Game Guide: Sporting KC vs. Colorado Rapids by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v COLORADO RAPIDS (June 27, Sporting Park; 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2015 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 15 6-3-6 24 23 17 8 5-0-3 18 14 5

Rapids on road

16 2-5-9 15 12 15 8 1-2-5 8 6 5

29 Melia

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (52 meetings): Sporting 22 wins (1 shootout), 90 goals … Rapids 17 wins (3 shootout), 70 goals … Ties 13

27 Espinoza

14 21

Serna

Powers

Torres

5 Harrington

A 15 96

6 4 2 0

8 6 1 0

9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

9 2 2 0 2 0 0 0

0 10 2

1 13 1

TYPE OF PLAY

12 3 3 0 3 0 2 0

9 0 3 1 0 0 3 1

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

4 16 3

3 12 2

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC TLTWWTLTWTWTWWL Rapids TTTLWLTTTTWLLTTL

16 Riley

O’Neill

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

COLORADO RAPIDS 1 Clint Irwin (GK) 2 Nick LaBrocca (MF) 3 Drew Moor (DF) 4 Marc Burch (DF) 5 Michael Harrington (DF) 6 Sam Cronin (MF) 7 Vicente Sanchez (FW) 8 Dillon Powers (MF) 9 Kevin Doyle (FW) 10 Gabriel Torres (FW) 11 Marcelo Sarvas (MF) 12 John Berner (GK) 13 Ben Newnam (DF) 14 Dominique Badji (FW) 15 Juan Ramirez (MF) 16 James Riley (DF) 17 Dillon Serna (MF) 18 Zac MacMath (GK) 19 Charles Eloundou (FW) 20 Joseph Greenspan (DF) 21 Luis Solignac (FW) 22 Lucas Pittinari (MF) 23 Bobby Burling (DF) 27 Shane O'Neill (DF) 29 Caleb Calvert (FW) 33 Jared Watts (MF) 44 Axel Sjoberg (DF) 57 Carlos Alvarez (MF) 94 Marlon Hairston (MF)

KC: Ike Opara

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 3-0-0 2-3-5 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-1-6 0-4-2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 6/06/2015 KC 1, SEA 0 3/28/2015 KC 1, NYC 0 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2 6/21/2015 KC 1, RSL 2 5/23/2015 KC 0, SEA 0 6/06/2015 KC 1, SEA 0 5/23/2015 KC 0, SEA 0

REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. AR1 (bench): Adam Garner; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Marcos de Oliveira DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): COL: Bobby Burling

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RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 4-0-2 2-3-1 2-0-2 0-5-3

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

3 1

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC COL

6 Cronin

Irwin

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

11 1 4 1

22 Pittinari

Moor

HOW SCORED

10 5 8 0

9 Nemeth

Solignac

RAPIDS

F 12 120

10 Feilhaber

Dwyer

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

13 Dia

Zusi

UPCOMING MATCHES RAPIDS SPORTING Sat. July 4 Vancouver Sun. July 12 at Vancouver Sat. July 11 Real Salt Lake Sat. July 18 Montreal Sat. July 18 at Seattle Fri. July 24 at Real Salt Lake Sat. Aug. 1 Los Angeles Sat. Aug. 1 Houston

A 17 79

5 Besler

Mustivar

LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/29: COL 2, KC 3 (Sanchez 60, 78 – Zusi 50; Feilhaber 79; Dwyer 92+)

F 23 59

4 Ellis

Anibaba

AT KC (25 meetings): Sporting 17 wins (0 shootout), 55 goals … Rapids 3 wins (1 shootout), 25 goals …Ties 5

SPORTING

ROSTERS 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) 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)

(0) (5) (8) (0) (3) (1) (3)

COLORADO RAPIDS Date Score (Gms since) 5/23/2015 COL 1, VAN 0 4/10/2015 COL 4, DAL 0 5/30/2015 COL 1, POR 2 6/24/2015 COL 0, ORL 2 6/19/2015 COL 1, DAL 1 6/07/2015 COL 0, RSL 0 6/24/2015 COL 0, ORL 2

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

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 6 Nemeth A: 8 Feilhaber SHT: 40 Dwyer SOG: 14 Dwyer FC: 25 Feilhaber FS: 37 Dwyer OF: 14 Dwyer C: 3 3 players tied E: 1 Besler RAPIDS G: 4 Torres A: 5 Powers SHT: 31 Torres SOG: 12 Powers FC: 38 Pittinari FS: 38 Ramirez OF: 18 Torres C: 4 Burling/Cronin E: 1 Burling

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 15 3 8 0 1 3 23 1.53 COL 16 7 8 0 0 1 12 0.75 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 15 7 2 4 1 1 17 1.13 COL 16 6 6 3 1 0 15 0.94 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 23 2 5 4 4 3 5 COL 12 1 2 2 1 1 5 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 17 5 2 2 3 2 3 COL 15 2 4 2 1 5 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v COLORADO RAPIDS (June 27, Sporting Park; 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 171)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 2 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 6 2 0 62 45 8 0 3 Ike Opara 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 10 9 1 1 32 26 1 4 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 14 14 0 2 164 159 2 9 MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 6 4 1 0 228 205 13 19 6 Paulo Nagamura 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 0 0 0 0 123 98 2 13 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 12 11 1 4 160 126 23 43 8 FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 12 10 6 2 12 10 6 2 9 Krisztian Nemeth 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15 15 5 8 125 113 17 27 11 Bernardo Anor MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 6 1 0 0 77 49 12 3 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 12 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 11 7 0 0 11 7 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 13 12 5 1 63 50 29 4 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 5 4 0 0 138 134 0 7 15 16 Servando Carrasco MF 5-10 175 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 9 6 0 0 68 37 1 1 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 21 22 Connor Hallisey MF 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 6 2 0 1 6 2 0 1 DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 13 13 1 4 125 120 5 10 23 Jalil Anibaba 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 12 12 1 2 125 105 3 13 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 7 7 0 0 13 12 0 0 29 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 11 5 0 1 210 119 15 15 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 8 7 0 1 8 7 0 1 71 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 11 7 0 0 11 7 0 0 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 4 4 0 0 10 5 0 0 94 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

L61 11/21/1966 W82 T50

COLORADO RAPIDS 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 195 04/01/1989 Charlotte, NC 16 16 0 0 74 72 0 0 1 Clint Irwin 2 Nick LaBrocca MF 5-10 165 12/04/1984 Staten Island, NY 7 4 1 0 214 190 18 18 DF 6-0 165 01/15/1984 Dallas, TX 8 8 0 1 290 277 21 7 3 Drew Moor 4 Marc Burch DF 6-1 180 05/07/1984 Cincinnati, OH 6 6 0 0 180 140 4 20 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 13 13 0 1 220 195 5 18 5 6 Sam Cronin MF 5-10 165 12/12/1986 Atlanta, GA 12 10 1 0 185 172 7 17 FW 5-7 145 12/07/1979 Montevideo, Uruguay 13 4 0 1 38 23 7 5 7 Vicente Sanchez 8 Dillon Powers MF 5-11 170 02/14/1991 Plano, TX 16 14 1 5 76 70 11 20 FW 6-0 179 09/18/1983 Adamstown, Ireland 5 3 0 0 5 3 0 0 9 Kevin Doyle 10 Gabriel Torres FW 5-11 165 10/31/1988 Panama City, Panama 16 15 4 2 46 31 10 4 MF 5-10 155 10/16/1981 Sao Paulo, Brazil 9 8 0 1 97 88 9 20 11 Marcelo Sarvas 12 John Berner GK 6-3 205 02/14/1991 St. Louis, MO 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 13 Ben Newnam DF 5-10 165 04/18/1991 Greensboro, NC 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 Dominique Badji FW 6-0 175 10/16/1992 Dakar, Senegal 9 6 1 0 9 6 1 0 15 Juan Ramirez MF 5-8 150 05/25/1993 Buenos Aires, Argentina 13 11 0 1 13 11 0 1 16 James Riley DF 5-10 150 10/27/1982 Colorado Springs, CO 10 10 1 0 245 224 3 17 Dillon Serna MF 5-7 140 03/25/1994 Denver, CO 8 3 2 0 36 21 5 4 17 18 Zac MacMath GK 6-0 194 08/07/1991 St. Petersburg, FL 0 0 0 0 103 102 0 0 19 Charles Eloundou FW 5-7 155 12/04/1994 Yaounde, Cameroon 5 0 0 0 16 4 0 1 20 Joseph Greenspan DF 6-6 209 09/12/1992 Summit, NJ 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 Luis Solignac FW 6-0 171 02/16/1991 Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 5 0 1 6 5 0 1 22 Lucas Pittinari MF 5-10 167 11/30/1991 Laborde, Argentina 16 13 1 2 16 13 1 2 Bobby Burling DF 6-5 195 10/15/1984 Clear Lake City, TX 9 9 0 0 128 114 2 2 23 26 Deshorn Brown FW 6-2 170 12/22/1990 Manchester, Jamaica 1 0 0 0 62 50 20 4 Shane O'Neill DF 6-2 190 09/02/1993 Midleton, Ireland 4 3 0 0 52 48 1 0 27 29 Caleb Calvert FW 6-2 160 10/22/1996 Wrightwood, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Jared Watts MF 6-1 155 02/03/1992 Statesville, NC 4 4 0 0 21 17 0 1 44 Axel Sjoberg DF 6-7 210 03/08/1991 Stockholm, Sweden 9 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 57 Carlos Alvarez MF 5-10 160 11/12/1990 Los Angeles, CA 1 0 0 0 51 39 2 4 94 Marlon Hairston MF 6-0 157 03/23/1994 Jackson, MS 0 0 0 0 22 9 1 1 HEAD COACH : Pablo Mastroeni

