Game Guide: Sporting KC vs Philadelphia Union by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. PHILADELPHIA UNION CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. 7:30 p.m. CT (FS-KC; TCN-Phi)

Thursday, July 6 (Week 19, MLS Game #209)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 17 17 2 0 104 78 11 3 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 4 4 0 0 67 57 5 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 17 17 0 3 217 211 3 14 5 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 19 19 0 1 19 19 0 1 FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 19 19 6 1 19 19 6 1 7 Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 16 15 0 3 210 170 26 51 8 9 Latif Blessing FW 5-7 140 12/30/1996 Accra, Ghana 11 7 2 0 11 7 2 0 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17 16 2 3 189 172 31 50 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 2 0 0 0 17 3 1 0 11 Diego Rubio 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 15 14 5 1 128 111 57 9 DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 19 19 1 1 172 165 1 8 15 Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 5 3 1 0 57 39 1 7 17 21 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 31 31 0 1 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 10 5 0 1 68 31 8 7 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 24 Cameron Iwasa FW 5-10 175 07/07/1993 Sacramento, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 18 18 1 3 178 158 5 23 27 Roger Espinoza 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 19 19 0 0 75 74 0 0 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 9 0 1 0 9 0 1 0 30 39 Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 Amer Didic DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 77 Tyler Pasher MF 5-11 160 04/27/1994 Elmira, Ontario, Canada 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 13 1 0 1 63 45 0 3 93 Soni Mustivar 94 Jimmy Medranda FW 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 19 14 1 1 60 44 2 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W111 L86 T68

PHILADELPHIA UNION 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A MF 5-9 168 08/14/1990 Brooklyn, NY 5 1 0 0 115 71 5 4 2 Warren Creavalle 3 Jack Elliott DF 6-6 180 08/25/1995 London, England 13 12 0 0 13 12 0 0 DF 6-2 170 08/25/1991 Centennial, CO 1 0 0 0 23 19 2 1 4 Ken Tribbett 5 Oguchi Onyewu DF 6-4 210 05/13/1982 Washington, DC 14 14 1 0 14 14 1 0 MF 6-1 183 03/08/1985 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 17 17 2 7 17 17 2 7 6 Haris Medunjanin 7 Brian Carroll MF 5-10 153 07/20/1981 Springfield, VA 0 0 0 0 370 345 9 17 MF 5-11 187 04/18/1986 San Bernardino, CA 0 0 0 0 91 90 9 5 8 Maurice Edu 9 Charlie Davies FW 5-10 160 06/25/1986 Manchester, NH 0 0 0 0 98 59 25 10 MF 5-11 160 08/06/1990 Hoorn, Netherlands 11 4 3 0 39 17 12 3 10 Roland Alberg 11 Alejandro Bedoya MF 5-10 160 04/29/1987 Englewood, NJ 14 14 0 2 24 24 1 2 Keegan Rosenberry DF 5-8 163 12/11/1993 Harrisburg, PA 8 6 0 0 42 40 2 2 12 13 Chris Pontius MF 6-0 170 05/12/1987 West Covina, CA 17 16 0 6 202 174 43 29 Fabian Herbers MF 5-11 172 08/17/1993 Ahaus, Germany 12 4 1 2 44 17 4 9 14 15 Joshua Yaro DF 5-11 163 11/18/1994 Kumasi, Ghana 2 0 0 0 19 15 0 0 Richard Marquez DF 6-2 185 05/26/1992 Panoma, CA 9 8 1 0 63 61 3 0 16 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-1 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 17 14 9 3 185 132 45 18 GK 6-1 170 11/21/1990 Mary Pen, Jamaica 17 17 0 0 56 56 0 0 18 Andre Blake 19 Aaron Jones DF 5-9 160 03/12/1994 Great Yarmouth, England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marcus Epps MF 6-0 155 01/16/1995 Jackson, MS 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 21 Derrick Jones MF 6-3 165 03/03/1997 Bantama, Ghana 10 7 0 0 10 7 0 0 MF 5-8 168 02/23/1991 New York, NY 14 10 4 1 14 10 4 1 22 Fafa Picault 23 John McCarthy GK 6-3 192 07/04/1992 Philadelphia, PA 0 0 0 0 12 12 0 0 Adam Najem MF 5-8 150 01/19/1995 Wayne, NJ 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 25 Ilsinho MF 5-10 189 10/12/1985 Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil 13 12 2 0 38 26 4 2 Auston Trusty DF 6-3 185 08/12/1998 Media, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 27 Jay Simpson FW 5-11 186 12/01/1988 London, England 11 3 1 0 11 3 1 0 DF 5-7 148 01/13/1990 Indianapolis, IN 11 11 0 1 129 125 0 6 28 Raymon Gaddis 30 Eric Ayuk MF 5-6 167 02/17/1997 Yaounde, Cameroon 0 0 0 0 29 15 2 2 Giliano Wijnaldum DF 5-11 168 08/31/1992 Rotterdam, Netherlands 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 32 33 Fabinho DF 5-7 169 03/16/1985 Ariquemes, Brazil 14 14 0 0 102 95 2 13 HEAD COACH : Jim Curtin

06/23/1979 W34 L43 T26

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. PHILADELPHIA UNION Thursday, July 6; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 7:30 p.m. CT REFEREES

2017 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 19 8-4-7 31 23 13 9 6-0-3 21 18 4

Union on road

17 6-7-4 22 24 20 7 1-4-2 5 7 7

REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Ian Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Kathryn Nesbitt; 4th: Nima Saghafi TEAM NEWS SUSPENDED: KC: Roger Espinoza (caution accumulation; through July 6) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: PHI: Alejandro Bedoya SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Seth Sinovic ... PHI: Oguchi Onyewu

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sporting 5 wins, 17 goals … Union 5 wins, 19 goals … Ties 4

DISABLED LIST: KC: Diego Kostner INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Matt Besler, Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (USA) ... PHI: Alejandro Bedoya (USA); Andre Blake (Jamaica)

AT KC: Sporting 3 wins, 10 goals … Union 2 wins, 8 goals … Ties 8 LAST YEAR (MLS): 8/27: PHI 2, KC 0 (Alberg 67; Barnetta 92+)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 PORTLAND TIMBERS 1 Scoring Summary: POR--Valeri 10 (Blanco 4) 26 KC--Salloi 1 (Espinoza 3) 60

UPCOMING MATCHES UNION SPORTING Wed. July 19 at Montreal Sat. July 22 at Real Salt Lake Sat. July 22 at Columbus Sat. July 29 Chicago Wed. July 26 Columbus Sun. Aug. 6 Atlanta Sat. July 29 at New England Sat. Aug. 12 at Seattle

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Saad AbdulSalaam, Ike Opara, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Benny Feilhaber (Jimmy Medranda 80), Gerso Fernandes (Daniel Salloi 35), Soony Saad (Diego Rubio 59), Latif Blessing.

