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2022 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Kickoff: 9:30 p.m. CT Heart Health Park (Sacramento, CA) U.S. Open Cup Semifinal Sporting Kansas City 5-13-5, 20 points (3-5-2 home; 2-8-3 away) 14th in MLS Western Conference Sacramento Republic (USL Championship) 8-5-6, 30 points (5-1-3 home; 3-4-3 away) T-7th in USLC Western Conference
5-13-5 (20 pts.) 0.87 23 14th in West 19 0.83 13 40 1.74 -21 237 (71) 30.0% 271 296 45 5
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Allen Chapman Ian Anderson Tiffini Turpin Brandon Stevis
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 48 54
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID FWD DEF DEF MID DEF FWD MID GK FWD DEF FWD MID FWD MID GK DEF MID
Name John Pulskamp Ben Sweat Andreu Fontas Robert Voloder Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Uri Rosell Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Alan Pulido Gadi Kinda Khiry Shelton Kortne Ford Roger Espinoza Jake Davis Logan Ndenbe Daniel Salloi Felipe Hernandez Kendall McIntosh William Agada Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros Erik Thommy Marinos Tzionis Cam Duke Tim Melia Kaveh Rad Remi Walter
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SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC
RECORD POINTS PER GAME 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
8-5-6 (30 pts.) 1.58 19 T-7th in West 22 1.16 13 19 1.00 +3 192 (81) 42.2% 254 233 43 2
2022 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
ahn-DRAY-oo VOLO-derr EE-see-mat me-REEN OO-ree rohz-EL
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Johnny Russell Duke, Hernandez Russell, Salloi Daniel Salloi Remi Walter Shelton, Walter Roger Espinoza Johnny Russell Roger Espinoza Five Players
gram ZOO-see AH-lahn pooh-LEE-doh GAH-dee KINN-dah KY-ree COURT-knee en-DEN-bay shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay ah-GAH-dah
6 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 47 SHOTS 17 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 33 FOULS COMMITTED 43 FOULS SUFFERED 9 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 1853 Tim Melia 1.65 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia 45
sis-NAIR-oce tommy ma-REE-noss JOHN-eese MEE-lia KAH-vay RAHD vault-AIR
SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
4 3 23 12 2 1 31 30 8 1
Maalique Foster Rodrigo Lopez Rodrigo Lopez Rodrigo Lopez Three Players Five Players Archimede, Felipe Rodrigo Lopez Rodrigo Lopez Archimede, Martinez
1260 0.60 5 3 35
Danny Vitiello Carlos Saldana Daniel Vitiello Saldana, Vitiello Daniel Vitiello
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES
2022 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference Pts 1. Philadelphia Union 42 2. New York City FC 41 3. New York Red Bulls 36 4. CF Montreal 35 5. Orlando City SC 30 6. Columbus Crew 30 7. FC Cincinnati 28 8. Charlotte FC 26 9. Chicago Fire FC 26 10. New England Revolution 26 11. Inter Miami CF 25 12. Atlanta United FC 24 13. Toronto FC 22 14. D.C. United 18
W 11 12 10 11 8 7 7 8 7 6 7 6 6 5
L 2 4 6 8 8 5 8 12 10 7 10 9 12 12
T 9 5 6 2 6 9 7 2 5 8 4 6 4 3
GD +19 +20 +9 0 -5 +5 -5 -6 -4 -2 -11 -4 -9 -17
GP 22 21 22 21 22 21 22 22 22 21 21 21 22 20
Western Conference Pts 1. Los Angeles FC 45 2. Austin FC 41 3. Minnesota United FC 34 4. Real Salt Lake 33 5. FC Dallas 32 6. Nashville SC 31 7. LA Galaxy 30 8. Portland Timbers 30 9. Seattle Sounders FC 29 10. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 11. Houston Dynamo FC 25 12. Colorado Rapids 24 13. San Jose Earthquakes 22 14. Sporting Kansas City 20
W 14 12 10 9 8 8 9 7 9 7 7 6 5 5
L 4 5 8 7 6 7 9 6 10 10 11 9 9 13
T 3 5 4 6 8 7 3 9 2 5 4 6 7 5
GD +20 +17 +5 +1 +7 0 +3 +4 +3 -13 -3 -4 -9 -21
GP 21 22 22 22 22 22 21 22 21 22 22 21 21 23
14th season 177-144-105 14th season (.539) 177-144-105 (.539)
MARK BRIGGS
COACHING EXPERIENCE COACHING RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
5th season 59-30-33 (.619) 3rd season 24-19-24 (.537)
PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT As of Monday, July 25 QUESTIONABLE • None OUT • • • • •
GK - Tim Melia (Hamstring Injury) DEF - Kortne Ford (Suspended Through Sept. 10) MID - Ozzie Cisneros (Hamstring Injury) MID - Gadi Kinda (Knee Surgery) FWD - Alan Pulido (Knee Surgery)
Health & Safety Protocols A player may be listed as “Questionable” or “Out” due to Health and Safety Protocols for the following reasons: Quarantine due to participating in high risk behavior. Quarantine related to being a high risk close contact. Pending COVID-19 test results. An inconclusive COVID-19 test result. A positive COVID-19 test or a confirmed case of COVID-19. Other illness not related to COVID-19. 1
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2022 ROSTER (NUMERICAL) NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 48 54
PLAYER PRONUNCIATION John Pulskamp Ben Sweat Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo Robert Voloder VOLO-derr Nicolas Isimat-Mirin EE-see-mat me-REEN Uri Rosell OO-ree rohz-EL Johnny Russell Graham Zusi ZOO-see Alan Pulido AH-lahn pooh-LEE-doh Gadi Kinda GAH-dee KINN-dah Khiry Shelton KY-ree Kortne Ford COURT-knee Roger Espinoza Jake Davis Logan Ndenbe en-DEN-bay Daniel Salloi shallow-EE Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay Kendall McIntosh William Agada ah-GAH-dah Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros sis-NAIR-oce Erik Thommy tommy Marinos Tzionis ma-REE-noss JOHN-eese Cam Duke Tim Melia MEE-lia Kaveh Rad KAH-vay RAHD Remi Walter vault-AIR
POS. GK DEF DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID FWD DEF MID MID DEF FWD MID GK FWD DEF FWD MID FWD MID GK DEF MID
HT. 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-2 5-10 5-9 5-10 5-10 5-8 6-3 6-2 5-10 5-9 5-7 6-1 5-7 5-11 5-9 5-9 5-5 5-9 5-7 5-6 6-1 6-0 5-8
WT. 210 170 200 175 180 155 175 160 180 145 190 185 185 155 160 155 145 185 165 155 130 160 145 135 210 175 160
BIRTHDATE (AGE) 04/19/2001 (21) 09/04/1991 (31) 11/14/1989 (32) 05/09/2001 (21) 11/15/1991 (30) 07/07/1992 (30) 04/08/1990 (32) 08/18/1986 (35) 03/08/1991 (31) 03/23/1994 (28) 06/26/1993 (29) 01/26/1996 (26) 10/25/1986 (35) 01/03/2002 (20) 02/09/2000 (22) 07/19/1996 (26) 06/08/1998 (24) 01/24/1994 (28) 09/17/1999 (22) 02/16/2003 (19) 03/13/2004 (18) 08/20/1994 (27) 07/16/2001 (21) 02/13/2001 (21) 05/15/1986 (36) 06/13/2001 (21) 04/26/1995 (27)
HOMETOWN Bakersfield, CA Palm Harbor, FL Banyoles, Spain Frankfurt, Germany Meudon, France Puig Reig, Spain Glasgow, Scotland Longwood, FL Ciudad Victoria, Mexico Ashdod, Israel Leander, TX Greeley, CO Aurora, CO Rochester, MI La Louviere, Belgium Budapest, Hungary Nashville, TN Santa Rosa, CA Bauchi, Nigeria Bloomfield Hills, MI Omaha, NE Ulm, Germany Nicosia, Cyprus Overland Park, KS East Islip, NY Durham, NC Essey-les-Nancy, France
LAST CLUB Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Austin FC (MLS) Celta Vigo (Spain) NK Maribor (Slovenia) Besiktas (Turkey) Orlando City SC (MLS) Derby County FC (England) Chivas de Guadalajara (Mexico) Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) SC Paderborn 07 (Germany) Colorado Rapids (MLS) Wigan Athletic (England) Sporting KC II (USL Championship) EA Guingamp (France) Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC II (USL Championship) New York Red Bulls (MLS) Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel) Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy VfB Stuttgart (Germany) Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) Sporting KC Academy Chivas USA (MLS) Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2022 ROSTER (ALPHABETICAL) NO. 23 25 17 28 15 3 12 21 5 10 22 29 18 24 9 1 48 6 7 20 11 2 26 27 4 54 8
PLAYER PRONUNCIATION William Agada ah-GAH-dah Ozzie Cisneros sis-NAIR-oce Jake Davis Cam Duke Roger Espinoza Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo Kortne Ford COURT-knee Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay Nicolas Isimat-Mirin EE-see-mat me-REEN Gadi Kinda GAH-dee KINN-dah Kendall McIntosh Tim Melia MEE-lia Logan Ndenbe en-DEN-bay Kayden Pierre Alan Pulido AH-lahn pooh-LEE-doh John Pulskamp Kaveh Rad KAH-vay RAHD Uri Rosell OO-ree rohz-EL Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi shallow-EE Khiry Shelton KY-ree Ben Sweat Erik Thommy tommy Marinos Tzionis ma-REE-noss JOHN-eese Robert Voloder VOLO-derr Remi Walter vault-AIR Graham Zusi ZOO-see
POS. FWD FWD MID MID MID DEF DEF MID DEF MID GK GK DEF DEF FWD GK DEF MID FWD FWD FWD DEF MID FWD DEF MID DEF
HT. 5-9 5-5 5-9 5-6 5-10 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-2 5-8 5-11 6-1 5-7 5-9 5-10 6-4 6-0 5-10 5-9 6-1 6-3 6-1 5-9 5-7 6-0 5-8 5-10
WT. 165 130 155 130 185 200 185 145 180 145 185 210 160 155 180 210 175 155 175 155 190 170 160 145 175 160 160
BIRTHDATE (AGE) 09/17/1999 (22) 03/13/2004 (18) 01/03/2002 (20) 02/13/2001 (21) 10/25/1986 (35) 11/14/1989 (32) 01/26/1996 (26) 06/08/1998 (24) 11/15/1991 (30) 03/23/1994 (28) 01/24/1994 (28) 05/15/1986 (36) 02/09/2000 (22) 02/16/2003 (19) 03/08/1991 (31) 04/19/2001 (21) 06/13/2001 (21) 07/07/1992 (30) 04/08/1990 (32) 07/19/1996 (26) 06/26/1993 (29) 09/04/1991 (30) 08/20/1994 (27) 07/16/2001 (21) 05/09/2001 (21) 04/26/1995 (27) 08/18/1986 (35) 2
BIRTHPLACE COLLEGE Bauchi, Nigeria Omaha, NE Rochester, MI Overland Park, KS Puerto Cortes, Honduras Ohio State University Banyoles, Spain Olathe, KS University of Denver Ibague, Colombia Meudon, France Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Oakland, CA Santa Clara University Great River, NY Lynn University (Florida) La Louviere, Belgium Rochester Hills, MI Ciudad Victoria, Mexico Bakersfield, CA Chapel Hill, NC Puig Reig, Spain Glasgow, Scotland Siofok, Hungary Fort Carson, CO Oregon State University Palm Harbor, FL University of South Florida Ulm, Germany Nicosia, Cyprus Frankfurt, Germany Essey-les-Nancy, France Orlando, FL University of Maryland
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC U.S. OPEN CUP HISTORY
LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP RETURNS After two years on the shelf, The Lamar Hunt U.S Open Cup is back for the 2022 season and its 107th rendition. Dating back to the 1913-14 season, this tournament is the longest-running soccer competition in the United States. Over 100 teams from eight different leagues began the tournament and the field is now down to 32 remaining clubs. Sporting Kansas City enters the tournament in the Round of 32 and is set to compete for the club’s fifth Open Cup title.
YEAR 1996
OPPONENT Colorado Rapids
RESULT L 2-3
ROUND Quarterfinal
1997
at San Francisco Bay Seals
L 1-2
Round of 16
1998
at Nashville Metros
L 1-3
Round of 16
2000
at Chicago Sockers
T 0-0 (6-7 PK)
Round of 32
The 2022 U.S. Open Cup winner will earn $300,000 in prize money, a berth in the 2023 Concacaf Champions League and have their name engraved on the Dewar Challenge Trophy. The runner-up will earn $100,000.
2001
Seattle Sounders Chicago Fire
W 4-0 L 0-1
Round of 32 Round of 16
2002
at Rochester Rhinos at Milwaukee Rampage at Columbus Crew
W 3-2 (AET) W 2-0 L 2-3 (AET)
Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal
2003
at Colorado Rapids
L 2-3
Round of 16
2004
Eight years later, Kansas City hosted another Open Cup final. This time it was Sporting Kansas City playing at state-of-the-art Children’s Mercy Park against the Seattle Sounders. After playing out a 1-1 draw, Sporting won the shootout for their second Open Cup crown.
at Atlanta Silverbacks Dallas Burn San Jose Earthquakes Chicago Fire
W W W W
Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
2005
Des Moines Menace Minnesota Thunder
W 6-1 L 1-3
Round of 16 Quarterfinal
2006
It only took three more years for Sporting to find themselves back in the final match of the Open Cup, this time on the road against the Philadelphia Union. Again, Sporting went to penalties after the match ended 1-1.
Des Moines Menace at Chicago Fire
W 2-1 L 0-2
Round of 32 Round of 16
2007
at Real Salt Lake
L 1-2 (AET)
Qualifying
2008
Sporting’s most recent Open Cup glory came in 2017, back in front of the home fans. Daniel Salloi scored in a 2-1 Sporting KC win over the New York Red Bulls in front of a packed Children’s Mercy Park.
Colorado Rapids at Carolina RailHawks at Seattle Sounders
T 2-2 (5-3 PK) W 4-2 (AET) T 0-0 (5-6 PK)
Qualifying Round of 16 Quarterfinal
2009
at Minnesota Thunder at Seattle Sounders
T 3-3 (4-2 PK) L 0-1
Round of 16 Quarterfinal
2010
Colorado Rapids
L 1-2
Qualifying
2011
at Houston Dynamo New England Revolution Chicago Fire PDL Richmond Kickers
W W W L
1-0 (AET) 5-0 3-0 0-2
Qualifying Qualifying Round of 16 Quarterfinal
2012
Orlando City SC Colorado Rapids Dayton Dutch Lions at Philadelphia Union Seattle Sounders
W W W W T
3-2 2-0 3-0 2-0 1-1 (3-2 PK)
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
2013
Des Moines Menace Orlando City SC
W 2-0 L 0-1
Round of 32 Round of 16
2014
Minnesota United FC Portland Timbers
W 2-0 L 1-3
Round of 32 Round of 16
2015
Saint Louis FC FC Dallas Houston Dynamo Real Salt Lake at Philadelphia Union
W W W W T
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
2016
at Minnesota United FC at Houston Dynamo
W 2-1 (AET) L 1-3
Round of 32 Round of 16
2017
Minnesota United FC at Houston Dynamo FC Dallas San Jose Earthquakes New York Red Bulls
W W W T W
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
2018
at Real Salt Lake FC Dallas at Houston Dynamo
W 2-0 W 3-2 L 2-4
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal
2019
at Minnesota United FC
L 1-4
Round of 32
2022
FC Dallas Houston Dynamo FC Union Omaha
W 4-2 (AET) W 2-1 W 6-0
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal
Sporting’s first title came in 2004 when the then Kansas City Wizards knocked off fellow MLS side Chicago Fire. Igor Simutenkov scored the match’s only goal, five minutes into sudden-death overtime at Arrowhead Stadium, giving the Wizards their first Open Cup title and the club’s third trophy overall.
Champions
2022 U.S. OPEN CUP - SEMIFINAL FIXTURES WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 Orlando City SC (MLS) vs. New York Red Bulls (MLS) 6:30 p.m. CT; Exploria Stadium, Orlando, Fla.
Champions
Sacramento Republic FC (USLC) vs. Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 9:30 p.m. CT; Heart Health Park, Sacramento, Calif.
Champions
Champions
4-1 4-0 1-0 1-0 (AET)
1-0 6-2 3-1 3-1 1-1 (7-6 PK)
4-0 2-0 3-0 (AET) 1-1 (5-4 PK) 2-1
SPORTING KC OPEN CUP PERFORMANCE (W-L-T) All-time record: Home record: Away record: vs. MLS teams: vs. non-MLS:
3
33-17-7 24-7-3 9-10-4 18-12-4 15-5-3
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes OPEN CUP SEMI FINALLY HERE
SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES
FINDING SOLACE IN THE OPEN CUP
After five weeks of waiting, Sporting Kansas City is finally set to take on Sacramento Republic FC at Heart Health Park in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinals this Wednesday night with a place in the Open Cup final on the line - with Orlando City SC and the New York Red Bulls battling it out on the other side of the bracket
Sporting Kansas City is preparing to take on USL Championship side Sacramento Republic FC at Heart Health Park on Wednesday night with a spot in the 2022 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final on the line. Should Orlando win the other Semifinal against the New York Red Bulls, the final will be held in Florida. Should Sporting and New York advance, the showpiece event will be hosted at Children’s Mercy Park.
Sporting is looking for a welcome distraction to the club’s league form, with the team going 1-4-1 over their last six MLS matches, while Saturday night’s loss to Los Angeles FC at Children’s Mercy Park was the team’s fourth consecutive home defeat - the first time in the club’s 27-year history that has happened.
Sporting have reached the U.S. Open Cup Semifinals for the sixth time in club history. In each of the last four instances, they went on to win the competition (2004, 2012, 2015 and 2017). With Wednesday’s match coming on the road, it’ll mark the first time since June 2016 - when SKC beat then-NASL club Minnesota United - that Sporting has traveled to take on a lower-division opponent.
Sporting enjoyed a boost during Saturday’s loss with the debuts of newly signed creative midfielder Erik Thommy and lively forward William Agada after the pair completed their immigration process midway through July. On the flipside, starting goalkeeper Tim Melia suffered a hamstring injury in the game and is listed as out for the Open Cup Semifinal in Sacramento.
While Sporting has come back from a goal down to win just once in 23 matches in the MLS regular season, the team has come back from a deficit twice already in the team’s three-match Open Cup run - coming back from 2-0 down to defeat Dallas 4-2 in the Round of 32 and coming back from 1-0 down to beat Houston 2-1 in the Round of 16.
Both Sporting and Sacramento have been dominant in their Open Cup matches to date, as Sporting has outscored their opponents 12-3 across their three matches, while Sacramento has outscored their opposition 14-2 in their five Open Cup showdowns in 2022.
Sporting holds a 15-5-3 record against lower-division opponents in the Open Cup throughout the club’s history, but Sacramento will be full of confidence having already knocked off MLS sides the San Jose Earthquakes and the LA Galaxy en-route to the semifinal stage.
