Match Notes: Sporting at New York City FC | July 26, 2019 by Sporting Kansas City

NEW YORK CITY FC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY YANKEE STADIUM, Bronx, N.Y. 7:30 p.m. ET (YES; FS-KC)

Friday, July 26, 2019 (Week 21, MLS Game #262)

NEW YORK CITY FC 2019 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Atlanta, GA 15 15 0 0 255 255 0 1 1 Sean Johnson Ben Sweat DF 6-2 175 09/04/1991 Palm Spring Harbor, FL 12 8 0 1 66 57 1 8 2 3 Anton Tinnerholm DF 5-9 150 02/26/1991 Linkoping, Sweden 19 19 0 4 50 50 4 10 4 Maxime Chanot DF 6-1 172 11/21/1989 Nancy, France 18 18 0 0 61 60 3 0 6 Alexander Callens DF 6-1 180 05/04/1992 Callao, Peru 13 13 0 0 78 78 3 0 8 Alexander Ring MF 5-9 159 04/09/1991 Helsinki, Finland 18 18 2 2 77 76 4 6 9 Heber FW 5-11 170 08/10/1991 Colorado do Oeste, Brazil 12 10 8 3 12 10 8 3 MF 5-3 115 02/27/1987 Granadero Baigorria, Argenti 17 17 6 13 78 77 19 38 10 Maximiliano Moralez 11 Valentin Castellanos FW 5-10 154 10/03/1998 Mendoza, Argentina 16 11 5 3 24 16 6 3 12 Ebenezer Ofori MF 5-8 154 07/01/1995 Kumasi, Ghana 14 11 2 0 41 32 3 0 Luis Barraza GK 6-2 195 11/08/1996 Las Cruces, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 14 Juan Pablo Torres MF 5-8 162 07/26/1999 Lilburn, GA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 Tony Rocha MF 5-9 166 08/21/1993 Spring, TX 8 4 0 0 31 15 0 4 MF 5-11 162 07/06/2000 Rye, NY 14 14 0 0 18 17 0 0 16 James Sands 17 Gary Mackay-Steven MF 5-9 154 08/31/1990 Thurso, Scotland 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 Jeff Caldwell GK 6-3 187 02/20/1996 Todd, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Jesus Medina MF 5-10 154 04/30/1997 Asuncion, Paraguay 12 3 1 1 40 24 7 8 21 Daniel Bedoya MF 5-7 140 02/13/1994 Medellin, Colombia 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 Ronald Matarrita DF 5-9 154 07/09/1994 Alajuela, Costa Rica 11 11 0 1 72 57 3 11 25 Joe Scally DF 5-10 148 12/31/2002 Lake Grove, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Abdi Mohamed DF 5-11 151 10/25/1996 Nairobi, Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Alexandru Mitrita FW 5-5 145 02/08/1995 Craiova, Romania 15 11 5 1 15 11 5 1 FW 5-6 141 03/28/1994 Bern, Switzerland 12 8 4 2 39 26 15 5 29 Ismael Tajouri-Shradi 33 Sebastien Ibeagha DF 6-2 187 01/21/1992 Warri, Nigeria 11 7 0 0 37 25 0 0 41 Brad Stuver GK 6-3 181 04/16/1991 Mayfield, OH 4 4 0 0 8 8 0 0 55 Keaton Parks MF 6-3 178 08/06/1997 Frisco, TX 10 5 0 0 10 5 0 0 80 Justin Haak MF 6-0 165 09/12/2001 Brooklyn, NY 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Domènec Torrent

07/14/1962 W16 L10 T12

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas 2 Botond Barath DF 6-2 165 04/21/1992 Budapest, Hungary 16 15 0 0 16 15 0 0 DF 6-1 190 11/14/1989 Banyoles, Spain 11 8 0 0 13 9 0 0 4 Andreu Fontas 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 15 14 0 0 272 265 3 18 MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 20 18 1 4 87 85 5 10 6 Ilie Sanchez 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 170 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 16 13 7 4 46 37 17 14 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 15 14 0 2 267 226 28 65 8 9 Krisztian Nemeth FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 18 14 7 2 76 48 19 12 MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 19 12 3 2 51 31 6 5 10 Yohan Croizet 11 Kelyn Rowe MF 5-8 150 12/02/1991 Federal Way, WA 14 7 0 2 220 167 29 42 FW 5-8 140 02/23/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 14 14 1 4 77 57 14 11 12 Gerso Fernandes 13 Gianluca Busio MF 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 13 6 3 0 20 7 4 1 14 Nicolas Hasler DF 5-9 174 05/04/1991 Vaduz, Liechtenstein 12 8 0 1 46 36 3 5 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 18 17 0 0 226 214 1 11 16 Graham Smith DF 6-3 185 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 5 4 0 0 7 6 0 0 17 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 5 4 0 2 227 206 8 34 Eric Dick GK 6-5 205 10/03/1994 Roeland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 Erik Hurtado FW 5-10 185 11/15/1990 Fredricksburg, VA 0 0 0 0 105 47 12 10 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 16 9 0 0 67 47 14 9 21 Felipe Gutierrez MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 21 20 8 2 41 38 15 4 DF 6-0 165 06/17/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 204 161 24 29 22 Rodney Wallace 23 Tyler Freeman FW 5-10 150 01/09/2003 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Gedion Zelalem MF 5-11 155 01/26/1997 Berlin, Germany 9 5 0 0 9 5 0 0 26 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-8 155 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 1 28 Cameron Duke MF 5-7 135 02/13/2001 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 20 20 0 0 141 140 0 0 MF 5-9 163 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19 14 2 3 255 226 39 59 30 Benny Feilhaber 75 Wan Kuzain MF 5-10 160 09/14/1998 Carbondale, IL 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 94 Jimmy Medranda DF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 2 0 0 0 88 62 5 4 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W139 L107 T89

NEW YORK CITY FC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY Friday, July 26, 2019; Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. ET REFEREES

2019 SEASON RECORDS NYCFC at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 19 8-3-8 32 33 23 9 4-1-4 16 16 8

Sporting on road

21 6-8-7 25 32 36 10 2-4-4 10 11 14

REFEREE: David Gantar. AR1 (bench): Philippe Briere; AR2 (opposite): Richard Gamache; 4th: Rubiel Vazquez; VAR: Jon Freemon; AVAR: Jozef Batko TEAM NEWS

ALL-TIME: NYCFC 2 wins, 4 goals … Sporting 2 wins, 4 goals … Ties 0

SUSPENDED: KC: Felipe Gutierrez (caution accumulation; through July 27) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: NYC: Valentin Castellanos, Ben Sweat ... KC: Benny Feilhaber SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NYC: Sean Johnson, Maximiliano Moralez ... KC: Yohan Croizet

AT YANKEE STADIUM: NYCFC 1 win, 1 goal … Sporting 1 win, 1 goal … Ties 0

INJURED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/4: KC 0, NYC 2 (Moralez 32; Medina 53)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES COLORADO RAPIDS 1 NEW YORK CITY FC 2 Scoring Summary: COL--Anderson 1 (Lewis 2) 6 NYC--Heber 8 (Moralez 13) 40 NYC--Mitrita 5 (unassisted) 83

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING NYCFC Sun. Aug. 4 at Seattle Sat. Aug. 3 at Real Salt Lake Sat. Aug. 10 Real Salt Lake Thu. Aug. 8 Houston Wed. Aug. 14 at Orlando City Sun. Aug. 11 at Atlanta Sat. Aug. 17 San Jose Sat. Aug. 17 at FC Cincinnati

NEW YORK CITY FC--Sean Johnson, Sebastien Ibeagha (Alexandru Mitrita 63), James Sands, Alexander Callens, Anton Tinnerholm, Keaton Parks, Ebenezer Ofori (Tony Rocha 93+), Ronald Matarrita, Heber, Maximiliano Moralez, Valentin Castellanos (Jesus Medina 80).

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

NYCFC

F 33 52

A 23 74

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 32 59

A 36 53

9 20 3 0

25 8 3 0

19 2 2 1 5 1 0 2

26 4 2 2 1 1 0 0

7 20 5

7 25 4

HOW SCORED

18 15 0 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

15 5 3 0

TYPE OF PLAY

25 0 1 3 3 1 0 0

13 0 0 0 4 1 2 3

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

3 23 7

6 16 1

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 0 FC DALLAS 2 Scoring Summary: DAL--Badji 6 (Barrios 8) 37 DAL--Ferreira 6 (unassisted) 57 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Botond Barath, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Felipe Gutierrez, Gedion Zelalem (Roger Espinoza 65), Gianluca Busio, Johnny Russell (Daniel Salloi 71), Yohan Croizet (Krisztian Nemeth 55), Gerso Fernandes.

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) NYC KC

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

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 6-1-2 2-2-4 6-1-4 0-7-3

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

NEW YORK CITY FC Date Score (Gms since) 7/03/2019 NYC 3, SEA 0 7/20/2019 NYC 2, COL 1 7/07/2019 NYC 0, POR 1 7/14/2019 NYC 1, NYR 2 6/01/2019 NYC 2, CLB 2 7/03/2019 NYC 3, SEA 0 7/07/2019 NYC 0, POR 1

(1) (0) (0) (1) (6) (3) (2)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED NYCFC TTTLTTWWTWWTTWWWLLW LWTWTTLTLLTWLTTWLLWWL Sporting KC

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 7/06/2019 KC 1, CHI 0 (1) 7/13/2019 KC 3, VAN 0 (0) 7/20/2019 KC 0, DAL 2 (0) 6/29/2019 KC 0, RSL 2 (1) 6/07/2019 KC 2, TOR 2 (6) 7/13/2019 KC 3, VAN 0 (1) 7/20/2019 KC 0, DAL 2 (0)

TEAM LEADERS NYCFC G: 8 Heber A: 12 Moralez SHT: 51 Mitrita SOG: 20 Moralez FC: 50 Ring FS: 43 Moralez OF: 9 Moralez C: 6 Chanot E: 0 SPORTING G: 8 Gutierrez A: 4 3 players tied SHT: 47 Gutierrez SOG: 22 Gutierrez FC: 39 Gutierrez FS: 36 Gutierrez OF: 8 Croizet/Nemeth C: 6 Gutierrez/Sanchez E: 1 Espinoza/Nemeth

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG NYC 19 4 4 7 2 2 33 1.74 KC 21 5 9 3 2 2 32 1.52 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG NYC 19 7 4 6 1 1 23 1.21 KC 21 4 6 7 1 3 36 1.71 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 NYC 33 5 5 7 7 3 6 KC 32 3 5 5 4 7 8 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 NYC 23 4 6 4 3 2 4 KC 36 3 4 5 8 7 9

2019 NEW YORK CITY FC STATISTICS (8-3-8, 32 pts.) UNF 9 10 11 28 29 8 12 19 3 2 17 17 22 6 41 21 0 16 14 80 55 4 1 33 15

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

PLAYER Heber Maximiliano Moralez Valentin Castellanos Alexandru Mitrita Ismael Tajouri-Shradi Alexander Ring Ebenezer Ofori Jesus Medina Anton Tinnerholm Ben Sweat Jonathan Lewis (NYC) Jonathan Lewis (TOT) Ronald Matarrita Alexander Callens Brad Stuver Daniel Bedoya Gary Mackay-Steven James Sands Juan Pablo Torres Justin Haak Keaton Parks Maxime Chanot Sean Johnson Sebastien Ibeagha Tony Rocha Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 12 17 16 15 12 18 14 12 19 12 6 12 11 13 4 1 1 14 1 1 10 18 15 11 8

GS 10 17 11 11 8 18 11 3 19 8 2 7 11 13 4 0 0 14 0 0 5 18 15 7 4

MIN 891 1488 982 1024 681 1620 931 388 1710 807 214 614 818 1170 360 1 6 1225 1 4 505 1620 1350 663 351

19 19

1710 1710

G 8 6 5 5 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 23

A 3 13 3 1 2 2 0 1 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 33 33 41 51 15 25 8 9 22 3 1 9 10 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 10 7 0 3 0

SOG 15 20 15 16 7 8 2 3 8 2 1 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0

32 18

281 200

107 60

FC 10 28 20 10 10 50 13 9 12 14 2 5 7 13 0 0 0 18 0 0 13 20 0 9 7

FS 12 43 24 19 13 16 5 5 16 8 2 8 3 24 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 15 0 4 8

OFF 5 9 5 0 3 0 0 1 4 2 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

CK 0 69 0 16 5 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

265 239 239 265

36 72

109 90

41 52

0 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Maximiliano Moralez 2, Valentin Castellanos 2, Alexandru Mitrita 2, Ismael Tajouri-Shradi 1, Heber 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Heber 3, Maximiliano Moralez 3, Anton Tinnerholm 1, Jesus Medina 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Maximiliano Moralez 3-5 NEW YORK CITY FC GOALKEEPING UNF 1 41