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM UNION

SPORTING

F A 22 12 74 135

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 24 64

A 20 77

13 4 7 0

16 1 3 0

10 6 2 1 4 1 0 0

10 2 2 1 3 0 2 0

5 15 4

6 11 3

HOW SCORED

12 8 2 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

3 4 5 0

TYPE OF PLAY

17 1 1 2 0 0 0 1

2 5 1 0 1 0 3 0

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

5 12 5

6 6 0

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

PHILADELPHIA UNION 3 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 0 Scoring Summary: PHI--Sapong 9 (penalty kick) 4 PHI--Ilsinho 2 (Picault 1, Medunjanin 6) 48 PHI--Alberg 3 (Medunjanin 7) 78 PHILADELPHIA UNION--Andre Blake, Raymon Gaddis, Jack Elliott (Joshua Yaro 62), Oguchi Onyewu, Giliano Wijnaldum, Derrick Jones, Chris Pontius, Ilsinho (Roland Alberg 78), Fafa Picault, Haris Medunjanin (Ken Tribbett 87), C.J. Sapong.

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC PHI

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

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

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 6/03/2017 KC 3, MIN 0 6/24/2017 KC 2, LA 1 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 5/27/2017 KC 0, COL 1 7/01/2017 KC 1, POR 1 6/17/2017 KC 0, SJ 0 6/17/2017 KC 0, SJ 0

(2) (0) (18) (2) (0) (2) (2)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC TTWTWWLWWLTWLLWTTWT Union TTLLLLTTWWWWLLLWW

PHILADELPHIA UNION Date Score (Gms since) 7/02/2017 PHI 3, NE 0 5/13/2017 PHI 4, DC 0 6/18/2017 PHI 0, NYR 2 6/03/2017 PHI 1, NYC 2 4/29/2017 PHI 0, LA 0 7/02/2017 PHI 3, NE 0 6/18/2017 PHI 0, NYR 2

(0) (2) (2) (0) (9) (0) (2)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 6 Fernandes A: 3 4 players tied SHT: 46 Fernandes SOG: 22 Dwyer/Fernandes FC: 35 Dwyer FS: 37 Dwyer OF: 10 Dwyer C: 6 Espinoza E: 1 Espinoza UNION G: 9 Sapong A: 7 Medunjanin SHT: 31 Sapong SOG: 19 Sapong FC: 35 Bedoya FS: 50 Sapong OF: 6 Bedoya C: 4 Bedoya E: 1 Jones

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 19 8 3 4 4 0 23 1.21 PHI 17 5 5 3 3 1 24 1.41 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 19 9 7 3 0 0 13 0.68 PHI 17 7 2 6 2 0 20 1.18 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 23 2 3 3 8 3 4 PHI 24 3 3 4 2 7 5 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 13 1 4 2 0 1 5 PHI 20 1 2 5 1 4 7

2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (8-4-7, 31 pts.) UNF 7 14 10 3 9 27 94 15 30 17 8 5 6 93 22 39 11 40 4 29 77

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

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

GP 19 15 17 17 11 18 19 19 9 5 16 17 19 13 10 1 2 1 4 19 1

GS 19 14 16 17 7 18 14 19 0 3 15 17 19 1 5 0 0 1 4 19 1

MIN 1629 1271 1404 1530 589 1597 1234 1709 130 272 1395 1530 1710 197 386 21 45 45 360 1710 45

19 19

1710 1710

G 6 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 13

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

SHT 46 45 31 11 16 26 33 9 6 1 18 4 10 0 13 1 0 2 1 0 0

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

19 16

273 175

92 74

FC 27 35 20 8 15 30 8 9 3 4 9 15 9 6 6 0 1 1 4 2 1

FS 29 37 27 7 16 24 15 11 3 2 9 8 23 3 8 0 1 2 1 0 0

OFF 3 10 0 1 8 2 3 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

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

213 240 240 213

37 42

94 66

35 42

1 1

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

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 19 19 19

GS 19 19 19

MIN SHTS 1710 74 1710 74 1710 92

SV 59 59 68

GA 13 13 23

GAA 0.68 0.68 1.21

PG 1 1 0

PA 4 4 0

W 8 8 4

L 4 4 8

T 7 7 7

SO 9 9 8

2017 PHILADELPHIA UNION STATISTICS (6-7-4, 22 pts.) UNF 17 22 10 6 25 14 27 5 16 13 11 28 24 18 21 33 32 3 15 12 4 20 2

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

PLAYER C.J. Sapong Fafa Picault Roland Alberg Haris Medunjanin Ilsinho Fabian Herbers Jay Simpson Oguchi Onyewu Richard Marquez Chris Pontius Alejandro Bedoya Raymon Gaddis Adam Najem Andre Blake Derrick Jones Fabinho Giliano Wijnaldum Jack Elliott Joshua Yaro Keegan Rosenberry Ken Tribbett Marcus Epps Warren Creavalle Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 17 14 11 17 13 12 11 14 9 17 14 11 1 17 10 14 3 13 2 8 1 3 5

GS 14 10 4 17 12 4 3 14 8 16 14 11 0 17 7 14 3 12 0 6 0 0 1

MIN 1381 848 387 1527 908 395 280 1209 726 1328 1260 933 19 1530 610 1260 270 1097 47 596 3 33 146

17 17

1530 1530

G 9 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 20

A 3 1 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 31 22 10 17 20 8 7 8 4 27 16 1 0 0 5 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 0

SOG 19 11 5 8 5 2 5 3 1 8 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

22 16

185 192

78 73

FC 22 6 5 5 12 6 3 27 6 15 35 8 0 1 15 22 5 8 2 7 0 0 3

FS 50 14 11 2 7 7 4 12 2 22 12 7 0 3 11 19 5 6 0 4 0 0 1

OFF 5 4 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 0 9 69 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1

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

213 215 215 213

26 21

85 79

28 33

1 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: C.J. Sapong 2, Haris Medunjanin 2, Fafa Picault 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Chris Pontius 2, Raymon Gaddis 1, Alejandro Bedoya 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: C.J. Sapong 3-3, Roland Alberg 1-1, Alejandro Bedoya 0-1 PHILADELPHIA UNION GOALKEEPING UNF 18

POS G

GOALKEEPER Andre Blake Team totals Opponent totals

GP 17 17 17

GS 17 17 17

MIN SHTS 1530 73 1530 73 1530 78

SV 50 50 52

GA 20 20 24

GAA 1.18 1.18 1.41

PG 3 3 4

PA 4 4 5

W 6 6 7

L 7 7 6

T 4 4 4

SO 7 7 5

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

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

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

Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

Apr. Apr. Apr. May

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

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

May May May June June June June July July July

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

July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.

