Game Guide: Sporting KC vs. Seattle Sounders FC by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (June 6, Sporting Park; 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2015 SEASON RECORDS

ROSTERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 13 5-2-6 21 21 15 at home 7 4-0-3 15 13 5

Sounders FC 13 8-3-2 26 20 10 on road 6 3-2-1 10 10 6

Melia

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (10 meetings): Sounders FC 7 wins, 12 goals … Sporting 1 win, 6 goals … Ties 2

Ellis

Besler

Anibaba

13 Dia

93 Mustivar

AT KC (4 meetings): Sporting 0 wins, 4 goals … Sounders FC 4 wins, 8 goals … Ties 0

2015 (MLS) 5/23: SEA 0, KC 0

Feilhaber

Espinoza

Zusi

22 Hallisey

37 Peterson

UPCOMING MATCHES SOUNDERS FC SPORTING Sat. June 13 FC Dallas Sun. June 21 at Real Salt Lake Sat. June 20 San Jose Sat. June 27 Colorado Wed. June 24 at Philadelphia Sun. July 12 at Vancouver Sun. June 28 at Portland Sat. July 18 Montreal

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM F 21 56

A 15 78

Pappa

Roldan

Remick

F A 20 10 59 117

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

9 Martins

SOUNDERS FC

SPORTING

2 Dempsey

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

10 1 3 1

9 9 2 0

6 2 2 0

14 2 0 3 1 0 0 0

6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0

7 11 2

2 8 0

TYPE OF PLAY

11 3 3 0 2 0 2 0

8 0 3 1 0 0 2 1

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

4 14 3

3 10 2

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC SEA

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 3-0-0 1-2-5 1-0-1 6-0-0 1-2-2 1-1-0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 5/29/2015 KC 4, DAL 0 3/28/2015 KC 1, NYC 0 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2 4/18/2015 KC 1, LA 2 5/23/2015 KC 0, SEA 0 5/29/2015 KC 4, DAL 0 5/23/2015 KC 0, SEA 0

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

TLTWWTLTWTWTW WLTWLWWWLWTWW

(0) (4) (7) (3) (1) (0) (1)

4 Mears

Marshall

24 Frei

REFEREE: Ismail Elfath. AR1 (bench): Corey Parker; AR2 (opposite): Chris Strickland; 4th: Fotis Bazakos DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: SEA: Osvaldo Alonso (through June 7) WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

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

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none

INTERNATIONAL DUTY KC: Krisztian Németh (Hungary); Erik Palmer-Brown (U.S. U-20) … SEA: Brad Evans (USA)

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 3-0-2 2-2-1 7-1-0 1-2-0

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

5 Rose

Scott

HOW SCORED

8 5 8 0

42 Azira

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

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Date Score (Gms since) 5/31/2015 SEA 2, NYR 1 5/16/2015 SEA 2, VAN 0 3/14/2015 SEA 2, SJ 3 5/09/2015 SEA 2, CLB 3 5/23/2015 SEA 0, KC 0 5/27/2015 SEA 1, COL 0 5/23/2015 SEA 0, KC 0

(0) (0) (5) (1) (2) (1) (2)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 5 Nemeth A: 7 Feilhaber SHT: 36 Dwyer SOG: 11 Dwyer FC: 22 Feilhaber FS: 35 Dwyer OF: 14 Dwyer C: 3 Ellis/Espinoza E: 1 Besler SOUNDERS FC G: 7 Dempsey A: 6 Dempsey SHT: 31 Dempsey SOG: 13 Dempsey/Neagle FC: 22 Alonso FS: 25 Alonso/Martins OF: 7 Martins C: 3 Alonso E: 1 Pineda

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 13 3 6 0 1 3 21 1.62 SEA 13 3 3 4 3 0 20 1.54 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 13 6 2 3 1 1 15 1.15 SEA 13 7 4 0 2 0 10 0.77 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 21 2 4 4 4 3 4 SEA 20 4 4 3 1 5 3 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 15 4 2 2 3 2 2 SEA 10 2 2 1 4 1 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (June 6, Sporting Park; 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 142)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 2 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 6 2 0 62 45 8 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 8 7 1 1 30 24 1 4 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 12 12 0 2 162 157 2 9 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 6 4 1 0 228 205 13 19 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 0 0 0 0 123 98 2 13 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 10 9 1 4 158 124 23 43 9 Krisztian Nemeth FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 11 9 6 2 11 9 6 2 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13 13 4 7 123 111 16 26 11 Bernardo Anor MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 6 1 0 0 77 49 12 3 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 9 5 0 0 9 5 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 11 11 4 1 61 49 28 4 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 5 4 0 0 138 134 0 7 16 Servando Carrasco MF 5-10 175 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 9 6 0 0 68 37 1 1 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 James Rogers FW 5-8 150 06/27/1993 Yoyah, Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 22 Connor Hallisey MF 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 5 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 23 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 11 11 1 4 123 118 5 10 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 10 10 1 2 123 103 3 13 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 5 5 0 0 11 10 0 0 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 10 5 0 1 209 119 15 15 71 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 7 6 0 1 7 6 0 1 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 9 5 0 0 9 5 0 0 94 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 4 4 0 0 10 5 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W81 L60 T50

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Troy Perkins GK 6-2 190 07/29/1981 Springfield, OH 0 0 0 0 213 213 0 2 2 Clint Dempsey FW 6-1 170 03/09/1983 Nacogdoches, TX 11 11 7 6 117 110 48 30 3 Brad Evans MF 6-1 170 04/20/1985 Phoenix, AZ 13 13 0 0 181 157 22 26 4 Tyrone Mears DF 5-11 163 02/18/1983 Stockport, England 13 13 0 2 13 13 0 2 5 Andy Rose MF 6-2 170 02/13/1990 Melbourne, Australia 13 8 0 2 70 33 5 6 6 Osvaldo Alonso MF 5-11 155 11/11/1985 San Cristobal, Cuba 10 10 0 0 182 178 6 14 7 Cristian Roldan MF 5-8 165 06/03/1995 Artesia, CA 9 4 0 0 9 4 0 0 8 Gonzalo Pineda MF 5-10 166 10/19/1982 Mexico City, Mexico 10 9 0 1 38 33 3 8 9 Obafemi Martins FW 5-7 154 10/28/1984 Lagos, Nigeria 10 10 6 3 61 56 31 20 10 Marco Pappa MF 5-10 155 11/15/1987 Guatemala City, Guatemala 11 11 2 5 152 136 34 26 11 Aaron Kovar MF 5-10 155 08/14/1993 Seattle, WA 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 12 Leo Gonzalez DF 6-1 174 11/21/1980 San Jose, Costa Rica 8 4 0 0 129 116 1 3 13 Andres Correa DF 5-10 175 01/29/1994 Medellin, Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Chad Marshall DF 6-4 190 08/22/1984 Riverside, CA 10 10 0 0 294 291 17 13 15 Dylan Remick DF 6-0 165 05/19/1991 Chicago, IL 9 9 0 0 23 17 0 0 17 Darwin Jones FW 5-10 175 04/04/1992 Chicago, IL 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 Chad Barrett FW 5-11 185 04/30/1985 San Diego, CA 8 3 3 0 245 156 54 30 20 Zach Scott DF 5-11 175 07/02/1980 Wailukur, HI 5 3 0 0 89 70 1 1 21 Jimmy Ockford DF 6-1 185 06/10/1992 Trenton, NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Charlie Lyon GK 6-2 215 04/10/1992 St. Charles, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Stefan Frei GK 6-3 195 04/20/1986 Altstaetten, Switzerland 13 13 0 0 129 129 0 2 27 Lamar Neagle MF 5-11 165 05/07/1987 Tacoma, WA 13 9 2 0 121 83 26 17 31 Damion Lowe DF 6-3 175 05/05/1993 Kingston, Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 Micheal Azira MF 5-10 160 08/22/1987 Kampala, Uganda 5 3 0 0 19 9 0 0 80 Victor Mansaray FW 5-11 180 02/22/1997 Freetown, Sierra Leone 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 91 Oniel Fisher MF 5-9 155 11/22/1991 Portmore, Jamaica 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Sigi Schmid