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Sean Johnson Brad Stuver Team totals Opponent totals

GP 15 4 19 19

GS 15 4 19 19

MIN SHTS 1350 48 360 12 1710 60 1710 107

SV 29 9 38 73

GA 18 5 23 33

GAA 1.2 1.25 1.21 1.74

PG 4 0 4 3

PA 4 0 4 5

W 5 3 8 3

L 2 1 3 8

T 8 0 8 8

SO 6 1 7 4

2019 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (6-8-7, 25 pts.) UNF 21 7 9 10 13 12 6 8 11 17 30 30 14 14 3 1 4 2 20 24 16 94 5 22 15 29

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

PLAYER Felipe Gutierrez Johnny Russell Krisztian Nemeth Yohan Croizet Gianluca Busio Gerso Fernandes Ilie Sanchez Graham Zusi Kelyn Rowe Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber (KC) Benny Feilhaber (TOT) Nicolas Hasler (KC) Nicolas Hasler (TOT) Abdul Rwatubyaye Adrian Zendejas Andreu Fontas Botond Barath Daniel Salloi Gedion Zelalem Graham Smith Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Rodney Wallace Seth Sinovic Tim Melia Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 21 16 18 19 13 14 20 15 14 5 10 19 9 12 2 1 11 16 16 9 5 2 15 1 18 20

GS 20 13 14 12 6 14 18 14 7 4 7 14 7 8 1 1 8 15 9 5 4 0 14 1 17 20

MIN 1749 1180 1259 1089 530 1198 1637 1271 690 309 638 1258 635 708 164 90 784 1299 834 436 342 14 1190 27 1580 1800

21 21

1890 1890

G 8 7 7 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 36 32

A 2 4 2 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 47 33 43 23 15 22 15 21 20 4 10 19 2 3 2 0 3 4 27 3 3 2 0 0 8 0

SOG 22 15 16 12 8 10 3 4 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 2 2 1 0 0 1 0

40 26

257 307

106 110

FC 39 9 23 17 9 22 15 12 14 13 12 27 3 3 3 0 5 18 12 6 1 0 7 1 19 0

FS 36 21 20 15 10 34 13 17 11 8 11 31 5 7 0 0 5 6 16 1 1 0 7 1 10 2

OFF 0 3 8 8 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 28 49 0 2 5 4 0 0 3 0 13 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

270 260 260 270

44 31

88 105

51 44

6 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Krisztian Nemeth 1, Felipe Gutierrez 1, Ilie Sanchez 1, Yohan Croizet 1, Johnny Russell 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Felipe Gutierrez 2, Gerso Fernandes 2, Yohan Croizet 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Kelyn Rowe 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Felipe Gutierrez 4-4, Ilie Sanchez 1-1, Krisztian Nemeth 0-1, Daniel Salloi 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 1

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Adrian Zendejas Team totals Opponent totals

GP 20 1 21 21

GS 20 1 21 21

MIN SHTS 1800 102 90 4 1890 106 1890 110

SV 66 3 69 77

GA 35 1 36 32

GAA 1.75 1 1.71 1.52

PG 0 1 1 5

PA 2 1 3 7

W 6 0 6 8

L 8 0 8 6

T 6 1 7 7

SO 4 0 4 5

NEW YORK CITY FC 2019 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sun. Sun. Fri. Sat. Sat.

Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr.

OPPONENT RESULT 2 at Orlando City T 2-2 SC 10 D.C. United T 0-0 17 Los Angeles FC T 2-2 29 at Toronto FC L 0-4 6 Montreal T 0-0 13 at Minnesota T 3-3

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

Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May June

21 at D.C. United 24 Chicago 27 Orlando City SC 4 at Montreal 11 at Los Angeles 25 at Chicago 1 at Columbus

Thu. June

6 FC Cincinnati

ATT 25527

W-L-T 0-0-1

24361 20339 25447 19353 19796

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

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

18004 21791 20862 16961 22806 10986 13704

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

W 5-2

18597

5-1-8

W W T W W T T

Sat. June

29 Philadelphia

W 4-2

24451

6-1-8

Wed. July Sun. July Sun. July

3 Seattle 7 Portland 14 at New York Red Bulls 20 at Colorado 26 Sporting KC 3 at Real Salt Lake 8 Houston 11 at Atlanta 17 at FC Cincinnati 21 Columbus 24 New York Red Bulls 31 at Vancouver 7 New England 11 Toronto FC 14 San Jose 22 at FC Dallas 25 Atlanta 29 at New England 6 at Philadelphia

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

18217 18363 20128

7-1-8 7-2-8 7-3-8

W 2-1

15359

8-3-8

Sat. July Fri. July Sat. Aug. Thu. Aug. Sun. Aug. Sat. Aug. Wed. Aug. Sat. Aug. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sun.

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

POS PTS NOTES: 3 1 NYC: Ofori (13) Ring (45); ORL: Mueller (59) Akindele (75) 6 2 7 3 NYC: Mitrita (39) Ring (62); LFC: Vela (43,76) 9 3 TOR: Altidore (29) Pozuelo (58,78) Chapman (83) 11 4 10 5 NYC: Castellanos (16) Tajouri-Shradi (18,64); MIN: Alonso (13) Rodriguez (20) own goal (33) 9 8 NYC: Mitrita (35) dos Santos (56); 7 11 NYC: Castellanos (9); 7 12 NYC: dos Santos (51); ORL: Almeida (18) 5 15 NYC: Moralez (6) Tajouri-Shradi (49); 4 18 NYC: dos Santos (44) Moralez (51+); 6 19 NYC: Mitrita (40); CHI: Sapong (28) 6 20 NYC: dos Santos (57) Castellanos (76); CLB: Zardes (28) Santos (61) 6 23 NYC: Mitrita (11) dos Santos (17,49) Tajouri-Shradi (29) Moralez (90); CIN: own goal (37,76) 6 26 NYC: Moralez (23,55) Castellanos (72,78); PHI: Picault (7) Przybylko (30) 5 29 NYC: Moralez (58) Medina (77) Ofori (87); 5 29 POR: Blanco (14) 6 29 NYC: dos Santos (7); NYR: Royer (46+,60) 4

32 NYC: dos Santos (40) Mitrita (83); COL: Anderson (6)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar.

RESULT L 1-2

ATT 22099

W-L-T 0-1-0

W 2-0 T 1-1 W 7-1

18738 11037 18632

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

7 6 5

T 1-1

26023

2-1-2

T 2-2

17897

2-1-3

Sat. Apr.

7 at FC Cincinnati 14 New York Red Bulls 20 at San Jose

L 1-4

15777

2-2-3

Sat. Apr.

27 New England

T 4-4

18511

2-2-4

Sun. Sun. Sat. Sun.

May May May May

5 Atlanta 12 at D.C. United 18 Vancouver 26 Seattle

L L T W

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

18518 12521 18691 19882

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

10 11 11 11

Wed. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat.

May June June June June

29 Los Angeles 1 at Houston 7 at Toronto FC 23 at Columbus 29 at Real Salt Lake 3 Los Angeles FC

L T T W L

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

19979 15710 24748 14015 18933

3-5-5 3-5-6 3-5-7 4-5-7 4-6-7

11 10 10 9 11

L 1-5

19754

4-7-7

6 Chicago 13 at Vancouver 20 FC Dallas 26 at New York City FC 4 at Seattle 10 Real Salt Lake 14 at Orlando City SC 17 San Jose 22 Minnesota 31 Houston 7 at Portland 15 at Los Angeles 21 Colorado 25 at Minnesota 29 Portland 6 at FC Dallas

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

18570 18700 18736

5-7-7 6-7-7 6-8-7

9 9 10

Sun. Mar. Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sun. Apr. Sun. Apr.

Wed. July Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri.

July July July July

Sun. Aug. Sat. Aug. Wed. Aug. Sat. Thu. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun.

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

OPPONENT 3 at Los Angeles FC 10 Philadelphia 17 at Colorado 30 Montreal

POS PTS NOTES: 12 0 KC: Nemeth (16); LFC: Rossi (47) Diomande (94+) 3 KC: Sanchez (11) own goal (80); 4 KC: Russell (88); COL: Rubio (54) 7 KC: Russell (10,50) Nemeth (43,68,84) Gutierrez (47+) Busio (78); MTL: Taider (89) 8 KC: Busio (62); CIN: Mattocks (19) 9 KC: Russell (24) Busio (88); NYR: Royer (52) White (75) 9 KC: Gutierrez (66); SJ: Hoesen (6,12) Salinas (46) Eriksson (61) 10 KC: Nemeth (33,83) Gutierrez (60,70); NE: Caicedo (18,35) Agudelo (42) Jones (66) 10 ATL: Martinez (39,76) Barco (47) 10 DC: Arriola (78) 11 KC: Nemeth (37); VAN: Cornelius (94+) 14 KC: Russell (29,46+,68); SEA: Ruidiaz (63) Leerdam (71) 14 LA: Alvarez (56) Ibrahimovic (86) 15 KC: Croizet (63); HOU: Elis (69) 16 KC: Gutierrez (25,73); TOR: DeLeon (43) Hamilton (95+) 19 KC: Gutierrez (48); 19 RSL: Johnson (15,29) 19 KC: Croizet (85); LFC: Ramirez (28) Rossi (50) Vela (63) Zelaya (89) El-Munir (91+) 22 KC: Croizet (14); 25 KC: own goal (24) Gutierrez (56) Fernandes (90); 25 DAL: Badji (37) Ferreira (57)

NEW YORK CITY FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019) Goals 2 4 times Assists 3 Maximiliano Moralez Shots 9 Valentin Castellanos Shots on Goal 3 4 times Fouls Committed 6 Alexander Ring Fouls Suffered 7 Maximiliano Moralez 7 Maximiliano Moralez Offside 4 Maximiliano Moralez Saves 5 Sean Johnson Shots Faced 9 Sean Johnson Goals Allowed 4 Sean Johnson

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)

04/13/2019 vs MIN

T 3-3

06/06/2019 vs CIN

W 5-2

07/03/2019 vs SEA

W 3-0

03/10/2019 vs DC

T 0-0

07/03/2019 vs SEA

W 3-0

04/24/2019 vs CHI

W 1-0

04/27/2019 vs ORL

T 1-1

03/02/2019 vs ORL

T 2-2

03/29/2019 vs TOR

L 0-4

03/29/2019 vs TOR

L 0-4

03/29/2019 vs TOR

L 0-4

Goals 5 06/06/2019 vs Assists 7 06/06/2019 vs Shots 29 07/20/2019 vs Shots on Goal 9 06/06/2019 vs 9 06/29/2019 vs 9 07/20/2019 vs Fouls Committed 20 04/06/2019 vs Fouls Suffered 20 06/01/2019 vs Corner Kicks 13 07/07/2019 vs Offside 4 03/02/2019 vs 4 04/27/2019 vs Saves 5 03/29/2019 vs Shots Faced 9 03/29/2019 vs Goals Allowed 4 03/29/2019 vs

CIN

W 5-2

CIN

W 5-2

COL

W 2-1

CIN PHI COL

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

MTL

T 0-0

CLB

T 2-2

POR

L 0-1

ORL ORL

T 2-2 T 1-1

TOR

L 0-4

TOR

L 0-4

TOR

L 0-4

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)

Goals 3 Krisztian Nemeth 3 Johnny Russell Assists 2 Roger Espinoza 2 Gerso Fernandes 2 Yohan Croizet Shots 7 Krisztian Nemeth Shots on Goal 4 Johnny Russell 4 Daniel Salloi Fouls Committed 5 Roger Espinoza Fouls Suffered 5 5 times Offside 2 7 times Saves 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 8 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 5 Tim Melia

Goals 7 03/30/2019 at Assists 7 03/30/2019 at Shots 21 07/03/2019 at Shots on Goal 10 07/06/2019 at 10 07/13/2019 at Fouls Committed 17 03/03/2019 at 17 05/26/2019 at Fouls Suffered 18 06/29/2019 at Corner Kicks 12 05/29/2019 at Offside 3 03/10/2019 at 3 04/07/2019 at 3 05/29/2019 at Saves 6 07/13/2019 at Shots Faced 8 05/05/2019 at Goals Allowed 5 07/03/2019 at