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

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

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

ATT 18268 19117 19282 27909 19249

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

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

21144 15411 18648 18965

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

L 0-2 T 2-2

17709 25527

5-2-3 5-2-4

2 2

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

W L L W T T W T

20139 21020 17648 20361 20334 18000 20140 20933

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

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

22 KC: Fernandes (56,58,69); 22 VAN: Techera (40) Parker (67) 22 COL: Ford (11) 25 KC: Opara (47+) Medranda (54) Abdul-Salaam (87); 26 KC: Fernandes (24); MTL: Mancosu (82) 27 30 KC: Espinoza (22) Opara (35); LA: Romney (77) 31 KC: Salloi (61); POR: Valeri (26)

W L W W

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

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

PHILADELPHIA UNION 2017 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 5 at Vancouver 11 Toronto FC

Sat. Mar. Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr. Fri. Apr. Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr. Sat. May Sat. May Wed. May Sat. May Sat. May Sat. June Sun. June Sat. Sun. Thu. Wed. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sun.

June July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep.

Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun. Sun.

Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct.

RESULT T 0-0 T 2-2

ATT 19083 16795

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

POS PTS NOTES: 6 1 4 2 PHI: Simpson (11) Sapong (73); TOR: Altidore (47+) Morrow (71) 9 2 PHI: Sapong (52); ORL: Larin (39,73)

18 at Orlando City SC 1 at D.C. United 8 Portland

L 1-2

25527

0-1-2

L 1-2 L 1-3

14560 15437

0-2-2 0-3-2

11 11

14 New York City FC 22 Montreal

L 0-2

16553

0-4-2

T 3-3

15107

0-4-3

29 at Los Angeles 6 New York Red Bulls 13 at D.C. United

T 0-0 W 3-0

25008 16297

0-4-4 1-4-4

11 11

W 4-0

14576

2-4-4

17 Houston 20 Colorado 27 at Real Salt Lake 3 at New York City FC 18 New York Red Bulls 24 D.C. United 2 New England 6 at Sporting KC 19 at Montreal 22 at Columbus 26 Columbus 29 at New England 5 FC Dallas 12 Montreal 19 at San Jose 23 at Toronto FC 26 Atlanta 9 at Minnesota 17 at New York Red Bulls 23 Chicago 27 at Atlanta 1 Seattle 15 at Chicago 22 Orlando City SC

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

15234 18399 18305

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

7 7 7

10 PHI: Medunjanin (39) Onyewu (64) Picault (78) Herbers (88); 13 PHI: Picault (17) Pereira (38); 16 PHI: Sapong (67) Medunjanin (75); COL: Calvert (15) 16 RSL: Plata (36)

L 1-2

21851

4-6-4

16 PHI: Picault (69); NYC: Chanot (80) Callens (85)

L 0-2

17720

4-7-4

W 1-0 W 3-0

17656 16143

5-7-4 6-7-4

9 8

2 PHI: Sapong (71); DC: Guillermo (18) Acosta (27) 2 PHI: Marquez (26); POR: Nagbe (32) Miller (66) Adi (88) 2 NYC: Harrison (52) Villa (90) 3 PHI: Alberg (5,39) Sapong (23); MTL: Piatti (41) Jackson-Hamel (69,87) 4 7 PHI: Sapong (74,81,85);

16 NYR: Wright-Phillips (87,92+) 19 PHI: Picault (31); 22 PHI: Sapong (4) Pereira (48) Alberg (78);

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

Goals 3 Gerso Fernandes Assists 1 19 times Shots 7 Benny Feilhaber Shots on Goal 4 Gerso Fernandes Fouls Committed 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Latif Blessing Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer Offside 3 Dom Dwyer Saves 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 7 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 2 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia

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

05/17/2017 vs SEA

W 3-0

03/18/2017 vs SJ

W 2-1

05/27/2017 vs COL

L 0-1

05/17/2017 vs SEA

W 3-0

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

W 2-0 L 0-1

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

T 0-0 W 1-0

05/03/2017 vs NYR

W 2-0

06/10/2017 vs MTL

T 1-1

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

L 0-2 T 1-1

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

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

COL RSL SEA MIN

W W W W

COL

W 3-1

MIN

W 3-0

MIN

W 3-0

DAL

T 0-0

DC POR

T 0-0 W 1-0

MIN

L 0-2

ORL VAN

T 2-2 L 0-2

MTL

T 1-1

VAN MTL

L 0-2 T 1-1

MIN ORL VAN

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

UNION INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

Goals 3 C.J. Sapong Assists 2 Haris Medunjanin 2 Chris Pontius 2 Haris Medunjanin Shots 6 Fafa Picault Shots on Goal 4 C.J. Sapong 4 C.J. Sapong Fouls Committed 5 Derrick Jones Fouls Suffered 7 C.J. Sapong Offside 3 Alejandro Bedoya 3 C.J. Sapong Saves 7 Andre Blake 7 Andre Blake Shots Faced 9 Andre Blake Goals Allowed 3 Andre Blake 3 Andre Blake

Goals 4 05/13/2017 at Assists 4 05/13/2017 at Shots 19 05/13/2017 at Shots on Goal 9 04/01/2017 at 9 05/13/2017 at Fouls Committed 23 03/11/2017 at Fouls Suffered 17 05/06/2017 at 17 05/27/2017 at Corner Kicks 9 06/03/2017 at Offside 4 03/11/2017 at 4 05/06/2017 at Saves 7 05/27/2017 at 7 06/03/2017 at Shots Faced 9 06/03/2017 at Goals Allowed 3 04/08/2017 at 3 04/22/2017 at

05/06/2017 at NYR

W 3-0

05/13/2017 at DC 05/17/2017 at HOU 07/02/2017 at NE

W 4-0 W 2-0 W 3-0

05/13/2017 at DC

W 4-0

04/01/2017 at DC 05/06/2017 at NYR

L 1-2 W 3-0

04/01/2017 at DC

L 1-2

04/22/2017 at MTL

T 3-3

03/11/2017 at TOR 05/06/2017 at NYR

T 2-2 W 3-0

05/27/2017 at RSL 06/03/2017 at NYC

L 0-1 L 1-2

06/03/2017 at NYC

L 1-2

04/08/2017 at POR 04/22/2017 at MTL

L 1-3 T 3-3

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

Shots 7 07/01/2017 vs Shots on Goal 1 04/22/2017 vs 1 07/01/2017 vs Fouls Committed 3 06/10/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 6 05/17/2017 vs Corner Kicks 0 07/01/2017 vs Offside 0 03/31/2017 vs 0 04/15/2017 vs 0 05/27/2017 vs Saves 1 06/03/2017 vs Shots Faced 1 06/03/2017 vs

POR

T 1-1

DAL POR

L 0-1 T 1-1

MTL

T 1-1

SEA

W 3-0

POR

T 1-1

TOR POR COL

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

MIN

W 3-0

MIN

W 3-0

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)

