REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (July 20, Rio Tinto Stadium, 8 p.m. MT) PROBABLE LINEUPS
2013 SEASON RECORDS Real at home
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 20 11-5-4 37 32 18 10 6-1-3 21 17 8
24 Attinella
Sporting 20 9-5-6 33 29 19 on road 9 4-2-3 15 11 9
29
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
F 29 62
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
22
23
Saad
Kamara
10
8
Feilhaber
Zusi
20 Rosell
15 Sinovic
A 19 95
17 6 5 1
11 5 3 0
14 5 2 2 3 0 2 1
9 4 1 0 1 1 3 0
1 25 3
2 15 2
TYPE OF PLAY
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
8 Plata
13
78
Olum
Collin
7 Myers
1 Nielsen
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
5 12 1
10 Findley
Bieler
HOW SCORED
3 25 4
Gil
11
16
SPORTING
REAL
OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
21
Morales
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM
8 6 2 0 1 0 1 0
Alvarez
Grabavoy
UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING REAL Sat. July 27 at Montreal Sat. July 27 at New York Sat. Aug. 3 New York Sat. Aug. 3 at Colorado Sat. Aug. 10 New England Sat. Aug. 10 Houston Sun. Aug. 18 at San Jose Sat. Aug. 17 at Los Angeles
16 6 5 2 1 0 1 1
17 Wingert
14
LAST YEAR (MLS) 4/14: KC 1, RSL 0 (Collin 63)
11 4 3 0
4 Maund
20
AT SALT LAKE (7 meetings): Real 4 wins, 12 goals … Sporting 2 wins, 9 goals … Ties 1
19 7 6 0
6 Borchers
Mansally
ALL-TIME (15 meetings): Real 5 wins, 19 goals … Sporting 7 wins, 21 goals … Ties 3
F A 32 18 56 100
ROSTERS
REFEREE: Matthew Foerster. AR1 (bench): Kevin Duliba; AR2 (opposite): Baboucarr Jallow; 4th: Allen Chapman DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): : RSL: Lovel Palmer, Chris Wingert … KC: Aurelien Collin
DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none
DISTANCE
(W-L-T) RSL KC
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 6-0-0 5-3-2 0-2-2 6-1-1 3-2-4 0-2-1
REAL SALT LAKE Date Score (Gms since) 6/22/2013 RSL 2, SEA 0 7/13/2013 RSL 3, DAL 0 4/27/2013 RSL 0, LA 2 5/11/2013 RSL 2, MTL 3 7/03/2013 RSL 2, PHI 2 7/13/2013 RSL 3, DAL 0 4/27/2013 RSL 0, LA 2
(1) (0) (6) (3) (1) (0) (11)
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 10-1-2 1-4-2 8-2-3 1-3-1
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 7/13/2013 KC 3, TOR 0 7/07/2013 KC 2, CHI 1 6/01/2013 KC 1, MTL 2 4/20/2013 KC 0, LA 2 7/03/2013 KC 1, VAN 1 7/13/2013 KC 3, TOR 0 5/08/2013 KC 0, SEA 1
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Real Salt Lake Sporting KC
WLTLWLTWLWWLWTWWWWTW WLTTWWWLLWLWTTLTWTWW
SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Yann Songo'o (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 Teal Bunbury (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Lawrence Olum (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Claudio Bieler (FW) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 18 Eric Kronberg (GK) 19 Peterson Joseph (MF) 20 Oriol Rosell (MF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 24 Mechack Jerome (MF) 25 Christian Duke (MF) 27 Kyle Miller (MF) 31 Josh Gardner (MF) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF)
INTERNATIONAL DUTY RSL: Tony Beltran (USA); Kyle Beckerman (USA), Nick Rimando (USA), Alvaro Saborio (CRC) … KC: Matt Besler (USA)
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
REAL SALT LAKE 1 Eduardo Fernandez (GK) 2 Tony Beltran (DF) 3 Kwame Watson-Siriboe (DF) 4 Aaron Maund (DF) 5 Kyle Beckerman (MF) 6 Nat Borchers (DF) 7 Lovel Palmer (MF) 8 Joao Plata (FW) 10 Robbie Findley (FW) 11 Javier Morales (MF) 12 Cole Grossman (MF) 13 Olmes Garcia (FW) 14 Yordany Alvarez (MF) 15 Alvaro Saborio (FW) 16 Carlos Salcedo (DF) 17 Chris Wingert (DF) 18 Nick Rimando (GK) 19 Enzo Martinez (MF) 20 Ned Grabavoy (MF) 21 Luis Gil (MF) 22 David Viana (MF) 23 Khari Stephenson (MF) 24 Jeff Attinella (GK) 25 Rich Balchan (DF) 26 Sebastian Velasquez (MF) 27 John Stertzer (MF) 28 Chris Schuler (DF) 29 Abdoulie Mansally (MF) 44 Brandon McDonald (DF) 45 Josh Saunders (GK) 49 Devon Sandoval (FW)
(0) (0) (3) (4) (2) (0) (9)
TEAM LEADERS REAL G: 5 Garcia/Morales A: 7 Morales SHT: 33 Plata SOG: 14 Beckerman/Plata FC: 32 Grabavoy FS: 45 Morales OF: 7 Plata/Saborio C: 4 Palmer/Wingert E: 1 3 players tied SPORTING G: 9 Bieler A: 5 Zusi SHT: 58 Bieler SOG: 21 Bieler FC: 36 Collin FS: 36 Zusi OF: 8 Bieler C: 7 Collin E: 1 Sapong
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG RSL 20 4 5 7 3 1 32 1.60 KC 20 4 8 4 3 1 29 1.45 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG RSL 20 7 9 3 1 0 18 0.90 KC 20 8 6 5 1 0 19 0.95 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 RSL 32 3 1 7 4 4 13 KC 29 5 2 6 5 5 6 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 RSL 18 4 0 3 4 1 6 KC 19 1 4 4 5 2 3
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (July 20, Rio Tinto Stadium, 8 p.m. MT - MLS Game 192)
REAL SALT LAKE 2013 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Eduardo Fernandez GK 6-3 170 12/16/1992 Guadalajara, Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Tony Beltran DF 5-8 150 10/11/1987 Claremont, CA 16 16 0 1 126 115 0 6 3 Kwame Watson-Siriboe DF 6-3 196 11/13/1986 Chino Hills, CA 7 7 0 0 29 24 0 0 4 Aaron Maund DF 6-1 185 09/19/1990 Dorchester, MA 1 1 0 0 16 10 0 0 5 Kyle Beckerman MF 5-11 165 04/23/1982 Crofton, MD 16 16 2 3 315 286 30 40 6 Nat Borchers DF 6-2 175 04/13/1981 Tucson, AZ 15 15 0 0 243 242 10 4 7 Lovel Palmer DF 5-10 160 08/30/1984 Mandeville, Jamaica 10 8 0 0 89 78 3 2 8 Joao Plata FW 5-2 135 03/01/1992 Guayaquil, Ecuador 17 11 1 4 53 39 4 9 10 Robbie Findley FW 5-9 165 08/04/1985 Phoenix, AZ 14 11 4 2 119 73 35 15 11 Javier Morales MF 5-9 165 01/10/1980 Buenos Aires, Argentina 16 14 5 8 143 129 25 51 12 Cole Grossman MF 6-0 165 04/10/1989 Sacramento, CA 1 1 0 0 13 6 1 0 13 Olmes Garcia FW 6-0 175 10/21/1992 Barranquilla, Colombia 13 4 5 2 13 4 5 2 14 Yordany Alvarez MF 5-10 165 05/24/1985 Cienfuegos, Cuba 11 5 1 0 31 14 1 0 15 Alvaro Saborio FW 6-0 170 03/25/1982 San Carlos, Costa Rica 8 7 4 2 89 78 44 11 16 Carlos Salcedo DF 6-1 170 09/29/1993 Guadalajara, Mexico 7 6 0 0 7 6 0 0 17 Chris Wingert DF 5-10 170 06/16/1982 Babylon, NY 10 10 0 0 228 196 1 13 18 Nick Rimando GK 5-9 184 06/17/1979 Montclair, CA 17 17 0 1 336 336 0 7 19 Enzo Martinez MF 5-7 160 09/29/1990 Montevideo, Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Ned Grabavoy MF 5-7 150 07/01/1983 Joliet, IL 18 16 4 2 206 155 12 22 21 Luis Gil MF 5-8 150 11/14/1993 Garden Grove, CA 16 14 3 2 70 47 6 5 23 Khari Stephenson MF 6-1 185 01/18/1981 Kingston, Jamaica 13 7 1 1 91 56 9 9 24 Jeff Attinella GK 6-2 190 09/29/1988 Clearwater, FL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 Rich Balchan DF 6-0 165 01/18/1989 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 0 0 19 18 1 0 26 Sebastian Velasquez MF 5-11 155 02/11/1991 Medellin, Colombia 15 7 0 3 24 12 0 3 27 John Stertzer MF 6-0 170 10/04/1990 Oakton, VA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 Chris Schuler DF 6-4 185 09/09/1987 St. Louis, MO 12 12 0 0 46 38 2 1 29 Abdoulie Mansally DF 5-10 165 01/27/1989 Banjul, Gambia 8 5 0 1 102 56 7 6 44 Brandon McDonald DF 6-1 185 01/16/1986 Phoenix, AZ 12 11 0 1 137 126 7 9 45 Josh Saunders GK 6-4 210 03/02/1981 Grants Pass, OR 3 3 0 0 59 56 0 0 49 Devon Sandoval FW 6-1 185 06/16/1991 Albuquerque, NM 12 7 1 0 12 7 1 0 HEAD COACH : Jason Kreis
12/29/1972 W85 L66 T53
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2013 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Jimmy Nielsen GK 6-3 200 08/06/1977 Aalborg, Denmark 20 20 0 0 114 114 0 0 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 8 7 1 0 43 29 4 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 15 15 0 1 118 113 2 5 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 15 15 0 1 199 178 10 16 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 14 13 2 1 103 78 2 10 8 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 18 18 4 5 114 83 15 28 9 Teal Bunbury FW 6-2 175 02/27/1990 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 3 0 0 0 80 47 19 6 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16 13 1 4 68 59 6 13 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Lawrence Olum DF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 10 3 0 0 32 13 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 18 17 0 3 88 85 0 5 16 Claudio Bieler FW 5-11 170 03/01/1984 Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina 20 19 9 2 20 19 9 2 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 14 9 1 1 79 55 15 8 18 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 19 Peterson Joseph MF 5-8 132 04/24/1990 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 12 6 0 0 23 10 0 1 20 Oriol Rosell MF 6-0 168 07/07/1992 Puig-Reig, Catalonia, Spain 19 19 1 1 24 20 2 1 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 10 4 2 2 23 6 3 3 23 Kei Kamara FW 6-3 186 09/01/1984 Kenema, Sierra Leone 10 6 4 1 188 143 49 22 24 Mechack Jerome DF 5-10 165 04/21/1990 Liancourt, Haiti 10 8 0 1 10 8 0 1 25 Christian Duke MF 5-9 155 06/05/1991 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Kyle Miller MF 5-9 160 05/12/1989 Ventura, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Josh Gardner MF 5-10 168 09/14/1982 Brazosport, TX 5 1 0 1 54 39 3 6 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 9 6 0 1 170 97 13 12 78 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 18 18 3 1 70 67 9 2 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes
11/21/1966 W54 L40 T36
REAL SALT LAKE vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY RIO TINTO STADIUM, Sandy, Utah July 20, 2013 (WEEK 21, MLS Game #192) 8 p.m. MT (KUCW; KSMO) A mouthwatering top-of-the-table clash is ahead when MLS overall leader Real Salt Lake play host to Sporting Kansas City on Saturday evening at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real consolidated their lead atop the league table and the Western Conference standings with an historic 3-0 win at FC Dallas, extending their long unbeaten streak. Sporting are riding a five-game undefeated run of their own, coming off a 3-0 home win against Toronto FC last weekend to move back atop the Eastern Conference. REFEREE: Matthew Foerster. AR1 (bench): Kevin Duliba; AR2 (opposite): Baboucarr Jallow; 4th: Allen Chapman MLS Career: 15 games; FC/gm: 23.3; Y/gm: 3.7; R: 1; pens: 5 DISABLED LIST: none SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: RSL: Lovel Palmer, Chris Wingert … KC: Aurelien Collin SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: RSL: Ned Grabavoy, Kyle Beckerman, Yordany Alvarez … KC: Seth Sinovic INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: RSL: Tony Beltran (USA); Kyle Beckerman (USA), Nick Rimando (USA), Alvaro Saborio (CRC) … KC: Matt Besler (USA) HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (15 meetings): Real 5 wins, 19 goals … Sporting 7 wins, 21 goals … Ties 3 AT SALT LAKE (7 meetings): Real 4 wins, 12 goals … Sporting 2 wins, 9 goals … Ties 1 LAST YEAR (MLS) 4/14: KC 1, RSL 0 (Collin 63) The teams are meeting for the only time this season in league play. The road team hasn’t won in the series since 2009, when each team won on the other’s home ground in their two meetings. Sporting took a 1-0 victory at home last year in the only meeting between the teams. Coaches record: Jason Kreis vs. KC: P11 W4 L5 D2 … Peter Vermes vs. RSL: P6 W2 L3 D1 REAL SALT LAKE Real Salt Lake extended their undefeated streak to eight games, gaining an historic win with a 3-0 defeat of FC Dallas on Saturday evening in Frisco. RSL lead the Western Conference with 37 points from 20 games. LAST MATCH Real took the lead in the 39th minute. An FC Dallas free kick just outside the RSL box was blocked, and RSL took off on the break. Abdoulie Mansally’s attempted pass was kicked by Zach Loyd, but ricocheted directly Javier Morales in stride. He then nutmegged Loyd with a quick shot from inside the area that seemed to surprise goalkeeper Raul Fernandez as it found the bottom right corner. Real Salt Lake put the match away in the 79th minute. Mansally was again involved, sending in a cross that found a wide-open Ned Grabavoy alone in the middle of the box, and he powered a right-footed shot into the right upper corner of the net. Substitute Olmes Garcia stretched it to 3-0 in the 90th minute. Luis Gil sent in a cross from the right that was whiffed on by Joao Plata, but it fell to Garcia to turn home on the half-volley with a right-footed finish. RSL head coach Jason Kreis made three changes to the team that got a late equalizer for a 2-2 draw with Philadelphia Union at Rio Tinto Stadium. Abdoulie Mansally came into the back four for the suspended Lovel Palmer, and Sebastian Velasquez and Luis Gil came into the team in place of Khari Stephenson and Joao Plata. REAL SALT LAKE (4-2-3-1): Josh Saunders (Jeff Attinella 51) - Chris Wingert, Carlos Salcedo, Nat Borchers, Abdoulie Mansally - Ned Grabavoy, Yordany Alvarez - Sebastian Velasquez (Joao Plata 61), Javier Morales, Luis Gil - Robbie Findley (Olmes Garcia 70). TEAM NEWS Real Salt Lake extended their undefeated streak with an historic victory, winning for the first time ever in 22 games in Texas with the defeat of FC Dallas.
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“It was an important result against a very good team in their stadium. Right now we’re in first place and they’re in second and that’s what’s important. It feels good. I don’t think I ever won a game here even when I was a player [for Real Salt Lake],” said RSL head coach Jason Kreis. With Nick Rimando on duty with the U.S. national team for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, Josh Saunders made his second consecutive league start, his third this season. But he suffered an injury to his left knee and had to come off early in the second half. “[Jeff] Attinella made a couple of critical saves. He’s a player we have a lot of belief in and he came in and made an awesome contribution for us,” said Kreis. “He [Saunders] wanted to try but we knew he felt a little shaky and we found out pretty quickly. I really, really hope that Josh is going to be OK and we’re just looking at a couple of weeks.” Attinella made his MLS debut, coming on for Saunders and playing the final 39 minutes. It was Attinella’s RSL debut; he spent 2011 and 2012 with the NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies. “I’m still trying to wrap my head around what just happened,” Attinella said. “Josh will get evaluated and we’ll see how he feels during the course of the week. If he feels good to go I’m sure he’ll be back and do a great job. If my number’s called, I’m going to train hard and be ready.” Javier Morales scored a goal and set up two others against FC Dallas. Morales has three goals and six assists over the last six games. “He was incredible again. This is a player so many people had written off – including some people in our club actually – so for us to continue to believe in him and him to believe in himself … to make something happen this year, I just couldn’t be more pleased,” said Kreis. “He’s a terrific player but more than that he’s a terrific man and it just really warms my heart to see a guy like that do well.” Although he needed abdominal surgery, Carlos Salcedo held it off to play vs. FC Dallas. He will miss the Sporting KC match after the procedure, but is expecting to miss just one match. "I think it speaks a little bit to Carlos because he told me the next morning that he had actually had a lot of pain during the game in his abdomen," Kreis said. "He was probably already dealing with some of the initial signs of that. Then, he had an incredible amount of pain in the middle of the night Saturday night. It seems a little odd. It seems a little bit unlucky to be a center back on our team at the moment."
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City extended their unbeaten streak to five games, rolling to a 3-0 victory against Toronto FC on Saturday evening at Sporting Park. Sporting are in first place in the Eastern Conference with 33 points from 19 matches. LAST MATCH Sporting opened the lead in the 21st minute. Seth Sinovic sent in a short pass from the left flank, and Soony Saad settled it just outside the area and fired past Joe Bendik into the lower left corner. Sporting, and Saad, made it 2-0 in the 51st minute. Graham Zusi's shot from distance was parried by goalkeeper Bendik, the ball rolling past Bieler to an onrushing Saad, who buried it from the edge of the 6-yard box. Toronto FC went a man down in the 56th minute when defender Reggie Lambe was shown a straight red card after chopping down Saad in the open field. Sporting went up 3-0 in the 63rd minute, on a sequence started by Saad's run and through ball to Kei Kamara. Kamara one-timed the ball to Benny Feilhaber, who pushed it out to Claudio Bieler with the right side of his foot for a tap-in from point-blank range. Sporting manager Peter Vermes made one change to the team that defeated the Chicago Fire 2-1 at Toyota Park. Soony Saad came into the team in place of Lawrence Olum. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Jimmy Nielsen - Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Oriol Rosell - Graham Zusi (Teal Bunbury 85), Benny Feilhaber - Kei Kamara, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 71), Soony Saad (Jacob Peterson 81). TEAM NEWS Sporting extended their undefeated streak to five games, winning back-to-back league games for the first time since winning three in a row March 30-April 17. Soony Saad recorded his first career two-goal game in MLS – and scored his first league goals since his rookie season of 2011 –against Toronto FC. “Soony's first goal showed exactly what he can do,” manager Peter Vermes said. “He can find his spot, and when he hits the ball he can overpower a goalkeeper, he hits it so hard. It was a great finish. The second goal was very opportunistic. We're always talking about getting runners in the box, and we had those when the opportunity fell to us. He was in the right place at the right time.” Saad returned to the starting lineup after returning to the substitutes’ bench the week before, and his three league starts this season have come in the last four matches. “He's been working and he's been hitting form,” Vermes said. “It's like I told him when he got his first opportunity to start: 'You don't have to go out today, and you're only going to get one of these opportunities.
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You're going to have the opportunities. We're going to be patient with those games. 'And credit to him, I think he's gotten better. And today, I think he just found the opportunities that he's accustomed to, and that's why he scored.” After scoring his first goal with Sporting the week before, Benny Feilhaber recorded his first assist since April 27, his fourth of the season, in the final KC goal. “My thought was to just work my butt off because that's what's expected from every midfielder on this team. We have to press, cover for each other, win tackles, and that's really the first thing in my head. And if I'm able to do that, hopefully my technical ability will be able to come out,” Feilhaber said. “That was my mentality and for myself it worked today and now the goal is to just remain consistent and improve on everything.” Seth Sinovic recorded an assist for a second consecutive match, and now has a career-high three assists this season. All five of his career assists have come of the last two years in his four-year MLS career. Claudio Bieler scored his ninth goal of the season and moved into fifth place in the MLS Golden Boot standings. Sporting recorded their first shutout since a 1-0 blanking of Houston on May 8. SKC had seven shutouts over their first 12 league games of the season. “I think we did a good job to create the clean sheet today,” said goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen. “We forced their defense to hit the long balls all the time, which is good for [Matt] Besler and [Aurelien] Collin. I think we did a good job on the second balls as well, but overall, a great performance and I'm glad we got the shutout as well.”
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2013 REAL SALT LAKE STATISTICS (11-5-4, 37 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 11 M Javier Morales 13 F Olmes Garcia 10 F Robbie Findley 20 M Ned Grabavoy 15 F Alvaro Saborio 21 M Luis Gil 5 M Kyle Beckerman 8 F Joao Plata 23 M Khari Stephenson 14 M Yordany Alvarez 49 F Devon Sandoval 26 M Sebastian Velasquez 2 D Tony Beltran 29 D Abdoulie Mansally 18 G Nick Rimando 24 G Jeff Attinella 6 D Nat Borchers 12 M Cole Grossman 4 D Aaron Maund 7 D Lovel Palmer 16 D Carlos Salcedo 45 G Josh Saunders 28 D Chris Schuler 27 M John Stertzer 3 D Kwame Watson-Siriboe 17 D Chris Wingert 25 D Rich Balchan 1 G Eduardo Fernandez 19 M Enzo Martinez Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 16 13 14 18 8 16 16 17 13 11 12 15 16 8 17 1 15 1 1 10 7 3 12 2 7 10 0 0 0
GS 14 4 11 16 7 14 16 11 7 5 7 7 16 5 17 0 15 1 1 8 6 3 12 0 7 10 0 0 0
MIN 1320 547 767 1503 655 1138 1381 1009 551 528 608 705 1429 458 1530 39 1350 77 90 683 541 231 1080 33 630 868 0 0 0
20 20
20 20
1800 1800
G 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 18
A 8 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 32 20 25 14 30 25 31 33 16 5 13 17 6 3 0 0 3 1 1 5 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 0
SOG 13 9 11 6 10 11 14 14 4 2 6 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
FC 11 14 2 32 10 9 14 9 12 12 2 11 11 13 0 0 7 0 1 11 11 0 9 1 10 13 0 0 0
FS 45 13 14 33 8 10 8 10 3 1 10 13 14 7 0 0 9 1 1 3 3 1 6 0 3 0 0 0 0
OFF 4 6 4 3 7 1 0 7 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 63 0 0 5 0 1 9 7 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 1 2 1 3 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 20
289 233
112 87
225 235
235 225
38 41
95 104
33 33
3 2
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Javier Morales 3, Luis Gil 2, Olmes Garcia 2, Alvaro Saborio 1, Joao Plata 1 Kyle Beckerman 1, Yordany Alvarez 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Joao Plata 2, Olmes Garcia 2, Kyle Beckerman 2, Sebastian Velasquez 1 Alvaro Saborio 1, Nick Rimando 1, Javier Morales 1, Ned Grabavoy 1 Tony Beltran 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Alvaro Saborio 0-1, Javier Morales 1-1 REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP 24 G Jeff Attinella 1 18 G Nick Rimando 17 45 G Josh Saunders 3 Team totals 20 Opponent totals 20
GS 0 17 3 20 20
MIN 39 1530 231 1800 1800
SHTS 3 66 18 87 112
SV 3 52 13 68 78
GA 0 14 4 18 32
GAA 0.00 0.82 1.56 0.90 1.60
PG 0 1 0 1 1
PA 0 3 0 3 2
W 0 10 1 11 5
* = Played with other teams in 2013. Only Real Salt Lake statistics listed here.
L 0 4 1 5 11
T 0 3 1 4 4
SO 0 6 0 7 4
2013 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (9-5-6, 33 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 16 F Claudio Bieler 8 F Graham Zusi 23 F Kei Kamara 78 D Aurelien Collin 22 F Soony Saad 7 D Chance Myers 10 M Benny Feilhaber 20 M Oriol Rosell 17 F C.J. Sapong 3 D Ike Opara 15 D Seth Sinovic 5 D Matt Besler 31 M Josh Gardner 24 D Mechack Jerome 6 M Paulo Nagamura 37 F Jacob Peterson 9 F Teal Bunbury 11 F *Bobby Convey 14 F Dom Dwyer 4 D Kevin Ellis 19 M Peterson Joseph 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 13 D Lawrence Olum 25 M Christian Duke 21 G Jon Kempin 18 G Eric Kronberg 12 M Mikey Lopez 27 M Kyle Miller Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 20 18 10 18 10 14 16 19 14 8 18 15 5 10 15 9 3 3 4 2 12 20 10 0 0 0 0 0
GS 19 18 6 18 4 13 13 19 9 7 17 15 1 8 15 6 0 2 0 1 6 20 3 0 0 0 0 0
MIN 1623 1592 656 1620 413 1213 1057 1619 875 631 1513 1350 130 677 1288 482 38 122 66 113 538 1800 362 0 0 0 0 0
20 20
20 20
1800 1800
G 9 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 19
A 2 5 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 58 36 29 24 24 16 22 14 22 5 11 5 1 5 15 13 0 2 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
SOG 21 13 10 7 5 5 5 4 8 2 2 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FC 25 21 8 36 8 19 15 31 19 11 21 12 2 2 23 8 1 3 0 4 18 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
FS 23 36 8 14 8 8 26 16 30 4 12 9 2 3 19 7 0 1 3 2 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
OFF 8 7 5 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 88 0 0 1 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 1 1 0 7 0 2 2 5 0 2 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 15
311 179
92 56
293 259
259 293
34 87
106 78
36 33
1 6
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Claudio Bieler 3, Aurelien Collin 2, Graham Zusi 1, Soony Saad 1 Oriol Rosell 1, Kei Kamara 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 3, Seth Sinovic 3, Soony Saad 1, Benny Feilhaber 1 Claudio Bieler 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Claudio Bieler 2-2, Kei Kamara 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 20 20 1800 Team totals 20 20 1800 Opponent totals 20 20 1800
SHTS 56 56 92
SV 36 36 62
GA 19 19 29
GAA 0.95 0.95 1.45
PG 1 1 3
PA 1 1 3
W 9 9 5
L 5 5 9
* = Played with other teams in 2013. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.
T 6 6 6
SO 8 8 4
REAL SALT LAKE 2013 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May
3 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 8 11
OPPONENT at San Jose at D.C. United Colorado at FC Dallas Seattle at Colorado at Vancouver Chivas USA Los Angeles Vancouver at New England at Montreal
RESULT W 2-0 L 0-1 T 1-1 L 0-2 W 2-1 L 0-1 T 1-1 W 1-0 L 0-2 W 2-0 W 2-1 L 2-3
ATT. 10,525 17,072 20,370 11,181 20,359 15,226 18,612 14,900 17,655 17,480 8,040 14,578 8,125
Sun. May
19 at Chivas USA
W 4-1
Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Fri. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.
25 1 8 22 29 3 13 20 27 3 10 17 21 24 30 13 21 28 5 19 23
T W W W W T W
May June June June June July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct.
Chicago San Jose Los Angeles Seattle at Toronto FC Philadelphia at FC Dallas Sporting KC at New York at Colorado Houston at Los Angeles at Portland Columbus Portland at Seattle San Jose at Vancouver FC Dallas at Portland Chivas USA
1-1 3-0 3-1 2-0 1-0 2-2 3-0
18,293 19,064 18,962 19,848 20,841 20,445 16,560
W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 T1 3 RSL: Saborio (71,85) 1-1-0 T2 3 DC: Pajoy (60) 1-1-1 T2 4 RSL: Saborio (80); COL: Brown (37) 1-2-1 T5 4 DAL: Castillo (70) Jackson (81) 2-2-1 T4 7 RSL: Findley (8) Gil (35); SEA: Evans (57) 2-3-1 T5 7 COL: Harris (5) 2-3-2 T3 8 RSL: Garcia (66); VAN: Sanvezzo (84) 3-3-2 T2 11 RSL: Morales (53) 3-4-2 T4 11 LA: Magee (6) Rugg (13) 4-4-2 T2 14 RSL: Gil (47) Morales (71) 5-4-2 2 17 RSL: Sandoval (77) Garcia (89); NE: Guy (51) 5-5-2 2 17 RSL: own goal (7) Beckerman (77); MTL: Martins (39) Di Vaio (80) Ferrari (93+) 6-5-2 2 20 RSL: Grabavoy (4,91+) Plata (48) Findley (78); CHV: Villafana (55) 6-5-3 3 21 RSL: Saborio (78); CHI: Amarikwa (84) 7-5-3 2 24 RSL: Morales (16) Grabavoy (33) Findley (38) 8-5-3 2 27 RSL: Stephenson (44) Garcia (84,92+); LA: Donovan (46+) 9-5-3 1 30 RSL: Beckerman (41) Findley (46) 10-5-3 3 33 RSL: Alvarez (45) 10-5-4 1 34 RSL: Gil (75) Morales (97+); PHI: Le Toux (13) Casey (76) 11-5-4 1 37 RSL: Morales (39) Grabavoy (79) Garcia (90)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2013 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.
2 9 16 23 30 5 17 20 27
OPPONENT at Philadelphia at Toronto FC Chicago at New England Montreal D.C. United at New York at Los Angeles Portland
RESULT W 3-1 L 1-2 T 0-0 T 0-0 W 2-0 W 1-0 W 1-0 L 0-2 L 2-3
ATT. 18,160 25,991 19,868 12,215 18,609 18,988 12,338 25,908 20,186
Sun. Wed. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat.
May May May May May June June
5 8 12 19 26 1 22
Chivas USA Seattle at Houston at D.C. United Houston Montreal at FC Dallas
W L W T T L T
4-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-2 2-2
18,811 18,602 19,004 13,612 20,876 19,470 16,361
Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Wed. Fri. Sat.