08/29/1976 W10 L23 T17

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs COLORADO RAPIDS SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. June 27, 2015 (WEEK 17, MLS Game #171) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38; Altitude) Back together again in the Western Conference, Sporting Kansas City and the Colorado Rapids meet for the first time this season when the clubs face off Saturday evening at Sporting Park. SKC returns home after their seven-game undefeated run was put to an end last weekend in a 2-1 loss at Real Salt Lake. The Rapids are continuing their road swing after seeing their current winless run extended to five games in a 2-0 loss at Orlando City SC at midweek. REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. AR1 (bench): Adam Garner; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Marcos de Oliveira MLS Career: 195 games; FC/gm: 25.1; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 72; pens: 71 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: COL: Bobby Burling SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza, Kevin Ellis, Soni Mustivar … COL: Sam Cronin, James Riley, Axel Sjoberg DISABLED LIST: KC: Ike Opara INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (52 meetings): Sporting 22 wins (1 shootout), 90 goals … Rapids 17 wins (3 shootout), 70 goals … Ties 13 AT KC (25 meetings): Sporting 17 wins (0 shootout), 55 goals … Rapids 3 wins (1 shootout), 25 goals …Ties 5 RETURN MATCHES: 8/29: Colorado Rapids vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7 p.m. MT; 10/21: Sporting Kansas City vs. Colorado Rapids, 7:30 p.m. CT LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/29: COL 2, KC 3 (Sanchez 60, 78 – Zusi 50; Feilhaber 79; Dwyer 92+)  Sporting have not lost to the Rapids since a 2-1 Colorado win March 28, 2009 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, including a 3-2 win last March 29 in Commerce City in the only meeting between the teams. Since then, KC is 3-0-5 vs. Colorado.  The Rapids haven’t won in Kansas City since 2002, a 2-1 win at Arrowhead Stadium. Since, Kansas City is 80-4 at home vs. Colorado, including a 2-1 win at Sporting Park in 2013 in the last meeting there.  Coaches record: Pablo Mastroeni vs. KC: P2 W0 L1 D1 … Peter Vermes vs. RSL: P9 W3 L0 D6 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City saw their undefeated run come to an end after seven matches, falling 2-1 to Real Salt Lake on Sunday evening at Rio Tinto Stadium. Sporting are in fifth place in the Western Conference with 24 points from 15 matches. LAST MATCH  Real took the lead in the 15th minute. Javier Morales lofted in a free kick from the right flank, picking out Sebastian Jaime at the back post, and he placed his header perfectly, bouncing it off the underside of the crossbar and into the back of the net.  Sporting pulled even a quarter-hour later. Midfielder Benny Feilhaber slipped a clever ball through to Dom Dwyer in the center of the box, and as the SKC striker kept an RSL defender on his hip, he coolly slotted home past RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando.  The winner came three minutes into stoppage time through a stroke of good fortune. Morales again played provider, fighting to keep the ball in midfield and finding Garcia on the wing. He then took a touch inside and blasted a shot towards goal, with the ball bouncing off SKC defender Kevin Ellis before looping over goalkeeper Tim Melia and giving RSL all three points.  SKC manager Peter Vermes made two changes to the team that claimed a 1-0 win against Seattle Sounders FC at Sporting Park. Dom Dwyer and Krisztian Nemeth came into the side in place of Connor Hallisey and Marcel de Jong.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia (Saad Abdul-Salaam 90) - Soni Mustivar - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza - Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Jacob Peterson 75). TEAM NEWS

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The defeat at Real Salt Lake was Sporting’s first since April 18 when they dropped a 2-1 decision at the LA Galaxy. They were 4-0-3 over their seven-game undefeated run in league play. “I don't necessarily know if we deserved a point,” SKC manager Peter Vermes said, “with the aggressiveness that they had going to our goal, with the amount of saves Tim [Melia] had to come up with to keep us in the game.” Dom Dwyer scored his fifth goal of the season, making his first start since May 20 – when he had scored his last league goal. Dwyer missed two matches entirely before coming off the substitutes’ bench in the Seattle contest. Benny Feilhaber collected his eighth assist of the season, his first since May 20, in setting up the Dwyer goal. Feilhaber is tied for the MLS lead with eight assists; he has two goals and an assist over the last three matches. “It was a good goal by us. I think that the buildup was nice. I think that the ball in by Benny [Feilhaber] was perfect – good run by him as well,” Vermes said. “… It’s unfortunate at the end – the ball that goes in – but in the end, they deserved [the win]. I guess we could each have scored another goal, or maybe a couple more on their side. Like I said, I think that they had a higher intensity in the game.” Feilhaber’s eight assists is also a single-season high for his five-year MLS career. He had seven assists in his first season in 2011 with the New England Revolution. Sporting allowed a sixth goal from a set piece on the RSL opener, tied for third-most goals allowed in the league this season from deadball situations. “We have to minimize the number of set pieces we gave up in this game. We gave up a lot of corner kicks, and it was really because of a lack of good starting positions – that was the biggest thing,” Vermes said. Said goalkeeper Tim Melia: “I think that we were under a little bit more pressure than we should have [been]. We didn’t play our game. We didn’t come here and do what we put in place for this game. I think that was seen on the field and that was the reason that they were getting as many opportunities as they did with set pieces.”

