LA GALAXY vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY DIGNITY HEALTH SPORTS PARK, Carson, Calif. 7:30 p.m. PT (SpecSN; Bally Sports KC)
Sunday, July 4, 2021 (Week 11, MLS Game #149)
LA GALAXY 2021 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A Jonathan Bond GK 6-5 190 05/19/1993 Hemel Hempstead, England 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 1 DF 5-10 154 08/13/2001 Lompoc, CA 9 9 0 1 44 36 1 5 2 Julian Araujo 3 Derrick Williams DF 6-1 165 01/17/1993 Hamburg, Germany 4 4 0 1 4 4 0 1 4 Sega Coulibaly DF 6-0 190 06/09/1996 Bamako, Mali 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 5 Daniel Steres DF 6-0 175 11/11/1990 Burbank, CA 8 8 0 1 130 122 8 3 6 Rayan Raveloson MF 6-0 161 01/16/1997 Anosibe Ifanja, Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Victor Vazquez MF 5-9 167 01/20/1987 Barcelona, Spain 7 5 0 1 59 52 16 26 Jonathan dos Santos MF 5-8 160 04/26/1990 Mexico City, Mexico 9 8 1 0 86 77 6 12 8 9 Kevin Cabral MF 5-10 140 07/10/1999 Paris, France 6 5 0 1 6 5 0 1 11 Samuel Grandsir MF 5-7 145 08/14/1996 Evreux, France 10 8 0 1 10 8 0 1 12 Eric Lopez GK 6-3 165 03/05/1999 Westminster, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Javier Hernandez FW 5-9 160 06/01/1988 Guadalajara, Mexico 10 10 10 1 22 17 12 1 MF 6-1 155 09/09/1985 Huntington Beach, CA 10 3 2 2 289 255 40 95 16 Sacha Kljestan MF 5-10 165 09/03/1992 San Francisco, CA 7 7 1 2 139 117 21 24 17 Sebastian Lletget 18 Justin Vom Steeg GK 6-4 200 04/05/1997 Santa Barbara, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Jorge Villafana DF 5-9 150 09/16/1989 Anaheim, CA 10 10 0 0 198 169 10 24 20 Nick DePuy DF 6-5 205 11/14/1994 Irvine, CA 9 5 0 0 30 21 0 1 21 Giancarlo Gonzalez DF 6-1 185 02/08/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 47 41 3 0 Danilo Acosta DF 5-11 170 11/17/1997 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 0 0 0 0 37 34 0 5 24 25 Cameron Dunbar FW 5-6 130 10/22/2002 Carson, CA 9 1 0 0 13 2 0 0 26 Efrain Alvarez MF 5-8 150 06/19/2002 Los Angeles, CA 9 6 1 0 39 16 2 5 27 Carlos Harvey MF 5-10 154 02/03/2000 Panama City, Panama 4 1 0 0 10 2 0 0 Kai Koreniuk MF 6-0 175 03/01/1998 Ormond Beach, FL 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 28 29 Ethan Zubak FW 6-0 165 04/15/1998 Corona, CA 9 2 0 1 27 13 2 1 33 Jonathan Klinsmann GK 6-4 164 04/08/1997 Munich, Germany 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 43 Adam Saldana MF 5-8 145 02/07/2002 Panorama City, CA 8 3 0 0 8 3 0 0 44 Jalen Neal DF 6-1 145 08/24/2003 Lakewood, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Augustine Williams FW 6-2 165 08/03/1997 Freetown, Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 Jonathan Perez MF 5-6 135 01/18/2003 Pico Rivera, CA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 70 Marcus Ferkranus DF 6-0 170 05/10/2003 Santa Clarita, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oniel Fisher DF 5-9 155 11/22/1991 Portmore, Jamaica 4 2 0 0 70 46 1 2 91 HEAD COACH : Greg Vanney
07/11/1974 W94 L71 T48
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-4 215 04/19/2001 Bakersfield, CA 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 John Pulskamp 2 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-11 185 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 11 8 2 1 31 26 2 4 DF 6-2 200 11/14/1989 Banyoles, Spain 11 11 0 1 29 25 1 1 3 Andreu Fontas 4 Roberto Puncec DF 6-1 175 10/27/1991 Varazdin, Croatia 2 1 0 0 22 19 0 1 5 Nicolas Isimat-Mirin DF 6-2 180 11/15/1991 Meudon, France 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 6-0 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 10 10 1 0 124 117 7 12 FW 5-9 175 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 11 7 0 3 90 72 25 26 7 Johnny Russell 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 155 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 5 4 0 0 299 256 29 66 Alan Pulido FW 5-10 175 03/08/1991 Ciudad Victoria, Mexico 11 8 6 1 23 19 12 6 9 10 Gianluca Busio FW 5-10 155 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 12 12 2 2 60 38 7 7 FW 6-3 185 06/26/1993 Carson, CO 12 9 0 3 106 64 13 19 11 Khiry Shelton 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-9 155 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 2 0 0 0 47 32 0 2 15 Roger Espinoza MF 5-10 185 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 12 10 0 0 266 239 10 37 16 Graham Smith DF 6-4 190 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 0 0 0 0 17 16 1 1 17 Gadi Kinda MF 5-8 145 03/23/1994 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 8 6 3 1 26 22 9 5 19 Grayson Barber MF 5-8 170 05/03/2000 Columbia, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW 6-1 160 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 12 10 7 3 98 65 22 13 20 Daniel Salloi 21 Felipe Hernandez MF 5-7 145 06/08/1998 Ibague, Colombia 5 3 1 2 23 12 1 3 22 Kendall McIntosh GK 5-11 185 01/24/1994 Santa Rosa, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Tyler Freeman FW 6-0 165 01/09/2003 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kayden Pierre DF 5-10 140 02/16/2003 Rochester Hills, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 25 Ozzie Cisneros FW 5-5 130 03/13/2004 Omaha, NE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Cameron Duke MF 5-6 135 02/13/2001 Overland Park, KS 2 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 29 Tim Melia GK 6-0 205 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 7 7 0 0 180 179 0 0 31 Brooks Thompson GK 6-4 185 05/28/2002 Jeffersonville, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 Luis Martins DF 5-8 165 06/10/1992 Lamego, Portugal 12 12 0 1 33 30 0 3 Kaveh Rad DF 5-11 165 06/13/2001 Chapel Hill, NC 4 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 48 54 Remi Walter MF 5-8 170 04/26/1995 Essey-les-Nancy, France 9 5 0 0 9 5 0 0 96 Wilson Harris FW 5-10 175 11/28/1999 Los Angeles, CA 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes
11/21/1966 W162 L124 T95
LA GALAXY vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Sunday, July 4, 2021; Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, Calif., 7:30 p.m. PT REFEREES
2021 SEASON RECORDS Galaxy at home
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 10 7-3-0 21 17 15 5 4-1-0 12 9 5
Sporting on road
12 7-3-2 23 22 15 5 2-3-0 6 7 8
REFEREE: Alex Chilowicz. AR1 (bench): Adam Garner; AR2 (opposite): Apolinar Mariscal; 4th: Kevin Broadley; VAR: Victor Rivas; AVAR: Eduardo Mariscal TEAM NEWS SUSPENDED: LA: Derrick Williams (through July 7) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Ilie Sanchez SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Galaxy 26 wins (0 shootout), 99 goals … Sporting 23 wins (2 shootout), 78 goals … Ties 15
INJURED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: LFC: Diego Palacios (ECU); Brian Rodriguez (URU); Giancarlo Gonzalez (CRC; Gold Cup)
AT GALAXY: Galaxy 17 wins (0 shootout), 56 goals … Sporting 7 wins (1 shootout), 32 goals … Ties 7 2019 (MLS): 5/29: KC 0, LA 2 (F. Alvarez 55; Ibrahimovic 86) 9/15: LA 7, KC 2 (Ibrahimovic 32, 51, 85; Corona 48; Antuna 69; Lletget 77, 79 -- Gutierrez 24, 86)
LAST LEAGUE MATCHES SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 1 LA GALAXY 3 Scoring Summary: LA--Hernandez 9 (Grandsir 1) 11 LA--Hernandez 10 (Cabral 1) 50 LA--own goal (Jungwirth) 70 SJ--Cowell 3 (E. Lopez 1) 82
UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING GALAXY Wed. July 21 San Jose Wed. July 7 Dallas Sun. July 25 at Seattle Sat. July 17 at Vancouver Sat. July 31 Dallas Sat. July 24 at Dallas Wed. Aug. 4 at LAFC Fri. July 30 Portland
LA GALAXY--Jonathan Bond, Julian Araujo, Sega Coulibaly, Nick DePuy, Jorge Villafana, Samuel Grandsir (Cameron Dunbar 64), Jonathan dos Santos (Adam Saldana 68), Sebastian Lletget (Sacha Kljestan 63), Kevin Cabral, Efrain Alvarez (Victor Vazquez 64), Javier Hernandez (Ethan Zubak 72).
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING GALAXY F A F A 17 15 GOALS SCORED 22 15 53 60 MINUTES PER GOAL 49 72 HOW SCORED
11 6 0 0
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
7 4 4 0
19 1 2 0
8 6 1 0
14 3 1 0 3 1 0 0
10 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
3 16 3
2 12 1
TYPE OF PLAY
9 4 0 0 1 0 1 2
8 1 1 2 2 0 1 0
OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
7 10 0
4 11 0
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 LOS ANGELES FC 1 Scoring Summary: LFC--Kim 1 (Cifuentes 1) 24 KC--Pulido 6 (unassisted) 61 KC--Salloi 7 (Hernandez 2, Busio 2) 87 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Jaylin Lindsey (Graham Zusi 40), Ilie Sanchez, Andreu Fontas, Luis Martins (Amadou Dia 76), Roger Espinoza (Wilson Harris 85), Gianluca Busio, Felipe Hernandez, Johnny Russell, Alan Pulido (Khiry Shelton 76), Daniel Salloi.
DISTANCE
RECORD AT HALFTIME (W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL LA 4-0-0 2-2-0 1-1-0 KC 2-0-1 2-2-0 3-1-1
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL
SCORE ALLOW 6-1-0 1-2-0 2-2-1 5-1-1
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
LA GALAXY Date Score (Gms since) 5/29/2021 LA 1, SJ 0 6/26/2021 LA 3, SJ 1 6/19/2021 LA 1, SEA 2 5/22/2021 LA 0, POR 3 11/04/2020 LA 1, SEA 1 5/29/2021 LA 1, SJ 0 5/22/2021 LA 0, POR 3
(1) (0) (0) (1) (11) (3) (4)
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Galaxy WWLWWLWLWW WTLWLWWWTLWW Sporting KC
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 6/26/2021 KC 2, LFC 1 (0) 5/22/2021 KC 3, SJ 1 (1) 9/23/2020 KC 1, ORL 2 (11) 6/19/2021 KC 1, POR 2 (0) 6/12/2021 KC 1, ATX 1 (3) 5/16/2021 KC 3, VAN 0 (6) 5/12/2021 KC 0, HOU 1 (7)
TEAM LEADERS
GALAXY G: 10 Hernandez A: 2 Kljestan/Lletget SHT: 26 Hernandez SOG: 14 Hernandez FC: 13 Araujo FS: 19 Hernandez OF: 6 Hernandez C: 2 Araujo/dos Santos E: 1 D Williams SPORTING G: 7 Salloi A: 3 3 players tied SHT: 41 Pulido SOG: 14 Salloi FC: 14 Espinoza FS: 16 Pulido OF: 4 Pulido C: 4 Sanchez E: 0
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG LA 10 2 2 3 3 0 17 1.70 KC 12 1 4 3 4 0 22 1.83 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG LA 10 2 3 3 2 0 15 1.50 KC 12 1 8 2 1 0 15 1.25 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 LA 17 3 1 2 3 4 4 KC 22 2 3 3 5 6 3 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 LA 15 0 3 2 3 4 3 KC 15 3 2 3 3 0 4
2021 LA GALAXY STATISTICS (7-3-0, 21 pts.) UNF 14 16 17 26 8 5 3 29 2 9 11 7 43 25 27 1 56 19 20 91 4
POS F M M M M D D F D M M M M F M G M D D D D
PLAYER Javier Hernandez Sacha Kljestan Sebastian Lletget Efrain Alvarez Jonathan dos Santos Daniel Steres Derrick Williams Ethan Zubak Julian Araujo Kevin Cabral Samuel Grandsir Victor Vazquez Adam Saldana Cameron Dunbar Carlos Harvey Jonathan Bond Jonathan Perez Jorge Villafana Nick DePuy Oniel Fisher Sega Coulibaly Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 10 10 7 9 9 8 4 9 9 6 10 7 8 9 4 10 1 10 9 4 3
GS 10 3 7 6 8 8 4 2 9 5 8 5 3 1 1 10 0 10 5 2 3
MIN 866 473 549 429 644 638 269 284 810 418 577 427 287 184 135 900 7 880 641 166 270
10 10
10 10
900 900
G 10 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 15
A 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 26 8 7 11 7 4 3 7 4 10 9 4 1 2 0 0 0 5 4 1 0
SOG 14 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
12 14
113 155
37 64
FC 12 8 7 4 10 11 1 3 13 3 8 8 9 3 5 0 0 8 6 3 4
FS 19 4 8 3 1 1 1 3 5 11 5 5 3 4 1 1 0 8 1 5 6
OFF 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
CK 0 2 16 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
C 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
126 99 99 126
18 13
38 50
13 11
1 0
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Javier Hernandez 2, Sacha Kljestan 1, Jonathan dos Santos 1, Sebastian Lletget 1, Efrain Alvarez 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Javier Hernandez 1, Daniel Steres 1, Sebastian Lletget 1, Kevin Cabral 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Sacha Kljestan 1-1, Javier Hernandez 0-1 LA GALAXY GOALKEEPING UNF 1
POS G
GOALKEEPER Jonathan Bond Team totals Opponent totals
GP 10 10 10
GS 10 10 10
MIN SHTS 900 64 900 64 900 37
SV 49 49 20
GA 15 15 17
GAA 1.5 1.5 1.7
PG 2 2 1
PA 2 2 2
W 7 7 3
L 3 3 7
T 0 0 0
SO 2 2 2
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2021 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (7-3-2, 23 pts.) UNF 20 9 17 10 2 21 6 7 11 3 36 13 28 8 1 48 5 54 4 15 29 96
POS F F M F D M M F F D D D M M G D D M D M G F
PLAYER Daniel Salloi Alan Pulido Gadi Kinda Gianluca Busio Jaylin Lindsey Felipe Hernandez Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Khiry Shelton Andreu Fontas Luis Martins Amadou Dia Cameron Duke Graham Zusi John Pulskamp Kaveh Rad Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Remi Walter Roberto Puncec Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Wilson Harris Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 12 11 8 12 11 5 10 11 12 11 12 2 2 5 5 4 2 9 2 12 7 4
GS 10 8 6 12 8 3 10 7 9 11 12 0 0 4 5 2 2 5 1 10 7 0
MIN 971 797 513 1062 769 317 892 526 823 990 1032 48 25 311 450 215 153 422 85 830 630 19
12 12
12 12
1080 1080
G 7 6 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 15
A 3 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 35 41 13 27 4 13 5 20 14 6 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 2 12 0 0
SOG 14 10 7 7 2 3 3 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0
18 14
206 115
67 40
FC 1 8 13 12 5 2 8 3 11 9 11 0 1 4 0 1 1 6 1 14 0 0
FS 11 16 10 15 2 3 4 9 10 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 0 8 0 0
OFF 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CK 1 0 0 55 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
C 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
111 118 118 111
17 31
92 34
15 21
0 3
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Daniel Salloi 4, Gadi Kinda 2, Alan Pulido 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Khiry Shelton 2, Gianluca Busio 2, Felipe Hernandez 2, Andreu Fontas 1, Luis Martins 1, Daniel Salloi 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Alan Pulido 2-2, Gadi Kinda 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 1
POS G G
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia John Pulskamp Team totals Opponent totals
GP 7 5 12 12
GS 7 5 12 12
MIN SHTS 630 22 450 18 1080 40 1080 67
SV 14 11 25 43
GA 8 7 15 22
GAA 1.14 1.4 1.25 1.83
PG 0 0 0 3
PA 0 0 0 3
W 5 2 7 3
L 1 2 3 7
T 1 1 2 2
SO 1 0 1 1
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LA GALAXY 2021 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Apr. Sun. Apr. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat. Tue. Fri. Sat.
May May May May May June June June July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.
Sat. Wed. Sat. Sun. Wed.
Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep.
Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Wed. Mon. Sun.
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov.
OPPONENT 18 at Inter Miami CF 25 New York 2 at Seattle 8 Los Angeles FC 15 Austin FC 22 at Portland 29 San Jose 19 Seattle 23 at Vancouver 26 at San Jose 4 Sporting KC 7 FC Dallas 17 at Vancouver 24 at FC Dallas 30 Portland 8 Vancouver 14 at Minnesota 17 Colorado 20 San Jose 28 at Los Angeles FC 11 at Colorado 15 Houston 18 at Minnesota 26 at Austin FC 29 at Real Salt Lake 3 Los Angeles FC 16 Portland 20 at Houston 23 FC Dallas 27 at Sporting KC 1 at Seattle 7 Minnesota
RESULT W 3-2
ATT 7939
W-L-T 1-0-0
W 3-2
6853
2-0-0
7148 7193 7193 0 0 23165 0 18000
2-1-0 3-1-0 4-1-0 4-2-0 5-2-0 5-3-0 6-3-0 7-3-0
L W W L W L W W
0-3 2-1 2-0 0-3 1-0 1-2 2-1 3-1
POS PTS NOTES: 3 3 LA: Hernandez (62,73) Kljestan (81); MCF: Robinson (47+) Higuain (68) 1 6 LA: Hernandez (9,41,60); NYR: Gutman (26) Casseres (63) 5 6 SEA: Ruidiaz (20,93+) Smith (23) 2 9 LA: Hernandez (11) dos Santos (79); LFC: Rossi (62) 2 12 LA: Lletget (35) Hernandez (77); 3 12 POR: Mora (47,60) Valeri (69) 3 15 LA: own goal (70); 4 15 LA: Kljestan (21); SEA: Andrade (41) Ruidiaz (49) 3 18 LA: Hernandez (47) Alvarez (93+); VAN: Bikel (92+) 3 21 LA: Hernandez (11,50) own goal (70); SJ: Cowell (82)
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Apr. Fri. Apr. Sat. May Sun. Wed. Sun. Sat.
May May May May
OPPONENT RESULT 17 at New York W 2-1 23 Orlando City SC T 1-1 1 at Real Salt L 1-3 Lake 9 Austin FC W 2-1 12 at Houston L 0-1 16 Vancouver W 3-0 22 at San Jose W 3-1
ATT 0 0 0
W-L-T 1-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-1
POS PTS NOTES: 4 3 KC: Kinda (59) Salloi (60); NYR: Clark (48) 1 4 KC: Busio (45); ORL: Almeida (78) 10 4 KC: Pulido (17); RSL: Kreilach (35) Rubin (52,77)
0 7054 0 0
2-1-1 2-2-1 3-2-1 4-2-1
5 7 3 2
Sat. May
29 Houston
W 3-2
20086
5-2-1
2
Sat. June Sat. June Wed. June
12 Austin FC 19 at Portland 23 Colorado
T 1-1 L 1-2 W 3-1
18519 0 18690
5-2-2 5-3-2 6-3-2
2 2 2
Sat. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sat. Wed.
June July July July July Aug.
W 2-1
20213
7-3-2
2
Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Fri.
Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.
Sat. Wed. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Wed. Sun.
Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov.
26 Los Angeles FC 4 at Los Angeles 21 San Jose 25 at Seattle 31 FC Dallas 4 at Los Angeles FC 7 at Colorado 14 at FC Dallas 18 Portland 21 at Minnesota 28 Colorado 3 at Los Angeles FC 11 Chicago 15 Minnesota 26 Seattle 29 at FC Dallas 3 Houston 17 at Vancouver 23 at Seattle 27 Los Angeles 31 at Minnesota 3 at Austin FC 7 Real Salt Lake
7 KC: Sanchez (82) Kinda (90); ATX: Gallagher (7) 7 HOU: Urruti (56) 10 KC: Salloi (28) Pulido (32,58); 13 KC: Lindsey (15) Pulido (60) Salloi (75); SJ: Lopez (4) 16 KC: Busio (51) Pulido (61) Kinda (65); HOU: Vera (14) Urruti (94+) 17 KC: Salloi (71); ATX: Dominguez (26) 17 KC: Lindsey (28); POR: Asprilla (36) Loria (46+) 20 KC: Salloi (14,38) Hernandez (64); COL: Rosenberry (84) 23 KC: Pulido (61) Salloi (87); LFC: Kim (24)
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GALAXY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2021)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2021)
Goals 3 Javier Hernandez Assists 1 12 times Shots 6 Javier Hernandez Shots on Goal 4 Javier Hernandez Fouls Committed 5 Sebastian Lletget 5 Javier Hernandez Fouls Suffered 5 Javier Hernandez 5 Sega Coulibaly Offside 3 Samuel Grandsir Saves 12 Jonathan Bond Shots Faced 12 Jonathan Bond Goals Allowed 3 Jonathan Bond 3 Jonathan Bond
Goals 3 04/18/2021 vs 3 04/25/2021 vs 3 06/26/2021 vs Assists 3 05/15/2021 vs Shots 21 05/29/2021 vs Shots on Goal 8 05/29/2021 vs Fouls Committed 17 06/19/2021 vs Fouls Suffered 14 04/25/2021 vs Corner Kicks 9 05/08/2021 vs Offside 4 05/08/2021 vs 4 06/19/2021 vs Saves 12 05/29/2021 vs Shots Faced 12 05/29/2021 vs Goals Allowed 3 05/02/2021 vs 3 05/22/2021 vs
04/25/2021 vs NYR
W 3-2
04/18/2021 vs MCF
W 3-2
05/15/2021 vs ATX
W 2-0
04/25/2021 vs NYR
W 3-2
04/18/2021 vs MCF 06/19/2021 vs SEA
W 3-2 L 1-2
05/29/2021 vs SJ 06/23/2021 vs VAN
W 1-0 W 2-1
05/08/2021 vs LFC
W 2-1
05/29/2021 vs SJ
W 1-0
05/29/2021 vs SJ
W 1-0
05/02/2021 vs SEA 05/22/2021 vs POR
L 0-3 L 0-3
MCF NYR SJ
W 3-2 W 3-2 W 3-1
ATX
W 2-0
SJ
W 1-0
SJ
W 1-0
SEA
L 1-2
NYR
W 3-2
LFC
W 2-1
LFC SEA
W 2-1 L 1-2
SJ
W 1-0
SJ
W 1-0
SEA POR
L 0-3 L 0-3
SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2021)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2021)
Goals 2 Alan Pulido 2 Daniel Salloi Assists 1 18 times Shots 8 Alan Pulido Shots on Goal 3 Alan Pulido 3 Khiry Shelton 3 Daniel Salloi Fouls Committed 5 Roger Espinoza Fouls Suffered 4 Gianluca Busio 4 Johnny Russell 4 Gadi Kinda Offside 2 Alan Pulido 2 Daniel Salloi Saves 5 John Pulskamp Shots Faced 6 John Pulskamp Goals Allowed 3 John Pulskamp
Goals 3 05/16/2021 at 3 05/22/2021 at 3 05/29/2021 at 3 06/23/2021 at Assists 5 06/23/2021 at Shots 32 06/12/2021 at Shots on Goal 11 06/12/2021 at Fouls Committed 16 04/23/2021 at Fouls Suffered 19 05/16/2021 at Corner Kicks 14 05/09/2021 at Offside 4 06/23/2021 at Saves 5 05/09/2021 at Shots Faced 6 05/09/2021 at Goals Allowed 3 05/01/2021 at
05/16/2021 at VAN 06/23/2021 at COL
W 3-0 W 3-1
04/23/2021 at ORL
T 1-1
05/22/2021 at SJ
W 3-1
05/22/2021 at SJ 06/12/2021 at ATX 06/23/2021 at COL
W 3-1 T 1-1 W 3-1
04/23/2021 at ORL
T 1-1
04/17/2021 at NYR 05/09/2021 at ATX 05/29/2021 at HOU
W 2-1 W 2-1 W 3-2
05/01/2021 at RSL 06/23/2021 at COL
L 1-3 W 3-1
05/09/2021 at ATX
W 2-1
05/09/2021 at ATX
W 2-1
05/01/2021 at RSL
L 1-3
TEAM LOW GAMES (2021) Shots 6 04/18/2021 vs 6 06/19/2021 vs Shots on Goal 2 05/02/2021 vs 2 06/19/2021 vs 2 06/23/2021 vs Fouls Committed 8 05/22/2021 vs Fouls Suffered 6 05/02/2021 vs Corner Kicks 1 04/25/2021 vs 1 06/19/2021 vs Offside 0 04/18/2021 vs 0 05/22/2021 vs 0 05/29/2021 vs 0 06/26/2021 vs Saves 2 05/15/2021 vs 2 06/23/2021 vs 2 06/26/2021 vs Shots Faced 2 05/15/2021 vs
MCF SEA
W 3-2 L 1-2
SEA SEA VAN
L 0-3 L 1-2 W 2-1
POR
L 0-3
SEA
L 0-3
NYR SEA
W 3-2 L 1-2
MCF POR SJ SJ
W L W W
ATX VAN SJ
W 2-0 W 2-1 W 3-1
ATX
W 2-0
3-2 0-3 1-0 3-1
TEAM LOW GAMES (2021)
VAN SJ HOU COL
W W W W
3-0 3-1 3-2 3-1
COL
W 3-1
ATX
T 1-1
ATX
T 1-1
ORL
T 1-1
VAN
W 3-0
ATX
W 2-1
COL
W 3-1
ATX
W 2-1
ATX
W 2-1
RSL
L 1-3
Shots 6 05/01/2021 at Shots on Goal 1 05/01/2021 at Fouls Committed 5 06/23/2021 at Fouls Suffered 6 06/12/2021 at 6 06/19/2021 at Corner Kicks 2 05/22/2021 at 2 06/23/2021 at Offside 0 04/17/2021 at 0 05/29/2021 at 0 06/26/2021 at Saves 0 05/12/2021 at Shots Faced 1 05/12/2021 at
RSL
L 1-3
RSL
L 1-3
COL
W 3-1
ATX POR
T 1-1 L 1-2
SJ COL
W 3-1 W 3-1
NYR HOU LFC
W 2-1 W 3-2 W 2-1
HOU
L 0-1
HOU
L 0-1
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
SPORTING KC VS GALAXY ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS
Galaxy
Galaxy 26 wins, 99 goals Sporting KC 23 wins, 80 goals 15 ties 5/19/1996 7/6/1996 8/11/1996 8/21/1996 4/5/1997 5/10/1997 5/30/1997 9/28/1997 4/18/1998 4/29/1998 7/4/1998 8/13/1998 5/8/1999 6/6/1999 7/25/1999 10/9/1999 5/6/2000 6/24/2000 8/5/2000 8/12/2000 4/14/2001 5/5/2001 6/13/2001 8/15/2001 5/4/2002 5/18/2002 7/20/2002 8/21/2002 5/24/2003 6/14/2003 9/27/2003 10/11/2003 6/5/2004 7/24/2004 10/2/2004 10/16/2004 9/17/2005 9/25/2005 7/1/2006 9/2/2006 7/7/2007 9/27/2007 5/24/2008 9/13/2008 5/30/2009 7/25/2009 4/24/2010 8/28/2010 5/14/2011 9/5/2011 4/7/2012 4/20/2013 7/19/2014 4/18/2015 10/25/2015 5/1/2016 6/2/2016 9/18/2016 6/24/2017 9/24/2017 4/8/2018 10/6/2018 5/29/2019 9/15/2019
LA KC KC KC KC KC KC LA LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA KC LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC LA LA LA LA LA LA KC LA KC KC KC LA KC KC LA KC LA KC KC LA KC KC KC KC KC LA LA
2 3 3 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 5 1 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 7
vs vs vs at vs vs at vs at at vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs vs vs vs at at vs vs vs vs vs at vs at vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at vs at vs at vs
KC LA LA LA LA LA LA KC KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC LA KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA KC KC KC KC KC KC LA KC LA LA LA KC LA LA KC LA KC LA LA KC LA LA LA LA LA KC KC
0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2
KC SOW KC SOW
(2OT)
(2OT) (2OT) (2OT) (OT) (2OT)
(OT)
(RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (HD) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (CA) (CA) (HD) (HD) (SP) (SP) (HD) (SP) (HD) (SP) (SP) (HD) (SP) (HD) (SP) (HD) (SP) (SP) (HD)
Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 35 348 145 443 104 177
2 61 400 196 473 93 181
Sporting KC
OT 1 6 5 5 1 4
Tot 97 754 346 921 198 362
1 34 372 130 408 81 143
2 43 429 176 407 80 165
OT 1 4 1 2 1 1
Tot 78 805 307 817 162 309
GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC LA
1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
OT
Total
8 8
13 12
12 14
13 15
16 17
15 30
1 3
78 99
CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Greg Vanney Peter Vermes
vs. KC vs. LA
0-2-3 7-5-6
(0.6 pts./game) (1.5 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
8 10 50 22 36 77 12 9 7 79 29
Galaxy Donovan/Jones Cienfuegos/Donovan Cobi Jones Cobi Jones Danny Califf Cobi Jones Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman
8 9 89 45 41 59 6 6 3 71 22
Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Matt McKeon Preki Tony Meola Tony Meola Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Galaxy 3 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (09/15/19) 2 10 players tied 7 4 players tied 6 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (09/15/19) 7 Carlos Ruiz (06/14/03) 7 Carlos Ruiz (05/24/03) 1 15 players tied 8 Kramer/Reis 3 Hartman/Kramer
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
Sporting KC 2 Klein/Gutierrez 2 3 players tied 9 Diego Rubio (10/06/18) 6 Preki (05/19/96) 6 8 1 10 7
Diop/Johnston Arnaud/Radosavljevic 10 players tied Tim Melia (04/08/18) Tim Melia (09/15/19)
W-L-T Breakdowns: LA Galaxy W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals
Streak (started)
Sporting Kansas City W-L-T
Streak (started)
4-0-0 2-2-0 1-1-0
7 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ls
(08/22/2020) (06/23/2021) (05/02/2021)
2-0-1 2-2-0 3-1-1
2 Ws (05/16/2021) 1 Ws (05/22/2021) 1 Ws (06/26/2021)
1-2-0 6-1-0
2 Ls 2 Ws
(05/02/2021) (06/23/2021)
5-1-1 2-2-1
1 Ws (06/26/2021) 1 Ws (06/23/2021)
0-2-0 1-1-0 3-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-0