03/20/1953 W215 L143 T107

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. June 6, 2015 (WEEK 14, MLS Game #142) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38; JOEtv) A crucial clash in the Western Conference is ahead when Seattle Sounders FC play host to Sporting Kansas City at Sporting Park on Saturday evening. The teams are separated by just five points in the West table, with Sounders FC leading the division. Sporting come into the game riding a six-game undefeated run, coming off a 4-0 win against FC Dallas last weekend. Sounders FC have gone four games undefeated, after back-to-back wins at home, last a 2-1 triumph against the New York Red Bulls. REFEREE: Ismail Elfath. AR1 (bench): Corey Parker; AR2 (opposite): Chris Strickland; 4th: Fotis Bazakos MLS Career: 49 games; FC/gm: 25.0; Y/gm: 3.1; R: 14; pens: 12 SUSPENDED: SEA: Osvaldo Alonso (through June 7) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza, Kevin Ellis … SEA: Osvaldo Alonso DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Krisztian Németh (Hungary; 6/5 vs. Lithuania; 6/13 vs. Finland); Erik PalmerBrown (U.S. U-20 national team) … SEA: Brad Evans (USA; 6/5 vs Netherlands; 6/10 vs Germany) HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (10 meetings): Sounders FC 7 wins, 12 goals … Sporting 1 win, 6 goals … Ties 2 AT KC (4 meetings): Sporting 0 wins, 4 goals … Sounders FC 4 wins, 8 goals … Ties 0 FUTURE MATCH: 9/27: Sporting Kansas City vs. Seattle Sounders FC, 4 p.m. CT (ESPN2)  The teams are meeting for the second time this season. They played to a scoreless draw May 23 at CenturyLink Field.  Sounders FC have a nine-game league unbeaten streak alive against Sporting. Since a 1-0 KC win in 2009 in the first meeting ever between the clubs, Seattle has won seven matches (with two draws).  Sporting have never defeated Sounders FC at home, losing all four decisions in league play.  The teams did meet in the 2012 U.S. Open Cup Final, Sporting winning in a penalty-kick shootout after a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes in K.C., ending Sounders FC’s three-year hold on the Open Cup title.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. SEA: P9 W0 L7 D2 … Sigi Schmid vs. KC: P42 W20 L15 D7 LAST MEETING (MLS) 5/23: SEA 0, KC 0  The closest opportunity for either team came in stoppage time when Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei was forced to make a diving save to deny Kansas City’s Benny Feilhaber.  Frei was credited with three saves in keeping the clean sheet, while Sporting goalkeeper Tim Melia recorded two saves.  SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (4-4-2): Stefan Frei - Tyrone Mears, Brad Evans, Chad Marshall, Dylan Remick Lamar Neagle (Andy Rose 64), Osvaldo Alonso, Gonzalo Pineda, Marco Pappa (Cristian Roldan 73) - Clint Dempsey, Chad Barrett (Darwin Jones 84).  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-2-3-1): Tim Melia - Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia Servando Carrasco (Graham Zusi 77), Benny Feilhaber - Jimmy Medranda (Saad Abdul-Salaam 58), Soni Mustivar, Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 56) - Krisztian Nemeth. SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City extended their undefeated run to four games in impressive fashion, rolling to a 4-0 win against FC Dallas on Friday evening at Sporting Park. Sporting are in a tie for third place in the Western Conference with 21 points from 13 matches. LAST MATCH  Sporting took the lead in the 19th minute. After Krisztian Nemeth was fouled about 30 yards from goal on the right, Graham Zusi put the free kick service into the six-yard box, and center back Kevin Ellis headed the ball back across the goalmouth for Nemeth to finish from point-blank range inside Dan Kennedy's right post.  FC Dallas went a man down two minutes before halftime when Zach Loyd grabbed and pulled down Nemeth on the left wing 10 minutes after drawing his first caution and was sent off by referee David Gantar.

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The lead was doubled in the 51st minute, when SKC right back Jalil Anibaba sent the ball into the area to Nemeth. He spun away from a defender and centered the ball to an unmarked Benny Feilhaber, who slotted it past Kennedy.  Six minutes later, Zusi sent in a corner kick and Ellis raced in past a fallen defender to head the ball home. Then in the 64th minute, Connor Hallisey took a long pass in the FCD penalty area and cut across goal before sending a backheel into Zusi's path for a finish under Kennedy and the final scoreline.  SKC manager Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that reached a scoreless draw with Seattle Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field. Roger Espinoza, Connor Hallisey and Graham Zusi all came into the team team for Servando Carrasco, Jacob Peterson and Jimmy Medranda  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia - Soni Mustivar - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza (Servando Carrasco 71) - Connor Hallisey (Marcel de Jong 65), Krisztian Nemeth, Graham Zusi (Saad Abdul-Salaam 83). TEAM NEWS  Sporting have now gone six games (3-0-3) since their last defeat, their longest undefeated run this season and the fourth-longest in MLS this season. Sporting have won or drawn 10 of their last 11 matches, dating back to March 21, going 5-1-5 over that span.  Sporting also remained undefeated at Sporting Park, now with a 4-0-3 record in home games this season, one of four teams still remaining in MLS unbeaten on their home ground.  “The three points continue to come as we just need to continue to get results here at home and be tough to play against on the road. Since 2011, we're the best team on the road in the league. We have to continue to keep being a hard team to play,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes.  Returning to the starting lineup for the first time since May 9, Graham Zusi scored his first goal of the season, and added a pair of assists, his first helpers since May 3. It was the fifth multiple-assist game of Zusi’s MLS career.  “We had a great week of training and it's probably the best I've felt all season so far. It's good to get on the scoresheet but I'm most impressed with the team performance and most of all the shutout. That's two shutouts in a row and if they don't score, we've got a good chance to win,” said Zusi.  Tim Melia recorded a clean sheet for a second consecutive match, a first for his MLS career, and now has three shutouts in his five starts since taking over as starter between the posts May 3.  Making his third consecutive start in central defense, Kevin Ellis scored his first career MLS goal, in his 30th career appearance. Ellis also contributed an assist, his first of the season.  “That was probably his best game so far since he has been with us. He was in tune, he was very good in the air, his tackling was good, and he was really locked into the game,” said Vermes. “Sometimes he has a tendency to lose his concentration but tonight he was in the game the whole time. He did a very good job of covering for Besler when he would step out, so it was a very good game for him.”  Krisztian Nemeth scored a goal and added an assist, the second time in three games he’s had at least a goal and an assist in the same match. Nemeth has three goals and two assists over the last three games, involved in five of SKC’s eight goals.  “It's one thing when you play a ball into a guy with his back to the goal. It's another to have have runs off of him, because it can draw attention or it provides options for him. So I think the two things were really good,” said Vermes. “We were very good at finding him, his movement was good, and the runs off of him were good as well, and that's why we were able to see the opportunities that he was able to make or even score.”  Roger Espinoza returned to the starting lineup after missing two matches with a groin strain, while Paulo Nagamura (back injury) and Dom Dwyer (neck soreness) both missed a second successive match.  Making his first start as a professional, Connor Hallisey played 65 minutes and recorded his first career assist.  “He has got some really interesting qualities as a player. Every time he's in training, or now as he is coming into the games, he continues to impress more and more. You just start to see more things that you haven't seen before,” said Vermes. “He's deceptively fast and he's got a good engine as I said earlier on this week. But at the same time, he sees the game really well and he's got a great left foot.” SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Seattle Sounders FC extended their undefeated streak to four games in dramatic fashion, hitting for a late winner for a 2-1 win against the New York Red Bulls on Sunday afternoon at CenturyLink Field. Sounders FC are in first place in the Western Conference with 26 points from 13 matches. LAST MATCH  The Red Bulls took the lead in the 36th minute after Sounders FC center back Brad Evans was whistled for a handball just outside his own penalty area. The resulting free kick from Bradley Wright-Phillips deflected off the Seattle wall and toward goal, allowing Lloyd Sam to sneak in and head the ball past goalkeeper Stefan Frei.  Sounders FC drew level in the 69th minute. Marco Pappa collected an Obafemi Martins ball on the left side of the box, juking past a defender before rifling a laser shot into the upper right corner.

