz Ezra Hendrickson Sasha Victorine Alan Gordon Clint Mathis David Beckham Greg Vanney Danny Califf Carlos Hermosillo Robbie Keane Edson Buddle Sean Franklin Gavin Glinton Herculez Gomez Eduardo Hurtado Tyrone Marshall Alejandro Moreno Brian Mullan Danny Pena Mark Semioli Paul Caligiuri Luis Hernandez Alexi Lalas Martin Machon Chris Albright Brian Ching Giovani dos Santos Omar Gonzalez Guillermo Jara Harut Karapetyan Marcelo Sarvas Romain Alessandrini Juan Pablo Angel Baggio Husidic Zlatan Ibrahimovic Marvin Quijano David Romney Marcelo Saragosa Brian Taylor Jose Vasquez Sebastien Vorbe Simon Elliott Peter Vagenas Chad Barrett Welton Roy Myers Emmanuel Boateng Dan Calichman Adam Frye Juninho Andreas Herzog Bradford Jamieson Quavas Kirk Jovan Kirovski Dema Kovalenko Ricky Lewis Sebastian Lletget Mike Randolph Robbie Rogers Diego Serna Craig Waibel Gyasi Zardes Team totals Opponent totals
18 37 28 11 20 17 12 8 5 24 15 4 5 7 7 7 4 7 13 7 4 10 7 14 3 10 8 13 3 4 9 4 8 3 4 1 5 2 3 3 5 2 2 3 13 19 3 7 4 7 10 5 8 3 4 2 7 1 4 6 1 5 2 3 6 62 62
16 34 28 9 16 15 7 5 5 21 14 4 5 6 7 2 3 6 10 2 3 10 7 12 3 10 8 12 0 4 8 1 5 2 4 0 4 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 12 18 2 4 3 6 10 3 8 2 2 1 4 1 3 5 1 4 2 2 5 62 62
1481 2993 2497 843 1513 1317 628 501 450 1982 1324 292 450 495 630 227 227 566 948 218 299 851 626 1108 273 903 697 1029 86 359 732 146 424 193 332 29 370 118 133 270 405 141 144 101 1167 1577 174 385 291 517 900 252 657 218 200 122 388 90 307 431 90 378 140 200 458 5580 5580
8 8 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 78
10 9 10 0 4 4 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 94 72
25 50 40 36 21 20 20 18 8 15 13 8 8 13 5 5 10 20 7 4 10 14 6 12 8 5 8 10 3 3 2 6 15 3 15 2 3 8 6 2 2 3 5 3 27 7 5 9 2 3 1 3 5 12 3 2 10 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 729 768
Carlo Cudicini Jorge Campos Matt Reis Joe Cannon Brian Rowe Josh Saunders Kevin Hartman Donovan Ricketts David Bingham Steve Cronin Jaime Penedo Clement Diop Josh Wicks David Kramer Team totals Opponent totals
1 5 8 2 3 4 25 5 2 2 2 2 1 4 62 62
MIN SHTS 90 414 659 180 270 331 2205 389 180 180 180 180 90 283 5580 5580
GAA
PG
2 2 0.00 27 24 0.65 34 26 0.96 6 4 1.00 8 5 1.00 12 9 1.09 111 79 1.18 19 13 1.39 13 9 1.50 9 6 1.50 8 5 1.50 11 7 2.00 6 4 2.00 30 23 2.23 296 216 1.21 331 230 1.44
SV
0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 8
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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. GALAXY (23-24-15)
CURRENT GALAXY VS. SPORTING KC (24-23-15)
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
Kelyn Rowe Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Krisztian Nemeth Rodney Wallace Graham Zusi Matt Besler Gerso Fernandes Nicolas Hasler Erik Hurtado Ilie Sanchez Seth Sinovic Yohan Croizet Felipe Gutierrez Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
7 2 4 16 13 3 12 14 15 4 2 7 4 11 2 1 6 8 62 62
4 2 3 15 11 2 9 12 15 1 1 3 4 10 1 1 5 8 62 62
415 178 264 1315 998 165 825 1111 1349 132 107 279 360 915 75 90 441 720 5580 5580
3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 90
3 0 0 3 3 0 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 72 94
15 8 11 16 23 6 15 18 0 5 1 11 5 3 2 3 10 0 768 729
Perry Kitchen Romain Alessandrini Zlatan Ibrahimovic David Romney Chris Pontius Emmanuel Boateng Juninho Bradford Jamieson Sebastian Lletget David Bingham Servando Carrasco Jonathan dos Santos Rolf Feltscher Giancarlo Gonzalez Matt Lampson Jorgen Skjelvik Daniel Steres Team totals Opponent totals
12 4 2 3 15 7 9 4 6 9 7 3 1 2 3 2 5 62 62
11 4 1 3 14 6 9 2 5 9 6 3 1 2 3 1 5 62 62
995 332 118 270 1178 517 734 200 431 810 506 269 90 180 270 106 450 5580 5580
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 78
1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 72
1 15 8 2 15 3 8 3 3 0 4 3 2 2 0 2 0 729 768
GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
SV
GAA
PG
GAA
PG
Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
8 62 62
720 5580 5580
29 22 0.88 331 230 1.44 296 216 1.21
1 8 5
37 27 1.00 18 11 2.33 296 216 1.21 331 230 1.44
1 1 5 8
SHT
GOALKEEPER
GP
David Bingham Matt Lampson Team totals Opponent totals
9 3 62 62
MIN SHTS 810 270 5580 5580
SV
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WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. LA GALAXY
2019 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 13 Sporting Kansas City 3-4-5, 14 points (3-1-3 home; 0-3-2 away) T-10th in MLS Western Conference LA Galaxy 8-5-1, 25 points (6-2-0 home; 2-3-1 away) 3rd in MLS Western Conference
3-4-5 (14 pts.) 12 T-10th in West 23 1.92 18 22 1.83 +1 175 (66) 37.7% 151 135 27 2
English TV: FOX Sports KC Plus English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: ESPN Deportes 1480 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:
Robert Sibiga Ian B. Anderson Adam Garner Luis Guardia Edvin Jurisevic
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER
No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 29 30 75 94
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID MID FWD MID DEF DEF DEF MID GK FWD FWD MID DEF FWD MID DEF GK MID MID MID
Name Adrian Zendejas Botond Barath Andreu Fontas Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Yohan Croizet Kelyn Rowe Gerso Fernandes Gianluca Busio Nicolas Hasler Seth Sinovic Graham Smith Roger Espinoza Eric Dick Erik Hurtado Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Rodney Wallace Tyler Freeman Gedion Zelalem Jaylin Lindsey Tim Melia Benny Feilhaber Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal Jimmy Medranda
Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas BOH-tond buh-RAT ahn-DRAY-oo BEEZ-ler ILL-ee-eh
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
her-TAH-doh shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay
GEH-dee-on zeh-LAH-lem MEE-lia FAIL-hobber wahn koo-ZANE wahn kuh-MAHL muh-DRAHN-dah
Nemeth, Russell Johnny Russell Krisztian Nemeth Johnny Russell Three Players Four Players Krisztian Nemeth Gerso, Russell Three Players Espinoza, Nemeth
W L T 7 4 4 7 4 3 6 5 3 6 6 3 6 5 2 4 1 7 5 6 2 4 5 5 5 9 1 4 7 3 3 8 4 3 9 2
GD GP +5 15 +9 14 +5 14 -6 15 +3 13 +3 12 +1 13 +3 14 -8 15 -2 14 -17 15 -14 14
Western Conference 1. Los Angeles FC 2. Seattle Sounders FC 3. LA Galaxy 4. Houston Dynamo 5. Minnesota United FC 6. Real Salt Lake 7. FC Dallas 8. San Jose Earthquakes 9. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10. Portland Timbers 11. Sporting Kansas City 12. Colorado Rapids
Pts 34 26 25 23 21 19 18 17 17 14 14 8
W L T 10 1 4 7 2 5 8 5 1 7 3 2 6 4 3 6 6 1 5 6 3 5 6 2 4 6 5 4 6 2 3 4 5 2 9 2
GD GP +25 15 +7 14 +2 14 +7 12 +3 13 -1 13 -1 14 -4 13 -3 15 -6 12 +1 12 -12 13
8-5-1 (25 pts.) 14 3rd in West 19 1.36 17 17 1.21 +2 184 (54) 29.3% 154 135 28 0
LA GALAXY
7 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 32 SHOTS 15 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 19 FOULS COMMITTED 17 FOULS SUFFERED 3 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 990 Tim Melia 1.91 Tim Melia 3 Tim Melia 1 Tim Melia 36
2019 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Pts 25 24 21 21 20 19 17 17 16 15 13 11
RECORD GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS
2019 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
gram ZOO-see KRIS-tee-ON NEY-muth CRAH-zay KELL-in JER-soh jahn-LUKA BOO-see-oh HAZZ-ler sin-OH-vick
Eastern Conference 1. D.C. United 2. Philadelphia Union 3. New York Red Bulls 4. Montreal Impact 5. Atlanta United FC 6. New York City FC 7. Toronto FC 8. Chicago Fire 9. Columbus Crew SC 10. Orlando City SC 11. New England Revolution 12. FC Cincinnati
LA GALAXY
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 3 Diego Polenta 50 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 16 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 1 Six Players 20 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 24 Uriel Antuna 4 Corona, Polenta 0 N/A 1260 David Bingham 1.21 David Bingham 8 David Bingham 4 David Bingham 46 David Bingham
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 11th season 136-103-87 11th season (.551) 136-103-87 (.551)
GUILLERMO BARROS SCHELOTTO
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
1st season 8-5-1 (.607) 1st season 8-5-1 (.607)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Monday, May 27 QUESTIONABLE: • Matt Besler (Hamstring Injury) • Andreu Fontas (Calf Injury) • Krisztian Nemeth (Calf Injury) • Daniel Salloi (Groin Injury) • Wan Kuzain (Ankle Injury) • Graham Zusi (Oblique Injury) OUT: • Roger Espinoza (PCL Sprain) • Gerso Fernandes (Broken Wrist) • Erik Hurtado (Knee Injury) • Jaylin Lindsey (Torn Meniscus) • Rodney Wallace (Hip Injury) 1
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvLA: HEAD-TO-HEAD
#SKCvLA: BY THE NUMBERS
Sporting KC closes out a three-game homestand this Wednesday when the side hosts the LA Galaxy at Children’s Mercy Park at 7:30 p.m. The Galaxy currently holds a slender lead in the all-time series between the two sides 24-23-15, though Sporting has not lost to LA in eight matches, going 4-0-4 since late in the 2015 campaign. Sporting KC claimed the season series with a 1-0-1 mark in 2018, first traveling to LA on April 8 and claiming a confident 2-0 victory behind second-half goals from Daniel Salloi and Johnny Russell, while Tim Melia set a club record with 10 saves in the game and was named MLS Player of the Week. In the return fixture, Zlatan Ibrahimovic converted a controversial first-half penalty before a trademark slalom run and finish from Johnny Russell late in the game salvaged a point for the home side. Sporting KC snapped a seven-game winless streak in MLS play this past weekend with a Russell-inspired 3-2 victory over the Seattle Sounders FC where the Scotsman bagged a hat trick. #SKCvLA: Recent Meetings (LA leads 24-23-15 in regular season) Date
10/06/2018 04/08/2018 09/24/2017 06/24/2017 09/18/2016
Score
KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 2
Sporting KC Team Notes • Sporting ranks second in MLS with 19 home goals through six games at Children’s Mercy Park. • Sporting also ranks second in MLS with 1.92 goals per game, only trailing runaway leaders LAFC’s pace of 2.40. • A total of 23 players have started an MLS match this season for Sporting, third most in the league behind the New York Red Bulls (26) and Orlando City SC (25). • Sporting snapped a nine-game winless streak across all competitions with Sunday’s win over Seattle, having recorded four draws and five losses since April 4. Their seven-game winless run in MLS play was the club’s longest since May 2016. Sporting KC Player Notes • Forward Johnny Russell scored his second Sporting KC hat trick on Sunday against Seattle, joining Eddie Johnson as the only players in club history to record two hat tricks. • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez leads Sporting in duels won (59) and tackles won (18) while ranking second on the team in chances created (18). • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has saved both of the penalties he has faced this season in MLS play. • Forwards Krisztian Nemeth and Johnny Russell are tied for the team lead and, when excluding penalty kicks, tied for second in MLS with seven regularseason goals apiece. • Midfielder Yohan Croizet, playing as a center forward, recorded his first multiassist game for the club in Sunday’s win over Seattle. He had a primary assist on Russell’s opener and a secondary assist on the eventual game-winner.
Result Details T W W W T
Russell salvages a point after controversial Ibrahimovic penalty Salloi & Russell tally in second half for comfortable road win Salloi & Rubio score before the break before Alessandrini goal Espinoza & Opara net in first half before Romney consolation Peterson and Dwyer tally in between Gordon and Donovan
#SKCvLA: PLAYER HISTORY • Forward Daniel Salloi has two goals against LA, scoring the opening goal in the 2-1 home win on Sept. 24, 2017 and the game-winner in the 2-0 road victory on April 8, 2018. • Forward Johnny Russell has scored twice against LA, netting the second goal in the 2-0 road win on April 8, 2018 and the equalizer in a 1-1 home draw on Oct. 6, 2018. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has tallied one goal and three assists against the Galaxy, all as a member of SKC. He scored in a 2-1 home win on July 19, 2014, before adding two assists in 2015 and one more in 2016. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has a goal and three assists against LA, with his goal coming in the 2-1 road win on June 24, 2017. He had two assists in his first two appearances against the Galaxy on Sept. 13, 2008 and May 30, 2009, before adding another in the 2-0 road win on April 8, 2018. • Forward Krisztian Nemeth has one goal against the Galaxy, finding the net in a 2-1 road loss on April 18, 2015. • Defender Graham Zusi has three assists against LA, coming in a 1-1 home draw on May 1, 2016, a 2-1 home win on Sept. 24, 2017 and a 1-1 home draw on Oct. 6, 2018. • Defender Matt Besler has two assists against the Galaxy, helping set up Brad Davis’ wonderstrike in the 1-1 home draw on May 1, 2016 and Ike Opara’s bicycle kick in the 2-1 road win on June 24, 2017. • Winger Gerso Fernandes has one assist against LA, setting up Roger Espinoza’s opener in the 2-1 road win on June 24, 2017. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez has one assist against the Galaxy, coming on Diego Rubio’s game-winner on Sept. 24, 2017. • Defender Seth Sinovic has recorded one assist against LA, setting up Diego Rubio’s winning goal on Sept. 24, 2017. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is an unbeaten 4-0-4 all-time against the LA Galaxy, posting a 0.88 goals against average and two shutouts - both coming in road games on June 2, 2016 and April 8, 2018. • Midfielder Kelyn Rowe has three goals and three assists against LA, all as a member of New England. He scored his first career goal in a 3-1 road win on March 31, 2012 before adding a goal and two assists in a 5-0 home win on June 2, 2013. He added another goal in 2016 and another assist in 2017. • Defender Rodney Wallace has three assists against the Galaxy, one coming in 2009 with D.C. United and the other two coming in 2015 with Portland. • Defender Nico Hasler has one assist against the Galaxy, coming in a 4-0 Toronto road win on Sept. 16, 2017. • Forward Erik Hurtado has one assist all-time against LA, coming with Vancouver in 2014.
LA Galaxy Team Notes • The Galaxy have a dominant 6-2-0 record but a middling 2-3-1 mark on the road this season. • The Galaxy’s +2 goal differential is only one goal better than Sporting KC’s, despite being 11 points better off in the standings. • The Galaxy are coming off a vital 1-0 victory over Orlando City SC that snapped a four-game losing streak in MLS play. • The Galaxy opened the season with a 7-1-1 mark across their first nine games before going 1-4-0 in their last five. • The Galaxy are tied for first in MLS with 86 corner kicks taken in 2019. • The Galaxy have taken the fifth most shots in MLS (184) but the 17th most shots on goal (54). Their 0.29 percent shots on goal percentage is the second lowest in the league. LA Galaxy Player Notes • Forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic is second in MLS with nine goals in 2019. He’s coming off a two-game suspension for violent conduct against New York City. Ibrahimovic is also tied for first with four game-winning goals. • Goalkeeper David Bingham ranks second in MLS with eight goalkeeper wins and is third with 46 saves.
NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is one appearance and start away from hitting 150 in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Forward Daniel Salloi is one start away from hitting 50 in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Forward Krisztian Nemeth is two MLS regular-season appearances shy of reaching 50 for the club. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez is two appearances away from reaching 100 in all competitions for the club. • Sporting KC is one home win shy of 200 in their MLS regular-season history.
#SKCvLA: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez played alongside LA’s Jonathan dos Santos at Barcelona B from 2009-2012. He also played for the cub’s B team from 20092011 while Zlatan Ibrahimovic was starring for the first team. • Defenders Graham Zusi and Matt Besler, along with midfielder Benny Feilhaber, have all spent time playing with LA goalkeeper David Bingham and midfielders Joe Corona, Perry Kitchen, Sebastian Lletget and Chris Pontius on the U.S. National Team. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia was playing for Chivas USA’s first team while LA’s Hugo Arellano and Bradford Jamieson IV were in the club’s Academy from 20132014. • LA Galaxy midfielder Servando Carrasco spent a portion of the 2015 MLS season with Sporting Kansas City. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber and LA defender Dave Romney are both natives of Irvine, California. • Defender Rodney Wallace played with Galaxy winger Chris Pontius at D.C. United from 2009-2010. Wallace has also been teammates with LA’s Giancarlo Gonzalez on the Costa Rica National Team. • Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas was in Club Tijuana’s Academy from 2014-2016 while LA’s Joe Corona was playing for the first team.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes WINLESS STREAK SNAPPED
SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES
MEDRANDA RETURNS AFTER YEAR OUT
Sporting Kansas City halted their seven-game winless streak in MLS play and ninegame winless run in all competitions during Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the Seattle Sounders at Children’s Mercy Park. Winger Johnny Russell scored an incredible hat trick - culminating in MLS Player of the Week honors - while Seattle pulled goals back through Raul Ruidiaz and Kelvin Leerdam, but Sporting held on to take all three points for the first time since March 30.
Sporting Kansas City defender Jimmy Medranda made his long-awaited return from knee surgery during Sunday night’s 3-2 victory over the Seattle Sounders at Children’s Mercy Park. Medranda replaced Yohan Croizet in the 89th minute for his first appearance since May 20, 2018. What initially seemed to be a bone bruise for Medranda that forced him out of a 1-1 draw with Minnesota United FC last May turned out to be more serious and the Colombian went under the knife in August to repair his knee. Almost 10 months of grueling rehab followed, leading to Sunday’s return where he earned a rapturous reception from the home crowd.
Sporting KC has been dealing with a whole host of injuries and was still only able to dress 16 players for Sunday’s match. Sporting was still without Roger Espinoza, Gerso Fernandes, Andreu Fontas, Erik Hurtado, Jaylin Lindsey, Daniel Salloi, Rodney Wallace, Wan Kuzain and Graham Zusi due to injury, though the side did receive a welcome boost with the return of Jimmy Medranda as a late substitute, who had not appeared in a game since May 20, 2018 after undergoing knee surgery.
A fan-favorite with a penchant for the spectacular, Medranda initially joined Sporting on loan in 2013 from Colombian club Deportivo Pereira, before the deal was made permanent heading into the 2014 campaign. Since then, Medranda has played anywhere from the wing, to central midfield, to left back, amassing five goals and six assists in 98 appearances across all competitions for the club.
Sporting KC follows up Sunday’s morale-boosting win with another home game this Wednesday against the Galaxy, closing out a three-game homestand and a month where the side played four of their five games at home. Peter Vermes’ team will play all four MLS games in June on the road.
Medranda’s return was a welcome boost for a Sporting KC side that has been dealing with anywhere from 10-12 injury absences over the last two months.
The Galaxy are 0-5-6 in Kansas City since the start of 2008 and Sporting is currently riding an eight-game unbeaten streak (4-0-4) against LA in all MLS regular-season games dating back to the end of the 2015 campaign. Sporting took the 2018 season series with a 1-0-1 record, claiming a 2-0 win on the road on April 8 before playing out a contentious 1-1 draw at home on October 6.
SPORTING: STILL GOOD AT HOME
Sporting Kansas City maintained their historically good form at home during Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the Seattle Sounders at Children’s Mercy Park. Spurred by a Johnny Russell hat trick, Sporting hung on to claim all three points in MLS play for the first time since the end of March and snap a seven-game winless streak in the league. Sporting is 3-1-3 at home on the season, making up all of their regular-season wins.
SOARING SEATTLE
Sporting Kansas City remains at home this Wednesday when the side takes on the LA Galaxy at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting are 3-1-3 at home on the season, accounting for all their MLS regular-season wins in 2019, while the third-place Galaxy are 2-3-1 on the road.
With another three home goals on Sunday, Sporting have scored 19 goals in seven MLS home matches this season. That’s a clip of 2.71 goals per home game, which ranks first in the league - even higher than runaway goalscoring leaders Los Angeles FC, who have a 2.50 goals per home game record.
In 2018, Sporting KC claimed the season series with a 1-0-1 mark. The first game took place at the now-named Dignity Health Sports Park on April 8, as Daniel Salloi and Johnny Russell each tallied in the second half to cruise to a 2-0 win on the road. Zlatan Ibrahimovic came off the bench for his second LA appearance but was unable to beat Tim Melia, who recorded a club-record 10 saves in the match.
On the whole, Manager Peter Vermes’ men have managed to carry their excellent attacking form from 2018 into 2019. The club is currently averaging 1.92 goals per game through 12 league fixtures, second in MLS only behind LAFC.
BUSIO & FREEMAN RETURN FROM U.S. U-17s
The second game took place at Children’s Mercy Park on October 6, and LA took the lead through Ibrahimovic’s first-half penalty kick despite there seeming to be no contact from Melia who was adjudged to have brought down Ola Kamara in the area. Russell produced a trademark moment to equalize late in the game, splitting a host of Galaxy defenders before firing home, while Diego Rubio was incensed to not be awarded a stoppage-time penalty kick after he was punched in the side of the head by Galaxy goalkeeper David Bingham. The draw clinched a playoff berth for Sporting.
Sporting Kansas City midfielder Gianluca Busio and forward Tyler Freeman both wrapped up their international commitments with the U.S. Under-17 National Team on May 16 as the U.S. fell to Mexico 2-1 in the Final of the 2019 Concacaf U-17 Championship at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The 16-year-old Sporting KC Academy products were two of 20 players on head coach Raphael Wicky’s roster, which saw 20 nations compete for the continental crown. The four semifinalists, the U.S., Mexico, Canada and Haiti all qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.
Despite Sporting KC’s recent success, the Galaxy still holds a slender 24-23-15 lead in the all-time series between the two sides, though Sporting has a 16-8-8 mark at home.
Busio was tied for the third most goals in the tournament with five and earned a spot on the tournament’s Best XI. Busio started all but one game, while Freeman made one start and made three further substitute appearances.
RUSSELL BAGS HAT TRICK, EARNS LEAGUE HONORS
Sporting Kansas City winger Johnny Russell produced an all-time performance in MLS history with a marvelous hat trick in Sunday night’s 3-2 victory over the Seattle Sounders at Children’s Mercy Park. Russell first struck midway through the first half with a low shot from 20 yards, before slaloming through four Seattle defenders to bag a second just before the interval. The Scotsman completed his hat trick with a first-time curling finish after being set up by Kelyn Rowe in the second half.
At the 2017 Concacaf Championship, Sporting defender Jaylin Lindsey and the U.S. lost the title game to Mexico in heartbreaking fashion, falling in penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw. Busio and Freeman suffered a similar fate, falling to Mexico in extra time on Thursday, meaning the U.S. U-17s waiting for their first title since 2011.
MLS ALL-STAR FAN BALLOT UNVEILED
Russell was named MLS Player of the Week on Monday, while his second goal was nominated for MLS Goal of the Week. He was also named on MLSsoccer.com’s Team of the Week and was named the Audi Player Index Performance of the Week.
On Thursday, May 23, Major League Soccer revealed the fan ballot for the 2019 MLS AllStar Game presented by Target, featuring eight players from all 24 clubs as nominated by national media. The following Sporting players are eligible for fan voting:
With his first-half brace and 68th-minute winner, Russell joined Johnson as the only two Sporting players to boast multiple regular-season hat-tricks in a Kansas City uniform. Perhaps just as impressively, Russell also became just the second MLS player - joining prolific Atlanta United FC striker Josef Martinez - to score multiple regular-season hattricks since the start of 2018. Martinez has bagged three trebles during that time, Russell has tallied two, and no other player in the league has more than one.
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Goalkeeper: Tim Melia Defenders: Matt Besler and Graham Zusi Midfielders: Gianluca Busio, Felipe Gutierrez and Ilie Sanchez Forwards: Krisztian Nemeth and Johnny Russell
Among Sporting’s eight All-Star nominees, five are seeking MLS All-Star recognition for the first time. Zusi (2012-15, 2017-18) has landed All-Star honors in six of the last seven seasons, Besler (2011, 2013-16) is a five-time selection, and Ilie received his first All-Star nod in 2018.
In addition, for the first time since 1998, Sporting has had two hat-trick heroes in the same regular season. Twenty-one years ago, Digital Takawira and Preki scored hattricks in separate MLS matches for the Wizards. Fast-forward to 2019, and Krisztian Nemeth’s hat-trick in a 7-1 defeat of the Montreal Impact on March 30 was followed by Russell’s salvo against Seattle.
The MLS All-Stars will battle 10-time Spanish champions Atletico Madrid at Orlando City Stadium in Orlando on July 31 in the 2019 MLS All-Star Game presented by Target. The summer showcase will air on FS1 and UniMas in the U.S. and across more than 170 countries globally.
Russell’s seven goals in 12 games this season puts him in fifth in the club’s all-time goals per game tally for a single season (0.58 goals per game).
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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES
BARATH & NEMETH CALLED UP BY HUNGARY
2026 WORLD CUP HEADING TO NORTH AMERICA
Barath and Nemeth will join Hungary following Sporting’s MLS regular season match at the Houston Dynamo on June 1 and will miss the MLS bout at Toronto FC on June 7.
The vote, which occurred a day before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, also marks the first time three nations have been selected to co-host a FIFA World Cup and the first time the FIFA World Cup will be played in North America in 32 years. The United Bid offers FIFA and its 211 Member Associations unity, certainty, and opportunity as they prepare to host the largest FIFA World Cup in history.
Sporting Kansas City defender Botond Barath and forward Krisztian Nemeth have been selected to the Hungary Men’s National Team for the resumption of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying during FIFA’s international window in June. Barath, Nemeth and the Magyars will continue their Group E qualifying campaign on June 8, visiting Azerbaijan for an 11 a.m. CT matchup at Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku. Hungary will then host Wales on June 11 at Groupama Arena in Budapest with kickoff set for 1:45 p.m. CT.
The United Bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States was selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow. Kansas City is one of 23 Candidate Host Cities in the United Bid.