Sporting is just two wins away from lifting their fifth U.S. Open Cup - tying Maccabee Los Angeles and Bethlhem Steel for the most titles in the historic tournament’s 107-year history.
AGADA & THOMMY DEBUT vs. LAFC
Sporting Kansas City saw newly acquired striker Willy Agada and midfielder Erik Thommy make their debuts for the club during Saturday night’s 2-0 loss to Los Angeles FC at Children’s Mercy Park.
FACING LOWER DIVISION DOE
Sporting Kansas City is set for the team’s biggest match of the season to date this Wednesday night when Peter Vermes’ side heads to central California to take on USL Championship outfit Sacramento Republic FC in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinals at Heart Health Park.
German creator Thommy started in the midfield and produced a sparkling first impression as he lasted 61 minutes and led the team with three shots on goal, including one on target, and also led the team with eight total crosses. He also engaged in seven duels and won possession on three occasions, including once in the final third.
The match marks the second consecutive Open Cup clash with a lower-division opponent, as Sporting defeated USL League One side Union Omaha by a 6-0 scoreline in the Quarterfinals on June 22. Sacramento has rattled off five Open Cup wins to reach the Semifinals, including victories over MLS clubs San Jose Earthquakes on May 25 and the LA Galaxy on June 21.
Agada had to wait to make his debut, coming on in the 84th minute with Sporting down two goals. The lively attacker went right into the fray, glancing a neat header on-frame late on that was gathered by Maxime Crepeau in the LAFC goal. He also won his only duel of the match and suffered one foul during his short stint on the field.
Sacramento will provide a stern challenge for Sporting on Wednesday, as the 2014 USL Championship winners have won all three Open Cup home matches against MLS sides in the club’s history (W 4-1 vs. RSL in 2017, W 2-1 vs. Seattle in 2018, W 2-0 vs. San Jose in 2022). Sacramento’s only Open Cup home loss in club history came against Kitsap Pumas of the USL Premier Development League on June 1, 2016.
SPORTING DEALS WITH EXTREME HEAT IN LOSS TO LAFC
It was a sweltering night at Children’s Mercy Park this past Saturday as Sporting Kansas City fell to a 2-0 loss to Los Angeles FC. It marked the sixth Sporting match at Children’s Mercy Park on a day in which the high temperature at MCI Airport was 100 degrees or higher.
Sporting holds a commanding 15-5-3 record against lower-division opponents in the club’s Open Cup history, while Sacramento are 9-1-3 at home in all competitions this season. However, Sacramento are 0-2-2 in their last four USL Championship matches and have failed to score in three of four games during that stretch. A lower-division team has not defeated an MLS club in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals or finals since 1999 when the Rochester Rhinos defeated Columbus and Colorado in the semifinals and final, respectively, to win the tournament championship.
Date July 23, 2011 June 29, 2012 July 7, 2012 July 24, 2012 Aug. 1, 2012 July 23, 2022
OPEN CUP LOOK BACK
Opponent Toronto FC Chicago Fire Houston Dynamo Montpellier (Intl. Friendly) Stoke City (Intl. Friendly) Los Angeles FC
Result W 4-2 L 0-1 T 0-0 L 0-3 T 1-1 L 0-2
Temperature 100 degrees 100 degrees 104 degrees 102 degrees 100 degrees 100 degrees
#SKCvLAFC QUOTES
As Sporting Kansas City prepares to face off against USL Championship side Sacramento Republic FC at Heart Health Park in the U.S. Open Cup Semifinals on Wednesday night, here’s a look back at how Sporting advanced to the semifinal stage.
Manager & Sporting Director Peter Vermes... On the two goals conceded: “On the first goal, they had a free kick in their half. Ball gets played to (Jesus) Murillo. We should have went and pressured him right away. We didn’t and gave him too much time. He plays it to the next guy who gets it. It’s too much time. We should have stepped there as well. We don’t. They play between the lines. We don’t cut out that pass. The guy turns, plays the first ball through. And then defensively, we don’t get to the guy and he hits a cracker just like they hit their second goal against us at their place the last time where the guy hit the full volley goal. On the second goal, a terrible loss of possession on our part. How we lose the ball, I don’t know. In those moments, too many guys were on the field that played young tonight. And I think that’s the difference in the game. We actually played really well for so many parts of the game and so much of the game. But at the end, when you are naive and you give away the second goal the way we do, which is absolutely ridiculous, you should be embarrassed of that. I am and I am the coach. I’m not even on the field. It’s just a bad way when you’re trying to get back into the game. It’s 1-0. You’re right on the edge and you give up that goal. It’s a backbreaker. But I go back to the first goal as well - just very poor in the way that we respond and react as soon as that free kick is taken. Our transition in that situation was terrible and our organization and our intent and our ability to recognize it. I say this all the time, and I don’t use it lightly, when I talk about every roll of the ball, I mean every roll of the ball. You have to be locked in. The second you’re not, the other team capitalizes. And they did. The second one we gifted wrapped it for them.”
May 10, 2022 - Round of 32 - Sporting KC 4-2 FC Dallas (AET) Sporting KC opened the 2022 tournament with a home match against MLS side FC Dallas at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting fell into a 2-0 hole after goals from Franco Jara and Eddie Munjoma but roared back in the second half, pulling a goal back through Nikola Vujnovic before Marinos Tzionis headed home a 98th-minute equalizer to send the game to extra time. From there, Khiry Shelton forced an own goal before adding one of his own to seal the win. May 25, 2022 - Round of 16 - Sporting KC 2-1 Houston Dynamo FC Once again, Sporting KC fell behind in their Round of 16 clash with Houston at Children’s Mercy Park as Corey Baird fired the visitors in front late in the first half. Johnny Russell equalized shortly after halftime with a brilliant run and strike before converting the game-winner from the penalty spot after Daniel Salloi had been fouled. June 22, 2022 - Quarterfinal - Sporting KC 6-0 Union Omaha Having beaten two MLS teams earlier in the tournement, USL League One side Union Omaha arrived at Children’s Mercy Park full of confidence. However, Sporting’s quality shone through on the night as the team took a 2-0 lead into halftime after goals from Daniel Salloi and Kortne Ford, before Salloi added a third shortly after the break. Khiry Shelton fired home a fourth before Felipe Hernandez bagged a brace on a special night.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME U.S. OPEN CUP RESULTS
ALL-TIME U.S. OPEN CUP STATISTICS LEADERS
Sporting KC U.S. Open Cup Record vs. Sacramento Republic: 0-0-0
GAMES PLAYED GOALS PLAYER GP PLAYER 1. Roger Espinoza* 23 1. Daniel Salloi* 2. Matt Besler 20 2. Dom Dwyer 3. Graham Zusi* 18 3. Davy Arnaud 4. Kerry Zavagnin 17 3. C.J. Sapong 5. Chance Myers 16 3. Krisztian Nemeth 5. Seth Sinovic 16 3. Igor Simutenkov 7. Jacob Peterson 14 7. Johnny Russell* 7. Nick Garcia 14 7. Ryan Pore 7. Benny Feilhaber 14 7. Soony Saad 10. Three Players 13 10. Graham Zusi* 10. Six Players GAMES STARTED ASSISTS PLAYER GS PLAYER 1. Roger Espinoza* 18 1. Benny Feilhaber 1. Matt Besler 18 2. Graham Zusi* 3. Kerry Zavagnin 17 3. Roger Espinoza* 4. Graham Zusi* 16 3. Davy Arnaud 5. Seth Sinovic 15 3. Chris Klein 6. Chance Myers 13 3. Jacob Peterson 6. Nick Garcia 13 3. Josh Wolff 8. Benny Feilhaber 12 3. Jimmy Medranda 9. Tim Melia* 11 9. Johnny Russell* 10. Three Players 10 9. Khiry Shelton* 9. Five Players
Home Games: 0-0-0 (0 GF, 0 GA) Road Games: 0-0-0 (0 GF, 0 GA) Date --
Score --
Result --
Location --
ALL-TIME U.S. OPEN CUP STATISTICS (ACTIVE PLAYERS) # 20 7 8 11 21 27 12 15 54 18 5 29 3 1 28 2 24 6 48 17 4 25 22 10 26 23 9
PLAYER Daniel Salloi Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Khiry Shelton Felipe Hernandez Marinos Tzionis Kortne Ford Roger Espinoza Remi Walter Logan Ndenbe Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Tim Melia Andreu Fontas John Pulskamp Cam Duke Ben Sweat Kayden Pierre Uri Rosell Kaveh Rad Jake Davis Robert Voloder Ozzie Cisneros Kendall McIntosh Gadi Kinda Erik Thommy Willy Agada Alan Pulido
POS F F D F M F D M M D D GK D GK M D D M D M D M GK M M F F
GP 11 6 18 4 3 2 2 23 3 2 2 11 4 3 3 3 3 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
GS 6 4 16 1 3 1 2 18 2 1 0 11 4 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MIN 718 388 1537 181 300 148 134 2019 211 80 60 1080 354 300 282 255 190 177 100 61 42 18 0 0 0 0 0
GP 11 3 0
GS 11 3 0
MIN 1080 300 0
G 7 4 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 0 2 6 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MINUTES PLAYED PLAYER MIN 1. Roger Espinoza* 2019 2. Matt Besler 1730 3. Graham Zusi* 1537 4. Kerry Zavagnin 1453 5. Nick Garcia 1313 6. Seth Sinovic 1263 7. Chance Myers 1197 8. Benny Feilhaber 1126 9. Michael Harrington 1096 10. Tim Melia* 1080
PLAYER Tim Melia John Pulskamp Kendall McIntosh
POS GK GK GK
239
SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 189 MLS regular season, 12 MLS postseason, 22 Open Cup, 11 International, 5 friendlies
19,350
ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 188 MLS matches at full capacity since 2011 (including postseason)
GA 11 3 0
GAA 0.92 0.90 0.00
SO 4 1 0
G 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3
GP 14 18 23 12 10 14 7 8 5 4 --
A 9 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
GP 10 11 4 6 5 3 1 2 3
SO 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE PLAYER GP PLAYER GP 1. Tim Melia* 11 1. Taly Goode 1 2. Eric Kronberg 10 2. Jimmy Nielsen 4 3. Bo Oshoniyi 6 3. Bo Oshoniyi 6 4. Tony Meola 5 4. Eric Kronberg 10 5. Jimmy Nielsen 4 5. John Pulskamp* 3 5. William Hesmer 4 6. Tim Melia* 11 7. John Pulskamp* 3 7. Adrian Zendejas 3 GOALKEEPER WINS 1. Tim Melia* 11 2. Eric Kronberg 10 2. Tony Meola 5 4. Jimmy Nielsen 4 *Denotes Player on Current Roster 5. John Pulskamp* 2 5. Adrian Zendejas 3 5. Bo Oshoniyi 6 5. William Hesmer 4
GOALKEEPING STATISTICS # 29 1 22
SHUTOUTS PLAYER 1. Eric Kronberg 2. Tim Melia* 3. Jimmy Nielsen 3. Bo Oshoniyi 5. Tony Meola 6. John Pulskamp* 6. Taly Goode 6. Andy Gruenebaum 6. Adrian Zendejas
GP 11 11 12 13 4 5 6 6 5 18 --
REC. 8-1-2 3-0-0 0-0-0
CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS
127
SPORTING KC MATCHES WON
not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals
ATTENDANCE RECORDS (full capacity games only)
104.8
PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 188 MLS matches at full capacity since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467 5
GAA 0.00 0.23 0.72 0.73 0.90 0.92 8 4 4 3 2 2 2 2
418
SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 238 matches played at the stadium
168
TOTAL MLS SELLOUTS 188 MLS matches at full capacity since 2011 (including postseason)
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In
Players Out
DEF - Ben Sweat (Signed as Free Agent - Dec. 20, 2021)
GK - Brooks Thompson (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2021)
MID - Uri Rosell (Signed as Free Agent - Dec. 21, 2021)
DEF - Amadou Dia (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2021)
DEF - Logan Ndenbe (Acquired from EA Guingamp - Jan. 14, 2022)
DEF - Luis Martins (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2021)
DEF - Kortne Ford (Signed as Free Agent - Jan. 14, 2022)
DEF - Roberto Puncec (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2021)
DEF - Robert Voloder (Acquired from NK Maribor - Jan. 19, 2022)
DEF - Graham Smith (Out of Contract - Nov. 30, 2021)
FWD - Marinos Tzionis (Acquired from Omonia Nicosia - Jan. 24, 2022)
MID - Ilie Sanchez (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2021)
FWD - Nikola Vujnovic (Signed on loan from FK Vozdovac - Feb. 15, 2022)
FWD - Wilson Harris (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2021)
DEF - Spencer Glass (Short-Term Loan - May 9, 2022)
DEF - Jaylin Lindsey (Traded to Charlotte FC - Dec. 12, 2021)
FWD - Julian Vazquez (Short-Term Loan - May 17, 2022)
FWD - Grayson Barber (Waived - Feb. 14, 2022)
FWD - Julian Vazquez (Short-Term Loan - June 10, 2022)
FWD - Tyler Freeman (Waived - Feb. 14, 2022)
FWD - William Agada (Acquired from Hapoel Jerusalem - June 23, 2022)
MID - Jose Mauri (Contract Mutually Terminated - April 12, 2022)
MID - Erik Thommy (Signed as Free Agent - June 23, 2022)
DEF - Spencer Glass (End of Short-Term Loan - May 11, 2022) FWD - Julian Vazquez (End of Short-Term Loan - May 23, 2022) FWD - Julian Vazquez (End of Short-Term Loan - June 13, 2022) FWD - Nikola Vujnovic (Loan Contract Mutually Terminated - July 8, 2022)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT Nov. 30: OUT Dec. 12: IN/OUT Dec. 13: IN Dec. 20: IN Dec. 21: IN Jan. 13: IN Jan. 14: IN Jan. 14: IN Jan. 19: IN Jan. 24: IN Feb. 14: OUT Feb. 15: IN April 12: OUT May 9: IN May 11: OUT May 17: IN May 23: OUT June 10: IN June 13: OUT June 23: IN June 23: IN July 8: OUT
DETAILS Sporting KC declines options on GK Brooks Thompson, D Amadou Dia, D Luis Martins, D Roberto Puncec, M Ilie Sanchez and F Wilson Harris. In addition, D Graham Smith is out of contract. Sporting KC acquires up to $325,000 in allocation money from Charlotte FC in exchange for D Jaylin Lindsey. Sporting KC re-signs GK Kendall McIntosh. Sporting KC signs free agent D Ben Sweat, most recently at Austin FC (MLS). Sporting KC signs free agent M Uri Rosell, most recently at Orlando City SC (MLS). Sporting KC re-signs D Graham Zusi and M Roger Espinoza. Sporting KC acquires D Logan Ndenbe in transfer from EA Guingamp (France). Sporting KC signs free agent D Kortne Ford, most recently at the Colorado Rapids (MLS). Sporting KC acquires D Robert Voloder in transfer from NK Maribor (Slovenia). Sporting KC acquires F Marinos Tzionis in transfer from Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus). Sporting KC waives F Grayson Barber and F Tyler Freeman. Sporting KC acquires F Nikola Vujnovic from FK Vozdovac (Serbia) on a one-year loan. Sporting KC mutually agrees to terminate the contract of M Jose Mauri. Sporting KC signs Sporting KC II D Spencer Glass on a short-term loan ahead of U.S. Open Cup match against FC Dallas on May 10. Sporting KC ends short-term loan of Sporting KC II D Spencer Glass. Sporting KC signs Sporting KC II F Julian Vazquez on a short-term loan. Sporting KC ends short-term loan of Sporting KC II F Julian Vazquez. Sporting KC signs Sporting KC II F Julian Vazquez on a short-term loan. Sporting KC ends short-term loan of Sporting KC II F Julian Vazquez. Sporting KC acquires F William Agada in transfer from Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel). Sporting KC signs free agent M Erik Thommy, most recently with VfB Stuttgart (Germany) Sporting KC mutually agrees to terminate the loan contract of F Nikola Vujnovic.
CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year
MLS SuperDraft
2009
Graham Zusi (23rd)
2015
Overseas Signings
Domestic/Free Agents
Roger Espinoza (1/6/15)
Tim Melia (12/23/14)
2016 2018
Homegrown Players
Re-Entry Draft
Daniel Salloi (1/13/16) Johnny Russell (1/31/18) Andreu Fontas (8/8/18)
2019
Cam Duke (7/18/19) Felipe Hernandez (8/30/19)
2020
Khiry Shelton (12/9/19) Alan Pulido (12/10/19) Gadi Kinda (1/23/20)
John Pulskamp (2/24/20)
2021
Remi Walter (12/22/20) Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (2/3/21)
Ozzie Cisneros (1/20/21) Kaveh Rad (4/5/21) Kayden Pierre (5/4/21) Jake Davis (8/19/21)
2022
Logan Ndenbe (1/14/22) Robert Voloder (1/19/22) Marinos Tzionis (1/24/22) William Agada (6/23/22) Erik Thommy (6/23/22)
Ben Sweat (12/20/21) Uri Rosell (12/21/21) Kortne Ford (1/14/22)
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Kendall McIntosh (12/17/20)
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2022 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE
OPPONENT
COMPETITION
TIME (CT) / RESULT TV / SCORERS
Sunday, February 27
at Atlanta United FC
MLS
L
1-3
Salloi
SATURDAY, MARCH 5
HOUSTON DYNAMO FC
MLS
W
1-0
WALTER
Saturday, March 12
at Colorado Rapids
MLS
L
0-2
--
Saturday, March 19
at Chicago Fire FC
MLS
L
1-3
Espinoza
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
REAL SALT LAKE
MLS
W
1-0
RUSSELL
Saturday, April 2
at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS
L
0-1
--
SATURDAY, APRIL 9
NASHVILLE SC
MLS
L
1-2
WALTER
Sunday, April 17
at Los Angeles FC
MLS
L
1-3
Own Goal
SATURDAY, APRIL 23
COLUMBUS CREW
MLS
T
0-0
--
SATURDAY, APRIL 30
FC DALLAS
MLS
T
2-2
RUSSELL, SALLOI
Saturday, May 7
at New York City FC
MLS
T
0-0
--
TUESDAY, MAY 10
FC DALLAS
U.S. OPEN CUP
W
4-2
VUJNOVIC, TZIONIS, OWN GOAL, SHELTON
Saturday, May 14
at Portland Timbers
MLS
L
2-7
Russell, Tzionis
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
COLORADO RAPIDS
MLS
W
2-1
SALLOI (2)
Sunday, May 22
at San Jose Earthquakes
MLS
T
1-1
Russell
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25
HOUSTON DYNAMO FC
U.S. OPEN CUP
W
2-1
RUSSELL (2)
SATURDAY, MAY 28
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
MLS
L
0-1
--
SUNDAY, JUNE 12
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
MLS
L
1-2
RUSSELL
Sunday, June 19
at Nashville SC
MLS
W
2-1
Hernandez, Zusi
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
UNION OMAHA
U.S. OPEN CUP
W
6-0
SALLOI (2), FORD, SHELTON, HERNANDEZ (2)
Saturday, June 25
at Seattle Sounders FC
MLS
L
0-3
--
SUNDAY, JULY 3
NEW YORK RED BULLS
MLS
L
0-1
--
Saturday, July 9
at CF Montreal
MLS
W
2-1
Espinoza, Walter
Wednesday, July 13
at Minnesota United FC
MLS
T
1-1
Russell
Sunday, July 17
at Real Salt Lake
MLS
L
0-3
--
SATURDAY, JULY 23
LOS ANGELES FC
MLS
L
0-2
--
Wednesday, July 27
at Sacramento Republic FC
U.S. Open Cup
9:30 P.M.
