Game Guide: Sporting KC vs Portland Timbers by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. PORTLAND TIMBERS CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. 6 p.m. CT (ESPN / ESPN Deportes)

Saturday, July 1 (Week 18, MLS Game #193)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 16 16 2 0 103 77 11 3 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 3 3 0 0 66 56 5 5 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 17 17 0 3 217 211 3 14 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 18 18 0 1 18 18 0 1 7 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 18 18 6 1 18 18 6 1 Graham Zusi DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 16 15 0 3 210 170 26 51 8 9 Latif Blessing FW 5-7 140 12/30/1996 Accra, Ghana 10 6 2 0 10 6 2 0 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16 15 2 3 188 171 31 50 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 1 0 0 0 16 3 1 0 11 Diego Rubio 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 15 14 5 1 128 111 57 9 DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 18 18 1 1 171 164 1 8 15 Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 4 2 1 0 56 38 1 7 17 21 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 31 31 0 1 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 9 4 0 1 67 30 8 7 23 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Cameron Iwasa FW 5-10 175 07/07/1993 Sacramento, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 17 17 1 2 177 157 5 22 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 18 18 0 0 74 73 0 0 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 30 39 Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 DF 5-8 145 08/23/1994 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1 1 0 0 24 24 0 2 40 Igor Juliao 55 Amer Didic DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 Tyler Pasher MF 5-11 160 04/27/1994 Elmira, Ontario, Canada 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 13 1 0 1 63 45 0 3 FW 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 18 14 1 1 59 44 2 3 94 Jimmy Medranda HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W111 L86 T67

PORTLAND TIMBERS 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-2 190 09/29/1988 Clearwater, FL 4 4 0 0 33 32 0 0 1 Jeff Attinella 2 Alvas Powell DF 6-0 165 07/18/1994 St. Thomas, Jamaica 15 14 0 3 89 83 2 7 DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 0 0 0 0 147 114 2 16 4 Chance Myers 5 Vytas Andriuskevicius DF 6-2 175 10/08/1990 Alytus, Lithuania 12 11 0 1 23 21 1 1 6 Darlington Nagbe MF 5-9 165 07/19/1990 Monrovia, Liberia 13 13 2 3 200 189 26 28 7 Roy Miller DF 6-2 165 11/24/1984 San Jose, Costa Rica 13 13 1 0 138 127 1 15 Diego Valeri MF 5-10 165 05/01/1986 Valentin Alsina, Argentina 16 16 9 6 132 126 46 48 8 9 Fanendo Adi FW 6-4 185 10/10/1990 Lagos, Nigeria 17 17 9 2 107 88 50 11 MF 5-7 150 03/15/1988 Lomas de Zamora, Argentina 17 16 2 3 17 16 2 3 10 Sebastian Blanco 11 Darren Mattocks FW 5-10 155 09/02/1990 Portmore, Jamaica 12 2 1 0 124 66 21 9 DF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 15 14 1 0 101 71 6 3 13 Lawrence Olum 14 Ben Zemanski MF 5-11 150 05/12/1988 Akron, OH 3 0 0 0 129 85 3 10 Gbenga Arokoyo DF 6-2 180 11/01/1992 Kabba, Nigeria 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 16 Zarek Valentin DF 6-0 170 08/06/1991 Lancaster, PA 7 6 0 2 67 62 2 4 17 Jeremy Ebobisse FW 6-0 175 02/14/1997 Paris, France 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 Amobi Okugo DF 6-0 175 03/13/1991 Hayward, CA 8 3 0 0 147 116 5 7 Victor Arboleda FW 5-7 145 01/01/1997 El Cerrito, Colombia 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 20 David Guzman MF 5-10 175 02/18/1990 San Jose, Costa Rica 15 15 1 5 15 15 1 5 MF 5-8 150 04/05/1986 Cali, Colombia 17 17 1 0 193 192 7 14 21 Diego Chara 23 Jack Barmby MF 5-10 165 11/14/1994 Harlow, Essex, England 6 0 0 0 25 2 1 0 Liam Ridgewell DF 6-2 170 07/21/1984 Bexley, England 9 9 1 0 78 78 4 2 24 27 Dairon Asprilla MF 5-11 165 05/25/1992 Istmina, Colombia 14 9 2 1 49 25 4 3 32 Marco Farfan DF 5-9 150 11/12/1998 Gresham, OR 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 43 Kendall McIntosh GK 6-0 175 01/24/1994 Santa Rosa, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 Rennico Clarke DF 6-4 195 08/27/1995 Kingston, Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 Jake Gleeson GK 6-3 200 06/26/1990 Wellington, New Zealand 14 14 0 0 46 44 0 0 ON LOAN Lucas Melano FW 6-1 160 03/01/1993 Hernando, Argentina 0 0 0 0 44 35 4 8 HEAD COACH : Caleb Porter

02/18/1975 W60 L46 T48

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. PORTLAND TIMBERS Saturday, July 1; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 6 p.m. CT REFEREES

2017 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 18 8-4-6 30 22 12 8 6-0-2 20 17 3

Timbers on road

18 7-7-4 25 31 28 9 2-6-1 7 12 19

REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Matthew Nelson; AR2 (opposite): Andrew Bigelow; 4th: Juan Guzman TEAM NEWS SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Roger Espinoza ... POR: Vytas Andriuskevicius SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Seth Sinovic, Graham Zusi ... POR: Diego Chara, David Guzman

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sporting KC 6 wins, 11 goals … Timbers 3 wins, 9 goals … Ties 2

DISABLED LIST: KC: Diego Kostner ... POR: Gbenga Arokoyo (season-ending injury) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Matt Besler, Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (USA) ... POR: David Guzman (Costa Rica); Darren Mattocks, Alvas Powell (Jamaica)

AT KC: Sporting KC 2 wins, 6 goals … Timbers 1 win, 4 goals … Ties 1 2017 (MLS): 4/15: POR 0, KC 1 (Dwyer 53)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES LA GALAXY 1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 Scoring Summary: KC--Espinoza 1 (Fernandes 1) 22 KC--Opara 2 (Besler 3) 35 LA--Romney 2 (unassisted) 77

UPCOMING MATCHES TIMBERS SPORTING Wed. July 5 Chicago Thu. July 6 Philadelphia Wed. July 19 Real Salt Lake Sat. July 22 at Real Salt Lake Sun. July 23 at Vancouver Sat. July 29 Chicago Sat. July 29 at Houston Sun. Aug. 6 Atlanta

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Benny Feilhaber (Jimmy Medranda 61), Gerso Fernandes, Dom Dwyer (Soni Mustivar 92+), Latif Blessing (Daniel Salloi 72).

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM TIMBERS

SPORTING

F A 22 12 74 135

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 31 52

A 28 58

22 2 7 0

16 6 6 0

15 4 1 1 5 0 4 1

14 4 4 3 2 0 0 1

7 22 2

8 17 3

HOW SCORED

12 8 2 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

3 4 5 0

TYPE OF PLAY

17 1 1 2 0 0 0 1

2 5 1 0 1 0 3 0

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

5 12 5

6 6 0

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

PORTLAND TIMBERS 2 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2 Scoring Summary: SEA--Jones 1 (unassisted) 27 POR--Adi 9 (penalty kick) 45 POR--Asprilla 2 (Guzman 5) 49+ SEA--Dempsey 5 (Torres 1, Alonso 2) 94+ PORTLAND TIMBERS--Jake Gleeson, Alvas Powell, Amobi Okugo, Lawrence Olum, Vytas Andriuskevicius, Dairon Asprilla, David Guzman, Diego Valeri (Ben Zemanski 93+), Darlington Nagbe (Darren Mattocks 72), Diego Chara, Fanendo Adi.