W 4-0

DC DC

L 1-2 W 4-0

TOR

T 2-2

NYR RSL

W 3-0 L 0-1

NYC

L 1-2

TOR NYR

T 2-2 W 3-0

RSL NYC

L 0-1 L 1-2

NYC

L 1-2

POR MTL

L 1-3 T 3-3

Shots 7 03/05/2017 at 7 06/18/2017 at Shots on Goal 2 03/18/2017 at 2 04/14/2017 at 2 04/29/2017 at Fouls Committed 8 04/14/2017 at Fouls Suffered 5 04/01/2017 at Corner Kicks 2 03/11/2017 at 2 07/02/2017 at Offside 0 04/08/2017 at 0 05/27/2017 at Saves 0 03/05/2017 at 0 05/20/2017 at Shots Faced 1 03/05/2017 at 1 05/13/2017 at 1 05/20/2017 at

VAN NYR

T 0-0 L 0-2

ORL NYC LA

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

NYC

L 0-2

L 1-2

TOR NE

T 2-2 W 3-0

POR RSL

L 1-3 L 0-1

VAN COL

T 0-0 W 2-1

VAN DC COL

T 0-0 W 4-0 W 2-1

HEAD-TO-HEAD

UNION VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 5 wins, 17 goals Union 5 wins, 19 goals 4 ties 6/10/2010 9/4/2010 6/22/2011 9/23/2011 6/23/2012 10/24/2012 3/2/2013 9/27/2013 10/26/2013 5/14/2014 8/1/2014 10/18/2014 4/5/2015 8/27/2016

KC 2 vs PHI PHI 1 vs KC PHI 0 vs KC KC 1 vs PHI PHI 4 vs KC KC 2 vs PHI KC 3 at PHI PHI 1 at KC KC 2 at PHI PHI 2 at KC KC 1 vs PHI PHI 2 vs KC KC 3 vs PHI PHI 2 vs KC

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

(CA) (PP) (PP) (SP) (PP) (SP) (PP) (SP) (PP) (SP) (SP) (PP) (SP) (PP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 5 87 27 82 13 22

2 12 88 30 84 13 34

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Union Tot 17 175 57 166 26 56

1 8 82 32 95 19 27

2 11 88 37 106 15 26

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 19 170 69 201 34 53

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC PHI

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

1 2

3 4

4 2

2 4

6 5

0 0

17 19

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Jim Curtin Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. PHI

2-1-1 5-5-4

(1.75 pts./game) (1.36 pts./game)

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

4 3 26 8 14 20 4 2 2 26 10

Sporting KC Graham Zusi Kei Kamara Dom Dwyer Zusi/Dwyer Aurelien Collin Benny Feilhaber Jimmy Nielsen Kronberg/Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen

3 2 20 8 24 18 4 3 2 30 11

Union Le Toux/McInerney 3 times Sebastien Le Toux Sebastien Le Toux Amobi Okugo Michael Farfan Zac MacMath Zac MacMath Zac MacMath Zac MacMath Zac MacMath

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals

Sporting KC 1 17 players tied

Assists

2 4 players tied

Shots Shots on Goal

7 Dom Dwyer (09/27/13) 4 Dom Dwyer (04/05/15)

Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

4 Collin/Rosell 6 Graham Zusi (10/26/13)

Shutouts Saves

1 Jimmy Nielsen (twice) 7 Jimmy Nielsen (06/22/11) 4 Jimmy Nielsen (06/23/12)

Goals Allowed

Union 2 Jack McInerney (06/23/12) 2 Cristian Maidana (10/18/14) 7 Carlos Ruiz (06/22/11) 4 Tranquillo Barnetta (08/27/16) 4 5 players tied 6 Michael Farfan (10/24/12) 1 4 players tied 5 Zac MacMath (3 times) 3 MacMath/Mbolhi

W-L-T Breakdowns: Sporting Kansas City W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

Streak (started)

Philadelphia Union W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

1 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ts

(06/24/2017) (06/17/2017) (07/01/2017)

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

4 Ws (05/13/2017) 2 Ls (06/03/2017) 1 Ls (05/27/2017)

0-4-1 8-0-2

1 Ts 1 Ws

(07/01/2017) (06/24/2017)

1-5-0 5-2-2

2 Ls (05/27/2017) 2 Ws (06/24/2017)

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

1 Ts 2 Ts 1 Ws 4 Ws 0-

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

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

2 1 2 2 3

Ls Ws Ws Ws Ws

(05/27/2017) (06/24/2017) (05/17/2017) (05/06/2017) (06/22/2016)

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

1 Ts 1 Ts 1 Ls 1 Ls 0-

(06/17/2017) (07/01/2017) (05/20/2017) (10/01/2016) -

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

5 1 5 1 1

Ws Ls Ls Ts Ls

(05/06/2017) (05/27/2017) (03/18/2017) (04/22/2017) (07/23/2016)

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. UNION (5-5-4) PLAYER

MIN

Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Kei Kamara Davy Arnaud Lawrence Olum C.J. Sapong Jalil Anibaba Claudio Bieler Omar Bravo Krisztian Nemeth Jacob Peterson Oriol Rosell Matt Besler Benny Feilhaber Ryan Smith Teal Bunbury Antonio Dovale Roger Espinoza Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Team totals Opponent totals

10 7 5 3 5 7 1 3 2 1 9 5 9 7 2 5 2 5 8 4 14 14

10 6 5 3 3 3 1 2 2 0 5 4 8 7 2 4 1 5 8 4 14 14

900 521 450 270 303 375 90 185 152 26 494 384 778 594 143 295 74 441 719 303 1260 1260

4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 19

2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 19 16

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

20 26 17 2 2 8 1 5 1 1 10 4 1 5 3 11 2 5 4 4 175 170

1 9 1 2 1 14 14

90 810 90 180 90 1260 1260

7 36 8 13 5 69 57

6 26 6 9 4 51 38

1.00 1.11 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.36 1.21

0 1 0 0 0 1 1

Andy Gruenebaum Jimmy Nielsen Alec Kann Eric Kronberg Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

UNION CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (5-5-4) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Sebastien Le Toux Jack McInerney Brian Brown Antoine Hoppenot Cristian Maidana Roland Alberg Lionard Pajoy Fernando Aristeguieta Tranquillo Barnetta Conor Casey Danny Cruz Pedro Ribeiro Michael Farfan Raymon Gaddis Fabinho Keon Daniel Justin Mapp Danny Mwanga Jeff Parke Andrew Wenger Sheanon Williams Team totals Opponent totals

10 8 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 6 1 6 9 5 4 2 2 3 4 7 14 14

7 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 6 0 6 9 5 2 2 2 3 3 7 14 14

689 329 90 137 178 25 90 90 90 232 441 21 540 810 438 221 160 133 270 293 623 1260 1260

3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 17

1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 19

20 14 2 4 6 3 2 4 5 6 9 2 12 0 1 4 4 4 1 9 5 170 175

Andre Blake Faryd Mondragon Zac MacMath Chris Seitz Rais Mbolhi Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 9 2 1 14 14