03/30/2019 at MTL 05/26/2019 at SEA

W 7-1 W 3-2

03/30/2019 at MTL 03/30/2019 at MTL 05/26/2019 at SEA

W 7-1 W 7-1 W 3-2

04/27/2019 at NE

T 4-4

05/26/2019 at SEA 07/13/2019 at VAN

W 3-2 W 3-0

03/03/2019 at LFC

L 1-2

03/30/2019 at MTL

W 7-1

03/10/2019 at PHI

W 2-0

07/13/2019 at VAN

W 3-0

05/05/2019 at ATL

L 0-3

07/03/2019 at LFC

L 1-5

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019) Shots 6 04/24/2019 vs Shots on Goal 2 05/25/2019 vs Fouls Committed 7 03/29/2019 vs Fouls Suffered 4 06/06/2019 vs Corner Kicks 2 04/13/2019 vs Offside 0 05/25/2019 vs Saves 0 04/27/2019 vs 0 05/04/2019 vs 0 05/11/2019 vs 0 06/29/2019 vs Shots Faced 0 05/04/2019 vs

CHI

W 1-0

CHI

T 1-1

TOR

L 0-4

CIN

W 5-2

MIN

T 3-3

CHI

T 1-1

ORL MTL LA PHI

T W W W

MTL

W 2-0

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019)

MTL

W 7-1

MTL

W 7-1

LFC

L 1-5

CHI VAN

W 1-0 W 3-0

LFC SEA

L 1-2 W 3-2

RSL

L 0-2

PHI CIN LA

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

VAN

W 3-0

ATL

L 0-3

LFC

L 1-5

Shots 5 06/01/2019 at Shots on Goal 1 06/01/2019 at Fouls Committed 6 05/29/2019 at Fouls Suffered 5 05/05/2019 at Corner Kicks 0 03/03/2019 at 0 06/01/2019 at Offside 0 04/20/2019 at 0 05/12/2019 at 0 06/01/2019 at Saves 1 03/17/2019 at 1 03/30/2019 at Shots Faced 2 03/17/2019 at 2 03/30/2019 at 2 07/06/2019 at

HOU

T 1-1

HOU

T 1-1

L 0-2

ATL

L 0-3

LFC HOU

L 1-2 T 1-1

SJ DC HOU

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

COL MTL

T 1-1 W 7-1

COL MTL CHI

T 1-1 W 7-1 W 1-0

HEAD-TO-HEAD

SPORTING KC VS NEW YORK CITY FC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

New York City FC

New York City FC 2 wins, 4 goals Sporting KC 2 wins, 4 goals 0 ties 3/28/2015 7/10/2016 9/6/2017 3/4/2018

KC 1 at NYC KC 3 vs NYC NYC 1 vs KC NYC 2 at KC

0 1 0 0

() (SP) () (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 23 8 26 5 7

2 2 22 10 26 4 8

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 4 45 18 52 9 15

Sporting KC 1 3 28 8 26 3 11

2 1 28 7 20 5 11

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 4 56 15 46 8 22

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC NYC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

2 1

1 0

0 1

1 1

0 0

0 1

0 0

4 4

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes

vs. NYC

2-2-0

(1.5 pts./game)

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

1 1 7 3 6 6 2 2 2 7 4

New York City FC 4 times 7 times David Villa Harrison/Moralez Maximiliano Moralez David Villa Sean Johnson Josh Saunders Sean Johnson Josh Saunders Josh Saunders

2 1 6 3 5 7 1 2 1 11 4

Sporting KC Ike Opara Matt Besler Feilhaber/Medranda Espinoza/Feilhaber 3 times Espinoza/Rubio Melia/Marin Tim Melia Luis Marin Tim Melia Tim Melia

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots

New York City FC 1 4 players tied 1 7 players tied 6 David Villa (03/04/18)

Shots on Goal

2 3 players tied

Fouls Committed

4 Maximiliano Moralez (09/06/17) 5 David Villa (07/10/16) 1 Sean Johnson (twice) 6 Josh Saunders (07/10/16) 3 Josh Saunders (07/10/16)

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

Sporting KC 1 4 players tied 1 Matt Besler (03/28/15) 5 Johnny Russell (03/04/18) 3 Benny Feilhaber (07/10/16) 3 4 players tied 6 Dom Dwyer (03/28/15) 1 Luis Marin (03/28/15) 5 Tim Melia (09/06/17) 2 Tim Melia (03/04/18)

W-L-T Breakdowns: New York City FC 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)

Sporting Kansas City W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

5 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ls

(04/21/2019) (07/20/2019) (07/07/2019)

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

3 Ws (05/26/2019) 1 Ws (06/23/2019) 4 Ls (05/05/2019)

2-2-4 6-1-2

1 Ws 1 Ls

(07/20/2019) (07/14/2019)

0-7-3 6-1-4

6 Ls (05/05/2019) 3 Ws (06/23/2019)

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

1 Ls 1 Ls 1 Ws 1 Ws 4 Ws

(07/07/2019) (07/14/2019) (07/20/2019) (07/03/2019) (04/11/2018)

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

7 1 2 6 1

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

5 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ts 2 Ls

(04/21/2019) (07/20/2019) (07/14/2019) (04/13/2019) (05/05/2018)

4-0-0 10 Ws (08/04/2018) 1-1-4 2 Ts (05/18/2019) 1-4-2 2 Ls (06/29/2019) 0-1-0 4 Ls (07/14/2018) 0-2-1 1 Ls (07/03/2019)

Ls Ws Ts Ws Ts

(06/30/2018) (07/06/2019) (04/14/2019) (03/17/2018) (04/27/2019)

NEW YORK CITY FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (2-2-0) PLAYER Jesus Medina Jack Harrison Frank Lampard Maximiliano Moralez RJ Allen Yangel Herrera Ronald Matarrita Andrea Pirlo Ben Sweat David Villa Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 4

1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 4

69 180 63 179 180 90 50 180 180 175 360 360

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

1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1

SHT GOALKEEPER 1 6 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 7 45 56

Sean Johnson Josh Saunders Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

GAA

2 2 4 4

180 180 360 360

4 11 15 18

4 7 11 14

0.00 2.00 1.00 1.00

0 0 0 0

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. NEW YORK CITY FC (2-2-0) PLAYER Ike Opara Benny Feilhaber Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

4 3 4 2 4 4

4 3 2 2 4 4

354 270 196 180 360 360

2 1 1 0 4 4

0 0 0 1 1 7

3 6 6 0 56 45

GOALKEEPER Luis Marin Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 3 4 4

MIN SHTS

GAA

90 270 360 360

3 11 14 11

0.00 1.33 1.00 1.00

0 0 0 0

3 15 18 15

CURRENT NEW YORK CITY FC VS. SPORTING KC (2-20)

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. NEW YORK CITY FC (2-20)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Jesus Medina Maximiliano Moralez Ronald Matarrita Ben Sweat Alexander Callens Maxime Chanot Sebastien Ibeagha Sean Johnson Alexander Ring Ismael Tajouri-Shradi Anton Tinnerholm Team totals Opponent totals

1 2 2 2 2 1 1 14 1 1 1 4 4

1 2 1 2 2 1 0 14 1 0 1 4 4

69 179 50 180 180 88 1 1260 90 21 90 360 360

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

1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1

1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 45 56

Kelyn Rowe Benny Feilhaber Erik Hurtado Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Yohan Croizet Roger Espinoza Gerso Fernandes Felipe Gutierrez Nicolas Hasler Tim Melia Krisztian Nemeth Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

10 4 3 4 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4

9 4 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4

789 348 58 196 180 57 270 40 90 180 270 69 90 119 180 158 129 360 360

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

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

16 7 2 6 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 4 5 5 0 1 4 56 45

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

GOALKEEPER

Sean Johnson Team totals Opponent totals

14 4 4

1260 360 360

56 15 18

45 0.71 11 1.00 14 1.00

0 0 0

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3 4 4

MIN SHTS

GAA

270 360 360

11 1.33 14 1.00 11 1.00

0 0 0

15 18 15

=--

New York City FC vs Sporting Kansas City • • •

Friday, July 26, 2019 7:30 p.m. ET Yankee Stadium – Bronx, NY

Television: • • • •

English: YES Network Spanish: YES Network (SAP) Stream: Fox Sports Go Commentary: Mike Watts, Ian Joy

English Radio: WNYE • •

Stream: TuneIn & NYCFC.com/radio Commentary: Glenn Crooks, Tom Kolker

Spanish Radio: Streaming Only (info below) •

Stream: ESPNApp, iHeart, TuneIn (Ch. ESPN Deportes AM1050) & NYCFC.com/radio Commentary: Roberto Abramowitz, Ariel Judas

•

Injury Report: • •

Joe Scally (hip) – OUT Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (ankle) – OUT

8–3–8

6–8–7

32 pts (1.68 ppg)

25 pts (1.19 ppg)

5th Eastern

10th Western

**Standings as of July 25, 2019**

Last Meeting: March 4, 2018 2018 MLS Regular Season Sporting KC 0 – 2 New York City FC Team Form (Last 5 League Games) NYC: W – W – L – L – D SKC: L – L – W – W – L Previous League Games: NYC: July 20th at Colorado (Win 1 – 2) SKC: July 20th vs FC Dallas (Loss 0 – 2)

Referee: Dave Gantar AR1: Philippe Briere AR2: Richard Gamache

Suspended: •

None

4th Official: Rubiel Vazquez VAR: Jon Freemon AVAR: Jozef Batko

•

New York City FC got back to winning ways last week after dropping the previous two league matches. The match against Sporting Kansas City will be the fourth this month against Western Conference opposition. So far this season, NYCFC has played half of the Western Conference and collected 11 points—only losing once.

GOALS • • • • •

Héber (8) Maxi Moralez (6) Valentin Castellanos (5) Alexandru Mitriță (5) Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (4)

ASSISTS •

Romanian forward Alexandru Mitriță returned against Colorado after a spell out of the lineup due to injury. Mitri came on in the second half against Colorado last weekend and scored his second game winning goal of the season.

•

Hèber once again got on the scoresheet against Colorado. He’s now scored in his last four MLS league games. His goals per 90 minutes average of 0.81 is third best in the Eastern Conference just behind Josef Martinez and Jozy Altidore. (*minimum of 800 minutes played)

• • • • •

Maxi Moralez (13) Anton Tinnerholm (4) Valentin Castellanos (3) Héber (3) Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (2)

GOALKEEPING • Saves: o Sean Johnson (29) o Brad Stuver (9) • Shutouts: Sean Johnson (6) Discipline Summary

•

Friday will be the team’s last match before the All-Star match. Maxi Moralez was the lone NYCFC player selected to play Atletico Madrid next week in Orlando. The Argentine midfielder has eight assists since June 1st, two more than any other player in the league. Moralez leads the league with 13 assists.

1 Yellow Card From Supsension: • Valentin Castellanos • Ben Sweat

Colorado Rapids 1 – 2 New York City FC July 20, 2019 | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO MLS Regular Season | Game 19 Attendance: 15,359 SCORING SUMMARY 6’ – COL – Sebastian Anderson (Assisted by: Jonathan Lewis) 40’ – NYC – Héber (Assisted by: Maxi Moralez) 83’ – NYC – Alexandru Mitriță DISCIPLINE SUMMARY 6’ – COL – Sebastian Anderson (RC – Serious Foul) 36’ – COL – Tim Howard (YC – Time Wasting) 90’+1’ – NYC – Ronald Matarrita (YC – Unsporting Behavior) 90’+3’ – NYC – Sean Johnson (YC – Time Wasting)

Lineups Colorado Rapids: Tim Howard (45’+1’ Clint Irwin); Keegan Rosenbery, Lalas Abubakar, Tommy Smith, Sam Vines; Jack Price, Danny Wilson, Sebastian Anderson, Cole Bassett (46’ Nicolas Mezquida), Jonathan Lewis (69’ Sam Nicholson); Andre Sinyashiki SUBS UNUSED: Kofi Opare, Axel Sjoberg, Johan Blomberg, Dillon Serna New York City FC: Sean Johnson; Anton Tinnerholm, Sebastien Ibeagha (63’ Alexandru Mitriță), James Sands, Alex Callens, Ronald Matarrita; Keaton Parks, Ebenezer Ofori (90’+3’ Tony Rocha); Maxi Moralez, Héber, Valentin Castellanos (80’ Jesus Medina) SUBS UNUSED: Brad Stuver, Ben Sweat, Gary Mackay-Steven, Juan Pablo Torres

POSTGAME QUOTES New York City FC Head Coach Domènec Torrent On tonight’s match... “Well it was very important to get three points, but we can’t play in that way. We have to play in that way, control the ball, but we missed a lot of opportunities. Before the game I talked about that -- we have to be more clinical in the 18 yard box because we missed a lot of opportunities. After that, I am very happy with the players, they played really well. The problem was the last five minutes because when you’re playing with one player up, you have to keep the ball and have control in the game.” New York City FC Forward Alexandru Mitriță On his impact as a substitute... “It’s not easy for me -- I came after one month from injury and the coach told me to go on the pitch and put my quality in the team. I scored and I’m very happy for the three points.”

