Match Notes: Sporting vs. LAFC | July 3, 2019 by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. LOS ANGELES FOOTBALL CLUB CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. Wed., July 3, 2019 (Week 18, MLS Game #217) 7 p.m. CT (FS-KC+; YouTube [LA] / KVMD)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas DF 6-2 165 04/21/1992 Budapest, Hungary 13 12 0 0 13 12 0 0 2 Botond Barath 4 Andreu Fontas DF 6-1 190 11/14/1989 Banyoles, Spain 10 7 0 0 12 8 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 11 10 0 0 268 261 3 18 MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 17 15 1 3 84 82 5 9 6 Ilie Sanchez 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 170 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 13 12 7 3 43 36 17 13 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 12 11 0 2 264 223 28 65 FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 14 13 7 1 72 47 19 11 9 Krisztian Nemeth 10 Yohan Croizet MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 15 9 1 2 47 28 4 5 11 Kelyn Rowe MF 5-8 150 12/02/1991 Federal Way, WA 14 7 0 2 220 167 29 42 FW 5-8 140 02/23/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 10 10 0 3 73 53 13 10 12 Gerso Fernandes 13 Gianluca Busio MF 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 10 5 3 0 17 6 4 1 14 Nicolas Hasler DF 5-9 174 05/04/1991 Vaduz, Liechtenstein 11 7 0 1 45 35 3 5 DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 14 13 0 0 222 210 1 11 15 Seth Sinovic 16 Graham Smith DF 6-3 185 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 5 4 0 0 7 6 0 0 17 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 4 4 0 2 226 206 8 34 Eric Dick GK 6-5 205 10/03/1994 Roeland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 Erik Hurtado FW 5-10 185 11/15/1990 Fredricksburg, VA 0 0 0 0 105 47 12 10 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 12 6 0 0 63 44 14 9 21 Felipe Gutierrez MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 17 16 7 1 37 34 14 3 DF 6-0 165 06/17/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 204 161 24 29 22 Rodney Wallace 23 Tyler Freeman FW 5-10 150 01/09/2003 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gedion Zelalem MF 5-11 155 01/26/1997 Berlin, Germany 5 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 24 26 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-8 155 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 1 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 16 16 0 0 137 136 0 0 30 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 163 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17 13 2 3 253 225 39 59 Wan Kuzain MF 5-10 160 09/14/1998 Carbondale, IL 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 75 94 Jimmy Medranda DF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 2 0 0 0 88 62 5 4 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W137 L105 T89

LOS ANGELES FOOTBALL CLUB 2019 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-4 205 03/12/1993 Woodbury, NJ 16 16 0 0 51 51 0 0 1 Tyler Miller 2 Jordan Harvey DF 5-11 176 01/28/1984 Mission Viejo, CA 15 15 0 3 314 294 11 19 Steven Beitashour DF 5-10 156 02/01/1987 San Jose, CA 12 12 1 1 234 228 5 35 3 4 Eddie Segura DF 5-9 155 02/02/1997 Pereira, Colombia 17 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 5 Dejan Jakovic DF 6-2 176 07/16/1985 Karlovac, Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 113 107 1 0 6 Danilo Silva DF 6-1 154 11/24/1986 Campinas, Brazil 3 2 0 0 18 11 0 0 FW 5-5 140 12/30/1996 Accra, Ghana 17 15 2 5 72 49 10 12 7 Latif Blessing 9 Diego Rossi FW 5-7 143 03/05/1998 Montevideo, Uruguay 17 17 8 3 49 47 20 12 FW 5-10 162 03/01/1989 Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico 17 17 16 10 45 43 30 23 10 Carlos Vela 11 Peter-Lee Vassell MF 5-9 148 03/15/1998 Saint James, Jamaica 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 12 Niko Hamalainen DF 5-9 163 03/05/1997 Miami, FL 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 13 Mohamed El-Munir DF 5-9 154 04/08/1992 Tripoli, Libya 6 1 0 0 32 24 0 2 14 Mark-Anthony Kaye MF 6-1 170 12/02/1994 Toronto, ON, Canada 15 14 3 5 35 34 5 10 15 Alejandro Guido MF 5-11 170 03/22/1994 San Diego, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Javier Perez MF 5-9 163 03/29/1996 Valencia, Spain 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 Josh Perez FW 5-5 140 01/21/1998 Montebello, CA 7 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 Lamar Batista DF 6-5 180 03/07/1998 Oklahoma City, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 20 Eduard Atuesta MF 5-11 157 06/18/1997 Velez, Colombia 15 15 1 6 40 31 2 8 FW 6-2 187 04/04/1991 Garden Grove, CA 15 12 3 1 72 59 26 6 21 Christian Ramirez 22 Rodolfo Zelaya FW 5-9 154 07/07/1988 Usulutan, El Salvador 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Pablo Sisniega GK 6-3 175 07/07/1995 Mexico City, Mexico 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 23 24 Lee Nguyen MF 5-8 155 10/07/1986 McKinney, TX 8 4 0 0 224 209 54 54 DF 6-3 196 05/19/1993 Lawrenceville, GA 15 15 1 0 130 112 12 2 25 Walker Zimmerman 26 Adrien Perez FW 6-0 170 10/13/1995 Ontario, CA 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 27 Tristan Blackmon DF 6-1 178 08/12/1996 Las Vegas, NV 4 4 1 1 14 9 1 1 28 Shaft Brewer Jr. MF 5-9 155 10/28/1999 Sacramento, CA 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 Phillip Ejimadu GK 6-2 215 08/31/1999 Minneapolis, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 99 Adama Diomande FW 5-11 180 02/14/1990 Oslo, Norway 13 4 3 4 31 18 15 8 HEAD COACH : Bob Bradley

03/03/1958 W151 L105 T67

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. LOS ANGELES FC

Wednesday, July 3, 2019; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 7 p.m. CT REFEREES

2019 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 17 4-6-7 19 27 29 8 3-2-3 12 19 15

LAFC on road

17 11-2-4 37 39 14 9 4-2-3 15 19 8

REFEREE: Kevin Stott. AR1 (bench): Adam Garner; AR2 (opposite): Jeremy Kieso; 4th: Ted Unkel; VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero; AVAR: Peter Manikowski TEAM NEWS SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Benny Feilhaber SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Krisztian Nemeth, Yohan Croizet, Ilie Sanchez ... LFC: Walker Zimmerman, Eduard Atuesta

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sporting 2 wins, 5 goals … LAFC 1 win, 3 goals … Ties 0

INJURED LIST: KC: Jaylin Lindsey, Rodney Wallace (SEI) ... LFC: Javi Perez (SEI) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: LFC: Tyler Miller, Walker Zimmerman (USA); Mark-Anthony Kaye (CAN); Peter Lee-Vassell (JAM)

AT KC: Sporting 1 win, 2 goals … LAFC 0 wins, 1 goal … Ties 0 2019 (MLS): 3/3: LFC 2, KC 1 (Rossi 47; Diomande 94+ -- Nemeth 16)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES REAL SALT LAKE 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 0 Scoring Summary: RSL--Johnson 6 (Beckerman 1, Kreilach 2) 15 RSL--Johnson 7 (Kreilach 3, Rusnak 3) 29

UPCOMING MATCHES LAFC SPORTING Sat. July 6 Vancouver Sat. July 6 Chicago Fri. July 12 at Houston Sat. July 13 at Vancouver Fri. July 19 at LA Galaxy Sat. July 20 FC Dallas Fri. July 26 Atlanta Fri. July 26 at NYCFC

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Nicolas Hasler, Botond Barath (Andreu Fontas 62), Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Felipe Gutierrez, Ilie Sanchez (Benny Feilhaber 71), Gedion Zelalem, Gerso Fernandes, Krisztian Nemeth (Yohan Croizet 45), Daniel Salloi.