MIN SHTS 90 90 810 180 90 1260 1260

2 0 42 7 6 57 69

GAA

2 0 30 4 2 38 51

0.00 0.00 1.22 1.50 3.00 1.21 1.36

0 0 1 0 0 1 1

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. UNION (5-5-4)

CURRENT UNION VS. SPORTING KC (5-5-4)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Saad Abdul-Salaam Andrew Dykstra Kevin Ellis Jimmy Medranda Soni Mustivar Ike Opara Diego Rubio Soony Saad Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

10 7 12 9 5 1 2 2 3 2 6 1 6 11 14 14

10 6 12 8 5 1 2 2 2 1 5 0 2 10 14 14

900 521 1018 778 441 90 180 180 135 102 495 1 237 945 1260 1260

4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 19

2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 16

20 26 10 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 10 5 175 170

Roland Alberg Brian Carroll Raymon Gaddis Chris Pontius Fabinho Charlie Davies Eric Ayuk Alejandro Bedoya Andre Blake Warren Creavalle Maurice Edu Fabian Herbers Richard Marquez Keegan Rosenberry C.J. Sapong Joshua Yaro Team totals Opponent totals

1 28 9 13 5 5 1 1 1 6 8 1 1 1 2 1 14 14

0 27 9 12 5 2 1 1 1 3 7 1 1 1 1 1 14 14

25 2423 810 1027 438 231 72 90 90 314 639 65 90 90 108 90 1260 1260

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 17

1 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 19

3 12 0 14 1 4 0 1 0 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 170 175

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Andrew Dykstra Team totals Opponent totals

2 14 14

180 1260 1260

8 69 57

5 1.50 51 1.36 38 1.21

0 1 1

2 0.00 38 1.21 51 1.36

0 1 1

GOALKEEPER

Andre Blake Team totals Opponent totals

1 14 14

MIN SHTS 90 1260 1260

2 57 69

GAME NOTES

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. PHILADELPHIA UNION

2017 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Thursday, July 6, 2017 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 20 Sporting Kansas City 8-4-7, 31 points (6-0-3 home; 2-4-4 away) 1st place in Western Conference

English TV: FOX Sports Kansas City English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM

Philadelphia Union 6-7-4, 22 points (5-3-2 home; 1-4-2 away) 8th place in Eastern Conference

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

8-4-7 (31 pts.) 19 1st in West 23 1.21 19 13 0.68 +10 273 (92) 33.7% 213 240 35 1

Ricardo Salazar Ian Anderson Kathryn Nesbitt Nima Saghafi

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

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

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

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

Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas

PHILADELPHIA UNION

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

6-7-4 (22 pts.) 17 8th in East 24 1.41 22 20 1.18 +2 185 (78) 42.2% 213 215 28 1

2017 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

oh-PAR-ah

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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

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

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

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

Tim Melia 1710 Tim Melia 0.68 Tim Melia 8 Tim Melia 9 Tim Melia 59

SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah loh-BAH-toe

PHILADELPHIA UNION

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

PETER VERMES

Pts 37 35 33 29 27 25 23 22 21 20 18

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

GD +18 +13 +13 -5 +10 -3 -6 +4 0 -1 -15

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

Pts 31 28 26 26 25 22 21 21 19 18 17

W L T 8 4 7 7 3 7 7 7 5 7 6 5 7 7 4 6 7 4 6 7 3 5 7 6 6 10 1 5 10 3 5 12 2

GD GP +10 19 +10 17 +3 19 -2 18 +3 18 0 17 -4 16 -5 18 -6 17 -16 18 -21 19

C.J. Sapong Haris Medunjanin C.J. Sapong C.J. Sapong Three Players Chris Pontius Alejandro Bedoya C.J. Sapong Alejandro Bedoya Derrick Jones

1530 Andre Blake 1.18 Andre Blake 6 Andre Blake 7 Andre Blake 50 Andre Blake

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

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

9 7 31 19 2 2 35 50 4 1

GP 18 18 18 19 18 19 17 17 16 18 18

9th season 111-86-68 9th season (.547) 111-86-68 (.547)

JIM CURTIN

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

4th season 34-43-26 (.456) 4th season 34-43-26 (.456)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Tuesday, July 4 QUESTIONABLE: • Gerso (Dislocated Shoulder)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 6, 2017 vs. Philadelphia Union | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvPHI: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvPHI: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City and the Philadelphia Union will face off on Thursday night, with both sides looking to take the lead in the all-time series that currently stands at 5-5-4 for each team. Sporting KC faced the Union once in 2016, succumbing to a controversial 2-0 defeat on Aug. 27 after goals from Roland Alberg and Tranquillo Barnetta in a game that saw Jimmy Medranda and Roger Espinoza sent off - though Espinoza’s red card was later rescinded by the MLS Disciplinary Committee. The two sides haven’t met at Children’s Mercy Park since April 5, 2015 when Sporting KC claimed a wild encounter 3-2. After falling behind to an early own goal by Jacob Peterson, Sporting KC hit right back through Dom Dwyer to pull the side level. However, the Union retook the lead in the 19th minute when Fernando Aristeguieta headed into the corner. The score remained that way until second-half stoppage time when first, Jalil Anibaba knocked the ball home to make the score 2-2 before Krisztian Nemeth notched a dramatic 94th-minute winner. Sporting KC is 3-2-2 all-time at home against Philadelphia, but 1-2-1 in the last four meetings at Children’s Mercy Park - as that 3-2 victory snapped a three-game winless streak at home against the Union. Sporting KC has also won just one of the last five matches against the Union, going 1-3-1 since May 14, 2014. #SKCvPHI: Recent Meetings (Series tied 5-5-4 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC’s 13 goals allowed through 19 games in the 2017 MLS season are the fewest conceded in the league, ahead of FCD’s 16. SKC also has the best goals against average with 0.68, ahead of FCD’s 0.94, and the club’s nine shutouts is tied for the league-lead. • SKC has taken the most shots in MLS this year with 273 and has faced the fewest shots with 175. SKC is also third with 92 shots on target. • SKC leads MLS in dribbles attempted with 391 and dribbles completed with 179. • SKC is tied for the MLS lead in chances created (200) and leads the league in chances created from open play (176). • SKC leads MLS in passes (9,996), passes completed (8,335) and passing accuracy (83.38) and is second in average possession percentage (57.62).