COLORADO RAPIDS The Colorado Rapids saw their winless streak extended to five matches, falling 2-0 to Orlando City SC on Wednesday evening at the Citrus Bowl. The Rapids are in 10th place in the Western Conference with 15 points from 16 matches. LAST MATCH  City finally broke through in the 62nd minute. Carlos Rivas beat his defender for pace down the left flank before sending in a perfect low cross for Cyle Larin to thump home from close range.  The clincher came three minutes later. Cristian Higuita led a breakaway out of the Orlando City, before sliding the ball to Kaká on the right. He then skipped into the penalty area before picking out a perfect low drive from a wide angle to beat Rapids goalkeeper Irwin to his right post.  Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni made five changes to the team that played to a 1-1 result with FC Dallas at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Joseph Greenspan, Marc Burch and Shane O’Neill came into the back four in place of James Riley, Bobby Burling and Jared Watts, and Kevin Doyle and Lucas Pittinari started in midfield for Gabriel Torres and Sam Cronin.  COLORADO RAPIDS (4-2-3-1): Clint Irwin - Joseph Greenspan, Drew Moor, Shane O'Neill, Marc Burch Marcelo Sarvas (Sam Cronin 69), Lucas Pittinari - Dillon Serna (Gabriel Torres 68), Kevin Doyle (Charles Eloundou 59), Dillon Powers - Luis Solignac. TEAM NEWS  The Rapids saw their current winless run in league play extended to five games (0-3-2), matching their longest winless stretch of the season, when they went 0-1-4 from April 18-May 8.  “The result was crap. As we’ve done all season, we put ourselves in good positions really early in the game but we just can’t finish. I think they were much brighter in the second half, more commitment in the second half from them. Disappointed in the way that we conducted ourselves in the second half,” said Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni.  The Rapids were also shut out at the attacking end for the third time in the five-game winless stretch. It was their seventh offensive shutout this season – the first four coming in the opening four games of the year.  The Rapids have not scored more than one goal in a game for the last 11 league matches, with eight goals over that span. They are 20th in MLS with an average of 0.75 goals per game, with 12 goals scored in 16 matches.  “We’ve had four games in 11 days. We’ve made an effort to be well versed on terms of what we’re trying to achieve,” said Mastroeni. “I think it wasn’t our defending, that means our inability to make passes when we had the ball. When individuals do too much, thinking that it’s going to help and it just slows down the game, which makes it difficult to find movement. People stop moving and it becomes a self-filing prophecy.”  After making his full professional debut in the U.S. Open Cup tie against USL side Colorado Springs Switchbacks (when he also scored his first professional goal), Joseph Greenspan made his MLS debut, playing the full 90 minutes at right back.

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Marc Burch made his first league appearance since May 27, coming in at left back and playing the full 90 minutes. Drew Moor returned to his usual central defense post. Kevin Doyle made his first start since May 30, coming back into an underneath striker role and playing 59 minutes. Lucas Pittinari returned to the starting lineup after coming off the substitutes’ bench in three consecutive matches, again forming the holding midfield axis with Marcelo Sarvas. “You have to quickly put this one behind you. We have a lot of self-evaluation from the coaches all the way down to the players. They have to evaluate how many good decisions they made and how many poor ones. That is what it’s going to take,” said Mastroeni. “I think we were soft, not only in the fight but also in the conviction in passing and in our mentality. It felt like we were just waiting.”

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (6-3-6, 24 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 12 15 13 6 12 13 12 10 6 14 6 11 8 11 6 2 4 8 5 9 5 11 7

GS 10 15 12 6 11 13 12 9 4 14 2 5 7 7 1 1 4 8 0 6 4 7 7

MIN 887 1344 1093 534 936 1170 1035 815 398 1240 201 446 536 685 188 95 245 720 46 508 392 686 630

15 15

1350 1350

G 6 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 17

A 2 8 1 0 4 4 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 29 24 40 7 12 11 16 3 4 0 5 7 11 4 4 1 4 0 1 7 5 0 0

SOG 6 7 14 2 2 4 4 2 2 0 2 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

27 18

195 145

58 54

FC 9 25 23 6 10 10 21 11 9 11 0 4 1 10 4 0 4 0 0 10 4 11 0

FS 18 26 37 4 12 4 14 1 3 5 1 2 8 10 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 6 1

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

CK 0 26 0 0 36 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 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 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

183 169 169 183

26 53

69 87

24 28

1 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Benny Feilhaber 2, Krisztian Nemeth 2, 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 3-3, Dom Dwyer 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 1

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 7 8 15 15

GS 7 8 15 15

MIN SHTS 630 24 720 30 1350 54 1350 58

SV 18 19 37 33

GA 5 12 17 23

GAA 0.71 1.5 1.13 1.53

PG 0 0 0 3

PA 0 0 0 4

W 4 2 6 3

L 1 2 3 6

T 2 4 6 6

SO 4 3 7 3

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2015 COLORADO RAPIDS STATISTICS (2-5-9, 15 pts.) UNF 10 17 8 22 14 16 2 6 3 15 21 11 5 7 44 13 23 57 19 1 26 33 20 9 4 27

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

PLAYER Gabriel Torres Dillon Serna Dillon Powers Lucas Pittinari Dominique Badji James Riley Nick LaBrocca Sam Cronin Drew Moor Juan Ramirez Luis Solignac Marcelo Sarvas Michael Harrington Vicente Sanchez Axel Sjoberg Ben Newnam Bobby Burling Carlos Alvarez Charles Eloundou Clint Irwin Deshorn Brown Jared Watts Joseph Greenspan Kevin Doyle Marc Burch Shane O'Neill Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 16 8 16 16 9 10 7 12 8 13 6 9 13 13 9 1 9 1 5 16 1 4 1 5 6 4

GS 15 3 14 13 6 10 4 10 8 11 5 8 13 4 9 1 9 0 0 16 0 4 1 3 6 3

MIN 1210 293 1245 1240 492 890 400 894 720 946 485 660 1170 388 810 90 788 31 79 1440 2 360 90 269 540 286

16 16

1440 1440

G 4 2 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 15 12

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

SHT 31 6 28 20 12 4 9 14 1 30 12 8 2 13 8 0 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 5 4 0

SOG 11 3 12 4 3 1 1 2 0 6 6 3 1 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

12 15

213 217

FC 13 5 15 38 14 16 7 13 4 12 10 10 8 4 14 2 16 0 0 0 0 5 1 5 9 5

FS 21 2 28 11 7 3 5 6 6 38 13 14 7 8 5 0 8 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 5 0

OFF 18 1 4 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

CK 3 6 33 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 6 0 24 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

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

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

65 66

209 226 226 209

12 38

56 90

34 30

2 1

GAA 0.94 0.94 0.75

PG 2 2 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Lucas Pittinari 1, Dominique Badji 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Dillon Powers 2, Gabriel Torres 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Dillon Powers 0-1 COLORADO RAPIDS GOALKEEPING UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Clint Irwin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 16 16 16

GS 16 16 16

MIN SHTS 1440 65 1440 65 1440 66

SV 50 50 52

GA 15 15 12

PA 2 2 1

W 2 2 5

L 5 5 2

T 9 9 9

SO 6 6 7

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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 W W L

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

40653 20172 21505 19155

4-2-6 5-2-6 6-2-6 6-3-6

3 2 2 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); 24 KC: Feilhaber (84); 24 KC: Dwyer (30); RSL: Jaime (15) Garcia (93+)

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COLORADO RAPIDS 2015 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sun.

Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May May June

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

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

OPPONENT RESULT 7 at Philadelphia T 0-0 21 New York City T 0-0 FC 28 at Houston T 0-0 4 New England L 0-2 10 at FC Dallas W 4-0 18 Seattle L 1-3 24 FC Dallas T 1-1 29 at New York T 1-1 2 at Los Angeles T 1-1 8 San Jose T 1-1 16 at Sporting KC T 0-0 23 Vancouver W 1-0 27 at Seattle L 0-1 30 Portland L 1-2 7 at Real Salt T 0-0 Lake 19 FC Dallas T 1-1 24 at Orlando City L 0-2 SC 27 at Sporting KC 4 Vancouver 11 Real Salt Lake 18 at Seattle 1 Los Angeles 8 Columbus 14 at San Jose 22 at Chicago 26 Houston 29 Sporting KC 9 at Vancouver 12 D.C. United 19 at Toronto FC 26 at Houston 4 Real Salt Lake 10 Montreal 21 at Sporting KC 25 at Portland

ATT 18022 17692

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

POS PTS NOTES: 3 1 8 2

19603 11450 12929 13134 12944 12540 16676 14169 0 17791 39757 18209 18895

0-0-3 0-1-3 1-1-3 1-2-3 1-2-4 1-2-5 1-2-6 1-2-7 1-2-7 2-2-7 2-3-7 2-4-7 2-4-8

6 8 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

3 3 NE: Agudelo (18) Nguyen (54) 6 COL: Badji (2) Powers (43) Torres (70) Serna (85); 6 COL: Torres (22); SEA: Neagle (5,25) Martins (73) 7 COL: LaBrocca (79); DAL: Diaz (31) 8 COL: Torres (25); NYR: Wright-Phillips (30) 9 COL: Torres (40); LA: Gordon (75) 10 COL: Riley (93+); SJ: Wondolowski (19) 10 13 COL: Pittinari (51); 13 SEA: Pappa (16) 13 COL: Cronin (89); POR: Fernandez (38) Jewsbury (93+) 14