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM LAFC

SPORTING

F 27 57

A 29 53

F A 39 14 39 109

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL HOW SCORED

9 15 3 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

20 6 3 0

14 22 3 0

9 3 2 0

33 1 3 0 2 0 0 0

6 1 1 2 2 0 1 1

8 28 3

2 12 0

TYPE OF PLAY

15 2 2 1 5 1 0 1

20 4 2 2 1 0 0 0

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

5 19 3

7 20 2

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

COLORADO RAPIDS 1 LOS ANGELES FC 0 Scoring Summary: COL--Wilson 2 (Price 5) 49 LOS ANGELES FC--Pablo Sisniega, Steven Beitashour (Mohamed El-Munir 52), Tristan Blackmon, Eddie Segura, Jordan Harvey, Lee Nguyen, Latif Blessing, Josh Perez (Rodolfo Zelaya 67), Carlos Vela, Adama Diomande (Adrien Perez 52), Diego Rossi.

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC LFC

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 3-1-2 1-2-3 0-3-2 9-0-0 1-1-3 1-1-1

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 4-1-4 0-5-3 9-0-0 2-2-3

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 5/26/2019 KC 3, SEA 2 6/23/2019 KC 1, CLB 0 5/29/2019 KC 0, LA 2 6/29/2019 KC 0, RSL 2 6/07/2019 KC 2, TOR 2 6/23/2019 KC 1, CLB 0 6/29/2019 KC 0, RSL 2

(1) (1) (0) (0) (2) (1) (0)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC LWTWTTLTLLTWLTTWL LAFC WWTWWWWLWTTWWTWWL

LOS ANGELES FC Date Score (Gms since) 5/24/2019 LFC 4, MTL 2 (0) 6/01/2019 LFC 3, POR 2 (1) 8/11/2018 LFC 0, KC 2 (14) 6/28/2019 LFC 0, COL 1 (0) 5/19/2019 LFC 1, DAL 1 (3) 5/16/2019 LFC 2, DAL 0 (4) 6/28/2019 LFC 0, COL 1 (0)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 7 3 players tied A: 3 3 players tied SHT: 39 Gutierrez SOG: 20 Gutierrez FC: 32 Gutierrez FS: 26 Gutierrez OF: 7 Nemeth C: 4 Sanchez E: 1 Espinoza/Nemeth LAFC G: 16 Vela A: 10 Vela SHT: 89 Vela SOG: 35 Vela FC: 35 Blessing FS: 51 Vela OF: 10 Vela C: 5 Atuesta E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 17 4 7 3 1 2 27 1.59 LFC 17 3 2 5 2 5 39 2.29 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 17 2 6 6 1 2 29 1.71 LFC 17 6 8 3 0 0 14 0.82 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 27 2 4 5 3 7 6 LFC 39 7 3 11 4 5 9 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 29 3 3 4 6 6 7 LFC 14 1 4 2 3 2 2

2019 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (4-6-7, 19 pts.) UNF 7 21 9 13 6 10 12 8 11 17 30 30 14 14 3 1 4 2 20 24 16 94 5 22 15 29

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

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

GP 13 17 14 10 17 15 10 12 14 4 8 17 8 11 2 1 10 13 12 5 5 2 11 1 14 16

GS 12 16 13 5 15 9 10 11 7 4 6 13 6 7 1 1 7 12 6 2 4 0 10 1 13 16

MIN 1091 1410 1106 419 1367 876 838 1001 690 284 548 1168 545 618 164 90 694 1029 563 197 342 14 830 27 1220 1440

17 17

1530 1530

G 7 7 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 27

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

SHT 31 39 37 10 12 12 8 16 20 4 8 17 2 3 2 0 2 3 13 1 3 2 0 0 6 0

SOG 15 20 13 7 1 7 3 2 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0

34 21

214 231

85 81

FC 7 32 22 8 13 12 17 9 14 10 10 25 3 3 3 0 4 15 11 2 1 0 4 1 13 0

FS 19 26 17 9 12 11 24 12 11 7 11 31 4 6 0 0 4 1 12 0 1 0 2 1 8 1

OFF 3 0 7 0 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 46 18 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 12 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

209 211 211 209

33 25

77 83

38 33

6 2

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

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Adrian Zendejas Team totals Opponent totals

GP 16 1 17 17

GS 16 1 17 17

MIN SHTS 1440 81 90 4 1530 85 1530 81

SV 52 3 55 54

GA 28 1 29 27

GAA 1.75 1 1.71 1.59

PG 0 1 1 5

PA 2 1 3 6

W 4 0 4 6

L 6 0 6 4

T 6 1 7 7

SO 2 0 2 4

2019 LOS ANGELES FC STATISTICS (11-2-4, 37 pts.) UNF 10 9 14 99 21 7 20 3 27 25 2 12 26 8 6 4 16 18 24 13 23 11 22 28 1

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

PLAYER Carlos Vela Diego Rossi Mark-Anthony Kaye Adama Diomande Christian Ramirez Latif Blessing Eduard Atuesta Steven Beitashour Tristan Blackmon Walker Zimmerman Jordan Harvey Niko Hamalainen Adrien Perez Andre Horta Danilo Silva Eddie Segura Javier Perez Josh Perez Lee Nguyen Mohamed El-Munir Pablo Sisniega Peter-Lee Vassell Rodolfo Zelaya Shaft Brewer Jr. Tyler Miller Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 17 17 15 13 15 17 15 12 4 15 15 3 6 4 3 17 1 7 8 6 1 5 1 1 16

GS 17 17 14 4 12 15 15 12 4 15 15 1 0 2 2 17 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 16

MIN 1519 1492 1272 479 877 1378 1319 900 315 1346 1275 95 101 184 184 1530 12 188 391 198 90 132 23 90 1440

17 17

1530 1530

G 16 8 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 14

A 10 3 5 4 1 5 6 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 89 58 20 18 24 20 17 3 3 13 8 0 2 4 2 9 1 4 8 4 0 3 2 1 0

SOG 35 27 8 6 11 3 7 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0

40 10

313 157

109 53

FC 9 7 21 9 4 35 19 15 2 17 24 5 3 1 4 13 0 4 11 8 0 2 0 2 1

FS 51 30 30 5 6 49 17 10 1 4 5 0 0 1 2 6 0 2 8 2 0 0 1 1 3

OFF 10 7 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 65 2 0 0 0 1 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

216 242 242 216

28 22

94 64

28 52

0 7

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Carlos Vela 3, Latif Blessing 2, Mark-Anthony Kaye 2, Eduard Atuesta 1, Adama Diomande 1, Walker Zimmerman 1, Christian Ramirez 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Carlos Vela 3, Jordan Harvey 2, Mark-Anthony Kaye 2, Eduard Atuesta 1, Adama Diomande 1, Niko Hamalainen 1, Latif Blessing 1, Diego Rossi 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Carlos Vela 2-4 LOS ANGELES FC GOALKEEPING UNF 1 23

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tyler Miller Pablo Sisniega Team totals Opponent totals

GP 16 1 17 17

GS 16 1 17 17

MIN SHTS 1440 51 90 2 1530 53 1530 109

SV 38 1 39 68

GA 13 1 14 39

GAA 0.81 1 0.82 2.29

PG 2 0 2 2

PA 2 0 2 4

W L 11 1 0 1 11 2 2 11

T 4 0 4 4

SO 6 0 6 3

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar.