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There were once again late dramatics from the home side as the contest hit stoppage time. Tyrone Mears lifted a cross in from the right wing that Clint Dempsey latched onto at the back post. He then hit the ball back across the face of goal, with Chad Barrett tapping it home into an empty net from right on the goal line.  Sounders FC head coach Sigi Schmid made two changes to the team that got the only goal of the game for a victory against the Colorado Rapids at CenturyLink Field. Chad Marshall and Dylan Remick returned to the back four for Zach Scott and Leo Gonzalez.  SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (4-4-2): Stefan Frei - Tyrone Mears, Brad Evans (Zach Scott 75), Chad Marshall, Dylan Remick - Cristian Roldan (Lamar Neagle 64), Andy Rose, Osvaldo Alonso, Marco Pappa (Chad Barrett 89) - Clint Dempsey, Obafemi Martins. TEAM NEWS  Sounders FC have won back-to-back games as they extended their current undefeated run to four matches (30-1). They have lost just once in their last eight games (6-1-1 over that time).  “For our team to have the resilience to battle back and win in injury time, it just says a lot about the team’s character,” Sounders FC head coach Sigi Schmid said. “Being able to put in the effort they put in today – I was extremely proud of them.”  Sounders FC also hit the road after taking seven of a possible nine points in a three-game homestand at CenturyLink Field. They are now 5-1-1 this season on their home ground.  “I didn’t think our game was 100 percent sharp,” Schmid said. “A little bit of that was just fatigue and it being the third game [in nine days] and playing against a good team and a team that pressed us. But overall, I thought the guys were OK.”  Clint Dempsey recorded an assist on the match-winning goal, now with six assists for the season, tied for third in MLS. Dempsey has seven goals, now involved in 13 of Sounders FC’s 20 for the year; he has a goal and/or an assist in nine of the 11 games he’s played this season.  “There’s very few people who could have put that ball on frame with their left foot going away from goal,” Schmid said. “That’s an extremely talented skill level.”  Obafemi Martins made a second consecutive start in attack after missing back-to-back games and recorded his third assist of the season, his first since May 3.  Chad Barrett came off the substitutes’ bench to score the match-winning goal, his third goal of the season, all coming over the last four matches.  While Dempsey will not join the U.S. national team for their upcoming friendlies while awaiting the impending birth of his fourth child, Brad Evans will be with the squad miss out on the Sporting KC match. Evans has played every MLS match this season in central defense; he missed his first minutes of the year when he came off after 75 minutes in the Red Bulls match.  “I had a conversation with [U.S. national team coach] Jurgen [Klinsmann] at the last camp and he saw me as a right back or center back and strictly that,” Evans said. “Maybe it helps out that I’ve played consistently in that position. They know what they’re getting, they know what to expect. You just hope to make an impact.”  Said Schmid: “It’s great [for Evans]. The game that they’re playing in Holland is outside the FIFA date. If they would have played those games within the FIFA date we would have missed him on the 13th of June. So now, we miss him on the sixth but we have him back for the 13th.”

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (5-2-6, 21 pts.) UNF 9 10 14 3 8 23 27 4 6 5 22 37 71 13 11 2 94 1 17 16 15 93 29

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

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

GP 11 13 11 6 10 11 10 8 6 12 5 10 7 9 6 2 4 8 3 9 5 9 5

GS 9 13 11 6 9 11 10 7 4 12 1 5 6 5 1 1 4 8 0 6 4 5 5

MIN 812 1164 971 534 756 990 855 635 398 1060 116 431 478 506 188 95 245 720 40 508 392 506 450

13 13

1170 1170

G 6 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 15

A 2 7 1 0 4 4 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 28 21 36 7 11 8 10 3 4 0 2 7 6 3 4 1 4 0 1 7 5 0 0

SOG 6 6 11 2 1 3 3 2 2 0 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

26 16

168 124

49 41

FC 9 22 20 6 8 8 17 7 9 10 0 4 1 9 4 0 4 0 0 10 4 9 0

FS 17 23 35 4 9 3 14 1 3 4 1 2 7 6 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 5 1

OFF 3 1 14 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

CK 0 26 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

161 151 151 161

25 47

62 66

22 22

1 3

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

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 5 8 13 13

GS 5 8 13 13

MIN SHTS 450 11 720 30 1170 41 1170 49

SV 8 19 27 26

GA 3 12 15 21

GAA 0.6 1.5 1.15 1.62

PG 0 0 0 2

PA 0 0 0 3

W 3 2 5 2

L 0 2 2 5

T 2 4 6 6

SO 3 3 6 3

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2015 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC STATISTICS (8-3-2, 26 pts.) UNF 2 9 19 10 27 5 4 8 11 3 14 7 17 15 12 42 91 6 24 80 20

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

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

GP 11 10 8 11 13 13 13 10 3 13 10 9 2 9 8 5 1 10 13 2 5

GS 11 10 3 11 9 8 13 9 0 13 10 4 0 9 4 3 0 10 13 0 3

MIN 966 900 306 889 788 786 1160 794 39 1155 900 314 11 810 369 274 4 883 1170 16 302

13 13

1170 1170

G 7 6 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 10

A 6 3 0 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 31 19 9 21 19 8 4 3 1 3 5 4 1 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 1

SOG 13 11 4 9 13 3 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

19 10

137 193

62 62

FC 7 12 4 13 10 7 10 8 1 11 11 6 0 8 8 10 0 22 0 0 3

FS 19 25 0 21 5 11 8 11 1 14 7 6 0 7 1 1 0 25 2 0 0

OFF 1 7 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 1 0 30 1 0 3 22 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

152 166 166 152

18 11

61 65

19 25

1 3

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

POS G

GOALKEEPER Stefan Frei Team totals Opponent totals

GP 13 13 13

GS 13 13 13

MIN SHTS 1170 62 1170 62 1170 62

SV 52 52 42

GA 10 10 20

GAA 0.77 0.77 1.54

PG 0 0 1

PA 0 0 1

W 8 8 3

L 3 3 8

T 2 2 2

SO 7 7 3

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

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.

Sun. Apr.

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

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

ATT 19784 14149 20848 27454

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

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 KC: Opara (50); NYR: Sam (54) 9 1 KC: Espinoza (44); DAL: Perez (17,52) Castillo (73) 8 2 6 5 KC: Opara (13);

W 3-2

19545

2-1-2

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

11 Real Salt Lake 18 at Los Angeles 25 at Houston

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

20087 20018 21046

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

2 4 6

Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed.

May May May May

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

W T T W

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

19581 16221 0 18864

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

4 4 6 4

Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun.

May May June June

T 0-0 W 4-0

40653 20172

4-2-6 5-2-6

3 2

Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri.

June July July July

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

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

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

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

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

8 KC: Dwyer (16) Anibaba (91+) Nemeth (94+); PHI: own goal (3) Aristeguieta (19) 9 9 KC: Nemeth (22); LA: Husidic (9) Gonzalez (94+) 10 KC: Nemeth (2) Dwyer (74) Feilhaber (80,95+); HOU: Barnes (11,46) Bruin (46+) Rodriguez (83) 13 KC: Nagamura (75); 14 KC: Dwyer (45); DC: Arrieta (42) 14 17 KC: Dwyer (29) Nemeth (39,46) Feilhaber (43); NE: Agudelo (11) Caldwell (64) 18 21 KC: Nemeth (19) Feilhaber (51) Ellis (57) Zusi (64);

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SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2015 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 8 New England 14 San Jose

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

Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May

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

May May May May May June June June June June July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.