Date

Opponent

Time/Result

GWG

NYCFC Goals

Attendance

Sat, March 2

@ Orlando City SC

D2–2

n/a

12, 8

25,527

Sun, March 10

D.C. United

D0–0

n/a

24,361

Sun, March 17

Los Angeles FC

D2–2

n/a

28, 8

20,339

Fri, March 29

@ Toronto FC

L4–0

n/a

25,447

Sat, April 6

Montreal Impact

D0–0

n/a

19,353

Sat, April 13

@ Minnesota United FC

D3–3

n/a

11, 29, 29

19,796

Sun, April 21

@ D.C. United

W0–2

28, 9

18,004

Wed, April 24

Chicago Fire

W1–0

21,798

Sat, April 27

Orlando City SC

D1–1

n/a

20,862

Sat, May 4

@ Montreal Impact

W0–2

10, 29

16,961

Sat, May 11

@ LA Galaxy

W0–2

9, 10

22,806

Sat, May 25

@ Chicago Fire

D1–1

n/a

10,986

Sat, June 1

@ Columbus Crew SC

D2–2

n/a

9, 11

13,704

Thu, June 6

FC Cincinnati

W5–2

28, 9, 29, 9, 10

18,597

Sat, June 29

Philadelphia Union

W4–2

10, 10, 11, 11

24,451

Wed, July 3

Seattle Sounders FC

W3–0

10, 19, 12

18,217

Sun, July 7

Portland Timbers

L 0–1

n/a

18,363

Sun, July 14

@ New York Red Bulls

L2–1

n/a

20,128

Sat, July 20

@ Colorado Rapids

W1–2

9, 28

15,359

Fri, July 26

Sporting Kansas City

7:30 p.m.

Sat, August 3

@ Real Salt Lake

10:00 p.m.

Thu, August 8

Houston Dynamo

7:00 p.m.

Sun, August 11

@ Atlanta United FC

7:00 p.m.

Sat, August 17

@ FC Cincinnati

7:30 p.m.

Wed, August 21

Columbus Crew SC

7:00 p.m.

Sat, August 24

New York Red Bulls

7:00 p.m.

Sat, August 31

@ Vancouver Whitecaps FC

10:00 p.m.

Sat, September 7

New England Revoltuion

3:30 p.m.

Wed, September 11

Toronto FC

7:00 p.m.

Sat, September 14

San Jose Earthquakes

12:30 p.m.

Sun, September 22

@ FC Dallas

6:00 p.m.

Wed, September 25

Atlanta United FC

7:00 p.m.

Sun, September 29

@ New England Revolution

5:00 p.m.

Sun, October 6

@ Philadelphia Union

4:00 p.m.

PLAYER

POS HT

DOB

AGE

BIRTHPLACE

PRONUNCIATION

Barraza, Luis

6’2”

195

11/05/96

Las Cruces, NM

bah-RAZA

Bedoya, Daniel

5’7”

140

02/13/94

Medellin, Colombia

buh-DOI-ya

Caldwell, Jeff

6’3”

187

02/20/96

Todd, NC

Callens, Alex

6’5”

180

05/04/92

Callao, Peru

CAL-lens

Castellanos, Valentin

5’10”

154

10/03/98

Mendoza, Argentina

cas-teh-YA-nos

Chanot, Maxime

6’1”

172

11/21/89

Nancy, France

Max-EEM sha-NO

Haak, Justin

6’0”

165

09/12/01

New York, NY

Hack

Héber

5’11”

170

08/10/91

Colorado do Oeste, Brazil

eh-bur

Ibeagha, Sebastien

6’2”

187

01/21/92

Warri, Nigeria

ib-E-ah-gah

Johnson, Sean

6’3”

217

05/31/89

Atlanta, GA

Mackay-Steven, Gary

5’9”

154

08/31/90

Thurso, Scotland

ma-kai stephen

Matarrita, Ronald

5’9”

154

07/09/94

Alajuela, Costa Rica

ma-ta-REE-ta

Medina, Jesus

5’10”

154

04/30/97

Asunción, Paraguay

heh-SOOS me-DEE-nah

Mitriță, Alexandru

5’5”

145

02/08/95

Craiova, Romania

Alex-an-dru Mi-TREET-sa

Mohamed, Abdi

5’11”

151

10/25/96

Nairobi, Kenya

Ab-dee

Moralez, Maxi

5’3”

115

02/27/87

Granadero Baigorria, Argentina

more-AL-ez

Ofori, Ebenezer

5’8”

154

07/01/95

Kumasi, Ghana

O-for-ree

Parks, Keaton

6’3”

178

08/06/97

Frisco, TX

Ring, Alex

5’9”

159

04/09/91

Helsinki, Finland

Rocha, Tony

5’9”

166

08/21/93

Spring, TX

Sands, James

5’11”

162

07/06/00

Rye, NY

Scally, Joe

5’10”

148

12/31/02

Lake Grove, NY

Stuver, Brad

6’3”

181

04/16/91

Mayfield, OH

Sweat, Ben

6’2”

175

09/04/91

Palm Spring Harbor, FL

Tajouri-Shradi, Ismael

5’6”

141

03/28/94

Bern, Switzerland

TA-jour-ee shra-Dee

Tinnerholm, Anton

5’9”

150

02/26/91

Linköping, Sweden

TINNER-holm

Torres, Juan Pablo

5’8”

162

07/26/99

Lilburn, GA

ROH-cha

STU-ver

#1 SEAN JOHNSON | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: May 31, 1989

Birthplace: Atlanta, GA

HT: 6’3”

WT: 217 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on February 23, 2017 NYCFC Debut: March 5, 2017 at Orlando City SC Started 32 matches and registered 10 shutouts in 2018. Earned a call-up to the United States Men’s National Team in January 2019 and appeared in an international friendly for the U.S. against Panama. Started and kept clean sheet in March 2019 friendly vs Ecuador. Johnson started 32 matches for City in 2017 and kept 7 clean sheets. Earned call-up to the United States Men’s National Team for the 2017 Concacaf Gold Cup. The goalkeeper has started five playoff matches for NYCFC. Prior to NYCFC Johnson appeared 176 times across seven seasons for the Chicago Fire. Johnson played collegiately at the University of Central Florida.

#2 BEN SWEAT | DEFENDER Date of Birth: September 4, 1991

Birthplace: Palm Harbor, FL

HT: 6’2”

WT: 175 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on February 23, 2017 NYCFC Debut: April 29, 2017 at Columbus Crew SC Played in 28 and started 24 matches in 2018 recording one assist. Earned his first United States Men’s National Team call-up in October 2018 and appeared in friendlies against Colombia and Peru. In his debut season with the Club in 2017, Sweat made 26 appearances and played more that 2,000 minutes. He scored his first career MLS goal during a 2-0 win in the Hudson River Derby. Prior to NYCFC he played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the United Soccer League. Sweat enjoyed a four-year college career with the University of South Florida.

#3 ANTON TINNERHOLM | DEFENDER Date of Birth: February 26, 1991

Birthplace: Linköping, Sweden

HT: 5’9”

WT: 150 lbs.

Acquired: Signing on a free transfer from Malmo FF on December 13, 2017. NYCFC Debut: March 4, 2018 at Sporting Kansas City Played in and started 31 matches in 2018 scoring 4 goals and contributing 6 assists. Earned NYCFC Defender of the Year in his first season in MLS. Prior to NYCFC he was named Allsvenskan Defender of the Year with Malmo and clinched back-to-back titles in 2017. Before signing with the Swedish champions, he began his professional career with Atvidabergs FF. The Swede has 9 caps to his name for his home country.

#4 MAXIME CHANOT | DEFENDER Date of Birth: November 21, 1989 Birthplace: Nancy, France

HT: 6’1”

WT: 172 lbs.

Acquired: Transferred from KV Kortijk on July 16, 2016. NYCFC Debut: July 30, 2016 vs Colorado Rapids Played in and started 18 matches in 2018 scoring 1 goal across the regular season. Chanot added a second goal in the playoffs. In 2017, the Luxembourg international appeared 19 times for City and scored twice despite missing a portion of the season due to injuries. After joining in the summer of 2016, Chanot made six appearance across the regular season and started both playoff games. Prior to NYCFC he appeared in over 100 matches for KV Kortrijk and scored five goals. Played for several teams across Europe prior to 2013. Represents Luxembourg internationally and has appeared 33 times.

#6 ALEXANDER CALLENS | DEFENDER Date of Birth: May 4, 1992

Birthplace: Callao, Peru

HT: 6’1”

WT: 180 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Numancia on January 27, 2017 NYCFC Debut: March 5, 2017 at Orlando City SC Played in and started 31 matches for the Club in 2018. Scored the equalizing goal in a 1-1 draw with Atlanta United in June. Earned call-up to Peruvian national team in October. Signed a long-term contract at the end of the season. Named NYCFC’s 2017 Defensive Player of the Year and played every single minute of the regular season. Scored two goals. Prior to NYCFC he signed with CD Numancia where he played 40 times in Spain’s second division. Before Numancia, he played for La Liga side Real Sociedad. Won 12 caps for Peru’s national team and scored his first career international goal in a friendly against Qatar in 2014.

#8 ALEXANDER RING | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: April 9, 1991

Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland

HT: 5’9”

WT: 159 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on February 1, 2017 from 1. FC Kaiserslautern with Targeted Allocation Money Debut: March 5, 2017 at Orlando City SC Named captain prior to the 2019 campaign. Played in 30 and started 29 matches in 2018, scoring 2 goals. Was named to the 2018 MLS All-Star team where he took on Italian Serie A side Juventus. In his first MLS season in 2017, he started 29 matches while adding four assists. Named Newcomer of the Year for the Club. Prior to NYCFC Ring spent time in the German leagues with 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Borussia Monchengladbach. In 2018, Ring retired from the Finnish national team after making more than 40 appearances since his international debut in 2012.

#9 HÉBER | FORWARD Date of Birth: August 10, 1991 INTERNATIONAL

Birthplace: Colorado do Oeste, Brazil

HT: 5’11”

WT: 170 lbs.

Acquired: Acquired from HNK Rijeka using Targeted Allocation Money Debut: April 6, 2019 vs Montreal Impact Scored first goal for Club in his first start against D.C. United on April 21, 2019. In 2018, won “SN Yellow Shirt Award,” the highest honor awarded to a Croatian first division player, after a campaign which saw him play and score in the UEFA Champions League qualifying stages. The Brazilian also led Rijeka to the UEFA Europa League group stages that same season. Scored 25 goals in 38 appearances for Rijeka in 2017. Earned title of top goalscorer in Armenian Premier League for Alashkert in 2016.

#10 MAXI MORALEZ | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: February 27, 1987 Birthplace: Granadero Baigorria, Argentina INTERNATIONAL | DESIGNATED PLAYER

HT: 5’3”

WT: 115 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Club Leon on February 15, 2017. Debut: March 5, 2017 @ Orlando City SC Played in and started 32 matches in 2018, scoring 8 goals and providing 16 assists. Finished tied for third in the league for assists. Named Player of the Season by the Club. Joined in 2017 as a Designated Player from Mexican club Leon and appeared 29 times for NYCFC. The Argentine scored 5 goals and assisted on another 9. Prior to NYCFC Moralez played in Mexico, Italy, Russia and his native Argentina. In 2011 he joined Serie A team Atalanta and appeared over 100 times for the Italian side scoring 16 times and assisting on 17 occasions. Teammate of Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria in Argentina’s U20 FIFA World Cup winning squad, earning the Silver Ball and the Bronze Shoe awards in the tournament. Earned his first senior international cap in a 4-1 win over Venezuela in March 2011.

#11 VALENTIN CASTELLANOS | FORWARD Date of Birth: October 3, 1998 INTERNATIONAL

Birthplace: Mendoza, Argentina

HT: 5’10”

WT: 154 lbs.

Acquired: Joined in 2018 on loan from Club Atletico Torque on July 27, 2018; activated purchase option NYCFC Debut: August 4, 2018 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Played in 8 and started 5 matches in 2018 scoring his first MLS goal on his Club debut. Joined in the summer on from City Football Group team CA Torque in Uruguay. Prior to NYCFC he began his career at Universidad de Chile in 2016 before moving to Torque.

#12 EBENEZER OFORI | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: July 1, 1995 INTERNATIONAL

Birthplace: Kusami, Ghana

HT: 5’8”

WT: 154 lbs.

Acquired: Secured via one-year loan from VfB Stuttgar on January 22, 2019; previously joined on loan in 2018 NYCFC Debut: March 11, 2018 vs LA Galaxy Returns to NYCFC in 2019 on a season-long loan from VfB Stuttgart with an option to buy. Played in 27 and started 21 matches for NYCFC in 2018, scoring 1 goal. Also featured in City’s 3-1 win over Philadelphia Union in the playoffs. The Club declined its option to purchase following the 2018 season. Prior to NYCFC Ofori helped Stuttgart achieve promotion to the Bundesliga. Also spent three successful seasons at AIK in Sweden and was awarded the Best Midfielder in 2015. Ofori has represented Ghana on 9 occasions and scored his first international goal in an African Cup of Nations qualifier vs Ethiopia.