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC POR

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

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 8-0-2 0-4-0 6-2-2 1-5-2

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 6/03/2017 KC 3, MIN 0 6/24/2017 KC 2, LA 1 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 5/27/2017 KC 0, COL 1 6/17/2017 KC 0, SJ 0 6/17/2017 KC 0, SJ 0 6/17/2017 KC 0, SJ 0

(1) (0) (17) (2) (1) (1) (1)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC TTWTWWLWWLTWLLWTTW Timbers WWWLTWLWTLTLLWWLLT

PORTLAND TIMBERS Date Score (Gms since) 6/10/2017 POR 2, DAL 0 (1) 4/08/2017 POR 3, PHI 1 (6) 4/15/2017 POR 0, KC 1 (5) 6/21/2017 POR 2, MIN 3 (0) 6/25/2017 POR 2, SEA 2 (0) 6/10/2017 POR 2, DAL 0 (3) 5/27/2017 POR 0, SEA 1 (5)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 6 Fernandes A: 3 3 players tied SHT: 46 Fernandes SOG: 22 Dwyer/Fernandes FC: 35 Dwyer FS: 37 Dwyer OF: 10 Dwyer C: 5 3 players tied E: 1 Espinoza TIMBERS G: 9 Adi/Valeri A: 6 Valeri SHT: 53 Adi SOG: 24 Adi FC: 40 Guzman FS: 34 Adi OF: 23 Adi C: 6 Guzman E: 1 Blanco/Chara

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 18 8 2 4 4 0 22 1.22 POR 18 3 5 7 1 2 31 1.72 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 18 9 6 3 0 0 12 0.67 POR 18 3 7 4 3 1 28 1.56 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 22 2 3 3 7 3 4 POR 31 5 3 8 5 4 6 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 12 1 3 2 0 1 5 POR 28 5 3 4 7 2 7

2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (8-4-6, 30 pts.) UNF 7 14 10 3 9 27 94 15 17 8 5 6 93 22 39 30 11 40 4 29 77

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

PLAYER Gerso Fernandes Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Ike Opara Latif Blessing Roger Espinoza Jimmy Medranda Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Graham Zusi Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Soni Mustivar Soony Saad Cameron Porter Daniel Salloi Diego Rubio Igor Juliao Kevin Ellis Tim Melia Tyler Pasher Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 18 15 16 16 10 17 18 18 4 16 17 18 13 9 1 8 1 1 3 18 1

GS 18 14 15 16 6 17 14 18 2 15 17 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 3 18 1

MIN 1594 1271 1324 1440 499 1507 1224 1619 182 1395 1530 1620 197 327 21 75 14 45 270 1620 45

18 18

1620 1620

G 6 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 12

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

SHT 46 45 31 10 16 24 32 9 1 18 4 10 0 12 1 4 0 2 1 0 0

SOG 22 22 10 4 6 4 8 2 1 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

18 15

266 166

91 71

FC 27 35 18 8 13 27 7 9 2 9 15 9 6 6 0 2 0 1 3 1 1

FS 28 37 27 7 14 22 15 10 0 9 8 21 3 8 0 3 0 2 1 0 0

OFF 3 10 0 1 8 2 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

CK 4 2 64 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 3 5 2 2 1 5 0 5 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

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

199 228 228 199

36 39

94 64

32 40

1 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ike Opara 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Gerso Fernandes 2, Benny Feilhaber 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Matt Besler 2, Roger Espinoza 2, Benny Feilhaber 1, Graham Zusi 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Jimmy Medranda 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 18 18 18

GS 18 18 18

MIN SHTS 1620 71 1620 71 1620 91

SV 57 57 68

GA 12 12 22

GAA 0.67 0.67 1.22

PG 1 1 0

PA 3 3 0

W 8 8 4

L 4 4 8

T 6 6 6

SO 9 9 8

2017 PORTLAND TIMBERS STATISTICS (7-7-4, 25 pts.) UNF 8 9 6 10 27 20 11 21 13 24 7 2 16 5 18 14 23 90 1 17 32 19

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

PLAYER Diego Valeri Fanendo Adi Darlington Nagbe Sebastian Blanco Dairon Asprilla David Guzman Darren Mattocks Diego Chara Lawrence Olum Liam Ridgewell Roy Miller Alvas Powell Zarek Valentin Vytas Andriuskevicius Amobi Okugo Ben Zemanski Jack Barmby Jake Gleeson Jeff Attinella Jeremy Ebobisse Marco Farfan Victor Arboleda Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 16 17 13 17 14 15 12 17 15 9 13 15 7 12 8 3 6 14 4 2 5 1

GS 16 17 13 16 9 15 2 17 14 9 13 14 6 11 3 0 0 14 4 0 5 0

MIN 1389 1522 1133 1380 739 1235 305 1450 1272 746 1134 1232 564 1034 396 81 62 1260 360 8 400 27

18 18

1620 1620

G 9 9 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 28

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

SHT 42 53 25 37 18 24 9 3 5 5 4 6 0 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 3

SOG 14 24 5 13 5 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

26 23

244 211

77 78

FC 12 33 5 36 24 40 7 32 6 6 11 14 6 16 8 0 2 0 0 0 3 0

FS 23 34 18 19 11 24 4 23 2 13 6 6 0 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 0

OFF 9 23 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

CK 24 0 0 33 0 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

C 2 1 2 3 1 6 1 4 1 1 5 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

261 209 209 261

40 14

93 76

35 27

2 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Diego Valeri 2, Fanendo Adi 1, Roy Miller 1, Diego Chara 1, Darren Mattocks 1, David Guzman 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Diego Valeri 3, Sebastian Blanco 2, Darlington Nagbe 2, Zarek Valentin 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Diego Valeri 3-3, Fanendo Adi 2-2 PORTLAND TIMBERS GOALKEEPING UNF 1 90

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Jeff Attinella Jake Gleeson Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4 14 18 18

GS 4 14 18 18

MIN SHTS 360 23 1260 55 1620 78 1620 77

SV 15 36 51 45

GA 9 19 28 31

GAA 2.25 1.36 1.56 1.72

PG 0 2 2 5

PA 1 2 3 5

W 1 6 7 7

L 2 5 7 7

T 1 3 4 4

SO 0 3 3 3

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

OPPONENT 4 at D.C. United 11 FC Dallas 18 San Jose 31 at Toronto FC 9 Colorado

Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

Apr. Apr. Apr. May

15 at Portland 22 at FC Dallas 29 Real Salt Lake 3 New York Red Bulls 7 at Minnesota 13 at Orlando City SC 17 Seattle 20 at Vancouver 27 at Colorado 3 Minnesota 10 Montreal 17 at San Jose 24 at Los Angeles 1 Portland 6 Philadelphia 22 at Real Salt Lake 29 Chicago 6 Atlanta 12 at Seattle 19 FC Dallas 26 at Houston 6 at New York City FC 10 at Columbus 16 New England 24 Los Angeles 30 Vancouver 7 at Minnesota 15 Houston 22 at Real Salt Lake

Sun. May Sat. May Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sat.

May May May June June June June July July July

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

July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.

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

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

RESULT T 0-0 T 0-0 W 2-1 T 0-0 W 3-1

ATT 18268 19117 19282 27909 19249

W-L-T 0-0-1 0-0-2 1-0-2 1-0-3 2-0-3

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

21144 15411 18648 18965

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

L 0-2 T 2-2

17709 25527

5-2-3 5-2-4

2 2

18 MIN: Danladi (22) Ramirez (39) 19 KC: Blessing (9,74); ORL: Larin (16) Santos Leite (26)

W L L W T T W

20139 21020 17648 20361 20334 18000 20140

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

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

22 KC: Fernandes (56,58,69); 22 VAN: Techera (40) Parker (67) 22 COL: Ford (11) 25 KC: Opara (47+) Medranda (54) Abdul-Salaam (87); 26 KC: Fernandes (24); MTL: Mancosu (82) 27 30 KC: Espinoza (22) Opara (35); LA: Romney (77)

W L W W

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

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 6 2 5 5 KC: Feilhaber (37) own goal (89); SJ: Jungwirth (91+) 5 6 4 9 KC: Sinovic (6) Fernandes (58) Dwyer (85); COL: Doyle (94+) 2 12 KC: Dwyer (53); 4 12 DAL: Figueroa (77) 2 15 KC: Feilhaber (17) Dwyer (51) Fernandes (95+); 1 18 KC: Dwyer (46,68);

PORTLAND TIMBERS 2017 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Fri. Mar.

OPPONENT 3 Minnesota

RESULT W 5-1

ATT 21144

W-L-T 1-0-0

Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar.

12 at Los Angeles 18 Houston

W 1-0 W 4-2

20982 21144

2-0-0 3-0-0

Sat. Mar.