Date

08/27/2016 04/05/2015 10/18/2014 08/01/2014 05/14/2014

Score

KC 0 at PHI 2 KC 3 vs PHI 2 KC 1 at PHI 2 KC 1 vs PHI 1 KC 1 vs PHI 2

Sporting KC Player Stats • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has the second best goals against average in MLS with 0.68, conceding just 13 goals in 19 games this season and posting a leaguehigh nine shutouts. In addition, his 81.94 save percentage leads the league among players to play in two or more games. Melia also leads MLS with three penalty saves on four faced in 2017. • Midfielder Ilie leads MLS with 1,383 passes attempted, and is second in the league in passes completed with 1,184. Matt Besler is fourth in passes attempted (1,201) and in passes completed (1,033). • Defender Graham Zusi leads all MLS defenders with 31 chances created and 24 chances created from open play. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber is third in MLS in chances created with 45 and is second with 31 chances created from open play. • Winger Gerso is fourth in MLS with 83 dribbles attempted and third with 40 dribbles completed.

Result Details L W L T L

Alberg & Barnetta score as Medranda & Espinoza are sent off Anibaba and Nemeth score in stoppage time to claim victory Brown and Ribeiro tally either side of Dwyer strike Zusi and Brown trade second half goals Dwyer equalizes after Cruz opener before Maidana’s winner

#SKCvPHI: PLAYER HISTORY • Sporting KC defender Graham Zusi leads the team with four goals and two assists against the Philadelphia Union. He scored his first in a 2-0 win on June 10, 2010 before adding a goal and two assists in a 3-1 road victory on March 2, 2013. He added the opener in a 2-1 road win on Oct. 26, 2013 and again notched the opening goal in a 1-1 home draw on Aug. 1, 2014. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has recorded one goal and two assists against the Union, scoring his lone goal while with New England in a 4-4 draw on Sept. 7, 2011 before adding two assists in the 3-2 Sporting KC win on April 5, 2015. • Defender Matt Besler has two assists against the Philadelphia Union, the first on Graham Zusi’s goal on Oct. 26, 2013 before adding another on Krisztian Nemeth’s game-winner on April 5, 2015. • Forward Dom Dwyer has three goals against the Union, scoring in a 2-1 home defeat on May 14, 2014 before adding another in a 2-1 road loss on Oct. 18, 2014. His third came in the 3-2 home win on April 5, 2015. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has one assist against Philadelphia, setting up Jalil Anibaba’s goal in the 3-2 home win on April 5, 2015. • Goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra is 2-0-0 all-time against the Union, posting a 1.50 goals against average.

Philadelphia Union Team Stats • PHI has taken the second fewest shots in MLS this season with 185, only ahead of COL. However, PHI is tied for second in shooting accuracy, having had 52.35 percent of their shots find the target (78). • PHI is fourth in MLS in shutouts this season, posting seven, only trailing SKC, CHI and TFC. • PHI has recorded the second fewest headed clearances in MLS with 142. Only SEA has less with 115. • PHI is third in MLS with 518 aerial duels this season, and is second with 275 aerial duels won. Philadelphia Union Player Stats • Forward C.J. Sapong is tied for eighth in MLS with nine goals this season. • Midfielder Haris Medunjanin is fourth in MLS with seven assists to date. • Midfielder Alejando Bedoya is tied for sixth with 35 fouls committed this season while forward C.J. Sapong fourth with 50 fouls suffered. • Goalkeeper Andre Blake is tied for the fifth best goals against average with 1.18 and is fourth with seven shutouts.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES #SKCvPHI: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS

• Midfielder Jimmy Medranda is one start shy of reaching 50 in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Defender Matt Besler is one start away from hitting 250 in all competitions for the club. • Defender Seth Sinovic is three starts away from reaching 150 in the regular season for Sporting KC.

• Philadelphia Union forward C.J. Sapong spent four seasons at Sporting KC from 2011-2014, recording 27 goals and 12 assists in 143 games in all competitions. • Defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi, along with midfielder Benny Feilhaber have all been teammates of Union midfielder Alejandro Bedoya and defender Oguchi Onyewu on the U.S. Men’s National Team. Onyewu was also playing for Newcastle while Sporting KC’s Tyler Pasher was in the club’s Academy in 2007. • That trio has also played with Maurice Edu on the National Team, who also played college soccer at the University of Maryland alongside Graham Zusi from 2005-2007. • Defender Erik Palmer-Brown was captain of the U.S. U-20 National Team at the FIFA U-20 World Cup earlier this summer with Derrick Jones and Auston Trusty also on the squad. • Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam was a teammate of Philadelphia’s Adam Najem at the University of Akron from 2013-2014. • Defender Colton Storm was a teammate of the Union’s Keegan Rosenberry at USL PDL side Reading United from 2014-2015. • Goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra played with Philadelphia’s Chris Pontius at D.C. United from 2012-2015. • Union assistant coach Mike Sorber played for the Kansas City Wizards in 1996, tallying four goals in 22 games.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 6, 2017 vs. Philadelphia Union | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes HOME STREAK CONTINUES

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES Salloi became the seventh youngest player to score a goal for Sporting KC at the age of 20 years and 347 days. The Hungarian is also the second Sporting KC Homegrown player to find the net, joining defender Kevin Ellis. Ellis has scored five goals in MLS play since signing for the club as a Homegrown player in 2011. His first came in a 4-0 victory over FC Dallas on May 29, 2015 at Children’s Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City extended the club’s franchise record home unbeaten streak to 18 games when the side battled back to draw 1-1 with the Portland Timbers on Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park. After leading scorer Gerso left the game through injury, Diego Valeri gave Portland the lead in the first half. Sporting KC fought back with Homegrown forward Daniel Salloi notching his first career MLS goal before Tim Melia denied Valeri’s penalty attempt late on.

MELIA STOPS YET ANOTHER PENALTY

Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia continues to make headlines as he recorded his league-leading third penalty save of the season in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with the Portland Timbers at Children’s Mercy Park. With the game knotted at 1-1 in the 74th minute, Melia was adjudged to have brought down Timbers forward Fanendo Adi and Diego Valeri - who had already scored earlier in the game - stepped up to take the penalty kick. Melia stood firm and blocked Valeri’s attempt straight down the middle and preserved a point for his side.

Sporting KC is unbeaten across both MLS and Open Cup games at Children’s Mercy Park in 2017, going 7-0-3. The side is 13-0-5 in MLS action since a 1-0 defeat to D.C. United on May 27, 2016. It’s the longest active home unbeaten streak in MLS as Sporting KC are one of just four remaining teams to boast an unbeaten home record in the 2017 regular season, alongside the Houston Dynamo, Toronto FC and the Chicago Fire.

Melia had previously made stops on penalties from Marcelo Sarvas in the 0-0 draw with D.C. United on March 4 at RFK Stadium and Fredy Montero in the 2-0 defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps FC on May 20 at BC Place. Melia has now preserved two points for his team with penalty saves against D.C. and Portland. No other goalkeeper has saved as many penalties this season, with Real Salt Lake’s Nick Rimando sitting on two penalty saves.