#13 LUIS BARRAZA | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: November 8, 1996

Birthplace: Las Cruces, NM

HT: 6’2”

WT: 195 lbs.

overall pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft (pick acquired from LA Galaxy for the 19th Acquired: Drafted with the pick in the 2019 SuperDraft and $75,000 General Allocation Money) 12th

NYCFC Debut: n/a Graduated after four years at Marquette University where he claimed the Big East Conference Goalkeeper of the Year award in 2018 and was also named to the First Team All-Big East Conference. Part of the academy setup at Real Salt Lake-Arizona where he won the U15/U16 USSDA Championships in 2013, also finishing as a runner-up in 2015.

#14 JUAN PABLO TORRES | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: July 26, 1999

Birthplace: Lilburn, GA

HT: 5’8”

WT: 162 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on permanent transfer from KSC Lokeren on January 26, 2019 NYCFC Debut: June 12th vs North Carolina FC (U.S. Open Cup) Part of the United States National Team youth program at multiple levels. Helped secure a World Cup qualification for the U.S. U-20 National Team in November 2018. Captained the side in the group stage against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and in total tallied four goals and three assists as the U.S. won the 2018 Concacaf U-20 Championship. Torres moved to Lokeren in 2017 on a professional contract after playing youth soccer at Georgia United. Featured twice for Lokeren’s first team.

#15 TONY ROCHA | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: August 21, 1993

Birthplace: Spring, TX

HT: 5’9”

WT: 166 lbs.

Acquired: Acquired via trade from Orlando City SC for their natural fourth round draft pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft on December 12, 2018. NYCFC Debut: March 2, 2019 at Orlando City SC Versatile player that can be utilized in the central midfield, center back of fullback. Prior to NYCFC, played in 12 and started 9 games for Orlando City in 2018. Joined Orlando City B in 2016 from the Austin Aztecs. Spent time on loan at Saint Louis FC in 2018. Three-year college letter winner at the University of Tulsa.

#16 JAMES SANDS | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: July 7, 2000

Birthplace: Rye, NY

HT: 5’11”

WT: 162 lbs.

Acquired: Signed Homegrown contract on June 21, 2017, becoming the Club’s first homegrown signing NYCFC Debut: September 16, 2017 at Colorado Rapids Played in and started 3 games in 2018 playing 223 total minutes. Spent a short stint on loan at Louisville City FC in 2018 under former youth national team head coach John Hackworth. Helped lead Academy to U-19 USSDA National Championship and converted winning penalty kick. Debuted in 2017 as the Club’s first homegrown signing playing 23 minutes against the Colorado Rapids Regular in the United States youth national team set up. Member of 2017 U-17 World Cup squad.

#17 GARY MACKAY-STEVEN | FORWARD Date of Birth: August 31, 1990 Birthplace: Thurso, Scotland

HT: 5’9”

WT: 154 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on June 24, 2019 after contract expired with Aberdeen FC NYCFC Debut: July 14, 2019 at New York Red Bulls Mackay-Steven’s youth career began in 2007 at Ross County, before spells in Fulham and Liverpool’s Academy setups led to a move to Airdri United where he made his professional debut in 2011. He then transferred to Dundee United where he played more than 100 games and scored 21 league goals. Celtic was his next stop where he won three straight league titles scoring 16 goals in 72 apperances.

#18 JEFF CALDWELL | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: February 20, 1996

Birthplace: Todd, NC

HT: 6’3”

WT: 187 lbs.

ON LOAN AT MEMPHIS 901 FC Acquired: Drafted 19th overall in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. NYCFC Debut: n/a Signed on February 28, 2018 after a successful preseason training. Joined a talented goalkeeper group after playing every minute of 2015 and 2016 at the University of Virginia. Earned back-to-back Second Team All-ACC honors. Played with U-17 and U-18 National Team and was member of United States roster at 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

#19 JESUS MEDINA | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: April 30, 1997 DESIGNATED PLAYER

Birthplace: Asunción, Paraguay

HT: 5’10”

WT: 154 lbs.

Acquired: Transferred from Club Libertad on January 1, 2018. NYCFC Debut: March 4, 2018 @ Sporting Kansas City Played in 28 and started 21 games in 2018 scoring 6 goals and assisting 7 times. Scored goal on his MLS debut. Called into a training camp for the Paraguay national team in October 2018. Has one cap for national team. The Paraguay international has played professionally since 2012, making his Club Libertad debut at the age of 15. At Libertad, in addition to being a five-time Paraguayan champion, Medina helped his hometown club to the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana in 2017.

#21 DANIEL BEDOYA | MIDFIELDER

Date of Birth: February 13, 1994

Birthplace: Medellin, Colombia

HT: 5’7”

ON LOAN AT HARTFORD ATHLETIC Acquired: Signed on August 9, 2018 NYCFC Debut: June 12, 2019 vs North Carolina FC (U.S. Open Cup) Joined NYCFC in August of 2018 from PDL affiliate, Long Island Rough Riders. Made 21 appearances for the Rough Riders scoring 4 goals and 3 assists.

WT: 154 lbs.

#22 RONALD MATARRITA | DEFENDER Date of Birth: July 9, 1994

Birthplace: Alajuela, Costa Rica

HT: 5’9”

WT: 154 lbs.

Acquired: Originally signed from Alajuelense on January 20, 2016. NYCFC Debut: March 6, 2016 at Chicago Fire Played in 24 and started 15 matches in 2018 scoring 2 goals and assisting twice. Named to Costa Rica’s 2018 World Cup squad but missed out due to injury sustained in training camp. Started two matches in the 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs. Appeared 12 times for NYCFC starting on 8 occasions registering three assists. Helped Costa Rica qualify for the 2018 World Cup. Made 25 appearances and 23 starts in his first season for New York City. Logged 1,988 minutes on the pitch, en route to being named NYCFC’s 2016 Defensive Player of the Year. Scored first MLS goal against Seattle Sounders FC on June 25. Made 67 appearances and scored four goals for Costa Rican side Alajuelense from 2012-2016. Won the Costa Rican Primera Division in 2013-2014 Invierno. A mainstay in the Costa Rican National Team set up, having pro- gressed from the U-17 level in 2010 to the first team in 2015.

#25 JOE SCALLY | DEFENDER Date of Birth: December 31, 2002 Birthplace: Lake Grove, NY

HT: 5’10”

WT: 148 lbs.

Acquired: Signed as New York City FC’s second homegrown player on March 21, 2018. NYCFC Debut: June 6, 2018 at New York Red Bulls (U.S. Open Cup) Made NYCFC Debut in 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S Open cup on at New York Red Bulls and was substituted on in the 57th minute for David Villa. Did not appear in any MLS matches. Signed Homegrown deal with New York City FC after joining the first-team on their preseason training camps. Key member of the NYCFC U-17 team which lifted the Club's first piece of silverware at the Generation adidas Cup in Frisco, Texas. Represented United States youth national teams at multiple levels.

#26 ABDI MOHAMED | DEFENDER Date of Birth: October 25, 1996 Birthplace: Nairobi Kenya

HT: 5’11”

WT: 151 lbs.

ON LOAN AT MEMPHIS 901 FC Acquired: Drafted in the 2nd round (43rd overall) of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft NYCFC Debut: n/a Signed with the Club after a successful preseason in Abu Dhabi, Orlando and Nashville. Loaned to Memphis 901 FC in March 2019. Appeared in all 24 matches for the University of Akron in 2018 as he helped lead the Zips to the College Cup Final. Over the course of the season, Mohamed scored one goal and added five assists.

#28 ALEXANDRU MITRIȚĂ | FORWARD Date of Birth: February 8, 1995

Birthplace: Craiova, Romania HT: 5’5”

WT: 145 lbs.

INTERNATIONAL | DESIGNATED PLAYER Acquired: Transferred from Universitatea Craiova on February 4, 2019 NYCFC Debut: March 2, 2019 at Orlando City SC Joined NYCFC as a Designated Player on a permanent transfer from Romanian Liga I club Universitatea Craiova. Prior to NYCFC he played with Universitatea Craiova. During the first half of the 2018/19 season, club captain Alexandru has played 16 league games for Craiova, tallying 12 goals and four assists. His scintillating form earned a first call-up to the Romanian national team where he made an impressive start, going unbeaten through his first six caps following his debut in March 2018. In 2015, moved to Italian Serie B outfit Pescara, who Mitriță helped lead to promotion in 2016 during his first season in Italy. In his two-year stay, Mitriță played in a combined 34 games in Serie A and Serie B, scoring two goals. Mitriță made his debut for Viitorul Constanța in the 2012/2013 season and made over 50 appearances with the club.

#29 ISMAEL TAJOURI-SHRADI | FORWARD Date of Birth: March 28, 1994

Birthplace: Bern, Switzerland

HT: 5’6”

WT: 141 lbs.

Acquired: Transferred from Austria Wien on January 12, 2018 NYCFC Debut: March 4, 2018 at Sporting Kansas City Played in 27 and started 18 matches in 2018 scoring 11 goals and assisting on three occasions. Was second on the team in goals scores. Named NYCFC Newcomer of the Year. Scored the opening goal in NYCFC’s 3-1 win over Philadelphia Union in the 2018 MLS Cup playoffs. Prior to NYCFC he became a first-team regular after coming through the youth ranks at Austria Wien. Made 96 topflight appearances, including in two Europa League campaigns. Spent two and a half seasons on loan at Rheindorf Altach helping the club achieve promotion to the Austrian Bundesliga. Represented Libya at the U-20 level and debuted for the senior team in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa in September 2018.

#33 SEBASTIEN IBEAGHA | DEFENDER Date of Birth: January 21, 1992

Birthplace: Warri, Nigeria

HT: 6’2”

WT: 187 lbs.

Acquired: Transferred from San Antonio FC on February 27, 2018. NYCFC Debut: March 4, 2018 at Sporting Kansas City Played in 26 and started 18 matches in 2018 in his debut season. Prior to NYCFC he played for NYCFC’s USL Affiliate Team San Antonio FC making 30 league appearances and scoring two goals. Named 2017 USL Defender of the Year. Joined Houston Dynamo in 2016 and enjoyed loan spells at Rio Grande Valley FC Toros and Rayo OKC Played four years at Duke University and named First-Team All-ACC in 2012 and 2013.

#41 BRAD STUVER | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: April 16, 1991

Birthplace: Mayfield, OH

HT: 6’3”

WT: 181 lbs.

Acquired: Acquired from Columbus Crew SC in exchange for 2019 4th Round SuperDraft pick on December 14, 2017. NYCFC Debut: August 4, 2018 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Played in and started 2 matches in 2018. Started in goal for a 2-2 draw against Vancouver and a 3-2 win at Toronto FC. Prior to NYCFC he served as the backup goalkeeper in Columbus. Played four collegiate seasons at Cleveland State University.

#55 KEATON PARKS | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: August, 6 1997

Birthplace: Mayfield, OH

HT: 6’3”

WT: 178 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on season-long loan from S.L. Benfica on January 19, 2019 NYCFC Debut: March 2, 2019 at Orlando City SC Parks joined Varzim S.C. in Portugal in 2015 when he turned 18 and then signed for Benfica in 2017. He has since tallied up seven goals and seven assists in his 40+ appearances for Benfica B in the Portuguese second division—LigaPro. Made his senior team debut against Vitória in November 2017 and recorded six appearances across all competitions for the first-team. Made his U.S. Men’s National Team debut when he came off the bench in the 62nd minute of the 3-0 victory against Bolivia.

#80 JUSTIN HAAK | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: September 12, 2001 Birthplace: New York, New York

HT: 6’0”

WT: 165 lbs.

Acquired: Signed as Club’s third Homegrown player on January 24, 2019 NYCFC Debut: June 6, 2019 vs FC Cincinnati Signed first professional contract with NYCFC in January 2019. Started with NYCFC with Club’s first ever Academy side in 2015 (U14s). Attended NYCFC pre-season camp in 2018 and impressed in friendly matches vs. LA Galaxy and Atlético San Luis. Justin continued to train with the first team regularly through 2018. Capped at the international level with the U.S. U18s and won the International Youth Tournament of Vaclav Jezek in August 2018.