25 at Columbus

L 2-3

11067

3-1-0

T 1-1 W 3-1

21144 15437

3-1-1 4-1-1

Sun. Apr. Sat. Apr.

2 New England 8 at Philadelphia

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

15 Sporting KC 22 Vancouver 29 at FC Dallas

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

21144 21144 16014

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

Sat. May Sun. May Sat. May

6 at San Jose 14 Atlanta 20 at Montreal

L 0-3 T 1-1 L 1-4

18000 21144 19138

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

Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Wed.

27 at Seattle 2 San Jose 10 FC Dallas 17 at Colorado 21 at Minnesota

L W W L L

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

47362 21144 21144 15461 18442

5-5-3 6-5-3 7-5-3 7-6-3 7-7-3

Sun. June

25 Seattle

T 2-2

21144

7-7-4

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

1 at Sporting KC 5 Chicago 19 Real Salt Lake 23 at Vancouver 29 at Houston 6 Los Angeles 12 at Toronto FC 20 New York Red Bulls 23 Colorado 27 at Seattle 9 at New York City FC 16 at Real Salt Lake 24 Orlando City SC 30 at San Jose 15 D.C. United 22 Vancouver

May June June June June

July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug.

Wed. Aug. Sun. Aug. Sat. Sep. Sat. Sep. Sun. Sat. Sun. Sun.

Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct.

POS PTS NOTES: 1 3 POR: Olum (14) Valeri (47,82) Adi (91+,93+); MIN: Ramirez (79) 1 6 POR: Chara (8); 1 9 POR: Valeri (11,58) Guzman (66) Adi (88); HOU: Torres (38) Quioto (47+) 1 9 POR: Asprilla (4) Adi (48+); CLB: Meram (11) Kamara (19) Hansen (84) 1 10 POR: Valeri (12); NE: Nguyen (85) 1 13 POR: Nagbe (32) Miller (66) Adi (88); PHI: Marquez (26) 1 13 KC: Dwyer (53) 1 16 POR: Nagbe (18) Mattocks (40); VAN: Montero (59) 1 17 POR: Adi (30) Blanco (71); DAL: Urruti (61) Akindele (80) 3 17 SJ: Hyka (8) Wondolowski (31,55) 4 18 POR: Ridgewell (50); ATL: Gressel (46) 5 18 POR: Valeri (46+); MTL: Piatti (13,50) Fisher (43) Oyongo (77) 5 18 SEA: Roldan (4) 3 21 POR: Valeri (50,94+); 2 24 POR: Adi (33,72); 3 24 POR: Blanco (18); COL: Badji (51) Gordon (89) 3 24 POR: Valeri (37); MIN: own goal (7) Ramirez (47) Danladi (64) 3 25 POR: Adi (45) Asprilla (49+); SEA: Jones (27) Dempsey (94+)

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

Goals 3 Gerso Fernandes Assists 1 18 times Shots 7 Benny Feilhaber Shots on Goal 4 Gerso Fernandes Fouls Committed 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Latif Blessing Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer Offside 3 Dom Dwyer Saves 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 7 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 2 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia

Goals 3 04/09/2017 vs 3 04/29/2017 vs 3 05/17/2017 vs 3 06/03/2017 vs Assists 4 04/09/2017 vs Shots 27 06/03/2017 vs Shots on Goal 10 06/03/2017 vs Fouls Committed 18 03/11/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 22 03/04/2017 vs 22 04/15/2017 vs Corner Kicks 10 05/07/2017 vs Offside 5 05/13/2017 vs 5 05/20/2017 vs Saves 6 06/10/2017 vs Shots Faced 7 05/20/2017 vs 7 06/10/2017 vs Goals Allowed 2 05/07/2017 vs 2 05/13/2017 vs 2 05/20/2017 vs

05/17/2017 vs SEA

W 3-0

03/18/2017 vs SJ

W 2-1

05/27/2017 vs COL

L 0-1

05/17/2017 vs SEA

W 3-0

05/03/2017 vs NYR 05/27/2017 vs COL

W 2-0 L 0-1

03/04/2017 vs DC 04/15/2017 vs POR

T 0-0 W 1-0

05/03/2017 vs NYR

W 2-0

06/10/2017 vs MTL

T 1-1

05/20/2017 vs VAN 06/10/2017 vs MTL

L 0-2 T 1-1

05/07/2017 vs MIN 05/13/2017 vs ORL 05/20/2017 vs VAN

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

COL RSL SEA MIN

W W W W

COL

W 3-1

MIN

W 3-0

MIN

W 3-0

DAL

T 0-0

DC POR

T 0-0 W 1-0

MIN

L 0-2

ORL VAN

T 2-2 L 0-2

MTL

T 1-1

VAN MTL

L 0-2 T 1-1

MIN ORL VAN

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

TIMBERS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

Goals 2 5 times Assists 1 26 times Shots 7 Fanendo Adi Shots on Goal 4 Fanendo Adi Fouls Committed 6 David Guzman Fouls Suffered 8 Fanendo Adi Offside 3 Fanendo Adi 3 Fanendo Adi Saves 5 Jake Gleeson 5 Jeff Attinella 5 Jeff Attinella Shots Faced 8 Jake Gleeson 8 Jeff Attinella Goals Allowed 4 Jake Gleeson

Goals 5 03/03/2017 at Assists 4 03/03/2017 at 4 03/18/2017 at Shots 23 06/02/2017 at Shots on Goal 8 06/02/2017 at Fouls Committed 22 04/15/2017 at Fouls Suffered 16 03/12/2017 at 16 04/22/2017 at Corner Kicks 9 04/02/2017 at Offside 4 03/12/2017 at 4 04/15/2017 at 4 05/27/2017 at Saves 5 03/25/2017 at 5 05/06/2017 at 5 06/21/2017 at Shots Faced 8 03/25/2017 at 8 05/06/2017 at Goals Allowed 4 05/20/2017 at

03/03/2017 at MIN

W 5-1

03/03/2017 at MIN

W 5-1

06/02/2017 at SJ

W 2-0

06/10/2017 at DAL

W 2-0

06/25/2017 at SEA

T 2-2

04/29/2017 at DAL 03/03/2017 at MIN 03/12/2017 at LA

T 2-2 W 5-1 W 1-0

03/25/2017 at CLB 05/06/2017 at SJ 06/21/2017 at MIN

L 2-3 L 0-3 L 2-3

03/25/2017 at CLB 05/06/2017 at SJ

L 2-3 L 0-3

05/20/2017 at MTL

L 1-4

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017) 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0

Shots 10 04/29/2017 vs 10 06/24/2017 vs Shots on Goal 1 04/22/2017 vs Fouls Committed 3 06/10/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 6 05/17/2017 vs Corner Kicks 2 06/24/2017 vs Offside 0 03/31/2017 vs 0 04/15/2017 vs 0 05/27/2017 vs Saves 1 06/03/2017 vs Shots Faced 1 06/03/2017 vs

RSL LA

W 3-0 W 2-1

DAL

L 0-1

MTL

T 1-1

SEA

W 3-0

W 2-1

TOR POR COL

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

MIN

W 3-0

MIN

W 3-0

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)

MIN

W 5-1

MIN HOU

W 5-1 W 4-2

W 2-0

L 0-1

LA VAN

W 1-0 W 2-1

T 1-1

LA KC SEA

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

CLB SJ MIN

L 2-3 L 0-3 L 2-3

CLB SJ

L 2-3 L 0-3

MTL

L 1-4

Shots 7 04/29/2017 at Shots on Goal 2 04/02/2017 at 2 04/29/2017 at Fouls Committed 8 03/18/2017 at 8 04/08/2017 at Fouls Suffered 7 06/10/2017 at 7 06/21/2017 at Corner Kicks 2 06/21/2017 at Offside 0 05/06/2017 at Saves 1 03/03/2017 at 1 06/02/2017 at Shots Faced 1 06/02/2017 at

DAL

T 2-2

NE DAL

T 1-1 T 2-2

HOU PHI

W 4-2 W 3-1

DAL MIN

W 2-0 L 2-3

MIN

L 2-3

L 0-3

MIN SJ

W 5-1 W 2-0

W 2-0

2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. PORTLAND TIMBERS (1-0-0) UNF 14 10 94 27 5 8 3 29 15 93 17 6 7