15585 23372

2-4-9 2-5-9

8 8

15 COL: Serna (88); DAL: Castillo (71) 15 ORL: Larin (62) Santos Leite (65)

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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 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 7 Tim Melia 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 6 06/06/2015 vs Shots Faced 7 06/21/2015 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

06/06/2015 vs SEA

W 1-0

06/21/2015 vs RSL

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

SEA

W 1-0

RSL

L 1-2

HOU

T 4-4

RAPIDS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 1 12 times Assists 1 15 times Shots 7 Juan Ramirez Shots on Goal 3 Vicente Sanchez Fouls Committed 7 Lucas Pittinari Fouls Suffered 8 Juan Ramirez Offside 3 4 times Saves 6 Clint Irwin 6 Clint Irwin Shots Faced 9 Clint Irwin Goals Allowed 3 Clint Irwin

Goals 4 04/10/2015 at Assists 4 04/10/2015 at Shots 27 04/18/2015 at Shots on Goal 9 04/18/2015 at Fouls Committed 24 05/23/2015 at Fouls Suffered 18 03/28/2015 at 18 04/18/2015 at Corner Kicks 12 05/08/2015 at Offside 6 04/24/2015 at Saves 6 04/18/2015 at 6 05/30/2015 at Shots Faced 9 04/18/2015 at Goals Allowed 3 04/18/2015 at

04/10/2015 at DAL

W 4-0

04/10/2015 at DAL

W 4-0

05/27/2015 at SEA

L 0-1

04/18/2015 at SEA

L 1-3

04/18/2015 at SEA

L 1-3

04/24/2015 at DAL

T 1-1

03/07/2015 at PHI

T 0-0

04/18/2015 at SEA 05/30/2015 at POR

L 1-3 L 1-2

04/18/2015 at SEA

L 1-3

04/18/2015 at SEA

L 1-3

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 7 06/06/2015 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 0 06/21/2015 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

SEA

W 1-0

SEA

T 0-0

NYC NE

W 1-0 W 4-2

NYR POR SEA RSL

T T T L

RSL HOU

T 0-0 T 4-4

RSL

T 0-0

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)

DAL

W 4-0

DAL

W 4-0

SEA

L 1-3

SEA

L 1-3

VAN

W 1-0

HOU SEA

T 0-0 L 1-3

T 1-1

DAL

T 1-1

SEA POR

L 1-3 L 1-2

SEA

L 1-3

SEA

L 1-3

Shots 2 03/07/2015 at Shots on Goal 0 03/07/2015 at Fouls Committed 9 05/30/2015 at Fouls Suffered 8 06/19/2015 at Corner Kicks 1 03/07/2015 at Offside 0 06/24/2015 at Saves 1 04/04/2015 at 1 04/24/2015 at 1 06/07/2015 at Shots Faced 1 06/07/2015 at

PHI

T 0-0

PHI

T 0-0

POR

L 1-2

DAL

T 1-1

PHI

T 0-0

ORL

L 0-2

NE DAL RSL

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

RSL

T 0-0

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

RAPIDS VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Rapids

Sporting KC 22 wins, 91 goals Rapids 17 wins, 73 goals 14 ties 4/13/1996 5/5/1996 7/10/1996 8/7/1996 6/28/1997 8/28/1997 9/6/1997 9/26/1997 10/4/1997 10/8/1997 5/31/1998 7/19/1998 8/8/1998 9/2/1998 4/17/1999 7/7/1999 9/10/1999 9/25/1999 4/1/2000 4/29/2000 8/2/2000 8/26/2000 9/16/2000 9/20/2000 9/24/2000 7/18/2001 8/12/2001 8/19/2001 3/23/2002 5/11/2002 9/14/2002 9/20/2002 7/4/2003 8/22/2003 9/13/2003 10/4/2003 11/4/2003 11/8/2003 5/1/2004 6/9/2004 9/10/2004 9/25/2004 4/2/2005 7/4/2005 7/8/2006 9/9/2006 5/19/2007 7/22/2007 4/5/2008 8/16/2008 3/28/2009 9/26/2009 4/10/2010 7/17/2010 5/28/2011 7/6/2011 10/30/2011 11/2/2011 5/19/2012 8/31/2013 3/29/2014 5/16/2015

KC 3 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 4 at COL KC 1 vs COL KC 2 at COL KC 5 vs COL COL 3 at KC COL 3 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 4 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 3 vs KC COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 1 at KC KC 3 vs COL KC 5 at COL KC 3 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs COL COL 0 vs KC KC 3 vs COL COL 0 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 3 vs COL KC 1 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 3 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 2 vs COL KC 1 at COL COL 3 vs KC KC 1 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 0 vs COL KC 1 vs COL COL 1 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs COL KC 2 at COL KC 2 vs COL COL 2 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 3 at COL KC 0 vs COL

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

KC SOW

COL SOW COL SOW COL SOW

(2OT) (2OT) (2OT) (2OT) (2OT)

(2OT) (2OT)

(KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (DS) (KC) (CA) (DS) (DS) (CA) (CA) (DS) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 28 293 114 367 79 137

2 42 358 135 392 64 138

Sporting KC

OT 0 5 2 2 1 0

Tot 70 656 251 761 144 275

1 33 311 135 335 82 114

2 57 404 180 340 80 130

OT 0 4 1 9 0 1

Tot 90 719 316 684 162 245

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: COL KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

8 7

10 12

9 13

14 22

10 9

19 27

0 0

70 90

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes Pablo Mastroeni

vs. COL vs. KC

3-0-6 0-1-1

(1.67 pts./game) (0.5 pts./game)

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

9 16 83 35 34 47 7 5 6 65 18

Sporting KC Klein/Radosavljevic Preki Preki Preki McKeon/Zavagnin Kerry Zavagnin Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola

Rapids John Spencer Chris Henderson John Spencer John Spencer Pablo Mastroeni Chris Henderson 4 times Cannon/Hahnemann Scott Garlick Marcus Hahnemann Marcus Hahnemann

8 7 53 29 35 36 3 5 3 44 17

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed

2 3 9 4 7

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

7 1 9 4

Sporting KC 9 players tied Preki (10/04/03) Onandi Lowe (08/12/01) 9 players tied Chris Henderson (08/26/00) 3 players tied 12 players tied Bo Oshoniyi (09/10/04) Mike Ammann (08/07/96)

Rapids 8 players tied 4 players tied Mark Chung (09/14/02) John Spencer (08/22/03) Chris Martinez (08/02/00) 3 players tied 8 players tied 4 players tied Grafer/Kramer

2 2 8 5 7 6 1 9 5

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)

Colorado Rapids W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

9 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ts

(06/06/2014) (06/21/2015) (04/25/2015)

1-0-1 1-1-6 0-4-2

1 Ts (05/02/2015) 1 Ls (06/24/2015) 2 Ls (05/27/2015)

2-3-1 4-0-2

1 Ls 3 Ws

(06/21/2015) (05/03/2015)

0-5-3 2-0-2

1 Ls (06/24/2015) 1 Ws (05/23/2015)

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

4 Ts 1 Ls 1 Ws 3 Ws 2 Ws

(03/21/2015) (06/21/2015) (10/10/2014) (03/29/2014) (05/20/2015)

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

1 1 1 1 2

Ls Ts Ts Ls Ws

(06/24/2015) (06/19/2015) (09/13/2014) (08/20/2014) (05/24/2014)

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

2 Ws 2 Ts 1 Ls 5 Ls 1 Ts

(05/29/2015) (03/08/2015) (06/21/2015) (08/23/2014) (04/25/2015)

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

1 1 4 3 6

Ts Ts Ls Ls Ls

(06/07/2015) (06/19/2015) (10/11/2014) (07/30/2014) (04/26/2014)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. RAPIDS (22-17-14) PLAYER