Domènec Torrent | HEAD COACH Domènec Torrent was named Head Coach of New York City FC on June 11, 2018. In his first half-season he went 8-7-4 (W-L-D) in the regular season and included a win over Philadelphia Union in the knockout stage of the MLS Cup playoffs. Before joining New York City FC, Torrent was the Head Coach of Girona FC and Assistant Coach at Barcelona FC and Bayern Munich, and most recently, Pep Guardiola’s right-hand man at sister club Manchester City FC. Torrent was born in Santa Coloma de Farners, a province in Girona, Spain and played as a midfielder in two of the province teams in Girona in the 1980s: UE Olot and AD Guixols. Domènec has been Pep Guardiola’s assistant for the past 11 years, winning 24 trophies across FC Barcelona, FC Bayern Munich, and Manchester City. He started his working relationship with Guardiola at Barcelona B in 2007 where they helped the Catalans’ second team win promotion to the Segunda Division B. Guardiola and Domènec became Head Coach and Assistant Coach of the FC Barcelona First Team where they won 14 trophies: three La Liga titles, two UEFA Champions League trophies, two UEFA Super Cups, two Spanish Cups, three Spanish Super Cups, and two Club World Cups. At Barcelona, Torrent worked with NYCFC captain, David Villa, winning two La Liga titles, the UEFA Champions League, the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. Domènec and Guardiola then went on to Germany to coach Bayern Munich where they lifted the Bundesliga title in each of the three seasons they competed for it. They won a total of seven trophies at Bayern Munich – three German Championships, two DFB Cups, a UEFA Super Cup, and a Club World Cup. Domenec joined Guardiola at Manchester City where they broke the Premier League record for most points (100), most away points (50), most points ahead of second (19), most wins (32), most away wins (16), most goals (106), best goal difference (+79) and most consecutive victories (18) in their second season in charge (2017/18). Torrent takes up the role at NYCFC after paying close attention to the team from Manchester. He said: “I know we have a very talented team, I have watched many of the matches and I enjoy the way the team plays and I now can’t wait to begin working with the players on the training pitch.”

ALBERT PUIG | ASSISTANT COACH Albert Puig was named assistant coach of New York City FC in July 2018. Prior to joining New York City FC, Puig was Technical Director of De Anza Force Soccer Club in the Bay Area of California. Prior to moving stateside, Puig was the Academy Director for FC Barcelona from 2010-2014, working with players of all ages throughout the La Masia ranks.

JAVIER PEREZ | ASSISTANT COACH Javier Perez was named assistant coach of New York City FC in December 2015. Prior to joining New York City FC, Perez was head coach of the U.S. U-18 Men’s National Team. Previously, Perez was Director of Coaching at New York Soccer Club and spent six years with Spanish club Real Madrid at the club’s development center. Perez holds a UEFA PRO license from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and a UEFA “A” license from the English Football Association. He is one of three coaches in Spain to hold both an Exercise Physiology Ph.D. and the UEFA PRO license. Perez has experience with U.S. Soccer, having worked with previous U.S. Youth Technical Director Claudio Reyna to develop the U.S. Soccer coaching curriculum, which is designed to improve development of players in the United States. He has also worked with former U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Kilnsmann as a member of the staff for a two-game trip in October of 2011.

ROB VARTUGHIAN | ASSISTANT COACH Rob Vartughian was named as assistant coach for New York City FC on December 22, 2014. Prior to joining New York City FC, Vartughian spent five years with the Philadelphia Union where he was an assistant coach before becoming technical director alongside his coaching responsibilities. He has also worked as a goalkeeping coach and scout for the United States Men’s National U-15 and U-23 teams. Before joining the Union, Vartughian was an assistant coach with the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland. Vartughian played collegiately for St. Bonaventure and Wake Forest.

JORDI GRIS | ASSISTANT COACH Jordi Gris was named assistant coach of New York City FC in July 2018. Prior to joining New York City FC, Gris was an Assistant Coach and Director of Youth Football at Chennai City FC in India. Gris was also a former scout at FC Barcelona for the U12 through U23 teams and later became one of Pep Guardiola’s trusted analysts at Barcelona B and Manchester City.

FRANCESC COS | DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE Francesc Cos was named Director of Performance of New York City FC in July 2018. Prior to joining New York City FC, Cos headed up strength and conditioning at FC Barcelona from 2004 to 2016. He brings with him a PhD, a Degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, and a Master’s degree in High Sport Performance from the University of Barcelona where he worked as a professor since 1993.

ISMAEL CAMENFORTE | HEAD OF PERFORMANCE Ismael Camenforte was named Head of Performance of New York City FC in July 2018. Prior to joining New York City FC, Camenforte served as the Head Physical Trainer for the past six years at FC Barcelona B.

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2019 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Friday, July 26, 2019 Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. CT Yankee Stadium (The Bronx, NY) MLS Regular Season Game 22 Sporting Kansas City 6-8-7, 25 points (4-4-3 home; 2-4-4 away) 10th in MLS Western Conference New York City FC 8-3-8, 32 points (4-1-4 home; 4-2-4 away) 5th in MLS Eastern Conference

6-8-7 (25 pts.) 21 10th in West 32 1.52 26 36 1.71 -4 307 (110) 35.8% 260 270 44 2

English TV: FOX Sports KC + English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: ESPN Deportes 1480 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:

Dave Gantar Philippe Briere Richard Gamache Rubiel Vazquez Jon Freemon

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 30 75 94

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

Name Adrian Zendejas Botond Barath Andreu Fontas Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Yohan Croizet Kelyn Rowe Gerso Fernandes Gianluca Busio Nicolas Hasler Seth Sinovic Graham Smith Roger Espinoza Eric Dick Erik Hurtado Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Rodney Wallace Tyler Freeman Gedion Zelalem Jaylin Lindsey Cameron Duke Tim Melia Benny Feilhaber Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal Jimmy Medranda

Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas BOH-tond buh-RAT ahn-DRAY-oo BEEZ-ler ILL-ee-eh

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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

8-3-8 (32 pts.) 19 5th in East 33 1.74 32 23 1.21 +10 281 (107) 38.1% 265 239 41 0

2019 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

gram ZOO-see KRIS-tee-ON NEY-muth CRAH-zay KELL-in JER-soh jahn-LUKA BOO-see-oh HAZZ-ler sin-OH-vick her-TAH-doh shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay

GEH-dee-on zeh-LAH-lem MEE-lia FAIL-hobber wahn koo-ZANE wahn kuh-MAHL muh-DRAHN-dah

Felipe Gutierrez Three Players Felipe Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Five Players Gerso, Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Gutierrez, Ilie Espinoza, Nemeth

8 GOALS 4 ASSISTS 47 SHOTS 22 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 39 FOULS COMMITTED 36 FOULS SUFFERED 6 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 1800 Tim Melia 1.75 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia 66

2019 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

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GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

9 Heber 13 Maxi Moralez 51 Alexandru Mitrita 20 Maxi Moralez 2 Three Players 3 Maxi Moralez 50 Alex Ring 43 Maxi Moralez 6 Maxime Chanot 0 N/A 1350 Sean Johnson 1.20 Sean Johnson 5 Sean Johnson 6 Sean Johnson 29 Sean Johnson

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

Eastern Conference 1. Philadelphia Union 2. Atlanta United FC 3. D.C. United 4. New York Red Bulls 5. New York City FC 6. Montreal Impact 7. New England Revolution 8. Toronto FC 9. Orlando City SC 10. Chicago Fire 11. Columbus Crew SC 12. FC Cincinnati

Pts 39 36 35 34 32 30 30 29 26 23 21 17

W L T 11 6 6 11 8 3 9 6 8 10 8 4 8 3 8 9 11 3 8 8 6 8 9 5 7 10 5 5 10 8 6 14 3 5 15 2

GD +9 +10 +5 +6 +10 -11 -8 -1 0 -1 -13 -30

GP 23 22 23 22 19 23 22 22 22 23 23 22

Western Conference 1. Los Angeles FC 2. LA Galaxy 3. Seattle Sounders FC 4. Minnesota United FC 5. San Jose Earthquakes 6. FC Dallas 7. San Jose Earthquakes 8. Houston Dynamo 9. Portland Timbers 10. Sporting Kansas City 11. Colorado Rapids 12. Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Pts 46 37 35 34 34 32 30 30 28 25 20 20

W L T 14 3 4 12 8 1 10 6 5 10 7 4 10 7 4 9 8 5 9 9 3 9 9 3 8 8 4 6 8 7 5 11 5 4 11 8

GD +35 +3 +4 +8 +4 +5 0 -2 -1 -4 -10 -18

GP 21 21 21 21 21 22 21 21 20 21 21 23

PETER VERMES 11th season 139-107-89 11th season (.548) 139-107-89 (.548)

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MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

2nd season 16-10-12 (.579) 2nd season 16-10-12 (.579)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Wednesday, July 24 QUESTIONABLE: • None OUT: • Cameron Duke (Hamstring Injury) • Jaylin Lindsey (Torn Meniscus) • Rodney Wallace (Hip Injury)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2019 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #NYCvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#NYCvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City is back on the road this weekend, traveling to the Northeast to take on New York City FC at Yankee Stadium on Friday night. The all-time series between the two sides is currently tied at 2-2-0, with Sporting claiming wins in the first two meetings between the sides when New York City joined the league in 2015, before NYC hit back, winning the most recent two matchups. Sporting Kansas City were the first-ever team to beat New York City FC when the two sides met at Yankee Stadium in NYC’s fourth game in club history in 2015, though things didn’t go as smoothly for Sporting in their last visit to New York City as a late Jack Harrison goal sealed a 1-0 victory for the home side on September 6, 2017. Sporting KC welcomed New York City to Children’s Mercy Park for the season opener in 2018, as the visitors came into Kansas City and spoiled the party with an impressive 2-0 victory in the only meeting of the season between the two sides. Maxi Moralez gave NYC the lead midway through the first half before Jesus Medina finished off a sweeping move early in the second period on his NYCFC debut to seal the victory. Current Sporting trio Felipe Gutierrez, Yohan Croizet and Johnny Russell all made their club debuts in the game, with Gutierrez rattling the crossbar with a thunderous free kick late on. Despite suffering defeat in their season opener in 2018, Sporting went on to finish first in the Western Conference last year, while New York City finished third in the Eastern Conference. So far this season, New York City are tied for the fewest losses in MLS with three - alongside runaway leaders Los Angeles FC. #NYCvSKC: Recent Meetings (Series tied 2-2-0 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Notes • Sporting sit five points below the seventh and final playoff spot with 13 matches still to play. • Sporting have already suffered as many regular season defeats this year (eight) as they did in all of 2018. • Sporting’s four road defeats (2-4-4) are tied for the third-fewest in MLS. • Sporting are 0-7-3 this season when conceding the first goal of the match and 0-5-2 when trailing at halftime.

Date

03/04/2018 09/06/2017 07/10/2016 03/28/2015

Score

KC 0 vs NYC 2 KC 0 at NYC 1 KC 3 vs NYC 1 KC 1 at NYC 0

Sporting KC Player Notes • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez leads Sporting with eight goals and ranks fifth in MLS with 39 tackles won. He is suspended for Friday’s game through yellow card accumulatiuon. • Sporting are the only club in MLS to have three players with at least seven goals. Gutierrez is joined by Krisztian Nemeth and Johnny Russell, who have scored seven each. • Sporting are 4-1-1 with four shutouts when the back line of Matt Besler, Botond Barath, Graham Zusi and Seth Sinovic start in defense. New York City Team Notes • NYCFC occupy fifth place in the Eastern Conference but rank second in points per match at 1.68. • NYCFC’s 19 matches played are at least three fewer than any other team in the East. • Similarly, NYCFC’s three losses are at least three fewer than any other team in the East. • NYCFC are 26-4-13 at home since the start of 2017. Excluding 2018 expansion side LAFC, NYCFC’s four home losses over the last three seasons are the fewest in MLS. • NYCFC have conceded just eight goals in nine home matches this season. • NYCFC lead MLS with 14.0 fouls committed per game. • NYCFC have conceded six goals in the final 30 minutes of matches this season, tied for the fewest in MLS.

Result Details L L W W

Moralez and Medina strike either side of halftime for NYC Harrison scores late goal to win it at Yankee Stadium Feilhaber, Medranda and Opara cancel out Lampard strike Opara scores early header off Besler throw-in

#NYCvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY

New York City Player Notes • Influential midfielder Maxi Moralez leads MLS with 13 assists and ranks sixth with 59 chances created. • Forward Heber leads NYCFC with eight goals despite just making 12 MLS appearances since joining the club in April. • Midfielder Alex Ring ranks second in MLS with 52 fouls committed. • Forwards Valentin Castellanos and Alexandru Mitrita have scored five goals each, while forward Ismael Tajouri-Shradi has four. • Goalkeeper Sean Johnson is tied for fourth in MLS with six shutouts.