ESPN+
SATURDAY, JULY 30
AUSTIN FC
MLS
7:30 P.M.
38 THE SPOT
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
LA GALAXY
MLS
7:30 P.M.
38 THE SPOT
Saturday, August 13
at Austin FC
MLS
8:00 P.M.
38 The Spot
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21
PORTLAND TIMBERS
MLS
7:00 P.M.
FS1
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
MLS
7:30 P.M.
38 THE SPOT
Sunday, September 4
at LA Galaxy
MLS
7:00 P.M.
38 The Spot / UniMas / TUDN
Saturday, September 10
at Houston Dynamo FC
MLS
7:30 P.M.
38 The Spot
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
D.C. UNITED
MLS
7:30 P.M.
38 THE SPOT
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
MINNESOTA UNITED FC
MLS
7:30 P.M.
38 THE SPOT
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
MLS
4:00 P.M.
FS1
Sunday, October 9
at FC Dallas
MLS
4:00 P.M.
38 The Spot
7
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes 2022 REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON) REFEREE
GAMES RECORD
SKC FOULS
OPP. FOULS
SKC YC
OPP. YC
SKC RC
OPP. RC
SKC PK
OPP. PK
Victor Rivas
3
2-1-0
30
41
7
7
1
1
0
0
Fotis Bazakos
2
0-1-1
22
25
1
6
0
0
0
0
Tim Ford
2
0-1-1
33
27
4
3
0
0
0
1
Ted Unkel
2
0-2-0
26
19
5
5
0
0
0
1
Alex Chilowicz
2
0-2-0
20
22
2
2
0
0
0
0
Joe Dickerson
2
1-1-0
22
21
6
5
1
0
0
0
Ismail Elfath
1
0-1-0
12
16
3
1
0
0
0
1
Armando Villarreal
1
0-1-0
17
19
3
4
0
0
0
0
Nima Saghafi
1
0-0-1
15
16
3
6
0
1
1
0
Drew Fischer
1
1-0-0
19
13
2
5
2
2
0
0
Pierre-Luc Lauziere 1
0-0-1
7
11
2
1
0
0
0
0
Chris Penso
1
0-1-0
9
10
2
4
1
0
0
0
Marcos DeOliveira
1
0-1-0
10
20
1
3
0
1
0
0
Ismir Pekmic
1
1-0-0
16
12
3
1
0
0
0
0
Guido Gonzales Jr.
1
0-0-1
3
10
1
3
0
0
0
0
Lukasz Szpala
1
0-1-0
11
15
0
3
0
0
0
0
2022 VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON) DATE
May 18, 2022 vs. Colorado
REFEREE
Drew Fischer
VAR
INCIDENT
Daniel Radford
SKC - Salloi Yellow Card
DECISION
Overturned, Red Card
Daniel Salloi fouls Nicolas Mezquida in midfield and is shown a yellow card. After reviewing the play, referee Drew Fischer overturns his original decision and shows Salloi a straight red card for serious foul play. June 19, 2022 at Nashville
Victor Rivas
Jose Carlos Rivero
NSH - Penalty Awarded
Overturned, No Penalty
Alex Muyl goes down in the penalty area under a challenge from Logan Ndenbe and a penalty is awarded. After reviewing the play, referee Victor Rivas overturns his original decision due to an offside infraction by Muyl in the build-up. July 3, 2022 vs. New York
Marcos DeOliveira
Jorge Gonzalez
NY - S. Nealis Yellow Card
Overturned, Red Card
Sean Nealis commits a handball offense by slapping the ball away from Cam Duke on the edge of the area. After reviewing the play, referee Marcos DeOliveira overturns his original decision and shows Nealis a red card for the Denial of an Obvious Goalscoring Opportunity.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS 2022 Regular-Season Record When...
Regular Season Record By Month
Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime
4-2-2 1-11-1 1-1-1 4-5-2 0-7-2
Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Allowing 0 goals Allowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goals Allowing 3 goals Allowing 4+ goals
0-7-2 2-5-2 3-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 3-3-2 0-4-1 0-5-0 0-1-0
Wearing Sporting blue Wearing dark indigo Wearing Parley
2-8-3 3-4-2 0-1-0
Leading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’
4-0-0 1-1-4 0-12-1
Feb. 2022 Feb. all-time March 2022 March all-time April 2022 April all-time May 2022 May all-time June 2022 June all-time July 2022 July all-time Aug. 2022 Aug. all-time Sept. 2022 Sept. all-time Oct. 2022 Oct. all-time Nov. 2022 Nov. all-time
Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even
2-4-2 3-8-3 0-1-0
Shutouts One-goal games
2-7-2 5-5-0
On ABC/ESPN On FS1 On Univision On 38 The Spot
0-3-1 1-1-0 2-0-0 2-9-4
Day games (before 5 p.m.) Games 5 p.m. CT or later Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75
1-4-0 4-9-5 2-6-2 3-7-3
With SKC red card With opponent red card
1-3-0 1-2-1
In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone In Central time zone In Eastern time zone
0-4-1 0-2-0 4-6-3 1-1-1
vs. Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference
4-9-3 1-4-2
On grass On turf
5-9-5 0-4-0
With zero subs With one sub With two subs With three subs With four subs With five subs With six subs
0-0-0 0-1-1 2-0-1 3-4-3 0-5-0 0-2-0 0-1-0
SPORTING KC IN 2022 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
Quickest Goal... Johnny Russell (4/30 vs. DAL) - 22nd Minute Quickest Goal Against... Will Bruin (6/25 at SEA) - 8th Minute
0-1-0 1-1-0 2-2-0 25-13-11 0-3-2 46-41-22 1-2-2 44-53-30 1-2-0 47-34-29 1-3-1 58-46-30 0-0-0 52-54-22 0-0-0 38-50-21 0-0-0 31-20-19 0-0-0 1-2-0
Game-winning goals after 75’...
Johnny Russell (3/26 vs. RSL) - 81st Minute
Game-tying goals after 75’...
Daniel Salloi (4/30 vs. DAL) - 77th Minute
Game-winning goals against after 75’...
Emmanuel Boateng (6/12 vs. NE) - 87th Minute
Game-tying goals against after 75’...
None
Red Cards...
Robert Voloder (5/14 at POR) - 78th Minute Andreu Fontas (5/18 vs. COL) - 96th Minute Daniel Salloi (5/18 vs. COL) - 99th Minute Uri Rosell (6/12 vs. NE) - 48th Minute Roger Espinoza (7/17 at RSL) - 62nd Minute
Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2022) vs. Atlanta United FC vs. Austin FC vs. Charlotte FC vs. Chicago Fire FC vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew vs. D.C. United vs. FC Cincinnati vs. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo FC vs. Inter Miami CF vs. Los Angeles FC vs. LA Galaxy vs. Minnesota United FC vs. CF Montreal vs. Nashville SC vs. NE Revolution vs. New York City FC vs. New York Red Bulls vs. Orlando City SC vs. Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake vs. SJ Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
1-2-1 (0-1-0) 1-1-1 (0-0-0) 0-0-0 (0-0-0) 19-27-12 (0-1-0) 29-25-18 (1-1-0) 26-22-9 (0-0-1) 21-22-13 (0-0-0) 1-0-1 (0-0-0) 27-28-14 (0-0-1) 13-13-13 (1-0-0) 0-0-0 (0-0-0) 4-5-0 (0-2-0) 25-26-15 (0-0-0) 7-4-4 (0-0-1) 8-4-3 (1-0-0) 2-1-0 (1-1-0) 25-19-12 (0-1-0) 2-3-1 (0-0-1) 22-22-14 (0-1-0) 2-3-2 (0-0-0) 6-6-5 (0-0-0) 7-6-6 (0-1-0) 12-16-8 (1-1-0) 28-25-10 (0-0-1) 9-11-4 (0-1-0) 14-4-8 (0-0-0) 11-6-4 (0-2-0)
Red Cards Against...
Penalty Kicks...
GOALS 1 SPORTING KC 7 OPPONENT 14
2 12 26
TOTAL 19 40
FOULS 1 SPORTING KC 123 OPPONENT 141
2 149 156
CAUTIONS 1 SPORTING KC 19 OPPONENT 22
2 26 37
Johnny Russell (4/30 vs. DAL) - Scored on Maarten Paes
Penalty Kicks Against...
Xherdan Shaqiri (3/19 at CHI) - Scored on Tim Melia Hany Mukhtar (4/9 vs. NSH) - Saved by Tim Melia Lucas Cavallini (5/28 vs. VAN) - Scored on Tim Melia
Penalty Kicks Earned...
Foul on Daniel Salloi (4/30 vs. DAL) - 22nd Minute
Youngest Goalscorer... Oldest Goalscorer... Youngest Starter... Youngest to play in a game... Oldest Starter... Oldest to play in a game...
Regular Season Home, Away & Neutral Overall All-time 2022 at home All-time at home 2022 on road All-time on road 2022 neutral All-time neutral
Brandon Servania (4/30 vs. DAL) - 67th Minute Josecarlos Van Rankin (5/14 at POR) - 74th Minute Auston Trusty (5/18 vs. COL) - 91st Minute Lucas Esteves (5/18 vs. COL) - 96th Minute Sean Nealis (7/3 vs. NY) - 73rd Minute
344-315-184 3-5-2 220-111-87 2-8-3 122-203-97 0-0-0 2-1-0
Marinos Tzionis (5/14 at POR) - 20 years and 302 days Graham Zusi (6/19 at NSH) - 35 years and 305 days Kayden Pierre (7/3 vs. NY) - 19 years and 137 days Kayden Pierre (3/12 at COL) - 19 years and 24 days Tim Melia (7/23 vs. LAFC) - 36 years and 69 days Tim Melia (7/23 vs. LAFC) - 36 years and 69 days
2022 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SHOTS 1 SPORTING KC 102 OPPONENT 124
2 136 150
TOTAL 238 274
SHOTS ON GOAL SPORTING KC OPPONENT
1 26 39
2 45 56
TOTAL 71 95
TOTAL 272 297
OFFSIDES 1 SPORTING KC 10 OPPONENT 38
2 7 32
TOTAL 17 70
CORNER KICKS SPORTING KC OPPONENT
1 39 41
2 47 54
TOTAL 86 95
TOTAL 45 59
EJECTIONS SPORTING KC OPPONENT
2 5 5
TOTAL 5 5
PK’S (MADE/ATTEMPTED) 1 SPORTING KC 1/1 OPPONENT 1/2
2 0/0 1/1
TOTAL 1/1 2/3
1 0 0
SPORTING KC ALL-TIME WIN/LOSS RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES OVERALL
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs MLS is Back KO U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W 344 19 0 33 13 409
HOME Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W 220 16 24 8 268
L 111 6 7 6 130
L 315 24 1 17 16 373
T 184 11 1 7 9 212
GF 1191 73 1 121 51 1437
GA 1133 76 3 70 63 1345
AWAY T 87 4 3 5 99
GF 704 48 84 29 865
GA 495 29 33 24 581
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W 122 2 9 5 138
L 203 17 10 10 240 9
NEUTRAL T 97 7 4 3 111
GF 481 22 37 22 562
GA 634 44 37 39 754
Competition MIB Reg. Season MIB KO Stage MLS Cup SuperLiga TOTAL
W 2 0 1 0 3
L 1 1 1 0 3
T 0 1 0 1 2
GF 6 1 3 0 10
GA 4 3 3 0 10
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2022 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES Feb. 27, 2022: Atlanta United FC 3-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | Atlanta, GA Attendance: 67,523 Weather: Indoors Sporting KC (0-1-0, 0 points) Atlanta United FC (1-0-0, 3 points)
1 0 2
2 1 1
F 1 3
March 5, 2022: Sporting KC 1-0 Houston Dynamo FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,872 Weather: Partly cloudy and 69 degrees Sporting KC (1-1-0, 3 points) Houston Dynamo FC (0-1-1, 1 point)
1 0 0
2 1 0
F 1 0
March 12, 2022: Colorado Rapids 2-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO Attendance: 12,387 Weather: Clear and 51 degrees Sporting KC (1-2-0, 3 points) Colorado Rapids (2-1-0, 6 points)
1 0 1
2 0 1
F 0 2
Sporting KC Atlanta United FC GK Melia GK Guzan (C) D Zusi D Hernandez D Isimat D Campbell D Fontas D Robinson D Ndenbe D Gutman M Uri (Mauri 50’ (Tzionis 77’)) M Alonso M Walter M Rossetto M Espinoza (Hernandez 67’) M Sejdic (Moreno 75’) F Russell (C) F Araujo (Dwyer 26’) F Shelton F Martinez (Wiley 75’) F Salloi F Wolff (Lennon 64’)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Isimat D Fontas D Ndenbe M Walter M Espinoza M Hernandez (Duke 82’) F Russell (C) F Shelton (Tzionis 77’) F Salloi
Houston Dynamo FC GK Clark D Valentin (Zeca 86’) D Parker (C) D Steres D Lundkvist M Ceren (Carrasquilla 66’) M Vera M Rodriguez (Quintero 66’) F Baird (Pasher 76’) F Ferreira (Ulfarsson 76’) F Picault
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Isimat D Fontas (Ford 81’) D Ndenbe (Sweat 81’) M Walter M Espinoza (Davis 81’) M Hernandez (Duke 28’) F Russell (C) (Pierre 83’) F Vujnovic F Tzionis
Colorado Rapids GK Yarbrough D Beitashour (Anderson 89’) D Rosenberry D Abubakar D Trusty D Esteves (Moor 67’) M Barrios (Yapi 88’) M Price (C) M Kaye M Lewis (Max 89’) F Rubio (Shinyashiki 73’)
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Ford Sweat Voloder Duke Cisneros
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Ford Pierre Sweat Voloder Davis Cisneros
Subs not used: Nelson (GK) Hadebe Junqua Jones
Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Rad Voloder Cisneros
Subs not used: Irwin (GK) Acosta Mezquida Warner
Subs not used: Castanheira (GK) Shuttleworth (GK) De John Ambrose Conway
Scoring Summary: ATL - Luiz Araujo 1 (Josef Martinez 1, Tyler Wolff 1) 20’ ATL - Dom Dwyer 1 (Josef Martinez 2) 48+ SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Unassisted) 85’ ATL - Caleb Wiley 1 (Marcelino Moreno 1) 89’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Remi Walter 1 (Unassisted) 60’
Misconduct Summary: ATL - Miles Robinson (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 3’ ATL - Ozzie Alonso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 11’ ATL - Andrew Gutman (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 22’ SKC - Jose Mauri (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’ SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (2) 3 15 1 4
ATL 12 (6) 0 6 5 4
March 19, 2022: Chicago Fire FC 3-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Soldier Field | Chicago, IL Attendance: 9,352 Weather: Rain and 41 degrees Sporting KC (1-3-0, 3 points) Chicago Fire FC (2-0-2, 8 points)
1 0 1
2 1 2
Scoring Summary: COL - Diego Rubio 2 (Lucas Esteves 2, Michael Barrios 2) 21’ COL - Mark-Anthony Kaye 1 (Steven Beitashour 1, Jack Price 1) 51’
F 1 3
Misconduct Summary: HOU - Darwin Ceren (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 83’ HOU - Darwin Quintero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ HOU - Matias Vera (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (5) 3 9 0 4
HOU 5 (3) 4 17 1 2
March 26, 2022: Sporting KC 1-0 Real Salt Lake MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,107 Weather: Sunny and 54 degrees 1 0 0
Sporting KC (2-3-0, 6 points) Real Salt Lake (3-1-1, 10 points)
2 1 0
F 1 0
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 29’ SKC - Cam Duke (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 57’ COL - Keegan Rosenberry (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 62’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 13 (3) 1 11 2 7
COL 9 (3) 4 12 2 5
April 2, 2022: Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BC Place | Vancouver, Canada Attendance: 16,772 Weather: Indoors Sporting KC (2-4-0, 6 points) Vancouver Whitecaps (1-3-1, 4 points)
1 0 0
2 0 1
F 0 1
Sporting KC GK Melia D Ford D Fontas D Isimat M Zusi M Espinoza (C) (Davis 86’) M Walter M Hernandez M Sweat (Ndenbe 77’) F Duke (Tzionis 62’) F Vujnovic
Chicago Fire FC GK Slonina D Sekulic D Omsberg D Czichos (C) D M. Navarro M Pineda (F. Navarro 73’) M Gimenez M Ivanov (Gutierrez 63’) M Shaqiri M Herbers (Bornstein 73’) F Przybylko
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Isimat D Fontas D Sweat M Walter M Espinoza M Hernandez (Duke 74’) F Russell (C) (Ford 85’) F Vujnovic (Shelton 62’) F Salloi
Real Salt Lake GK MacMath D Brody D Holt (Orozco 46’) D Silva (C) D Schmitt M Loffelsend (Garcia 88’) M Caldwell (Everton 62’) M Ruiz F Menendez (Kreilach 88’) F Cordova F Chang (Rubin 79’)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Isimat D Fontas D Sweat M Uri (Espinoza 46’) M Walter M Hernandez (Duke 77’) F Russell (C) (Tzionis 77’) F Shelton (Vujnovic 80’) F Salloi
Vancouver Whitecaps GK Hasal D Blackmon (Jungwirth 99+) D Veselinovic D Nerwinski M Brown M Teibert (C) M Berhalter (Baldisimo 69’) M Raposo (Godinho 79’) M Gauld (Vite 69’) F Caicedo (Ricketts 79’) F White (Cavallini 58’)
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Pierre Rad Voloder Cisneros
Subs not used: Richey (GK) Burks Espinoza Casas Bezerra Offor
Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Pierre Rad Voloder Davis Cisneros
Subs not used: Gomez (GK)
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Ndenbe Voloder Davis
Subs not used: Cropper (GK) Gutierrez Dajome
Scoring Summary: CHI - Kacper Przybylko 1 (Fabian Herbers 1, Xherdan Shaqiri 1) 30’ CHI - Xherdan Shaqiri 1 (Penalty Kick) 50’ SKC - Roger Espinoza 1 (Felipe Hernandez 1, Cam Duke 1) 56’ CHI - Kacper Przybylko 2 (Brian Gutierrez 1, Xherdan Shaqiri 2) 82’
Scoring Summary: VAN - Ryan Raposo 1 (Unassisted) 73’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Johnny Russell 1 (Unassisted) 81’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 35’ CHI - Fabian Herbers (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 37’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Dissent) 53’ CHI - Xherdan Shaqiri (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 74’
Misconduct Summary: RSL - Jasper Loffelsend (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 7’ RSL - Andrew Brody (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 29’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’ SKC - Ben Sweat (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 46+ SKC - Remi Walter (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ SKC - Cam Duke (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 7 (2) 0 17 2 1
CHI 10 (3) 1 15 5 4
SKC 11 (4) 2 14 2 4
RSL 9 (2) 3 8 5 6
10
Misconduct Summary: VAN - Russell Teibert (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 37’ VAN - Sebastian Berhalter (Yellow Card; Dissent) 45’ VAN - Lucas Cavallini (Yellow Card; Dissent) 60’ VAN - Marcus Godinho (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 94+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (4) 2 11 0 3
VAN 12 (3) 4 12 1 1
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2022 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) April 9, 2022: Sporting KC 1-2 Nashville SC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,852 Weather: Clear and 59 degrees 1 1 0
Sporting KC (2-5-0, 6 points) Nashville SC (3-2-1, 10 points)
2 0 2
F 1 2
April 17, 2022: Los Angeles FC 3-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Banc of California Stadium | Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 22,097 Weather: Sunny and 65 degrees Sporting KC (2-6-0, 6 points) Los Angeles FC (5-1-1, 16 points)
1 1 1
2 0 2
F 1 3
April 23, 2022: Sporting KC 0-0 Columbus Crew MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,483 Weather: Rainy and 69 degrees Sporting KC (2-6-1, 7 points) Columbus Crew (2-3-3, 9 points)
1 0 0
2 0 0
F 0 0
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Isimat D Fontas D Sweat (Ndenbe 84’) M Espinoza (Tzionis 76’) M Walter M Duke (Hernandez 46’) F Russell (C) F Shelton (Vujnovic 76’) F Salloi
Nashville SC GK Willis D Maher D Zimmerman (C) D Romney M Muyl M Anunga (Godoy 77’) M Davis M Washington F Leal (Haakenson 91+) F Sapong (Loba 91+) F Mukhtar (Zubak 92+)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Isimat D Fontas (Voloder 86’) D Ndenbe M Walter M Espinoza (Hernandez 66’) M Tzionis (Duke 77’) F Russell (C) F Shelton (Vujnovic 77’) F Salloi