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

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 0 0 1 1 1 1

90 83 90 89 90 90 90 90 90 7 1 90 90 90 90

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

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

3 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 10

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

2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 12 22

6 2 2 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 22 12

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

0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4

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

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

Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Jimmy Medranda Roger Espinoza Matt Besler Graham Zusi Ike Opara Tim Melia Seth Sinovic Soni Mustivar Saad Abdul-Salaam Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dom Dwyer 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Benny Feilhaber 1, Jimmy Medranda 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

4 4 4

GAA

O'TIME

3 3 3

0 0 1

0.00 0.00 1.00

0 0 0

1 1 0

0 0 1

0 0 0

1 1 0

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

2017 PORTLAND TIMBERS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-0) UNF 7 6 90 21 13 11 10 20 8 2 9 27 32

POS D M G M D F M M M D F 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 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1

90 90 90 90 90 19 90 71 90 90 90 5 85 90 90

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

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

0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 10 12

0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 4

2 0 0 5 0 1 2 4 2 2 2 0 2 22 12

1 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 22

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 5

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

Roy Miller Darlington Nagbe Jake Gleeson Diego Chara Lawrence Olum Darren Mattocks Sebastian Blanco David Guzman Diego Valeri Alvas Powell Fanendo Adi Dairon Asprilla Marco Farfan Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dom Dwyer 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Benny Feilhaber 1, Jimmy Medranda 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 90

POS G

GOALKEEPER Jake Gleeson Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

4 4 4

GAA

O'TIME

3 3 3

1 1 0

1.00 1.00 0.00

0 0 0

0 0 1

1 1 0

0 0 0

0 0 1

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

TIMBERS VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sporting KC

Timbers

Sporting KC 6 wins, 11 goals Timbers 3 wins, 9 goals 2 ties 7/2/2011 8/17/2011 4/21/2012 4/27/2013 6/27/2014 3/21/2015 9/9/2015 10/3/2015 10/29/2015 7/31/2016 8/7/2016 4/15/2017

KC 2 at POR KC 3 vs POR POR 1 vs KC POR 3 at KC KC 1 at POR KC 0 vs POR POR 0 vs KC KC 1 at POR POR 2 vs KC KC 1 vs POR POR 3 vs KC KC 1 at POR

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

POR SOW

(PO) (SP) (PO) (SP) (PO) (SP) (PO) (PO) (PO) (SP) (PO) (PO)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 7 59 21 64 4 27

2 4 76 25 105 4 30

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 11 135 46 169 8 57

1 4 51 19 76 25 20

2 5 72 24 76 17 27

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 9 123 43 152 42 47

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC POR

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

2 0

4 1

1 3

2 1

1 1

1 3

0 0

11 9

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Caleb Porter Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. POR

2-4-2 6-3-2

(1 pts./game) (1.82 pts./game)

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

2 3 14 6 18 21 2 2 3 16 6

Sporting KC Myers/Zusi Benny Feilhaber Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Dom Dwyer Melia/Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen

Timbers Darlington Nagbe Diego Valeri Darlington Nagbe Darlington Nagbe Diego Chara Darlington Nagbe 3 times Perkins/Gleeson Adam Larsen Kwarasey Jake Gleeson Troy Perkins

2 2 17 8 30 31 1 2 2 11 5

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:

Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

Sporting KC 2 Zusi/Myers 1 12 players tied 5 Teal Bunbury (08/17/11) 3 Zusi/Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer (07/31/16) 6 Dom Dwyer (04/15/17)

Shutouts Saves

1 6 players tied 7 Tim Melia (09/09/15)

Goals Allowed

3 Nielsen/Kann

Goals Assists Shots

Timbers 1 8 players tied 2 Diego Valeri (04/27/13) 5 Lucas Melano (09/09/15) 3 4 players tied 5 Diego Chara (04/15/17) 6 Darlington Nagbe (06/27/14) 1 4 players tied 6 Donovan Ricketts (04/27/13) 3 Troy Perkins (08/17/11)

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)

Portland Timbers W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

1 Ws 1 Ts 2 Ls

(06/24/2017) (06/17/2017) (05/20/2017)

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

1 Ts (06/25/2017) 1 Ls (06/21/2017) 3 Ls (05/06/2017)

0-4-0 8-0-2

5 Ls 1 Ws

(10/01/2016) (06/24/2017)

1-5-2 6-2-2

1 Ts (06/25/2017) 1 Ls (06/17/2017)

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

1 Ts 1 Ts 1 Ws 4 Ws 0-

(06/17/2017) (06/10/2017) (06/24/2017) (04/09/2017) -

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

6 2 1 5 4

Ls Ls Ts Ws Ws

(07/31/2016) (05/20/2017) (06/25/2017) (04/16/2016) (05/22/2016)

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

1 Ts 1 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ls 0-

(06/17/2017) (06/24/2017) (05/20/2017) (10/01/2016) -

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

6 1 1 7 3

Ws Ls Ts Ls Ls

(08/07/2016) (05/27/2017) (06/25/2017) (04/13/2016) (04/03/2016)

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. TIMBERS (6-3-2) PLAYER

MIN

Graham Zusi Chance Myers Aurelien Collin C.J. Sapong Dom Dwyer Krisztian Nemeth Lawrence Olum Jacob Peterson Soony Saad Benny Feilhaber Matt Besler Omar Bravo Kevin Ellis Jimmy Medranda Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

9 6 4 5 6 1 3 6 2 7 8 1 4 3 7 11 11

7 4 4 4 6 0 3 5 1 7 8 1 3 3 7 11 11

708 389 360 393 540 17 236 428 117 587 720 82 261 236 586 990 990

2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9

1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 12 7

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

14 6 7 9 12 1 3 8 3 8 1 1 0 2 1 135 123

1 1 3 2 4 11 11

90 90 270 180 360 990 990

3 3 18 5 14 43 46

3 3 16 2 9 33 34

0.00 0.00 0.00 1.50 1.50 0.82 1.00

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Eric Kronberg Luis Marin Tim Melia Alec Kann Jimmy Nielsen Team totals Opponent totals

TIMBERS CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (3-6-2) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

MIN SHTS

GAA

Darlington Nagbe Diego Valeri Jack Jewsbury Ryan Johnson Rodney Wallace Fanendo Adi Bright Dike Diego Chara Team totals Opponent totals

11 7 8 1 7 7 1 10 11 11

11 7 8 1 6 7 0 10 11 11

947 614 710 72 493 598 24 822 990 990

2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 11

1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 12

17 14 7 3 6 16 1 1 123 135

Adam Larsen Kwarasey Jake Gleeson Donovan Ricketts Troy Perkins Team totals Opponent totals

3 3 2 3 11 11

270 270 180 270 990 990

7 11 8 8 34 33

0.33 0.67 1.50 1.67 1.00 0.82

0 0 0 0 0 0

8 13 12 13 46 43

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. TIMBERS (6-3-2)

CURRENT TIMBERS VS. SPORTING KC (3-6-2)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Soony Saad Benny Feilhaber Matt Besler Kevin Ellis Jimmy Medranda Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Roger Espinoza Gerso Fernandes Igor Juliao Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Ike Opara Erik Palmer-Brown Cameron Porter Diego Rubio Ilie Sanchez Team totals Opponent totals

9 6 2 8 8 4 3 7 5 7 1 1 4 5 6 1 1 1 1 11 11

7 6 1 8 8 3 3 7 4 7 1 1 4 3 5 0 0 0 1 11 11

708 540 117 677 720 261 236 586 321 628 90 90 360 227 466 10 19 12 90 990 990

2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9

1 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 7

14 12 3 9 1 0 2 1 4 6 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 135 123

Darlington Nagbe Diego Valeri Fanendo Adi Darren Mattocks Ben Zemanski Diego Chara Zarek Valentin Vytas Andriuskevicius Dairon Asprilla Jeff Attinella Jack Barmby Sebastian Blanco Marco Farfan Jake Gleeson David Guzman Roy Miller Amobi Okugo Lawrence Olum Alvas Powell Liam Ridgewell Team totals Opponent totals