Before earning his first of four caps for Hungary’s senior team in October 2018, Barath represented the Magyars at the U-18, U-19 and U-21 levels from 2009-2013. Nemeth has made 35 appearances for Hungary since 2010, scoring four goals and competing at UEFA Euro 2016 in France. He also represented the Magyars in 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying. He most recently featured for Hungary alongside Barath in a 1-0 loss to Greece last October in the UEFA Nations League.
With the FIFA Congress decision to award the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to the federations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the three nations will jointly manage preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup until FIFA establishes their operations to manage the competition. Among other decisions, FIFA will make the final selection of host cities for the 2026 competition from the 23 candidates proposed in the United Bid. Each of the United Bid’s 23 proposed stadiums are fully built, occupied and operational, ensuring long-term use following the 2026 World Cup. The United Bid has 150 existing world-class training facilities, millions of hotel rooms, and advanced infrastructure. The United Bid is expected to generate more than $14 billion in revenue and $11 billion in profits for FIFA, which will be shared with the 211 FIFA Member Associations, helping further develop and expand the game of football across the globe.
VERMES ENTERS 11th SEASON
Entering his 11th season at the helm of Sporting KC, manager Peter Vermes looks to win more hardware and guide his side to yet another postseason appearance in 2019. Despite elimination from the Concacaf Champions League in early April, Sporting KC will still aim to win the MLS Supporters’ Shield, MLS Cup and the U.S. Open Cup in 2019.
PLAYOFF STREAK REACHES EIGHT SEASONS
Vermes is the longest tenured coach that is currently in charge of a team in MLS, having led Sporting KC since 2009 - one year longer than Ben Olsen has been at the helm at D.C. United. Vermes became the longest tenured coach in MLS when then LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena took the U.S. National Team job in late 2016.
In 2018, Sporting KC continued its impressive streak of postseason appearances, becoming just the sixth club in MLS history to make at least eight straight trips to the MLS Cup Playoffs, while Manager Peter Vermes is now just the third coach to lead the same team to eight straight playoff appearances.
With almost 10 years of service at Sporting KC, Vermes is one of the longest serving managers in world soccer. Among all 18 leagues with an average attendance of 10,000+, Vermes ranks second, only behind 2. Bundesliga side FC Heidenheim’s Frank Schmidt (Sept. 17, 2007 - present). Among the top 51 leagues in the world as denoted by the CIES Football Observatory, Vermes’ tenure at Sporting KC ranks as the fifth longest active run.
LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) Seattle Sounders FC 10 (2009-2018) *active New York Red Bulls 9 (2010-2018) *active Sporting KC 8 (2011-2018) *active LA Galaxy 8 (2009-2016) NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014)
Vermes has guided Sporting KC to four titles under his watch, winning three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups in 2012, 2015 and 2017, and the MLS Cup in 2013. His trophy haul ranks as the second highest among active MLS coaches - only trailing Toronto FC’s Greg Vanney’s five championships. On a local level, Vermes’ 11 years with SKC is the second longest tenure by a head coach in the history of major KC professional sports behind Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer Hank Stram, who was Chiefs head coach from 1963-1974. Vermes has compiled a 171-123-99 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 20-6-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 136 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks fifth all-time and second among active coaches in MLS, trailing Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley.
LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Peter Vermes Sporting KC 8 2011-2018 (active) Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Sigi Schmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013
RECORD-SETTING 2018
VERMES VERBATIM
As well as their overall goalscoring exploits, Sporting Kansas City also set new club records in five other offensive categories: Road Goals (31), Goal Difference (+25), Assists (69), Shots (583) and Corner Kicks (206).
On improvements from last week: “We thought we should have gotten three points last week. They got the goal and we felt that we could have done some things a little better and we talked about it. It was a good, healthy discussion by the players. They understood and I see that they made the adjustments for this game today, and it was not just physical. It was also the mental aspect as well.”
Sporting Kansas City enjoyed a historic 2018 season that saw the club set new records in multiple attacking categories. Most notably, the club shattered the franchise’s all-time goalscoring record by tallying 65 goals in 34 games, eclipsing the 61 goals the then Kansas City Wizards tallied in their inaugural season in 1996.
See below for comments from Sporting KC Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes following the 3-2 win over the Seattle Sounders at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday, May 26, 2019.
Peter Vermes’ side also found multiple goals in 25 of the club’s 40 matches in all competitions last season and was only shutout seven times. Sporting KC finished the regular season as the fourth highest scoring team in MLS with 65 goals, while the side scored 79 goals when including the MLS Cup Playoffs and U.S. Open Cup play.
On Johnny Russell’s performance: “Johnny has incredible individual talent. We needed it, and it came at a great time. That’s what you need from special players like him. It’s not when things are going really well and he sticks in three because you’re winning 5-0. He was a different class tonight. I always say he is very difficult for teams to deal with and he’s like a fireplug. He’s tired, then all of a sudden makes another run. He’s got it in him. Again, we needed that performance from him tonight.”
Sporting had 16 different goalscorers last year in MLS play - which was tied for the second highest number of goalscorers across a single squad this season. In 2018, SKC found goals from Daniel Salloi (14), Johnny Russell (10), Diego Rubio (10), Felipe Gutierrez (7), Gerso Fernandes (6), Ilie Sanchez (5), Ike Opara (3), Yohan Croizet (3), Roger Espinoza (3), Khiry Shelton (2), Graham Zusi (2), Jimmy Medranda (2), Cristian Lobato (2), Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (1), Krisztian Nemeth (1) and Gianluca Busio (1).
On midfielder Yohan Croizet’s performance: “I think Yohan had a really good performance for us today. He worked hard and made it tough on their defenders. He put them under a lot of pressure. He’s an explosive guy with a lot of power and speed, and I think they were a little surprised with that piece. He’s not somebody you can push off the ball. He’s a strong guy. I think he helped us even though that’s not his position to play, but I thought he did a really good job for us in that position.”
The 6-0 triumph over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 20, 2018 tied club records for largest margin of victory and most goals scored in a competitive match. Sporting KC finished the year with 65 goals in 34 regular-season matches, having scored 40 in all of 2017. The last time Sporting KC hit six goals in an MLS match was on June 20, 1999.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS
Sporting KC MLS record vs. LA Galaxy: 23-24-15 Home games: 16-8-8 (46 GF, 41 GA) Road games: 7-16-7 (30 GF, 49 GA) Date 05/19/1996 07/06/1996 08/11/1996 08/21/1996 04/05/1997 05/10/1997 05/30/1997 09/28/1997 04/18/1998 04/29/1998 07/04/1998 08/13/1998 05/08/1999 06/06/1999 07/25/1999 10/09/1999 05/06/2000 06/24/2000 08/05/2000 08/12/2000 04/14/2001 05/05/2001 06/13/2001 08/15/2001 05/04/2002 05/18/2002 07/20/2002 08/21/2002 05/24/2003 06/14/2003 09/27/2003 10/11/2003 06/05/2004 07/24/2004 10/02/2004 10/16/2004 09/17/2005 09/25/2005 07/01/2006 09/02/2006 07/07/2007 09/27/2007 05/24/2008 09/13/2008 05/30/2009 07/25/2009 04/24/2010 08/28/2010 05/14/2011 09/05/2011 04/07/2012 04/20/2013 07/19/2014 04/18/2015 10/25/2015 05/01/2016 06/02/2016 09/18/2016 06/24/2017 09/24/2017 04/08/2018 10/06/2018
Score KC 0 at LA 2 KC 3 vs LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 3 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 3 at LA 1 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 2 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 0 at LA 3 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 0 KC 1 vs LA 5 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 at LA 4 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 3 KC 2 vs LA 0 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 0 vs LA 0 KC 2 at LA 0 KC 1 at LA 4 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 0 KC 1 vs LA 1
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
141
6 6 3 71 22
Donovan, Jones Cienfuegos, Donovan Cobi Jones Cobi Jones Danny Califf Cobi Jones
WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED
Tony Meola Tony Meola Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola
8 10 50 22 36 77
Kevin Hartman 12 Kevin Hartman 9 Kevin Hartman 7 Kevin Hartman 79 Kevin Hartman 29
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 Chris Klein (9/27/03) 2 Three Players 9 Diego Rubio (10/06/18) 6 Preki (5/19/96) 6 Diop, Johnston 8 Arnaud, Preki
LA GALAXY
GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED
Seven Players Eight Players Three Players Mathis, Quijano (6/14/03) Carlos Ruiz (5/24/03) Carlos Ruiz
2 2 7 5 7 7
SAVES GOALS ALLOWED
Kramer, Reis Hartman, Kramer
8 3
10 Tim Melia (4/8/18) 5 Tony Meola (8/5/00)
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 2 OT 33 42 1 356 407 5 126 169 1 401 392 6 80 78 2 136 152 1
Total 76 768 296 799 160 289
LA GALAXY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 2 OT 34 53 3 333 385 11 138 185 8 431 465 6 100 88 2 170 179 6
Total 90 729 331 902 190 355
GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
OT
Total
KC 8 12 13 15 14 13 1 76 LA 7 12 15 10 19 24 3 90
CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS
19,472
TOTAL MLS SELLOUTS in 151 MLS matches played at the stadium (including postseason)
ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 151 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)
SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 143 MLS regular season, 8 MLS postseason, 19 Open Cup, 10 CCL, 5 friendlies
PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 151 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467
185
GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED
8 Preki 9 Preki 89 Preki 45 Preki 41 Matt McKeon 59 Preki
Result Location L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium SOW Arrowhead Stadium SOW Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L (2OT) Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium L (OT) Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L The Home Depot Center W The Home Depot Center W (OT) Arrowhead Stadium W The Home Depot Center T Arrowhead Stadium T The Home Depot Center W Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L The Home Depot Center L Arrowhead Stadium L The Home Depot Center T The Home Depot Center L Arrowhead Stadium L The Home Depot Center W Arrowhead Stadium T The Home Depot Center T CommunityAmerica Ballpark T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W The Home Depot Center L The Home Depot Center T Livestrong Sporting Park W Livestrong Sporting Park L The Home Depot Center W Sporting Park L StubHub Center W Sporting Park T Children’s Mercy Park T StubHub Center T Children’s Mercy Park W StubHub Center W Children’s Mercy Park W StubHub Center T Children’s Mercy Park
LA GALAXY
105.4 5
102
SPORTING KC MATCHES WON
not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals
329
SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 185 matches played at the stadium
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In
Players Out
Tyler Freeman (Signed as Homegrown Player - Oct. 2, 2018)
Kharlton Belmar (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)
Rodney Wallace (Signed as Free Agent - Dec. 14, 2018)
Amer Didic (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)
Erik Hurtado (Trade - Dec. 14, 2018)
Brad Evans (Option Declined/Retired - Nov. 30, 2018)
Botond Barath (Signing - Dec. 18, 2018)
Cristian Lobato (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)
Kelyn Rowe (Trade - Dec. 18, 2018)
Colton Storm (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)
Abdul Rwatubyaye (Signing - Feb. 5, 2019)
Diego Rubio (Trade - Dec. 14, 2018)
Gedion Zelalem (Signing - March 11, 2019)
Ike Opara (Trade - Jan. 28, 2019)
Nicolas Hasler (Signing - April 2, 2019)
Abdul Rwatubyaye (Trade - May 8, 2019)
Benny Feilhaber (Trade - May 8, 2019) Wilson Harris (Short-Term Agreement - May 17, 2019)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Oct. 2: IN Sporting KC signs F Tyler Freeman as a Homegrown player from the Sporting KC Academy. Nov. 30: OUT Sporting KC declines options for D Amer Didic, D Brad Evans, D Colton Storm, M Cristian Lobato and F Kharlton Belmar. Dec. 14: IN Sporting KC signs D Rodney Wallace as a free agent. Dec. 14: IN Sporting KC acquires F Erik Hurtado from Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS) in exchange for the club’s natural second-round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft and natural first-riund pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. Dec. 18: IN Sporting KC signs D Botond Barath, most recently at Budapest Honved FC (Hungary). Dec. 18: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires M Kelyn Rowe and $300,000 in allocation money from the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for F Diego Rubio. Jan. 28: OUT Sporting KC acquires up to $1,000,000 in allocation money from Minnesota United FC (MLS) in exchange for D Ike Opara. Feb. 5: IN Sporting KC acquires D Abdul Rwatubyaye in a transfer from Rayon Sports FC (Rwanda). March 11: IN Sporting KC acquires M Gedion Zelalem in a transfer from Arsenal FC (England). April 2: IN Sporting KC signs D Nicolas Hasler, most recently at the Chicago Fire (MLS). May 8: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires M Benny Feilhaber in a trade with the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for D Abdul Rwatubyaye, a 2019 International Roster Slot, $50,000 in Targeted Allocation Money (TAM), and a natural second-round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. As part of the trade, Sporting has swapped positions with Colorado in the Waiver Order. Feilhaber serves as Sporting’sseason-ending injury replacement player for Rodney Wallace. Colorado will retain the player’s 2019 salary budget charge less the $250,000 of salary budget relief afforded to SKC for a season-ending injury replacement player. May 17: IN Sporting KC signs F Wilson Harris to a short-term agreement from the Swope Park Rangers (USL Championship) prompted by Extreme Hardship (less than 14 outfield players available)
CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year
MLS SuperDraft
2009
Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)
Signings
2011
Trades
Homegrown Players
Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)
2013
Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)
2015
Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15)
2016
Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)
2017 2018
2019
Swope Park Rangers
Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Eric Dick (13th) Graham Smith (18th)
Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)
Yohan Croizet (12/15/17) Johnny Russell (1/31/18) Felipe Gutierrez (2/6/18) Andreu Fontas (8/8/18)
Krisztian Nemeth (8/6/18)
Jaylin Lindsey (1/1/18) Wan Kuzain (4/13/18)
Rodney Wallace (12/14/18) Botond Barath (12/18/18) Gedion Zelalem (3/11/19) Nicolas Hasler (4/2/19)
Erik Hurtado (12/14/18) Kelyn Rowe (12/18/18) Benny Feilhaber (5/8/19)
Tyler Freeman (1/1/19)
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Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16)
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE
OPPONENT
COMPETITION
TIME (CT) / RESULT
TV / SCORERS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21
DEPORTIVO TOLUCA
CCL
W
3-0
Nemeth, Gerso, Ilie
Thursday, February 28
at Deportivo Toluca
CCL
W
2-0
Gerso, Nemeth
Sunday, March 3
at Los Angeles FC
MLS
L
1-2
Nemeth
Wednesday, March 6
at Club Atletico Independiente
CCL
L
1-2
Ilie
SUNDAY, MARCH 10
PHILADELPHIA UNION
MLS
W
2-0
Ilie, Own Goal
THURSDAY, MARCH 14
CLUB ATLETICO INDEPENDIENTE CCL
W
3-0
Nemeth (2), Espinoza
Sunday, March 17
at Colorado Rapids
MLS
T
1-1
Russell
SATURDAY, MARCH 30
MONTREAL IMPACT
MLS
W
7-1
Russell (2), Nemeth (3), Gutierrez, Busio
Thursday, April 4
at C.F. Monterrey
CCL
L
0-5
--
Sunday, April 7
at FC Cincinnati
MLS
T
1-1
Busio
THURSDAY, APRIL 11
C.F. MONTERREY
CCL
L
2-5
Gerso (2)
SUNDAY, APRIL 14
NEW YORK RED BULLS
MLS
T
2-2
Russell, Busio
Saturday, April 20
at San Jose Earthquakes
MLS
L
1-4
Gutierrez
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
MLS
T
4-4
Nemeth (2), Gutierrez (2)
SUNDAY, MAY 5
ATLANTA UNITED FC
MLS
L
0-3
--
Sunday, May 12
at D.C. United
MLS
L
0-1
--
SATURDAY, MAY 18
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
MLS
T
1-1
Nemeth
SUNDAY, MAY 26
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
MLS
W
3-2
Russell (3)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29
LA GALAXY
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
Saturday, June 1
at Houston Dynamo
MLS
7:30
FOX Sports KC
Friday, June 7
at Toronto FC
MLS
7:00
FOX Sports KC Plus
Sunday, June 23
at Columbus Crew SC
MLS
6:30
FOX Sports KC
Saturday, June 29
at Real Salt Lake
MLS
9:00
FOX Sports KC
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3
LOS ANGELES FC
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
SATURDAY, JULY 6
CHICAGO FIRE
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC
Saturday, July 13
at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS
9:00
FOX Sports KC
SATURDAY, JULY 20
FC DALLAS
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
Friday, July 26
at New York City FC
MLS
6:30
FOX Sports KC
Sunday, August 4
at Seattle Sounders FC
MLS
9:00
FOX Sports 1
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
REAL SALT LAKE
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC
Wednesday, August 14
at Orlando City SC
MLS
6:30
FOX Sports KC Plus
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
MINNESOTA UNITED FC
MLS
8:30
ESPN
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31
HOUSTON DYNAMO
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
Saturday, September 7
at Portland Timbers
MLS
9:30
FOX Sports KC
Sunday, September 15
at LA Galaxy
MLS
9:00
FOX Sports KC
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
COLORADO RAPIDS
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
Wednesday, September 25
at Minnesota United FC
MLS
7:00
FOX Sports KC Plus
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
PORTLAND TIMBERS
MLS
6:30
FOX SPORTS KC
Sunday, October 8
at FC Dallas
MLS
3:00
FOX Sports KC
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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes 2019 REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON) REFEREE
GAMES RECORD
SKC FOULS
OPP. FOULS
SKC YC
OPP. YC
SKC RC
OPP. RC
SKC PK
OPP. PK
Allen Chapman
2
0-1-1
23
21
3
5
0
1
0
0
Robert Sibiga
2
0-1-1
27
27
8
5
1
1
0
0
Chris Penso
2
2-0-0
31
17
4
3
0
1
1
1
Nima Saghafi
1
1-0-0
11
10
0
2
0
0
0
0
Ismail Elfath
1
0-0-1
11
13
4
2
0
0
0
1
Rubiel Vazquez
1
0-1-0
12
9
2
3
0
0
2
0
Baldomero Toledo
1
0-0-1
14
16
3
5
0
2
1
1
Alan Kelly
1
0-1-0
10
14
1
1
0
0
0
0
Tim Ford
1
0-0-1
12
8
2
3
1
0
0
0
2019 VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON) DATE REFEREE VAR March 3 at LAFC Robert Sibiga Tim Ford
INCIDENT LAFC Penalty Not Awarded
DECISION Confirmed, No Penalty
March 10 vs. PHI
Chris Penso
Chico Grajeda
PHI Penalty Not Awarded
Overturned, Penalty Awarded
March 30 vs. MTL
Nima Saghafi
Christina Unkel
SKC Goal Allowed
Overturned, Goal Disallowed
April 7 at CIN
Ismail Elfath
Jon Freemon
SKC Mistaken Identity
Overturned, Yellow Card Changed
April 14 vs. NY
Robert Sibiga
Kevin Terry Jr.
SKC & NY Brawl
Additional Yellow Cards Shown
April 20 at SJ
Rubiel Vazquez
Kevin Stott
SJ Goal Disallowed
Overturned, Goal Allowed
April 27 vs. NE
Baldomero Toledo
Daniel Radford
NE Penalty Not Awarded
Overturned, Penalty Awarded
Vela’s shot hits Fontas in the midriff and Sibiga waves away the appeal. After reviewing the play, Sibiga confirms that no penalty will be given.
The ball strikes Sinovic’s arm in the box following a corner and Penso signals for another corner. After reviewing the play, Penso awards Philadelphia a penalty.
Gerso pokes the ball into the back of the net off Nemeth’s flick on and a goal is awarded. After reviewing the play, Saghafi deems Gerso was offside and disallows the goal.
Elfath awards a penalty after Mattocks is taken down in the box by Fontas, but Ilie is shown a yellow card. After consulting his VAR, Elfath changes yellow card to Fontas.
After Kaku kicks the ball into the crowd and is shown a red card, a melee ensues between both sides. After reviewing the scuffle, Sibiga shows yellow cards to Robles and Nemeth.
Hoesen scores his second of the game before the flag goes up for offside. After reviewing the play, Vazquez reverses his decision and allows the goal.
The ball strikes Russell’s arm that was by his side from point blank range, and nothing is given. After reviewing the play, Toledo awards New England a penalty.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS (2019) 2019 Record When... Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime
3-1-2 0-3-3 3-1-2 0-1-1 0-2-2
Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Allowing 0 goals Allowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goals Allowing 3 goals Allowing 4+ goals
0-2-0 0-2-3 1-0-1 1-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-0 1-1-3 1-1-1 0-1-0 0-1-1
Wearing Sporting blue Wearing black metallic Wearing Parley
2-2-4 1-1-1 0-1-0
Leading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’
3-0-1 0-2-1 0-2-3
Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even
2-1-4 0-3-1 1-0-0
With zero subs With one sub With two subs with three subs
0-1-1 1-2-1 2-1-3
Day games (before 5 p.m.) Games 5 p.m. CT or later
2-0-1 1-4-4
With red card for With red card against
0-1-1 1-0-3
Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75
1-0-0 2-4-5
In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone In Central time zone In Eastern time zone
0-2-0 0-0-1 3-1-3 0-1-1
vs. Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference
1-2-2 2-2-3
On grass On turf
3-4-4 0-0-1
Quickest Goal... Johnny Russell (3/30 vs. MTL) - 10th Minute Quickest Goal Against... Danny Hoesen (4/20 at SJ) - 6th Minute
Regular Season Record By Month March 2018 March all-time April 2018 April all-time May 2018 May all-time June 2018 June all-time July 2018 July all-time Aug. 2018 Aug. all-time Sept. 2018 Sept. all-time Oct. 2018 Oct. all-time
Game-winning goals after 75’...
2-1-1 22-11-11 0-1-3 45-38-19 1-2-1 39-48-28 0-0-0 43-30-26 0-0-0 51-38-28 0-0-0 45-51-17 0-0-0 34-41-19 0-0-0 24-17-18
vs. Atlanta United FC vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew SC vs. D.C. United vs. FC Cincinnati vs. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo vs. Los Angeles FC vs. LA Galaxy vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Montreal Impact vs. NE Revolution vs. New York City FC vs. New York Red Bulls vs. Orlando City SC vs. Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake vs. SJ Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
Game-tying goals after 75’...
Johnny Russell (3/17 at COL) - 88th Minute Gianluca Busio (4/14 vs. NY) - 88th Minute Krisztian Nemeth (4/27 vs. NE) - 83rd Minute
Game-winning goals against after 75’...
Adama Diomande (3/3 at LAFC) - 94+ Minute Paul Arriola (5/12 at DC) - 78th Minute
Game-tying goals against after 75’...
Derek Cornelius (5/18 vs. VAN) - 94+ MInute Roger Espinoza (3/3 at LAFC) - 84th Minute Krisztian Nemeth (5/18 vs. VAN) - 51st Minute
Red Cards Against...
1-1-1 (0-1-0) 16-26-11 (0-0-0) 25-23-15 (0-0-1) 25-22-8 (0-0-0) 21-22-13 (0-1-0) 0-0-1 (0-0-1) 25-23-12 (0-0-0) 7-10-12 (0-0-0) 2-1-0 (0-1-0) 23-24-15 (0-0-0) 3-1-2 (0-0-0) 7-4-3 (1-0-0) 25-18-12 (0-0-1) 2-2-0 (0-0-0) 21-21-14 (0-0-1) 2-1-1 (0-0-0) 6-6-5 (1-0-0) 7-3-4 (0-0-0) 9-11-8 (0-0-0) 26-25-8 (0-1-0) 6-9-4 (1-0-0) 14-4-7 (0-0-0) 8-3-4 (0-0-1)
Marco Fabian (3/10 vs. PHI) - 60th Minute Johan Blomberg (3/17 at COL) - 87th Minute Kaku (4/14 vs. NY) - 94+ Minute Brandon Bye (4/27 vs. NE) - 55th Minute Jalil Anibaba (4/27 vs. NE) - 89th Minute
Penalty Kicks...
Ilie Sanchez (3/10 vs. PHI) - Scored on Andre Blake Krisztian Nemeth (4/20 at SJ) - Missed on Daniel Vega Felipe Gutierrez (4/20 at SJ) - Scored on Daniel Vega Felipe Gutierrez (4/27 vs. NE) - Scored on Cody Cropper
Penalty Kicks Against...
Marco Fabian (3/10 vs. PHI) - Saved by Tim Melia Darren Mattocks (4/7 at CIN) - Scored on Adrian Zendejas Carles Gil (4/27 vs. NE) - Saved by Tim Melia
Penalty Kicks Earned...
Gianluca Busio (3/10 vs. PHI) - 11th Minute Gianluca Busio (4/20 at SJ) - 26th Minute Krisztian Nemeth (4/20 at SJ) - 66th Minute Gerso Fernandes (4/27 vs. NE) - 60th Minute
Youngest Goalscorer... Oldest Goalscorer... Youngest Starter... Youngest to play in a game... Oldest Starter... Oldest to play in a game...
Regular Season Home and Away Overall All-time 2019 at home All-time at home 2019 on road All-time on road
None
Red Cards...
Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2019)
Shutouts 1-0-0 One-goal games 1-2-0 On ESPN/ESPN2 On FOX/FS1 On FSKC
SPORTING KC IN 2019 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-1 3-2-4
303-274-166 3-1-3 199-95-78 0-3-2 104-179-88
Gianluca Busio (3/30 vs. MTL) - 16 years and 306 days Krisztian Nemeth (5/18 vs. VAN) - 30 years and 133 days Gianluca Busio (3/10 vs. PHI) - 16 years and 286 days Gianluca Busio (3/10 vs. PHI) - 16 years and 286 days Benny Feilhaber (5/26 vs. SEA) - 34 years and 127 days Benny Feilhaber (5/26 vs. SEA) - 34 years and 127 days
2019 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS GOALS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 10 13 23 OPPONENT 7 15 22
SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 84 91 175 OPPONENT 72 84 156
SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 30 35 65 OPPONENT 27 32 59
FOULS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 71 80 151 OPPONENT 64 71 135
OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 11 7 18 OPPONENT 11 9 20
CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 26 29 55 OPPONENT 20 31 51
CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 15 12 27 OPPONENT 10 19 29
EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0 2 2 OPPONENT 0 5 5
PK’S (MADE/ATTEMPTED) 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 1/2 2/2 3/4 OPPONENT 1/1 0/2 1/3
SPORTING KC ALL-TIME WIN/LOSS RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES OVERALL Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 303 274 166 18 22 10 30 16 7 13 15 9 364 327 192
HOME GF GA 1050 983 66 67 108 63 50 57 1274 1170
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 199 95 78 15 4 3 21 7 3 8 5 5 243 111 89
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AWAY GF GA 635 438 41 20 72 30 28 18 776 506
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 104 179 88 2 17 7 9 9 4 5 10 3 120 215 102
GF GA 415 545 22 44 36 33 22 39 495 661
Neutral site MLS Cup Playoffs International TOTAL
W L T 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
GF GA 3 3 0 0 3 3
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2019 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES March 3, 2019: Los Angeles FC 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Banc of California Stadium | Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 22,099 Weather: Cloudy and 59 degrees Sporting KC (0-1-0, 0 points) Los Angeles FC (1-0-0, 3 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Fontas (Barath 69’) D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez (Rowe 62’) F Russell F Nemeth F Gerso (Salloi 73’)
1 2 F 1 0 0 0 2 2
Los Angeles FC GK Miller D Beitashour D Zimmerman D Segura D Harvey M Kaye M Atuesta M Nguyen (Blessing 72’) F Vela (C) F Ramirez (Diomande 59’) F Rossi (Vassell 85’)
March 10, 2019: Sporting KC 2-0 Philadelphia Union MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,738 Weather: Sunny and 43 degrees 1 2 F 1 1 2 0 0 0
Sporting KC (1-1-0, 3 points) Philadelphia Union (0-2-0, 0 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Barath D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie (Croizet 84’) M Busio (Rowe 78’) M Gutierrez F Russell (Salloi 80’) F Nemeth F Gerso
Philadelphia Union GK Blake D Gaddis D Elliott D Trusty D Wagner M Creavalle (Jones 78’) M Medunjanin M Bedoya (C) M Fabian F Picault (Santos 73’) F Burke (Ilsinho 79’)
March 17, 2019: Colorado Rapids 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO Attendance: 11,037 Weather: Cloudy and 46 degrees Sporting KC (1-1-1, 4 points) Colorado Rapids (0-1-2, 2 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Barath D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Busio 72’) M Gutierrez (Croizet 81’) F Rowe (Russell 61’) F Nemeth F Gerso
1 2 F 0 1 1 0 1 1
Colorado Rapids GK Howard (C) D Rosenberry D Sjoberg D Wynne D Serna M Feilhaber (Bassett 76’) M Price M Acosta (Blomberg 79’) M Mezquida F Rubio (Shinyashiki 84’) F Kamara
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Sisniega (GK) Wallace El-Munir Croizet Silva Hurtado Brewer
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Carlos (GK) Rwatubyaye Collin Wallace Mbaizo Hurtado Aaronson
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Rawls (GK) Rwatubyaye Smith Lindsey Wilson Jackson
Scoring Summary: SKC - Krisztian Nemeth 1 (Johnny Russell 1) 16’ LAFC - Diego Rossi 1 (Eduard Atuesta 1) 47’ LAFC - Adama Diomande 1 (Jordan Harvey 1) 94+
Scoring Summary: SKC - Ilie Sanchez 1 (Penalty Kick) 11’ SKC - Own Goal (Jack Elliott) 80’
Scoring Summary: COL - Diego Rubio 1 (Unassisted) 54’ SKC - Johnny Russell 1 (Unassisted) 88’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Felipe Gutierrez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 10’ SKC - Gerso Fernandes (Yellow Card; Dissent) 17’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 31’ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 42’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ LAFC - Jordan Harvey (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’ LAFC - Latif Blessing (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ LAFC - Eduard Atuesta (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 22’ PHI - Marco Fabian (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 31’ SKC - Gianluca Busio (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 37’ PHI - Marco Fabian (Red Card; Serious Foul) 60’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Felipe Gutierrez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’ COL - Kei Kamara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’ COL - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 60’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’ COL - Diego Rubio (Yellow Card; Simulation) 72’ SKC - Botond Barath (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 75’ COL - Johan Blomberg (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 80’ COL - Johan Blomberg (Yellow Card/Red Card; Time Wasting) 87’
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (5) 4 17 1 0
LAFC 14 (6) 4 11 4 7
March 30, 2019: Sporting KC 7-1 Montreal Impact MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,632 Weather: Cloudy and 42 degrees Sporting KC (2-1-1, 7 points) Montreal Impact (2-2-0, 6 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Fontas D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Busio 62’) M Gutierrez (Rowe 74’) F Russell F Nemeth F Gerso (Croizet 71’)
1 2 F 3 4 7 0 1 1
Montreal Impact GK Bush D Sagna D Cabrera D Camacho D Lovitz M Azira M Piette (C) M Shome (Bayiha 54’) F Okwonkwo (Raitala 76’) F Urruti (Jackson-Hamel 91+) F Taider
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 16 (4) 4 14 3 6
PHI 15 (4) 2 10 2 5
April 7, 2019: FC Cincinnati 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Nippert Stadium | Cincinnati, OH Attendance: 26,023 Weather: Cloudy and 72 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 1 0 1
Sporting KC (2-1-2, 8 points) FC Cincinnati (2-2-2, 8 points) Sporting KC GK Zendejas D Hasler D Barath D Fontas D Wallace (Sinovic 27’) M Ilie (C) M Busio M Zelalem (Gutierrez 56’) F Russell F Croizet (Nemeth 70’) F Rowe
FC Cincinnati GK Richey D Deplagne D Hagglund D Waston (C) D Garza M Cruz M Bertone M Ulloa M Lamah (Manneh 46’) F Mattocks (Stanko 82’) F Saief (Alexander 77’)
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 9 (3) 1 11 1 4
COL 13 (2) 2 16 3 1
April 14, 2019: Sporting KC 2-2 New York Red Bulls MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 17,897 Weather: Sunny and 57 degrees Sporting KC (2-1-3, 9 points) New York Red Bulls (1-3-2, 5 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Fontas D Besler (C) D Croizet M Ilie M Espinoza (Busio 66’) M Gutierrez (Rowe 85’) F Russell F Nemeth F Gerso (Salloi 82’)
1 2 F 1 1 2 0 2 2
New York Red Bulls GK Robles (C) D Murillo D Parker D Long D Lade M Davis M Rzatkowski (Tarek 97+) M Casseres Jr. M Kaku F Royer (Bezecourt 86’) F Wright-Phillips (White 72’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Diop (GK) Barath Brault-Guillard Wallace Sejdic Zelalem Choiniere
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Hague (GK) Rwatubyaye Hoyte Freeman Powell Gerso Amaya
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Meara (GK) Barath Duncan Hasler Etienne Jr. Sinovic Ivan
Scoring Summary: SKC - Johnny Russell 2 (Unassisted) 10’ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth 2 (Gerso Fernandes 1, Felipe Gutierrez 1) 43’ SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 1 (Gerso Fernandes 2, Roger Espinoza 1) 47+ SKC - Johnny Russell 3 (Roger Espinoza 2) 50’ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth 3 (Johnny Russell 2) 68’ SKC - Gianluca Busio 1 (Unassisted) 78’ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth 4 (Ilie Sanchez 1) 84’ MTL - Saphir Taider 3 (Maxi Urruti 2, Daniel Lovitz 1) 89’
Scoring Summary: CIN - Darren Mattocks 1 (Penalty Kick) 19’ SKC - Gianluca Busio 2 (Unassisted) 62’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Johnny Russell 4 (Krisztian Nemeth 1, Graham Zusi 1) 24’ NY - Daniel Royer 2 (Cristian Casseres Jr. 1, Bradley Wright-Phillips 1) 52’ NY - Brian White 1 (Kaku 1, Aaron Long 1) 75’ SKC - Gianluca Busio 3 (Unassisted) 88’
Misconduct Summary: MTL - Daniel Lovitz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 19’ MTL - Samuel Piette (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 22’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 17 (9) 1 11 2 8
MTL 13 (2) 2 10 0 4
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 18’ SKC - Yohan Croizet (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 35’ SKC - Gedion Zelalem (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’ CIN - Greg Garza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 78’ CIN - Leonardo Bertone (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 88’ SKC - Botond Barath (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 18 (4) 3 11 3 6
10
CIN 10 (4) 3 13 2 5
Misconduct Summary: NY - Tim Parker (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’ SKC - Kelyn Rowe (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ NY - Kaku (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 38’ NY - Luis Robles (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 97+ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 97+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 18 (4) 3 11 3 6
NY 10 (4) 3 13 2 5
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2019 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) April 20, 2019: San Jose Earthquakes 4-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Avaya Stadium | San Jose, CA Attendance: 15,777 Weather: Cloudy and 56 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 2 2 4
Sporting KC (2-2-3, 9 points) San Jose Earthquakes (2-5-0, 6 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Barath D Besler (C) (Abdul 15’) D Croizet M Ilie (Rowe 62’) M Busio (Salloi 57’) M Gutierrez F Russell F Nemeth F Gerso
San Jose Earthquakes GK Vega D Thompson (Judson 70’) D Cummings D Jungwirth D Lima M Godoy M Yueill M Espinoza (Marie 80’) M Eriksson M Salinas (C) F Hoesen (Wondolowski 80’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Tarbell (GK) Hasler Affolter Sinovic Vako Calvillo Scoring Summary: SJ - Danny Hoesen 2 (Anibal Godoy 2) 6’ SJ - Danny Hoesen 3 (Jackson Yueill 1) 12’ SJ - Shea Salinas 2 (Magnus Eriksson 2) 46’ SJ - Magnus Eriksson 2 (Unassisted) 61’ SKC - Felipe Gutierrez (Penalty Kick) 66’ Misconduct Summary: SJ - Cristian Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47+ SJ - Anibal Godoy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 50+ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’ SKC - Yohan Croizet (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 54’ SJ - Tommy Thompson (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 54’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 17 (7) 3 12 0 5
SJ 14 (7) 6 9 0 4
May 12, 2019: D.C. United 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Audi Field | Washington, D.C. Attendance: 12,521 Weather: Cloudy and 53 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sporting KC (2-4-4, 10 points) D.C. United (7-3-2, 23 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Hasler D Barath D Smith D Sinovic M Ilie (C) M Gutierrez (Rowe 84’) M Feilhaber F Russell F Nemeth F Salloi (Croizet 65’)
D.C. United GK Hamid D Jara D Brillant D Birnbaum D Pedroso M Canouse M Moreno M Arriola (Durkin 92+) M Acosta M Rodriguez (Segura 75’) F Rooney (C)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Seitz (GK) Zelalem Robinson McCann Stieber Amarikwa Scoring Summary: DC - Paul Arriola 3 (Wayne Rooney 4) 78’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 11’ DC - Frederic Brillant (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (4) 3 10 0 3
DC 15 (4) 4 14 0 10
April 27, 2019: Sporting KC 4-4 New England Revolution MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,511 Weather: Sunny and 48 degrees
May 5, 2019: Sporting KC 0-3 Atlanta United FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,518 Weather: Clear and 69 degrees
1 2 F Sporting KC (2-2-4, 10 points) 1 3 4 New England Revolution (2-6-2, 8 points) 3 1 4
Sporting KC (2-3-4, 10 points) Atlanta United FC (3-3-2, 11 points)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi (C) D Abdul (Hasler 91+) D Fontas D Croizet M Gutierrez M Busio (Ilie 46’) M Rowe F Russell F Nemeth F Gerso (Salloi 75’)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi (C) D Barath D Smith D Sinovic M Gutierrez M Croizet (Ilie 65’) M Rowe (Zelalem 65’) F Russell F Nemeth F Salloi
New England Revolution GK Cropper D Farrell D Anibaba D Castillo D Bye M Buchanan (Bunbury 76’) M Caldwell (C) M Gil M Jones (Wright 88’) F Agudelo F J. Caicedo (L. Caicedo 65’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Turner (GK) Barath Fagundez Sinovic Zahibo Zelalem Penilla Scoring Summary: NE - Juan Fernando Caicedo 1 (Juan Agudelo 1, Scott Caldwell 1) 18’ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth 2 (Graham Zusi 2, Kelyn Rowe 1) 33’ NE - Juan Fernando Caicedo 2 (Tajon Buchanan 1) 35’ NE - Juan Agudelo 1 (Unassisted) 42’ SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 3 (Penalty Kick) 60’ NE - DeJuan Jones 1 (Unassisted) 66’ SKC - Felipem Gutierrez 4 (Unassisted) 70’ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth 6 (Johnny Russell 3) 83’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Abdul Rwatubyaye (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’ NE - Jalil Anibaba (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 43’ NE - Brandon Bye (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 46+ NE - Carles Gil (Yellow Card; Dissent) 49’ NE - Brandon Bye (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth (Yellow Card; Dissent) 67’ NE - Jalil Anibaba (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ SKC - Felipe Gutierrez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+ NE - Cody Cropper (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 96+ Stats Summary SKC NE Shots (on goal) 19 (6) 10 (7) Saves 3 2 Fouls 14 16 Offside 1 2 Corner Kicks 9 0 May 18, 2019: Sporting KC 1-1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,691 Weather: Cloudy and 65 degrees Sporting KC (2-4-5, 11 points) Vancouver Whitecaps (3-6-4, 13 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Hasler D Barath D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Gutierrez M Feilhaber F Russell (Croizet 82’) F Nemeth F Rowe (Zelalem 92+)
1 2 F 1 0 1 0 1 1
Vancouver Whitecaps GK Crepeau D Nerwinski (Ardaiz 72’) D Godoy D Henry D Adnan M Rose M Felipe (Hwang 53’) M Teibert F Venuto F Montero (C) F PC Giro (Cornelius 46’)
1 2 F 0 0 0 1 2 3
Atlanta United FC GK Guzan D Escobar D Robinson D Gonzalez Pirez D Parkhurst (C) M Remedi (Larentowicz 71’) M Nagbe M Gressel M G. Martinez (Villalba 71’) M Barco F J. Martinez (Shea 81’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Kann (GK) Hasler Pogba Abdul Pereira Gallagher Scoring Summary: ATL - Josef Martinez 3 (Unassisted) 39’ ATL - Ezequiel Barco (Unassisted) 47’ ATL - Josef Martinez 4 (Ezequiel Barco 1) 76’ Misconduct Summary: ATL - Eric Remedi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 10 (3) 5 12 2 4
ATL 19 (8) 3 5 1 5
May 26, 2019: Sporting KC 3-2 Seattle Sounders FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,882 Weather: Sunny and 79 degrees Sporting KC (3-4-5, 14 points) Seattle Sounders (7-2-5, 26 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Hasler D Barath D Besler (C) (Smith 79’) D Sinovic M Ilie M Gutierrez M Feilhaber (Busio 75’) F Russell F Croizet (Medranda 89’) F Rowe
1 2 F 2 1 3 0 2 2
Seattle Sounders GK Frei D Leerdam D Torres D Kee-Hee (Arreaga 38’) D Smith M Delem (Bruin 78’) M Roldan M Shipp M Lodeiro (C) M Bwana (Tolo 60’) F Ruidiaz
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) MacMath (GK) Smith Levis Harris Sutter Bair
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Meredith (GK) Zelalem Abdul-Salaam Roldan Svensson
Scoring Summary: SKC - Krisztian Nemeth 7 (Unassisted) 37’ VAN - Derek Cornelius 1 (Ali Adnan 2) 94+
Scoring Summary: SKC - Johnny Russell 5 (Yohan Croizet 1, Nico Hasler 1) 29’ SKC - Johnny Russell 6 (Ilie Sanchez 2) 46+ SEA - Raul Ruidiaz 6 (Kelvin Leerdam 2, Harry Shipp 2) 63’ SKC - Johnny Russell 7 (Kelyn Rowe 2, Yohan Croizet 2) 68’ SEA - Kelvin Leerdam 4 (Nicolas Lodeiro 8) 71’
Misconduct Summary: VAN - Felipe Martins (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 8’ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth (Red Card; Serious Foul Play) 51’ VAN - Inbeom Hwang (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 56’ SKC - Kelyn Rowe (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 62’ SKC - Tim Melia (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 87’ VAN - Lucas Venuto (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 95+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (7) 2 12 1 3
11
VAN 11 (3) 6 8 1 3
Misconduct Summary: SEA - Roman Torres (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 13’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 26’ SKC - Yohan Croizet (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 34’ SEA - Nicolas Lodeiro (Yellow Card; Persistent Infringement) 60’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (7) 4 17 2 1
SEA 12 (6) 4 7 1 2
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2019 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BOX SCORES February 21, 2019: Sporting KC 3-0 Deportivo Toluca Concacaf Champions League | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 13,927 Weather: Clear and 36 degrees 1 2 F 1 2 3 0 0 0
Sporting KC (1-0-0) Deportivo Toluca (0-1-0) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Fontas D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Rowe 78’) M Gutierrez F Russell F Nemeth (Hurtado 82) F Gerso (Salloi 87’)
Deportivo Toluca GK Talavera (C) D Salinas D Maidana D Tobio D Gonzalez M Pardo M Rios (Acero 76’) M Mancuello M Barrientos (Lopez 62’) M Mendoza F Triverio (Gigliotti 21’)
March 6, 2019: Independiente 2-1 Sporting KC Concacaf Champions League | Estadio Agustin Sanchez | Chorrera, Panama Attendance: N/A Weather: Clear and 82 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 1 1 2
Sporting KC (2-1-0) CA Independiente (2-0-1) Sporting KC GK Zendejas D Lindsey D Barath D Besler (C) D Wallace M Ilie M Espinoza M Rowe (Russell 68’) F Croizet (Busio 81’) F Hurtado F Salloi (Gerso 78’)
CA Independiente GK Guerra D Cordoba D Negrete D Torres (C) D Avila M Browne M Ayarza M Bolivar M Ivey (Navarro 92+) F Gonzalez F Barrow (Corpas 56’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) L. Garcia (GK) Barath S. Garcia Wallace Mora Busio Esquivel
Subs not used: Subs not used: Melia (GK) Roberts (GK) Sinovic Rosales Smith Bellino Nemeth Piedrahita Soraca
Scoring Summary: SKC - Krisztian Nemeth 1 (Gerso Fernandes 1) 35’ SKC - Gerso Fernandes 1 (Unassisted) 52’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez 1 (Unassisted) 72’
Scoring Summary: CAI - Romeesh Ivey 3 (Omar Browne 2) 39’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez 2 (Penalty Kick) 51’ CAI - Alexis Corpas 1 (Gustavo Bolivar 1) 59’
Misconduct Summary: TOL - Rodrigo Salinas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 39’ TOL - Osvaldo Gonzalez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 83’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Argument) 63’
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 13 (4) 3 21 2 4
TOL 9 (3) 1 18 2 1
February 28, 2019: Deportivo Toluca 0-2 Sporting KC (0-5 agg.) Concacaf Champions League | Estadio Nemesio Diez | Toluca, Mexico Attendance: 14,519 Weather: Clear and 57 degrees 1 2 F 1 1 2 0 0 0
Sporting KC (2-0-0) Deportivo Toluca (0-2-0) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Fontas D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez (Rowe 70’) F Russell (Salloi 66’) F Nemeth (Hurtado 73) F Gerso
Deportivo Toluca GK Talavera (C) D Salinas D Mora D Maidana D Gonzalez M Barrientos (Rubio 72’) M Rios M Medina M Acero F Gigliotti (Garcia 64’) F Abella (Mendoza 46’)
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (4) 5 13 0 5
CAI 18 (7) 3 14 2 6
March 14, 2019: Sporting KC 3-0 Independiente (4-2 agg.) Concacaf Champions League | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 13,212 Weather: Rainy and 40 degrees 1 2 F 0 3 3 0 0 0
Sporting KC (3-1-0) CA Independiente (2-1-1) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Barath D Besler (C) D Sinovic (Wallace 92+) M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez F Russell F Nemeth (Croizet 89’) F Salloi (Gerso 21’)
CA Independiente GK Guerra D Cordoba (Bellino 84’) D Negrete D Torres (C) M Gonzalez M Ayarza (Barrow 78’) M Vence M Ivey F Aguilar F Bolivar (Corpas 64’) F Browne
April 4, 2019: C.F. Monterrey 5-0 Sporting KC Concacaf Champions League | Estadio BBVA Bancomer | Monterrey, Mexico Attendance: 44,582 Weather: Clear and 78 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 2 3 5
Sporting KC (3-2-0) C.F. Monterrey (3-1-1) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Fontas D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez (Busio 73’) F Russell (Croizet 64’) F Nemeth (Rowe 80’) F Gerso
C.F. Monterrey GK Barovero D Medina D Montes (Layun 73’) D Sanchez D Gallardo (Vangioni 83’) M Pabon (C) (Meza 79’) M Rodriguez M Gonzalez M Hurtado F Pizarro F Funes Mori
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Resendez (GK) Barath Ortiz Wallace Bareiro Zelalem Zaldivar Scoring Summary: MTY - Dorlan Pabon 2 (Rogelio Funes Mori 1) 7’ MTY - Aviles Hurtado 1 (Unassisted) 14’ MTY - Jesus Gallardo 2 (Unassisted) 55’ MTY - Nicolas Sanchez (Penalty Kick) 70’ MTY - Dorlan Pabon 3 (Rodlofo Pizarro 1) 76’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 30’ MTY - Nicolas Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’ MTY - Cesar Montes (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 67’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 6 (2) 6 16 2 3
MTY 18 (11) 2 12 2 5
April 11, 2019: Sporting KC 2-5 C.F. Monterrey (2-10 agg.) Concacaf Champions League | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,467 Weather: Clear and 48 degrees 1 2 F 2 0 2 2 3 5
Sporting KC (3-3-0) C.F. Monterrey (4-1-1) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Fontas (Barath 56’) D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Busio 57’) M Gutierrez F Russell F Nemeth (Salloi 64’) F Gerso
C.F. Monterrey GK Barovero (C) D Medina D Montes D Vasquez (Vangioni 60’) M Layun M Ortiz M Rodriguez M Gallardo (Meza 64’) F Hurtado F Funes Mori F Pizarro (Pabon 61’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) L. Garcia (GK) Barath Castaneda Wallace Lopez Croizet Mancuello
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Roberts (GK) Rwatubyaye Avila Busio Navarro Rowe Piedrahita
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Cardenas (GK) Hasler Gutierrez Croizet Cantu Rowe Bareiro
Scoring Summary: SKC - Gerso Fernandes 2 (Roger Espinoza 1) 8’ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth 2 (Penalty Kick) 62’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Krisztian Nemeth 3 (Botond Barath 1) 74’ SKC - Roger Espinoza 1 (Johnny Russell 1) 81’ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth 4 (Gerso Fernandes 2) 86’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Gerso Fernandes 3 (Johnny Russell 2) 6’ MTY - Rogelio Funes Mori 1 (Rodolfo Pizarro 2) 20’ SKC - Gerso Fernandes 4 (Unassisted) 29’ MTY - Rodolfo Pizarro 1 (Jesus Gallardo 1) 45’ MTY - Miguel Layun 1 (Unassisted) 61’ MTY - Aviles Hurtado 2 (Maximiliano Meza 1) 82’ MTY - Rogelio Funes Mori 2 (Dorlan Pabon 1) 91+
Misconduct Summary: TOL - Pablo Barrientos (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 11’ TOL - Adrian Mora (Red Card; DOGSO) 62’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (6) 0 14 3 1
TOL 10 (0) 4 10 0 5
Misconduct Summary: CAI - Francisco Vence (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 29’ CAI - Abdiel Ayarza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 35’ SKC - Felipe Gutierrez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 57’ CAI - Jose Guerra (Yellowm Card; Time Wasting) 64’ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 83’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 27 (13) 3 17 2 13
12
CAI 5 (3) 10 9 1 1
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Felipe Gutierrez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 26’ MTY - Cesar Montes (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 36’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 60’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 17 (4) 0 20 5 3
MTY 10 (5) 2 15 1 0
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2019 REGULAR SEASON)
Formation: 4-3-3
NOTE: Chart does not account for players interchanging and/or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.
Center forward Krisztian Nemeth 10 Yohan Croizet 2
Left forward
Right forward
Gerso Fernandes 7 Kelyn Rowe 3 Daniel Salloi 2
Johnny Russell 11 Kelyn Rowe 1
Left-center midfielder
Right-center midfielder
Felipe Gutierrez 9 Kelyn Rowe 2 Gedion Zelalem 1
Gianluca Busio 4 Roger Espinoza 4 Benny Feilhaber 3 Yohan Croizet 1
Defensive midfielder Ilie 10 Felipe Gutierrez 2
Left back
Seth Sinovic 8 Yohan Croizet 3 Rodney Wallace 1
Left center back
Right center back
Matt Besler 8 Andreu Fontas 2 Graham Smith 2
Botond Barath 8 Andreu Fontas 3 Abdul Rwatubyaye 1
Goalkeeper
Tim Melia 11 Adrian Zendejas 1
13
Right back
Graham Zusi 8 Nicolas Hasler 4
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2019 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS DATE
March 3 March 10 March 17 March 30 April 7 April 14 April 20 April 27 May 5 May 12 May 18 May 26 May 29 June 1 June 7 June 23 June 29 July 3 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 26 Aug. 4 Aug. 10 Aug. 14 Aug. 17 Aug. 22 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 15 Sept. 21 Sept. 25 Sept. 29 Oct. 6
OPPONENT
at Los Angeles FC vs. Philadelphia Union at Colorado Rapids vs. Montreal Impact at FC Cincinnati vs. New York Red Bulls at San Jose Earthquakes vs. New England Revolution vs. Atlanta United FC at D.C. United vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. LA Galaxy at Houston Dynamo at Toronto FC at Columbus Crew SC at Real Salt Lake vs. Los Angeles FC vs. Chicago Fire at Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. FC Dallas at New York City FC at Seattle Sounders FC vs. Real Salt Lake at Orlando City SC vs. San Jose Earthquakes vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Houston Dynamo at Portland Timbers at LA Galaxy vs. Colorado Rapids at Minnesota United FC vs. Portland Timbers at FC Dallas
RESULT L W T W T T L T L L T W
SCORE 1-2 2-0 1-1 7-1 1-1 2-2 1-4 4-4 0-3 0-1 1-1 3-2
ATTEND. 22,099 18,738 11,037 18,632 26,023 17,897 15,777 18.511 18,518 12,521 18,691 19,882
RECORD PLACE PTS. GOALSCORERS 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-1 2-1-1 2-1-2 2-1-3 2-2-3 2-2-4 2-3-4 2-4-4 2-4-5 3-4-5
T-10 T-7 T-6 6 7 7 9 T-7 T-8 T-10 11 T-10
0 3 4 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 11 14
Nemeth Ilie, Own Goal Russell Russell (2), Nemeth (3), Gutierrez, Busio Busio Russell, Busio Gutierrez Nemeth (2), Gutierrez (2) --Nemeth Russell (3)
SPORTING KC 2019 REGULAR-SEASON STATS 2019 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (3-4-5, 14 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF MAY 26, 2019 UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN 7 F Johnny Russell 12 11 1001 9 F Krisztian Nemeth 11 10 881 21 M Felipe Gutierrez 12 11 960 13 M Gianluca Busio 8 4 355 30 M Benny Feilhaber (TOT) 12 10 875 30 M Benny Feilhaber (KC) 3 3 255 6 M Ilie Sanchez 12 10 936 10 M Yohan Croizet 11 6 561 17 M Roger Espinoza 4 4 284 12 F Gerso Fernandes 7 7 571 11 M Kelyn Rowe 12 6 580 8 D Graham Zusi 8 8 720 14 D Nicolas Hasler (TOT) 8 5 434 14 D Nicolas Hasler (KC) 5 4 361 2 D Botond Barath 9 8 742 5 D Matt Besler 8 8 634 4 D Andreu Fontas 5 5 428 94 D Jimmy Medranda 1 0 1 29 GK Tim Melia 11 11 990 3 D *Abdul Rwatubyaye 2 1 164 20 F Daniel Salloi 7 2 238 15 D Seth Sinovic 9 8 783 16 D Graham Smith 3 2 191 22 D Rodney Wallace 1 1 27 24 M Gedion Zelalem 3 1 82 1 GK Adrian Zendejas 1 1 90 18 GK Eric Dick 0 0 0 23 F Tyler Freeman 0 0 0 19 F Erik Hurtado 0 0 0 75 M Wan Kuzain 0 0 0 26 D Jaylin Lindsey 0 0 0 Own-goals received Team totals 12 12 1080 Opponent totals 12 12 1080
G 7 7 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 22
A 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 30 32 27 10 11 2 9 8 4 6 16 12 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 2 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOG 15 13 13 7 3 1 1 5 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC 7 19 18 8 21 6 10 10 10 8 12 6 2 2 12 3 4 0 0 3 4 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FS 17 8 12 5 26 6 9 5 7 17 11 9 5 3 1 1 4 0 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OFF 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 38 0 9 1 10 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 0 3 3 1 4 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 20
175 156
66 61
151 135
135 151
18 20
55 51
27 29
2 5
GAA 1.91 1.00 1.83 1.92
PG 0 1 1 3
PA 2 1 3 4
W 3 0 3 4
L 4 0 4 3
T 4 1 5 5
SO 1 0 1 2
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Krisztian Nemeth 1, Johnny Russell 1, Ilie Sanchez 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Yohan Croizet 1, Felipe Gutierrez 1, Gerso Fernandes 1, Kelyn Rowe 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Felipe Gutierrez 2-2, Ilie Sanchez 1-1, Krisztian Nemeth 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS 29 GK 1 GK
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Adrian Zendejas Team totals Opponent totals
GP 11 1 12 12
GS 11 1 12 12
MIN 990 90 1080 1080
SH 57 4 61 66
SV 36 3 39 43 14
GA 21 1 22 23
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Manager | Peter Vermes
Assistant Coach | Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin first joined Kansas City in 2000 as a holding midfielder and was an integral part of the club’s midfield for the next nine seasons, during which time he helped lead the Wizards to MLS Cup (2000) and U.S. Open Cup (2004) Championships. He was named to the MLS All-Star team and the Best XI in 2004. Zavagnin’s primary duties as an assistant include scouting, developing Sporting Kansas City’s younger players, breaking down film and assisting with training sessions, among others.