Los Angeles FC GK Crepeau D Hollingshead D Murillo D Fall D Palacios M Ilie M Blessing (Cifuentes 66’) M Acosta (Ginella 81’) F Vela (C) F Arango (Musovski 74’) F Opouku (Tajouri-Shradi 66’)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ford D Isimat (Voloder 5’) D Ndenbe M Uri (Tzionis 56’) M Walter M Espinoza (Hernandez 84’) F Russell (C) F Shelton F Salloi
Columbus Crew GK Room D Moreira D Mensah (C) D Degenek (Williams 87’) D Santos M Nagbe M Artur M Morris F Yeboah (Etienne Jr. 60’) F Berry F Igbekeme
Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Ford Voloder
Subs not used: Meredith (GK) Bauer Lovitz Miller Bwana
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Ford Sweat
Subs not used: McCarthy (GK) Escobar Henry Ibeagha
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Fontas Sweat Duke Vujnovic
Subs not used: Bush (GK) Anibaba Sands Hairston Matan Parente Fuson
Scoring Summary: SKC - Remi Walter 2 (Ben Sweat 1, Daniel Salloi 1) 25’ NSH - Dave Romney 1 (Randall Leal 2, Hany Mukhtar 4) 51’ NSH - C.J. Sapong 2 (Alex Muyl 1, Sean Davis 1) 68’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Cam Duke (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 17’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 52’ SKC - Felipe Hernandez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 63’ NSH - Taylor Washington (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (4) 2 11 0 3
NSH 12 (3) 4 12 1 1
1 1 2
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 6’ LAFC - Jesus Murillo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 8’ LAFC - Mamadou Fall (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 25’ SKC - Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 43’ LAFC - Steve Cherundolo (Yellow Card; Dissent) 49’ LAFC - Diego Palacios (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ SKC - Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 80’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
April 30, 2022: Sporting KC 2-2 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 17,334 Weather: Cloudy and 57 degrees Sporting KC (2-6-2, 8 points) FC Dallas (4-1-4, 16 points)
Scoring Summary: SKC - Own Goal (Diego Palacios) 38’ LAFC - Cristian Arango 2 (Mamadou Fall 1, Diego Palacios 1) 44’ LAFC - Ismael Tajouri-Shradi 2 (Diego Palacios 2) 70’ LAFC - Jose Cifuentes 1 (Jesus Murillo 2) 78’
2 1 0
F 2 2
SKC 10 (2) 0 17 0 1
LAFC 15 (3) 2 19 2 7
May 7, 2022: New York City FC 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Citi Field | New York, NY Attendance: 15,031 Weather: Rainy and 47 degrees Sporting KC (2-6-3, 9 points) New York City FC (4-3-2, 14 points)
1 0 0
2 0 0
F 0 0
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi (Duke 23’) D Ford D Voloder D Ndenbe M Uri (Hernanez 63’) M Walter M Espinoza (Tzionis 80’) F Russell (C) F Shelton F Salloi
FC Dallas GK Paes D Twumasi D Tafari D Martinez D Farfan (Nanu 85’) M Ntsabeleng (Servania 60’) M Quignon M Pomykal F Arriola (Cerrillo 81’) F Ferreira (Jara 85’) F Velasco (Quinonez 81’)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Duke D Ford D Voloder D Ndenbe M Uri M Espinoza (Hernandez 73’) M Walter M Russell (C) F Shelton (Vujnovic 78’) F Salloi (Tzionis 82’)
New York City FC GK Johnson (C) D Gray D Martins D Callens D Gloster (Chanot 85’) M Parks M Acevedo (Morales 68’) M Thiago (Moralez 56’) M Rodriguez M Magno F Heber (Pereira 68’)
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Fontas Rad Sweat Davis Vujnovic
Subs not used: Maurer (GK) Bartlett Obrian Schon
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Fontas Pierre Rad Sweat Davis
Subs not used: Barraza (GK) Haak Jasson Zelalem O’Toole
Scoring Summary: SKC - Johnny Russell 2 (Penalty Kick) 22’ DAL - Alan Velasco 2 (Unassisted) 36’ DAL - Jesus Ferreira 6 (Paul Arriola 2) 42’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Cam Duke 2) 77’ Misconduct Summary: DAL - Tsiki Ntsabeleng (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 25’ SKC - Remi Walter (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ SKC - Kortne Ford (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 34’ DAL - Ema Twumasi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’ SKC - Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Dissent) 50’ DAL - Alan Velasco (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’ DAL - Jesus Ferreira (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 62’ DAL - Brandon Servania (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 63’ DAL - Brandon Servania (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 67’ DAL - Maarten Paes (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 94+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (5) 2 15 0 1
DAL 9 (4) 2 16 2 0
Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: SKC - Logan Ndenbe (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’ NYC - Nicolas Acevedo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’ SKC - Kortne Ford (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 5 (3) 3 16 2 1
NYC 11 (3) 3 12 3 4
11
Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: CLB - Pedro Santos (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 46+ SKC - Uri Rosell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48+ CLB - Jonathan Mensah (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 3 (3) 1 11 1 2
CLB 9 (1) 3 12 4 2
May 14, 2022: Portland Timbers 7-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Portland, OR Attendance: 23,503 Weather: Partly cloudy and 66 degrees Sporting KC (2-7-3, 9 points) Portland Timbers (3-3-6, 15 points)
1 0 1
2 2 6
F 2 7
Sporting KC Portland Timbers GK Melia GK Ivacic D Duke (Pierre 84’) D Van Rankin D Ford D Zuparic D Voloder D Tuiloma (McGraw 82’) D Ndenbe D Rasmussen M Uri (Tzionis 58’) M Blanco (Bonilla 77’) M Espinoza (Hernandez 46’) M Williamson (Moreno 70’) M Walter M D. Chara (Loria 83’) M Russell (C) (Vujnovid 84’) M Paredes F Shelton (Davis 89’) M Y. Chara F Salloi F Fogaca (Ikoba 70’) Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Bingham (GK) Fontas Asprilla Rad Sweat Scoring Summary: POR - Bill Tuiloma 3 (Eryk Williamson 1) 12’ POR - Sebastian Blanco 1 (Cristhian Paredes 1) 46’ POR - Sebastian Blanco 2 (Yimmi Chara 4) 52’ POR - Nathan Fogaca 1 (Sebastian Blanco 3) 46’ SKC - Johnny Russell 3 (Felipe Hernandez 2) 57’ POR - Nathan Fogaca 2 (Sebastian Blanco 4, Eryk Williamson 2) 69’ SKC - Marinos Tzionis 1 (Felipe Hernandez 3) 75’ POR - Marvin Loria 1 (Cristhian Paredes 2) 88’ POR - Santiago Moreno 1 (Diego Chara 1) 92+ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 18’ SKC - Robert Voloder (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 35’ POR - Josecarlos Van Rankin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’ POR - Bill Tuiloma (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ POR - Josecarlos Van Rankin (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 74’ SKC - Robert Voloder (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 78’ SKC - Peter Vermes (Yellow Card; Dissent) 80’ POR - Diego CHara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ Stats Summary SKC POR Shots (on goal) 11 (4) 11 (8) Saves 1 2 Fouls 7 15 Offside 1 1 Corner Kicks 3 1
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2022 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) May 18, 2022: Sporting KC 2-1 Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 17,233 Weather: Sunny and 80 degrees 1 1 1
Sporting KC (3-7-3, 12 points) Colorado Rapids (4-5-3, 15 points)
2 1 0
F 2 1
May 22, 2022: San Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | PayPal Park | San Jose, CA Attendance: 14,233 Weather: Partly Cloudy and 80 degrees 1 1 0
Sporting KC (3-7-4, 13 points) San Jose Earthquakes (3-5-5, 14 points)
2 0 1
F 1 1
May 28, 2022: Sporting KC 0-1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,206 Weather: Sunny and 79 degrees Sporting KC (3-8-4, 13 points) Vancouver Whitecaps (4-7-2, 14 points)
1 0 1
2 0 0
F 0 1
Sporting KC Colorado Rapids GK Melia GK Yarbrough D Sweat D Abubakar D Ford D Wilson D Fontas D Trusty D Ndenbe M Rosenberry M Uri M Price (C) (Kaye 46’) M Walter M Acosta (Mezquida 82’) M Hernandez M Esteves F Russell (C) M Rubio F Vujnovic (Tzionis 34’ (Duke 100+)) F Zardes (Barrios 64’) F Salloi F Lewis
Sporting KC GK Melia D Sweat D Ford D Voloder D Ndenbe M Uri M Hernandez M Espinoza (Tzionis 64’) F Walter F Russell (C) F Duke
San Jose Earthquakes GK Marcinkowski D Marie D Agren D Calvo D Beason M Remedi (Judson 80’) M Yueill (Gregus 68’) M Monteiro (Chofis 68’) F Espinoza F Ebobisse F Cowell
Sporting KC GK Melia D Sweat (Pierre 46’) D Ford D Fontas (Isimat 69’) D Ndenbe M Uri (Tzionis 46’) M Hernandez M Espinoza F Walter F Russell (C) F Duke
Vancouver Whitecaps FC GK Cropper D Godinho (Martins 79’) D Brown D Veselinovic D Nerwinski D Gutierrez (Godoy 60’) M Jungwirth M Berhalter (Raposo 79’) M Owusu (Baldisimo 46’) F Dajome (C) (Caicedo 27’) F Cavallini
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Pierre Rad Davis Vazquez
Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Pierre Rad Davis Vazquez
Subs not used: Bersano (GK) Salinas Skahan Thompson Bouda Kikanovic
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Rad Voloder Davis
Subs not used: Boehmer (GK) Alexandre Vite Ricketts
Subs not used: Irwin (GK) Beitashour Markanich Vallecilla Max Warner
Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 3 (Uri Rosell 1) 24’ COL - Lucas Esteves 1 (Gyasi Zardes 1) 29’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 4 (Unassisted) 50’ Misconduct Summary: COL - Bryan Acosta (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 3’ SKC - Felipe Hernandez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’ COL - Auston Trusty (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 78’ SKC - Logan Ndenbe (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ COL - Lalas Abubakar (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’ COL - Auston Trusty (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 91+ COL - Diego Rubio (Yellow Card; Dissent) 91+ COL - Lucas Esteves (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+ COL - Lucas Esteves (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 96+ SKC - Andreu Fontas (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 96+ SKC - Daniel Salloi (Red Card; Serious Foul Play) 99+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 6 (2) 3 19 0 1
COL 15 (4) 0 13 2 5
June 12, 2022: Sporting KC 1-2 New England Revolution MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,703 Weather: Partly Cloudy and 91 degrees 1 Sporting KC (3-9-4, 13 points) 0 New England Revolution (5-5-4, 19 points) 1
2 1 1
F 1 2
Scoring Summary: SKC - Johnny Russell 4 (Cam Duke 3, Roger Espinoza 1) 45’ SJ - Jackson Yueill 3 (Jamiro Monteiro 4, Francisco Calvo 1) 46’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’ SKC - Uri Rosell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 74’ SJ - Paul Marie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 80’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 6 (2) 4 7 0 4
SJ 18 (5) 1 11 3 4
June 19, 2022: Nashville SC 1-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | GEODIS Park | Nashville, TN Attendance: 29,269 Weather: Sunny and 87 degrees 1 1 0
Sporting KC (4-9-4, 16 points) Nashville SC (6-5-5, 23 points)
2 1 1
F 2 1
Scoring Summary: VAN - Lucas Cavallini 4 (Penalty Kick) 24’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Kortne Ford (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 13’ VAN - Sebastian Berhalter (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 44’ VAN - Cristian Gutierrez (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 52’ SKC - Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Dissent) 58’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (2) 0 11 2 4
VAN 9 (1) 1 13 1 5
June 25, 2022: Seattle Sounders FC 3-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Lumen Field | Seattle, WA Attendance: 33,380 Weather: Sunny and 77 degrees Sporting KC (4-10-4, 16 points) Seattle Sounders FC (7-6-2, 23 points)
1 0 1
2 0 2
F 0 3
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi (Pierre 90’) D Ford (Isimat 46’) D Voloder (Fontas 46’) D Ndenbe M Uri M Walter (Shelton 33’) M Espinoza F Russell (C) F Hernandez F Duke
New England Revolution GK Petrovic D Bye D Farrell D Gonzalez (Bell 55’) D Jones M Kaptoum (Altidore 64’) M Polster M McNamara (Traustason 72’) M Gil (C) M Borrero (Boateng 73’) F Bou (Maciel 90’)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Isimat D Fontas D Ndenbe M Walter (Ford 80’) M Hernandez M Duke (Espinoza 74’) F Russell (C) (Pierre 97+) F Shelton F Salloi
Nashville SC GK Willis D Muyl D Miller (Leal 76’) D Maher D Romney (Washington 64’) D Lovitz M Davis M Godoy (C) (McCarty 64’) M Anunga (Loba 46’) F Sapong F Mukhtar
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi (Pierre 74’) D Isimat D Fontas D Ndenbe (Sweat 86’) M Walter M Hernandez (Espinoza 74’) M Duke F Russell (C) (Tzionis 86’) F Shelton F Salloi
Seattle Sounders FC GK Frei D A. Roldan D Yeimar (Cissoko 80’) D Ragen D Nouhou M Rowe (Medranda 80’) M Rusnak (Leyva 84’) M C. Roldan M Lodeiro (C) (Montero 80’) M Morris F Bruin (Chu 74’)
Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Rad Sweat Vazquez
Subs not used: Knighton (GK) DeLaGarza Rivera Rennicks
Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Rad Sweat Voloder Davis Tzionis
Subs not used: Meyer (GK) Panicco (GK) Bauer Haakenson Zubak
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Rad Voloder Davis Uri
Subs not used: Cleveland (GK) Teves
Scoring Summary: NE - Gustavo Bou 2 (Dylan Borrero 1) 30’ SKC - Johnny Russell 5 (Unassisted) 52’ NE - Emmanuel Boateng 1 (Unassisted) 87’ Misconduct Summary: NE - Gustavo Bou (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 7’ NE - Matt Polster (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 24’ SKC - Kortne Ford (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 34’ SKC - Uri Rosell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47+ SKC - Uri Rosell (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’ NE - Andrew Farrell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 50’ NE - DeJuan Jones (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 9 (2) 3 9 1 6
NE 12 (5) 1 10 2 5
Scoring Summary: SKC - Felipe Hernandez 1 (Unassisted) 41’ SKC - Graham Zusi 1 (Remi Walter 1) 51’ NSH - Ake Loba 1 (Unassisted) 63’ Misconduct Summary: NSH - Anibal Godoy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’ SKC - Tim Melia (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 81’ SKC - Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Dissent) 89’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 8 (4) 1 14 1 4
NSH 9 (2) 2 9 4 4
12
Scoring Summary: SEA - Will Bruin 2 (Cristian Roldan 4, Alex Roldan 4) 8’ SEA - Jordan Morris 4 (Nouhou 1, Nicolas Lodeiro 4) 71’ SEA - Cristian Roldan 3 (Jordan Morris 3, Leo Chu 2) 76’ Misconduct Summary: SEA - Jordan Morris (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 65’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 9 (1) 5 9 1 7
SEA 15 (8) 1 10 3 2
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2022 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) July 3, 2022: Sporting KC 0-1 New York Red Bulls MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,065 Weather: Cloudy and 86 degrees Sporting KC (4-11-4, 16 points) New York Red Bulls (9-5-5, 32 points)
1 0 0
2 0 1
F 0 1
July 9, 2022: CF Montreal 1-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Stade Saputo | Montreal, Quebec Attendance: 14,127 Weather: Sunny and 71 degrees 1 1 1
Sporting KC (5-11-4, 19 points) CF Montreal (9-8-2, 29 points)
2 1 0
F 2 1
July 13, 2022: Minnesota United FC 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Allianz Field | St. Paul, MN Attendance: 19,657 Weather: Sunny and 76 degrees Sporting KC (5-11-5, 20 points) Minnesota United (8-8-4, 28 points)
1 0 1
2 1 0
F 1 1
Sporting KC GK Melia D Pierre D Isimat D Fontas D Ndenbe M Walter M Hernandez (Tzionis 85’) M Duke F Russell (C) F Shelton F Salloi
New York Red Bulls GK Coronel D D. Nealis D S. Nealis D Long (C) D Tolkin M Amaya M Casseres Jr. M Luquinhas M Fernandez (Harper 26’) M Morgan (Ngoma 66’) F Barlow (Klimala 57’)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Pierre D Isimat D Fontas D Sweat M Uri (Hernandez 72’) M Espinoza (Duke 82’) M Walter F Russell (C) (Voloder 88’) F Shelton F Salloi
CF Montreal GK Breza D Johnston D Camacho D Miller M Lappalainen (Brault-Guillard 80’) M Kone M Piette (C) (Hamdi 80’) M Kwizera (Choiniere 46’) F Quioto F Toye (Kamara 72’) F Miljevic (Torres 71’)
Sporting KC GK Pulskamp D Pierre D Isimat D Fontas (C) D Ndenbe M Uri (Russell 57’) M Walter M Hernandez F Duke F Salloi F Tzionis (Shelton 75’)
Minnesota United GK St. Clair D Taylor D Boxall D Dibassy D Lawrence M Trapp (C) (Hayes 83’) M Lod M Hlongwane (Rosales 46’) M Reynoso M Fragapane F Amarilla
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Rad Sweat Voloder Davis Espinoza Uri
Subs not used: Meara (GK) Castillo Sserwadda Yearwood
Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Ndenbe Rad Davis Tzionis
Subs not used: Pantemis (GK) Corbo Waterman Thorkelsson
Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Rad Sweat Voloder Davis
Subs not used: Miller (GK) Fisher Kallman Montgomery McMaster Danladi Kibunguchy
Scoring Summary: NY - Aaron Long 3 (Lewis Morgan 3) 53’
Scoring Summary: MTL - Romell Quioto 7 (Lassi Lappalainen 4, Ismael Kone 3) 13’ SKC - Roger Espinoza 2 (Unassisted) 29’ SKC - Remi Walter 3 (Khiry Shelton 1) 63’
Misconduct Summary: NY - Cameron Harper (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 57’ NY - Sean Nealis (Red Card; DOGSO) 73’ NY - John Tolkin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ NY - Frankie Amaya (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 83’ SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Uri Rosell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ MTL - Jojea Kwizera (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 32’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 61’ SKC - Kayden Pierre (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 77’