June July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
29 3 7 13 20 27 3 10 18 23 31 7 21 27 5 9 18 26
Columbus Vancouver at Chicago Toronto FC at Real Salt Lake at Montreal New York New England at San Jose at Chicago Colorado Columbus at Toronto FC Philadelphia at Columbus at Houston D.C. United at Philadelphia
W T W W
3-2 1-1 2-1 3-0
20,128 20,137 17,735 21,126
W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 0 3 KC: Zusi (41) Rosell (66) Bieler (83); PHI: Le Toux (17) 1-1-0 T1 3 KC: Bieler (77); TOR: Earnshaw (3,21) 1-1-1 T3 4 1-1-2 T3 5 2-1-2 3 8 KC: Bieler (5) Zusi (80) 3-1-2 2 11 KC: Bieler (89) 4-1-2 T2 14 KC: Collin (13) 4-2-2 1 14 LA: Sarvas (27) Donovan (74) 4-3-2 T2 14 KC: Myers (1,29); POR: R. Johnson (24) Nagbe (33) Wallace (58) 5-3-2 T1 17 KC: Bieler (41,57) Zusi (65) Sapong (87) 5-4-2 T3 17 SEA: Traore (94+) 6-4-2 T2 20 KC: Collin (73) 6-4-3 2 21 KC: own goal (60); DC: Porter (65) 6-4-4 3 22 KC: Kamara (68); HOU: Davis (46+) 6-5-4 T3 22 KC: Bieler (49+); MTL: Nyassi (47) Warner (53) 6-5-5 T3 23 KC: Kamara (43) own goal (57); DAL: Jacobson (88) Zimmerman (90) 7-5-5 T2 26 KC: Kamara (34,80) Bieler (50); CLB: Arrieta (48) Oduro (53) 7-5-6 T3 27 KC: Collin (35); VAN: Sanvezzo (45) 8-5-6 0 30 KC: Feilhaber (6) Zusi (8); CHI: Magee (38) 9-5-6 1 33 KC: Saad (21,51) Bieler (63)
REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2013) Goals 2 Alvaro Saborio 2 Ned Grabavoy 2 Olmes Garcia Assists 2 Joao Plata 2 Javier Morales 2 Javier Morales Shots 4 Alvaro Saborio Shots on Goal 3 Alvaro Saborio 3 Joao Plata 3 Kyle Beckerman
03/03/2013 05/19/2013 06/08/2013
05/04/2013 06/08/2013 07/13/2013
03/03/2013
03/03/2013 03/30/2013 06/22/2013
at SJ at CHV vs. LA
vs. VAN vs. LA at DAL
at
SJ
at SJ vs. SEA vs. SEA
W 2-0 W 4-1 W 3-1
W 2-0 W 3-1 W 3-0
W 2-0
W 2-0 W 2-1 W 2-0
Fouls Committed 5 Ned Grabavoy 5 Carlos Salcedo
05/04/2013 05/08/2013
vs. VAN at NE
W 2-0 W 2-1
Fouls Suffered 5 Sebastian Velasquez 5 Ned Grabavoy 5 Javier Morales 5 Javier Morales
03/03/2013 05/08/2013 05/08/2013 06/08/2013
at at at vs.
SJ NE NE LA
W W W W
Offside 3 Devon Sandoval
05/19/2013
at
CHV
W 4-1
Saves 6 Nick Rimando
04/13/2013
at
VAN
T 1-1
2-0 2-1 2-1 3-1
Shots Faced 7 Josh Saunders 7 Nick Rimando 7 Josh Saunders
03/23/2013 04/13/2013 07/03/2013
at DAL at VAN vs. PHI
L 0-2 T 1-1 T 2-2
Goals Allowed 3 Nick Rimando
05/11/2013
at
L 2-3
MTL
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2013) Goals 2 Chance Myers 2 Claudio Bieler 2 Kei Kamara 2 Soony Saad
04/27/2013 05/05/2013 06/29/2013 07/13/2013
vs. vs. vs. vs.
Assists 2 Graham Zusi 2 Benny Feilhaber
03/02/2013 03/30/2013
at PHI vs. MTL
Shots 9 Soony Saad Shots on Goal 4 Claudio Bieler Fouls Committed 6 Aurelien Collin Fouls Suffered 5 Claudio Bieler 5 C.J. Sapong 5 Graham Zusi 5 C.J. Sapong
06/29/2013
POR CHV CLB TOR
vs. CLB
L W W W
2-3 4-0 3-2 3-0
W 3-1 W 2-0
TEAM LOW GAMES (2013)
Goals 4 05/19/2013
at
CHV
W 4-1
Shots 4 04/13/2013
at
VAN
T 1-1
Assists 4 05/04/2013 4 06/08/2013 4 07/13/2013
vs. VAN vs. LA at DAL
W 2-0 W 3-1 W 3-0
Shots on Goal 2 03/09/2013
at
DC
L 0-1
Shots 25 03/30/2013 Shots on Goal 10 03/30/2013
vs. SEA
vs. SEA
vs. CHV
W 3-0
Fouls Suffered 18 06/29/2013
W 1-0
Corner Kicks 8 04/20/2013 8 06/08/2013 8 06/22/2013
at
vs. SEA
vs. CHV vs. LA vs. SEA
at vs. vs. at
TOR CHI CHI LA
W 1-0 W 3-1 W 2-0
at
CHV
W 4-1
Saves 6 04/13/2013 6 07/13/2013
at at
VAN DAL
T 1-1 W 3-0
Shots Faced 8 03/23/2013
at
DAL
L 0-2
Goals Allowed 3 05/11/2013
at
MTL
L 2-3
T 1-1
Fouls Suffered 7 05/11/2013 at
MTL
L 2-3
Corner Kicks 2 03/03/2013 2 05/04/2013 2 05/08/2013
at SJ vs. VAN at NE
W 2-0 W 2-0 W 2-1
Offside 0 03/09/2013 0 05/25/2013 0 06/01/2013 0 06/29/2013
at vs. vs. at
L T W W
Saves 1 05/25/2013 1 06/08/2013 1 06/22/2013
vs. CHI vs. LA vs. SEA
T 1-1 W 3-1 W 2-0
Shots Faced 1 06/22/2013
vs. SEA
W 2-0
DC CHI SJ TOR
0-1 1-1 3-0 1-0
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2013)
TEAM LOW GAMES (2013)
Goals 4 05/05/2013
W 4-0
Shots 7 03/02/2013
at
PHI
W 3-1
W 4-0
Shots on Goal 1 03/09/2013
at
TOR
L 1-2
Assists 5 05/05/2013
vs. CHV
vs. CHV
Shots 25 07/03/2013
vs. VAN
T 1-1
Fouls Committed 9 07/13/2013 vs. TOR
W 3-0
Shots on Goal 10 07/13/2013
vs. TOR
W 3-0
Fouls Suffered 8 07/07/2013 at
CHI
W 2-1
Corner Kicks 2 03/02/2013 2 03/23/2013 2 07/07/2013
at at at
PHI NE CHI
W 3-1 T 0-0 W 2-1
Offside 0 03/16/2013 0 05/26/2013 0 06/01/2013
vs. CHI vs. HOU vs. MTL
T 0-0 T 1-1 L 1-2
Saves 0 03/23/2013 0 05/05/2013 0 05/26/2013 0 06/01/2013
at vs. vs. vs.
T W T L
Shots Faced 0 03/23/2013 0 05/05/2013
at NE vs. CHV
HOU
W 1-0
vs. CHI
T 0-0
W 4-0
L 0-1 Corner Kicks 12 05/19/2013
03/09/2013 03/16/2013 03/16/2013 04/20/2013
TOR
Offside 8 05/19/2013
Fouls Suffered 20 03/16/2013 05/08/2013
W 2-1
Fouls Committed 17 06/01/2013 vs. SJ
Fouls Committed 25 05/12/2013 at 05/05/2013
W 2-1
Fouls Committed 6 05/25/2013 vs. CHI
W 3-2
L T T L
1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2
Offside 5 03/30/2013 Saves 4 03/02/2013 4 04/27/2013 4 06/22/2013 4 07/07/2013
Offside 3 Claudio Bieler
03/02/2013
at
PHI
W 3-1
Saves 4 Jimmy 4 Jimmy 4 Jimmy 4 Jimmy
03/02/2013 04/27/2013 06/22/2013 07/07/2013
at vs. at at
PHI POR DAL CHI
W L T W
Nielsen Nielsen Nielsen Nielsen
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2013)
3-1 2-3 2-2 2-1
Shots Faced 7 Jimmy Nielsen
04/27/2013
vs. POR
L 2-3
Goals Allowed 3 Jimmy Nielsen
04/27/2013
vs. POR
L 2-3
at
DC
vs. MTL
at vs. at at
PHI POR DAL CHI
T 1-1
W 2-0
W L T W
3-1 2-3 2-2 2-1
Shots Faced 7 04/27/2013
vs. POR
L 2-3
Goals Allowed 3 04/27/2013
vs. POR
L 2-3
NE CHV HOU MTL
0-0 4-0 1-1 1-2
T 0-0 W 4-0
2012 REAL SALT LAKE VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-0) UNF 23 5 2 6 7 21 8 4 18 15 22 26 17
POS FWD MID DEF DEF FWD MID MID DEF GK FWD MID MID DEF
PLAYER Paulo Junior Kyle Beckerman Tony Beltran Nat Borchers Fabian Espindola Luis Gil Will Johnson Jamison Olave Nick Rimando Alvaro Saborio Jonny Steele Sebastian Velasquez Chris Wingert ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GS 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
MIN 14 90 90 90 90 76 90 90 90 90 27 63 90
G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
SOG 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 0
FS 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
OFF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
CK 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1
1 1
90 90
0 1
0 1
10 10
1 3
14 13
13 14
2 0
4 11
2 1
0 0
0 0
GP 1
GS 1
MIN 90
SHTS 3
SV 2
GA 1
GAA 1.00
PG 0
PA 0
W 0
L 1
T 0
1 1
1 1
90 90
3 1
2 1
1 0
1.00 0.00
0 0
0 0
0 1
1 0
0 0
GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF POS GOALKEEPER 18 GK Nick Rimando ----------Team totals Opponent totals
SO O'TIME 0 0-0-0 0 1
0-0-0 0-0-0
2012 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. REAL SALT LAKE (1-0-0) UNF 78 8 5 11 15 2 23 7 6 1 37 55 17 16
POS DEF MID DEF MID M/D DEF MID DEF MID GK MID MID FWD DEF
PLAYER Aurelien Collin Graham Zusi Matt Besler Bobby Convey Roger Espinoza Michael Harrington Kei Kamara Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Jimmy Nielsen Jacob Peterson Julio Cesar C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GS 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
MIN 90 90 90 82 90 1 90 90 39 90 8 51 90 89
G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
SOG 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 0
FS 1 3 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
OFF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1
1 1
90 90
1 0
1 0
10 10
3 1
13 14
14 13
0 2
11 4
1 2
0 0
0 0
GP 1
GS 1
MIN 90
SHTS 1
SV 1
GA 0
GAA 0.00
PG 0
PA 0
W 1
L 0
T 0
1 1
1 1
90 90
1 3
1 2
0 1
0.00 1.00
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 1
0 0
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Aurelien Collin 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals
SO O'TIME 1 0-0-0 1 0
0-0-0 0-0-0
SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. REAL SALT LAKE ALL-TIME RESULTS Sporting 7 wins, 21 goals Real 5 wins, 19 goals Ties 3 07/16/2005 08/13/2005
KC 3 vs RSL 2 KC 4 at RSL 2
(KC) (RE)
05/20/2006 09/30/2006
RSL 2 vs KC 1 KC 3 vs RSL 3
(RE) (KC)
07/14/2007 08/29/2007
KC 1 vs RSL 0 RSL 3 vs KC 1
(KC) (RE)
06/07/2008 06/28/2008
RSL 0 vs KC 0 KC 1 vs RSL 0
(RE) (CA)
05/16/2009 08/29/2009
KC 2 at RSL 0 RSL 1 at KC 0
(RT) (CA)
05/29/2010 08/07/2010
RSL 4 vs KC 1 KC 1 vs RSL 1
(RT) (CA)
08/03/2011 09/17/2011
KC 2 vs RSL 0 RSL 1 vs KC 0
(SP) (RT)
04/14/2012
KC 1 vs RSL 0
(SP)
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
Real Salt Lake 1 2 OT Tot. 10 9 0 19 73 99 0 172 30 41 0 71 116 106 0 222 22 23 0 45 23 24 0 47
Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 12 9 0 21 95 105 0 200 36 43 0 79 80 97 0 177 22 16 0 38 50 39 0 89
GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:
RSL KC
1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 1 1 8 1 2 6 3 7 2 3 4 2
OT 0 0
Total 19 21
CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Jason Kreis vs. KC Peter Vermes vs. RSL
4-5-2 (1.27 pts./game) 2-3-1 (1.17 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:
U.S. OPEN CUP 04/18/2007
RSL 2 vs KC 1 (OT)
(Q1, RE)
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
2 2 16 8 14 12
Real Salt Lake 4 players tied 4 players tied Beckerman/Espindola Kyle Beckerman Kyle Beckerman Javier Morales
4 5 27 9 20 32
Sporting KC Sealy/Wolff Arnaud/Wolff Davy Arnaud 3 players tied Davy Arnaud Davy Arnaud
Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
3 4 2 31 8
Nick Nick Nick Nick Nick
3 2 4 31 9
Kevin Hartman Hartman/Nielsen Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Bo Oshoniyi
Rimando Rimando Rimando Rimando Rimando
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Real Salt Lake Atiba Harris (9/30/06) 16 players tied Beckerman/Saborio Kreis/Beckerman Harris/Olave Javier Morales (5/29/10)
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
2 1 6 3 6 7
Saves Goals Allowed
7 Countess/Seitz 4 D.J. Countess (8/13/05)
2 3 6 3 8 6
Sporting KC 3 players tied Josh Wolff (8/13/05) Arnaud/Kamara 6 players tied Davy Arnaud (5/29/10) Roger Espinoza (9/17/11)
7 3 players tied 4 Jimmy Nielsen (5/29/10)
2013 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS:
At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Scored Allowed Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 or more Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals
REAL SALT LAKE W-L-T Streak (started)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY W-L-T Streak (started)
6-0-0 5-3-2 0-2-2
11 Ws (7/21/2012) 1 Ws (6/8/2013) 1 Ts (7/3/2013)
6-1-1 3-2-4 0-2-1
3 Ws (6/29/2013) 2 Ts (5/19/2013) 1 Ts (5/26/2013)
10-1-2 1-4-2
5 Ws (6/1/2013) 1 Ts (7/3/2013)
8-2-3 1-3-1
2 Ws (7/7/2013) 1 Ts (5/26/2013)
0-4-0 2-0-3 5-1-1 3-0-0 1-0-0
4 1 1 11 12
Ls Ws Ts Ws Ws
(3/9/2013) (6/29/2013) (7/3/2013) (8/6/2011) (8/9/2006)
0-2-2 3-2-3 2-1-1 3-0-0 1-0-0
2 1 1 8 32
Ls Ts Ws Ws Ws
(4/20/2013) (7/3/2013) (7/7/2013) (8/17/2011) (5/2/1996)
7-0-0 4-2-3 0-2-1 0-1-0 0-0-0
7 1 1 6 11
Ws Ws Ts Ls Ls
(3/3/2013) (6/8/2013) (7/3/2013) (8/20/2011) (7/9/2005)
6-0-2 2-1-3 1-3-1 0-1-0 0-0-0
6 1 1 3 21
Ws Ws Ws Ls Ls
(3/30/2013) (7/7/2013) (6/29/2013) (4/23/2011) (5/5/1996)
REAL SALT LAKE CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (5-7-3) PLAYER Jason Kreis Atiba Harris Jordan Cila Fabian Espindola Robbie Russell Andy Williams Alvaro Saborio Mehdi Ballouchy Nat Borchers Chris Brown Pablo Campos Jeff Cunningham Robbie Findley Ned Grabavoy Matias Mantilla Chris Klein Kyle Beckerman Alecko Eskandarian Luke Kreamalmeyer Javier Morales Rusty Pierce Dante Washington Nelson Akwari Jean-Marc Alexandre Arturo Alvarez Paulo Junior Tony Beltran Paul Broome Kyle Brown Matias Cordoba D.J. Countess Raphael Cox Kenny Cutler Kenny Deuchar Brian Dunseth Luis Miguel Escalada Willis Forko Scott Garlick Luis Gil Will Johnson Brian Kamler Jean-Martial Kipre Ritchie Kotschau Dema Kovalenko Chris Lancos Michael Lookingland Clint Mathis Yura Movsisyan Kevin Novak Tino Nunez Jamison Olave Eddie Pope Nick Rimando Chris Schuler Chris Seitz Jafet Soto Jonny Steele Jack Stewart Carey Talley Daniel Torres Seth Trembly Sebastian Velasquez Collen Warner Jamie Watson Chris Wingert Team totals Opponent totals
GP 4 4 2 8 6 13 5 2 9 3 3 2 6 4 1 2 9 1 1 6 1 1 4 3 1 1 5 2 1 1 2 1 5 2 2 1 2 2 3 6 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 8 4 9 2 2 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 4 10 15 15
GS 4 3 2 5 4 7 5 1 9 3 1 0 5 2 1 2 9 1 0 6 1 0 4 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 2 0 2 2 2 6 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 0 8 4 9 2 2 0 0 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 9 15 15
GOALKEEPER Nick Rimando Chris Seitz Scott Garlick D.J. Countess ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 9 2 2 2
MIN 810 180 180 180
15 15
1350 1350
CURRENT REAL SALT LAKE PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (5-7-3) MIN 360 259 150 512 427 690 449 111 810 270 59 43 408 183 90 180 810 90 56 495 90 27 317 136 59 14 428 107 45 20 180 72 301 145 180 14 168 180 160 540 34 180 180 180 90 90 236 84 180 35 720 298 810 180 180 1 27 90 340 180 90 63 65 93 741 1350 1350
G 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 21
A 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 18
SHT 13 4 2 16 5 11 13 3 5 4 1 1 7 1 2 3 16 3 1 13 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 0 0 3 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 2 172 200
SHTS 39 12 9 19
SV 31 8 5 13
GAA 0.89 1.00 2.00 3.50
PG 0 0 0 0
79 71
57 52
1.40 1.27
0 0
PLAYER Kyle Beckerman Abdoulie Mansally Nat Borchers Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Ned Grabavoy Javier Morales Khari Stephenson Rich Balchan Tony Beltran Luis Gil Cole Grossman Aaron Maund Lovel Palmer Joao Plata Nick Rimando Josh Saunders Chris Schuler Sebastian Velasquez Kwame Watson-Siriboe Chris Wingert Team totals Opponent totals
GP 24 8 19 5 6 10 6 5 1 5 3 2 1 4 1 23 4 2 1 1 17 15 15
GS 18 5 19 5 5 7 6 5 1 5 2 1 1 3 1 23 3 2 1 1 13 15 15
GOALKEEPER Nick Rimando Josh Saunders ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 23 4
MIN 2094 331
15 15
1350 1350
MIN 1737 556 1720 449 408 599 495 404 90 428 160 103 90 299 67 2094 331 180 63 90 1147 1350 1350
G 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 21
A 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 18
SHT 30 8 6 13 7 9 13 11 0 0 3 0 0 7 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 172 200
SHTS 115 12
SV 90 9
GAA 1.07 1.09
PG 1 1
79 71
57 52
1.40 1.27
0 0
SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (7-5-3) PLAYER Josh Wolff Scott Sealy Sasha Victorine Eddie Johnson Teal Bunbury Jose Burciaga Jr. Aurelien Collin Roger Espinoza Kei Kamara Chris Klein Ryan Pore Davy Arnaud Michael Harrington Jack Jewsbury Carlos Marinelli Preki Ryan Smith Dave van den Bergh Graham Zusi Stephane Auvray Matt Besler Dustin Branan Omar Bravo Eloy Colombano Jimmy Conrad Bobby Convey Adam Cristman Birahim Diop Nick Garcia Herculez Gomez Matt Groenwald Diego Gutierrez Kevin Hartman Zoltan Hercegfalvi Santiago Hirsig Aaron Hohlbein Jeferson Michael Kraus Jonathan Leathers Claudio Lopez Kurt Morsink Yura Movsisyan Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Jimmy Nielsen Bo Oshoniyi Jacob Peterson Ryan Raybould Brian Roberts Craig Rocastle Julio Cesar C.J. Sapong Luke Sassano Seth Sinovic Shavar Thomas Ivan Trujillo Tyson Wahl Lance Watson Kerry Zavagnin Alex Zotinca Team totals Opponent totals
GP 4 6 8 3 4 6 2 5 5 2 5 12 11 11 4 1 2 1 5 1 6 1 2 1 10 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 6 1 2 3 2 1 3 4 3 2 4 1 5 4 1 3 1 1 3 3 1 3 5 2 2 3 6 1 15 15
GS 4 6 7 2 4 6 2 5 5 2 2 11 8 8 2 1 2 1 3 1 6 0 2 0 10 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 6 0 2 3 1 0 2 4 2 0 1 0 5 4 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 3 5 2 1 2 6 0 15 15
GOALKEEPER Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Bo Oshoniyi ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 6 5 4
MIN 540 450 360
15 15
1350 1350
MIN 347 491 647 186 360 507 180 379 434 179 201 969 775 749 189 45 179 84 310 90 540 1 158 45 900 82 45 11 360 93 83 30 540 45 180 258 83 1 151 359 214 60 173 39 450 360 8 191 79 63 227 127 1 269 450 107 94 159 465 7 1350 1350
CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (7-5-3) G 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 19
A 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 16
SHT 10 14 12 6 8 7 4 8 12 7 4 27 2 14 5 1 6 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 1 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 200 172
SHTS 35 18 18
SV 31 12 9
GAA 0.67 1.20 2.25
PG 0 0 0
71 79
52 57
1.27 1.40
0 0
PLAYER Paulo Nagamura Josh Gardner Teal Bunbury Aurelien Collin Kei Kamara Benny Feilhaber Graham Zusi Matt Besler Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Ike Opara Jacob Peterson C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals
GP 17 6 4 2 11 2 5 6 4 5 3 14 3 5 15 15
GS 14 4 4 2 8 2 3 6 1 5 3 7 1 5 15 15
GOALKEEPER Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 5
MIN 450
15 15
1350 1350
MIN 1275 417 360 180 736 180 310 540 173 450 255 721 127 433 1350 1350
G 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 19
A 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 16
SHT 15 8 8 4 18 4 4 1 1 0 2 11 5 0 200 172
SHTS 18
SV 12
GAA 1.20
PG 0
71 79
52 57
1.27 1.40
0 0
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
8:00 PM MT
RIO TINTO STADIUM
SANDY, UT
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY
SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
8:00 PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM
RSL v KANSAS CITY BROADCAST INFO
TV: CW30 w/ Bill Riley (@espn700bill) (Pre-Game 7:30 MT) & Brian Dunseth (@OriginalWinger)
RSL PROBABLE STARTERS v KANSAS CITY 17
RADIO: ESPN700 w/ James Rust (@espn700james) (ENG) & Jeremy Horton (@espn700jeremy) (Pre-Game show at 7:00p MT) (Post-Game show at 10:00p MT) RADIO: La Gran D 102.3 FM (SPN) w/ Nelson Moran & Fernando Hortal OUT:
RSL INJURY REPORT
DF Rich Balchan (L shoulder surgery) MF John Stertzer (R shoulder surgery) DF Chris Schuler (L foot pain) DF Kwame Watson-Siriboe (R knee ACL) GK Josh Saunders (L knee ACL) DF Carlos Salcedo (gall bladder removal)
USA
INTERNATIONAL DUTY
MF Kyle Beckerman (returns ~8/3) GK Nick Rimando (returns ~8/3) DF Tony Beltran (returns ~8/3) COSTA RICA FW Alvaro Saborio (returns ~8/3)
RSL DISCIPLINARY REPORT
WARNING DF Lovel Palmer (OUT next Yellow) DF Chris Wingert (OUT next Yellow)
11-GAME UNBEATEN RUN ON LINE v KC:
Top-of-the-Table RSL returns home to a sold-out Rio Tinto to face East leaders Sporting KC Saturday night, looking to somehow extend its active 11-game unbeaten run despite missing 10 players due to injury or national team duty ... A week ago, Jason Kreis’ team weathered the early storm at Dallas to record a 3-0 road win, breaking its “Texas Hex” to win on Lone Star soil for the first time ever, courtesy of a Javier Morales game-winning goal, heroics from Josh Saunders and Jeff Attinella in the net and insurance strikes from Ned Grabavoy & Olmes Garcia ... The 3-0 win @DAL extended RSL’s active clubrecord unbeaten streak to 11 consecutive games in all competitions (6-0-2 MLS, 3-0-0 U.S. Open Cup) ... During the month of June, RSL went 6-0-0 in all comps, outscoring opponents 17-3 ... Since an April 27 home 0-2 loss to LA, RSL has posted an 11-1-2 mark across all competitions, outscoring opponents 36-13 - including 9 games in that run with at least 2 goals - and cruising to the top of the MLS table, leading the league in wins (11), points (37), PPG (1.85), goals (32), goal differential (+14), road wins (5) and road goal diff (+5) ... RSL is 2nd in goals allowed (18) and 2nd in goals against average (0.90) ...
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WINGERT
21 GIL
4
10
MAUND
FINDLEY
24
14
11
ATTINELLA
ALVAREZ
MORALES
6 BORCHERS
8 PLATA
20
29
GRABAVOY
MANSALLY
RSL “REBUILD” PAYING DIVIDENDS:
With 37 points at the 20-game mark, RSL recently became the first-ever team in MLS’ 18-year history to accomplish 30 points after 17 games in four consecutive seasons ... After last week’s historic Texas road win, the 2013 pace marks a club-best 20-game start, with this year the first time RSL has been atop the West with the elite start: RSL POINTS THROUGH 20 GAMES Year W-L-T Pts PPG Pct GF GA +/- 2013 11-5-4 37 1.85 .650 32 18 14 2012 11-6-3 36 1.80 .625 31 21 10 2011 9-5-6 33 1.65 .600 27 16 11 2010 10-4-6 36 1.80 .650 33 17 16
Place West 1 West 2 West 5 West 2
RIO TINTO REGAINS FORTRESS STATUS:
RSL’s 2-2 draw on July 3 concluded a stretch that saw the club gain 10 points from a possible 12 over 4 games in 12 days, ascending to the top of the Western Conference and earning a semifinal berth in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ... The club has re-established Rio Tinto Stadium as “The Fortress” this season, going 9-1-3 (28/12), now 69-13-22 in its last 104 home games dating back to the beginning of 2008, Jason Kreis’ first full season ... In that span, RSL has outscored opponents by 128 goals (198-73), with a 55-10-24 reg. season mark (162/59), 6-1-1 CCL record (17/5), 3-1-1 playoffs (5/2), 4-1-0 Open Cup (14/7) and 2-0-1 int’l exhibition (5/2) ... All-time, RSL is now 70-29-37 in MLS regular-season play during 8+ seasons at home, outscoring opponents 222-131 ... Despite 6 home losses last year and 11 in the last three seasons, as well as the Oct. 23 eliminatory draw in CCL play, it appears the #RioT magic is regained ...
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
8:00 PM MT
23rd TIME IS THE CHARM:
RSL’s 3-0 win @DAL broke the Texas Hex as the club had never won in 22 previous visits to either DAL or HOU ... RSL has won 4 of its last 5 away from home (at TOR, at CHV, at NE and at DAL, with only stoppagetime stunner at MTL shocking RSL), also snapping its Canadian “donut” during the stretch, winning on June 29 in Toronto ... RSL has still never won in Washington, D.C. (9 MLS or Open Cup attempts), Philadelphia (3 draws) or Houston (0-8-1 all-time) ...
ARDUOUS ROAD AWAY FROM HOME IN MLS:
Last week’s surprising win at Dallas improved RSL’s all-time MLS reg. season road mark to 30-74-32 (.331; 134 GF / 211 GA) through 136 all-time road contests in League play … Since Jason Kreis took over in May, 2007, RSL’s MLS road mark is slowly rising at 26-50-27, meaning that RSL earns a road point in over 50% of the time under Jason’s guidance ...
MORE ROAD MILESTONES:
RSL now owns 16 of its league-leading 37 points from a 5-4-1 road record through 10 road matches, on pace to shatter the club’s 6-7-4 (22 point) mark on the road in MLS play last year, setting a new club record for road points for the historically road-weary side ... RSL’s 5-win total on the road so far this season equals the 2011 mark and bests every year except 2012, while the 16-point total is better than any of the 2005-09 campaigns and just one win shy of the 2010/11 records of 19 points ... The new team mark of 6 road wins last year was one better than in 2011, exceeding the four achieved in 2010, and more than doubling the two earned in each of the 2007-09 seasons …
GOLD CUP CALL-UPS RAID RSL ROSTER:
RSL’s all-time leading scorer, FW Alvaro Saborio, could square off against the RSL trio of USMNT internationals: Captain Kyle Beckerman, DF Tony Beltran and GK Nick Rimando in next Wednesday’s Gold Cup Semifinal in Dallas, potentially freeing up 1-3 players for July 27 at New York ... With season-ending injuries affecting centerbacks Kwame Watson-Siriboe & Chris Schuler, newcomers John Stertzer & Rich Balchan, and Rimando’s primary backup Josh Saunders, and the recent waiver of MF David Viana, RSL is down to just 20 healthy bodies for a quartet of July games against Phila., Dallas, Kansas City and New York ... Due to his red card at Toronto, Beltran will miss the first MLS game after the U.S. is eliminated, which could be the decisive 8/3 match at Colorado to decide the Rocky Mountain Cup ... A successful July navigating 3 of the top 6 teams should bolster Jason Kreis’ Coach of the Year candidacy ...
RIO TINTO STADIUM
SANDY, UT
RSL FORMATION CHANGES FORTUITOUS:
For the 2nd time in 3 games, RSL boss Jason Kreis rolled out an alternative to his preferred 4-4-2 diamond formation, rolling out a 4-2-3-1 at Dallas last week ... In the midfield, Javier Morales was flanked by both Luis Gil and Sebastian Velasquez ahead of D-mids Ned Grabavoy & Yordany Alvarez, with Robbie Findley deployed as a lone striker up top ... Two weeks earlier, on June 29 in Toronto, choosing to put a pair of D-mids - Captain Kyle Beckerman and understudy Alvarez - behind playmaker Morales, with two speedy wingers - Joao Plata & Olmes Garcia - on either side of target man Devon Sandoval ... These departures from the 4-4-2 diamond that has become Kreis’ RSL signature are the club’s first different looks to start a game since July, 2011, in an 0-1 loss at Dallas ...
VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE (GOALS):
Including the three recent Open Cup matches, the 36 RSL goals in the last 14 games have been scored from 14 different sources, surpassing the club’s total number of goalscorers for the entirety of 2012 ... The latest man to contribute to the RSL attack was MF Yordany Alvarez, whose game-winner at Toronto was the Cuban defector’s first-ever MLS goal - and RSL’s first-ever scoring debutant to find the back of the net in a win ... The most remarkable contribution could be from DF Tony Beltran and his partner at outside back Chris Wingert, as the pair each scored their 2nd career professional goals in the June 26 3-0 Open Cup win ... The pair have combined for more than 30,000 MLS minutes all-time, as Beltran also scored in a 2011 RSL Open Cup win at home (v Wilmington Hammerheads), while Wingert found the back of the net in a May 2010 win at Chivas ... During its best-ever regular-season in 2010, RSL saw goals that year from a franchise-high 16 different players ...
DEPTH ON DISPLAY:
When GK Josh Saunders tore his left ACL in the 49’ @ DAL, RSL looked to backup Jeff Attinella to complete the game, the team’s 3rd-string GK becoming the 25th player from RSL’s 30-man group to start a first-team match this season, including 22 field players ... Through the first 20 MLS games, RSL has seen 22 of its 26 field players start at least one MLS regular-season game, equaling the total from a year ago ... Only MF Enzo Martinez, MF John Stertzer, MF David Viana and DF Rich Balchan have not yet started a 2013 MLS game, while DF Aaron Maund did start the June 12 Open Cup match to become the 22nd field player to start a first-team game ... Maund could get more starts going forward due to the recent injuries to Chris Schuler and Kwame Watson-Siriboe, while Stertzer and Balchan appear to be out the rest of the year due to recent surgeries to repair shoulder separations ...
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
8:00 PM MT
LATE-GAME HEROICS MAKE RSL “BELIEVE”:
The late-game flair for the dramatic was again displayed on July 3 at Rio Tinto Stadium, RSL coming back TWICE a man down and a goal down ... After a 59’ red card to Lovel Palmer, RSL struck back with Luis Gil - fresh off a return from US U-20 World Cup duty - heading home an equalizing corner kick from maestro Javier Morales ... RSL immediately conceded to Conor Casey in the 76’ but it was GK Josh Saunders providing a “Save of the Week” moment in stoppage time to deny Sebastian LeToux one-on-one and keep RSL hopes alive ... In the 97’ it was Morales burying a PK off the post to snare a point for RSL’s latest all-time equalizer, keeping the club’s unbeaten run alive at 10 games across all comps ... Alltime lists for equalizers and GWG: RSL
GAME-WINNERS AFTER 75’ (22 total) 93+..................... Saborio, 09/18/12 @ TAU* (1-0 W) 93+............... Borchers, 05/26/12 v DAL (3-2 W) 93+.................... Steele, 04/28/12 v TOR (3-2 W) 93+.......... Beckerman, 03/31/12 @ POR (3-2 W) 93+............ Espíndola, 04/13/11 v COL (1-0 W) 92+.......... Saborío (PK), 8/18/10 v DAU* (2-1 W) 92+ ........ Cunningham (PK), 7/29/06 v DC (2-1 W) 90’................... Talley, 8/16/06 @ CLB (2-1 W) 89’ .......................... Garcia, 5/8/13 @ NE (2-1 W) 89’............... Espíndola, 05/22/10 @ CHV (2-1 W) 88’............. Torres (OG), 7/24/09 v DAL (4-2 W) 87’.................. Johnson, 5/7/11 v CHV (1-0 W) 87’................. Findley, 7/28/08 v TOR (2-1 W) 87’................. Findley, 10/20/07 @ COL (1-0 W) 84’ .......................... Garcia, 6/8/13 v LA (3-1 W) 84’................... Saborío, 10/2/10 @ NE (2-1 W) 84’................. Findley, 8/04/07 v HOU (1-0 W) 81’................. Dunseth, 4/16/05 v COL (1-0 W) 80’.................. Morales, 6/09/10 v LA (1-0 W) 80’................ Williams, 10/14/09 v NY (1-0 W) 80’ ................. Morales, 4/11/09 v DC (2-1 W) 80’............... Cunningham, 5/20/06 v KC (2-1 W)
RSL
EQUALIZERS AFTER 75’ (23 total) 97+ ................. Morales, 07/03/13 v PHI (2-2 T) 95+ ................ Saborío, 10/23/10 @ COL (1-1 T) 94+ ............... Saborío, 04/10/10 v. SEA (2-2 T) 93+ .............. Borchers, 09/25/10 v. COL (1-1 T) 92+ ................ Johnson, 8/25/10 @ CAZ* (4-5 L) 92+................. C. Brown, 5/05/07 v. NY (3-3 T) 91+ ............ Leitch (OG), 7/03/09 v. SJ (1-1 T) 90’ .............. Movsisyan, 10/15/08 @ COL (1-1 T) 90’.................. C unningham, 7/29/06 v. DC (2-1 W) 90’......................... Kreis (PK), 7/4/05 v. NY (2-2 T) 89’..................... Steele, 03/31/12 @ POR (3-2 W) 89’.................. Morales, 04/20/11 @ MTY* (2-2 T) 89’................................ Soto, 10/15/06 @ CHV (1-1 T) 89’.................................... Kreis, 4/15/06 v. NY (1-1 T) 88’............................... Kreis, 5/27/06 v. COL (2-2 T) 86’.............................. Morales, 9/19/07 v. LA (2-2 T) 83’............................ Espindola, 7/4/11 v. NE (3-3 T) 81’.................................. Kreis, 9/30/06 @ KC (3-3 T) 80’......................... Saborio, 3/16/13 v. COL (1-1 T) 78’....................... Ballouchy, 5/20/06 v. KC (2-1 W) 77’........................ Sandoval, 5/8/13 @ NE (2-1 W) 75’ ...................................... Gil, 7/3/13 v PHI (2-2 T) 75’................................ Klein, 8/16/06 @ CLB (2-1 W)
RIO TINTO STADIUM
SANDY, UT
SHORTHANDED FIREWORKS ON JULY 3:
The pair of shorthanded goals for RSL on its 2013 Independence Day game marked the 3rd occasion in team history it scored 2x down a man - all coming on “July 4” games ... July 4, 2005 (2-2 T v NY) and July 4, 2011 (3-3 T v NE) ...
TEEN DUO REPPING CLARET/COBALT:
When Gil and fellow teenage DF Carlos Salcedo - making his first-ever MLS start - were part of the starting XI on May 8 @NE, eventually playing 59 minutes - it marked the first time RSL had put two teenagers onto the field at the same time since June, 2007 - a span of nearly six seasons - and only the third time ever in what was 261 all-time matches (now 271) ... The pair also both started and played May 19 in the 4-1 win @CHV (84’) and May 25 v CHI (72’) ... Freddy Adu and Nik Besagno combined to play 59 minutes for new head coach Jason Kreis just a month after Jason assumed the RSL coaching reins ... Earlier in that dismal 2007 season, Adu and Besagno had appeared on the field together for 29 minutes under RSL coach John Ellinger ...
THE MYTHICAL “FIRST-CHOICE XI”:
While Kreis started the same XI in back-to-back games to open 2013, it hadn’t happened in 13 consecutive games until home games against SJ & LA in early June ... RSL rolled out the same XI just 4 times out of 41 games across all competitions last season ... How rare are back-to-back lineup duplicates for RSL? It happened only once in 45 games in 2011 (Aug 6/13) and just twice in 41 games in 2010 (June 25/July 2; July 31/Aug 7) ... Due to injuries, cards, suspensions and national-team duty a year ago, RSL boss Jason Kreis fielded his “firstchoice” starting XI for only 59 minutes last season back on May 5, a 2-1 home win over New England, a victory marred by the Will Johnson red card in the 59’ ... That occasion - the first of the year and only time in 34 MLS games in 2012, besides the July 31 CCL match at Herediano - came on nearly the one-year anniversary of the last regular-season occurance, May 7, 2011, when RSL saw Javier Morales chopped down from behind and lost until late Sept. with a horrifically broken ankle ...
WELCOME BRANDON McDONALD:
On Wednesday, RSL traded a 2014 3rd-rd pick to D.C. United for DF Brandon McDonald, a 6-year veteran centerback ... McDonald is an Arizona native who grew up playing with RSL FW Robbie Findley in the famed Sereno club, drafted by the LA Galaxy out of University of San Francisco in 2008 before being traded to San Jose ... A year ago, McDonald set a new season minutes mark for DC United, playing nearly 3,000 minutes and helping the club to the East Final ... With Nat Borchers and Aaron Maund the only healthy centerbacks on the RSL roster, McDonald provides depth and experience while Carlos Salcedo & Chris Schuler recover ...
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
8:00 PM MT
FORWARD-THINKING FORTITUDE:
By deploying Robbie Findley @DAL as a lone striker last week, the formation marked Jason Kreis’ ELEVENTH different strike tandem in 23 games: 3/3 Saborio, Findley W, 2-0 (Saborio 2g) 3/9 Saborio, Findley L, 0-1 3/16 Saborio, Findley T, 1-1 (Saborio 1g) 3/23 Plata, Findley L, 0-2 3/30 Sandoval, Findley W, 2-1 (Findley 1g) 4/6 Sandoval, Saborio L, 0-1 4/13 Saborio, Plata T, 1-1 (Garcia 1g) 4/20 Saborio, Garcia W, 1-0 (Saborio GWA) 4/27 Plata, Garcia L, 0-2 5/4 Sandoval, Plata W, 2-0 (Plata 2a) 5/8 Sandoval, Plata W, 2-1 (Sandoval 1g) 5/11 Sandoval, Garcia L, 2-3 5/19 Sandoval, Plata W, 4-1 (Plata 1g) 5/25 Findley, Plata T, 1-1 5/28 Sandoval, Findley W, 3-2 (Sandoval 1g) 6/1 Findley, Plata W, 3-0 (Findley 1g / 1a) 6/8 Findley, Plata W, 3-1 (Findley 1a) 6/12 Sandoval, Garcia W, 5-2 (Sandoval 2g) 6/22 Saborio, Findley W, 2-0 (Findley 1g, Saborio 1a) 6/26 Saborio, Findley W, 3-0 (Saborio 1g) 6/29 Plata, Sandoval, Garcia W, 1-0 (Garcia 1a) 7/3 Findley, Plata T, 2-2 7/13 Findley W, 3-0
CENTERBACK DIVERSITY AS WELL:
RSL has also used SEVEN different centerback pairings during the first half of this season, an astounding total considering the club’s 0.90 goals against average in MLS play this season ... CB COMBINATION Record Borchers / Salcedo 4-0-2 Borchers / Schuler 3-2-1 Borchers / Kwame 2-1-0 Borchers / Maund 2-0-0 Schuler / Kwame 1-2-1 Schuler / Salcedo 1-0-0 Salcedo / Kwame 1-0-0 14-5-4
Form Guide WTWWTW WLTWLW LWW WW WLTL W W
When RSL traded longtime vet Jamison Olave to NY in the offseason, it was expected that a pair of tall, strong and athletic fourth-year DFs - Chris Schuler and Kwame Watson-Siriboe - would fill the void ... However, both have gone down to injury in the last few weeks, Watson-Siriboe suffering a torn ACL to his right knee in the June 15 0-0 USL PRO reserve match against Phoenix FC ... Schuler has been shut down for nearly 9 weeks after playing every minute of each of the club’s first 10 games, due to the propensity and history of stress fractures in his foot ... Kwame is out for the season after undergoing successful surgery last Thursday, while Schuler’s timetable is unknown ...
RIO TINTO STADIUM
SANDY, UT
LONGEST ACTIVE POSTSEASON STREAK:
RSL’s streak of 5 consecutive MLS Cup Playoff berths is the longest active run of postseason competition ... RSL’s 5-year run ties LA, CHI, DC & KC for the 3rdlongest streak in the post-shootout MLS era, while NE had 8 consecutive years and NY 6 since 2000 ... Only the triumvirate of Western elite RSL, Seattle and LA have advanced to Playoffs each of the last four seasons ...
RAREFIED AIR OF SUSTAINED SUCCESS:
Late last year, RSL ripped Chivas on the road 4-0 to reach the 50-point plateau for the 3rd consecutive season, becoming only the 2nd-ever MLS side to do so (DC ‘05-07; LA later accomplished same feat) ... A week earlier RSL becaame only the 2nd in MLS history (non-shootout era) to reach the 15-win plateau in 3 consecutive seasons ... The 2005/06/07 D.C. United squad was the lone MLS club with that accomplishment, while LA ‘12 soon joined ...
RECORD-SETTING 2012 IN THE BOOKS:
A year ago, RSL set a new club record for wins in a season (with 17) and saw Jason Kreis’ team capture a franchisehigh 57 points, surpassing the 56 captured during the 2010 30-game season ... The team’s record points-pergame average of 1.87 set in 2010 was unassailable, while 2012 also saw a record-setting goal haul with 46 last season ... Year W-L-T Pts PPG Pct GF GA +/- 2012 17-11-6 57 1.70 .566 46 35 11 2011 15-11-8 53 1.56 .520 44 36 8 2010 15-4-11 56 1.87 .622 45 20 25 2009 11-12-7 40 1.33 .444 43 35 8 2008 10-10-10 40 1.33 .444 40 39 1
FINISH WCSF WCF WCSF Cup WCF
MASSIVE MONTH WRAPS UP AT #RIOT:
The June 26 3-0 win over visiting Carolina Railhawks in U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal was RSL’s all-time recordsetting 6th consecutive win and the final match in a critical 7-game homestand, RSL on Utah soil from May 25 to June 26 ... That stint included four MLS games - May 25 v CHI (1-1 T), June 1 v SJ (3-0 W), June 8 v LA (3-1 W) and June 22 v SEA (3-0 W) - which have vaulted RSL to the top of both the Western Conference and the MLS Supporters Shield race at the season’s midway point ... Concurrently, the club’s Open Cup pursuit kicked off on May 28 v ATL (3-2 W), continued with its June 12 Round of 16 match v Charleston (5-2 W) - each needing 120 minutes - and the June 26 #USOC Quarterfinal (3-0 W) ... Rio Tinto Stadium also hosted the U.S. Men’s National Team’S 1-0 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying victory on June 18 v Honduras before 20,250 at the #RioT ... The USMNT was back last Saturday at Rio Tinto Stadium for the Gold Cup doubleheader, facing Cuba at 1:30p MT and Costa Rica v Belize followed, with 17,597 in attendance ...
180,000+ THROUGH THE GATES:
During the recent homestand, Rio Tinto Stadium saw nearly 180,000+ pass through the turnstiles in the last month, with 29 practices and 11 games played since May 23 (4A/5A UHSAA championships) through July 13 ...
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
8:00 PM MT
ALL-TIME RSL OPEN CUP HISTORY:
All-time in Open Cup-related play, RSL is now 7-8-1 (PK win = draw), scoring 32 goals and conceding 31 … Against lower-division teams, RSL is now 5-2-0 in Open Cup action after the Charleston win, losing 4-6 at Minnesota in 2005 (despite a Jason Kreis hat trick) before defeating the USL Virginia Beach Mariners 2-1 at home in 2006 and the Wilmington Hammerheads 2-0 in 2011, prior to last year’s 1-3 loss to the Minnesota Stars FC … Each of the 2005, 2006 and 2013 games against USL/NASL clubs went 120 minutes after being tied in regulation … 2013 marks the third occasion - joining 2006 and 2011 - that RSL has advanced to the Quarterfinal Stage of the tournament, with Wednesday’s win marking the first time in 100 years that a Utah side has progressed to the Semifinal stage ... In prior iterations, RSL was eliminated by MLS Western Conference rivals Colorado Rapids (2006, 0-2 at Rice-Eccles Stadium) and FC Dallas (2011, 0-2 at Pizza Hut Park) ...
THE RING IS THE THING:
While Real Salt Lake might not have seen much success during its first 8 runs in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the “RSL Family” has lifted the coveted Dewar Trophy 12 times before … A trio of RSL Technical Staff members – GM Garth Lagerwey, Head Coach Jason Kreis & Asst. Coach Jeff Cassar – were all members of the 1997 U.S. Open Cup-winning Dallas Burn … RSL Assistant Coach C.J. Brown won an incredible four U.S. Open Cup titles during his 13-year career with the Chicago Fire, in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2006 … One of his teammates in 2003 – MF Andy Williams – is now the team’s Head Scout after retiring after 2011 as the last remaining “RSL Original” from the team’s 2005 expansion year … Williams won a ring in 2003 with the Fire, as did MF Ned Grabavoy during his rookie season in LA in 2005 … Outside back Abdoulie “Kenny” Mansally won in 2007 with the New England Revolution, and actually started his RSL trial last year the day after the Minnesota loss ... MF Khari Stephenson - who has scored OT goals in each game for RSL against Atlanta and Charleston - won the LHUSOC in 2004 as a member of Kansas City ... RSL Captain Kyle Beckerman and GK Nick Rimando each played for the ring with the 2000 Miami Fusion, which lost in the final to Brown and Chicago … RSL President Bill Manning won the Open Cup trophy as a player with the 1991 Brooklyn Italians, despite a 29’ red card in the final match ...
Current RSL Open Cup finalists:
MF Khari Stephenson: 2004 (KC)* MF Ned Grabavoy: 2005 (LA)* DF Abdoulie Mansally: 2007 (NE)* MF Kyle Beckerman: 2000 (MIA) GK Nick Rimando: 2000 (MIA)
(*won title)
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RSL (USUALLY) CELEBRATES IF SABO SCORES: RSL’s all-time leading scorer, Costa Rican int’l FW Alvaro Saborio, returned to action May 25 for the only time between April 20 and June 22 due to a L quad tear suffered in practice on April 26 ... Sabo scored a go-ahead goal against the Fire on May 25, and then returned from Costa Rican National Team duty to go a full 90 in both last Saturday’s 2-0 win against SEA and Wednesday’s 3-0 Open Cup win v CAR, icing the game with an 85’ goal ...
RSL now owns a dominating 32-5-7 all-time record when Sabo scores ... The 4th-year MLS player joins Kreis (2005 Open Cup) and Robbie Findley (2009 MLS) as the lone “hat trick heroes” in RSL’s nine-year, 310-game history across all competitions ... In all comps, Sabo now owns a team-record 58 goals in 104 games, w/ 20 game-winning goals and 14 multi-goal matches (16 and 11 in 88 MLS games) ... Prior to last year’s Aug. 18 1-2 L v DAL, the two most recent losses when Sabo finds the back of the net were against LA, June 20 of last year and also in the 2011 West Final at LA ... The only loss prior to 9/24/11 at DC was the rain-soaked 4-5 loss at Cruz Azul in Aug. 2011 ... RSL is only 19-26-17 when Sabo plays and does not score, but 17-7-6 when he is unavailable due to suspension, injury or national team duty since his arrival in 2010 …
CAPTAIN BECKERMAN 20th TO 300:
“KB5” is the seventh player in MLS history with RSL ties to hit 300+ appearances, joining the following as former/ current Claret-and-Cobalt players in the exclusive club (active members of the club in red): FW Jeff Cunningham (365) GK Nick Rimando (336) - RSL GK MF Chris Klein (333) MF Andy Williams (332) - RSL Head Scout MF Kyle Beckerman (315) - RSL Captain MF Carey Talley (315) FW Jason Kreis (305) - RSL Head Coach
OTHER CRITICAL MILESTONES ON HORIZON:
In addition to the Kreis/RSL century mark milestones, GK Nick Rimando recently became the 4th player (3rd GK) in MLS history to surpass 30,000 minutes played and has now made 336 MLS appearances (passing former RSL MF Andy Williams) ... Only Kevin Hartman (37,260), Steve Ralston (33,142) and Joe Cannon (still active with 30,731) have played more minutes than Rimando’s 30,393) ... Rimando’s next win gives him 148 in his career, extending his hold on 2nd overall (Hartman, 180), while he is now at #3 overall in saves (1,194, 138 behind 2nd-place Cannon) ... Beckerman is now #1 all-time in fouls committed with 480, surpassing former Fire/Chivas MF Jesse Marsch ... KB5 also was booked June 22 v SEA, matching him at #2 in yellow cards all-time w/ Mike Petke (69, 11 behind Pablo Mastroeni) ...
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MORE RIMANDO MILESTONES:
The June 22 2-0 W v SEA and the 1-0 W at TOR saw Rimando become RSL’s all-time appearance leader with 191 GP in MLS reg. season, surpassing 17,000 minutes and notching 81 RSL wins and 69 clean sheets for the Utah side ...
WALL OF THE WASATCH NICKY RIMANDO:
RSL GK Nick Rimando preserved the 3 points on May 8 by denying a Saer Sene PK during stoppage time @NE, with a yellow card accompanying an apparent handball in the box inadvertently given to the wrong player (DF Carlos Salcedo), resulting in a sending off for the 19-year old Academy product, who was cautioned for a high boot in the first half ... The saved PK was the 2nd in a span of 4 games for Rimando - he stopped Mejia in the first half of the April 20 1-0 win over Chivas ... Rimando, who extended his alltime MLS PK “denial” record to 19 career stops, has held opposing PK takers to just 41-for-60 against the former DC/MIA and current RSL netminder ...
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RIMANDO CLEAN SHEET / ASSIST COMBO:
In that home match v VAN on May 4, RSL took the early 2nd-half lead when GK Nick Rimando watched a Nigel Reo-Coker free kick sail over his goal and quickly restarted play with a pinpoint goal kick, finding FW Joao Plata wide right 60 yards upfield ... Plata took a few touches and sent a cross onto the head of MF Luis Gil for the U.S. U-20 star’s second tally of the season ... The game-winning assist was Rimando’s 4th of his career and the 7th all-time helper in his 14th season ... However, May 4 v VAN marked only the second time the veteran combined a shutout - the 102nd of his career with a game-winning assist (8/8/09, 1-0 v SEA) ...
TICO SABO NO LONGER PERFECT ON PKS ...
April 6 @COL, RSL’s all-time leading scorer & Costa Rican international Alvaro Saborio saw his 8’ PK attempt saved by Rapids GK Clint Irwin, snapping Sabo’s 12for-12 streak of perfection from the spot ... In an RSL uniform, Sabo is now 8-for-9 in MLS games and 4-for-4 in CONCACAF Champions League ...
Overall, RSL ‘keepers have allowed opponents to convert only 26-of-37 attempts, with GK Nick Rimando - Major League Soccer’s most successful PK stopper - making 10 of the 11 all-time RSL stonings ... Former RSL GK Scott Garlick denied one attempt in 2006 (of the 2 he faced that season) ...
RSL’s last PK miss was 11 attempts earlier, as FW Robbie Findley saw his spot kick on Sept. 9, 2010, saved @SEA by GK Kasey Keller in an eventual 0-0 draw ... All-time, RSL is now 29-for-34 from the 12-yd spot ... In addition to Saborio (2013) and Findley (2010), other RSL players to fail to convert are Javier Morales (2008), Alecko Eskandarian (2007) and Andy Williams (2006) ...
RIMANDO 2nd-EVER TO CENTURY MARK:
... BUT OPEN CUP HISTORY FROM SPOT IS:
Rimando – now in his 14th year as an MLS standout who has started in every career appearance in goal, and who won MLS Cup in 2004 with United and in 2009 with RSL – came into MLS with the Miami Fusion ... A comparison of Rimando’s various MLS stints:
ALL-TIME GOAL +/- TRENDS POSITIVELY:
In this year’s 2013 regular-season opener, RSL GK Nick Rimando became just the 2nd player in MLS history (Kevin Hartman) to reach 100 career clean sheets, as the veteran recorded shutout #100 March 3 in San Jose and #105 Saturday at Toronto, 69 of which have now come in the RSL Claret-and-Cobalt ...
GK NICK RIMANDO Year Team Min. Games Starts Wins Losses G.A.A. Shots Saves SO SV %
00-01 02-06 MIA DC 4,302 8,956 47 98 47 98 25 41 16 36 1.55 1.22 305 476 218 355 7 29 71.5 72.2
07-13 RSL 17,135 191 191 81 50 1.03 830 625 69 73.1
MLS CAREER Playoff Reg. Season 2,477 30,393 27 336 27 336 10 147 9 102 1.20 1.20 142 1611 102 1199 11 105 70.2 71.9
With both Joao Plata and Javier Morales converting from the spot in the June 12 5-2 win over Charleston, RSL continues its perfect 6-for-6 penalty kick conversion rate in Open Cup play ... Joining the active duo are Will Johnson (1-for-1), Jason Kreis (1-for-1) and Jeff Cunningham (2-for-2) ... It took 265 all-time regular-season matches, but the May 19 4-1 victory @CHV put RSL’s all-time aggregate goal differential in MLS play deep into positive territory at the conclusion of a game, the club scoring 341 goals all-time while conceding 338 ... The May 8 loss @MTL by 2-3 score returned the club’s all-time ledger back to even, after the first-ever foray into +1 territory 3 days prior with the 2-1 win @NE ... Back on Sept. 21, 2011 in a 3-1 win at Red Bull Arena in New York, RSL briefly got its goal +/- head above water, but a late Joel Lindpere goal dropped the side to even, three days before a 1-4 road loss at D.C. United ... When Jason Kreis took over RSL four games into the club’s third season in 2007, the differential was minus-43, eventually dropping as low as minus-57 after a loss at Dallas in May, 2008 ... It took 160 regular-season matches, but RSL finally made up the difference ... With 4 straight home games starting May 25 and the improved road performance in 2013, Kreis’ club had the chance to build a positive cushion ... In all-time game #272, RSL defeated DAL 3-0 to push the all-time MLS margin to new heights at +14 ...
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DOING THE DOUBLE AGAIN:
Garcia’s heroics back on June 8 v LA enabled RSL to see its 43rd multi-goal individual game in RSL history, across 315 games in all competitions [MLS (270), Playoff (14), CCL (16) & Open Cup (15)], with 16 of those 43 multi-goal games coming on the road … The list: G 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2
Player Olmes Garcia Ned Grabavoy Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Fabian Espindola Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Fabian Espindola Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Fabian Espindola Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Javier Morales Javier Morales Álvaro Saborío Paulo Junior Will Johnson Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Javier Morales Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Javier Morales Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan Robbie Findley Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan Fabian Espindola Kyle Beckerman Robbie Findley Chris Brown Jeff Cunningham Atiba Harris Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis Jason Kreis
* CONCACAF Champions League
Date 06/08/2013 05/19/2013 03/03/2013 09/29/2012 10/06/2012 07/27/2012 07/07/2012 06/16/2012 05/26/2012 05/05/2012 10/29/2011 09/21/2011 07/23/2011 06/25/2011 03/26/2011 03/01/2011 10/23/2010 10/18/2010 09/25/2010 08/25/2010 08/18/2010 08/14/2010 07/02/2010 05/13/2010 03/27/2010 04/02/2009 07/24/2009 08/26/2009 10/24/2009 09/27/2008 08/29/2008 04/12/2008 06/23/2007 06/17/2007 04/07/2007 09/30/2006 08/09/2006 07/29/2006 06/03/2006 05/13/2006 07/13/2005 04/30/2005
& U.S. Open Cup
Opponent v LA @ CHV @ SJ @ CHV @ LA v VAN v POR @ CHV v DAL v NE v SEA @ NY v SJ v TOR v LA v CLB @ COL v CAZ @ AUO @ CAZ v AUO v CLB v NE v HOU @ SJ v CLB v DAL v CHV v COL @ SJ v COL v DC v DC @ LA v DAL @ KC @ COL v DC v CHI @ LA @ MIN v SJ
% Playoffs
Result W 3-1 W 4-1 W 2-0 W 4-0 W 2-1 W 2-1 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-2 W 2-1 W 3-0% W 3-1 W 4-0 W 3-1 W 4-1 W 4-1* T 2-2 W 3-1* W 3-2* L 4-5* W 2-1* W 2-0 W 5-0 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 4-1 W 4-2 W 4-0 W 3-0 W 3-2 W 2-0 W 4-0 W 2-1 L 2-3 T 2-2 T 3-3 W 4-1 W 2-1 W 3-1 W 3-0 L 4-6& T 2-2
When an RSL player scores 2 or more, the team is now 36-3-4 all-time … Besides the 4-5 loss at Cruz Azul in CCL (2010) and the 4-6 loss at Minn. in Open Cup (2005), the lone MLS loss came June 17, 2007, when Chris Brown’s brace @LA was wasted in a 2-3 setback ...
MORE MULTI-GOAL MADNESS:
In 104 MLS/CCL/Open Cup/Playoff games, Saborio’s total of 14 multi-goal matches more than doubles the total of #2 Jeff Cunningham (5) and Javier Morales/ Robbie Findley/Fabian Espoindola with 4 “braces” each, while “Sabo” owns the club’s lone postseason multi-goal match, coming Fall 2011 against SEA in the West Semis ... Other RSL players to score 2+ goals: Movsisyan and Kreis (2x each), along with Paulo Junior, Will Johnson, Kyle Beckerman, Atiba Harris, Chris Brown and now Ned Grabavoy and Olmes Garcia, who have each also scored 2x in a game …
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HISTORY v SPORTING KANSAS CITY:
RSL has posted an all-time 5-7-3 mark against KC during the first 8 MLS seasons, earning points in 5 of the last 7 meetings between the sides - but dropping the last game 0-2 at KC a year ago in Kansas ... And while RSL is 4-2-1 all-time at home against KC, they were the the first visitor to win a regular-season match at Rio Tinto Stadium in 2009, riding two Josh Wolff goals in a May victory that was RSL’s last loss prior to a 37-game unbeaten home streak (4/27/11, 0-1 to Monterrey) ... RSL is only 1-5-2 in KC, winning at Community America Ballpark in Aug. 2009 via an early Pablo Campos goal (set up by Andy Williams) in a game that saw MF Ned Grabavoy ejected just before halftime ... Fourth-year RSL MF Luis Gil came to RSL via Sporting Kansas City in the Spring of 2010, when the young U.S. player was awarded via lottery ... KC traded Gil to Real Salt Lake in exchange for a conditional SuperDraft pick, an international slot and future transfer fee considerations ... Another RSL MF - Khari Stephenson - once called Kansas City home, back in 2004/05 when he appeared in 9 games with just 1 start prior to heading overseas ...