• Midfielder Jimmy Medranda has one goal against New York City FC, having scored the game-winner in the 3-1 victory at Children’s Mercy Park on July 10, 2016. The goal was the first of his career. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has one goal against New York City, coming for Sporting KC in a 3-1 home win on July 10, 2016. • Defender Matt Besler has one assist against New York City FC, with his long throw-in finding the head of Ike Opara for the only goal at Yankee Stadium on March 28, 2015. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 1-2-0 all-time against New York City FC, posting a 1.33 goals against average. • Midfielder Kelyn Rowe has a goal and two assists against New York City, all coming with the New England Revolution. His goal came in 2015 before adding assists in 2016 and 2017. • Forward Erik Hurtado has scored once against New York City FC, netting a late Vancouver Whitecaps equalizer in a 2-2 road draw on August 4, 2018.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Sporting KC is one goal shy of scoring their 250th at Children’s Mercy Park in MLS regular season play.

#NYCvSKC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Defender Rodney Wallace spent two seasons at New York City FC in 2017 and 2018, making 34 appearances and tallying five goals and seven assists i MLS play. Wallace has also played with NYCFC’s Ronald Matarrita on the Costa Rica National Team since 2015. • Defender Jaylin Lindsey has played with New York City defender James Sands on the U.S. Under-17 National Team. • Midfielder Gianluca Busio was teammates with NYC’s Joe Scally on the U.S. Under-17 National Team at the recent Concacaf U-17 Championship in Florida. • Winger Johnny Russell played with New York City winger Gary MackaySteven at Dundee United in Scotland from 2011-2013, and the two remain close friends. • New York City midfielder Tony Rocha was selected by Sporting KC in the Fourth Round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft but never signed with the club. • Sporting KC Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes played alongside New York City FC’s Director of Football Operations Claudio Reyna on the U.S. National Team in the 1990s.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2019 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes BACK ON THE ROAD

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES ROGER RETURNS

After their first back-to-back wins of the season against the Chicago Fire and Vancouver Whitecaps on July 6 and July 13, respectively, Sporting Kansas City were left disappointed following last weekend’s 2-0 loss to FC Dallas at Children’s Mercy Park. Dominique Badji gave the visitors the lead late in the first half before Jesus Ferreira doubled the lead in the second half.

After missing the last three months with a PCL sprain, Sporting Kansas City’s combative midfield general Roger Espinoza made his return to the field during last Saturday’s 2-0 loss to FC Dallas at Children’s Mercy Park. Espinoza entered the game in the 65th minute, replacing Gedion Zelalem, and committed a team-high three fouls in his 25 minutes on the field.

Sporting will play four of their next seven MLS fixtures on home soil between now and the end of August. This stretch of the schedule affords Peter Vermes’ men a chance to climb the Western Conference table, while looking to pick up points on the road. Sporting will close out the month of July with a road match against New York City FC this Friday, July 26 at Yankee Stadium.

Espinoza missed three months with the injury, having last appeared in the 2-2 draw against the New York Red Bulls on April 14. It was also the first time in just under 10 years that Espinoza has featured in a game as a substitute. The last time the Honduran entered an MLS regular-season game as a substitute was Oct. 24, 2009 in a 2-2 draw with D.C. United at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, when he replaced Matt Marquess in the 85th minute to join current teammates Matt Besler and Graham Zusi on the field.

After posting 10 shots on goal in back-to-back games during the wins over Chicago and Vancouver - just the third time in club history that Sporting had done so in consecutive games - Peter Vermes’ side struggled to find the frame against Dallas, only testing Jesse Gonzalez twice on 18 shot attempts.

Espinoza has been a mainstay at the club across two separate stints from 2008-2012 and 2015-present day, making 270 appearances in all competitions and tallying nine goals and 38 assists. This season, Espinoza has one goal and three assists in MLS and Champions League play, having played in just 11 games while missing significant time through injury.

Sporting’s task on Friday is made that much more difficult as the side will be missing top-scorer Felipe Gutierrez who is set to serve a one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation. However, Sporting will be able to welcome back Ilie Sanchez who served his yellow card accumulation suspension against FC Dallas.

FREEMAN TO LINK UP WITH U.S. U-17s

Sporting Kansas City forward Tyler Freeman has been selected to the U.S. U-17 National Team for a 26-player training camp that runs from July 26 - August 7 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.

Sporting’s is 2-2-0 all-time against New York City FC, with the two sides facing off once a season since NYC’s expansion year in 2015. The two sides have never met outside of MLS regular-seaosn competition. Sporting has an excellent 4-2-4 record against the Eastern Conference in 2019, to go along with a 2-6-3 mark against the West.

Assembled by U-17 head coach Raphael Wicky, the roster features 14 players including Freeman - who were part of the USA’s Concacaf U-17 Championship squad in May. Earlier this month, the U.S. was drawn into Group D for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil alongside Senegal, Japan and the Netherlands.

BATTLE IN THE BIG APPLE

Sporting Kansas City hits the road this weekend to take on New York City FC on Friday night at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Sporting saw their two-game winning streak snapped with last weekend’s loss to FC Dallas, while NYC enters the game having topped the Colorado Rapids 2-1 on the road last Saturday, ending a two-game losing streak that included their first home loss of the season against the Portland Timbers.

The U.S. U-17s will face two USL Championship teams during their training camp in Southern California: Orange County SC next Wednesday, July 31, at 1:30 p.m. CT at the Championship Soccer Stadium in Irvine, California, and LA Galaxy II on Aug. 6 at 1 p.m. CT at Dignity Health Sports Park.

BUSIO SET TO JOIN MLS HOMEGROWN TEAM

The two sides last met during the season opener in 2018, with New York City leaving Children’s Mercy Park with all three points following an impressive 2-0 victory. Maxi Moralez gave the visitors the lead in the first half before debutant Jesus Medina doubled the advantage early in the second period. Sporting’s Felipe Gutierrez, Johnny Russell and Yohan Croizet all made their debuts in the match.

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Gianluca Busio headlines a talented roster for the 2019 MLS Homegrown Game presented by Energizer, which will see the league’s best young players square off against Chivas de Guadalajara’s Under-20 Team on July 30 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida. The annual showcase will kick off at 4 p.m. CT.

In Sporting Kansas City’s last visit to Yankee Stadium on September 6, 2017, New York City FC edged the contest with a late volley from winger Jack Harrison from the edge of the area preventing Sporting KC from stealing a point in rain-soaked conditions.

Busio will join a 22-player squad coached by Orlando City SC Academy Director Marcelo Neveleff, who previously served as an assistant coach for the New England Revolution and was part of the staff to coach the U.S. at the 2017 Concacaf U-20 Championship.

Sporting handed New York City their first-ever loss in franchise history when an early Ike Opara header earned Sporting a 1-0 victory at Yankee Stadium on March 28, 2015 - four games into NYCFC’s expansion season. The two sides are a dead-even 2-2-0 in the all-time series, and are yet to meet in any competition other than MLS.

Chivas de Guadalajara claimed the Liga MX Clausura U-20 title at the end of 2019. The U-20 side boasts numerous players who have earned playing time with a heralded senior team that has captured three titles in the past three years. The Chivas U-20 traveling roster will be named at a later date.

GUTIERREZ SUSPENDED IN MIDST OF EXCELLENT SEASON

Sporting Kansas City will be without influential midfielder Felipe Gutierrez when the side travels to New York City FC on Friday night as the Chilean serves a one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation.

Busio, who turned 17 on May 28, has appeared in 17 competitive matches for Sporting this season as an important midfield contributor. He most notably scored in three straight league games from March 30 to April 14, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to score a goal in consecutive matches.

Gutierrez has enjoyed a stellar season with Sporting KC, tallying a team-high eight goals while adding two assists from his position in central midfield. Gutierrez earned his sixth yellow card of the 2019 season in the first half of last Saturday’s 2-0 loss to FC Dallas at Children’s Mercy Park.

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK HOSTS FC BAYERN & AC MILAN

Sporting Kansas City’s home stadium, Children’s Mercy Park, played host to German giants FC Bayern and Italian outfit AC Milan before a sold-out crowd of 18,469 on Tuesday night as Bayern ran out 1-0 winners. The International Champions Cup encounter was decided on the stroke of halftime when midfielder Leon Goretzka settled a pass from fellow German international Joshua Kimmich and slotted low into the corner for the match-winner.

The 28-year-old joined Sporting from La Liga side Real Betis ahead of the 2018 campaign and has plundered home 15 goals and eight assists in 52 appearances in all competitions since arriving in Kansas City. Gutierrez is second of all SKC field players with 2,252 minutes played this season, trailing Ilie Sanchez by 15.

The ICC matchup was the eighth international club friendly in Children’s Mercy Park history, and the first since the heralded venue hosted Mexican rivals Pachuca and Santos Laguna in 2016. AC Milan became the second Italian outfit to visit the stadium, following 2013 MLS All-Star Game guest AS Roma, while FC Bayern were the first German club to do so.

ACADEMY PRODUCT CAMERON DUKE SIGNS

Last Thursday, Sporting Kansas City announced that the club has signed 18-yearold midfielder Cameron Duke as a Homegrown Player. The versatile midfielder is the No. 1 prospect in the Heartland Region and the 20th-ranked player nationally at TopDrawerSoccer.com, having graduated from Blue Valley West High School in May.

The sellout comes on the heels of an electric Concacaf Gold Cup battle between the United States and Panama that took place at Children’s Mercy Park on June 26. The U.S. claimed a 1-0 win to finish atop Group D before taking second place at the tournament. Since opening in June 2011, Children’s Mercy Park has welcomed the U.S. Men’s National Team six times, the U.S. Women’s National Team four times and hosted eight high-profile international friendlies.

A native of Overland Park, Kansas, Duke becomes the 11th Homegrown Player in club history. He entered the Sporting KC Academy in 2012, rising from the U-12 to the U-19 ranks, and has represented U.S. at the U-14, U-15, U-16 and U-18 levels. Duke most recently helped the U-19s reach the quarterfinals of the USSDA Playoffs last month in Oceanside, California.

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2019 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes HEY ZUS, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

2026 WORLD CUP HEADING TO NORTH AMERICA

Sporting Kansas City announced on Tuesday, June 18 that defender Graham Zusi has been named to the 2019 MLS All-Star Fan XI presented by Target. The MLS All-Stars will take on Spanish giants Atletico Madrid at Exploria Stadium in Orlando on Aug. 1.

The United Bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States was selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow. Kansas City is one of 23 Candidate Host Cities in the United Bid.

Zusi receives MLS All-Star recognition for the seventh time in his heralded career, tying club legend Preki for the most in Sporting history. The right back lands All-Star accolades for the third straight year, having earned his first four nods from 2012-2015. His seven All-Star selections since 2012 are the most in Major League Soccer. Zusi has amassed 31 goals and 80 assists in 312 competitive appearances for Sporting, ranking second on the team’s all-time charts in assists and games played.

The vote, which occurred a day before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, also marks the first time three nations have been selected to co-host a FIFA World Cup and the first time the FIFA World Cup will be played in North America in 32 years. The United Bid offers FIFA and its 211 Member Associations unity, certainty, and opportunity as they prepare to host the largest FIFA World Cup in history. With the FIFA Congress decision to award the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to the federations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the three nations will jointly manage preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup until FIFA establishes their operations to manage the competition. Among other decisions, FIFA will make the final selection of host cities for the 2026 competition from the 23 candidates proposed in the United Bid.

Since joining the club in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Maryland, Zusi has helped Sporting to three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup titles (2012, 2015, 2017), the 2013 MLS Cup and an eight-year playoff streak that began in 2011. The versatile veteran was selected to the MLS Best XI in 2012 and 2013 after being named the 2011 MLS Breakout Player of the Year. A tearful Zusi was surprised with the news by young patients at Children’s Mercy Hospital during his monthly visit on Tuesday, June 18.

Each of the United Bid’s 23 proposed stadiums are fully built, occupied and operational, ensuring long-term use following the 2026 World Cup. The United Bid has 150 existing world-class training facilities, millions of hotel rooms, and advanced infrastructure. The United Bid is expected to generate more than $14 billion in revenue and $11 billion in profits for FIFA, which will be shared with the 211 FIFA Member Associations, helping further develop and expand the game of football across the globe.

VERMES ENTERS 11th SEASON

Entering his 11th season at the helm of Sporting KC, manager Peter Vermes looks to win more hardware and guide his side to yet another postseason appearance in 2019. Despite elimination from the Concacaf Champions League and the U.S. Open Cup, Sporting KC will still aim to win the MLS Cup.

PLAYOFF STREAK REACHES EIGHT SEASONS

Vermes is the longest tenured coach that is currently in charge of a team in MLS, having led Sporting KC since 2009 - one year longer than Ben Olsen has been at the helm at D.C. United. Vermes became the longest tenured coach in MLS when then LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena took the U.S. National Team job in late 2016.