RESULT L 1-2

ATT 22099

W-L-T 0-1-0

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

18738 11037 18632

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

7 6 5

T 1-1

26023

2-1-2

T 2-2

17897

2-1-3

Sat. Apr.

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

L 1-4

15777

2-2-3

Sat. Apr.

27 New England

T 4-4

18511

2-2-4

Sun. Sun. Sat. Sun.

May May May May

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

L L T W

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

18518 12521 18691 19882

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

10 11 11 11

Wed. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat.

May June June June June

L T T W L

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

19979 15710 24748 14015 18933

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

11 10 10 9 11

Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri.

July July July July July

29 Los Angeles 1 at Houston 7 at Toronto FC 23 at Columbus 29 at Real Salt Lake 3 Los Angeles FC 6 Chicago 13 at Vancouver 20 FC Dallas 26 at New York City FC 4 at Seattle 10 Real Salt Lake 14 at Orlando City SC 17 San Jose 22 Minnesota 31 Houston 7 at Portland 15 at Los Angeles 21 Colorado 25 at Minnesota 29 Portland 6 at FC Dallas

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

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

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

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

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

LOS ANGELES FC 2019 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sun. Mar.

OPPONENT 3 Sporting KC 10 Portland

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

Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.

17 at New York City FC 23 Real Salt Lake 30 at San Jose 6 at D.C. United 13 FC Cincinnati 17 at Vancouver 21 Seattle

Sun. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sun. Fri.

Apr. May May May May May

28 at Seattle 4 Chicago 11 at Columbus 16 FC Dallas 19 at FC Dallas 24 Montreal

Sat. June Fri. Wed. Sat. Fri. Fri. Fri. Sat. Sun.

June July July July July July Aug. Aug.

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

Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep.

Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun.

Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct.

1 at Portland 28 at Colorado 3 at Sporting KC 6 Vancouver 12 at Houston 19 at Los Angeles 26 Atlanta 3 at New England 11 New York Red Bulls 17 at Real Salt Lake 21 San Jose 25 Los Angeles 1 Minnesota 7 at Orlando City SC 14 at Philadelphia 21 Toronto FC 25 Houston 29 at Minnesota 6 Colorado

RESULT W 2-1 W 4-1

ATT 22099 22003

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

POS PTS NOTES: 4 3 LFC: Rossi (47) Diomande (94+); KC: Nemeth (16) 2 6 LFC: Kaye (14) Ramirez (46) Diomande (65) Vela (68); POR: Ebobisse (29) 2 7 LFC: Vela (43,76); NYC: Mitrita (39) Ring (62)

T 2-2

20339

2-0-1

W W W W L W

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

22023 18000 20600 22323 17038 22221

3-0-1 4-0-1 5-0-1 6-0-1 6-1-1 7-1-1

1 1 1 1 1 1

T T W W T W

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

38581 22154 18048 22001 15135 22444

7-1-2 7-1-3 8-1-3 9-1-3 9-1-4 10-1-4

1 1 1 1 1 1

W 3-2

25218

11-1-4

L 0-1

15968

11-2-4

10 LFC: Rossi (40) Zimmerman (92+); RSL: Kreilach (35) 13 LFC: Vela (8,48+,66) Beitashour (26) Rossi (68); 16 LFC: Vela (15) Rossi (27,32,76); 19 LFC: Kaye (32) Vela (94+); 19 VAN: Hwang (27) 22 LFC: Vela (12,55) Atuesta (39) Ramirez (61); SEA: Shipp (51) 23 LFC: Vela (4); SEA: Morris (1) 24 27 LFC: Kaye (37) Diomande (88) Vela (90); 30 LFC: Vela (39) Rossi (83); 31 LFC: Vela (80); DAL: Hollingshead (29) 34 LFC: Ramirez (7) Vela (28) Blessing (31) Blackmon (55); MTL: own goal (70) Taider (85) 37 LFC: Vela (6) Rossi (34) Blessing (54); POR: Paredes (46) Fernandez (84) 37 COL: Wilson (49)

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)

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

Goals 7 03/30/2019 vs Assists 7 03/30/2019 vs Shots 20 04/14/2019 vs Shots on Goal 9 03/30/2019 vs Fouls Committed 17 03/03/2019 vs 17 05/26/2019 vs Fouls Suffered 18 06/29/2019 vs Corner Kicks 12 05/29/2019 vs Offside 3 03/10/2019 vs 3 04/07/2019 vs 3 05/29/2019 vs Saves 5 03/10/2019 vs 5 05/05/2019 vs Shots Faced 8 05/05/2019 vs Goals Allowed 4 04/20/2019 vs 4 04/27/2019 vs

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

W 7-1 W 3-2

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

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

04/27/2019 vs NE

T 4-4

05/26/2019 vs SEA

W 3-2

03/03/2019 vs LFC

L 1-2

03/30/2019 vs MTL

W 7-1

03/10/2019 vs PHI

W 2-0

03/10/2019 vs PHI 05/05/2019 vs ATL

W 2-0 L 0-3

05/05/2019 vs ATL

L 0-3

04/20/2019 vs SJ 04/27/2019 vs NE

L 1-4 T 4-4

MTL

W 7-1

MTL

W 7-1

NYR

T 2-2

MTL

W 7-1

LFC SEA

L 1-2 W 3-2

RSL

L 0-2

PHI CIN LA

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

PHI ATL

W 2-0 L 0-3

ATL

L 0-3

SJ NE

L 1-4 T 4-4

LOS ANGELES FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)

Goals 3 Carlos Vela 03/30/2019 at SJ 3 Diego Rossi 04/06/2019 at DC Assists 3 Mark-Anthony Kaye 04/21/2019 at SEA Shots 8 Carlos Vela 04/06/2019 at DC 8 Carlos Vela 05/16/2019 at DAL Shots on Goal 4 4 times 04/06/2019 at DC Fouls Committed 6 Lee Nguyen 03/10/2019 at POR Fouls Suffered 8 Carlos Vela 06/01/2019 at POR Offside 4 Carlos Vela 05/24/2019 at MTL Saves 6 Tyler Miller 05/24/2019 at MTL Shots Faced 7 Tyler Miller 05/24/2019 at MTL 7 Tyler Miller 06/01/2019 at POR Goals Allowed 2 Tyler Miller 03/17/2019 at NYC 2 Tyler Miller 05/24/2019 at MTL 2 Tyler Miller 06/01/2019 at POR

Goals 5 03/30/2019 at Assists 6 03/30/2019 at Shots 27 05/16/2019 at Shots on Goal 10 03/30/2019 at 10 05/24/2019 at Fouls Committed 18 03/23/2019 at Fouls Suffered 19 03/17/2019 at 19 04/21/2019 at Corner Kicks 11 03/23/2019 at Offside 5 04/06/2019 at 5 05/24/2019 at Saves 6 05/24/2019 at Shots Faced 7 05/24/2019 at 7 06/01/2019 at Goals Allowed 2 03/17/2019 at 2 05/24/2019 at 2 06/01/2019 at