SPATE OF RED CARDS ONCE AGAIN:
RSL has seen its right backs ejected in each of its last two games, USMNT DF Tony Beltran tossed in Toronto on June 29 and replacement Lovel Palmer on July 3 ... Those ejections were the 3rd and 4th of the season, as MF Yordany Alvarez was ejected after a 2nd yellow card for diving back on March 23 at Dallas ... DF Carlos Salcedo was sent off for a 2nd yellow in stoppage time on May 8 at NE, but that card was rescinded due to mistaken identity ... The Alvarez red on March 23 was RSL’s first in 18 MLS regular-season and playoff games ... RSL went through a period last season where it saw a total of 5 reds in 21 games (MLS and CCL), with 3 of those ejections coming in games at San Jose ... The club suffered an RSL-record 7 ejections in 2011, after a team-best ZERO during the 2010 campaign until Javier Morales received two yellow cards at Dallas in Leg #1 of that year’s West Semis ... All-time, RSL now has been victim of 45 MLS red cards, succumbing to a -17 goal difference in a total of 1093 minutes playing a man down … With the ejections of FW Fabian Espindola and DF Jamison Olave last April 21 at SJ, RSL was reduced to nine men for the only time in the nine-year organization’s now 271-game MLS history, and just the second in 317 games overall (including MLS postseason matches, CONCACAF Champions League games and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup matches) ...
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8:00 PM MT
ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE OPEN CUP, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK:
Dating back to 1914, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is the oldest cup competition in United States soccer and is among the oldest in the world … Open to all affiliated amateur and professional teams in the United States, the annual U.S. Open Cup is a 100-year-old single-elimination tournament … The U.S. Open Cup is similar to domestic cup competitions popular throughout Europe, South America and the rest of the world … Cup competitions, which usually run concurrent with a country’s league season, are open in the early stages to any club that can qualify, giving local amateur teams a chance to compete against the best teams a country has to offer … This year again guarantees the “David vs. Goliath” matchups tournament fans have desired, as all 16 U.S.-based MLS teams enter the 64-team tournament proper in the 3rd round and will take on survivors from the USL and amateur ranks … Since its inception in 1996, Major League Soccer teams have won 16 of the last 17 U.S. Open Cup titles, with Seattle Sounders FC falling just short a year ago of becoming the first-ever team to win FOUR consecutive titles, as Sporting Kansas City hosted and won in extra time over Seattle in 2012 …
MLS TEAMS IN THE “PRO ERA” OPEN CUP: Year Champion 2012 Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 2011 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) 2010 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) 2009 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) 2008 D.C. United (MLS) 2007 N.E. Revolution (MLS) 2006 Chicago Fire (MLS) 2005 L.A. Galaxy (MLS) 2004 K.C. Wizards (MLS) 2003 Chicago Fire (MLS) 2002 Columbus Crew (MLS) 2001 L.A. Galaxy (MLS) 2000 Chicago Fire (MLS) 1999 Rochester Rhinos (A) 1998 Chicago Fire (MLS) 1997 Dallas Burn (MLS) 1996 D.C. United (MLS)
Score Runner-Up 2 : 1 Seattle Sounders (MLS) (aet) 2 : 0 Chicago Fire (MLS) 2 : 1 Columbus Crew (MLS) 2 : 1 D.C. United (MLS) 2 : 1 Charleston (USL-1) 3 : 2 FC Dallas (MLS) 3 : 1 L.A. Galaxy (MLS) 1 : 0 FC Dallas (MLS) 1 : 0 Chicago Fire (MLS) (asdet) 1 : 0 MetroStars (MLS) 1 : 0 L.A. Galaxy (MLS) 2 : 1 N.E. Revolution (MLS) (asdet) 2 : 1 Miami Fusion (MLS) 2 : 0 Colorado Rapids (MLS) 2 : 1 Columbus Crew (MLS) (asdet) 0 : 0 D.C. United (MLS) (5 : 4 PKs) 3 : 0 Rochester Rhinos (A)
The four 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal Round games were played on June 26, followed by a pair of Semifinal Round games on August 7 and the Centennial edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final on October 1 ... For only the second time since 2006, RSL participates in the official Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tourney, after failing to emerge from MLS qualifying rounds in 2007-10 … As has been the case in recent years, the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Champion receives entry into the 2014/15 edition of CONCACAF Champions League … Five wins to enter CCL marks path of least resistance ...
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2013 OPEN CUP REWIND:
In recent weeks, RSL has won a series of coin flips at U.S. Soccer headquarters in Chicago, allowing the 9thyear MLS club to host each of its first three matches in the tourney against lower-division competition ...Wednesday’s 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal against Carolina could propel RSL to an August 7 semifinal match - also at home against winner of Portland or Seattle - after RSL won, 3-2, over visiting Atlanta back on May 28 and again on June 12 with a 5-2 comeback win over Charleston ... Against the Silverbacks, RSL saw an early Kyle Beckerman goal (3’ - assist by Javier Morales), but conceded to Atlanta in the 87’ to force a pair of 15-min OT periods ... RSL scored twice in the first period, as rookie FW Devon Sandoval (98’) and another first-year RSL player, MF Khari Stephenson (101’) gave the home side some breathing room, before Atlanta scored in the 121+’ for the final margin ... RSL has never advanced past the Quarterfinal stage of the 100-year old tourney, now owning an all-time 7-8-0 mark ... A year ago, RSL was upset at home by the NASL Minnesota Stars FC, 1-3, after purchasing the rights to host from the lower-division club ... Jason Kreis calls that setback “the most embarrassing moment in club history” ... Real Salt Lake advanced to the Quarterfinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on June 12, scoring five unanswered goals – including three in extra time – to defeat the USL Pro Charleston Battery 5-2 at Rio Tinto Stadium ... RSL fell behind early, giving up two goals in the first 20 minutes ... Charleston opened the scoring in the 16th minute when FW Dane Kelly ran behind the defense and collected a long ball on the left wing, dribbling into the box before curling a 15-yard right-footer past diving RSL GK Josh Saunders and inside the far post ... Things went from bad to worse for RSL just two minutes later, with Battery MF Nicki Paterson tapping home a rebound to put Charleston up 2-0 in the 18th. MF Quinton Griffith made the play, collecting a ball in the right side of the area and smashing a low drive off the left post. The rebound bounced directly to Paterson, who slotted home easily from eight yards out with his first touch. The Claret-and-Cobalt came out strong in the second half, nearly pulling a goal back through captain Kyle Beckerman on two different occasions in the 55th minute ... Beckerman collected a ball in the center of Charleston’s third and ripped a 30-yarder that flew past Battery GK Odisnel Cooper and bounced off the left post ... RSL collected the rebound and eventually cycled the ball back to Beckerman, who hit a 25-yard left-footer off of a Charleston player and just wide of the left post from the center of the park ...
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2013 OPEN CUP REWIND (cont’d):
RSL Head Coach Jason Kreis made a double substitution in the 63rd minute, bringing FW Joao Plata on for DF Aaron Maund and inserting MF Khari Stephenson for Velasquez ... The changes made an immediate impact, with Plata in particular livening things up for the Claretand-Cobalt with dynamic on-the-ball runs down the left wing ... Real Salt Lake pulled back a goal three minutes after the double switch, with Sandoval heading home a DF Tony Beltran cross in the 66th minute ... Beltran played a very nice ball from the right wing to the back post and Sandoval did the rest, rising over his man and nodding his header across the face of goal and inside the right post ... RSL continued pushing after the goal, with Plata eventually earning a penalty in the 78th minute after he was chopped down in the left side of the area by a Battery defender ... The Ecuadorian attacker buried the ensuing spot kick in the 79th, sending Cooper the wrong way before drilling the penalty into the top left corner to tie the game at 2-2 ... Though it came close a few times in regulation, the Claret-and-Cobalt would have to wait until extra time to find the winner ... Sandoval put the Utah side on top for good in the 96th minute, heading home a Plata cross to give RSL the 3-2 lead ... Stephenson added to RSL’s lead in the 105th minute ... The powerful Jamaican collected a Morales pass in the middle of Charleston’s third, unleashing a trademark rocket into the top right corner to double the Claretand-Cobalt’s advantage ... Morales iced the game in stoppage time of the first period of extra time, coolly converting a penalty kick that Sandoval earned to put RSL up by three ...
IN SEARCH OF A TROPHY:
In its history, Real Salt Lake has now registered a 6-8-1 all-time Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup record (29 GF / 31 GA) in the competition’s games/qualifiers across 200513 … That record includes five MLS “play-in” games: the June, 2010 1-2 (aet) loss at D.C. United; that April’s 3-3 draw (5-3 PKs to advance) at San Jose; the 1-4 road loss at Seattle to the eventual Open Cup champions in 2009; and 2008’s 4-0 home win over then-expansion Earthquakes and the subsequent 0-2 loss @ Columbus … As RSL pursues its possible five-game road to the 2013 title, a year-by-year rundown of RSL’s previous runs:
2012: RSL knew a week out that it would face the winner of minor-league foes Des Moines Menace (PDL) and Minnesota Stars FC (NASL), but was pulling for a Des Moines victory in order to host the match ... However, Minnesota won in PKs and was set to host before selling the rights to the match back to RSL ...
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A crowd of 17,221 came to Rio Tinto Stadium that night, a record for a non-Final U.S. Open Cup attendance, but went home disappointed as RSL dropped a 1-3 decision despite 90-minute performances from six prominent RSL players - Nat Borchers, Jamison Olave, Chris Wingert, Jonny Steele, Luis Gil and Ned Grabavoy - as well as Kyle Reynish, Paulo Junior, Yordany Alvarez and Emiliano Bonfigli ... Terakazu Tanaka played 45 before making way to Tony Beltran, while Sebastian Velasquez came in at 53’ to provide offensive spark ... Ultimately, RSL was doomed by conceding a 3’ goal to Kevin Venegas on a poor clearance from Reynish ... Luis Gil equalized in the 29’ on an assist by Grabavoy, and RSL had two chances in the 38’ to go up - first a Paulo Jr. breakaway was snuffed by MN GK Van Oekel, then Grabavoy’s one-timer on the rebound was tipped over the bar ... In the 44’, Olave was adjudged to have handled a cross into the box, and the resultant PK conversion gave the Stars a 2-1 halftime lead ... Despite outshooting the Stars 21-14 on the night and owning a 9-1 advantage in corner kicks, RSL saw the minor-league club ice the game in the 58’ when Simone Bracalello hit a long-range blast from outside the area for the 3-1 final margin ...
2011: Jason Kreis’ team opened the 98th LHUSOC
tourney at home against the Wilmington Hammerheads, winning 2-0 on late first-half goals by Tony Beltran and Jean Alexandre ... The Beltran goal was the fourth-year defender’s first in an RSL uniform in any competition since being drafted 3rd overall by the Claret-and-Cobalt in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, the former UCLA Bruin still looking to snap a 91-match scoreless streak to kick off his career in MLS action ... An impressive crowd of 7,620 came out on short notice, the tournament’s largest attendance prior to the Seattle Semifinal at Century Link ... The club’s reward? - a Quarterfinal trip to Pizza Hut Park in Dallas ...
After RSL controlled the balance of play in the MLS encounter just three days prior at Rio Tinto Stadium, it was FC Dallas taking similar control at home in the Open Cup Quarter, outshooting RSL 7-1 in the first half en route to a 1-0 lead at the break ... The Dallas advantage would come via a dead ball opportunity by Jair Benitez, who curled a 30-yard free kick straight out from goal into the upper right corner and past diving RSL GK Kyle Reynish in the 18th minute ... RSL would come out of the locker room with renewed energy, and came close to leveling the match in the 54th minute when FW Fabian Espíndola’s left-footed bender for the far left post missed a foot wide ... Off the ensuing goal kick it was Jackson running onto FW Eric Alexander’s flick-on header and past the last RSL defender before sending a perfectly-weighted chip over Reynish and under the crossbar to double the Hoops’ lead at 2-0 ... From there the home side would effectively put a chokehold on the contest, with RSL MF Collen Warner’s audacious volley from the edge of the area that struck off the crossbar in the 74th minute counting as the visitors’ best chance to mount a comeback ...
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
8:00 PM MT
IN SEARCH OF A TROPHY (cont’d): 2010: Despite entering the year as the defending
MLS Cup Champions, RSL was forced on the road to pursue Open Cup hardware due to its 11-12-7 regularseason MLS mark in 2009 … On April 14 at San Jose, RSL stormed out to a 2-0 lead at Buck Shaw Stadium with goals by FW Robbie Findley and MF Nelson Gonzalez, but it was former Earthquake and current RSL player Arturo Alvarez that led the SJ comeback, scoring in the 88’ to force overtime and assisting on a goal in 103’ to give the ‘Quakes the lead … RSL battled back in OT, DF Nat Borchers heading home a Robbie Russell cross in the 118’ to force PKs, where RSL won 5-3, GK Kyle Reynish saving the Alvarez effort in the 1st frame to make the difference … In June, RSL played at RFK Stadium against D.C. United to determine the final MLS spot in the Open Cup proper, just days before visiting the White House to celebrate its MLS Cup win in 2009 … With FW Robbie Findley away at the World Cup, captain Kyle Beckerman and perennial starters Andy Williams and Chris Wingert unavailable, RSL started a 4-5-1 with new faces and players in new positions … After a scoreless first 60 minutes, both sides wilting in extreme heat and humidity, RSL inserted MF Javier Morales, FW Fabian Espindola and FW Alvaro Saborio in the 63’ to inject life into the RSL attack, switching back to the 4-4-2 diamond … D.C. scored first, however, on a 75’ PK, as rookie MF Collen Warner was adjudged to have handled a Chris Pontius shot following a stellar Reynish save … RSL MF Will Johnson answered back with a PK of his own just 8 minutes later, and the sides went to extra time … Teenage RSL MF Luis Gil made his debut for the squad entering to start the OT, but it was another teen phenom – United’s Andy Najar – that came on for the final 15 minutes and provided the goal that sent D.C. on to the tourney proper …
2009: RSL kicked off its qualifying road for the 2009 LHUSOC at Starfire Complex in Tukwila, WA, the Sounders’ training field … Expansion Seattle won a coin toss to host RSL, the Western Conference finalist from the year prior … The Sounders scored goals three minutes apart – in each half – to tally a 4-1 win over RSL, Sebastian LeToux tallying two goals and two assists … MF Will Johnson scored an unassisted goal in the 32nd minute to cut the Sounders lead in half after goals by LeToux (24’) and Sanna Nyassi (26’), but Roger Levesque (53’) and LeToux (55’) followed up in the 2nd half … 2008: RSL kicked off its qualifying prospects for the
2008 U.S. Open Cup with a dominating, 4-0 late-April win at Rice-Eccles, as RSL MF Kyle Beckerman got the ball rolling with goals in the 21st and 33rd minutes … RSL would then punish the ‘Quakes off the kick-off seconds later, as FW Yura Movsisyan converted the turnover into RSL’s second goal inside the minute to put the game out of reach … RSL MF Andy Williams made sure he maintained his Open Cup scoring mastery, slotting home in the 90th minute to close out the scoring … GK Chris Seitz saw his initial first-team action of 2008 and recorded his first career clean sheet with his four-save effort … A month later in Columbus, Crew goals by Steven Lenhart (26’) and Robbie Rogers (53’) sandwiched around a 49th-minute Dema Kovalenko red card ended RSL’s 2008 Open Cup chances …
RIO TINTO STADIUM
SANDY, UT
2007: RSL kicked off its run to the 2007 U.S. Open Cup on by taking a 2-1 overtime victory over the Kansas City Wizards in a “play-in” contest … A Jeff Cunningham penalty kick a dozen minutes in appeared as if it would stand tall, but a goal by KC’s Sasha Victorine in the 88th minute would send the match to added extra time … In the game’s 109th minute, Andy Williams again was the hero, finishing a nifty give-and-go from 15 yards out to lift RSL … In the next round, however, for the second consecutive season, RSL’s Open Cup run ended at the hands of the hated Colorado Rapids, as two Jacob Peterson goals, including one 3 minutes into stoppage time, led the Rapids to a 2-1 win over RSL … Chris Klein scored the 64th-minute equalizer in Jason Kreis’ Open Cup coaching debut, but it wasn’t enough to send the game into OT … 2006: Real Salt Lake saw added time once again in its 2006 USOC opener against another USL-1 side, Virginia Beach Mariners, but this time it was RSL getting the goal in overtime, as Andy Williams’ 93rd-minute strike lifted the MLS side to a 2-1 win in the Third Round, marking its first-ever USOC victory … RSL’s run would be a short one, as the Utah side had the better of the play at home against Rocky Mountain Cup rival Colorado, but the Rapids’ Peterson got the only goal in a 1-0 win in a 4th Round affair … 2005: RSL saw its inaugural run in the 2005 Open Cup
end abruptly, as tournament upstart Minnesota Thunder overcame a Jason Kreis hat trick – the only 3-goal performance in RSL history in all competitions, prior to Robbie Findley’s effort in April ‘09 – to post a wild 6-4 upset in a Third Round match the USL First Division side took to a 30-minute added time session thanks to an 88th minute equalizer …
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
8:00 PM MT
RIO TINTO STADIUM
SANDY, UT
2013 REAL SALT LAKE MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
2013 MLS CATEGORICAL W-L-T (GF/GA):
Quickest Goals Scored:
MLS Reg. Season:
Home Road 6-1-3 (17/8)
5-4-1 (15/10)
Overall
One-Goal Games:
2-0-0
2-3-0
4-3-0
In In In In In
March: April: May: June: July:
1-0-1 (3/2) 1-1-0 (1/2) 1-0-1 (3/1) 3-0-0 (8/1) 0-0-1 (2/2)
1-2-0 (2/3) 0-1-1 (1/2) 2-1-0 (8/5) 1-0-0 (1/0) 1-0-0 (3/0)
2-2-1 (5/5) 1-2-1 (2/4) 3-1-1 (11/6) 4-0-0 (9/1) 1-0-1 (5/2)
vs. East: vs. West:
0-0-2 (3/3) 6-1-1 (14/5)
2-2-0 (5/5) 3-2-1 (10/5)
2-2-2 (8/8) 9-3-2 (21/10)
First 17 games: Second 17 games:
6-1-2 (15/6) 0-0-1 (2/2)
3-4-1 (11/10) 2-0-0 (4/0)
9-5-3 (26/16) 2-0-1 (6/2)
Before All-Star: Since All-Star:
6-1-3 (17/8)
5-4-1 (15/10)
11-5-4 (29/18)
Scoring First: 6-0-1 Opp. Scoring First: 0-1-2
4-1-1 1-3-0
10-1-2 1-4-2
Leading at Half: Tied at Half: Trailing at Half:
3-0-0 3-0-1 0-1-2
3-0-0 2-3-1 0-1-0
6-0-0 5-3-2 0-2-2
Opposition GWG after 75’:
Leading at 75’: Tied at 75’: Trailing at 75’:
5-0-1 1-0-1 0-1-1
3-0-1 1-1-0 1-3-0
8-0-2 2-1-1 1-4-1
RSL Multi-Goal Games:
Day Games: Night Games:
0-0-1 (1/1) 6-1-2 (16/7)
1-1-1 (4/4) 4-3-0 (11/6)
1-1-2 (5/5) 10-4-2 (27/13)
On Grass: On Turf:
6-1-3 (17/8) n/a
4-4-0 (9/8) 1-0-1 (3/2)
10-5-3 (27/16) 1-0-1 (3/2)
In Red: In White:
6-1-3 (17/8) n/a
2-1-1 (6/3) 3-3-0 (9/7)
8-2-4 (23/11) 3-3-0 (9/7)
On ABC4: On CW30: On NBC Sports: On ESPN2: On Telefutura: Opp. Local TV:
3-0-1 (9/2) 3-1-2 (8/6) n/a
0-2-1 (1/4) 5-1-0 (14/5) 0-1-0 (0/1)
3-2-2 (10/6) 8-2-2 (22/11) 0-1-0 (0/1)
5-1-3 (16/8)
4-2-1 (11/7)
9-4-4 (27/15)
MLS Reg. Season: MLS Reserves: U.S. Open Cup: EXH Reserves: TOTALS
6-1-3 (17/8) 5-4-1 (15/10) 3-1-1 (7/5) 1-2-2 (3/5) 3-0-0 (11/4) 1-0-0 (1/0) 13-2-4 (36/16) 6-6-2 (18/16)
4’ - Grabavoy; 5/19 @ CHV 7’ - Ferrari OG; 5/11 @ MTL 8’ - Findley; 3/30 v SEA 35’ - Gil; 3/30 v SEA
Quickest Goals Allowed:
5’ - Harris; 4/6 @ COL 6’ - Magee; 4/27 v LA 12’ - LeToux; 7/3 v PHI 13’ - Rugg; 4/27 v LA
77’ - Sandoval; 5/8 @ NE 80’ – Saborio; 3/30 v COL 97+’ - Morales; 7/3 v PHI
RSL Equalizers after 75’:
Opp. Equalizers after 75’:
80’ - DiVaio; 5/11 @ MTL 83’ - Camilo (PK); 4/13 @ VAN 84’ - Amerikwa; 5/25 v CHI
78’ – Saborio; 3/3 @ SJ 84’ - Garcia; 6/8 v LA 89’ - Garcia; 5/8 @NE
93+ - Ferrari; 5/11 @ MTL
RSL Game-Winners after 75’:
Saborio (2); 3/3 @ SJ Grabavoy (2); 5/19 @ CHV Garcia (2); 6/8 v LA
Opp. Multi-Goal Games: RSL Multi-Assist Games:
Plata (2); 5/4 v VAN Morales (2); 5/19 @ CHV Morales (2); 6/8 v LA
Opp. Multi-Assist Games: RSL Hat Tricks:
Opp. Hat Tricks: Own Goals for RSL:
5/11 @ MTL (Ferrari)
RSL Red Cards Received:
83’ - Alvarez, 3/23 @ DAL 91+’ - Salcedo, 5/8 @ NE (rescinded) 78’ - Beltran, 6/29 @ TOR 59’ - Palmer, 7/3 v PHI
Opp. Red Cards Received:
78’ - Silva, 6/29 @ TOR
2013 RSL AWARD WINNERS MLS Player of the Week
Week 15 - FW Olmes Garcia (2g v LA)
MLS Goal of the Week Week Week Week Week
11 - MF Luis Gil (47’ v VAN) 14 - FW Robbie Findley (38’ v SJ) 18 - MF Yordany Alvarez (45’ @ TOR) 20 - MF Javier Morales (39’ @ DAL)
MLS Save of the Week Week Week Week Week Week Week
4 - DF Nat Borchers (38’ @ DAL v Castillo) 7 - GK Nick RImando (23’ @ VAN v Kobayashi) 12 - GK Nick Rimando (53’ @ CHV v Correa) 14 - GK Nick Rimando (51’ v SJ v Chavez) 18 - GK Nick Rimando (89’ @ TOR v Brockie) 20 - GK Jeff Attinella (87’ @ DAL v )
11-5-4 (32/18)
11-5-4 (32/18) 4-3-3 (10/10) 3-0-0 (11/4) 1-0-0 (1/0) 17-8-7 (48/30)
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
8:00 PM MT
RIO TINTO STADIUM
SANDY, UT
RSL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME) INCLUDES GAMES OF July 13, 2013 (active players in claret) GAMES PLAY / START Nick Rimando Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Chris Wingert Nat Borchers Javier Morales Fabian Espindola Tony Beltran Jamison Olave Will Johnson
GP 191 189 167 163 160 143 125 126 120 114
GS 191 122 162 152 160 129 104 115 119 104
MINUTES PLAYED Nick Rimando Kyle Beckerman Nat Borchers Chris Wingert Andy Williams Javier Morales Jamison Olave Tony Beltran Will Johnson Fabian Espindola
MIN 17135 14432 14199 13445 11536 11344 10320 10307 9445 8658
GOALS Alvaro Saborio Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Javier Morales Jeff Cunningham Kyle Beckerman Jason Kreis Yura Movsisyan Andy Williams Jamison Olave
GP GOALS 89 44 125 35 110 33 143 25 38 19 167 19 58 17 53 15 189 14 120 10
GAME-WINNING GOALS Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Kyle Beckerman Jeff Cunningham Andy Williams Nat Borchers Will Johnson Jason Kreis
GP 89 143 125 110 167 38 189 159 114 58
GWG 16 13 11 9 6 4 4 3 3 3
MULTI-GOAL GAMES Alvaro Saborio Jeff Cunningham Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Javier Morales Yura Movsisyan Kyle Beckerman Chris Brown Atiba Harris Jason Kreis Ned Grabavoy Olmes Garcia
GP 89 38 125 110 143 53 167 60 43 58 112 12
2+ G GM 11 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
HAT TRICKS Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley
GP 89 110
HATS 2 1
PENALTY-KICK GOALS Alvaro Saborio Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis Robbie Findley Javier Morales Carey Talley Freddy Adu Alecko Eskandarian Fabian Espindola Will Johnson Dema Kovalenko Andy Williams Paulo Junior
GP 89 38 58 110 143 60 11 17 125 114 22 189 38
PKG 8 5 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ASSISTS Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Jeff Cunningham Clint Mathis Chris Wingert Alvaro Saborio 4 players tied with 9
GP ASTS 143 50 189 29 167 24 125 17 110 15 38 11 66 11 163 11 89 11
GAME-WINNING ASSISTS GP Kyle Beckerman 167 Javier Morales 143 Fabian Espindola 125 Robbie Findley 110 Andy Williams 189 Clint Mathis 66 Robbie Russell 78 Tony Beltran 126 Jeff Cunningham 38 Ned Grabavoy 112 4 players tied with 2
GWA 15 13 7 5 5 4 4 4 3 3
SHOTS / SOG Fabian Espindola Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Andy Williams Will Johnson Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan Jason Kreis Jeff Cunningham
SHT 253 229 192 223 232 180 173 143 132 94
GP 125 89 143 167 189 114 110 53 58 38
PKA 9 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SOG 121 95 87 85 83 77 75 65 57 52
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8:00 PM MT
RIO TINTO STADIUM
SANDY, UT
RSL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME) INCLUDES GAMES OF July 13, 2013 (active players in claret) FOULS COMMITTED Kyle Beckerman Andy Williams Javier Morales Chris Wingert Fabian Espindola Jamison Olave Alvaro Saborio Nat Borchers Will Johnson Tony Beltran
GP 167 189 143 163 125 120 89 160 114 126
FC 225 198 180 169 166 154 116 106 103 102
FOULS SUFFERED Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Fabian Espindola Ned Grabavoy Will Johnson Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Carey Talley Tony Beltran
GP 143 189 167 125 112 114 89 110 60 126
FS 314 269 158 135 127 123 111 93 91 90
CAUTIONS (YELLOWS) Kyle Beckerman Jamison Olave Chris Wingert Fabian Espindola Will Johnson Javier Morales Andy Williams Tony Beltran Nat Borchers Clint Mathis Carey Talley
GP 167 120 163 125 114 143 189 126 160 66s 60
CAUT 38 31 29 25 23 22 21 16 14 14 14
EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Jamison Olave Fabian Espindola Andy Williams Will Johnson Nat Borchers Kyle Beckerman Clint Mathis Tony Beltran 18 players tied with 1
GP 120 125 189 114 160 167 66 126
EJECT 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
CORNER KICKS Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Chris Klein Clint Mathis
GP 143 189 167 43 66
CK 488 225 99 76 52
OFFSIDES Fabian Espindola Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis
GP 125 89 110 38 58
OFF 117 102 60 45 44
GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL GP Nick Rimando 191 Scott Garlick 31 D.J. Countess 27 Kyle Reynish 8 Chris Seitz 7 Jay Nolly 7 Josh Saunders 3 Brian Kamler 1 Jeff Attinella 1 MIN PLAYED IN GOAL Nick Rimando Scott Garlick D.J. Countess Chris Seitz Kyle Reynish Jay Nolly Josh Saunders Jeff Attinella Brian Kamler
GS 191 31 27 7 7 6 3 0 0
MIN 17135 2745 2422 630 685 585 230 40 8
GOALS AGAINST AVG.
PLAYER GP MIN SHT SVS GA GAA W-L-T SHO Nick Rimando 191 17135 830 625 206 1.08 81-63-47 69
WINNING PCT Nick Rimando
GP WON LOST TIED PCT 191 81 63 47 .547
WINS Nick Rimando Scott Garlick D.J. Countess Kyle Reynish Jay Nolly Chris Seitz
GP WON 191 81 31 10 27 4 8 2 7 1 7 1
LOSSES Nick Rimando D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Jay Nolly Chris Seitz Josh Saunders
GP LOST 191 63 27 19 31 12 7 4 7 4 2 1
SAVES Nick Rimando D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Jay Nolly Kyle Reynish Chris Seitz Josh Saunders Jeff Attinella
GP 191 27 31 7 8 7 3 1
SHUTOUTS Nick Rimando Kyle Reynish D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Chris Seitz
GP SHO 191 69 8 4 27 4 31 4 7 1
SAVES PERCENTAGE Nick Rimando
GP 191
SVS 625 112 108 41 20 19 10 3
SAVES SOG PCT 625 855 73.0
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
1
LALO FERNANDEZ
8:00 PM MT
GOALKEEPER
RIO TINTO STADIUM
2
SANDY, UT
TONY BELTRAN
DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 12/16/92 HOMETOWN: El Paso, TX ACQUIRED: Signed as Home Grown Player, 1/11/12 LAST CLUB: C.A. Penarol (Uruguay) PRONOUNCIATION: LAW-lo LAST GAME: yet to appear in an RSL league match
HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 10/11/87 HOMETOWN: Claremont, CA ACQUIRED: 2008 MLS SuperDraft (1st round pick) PRONOUNCIATION: BELL - trann
Real Salt Lake’s eye towards the future was bolstered a year ago with the signing of promising goalkeeper Lalo Fernandez as the club’s third-ever Homegrown Player. The addition of Fernandez marks the second dip into the Homegrown Player well by Real Salt Lake in less than a year, following on the heels of fellow RSL-Arizona Academy product Nico Muñiz (Sept. 2011) and Donny Toia (May 2011).