In 2018, Sporting KC continued its impressive streak of postseason appearances, becoming just the sixth club in MLS history to make at least eight straight trips to the MLS Cup Playoffs, while Manager Peter Vermes is now just the third coach to lead the same team to eight straight playoff appearances. LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) Seattle Sounders FC 10 (2009-2018) *active New York Red Bulls 9 (2010-2018) *active Sporting KC 8 (2011-2018) *active LA Galaxy 8 (2009-2016) NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014)

With almost 10 years of service at Sporting KC, Vermes is one of the longest serving managers in world soccer. Among all 18 leagues with an average attendance of 10,000+, Vermes ranks second, only behind 2. Bundesliga side FC Heidenheim’s Frank Schmidt (Sept. 17, 2007 - present). Among the top 51 leagues in the world as denoted by the CIES Football Observatory, Vermes’ tenure at Sporting KC ranks as the fifth longest active run. Vermes has guided Sporting KC to four titles under his watch, winning three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups in 2012, 2015 and 2017, and the MLS Cup in 2013. His trophy haul ranks as the second highest among active MLS coaches - only trailing Toronto FC’s Greg Vanney’s five championships. On a local level, Vermes’ 11 years with SKC is the second longest tenure by a head coach in the history of major KC professional sports behind Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer Hank Stram, who was Chiefs head coach from 1963-1974.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Peter Vermes Sporting KC 8 2011-2018 (active) Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Sigi Schmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

Vermes has compiled a 174-128-101 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 20-7-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 139 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks fifth all-time and second among active coaches in MLS, trailing Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley.

VERMES VERBATIM

RECORD-SETTING 2018

See below for comments from Sporting KC Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes following the 2-0 loss against FC Dallas at Children’s Mercy Park on July 20.

Sporting Kansas City enjoyed a historic 2018 season that saw the club set new records in multiple attacking categories. Most notably, the club shattered the franchise’s all-time goalscoring record by tallying 65 goals in 34 games, eclipsing the 61 goals the then Kansas City Wizards tallied in their inaugural season in 1996.

Thoughts on the match: “You’ve got to score. We should have been up 3-0 in the first half. We gave a stupid goal away. We never were dangerous enough in the second half. When we did get chances, we weren’t edgy and we weren’t clinical enough. It’s an opportunity lost, but we’ve got to get ready for our next game.”

As well as their overall goalscoring exploits, Sporting Kansas City also set new club records in five other offensive categories: Road Goals (31), Goal Difference (+25), Assists (69), Shots (583) and Corner Kicks (206).

On the frustrations from tonight’s outcome: “I don’t know what else I can say other than if you take chances like we did and don’t score then it’s shame on us. Simple as can be. We had great chances and three golden opportunities that didn’t hit the target in the first half. The difference is they capitalized on two of their chances and we capitalized on zero.”

Peter Vermes’ side also found multiple goals in 25 of the club’s 40 matches in all competitions last season and was only shutout seven times. Sporting KC finished the regular season as the fourth highest scoring team in MLS with 65 goals, while the side scored 79 goals when including the MLS Cup Playoffs and U.S. Open Cup play. Sporting had 16 different goalscorers last year in MLS play - which was tied for the second highest number of goalscorers across a single squad this season. In 2018, SKC found goals from Daniel Salloi (14), Johnny Russell (10), Diego Rubio (10), Felipe Gutierrez (7), Gerso Fernandes (6), Ilie Sanchez (5), Ike Opara (3), Yohan Croizet (3), Roger Espinoza (3), Khiry Shelton (2), Graham Zusi (2), Jimmy Medranda (2), Cristian Lobato (2), Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (1), Krisztian Nemeth (1) and Gianluca Busio (1).

On Dallas’ goals being scored off errors: “We gave the ball away, obviously. We made it too easy on them. The second goal, we did what we had to do in regard to blocking the first one. On the second ball we just had to clear it.” On Roger Espinoza’s return: “It’s Roger. We missed him. He won balls and plays at a different level of intensity on the field and he brings a different spirit, which the group needs. It’s great to see him get 30 minutes like he did. He’s tough mentally and obviously tough physically. To be able to come back the way he has and get back on the field as quick as he has is a testament to him because he’s a tough dude.”

The 6-0 triumph over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 20, 2018 tied club records for largest margin of victory and most goals scored in a competitive match. Sporting KC finished the year with 65 goals in 34 regular-season matches, having scored 40 in all of 2017. The last time Sporting KC hit six goals in an MLS match was on June 20, 1999.

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2019 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. New York City FC: 2-2-0 Home games: 1-1-0 (3 GF, 3 GA) Road games: 1-1-0 (1 GF, 1 GA) Date 03/28/2015 07/10/2016 09/06/2017 03/04/2018

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 1 6 3 5 7

Result Location W Yankee Stadium W Children’s Mercy Park L Yankee Stadium L Children’s Mercy Park

NEW YORK CITY FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Ike Opara Matt Besler Feilhaber, Medranda Espinoza, Feilhaber Three Players Espinoza, Rubio

Four Players Seven Players David Villa Harrison, Moralez Maxi Moralez David Villa

1 1 7 3 6 6

Sean Johnson Josh Saunders Sean Johnson Josh Saunders Josh Saunders

2 2 2 7 4

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

1 Marin, Melia 2 Melia 1 Luis Marin 11 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia

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

NEW YORK CITY FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Four Players Matt Besler (3/28/15) Johnny Russell (3/4/18) Benny Feilhaber (7/10/16) Four Players Dom Dwyer (3/28/15)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

5 Tim Melia (9/6/17) 2 Tim Melia (3/4/18)

Four Players Seven Players (3/4/18) David Villa Three Players (9/6/17) Maxi Moralez (7/10/16) David Villa (7/10/16) Josh (7/10/16) Josh

Saunders Saunders

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 3 1 0 4 Shots 28 28 0 56 Shots on Goal 8 7 0 15 Fouls 26 20 0 46 Offsides 3 5 0 8 Corner Kicks 11 11 0 22

NEW YORK CITY FC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 2 2 0 4 Shots 23 22 0 45 Shots on Goal 8 10 0 18 Fouls 26 26 0 52 Offsides 5 4 0 9 Corner Kicks 7 8 0 15

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC NYC

145

1-15

3 1

16-30

31-45

0 1

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,467

TOTAL MLS SELLOUTS in 155 MLS matches played at the stadium (including postseason)

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 155 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 147 MLS regular season, 8 MLS postseason, 19 Open Cup, 10 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 155 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

189

0 0

105.4 5

46-60

1 1

61-75

0 0

76-90

0 1

0 0

Total

4 4

103

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

331

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 189 matches played at the stadium

1 1 6 2 4 5 6 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2019 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Tyler Freeman (Signed as Homegrown Player - Oct. 2, 2018)

Kharlton Belmar (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Rodney Wallace (Signed as Free Agent - Dec. 14, 2018)

Amer Didic (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Erik Hurtado (Trade - Dec. 14, 2018)

Brad Evans (Option Declined/Retired - Nov. 30, 2018)

Botond Barath (Signing - Dec. 18, 2018)

Cristian Lobato (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Kelyn Rowe (Trade - Dec. 18, 2018)

Colton Storm (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Abdul Rwatubyaye (Signing - Feb. 5, 2019)

Diego Rubio (Trade - Dec. 14, 2018)

Gedion Zelalem (Signing - March 11, 2019)

Ike Opara (Trade - Jan. 28, 2019)

Nicolas Hasler (Signing - April 2, 2019)

Abdul Rwatubyaye (Trade - May 8, 2019)

Benny Feilhaber (Trade - May 8, 2019) Wilson Harris (Short-Term Agreement - May 17, 2019) Felipe Hernandez (Short-Term Agreement - June 11, 2019) Camden Riley (Short-Term Agreement - June 11, 2019) Cameron Duke (Signed as Homegrown Player - July 18, 2019)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Oct. 2: IN Sporting KC signs F Tyler Freeman as a Homegrown player from the Sporting KC Academy. Nov. 30: OUT Sporting KC declines options for D Amer Didic, D Brad Evans, D Colton Storm, M Cristian Lobato and F Kharlton Belmar. Dec. 14: IN Sporting KC signs D Rodney Wallace as a free agent. Dec. 14: IN Sporting KC acquires F Erik Hurtado from Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS) in exchange for the club’s natural second-round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft and natural first-riund pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. Dec. 18: IN Sporting KC signs D Botond Barath, most recently at Budapest Honved FC (Hungary). Dec. 18: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires M Kelyn Rowe and $300,000 in allocation money from the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for F Diego Rubio. Jan. 28: OUT Sporting KC acquires up to $1,000,000 in allocation money from Minnesota United FC (MLS) in exchange for D Ike Opara. Feb. 5: IN Sporting KC acquires D Abdul Rwatubyaye in a transfer from Rayon Sports FC (Rwanda). March 11: IN Sporting KC acquires M Gedion Zelalem in a transfer from Arsenal FC (England). April 2: IN Sporting KC signs D Nicolas Hasler, most recently at the Chicago Fire (MLS). May 8: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires M Benny Feilhaber in a trade with the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for D Abdul Rwatubyaye, a 2019 International Roster Slot, $50,000 in Targeted Allocation Money (TAM), and a natural second-round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. As part of the trade, Sporting has swapped positions with Colorado in the Waiver Order. Feilhaber serves as Sporting’sseason-ending injury replacement player for Rodney Wallace. Colorado will retain the player’s 2019 salary budget charge less the $250,000 of salary budget relief afforded to SKC for a season-ending injury replacement player. May 17: IN Sporting KC signs F Wilson Harris to a short-term agreement from the Swope Park Rangers (USL Championship) prompted by Extreme Hardship (less than 14 outfield players available) June 11: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Camden Riley and M Felipe Hernandez to short-term agreements from the Swope Park Rangers (USL Championship) ahead of U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round. July 18: IN Sporting KC signs M Cameron Duke as a Homegrown player from the Sporting KC Academy.

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011

Trades

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2013

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

2015

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15)

2016

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

2017 2018

2019

Swope Park Rangers

Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Eric Dick (13th) Graham Smith (18th)

Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)

Yohan Croizet (12/15/17) Johnny Russell (1/31/18) Felipe Gutierrez (2/6/18) Andreu Fontas (8/8/18)

Krisztian Nemeth (8/6/18)

Jaylin Lindsey (1/1/18) Wan Kuzain (4/13/18)

Rodney Wallace (12/14/18) Botond Barath (12/18/18) Gedion Zelalem (3/11/19) Nicolas Hasler (4/2/19)

Erik Hurtado (12/14/18) Kelyn Rowe (12/18/18) Benny Feilhaber (5/8/19)

Tyler Freeman (1/1/19) Cameron Duke (7/18/19)

Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2019 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21

DEPORTIVO TOLUCA

CCL

3-0

Nemeth, Gerso, Ilie

Thursday, February 28

at Deportivo Toluca

CCL

2-0

Gerso, Nemeth

Sunday, March 3

at Los Angeles FC

MLS

1-2

Nemeth

Wednesday, March 6

at Club Atletico Independiente

CCL

1-2

Ilie

SUNDAY, MARCH 10

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

2-0

Ilie, Own Goal

THURSDAY, MARCH 14

CLUB ATLETICO INDEPENDIENTE CCL

3-0

Nemeth (2), Espinoza

Sunday, March 17

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

1-1

Russell

SATURDAY, MARCH 30

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

7-1

Russell (2), Nemeth (3), Gutierrez, Busio

Thursday, April 4

at C.F. Monterrey

CCL

0-5

Sunday, April 7

at FC Cincinnati

MLS

1-1

Busio

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

C.F. MONTERREY

CCL

2-5

Gerso (2)

SUNDAY, APRIL 14

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

2-2

Russell, Busio

Saturday, April 20

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

1-4

Gutierrez

SATURDAY, APRIL 27

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

4-4

Nemeth (2), Gutierrez (2)

SUNDAY, MAY 5

ATLANTA UNITED FC

MLS

0-3

Sunday, May 12

at D.C. United

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, MAY 18

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS

1-1

Nemeth

SUNDAY, MAY 26

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

3-2

Russell (3)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29

LA GALAXY

MLS

0-2

Saturday, June 1

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

1-1

Croizet

Friday, June 7

at Toronto FC

MLS

2-2

Gutierrez (2)

Wednesday, June 12

at Minnesota United FC

USOC

1-4

Gerso

Sunday, June 23

at Columbus Crew SC

MLS

1-0

Gutierrez

Saturday, June 29

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

0-2

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3

LOS ANGELES FC

MLS

1-5

Croizet

SATURDAY, JULY 6

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

1-0

Croizet

Saturday, July 13

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

3-0

Own Goal, Gutierrez, Gerso

SATURDAY, JULY 20

FC DALLAS

MLS

0-2

Friday, July 26

at New York City FC

MLS