Peter Vermes is entering his 11th season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2019 and is the longest-tenured active head coach in MLS. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 171 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won four major trophies – the 2012, 2015 and 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regular-season standings in 2011 and 2012, as well as the Western Conference in 2018. His three U.S. Open Cup championships are the third most in Open Cup history. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to eight straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 136 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank fifth most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions.
He started his professional career with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to Kansas City in 2000. He played 237 games (228 starts) and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories before both were overtaken by Matt Besler early in 2018. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in Kansas City blue. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001.
On August 4, 2018, Vermes coached his 302nd MLS regular-season game with Sporting KC, becoming the league’s all-time leader in games coached for one club. He was named the first-ever MLS Sporting Executive of the Year by his peers in 2018. Vermes has coached 393 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.
On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the United States Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured. He married his wife Mirriam prior to the 2009 season, when he became an assistant coach at the club.
With almost 10 years of service at Sporting KC, Vermes is one of the longest serving managers in world soccer. Among all 18 leagues with an average attendance of 10,000+, Vermes ranks second, only behind 2. Bundesliga side FC Heidenheim’s Frank Schmidt (Sept. 17, 2007 – present). Among the top 51 leagues in the world as denoted by the CIES Football Observatory, Vermes’ tenure at Sporting KC ranks as the fifth longest active run.
Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic Assistant Coach Zoran Savic joined Sporting Kansas City late in the 2009 season after a 30-year career at all levels of the game in the United States. A native of Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, Savic began his journey through American soccer with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1980. Savic would go on to star for several MISL teams, with his most prosperous period coming with the Kansas City Comets, with whom he scored 70 goals in just over 100 appearances from 1982-1984.
Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, the Swope Park Rangers (USL Championship) and the Sporting KC Academy. Vermes entered MLS ahead of its inaugural season in 1996 and retired from the league in 2002, closing out his playing career in Kansas City after stints with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and Colorado Rapids.
After retiring as a player in 1991, Savic turned his attention to coaching in the indoor game. Savic led the Kansas City Attack from 1992-1996, winning Coach of the Year honors for the 1994-1995 season while also serving as the team’s General Manager. Savic later coached the Kansas City Comets from 2000-2005.
Following a standout high school career in which he was named New Jersey Player of the Year, Vermes was a star forward and All-American at Rutgers University. After college, Vermes represented the United States in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, and was named 1988 Chevrolet U.S. Male Soccer Athlete of the Year for his efforts.
In 2007 Savic switched to the outdoor game, joining Chivas USA as an assistant to then-head coach Preki before moving into the commentary booth for Kansas City matches in 2008 and 2009. Savic’s career as a commentator was cut short, however, when newly installed Manager Peter Vermes tabbed Savic to be part of his coaching staff late in the 2009 season.
Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored against the host Azzurri. It was the first time the U.S. had qualified for the World Cup in 40 years and set the stage for the progress of the U.S. National Team. In 1989 and 1990, Vermes became the first American to play in the Hungarian and Dutch First Divisions, playing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueras of the Spanish Second Division.
Goalkeeper Coach | Alec Dufty Goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty enters his third season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as the Swope Park Rangers goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016. In his first season working with Sporting KC’s goalkeepers, starting goalkeeper Tim Melia enjoyed a record-breaking season where he was named the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year.
For MLS’s inaugural season in 1996, Vermes served as captain of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. In 1997, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for current Sporting KC Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin and played in Denver through the 1999 season, leading the Rapids to the 1997 MLS Cup Final. Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful seasons of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors in helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 after appearing in 209 MLS matches (including playoffs) and playing more than 18,000 minutes. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Year
A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, making one appearance before joining the MLS reserve goalkeeper pool. In 2010, Dufty joined USSF D2 Pro League side AC St. Louis, making 30 appearances before returning to MLS with the Chicago Fire in late 2010. He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2011 season. Dufty then took to coaching, first working with Florida Gulf Coast University and then the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, Dufty served as goalkeeper coach for Toronto FC II in their inaugural USL season.
PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC MLS Playoffs Open Cup International Total
2009 3-6-3 --- 2010 11-13-6 --- 2011 13-9-12 2-1-0 2012 18-7-9 1-1-0 2013 17-10-7 2-1-2 2014 14-13-7 0-1-0 2015 14-11-9 0-0-1 2016 13-13-8 0-1-0 2017 12-9-13 0-1-0 2018 18-8-8 1-1-2 2019 3-4-5 0-0-0 TOTAL 136-103-87 6-7-5
--- 0-1-0 3-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 4-0-1 2-1-0 0-0-0 20-6-3
--- --- --- --- 2-0-2 3-2-1 --- 1-2-1 --- --- 3-3-0 9-7-4
3-6-3 11-14-6 18-11-12 23-8-10 22-12-11 18-17-8 18-11-11 15-17-9 16-9-13 21-10-10 6-7-5 171-123-99
Fitness Coach | Mateus Manoel Mateus Manoel is in his eighth season with Sporting KC as Head Fitness Coach. His responsibilities cover all aspects of sport performance and science for the team, including strength and conditioning, injury prevention, field practices, nutrition, fitness monitoring (training load and readiness), player re-adaptation following rehab and recovery. In the summer of 2010, Manoel was an Assistant Fitness Coach for the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team during the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He had formerly served as the Head Fitness Coach for the Mexican Men’s National Team in 2009, working with renowned coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. During 2007 and 2008, Manoel held a position with Athletes’ Performance in the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, where he worked with professional athletes from a variety of sports, including NFL, NHL, MLB and MLS (Chivas USA and LA Galaxy). Previously, he had assisted with strength and conditioning for D.C. United, while concurrently holding the position of Sports Performance Director with Velocity Sports Performance in Alexandria, Virginia. Manoel holds a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from George Washington University, where he was also responsible for the strength and conditioning needs of the Colonials Men’s Varsity Soccer Team. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland - College Park and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Manoel was born in Brazil and is fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish. 15
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #2 | D | BOTOND BARATH SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
9
8
742
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
3
3
214
0
1
ALL COMPETITIONS
12
11
956
0
1
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, May 5, 2019, KC vs. ATL Shots 2, May 5, 2019, KC vs. ATL Fouls Committed 3, April 7, 2019, KC at CIN Fouls Suffered 1, March 17, 2019, KC at COL Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Goal N/A Assist N/A 2019 Record when: he starts 2-3-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-2 Weight: 165 Birthday: 4/21/1992 Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Last Club: Budapest Honved FC (Hungary) Acquired: Signed on 12/18/18
debut and scored his first of 12 career goals for the club as Honved finished third in the top-flight Nemzeti Bajnoksag. Barath bagged a career-high four goals during the 2015-16 campaign before helping the club win its 14th first-division championship and its first since 1993 in the 2016-17 season. Honved entered 2017-18 UEFA Champions League qualifying, where Barath scored a goal in an aggregate loss to Israeli club Hapoel Be’er Sheva.
Sporting Kansas City signed Hungarian international defender Botond Barath entering the 2019 campaign. Born and raised in Budapest, Hungary, Barath has previously spent the entirety of his professional career with hometown club Budapest Honved FC, where he made 213 first-team appearances in all competitions from 2009-2018. The center back helped Honved to the 2016-17 Hungarian first-division title and earned his first of three caps for the Hungary Men’s National Team in October 2018.
Barath began his professional career in 2009 with Honved II and became a regular starter Barath has four caps for Hungary, including three in UEFA Nations League play in 2018. Barath previously represented his country at U-18, U-19 and U-21 levels from 2009-2013. for the first team in 2012. In 2012-13, Barath made his UEFA Europa League qualifying MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
9
8
742
0
0
4
1
12
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
9
8
742
0
0
4
1
12
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
#5 | D | MATT BESLER | @MattBesler SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
265
259
23210
3
18
MLS Postseason
18
18
1740
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
20
18
1684
0
1
International
16
16
1425
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
319
311
28059
3
19
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assists 1, 18 times, last: Oct. 17, 2018, KC at VAN Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: March 16, 2013, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs. COL Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Goal July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assist Oct. 17, 2018, KC at VAN 2019 Record when: he starts 3-2-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Birthday: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)
Besler has earned 47 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He featured in four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Kansan to play in the quadrennial tournament, as the U.S. advanced to the Round of 16. He also helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting all three matches in the knockout stage. He joined the U.S. squad for the 2016 Copa America Centenario, starting two matches, and scored his first international goal at St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Sept. 2, the same day his firstborn daughter Parker Rhea was born in Kansas City. He recently made four appearances for his country as the U.S. claimed the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Sporting KC’s Matt Besler is in his 10th season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012-13), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-16), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors since being selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Notre Dame. Besler is first in SKC history with 319 appearances across all competitions and is the club’s leader in regular-season appearances (265), starts (259) & minutes (23,210). A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 277 of 283 MLS matches (including playoffs) and landed club Defender of the Year honors four times (2011-13, 2015). MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
265
259
23210
3
18
42
10
221
122
8
1
31
2
2
7
KC - Postseason
18
18
1740
0
0
4
0
20
16
3
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
283
277
24950
3
18
46
10
241
138
11
1
32
2
2
7
16
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #13 | M | GIANLUCA BUSIO | @gbusio13 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 4 times, last: April 14, 2019, KC vs. NY Assists 1, Aug. 4, 2018, KC at HOU Shots on Goal 2, March 10, 2019, KC vs. PHI Shots 4, 2 times, last: March 10, 2019, KC vs. PHI Fouls Committed 3, May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: April 20, 2019, KC at SJ
A
MLS Regular Season
15
5
508
4
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
90
0
0
International
3
0
59
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
19
6
657
4
1
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Goal April 14, 2019, KC vs. NY Assist Aug. 4, 2018, KC at HOU 2019 Record when: he starts 1-1-2 he scores 1-0-2
Height: 5-7 Weight: 135 Birthday: 5/28/2002 Hometown: Greensboro, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/25/2017 Sporting KC signed Gianluca Busio as the club’s fifth Homegrown Player on Aug. 25, 2017, making Busio the youngest active player in MLS and the second youngest player in MLS history at the age of 15 years and 89 days. Busio made his professional debut for the Swope Park Rangers on April 4, 2018, recording the game-winning assist.
Busio starred for the Sporting KC Academy during the 2016-17 season, stepping up from the U-14s to the U-16 level, where he scored nine goals in the USSDA and earned Central Conference Best XI honors. He led the U-16s to their first appearance in the USSDA quarterfinals. Busio also earned time for the SKC U-18s throughout 2016-17.
He made his MLS debut on July 28, 2018, before earning his first MLS start, recording the game-winning assist in a 1-0 win over Houston on Aug. 4, 2018 while he became the third youngest player to start an MLS game at the age of 16 years and 68 days. Busio scored his first MLS goal in the 4-1 victory over Vancouver on Oct. 17, 2018, becoming the second youngest goalscorer in league history at the age of 16 years and 142 days.
At the international level, Busio is a member of the U.S. U-17 National Team. He previously guided the U.S. to a second-place finish at the Concacaf U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring a team-high five goals in five matches in August 2017. In May 2019, Busio scored five goals as the U.S. U-17s finished second in the Concacaf U-17 Championship, securing a berth for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the process.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
15
5
508
4
1
19
8
9
7
0
3
1
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
15
5
508
4
1
19
8
9
7
0
3
1
0
0
1
#10 | M | YOHAN CROIZET | @Yohancroizet SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
43
25
2155
3
5
MLS Postseason
4
1
105
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
0
24
2
0
International
3
1
108
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
52
27
2392
5
5
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Sarrebourg, France Last Club: KV Mechelen (Belgium) Acquired: Signed on 12/15/2017
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 17, 2018, KC at VAN Assists 2, May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Shots on Goal 4, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Shots 7, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: May 20, 2018, KC at MIN Fouls Suffered 2, 6 times, last: April 14, 2019, KC vs. NY
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Goal Oct. 17, 2018, KC at VAN Assist May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA 2019 Record when: he starts 1-2-3 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 2/15/1992
Yohan Croizet has scored 31 goals in more than 200 professional appearances across Europe. He joins Sporting KC after spending each of the last three seasons in the top-flight Belgian First Division A, where he has tallied 12 goals and 11 assists since 2015. He signed as a Designated Player in December 2017.
Prior to joining KV Mechelen, Croizet blossomed during a two-year stint with Belgian outfit OH Leuven. He bagged four goals as OH Leuven won the 2014-15 Belgian Second Division playoffs and earned promotion to the top flight. The following year, Croizet notched a career-high nine goals and added four assists as the team’s top scorer.
In his first season with KV Mechelen in 2016-17, Croizet played 37 matches, tallying three goals and four assists to help KV Mechelen to a seventh-place finish and 14 league wins, their most in the Belgian first division since 1993. Croizet added three assists in 15 appearances during the 2017-18 season.
Croizet began his professional career as a 19-year-old, debuting for French club FC Metz in 2011. The midfielder amassed seven goals in 57 matches for FC Metz II from 2011-13 before moving from his native France to Belgium ahead of the 2013-14 campaign, signing for RE Virton of the Belgian Second Division. His six goals from the midfield paved the way for his subsequent move to OH Leuven.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
43
25
2155
3
5
57
19
35
21
6
2
5
0
1
2
KC - Postseason
4
1
105
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
47
26
2260
3
5
57
19
36
22
6
3
5
0
1
2
17
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #18 | GK | ERIC DICK | @DaBrickWall00 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2019 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 6-5 Weight: 205 Birthday: 10/3/1994 Hometown: Carmel, Indiana College: Butler University Acquired: 2018 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#13) - signed on 2/15/18
he scores 0-0-0
Born in Kansas City suburb Roeland Park, Kansas, Dick led Butler to the 2016 Big East Championship and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances over his last two seasons. He compiled a 27-10-4 record over his junior and senior campaigns, landing First Team Dick, the 13th overall pick in the SuperDraft, was a four-year starter at Butler University in All-Big East Conference accolades in 2017. Indianapolis. As a senior, he was named the 2017 Big East Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and received United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American honors. He ended his At the youth level, Dick played for the Indiana Fire Academy and attended Carmel High college career with 28 shutouts and a 0.96 goals against average across 71 starts. School in Carmel, Indiana, where he was a two-time All-District and All-County performer.
Sporting KC selected goalkeeper Eric Dick with the 13th overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. He officially signed an MLS contract for the club in February 2018.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#17 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
226
206
18199
8
34
MLS Postseason
13
12
1019
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
21
18
1946
0
3
International
9
8
727
1
1
ALL COMPETITIONS
269
243
21891
9
38
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 8 times, last: Oct. 28, 2018, KC vs. LAFC Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL Shots on Goal 2, 9 times, last: Oct. 7, 2017, KC at MIN Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 5, 3 times, last: March 3, 2019, KC at LAFC Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2016, KC at RSL Last Regular Season... Appearance April 14, 2019, KC vs. NY Goal Oct. 28, 2018, KC vs. LAFC Assist March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL 2019 Record when: he starts 1-1-2 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 10/25/1986
Roger Espinoza played five seasons in Kansas City from 2008-12 before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. After a two-year stint in the English Premier League and English Championship, Espinoza returned to Sporting KC in 2015 and tallied one goal and four MLS assists. His 2015 campaign was cut short due to a left foot injury sustained in early August, but returned to the fold as a regular starter in 2016. Espinoza set new careerhighs in both goals (3) and assists (9) in 2018. Espinoza was an MLS All-Star in 2012 and helped lead the club to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title that season. He has made 269 appearances for the club in all
competitions, tallying nine goals and 38 assists over nine seasons. In two years at Wigan Athletic, he logged 57 appearances, including eight in the UEFA Europa League, and started in the club’s 2013 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester City. Espinoza has earned 51 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team since debuting in 2009. He has competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
226
206
18199
8
34
261
64
372
318
13
16
52
9
1
8
KC - Postseason
13
12
1019
0
0
9
4
17
19
2
0
5
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
239
217
19218
8
34
270
68
389
337
15
16
57
9
1
8
18
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #30 | M | BENNY FEILHABER | @b_feilhaber22 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs. FCD Assists 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 15, 2017, KC vs. HOU Shots 10, Oct. 15, 2017, KC vs. HOU Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, 3 times, last: July 3, 2019, LAFC at HOU (w/ LAFC)
A
MLS Regular Season
153
137
12199
29
41
MLS Postseason
8
8
795
0
3
U.S. Open Cup
13
11
1066
3
9
International
9
8
592
1
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
183
164
14652
33
56
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Goal April 13, 2019, COL vs. DC (w/ COL) Assist April 13, 2019, COL vs. DC (w/ COL) 2019 Record when: he starts 1-1-1 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 165 Birthday: 1/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, California Last Club: Colorado Rapids (MLS) Acquired: Acquired via trade on 5/8/2019 Benny Feilhaber rejoined Sporting Kansas City on the MLS transfer deadline in May 2019, having spent five years with the club from 2013-2017, amassing 33 goals and 56 assists across 180 appearances in all competitions during his first stint. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and raised in Irvine, California, Feilhaber has played nearly 400 matches in a 14-year professional career that includes stops in Germany, England, Denmark and MLS. After spending his first two MLS seasons with the New England Revolution, Feilhaber first joined Sporting in 2013 and played an integral role in the club’s run to the MLS Cup that year. In 2015, Feilhaber had his best professional season to date, earning 2015 MLS All-Star and MLS Best XI honors as one of three MLS MVP finalists, setting a club record with 20 assists in all competitions and becoming just the third player in club history at the time to reach double-digit goals (10) and assists (15) in a
single regular season. His final season in his first spell with Sporting yielded five goals and another U.S. Open Cup title in 2017. Feilhaber was an ever-present fixture for LAFC in 2018, starting 32 of 34 regular season appearances before spending the first two months of the 2019 campaign with the Colorado Rapids. Following a two-year collegiate career at UCLA, Feilhaber turned professional in 2005 with German club Hamburg. He then moved to the English Premier League for the 2007-08 season with Derby County FC before signing with Danish outfit AGF Aarhus, before heading to MLS in 2011. Feilhaber’s 44 international caps with the United States is highlighted by his match-winning volley in the 2007 Concacaf Gold Cup Final against Mexico and three appearances each at the 2008 Olympics in China and the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
153
137
12199
29
41
239
75
187
293
4
271
26
1
7
12
MLS - Regular Season
248
222
19816
39
58
364
116
315
529
6
375
42
3
7
14
KC - Postseason
8
8
795
0
3
21
3
16
23
2
2
2
0
0
1
MLS - Postseason
9
9
868
0
3
22
4
16
24
2
2
2
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
257
231
20684
39
61
386
120
331
553
8
377
44
3
7
15
#12 | F | GERSO FERNANDES | @ge7fe SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
70
50
4400
13
9
MLS Postseason
3
1
83
1
0
U.S. Open Cup
8
7
538
2
2
International
6
4
438
4
2
ALL COMPETITIONS
87
62
5459
20
13
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Assists 2, 2 times, last: March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL Shots on Goal 4, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Shots 6, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Fouls Committed 5, July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Fouls Suffered 5, March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL Last Regular Season... Appearance April 27, 2019, KC vs. NE Goal Sept. 15, 2018, KC at SJ Assist March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL 2019 Record when: he starts 2-2-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 140 Birthday: 2/21/1991 Hometown: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Last Club: C.F. Os Belenenses (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 1/4/2017 Gerso Fernandes, a left-footed winger, has played more than 150 matches during a six-year professional career in Portugal. Prior to joining Sporting KC ahead of the 2017 season, he spent the previous five seasons in the Portuguese first division, including the 2016-17 Primeira Liga campaign with Belenenses. On May 17, 2017, Fernandes scored the first Sporting KC hat-trick in seven years in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC before adding a goal and an assist in his first-ever U.S. Open Cup game against Minnesota United FC on June 14, 2017. He was named the club’s 2017 Offensive Player of the Year.
Fernandes started nine of 14 Primeira Liga appearances for Belenenses in the 2016-17 season prior to joining Sporting KC, recording one goal and four assists. He also contributed one assist in three domestic cup matches, featuring in the 2016-17 Taça de Portugal and the 2016-17 Taça da Liga. Fernandes appeared more than 100 times for Estoril between 2011-2016. He helped clinch promotion to the Primera Liga in his first year with the club before facilitating Estoril’s transition to the top flight over the next two seasons, recording four assists in 43 Primera Liga appearances and playing six games in the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League group stage.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
70
50
4400
13
9
106
47
71
83
19
12
6
0
4
2
KC - Postseason
3
1
83
1
0
5
3
2
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
73
51
4483
14
9
111
50
73
86
19
13
6
0
4
2
19
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #4 | D | ANDREU FONTAS | @AFontas3 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
7
6
520
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
4
4
326
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
11
10
846
0
0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Hometown: Banyoles, Spain Last Club: Celta Vigo (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 8/8/2018
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, April 7, 2019, KC at CIN Shots 2, April 7, 2019, KC at CIN Fouls Committed 3, March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: April 14, 2019, KC vs. NY Last Regular Season... Appearance April 27, 2019, KC vs. NE Goal N/A Assist N/A 2019 Record when: he starts 1-1-3 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 11/14/1989
Sporting Kansas City signed center back Andreu Fontas, a 10-year professional with more than 200 appearances in his native Spain, on Aug. 8, 2018. Sporting KC used Targeted Allocation Money to sign Fontas, who was a free agent after being released from his contract with La Liga side Celta Vigo following the 2017-18 season. Fontas spent five seasons from 2013-2018 with Celta Vigo in Spain’s top-flight La Liga, where he started 100 of 105 league appearances and helped the club to the semifinals of the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. The defender developed in FC Barcelona’s famed La
Masia youth academy alongside current Sporting KC midfielder Ilie Sanchez, playing nearly 100 matches combined for FC Barcelona B and FC Barcelona from 2008-2012. Fontas advanced through from the B team to the first team in 2009 and played in 16 games for the Spanish giants, including a sub appearance in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final that Barca won 4-0 over Santos. Fontas spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Mallorca before signing with Celta Vigo in June 2013, where he made 139 appearances over five years. Internationally, Fontas has represented Spain at the Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels and has also played for the Catalonia National Team.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
7
6
520
0
0
2
1
5
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
7
6
520
0
0
2
1
5
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
#23 | F | TYLER FREEMAN | @tylerfreeman23 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2019 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 150 Birthday: 1/9/2003 Hometown: Shawnee, Kansas Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 10/2/2018 Sporting Kansas City announced the signing of 16-year-old forward Tyler Freeman as a Homegrown Player late in the 2018 season. A native of Shawnee, Kansas, Freeman is the second-youngest player in club history behind current teammate Gianluca Busio. He entered the Sporting KC Academy in 2014 at age 11 and has represented his hometown club at the U-12 through U-19 levels.
he scores 0-0-0
fourth-place finish at the CONCACAF U-13 Champions League in Mexico City, scoring three goals at the tournament. He featured extensively for both the U-17s and U-19s in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 Development Academy season.
On the international stage, Freeman earned his first selection to the U.S. U-14 Boys’ National Team for a training camp in November 2016. The following June in Zagreb, Freeman made an immediate impact upon joining Sporting KC’s youth ranks, leading the Croatia, he led the U.S. U-14s with a team-best four goals across three friendlies. In U-12s at the 2015 Generation adidas Cup before winning Kansas State Cup titles in 2015 2018, Freeman competed for the U.S. U-16s in April at the Torneo Delle Nazioni in Italy and 2016 with the U-13s. In August 2016, Freeman propelled the Sporting KC U-13s to a before receiving his first call to the U.S. U-17s in August for a Costa Rica training camp. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #21 | M | FELIPE GUTIERREZ SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
32
29
2482
11
3
MLS Postseason
4
4
360
0
3
U.S. Open Cup
1
0
19
0
0
International
5
5
413
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
42
38
3274
11
6
Height: 5-7 Weight: 145 Hometown: Quintero, Chile Last Club: Real Betis (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 2/6/2018
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: April 27, 2019, KC vs. NE Assists 2, Sept. 15, 2018, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: March 24, 2018, KC at COL Shots 6, 2 times, last: April 27, 2019, KC vs. NE Fouls Committed 4, 4 times, last: May 5, 2019, KC vs. ATL Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 27, 2019, KC vs. NE Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Goal April 27, 2019, KC vs. NE Assist March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL 2019 Record when: he starts 3-4-4 he scores 1-1-1
Birthday: 10/8/1990
Gutierrez joined 12-time Chilean Primera Division champion CD Universidad Catolica in 2009. He enjoyed a breakout season for the club in 2011, scoring 10 goals in the top-flight Primera Division as Universidad Catolica finished atop the spring Apertura standings and won the 2011 Copa Chile. Gutierrez landed a transfer to FC Twente ahead of the 2012-13 Eredivisie season, debuting for the Dutch side in a UEFA Europa League qualifier. In his sophomore season at FC Twente, Gutierrez reached new heights as the midfielder started 33 league matches and was named the 2013-14 Eredivisie Most Valuable Player for his instrumental role in propelling the Tukkers to a third-place finish in the table.