Despite riding an 18-game home unbeaten streak in MLS play, Sporting KC has now dropped points in each of their last two contests at Children’s Mercy Park, first conceding late against the Montreal Impact on June 10 to tie 1-1 before coming back from a one-goal deficit against Portland on Saturday. Sandwiched between those two games was a U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round showdown with Minnesota United FC, which Sporting KC claimed 4-0 behind goals from Ike Opara, Gerso, Dom Dwyer and Salloi. Sporting KC now has another home Open Cup match coming up, as the squad plays host to FC Dallas in the Quarterfinals on July 11.

Melia’s three penalty saves this MLS regular season is a new club record, and he’s just one back of the league record set by Nick Rimando in 2014. Prior to the 2017 season, Melia had saved just one of seven penalties attempted on his goal - denying Bradley Wright-Phillips in a 2-0 road win over the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena on April 9, 2016.

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

The 31-year-old has had a phenomenal season, ranking first among MLS goalkeepers to play at least two games in shutouts (9), save percentage (81.94) and penalty saves (3), while he’s second in goals against average (0.68), tied for third in wins (8) and fourth in saves (59).

TRADE UNION

Sporting Kansas City and the Philadelphia Union have traded blows throughout the clubs’ brief history, with the two teams splitting the all-time series 5-5-4, though Sporting KC holds a 6-5-5 edge in all competitions. However, Sporting KC has just one win in the last six games since 2014, coming in a dramatic home win in April 2015.

TRIO REPRESENT U.S. NATIONAL TEAM

Sporting Kansas City continues to be without the services of defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi along with forward Dom Dwyer after all three were called in to the U.S. Men’s National Team roster for the upcoming CONCACAF Gold Cup. Besler and Zusi have been staples of the U.S. National Team in recent years, while Dwyer received his first call-up after gaining his citizenship in March.

The two sides met once in 2016, with Philadelphia claiming a 2-0 victory in controversial circumstances at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania. Sporting KC’s Jimmy Medranda was sent off for two yellow cards early in the second half before Roland Alberg took advantage and gave the hosts the lead. Late on, Roger Espinoza was also ejected in a dubious decision by referee Juan Guzman in the 87th minute as Tranquillo Barnetta sealed the game in stoppage time. Espinoza’s red card was rescinded by the MLS Disciplinary Committee after the game.

The trio all started the USMNT’s tune-up game against Ghana on Saturday, with Besler and Zusi playing the full 90 minutes along the side’s backline, while Dwyer lasted 76 minutes before being replaced by Jordan Morris.

Sporting KC hasn’t hosted the Union at Children’s Mercy Park since a wild affair on April 5, 2015. Both Sporting KC and Philadelphia traded early goals after Jacob Peterson put through his own net before Dom Dwyer responded moments later. Fernando Aristeguieta headed the visitors into the lead in 19th minute and the score would remain that way until second-half stoppage time. In the 91st minute, Jalil Anibaba pulled Sporting KC level before substitute Kirsztian Nemeth notched the winner three minutes later.

Dwyer marked his international debut with a goal just 19 minutes into the contest, as he volleyed home an emphatic finish to give the U.S. the lead after great play from Jorge Villafana. Dwyer became the 48th U.S. player to score on his debut and the first to score in the first 20 minutes of his international career since Eddie Robinson in 2008. The U.S. ran out 2-1 winners after Kellyn Acosta doubled the Americans’ lead before Asamoah Gyan pulled one back for Ghana with a stunning free kick.

The most notable clash between the two sides came in September 2015 when Sporting KC claimed their third Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup trophy in a dramatic penalty shootout against the Union at Talen Energy Stadium. Sebastien Le Toux gave the Union the lead in the 23rd minute before Nemeth equalized in the 63rd. Extra time failed to produce a winner before Sporting KC won a nervy final on penalties 7-6 with Jordi Quintilla netting the game-winning spot kick.

Besler, Zusi and Dwyer will now shift their attention firmly on Panama in their CONCACAF Gold Cup opener on July 8. The U.S., placed in Group B, will play further group games against Martinique (July 12) and Nicaragua (July 15).

WELCOME TO KANSAS CITY, CRISTIAN LOBATO

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

SALLOI NETS FIRST MLS GOAL

In Saturday’s 1-1 draw with the Portland Timbers at Children’s Mercy Park, Sporting KC Homegrown forward Daniel Salloi scored his first career goal in MLS play. The 20-yearold had previously netted in the 4-0 U.S. Open Cup victory over Minnesota United FC on June 14.

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

Salloi entered the game in the 35th minute, replacing the injured Gerso who suffered a dislocated shoulder after an awkward fall involving Portland’s Alvas Powell. The 55-minute outing provided Salloi with the highest amount of minutes he’s played in a single MLS game, with his previous season high in minutes standing at 18 - coming in the previous MLS game against the LA Galaxy.

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

In the 60th minute, Roger Espinoza picked out Salloi with a ball over the top, and the Sporting KC Academy product showed immense poise to control the ball before firing above Jake Gleeson in the Portland goal to make the score 1-1 which is how the game would finish.

Sporting Kansas City also announced that the club has waived right back Igor Juliao after the 22-year-old Brazilian made one appearance - starting in the 2-0 defeat to Minnesota United FC on May 7 - while on loan from parent club Fluminense. 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 6, 2017 vs. Philadelphia Union | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED)

ACADEMY TO FACE RSL IN PLAYOFFS AT CMP ON THURSDAY

DWYER CLOSING IN ON PREKI

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

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

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

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

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

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

Player Preki Dwyer Arnaud Wolff Klein

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

Goals (MLS) 71 57 43 43 39

Goals (All Competitions) 81 67 52 46 43

PLAYOFF STREAK

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

BENNY, THE CREATOR

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

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Benny Feilhaber is tied for third on the team with two goals and his three assists place him in a tie for first on the squad. Feilhaber hit 50 regular-season assists on Wednesday, May 17 against Seattle Sounders FC when he helped set up Gerso’s third and final goal of the game - nine for the New England Revolution and 41 for Sporting KC. On top of his exploits on the scoresheet, Feilhaber is third in MLS with 45 chances created - trailing his childhood friend and New York Red Bulls midfielder Sacha Kljestan’s 52 - and is second with 31 chances created from open play, one behind NYCFC’s David Villa.

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

As a club, Sporting KC is tied for the lead in Major League Soccer with 200 chances created - the same as the Portland Timbers - and leads MLS in chances created from open play with 176. Sporting KC have produced the vast majority of their chances from open play, with Ike Opara’s headed goal off Graham Zusi’s corner kick in the U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round victory over Minnesota on June 14 the first goal the side has designed off a set piece in 2017.

BESLER AND SINOVIC RENEW PARTNERSHIP

VERMES VERBATIM

After helping Sporting KC record nine shutouts in the opening 18 games on the left side of the defense to open the 2017 MLS season, center back Matt Besler and left back Seth Sinovic have now posted 47 total shutouts in just 122 games where both have started in the regular season. Besler and Sinovic have started 17 of the club’s 19 regular-season games together this season, posting all nine shutouts.