MIN

Preki Chris Klein Vitalis Takawira Mo Johnston Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Graham Zusi Jimmy Conrad Frank Klopas Gary Glasgow Matt McKeon Teal Bunbury Francisco Gomez Eddie Johnson Miklos Molnar Benny Feilhaber Roy Lassiter Scott Sealy Paul Wright Mark Chung Kerry Zavagnin Chris Henderson Brian Johnson Chris Brown Dom Dwyer Jack Jewsbury Igor Simutenkov Ryan Smith Ryan Tinsley Stephen Armstrong Alex Bunbury Michael Harrington Kei Kamara Michael Kraus Alexi Lalas Uche Okafor Mike Sorber Dave van den Bergh Eric Quill Jose Burciaga Jr. Mike Burns Carlos Marinelli Sasha Victorine Sal Zizzo Peter Byaruhanga Bobby Convey Eric Eichmann Diego Gutierrez Tony Meola Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Bo Oshoniyi Ryan Pore Craig Rocastle C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Scott Uderitz Team totals Opponent totals

26 21 14 18 18 13 7 18 8 7 19 6 11 3 2 2 5 5 9 12 27 8 8 14 2 14 6 3 8 6 4 10 6 1 4 16 3 1 6 9 5 3 6 1 1 1 2 15 17 5 3 8 5 3 3 4 6 52 52

24 21 10 17 15 11 6 18 5 5 17 3 4 3 2 2 4 2 5 12 26 8 3 6 1 12 4 2 8 6 3 10 5 0 4 15 3 1 5 9 3 2 6 1 1 1 1 14 17 4 3 8 2 2 1 4 4 52 52

2175 1840 889 1534 1442 925 511 1579 492 486 1563 307 508 244 158 174 319 225 483 1080 2399 730 342 833 81 1052 385 196 684 433 287 879 456 23 360 1338 267 83 432 774 281 217 491 90 45 59 102 1257 1580 379 257 730 112 161 94 315 352 4680 4680

9 9 8 7 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 73

16 3 3 7 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 92 68

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

83 43 32 38 37 20 6 12 15 11 26 9 18 6 7 6 3 6 10 34 10 11 1 12 3 17 7 8 2 7 8 1 12 1 6 5 3 4 5 10 1 2 10 2 0 0 2 10 0 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 722 660

2 2 6 17 8 6 9 2 1 1 52 52

135 100 540 1580 730 540 800 135 90 90 4680 4680

Garth Lagerwey Chris Snitko Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi Kevin Hartman Mike Ammann Pat Harrington Eric Kronberg David Winner Team totals Opponent totals

SHT

GAA

7 5 0.67 5 4 0.90 20 14 1.00 85 65 1.03 44 31 1.36 31 22 1.50 46 29 1.91 5 1 2.00 6 3 2.00 2 0 2.00 251 174 1.33 318 218 1.71

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

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RAPIDS CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (17-22-14) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

John Spencer Chris Henderson Mark Chung Wolde Harris Conor Casey Ross Paule Paul Bravo Marcelo Balboa Terry Cooke Steve Trittschuh Kyle Beckerman Sean Henderson Jovan Kirovski Vicente Sanchez Shaun Bartlett Chris Carrieri Wes Hart Scott Benedetti Omar Cummings Zach Kingsley Tyrone Marshall Alain Nkong Edson Buddle Jose Burciaga Jr. Jordan Cila Jeff Cunningham John DiRaimondo Facundo Erpen Jean Harbor Kosuke Kimura Clint Mathis David Patino Zizi Roberts Richard Sharpe Chris Martinez Adrian Paz Carlos Valderrama Colin Clark Seth Trembly Peter Vermes Mehdi Ballouchy Nat Borchers Jason Boyce Eric Denton Robin Fraser Denis Hamlett Nicolas Hernandez Peguero Jean Philippe Ritchie Kotschau Jeff Larentowicz Thiago Martins Pablo Mastroeni Jacob Peterson Martin Rivero Jamie Smith Roy Wegerle Team totals Opponent totals

13 24 11 12 8 11 15 19 7 11 14 6 4 2 4 10 11 4 7 6 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 8 2 4 3 2 13 8 7 5 8 11 6 10 1 3 9 3 4 4 16 5 1 22 5 2 2 5 52 52

12 21 10 7 8 10 14 19 5 11 9 5 4 2 4 9 9 4 6 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 8 1 4 2 0 11 7 7 5 3 10 6 10 1 3 9 3 4 4 14 5 0 21 3 1 0 3 52 52

1172 2006 959 663 696 935 1192 1732 515 990 913 428 296 168 325 774 778 347 538 291 270 159 102 179 154 127 90 270 324 712 96 338 212 15 954 599 670 375 317 914 456 910 40 270 850 270 344 260 1277 450 33 1841 218 123 73 213 4680 4680

8 6 5 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 91

4 7 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 68 92

53 32 30 18 22 18 33 35 10 14 14 4 8 3 7 17 6 4 13 4 1 4 3 3 4 7 2 2 9 3 2 9 9 2 3 11 4 5 3 4 8 1 1 3 1 0 6 8 6 4 0 11 7 4 0 4 660 722

Ian Feuer Preston Burpo Matt Pickens Scott Garlick Dusty Hudock Joe Cannon Scott Vallow Bouna Coundoul Clint Irwin Chris Woods David Kramer Marcus Hahnemann John Berner Adin Brown Paul Grafer Team totals Opponent totals

3 2 6 8 2 8 1 3 1 2 5 8 1 1 1 52 52

MIN SHTS 270 180 540 750 180 720 100 270 90 180 470 720 90 90 90 4680 4680

GAA

12 11 0.33 9 7 0.50 28 21 1.17 45 32 1.44 16 13 1.50 54 39 1.62 5 3 1.80 14 7 2.00 3 1 2.00 18 14 2.00 25 12 2.11 64 44 2.12 4 1 3.00 10 7 3.00 11 6 5.00 318 218 1.71 251 174 1.33

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

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. RAPIDS (22-17-14)

CURRENT RAPIDS VS. SPORTING KC (17-22-14)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

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

7 5 16 2 5 6 5 3 8 2 1 4 1 2 4 52 52

6 5 16 1 4 6 5 2 7 2 1 3 1 2 1 52 52

511 444 1356 81 379 469 450 246 633 176 90 291 90 151 128 4680 4680

3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 73

2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 68

6 11 20 3 4 0 5 4 3 1 0 2 0 1 2 722 660

Vicente Sanchez Nick LaBrocca Marcelo Sarvas Marc Burch Sam Cronin James Riley Carlos Alvarez John Berner Deshorn Brown Bobby Burling Marlon Hairston Michael Harrington Clint Irwin Zac MacMath Drew Moor Shane O'Neill Dillon Powers Gabriel Torres Jared Watts Team totals Opponent totals

2 10 3 9 8 18 1 1 2 7 1 2 1 9 14 2 2 2 1 52 52

2 10 2 6 8 15 0 1 2 5 0 2 1 9 14 2 2 1 1 52 52

168 874 193 556 623 1400 45 90 160 474 2 172 90 810 1260 180 180 98 90 4680 4680

2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 91

0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 92

3 16 3 3 6 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 660 722

GOALKEEPER

MIN

GAA

GOALKEEPER

GAA

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 52 52

90 4680 4680

6 4 2.00 251 174 1.33 318 218 1.71

0 11 6

Zac MacMath Clint Irwin John Berner Team totals Opponent totals

9 1 1 52 52

42 30 1.22 3 1 2.00 4 1 3.00 318 218 1.71 251 174 1.33

1 0 0 6 11

SHT

MIN SHTS 810 90 90 4680 4680

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GAME NOTES

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. COLORADO RAPIDS

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Saturday, June 27, 2015 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Sporting Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 16 English TV: TV talent English Radio: Radio talent

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

6-3-6 (24 pts.) RECORD 15 GAMES PLAYED 5th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 23 GOALS 1.53 GOALS/GAME 27 ASSISTS 17 GOALS ALLOWED 1.13 ALLOWED/GAME +6 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 195 (58) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 29.7% ON GOAL % 183 FOULS COMMITTED 169 FOULS SUFFERED 24 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