Gutierrez moved from Netherlands to Spain in 2016-17, signing for Spanish La Liga side Real Betis. His first La Liga goal was a stoppage-time winner as Real Betis beat Osasuna 2-1 in October 2016. Gutierrez spent most of 2017 on loan at Internacional in Brazil, where he played 16 games and helped the club gain promotion to the top-flight Serie A. A native of Quintero, Chile, Gutierrez has represented his country 35 times at the senior international level. He’s competed on a global stage at the sport’s highest level, featuring at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and helping Chile lift the 2015 Copa America title as champions of South America.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
32
29
2482
11
3
67
30
57
37
1
29
6
0
4
2
KC - Postseason
4
4
360
0
3
9
4
9
11
1
11
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
36
33
2842
11
6
76
34
66
48
2
40
6
0
4
2
#14 | D | NICOLAS HASLER SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
5
4
361
0
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
5
4
361
0
1
Height: 5-9 Weight: 175 Hometown: Vaduz, Liechtenstein Last Club: Chicago Fire (MLS) Acquired: Signed on 4/2/2019
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 23, 2017, TOR at NE (w/ TOR) Assists 1, 5 times, last: May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Shots on Goal 2, Aug. 19, 2017, TOR at CHI (w/ TOR) Shots 2, 6 times, last: Oct. 28, 2018, CHI vs. DC (w/ CHI) Fouls Committed 2, 3 times, last: Oct. 28, 2018, CHI vs. DC (w/ CHI) Fouls Suffered 4, April 14, 2018, TOR at COL (w/ TOR) Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Goal Sept. 23, 2017, TOR at NE (w/ TOR) Assist May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA 2019 Record when: he starts 1-1-2 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 5/4/1991
Sporting Kansas City signed defender Nicolas Hasler in April 2019. He has made more than 200 club appearances since turning professional in 2009, including 39 MLS matches split between Toronto FC and the Chicago Fire. The versatile player spent the first eight years of his career in his native Liechtenstein, where he starred for FC Vaduz and won six major trophies with the club.
spell with Vaduz, Hasler appeared in five separate editions of the UEFA Europa League, won five consecutive Liechtensteiner Cups from 2013-2017 and scored 15 goals in 158 competitive matches. Hasler moved to Toronto in 2017, helping the side to a historic treble consisting of the Canadian Championship, MLS Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup. Hasler was traded to the Chicago Fire in July 2018, where he started nine of 13 matches.
After rising through the ranks and starting his pro career with FC Balzers in 2009, Hasler joined fellow Liechtensteiner club USV Eschen/Mauren for the 2010-11 season. He then moved to FC Vaduz, a club that competes in the Swiss Football League. In a six-year
As one of the country’s most decorated players this decade, Hasler has scored three goals in 59 caps for the Liechtenstein Men’s National Team since 2010 and was named Liechtensteiner Footballer of the Year in 2015, 2017 and 2018.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
5
4
361
0
1
1
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
42
33
2911
3
5
22
9
22
19
4
0
1
0
1
1
MLS - Postseason
2
1
107
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
44
34
3018
3
5
23
9
22
19
4
0
1
0
1
1
21
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #19 | F | ERIK HURTADO | @Etado19 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
3
1
115
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
3
1
115
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 12 times, last: Aug. 4, 2018, VAN at NYC (w/ VAN) Assists 1, 10 times, last: Oct. 21, 2018, VAN at LAFC (w/ VAN) Shots on Goal 2, 9 times, last: Sept. 30, 2018, VAN at KC (w/ VAN) Shots 7, Sept. 3, 2016, VAN vs. NY (w/ VAN) Fouls Committed 5, Sept. 3, 2017, VAN vs. NY (w/ VAN) Fouls Suffered 5, Aug. 27, 2016, VAN at LA (w/ VAN) Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 21, 2018, VAN at LAFC (w/ VAN) Goal Aug. 4, 2018, VAN at NYC (w/ VAN) Assist Oct. 21, 2018, VAN at LAFC (w/ VAN) 2019 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 Birthday: 11/15/1990 Hometown: Beaverton, Oregon Last Club: Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS) Acquired: Acquired via trade on 12/14/2018 Sporting KC acquired forward Erik Hurtado in late 2018 from Vancouver Whitecaps FC. In six seasons with the Whitecaps, Hurtado contributed 17 goals and 13 assists in 123 matches (47 MLS starts) across all competitions since being selected fifth overall in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.
Norwegian first division. Hurtado made 12 appearances during the five-month loan spell. Hurtado had two goals and two assists in the 2016-17 Concacaf Champions League with Vancouver, scoring in both CCL fixtures against Sporting KC, as the Whitecaps advanced from the group stage and advanced all the way to the semifinals.
The former U.S. youth international and Santa Clara product recorded seven goals and five assists in his first two professional seasons, before helping the Whitecaps to their lone Canadian Championship title in 2015 with an 87th-minute game-tying assist in the semifinal series before garnering European experience on loan with Mjondalen in the
More recently, Hurtado has compiled six goals and three assists since the start of the 2017 season, including his game-winning goal in Vancouver’s 1-0 victory over Sporting KC at Children’s Mercy Park that snapped Sporting’s 24-game home unbeaten streakon Sept. 30, 2017.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
105
47
4713
12
10
126
43
101
71
46
6
3
0
2
3
MLS - Postseason
1
1
78
1
0
2
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
106
48
4791
13
10
128
45
104
74
46
6
3
0
2
3
#26 | D | JAYLIN LINDSEY | @JaylinLindsey SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, July 14, 2018, KC at NY Shots on Goal 1, July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Shots 2, 2 times, last: July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Fouls Committed 1, 5 times, last: July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD
A
MLS Regular Season
7
6
555
0
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
2
205
0
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
11
9
850
0
1
Last Regular Season... Appearance July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Goal N/A Assist July 14, 2018, KC at NY 2019 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 155 Birthday: 3/27/2000 Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/1/2018 Sporting Kansas City signed Jaylin Lindsey as a Homegrown Player in September 2017, with his contract starting on Jan. 1, 2018. He made his MLS debut on June 3 in a 4-1 win over Minnesota United FC. A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Lindsey is the third-youngest signing in club history. The defender has featured for the Sporting KC U-16s and U-18s and made more than 25 appearances for the United States U-17 Men’s National Team from 2016-2017. Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Lindsey joined the Sporting KC Academy in January 2015. He has made more than 30 combined appearances for the U-16s and U-18s. After impressing throughout his first full Academy season with Sporting KC,
Lindsey signed an Academy contract with the Swope Park Rangers on May 6, 2016. A day later, he became the first American player born in 2000 or later to appear in a professional match. Lindsey would feature once more for the Rangers before joining the U.S. U-17 Residency Program in August 2016. Lindsey has featured regularly for the U.S. U-17s and received his first call-up to the U.S. U-20s in September 2018. He was named to the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Best XI in May after helping the U.S. to a second-place finish. That allowed Lindsey to represent the U.S. at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. Lindsey has been a youth international since 2013, representing the U-14s, U-15s and U-17s.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
7
6
555
0
1
5
1
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
7
6
555
0
1
5
1
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #94 | D | JIMMY MEDRANDA | @jimmymedranda SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Assists 1, 4 times, last: April 15, 2018, KC vs. SEA Shots on Goal 3, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Shots 4, 5 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 4, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD
A
MLS Regular Season
87
62
5312
5
4
MLS Postseason
2
1
121
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
7
6
648
0
2
International
2
1
96
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
98
70
6178
5
6
Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthday: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014
Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Colombian club Deportivo Pereira, making his MLS debut a month later. He signed permanently for Sporting KC in February 2014 and has played 98 games for the club across all competitions. He set career highs for appearances (39), starts (29), minutes (2,619) and goals (2) in 2017. Medranda missed just over a year starting on May 20, 2018 after undergoing knee surgery before returning on May 26, 2019.
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 20, 2018, KC at MIN Goal April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Assist April 15, 2018, KC vs. SEA 2019 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Medranda has scored five goals and added six assists since the start of 2016, his first for the club. He joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team by age 17. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
87
62
5312
5
4
110
22
81
49
6
19
12
1
1
2
KC - Postseason
2
1
121
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
89
63
5433
5
4
111
22
82
50
6
19
12
1
1
2
#29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
126
126
11309
0
0
MLS Postseason
6
6
534
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
11
11
1080
0
0
International
6
6
540
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
149
149
13463
0
0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA (MLS) Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 19, 2015, KC vs. SJ Saves 10, April 8, 2018, KC at LA
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Shutout March 10, 2019, KC vs. PHI 2019 Record when: he starts 3-4-4
Birthday: 5/15/1986
Tim Melia became one of the top goalkeepers in MLS in 2017 following his breakout season in 2015 where he earned MLS Comeback Player of the Year honors. Melia claimed the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year crown with career-highs in wins (12), shutouts (10), saves (91), starts (31) and minutes (2,759). Melia surpassed each of those numbers in 2018, posting 18 wins, 13 shutouts, 106 saves, 34 starts and 3060 minutes.
During his breakout campaign in 2015, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 precent save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against average. He was a six-time member of the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week and became the first goalkeeper in MLS history to record six shutouts in his first nine league matches for a new team.
Melia was also named the club’s 2017 Most Valuable Player. Among goalkeepers with at least 15 regular-season appearances in 2017, he led MLS with a 0.78 goals against average, 78.4 save percentage and 69.2-percent passing accuracy. He also ranked second in shutouts. On April 8, 2018, Melia set a new club record and career-high with 10 saves in a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy.
After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
126
126
11309
523
375
40
143
1.14
11
20
9
0
55
38
32
MLS - Regular Season
132
131
11749
559
397
40
157
1.20
12
21
9
1
55
42
33
KC - Postseason
6
6
534
24
15
1
8
1.35
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
MLS - TOTAL
138
137
12282
583
412
41
165
1.21
12
21
9
1
56
44
35
23
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #9 | F | KRISZTIAN NEMETH | @KNemeth_Nemo SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL Assists 1, 11 times, last: April 14, 2019, KC vs. NY Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: April 27, 2019, KC vs. NE Shots 7, April 27, 2019, KC vs. NE Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: May 18, 2019, KC vs. VAN Fouls Suffered 7, May 29, 2015, KC vs. FCD
A
MLS Regular Season
48
37
3304
18
8
MLS Postseason
2
1
130
1
0
U.S. Open Cup
4
4
371
5
1
International
5
5
388
4
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
59
47
4193
28
9
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 18, 2019, KC vs. VAN Goal May 18, 2019, KC vs. VAN Assist April 14, 2019, KC vs. NY 2019 Record when: he starts 2-4-4 he scores 1-1-2
Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 Birthday: 1/5/1989 Hometown: Gyor, Hungary Last Club: New England Revolution (MLS) Acquired: Acquired via trade with New England Revolution on 8/6/2018
Nemeth also played a pivotal role in Sporting KC’s run to the 2015 U.S. Open Cup title, finishing as the tournament’s joint-top scorer with five goals, including a second-half equalizer in the final as Sporting KC defeated the Philadelphia Union on penalties.
Sporting Kansas City acquired forward Krisztian Nemeth from the New England Revolution in August 2018. Nemeth returns to Sporting KC after recording 16 goals and seven assists in 33 competitive matches for the club in 2015. The forward joined Al-Gharafa SC in Qatar in 2016 and has spent the last 12 months in MLS with the Revs.
Nemeth began his career with MTK Budapest in Hungary before signing with Liverpool FC in 2007. He had loan stints at Blackpool and AEK Athens before signing permanently in Greece with Olympiacos in 2010. Nemeth endured further loan spells at Olympiacos Volos, MTK Budapest and RKC Waalwijk before signing permanently in the Netherlands with Roda JC in 2012, where he spent two years prior to joining SKC in 2015.
In his first stint with SKC, Nemeth was named the club’s newcomer of the year and became Kansas City’s first MLS Goal of the Year winner for his stunning solo effort in a 1-0 victory over the Portland Timbers on Oct. 3, 2015. The Hungarian scored 10 goals throughout the 2015 regular season, earning MLS Player of the Month honors in May. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
48
37
3304
18
8
109
41
43
50
20
0
6
1
6
1
MLS - Regular Season
69
44
3947
19
11
127
46
59
59
21
0
7
2
6
1
KC - Postseason
2
1
130
1
0
4
2
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
71
45
4176
20
11
131
48
62
59
21
0
8
2
6
1
#11 | M | KELYN ROWE | @Krowe210 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 17, 2016, NE at MTL (w/ NE) Assists 2, 2 times, last: April 6, 2018, NE vs. MTL (w/ NE) Shots on Goal 5, March 28, 2016, NE vs. SJ (w/ NE) Shots 7, March 28, 2016, NE vs. SJ (w/ NE) Fouls Committed 5, March 10, 2018, NE vs. COL (w/ NE) Fouls Suffered 5, 3 times, last: May 27, 2017, NE at NY (w/ NE)
A
MLS Regular Season
12
6
580
0
2
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
4
1
110
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
16
7
690
0
2
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Goal Oct. 18, 2018, NE at RSL (w/ NE) Assist May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA 2019 Record when: he starts 1-1-4 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthday: 12/02/1991 Hometown: Federal Way, Washington Last Club: New England Revolution (MLS) Acquired: Acquired via trade with the Colorado Rapids on 12/18/2018
Kelyn Rowe joined Sporting KC ahead of the 2019 season having made 214 appearances England to their first MLS Cup appearance since 2007. Rowe combined for 12 goals and 13 assists in 2015 and 2016, playing 33 of the side’s 34 MLS regular season games in for the New England Revolution in MLS action since being selected out of UCLA as the third overall pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, recording 30 goals and 42 assists over the each campaign, while also aiding the Revs’ run to the U.S. Open Cup Final in 2016. past seven seasons. Rowe has earned four caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team, helping the side win the During his rookie year, Rowe bagged three goals and five assists in 30 appearances 2017 Concacaf Gold Cup. Rowe made his debut on July 1, 2017 in a friendly against before breaking out in 2013 as the Revs reached the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time in Ghana before appearing in two group stage games at the Gold Cup – recording an assist four attempts, notching eight goals and nine assists on the season. Rowe followed that up on the game-winner against Panama before netting his first international goal in the win with another solid season in 2014, as his five goals and six assists helped propel New vs. Nicaragua. He won his fourth cap against Bosnia & Herzegovina in January 2018. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
12
6
580
0
2
16
2
12
11
0
3
2
0
0
1
MLS - Regular Season
218
167
15184
29
42
376
125
236
272
26
198
22
0
6
10
MLS - Postseason
8
7
647
1
2
15
5
11
8
1
7
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
225
174
15803
30
44
391
130
247
280
27
205
22
0
7
10
24
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #7 | F | JOHNNY RUSSELL SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
42
35
3184
17
13
MLS Postseason
4
4
345
0
1
U.S. Open Cup
3
2
190
2
2
International
6
5
422
0
2
ALL COMPETITIONS
55
46
4141
19
18
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland Last Club: Derby County FC (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/31/2018
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, 2 times, last: May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Assists 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 25, 2018, KC vs. MIN Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Shots 6, 2 times, last: Oct. 6, 2018, KC vs. LA Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 5, May 12, 2019, KC at DC Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Goal May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Assist April 27, 2019, KC vs. NE 2019 Record when: he starts 3-4-5 he scores 2-0-2
Birthday: 4/8/1990
League. He added 14 more goals in all comps during the 2011-12 campaign to pace another fourth-place finish. Russell’s final season at Dundee saw him produce a team-best 20 goals in 38 competitive appearances. Russell reached new heights in June 2013 when he joined Derby County. He marked his debut for the outfit with his first of nine goals in the 2013-14 English Championship as the Rams fell just short of promotion to the Russell previously scored 93 goals during a 12-year professional career in England and his native Scotland. Russell developed in the Dundee United Academy in Scotland before EPL. He totaled 18 goals over the next two seasons. making his professional debut for the top-flight Scottish Premiership club in May 2007 at age 17. He spent most of the following two seasons on loan at Scottish side Forfar Russell has 11 career caps for Scotland and scored his first international goal during a Athletic and marked his first career Dundee United start with a goal in the 2009 Scottish European Championshop Qualifier in San Marino on March 24, 2019. Russell made his FA Cup. After being loaned to Raith Rovers in 2009-10, Russell enjoyed a breakout year debut in 2014 and recently helped Scotland gain promotion to League B in the UEFA at Dundee United with nine goals as the Tangerines finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Nations League in 2018. He has also represented Scotland at the U-19 and U-21 levels. Sporting KC acquired Scottish winger Johnny Russell in a transfer from English club Derby County FC in January 2018. Russell has tallied 19 goals and 18 assists in 55 appearances for Sporting KC since the start of 2018, including two hat tricks.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
42
35
3184
17
13
100
45
22
54
6
111
3
0
2
3
KC - Postseason
4
4
345
0
1
8
2
6
6
1
13
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
46
39
3529
17
14
108
47
28
60
7
124
3
0
2
3
#20 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Oct. 17, 2018, KC at VAN Assists 2, 2 times, last: June 23, 2018, KC vs. HOU Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 28, 2018, KC vs. LAFC Shots 8, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL Fouls Committed 2, 4 times, last: Aug. 4, 2018, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: May 12, 2019, KC at DC
A
MLS Regular Season
58
40
3701
14
9
MLS Postseason
5
4
397
3
0
U.S. Open Cup
7
3
405
5
0
International
5
2
152
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
75
49
4655
22
9
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 12, 2019, KC at DC Goal Oct. 28, 2018, KC vs. LAFC Assist Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR 2019 Record when: he starts 0-2-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 150 Birthday: 7/19/1996 Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Last Club: Gyirmot SE (Hungary) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 1/13/2016 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Daniel Salloi as the fourth Homegrown Player in club history in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017 against the Colorado Rapids. Salloi is one of five Homegrown Players on Sporting Kansas City’s current roster, alongside Gianluca Busio (2017), Jaylin Lindsey (2018), Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (2018) and Tyler Freeman (2019). He scored on his first start for the club - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup on June 14, 2017 - before adding his first MLS goal vs. Portland on July 1. Salloi scored the winning goal in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final. Salloi made 10 appearances for Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, in 2016 and scored four goals and added three assists before being loaned to Gyirmot SE in Hungary
for the remainder of the season. Salloi moved to the United States in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, joining joined the Sporting Kansas City Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season. After a successful spell with the Sporting KC U-18s, Salloi returned to his former Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 to sign an amateur contract for senior team, a 20-time champion in Hungary’s first division. He made his professional debut in the top-tier OTP Bank Liga on July 18, the day before his 19th birthday. Salloi received his first call-up to the Hungary National Team in August 2018. He previously played for the Hungary Under-21 National Team after debuting in 2017 and earned four caps.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
58
40
3701
14
9
124
50
26
48
14
1
5
1
6
4
KC - Postseason
5
4
397
3
0
15
5
3
8
2
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
63
44
4098
17
9
139
55
29
56
16
1
6
1
6
4
25
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #6 | M | ILIE SANCHEZ SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
79
77
6966
5
8
MLS Postseason
5
5
480
1
0
U.S. Open Cup
8
8
780
0
1
International
6
6
540
2
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
98
96
8766
8
9
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Elche CF (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 1/13/2017
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: March 10, 2019, KC vs. PHI Assists 2, May 9, 2018, KC at ATL Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 21, 2018, KC at FCD Shots 5, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 5, March 10, 2018, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 6, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Goal March 10, 2019, KC vs. PHI Assist May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA 2019 Record when: he starts 3-3-5 he scores 1-0-0
Birthday: 11/21/1990
After missing most of 2011-12 through injury, Sánchez claimed a regular spot in Barcelona B’s midfield over the next two seasons. He played 29 league matches in 2012-13 and started 36 of 38 appearances in 2013-14, guiding Barcelona B to another third-place finish in the Segunda Division. Sánchez appeared in 114 league games during his five-year spell at FC Barcelona B.
Ilie, a product of FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, has eight years of professional experience in Spain and Germany. The defensive midfielder featured extensively for FC Barcelona B from 2009-2014 and most recently played for Elche CF during the 2015-16 season. He joined Sporting KC ahead of the 2017 season and has made 98 appearances in all competitions, earning SKC Newcomer of the Year honors in 2017 before being named an MLS All-Star and the club’s Most Valuable Player in 2018.
Sánchez moved to Germany’s second division in 2014, making 26 appearances in all Born and raised in Barcelona, Sánchez jumped from La Masia to FC Barcelona B ahead competitions for 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga. He was then loaned back to his native of the 2009-10 campaign. He helped the club earn promotion to the Spanish Segunda Spain for the 2015-16 campaign, where he played 28 games for CF Elche in the Segunda Division in his first professional season. He played 24 more matches the following year as Division. Barcelona B finished third in Spain’s second tier. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
79
77
6966
5
8
73
17
60
80
0
13
13
0
1
2
KC - Postseason
5
5
480
1
0
5
2
4
4
0
0
1
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
84
82
7446
6
8
78
19
64
84
0
13
14
0
2
2
#15 | D | SETH SINOVIC | @ssinovic SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assists 1, 11 times, last: Aug. 25, 2018, KC vs. MIN Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Shots 3, 5 times, last: Aug. 25, 2018, KC vs. MIN Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA
A
MLS Regular Season
197
187
16610
1
11
MLS Postseason
15
15
1404
2
0
U.S. Open Cup
15
15
1248
0
2
International
16
15
1386
1
2
ALL COMPETITIONS
243
232
20648
4
15
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Goal April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assist Aug. 25, 2018, KC vs. MIN 2019 Record when: he starts 3-3-2 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Birthday: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution (MLS) Acquired: Signed on 5/10/2011 A nine-year MLS veteran, Seth Sinovic has started 232 of 243 appearances in all competitions since joining Sporting KC from the New England Revolution in 2011. The left back played at least 30 regular season matches every year from 2012-2014, during which time Sporting KC conceded the fewest combined goals in MLS. He scored his first MLS regular-season goal on his 150th MLS appearance for Sporting KC against the Colorado Rapids on April 9, 2017.
A native of Leawood, Kansas, Sinovic scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and notched the second of his career in the 2013 postseason as Sporting KC won MLS Cup. He was named the club’s Defender of the Year in 2014. After a four-year college career at Creighton University, Sinovic was selected by New England with the 25th pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made 20 MLS appearances as a rookie before moving to Sporting KC in 2011.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
197
187
16610
1
11
99
26
202
121
10
0
32
1
0
5
MLS - Regular Season
217
205
18190
1
11
106
27
215
132
11
0
35
1
0
5
KC - Postseason
15
15
1404
2
0
7
4
23
16
0
0
3
0
2
0
MLS - TOTAL
232
220
19594
3
11
113
31
238
148
11
0
38
1
2
5
26
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #16 | D | GRAHAM SMITH | @grahamsmith161 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, May 12, 2019, KC at DC Shots 2, May 12, 2019, KC at DC Fouls Committed 2, July 14, 2018, KC at NY Fouls Suffered 0
A
MLS Regular Season
5
4
371
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
90
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
6
5
461
0
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Goal N/A Assist N/A 2019 Record when: he starts 0-2-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-3 Weight: 185 Birthday: 4/8/1990 Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado College: University of Denver Acquired: 2018 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#18) - signed on 2/15/18
A native of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Smith was teammates with current SKC forward Khiry Shelton during his freshman year at Oregon State. He assisted three goals in 38 matches for the Beavers, helping the side reach the NCAA Tournament in 2014. Upon transferring to Denver in 2016, Smith helped the Pioneers reach the Men’s College Cup for the first time in program history. He split time between the holding midfield and Smith split his four-year college career between Oregon State University (2014-15) and center back positions, serving as the anchor of a defense that notched a 0.52 goals the University of Denver (2016-17). The defender started all 80 appearances at the NCAA against average in 2016 and a 0.71 goals against average in 2017. As a senior, Smith Division I level, registering six goals and seven assists in his final two seasons with the was a United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team selection and a CoSIDA Pioneers. Academic All-American.
Sporting Kansas City selected center back Graham Smith with the 18th overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft before officially sigining him in February 2018. He made his debut and first start for the club in the 3-2 victory over Houston on June 23, 2018, going the full 90 minutes at center back in the thrilling win.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
5
4
371
0
0
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
5
4
371
0
0
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#22 | D | RODNEY WALLACE | @rodwallace22 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Oct. 4, 2014, POR at SJ (w/ POR) Assists 3, June 23, 2013, POR vs. COL (w/ POR) Shots on Goal 5, May 7, 2017, NYC vs. ATL (w/ NYC) Shots 6, Sept. 27, 2017, NYC at MTL (w/ NYC) Fouls Committed 6, May 30, 2009, DC vs. NY (w/ DC) Fouls Suffered 3, 5 times, last: Sept. 27, 2017, NYC at MTL (w/ NYC)
A
MLS Regular Season
1
1
27
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
2
1
91
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
3
2
118
0
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance April 7, 2019, KC at CIN Goal Sept. 29, 2018, NYC at MIN (w/ NYC) Assist May 19, 2018, NYC vs. COL (w/ NYC) 2019 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 Birthday: 6/17/1988 Hometown: Rockville, Maryland College: University of Maryland Acquired: Signed as a Free Agent on 12/14/18 Sporting Kansas City signed free agent defender and Costa Rican international Rodney Wallace in December 2018. Wallace has recorded 26 goals and 33 assists in 214 MLS appearances (including playoffs) since beginning his professional career in 2009. The versatile veteran, who was a 2013 MLS All-Star and a 2015 MLS Cup champion with with the Portland Timbers, arrives in Kansas City after a two-year stint with New York City FC. Selected as the sixth overall pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, Wallace had three goals and three assists as a rookie with D.C. United before joining the Timbers ahead of their inaugural 2011 campaign. As a left-sided midfielder and defender, Wallace experienced a breakout year in 2013 when he scored a career-high seven goals with six assists and propelled Portland to the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time.