Misconduct Summary: MIN - Wil Trapp (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 16’ SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47’ MIN - DJ Taylor (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’ MIN - Emanuel Reynoso (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 32’
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 17 (4) 1 10 0 9
NY 7 (2) 3 20 3 1
July 17, 2022: Real Salt Lake 3-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, UT Attendance: 20,132 Weather: Cloudy and 81 degrees Sporting KC (5-12-5, 20 points) Real Salt Lake (9-6-6, 33 points)
1 0 0
2 0 3
F 0 3
SKC 6 (3) 4 16 0 1
MTL 16 (5) 1 12 3 12
July 23, 2022: Sporting KC 0-2 Los Angeles FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,142 Weather: Sunny and 98 degrees Sporting KC (5-13-5, 20 points) Los Angeles FC (14-4-3, 45 points)
1 0 0
2 0 2
F 0 2
Sporting KC GK Pulskamp D Pierre D Isimat D Voloder D Ndenbe M Uri (Hernandez 57’) M Walter M Espinoza F Russell (C) (Duke 79’) F Salloi F Tzionis (Shelton 66’)
Real Salt Lake GK MacMath D Herrera D Glad (Holt 82’) D Silva (C) D Brody M Ruiz M Loffelsend (Besler 72’) M Chang M Savarino (Luna 82’) M Meram (Hidalgo 87’) F Cordova (Julio 72’)
Sporting KC GK Melia (Pulskamp 53’) D Zusi (Pierre 46’) D Isimat D Fontas D Ndenbe M Walter M Hernandez (Uri 65’) M Thommy (Duke 61’) F Russell (C) F Shelton (Agada 84’) F Salloi (Tzionis 84’)
Los Angeles FC GK Crepeau D Escobar (Hollingshead 65’) D Murillo D Chiellini (Segura 46’) D Palacios M Ilie M Cifuentes M Acosta F Vela (C) (Blessing 78’) F Arango (Mendez 86’) F Opoku (Bale 65’)
Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Rad Sweat Davis Agada
Subs not used: Gomez (GK) Kappelhof Rubin
Subs not used: Sweat Voloder
Subs not used: McCarthy (GK) Fall Ibeagha
Scoring Summary: RSL - Sergio Cordova 4 (Andrew Brody 2, Maikel Chang 6) 50’ RSL – Pablo Ruiz 2 (Jefferson Savarino 3, Justin Meram 5) 64’ RSL – Jefferson Savarino 4 (Justin Meram 6, Aaron Herrera 1) 71’ Misconduct Summary: SKC – Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 24’ RSL – Justen Glad (Yellow Card; Persistent Infringement) 34’ RSL – Sergio Cordova (Yellow Card; Excessive Celebration) 50’ SKC – Roger Espinoza (Red Card; Serious Foul Play) 62’ SKC – Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 85’ RSL – Anderson Julio (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 6 (1) 8 3 0 4
RSL 19 (10) 1 13 6 5
Scoring Summary: LAFC - Cristian Arango 9 (Kwadwo Opoku 2) 56’ LAFC - Gareth Bale 1 (Cristian Arango 3) 83’ Misconduct Summary: LAFC – Kellyn Acosta (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 5’ LAFC - Carlos Vela (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’ LAFC - Ryan Hollingshead (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 96+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (3) 2 11 0 7
LAFC 13 (5) 3 15 2 6
13
Scoring Summary: MIN - Own Goal (John Pulskamp) 43’ SKC - Johnny Russell 6 (Kayden Pierre 1) 63’
SKC 12 (5) 4 3 0 3
MIN 10 (3) 4 10 8 5
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2022 U.S. OPEN CUP BOX SCORES May 10, 2022: Sporting KC 4-2 FC Dallas U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 14,922 Weather: Sunny and 87 degrees 1 0 2
Sporting KC FC Dallas
2 2 0
ET1 1 0
ET2 1 0
F 4 2
May 25, 2022: Sporting KC 2-1 Houston Dynamo FC U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 14,913 Weather: Cloudy and 60 degrees 1 0 1
Sporting KC Houston Dynamo FC
2 2 0
F 2 1
June 22, 2022: Sporting KC 6-0 Union Omaha U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,552 Weather: Partly cloudy and 82 degrees 1 2 0
Sporting KC Union Omaha
2 4 0
F 6 0
Sporting KC GK Pulskamp D Rad (Voloder 100’) D Fontas (C) D Sweat M Pierre (Russell 74’) M Hernandez M Davis (Walter 61’) M Cisneros (Duke 18’) M Glass (Salloi 61’) F Vujnovic (Shelton 61’) F Tzionis
FC Dallas GK Maurer D Bartlett (Martinez 64’) D Tafari D Quononez (Roberts 85’) M Nanu M Servania (Redzic 91’) M Cerrillo M Munjoma F Obrian (Velasco 77’) F Jara (Ferreira 76’) F Schon (Elmedkhar 64’)
Sporting KC GK Pulskamp D Sweat (Shelton 46’) D Ford D Fontas (Isimat 76’) D Ndenbe (Pierre 64’) M Uri (Espinoza 46’) M Walter M Hernandez F Russell (C) F Salloi F Duke
Houston Dynamo FC GK Nelson D Dorsey D Bartlow D Steres D Junqua M Quintero M Ceren (C) M Raines (Vera 57’) F Baird (Pasher 72’) F Avila (Carrasquilla 57’) F Rodriguez (Picault 72’)
Sporting KC GK Pulskamp D Pierre D Ford (Isimat 48+) D Fontas (Voloder 68’) D Sweat M Walter (Uri 62’) M Hernandez M Duke F Russell (C) (Tzionis 62’) F Shelton (Espinoza 62’) F Salloi (Ndenbe 74’)
Union Omaha GK Nuhu D Alihodzic (Gordon 63’) D Claudio D Knutson (Touche 72’) D Jiba M Meza (Acoff 63’) M Scearce M Doyle (C) (Willis 72’) M Brito F Malcolm (Bawa 46’) F Kametani (Bruce 63’)
Subs not used: McIntosh (GK)
Subs not used: Paes (GK)
Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Voloder Davis
Subs not used: Valdez (GK) Parker Zeca
Subs not used: McIntosh (GK)
Subs not used: Piedrahita (GK)
Scoring Summary: DAL - Franco Jara 2 (Unassisted) 8’ DAL - Eddie Munjoma 1 (Jader Obrian 1) 34’ SKC - Nikola Vujnovic 1 (Unassisted) 60’ SKC - Marinos Tzionis 1 (Remi Walter 1) 98+ SKC - Edwin Cerrillo (Own Goal) 94’ SKC - Khiry Shelton 1 (Unassisted) 113’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 26’ DAL - Jimmy Maurer (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 36’ SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 42’ DAL - Jader Obrian (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 43’ DAL - Lucas Bartlett (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 63’ DAL - Jesus Ferreira (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 95+ DAL - Jose Antonio Martinez (Red Card; DOGSO) 97+ SKC - Felipe Hernandez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 107+ SKC - Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Dissent) 120’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 23 (7) 2 15 3 10
DAL 12 (5) 3 17 4 6
Scoring Summary: HOU - Corey Baird 1 (Darwin Quintero 1) 41’ SKC - Johnny Russell 1 (Unassisted) 52’ SKC - Johnny Russell 2 (Penalty Kick) 73’ Misconduct Summary: HOU - Darwin Ceren (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 18’ SKC - Uri Rosell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 29’ HOU - Darwin Quintero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ HOU - Griffin Dorsey (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 68’ SKC - Kortne Ford (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 88’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 18 (4) 2 8 1 3
14
HOU 7 (3) 2 8 2 4
Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Khiry Shelton 1) 10’ SKC - Kortne Ford 1 (Felipe Hernandez 1) 37’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Khiry Shelton 2) 53’ SKC - Khiry Shelton 2 (Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 1) 56’ SKC - Felipe Hernandez 1 (Unassisted) 66’ SKC - Felipe Hernandez 2 (Logan Ndenbe 1) 81’ Misconduct Summary: OMA - Isaac Bawa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 17 (12) 1 12 1 8
OMA 5 (1) 6 12 2 2
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2022 REGULAR SEASON)
Formation: 4-3-3 (20 games) Left forward
Center forward
Left-center midfielder Felipe Hernandez 11 Roger Espinoza 7 Cam Duke 1 Erik Thommy 1
Left back
Logan Ndenbe 16 Ben Sweat 4
Right forward
Khiry Shelton 12 Nikola Vujnovic 3 Johnny Russell 2 Daniel Salloi 2 Felipe Hernandez 1
Daniel Salloi 14 Cam Duke 3 Marinos Tzionis 3
Johnny Russell 17 Remi Walter 2 Cam Duke 1
Right-center midfielder Defensive midfielder Uri Rosell 12 Remi Walter 7 Roger Espinoza 1
Left center back
Remi Walter 11 Roger Espinoza 5 Cam Duke 3 Felipe Hernandez 1
Right center back
Andreu Fontas 14 Robert Voloder 5 Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 1
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 13 Kortne Ford 7
Right back
Graham Zusi 12 Kayden Pierre 4 Ben Sweat 3 Cam Duke 1
Goalkeeper
Tim Melia 18 John Pulskamp 2
Formation: 3-5-2 (1 game) Center forward Nikola Vujnovic 1
Second Striker Cam Duke 1
Left-center midfielder Felipe Hernandez 1
Right-center midfielder Center midfielder
Roger Espinoza 1
Remi Walter 1
Left wing back
Right wing back
Ben Sweat 1
Graham Zusi 1
Left center back Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 1
Center back Andreu Fontas 1
Goalkeeper Tim Melia 1
15
Right center back Kortne Ford 1
NOTE: Charts do not account for players interchanging and/ or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2022 REGULAR SEASON)
Formation: 4-2-3-1 (1 game)
Center forward
Left forward
Right forward
Khiry Shelton 1
Daniel Salloi 1
Johnny Russell 1
Attacking midfielder Marinos Tzionis 1
Right defensive midfielder
Left defensive midfielder
Remi Walter 1
Roger Espinoza 1
Left back
Logan Ndenbe 1
Left center back
Right center back
Andreu Fontas 1
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 1
Right back Graham Zusi 1
Goalkeeper Tim Melia 1
Formation: 4-3-1-2 (1 game)
Center forward
Left forward
Khiry Shelton 1
Daniel Salloi 1
Attacking midfielder Johnny Russell 1
Left midfielder
Right midfielder
Remi Walter 1
Roger Espinoza 1
Defensive midfielder Uri Rosell 1
Left back
Logan Ndenbe 1
Left center back
Right center back
Robert Voloder 1
Kortne Ford 1
Goalkeeper Tim Melia 1
16
Right back Cam Duke 1
NOTE: Charts do not account for players interchanging and/ or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2022 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS DATE
February 27 March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 April 2 April 9 April 17 April 23 April 30 May 7 May 14 May 18 May 22 May 28 June 12 June 19 June 25 July 3 July 9 July 13 July 17 July 23 July 30 August 6 August 13 August 21 August 27 September 4 September 10 September 13 September 17 October 2 October 9
OPPONENT
at Atlanta Untied FC vs. Houston Dynamo FC at Colorado Rapids at Chicago Fire FC vs. Real Salt Lake at Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Nashville SC at Los Angeles FC vs. Columbus Crew vs. FC Dallas at New York City FC at Portland Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids at San Jose Earthquakes vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. New England Revolution at Nashville SC at Seattle Sounders FC vs. New York Red Bulls at CF Montreal at Minnesota United FC at Real Salt Lake vs. Los Angeles FC vs. Austin FC vs. LA Galaxy at Austin FC vs. Portland Timbers vs. San Jose Earthquakes at LA Galaxy at Houston Dynamo FC vs. D.C. United vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Seattle Sounders FC at FC Dallas
RESULT L W L L W L L L T T T L W T L L W L L W T L L
SCORE 1-3 1-0 0-2 1-3 1-0 0-1 1-2 1-3 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-7 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 2-1 0-3 0-1 2-1 1-1 0-3 0-2
ATT.
67,523 18,872 12,387 9,352 19,107 16,772 18,852 22,097 18,483 17,334 15,031 23,503 17,233 14,233 19,206 18,703 29,269 33,380 19,065 14,127 19,657 20,132 20,142
RECORD 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 2-4-0 2-5-0 2-6-0 2-6-1 2-6-2 2-6-3 2-7-3 3-7-3 3-7-4 3-8-4 3-9-4 4-9-4 4-10-4 4-11-4 5-11-4 5-11-5 5-12-5 5-13-5
PTS. 0 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 12 13 13 13 16 16 16 19 20 20 20
PLACE T-10 T-6 T-11 12 T-6 T-11 12 12 T-11 11 T-11 13 13 T-12 14 14 T-12 13 14 T-14 14 14 14
GOALSCORERS Salloi Walter -Espinoza Russell -Walter Own Goal -Russell, Salloi -Russell, Tzionis Salloi (2) Russell -Russell Hernandez, Zusi --Espinoza, Walter Russell ---
SPORTING KC 2022 REGULAR-SEASON STATS 2022 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (5-13-5, 20 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF JULY 23, 2022 UNF 7 20 54 15 21 27 8 28 24 6 11 2 23 17 3 12 5 32 29 18 1 26 4 19 25 22 9 48
POS F F M M M F D M D M F D F M D D D M GK D GK M D F F GK F D
PLAYER Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi Remi Walter Roger Espinoza Felipe Hernandez Marinos Tzionis Graham Zusi Cam Duke Kayden Pierre Oriol Rosell Khiry Shelton Ben Sweat William Agada Jake Davis Andreu Fontas Kortne Ford Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Jose Mauri Tim Melia Logan Ndenbe John Pulskamp Erik Thommy Robert Voloder Nikola Vujnovic Ozzie Cisneros Kendall McIntosh Alan Pulido Kaveh Rad Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 22 18 23 19 23 19 14 21 11 14 18 10 1 3 17 12 18 1 21 20 3 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 23 23
GS MIN 21 1874 18 1605 23 2003 16 1305 14 1351 4 614 14 1130 11 1122 4 482 13 846 14 1315 8 668 0 6 0 15 16 1450 9 789 16 1421 0 27 21 1853 18 1627 2 217 1 61 6 574 4 331 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2070 23 2070
G 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 40
A 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 47 47 10 24 23 15 8 10 0 3 16 3 1 0 8 2 6 0 0 6 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0
SOG 16 17 3 8 2 4 3 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
FC 16 14 13 33 21 9 12 21 1 20 19 12 0 3 17 11 17 1 0 22 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0
FS 43 28 11 11 30 25 16 28 12 7 15 6 1 0 7 6 3 0 2 28 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0
OFF 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
CK 11 4 21 0 39 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 4 0 2 9 2 0 1 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 5 4 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 50
237 274
71 95
271 296
296 271
17 71
86 95
45 60
5 5
GA 34 6 40 19
GAA 1.65 2.49 1.74 0.83
PG 2 0 2 1
PA 3 0 3 1
W 5 0 5 13
L 11 2 13 5
T 4 1 5 5
SO 4 0 4 9
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Remi Walter 2, Johnny Russell 1, Daniel Salloi 1, Graham Zusi 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Khiry Shelton 1, Remi Walter 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Johnny Russell 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF 29 1
POS GK GK
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia John Pulskamp Team totals Opponent totals
GP 21 3 23 23
GS 21 2 23 23
MIN 1853 217 2070 2070
SH 80 15 95 71
SV 45 10 55 49 17
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Manager & Sporting Director | Peter Vermes
Assistant Coach | Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin first joined Kansas City in 2000 as a holding midfielder and was an integral part of the club’s midfield for the next nine seasons, during which time he helped lead the Wizards to MLS Cup (2000) and U.S. Open Cup (2004) Championships. He was named to the MLS All-Star team and the Best XI in 2004. Zavagnin’s primary duties as an assistant include scouting, developing Sporting Kansas City’s younger players, breaking down film and assisting with training sessions, among others.
Peter Vermes is in his 14th season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2022 and is the longest-tenured active head coach in MLS. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 216 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won four major trophies – the 2012, 2015 and 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regularseason standings in 2011 and 2012, as well as the Western Conference in 2018 and 2020. His three U.S. Open Cup championships are the third most in Open Cup history. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to eight straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 177 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank fifth most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions.
He started his professional career with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to Kansas City in 2000. He played 237 games (228 starts) and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories before both were overtaken by Matt Besler early in 2018. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in Kansas City blue. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001.
On August 4, 2018, Vermes coached his 302nd MLS regular-season game with Sporting KC, becoming the league’s all-time leader in games coached for one club. He was named the first-ever MLS Sporting Executive of the Year by his peers in 2018. Vermes has coached 504 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.
On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the United States Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured. He married his wife Mirriam prior to the 2009 season, when he became an assistant coach at the club.
With over 14 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 126 leagues in the world as denoted by the CIES Football Observatory, Vermes’ tenure at Sporting KC ranks as the sixth longest active run.
Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic Assistant Coach Zoran Savic joined Sporting Kansas City late in the 2009 season after a 30-year career at all levels of the game in the United States. A native of Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, Savic began his journey through American soccer with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1980. Savic would go on to star for several MISL teams, with his most prosperous period coming with the Kansas City Comets, with whom he scored 70 goals in just over 100 appearances from 1982-1984.
Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, Sporting Kansas City II (MLS NEXT Pro) and the Sporting KC Academy. Vermes entered MLS ahead of its inaugural season in 1996 and retired from the league in 2002, closing out his playing career in Kansas City after stints with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and Colorado Rapids.