KMCI-TV, SKCTV Referee: Baldomero Toledo Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Assistant ref: Adam Garner Andy Gruenebaum (color) Assistant ref: Kyle Atkins Jake Yadrich (analyst) Fourth official: Marcos De Oliveira Kacie McDonnell (host) Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Danny Clinkscale Radio talent Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Jake Gutierrez 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 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 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 Jon Kempin Connor Hallisey Jalil Anibaba Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda

Pronunciation oh-PAR-ah

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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

Luis Marin 720 Tim Melia 0.71 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia 4 Luis Marin 19

HAL-iss-see jah-LEEL ah-nee-bah-bah MEE-lia de YUNG SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah

L 5 6 6 6 6 5 10 6 7 9 L 6 6 5 6 3 5 5 6 6 5

T 4 6 5 1 5 5 3 2 5 2 T 2 2 7 4 6 5 4 6 5 9

207 (62) 30.0% 214 196 29 1

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

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

PETER VERMES 7th season

GP 19 18 17 14 16 15 18 13 16 15 GP 17 17 19 17 15 16 15 17 16 16

colorado rapids Gabriel Torres Dillon Powers Gabriel Torres Dillon Powers Badji/Pittinari Dillon Powers Lucas Pittinari Juan Ramirez Burling/Cronin Bobby Burling

1440 Clint Irwin 0.94 Clint Irwin 2 Clint Irwin 6 Clint Irwin 50 Clint Irwin

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

(.554) 82-61-50

7th season

Standings through Thursday, June 25, 2015

W 10 6 6 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 W 9 9 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 2

–3

Krisztian Nemeth 6 GOALS 4 Benny Feilhaber 8 ASSISTS 5 Dom Dwyer 40 SHOTS 31 Dom Dwyer 14 SHOTS ON GOAL 12 Feilhaber/Nemeth 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 Besler/Zusi 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 2 Benny Feilhaber 25 FOULS COMMITTED 38 Dom Dwyer 37 38 FOULS SUFFERED three players tied 3 4 CAUTIONS Matt Besler 1 EJECTIONS 1

*on loan with USL affiliate OKC Energy FC Pts 34 24 23 22 20 20 18 17 17 14 Pts 29 29 28 25 24 23 22 21 20 15

2-5-9 (15 pts.) 16 10th in West 12 0.75 15 15 0.94

2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

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

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MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

2nd season 10-23-17 (.370) 2nd season 10-23-17 (.370)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, June 25 OUT: • Ike Opara (left Achilles) • Bernardo Anor (right hamstring strain) QUESTIONABLE: • Paulo Nagamura (lower back strain) • Seth Sinovic (concussion) • Benny Feilhaber (left knee sprain) • Graham Zusi (left foot sprain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 27, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvCOL: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvCOL: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC and Colorado meet Saturday for the first of three head-to-head meetings in 2015. This will be the first intra-conference match between the teams since 2004, when Kansas City was last in the Western Conference, and the 53rd regular season meeting all-time (SKC leads 22-17-13). Recent history in the head-to-head matchup favors Sporting KC, who are unbeaten in 10 straight MLS matches against Colorado dating back to 2009 with a 5-0-5 record (including postseason). In addition, Kansas City has not lost to the Rapids at home since September 2002, a run of 14 straight MLS matches without a defeat (10-0-4 record including postseason). Each of the last two regular season meetings has ended with a late gamewinner for Sporting KC. When the clubs last met at Sporting Park in August 2013, Graham Zusi buried an 88th-minute goal to give the hosts a 2-1 win. Benny Feilhaber also found the back of the net in the match. In March 2014, Zusi (50’), Feilhaber (79’) and Dwyer (92’) were on target as SKC erased a 2-1 deficit to win 3-2 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

Stats through Thursday, June 25

Sporting KC - Team Statistics • SKC is second in MLS with 1.53 goals per game and leads the league with 27 assists. • SKC leads Western Conference teams with 10.8 chances created per game. • SKC leads MLS with eight assists from set plays and 38 chances created from set plays. • SKC is tied for second in MLS with seven clean sheets. • SKC leads MLS with eight headed goals, two more than any other team. • SKC has conceded 9.7 shots per game, the fewest in MLS. • SKC leads MLS with 24.7 interceptions per game. • SKC is second in MLS with 57.9 duels won per game. • SKC leads MLS with 28 keeper sweepings (Luis Marin 16, Tim Melia 12). • SKC is tied with San Jose for the fewest games played in the West (15) but ranks third in the division (4th in MLS) with 1.6 points per game. Sporting KC - Individual Statistics • SKC is the only MLS team to have three players with five or more goals (Krisztian Nemeth 6, Dom Dwyer 5, Benny Feilhaber 5). • Krisztian Nemeth is tied for third among MLS newcomers with six goals scored, two behind Kaka (Orlando) and Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto). • Benny Feilhaber ranks second in MLS lead with eight assists, one behind Ethan Finlay (Columbus). • Jalil Anibaba ranks second among MLS defenders with four assists, one behind Waylon Francis (Columbus). • Matt Besler ranks fourth in MLS with 112 clearances and fifth with 55 interceptions. • Tim Melia has a 4-1-2 record through his first seven MLS starts, including four clean sheets and a league-best 0.71 goals against average. Colorado Rapids - Team Statistics • Colorado’s two road losses are the fewest in MLS (1-2-5 record). • Colorado has conceded five road goals in eight games, fewest in MLS, and their four road clean sheets are second most league-wide. • Colorado ranks last in MLS with 0.75 goals per game. • Colorado ranks fifth in MLS with 10.6 chances created per game but leads the league with 13 big chances missed and has hit the woodwork seven times, second most in the league. • Colorado ranks third in MLS with 0.94 goals conceded per game and is tied for fourth with six clean sheets. Colorado Rapids - Individual Statistics • Dillon Powers is tied for fifth in MLS with a team-leading five assists. • Juan Ramirez is third in MLS with 35 dribbles completed and ranks fifth with 38 fouls suffered. • Lucas Pittinari ranks second in MLS with 38 fouls committed but has received just two yellow cards on the season. • Gabriel Torres ranks third in MLS with 18 offsides.

Recent #SKCvCOL regular season meetings Date Score Result Location 05/28/2011 KC 1 at COL 1 T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park 07/06/2011 KC 1 vs COL 1 T Sporting Park 05/19/2012 KC 2 at COL 2 T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park 08/31/2013 KC 2 vs COL 1 W Sporting Park 03/29/2014 KC 3 at COL 2 W Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

#SKCvCOL: PLAYER HISTORY • • • • • •

Graham Zusi has three goals and four assists in nine MLS matches played against Colorado (including postseason). He has scored in each of the last two games against the Rapids (8/31/13 and 3/29/14). Benny Feilhaber has scored three goals in five MLS matches against Colorado, including one in each of the last two meetings (8/31/13 and 3/29/14). Dom Dwyer scored a 92nd-minute game-winner in a 3-2 triumph over Colorado on March 29, 2014, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Vicente Sanchez scored two penalty kick goals for Colorado in a 3-2 loss to Sporting KC on March 29, 2014. As a member of LA Galaxy, Marcelo Sarvas notched a goal and an assist in a 2-0 win over Sporting KC on April 20, 2013. As a member of Chivas USA, Nick LaBrocca scored in a 1-1 draw at Sporting Park on July 9, 2011.

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SKC forward Jacob Peterson played for the Colorado Rapids from 20062009, scoring eight goals in 95 MLS appearances for the club (including postseason). Colorado defender Michael Harrington played for SKC from 20072012, recording five goals and 15 assists in 170 appearances over all competitions. His 149 regular season games played for SKC rank 10th in club history. Peterson and Colorado defender Drew Moor were college teammates at Indiana from 2003-2004, winning NCAA National Championships in both seasons. SKC goalkeeper Tim Melia and Colorado midfielder Nick LaBrocca were teammates at Chivas USA in 2012. SKC midfielder Servando Carrasco and Colorado defender Marc Burch were teammates at Seattle Sounders FC from 2012-2013. SKC midfielder Paulo Nagamura and Colorado defender Bobby Burling were teammates at Chivas USA from 2007-2009.