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

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

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

RESULT W 3-0 L 2-3

ATT 39782 39175

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

T W L W W W

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

18333 39860 27000 13134 41451 25384

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

L W T W W

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

16714 21000 40653 39757 40194

5-3-1 6-3-1 6-3-2 7-3-2 8-3-2

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

16 SEA: 19 SEA: 20 23 SEA: 26 SEA:

Dempsey (24,75); CLB: Kamara (10,58) Higuain (50) Barrett (5,38); Pappa (16); Pappa (69) Barrett (91+); NYR: Sam (36)

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 Benny Feilhaber 2 Krisztian Nemeth Assists 2 4 times Shots 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Krisztian Nemeth Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 5 Dom Dwyer Fouls Suffered 7 Krisztian Nemeth Offside 3 Dom Dwyer Saves 4 Luis Marin 4 Luis Marin Shots Faced 6 Luis Marin Goals Allowed 4 Luis Marin

Goals 4 04/25/2015 vs 4 05/20/2015 vs 4 05/29/2015 vs Assists 7 05/29/2015 vs Shots 18 03/08/2015 vs Shots on Goal 7 05/20/2015 vs Fouls Committed 16 03/14/2015 vs 16 05/20/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 17 03/08/2015 vs Corner Kicks 8 04/05/2015 vs Offside 4 05/20/2015 vs 4 05/29/2015 vs Saves 4 04/05/2015 vs 4 04/18/2015 vs Shots Faced 6 04/18/2015 vs Goals Allowed 4 04/25/2015 vs

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

T 4-4 W 4-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI 05/20/2015 vs NE

W 3-2 W 4-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

05/20/2015 vs NE

W 4-2

05/29/2015 vs DAL

W 4-0

05/20/2015 vs NE

W 4-2

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

W 3-2 L 1-2

04/18/2015 vs LA

L 1-2

04/25/2015 vs HOU

T 4-4

HOU NE DAL

T 4-4 W 4-2 W 4-0

DAL

W 4-0

NYR

T 1-1

W 4-2

DAL NE

L 1-3 W 4-2

NYR

T 1-1

PHI

W 3-2

NE DAL

W 4-2 W 4-0

PHI LA

W 3-2 L 1-2

L 1-2

HOU

T 4-4

SOUNDERS FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

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

Goals 3 03/08/2015 at 3 04/18/2015 at 3 05/03/2015 at Assists 4 03/08/2015 at 4 05/03/2015 at Shots 17 04/18/2015 at Shots on Goal 10 04/12/2015 at Fouls Committed 18 04/12/2015 at 18 04/18/2015 at Fouls Suffered 19 05/31/2015 at Corner Kicks 10 03/14/2015 at Offside 5 04/12/2015 at Saves 10 05/09/2015 at Shots Faced 13 05/09/2015 at Goals Allowed 3 03/14/2015 at 3 05/09/2015 at

03/08/2015 at NE

W 3-0

05/03/2015 at NYC

W 3-1

04/12/2015 at LA 04/18/2015 at COL 05/27/2015 at COL

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

04/12/2015 at LA 04/18/2015 at COL

L 0-1 W 3-1

03/28/2015 at DAL 05/27/2015 at COL

T 0-0 W 1-0

04/12/2015 at LA

L 0-1

04/12/2015 at LA

L 0-1

05/09/2015 at CLB

L 2-3

05/09/2015 at CLB

L 2-3

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

L 2-3 L 2-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015) Shots 9 03/28/2015 vs 9 05/23/2015 vs Shots on Goal 1 04/11/2015 vs Fouls Committed 10 03/08/2015 vs 10 05/09/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 6 05/23/2015 vs Corner Kicks 2 03/28/2015 vs 2 05/20/2015 vs Offside 0 03/08/2015 vs 0 03/21/2015 vs 0 05/23/2015 vs Saves 0 04/11/2015 vs 0 04/25/2015 vs Shots Faced 0 04/11/2015 vs

NYC SEA

W 1-0 T 0-0

RSL

T 0-0

NYR DC

T 1-1 T 1-1

SEA

T 0-0

NYC NE

W 1-0 W 4-2

NYR POR SEA

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

RSL HOU

T 0-0 T 4-4

RSL

T 0-0

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)

NE COL NYC

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

NE NYC

W 3-0 W 3-1

COL

W 3-1

L 0-1

LA COL

L 0-1 W 3-1

NYR

W 2-1

L 2-3

L 0-1

CLB

L 2-3

CLB

L 2-3

SJ CLB

L 2-3 L 2-3

Shots 5 04/04/2015 at Shots on Goal 0 03/28/2015 at Fouls Committed 6 05/09/2015 at 6 05/16/2015 at 6 05/23/2015 at Fouls Suffered 6 03/28/2015 at Corner Kicks 2 05/23/2015 at Offside 0 03/14/2015 at 0 04/04/2015 at 0 04/18/2015 at 0 04/26/2015 at 0 05/27/2015 at Saves 0 03/28/2015 at Shots Faced 0 03/28/2015 at

HOU

W 1-0

DAL

T 0-0

CLB VAN KC

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

DAL

T 0-0

SJ HOU COL POR COL

L W W W W

DAL

T 0-0

DAL

T 0-0

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

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (0-0-1) UNF 10 37 5 8 29 16 23 4 9 94 93 17 22 13

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1

90 56 90 13 90 77 90 90 90 58 90 32 34 90 90 90

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 9 10

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

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

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Benny Feilhaber Jacob Peterson Matt Besler Graham Zusi Tim Melia Servando Carrasco Jalil Anibaba Kevin Ellis Krisztian Nemeth Jimmy Medranda Soni Mustivar Saad Abdul-Salaam Connor Hallisey Amadou Dia Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

1 1 3

GAA

O'TIME

1 1 3

0 0 0

0.00 0.00 0.00

0 0 0

1 1 1

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

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 1 1 0 0 1 1

84 90 90 90 73 90 90 90 64 26 90 90 6 17 90 90

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 9

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

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

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

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

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chad Barrett Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Chad Marshall Marco Pappa Gonzalo Pineda Osvaldo Alonso Stefan Frei Lamar Neagle Andy Rose Dylan Remick Tyrone Mears Darwin Jones Cristian Roldan Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 24

POS G

GOALKEEPER Stefan Frei Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

3 3 1

GAA

O'TIME

3 3 1

0 0 0

0.00 0.00 0.00

0 0 0

1 1 1

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

HEAD-TO-HEAD

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

Sounders FC

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 1 wins, 6 goals Sounders FC 7 wins, 12 goals 2 ties 4/11/2009 10/17/2009 4/17/2010 10/9/2010 5/21/2011 8/6/2011 6/20/2012 5/8/2013 3/8/2014 5/23/2015

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

0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0

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

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 50 11 61 17 20

2 10 62 24 53 13 23

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 12 112 35 114 30 43

1 2 56 20 74 5 33

2 4 60 16 74 8 27

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 6 116 36 148 13 60

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC SEA

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

1 1

0 0

2 0

0 2

2 8

0 0

6 12

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Sigi Schmid

vs. KC

Peter Vermes

vs. SEA

20-157 0-7-2

(1.6 pts./game) (0.22 pts./game)

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

2 1 13 4 17 11 1 5 1 9 8

Sporting KC Davy Arnaud 5 times Kei Kamara 3 times Aurelien Collin C.J. Sapong Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Hartman/Melia Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen

1 2 19 8 16 20 5 1 2 15 4

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

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots

Sporting KC 1 6 players tied 1 5 players tied 6 Kamara/Dwyer

Shots on Goal

3 Kei Kamara (08/06/11)

Fouls Committed

6 Aurelien Collin (twice) 4 Sapong/Dwyer

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves

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

Goals Allowed

Sounders FC 1 12 players tied 2 Jaqua/Ljungberg 6 Fredy Montero (04/11/09) 3 Fredy Montero (04/11/09) 4 Kenny Cooper (03/08/14) 7 Osvaldo Alonso (03/08/14) 1 5 players tied 4 Kasey Keller (10/17/09) 2 Kasey Keller (10/17/09)

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)

Seattle Sounders FC W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

9 Ws 2 Ts 1 Ts

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

6-0-0 16 Ws (04/26/2014) 1-2-2 1 Ts (05/23/2015) 1-1-0 1 Ws (05/31/2015)

2-2-1 3-0-2

1 Ws 2 Ws

(05/20/2015) (05/03/2015)

1-2-0 7-1-0

1 Ws (05/31/2015) 6 Ws (04/04/2015)

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

4 Ts 1 Ts 1 Ws 3 Ws 2 Ws

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

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

1 3 2 6 6

Ts Ws Ws Ws Ws

(05/23/2015) (04/04/2015) (05/16/2015) (04/12/2014) (04/26/2014)

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

1 Ws 2 Ts 1 Ws 5 Ls 1 Ts

(05/29/2015) (03/08/2015) (05/20/2015) (08/23/2014) (04/25/2015)

