Sporting KC Game Notes | July 13, 2022 at Minnesota United FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #12 | D | KORTNE FORD | @KortFord SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
12
9
789
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
2
134
1
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
14
11
923
1
0
Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Birthday: 1/26/1996 Hometown: Greeley, Colorado College: University of Denver Last Club: Colorado Rapids (MLS) Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 1/14/2022
Sporting Kansas City signed free agent center back Kortne Ford ahead of the 2022 season. Ford began his professional career in 2017 with the Colorado Rapids, where he started 33 of 35 MLS appearances as a Homegrown Player. Following a five-year stint in Colorado, Ford spent the last three months of 2021 on loan with San Antonio FC in the USL Championship. Ford made his first MLS appearance since 2018 in Sporting’s match at the Colorado Rapids on March 12, 2022.
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, May 27, 2017, COL vs. SKC (w/ COL) Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, May 27, 2017, COL vs. SKC (w/ COL) Shots 3, Sept. 9, 2017, COL at HOU (w/ COL) Fouls Committed 3, 10 times, last: May 28, 2022, KC vs. VAN Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 11, 2018, COL vs. SJ (w/ COL) Last Regular Season... Appearance June 19, 2022, KC at NSH Goal May 27, 2017, COL vs. SKC (w/ COL) Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 1-4-4 he scores 0-0-0
scoring account against the same opponent in a 1-0 home win on May 27. Born in Olathe, Kansas, Ford played youth soccer in the Kansas City area before moving with his family to Colorado at age 12. He joined the Colorado Rapids Academy in 2012 and represented the club at the U-16 and U-18 levels.
In three standout seasons at the University of Denver, Ford was a two-time All-Summit League First Team selection and a Top Drawer Soccer Second Team All-America honoree Ford signed for the Rapids as a Homegrown Player in 2017 and enjoyed a strong rookie in 2016. He started in all 62 college appearances, notching five goals and three assists, campaign, starting 19 of 20 MLS appearances. He earned his MLS debut in a road loss to and led the Pioneers to their first NCAA Men’s College Cup appearance as a junior in Sporting Kansas City on April 9 at Children’s Mercy Park and opened his professional 2016. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
12
9
789
0
0
2
0
11
7
1
0
4
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
47
42
3657
1
0
17
4
52
24
1
0
15
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
47
42
3657
1
0
17
4
52
24
1
0
15
0
1
0
#21 | M | FELIPE HERNANDEZ | @Fe1ipe98 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
44
25
2444
2
6
MLS Postseason
2
0
42
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
1
0
26
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
3
300
2
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
50
28
2812
4
7
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: June 19, 2022, KC at NSH Assists 2, May 14, 2022, KC at POR Shots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: June 19, 2022, KC at NSH Shots 4, 3 times, last: July 3, 2022, KC vs. NY Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: April 17, 2022, KC at LAFC Fouls Suffered 4, July 4, 2021, KC at LA Last Regular Season... Appearance July 9, 2022, KC at MTL Goal June 19, 2022, KC at NSH Assist May 14, 2022, KC at POR 2022 Record when: he starts 4-7-1 he scores 1-0-0
Height: 5-7 Weight: 145 Birthday: 6/8/1998 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 8/30/2019 Sporting Kansas City signed Felipe Hernandez as a Homegrown Player in late August 2019, making him the 12th Homegrown Player in club history and one of eight on the current roster, joining Cam Duke, Daniel Salloi, John Pulskamp, Ozzie Cisneros, Kaveh Rad, Kayden Pierre and Jake Davis. Hernandez is the first Sporting player to progress from an Academy Affiliate club to the SKC Academy to Sporting KC II before signing with the senior team. His acquisition follows a breakout season in the USL Championship, where he started 24 of 26 appearances, scored a team-best eight goals and recorded four assists. In three seasons with SPR, Hernandez amassed 13 goals and 12 assists across 85 matches.
Born in Ibague, Colombia, Hernandez grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and played for Sporting Nashville Heroes, a former Academy Affiliate. He moved to Kansas City in the summer of 2014 to join the Academy. At age 16, Hernandez earned a preseason training stint with Sporting KC in January 2015, before signing an Academy contract with Sporting KC II in August 2016, two months prior to earning Bob Gansler Academy Player of the Year honors that then led to a professional SKC II contract in early 2017. On the international stage, Hernandez played for the U.S. U-19 National Team for the first time in August 2016 for the Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament in Serbia. The following April, he ventured to London for his first training camp with the U.S. U-20s.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
44
25
2444
2
6
45
5
34
45
2
41
2
0
0
1
KC - Postseason
2
0
42
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
46
25
2486
2
6
45
5
35
48
2
41
2
0
0
1
23