After retiring as a player in 1991, Savic turned his attention to coaching in the indoor game. Savic led the Kansas City Attack from 1992-1996, winning Coach of the Year honors for the 1994-1995 season while also serving as the team’s General Manager. Savic later coached the Kansas City Comets from 2000-2005.
Following a standout high school career in which he was named New Jersey Player of the Year, Vermes was a star forward and All-American at Rutgers University. After college, Vermes represented the United States in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, and was named 1988 Chevrolet U.S. Male Soccer Athlete of the Year for his efforts.
In 2007 Savic switched to the outdoor game, joining Chivas USA as an assistant to then-head coach Preki before moving into the commentary booth for Kansas City matches in 2008 and 2009. Savic’s career as a commentator was cut short, however, when newly installed Manager Peter Vermes tabbed Savic to be part of his coaching staff late in the 2009 season.
Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored against the host Azzurri. It was the first time the U.S. had qualified for the World Cup in 40 years and set the stage for the progress of the U.S. National Team. In 1989 and 1990, Vermes became the first American to play in the Hungarian and Dutch First Divisions, playing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueres of the Spanish Second Division.
Goalkeeper Coach | Alec Dufty Goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty is in his sixth season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as the Sporting KC II goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016. In his first season working with Sporting KC’s goalkeepers, starting goalkeeper Tim Melia enjoyed a record-breaking season where he was named the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year.
For MLS’s inaugural season in 1996, Vermes served as captain of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. In 1997, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for current Sporting KC Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin and played in Denver through the 1999 season, leading the Rapids to the 1997 MLS Cup Final. Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful season of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors in helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 after appearing in 209 MLS matches (including playoffs) and playing more than 18,000 minutes. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Year
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 TOTAL
A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, making one appearance before joining the MLS reserve goalkeeper pool. In 2010, Dufty joined USSF D2 Pro League side AC St. Louis, making 30 appearances before returning to MLS with the Chicago Fire in late 2010. He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2011 season. Dufty then took to coaching, first working with Florida Gulf Coast University and then the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, Dufty served as goalkeeper coach for Toronto FC II in their inaugural USL season.
PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC MLS Playoffs MIB KO Open Cup Intl. Total 3-6-3 11-13-6 13-9-12 18-7-9 17-10-7 14-13-7 14-11-9 13-13-8 12-9-13 18-8-8 10-16-8 12-6-3 17-10-7 5-13-5 177-144-105
----2-1-0 1-1-0 2-1-2 0-1-0 0-0-1 0-1-0 0-1-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-1-0 0-0-0 7-9-6
----------------------0-1-1 ----0-1-1
--0-1-0 3-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 4-0-1 2-1-0 0-1-0 ----3-0-0 23-7-3
--------2-0-2 3-2-1 --1-2-1 ----3-3-0 --0-1-0 0-0-0 9-8-4
3-6-3 11-14-6 18-11-12 23-8-10 22-12-11 18-17-8 18-11-11 15-17-9 16-10-14 21-10-10 13-20-8 12-8-5 18-12-7 8-13-5 216-169-119
Director of Sports Performance & Science | Joey Harty Joey Harty was named Sporting Kansas City’s Director of Sports Performance and Science ahead of the 2020 season, stepping up from his role as assistant fitness coach which he held from 2018-2019. Harty manages all aspects of the club’s performance department from the academy to the senior team. He also oversees day-to-day training plans on and off the field, including work in the weight room, soccer session planning, on-field movement training, data analysis and more, aiming to optimize player health and performance. Harty joined Sporting’s organization in January 2016, serving as a fitness coach for the Sporting Kansas City Academy. He spent the 2017 season as head fitness coach for Sporting KC II The Colorado native then transitioned to assistant fitness coach for Sporting’s first team in January 2018 before landing his current role with the club. Prior to arriving in Kansas City, Harty worked for Phoenix Rising FC and Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. Harty attended Grand Canyon from 2010-2014, played for the men’s soccer team from 20102012 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. In addition to holding several professional licenses and certifications in athletic performance, Harty is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
18
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #23 | F | WILLIAM AGADA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
1
0
6
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
1
0
6
0
0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 165 Birthday: 9/17/1999 Hometown: Bauchi, Nigeria Last Club: Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel) Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 6/23/2022
Sporting Kansas City acquired striker William Agada in a transfer from Israeli side Hapoel Jerusalem in June 2022. A native of Nigeria, Agada follows midfielder Gadi Kinda as the second Israeli Premier League star to join Sporting since 2020. The striker has scored 37 goals across four seasons in Israel, three with Hapoel Jerusalem and one on loan at Hapoel Haifa in 2020-2021.
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Shots 1, July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 1, July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal N/A Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Agada’s excellent 2019-2020 campaign paved the way for a loan to Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Premier League. He was second on the team with six goals in 2020-2021 and scored twice in the relegation round, helping the club avoid a drop to the second tier.
The 2021-2022 season saw Agada return to Hapoel Jerusalem, which had gained promotion to the Premier League after posting a second-place finish in the Liga Leumit Agada turned professional as an 18-year-old and bagged eight goals during his first the previous year. He led the team with eight goals, including five since the start of 2022, season with Hapoel Jerusalem in 2018-2019. He doubled his goal haul the following year, and accounted for 42 percent of Hapoel Jerusalem’s goal scoring over the course of the scoring a team-best 15 times across 36 appearances in the Israeli second division. campaign. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
1
0
6
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
1
0
6
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
#25 | M | OZZIE CISNEROS | @OzzieCisner10 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
18
0
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
2
2
108
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 5-5 Weight: 130 Birthday: 3/13/2004 Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 1/20/2021 Midfielder Ozzie Cisneros, who has competed for the Sporting KC Academy at the U-13 through U-19 levels, became the fourth-youngest signing in club history when he inked an MLS contract at age 16 in early 2021. He scored his first professional goal for Sporting KC II against Louisville City FC on July 28, 2021 before making his debut for Sporting KC in a Leagues Cup match against Club Leon on Aug. 10, 2021.
he scores 0-0-0
U-19 ranks by the time he was 15. He helped the U-17s reach the 2019 Development Academy Playoffs and split time between the U-17s and U-19s during the first half of the 2019-20 campaign. Cisneros and the SKC Academy returned to action in September 2020 in MLS Next play, with Cisneros striking twice during the abbreviated fall season - once for the U-17s and once for the U-19s.
A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Cisneros joined the Sporting KC Academy as a 12-year-old On the international stage, Cisneros notably starred at the 2019 Concacaf U-15 in 2016. That summer, he led Sporting to a fourth-place finish at the Concacaf U-13 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring both goals in a 2-0 quarterfinal win over Champions League in Mexico City. Cisneros went on to play almost 70 matches for Costa Rica, and also found the back of the net at the 2019 Torneo delle Nazioni in Italy. Sporting in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, scoring 15 goals and climbing to the MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
19
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #17 | M | JAKE DAVIS | @jdavis_3211 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
4
0
15
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
61
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
5
1
76
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 2, March 12, 2022, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 0 Last Regular Season... Appearance May 14, 2022, KC at POR Goal N/A Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 155 Birthday: 1/3/2002 Hometown: Rochester, Michigan Last Club: Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 8/19/2021 Sporting Kansas City signed midfielder Jake Davis as a Homegrown Player in August 2021 as the 19th Homegrown Player to emerge from the Sporting Kansas City Academy. He made his first-team debut in the 4-0 victory over Minnesota United on Sept. 15, 2021.
A native of Rochester, Michigan, Davis moved to Kansas City in 2017 at age 15 to join the Sporting KC Academy. He represented Sporting at the U-17 and U-19 levels, amassing eight goals across 54 appearances in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.
A hard-nosed midfielder who can also play at right back, Davis started 28 of 37 appearances for Sporting Kansas City II across the 2019-2021 USL Championship seasons, adding seven assists in over 2,500 minutes played under head coach Paulo Nagamura. The 2021 campaign has seen Davis tally a team-high four assists in 17 matches, including the game-winner in a 3-2 victory at Memphis 901 FC on June 26. He also leads the club with 20 chances created and 47 tackles.
Davis earned international recognition for the first time in November 2019 when he was selected to the United States U-17 national team roster for the 19th annual Nike International Friendlies at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
4
0
15
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
4
0
15
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#28 | M | CAM DUKE | @camduke20 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
45
19
1998
2
3
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
1
0
6
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
2
282
0
0
International
1
0
45
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
50
21
2331
3
3
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Assists 1, 3 times, last: May 22, 2022, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 1, 7 times, last: July 13, 2022, KC at MIN Shots 2, 4 times, last: July 13, 2022, KC at MIN Fouls Committed 5, June 19, 2022, KC at NSH Fouls Suffered 8, July 21, 2021, KC vs. SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Assist May 22, 2022, KC at SJ 2022 Record when: he starts 1-7-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-6 Weight: 130 Birthday: 2/13/2001 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 7/18/2019 Sporting Kansas City announced the signing of midfielder Cam Duke as a Homegrown Player midway through the 2019 season. The Overland Park, Kansas native was in the club’s Academy from 2012-2019, advancing from the Under-12 side to the Under-19s. He made his professional debut in the MLS is Back Quarterfinals against the Philadelphia Union on July 30, 2020 and scored his first goal in a 3-1 road win over Seattle on July 25, 2021 before scoring again in a Leagues Cup match vs. Club Leon on Aug. 10, 2021. Duke capped an impressive Academy career by helping the SKC Academy U-19s reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs in June 2019. After the U-19s secured the No. 4 overall seed with a 16-4-3 regular-season record, Duke
spearheaded a first-place finish in the group stage with a goal and an assist. Duke was the No. 1 prospect in the Heartland Region and the 20th-ranked player nationally at TopDrawerSoccer.com. Duke is the younger brother of former Sporting midfielder and SKC II captain Christian Duke, while his father, Chris Duke, played for the Kansas City Comets and Kansas City Attack in the early 1990s. Duke represented the United States at the U-14 and U-15 level before guiding the U.S. U-16s to a third-place finish at the Val-de-Marne Tournament in France in 2016. Duke earned his first of several calls to the U.S. U-18s in November 2017 before returning to the team in 2018.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
45
19
1998
2
3
19
7
36
58
0
0
5
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
45
19
1998
2
3
19
7
36
58
0
0
5
0
0
0
20
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #15 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
305
269
23416
12
40
MLS Postseason
17
14
1208
1
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
151
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
23
18
2019
0
3
International
9
8
727
1
1
ALL COMPETITIONS
356
312
27521
14
44
Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 12 times, last: July 9, 2022, KC at MTL Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL Shots on Goal 2, 15 times, last: April 2, 2022, KC at VAN Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 5, 7 times, last: July 9, 2022, KC at MTL Fouls Suffered 6, 3 times, last: Aug. 17, 2019, KC vs. SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance July 17, 2022, KC at RSL Goal July 9, 2022, KC at MTL Assist May 22, 2022, KC at SJ 2022 Record when: he starts 3-9-4 he scores 1-1-0
Birthday: 10/25/1986
Roger Espinoza played five seasons in Kansas City from 2008-12 before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. After a two-year stint in the English Premier League and English Championship, Espinoza returned to Sporting KC in 2015 and tallied one goal and four MLS assists. His 2015 campaign was cut short due to a left foot injury sustained in early August, but returned to the fold as a regular starter in 2016. Espinoza set new careerhighs in both goals (3) and assists (9) in 2018.
competitions, tallying 14 goals and 44 assists over 13 seasons. He is both the club’s all-time leader and the all-time MLS leader with 13 red cards. In two years at Wigan Athletic, he logged 57 appearances, including eight in the UEFA Europa League, and started in the club’s 2013 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester City. Espinoza earned 51 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team after debuting in 2009. He has competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics before retiring from international play in 2019.
Espinoza was an MLS All-Star in 2012 and helped lead the club to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title that season. He has made 356 appearances for the club in all MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
305
269
23416
12
40
343
92
491
385
18
16
73
13
2
11
KC - Postseason
17
14
1208
1
0
13
6
22
24
3
0
6
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
322
283
24624
13
40
356
98
513
409
21
16
79
13
2
11
#3 | D | ANDREU FONTAS | @AFontas3 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
68
63
5746
1
1
MLS Postseason
2
2
180
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
4
4
354
0
0
International
4
4
326
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
78
73
6606
1
1
Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 Hometown: Banyoles, Spain Last Club: Celta Vigo (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 8/8/2018
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL Assists 1, June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 1, 6 times, last: Feb. 27, 2022, KC at ATL Shots 2, 6 times, last: June 25, 2022, KC at SEA Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: March 26, 2022, KC vs. RSL Fouls Suffered 2, 6 times, last: April 9, 2022, KC vs. NSH Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL Assist June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL 2022 Record when: he starts 5-10-1 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 11/14/1989
Sporting Kansas City signed center back Andreu Fontas, a 10-year professional with more than 200 appearances in his native Spain, on Aug. 8, 2018. Fontas underwent Achilles surgery in late 2019, keeping him out for the majority of the 2020 season before making his return with three starts late in the campaign. Fontas spent five seasons from 2013-2018 with Celta Vigo in Spain’s top-flight La Liga, where he started 100 of 105 league appearances and helped the club to the semifinals of the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. The defender developed in FC Barcelona’s famed La
Masia youth academy alongside current Sporting KC midfielder Uri Rosell, playing nearly 100 matches combined for FC Barcelona B and FC Barcelona from 2008-2012. Fontas advanced through from the B team to the first team in 2009 and played in 16 games for the Spanish giants, including a sub appearance in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final that Barca won 4-0 over Santos. Fontas spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Mallorca before signing with Celta Vigo in June 2013, where he made 139 appearances over five years. Internationally, Fontas has represented Spain at the Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels and has also played for the Catalonia National Team.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
68
63
5746
1
1
26
6
45
27
0
0
9
1
0
1
KC - Postseason
2
2
180
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
70
65
5926
1
1
26
6
48
27
0
0
9
1
0
1
21
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #12 | D | KORTNE FORD | @KortFord SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
12
9
789
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
2
134
1
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
14
11
923
1
0
Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Birthday: 1/26/1996 Hometown: Greeley, Colorado College: University of Denver Last Club: Colorado Rapids (MLS) Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 1/14/2022
Sporting Kansas City signed free agent center back Kortne Ford ahead of the 2022 season. Ford began his professional career in 2017 with the Colorado Rapids, where he started 33 of 35 MLS appearances as a Homegrown Player. Following a five-year stint in Colorado, Ford spent the last three months of 2021 on loan with San Antonio FC in the USL Championship. Ford made his first MLS appearance since 2018 in Sporting’s match at the Colorado Rapids on March 12, 2022.
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, May 27, 2017, COL vs. SKC (w/ COL) Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, May 27, 2017, COL vs. SKC (w/ COL) Shots 3, Sept. 9, 2017, COL at HOU (w/ COL) Fouls Committed 3, 10 times, last: May 28, 2022, KC vs. VAN Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 11, 2018, COL vs. SJ (w/ COL) Last Regular Season... Appearance June 19, 2022, KC at NSH Goal May 27, 2017, COL vs. SKC (w/ COL) Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 1-4-4 he scores 0-0-0
scoring account against the same opponent in a 1-0 home win on May 27. Born in Olathe, Kansas, Ford played youth soccer in the Kansas City area before moving with his family to Colorado at age 12. He joined the Colorado Rapids Academy in 2012 and represented the club at the U-16 and U-18 levels.
In three standout seasons at the University of Denver, Ford was a two-time All-Summit League First Team selection and a Top Drawer Soccer Second Team All-America honoree Ford signed for the Rapids as a Homegrown Player in 2017 and enjoyed a strong rookie in 2016. He started in all 62 college appearances, notching five goals and three assists, campaign, starting 19 of 20 MLS appearances. He earned his MLS debut in a road loss to and led the Pioneers to their first NCAA Men’s College Cup appearance as a junior in Sporting Kansas City on April 9 at Children’s Mercy Park and opened his professional 2016. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
12
9
789
0
0
2
0
11
7
1
0
4
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
47
42
3657
1
0
17
4
52
24
1
0
15
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
47
42
3657
1
0
17
4
52
24
1
0
15
0
1
0
#21 | M | FELIPE HERNANDEZ | @Fe1ipe98 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
47
27
2632
2
6
MLS Postseason
2
0
42
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
1
0
26
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
3
300
2
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
53
30
3000
4
7
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: June 19, 2022, KC at NSH Assists 2, May 14, 2022, KC at POR Shots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: June 19, 2022, KC at NSH Shots 4, 3 times, last: July 3, 2022, KC vs. NY Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Fouls Suffered 4, July 4, 2021, KC at LA Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal June 19, 2022, KC at NSH Assist May 14, 2022, KC at POR 2022 Record when: he starts 4-8-2 he scores 1-0-0
Height: 5-7 Weight: 145 Birthday: 6/8/1998 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 8/30/2019 Sporting Kansas City signed Felipe Hernandez as a Homegrown Player in late August 2019, making him the 12th Homegrown Player in club history and one of eight on the current roster, joining Cam Duke, Daniel Salloi, John Pulskamp, Ozzie Cisneros, Kaveh Rad, Kayden Pierre and Jake Davis. Hernandez is the first Sporting player to progress from an Academy Affiliate club to the SKC Academy to Sporting KC II before signing with the senior team. His acquisition follows a breakout season in the USL Championship, where he started 24 of 26 appearances, scored a team-best eight goals and recorded four assists. In three seasons with SPR, Hernandez amassed 13 goals and 12 assists across 85 matches.
Born in Ibague, Colombia, Hernandez grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and played for Sporting Nashville Heroes, a former Academy Affiliate. He moved to Kansas City in the summer of 2014 to join the Academy. At age 16, Hernandez earned a preseason training stint with Sporting KC in January 2015, before signing an Academy contract with Sporting KC II in August 2016, two months prior to earning Bob Gansler Academy Player of the Year honors that then led to a professional SKC II contract in early 2017. On the international stage, Hernandez played for the U.S. U-19 National Team for the first time in August 2016 for the Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament in Serbia. The following April, he ventured to London for his first training camp with the U.S. U-20s.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
47
27
2632
2
6
46
5
38
47
2
46
2
0
0
1
KC - Postseason
2
0
42
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
49
27
2674
2
6
46
5
39
50
2
46
2
0
0
1
22
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #5 | D | NICOLAS ISIMAT-MIRIN | @nicoisimat SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
31
27
2370
0
0
MLS Postseason
2
2
180
1
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
0
60
0
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
35
29
2610
1
1
Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Hometown: Meudon, France Last Club: Besiktas J.K. (Turkey) Acquired: Signed on 2/3/2021
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: July 3, 2022, KC vs. NY Shots 2, July 3, 2022, KC vs. NY Fouls Committed 4, July 31, 2021, KC vs. DAL Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: March 12, 2022, KC at COL Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal N/A Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 4-10-2 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 11/15/1991
Sporting Kansas City signed French center back Nicolas Isimat-Mirin ahead of the 2021 MLS season. Isimat has played over 250 professional matches since 2010, featuring in the top divisions of France, the Netherlands and Turkey. He has logged 93 appearances each in France’s Ligue 1 and the Dutch Eredivisie, where he won three league titles as an integral member of PSV Eindhoven.