5 Ls 1 Ls 4 Ws 3 Ws 0-
(10/14/2020) (06/19/2021) (11/01/2020) (04/18/2021) -
0-1-0 0-2-2 3-0-0 4-0-0 0-0-0
1 1 4 6 2
Ls Ls Ws Ws Ws
(05/12/2021) (06/19/2021) (11/08/2020) (02/29/2020) (03/07/2020)
2-0-0 3-0-0 2-1-0 0-2-0 0-0-0
3 Ws 3 Ws 1 Ls 4 Ls 4 Ls
(10/18/2020) (05/08/2021) (06/19/2021) (09/27/2020) (07/18/2020)
1-0-0 5-1-2 1-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0
2 2 1 2 1
Ws Ws Ls Ls Ls
(11/08/2020) (06/23/2021) (06/19/2021) (09/19/2020) (08/25/2020)
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GALAXY CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (26-23-15) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
Landon Donovan Cobi Jones Mauricio Cienfuegos Zlatan Ibrahimovic Carlos Ruiz Ezra Hendrickson Sasha Victorine Alan Gordon Clint Mathis David Beckham Sebastian Lletget Greg Vanney Danny Califf Carlos Hermosillo Robbie Keane Edson Buddle Sean Franklin Gavin Glinton Herculez Gomez Eduardo Hurtado Tyrone Marshall Alejandro Moreno Brian Mullan Danny Pena Mark Semioli Paul Caligiuri Uriel Antuna Luis Hernandez Alexi Lalas Martin Machon Chris Albright Brian Ching Joe Corona Giovani dos Santos Omar Gonzalez Guillermo Jara Harut Karapetyan David Romney Marcelo Sarvas Romain Alessandrini Favio Alvarez Juan Pablo Angel Baggio Husidic Marvin Quijano Marcelo Saragosa Brian Taylor Jose Vasquez Sebastien Vorbe Simon Elliott Peter Vagenas Chad Barrett Rolf Feltscher Perry Kitchen Welton Roy Myers Efrain Alvarez Emmanuel Boateng Dan Calichman Adam Frye Juninho Andreas Herzog Bradford Jamieson Quavas Kirk Jovan Kirovski Dema Kovalenko Ricky Lewis Cristian Pavon Mike Randolph Robbie Rogers Diego Serna Craig Waibel Gyasi Zardes Team totals
18 37 28 4 11 20 17 12 8 5 8 24 15 4 5 7 7 7 4 7 13 7 4 10 7 14 2 3 10 8 13 3 2 4 9 4 8 5 3 4 1 1 5 3 5 2 2 3 13 19 3 2 3 7 4 1 8 10 5 8 3 4 2 7 1 4 1 1 5 2 3 6 64
16 34 28 3 9 16 15 7 5 5 7 21 14 4 5 6 7 2 3 6 10 2 3 10 7 12 2 3 10 8 12 0 1 4 8 1 5 5 2 4 1 0 4 1 4 2 1 1 12 18 2 2 2 4 3 0 6 10 3 8 2 2 1 4 1 3 1 1 4 2 2 5 64
1481 2993 2497 298 843 1513 1317 628 501 450 609 1982 1324 292 450 495 630 227 227 566 948 218 299 851 626 1108 169 273 903 697 1029 86 108 359 732 146 424 450 193 332 72 29 370 133 405 141 144 101 1167 1577 174 180 185 385 291 10 518 900 252 657 218 200 122 388 90 307 83 90 378 140 200 458 5760
G
A
8 10 8 9 5 10 5 1 5 0 4 4 3 4 3 1 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 99 106
SHT GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
25 50 40 19 36 21 20 20 18 8 8 15 13 8 8 13 5 5 10 20 7 4 10 14 6 12 4 8 5 8 10 3 1 3 2 6 15 3 3 15 3 2 3 6 2 3 5 3 27 7 5 3 0 9 2 0 3 1 3 5 12 3 2 10 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 759
1 5 8 2 3 4 25 4 5 2 2 2 1 4 64 64
90 414 659 180 270 331 2205 360 389 180 180 180 90 283 5760 5760
Carlo Cudicini Jorge Campos Matt Reis Joe Cannon Brian Rowe Josh Saunders Kevin Hartman David Bingham Donovan Ricketts Steve Cronin Jaime Penedo Clement Diop Josh Wicks David Kramer Team totals Opponent totals
SHT
GAA
PG
2 2 0.00 27 24 0.65 34 26 0.96 6 4 1.00 8 5 1.00 12 9 1.09 111 79 1.18 24 18 1.25 19 13 1.39 9 6 1.50 8 5 1.50 11 7 2.00 6 4 2.00 30 23 2.23 307 225 1.21 349 239 1.53
SV
0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 8
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Opponent totals
64
64
5760
80
74
806
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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. GALAXY (23-26-15) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
Preki Chris Klein Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Mark Chung Vitalis Takawira Igor Simutenkov Dom Dwyer Diego Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Claudio Lopez Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi Chris Brown Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Jack Jewsbury Mo Johnston Matt McKeon Paul Wright Kerry Zavagnin Jimmy Conrad Francisco Gomez Kei Kamara Diego Rubio Omar Bravo Alex Bunbury Brad Davis Kevin Ellis Gary Glasgow Alexi Lalas Onandi Lowe Yura Movsisyan Krisztian Nemeth Lawrence Olum Ike Opara Jacob Peterson Paul Rideout Julio Cesar Carey Talley Shavar Thomas Scott Uderitz Graham Zusi Matt Besler Gerso Fernandes Herculez Gomez Saad Abdul-Salaam Stephen Armstrong Sean Bowers Jose Burciaga Jr. Mike Burns Gianluca Busio Bobby Convey Vicente Figueroa Chris Henderson Brandon Prideaux Ilie Sanchez Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals
29 24 21 12 12 15 7 7 14 3 4 4 6 15 17 10 13 18 21 11 24 17 15 4 4 1 3 2 4 4 4 1 3 3 2 6 5 4 3 7 5 5 16 17 5 3 3 7 14 10 7 1 2 4 7 11 6 10 64 64
27 21 16 12 12 10 5 7 12 3 3 4 3 12 16 8 10 16 19 8 24 17 10 4 2 1 3 2 3 2 4 0 0 2 2 6 2 4 3 6 4 5 14 16 2 3 3 3 13 10 4 0 1 1 7 9 6 9 64 64
2427 1965 1463 1050 1077 962 478 628 1160 270 289 358 304 990 1381 749 967 1539 1725 711 2177 1489 819 321 207 90 257 154 277 231 360 51 81 180 180 540 215 360 258 547 336 424 1291 1484 207 230 270 336 1102 817 408 24 83 156 632 886 540 812 5760 5760
G
A
SHT
GOALKEEPER
GP
8 9 7 8 6 3 5 1 3 1 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 80 74 99 106
89 30 28 21 30 21 13 24 9 11 8 10 14 11 17 17 15 23 21 10 10 5 20 8 11 2 6 5 3 5 6 3 3 8 2 7 9 8 2 3 1 3 20 0 8 9 1 8 11 7 1 1 0 2 10 0 8 4 806 759
Jimmy Nielsen Andy Gruenebaum Kevin Hartman Chris Snitko Tony Meola Garth Lagerwey Tim Melia Mike Ammann Bo Oshoniyi Luis Marin Eric Kronberg Team totals Opponent totals
5 1 6 5 16 4 10 7 10 1 1 64 64
MIN SHTS 450 90 540 405 1369 360 900 630 885 90 90 5760 5760
GAA
PG
16 12 0.80 2 1 1.00 24 15 1.33 30 22 1.33 96 71 1.45 22 15 1.50 47 31 1.60 34 19 1.71 62 43 1.83 6 4 2.00 10 6 4.00 349 239 1.53 307 225 1.21
SV
0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 5
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CURRENT GALAXY VS. SPORTING KC (26-23-15) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
Sebastian Lletget Sacha Kljestan Danilo Acosta Efrain Alvarez Nick DePuy Jonathan dos Santos Oniel Fisher Giancarlo Gonzalez Daniel Steres Victor Vazquez Jorge Villafana Team totals Opponent totals
8 12 4 1 1 5 3 3 7 1 8 64 64
7 10 4 0 1 5 3 3 7 1 7 64 64
609 874 341 10 71 446 209 270 630 90 650 5760 5760
GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
Team totals Opponent totals
64 64
5760 5760
SHT
G
CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. GALAXY (23-26-15)
A
SHT
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
2 2 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 106 80 74
8 15 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 5 759 806
Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi Roger Espinoza Graham Zusi Gianluca Busio Ilie Sanchez Amadou Dia Andreu Fontas Luis Martins Tim Melia Khiry Shelton Graham Smith Team totals Opponent totals
4 6 17 16 1 6 1 1 1 10 2 1 64 64
4 3 16 14 0 6 0 1 1 10 1 1 64 64
358 304 1381 1291 24 540 15 90 90 900 118 90 5760 5760
GAA
PG
307 225 1.21 349 239 1.53
SV
5 8
GOALKEEPER
GP
Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
10 64 64
MIN SHTS 900 5760 5760
G
A
SHT
2 0 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 74 99 106
10 14 17 20 1 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 806 759
GAA
PG
47 31 1.60 349 239 1.53 307 225 1.21
SV
1 8 5
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MLS Regular Season: LA Galaxy vs. Sporting Kansas City Sunday, July 4, 2021 Location: Dignity Health Sports Park Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. PT
Overall: 7-3-0, 21 points GF: 17 GA: 15 GD: 2
Overall: 7-3-2, 23 points GF: 22 GA: 15 GD: 7
TELEVISION: Spectrum SportsNet INJURY REPORT: Out: Daniel Steres Questionable: --
Notes and News
The LA Galaxy (7-3-0, 21 points) play host to Sporting Kansas City (7-3-2, 23 points) on Sunday night at Dignity Health Sports Park. Sunday’s match marks the 64th MLS regular-season meeting between LA and SKC, with the Galaxy leading the series 25-23-15. Notably, Chicharito leads MLS with 1.04 goals scored per 90 minutes played in league play this season amongst players that have played a minimum of 400 minutes in 2021. The next highest ranked player is Seattle’s Raúl Ruidíaz (0.82 goals per 90 minutes played). He leads the league in goals scored (10).
2021 Roster Changes ADDITIONS
Winger Kevin Cabral (Valenciennes FC) Midfielder Victor Vázquez Winger Samuel Grandsir (AS Monaco) Defender Derrick Williams (Blackburn Rovers F.C.) Midfielder Carlos Harvey (Tauro F.C.) Defender Oniel Fisher (Free Agent) Defender Jorge Villafaña (Portland Timbers) Goalkeeper Jonathan Bond (West Bromwich Albion F.C.) Defender Marcus Ferkranus (LA Galaxy Academy) Midfielder Adam Saldaña (LA Galaxy Academy) Defender Jalen Neal (LA Galaxy Academy) Defender Séga Coulibaly (AS Nancy) Forward Augustine Williams (LA Galaxy II) Rayan Raveloson (ES Troyes AC)
DEPARTURES Midfielder Joe Corona (Option Decline) Defender Emiliano Insua (Option Decline) Midfielder Emil Cuello (Option Decline) Forward Gordon Wild (Option Decline) Forward Cristian Pavon (Loan Expiration) Goalkeeper David Bingham (Out Of Contract) Defender Rolf Feltscher (Out Of Contract) Midfielder Perry Kitchen (Out Of Contract) Defender Diedie Traore (Mutual Contract Termination)
LA Galaxy 2021 MLS Regular Season Schedule #
DATE
OPPONENT
STADIUM
TIME (PT)
TV/RESULT
1
Sunday, April 18
Inter Miami CF
Inter Miami CF Stadium
12:00 PM
W 3-2
2
Sunday, April 25
New York Red Bulls
Dignity Health Sports Park
2:30 PM
W 3-2
3
Sunday, May 2
Seattle Sounders FC
Lumen Field
6:00 PM
L 3-0
4
Saturday, May 8
LAFC
Dignity Health Sports Park
5:00 PM
W 2-1
5
Saturday, May 15
Austin FC
Dignity Health Sports Park
12:30 PM
W 2-0
6
Saturday, May 22
Portland Timbers
Providence Park
12:30 PM
L 3-0
7
Saturday, May 29
San Jose Earthquakes
Dignity Health Sports Park
5:00 PM
W 1-0
8
Saturday, June 19
Seattle Sounders FC
Dignity Health Sports Park
7:30 PM
L 2-1
9
Wednesday, June 23
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Away
7:30 PM
W 2-1
10
Saturday, June 26
San Jose Earthquakes
Stanford Stadium
7:00 PM
W 3-1
11
Sunday, July 4
Sporting Kansas City
Dignity Health Sports Park
7:30 PM
SSN
12
Wednesday, July 7
FC Dallas
Dignity Health Sports Park
7:30 PM
SSN
13
Saturday, July 17
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Away
7:00 PM
SSN
14
Wednesday, July 21
Real Salt Lake
Rio Tinto Stadium
7:00 PM
SSN
15
Saturday, July 24
FC Dallas
Toyota Stadium
5:30 PM
SSN
16
Friday, July 30
Portland Timbers
Dignity Health Sports Park
7:00 PM
ESPN
17
Wednesday, August 4
Real Salt Lake
Dignity Health Sports Park
7:30 PM
SSN
18
Sunday, August 8
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Dignity Health Sports Park
5:00 PM
SSN
19
Saturday, August 14
Minnesota United FC
Allianz Field
2:30 PM
FOX
20
Tuesday, August 17
Colorado Rapids
Dignity Health Sports Park
7:30 PM
SSN
21
Friday, August 20
San Jose Earthquakes
Dignity Health Sports Park
7:00 PM
ESPN
22
Saturday, August 28
LAFC
Banc of California Stadium
5:00 PM
FOX
23
Saturday, September 11
Colorado Rapids
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
12:30 PM
Univision
24 Wednesday, September 15
Houston Dynamo FC
Dignity Health Sports Park
7:30 PM
SSN
25
Saturday, September 18
Minnesota United FC
Allianz Field
5:00 PM
SSN
26
Sunday, September 26
Austin FC
Q2 Stadium
TBD
ESPN
Real Salt Lake
Rio Tinto Stadium
6:30 PM
SSN
27 Wednesday, September 29 28
Sunday, October 3
LAFC
Dignity Health Sports Park
5:00 PM
ESPN
29
Saturday, October 16
Portland Timbers
Dignity Health Sports Park
7:30 PM
SSN
30
Wednesday, October 20
Houston Dynamo FC
BBVA Stadium
5:30 PM
SSN
31
Saturday, October 23
FC Dallas
Dignity Health Sports Park
12:30 PM
Univision
32
Wednesday, October 27
Sporting Kansas City
Children's Mercy Park
5:30 PM
SSN
33
Monday, November 1
Seattle Sounders FC
Lumen Field
7:00 PM
SSN
34
Sunday, November 7
Minnesota United FC
Dignity Health Sports Park
3:00 PM
SSN
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 11 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 33 43 44 48 56 70 91
No. 24 26 22 1 9 4 20 8 25 70 91 21 11 27 14 33 16 28 17 12 44 56 6 43 5 19 18 7 48 3 29
Player Jonathan Bond Julian Araujo Derrick Williams Séga Coulibaly Daniel Steres Rayan Raveloson Victor Vazquez Jonathan dos Santos Kévin Cabral Eric Lopez Samuel Grandsir Javier Hernandez Sacha Kljestan Sebastian Lletget Justin Vom Steeg Jorge Villafaña Nick DePuy Giancarlo Gonzalez Danilo Acosta Cameron Dunbar Efrain Alvarez Carlos Harvey Kai Koreniuk Ethan Zubak Jonathan Klinsmann Adam Saldaña Jalen Neal Augustine Williams Jonathan Perez Marcus Ferkranus Oniel Fisher
Player Danilo Acosta Efrain Alvarez Julian Araujo Jonathan Bond Kévin Cabral Séga Coulibaly Nick DePuy Jonathan dos Santos Cameron Dunbar Marcus Ferkranus Oniel Fisher Giancarlo Gonzalez Samuel Grandsir Carlos Harvey Javier Hernandez Jonathan Klinsmann Sacha Kljestan Kai Koreniuk Sebastian Lletget Eric Lopez Jalen Neal Jonathan Perez Rayan Raveloson Adam Saldaña Daniel Steres Jorge Villafaña Justin Vom Steeg Victor Vazquez Augustine Williams Derrick Williams Ethan Zubak
Pos. GK D D D D M M M M GK M F M M GK D D D D F M M M F GK M D F M D D
Pos. D M D GK M D D M F D D D M M F GK M M M GK D M M M D D GK M F D F
Ht. 6-5 5-9 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-8 6-0 6-0 5-7 5-9 6-1 5-10 6-4 5-9 6-5 6-1 5-11 5-6 5-8 5-10 6-0 6-2 6-4 5-8 6-1 6-2 5-6 6-0 5-9
Wt. 190 154 165 190 175 161 167 160 165 165 145 160 155 165 200 150 205 185 170 130 150 154 175 165 164 145 145 165 135 170 155
NUMERICAL DOB Hometown 05/19/1993 Hemel Hempstead, England 08/13/2001 Lompoc, Calif. 01/17/1993 Hamburg, Germany 06/09/1996 Bamako, Mali 11/11/1990 Calabasas, Calif. 01/16/1997 Anosibe Ifanja, Madagascar 01/20/1987 Barcelona, Spain 04/26/1990 Mexico City, Mexico 07/10/1999 Paris, France 03/05/1999 Westminster, Calif. 08/14/1996 Évreux, France 06/01/1988 Guadalajara, Mexico 09/09/1985 Anaheim, Calif. 09/03/1992 San Francisco, Calif. 04/05/1997 Santa Barbara, Calif. 09/16/1989 Anaheim, Calif. 11/14/1994 Irvine, Calif. 02/08/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 11/17/1997 Sandy, UT 10/22/2002 Carson, Calif. 06/19/2002 Los Angeles, Calif. 02/03/2000 Panama City, Panama 03/01/1998 Ormond Beach, FL 04/15/1998 Corona, Calif. 04/08/1997 Munich, Germany 02/07/2002 Panorama City, Calif. 08/24/2003 Lakewood, Calif. 08/03/1997 Freetown, Sierra Leone 01/18/2003 Pico Rivera, Calif. 05/10/2003 Santa Clarita. Calif. 11/22/1991 Portmore, Jamaica
ALPHABETICAL Pronunciation Place of Birth Dah-KNEE-low Ah-cost-uh San Pedro Sula, Honduras EFF-rah-een AL-vuh-rez Los Angeles, Calif. Uh-RAU-ho Lompoc, Calif. Bond Hemel Hempstead, England KEH-von kah-BRAWL Paris, France SAY-ga cool-lee-bal-LEE Bamako, Mali Deh-Pew Irvine, Calif. Doh-San-tos Mexico City, Mexico Cam-er-rin DUN-bar Carson, Calif. Ferhk-RAN-uhs Santa Clarita, Calif. Oh-kneel Portmore, Jamaica jUHn-KAAR-loh San Jose, Costa Rica grand-SEER Évreux, France CAR-los HAR-vee Panama City, Panama HA-vee-air Her-NAN-dez Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico CLINS-men Munich, Germany Sah-sha Klesh-chin Huntington Beach, Calif. Kigh core-run-e-yak Ormond Beach, Fla. lah-JET San Francisco, Calif. LOW-pez Westminster, Calif. JAY-len KNEE-uhl Lakewood, Calif. PEAR-ez Pico Rivera, Calif. RYE-un RAV-oh-LEW-shun Anosibe Ifanja, Madagascar Sal-DON-ya Panorama City, Calif. STARE-iss Burbank, Calif. vee-ya-FON-ya Anaheim, Calif. VAHM steeg Santa Barbara, Calif. VIC-tore VAS-kehs Barcelona, Spain AW-guss-teen Freetown, Sierra Leone Dare-ick Hamburg, Germany ZOO-back Corona, Calif.
College ----San Diego State -------Seton Hall -UC Santa Barbara -UC Santa Barbara -------------University of New Mexico
Last Club Real Salt Lake (MLS) LA Galaxy II (USL) LA Galaxy Academy West Bromwich Albion (England) Valenciennes FC (France) AS Nancy (France) Montreal Impact Villarreal CF (Spain) LA Galaxy Academy LA Galaxy Academy D.C. United Bologna (Italy) AS Monaco Tauro F.C. (Panama) Sevilla (Spain) FC St. Gallen (Switzerland) Orlando City SC (MLS) AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) West Ham United (England) LA Galaxy II (USL) LA Galaxy II (USL) LA Galaxy Academy ES Troyes AC (France) LA Galaxy II (USL) LA Galaxy II (USL) Portland Timbers LA Galaxy II (USL) K.A.S. Eupen (Belgium) LA Galaxy II (USL) Blackburn Rovers (England) LA Galaxy II (USL)
TECHNICAL STAFF Head Coach: Greg Vanney Assistant Coach: Dan Calichman Assistant Coach: Nick Theslof Assistant Coach: Jason Bent Goalkeeper Coach: Kevin Hartman Director of High Performance and Innovation: Jim Liston Video Analyst: Sam Green
Team Administrator: Zack Murshedi General Manager: Dennis te Kloese Technical Director: Jovan Kirovski Director of Soccer Operations: Gordon Kljestan Equipment Manager: Raul Vargas Head Athletic Trainer: Cesar Roldan Athletic Trainer: Adam Quigley Athletic Trainer: Julie Beveridge
Head of Sports Science and Research: Tom Williams Head of Strength and Conditioning: Adam Waterson Director of Cognitive Performance: Michael Rabasca Sports Performance Dietician: Emily Mitchell Performance and Rehab Specialist: Luciano Tavares Team Chiropractor and Scar Tissue Specialist: Shunta Shimizu
LA Galaxy Postgame Media Assets, Notes and Quotes: LA Galaxy 3, San Jose Earthquakes 1 LA Galaxy 3, San Jose Earthquakes 1 Saturday, June 26, 2021 – 7 p.m. PT MLS Regular Season PayPal Park – San Jose, CA Postgame Media Assets LA Galaxy postgame soundbites from media availability and match photos can be found below. SOUNDBITES: https://mlssoccer.box.com/s/xdr4xybfowri9f8ayb2ss3wzp0wwe4l4 LA Galaxy Head Coach Greg Vanney (English) LA Galaxy Forward Javier Hernandez (English/Spanish) *Please credit LA Galaxy for any use PHOTOS: https://mlssoccer.box.com/s/7az3vlqfs9yq7aqdesed9x0e6gytswe1 *Please credit LA Galaxy for any use Postgame Notes Scoring Summary: LA – Javier Hernandez (Assisted by Samuel Grandsir) 11’ LA – Javier Hernandez (Assisted by Kevin Cabral) 51’ LA – Florian Jungwirth (own goal) 70’ SJ – Cade Cowell (Assisted by Javier Lopez) 83’ Misconduct Summary: SJ – Judson (caution) 6’ LA – Jonathan Bond (caution) 59’ SJ – Eric Remedi (caution) 66’ SJ – Javier Lopez (caution) 90’ Lineups: LA Galaxy: Jonathan Bond; Julian Araujo, Sega Coulibaly, Nick DePuy, Jorge Villafana; Jonathan dos Santos © (Adam Saldana 68’), Sebastian Lletget (Sacha Kljestan 63’); Samuel Grandsir (Cameron Dunbar 64’), Efrain Alvarez, Kevin Cabral; Javier Hernandez (Ethan Zubak) 72’. Substitutions: Jonathan Klinsmann, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Oniel Fisher, Victor Vazquez, Jonathan Perez. TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDE: 0; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 2. Head Coach: Greg Vanney San Jose Earthquakes: JT Marcinkowski; Paul Marie (Benjamin Kikanovic 85’), Florian Jungwirth (Andres Rios 85’), Oswaldo Alanis, Shea Salinas; Eric Remedi; Javier Lopez, Judson (Cade Cowell 54’), Jackson Yueill, Cristian Espinoza; Chris Wondolowski. Substitutions not used: Daniel Vega, Nathan, Tanner Beason, Tommy Thompson, Jack Skahan, Siad Haji.
TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 10; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 1. Head Coach: Matias Almeyda. Referee: Armando Villarreal Ast. Referee 1: Andrew Bigelow Ast. Referee 2: Chris Elliott Fourth official: Danielle Chesky VAR: Alex Chilowicz Ast. VAR: Fabio Tovar Attendance: 18,000 NOTES: The LA Galaxy earned a 3-1 win on the road over the San Jose Earthquakes on the road at PayPal Park on Saturday evening. With the result, the Galaxy are now 7-3-0 (21 points) in the 2021 MLS regular season. This year, the Galaxy have now scored 17 goals and conceded 15 for a +2 goal differential. In a two-game road stretch in four days, the Galaxy went 2-0-0, earning 6 points, with five goals scored and three conceded. LA Galaxy forward Javier Hernandez scored his ninth and 10th goals of the 2021 MLS Regular Season. Hernandez now has 10 goals in 10 matches this season, including two game winning goals. He also has a gamewinning assists. Hernandez’ 10 goals are the most of any player in Major League Soccer. The LA Galaxy have had three players start every match this season: Jonathan Bond, Jorge Villafana and Javier Hernandez. In all, the club had six players feature during Sunday’s match that came through the club’s developmental system (LA Galaxy II and LA Galaxy Academy): Nick DePuy, Julian Araujo, Efrain Alvarez, Cameron Dunbar, Adam Saldana, Ethan Zubak. In their next match, the LA Galaxy return home to Dignity Health Sports Park for the club’s annual July 4 match. They will face Sporting Kansas City. For more information, visit www.lagalaxy.com. Postgame Quotes LA GALAXY HEAD COACH GREAT VANNEY: On his thoughts on the game after having played 3 games so close together and winning two away games: “I just thought it's always going to be a tough game. The third game in seven days. Two of them on the road back to back, coming out of altitude, and then coming here and playing a man to man style on the third game which is always physically demanding. I was proud of the guys in terms of their movement and their work and how they created a number of chances. We could have finished a couple more which would have been nice. I know we gave up a couple but we also just showed how to compete with resiliency at the end and again three games in seven days is a tough ask. I like that Javi gets two goals and that's always good for everyone. I like that Sam and Kevin get assists both for him. Kevin is pressing really hard to get the goal and one of these will go in and it's going to help with the confidence of just putting things in but I thought the effort was good. We dug down and we got some other guys on the field too. Some young guys who had to play in a tough environment so I am pleased with the guys and where they're at and that they keep answering the games as they come.” On finishing out the game: “I thought the third goal was important and it came against the run of it. They had a couple chances. They hit the post and there were some things we had to deal with right in front of our goal. Bondi had to come up with a save here or there and then against the run but we got the third goal which was huge. I think that took a lot of pressure off the final stretch. We still gave one away like you said. That I did not like. I think sometimes in the box we're giving a little too much space.” On what he has learned about the team this week: Some of the things that I know about them already is that they’re a tight group. They are ready to work for each other. They've been resilient in a lot of games and they've taken nine points on the road which is not easy to do in MLS and this one specifically in a tough week. So we have adapted, we've done some different things, and we're still very much a work in progress but we keep getting results as we keep working through those kinks and those things that we want to get done.
On the play of Cabral and Grandsir: “A lot of it for each of them is learning the league, learn the physicality of the league especially for Kevin and gaining confidence through the process and getting connected with their teammates and what we're trying to do. Each one of them as managing their own things as they continue to adapt to this new a team and this new environment and they are living in. Sam just had a baby. He asked if he could stay this week on Saturday for this game and then he's flying home to see his brand new baby after the game but he was going to leave after the last game but he wanted to stay and compete with the team for this game so these guys are committed. They're learning. They're learning more about the league and they're going to continue to get better.” On momentum: “I would say our guys were frustrated that they did not get the result against a difficult Seattle team. They thought that we deserve something out of that game so they came back and wanted to answer that loss with great performance. We knew these two games were going to be very difficult but we also know how precious momentum is in this league and whenever you have hit a speed bump or get a loss or get a result that doesn't go your way you have to respond right away and try to turn that around back in your favor and these guys have done that each time we have had a setback. They have responded excellently and have so again, as you mentioned, in two difficult games on the road and so there for us we keep focused on improving as a team. We are still a shell of where we're going to go so while we're competing to get results one at a time, we're also trying to analyze the ways we can continue to get better as a group understanding that a 34 game season is a marathon but we are trying to win each of these matches along the way. That is where momentum helps. That is where getting results helps because it keeps everybody positive and it keeps people working and then we can really dig into some of the things we need to improve upon and these guys have been great with that.” On Javier and the Mexican National Team: “We will keep him here all day if they don't have a use for him. He can stay in LA. He's got a perfect home and we're happy to have him. And we’ll will be good with it. And for him, I know he's happy, he's working hard and he's scoring goals and he wants to keep that momentum going himself, so I know he is also just as happy to be here if this is where he's going to be to continue to help our team win.”