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

1 3 1 4 2

Ws Ws Ts Ls Ls

(05/27/2015) (04/18/2015) (10/19/2014) (07/28/2014) (05/11/2014)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. SOUNDERS FC (1-7-2) PLAYER

MIN

Davy Arnaud Zoltan Hercegfalvi Kei Kamara Jacob Peterson Josh Wolff Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Michael Harrington Jack Jewsbury Team totals Opponent totals

5 1 7 4 4 8 4 7 4 10 10

5 1 4 4 3 7 4 6 4 10 10

450 70 413 252 284 677 360 553 343 900 900

2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 12

1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 11

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

12 1 13 6 4 4 2 0 2 116 112

1 1 6 2 10 10

90 90 540 180 900 900

1 5 17 12 35 36

1 4 9 7 21 29

0.00 1.00 1.33 1.50 1.20 0.60

0 0 0 0 0 1

Tim Melia Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Team totals Opponent totals

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SOUNDERS FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (7-1-2) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

MIN SHTS

GAA

Nate Jaqua Mauro Rosales Mike Fucito Tyrone Marshall Chad Barrett Alvaro Fernandez Patrick Ianni Roger Levesque Lamar Neagle Sanna Nyassi Jeff Parke Djimi Traore Freddie Ljungberg Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Tyson Wahl Team totals Opponent totals

4 4 3 4 2 4 4 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 7 2 10 10

2 3 0 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 4 2 3 1 6 2 10 10

240 245 61 271 96 169 182 186 172 93 360 180 260 123 542 180 900 900

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

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

5 3 5 1 5 5 2 2 9 3 2 1 2 4 7 1 112 116

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

2 1 6 1 1 10 10

180 90 479 90 61 900 900

6 3 15 3 2 29 21

0.00 0.00 0.75 1.00 1.48 0.60 1.20

0 0 1 0 0 1 0

6 3 20 4 3 36 35

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. SOUNDERS FC (1-7-2)

CURRENT SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KC (7-1-2)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Jacob Peterson Benny Feilhaber Matt Besler Saad Abdul-Salaam Jalil Anibaba Bernardo Anor Servando Carrasco Amadou Dia Dom Dwyer Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Connor Hallisey Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Krisztian Nemeth Ike Opara Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

8 6 8 1 4 3 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 1 1 6 4 1 5 3 8 10 10

6 6 7 0 4 2 1 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 2 2 4 10 10

439 515 677 32 360 190 77 90 90 180 379 34 58 90 90 238 360 90 203 195 444 900 900

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

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

9 10 4 0 2 8 0 0 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 6 4 3 3 1 7 116 112

Chad Barrett Clint Dempsey Marco Pappa Chad Marshall Lamar Neagle Brad Evans Osvaldo Alonso Stefan Frei Leo Gonzalez Darwin Jones Obafemi Martins Tyrone Mears Troy Perkins Gonzalo Pineda Dylan Remick Cristian Roldan Andy Rose Zach Scott Team totals Opponent totals

21 11 9 27 4 9 10 8 4 1 1 1 19 1 2 1 2 4 10 10

13 10 8 27 3 6 10 8 4 0 1 1 19 1 2 0 0 4 10 10

1098 933 636 2329 262 580 900 720 360 6 90 90 1710 90 180 17 44 356 900 900

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

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

42 24 27 18 10 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 112 116

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 10 10

90 900 900

1 35 36

1 0.00 21 1.20 29 0.60

0 0 1

26 80 29 21

0.88 1.63 0.60 1.20

0 5 1 0

GOALKEEPER

Stefan Frei Troy Perkins Team totals Opponent totals

8 19 10 10

MIN SHTS 720 1710 900 900

35 113 36 35

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GAME NOTES

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Saturday, June 6, 2015 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Sporting Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 14 English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV TV talent Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Andy Gruenebaum (color) Jake Yadrich (analyst) Kacie McDonnell (sideline) English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Radio talent Carter Augustine (play-by-play) Chad Reynolds (color)

Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: Fourth official:

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

5-2-6 (21 pts.) RECORD 13 GAMES PLAYED t-3rd in West CONFERENCE POSITION 21 GOALS 1.62 GOALS/GAME 26 ASSISTS 15 GOALS ALLOWED 1.15 ALLOWED/GAME +6 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 168 (49) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 29.2% ON GOAL % 161 FOULS COMMITTED 151 FOULS SUFFERED 22 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

ISMAIL ELFATH Corey Parker Chris Strickland Fotis Bazakos

Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Radio talent Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Raul Padrino Villegas (color)

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

Pos. DEF DEF DEF DEF MID DEF MID FWD MID MID MID DEF FWD DEF MID DEF FWD GK MID DEF MID GK FWD DEF MID MID

Name Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Benny Feilhaber Bernardo Anor Mikey Lopez* Amadou Dia Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Servando Carrasco Saad Abdul-Salaam James Ansu Rogers Jon Kempin Connor Hallisey Jalil Anibaba Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda

2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

oh-PAR-ah

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

BEEZ-ler POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra ZOO-see KRIS-tee-ON NEY-muth FAIL-hob-ber AHN-your

sounders fc

Krisztian Nemeth 6 GOALS 7 Benny Feilhaber 7 ASSISTS 6 Dom Dwyer 36 31 SHOTS Dom Dwyer 11 SHOTS ON GOAL 13 Krisztian Nemeth 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 Besler/Zusi 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 3 Benny Feilhaber 22 FOULS COMMITTED 22 Dom Dwyer 35 FOULS SUFFERED 20 Ellis/Espinoza 3 CAUTIONS 3 Matt Besler 1 EJECTIONS 1

ah-mah-doo DEE-ah sin-OH-vick ser-VAWN-dough cuh-ROSS-co sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM

Luis Marin 720 Tim Melia 0.60 Tim Melia 3 Marin/Melia 3 Luis Marin 19

HAL-iss-see jah-LEEL ah-nee-bah-bah

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

Clint Dempsey Clint Dempsey Clint Dempsey Dempsey/Neagle Clint Dempsey Clint Dempsey Osvaldo Alonso 25 Alonso/Martins Osvaldo Alonso Gonzalo Pineda

1170 Stefan Frei 0.77 Stefan Frei 8 Stefan Frei 7 Stefan Frei 52 Stefan Frei

MEE-lia de YUNG SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES

*on loan

2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS W 7 5 4 5 4 4 3 3 2 1 W 8 7 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 2

L T 3 4 3 6 3 5 5 1 4 4 5 2 5 5 8 3 4 2 7 5 L T 3 2 5 2 2 6 4 3 4 6 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 4 7

GD +4 +2 +2 +2 +3 0 –1 –9 –4 –7 GD +10 +3 +6 –1 –2 –1 –1 0 –5 –1

7th season

GP 14 14 12 11 12 11 13 14 8 13 GP 13 14 13 13 15 14 13 14 14 13

(.555) 81-60-50

7th season

Standings through Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Pts 25 21 17 16 16 14 14 12 8 8 Pts 26 23 21 21 21 19 18 17 17 13

8-3-2 (26 pts.) 13 1st in West 20 1.54 19 10 0.77 +10 137 (62) 45.3% 152 166 19 1

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

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MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

16th season 215-143-107 (.577) 7th season 102-57-50 (.608)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Wednesday, June 3 OUT: • Ike Opara (left Achilles) • Bernardo Anor (right hamstring strain) • Paulo Nagamura (lower back strain) • Seth Sinovic (concussion) QUESTIONABLE: • Dom Dwyer (right groin strain) • Chance Myers (left Achilles) • Jacob Peterson (right hamstring strain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 6, 2015 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvSEA: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvSEA: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC (5-2-6, 21 pts.) hosts Seattle on Saturday in hopes of snapping a nine-game winless run against Sounders FC in league play, including an 0-4-0 mark at home. Kansas City won the inaugural regular season contest between the clubs in April 2009 at CenturyLink Field, but Seattle has held the upper hand since then with seven victories and two draws. Seattle has a history of leaving it late against Sporting KC, scoring eight of their 12 goals in the series after the 75th minute. Sporting KC has dropped nine points after the 65th minute during their nine-game dry spell against the reigning Supporters Shield and U.S. Open Cup champions. The skid includes four 1-0 defeats in which Seattle scored after the 90th minute and another loss in which Sporing KC led going into the 90th minute. Peter Vermes’ men are scoreless in 352 regular season minutes against Sigi Schmid’s side dating back to June 2012 but enter Saturday as the top-scoring side in MLS with 21 goals, including four in each of their last two home games. #SEAvSKC regular season meetings Date Score Result Details