In 2014, Isimat was loaned from Monaco to PSV Eindhoven. In his first Eredivisie season, he helped PSV win the league title by a 17-point margin, leading to PSV acquiring the defender on a permanent transfer ahead of the 2015-16 campaign. He appeared in 26 matches as PSV captured another Eredivisie title. Isimat and PSV won their third title in four years in 2017-2018. In early 2019, Isimat joined Besiktas in Turkey, starting 14 matches during the latter half of the season. For the 2019-20 campaign, the defender was loaned back to Ligue 1 for a stint with Toulouse, making 16 starts.
Born in the Paris suburb of Meudon, Isimat competed in the famous Clairefontaine youth academy from 2004-2007 before continuing his development at Rennes and Valenciennes. He began his professional career as an 18-year-old in 2010 and spent the next three seasons as a regular starter for Valenciennes. Isimat-Mirin landed a transfer to French title contender Monaco, where he played 11 matches for the club in all competitions during the 2013-14 season.
Isimat represented France as a U-20 and U-21 youth international and notably featured during 2013 UEFA European U-21 Championship qualifying. He struck a center back partnership alongside future World Cup winner Raphael Varane as France finished atop their qualifying group.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
31
27
2370
0
0
6
4
31
9
2
0
7
0
0
0
KC - Postseason
2
2
180
1
0
2
1
4
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
33
29
2550
1
0
8
5
35
13
2
0
7
0
1
0
#10 | M | GADI KINDA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
44
40
3429
11
12
MLS Postseason
4
2
214
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
1
135
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
1
0
45
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
51
43
3823
11
12
Height: 5-8 Weight: 145 Birthday: 3/23/1994 Hometown: Ashdod, Israel Last Club: Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) Acquired: Acquired in loan/transfer on 1/23/2020
Sporting Kansas City announced in January 2020 that the club had acquired central midfielder Gadi Kinda on a one-year loan from Israeli Premier League side Beitar Jerusalem. Sporting made the loan move permanent ahead of the 2021 season. Kinda earned Sporting KC Newcomer of the Year honors in his first MLS season, and has contributed 11 goals and 12 assists in 51 appearances across all competitions for Sporting. He is set to miss the entire 2022 season after undergoing knee surgery.
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 11 times, last: Oct. 3, 2021, KC vs. HOU Assists 2, Oct. 27, 2021, KC vs. LA Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 3, 2021, KC vs. HOU Shots 5, July 31, 2021, KC vs. DAL Fouls Committed 4, Feb. 29, 2020, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 17, 2021, KC at VAN Last Regular Season... Appearance Nov. 3, 2021, KC at ATX Goal Oct. 3, 2021, KC vs. HOU Assist Nov. 3, 2021, KC at ATX 2022 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
He became a regular starter for Ashdod during the 2013-2014 campaign, notably scoring his first top-fight goal in a 3-2 defeat of Israeli giants Maccabi Haifa in September 2013.
Born in Ethiopia and raised in Israel, Kinda joined Beitar Jerusalem in February 2019 and started 30 of 31 appearances in all competitions. Kinda spent the first seven and a half years of his professional career at FC Ashdod. He developed as a youth in his hometown club’s academy prior to landing an top-flight debut in September 2011 as a 17-year-old.
Ashdod spent the 2015-16 season in Israel’s second division, but a strong bounce-back culminated with a Liga Leumit title as Kinda earned 27 appearances and helped his team finish atop the standings. Ashdod’s promotion saw Kinda tally seven goals and seven assists over the next two and a half seasons before his transfer to Beitar Jerusalem. Kinda has five caps for the senior Israeli National Team, making his debut on June 5, 2021 when he scored the final goal in a 3-1 friendly win over Montenegro. He previously represented Israel at the U-18, U-19 and U-21 levels.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
44
40
3429
11
12
86
36
70
82
8
41
10
1
4
5
KC - Postseason
4
2
214
0
0
2
0
5
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
48
42
3643
11
12
88
36
75
88
8
41
10
1
4
5
23
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #22 | GK | KENDALL MCINTOSH | @McIntoshKendall SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 Birthday: 1/24/1994 Hometown: Santa Rosa, California College: Santa Clara Last Club: New York Red Bulls (MLS) Acquired: Acquired in Re-Entry Draft on 12/17/2020 Sporting Kansas City acquired goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh in Stage 1 of the 2020 MLS Re-Entry Process. McIntosh boasts five years of professional experience across Major League Soccer and the USL Championship. He spent the 2020 MLS campaign with the New York Red Bulls following a four-year stint in the Portland Timbers organization from 2016-2019.
Born in Oakland and raised in Santa Rosa, California, McIntosh was a member of the San Jose Earthquakes Academy as a youth before embarking on a four-year collegiate career at Santa Clara University. He made 53 appearances for the Broncos from 2012-2015 and was named the 2015 West Coast Conference Goalkeeper of the Year as a senior, leading Santa Clara to the WCC Championship.
As a rookie in 2016, McIntosh competed for Timbers 2 of the USL Championship prior to signing his first MLS contract with Portland in January 2017. He played most of the next three years on loan with Timbers 2, making 60 total USL Championship appearances for the club across four seasons. In his lone appearance for Portland’s first team, McIntosh secured a 2-0 shutout victory over San Jose in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 in 2018.
On the international stage, McIntosh notably featured for the U.S. U-20 National Team at the 2012 Northern Ireland Milk Cup. Earlier, he was part of the U.S. U-14 National Development Program and the U-15’ National Team prior to his residency with the U-17s in Bradenton, Florida. At the 2011 Concacaf U-17 Championship, McIntosh recorded two shutouts in three winning appearances - including a 3-0 defeat of Canada in the final.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
216
216
19356
0
0
MLS Postseason
10
10
924
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
180
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
11
11
1080
0
0
International
6
6
540
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
245
245
22080
0
0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 210 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA (MLS) Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 7, 2 times, last: May 14, 2022, KC at POR Saves 10, April 8, 2018, KC at LA Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Shutout May 7, 2022, KC at NYC 2022 Record when: he starts 5-12-4
Birthday: 5/15/1986
Tim Melia has the most regular-season wins (92), shutouts (63) and saves (624) in club history, and has also played the most games (216) of any Sporting goalkeeper. Melia claimed the 2017 Goalkeeper of the Year crown with career-highs in wins (12), shutouts (10), saves (91), starts (31) and minutes (2,759). Melia surpassed each of those numbers in 2018, posting 18 wins, 13 shutouts, 106 saves, 34 starts and 3060 minutes. Melia was also named the club’s 2017 Most Valuable Player. Among goalkeepers with at least 15 regular-season appearances in 2017, he led MLS with a 0.78 goals against average, 78.4 save percentage and 69.2-percent passing accuracy. He also ranked second in shutouts. On April 8, 2018, Melia set a new club record and career-high with 10
saves in a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy. During his breakout campaign in 2015, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 precent save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against average. He was named MLS Comeback Player of the Year. After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
216
216
19356
901
624
63
270
1.26
17
30
16
1
92
73
48
MLS - Regular Season
222
221
19795
934
642
63
284
1.29
18
31
16
2
92
77
49
KC - Postseason
10
10
924
49
31
1
17
1.66
1
1
0
0
2
4
3
MLS - TOTAL
232
231
20719
983
673
64
301
1.31
19
32
16
2
94
81
52
24
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #18 | D | LOGAN NDENBE | @Ndenbe22 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
20
18
1626
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
1
80
0
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
22
19
1706
0
1
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 3, April 30, 2022, KC vs. DAL Fouls Committed 3, May 18, 2022, KC vs. COL Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: July 3, 2022, KC vs. NY Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal N/A Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 3-10-5 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-7 Weight: 160 Birthday: 2/9/2000 Hometown: La Louviere, Belgium Last Club: EA Guingamp (France) Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/14/2022 Sporting Kansas City acquired left back Logan Ndenbe in a transfer from EA Guingamp in the French second division in January 2022. Ndenbe arrives in Kansas City after spending his first five professional seasons in Europe with Belgian top-flight side KV Oostende and French club Guingamp. He has logged nearly 50 professional appearances since 2017 and represented Belgium at the U-17 through U-21 levels.
Ndenbe left Belgium in July 2020, signing for Guingamp to mark the start of a successful stint in the French Ligue 2. He made 16 appearances for the club during the 2020-21 campaign and took another step forward during the first half of the 2021-2022 season, playing every minute in 12 league starts while adding one assist.
On the youth international stage, Ndenbe rose through the Belgian U-17 and U-18 teams A native of Mouscron, Belgium, Ndenbe developed in the Royal Excel Mouscron academy before earning his Belgium U-21 debut in June 2021 for his first of six matches in 2023 before joining KV Oostende as a 17-year-old in 2017. He played 15 matches in three UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying. He has started in each of the team’s seasons with the club, featuring in the Belgian First Division A as well as the league’s last four games since Oct. 12, helping the team go 3-0-1. playoff competition for the UEFA Europa League. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
20
18
1626
0
0
6
0
22
28
1
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
20
18
1626
0
0
6
0
22
28
1
0
2
0
0
0
#24 | D | KAYDEN PIERRE | @KaydenPierre5 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
11
4
481
0
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
2
190
0
0
International
1
0
75
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
15
6
746
0
1
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, July 13, 2022, KC at MIN Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, July 17, 2022, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 4, July 3, 2022, KC vs. NY Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal N/A Assist July 13, 2022, KC at MIN 2022 Record when: he starts 1-2-1 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 155 Birthday: 2/16/2003 Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 5/4/2021 Sporting Kansas City signed outside back Kayden Pierre to a Homegrown contract early in the 2021 season after impressing at preseason camp in Arizona with the Sporting KC first team. Pierre is the 18th Homegrown Player to emerge from the Sporting Kansas City Academy. He made his debut for the club against Leon in the Leagues Cup on Aug. 10, 2021 before making his MLS debut at Colorado on March 12, 2022.
Academy Playoffs in 2019. Capable of playing at left back and right back, Pierre gained his first professional experience in 2020 when he signed an amateur academy contract with Sporting Kansas City II. He started two of three USL Championship appearances in 2020, including a 90-minute outing in a dramatic 2-1 road victory over Indy Eleven on Sept. 30.
Born and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Pierre joined the Sporting KC Academy in 2018 from Vardar SC in his native state. He has represented Sporting at the U-15, U-17 and U-19 levels since then, and helped guide the U-17s to the U.S. Soccer Development
On the international stage, Pierre has competed for the United States U-14 and U-16 national teams over the last five years. He participated in multiple U-14 training camps from 2016-2017 before jumping to the U-16s for training camps from 2018-2019.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
11
4
481
0
1
0
0
1
12
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
11
4
481
0
1
0
0
1
12
0
0
1
0
0
0
25
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #9 | F | ALAN PULIDO | @alanpulido SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
33
26
2414
14
8
MLS Postseason
1
1
73
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
180
1
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
36
29
2667
15
8
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: May 16, 2021, KC vs. VAN Assists 2, July 22, 2020, KC at RSL Shots on Goal 6, Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL Shots 8, May 22, 2021, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 3, June 19, 2021, KC at POR Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 3, 2021, KC vs. HOU Goal Aug. 14, 2021, KC at DAL Assist Aug. 18, 2021, KC vs. POR 2022 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 180 Birthday: 3/8/1991 Hometown: Ciudad Victoria, Mexico Last Club: C.D. Guadalajara (Mexico) Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 12/10/2019 Sporting Kansas City acquired Mexican striker Alan Pulido as a Designated Player on a club-record transfer fee from C.D. Guadalajara in December 2019. Pulido has scored over 100 combined goals for club and country during a decorated career highlighted by five domestic championships and the 2018 Concacaf Champions League title. He joined Sporting after finishing atop the Liga MX scoring charts with 12 goals for C.D. Guadalajara in the 2019 Apertura season. Pulido is set to miss the 2022 MLS season after undergoing offseason knee surgery.
Clausura Final to finish as the tournament’s top scorer. Pulido then signed for Greek outfit Levadiakos and scored on his debut before heading to Greek powerhouse Olympiacos. He notched six goals throughout the 2015-16 campaign as Olympiacos claimed the Super League title, with Pulido also competing in the Europa League and Champions League qualifying during his time with the club. Pulido returned to Liga MX in August 2016, joining Guadalajara on a club-record transfer fee. His first full season with Chivas yielded 14 goals, helping his side to a double-winning campaign that ended with his first Liga MX Best XI selection. In 2018, he led Chivas to the Concacaf Champions League title and the Pulido developed in the Tigres UANL youth academy before breaking into the first team in club’s first continental championship in 56 years. 2009 as an 18-year-old. He helped Tigres to the 2009 SuperLiga title and two years later, Pulido scored in the second leg of the 2011 Liga MX Apertura Final as Tigres won its first At the international level, Pulido has bagged five goals in 20 caps for Mexico’s senior league championship since 1982. Pulido enjoyed a breakout 2013-14 campaign with 25 team and was part of the El Tri squad at the 2011 Copa America and the 2014 FIFA World goals in all competitions during his final season at Tigres, scoring in the 2014 Copa MX Cup. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
33
26
2414
14
8
96
34
20
67
11
0
4
0
5
2
KC - Postseason
1
1
73
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
34
27
2487
14
8
98
35
20
69
11
0
4
0
5
2
#1 | GK | JOHN PULSKAMP | @john_pulskamp SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
9
8
757
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
3
300
0
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
13
12
1147
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 3, 2 times, last: July 17, 2022, KC at RSL Saves 7, July 17, 2022, KC at RSL Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Shutout Oct. 27, 2021, KC vs. LA 2022 Record when: he starts 0-1-1
Height: 6-4 Weight: 210 Birthday: 4/19/2001 Hometown: Bakersfield, California Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player on 2/24/2020 Sporting Kansas City signed goalkeeper John Pulskamp as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2020 season after acquiring his Homegrown rights from the LA Galaxy where he spent two seasons in the club’s Academy. He made his MLS debut in the 2021 season opener, helping the side to a 2-1 victory at the New York Red Bulls. He became the youngest goalkeeper in Sporting KC history to record a shutout following a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy on Oct. 27, 2021 at the age of 20 years and 191 days. A native of Bakersfield, California, Pulskamp joined the MLS ranks on the heels of a 2019 USL Championship season in which he led Sporting KC II goalkeepers in starts (14), minutes (1,260), wins (four) and saves (45). He enjoyed several standout performances throughout the year, making five saves in a victory over reigning league champion
Louisville City on May 6 and four saves in a defeat of rivals Saint Louis FC on June 30. He later shut out North Carolina FC in a 1-0 win on Sept. 14 and posted six saves in a 3-0 road triumph over Charlotte Independence on Sept. 21. Pulskamp arrived in Kansas City in April 2019 after a two-year stint in the LA Galaxy Academy, where he competed at the U-17 and U-19 levels in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. He also spent time on trial with English Premier League outfit AFC Bournemouth in the summer of 2018. Prior to joining the Galaxy, he represented youth sides Real So Cal and Central California Aztecs. At the youth international level, Pulskamp debuted for the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team in a friendly against regional rivals Mexico in early 2020. He also competed at a U.S. U-18 training camp in June 2018 at Pinnacle in Kansas City, Kansas.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
9
8
757
35
23
1
13
1.55
0
0
0
0
3
4
2
MLS - TOTAL
9
8
757
35
23
1
13
1.55
0
0
0
0
3
4
2
26
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #48 | D | KAVEH RAD | @KavehRad11 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
5
2
244
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
100
0
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
7
4
434
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 1, Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-0 Weight: 175 Birthday: 6/13/2001 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 4/5/2021 Sporting Kansas City signed center back Kaveh Rad as a Homegrown Player in April 2021, becoming the 16th player to emerge from the Sporting KC Academy to the first team. He made his MLS debut at Real Salt Lake on May 1, 2021.
Rad and his twin brother Jahon - who is under contract with Sporting KC II - moved from Durham, North Carolina, to Kansas City to join the Sporting KC Academy in 2016. He recorded seven goals and 65 league appearances in the U.S Soccer Development Academy from 2016-2019, representing Sporting at the U-15 through U-19 levels.
A native of North Carolina, Rad started 34 of 36 matches for Sporting Kansas City II in the USL Championship in 2019 and 2020. He enjoyed a breakout year for the club in 2019, signing an academy contract and making 22 appearances. Rad started 14 matches for Sporting KC II during a shortened 2020 campaign, leading the team in minutes (1,260) and passes (871) while starting in four of the club’s five wins.
During his time in the academy, Rad helped lead the Sporting KC U-19s to consecutive appearances at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs in 2018 and 2019, including a dramatic run to the quarterfinals in the summer of 2019. Prior to arriving in Kansas City, the Rad brothers competed for North Carolina academy club Capital Area RailHawks Academy.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
5
2
244
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
5
2
244
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
#6 | M | URI ROSELL | @Urirosell SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
57
52
4258
2
3
MLS Postseason
6
6
488
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
4
2
177
0
0
International
6
6
540
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
73
66
5463
2
3
Height: 5-10 Weight: 155 Birthday: 7/7/1992 Hometown: Puig Reig, Spain Last Club: Orlando City SC (MLS) Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/21/2021
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Assists 1, 5 times, last: May 18, 2022, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 1, 15 times, last: Oct. 6, 2019, ORL vs. CHI (w/ ORL) Shots 3, 4 times, last: Oct. 6, 2019, ORL vs. CHI (w/ ORL) Fouls Committed 8, July 27, 2013, KC at MTL Fouls Suffered 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 9, 2013, KC at HOU Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Assist May 18, 2022, KC vs. COL 2022 Record when: he starts 2-6-5 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting Kansas City signed free agent midfielder Oriol “Uri” Rosell ahead of the 2022 season. Rosell returns to Kansas City after helping the club to the 2013 MLS Cup title. The Spanish midfielder played three seasons under Manager Peter Vermes from 2012-2014 before transferring to Portuguese powerhouse Sporting Lisbon. Rosell has spent the last four years in MLS with Orlando City SC, where he logged 73 appearances across all competitions. Born and raised in Puig Reig, Catalonia, Spain, Rosell joined FC Barcelona’s famous La Masia academy as a 14-year-old in 2006 before debuting professionally for FC Barcelona B in January 2012.
following year, Rosell started 41 of 42 matches in all competitions, led MLS with 130 interceptions during the regular season and finished as the team’s leader in successful passes and tackles won as Sporting won the 2013 MLS Cup.
Rosell began his first stint at Sporting KC in August 2012, making six MLS appearances during the final stretch of a campaign that saw Vermes’ side win the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and finish atop the Eastern Conference regular season standings. The
Over the next three seasons, Rosell was loaned to Portuguese clubs Vitoria Guimaraes, Belenenses and Portimonense, respectively. Rosell signed for Orlando in January 2018 and went on to appear in 70 MLS matches during his four-year stay in Orlando.