LA GALAXY FORWARD JAVIER HERNÁNDEZ On his relationship with Cabral and Grandsir: You could see today was a great example about that because they both they both assisted. They both had big chances. They both need to adapt themselves to the culture, to the language, to the level of MLS. On his emotional intelligence during the game: “I scored a quite early goal in the first half and then second goal in the second half and then we maintain the position. We showed it today that we can have possessions and we can even kill some time with good possession. I think it was very well balance emotional game.”
PLAYER BIOS Danilo Acosta
Efrain Alvarez
Defender #24
Midfielder #26
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed on January 8, 2020. Selected during End-of-Year Waivers Process.
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a Homegrown Player on March 4, 2018.
A graduate of the Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy, Acosta is capable of playing as a center back, left back, and holding midfielder. The 23-year-old is hoping to jumpstart his career with the Galaxy.
Alvarez is a very talented and creative young player with a great vision of the game who has a good change of pace and is very good in tight spaces.
INTERNATIONAL: Acosta has made 16 appearances for the United States U-20s. During that span, he won the 2017 Concacaf U-20s Championship - scoring the game-winning penalty in the final against his home country of Honduras and represented the United States at the 2017 U-20 World Cup in South Korea. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 5 times, last: June 29, 2019, ORL at CLB Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 25, 2018, RSL at COL Shots 1, 7 times, last: May 15, 2019, ORL at SEA Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: June 30, 2018, RSL at CLB Fouls Suffered 3, June 23, 2018, RSL vs. SJ
INTERNATIONAL: Alvarez made his debut for the Mexico National Team in a 1-0 win over Costa Rica on March 30, 2021. He has been called into Mexico’s final 23-player roster for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup. Previously, Alvarez had four goals to lead Mexico to the 2019 FIFA U17 World Cup final. ACADEMY: Alvarez had a big 2017 with the LA Galaxy academy, leading the U-17/18s to the USSDA Championships, scoring in the team’s quarterfinal, semifinal and championship matches. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: June 23, 2021, LA at VAN Assists 1, 5 times, last: Nov. 4, 2020, LA vs. SEA Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 29, 2019, LA vs. VAN Shots 4, Oct. 7, 2020, LA vs. POR Fouls Committed 2, Sept. 13, 2020, LA at SJ Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: July 12, 2019, LA vs. SJ
Julian Araujo
Jonathan Bond
Defender #2
Goalkeeper #1
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed on March 1, 2019. Araujo is a young right back who has excelled in the LA Galaxy academy and at the youth national team level. He continued that development by becoming a regular starter for the Galaxy and earning his first cap for the US men's national team to cap a big 2020. INTERNATIONAL: The native of Lompoc, Calif., made his USMNT in a 6-0 international friendly win over El Salvador in December after spending time with the youth national teams. He was named to the U.S. U-20 roster for the 2018 Concacaf U-20 Championship, where his team won their second straight Concacaf U-20 title with a 2-0 victory against Mexico. He was also called into U.S. U-19 training camp in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. OUTSIDE MLS: Before joining the LA Galaxy academy, Araujo attended Lompoc High School, leading his team to the CIF Southern Section Division 4 playoffs during the 2016/17 season. He later earned All-West Conference Best XI honors as a defender. Araujo also spent time playing for the Santa Barbara Soccer Club and the Barca Academy in Casa Grande, Arizona. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Oct. 7, 2020, LA vs. POR Assists 2, Aug. 22, 2020, LA at LFC Shots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 7, 2020, LA vs. POR Shots 2, 2 times, last: July 4, 2019, LA vs. TOR Fouls Committed 7, Sept. 13, 2020, LA at SJ Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 6, 2020, LA vs. LFC
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed from West Bromwich Albion on Jan. 14, 2021. OUTSIDE MLS: Bond has represented West Brom, Watford and Reading throughout his career, with loan spells throughout England. Overall, he has made 36 appearances in the English Championship, 40 appearances in League One and 15 appearances in England’s FA Cup during his professional career. The goalkeeper began his professional career at Watford in 2010 after coming up through the club’s Academy. While at Watford, he gained experience while on loan at Brackley Town, Forest Green Rovers, Dagenham & Redbridge and Bury FC from 2011-2012. In 2015, Bond signed with Reading, where he went on to make 14 appearances while also joining Gillingham and Peterborough United on loan. He signed in 2018 with West Brom, for whom he has made seven appearances in cup competitions. INTERNATIONAL: Bond represented the Wales U-17 and U-19 squads in addition to earning call ups for the U-21 and senior sides. Since choosing to represent England in 2013, he has also represented the England U-21 squad, making his debut under Gareth Southgate when he replaced Jack Butland in a 9-0 victory over San Marino in a UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifying match.
Kévin Cabral
Nick DePuy
Forward #9
Defender #20
HOW ACQUIRED: The LA Galaxy signed French winger Kévin Cabral from Valenciennes FC in France’s Ligue 2 on April 8, 2021. Cabral joined the Galaxy after notching 70 appearances, 13 goals and 10 assists across various competitions in France since 2018. Cabral, who joins on a five-year contract with a one-year option, was acquired as a Young Designated Player. OUTSIDE MLS: Born in Paris, Cabral originally was a part of the Paris Saint-German youth system before signing with Valenciennes FC permanently in 2017. In all, Cabral’s 70 appearances for Valenciennes FC span across Ligue 2, Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue competition, where he became a key part of the club’s attack with 13 goals and 10 assists. He joins the Galaxy after tallying seven goals and five assists in the current campaign, where he has made 29 appearances in league play. Cabral made his professional debut with Valenciennes in October 2018 as an 18-year old during a league match against US Orléans. He played three total seasons of Ligue 2 since his debut, scoring 10 goals and adding seven assists during that span, while adding an additional three goals in separate competitions. Cabral is the youngest Designated Player in LA Galaxy club history.
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed on February 5, 2020. DePuy came into MLS as a forward, but has shifted to a center back over the past couple of seasons and started 15 of the 16 matches he appeared in during the 2020 season. OUTSIDE MLS: DePuy signed a contract with LA Galaxy II before going on to play 1,901 minutes with 26 appearances and 21 starts while earning honors as the 2019 LA Galaxy II Defender of the Year. DePuy was part of an LA Galaxy II backline that helped earn a place in the 2019 USL Championship Playoffs. COLLEGE: DePuy scored 31 goals in four seasons with the University of California Santa Barbara, playing 83 games, including 80 starts… Named an NSCAA First Team All-American in 2015 and a semi-finalist for the MAC-Hermann Trophy for top male college soccer player… Named three times a First Team All-Big West Conference, between 2014 and 2016. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Sept. 2, 2020, LA at POR Shots on Goal 2, Aug. 29, 2020, LA vs. SJ Shots 2, Aug. 29, 2020, LA vs. SJ Fouls Committed 4, Oct. 7, 2020, LA vs. POR Fouls Suffered 3, July 1, 2017, MTL vs. DC
Jonathan dos Santos
Cameron Dunbar
Midfielder #8
Forward #25
HOW ACQUIRED: Transferred from Villarreal and signed as a Designated Player on July 27, 2017.
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a Homegrown Player on February 20, 2020.
INTERNATIONAL: Dos Santos has made 50 appearances across all competitions as a member of the Mexican national team, including matches in 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Confederations Cup. He has been called into Mexico’s final 23-player roster for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup.
Dunbar is a young left winger who will look to develop as a professional over the next few years.
OUTSIDE MLS: Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Dos Santos joined Barcelona’s famed academy system, La Masia, where he developed before making his eventual debut with the first team as a 19-year-old on Oct. 28, 2009, during a match in Spain’s Copa del Rey. In 2014, Dos Santos moved to Villarreal CF in La Liga, where he developed into one of Spain’s standout midfielders. During his time with the club, the Mexican international has made over 120 appearances in all competitions, while scoring seven times and adding eight assists. NOTES: MLS All-Star (2019, 2018) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: May 24, 2019, LA at ORL Assists 2, Sept. 15, 2018, LA at TOR Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 16, 2019, LA vs. MIN Shots 4, Mar. 16, 2019, LA vs. MIN Fouls Committed 3, 7 times, last: Sept. 1, 2019, LA at SEA Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 1, 2018, LA at RSL
OUTSIDE MLS: Dunbar has represented the LA Galaxy academy at various levels, including the U-18/19 and U16/17 levels. Additionally, he also represented Albion SC during his time in the youth development system. In all, he has tallied 70 goals in various levels of the U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy system since 2015. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 23, 2020, LA at RSL Fouls Committed 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 2, 2020, LA at POR Fouls Suffered 2, July 13, 2020, LA vs. POR
Marcus Ferkranus
Oniel Fisher
Defender #70
Defender #91
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed on Jan. 22, 2021 After the 17-year-old Galaxy academy product made his professional debut with Los Dos a year ago, Ferkranus will look to continue his development with the first team in 2021 OUTSIDE MLS: Ferkranus made his professional debut for LA Galaxy II this year, appearing in five games with two starts in the USL Championship while still a member of the LA Galaxy Academy. He has represented the LA Galaxy academy since 2017, where he has accumulated nearly 50 appearances for the Galaxy U15, U-16/17 and U-18/19 squads. INTERNATIONAL: Ferkranus has been named to various U.S. Youth national team rosters.
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent on Feb. 15, 2021. INTERNATIONAL: Fisher has earned 17 total caps for the Jamaican national team since making his debut as a substitute in the 3-1 win against Trinidad and Tobago on Aug. 10, 2010. He has been called into Jamaica’s final 23player roster for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup.In 2017, Fisher started in four of Jamaica’s six games in the 2017 Concacaf Gold Cup including a 90-minute performance in a 2-1 loss to the U.S. Men’s National Team in the final. COLLEGE: Fisher’s career path took him from Jamaica to Tyler Junior College in East Texas to the University of New Mexico, where he was an integral part of the Lobos team that made the College Cup semifinal in 2013. In two seasons, he amassed four goals and three assists as a marauding fullback in 29 games. NOTES: Selected No. 40 overall in 2015 SuperDraft. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Aug. 15, 2018, DC vs. POR Assists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 16, 2018, DC vs. NYR Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 15, 2018, DC vs. POR Shots 4, Aug. 26, 2018, DC at NYR Fouls Committed 4, 3 times, last: Oct. 28, 2020, DC vs. CLB Fouls Suffered 3, 5 times, last: Apr. 18, 2021, LA at MCF
Giancarlo Gonzalez
Samuel Grandsir
Defender #21
Midfielder #11
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed via the Allocation process on April 11, 2018.
HOW ACQUIRED: The LA Galaxy signed French midfielder Samuel Grandsir from AS Monaco in France’s Ligue 1 using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) on March 11, 2021.
A standout center back with nearly five years of Serie A experience, Gonzalez returned to MLS after originally playing in the league with Columbus in 2014. He's started 24 of 30 regular season appearances with the Galaxy INTERNATIONAL: Gonzalez has made 83 appearances for Costa Rica, including competitions across the FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, Concacaf Gold Cup matches and Copa Centroamericana contests. He has been called into Costa Rica’s final 23-player roster for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup. OUTSIDE MLS: Prior to his first stint in MLS, Gonzalez featured for Alajuelense in his home country before moving to Valerenga in Norway. After his departure from Columbus in 2014, Gonzalez spent three seasons with Palermo before moving to Bologna, making 115 Serie A appearances in total. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Nov. 1, 2020, LA vs. RSL Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: Nov. 1, 2020, LA vs. RSL Shots 2, Apr. 5, 2014, CLB vs. TOR Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: Nov. 1, 2020, LA vs. RSL Fouls Suffered 2, Apr. 19, 2014, CLB vs. DC
Grandsir, 24, joined the club on a three-year contract with an additional one-year option after making 115 appearances in France’s top-flight division while representing French sides Troyes, Monaco, Strasbourg and Brest since his professional debut in 2016. OUTSIDE MLS: In all, Grandsir made 131 total appearances, scored 12 goals and added 11 assists across all competitions for Troyes, Monaco, Strasbourg and Brest, including featuring in UEFA Champions League, League 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and Ligue 2, among others. He joins the Galaxy after most recently representing Stade Brestois 29 on loan since 2019, where he tallied five goals and added an assist. INTERNATIONAL: The wide midfielder appeared for the French U-21 National Team in 2017 and 2018, where he appeared in UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifying matches.
Carlos Harvey
Javier Hernandez
Midfielder #27
Forward #14
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed permanently in January 2021.
HOW ACQUIRED: Transferred from Sevilla and signed as a Designated Player on January 21, 2020.
Harvey is a young midfielder with plenty of success at the youth levels for both club and country. A 2019 Under-20 World Cup veteran, Harvey now has to show that he belongs in an uphill fight for minutes on a talented Galaxy squad.
INTERNATIONAL: The Guadalajara product has produced the most successful career in El Tri history, with 52 goals in 109 appearances across the FIFA World Cup (2010, 2014, 2018), FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches, Concacaf Gold Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, Copa América Centenario and friendly contests. He made his Mexico debut in 2009 during a match against Colombia and scored his first two goals for Mexico in a match against Bolivia on Feb. 24, 2010. Across three separate FIFA World Cup tournaments, Hernández boasts four goals, in addition to eight goals during FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches. His 52 international goals surpass Jared Borgetti (46), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (39) and former LA Galaxy players Luis Hernández (35) and Carlos Hermosillo (35).
INTERNATIONAL: Earned his first senior call up with Panama for a friendly against the United States on Jan. 27, 2019. Prior to his senior debut, Harvey made six appearances, five starts and provided one assist for the Panama U-20 national team during the 2018 U-20 Concacaf Championship. Additionally, he started in all three group matches for Panama in the U-20 World Cup in 2019, helping Panama advance past the group stage for the first time in the history of the tournament. OUTSIDE MLS: Began his professional career at Tauro FC in his native Panama in July 2018. Moved to LA Galaxy II on loan in 2019, where he made 19 appearances (all starts) and earned USL 20 Under 20 honors. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 28, 2020, LA at POR Fouls Suffered 1, Oct. 18, 2020, LA vs. VAN
OUTSIDE MLS: Hernández began his career as a professional with Chivas Guadalajara in 2006 after nearly a decade in their youth system. After scoring 26 goals for the Liga MX side, he secured a transfer to the Premier League with Manchester United in 2010. After scoring 59 goals with Manchester United across all competitions, the forward joined La Liga giant Real Madrid on loan in 2014. The following season, Hernández made a permanent transfer to Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, where he enjoyed some of the most productive years of his career with 39 goals in 76 appearances. He rounded out his time before joining LA with stints at West Ham in England (2017-19) and Sevilla in Spain (2019). NOTES: Since 2006, he has represented sides that have captured two Premier League titles (2011, 2013), the Mexican Primera División: Apertura (2006), the FIFA Club World Cup (2014), the Concacaf Gold Cup (2011) and Concacaf Cup (2015). Individually, he has been honored as Concacaf Men’s Player of the Year (2015), Concacaf Best XI (2015) and Concacaf Gold Cup Golden Boot and MVP (2011) and was named to the Bundesliga Team of the Season (2015-16).
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 3, one time: April 25, 2021, LA vs. NYRB Assists 1, one time: May 8, 2021, LA vs. LAFC Shots on Goal 4, 1 time: April 25, 2021, LA vs. NYRB Shots 6, May 15, 2021, LA vs. ATX Fouls Committed 5, 1 time, last: June 19, 2021, LA vs. SEA Fouls Suffered 5, 1 time, last: June 19, 2021 LA vs. SEA
Jonathan Klinsmann
Sacha Kljestan
Goalkeeper #33
Midfielder #16
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed on August 20, 2020. Re-signed on Jan. 15, 2021
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent on December 11, 2019
Klinsmann made four MLS starts at the end of 2020. He joined after playing for Swiss Super League club St. Gallen for the 2019 campaign, though was on the outside looking in for playing time. He began his career with Hertha BSC, though never debuted for their senior side.
OUTSIDE MLS: Played for Anderlecht in Belgium for 5 years, logging more than 150 appearances including 14 Champions League games. Ended his time there winning 3 league titles and 4 Belgian Cups.
OUTSIDE MLS: Klinsmann, who has both US and German citizenship, began his professional career in when he signed with Bundesliga side Hertha BSC in 2017, where he remained with the club through 2019. During his time with the club, he made 24 appearances for Hertha BSC II in two seasons while recording seven clean sheets. He made an appearance for the first team during a Europa League contest vs. Östersunds FK, where he helped his side secure a 1-1 draw with a saved penalty in the 87th minute. Klinsmann signed with St. Gallen in June 2019 and made two appearances in the Swiss Cup. INTERNATIONAL: He has featured extensively for various youth U.S. Men’s National Team sides and also earned a call up to a senior camp in 2018. In 2017, he earned honors with the golden glove award as the tournament’s top goalkeeper at the Concacaf U-20 Championship and also started five matches in the U-20 FIFA World Cup that same year. In 2019 he also appeared for the U.S. U-23 side. COLLEGE: Klinsmann attended the University of California, Berkeley where he made 22 appearances for the Golden Bears over the course of two seasons. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, Oct. 28, 2020, LA at POR Saves 6, Oct. 14, 2020, LA vs. SJ
COLLEGE: Spent three years at Seton Hall University where he was awarded one First Team All-American and one Third Team All-American honor. Kljestan was taken by Chivas USA with the No. 5 overall pick in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft as a member of Generation adidas. INTERNATIONAL: His 52 caps and six goals for the US national team including 2009 Confederations Cup and the 2010 World Cup preliminary roster. Scored twice with the US U-23 team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. NOTES: Sacha's brother, Gordon, was a teammate of Sacha's at Seton Hall and was also a professional soccer player, having played for the New York Red Bulls and now currently works on the LA Galaxy technical staff. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: July 17, 2016, NYR at PHI Assists 2, 11 times, last: Oct. 7, 2017, NYR vs. VAN Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: Apr. 8, 2018, ORL vs. POR Shots 5, 3 times, last: Apr. 8, 2018, ORL vs. POR Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 26, 2007, CHV vs. RSL Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: May 15, 2015, NYR at DAL
Kai Koreniuk
Sebastian Lletget
Midfielder #28
Midfielder #17
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed from LA Galaxy II on July 1, 2020
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed on May 8, 2015. Signed to a new contract using Targeted Allocation Money on November 19, 2019.
Koreniuk is a developing player who should again provide depth on the wing for the Galaxy in 2021 after scoring his first MLS goal in 2020. INTERNATIONAL: Koreniuk has featured for the Netherlands U-16 National Team on three occasions, as well as six appearances for the Netherlands U-18 National Team where he recorded two goals. Koreniuk also has featured for the U.S. U-17 Men’s National Team four times, recording one goal. OUTSIDE MLS: Koreniuk signs with the LA Galaxy after joining LA Galaxy II prior to the 2019 USL Championship season, where he went on to make 28 appearances and score nine goals to lead Los Dos. In addition to his stellar play for LA Galaxy II, Koreniuk appeared for LA Galaxy's first-team via loan on 23 July 2019, during a 2019 Leagues Cup fixture against Club Tijuana, recording an assist in the game’s opening goal. Born in Ormond Beach, Fla., Koreniuk made his professional debut with Vitesse Arnhem of Eredivisie in the Netherlands, playing nearly four seasons with the club. During his final season with Vitesse in 2017, Koreniuk scored 10 goals in 19 games for the club’s under21 team in Holland’s second division. On June 6, 2017, Koreniuk joined Dutch soccer club AZ Alkmaar on a free transfer. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Oct. 18, 2020, LA vs. VAN Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 18, 2020, LA vs. VAN Shots 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 18, 2020, LA vs. VAN Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 0
Lletget was arguably the Galaxy's best player in a disappointing 2020 season, scoring six goals and adding four assists, while also becoming the only player to compete in all four US men's national team matches in 2020. OUTSIDE MLS: Lletget joined West Ham United’s youth system in London in 2009. He made his first team professional debut for the English Premier League side in 2014 when he played all 90 minutes in a FA Cup match against Nottingham Forest. INTERNATIONAL: Lletget has registered seven goals and two assists in 24 appearances (12 starts) for the USMNT since making his debut for the national team against Serbia on January 29, 2017. He most recently helped the USMNT defeat Mexico 3-2 in the Concacaf Nations League Final on June 6. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 6, 2020, LA vs. LFC Assists 1, 22 times, last: Nov. 1, 2020, LA vs. RSL Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: Sept. 6, 2020, LA vs. LFC Shots 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 15, 2019, LA vs. KC Fouls Committed 4, May 25, 2018, LA vs. SJ Fouls Suffered 4, 4 times, last: Oct. 25, 2020, LA at LFC
Eric Lopez
Jalen Neal
Goalkeeper #12
Defender #44
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a Homegrown Player on January 15, 2020
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed a Homegrown contract on Jan. 21, 2021
Lopez was once the youngest signing in USL Championship history and the goalkeeper joined the Galaxy first team after five seasons with Los Dos.
The 17-year-old impressed in his first season as a professional with Los Dos, showcasing his versatility playing multiple defensive positions.
OUTSIDE MLS: The Westminster, CA product played for LA Galaxy II over the last five seasons in USL Championship, where he has been a mainstay in net, including being named LA Galaxy II Defender of the Year in 2017. Lopez started 14 games during the 2019 season while recording 41 saves, including two penalty kicks.
OUTSIDE MLS: While still a member of the LA Galaxy academy, the 17-year-old defender played his first year with LA Galaxy II last season in the USL Championship, where he appeared in multiple positions along the backline during his 13 appearances (12 starts) for Los Dos. Since 2016, Neal has also represented the LA Galaxy Academy at the U-13, U-15, U-16/17 and U-18/19 levels, making 69 total appearances in the U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy.
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 0 Saves 0
INTERNATIONAL: Neal featured for U.S. Youth national teams, including the U.S. U-16 squad. NOTES: Neal was named the 2020 LA Galaxy II Humanitarian of the Year. He has been consistent in his support of the community alongside the LA Galaxy Foundation, volunteering at Leapwood Avenue Elementary School in Carson with the Garden School Foundation program.
Jonathan Perez
Adam Saldaña
Midfielder #56
Midfielder #46
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a Homegrown Player on February 21, 2020.
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed a Homegrown contract on Jan. 19, 2021
Perez is a bright prospect who should develop as an attacking midfielder over the next few seasons.
The midfielder is just the latest to work his way up through the fertile Galaxy development pyramid to sign with the first team. After significant improvement with Los Dos and the club's academy before that, the 18-year-old will look to continue to develop as a professional.
OUTSIDE MLS: Since 2016, Perez has represented the LA Galaxy academy’s U-13, U-14, U-15 U-16/17 and U-18/19 sides, making over 100 appearances and scoring 41 goals over that span. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered 0
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OUTSIDE MLS: Saldana featured in the USL Championship last year for LA Galaxy II, making 16 starts – all starts – across various midfield positions, helping lead them to a second place finish in Group B to clinch a berth in the USL Championship Playoffs for the second-straight season. He originally signed a professional contract with LA Galaxy II in 2019 following several standout seasons with the LA Galaxy academy. In all, Saldaña has made 26 appearances for Los Dos. During his time with the academy, he helped led the team to the 2018-19 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs. Saldaña also took part in the 2019 Generation adidas Cup with the LA Galaxy Academy U-17 squad, where the team reached the quarterfinals. INTERNATIONAL: Saldana has regularly featured for the US U-17 squad. Most recently, he made three appearances in the U-17 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In all, he has made 26 appearances for the U.S. U-17 squad across various competitions.
Daniel Steres
Jorge Villafaña
Defender #5
Defender #19
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed from LA Galaxy II on December 17, 2015. Re-signed on December 12, 2019.
HOW ACQUIRED: Traded from Portland Timbers along with a 2021 Natural 1st Round MLS SuperDraft Pick (16th overall), in exchange for the Galaxy’s 2021 Natural 1st Round SuperDraft Pick (8th overall) on Jan. 12, 2021. Portland may receive additional Allocation Money based on Villafaña’s performance with the Galaxy.
The 30-year-old returns for his fifth season, having made 122 regular season appearances since joining in 2016 from the club's USL outfit, LA Galaxy II. He is the Galaxy's longest tenured player. OUTSIDE MLS: Steres captained LA Galaxy II in 2015, leading the side to the 2015 USL Western Conference champion. With Los Dos, Steres earned three-straight AllLeague Team selections in USL. COLLEGE: Steres played four seasons at San Diego State University, and won recognition for his play and his academic achievements. Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, July 22, 2017, LA at NE Assists 1, 2 times, last: Mar. 31, 2018, LA vs. LFC Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 2, 2019, LA vs. CHI Shots 2, 9 times, last: Nov. 4, 2020, LA vs. SEA Fouls Committed 3, 6 times, last: July 18, 2020, LA at LFC Fouls Suffered 2, 6 times, last: July 23, 2020, LA vs. HOU
Villafaña won the first-ever Sueño MLS contest in 2007 and made his professional debut with Chivas USA on September 9, 2007. The left back won the 2015 MLS Cup and the 2020 MLS is Back Tournament during two spells with the Portland Timbers and made his US Men's National Team debut in a 0-0 friendly with Serbia on January 29, 2017. INTERNATIONAL: Villafaña has earned 21 caps for the US national team, including six appearances (6 starts) during qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Additionally, since making his senior team debut for the United States on July 26, 2017, Villafaña helped the team win the Concacaf Gold Cup trophy in 2017, making four appearances (4 starts) in the tournament. OUTSIDE MLS: Villafaña rejoined the Timbers after spending three Liga MX campaigns (2015-18) with Santos Laguna. During that stretch, Villafaña posted 60 league appearances (57 starts), while helping the club win its sixth Liga MX title this past season.
Victor Vazquez
Derrick Williams
Midfielder #7
Defender #3
HOW ACQUIRED: Vazquez signed on March 15, 2021. Vazquez, 34, is best known in MLS for his time with Toronto FC, where he worked under current Galaxy head coach Greg Vanney. The midfielder had 16 goals and 25 assists in two seasons with TFC from 2017-18, playing an integral role in the club's historic 2017 treble in which they won MLS Cup, Supporters' Shield and the Canadian Championship. After leaving Toronto, Vazquez spent the last few years in Qatar and then in Belgium, with KAS Eupen. He had been without a club since October. OUTSIDE MLS: Vazquez is a product of the famed Barcelona youth system. He made his only league appearance for the first team in April 2008, though he also featured for the team in Champions League play on a handful of occasions before finding regular playing time in a move to Club Brugge in January 2011. He went on to make over 100 appearances across all competitions for the Belgian side and was named Belgian Footballer of the Year for the 2014-15 season. Most recently, Vazquez played for Mexican outfit Cruz Azul. INTERNATIONAL: Vazquez has made a lone appearances for Spain's Under-16 national team.
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed March 4, 2021 from Blackburn Rovers. Williams has played professionally in England since 2011 and has represented Republic of Ireland youth and senior teams throughout his career. Williams, who joins the club on a two-year deal with an additional one-year option, holds an American passport and will not occupy an International Roster spot on the LA Galaxy roster. He will be added to the club’s roster pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate (ITC) once the MLS transfer window opens this month.
Augustine Williams
Ethan Zubak
Forward #48
Forward #29
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed from LA Galaxy II on April 31, 2021. OUTSIDE MLS: Williams, who was named to the USL AllLeague First Team in 2020 with LA Galaxy II, had a breakout campaign to help lead Los Dos into the USL Championship Playoffs for a second consecutive year. In all, he recorded 13 goals and two assists and finished second in the race for the USL Championship’s Golden Boot. Williams played a key role down the stretch for the Galaxy II last year, scoring seven goals in the side’s final seven games of the regular season. Williams, who originally joined Portland Timbers 2 in 2016, has tallied 31 career goals in the USL Championship across his time with the Portland (2016-2018) and LA Galaxy II (2019-2020). Additionally, he scored a goal for Portland Timbers in a U.S. Open Cup contest against the Seattle Sounders in 2017. INTERNATIONAL: Williams was called into Sierra Leone’s roster for 2021 Africa Cup of National Qualifying, which they qualified for after defeating Benin 1-0 on June 15, 2021.
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a Homegrown Player from LA Galaxy II on March 8, 2019. Zubak is a young forward who has the size to compete on the MLS level. After a few standout seasons with Los Dos, had a huge 2020, scoring twice in 15 appearances (11 starts). INTERNATIONAL: Zubak earned his first youth national team appearance in January 2018 when then U.S. Under19 head coach Brad Friedel named the forward to his 23player roster for the Copa de Athletico tournament in the Canary Islands, Spain. Zubak was capped in each of the tournament's three games. OUTSIDE MLS: The 22-year-old scored 27 goals in five seasons in the USL. The Corona, Calif., native made his Los Dos debut in August 2015 against Arizona United and was signed to the team ahead of the 2016 USL season. In total, Zubak has accumulated 83 appearances, 53 starts, 17 goals and six assists for LA Galaxy II, securing his spot on the USL 20 Under 20 list in 2018 and 2017.
Séga Coulibaly
Rayan Raveloson
Defender #4
Midfielder #6
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed from Ligue 2 AS Nancy on April 28, 2021. OUTSIDE MLS: Coulibaly, 25, joins the LA Galaxy after notching over 100 professional appearances throughout various competitions in France, including Ligue 2, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and Championnat National competition, among others. He also tallied four goals and an assist from his defensive position. The defender represented the Rennes reserve side from 2013-2016 before signing with Ligue 1 side Rennes, where he spent two years on loan at CS Sedan and US Avranches the following two seasons. In 2018, he joined AS Nancy in Ligue 2 and went on to make 45 appearances for the club during his time there, and an additional 16 appearances for US Avranches during another loan spell. INTERNATIONAL: Internationally, Coulibaly represented France’s youth national teams on various levels. From 20112016, he appeared in multiple competitions for France’s U16, U-17, U-18 and U-20 sides, making 20 total international appearances during that span.