W 5-0 W 4-0 W 4-1 W 4-0 W 2-0 W 4-0 W 4-1 W 3-2 W 4-2 W 4-2 W 4-2 W 3-2 T 2-2 W 4-2 W 3-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019) Shots 5 06/01/2019 vs Shots on Goal 1 06/01/2019 vs Fouls Committed 6 05/29/2019 vs Fouls Suffered 5 05/05/2019 vs Corner Kicks 0 03/03/2019 vs 0 06/01/2019 vs Offside 0 04/20/2019 vs 0 05/12/2019 vs 0 06/01/2019 vs Saves 1 03/17/2019 vs 1 03/30/2019 vs Shots Faced 2 03/17/2019 vs 2 03/30/2019 vs

HOU

T 1-1

HOU

T 1-1

L 0-2

ATL

L 0-3

LFC HOU

L 1-2 T 1-1

SJ DC HOU

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

COL MTL

T 1-1 W 7-1

COL MTL

T 1-1 W 7-1

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019)

W 5-0

DAL

W 2-0

SJ MTL

W 5-0 W 4-2

RSL

W 2-1

NYC SEA

T 2-2 W 4-1

RSL

W 2-1

DC MTL

W 4-0 W 4-2

MTL

W 4-2

MTL POR

W 4-2 W 3-2

NYC MTL POR

T 2-2 W 4-2 W 3-2

Shots 12 06/28/2019 at Shots on Goal 3 04/17/2019 at 3 06/28/2019 at Fouls Committed 7 04/28/2019 at Fouls Suffered 5 05/24/2019 at Corner Kicks 2 03/10/2019 at Offside 0 03/10/2019 at 0 03/23/2019 at 0 03/30/2019 at 0 04/13/2019 at 0 04/17/2019 at 0 05/16/2019 at 0 06/28/2019 at Saves 0 03/23/2019 at 0 05/16/2019 at Shots Faced 0 05/16/2019 at

COL

L 0-1

VAN COL

L 0-1 L 0-1

SEA

T 1-1

MTL

W 4-2

POR

W 4-1

POR RSL SJ CIN VAN DAL COL

W W W W L W L

RSL DAL

W 2-1 W 2-0

DAL

W 2-0

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

2019 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. LOS ANGELES FC (0-1-0) UNF 9 7 17 5 8 29 15 11 21 20 6 12 4 2

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1

90 90 84 90 90 90 90 28 62 17 90 73 68 22 90 90

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

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

3 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 14

2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6

3 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 17 11

0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 11 17

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 3

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Krisztian Nemeth Johnny Russell Roger Espinoza Matt Besler Graham Zusi Tim Melia Seth Sinovic Kelyn Rowe Felipe Gutierrez Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Andreu Fontas Botond Barath Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

6 6 5

GAA

O'TIME

4 4 4

2 2 1

2.00 2.00 1.00

0 0 0

0 0 1

1 1 0

0 0 0

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

2019 LOS ANGELES FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0) UNF 9 99 2 20 24 10 3 25 1 21 7 14 4 11

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1

85 31 90 90 72 90 90 90 90 59 18 90 90 5 90 90

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

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

1 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 14 11

1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 5

0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 11 17

2 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 17 11

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

0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0

0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Diego Rossi Adama Diomande Jordan Harvey Eduard Atuesta Lee Nguyen Carlos Vela Steven Beitashour Walker Zimmerman Tyler Miller Christian Ramirez Latif Blessing Mark-Anthony Kaye Eddie Segura Peter-Lee Vassell Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tyler Miller Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

5 5 6

GAA

O'TIME

4 4 4

1 1 2

1.00 1.00 2.00

0 0 0

1 1 0

0 0 1

0 0 0

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

HEAD-TO-HEAD

LOS ANGELES FC VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Los Angeles FC

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 2 wins, 5 goals Los Angeles FC 1 wins, 3 goals 0 ties 8/11/2018 10/28/2018 3/3/2019

KC 2 at LFC 0 KC 2 vs LFC 1 LFC 2 vs KC 1

() (SP) ()

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 0 17 4 21 5 3

2 3 32 10 18 2 14

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 3 49 14 39 7 17

1 3 20 10 23 2 5

2 2 12 7 25 1 1

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 5 32 17 48 3 6

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC LFC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

0 0

2 0

1 0

0 1

2 1

0 1

0 0

5 3

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Bob Bradley Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. LFC

16-9-4 2-1-0

(1.79 pts./game) (2 pts./game)

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

1 1 7 5 12 6 2 1 1 10 3

Sporting KC 5 times 4 times Daniel Salloi Daniel Salloi Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia

1 1 12 5 5 11 1 1 0 9 3

Los Angeles FC 3 times Harvey/Atuesta Carlos Vela Carlos Vela Latif Blessing Carlos Vela Tyler Miller Miller/Lopez 40 times Tyler Miller Tyler Miller

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 1 5 players tied 1 4 players tied 4 Daniel Salloi (10/28/18) 4 Daniel Salloi (10/28/18) 5 Roger Espinoza (03/03/19) 3 Espinoza/Gutierrez 1 Tim Melia (08/11/18) 5 Tim Melia (08/11/18) 2 Tim Melia (03/03/19)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

Los Angeles FC 1 3 players tied 1 Harvey/Atuesta 5 Carlos Vela (03/03/19) 2 Carlos Vela (twice) 4 Tristan Blackmon (08/11/18) 5 3 players tied None 5 Tyler Miller (10/28/18) 2 Miller/Lopez

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)

Los Angeles FC W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

1 Ws 1 Ws 2 Ls

(05/26/2019) (06/23/2019) (05/05/2019)

9-0-0 1-1-3 1-1-1

9 Ws (03/10/2019) 1 Ls (06/28/2019) 1 Ts (05/19/2019)

0-5-3 4-1-4

4 Ls 1 Ws

(05/05/2019) (06/23/2019)

2-2-3 9-0-0

1 Ls (06/28/2019) 9 Ws (03/10/2019)

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

6 Ls 1 Ws 2 Ts 5 Ws 1 Ts

(06/30/2018) (06/23/2019) (04/14/2019) (03/17/2018) (04/27/2019)

0-2-1 1 0-0-2 2 4-0-1 3 2-0-0 3 5-0-0 12

Ls Ts Ws Ws Ws

(06/28/2019) (04/28/2019) (03/23/2019) (10/06/2018) (03/10/2018)

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

8 Ws 2 Ts 1 Ls 4 Ls 1 Ts

(08/04/2018) (05/18/2019) (06/29/2019) (07/14/2018) (04/27/2019)

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

Ws Ls Ws Ls Ls

(05/11/2019) (06/28/2019) (05/24/2019) (09/29/2018) (03/31/2018)

2 1 2 1 3

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. LOS ANGELES FC (2-1-0) PLAYER Roger Espinoza Gerso Fernandes Krisztian Nemeth Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Diego Rubio Johnny Russell Khiry Shelton Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

3 3 2 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 3

3 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 3 3

264 160 104 197 270 76 158 90 270 270 270

1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 2

SHT GOALKEEPER 3 3 3 7 1 1 4 0 4 32 49

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

3 3 3

270 270 270

14 14 17

GAA

10 1.00 10 1.00 12 1.67

1 1 1

LOS ANGELES FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (1-2-0) PLAYER Adama Diomande Diego Rossi Carlos Vela Eduard Atuesta Jordan Harvey Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