Rosell was transferred to Sporting Lisbon in Portugal in June 2014 where he earned debuts in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. He ended the 2014-15 campaign with 22 total appearances as Sporting Lisbon won the prestigious domestic cup title.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
57
52
4258
2
3
35
7
100
45
0
7
14
2
2
0
MLS - Regular Season
121
100
8518
2
5
69
15
180
70
0
10
30
2
2
1
KC - Postseason
6
6
488
0
0
7
1
9
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
8
8
637
0
0
9
1
12
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
129
108
9155
2
5
78
16
192
76
0
10
30
2
2
1
27
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #7 | F | JOHNNY RUSSELL SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
131
112
9922
46
31
MLS Postseason
8
8
735
1
2
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
157
0
1
U.S. Open Cup
6
4
388
4
2
International
6
5
422
0
2
ALL COMPETITIONS
153
132
11624
51
38
Height: 5-9 Weight: 175 Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland Last Club: Derby County FC (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/31/2018
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, 2 times, last: May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Assists 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Shots on Goal 4, 4 times, last: Aug. 28, 2021, KC vs. COL Shots 8, Sept. 2, 2020, KC vs. DAL Fouls Committed 5, April 30, 2022, KC vs. DAL Fouls Suffered 6, July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal July 13, 2022, KC at MIN Assist Oct. 31, 2021, KC at MIN 2022 Record when: he starts 5-12-4 he scores 1-2-2
Birthday: 4/8/1990
Sporting KC acquired Scottish winger Johnny Russell in a transfer from English club Derby County FC in January 2018. Russell has tallied 51 goals and 38 assists in 153 appearances for Sporting KC since the start of 2018, including two hat tricks.
League. He added 14 more goals in all comps during the 2011-12 campaign to pace another fourth-place finish. Russell’s final season at Dundee saw him produce a team-best 20 goals in 38 competitive appearances. Russell reached new heights in June 2013 when he joined Derby County. He marked his debut for the outfit with his first of nine Russell previously scored 93 goals during a 12-year professional career in England and goals in the 2013-14 English Championship as the Rams fell just short of promotion to the his native Scotland. Russell developed in the Dundee United Academy in Scotland before EPL. He totaled 18 goals over the next two seasons. making his professional debut for the top-flight Scottish Premiership club in May 2007 at age 17. He spent most of the following two seasons on loan at Scottish side Forfar Russell has 13 career caps for Scotland and scored his first international goal during a Athletic and marked his first career Dundee United start with a goal in the 2009 Scottish European Championshop Qualifier in San Marino on March 24, 2019. Russell made his FA Cup. After being loaned to Raith Rovers in 2009-10, Russell enjoyed a breakout year debut in 2014 and recently helped Scotland gain promotion to League B in the UEFA at Dundee United with nine goals as the Tangerines finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Nations League in 2018. He has also represented Scotland at the U-19 and U-21 levels. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
131
112
9922
46
31
293
118
82
189
16
335
12
0
10
5
KC - Postseason
8
8
735
1
2
16
6
10
19
1
25
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
139
120
10657
47
33
309
124
92
208
17
360
13
0
10
5
#20 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
134
99
9227
35
19
MLS Postseason
7
6
577
3
2
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
1
74
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
11
6
718
7
0
International
6
3
197
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
160
115
10793
45
21
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 4 times, last: May 18, 2022, KC vs. COL Assists 2, 2 times, last: June 23, 2018, KC vs. HOU Shots on Goal 4, 3 times, last: July 13, 2019, KC at VAN Shots 8, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL Fouls Committed 4, June 7, 2019, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 5, July 31, 2021, KC vs. DAL Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal May 18, 2022, KC vs. COL Assist April 9, 2022, KC vs. NSH 2022 Record when: he starts 5-9-4 he scores 1-1-1
Height: 6-1 Weight: 155 Birthday: 7/19/1996 Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Last Club: Gyirmot SE (Hungary) - Loan Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 1/13/2016 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Daniel Salloi as the fourth Homegrown Player in club history in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017 against the Colorado Rapids. Salloi was an MLS MVP finalist in 2021 after tallying 16 goals and 10 assists in all competitions, tying the club record for most non-penalty goals in a single MLS regular season. Across all competitions, Salloi has recorded 45 goals and 21 assists in 160 appearances.
in Hungary for the remainder of the season. Salloi moved to the U.S. in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, joining the SKC Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season.
After a successful spell with the Sporting KC U-18s, Salloi returned to his former Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 to sign an amateur contract for senior team, a 20-time champion in Hungary’s first division. He made his professional debut in the top-tier OTP He scored on his first start for the club - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United in the U.S. Open Bank Liga on July 18, 2015 the day before his 19th birthday. Salloi has four caps for the Cup on June 14, 2017 - and added his first MLS goal vs. Portland on July 1. Salloi scored senior Hungary National Team, having made his debut in a World Cup Qualifier against the winning goal in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final. Salloi made 10 appearances for SKC England on Sept. 2, 2021. He previously played for the Hungary Under-21 National Team. II in 2016, scoring four goals and adding three assists before being loaned to Gyirmot SE MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
134
99
9227
35
19
308
124
71
128
28
19
9
3
12
8
KC - Postseason
7
6
577
3
2
18
6
5
10
2
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
141
105
9804
38
21
326
130
76
138
30
19
10
3
12
8
28
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #11 | F | KHIRY SHELTON | @KhiryShelton SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
89
71
6361
10
13
MLS Postseason
7
5
489
1
1
MLS is Back KO Stage
1
1
80
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
4
1
181
2
2
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
101
78
7111
13
16
Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 Hometown: Leander, Texas College: Oregon State Last Club: SC Paderborn 07 (Germany) Acquired: Signed on 12/9/2019
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 16 times, last: Oct. 31, 2021, KC at MIN Assists 3, Sept. 23, 2016, NYC vs. CHI (w/ NYC) Shots on Goal 4, July 17, 2020, KC vs. COL Shots 6, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 21, 2018, KC at FCD Fouls Suffered 4, April 11, 2015, NYC at PHI (w/ NYC) Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal Oct. 31, 2021, KC at MIN Assist July 9, 2022, KC at MTL 2022 Record when: he starts 3-8-3 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 6/26/1993
After spending 2019 with German club SC Paderborn 07, Shelton returned to Kansas City for his second stint at Sporting in 2020 after helping the club to first place in the Western Conference and a record-breaking scoring season in 2018. Shelton started 17 of 24 appearances for Sporting in all competitions during a 2018 campaign that saw the club set regular season club records in goals, assists and goal differential. He tallied two goals and five assists in MLS play as Sporting finished atop the West with 62 points and an 18-8-8 record, including a 12-3-5 mark in regular-season matches that Shelton played.
He was NYCFC’s first-ever SuperDraft pick and played a total of 54 regular-season games for the club, notching six goals and 10 assists across just 23 starts.
Shelton was selected second overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on Jan.15, 2015 by expansion side New York City FC and spent three seasons with the club.
Shelton was a member of the U.S. U-18 National Team for the Lisbon International Tournament in 2011. Selected to the U18 squad for its trip to Israel in 2010.
In college, Shelton recorded 10 goals and 12 assists at Oregon State University his senior season. He was an NSCAA All-America Second Team; Pac-12 Player of the Year; All-Far West Region First Team as he helped lead the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
89
71
6361
10
13
109
40
81
85
18
1
6
0
3
8
MLS - Regular Season
143
95
8846
16
23
145
52
105
116
21
1
6
0
3
11
KC - Postseason
7
5
489
1
1
6
2
8
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
9
5
546
1
1
6
2
8
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
152
99
9396
17
24
151
54
113
121
23
1
6
0
3
11
#2 | D | BEN SWEAT SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
10
8
669
0
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
3
255
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
13
11
924
0
1
Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 Birthday: 9/4/1991 Hometown: Palm Harbor, Florida College: University of South Florida Last Club: Austin FC (MLS) Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/20/2021
Sporting Kansas City signed free agent defender Ben Sweat ahead of the 2022 campaign. Prior to arriving at Sporting, Sweat eclipsed 150 total appearances during a professional career that began in 2014 and includes previous MLS stints with the Columbus Crew, New York City FC, Inter Miami CF and Austin FC. Sweat began his professional journey as a 2014 MLS SuperDraft first-round selection, joining the Columbus Crew and spending most of his rookie campaign on loan with second-division side Dayton Dutch Lions. He would spend each of the next two seasons in the North American Soccer League with the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Sweat made his jump to MLS with New York City FC in 2017. He made 77 appearances for NYCFC across
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 24, 2017, NYC at NY (w/ NYC) Assists 1, 12 times, last: April 9, 2022, KC vs. NSH Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 16, 2017, NYC at COL (w/ NYC) Shots 2, 9 times, last: Sept. 27, 2020, MIA at PHI (w/ MIA) Fouls Committed 3, 6 times, last: April 2, 2022, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 2, 8 times, last: April 2, 2022, KC at VAN Last Regular Season... Appearance July 9, 2022, KC at MTL Goal June 24, 2017, NYC at NY (w/ NYC) Assist April 9, 2022, KC vs. NSH 2022 Record when: he starts 3-4-1 he scores 0-0-0
three seasons, helping the team qualify for the postseason each year. Sweat was selected by Inter Miami CF with the first pick in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft and appeared in 22 matches during Miami’s maiden MLS campaign in 2020. In December 2020, Sweat was traded to another MLS newcomer, Austin FC. He started the first two matches in club history last April before missing the remainder of 2021 through injury. On the international stage, Sweat represented the U.S. at the U-20 level in 2010 and earned his first call-up to the USMNT in October 2018. He made his senior debut as a late substitute in a friendly loss to Chile on Oct. 11 and five days later went the full 90 minutes in a 1-1 friendly draw against Peru.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
10
8
669
0
1
3
1
12
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
106
92
8075
1
12
50
17
96
40
11
0
17
0
0
4
MLS - Postseason
6
5
437
0
0
1
0
6
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
112
97
8512
1
12
51
17
102
42
12
0
17
0
0
4
29
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #26 | M | ERIK THOMMY SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
1
1
61
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
1
1
61
0
0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Hometown: Ulm, Germany Last Club: VfB Stuttgart (Germany) Acquired: Signed on 6/23/2022
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Shots 3, July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Fouls Committed 1, July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Fouls Suffered 1, July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal N/A Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 8/20/1994
Sporting Kansas City signed Erik Thommy, an attacking midfielder and German Bundesliga veteran in June 2022. Thommy has recorded 42 goals and 33 assists across nine seasons in his native Germany - including nine goals, 14 assists and 96 appearances in the Bundesliga, one of the top leagues in the world.
time at Stuttgart this spring by appearing in each of the club’s last six matches of the 2021-2022 campaign.
As a youth player, Thommy developed in academies at SV Kleinbeuren (2000-2002), SSV Ulm (2002-2009) and TSG Thannhausen (2009-2010) before moving to FC Augsburg, Capable of playing in an advanced midfield role or on the wing, Thommy launched his where he competed in the U-17 and U-19 Bundesliga. He signed for FC Augsburg II in professional career with FC Augsburg in 2014 before going on loan to FC Kaiserslautern 2013 and punctuated his debut professional season by notching 18 goals and five assists (2014-2016) and Jahn Regensburg (2016-2017). Thommy joined VfB Stuttgart in 2017, in the fourth-division Regionalliga, also making his Bundesliga debut with Augsburg’s starred for Fortuna Dusseldorf during a successful loan spell in 2019-2020, and ended his senior team as a 19-year-old in February 2014. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
1
1
61
0
0
3
1
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
1
1
61
0
0
3
1
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
#27 | F | MARINOS TZIONIS SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
19
4
614
1
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
1
148
1
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
21
5
762
2
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, May 14, 2022, KC at POR Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: July 17, 2022, KC at RSL Shots 2, 3 times, last: July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: July 17, 2022, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 5, April 17, 2022, KC at LAFC Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal May 14, 2022, KC at POR Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 0-3-1 he scores 0-1-0
Height: 5-7 Weight: 145 Birthday: 7/16/2001 Hometown: Nicosia, Cyprus Last Club: Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/24/2022 Sporting Kansas City acquired winger Marinos Tzionis in a transfer from Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus in late January 2022. Tzionis, an emerging talent who was born and raised in Nicosia, Cyprus, scored 15 goals in 88 appearances for hometown club Omonia Nicosia since turning professional as a 15-year-old in 2017. The left winger also featured in 18 matches across Europe’s three most prestigious club tournaments: the UEFA Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League.
In a breakout 2020-21 campaign, Tzionis guided Omonia to the club’s first league title in 11 years by tallying seven goals in 43 games across all competitions. He appeared in 32 of the club’s 36 league matches, landed his UEFA Champions League debut in the qualifying rounds and started all six of Omonia’s games in the UEFA Europa League group stage. Prior to his arrival at Sporting, Tzionis tallied three goals and two assists in 24 competitive matches for Omonia during the 2021-22 season.
Tzionis developed in Omonia Nicosia’s academy, signed for the first team in 2017 and made his senior debut for the club in May 2018. Over the next two years, he scored three goals across 18 matches in the Cypriot First Division and struck twice in the Cypriot Cup.
Tzionis represented Cyprus at the U-17 and U-19 youth levels, before breaking into the senior national team in September 2020. To date, Tzionis has one goal in 18 caps for the Cyprus National Team, scoring his first goal in a 2-0 win over Estonia on March 29, 2022.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
19
4
614
1
0
15
4
9
25
1
6
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
19
4
614
1
0
15
4
9
25
1
6
0
0
0
0
30
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #4 | D | ROBERT VOLODER SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
9
6
574
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
0
42
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
11
6
616
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 2, May 14, 2022, KC at POR Fouls Suffered 2, April 30, 2022, KC vs. DAL Last Regular Season... Appearance July 17, 2022, KC at RSL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 0-3-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-0 Weight: 175 Birthday: 5/9/2001 Hometown: Frankfurt, Germany Last Club: NK Maribor (Slovenia) Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/19/2022 Sporting Kansas City acquired Robert Voloder in a transfer from NK Maribor in the Slovenian first division ahead of the 2022 MLS season. A left-footed center back, Voloder played every minute for Slovenian powerhouse NK Maribor since the 2021-22 PrvaLiga season began in July, guiding the team to the top of the table through 20 matches. In addition to scoring two goals and helping Maribor post 10 shutouts in league play, the German-born defender started four qualifying matches in the inaugural 2021-22 UEFA Europa Conference League last summer. Prior to joining Maribor, Voloder began his professional career at heralded German side FC Cologne. He developed in the club’s academy from 2016-2020 and captained the
U-19s during the 2019-20 season. Voloder was also selected to Cologne’s first team squad for three German Bundesliga matches at the end of the 2019-20 campaign. Voloder featured regularly for FC Cologne II in 2020-21, starting all 26 appearances. On the youth international stage, Voloder represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the U-17 through U-19 levels from 2017-2019 before switching his national team allegiance to Germany in September 2019, debuting for the country’s U-19s in a friendly against England. He played his first of five matches for the German U-20s in the fall of 2020 and recently captained the team in an Under 20 Elite League matchup against Norway on Sept. 6, 2021.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
9
6
574
0
0
0
0
5
4
0
0
1
1
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
9
6
574
0
0
0
0
5
4
0
0
1
1
0
0
#54 | M | REMI WALTER | @remi_walter SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
51
46
3899
4
2
MLS Postseason
2
2
180
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
2
211
0
1
International
1
1
45
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
57
51
4335
4
3
Height: 5-8 Weight: 160 Hometown: Essey-les-Nancy, France Last Club: Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey) Acquired: Signed on 12/22/2020
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 4 times, last: July 9, 2022, KC at MTL Assists 1, 2 times, last: June 19, 2022, KC at NSH Shots on Goal 1, 10 times, last: July 9, 2022, KC at MTL Shots 3, 2 times, last: Nov. 3, 2021, KC at ATX Fouls Committed 3, March 5, 2022, KC vs. HOU Fouls Suffered 3, Nov. 7, 2021, KC vs. RSL Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal July 9, 2022, KC at MTL Assist June 19, 2022, KC at NSH 2022 Record when: he starts 5-13-5 he scores 2-1-0
Birthday: 4/26/1995
Central midfielder Remi Walter signed with Sporting KC in December 2020, having amassed nearly 200 professional appearances since 2012, spanning seven full seasons in his native France and one season in Turkey. He boasts experience in several prestigious European competitions, including the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Champions League qualifying, French Ligue 1 and the Turkish Super Lig. A native of Essey-les-Nancy, Walter developed in Nancy’s youth academy before joining the first team as an 18-year-old in 2013. He became a regular starter in the early stages of the 2013-14 season and spent the next two and a half years as an integral midfield contributor for the side before being transferred to French title contender Nice in early
2016. Walter helped the club to a fourth-place finish as well as qualification to the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. The following season, he made 26 appearances as Nice took another step forward by placing third in Ligue 1 and booking a spot in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League. Walter split the 2017-18 campaign between Nice and Troyes on loan, before returning to Nice in the summer of 2018. Walter transferred to Turkish first division outfit Yeni Malatyaspor in January of 2020 before departing later that summer. On the international stage, Walter was a French youth international who participated in a number of high-profile tournaments, namely the 2012 UEFA U-17 Championship in Slovenia and qualifying for the 2017 UEFA U-21 Championship in Poland.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
51
46
3899
4
2
31
10
32
36
0
36
5
1
2
1
KC - Postseason
2
2
180
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
53
48
4079
4
2
33
10
34
36
0
36
5
1
2
1
31
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 23, 2022 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #8 | D | GRAHAM ZUSI SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
334
290
26334
30
71
MLS Postseason
20
20
1919
1
7
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
180
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
18
16
1537
3
6
International
13
13
1140
0
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
387
341
31110
34
87
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, 8 times, last: Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC Shots on Goal 3, 5 times, last: Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last Regular Season... Appearance July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC Goal June 19, 2022, KC at NSH Assist Oct. 3, 2021, KC vs. HOU 2022 Record when: he starts 3-9-2 he scores 1-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) Sporting’s all-time appearance and minutes leader, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15, 2017-19), MLS Best XI (2012-13) & MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) accolades in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. He earned Sporting KC MVP honors from 2012-14 and is the only player to appear in every All-Star Game from 2011-2014. Zusi has recorded 34 goals and 87 assists in 387 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being drafted in 2009 out of Maryland, where he won two national championships. He is second in club history with 87 total assists, while his 410 chances created from 2011-2015 (including postseason) ranked third in MLS. With his assist
against RSL on April 29, 2017, Zusi reached 50 regular-season assists and later moved into first in club history with 24 game-winning assists on Aug. 19, 2017 versus FC Dallas. Zusi earned 55 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team after debuting in January 2012, recording five goals and seven assists. He played four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He played in his first CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015, starting two matches, and scored in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala on March 29, 2016. He played five games for the U.S. at the 2016 Copa America Centenario, scoring on June 7 in a 4-0 win over Costa Rica. He made four appearances as the U.S. won the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
334
290
26334
30
71
469
141
273
369
34
799
32
1
10
28
KC - Postseason
20
20
1919
1
7
32
4
26
30
1
69
2
0
0
3
MLS - TOTAL
354
310
28253
31
78
501
145
299
399
35
868
34
1
10
31
32