04/11/2009 10/17/2009 04/17/2010 10/09/2010 05/21/2011 08/06/2011 06/20/2012 05/08/2013 03/08/2014 05/23/2015

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

Stats through Tuesday, June 2

Sporting KC - Team (2015 regular season) • SKC leads MLS in goals (21) and assists (26). • SKC leads the Western Conference with 10.9 chances created per game. • SKC leads MLS with eight assists from set plays and 37 chances created from set plays, nine more than any other team. • SKC leads MLS with eight headed goals, three more than any other team. • SKC has conceded 9.5 shots per game and 3.2 shots on target per game, both the fewest in MLS. • SKC leads MLS with 24.6 interceptions per game. • SKC is 2nd in MLS with 59.1 duels won per game. • SKC leads MLS with 27 keeper sweepings (Luis Marin 16, Tim Melia 11). • SKC ranks 19th in MLS in shooting accuracy (29.2%). Sporting KC - Individual (2015 regular season) • SKC is the only MLS team to have three players with four or more goals (Krisztian Nemeth 6, Dom Dwyer 4, Benny Feilhaber 4). • Krisztian Nemeth is tied for the lead among MLS newcomers with six goals scored. • Benny Feilhaber is tied for the MLS lead with seven assists and ranks 4th with 33 chances created. He ranks 5th among midfielders with 80 duels won. • Jalil Anibaba is tied for the lead among MLS defenders with four assists. • Matt Besler ranks 4th in MLS with 98 clearances. • Tim Melia has an unbeaten 3-0-2 record through his first five starts, including three clean sheets and a 0.60 goals against average. Seattle Sounders FC - Team (2015 regular season) • Seattle leads MLS with a +10 goal differential (20-10). • Despite ranking 17th in MLS in both shots per game (10.5) and chances created per game (7.9), Seattle boasts the league’s second-best scoring offense with 20 goals. • Seattle has outscored opponents 8-1 after the 60th minute. • Seattle has conceded the fewest goals in MLS (10) and leads the league with seven clean sheets. • Despite facing more shots per game (14.9) than any MLS team, Seattle boasts a league-best 0.77 goals against average. • Seattle leads MLS with a shooting accuracy of 45 percent and a shot conversion rate of 17.9 percent. • Seattle leads MLS with 404 successful passes per game and ranks 2nd in average possession at 54.9 percent. • Seattle is tied for the MLS lead with three road wins (3-2-1 record) and leads the league with a +4 road goal differential (10-6).

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

#SKCvSEA: PLAYER HISTORY • • • • •

Jacob Peterson is the only player on Sporting KC’s current roster to score a regular season goal against Seattle. Peterson scored in the eighth minute of a 1-1 draw at CenturyLink Field on June 20, 2012. Benny Feilhaber has recorded two assists in six regular season appearances against Seattle, both as a member of the New England Revolution (6/26/11 and 10/1/11). Chad Barrett has five goals in 21 regular season appearances against Sporing KC, including a 94th-minute game-winner in the opening match of the 2014 MLS season on March 8 of last year. Clint Dempsey has three goals and two assists in 11 regular season appearances against Sporting KC, all as a member of the New England Revolution from 2004-2006. Marco Pappa has two goals and four assists in nine regular season appearances against Sporting KC, all as a member of the Chicago Fire from 2009-2012.

#SKCvSEA: PLAYER CONNECTIONS • • • • • • •

Seattle Sounders FC - Individual (2015 regular season) • Clint Dempsey ranks third in MLS in both goals (7) and assists (6). • Stefan Frei boasts an MLS-best 0.77 goals against average among keepers with at least 500 minutes played. He also leads the league in saves (52) and save percentage (83.9). • Frei had a 338-minute shutout streak snapped last Sunday, the longest such streak by an MLS goalkeeper this season. • Gonzalo Pineda (68.4) and Osvaldo Alonso (63.9) rank 1st and 2nd in MLS, respectively, in successful passes per 90 minutes played. • Osvaldo Alonso leads MLS with a 92.2 percent passing accuracy (minimum 100 minutes played). • Obafemi Martins is tied for 4th in MLS with six goals.

Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and Clint Dempsey played in all four games for the United States at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Jalil Anibaba played for Seattle during the 2014 season, recording one assist in 17 MLS matches (including postseason). Servando Carrasco played for Seattle from 2011-2013, starting 22 of 40 MLS appearances while recording one goal and one assist. Sporting KC winger Bernardo Anor and Seattle defender Chad Marshall were teammates a Columbus Crew SC from 2011-2013. Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson and Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei were teammates at Toronto FC during the 2011 season. Sporting KC defender Jalil Anibaba and Seattle midfielder Marco Pappa were teammates at the Chicago Fire from 2011-2012. Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber and Seattle forward Chad Barrett were college teammates at UCLA from 2003-2004.

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Manager Peter Vermes recorded his 100th coaching win for Sporting KC in all competitions last Friday, May 29. Vermes’ 81 regular season wins are tied with Dave Dir for 10th most in MLS history, two shy of Thomas Rongen (1996-2001, 2005) in 9th. Jacob Peterson is one shy of his 125th career MLS start (including postseason). He is also one shy of his 50th start for Sporting KC in all competitions. Graham Zusi is one shy of his 125th career regular season start. If he plays 53 minutes on Saturday, he will pass Jimmy Nielsen on the club’s regular season minutes chart (currently at 11,445). Zusi is one assist shy of tying Chris Klein on the club’s all-time MLS assist chart (including postseason). Zusi currently has 48 MLS assists. Tim Melia is one game shy of becoming the first keeper in Kansas City history to go unbeaten in his first six starts.

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 6, 2015 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES LAST TIME OUT: SPORTING KC DRUBS DALLAS 4-0 AT SPORTING PARK Sporting KC stretched their unbeaten run to six games, the longest active streak in MLS, with a 4-0 victory over FC Dallas last Friday at Sporting Park. Krisztian Nemeth scored the game winner in the 19th minute with his team-leading sixth goal of the season, while Benny Feilhaber, Kevin Ellis and Graham Zusi all added goals of their own in the second half. Tim Melia made one save for the team’s sixth clean sheet of the season and is now unbeaten (3-0-2) as the team’s starter, becoming the second goalkeeper all-time to go without a loss in his first five appearances for the club. Last Friday’s win, the 100th of Peter Vermes’ coaching career in all competitions, moved Sporting KC into third place in the West ahead of Saturday’s match against conference leaders Seattle Sounders FC.

NEMETH JOINS HUNGARY MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM Krisztian Nemeth joined the Hungary Men’s National Team on Monday for two international matches. Ranked No. 43 in the FIFA rankings, Hungary plays Lithuania on Friday (June 5) in preparation for an important UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier versus Finland next Saturday, June 13. Boasting 10 years of professional experience in Europe, Nemeth has played in England, Greece, Netherlands and his native Hungary. He has made 15 international appearances for Hungary, debuting in 2010 and most recently representing his country in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying. ELLIS SHINES IN WIN OVER FC DALLAS Homegrown defender Kevin Ellis won two notable headers from Graham Zusi set pieces last Friday night—the first of which provided Krisztian Nemeth an easy finish at the far post in the 19th minute; the second marked Ellis’s first career MLS goal in the 57th minute. The 23-year-old’s performance marked the first time since August 2007 (Jose Burciaga Jr.) that a Kansas City defender had notched a goal and an assist in a league match. Ellis signed for the club in February 2011 after playing one season at Barton County Community College (Kansas).

GOALS FLYING IN Sporting KC now leads MLS with 21 goals and 26 assists thanks to a trio of fourgoal performances during their six-game unbeaten run. Prior to this year, the team had scored four goals on three instances in a six-game span only once (back in 1996) in 20 seasons. By comparison, SKC struck four goals three times in all of 2014 and three times from 2011-2013 combined. With first-year forward Krisztian Nemeth and midfield talisman Benny Feilhaber leading the way, the club’s recent scoring output has reached heights rarely seen in club history. Victories over New England (May 20) and FC Dallas (May 29) saw SKC bag four goals twice in one month for the first time since August of the inaugural 1996 season. Last Friday also marked the third time in team history that Kansas City has scored four goals in consecutive MLS home games.