After playing the second-most minutes of his career in 2011, Tony Beltran again showed why he belongs in the discussion with the best outside backs in Major League Soccer. For the second time in his career the 24-year-old made more than 20 starts and helped solidify a back line that was depleted by injuries all season long – until he unfortunately suffered one of his own, limiting his minutes in the final two months of the season.
The 20-year-old Fernandez has kept busy over the last year-and-a-half, helping the RSL-Arizona Under-18 squad begin its first season in U.S. Soccer Development Academy in
While his staunch 1-v-1 defending continued to be rock solid, the cerebral and supremely fit Beltran has also provided more consistency when jumping into the attack, his flying runs up either flank ending with dangerous service into the area more often than during his previous two seasons of play. It can’t be long until Beltran sheds the status of one of the most underrated outside defenders in Major League Soccer, but, until then, the RSL braintrust will be more than happy to unleash the mature-beyond-his-years winger upon opponents that may underestimate the UCLA product’s considerable talent and tenacity.
October 2010 and going 5-3-3 (1.00 GAA, 4 shutouts) in 11 appearances through the spring of 2011. After initially agreeing to play collegiately at the University of Wisconsin, Fernandez tacked course and tested the international waters, first spending a training stint with Mexican first division side Atlas – based in his birthplace of Guadalajara – before signing with Uruguayan power C.A. Peñarol last August. The 6-foot-3, 165-pound Fernandez has been involved in the Youth National Team set-ups of both the United States and Mexico, playing for the Mexican Under-17s and training with the U.S. Under-20s last November. The El Paso, Texas, native’s goalkeeping skills run in the family, as his father, enjoyed a career as a professional netminder in Mexico.
3
KWAME WATSON-SIRIBOE
DEFENDER
December 2012 saw Beltran re-up with RSL for four more years, while January saw the young DF rewarded with an invite to “Camp Klinsmann” and his first-ever US cap, starting and playing 45 minutes against Canada in a 0-0 draw.
4
AARON MAUND
DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 197 DOB: HOMETOWN: Chino Hills, CA ACQUIRED: June 2012 PRONOUNCIATION: SEAR - uh - bow
WEIGHT: 195 DOB: 9/19/90 HEIGHT: 6-1 HOMETOWN: Dorchester, MA ACQUIRED: December, 2012 PRONOUNCIATION:
After spending the better part of three years languishing on the bench in Chicago, Watson-Siriboe received a much-needed career reboot in June 2012 when RSL acquired him via trade with the Fire. RSL assistant coach C.J. Brown was the driving force behind the acquisition, having seen firsthand Watson-Siriboe’s physical talent and strong work ethic when the two played together in Chicago in 2010.
It’s not often that a first-round draft pick plays 15 league games in his rookie year and then gets traded in his first offseason, but that’s exactly what happened to defender Aaron Maund, who started nine MLS matches for Toronto last year before being traded to RSL for Justin Braun on Dec. 3.
Acquiring Watson-Siriboe paid off handsomely for RSL in 2012, as the UConn product played well in 12 league games and started 10 in fill-in duty for injured center backs. Watson-Siriboe – who played in more games and tallied more minutes in one half-season with RSL than he did in 2 ½ years in Chicago – will get many more opportunities to shine in 2013, likely beginning the season as a starter with regular center back Nat Borchers out until mid-April while recovering from offseason surgery on his left quad.
Maund was a casualty of a season – and offseason – full of change in Toronto, getting shipped off shortly before his second head coach at TFC lost his job. He’ll undoubtedly have much more stability at Real Salt Lake, where he’ll learn from Head Coach Jason Kreis and Assistant/Defensive Specialist C.J. Brown as he competes for time at center back.
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
5
KYLE BECKERMAN
8:00 PM MT
MIDFIELDER MF / CAPTAIN
HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 165 DOB: 4/23/82 HOMETOWN: Crofton, MD ACQUIRED: Trade with Colorado for Mehdi Ballouchy on 6/17/07
The 30-year-old Beckerman should continue to excel in 2013, a year in which he’ll make his 300th career MLS regular season appearance and continue to play a role for the USMNT as it continues its qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup Finals in Brazil. Hungry as ever, Beckerman will be ready to lead RSL right out of the gates in his 14th season in MLS.
LOVEL PALMER
6
SANDY, UT
NAT BORCHERS
DEFENDER
WEIGHT: 175 DOB: 4/13/81 HEIGHT: 6-2 HOMETOWN: Pueblo, CO ACQUIRED: Feb. 2008 PRONOUNCIATION: NATT
Most players begin to think about the next stage of their careers after 13 seasons in the pros, the portion involving final contracts, farewell tours and the like. However, most players aren’t like Kyle Beckerman, who continued to improve and reach new heights for both club and country in 2012. The Claret-and-Cobalt captain led the Utah side to all-time highs in points and wins while appearing in two World Cup Qualifiers, captaining the U.S. in its January 2013 friendly against Canada and playing the full 90 in the Stars-and-Stripes’ historic August 2012 1-0 win against Mexico at the famed Estadio Azteca.
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RIO TINTO STADIUM
D/M FORWARD
Despite dealing with several injuries during the 2012 season, Borchers remained a rock for RSL, starting all 26 league matches that he appeared in and finishing the year sixth on the team in minutes played. Always a calming influence in the center of the Claret-and-Cobalt’s backline, the “White Rhino” brought unparalleled organization, tactical awareness and consistent play to the field last season as he helped RSL remain defensively strong. Borchers’ stabilizing presence will be even more important in 2013 as RSL begins life without center back Jamison Olave, who was traded to New York along with forward Fabian Espindola in December. Unfortunately, the Pueblo, Colo. native won’t be able to guide the backline from the jump in 2013 as he deals with a quad injury that is expected to keep him out until mid-April.
8
JOAO PLATA
FORWARD MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 160 DOB: 8/30/84 HOMETOWN: Mandeville, Jamaica ACQUIRED: 12/12 PRONOUNCIATION: luh - VELL LAST SEASON: Played 19 games (15 starts) for Portland in MLS play
HEIGHT: 5-2 WEIGHT: 135 DOB: 3/1/92 HOMETOWN: Guyaquil, Ecuador ACQUIRED: January, 2013 PRONOUNCIATION: ZHOW LAST SEASON: Played 10 games (7 starts) in MLS play for Toronto
RSL long had its eye on Lovel Palmer, nearly trading for the Jamaican international while he was in Portland during the 2012 season. The Claret-and-Cobalt got its man in Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft on Dec. 14, 2012, agreeing to a deal with the 28-year-old defender/ midfielder less than a week later.
Acquired in a trade with Toronto on Jan. 30, 2013, it looks like the 20-year-old Plata could become the latest discarded MLS player to have a re-birth at Real Salt Lake. Much like RSL defender Aaron Maund, the talented Plata was a victim of some turbulence at TFC, which sent him on a loan to Ecuadorian side LDU Quito halfway through 2012 before trading him to RSL this offseason.
A former Jamaican national team teammate of RSL Head Scout Andy Williams, Palmer will primarily play right back for the Claret-and-Cobalt, backing up starter Tony Beltran and providing added depth along the left side of the backline and at defensive midfield. The arrival of Palmer and midfielder Khari Stephenson this offseason give RSL its first Jamaican players since Williams retired following the 2011 season.
The tiny Ecuadorian – Plata stands just 5-foot-2 and weighs in at 135 lbs. – showed very well for the Claret-and-Cobalt during preseason, giving defenders fits with his quickness, agility, skill and finishing. The Ecuadorian international is a significant addition to RSL’s revamped forward corps – look for him to provide a spark off the bench as a third forward and get an occasional spot start for lead forwards Robbie Findley and Alvaro Saborio.
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
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ROBBIE FINDLEY
HEIGHT: 5-0 WEIGHT: 175 HOMETOWN: Phoenix, AZ ACQUIRED: January, 2013 PRONOUNCIATION:
8:00 PM MT
MIDFIELDER FORWARD
DOB: 4/4/85
RIO TINTO STADIUM
11
JAVIER MORALES
HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 165 HOMETOWN: Buenos Aires, Argentina PRONOUNCIATION: HAW-vee-err
Real Salt Lake brought Findley back for a second stint in Utah on Jan. 16, 2013, sending the Portland Timbers allocation money for the rights to the speedy striker, who had already signed with MLS at the time of the trade. Findley played for RSL from mid-2007 through 2010, when he left the Claret-and-Cobalt after the MLS season to join English Championship side Nottingham Forest. Portland selected the Arizona native in the expansion draft in November 2010, thereby acquiring his rights and forcing RSL to trade for them in order to bring him back to Salt Lake. Findley scored 29 goals during his first stint with the Claret-and-Cobalt, leading the team and setting a career high with 12 goals in the 2009 MLS Cup Championship season. RSL is hoping that the 2010 World Cup veteran will be able to bring that type of production back to the Wasatch Front in the 2013 season, when he’ll lead RSL’s line alongside striker Alvaro Saborio.
SANDY, UT
MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER
DOB: 1/10/80 ACQUIRED: 8/07
Perhaps no player in Major League Soccer was poised to have a better 2011 than Javier Morales. From the get-go, the Argentine midfield maestro was pulling the strings for a Real Salt Lake side on the cusp of international glory, his infectious attitude, quiet leadership and abundant skill helping a pioneering club earn plaudits from every corner of America’s soccer landscape. So while RSL’s disappointment at the end of its CONCACAF Champions League run in late April was a tough blow for the squad, it’s quite telling that the result’s effect on the team’s season paled in comparison to the loss of Morales to an ankle injury just 10 days after the stinging defeat. It is also telling that, during a stretch of two weeks when clumsy challenges like the one Morales suffered from felled some of MLS’ other brightest attacking talents, RSL’s playmaker vowed to come back before season’s end. Anyone who saw the incident must have thought Morales’ thoughts were wishful thinking at best, but they also weren’t witness to the hard work he put in day after day. While the air was sucked out of the building that day, Morales knew it wasn’t sucked out of the season, and he wanted to make sure he could help the squad finish the challenge it had laid down at the start of the year – add hardware to the trophy case. While that goal wouldn’t come to fruition, the comeback of Morales inspired not only his teammates, but the RSL faithful as well, who could not get enough updates on the status of “Javi” and when – not if – he would return to the field. While Morales was never back to 100% during the final six weeks of the season, he showed plenty enough to make it clear that he was closer than anyone, save himself, might have thought. But, perhaps more than anything, his comeback allowed everyone the opportunity to remember a different image of #11 at Rio Tinto Stadium in 2011 – the thunderous standing ovation he received upon entering the Sept. 28 match against Chicago in front of the largest crowd in the stadium’s history. 20,762 fans, all there to pay tribute to the heart-and-soul of RSL, to see the maestro pick up his baton once again. The start of the 2012 campaign sees Morales continuing to overcome injury, an offseason procedure to clean out bone spurs in his left foot and a right quad strain suffered during the preseason limiting him during the squad’s preparations for the upcoming season. But if 2011 proved anything, it’s that Morales will be able to overcome any challenge thrown at him … and likely sooner than anyone could imagine.
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COLE GROSSMAN
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 180 HOMETOWN: St. Louis, MO ACQUIRED: Dec., 2012 via Re-entry Draft PRONOUNCIATION:
MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER
DOB: 4/10/89
After not getting much playing time with Columbus in his first two years as a pro, Grossman is ready for a new lease on life with Real Salt Lake, which picked up the Duke University product in the November 2011 MLS Waiver Draft. The big, hard-working and aggressive midfielder will take some time to adjust from his old position in the center of the midfield to his new spot at the outside of RSL’s diamond, but he is expected to challenge for minutes once he gets settled in. The St. Louis native’s tenacious style is sure to play well with Claret-and-Cobalt fans, who never fail to appreciate a little on-field intensity.
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OLMES GARCIA
MIDFIELDER FORWARD
HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 175 DOB: 10/21/92 HOMETOWN: Istmina, Colombia ACQUIRED: Feb., 2013 via discovery PRONOUNCIATION: prefers to be called “GARCIA”
Blessed with good size and incredible speed, 20-year-old Colombian forward Olmes Garcia comes to RSL as a relatively unknown quantity. A talented but raw prospect, Garcia did well at Colombian First Division side Deportes Quindio, scoring seven goals in 47 total appearances after signing with the team as an 18-year-old in January 2011. He’ll need some time to adjust to a new country, a new team, a new language, a new culture and new tactics, but Garcia is a significant part of the Claret-and-Cobalt’s long term plan. He’ll have plenty of time to grow into a large role; he signed a five-year contract with RSL on a transfer from Quindio. On April 1 against BYU in a reserve exhibition at Rio Tinto Stadium (att: 6,335), Garcia was the star of the show, displaying speed and one-on-one ability to wow the fans. Will need to harness that raw talent and effectively utilize his skills in the framework of the team philosophy, but his MLS debut at DAL on 3/23 saw his header off a corner kick smack the left post on his first touch in the North American league.
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
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YORDANY ALVAREZ
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 165 HOMETOWN: Cienfuegos, Cuba ACQUIRED: Sept. 2011 PRONOUNCIATION: jor-DONN-ee
8:00 PM MT
MIDFIELDER FORWARD
DOB: 5/24/85
RIO TINTO STADIUM
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SANDY, UT
ALVARO SABORIO
FORWARD
HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 3/25/82 HOMETOWN: San Carlos, Costa Rica ACQUIRED: March 2010 PRONOUNCIATION: AL-vuh-ro sabb-oh-REE-oh
When it came to taking advantage of an opportunity in 2011, nobody did it better than midfielder Yordany Alvarez, who parlayed his USL PRO League MVP performance for Orlando City S.C. into a quasi-starting gig last September shortly after joining Real Salt Lake on loan at the roster freeze deadline. The one-time Cuban international provided quality cover for Kyle Beckerman, whose suspensions and U.S. MNT call-ups across the last quarter of the season forced Alvarez onto the field for five contests.
As a forward there’s always pressure to perform, and in 2011 the pressure seemed to be both a blessing and a curse for Álvaro Saborío, who began the year with a new contract that heaped on the added weight of becoming Real Salt Lake’s first-ever “Designated Player” (though the title was more a technicality thanks to the transfer fees involved in obtaining his full rights). The roller-coaster season saw Saborío bag goals in bunches and in some critical moments, but also included some droughts and mountains of adversity on the national team front for his native Costa Rica.
Alvarez performed well in a limited role during the 2012 season, providing able cover at defensive mid when Claret-and-Cobalt captain Kyle Beckerman was out of the lineup. The 27-year-old Cuban made 15 league appearances in 2012, starting five times and playing a total of 500 MLS minutes. Expect to see Alvarez’s role increase in 2013, when the 2011 USL Pro League MVP will have an opportunity to play on the outside of RSL’s midfield diamond and will slot in for Beckerman when he’s away on international duty.
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CARLOS SALCEDO
HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 170 HOMETOWN: Guadalajara, Mexico ACQUIRED: January 1, 2013 PRONOUNCIATION:
DEFENDER
DOB: 9/29/83
After spending the second half of 2012 training with the Claret-and-Cobalt while not officially a member of the first-team, RSL-Arizona Academy product Carlos Salcedo will finally get his chance to step on the field in a MLS match this year. The 19-year-old center back still has a long way to go, but has the physical tools necessary to be successful on the professional level. Expect him to log plenty of time in the expanded 2013 Reserve League as he continues to hone his technique and develop tactically.
A part of that ebb-anSaborio had the best season of his three-year RSL career in 2012, lighting up the league to the tune of 17 goals, five multi-goal games and three assists in 31 appearances. Super “Sabo” led RSL in scoring, was third in the league in goals behind Chris Wondolowski and Kenny Cooper and – most notably – set the new Claret-and-Cobalt record for goals in a year, breaking the mark of 16 set by Jeff Cunningham in 2006. Whether or not Sabo can do it all again in 2013 remains to be seen, but things seem to be working in his favor. The Costa Rican international enters the MLS regular season on a tear for his country and is surrounded by a greatly improved forward corps featuring Robbie Findley, Joao Plata, Olmes Garcia an Devon Sandoval. Those four newcomers should help take some of the defensive attention off of Saborio, opening up space – and hopefully creating more chances – for the skilled striker.
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CHRIS WINGERT
HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 170 HOMETOWN: Babylon, NY ACQUIRED: Trade with COL, 6/14/07
DEFENDER
DOB: 6/16/82
The outside back position in RSL’s 4-4-2 system is perhaps one of the most challenging spots in Major League Soccer – to call them “defenders” is simply not doing them justice. The role requires players to have the physicality to defend one-on-one, the speed and stamina to make run after run up and down the flank to provide width in attack and the technical acumen to make things happen with the ball, be it by providing crosses into the area or quick combinations with the midfield. You have to be smart, disciplined and in ridiculously good shape … in other words, you almost have to be Chris Wingert. RSL’s longest-tenured field player, Chris Wingert had one of the best seasons of his 10-year MLS career in 2012, setting career highs and finishing second amongst RSL field players with 31 league games played, 30 league games started and 2,603 minutes played. The always steady Babylon, N.Y. native was consistent as ever last season, playing rock solid defense along the left side and getting forward to help out in the attack well, registering two assists on the season. Wingert will be hard-pressed to replicate those numbers in 2013, with the 30-year-oldleft back scheduled to miss the first six weeks of the season due to a broken right metatarsal suffered during offseason training. Expect him to be his usual self – smart, disciplined and in ridiculously good shape – when he returns.
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
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NICK RIMANDO
8:00 PM MT
GOALKEEPER
RIO TINTO STADIUM
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SANDY, UT
ENZO MARTINEZ
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 185 DOB: 6/17/79 HOMETOWN: Montclair, CA ACQUIRED: Trade with NY, March, 2007 LAST GAME: 03/03/13 - start/90’ in 2-0 W @ SJ
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 160 DOB: 9/29/90 HOMETOWN: Rock Hill, SC ACQUIRED: 2011 MLS SuperDraft, 17th overall pick, 1/15/12 PRONOUNCIATION: ENN-zoh
RSL’s longest-tenured player, Nick Rimando showed in 2012 why he’s considered one of the best goalkeepers in the league, turning in another stellar year in between the pipes for the Claret-and-Cobalt. The 33-year-old ‘keeper once again finished at or near the top of Major League Soccer in goals against average, wins and shutouts last season, finishing fourth in 2012 Allstate MLS Goalkeeper of the Year voting.
Some things are just meant to be, and that seemed to be the general consensus when highly-touted midfielder Enzo Martinez fell right into the lap of Real Salt Lake late in the first round of January’s MLS SuperDraft in Kansas City. Why the key cog for North Carolina’s College Cup-winning side slid to the 17th overall pick will never be known, but what is for certain is that the motivated midfielder’s savvy on the ball, mature decision-making and industrious workrate will make the native Uruguayan a perfect fit in the diamond midfield RSL has perfected under Jason Kreis. While the RSL Technical Staff gushed about the Generation adidas product’s production and ability, it was even more impressed with his maturity off the field, forcing many of the pundits who questioned where the 21-year-old might fit on the field for many teams to also admit that the Claret-and-Cobalt might just have come away with the steal of draft day.
The Claret-and-Cobalt will expect more of the same in 2013 from Rimando, who is more motivated than ever to keep performing well as he looks to lead RSL to league glory while cementing his role for the U.S. Men’s National Team.
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NED GRABAVOY
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 7/1/83 HOMETOWN: New Lenox, IL ACQUIRED: Waivers from SJ Earthquakes, March, 2009
21
LUIS GIL
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155 HOMETOWN: Garden Grove, CA ACQUIRED: Trade with KC, 3/10 PRONOUNCIATION: GILL
MIDFIELDER DOB: 11/14/93
Capable of playing any of the four spots in RSL’s midfield diamond, the versatile Grabavoy recorded the most games played, games started, minutes played and assists of his RSL career in 2012. Primarily deployed on the outside of the midfield, the incredibly technical Grabavoy became one of the Claret-and-Cobalt’s more important players last season, playing well on the field and helping to set the tone in the locker room.
Gil continued to develop in 2012, building on his solid 2011 by setting career highs in games played, games started, minutes played and assists last season. Playing at both the top and side of Real Salt Lake’s midfield diamond, the 19-year-old was more consistent than ever last year, turning in an increased amount of even performances as RSL Head Coach Jason Kreis began to rely on him more and more.
Entering the second year of a three-year contract signed before the 2012 season, Grabavoy will be counted on to play a major role again in 2013. The 28-year-old New Lenox, Ill. native looked better than ever in the 2013 preseason, exhibiting tactical awareness and on-theball calmness while excelling in nearly every preseason game he featured in.
Gil will have an even larger role in 2013, with the club’s December trade of midfielder Will Johnson to Portland opening up a more permanent spot in the first XI for the California native. Gil will have to balance his RSL duties with a busy schedule with the U.S. U-20 national team, which will play in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Turkey in June and July. Thankfully, Gil seems up to the challenge, saying early this preseason that he wants to “step up and prove something” in 2013.
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
22
DAVID VIANA
8:00 PM MT
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 160 DOB: 1/22/92 HOMETOWN: Strausborg, France ACQUIRED: via discovery option in August., 2012 PRONOUNCIATION: vee - AH - nuh
RIO TINTO STADIUM
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KHARI STEPHENSON MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 185 HOMETOWN: Kingston, Jamaica ACQUIRED: via discovery in Feb., 2013 PRONOUNCIATION:
The 20-year-old Portuguese-French MF was added to the RSL roster last Sept. 15, primarily an attacking MF who can also play on either the left or right of Kreis’ midfield diamond, Viana began a successful trial period with RSL nearly 6 weeks earlier ... “We’re excited to add a talented young player like David to the team,” said Lagerwey. “We believe he’ll be a valuable addition to our roster long-term and think he can give us an attacking boost down the stretch.” Viana comes to RSL after spending nearly a year with Atletico Madrid C, the La Liga club’s second reserve team ... The 5-foot-8 player impressed while in the Spanish capital, regularly getting called up to train with the first team and earning a contract offer to return to the Europa League champions earlier this summer ...
SANDY, UT
DOB: 1/18/91
An experienced midfielder at both the MLS and international levels, Stephenson will add some veteran depth to a Real Salt Lake midfield stocked with younger reserves. The former San Jose Earthquake is very versatile, capable of playing on the outside or on top of RSL’s midfield diamond as well as at forward. The 6-foot-4 Stephenson isn’t afraid to let it fly, often shooting from distance – and occasionally scoring the fantastic goal – during his 2 ½ seasons in San Jose. Expect Stephenson – who, along with RSL defender Lovel Palmer, played with RSL Head Scout Andy Williams on the Jamaican National Team – to get solid minutes off the bench as well as the occasional spot start for Claret-and-Cobalt Head Coach Jason Kreis in 2013.
The former Portuguese U-17, U-18 and U-19 national teamer was a part of French club RC Strasbourg’s youth setup before transferring to Atletico after Strasbourg was relegated from Ligue 1 following 2010-2011 ...
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JEFF ATTINELLA
HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 190 HOMETOWN: Clearwater, FL ACQUIRED: December, 2012
GOALKEEPER
DOB: 9/29/88
Drafted by Real Salt Lake in the first round (14th overall) of the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft but not signed to a contract, Attinella returned to the Claret-and-Cobalt when he signed with the team in December 2012. The Clearwater, Fla. native is far more experienced than most goalkeepers his age, having made 52 total appearances for the NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies in 2011 and 2012. Attinella had a huge 2012, leading the Rowdies to the NASL title, finishing second in NASL MVP voting and earning a spot on the league Best XI. Attinella will likely be RSL’s third-string goalkeeper behind starter Nick Rimando and probable backup Josh Saunders in 2013.
25
RICH BALCHAN
HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 165 HOMETOWN: Carmel, IN ACQUIRED: March 1, 2013
DOB: 1/18/89
DEFENDER
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
26
SEBASTIAN VELASQUEZ
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 140 HOMETOWN: Greenville, SC ACQUIRED: 2012 MLS SuperDraft
8:00 PM MT
MIDFIELDER
CHRIS SCHULER
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DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 185 DOB: 9/6/87 HOMETOWN: Aurora, IL ACQUIRED: 2010 MLS SuperDraft (37th) PRONOUNCIATION: SHOO-ler
After taking a huge leap forward in 2011, when he made 20 league appearances and 16 MLS starts, Schuler took a step back in 2012, playing in just 13 games in an injury-riddled campaign. The Chicagoland native showed well at the beginning of the season, starting RSL’s first three matches and seven of its first 12 to help the team to a fantastic 7-3-2 record. Unfortunately, the Claret-and-Cobalt’s 13th match proved unlucky for Schuler, who suffered a bone stress response in his left foot in that game, a 1-0 win at Seattle on May 12. It’d be over three months until Schuler made his return to the first-team in RSL’s tough 0-1 loss at Houston on Sept. 6. RSL can’t afford another injury to Schuler in 2013, as the Utah side will be counting on the 6-foot-4 defender to be a game-in, game-out starter at center back following the offseason trade of defender Jamison Olave to New York. Whether he’s paired with Nat Borchers or third-center back Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Schuler is expected to show well in 2013, with Head Coach Jason Kreis expecting the fourth-year defender to breakout and earn the attention of U.S. Men’s National Team Manager Jurgen Klinsmann.
SANDY, UT
JOHN STERTZER
HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 170 HOMETOWN: Oaktown, VA ACQUIRED: 2013 MLS SuperDraft
DOB: 2/11/91
If you were not aware of Sebastian Velasquez when Real Salt Lake selected him towards the end of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, well, you weren’t alone … the plucky playmaker was the first Junior College player to be selected on draft day since Kansas City took another member of the RSL family, Yura Movsisyan, six years earlier. The Wasatch Front is a long way from Spartanburg Methodist College in South Carolina, but when word from collegiate scouting contacts about the “diamond-in-the-Upstate” came across RSL’s attention, due diligence by assistant coach Miles Joseph paid off for the now-21-year-old midfielder via an invite to the club’s December combine in Arizona. Velasquez impressed enough there to earn the nod to the next level, where he will be allowed plenty of time to learn how pull the strings on the top of RSL’s midfield diamond behind Javier Morales and Luis Gil.
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RIO TINTO STADIUM
MIDFIELDER
DOB: 10/4/90
Dubbed by some as the “most pro-ready player” in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, Stertzer put his polish on display in the 2013 preseason, earning some rare (for a rookie) public praise from RSL Head Coach Jason Kreis at the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup. A big, box-to-box midfielder capable of playing on the outside or at the top of RSL’s midfield diamond, it will be interesting to see just how much the 12th overall pick from January’s MLS SuperDraft contributes during his rookie year. Expect him to challenge for minutes at outside midfield throughout the season.
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ABDOULIE MANSALLY
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 170 HOMETOWN: Banjul, The Gambia ACQUIRED: via Discovery, 6/20/12 PRONOUNCIATION: ab - do - LYE
DEFENDER
DOB: 1/27/89
RSL pounced on Mansally after he was released by New England in May 2012, bringing in the Gambian international for a trial starting on May 30 and signing him to a full contract three weeks later. The 24-year-old did well in his first season with the Claret-and-Cobalt, appearing in five league games and starting a playoff match after moving from forward – where he played in New England – to left back. The blazing fast defender will need to carry over his solid play into 2013, as he’ll begin the year in the starting lineup with regular left back Chris Wingert out until mid-April with a broken metatarsal. Known as “Kenny” throughout his MLS career, has recently requested to be called by his given name, Abdoulie.
REAL SALT LAKE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY JULY 20 2013
45 JOSH SAUNDERS HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 210 HOMETOWN: Grants Pass, OR ACQUIRED: February, 2013 via Discovery PRONOUNCIATION:
8:00 PM MT
GOALKEEPER
DOB: 3/2/81
The former L.A. goalie should prove to be an incredibly valuable pickup, providing solid competition for RSL starting goalkeeper Nick Rimando and filling in for him should he receive probable call ins to the U.S. National Team for World Cup Qualifiers and/or this summer’s CONCACAF Gold Cup. His addition instantly gives RSL one of the top goalkeeping corps in the league and he’ll be a solid mentor for young Claret-and-Cobalt ‘keepers Jeff Attinella and Lalo Fernandez.
JASON KREIS
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SANDY, UT
DEVON SANDOVAL
FORWARD
HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 190 DOB: 6/16/91 HOMETOWN: Albuquerque, NM ACQUIRED: 2013 MLS SuperDraft, 29th overall (2nd Rd) PRONOUNCIATION:
Real Salt Lake gladly pounced on 2011 and 2012 MLS Cup winning goalkeeper Josh Saunders when he became available this offseason, bringing the veteran ‘keeper in for an extended trial before agreeing to a deal on Feb. 22, 2013.
HC
RIO TINTO STADIUM
HEAD COACH
ALL-TIME RECORD: 85-65-51 (MLS); 102-81-62 (all comps) COLLEGE: Duke ‘94 HOMETOWN: Omaha, NE APPOINTED: May 3, 2007 PRONOUNCIATION: KRYSE
RSL coaches really liked what they saw out of Sandoval when he trained with the Claretand-Cobalt for a week last summer, going as far as to trade up two spots in January’s MLS SuperDraft to nab the University of New Mexico product with the team’s second round pick (29th overall). Sandoval has repaid the club’s faith this preseason, playing well enough to earn himself a full contract with the team. The Albuquerque native brings a different element to Real Salt Lake’s five-man forward corps, playing the pure hold-up role that was missing at times in years past. Expect him to get some MLS time during his rookie season when Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis wants to run a true bruiser at opposing defenses.
AC
JEFF CASSAR
ASST. COACH
COLLEGE: Florida International University ‘97 HOMETOWN: Livonia, MI APPOINTED: May 2007 PRONOUNCIATION: cuss-SARR AS A PLAYER: Played 11 seasons as a goalkeeper for Dallas, Miami and New York from 1996-2006 ...