11 7 7 3 6 10 4 2 4 4 1 1 1 3 1 11 14 1 5 2 11 11

11 7 7 1 5 10 4 1 1 4 0 1 1 3 1 9 13 1 5 2 11 11

947 614 598 125 425 822 339 111 108 360 4 90 85 270 71 820 1164 90 427 180 990 990

2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11

1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12

17 14 16 7 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 9 0 2 0 123 135

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

4 11 11

360 990 990

27 43 46

20 1.25 33 0.82 34 1.00

0 0 0

GOALKEEPER

MIN SHTS

GAA

Jake Gleeson Jeff Attinella Team totals Opponent totals

3 4 11 11

270 360 990 990

11 19 34 33

0.67 1.00 1.00 0.82

0 1 0 0

13 25 46 43

GAME NOTES

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. PORTLAND TIMBERS

2017 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Saturday, July 1, 2017 Kickoff: 6 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 19 Sporting Kansas City 8-4-6, 30 points (6-0-2 home; 2-4-4 away) 1st place in Western Conference

English TV: ESPN English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM

Portland Timbers 7-7-4, 25 points (5-1-3 home; 2-6-1 away) T-2nd place in Western Conference

Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official:

8-4-6 (30 pts.) 18 1st in West 22 1.22 18 12 0.67 +10 266 (91) 34.2% 199 228 32 1

Alan Kelly Matthew Nelson Andrew Bigelow Juan Guzman

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 17 21 22 23 24 27 29 30 39 55 77 93 94 TBD

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

Name Adrian Zendejas Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi Latif Blessing Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Andrew Dykstra Soony Saad Colton Storm Cameron Iwasa Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Daniel Salloi Cameron Porter Amer Didic Tyler Pasher Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda Cristian Lobato

Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas

PORTLAND TIMBERS

RECORD GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS

7-7-4 (25 pts.) 18 T-2nd in West 31 1.72 26 28 1.56 +3 244 (77) 31.6% 261 209 35 2

2017 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

oh-PAR-ah

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

BEEZ-ler ILL-ee-eh JER-soh gram ZOO-see FAIL-hob-ber sin-OH-vick sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM SOO-nee sod

EE-wah-sah MEE-lia shallow-EE uh-MEER JIDD-itch

Gerso Three Players Gerso Dwyer, Gerso Three Players Besler, Espinoza Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Three Players Roger Espinoza

6 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 46 SHOTS 22 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 35 FOULS COMMITTED 37 FOULS SUFFERED 5 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 1620 Tim Melia 0.67 Tim Melia 8 Tim Melia 9 Tim Melia 57

SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah

PORTLAND TIMBERS

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

PETER VERMES

Pts 35 34 33 26 25 24 23 20 19 18 18

W L T 10 2 5 10 3 4 10 5 3 7 6 5 8 9 1 7 7 3 7 8 2 5 7 5 5 7 4 5 9 3 4 5 6

GD +15 +14 +13 -6 -1 +8 -6 +2 +1 -13 -2

GP 17 17 18 18 18 17 17 17 16 17 15

Western Conference 1. Sporting Kansas City 2. Houston Dynamo 3. Portland Timbers 4. FC Dallas 5. San Jose Earthquakes 6. LA Galaxy 7. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8. Seattle Sounders FC 9. Minnesota United FC 10. Real Salt Lake 11. Colorado Rapids

Pts 30 25 25 25 23 22 21 21 18 17 16

W L T 8 4 6 7 6 4 7 7 4 6 3 7 6 6 5 6 6 4 6 6 3 5 7 6 5 10 3 5 11 2 5 10 1

GD +10 +5 +3 +8 -3 +1 0 -5 -16 -20 -8

GP 18 17 18 16 17 16 15 18 18 18 16

Adi, Valeri Diego Valeri Fanendo Adi Fanendo Adi Diego Valeri Diego Valeri David Guzman Fanendo Adi David Guzman Blanco, Guzman

1260 Jake Gleeson 1.36 Jake Gleeson 6 Jake Gleeson 3 Jake Gleeson 36 Jake Gleeson

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference 1. Toronto FC 2. Chicago Fire 3. New York City FC 4. Orlando City SC 5. Columbus Crew SC 6. Atlanta United FC 7. New York Red Bulls 8. New England Revolution 9. Philadelphia Union 10. D.C. United 11. Montreal Impact

9 6 53 24 2 3 40 34 6 1

9th season 111-86-67 9th season (.547) 111-86-67 (.547)

CALEB PORTER

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

5th season 60-46-48 (.545) 5th season 60-46-48 (.545)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, June 29 QUESTIONABLE: • Benny Feilhaber (Lower Leg/Ankle)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 1, 2017 vs. Portland Timbers | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvPOR: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvPOR: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City is set to face off against the Portland Timbers for the second time in 2017 this Saturday at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting KC won the previous meeting at Providence Park by a 1-0 scoreline after Dom Dwyer headed home Jimmy Medranda’s cross early in the second half. Sporting KC is 6-3-2 all-time against the Timbers in the regular season, and have lost just one of their last seven matches against the Oregon-based side. In 2016, the two teams played on another in back-to-back weeks, with Sporting KC taking the first meeting 1-0 behind Jacob Peterson’s header at Children’s Mercy Park on July 31, 2016 before Portland exacted their revenge a week later on Aug. 7, 2016 with a 3-0 victory behind goals from Diego Valeri, Jack Jewsbury and Fanendo Adi. The two sides did meet in a dramatic MLS Cup Playoffs Knockout Round encounter, as the two sides shared four goals to play to a 2-2 draw at Providnece Park, before Portland emerged victorious on their run to becoming 2015 MLS Cup champions with a 7-6 victory on penalty kicks. The series has been relevantly one-sided in terms of which team plays at home, as Portland has hosted Sporting KC three more times than Peter Vermes’ side. In fact, just one of the last five regular-season meetings has taken place at Children’s Mercy Park, where Sporting KC are 2-1-1 against the Timbers. #PORvSKC: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 6-3-2 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC’s 12 goals allowed through 18 games in the 2017 MLS season are the fewest conceded in the league, ahead of FCD’s 15. SKC also has the best goals against average with 0.67, ahead of FCD’s 0.94. • SKC has taken the most shots in MLS this year with 266 and has faced the fewest shots with 166. SKC is also second with 91 shots on target. • SKC leads MLS in dribbles attempted with 372 and dribbles completed with 172. SKC is also fifth in dribble success rate with 46.24 percent. • SKC leads MLS in chances created (194) and chances created from open play (171). • SKC leads MLS in passes (9,526), passes completed (7,938) and passing accuracy (83.33) and is third in average possession percentage (57.94).

Date

04/15/2017 08/07/2016 07/31/2016 10/03/2015 09/09/2015

Score

KC 1 at POR 0 KC 0 at POR 3 KC 1 vs POR 0 KC 1 at POR 0 KC 0 at POR 0

Sporting KC Player Stats • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has the best goals against average in MLS with 0.67, conceding just 12 goals in 18 games this season and posting a league-high nine shutouts. In addition, his 82.61 save percentage leads the league among players to play in two or more games. Melia is also one of just two goalkeepers to save two penalties this season. • Midfielder Ilie leads MLS with 1,319 passes attempted, and is third in the league in passes completed with 1,128. Matt Besler is fourth in passes attempted (1,201) and in passes completed (1,033). • Defender Graham Zusi leads all MLS defenders with 31 chances created and 24 chances created from open play. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber is tied for third in MLS in chances created with 43 and leads the league with 30 chances created from open play. • Winger Gerso is tied for third in MLS with 82 dribbles attempted and second with 40 dribbles completed.