FEILHABER ON PACE FOR CAREER SEASON From a playmaking perspective, Benny Feilhaber has raced out to one of the best starts in Kansas City history. The 30-year-old World Cup veteran is tied for the MLS with seven assists and ranks fourth with 33 chances created. Feilhaber, who won Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for April, is on pace for a career season and looks likely to receive MLS All-Star honors for the first time in 2015. With 21 league games still to play, his four goals and seven assists match MLS career-highs set in 2011.

VERMES WINS HIS 100TH GAME AS SPORTING KC HEAD COACH Last Friday, Peter Vermes earned his 100th coaching win for Sporting KC in all competitions. He will go for his 101st career victory on Saturday against a Seattle side he has never defeated in league play (0-7-2) since taking over in August 2009. Vermes is the only person to win MLS Cup as both a player (2000) and a coach (2013) for the same club. In addition to winning an MLS Cup championship in 2013, Vermes has guided Sporting KC to two regular season conference titles (2011, 2012) and the 2013 U.S. Open Cup title, defeating Seattle in the final at Sporting Park. The seventh-year head coach has won 81 regular season matches, tied with Dave Dir for 10th most in MLS history and two shy of tying Thomas Rongen for ninth. He coached his 200th MLS match on May 20 and has logged an 86-64-52 league record including postseason. He has a 100-70-56 mark in all competitions.

SKC SHOWING DEPTH AMIDST RASH OF INJURIES The lengthy list of recently injured SKC players includes Dom Dwyer, Bernardo Anor, Marcel de Jong, Roger Espinoza, Mikey Lopez (on loan), Chance Myers, Paulo Nagamura, Ike Opara and Seth Sinovic. Add in the absence of Erik Palmer-Brown, currently on international duty with the U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team, and Manager Peter Vermes has been left to rely on his squad’s depth to secure three straight results against opponents sitting in the upper third of their conferences. SKC first snapped the Revs’ nine-game unbeaten run with a 4-2 triumph on May 20, then became the only team this season to shut out Seattle on their home turf, and finally cruised past FC Dallas 4-0 last Friday. No team in MLS has utilized more players in starting roles than SKC since the beginning of 2014—a total of 40 players. Despite this turnover in the lineup, including five starting goalkeepers, SKC is four games over .500 in regular season play since the start of 2014.

SHARING THE LOVE By the end of SKC’s 4-0 win over FC Dallas last Friday, the team had racked up seven assists—their highest total in an MLS match since June 20, 1999, when the side exploded for a team-record six goals and 10 assists. Moreover, the club’s 15-point haul (four goals, seven assists) had been reached just five previous times in team history, all during the 1990s shootout era.

ROOKIES STEPPING UP Sporting KC’S all hands on deck approach has given ample opportunities for newcomers, including three rookies taken in the first round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft: Amadou Dia, Connor Hallisey and Saad Abdul-Salaam. The trio has shared the field in each of SKC’s last three games, marking the first MLS matches since Nov. 8, 2008 (Roger Espinoza, Jonathan Leathers, Matt Marquess) in which Kansas City played three draft selections in the same game. Last Friday, Hallisey made his first career start to giving SKC two draft picks in the starting lineup, along with Amadou Dia, for the first time since 2009. Hallisey recorded his first professional assist in the 64th minute, back-heeling a ball into the path of Zusi for a low strike from the right side of the box. To date, 14 of 20 MLS teams have called upon a total of 21 draft picks from the Class of 2015 for league minutes this season. However, Sporting KC is the only club to play three of them at any point—let alone in a single match—thus far in 2015.

NEMETH UP FOR MLS PLAYER OF THE MONTH Forward Krisztian Nemeth is one of five finalists for MLS’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month in May. The 26-year-old scored three goals and added two assists as Sporting KC went unbeaten in five matches, highlighted by three straight home victories and a pair of road results at each conference’s top team. Nemeth, acquired in December from Dutch club Roda JC Kerkrade, leads SKC with six goals in 2015, fourth most in MLS. In addition, Nemeth (6 goals, 2 assists, 14 points) is second among all MLS newcomers in points this season alongside the league’s two top paid players: Toronto FC’s Sebastian Giovinco (5 goals, 6 assists, 16 points) Orlando City’s Kaka (6 goals, 2 assists, 14 points). Nemeth has six goals on all six of his shots on target as an MLS player, a feat only seen once before in league history when Claudio Suarez converted his first seven shots on goal for Chivas USA from 2006-2007. ZUSI JOINS ELITE 25 GOALS/50 ASSISTS CLUB Making his 150th career start for Sporting KC in all competitions last Friday, Graham Zusi enjoyed a breakout performance in which he turned provider to Krisztian Nemeth in the 19th minute and Kevin Ellis in the 57th minute before netting his first goal of 2015 shortly after the hour mark to complete the rout. In doing so, he became just the third player in Kansas City history to record 25 goals and 50 assists for the club in all competitions, joining Preki (81 goals and 104 assists in 254 games) and Chris Klein (43 goals and 54 assists in 235 games).

TOUGH TO BEAT Peter Vermes’ side has proven hard to beat during the first three months of the season. The team has claimed seven points from games when conceding first (2-2-1 record), second most in MLS. Furthermore, the club’s two losses through 13 games are their fewest to start a season since their historic 2000 campaign (10-1-2) in which Kansas City won MLS Cup and the Supporters’ Shield. DAUNTING STRETCH OF MATCHES CONTINUES Sporting KC continues a daunting five-game stretch against opponents who qualified for the 2014 postseason. SKC defeated 2014 MLS Cup finalist New England Revolution 4-2 on May 20 before holding Supporters’ Shield holders Sounders FC to a 0-0 draw just three days later in Seattle. The team returned home last Friday to thrash third-place FC Dallas 4-0, and will now lock horns again with Seattle at Sporting Park. Following their first bye week of the season, SKC will visit Rio Tinto Stadium on June 21, where Real Salt Lake has lost just twice since the start of 2014.

SPORTING KC TO HOST ST. LOUIS FC IN OPEN CUP FOURTH ROUND Sporting KC will host USL expansion side St. Louis FC at 7:30 p.m. CT on June 16 at Sporting Park in the fourth round of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. St. Louis FC advanced past Minnesota United FC (NASL) last Wednesday in a penalty kick shootout (3-1) after a 1-1 draw through extra time in Fenton, Missouri. SKC is a two-time champion of the nation’s oldest team knockout competition, having won the championship in 2004 and 2012. 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 6, 2015 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) SPORTING KC A SET PIECE THREAT Through the first 13 weeks of the season, Sporting KC has been one of the league’s most dangerous teams on set pieces. In addition to scoring seven goals directly off set pieces, the team has accumulated numerous statistics that illustrate their set piece prowess. • SKC leads MLS with 37 chances created from set plays • SKC leads MLS with eight assists from set plays • SKC leads MLS with eight headed goals, three more than any other team

SPORTING KC TRIO NAMED TO MLSSOCCER.COM TEAM OF THE WEEK Three SKC players marked their name on last Friday’s 4-0 win over FC Dallas. Krisztian Nemeth, Kevin Ellis and Graham Zusi—all scorers and providers of goals in yet another offensive explosion at Sporting Park—received MLS Team of the Week recognition as Peter Vermes’ side extended their unbeaten run to six games. 2015 MEDIA RECOGNITIONS JALIL ANIBABA Week 5 (4/6) Week 9 (5/4)