AS A PLAYER: scored 108 career goals w/ Dallas (1996-2004) & RSL (2005-07)
Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis traded in his record-setting boots and captain’s armband on May 3, 2007 to become the organization’s second head coach, overhauling a previously moribund locker room to become just two seasons later the youngest Cupwinning coach in MLS history, guiding RSL to the title in 2009. Under his watch, RSL has also advanced to three of the last four Conference Finals, become the first American side to win a CONCACAF Champions League group and the first U.S. team to advance to the CCL Finals. With back-to-back-to-back 15-win MLS seasons in 2010, 2011 and 2012, Kreis’ teams have earned points in two out of every three matches they play, as the intense, demanding leader now owns an all-time 102-81-62 mark as a head coach, breaking down as follows: MLS regular-season (85-65-51), CONCACAF Champions League (8-4-4), MLS Cup Playoff (4-5-5), Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (5-5-1) and international friendlies (3-2-1). At the time of his hire, Mr. Kreis became the youngest active head coach in MLS at 34 years and 127 days of age. Kreis works closely with former Blue Devil and Dallas Burn teammate and current RSL General Manager Garth Lagerwey regarding player acquisitions, scouting, the MLS Draft and all player personnel-related matters. The Kreis-Lagerwey partnership has resulted in the implementation of a culture where players, staff and fans work as one for the RSL shield, epitomizing a “Team is the Star” attitude. Kreis, Lagerwey and the team’s coaching staff – Jeff Cassar, Miles Joseph and C.J. Brown – compose the lone technical staff among MLS’ 18 teams comprised entirely of ex-MLS players. This distinction means that the RSL braintrust now boasts cumulative MLS experience of 74,811 total minutes, covering 923 games and including 128 goals and 22 shutouts (the equivalent of nearly 30 complete seasons of service). The RSL staff has the unparalleled ability to tap into personal experience as it guides, assists and develops RSL players.
AC
MILES JOSEPH
ASST. COACH
COLLEGE: Clemson ‘98 HOMETOWN: Clifton Park, NY APPOINTED: February, 2010 PRONOUNCIATION: AS A PLAYER: Played in six MLS seasons from 1996-2001 for New York and Dallas, scoring 12 career goals in 125 games ...
AC
C.J. BROWN
ASST. COACH
COLLEGE: Cal-State Hayward ‘96 HOMETOWN: Hayward, CA APPOINTED: January, 2011 PRONOUNCIATION: AS A PLAYER: Won 4 U.S. Open Cups and one MLS Cup during 13year MLS career with Chicago Fire ... Will be inducted into Chicago’s “Ring of Fire” as part of RSL visit to Toyota Park on May 9 ...
7/19/2013 8:32:42 AM REAL SALT LAKE – MLS REGULAR SEASON HISTORY ----- OVERALL ------- HOME GAMES --v. GP W- L-T GF GA +/GP W- L-T GF GA +/COL 27 9-10-8 27 25 +2 14 7- 3-4 17 9 +8 CHV 25 11-10-4 34 31 +3 11 5- 3-3 16 10 +6 DAL 25 9-13-3 34 37 -3 13 8- 4-1 25 16 +9 LA 24 10- 9-5 41 36 +5 12 5- 3-4 22 18 +4 SJ 18 7- 6-5 27 24 +3 9 3- 2-4 14 7 +7 HOU 17 3- 9-5 22 26 -4 8 3- 1-4 8 4 +4 NE 16 8- 4-4 32 20 +12 8 4- 2-2 19 8 +11 NY 15 5- 3-7 21 20 +1 8 4- 0-4 15 7 +8 KC 15 5- 7-3 19 21 -2 7 4- 2-1 12 9 +3 DC 16 6- 6-4 21 24 -3 8 6- 1-1 16 7 +9 CHI 16 3- 6-7 10 18 -8 8 2- 3-3 7 12 -5 CLB 15 4-10-1 13 22 -9 7 3- 3-1 9 6 +3 TOR 12 6- 4-2 15 10 +5 6 5- 1-0 14 7 +7 SEA 11 5- 2-4 11 8 +3 6 3- 1-2 8 5 +3 VAN 7 3- 2-2 8 7 +1 4 3- 0-1 6 1 +5 PHI 6 2- 0-4 9 5 +4 3 2- 0-1 7 3 +4 POR 5 3- 1-1 9 5 +4 3 2- 0-1 6 2 +4 MTL 2 1- 1-0 3 3 = 1 1- 0-0 1 0 +1 272 100-103-69 356 342 +14 136 70-29-37 222 131 +91
--- ROAD GAMES --GP W- L-T GF GA 13 2- 7-4 10 16 14 6- 7-1 18 21 12 1- 9-2 9 21 12 5- 6-1 19 18 9 4- 4-1 13 17 9 0- 8-1 14 22 8 4- 2-2 13 12 7 1- 3-3 6 13 8 1- 5-2 7 12 8 0- 5-3 5 17 8 1- 3-4 3 6 8 1- 7-0 4 16 6 1- 3-2 1 3 5 2- 1-2 3 3 3 0- 2-1 2 6 3 0- 0-3 2 2 2 1- 1-0 3 3 1 0- 1-0 2 3 136 30-74-32 134 211
+/-6 -3 -12 +1 -4 -8 +1 -7 -5 -12 -3 -12 -2 = -4 = = -1 -77
------- FORM GUIDE (reverse 2013 12 11 10 09 08 LT LWW TW TT WTL TWL WW WWL WW TW WL LWL WL LWT WT WL LW WLW WL WLW LW WL WT TT WW LLL WW TW TL WTW L LT WL LTT LT W W TW WW LW TW W WW TW WL TL L WL TW WL LT L W LT WT TW LW T T LT WW TL TT L LL WL LW LW W W LW TW LW WL WW TTW WL TT WL WT TLW LW T T WT TW WWW TL L W
REAL SALT LAKE – U.S. OPEN CUP HISTORY vs. Team Minnesota Thunder (USL) Virginia Beach (USL) Kansas City Wizards Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Seattle Sounders FC San Jose Earthquakes D.C. United Wilmington (USL) FC Dallas Minnesota Stars FC (NASL) Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) Charleston Battery (USL PRO) Carolina Railhawks (NASL) Portland Timbers TOTALS
GP 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
W-L 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-1 2-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0
16
8-8
OT 0-1-0 1-0-0
ShO
1-0
GF 4 2 2 1 0 1 7 1 2 0 1 3 5 3
GA 6 1 1 3 2 4 3 2 0 2 3 2 2 0
1-0
32
31
OT
ShO
1-0-0 1-0-0
1-0 1-0
2-0-0
2-0
GF 0 1 3 2 1 0 4 3 0 14
GA 1 3 2 3 1 0 2 2 1 15
0-1-0
1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 4-2-0
Mtg. 2005 2006 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013
Round Rd of 16 Rd of 16 Play-in Quarterfinal Play-in Play-in Play-in Play-in Rd of 16 Quarterfinal Rd of 32 Rd of 32 Rd of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal
Series Result
Mtg. 2012 2011 2011 2010 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008
Round West Semis West Final West Semis West Semis MLS Cup '09 East Final East Semis West Semis West Final
Series Result Lost 0-1 on aggregate Lost 1-3 in West Final Won 3-2 on aggregate Lost 2-3 on aggregate Won PK shootout in MLS Cup '09 Won PK shootout in East Final Won 4-2 on aggregate Won 3-2 on aggregate Lost 0-1 in West Final
Stage Group Group Group Group Group Quarter Semi FINAL
Series Result
REAL SALT LAKE – MLS CUP PLAYOFF HISTORY vs. Team Series Seattle Sounders FC 1 Los Angeles 1 Seattle Sounders FC 1 FC Dallas 1 Los Angeles 1 Chicago Fire 1 Columbus Crew 1 Chivas USA 1 New York 1 TOTALS 9
W-L 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 5-4
GP 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 14
W-L-T 0-1-1 0-1-0 1-1-0 0-1-1 0-0-1 0-0-1 2-0-0 1-0-1 0-1-0 4-5-5
REAL SALT LAKE – CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HISTORY vs. Team Series Herediano (CRC) Tauro FC (PAN) Arabe Unido (PAN) Cruz Azul (MEX) Toronto FC (CAN) Columbus Crew (USA) 1 Saprissa (CRC) 1 Monterrey (MEX) 1 TOTALS
W-L
------1-0 1-0 0-1
GP 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 16
W-L-T 0-1-1 2-0-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-1-0 0-1-1 8-4-4
OT
ShO
GF 0 3 5 7 5 4 3 2 29
GA 1 0 3 6 2 1 2 3 18
Last Mtg. 2012 2012 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011
RSL advance 4-1 agg. RSL advance 3-2 agg. RSL loses 2-3 agg.
YEAR-BY-YEAR MLS REGULAR-SEASON RECORD Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 TOT.
------ OVERALL ------W- L- T PTS GF GA 5-22- 5 20 30 65 10-13- 9 39 45 49 6-15- 9 27 31 45 10-10-10 40 40 39 11-12- 7 40 43 35 15- 4-11 56 45 20 15-11- 8 53 44 36 17-11- 6 57 46 35 11- 5- 4 37 32 18 100-103-69 369 356 342
-- HOME GAMES -W- L- T GF GA 5- 8- 3 19 24 6- 4- 6 23 19 4- 7- 4 18 22 8- 1- 6 24 10 9- 1- 5 34 11 11- 0- 4 31 7 10- 3- 4 29 15 11- 4- 2 27 15 6- 1- 2 15 6 70-29-37 222 131
-- ROAD GAMES -W- L- T GF GA 0-14- 2 11 41 4- 9- 3 22 30 2- 8- 5 13 23 2- 9- 4 16 29 2-11- 2 9 24 4- 4- 7 14 13 5- 8- 4 15 21 6- 7- 4 19 20 5- 4- 1 15 10 30-74-32 136 213
Conf. Finish West 5 West 5 West 6 West 3 West 5 West 2 West 3 West 2
Supporters Shield 11th of 12 9th of 12 12th of 13 7th of 14 8th of 15 2nd of 16 3rd of 18 5th of 19
Result DNQ DNQ DNQ West Finalist MLS Cup Champion Quarterfinals West Finalist Quarterfinals
order) ------07 06 05 WWTL LWLT LLLW LLL TTTL WLWL LLT LWLL LWLL TWL WLWL TLWL TLLT LLW TWLL LT WT LL TT LT TT WL TW LL LW TW LL LT LW LL LT WL LL TL
#
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 45 49
Player
Eduardo Fernandez Tony Beltran Kwame Watson-Siriboe Aaron Maund Kyle Beckerman Nat Borchers Lovel Palmer Joao Plata Robbie Findley Javier Morales Cole Grossman Olmes Garcia Yordany Alvarez Alvaro Saborio Carlos Salcedo Chris Wingert Nick Rimando Enzo Martinez Ned Grabavoy Luis Gil David Viana Khari Stephenson Jeff Attinella Rich Balchan Sebastian Velasquez John Stertzer Chris Schuler Abdoulie Mansally Josh Saunders Devon Sandoval 24 79D 25 25 23 65F 65F 67F
6 87F 90F 90F
90G 90G 90G
84M 81M 45M
11
90M 90M 90M 90M 9 24 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 66D 81D 90G 17 90F 3
6
45M
11
1
16
17
28
10
36
90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 68F 5 73F 27 90M 90M 90M
21
69M
6
18
20
13
68M 70M 77M
32 11
82F
90D 59D 90F 56F 90M
90D 29 70F 90M 20 90M 90D 90D
39 61M
90D 90G 51G
19
71M
90M 90M 32 90M
22 90F 15 29 23 69M 34 17 7 1 90M 58M 28 90F 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 58D 90D 90D 90D 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G
31
90F 83F 85F 63F
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Garcia 1 (Morales 1) 66 Morales 1 (Saborio 1, Garcia 1)
Findley 1 (unassisted)
Saborio 3 (Plata 2, Gil 1)
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27 63F 78M
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84M
Beckerman (Morales) 3; Sandoval (Plata) 98; Stephenson (unassisted) 101 Sandoval (Beltran) 66; Plata (pen) 79; Sandoval (Plata) 97; Stephenson (Morales) 105; Morales (pen) 108+ Beltran (Saborio) 36; Wingert (unassisted) 51; Saborio (Garcia) 85
REAL SALT LAKE
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U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 4R QF ATLA CHAS CARO 3-2 5-2 3-0
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57M
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RSL 3 at ATLNTA 2 RSL 5 vs CHASTN 2 RSL 3 vs CAROLN 0
Eduardo Fernandez Tony Beltran Kwame Watson-Siriboe Aaron Maund Kyle Beckerman Nat Borchers Lovel Palmer Joao Plata Robbie Findley Javier Morales Cole Grossman Olmes Garcia Yordany Alvarez Alvaro Saborio Carlos Salcedo Chris Wingert Nick Rimando Enzo Martinez Ned Grabavoy Luis Gil David Viana Khari Stephenson Jeff Attinella Rich Balchan Sebastian Velasquez John Stertzer Chris Schuler Kenny Mansally Josh Saunders Devon Sandoval
U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 05/28/2013 4R 06/12/2013 QF 06/26/2013
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2013 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS
Rio Tinto Stadium Sandy, Utah English TV: KSMO, SKC TV Network, KZOU, KMTW, WIBW, MC22 English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Gran D 1340 AM
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. Pos. 1 GK 3 DEF 5 DEF 6 MID 7 DEF 8 MID 9 FWD 10 MID 12 MID 13 DEF 14 FWD 15 DEF 16 FWD 17 FWD 18 GK 19 MID 20 MID 22 FWD 23 FWD 24 DEF 27 DEF 31 DEF 37 DEF 78 DEF
Name Pronunciation Jimmy Nielsen neel-sen Ike Opara oh-PAR-ah Matt Besler BEEZ-ler Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra Chance Myers Graham Zusi ZOO-see Teal Bunbury BUN-buh-ree Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum OH-lumm Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick Claudio Bieler bee-AY-lurr C.J. Sapong sah-PONG Eric Kronberg Krawn-berg Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell ew-REE-all rohz-EL Soony Saad soo-NEE sod Kei Kamara Kye Kuh-MAH-ruh Mechack Jerome ME-shack Kyle Miller Josh Gardner Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en
9-5-6 (33 pts) 20 1st in East 29 1.45 19 0.95 +10 311 (92) 29.60% 293 259 36 1
Eastern Conf. 1. Sporting Kansas City 2. Montreal Impact 3. New York Red Bulls 4. Philadelphia Union 5. Houston Dynamo 6. New England Revolution 7. Columbus Crew 8. Chicago Fire 9. Toronto FC 10. D.C. United Western Conf. 1. Real Salt Lake 3. Portland Timbers 2. Vancouver Whitecaps 4. FC Dallas 5. LA Galaxy 6. Colorado Rapids 7. Seattle Sounders 8. San Jose Earthquakes 9. Chivas USA
GP W L T 20 9 5 6 18 9 5 4 20 9 7 4 20 8 6 6 19 8 6 5 18 6 6 6 19 6 8 5 18 6 9 3 19 2 10 7 19 2 13 4 GP W L T 20 11 5 4 19 8 2 9 19 9 5 5 20 8 5 7 20 9 8 3 20 7 7 6 17 7 7 3 21 6 9 6 20 4 11 5
P 33 31 31 30 29 24 23 21 13 10 P 37 33 32 31 30 27 24 24 17
11-5-4 (37 pts) RECORD 20 GAMES PLAYED 1st in West CONFERENCE POSITION 32 GOALS 1.60 GOALS/GAME 18 ALLOWED 0.90 ALLOWED/GAME +14 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 289 (112) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 38.80% ON GOAL % 225 FOULS COMMITTED 235 FOULS SUFFERED 33 CAUTIONS 3 EJECTIONS
2013 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
REAL SALT LAKE
Morales/Garcia 5 9 Claudio Bieler GOALS Javier Morales 8 5 Graham Zusi ASSISTS Joao Plata 33 58 Claudio Bieler SHOTS Joao Plata 14 21 Claudio Bieler SHOTS ON GOAL 3 Claudio Bieler GAME-WINNING GOALS Javier Morales 3 3 Sinovic/Zusi GAME-WINNING ASSISTS three players tied 2 Javier Morales 45 36 Graham Zusi FOULS SUFFERED Ned Grabavoy 32 36 Aurelien Collin FOULS COMMITTED 7 Aurelien Collin CAUTIONS Palmer/Wingert 4 1 C.J. Sapong EJECTIONS three players tied 1 0.95 Jimmy Nielsen GOALS AGAINST AVG Nick Rimando 0.82 9 Jimmy Nielsen WINS Nick Rimando 10 8 Jimmy Nielsen SHUTOUTS Nick Rimando 6 36 Jimmy Nielsen SAVES Nick Rimando 52
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON
2013 REGULAR SEASON MLS STANDINGS
As of July 19, 2013
REAL SALT LAKE
PETER VERMES 5th season 54-40-36 5th season 54-40-36
JASON KREIS
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
SPORTING KC INJURY REPORT
As of July 17, 2013 OUT: • •
Paulo Nagamura (left ankle sprain) Josh Gardner (left hamstring strain)
7th season 85-66-53 7th season 85-66-53
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KANSAS CITY CONNECTIONS... • • • • • • • • • • • •
Luis Gil and Mikey Lopez were teammates on the United States U-20 Men’s National Team at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Joao Plata and Claudio Bieler were teammates at Ecuadorian side LDU Quito in 2012. Jacob Peterson and Ned Grabavoy were teammates as the University of Indiana in 2003. Ned Grabavoy, Paulo Nagamura, and Josh Gardner were teammates at the Los Angeles Galaxy from 2005-2006. Kei Kamara and Ned Grabavoy were teammates at the Columbus Crew from 2006-2007. Khari Stephenson played for Kansas City from 2004-2005. Ike Opara and Khari Stephenson were teammates at the San Jose Earthquakes from 2010-2012. Abdoulie Mansally and Benny Feilhaber were teammates at the New England Revolution in 2012. Seth Sinovic and Chris Schuler were teammates at Creighton from 2006-2009. Enzo Martinez and Mikey Lopez were teammates on the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s National Championship side at the University of North Carolina. Claudio Bieler and Javier Morales both played for Argentine side Newell’s Old Boys. Matt Besler and Aaron Maund were teammates at Notre Dame in 2008.
NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES... • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Sporting KC has sold-out 27 straight MLS home matches Peter Vermes is in his fifth season as manager, second longest in club history behind Bob Gansler. Peter Vermes’ winning percentage (.554) is best for Sporting KC all-time Peter Vermes’ next MLS regular season victory will tie him with Dave Sarachan for 19th all-time. Jimmy Nielsen has the most shutouts in club history with 40. Jimmy Nielsen’s career regular season GAA (1.01) and winning percentage (.571) is best for goalkeepers in club history. Jimmy Nielsen is tied for the club’s all-time record for wins by a goalkeeper with 49. Graham Zusi is in fifth place on Sporting KC’s all-time assists chart with 28. Sporting KC has the most ties in MLS history among all teams (115) Kei Kamara is tied with Davy Arnaud for fourth place on Sporting KC’s all-time game-winning goals chart with 10. Kei Kamara is one goal shy of 50 in MLS regular season matches. Paulo Nagamura is one match shy of 200 appearances in MLS regular season matches. Claudio Bieler’s is tied for the club’s all-time record for goals in a season by a Designated Player with nine.
SPORTING KC NEWS & NOTES Sporting KC moves up in East standings
LAST TIME THEY MET... The two teams last met in MLS regular season action on April 14, 2012 at Sporting Park with Sporting KC winning the match 1-0. Sporting KC’s Aurelien Collin scored the game-winning goal by heading in a corner kick in the 63rd minute. The victory extended Sporting KC’s winning streak to six to open the 2012 MLS regular season. July 20 is the lone meeting between the two sides in the 2013 MLS regular season.
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Sporting KC moved to the top of the Eastern Conference standings with a 3-0 victory against Toronto FC on July 13 at Sporting Park. The win is the team’s third in their last four matches and extends their unbeaten streak to five matches.
Saad named to MLS Team of the Week Forward Soony Saad was named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week of his two-goal performance in Sporting KC’s 3-0 win over Toronto FC. Saad has started three of the team’s last four matches, notching two goals and one assist during that span.
Besler joins USMNT for knockout stage of Gold Cup Matt Besler has joined the United States Men’s National Team for the knockout stage of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Besler is one of four MLS players who to join the team following the conclusion of the group stage. The USMNT will face El Salvador on Sunday, July 21 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland.
Haitian duo at Gold Cup roster Peterson Joseph and Mechack Jerome both featured in all three group stage matches for Haiti during the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Jerome played every minute of all three matches while Joseph started one match and featured in two matches as a second half substitute.
Bieler nominated for Goal of the Week Claudio Bieler’s ninth goal of the season has been nominated for MLSSoccer.com Goal of the Week. Last week, Sporting KC’s Graham Zusi won the weekly award for his eighth minute game-winning goal against Chicago on July 7.
Three players on loan to Orlando Kevin Ellis, Jon Kempin and Christian Duke are currently on loan with Sporting KC’s USL Pro affiliate, Orlando City, for the 2013 USL Pro season.
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALS AND ASSISTS 7
15
26 27
8
20
24 13 16 23 15 28 10 2,3,7,9 8 21 7 10,11,12 29 14,18,19, 29 13 29 6 2322 25 4 5 26 17 17 3 27 10 11 2 17 14
9
3 14
4 5
KEY GOALS: ASSISTS:
13
21
6
GOAL INFORMATION 1- Graham Zusi, Mar. 2, at Philadelphia Union, 41 2- Oriol Rosell (Zusi), Mar. 2, at Philadelphia Union, 66 + 3- Claudio Bieler (Myers/Zusi), Mar. 2, at Philadelphia Union, 83 4- Claudio Bieler (Sapong), Mar. 9, at Toronto FC, 77 5- Claudio Bieler (Feilhaber), Mar. 30, vs Montreal Impact, 5 6- Graham Zusi (Feilhaber), Mar. 30, vs Montreal Impact, 80 7- Claudio Bieler (Saad), Apr. 5, vs D.C. United, 89 8- Aurelien Collin (Zusi), Apr. 17, at NY Red Bulls, 13 * 9- Chance Myers (Besler), Apr. 27, vs Portland Timbers, 1 # 10- Chance Myers (Collin/Feilhaber), Apr. 27, vs Portland Timbers, 29 + 11- Claudio Bieler (Zusi), May 5, vs Chivas USA, 41 12- Claudio Bieler, May 5, vs Chivas USA, 57 ^ 13- Graham Zusi (Gardner/Nagamura), May 5, vs Chivas USA, 65 14- C.J. Sapong (Jerome/Rosell), May 5, vs Chivas USA, 87 15- Aurelien Collin (Sinovic), May 12, at Houston Dynamo, 73 # 16- Ike Opara (Zusi), May 19, at D.C. United, 60 * 17- Kei Kamara (Bieler/Peterson), May 26, vs Houston Dynamo, 68 18- Claudio Bieler , June 1, vs Montreal Impact, 45+4 ^ 19- Kei Kamara, June 22, at FC Dallas, 43 ^ 20- Je-Vaughn Watson (own goal), June 22, at FC Dallas 57 * 21- Kei Kamara (Saad), June 29, vs Columbus Crew 34 22- Claudio Bieler, June 29, vs Columbus Crew 50 23- Kei Kamara (Bieler), June 29, vs Columbus Crew 80 + - Free Kick * - Corner Kick ^ - Penalty Kick # - Throw-in
24- Aurelien Collin, July 3, vs Vancouver Whitecaps, 35 25- Benny Feilhaber, July 7, at Chicago Fire, 6 # 26- Graham Zusi (Sinvoic), July 7, at Chicago Fire, 8 27- Soony Saad (Sinovic), July 13, vs Toronto FC, 21 28- Soony Saad, July 13, vs Toronto FC, 51 29- Claudio Bieler (Feilhaber/Kamara), July 13, vs Toronto FC, 63
LEGEND
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In
Players Out
Josh Gardner (trade)
Julio Cesar (waived)
Ike Opara (trade)
Cyprian Hedrick (waived)
Yann Songo’o (signing)
Konrad Warzycha (waived)
Claudio Bieler (signing)
Neven Markovic (waived)
Mikey Lopez (SuperDraft)
Michael Harrington (trade)
Mechack Jerome (signing)
Korede Aiyegbusi (option not exercised)
Benny Feilhaber (trade)
Roger Espinoza (out of contract)
Christian Duke (Supplemental Draft)
Bobby Convey (trade) Yann Songo’o (contract terminated by mutual agreement) Michael Thomas (trade)
TRANSACTION TIMELINE November 19: Sporting Kansas City waives four players and does not select any players in the waiver draft. December 3: Sporting Kansas City trades Michael Harrington to Portland Timbers for allocation money and does not exercise option on Korede Aiyegbusi. December 5: Sporting Kansas City acquires Josh Gardner from Montreal Impact in exchange for highest second round pick in 2013 MLS SuperDraft. December 11: Sporting Kansas City acquires Benny Feilhaber from New England Revolution for natural first round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, and natural second round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. December 12: Sporting Kansas City re-signs Matt Besler. December 12: Sporting Kansas City acquires Ike Opara from the San Jose Earthquakes for natural second round draft prick in 2013 MLS SuperDraft. December 13: Sporting Kansas City signs Yann Songo'o. December 18: Sporting Kansas City signs Claudio Bieler, the fourth Designated Player in club history. January 1: Roger Espinoza joins Wigan Athletic (English Premier League) January 17: Sporting Kansas City selects Mikey Lopez (14th overall) in the MLS SuperDraft. January 22: Sporting Kansas City selects Christian Duke, Brian Fekete, Mitchell Cardenas, and Mike Reidy in the MLS Supplemental Draft. January 30: Sporting Kansas City loans Kei Kamara to Norwich City (English Premier League). February 28: Sporting Kansas City signs Christian Duke and Mechack Jerome. March 14: Sporting Kansas City loans Jon Kempin, Dom Dwyer, Christian Duke, and Yann Songo’o to USL Pro affiliate Orlando City SC. May 6: Kei Kamara returns to Sporting Kansas City upon completion of his loan agreement with Norwich City. May 16: Sporting Kansas City trades Bobby Convey to Toronto FC for their natural third round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. June 27: Sporting Kansas City recalls forward Dom Dwyer from loan to Orlando City Soccer Club. June 28: Sporting Kansas City and on-loan defender Yann Songo’o mutually agree to part ways. July 2: Sporting Kansas City trades Michael Thomas to Toronto FC for their natural second round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. July 11: Sporting Kansas City loans C.J. Sapong and Kevin Ellis to USL PRO affiliate Orlando City Soccer Club.
CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year
MLS SuperDraft
2006
Eric Kronberg (40th)
MLS Supplemental Draft
Signings
Trades
Homegrown Players
MLS Lottery Draft
2007 2008
Chance Myers (1st)
2009
Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)
2010
Teal Bunbury (10th)
Jimmy Nielsen (Feb. 15)
2011
C.J. Sapong (10th)
Aurelien Collin (Apr. 15) Peterson Joseph (Sept. 1) Lawrence Olum (Sept. 15)
2012
Dom Dwyer (16th)
Kyle Miller (54th)
Jacob Peterson (Jan. 19) Oriol Rosell (Aug. 2)
2013
Mikey Lopez (14th)
Christian Duke (14th)
Claudio Bieler (Dec. 18) Mechack Jerome (Feb 28)
Kei Kamara (Sept. 15 from HOU) Jon Kempin (Aug. 31) Seth Sinovic (Nov. 28 from MON, originally signed May 10) Paulo Nagamura (Nov. 29 from CHV)
Josh Gardner (Dec. 5) Ike Opara (Dec. 12) Benny Feilhaber (Dec. 11)
Kevin Ellis (Feb. 18)
Soony Saad (July 5)
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ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS Date 07/16/2005 08/13/2005 05/20/2006 09/30/2006 07/14/2007 08/29/2007 06/07/2008 06/28/2008 05/16/2009 08/29/2009 05/29/2010 08/07/2010 08/03/2011 09/17/2011 04/14/2012
KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC
Score Result Location 3 vs RSL 2 W Arrowhead Stadium 4 at RSL 2 W Rice-Eccles Stadium 1 at RSL 2 L Rice-Eccles Stadium 3 vs RSL 3 T Arrowhead Stadium 1 vs RSL 0 W Arrowhead Stadium 1 at RSL 3 L Rice-Eccles Stadium 0 at RSL 0 T Rice-Eccles Stadium 1 vs RSL 0 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark 2 at RSL 0 W Rio Tinto Stadium 0 vs RSL 1 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark 1 at RSL 4 L Rio Tinto Stadium 1 vs RSL 1 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark 2 vs RSL 0 W Sporting Park 0 at RSL 1 L Rio Tinto Stadium 1 vs RSL 0 W Sporting Park
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
REAL SALT LAKE
4 Sealy/Wolff four players tied 2 GOALS 5 Arnaud/Wolff four players tied 2 ASSISTS 27 Davy Arnaud Beckerman/Espindola 16 SHOTS 9 three players tied SHOTS ON GOAL Kyle Beckerman 8 20 Davy Arnaud FOULS COMMITTED Kyle Beckerman 14 32 Davy Arnaud FOULS SUFFERED Javier Morales 12 3 Kevin Hartman Nick Rimando 3 WINS 2 Hartman/Nielsen Nick Rimando 4 LOSSES 4 Kevin Hartman Nick Rimando 2 SHUTOUTS 31 Kevin Hartman Nick Rimando 31 SAVES 9 Bo Oshoniyi Nick Rimando 8 GOALS ALLOWED
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 12 95 36 80 22 50
Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 10 73 30 116 22 23
2 9 105 43 97 16 39
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot. 21 200 79 177 38 89
REAL SALT LAKE 2 9 99 41 106 23 24
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot. 19 172 71 222 45 47
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 3 6 3 8 6
REAL SALT LAKE
three players tied GOALS Atiba Harris 2 Josh Wolff ASSISTS sixteen players tied 1 Arnaud/Kamara SHOTS Beckerman/Saborio 6 six players tied SHOTS ON GOAL Kreis/Beckerman 3 Harris/Olave 6 Davy Arnaud FOULS COMMITTED Roger Espinoza FOULS SUFFERED Javier Morales 7
Countess/Seitz 7 7 three players tied SAVES 4 Jimmy Nielsen GOALS ALLOWED D.J. Countess 4
GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC RSL
1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot. 3 7 2 3 4 2 0 21 1 1 8 1 2 6 0 19
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2013 Schedule and Box Scores DATE Sat., March 2nd Sat., March 9th Sat., March 16th Sat., March 23rd Sat., March 30th Fri., April 5th Wed., April 17th Sat., April 20th Sat., April 5th Sun., May 5th Wed., May 8th Sun., May 12th Sun., May 19th Sun., May 26th Sat., June 1st Sat., June 22nd Sat., June 29th Wed., July 3rd Sun., July 7th Sat., July 13th Sat., July 20th Sat., July 27th Wed., July 31st Sat., Aug. 3rd Sat., Aug. 10th Sun., Aug. 18th Fri., Aug. 23rd Sat., Aug. 31st Sat., Sept. 7th Sat., Sept. 21st Fri., Sept. 27th Sat., Oct. 5th Wed., Oct. 9th Fri, Oct. 18th Sat., Oct. 26th
OPPONENT 3-1 W at Philadelphia Union 2-1 L at Toronto FC 0-0 D vs Chicago Fire 0-0 D at NE Revolution 2-0 W vs Montreal Impact 1-0 W vs D.C. United 1-0 W at New York Red Bulls 2-0 L at LA Galaxy 3-2 L vs Portland Timbers 4-0 W vs Chivas USA 1-0 L vs Seattle Sounders 1-0 W at Houston Dynamo 1-1 D vs D.C. United 1-1 D vs Houston Dynamo 2-1 L vs Montreal Impact 2-2 D at FC Dallas 3-2 W vs Columbus Crew 1-1 D vs Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 W at Chicago Fire 3-0 W vs Toronto FC Real Salt Lake Monteal Impact MLS All-Star Game New York Red Bulls NE Revolution San Jose Earthquakes Chicago Fire Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Toronto FC Philadelphia Union Columbus Crew Houston Dynamo D.C. United Philadelphia Union
GOALSCORERS Bieler/Rosell/Zusi Bieler N/A N/A Bieler/Zusi Bieler Collin N/A Myers (2) Bieler(2)/Zusi/Sapong N/A Collin Opara Kamara Bieler Kamara/Watson (OG) Kamara (2)/Bieler Collin Feilhaber/Zusi Saad (2)/Bieler N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sporting KC at Philadelphia Union - March 2, 2013 PPL Park | Chester, Penn. Attendance: 18,160 Weather: 42 degrees, mostly cloudy 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (1-0-0) 1 2 3 Philadelphia Union (0-1-0) 1 0 1 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers (Mechack Jerome 92+); Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Peterson Joseph 82); Paulo Nagamura; Bobby Convey (C.J. Sapong 63), Claudio Bieler, Graham Zusi
Sporting KC at Toronto FC - March 9, 2013 Rogers Centre | Toronto, Canada Attendance: 25,991 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (1-1-0) 0 1 1 Toronto FC (1-1-0) 2 0 2 Sporting KC: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 82); Paulo Nagamura; Bobby Convey (C.J. Sapong 46), Claudio Bieler, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Josh Gardner, Peterson Joseph, Lawrence Olum Toronto FC : Joseph Bendik; Richard Eckersley, Danny Califf, Darren O’Dea, Ashtone Morgan; John Bostock (Darel Russell 85), Terry Dunfield (Jonathan Osorio 82), Jeremy Hall, Reggie Lambe; Hogan Ephraim (Kyle Bekker 87), Robert Earnshaw Subs not used: Gale Agbossoumonde, Stefan Frei, Andrew Wiedeman, Emery Welshman TOR SKC Shots (on goal) 5 (3) 16 (1) Corner Kicks 3 9 Fouls 19 15 Offsides 3 2 Misconduct Summary: KC - Paulo Nagamura (caution; reckless foul) 24 KC - Aurelien Collin (caution; tactical foul) 39 KC - Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 75 TOR - Danny Califf (caution; unsporting behavior) 77 KC - Benny Feilhaber (caution; dissent) 78 TOR - Richard Eckersley (caution; persistent infringement) 86 TOR - Darren O’Dea (caution; reckless foul) 95+ Scoring Summary: TOR - Robert Earnshaw 1 (unassisted) 3 TOR - Robert Earnshaw 2 (penalty kick) 21 KC - Claudio Bieler 2 (C.J. Sapong 1) 77 Referee: Fotis Bazakos Asst. Ref.: Peter Manikowski Asst. Ref.: Corey Parker 4th Official: Silviu Petrescu
Sporting KC vs Chicago Fire - March 16, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan. Attendance: 19,868 (sell-out) Weather: 44 degrees and cloudy
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Soony Saad, Josh Gardner
Sporting Kansas City (1-1-1) Chicago Fire (0-2-1)
Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath; Sheanon Williams, Amobi Okugo, Jeff Parke, Raymon Gaddis; Michael Lahoud (Roger Torres 80), Brian Caroll (c), Michael Farfan, Keon Daniel (Conor Casey 84), Gabriel Farfan (Jack McInerney 70); Sebastien Le Toux
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 77); Paulo Nagamura; C.J. Sapong 46, Claudio Bieler, Graham Zusi
Subs not used: Chris Konopka, Danny Cruz, Bakary Soumare, Antoine Hoppenot
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Bobby Convey, Mikey Lopez, Ike Opara, Josh Gardner, Lawrence Olum
PHI SKC Shots (on goal) 17 (5) 7 (4) Corner Kicks 6 2 Fouls 19 13 Offside 1 4
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares, Michael Videira (Wells Thompson 83), Jalil Anibaba; Dan Paladini, Jeff Larentowicz, Dilly Duka (Alex 59), Chris Rolfe, Patrick Nyarko; Sherjill MacDonald (Maicon Santos 67)
Misconduct Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless tackle) 25 KC -- Bobby Convey (caution; tactical foul) 56 PHI -- Raymon Gaddis (caution; reckless foul) 89 Scoring Summary: PHI -- Sebastien Le Toux 1 (Keon Daniel) 17 KC -- Graham Zusi 1 (unassisted) 41 KC -- Oriol Rosell 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 66 KC -- Claudio Bieler 1 (Chance Myers 1, Graham Zusi 2) 83 Referee: Mark Geiger Asst. Ref.: Adam Wienckowski Asst. Ref.: Greg Barkey 4th Official: Ted Unkel
1 0 0
2 0 0
F 0 0
Subs not used: Hunter Jumper, Quincy Amarikwa, Paolo Tornaghi, Joel Lindpere SKC CHI Shots (on goal) 20 (3) 7 (1) Corner Kicks 7 1 Fouls 14 20 Offside 0 5 Misconduct Summary: CHI -- Daniel Paladini (caution; reckless tackle) 41 KC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 47 CHI -- Gonzalo Segares (caution; reckless foul) 77 CHI -- Maicon Santos (caution; delaying a restart) 84 CHI -- Chris Rolfe (caution; simulation) 91+ KC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; reckless foul) 93+ Scoring Summary: None Referee: Silviu Petrescu Asst. Ref.: Philippe Briere Asst. Ref.: Paul Scott 4th Official: Matthew Foerster
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2013 Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC at New England Revolution - March 23, 2013 Gillette Stadium | Foxboro, MA Attendance: 12,215 Weather: 42 degrees, windy 1 Sporting Kansas City (1-1-2) 0 New England Revolution (1-1-1) 0
2 0 0
F 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura; C.J. Sapong, Claudio Bieler, Soony Saad (Peterson Joseph 63) Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Mikey Lopez, Josh Gardner, Kyle Miller, Lawrence Olum, Michael Thomas
Sporting KC vs D.C. United - April 5, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,988 (sell-out) Weather: 69 degrees and partly cloudy 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (3-1-2) 0 1 1 D.C. United (1-3-1) 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell (Peterson Joseph 85), Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 96+), Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 83); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome, Bobby Convey
New England Revolution: Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Jose Goncalves, A.J. Soares, Andrew Farrell, Lee Nguyen, Clyde Simms, Juan Toja, Scott Caldwell, Kelyn Rowe, Chad Barrett (Ryan Guy 64)
D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Brandon McDonald, Dejan Jakovic, Daniel Woolard, Chris Korb; Rafael Augusto (Carlos Ruiz 72), Perry Kitchen, Marcos Sanchez; Chris Pontius, Rafael (Marcelo Saragosa 65), Lionard Pajoy
Subs not used: Bobby Shuttleworth, Kalifa Cisse, Chris Tierney, Andy Dorman, Diego Fagundez, Darrius Barnes
Subs not used: Joe Willis, James Riley, Robbie Russell, Ethan White, Kyle Porter
Shots (on goal) Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Shots (on goal) Corner Kicks Fouls Offside
KC 13 (5) 20 1 2
NE 3 (0) 10 4 6
KC 13 (2) 5 11 1
D.C. 4 (1) 0 15 4
Misconduct Summary:
Misconduct Summary: KC -- Mechack Jerome (caution; reckless tackle) 30 KC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; simulation) 71
KC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; reckless tackle) 17 DC -- Rafael (caution; reckless foul) 31 DC -- Dejan Jakovic (caution; reckless foul) 48 DC -- Bill Hamid (caution; delaying a restart) 72 KC -- Chance Myers (caution; tactical foul) 75
Scoring Summary: None Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Asst. Ref.: Claudio Badea Asst. Ref.: Jason Cullum 4th Official: Mark Geiger
Scoring Summary: KC -- Claudio Bieler 4 (Soony Saad 1) 89 Referee: Armando Villarreal Assistant Referee: Corey Rockwell Assistant Referee: Jeff Muschik 4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic
Sporting KC vs Montreal Impact - March 30, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,609 (sell-out) Weather: 65 degrees and partly cloudy Sporting Kansas City (2-1-2) Montreal Impact (4-1-0)
1 1 0
2 1 0
F 2 0
Sporting KC at NY Red Bulls - April 17, 2013 Red Bull Arena | Harrison, NJ Attendance: 12,338 Weather: 64 degrees and clear Sporting Kansas City (4-1-2) New York Red Bulls (2-4-2)
1 1 0
2 0 0
F 1 0
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 90), Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Peterson Joseph 85); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 90)
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Peterson Joseph 70); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler (Lawrence Olum 74), C.J. Sapong
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome, Bobby Convey
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome, Bobby Convey, Soony Saad
Montreal Impact : Troy Perkins; Jeb Brovsky, Matteo Ferrari, Karl Ouimette, Hassoun Camara; Patrice Bernier, Justin Mapp, Felipe Martins (Andrew Wenger 62), Davy Arnaud (c), Andres Romero (Sanna Nyassi 63); Marco Di Vaio (Blake Smith 79)
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Brandon Barklage, Markus Holgersson, Jamison Olave (Heath Pearce 33), Roy Miller; Eric Alexander (Ruben Bover 66), Dax McCarty, Juninho, Tim Cahill (Marius Obekop 77); Fabian Espindola, Thierry Henry
Subs not used: Evan Bush, Wandrille Lefevre, Calum Mallace, Collen Warner
Subs not used: Santiago Castano, Jonny Steele, Kosuke Kimura, Lloyd Sam
Shots Corner Kicks Fouls Offside
KC 21 (6) 6 16 5
MTL 6 (1) 5 11 4
Misconduct Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; dissent) 49 KC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 53 MTL -- Felipe Martins (caution; reckless foul) 55 Scoring Summary: KC -- Claudio Bieler 3 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 5 KC -- Graham Zusi 2 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 80 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Asst. Ref.: Adam Wienckowski Asst. Ref.: Matthew Kreitzer 4th Official: Matthew Foerster
Stats Shots (on goal) Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
KC 13 (5) 16 3 6
NY 14 (3) 13 7 5
Misconduct Summary: KC -- Chance Myers (caution; reckless foul) 27 NY -- Tim Cahill (caution; reckless foul) 47+ KC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; tactical foul) 69 NY -- Dax McCarty (caution; reckless foul) 81 KC -- Peterson Joseph (caution; dissent) 87 NY -- Juninho (ejection; serious foul play) 91+ KC -- Jimmy Nielsen (caution; delaying a restart) 96+ Scoring Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin 1 (Graham Zusi 3) 13 Referee: Allen Chapman Assistant Referee: Greg Barkey Assistant Referee: C.J. Morgante 4th Official: Jose Carlos Rivero
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2013 Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC vs Chivas USA - May 5, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,811 (sold out) Weather: 53 degrees and cloudy
Sporting KC at LA Galaxy - April 20, 2013 The Home Depot Center | Carson, CA Attendance: 25,908 Weather: 67 degrees and clear Sporting Kansas City (4-2-2) LA Galaxy (3-1-2)
1 0 1
2 0 1
F 0 2
1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (5-3-2) 1 3 4 Chivas USA (3-4-2) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City : Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell (Peterson Joseph 46), Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Bobby Convey 76); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 67)
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Paulo Nagamura (Benny Feilhaber 76), Peterson Joseph; Graham Zusi (C.J. Sapong 67), Claudio Bieler, Jacob Peterson ( Josh Gardner 58)
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome, Lawrence Olum
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Lawrence Olum, Mikey Lopez, Kevin Ellis
LA Galaxy: Carlo Cudicini; Sean Franklin, A.J. DeLaGarza, Omar Gonzalez, Todd Dunivant; Landon Donovan, Juninho, Marcelo Sarvas, Mike Magee; Robbie Keane (c), Jack McBean (Greg Cochrane 68)
Chivas USA: Dan Kennedy; Mario de Luna, Bobby Burling, Joaquin Velazquez; Carlos Borja (Carlos Alvarez 46) , Edgar Mejia, Jorge Villafana, Eric Avila; Tristan Bowen, Julio Morales (Miller Bolanos 46), Jose Manuel Rivera (Patrick McLain 56)
Subs not used: Brian Rowe, Hector Jimenez, Rafael Garcia, Michael Stephens, Jose Villarreal, Tommy Meyer
Subs not used: Josue Soto, Giovani Casillas, Steve Purdy, Marvin Iraheta
KC LA Shots (on goal) 9 (2) 12 (5) Saves 3 2 Fouls 16 16 Offside 2 5 Corner Kicks 6 3
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Misconduct Summary:
Misconduct Summary: CHV -- Joaquin Velazquez (caution; reckless foul) 1 CHV -- Julio Morales (caution; persistent infringement) 25 CHV -- Dan Kennedy (ejection; denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity) 54 KC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; delaying a restart) 58 CHV -- Carlos Alvarez (caution; unsporting behavior) 73
KC -- Peterson Joseph (caution; reckless tackle) 64 Scoring Summary: LA -- Marcelo Sarvas 1 (Landon Donovan 1) 27 LA -- Landon Donovan 1 (Robbie Keane 2, Marcelo Sarvas 2) 74
KC 17 (7) 0 12 4 6
CHV 3 (0) 3 11 1 2
Scoring Summary: KC -- Claudio Bieler 5 (Graham Zusi 4) 41 KC -- Claudio Bieler 6 (penalty kick) 57 KC -- Graham Zusi 3 (Josh Gardner 1, Paulo Nagamura 1) 65 KC -- C.J. Sapong 1 (Mechack Jerome 1, Oriol Rosell 1) 87
Referee: Jair Marrufo Asst. Ref.: Eric Boria Asst. Ref.: Adam Garner 4th Official: Ricardo Salaza
Sporting KC vs Portland Timbers - April 27, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,186 (sold out) Weather: 55 degrees and cloudy 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (4-3-2, 14 pts) 2 0 2 Portland Timbers (3-1-4, 13 pts) 2 1 3
Referee: Baldomero Toledo Asst. Ref.: Sean Hurd Asst. Ref.: Jonathan Johnson 4th Official: Hilario Grajeda
Sporting KC vs Seattle Sounders - May 8, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,602 (sold out) Weather: 75 degrees and partly cloudy
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers (Mechack Jerome 93+); Oriol Rosell, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Jacob Peterson 61); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong
Sporting Kansas City (5-4-2) Seattle Sounders FC (2-3-3)
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Lawrence Olum, Peterson Joseph, Bobby Convey
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Josh Gardner (Seth Sinovic 75), Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Claudio Bieler 66), Peterson Joseph; Graham Zusi, C.J. Sapong, Jacob Peterson (Kei Kamara 73)
Portland Timbers: Donovan Ricketts; Michael Harrington, Mikael Silvestre, Mamdou Danso (Andrew Jean-Baptiste 71), Jack Jewsbury; Will Johnson, Diego Chara, Rodney Wallace, Diego Valeri (Frederic Piquionne 78), Darlington Nagbe; Ryan Johnson (Ben Zemanski 72) Subs not used: Kalif Alhassan, Ryan Miller, Milos Kocic, Jose Valencia Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
KC 18 (6) 4 13 1 5
POR 12 (7) 6 15 8 4
Misconduct Summary: KC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; reckless tackle) 51 POR -- Ben Zemanski (caution; reckless tackle) 79 POR -- Rodney Wallace (caution; encroachment) 91+ Scoring Summary: KC -- Chance Myers 1 (Matt Besler 1) 1 POR -- Ryan Johnson 4 (Diego Valeri 1) 24 KC -- Chance Myers 2 (Aurelien Collin 1, Benny Feilhaber 3) 29 POR – Darlington Nagbe 2 (Ryan Johnson 2, Diego Valeri 2) 33 POR -- Rodney Wallace 2 (Diego Chara 3) 58 Referee: Hilario Grajeda Asst. Ref.: Fabio Tovar Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland 4th Official: Younes Marrakchi
1 0 0
2 0 1
F 0 1
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Lawrence Olum , Mikey Lopez, Mechack Jerome Seattle Sounders FC: Michael Gspurning; Zach Scott, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Djimi Traore, Leo Gonzalez; Brad Evans, Osvaldo Alonso (C), Servando Carrasco, Mario Martinez ( Alex Caskey 94+); David Estrada (Mauro Rosales 85), Eddie Johnson Subs not used: Patrick Ianni, Dylan Remick, Andy Rose, Eriq Zavaleta Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
KC 11 (3) 2 15 1 3
SEA 9 (2) 2 11 5 5
Misconduct Summary: SEA -- Marcus Hahnemann (dismissed; foul or abusive language) 24 KC -- Ike Opara (caution; reckless tackle) 45 KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 91+ Scoring Summary: SEA -- Djimi Traore 1 (unassisted) 94+ Referee: Geoff Gamble Asst. Ref.: Joe Fletcher Asst. Ref.: Marco Arruda 4th Official: Tyler Ploeger
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2013 Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC at Houston Dynamo - May 12, 2013 BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 19,004 Weather: 82 degrees and clear Sporting Kansas City (6-4-2) Houston Dynamo (6-3-2)
1 0 0
2 1 0
F 1 0
Sporting KC vs Houston Dynamo - May 26, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,876 (sold out) Weather: Mostly cloudy and 83 degrees 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (6-4-4) 0 1 1 Houston Dynamo (6-4-3) 1 0 1
Sporting Kansas City : Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic 75, Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 61), Paulo Nagamura, Peterson Joseph; Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler (C.J. Sapong 87), Jacob Peterson (Kei Kamara 55)
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome (Chance Myers 46); Paulo Nagamura, Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 81), Peterson Joseph (Kei Kamara 52); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, Jacob Peterson
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Chance Myers, Josh Gardner, Benny Feilhaber
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Mikey Lopez, Michael Thomas, Josh Gardner
Houston Dynamo: Tally Hall; Kofi Sarkodie (Brian Ching 77) , Bobby Boswell, Jermaine Taylor (Eric Brunner 46), Corey Ashe; Ricardo Clark, Adam Moffat (Jason Johnson 77), Brad Davis (c); Boniek Garcia, Will Bruin, Andrew Driver
Houston Dynamo: Tally Hall; Corey Ashe (Mike Chabala 46), Ricardo Clark, Kofi Sarkodie, Eric Brunner; Boniek Garcia, Brad Davis (c) ( Jason Johnson 87), Andrew Driver, Adam Moffat; Giles Barnes ( Warren Creavalle 81), Will Bruin
Subs not used: Erich Marscheider, Mike Chabala, Luiz Camargo, Alex Dixon Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
KC 11 (3) 3 25 1 4
HOU 10 (4) 2 10 1 4
Subs not used: Tyler Deric, Anthony Arena, Brian Ching, Luiz Camargo Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Misconduct Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 24 HOU -- Andrew Driver (caution; reckless foul) 29 KC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; persistent infringement) 40 HOU -- Corey Ashe (caution; unsporting behavior) 71
KC 17 (5) 0 16 0 6
HOU 12 (1) 4 10 5 8
Misconduct Summary: HOU -- Giles Barnes (caution; delaying a restart) 50 KC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 57
Scoring Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin 2 (Seth Sinovic 1) 73
Scoring Summary: HOU -- Brad Davis 3 (Will Bruin 4, Giles Barnes 2) 46+ KC -- Kei Kamara 1 (Claudio Bieler 1, Jacob Peterson 1) 68
Referee: Chris Penso Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland Asst. Ref.: Mark Cahen 4th Official: Daniel Fitzgerald
Referee: Drew Fischer Asst. Ref.: Daniel Belleau Asst. Ref.: Kevin Duliba 4th Official: Daniel Radford
Sporting KC at D.C. United - May 19, 2013 RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. Attendance: 13,612 Weather: Cloudy and 75 degrees Sporting Kansas City (6-4-3) D.C. United (1-8-2)
1 0 0
2 1 1
F 1 1
Sporting KC vs Montreal Impact - June 1, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,470 (sold out) Weather: Cloudy and 66 degrees Sporting Kansas City (6-5-4) Montreal Impact (8-2-2)
1 1 0
2 0 2
F 1 2
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome; Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Kei Kamara 64), Peterson Joseph (Lawrence Olum 45); Graham Zusi , Claudio Bieler, Jacob Peterson (Josh Gardner 76)
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic (Josh Gardner 85), Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Paulo Nagamura (C.J. Sapong 77), Oriol Rosell ,Peterson Joseph (Benny Feilhaber 62); Kei Kamara, Claudio Bieler, Jacob Peterson
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Mikey Lopez, Chance Myers, C.J. Sapong
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Michael Thomas, Kevin Ellis, Lawrence Olum
D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Chris Korb, Ethan White, Dejan Jakovic, Daniel Woolard; Kyle Porter, Perry Kitchen, Nick DeLeon, Taylor Kemp (Chris Pontius 46); Dwyane De Rosario (c) (Carlos Ruiz 91+), Casey Townsend ( Lionard Pajoy 59)
Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Hassoun Camara, Matteo Ferrari, Dennis Iapichino, Alessandro Nesta; Patrice Bernier, Justin Mapp (Andres Romero 73), Felipe Martins (Jeb Brovksy 77), Sanna Nyassi, Collen Warner; Marco Di Vaio (Andrew Wenger 89)
Subs not used: Joe Willis, Conor Shanosky, James Riley, Brandon McDonald
Subs not used: Evan Bush, Sinisa Ubiparipovic, Wandrille Lefevre, Blake Smith
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
KC 14 (5) 2 10 1 12
DC 7 (3) 5 9 2 4
Misconduct Summary: KC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless tackle) 54 DC -- Perry Kitchen (caution; unsporting behavior) 85
KC 19 (6) 0 12 0 8
MTL 7 (2) 5 12 6 3
Scoring Summary: KC -- Ethan White (own goal) 60 DC -- Kyle Porter 1 (Chris Pontius 2) 65
Misconduct Summary: MTL -- Marco Sch채llibaum (dismissed; foul or abusive language) HT KC -- Mechack Jerome (caution; reckless foul) 46 KC -- Ike Opara (caution; reckless foul) 52 MTL -- Justin Mapp (caution; reckless tackle) 69 MTL -- Alessandro Nesta (ejection; violent conduct) 74 MTL -- Dennis Iapichino (caution; delaying a restart) 94+
Referee:: Jair Marrufo Asst. Ref.: Paul Scott Asst. Ref.: Matthew Nelson 4th Official: Daniel Fitzgerald
Scoring Summary: KC -- Claudio Bieler 7 (penalty kick) 49+ MTL -- Sanna Nyassi 1 (unassisted) 47 MTL -- Collen Warner 1 (unassisted) 53 Referee: Armando Villarreal Asst. Ref.: Greg Barkey Asst. Ref.: Claudio Badea 4th Official: Daniel Radford
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2013 Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC at FC Dallas - June 22, 2013 FC Dallas Stadium | Frisco, TX Attendance: 16,361 Weather: Partly Cloudy and 93 degrees Sporting Kansas City (6-5-5) FC Dallas (8-3-5)
1 1 0
2 1 2
F 2 2
Sporting KC vs Vancouver Whitecaps - July 3, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,137 (sold out) Weather: Partly cloudy and 70 degrees 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (7-5-6, 27 pts) 1 0 1 Vancouver Whitecaps (7-5-5, 26 pts) 1 0 1
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Chance Myers, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell (Jacob Peterson 88), Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 56), Graham Zusi; C.J. Sapong, Claudio Bieler (Teal Bunbury 74), Kei Kamara
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Chance Myers, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis (Josh Gardner 86); Lawrence Olum (Benny Feilhaber 53), Oriol Rosell, Graham Zusi; Kei Kamara, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 58), Soony Saad
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Kevin Ellis, Peterson Joseph
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Jacob Peterson, Teal Bunbury
FC Dallas: Raul Fernandez, Michel (Ramon Nunez 74), Matt Hedges (Walker Zimmerman 46), George John, Zach Loyd, Je-Vaughn Watson, Andrew Jacobson, Jackson, David Ferreira (c), Fabian Castillo (Blas Perez 59), Kenny Cooper
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Brad Knighton; Brad Rusin, Johnny Leveron, Nigel Reo-Coker, Jordan Harvey; Matt Watson (Gershon Koffie 63), Jun Marques Davidson, Daigo Kobayashi; Kenny Miller, Corey Hertzog (Tommy Heineman 82), Camilo Da Silva Sanvezzo
Subs not used: Chris Seitz, Stephen Keel, Jonathan Top, Bobby Warshaw Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
KC 8 (3) 4 24 2 4
DAL 17 (6) 1 13 4 4
Misconduct Summary: KC -- C.J. Sapong (ejection; serious foul play) 68 KC -- Jimmy Nielsen (caution; delaying a restart) 93+ Scoring Summary: KC -- Kei Kamara 2 (penalty kick) 43 KC -- Je-Vaughn Watson (own goal) 57 DAL -- Andrew Jacobson 3 (Ramon Nunez 1) 88 DAL -- Walker Zimmerman 1 (David Ferreira 5) 90 Referee: Mark Geiger Asst. Ref.: Sean Hurd Asst. Ref.: Eric Proctor 4th Official: Kevin Terry Jr.
Sporting KC vs Columbus Crew - June 29, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,128 (sold out) Weather: Partly cloudy and 78 degrees 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (7-5-5, 26 pts) 1 2 3 Columbus Crew (5-7-5, 20 pts) 0 2 2 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Chance Myers, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic (Kevin Ellis 63); Lawrence Olum, Oriol Rosell, Graham Zusi; Kei Kamara, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 82), Soony Saad (Ike Opara 90) Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Benny Feilhaber, Jacob Peterson, Teal Bunbury Columbus Crew: Andy Gruenebaum; Chad Barson (Aaron Schoenfeld 89), Chad Marshall, Tyson Wahl, Josh Williams; Danny O’Rourke, Federico Higuain (c), Dominic Oduro (Ben Speas 76), Kevan George, Bernardo Anor (Konrad Warzycha 81); Jairo Arrieta Subs not used: Ethan Finley, Eric Gehrig, Tony Tchani, Matt Lampson Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
KC 24 (8) 1 10 1 3
CLB 8 (3) 5 12 9 1
Misconduct Summary: CLB -- Tyson Wahl (caution; reckless foul) 68 CLB -- Kevan George (caution; reckless foul) 70 KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 71 Scoring Summary: KC -- Kei Kamara 3 (Soony Saad 2) 34 CLB -- Jairo Arrieta 2 (Federico Higuain 4) 48 KC -- Claudio Bieler 8 (unassisted) 50 CLB -- Dominic Oduro 8 (unassisted) 53 KC -- Kei Kamara 4 (Claudio Bieler 2) 80 Referee: Juan Guzman Asst. Ref.: James Conlee Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland 4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic
Subs not used: Darren Mattocks, Joe Cannon, Greg Klazura, Kekuta Manneh Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
KC 25 (3) 1 13 1 7
VAN 10 (2) 2 10 2 1
Misconduct Summary: VAN -- Camilo De Silva Sanvezzo (caution; simulation) 46 KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 68 Scoring Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin 3 (unassisted) 35 VAN -- Camilo De Silva Sanvezzo 10 (unassisted) 45 Referee: Ricardo Salazar Asst. Ref.: Ian Anderson Asst. Ref.: Peter Balciunas 4th Official: Matthew Foerster Sporting KC at Chicago Fire - July 7, 2013 Toyota Park | Bridgeview, IL Attendance: 17,735 Weather: Clear and 85 degrees 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (8-5-6, 30 pts) 1 0 1 Chicago Fire (6-8-3, 21 pts) 1 0 1 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Chance Myers, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum (Dom Dwyer 83), Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 52); Kei Kamara, Claudio Bieler (Teal Bunbury 73), Graham Zusi Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Kevin Ellis, Ike Opara, Jacob Peterson Chicago Fire: Paolo Tornaghi; Gonzalo Segares, Bakary Soumare, Jalil Anibaba, Austin Berry; Jeff Larentowicz, Patrick Nyarko (Joel Lindpere 72), Dilly Duka, Alex (Daniel Paladini 46); Chris Rolfe (Sherjill MacDonald 61), Mike Magee Subs not used: Maicon Santos, Wells Thompson, Michael Videira, Alec Kann Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
KC 11 (2) 4 13 3 2
CHI 12 (5) 0 8 4 6
Misconduct Summary: KC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless tackle) 28 KC -- Graham Zusi (caution; dissent) 55 CHI -- Gonzalo Segares (caution; reckless foul) 57 CHI -- Jalil Anibaba (caution; reckless foul) 62 CHI -- Jeff Larentowicz (caution; reckless foul) 81 CHI -- Bakary Soumare (caution; tactical foul) 85 CHI -- Daniel Paladini (ejection; serious foul play) 93+ Scoring Summary: KC -- Benny Feilhaber 1 (unassisted) 6 KC -- Graham Zusi 4 (Seth Sinovic 2) 8 CHI -- Mike Magee 11 (Jeff Larentowicz 3) 38 Referee: Baldomero Toledo Asst. Ref.: Peter Manikowski Asst. Ref.: Jeff Muschik 4th Official: Mark Kadlecik
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2013 Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC vs Toronto FC - July 13, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan. Attendance: 21,126 (largest crowd in stadium history) Weather: Mostly cloudy, 84 degrees 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (9-5-6, 33 pts) 1 2 3 Toronto FC (2-9-7, 13 pts) 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi (Teal Bunbury 85); Kei Kamara, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 71), Soony Saad (Jacob Peterson 81) Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Lawrence Olum, Kevin Ellis Toronto FC: Joseph Bendik; Ryan Richter (Jeremy Hall 46), Gale Agbossoumonde, Steven Caldwell, Richard Eckersley; Reggie Lambe, Matias Laba (Michael Thomas 78), Darel Russell, Bobby Convey; Robert Earnshaw (Justin Braun 60), Jeremy Brockie Subs not used: Stefan Frei; Mark Bloom, Emery Welshman, Andrew Wiedeman Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
KC TOR 24 (10) 4 (2) 2 7 9 13 2 6 6 1
Misconduct Summary: TOR -- Jeremy Brockie (caution; reckless tackle) 45 KC -- Matt Besler (caution; reckless foul) 48 TOR -- Reggie Lambe (ejection; serious foul play) 56 KC -- Claudio Bieler (caution; reckless tackle) 65 Scoring Summary: KC -- Soony Saad 1 (Seth Sinovic 3) 21 KC -- Soony Saad 2 (unassisted) 51 KC -- Claudio Bieler 9 (Benny Feilhaber 4, Kei Kamara 1) 63 Referee: Kevin Stott Asst. Ref.: Greg Barkey Asst. Ref.: Brian Poeschel 4th Official: Daniel Radford
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SKC Miscellaneous Stats 2013 Record When…
Record By Month...