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Sporting KC is one shy of its 250th regular season win in club history. Kansas City’s 249 league victories are tied with FC Dallas for fourth most behind LA Galaxy (287), D.C. United (258) and Columbus Crew SC (251). Manager Peter Vermes is one win shy of tying Thomas Rongen for ninth all-time with 83 regular season victories. Graham Zusi is one assist shy of tying Chris Klein for second place on the club’s all-time MLS assist chart (49) and all competitions assist chart (54). Chance Myers is in contention to play his first MLS match since May 23, 2014, after recovering from an Achilles injury. Benny Feilhaber’s 25 assists for Sporting KC in all competitions are tied for eighth all-time with current assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin, one behind Mark Chung for seventh. Seth Sinovic is 47 minutes shy of reaching 13,000 minutes played for the club in all competitions. He would become the third active player to reach that milestone behind Matt Besler and Graham Zusi. Sinovic is one shy of his 150th MLS appearance (including postseason). 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.

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 27, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES SPORTING KC TO HOST COLORADO RAPIDS ON SATURDAY Sporting Kansas City (6-3-6, 24 points) will aim for the team’s sixth consecutive home victory when the club hosts the Colorado Rapids (2-4-9, 15 points) Saturday at Sporting Park. The Western Conference match-up is part of Major League Soccer’s Heineken Rivalry Week and will be the first of three regular season meetings between the clubs in 2015. Sporting KC has played the Colorado Rapids more than any other opponent (66 times in all competitions) dating back to the inaugural MLS season in 1996.

MELIA STEPPING UP Longtime backup goalkeeper Tim Melia has started the last eight matches for Sporting KC in all competitions, compiling a 5-1-2 record with five clean sheets. His strong start with the club includes four MLS shutouts and a league-best 0.71 goals against average. In Sporting KC’s 1-0 win over first-place Seattle on June 6, Melia notched a career-high six saves and became the first keeper in club history to go unbeaten in his first six MLS appearances. His performance earned him unanimous Team of the Week honors from several publications and helped him jump to fourth place in MLS All-Star voting at his position. 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). 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)

EIGHT-GAME UNBEATEN RUN SNAPPED AT REAL SALT LAKE Two years after scoring in the final minute at Rio Tinto Stadium for a 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake, Sporting KC’s fortunes were reversed last Sunday as the club’s eightgame unbeaten run was snapped in dramatic fashion. Real Salt Lake forward Olmes Garcia scored in the 93rd minute on a fortuitous deflection to secure his team’s first win in the series since 2011. The Western Conference rivals exchanged goals in the first half with RSL Designated Player Sebastian Jaime opening the scoring in the 15th minute and Dom Dwyer equalizing for Sporting KC 15 minutes later. The scoreline remained level until Garcia struck a low shot that skipped off the foot of Kevin Ellis and carried over goalkeeper Tim Melia to match the latest game-winning goal in RSL history.

FEILHABER ON PACE FOR CAREER SEASON Just 15 games into the MLS season, Benny Feilhaber has set career-highs with five goals and eight assists (second in MLS). The 30-year-old World Cup veteran won Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for April and looks likely to receive MLS AllStar honors for the first time in 2015. As of June 17, Feilhaber ranked third in All-Star Game voting at the midfield position. Now in his fifth MLS season, Feilhaber is the only player to start all 15 league matches for Sporting KC in 2015. He set career-highs in 2014 with 32 MLS appearances and 31 starts.

SPORTING KC TO HOST FC DALLAS IN OPEN CUP ROUND OF 16 Sporting KC will face FC Dallas at 7:30 p.m. CT Wednesday at Sporting Park in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16. Sporting KC advanced to the Round of 16 with a 1-0 victory over Saint Louis FC (USL) on June 16 in front of a standing-room only crowd at Sporting Park. The club has twice lifted the Dewar Challenge Trophy as champions of the competition in 2004 and 2012. FC Dallas advanced with a 4-1 win over Sporting KC’s USL affiliate OKC Energy FC on June 16. Sporting KC has played FC Dallas on only one occasion in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, a 4-0 victory in the 2004 quarterfinals en route to the team’s first U.S. Open Cup championship. The winner between Sporting KC and FC Dallas will earn a berth in the tournament quarterfinals and will meet the victor from the Houston DynamoColorado Rapids match-up. If Sporting KC advances, the quarterfinal round would be played at Sporting Park on July 21/22. The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has been held annually since 1914 and is open to all amateur/professional soccer teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. The 2015 edition is headlined by the largest field in the modern era (1995-present) with 89 teams in contention when the first round began. This year’s winner will earn a $250,000 grand prize and will qualify for the 2016-17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League.

SCORING FOR SPORTING Sporting KC leads MLS with 1.53 goals per game thanks to a trio of four-goal performances during a seven-game unbeaten run that spanned two months. 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. The club also leads the league with 27 assists on the season, including eight from Benny Feilhaber and four each from Jalil Anibaba and Graham Zusi. With first-year forward Krisztian Nemeth and midfield talisman 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. The Dallas win also marked the third time in team history that Kansas City has scored four goals in consecutive MLS home games. In addition, Sporting KC is the only club in MLS to have three players with five or more goals on the season (Nemeth 6, Dwyer 5, Feilhaber 5).

2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup • Round of 16 June 30-July 1 • Quarterfinals July 21-22 • Semifinals Aug. 11-12 • Final Sept. 29 or 30

CHANCE MYERS RETURNS Right back Chance Myers made his much anticipated return to the Sporting KC lineup in a U.S. Open Cup victory over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Myers had been sidelined for more than a year after rupturing his left Achilles tendon on May 23, 2014, but started and played 56 minutes before exiting to a standing ovation at Sporting Park. Myers, an eighth-year MLS veteran and Sporting KC’s longest-tenured player, had missed the club’s previous 44 games in all competitions before returning. He has four goals and 15 assists in 146 appearances for the club in all competitions since being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. He led all MLS players between 2011 and 2013 with 91 successful crosses from open play and was the highest-rated outside back in the 2013 MLS Castrol Index.

ZUSI AND DE JONG NAMED TO FINAL 2015 CONCACAF GOLD CUP ROSTERS CONCACAF announced on Tuesday the 23-man rosters for each of the 12 countries competing in the 2015 Gold Cup from July 7-26 across the U.S. and Canada. Sporting KC midfielder Graham Zusi was named to the U.S. Men’s National Team roster, while defender Marcel de Jong was named to the roster for Canada’s Men’s National Team. A veteran of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Zusi receives the first Gold Cup selection of his international career. The three-time MLS All-Star has 28 caps for the U.S. with three goals and six assists since his debut in 2012. Zusi is a two-time MLS Best XI selection (2012, 2013) and he ranks in the top 10 on Sporting KC’s all-time regular season charts with 43 assists (third) and 23 goals (10th). De Jong, 28, is poised to make his fourth straight appearance at the CONCACAF Gold Cup for Canada after representing his country at the 2009, 2011 and 2013 editions. The defender, acquired in March from FC Augsburg in Germany, has 33 earned caps for Canada, most recently starting in a pair of victories over Guatemala (March 27) and Puerto Rico (March 30). Zusi and de Jong will be available for Sporting KC this Saturday as the club hosts Colorado. Zusi will then travel to Nashville for a training camp ahead of the USMNT’s July 3 friendly vs. Guatemala. De Jong will join Canada in California for a training camp ahead of their Gold Cup opener on July 8 vs. El Salvador.

SPORTING KC WAIVES JAMES ANSU ROGERS Sporting KC announced on Monday that the club has waived forward James Ansu Rogers. The 21-year-old rookie was selected 53rd overall in the third round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of New Mexico, where he contributed 18 goals and 21 assists in 80 games for the Lobos over a four-year collegiate career. Ansu Rogers appeared in six preseason matches for Sporting KC with one goal and one assist. He was signed on Feb. 25 and was included in the team’s gameday roster on four occasions this season. TOUGH TO BEAT Sporting KC has been hard to beat during the first three months of the 2015 campaign. Their seven-game unbeaten run, snapped Sunday at Real Salt Lake, was the longest in MLS this season, and their league-low three losses are the secondfewest through 15 games in team history. The 2000 Kansas City Wizards, led by thencenterback Peter Vermes, started 10-2-3 en route to winning the club’s first MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield title.

