Sporting KC Game Notes | July 30, 2022 vs. Austin 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
24
19
2139
0
3
International
9
8
727
1
1
ALL COMPETITIONS
357
313
27641
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 357 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
5
5
474
0
0
International
4
4
326
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
79
74
6726
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
22