MELIA STEPS UP Longtime backup goalkeeper Tim Melia has started the last five matches for Sporting KC and helped the team to an unbeaten 3-0-2 record in May. Melia strong start with the club includes three clean sheets and a 0.60 goals against average, best in MLS among keepers with at least five starts. He is one game shy of becoming the first keeper in Kansas City history to go unbeaten in his first six MLS starts, currently holding a share of the team record with SKCTV color commentator Andy Gruenebaum. The sixth-year veteran was signed in the offseason after previously representing Real Salt Lake (2010-2011) and Chivas USA (2012-2014), where he backed up MLS All-Stars Nick Rimando (RSL) and Dan Kennedy (Chivas USA). In his club debut on May 3 at Sporting Park, Melia recorded the first win and shutout of his six-year MLS career as Sporting KC blanked the Chicago Fire 1-0. His solid outing between the posts, punctuated by three sure-handed saves—one of which was nominated for MLS Save of the Week—earned him BurgerFi Man of the Match honors and Team of the Week recognition from MLSsoccer.com and SI.com. Two weeks ago in Seattle, he notched his second clean sheet as Sporting KC held Sounders FC to their first scoreless match at CenturyLink Field this season. Most seasons prior to first shutout/victory in MLS history Player Team 1st shutout 1st victory Tim Melia Sporting KC 6th season (2015) 6th season (2015) Chris Konopka Toronto FC 6th season (2015) 6th season (2015) Eric Kronberg Sporting KC 6th season (2011) 5th season (2010)

MATT BESLER Week 9 (5/4)

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

MARCEL DE JONG Week 3 (3/23)

AMADOU DIA

Week 12 (5/25)

DOM DWYER Week 5 (4/6)

KEVIN ELLIS

Week 13 (6/1)

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

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

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

BENNY FEILHABER Week 1 (3/9) Week 4 (3/30) Week 6 (4/13) Week 8 (4/27) April Week 9 (5/4) Week 12 (5/25)

PALMER-BROWN AT FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP Sporting KC defender Erik Palmer-Brown is with the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be held through June 20 in New Zealand. Palmer-Brown was an unused substitute in each of the Americans’ first two group stage matches, a 2-1 win over Myanmar last Saturday and a 4-0 win over New Zealand on Tuesday. The pair of victories clinched the Yanks’ advancement to the Round of 16. Palmer-Brown has appeared in eight matches for Sporting KC across all competition, including a 90-minute outing in a 1-1 draw at D.C. United on May 9, since signing as a homegrown player in August 2013. He made his MLS debut in 2014 at age 17 and remains the youngest player to appear in a Major League Soccer match in club history. Palmer-Brown debuted with the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team as a 16-year-old in January 2014. He participated in the 2014 Dallas Cup with the U-20’s and has since participated in three of the team’s international training camps in Argentina (September 2014), England (March 2015) and Austria (April 2015).

TIM MELIA

Week 9 (5/4)

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

KRISZTIAN NEMETH Week 12 (5/25) Week 13 (6/1) May

SPORTING PARK SELLOUT STREAK Sporting Park has sold out 60 straight MLS matches (including playoffs) dating back to March 2012 and 72 of 81 overall since opening in June 2011. Sporting KC has set new regular season attendance records in each of the last four years, eclipsing 20,00 spectators per game in 2014. In 81MLS matches played at the venue, Sporting Park is averaging 19,374 spectators -- 104.9 percent of its 18,467-seat capacity.

IKE OPARA

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

EIGHT SPORTING KC PLAYERS ON ALL-STAR FAN BALLOT MLS unveiled the fan ballot last Wednesday for the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game featuring eight representatives, as nominated by media, from all 20 teams. Sporting KC’s eligible players for fan voting are as follows: Goalkeeper (1): Tim Melia Defenders (2): Jalil Anibaba, Matt Besler Midfielders (3): Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi Forwards (2): Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth The 2015 MLS All-Stars will play English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur on July 29 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. A total of 32 All-Stars (four goalkeepers, eight defenders, 13 midfielders and seven forwards) are named each year. Media, fans, players, the All-Star coach and MLS Commissioner Don Garber all contribute in the selection process. Four of SKC’s eight nominees are in contention for the first All-Star honors of their MLS careers, including Benny Feilhaber who leads the league with a careerhigh seven assists this season. Besler and Zusi have each been named MLS All-Stars on three occasions while Dwyer (2014) and Espinoza (2012) have also received AllStar recognition during their respective careers.

GRAHAM ZUSI Week 13 (6/1)

TEAM

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

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 6, 2015 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

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

Score KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 2 vs SEA 3

Result Location W CenturyLink Field L CommunityAmerica Ballpark

04/17/2010 10/09/2010

KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2

L CenturyLink Field L CommunityAmerica Ballpark

05/21/2011 08/06/2011

KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2

L CenturyLink Field L Sporting Park

06/20/2012

KC 1 at SEA 1

T CenturyLink Field

05/08/2013

KC 0 vs SEA 1

L Sporting Park

03/08/2014

KC 0 at SEA 1

L CenturyLink Field

05/23/2015

KC 0 at SEA 0

T CenturyLink Field

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2 4 60 16 74 8 26

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 6 116 36 148 13 58

1 2 50 11 61 17 19

2 10 62 24 53 13 23

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 12 112 35 114 30 42

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

1 six players tied 1 five players tied 6 Kamara/Dwyer 3 Kei Kamara (8/6/11) 6 Aurelien Collin (twice) 4 Sapong/Dwyer 5 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09) 3 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

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

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL

1-15 KC 1 SEA 1

16-30 1 1

31-45 0 0

46-60 2 0

61-75 0 2

76-90 2 8

OT 0 0

Total 6 12

SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,374

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 81 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 75 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 10 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 81 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

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

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS

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

12 players tied 1 three players tied 2 Fredy Montero 19 Fredy Montero 8 Osvaldo Alonso 16 Fredy Montero 20

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 2 56 20 74 5 32

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

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

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

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104.9 5

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

156

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 101 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 6, 2015 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Bernardo Anor (trade - 12/8/14)

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

Jalil Anibaba (trade - 12/12/14)

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

James Marcelin (signing - 12/16/14)

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

Luis Marin (signing - 12/18/14)

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

Krisztian Nemeth (signing - 12/18/14)

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

Tim Melia (signing - 12/23/14)

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

Roger Espinoza (signing - 1/6/15)

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

Connor Hallisey (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)

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

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

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

Servando Carrasco (trade - 1/27/15)

Aurelien Collin (trade - 12/8/14)

Soni Mustivar (signing - 2/13/15)

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

Amadou Dia (SuperDraft - 2/18/15)

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

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

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

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

Claudio Bieler (out of contract - 1/20/15) Jorge Claros (waived - 2/24/15) James Marcelin (waived - 2/24/15) Luis Marin (contract terminated - 5/27/15)

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

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

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)

Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

2013

Mikey Lopez (14th)

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

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

Connor Hallisey (10th)

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

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

2015

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

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

MLS Lottery Draft

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 6, 2015 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

T 1-1

ATTENDANCE

Opara 50 19,784

Saturday, March 14

at FC Dallas

MLS

L 1-3

Espinoza 44

14,149

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

T 0-0

---

20,848

Saturday, March 28

at New York City FC

MLS

W 1-0

Opara 12

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

W 3-2

Dwyer 16; Anibaba 91+; Nemeth 94+

19,545

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

T 0-0

---

20,087

Saturday, April 18

at LA Galaxy

MLS

L 1-2

Nemeth 22

20,018

Saturday, April 25

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

T 4-4

Nemeth 2; Dwyer 74; Feilhaber 80, 95+

21,046

SUNDAY, MAY 3

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

W 1-0

Nagamura 75

19,581

Saturday, May 9

at D.C. United

MLS

T 1-1

Dwyer 45

16,221

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

W 4-2

Dwyer 29; Nemeth 39, 46; Feilhaber 43

18,864

Saturday, May 23

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

9:00

--- 40,653

FRIDAY, MAY 29

FC DALLAS

MLS

W 4-0

Nemeth 19; Feilhaber 51; Ellis 57; Zusi 64

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

TUESDAY, JUNE 16

ST. LOUIS FC

U.S. Open Cup (4th Round)

7:30

Sporting KC YouTube

Sunday, June 21

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

9:00

Fox Sports 1

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, June 30/July 1

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (5th Round)

Sunday, July 12

at Vancouver Whitecaps

MLS

8:00

KMCI, SKCTV

SATURDAY, JULY 18

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, July 21/22

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Quarterfinals)

Friday, July 24

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

10:00

KMCI, Unimas

SATURDAY, AUG. 1

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Saturday, Aug. 8

at Toronto FC

MLS

3:00

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, Aug. 11/12

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Semifinals)

SATURDAY, AUG. 15

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS

MLS