Result Details W L W W T

Dom Dwyer scores only goal early in second half Valeri opens scoring, Jewsbury and Adi add goals late Jacob Peterson scores only goal of game in the second half Krisztian Nemeth produces magical run to score lone goal Sporting KC withstands offensive power of Timbers to draw

#SKCvPOR: PLAYER HISTORY • Sporting KC defender Graham Zusi leads the team with two goals and one assist against the Portland Timbers. Both of his goals came in a 3-1 home win on Aug. 17, 2011, while he added an assist on Krisztian Nemeth’s game-winner on Oct. 3, 2015. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has tallied three assists against the Portland Timbers. The first came in a 3-2 defeat on April 27, 2013, while the second came on Jacob Peterson’s game-winner in a 1-0 victory on July 31, 2016. He added an assist on Dom Dwyer’s game-winning goal earlier this season on April 15, 2017. • Defender Matt Besler has two assists against the Portland Timbers, the first on the game-winner of a 2-1 win on July 2, 2011, and the second in a 3-2 defeat on April 27, 2013. • Forward Dom Dwyer has one goal against Portland, notching the game-winner in the 1-0 victory at Providence Park on April 15, 2017. • Forward Soony Saad has one goal against the Timbers, coming on his Sporting KC debut in a 3-1 home win on Aug. 17, 2011. • Midfielder Jimmy Medranda has one assist against the Timbers, setting up Dom Dwyer’s game-winner on April 15, 2017. • Defender Kevin Ellis has one assist against Portland, coming on Lawrence Olum’s game-winner on June 27, 2014. • Defender Seth Sinovic also assisted on Lawrence Olum’s game-winning goal on June 27, 2014. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 2-1-1 all-time against Portland, posting a 1.25 goals against average with three shutouts. His shutouts came in a 0-0 road draw on Sept. 8, 2015, a 1-0 road win on Oct 3, 2015 and another 1-0 road win on April 15, 2017.

Portland Timbers Team Stats • POR is tied for second in MLS this year with 31 goals scored, only trailing ATL’s 33 goals in 2017. POR’s five goals from the penalty spot is also tied for the league lead. • POR is third in shots this season with 246 but are 10th in shots on goal with 77. • POR is second in MLS in chances created with 193, only trailing SKC’s leagueleading 194. • POR leads MLS in touches in the opponent’s box with 425. Portland Timbers Player Stats • Midfielder Diego Valeri is tied for the league-lead with three headed goals in 2017. • Midfielder Darlington Nagbe leads MLS in passing accuracy, finding his man 90.7 percent of the time. • Forward Fanendo Adi leads the league in touches in the opposition box with 103, seven more than NYC’s David Villa. • Midfielders Diego Chara and David Guzman are tied for second in MLS with 30 fouls committed.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Midfielder Jimmy Medranda is one start shy of reaching 50 in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Defender Matt Besler is one start away from hitting 250 in all competitions for the club. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber is one start away from hitting 150 in all competitions for Sporting KC.

#SKCvPOR: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Portland defenders Chance Myers and Lawrence Olum both spent lengthy stints with Sporting Kansas City. Myers was with the club from 2008-2016, while Olum had two separate spells with the club (2011-2014, 2016). • Portland midfielder Amobi Okugo also played three games for Sporting KC in 2015. • Defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi, along with midfielder Benny Feilhaber have all been teammates of Portland midfielder Darlington Nagbe on the U.S. Men’s National Team. • Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam played with Portland defender Darren Mattocks at the University of Akron in 2011. Abdul-Salaam was also coached by Portland Timbers head coach Caleb Porter at Akron from 2011-2012. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia was a teammate of Ben Zemanski at Chivas USA in 2012.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 1, 2017 vs. Portland Timbers | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes BACK HOME AFTER THREE AWAY

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES HIGH-FLYING IKE

After going 2-0-1 in a three-game road-swing to end the month of June, Sporting Kansas City returns home for the first time since a 4-0 demolition of Minnesota United FC in the Fourth Round of the U.S. Open Cup on June 14. Since that game, Sporting KC has played to a 0-0 draw with San Jose at Avaya Stadium on June 17 before topping the LA Galaxy 2-1 at StubHub Center on June 24 and eliminating the Houston Dynamo from the U.S. Open Cup 2-0 at BBVA Compass Stadium on June 28.

During last Saturday’s 2-1 road win over the LA Galaxy, Sporting Kansas City defender Ike Opara scored the AT&T MLS Goal of the Week with a stunning bicycle kick that beat Clement Diop in the Galaxy goal to make the score 2-0 in favor of Sporting KC with halftime approaching. David Romney pulled a goal back for the hosts in the second half, leaving Opara’s glorious goal as the game-winner. The goal was set up by fellow center back Matt Besler, meaning that Besler has set up each of Opara’s two goals in the regular-season in 2017 - adding on to Opara’s gamewinner against Minnesota United FC on June 3. Besler has assisted on three of Opara’s last four regular-season strikes, with his long throw also finding the forehead of Opara in a 1-0 road win over New York City FC on March 28, 2015.

Sporting KC is unbeaten across both MLS and Open Cup games at Children’s Mercy Park in 2017, going 7-0-2. The side is also riding a 17-game home unbeaten streak in MLS play, posting a 13-0-4 record since a 1-0 defeat to D.C. United on May 27, 2016. It’s the longest active home unbeaten streak in MLS as Sporting KC are one of just four remaining teams to boast an unbeaten home record in the 2017 regular season, alongside the Houston Dynamo, Toronto FC and the Chicago Fire.

Opara continued his hot streak on Wednesday with the game-winning goal in the 2-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 16. The defender now has game-winning goals in each of Sporting KC’s two Open Cup matchups, meaning he leads the team with four game-winning goals in all competitions, twice as many as any other player.

In the side’s most recent MLS home game, Sporting KC dropped two points in a 1-1 draw with the Montreal Impact on June 10 when a weak backpass late in the game was converted by Matteo Mancosu after Gerso had given Sporting KC the lead in the first half. That snapped a six-game home winning streak and a four-game home shutout streak.

Opara started all six games in the month of June, scoring a team-high four goals - with all four serving as game-winners in victories over Minnesota United FC (June 3 and 14), LA Galaxy (June 24) and Houston (June 28). His four goals in the month were second among all MLS players in all competitions, trailing Columbus midfielder Federico Higuain’s five.

Despite a consensus that Sporting KC has struggled to find the results their performances deserved on the road in 2017, the side went unbeaten in their recent three-game road trip to improve their road record to 2-4-4 in MLS play and 3-4-4 in all competitions.

GERSO HITS HIS STRIDE

Sporting KC will now enjoy a three-game homestand heading into the CONCACAF Gold Cup break, hosting the Portland Timbers on Saturday, July 1 and the Philadelphia Union on Thursday, July 6 in the MLS regular season before taking on FC Dallas in a U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal at Children’s Mercy Park on July 11.

During Wednesday’s 2-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo at BBVA Compass Stadium in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16, Sporting Kansas City winger Gerso scored his team-leading eighth goal of the season in all competitions to seal the victory in stoppage time as he latched onto Latif Blessing’s pass and fired beyond Joe Willis into the bottom corner.

TATTERED TIMBERS

Sporting Kansas City has held the edge over the Timbers in the two clubs’ short history together, going 6-3-2 in the regular season since the first-ever matchup between the two sides in 2011. Despite 11 games being played in the all-time regular-season series, just four of those matches have come at Children’s Mercy Park, with the other seven at Providence Park in Portland.

Gerso ends the month of june with three goals and two assists - his first for the club as the offseason acquisition continues to make his mark with Sporting KC. He scored his first goal of the month in the 1-1 draw with the Montreal Impact on June 10 before producing a goal and assist performance against Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup on June 14.

Sporting KC is 2-1-1 at home against the Timbers, winning the most recent meeting in Kansas City by a 1-0 scoreline behind Jacob Peterson’s bullet header on July 31, 2016. That was the only home match Sporting KC has had against Portland in the last five regular-season clashes, but has still found decent success on the road in that time, going 3-1-1 across those five games.

He followed that up with his first regular-season assist on Roger Espinoza’s opening goal in the 2-1 win over the LA Galaxy on June 24 before scoring once again against the Dynamo on Wednesday as Sporting KC advanced to the Open Cup Quarterfinals for the second time in three seasons. Gerso is tied for third in MLS with 82 dribbles attempted and is second with 40 dribbles completed and scored the first Sporting KC hat-trick since 2010 with a rapid-fire treble in the 3-0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC on May 17 at Children’s Mercy Park. He now has eight goals and two assists in 20 games in all competitions.

In the only other meeting earlier in 2017, Sporting KC earned a 1-0 victory at Providence Park after Dom Dwyer headed home Jimmy Medranda’s cross early in the second half before goalkeeper Tim Melia produced an MLS Save of the Week winner to deny Darlington Nagbe late in the day.