Scoring first goal 8-2-3 Conceding first goal 1-3-1 Leading at halftime 6-1-1 Tied at halftime 3-2-4 Trailing at halftime 0-2-1 Scoring 0 goals 0-2-2 Scoring 1 goal 3-2-3 Scoring 2 goals 2-1-1 Scoring 3 goals 3-0-0 Scoring 4+ goals 1-0-0 Allowing 0 goals 6-0-2 Allowing 1 goal 2-1-3 Allowing 2 goals 1-3-1 Allowing 3 goals 0-1-0 Allowing 4+ goals N/A Wearing Sporting Blue 8-3-5 Wearing Dark indigo 1-1-1 Wearing Black 0-1-0 Leading at 75’ 7-0-1 Tied at 75’ 2-1-5 Trailing at 75’ 0-4-0 Outshooting opponent 6-4-5 Outshot by opponent 3-1-1 Shots even N/A One-goal games 5-4-0 On ESPN 1-0-0 On NBCSN 0-1-2 On KCWE 1-1-0 On KSMO-TV 7-3-4 Day games (before 5pm) 3-1-4 Games 5pm CT or later 6-4-2 With red card for 0-0-1 With red card against 4-1-0 Temperature 75 & up 4-1-3 Temperature below 75 5-3-3 Indoors 0-1-0 In Pacific time zone 0-1-0 In Mountain time zone N/A In Central time zone 7-3-4 In Eastern time zone 2-1-2 vs. Eastern Conference 8-2-4 vs. Western Conference 1-3-2 On grass 9-4-5 On turf 0-1-1 With zero subs N/A With one sub 0-0-2 With two subs 1-2-0 with three subs 8-3-4
March 2013 March all-time April 2013 April all-time May 2013 May all-time June 2013 June all-time July 2013 July all-time Aug. 2013 Aug. all-time Sept. 2013 Sept. all-time Oct. 2013 Oct. all-time
SKC Miscellaneous Stats - 2013 Regular Season Quickest Goal...
2-1-2 10-7-3 2-2-0 37-29-11 2-1-2 28-36-19 1-1-1 34-28-21 2-0-1 39-31-23 N/A 34-39-13 N/A 25-31-13 N/A 14-10-12
Quickest Goal Against...
3 min, Robert Earnshaw, 3/9 at TOR
Game-winning goals after 75’...
89 min, Claudio Bieler, 4/5 vs D.C. 80 min, Kei Kamara, 6/29 vs CLB
Game-tying goals after 75’... Game-winning goals against after 75’... Game-tying goals against after 75’...
Hat Tricks... Hat Tricks Against... Own Goals...
Team-by-team (in 2013)... vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.
12-23-10 (0-0-1) Chicago 8-4-4 (1-0-0) Chivas USA 20-17-13 (0-0-0) Colorado Rapids 20-21-6 (0-0-0) Columbus Crew 19-18-10 (1-0-1) D.C. United 20-19-9 (0-0-1) FC Dallas 4-6-7 (1-0-1) Houston Dynamo 18-23-11 (0-1-0) LA Galaxy 3-4-1 Miami Fusion 2-2-1 (1-1-0) Montreal Impact 22-13-11 (0-0-1) N.E. Revolution New York Red Bulls 19-17-11 (1-0-0) Philadelphia Union 3-1-3 (1-0-0) 2-2-0 (0-1-0) Portland Timbers 7-5-3 (0-0-0) Real Salt Lake 20-20-7 (0-0-0) SJ Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC 1-6-1 (0-1-0) 10-6-1 Tampa Bay Mutiny 9-4-4 (1-1-0) Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0-2 (0-0-1)
Home and Away... Overall All-time 2013 at home All-time at home 2013 on road All-time on road
Own Goals Against... Red Cards... Red Cards Against...
Penalty Kicks...
N/A 90+4 min, Djimi Traore, 5/8 vs SEA 90 min, Walker Zimmerman, 6/22 at DAL
N/A N/A
57 min, Je-Vaughn Watson, 6/22 at DAL N/A 68 min, C.J. Sapong, 6/22 vs DAL 90+1 min, Juninho, 4/17 at NY 54 min, Dan Kennedy, 5/5 vs CHV 74 min, Alessandro Nesta, 6/1 vs MTL 90+3 min, Daniel Paladini, 7/7 at CHI 56 min, Reggie Lambe, 7/13 vs TOR 57 min, Claudio Bieler, 5/5 vs CHV 45+4 min, Claudio Bieler, 6/1 vs MTL 43 min, Kei Kamara, 6/22 at DAL
Penalty Kicks Against...
3 min, Robert Earnshaw, 3/9 at TOR
Youngest Goalscorer...
20y238d, Oriol Rosell, 3/2 at PHI
Oldest Goalscorer... Youngest Starter...
221-211-115 5-3-3 146-78-50 4-2-3 75-133-65
40 sec, Chance Myers, 4/27 vs POR
Oldest Starter...
29y134d, Claudio Bieler, 7/13 vs TOR 20y218d, Soony Saad, 3/23 at NE 35y341d, Jimmy Nielsen, 7/13 vs TOR
2013 MAJOR EVENTS AT SPORTING PARK
• • •
MLS All-Star Game: MLS All-Stars v AS Roma (July 31) Concert: Flatlands Festival (September 12-14) U.S. Men’s National Team vs Jamaica - FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualifying (October 11)
2013 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SCORING 1 2 TOTAL SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SOG 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 12 14 29 SPORTING 123 164 311 SPORTING 45 47 92 OPP. 9 10 19 OPP. 94 85 179 OPP. 34 22 56 FOULS 1 2 TOTAL OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL CORNERS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 132 161 293 SPORTING 23 9 34 SPORTING 41 65 106 OPP. 126 133 259 OPP. 48 39 87 OPP. 44 34 78 CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL PK 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 10 24 36 SPORTING 0 1 1 SPORTING 2 1 3 OPP. 7 25 33 OPP. 0 5 5 OPP. 1 0 1
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Single Season Records (Field Players)
All-Time Records (Field Players)
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Player
#
Games
C.J. Sapong (2011)
34
Games
Davy Arnaud
240
Minutes
Nick Garcia (2000) & Peter Vermes (2000)
2916
Minutes
Kerry Zavagnin
20516
Goals
Preki (1996)
18
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
Davy Arnaud
328
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2004)
111
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud
528
Offsides
Eddie Johnson (2007)
50
Offsides
Eddie Johnson
126
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi (2012)
150
Corner Kicks
Preki
452
Cautions
Aurelien Collin (2011)
10
Cautions
Kerry Zavagnin
44
Ejections
Davy Arnaud (2010)
3
Ejections
Nick Garcia
5
Single Season Records (Goalkeepers) Stat
Player
#
Games
Jimmy Nielsen (2012)
34
Minutes
Jimmy Nielsen (2012)
3060
Wins
Mike Ammann (1997)
21
Losses
Mike Ammann (1998)
16
Draws
Bo Oshoniyi (2005)
12
Shutouts
Tony Meola (2000)
16
Goals Against Average
Jimmy Nielsen (2012)
0.79
Goals Allowed
Ammann (1997)/Kevin Hartman (2007)
79
Saves
Tony Meola (2000)
129
All-Time Records (Goalkeepers) Stat
Player
#
Games
Tony Meola
125
Minutes
Tony Meola
11323
Wins
Nielsen/Meola
49
Losses
Tony Meola
45
Draws
Tony Meola
30
Shutouts
Jimmy Nielsen
40
Goals Allowed
Tony Meola
154
Saves
Tony Meola
507
Goals Against Average
Jimmy Nielsen
1.01
Single Game Records (Field Players)
Single Season Team Records
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Year
#
Goals
Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010)
3
Goals
1996
61
Assists
2000
67
Assists
Chris Henderson (1999)
4
Shots
2012
542
Shots
Preki (1997)
12
Shots on goal
1996
250
Shots on goal
Preki (1996)
6
Fouls Committed
2000
503
Fouls Committed
Davy Arnaud (2010)
8
Fouls Suffered
2000
541
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2006)
10
Offsides
1997
117
Offsides
Alex Bunbury (1999)
7
Corner Kicks
2012
199
Corner Kicks
Alex Zotinca (2006)
12
Cautions
2003
58
Ejections
2011
8
Points
2012
63
Single Game Records (Goalkeepers)
Wins
1997
21
Stat
Player
#
Losses
1999
24
Goals Allowed
Bo Oshoniyi
7
Ties
2005 & 2011
12
Saves
Garth Lagerway (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000 & three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)
9
Shutouts
2000
17
Goals Allowed
1996
63
MINI BIOS
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Coaching Staff
Peter Vermes Kerry Zavagnin Zoran Savic Manager Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
John Pascarella Assistant Coach
Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach
#5 | D | Matt Besler Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Notre Dame Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 5 times, last: April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 5, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist April 27, 2013, KC vs POR 2013 Record when: he starts 7-3-5 he scores 0-0-0
#9 | F | Teal Bunbury Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 2/17/1990 Hometown: Prior Lake, MN College: Akron Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#4)
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COL Assists 1, 6 times, last: August 26, 2012, KC vs NY Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots 7, 3 times, last: July 28, 2012, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 7, August 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Assist August 26, 2012, KC vs NY 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #78 | D | Aurelien Collin Ht: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 03/08/1986 Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, France Last Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 4/15/11
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 9 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Assists 1, 2 times, last: April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots 4, 4 times, last: April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Fouls Committed 6, 3 times, last: May 8, 2013, KC vs SEA Fouls Suffered 3, 7 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Assist April 27, 2013, KC vs POR 2013 Record when: he starts 8-5-4 he scores 2-0-1
#16 | F | Claudio Bieler
#14 | F | Dom Dwyer
Ht: 5-11 Wt. 170 DOB: 03/01/1984 Hometown: Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina Last Club: LDU Quito (Ecuador) Acquired: Signed as Designated Player on 12/18/12
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 07/30/1990 Hometown: Cuckfield, England College: South Florda Acquired: ‘12 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Assists 1, 2 times, last: June 29, 2013, KC vs CLB Shots on Goal 4, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots 6, 2 times, last: June 1, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Committed 4, June 22, 2013, KC at DAL Fouls Suffered 5, March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Assist June 29, 2013, KC vs CLB 2013 Record when: he starts 8-4-6 he scores 6-2-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 1, Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Suffered 2, July 7, 2013, KC at CHI Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 20, 2013 at Real Salt Lake| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #10 | M | Benny Feilhaber
#19 | M | Peterson Joseph
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 01/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, CA College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with New England Revolution 12/11/12
Ht: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990 Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Last Club: SC Braga (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 9/1/11
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 6 times, last: July 7, 2013, KC at CHI Assists 2, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Shots on Goal 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 15, 2012, NE at DC Shots 4, 5 times, last: July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 5, July 17, 2011, NE vs PHI Fouls Suffered 6, May 12, 2012, NE vs VAN Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal July 7, 2013, KC at CHI Assist July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR 2013 Record when: he starts 6-4-3 he scores 1-0-0 #31 | D/M | Josh Gardner Ht: 5-10 Wt. 167 DOB: 09/14/1982 Hometown: Houston, TX College: Cincinnati Last Club: Montreal Impact Acquired: Trade with Montreal Impact 12/5/12
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 27, 2011, CLB at SEA Assists 1, 6 times, last: May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots on Goal 1, 12 times, last: Sept. 24, CLB vs LA Shots 4, Aug. 27, 2011, CLB at SEA Fouls Committed 4, Mar. 10, 2012, MTL at VAN Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 9, 2006, LA at HOU Last.. Appearance July 3, 2013, KC vs VAN Goal Aug. 27, 2011, CLB at SEA Assist May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV 2013 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0 #24 | D | Mechack Jerome Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 04/21/1990 Hometown: Liancourt, Haiti Previous Club: Orlando City SC Acquired: Signed on 2/28/13
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: May 19, 2013, KC at DC Shots 2, March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 1, 2 times, last: June 1, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Suffered 2, May 12, 2013, KC at HOU Last.. Appearance June 22, 2013, KC at DAL Goal N/A Assist May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV 2013 Record when: he starts 2-1-5 he scores 0-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, July, 14, 2012, KC vs CLB Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, 7 times, last: May 12, 2013, KC at HOU Fouls Committed 5, May 12, 2013, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 4, October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Last.. Appearance June 1, 2013, KC vs MTL Goal N/A Assist July 14, 2012, KC at CLB 2013 Record when: he starts 2-2-2 he scores 0-0-0 #23 | F | Kei Kamara Ht: 6-3 Wt. 186 DOB: 09/01/1984 Hometown: Lawndale, CA College: Cal State-Dominguez Hills Last Club: Houston Dynamo Acquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo 09/15/2009
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 5 times, last: June 29, 2013, KC vs CLB Assists 2, 4 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs. PHI Shots on Goal 5, 2 times, last: Mar. 25, 2012, KC vs. DAL Shots 11, Mar. 25, 2012, KC vs. DAL Fouls Committed 5, 4 times, last: Apr. 7, 2012, KC vs. LA Fouls Suffered 7, June 28, 2008, SJ at CHI Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal June 29, 2013, KC vs CLB Assist July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR 2013 Record when: he starts 4-1-2 he scores 1-0-2 #18 | GK | Eric Kronberg Ht: 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983 Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA College: California Acquired: ‘06 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round (#40)
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Saves 6, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Last.. Appearance Shutout 2013 Record when:
June 12, 2011, KC at DAL June 4, 2011, KC at TOR he starts 0-0-0
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 20, 2013 at Real Salt Lake| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #12 | M | Mikey Lopez Ht: 5-8 Wt. 160 Hometown: Mission, TX College: North Carolina Acquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft
DOB: 02/20/1993
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.. Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #27 | D | Kyle Miller Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 5/12/1989 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Rockhurst University Acquired: 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft
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.. Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #7 | D | Chance Myers Ht: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA College: UCLA Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assists 1, 10 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots 3, 3 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assist March 2, 2013, KC at PHI 2013 Record when: he starts 7-4-2 he scores 0-1-0
#6 | M | Paulo Nagamura Ht: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 03/02/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Aquired in trade on 11/29/2011
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Assists 1, 16 times, last: May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots on Goal 4, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LA Fouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Last.. Appearance June 22, 2013, KC at DAL Goal September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Assist May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV 2013 Record when: he starts 6-4-5 he scores 0-0-0 #1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen Ht: 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977 Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark Last Club: Vejle (Denmark) Acquired: Signed 2/15/10
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Saves 7, 3 times, last: June 22, 2011, KC at PHI Last.. Appearance Shutout 2013 Record when:
July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR he starts 9-5-6
#13 | D | Lawrence Olum Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 7/10/1984 Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya College: Missouri Baptist University Last Club: Orlando City SC (USL PRO) Acquired: Signed 9/15/10
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, June 22, 2013, KC at DAL Shots 2, June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 1, 14 times, last: July 7, 2013, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 2-0-1 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 20, 2013 at Real Salt Lake| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #3 | D | Ike Opara Ht: 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, NC College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with SJ Earthquakes 12/12/12
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 4 times, last: May 19, 2013, KC at DC Assists N/A Shots on Goal 2, Apr. 17, 2010, SJ vs NE Shots 3, March 23, 2013, KC at NE Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: May 28, 2011, SJ at CHI Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: May 19, 2013, KC at DC Last.. Appearance June 29, 2013, KC vs CLB Goal May 19, 2013, KC at DC Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 2-2-3 he scores 0-0-0
#22 | F | Soony Saad Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 08/17/1992 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan College: Univ. of Michigan Acquired: Weighted Lottery on 07/05/2011
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Assists 1, 3 times, last: June 29, 2013, KC vs CLB Shots on Goal 3, July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Shots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 2, 4 times, last: July 7, 2013, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 3, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Assist June 29, 2013, KC vs CLB 2013 Record when: he starts 2-0-2 he scores 1-0-0
#37 | F | Jacob Peterson
#17 | F | C.J. Sapong
Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana University Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 01/19/2012
Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia College: James Madison Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 13 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Assists 1, 12 times, last: May 26, 2013, KC vs HOU Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 3, May 12, 2013, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Assist May 26, 2013, KC vs HOU 2013 Record when: he starts 2-2-2 he scores 0-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 15 times, last: May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Assists 1, 8 times, last: March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Shots on Goal 4, September 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Shots 10, September 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 4, March 23, 2013, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA Last.. Appearance June 22, 2013, KC at DAL Goal May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Assist March 9, 2013, KC at TOR 2013 Record when: he starts 3-3-3 he scores 1-0-0
#20 | F | Oriol Rosell
#15 | D | Seth Sinovic
Ht: 6-0 Wt. 168 DOB: 7/7/1992 Hometown: Puig-Reig, Catalonia, Spain Last Club: Barcelona B (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 08/2/2012
Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed May 10, 2011
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Assists 1, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Shots 2, 5 times, last: July 7, 2013, KC at CHI Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: June 22, 2013, KC at DAL Fouls Suffered 2, 5 times, last: July 7, 2013, KC at CHI Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Assist May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV 2013 Record when: he starts 9-5-5 he scores 1-0-0
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 5 times, last: July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 1, 6 times, last: May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots 3, April 17, 2010, NE at SJ Fouls Committed 4, March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA Last.. Appearance July 7, 2013, KC at CHI Goal N/A Assist July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR 2013 Record when: he starts 9-4-4 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 20, 2013 at Real Salt Lake| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #8 | M | Graham Zusi Ht: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, FL College: Maryland Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)
Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHI Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Shots 5, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Suffered 5, March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Last.. Appearance July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Goal July 7, 2013, KC at CHI Assist May 19, 2013, KC at DC 2013 Record when: he starts 9-4-5 he scores 4-0-0
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 20, 2013 at Real Salt Lake | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes
ALL-TIME STATISTICS Matt Besler
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
118
113
10251
2
5
29
8
93
58
6
0
13
0
1
3
KC - Post Season
5
5
450
0
0
1
0
5
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
123
118
10701
2
5
30
8
98
62
7
0
13
0
1
3
Claudio Bieler
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
20
19
1623
9
2
58
21
25
23
8
0
0
0
3
1
MLS - TOTAL
20
19
1623
9
2
58
21
25
23
8
0
0
0
3
1
Teal Bunbury
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
80
47
4470
19
6
157
61
83
54
46
5
7
1
5
1
KC - Post Season
3
3
246
2
0
7
3
5
4
1
0
1
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
83
50
4716
21
6
164
64
88
58
47
5
8
1
6
1
Aurelien Collin
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
70
67
6022
9
2
67
19
131
61
11
0
23
1
5
0
KC - Post Season
5
5
450
1
0
6
1
10
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
75
72
6472
10
2
73
20
141
62
12
0
23
1
6
0
Dom Dwyer
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
5
0
70
0
0
3
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
KC - Post Season
1
0
10
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
6
0
80
0
0
4
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Benny Feilhaber
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
16
13
1057
1
4
22
5
15
26
1
7
2
0
0
1
MLS - Reg. Season
68
59
5250
6
13
100
32
82
167
3
78
10
2
0
2
Josh Gardner
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
5
1
130
0
1
1
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
MLS - Reg. Season
54
39
3489
3
6
43
12
49
26
4
53
4
0
1
2
MLS - Post Season
1
1
90
0
0
2
1
1
2
0
4
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
55
40
3579
3
6
45
13
50
28
4
57
4
0
1
2
Mechack Jerome
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
10
8
677
0
1
5
3
2
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
10
8
677
0
1
5
3
2
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
Peterson Joseph
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
23
10
809
0
1
7
0
24
14
1
4
5
1
0
1
MLS - Post Season
2
1
103
0
0
2
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
25
11
912
0
1
9
0
25
16
1
4
5
1
0
1
Kei Kamara
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
108
93
8543
35
19
357
123
145
170
42
4
10
0
10
8
MLS - Reg. Season
188
143
13280
49
22
485
181
252
274
83
6
17
1
14
10
KC - Post Season
5
5
449
0
1
15
5
5
10
4
0
1
0
0
1
MLS - Post Season
7
6
527
1
1
16
6
7
12
6
0
1
0
0
1
MLS - Total
195
149
13807
50
23
501
187
289
286
87
6
18
1
14
12
Mikey Lopez
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. 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
Kyle Miller
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. 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
Chance Myers
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
103
78
7374
2
10
74
19
109
69
4
4
8
1
0
4
KC - Post Season
5
5
450
0
0
0
0
6
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
108
83
7824
2
10
74
19
115
75
4
4
9
1
0
4
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 20, 2013 at Real Salt Lake| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Paulo Nagamura
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
42
34
3045
1
2
52
9
54
38
1
3
6
0
0
1
MLS - Reg. Season
199
178
15813
10
16
192
60
299
247
5
20
45
2
4
6
MLS - Post Season
10
9
909
0
0
9
5
16
24
1
0
4
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
209
187
16722
10
16
201
65
315
271
6
20
49
2
4
6
Lawrence Olum
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
32
13
1283
0
0
8
1
14
2
1
0
5
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
32
13
1283
0
0
8
1
14
2
1
0
5
0
0
0
Ike Opara
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
8
7
631
1
0
5
2
11
4
1
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - Reg. Season
43
29
2793
4
0
26
9
40
21
6
1
4
0
1
0
MLS - Post Season
1
0
78
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
44
29
2871
4
0
27
9
41
22
6
1
4
0
1
0
Jacob Peterson
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
31
15
1415
4
2
37
13
15
13
2
1
0
1
1
1
MLS - Reg. Season
169
97
8701
13
12
151
55
60
93
18
61
5
1
4
5
KC - Post Season
1
1
89
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Post Season
4
3
250
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
173
100
8951
13
12
151
55
61
97
19
61
5
1
4
5
Oriol Rosell
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
24
20
1746
2
1
15
5
33
17
0
3
5
0
2
0
MLS - Post Season
1
1
90
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Total
25
21
1836
2
1
16
5
34
17
0
3
5
0
2
0
Soony Saad
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
23
6
757
3
3
33
8
14
15
1
7
0
0
1
1
KC - Post Season
2
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
25
6
761
3
3
33
8
15
15
1
7
0
0
1
1
C.J. Sapong
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
79
55
5181
15
8
136
57
87
125
24
0
2
1
6
2
KC - Post Season
5
5
440
1
0
13
7
9
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
84
60
5621
16
8
149
64
96
137
24
0
2
1
6
2
Seth Sinovic
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
68
67
5871
0
5
29
5
65
53
2
0
9
0
0
3
MLS - Reg. Season
88
85
7451
0
5
36
6
78
63
2
0
12
0
0
3
KC - Post Season
5
5
445
1
0
2
1
5
5
0
0
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
92
89
8161
1
4
38
7
83
68
2
0
12
0
1
3
Graham Zusi
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Reg. Season
114
83
7773
15
28
186
60
102
130
15
352
10
0
6
12
KC - Post Season
5
5
450
0
3
9
0
12
7
0
20
1
0
0
2
MLS - TOTAL
119
88
8223
15
31
195
60
114
137
15
372
10
0
6
14
Jimmy Nielsen
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
KC - Reg. Season
114
114
10237
386
272
40
115
1.01
6
8
49
33
31
KC - Post Season
5
5
450
12
8
3
4
0.80
0
0
3
2
0
MLS - TOTAL
118
118
10687
396
278
42
119
1.00
6
8
52
35
31
Eric Kronberg
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
KC - Reg. Season
5
4
382
19
13
1
6
1.41
1
1
2
1
2
MLS - TOTAL
5
4
382
19
13
1
6
1.41
1
1
2
1
2
#
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 31 37 78 88
Player
Jimmy Nielsen Yann Songo'o Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Benny Feilhaber Bobby Convey Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Claudio Bieler C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell Jon Kempin Soony Saad Kei Kamara Mechack Jerome Christian Duke Kyle Miller Josh Gardner Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin Michael Thomas 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90F 90F 90F
90D 89M 90D 90F
90D 90M 90D 90F
90D 90M 90D 90F 66M
12 HOU 1-0 90G
13 DC 1-1 90G
64M
90D 90D 90M 76M 90M 90M 89D 90D 90F 67F 90F 90F 90F
90D 90D 90D 90D
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 PHI TOR CHI NE MTL DC NY LA POR CHV SEA 3-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-2 2-3 4-0 0-1 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G
90D 90M 89D 90F
8
13
63F
90D 90D
1
7
23 1
90D
17
16 DAL 2-2 90G
17 CLB 3-2 90G
18 VAN 1-1 90G
19 CHI 2-1 90G
20 TOR 3-0 90G
15 MTL 1-2 90G
14 HOU 1-1 90G
90D 90D 85M 5 90M
28
89M 90M 38 81F 35 26 38 90F 90F 90M 90M 90M 90F 90D 90D 45D 90D 90D
32 75D 14 5 4 29 58F 73F 55F 76F 90F 90F 2 9 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
1
8 27 5 5 20 45 90M 90M 90M 44M 52M 62M 90M 90M 90M 90M 89M 85M 90M 45M 90M 90M 90M 61M 81M 90M 88M 90M 90M 90M 90M
1 1 16 29 46 9 34 90M 53M 83M 8 32 7 19 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 15 90D 90D 90D 85D 63D 90D 90D 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 74F 90F 90F 90F 24 87F 90F 90F 90F 74F 82F 58F 73F 71F 27 45 90F 90F 89F 90F 90F 67F 90F 23 90F 3 13 68F
82M 82M 77M 90M 85M 83M 70M 76M 61M 14 63F 45F 14
90D 90D 1 27 86D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 77M 56M 45 90D 90D 90D 90D 90F 90M 90M 90M 90M 16 17 37 52M
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
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KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC
3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 3
PHI 1 TOR 2 CHI 0 NE 0 MTL 0 DC 0 NY 0 LA 2 POR 3 CHV 0 SEA 1 HOU 0 DC 1 HOU 1 MTL 2 DAL 2 CLB 2 VAN 1 CHI 1 TOR 0
W L T T W W W L L W L W T T L T W T W W
41; Rosell 1 (Zusi 1) 77
80
66; Bieler 1 (Myers 1, Zusi 2)
5; Zusi 2 (Feilhaber 2)
83
Collin 2 (Sinovic 1) 73 Opara 1 (Zusi 5) 60 Kamara 1 (Bieler 1, Peterson 1) 68 Bieler 7 (penalty kick) 49+ Kamara 2 (penalty kick) 43; own goal (Watson) 57 Kamara 3 (Saad 2) 34; Bieler 8 (unassisted) 50; Kamara 4 (Bieler 2) 80 Collin 3 (unassisted) 35 Feilhaber 1 (unassisted) 6; Zusi 4 (Sinovic 2) 8 Saad 1 (Sinovic 3) 21; Saad 2 (unassisted) 51; Bieler 9 (Feilhaber 4, Kamara 1)
63
Myers 1 (Besler 1) 1; Myers 2 (Collin 1, Feilhaber 3) 29 Bieler 5 (Zusi 4) 41; Bieler 6 (penalty kick) 57; Zusi 3 (Gardner 1, Nagamura 1) 65; Sapong 1 (Jerome 1, Rosell 1) 87
Bieler 3 (Feilhaber 1) Bieler 4 (Saad 1) 89 Collin 1 (Zusi 3) 13
Zusi 1 (unassisted) Bieler 2 (Sapong 1)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY at at vs at vs vs at at vs vs vs at at vs vs at vs vs at vs
#
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 31 37 78 88
Player
Jimmy Nielsen Yann Songo'o Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Benny Feilhaber Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Claudio Bieler C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell Jon Kempin Soony Saad Kei Kamara Mechack Jerome Christian Duke Kyle Miller Josh Gardner Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin Michael Thomas
U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 05/28/2013 4R 06/12/2013 KC 2 KC 0
W L
Kamara (Myers) 12; Bieler (Peterson) 73
SPORTING KANSAS CITY U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 4R DMOI ORLC 2-0 0-1
90D 90D 90M
32
57F
90M 76M 90D 90D 90F 45 90G
14 58M
20 90F 90G 90M
45F 76F 90D
14
70F 90D
90D 33 90D 90M
vs DSMOIN 0 vs ORLCTY 1