Wallace bounced back from a knee injury to record five goals and one assist in 17 games in 2014, resulting in 2014 MLS Comeback Player of the Year honors. He made a career-high 32 regular-season appearances in 2015 for a Portland side that finished third in the Western Conference before bagging the game-winner in the 2015 MLS Cup. In 2016, Wallace continued his career abroad in the top divisions of Portugal and Brazil, first with FC Arouca and then Sport Recife. Wallace made 46 MLS appearances for NYCFC from 2017-2018, where he notched five goals and eight assists. Wallace has earned 32 caps for the Costa Rica Men’s National Team, tallying four goals and notably featuring at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia after competing at the Concacaf Gold Cup in 2013 and 2017.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
1
1
27
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
204
161
14174
24
29
262
91
275
123
51
0
35
0
8
9
MLS - Postseason
11
11
891
2
4
21
7
27
7
3
0
4
0
1
2
MLS - TOTAL
215
172
15065
26
33
283
98
302
130
54
0
39
0
9
11
27
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #75 | M | WAN KUZAIN WAN KAMAL | @LeKuz7 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
6
3
307
1
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
2
173
0
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
8
5
480
1
1
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 3, 2018, KC vs. MIN Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, June 3, 2018, KC vs. MIN Shots 3, June 3, 2018, KC vs. MIN Fouls Committed 2, July 4, 2018, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: July 7, 2018, KC vs. TOR Last Regular Season... Appearance July 7, 2018, KC vs. TOR Goal June 3, 2018, KC vs. MIN Assist N/A 2019 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 9/14/1998 Hometown: Carbondale, Illinois Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 4/13/2018 Sporting Kansas City signed holding midfielder Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal to an MLS contract on April 13, 2018, becoming the ninth Homegrown player in club history and the fourth on the active roster. Kuzain is the first Sporting KC Homegrown signing to progress from the Sporting KC Academy to the Swope Park Rangers to the senior team. Kuzain made his Sporting KC debut on May 27, 2018 before scoring his first goal in his second appearance with the game-winner against Minnesota United on June 3, 2018. Born and raised in Carbondale, Illinois, Kuzain spent several years with St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club before joining the Sporting Kansas City Academy in August 2016. He signed an Academy contract with the Rangers later that month.
Kuzain continued to develop in 2017 with the Swope Park Rangers, where he helped them to a second straight Western Conference championship. He debuted for the club last March and signed his first professional contract with the club in July, ending the campaign with 13 games played. His 91.3-percent passing accuracy last season ranked first in the USL among players with at least five appearances. As a youth, Kuzain previously trained with the United States U-17 Men’s National Team in 2013 and 2014 as well as Dutch club Feyenoord in late 2015.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
6
3
307
1
0
5
2
4
6
0
0
1
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
6
3
307
1
0
5
2
4
6
0
0
1
0
1
0
#24 | M | GEDION ZELALEM SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
3
1
82
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
3
1
82
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, April 7, 2019, KC at CIN Fouls Suffered 0 Last Regular Season... Appearance May 18, 2019, KC vs. VAN Goal N/A Assist N/A 2019 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-11 Weight: 155 Birthday: 1/26/1997 Hometown: Berlin, Germany Last Club: Arsenal FC (England) Acquired: Acquired from Arsenal FC on 3/11/2019 Sporting Kansas City announced that the club had acquired midfielder Gedion Zelalem in a transfer from English Premier League side Arsenal FC in March 2019. A dual citizen of Germany and the United States, Zelalem arrives in Kansas City after a six-year stint with Arsenal’s youth and senior teams. On the international stage, the holding midfielder represented Germany at the U-15 through U-17 levels before gaining U.S. citizenship in 2014 and competing for the United States U-20s and U-23s.
24, 2014. The following December, Zelalem earned his UEFA Champions League debut against Turkish giants Galatasaray. Zelalem had two loan stints with Rangers FC in Scotland and VVV Venlo in the Netherlands over the next two years. Zelalem most recently competed for the Arsenal U-23s, returning from an injury in November 2018.
Zelalem began his youth international career with Germany, reaching the U-17 level, but became a U.S. citizen in 2014. His first competitive action with the U.S. U-20 National Zelalem moved from the U.S. to London in early 2013 to join Arsenal’s prestigious Team came at the 2015 U-20 FIFA World Cup in New Zealand before gaining experience academy, rising from the U-16s to the U-21s in his first year with the Gunners. He was with the U.S. U-23s at the 2015 Concacaf Olympic Qualifying Championship. He later part of Arsenal’s senior squad during a July 2013 preseason tour of Asia and made his returned to the U-20 side for the 2016 Four Nations Tournament in England and the 2017 first-team debut as a substitute in Arsenal’s 4-0 FA Cup victory over Coventry City on Jan. U-20 World Cup in South Korea, but his involvement was cut short by a knee injury. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
3
1
82
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
3
1
82
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #1 | GK | ADRIAN ZENDEJAS | @MrZ3ND SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
1
1
90
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
2
180
0
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
4
4
360
0
0
Height: 6-5 Weight: 185 Hometown: Chula Vista, California Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 1, April 7, 2019, KC at CIN Saves 3, April 7, 2019, KC at CIN Last Regular Season... Appearance April 7, 2019, KC at CIN Shutout N/A 2019 Record when: he starts 0-0-1
Birthday: 8/30/1995
Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after playing for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign. He made his MLS debut on April 7, 2019 in a 1-1 draw with FC Cincinnati. Zendejas spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons primarily on loan with the Swope Park Rangers, making 37 starts for the club and posting a 1.11 goals against average with 14 shutouts. Zendejas was one of the top goalkeepers in the USL, cementing his pedigree by saving four penalties and scoring the game-winning spot kick in the shootout of the Western Conference Final against OKC Energy FC in November 2017. Zendajas joined the Rangers in June 2016 and debuted in a 2-1 win over LA Galaxy II on Aug. 27 before
starting five of the team’s final seven regular season matches, amassing a perfect 5-0-0 record with three shutouts, 13 saves and a 0.40 goals against average. Zendejas carried his great form into the postseason, earning two more clean sheets as the Rangers rattled off three straight victories en route to the USL Cup Final. The Chula Vista, California native joined Club Tijuana in 2014 and made his debut for the Under-20 team in February 2015. He made 31 total appearances for the U-20 team while helping the Xolos reach the 2015 Apertura final and the 2016 Clausura final. He made his first-team debut in a preseason friendly against Club Leon on July 3, 2015 and played all four preseason games for the Xolos in July 2015.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
1
1
90
4
3
0
1
1.00
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
1
1
90
4
3
0
1
1.00
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
#8 | M | GRAHAM ZUSI | @gzusi SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, 7 times, last: July 14, 2018, KC at NY Shots on Goal 3, 5 times, last: Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI
A
MLS Regular Season
260
220
20220
28
65
MLS Postseason
18
18
1739
0
6
U.S. Open Cup
17
15
1447
3
6
International
13
13
1140
0
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
308
266
24546
31
80
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 5, 2019, KC vs. ATL Goal April 15, 2018, KC vs. SEA Assist April 27, 2019, KC vs. NE 2019 Record when: he starts 2-3-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) A 10-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15, 2017-18), MLS Best XI (2012-13) & MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) accolades in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. He earned Sporting KC MVP honors from 2012-14 and is the only player to appear in every All-Star Game from 2011-2014.
reached 50 regular-season assists and later moved into first in club history with 24 game-winning assists on Aug. 19, 2017 versus FC Dallas.
Zusi has earned 55 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording five goals and seven assists. He played four matches at the 2014 FIFA Zusi re-signed with Sporting KC in late 2018. He has recorded 31 goals and 80 assists in World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He played in 308 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being drafted in 2009 out his first CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015, starting two matches, and scored in a World Cup of the University of Maryland, where he won two national championships. He is second in qualifier against Guatemala on March 29, 2016. He played five games for the U.S. at the club history with 80 total assists, while his 410 chances created from 2011-2015 (including 2016 Copa America Centenario, scoring on June 7 in a 4-0 win over Costa Rica. He recently made four appearances as the U.S. won the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. postseason) ranked third in MLS. With his assist against RSL on April 29, 2017, Zusi MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
260
220
20220
28
65
396
125
206
302
31
791
22
1
8
27
KC - Postseason
18
18
1739
0
6
31
3
25
30
1
69
2
0
0
3
MLS - TOTAL
278
238
21959
28
71
427
128
231
332
32
860
24
1
8
30
29
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2019 PARTICIPATION CHART (MLS REGULAR SEASON) 3/3 3/10 3/17 3/30 4/7 4/14 4/20 4/27 5/5 5/12 5/18 5/26 5/29 6/1 6/7 6/23 6/29 PLAYER @LAFC PHI @COL MTL @CIN NY @SJ NE ATL @DC VAN SEA LA @HOU @TOR @CLB @RSL Barath SUB-21 CB-90 CB-90 DNP CB-90 DNP CB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 Besler CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 UNAV CB-90 CB-15 INJ INJ INJ CB-90 CB-79 Busio INJ CM-78 SUB-18 SUB-28 CM-90 SUB-24 CM-57 CM-45 INTL INTL INTL SUB-15 Croizet DNP SUB-6 SUB-9 SUB-19 CF-70 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 CM-65 SUB-25 SUB-8 CF-89 Dick SPR SPR UNAV UNAV DNP UNAV SPR DNP UNAV DNP UNAV DNP Espinoza CM-84 SUS CM-72 CM-62 UNAV CM-66 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ Feilhaber -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- CM-90 CM-90 CM-75 Fernandes LW-73 LW-90 LW-90 LW-71 DNP LW-82 LW-90 LW-75 INJ INJ INJ INJ Fontas CB-69 INJ INJ CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INJ CB-90 INJ INJ INJ INJ Freeman SPR SPR UNAV UNAV DNP ACD ACD INTL INTL INTL INTL SPR Gutierrez CM-62 CM-90 CM-81 CM-74 SUB-64 CM-85 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-84 CM-90 CM-90 Harris -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- DNP -- Hasler -- -- -- -- RB-90 DNP DNP SUB-1 DNP RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 Hurtado DNP DNP INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ Lindsey DNP SPR DNP INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ Medranda INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ SUB-1 Melia GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 UNAV GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 Nemeth CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 SUB-20 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-51 SUS Rowe SUB-28 SUB-12 RW-61 SUB-16 LW-90 SUB-5 SUB-28 CM-90 CM-65 SUB-6 LW-89 LW-90 Russell RW-90 RW-80 SUB-29 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-82 RW-90 Rwatubyaye UNAV DNP DNP UNAV DNP UNAV SUB-75 CB-89 DNP -- -- -- Salloi SUB-17 SUB-10 INJ INJ INJ SUB-8 SUB-33 SUB-15 LW-90 LW-65 INJ INJ Sanchez CM-90 CM-84 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-62 SUB-45 SUB-25 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 Sinovic LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 SUB-63 DNP DNP DNP LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 Smith SPR SPR UNAV UNAV SPR UNAV SPR SPR CB-90 CB-90 DNP SUB-11 Wallace DNP DNP UNAV DNP LB-27 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ Wan Kuzain SPR SPR UNAV UNAV SPR UNAV SPR SPR INJ INJ INJ INJ Zelalem -- -- UNAV DNP CM-56 UNAV INJ DNP SUB-25 DNP SUB-1 DNP Zendejas DNP DNP DNP DNP GK-90 DNP DNP SPR DNP SPR DNP SPR Zusi RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 UNAV RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 INJ INJ INJ 7/3 7/6 7/13 7/20 7/26 8/4 8/10 8/14 8/17 8/22 8/31 9/7 9/15 9/21 9/25 9/29 10/6 PLAYER LAFC CHI @VAN FCD @NYC @SEA RSL @ORL SJ MIN HOU @POR @LA COL @MIN POR @FCD Barath Besler Busio Croizet Dick Espinoza Feilhaber Fernandes Fontas Freeman Gutierrez Hasler Hurtado Lindsey Medranda Melia Nemeth Rowe Russell Salloi Sanchez Sinovic Smith Wallace Wan Kuzain Zelalem Zendejas Zusi KEY Position-Minutes - Starting Position-Minutes Played DNP - Did Not Play/Unused Substitute INJ - Injured SUB-Minutes - Substitute-Minutes played UNAV - Unavailable For Selection SUS - Suspended
30
SPR - Swope Park Rangers (USL) INTL - International Duty ACD - Sporting KC Academy
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Player
#
Games
C.J. Sapong (2011), Ilie Sanchez (2018), Graham Zusi (2018)
34
Games
Matt Besler*
265
Minutes
Ilie Sanchez (2018), Graham Zusi (2018)
3060
Minutes
Matt Besler*
23,210
Goals
Dom Dwyer (2014)
22
Goals
Preki
71
Assists
Preki (1997 & 2003)
17
Assists
Preki
98
Shots
Preki (1996)
140
Shots
Preki
693
Shots on goal
Preki (1996)
61
Shots on goal
Preki
283
Fouls Committed
Chris Henderson (2000)
79
Fouls Committed
Roger Espinoza*
373
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2004)
111
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud
528
Offsides
Eddie Johnson (2007)
50
Offsides
Vitalis Takawira
126
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi (2012)
150
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi*
791
Cautions
Aurelien Collin (2013)
13
Cautions
Roger Espinoza*
52
Ejections
Davy Arnaud (2010)
3
Ejections
Roger Espinoza*
9
ALL-TIME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)
SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) Stat
Player
#
Games
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013), Tim Melia (2018)
34
Minutes
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013), Tim Melia (2018)
3060
Wins
Mike Ammann (1997)
21
Losses
Mike Amman (1998)
16
Draws
Bo Oshoniyi (2005)
12
Shutouts
Tony Meola (2000)
16
Goals Against Average
Tim Melia (2017)
0.78
Goals Allowed
Mike Amman (1997) & Kevin Hartman (2007)
45
Saves
Tony Meola (2000)
129
Stat
Player
#
Games
Jimmy Nielsen
128
Minutes
Jimmy Nielsen
11497
Wins
Jimmy Nielsen
57
Losses
Tony Meola
45
Draws
Jimmy Nielsen
32
Shutouts
Jimmy Nielsen
45
Goals Allowed
Tony Meola
154
Saves
Tony Meola
507
Goals Against Avg.
Jimmy Nielsen
0.99
SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS
SINGLE GAME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
Stat
Year
#
Stat
Player
#
Goals
2018
65
Goals
Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010), Gerso Fernandes (2017), Johnny Russell (2018), Krisztian Nemeth (2019), Johnny Russell (2019)
3
Assists
2018
69
Shots
2018
583
Shots on goal
1996
250
4
Fouls Committed
2013
511
2000
541
Assists
Chris Henderson (1999)
Shots
Preki (1997)
12
Fouls Suffered
Shots on goal
Preki (1996), Eddie Johnson (2007)
6
Offsides
1997
117
2018
206
Fouls Committed
Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)
8
Corner Kicks
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2006)
10
Cautions
2013
67
2011
8
Offsides
Alex Bunbury (1999)
7
Ejections
Corner Kicks
Alex Zotinca (2006)
12
Points
2012
63
Wins
1997
21
Losses
1999
24
Ties
2017
13
Shutouts
2000
17
Goals Allowed
1996
63
SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) Stat
Player
#
Goals Allowed
Bo Oshoniyi (2001)
7
Saves
Tim Melia (2018)
10
31
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Player GP 1. Matt Besler* 265 2. Graham Zusi* 260 3. Davy Arnaud 240 4. Kerry Zavagnin 237 5. Roger Espinoza* 226 6. Nick Garcia 224 7. Preki 218 8. Jimmy Conrad 204 9. Chris Klein 200 10. Seth Sinovic* 197 GAMES STARTED Player GS 1. Matt Besler* 259 2. Kerry Zavagnin 228 3. Nick Garcia 224 4. Graham Zusi* 220 5. Davy Arnaud 213 6. Roger Espinoza* 206 7. Jimmy Conrad 203 8. Preki 199 9. Seth Sinovic* 187 10. Chris Klein 183 MINUTES PLAYED Player MP 1. Matt Besler* 23,210 2. Kerry Zavagnin 20,515 3. Graham Zusi* 20,220 4. Nick Garcia 20,157 5. Davy Arnaud 19,399 6. Jimmy Conrad 18,194 7. Roger Espinoza* 18,199 8. Preki 17,817 9. Seth Sinovic* 16,610 10. Chris Klein 16,380 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Player GP 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 2. Tim Melia* 126 3. Tony Meola 125 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 5. Kevin Hartman 90 6. Mike Ammann 60 7. Chris Snitko 26 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9. Garth Lagerwey 23 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 SAVES Player GP SV 1. Tony Meola 125 507 2. Tim Melia* 126 381 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 354 4. Kevin Hartman 90 332 5. Jimmy Nielsen 128 304 6. Mike Amman 60 206 7. Chris Snitko 26 95 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 83 9. Eric Kronberg 25 58 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 34 SHUTOUTS Player GP SO 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 45 2. Tim Melia* 126 40 3. Tony Meola 125 37 4. Kevin Hartman 90 22 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 22 6. Mike Ammann 60 10 7. Eric Kronberg 25 8 8. Luis Marin 8 3 8. Andy Gruenebaum 11 3 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 3 8. Chris Snitko 26 3 GOALKEEPER WINS Player GP GW 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 57 2. Tim Melia* 126 55 3. Tony Meola 125 49 4. Mike Ammann 60 33 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 33 6. Kevin Hartman 90 30 7. Garth Lagerwey 23 12 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9 9. Andy Gruenebaum 11 6 10. Chris Snitko 26 5
GOALS Player GP G 1. Preki 218 71 2. Dom Dwyer 128 57 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Josh Wolff 144 43 5. Chris Klein 200 39 6. Kei Kamara 113 38 7. Mo Johnston 149 31 8. Benny Feilhaber* 153 29 9. Graham Zusi* 260 28 9. Scott Sealy 88 28 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 28 ASSISTS Player GP A 1. Preki 218 98 2. Graham Zusi* 260 65 2. Chris Klein 200 45 4. Benny Feilhaber* 153 41 5. Davy Arnaud 240 35 6. Roger Espinoza* 226 34 7. Mo Johnston 149 28 8. Josh Wolff 144 26 9. Mark Chung 94 25 10. Kerry Zavagnin 237 22 SHOTS Player GP SH 1. Preki 218 693 2. Davy Arnaud 240 452 3. Dom Dwyer 128 401 4. Graham Zusi* 260 395 5. Kei Kamara 113 370 6. Chris Klein 200 312 7. Mo Johnston 149 274 8. Josh Wolff 144 265 9. Roger Espinoza* 226 262 10. Benny Feilhaber* 153 239 SHOTS ON GOAL Player GP SOG 1. Preki 218 283 2. Davy Arnaud 240 176 3. Dom Dwyer 128 161 4. Mo Johnston 149 138 4. Chris Klein 200 138 4. Josh Wolff 144 138 7. Kei Kamara 113 126 8. Graham Zusi* 260 124 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 102 10. Mark Chung 94 95 FOULS COMMITTED Player GP FC 1. Roger Espinoza* 226 373 2. Davy Arnaud 240 329 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 326 4. Matt McKeon 144 309 5. Dom Dwyer 128 239 6. Nick Garcia 224 234 7. Mo Johnston 149 226 8. Matt Besler* 265 221 9. Jimmy Conrad 204 210 10. Graham Zusi* 260 208 FOULS SUFFERED Player GP FS 1. Davy Arnaud 240 528 2. Preki 218 362 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 354 4. Roger Espinoza* 226 318 5. Graham Zusi* 260 302 6. Benny Feilhaber* 153 292 7. Dom Dwyer 128 273 8. Nick Garcia 224 250 9. Mark Chung 94 204 10. Diego Gutierrez 119 196 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Player GP YC 1. Roger Espinoza* 226 52 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 44 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 4. Nick Garcia 224 37 5. Seth Sinovic* 197 32 6. Matt Besler* 265 31 6. Aurelien Collin 107 31 8. Diego Gutierrez 119 30 8. Matt McKeon 144 30 10. Jack Jewsbury 195 28 10. Mo Johnston 149 28 32
CORNER KICKS Player GP CK 1. Graham Zusi* 260 791 2. Preki 218 452 3. Benny Feilhaber* 153 273 4. Claudio Lopez 57 188 5. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 175 6. Francisco Gomez 114 157 7. Chris Henderson 61 154 8. Chris Klein 200 152 9. Davy Arnaud 240 144 10. Johnny Russell* 42 112 GAME-WINNING GOALS Player GP GWG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 13 1. Preki 218 13 3. Chris Klein 200 12 3. Kei Kamara 113 11 3. Josh Wolff 144 11 6. Davy Arnaud 240 10 7. Graham Zusi* 260 8 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 9. Benny Feilhaber* 153 7 9. C.J. Sapong 110 7 9. Scott Sealy 88 7 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Player GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi* 260 27 2. Preki 218 23 3. Chris Klein 200 16 4. Benny Feilhaber* 153 12 5. Davy Arnaud 240 10 5. Josh Wolff 144 10 7. Roger Espinoza* 226 8 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 8 7. Mo Johnston 149 8 7. Kei Kamara 113 8 7. Chance Myers 147 8 7. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8 MULTI-GOAL GAMES Player GP MGG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 10 2. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 3. Preki 218 7 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 4. Scott Sealy 88 5 4. Josh Wolff 144 5 7. Mo Johnston 149 4 7. Chris Klein 200 4 9. Johnny Russell* 42 3 9. Graham Zusi* 260 3 9. Davy Arnaud 240 3 9. Teal Bunbury 89 3 9. Eddie Johnson 43 3 PENALTY KICK GOALS Player GP PKG 1. Preki 218 21 2. Benny Feilhaber* 153 12 3. Dom Dwyer 128 7 4. Ilie Sanchez* 79 5 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 6. Claudio Lopez 57 4 7. Claudio Bieler 41 3 7. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 3 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 3 7. Josh Wolff 144 3 GOALS PER GAME Player GP 1. Dom Dwyer 128 2. Kei Kamara 113 3. Preki 218 4. Scott Sealy 88 5. Josh Wolff 144 6. Vitalis Takawira 103 7. Mark Chung 94 7. Mo Johnston 149 9. Chris Klein 200 10. Benny Feilhaber* 153 *Minimum 20 goals
GLS AVG 57 0.45 38 0.34 71 0.33 28 0.32 43 0.30 28 0.27 20 0.21 31 0.21 39 0.20 29 0.19
BOLD * - denotes player on current roster
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Year Player GP 2011 C.J. Sapong 34 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2018 Tim Melia 34 2018 Ilie Sanchez 34 2018 Graham Zusi 34 2012 Kei Kamara 33 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 2017 Jimmy Medranda 33 2017 Ilie Sanchez 33 GAMES STARTED Year Player GS 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2018 Tim Melia 34 2018 Ilie Sanchez 34 2018 Graham Zusi 34 2017 Ilie Sanchez 33 MINUTES PLAYED Year Player MIN 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2018 Tim Melia 3060 2018 Ilie Sanchez 3060 2018 Graham Zusi 3060 2017 Ilie Sanchez 2970 2000 Nick Garcia 2915 2000 Peter Vermes 2915 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Year Player GP 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2018 Tim Melia 34 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 32 2000 Tony Meola 31 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 2017 Tim Melia 31 Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2003 Tony Meola 2008 Kevin Hartman 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2007 Kevin Hartman
SAVES GP SV 31 129 30 121 30 117 32 112 30 110
Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 2018 Tim Melia 2008 Kevin Hartman 2010 Jimmy Nielsen 2017 Tim Melia
SHUTOUTS GP SO 31 16 34 15 34 13 34 13 30 10 29 10 31 10
GOALKEEPER WINS Year Player GP GW 1997 Mike Ammann 29 21 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18 2018 Tim Melia 34 18 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 17 2000 Tony Meola 31 15 1996 Garth Lagerwey 23 12 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12 2017 Tim Melia 31 12
Year Player 2014 Dom Dwyer 1996 Preki 2016 Dom Dwyer 2007 Eddie Johnson 1996 Vitalis Takawira
GOALS GP GOALS 33 22 32 18 33 16 24 15 28 13
CORNER KICKS Year Player GP CK 2012 Graham Zusi 32 150 2013 Graham Zusi 27 128 2014 Graham Zusi 25 125 2009 Claudio Lopez 29 123 2018 Graham Zusi 34 100
Year Player 1997 Preki 2003 Preki 2000 Preki 2012 Graham Zusi 2015 Benny Feilhaber
ASSISTS GP ASSISTS 27 17 30 17 31 15 32 15 32 15
OFFSIDES Year Player GP OFF 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 50 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 44 1997 Vitalis Takawira 28 43 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 38 2000 Chris Henderson 31 36
SHOTS GP SHOTS 32 140 33 134 33 119 33 113 30 97
GAME-WINNING GOALS Year Player GP GWG 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 6 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 6 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 6 2018 Daniel Salloi 29 6 1997 Preki 27 5 2012 C.J. Sapong 31 5 2015 Krisztian Nemeth 27 5
Year Player 1996 Preki 2012 Kei Kamara 2016 Dom Dwyer 2014 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki
SHOTS ON GOAL Year Player GP SOG 1996 Preki 32 61 2012 Kei Kamara 33 49 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 48 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 48 1997 Preki 27 44 2002 Preki 25 44 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 44 FOULS COMMITTED Year Player GP FC 2000 Chris Henderson 31 79 2001 Matt McKeon 26 76 1997 Matt McKeon 31 75 2000 Matt McKeon 30 75 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 66 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 66 2018 Roger Espinoza 32 66 Year Player 2004 Davy Arnaud 2005 Davy Arnaud 2015 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki 2006 Davy Arnaud
FOULS SUFFERED GP FS 30 111 31 85 30 81 30 77 32 76
CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Year Player GP YC 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 13 2011 Aurelien Collin 23 10 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 10 2016 Roger Espinoza 30 10 1997 Mo Johnston 29 9 2005 Jose Burciaga Jr. 31 9 2017 Roger Espinoza 30 9 2018 Roger Espinoza 32 9 EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3 eight players tied with 2
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Year Player GP GA GAA 2017 Tim Melia 31 24 0.78 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.79 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.88 2000 Tony Meola 31 29 0.92 2004 Tony Meola 21 22 1.05 *Minimum 1,000 minutes played
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GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Year Player GP GWA 2000 Chris Henderson 31 5 2000 Matt McKeon 30 5 2003 Preki 30 5 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 5 2004 Josh Wolff 26 5 2012 Graham Zusi 32 5 2013 Graham Zusi 27 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 30 5 PENALTY KICK GOALS Year Player GP PKG 1996 Preki 32 7 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 7 2003 Preki 30 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 32 5 2016 Benny Feilhaber 29 5 GOALS PER GAME Year Player GP GLS 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 12 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 2019 Krisztian Nemeth* 11 7 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 2019 Johnny Russell* 12 7 1996 Preki 32 18 *Minimum 5 goal
AVG 0.71 0.67 0.64 0.63 0.58 0.56
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 29, 2019 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Career: 71 Preki Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014) Game: 3 10 times Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd) Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd) Half: 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/2017 vs. SEA, 2nd) ASSISTS Career: 98 Preki Season: 17 Preki (1997) Season: 17 Preki (2003) Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET) Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st) Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st) SHOTS Career: 693 Preki Season: 140 Preki (1996) Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB) Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd) Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd) Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL Career: 283 Preki Season: 61 Preki (1996) Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA) Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/007 vs. NY) Half: 4 9 times
CORNER KICKS Career: 791 Graham Zusi Season: 150 Graham Zusi (2012) Game: 12 Alex Zotinca (07/22/2006 at NY) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (04/10/1999 vs. SJ, 2nd) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (05/20/2000 vs. SJ, 1st)
FOULS COMMITTED Career: 373 Roger Espinoza Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000) Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL) Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL) Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)
GOALS ALLOWED Career: 154 Tony Meola Season: 45 Mike Ammann (1997) Season: 45 Kevin Hartman (2007) Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/2001 vs. CHI) Half: 4 6 times
FOULS SUFFERED Career: 528 Davy Arnaud Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004) Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY) Half: 6 7 times
SAVES Career: 507 Tony Meola Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000) Game: 10 Tim Melia (04/08/2018 at LA) Half: 7 4 times
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Season: 65 Game: 7 2-Tms: 10 Half: 5 Half: 5
in 2018 03/30/2019 vs. MTL 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd) 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)
ASSISTS Season: 69 Game: 10 2-Tms: 12 Half: 8
in 2018 06/20/1999 vs. MET 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)
SHOTS Season: 583 Game: 34 Game: 34 Game: 34 2-Tms: 44 2-Tms: 44 2-Tms: 44 Half: 23
in 2018 05/15/2016 vs. ORL 04/20/2018 vs. VAN 10/06/2018 vs. LA 08/14/1999 at MET 08/05/2000 vs. LA 06/09/2001 at MIA 04/20/2018 vs. VAN (2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 250 in 1996 Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI Game: 14 04/20/2018 vs. VAN 2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st) FOULS COMMITTED Season: 511 in 2013 Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB 2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st) Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd) Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st) FOULS SUFFERED Season: 541 in 2000 Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL 2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)
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CORNER KICKS Season: 206 in 2018 Game: 15 04/10/1999 vs. SJ 2-Tms: 22 08/14/1999 at MET Half: 10 04/10/1999 vs. SJ (2nd) GOALS ALLOWED Season: 63 in 1996 Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 4 7 times SAVES Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half:
133 in 1999 10 04/08/2018 at LA 18 04/18/1997 vs. DAL 18 09/02/2000 vs. TB 7 4 times
Adrian Zendejas Botond Barath Abdul Rwatubyaye Andreu Fontas Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Yohan Croizet Kelyn Rowe Gerso Fernandes Gianluca Busio Nicolas Hasler Seth Sinovic Graham Smith Roger Espinoza Eric Dick Erik Hurtado Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Rodney Wallace Tyler Freeman Gedion Zelalem Jaylin Lindsey Tim Melia Benny Feilhaber Wan Kuzain Jimmy Medranda
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Played for other teams: Nicolas Hasler played 73 minutes for CHI Benny Feilhaber played 620 minutes for COL
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Nemeth 1 (Russell 1) 16 Sanchez 1 (penalty kick) 11; own goal (Elliott) 80 Russell 1 (free kick) 88 Russell 2 (unassisted) 10; Nemeth 2 (Fernandes 1, Gutierrez 1) 43; Gutierrez 1 (Fernandes 2, Espinoza 1) 47+; Russell 3 (Espinoza 2) 50; Nemeth 3 (Russell 2) 68; Busio 1 (unassisted) 78; Nemeth 4 (Sanchez 1) 84 Busio 2 (unassisted) 62 Russell 4 (Nemeth 1, Zusi 1) 24; Busio 3 (unassisted) 88 Gutierrez 2 (penalty kick) 66 Nemeth 5 (Zusi 2, Rowe 1) 33; Gutierrez 3 (penalty kick) 60; Gutierrez 4 (unassisted) 70; Nemeth 6 (Russell 3)
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Adrian Zendejas Botond Barath Abdul Rwatubyaye Andreu Fontas Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Yohan Croizet Kelyn Rowe Gerso Fernandes Gianluca Busio Seth Sinovic Graham Smith Roger Espinoza Eric Dick Erik Hurtado Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Rodney Wallace Tyler Freeman Jaylin Lindsey Tim Melia Wan Kuzain Jimmy Medranda
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Nemeth (Fernandes) 35; Fernandes (unassisted) 52; Sanchez (unassisted) 72 Fernandes (Espinoza ) 8; Nemeth (penalty kick) 62 Sanchez (penalty kick) 51 Nemeth (Barath) 74; Espinoza (Russell) 81; Nemeth (Fernandes) 86
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SF2 MTRY 2-5 34
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CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE R161 R162 QF1 QF2 TOLC TOLC INDC INDC 3-0 2-0 1-2 3-0 90G 90D 90D
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE R161 02/21/2019 KC 3 vs TOLUCA 0 R162 02/28/2019 KC 2 at TOLUCA 0 QF1 03/06/2019 KC 1 at INDCHO 2 QF2 03/14/2019 KC 3 vs INDCHO 0 SF1 04/04/2019 KC 0 at MNTREY 5 SF2 04/11/2019 KC 2 vs MNTREY 5
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Overall: 8-5-1, 25 points 3rd in West Home: 6-2-0 Away: 2-3-1 vs. West: 5-2-1 vs. East: 3-3-0 GF: 19 GA: 17 GD: 2
2019 MLS Regular Season LA Galaxy vs. Sporting Kansas City Location: Children’s Mercy Park Capacity: 21,000 Kickoff: 5:30 p.m. PT All-time vs. SKC: 24-23-15 All-time vs. SKC away: 8-16-8
Overall: 3-4-5, 14 points 11th in West Home: 3-1-3 Away: 0-3-2 GF: 23 GA: 22 GD: 1
English Television: Spectrum SportsNet English Radio: LAGalaxy.com Spanish Radio: KWKW ESPN 1330
INJURY REPORT: OUT: Romain Alessandrini (left knee, meniscus) THE MATCH: The LA Galaxy (8-5-1, 25 points) will travel to face Sporting KC at 5:30 p.m. PT on Wednesday, May 29 at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. (Spectrum SportsNet). Zlatan Ibrahimović returns to the LA Galaxy this week after completing his two-game suspension. He scored in the Galaxy’s last trip to Kansas City, a 1-1 draw on Oct. 6, 2018. All-time the Galaxy are 24-23-15 against Sporting KC, going 8-16-8 on the road. In their emotional win over the Seattle Sounders, Johnny Russell scored a hat trick to secure a 3-2. The victory snapped Sporting KC’s seven-match winless streak with their first victory since March 30 in a wild Sunday evening showdown at Children’s Mercy Park. Over the weekend, the Galaxy snapped a four-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over Orlando City SC. Jonathan dos Santos scored his second goal of the season and David Bingham saved his first penalty of the season to propel Galaxy to victory. With the win, the Galaxy enter the week third in the MLS Western Conference standings. TEAM OF THE WEEK: LA Galaxy midfielder Jonathan dos Santos has been named to MLSsoccer.com's Team of the Week. Dos Santos scored an incredible game-winning goal to help Los Angeles earn a hard-fought win over Orlando City SC last Friday. David Bingham, who tallied six saves in the win, was named to the Team of the Week bench. GAME NOTES: • • • • •
Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns to the LA Galaxy after completing his two-game suspension. The LA Galaxy are tied for the third-lowest number of goals conceded in the Western Conference. Zlatan Ibrahimovic leads the Galaxy in goals scored this season (9). Daniel Steres is the second-leading scorer for the Galaxy this year (3). Diego Polenta leads the Galaxy in assists this year (3).