ROLLING IN THE U.S. OPEN CUP

That victory extended Sporting KC’s excellent record at Providence Park, where the side has gone 4-2-1 in the regular season, including a 3-1-1 mark in their last five games in Oregon. Portland did claim perhaps the most important meeting between the two sides in the MLS Cup Playoffs Knockout Round in 2015 where the Timbers claimed a 7-6 victory on penalty kicks after a 2-2 draw on their way to lifting MLS Cup.

Sporting Kansas City completed an unbeaten month of June by advancing to the Quarterfinal stage of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo at BBVA Compass Stadium on Wednesday night. Peter Vermes’ men will take on another Texas-based side in FC Dallas in the Quarterfinals on July 11 at Children’s Mercy Park.

WELCOME TO KANSAS CITY, CRISTIAN LOBATO

The Dynamo started more positively in the game and tested Tim Melia either side of halftime before Ike Opara headed into the corner to give Sporting KC the lead midway through the second half. With Houston throwing numbers forward in stoppage time, the duo of Latif Blessing and Gerso killed the game off as the former found the latter for a crisp finish into the bottom corner in the 91st minute.

Lobato has made more than 150 professional appearances since 2008, including a two-year stint at FC Barcelona B where he was teammates with current Sporting KC midfielder Ilie from 2011-2013. The midfielder spent four years at FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy before ending his youth career at Spanish outfit CE L’Hospitalet.

With the win, Sporting KC avoided the same fate that the side suffered in last season’s Open Cup when the Dynamo emerged victorious in the Round of 16 clash in Houston by a 3-1 scoreline. Sporting KC have now advanced to the Quarterfinal for the third time in the last six seasons, having also done so in 2012 and 2015 - with the club winning the tournament on each occasion.

On Thursday, Sporting Kansas City announced that the club had signed Spanish winger Cristian Lobato from Gimnastic de Tarragona in the Spanish Second Division. The 28-year-old signed an MLS contract through 2018 with an option for 2019 and will be eligible to play for Sporting KC once the Secondary Transfer Window opens on July 10.

Lobato earned his senior team debut for Hospitalet in 2008 and played over 80 league matches, helping the club win a Tercera Division title in 2009-10 and promotion to the Segunda Division B. He then joined Barcelona B, scoring eight goals in 57 games before making his top-flight debut for CA Osasuna in 2014. He had a brief stop at Greek side Asteras Tripoli before a return to Spain saw Lobato join Gimnastic, where he played 49 matches as Gimnastic nearly earned promotion to La Liga in 2015-16.

Sporting KC has won the tournament on three occasions: 2004, 2012 and most recently in 2015. Only the Chicago Fire and Seattle Sounders FC have won the competition more often in the MLS era (1996-present) with four titles apiece while Sporting KC are the only MLS side to win the tournament every time the side has taken part in the final. Sporting KC is 26-15-6 all-time in the U.S. Open Cup, including a 9-8-4 record away from home and a 17-7-2 mark across various locations in the Kansas City area.

Sporting Kansas City also announced that the club has waived right back Igor Juliao after the 22-year-old Brazilian made one appearance - starting in the 2-0 defeat to Minnesota United FC on May 7 - while on loan from parent club Fluminense.

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 1, 2017 vs. Portland Timbers | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED)

ACADEMY TO FACE RSL IN PLAYOFFS AT CMP ON JULY 6

DWYER CLOSING IN ON PREKI

The Sporting Kansas City Academy U-16s will host the Real Salt Lake AZ U-16s in the 2017 U.S. Soccer Development Academy quarterfinals on Thursday, July 6 at Children’s Mercy Park. The single-elimination showdown will kick off at 3 p.m. CT, taking place prior to Sporting Kansas City’s home game against the Philadelphia Union at 7:30 p.m. The occasion marks the first time a Sporting KC Academy team has played a competitive match inside Children’s Mercy Park.

After yet another season of rampant goalscoring, forward Dom Dwyer is now within touching distance of Sporting KC legend Preki for the most goals in both MLS and in all competitions. Dwyer’s total currently stands at 67 in all competitions, including 57 in the regular season. Dwyer sits just 14 MLS goals and 14 strikes in all competitions shy of Preki’s all-time records of 71 and 81, respectively.

The U-16s punched their ticket to the quarterfinals for the first time after finishing atop Group E at the Development Academy Playoffs in Westfield, Indiana. Sporting KC claimed victories on Thursday, June 22 with a 4-1 win over Everton FC Westchester and Saturday, June 24 3-1 over Pateadores before a 2-2 draw on Monday, June 26 secured first place and the quarterfinal berth that came with it.

The 26-year-old has amassed 55 goals since the start of the 2014 season. Only Bradley Wright-Phillips has scored more MLS goals in that time period than Dwyer, and took home the MLS Golden Boot titles in 2014 and 2016.

Another factor that comes into play is Dwyer’s longevity. The Londoner is the only Sporting KC player to appear in at least 36 games in all competitions over the last three seasons.

A strong regular season saw the Sporting KC U-16s earn second place in the Frontier Division of the Development Academy’s Central Conference, posting a record of 17-6-3. The team features a pair of promising U.S. youth internationals in 15-year-old Gianluca Busio and 16-year-old Cameron Duke - the brother of Swope Park Rangers captain Christian Duke - while Abdu Kikhia leads the side with 12 goals.

Player Preki Dwyer Arnaud Wolff Klein

Based in Casa Grande, Arizona, the Real Salt Lake AZ U-16s went 22-8-6 in the regular season to finish runners-up in the Southwest Division. The winner of next Thursday’s game will advance to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Championships at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson, California. Semifinal matchups will kick off on Friday, July 14, with third-place and championship matches set for Sunday, July 16. The U-16s are looking to become the first Sporting KC Academy club to advance to the Development Academy Championships.

Goals (MLS) 71 57 43 43 39

Goals (All Competitions) 81 67 52 46 43

PLAYOFF STREAK

Sporting KC is looking to become the sixth club in MLS history to make at least seven straight trips to the postseason, while Manager Peter Vermes would be just the fourth coach to lead the same team to seven straight playoff appearances.

BENNY, THE CREATOR

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) LA Galaxy 9 (2009-2016) *active Seattle Sounders FC 9 (2009-2016) *active New York Red Bulls 8 (2010-2016) *active NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014) Sporting KC 6 (2011-2016) *active

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Benny Feilhaber is tied for second on the team with two goals and his three assists place him in a tie for first on the squad. Feilhaber hit 50 regular-season assists on Wednesday, May 17 against Seattle Sounders FC when he helped set up Gerso’s third and final goal of the game - nine for the New England Revolution and 41 for Sporting KC. On top of his exploits on the scoresheet, Feilhaber is tied for third in MLS with 43 chances created - trailing his childhood friend and New York Red Bulls midfielder Sacha Kljestan’s 52 - and leads the league with 30 chances created from open play, one ahead of Portland’s Diego Valeri, New England’s Lee Nguyen and NYCFC’s David Villa.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Sigi Scmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Peter Vermes Sporting KC 6 2011-2016 (active) Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

As a club, Sporting KC leads Major League Soccer with 194 chances created - one more than the Portland Timbers in second - and chances created from open play with 171. Sporting KC have produced the vast majority of their chances from open play, with Ike Opara’s headed goal off Graham Zusi’s corner kick in the U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round victory over Minnesota on June 14 the first goal the side has designed off a set piece in 2017.

BESLER AND SINOVIC RENEW PARTNERSHIP

VERMES VERBATIM

After helping Sporting KC record nine shutouts in the opening 18 games on the left side of the defense to open the 2017 MLS season, center back Matt Besler and left back Seth Sinovic have now posted 47 total shutouts in just 122 games where both have started in the regular season. Besler and Sinovic have started 17 of the club’s 18 regular-season games together this season, posting all nine shutouts.

On overall thoughts on the 2-0 U.S. Open Cup victory over Houston... “Definitely it wasn’t an easy match for either team. I think both of us played a lot of different guys in our lineup. It was one of those games where it was going to take a goal to change things. We really didn’t give too much away throughout the game. We were able to put the second goal in, which was a killer goal. (Forward) Latif (Blessing) played really well for us tonight. He was a hand full. He caused the second goal, obviously, he stretched out the defense. It was a good performance all around. We knew coming in with the time a day it would be a difficult game. We also knew it would be difficult for them too, not easy for either team. I thought we did a good job with it.”