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed on May 20, 2021. OUTSIDE MLS: Raveloson, 24, joins the Galaxy after leading ES Troyes AC to the 2020-21 French Ligue 2 title in May. The Madagascar native has played professionally in France since 2014, collecting 151 appearances in all competitions across his time with ES Troyes AC and Tours FC – including nine goals and 10 assists – while featuring in Ligue 2, Coupe de la Ligue and Coupe de France competition. He began his career in 2014 with Tours FC, making 90 appearances and tallying six goals and six assists before joining ES Troyes AC, where he has remained since 2018 and earned 61 total appearances. In their most recent campaign, Raveloson appeared in 35 of their 38 games while helping lead his club to 77 points (23-8-7 W-D-L) and a 2.11 PPG as they scored 60 goals and conceded just 36 for a +24 goal differential. INTERNATIONAL: Internationally, Raveloson has tallied one goal in 10 appearances for the Madagascar national team, most recently starting and playing 90 minutes in a scoreless draw against Niger in Africa Cup of National qualifying on March 30, 2021.
Jonathan Bond Julian Araujo Derrick Williams Sega Coulibaly Daniel Steres Rayan Raveloson Victor Vazquez Jonathan dos Santos Kevin Cabral Samuel Grandsir Eric Lopez Javier Hernandez Sacha Kljestan Sebastian Lletget Justin Vom Steeg Jorge Villafana Nick DePuy Giancarlo Gonzalez Danilo Acosta Cameron Dunbar Efrain Alvarez Carlos Harvey Kai Koreniuk Ethan Zubak Jonathan Klinsmann Adam Saldana Jalen Neal Augustine Williams Jonathan Perez Marcus Ferkranus Oniel Fisher
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Hernandez 6 (D. Williams 1) 11; dos Santos 1 (Hernandez 1) 79 Lletget 1 (Steres 1) 35; Hernandez 7 (Araujo 1, Kljestan 1) 77
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2021 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Sunday, July 4, 2021 Kickoff: 9:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 13 Sporting Kansas City 7-3-2, 23 points (5-0-2 home; 2-3-0 away) 2nd in MLS Western Conference LA Galaxy 7-3-0, 21 points (4-1-0 home; 3-2-0 away) 3rd in MLS Western Conference
7-3-2 (23 pts.) 1.92 12 2nd in West 22 1.83 18 15 1.25 +7 206 (67) 32.5% 111 118 15 0
English TV: Bally Sports KC English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:
Alex Chilowicz Adam Garner Apolinar Mariscal Kevin Broadley Victor Rivas
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 31 36 48 54 96
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID FWD DEF DEF DEF MID FWD FWD MID GK FWD DEF FWD MID GK GK DEF DEF MID FWD
Name John Pulskamp Jaylin Lindsey Andreu Fontas Roberto Puncec Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Alan Pulido Gianluca Busio Khiry Shelton Amadou Dia Roger Espinoza Graham Smith Gadi Kinda Grayson Barber Daniel Salloi Felipe Hernandez Kendall McIntosh Tyler Freeman Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros Cameron Duke Tim Melia Brooks Thompson Luis Martins Kaveh Rad Remi Walter Wilson Harris
Pronunciation
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
gram ZOO-see AH-lahn pooh-LEE-doh jahn-LUKA BOO-see-oh KY-ree AH-mah-doo DEE-uh GAH-dee KINN-dah shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay
MEE-lia lou-EESE mar-TEENS KAH-vay RAHD
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T 4 2 0 1 2 5 1 4 4 3 1 4 2
GD +13 +7 +2 +4 -2 -1 -5 +3 -2 0 -8 -4 -6
7-3-0 (21 pts.) 2.10 10 3rd in West 17 1.70 12 15 1.50 +2 113 (37) 32.7% 126 99 13 1
Daniel Salloi Three Players Alan Pulido Daniel Salloi Daniel Salloi Three Players Roger Espinoza Alan Pulido Ilie Sanchez N/A
LA GALAXY
7 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 41 SHOTS 14 SHOTS ON GOAL 4 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 14 FOULS COMMITTED 16 FOULS SUFFERED 4 CAUTIONS 0 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 630 Tim Melia 1.14 Tim Melia 5 TIm Melia 1 Tim Melia 14
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
10 2 26 14 2 1 13 19 2 1
Javier Hernandez Kljestan, Lletget Javier Hernandez Javier Hernandez Javier Hernandez Four Players Julian Araujo Javier Hernandez Araujo, dos Santos Derrick Williams
900 1.50 7 2 49
Jonathan Bond Jonathan Bond Jonathan Bond Jonathan Bond Jonathan Bond
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES
Eastern Conference Pts W L T GD GP 1. New England Revolution 23 7 2 2 +5 11 2. Orlando City SC 21 6 1 3 +11 10 3. Philadelphia Union 19 5 2 4 +5 11 4. New York City FC 17 5 3 2 +7 10 5. Columbus Crew 15 4 3 3 +2 10 6. Nashville SC 15 3 1 6 +2 10 7. New York Red Bulls 13 4 5 1 +1 10 8. D.C. United 13 4 6 1 -3 11 9. CF Montreal 13 3 3 4 +1 10 10. Atlanta United FC 12 2 2 6 +1 10 11. FC Cincinnati 10 3 5 1 -8 9 12. Inter Miami CF 8 2 6 2 -7 10 13. Toronto FC 5 1 7 2 -8 10 14. Chicago Fire 5 1 7 2 -10 10 W 7 7 7 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2
RECORD POINTS PER GAME GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS
2021 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
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2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
Western Conference Pts 1. Seattle Sounders FC 25 2. Sporting Kansas City 23 3. LA Galaxy 21 4. Colorado Rapids 16 5. Minnesota United FC 14 6. Houston Dynamo FC 14 7. Portland Timbers 13 8. Real Salt Lake 13 9. Austin FC 13 10. Los Angeles FC 12 11. San Jose Earthquakes 10 12. FC Dallas 10 13. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8
LA GALAXY
13th season 162-124-95 13th season (.550) 162-124-95 (.550)
GREG VANNEY
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
8th season 94-71-48 (.554) 1st season 7-3-0 (.700)
PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT As of Friday, July 2 QUESTIONABLE • MID - Gadi Kinda (Foot) OUT • DEF - Jaylin Lindsey (Hamstring) • MID - Remi Walter (Knee) • FWD - Alan Pulido (International Duty - Mexico)
GP 11 12 10 9 10 11 11 9 12 10 11 10 10
Health & Safety Protocols A player may be listed as “Questionable” or “Out” due to Health and Safety Protocols for the following reasons: Quarantine due to participating in high risk behavior. Quarantine related to being a high risk close contact. Pending COVID-19 test results. An inconclusive COVID-19 test result. A positive COVID-19 test or a confirmed case of COVID-19. Other illness not related to COVID-19. 1
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 ROSTER (NUMERICAL) NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 31 36 48 54 96
PLAYER PRONUNCIATION John Pulskamp Jaylin Lindsey Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo Roberto Puncec PUHN-chetz Nicolas Isimat-Mirin EE-see-mat me-REEN Ilie Sanchez ILL-ee-ay Johnny Russell Graham Zusi ZOO-see Alan Pulido AH-lahn pooh-LEE-doh Gianluca Busio jahn-LUKA BOO-see-oh Khiry Shelton KY-ree Amadou Dia AH-mah-doo DEE-uh Roger Espinoza Graham Smith Gadi Kinda GAH-dee KINN-dah Grayson Barber Daniel Salloi shallow-EE Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay Kendall McIntosh Tyler Freeman Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros Cam Duke Tim Melia MEE-lia Brooks Thompson Luis Martins lou-EESE mar-TEENS Kaveh Rad KAH-vay RAHD Remi Walter Wilson Harris
NO. 19 10 25 13 28 15 3 23 96 21 5 17 2 36 22 29 24 9 1 4 48 7 20 6 11 16 31 54 8
PLAYER PRONUNCIATION Grayson Barber Gianluca Busio jahn-LUKA BOO-see-oh Ozzie Cisneros Amadou Dia AH-mah-doo DEE-uh Cam Duke Roger Espinoza Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo Tyler Freeman Wilson Harris Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay Nicolas Isimat-Mirin EE-see-mat me-REEN Gadi Kinda GAH-dee KINN-dah Jaylin Lindsey Luis Martins lou-EESE mar-TEENS Kendall McIntosh Tim Melia MEE-lia Kayden Pierre Alan Pulido AH-lahn pooh-LEE-doh John Pulskamp Roberto Puncec PUHN-chetz Kaveh Rad KAH-vay RAHD Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi shallow-EE Ilie Sanchez ILL-ee-ay Khiry Shelton KY-ree Graham Smith Brooks Thompson Remi Walter Graham Zusi ZOO-see
POS. HT. GK 6-4 DEF 5-11 DEF 6-2 DEF 6-1 DEF 6-2 MID 6-0 FWD 5-9 DEF 5-10 FWD 5-10 MID 5-10 FWD 6-3 DEF 5-9 MID 5-10 DEF 6-4 MID 5-8 FWD 5-8 FWD 6-1 MID 5-7 GK 5-11 FWD 6-0 DEF 5-10 FWD 5-5 MID 5-6 GK 6-0 GK 6-4 DEF 5-8 DEF 5-11 MID 5-8 FWD 5-10
WT. 215 180 200 175 180 170 175 155 175 155 185 155 185 190 145 170 160 145 185 165 140 130 135 205 185 165 165 170 175
BIRTHDATE (AGE) HOMETOWN 04/19/2001 (20) Bakersfield, CA 03/27/2000 (21) Charlotte, NC 11/14/1989 (31) Banyoles, Spain 10/27/1991 (29) Varazdin, Croatia 11/15/1991 (29) Meudon, France 11/21/1990 (30) Barcelona, Spain 04/08/1990 (31) Glasgow, Scotland 08/18/1986 (34) Longwood, FL 03/08/1991 (30) Ciudad Victoria, Mexico 05/28/2002 (19) Greensboro, NC 06/26/1993 (28) Leander, TX 06/08/1993 (28) Highlands Ranch, CO 10/25/1986 (34) Aurora, CO 11/25/1995 (25) Highlands Ranch, CO 03/23/1994 (27) Ashdod, Israel 05/03/2000 (21) Elgin, South Carolina 07/19/1996 (24) Budapest, Hungary 06/08/1998 (23) Nashville, TN 01/24/1994 (27) Santa Rosa, CA 01/09/2003 (18) Shawnee, KS 02/16/2003 (18) Bloomfield Hills, MI 03/13/2004 (17) Omaha, NE 02/13/2001 (20) Overland Park, KS 05/15/1986 (35) East Islip, NY 05/28/2002 (19) Floyds Knobs, IN 06/10/1992 (29) Lamego, Portugal 06/13/2001 (20) Durham, NC 04/26/1995 (26) Essey-les-Nancy, France 11/28/1999 (21) Los Angeles, CA
LAST CLUB Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Sporting KC Academy Celta Vigo (Spain) HNK Rijeka (Croatia) Besiktas (Turkey) Elche CF (Spain) Derby County FC (England) Chivas de Guadalajara (Mexico) Sporting KC Academy SC Paderborn 07 (Germany) Phoenix Rising FC (USL) Wigan Athletic (England) Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC II (USL Championship) New York Red Bulls (MLS) Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy Chivas USA (MLS) Sporting KC II (USL Championship) G.D. Chaves (Portugal) Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey) Sporting KC II (USL Championship)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 ROSTER (ALPHABETICAL) POS. HT. FWD 5-8 MID 5-10 FWD 5-5 DEF 5-9 MID 5-6 MID 5-10 DEF 6-2 FWD 6-0 FWD 5-10 MID 5-7 DEF 6-2 MID 5-8 DEF 5-11 DEF 5-8 GK 5-11 GK 6-0 DEF 5-10 FWD 5-10 GK 6-4 DEF 6-1 DEF 5-11 FWD 5-9 FWD 6-1 MID 6-0 FWD 6-3 DEF 6-4 GK 6-4 MID 5-8 DEF 5-10
WT. 170 155 130 155 135 185 200 165 175 145 180 145 180 165 185 205 140 175 215 175 165 175 160 170 185 190 185 170 155
BIRTHDATE (AGE) BIRTHPLACE COLLEGE 05/03/2000 (21) Columbia, SC Clemson University 05/28/2002 (19) Greensboro, NC 03/13/2004 (17) Omaha, NE 06/08/1993 (28) Nantes, France Clemson University 02/13/2001 (20) Overland Park, KS 10/25/1986 (34) Puerto Cortes, Honduras Ohio State University 11/14/1989 (31) Banyoles, Spain 01/09/2003 (18) Overland Park, KS 11/28/1999 (21) Los Angeles, CA 06/08/1998 (23) Ibague, Colombia 11/15/1991 (29) Meudon, France 03/23/1994 (27) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 03/27/2000 (21) Charlotte, NC 06/10/1992 (29) Lamego, Portugal 01/24/1994 (27) Oakland, CA 05/15/1986 (35) Great River, NY Lynn University (Florida) 02/16/2003 (18) Rochester Hills, MI 03/08/1991 (30) Ciudad Victoria, Mexico 04/19/2001 (20) Bakersfield, CA 10/27/1991 (29) Varazdin, Croatia 06/13/2001 (20) Chapel Hill, NC 04/08/1990 (31) Glasgow, Scotland 07/19/1996 (24) Siofok, Hungary 11/21/1990 (30) Barcelona, Spain 06/26/1993 (28) Fort Carson, CO Oregon State University 11/25/1995 (25) Highlands Ranch, CO University of Denver 05/28/2002 (19) Jeffersonville, IN 04/26/1995 (26) Essey-les-Nancy, France 08/18/1986 (34) Orlando, FL University of Maryland
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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #LAvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD
#LAvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS
Sporting KC hits the road this weekend to take on the LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park on Sunday, July 4 at 9:30 p.m. CT. It’s a clash between two of the top three teams in the Western Conference, as second-place Sporting (7-3-2, 23 pts.) sits just two points ahead of the Galaxy (7-3-0, 21 pts.) in third. The last time these two teams met was also at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California on Sept. 15, 2019. It was an ill-fated night for Sporting KC. Despite taking the lead through Felipe Gutierrez and going into the halftime break with a 1-1 scoreline, the Galaxy ran out 7-2 winners following a dominant second half which included a Zlatan Ibrahimovic hat trick, with Gianluca Busio assisting Gutierrez’s second goal of the night to close out the scoring. Earlier in 2019, the Galaxy took all three points at Children’s Mercy Park on May 29, with Favio Alvarez and Zlatan Ibrahimovic netting in the second half for a 2-0 win. While LA holds a slender advantage in the all-time regular-season series (26-2315), Sporting KC has had the better of the series over the past five years. Since midway through the 2015 season, Sporting has gone 4-2-4 against the Galaxy, including a 2-1-1 mark at Dignity Health Sports Park. #LAvSKC: Recent Meetings (LA leads 26-23-15 in regular season)
Sporting KC Team Notes • Sporting lead MLS in goals (22), expected goals (24.5) and goals per match (1.83). • Sporting are 5-1-1 in their last seven matches dating back to May 16. Their five wins and 16 goals since then are both the most in MLS. • Sporting are on pace for 65 points in the regular season, which would eclipse the club record of 63 set in 2012. • Sporting lead MLS in both shots per game (17.2) and chances created per game (12.2). • Sporting lead MLS with 32 big chances this season. • Sporting lead MLS this season with 16 points and five wins from losing positions. No other club has more than seven points and two wins from losing positions in 2021. • Sporting are tied for last in MLS with one shutout this season.
Date
09/15/2019 05/29/2019 10/06/2018 04/08/2018 09/24/2017
Score
KC 2 at LA 7 KC 0 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 1
Sporting KC Player Notes • Forward Daniel Salloi ranks third in MLS in both goals (seven) and combined goals and assists (10). • Forward Daniel Salloi leads MLS with four game-winning goals this season. • Sporting are the only MLS team to have two players with six goals. Daniel Salloi has seven and Alan Pulido has six. • Forward Alan Pulido is one of three MLS players with six goals in each of the last two regular seasons. • Among MLS forwards, Daniel Salloi and Johnny Russell rank first with 19 chances created apiece. • Midfielder Gianluca Busio leads MLS in starts (12), minutes played (1,062) and pressures (315). He also ranks fourth among field players in recoveries (90) and tackles won (21). • Defender Andreu Fontas leads MLS by a wide margin in passes (960), passes completed (863) and touches (1,088). • Sporting KC Academy products have scored in each of Sporting’s last seven matches.
Result Details L L T W W
Gutierrez scores twice as Sporting suffers rout Favio Alvarez and Ibrahimovic score in second half for LA Russell salvages a point after controversial Ibrahimovic penalty Salloi & Russell tally in second half for comfortable road win Salloi & Rubio score before the break before Alessandrini goal
#LAvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY • Forward Daniel Salloi has two goals against LA, scoring the opening goal in the 2-1 home win on Sept. 24, 2017 and the game-winner in the 2-0 road victory on April 8, 2018. • Forward Johnny Russell has scored twice against LA, netting the second goal in the 2-0 road win on April 8, 2018 and the equalizer in a 1-1 home draw on Oct. 6, 2018. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has a goal and three assists against LA, with his goal coming in the 2-1 road win on June 24, 2017. He had two assists in his first two appearances against the Galaxy on Sept. 13, 2008 and May 30, 2009, before adding another in the 2-0 road win on April 8, 2018. • Defender Graham Zusi has three assists against LA, coming in a 1-1 home draw on May 1, 2016, a 2-1 home win on Sept. 24, 2017 and a 1-1 home draw on Oct. 6, 2018. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez has one assist against the Galaxy, coming on Diego Rubio’s game-winner on Sept. 24, 2017. • Midfielder Gianluca Busio has recorded one assist against LA, coming on Felipe Gutierrez’s consolation goal in the 7-2 road loss on Sept. 15, 2019. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has lost just once and is 4-2-4 all-time against the LA Galaxy, posting a 1.60 goals against average and two shutouts - both coming in road games on June 2, 2016 and April 8, 2018.
LA Galaxy Team Notes • LA’s seven wins this season are tied for the most in MLS alongside Sporting, Seattle and New England. • LA already have more wins this season (7-3-0 record) than they did in all of 2020 (6-12-4 record). • LA rank second in MLS with five one-goal wins this season. The Galaxy are 5-1 in games decided by a single goal. • LA are the only MLS club without a draw this season. • LA have outshot their opponents just twice this season. They rank 21st in shots per game (11.3) and 23rd in chances created per game (7.5). • LA rank second in MLS with a shot conversion rate of 15.1%. • LA are 6-1-0 when scoring first and 4-0-0 when leading at halftime this season. LA Galaxy Player Notes • Forward Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez leads MLS with 10 goals in 10 matches this season. Chicharito had just two goals in 12 appearances during his debut MLS campaign in 2020. • Forward Chicharito’s three multi-goal games this season are the most in MLS. • Forward Chicharito’s 10 goals have come from just 26 shot attempts, a conversion rate of 38.5%. The league average for shot conversion rate is 9.8%. • Goalkeeper Jonathan Bond leads MLS in wins (seven) and ranks second in saves (49). • Goalkeeper Jonathan Bond, forward Chicharito and defender Jorge Villafana have started all 10 matches for LA this season. • Midfielder Sacha Kljestan has contributed two goals and two assists despite starting just three of LA’s 10 matches.
#LAvSKC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Forward Alan Pulido has been international teammates with LA Galaxy’s Chicharito, Jonathan Dos Santos and Efrain Alvarez on Mexico’s National Team. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez played alongside LA’s Jonathan dos Santos at Barcelona B from 2009-2012 and Victor Vazquez at the same club from 20092011. Defender Andreu Fontas was playing for the Barcelona first team at that time. • Defender Graham Zusi has played alongside LA’s Sebastian Lletget on the U.S. National Team. Lletget and Gianluca Busio were both named to the final USMNT roster for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup. • Midfielder Remi Walter was teammates with LA’s Rayan Raveloson and Samuel Grandsir at French Ligue 1 side Troyes in 2018. • Both Sporting defender Nicolas Isimat-Mirin and LA winger Kevin Cabral came through the youth system at French club Valenciennes. • Sporting goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh was teammates with LA’s Jorge Villafana at the Portland Timbers from 2018-2019. Villafana also played with goalkeeper Tim Melia at Chivas USA from 2012-2013. • Goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh was teammates with LA forward Augustine Williams at Portland Timbers 2 from 2016-2018. • Manager & Sporting Director Peter Vermes was teammates with LA Technical Director Jovan Kirovski on the U.S. Men’s National Team from 1994-1997. Vermes was also teammates with Galaxy head coach Greg Vanney on the USMNT from 1996-1997. • Manager Peter Vermes also played with LA assistant Coach Jason Bent at the Colorado Rapids from 1998-1999. • Galaxy goalkeeper coach Kevin Hartman spent three years with the Kansas City Wizards from 2007-2009, making 90 regular-season appearances for the club.
NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Sporting defender Graham Zusi is one shy of his 300th career regular season appearance.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES
FINAL GAME BEFORE A BREAK
SALLOI CONTINUES MVP-LIKE SEASON
Second-place Sporting Kansas City (7-3-2, 23 pts.) extended their home unbeaten streak in 2021 to seven games (5-0-2) following last Saturday’s 2-1 victory over LAFC at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting is unbeaten in 10 regular-season home matches (7-0-2) dating back to early October 2020. Last week’s performance, which included a late winner from Daniel Salloi, saw Salloi, fellow Academy product Gianluca Busio and defender Andreu Fontas all earn MLS Team of the Week honors.
Sporting KC Academy product Daniel Salloi continued his torrid form in 2021 by scoring the winning goal in last Saturday’s late 2-1 victory over Los Angeles FC at Children’s Mercy Park. It was Salloi’s seventh goal of the season to go along with three assists as the 24-year-old mounts a solid case to be named the early season MVP of the league. Salloi’s 87th-minute game-winner saw him earn a Player of the Week nomination for the second time in as many matchdays, while he was also named to the MLS Team of the Week once again for his performance.
The match also marked the fifth time in 2021 that Sporting has recovered from a deficit to take all three points in a match. SKC’s five comeback wins this year have already tied a single-season club record previously set in 1996 and 2007. Three of those five have come with Sporting trailing at halftime, while the other 26 other teams in MLS have combined for only six wins when down at intermission this season.
The Hungarian youth international now leads MLS with four game-winning goals in 2021, while his goal last weekend put him on 10 total regular-season game-winning goals for Sporting KC, placing him in a tie for sixth in club history.
Sporting’s victory last weekend saw the team get off to their fourth best start in club history.
Salloi’s 10 goal contributions in 2021 place him third in the league, only trailing highflying stars Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez of the LA Galaxy and Carles Gil of the New England Revolution.
Best Record Through 12 Matches in SKC History Season Record Points 2000 10-0-2 32 2012 8-3-1 25 2018 7-2-3 24 2021 7-3-2 23 2017 6-2-4 22
Player Chicharito Carles Gil Daniel Salloi Raul Ruidiaz Nani
Goals 25 17 24 22 16
Club LA Galaxy New England Sporting KC Seattle Sounders Orlando City
Goals 10 1 7 9 6
Assists G+A 1 11 10 11 3 10 1 10 3 9
ACADEMY SEASON COMES TO AN END
BACK-TO-BACK vs. LOS ANGELES
The Sporting Kansas City Academy’s 2020-21 season ended Tuesday as the U-19s made an impressive run to the quarterfinals of the inaugural MLS NEXT Cup Playoffs at Toyota Soccer Center in Frisco, Texas.
Sporting Kansas City completes their set of matches against Los Angeles foes this weekend when the team travels to the West Coast to take on the LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California on Sunday night. Sporting dispatched the Galaxy’s local rivals Los Angeles FC by a 2-1 scoreline at Children’s Mercy Park last Saturday.
Following nine months of competition in the MLS NEXT Frontier Division, the Sporting KC Academy sent two teams to the MLS NEXT Cup Playoffs as the U-19s and U-15s qualified for the tournament based on points per game in the regular season. The crowning competition of the year followed a single-elimination format and brought together the top 32 teams in each age group.
Sporting last faced the Galaxy on Sept. 15, 2019 at Dignity Health Sports Park, resulting in a humbling 7-2 defeat for the visitors. Felipe Gutierrez scored the first and last goals of the game for Sporting, but sandwiched in between was a Zlatan Ibrahimovic hat trick and further goals from Joe Corona, Ariel Antuna and a brace from Sebastian Lletget.
The U-19s opened the tournament with a 1-0 upset win over the third-seeded Boston Bolts. Goalkeeper Gavin Krenecki stood tall between the posts for the clean sheet and Sporting manufactured the match-winning goal in the 72nd minute through Alex Umana. In the Round of 16, Sporting knocked off Chicago-based FC United by a 2-1 scoreline as Braxton Arpachinda and Umana sealed the victory before Sporting’s tournament run was derailed on Tuesday as Chicago Fire FC claimed a 3-0 triumph.
The Galaxy swept the season series in 2019, having already defeated Sporting by a 2-0 scoreline at Children’s Mercy Park on May 29. After a scoreless first half, Flavio Alvarez gave LA the lead early in the second half before Ibrahimovic sealed the points late on. Both sides are off to hot starts in 2021, with Sporting in second place in the Western Conference with a 7-3-2 (23 pts.) mark and the Galaxy hot on their trails with a 7-3-0 (21 pts.) record. The two teams also have a pair of early MVP candidates in their midst, as Sporting’s Daniel Salloi has enjoyed a brilliant season to date, bagging seven goals and three assists, while LA’s Mexican superstar Chicharito has lived up to the billing with 10 goals and one assist.
The U-15s took a 2-1 loss to D.C. United in the Round of 32 on Friday night with Geremi Onentia getting on the scoresheet for SKC. In the consolation pool, the U-15s played to a 2-2 draw with LA Surf before topping Orlando City SC 1-0.
POSTGAME PV
On the team’s third match in eight days last Saturday vs. LAFC: “We were definitely tired here at the end. It was evident we were tired. I thought LAFC was strong throughout the game today. What we found was a way to come back. We have a really interesting, and I mean it in a positive way, a really interesting mentality within the group because they definitely believe. Even though today we weren’t as sharp as we have been with the ball and our circulation of the ball on the field, we still found a way to chip away at the other team. It’s not easy for a team like us when we always try to drive the game at home because teams know that coming in, so they want to take advantage of that. But I wouldn’t do it any other way. It’s part of the entertainment value of this game and for our crowd. We’re going to constantly try to be on the front foot. We’re going to constantly try to be a team that is aggressive in our mentality to go and score goals. Credit to the guys for staying in the game and finding a way to come back. It’s never easy playing against a team that goes down a man. We found a way late in the game and we held onto the win, which was great.”
BUSIO & PULIDO NAMED TO FINAL GOLD CUP ROSTERS
It was a momentous week for Sporting Kansas City Academy product Gianluca Busio, who earned his first-ever call-up to the U.S. Men’s National Team. The 19-year-old was named to the final roster for the Concacaf Gold Cup, where he will join Sporting striker Alan Pulido who was named to Mexico’s final roster for the competition as he looks to add to his 16 caps. At age 19, Busio is the second youngest player and one of only seven teenagers to be selected to a Gold Cup roster in U.S. Men’s National Team history, joining Juan Agudelo, George Bello, DaMarcus Beasley, Jovan Kirovski, Michael Bradley and Landon Donovan. Busio is the first Sporting KC player selected to the U.S. Men’s National Team since Ike Opara in January 2018 and the first Sporting KC Academy product to join the full national team for an official competition. Busio previously earned call-ups to play for the U.S. U-15, U-17 and U-20 youth national team, scoring at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.
On playing against 10 men: “One is we were tired. Two is you can’t deny the fact that they’re a very good team and they have some game changers. When (Carlos) Vela comes on and you bring him off the bench in the second half, he’s a different player. Just like Alan. Alan scores an unbelievable goal and then he gets hurt. It’s a fine line sometimes in the game. Today, it’s like you look at the Portland game. We played really well in that game and the scoreline, to me, at the end of the day doesn’t represent how well we played. Whereas today, I think that LAFC played – probably over the course of the game – I don’t want to say they were better than us, I think they were just in the game a little bit more and a little sharper at times than we were. But we found a way to win because of a couple things: one is mentality and two is we have some players who can change the outcome of a game. The other is the relentlessness to score goals. The guys keep going after it which is great.”
Busio moved to Kansas City to join the Sporting KC Academy in 2016 and has developed into one of the top teenagers in American soccer since signing a Homegrown Player contract with the club at age 15 in August 2017. Busio became the second youngest player in MLS history to record an assist and score a goal in his debut season en route to recording eight goals and eight assists in 62 MLS appearances (regular season and playoffs) in the last three years. In 2021, Busio leads Sporting KC in several statistical categories, including key passes (17), tackles won (21), duels won (73) and recoveries (90), and his 315 pressures are most in MLS. He earned MLS Goal of the Week honors in late May following a stunning free kick against Houston. 4
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS
Sporting KC MLS record vs. LA Galaxy: 23-26-15 Home games: 16-9-8 (46 GF, 43 GA) Road games: 7-17-7 (32 GF, 56 GA) Date 05/19/1996 07/06/1996 08/11/1996 08/21/1996 04/05/1997 05/10/1997 05/30/1997 09/28/1997 04/18/1998 04/29/1998 07/04/1998 08/13/1998 05/08/1999 06/06/1999 07/25/1999 10/09/1999 05/06/2000 06/24/2000 08/05/2000 08/12/2000 04/14/2001 05/05/2001 06/13/2001 08/15/2001 05/04/2002 05/18/2002 07/20/2002 08/21/2002 05/24/2003 06/14/2003 09/27/2003 10/11/2003 06/05/2004 07/24/2004 10/02/2004 10/16/2004 09/17/2005 09/25/2005 07/01/2006 09/02/2006 07/07/2007 09/27/2007 05/24/2008 09/13/2008 05/30/2009 07/25/2009 04/24/2010 08/28/2010 05/14/2011 09/05/2011 04/07/2012 04/20/2013 07/19/2014 04/18/2015 10/25/2015 05/01/2016 06/02/2016 09/18/2016 06/24/2017 09/24/2017 04/08/2018 10/06/2018 05/29/2019 09/15/2019
Score KC 0 at LA 2 KC 3 vs LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 3 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 3 at LA 1 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 2 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 0 at LA 3 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 0 KC 1 vs LA 5 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 at LA 4 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 3 KC 2 vs LA 0 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 0 vs LA 0 KC 2 at LA 0 KC 1 at LA 4 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 0 KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 0 vs LA 2 KC 2 at LA 7
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
213
SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 169 MLS regular season, 10 MLS postseason, 19 Open Cup, 10 CCL, 5 friendlies
19,424
ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 166 MLS matches at full capacity since 2011 (including postseason)
GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED
8 Preki 9 Preki 89 Preki 45 Preki 41 Matt McKeon 59 Preki
Result Location L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium SOW Arrowhead Stadium SOW Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L (2OT) Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium L (OT) Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L The Home Depot Center W The Home Depot Center W (OT) Arrowhead Stadium W The Home Depot Center T Arrowhead Stadium T The Home Depot Center W Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L The Home Depot Center L Arrowhead Stadium L The Home Depot Center T The Home Depot Center L Arrowhead Stadium L The Home Depot Center W Arrowhead Stadium T The Home Depot Center T CommunityAmerica Ballpark T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W The Home Depot Center L The Home Depot Center T Livestrong Sporting Park W Livestrong Sporting Park L The Home Depot Center W Sporting Park L StubHub Center W Sporting Park T Children’s Mercy Park T StubHub Center T Children’s Mercy Park W StubHub Center W Children’s Mercy Park W StubHub Center T Children’s Mercy Park L Children’s Mercy Park L Dignity Health Sports Park
6 6 3 71 22
LA GALAXY Donovan, Jones Cienfuegos, Donovan Cobi Jones Cobi Jones Danny Califf Cobi Jones
WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED
Tony Meola Tony Meola Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola
8 10 50 22 36 77
Kevin Hartman 12 Kevin Hartman 9 Kevin Hartman 7 Kevin Hartman 79 Kevin Hartman 29
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
LA GALAXY
GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED
2 Gutierrez, Klein 2 Three Players 9 Diego Rubio (10/06/18) 6 Preki (5/19/96) 6 Diop, Johnston 8 Arnaud, Preki
(9/15/19) Zlatan
Ibrahimovic 10 Players Four Players (9/15/19) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (6/14/03) Carlos Ruiz (5/24/03) Carlos Ruiz
3 2 7 6 7 7
Kramer, Reis Hartman, Kramer
8 3
SAVES GOALS ALLOWED
10 Tim Melia (4/8/18) 7 Tim Melia (9/15/19)
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 2 OT 34 43 1 372 429 5 130 176 1 408 407 6 81 80 2 143 164 1
Total 78 806 307 821 163 308
LA GALAXY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 2 OT 35 61 3 348 400 11 145 196 8 443 473 6 104 93 2 177 180 6
Total 99 759 349 922 199 363
GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
OT
Total
KC 8 13 13 15 14 14 1 78 LA 7 12 16 13 20 28 3 99
CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS
116
SPORTING KC MATCHES WON
not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals
ATTENDANCE RECORDS (full capacity games only)
105.2
PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 166 MLS matches at full capacity since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467 5
376
SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 212 matches played at the stadium
152
TOTAL MLS SELLOUTS 166 MLS matches at full capacity since 2011 (including postseason)
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In
Players Out
GK - Kendall McIntosh (Re-Entry Process - Dec. 17, 2020)
GK - Eric Dick (Option Declined - Dec. 9, 2020)
MID - Remi Walter (Signing - Dec. 22, 2020)
MID - Wan Kuzain (Option Declined - Dec. 9, 2020)
FWD - Grayson Barber (Signed as Homegrown - Jan. 20, 2021)
DEF - Winston Reid (Option Declined - Dec. 9, 2020)
FWD - Ozzie Cisneros (Signed as Homegrown - Jan. 20, 2021)
GK - Richard Sanchez (Option Declined - Dec. 9, 2020)
GK - Brooks Thompson (Signed as Homegrown - Jan. 20, 2021)
DEF - Matt Besler (Out of Contract - Dec. 9, 2020)
DEF - Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Signing - Feb. 3, 2021)
FWD - Gerso Fernandes (Out of Contract - Dec. 9, 2020)
DEF - Kaveh Rad (Signed as Homegrown - April 5, 2021)
FWD - Erik Hurtado (Out of Contract - Dec. 9, 2020)
GK - Parker Siegfried (Signed on loan - April 15, 2021)
MID - Felipe Gutierrez (Out of Contract - Dec. 9, 2020)
DEF - Kayden Pierre (Signed as Homegrown - May 4, 2021)
GK - Parker Siegfried (Waived - April 28, 2021)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Dec. 9: OUT Sporting KC declines options on GK Eric Dick, GK Richard Sanchez, D Winston Reid, M Felipe Gutierrez and M Wan Kuzain. In addition, D Matt Besler, F Gerso Fernandes and F Erik Hurtado are out of contract. Dec. 17: IN Sporting KC selects GK Kendall McIntosh in Stage 1 of the 2020 MLS Re-Entry Process. Dec. 22: IN Sporting KC signs M Remi Walter, most recently with Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey). Jan. 7: IN Sporting KC re-signs M Roger Espinoza to a one-year contract. Jan. 20: IN Sporting KC signs GK Brooks Thompson, F Grayson Barber and F Ozzie Cisneros as Homegrown Players. Thompson comes from Sporting KC II (USL Championship), Barber from Clemon University and Cisneros from the Sporting KC Academy. Feb. 3: IN Sporting KC signs D Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, most recently with Besiktas (Turkey). April 5: IN Sporting KC signs D Kaveh Rad as a Homegrown Player from Sporting KC II (USL Championship). April 15: IN Sporting KC signs GK Parker Siegfried on loan from Louisville City FC (USL Championship) after acquiring Siegfried’s college protected rights from New York City FC (MLS) in exchange for a natural 2023 MLS SuperDraft third round pick. April 21: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires $200,000 in General Allocation Money for the 2021 season from the Philadelphia Union (MLS) in exchange for a 2021 international roster slot. April 28: OUT Sporting KC waives GK Parker Siegfried. May 4: IN Sporting KC signs D Kayden Pierre as a Homegrown Player from the Sporting KC Academy.
CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year
MLS SuperDraft
2009
Graham Zusi (23rd)
2015
Signings
Trades
Homegrown Players
Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15)
2016
Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)
2017
Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17)
Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)
Johnny Russell (1/31/18) Andreu Fontas (8/8/18)
Jaylin Lindsey (1/1/18)
2019
Luis Martins (8/1/19)
Tyler Freeman (1/1/19) Cameron Duke (7/18/19) Felipe Hernandez (8/30/19)
2020
Robert Puncec (12/4/19) Khiry Shelton (12/9/19) Alan Pulido (12/10/19) Amadou Dia (1/10/20) Gadi Kinda (1/23/20)
John Pulskamp (2/24/20) Wilson Harris (10/21/20)
2021
Kendall McIntosh (12/17/20) Remi Walter (12/22/20) Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (2/3/21)
Grayson Barber (1/20/21) Ozzie Cisneros (1/20/21) Brooks Thompson (1/20/21) Kaveh Rad (4/5/21) Kayden Pierre (5/4/21)
2018
Graham Smith (18th)
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Sporting Kansas City II
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE
OPPONENT
COMPETITION
TIME (CT) / RESULT TV / SCORERS
Saturday, April 17
at New York Red Bulls
MLS
W
2-1
Kinda, Salloi
FRIDAY, APRIL 23
ORLANDO CITY SC
MLS
T
1-1
Busio
Saturday, May 1
at Real Salt Lake
MLS
L
1-3
Pulido
SUNDAY, MAY 9
AUSTIN FC
MLS
W
2-1
Ilie, Kinda
Wednesday, May 12
at Houston Dynamo FC
MLS
L
0-1
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SUNDAY, MAY 16
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
MLS
W
3-0
Salloi, Pulido (2)
Saturday, May 22
at San Jose Earthquakes
MLS
W
3-1
Lindsey, Pulido, Salloi
SATURDAY, MAY 29
HOUSTON DYNAMO FC
MLS
W
3-2
Busio, Pulido, Kinda
SATURDAY, JUNE 12
AUSTIN FC
MLS
T
1-1
Salloi
Saturday, June 19
at Portland Timbers
MLS
L
1-2
Lindsey
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23
COLORADO RAPIDS
MLS
W
3-1
Salloi (2), Hernandez
SATURDAY, JUNE 26
LOS ANGELES FC
MLS
W
2-1
Pulido, Salloi
Sunday, July 4
at LA Galaxy
MLS
9:30 P.M.
Bally Sports KC
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
MLS
7:30 P.M.
BALLY SPORTS KC
Sunday, July 25
at Seattle Sounders FC
MLS
8:00 P.M.
Bally Sports KC
SATURDAY, JULY 31
FC DALLAS
MLS
7:30 P.M.
BALLY SPORTS KC PLUS
Wednesday, August 4
at Los Angeles FC
MLS
9:30 P.M.
Bally Sports KC Plus
Saturday, August 7
at Colorado Rapids
MLS
8:00 P.M.
Bally Sports KC Plus
Saturday, August 14
at FC Dallas
MLS
7:30 P.M.
Bally Sports KC Plus
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18
PORTLAND TIMBERS
MLS
7:30 P.M.
BALLY SPORTS KC PLUS
Saturday, August 21
at Minnesota United FC
MLS
2:30 P.M.
ESPN / ESPN Deportes
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28
COLORADO RAPIDS
MLS
8:00 P.M.
BALLY SPORTS KC PLUS
Friday, September 3
at Los Angeles FC
MLS
9:00 P.M.
UniMas / Bally Sports KC Plus
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
CHICAGO FIRE
MLS
7:30 P.M.
BALLY SPORTS KC PLUS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMEBR 15 MINNESOTA UNITED FC
MLS
7:30 P.M.
BALLY SPORTS KC PLUS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
MLS
6:00 P.M.
FS1 / FOX DEPORTES
Wednesday, September 29
at FC Dallas
MLS
7:00 P.M.
Bally Sports KC Plus
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3
HOUSTON DYNAMO FC
MLS
3:00 P.M.
BALLY SPORTS KC PLUS
Sunday, October 17
at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS
9:00 P.M.
Bally Sports KC
Saturday, October 23
at Seattle Sounders FC
MLS
8:00 P.M.
Bally Sports KC
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27
LA GALAXY
MLS
7:30 P.M.
BALLY SPORTS KC
Sunday, October 31
at Minnesota United FC
MLS
12:00 P.M.
ESPN / ESPN Deportes
Wednesday, November 3
at Austin FC
MLS
8:00 P.M.
Bally Sports KC
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7
REAL SALT LAKE
MLS
5:00 P.M.
BALLY SPORTS KC
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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes 2021 REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON) REFEREE
GAMES RECORD
SKC FOULS
OPP. FOULS
SKC YC
OPP. YC
SKC RC
OPP. RC
SKC PK
OPP. PK
Roberto Sibiga
2
1-0-1
14
16
2
3
0
0
1
0
Alan Kelly
2
1-1-0
23
25
6
3
0
0
1
0
Dave Gantar
2
1-1-0
12
17
0
2
0
0
0
0
Chris Penso
2
1-1-0
21
15
2
3
0
1
0
0
Joe Dickerson
1
0-0-1
16
12
1
2
0
0
0
0
Ted Unkel
1
1-0-0
7
10
2
3
0
1
0
0
Allen Chapman
1
1-0-0
8
8
1
2
0
0
0
0
Drew Fischer
1
1-0-0
10
15
1
3
0
0
1
0
2021 VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON) DATE REFEREE VAR
INCIDENT
DECISION
April 23 vs. ORL Joe Dickerson Chris Penso SKC goal Overturned, no goal Nicolas Isimat-Mirin fires home the rebound after Remi Walter’s free kick was saved. After reviewing the play, referee Joe Dickerson overturns his original decision as Isimat was in an offside position. April 23 vs. ORL Joe Dickerson Chris Penso ORL goal Overturned, no goal Andres Perea latches onto a loose ball in the box and strikes the ball into the net off the crossbar. After reviewing the play, referee Joe Dickerson overturns his original decision as Perea was in an offside position. April 23 vs. ORL Joe Dickerson Chris Penso ORL disallowed goal Overturned, goal Nani scores a late equalizer for Orlando with a back-heel into an empty net, but the flag comes up for offside. After reviewing the play, referee Joe Dickerson overturns his original decision as there was no offside infraction leading to the goal.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS 2021 Record When... Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime
2-2-1 5-1-1 2-0-1 2-2-0 3-1-1
Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Allowing 0 goals Allowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goals Allowing 3 goals Allowing 4+ goals
0-1-0 0-2-2 3-0-0 4-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 5-1-2 1-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0
Wearing Sporting blue Wearing dark indigo Wearing Parley
4-3-2 2-0-0 1-0-0
Leading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’
5-0-1 1-0-1 1-3-0
Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even
5-2-1 2-1-1 0-0-0
1-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 5-3-1
Day games (before 5 p.m.) Games 5 p.m. CT or later
2-1-1 5-2-1
With red card for With red card against
0-0-0 2-0-0
Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75
2-1-1 5-2-1
In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone In Central time zone In Eastern time zone
1-1-0 0-1-0 5-1-2 1-0-0
vs. Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference
6-3-1 1-0-1
On grass On turf
7-2-2 0-1-0
With zero subs With one sub With two subs With three subs With four subs With five subs
0-0-0 0-1-0 2-0-0 1-2-2 3-0-0 1-0-0
Quickest Goal...
Feb. 2021 Feb. all-time March 2021 March all-time April 2021 April all-time May 2021 May all-time June 2021 June all-time July 2021 July all-time Aug. 2021 Aug. all-time Sept. 2021 Sept. all-time Oct. 2021 Oct. all-time Nov. 2021 Nov. all-time
0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 23-11-11 1-0-1 46-38-20 4-2-0 43-51-28 2-1-1 46-32-29 0-0-0 55-42-28 0-0-0 50-54-18 0-0-0 35-48-21 0-0-0 28-19-19 0-0-0 1-0-0
vs. Atlanta United FC vs. Austin FC vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew SC vs. D.C. United vs. FC Cincinnati vs. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo vs. Inter Miami CF vs. Los Angeles FC vs. LA Galaxy vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Montreal Impact vs. Nashville SC vs. NE Revolution vs. New York City FC vs. New York Red Bulls vs. Orlando City SC vs. Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake vs. SJ Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
GOALS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 8 14 22 OPPONENT 8 7 15
Eduardo Lopez (5/22 at SJ) - 4th Minute
Game-winning goals after 75’...
Gadi Kinda (5/9 vs. ATX) - 90th Minute
Daniel Salloi (6/26 vs. LAFC) - 87th Minute
Game-tying goals after 75’...
None
Game-winning goals against after 75’...
None
Game-tying goals against after 75’...
Nani (4/23 vs. ORL) - 78th Minute
Red Cards...
1-1-1 (0-0-0) 1-0-1 (1-0-1) 18-26-12 (0-0-0) 28-24-16 (1-0-0) 26-22-8 (0-0-0) 21-22-13 (0-0-0) 1-0-1 (0-0-0) 25-27-13 (0-0-0) 11-13-13 (1-1-0) 0-0-0 (0-0-0) 3-2-0 (1-0-0) 23-26-15 (0-0-0) 6-3-2 (0-0-0) 7-4-3 (0-0-0) 1-0-0 (0-0-0) 25-18-12 (0-0-0) 2-3-0 (0-0-0) 22-21-14 (1-0-0) 2-3-2 (0-0-1) 6-6-5 (0-0-0) 7-5-5 (0-1-0) 11-14-8 (0-1-0) 28-25-8 (1-0-0) 7-9-4 (0-0-0) 14-4-8 (0-0-0) 11-3-4 (1-0-0)
None
Red Cards Against...
Alex Ring (5/9 vs. ATX) - Second Yellow Card - 67th Minute
Tristan Blackmon (6/26 vs. LAFC) - DOGSO - 58th Minute
Penalty Kicks...
Regular Season Home, Away & Neutral Overall All-time 2021 at home All-time at home 2021 on road All-time on road 2021 neutral All-time neutral
Daniel Salloi (6/23 vs. COL) - 14th Minute
Quickest Goal Against...
Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2021)
Shutouts 1-0-0 One-goal games 4-2-0 On ABC/ESPN On FS1 On Univision On BSKC
SPORTING KC IN 2021 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
Regular Season Record By Month
Gadi Kinda (4/17 at NY) - Scored on Carlos Coronel
Alan Pulido (5/16 vs. VAN) - Scored on Maxime Crepeau
Alan Pulido (5/29 vs. HOU) - Scored on Marko Maric
Penalty Kicks Against...
None
Penalty Kicks Earned...
Andrew Gutman Handball (4/17 at NY) - 59th Minute
Foul on Daniel Salloi (5/16 vs. VAN) - 32nd Minute
Foul on Alan Pulido (5/29 vs. HOU) - 61st Minute
Youngest Goalscorer...
329-295-174 5-0-2 213-103-82 2-3-0 114-191-92 0-0-0 2-1-0
Gianluca Busio (4/23 vs. ORL) - 18 years and 330 days
Oldest Goalscorer...
Ilie Sanchez (5/9 vs. ATX) - 30 years and 169 days
Youngest Starter...
Gianluca Busio (4/17 at NY) - 18 years and 324 days
Youngest to play in a game...
Gianluca Busio (4/17 at NY) - 18 years and 324 days
Oldest Starter...
Tim Melia (6/26 vs. LAFC) - 35 years and 42 days
Oldest to play in a game...
Tim Melia (6/26 vs. LAFC) - 35 years and 42 days
2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 84 123 207 OPPONENT 48 67 115
SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 25 42 67 OPPONENT 18 22 40
FOULS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 53 58 111 OPPONENT 57 61 118
OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 9 8 17 OPPONENT 19 12 31
CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 34 58 92 OPPONENT 16 18 34
CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 5 10 15 OPPONENT 10 11 21
EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0 0 0 OPPONENT 0 2 2
PK’S (MADE/ATTEMPTED) 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 1/1 2/2 3/3 OPPONENT 0/0 0/0 0/0
SPORTING KC ALL-TIME WIN/LOSS RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES OVERALL
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs MLS is Back KO U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
HOME Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 213 103 82 15 5 4 21 7 3 8 5 5 257 120 94
W L T 329 295 174 18 23 11 0 1 1 30 17 7 13 15 9 390 351 201
GF GA 1136 1068 69 73 1 3 109 67 50 57 1362 1265
AWAY GF GA 679 474 44 26 72 30 28 18 823 548
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 114 191 92 2 17 7 9 10 4 5 10 3 130 228 106 9
NEUTRAL GF GA 451 590 22 44 37 37 22 39 532 710
Competition MIB Reg. Season MIB KO Stage MLS Cup SuperLiga TOTAL
W L T 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 2
GF GA 6 4 1 3 3 3 0 0 10 10
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES April 17, 2021: New York Red Bulls 1-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Red Bull Arena | Harrison, NJ Weather: Cloudy and 53 degrees Sporting KC (1-0-0, 3 points) New York Red Bulls (0-1-0, 0 points)
1 2 F 0 2 2 0 1 1
April 23, 2021: Sporting KC 1-1 Orlando City SC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Cloudy and 55 degrees 1 2 F 1 0 1 0 1 1
Sporting KC (1-0-1, 4 points) Orlando City SC (0-0-2, 2 points)
Orlando City SC GK Gallese D Ruan D Carlos D Schlegel D Smith M Perea M Mendez M Urso (Alvarado 77’) F Michel (Mueller 57’) F Akindele (Aias 77’) F Nani (C) (Dezart 89’)
May 1, 2021: Real Salt Lake 3-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, UT Weather: Mostly Cloudy and 73 degrees 1 2 F 1 0 1 1 2 3
Sporting KC (1-1-1, 4 points) Real Salt Lake (2-0-0, 6 points)
Sporting KC New York Red Bulls GK Pulskamp GK Coronel D Lindsey D Duncan D Isimat-Mirin D Nealis D Fontas D Long D Martins D Gutman M Walter M Diarra (Valot 54’) M Kinda (Pulido 77’) M Davis (C) M Espinoza (C) (Hernandez 90’) M Casseres Jr. (Carmona 72’) F Shelton M Clark F Busio F White (Barlow 61’) F Salloi (Russell 77’) F Fabio (Royer 72’)
Sporting KC GK Pulskamp D Lindsey D Isimat-Mirin (Puncec 63’) D Fontas D Martins M Walter M Kinda (Pulido 46’) M Espinoza (C) F Shelton F Busio F Salloi (Russell 74’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Siegfried (GK) Meara (GK) Puncec Reyes Rad Tarek Duke Tolkin Barber Harper Harris
Subs not used: Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Austin (GK) Rad Halliday Duke Hope-Gund Hernandez Moutinho Barber Bender Harris
Subs not used: Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) MacMath (GK) Dia Holt Puncec Morgan Smith Powder Duke Portillo Harris
Scoring Summary: NY - Caden Clark 1 (Unassisted) 48’ SKC - Gadi Kinda 1 (Penalty Kick) 59’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Unassisted) 60’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Gianluca Busio 1 (Daniel Salloi 1) 45’ ORL - Nani 1 (Chris Mueller 1) 78’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Alan Pulido 1 (Khiry Shelton 1) 17’ RSL - Damir Kreilach 1 (Andrew Brody 1, Pablo Ruiz 1) 35’ RSL - Rubio Rubin 1 (Damir Kreilach 1) 52’ RSL - Rubio Rubin 2 (Damir Kreilach 2) 77’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 9’ NY - Youba Diarra (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’
Misconduct Summary: ORL - Kyle Smith (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 12’ ORL - Sebastian Mendez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 61’ SKC - Roberto Puncec (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 8 (3) 2 6 0 8
NY 12 (3) 1 10 5 3
May 9, 2021: Sporting KC 2-1 Austin FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Cloudy and 52 degrees Sporting KC (2-1-1, 7 points) Austin FC (2-2-0, 6 points)
1 2 F 0 2 2 1 0 1
SKC 9 (5) 3 16 3 3
ORL 11 (4) 4 12 4 4
May 12, 2021: Houston Dynamo FC 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BBVA Stadium | Houston, TX Weather: Cloudy and 68 degrees Sporting KC (2-2-1, 7 points) Houston Dynamo (2-1-2, 8 points)
1 2 F 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sporting KC Austin FC GK Pulskamp GK Stuver D Zusi (Lindsey 54’) D Lima D Puncec (Rad 58’ (Shelton 85’)) D Romana D Fontas D Besler D Martins D Kolmanic M Ilie M Pochettino (Jimenez 85’) M Busio M Ring (C) M Espinoza (Kinda 54’) M Fagundez (Pereira 61’) F Russell (C) F Stroud (Redes 61’) F Pulido F Gallagher (Berhalter 71’) F Salloi (Walter 85’) F Dominguez (Cascante 71’)
Sporting KC GK Pulskamp D Lindsey D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Walter (Espinoza 69’) M Busio M Kinda F Russell (C) (Salloi 20’) F Pulido (Harris 81’) F Shelton
Subs not used: Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Tarbell (GK) Dia Kleemann Barber Hoesen Harris Manneh
Subs not used: Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Nelson (GK) Dia Bizama Rad Fuenmayor Smith Quintero Duke Bajamich Barber Lassiter
Scoring Summary: ATX - Jon Gallagher 1 (Jared Stroud 2) 7’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez 1 (Johnny Russell 1) 82’ SKC - Gadi Kinda 2 (Khiry Shelton 2, Luis Martins 1) 90’ Misconduct Summary: ATX - Jhohan Romana (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 42’ ATX - Alexander Ring (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 56’ SKC - Luis Martins (Yellow Card; Dissent) 59’ ATX - Alexander Ring (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 67’ ATX - Daniel Pereira (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 87’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 25 (8) 5 7 1 14
ATX 11 (6) 6 10 1 3
Houston Dynamo FC GK Maric D Valentin D Parker D Garcia (C) (Figueroa 46’) D Lundkvist M Vera M Jones M Corona F Picault F Urruti (Ramirez 69’) F Rodriguez (Ceren 69’)
Scoring Summary: HOU - Maxi Urruti 2 (Derrick Jones 1) 56’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 70’ HOU - Fafa Picault (Yellow Card; Dissent) 96+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 16 (4) 0 10 1 8
10
HOU 5 (1) 4 7 7 3
Sporting KC GK Pulskamp D Lindsey D Rad D Fontas D Martins M Ilie M Busio (Kinda 72’) M Walter (Espinoza 64’) F Shelton F Pulido F Russell (C) (Salloi 55’)
Real Salt Lake GK Ochoa D Herrera (Brody 30’) D Glad D Silva D Toia M Besler M Ruiz (Martinez 79’) M Rusnak (C) M Kreilach M Julio (Meram 57’) F Rubin (Chang 79’)
Misconduct Summary: RSL - Pablo Ruiz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 31’ RSL - Maikel Chang (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 79’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 6 (1) 1 7 3 5
RSL 10 (4) 0 10 3 3
May 16, 2021: Sporting KC 3-0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Cloudy and 60 degrees Sporting KC (3-2-1, 10 points) Vancouver Whitecaps (2-3-1, 7 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi (Lindsey 75’) D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Busio M Espinoza (C) (Duke 88’) M Kinda (Walter 67’) F Shelton F Pulido (Harris 88’) F Salloi
1 2 F 2 1 3 0 0 0
Vancouver Whitecaps GK Crepeau (C) D Nerwinski (Brown 61’) D Veselinovic (Godoy 80’) D Cornelius D Gutierrez M Raposo (Baldisimo 36’) M Bikel M Alexandre (Habibullah 61’) M Caicedo F Dajome (Bair 80’) F Cavallini
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Hasal (GK) Dia Newton (GK) Rad Owusu Smith Teibert Barber Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Unassisted) 28’ SKC - Alan Pulido 2 (Penalty Kick) 32’ SKC - Alan Pulido 3 (Gadi Kinda 1) 58’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 9’ SKC - Gadi Kinda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 36’ VAN - Derek Cornelius (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 27 (7) 2 13 1 8
VAN 9 (2) 4 19 2 2
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) May 22, 2021: San Jose Earthquakes 1-3 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | PayPal Park | San Jose, CA Weather: Sunny and 66 degrees Sporting KC (4-2-1, 13 points) San Jose Earthquakes (3-4-0, 9 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Lindsey D Ilie D Rad D Martins M Busio M Espinoza (C) (Walter 63’) M Kinda F Shelton F Pulido (Russell 92+) F Salloi
1 2 F 1 2 3 1 0 1
San Jose Earthquakes GK J.T. Marcinkowski D Thompson (Salinas 66’) D Jungwirth D Alanis D Marie (Abecasis 74’) M Yueill (C) M Remedi M Espinoza M Lopez (Fierro 65’) M Cowell (Kikanovic 82’) F Rios (Wondolowski 65’)
May 29, 2021: Sporting KC 3-2 Houston Dynamo FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Sunny and 65 degrees Sporting KC (5-2-1, 16 points) Houston Dynamo FC (3-3-2, 11 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Busio M Espinoza (C) (Walter 77’) M Kinda F Shelton (Russell 74’) F Pulido F Salloi
1 2 F 0 3 3 1 1 2
Houston Dynamo FC GK Maric D Valentin D Parker D Garcia (C) D Lundkvist M Vera (Bajamich 80’) M Jones (Ceren 67’) M Corona F Picault F Urruti F Rodriguez (Lassiter 67’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Vega (GK) Dia Beason Puncec Judson Smith Skahan Duke Hernandez Harris
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Nelson (GK) Dia Bizama Lindsey Figueroa Puncec Fuenmayor Rad Lemoine Hernandez Ramirez Harris
Scoring Summary: SJ - Eduardo Lopez 2 (Cristian Espinoza 4) 4’ SKC - Jaylin Lindsey 1 (Alan Pulido 1) 15’ SKC - Alan Pulido 4 (Daniel Salloi 2) 60’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 3 (Unassisted) 75’
Scoring Summary: HOU - Matias Vera 1 (Maxi Urruti 1, Fafa Picault 2) 13’ SKC - Gianluca Busio 2 (Unassisted) 51’ SKC - Alan Pulido 5 (Penalty Kick) 61’ SKC - Gadi Kinda 3 (Gianluca Busio 1, Khiry Shelton 3) 65’ HOU - Maxi Urruti 4 (Mateo Bajamich 1, Darwin Ceren 1) 93+
Misconduct Summary: SJ - Cristian Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 9’ SJ - Andy Rios (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ SKC - Jaylin Lindsey (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 90’
Misconduct Summary: HOU - Cristian Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 4’ HOU - Matias Vera (Yellow Card; Persistent Infringement) 42’ HOU - Boniek Garcia (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 82’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 91+
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (7) 4 8 1 2
SJ 16 (5) 4 8 1 8
June 19, 2021: Portland Timbers 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Portland, OR Weather: Sunny and 77 degrees Sporting KC (5-3-2, 17 points) Portland Timbers (4-4-0, 12 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Lindsey D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Busio M Espinoza (Shelton 80’) M Hernandez F Russell (C) F Pulido F Salloi
1 2 F 1 0 1 2 0 2
Portland Timbers GK Clark D Van Rankin D Tuiloma D Zuparic D Bravo M Chara M Williamson M Asprilla (Zambrano 59’) M Valeri (C) (Blanco 80’) M Loria (Mabiala 70’) F Ebobisse
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Ivacic (GK) Dia Sulte (GK) Puncec Bonilla Rad McGraw Duke Bodily Barber Fochive Harris Scoring Summary: SKC - Jaylin Lindsey 2 (Unassisted) 28’ POR - Dairon Asprilla 2 (Unassisted) 36’ POR - Marvin Loria 2 (Unassisted) 46+ Misconduct Summary: POR - Dario Zuparic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’ SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 74’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 83’ POR - Renzo Zambrano (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 87’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 19 (3) 1 10 1 10
POR 7 (3) 2 6 2 2
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 21 (9) 2 10 0 11
HOU 10 (4) 5 15 0 2
June 23, 2021: Sporting KC 3-1 Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Sunny and 85 degrees Sporting KC (6-3-2, 20 points) Colorado Rapids (5-3-1, 16 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Lindsey D Ilie (Rad 82’) D Fontas D Martins (Dia 56’) M Busio M Espinoza (Duke 67’) M Hernandez F Russell (C) (Pulido 46’) F Shelton F Salloi
1 2 F 2 1 3 0 1 1
Colorado Rapids GK Yarbrough D Rosenberry D Abubakar D Wilson (Galvan 87’) D Trusty D Vines M Price (C) (Lewis 46’) M Acosta M Bassett (Mezquida 66’) F Rubio (Benezet 66’) F Barrios (Shinyashiki 82’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Irwin (GK) Puncec Moor Barber Larraz Harris Warner Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 5 (Johnny Russell 3, Jaylin Lindsey 1) 14’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 6 (Felipe Hernandez 1, Andreu Fontas 1) 38’ SKC - Felipe Hernandez 1 (Daniel Salloi 3) 64’ COL - Keegan Rosenberry 2 (Unassisted) 84’ Misconduct Summary: None Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (6) 2 5 4 2
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COL 9 (3) 3 7 3 1
June 12, 2021: Sporting KC 1-1 Austin FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Sunny and 86 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 1 0 1
Sporting KC (5-2-2, 17 points) Austin FC (2-4-2, 8 points)
Sporting KC Austin FC GK Melia GK Stuver D Zusi (Lindsey 42’) D Lima D Ilie D Cascante D Fontas D Besler D Martins D Kolmanic M Busio M Pochettino (Berhalter 59’) M Espinoza M Ring (C) M Walter (Hernandez 41’ (Harris 87’)) M Fagundez (Romana 79’) F Russell (C) F Stroud (Redes 70’) F Shelton F Dominguez (Manneh 70’) F Salloi F Gallagher (Perez 59’) Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Pulisic (GK) Dia Tarbell Puncec Kleeman Rad Stanley Duke Barber Scoring Summary: ATX - Cecilio Dominguez 3 (Zan Kolmanic 2) 26’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 4 (Johnny Russell 2) 71’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Remi Walter (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 32’ ATX - Matt Besler (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ ATX - Nick Lima (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 32 (11) 1 8 2 13
ATX 9 (2) 9 6 2 2
June 26, 2021: Sporting KC 2-1 Los Angeles FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Mostly Sunny and 81 degrees Sporting KC (7-3-2, 23 points) Los Angeles FC (3-4-3, 12 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Lindsey (Zusi 40’) D Ilie D Fontas D Martins (Dia 76’) M Busio M Espinoza (Harris 85’) M Hernandez F Russell (C) F Pulido (Shelton 76’) F Salloi
1 2 F 0 2 2 1 0 1
Los Angeles FC GK Romero D Moon-Hwan (Fall 82’) D Blackmon D Murillo D Segura D Farfan M Atuesta (C) M Blessing (Vela 57’) M Cifuentes (Kaye 46’) F Musovski (Baird 46’) F Rossi (Duke 82’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Sisniega (GK) Isimat-Mirin Edwards Puncec Harvey Rad Ginella Duke Scoring Summary: LAFC - Kim Moon-Hwan 1 (Jose Cifuentes 1) 24’ SKC - Alan Pulido 6 (Unassisted) 61’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 7 (Felipe Hernandez 2, Gianluca Busio 2) 87’ Misconduct Summary: LAFC - Tristan Blackmon (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 12’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’ LAFC - Tristan Blackmon (Red Card; DOGSO) 58’ LAFC - Tomas Romero (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 64’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (3) 2 11 0 8
LAFC 6 (3) 1 8 1 1
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2021 REGULAR SEASON)
Formation: 4-3-3
NOTE: Chart does not account for players interchanging and/or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.
Center forward Alan Pulido 8 Gianluca Busio 2 Khiry Shelton 2
Left forward Daniel Salloi 10 Johnny Russell 1 Khiry Shelton 1
Left-center midfielder
Right forward Johnny Russell 6 Khiry Shelton 6
Right-center midfielder
Gadi Kinda 4 Roger Espinoza 3 Felipe Hernandez 3 Remi Walter 2
Roger Espinoza 7 Gianluca Busio 3 Gadi Kinda 2
Defensive midfielder Gianluca Busio 7 Remi Walter 3 Ilie Sanchez 2
Left back
Luis Martins 12
Left center back
Right center back
Andreu Fontas 11 Kaveh Rad 1
Ilie Sanchez 8 Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 2 Roberto Puncec 1 Kaveh Rad 1
Goalkeeper
Tim Melia 7 John Pulskamp 5
12
Right back
Jaylin Lindsey 8 Graham Zusi 4
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2021 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS DATE
April 17 April 23 May 1 May 9 May 12 May 16 May 22 May 29 June 12 June 19 June 23 June 26 July 4 July 21 July 25 July 31 August 4 August 7 August 14 August 18 August 21 August 28 September 3 September 11 September 15 September 26 September 29 October 3 October 17 October 23 October 27 October 31 November 3 November 7
OPPONENT
at New York Red Bulls vs. Orlando City SC at Real Salt Lake vs. Austin FC at Houston Dynamo vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC at San Jose Earthquakes vs. Houston Dynamo vs. Austin FC at Portland Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Los Angeles FC at LA Galaxy vs. San Jose Earthquakes at Seattle Sounders FC vs. FC Dallas at Los Angeles FC at Colorado Rapids at FC Dallas vs. Portland Timbers at Minnesota United FC vs. Colorado Rapids at Los Angeles FC vs. Chicago Fire vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Seattle Sounders FC at FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo at Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Seattle Sounders FC vs. LA Galaxy at Minnesota United FC at Austin FC vs. Real Salt Lake
RESULT W T L W L W W W T L W W
SCORE 2-1 1-1 1-3 2-1 0-1 3-0 3-1 3-2 1-1 1-2 3-1 2-1
RECORD 1-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-1 2-1-1 2-2-1 3-2-1 4-2-1 5-2-1 5-2-2 5-3-2 6-3-2 7-3-2
PTS. 3 4 4 7 7 10 13 16 17 17 20 23
PLACE GOALSCORERS T-1st T-2nd T-7th T-4th T-5th T-3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd
Kinda, Salloi Busio Pulido Ilie, Kinda -Salloi, Pulido (2) Lindsey, Pulido, Salloi Busio, Pulido, Kinda Salloi Lindsey Salloi (2), Hernandez Pulido, Salloi
SPORTING KC 2021 REGULAR-SEASON STATS 2021 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (7-3-2, 23 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF JUNE 26, 2021 UNF POS PLAYER 20 F Daniel Salloi 9 F Alan Pulido 17 M Gadi Kinda 10 M Gianluca Busio 2 D Jaylin Lindsey 21 M Felipe Hernandez 6 M Ilie Sanchez 7 F Johnny Russell 11 F Khiry Shelton 3 D Andreu Fontas 36 D Luis Martins 13 D Amadou Dia 28 M Cameron Duke 15 M Roger Espinoza 96 F Wilson Harris 5 D Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 29 GK Tim Melia 1 GK John Pulskamp 4 D Roberto Puncec 48 D Kaveh Rad 54 M Remi Walter 8 D Graham Zusi 19 F Grayson Barber 25 M Ozzie Cisneros 23 F Tyler Freeman 22 GK Kendall McIntosh 24 D Kayden Pierre 16 D Graham Smith 31 GK Brooks Thompson Team totals Opponent totals
GP 12 11 8 12 11 5 10 11 12 11 12 2 2 12 4 2 7 5 2 4 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12
GS 10 8 6 12 8 3 10 7 9 11 12 0 0 10 0 2 7 5 1 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12
MIN 971 797 513 1062 769 317 892 526 823 990 1032 48 25 830 19 153 630 450 85 215 422 311 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1080 1080
G 7 6 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 15
A 3 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 14
SHT 35 41 13 27 4 13 5 20 14 6 6 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 206 115
SOG 14 10 7 7 2 3 3 5 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 40
FC 1 8 13 12 5 2 8 3 11 9 11 0 1 14 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 118
FS 11 16 10 15 2 3 4 9 10 2 5 0 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 111
OFF 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 31
CK 1 0 0 55 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 34
C 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 21
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 0 0 0 0 0 3
PA 0 0 0 3
W 5 2 7 3
L 1 2 3 7
T 1 1 2 2
SO 1 0 1 1
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Daniel Salloi 4, Gadi Kinda 2, Alan Pulido 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Gianluca Busio 2, Felipe Hernandez 2, Khiry Shelton 2, Andreu Fontas 1, Luis Martins 1, Daniel Salloi 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Alan Pulido 2-2, Gadi Kinda 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS 29 GK 1 GK
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia John Pulskamp Team totals Opponent totals
GP 7 5 12 12
GS 7 5 12 12
MIN 630 450 1080 1080
SH 22 18 40 67
SV 14 11 25 43 13
GA 8 7 15 22
GAA 1.14 1.40 1.25 1.83
PG 0 0 0 3
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Manager & Sporting Director | Peter Vermes
Assistant Coach | Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin first joined Kansas City in 2000 as a holding midfielder and was an integral part of the club’s midfield for the next nine seasons, during which time he helped lead the Wizards to MLS Cup (2000) and U.S. Open Cup (2004) Championships. He was named to the MLS All-Star team and the Best XI in 2004. Zavagnin’s primary duties as an assistant include scouting, developing Sporting Kansas City’s younger players, breaking down film and assisting with training sessions, among others.
Peter Vermes is in his 13th season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2021 and is the longest-tenured active head coach in MLS. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 197 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won four major trophies – the 2012, 2015 and 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regularseason standings in 2011 and 2012, as well as the Western Conference in 2018 and 2020. His three U.S. Open Cup championships are the third most in Open Cup history. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to eight straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 162 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank fifth most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions.
He started his professional career with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to Kansas City in 2000. He played 237 games (228 starts) and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories before both were overtaken by Matt Besler early in 2018. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in Kansas City blue. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001.
On August 4, 2018, Vermes coached his 302nd MLS regular-season game with Sporting KC, becoming the league’s all-time leader in games coached for one club. He was named the first-ever MLS Sporting Executive of the Year by his peers in 2018. Vermes has coached 453 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.
On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the United States Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured. He married his wife Mirriam prior to the 2009 season, when he became an assistant coach at the club.
With over 13 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 eighth longest active run.
Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic Assistant Coach Zoran Savic joined Sporting Kansas City late in the 2009 season after a 30-year career at all levels of the game in the United States. A native of Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, Savic began his journey through American soccer with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1980. Savic would go on to star for several MISL teams, with his most prosperous period coming with the Kansas City Comets, with whom he scored 70 goals in just over 100 appearances from 1982-1984.
Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship) and the Sporting KC Academy. Vermes entered MLS ahead of its inaugural season in 1996 and retired from the league in 2002, closing out his playing career in Kansas City after stints with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and Colorado Rapids.
After retiring as a player in 1991, Savic turned his attention to coaching in the indoor game. Savic led the Kansas City Attack from 1992-1996, winning Coach of the Year honors for the 1994-1995 season while also serving as the team’s General Manager. Savic later coached the Kansas City Comets from 2000-2005.
Following a standout high school career in which he was named New Jersey Player of the Year, Vermes was a star forward and All-American at Rutgers University. After college, Vermes represented the United States in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, and was named 1988 Chevrolet U.S. Male Soccer Athlete of the Year for his efforts.
In 2007 Savic switched to the outdoor game, joining Chivas USA as an assistant to then-head coach Preki before moving into the commentary booth for Kansas City matches in 2008 and 2009. Savic’s career as a commentator was cut short, however, when newly installed Manager Peter Vermes tabbed Savic to be part of his coaching staff late in the 2009 season.
Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored against the host Azzurri. It was the first time the U.S. had qualified for the World Cup in 40 years and set the stage for the progress of the U.S. National Team. In 1989 and 1990, Vermes became the first American to play in the Hungarian and Dutch First Divisions, playing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueres of the Spanish Second Division.
Goalkeeper Coach | Alec Dufty Goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty is in his fifth season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as the Sporting KC II goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016. In his first season working with Sporting KC’s goalkeepers, starting goalkeeper Tim Melia enjoyed a record-breaking season where he was named the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year.
For MLS’s inaugural season in 1996, Vermes served as captain of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. In 1997, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for current Sporting KC Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin and played in Denver through the 1999 season, leading the Rapids to the 1997 MLS Cup Final. Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful season of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors in helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 after appearing in 209 MLS matches (including playoffs) and playing more than 18,000 minutes. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Year
A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, making one appearance before joining the MLS reserve goalkeeper pool. In 2010, Dufty joined USSF D2 Pro League side AC St. Louis, making 30 appearances before returning to MLS with the Chicago Fire in late 2010. He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2011 season. Dufty then took to coaching, first working with Florida Gulf Coast University and then the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, Dufty served as goalkeeper coach for Toronto FC II in their inaugural USL season.
PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC MLS Playoffs MIB KO Open Cup Intl. Total
2009 3-6-3 --- --- 2010 11-13-6 --- --- 2011 13-9-12 2-1-0 --- 2012 18-7-9 1-1-0 --- 2013 17-10-7 2-1-2 --- 2014 14-13-7 0-1-0 --- 2015 14-11-9 0-0-1 --- 2016 13-13-8 0-1-0 --- 2017 12-9-13 0-1-0 --- 2018 18-8-8 1-1-2 --- 2019 10-16-8 0-0-0 --- 2020 12-6-3 0-1-1 0-1-1 2021 7-3-2 0-0-0 --- TOTAL 162-124-95 6-8-6 0-1-1
--- --- 3-6-3 0-1-0 --- 11-14-6 3-1-0 --- 18-11-12 4-0-1 --- 23-8-10 1-1-0 2-0-2 22-12-11 1-1-0 3-2-1 18-17-8 4-0-1 --- 18-11-11 1-1-0 1-2-1 15-17-9 4-0-1 --- 16-10-14 2-1-0 --- 21-10-10 0-1-0 3-3-0 13-20-8 0-0-0 --- 12-8-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 7-3-2 20-7-3 9-7-4 197-147-109
Director of Sports Performance & Science | Joey Harty Joey Harty was named Sporting Kansas City’s Director of Sports Performance and Science ahead of the 2020 season, stepping up from his role as assistant fitness coach which he held from 2018-2019. Harty manages all aspects of the club’s performance department from the academy to the senior team. He also oversees day-to-day training plans on and off the field, including work in the weight room, soccer session planning, on-field movement training, data analysis and more, aiming to optimize player health and performance. Harty joined Sporting’s organization in January 2016, serving as a fitness coach for the Sporting Kansas City Academy. He spent the 2017 season as head fitness coach for Sporting KC II The Colorado native then transitioned to assistant fitness coach for Sporting’s first team in January 2018 before landing his current role with the club. Prior to arriving in Kansas City, Harty worked for Phoenix Rising FC and Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. Harty attended Grand Canyon from 2010-2014, played for the men’s soccer team from 20102012 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. In addition to holding several professional licenses and certifications in athletic performance, Harty is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #19 | F | GRAYSON BARBER | @Grayson_Barber5 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 170 Birthday: 5/3/2000 Hometown: Elgin, South Carolina College: Clemson University Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/20/2021 Sporting KC signed forward Grayson Barber, a member of the Sporting KC Academy from 2015-2017, to a Homegrown contract ahead of the 2021 season. Barber enjoyed a standout collegiate career at Clemson University from 2018-2020, amassing 13 goals and 18 assists in 49 appearances across three seasons, leading Clemson to the 2019 NCAA Tournament quarterfinals and the 2020 ACC Championship.
he scores 0-0-0
also featured for the United States at the youth international level, training with the U-17s in 2016 and joining the U.S. U-17 Residency Program the following spring in Bradenton, Florida. Born and raised in central South Carolina, Barber broke out in his sophomore season at Clemson, tallying 10 goals and nine assists en route to All-ACC Second Team honors as the Tigers posted an 18-2-2 record and finished one game short of the College Cup. As a junior in 2020, Barber and Clemson were crowned winners of the ACC Championship. Barber bagged two goals and led the nation with seven assists, helping Clemson to a No. 1 ranking in the final United Soccer Coaches poll of the season.
Barber starred for the Sporting KC Academy and was named to the United Soccer Coaches Youth Boys All-America Team at the end of 2017. He moved from South Carolina to Kansas City to begin his Academy journey in 2015 and made nearly 60 appearances in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy over the next three seasons. He MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#10 | M | GIANLUCA BUSIO | @gbusio13 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
60
38
3413
7
7
MLS Postseason
2
2
153
1
1
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
1
68
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
1
120
0
0
International
3
0
59
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
69
42
3814
8
8
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 7 times, last: May 29, 2021, KC vs. HOU Assists 2, Oct. 3, 2020, KC at HOU Shots on Goal 3, Sept. 25, 2019, KC at MIN Shots 6, Sept. 25, 2019, KC at MIN Fouls Committed 4, 3 times, last: June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Fouls Suffered 4, April 17, 2021, KC at NY Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal May 29, 2021, KC vs. HOU Assist June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC 2021 Record when: he starts 7-3-2 he scores 1-0-1
Height: 5-10 Weight: 155 Birthday: 5/28/2002 Hometown: Greensboro, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/25/2017
Sporting KC signed Gianluca Busio as the club’s fifth Homegrown Player on Aug. 25, Busio starred for the Sporting KC Academy during the 2016-17 season, stepping up from 2017, making him the youngest active player in MLS at the time and the second youngest the U-14s to the U-16 level, where he scored nine goals in the USSDA and earned player in MLS history at the age of 15 years and 89 days. Busio made his professional Central Conference Best XI honors. debut for the Sporting KC II on April 4, 2018, recording the game-winning assist. At the international level, Busio was called in to his first U.S. Men’s National Team roster He made his MLS debut on July 28, 2018, before earning his first MLS start, recording the for the 2021 Gold Cup. He previously guided the U.S. to a second-place finish at the game-winning assist in a 1-0 win over Houston on Aug. 4, 2018 while he became the third Concacaf U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring a team-high five goals in five youngest player to start an MLS game at the age of 16 years and 68 days. Busio scored matches in August 2017. In May 2019, Busio scored five goals as the U.S. U-17s finished second in the Concacaf U-17 Championship, securing a berth for the 2019 FIFA U-17 his first MLS goal in the 4-1 victory over Vancouver on Oct. 17, 2018, becoming the World Cup in the process - where he appeared in all three games for the U.S. second youngest goalscorer in league history at the age of 16 years and 142 days. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
60
38
3413
7
7
98
25
46
52
4
116
6
0
0
4
KC - Postseason
2
2
153
1
1
7
3
2
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
62
40
3566
8
8
105
28
48
54
4
119
6
0
0
4
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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #25 | F | OZZIE CISNEROS | @OzzieCisner10 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 5-5 Weight: 130 Birthday: 3/13/2004 Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/20/2021 Forward Ozzie Cisneros, who has competed for the Sporting KC Academy at the U-13 through U-19 levels, became the fourth-youngest signing in club history when he inked an MLS contract at age 16 in early 2021. The versatile forward is one of the brightest American prospects in his age group and represented the U.S. U-15 Boys’ National Team throughout 2018 and 2019.
he scores 0-0-0
U-19 ranks by the time he was 15. He helped the U-17s reach the 2019 Development Academy Playoffs and split time between the U-17s and U-19s during the first half of the 2019-20 campaign. Following a six-month pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cisneros and the SKC Academy returned to action in September 2020 in MLS Next play. Cisneros struck twice during the abbreviated fall season - once for the U-17s and once for the U-19s.
A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Cisneros joined the Sporting KC Academy as a 12-year-old in 2016. That summer, he led Sporting to a fourth-place finish at the Concacaf U-13 On the international stage, Cisneros notably starred at the 2019 Concacaf U-15 Champions League in Mexico City. Cisneros went on to play almost 70 matches for Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring both goals in a 2-0 quarterfinal win over Sporting in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, scoring 15 goals and climbing to the Costa Rica, and also found the back of the net at the 2019 Torneo delle Nazioni in Italy. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
#13 | D | AMADOU DIA | @Amadou_iT11 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
46
31
3029
0
2
MLS Postseason
3
3
296
0
1
MLS is Back KO Stage
1
0
45
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
4
4
351
0
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
54
38
3721
0
4
Height: 5-9 Weight: 155 Birthday: 6/8/1993 Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado College: Clemson University Last Club: Phoenix Rising FC (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed on 1/10/2020
Amadou Dia began his professional career with Sporting as the 20th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of Clemson University. He made 37 appearances for the club in all competitions during a two-year stint highlighted by a U.S. Open Cup title and consecutive playoff appearances. Dia spent three seasons with perennial USL Championship contender Phoenix Rising FC, where he was named the team’s Defender of the Year in 2018 and 2019, before returning to Sporting ahead of the 2020 campaign. Dia was a leading contributor at Rising FC from 2017-2019. He started 87 of 90 USL Championship matches at the club - notching four goals and eight assists - and guided Phoenix to three straight playoff berths, winning the 2018 Western Conference
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 11, 2020, KC vs. NSH Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: June 6, 2015, KC vs. SEA Shots 2, March 8, 2015, KC vs. NY Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 1, 2015, KC vs. HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: March 12, 2016, KC vs. VAN
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal N/A Assist Oct. 11, 2020, KC vs. NSH 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Championship and helping the side to a historically dominant 2019 campaign. Phoenix reached the 2018 USL Championship Final and ended 2019 with a 24-4-6 mark, setting an all-time American professional soccer record with 20 straight league wins. The left back appeared in 70 games during a four-year collegiate career at Clemson, contributing four goals and six assists. As a senior in 2014, he led the Tigers to the school’s first ACC soccer championship since 2001 en route to reaching the Round of 16 in the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship. Dia represented the U.S. at the U-14, U-18 and U-20 levels and also holds dual citizenship in his native France.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
46
31
3029
0
2
7
3
52
28
6
0
6
0
0
1
MLS - Regular Season
47
32
3119
0
2
7
3
56
28
6
0
6
0
0
1
KC - Postseason
3
3
296
0
1
0
0
5
3
1
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
50
35
3415
0
3
7
3
61
31
7
0
8
0
0
1
16
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #28 | M | CAM DUKE | @camduke20 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, Oct. 17, 2020, KC at CHI Shots 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 17, 2020, KC at CHI Fouls Committed 1, 5 times, last: June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Fouls Suffered 3, Oct. 17, 2020, KC at CHI
A
MLS Regular Season
10
2
243
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
1
0
6
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
11
2
249
0
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-6 Weight: 135 Birthday: 2/13/2001 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 7/18/2019 Sporting Kansas City announced the signing of midfielder Cam Duke as a Homegrown Player midway through the 2019 season. The Overland Park, Kansas native spent seven years in the club’s Academy from 2012-2019, advancing from the Under-12 side to the Under-19s. He made his professional debut in the MLS is Back Quarterfinals against the Philadelphia Union on July 30, 2020.
Duke was the No. 1 prospect in the Heartland Region and the 20th-ranked player nationally at TopDrawerSoccer.com. Duke is the younger brother of former Sporting midfielder and Rangers captain Christian Duke, while his father, Chris Duke, played for the Kansas City Comets and Kansas City Attack in the early 1990s. Duke represented the United States at the U-14 and U-15 level before guiding the U.S. U-16s to a third-place finish at the Val-de-Marne Tournament in France in 2016. Duke earned his first of several calls to the U.S. U-18s in November 2017 before returning to the team in 2018.
Duke capped an impressive Academy career by helping the SKC Academy U-19s reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs in June 2019. After the U-19s secured the No. 4 overall seed with a 16-4-3 regular-season record, Duke spearheaded a first-place finish in the group stage with a goal and an assist. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
10
2
243
0
0
2
1
5
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
10
2
243
0
0
2
1
5
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
#15 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
266
239
20844
10
37
MLS Postseason
15
14
1187
1
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
151
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
21
18
1946
0
3
International
9
8
727
1
1
ALL COMPETITIONS
313
281
24765
12
41
Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 10 times, last: Oct. 28, 2020, KC at CIN Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL Shots on Goal 2, 13 times, last: June 12, 2021, KC vs. ATX Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 5, 5 times, last: April 23, 2021, KC vs. ORL Fouls Suffered 6, 3 times, last: Aug. 17, 2019, KC vs. SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal Oct. 28, 2020, KC at CIN Assist Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL 2021 Record when: he starts 7-1-2 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 10/25/1986
Roger Espinoza played five seasons in Kansas City from 2008-12 before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. After a two-year stint in the English Premier League and English Championship, Espinoza returned to Sporting KC in 2015 and tallied one goal and four MLS assists. His 2015 campaign was cut short due to a left foot injury sustained in early August, but returned to the fold as a regular starter in 2016. Espinoza set new careerhighs in both goals (3) and assists (9) in 2018.
competitions, tallying 12 goals and 41 assists over 12 seasons. He is both the club’s all-time leader and the all-time MLS leader with 11 red cards. In two years at Wigan Athletic, he logged 57 appearances, including eight in the UEFA Europa League, and started in the club’s 2013 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester City. Espinoza earned 51 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team after debuting in 2009. He has competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics before retiring from international play in 2019.
Espinoza was an MLS All-Star in 2012 and helped lead the club to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title that season. He has made 313 appearances for the club in all MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
266
239
20844
10
37
303
81
424
352
15
17
60
11
2
10
KC - Postseason
15
14
1187
1
0
13
6
21
22
3
0
6
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
280
252
21977
11
37
316
87
445
374
18
17
66
11
2
10
17
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #3 | D | ANDREU FONTAS | @AFontas3 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
29
25
2316
1
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
90
0
0
International
4
4
326
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
34
30
2732
1
1
Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 Hometown: Banyoles, Spain Last Club: Celta Vigo (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 8/8/2018
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL Assists 1, June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: April 23, 2021, KC vs. ORL Shots 2, April 7, 2019, KC at CIN Fouls Committed 3, March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: April 14, 2019, KC vs. NY
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL Assist June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL 2021 Record when: he starts 6-3-2 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 11/14/1989
Sporting Kansas City signed center back Andreu Fontas, a 10-year professional with more than 200 appearances in his native Spain, on Aug. 8, 2018. Fontas underwent Achilles surgery in late 2019, keeping him out for the majority of the 2020 season before making his return with three starts late in the campaign.
Masia youth academy alongside current Sporting KC midfielder Ilie Sanchez, playing nearly 100 matches combined for FC Barcelona B and FC Barcelona from 2008-2012. Fontas advanced through from the B team to the first team in 2009 and played in 16 games for the Spanish giants, including a sub appearance in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final that Barca won 4-0 over Santos. Fontas spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Mallorca before signing with Celta Vigo in June 2013, where he made 139 appearances over five years. Internationally, Fontas has represented Spain at the Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels and has also played for the Catalonia National Team.
Fontas spent five seasons from 2013-2018 with Celta Vigo in Spain’s top-flight La Liga, where he started 100 of 105 league appearances and helped the club to the semifinals of the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. The defender developed in FC Barcelona’s famed La MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
29
25
2316
1
1
10
3
17
11
0
0
3
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
29
25
2316
1
1
10
3
17
11
0
0
3
0
0
1
#23 | F | TYLER FREEMAN | @tylerfreeman23 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 Birthday: 1/9/2003 Hometown: Shawnee, Kansas Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 10/2/2018 Sporting Kansas City announced the signing of forward Tyler Freeman as a Homegrown Player late in the 2018 season. A native of Shawnee, Kansas, Freeman is the secondyoungest player in club history behind current teammate Gianluca Busio. He entered the Sporting KC Academy in 2014 at age 11 and has represented his hometown club at the U-12 through U-19 levels.
he scores 0-0-0
fourth-place finish at the CONCACAF U-13 Champions League in Mexico City, scoring three goals at the tournament. He featured extensively for both the U-17s and U-19s in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 Development Academy season.
On the international stage, Freeman earned his first selection to the U.S. U-14 Boys’ National Team for a training camp in November 2016. The following June in Zagreb, Freeman made an immediate impact upon joining Sporting KC’s youth ranks, leading the Croatia, he led the U.S. U-14s with a team-best four goals across three friendlies. In U-12s at the 2015 Generation adidas Cup before winning Kansas State Cup titles in 2015 2018, Freeman competed for the U.S. U-16s in April at the Torneo Delle Nazioni in Italy and 2016 with the U-13s. In August 2016, Freeman propelled the Sporting KC U-13s to a before receiving his first call to the U.S. U-17s in August for a Costa Rica training camp. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #96 | F | WILSON HARRIS | @Nosliwharris SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
4
0
19
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
4
0
19
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 0 Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 11/28/1999 Hometown: Los Angeles, California Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 10/21/2020 Sporting Kansas City signed striker Wilson Harris as a Homegrown Player in October 2020 after he spent two and a half seasons with Sporting KC II in the USL Championship, scoring 23 goals in that time. Harris becomes the 13th Homegrown Player to emerge from the Sporting Academy, and the eighth on the current roster. He made his MLS debut on May 12, 2021 in a narrow loss at Houston Dynamo FC.
Harris was the top-scoring teenager in American professional soccer in 2019, finishing the year with 12 goals in 25 USL Championship appearances. His dozen goals - which included a run of 10 strikes in his final 11 appearances - equaled the league’s singleseason record for a teenager. After joining the SKC Academy in 2017, Harris inked his first professional contract for Sporting KC II the following year and ended the 2018 USL Championship campaign with three goals in 15 games.
Harris became the youngest USL Championship player to eclipse 20 career goals in 2020. In three USL Championship seasons with Sporting II, Harris has started 39 of 56 appearances and averaged 0.64 goals per 90 minutes played. The forward bagged a team-leading eight goals under head coach and longtime Sporting midfielder Paulo Nagamura in 2020 while playing in every game of the abbreviated 16-game season.
A native of Los Angeles, Harris had prolific stints in the Seattle Sounders FC Academy and Real SoCal Academy before moving to Kansas City. During the 2017-18 season, he led the Sporting KC U-19s with 18 goals in 17 league appearances. On the international stage, Harris has represented the United States at the U-16, U-18 and U-20 levels.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
4
0
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
4
0
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#21 | M | FELIPE HERNANDEZ | @Fe1ipe98 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
23
12
1190
1
3
MLS Postseason
2
0
42
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
1
0
26
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
26
12
1258
1
3
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Assists 1, 3 times, last: June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Shots 4, June 12, 2021, KC vs. ATX Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 14, 2020, KC at DAL Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Assist June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC 2021 Record when: he starts 2-1-0 he scores 1-0-0
Height: 5-7 Weight: 135 Birthday: 6/8/1998 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/30/2019 Sporting Kansas City signed Felipe Hernandez as a Homegrown Player in late August 2019, making him the 12th Homegrown Player in club history and one of 13 on the current roster, joining Gianluca Busio, Cam Duke, Tyler Freeman, Jaylin Lindsey, Daniel Salloi, Wilson Harris, John Pulskamp, Ozzie Cisneros, Grayson Barber, Brooks Thompson, Kaveh Rad and Kayden Pierre. Hernandez is the first Sporting player to progress from an Academy Affiliate club to the SKC Academy to Sporting KC II before signing with the senior team. His acquisition follows a breakout season in the USL Championship, where he started 24 of 26 appearances, scored a team-best eight goals and recorded four assists. In three seasons with SPR, Hernandez amassed 13 goals and 12 assists across 85 matches.
Born in Ibague, Colombia, Hernandez grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and played for Sporting Nashville Heroes, a former Academy Affiliate. He moved to Kansas City in the summer of 2014 to join the Academy. At age 16, Hernandez earned a preseason training stint with Sporting KC in January 2015, before signing an Academy contract with Sporting KC II in August 2016, two months prior to earning Bob Gansler Academy Player of the Year honors that then led to a professional SKC II contract in early 2017. On the international stage, Hernandez played for the U.S. U-19 National Team for the first time in August 2016 for the Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament in Serbia. The following April, he ventured to London for his first training camp with the U.S. U-20s.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
23
12
1190
1
3
22
3
17
12
0
7
0
0
0
1
KC - Postseason
2
0
42
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
25
12
1232
1
3
22
3
18
15
0
7
0
0
0
1
19
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #5 | D | NICOLAS ISIMAT-MIRIN | @nicoisimat SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
2
2
153
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
2
2
153
0
0
Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Hometown: Meudon, France Last Club: Besiktas J.K. (Turkey) Acquired: Signed on 2/3/2021
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, April 17, 2021, KC at NY Fouls Suffered 1, April 23, 2021, KC vs. ORL Last Regular Season... Appearance April 23, 2021, KC vs. ORL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 11/15/1991
Sporting Kansas City signed French center back Nicolas Isimat-Mirin ahead of the 2021 MLS season. Isimat has played over 250 professional matches since 2010, featuring in the top divisions of France, the Netherlands and Turkey. He has logged 93 appearances each in France’s Ligue 1 and the Dutch Eredivisie, where he won three league titles as an integral member of PSV Eindhoven.
In 2014, Isimat was loaned from Monaco to PSV Eindhoven. In his first Eredivisie season, he helped PSV win the league title by a 17-point margin, leading to PSV acquiring the defender on a permanent transfer ahead of the 2015-16 campaign. He appeared in 26 matches as PSV captured another Eredivisie title. Isimat and PSV won their third title in four years in 2017-2018. In early 2019, Isimat joined Besiktas in Turkey, starting 14 matches during the latter half of the season. For the 2019-20 campaign, the defender was loaned back to Ligue 1 for a stint with Toulouse, making 16 starts.
Born in the Paris suburb of Meudon, Isimat competed in the famous Clairefontaine youth academy from 2004-2007 before continuing his development at Rennes and Valenciennes. He began his professional career as an 18-year-old in 2010 and spent the next three seasons as a regular starter for Valenciennes. Isimat-Mirin landed a transfer to French title contender Monaco, where he played 11 matches for the club in all competitions during the 2013-14 season.
Isimat represented France as a U-20 and U-21 youth international and notably featured during 2013 UEFA European U-21 Championship qualifying. He struck a center back partnership alongside future World Cup winner Raphael Varane as France finished atop their qualifying group.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
2
2
153
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
2
2
153
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
#17 | M | GADI KINDA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
26
22
1907
9
5
MLS Postseason
2
0
56
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
1
135
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
30
23
2098
9
5
Height: 5-8 Weight: 145 Hometown: Ashdod, Israel Last Club: Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) Acquired: Loaned in on 1/23/2020
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 9 times, last: May 29, 2021, KC vs. HOU Assists 1, 5 times, last: May 16, 2021, KC vs. VAN Shots on Goal 2, 6 times, last: May 29, 2021, KC vs. HOU Shots 4, Sept. 13, 2020, KC vs. MIN Fouls Committed 4, Feb. 29, 2020, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 4, 3 times, last: May 29, 2021, KC vs. HOU Last Regular Season... Appearance May 29, 2021, KC vs. HOU Goal May 29, 2021, KC vs. HOU Assist May 16, 2021, KC vs. VAN 2021 Record when: he starts 4-1-1 he scores 3-0-0
Birthday: 3/23/1994
Sporting Kansas City announced in January 2020 that the club had acquired central midfielder Gadi Kinda on a one-year loan from Israeli Premier League side Beitar Jerusalem. Sporting made the loan move permanent ahead of the 2021 season. Kinda has played over 200 matches in Israel since turning professional in 2011 at age 17. He starred as one of the Israeli Premier League’s best players during the first half of the 2019-20 season.
He became a regular starter for Ashdod during the 2013-2014 campaign, notably scoring his first top-fight goal in a 3-2 defeat of Israeli giants Maccabi Haifa in September 2013.
Born in Ethiopia and raised in Israel, Kinda joined Beitar Jerusalem in February 2019 and started 30 of 31 appearances in all competitions. Kinda spent the first seven and a half years of his professional career at FC Ashdod. He developed as a youth in his hometown club’s academy prior to landing an top-flight debut in September 2011 as a 17-year-old.
Ashdod spent the 2015-16 season in Israel’s second division, but a strong bounce-back culminated with a Liga Leumit title as Kinda earned 27 appearances and helped his team finish atop the standings. Ashdod’s promotion saw Kinda tally seven goals and seven assists over the next two and a half seasons before his transfer to Beitar Jerusalem. Kinda has two caps for the senior Israeli National Team, making his debut on June 5, 2021 when he scored the final goal in a 3-1 friendly win over Montenegro. He previously represented Israel at the U-18, U-19 and U-21 levels.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
26
22
1907
9
5
48
18
43
35
4
5
6
1
3
2
KC - Postseason
2
0
61
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
28
22
1968
9
5
48
18
43
37
4
5
6
1
3
2
20
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #2 | D | JAYLIN LINDSEY | @JaylinLindsey SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
31
26
2473
2
4
MLS Postseason
2
2
210
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
2
205
0
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
37
31
2978
2
4
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: June 19, 2021, KC at POR Assists 1, 4 times, last: June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: May 22, 2021, KC at SJ Shots 2, 3 times, last: Oct. 7, 2020, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 2, May 12, 2021, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 28, 2020, KC at CIN Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal June 19, 2021, KC at POR Assist June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL 2021 Record when: he starts 4-3-1 he scores 1-1-0
Height: 5-11 Weight: 180 Birthday: 3/27/2000 Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/1/2018 Sporting Kansas City signed Jaylin Lindsey as a Homegrown Player in September 2017, with his contract starting on Jan. 1, 2018. He made his MLS debut on June 3 in a 4-1 win over Minnesota United FC. A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Lindsey is the third-youngest signing in club history. The defender has featured for the Sporting KC U-16s and U-18s and made more than 25 appearances for the United States U-17 Men’s National Team from 2016-2017.
Lindsey signed an Academy contract with Sporting KC II on May 6, 2016. A day later, he became the first American player born in 2000 or later to appear in a professional match. Lindsey would feature once more for the Rangers before joining the U.S. U-17 Residency Program in August 2016. Lindsey featured regularly for the U.S. U-17s and received his first call-up to the U.S. U-20s in September 2018. He was named to the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Best XI in May after helping the U.S. to a second-place finish. That allowed Lindsey to represent the U.S. at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. Lindsey has been a youth international since 2013, representing the U-14s, U-15s and U-17s.
Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Lindsey joined the Sporting KC Academy in January 2015. He has made more than 30 combined appearances for the U-16s and U-18s. After impressing throughout his first full Academy season with Sporting KC, MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
31
26
2473
2
4
15
3
17
13
3
0
2
0
0
0
KC - Postseason
2
2
210
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
33
28
2683
2
4
15
3
21
13
3
0
2
0
0
0
#36 | D | LUIS MARTINS SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
33
30
2634
0
3
MLS Postseason
1
0
34
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
135
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
36
32
2803
0
3
Height: 5-8 Weight: 165 Hometown: Lamego, Portugal Last Club: G.D. Chaves (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 8/1/2019
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 3 times, last: May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 7, 2019, KC at POR Shots 2, 6 times, last: May 29, 2021, KC vs. HOU Fouls Committed 4, May 1, 2021, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: May 12, 2021, KC at HOU Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal N/A Assist May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX 2021 Record when: he starts 7-3-2 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 6/10/1992
Sporting Kansas City signed Portuguese left back Luis Martins in early August 2019. Martins boasts eight years of professional experience, including stints in the top-flight Portuguese Primeira Liga and Spanish La Liga. Born and raised in Lamego, Portugal, Martins came through the Benfica Academy and earned his first team debut with a start in the UEFA Champions League, helping the side to a 1-1 draw against FC Basel on Nov. 2, 2011, before spending most of 2012 with Benfica B. Martins transferred to Gil Vicente in 2013 and amassed 40 Primeira Liga appearances over the next two years. In 2014, Martins headed to Spain and signed with
Granada in La Liga. His debut saw him face eventual UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona in the Camp Nou. Martins was loaned to fellow Spanish side Osasuna in 2015-16 and to Portuguese outfit Maritimo from 2016-2018. Martins spent the 2018-19 campaign with G.D. Chaves in the Portuguese top flight, scoring once in 20 matches. As a youth, Martins represented Portugal’s U-16s, U-17s and U-18s from 2008-2009. He then featured at the 2010 UEFA Under-19 Championship before helping Portugal to a second-place finish at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia. He also started four qualifying matches for the 2015 UEFA Under-21 Championship.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
33
30
2634
0
3
18
6
29
15
2
6
4
0
0
2
KC - Postseason
1
0
34
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
34
30
2668
0
3
20
6
30
15
2
6
4
0
0
2
21
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #22 | GK | KENDALL MCINTOSH | @McIntoshKendall SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 Birthday: 1/24/1994 Hometown: Santa Rosa, California College: Santa Clara Last Club: New York Red Bulls (MLS) Acquired: Acquired in Re-Entry Draft on 12/17/2020 Sporting Kansas City acquired goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh in Stage 1 of the 2020 MLS Re-Entry Process. McIntosh boasts five years of professional experience across Major League Soccer and the USL Championship. He spent the 2020 MLS campaign with the New York Red Bulls following a four-year stint in the Portland Timbers organization from 2016-2019.
Born in Oakland and raised in Santa Rosa, California, McIntosh was a member of the San Jose Earthquakes Academy as a youth before embarking on a four-year collegiate career at Santa Clara University. He made 53 appearances for the Broncos from 2012-2015 and was named the 2015 West Coast Conference Goalkeeper of the Year as a senior, leading Santa Clara to the WCC Championship.
As a rookie in 2016, McIntosh competed for Timbers 2 of the USL Championship prior to signing his first MLS contract with Portland in January 2017. He played most of the next three years on loan with Timbers 2, making 60 total USL Championship appearances for the club across four seasons. In his lone appearance for Portland’s first team, McIntosh secured a 2-0 shutout victory over San Jose in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 in 2018.
On the international stage, McIntosh notably featured for the U.S. U-20 National Team at the 2012 Northern Ireland Milk Cup. Earlier, he was part of the U.S. U-14 National Development Program and the U-15’ National Team prior to his residency with the U-17s in Bradenton, Florida. At the 2011 Concacaf U-17 Championship, McIntosh recorded two shutouts in three winning appearances - including a 3-0 defeat of Canada in the final.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
174
174
15613
0
0
MLS Postseason
8
8
744
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
180
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
11
11
1080
0
0
International
6
6
540
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
201
201
18157
0
0
Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA (MLS) Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 7, Sept. 15, 2019, KC at LA Saves 10, April 8, 2018, KC at LA
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Shutout May 16, 2021, KC vs. VAN 2021 Record when: he starts 5-1-1
Birthday: 5/15/1986
Tim Melia has the most regular-season wins (78), shutouts (53) and saves (526) in club history, and has also played the most games (174) of any Sporting goalkeeper. Melia claimed the 2017 Goalkeeper of the Year crown with career-highs in wins (12), shutouts (10), saves (91), starts (31) and minutes (2,759). Melia surpassed each of those numbers in 2018, posting 18 wins, 13 shutouts, 106 saves, 34 starts and 3060 minutes. Melia was also named the club’s 2017 Most Valuable Player. Among goalkeepers with at least 15 regular-season appearances in 2017, he led MLS with a 0.78 goals against average, 78.4 save percentage and 69.2-percent passing accuracy. He also ranked second in shutouts. On April 8, 2018, Melia set a new club record and career-high with 10
saves in a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy. During his breakout campaign in 2015, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 precent save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against average. He was named MLS Comeback Player of the Year. After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
174
174
15613
744
526
53
211
1.22
13
25
13
1
78
55
39
MLS - Regular Season
180
179
16052
776
544
53
225
1.26
14
26
13
2
78
59
40
KC - Postseason
8
8
744
40
25
1
14
1.69
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
MLS - TOTAL
188
187
16796
816
569
54
239
1.28
14
26
13
2
79
62
43
22
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #24 | D | KAYDEN PIERRE | @KaydenPierre5 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 140 Birthday: 2/16/2003 Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 5/4/2021
he scores 0-0-0
Sporting Kansas City signed outside back Kayden Pierre to a Homegrown contract early in the 2021 season after impressing at preseason camp in Arizona with the Sporting KC first team. Pierre is the 18th Homegrown Player to emerge from the Sporting Kansas City Academy and one of 12 on the current roster.
Capable of playing at left back and right back, Pierre gained his first professional experience in 2020 when he signed an amateur academy contract with Sporting Kansas City II. He started two of three USL Championship appearances in 2020, including a 90-minute outing in a dramatic 2-1 road victory over Indy Eleven on Sept. 30.
Born and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Pierre joined the Sporting KC Academy in 2018 from Vardar SC in his native state. He has represented Sporting at the U-15, U-17 and U-19 levels since then, and helped guide the U-17s to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs in 2019.
On the international stage, Pierre has competed for the United States U-14 and U-16 national teams over the last five years. He participated in multiple U-14 training camps from 2016-2017 before jumping to the U-16s for training camps from 2018-2019.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#9 | F | ALAN PULIDO | @alanpulido SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
23
19
1758
12
6
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
180
1
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
25
21
1938
13
6
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Hometown: Ciudad Victoria, Mexico Last Club: C.D. Guadalajara (Mexico) Acquired: Signed on 12/10/2019
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: May 16, 2021, KC vs. VAN Assists 2, July 22, 2020, KC at RSL Shots on Goal 6, Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL Shots 8, May 22, 2021, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 3, June 19, 2021, KC at POR Fouls Suffered 5, Aug. 21, 2020, KC at MIN
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Assist May 22, 2021, KC at SJ 2021 Record when: he starts 5-3-0 he scores 4-1-0
Birthday: 3/8/1991
Pulido then signed for Greek outfit Levadiakos and scored on his debut before heading to Greek powerhouse Olympiacos. He notched six goals throughout the 2015-16 campaign as Olympiacos claimed the Super League title, with Pulido also competing in the Europa League and Champions League qualifying during his time with the club. Pulido returned to Liga MX in August 2016, joining Guadalajara on a club-record transfer fee. His first full season with Chivas yielded 14 goals, helping his side to a double-winning campaign that ended with his first Liga MX Best XI selection. In 2018, he led Chivas to the Concacaf Pulido developed in the Tigres UANL youth academy before breaking into the first team in Champions League title and the club’s first continental championship in 56 years. 2009 as an 18-year-old. He helped Tigres to the 2009 SuperLiga title and two years later, At the international level, Pulido has bagged five goals in 16 caps for Mexico’s senior Pulido scored in the decisive second leg of the 2011 Liga MX Apertura Final as Tigres team and was part of the El Tri squad at the 2011 Copa America and the 2014 FIFA World won its first league championship since 1982. Pulido enjoyed a breakout 2013-14 campaign with 25 goals in all competitions during his final season at Tigres, scoring in the Cup. He also led the Mexico U-23s to the 2012 Concacaf Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2014 Copa MX Clausura Final to finish as the tournament’s golden boot winner. championship at Children’s Mercy Park as the top scorer of the competition. Sporting Kansas City acquired Mexican striker Alan Pulido as a Designated Player on a club-record transfer fee from C.D. Guadalajara in December 2019. Pulido has scored over 100 combined goals for club and country during a decorated career highlighted by five domestic championships, the 2018 Concacaf Champions League title and 13 caps for the Mexico Men’s National Team. He joins Sporting after finishing atop the Liga MX scoring charts with 12 goals for C.D. Guadalajara in the 2019 Apertura season.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
23
19
1758
12
6
78
28
16
46
10
0
3
0
4
2
MLS - TOTAL
23
19
1758
12
6
78
28
16
46
10
0
3
0
4
2
23
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #1 | GK | JOHN PULSKAMP | @john_pulskamp SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
5
5
450
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
5
5
450
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 3, May 1, 2021, KC at RSL Saves 5, May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX Last Regular Season... Appearance May 12, 2021, KC at HOU Shutout N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 2-2-1
Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 Birthday: 4/19/2001 Hometown: Bakersfield, California Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 2/24/2020 Sporting Kansas City signed goalkeeper John Pulskamp as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2020 season after acquiring his Homegrown rights from the LA Galaxy where he spent two seasons in the club’s Academy. He made his MLS debut in the 2021 season opener, helping the side to a 2-1 victory at the New York Red Bulls.
road triumph over Charlotte Independence on Sept. 21. Pulskamp arrived in Kansas City in April 2019 after a two-year stint in the LA Galaxy Academy, where he competed at the U-17 and U-19 levels in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. He also spent time on trial with English Premier League outfit AFC Bournemouth in the summer of 2018. Prior to joining the Galaxy, he represented youth sides Real So Cal and Central California Aztecs.
A native of Bakersfield, California, Pulskamp joined the MLS ranks on the heels of a 2019 USL Championship season in which he led Sporting KC II goalkeepers in starts (14), At the youth international level, Pulskamp debuted for the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team minutes (1,260), wins (four) and saves (45). He enjoyed several standout performances in a friendly against regional rivals Mexico in early 2020. He also competed at a U.S. U-18 throughout the year, making five saves in a victory over reigning league champion training camp in June 2018 at Pinnacle in Kansas City, Kansas. Louisville City on May 6 and four saves in a defeat of rivals Saint Louis FC on June 30. He later shut out North Carolina FC in a 1-0 win on Sept. 14 and posted six saves in a 3-0 MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
5
5
450
18
11
0
7
1.40
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
MLS - TOTAL
5
5
450
18
11
0
7
1.40
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
#4 | D | ROBERTO PUNCEC SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
22
19
1760
0
1
MLS Postseason
2
2
210
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
180
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
26
23
2150
0
1
Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Hometown: Varazdin, Croatia Last Club: HNK Rijeka (Croatia) Acquired: Signed on 12/4/2019
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Feb. 29, 2020, KC at VAN Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX Shots 2, May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 28, 2020, KC at CIN Fouls Suffered 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 14, 2020, KC at DAL
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX Goal N/A Assist Feb. 29, 2020, KC at VAN 2021 Record when: he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 10/27/1991
Sporting Kansas City signed Croatian defender Roberto Puncec in December 2019. The center back has amassed almost 300 professional appearances across 12 professional seasons in Croatia, Israel and Germany. He arrives at Sporting after spending two and a half seasons with Croatian first-division club HNK Rijeka, where he won the 2019 Croatian Cup. A native of Varazdin, Croatia, Puncec developed in the NK Varazdin academy and signed his first senior team contract in 2008 at age 16. He became a regular starter in 2009 and helped his hometown club secure a spot in 2011-12 UEFA Europa League qualifying before joining Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv in August 2011. His lone season in Israel yielded 23 total appearances.
In 2012, Puncec began a five-year stint with German side Union Berlin of the seconddivision 2. Bundesliga. He featured regularly during his time in the German capital, starting 118 of 128 appearances in all competitions as Union Berlin finished in the top half of the table in each of his five seasons with the club. Puncec returned to his native Croatia in 2017, signing for HNK Rijeka. He anchored the club’s defense from 2017-2019, guiding Rijeka to consecutive second-place finishes in the Croatian First Football League and propelled his side to silverware in May 2019 as the Whites won the Croatian Cup. As a youth, Puncec represented Croatia at the U-14 through U-21 levels. He made five appearances at the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, leading Croatia to the semifinals, then played all three games at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
22
19
1760
0
1
5
2
30
6
0
0
3
0
0
0
KC - Postseason
2
2
210
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
24
21
1970
0
1
6
3
30
7
0
0
3
0
0
0
24
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #48 | D | KAVEH RAD | @KavehRad11 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, May 22, 2021, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 0
A
MLS Regular Season
4
2
215
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
4
2
215
0
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 Birthday: 6/13/2001 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 4/5/2021 Sporting Kansas City signed center back Kaveh Rad as a Homegrown Player in April 2021, becoming the 12th active Homegrown player on the roster and the 16th player to emerge from the Sporting KC Academy to the first team. He made his MLS debut at Real Salt Lake on May 1, 2021.
Rad and his twin brother Jahon - who is under contract with Sporting KC II - moved from Durham, North Carolina, to Kansas City to join the Sporting KC Academy in 2016. He recorded seven goals and 65 league appearances in the U.S Soccer Development Academy from 2016-2019, representing Sporting at the U-15 through U-19 levels.
A native of North Carolina, Rad started 34 of 36 matches for Sporting Kansas City II in the USL Championship in 2019 and 2020. He enjoyed a breakout year for the club in 2019, signing an academy contract and making 22 appearances. Rad started 14 matches for Sporting KC II during a shortened 2020 campaign, leading the team in minutes (1,260) and passes (871) while starting in four of the club’s five wins.
During his time in the academy, Rad helped lead the Sporting KC U-19s to consecutive appearances at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs in 2018 and 2019, including a dramatic run to the quarterfinals in the summer of 2019. Prior to arriving in Kansas City, the Rad brothers competed for North Carolina academy club Capital Area RailHawks Academy.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
4
2
215
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
4
2
215
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#7 | F | JOHNNY RUSSELL SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
90
72
6353
25
26
MLS Postseason
6
6
555
0
2
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
157
0
1
U.S. Open Cup
3
2
190
2
2
International
6
5
422
0
2
ALL COMPETITIONS
107
88
7677
27
33
Height: 5-9 Weight: 175 Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland Last Club: Derby County FC (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/31/2018
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, 2 times, last: May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Assists 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 25, 2018, KC vs. MIN Shots on Goal 4, 3 times, last: Sept. 19, 2020, KC vs. DAL Shots 8, Sept. 2, 2020, KC vs. DAL Fouls Committed 4, Aug. 17, 2019, KC vs. SJ Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: Oct. 7, 2020, KC vs. CHI
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal Sept. 23, 2020, KC vs. ORL Assist June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL 2021 Record when: he starts 3-3-1 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 4/8/1990
Sporting KC acquired Scottish winger Johnny Russell in a transfer from English club Derby County FC in January 2018. Russell has tallied 27 goals and 33 assists in 107 appearances for Sporting KC since the start of 2018, including two hat tricks.
League. He added 14 more goals in all comps during the 2011-12 campaign to pace another fourth-place finish. Russell’s final season at Dundee saw him produce a team-best 20 goals in 38 competitive appearances. Russell reached new heights in June 2013 when he joined Derby County. He marked his debut for the outfit with his first of nine Russell previously scored 93 goals during a 12-year professional career in England and goals in the 2013-14 English Championship as the Rams fell just short of promotion to the his native Scotland. Russell developed in the Dundee United Academy in Scotland before EPL. He totaled 18 goals over the next two seasons. making his professional debut for the top-flight Scottish Premiership club in May 2007 at age 17. He spent most of the following two seasons on loan at Scottish side Forfar Russell has 13 career caps for Scotland and scored his first international goal during a Athletic and marked his first career Dundee United start with a goal in the 2009 Scottish European Championshop Qualifier in San Marino on March 24, 2019. Russell made his FA Cup. After being loaned to Raith Rovers in 2009-10, Russell enjoyed a breakout year debut in 2014 and recently helped Scotland gain promotion to League B in the UEFA at Dundee United with nine goals as the Tangerines finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Nations League in 2018. He has also represented Scotland at the U-19 and U-21 levels. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
90
72
6353
25
26
196
74
48
114
10
266
7
0
5
5
KC - Postseason
6
6
555
0
2
13
4
8
14
1
20
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
96
78
6908
25
28
209
78
56
128
11
286
8
0
5
5
25
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #20 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
98
65
6140
22
13
MLS Postseason
5
4
397
3
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
1
74
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
8
4
495
5
0
International
5
2
152
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
118
76
7258
30
13
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Assists 2, 2 times, last: June 23, 2018, KC vs. HOU Shots on Goal 4, 3 times, last: July 13, 2019, KC at VAN Shots 8, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL Fouls Committed 4, June 7, 2019, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: May 12, 2019, KC at DC Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Assist June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL 2021 Record when: he starts 7-1-2 he scores 5-0-1
Height: 6-1 Weight: 160 Birthday: 7/19/1996 Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Last Club: Gyirmot SE (Hungary) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 1/13/2016 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Daniel Salloi as the fourth Homegrown Player in club history in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017 against the Colorado Rapids. Salloi is one of 12 Homegrown Players to come through the SKC Academy on the current roster, alongside Gianluca Busio (2017), Jaylin Lindsey (2018), Tyler Freeman (2019), Cameron Duke (2019), Felipe Hernandez (2019), Wilson Harris (2020), Grayson Barber (2021), Ozzie Cisneros (2021), Brooks Thompson (2021), Kaveh Rad (2021) and Kayden Pierre (2021).
II in 2016, scoring four goals and adding three assists before being loaned to Gyirmot SE in Hungary for the remainder of the season. Salloi moved to the U.S. in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, joining the SKC Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season.
After a successful spell with the Sporting KC U-18s, Salloi returned to his former Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 to sign an amateur contract for senior team, a 20-time champion in Hungary’s first division. He made his professional debut in the top-tier OTP He scored on his first start for the club - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United in the U.S. Open Bank Liga on July 18, the day before his 19th birthday. Salloi received his first call-up to Cup on June 14, 2017 - and added his first MLS goal vs. Portland on July 1. Salloi scored the Hungary National Team in August 2018. He previously played for the Hungary the winning goal in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final. Salloi made 10 appearances for SKC Under-21 National Team after debuting in 2017 and earned four caps. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
98
65
6140
22
13
210
83
43
77
22
2
5
2
10
5
KC - Postseason
5
4
397
3
0
15
5
3
8
2
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
103
69
6537
25
13
225
88
46
85
24
2
6
2
10
5
#6 | M | ILIE SANCHEZ SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
124
117
10690
7
12
MLS Postseason
7
7
690
2
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
154
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
9
9
870
0
1
International
6
6
540
2
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
148
141
12944
11
13
Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Elche CF (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 1/13/2017
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 7 times, last: May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX Assists 2, May 9, 2018, KC at ATL Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 21, 2018, KC at FCD Shots 5, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: July 12, 2020, KC vs. MIN Fouls Suffered 6, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX Assist Oct. 17, 2020, KC at CHI 2021 Record when: he starts 6-3-1 he scores 1-0-0
Birthday: 11/21/1990
Ilie, a product of FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, has eight years of professional experience in Spain and Germany. The defensive midfielder featured extensively for FC Barcelona B from 2009-2014 and most recently played for Elche CF during the 2015-16 season. He joined Sporting KC ahead of the 2017 season and has made 148 appearances in all competitions, earning SKC Newcomer of the Year honors in 2017 before being named an MLS All-Star and the club’s Most Valuable Player in 2018.
After missing most of 2011-12 through injury, Sánchez claimed a regular spot in Barcelona B’s midfield over the next two seasons. He played 29 league matches in 2012-13 and started 36 of 38 appearances in 2013-14, guiding Barcelona B to another third-place finish in the Segunda Division. Sánchez appeared in 114 league games during his five-year spell at FC Barcelona B.
Sánchez moved to Germany’s second division in 2014, making 26 appearances in all Born and raised in Barcelona, Sánchez jumped from La Masia to FC Barcelona B ahead competitions for 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga. He was then loaned back to his native of the 2009-10 campaign. He helped the club earn promotion to the Spanish Segunda Spain for the 2015-16 campaign, where he played 28 games for CF Elche in the Segunda Division in his first professional season. He played 24 more matches the following year as Division. Barcelona B finished third in Spain’s second tier. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
124
117
10690
7
12
96
24
99
100
3
15
27
1
1
3
KC - Postseason
7
7
690
2
0
7
4
6
8
0
0
1
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
131
124
11380
9
12
103
28
105
108
3
15
28
1
2
3
26
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #11 | F | KHIRY SHELTON | @KhiryShelton SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
52
41
3640
7
9
MLS Postseason
5
4
382
0
1
MLS is Back KO Stage
1
1
80
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
0
15
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
59
45
4117
7
10
Height: 6-3 Weight: 185 Hometown: Leander, Texas College: Oregon State Last Club: SC Paderborn 07 (Germany) Acquired: Signed on 12/9/2019
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 13 times, last: Nov. 8, 2020, KC at RSL Assists 3, Sept. 23, 2016, NYC vs. CHI (w/ NYC) Shots on Goal 4, July 17, 2020, KC vs. COL Shots 6, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 21, 2018, KC at FCD Fouls Suffered 4, April 11, 2015, NYC at PHI (w/ NYC) Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal Nov. 8, 2020, KC at RSL Assist May 29, 2021, KC vs. HOU 2021 Record when: he starts 5-2-2 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 6/26/1993
Shelton spent 2019 with German club SC Paderborn 07 and returns to Kansas City for his second stint at Sporting after helping the club to first place in the Western Conference and a record-breaking scoring season in 2018. Shelton started 17 of 24 appearances for Sporting in all competitions during a 2018 campaign that saw the club set regular season club records in goals, assists and goal differential. He tallied two goals and five assists in MLS play as Sporting finished atop the West with 62 points and an 18-8-8 record, including a 12-3-5 mark in regular-season matches that Shelton played.
He was NYCFC’s first-ever SuperDraft pick and played a total of 54 regular-season games for the club, notching six goals and 10 assists across just 23 starts.
Shelton was selected second overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on Jan. 15, 2015 by expansion side New York City FC and spent three seasons with the club.
Shelton was a member of the U.S. U-18 National Team for the Lisbon International Tournament in 2011. Selected to the U18 squad for its trip to Israel in 2010.
In college, Shelton recorded 10 goals and 12 assists at Oregon State University his senior season. He was an NSCAA All-America Second Team; Pac-12 Player of the Year; All-Far West Region First Team as he helped lead the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
52
41
3640
7
9
80
29
49
45
11
1
6
0
2
6
MLS - Regular Season
106
63
6161
13
19
116
41
73
76
14
1
6
0
2
9
KC - Postseason
5
4
382
0
1
4
1
9
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
7
4
439
0
1
4
1
9
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
113
68
6564
13
20
120
42
82
79
16
1
6
0
2
9
#16 | D | GRAHAM SMITH | @grahamsmith161 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
17
16
1377
1
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
180
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
2
180
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
21
20
1737
1
1
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Aug. 17, 2019, KC vs. SJ Assists 1, Aug. 31, 2019, KC vs. HOU Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 15, 2019, KC at LA Shots 3, Sept. 15, 2019, KC at LA Fouls Committed 2, 4 times, last: Aug. 29, 2020, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 2, Aug. 22, 2019, KC vs. MIN Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 2, 2020, KC vs. DAL Goal Aug. 17, 2019, KC vs. SJ Assist Aug. 31, 2019, KC vs. HOU 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-4 Weight: 190 Birthday: 4/8/1990 Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado College: University of Denver Acquired: 2018 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#18) - signed on 2/15/18 Sporting Kansas City selected center back Graham Smith with the 18th overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft before officially sigining him in February 2018. He made his debut and first start for the club in the 3-2 victory over Houston on June 23, 2018, going the full 90 minutes at center back in the thrilling win.
A native of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Smith was teammates with current SKC forward Khiry Shelton during his freshman year at Oregon State. He assisted three goals in 38 matches for the Beavers, helping the side reach the NCAA Tournament in 2014. Upon transferring to Denver in 2016, Smith helped the Pioneers reach the Men’s College Cup for the first time in program history. He split time between the holding midfield and Smith split his four-year college career between Oregon State University (2014-15) and center back positions, serving as the anchor of a defense that notched a 0.52 goals the University of Denver (2016-17). The defender started all 80 appearances at the NCAA against average in 2016 and a 0.71 goals against average in 2017. As a senior, Smith Division I level, registering six goals and seven assists in his final two seasons with the was a United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team selection and a CoSIDA Pioneers. Academic All-American. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
17
16
1377
1
1
9
3
14
7
0
0
3
0
1
1
MLS - TOTAL
17
16
1377
1
1
9
3
14
7
0
0
3
0
1
1
27
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #31 | GK | BROOKS THOMPSON | @BrooksThompson0 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 6-4 Weight: 185 Birthday: 5/28/2002 Hometown: Floyds Knobs, Indiana Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 1/20/2021 Goalkeeper Brooks Thompson signed a Homegrown contract with Sporting Kansas City in early 2021 and is one of 12 active Homegrown players on the current roster. Thompson has two seasons of professional experience with Sporting Kansas City II in the USL Championship. He led Sporting KC II goalkeepers during the shortened 2020 campaign with 26 saves and a 1.17 goals against average in six matches.
Thompson, who grew up in Floyds Knobs, Indiana, joined the Sporting KC Academy in the summer of 2018 following a two-year stint with the IMG Academy in Florida. He played a leading role for the U-19s during the 2018-19 Development Academy campaign, posting a 7-2-3 record with four clean sheets while also featuring in the Generation adidas Cup.
Thompson exploded for a career-high nine saves in his 2020 debut on July 18 at Indy Eleven, including one that placed second in USL Championship Save of the Year voting. He earned his first professional clean sheet two weeks later against the same team, saving four shots in a 1-0 win to land USL Championship Team of the Week honors.
After logging two preseason appearances for the Sporting KC first team in early 2019, Thompson made his jump to the USL Championship in March of that year. At 16, he became the youngest professional signing in Sporting KC II history and claimed victory in his pro debut against Hartford Athletic on July 17, 2019, at Children’s Mercy Park.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#54 | M | REMI WALTER | @remi_walter SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
9
5
422
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
9
5
422
0
0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 170 Hometown: Essey-les-Nancy, France Last Club: Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey) Acquired: Signed on 12/22/2020
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: May 29, 2021, KC vs. HOU Shots 2, May 16, 2021, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: June 12, 2021, KC vs. ATX Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: May 16, 2021, KC vs. VAN
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance June 12, 2021, KC vs. ATX Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 1-2-2 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 4/26/1995
Central midfielder Remi Walter signed with Sporting KC in December 2020, having amassed nearly 200 professional appearances since 2012, spanning seven full seasons in his native France and one season in Turkey. He boasts experience in several prestigious European competitions, including the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Champions League qualifying, French Ligue 1 and the Turkish Super Lig. A native of Essey-les-Nancy, Walter developed in Nancy’s youth academy before joining the first team as an 18-year-old in 2013. He became a regular starter in the early stages of the 2013-14 season and spent the next two and a half years as an integral midfield contributor for the side before being transferred to French title contender Nice in early
2016. Walter helped the club to a fourth-place finish as well as qualification to the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. The following season, he made 26 appearances as Nice took another step forward by placing third in Ligue 1 and booking a spot in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League. Walter split the 2017-18 campaign between Nice and Troyes on loan, before returning to Nice in the summer of 2018. Walter transferred to Turkish first division outfit Yeni Malatyaspor in January of 2020 before departing later that summer. On the international stage, Walter was a French youth international who participated in a number of high-profile tournaments, namely the 2012 UEFA U-17 Championship in Slovenia and qualifying for the 2017 UEFA U-21 Championship in Poland.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
9
5
422
0
0
6
4
6
6
0
10
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
9
5
422
0
0
6
4
6
6
0
10
1
0
0
0
28
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #8 | D | GRAHAM ZUSI SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, 7 times, last: July 14, 2018, KC at NY Shots on Goal 3, 5 times, last: Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI
A
MLS Regular Season
299
256
23386
29
66
MLS Postseason
18
18
1739
0
6
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
180
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
18
16
1537
3
6
International
13
13
1140
0
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
350
305
27982
32
81
Last Regular Season... Appearance June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Goal July 17, 2020, KC vs. COL Assist Sept. 13, 2020, KC vs. MIN 2021 Record when: he starts 3-0-1 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) Sporting’s all-time appearance leader, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15, 2017-19), MLS Best XI (2012-13) & MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) accolades in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. He earned Sporting KC MVP honors from 2012-14 and is the only player to appear in every All-Star Game from 2011-2014.
reached 50 regular-season assists and later moved into first in club history with 24 game-winning assists on Aug. 19, 2017 versus FC Dallas.
Zusi has earned 55 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording five goals and seven assists. He played four matches at the 2014 FIFA Zusi re-signed with Sporting KC in late 2018. He has recorded 32 goals and 81 assists in World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He played in 350 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being drafted in 2009 out his first CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015, starting two matches, and scored in a World Cup of the University of Maryland, where he won two national championships. He is second in qualifier against Guatemala on March 29, 2016. He played five games for the U.S. at the club history with 81 total assists, while his 410 chances created from 2011-2015 (including 2016 Copa America Centenario, scoring on June 7 in a 4-0 win over Costa Rica. He recently made four appearances as the U.S. won the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. postseason) ranked third in MLS. With his assist against RSL on April 29, 2017, Zusi MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
299
256
23386
29
66
443
136
242
336
33
798
26
1
9
28
KC - Postseason
18
18
1739
0
6
31
3
25
30
1
69
2
0
0
3
MLS - TOTAL
317
274
25125
29
72
474
139
266
366
34
867
28
1
9
31
29
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Player
#
Games
C.J. Sapong (2011), Ilie Sanchez (2018), Graham Zusi (2018)
34
Games
Graham Zusi*
299
Minutes
Ilie Sanchez (2018), Graham Zusi (2018)
3060
Minutes
Matt Besler
25,501
Goals
Dom Dwyer (2014)
22
Goals
Preki
71
Assists
Preki (1997 & 2003)
17
Assists
Preki
98
Shots
Preki (1996)
140
Shots
Preki
693
Shots on goal
Preki (1996)
61
Shots on goal
Preki
283
Fouls Committed
Chris Henderson (2000)
79
Fouls Committed
Roger Espinoza*
424
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2004)
111
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud
528
Offsides
Eddie Johnson (2007)
50
Offsides
Vitalis Takawira
126
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi (2012)
150
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi*
798
Cautions
Aurelien Collin (2013)
13
Cautions
Roger Espinoza*
60
Ejections
Davy Arnaud (2010), Roger Espinoza (2019)
3
Ejections
Roger Espinoza*
11
ALL-TIME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)
SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) Stat
Player
#
Games
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013), Tim Melia (2018)
34
Minutes
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013), Tim Melia (2018)
3060
Wins
Mike Ammann (1997)
21
Losses
Mike Amman (1998)
16
Draws
Bo Oshoniyi (2005)
12
Shutouts
Tony Meola (2000)
16
Goals Against Average
Tim Melia (2017)
0.78
Goals Allowed
Tim Melia (2019)
56
Saves
Tony Meola (2000)
129
Stat
Player
#
Games
Tim Melia*
174
Minutes
Tim Melia*
15,613
Wins
Tim Melia*
78
Losses
Tim Melia*
55
Draws
Tim Melia*
39
Shutouts
Tim Melia*
53
Goals Allowed
Tim Melia*
211
Saves
Tim Melia*
526
Goals Against Avg.
Jimmy Nielsen
0.99
SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS
SINGLE GAME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
Stat
Year
#
Stat
Player
#
Points Per Game
2020
1.857
Goals
Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010), Gerso Fernandes (2017), Johnny Russell (2018), Krisztian Nemeth (2019), Johnny Russell (2019)
3
Goals
2018
65
Assists
2018
69
Shots
2018
583
4
Shots on goal
1996
250
2013
511
Assists
Chris Henderson (1999)
Shots
Preki (1997)
12
Fouls Committed
Shots on goal
Preki (1996), Eddie Johnson (2007)
6
Fouls Suffered
2000
541
1997
117
Fouls Committed
Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)
8
Offsides
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2006)
10
Corner Kicks
2018
206
2019
74
Offsides
Alex Bunbury (1999)
7
Cautions
Corner Kicks
Alex Zotinca (2006)
12
Ejections
2011
8
Points
2012
63
Wins
1997
21
Losses
1999
24
Ties
2017
13
Shutouts
2000
17
Goals Allowed
2019
67
SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) Stat
Player
#
Goals Allowed
Bo Oshoniyi (2001), Tim Melia (2019)
7
Saves
Tim Melia (2018)
10
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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Player GP 1. Graham Zusi* 299 2. Matt Besler 294 3. Roger Espinoza* 266 4. Davy Arnaud 240 5. Kerry Zavagnin 237 6. Nick Garcia 224 7. Preki 218 8. Seth Sinovic 210 9. Jimmy Conrad 204 10. Chris Klein 200 GAMES STARTED Player GS 1. Matt Besler 285 2. Graham Zusi* 256 3. Roger Espinoza* 239 4. Kerry Zavagnin 228 5. Nick Garcia 224 6. Davy Arnaud 213 7. Jimmy Conrad 203 8. Seth Sinovic 200 9. Preki 199 10. Chris Klein 183 MINUTES PLAYED Player MP 1. Matt Besler 25,501 2. Graham Zusi* 23,386 3. Roger Espinoza* 20,844 4. Kerry Zavagnin 20,515 5. Nick Garcia 20,157 6. Davy Arnaud 19,399 7. Jimmy Conrad 18,194 8. Preki 17,817 9. Seth Sinovic 17,738 10. Chris Klein 16,380 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Player GP 1. Tim Melia* 174 2. Jimmy Nielsen 128 3. Tony Meola 125 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 5. Kevin Hartman 90 6. Mike Ammann 60 7. Chris Snitko 26 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9. Garth Lagerwey 23 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 SAVES Player GP SV 1. Tim Melia* 174 526 2. Tony Meola 125 507 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 354 4. Kevin Hartman 90 332 5. Jimmy Nielsen 128 304 6. Mike Amman 60 206 7. Chris Snitko 26 95 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 83 9. Eric Kronberg 25 58 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 34 SHUTOUTS Player GP SO 1. Tim Melia* 174 53 2. Jimmy Nielsen 128 45 3. Tony Meola 125 37 4. Kevin Hartman 90 22 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 22 6. Mike Ammann 60 10 7. Eric Kronberg 25 8 8. Luis Marin 8 3 8. Andy Gruenebaum 11 3 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 3 8. Chris Snitko 26 3 GOALKEEPER WINS Player GP GW 1. Tim Melia* 174 78 2. Jimmy Nielsen 128 57 3. Tony Meola 125 49 4. Mike Ammann 60 33 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 33 6. Kevin Hartman 90 30 7. Garth Lagerwey 23 12 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9 9. Andy Gruenebaum 11 6 10. Chris Snitko 26 5
GOALS Player GP G 1. Preki 218 71 2. Dom Dwyer 128 57 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Josh Wolff 144 43 5. Chris Klein 200 39 6. Kei Kamara 113 38 7. Benny Feilhaber 167 31 7. Mo Johnston 149 31 9. Graham Zusi* 299 29 10. Scott Sealy 88 28 10. Vitalis Takawira 103 28 ASSISTS Player GP A 1. Preki 218 98 2. Graham Zusi* 299 66 3. Chris Klein 200 45 4. Benny Feilhaber 167 43 5. Roger Espinoza* 266 37 6. Davy Arnaud 240 35 7. Mo Johnston 149 28 8. Johnny Russell* 90 26 8. Josh Wolff 144 26 10. Mark Chung 94 25 SHOTS Player GP SH 1. Preki 218 693 2. Davy Arnaud 240 452 3. Graham Zusi* 299 443 4. Dom Dwyer 128 401 5. Kei Kamara 113 370 6. Chris Klein 200 312 7. Roger Espinoza* 266 305 8. Mo Johnston 149 274 9. Josh Wolff 144 265 10. Benny Feilhaber 167 256 SHOTS ON GOAL Player GP SOG 1. Preki 218 283 2. Davy Arnaud 240 176 3. Dom Dwyer 128 161 4. Mo Johnston 149 138 4. Chris Klein 200 138 4. Josh Wolff 144 138 7. Graham Zusi* 299 136 8. Kei Kamara 113 126 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 102 10. Mark Chung 94 95 FOULS COMMITTED Player GP FC 1. Roger Espinoza* 266 424 2. Davy Arnaud 240 329 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 326 4. Matt McKeon 144 309 5. Graham Zusi* 299 242 6. Matt Besler 294 241 7. Dom Dwyer 128 239 8. Nick Garcia 224 234 9. Mo Johnston 149 226 10. Seth Sinovic 210 217 FOULS SUFFERED Player GP FS 1. Davy Arnaud 240 528 2. Preki 218 362 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 354 4. Roger Espinoza* 266 352 5. Graham Zusi* 299 336 6. Benny Feilhaber 167 299 7. Dom Dwyer 128 273 8. Nick Garcia 224 250 9. Mark Chung 94 204 10. Diego Gutierrez 119 196 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Player GP YC 1. Roger Espinoza* 266 60 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 44 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 4. Nick Garcia 224 37 5. Matt Besler 294 35 5. Seth Sinovic 210 35 7. Aurelien Collin 107 31 8. Diego Gutierrez 119 30 8. Matt McKeon 144 30 10. Benny Feilhaber 167 28 10. Jack Jewsbury 195 28 10. Mo Johnston 149 28 31
CORNER KICKS Player GP CK 1. Graham Zusi* 299 798 2. Preki 218 452 3. Benny Feilhaber 167 287 4. Johnny Russell* 90 267 5. Claudio Lopez 57 188 6. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 175 7. Francisco Gomez 114 157 8. Chris Henderson 61 154 9. Chris Klein 200 152 10. Davy Arnaud 240 144 GAME-WINNING GOALS Player GP GWG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 13 1. Preki 218 13 3. Chris Klein 200 12 4. Kei Kamara 113 11 4. Josh Wolff 144 11 6. Daniel Salloi* 98 10 6. Davy Arnaud 240 10 8. Graham Zusi* 299 9 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 10. Benny Feilhaber 167 7 10. C.J. Sapong 110 7 10. Scott Sealy 88 7 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Player GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi* 299 28 2. Preki 218 23 3. Chris Klein 200 16 4. Benny Feilhaber 167 13 5. Roger Espinoza* 266 10 5. Davy Arnaud 240 10 5. Josh Wolff 144 10 8. Jack Jewsbury 195 8 8. Mo Johnston 149 8 8. Kei Kamara 113 8 8. Chance Myers 147 8 8. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8 MULTI-GOAL GAMES Player GP MGG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 10 2. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 3. Preki 218 7 4. Felipe Gutierrez 52 5 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 4. Scott Sealy 88 5 4. Josh Wolff 144 5 8. Johnny Russell* 90 4 8. Mo Johnston 149 4 8. Chris Klein 200 4 PENALTY KICK GOALS Player GP PKG 1. Preki 218 21 2. Benny Feilhaber 167 12 3. Dom Dwyer 128 7 4. Ilie Sanchez* 124 5 4. Felipe Gutierrez 52 5 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 7. Claudio Lopez 57 4 8. Alan Pulido* 23 3 8. Claudio Bieler 41 3 8. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 3 8. Jack Jewsbury 195 3 8. Josh Wolff 144 3 Player 1. Dom Dwyer 2. Kei Kamara 3. Preki 4. Scott Sealy 5. Josh Wolff 6. Johnny Russell* 7. Vitalis Takawira 8. Daniel Salloi* 9. Mark Chung 9. Mo Johnston *Minimum 20 goals
GOALS PER GAME GP 128 113 218 88 144 90 103 98 94 149
GLS AVG 57 0.45 38 0.34 71 0.33 28 0.32 43 0.30 25 0.28 28 0.27 22 0.22 20 0.21 31 0.21
BOLD * - denotes player on current roster
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Year Player GP 2011 C.J. Sapong 34 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2018 Tim Melia 34 2018 Ilie Sanchez 34 2018 Graham Zusi 34
Year Player 2014 Dom Dwyer 1996 Preki 2016 Dom Dwyer 2007 Eddie Johnson 1996 Vitalis Takawira
GOALS GP GOALS 33 22 32 18 33 16 24 15 28 13
CORNER KICKS Year Player GP CK 2012 Graham Zusi 32 150 2013 Graham Zusi 27 128 2014 Graham Zusi 25 125 2009 Claudio Lopez 29 123 2019 Johnny Russell 28 109
GAMES STARTED Year Player GS 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2018 Tim Melia 34 2018 Ilie Sanchez 34 2018 Graham Zusi 34
Year Player 1997 Preki 2003 Preki 2000 Preki 2012 Graham Zusi 2015 Benny Feilhaber
ASSISTS GP ASSISTS 27 17 30 17 31 15 32 15 32 15
OFFSIDES Year Player GP OFF 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 50 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 44 1997 Vitalis Takawira 28 43 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 38 2000 Chris Henderson 31 36
MINUTES PLAYED Year Player MIN 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2018 Tim Melia 3060 2018 Ilie Sanchez 3060 2018 Graham Zusi 3060 2017 Ilie Sanchez 2970 2000 Nick Garcia 2915 2000 Peter Vermes 2915
Year Player 1996 Preki 2012 Kei Kamara 2016 Dom Dwyer 2014 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki
SHOTS GP SHOTS 32 140 33 134 33 119 33 113 30 97
GAME-WINNING GOALS Year Player GP GWG 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 6 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 6 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 6 2018 Daniel Salloi 29 6 1997 Preki 27 5 2012 C.J. Sapong 31 5 2015 Krisztian Nemeth 27 5
GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Year Player GP 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2018 Tim Melia 34 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 32 2019 Tim Melia 32 Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2003 Tony Meola 2008 Kevin Hartman 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2019 Tim Melia
SAVES GP SV 31 129 30 121 30 117 32 112 32 111
Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 2018 Tim Melia 2008 Kevin Hartman 2010 Jimmy Nielsen 2017 Tim Melia
SHUTOUTS GP SO 31 16 34 15 34 13 34 13 30 10 29 10 31 10
GOALKEEPER WINS Year Player GP GW 1997 Mike Ammann 29 21 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18 2018 Tim Melia 34 18 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 17 2000 Tony Meola 31 15 1996 Garth Lagerwey 23 12 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12 2017 Tim Melia 31 12 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Year Player GP GA GAA 2017 Tim Melia 31 24 0.78 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.79 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.88 2000 Tony Meola 31 29 0.92 2004 Tony Meola 21 22 1.05 *Minimum 1,000 minutes played
SHOTS ON GOAL Year Player GP SOG 1996 Preki 32 61 2012 Kei Kamara 33 49 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 48 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 48 1997 Preki 27 44 2002 Preki 25 44 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 44 FOULS COMMITTED Year Player GP FC 2000 Chris Henderson 31 79 2001 Matt McKeon 26 76 1997 Matt McKeon 31 75 2000 Matt McKeon 30 75 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 66 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 66 2018 Roger Espinoza 32 66 Year Player 2004 Davy Arnaud 2005 Davy Arnaud 2015 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki 2006 Davy Arnaud
FOULS SUFFERED GP FS 30 111 31 85 30 81 30 77 32 76
CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Year Player GP YC 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 13 2019 Felipe Gutierrez 32 11 2011 Aurelien Collin 23 10 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 10 2016 Roger Espinoza 30 10 1997 Mo Johnston 29 9 2005 Jose Burciaga Jr. 31 9 2017 Roger Espinoza 30 9 2018 Roger Espinoza 32 9 EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3 2019 Roger Espinoza 16 3 nine players tied with 2
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GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Year Player GP GWA 2000 Chris Henderson 31 5 2000 Matt McKeon 30 5 2003 Preki 30 5 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 5 2004 Josh Wolff 26 5 2012 Graham Zusi 32 5 2013 Graham Zusi 27 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 30 5 PENALTY KICK GOALS Year Player GP PKG 1996 Preki 32 7 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 7 2003 Preki 30 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 32 5 2016 Benny Feilhaber 29 5 2019 Felipe Gutierrez 32 5 GOALS PER GAME Year Player GP GLS 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 12 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 2021 Daniel Salloi* 12 7 1996 Preki 32 18 *Minimum 5 goal
AVG 0.71 0.67 0.63 0.58 0.56
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 4, 2021 at LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Career: 71 Preki Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014) Game: 3 10 times Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd) Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd) Half: 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/2017 vs. SEA, 2nd) ASSISTS Career: 98 Preki Season: 17 Preki (1997) Season: 17 Preki (2003) Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET) Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st) Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st) SHOTS Career: 693 Preki Season: 140 Preki (1996) Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB) Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd) Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd) Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL Career: 283 Preki Season: 61 Preki (1996) Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA) Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY) Game: 6 Alan Pulido (10/24/2020 vs. COL) Half: 4 10 times
CORNER KICKS Career: 798 Graham Zusi Season: 150 Graham Zusi (2012) Game: 12 Alex Zotinca (07/22/2006 at NY) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (04/10/1999 vs. SJ, 2nd) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (05/20/2000 vs. SJ, 1st) Half: 8 Johnny Russell (08/14/2019 at ORL, 2nd)
FOULS COMMITTED Career: 424 Roger Espinoza Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000) Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL) Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL) Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)
GOALS ALLOWED Career: 211 Tim Melia Season: 60 Tim Melia (2019) Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/2001 vs. CHI) Game: 7 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA) Half: 6 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA, 2nd)
FOULS SUFFERED Career: 528 Davy Arnaud Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004) Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY) Half: 6 7 times
SAVES Career: 526 Tim Melia Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000) Game: 10 Tim Melia (04/08/2018 at LA) Half: 7 4 times
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Season: 65 Game: 7 2-Tms: 10 Half: 5 Half: 5
in 2018 03/30/2019 vs. MTL 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd) 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)
ASSISTS Season: 69 Game: 10 2-Tms: 12 Half: 8
in 2018 06/20/1999 vs. MET 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)
SHOTS Season: 583 Game: 34 Game: 34 Game: 34 2-Tms: 44 Half: 23
in 2018 05/15/2016 vs. ORL 04/20/2018 vs. VAN 10/06/2018 vs. LA 4 times 04/20/2018 vs. VAN (2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 250 in 1996 Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI Game: 14 04/20/2018 vs. VAN 2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st) FOULS COMMITTED Season: 511 in 2013 Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB 2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st) Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd) Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st) FOULS SUFFERED Season: 541 in 2000 Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL 2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)
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CORNER KICKS Season: 206 in 2018 Game: 15 04/10/1999 vs. SJ 2-Tms: 22 08/14/1999 at MET Half: 10 04/10/1999 vs. SJ (2nd) GOALS ALLOWED Season: 67 in 2019 Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI Game: 7 09/15/2019 at LA 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 6 09/15/2019 at LA (2nd) SAVES Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half:
133 in 1999 10 04/08/2018 at LA 18 04/18/1997 vs. DAL 18 09/02/2000 vs. TB 7 4 times
John Pulskamp Jaylin Lindsey Andreu Fontas Roberto Puncec Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Alan Pulido Gianluca Busio Khiry Shelton Amadou Dia Roger Espinoza Graham Smith Gadi Kinda Grayson Barber Daniel Salloi Felipe Hernandez Kendall McIntosh Tyler Freeman Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros Cameron Duke Tim Melia Brooks Thompson Luis Martins Parker Siegfried Kaveh Rad Remi Walter Wilson Harris
Player
"00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 31 36 41 48 54 96
#
3 RSL 1-3 90G 90D 90D
4 ATX 2-1 90G 36 90D 58D
5 HOU 0-1 90G 90D 90D
36 85F 70
77M 45M 18
77F 74F 35 1
90D 16 90D 90F 90M 74F
90D 90D 82D 90D 90F 90F 45F 90F 42D 50 90F 45 76F 90M 90M 90M 90M 90F 10 90F 14 34 14 88M 63M 77M 90M 80M 67M 85M
90D 90D 1 75D 88F 89F 90M 90M 90F 90F
15 90D 48 90D 90D 40D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 VAN SJ HOU ATX POR COL LFC 3-0 3-1 3-2 1-1 1-2 3-1 2-1
90D 27 90M 90M 64M 5 69M 23 9 2
90D 27 13 41M 3
8 5
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 56D 76D
2 23 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G
90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 46 90M 90M 90M
90M 67M 90M 90M
54M 21
16
89M 90M 26
13
90M 90M 90D 55F 90F 20M 54D 13 45 90F 90F 81F 90F 90F 72M 90M 90M 90F 90F 90F 5 90M
2 ORL 1-1 90G 90D 90D 27 90D 63D
1 NYR 2-1 90G 90D 90D
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NYR 1 ORL 1 RSL 3 ATX 1 HOU 1 VAN 0 SJ 1 HOU 2 ATX 1 POR 2 COL 1 LFC 1
W T L W L W W W T L W W 90
Salloi 2 (unassisted) 28; Pulido 2 (penalty kick) 32; Pulido 3 (Kinda 1) 58 Lindsey 1 (Pulido 1) 15; Pulido 4 (Salloi 2) 60; Salloi 3 (unassisted) 75 Busio 2 (free kick) 51; Pulido 5 (penalty kick) 61; Kinda 3 (Busio 1, Shelton 3) 65 Salloi 4 (Russell 2) 71 Lindsey 2 (unassisted) 28 Salloi 5 (Russell 3, Lindsey 1) 14; Salloi 6 (Hernandez 1, Fontas 1) 38; Hernandez 1 (Salloi 3) Pulido 6 (unassisted) 61; Salloi 7 (Hernandez 2, Busio 2) 87
Kinda 1 (penalty kick) 59; Salloi 1 (unassisted) 60 Busio 1 (Salloi 1) 45 Pulido 1 (Shelton 1) 17 Sanchez 1 (Russell 1) 82; Kinda 2 (Shelton 2, Martins 1)
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