2 3 3 2 2 3 3

1 3 2 2 2 3 3

121 233 212 135 180 270 270

1 1 1 0 0 3 5

0 0 0 1 1 2 4

2 4 12 1 1 49 32

GOALKEEPER Tyler Miller Luis Lopez Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 1 3 3

MIN SHTS

GAA

180 90 270 270

9 3 12 10

1.50 2.00 1.67 1.00

0 1 1 1

12 5 17 14

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. LOS ANGELES FC (2-1-0)

CURRENT LOS ANGELES FC VS. SPORTING KC (1-2-0)

PLAYER Roger Espinoza Gerso Fernandes Krisztian Nemeth Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Erik Hurtado Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Botond Barath Matt Besler Yohan Croizet Andreu Fontas Felipe Gutierrez Tim Melia Kelyn Rowe Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 1 3 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 3

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

264 160 104 197 270 148 158 270 22 270 34 68 233 270 118 242 270 270

1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3

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

3 3 3 7 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 32 49

Lee Nguyen Adama Diomande Christian Ramirez Diego Rossi Carlos Vela Walker Zimmerman Steven Beitashour Jordan Harvey Eduard Atuesta Tristan Blackmon Latif Blessing Danilo Silva Dejan Jakovic Mark-Anthony Kaye Tyler Miller Eddie Segura Peter-Lee Vassell Team totals Opponent totals

14 2 7 3 3 9 11 16 2 1 3 2 7 1 2 1 1 3 3

14 1 6 3 2 8 11 16 2 1 0 2 7 1 2 1 0 3 3

1212 121 502 233 212 765 984 1440 135 90 82 180 630 90 180 90 5 270 270

3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5

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

20 2 14 4 12 10 4 3 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 49 32

MIN

SHT

GAA

GOALKEEPER

3 3 3

270 270 270

14 14 17

10 1.00 10 1.00 12 1.67

1 1 1

Tyler Miller Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 3 3

MIN SHTS

GAA

180 270 270

9 1.50 12 1.67 10 1.00

0 1 1

12 17 14

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2019 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 18 Sporting Kansas City 4-6-7, 19 points (3-2-3 home; 1-4-4 away) T-11th in MLS Western Conference Los Angeles FC 11-2-4, 37 points (7-0-1 home; 4-2-3 away) 1st in MLS Western Conference

4-6-7 (19 pts.) 17 T-11th in West 27 1.59 21 29 1.71 -2 231 (81) 35.1% 211 209 33 2

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

Kevin Stott Adam Garner Jeremy Kieso Ted Unkel Jose Carlos Rivero

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

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

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

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

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

LAFC

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

11-2-4 (37 pts.) 17 1st in West 39 2.29 40 14 0.82 +25 313 (109) 34.8% 216 242 28 0

2019 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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

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

Three Players Three Players Felipe Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Four Players Gerso Fernandes Felipe Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Ilie Sanchez Espinoza, Nemeth

7 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 39 SHOTS 20 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 32 FOULS COMMITTED 26 FOULS SUFFERED 4 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 1440 Tim Melia 1.75 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 52

2019 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

LAFC

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

16 Carlos Vela 10 Carlos Vela 89 Carlos Vela 35 Carlos Vela 3 Carlos Vela 3 Carlos Vela 35 Latif Blessing 51 Carlos Vela 5 Eduard Atuesta 0 N/A 1440 Tyler Miller 0.81 Tyler Miller 11 Tyler Miller 6 Tyler Miller 38 Tyler Miller

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

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

Pts 32 31 30 29 27 26 23 21 20 19 17 11

W L T 9 5 5 8 4 7 9 8 3 9 6 2 8 6 3 6 1 8 6 7 5 6 8 3 5 8 5 4 7 7 5 11 2 3 13 2

GD +9 +6 -7 +8 +10 +8 -1 +2 -15 -1 -11 -27

GP 19 19 20 17 17 15 18 17 18 18 18 18

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

Pts 37 31 29 26 25 24 24 23 20 20 19 19

W L T 11 2 4 10 7 1 8 4 5 7 7 5 7 6 4 7 7 3 7 6 3 7 8 2 6 8 2 4 7 8 5 9 4 4 6 7

GD +25 +2 +6 +2 +1 +4 0 -4 -3 -4 -8 -2

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

PETER VERMES 11th season 137-105-89 11th season (.548) 137-105-89 (.548)

BOB BRADLEY

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

11th season 151-105-67 (.571) 2nd season 27-11-13 (.657)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Monday, July 1 QUESTIONABLE: • Botond Barath (Chest Injury) • Jimmy Medranda (Hamstring Injury) • Johnny Russell (Hamstring Injury) • Graham Zusi (Adductor Injury) OUT: • Roger Espinoza (PCL Sprain) • Erik Hurtado (Knee Injury) • Jaylin Lindsey (Torn Meniscus) • Rodney Wallace (Hip Injury)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 3, 2019 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvLAFC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvLAFC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City finally returns home this week to take on Los Angeles FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Wednesday night following a month of June where the side played five consecutive matches on the road in all competitions. Sporting went 1-2-2 in all competitions on the road in June, including a 1-1-2 mark in MLS play. Sporting will now have three of their five matches in July at home. SKC opened the 2019 MLS regular season with a road game at Banc of California Stadium on March 3. Sporting started brightly and took the lead midway through the first half when Krisztian Nemeth side-footed home off Johnny Russell’s cutback. However, LAFC came roaring back in the second half and equalized through Diego Rossi before Adama Diomande broke SKC hearts with a winner in the 94th minute. In 2018, Sporting KC won the inaugural matchup against Los Angeles FC at Banc of California Stadium on August 11, 2018. The visitors took the lead midway through the first half when Gerso Fernandes slotted home, and Ilie Sanchez doubled the lead from the spot in the second half to make the final score 2-0. Sporting KC then hosted LAFC for the first time at Children’s Mercy Park in the 2018 regular-season finale on October 28, with first place in the Western Conference on the line. Sporting took the lead in the first half through Roger Espinoza’s thunderbolt from distance, but LAFC fought back in the second period and equalized when Seth Sinovic was penalized for a handball in the area and sent off, and Carlos Vela converted the penalty kick. However, Sporting KC found a winner even when a man down as Daniel Salloi struck a low shot into the corner to make the final score 2-1 and clinch first place in the West. #SKCvLAFC: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 2-1-0 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Notes • Sporting closed out a five-game road swing that lasted the entire month of June with a 2-0 loss to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday night. • Sporting is tied for the league-lead with five penalty goals and six penalties won in 2019. • Sporting has the second fewest shutouts in MLS this season with two, only the Houston Dynamo has fewer with one. • Sporting has conceded the third most goals at home in MLS with 15.