Since Sinovic made his first appearance for the team on May 28, 2011 after being waived by the New England Revolution earlier in the year, Sporting KC leads all of MLS with 77 shutouts - 14 more than the LA Galaxy in second. Besler and Sinovic have started 122 of the 214 games since the trade, posting 47 of the club’s 77 shutouts alongside one another.

On Ike Opara’s performance... “When he opens up his account each year all of a sudden he starts to get in this role. He really does, it’s kind of strange. He is in a rhythm at the moment. He was out for two years. I mean for two years in a row he had a season ending injury. I’m happy for him not only for the goals, but really for the fact that he has been playing consistently. He is playing at a higher level at the moment based on the fact that he has put a lot of hard work in and worked hard for it.”

Individually, Besler leads the league in shutouts since Sinovic joined the club with 63, while Sinovic is second with 56. Prior to the 1-1 draw with Montreal on Saturday, June 10 where Belser was with the U.S. National Team in Mexico, Besler and Sinovic had started each of Sporting KC’s previous 17 regular-season games, conceding just 10 goals - a rate of 0.59 per game.

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 1, 2017 vs. Portland Timbers | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Portland Timbers: 6-3-2 Home games: 2-1-1 (6 GF, 4 GA) Road games: 4-2-1 (5 GF, 5 GA) Date 07/02/2011 08/17/2011 04/21/2012 04/27/2013 06/27/2014 03/21/2015 09/09/2015 10/03/2015 07/31/2016 08/07/2016 04/15/2017

Score KC 2 at POR 1 KC 3 vs POR 1 KC 0 at POR 1 KC 2 vs POR 3 KC 1 at POR 0 KC 0 vs POR 0 KC 0 at POR 0 KC 1 at POR 0 KC 1 vs POR 0 KC 0 at POR 3 KC 1 at POR 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Result Location W Jeld-Wen Field W Livestrong Sporting Park L Jeld-Wen Field L Sporting Park W Providence Park T Sporting Park T Providence Park W Providence Park W Children’s Mercy Park L Providence Park W Providence Park

2 3 14 6 18 21

Myers, Zusi Benny Feilhaber Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Dom Dwyer

2 2 3 16 6

Melia, Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen

PORTLAND TIMBERS

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Darlington Nagbe 2 Diego Valeri 2 Darlington Nagbe 17 Darlington Nagbe 8 Diego Chara 30 Darlington Nagbe 31

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Three Players 1 Gleeson, Perkins 2 Adam Kwarasey 2 Jake Gleeson 11 Troy Perkins 5

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 1 5 3 6 6

Myers, Zusi 12 Players Teal Bunbury (8/17/11) Dwyer, Zusi Dom Dwyer (7/31/16) Dom Dwyer (4/15/17)

PORTLAND TIMBERS

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

(4/15/17) Diego Chara (6/27/14) Darlington Nagbe

1 2 5 3 5 6

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(4/27/13) Donovan Ricketts (8/17/11) Troy Perkins

6 3

7 Tim Melia (9/9/15) 3 Kann, Nielsen

Eight Players

(4/27/13) Diego Valeri (9/9/15) Lucas Melano

Four Players

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT Total 7 4 0 11 59 76 0 135 21 25 0 46 64 105 0 169 4 4 0 8 27 29 0 56

PORTLAND TIMBERS Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 4 5 0 9 Shots 51 72 0 123 Shots on Goal 19 24 0 43 Fouls 76 76 0 152 Offsides 25 17 0 42 Corner Kicks 20 26 0 46

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC POR

1-15

1 0

16-30

31-45

2 3

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,428

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 116 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 110 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 15 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 116 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

143

4 1

105.2 5

46-60

2 1

61-75

1 1

76-90

1 3

0 0

Total

11 9

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

240

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 143 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 1, 2017 vs. Portland Timbers | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Tyler Pasher (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)

Brad Davis (retired - 10/23/16)

Adrian Zendejas (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)

Nuno Coelho (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Igor Juliao (loan - 12/23/16)

Chance Myers (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Gerso Fernandes (transfer - 1/4/17)

Jacob Peterson (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Latif Blessing (transfer - 1/9/17)

Ever Alvarado (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Christian Volesky (trade - 1/9/17)

Emmanuel Appiah (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Cameron Iwasa (signing - 1/10/17)

Connor Hallisey (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Andrew Dykstra (signing - 1/10/17)

Jon Kempin (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Ilie Sanchez (signing - 1/13/17)

Justin Mapp (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Soony Saad (signing - 1/30/17)

Paulo Nagamura (retired - 12/12/16)

Colton Storm (SuperDraft - 2/24/17)

Alec Kann (Expansion Draft - 12/13/16)

Amer Didic (signed from SPR - 5/31/17)

Lawrence Olum (trade - 2/3/17)

Cristian Lobato (signing - 6/29/17)

Benji Joya (waived - 2/27/17) Christian Volesky (waived - 2/27/17) Igor Juliao (waived - 6/29/17)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Oct. 23: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis retires Nov. 16: Sporting KC signs M Benny Feilhaber and D Ike Opara to new contracts Nov. 23: OUT D Nuno Coelho, D Chance Myers and F Jacob Peterson leaves Sporting KC out of contract. Sporting KC declines options on D Ever Alvarado, M Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, GK Jon Kempin and M Justin Mapp Dec. 2: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Tyler Pasher and GK Adrian Zendejas from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Dec. 12: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Paulo Nagamura retires Dec. 13: Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis, GK Alec Kann and D/M Jimmy Medranda to new contracts Dec. 13: OUT Sporting KC goalkeeper Alec Kann selected in Expansion Draft by Atlanta United FC (MLS) Dec. 23: IN Sporting KC signs D Igor Juliao on loan from Fluminense FC (Brazil) Jan. 4: IN Sporting KC signs F Gerso Fernandes as a Designated Player Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Latif Blessing from Ghana Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Christian Volesky in trade with Portland Timbers (MLS) Jan. 10: IN Sporting KC signs GK Andrew Dykstra and F Cameron Iwasa Jan. 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Ilie Sanchez Jan. 30: IN Sporting KC re-acquires F Soony Saad Feb. 3: OUT Sporting KC trades M Lawrence Olum to the Portland Timbers (MLS) Feb. 24: IN Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection D Colton Storm Feb. 27: OUT Sporting KC waives M Benji Joya and F Christian Volesky May 31: IN Sporting KC signs D Amer Didic from Swope Park Rangers (USL) June 29: IN/OUT Sporting KC signs M Cristian Lobato from Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) and waives on-loan defender Igor Juliao

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011 2012

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th)

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15)

Colton Storm (14th)

Tyler Pasher (12/2/16) Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16) Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Latif Blessing (1/9/17) Cameron Iwasa (1/10/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Soony Saad (1/30/17) Amer Didic (5/31/17) Cristian Lobato (6/29/17)

2016 2017

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

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

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

Cameron Porter (7/12/16)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Dom Dwyer (16th)

2013 2015

Trades

Diego Rubio (3/8/16)

Andrew Dykstra (Second Round)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 1, 2017 vs. Portland Timbers | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

Saturday, March 4

at D.C. United

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, MARCH 11

FC DALLAS

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

2-1

Feilhaber, Own Goal

Friday, March 31

at Toronto FC

MLS

0-0

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

3-1

Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer

Saturday, April 15

at Portland Timbers

MLS

1-0

Dwyer

Saturday, April 22

at FC Dallas

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

3-0

Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

2-0

Dwyer (2)

Sunday, May 7

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, May 13

at Orlando City SC

MLS

2-2

Blessing (2)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

3-0

Gerso (3)

Saturday, May 20

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, May 27

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, JUNE 3

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

3-0

Opara, Medranda, Abdul-Salaam

SATURDAY, JUNE 10

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

1-1

Gerso

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

U.S. OPEN CUP

4-0

Opara, Gerso, Dwyer, Salloi

Saturday, June 17

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

0-0

Saturday, June 24

at LA Galaxy

MLS

2-1

Espinoza, Opara

Wednesday, June 28

at Houston Dynamo

U.S. Open Cup

2-0

Opara, Gerso

SATURDAY, JULY 1

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS