Game Guide: Sporting KC vs. Montreal Impact by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v MONTREAL IMPACT (July 18, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2015 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 17 8-3-6 30 26 17 9 6-0-3 21 16 5

Impact on road

16 6-7-3 21 23 25 8 1-5-2 5 6 16

29 Melia

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (9 meetings): Sporting 5 wins, 15 goals … Impact 3 wins, 7 goals … Ties 1

IMPACT

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

Feilhaber

Espinoza

F 23 63

A 25 58

18 3 2 0

14 9 2 0

10 0 3 6 3 0 1 0

17 0 2 1 3 1 1 0

4 15 4

2 20 3

7 Oduro

Mallace

Piatti

Duka

Bernier

Donadel

Ciman

Lefevre

36 Cabrera

TYPE OF PLAY

12 5 3 0 3 0 2 1

9 0 3 1 0 0 3 1

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

6 16 4

3 12 2

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

14 Reo-Coker

1 Bush

HOW SCORED

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

9 Nemeth

Dwyer

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

11 1 4 1

13 Dia

Peterson

UPCOMING MATCHES IMPACT SPORTING Sat. July 25 Seattle Fri. July 24 at Real Salt Lake Sat. Aug. 1 at NYCFC Sat. Aug. 1 Houston Wed. Aug. 5 New York Sat. Aug. 8 at Toronto FC Sat. Aug. 8 D.C. United Sat. Aug. 15 Vancouver

12 5 9 0

5 Besler

Mustivar

LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/19: KC 4, MTL 0 (own goal 31; Collin 71; Dwyer 74, 86) 5/10: MTL 0, KC 3 (Dwyer 18, 64; Nagamura 34) 7/12: MTL 1, KC 2 (Di Vaio 28 – Dwyer 4, 89)

A 17 90

4 Ellis

Abdul-Salaam

AT KANSAS CITY (4 meetings): Sporting 2 wins, 7 goals … Impact 2 wins, 4 goals … Ties 0

F 26 59

ROSTERS

REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Mike Kampmeinert; AR2 (opposite): Peter Balciunas; 4th: Younes Marrakchi DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): KC: Soni Mustivar, Dom Dwyer

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE KC: Ike Opara … MTL: Kenny Cooper, Justin Mapp, Adrian Lopez

SPORTING KC 2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Krisztian Nemeth (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Bernardo Anor (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Amadou Dia (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Servando Carrasco (MF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 71 Marcel de Jong (DF) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF) MONTREAL IMPACT 1 Evan Bush (GK) 2 Ambroise Oyongo (DF) 3 Eric Miller (DF) 6 Hassoun Camara (DF) 7 Dominic Oduro (FW) 8 Patrice Bernier (MF) 10 Ignacio Piatti (MF) 11 Dilly Duka (MF) 13 Kenny Cooper (FW) 14 Nigel Reo-Coker (MF) 15 Andres Romero (MF) 16 Calum Mallace (MF) 17 Romario Williams (FW) 21 Justin Mapp (MF) 22 Eric Kronberg (GK) 23 Laurent Ciman (DF) 24 Anthony Jackson-Hamel (FW) 25 Donny Toia (DF) 28 Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare (MF) 29 Eric Alexander (MF) 33 Marco Donadel (MF) 36 Victor Cabrera (DF) 39 Cameron Porter (FW) 40 Maxime Crepeau (GK) 51 Maxim Tissot (DF) 55 Wandrille Lefevre (DF) 99 Jack McInerney (FW) Kyle Bekker (MF)

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC MTL

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

INTERNATIONAL DUTY KC: Graham Zusi (USA)

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 6-0-2 2-3-1 6-1-1 0-6-1

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 6/27/2015 KC 2, COL 0 7/12/2015 KC 1, VAN 0 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2 6/21/2015 KC 1, RSL 2 5/23/2015 KC 0, SEA 0 7/12/2015 KC 1, VAN 0 5/23/2015 KC 0, SEA 0

(0) (0) (9) (1) (5) (0) (5)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC TLTWWTLTWTWTWWLWW Impact LTTLLWWLWWLWLTLW

MONTREAL IMPACT Date Score (Gms since) 7/11/2015 MTL 3, CLB 0 6/06/2015 MTL 2, CLB 1 7/04/2015 MTL 1, NYC 2 6/24/2015 MTL 1, TOR 3 6/27/2015 MTL 2, PHI 2 7/11/2015 MTL 3, CLB 0 5/30/2015 MTL 0, CHI 3

(0) (3) (1) (1) (2) (0) (8)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 7 Nemeth A: 9 Feilhaber SHT: 46 Dwyer SOG: 15 Dwyer FC: 31 Dwyer FS: 43 Dwyer OF: 15 Dwyer C: 4 Dwyer/Mustivar E: 1 Besler IMPACT G: 5 Piatti A: 4 Piatti SHT: 33 Piatti SOG: 15 Piatti FC: 25 Ciman FS: 34 Piatti OF: 13 McInerney C: 5 Donadel E: 1 3 players tied

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 17 3 9 1 1 3 26 1.53 MTL 16 4 4 6 1 1 23 1.44 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 17 9 2 4 1 1 17 1.00 MTL 16 3 5 4 4 0 25 1.56 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 26 2 5 5 5 4 5 MTL 23 4 7 1 2 2 7 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 17 5 2 2 3 2 3 MTL 25 3 3 3 3 5 8

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v MONTREAL IMPACT (July 18, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 198)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 2 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 6 2 0 62 45 8 0 3 Ike Opara 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 12 11 2 1 34 28 2 4 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 16 16 0 2 166 161 2 9 5 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 6 4 1 0 228 205 13 19 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 1 1 0 1 124 99 2 14 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 13 12 1 4 161 127 23 43 8 FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 14 12 7 3 14 12 7 3 9 Krisztian Nemeth 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17 17 5 9 127 115 17 28 MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 6 1 0 0 77 49 12 3 11 Bernardo Anor 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 13 8 0 0 13 8 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 15 14 5 1 65 52 29 4 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 5 4 0 0 138 134 0 7 15 Servando Carrasco MF 5-10 175 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 9 6 0 0 68 37 1 1 16 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 7 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 17 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 21 22 Connor Hallisey FW 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 7 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 23 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 13 13 1 4 125 120 5 10 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 14 14 1 2 127 107 3 13 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 9 9 0 0 15 14 0 0 29 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 13 6 0 1 212 120 15 15 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 9 8 0 1 9 8 0 1 71 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 13 9 0 0 13 9 0 0 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 4 4 0 0 10 5 0 0 94 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

L61 11/21/1966 W84 T50

MONTREAL IMPACT 2014 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-1 186 03/06/1986 Concord, OH 15 15 0 0 30 30 0 0 1 Evan Bush 2 Ambroise Oyongo DF 5-9 150 06/22/1991 Ndikinimeki, Cameroon 8 8 1 0 21 19 1 3 DF 6-0 175 01/15/1993 Woodbury, MN 5 3 0 0 26 21 0 1 3 Eric Miller 6 Hassoun Camara DF 6-2 190 02/03/1984 Noisy-Le-Sec, France 3 2 0 0 83 79 5 6 7 Dominic Oduro FW 6-0 160 08/13/1985 Accra, Ghana 11 5 4 0 263 161 52 26 Patrice Bernier MF 5-9 180 09/23/1979 Brossard, Quebec, Canada 11 3 0 0 95 76 13 19 8 10 Ignacio Piatti MF 5-11 169 02/04/1985 General Baldissera, Argentin 15 15 5 4 21 21 9 5 11 Dilly Duka MF 5-9 160 12/15/1989 Montville, NJ 10 9 1 1 106 80 10 12 Kenny Cooper FW 6-3 210 10/21/1984 Baltimore, MD 1 0 0 0 211 172 75 20 13 14 Nigel Reo-Coker MF 5-9 170 05/14/1984 London, England 14 10 0 0 67 58 1 6 MF 5-10 160 12/21/1989 Bell Ville, Argentina 13 11 3 2 72 56 11 7 15 Andres Romero 16 Calum Mallace MF 6-1 181 01/10/1990 Torphichen, Scotland 13 11 0 1 42 27 1 4 Romario Williams FW 5-11 170 08/15/1994 Portmore, Jamaica 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 21 Justin Mapp MF 5-10 161 10/18/1984 Brandon, MS 1 1 0 0 299 241 22 65 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 1 1 0 0 26 25 0 0 22 23 Laurent Ciman DF 6-0 155 08/05/1985 Farciennes, Belgium 15 15 1 1 15 15 1 1 Anthony Jackson-Hamel FW 6-1 180 08/03/1993 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 4 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 24 25 Donny Toia DF 5-8 160 05/28/1992 Tucson, AZ 14 13 1 0 41 37 1 0 Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare MF 5-11 165 03/09/1995 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada 2 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 28 29 Eric Alexander MF 6-1 165 04/14/1988 Portage, MI 11 6 0 0 148 111 8 20 MF 5-10 160 04/21/1983 Conegliano, Italy 11 10 1 2 11 10 1 2 33 Marco Donadel 36 Victor Cabrera DF 6-0 160 02/07/1993 Lules, Argentina 8 7 0 0 8 7 0 0 Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 39 40 Maxime Crepeau GK 5-11 199 05/11/1994 Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 Maxim Tissot MF 5-11 162 04/13/1992 Gatineau, Quebec, Canada 5 4 1 0 31 14 4 1 55 Wandrille Lefevre DF 6-1 175 12/17/1989 Chartres, France 4 4 1 0 25 21 1 2 99 Jack McInerney FW 5-11 151 08/05/1992 Chattanooga, TN 16 13 4 0 137 87 36 5 Kyle Bekker MF 5-9 165 09/02/1990 Oakville, ON, Canada 8 2 0 1 37 18 0 1 HEAD COACH : Frank Klopas

09/01/1966 W51 L54 T36

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs MONTRÉAL IMPACT SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. July 18, 2015 (WEEK 20, MLS Game #198) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38; TVA) Sporting Kansas City and the Montréal Impact meet for the only time this season when the clubs face off in an intraconference clash Saturday evening at Sporting Park. Sporting return home after a second consecutive victory by shutout, with their 1-0 win at Vancouver Whitecaps FC last weekend. The Impact put an end to their three-game winless run in style last weekend, rolling to a 3-0 win against Columbus Crew SC at Stade Saputo. REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Mike Kampmeinert; AR2 (opposite): Peter Balciunas; 4th: Younes Marrakchi MLS Career: 204 games; FC/gm: 26.7; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 58; pens: 69 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Soni Mustivar, Dom Dwyer SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza, Kevin Ellis, Benny Feilhaber … MTL: Nigel ReoCoker, Calum Mallace, Jack McInerney, Laurent Ciman, Bakary Soumare DISABLED LIST: KC: Ike Opara … MTL: Kenny Cooper, Justin Mapp, Adrian Lopez INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Graham Zusi (USA; CONCACAF Gold Cup) HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (9 meetings): Sporting 5 wins, 15 goals … Impact 3 wins, 7 goals … Ties 1 AT KANSAS CITY (4 meetings): Sporting 2 wins, 7 goals … Impact 2 wins, 4 goals … Ties 0 LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/19: KC 4, MTL 0 (own goal 31; Collin 71; Dwyer 74, 86) 5/10: MTL 0, KC 3 (Dwyer 18, 64; Nagamura 34) 7/12: MTL 1, KC 2 (Di Vaio 28 – Dwyer 4, 89)  This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.  Sporting have won the last three meetings between the teams, all last season. SKC won 4-0 at Sporting Park on April 19, then won the last two meetings, both at Stade Saputo, 3-0 on May 10 and 2-1 on July 12.  The three victories last season ended a two-game winning streak by the Impact, winning once at each ground in 2013.  Coaches record: Frank Klopas vs. KC: P10 W3 L5 D2 … Peter Vermes vs. VAN: P9 W5 L3 D1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City won for a second consecutive match by shutout, scoring the game’s lone goal for a win against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Sunday evening at BC Place. Sporting are in sixth place in the Western Conference with 30 points from 17 matches. LAST MATCH  The game's lone goal came in the 52nd minute. Whitecaps FC failed to clear a spell of pressure, and defender Kevin Ellis was able to rise between defenders to head home a Krisztian Nemeth cross from the right flank.  SKC goalkeeper Tim Melia was credited with six saves in keeping the clean sheet, also helped with clearances off the line by defenders in each half. Whitecaps FC goalkeeper David Ousted was credited with four saves.  SKC manager Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that defeated the Colorado Rapids 2-0 at Sporting Park. Saad Abdul-Salaam and Amadou Dia came into the back four for Chance Myers and Marcel de Jong, and Jacob Peterson started in place of Graham Zusi.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Saad Abdul-Salaam, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia Soni Mustivar - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza - Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 83), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth. TEAM NEWS  Sporting KC won a second consecutive game by shutout in the defeat of Whitecaps FC. Sporting are 6-1-3 in their last 10 games; they have recorded shutouts in five of their last six matches, since May 23, having allowed just two goals in that time.  “I think in this league that quite often with a couple of teams, they don’t value why they are having a few wins in a row and they start to take their foot off the gas pedal and I think every team needs to be aware of that and it’s something we need to do as well,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. “This league is very tough, and it doesn’t really matter who you play on the weekend because there is so much parity, anybody can beat anybody, that’s

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why it’s important wherever you play, you’re on top of your game and the biggest thing you have to give is effort. As much as it’s good and it’s good for your confidence, it doesn’t really do much for us in the next game because we have to start all over again.” Said Benny Feilhaber: “Our confidence is high right now, we feel pretty good about playing at home then on the road and grabbing points. One thing for us, we have a lot of games in hand on a lot of teams but, those don’t mean anything if we cannot get the results. ... We’re in sixth right now and crawling up the table, with getting points in the games we have in hand will make the difference.” Kevin Ellis scored the second goal of his MLS career, both coming over the last five matches. Ellis has two goals and an assist this season, all over that five-game span. Krisztian Nemeth recorded his third league assist of the season, all coming over the last seven games. Nemeth has a goal and an assist in the last two matches. Saad Abdul-Salaam made the first start of his MLS career, playing the full 90 minutes at right back. AbdulSalaam had made six consecutive appearances off the substitutes’ bench. “I thought Saad was tremendous tonight in his first start for us,” Vermes said. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for (Whitecaps FC midfielder) Kekuta Manneh, and he's a fantastic player, but Saad did a tremendous job – and he's not an easy player to play against. I think he's a very dangerous player in their team.” Amadou Dia also returned to the starting lineup after a one-match absence, his sixth start in the last seven league games, dating back to May 20. “It says a lot about those guys,” Vermes said. “They have an ability to not only play, but also play in big games, and they've matured very quickly.” Jacob Peterson came back into the starting lineup, his first start since May 23, playing 83 minutes in a wide attacking role.

MONTRÉAL IMPACT The Montréal Impact put an end to their winless streak after three matches, defeating Columbus Crew SC 3-0 on Saturday evening at Stade Saputo. The Impact are in a tie for eighth place in the Eastern Conference with 21 points from 16 matches. LAST MATCH  The opener came after just five minutes. Impact midfielder Ignacio Piatti fought off a challenge in midfield before feeding Dominic Oduro in the box, where a mistimed tackle gave him space to sidestep goalkeeper Steve Clark for an easy tap-in goal.  Just three minutes later, the lead was doubled. A corner kick was played short, before Marco Donadel received a pass beyond the area. From all of 30 yards out, Donadel rifled a shot into the top corner of the net, well out of reach of the diving Clark.  The clincher came 10 minutes from the end when Dilly Duka hammered a low shot that Clark spilled in front of goal, and Oduro pounced to knock in the rebound for the Impact third.  Impact head coach Frank Klopas made one change to the team that fell 2-1 to New York City FC at Stade Saputo. Dominic Oduro came into the side in place of Andres Romero.  MONTREAL IMPACT (4-2-3-1): Evan Bush - Ambroise Oyongo, Victor Cabrera (Bakary Soumare 65), Laurent Ciman, Donny Toia - Marco Donadel, Calum Mallace - Dominic Oduro, Ignacio Piatti, Dilly Duka (Nigel ReoCoker 81) - Jack McInerney (Eric Miller 71). TEAM NEWS  The Impact put an end to a three-game winless run with the victory against Crew SC, their fifth win in their last six matches at Stade Saputo.  “It was important for us to keep a clean sheet,” said Impact head coach Frank Klopas. “I think that helps with the confidence also because that’s another thing we need to continue to improve. We know we’re going to create opportunities and score goals, but the more clean sheets that you keep, the more you give yourself opportunities to win.”  Dominic Oduro scored a pair of goals, the second multiple goal game of his MLS career – his first since May 24, 2008, when he scored a pair of goals for FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake. Oduro has three goals in his last five games.  “We’re making progress and trying to maintain it,” said Oduro. “We have a couple of tough games to come. Hopefully we do the same again as we need to have that killer instinct. When we get our chances we have to bury them, and we did that.”  Oduro filled a wide right-sided attacking role, returning to the starting lineup after coming off the substitutes’ bench in the NYCFC match, when he was the lone out-and-out striker. It was his first match starting in the wide role since March 28, the third game of the league campaign.  Marco Donadel scored his first goal with the Impact, making a second consecutive start in a deep-lying central midfield position.

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“Usually I take the corner kick, but I saw Jack [McInerney] and Calum [Mallace] take the kick,” said Donadel. “I had already thought about the pass, so I got in position. That’s the way I play, supporting other players. If I get some space to kick, I’ll try it. I have seven or eight goals in my career, and all of them have been from 30 meters out. It’s how I play.” Said Klopas: “It was fantastic. The minute he got the ball and turned, I told the guys on the bench it’s a goal. Because he’s come close and he has a great shot with his right foot. He’s hitting his rhythm more and more.” Ignacio Piatti recorded his fourth assist of the season, his first since June 6 in MLS play. Piatta has a goal and/or an assist in three consecutive games, with two goals and an assist in that time. Calum Mallace recorded his first assist in MLS play this season, but his third in all competitions, his first league assist since last Oct. 11.

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (8-3-6, 30 pts.) UNF 9 10 14 4 3 8 23 27 6 5 7 22 37 71 13 11 2 94 1 17 16 15 93 29

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

PLAYER Krisztian Nemeth Benny Feilhaber Dom Dwyer Kevin Ellis Ike Opara Graham Zusi Jalil Anibaba Roger Espinoza Paulo Nagamura Matt Besler Chance Myers Connor Hallisey Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong Amadou Dia Bernardo Anor Erik Palmer-Brown Jimmy Medranda Luis Marin Saad Abdul-Salaam Servando Carrasco Seth Sinovic Soni Mustivar Tim Melia Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 14 17 15 12 6 13 13 14 6 16 1 7 13 9 13 6 2 4 8 7 9 5 13 9

GS 12 17 14 11 6 12 13 14 4 16 1 2 6 8 8 1 1 4 8 1 6 4 9 9

MIN 1048 1524 1273 995 534 1026 1170 1215 398 1420 89 208 548 614 776 188 95 245 720 148 508 392 866 810

17 17

1530 1530

G 7 5 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 17

A 3 9 1 1 0 4 4 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 34 27 46 5 7 12 11 17 4 0 1 5 10 11 4 4 1 4 0 1 7 5 0 0

SOG 8 9 15 4 2 2 4 4 2 0 0 2 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

30 18

216 164

66 63

FC 10 27 31 12 6 10 10 23 9 14 3 0 4 2 12 4 0 4 0 0 10 4 15 0

FS 20 31 43 4 4 15 4 15 3 6 2 1 2 8 11 4 1 3 2 3 1 0 9 1

OFF 3 1 15 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

CK 0 30 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

210 199 199 210

27 61

77 96

30 32

1 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Krisztian Nemeth 3, Benny Feilhaber 2, Paulo Nagamura 1, Ike Opara 1, Kevin Ellis 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Matt Besler 2, Graham Zusi 2, Benny Feilhaber 2, Chance Myers 1, Jalil Anibaba 1, Kevin Ellis 1, Krisztian Nemeth 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 3-3, Dom Dwyer 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 1

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 9 8 17 17

GS 9 8 17 17

MIN SHTS 810 33 720 30 1530 63 1530 66

SV 26 19 45 39

GA 5 12 17 26

GAA 0.56 1.5 1 1.53

PG 0 0 0 3

PA 0 0 0 4

W 6 2 8 3

L 1 2 3 8

T 2 4 6 6

SO 6 3 9 3

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2015 MONTREAL IMPACT STATISTICS (6-7-3, 21 pts.) UNF 10 7 99 15 33 11 23 2 25 51 55 16 24 5 39 29 22 3 1 6 28 21 13 14 8 17 36

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

PLAYER Ignacio Piatti Dominic Oduro Jack McInerney Andres Romero Marco Donadel Dilly Duka Laurent Ciman Ambroise Oyongo Donny Toia Maxim Tissot Wandrille Lefevre Calum Mallace Anthony Jackson-Hamel Bakary Soumare Cameron Porter Eric Alexander Eric Kronberg Eric Miller Evan Bush Hassoun Camara Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare Justin Mapp Kenny Cooper Nigel Reo-Coker Patrice Bernier Romario Williams Victor Cabrera Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 15 11 16 13 11 10 15 8 14 5 4 13 4 10 2 11 1 5 15 3 2 1 1 14 11 1 8

GS 15 5 13 11 10 9 15 8 13 4 4 11 0 9 1 6 1 3 15 2 0 1 0 10 3 0 7

MIN 1272 479 1169 989 783 762 1350 720 1222 346 360 931 91 835 39 618 90 237 1350 159 18 86 4 934 325 6 560

16 16

1440 1440

G 5 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 23

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

SHT 33 20 26 22 11 15 24 7 5 7 2 10 1 2 1 3 0 2 0 4 0 3 1 1 3 0 0

SOG 15 8 11 8 7 7 5 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

20 11

227 203

88 77

FC 7 3 17 17 19 10 25 11 10 2 2 14 1 10 0 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 21 8 2 9

FS 34 4 14 20 7 9 13 12 6 4 1 6 0 2 2 8 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 11 2 0 8

OFF 8 2 13 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 17 0 2 12 48 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

179 201 201 179

30 33

98 88

20 39

1 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Andres Romero 2, Ignacio Piatti 1, Dominic Oduro 1, Jack McInerney 1, Donny Toia 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Ignacio Piatti 4, Marco Donadel 1, Andres Romero 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Ignacio Piatti 3-4 MONTREAL IMPACT GOALKEEPING UNF 22 1

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Eric Kronberg Evan Bush Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 15 16 16

GS 1 15 16 16

MIN SHTS 90 3 1350 85 1440 88 1440 77

SV 1 61 62 52

GA 2 23 25 23

GAA 2 1.53 1.56 1.44

PG 0 3 3 3

PA 0 3 3 4

W 0 6 6 7

L 0 7 7 6

T 1 2 3 3

SO 0 3 3 4

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.

Sun. Apr.

OPPONENT 8 New York 14 at FC Dallas 21 Portland 28 at New York City FC 5 Philadelphia

RESULT T 1-1 L 1-3 T 0-0 W 1-0

ATT 19784 14149 20848 27454

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

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 KC: Opara (50); NYR: Sam (54) 9 1 KC: Espinoza (44); DAL: Perez (17,52) Castillo (73) 8 2 6 5 KC: Opara (13);

W 3-2

19545

2-1-2

Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr.

11 Real Salt Lake 18 at Los Angeles 25 at Houston

T 0-0 L 1-2 T 4-4

20087 20018 21046

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

2 4 6

Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed.

May May May May

3 Chicago 9 at D.C. United 16 Colorado 20 New England

W T T W

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

19581 16221 0 18864

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

4 4 6 4

Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun.

May May June June

T W W L

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

40653 20172 21505 19155

4-2-6 5-2-6 6-2-6 6-3-6

3 2 2 2

Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri.

June July July July

W 2-0 W 1-0

19835 21000

7-3-6 8-3-6

2 2

27 KC: Nemeth (32) own goal (64); 30 KC: Ellis (52);

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

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep.

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

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

23 at Seattle 29 FC Dallas 6 Seattle 21 at Real Salt Lake 27 Colorado 12 at Vancouver 18 Montreal 24 at Real Salt Lake 1 Houston 8 at Toronto FC 15 Vancouver 19 San Jose 22 at Columbus 29 at Colorado 9 at Portland 13 at Orlando City SC 18 FC Dallas 23 at Houston 27 Seattle 3 at Portland 16 at San Jose 21 Colorado 25 Los Angeles

8 KC: Dwyer (16) Anibaba (91+) Nemeth (94+); PHI: own goal (3) Aristeguieta (19) 9 9 KC: Nemeth (22); LA: Husidic (9) Gonzalez (94+) 10 KC: Nemeth (2) Dwyer (74) Feilhaber (80,95+); HOU: Barnes (11,46) Bruin (46+) Rodriguez (83) 13 KC: Nagamura (75); 14 KC: Dwyer (45); DC: Arrieta (42) 14 17 KC: Dwyer (29) Nemeth (39,46) Feilhaber (43); NE: Agudelo (11) Caldwell (64) 18 21 KC: Nemeth (19) Feilhaber (51) Ellis (57) Zusi (64); 24 KC: Feilhaber (84); 24 KC: Dwyer (30); RSL: Jaime (15) Garcia (93+)

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MONTREAL IMPACT 2015 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT RESULT 7 at D.C. United L 0-1 21 at New England T 0-0 28 Orlando City SC T 2-2

ATT 11549 14189 25245

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

Sat. Apr. Sat. May Sat. May

11 at Houston 9 Portland 16 Real Salt Lake

L 0-3 L 1-2 W 4-1

18924 13020 12158

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

Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat.

23 FC Dallas 30 at Chicago 3 Vancouver 6 at Columbus 13 at New York City FC 20 Orlando City SC 24 at Toronto FC

W L W W L

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

13020 15256 10035 12265 24042

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

W 2-0 L 1-3

17820 24895

5-5-2 5-6-2

27 at Philadelphia 4 New York City FC 11 Columbus 18 at Sporting KC 25 Seattle 1 at New York City FC 5 New York 8 D.C. United 22 Philadelphia 29 at Toronto FC 5 Chicago 12 at Los Angeles 16 at San Jose 19 New England 23 Chicago 26 D.C. United 3 at Orlando City SC 7 at New York 10 at Colorado 17 at New England 25 Toronto FC

T 2-2 L 1-2

17531 18112

5-6-3 5-7-3

W 3-0

15304

6-7-3

May May June June June

Sat. June Wed. June Sat. June Sat. July Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.

July July July Aug.

Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat.

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

Wed. Sat. Sat. Sun.

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

POS PTS NOTES: 6 0 DC: Arrieta (58) 10 1 10 2 MTL: Piatti (14) McInerney (27); ORL: Ribeiro (29) Santos Leite (30) 12 2 HOU: Barnes (15) Clark (72) Lovejoy (80) 12 2 MTL: Oduro (71); POR: Borchers (64) Valeri (70) 12 5 MTL: Ciman (18) Romero (20,29) Duka (78); RSL: Sandoval (47) 11 8 MTL: Piatti (25) McInerney (50); DAL: Hedges (77) 11 8 CHI: Shipp (13) Larentowicz (45) Igboananike (72) 11 11 MTL: McInerney (14) Piatti (83); VAN: Morales (80) 10 14 MTL: Tissot (55) Romero (79); CLB: Higuain (91+) 10 14 MTL: Lefevre (88); NYC: Villa (31) Diskerud (76) Poku (90) 7 17 MTL: Toia (36) Oduro (93+); 10 17 MTL: Oyongo (19); TOR: Bradley (27) Altidore (56) Giovinco (82) 10 18 MTL: Piatti (28) McInerney (70); PHI: Mbu (8) Edu (75) 11 18 MTL: Piatti (77); NYC: Villa (34,82) 10

21 MTL: Oduro (5,80) Donadel (8);

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 Benny Feilhaber 2 Krisztian Nemeth Assists 2 4 times Shots 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Krisztian Nemeth Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 5 Dom Dwyer Fouls Suffered 7 Krisztian Nemeth Offside 3 Dom Dwyer Saves 6 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 7 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 4 Luis Marin

Goals 4 04/25/2015 vs 4 05/20/2015 vs 4 05/29/2015 vs Assists 7 05/29/2015 vs Shots 18 03/08/2015 vs Shots on Goal 7 05/20/2015 vs Fouls Committed 16 03/14/2015 vs 16 05/20/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 17 03/08/2015 vs Corner Kicks 8 04/05/2015 vs Offside 4 05/20/2015 vs 4 05/29/2015 vs Saves 6 06/06/2015 vs 6 07/12/2015 vs Shots Faced 7 06/21/2015 vs 7 07/12/2015 vs Goals Allowed 4 04/25/2015 vs

04/25/2015 vs HOU 05/20/2015 vs NE

T 4-4 W 4-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI 05/20/2015 vs NE

W 3-2 W 4-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

05/20/2015 vs NE

W 4-2

05/29/2015 vs DAL

W 4-0

05/20/2015 vs NE

W 4-2

06/06/2015 vs SEA 07/12/2015 vs VAN

W 1-0 W 1-0

06/21/2015 vs RSL 07/12/2015 vs VAN 04/25/2015 vs HOU

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

HOU NE DAL

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

DAL

W 4-0

NYR

T 1-1

W 4-2

DAL NE

L 1-3 W 4-2

NYR

T 1-1

PHI

W 3-2

NE DAL

W 4-2 W 4-0

SEA VAN

W 1-0 W 1-0

RSL VAN

L 1-2 W 1-0

HOU

T 4-4

IMPACT INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 Andres Romero 2 Dominic Oduro Assists 1 11 times Shots 7 Laurent Ciman Shots on Goal 3 Ignacio Piatti Fouls Committed 5 Nigel Reo-Coker Fouls Suffered 6 Ignacio Piatti Offside 2 5 times Saves 8 Evan Bush Shots Faced 11 Evan Bush Goals Allowed 3 4 times

Goals 4 05/16/2015 at Assists 2 05/16/2015 at 2 06/27/2015 at 2 07/11/2015 at Shots 25 07/04/2015 at Shots on Goal 10 07/04/2015 at Fouls Committed 23 03/28/2015 at Fouls Suffered 18 07/04/2015 at Corner Kicks 10 04/11/2015 at 10 07/04/2015 at Offside 5 05/23/2015 at Saves 8 05/30/2015 at Shots Faced 11 05/30/2015 at Goals Allowed 3 04/11/2015 at 3 05/30/2015 at 3 06/13/2015 at 3 06/24/2015 at

05/16/2015 at RSL 07/11/2015 at CLB

W 4-1 W 3-0

05/16/2015 at RSL

W 4-1

07/04/2015 at NYC

L 1-2

07/04/2015 at NYC

L 1-2

03/28/2015 at ORL

T 2-2

06/27/2015 at PHI 03/07/2015 at DC

T 2-2 L 0-1

05/30/2015 at CHI

L 0-3

05/30/2015 at CHI

L 0-3

04/11/2015 at HOU

L 0-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015) Shots 8 06/27/2015 vs Shots on Goal 1 04/11/2015 vs Fouls Committed 7 06/06/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 6 05/23/2015 vs Corner Kicks 2 03/28/2015 vs 2 05/20/2015 vs 2 07/12/2015 vs Offside 0 03/08/2015 vs 0 03/21/2015 vs 0 05/23/2015 vs 0 06/21/2015 vs 0 06/27/2015 vs Saves 0 04/11/2015 vs 0 04/25/2015 vs Shots Faced 0 04/11/2015 vs

COL

W 2-0

RSL

T 0-0

SEA

W 1-0

SEA

T 0-0

NYC NE VAN

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

NYR POR SEA RSL COL

T T T L W

RSL HOU

T 0-0 T 4-4

RSL

T 0-0

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)

RSL

W 4-1

RSL PHI CLB

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

NYC

L 1-2

NYC

L 1-2

ORL

T 2-2

NYC

L 1-2

HOU NYC

L 0-3 L 1-2

DAL

W 2-1

CHI

L 0-3

CHI

L 0-3

HOU CHI NYC TOR

L L L L

Shots 3 05/30/2015 at Shots on Goal 0 05/30/2015 at Fouls Committed 6 06/20/2015 at Fouls Suffered 6 03/07/2015 at 6 06/03/2015 at Corner Kicks 1 06/24/2015 at Offside 0 06/27/2015 at Saves 1 03/28/2015 at 1 04/11/2015 at 1 07/04/2015 at Shots Faced 3 03/07/2015 at 3 03/28/2015 at 3 06/20/2015 at 3 07/04/2015 at

CHI

L 0-3

CHI

L 0-3

ORL

W 2-0

DC VAN

L 0-1 W 2-1

TOR

L 1-3

PHI

T 2-2

ORL HOU NYC

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

DC ORL ORL NYC

L T W L

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

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

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

IMPACT VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Impact

Sporting KC 5 wins, 15 goals Impact 3 wins, 7 goals 1 ties 5/5/2012 7/4/2012 9/22/2012 3/30/2013 6/1/2013 7/27/2013 4/19/2014 5/10/2014 7/12/2014

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

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

(SP) (SS) (SS) (SP) (SP) (SS) (SP) (SS) (SS)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 28 12 52 24 11

2 5 31 12 71 11 14

Sporting KC

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 7 59 24 123 35 25

1 6 49 16 60 12 22

2 9 88 28 69 9 26

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 15 137 44 129 21 48

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC MTL

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

2 0

1 2

2 0

2 3

4 1

0 0

15 7

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Frank Klopas Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. MTL

3-5-2 5-3-1

(1.1 pts./game) (1.78 pts./game)

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

6 2 20 11 14 14 2 3 2 12 6

Sporting KC Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Claudio Bieler Dom Dwyer Zusi/Rosell Dom Dwyer Kronberg/Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Kronberg/Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen

2 1 15 4 21 21 2 4 2 25 12

Impact Patrice Bernier 7 times Marco Di Vaio Di Vaio/Martins Patrice Bernier Felipe Martins Troy Perkins Troy Perkins Troy Perkins Troy Perkins Troy Perkins

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 2 Dom Dwyer (3 times) 2 Benny Feilhaber (03/30/13) 6 Claudio Bieler (twice)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed

4 Dom Dwyer (twice) 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/13) 9 Dom Dwyer (04/19/14)

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves

1 4 players tied 5 Jimmy Nielsen (07/04/12) 2 Jimmy Nielsen (twice)

Goals Allowed

Impact 1 7 players tied 1 7 players tied 4 Marco Di Vaio (07/04/12) 2 Martins/Smith 6 Karl Ouimette (04/19/14) 6 Felipe Martins (09/22/12) 1 3 players tied 5 Troy Perkins (06/01/13) 4 Troy Perkins (04/19/14)

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

Streak (started)

Montreal Impact W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

10 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ts

(06/06/2014) (07/12/2015) (04/25/2015)

5-0-0 5 Ws (05/16/2015) 1-3-3 1 Ts (06/27/2015) 0-4-0 12 Ls (04/19/2014)

2-3-1 6-0-2

1 Ls 5 Ws

(06/21/2015) (05/03/2015)

0-6-1 6-1-1

1 Ls (07/04/2015) 1 Ws (07/11/2015)

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

4 Ts 1 Ws 2 Ws 3 Ws 2 Ws

(03/21/2015) (07/12/2015) (10/10/2014) (03/29/2014) (05/20/2015)

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

2 4 1 2 1

Ls Ls Ts Ws Ws

(04/11/2015) (05/09/2015) (06/27/2015) (06/29/2014) (05/16/2015)

6-0-4 0-0-2 2-2-0 0-1-0 0-0-1

4 Ws 2 Ts 1 Ls 5 Ls 1 Ts

(05/29/2015) (03/08/2015) (06/21/2015) (08/23/2014) (04/25/2015)

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

2 4 1 9 4

Ws Ws Ls Ls Ls

(06/20/2015) (05/16/2015) (07/04/2015) (03/08/2014) (04/19/2014)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. IMPACT (5-3-1) PLAYER Dom Dwyer Graham Zusi Claudio Bieler Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin Kei Kamara Paulo Nagamura Benny Feilhaber Matt Besler Antonio Dovale Roger Espinoza Chance Myers Lawrence Olum Soony Saad Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

4 8 5 6 7 5 7 6 7 2 2 7 5 5 9 9

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

257 705 283 375 616 429 474 428 630 109 180 547 361 140 810 810

6 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7

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

SHT GOALKEEPER 13 18 20 6 14 14 8 3 2 4 4 5 3 4 137 59

Eric Kronberg Andy Gruenebaum Jimmy Nielsen Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

GAA

2 1 6 9 9

180 90 540 810 810

4 2 18 24 44

3 1 12 16 30

0.00 1.00 1.00 0.78 1.67

0 0 1 1 4

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IMPACT CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (3-5-1) PLAYER Patrice Bernier Marco Di Vaio Felipe Martins Sanna Nyassi Blake Smith Collen Warner Justin Braun Hassoun Camara Justin Mapp Zarek Valentin Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

9 7 9 6 2 5 2 8 8 1 9 9

8 7 9 3 0 5 1 7 8 1 9 9

740 564 706 310 21 377 93 642 610 90 810 810

2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 15

1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 10

3 15 8 3 2 2 1 1 5 0 59 137

Donovan Ricketts Troy Perkins Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 7 9 9

MIN SHTS

GAA

180 630 810 810

5 25 30 16

1.50 1.71 1.67 0.78

2 2 4 1

8 36 44 24

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. IMPACT (5-3-1) PLAYER Dom Dwyer Graham Zusi Bernardo Anor Jacob Peterson Paulo Nagamura Benny Feilhaber Jalil Anibaba Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Chance Myers Servando Carrasco Ike Opara Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

GOALKEEPER Team totals Opponent totals

CURRENT IMPACT VS. SPORTING KC (3-5-1)

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

4 8 6 6 7 9 5 7 2 7 3 3 8 9 9

3 8 4 4 5 7 5 7 2 6 0 2 8 9 9

257 705 369 375 474 674 450 630 180 547 18 196 715 810 810

6 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7

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

13 18 12 6 8 5 1 2 4 5 0 0 5 137 59

Justin Mapp Dominic Oduro Jack McInerney Patrice Bernier Kenny Cooper Eric Alexander Hassoun Camara Dilly Duka Santiago Gonzalez Wandrille Lefevre Calum Mallace Eric Miller Ambroise Oyongo Nigel Reo-Coker Andres Romero Bakary Soumare Maxim Tissot Donny Toia Team totals Opponent totals

30 18 11 9 13 8 8 10 1 1 2 1 1 2 6 9 2 1 9 9

29 12 5 8 11 7 7 6 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 8 2 0 9 9

2246 1116 519 740 970 536 642 602 21 90 93 90 90 180 245 745 180 21 810 810

4 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 15

10 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10

37 22 17 3 42 3 1 17 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 59 137

MIN

SHT

GAA

9 9

810 810

24 44

16 0.78 30 1.67

1 4

GOALKEEPER Team totals Opponent totals

GP 9 9

MIN SHTS

GAA

810 810

30 1.67 16 0.78

4 1

44 24

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GAME NOTES

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. MONTREAL IMPACT

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Sporting Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 18 English TV: TV talent:

KMCI-TV, SKCTV Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Andy Gruenebaum (color) Jake Yadrich (analyst) Kacie McDonnell (host)

Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: Fourth official:

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

8-3-6 (30 pts.) RECORD 17 GAMES PLAYED 6th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 26 GOALS 1.53 GOALS/GAME 30 ASSISTS 17 GOALS ALLOWED 1.00 ALLOWED/GAME +9 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 216 (67) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 31.0% ON GOAL % 210 FOULS COMMITTED 199 FOULS SUFFERED 30 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Ricardo Salazar Mike Kampmeinert Peter Balciunas Younes Marrakchi

English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Radio talent: Danny Clinkscale (play-by-play) Radio talent: Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Jake Gutierrez (color) Raul Padrino Villegas (color)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 23 27 29 37 71 93 94

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

Name Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Benny Feilhaber Bernardo Anor Mikey Lopez* Amadou Dia Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Servando Carrasco Saad Abdul-Salaam Jon Kempin Connor Hallisey Jalil Anibaba Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda

Pronunciation oh-PAR-ah

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

ah-mah-doo DEE-ah sin-OH-vick ser-VAWN-dough cuh-ROSS-co sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM

Tim Melia 810 Tim Melia 0.56 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia 26

HAL-iss-see jah-LEEL ah-nee-bah-bah MEE-lia de YUNG SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah

L 6 6 7 7 7 9 10 7 8 9 L 8 8 5 7 6 3 7 7 7 6

T 5 5 3 6 6 6 4 3 6 3 T 2 2 5 4 7 6 4 6 8 9

203 (77) 37.9% 201 179 39 3

GD +5 +4 –1 –1 –2 –7 –7 –2 –3 –5 GD +6 +3 +3 –1 +8 +9 0 0 –7 –2

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

PETER VERMES 7th season

GP 21 18 17 19 19 21 20 16 19 17 GP 20 20 19 20 21 17 18 19 20 19

MONTREAL IMPACT Ignacio Piatti Ignacio Piatti Ignacio Piatti Ignacio Piatti Andres Romero Ignacio Piatti Laurent Ciman Ignacio Piatti Marco Donadel three players tied

1350 Evan Bush 1.53 Evan Bush 6 Evan Bush 3 Evan Bush 61 Evan Bush

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

(.559) 84-61-50

7th season

Standings through Tuesday, July 14

W 10 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 W 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 6 5 4

–2

Krisztian Nemeth 7 GOALS 5 Benny Feilhaber 9 ASSISTS 4 Dom Dwyer 46 SHOTS 33 Dom Dwyer 16 SHOTS ON GOAL 15 Krisztian Nemeth 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 three players tied 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 4 Dom Dwyer 31 FOULS COMMITTED 25 Dom Dwyer 43 34 FOULS SUFFERED Dwyer/Mustivar 4 5 CAUTIONS Matt Besler 1 EJECTIONS 1

*on loan with USL affiliate OKC Energy FC Pts 35 26 24 24 24 24 22 21 21 18 Pts 32 32 32 31 31 30 25 24 23 21

6-7-3 (32 pts.) 16 8th in East 23 1.44 11 25 1.56

2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

BEEZ-ler POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra ZOO-see KRIS-tee-ON NEY-muth FAIL-hob-ber AHN-your

2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference 1. D.C. United 2. New York Red Bulls 3. Toronto FC 4. Orlando City SC 5. Columbus Crew SC 6. New England Revolution 7. Philadelphia Union 8. Montreal Impact 9. New York City FC 10. Chicago Fire Western Conference 1. Seattle Sounders FC 2. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3. FC Dallas 4. Portland Timbers 5. LA Galaxy 6. Sporting Kansas City 7. San Jose Earthquakes 8. Houston Dynamo 9. Real Salt Lake 10. Colorado Rapids

MONTREAL IMPACT

(.559) 84-61-50

FRANK KLOPAS

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

5th season 51-54-36 (.480) 2nd season 12-25-13 (.370)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Wednesday, July 15 OUT: • Ike Opara (left Achilles) • Jalil Anibaba (left thigh strain) QUESTIONABLE: • Seth Sinovic (concussion) • Bernardo Anor (lower back sprain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 18, 2015 vs. Montreal Impact | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvMTL: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvMTL: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC and Montreal have met three times in each of the previous two seasons as Eastern Conference foes. Sporting KC swept the series in 2014, outscoring the Impact 9-1 with a pair of wins at Stade Saputo and one victory at Sporting Park. Dom Dwyer scored a brace in all three meetings last year, becoming one of only 10 players in MLS history to score six or more regular season goals against the same opponent in a single year and the first of that group to do so in the league’s expansion era (2005 to present). Since the Montreal Impact entered MLS in 2012, only one player has more goals against the Canadian club than Dwyer: retired New York Red Bulls forward Thierry Henry with seven. In four trips to Sporting Park all-time, Montreal has come away with two victories. The Impact prevailed 2-0 in the clubs’ inaugural meeting in May 2012 before claiming a 2-1 win in June 2013. Conversely, Sporting KC notched shutout home wins on March 30, 2013 (2-0) and April 19, 2014 (4-0). Recent #SKCvMTL regular season meetings Date Score Result 03/30/2013 KC 2 vs MTL 0 W 06/01/2013 KC 1 vs MTL 2 L 07/27/2013 KC 0 at MTL 1 L 04/19/2014 KC 4 vs MTL 0 W 05/10/2014 KC 3 at MTL 0 W 07/12/2014 KC 2 at MTL 1 W

Stats through Tuesday, July 14

Sporting KC - Team Statistics • SKC is tied for the MLS lead with 1.53 goals per game and ranks second with 30 assists. • SKC leads MLS with nine headed goals, three more than any other team. • SKC is tied for the MLS lead with nine clean sheets from 17 games. • SKC leads MLS with nine assists from set plays and ranks second with 41 chances created from set plays. • SKC has conceded 9.7 shots per game, the fewest in MLS. • SKC leads MLS with 26.2 interceptions per game. • SKC is sixth in the Western Conference with 30 points but leads MLS with 1.76 points per game. Sporting KC - Individual Statistics • SKC is the only MLS team to have three players with five or more goals (Krisztian Nemeth 7, Dom Dwyer 5, Benny Feilhaber 5). • Krisztian Nemeth is second among 2015 MLS newcomers with 0.5 goals per game (seven goals in 14 appearances). He is also tied for second in MLS with three game-winning goals, one behind Chris Rolfe (D.C. United). • Benny Feilhaber ranks second in MLS with nine assists, one behind Ethan Finlay (Columbus). • Matt Besler leads MLS with 8.3 clearances per game (min. 10 games played). • Soni Mustivar is seventh in MLS with 4.3 interceptions per game (min. 10 games played). • Tim Melia has a 6-1-2 record through his first nine MLS starts, including six clean sheets and a league-best 0.56 goals against average. • Melia is the only MLS goalkeeper with a win/loss record five games above .500 this season. Montreal Impact - Team Statistics • Montreal ranks fifth in MLS with 1.44 goals per game but 17th with 1.56 goals allowed per game. • Montreal has conceded eight goals after the 75th minute, tied for second most in MLS. • Montreal is 6-1-1 when scoring first and 0-6-1 when conceding first, as well as 5-0-0 when leading at halftime and 0-4-0 when trailing at halftime. • Montreal is second in MLS with 0.75 first-half goals scored per game. • Montreal is last in MLS with 11 assists (0.69 per game also a league low). • Montreal has allowed 5.5 shots on goal per game, the most in MLS. • Montreal is last in MLS in both fouls committed (201) and fouls won (179). Montreal Impact - Individual Statistics • Midfielder Ignacio Piatti is tied for the MLS lead with four game-winning assists. • Piatti and forward Jack McInerney are tied for the team lead with seven goals in all competitions. • Defender Laurent Ciman is the only Montreal player to feature in all 23 matches for the club in all competitions this season. • Forwards Dominic Oduro and Andres Romero are tied for third on the team with five goals in all competitions. • Goalkeeper Evan Bush leads MLS with 4.1 saves per game.

Location Sporting Park Sporting Park Stade Saputo Sporting Park Stade Saputo Stade Saputo

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SKC forward Dom Dwyer scored a brace in all three regular season meetings against Montreal in 2014. He has six career goals in four games against Montreal. SKC midfielder Benny Feilhaber recorded his first two MLS assists for Sporting KC in a 2-0 win over Montreal on March 30, 2013. SKC forward Jacob Peterson scored against Montreal in SKC’s 3-1 win on July 4, 2012. He then recorded an assist against the Impact in a 4-0 win on April 19, 2014. Montreal forward Dominic Oduro has three goals and four assists in 18 career MLS matches against SKC. As a member of Toronto FC, he recorded an assist in two matches against SKC last year (7/26/14 and 8/16/14). Forward Jack McInerney has scored three goals in 11 career regular season matches against SKC, all as a member of the Philadelphia Union. Midfielder Patrice Bernier has two career goals in nine career regular season matches against SKC (5/5/2012 and 7/4/2012).

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Montreal goalkeeper Eric Kronberg played for Sporting KC from 2006-2014. He played 44 matches for the club in all competitions with 18 shutouts and a 17-15-12 record. His 1.04 goals against average in all competitions is second lowest in club history (minimum 20 games played). SKC defender Marcel de Jong and Montreal midfielder Maxim Tissot were teammates on the Canada Men’s National Team during the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. SKC midfielder Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus) and Montreal midfielder Patrice Bernier (FC Nordsjaelland) both played three seasons in the Danish Superliga from 2008-2011. SKC forward Bernardo Anor and Montreal forward Dominic Oduro were teammates at Columbus Crew SC from 2013-2014. Montreal coach Frank Klopas played for Kansas City from 1996-1997, recording eight goals and 11 assists in 56 games for the club across all competitions.

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Sporting KC is currently riding a seven-game home winning streak in all competitions, one short of tying the club record set in 2004. Matt Besler is set to make his 200th appearance for Sporting KC in all competitions on Saturday (167 regular season, 11 postseason, 12 Open Cup and 10 international). On Sunday, Tim Melia became the first goalkeeper in MLS history to earn shutouts in six of his first nine league matches with a new club. On Sunday, Soni Mustivar recorded 19 interceptions to set a single-game record during the Opta era (2011-present). His 17 recoveries in the same match were second-most in an MLS match all-time. Chance Myers is one shy of his 100th career regular season start and his 125th regular season appearance for Sporting KC. Benny Feilhaber ranks seventh in Sporting KC history with 29 assists across all competitions. He is one shy of tying Josh Wolff for sixth and two shy of tying Mo Johnston for fifth. Dom Dwyer ranks seventh in Sporting KC history with 31 goals in MLS (including postseason), one shy of tying Mo Johnston for sixth. Jacob Peterson is one shy of his 75th regular season appearance for Sporting KC. Seth Sinovic is one shy of his 150th MLS appearance (including postseason). Paulo Nagamura is one shy of his 50th competitive appearance for Sporting KC at Sporting Park. Bernardo Anor is one shy of his 50th career regular season appearance.

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 18, 2015 vs. Montreal Impact | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES SPORTING KC TO HOST MONTREAL IMPACT ON SATURDAY Following a 1-0 win at first-place Vancouver Whitecaps FC last Sunday, Sporting KC (8-3-6, 6th in West) returns home to host the Montreal Impact (6-7-3, 8th in East) at Sporting Park. Saturday’s match, the first of three in seven days for the team, comes against a Montreal side that reached the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League finals as Sporting KC looks to keep its unbeaten home record across all competitions (8-0-3) in 2015 intact. Sporting KC leads MLS with 1.76 points per game and currently rides a sevengame home winning streak in all competitions, one shy of equaling the club’s alltime record set in 2004. The club’s plus-9 goal differential is best in MLS and their nine clean sheets are tied for most in the league. Montreal, meanwhile, ranks fourth in the East with 1.31 points per game and is led by second-year Designated Player Ignacio Piatti, who has recorded team-highs in MLS goals (5) and assists (4). Striker Jack McInerney has added seven goals in all competitions, and at least one in each of Montreal’s 2015 competitions (MLS, CCL and Canadian Championship). Coached by former Kansas City player Frank Klopas (1996-97), the Impact are coming off a 3-0 home win over Columbus last Saturday.

MELIA STEPPING UP Longtime backup goalkeeper Tim Melia earned his first start for Sporting KC on May 3, notching his first career league win and shutout. The sixth-year veteran hasn’t looked back since. Boasting an 8-1-2 record in all competitions, Melia took MLS Team of the Week honors on Monday by tying a career-high with six saves against the Whitecaps last weekend. The clean sheet lowered his MLS-best goals against average to 0.56 and moved Sporting KC within two points of the Western Conference summit. Melia’s hot start in goal is arguably one of the most impressive in league history. With last Sunday’s result in the bag, he became the first MLS goalkeeper all-time to post six shutouts in his first nine starts for a new club. The sixth-year veteran was signed in the offseason after previously representing Real Salt Lake (2010-2011) and Chivas USA (2012-2014), where he backed up MLS All-Stars Nick Rimando (RSL) and Dan Kennedy (Chivas USA). Most shutouts through nine MLS matches with a new club Shutouts Team Season Player Tim Melia 6 2015 Sporting KC 5 Will Hesmer Columbus Crew SC 2007 4 17 players tied

LAST TIME OUT: SPORTING KC WINS 1-0 AT FIRST-PLACE VANCOUVER Sporting KC recorded the team’s fifth shutout in the past six MLS matches with a 1-0 road win over first place Vancouver Whitecaps FC last Sunday at BC Place. Homegrown defender Kevin Ellis scored the game-winning goal in the 52nd minute on an assist from Krisztian Nemeth and goalkeeper Tim Melia matched his career high with six saves in the clean sheet. Having earned the club’s first conference road win of the year on Sunday, Sporting KC now leads all MLS teams with 1.76 points per game at the halfway juncture of the club’s regular season.

MUSTIVAR MASTERING THE MIDFIELD Facing an explosive Vancouver attack and missing four defenders through injury or international duty, Sporting KC received a record-setting display from its holding mifielder last Sunday. Soni Mustivar’s 19 interceptions were tied for most in a single MLS match during the Opta era, while his 17 recoveries ranked second all-time. He obliterated the single-game interception record among midfielders— previously set by Roger Espinoza (12) in 2012. For good measure, Mustivar notched game-highs in touches (102) and completed passes (46) while adding a team-high 11 successful duels and four tackles. The comprehensive showing landed him MLS Team of the Week honors for the first time in his career. In Mustivar’s 11 starts across all competitions, Sporting KC is 8-1-2 with seven shutouts. This run includes clean sheets in five of the last six MLS matches, marking just the fourth time Kansas City has achieved that feat in a single regular season.

MLS ALL-STAR FAN XI FEATURES THREE PLAYERS FROM SPORTING KC Sporting KC’s Matt Besler, Benny Feilhaber and Graham Zusi were named to the MLS All-Star Fan XI on Monday ahead of the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on July 29. The club’s three selections are the most of any MLS team.

2015 MLS ALL-STAR FAN XI GK: Nick Rimando (RSL) DF: Omar Gonzalez (LA), Matt Besler (SKC), DaMarcus Beasley (HOU) MF: Kaka (ORL), Michael Bradley (TOR), Benny Feilhaber (SKC), Graham Zusi (SKC) FW: Clint Dempsey (SEA), David Villa (NYC), Obafemi Martins (SEA)

Sporting KC: Most MLS shutouts in a 6-game stretch (single-season) Dates Games played Shutouts 4/1/2000 to 5/20/2000 10 9 3/10/2012 to 4/14/2012 6 5 3/16/2013 to 4/17/2013 5 5 5/23/2015 to present 6 5

Besler and Zusi each earn MLS All-Star honors for the fourth time. Feilhaber is a first-time MLS All-Star during a career-year in which he ranks second in MLS with nine assists while also contributing five goals. Besler, 28, has led Sporting KC to a league-high nine shutouts in 2015. The club captain is in his seventh season and has won MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), Defender of the Year (2012) and Breakout Player of the Year (2012) awards in recent years. Zusi, a fellow Designated Player and 2009 MLS SuperDraft pick, is the only MLS player with at least five goals and seven assists in each of the last four regular seasons. The 28-year-old has led the club in assists every year since 2011 and earned team MVP honors each of the last three seasons to go along with MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) and Breakout Player of the Year (2011) recognitions. Feilhaber, 30, was named Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for April and has 13 assists across all competition in 2015, five shy of the club’s all-time record. A five-year MLS veteran, Feilhaber began his professional career with Hamburg (Germany), Derby County (England) and AGF Aarhus (Denmark) in Europe before joining the New England Revolution in 2011. The MLS All-Stars will face English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur at 8 p.m. CT on July 29 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado.

FEILHABER ON PACE FOR CAREER SEASON Just halfway through the MLS season, Benny Feilhaber has set career-highs with five goals and nine assists. The 30-year-old World Cup veteran won Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for April and received MLS All-Star honors for the first time in his career when he was named to the All-Star Fan XI on Monday. Following a three-assist outing in Sporting KC’s 6-2 Open Cup win over FC Dallas on July 1, Feilhaber moved to 13 assists across all competitions this year. With half the season still to play, he is on pace to shatter Preki’s single-season assist record in all competitions for the club (18 in 2003). Sporting KC single-season assist leaders (all competitions) Assists Player Season 18 Preki 2003 17 Preki; Graham Zusi 1997; 2012 16 Preki 2000 14 Preki 1996 13 Preki; Benny Feilhaber 1998, 2002; 2015

ZUSI AND THE U.S. ADVANCE TO GOLD CUP QUARTERFINALS The United States Men’s National Team featured in a 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup doubleheader at sold-out Sporting Park on Monday, maintaining its unbeaten record at the stadium (3-0-1) with a 1-1 draw against Panama. The U.S. finished atop Group A with seven points from three matches and will play in the quarterfinals on Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Sporting KC winger Graham Zusi was an unused sub in Monday’s contest but played the full 90 minutes in a 1-0 win over Haiti on July 10 in Foxborough, Mass. It was Zusi’s 31st cap since debuting for the U.S. in 2012.

TOUGH TO BEAT Sporting KC has been hard to beat during the first four months of the 2015 campaign. Their three MLS losses are two fewer than any other team and the second-fewest through 17 games in team history. The 2000 Kansas City Wizards, led by then-centerback Peter Vermes, started 11-2-4 en route to winning the club’s first Supporters’ Shield title and MLS Cup.

DE JONG AND CANADA BOW OUT OF GOLD CUP Sporting KC defender Marcel de Jong and the Canada Men’s National Team were eliminated from the Gold Cup following Tuesday’s 0-0 draw against Costa Rica. Canada finished the tournament tied for third place in Group B at 0-1-2. De Jong started and played 90 minutes in his third consecutive match of the tournament. Tuesday’s appearance was de Jong’s 36th as a member of Canada’s MNT and his 10th at a Gold Cup. Despite finishing the tournament with two shutouts and only one goal allowed, Canada failed to advanced out of the group stage for the third consecutive Gold Cup.

SPORTING SCORING Sporting KC is tied for the MLS lead with 1.53 goals per game, thanks in large part to a trio of four-goal performances during a seven-game unbeaten run that spanned from April to June. Prior to this year, the team had scored four goals on three instances in a six-game span only once (1996). By comparison, SKC struck four goals three times in all of 2014 and three times from 2011-2013 combined. The club also ranks second in MLS with 30 assists.

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 18, 2015 vs. Montreal Impact | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) HOT AT HOME An emphatic 6-2 win over FC Dallas on July 1 not only sent Sporting KC through to the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals, but extended the club’s home winning streak to seven games in all competitions—the second-longest in club history and one short of the all-time record. Five of those wins have seen SKC shut out their opponent. A win on Saturday would see Sporting KC match the eight-game winning run made in 2004 when Bob Gansler’s side won the U.S. Open Cup in September and advanced to MLS Cup in November.

MATT BESLER SET FOR HIS 200TH MATCH WITH SPORTING KC On Saturday, Sporting KC captain Matt Besler could make his 200th appearance for the club in all competitions. The defender, drafted in the first round of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, currently ranks among Kansas City’s top 10 players all-time in the following categories: • Games played (reg. season/all competitions): 166 / 199 (8th) • Games started (reg. season/all competitions): 161 / 192 (7th) • Minutes played (reg. season/all competitions): 14,536 / 17,375 (7th)

Longest home winning streaks in KC history (all competitions) Win streak Dates Aggregate score Shutouts 8 games 8/24 to 11/5/2004 11-0 8 7 games 5/27 to 8/23/1998 14-3 4 7 games 3/25 to 5/20/2000 16-3 6 7 games May 3, 2015 - present 19-4 5

SPORTING PARK SELLOUT STREAK Sporting Park has sold out 62 straight MLS matches (including playoffs) dating back to March 2012 and 74 of 83 overall since opening in June 2011. SKC has set new regular season attendance records in each of the last four years, eclipsing 20,000 spectators per game in 2014. In 83 MLS matches played at the venue, Sporting Park is averaging 19,405 spectators—105 percent of its 18,467-seat capacity.

VERMES CLIMBING THE RANKS Sporting KC manager Peter Vermes is ninth all-time (six among active coaches) with 84 regular season wins, level two shy of tying Bob Gansler for eighth. Gansler is Kansas City’s winningest coach in club history, compiling an 86-85-51 regular season mark from 1999-2006 and winning 108 games in all competitions. Vermes is three victories shy of tying Gansler’s win total in all competitive matches. Vermes earned his 100th career coaching win in all competitions on May 29 as Sporting KC beat FC Dallas 4-0. He has a 105-71-56 record since taking over in August 2009 and is the only person to win MLS Cup as both a player (2000) and coach (2013) with the same team.

2015 MEDIA RECOGNITIONS SAADABDUL-SALAAM Team of the Week

SPORTING KC A SET PIECE THREAT Through their first 17 MLS matches of the season, Sporting KC has been one of the league’s most dangerous teams on set pieces. In addition to scoring nine goals directly off set pieces, the team has accumulated multiple statistics that illustrate their set piece prowess: SKC leads MLS with nine assists from set plays and nine headed goals, while ranking second with 41 total chances created from set plays. Dom Dwyer scored four set-piece goals in SKC’s 6-2 Open Cup win over FC Dallas on July 1, heading home two Benny Feilhaber free kicks before dispatching a penalty kick and a free kick of his own. In SKC’s 1-0 win at Vancouver last Sunday, Kevin Ellis’s goal stemmed from a partially cleared corner kick won by Jacob Peterson.

Week 19 (7/13)

Bleacher Report

JALIL ANIBABA Week 5 (4/6) Week 6 (4/13) Week 9 (5/4)

Team of the Week Goal.com Goal.com Bleacher Report

MATT BESLER Week 9 (5/4) Week 14 (6/8)

Team of the Week Goal.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk ESPNFC NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com

MARCEL DE JONG Team of the Week Bleacher Report Week 3 (3/23) Goal.com MLSsoccer.com

SIX FOR SPORTING Sporting KC’s 6-2 win over FC Dallas in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 marked just the fifth time that Kansas City has hit six goals in a match—tied for most in a single game in club history. Sporting KC most goals in a match (all competitions) Date Result Competition MLS regular season 5/2/1996 W 6-4 vs. Columbus 6/21/1997 W 6-1 vs. D.C. United MLS regular season 6/20/1999 W 6-0 vs. NY/NJ MetroStars MLS regular season U.S. Open Cup 8/3/2005 W 6-1 vs. Des Moines Menace 7/1/2015 W 6-2 vs. FC Dallas U.S. Open Cup

AMADOU DIA Week 12 (5/25) Week 14 (6/8)

Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Bleacher Report

DOM DWYER Week 5 (4/6)

Team of the Week Goal.com

KEVIN ELLIS Week 13 (6/1) Week 17 (6/29)

Team of the Week Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk

ROGER ESPINOZA Team of the Week Week 2 (3/16) Bleacher Report Week 3 (3/23) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Week 5 (4/6) Goal.com SI.com

MYERS MAKES EMPHATIC RETURN Playing his first MLS match in more than a year, Chance Myers made up for lost time on June 27. Sidelined since May 2014 with an Achilles injury, Myers returned seamlessly to the lineup and earned Team of the Week recognition from MLSsoccer. com and Bleacher Report in his first league game back. The defender turned in a tireless performance, highlighted by his game-winning assist to Krisztian Nemeth in Sporting KC’s 2-0 win over the Colorado Rapids. Myers, an eighth-year MLS veteran and Sporting KC’s longest-tenured player, had missed the club’s previous 44 games in all competitions before returning. He has four goals and 16 assists in 147 appearances for the club in all competitions since being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. He led all MLS players between 2011 and 2013 with 91 successful crosses from open play and was the highest-rated outside back in the 2013 MLS Castrol Index.

BENNY FEILHABER Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Week 1 (3/9) Week 4 (3/30) Goal.com MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk Week 6 (4/13) Bleacher Report Week 8 (4/27) Goal.com MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com Week 9 (5/4) MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk Week 12 (5/25) MLSsoccer.com Bleacher Report BENNY FEILHABER Goal of the Week Week 8 (4/27) MLSsoccer.com

DOMINANT DWYER BAGS FOUR In a 6-2 Open Cup win over FC Dallas on July 1, Dom Dwyer became the first player in Kansas City history to score four goals in a single match. He claimed his hattrick in the 41st minute—converting a penalty kick to record the first ever hat-trick at Sporting Park and the only first-half hat-trick in team history—before adding a superbly struck free kick in the second half. It was the first non-MLS hat-trick scored by a Sporting KC player and just seventh in team history—the first since Birahim Diop on Oct. 23, 2010.

BENNY FEILHABER Player of the Month April MLSsoccer.com

TIM MELIA Week 9 (5/4) Week 14 (6/8) Week 19 (7/13)

Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com SI.com Bleacher Report ESPNFC MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com SI.com

SONI MUSTIVAR Team of the Week Week 19 (7/13) MLSsoccer.com CHANCE MYERS Team of the Week Week 17 (6/29) Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com KRISZTIAN NEMETH Team of the Week Week 12 (5/25) Bleacher Report Goal.com MLSsoccer.com SI.com Week 13 (6/1) ESPNFC MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com KRISZTIAN NEMETH Player of the Month May MLSsoccer.com IKE OPARA Week 1 (3/9) Week 3 (3/23) Week 4 (3/30) Week 6 (4/13)

Team of the Week Bleacher Report Goal.com MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk Soccer By Ives MLSsoccer.com SI.com Bleacher Report Goal.com MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com Goal.com

IKE OPARA March

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GRAHAM ZUSI Week 13 (6/1)

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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 18, 2015 vs. Montreal Impact | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC regular season record vs. Montreal Impact: 5-3-1 Home games: 2-2-0 (7 GF, 4 GA) Road games: 3-1-1 (8 GF, 3 GA) Date

05/05/2012 07/04/2012 09/22/2012 03/30/2013 06/01/2013 07/27/2013 04/19/2014 05/10/2014 07/12/2014

Score

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

Result

L W T W L L W W W

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 6 Dom Dwyer 2 Benny Feilhaber 20 Claudio Bieler 11 Dom Dwyer 14 Rosell/Zusi 14 Dom Dwyer

Location

Sporting Park Stade Saputo Stade Saputo Sporting Park Sporting Park Stade Saputo Sporting Park Stade Saputo Stade Saputo

2 Kronberg/Nielsen 3 Jimmy Nielsen 2 Kronberg/Nielsen 12 Jimmy Nielsen 6 Jimmy Nielsen

2 9 88 28 69 9 26

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 28 12 52 24 11

2 5 31 12 71 11 14

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 7 59 24 123 35 25

5 Jimmy Nielsen (7/4/12) 2 Jimmy Nielsen (twice)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

seven players tied 1 seven players tied 1 (7/4/12) Marco Di Vaio 4 Martins/Smith 2 (4/19/14) Karl Ouimette 6 (9/22/12) Felipe Martins 6 (6/1/13) Troy Perkins 5 (4/19/14) Troy Perkins 4

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 KC 2 MTL 0

16-30 2 2

SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,405

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 83 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 76 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 12 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 83 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

105

Troy Perkins 2 Troy Perkins 4 Troy Perkins 2 Troy Perkins 25 Troy Perkins 12

MONTREAL IMPACT

2 three players tied Goals 2 Benny Feilhaber (3/30/13) Assists 6 Claudio Bieler (twice) Shots 4 Dom Dwyer (twice) Shots on Goal 8 Oriol Rosell (7/27/13) Fouls Committed 9 Dom Dwyer (4/19/14) Fouls Suffered

Total 15 137 44 129 21 48

MONTREAL IMPACT Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

Patrice Bernier 2 seven players tied 1 Marco Di Vaio 15 Di Vaio/Martins 4 Patrice Bernier 21 Felipe Martins 21

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 6 49 16 60 12 22

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

MONTREAL IMPACT

105.1 5

31-45 2 0

46-60 1 3

61-75 4 1

76-90 4 1

OT 0 0

Total 15 7

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON including penalty shootout wins in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

166

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 105 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 18, 2015 vs. Montreal Impact | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Bernardo Anor (trade - 12/8/14)

Antonio Dovale (option declined - 11/25/14)

Jalil Anibaba (trade - 12/12/14)

Christian Duke (option declined - 11/25/14)

James Marcelin (signing - 12/16/14)

Andy Gruenebaum (option declined - 11/25/14)

Luis Marin (signing - 12/18/14)

Michael Kafari (option declined - 11/25/14)

Krisztian Nemeth (signing - 12/18/14)

Eric Kronberg (option declined - 11/25/14)

Tim Melia (signing - 12/23/14)

Victor Munoz (option declined - 11/25/14)

Roger Espinoza (signing - 1/6/15)

Sal Zizzo (option declined - 11/25/14)

Connor Hallisey (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)

Lawrence Olum (out of contract - 11/25/14)

Saad Abdul-Salaam (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)

Martin Steuble (out of contract - 11/25/14)

Servando Carrasco (trade - 1/27/15)

Aurelien Collin (trade - 12/8/14)

Soni Mustivar (signing - 2/13/15)

C.J. Sapong (trade - 12/8/14)

Amadou Dia (SuperDraft - 2/18/15)

Soony Saad (out of contract - 1/1/15)

James Ansu Rogers (SuperDraft - 2/25/15)

Igor Juliao (loan ends - 1/1/15)

Marcel de Jong (signing - 3/2/15)

Claudio Bieler (out of contract - 1/20/15) Jorge Claros (waived - 2/24/15) James Marcelin (waived - 2/24/15) Luis Marin (contract terminated - 5/27/15) James Ansu Rogers (waived - 6/22/15)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Nov. 25: Dec. 8: Dec. 8: Dec. 12: Dec. 16: Dec. 17 Dec. 18: Dec. 23: Jan. 1: Jan. 6: Jan. 15: Jan. 15: Jan. 20: Jan. 20: Jan. 27: Feb. 13: Feb. 18: Feb. 24: Feb. 25: March 2: March 20: March 24: April 1: May 19: May 27: May 27: June 22:

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Sporting KC declines contract options for M Christian Duke, M Antonio Dovale, GK Andy Gruenebaum, M Michael Kafari, GK Eric Kronberg, M Victor Munoz and F Sal Zizzo; M Lawrence Olum and M Martin Steuble leave club out of contract Sporting KC acquires M Bernardo Anor from Columbus Crew SC Sporting KC trades D Aurelien Collin to Orlando City SC; trades F C.J. Sapong to Philadelphia Union Sporting KC signs D Jalil Anibaba after acquiring his rights from Orlando City SC (2014 MLS Expansion Draft) Sporting KC signs M James Marcelin Sporting KC signs F Dom Dwyer to contract extension Sporting KC signs GK Luis Marin and F Krisztian Nemeth Sporting KC signs GK Tim Melia F Soony Saad leaves club out of contract; D Igor Juliao leaves club as loan expires Sporting KC signs M Roger Espinoza Sporting KC selects M Connor Hallisey (10th overall), D Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th overall) and D Amadou Dia (20th overall) in the first round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Hallisey and Abdul-Salaam signed with MLS prior to the draft and were automatically added to Sporting KCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roster. Sporting KC signs F Jacob Peterson to new contract F Claudio Bieler leaves club out of contract Sporting KC selects M James Ansu Rogers (53rd overall) and D Tony Rocha (73rd overall) in the third and fourth rounds of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis to new contract; signs M Servando Carrasco after acquiring his rights from Houston Dynamo Sporting KC signs M Soni Mustivar Sporting KC signs D Amadou Dia, the 20th overall pick (first round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC waives M Jorge Claros and M James Marcelin Sporting KC signs F James Ansu Rogers, the 53rd overall pick (third round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC signs D Marcel de Jong Sporting KC loans GK Jon Kempin to San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) Sporting KC loans M Mikey Lopez to OKC Energy FC (USL) Sporting KC loans D Saad Abdul-Salaam to San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) Sporting KC recalls D Saad Abdul-Salaam from San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) Sporting KC and GK Luis Marin mutually agree to terminate contract Sporting KC recalls GK Jon Kempin from San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) Sporting KC waives F James Ansu Rogers

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)

Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

2013

Mikey Lopez (14th)

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

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

2015

Connor Hallisey (10th) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th) Amadou Dia (20th)

Krisztian Nemeth (12/18/14) Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Marcel de Jong (3/2/15)

Bernardo Anor (12/8/14) Jalil Anibaba (12/12/14) Servando Carrasco (1/27/15)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

MLS Lottery Draft

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 18, 2015 vs. Montreal Impact | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS

ATTENDANCE

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

T 1-1

Opara 50 19,784

Saturday, March 14

at FC Dallas

MLS

L 1-3

Espinoza 44

14,149

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

T 0-0

---

20,848

27,454

Saturday, March 28

at New York City FC

MLS

W 1-0

Opara 12

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

W 3-2

Dwyer 16; Anibaba 91+; Nemeth 94+

19,545

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

T 0-0

---

20,087

Saturday, April 18

at LA Galaxy

MLS

L 1-2

Nemeth 22

20,018

Saturday, April 25

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

T 4-4

Nemeth 2; Dwyer 74; Feilhaber 80, 95+

21,046

SUNDAY, MAY 3

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

W 1-0

Nagamura 75

19,581

Saturday, May 9

at D.C. United

MLS

T 1-1

Dwyer 45

16,221

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

W 4-2

Dwyer 29; Nemeth 39, 46; Feilhaber 43

18,864

Saturday, May 23

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

T 0-0

--- 40,653

FRIDAY, MAY 29

FC DALLAS

MLS

W 4-0

Nemeth 19; Feilhaber 51; Ellis 57; Zusi 64

20,172

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

W 1-0

Feilhaber 84

21,505

TUESDAY, JUNE 16

ST. LOUIS FC

U.S. Open Cup (4th Round)

W 1-0

Zusi 70

19,298

Sunday, June 21

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

L 1-2

Dwyer 30

19,155

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

W 2-0

Nemeth 32; own goal 64

19,835

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1

FC DALLAS

U.S. Open Cup (5th Round)

W 6-2

Dwyer 5, 30, 41, 69; Nemeth 46+, 59

19,113

Sunday, July 12

at Vancouver Whitecaps

MLS

W 1-0

Mustivar 52

21,000

SATURDAY, JULY 18

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

TUESDAY, JULY 21

HOUSTON DYNAMO

U.S. Open Cup (Quarterfinals) 7:30 SportingKC.com

Friday, July 24

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

10:00

KMCI, Unimas

SATURDAY, AUG. 1

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Saturday, Aug. 8

at Toronto FC

MLS

3:00

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, Aug. 11/12

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Semifinals)

SATURDAY, AUG. 15

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS

MLS