Date

03/03/2019 10/28/2018 08/11/2018

Score

Sporting KC Player Notes • Sporting are the only MLS team to have three players with seven league goals. Felipe Gutierrez, Krisztian Nemeth and Johnny Russell are tied for the team lead, marking the first time in club history that three players have hit seven MLS goals before the end of June. • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez has won the third most tackles in MLS this year with 36. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez is the only Sporting player to appear in all 23 matches this season (including Concacaf Champions League). • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has saved both of the penalties he has faced this season in MLS play. Los Angeles FC Team Notes • LAFC has suffered the second fewest losses in MLS with two, but both have come to teams outside of the playoff spots (Vancouver Whitecaps, Colorado Rapids). • LAFC leads MLS with 39 goals in 17 games. They also lead the league with 19 goals on the road. • LAFC’s 31 primary assists lead MLS, seven more than any other team in the league. • LAFC is tied with SEA for the most home wins in MLS this season with seven. • LAFC’s 313 shots and 109 shots on target both lead MLS. • LAFC leads the league with 227 chances created and 197 chances created from open play. • LAFC plays the third most passes per game (521) and successful passes per game (439) in MLS. LAFC has the third best passing accuracy in MLS with 84.32 percent and the second highest average possession with 56.68 percent. • LAFC has suffered the third most fouls in MLS in 2019 with 234.

Result Details

KC 1 at LAFC 2 L KC 2 vs LAFC 1 W KC 2 at LAFC 0 W

Nemeth scores early before Rossi & Diomande turn it around Espinoza & Salloi score either side of Sinovic red card Gerso and Ilie (PK) bag goals in each half

#SKCvLAFC: PLAYER HISTORY • Forward Gerso Fernandes has one goal against LAFC, scoring the gamewinner in the 2-0 road victory on Aug. 11, 2018. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez has scored once versus LAFC, netting a penalty kick in the 2-0 road win on Aug. 11, 2018. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has one goal against LAFC, notching the opener in the 2-1 home victory on Oct. 28, 2018. • Forward Daniel Salloi has scored once versus LAFC, bagging the game-winner in the 2-1 home win on Oct. 28, 2018. • Forward Krisztian Nemeth has one goal against LAFC, netting the opener in the 2-1 road loss on March 3, 2019. • Defender Graham Zusi has one assist against LAFC, setting up Roger Espinoza’s opener in the 2-1 home win on Oct. 28, 2018. • Forward Johnny Russell has recorded one assist against LAFC, coming in the 2-1 road loss on March 3, 2019. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 2-1-0 against LAFC with a 1.00 goals against average, picking up a shutout in the 2-0 road victory on Aug. 11, 2018. • Forward Erik Hurtado has one assist against LAFC, coming in a 2-2 road draw for the Vancouver Whitecaps on Oct. 21, 2018.

Los Angeles FC Player Notes • Forward Carlos Vela leads MLS with 16 goals and is tied for second with 10 assists on the season. • Forward Carlos Vela leads MLS with 89 shots, 21 more than any other player, and 35 shots on goal, eight more than the next player (LAFC’s Diego Rossi’s 27. • Midfielder Latif Blessing leads MLS with 149 duels won, is second with 37 tackles won and third with 35 fouls committed and 49 fouls suffered.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

#SKCvLAFC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS

• Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes is set to coach his 400th game in all competitions for the club. • Defender Seth Sinovic is one appearance shy of reaching 250 in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez is two appearances shy of reaching 50 in all competitions for the club. • Sporting KC is one home win shy of 200 in their MLS regular-season history.

• LAFC forward Latif Blessing spent the 2017 season with Sporting KC, recording six goals and two assists in 31 appearances across all competitions. • Sporting midfielder Benny Feilhaber spent the 2018 campaign with LAFC, before heading to Colorado and eventually back to SKC in 2019. • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez was teammates with LAFC defender Danilo Silva at Brazilian club Internacional in 2017. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza and LAFC goalkeeper Luis Lopez are both born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and have played for the Honduran National Team. • Midfielder Kelyn Rowe played with LAFC midfielder Lee Nguyen at the New England Revolution from 2012-2018. Forward Krisztian Nemeth also played with Nguyen at New England from 2017-2018. • Forward Erik Hurtado was teammates with LAFC’s Jordan Harvey at Vancouver Whitecaps FC from 2013-2017. Hurtado also played with LAFC defender Steven Beitashour at Vancouver from 2014-2015. • Defender Rodney Wallace played with LAFC defender Dejan Jakovic at D.C. United from 2009-2010. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia was playing for Chivas USA’s first team while LAFC’s Josh Perez was in the club’s Academy from 2012-2013. • LAFC Director of Soccer Operations, Mike Sorber, played for the Kansas City Wiz in the club’s inaugural season in 1996, making 29 appearances in all competitions, recording four goals and nine assists. Sorber is also from St. Louis, Missouri.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

GUTIERREZ ENJOYING IMPRESSIVE CAMPAIGN

Sporting Kansas City closed out their brutal stretch of five consecutive road games in the month of June with Saturday night’s 2-0 defeat to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium. It was Sporting’s second loss of the month, including their U.S. Open Cup loss to Minnesota United FC on June 12, as Sporting ended the month with a 1-2-2 record across five consecutive road matches. Now Sporting will enjoy three of five games in the month of July at home.

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Felipe Gutierrez has enjoyed an impressive MLS campaign in 2019 and recently scored the game-winner to clinch a 1-0 road win over Columbus Crew SC at MAPFRE Stadium on June 23. It was Gutierrez’s seventh goal of the season in MLS play, putting him in a tie for the team-lead alongside Krisztian Nemeth and Johnny Russell. Gutierrez scored twice from the penalty spot in Sporting’s 2-2 draw against Toronto FC on June 7, before also tallying an assist on Gerso Fernandes’ goal in the U.S. Open Cup loss to Minnesota United FC on June 12. In all, the Chilean international has seven goals and two assists across 23 games in all competitions in 2019.

Sporting KC struggled to take advantage of their most recent stretch of homes games in May, going 1-2-1 in their four matches and 1-3-1 in the month of May which includes a 1-0 defeat in their only road match against D.C. United on May 12. Sporting were denied another opportunity for a home match when the side was drawn to take on Minnesota in the U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round on the road as well. In all, Sporting is 5-3-3 at home in all competitions this season.

The goal against Columbus was also cause for a milestone celebration, serving as Sporting’s 500th all-time away goal in all competitions. The club’s 500 strikes away from home consist of 419 in the MLS regular season, 22 in the MLS Cup Playoffs, 37 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and 22 in international matches.

The lengthy away stretch was in June just the sixth time in club history that Sporting had embarked on an MLS road swing of four or more games. The scheduling rarity last occurred in 2015 when the club managed just a single point from four consecutive trips in the late summer. The club’s longest-ever road trip took Sporting to 10 different MLS stadiums to kick off 2011 before opening the Children’s Mercy Park era in June of that year.

OLD FRIENDS SET TO REUNITE

Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles FC are set to see some familiar faces on the opposite side of the field when the two sides face off at Children’s Mercy Park on Wednesday night. LAFC’s influential midfielder Latif Blessing was scouted and brought to MLS by Sporting KC ahead of the 2017 season, while Sporting midfielder Benny Feilhaber played almost every minute for LAFC in their expansion season in 2018.

Sporting, currently sitting in last place in the Western Conference behind the Colorado Rapids who have the games won tie-breaker, will now face off against Supporters’ Shield leaders Los Angeles FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Wednesday night. Sporting went 2-0-0 against LAFC during their expansion season in 2018, but fell to a 2-1 defeat against the California-based side during the 2019 season opener at Banc of California Stadium.

Blessing became a fan favorite in Kansas City for his knack of scoring big goals in big games and dancing with the Cauldron after games. Blessing played a significant role as Sporting won the 2017 U.S. Open Cup, tallying three goals and one assist during the cup run - including the opening goal in the Final. Blessing was taken by LAFC with their second pick of the Expansion Draft.

LEAGUE-LEADERS COMING TO TOWN

Sporting Kansas City is finally back at home this week following a grueling month of June where the side played all five games on the road, posting a 1-2-2 record in all competitions. Sporting will now take on Supporters’ Shield leaders Los Angeles FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Wednesday night, before welcoming the Chicago Fire to town on Saturday night.

Feilhaber, who had a previous stint at Sporting from 2013-2017, played in all 34 of LAFC’s regular season games in 2018, starting 32 and adding three goals and six assists from a deep-lying role in midfield.

JOSH WOLFF TO BE HONORED AS NEW SPORTING LEGEND

Sporting Kansas City has announced former forward Josh Wolff as the newest member of the club’s Sporting Legends hall of honor.

Sporting KC had LAFC’s number during their expansion season in 2018, sweeping the season series with wins both at home and on the road. The inaugural matchup between the teams came on August 11, 2018 at Banc of California Stadium, with Sporting cruising to a 2-0 victory following Gerso Fernandes’ slotted finish in the first half and Ilie Sanchez’s penalty kick in the second.

Wolff, who starred for the Kansas City Wizards from 2003-2006 and 2008-2010, will be officially inducted as a Sporting Legend in a pregame ceremony before Sporting Kansas City hosts FC Dallas on Saturday, July 20, at Children’s Mercy Park. Tickets for the Western Conference clash are available now at SeatGeek.com.

The second game and LAFC’s first visit to Children’s Mercy Park was slightly more dramatic, as both sides were fighting for the top seed in the Western Conference on the final day of the 2018 regular season on October 28. Roger Espinoza gave Sporting the lead in the first half with a thunderous effort from distance, before LAFC equalized from the penalty spot through Carlos Vela after Seth Sinovic had been sent off for handball on the goalline. Still, the 10 men of Sporting were able to nick all three points as Daniel Salloi struck late, sealing the top spot in the Western Conference for SKC.

Wolff, currently an assistant coach for the United States Men’s National Team, is the 10th club icon to join Sporting Legends, an initiative launched in 2013 that pays tribute to all-time greats while providing a platform for inductees to engage with the Kansas City soccer community. Wolff was selected through an online ballot of write-in votes submitted by fans. Like the previous nine members of Sporting Legends (Bob Gansler, Tony Meola, Preki, Jimmy Conrad, Lamar Hunt, Peter Vermes, Chris Klein, Kerry Zavagnin and Mo Johnston), Wolff will have his name adorned outside The Victory Suite in the northwest corner of Children’s Mercy Park. A new UMB Sporting Legends Pylon will also be erected inside the UMB Premium Entry on the northwest side of the stadium, showcasing the U.S. Men’s National Team jersey he wore at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

After posting a stunning 10-0-4 record against the three Californian sides (LAFC, LA Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes) from June of 2016 to the end of 2018, Sporting has gone 0-3-0 against those three sides in 2019.

VERMES SET TO LEAD SKC FOR 400th TIME ON WEDNESDAY

Sporting Kansas City Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes is set to take to the sideline of a Sporting KC game for the 400th time when his side takes on Supporters’ Shield leaders Los Angeles FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Wednesday night. Vermes currently sits on 399 games coached in all competitions.

HEY ZUS, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR

Sporting Kansas City announced on Tuesday, June 18 that defender Graham Zusi has been named to the 2019 MLS All-Star Fan XI presented by Target.

Since taking the helm at Sporting almost 11 years ago, Vermes has lead the team in 331 regular-season matches, 18 in the MLS Cup Playoffs, 30 in the U.S. Open Cup and 20 in international competitions. In his time with the club, Vermes has won the 2013 MLS Cup as well as the 2012, 2015 and 2017 U.S. Open Cups, all the while overseeing the foundation of the club’s Academy and USL Championship team, and playing a pivotal role in the construction of Children’s Mercy Park and Pinnacle, Sporting’s world-class training facility.

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

Vermes has posted a 172-126-101 mark in all competitions for the club, including a 137-105-89 record in MLS regular-season action. Vermes’ 137 regular-season wins are the fifth most of any coach in MLS history and the third most among active coaches, only trailing the New England Revolution’s Bruce Arena (207) and Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley (151). The late Sigi Schmid leads all MLS coaches with 240 regular-season wins.

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

Vermes is also the longest tenured coach in the league and one of the longest serving coaches worldwide. 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 3, 2019 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

USMNT CONTINUE WINNING WAYS AT CMP

2026 WORLD CUP HEADING TO NORTH AMERICA

The United States Men’s National Team returned to Children’s Mercy Park as part of the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup doubleheader on Wednesday night when the USMNT beat Panama 1-0 after Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana played to a 1-1 draw. The U.S. cruised to the top of their group with nine points. Jozy Altidore scored the only goal of the game in the second half to clinch the group on Wednesday night.

The United Bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States was selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow. Kansas City is one of 23 Candidate Host Cities in the United Bid. The vote, which occurred a day before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, also marks the first time three nations have been selected to co-host a FIFA World Cup and the first time the FIFA World Cup will be played in North America in 32 years. The United Bid offers FIFA and its 211 Member Associations unity, certainty, and opportunity as they prepare to host the largest FIFA World Cup in history.

Wednesday’s match was the eighth time Kansas City has hosted the Men’s National Team, where the side has posted a 7-0-1 record all-time. Date Nov. 2, 1968 April 25, 2001 June 14, 2011 Oct. 16, 2012 Oct. 11, 2013 July 13, 2015 May 28, 2016 June 26, 2019

Opponent Result Bermuda W 6-2 Costa Rica W 1-0 Guadeloupe W 1-0 Guatemala W 3-1 Jamaica W 2-0 Panama T 1-1 Bolivia W 4-0 Panama W 1-0

Venue Municipal Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Children’s Mercy Park Children’s Mercy Park Children’s Mercy Park Children’s Mercy Park Children’s Mercy Park Children’s Mercy Park

With the FIFA Congress decision to award the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to the federations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the three nations will jointly manage preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup until FIFA establishes their operations to manage the competition. Among other decisions, FIFA will make the final selection of host cities for the 2026 competition from the 23 candidates proposed in the United Bid. Each of the United Bid’s 23 proposed stadiums are fully built, occupied and operational, ensuring long-term use following the 2026 World Cup. The United Bid has 150 existing world-class training facilities, millions of hotel rooms, and advanced infrastructure. The United Bid is expected to generate more than $14 billion in revenue and $11 billion in profits for FIFA, which will be shared with the 211 FIFA Member Associations, helping further develop and expand the game of football across the globe.

VERMES ENTERS 11th SEASON

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

PLAYOFF STREAK REACHES EIGHT SEASONS

In 2018, Sporting KC continued its impressive streak of postseason appearances, becoming just the sixth club in MLS history to make at least eight straight trips to the MLS Cup Playoffs, while Manager Peter Vermes is now just the third coach to lead the same team to eight straight playoff appearances.

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

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) Seattle Sounders FC 10 (2009-2018) *active New York Red Bulls 9 (2010-2018) *active Sporting KC 8 (2011-2018) *active LA Galaxy 8 (2009-2016) NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014)

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

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

Vermes has compiled a 172-126-101 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 20-7-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 137 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks fifth all-time and second among active coaches in MLS, trailing Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley.

VERMES VERBATIM

RECORD-SETTING 2018

See below for comments from Sporting KC Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes following the 2-0 defeat against Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium on June 29, 2019.