NEXT UP: The LA Galaxy return home to host the New England Revolution at 7:30 p.m. PT on Sunday, June 2 at Dignity Health Sports Park (Spectrum SportsNet).
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Galaxy Communications Brendan Hannan (310) 630-2245 – bhannan@lagalaxy.com Chris Glidden (561) 459-0025 – cglidden@lagalaxy.com Vicky Mercado (310) 630-2215 – vmercado@lagalaxy.com Chris Hybl (562) 533-1984 – chybl@lagalaxy.com
LA Galaxy Postgame Notes: LA Galaxy 1, Orlando City SC 0 LA Galaxy 1, Orlando City SC 0 Friday, May 24, 2019 – 4 p.m. PT 2019 MLS Regular Season Orlando City Stadium – Orlando, Florida Scoring Summary: LA – Jonathan dos Santos 20’ Misconduct Summary: LA – Emil Cuello (caution) 17’ LA – Giancarlo Gonzalez (caution) 74’ ORL – Robin Jansson (caution) 83’ LA – Joe Corona 90’+1’ (caution) Lineups: LA Galaxy: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Daniel Steres, Jorgen Skjelvik; Sebastian Lletget (Chris Pontius 90’+1’), Joe Corona, Jonathan dos Santos ©, Emil Cuello (Perry Kitchen 57’); Favio Alvarez (Ethan Zubak 74’); Uriel Antuna. Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Dave Romney, Emmanuel Boateng, Efrain Alvarez. Head Coach: Guillermo Barros Schelotto TOTAL SHOTS: 4; SHOTS ON GOAL: 1; FOULS: 11; OFFSIDE: 3; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 6. Orlando City SC: Brian Rowe; Ruan, Lamine Sane, Robin Jansson, Joao Moutinho, Will Johnson, Sebastian Mendez, Cristian Higuita (Sacha Kljestan 67’), Chris Mueller (Josue Colman 83’), Tesho Akindele (Kyle Smith 56’) Substitutions not used: Greg Ranjitsingh, Kamal Miller, Oriol Rosell, Benji Michel. Head Coach: James O’Connor TOTAL SHOTS: 19; SHOTS ON GOAL: 7; FOULS: 7; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 0. Referee: Allen Chapman Referee’s Assistants: Jeremy Hanson and Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho 4th Official: Thomas Snyder VAR: Kevin Terry Jr. Attendance: 24,712 Notes:
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In their 14th game of the season, the LA Galaxy broke a four-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over Orlando City SC in Orlando. The result moves the Galaxy to 8-5-1 with 25 points through 14 matches on the season. Jonathan dos Santos tallied his second goal of the season. He has recorded four goals and ten assists for the Galaxy in 47 career appearances. David Bingham recorded his first penalty kick save of the season with a stop against Nani in the 32nd minute. Bingham’s six saves tied a season high. He also recorded six saves in the Galaxy’s previous win, April 28 vs. Real Salt Lake at Dignity Health Sports Park. Tonight’s shutout marks the first for the LA Galaxy since a 0-0 draw against Minnesota United on April 24 in St. Paul. Perry Kitchen returned from injury to make his first appearance of the season, subbing on for Emil Cuello in the 57thminute. Ethan Zubak earned his second appearance of his debut MLS season when he subbed on for Favio Alvarez in the 74th minute. The LA Galaxy have scored 18 goals this season and conceded 17. On the road this year, the Galaxy are now 2-3-1. Against Orlando, the Galaxy are now 2-2-0 all-time. This is the Galaxy’s first win in Orlando. Guillermo Barros Schelotto is now 8-5-1 all-time as a head coach in MLS. The Galaxy have played five of six matches during the month of May. In their next match, the Galaxy will face Sporting KC at 5:30 p.m. PT on Wednesday, May 29 at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. (Spectrum SportsNet) The Galaxy will next return home on June 2, when they face New England Revolution. For more information, visit www.lagalaxy.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Galaxy Communications Brendan Hannan (310) 630-2245 –bhannan@lagalaxy.com Chris Glidden (561) 459-0025 –cglidden@lagalaxy.com Vicky Mercado (310) 630-2215 –vmercado@lagalaxy.com Chris Hybl (562) 533-1984 –chybl@lagalaxy.com
LA Galaxy Postgame Quote Sheet: LA Galaxy 1, Orlando City SC 0 LA Galaxy 1, Orlando City SC 0 Friday, May 24, 2019 – 4 p.m. PT 2019 MLS Regular Season Orlando City Stadium – Orlando, Florida LA GALAXY HEAD COACH GUILLERMO BARROS SCHELOTTO On how the team battled for 90 minutes: “Yeah I think we talked about we need some points, we need to win, we need to recover on the points we lost to New York on week ago. We need to fight more. I think we are a really good team, very big club, we need to fight like Galaxy. I think today was wonderful because the players fought, the players tried to play and won three points which are very important to us.” On their defensive intensity: “We practiced yesterday, about the defense. We were very clear with the instructions with the players, they understood really good. Because today they played a wonderful game. I know in the second half maybe we give the ball to the other team, but we defended. The second half was...they couldn’t just get in our box with ground balls, air balls so we forced them to divide the ball. They never can get [by] with touches. At the end of the day, the defense was wonderful.” On David Bingham’s performance: “It was wonderful, the penalty he saved. Here we did the penalty. You know I think he is a really good goalkeeper, very good condition. He could take out everything he had on the side, because he is really good.” On Jonathan dos Santos: “He is very important. His talent is very important. To have a talented player like Jonathan is important. But today, we need to tell the truth. He is forcing his body. He has some pain in the hip. He always tries to stay on the field. But he’s very good for us. He put in everything he had on the field. That’s important to show the young players.” LA GALAXY MIDFIELDER JONATHAN DOS SANTOS On scoring a goal while battling with a hip issue: “It was a little difficult, but when I start to have pain in my hip and I start to do some movements, my body gets tired faster because I don’t have the complete mobility. But, I suffer with that pain and try to do everything I can for the team. From one part, it takes a lot from me. Almost every year, I experience some pain in my hip but like i’ve always said, there’s never an excuse. If you are going to play, you are going to play at 100%. Today I found myself good, truthfully, I found myself good. All week I felt good as well. The most important thing is that we won, we suffered, but we won.”
On his goal: “Yeah, like you said, I am playing in a position that is a lot more back so that gives me the opportunity to get to the area, have more clear options to score. When I score a goal, it’s not for nothing, I get golazos. I have to try it more. At first it was a pass to Rolf [Feltscher], change of game, Rolf enters, the rebound was there and I got a goal. To be honest, it was perfect for me to get a goal. Happy to get a goal and to help the team.” On the energy of the team: “We knew it was going to be a difficult game because of the temperature, the humidity, because of a little of everything. But I think the team knew how to suffer the second part more than anything. The first part was very equalized, both teams had the ball, it was a game there and back. But I think the second half for the team was very good, in the feeling of suffering, in the defense. I think the team knew we were together after coming off a bad record but this victory and the suffering we had in the second half will help us tremendously for the rest of the season.” LA GALAXY GOALKEEPER DAVID BINGHAM On the way LA defended for 90 minutes tonight: “Yeah it was a hard fought game tonight it was a lot different than last week, we were under the gun a lot of the game and we were able to stay organized, and put up a shutout on the road and we were able to get three points on the road tonight which was big for us.” On what the result does for LA and how it feels: “Yeah three points is massive on the road, we’re not happy with how we played and we shouldn’t be, but at the end of the day we’d rather play bad and pick up three points than play good and lose, so.” On his performance tonight: “We knew we had to come here and get three points and we had to be locked in the whole game and luckily I was able to make some big saves tonight and keep us in it.”
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DATE Saturday, Mar 2 Saturday, Mar 9 Saturday, Mar 16 Sunday, Mar 31 Friday, Apr 5 Saturday, Apr 13 Friday, Apr 19 Wednesday, Apr 24 Sunday, Apr 28 Saturday, May 4 Wednesday, May 8 Saturday, May 11 Sunday, May 19 Friday, May 24 Wednesday, May 29 Saturday, Jun 1 Saturday, Jun 22 Saturday, Jun 29 Thursday, Jul 4 Friday, Jul 12 Friday, Jul 19 Saturday, Jul 27 Saturday, Aug 3 Sunday, Aug 11 Wednesday, Aug 14 Saturday, Aug 17 Sunday, Aug 25 Sunday, Sep 1 Thursday, Sep 12 Sunday, Sep 15 Saturday, Sep 21 Wednesday, Sep 25 Sunday, Sep 29 Sunday, Oct 6
OPPONENT Chicago Fire FC Dallas Minnesota United FC Portland Timbers Vancouver Whitecaps FC Philadelphia Union Houston Dynamo Minnesota United FC Real Salt Lake New York Red Bulls Columbus Crew SC New York City FC Colorado Rapids Orlando City SC Sporting Kansas City New England Revolution FC Cincinnati San Jose Earthquakes Toronto FC San Jose Earthquakes LAFC Portland Timbers Atlanta United D.C. United FC Dallas Seattle Sounders FC LAFC Seattle Sounders FC Colorado Rapids Sporting Kansas City Montreal Impact Real Salt Lake Vancouver Whitecaps FC Houston Dynamo
VENUE Dignity Health Sports Park Toyota Stadium Dignity Health Sports Park Dignity Health Sports Park BC Place Dignity Health Sports Park Dignity Health Sports Park Allianz Field Dignity Health Sports Park Red Bull Arena MAPFRE Stadium Dignity Health Sports Park Dignity Health Sports Park Orlando City Stadium Children’s Mercy Park Dignity Health Sports Park Nippert Stadium Stanford Stadium Dignity Health Sports Park Dignity Health Sports Park Dignity Health Sports Park Providence Park Mercedes-Benz Stadium Audi Field Dignity Health Sports Park Dignity Health Sports Park Banc of California Stadium CenturyLink Field Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Dignity Health Sports Park Dignity Health Sports Park Rio Tinto Stadium Dignity Health Sports Park BBVA Compass Stadium
TIME (PT) 5:00pm 12:30pm 7:30pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 11:00am 4:30pm 1:00pm 5:00pm 4:00pm 5:30pm 7:30pm 4:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 1:30pm 4:30pm 7:30pm 7:00 pm 7:00pm 3:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 6:30pm 4:30pm 1:00pm
TV/RESULT W2–1 L0–2 W3–2 W2–1 W2–0 W2–0 W2–1 D0–0 W2–1 L2–3 L1–3 L0–2 L0–1 W1–0 SSN SSN SSN SSN SSN UniMas ESPN FS1 FOX FS1 SSN ESPN2 FS1 FS1 SSN SSN SSN SSN SSN SSN
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 41
Player David Bingham Perry Kitchen Diego Polenta Dave Romney Daniel Steres Servando Carrasco Romain Alessandrini Jonathan dos Santos Zlatan Ibrahimović Favio Alvarez Chris Pontius Joe Corona Diedie Traore Jorgen Skjelvik Sebastian Lletget Uriel Antuna Juninho Tomas Hilliard-Arce Giancarlo Gonzalez Julian Araujo Emmanuel Boateng Rolf Feltscher Efrain Alvarez Emil Cuello Matt Lampson Ethan Zubak Justin Vom Steeg
Pos. GK M D D D M M M F M M M D D M M M D D D M D M M GK F GK
No. 7 18 22 26 11 1 24 14 27 8 25 21 20 9 19 2 28 17 12 3 4 16 5 15 41 29
Player Romain Alessandrini Uriel Antuna Julian Araujo Efrain Alvarez Favio Alvarez David Bingham Emmanuel Boateng Joe Corona Emil Cuello Jonathan dos Santos Rolf Feltscher Giancarlo Gonzalez Tomas Hilliard-Arce Zlatan Ibrahimović Juninho Perry Kitchen Matt Lampson Sebastian Lletget Chris Pontius Diego Polenta Dave Romney Jorgen Skjelvik Daniel Steres Diedie Traore Justin Vom Steeg Ethan Zubak
Pos. M M D M M GK M M M M D D D F M M GK M M D D D D D GK F
Ht. 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-0 5-11 5-8 5-8 6-5 6-0 6-0 5-8 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-9 5-7 6-1 6-1 5-9 5-6 5-11 5-8 5-11 6-3 6-2 6-4
Wt. 189 160 192 190 175 165 155 160 209 154 170 155 180 170 165 130 145 175 185 154 150 163 150 165 200 165 200
DOB 10/19/1989 02/29/1992 02/06/1992 06/12/1993 11/11/1990 08/13/1988 04/03/1989 04/26/1990 10/03/1981 01/23/1993 05/12/1987 07/09/1980 01/15/1999 07/05/1991 09/03/1992 08/21/1997 01/08/1989 11/22/1995 02/08/1988 08/13/2001 01/17/1994 10/06/1990 06/19/2002 01/02/1997 09/06/1989 04/15/1998 04/05/1997
Pronunciation Roh-mahn Al-ess-anne-DREE-knee OO-ree-ehl Ahn-TOU-nah Uh-raa-HOH EFF-rah-een AL-vuh-rez Fah-vee-oh AL-vuh-rez BING-uhm AH-man-u-elle Boh-ah-teng Ca-ROW-na EE-mil Koo-ay-jho Doh-San-tos Roll-f felt-sher jUHn-kAAr-loh TOE-mas Hill-E-ard AR-say E-bra-HEEM-oh-vich Jue-NEE-nyoh PEAR-ee Lah-jet Pawn-tee-us Dee-ai-goh POE-len-ta Romm-nee YOR-ghen Skee-yel-vick STARE-iss Dee-Dee Try-or-AY VAHM steeg Zoo-BACK
Head Coach: Guillermo Barros Schelotto Assistant Coach: Gustavo Barros Schelotto Assistant Coach: Dom Kinnear Assistant Coach: Ariel Pereyra Goalkeeper Coach: Juan José Romero Performance Coach: Javier Valdecantos Director of Sports Medicine: Ivan Pierra Director of Sports Performance: Pierre Barrieu
Hometown Castro Valley, Calif. Indianapolis, Indiana Montevideo, Uruguay Irvine, Calif. Calabasas, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Marseille, France Monterrey, Mexico Malmö, Sweden Córdoba, Argentina Yorba Linda, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Bondy, France Baerum, Switzerland San Francisco, Calif. Gomez Palacio, Mexico San Jose dos Campos, Brazil Matthews, N.C. San Jose, Costa Rica Lompoc, Calif. Accra, Ghana Bülach, Switzerland Los Angeles, Calif. Orem, Utah Hilliard, Ohio Corona, Calif. Santa Barbara, Calif.
Place of Birth Marseille, France Gomez Palacio, Mexico Lompoc, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Córdoba, Argentina Castro Valley, Calif. Accra, Ghana Los Angeles, Calif. Orem, Utah Mexico City, Mexico Bülach, Switzerland San Jose, Costa Rica Matthews, N.C. Malmö, Sweden San Jose dos Campos, Brazil Indianapolis Cleveland, Tenn. San Francisco, Calif. Yorba Linda, Calif. Montevideo, Uruguay Irvine, Calif. Baerum, Norway Burbank, Calif. Bondy, France Santa Barbara, Calif. Corona, Calif.
College University of California-Berkeley University of Akron -San Francisco San Diego State University of California-Berkeley ----UCSB ------Stanford --UC Santa Barbara --Southern Methodist University Ohio State University -UCSB
Last Club Olympique de Marseille (France) Manchester City (England) LA Galaxy Academy LA Galaxy II (USL) Atlético Tucumán (Argentina) San Jose Earthquakes Helsingborgs IF (Sweden) Club Tijuana Southern Methodist University Villarreal CF (Spain) Cardiff City (England) Bologna (Italy) Stanford Manchester United Club Tijuana (Mexico) Randers FC (Denmark) Minnesota United FC West Ham United (England) Philadelphia Union Club Nacional de Football (Uruguay) LA Galaxy II (USL) Rosenborg BK (Norway) LA Galaxy II (USL) LA Galaxy II (USL) LA Galaxy II (USL) LA Galaxy II (USL)
Team Administrator: Zack Murshedi Technical Director: Jovan Kirovski Director of Soccer Operations: Gordon Kljestan Equipment Manager: Raul Vargas Strength & Conditioning Coach: Adam Waterson Sports Scientist: William Sparks Athletic Assistant: Cesar Roldan
2019 CATERGORICAL WIN-LOSS
MISCELLANEOUS STATS: Quickest Goal: 16’ (Uriel Antuna vs. RSL, 4/28)
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Quickest Goal Against: 15’ (Tarek (NYRB), 5/4)
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GALAXY AWARD WINNERS MLS Player of the Month MLS Player of the Week MLS Goal of the Week MLS Save of the Week
2019 MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Sebastian Lletget: Week 2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Week 6, Week 7 Daniel Steres: Week 6 Jorgen Skjelvik: Week 7 Jonathan dos Santos: Week 9, Week 13
2019 CATEGORIAL WIIN-LOSS BY REFEREE Referee Jair Marrufo Ted Unkel Baldomero Toledo Allen Chapman Armando Villarreal David Gantar Chris Penso Joseph Dickerson Nima Saghafi Rubiel Vazquez Drew Fischer
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PENALTY KICKS FOR: Date 3/16 3/31 3/31 4/13 4/19.