SPORTING PARK SELLOUT STREAK Sporting Park has sold out 61 straight MLS matches (including playoffs) dating back to March 2012 and 73 of 82 overall since opening in June 2011. SKC has set new regular season attendance records in each of the last four years, eclipsing 20,000 spectators per game in 2014. In 82 MLS matches played at the venue, Sporting Park is averaging 19,400 spectators—105 percent of its 18,467-seat capacity.

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 27, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) HOT AT HOME Sporting KC’s four-game home winning streak is tied for the longest in a single regular season since Sporting Park opened. The team also won the first four home games of the 2012 season. Kansas City hasn’t won five straight home games in the same regular season since 2000, when the club won its first seven contests at Arrowhead Stadium en route to the 2000 MLS Cup championship. Should Sporting KC pick up a fifth successive home league win on Saturday, it would be the third longest single-season home winning streak in team history.

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

MATT BESLER Week 9 (5/4) Week 14 (6/8)

Longest single-season home winning streaks in KC history (MLS) Win streak Dates 7 games May 27—Aug. 23, 1998 7 games March 25—May 20, 2000 4 games July 27—Sept. 1, 1996 4 games July 19—Aug. 28, 1997 4 games May 24—July 12, 2003 4 games Sept. 4—Oct. 16, 2004 4 games March 17—April 14 2012 4 games May 3, 2015—present

Goal.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week ESPNFC Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week SI.com Team of the Week

MARCEL DE JONG Week 3 (3/23)

AMADOU DIA

Week 12 (5/25) Week 14 (6/8)

DOM DWYER Week 5 (4/6)

KEVIN ELLIS

Week 13 (6/1)

VERMES CLIMBING THE RANKS Sporting KC manager Peter Vermes ranks 10th all-time with 82 regular season wins, one shy of tying Thomas Rongen for ninth and four shy of tying Bob Gansler for eighth. Gansler is Kansas City’s winningest coach in club history, having compiled an 86-85-51 regular season record from 1999-2006 and winning 108 games in all competitions. Vermes earned his 100th career coaching win in all competitions on May 29 as Sporting KC beat FC Dallas 4-0. He has a 102-71-56 record since taking over in August 2009 and is the only person to win MLS Cup as both a player (2000) and coach (2013) with the same team.

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

ZUSI CLIMBING ASSIST CHARTS Sporting KC winger Graham Zusi is a few assists shy of second place on the club’s all-time assist charts. The U.S. international’s 43 regular season assists are two behind Chris Klein (1998-2005), while his 48 total MLS assists (including postseason) are one behind Klein. Zusi also trails Klein by a single assist with 53 in all competitions. After recording and goal and two assists on May 29, Zusi became the third ever player (Klein, Preki) to reach 25 goals and 50 assists for the team in all competitions. SPORTING KC A SET PIECE THREAT Through the first 16 weeks of the season, Sporting KC has been one of the league’s most dangerous teams on set pieces. In addition to scoring eight goals directly off set pieces, the team has accumulated multiple statistics that illustrate their set piece prowess: SKC leads MLS with 38 chances created from set plays, eight assists from set plays and eight headed goals.

TIM MELIA

Week 9 (5/4) Week 14 (6/8)

EIGHT SPORTING KC PLAYERS ON ALL-STAR FAN BALLOT MLS has unveiled the fan ballot 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: Tim Melia, Jalil Anibaba, Benny Feilhaber and Krisztian Nemeth. Besler and Zusi have each been named MLS All-Stars on three occasions while Dwyer (2014) and Espinoza (2012) have also received All-Star recognition during their respective careers. MLSsoccer.com released the latest All-Star voting update on Thursday based on total online ballot and social media votes. Names in bold signify that the player is currently part of the Fan XI: • • • • • • •

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

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

IKE OPARA

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

Tim Melia: 3rd among goalkeepers (9.08% -- 2.57% behind Nick Rimando in first) Matt Besler: 1st among defenders (7.73%) Jalil Anibaba: 7th among defenders (3.71%) Graham Zusi: 3rd among midfielders (4.72%) Benny Feilhaber: 4th among midfielders (4.58%) Dom Dwyer: 6th among forwards (6.21%) Krisztian Nemeth: 7th among forwards (4.81%)

GRAHAM ZUSI Week 13 (6/1)

TEAM

Week 12 (5/25) May

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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 27, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC regular season record vs. Colorado Rapids: 22-17-13 Home games: 17-3-5 (55 GF, 25 GA) Road games: 5-14-8 (35 GF, 45 GA) Date

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Score

KC 3 vs COL 0 KC 0 at COL 4 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 4 KC 3 at COL 3 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 1 KC 5 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 4 vs COL 1 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 2 at COL 3 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 0 KC 0 vs COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 0 KC 5 at COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 0 at COL 0 KC 2 at COL 2 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 1 KC 0 at COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 2 at COL 3 KC 2 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 4 vs COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 0 KC 1 at COL 3 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 4 vs COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 2 vs COL 2 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 vs COL 0 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 vs COL 1 KC 2 at COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 1 KC 3 at COL 2

Result

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Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

7 Tony Meola 5 Tony Meola 6 Tony Meola 65 Tony Meola 18 Tony Meola

John Spencer 8 Chris Henderson 7 John Spencer 53 John Spencer 29 Pablo Mastroeni 35 Chris Henderson 36 four players tied 3 Cannon/Hahnemann 5 Scott Garlick 3 Marcus Hahnemann 44 Marcus Hahnemann 17

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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2 nine players tied Goals 3 Preki (10/4/03) Assists 9 Onandi Lowe (8/12/01) Shots 4 nine players tied Shots on Goal 7 Chris Henderson (8/26/00) Fouls Committed 7 three players tied Fouls Suffered

eight players tied 2 four players tied 2 (9/14/02) Mark Chung 8 (8/22/03) John Spencer 5 (8/2/00) Chris Martinez 7 three players tied 6

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

9 Bo Oshoniyi (9/10/04) 4 Mike Amman (8/7/96)

four players tied 9 Grafer/Kramer 5

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

1 33 311 135 335 82 114

2 57 404 180 340 80 130

OT 0 7 3 12 0 3

Total 90 722 318 687 162 247

colorado rapids Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 28 293 114 367 79 137

2 42 358 135 392 64 138

OT 0 9 2 8 2 8

Total 70 660 251 767 145 283

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 KC 6 COL 8

16-30 12 10

SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,400

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 82 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 76 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 11 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 82 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

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Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

9 Klein/Preki 16 Preki 83 Preki 35 Preki 34 McKeon/Zavagnin 47 Kerry Zavagnin

Location

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31-45 15 10

46-60 21 15

61-75 10 8

76-90 26 19

OT 0 0

Total 90 70

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

158

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 103 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 27, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | 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) James Ansu Rogers (waived - 6/22/15)

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: June 22:

OUT IN OUT IN IN IN IN OUT IN IN OUT IN IN IN IN OUT IN IN LOAN (out) LOAN (out) LOAN (out) LOAN (in) OUT IN OUT

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) Sporting KC waives F James Ansu Rogers

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)

2015

Connor Hallisey (10th) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th) Amadou Dia (20th)

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)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

MLS Lottery Draft

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 27, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS

ATTENDANCE

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

T 1-1

Opara 50 19,784

Saturday, March 14

at FC Dallas

MLS

L 1-3

Espinoza 44

14,149

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

T 0-0

---

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

T 0-0

--- 40,653

FRIDAY, MAY 29

FC DALLAS

MLS

W 4-0

Nemeth 19; Feilhaber 51; Ellis 57; Zusi 64

20,172

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

W 1-0

Feilhaber 84

21,505

TUESDAY, JUNE 16

ST. LOUIS FC

U.S. Open Cup (4th Round)

W 1-0

Zusi 70

19,298

Sunday, June 21

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

L 1-2

Dwyer 30

19,155

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1

FC DALLAS

U.S. Open Cup (5th Round)

7:30 SportingKC.com

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