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

Thoughts on the goals: “The corner kick is easy to talk about. They play a long ball across the field over the group, they play a ball back in, their guy wins the header, the guy on the back post is kept onside and they score. It’s simple and routine. The ball goes out as much as it does, everybody should be coming off the back line. We didn’t come off the back line like we should, kept their guys onside and didn’t win the ball. They won the first ball in. The second and third ball, we never got to either one. The other goal, we make a mistake on the ball and we just give up a counter-attacking goal and the game is over. We’re trying to chase a game 2-0 from the first half. Actually when the game started, neither team had much life or spirit in them. We gave them spirit on the two goals, and that gave them life. They took the rest of the game.”

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

Peter Vermes’ side also found multiple goals in 25 of the club’s 40 matches in all competitions last season and was only shutout seven times. Sporting KC finished the regular season as the fourth highest scoring team in MLS with 65 goals, while the side scored 79 goals when including the MLS Cup Playoffs and U.S. Open Cup play.

Reason for the halftime sub: “There was work to be done there, so we wanted to bring somebody else in that was going to give us the work.”

Sporting had 16 different goalscorers last year in MLS play - which was tied for the second highest number of goalscorers across a single squad this season. In 2018, SKC found goals from Daniel Salloi (14), Johnny Russell (10), Diego Rubio (10), Felipe Gutierrez (7), Gerso Fernandes (6), Ilie Sanchez (5), Ike Opara (3), Yohan Croizet (3), Roger Espinoza (3), Khiry Shelton (2), Graham Zusi (2), Jimmy Medranda (2), Cristian Lobato (2), Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (1), Krisztian Nemeth (1) and Gianluca Busio (1).

On Botond Barath’s injury: “I’m not sure. I think he’ll be fine for Wednesday though.” On the performance: “We played poorly. We didn’t have life and we didn’t have spirit. A couple guys that came on brought us a little bit more, but it wasn’t enough. We didn’t deserve the three points.”

The 6-0 triumph over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 20, 2018 tied club records for largest margin of victory and most goals scored in a competitive match. Sporting KC finished the year with 65 goals in 34 regular-season matches, having scored 40 in all of 2017. The last time Sporting KC hit six goals in an MLS match was on June 20, 1999. 4

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 3, 2019 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Los Angeles FC: 2-1-0 Home games: 1-0-0 (2 GF, 1 GA) Road games: 1-1-0 (3 GF, 2 GA) Date 08/11/2018 10/28/2018 03/03/2019

Score KC 2 at LAFC 0 KC 2 vs LAFC 1 KC 1 at LAFC 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Result Location W Banc of California Stadium W Children’s Mercy Park L Banc of California Stadium

1 1 7 5 12 6

Five Players Four Players Daniel Salloi Daniel Salloi Roger Espinoza Felipe Gutierrez

2 1 1 10 3

Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia

LAFC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Three PLayers 1 Atuesta, Harvey 1 Carlos Vela 12 Carlos Vela 5 Latif Blessing 5 Carlos Vela 11

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Tyler Miller Lopez, Miller N/A Tyler Miller Tyler Miller

1 1 0 9 3

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 1 4 4 5 3

Five Players Four Players Daniel Salloi (10/28/18) Daniel Salloi (10/28/18) Roger Espinoza (3/3/19) Gutierrez, Espinoza

LAFC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Three Players Atuesta, Harvey (3/3/19) Carlos Vela (twice) Carlos Vela (8/11/18) Tristan Blackmon Three Players

1 1 4 2 4 5

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(10/28/18) Tyler

5 2

5 Tim Melia (8/11/18) 2 Tim Melia (3/3/19)

Miller Lopez, Miller

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 3 2 0 5 Shots 20 12 0 32 Shots on Goal 10 7 0 17 Fouls 23 25 0 48 Offsides 2 1 0 3 Corner Kicks 5 1 0 6

LAFC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 0 3 0 3 Shots 17 32 0 49 Shots on Goal 4 10 0 14 Fouls 21 18 0 39 Offsides 5 2 0 7 Corner Kicks 3 14 0 17

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15

KC 1 LAFC 0

142

16-30

31-45

1 0

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,475

TOTAL MLS SELLOUTS in 152 MLS matches played at the stadium (including postseason)

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 152 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 144 MLS regular season, 8 MLS postseason, 19 Open Cup, 10 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 152 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

186

1 0

105.4 5

46-60

0 1

61-75

2 1

76-90

0 1

0 0

Total

5 3

102

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

329

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 186 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 3, 2019 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

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

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

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

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

Erik Hurtado (Trade - Dec. 14, 2018)

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

Botond Barath (Signing - Dec. 18, 2018)

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

Kelyn Rowe (Trade - Dec. 18, 2018)

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

Abdul Rwatubyaye (Signing - Feb. 5, 2019)

Diego Rubio (Trade - Dec. 14, 2018)

Gedion Zelalem (Signing - March 11, 2019)

Ike Opara (Trade - Jan. 28, 2019)

Nicolas Hasler (Signing - April 2, 2019)

Abdul Rwatubyaye (Trade - May 8, 2019)

Benny Feilhaber (Trade - May 8, 2019) Wilson Harris (Short-Term Agreement - May 17, 2019) Felipe Hernandez (Short-Term Agreement - June 11, 2019) Camden Riley (Short-Term Agreement - June 11, 2019)

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

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011

Trades

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2013

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

2015

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

2016

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

2017 2018

2019

Swope Park Rangers

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

Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)

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

Krisztian Nemeth (8/6/18)

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

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

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

Tyler Freeman (1/1/19)

Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 3, 2019 vs. Los Angeles FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21

DEPORTIVO TOLUCA

CCL

3-0

Nemeth, Gerso, Ilie

Thursday, February 28

at Deportivo Toluca

CCL

2-0

Gerso, Nemeth

Sunday, March 3

at Los Angeles FC

MLS

1-2

Nemeth

Wednesday, March 6

at Club Atletico Independiente

CCL

1-2

Ilie

SUNDAY, MARCH 10

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

2-0

Ilie, Own Goal

THURSDAY, MARCH 14

CLUB ATLETICO INDEPENDIENTE CCL

3-0

Nemeth (2), Espinoza

Sunday, March 17

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

1-1

Russell

SATURDAY, MARCH 30

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

7-1

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

Thursday, April 4

at C.F. Monterrey

CCL

0-5

Sunday, April 7

at FC Cincinnati

MLS

1-1

Busio

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

C.F. MONTERREY

CCL

2-5

Gerso (2)

SUNDAY, APRIL 14

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

2-2

Russell, Busio

Saturday, April 20

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

1-4

Gutierrez

SATURDAY, APRIL 27

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

4-4

Nemeth (2), Gutierrez (2)

SUNDAY, MAY 5

ATLANTA UNITED FC

MLS

0-3

Sunday, May 12

at D.C. United

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, MAY 18

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS

1-1

Nemeth

SUNDAY, MAY 26

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

3-2

Russell (3)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29

LA GALAXY

MLS

0-2

Saturday, June 1

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

1-1

Croizet

Friday, June 7

at Toronto FC

MLS

2-2

Gutierrez (2)

Wednesday, June 12

at Minnesota United FC

USOC

1-4

Gerso

Sunday, June 23

at Columbus Crew SC

MLS

1-0

Gutierrez

Saturday, June 29

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

0-2

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3

LOS ANGELES FC

MLS