Min. 36’ 33’ 65’ 36’ 31’
Player Dos Santos Ibrahimovic Ibrahimovic Ibrahimovic Ibrahimovic
Goalkeeper Mannone Attinella Attinella. Blake Willis
Totals: 5/5
Result Make Make Make Make Make
PENALTY KICKS AGAINST: Date 3/9 4/19 5/11 5/24
Min. 53’ 53’ 45’+6’ 32’
Team DAL HOU NYCFC ORL
Player Ziegler Elis Moralez Nani Totals: 3/4
Goalkeeper Bingham Bingham Bingham Bingham
Result Make Make Make Save
LA Galaxy 2 | Chicago Fire 1 March 2, 2019, at Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 25,866
FC Dallas 2 | LA Galaxy 0 March 9, 2019, at Toyota Stadium Attendance: 17,220
CHI – C.J. Sapong 49’ LA – Daniel Steres (Assisted by Efrain Alvarez) 68’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimović 80’
DAL – Reto Ziegler (PK) DAL – Bryan Acosta (Assisted by Paxton Pomykal) 61’
Lineup: David Bingham; Diego Polenta, Daniel Steres, Jørgen Skjelvik, Rolf Feltscher; Servando Carrasco, Romain Alessandrini (Emmanuel Boateng 20’), Jonathan dos Santos, Uriel Antuna (Chris Pontius 78’), Emil Cuello (Efrain Alvarez 60’); Zlatan Ibrahimović. Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Dave Romney, Tomas HilliardArce, Julian Araujo LA CHI
SHT 13 17
SOG 5 5
F 7 7
OFF 3 2
CK 9 5
SV 4 1
Lineup: David Bingham; Diego Polenta, Daniel Steres, Jørgen Skjelvik, Rolf Feltscher; Jonathan dos Santos, Joe Corona, Sebastian Lletget (Efrain Alvarez 59’), Uriel Antuna, Emmanuel Boateng (Ethan Zubak 75’); Chris Pontius Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Dave Romney, Julian Araujo, Servando Carrasco, Emil Cuello DAL LA
SHT 12 11
SOG 4 1
F 7 14
OFF 2 0
CK 5 3
SV 1 2
LA Galaxy 3 | Minnesota United 2 March 16, 2019, at Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 21,177
LA Galaxy 2 | Portland Timbers 1 March 31, 2019, at Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 23,820
LA – Jonathan dos Santos (PK) 36’ LA – Chris Pontius (Assisted by Rolf Feltscher, Emmanuel Boateng) 41’ MIN – Jan Gregus (Assisted by Romain Metanire) 75’ LA – Sebastian Lletget (Assisted by Uriel Antuna) 81’ MIN – Angelo Rodriguez 87’
LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PK) 33’ POR – Jeremy Ebobisse (Assisted by David Guzman, Diego Valeri) 44’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PK) 65’
Lineup: David Bingham; Diego Polenta, Daniel Steres, Jørgen Skjelvik, Rolf Feltscher; Jonathan dos Santos, Joe Corona, Sebastian Lletget; Chris Pontius (Julian Araujo 85’), Uriel Antuna, Emmanuel Boateng (Servando Carrasco 90’+4’) Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Dave Romney, Efrain Alvarez, Emil Cuello, Ethan Zubak LA MIN
SHT 20 15
SOG 7 4
F 9 13
OFF 1 0
CK 7 7
SV 2 4
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Diego Polenta, Daniel Steres, Jørgen Skjelvik; Romain Alessandrini (Chris Pontius 74’), Sebastian Lletget, Jonathan dos Santos, Joe Corona, Uriel Antuna (Emanuel Boateng 77’); Zlatan Ibrahimovic Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Dave Romney, Julian Araujo, Efrain Alvarez, Servando Carrasco LA POR
SHT 11 9
SOG 2 4
F 13 14
OFF 5 1
CK 6 2
SV 3 0
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 | LA Galaxy 2 April 5, 2019, at BC Place Attendance: 22,120
LA Galaxy 2 | Philadelphia Union 0 April 13, 2019, at Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 24,053
LA – Daniel Steres (Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic) 63’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Assisted by Rolf Feltscher) 71’
LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Assisted by Jorgen Skjelvik, Romain Alessandrini) 27’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PK) 36’
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Dave Romney, Daniel Steres, Jørgen Skjelvik (Diedie Traore 88’); Romain Alessandrini (Chris Pontius 82’), Sebastian Lletget, Jonathan dos Santos, Joe Corona, Uriel Antuna (Emanuel Boateng 84’); Zlatan Ibrahimovic © Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Julian Araujo, Efrain Alvarez, Servando Carrasco VAN LA
SHT 9 11
SOG 4 2
F 14 13
OFF 1 5
CK 2 6
SV 0 3
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher (Julian Araujo 65’), Daniel Steres, Diego Polenta, Jørgen Skjelvik; Joe Corona, Jonathan dos Santos, Romain Alessandrini (Juninho 90’), Sebastian Lletget, Uriel Antuna (Emanuel Boateng 75’); Zlatan Ibrahimovic © Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Dave Romney, Servando Carrasco, Chris Pontius LA PHI
SHT 11 11
SOG 5 2
F 10 6
OFF 2 4
CK 9 5
SV 2 3
LA Galaxy 2 | Houston Dynamo 1 April 19, 2019, at Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 21,503
Minnesota United FC 0 | LA Galaxy 0 April 24, 2019, at Allianz Field Attendance: 19,779
LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PK) 31’ HOU – Alberth Elis (PK) 53’ LA – Diego Polenta (Assisted by Jonathan dos Santos) 88’
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Lineup: David Bingham; Julian Araujo, Daniel Steres, Diego Polenta, Jørgen Skjelvik; Joe Corona (Servando Carrasco 87’), Jonathan dos Santos, Romain Alessandrini (Emmanuel Boateng 16’ (Giancarlo Gonzalez 90’+1’), Sebastian Lletget, Uriel Antuna; Zlatan Ibrahimovic ©
Lineup: David Bingham; Diego Polenta, Daniel Steres, Jørgen Skjelvik, Julian Araujo (Giancarlo Gonzalez 79’); Jonathan dos Santos, Joe Corona, Sebastian Lletget, Uriel Antuna (Servando Carrasco 82’), Emmanuel Boateng (Chris Pontius 64’); Zlatan Ibrahimovic © Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Dave Romney, Juninho, Emil Cuello
Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Dave Romney, Juninho, Emil Cuello LA HOU
SHT 13 13
SOG 5 3
F 13 10
OFF 4 1
CK 4 5
SV 2 3
MIN LA
SHT 12 10
SOG 1 4
F 7 6
OFF 3 0
CK 13 6
SV 4 1
LA Galaxy 2 | Real Salt Lake 1 April 28, 2019, at Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 20,615
New York Red Bulls 3 | LA Galaxy 2 May 4, 2019, at Red Bull Arena Attendance: 20,128
LA – Uriel Antuna (Assisted by Chris Pontius, Diego Polenta) 16’ RSL – Donny Toia 64’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Assisted by Sebastian Lletget
NYRB – Amor Tarek 15’ LA – Uriel Antuna (Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Diego Polenta) 39’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Assisted by Chris Pontius, Diego Polenta) 43’ NYRB – Marc Rzatkowski (Assisted by Connor Lade) 59’ NYRB – Derrick Etienne (Assisted by Daniel Royer, Omir Fernandez) 67’
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher (Giancarlo Gonzalez 88’), Daniel Steres, Diego Polenta, Diedie Traore; Jonathan dos Santos, Joe Corona (Servando Carrasco 84’), Chris Pontius, Sebastian Lletget, Uriel Antuna (Emmanuel Boateng 73’); Zlatan Ibrahimovic © Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Jorgen Skjelvik, Juninho, Emil Cuello LA RSL
SHT 11 22
SOG 6 7
F 15 8
OFF 3 5
CK 5 6
SV 6 4
Lineup: David Bingham; Diego Polenta, Daniel Steres, Diedie Traore (Juninho 83’), Rolf Feltscher; Jonathan dos Santos, Chris Pontius, Joe Corona, Sebastian Lletget, Uriel Antuna (Emmanuel Boateng 76’); Zlatan Ibrahimovic © Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Jorgen Skjelvik, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Servando Carrasco, Emil Cuello NYRB LA
SHT 14 22
SOG 7 5
F 16 11
OFF 6 3
Columbus Crew SC 3 | LA Galaxy 1 May 8, 2019, at MAPFRE Stadium Attendance: 13,207
LA Galaxy 0 | New York City FC 2 May 11, 2019, at Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 22,806
CLB – Gyasi Zardes (Assisted by Robinho, Federico Higuaín) 27’ CLB – Federico Higuaín (Assisted by Gyasi Zardes) 53’ CLB – Héctor Jiménez 66’ LA – Daniel Steres (Assisted by Sebastian Lletget) 87’
NYCFC – Heber 44’ NYCFC – Maximiliano Moralez (PK) 45’+6’
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Daniel Steres, Diego Polenta, Jørgen Skjelvik; Jonathan dos Santos (Servando Carrasco 41’), Joe Corona (Emmanuel Boateng 63’), Chris Pontius (Emil Cuello 79’), Sebastian Lletget, Uriel Antuna; Zlatan Ibrahimovic © Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Dave Romney, Juninho CLB LA
SHT 12 11
SOG 4 3
F 8 8
OFF 5 4
CK 3 7
SV 2 1
CK 8 6
SV 3 4
Lineup: David Bingham; Julian Araujo, Daniel Steres, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Diego Polenta, Diedie Traore (Emmanuel Boateng 45’); Sebastian Lletget, Servando Carrasco (Emil Cuello 82’), Joe Corona; Zlatan Ibrahimovic ©, Uriel Antuna (Chris Pontius 71’) Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Dave Romney, Juninho, Jorgen Skjelvik LA NYCFC
SHT 14 12
SOG 1 6
F 19 10
OFF 6 2
CK 7 4
SV 4 0
LA Galaxy 0 | Colorado Rapids 1 May 19, 2019, at Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 19,015
Orlando City SC 0 | LA Galaxy 1 May 24, 2019, at Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 24,712
COL – Andre Shinyashiki 82’
LA – Jonathan dos Santos 19’
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Daniel Steres, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Diego Polenta; Sebastian Lletget, Jonathan dos Santos (Emil Cuello 86’), Joe Corona, Favio Alvarez (Efrain Alvarez 75’); Uriel Antuna, Emmanuel Boateng (Chris Pontius 68’)
Lineup: David Bingham; Daniel Steres,Jørgen Skjelvik, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Rolf Feltscher; Jonathan dos Santos ©, Favio Alvarez (Ethan Zubak 74’), Joe Corona, Sebastian Lletget (Chris Pontius 90’+1’), Emil Cuello (Perry Kitchen 56’); Uriel Antuna
Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Dave Romney, Julian Araujo, Perry Kitchen
Substitutions not used: Matt Lampson, Dave Romney, Emmanuel Boateng, Efrain Alvarez
LA COL
SHT 18 22
SOG 6 6
F 8 9
OFF 2 1
CK 6 2
SV 4 6
ORL LA
SHT 19 4
SOG 7 1
F 7 11
OFF 2 3
CK 6 5
SV 0 6
#1 David Bingham Goalkeeper 6-2 189 Castro Valley, Calif. University of California Oct. 19, 1989 How Acquired: Signed on Jan. 10, 2018 after acquiring his rights from San Jose Earthquakes on Dec. 18, 2017 in exchange for $100,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) and $100,000 in Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal Allowed: May 19, 2019 vs. COL Last Yellow Card: April 24, 2019 vs. MIN Last Red Card: -Last Shutout: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Start: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL 2019 MLS Highs: Saves: 6, 2 times, last: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL GA: 3, 2 times, last: May 8, 2019 vs. CLB MLS Career Highs: Saves: 9, June 2, 2018 vs. POR GA: 6, Sept. 1, 2018 vs. RSL Career stats with the Galaxy: 48/48/21-17-10/1.68 MLS Career: 144/143/55-52-37/1.39 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 14/8/1.21
U.S. Open Cup: --
#2 Perry Kitchen Midfielder 6-0 189 Indianapolis How Acquired: Signed on Jan. 8, 2018 after acquiring his rights from D.C. United
University of Akron
Feb. 29, 1992
Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: Aug. 1, 2015 vs. RSL (with DC) Last Assist: July 7, 2018 vs. CLB Last Yellow Card: Sept. 1, 2018 vs. RSL Last Red Card: Aug. 23, 2017 vs. CLB Last Start: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: 2, Apr. 11, 2015, NYR (with DC) A: 1, 12 times, last: July 7, 2018 vs. CLB Career stats with the LA Galaxy: 32/27/0/2 MLS career: 190/182/10/12 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 1/0/0
U.S. Open Cup: --
#3 Diego Polenta Defender 6-1 192 Montevideo, Uruguay How Acquired: Signed with Targeted Allocation Money on Feb. 7, 2019
June 12, 1993
Last Appearance: May 19, 2019 vs. COL Last Goal: April 19, 2019 vs. HOU Last Assist: May 4, 2019 vs. NYRB Last Yellow Card: May 19, 2019 vs. COL Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 19, 2019 vs. COL 2019 MLS Highs: G: 1, 1 time, last: April 19, 2019 vs. HOU A: 2, 1 time, last: May 4, 2019 vs. NYRB MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 1 time, last: April 19, 2019 vs. HOU A: 2, 1 time, last: May 4, 2019 vs. NYRB Career stats with the Galaxy: 12/12/1/3 MLS career: 12/12/1/3 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 12/1/3
U.S. Open Cup: --
#4 Dave Romney Defender 6-2 175 How Acquired: Signed from LA Galaxy II on Aug. 5, 2015
Irvine, Calif.
San Francisco
June 12, 1993
Last Appearance: April 5, 2019 vs. VAN Last Goal: July 14, 2018 vs. NE Last Assist: July 29, 2018 vs. ORL Last Yellow Card: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Red Card: -Last Start: April 6, 2019 vs. VAN 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 2 times, last: June 24, 2017, vs. KC A: 1, 5 times, last: July 29, 2018 vs. ORL Career stats with the Galaxy: 73/60/3/5 MLS career: 73/60/3/5 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 1/0/0
#5 Daniel Steres Defender 6-0 How Acquired: Signed from LA Galaxy II on Dec. 17, 2015
U.S. Open Cup: -175
Burbank, Calif.
San Diego State
Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: May 8, 2019 vs. CLB Last Assist: March 31, 2018 vs. LAFC Last Yellow Card: March 9, 2019 vs. DAL Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL 2019 MLS Highs: G: 1, 3 times, last: May 8, 2019 vs. CLB A: -MLS Career Highs: G: 2, July 22, 2017 vs. NE A: 1, 2 times, last: March 31, 2018 vs. LAFC Career stats with the Galaxy: 86/78/7/2 MLS career: 86/78/7/2 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 14/3/0
U.S. Open Cup: --
Nov. 11, 1990
#6 Servando Carrasco Midfielder 5-11 165 San Diego, Calif. University of California-Berkeley How Acquired: Signed on Jan. 11, 2018 after being selected in Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft from Orlando City SC
Aug. 13, 1988
Last Appearance: May 11, 2019 vs. NYCFC Last Goal: April 9, 2017 vs. NY (with ORL) Last Assist: June 9, 2018 vs. RSL Last Yellow Card: May 11, 2019 vs. NYCFC Last Red Card: Sept. 9, 2017 vs. DC (with ORL) Last Start: May 11, 2019 vs. NYCFC 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 2 times, last: April 9, 2017 vs. NY (with ORL) A: 1, 6 times, last: March 31, 2018 vs. LAFC Career stats with the LA Galaxy: 26/12/0/2 MLS career: 152/89/2/7 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 7/0/0
U.S. Open Cup: --
#7 Romain Alessandrini Midfielder 5-8 155 Marseille, France How Acquired: Signed as Designated Player from Olympique de Marseille (France) on Jan. 31, 2017
April 3, 1989
Last Appearance: April 19, 2019 vs. HOU Last Goal: Oct. 21, 2018 vs. MIN Last Assist: April 13, 2019 vs. PHI Last Yellow Card: April 5, 2019 vs. VAN Last Red Card: -Last Start: April 19, 2019 vs. HOU 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: 1, 1 time, last: April 13, 2019 vs. PHI MLS Career Highs: G: 2, 4 times, last: July 7, 2018 vs. CLB A: 2, 6 times, last: Oct. 28, 2018 vs. HOU Career stats with the Galaxy: 61/55/24/22 MLS career: 61/55/24/22 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 5/0/1
U.S. Open Cup: --
#8 Jonathan dos Santos Midfielder 5-8 160 Mexico City, Mexico How Acquired: Signed as Designated Player from Villarreal CF (Spain) on July 27, 2017
April 26, 1990
Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Assist: April 19, 2019 vs. HOU Last Yellow Card: April 5, 2019 vs. VAN Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL 2019 MLS Highs: G: 1, 2 times, last: May 24, 2019 vs ORL A: 1, 1 time, last: April 19, 2019 vs. HOU MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 4 times, last: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL A: 2, 1 time, last: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Career stats with the Galaxy: 48/46/5/10 MLS career: 48/46/5/10 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 12/2/1
U.S. Open Cup: --
#9 Zlatan Ibrahimović Forward 6-5 209 Malmö, Sweden How Acquired: Signed with Targeted Allocation Money on March 23, 2018
Oct. 3, 1981
Last Appearance: May 11, 2019 vs. NYCFC Last Goal: May 4, 2019 vs. NYRB Last Assist: May 4, 2019 vs. NYRB Last Yellow Card: May 11, 2019 vs. NYCFC Last Red Card: May 21, 2018 vs. MTL Last Start: May 11, 2019 vs. NYCFC 2019 MLS Highs: G: 2, 2 times, last: April 13, 2019 vs. PHI A: 1, 2 times, last: May 4, 2019 vs. NYRB MLS Career Highs: G: 3, 1 time, last: July 29, 2018 vs. ORL A: 2, 1 time, last: April 28, 2018 vs. NY Career stats with the Galaxy: 37/34/31/12 MLS career: 37/34/31/12 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 10/9/2
U.S. Open Cup: --
#11 Favio Alvarez Midfielder 6-0 154 Córdoba, Argentina How Acquired: Acquired on loan from Atlético Tucamán on May 7, 2019 Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: -- Last Assist: -Last Yellow Card: -- Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 2/2/0/0 MLS Career: 2/2/0/0 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 2/0/0
U.S. Open Cup: --
January 23, 1993
#12 Chris Pontius Midfielder How Acquired: Signed on Jan. 22, 2018
6-0
170
Yorba Linda, Calif.
May 12, 1987
Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: March 16, 2019 vs. MIN Last Assist: May 4, 2019 vs. NYRB Last Yellow Card: Aug. 24, 2018 vs. LAFC Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 8, 2019 vs. CLB 2019 MLS Highs: G:1, 1 time, last: March 16, 2019 vs. MIN A: 1, 2 times, last: May 4, 2019 vs. NYRB MLS Career Highs: G: 3, Apr. 22, 2012, DC vs. NY (with DC) A: 3, Sept. 10, 2011, DC at CHV (with DC) Career stats with the Galaxy: 38/20/6/8 MLS Career: 253/205/51/37 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 12/1/2
U.S. Open Cup: --
#14 Joe Corona Midfielder 5-8 155 San Diego, Calif. How Acquired: Signed on March 6, 2019 from Club Tijuana using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM)
July 9, 1990
Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: -- Last Assist: March 16, 2019 vs. MIN Last Yellow Card: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: 1, 1 time, last: March 16, 2019 vs. MIN MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: 1, 1 time, last: March 16, 2019 vs. MIN Career stats with the Galaxy: 13/13/0/1 MLS Career: 13/13/0/1 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 13/0/1
U.S. Open Cup: --
#15 Diedie Traore Defender 6-0 How Acquired: Signed on March 6, 2019 from LA Galaxy II
180
Bondy, France
Jan. 15, 1999
Last Appearance: May 11, 2019 vs. NYCFC Last Goal: -- Last Assist: -Last Yellow Card: -- Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 11, 2019 vs. NYCFC 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 4/3/0/0 MLS Career: 4/3/0/0 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 4/0/0
#16 Jorgen Skjelvik Defender How Acquired: Signed on Dec. 14, 2017
U.S. Open Cup: -6-0
170
Baerum, Switzerland
July 4, 1991
Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: -Last Assist: April 13, 2019 vs. PHI Last Yellow Card: April 24, 2019 vs. MIN Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: 1, 1 time, last April 13, 2019 vs. PHI MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: 1, 2 times, last: April 13, 2019 vs. PHI Career stats with the Galaxy: 42/39/0/3 MLS career: 42/39/0/3 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 10/0/1
#17 Sebastian Lletget Midfielder How Acquired: Signed on May 8, 2015
U.S. Open Cup: -5-10
165
San Francisco, Calif.
Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: March 16, 2019 vs. MIN Last Assist: May 8, 2019 vs. CLB Last Yellow Card: April 13, 2019 vs. PHI Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL 2019 MLS Highs: G: 1, 1 time, last: March 16, 2019 vs. MIN A: 1, 2 times, last: May 8, 2019 vs. CLB MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 12 times, last: March 16, 2019 vs. MIN A: 1, 14 times, last: May 8, 2019 vs. CLB Career stats with the Galaxy: 95/77/12/14 MLS career: 95/77/12/14 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 13/1/2
U.S. Open Cup: --
Sept. 3, 1992
#18 Uriel Antuna Midfielder 5-9 130 Gรณmez Palacio, Durango How Acquired: Acquired on Loan from Manchester City (England) on Jan. 29, 2019
Aug. 21, 1997
Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: May 4, 2019 vs. NYRB Last Assist: March 16, 2019 vs. MIN Last Yellow Card: May 8, 2019 vs. CLB Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL 2019 MLS Highs: G: 1, 2 times, last: May 4, 2019 vs. NYRB A: 1, 1 time, last: March 16, 2019 vs. MIN MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 2 times, last: May 4, 2019 vs. NYRB A: 1, March 16, 2019 vs. MIN Career stats with the Galaxy: 14/14/2/1 MLS career: 14/14/2/1 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 14/2/1
#19 Juninho Midfielder How Acquired: Signed on Jan. 22, 2018
U.S. Open Cup: -5-7
145
San Jose dos Campos, Brazil
Jan. 8, 1989
Last Appearance: May 4, 2019 vs. NYRB Last Goal: Aug. 5, 2017 vs. NE (with CHI) Last Assist: July 5, 2017 vs. POR (with CHI) Last Yellow Card: Sept. 2, 2017 vs. MTL (with CHI) Last Red Card: April 1, 2017 vs. MTL (with CHI) Last Start: Sept. 9, 2017 vs. RBNY (with CHI) 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: 2, 2 times, last: Sep. 22, 2012, TOR at LA A: 2, Aug. 17, 2013, RSL at LA Career stats with the Galaxy: 189/181/18/23 MLS Career: 210/198/19/25 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 2/0/0
U.S. Open Cup: --
#20 Tomas Hilliard-Arce Defender 6-1 171 Matthews, N.C. How Acquired: Drafted by LA Galaxy with the 2nd Pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft after signing an MLS contract
Nov. 22, 1995
Last Appearance: July 21, 2018 vs. PHI Last Goal: -- Last Assist: -Last Yellow Card: -- Last Red Card: -Last Start: July 21, 2018 vs. PHI 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 5/4/0/0 MLS career: 5/4/0/0 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 0/0/0
U.S. Open Cup: --
#21 Giancarlo Gonzalez Defender 6-1 How Acquired: Signed from Bologna (Italy) on April 11, 2019
185
Norwalk, Calif.
Feb. 8, 1988
Lompoc, Calif.
Aug. 13, 2001
Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: -Last Assist: -Last Yellow Card: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL 2019 MLS Highs: G: -A: -MLS Career Highs: G: -A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 6/3/0/0 MLS career: 6/3/0/0 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 6/0/0
#22 Julian Araujo Defender How Acquired: Signed from the LA Galaxy Academy
U.S. Open Cup: -5-9
154
Last Appearance: May 11, 2019 vs. NYCFC Last Goal: -- Last Assist: -Last Yellow Card: -- Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 11, 2019 vs. NYCFC 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 5/3/0/0 MLS career: 5/3/0/0 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 5/0/0
U.S. Open Cup: --
#24 Emmanuel Boateng Midfielder 5-6 How Acquired: Signed as international on Jan. 14, 2016
150
Accra, Ghana
UC Santa Barbara
Jan. 17, 1994
Last Appearance: May 19, 2019 vs. COL Last Goal: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA Last Assist: March 16, 2019 vs. MIN Last Yellow Card: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 19, 2019 vs. COL 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: 1, March 16, 2019 vs. MIN MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 8 times, last: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA A: 2, 1 time, last: April 23, 2016 vs. RSL Career stats with the Galaxy: 100/62/8/13 MLS career: 100/62/8/13 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 13/0/1
#25 Rolf Feltscher Defender 5-11 How Acquired: Signed on Dec. 19, 2017
U.S. Open Cup: -163
Bulach, Switzerland
Oct. 6, 1990
Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Assist: April 5, 2019 vs. VAN Last Yellow Card: March 9, 2019 vs. DAL Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: 1, 2 times, last: April 5, 2019 vs. VAN MLS Career Highs: G: 1, Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL A: 1, 5 times, last: April 5, 2019 vs. VAN Career stats with the Galaxy: 26/26/1/5 MLS career: 26/26/1/5 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 11/0/2
U.S. Open Cup: --
#26 Efrain Alvarez Midfielder 5-8 How Acquired: Signed from LA Galaxy II on March 4, 2018
150
Los Angeles, Calif.
June 19, 2002
Last Appearance: May 19, 2019 vs. COL Last Goal: -- Last Assist: March 2, 2019 vs. CHI Last Yellow Card: May 19, 2019 vs. COL Last Red Card: -Last Start: -2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: 1, March 2, 2019 vs. CHI MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: 1, 1 time, last: March 2, 2019 vs. CHI Career stats with the Galaxy: 3/0/0/1 MLS career: 3/0/0/1 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 3/0/1
#27 Emil Cuello Midfielder How Acquired: Signed on Feb. 27, 2019
U.S. Open Cup: -5-11
165
Orem, Utah
June 19, 2002
Orem, Utah
June 19, 2002
Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: -- Last Assist: -Last Yellow Card: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Red Card: -Last Start: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL 2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 5/2/0/0 MLS career: 5/2/0/0 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 5/0/0
#29 Ethan Zubak Forward 5-11 How Acquired: Signed on March 8, 2019 from LA Galaxy II
U.S. Open Cup: -165
Last Appearance: May 24, 2019 vs. ORL Last Goal: -- Last Assist: -Last Yellow Card: -- Last Red Card: -Last Start: -2019 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 2/0/0/0 MLS career: 2/0/0/0 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 2/0/0
U.S. Open Cup: --
#28 Matt Lampson Goalkeeper How Acquired: Signed from on Jan. 23, 2019
6-3
200
Hilliard, Ohio
Sept. 6, 1989
Last Appearance: Oct. 28, 2018 vs. CLB (with MIN) Last Goal Allowed: Oct. 28, 2018 vs. CLB (with MIN) Last Yellow Card: Oct. 6, 2018 vs. SKC Last Red Card: -Last Shutout: Sept. 16, 2017 vs. DC (with CHI) Last Start: Oct. 28, 2018 vs. CLB (with MIN) 2019 MLS Highs: Saves: -- GA: -MLS Career Highs: Saves: 8, April 10, 2016 vs. NYC (with CHI) GA: 4, March 6, 2016 vs. NYC (with CHI) Career stats with the Galaxy: 0/0/0-0-0/0.00 MLS career: 60/58/24-26-9/1.54 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 0/0/0
#41 Justin Vom Steeg Goalkeeper How Acquired: Signed from LA Galaxy II on March 1, 2018
U.S. Open Cup: -6-4
200
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Last Appearance: -Last Goal Allowed: -Last Yellow Card: -- Last Red Card: -Last Shutout: -Last Start: -2019 MLS Highs: Saves: -- GA: -MLS Career Highs: Saves: -- GA: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 0/0/0-0-0/0.00 MLS career: 0/0/0-0-0/0.00 2019 Statistics:
Regular Season: 0/0/0
U.S. Open Cup: --
2019 Statistics – Games Played/Goals/Assists – For Field Players 2019 Statistics – Games Played/Wins/GAA – For Goalkeepers Career stats with the Galaxy include – Games Played/Games Started/Goals/Assists – For Field Players Career stats with the Galaxy include – Games Played/Games Started/Record/GAA – For Goalkeepers
April 5, 1997
David Bingham Perry Kitchen Diego Polenta David Romney Daniel Steres Servando Carrasco Romain Alessandrini Jonathan dos Santos Zlatan Ibrahimovic Favio Alvarez Chris Pontius Joe Corona Diedie Traore Jorgen Skjelvik Sebastian Lletget Uriel Antuna Juninho Tomas Hilliard-Arce Hugo Arellano Giancarlo Gonzalez Julian Araujo Emmanuel Boateng Rolf Feltscher Efrain Alvarez Emil Cuello Matt Lampson Ethan Zubak Bradford Jamieson Justin Vom Steeg
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12 NYC 0-2 90G
13 COL 0-1 90G
14 ORL 1-0 90G 33
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90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
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LA GALAXY
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68; Ibrahimovic 1 (unassisted)
80
J. dos Santos 2 (unassisted)
19
Antuna 1 (Pontius 1, Polenta 1) 16; Ibrahimovic 8 (Lletget 1) 78 Antuna 2 (Ibrahimovic 2, Polenta 2) 39; Ibrahimovic 9 (Pontius 2, Polenta 3) Steres 3 (Lletget 2) 87
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J. dos Santos 1 (penalty kick) 36; Pontius 1 (Feltscher 1, Boateng 1) 41; Lletget 1 (Antuna 1) Ibrahimovic 2 (penalty kick) 33; Ibrahimovic 3 (penalty kick) 65 Steres 2 (Ibrahimovic 1) 63; Ibrahimovic 4 (Feltscher 2) 71 Ibrahimovic 5 (Skjelvik 1, Alessandrini 1) 27; Ibrahimovic 6 (penalty kick) 36 Ibrahimovic 7 (penalty kick) 31; Polenta 1 (J. dos Santos 1) 88
Steres 1 (Alvarez 1)
LA GALAXY 81