Thoughts on 1-1 draw with the Portland Timbers… “They were the better team in the first half. I think we were just sluggish, I don’t know if it was (because of) Wednesday’s match or not. Obviously we spent energy there but we just weren’t sharp enough there in the first half. We had to change our mentality in the second half and I actually thought we were a better team there in the second half. We moved the ball a little bit, we had good movement off the ball, that’s where Daniel’s goal comes from. We had very good movement and we were just better in possession in the second half. If we were a little more patient, I think, we probably could have had a game winner. But unfortunately we stayed tied.

Since Sinovic made his first appearance for the team on May 28, 2011 after being waived by the New England Revolution earlier in the year, Sporting KC leads all of MLS with 77 shutouts - 14 more than the LA Galaxy in second. Besler and Sinovic have started 122 of the 215 games since the trade, posting 47 of the club’s 77 shutouts alongside one another.

On play of Daniel Salloi… “He knows, and we’ve been talking about this, his progression has been very good. There’s always aspects that a player needs to continue to get better at, but if there’s one thing that I’ve said about him, and I’ll keep repeating it, is that anytime he’s in or around the box, he’s deadly. He has a good goalscorer’s mentality, he wants to score. But not at the detriment to the team. Not where he’s selfish at times but he picks and chooses the right moments. But the movement that he had off the ball for that goal was world class. It was an excellent finish.”

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

If absence of USMNT members had effect on play style... “Not at all. I think physically in the first half, and maybe mentally, we were a little bit tired. I think a lot had to do with our mentality. But the mentality changed in the second half and I think we were a little bit of a different team there.”

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 6, 2017 vs. Philadelphia Union | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Philadelphia Union: 5-5-4 Home games: 3-2-2 (10 GF, 8 GA) Road games: 2-3-2 (7 GF, 11 GA) Date 06/10/2010 09/04/2010 06/22/2011 09/23/2011 06/23/2012 10/24/2012 03/02/2013 09/27/2013 10/26/2013 05/14/2014 08/01/2014 10/18/2014 04/05/2015 08/27/2016

Score KC 2 vs PHI 0 KC 1 at PHI 1 KC 0 at PHI 0 KC 1 vs PHI 1 KC 0 at PHI 4 KC 2 vs PHI 1 KC 3 at PHI 1 KC 0 vs PHI 1 KC 2 at PHI 1 KC 1 vs PHI 2 KC 1 vs PHI 1 KC 1 at PHI 2 KC 3 vs PHI 2 KC 0 at PHI 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Result Location W CommunityAmerica Ballpark T PPL Park T PPL Park T Livestrong Sporting Park L PPL Park W Livestrong Sporting Park W PPL Park L Sporting Park W PPL Park L Sporting Park T Sporting Park L PPL Park W Sporting Park L Talen Energy Stadium

PHILADELPHIA UNION

4 3 26 8 14 20

Graham Zusi Kei Kamara Dom Dwyer Dwyer, Zusi Aurelien Collin Benny Feilhaber

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

4 2 2 26 10

Jimmy Nielsen Kronberg, Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Le Toux, McInerney 3 Three Players 2 Sebastien Le Toux 20 Sebastien Le Toux 8 Amobi Okugo 24 Michael Farfan 18 Zac MacMath 4 Zac MacMath 3 Zac MacMath 2 Zac MacMath 30 Zac MacMath 11

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 2 7 4 4 6

PHILADELPHIA UNION

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

17 Players Four Players Dom Dwyer (9/27/13) Dom Dwyer (4/5/15) Collin, Rosell Graham Zusi (10/26/13)

(6/23/12) Jack McInerney (10/18/14) Cristian Maidana (6/22/11) Carlos Ruiz (8/27/16) Tranquillo Barnetta

Three Players MacMath, Mbolhi

5 3

(10/24/12) Michael

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

7 Jimmy Nielsen (6/22/11) 4 Jimmy Nielsen (6/23/12)

Five Players Farfan

2 2 7 4 4 6

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

1 2 OT Total 5 12 0 17 87 88 0 175 27 30 0 57 82 84 0 166 13 13 0 26 22 33 0 55

PHILADELPHIA UNION Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 8 11 0 19 Shots 82 88 0 170 Shots on Goal 32 37 0 69 Fouls 95 106 0 201 Offsides 19 15 0 34 Corner Kicks 27 25 0 52

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC PHI

1-15

2 1

16-30

31-45

3 5

CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,428

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 117 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 111 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 15 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 117 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

144

0 2

105.2 5

46-60

4 2

61-75

2 4

76-90

6 5

0 0

Total

17 19

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

241

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 144 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 6, 2017 vs. Philadelphia Union | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

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

Brad Davis (retired - 10/23/16)

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

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

Igor Juliao (loan - 12/23/16)

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

Gerso Fernandes (transfer - 1/4/17)

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

Latif Blessing (transfer - 1/9/17)

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

Christian Volesky (trade - 1/9/17)

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

Cameron Iwasa (signing - 1/10/17)

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

Andrew Dykstra (signing - 1/10/17)

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

Ilie Sanchez (signing - 1/13/17)

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

Soony Saad (signing - 1/30/17)

Paulo Nagamura (retired - 12/12/16)

Colton Storm (SuperDraft - 2/24/17)

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

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

Lawrence Olum (trade - 2/3/17)

Cristian Lobato (signing - 6/29/17)

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

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

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011 2012

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

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

Colton Storm (14th)

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

2016 2017

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

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

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

Cameron Porter (7/12/16)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Dom Dwyer (16th)

2013 2015

Trades

Diego Rubio (3/8/16)

Andrew Dykstra (Second Round)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 6, 2017 vs. Philadelphia Union | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

Saturday, March 4

at D.C. United

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, MARCH 11

FC DALLAS

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

2-1

Feilhaber, Own Goal

Friday, March 31

at Toronto FC

MLS

0-0

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

3-1

Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer

Saturday, April 15

at Portland Timbers

MLS

1-0

Dwyer

Saturday, April 22

at FC Dallas

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

3-0

Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

2-0

Dwyer (2)

Sunday, May 7

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, May 13

at Orlando City SC

MLS

2-2

Blessing (2)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

3-0

Gerso (3)

Saturday, May 20

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, May 27

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, JUNE 3

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

3-0

Opara, Medranda, Abdul-Salaam

SATURDAY, JUNE 10

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

1-1

Gerso

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

U.S. OPEN CUP

4-0

Opara, Gerso, Dwyer, Salloi

Saturday, June 17

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

0-0

Saturday, June 24

at LA Galaxy

MLS

2-1

Espinoza, Opara

Wednesday, June 28

at Houston Dynamo

U.S. Open Cup

2-0

Opara, Gerso

SATURDAY, JULY 1

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

1-1

Salloi

THURSDAY, JULY 6

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS