TORONTO FC v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (July 26, BMO Field, 7 p.m. ET; TSN2) PROBABLE LINEUPS
2014 SEASON RECORDS
ROSTERS
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Toronto FC 17 7-5-5 26 26 23 at home 9 5-3-1 16 14 10 Sporting on road
12
20 10-5-5 35 29 18 10 6-4-0 18 14 10
Bendik
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
5
ALL-TIME (19 meetings): Toronto FC 4 wins, 15 goals … Sporting 10 wins, 27 goals … Ties 5
15
17
Henry
Hagglund
2
Morgan
AT TORONTO (9 meetings): Toronto FC 3 wins, 6 goals … Sporting 3 wins, 5 goals … Ties 3
Morrow
35
4
26
Bradley
Warner
23 Oduro
Lovitz
2014 (MLS) 5/23: KC 2, TOR 2 (Dwyer 47, 84 – Moore 67; Orr 91+)
14
9
De Rosario
Gilberto
14
UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING TORONTO FC Fri. Aug. 1 Philadelphia Wed. July 30 at D.C. United Sun. Aug. 10 at Vancouver Sat. Aug. 2 at Montreal Sat. Aug. 16 Toronto FC Sat. Aug. 9 at Columbus Sat. Aug. 23 D.C. United Sat. Aug. 16 at Sporting KC
Dwyer
22 Saad
9 Dovale
8
10
Zusi
Feilhaber
13 WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM F 26 59
A 23 67
Sinovic
F A 29 18 62 100
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
Olum
15
SPORTING
TORONTO FC
10 12 7 0
9 4 3 2
16 3 3 0 4 1 1 1
7 1 1 1 5 0 2 1
6 16 7
5 11 2
TYPE OF PLAY
14 4 0 2 3 1 2 0
12 3 4 0 3 0 1 0
OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
9 13 4
6 15 2
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
Juliao
Collin
30 Gruenebaum
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
9 10 4 0
40
78
Besler
HOW SCORED
19 3 4 0
5
REFEREE: Ted Unkel. AR1 (bench): Greg Barkey; AR2 (opposite): Richard Gamache; 4th: Geoff Gamble DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: TOR: Jermain Defoe (caution accumulation; through July 27) WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): TOR: Doneil Henry … KC: Seth Sinovic, Paulo Nagamura DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE KC: Peterson Joseph, Ike Opara, Chance Myers
DISTANCE
(W-L-T) TOR KC
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 4-0-1 3-4-3 0-1-1 7-0-1 3-3-4 0-2-0
TORONTO FC Date Score (Gms since) 7/12/2014 TOR 4, HOU 2 4/05/2014 TOR 2, CLB 0 7/05/2014 TOR 1, DC 2 4/19/2014 TOR 1, DAL 2 7/19/2014 TOR 2, HOU 2 6/07/2014 TOR 1, SJ 0 4/12/2014 TOR 0, COL 1
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 5-2-1 2-3-4 10-0-4 0-5-0
(1) (5) (2) (4) (0) (6) (12)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 7/19/2014 KC 2, LA 1 7/16/2014 KC 2, CLB 1 5/14/2014 KC 1, PHI 2 5/31/2014 KC 0, DC 1 7/06/2014 KC 1, CHI 1 6/27/2014 KC 1, POR 0 5/31/2014 KC 0, DC 1
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Toronto FC Sporting KC
WWLWLLLWTWWTTLWTT LTWWTWLWWLLTTLWWTWWW
SPORTING KC 1 Eric Kronberg (GK) 2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (FW) 9 Antonio Dovale (MF) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Sal Zizzo (FW) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Lawrence Olum (MF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Claudio Bieler (FW) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 18 Victor Munoz (MF) 19 Peterson Joseph (MF) 20 Jorge Claros (MF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 23 Martin Steuble (MF) 24 Michael Kafari (MF) 25 Christian Duke (MF) 30 Andy Gruenebaum (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 40 Igor Juliao (MF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF)
INTERNATIONAL DUTY
none
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
TORONTO FC 1 Chris Konopka (GK) 2 Justin Morrow (DF) 3 Warren Creavalle (MF) 4 Michael Bradley (MF) 5 Ashtone Morgan (DF) 7 Bright Dike (FW) 8 Kyle Bekker (MF) 9 Gilberto (FW) 11 Jackson (MF) 12 Joseph Bendik (GK) 13 Steven Caldwell (DF) 14 Dwayne De Rosario (MF) 15 Doneil Henry (DF) 16 Bradley Orr (DF) 17 Nick Hagglund (DF) 18 Jermain Defoe (FW) 21 Jonathan Osorio (MF) 22 Jordan Hamilton (FW) 23 Dominic Oduro (FW) 25 Jeremy Hall (MF) 26 Collen Warner (MF) 27 Luke Moore (FW) 28 Mark Bloom (DF) 30 Julio Cesar (GK) 32 Andrew Wiedeman (FW) 33 Ryan Richter (DF) 34 Manny Aparicio (MF) 35 Daneil Lovitz (MF) 40 Quillan Roberts (GK)
(0) (0) (4) (4) (3) (4) (6)
TEAM LEADERS TORONTO FC G: 11 Defoe A: 3 Osorio SHT: 45 Defoe SOG: 22 Defoe FC: 21 Henry FS: 24 Osorio OF: 19 Defoe C: 4 Defoe E: 1 3 players tied SPORTING G: 14 Dwyer A: 5 Feilhaber SHT: 71 Dwyer SOG: 31 Dwyer FC: 40 Dwyer FS: 48 Feilhaber OF: 18 Dwyer C: 4 3 players tied E: 2 Collin
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG TOR 17 2 7 6 1 1 26 1.53 KC 20 4 7 6 2 1 29 1.45 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG TOR 17 4 4 8 1 0 23 1.35 KC 20 7 8 5 0 0 18 0.90 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 TOR 26 3 6 4 3 4 6 KC 29 4 2 5 3 6 9 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 TOR 23 3 5 2 5 3 5 KC 18 2 2 1 3 2 8
TORONTO FC v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (July 26, BMO Field, 7 p.m. ET -- MLS Game 184)
TORONTO FC 2014 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Chris Konopka GK 6-5 215 04/14/1985 Toms River, NJ 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 Justin Morrow DF 5-9 165 10/04/1987 Cleveland, OH 17 16 0 2 88 79 2 8 3 Warren Creavalle DF 5-11 170 08/14/1990 Brooklyn, NY 15 9 0 0 53 31 3 2 4 Michael Bradley MF 6-1 165 07/31/1987 Princeton, NJ 9 9 1 0 39 39 2 4 5 Ashtone Morgan DF 5-11 165 02/09/1991 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1 0 0 0 67 56 0 8 7 Bright Dike FW 6-1 223 02/02/1987 Edmond, OK 0 0 0 0 30 14 7 0 8 Kyle Bekker MF 5-10 165 09/02/1990 Oakville, ON, Canada 9 8 0 0 18 11 0 0 9 Gilberto FW 5-10 154 06/05/1989 Piranhas, Brazil 13 9 2 2 13 9 2 2 11 Jackson MF 5-9 154 06/03/1988 Franca, Brazil 13 13 2 1 104 91 13 14 12 Joseph Bendik GK 6-3 205 04/25/1989 Marietta, GA 10 10 0 1 48 46 0 1 13 Steven Caldwell DF 5-11 158 09/12/1980 Stirling, Scotland 13 13 0 0 36 36 1 1 14 Dwayne De Rosario MF 5-11 164 05/15/1978 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada 9 3 0 0 333 273 103 77 15 Doneil Henry DF 6-2 180 04/20/1993 Brampton, Ontario, Canada 11 10 1 0 60 46 2 3 16 Bradley Orr DF 6-1 195 11/01/1982 Liverpool, England 15 10 1 1 15 10 1 1 17 Nick Hagglund DF 6-0 157 09/14/1992 Cincinnati, OH 10 8 0 1 10 8 0 1 18 Jermain Defoe FW 5-7 143 10/07/1982 Beckton, London, England 14 13 11 2 14 13 11 2 21 Jonathan Osorio MF 5-9 160 06/12/1992 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 13 12 1 3 41 30 6 4 22 Jordan Hamilton FW 6-1 176 03/17/1996 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 Dominic Oduro FW 6-0 160 08/13/1985 Accra, Ghana 18 10 2 2 235 143 48 23 25 Jeremy Hall MF 5-11 163 09/11/1988 Tampa, FL 3 2 0 0 115 97 2 6 26 Collen Warner MF 5-10 178 06/24/1988 Denver, CO 17 17 0 0 100 72 1 6 27 Luke Moore FW 5-9 167 02/13/1986 Birmingham, England 16 10 3 1 16 10 3 1 28 Mark Bloom DF 6-0 165 11/25/1987 Marietta, GA 16 16 0 1 22 22 0 2 30 Julio Cesar GK 6-1 175 09/03/1979 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 32 Andrew Wiedeman FW 5-11 165 08/22/1989 Oakland, CA 4 0 0 0 41 17 4 1 33 Ryan Richter DF 6-2 175 04/12/1989 Southampton, PA 0 0 0 0 13 12 0 1 34 Manny Aparicio MF 5-7 150 09/17/1995 Buenos Aires, Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 Daniel Lovitz MF 5-10 170 08/27/1991 Wyndmoor, PA 7 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 40 Quillan Roberts GK 6-0 193 09/13/1994 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Ryan Nelsen
10/18/1977 W13 L22 T16
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2014 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 17 17 0 0 22 21 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 3 2 0 0 56 39 6 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 12 9 0 1 14 10 0 1 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 12 12 0 1 138 133 2 7 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 14 14 1 2 215 194 11 18 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 7 7 0 1 123 98 2 13 8 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 12 11 1 4 135 102 18 35 9 Antonio Dovale MF 5-8 152 04/04/1990 A Coruna, Galicia, Spain 10 8 1 1 10 8 1 1 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19 19 3 5 98 87 11 18 11 Sal Zizzo FW 5-11 165 04/03/1987 San Diego, CA 13 9 0 3 83 38 2 11 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 14 10 2 1 56 29 3 2 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 20 18 14 0 37 25 16 2 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 19 19 0 1 121 118 0 6 16 Claudio Bieler FW 5-11 170 03/01/1984 Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina 8 3 1 0 36 28 11 4 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 9 3 1 0 99 65 19 9 18 Victor Munoz MF 5-7 165 07/25/1990 Madrid, Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Peterson Joseph MF 5-8 132 04/24/1990 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 0 0 0 0 34 18 0 1 20 Jorge Claros MF 5-9 155 01/08/1986 La Ceiba, Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 11 5 1 0 47 22 6 5 23 Martin Steuble MF 5-8 158 06/09/1988 Schlieren, Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Michael Kafari MF 6-1 175 10/30/1991 Accra, Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Christian Duke MF 5-9 155 06/05/1991 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Andy Gruenebaum GK 6-1 200 12/30/1982 Kansas City, MO 3 3 0 0 83 82 0 1 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 16 9 1 2 193 110 14 14 40 Igor Juliao DF 5-8 145 08/23/1994 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11 11 0 1 11 11 0 1 78 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 16 15 2 0 97 93 11 2 94 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes
11/21/1966 W72 L50 T42
TORONTO FC vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY BMO FIELD, Toronto, Ont. July 26, 2014 (WEEK 20, MLS Game #184) 7 p.m. ET (TSN2/RDS2; KMCI-38) Toronto FC play host to Sporting Kansas City in a key match for Eastern Conference supremacy when the clubs face off Saturday evening at BMO Field. The teams are separated by nine points in the divisional table, but third-place TFC has three games in hand over conference-leading Sporting. TFC return home after stretching their league undefeated run to three games in a 2-2 draw at Houston last weekend, while Sporting extended their current league unbeaten streak to six games last weekend in a 2-1 home win against the LA Galaxy. REFEREE: Ted Unkel. AR1 (bench): Greg Barkey; AR2 (opposite): Richard Gamache; 4th: Geoff Gamble MLS Career: 7 games; FC/gm: 21.9; Y/gm: 3.1; R: 2; pens: 2 SUSPENDED: TOR: Jermain Defoe (caution accumulation; through July 27) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: TOR: Doneil Henry … KC: Seth Sinovic, Paulo Nagamura SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: TOR: Jackson, Steven Caldwell … KC: Antonio Dovale, Benny Feilhaber, Eric Kronberg, Kevin Ellis, Dom Dwyer, Lawrence Olum DISABLED LIST: KC: Peterson Joseph, Ike Opara, Chance Myers INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (19 meetings): Toronto FC 4 wins, 15 goals … Sporting 10 wins, 27 goals … Ties 5 AT TORONTO (9 meetings): Toronto FC 3 wins, 6 goals … Sporting 3 wins, 5 goals … Ties 3 FUTURE MATCH: 8/16: Sporting Kansas City vs. Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m. CT 2014 (MLS) 5/23: KC 2, TOR 2 (Dwyer 47, 84 – Moore 67; Orr 91+) The teams are meeting for the second time this season. SKC’s Dom Dwyer scored two goals, including a late penalty kick, but Bradley Orr hit for the equalizer in stoppage time to leave the teams in a 2-2 draw, May 23 at Sporting Park. Over the last four seasons, Toronto FC have defeated Sporting KC just once in five meetings at BMO Field, that coming in a 2-1 victory last March 9. SKC has never lost to TFC at Sporting Park since the ground opened in 2011 (4-0-1). TFC’s last win in Kansas City came March 21, 2009, a 3-2 victory at CommunityAmerica Ballpark. Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. TOR: P11 W7 L1 T3 … Ryan Nelsen vs. KC: P4 W1 L2 T1 LAST MEETING Sporting took the lead just two minutes after the halftime restart. Dom Dwyer took the ball and turned in the TFC end. and sent a pass to Sal Zizzo on the left wing. He raced to the top of the area for a return ball, which he then left-footed first-time just inside Joe Bendik's right post. TFC went a man down in the 63rd minute when defender Steven Caldwell was shown a straight red card by referee Baldomero Toledo for a serious foul on Sporting's Antonio Dovale. But despite being shorthanded, TFC leveled the score four minutes later, with Luke Moore finishing a through ball from Jermain Defoe from inside the area after a giveaway in midfield. Sporting appeared to have hit for the game-winner in the 84th minute after TFC substitute Doneil Henry brought down Igor Juliao in the box, and Dwyer calmly converted the resulting penalty kick. But in the first minute of stoppage time, after a free kick wasn't completely cleared, Nick Hagglund lofted a pass into the mixer and Bradley Orr headed it home from close range to salvage a draw and a road point for the Reds. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Eric Kronberg - Igor Juliao, Chance Myers (Sal Zizzo 36), Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic - Benny Feilhaber - Paulo Nagamura, Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 85) - Antonio Dovale (C.J. Sapong 86), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson. TORONTO FC (4-4-2): Joseph Bendik - Mark Bloom, Nick Hagglund, Steven Caldwell (ejected 63), Justin Morrow - Alvaro Rey (Luke Moore 53), Bradley Orr, Kyle Bekker (Daniel Lovitz 53), Collen Warner - Jermain Defoe, Gilberto (Doneil Henry 66)
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TORONTO FC Toronto FC extended their undefeated run to three matches, coming back for another draw in a 2-2 tie with the Houston Dynamo on Saturday evening at BBVA Compass Stadium. TFC sit in third place in the Eastern Conference, with 26 points from 17 matches. LAST MATCH The Dynamo took advantage of a gaffe to take an 11th-minute lead. Defender Bradley Orr hit an errant pass intended for goalkeeper Joe Bendik, and Dynamo striker Will Bruin pounced on the mistake and beat Bendik to the ball, slotting home the opener into an empty goal. But TFC drew level seven minutes later. Finding himself in space 10 yards from goal, Gilberto had time to take a heavy touch and fire past Dynamo 'keeper Tally Hall for the equalizer. The home side were back in front just eight minutes later. Ricardo Clark played Giles Barnes into space, and he was allowed to take his time and strike a low, 25-yard rolling shot that beat Bendik to his left. Toronto FC had a glorious chance to again equalize in the 28th minute when Corey Ashe hauled down Luke Moore in the area for a penalty and referee Juan Guzman pointed to the spot. But Michael Bradley clanged his spot kick off the post. But the leveler did come in first-half stoppage time. Luke Moore worked his way past a defender and put in a cross that eluded goalkeeper Hall for Dominic Oduro to bundle home at the back post. TFC head coach Ryan Nelsen made three changes to the team that came back for a 1-1 draw with Vancouver Whitecaps FC at BMO Field. Nick Hagglund came into the back four for Mark Bloom, Dominic Oduro started in midfield in place of Jackson, and Gilberto came in up top instead of Jermain Defoe. TORONTO FC (4-4-2): Joseph Bendik - Nick Hagglund, Bradley Orr, Doneil Henry, Justin Morrow - Dominic Oduro, Collen Warner, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio (Daniel Lovitz 70) - Gilberto (Jermain Defoe 63), Luke Moore (Dwayne De Rosario 80). TEAM NEWS Toronto FC drew their fourth consecutive away match with the result in Houston. Following the visit by Sporting KC to BMO Field, TFC head back on the road for four consecutive away contests – all against Eastern Conference opposition. Their next home game will be Aug. 16. “Coming into Houston in July, and after Wednesday’s game, there was a very mental and physical fatigue factor,” TFC head coach Ryan Nelsen said. “Obviously, that first goal wasn’t a great one, it was a bit of a comedy of errors, a bit of a mistake but then we get ourselves back in the game. But, when you look at the series, if you take a series against Houston in July, you’d take four points.” Making his first league start since May 23, Gilberto scored his second MLS goal with Toronto FC, his first since June 27. Gilberto had made appearances as a substitute in three of the previous seven league games. “I thought Gilberto was fantastic – I thought he was magnificent, actually. His goal was a well-taken goal, some of his runs off the shoulder,” Nelsen said. “Remember, he hasn’t had many minutes. Especially with the humidity, I would have liked to keep him going but he was just starting to fade. I thought that 65 minutes would do him a world of good and the goal was good as well.” Jermain Defoe had started 10 consecutive league matches before moving to the substitutes’ bench for the Houston match. But he will be suspended for the Sporting contest due to yellow card accumulation. “It shows you that even if Jermain’s not there, we’re still a very attacking team, a very dynamic team going forward,” Nelsen said. “The guys on the team are cheering [Gilberto] on more than anybody; he’s such a lovely lad, and he works so hard. His teammates are probably more happy than he is.” Dominic Oduro scored his second goal since coming to TFC, while also adding an assist. It was the sixth time in his MLS career he had scored a goal and added an assist in the same game. “It’s always good to score against your former team. The whole idea of it boosts you up a little bit, but I always want to score against any team no matter what. Sometimes when it’s against your former team it’s bittersweet,” said Oduro. On Wednesday, Toronto FC fell 3-2 to Tottenham Hotspur FC of the English Premier League in a friendly at BMO Field. Andrew Wiedeman (65) and Jordan Hamilton (73) netted as TFC clawed its way back from a firsthalf hole, but Andros Townsend hit for the winner in the 85th minute. Here’s the TFC team: Chris Konopka (Quillan Roberts 45’); Ashtone Morgan, Doneil Henry (Nick Hagglund 45’), Bradley Orr (Ryan Richter 45’), Jeremy Hall; Dominic Oduro (Dwayne De Rosario 45’), Collen Warner (Jonathan Osorio 45’), Kyle Bekker, Daniel Lovitz; Jermain Defoe (Andrew Wiedeman 45’), Gilberto (Jordan Hamilton 45’) SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City extended their undefeated run to six matches with a third consecutive victory, defeating the LA Galaxy 2-1 on Saturday evening at Sporting Park. Sporting lead the Eastern Conference with 35 points from 20 games. LAST MATCH
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Sporting took the lead in the 10th minute. A foul outside the penalty area gave the home side the chance, and Benny Feilhaber curled a hard strike into the upper left corner of the goal past goalkeeper Jaime Penedo. SKC doubled their lead in the 61st minute. Penedo saved substitute Jacob Peterson's header off the crossbar following a corner kick, but Lawrence Olum was right there to head in from close range. The Galaxy tightened things in the 79th minute. After a failed clearance on a Galaxy corner kick, Robbie Keane ran onto substitute Bradford Jamieson IV's flick-on header and sent a rolling shot inside the left-hand post. Sporting manager Peter Vermes made two changes to the team that defeated the Columbus Crew 2-1 at Crew Stadium. Graham Zusi came back into the midfield in place of Mikey Lopez, and Antonio Dovale returned on a flank in place of C.J. Sapong. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Andy Gruenebaum - Igor Juliao (Kevin Ellis 83), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Lawrence Olum - Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi - Antonio Dovale (Jacob Peterson 46), Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad (C.J. Sapong 73). TEAM NEWS Sporting Kansas City won a third consecutive game in league play for the first time this season. They extended their undefeated streak to six games overall, their last loss coming May 31 in a 1-0 loss at D.C. United. “There were things that happened that we got better with. What we didn't do, we didn't give up anything of major consequence in the game. … The long and short of it is that was a good three points for us,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. “I thought we did well and I thought that we were pretty organized. We had some very good moments of possession and created some very good chances. We had good opportunities and I think we did a good job managing the game and getting out of there with three points.” Benny Feilhaber scored for a second consecutive game, and now has three goals for the league campaign. His single season high in MLS is four goals, which he scored in his first year in the league, 2011 with the New England Revolution. “That's my favorite spot on the field to take a free kick-right up close to the box on the left. It's just about putting it up and over the wall. If you do that, it's going to be tough for the goalie to get there,” Feilhaber said. “That's something we practice a lot of times during the week, and luckily I was able to get an opportunity and put it in.” Dom Dwyer was held without a goal for a second consecutive match, just the second time in the last two months he’s gone back-to-back games without a goal. Still tied for second in the MLS Golden Boot standings with 14 goals, Dwyer was not included in the MLS All-Star team that will face Bayern München. “It's hard to leave guys off that have been very successful, such as him – over the course of this year, especially, and toward the end of last year and what he did in USL,” Vermes said. “But it is what it is, and the good thing is, it'll keep him hungry for the rest of the season, that's for sure. He's always hungry. But this will give him a little more bite, which is great.” Before the game, Sporting announced U.S. national team performers Graham Zusi and Matt Besler were signed to long-term Designated Player contracts with the club. “There are things that we have a clear vision on for the future and we act on it. It was important to get it done because we have a lot of games to play and we want to win,” Vermes said. “And we want to make sure we've got the best players as a part of our organization, and that's what these guys are. That's why we wanted to get it done as quickly as possible.” On Wednesday, Sporting fell 4-1 to Manchester City FC at Sporting Park in a meeting of the reigning champions of Major League Soccer and the English Premier League. C.J. Sapong scored the only SKC goal (30); Manchester City scored twice in each half. Here’s the Sporting team: Andy Gruenebaum (Jon Kempin 46); Igor Juliao (Jacob Peterson 46), Aurelien Collin (Erik Palmer-Brown 46), Matt Besler (Kevin Ellis 46), Seth Sinovic (Victor Munoz 46 ); Lawrence Olum (Jorge Claros 46), Mikey Lopez (Jimmy Medranda 46), Benny Feilhaber (Michael Kafari 46, Martin Steuble 75); C.J. Sapong (Sal Zizzo 46), Dom Dwyer ( Claudio Bieler 46), Soony Saad (Antonio Dovale 46)
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2014 TORONTO FC STATISTICS (7-5-5, 26 pts.) UNF 18 27 23 9 11 20 21 16 4 15 2 12 28 17 35 13 14 30 25 32 26 5 8 23 22
POS F F F F M M M D M D D G D D M D M G M F M D M M F
PLAYER Jermain Defoe Luke Moore Dominic Oduro Gilberto Jackson Issey Nakajima-Farran Jonathan Osorio Bradley Orr Michael Bradley Doneil Henry Justin Morrow Joseph Bendik Mark Bloom Nick Hagglund Daniel Lovitz Steven Caldwell Dwayne De Rosario Julio Cesar Jeremy Hall Andrew Wiedeman Collen Warner Ashtone Morgan Kyle Bekker Alvaro Rey Jordan Hamilton Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 14 10 7 13 13 5 13 15 9 11 17 10 16 10 7 13 9 7 3 4 8 1 9 7 1
GS 13 8 4 9 13 2 12 10 9 10 16 10 16 8 0 13 3 7 2 0 8 0 8 6 0
MIN 1169 701 404 769 1082 235 1036 817 764 924 1449 900 1400 754 199 1122 287 630 185 71 720 1 661 459 1
17 17
17 17
1530 1530
G 11 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 23
A 2 1 2 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 45 17 9 26 29 6 7 3 14 8 5 0 5 9 2 5 11 0 1 1 7 0 10 3 0
SOG 22 9 6 7 9 3 2 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
18 25
223 217
77 68
FC 19 14 2 18 17 5 9 7 14 21 15 0 11 11 3 9 6 0 1 2 16 0 11 9 0
FS 20 18 6 15 22 6 24 5 11 12 10 1 17 7 6 8 7 2 4 1 18 0 5 11 0
OFF 19 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
CK 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 20 1 0
C 5 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 4 3 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
E 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
220 247 247 220
39 19
82 87
34 24
3 0
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jermain Defoe 5, Doneil Henry 1, Michael Bradley 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Jackson 1, Jonathan Osorio 1, Mark Bloom 1, Bradley Orr 1, Daniel Lovitz 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Jermain Defoe 3-3, Michael Bradley 0-1 TORONTO FC GOALKEEPING UNF 30 12
POS G G
GOALKEEPER Julio Cesar Joseph Bendik Team totals Opponent totals
GP 7 10 17 17
GS 7 10 17 17
MIN SHTS 630 27 900 41 1530 68 1530 77
SV 18 27 45 50
GA 9 14 23 26
GAA 1.29 1.4 1.35 1.53
PG 2 1 3 3
PA 2 1 3 4
W 3 4 7 5
L 4 1 5 7
T 0 5 5 5
SO 2 2 4 2
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2014 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (10-5-5, 35 pts.) UNF 14 10 13 78 8 6 37 9 17 22 16 11 7 5 15 4 40 31 30 24 1 3 20 12 2 94 23
POS F M M D F M F M F F F F D D D D D M G D G D M M D M M
PLAYER Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Lawrence Olum Aurelien Collin Graham Zusi Paulo Nagamura Jacob Peterson Antonio Dovale C.J. Sapong Soony Saad Claudio Bieler Sal Zizzo Chance Myers Matt Besler Seth Sinovic Kevin Ellis Igor Juliao Josh Gardner Andy Gruenebaum Mechack Jerome Eric Kronberg Ike Opara Oriol Rosell Mikey Lopez Erik Palmer-Brown Jimmy Medranda Alex Martinez Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 20 19 14 16 12 14 16 10 9 11 8 13 7 12 19 12 11 1 3 2 17 3 7 1 3 4 10
GS 18 19 10 15 11 14 9 8 3 5 3 9 7 12 19 9 11 1 3 1 17 2 7 1 2 1 3
MIN 1583 1664 943 1204 1003 1150 938 566 319 467 274 804 576 1080 1710 873 938 89 270 91 1530 152 594 64 235 119 411
20 20
20 20
1800 1800
G 14 3 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 1 29 18
A 0 5 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 71 23 9 14 13 18 17 14 6 16 10 18 1 3 12 2 8 1 0 1 0 4 7 2 0 4 8
SOG 31 6 4 4 6 8 7 4 3 7 2 7 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
23 13
282 183
103 64
FC 40 30 7 20 10 25 9 6 11 7 7 5 3 15 26 14 10 4 0 1 3 4 11 3 4 5 5
FS 44 48 3 13 20 17 11 9 13 9 3 8 7 7 13 8 26 1 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 4 17
OFF 18 1 0 4 0 3 2 0 2 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 1 24 0 0 63 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
C 3 4 3 1 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
E 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
285 306 306 285
41 51
109 77
38 50
5 7
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dom Dwyer 4, Lawrence Olum 2, Benny Feilhaber 1, Jacob Peterson 1, Soony Saad 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Benny Feilhaber 1, Jacob Peterson 1, Graham Zusi 1, Seth Sinovic 1, Kevin Ellis 1, Igor Juliao 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Dom Dwyer 4-4 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 30 1
POS G G
GOALKEEPER Andy Gruenebaum Eric Kronberg Team totals Opponent totals
GP 3 17 20 20
GS 3 17 20 20
MIN SHTS 270 6 1530 58 1800 64 1800 103
SV 4 38 42 68
GA 3 15 18 29
GAA 1 0.88 0.9 1.45
PG 0 5 5 4
PA 0 5 5 4
W L 3 0 7 5 10 5 5 10
T 0 5 5 5
SO 0 7 7 4
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TORONTO FC 2014 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat.
Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May
OPPONENT 15 at Seattle 22 D.C. United 29 at Real Salt Lake 5 at Columbus 12 Colorado 19 at FC Dallas 3 New England 17 New York 23 at Sporting KC 31 Columbus
RESULT W 2-1 W 1-0 L 0-3 W L L L W T W
ATT 38441 22591 18881
W-L-T 1-0-0 2-0-0 2-1-0
POS PTS NOTES: 4 3 TOR: Defoe (17,24); SEA: Dempsey (68) 3 6 TOR: Defoe (60); 4 6 RSL: Saborio (11,55) Gil (28)
2-0 0-1 1-2 1-2 2-0 2-2 3-2
12045 22591 17406 22591 22591 19914 22591
3-1-0 3-2-0 3-3-0 3-4-0 4-4-0 4-4-1 5-4-1
1 1 3 7 7 6 5
Sat. June Fri. June
7 San Jose 27 at New York
W 1-0 T 2-2
22591 20176
6-4-1 6-4-2
4 4
Wed. July Sat. July Sat. July
2 at Chicago 5 D.C. United 12 Houston
T 1-1 L 1-2 W 4-2
13153 22591 22591
6-4-3 6-5-3 7-5-3
4 4 3
Wed. July Sat. July
16 Vancouver 19 at Houston
T 1-1 T 2-2
22591 20069
7-5-4 7-5-5
3 3
Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat.
26 Sporting KC 30 at D.C. United 2 at Montreal 9 at Columbus 16 at Sporting KC 23 Chicago 30 New England 3 at Philadelphia 6 Philadelphia 13 at Chicago 21 Chivas USA 27 Portland 4 at Los Angeles 8 Houston 11 at New York 18 Montreal 25 at New England
July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
9 TOR: Bradley (11) Nakajima-Farran (85); 9 COL: Buddle (77) 9 TOR: Nakajima-Farran (21); DAL: Hedges (37) Perez (88) 9 TOR: Goncalves (6); NE: Mullins (24) Nguyen (82) 12 TOR: Defoe (12) Moore (95+); 13 TOR: Moore (67) Orr (91+); KC: Dwyer (47,84) 16 TOR: Defoe (21,81) Henry (92+); CLB: Meram (18) Viana (65) 19 TOR: Defoe (27); 20 TOR: Defoe (55) Souza (72); NY: Luyindula (36) WrightPhillips (93+) 21 TOR: Goncalves (42); CHI: Shipp (57) 21 TOR: Moore (60); DC: DeLeon (54) Kitchen (69) 24 TOR: Osorio (39) Oduro (46+) Defoe (63,89); HOU: Davis (13,30) 25 TOR: Defoe (64); VAN: Mattocks (50) 26 TOR: Souza (18) Oduro (47+); HOU: Bruin (11) Barnes (26)
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2014 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.
OPPONENT 8 at Seattle 15 FC Dallas 22 San Jose 29 at Colorado
Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Fri. Tue. Sat. Fri. Fri. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Fri. Fri. Fri. Fri. Sat. Sun.
Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May May May June June July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
5 Real Salt Lake 19 Montreal 26 at New England 4 Columbus 10 at Montreal 14 Philadelphia 18 at Chicago 23 Toronto FC 27 New York 31 at D.C. United 6 at Houston 27 at Portland 6 Chicago 12 at Montreal 16 at Columbus 19 Los Angeles 26 at Toronto FC 1 Philadelphia 10 at Vancouver 16 Toronto FC 23 D.C. United 29 Houston 3 at New England 6 at New York 12 at Chivas USA 26 New England 3 at D.C. United 10 Chicago 18 at Philadelphia 26 New York
RESULT L 0-1 T 1-1 W 1-0 W 3-2 T W L W W L L T T L W W T W W W
0-0 4-0 0-2 2-0 3-0 1-2 1-2 2-2 1-1 0-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-1 2-1
ATT 39240 19431 19368 12203
W-L-T 0-1-0 0-1-1 1-1-1 2-1-1
19838 20306 14806 20565 16529 19073 15746 19914 19221 18522 18396 20814 20858 17155 13643 21493
2-1-2 3-1-2 3-2-2 4-2-2 5-2-2 5-3-2 5-4-2 5-4-3 5-4-4 5-5-4 6-5-4 7-5-4 7-5-5 8-5-5 9-5-5 10-5-5
POS PTS NOTES: 5 0 SEA: Barrett (94+) 5 1 KC: Collin (81); DAL: Hedges (90) 5 4 KC: Dwyer (57); 2 7 KC: Zusi (50) Feilhaber (79) Dwyer (92+); COL: Sanchez (60,78) 3 8 1 11 KC: own goal (31) Collin (71) Dwyer (74,86); 4 11 NE: Bunbury (92+) Nguyen (95+) 2 14 KC: Peterson (10) Bieler (95+); 1 17 KC: Dwyer (18,64) Nagamura (34); 2 17 KC: Dwyer (80); PHI: Cruz (49) Maidana (81) 2 17 KC: Dwyer (68); CHI: Magee (7,16) 2 18 KC: Dwyer (47,84); TOR: Moore (67) Orr (91+) 2 19 KC: Dovale (9); NY: Wright-Phillips (50) 3 19 DC: Espindola (28) 2 22 KC: Saad (45) Dwyer (70); 2 25 KC: Olum (24); 2 26 KC: Dwyer (33); CHI: Magee (40) 2 29 KC: Dwyer (4,89); MTL: Di Vaio (28) 1 32 KC: Sapong (43) Feilhaber (93+); CLB: own goal (69) 1 35 KC: Feilhaber (11) Olum (61); LA: Keane (79)
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TORONTO FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2014)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2014)
Goals 2 Jermain Defoe 2 Jermain Defoe 2 Jermain Defoe Assists 1 18 times Shots 7 Jermain Defoe 7 Jermain Defoe Shots on Goal 4 Jermain Defoe Fouls Committed 6 Doneil Henry 6 Jermain Defoe Fouls Suffered 5 Luke Moore Offside 3 Jermain Defoe 3 Jermain Defoe Saves 6 Joseph Bendik Shots Faced 8 Joseph Bendik Goals Allowed 3 Julio Cesar
Goals 4 07/12/2014 vs Assists 3 07/19/2014 vs Shots 20 06/27/2014 vs Shots on Goal 8 07/12/2014 vs Fouls Committed 25 03/15/2014 vs Fouls Suffered 22 07/16/2014 vs Corner Kicks 9 04/12/2014 vs Offside 5 07/05/2014 vs Saves 6 07/12/2014 vs Shots Faced 8 07/12/2014 vs Goals Allowed 3 03/29/2014 vs
03/15/2014 vs SEA 05/31/2014 vs CLB 07/12/2014 vs HOU
W 2-1 W 3-2 W 4-2
03/15/2014 vs SEA
W 2-1
03/22/2014 vs DC 06/27/2014 vs NY
W 1-0 T 2-2
07/12/2014 vs HOU
W 4-2
05/03/2014 vs NE 05/31/2014 vs CLB
L 1-2 W 3-2
07/12/2014 vs HOU
W 4-2
03/29/2014 vs RSL 07/05/2014 vs DC
L 0-3 L 1-2
07/12/2014 vs HOU
W 4-2
07/12/2014 vs HOU
W 4-2
03/29/2014 vs RSL
L 0-3
HOU
W 4-2
HOU
T 2-2
NY
T 2-2
HOU
W 4-2
SEA
W 2-1
VAN
T 1-1
COL
L 0-1
DC
L 1-2
HOU
W 4-2
HOU
W 4-2
RSL
L 0-3
SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2014)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2014)
Goals 2 4 times Assists 2 Graham Zusi 2 Sal Zizzo Shots 6 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 5 Benny Feilhaber 5 Dom Dwyer 5 Paulo Nagamura Fouls Suffered 9 Dom Dwyer Offside 3 Chance Myers 3 Dom Dwyer Saves 5 Eric Kronberg Shots Faced 7 Eric Kronberg Goals Allowed 2 5 times
Goals 4 04/19/2014 at Assists 5 03/29/2014 at Shots 20 04/05/2014 at Shots on Goal 9 04/05/2014 at 9 07/06/2014 at Fouls Committed 25 03/08/2014 at Fouls Suffered 28 05/18/2014 at Corner Kicks 12 03/15/2014 at Offside 4 05/10/2014 at 4 07/06/2014 at 4 07/16/2014 at 4 07/19/2014 at Saves 5 05/14/2014 at Shots Faced 7 05/14/2014 at Goals Allowed 2 03/29/2014 at 2 04/26/2014 at 2 05/14/2014 at 2 05/18/2014 at 2 05/23/2014 at
04/19/2014 at MTL
W 4-0
03/29/2014 at COL 03/29/2014 at COL
W 3-2 W 3-2
03/08/2014 at SEA
L 0-1
05/10/2014 at MTL 07/12/2014 at MTL
W 3-0 W 2-1
03/08/2014 at SEA 04/26/2014 at NE 06/27/2014 at POR
L 0-1 L 0-2 W 1-0
04/19/2014 at MTL
W 4-0
04/05/2014 at RSL 07/16/2014 at CLB
T 0-0 W 2-1
05/14/2014 at PHI
L 1-2
05/14/2014 at PHI
L 1-2
03/29/2014 at COL
W 3-2
TEAM LOW GAMES (2014) Shots 7 05/23/2014 vs 7 07/02/2014 vs Shots on Goal 2 07/02/2014 vs Fouls Committed 7 07/12/2014 vs Fouls Suffered 7 07/05/2014 vs Corner Kicks 2 03/22/2014 vs 2 05/23/2014 vs 2 07/12/2014 vs Offside 0 05/03/2014 vs 0 07/19/2014 vs Saves 0 05/31/2014 vs 0 07/05/2014 vs Shots Faced 1 05/17/2014 vs
KC CHI
T 2-2 T 1-1
CHI
T 1-1
HOU
W 4-2
DC
L 1-2
DC KC HOU
W 1-0 T 2-2 W 4-2
NE HOU
L 1-2 T 2-2
CLB DC
W 3-2 L 1-2
NY
W 2-0
TEAM LOW GAMES (2014)
MTL
W 4-0
COL
W 3-2
RSL
T 0-0
RSL CHI
T 0-0 T 1-1
SEA
L 0-1
CHI
L 1-2
DAL
T 1-1
MTL CHI CLB LA
W T W W
PHI
L 1-2
PHI
L 1-2
COL NE PHI CHI TOR
W L L L T
3-0 1-1 2-1 2-1
Shots 9 06/27/2014 at Shots on Goal 1 04/26/2014 at Fouls Committed 6 05/14/2014 at Fouls Suffered 6 04/05/2014 at Corner Kicks 2 05/18/2014 at Offside 0 03/15/2014 at 0 04/26/2014 at 0 05/14/2014 at 0 06/27/2014 at Saves 0 03/15/2014 at 0 07/06/2014 at Shots Faced 1 03/15/2014 at 1 03/22/2014 at 1 04/05/2014 at
POR
W 1-0
NE
L 0-2
PHI
L 1-2
RSL
T 0-0
CHI
L 1-2
DAL NE PHI POR
T L L W
DAL CHI
T 1-1 T 1-1
DAL SJ RSL
T 1-1 W 1-0 T 0-0
1-1 0-2 1-2 1-0
3-2 0-2 1-2 1-2 2-2
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2014 TORONTO FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-0-1) UNF 16 27 18 17 13 2 26 15 12 8 28 23 9 35
POS D F F D D D M D G M D M F M
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
CP
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
90 37 90 90 63 90 90 24 90 53 90 53 66 37 90 90
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7 17
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
1 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 19 15
2 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 15 19
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bradley Orr Luke Moore Jermain Defoe Nick Hagglund Steven Caldwell Justin Morrow Collen Warner Doneil Henry Joseph Bendik Kyle Bekker Mark Bloom Alvaro Rey Gilberto Daniel Lovitz Team totals Opponent totals
GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF 12
POS G
GOALKEEPER Joseph Bendik Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
1 1 1
1 1 1
MIN SHT 90 90 90
5 5 3
SV
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
SO
O'TIME
3 3 1
2 2 2
2.00 2.00 2.00
1 1 0
1 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 1 1
0 0 0
0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
2014 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. TORONTO FC (0-0-1) UNF 14 11 10 1 7 6 37 15 17 4 94 23 9 40
POS F F M G D M F D F D M M M D
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
CP
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
90 54 90 90 36 90 90 90 4 90 5 85 86 90 90 90
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
4 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 17 7
2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3
1 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 15 19
2 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 2 19 15
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 2
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dom Dwyer Sal Zizzo Benny Feilhaber Eric Kronberg Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Jacob Peterson Seth Sinovic C.J. Sapong Kevin Ellis Jimmy Medranda Alex Martinez Antonio Dovale Igor Juliao Team totals Opponent totals
GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF 1
POS G
GOALKEEPER Eric Kronberg Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
1 1 1
1 1 1
MIN SHT 90 90 90
3 3 5
SV
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
SO
O'TIME
1 1 3
2 2 2
2.00 2.00 2.00
0 0 1
0 0 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 1 1
0 0 0
0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
SPORTING KC VS TORONTO FC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS
Sporting KC
Toronto FC
Toronto FC 4 wins, 15 goals Sporting KC 10 wins, 27 goals 5 ties 4/25/2007 4/28/2007 7/1/2007 4/26/2008 6/21/2008 9/20/2008 3/21/2009 4/26/2009 6/5/2010 7/31/2010 6/4/2011 7/23/2011 6/16/2012 8/18/2012 9/1/2012 3/9/2013 7/13/2013 9/21/2013 5/23/2014
KC 3 vs TOR KC 1 at TOR KC 1 vs TOR TOR 2 vs KC TOR 0 vs KC KC 2 vs TOR TOR 3 at KC TOR 1 vs KC TOR 0 vs KC KC 1 vs TOR TOR 0 vs KC KC 4 vs TOR KC 2 vs TOR KC 1 at TOR KC 2 vs TOR TOR 2 vs KC KC 3 vs TOR KC 2 at TOR KC 2 vs TOR
0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2
(KC) (T) (KC) (T) (T) (CA) (CA) (T) (T) (CA) (T) (SP) (SP) (T) (SP) (T) (SP) (T) (SP)
Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 9 116 40 104 32 46
2 18 164 63 115 25 53
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot 27 280 103 219 57 99
1 5 73 32 137 25 35
2 10 90 37 133 32 41
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot 15 163 69 270 57 76
GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC TOR
1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
OT
Total
1 1
5 1
3 3
6 5
5 3
7 2
0 0
27 15
CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Ryan Nelsen Peter Vermes
vs. KC vs. TOR
1-2-1 7-1-3
(1 pts./game) (2.18 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
4 1 13 9 16 14 2 3 3 20 8
Toronto FC Amado Guevara 10 times Amado Guevara Amado Guevara Danny Dichio Carl Robinson Stefan Frei Greg Sutton Stefan Frei Stefan Frei Joseph Bendik
3 4 25 9 17 17 7 3 5 28 7
Sporting KC Kamara/Sapong Myers/Zusi Kei Kamara Teal Bunbury Roger Espinoza Graham Zusi Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:
Shots on Goal
Toronto FC 2 3 players tied 1 10 players tied 5 Amado Guevara (04/26/08) 3 3 players tied
Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
8 6 1 7 4
Goals Assists Shots
Sporting KC 2 6 players tied 1 29 players tied 9 Kei Kamara (09/01/12)
Maurice Edu (04/28/07) Eric Hassli (08/18/12) 5 players tied Kocic/Bendik Stefan Frei (07/23/11)
4 Eddie Johnson (04/25/07) 5 Sapong/Collin 5 3 players tied 1 10 players tied 5 Kevin Hartman (3 times) 3 Kevin Hartman (03/21/09)
W-L-T Breakdowns: Toronto FC W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals
Streak (started)
Sporting Kansas City W-L-T 7-0-1 3-3-4 0-2-0
Streak (started)
4-0-1 3-4-3 0-1-1
1 Ts 2 Ts 1 Ts
(07/02/2014) (07/16/2014) (06/27/2014)
4 Ws (06/06/2014) 1 Ws (07/12/2014) 4 Ls (08/23/2013)
2-3-4 5-2-1
2 Ts 1 Ts
(07/16/2014) 0-5-0 10 Ls (07/27/2013) (07/02/2014) 10-0-4 3 Ws (07/12/2014)
0-2-0 2-3-2 3-0-3 1-0-0 1-0-0
7 Ls 1 Ts 3 Ts 1 Ws 2 Ws
(08/17/2013) (07/16/2014) (05/23/2014) (05/31/2014) (09/28/2013)
0-3-1 2-2-3 5-0-1 2-0-0 1-0-0
2 1 4 7 2
Ls Ts Ws Ws Ws
(04/26/2014) (07/06/2014) (06/06/2014) (03/02/2013) (05/05/2013)
4-0-0 1-1-2 2-3-3 0-1-0 0-0-0
6 Ws 2 Ts 1 Ts 2 Ls 1 Ls
(08/04/2013) (07/02/2014) (07/19/2014) (07/13/2013) (09/07/2013)
6-0-1 3-2-3 1-3-1 0-0-0 0-0-0
5 3 1 2 0
Ws Ws Ts Ls -
(04/19/2014) (07/12/2014) (05/23/2014) (04/27/2013) -
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TORONTO FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (4-10-5) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
Amado Guevara Ryan Johnson Danny Dichio Robert Earnshaw Jim Brennan Danny Koevermans Luke Moore Bradley Orr Darel Russell Sam Cronin Dwayne De Rosario Jermain Defoe Richard Eckersley Nick Hagglund Ronnie O'Brien Alvaro Rey Carl Robinson Marvell Wynne Team totals Opponent totals
5 4 7 2 8 2 1 1 3 2 3 1 7 1 1 2 8 7 19 19
4 4 5 2 7 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 7 1 1 2 8 7 19 19
382 360 452 150 662 180 37 90 185 180 212 90 616 90 90 136 720 630 1710 1710
4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 27
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 29
SHT GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
SHT
SV
GAA
PG
13 8 6 2 2 5 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 0 4 0 5 1 163 280
1 1 6 2 4 4 1 19 19
90 90 540 180 360 360 90 1710 1710
5 7 29 12 23 21 6 103 69
5 6 20 9 14 13 4 71 50
0.00 1.00 1.17 1.50 1.50 2.00 2.00 1.42 0.79
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1
Brian Edwards Sam Reynolds Stefan Frei Milos Kocic Greg Sutton Joseph Bendik Freddy Hall Team totals Opponent totals
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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. TORONTO FC (10-4-5) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
GOALKEEPER
GP
C.J. Sapong Kei Kamara Davy Arnaud Dom Dwyer Claudio Bieler Omar Bravo Eddie Johnson Soony Saad Michael Harrington Paulo Nagamura Teal Bunbury Jack Jewsbury Yura Movsisyan Oriol Rosell Julio Cesar Kevin Souter Kerry Zavagnin Chance Myers Graham Zusi Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Santiago Hirsig Claudio Lopez Carlos Marinelli Jacob Peterson Jeferson Seth Sinovic Sasha Victorine Josh Wolff Sal Zizzo Team totals Opponent totals
8 6 9 4 2 2 2 3 11 4 8 9 2 3 4 1 5 11 10 10 4 2 5 4 4 1 8 5 5 1 19 19
4 6 9 2 2 2 2 1 11 4 5 8 0 2 4 0 5 11 8 9 4 1 4 3 3 1 8 4 4 0 19 19
374 535 810 198 161 180 180 106 980 360 464 724 81 192 314 14 396 911 726 813 326 118 366 208 253 90 720 353 384 54 1710 1710
3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 15
2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 29 10
8 25 24 10 7 4 11 7 2 10 12 11 8 1 5 1 3 4 16 8 6 2 8 9 4 2 6 6 5 2 280 163
Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Eric Kronberg Team totals Opponent totals
9 8 2 19 19
MIN SHTS 810 720 180 1710 1710
24 39 6 69 103
SV
GAA
PG
18 28 4 50 71
0.67 0.88 1.00 0.79 1.42
1 0 0 1 2
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CURRENT TORONTO FC VS. SPORTING KC (4-10-5)
CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. TORONTO FC (10-4-5)
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
Dwayne De Rosario Dominic Oduro Bright Dike Luke Moore Bradley Orr Collen Warner Jermain Defoe Jackson Nick Hagglund Kyle Bekker Joseph Bendik Mark Bloom Michael Bradley Steven Caldwell Jeremy Hall Doneil Henry Daniel Lovitz Ashtone Morgan Justin Morrow Jonathan Osorio Ryan Richter Gilberto Andrew Wiedeman Team totals Opponent totals
27 16 2 1 1 7 1 4 1 3 4 2 4 3 6 6 1 5 4 1 1 1 4 19 19
18 10 1 0 1 7 1 2 1 1 4 2 4 3 5 3 0 3 3 0 1 1 3 19 19
1730 952 114 37 90 532 90 254 90 63 360 180 338 239 479 251 37 347 279 8 45 66 261 1710 1710
3 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 27
7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 29
53 20 2 1 1 3 0 5 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 163 280
C.J. Sapong Dom Dwyer Claudio Bieler Soony Saad Paulo Nagamura Sal Zizzo Chance Myers Graham Zusi Benny Feilhaber Jacob Peterson Seth Sinovic Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Antonio Dovale Kevin Ellis Andy Gruenebaum Peterson Joseph Igor Juliao Eric Kronberg Jimmy Medranda Lawrence Olum Ike Opara Team totals Opponent totals
8 4 2 3 11 6 11 10 7 9 9 7 7 1 1 7 2 1 2 1 4 2 19 19
4 2 2 1 9 3 11 8 7 6 9 7 7 1 1 7 0 1 2 0 3 2 19 19
374 198 161 106 832 338 911 726 596 591 810 630 602 86 90 630 27 90 180 5 272 180 1710 1710
3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 15
2 1 0 0 2 2 4 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 10
8 10 7 7 19 5 4 16 12 10 7 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 280 163
GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
SHT
SV
GAA
PG
SV
GAA
PG
Joseph Bendik Team totals Opponent totals
4 19 19
360 1710 1710
21 103 69
13 2.00 71 1.42 50 0.79
1 2 1
19 4 50 71
1.00 1.00 0.79 1.42
0 0 1 2
GOALKEEPER
GP
Andy Gruenebaum Eric Kronberg Team totals Opponent totals
7 2 19 19
MIN SHTS 630 180 1710 1710
26 6 69 103
Š2014 Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
MATCH DAY #18 TORONTO FC VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014 BMO FIELD KICKOFF: 7:00 P.M. ET
TORONTO FC RECORD (W/L/D) 7‐5‐5 26 pts. SPORTING KC RECORD (W/L/D) 10‐5‐5 35pts. TV: TSN 2 Luke Wileman & Jason de Vos RADIO: TSN Radio 1050 Gareth Wheeler & Dan Dunleavy TORONTO FC PR Contact: Mike Masaro Email: MMasaro@TorontoFC.ca Phone: (o) 416‐815‐2474 (c) 416‐716‐1311 Anthony Cozzetto Email: ACozzetto@TorontoFC.ca Phone: (o) 416‐815‐6126 (c) 416‐317‐9398 Kansas City PR Contact: Kurt Austin Email: KAustin@sportingkc.com Phone: (o) 913‐951‐3554 (c) 816‐516‐0577
TORONTO FC 2014 MLS SCHEDULE DATE Saturday, March 15 Saturday, March 22 Saturday, March 29 Saturday, April 5 Saturday, April 12 Saturday, April 19 Saturday, May 3 Saturday, May 17 Friday, May 23 Saturday, May 31 Saturday, June 7 Friday, June 27 Wednesday, July 2 Saturday, July 5 Saturday, July 12 Wednesday, July 16 Saturday, July 19 Saturday, July 26 Wednesday, July 30 Saturday, August 2 Saturday, August 9 Saturday, August 16 Saturday, August 23 Saturday, August 30 Wednesday, September 3 Saturday, September 6 Saturday, September 13 Sunday, September 21 Saturday, September 27 Saturday, October 4 Wednesday, October 8 Saturday, October 11 Saturday, October 18 Saturday, October 25
OPPONENT Seattle D.C. United Real Salt Lake Columbus Colorado FC Dallas New England New York Sporting KC Columbus San Jose New York Chicago D.C. United Houston Vancouver Houston Sporting KC D.C. United Montreal Columbus Sporting KC Chicago New England
BROADCAST TSN/NBCSN TSN TSN2 SN 360 TSN SN ONE TSN2 TSN TSN2 TSN2 TSN SN ONE TSN TSN2 SN 360 TSN SN 360 TSN2 SN ONE TSN SN 360 TSN2 SN 360 SN ONE
TIME (ET) 4:30 PM 4:30 PM 9:30 PM 6:00 PM 4:00 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM 4:30 PM 8:30 PM 5:00 PM 4:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM
RESULT W 2‐1 W 1‐0 L 3‐0 W 2‐0 L 1‐0 L 2‐1 L 2‐1 W 2‐0 D 2‐2 W 3‐2 W 1‐0 D 2‐2 D 1‐1 L 2‐1 W 4‐2 D 1‐1 D 2‐2
Philadelphia Philadelphia
TSN2 TSN2
7:00 PM 2:00 PM
Chicago Chivas USA
SN ONE SN 360
8:30 PM 3:00 PM
Portland LA Galaxy Houston New York Montreal New England
TSN2 TSN TSN TSN TSN TSN
1:00 PM 10:30 PM 7:30 PM 7:00 PM 2:00 PM 7:30 PM
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TORONTO FC 2014 ROSTER (As of July 24, 2014) #
NAME
POSITION HEIGHT WEIGHT D.O.B.
AGE BIRTH PLACE
Pronunciation
1
Chris Konopka
GK
6‐5
228
04‐14‐1985
29
Tom River, NJ
KON‐OP‐KA
2
Justin Morrow
D
5‐9
153
10‐04‐1987
26
Cleveland, OH
MORR‐OH
3
Warren Creavalle
M
5‐11
170
08‐14‐1990
23
Acworth, GA
WAR‐IN CRUH‐VAL
4
Michael Bradley
M
6‐2
179
07‐31‐1987
26
Princeton, NJ
BRAD‐LEE
5
Ashtone Morgan
D
5‐9
156
02‐09‐1991
23
Toronto, ON
ASH‐TON MORE‐GAN
7
Bright Dike
F
6‐0
213
02‐02‐1987
27
Oklahoma City, OK
B’RIGHT DEE‐KAY
8
Kyle Bekker
M
5‐9
165
09‐02‐1990
23
Oakville, ON
BECK‐ER
9
Gilberto
F
5‐10
160
06‐05‐1989
25
Piranhas, Brazil
JIL‐BER‐TOE
11 Jackson
M
5‐9
155
03‐06‐1988
26
Franca, Brazil
JACK‐SON
12 Joe Bendik
GK
6‐2
217
04‐25‐1989
25
Marietta, GA
BEN‐DIK
13 Steven Caldwell
D
6‐2
195
09‐12‐1980
33
Stirling, Scotland
CALD‐WELL
14 Dwayne De Rosario
M
5‐9
182
05‐15‐1978
36
Scarborough, ON
DE‐ROW‐SAR‐EE‐OH
15 Doneil Henry
D
6‐1
194
04‐20‐1993
21
Brampton, ON
DON‐EEL HEN‐REE
16 Bradley Orr
D
6‐1
195
11‐11‐1982
31
Liverpool, England
BRAD‐LEE OR
17 Nick Hagglund
D
6‐1
193
11‐09‐1992
21
Cincinnati, OH
HAGG‐LUND
18 Jermain Defoe
F
5‐7
143
10‐07‐1982
31
Beckton, England
JURR‐MAIN DA‐FOE
21 Jonathan Osorio
M
5‐9
161
06‐12‐1992
22
Toronto, ON
JOHN‐ATHAN O‐SOR‐EE‐O
22 Jordan Hamilton
F
6‐0
194
03‐17‐1996
18
Scarborough, ON
JOR‐DAN HAM‐IL‐TON
23 Dominic Oduro
M
6‐0
160
08‐13‐1985
28
Accra, Ghana
DOM‐IN‐ICK OH‐DURR‐OH
D/M
5‐10
177
09‐11‐1988
25
Tampa, FL
JER‐A‐MEE HALL
26 Collen Warner
M
5‐10
178
06‐24‐1988
26
Denver, Colorado
CALL‐IN WAR‐NURR
27 Luke Moore
F
5‐9
167
02‐13‐1986
28
Birmingham, England
MOR
28 Mark Bloom
D
5‐11
162
11‐25‐1987
26
Marietta, GA
B’LOOM
30 Júlio César
GK
6‐1
175
09‐03‐1979
34
Duque De Caxias, Brazil
JU‐LEE‐OH SAY‐ZAR
25 Jeremy Hall
32 Andrew Wiedeman
F
5‐11
166
08‐22‐1989
24
San Ramon, California
WEE‐DA‐MAN
33 Ryan Richter
D
6‐0
184
04‐12‐1989
25
Southampton, PA
RICK‐TUR
34 Manuel Aparicio
M
5‐6
149
09‐17‐1995
18
Buenos Aires, Argentina
APP‐AH‐REE‐CEE‐OH
35 Daniel Lovitz
M
5‐10
193
08‐27‐1991
22
Wyndmoor, PA
LOV‐ITZ
40 Quillan Roberts
GK
6‐0
200
09‐13‐1994
19
Brampton, ON
Q'WILL‐AN ROB‐ERTS
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Toronto FC Media Notes Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley was voted into MLS Fan XI for the 2014 AT&T MLS All‐Star Game Toronto FC forward Jermain Defoe was selected by MLS All‐Stars coach Caleb Porter to participate in the 2014 AT&T MLS All‐ Star Game
Recent Transactions July 23, 2014 Toronto FC announced Wednesday that the club has exchanged allocation ranking positions and has acquired midfielder Warren Creavalle from the Houston Dynamo. June 26, 2014 Toronto FC announced Thursday that the club has sent defender Ryan Richter on loan to NASL club, Ottawa Fury FC. June 6, 2014 Toronto FC announced Friday that the club has acquired midfielder Dominic Oduro from the Columbus Crew in exchange for midfielder Álvaro Rey. May 16, 2014 Toronto FC announced Friday that the club has acquired midfielder Collen Warner from the Montreal Impact in exchange for midfielder Issey Nakajima‐Farran and allocation money. May 13, 2014 Toronto FC announced Tuesday that the club has recalled midfielders Daniel Lovitz from its USL Pro Club affiliate, Wilmington Hammerheads FC.
UPCOMING MLS/TORONTO FC PLAYER MILESTONES Jermain Defoe needs 1 more penalty‐kick goals to pass Dwayne De Rosario on the Toronto FC all‐time list Jermain Defoe needs 3 game winning goals to pass Dwayne De Rosario on the Toronto FC all‐time list Jermain Defoe needs 3 multi‐goal games to pass Dwayne De Rosario on the Toronto FC all‐time list Dwayne De Rosario needs 2 appearances for 100 caps with Toronto FC (All Competition) Dwayne De Rosario needs 3 goals for 30 MLS goals with Toronto FC Dwayne De Rosario needs 3 goals for 35 goals with Toronto FC (All Competition) Ashtone Morgan needs 3 appearances for 70 MLS caps with Toronto FC Dominic Oduro needs 2 goals for 50 MLS goals Player Bright Dike Steven Caldwell Mark Bloom Jackson
TORONTO FC INJURY REPORT (As of July 24, 2014) Injury Status Lt. Achilles ‐ Surgery Out Rt. Quadriceps Out Lt. Knee sprain Out Rt. Hamstring tightness Questionable
2014 Games Missed 17 2 1 3
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HEAD TO HEAD MLS LEAGUE PLAY ONLY Toronto FC record: 4‐10‐5 Home games: 3‐3‐3 (6 GF, 5 GA) Road games: 1‐7‐2 (9 GF, 22 GA) 04/25/2007 TOR 0 at KC 3 L Arrowhead Stadium 04/28/2007 TOR 0 vs KC 1 L BMO Field 07/01/2007 TOR 1 at KC 1 T Arrowhead Stadium 04/26/2008 TOR 2 vs KC 0 W BMO Field 06/21/2008 TOR 0 vs KC 0 T BMO Field 09/20/2008 TOR 0 at KC 2 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark 03/21/2009 TOR 3 at KC 2 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark 04/26/2009 TOR 1 vs KC 0 W BMO Field 06/05/2010 TOR 0 vs KC 0 T BMO Field 07/31/2010 TOR 0 at KC 1 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark 06/04/2011 TOR 0 vs KC 0 T BMO Field 07/23/2011 TOR 2 at KC 4 L Livestrong Sporting Park 06/16/2012 TOR 0 at KC 2 L Livestrong Sporting Park 08/18/2012 TOR 0 vs KC 1 L BMO Field 09/01/2012 TOR 1 at KC 2 L Livestrong Sporting Park 03/09/2013 TOR 2 vs KC 1 W BMO Field 07/13/2013 TOR 0 at KC 3 L Sporting Park 09/21/2013 TOR 1 vs KC 2 L BMO Field 05/23/2014 TOR 2 at KC 2 T Sporting Park
MLS Soccer MEN OF THE MATCH – Toronto FC Players & Rank Match 1: (1) Jermain Defoe & (2) Michael Bradly Match 2: (1) Jermain Defoe & (3) Michael Bradly Match 4: (1) Michael Bradley, (2) Bradley Orr & (3) Júlio César Match 5: (3) Klye Bekker Match 6: (3) Júlio César Match 8: (1) Jermain Defoe & (2) Bradley Orr Match 9: (2) Nick Hagglund & (3) Joe Bendik Match 10: (1) Jermain Defoe & (3) Kyle Bekker Match 11: (1) Nick Hagglund, (2) Collen Warner & (3) Steven Caldwell Match 12: (1) Jermain Defoe & (3) Dominic Oduro Match 13: (1) Joe Bendik & (3) Steven Caldwell Match 14: (3) Jermain Defoe Match 15: (1) Jermain Defoe & (3) Jackson Match 16: (1) Doneil Henry & (3) Jackson
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Match 17: (1) Luke Moore & (2) Jermain Defoe
TORONTO FC STATISTICAL BREAK DOWN – 2014 MLS REGULAR SEASON # of Games played: 17 Statistics By Half GOALS First Second Total Toronto FC 13 13 26 Opponents 10 13 23 SHOTS Att.On Goal On Target Off Target Blocked Shots Toronto FC 216 76 93 47 Opponents 223 69 93 60 Toronto FC vs Opponents Record Record vs MLS Team 2014 Chicago Fire 0‐0‐1 Chivas USA 0‐0‐0 Colorado Rapids 0‐1‐0 Columbus Crew 2‐0‐0 D.C. United 1‐1‐0 FC Dallas 0‐1‐0 1‐0‐1 Houston Dynamo Los Angeles Galaxy 0‐0‐0 Montreal Impact 0‐0‐0 New England Revolution 0‐1‐0 New York Red Bulls 1‐0‐1 Philadelphia Union 0‐0‐0 Portland Timbers 0‐0‐0 Real Salt Lake 0‐1‐0 San Jose Earthquakes 1‐0‐0 Seattle Sounders FC 1‐0‐0 Sporting KC 0‐0‐1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0‐0‐1
All‐Time 3‐8‐6 2‐9‐1 7‐5‐1 4‐10‐7 6‐11‐3 1‐7‐5 4‐4‐9 2‐4‐6 2‐2‐2 4‐6‐7 5‐10‐5 2‐4‐4 1‐1‐2 4‐7‐2 3‐4‐4 2‐6‐1 4‐10‐5 2‐2‐1
Record By Month Month Home Away Overall March 1‐0‐0 1‐1‐0 2‐1‐0 April 0‐1‐0 1‐1‐0 1‐2‐0 May 2‐1‐0 0‐0‐1 2‐1‐1 June 1‐0‐0 0‐0‐1 1‐0‐1 July 1‐1‐1 0‐0‐2 1‐1‐3 August 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 September 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 October 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0
Record By Day Day Home Monday 0‐0‐0 Tuesday 0‐0‐0 Wednesday 0‐0‐1 Thursday 0‐0‐0 Friday 0‐0‐0 Saturday 5‐3‐0 Sunday 0‐0‐0
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Away 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐1 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐2 2‐2‐1 0‐0‐0
Overall 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐2 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐2 7‐5‐1 0‐0‐0 Page 5
Situational Records Half Time Record Leading at Half Time W L D 4 0 1 Trailing at Half Time W L D 0 1 1 Tied at Half Time W L D 3 4 3 Scoring First Record when TFC Scores First W L D 5 2 1 Record when Opponent Scores First W L D 2 3 4 Possession ‐ Full Time Record when TFC has greater than 50% Possession W 0 Record when TFC has less than 50% Possession W 7 Record when Scoring…Goal(s) W L D Zero ‐ 2 0 One 2 3 2 Two 3 0 3 Three 1 0 0 Four 1 0 0 Five + 0 0 0
L D 2 1 L D 3 4
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2014 MLS Game‐by‐Game Results
*PK, ^ET
+ = Sellout
GM #
DATE
OPPONENT
RESULT (W‐L‐D)
GWG
TFC GOALS
GF‐GA
AF‐AA
ATTEND.
1
Saturday, March 15
Seattle
W 2‐1
18
18,18
2‐1
9‐13
38,441 +
2
Saturday, March 22
D.C. United
W 1‐0
18
18
1‐0
14‐6
22,591 +
3
Saturday, March 29
Real Salt Lake
L 3‐0
0‐3
15‐17
18,881
4
Saturday, April 5
Columbus
W 2‐0
4
4,20
2‐0
11‐18
12,045
5
Saturday, April 12
Colorado
L 1‐0
0‐1
12‐8
22,591 +
6
Saturday, April 19
FC Dallas
L 2‐1
20
1‐2
11‐17
17,406
7
Saturday, May 3
New England
L 2‐1
11
1‐2
15‐14
22,591 +
8
Saturday, May 17
New York
W 2‐0
18
18,27^
2‐0
11‐8
22,591 +
9
Friday, May 23
Sporting KC
D 2‐2
27,16^
2‐2
7‐17
19,914 +
10
Saturday, May 31
Columbus
W 3‐2
15
18*,18,15^
3‐2
9‐7
22,591 +
11
Saturday, June 7
San Jose
W 1‐0
18
18*
1‐0
14‐11
22,591 +
12
Friday, June 27
New York
D 2‐2
18,9
2‐2
14‐20
20,176
13
Wednesday, July 2
Chicago
D 1‐1
11
1‐1
7‐20
13,153
14
Saturday, July 5
D.C. United
L 2‐1
27
1‐2
19‐7
22,591 +
15
Saturday, July 12
Houston
W 4‐2
18
21,23^,18,18
4‐1
16‐14
22,591 +
16
Wednesday, July 16
Vancouver
D 1‐1
18*
1‐1
16‐11
22,591 +
17
Saturday, July 19
Houston
D 2‐2
9,23^
2‐2
16‐15
20,069
18
Saturday, July 26
Sporting KC
19
Wednesday, July 30
D.C. United
20
Sunday, August 3
Montreal
21
Saturday, August 9
Columbus
22
Saturday, August 16
Sporting KC
23
Saturday, August 23
Chicago
24
Saturday, August 30
New England
25
Wednesday, September 3
Philadelphia
26
Saturday, September 6
Philadelphia
27
Saturday, September 13
Chicago
28
Sunday, September 21
Chivas USA
29
Saturday, September 27
Portland
30
Saturday, October 4
LA Galaxy
31
Wednesday, October 8
Houston
32
Saturday, October 11
New York
33
Saturday, October 18
Montreal
34
Saturday, October 25
New England
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2014 MLS RESULTS AND LINEUPS
Match Day 1 – @ Seattle Sounders FC – W 2‐1 – Saturday, March 15 Scoring Summary TFC – Jermain Defoe (Jonathan Osorio) 17’ TFC – Jerman Defoe 24’ SEA – Clint Dempsey (Obafemi Martins) 68’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Alvaro Rey 63’ (caution) SEA – Osvaldo Alonso 70’ (caution) TFC – Justin Morrow 78’ (caution) TFC ‐ Júlio César 83’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Mark Bloom, Steve Caldwell ©, Doneil Henry, Justin Morrow; Jackson (Ashtone Morgan 90’+3), Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio, Álvaro Rey (Bradley Orr 65’); Dwayne De Rosario (Andrew Wiedeman 63’), Jermain Defoe Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Ryan Richter, Nick Hagglund, Kyle Bekker Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei; DeAndre Yedlin, Chad Marshall, Djimi Traore, Dylan Remick; Lamar Neagle (Chad Barrett 79’), Osvaldo Alonso, Clint Dempsey, Brad Evans © (Gonzalo Pineda 29’), Marco Pappa (Kenny Cooper 64’); Obafemi Martins Substitutes Not Used: Marcus Hahnemann, Jalil Anibaba, Andy Rose, Sean Okoli Match Day 2 – vs. D.C. United – W 1‐0 – Saturday, March 22 Scoring Summary TFC – Jermain Defoe 60’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Jackson 50’ (caution) DCU – Davy Arnaud 55’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Mark Bloom, Steve Caldwell ©, Doneil Henry, Justin Morrow; Jackson, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio, Álvaro Rey (Bradley Orr 83’); Gilberto (Dwayne De Rosario 63’), Jermain Defoe Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Ashtone Morgan, Nick Hagglund, Andrew Wiedeman, Kyle Bekker D.C. United – Bill Hamid; Cristian (Conor Doyle 82’), Bobby Boswell ©, Jeff Parke, Sean Franklin; Perry Kitchen, Davy Arnaud (Kyle Porter 66’), Luis Silva, Nick DeLeon; Fabian Espindola, Eddie Johnson Substitutes Not Used: Nana Attakora, Jared Jeffrey, Taylor Kemp, Collin Martin Andrew Dykstra
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Match Day 3 – @ Real Salt Lake – L 3‐0 – Saturday, March 29 Scoring Summary RSL – Alvaro Saborio 11’ (PK) RSL – Luis Gil 28’ RSL – Alvaro Saborio (Kyle Beckerman, Javier Morales) 55’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Jermain Defoe 29’ (caution) TFC – Doneil Henry 31’ (caution) TFC – Steve Caldwell 35’ (caution) RSL – Chris Schuler 38’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Bradley Orr (Issey Nakajima‐Farran 60’), Steve Caldwell ©, Doneil Henry, Justin Morrow; Mark Bloom, Michael Bradley, Jeremy Hall (Kyle Bekker 78’), Álvaro Rey; Gilberto, Jermain Defoe (Dwayne De Rosario 61’) Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Ashtone Morgan, Nick Hagglund, Andrew Wiedeman, Real Salt Lake – Nick Rimando; Tony Beltran, Chris Schuler, Nat Borchers, (Chris Wingert 57’); Luis Gil, Javier Morales (Luke Mulholland 89’), Kyle Beckerman ©, Ned Grabavoy; Olmes Garcia (Devon Sandoval 84’), Alvaro Saborio Substitutes Not Used: Jeff Attinella, Carlos Salcedo, Cole Grossman, John Stertzer Match Day 4 – @ Columbus Crew – W 2‐0 – Saturday, April 5 Scoring Summary TFC – Michael Bradley (Mark Bloom) 11’ TFC – Issey Nakajima‐Farran (Justin Morrow) 85’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Mark Bloom 34’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Mark Bloom, Bradley Orr, Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow; Jackson, Kyle Bekker, Michael Bradley © (Jeremy Hall 73’), Álvaro Rey (Andrew Wiedeman 78’); Dwayne De Rosario (Issey Nakajima‐Farran 69’), Gilberto Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Gale Agbossoumonde, Ryan Richter, Jordan Hamilton Columbus Crew – Steve Clark; Josh Williams (Justin Meram 67’), Giancarlo Gonzalez, Michael Parkhurst ©, Waylon Francis; Wil Trapp, Tony Tchani (Jairo Arrieta 74’), Hector Jimenez, Federico Higuani, Bernardo Anor; Dominic Oduro (Ethan Finaly 81’) Substitutes Not Used: Tyson Wahl, Agustin Viana, Matt Lampson, Chad Barson
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Match Day 5 – vs. Colorado Rapids – L 1‐0 – Saturday, April 12 Scoring Summary COL – Edson Buddle (Dillon Powers, Dillon Serna) 77’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Steven Caldwell 17’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Mark Bloom (Jordan Hamilton 90), Steven Caldwell ©, Bradley Orr, Justin Morrow; Jackson, Kyle Bekker, Jeremy Hall, Issey Nakajima‐Farran; Dwayne De Rosario (Andrew Wiedeman 67’), Gilberto Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Ryan Richter, Gale Agbossoumonde, Nick Hagglund, Ashtone Morgan Colorado Rapids – Clint Irwin; Thomas Piermayr, Shane O’Neill, Drew Moor ©, Brian Mullan; Jose Mari, Nathan Sturgis (Dillon Serna 74’), Nick LaBrocca, Dillon Powers; Edson Buddle, Gabriel Torres (Deshorn Brown 63’) Substitutes Not Used: John Berner, Kamani Hill, Charles Eloundou, Marvell Wynne, Jared Watts Match Day 6 – @ FC Dallas – L 2‐1 – Saturday, April 19 Scoring Summary TFC – Issey Nakajima‐Farran 21’ FCD – Matt Hedges 37’ FCD – Blas Perez 88’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Issey Nakajima‐Farran 55’ (caution) TFC – Jackson 74’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Mark Bloom (Nick Hagglund 89’), Steve Caldwell ©, Bradley Orr, Justin Morrow; Jackson, Michael Bradley, Kyle Bekker, Issey Nakajima‐Farran (Andrew Wiedeman 81’); Jonathan Osorio, Gilberto Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Chris Konopka, Gale Agbossoumonde, Ryan Richter, Jordan Hamilton FC Dallas – Chris Seitz; Kellyn Acosta, Matt Hedges ©, Stephen Keel, Jair Benitez; Fabian Castillo, Michel (Adam Moffat 89’), Hendry Thomas, Je‐Vaughan Watson, Mauro Diaz (Andrew Jacobson 89’); David Texeira (Blas Perez 70’) Substitutes Not Used: Raul Fernandez, Zach Loyd, Walker Zimmerman, Danny Garcia
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Match Day 7 – vs. New England Revolution – L 2‐1 – Saturday, May 3
Scoring Summary TFC – Jackson (Gilberto) ‘6 NE – Patrick Mullins (Daigo Kobayashi) ‘24 NE – Lee Nguyen (PK) ‘82 Misconduct Summary TFC – Jackson ’43 (caution) TFC – Michael Bradley ’58 (caution) NE – Diego Fagundez ’75 (caution) NE – Scott Caldwell ‘90+2 (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Justin Morrow, Steve Caldwell ©, Doneil Henry, Mark Bloom (Dwayne De Rosario ’87); Jackson (Issey Nakajima‐Farran ’78), Kyle Bekker (Álvaro Rey ’68), Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio; Gilberto, Jermain Defoe Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Andrew Wiedeman, Nick Hagglund, Bradley Orr New England Revolution – Bobby Shuttleworth; Darrius Barnes, A.J. Soares, Andrew Farrell, Kevin Alston (Chris Tierney ’35); Daigo Kobayashi (Scott Caldwell ‘57), Andy Dorman ©, Lee Nguyen, Diego Fagundez (Steve Neumann 77’), Patrick Mullins; Teal Bunbury Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, Stephen McCarthy, Jerry Bengtson, Charlie Davies
Match Day 8 – vs. New York Red Bulls – W 2‐0 – Saturday, May 17 Scoring Summary TFC –Jermain Defoe (Bradley Orr) ‘12 TFC – Luke Moore (Joe Bendik) ‘90+5 Misconduct Summary NYRB – Thierry Henry ‘6 (caution) NYRB – Jamison Olave ‘42(caution) TFC – Justin Morrow ’45 (caution) NYRB – Armando ’88 (caution) TFC – Jermain Defoe ’88 (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Joe Bendik; Mark Bloom, Steve Caldwell ©, Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow; Bradley Orr, Kyle Bekker , Jonathan Osorio, Álvaro Rey (Daniel Lovitz ‘68); Jermain Defoe, Gilberto (Luke Moore ‘56) Substitutes Not Used: Chris Konopka, Ashtone Morgan, Jeremy Hall, Dwayne De Rosario, Doneil Henry New York Red Bulls – Luis Robles; Kosuke Kimura (Chris Duvall ’48), Jamison Olave, Armando, Bobby Convey (Ruben Bover Izquierdo ’81); Lloyd Sam, Dax McCarty, Eric Alexander, Jonny Steele; Bradley Wright‐Phillips, Thierry Henry © Substitutes Not Used: Ryan Meara, Andre Akpan, Richard Eckersley, Ibrahim Sekagya, Connor Lade
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Match Day 9 – @ Sporting KC – D 2‐2 – Friday, May 23 Scoring Summary SKC – Dominic Dwyer 47’ (Sal Zizzo) TFC – Luke Moore 67’ (Jermain Defoe) SKC – Dominic Dwyer 84’ (PK) TFC – Bradley Orr 90’+1 (Nick Hagglund) Misconduct Summary TFC – Gilberto 39’ (caution) TFC – Mark Bloom 57’ (caution) TFC – Steven Caldwell 63’ (ejection) SKC – Paulo Nagamura 79’ (caution) TFC – Luke Moore 84’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Joe Bendik; Mark Bloom, Steven Caldwell ©, Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow; Alvaro Rey (Luke Moore 53’), Kyle Bekker (Daniel Lovitz 53’), Bradley Orr, Collen Warner, Jermain Defoe, Gilberto (Doneil Henry 66’) Substitutes Not Used: Chris Konopka, Ashtone Morgan, Jeremy Hall, Dwayne De Rosario Sporting KC – Eric Kronberg; Igor Julio, Seth Sinovic, Chance Myers (Sal Zizzo 36’), Kevin Ellis; Paulo Nagamura ©, Benny Feilhaber, Toni (C.J. Sapong 86’); Jacob Peterson, Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 85’), Dominic Dwyer Substitutes Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Victor Munoz, Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler Match Day 10 – vs Columbus Crew – W 3‐2 – Saturday, May 31 Scoring Summary CLB – Justin Meram (Ethan Finaly) 18’ TFC – Jermain Defoe PK 21’ CLB – Agustin Viana (Ben Speas) 65’ TFC – Jermain Defoe (Gilberto) 81’ TFC – Doneil Henry (Daniel Lovitz) 90’+2 Misconduct Summary CLB – Michael Parkhurst 39’ (caution) CLB – Agustin Viana 60’ (caution) TFC – Joe Bendik 66’ (caution) TFC – Gilberto 77’ (caution) TFC – Kyle Bekker 80’ (caution) CLB – Tyson Wahl 83’ (caution) TFC – Doneil Henry 90’+4 (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Joe Bendik ©, Mark Bloom, Nick Hagglund, Doneil Henry, Justin Morrow; Jackson (Gilberto 66’), Bradley Orr (Daniel Lovitz 18’), Kyle Bekker, Jonathan Osorio (Dwayne De Rosario 71’); Jermain Defoe, Luke Moore Substitutes Not Used: Chris Konopka, Álvaro Rey, Jeremy Hall, Andrew Wiedeman Columbus Crew – Steve Clark; Josh Williams, Michael Parkhurst ©, Tyson Wahl, Chad Barson; Ethan Finaly (Bernardo Anor 90’), Tony Tchani, Agustin Viana (Fifi Baiden 73’), Justin Meram; Dan Paladini (Ben Speas 61’), Jairo Arrieta Substitutes Not Used: Matt Lampson, Hector Jimenez, Dominic Oduro, Eric Gehrig
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Match Day 11 – vs San Jose Earthquakes – W 1‐0 – Saturday, June 7 Scoring Summary TFC – Jermain Defoe 27’ (PK) Misconduct Summary TFC – Doneil Henry 17’ (caution) SJ – Sam Cronin 60’ (caution) SJ – Clarence Goodson 66’ (caution) TFC – Nick Hagglund 84’ (caution) TFC – Jermain Defoe 90’+3 (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Joe Bendik; Nick Hagglund, Steven Caldwell ©, Doneil Henry, Mark Bloom; Jackson (Dominic Oduro 65’), Jonathan Osorio, Collen Warner, Kyle Bekker (Daniel Lovitz 78’) (Justin Morrow 81’), Jermain Defoe, Luke Moore Substitutes Not Used: Chris Konopka, Jeremy Hall, Dwayne De Rosario, Ashtone Morgan San Jose Earthquakes – Jon Buscu; Brandon Barklage, Ty Harden, Clarence Goodson, Jordan Stewart ©; Shea Salinas (Tommy Thompson 89’), Jean‐Baptiste Pierazzi, Sam Cronin (JJ Koval 69’), Cordell Cato; Alan Gordon (Billy Schuler 70’), Steven Lenhart Substitutes Not Used: David Bingham, Jason Hernandez, Shaun Francis, Mike Fucito Match Day 12 –@ New York Red Bulls – D 2‐2 – Friday, June 27 Scoring Summary NYRB – Péguy Luyindula (Ambroise Oyongo Bitolo, Thierry Henry) 36’ TFC –Jermain Defoe (Dominic Oduro, Jonathan Osorio) 55’ TFC – Gilberto 72’ NYRB – Bradley Wright‐Phillips (Tim Cahill, Matt Miazga) 90’+3 Misconduct Summary TFC – Justin Morrow 11’ (caution) Records: Toronto FC: 6‐4‐2 20pts. New York Red Bulls: 4‐5‐7 19pts. Lineups Toronto FC – Joe Bendik; Mark Bloom, Steve Caldwell ©, Doneil Henry, Justin Morrow; Dominic Oduro (Gilberto 65’) (Dwayne De Rosario 90’), Jonathan Osorio, Collen Warner, Jackson; Luke Moore (Bradley Orr 81’), Jermain Defoe Substitutes Not Used: Chris Konopka, Ashtone Morgan, Nick Hagglund, Kyle Bekker, New York Red Bulls – Luis Robles; Chris Duvall, Jamison Olave, Matt Miazga, Ambroise Oyongo Bitolo (Bobby Convey 86’); Lloyd Sam, Ibrahim Sekagya (Jonathan Steele 66’), Péguy Luyindula (Tim Cahill 78’), Eric Alexander; Bradley Wright‐Phillips, Thierry Henry © Substitutes Not Used: Ryan Meara, Kosuke Kimura, Armando, Andre Akpan
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Match Day 13 –@ Chicago Fire – D 1‐1 – Wednesday, July 2
Scoring Summary TFC – Jackson (Jermain Defoe) 42’ CHI – Harrison Shipp (Mike Magee) 56’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Luke Moore (ejection) 29’ CHI – Quincy Amarikwa (caution) 45’+2 TFC – Steven Caldwell (caution) 53’ CHI – Lovel Palmer (caution) 86’ Lineups Toronto FC – Joe Bendik; Mark Bloom, Steven Caldwell ©, Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow; Dominic Oduro, Collen Warner, Jonathan Osorio (Bradley Orr 87’), Jackson; Jermain Defoe, Luke Moore Substitutes Not Used: Chris Konopka, Ashtone Morgan, Doneil Henry, Kyle Bekker, Andrew Wiedeman Dwayne De Rosario Chicago Fire – Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Patrick Ianni, Bakary Soumare, Greg Cochrane (Juan Luis Anangono 73’); Grant Ward, Jeff Larentowicz ©, Chris Ritter (Alex 46’), Harry Shipp; Mike Magee, Quincy Amarikwa Substitutes Not Used: Kyle Reynish, Gonzalo Segares, Dilly Duka, Logan Pause, Matt Watson Match Day 14 – vs. D.C. United – L 2‐1 – Saturday, July 5 Scoring Summary DCU – Nick DeLeon 54’ (Luis Silva) TFC – Luke Moore 60’ DCU – Perry Kitchen 69’ (Lewis Neal) Misconduct Summary TFC – Nick Hagglund 88’ (ejection) Lineups Toronto FC – Joe Bendik; Mark Bloom, Steve Caldwell ©, Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow; Jackson (Daniel Lovitz 77’), Michael Bradley (Jonathan Osorio 61’), Collen Warner, Bradley Orr (Dominic Oduro 45’); Jermain Defoe, Luke Moore Substitutes Not Used: Chris Konopka, Doneil Henry, Kyle Bekker, Dwayne De Rosario D.C. United – Bill Hamid; Sean Franklin, Steve Bimbaum, Chris Korb, Bobby Boswell ©; Perry Kitchen, Nick DeLeon (Conor Doyle 79’) Conor Doyle, Davy Arnaud, Luis Silva (Lewis Neal 62’); Chris Rolfe (Collin Martin 84’), Eddie Johnson Substitutes Not Used: Andrew Dykstra, Nana Attakora, Taylor Kemp, Jared Jeffrey
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Match Day 15 – vs. Houston Dynamo – W 4‐2 – Saturday, July 12 Scoring Summary HOU – Brad Davis 13’ (Giles Barnes) HOU – Brad Davis 30’ (Giles Barnes) TFC – Jonathan Osorio 39’ TFC – Dominic Oduro 45’+1 TFC – Jermain Defoe 63’ (Jonathan Osorio, Jackson) TFC – Jermain Defoe 89’ Misconduct Summary HOU – Kofi Sarkodie 35’ (caution) HOU – Jermaine Taylor 37’ (caution TFC – Jermain Defoe 37’ (caution) HOU – David Horst 40’ (caution) HOU – Ricardo Clark 56’ (caution) HOU – Warren Creavalle 59’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Joe Bendik; Mark Bloom, Steve Caldwell © (Bradley Orr 69’), Doneil Henry, Justin Morrow; Jackson, Jonathan Osorio, Collen Warner, Dominic Oduro (Daniel Lovitz 58’); Jermain Defoe, Luke Moore (Gilberto 80’) Substitutes Not Used: Chris Konopka, Kyle Bekker, Dwayne De Rosario, Ashtone Morgan Houston Dynamo – Tally Hall; David Horst, Kofi Sarkodie, Jermaine Taylor, Warren Creavalle (Omar Cummings 79’); Ricardo Clark (Servando Carrasco 86’), Brad Davis ©, Oscar Garcia, Andrew Driver (Brian Ownby 67’), Will Bruin, Giles Barnes Substitutes Not Used: Tyler Deric, A.J. Cochran, Eric Brunner, Alexander Lopez Match Day 16 – vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC –D 1‐1 – Wednesday, July 17 Scoring Summary VAN – Darren Mattocks 50’ (Russell Teibert, Pedro Morales) TFC – Jermain Defoe 64’ (PK) Misconduct Summary TFC – Bradley Orr 28’ (caution) VAN – Russell Teibert 61’ (caution) VAN – Nigel Reo‐Coker 70’ (caution) VAN – Sam Adekugbe 85’ (caution) TFC – Collen Warner 90’+4 (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Joe Bendik; Mark Bloom (Nick Hagglund 55’), Bradley Orr, Doneil Henry, Justin Morrow; Jackson (Gilberto 77’), Collen Warner, Michael Bradley ©, Jonathan Osorio (Dominic Oduro 59’); Jermain Defoe, Luke Moore Substitutes Not Used: Chris Konopka, Daniel Lovitz, Dwayne De Rosario, Kyle Bekker Vancouver Whitecaps FC – David Ousted; Steven Beitashour, Sam Adekugbe, Carlyle Mitchell, Johnny Leveron; Russell Teibert (Kekuta Manneh 82’), Matias Laba, Nigel Reo‐Coker (Gershon Koffie 71’), Pedro Morales ©; Erik Hurtado (Sebastian Fernandez 90’+3), Darren Mattocks Substitutes Not Used:Paolo Tornaghi, Nicolas Mezquida, Omar Salgado, Andy O’Brien
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Match Day 17 – @ Houston Dynamo – D 2‐2 – Saturday, July 19 Scoring Summary HOU – Will Bruin 11’ TFC – Gilberto 18’ HOU – Giles Barnes 26’ TFC – Dominic Oduro 45’+2 Misconduct Summary TFC – Doneil Henry 58’ (caution) HOU – Corey Ashe 79’ (caution) TFC – Michael Bradley 79’ (caution) TFC – Dominic Oduro 81’ (caution) TFC – Jermain Defoe 88’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Joe Bendik; Nick Hagglund, Bradley Orr, Doneil Henry, Justin Morrow; Dominic Oduro, Collen Warner, Michael Bradley ©, Jonathan Osorio (Daniel Lovitz 70’); Luke Moore (Dwayne De Rosario 80’), Gilberto (Jermain Defoe 63’) Substitutes Not Used: Chris Konopka, Kyle Bekker, Ashtone Morgan, Andrew Wiedeman Houston Dynamo – Tally Hall; David Horst, Kofi Sarkodie, Eric Brunner (A.J. Cochran 4’), Corey Ashe; Warren Creavalle, Ricardo Clark(Andrew Driver 69’), Brad Davis ©, Boniek Garcia; Will Bruin, Giles Barnes Substitutes Not Used: Tyler Deric, Omar Cummings, Alexander Lopez, Servando Carrasco, Brian Ownby
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TORONTO FC MANAGEMENT BIOS TIM BEZBATCHENKO ‐ General Manager PRONUNCIATION: BEZ‐BA‐CHENK‐OH Tim Bezbatchenko, 32, was named General Manager of Toronto FC on September 20, 2013. Since joining Toronto FC, the club has made a number of key acquisitions through signings and trades acquiring three Designated Players: Jermain Defoe, Michael Bradley, and Gilberto. Along with Dwayne De Rosario, Justin Morrow and Jackson. Prior to joining Toronto FC, Bezbatchenko spent three years as the Senior Director of Player Relations and Competition with Major League Soccer (MLS). In that role, he was responsible for negotiating and drafting player contracts, as well as finalizing loan and transfer agreements for the import and export of players to and from MLS. In addition he oversaw all MLS rosters, the MLS player pool, and team salary budgets. He was also responsible for youth and player development initiatives for the league, including the home‐grown player signing process. Bezbatchenko also helped the Player Department manage the relationship between the Players Union and interpretation of the league’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA). He also served as a liaison with the US Soccer Federation and the Canadian Soccer Association. During the 2013 season MLS announced a partnership with the French Football Federation (FFF) to create an educational course for MLS Academy Directors that was managed by Bezbatchenko. Prior to joining MLS, Bezbatchenko served as an attorney for Shearman & Sterling LLP, in New York, where he worked in their Mergers & Acquisitions group. He graduated from the University of Richmond with a B.A. in Economics and Leadership Studies in 2004 and later from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 2008. The native of Westerville, Ohio played two professional seasons as a midfielder for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, and won the USL Pro League Atlantic Division Championship in 2004.
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GREG VANNEY ‐ Assistant General Manager & Academy Director PRONUNCIATION: VAN‐EE Greg Vanney was named Assistant General Manager & Toronto FC Kia Academy Director on December 11, 2013. Vanney, 39, joins Toronto FC after most recently serving as the head coach for LA Galaxy’s U14 Academy side and Technical Director of the LA Galaxy partner club LA Galaxy South Bay. He is also currently taking part in the Elite Formation Coaching Licence program, a development course partnered by Major League Soccer (MLS) and the French Football Federation. Vanney holds a USSF “A” Coaching License and has been involved with the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. Vanney previously held titles of Director of Soccer Operations and Director of Real Salt Lake‐Arizona Youth Academy at Grande Sports World. It was there that he oversaw program and business development at the Grande Sports World facility. Vanney, Grande Sports World, and Real Salt Lake were responsible for creation of the first MLS Residential Academy in the United States, which began play in the Fall of 2010. Vanney also held a dual role at Chivas USA from 2011‐2012 as assistant coach under Robin Fraser and technical director of the youth academy. Vanney played professionally for 13 years, starting with the LA Galaxy in 1996. During his time with the Galaxy, Vanney helped lead the club to three MLS Cup championship finals, one Supporter's Shield, a US Open Cup Championship and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title. He was named to the MLS Best XI in 2000 and 2001. Following the 2001 season, Vanney transferred to SC Bastia, of France’s Ligue 1, where he remained until 2005 helping the club reach the Coup de France Final in 2002. He re‐joined MLS, signing with FC Dallas and spent two seasons with the Hoops; where he earned two All‐Star selections, captaining the 2005 team to a 4‐0 victory over Fulham. Vanney was traded to the Colorado Rapids in January 2007, and then to D.C. United later that same season. Vanney re‐joined the LA Galaxy in February 2008 and retired at the conclusion of the season. During his playing career, Vanney earned 36 caps and scored one goal for the United States Men’s National team. He was part of the U.S. side that won the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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TORONTO FC COACHES BIOS
RYAN NELSEN‐ Head Coach PRONUNCIATION: NEL‐SON Ryan Nelsen was named the eighth head coach in club history on January 8, 2013. A native of Christchurch, New Zealand, Nelsen brings a wealth of soccer experience to his role at Toronto FC from Major League Soccer (MLS), the English Premier League (EPL) and New Zealand’s National team with more than 400 professional appearances. In Nelsen’s first season (2013) coaching Toronto FC the club finished with a 6‐17‐11 record in MLS league play; while significantly decreasing the number of goals conceded in comparison to the 2012 season. Nelsen, 36, began his football career with Christchurch United in New Zealand, making 96 team appearances and posting 12 goals between 1995 and 1998. In 1998, he moved to the United States on a university scholarship, playing for North Carolina’s Greensboro College in the NCAA and later transferring to Stanford University for this final two years of college soccer. At Stanford, Nelsen was named MVP as a junior player and an All‐American as a senior player. He graduated with a degree in Political Science from Stanford University. Drafted fourth overall in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United, Nelsen spent four years with the club where he played a key role in bringing the team its fourth championship. During his tenure at D.C. United, he made 81 appearances, posting seven goals and five assists. He served as Team Captain from 2003 to 2004 and was twice named as MLS’s Best XI in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, Nelsen moved to the English Premier League, playing for Blackburn Rovers from 2005 to 2012, posting 195 appearances in all competitions, scoring eight goals. He was named Captain less than a month after his arrival with the team. In 2012, he signed with Tottenham Hotspur as a free agent on a six‐month contract. He made nine appearances, five League and four FA Cup, scoring one goal in all competitions for the Spurs. In June 2012, Nelsen signed with Queens Park Rangers and went on to make 24 appearances for the club. He played his final professional game on Tuesday, January 29 against the defending EPL Champions, Manchester City. The game ended in a 0‐0 draw. Nelsen earned 49 caps for New Zealand’s All Whites National Team. He also captained the All Whites at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and most recently, at the 2012 London Olympics. Nelsen also represented New Zealand at three FIFA Confederations Cups. In 2011, Nelsen was named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to football. He also co‐ authored a book with fellow New Zealander Tony Smith called Ryan Nelsen’s Road to the World Cup.
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FRAN O’LEARY‐ Assistant Coach & Director of Player Recruitment PRONUNCIATION: O‐LEAR‐EE Fran O’Leary enters his second season as Assistant Coach and Director of Player Recruitment for Toronto FC. He was originally hired on January 8, 2013 alongside Ryan Nelsen. Prior to joining Toronto FC, O’Leary spent seven years at Bowdoin College’s Mens Soccer program where he served as head coach. A native of Dublin, Ireland, O’Leary, is one of the most distinguished coaches in collegiate soccer, and possesses an illustrious coaching resume and strong soccer acumen. At Bowdoin, he posted an impressive 62‐27‐9 record with two NCAA Tournament berths in his first six campaigns. In 2010, he was named NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year. He previously held coaching positions at Elmira College, Kenyon College, Dartmouth and George Mason. O’Leary is a graduate of Thomas Edison State College and began his coaching career as an Assistant at Boston College.
JIMMY BRENNAN ‐ Assistant Coach PRONUNCIATION: BREN‐IN Jimmy Brennan enters his third season as an assistant coach for Toronto FC. Brennan was promoted to the first team on May 14, 2012 after spending 15 months as head coach of the U17 Academy Team. Brennan was named the first player and captain in Toronto FC’s history on September 8, 2006. Prior to signing with Toronto, Brennan spent several years playing in England with Bristol City, Nottingham Forest, Norwich City, and Southampton. While at Norwich City, Brennan was part of the 2004 League One Division championship side. With the promotion, Brennan became the first Canadian outfield player to play in the English Premier League. Brennan earned 49 caps with the Canadian National Team during his playing career. He was part of the Canada squad that won the Gold Cup in 2000. He also played in the Gold Cup in 2002 and 2005 and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Following his retirement as a player on April 6, 2010, Brennan was named the club’s assistant general manager. On March 1, 2011, Brennan was named head coach of Toronto FC’s U17 Academy team.
JASON BENT‐ Assistant Coach PRONUNCIATION: BENT Jason Bent enters his fourth season as an assistant coach for Toronto FC. Bent joined the first team ahead of the 2011 season, after spending the previous three seasons in the Academy. A native of Brampton, Ontario, Bent is a local coach who brings a wealth of experience having played internationally and within Major League Soccer. He went to the University of Maryland prior to joining the Colorado Rapids. Bent spent three seasons with the Rapids
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appearing in over 50 matches and was part of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup finals squad in 1999. His last professional club was Plymouth Argyle in England where he played three seasons. Bent helped Plymouth win the Division Three Championship in 2001‐2002, and the Division Two Championship in 2003‐2004. In addition to his club football career, Bent earned 32 caps for the Canadian National Team.
DUNCAN OUGHTON – Assistant Coach PRONUNCIATION: OUT‐IN Duncan Oughton enters his second season as an assistant coach with Toronto FC. Oughton was hired on May 8, 2013. Prior to joining Toronto FC, Oughton spent three years with the Columbus Crew as a member of their coaching staff, serving as the assistant technical director and assistant coach. Prior to his career in coaching, Oughton played his entire ten year career for the Crew. He was originally selected tenth overall in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft; and went on to win the MLS Cup in 2008, along with the Supporters Shield on three occasions (’04, ’08, ’09) and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2002. Oughton earned 27 caps and scored two goals for the New Zealand National team. He was part of New Zealand’s FIFA Confederations Cup squad in 2003 and 2009. Oughton retired as a player following the 2010 season.
STEWART KERR‐ Goalkeeper Coach PRONUNCIATION: KURR Stewart Kerr enters his third season as goalkeeping coach for Toronto FC. He was originally hired on December 14, 2011. A native of Bellshill, Scotland, Kerr spent the majority of his playing career with Celtic F.C. of the Scottish Premier League from 1993 until 2001. During his time at Celtic, Kerr won two Scottish League titles and two Scottish Cups. He went on loan for one season with English side, Brighton during his time with Celtic. Kerr finished his career at Wigan Athletic in 2002. Following his retirement as a player Kerr worked as the goalkeeping coach for Scottish clubs, Airdrie United and then with Motherwell FC before moving to Toronto FC.
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2014 TORONTO FC PLAYER BIOS #34
MANNY APARICIO
MIDFIELDER
PRONUNCIATION: AP‐AH‐REE‐CEE‐OH
HT: 5’7 WT: 149 DOB: 17 Sept 1995 AGE: 18 BIRTHPLACE: Buenos Aires, Argentina 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 1‐0 win on July 19 vs Rochester st Rhinos … Came on in the 81 minute in Wilmington’s 2‐2 draw on June 28 vs Richmond Kickers … Came on in the 76th minute in Wilmington’s 2‐2 draw on June 21 vs Chicago Fire Reserves … Started the match played 62 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐2 draw on June 14 vs Richmond Kickers … Came on in the 78th minute in Wilmington’s 2‐2 draw on June 6 vs OKC Energy FC … Started the match, registered his first goal of the season and played 74 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐1 win on May 31 vs Charlotte Eagles … Came on in the 67th th minute in Wilmington’s 5‐1 win on May 23 vs the Pittsburgh Riverhounds … Came on in the 89 minute in Wilmington’s 1‐0 win on May 17 vs the Charleston Battery … Started the match 57 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐0 defeat on Apr 26 vs Charlotte Eagles … Started the match and played 70 minutes in Wilmington’s 4‐3 win on Apr. 12 vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds … Started the match and played 70 minutes in Wilmington’s 0‐0 draw on Apr 5 vs Harrisburg City Islanders … Currently on loan at Wilmington Hammerheads FC (USLPRO) … FRIENDLY MATCH: Came on in the 60th minute on June. 18 vs Wilmington Hammerheads FC Career Notables: 2013…Made five appearances for the club in MLS Reserve League play, starting in four matches … He was named the club’s player of the tournament during the Dallas Cup … Started in seven matches, scoring two goals for the Kia Toronto FC Academy Senior Team International: Aparicio earned a call‐up to the Men’s Senior team preseason camp in January 2014 Aparicio enters his second season with Toronto FC. He became the eighth player in club history to sign for the first team, when he joined on August 8, 2013. Aparicio originally joined the Academy in October 2010 after spending one season with the Unionville Milliken Soccer Club. Upon moving to Canada with his family, Aparicio joined the North York Soccer Club and spent four seasons there. Aparicio competed for Canada’s U‐18 National side in the 2013 COTIF U‐20 Tournament last August in l’Alcúdia, Spain. Aparicio earned a call‐up to the Men’s Senior team preseason camp in January 2014
#8
KYLE BEKKER
MIDFIELDER
PRONUNCIATION: BECK‐ER
HT: 5’10 WT: 165 DOB: 2 Sept 1990 AGE: 23 BIRTHPLACE: Oakville, ON 2014: Was an unused substitute on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Was an unused substitute on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Was an unused substitute on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Was an unused substitute on July 5 vs D.C. United … Was an unused substitute on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Was an unused substitute on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played 78 minutes on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played 53 minutes on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played 68 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Came on in the 78th minute on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Came on in the 76th minute on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played 64 minutes, received a yellow card on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY th MATCH: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Came on in the 67 minute on June. 18 vs Wilmington Hammerheads FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in nine matches, starting in three, while logging 335 minutes for Toronto FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Appeared and started in two matches International: Earned 11 caps for Canada, member of 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad
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Bekker was drafted third overall by Toronto FC in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. He spent four seasons at Boston College, appearing in 80 games for the Eagles, scoring 17 goals and added 22 assists. In his Freshman year he earned ACC All‐Freshman Team honours and was the only player at Boston College to start in every match. Bekker was named to the All‐ACC First Team in 2011 and again this past season. He ranks second all‐time at Boston College in assists. The Oakville, Ontario native earned four caps for the U23 Canadian Men’s National Team during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic qualifying tournament. Bekker made his debut at the age of 15 with the Canadian national youth program. In January 2013, Bekker earned his first call up for the Canadian Men’s National Team. Prior to joining Boston College, Bekker played his youth soccer with the Oakville Bluestars winning the Ontario Cup championship twice (2004 and 2005) along with the national title in 2004. In 2006 he joined the Mississauga Dixie Dominators and won back‐to‐back Ontario Cup championships in 2006 and 2007 and added another national title in 2006. Bekker then moved onto the Sigma Elite Training Centre program prior to his collegiate career. In 2008, Bekker earned an invitation to train with AFC Ajax youth academy.
#12
JOE BENDIK
GOALKEEPER
PRONUNCIATION: BEN‐DIK
HT: 6’2 WT: 217 DOB: 25 Apr 1989 AGE: 25 BIRTHPLACE: Marietta, GA 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 5 vs D.C. United … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match, earned his second clean sheet of the 2014 MLS season and played the full 90 minutes on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Started the match registered an assist, earned his first clean sheet of the 2014 MLS season and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played the full 120 minutes on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared and started in 33 matches, logging 2,970 minutes, with a record of 6‐16‐11 and four clean sheets for Toronto FC 2012…Appeared in five matches, starting in three, logging 326 minutes, for Portland Bendik enters his second season with Toronto FC, after he was acquired in a trade with the Portland Timbers on December 12, 2012. He originally signed with the Timbers in February 2012 after spending two seasons with Norwegian club Sogndal. Prior to his professional career, Bendik played four seasons at Clemson University where he finished among the school’s career leaders in a number of statistical categories.
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#28
MARK BLOOM
DEFENDER
PRONUNCIATION: B’LOOM
HT: 5’11 WT: 162 DOB: 25 Nov 1987 AGE: 26 BIRTHPLACE: Marietta, GA 2014: Started the match and played 55 minutes on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 5 vs D.C. United … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played 87 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played 89 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played 89 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match, registered an assist, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Was an unused substitute on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Came on in the 79th minute and received a yellow card on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared and started in six matches, recording one assist, while logging 540 minutes for Toronto FC. With Atlanta, he started in 12 matches, adding one assist and logged 1,080 minutes Bloom enters his second season with Toronto FC. He originally joined the club on loan from NASL club, the Atlanta Silverbacks on July 12, 2013. Prior to joining the club, Bloom was part of Atlanta’s NASL Spring season championship side. Prior to joining Atlanta, Bloom played for the Charlotte Eagles of the USL Pro League. He signed his first professional contract in 2010 with AC St. Louis of the USSF Division 2 Professional League. Before turning pro, Bloom played his collegiate soccer at Berry College. During his time at Berry College, Bloom was named team M.V.P. in his senior year and helped the team win two conference titles.
#4
MICHAEL BRADLEY
MIDFIELDER
PRONUNCIATION: BRAD‐LEE
HT: 6’2 WT: 179 DOB: 31 Jul 1987 AGE: 26 BIRTHPLACE: Princeton, New Jersey 2014: Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played 61 minutes on July 5 vs D.C. United … Started the match, received a yellow card in the 58th minute and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match, registered his first MLS regular season goal with Toronto FC, and played 73 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match, made his TFC regular season debut and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match, played the full 120 minutes and scored in penalty kicks on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match, received a yellow card, registered a goal and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Was an unused substitute on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur Career Notables: 2012‐2014…Appeared in 41 matches, scoring five goals for AS Roma. Finished as runners‐up in 2012‐13 Coppa Italia. 2011‐2012…Appeared in 35 matches, scoring one goal for A.C. Chievo Verona. 2011…Appeared in three matches on loan at Aston Villa. 2008‐2011…Appeared in 76 matches, scoring ten goals for Borussia Mönchengladbach. 2006‐2008…Appeared in 50 matches, scoring 21 goals for SC Heerenveen. 2005…Appeared in 30 matches, scoring one goal for MetroStars. International: Started the match, played the full 120 minutes in the Round of 16 (FIFA World Cup 2014) against Belgium that ended in a 2‐1 defeat on July 1st, 2014 … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in the final game of the group stage (FIFA World Cup 2014) against Germany that ended in a 1‐0 defeat on June 26, 2014 … Started the match and playing he full 90
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minutes in the second game of the group stage (FIFA World Cup 2014) against Portugal that ended in a 2‐2 draw on June 22th, 2014 … Started the match and playing he full 90 minutes in the first game of the group stage (FIFA World Cup 2014) against Ghana that ended in a 2‐1 victory on June 16th, 2014 … Started the match and playing he full 90 minutes in a friendly match th against Nigeria that ended in a 2‐1 victory on June 7 , 2014 … Started the match, registered an assist, while playing he full 90 minutes in a friendly match against Turkey that ended in a 2‐1 victory on June 1st, 2014 … Started the match and playing he full 90 minutes in a friendly match against Azerbaijan that ended in a 2‐0 victory on May 27th, 2014 … Michael Bradley was named to United States Head Coach Jürgen Klinsmann’s 23‐man roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on May 22, 2014 … Michael th Bradley was named to Jurgen Klinsmann’s 30‐man preliminary roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on Monday May 12 , 2014 … Started the match, registered a goal, and an assist, while playing he full 90 minutes in a friendly match against México that ended in a 2‐2 draw on April 2nd, 2014 … Bradley has earned 89 caps for the United States National team and has scored 12 goals for his country. Bradley represented the United States at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Bradley enters his first season with Toronto FC after the club reached a transfer agreement with Italian Serie A club AS Roma and signed the American international midfielder as a Designated Player on January 13, 2014. Bradley began his youth career with the United States U‐17 Team Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida where he spent four semesters (2002‐04). Bradley turned pro at the age of 16 and was selected thirty‐sixth overall in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft by the MetroStars. He spent one season in MLS, making 30 appearances and scoring one goal. Bradley was sold to Dutch Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen in January, 2006. He made over 50 appearances during his time at SC Heerenveen, including scoring 21 combined goals in his final season before signing for German Bundesliga club, Borussia Mönchengladbach in January, 2008. Bradley spent three seasons with the German club, where he made 76 combined appearances and scored ten goals. He went on a brief loan spell to Aston Villa in January, 2011, where he made three appearances. Bradley signed with Italian Serie A club, A.C. Chievo Verona (Chievo) in August, 2011, and went on to make 35 appearances for the club, scoring one goal. He joined Roma from Chievo in July, 2012. Bradley has earned 81 caps for the United States National team and has scored 11 goals for his country. He made his debut for the U.S. on May 26, 2006 as a substitute in a friendly match against Venezuela. He scored his first international goal, which was the game winner in a 1‐0 victory over Switzerland on October 17, 2007. Bradley has represented the U.S. at two CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments, winning a Gold Medal in 2007 and finishing as runners‐up in 2011. Bradley also played in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, where the U.S. finished as runners‐up to Brazil, and the 2010 FIFA World Cup where he scored a goal in a 2‐2 draw against Slovenia.
#13
STEVEN CALDWELL ‐ CAPTAIN
DEFENDER
PRONUNCIATION: CALD‐WELL
HT: 6’2 WT: 195 DOB: 12 Sept 1980 AGE: 33 BIRTHPLACE: Stirling, Scotland 2014: Started the match and played 69 minutes on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 5 vs D.C. United … Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Missed the May 31 game vs Columbus Crew due to a one match suspension … Started the match and was ejected in the 63rd minute on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC th Dallas … Started the match, received a yellow card in the 17 minute and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Missed the Apr. 5 game vs Columbus Crew due to a one match suspension … Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared and started in 23 matches, adding one goal, one assist and logged 2,066 minutes. Named the sixth captain in club history ahead of the match against Sporting KC on July 13. 2011‐2013…Appeared in 90 matches, adding two goals in all competitions for Birmingham City F.C. 2010‐2011…Appeared in 10 matches in all competitions with Wigan
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Athletic F.C. 2007‐2010…Appeared in 104 matches, adding five goals in all competitions with Burnley F.C. 2004‐2007…Appeared in 76 matches, adding four goals in all competitions with Sunderland A.F.C. 2004…Appeared in 13 matches, adding one goal in all competitions while on loan at Leeds United A.F.C. 2001‐2002…Appeared in nine matches in all competitions while on loan at Bradford City A.F.C. 2001…Appeared in six matches in all competitions while on loan at Blackpool F.C. 1998‐2004…Appeared in 19 matches for Newcastle United F.C International: Caldwell has earned 12 caps for the Scotland’s Men’s National team Caldwell enters his second season with Toronto FC. Originally Caldwell was loaned to Toronto FC on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 from Birmingham City F.C., following the expiration of his loan agreement he signed with Toronto FC on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Caldwell was named the sixth captain in club history on July 13. Caldwell began his professional career with Newcastle United F.C. and spent time on loan at Blackpool F.C., Bradford City A.F.C., and Leeds United A.F.C. during his time with the Magpies. Caldwell signed with Sunderland A.F.C. ahead of the 2004‐05 season and remained with the club for just over two seasons. He signed with Burnley F.C. (Burnley) in January 2007. Caldwell captained Burnley to promotion into the English Premier League by winning the 2008‐09 Football League Championship playoff trophy. After leaving Burnley, Caldwell spent one season at Wigan Athletic F.C. He later signed with Birmingham City in July 2011. Caldwell has earned 12 caps for the Scotland’s Men’s National team.
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JÚLIO CÉSAR
GOALKEEPER
PRONUNCIATION: JU‐LEE‐OH SAY‐ZAR
HT: 6’1 WT: 175 DOB: 3 Sept 1979 AGE: 34 BIRTHPLACE: Duque de Caxias, Brazil 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Júlio César won Week 7's MLS Save of the Week award … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match, registered his second clean sheet and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match, registered his first clean sheet and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match, made his MLS and TFC debut, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Was an unused substitute on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2012‐2014…Appeared in 27 matches in all competition with Queens Park Rangers F.C. 2005‐2012…Appeared in over 300 matches, logging over 29,000 minutes with Inter Milan. Cesar won 14 trophies including five Scudetti (Italian league titles), the 2009‐10 UEFA Champions League, the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, three Coppa Italia titles (’05‐’06, ’09‐’10, ’10‐’11), and four Supercoppa Italiana titles (’05, ’06, ’08, ’10). Júlio César was named Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year on two occasions (’08‐’09 and ’09‐’10), along with UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for 2009‐10. He was also nominated for the Ballon d’Or award in 2009. 2005…Made zero appearances while on loan at A.C. Chievo Verona. 1997‐2005…Made a combined 130 appearances while at Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. He won the Campeonato Carioca four times (’99, ’00, ’01, ’04). The club also won another six trophies during his time at Flamengo. International: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in the third place match (FIFA World Cup 2014) against Holland th that ended in a 3‐0 defeat on July 12 , 2014 … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in the semifinals (FIFA World Cup 2014) against Germany that ended in a 7‐1 defeat on July 8th, 2014 … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in th the quarterfinals (FIFA World Cup 2014) against Colombia that ended in a 2‐1 victory on July 4 , 2014 … Started the match and played the full 120 minutes in the Round of 16 (FIFA World Cup 2014) against Chile that ended in a 1‐1 (3‐2) victory in penalty th kicks on June 28 , 2014 … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in the final game of the group stage (FIFA World Cup 2014) against Cameroon that ended in a 4‐1 victory on June 23rd, 2014 … Started the match, registered a clean sheet and played the full 90 minutes in the second game of the group stage (FIFA World Cup 2014) against Mexico that ended in a 0‐0 draw on June 17th, 2014 … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in the first game of the group stage (FIFA World Cup 2014) against Croatia that ended in a 3‐1 victory on June 12th, 2014 … Started the match, registered a clean sheet and played the full 90 minutes in a friendly match against Serbia that ended in a 1‐0 victory on June 6th, 2014 … Started the match, registered a clean sheet and played the full 90 minutes in a friendly match against Panama that ended in a 4‐0 victory on June 3rd, 2014 … Júlio César was named to Brazilian Head Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari’s 23‐man roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday May 7 … Started the match, registered a clean sheet and played the full 90 minutes in a friendly match against South Africa that ended in a 5‐0 victory on March 5th, 2014 … Júlio César has earned 87 caps for his native Brazil. Júlio César
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represented Brazil at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2004 Copa América Júlio César joined Toronto FC on loan on Friday, February 14 from Queens Park Rangers F.C. (QPR). He originally joined QPR in August 2012 and made a combined 27 total appearances for the club in two seasons. His professional career began with Brazilian side; Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Flamengo) in 1997. He spent eight seasons with Flamengo, and made a combined 130 appearances and won the Campeonato Carioca four times (’99, ’00, ’01, ’04). The club also won another six trophies during his time at Flamengo. Júlio César joined Italian club, A.C. Chievo Verona on loan through F.C. Internazionale Milano (Inter Milan) in January 2005 but did not make an appearance for the club. In July 2005, he moved to Inter Milan on a permanent deal. In seven seasons with Inter Milan, Júlio César made a combined total of 300 appearances across all competitions, winning 14 trophies including five Scudetti (Italian league titles), the 2009‐10 UEFA Champions League, the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, three Coppa Italia titles (’05‐’06, ’09‐’10, ’10‐’11), and four Supercoppa Italiana titles (’05, ’06, ’08, ’10). Júlio César was named Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year on two occasions (’08‐’09 and ’09‐’10), along with UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for 2009‐ 10. He was also nominated for the Ballon d’Or award in 2009. Júlio César first international appearance came during the 2004 Copa América tournament, where he helped lead Brazil to the title over Argentina in a penalty shootout. Júlio César has also won the FIFA Confederations Cup with Brazil in both 2009 and 2013. He was part of Brazil’s squad at the FIFA World Cup in Germany (2006) and South Africa (2010). He has also represented Brazil at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2011 Copa América.
#3
WARREN CREAVALLE
MIDFIELDER
PRONUNCIATION: WAR‐IN CRUH‐VAL
HT: 5’11 WT: 170 DOB: 14 August 1990 AGE: 23 BIRTHPLACE: Acworth, GA 2014: Appeared in 16 matches, starting in 10 while logging 890 minutes for the Houston Dynamo Career Notables: 2013 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in all five matches while logging 394 minutes for the Houston Dynamo. 2013…Appeared in 27 matches, starting in 17, registering three goals and one assist, while logging 1629 minutes for the Houston Dynamo. 2012 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in one match while logging two minutes for the Houston Dynamo. 2012…Appeared in 11 matches, starting in five, registering one assist, while logging 479 minutes for the Houston Dynamo. US OPEN CUP…Appeared and started in all three matches while logging 270 minutes for the Houston Dynamo. CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared in nine matches for the Houston Dynamo. Warren Creavalle is currently in his third season in the MLS, and has made a combined 72 appearances, scoring three goals, with two assists all with the Houston Dynamo. Creavalle was originally selected by Houston in the second round of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Central Florida.
#14
DWAYNE DE ROSARIO
MIDFIELDER
PRONUNCIATION: DE‐ROW‐SAR‐EE‐OH
HT: 5’9 WT: 182 DOB: 15 May 1978 AGE: 36 BIRTHPLACE: Scarborough, Ontario 2014: Came on in the 80th minute on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Was an unused substitute on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Was an unused substitute on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Was an unused substitute on July 5 vs D.C. United … Was an unused substitute on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Came on in the th 90 minute on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on June 7 vs San Jose st Earthquakes … Came on in the 71 minute on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Was an unused substitute on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Was an unused substitute on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Came on in the 87th minute on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played 67 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match and played 69 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Came on in the 62nd minute and played his 60th league match for Toronto FC on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Came on in the 63rd minute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match and played 63 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Came on in the 74th minute on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Came on in the 83rd minute and scored on penalty kicks on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps
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FC … Came on in the 79th minute and received a yellow card on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Came on in the 45th minute on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June. 18 vs Wilmington Hammerheads FC Career Notables: Dwayne De Rosario has 32 goals all‐time with Toronto FC, which includes MLS, Amway Canadian Championship & CONCACAF Champions League. 2013…Appeared in 24 matches, starting in 17. Scored three goals and added two assists, while logging 1,603 minutes with D.C. United. US OPEN CUP…Appeared and started in five matches, scoring five goals … Won the US Open Cup … Scored a hat‐trick in a 3‐1 victory over the Philadelphia Union in the fourth round of the tournament. 2012…Appeared in 26 matches, starting in 25, scored seven goals and added 12 assists, while logging 2,195 minutes with D.C. United. 2012 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in one match. 2011…Appeared and started in two matches, scoring one goal, and added one assist, logging 180 minutes for Toronto FC … Appeared in 13 matches, starting in 12, scoring two goals, and added four assists, while logging 1,113 minutes for the New York Red Bulls … Appeared in 18 matches, starting in 17, scoring 13 goals, adding seven assists, while logging 1,488 minutes for D.C. United … Was named MLS MVP … Won MLS Golden Boot … Was named MLS Best XI … Won Canadian Player of the Year. CONCACAF Champions League…Scored in the second leg of the club’s 3‐2 win over Motagua in Honduras on August 3. 2010…Appeared in 27 matches, starting in 24, registering 15 goals and three assists, while logging 2226 minutes for Toronto FC … Was named MLS Best XI. Canadian Championship…Scored the only goal of the game as Toronto FC won 1‐0 at Montreal on May 12 … Won the Canadian Championship … Was named tournament Most Valuable Player … Won Canadian Championship Golden Boot. CONCACAF Champions League…Scored in the second leg of the club’s 3‐2 win over Motagua in Honduras on August 3. 2009…Appeared in 28 matches, starting in 27, registering 11 goals and six assists, while logging 2444 minutes for Toronto FC … Was named MLS Best XI … Was named 2009 TFC Player of the Year. Canadian Championship…Scored three times on 06/18/09 in Montreal to help give TFC a 6‐1 victory … Won the Canadian Championship (first piece of hardware for TFC) … Was named tournament Most Valuable Player … Won Canadian Championship Golden Boot. 2008…Appeared in 24 matches, starting in 22, registering seven goals and two assists, while logging 1948 minutes for Houston Dynamo. 2008 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in two playoff matches, while logging 173 minutes for Houston Dynamo. Champions League…Appeared in first four games as a substitute … Conjured up one of the plays of the year vs. San Francisco on 10/7, stealing the ball 30 yards from goal and fi ring in the game‐winning goal in the 88th minute. 2007…Appeared in 24 matches, starting in 22, registering six goals and four assists, while logging 1973 minutes for Houston Dynamo … Won Western Conference Championship … Won Canadian Player of the Year … Was named MLS Best XI. 2007 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in four playoff matches, registering two goals and two assists, while logging 385 minutes for Houston Dynamo … Won the MLS Cup … Was named MLS Cup MVP. 2006…Appeared in 30 matches, starting in 29, registering 11 goals and five assists, while logging 2534 minutes for Houston Dynamo … Won Western Conference Championship … Won Canadian Player of the Year … Was named MLS Best XI. 2006 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in four playoff matches, registering two assists, while logging 390 minutes for Houston Dynamo … Won the MLS Cup. 2005…Appeared in 28 matches, starting in 26, registering nine goals and 13 assists, while logging 2375 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes … Won the Supporters Shield … Won Canadian Player of the Year … Won MLS Goal of the Year … Was named MLS Best XI. 2005 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in two playoff matches, while logging 179 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes. 2004…Appeared in 21 matches, starting in 12, registering five goals and three assists, while logging 1211 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes … Won MLS Goal of the Year. 2004 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in two playoff matches, registering one goal, while logging 147 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes. 2003…Appeared in 11 matches, starting in six, registering four goals and three assists, while logging 684 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes … Won Western Conference Championship. 2003 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in three playoff matches starting in one, registering one goal and one assist, while logging 87 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes … Won the MLS Cup. 2002…Appeared in 27 matches, starting in 18, registering four goals and eight assists, while logging 1637 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes. 2002 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in two matches, starting in one, while logging 90 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes. Open Cup…Scored a goal on 7/17 @ SEA … Entered as a substitute in the 81st minute vs. LA on 8/7. 2001…Appeared in 21 matches, starting in 11, registering five goals and four assists, while logging 1072 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes. 2001 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in four playoff matches scoring two goals while logging 65 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes … Won the MLS Cup … Was named MLS Cup MVP. Other Pro Experience…De Rosario turned pro at age 18 in 1997, signing with the Toronto Lynx of the A‐League. International: De Rosario has earned 77 caps for Canada and is the team’s all‐time leading goal scorer with 20. He also won the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup and 1996 CONCACAF U‐20 Championship.
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#18
JERMAIN DEFOE
FORWARD
PRONUNCIATION: JURR‐MAIN DA‐FOE
HT: 5’7 WT: 143 DOB: 7 Oct 1982 AGE: 31 BIRTHPLACE: Beckton, London, England rd 2014: Came on in the 63 minute and received a yellow card on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match, registered a goal and played the full 90 minutes on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match, registered two goals, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 5 vs D.C. United … Started the match, registered an assist and played the full 90 minutes on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Started the match, registered a goal and played the full 90 minutes on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match, registered a goal, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Started the match, registered two goals and played the full 90 minutes on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match, registered an assist, and played the full 90 minutes on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Started the match, registered a goal, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match, received a yellow card and played 62 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match, registered a goal and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Defoe was named MLS Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) for Week 2 … Started the match, registered two goals in MLS and TFC debut, and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Was an unused substitute on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Was an unused substitute on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match, registered a goal, an assist, and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Started the match and played 45 minutes on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur Career Notables: 2009‐2014…Appeared in 189 matches, scoring 79 goals for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. across the English Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League matches. 2007‐2009…Appeared in 36 matches, scoring 18 goals for Portsmouth F.C. across the English Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League matches. 2003‐2007…Appeared in 177 matches, scoring 64 goals for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. across the English Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League matches. 2000‐ 2001…Appeared in 31 matches, scoring 19 goals for A.F.C. Bournemouth on loan across the English Premier League, English League Championship, FA Cup and League Cup matches. 1999‐2004…Appeared in 106 matches, scoring 42 goals for West Ham across the English Premier League, English League Championship, FA Cup and League Cup matches. International: Jermain Defoe was called up to the English National Team on March 5th, 2014 against Denmark. He was an unused substitute … Defoe has earned 55 caps and scored 19 goals for the English National Team. Defoe represented England at the UEFA Euro 2012 and 2010 FIFA World Cup Defoe enters his first season with Toronto FC after the club reached a transfer agreement with English Premier League club, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and signed the English international forward as a Designated Player on January 10, 2014. Defoe began his junior career at Charlton Athletic F.C. and was enrolled into the FA National School of Excellence in 1997. From there, Defoe moved to West Ham United F.C. and turned professional at the age of 16. He won the Premier Academy League title in the 1999‐00 season with West Ham; and went on to make his first team debut in September 2000. He was loaned to second division club, A.F.C. Bournemouth for the 2000‐01 season. He returned to West Ham the following season where he led the team in goals. He remained with West Ham after the club was relegated following the 2002‐03 season until transferring to Tottenham in February, 2004. The following season and was named the club’s “Player of the Year” for the 2004 calendar year. Defoe remained with Tottenham until transferring to Portsmouth F.C. in January 2008. He stayed at Portsmouth until January 2009 before transferring back to Tottenham. Defoe had instant scoring success upon his return to Tottenham during the 2009‐ 10 season. Defoe’s first appearance came on March 4, 2004, when he appeared as a substitute in a 1‐0 loss to Sweden. Defoe’s first goal for England came during his first start September 8, 2004 in a FIFA World Cup Qualifying match against Poland. Defoe was a member of England’s 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, and helped secure its progression from the group stage, scoring the lone goal in a 1‐0 victory over Slovenia. Defoe was also part of England’s UEFA Euro 2012 squad.
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#7
BRIGHT DIKE
FORWARD
PRONUNCIATION: B’RIGHT DEE‐KAY
HT: 6’0 WT: 213 DOB: 2 Feb 1987 AGE: 27 BIRTHPLACE: Oklahoma City, OK 2014: Severed Lt. Achilles out indefinitely Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in seven matches, starting in five, adding one goal and logged 430 minutes for Toronto FC. 2012...Appeared in 12 matches, starting in nine, adding five goal and logged 896 minutes for Portland. 2011…Appeared in 11 matches, adding one goal and logged 164 minutes for Portland. 2010 US Open Cup…Appeared in two matches adding four goals for Portland International: Dike has earned two caps for the Nigerian national team. Dike enters his second season with Toronto FC, after he was acquired in a trade with the Portland Timbers on September 9, 2013. Dike, was originally selected in the first round (12th overall) in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew. He left the Crew to sign with the Portland Timbers of the USSF Division Two Professional League and spent the 2010 season with the club. He became one of the Timbers first signings ahead of the club’s inaugural MLS season in 2011. Prior to his professional career, Dike played his collegiate soccer at the University of Notre Dame. He played in 86 matches for the Fighting Irish and led the team and the Big East Conference in scoring both in his junior and senior years. Dike has earned two caps for the Nigerian national team. They both came during friendly matches against Venezuela on November 14, 2012 and Italy on November 18, 2013. Dike scored his first official goal for the Super Eagles in the 35th minute against Italy. Dike is eligible to play for Nigeria through his parents, who are natives of Nigeria.
#9
GILBERTO
FORWARD
PRONUNCIATION: JIL‐BER‐TOE
HT: 5’10 WT: 160 DOB: 5 June 1989 AGE: 25 BIRTHPLACE: Piranhas, Brazil 2014: Started the match, registered a goal and played 63 minutes on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Came on in the 77th minute on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Came on in the 80th minute on July 12 vs th Houston Dynamo … Came on in the 65 minute and registered his first MLS and Toronto FC goal on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Came on in the 66th minute, registered an assist and received a yellow card on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match, received a yellow card and played 66 minutes on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Started the match and played 56 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match, registered an assist and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match, made his MLS and TFC debut and played 63 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Came on in the 56th minute on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played 83 minutes on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match, registered an assist and played 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Started the match and played 45 minutes on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 24 matches, adding 14 goals, while on loan to Associação Portuguesa de Desportos (Portuguesa). 2012...Appeared in 25 matches, adding seven goals, while on loan to Sporting Recife 2011‐2013…Appeared in 39 matches, scoring five goals while at Internacional. 2009‐2011…Appeared in 21 matches, adding 12 goals for Santa Cruz Futebol Clube Gilberto enters his first season with Toronto FC, after signing with Toronto FC as a Designated Player on Friday, December 13, 2013. Most recently Gilberto spent time with Associação Portuguesa de Desportos (Portuguesa) on loan from Sport Club Internacional. He began his career at Brazilian club, Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (Santa Cruz) in 2009, after two years in the youth program. Gilberto moved to Internacional in 2011, over the course of three seasons he went on two separate loans to Brazilian clubs, Sport Club do Recife (Sporting Recife) during the 2012 season, and Portuguesa in 2013.
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#17
NICK HAGGLUND
DEFENDER
PRONUNCIATION: HAGG‐LUND
HT: 6’1 WT: 193 DOB: 9 Nov 1992 AGE: 21 BIRTHPLACE: Cincinnati, Ohio 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Came on in the th 55 minute on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Missed the July 12 game vs Houston Dynamo due to a one match suspension … Started the match and was ejected in the 88th minute on July 5 vs D.C. United … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Was an unused substitute on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match, registered an assist, and played the full 90 minutes on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Came on in the 89th minute on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Made his MLS and TFC debut, and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs. Columbus Crew … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Was an unused substitute on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played the full 120 minutes on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Was an unused substitute on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Came on in the 45th minute and registered an assist on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June. 18 vs Wilmington Hammerheads FC Career Notables: Was selected in the 1st Round, 10th overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft Hagglund enters his first season with Toronto FC and in Major League Soccer. He was selected in the 1st Round, 10th overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Prior to being drafted, he spent four seasons at Xavier University. He made 81 appearances, starting in 80, while scoring four goals and adding 11 assists. Hagglund was named Big East Defensive Player of the Year for 2013, along with First Team All‐Big East honours. During his collegiate career he has also earned A‐10 Defensive Player honours, and was named to the Atlantic 10 All‐Conference First Team. In his freshman campaign he was named to Atlantic 10 All‐Rookie Team and Atlantic 10 All‐Tournament Team.
#25
JEREMY HALL
DEFENDER
PRONUNCIATION: JER‐A‐MEE HALL
HT: 5’10 WT: 177 DOB: 11 Sept 1988 AGE: 25 BIRTHPLACE: Tampa, FL 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 1‐0 victory on July 19 vs the Rochester Rhinos … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 0‐0 draw on July 18 vs the Harrisburg City Islanders … Was an unused substitute on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Was an unused substitute on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Was an unused substitute on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Was an unused substitute on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Came on in the 73rd minute on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played 78 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played 67 minutes on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played 76 minutes on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … FRIENDLY MATCH: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June. 18 vs Wilmington Hammerheads FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 31 matches, starting in 26, scored one goal, added one assist and logged 2,280 minutes…AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Made one appearance as a substitute. 2012…Appeared in 23 matches, starting in 19, scored one goal, and logged 1,708 minutes for Toronto FC… AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Appeared in three matches, starting in two for Toronto FC …CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared in four matches, starting in three for Toronto FC. 2011…Appeared in four matches, starting in two, logging 291 minutes for FC Dallas…Appeared and started in 17 matches, logging 1,424 minutes and three assists for Portland…CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared and started in four matches for FC Dallas during the group stage. 2010…Appeared in 13 matches, stating in nine and recording one assist while logging 895 minutes for New York. 2009…Appeared in 24 matches, starting in 22, recording one assist logging 2,001 minutes for New York
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Hall enters his third season with Toronto FC. He was acquired in a trade from FC Dallas on November 29, 2011. He was drafted 11th overall in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls. He was traded to Portland Timbers following the 2010 season, and then sent to FC Dallas during the 2011 season. Hall played his college soccer with the University of Maryland. With the Terrapins, Hall made 66 appearances and scored 26 goals while adding 14 assists. He has also spent time with the U.S. Soccer Residency program at the U‐17 level.
#22
JORDAN HAMILTON
FORWARD
PRONUNCIATION: JOR‐DAN HAM‐IL‐TON
HT: 6’0 WT: 194 DOB: 17 Mar 1996 AGE: 18 BIRTHPLACE: Scarborough, Ontario 2014: Came on in the 71st minute, and registered a goal in Wilmington’s 1‐0 victory on July 19 vs the Rochester Rhinos … Came on in the 61st minute in Wilmington’s 0‐0 draw on July 18 vs the Harrisburg City th Islanders … Came on in the 46 minute in Wilmington’s 2‐0 defeat on July 12 vs Orlando city SC … Came on rd in the 63 minute in Wilmington’s 2‐2 draw on June 28 vs Richmond Kickers … Started the match, registered a goal and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐2 draw on June 21 vs Chicago Fire Reserves … Came on in the 76th minute and registered a goal in Wilmington’s 2‐2 draw on June 14 vs Richmond Kickers … Started the match played 67 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐2 draw on June 6 vs OKC Energy FC … Came on in the 76th minute in Wilmington’s 2‐1 win on May 31 vs Charlotte Eagles … Started the match, registered a goal and two assists and played 77 minutes on May 23 vs the Pittsburgh Riverhounds … Came on in the 61st minute, registered his first goal in Wilmington’s 1‐0 win on May 17 vs the Charleston Battery … Currently on loan at Wilmington Hammerheads FC (USLPRO) … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Came on in the 89th minute, made his MLS and TFC debut on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … th FRIENDLY MATCH: Came on in the 45 minute and registered a goal on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June. 18 vs Wilmington Hammerheads FC International: Hamilton earned a call‐up to the Men’s Senior team preseason camp in January 2014 Hamilton enters his first season with Toronto FC. He became the ninth player in club history to sign for the first team from the Academy, when he joined on January 9, 2014. Hamilton originally joined the KIA Toronto FC Junior Academy Team in 2011 at the age of 15. During the 2012 season, Hamilton and the Junior Academy Team were finalists in the 2012 Generation Adidas Cup in Seattle. He remained with the Junior Team to participate in the AEGON Future Cup in Holland in March 2013, where the club played against the U‐17 squads of AFC Ajax, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and São Paulo FC. Following the tournament, Hamilton returned to the Academy to join the Senior Team for the 2013 season. Hamilton represented Canada at the FIFA U‐17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates last October. He also represented Canada at the 2011 CONCACAF U‐17 Championship and the 2013 CONCACAF U‐17 Championship. He most recently received his first call‐up to the senior team preseason camp in January.
#15
DONEIL HENRY
DEFENDER
PRONUNCIATION: DON‐EEL HEN‐REE
HT: 6’1 WT: 194 DOB: 20 Apr 1993 AGE: 21 BIRTHPLACE: Brampton, ON 2014: Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Was an unused substitute on July 5 vs D.C. United … Was an unused substitute on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Started the match, registered his first goal of the 2014 MLS season, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Came on in the 66th minute on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Was an unused substitute on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match, received a yellow card in the 31st minute and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake …Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match, played the full 90
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minutes and played his 50th league match for Toronto FC on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match, registered a goal and played the full 90 minutes and on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match, registered a goal, received a yellow card and played the full 120 minutes, on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Started the match and played 45 minutes on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 20 matches, starting in 29, added one assist and logged 1,651 minutes for Toronto FC…AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Appeared and started in two matches, scoring one goal for Toronto FC. 2012…Appeared in 18 matches, starting in 11 with one goal and one assist, logging 1,139 minutes. Scored his first career MLS goal on April 28 against Real Salt Lake. CONCACAF Champions League…Made one appearance as a substitute. Amway Canadian Championship…Appeared and started in all four matches. 2011…Appeared in 10 matches, starting in six, logging 503 minutes. Amway Canadian Championship…Appeared and started in all four matches… CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared in two matches with one start. 2010…Made his MLS debut as a substitute in a 3‐2 win over D.C. United at RFK stadium on October 23 International: Earned 10 caps for Canada, member of the 2013 CONCACAFGold Cup squad Henry enters his fourth season with Toronto FC. He became the first player from Toronto FC Academy to graduate to the First Team when he signed a professional contract on August 26, 2010. He made three non‐league appearances prior to signing officially. He began his youth career with Brampton Bullets and then moved to North Mississauga. Prior to signing with the First Team, Henry served as captain of Toronto FC’s Junior Academy team. Henry has featured for Canada at the U20, U23 and senior levels. He earned his first senior team cap on August 15, 2012 in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago. On December 12, 2012, Henry was named the 2012 Canadian U20 Player of the Year.
#11
JACKSON
MIDFIELDER
PRONUNCIATION: JACK‐SON
HT: 5’9 WT: 154 DOB: 6 Mar 1988 AGE: 26 BIRTHPLACE: Franca, Brazil 2014: Started the match and played 77 minutes on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match, registered an assist and played the full 90 minutes on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played 77 minutes on July 5 vs D.C. United … Started the match, registered a goal and played the full 90 minutes on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played 65 minutes on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Started the match and played 66 minutes on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match, registered his first goal of the 2014 MLS season and Toronto FC , received a yellow card and played 78 minutes on May 3 th vs New England Revolution … Started the match, received a yellow card in the 74 minute and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Missed the Mar. 29 game vs Real Salt Lake due to a one match suspension … Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match, made his TFC regular season debut, played 90 minutes and was subbed off in extra‐time of the second half on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Started the match and played 67 minutes on June. 18 vs Wilmington Hammerheads FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 30 matches, starting in 29, adding three goals, three assists and logged 2,375 minutes for FC Dallas…US Open Cup…Appeared in one match. 2012…Appeared in 21 matches, starting in 18, adding four goals, seven assists and logged 1,732 minutes for FC Dallas…US Open Cup…Appeared in two matches. 2011…Appeared in 28 matches, starting in 22, adding four goals, two assists and logged 1,952 minutes. MLS PLAYOFFS Appeared and started in one playoff matches…CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared in seven matches adding one goal, one assist…US Open Cup…Appeared in three matches adding two goals, one assist. 2010…Loaned to Botafogo‐SP and loaned to FC Dallas. For FC Dallas, he appeared in 12 matches, starting in nine, adding one assist and logged 805 minutes...MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in four matches. 2009…Appeared in 14 matches for Mogi Mirim and São Caetano for all competitions on loan. 2008…Appeared in one match for Uberaba Sport Club on loan. 2007‐2011…Appeared in one match for São Paulo FC Jackson enters his first season with Toronto FC, after he was acquired in a trade with FC Dallas on December 9, 2013. Jackson recently completed his fourth season in Major League Soccer (MLS), all with FC Dallas. Prior to joining FC Dallas and MLS,
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Jackson began his career with Brazilian club São Paulo FC in 2007. He made his professional debut for the First Team at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro against Fluminense FC. He was part of the club’s 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A title winning side. During his time at Sao Paulo, Jackson went on four separate loan deals with clubs in his native Brazil
#1
CHRIS KONOPKA
GOALKEEPER
PRONUNCIATION: KON‐OP‐KA
HT: 6’5 WT: 228 DOB: 14 Apr 1985 AGE: 29 BIRTHPLACE: Toms River, NJ 2014: Was an unused substitute on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Was an unused substitute on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Was an unused substitute on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Was an unused substitute on July 5 vs D.C. United … Was an unused substitute on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Was an unused substitute on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Was an unused substitute on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Was an unused substitute on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Was an unused substitute on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Was an unused substitute on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Was an unused substitute on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Was an unused substitute on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Started the match and played 45 minutes on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June. 18 vs Wilmington Hammerheads FC Career Notables: 2012…Appeared and started in one match for the Philadelphia Union, logging 90 minutes. 2011…Appeared and started in one match for the New York Red Bulls, logging 90 minutes. 2010…Appeared and started in 12 matches for Waterford United. 2009…Appeared and started in three matches for Sporting Fingal Konopka enters his second season with Toronto FC, after he was acquired in a trade with the Philadelphia Union on Friday, September 13, 2013. He was originally selected in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft by the then Kansas City Wizards. He left the club at the conclusion of the 2007 season to trial with Bohemians FC of the League of Ireland. He later signed and was part of the club’s “Irish Double,” winning both the League of Ireland Championship and the FAI Cup. Konopka spent two more seasons in Ireland with Sporting Fingal (2009), and Waterford United (2010). He re‐joined the league as part of the MLS Goalkeeper Pool in 2011 and was called into service for both the New York Red Bulls and Columbus Crew that season. Konopka signed with the Philadelphia Union. Prior to his professional career, Konopka played his collegiate soccer at Providence College. During his time with the Friars, he helped lead the school to three straight Big East Championship Semi‐Finals and two NCAA Tournaments.
#35
DANIEL LOVITZ
MIDFIELDER
PRONUNCIATION: LOV‐ITZ
HT: 5’10 WT: 193 DOB: 27 Aug 1991 AGE: 22 BIRTHPLACE: Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 2014: Came on in the 70th minute on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Was an unused substitute on July 16 vs th Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Came on in the 58 minute on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Came on in the th 77 minute on July 5 vs D.C. United … Came on in the 78th minute on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Came on in the 18th minute and registered an assist on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Came on in the 53rd minute on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Came on in the 68th minute on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Was recalled by Toronto FC on May 13. He appeared and started in all five matches, registering one goal, one assist, while logging 450 minutes for Wilmington Hammerheads FC (USLPRO) … Started the match registered a goal and assist in Wilmington’s 4‐3 win on Apr. 12 vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds … Currently on loan at Wilmington Hammerheads FC (USLPRO) … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played 56 minutes on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match, registered an assist and played the full 90 minutes on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Came on in the 64th minute on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Started the match, registered an assist and played the full 90 minutes on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur Career Notables: 2013…Selected in the 2nd Round (24th Overall) in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft Lovitz enters his first season with Toronto FC. He was selected in the 2nd Round (24th Overall) in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Daniel spent four seasons at Elon University, making 80 appearances, scoring nine goals and added 16 assists. This past season
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Lovitz was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year after leading the Phoenix to a third straight conference tournament title and NCAA Tournament berth.
#27 LUKE MOORE
FORWARD
PRONUNCIATION: MOR
HT: 5’9 WT: 167 DOB: 13 Feb 1986 AGE: 28 BIRTHPLACE: Birmingham, England 2014: Started the match and played 80 minutes on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played 80 minutes on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match, registered a goal and played the full 90 minutes on July 5 vs D.C. United … Started the match and was ejected in the 29th minute on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Started the match and played 81 minutes on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Started the match and played rd the full 90 minutes on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Came on in the 53 minute, registered a goal and th received a yellow card on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Came on in the 56 minute, registered his first MLS and Toronto FC goal on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Made his Toronto FC debut, started the match, played the full 120 minutes and scored in penalty kicks on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Was an unused substitute on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Appeared in six matches with two starts, while logging 187 minutes for Chivas USA Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 14 matches for Sanica Boru Elaziğspor. 2011‐2013…Appeared in 52 matches scoring eight goals for Swansea City A.F.C. 2008‐2011…Appeared in 57 matches scoring five goals for West Bromwich Albion. 2007‐ 2008…Was loaned to West Bromwich Albion. 2003‐2004…Was loaned to Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 2003‐2008…Appeared in 87 matches scoring 14 goals for Aston Villa. Moore was acquired by Toronto FC from the Colorado Rapids in exchange for defender Gale Agbossoumonde on Thursday, May 8, 2014. Moore was acquired earlier that day by Colorado from Chivas USA. Moore joined Chivas USA during the 2014 off‐ season from Turkish Super League Club, Sanica Boru Elaziğspor. Moore began his youth career at Aston Villa F.C. and spent the majority of his career with Aston Villa in the English Premier League from 2003‐2008. During that time he went on two different loan spells, Wycombe Wanderers F.C. (’03‐’04) and West Bromwich Albion F.C. (’07‐’08). He joined West Bromwich Albion for the 2008‐09 season and remained with the club for two seasons. Moore then signed for Swansea City A.F.C. in January 2011. He was part of Swansea City’s third‐place finish in the Football League Championship for 2010‐11. The Swans qualified for the playoffs and successfully defeated Reading 4‐2 in the finals at Wembley Stadium to earn promotion into the English Premier League, becoming the first Welsh club to do so in 20 years. He remained with Swansea City for two seasons before moving to Turkey for the 2013‐14 season.
#5
ASHTONE MORGAN
DEFENDER
PRONUNCIATION: ASH‐TON MORE‐GAN
HT: 5’9 WT: 156 DOB: 9 Feb 1991 AGE: 23 BIRTHPLACE: Toronto, ON 2014: Was an unused substitute on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Was an unused substitute on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … On July 9 Ashtone Morgan was named to the inaugural Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game roster … Was an unused substitute on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Was an unused substitute on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Was an unused substitute on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Was an unused substitute on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Came on in the 93rd minute of extra time on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Was an unused substitute on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played 79 minutes on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Was an unused substitute on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June. 18 vs Wilmington Hammerheads FC
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Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 22 matches, starting in 20, adding one assist and logged 1,805 minutes…AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Appeared and started in two matches. 2012…Appeared in 30 matches, starting in 27, added five assists, and logged 2,528 minutes…CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared and started in all four matches. Amway Canadian Championship…Appeared and started in all four matches…CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage…Appeared and started in all four matches. 2011…His first start came in Portland on July 30. CONCACAF Champions League…Played in eight matches, starting in five. International: Earned nine caps for Canada, member of 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad Morgan enters his fourth season with Toronto FC. He signed with the First Team on March 17, 2011. Morgan made his professional debut as a late substitute against Portland on March 26, 2011. He became the first graduate from the Toronto FC Academy program to earn a call‐up to the Canadian National Team; when he was called by Stephen Hart ahead of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. Morgan was named the 2011 U‐20 Canadian Player of the Year on December 13.
#2
JUSTIN MORROW
DEFENDER
PRONUNCIATION: MORR‐OH
HT: 5’9 WT: 153 DOB: 4 Oct 1987 AGE: 26 BIRTHPLACE: Cleveland, Ohio 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 5 vs D.C. United … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Started the match, received a yellow and played the full 90 minutes on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Came on in the st 81 minute on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match, registered an assist and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match, made his TFC regular season debut, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Came on in the 79th minute on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Was an unused substitute on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 26 matches, starting in 21, adding one goal, one assist and logged 1,937 minutes for San Jose … CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared in four matches for San Jose. 2012…Appeared and started 33 matches, adding one goal, four assist and logged 2,970 minutes for San Jose … MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in two matches, adding one assist for San Jose … US OPEN CUP…Appeared in one match for San Jose. 2011…Appeared and started nine matches, and logged 810 minutes for San Jose … US OPEN CUP…Appeared in two matches, adding two goals for San Jose. 2010…Appeared in three matches, and logged 59 minutes for San Jose. International: Earned one cap for the United States Morrow enters his first season with Toronto FC, after he was acquired in a trade with the San Jose Earthquakes on December 16, 2013. He was originally selected in the second round of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft (28th overall) and recently completed his fourth season in Major League Soccer (MLS) all with the San Jose Earthquakes. Morrow has earned one cap for the United States Men’s National team. The appearance came during a friendly against Canada in January, 2013. Morrow was also an unused substitute for the U.S. National team during a pair of FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Costa Rica, and Mexico in March of 2013.
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#23
DOMINIC ODURO
MIDFIELDER
PRONUNCIATION: DOM‐IN‐ICK OH‐DURR‐OH
HT: 6’0 WT: 160 DOB: 13 August 1985 AGE: 28 BIRTHPLACE: Accra, Ghana 2014: Started the match, registered a goal, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on July th 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Came on in the 59 minute on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match, registered his first goal as a member of Toronto FC and played 58 minutes on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Came on in the 45th minute on July 5 vs D.C. United … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Started the match, registered an assist and played 65 minutes on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Made his Toronto FC debut, came on in the 65th minute on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … FRIENDLY MATCH: Started the match and played 45 minutes on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Appeared in 11 matches, starting in six while logging 539 minutes for the Columbus Crew Career Notables: 2013…Appeared and started in all 34 matches, and registered 13 goals and four assists while logging 2854 minutes for the Columbus Crew. 2013 US OPEN CUP…Appeared in one match for the Columbus Crew. 2012 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in one match while logging 30 minutes for the Chicago Fire. 2012…Appeared in 33 matches, starting in 21, registering six goals and three assists, while logging 1823 minutes for the Chicago Fire. 2012 US OPEN CUP…Appeared in one match for the Chicago Fire. 2011…Appeared in 33 matches, starting in 29, registering 12 goals and two assists, while logging 2604 minutes for the Chicago Fire. Appeared in one match while logging 29 minutes for the Houston Dynamo. 2011 US OPEN CUP…Appeared in four matches and registered two goals for the Chicago Fire. 2010…Appeared in 27 matches, starting in 19, registering five goals and four assists, while logging 1711 minutes for the Houston Dynamo. 2010 CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared in five matches for the Houston Dynamo. 2010 US OPEN CUP…Appeared in two matches and registered a goal and one assist for the Houston Dynamo. 2009 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in all three matches, while logging 232 minutes for the Houston Dynamo. 2009…Appeared in 16 matches, starting in seven, registering one goal and four assists, while logging 707 minutes for the Houston Dynamo. Appeared in three matches, starting in one while logging 128 minutes for the New York Red Bulls. 2009 US OPEN CUP…Appeared in two matches and registered a goal for the Houston Dynamo. 2008…Appeared in 25 matches, starting in nine, registered five goals and two assists, while logging 992 minutes for FC Dallas. 2008 US OPEN CUP…Appeared in one match and registered a goal for FC Dallas. 2007 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in two matches, while logging 65 minutes for FC Dallas. 2007…Appeared in 29 matches, starting in 10, registering three goal and two assists, while logging 1163 minutes for FC Dallas. 2007 US OPEN CUP…Appeared in one match for FC Dallas. 2006…Appeared in 16 matches, starting in three, registered one goal, while logging 410 minutes for FC Dallas International: Dominic Oduro has earned one cap to date for Ghana. He made his debut on February 29, 2012 in a friendly match against Chile. Dominic Oduro is currently in his ninth season in MLS. Oduro has made a combined 235 league and playoff appearances, scoring 46 goals and adding 21 assists in his career, all in MLS. He was originally selected in the second round (22nd overall) in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft from Virginia Commonwealth University by FC Dallas. After spending the first three seasons of his professional career with FC Dallas, Oduro was traded to New York Red Bulls ahead of the 2009 MLS season. Later that same season the Red Bulls traded Oduro to the Houston Dynamo. He remained with the Dynamo until he was traded to the Chicago Fire, early into the 2011 MLS season. Oduro played two seasons with the Fire before being dealt to Columbus on February 1, 2013.
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#16
BRADLEY ORR
DEFENDER PRONUNCIATION: BRAD‐LEE OR
HT: 6’1 WT: 195 DOB: Nov 11 1982 AGE: 31 BIRTHPLACE: Liverpool, England 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Came on in the 69th minute on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played 45 minutes on July 5 vs D.C. United … Came on in the 87th minute on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Came on in the 81st minute on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played 18 minutes on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match, registered his first MLS and Toronto FC goal and played the full 90 minutes on May 23 vs Sporting KC … Started the match, received an assist and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played 60 rd th minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Came on in the 83 minute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Came on in the 65 minute, made his MLS and TFC debut on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match, played the full 120 minutes, received a yellow card and scored in penalty kicks on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Was an unused substitute on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Started the match and played 45 minutes on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur Career Notables: 2013…Made four appearances while on loan at Blackpool. 2012…Made 13 appearances, adding two assists while on loan at Ipswich Town. 2010…Appeared in 35 matches for QPR. 2004‐2010…Appeared in 235 matches, adding 12 goals and eight assists. 2004…Appeared in four matches loaned to Burnley. Orr enters his first season with Toronto FC, after he was acquired on loan from Blackburn Rovers F.C. on Friday, January 24, 2014. Most recently Orr spent time on loan from Blackburn at English Championship side, Blackpool F.C. He began his career at Newcastle United and was sent on loan to Burnley F.C in 2004. At the conclusion of his loan, Orr signed with Bristol City F.C. and went on to make 235 total appearances for the club. In the summer of 2010, Orr signed with Queens Park Rangers F.C. (QPR) and helped the club gain promotion into the English Premier League that same season. He remained with QPR until transferring to Blackburn in January 2012. He made 34 appearances for Blackburn before going on two separate loans to Ipswich Town F.C. and finally to Blackpool.
#21
JONATHAN OSORIO
MIDFIELDER
PRONUNCIATION: JOHN‐ATHAN O‐SOR‐EE‐O
HT: 5’9 WT: 161 DOB: 12 Jun 1992 AGE: 22 BIRTHPLACE: Toronto, ON 2014: Started the match and played 70 minutes on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played 59 minutes on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match, registered a goal an assist st and played the full 90 minutes on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Came on in the 61 minute on July 5 vs D.C. United … Started the match, registered an assist and played the full 90 minutes on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Started the match and played 71 minutes on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match, registered an assist th and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Came on in the 67 minute on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Started the match and played the full 120 minutes, on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Came on in the 45th minute on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Started the match and played 60 minutes on June. 18 vs Wilmington Hammerheads FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 28 matches, starting in 18. Scored five goals and added one assist, while logging 1,697 minutes. Osorio scored his first professional goal on March 30 against the LA Galaxy in the 78th minute, the match ended in a 2‐ 2 draw. Osorio’s second goal was scored in the 83rd minute against the New York Red Bulls on April 27; his goal earned him MLS Goal of the Week honours for Week 9 … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Appeared and started in two matches
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International: Earned eight caps for Canada, member of CONCACAF Gold Cup squad Osorio enters his second season with Toronto FC. He signed with Toronto FC on Friday, March 1, 2013 after spending preseason with the club. Osorio broke onto the scene in his rookie season, scoring five league goals and earning his first cap for the Canadian Men’s National team. Osorio began training with the KIA Toronto FC Academy in September 2012 and was invited to train with the First Team this preseason. Prior to training with the Academy, Osorio played in the Canadian Soccer League (CSL) last season with SC Toronto. He has also played for Club National de Uruguay. When he was 18 years old he made his debut in the Canadian National youth program and represented Canada at the 2011 CONCACAF U‐20 Championship in Guatemala.
#33
RYAN RICHTER
DEFENDER
PRONUNCIATION: RICK‐TUR
HT: 6’0 WT: 184 DOB: 12 Apr 1989 AGE: 25 BIRTHPLACE: Southampton, PA 2014: Currently on loan at Ottawa Fury FC (NASL) … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Was an unused substitute on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Was an unused substitute on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Was an unused substitute on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Came on in the 45th minute on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June. 18 vs Wilmington Hammerheads FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 13 games, starting in 12, adding one assist, while logging 1,118 minutes … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Appeared and started in two matches. 2012…Appeared in 24 matches, scoring two goals for the Charleston Battery of the USL PRO League. Won the USL PRO Championship. Richter enters his second season with Toronto FC. Prior to joining the club he played for Charleston and was part of the club’s 2012 USL Pro Championship winning side. Richter was originally selected in the first round of the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft by the Philadelphia Union, and signed with the club following preseason. He was later sent on loan to USL Pro club Harrisburg City Islanders, before joining Charleston.
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QUILLAN ROBERTS
GOALKEEPER
PRONUNCIATION: Q’WILL‐ANN ROB‐ERTS
HT: 6’0 WT: 200 DOB: 13 Sept 1994 AGE: 19 BIRTHPLACE: Toronto, ON 2014: Started the match, registered his fifth clean sheet and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 1‐0 victory on July 19 vs the Rochester Rhinos … Started the match, registered his fourth clean sheet and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 0‐0 draw on July 18 vs the Harrisburg City Islanders … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐0 defeat on July 12 vs Orlando city SC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐2 draw on June 28 vs Richmond Kickers … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐2 draw on June 21 vs Chicago Fire Reserves … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐2 draw on June 14 vs Richmond Kickers … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐2 draw on June 6 vs OKC Energy FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐1 win on May 31 vs Charlotte Eagles … Started the match, played the full 74 minutes and received a red car in Wilmington’s 1‐0 win on May 17 vs the Charleston Battery … Started the match, played the full 90 minutes and registered his third clean sheet in Wilmington’s 1‐0 win on May 10 vs the Charleston Battery … Started the match, played the full 90 minutes and registered his second clean sheet in Wilmington’s 0‐0 draw on May 3 vs Rochester Rhinos … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐0 defeat on Apr 26 vs Charlotte Eagles … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 4‐3 win on Apr. 12 vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds … Started the match, played the full 90 minutes and registered his first clean sheet in Wilmington’s 0‐0 draw on Apr 5 vs Harrisburg City Islanders … Currently on loan at Wilmington Hammerheads FC (USLPRO) … FRIENDLY MATCH: Came on in the th 45 minute on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June. 18 vs Toronto FC Career Notables: 2013…Came on as a second half substitute against AS Roma on August 7 in a Friendly match
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Roberts enters his third season with Toronto FC after signing with the First Team on April 10, 2012. At the age of 17, he became the seventh player in club history to graduate from the Academy to the First Team. While with the Academy, Roberts represented Canada in the FIFA U17 World Cup, where he earned international fame for scoring a goal from his own half against England in a 2‐2 draw.
#26
COLLEN WARNER
MIDFIELDER
PRONUNCIATION: CALL‐IN WAR‐NURR
HT: 5’10 WT: 178 DOB: 24 June 1988 AGE: 26 BIRTHPLACE: Denver, Colorado 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on July 16 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 12 vs Houston Dynamo … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 5 vs D.C. United … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 27 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes … Made his Toronto FC debut, started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 23 vs Sporting KC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Started the match and played 45 minutes on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Appeared and started in nine matches, while logging 678 minutes for the Montreal Impact … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs FC Edmonton Career Notables: 2013 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in one match, while logging 678 minutes for the Montreal Impact. 2013…Appeared in 17 matches, starting in nine, registered one goal, while logging 876 minutes for the Montreal Impact. 2013 AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Appeared in four matches, starting in two and won the Amway Canadian Championship. 2012…Appeared in 29 matches, starting in 27, while logging 2431 minutes for the Montreal Impact. 2012 AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Appeared and started in two matches. 2011…Appeared in 24 matches, starting in 15, while logging 1106 minutes for the Real Salt Lake. 2010 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in one match, while logging 34 minutes for the Real Salt Lake. 2010…Appeared in 13 matches, starting in four, while logging 426 minutes for Real Salt Lake. Warner was acquired by Toronto FC from the Montreal Impact in exchange for midfielder Issey Nakajima‐Farran on Friday, May 16, 2014. He scored his first MLS career goal – a game‐winner – on June 1 in 2‐1 win in Kansas City. Warner was drafted in the first round, 15th overall, by Real Salt Lake in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made his Real Salt Lake debut in U.S Open Cup qualifying on April 14. That season he started two of three CONCACAF Champions League games, recording one goal and one assist. He also played one game on loan with USSF D2 side AC St‐Louis in August against NSC Minnesota, before quickly being recalled by the club. Collen made his MLS Cup Playoff debut in November against FC Dallas in the second leg of the Western Conference Semifinal Series. He was selected by the Montreal Impact in the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft on November 23. Warner played in international matches against Olympique Lyonnais and Bologna FC. Warner helped the Impact win the 2013 Amway Canadian Championship, playing all four games, including two starts. He also started in three CONCACAF Champions League games for the Impact.
#32
ANDREW WIEDEMAN
FORWARD
PRONUNCIATION: WEE‐DA‐MAN
HT: 5’11 WT: 166 DOB: 22 Aug 1989 AGE: 24 BIRTHPLACE: San Ramon, CA 2014: Was an unused substitute on July 19 vs Houston Dynamo … Was an unused substitute on July 2 vs Chicago Fire … Was an unused substitute on May 31 vs Columbus Crew … Was an unused substitute on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Came on in the 81st minute on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Came on in the 67th minute on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Came on in the 78th minute on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … rd Came on in the 63 minute on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Was an unused substitute on June 4 vs Montreal Impact … Was an unused substitute on May 28 vs Montreal Impact … Was an unused substitute on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Came on in the 90th minute th on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … FRIENDLY MATCH: Came on in the 45 minute and registered a goal and assist on July 23 vs Tottenham Hotspur … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on June. 18 vs Wilmington Hammerheads FC
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Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 14 matches, starting in nine, scoring two goals, and added one assist while logging 821 minutes. Scored the match winning goal in the 94’ minute on July 27 against Columbus. Scored match tying goal on August 30 against New England. 2012…With Toronto FC‐ appeared in 15 matches, starting in seven. Scored two goals and logged 784 minutes with FC Dallas‐ appeared in five matches, starting in one, logging 113 minutes. He scored his first career MLS goal on July 18 against the Colorado Rapids in only his second appearance for Toronto FC, the goal ended up as the game winner, 2‐1 for the Reds … CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared in four matches, starting in two. 2011…Appeared in three matches, logging 59 minutes for FC Dallas. 2010…Appeared in five matches, with one start, logging 113 minutes for FC Dallas
Wiedeman enters his third season with Toronto FC. He was acquired via trade on July 12, 2012 from FC Dallas. He was originally drafted in the second round, 21st overall by FC Dallas in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. Wiedeman went to the University of California; where he scored 30 goals and added 15 assists in his three seasons with the Golden Bears. Wiedeman was also a three time All‐Pac 10 selection during his collegiate career.
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1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 23 25 26 27 28 30 32 33 34 35 40
Player
Chris Konopka Justin Morrow Michael Bradley Ashtone Morgan Gale Agbossoumonde Bright Dike Kyle Bekker Gilberto Jackson Joseph Bendik Steven Caldwell Dwayne De Rosario Doneil Henry Bradley Orr Nick Hagglund Jermain Defoe Issey Nakajima-Farran Jonathan Osorio Jordan Hamilton Alvaro Rey Dominic Oduro Jeremy Hall Collen Warner Luke Moore Mark Bloom Julio Cesar Andrew Wiedeman Ryan Richter Manny Aparicio Daniel Lovitz Quillan Roberts 22
37
72
9
3
90M 59M 70M
10 90D 90D 90D 27 29
58M 31
13
32
20
90M 90M 90M 90M 90F 80F 90F 80F 90D 90D 55D
90M
45
90D 90D 45M 21 90D 88D 35 90F 90F 90F
10 13 63F 77M 90M 77M 90G 90G 90G 90G 90D 69D
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 61M 90M 90M
12 90M 90M 90M 68M 90M 53M 90M 78M 63F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 56F 66F 24 24 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 78M 66M 65M 90M 90M 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 63D 90D 90D 90D 63F 27 28 69F 67F 3 19 1 90D 90D 90D 90D 24 90D 90D 90D 25 7 59D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 18M 9 3 90D 1 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90F 90F 62F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 31 21 90M 81M 12 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 71M 90M 90M 87M 1 65M 83M 90M 78M 22 68M 53M 25 65M 90M 78M 17 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 34 37 90F 90F 81F 29F 90D 90D 90M 90D 89D 89D 87D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 27 12 23 9
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 73M 90M 90M 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SEA DC RSL CLB COL DAL NE NY KC CLB SJ NY CHI DC HOU VAN HOU 2-1 1-0 0-3 2-0 0-1 1-2 1-2 2-0 2-2 3-2 1-0 2-2 1-1 1-2 4-2 1-1 2-2
TORONTO FC
"00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position Played for other teams: Collen Warner played 678 minutes for MTL Luke Moore played 187 minutes for CHV Dominic Oduro played 593 minutes for CLB
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Nakajima-Farran 2 (unassisted) 21 Jackson 1 (Gilberto 1) 6 Defoe 4 (Orr 1) 12; Moore 1 (Bendik 1) 95+ Moore 2 (Defoe 1) 67; Orr 1 (Hagglund 1) 91+ Defoe 5 (penalty kick) 21; Defoe 6 (Gilberto 2) 81; Henry 1 (Lovitz 1) 92+ Defoe 7 (penalty kick) 27 Defoe 8 (Oduro 1, Osorio 2) 55; Gilberto 1 (unassisted) 72 Jackson 2 (Defoe 2) 42 Moore 3 (unassisted) 60 Osorio 1 (unassisted) 39; Oduro 1 (unassisted) 46+; Defoe 9 (Osorio 3, Jackson 1) Defoe 11 (penalty kick) 64 Gilberto 2 (Morrow 2, Oduro 2) 18; Oduro 2 (Moore 1) 47+
Bradley 1 (Bloom 1)
Defoe 1 (Osorio 1) 17; Defoe 2 (unassisted) Defoe 3 (unassisted) 60
TORONTO FC 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 4 1 2
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CHAMPIONSHIP 05/07/2014 05/14/2014 05/28/2014 06/04/2014 TOR TOR TOR TOR
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Chris Konopka Justin Morrow Michael Bradley Ashtone Morgan Gale Agbossoumonde Bright Dike Kyle Bekker Gilberto Jackson Joseph Bendik Steven Caldwell Dwayne De Rosario Doneil Henry Bradley Orr Nick Hagglund Jermain Defoe Issey Nakajima-Farran Jonathan Osorio Jordan Hamilton Alvaro Rey Jeremy Hall Luke Moore Mark Bloom Julio Cesar Andrew Wiedeman Ryan Richter Manny Aparicio Daniel Lovitz Quillan Roberts
CANADIAN SF1 SF2 F1 F2
120M 79D
14 90F
90D
90M 35
79M 76M
55M
74M 67M 90F 90D
23
90M
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Defoe (Gilberto) 28; Bradley (Defoe) Henry 4 Henry (Lovitz) 20
TORONTO FC
64M 83F
90D
120G
56
90F
90G 90D 16 90D
1 2 1 1
120F 41
120M 120M
37 120D 120D 120D
90G 90D 90F 90D 90M 90D
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CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP SF1 SF2 F1 F2 VAN VAN MTL MTL 2-1 1-2 1-1 0-1 90D 90M
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GAME NOTES SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs TORONTO FC BMO Field (Toronto, Ontario) 6 p.m. CT English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Gran D 1340 AM
2014 Regular season Team stats SPORTING KANSAS CITY
SPORTING Kansas City roster No. Pos. 1 GK 2 DEF 3 DEF 4 DEF 5 DEF 6 MID 7 DEF 8 MID 9 MID 10 MID 11 FWD 12 MID 13 DEF 14 FWD 15 DEF 16 FWD 17 FWD 18 MID 19 MID 20 MID 21 GK 22 FWD 23 MID 24 MID 25 MID 30 GK 37 FWD 40 DEF 78 DEF 94 MID * - On loan
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Name Pronunciation Eric Kronberg krawn-berg Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara^ oh-PAR-ah Kevin Ellis Matt Besler BEEZ-ler Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra Chance Myers^ Graham Zusi ZOO-see Antonio Dovale doh-VAH-lay Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber Sal Zizzo ZEE-zoh Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum OH-lumm Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick Claudio Bieler bee-AY-lurr C.J. Sapong sah-PONG Victor Munoz Peterson Joseph^ Jorge Claros hor-hay Jon Kempin Soony Saad SOO-nee sod Martin Steuble STOY-bleh Michael Kafari Christian Duke* Andy Gruenebaum GREEN-uh-BOHM Jacob Peterson Igor Juliao ZHOO-lee-ow Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en Jimmy Medranda* muh-DRAHN-dah ^ - Disabled list
2014 Regular Season MLS Standings
10-5-5 (35 pts) 20 1st in East 29 23 1.45 18 0.90 +11 282 (103) 36.5% 285 306 38 5
RECORD GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS ASSISTS GOALS/GAME GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS
Eastern Conference 1. Sporting Kansas City 2. D.C. United 3. Toronto FC 4. New York Red Bulls 5. New England Revolution 6. Philadelphia Union 7. Columbus Crew 8. Chicago Fire 9. Houston Dynamo 10. Montreal Impact
P W L T GP 35 10 5 5 20 34 10 5 4 19 26 7 5 5 17 24 5 6 9 20 23 7 10 2 19 23 5 8 8 21 23 5 7 8 10 20 3 5 11 19 19 5 11 4 20 14 3 10 5 18
Western Conference 1. Seattle Sounders FC 2. FC Dallas 3. Real Salt Lake 4. LA Galaxy 5. Colorado Rapids 6. Vancouver Whitecaps 7. Portland Timbers 8. Chivas USA 9. San Jose Earthquakes
P W L 38 12 4 29 8 7 29 7 4 27 7 4 27 7 6 27 6 4 24 5 6 23 6 8 18 5 8
T 2 5 8 6 6 9 9 5 5
GP 18 20 19 17 19 19 20 19 20
7-5-5 (26 pts) 17 3rd in East 26 18 1.53 23 1.35 +3 223 (77) 34.5% 220 247 34 3
2014 REgular season Individual Leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY
TORONTO FC
Jermain Defoe 11 14 Dom Dwyer goals Jonathan Osorio 3 5 Benny Feilhaber assists Jermain Defoe 45 72 Dom Dwyer shots Jermain Defoe 22 31 Dom Dwyer shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer game-winning goals Jermain Defoe 5 1 six players tied game-winning assists five players tied 1 48 Benny Feilhaber fouls suffered Jonathan Osorio 24 Doneil Henry 21 40 Dom Dwyer fouls committed Jermain Defoe 5 4 three players tied cautions three players 1 2 Aurelien Collin ejections 0.88 Eric Kronberg goals against avg 7 Eric Kronberg wins 7 Eric Kronberg shutouts 38 Eric Kronberg saves
Julio Cesar 1.29 Joseph Bendik 4 Bendik/Cesar 2 Joseph Bendik 27
Coaches - REGULAR SEASON Peter Vermes
Through July 23
TORONTO FC
6th season 72-50-42 6th season 72-50-42
ryan nelsen
MLS Experience MLS Record Year with Team Record with Team
2nd season 13-22-16 2nd season 7-5-5
Sporting kc Injury report As of July 24, 2014 OUT: • Ike Opara (right ankle - out for season) • Chance Myers (left Achilles - out for season) • Peterson Joseph (illness) • Eric Kronberg (fractured fourth metacarpal) • Paulo Nagamura (left ankle sprain)
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Kansas City Connections...
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Paulo Nagamura played for Toronto FC in 2007, the club’s inaugural season in MLS.
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Graham Zusi and Jeremy Hall were teammates at the University of Maryland from 2006-2008.
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Matt Besler, Bright Dike and Justin Morrow were teammates at the University of Notre Dame from 2006-2008.
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Jacob Peterson played for Toronto FC from 2010-2011.
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Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and Michael Bradley were on the U.S. Men’s National Team during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. All three players featured in each of the Americans’ four matches at the tournament.
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Benny Feilhaber (USA), Michael Bradley (USA) and Jermain Defoe (England) all participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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Both clubs’ leading goal scorers -- Dom Dwyer (14) and Jermain Defoe (11) -- are from London.
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Paulo Nagamura and Jackson are both from Sao Paulo, Brazil and came up through the youth system of Sao Paulo FC. Nagamura left the club in 2001 at age 18; Jackson left in 2009 at age 21.
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Sporting KC has sold out 46 straight MLS home matches at Sporting Park. Sporting KC has won 239 MLS regular season matches, third most in league history. Sporting KC has tied 121 MLS regular season matches, most in league history. Peter Vermes is in his sixth season as manager, second longest in club history behind Bob Gansler. Vermes’ winning percentage (.567) is best for Sporting KC all-time. Graham Zusi’s 455 career corner kicks taken in the MLS regular season are most all-time for Sporting KC. Graham Zusi is tied with Davy Arnaud for third place on Sporting KC’s all-time assists chart with 35. Aurelien Collin is second in club history for most MLS goals scored by a defender with 15, two shy of Jimmy Conrad (17). Matt Besler is in ninth place on the club’s all-time chart for games started with 131. On July 19, Andy Gruenebaum became the first goalkeeper in Sporting KC history to register wins in each of his first three starts for the club. Dom Dwyer’s 14 MLS goals in 2014 are third on the club’s singleseason goal scoring chart. C.J. Sapong’s 19 MLS regular season goals for Sporting KC are tied for 10th most in club history and the most of any player on the current roster. Should C.J. Sapong play on Saturday, it would be his 100th MLS regular season appearance for Sporting KC.
last time they met...
Sporting KC news & Notes
The teams last met in the MLS regular season on May 23, 2014 at Sporting Park. Dom Dwyer netted two goals to become the third player in team history to score in four consecutive MLS matches, but Toronto FC equalized in second half stoppage time to force a 2-2 draw.
Besler and Zusi sign Designated Player contracts with Sporting KC
Dwyer gave Sporting KC the lead in the 47th minute, finishing off a low cross from Sal Zizzo with his left foot. Luke Moore temporarily put the teams back on level terms in the 67th minute, just after his teammate Steven Caldwell had been ejected for a serious foul play. With a man advantage, Sporting KC dominated proceedings and Dwyer’s penalty kick restored the hosts’ six minutes from time. However, defender Bradley Orr bagged his first goal of the season in the opening minute of stoppage time to salvage a point for the visitors. Saturday is the second of three matches between the clubs this season. Toronto FC makes another to Sporting Park on Aug. 16.
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Sporting KC signed defender Matt Besler and midfielder Graham Zusi to long-term Designated Player contracts on July 19. Per club policy, additional terms of the agreements will not be disclosed. An Overland Park native, Besler became the first player from the state of Kansas to play in a FIFA World Cup when he started all four matches for the United States in Brazil this summer. The 27-year-old centerback debuted for the U.S. in January 2013 and has 21 career international appearances, including all three knockout round games en route to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup title. Besler was named captain of the reigning MLS Cup champions prior to the 2014 season and was recognized as the Kansas City Sports Commission Sportsman of the Year in April. Besler has made 148 MLS appearances (including postseason) with two goals and seven assists since being drafted by Kansas City in the first round of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of Notre Dame. Zusi is also coming off a strong performance at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He appeared in all four games for head coach Jurgen Klinsmann and contributed assists in back-to-back group stage games against Ghana and Portugal. The 27-year-old has earned 27 career international appearances with three goals and six assists in a U.S. Men’s National Team jersey. Taken in the second round of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft as a two-time national champion at the University of Maryland, Zusi has recorded 18 goals and 40 assists in 145 MLS matches (including postseason) over six professional seasons with Sporting KC.
Sporting KC Designated Players all-time • • • • • •
Graham Zusi (2014 - ) Matt Besler (2014 - ) Claudio Bieler (2013 - ) Jeferson (2011) Omar Bravo (2011) Claudio Lopez (2008)
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Sporting KC news & Notes (cont.) Besler, Collin and Zusi selected to MLS All-Star gameday roster
Sporting KC boasts strong record in Canada
Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin and Graham Zusi were named to the 2014 MLS All-Star gameday roster on July 19 and will represent Sporting KC when the MLS All-Stars face Bayern Munich on Aug. 6.
Sporting KC’s seven MLS regular season victories all-time on Canadian soil are second most among American clubs behind D.C. United’s eight. Since MLS expanded north of the American border with Toronto FC in 2007, Sporting KC has a 7-4-5 record against Canadian clubs on the road (3-3-3 at Toronto FC, 3-1-1 at Montreal Impact, 1-0-1 at Vancouver Whitecaps).
Besler has twice collected MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) honors and is a three-time MLS All-Star (2011, 2013, 2014). He was awarded MLS Defender of the Year in 2012 before being named a finalist again in 2013. Besler was Sporting KC’s Defensive Player of the Year each of the past three seasons. Collin earns MLS All-Star honors for a third consecutive year after signing with Sporting KC in April 2011. The 28-year-old centerback was a member of the MLS Best XI each of the last two seasons and was a Defender of the Year finalist in 2012. His 15 goals are most among defenders in MLS competition since 2011. Zusi is also an All-Star for the third straight season. The midfielder was named to the MLS Best XI each of the last two years and was an MLS MVP finalist in 2012 after leading the League with a career-high 15 assists in the regular season (third most in a single-season in club history). In 2013, Zusi was named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year, was nominated for Best MLS Player at the ESPYS and was the top rated midfielder in the MLS Castrol Index. He has been voted Sporting KC’s Most Valuable Player each of the last two years. Additional MLS All-Stars, as determined by player voting, will be announced on Aug. 6 in addition to the 23-player gameday roster revealed on July 19. A total of 32 All-Stars (four goalkeepers, eight defenders, 13 midfielders and seven forwards) will be named.
Dwyer’s standout season continues Forward Dom Dwyer ranks second in MLS with 14 goals and has already climbed into third place on the club’s single season scoring chart. With 14 matches still remaining, he needs five more goals to pass Preki’s longstanding single season record (18). In a victory at Montreal on July 12, Dwyer became one of only 10 players in MLS history to score six or more regular season goals against the same opponent in a single year and the first to do so in the League’s expansion era (2005 to present). Dwyer’s four multi-goal games -- he also scored twice against Toronto on May 23 -- are most in MLS this season and tied for sixth most in team history, and his nine left-footed strikes are three more than any other player. His 72 shots and 31 shots on target rank first and second in MLS.
Claros and Steuble make club debuts in Champions Shield friendly After signing for the club on July 16, Honduran midfielder Jorge Claros and Swiss-Filipino midfielder Martin Steuble saw their first action in a Sporting KC jersey against Manchester City FC on Wednesday. Claros played the entire second half and Steuble played the final 15 minutes as Sporting KC suffered a 4-1 friendly defeat to the reigning English Premier League champions, who were presented the Champions Shield after the game. Claros has played 53 games for the Honduras Men’s National Team and has scored three goals since making his debut in 2006. The 28-year-old midfielder made eight appearances during Honduras’ successful World Cup qualifying campaign and featured in all three matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside former Sporting KC midfielder Roger Espinoza. He signs from Honduran club Club Deportivo Motagua, where he won domestic league titles during the 2007-08 Apertura and 2010-11 Clausura. Steuble joins Sporting KC after seven years of professional soccer in Switzerland, most recently with Swiss Challenge League club FC Wil 1900. The 26-year-old has featured nine times for the Philippines Men’s National Team since making his international debut in March of this year.
Benny Feilhaber named MLS Player of the Week Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber was named MLS Player of the Week on Monday. Feilhaber contributed to both goals in the team’s 2-1 victory at Columbus on July 16 and scored in his second straight match--a free kick from outside the box--as the reigning MLS Cup champions beat LA Galaxy on July 19 at Sporting Park. In 2014, Feilhaber has started the most MLS matches (19) of any Sporting KC player and has suffered the second most fouls in MLS (48). He is amongst the top five MLS midfielders in the following statistical categories: passes (1050, No. 5), passes in opponents half (654, No. 5), successful passes in opponents half (510, No. 5), passes into final third (196, No. 2), touches (1399, No. 5), duels (232, No. 4), duels won (127, No. 5) and recoveries (153, No. 4).
Gruenebaum notches wins in first three starts for Sporting KC Goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum has a perfect 3-0-0 record since replacing injured Eric Kronberg on July 12. He becomes the first goalkeeper in franchise history to register wins in each of his first three starts. Gruenebaum began his 2014 MLS campaign with a 2-1 win at Montreal, then notched another pair of 2-1 victories against the Columbus Crew and LA Galaxy on July 16 and 19, respectively, as Sporting KC surged atop the Eastern Conference standings. The Overland Park, Kansas native previously made 82 MLS appearances for the Crew (including postseason) from 2006-2013.
Injuries and international duty test Sporting KC’s depth Through 20 games in the 2014 MLS regular season, Sporting KC has featured 20 different starting lineups. Peter Vermes’ lineup selection has been complicated by several factors throughout the year. In March, the club had to balance multiple competitions during the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. In May, schedule congestion came to the forefront with seven MLS games during the month. On July 9, starting goalkeeper Eric Kronberg broke the fourth metacarpal in his left hand and was ruled out eight weeks, giving Andy Gruenebaum his first Sporting KC start in MLS competition. To complicate matters, Chance Myers and Ike Opara have suffered season-ending injuries; Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and Lawrence Olum have seen extended international action; and Erik Palmer-Brown and Aurelien Collin have served one-game suspensions, with the latter also picking up a minor injury. As a result, 27 different players have appeared in an MLS match for the club this season, tied with Chivas USA for most in the League. Of those 27 players, 11 were 23 years of age or younger at the start of the season. The club’s defense has been stretched most of all, with eight different players featuring in the centerback position during the 2014 campaign.
Sporting KC reserves feature in Champions Shield loss to Man City In the second half of Sporting KC’s 4-1 loss to Manchester City on Wednesday, midfielder Michael Kafari made his club debut and homegrown keeper Jon Kempin made his first appearance since May 27, 2012 in the U.S. Open Cup. Victor Munoz played his second game for the club and on-loan Jimmy Medranda also featured in the final 45 minutes.
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Sporting KC news & Notes (cont.) Sporting KC shutting opponents down on the road
Juliao named to MLS Team of the Week
Sporting KC is in the midst of a four-game road winning streak, notching victories at the Houston Dynamo (June 6), Portland Timbers (June 27, Montreal Impact (July 12) and Columbus Crew (July 16). This marks the first time in franchise history that the team has rattled off four straight victories away from home.
Igor Juliao was named to MLSsoccer.com’s Team of the Week for the first time in his career after helping Sporting KC to wins over Columbus (July 16) and LA Galaxy (July 19). He registered his first career assist in the 93rd minute against the Crew as Benny Feilhaber’s MLS Goal of the Week nominee won the match. The 19 year-old right back debuted for Sporting KC on May 14 and started every match since.
Sporting KC leads MLS with six road wins and is the only team with three road clean sheets. Since the beginning of 2011, no team has more regular season road victories (26) or shutout road wins (13) than Sporting KC.
Kempin and Palmer-Brown selected to inaugural Homegrown Game Sporting KC Academy products Jon Kempin and Erik Palmer-Brown have been named to the 20-player roster for the 2014 Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game. The inaugural event will feature the League’s top Homegrown players against the Portland Timbers U-23s on Aug. 4 at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon as part of the festivities leading up to the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on Aug. 6. Kempin was Sporting KC’s first Homegrown player upon signing in 2010 at age 17 and is now in his fifth professional season. The Leawood, Kansas native most recently joined the United States U-21 Men’s National Team in April and has also trained with the U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team. Palmer-Brown became the youngest signing in club history at age 16 in August 2013 and is the youngest active player in MLS. The Lee’s Summit, Missouri native has logged five appearances for Sporting KC in all competition in 2014 and made his professional debut in May, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a regular season match as a defender. Palmer-Brown represented the United States at the U-15, U-17 and U-18 levels in 2013 en route to being named one of five finalists for U.S. Soccer’s Young Male Athlete of the Year. He most recently was a member of the U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team that finished runnersup at the 2014 Dallas Cup in April.
Paying the penalty Sporting KC has conceded five penalty kicks through 20 matches this year, already two shy of equaling the most for a single season in club history. The team conceded seven penalties in 1998 and 2007 and six penalties in 2000 and 2006. This follows a League-wide trend, as 88 penalty kicks have been awarded through 181 MLS matches (0.49 per game, as of July 24). The whole 2013 regular season had 81 penalties (0.25 per game), while the 2012 campaign had 72 penalties (0.22 per game).
Red cards rising Sporting KC has suffered seven red cards and received five during the 2014 season. The combined 12 ejections through 20 matches already surpass the club’s 2013 total of 10. Much like penalty kicks, red card numbers have increased League-wide this season. An average of 0.30 red cards have been shown per game (through July 17), up from 0.24 in 2013 and 0.18 in 2012.
First half lockdown Sporting KC has allowed five first half goals in MLS matches this season, second fewest of any team. Two of those five goals were penalty kicks, meaning Sporting KC has allowed just three first half goals from the run of play in 2014 MLS competition.
Kronberg ruled out with fractured fourth metacarpal
CONCACAF Champions League schedule determined
Sporting KC goalkeeper Eric Kronberg fractured the fourth metacarpal bone on his left hand during training on July 9. Surgery is not required and his approximate date of return is early September.
CONCACAF has announced the dates and times for the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League group stage. Sporting KC is paired with Nicaraguan club Real Esteli and Costa Rican club Deportivo Saprissa in Group 2.
Kronberg leads MLS with seven shutouts and a 0.88 goals against average (minimum 400 minutes played) in 2014. The ninth-year professional is the club’s longest tenured player. Only one player (Davy Arnaud) in club history has been with the team for more than nine seasons and only three other active MLS players have longer tenures with their teams: Logan Pause (12), Landon Donovan (10) and Gonzalo Segares (10).
Sporting KC signs midfielder Michael Kafari Sporting KC signed 22-year-old Michael Kafari on July 8. The native of Accra, Ghana moved to the United States in 2001 and helped lead the University of New Mexico to a 58-16-12 record with three goals and three assists during his collegiate career from 2010-2013. New Mexico became one of only three college programs to reach the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen each of the last three seasons, beginning in 2011 when Kafari and the Lobos were eliminated by Dom Dwyer and the University of South Florida in a penalty shootout. The Vancouver Whitecaps selected Kafari in the third round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft (No. 51 overall). He signed with their USL PRO affiliate Charleston Battery in mid-March after spending preseason with the Canadian club and made his competitive debut for Charleston on May 28 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup third round.
For the second straight year, Sporting KC will open the tournament at Real Esteli on Tuesday, August 19 at 9 p.m. CT. Sporting KC defeated Real Esteli 2-0 in their CCL opener in August 2013 and drew Esteli a month later 1-1 at Sporting Park. The defending MLS Cup champions will then return home for back-to-back matches at Sporting Park, hosting Saprissa on Thursday, Sept. 18 and Esteli on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Both matches will kick off at 7 p.m. CT. Sporting KC will conclude the group stage on Thursday, Oct. 23 at Saprissa. The team with the most points at the conclusion of the CCL group stage will advance to the quarterfinal round in spring 2015. Peter Vermes’ men advanced to the 2013-14 quarterfinals in March against Mexican club and eventual champion Cruz Azul, losing 5-2 on aggregate. Deportivo Saprissa has won three CONCACAF Champions Cup titles (1993, 1995 and 2005) and features two players, Michael Umana and Yeltsin Tejeda, who helped Costa Rica advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals. In May, Saprissa won their 30th league title in the Torneo de Verano final to become the most successful club in the history of the Costa Rican Primera Division. Real Esteli, the defending Clausura and Apertura champions in their domestic league, are the only Nicaraguan side to have participated in the competition and have qualified every year since the 2008-09 edition.
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Sporting KC news & Notes (cont.) Sporting KC a consistent contender in MLS
Sporting Park sellout streak
Since the beginning of 2011, Sporting KC has the second-best aggregate regular season record and the best road record of all MLS teams. During this time period, Sporting KC has won two major trophies -- the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the 2013 MLS Cup -- and is the only club with multiple conference regular season titles (2011, 2012).
Sporting Park has sold out 46 straight MLS matches, including four playoff games. The last time Sporting KC didn’t play in front of a sellout crowd was March 25, 2012. Since opening in June 2011, the venue has sold out 59 of 67 MLS matches and averaged 19,260 spectators, 104.3 percent of its 18,500 capacity.
MLS regular season records since 2011 Club Record Win pct. 1. Seattle Sounders 60-31-29 .621 2. Sporting KC 58-31-33 .611 3. LA Galaxy 57-32-30 .605 4. Real Salt Lake 55-36-30 .579 5. NY Red Bulls 48-32-42 .566
Through 10 MLS matches of the 2014 home campaign, Sporting Park’s average attendance is 20,007. The stadium’s 108.3 percent capacity this season ranks first in the League (excluding CenturyLink Field in Seattle, where official capacity is 38,500 but expands to 67,000 for select matches).
MLS regular season road records since 2011 Club Record Win pct. 1. Sporting KC 26-20-15 .549 2. Seattle Sounders 23-19-18 .533 3. LA Galaxy 19-23-18 .466 4. Real Salt Lake 20-25-16 .459 5. NY Red Bulls 15-23-24 .435
Among MLS leaders • Sporting KC ranks second in clean sheets (seven), second in goals conceded (18) and second in goals allowed average (0.90) • Sporting KC ranks first in road wins (six) and is tied for the fewest home losses (one) • Sporting KC ranks second in shots (284), first in shots on target (103) and first in fewest shots allowed (183) • Sporting KC ranks third in shots scored outside the box (seven) • Sporting KC ranks first in average possession (56.4%), second in successful passes (7,073), third in passing accuracy (81.0%) and first in crossing accuracy from open play (28.4%) • Sporting KC ranks second in successful crosses/corners (109) and first in crossing accuracy from open play (29.7%) • Sporting KC ranks first in chances created from set plays (47), 12 more than any other team • Sporting KC ranks first in fouls committed (286) and second in fouls suffered (306) • Sporting KC ranks tied for third with nine goals in the 76th minute or later • Dom Dwyer ranks tied for second in goals (14), first in shots (71), second in shots on target (31), first in multi-goal games (four), and second in game-winning goals (four) • Benny Feilhaber ranks second in fouls suffered (48), while Dom Dwyer ranks tied for third (44) • Eric Kronberg ranks first in shutouts (seven) and goals against average (0.88) among keepers with at least 400 minutes played • Matt Besler ranks first in passing accuracy among defenders with at least 450 passes attempted (86.7%)
MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week • • • • • • • • • •
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2 - Aurelien Collin 4 - Graham Zusi 7 - Aurelien Collin, Dom Dwyer 9 - Matt Besler, Graham Zusi 10 - Oriol Rosell, Dom Dwyer 11 - Dom Dwyer 14 - Kevin Ellis 16 - Kevin Ellis 18 - Matt Besler 19 - Benny Feilhaber, Igor Juliao
MLS Player of the Week • Week 4 - Graham Zusi • Week 19 - Benny Feilhaber
MLS Player of the Month • May - Dom Dwyer • June - Eric Kronberg
MLS Goal of the Week • Week 4 - Dom Dwyer
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Sporting Kansas City Transaction Tracker Players In
Players Out
Sal Zizzo (trade)
Jimmy Nielsen (retired)
Andy Gruenebaum (trade)
Kyle Miller (wavied)
Alex Martinez (SuperDraft)
Brendan Ruiz (wavied)
Antonio Dovale (signing)
Federico Bessone (out of contract)
Victor Munoz (signing)
Teal Bunbury (trade)
Igor Juliao (loan)
Josh Gardner (wavied)
Michael Kafari (signing)
Mechack Jerome (waived)
Jorge Claros (signing)
Oriol Rosell (transfer)
Martin Steuble (signing)
Alex Martinez (waived)
Transaction Timeline December 8: Goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen announces his retirement December 13: Sporting KC acquires midfielder Sal Zizzo through trade with Portland December 16: Sporting KC trades for goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum December 20: Sporting KC signs goalkeeper Eric Kronberg to new contract January 1: Defender Federico Bessone out of contract and will not return January 17: Sporting KC drafts forward Adnan Gabeljic in MLS SuperDraft January 21: Sporting KC drafts forward Reinaldo Brenes, midfielder Alex Martinez and defender Peter Schmetz January 30: Sporting KC signs defender Chance Myers to new contract February 13: Sporting KC re-acquires midfielder Jimmy Medranda February 19: Sporting KC trades forward Teal Bunbury to New England Revolution March 4: Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection Alex Martinez March 11: Sporting KC signs Spanish midfielder Antonio Dovale March 17: Sporting KC loans three players (Christian Duke, Jon Kempin and Mikey Lopez) to USL PRO affiliates March 25: Sporting KC waives defender Josh Gardner March 31: Sporting KC waives defender Mechack Jerome April 1: Sporting KC signs midfielder Victor Munoz April 4: Sporting KC signs defender Igor Juliao April 21: Sporting KC loans defender Kevin Ellis to OKC Energy FC May 16: Sporting KC recalls defender Kevin Ellis from OKC Energy FC June 3: Sporting KC transfers midfielder Oriol Rosell to Sporting CP June 4: Sporting KC recalls midfielder Mikey Lopez from Orlando City SC and loans him to OKC Energy FC June 30: Sporting KC waives midfielder Alex Martinez and recalls midfielder Mikey Lopez from OKC Energy FC July 8: Sporting KC signs midfielder Michael Kafari July 9: Sporting KC recalls goalkeeper Jon Kempin from OKC Energy FC and loans midfielder Jimmy Medranda to OKC Energy FC July 16: Sporting KC signs midfielders Jorge Claros and Martin Steuble
CONSTRUCTING Sporting KANSAS CITY Year
MLS SuperDraft
2006
Eric Kronberg (40th)
MLS Supplemental Draft
Signings
Trades
Homegrown Players
Aurelien Collin (Apr. 15) Peterson Joseph (Sept. 1) Lawrence Olum (Sept. 15)
Seth Sinovic (Nov. 28 from MON, originally signed May 10) Paulo Nagamura (Nov. 29 from CHV)
Kevin Ellis (Feb. 18)
Claudio Bieler (Dec. 18) Jimmy Medranda (Aug. 9)
Ike Opara (Dec. 12) Benny Feilhaber (Dec. 11)
Erik Palmer-Brown (Aug. 2)
Antonio Dovale (Mar. 11) Victor Munoz (Apr. 1) Igor Juliao (Apr. 4) Michael Kafari (July 9) Jorge Claros (July 16) Martin Steuble (July 16)
Sal Zizzo (Dec. 13) Andy Gruenebaum (Dec. 16)
MLS Lottery Draft
2007 2008
Chance Myers (1st)
2009
Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)
2010
Jon Kempin (Aug. 31)
2011
C.J. Sapong (10th)
2012
Dom Dwyer (16th)
2013
Mikey Lopez (14th)
2014
Jacob Peterson (Jan. 19) Christian Duke (14th)
Soony Saad (July 5)
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All-time regular season results Sporting KC record vs. Toronto FC: 10-4-5 Home games: 7-1-2 (22 GF, 9 GA) Road games: 3-3-3 (5 GF, 6 GA) Date Score Result Location 04/25/2007 KC 3 vs TOR 0 W Arrowhead Stadium 04/28/2007 KC 1 at TOR 0 W BMO Field 07/01/2007 KC 1 vs TOR 1 T Arrowhead Stadium 04/26/2008 KC 0 at TOR 2 L BMO Field 06/21/2008 KC 0 at TOR 0 T BMO Field CommunityAmerica Ballpark 09/20/2008 KC 2 vs TOR 0 W 03/21/2009 KC 2 vs TOR 3 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark 04/26/2009 KC 0 at TOR 1 L BMO Field 06/05/2010 KC 0 at TOR 0 T BMO Field CommunityAmerica Ballpark 07/31/2010 KC 1 vs TOR 0 W 06/04/2011 KC 0 at TOR 0 T BMO Field 07/23/2011 KC 4 vs TOR 2 W Sporting Park 06/16/2012 KC 2 vs TOR 0 W Sporting Park 08/18/2012 KC 1 at TOR 0 W BMO Field 09/01/2012 KC 2 vs TOR 1 W Sporting Park 03/09/2013 KC 1 at TOR 2 L BMO Field 07/13/2013 KC 3 vs TOR 0 W Sporting Park 09/21/2013 KC 2 at TOR 1 W BMO Field 05/23/2014 KC 2 vs TOR 2 T Sporting Park
All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category 1 2 OT Tot. Goals 9 18 0 27 Shots 116 164 0 280 Shots on Goal 40 63 0 103 Fouls 104 115 0 219 Offsides 32 25 0 57 Corner Kicks 46 53 0 99
TORONTO FC Category 1 2 OT Tot. Goals 5 10 0 15 Shots 73 90 0 163 Shots on Goal 32 37 0 69 Fouls 137 133 0 270 Offsides 25 32 0 57 Corner Kicks 35 39 0 74
All-Time Regular Season series leaders TORONTO FC
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
3 Kamara/Sapong Amado Guevara 4 Goals 4 Myers/Zusi 10 players tied 1 Assists 25 Kei Kamara Amado Guevara 13 Shots 9 Teal Bunbury Shots on Goal Amado Guevara 9 17 Roger Espinoza Fouls Committed Danny Dichio 16 17 Graham Zusi Fouls Suffered Carl Robinson 14 7 Jimmy Nielsen Wins 3 Kevin Hartman Losses 5 Jimmy Nielsen Shutouts 28 Kevin Hartman Saves 7 Kevin Hartman Goals allowed
Stefan Frei 2 Greg Sutton 3 Stefan Frei 3 Stefan Frei 20 Joseph Bendik 8
All-Time Regular Season game highs TORONTO FC
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 1 9 4 5 5
six players tied Goals three players tied 29 players tied Assists 10 players tied Kei Kamara Shots Amado Guevara Eddie Johnson Shots on Goal three players tied Collin/Sapong Fouls Committed Maurice Edu three players tied Fouls suffered Eric Hassli
Saves 5 three players tied 3 Kevin Hartman Goals alLowed
2 1 5 3 8 6
Bendik/Kocic 7 Stefan Frei 4
GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC TOR
1-15 16-30 31-45
1 1
5 1
3 3
46-60
6 5
61-75 76-90 OT
5 3
7 2
0 0
Tot.
27 15
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Sporting kansas city GOAl Chart 3
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13
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22
8
24 9
4
17
15 7
11
26
16 10
23
28
29
14
20
27
25 19
Penalty kicks: 2, 12, 18, 21
GOAL information 1- Aurelien Collin (Feilhaber), March 15, vs FC Dallas, 81* 2- Dom Dwyer, March 22, vs San Jose Earthquakes, 57^ 3- Graham Zusi (Zizzo, Nagamura), March 29, at Colorado Rapids, 50 4- Benny Feilhaber (Zusi, Zizzo), March 29, at Colorado Rapids, 79 5- Dom Dwyer (Zusi), March 29, at Colorado Rapids, 92 6- Callum Mallace (own goal), April 19, vs Montreal Impact, 31~# 7- Aurelien Collin (Olum), April 26, vs Montreal Impact, 71 8- Dom Dwyer (Peterson), April 19, vs Montreal Impact, 74 9- Dom Dwyer (Zusi), April 19, vs Montreal Impact, 86 10- Jacob Peterson, May 4, vs Columbus Crew, 10 11- Claudio Bieler (Zusi), May 4, vs Columbus Crew, 95 12- Dom Dwyer, May 10, at Montreal Impact, 18^ 13- Paulo Nagamura (Myers), May 10, at Montreal Impact, 34 14- Dom Dwyer (Dovale), May 10, at Montreal Impact, 64 15- Dom Dwyer (Nagamura), May 14, vs Philadelphia Union, 80 16- Dom Dwyer (Feilhaber), May 18, at Chicago Fire, 68+ 17- Dom Dwyer (Zizzo), May 23, vs Toronto FC, 47 18- Dom Dwyer, May 23, vs Toronto FC, 84^ 19 - Antonio Dovale, May 27, vs New York Red Bulls, 9 20 - Soony Saad (Feilhaber), June 6, at Houston Dynamo, 45 21 - Dom Dwyer, June 6, at Houston Dynamo, 70^ 22 - Lawrence Olum, June 27, at Portland Timbers, 24 # 23 - Dom Dwyer, July 6, vs Chicago Fire, 33 24 - Dom Dwyer, July 12, at Montreal Impact, 4 # 25 - Dom Dwyer, July 12, at Montreal Impact, 89 26 - C.J. Sapong, July 16, at Columbus Crew, 42* 27 - Benny Feilhaber, July 16, at Columbus Crew, 93 28 - Benny Feilhaber, July 19, vs LA Galaxy, 11+ 29 - Lawrence Olum, July 19, vs LA Galaxy, 61
Legend + - Free Kick * - Corner Kick ^ - Penalty Kick # - Throw-in ~ - Own Goal
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2014 MLS Regular Season Schedule and Box Scores DATE March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29 April 5 April 19 April 26 May 4 May 10 May 14 May 18 May 23 May 27 May 31 June 6 June 27 July 6 July 12 July 16 July 19
RESULT OPPONENT L 1-0 at Seattle Sounders D 1-1 vs FC Dallas W 1-0 vs San Jose Earthquakes W 3-2 at Colorado Rapids D 0-0 vs Real Salt Lake W 4-0 vs Montreal Impact L 2-0 at New England Revolution W 2-0 vs Columbus Crew W 3-0 at Montreal Impact L 2-1 vs Philadelphia Union L 2-1 at Chicago Fire T 2-2 vs Toronto FC T 1-1 vs New York Red Bulls L 1-0 at D.C. United W 2-0 at Houston Dynamo W 1-0 at Portland Timbers T 1-1 vs Chicago Fire W 2-1 at Montreal Impact W 2-1 at Columbus Crew 5 p.m. vs LA Galaxy
July 26 Aug. 1 Aug. 10 Aug. 16 Aug. 23 Aug. 29 Sept. 3 Sept. 6 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 18 Oct. 26
6 p.m. at Toronto FC 7 p.m. vs Philadelphia Union 7 p.m. at Vancouver Whitecaps 7:30 p.m. vs Toronto FC 7:30 p.m. vs D.C. United 7 p.m. vs Houston Dynamo 6:30 p.m. at New England Revolution 6:30 p.m. at New York Red Bulls 9:30 p.m. at Chivas USA 7 p.m. vs New England Revolution 7 p.m. at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. vs Chicago Fire 6 p.m. at Philadelphia Union 7:30 p.m. vs New York Red Bulls
GOALSCORERS --Collin Dwyer Zusi/Feilhaber/Dwyer --OG/Collin/Dwyer 2 --Peterson/Bieler Dwyer 2/Nagamura Dwyer Dwyer Dwyer 2 Dovale --Saad, Dwyer Olum Dwyer Dwyer 2 Sapong, Feilhaber Feilhaber, Olum
Sporting KC vs FC Dallas - March 15, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,431 (37th straight sellout) Weather: 70 degrees and mostly cloudy Sporting KC (0-1-1, 1 pt) FC Dallas (1-0-1, 4 pts)
1 0 0
2 1 1
F 1 1
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Jimmy Medranda (Alex Martinez 75), Benny Feilhaber; C.J. Sapong (Jacob Peterson 46), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 77), Sal Zizzo Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Kevin Ellis, Lawrence Olum, Ike Opara FC Dallas: Chris Seitz, Kellyn Acosta (Andres Escobar 61), Stephen Keel, Matt Hedges (C), Jair Benitez, Andrew Jacobson, Adam Moffat (Michel 87), Mauro Diaz (David Texeira 78), Fabian Castillo, Je-Vaughn Watson, Blas Perez Subs Not Used: Peter Luccin, Hendry Thomas, Richard Sanchez, Nicholas Walker Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 18 (8) 0 15 0 12
DAL 7 (1) 5 19 5 2
Misconduct Summary: DAL -- Adam Moffat (caution; reckless foul) 28 DAL -- Stephen Keel (caution; reckless tackle) 30 DAL - Je-Vaughn Watson (caution; reckless tackle) 88 Scoring Summary: SKC - Aurelien Collin 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 81 DAL - Matt Hedges 1 (Michel 1) 90 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja Asst. Ref.: Eric Weisbrod Asst. Ref.: Nikola Aleksic 4th Official: Leszek Stalmach
Sporting KC at Seattle Sounders - March 8, 2014 CenturyLink Field | Seattle, Washington Attendance: 39,240 Weather: 50 degrees and rain
Sporting KC vs San Jose Earthquakes - March 22, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,368 (38th straight MLS sell out) Weather: 41 degrees and partly cloudy
1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (0-1-0, 0 pts) 0 0 0 Seattle Sounders FC (1-0-0, 3 pts) 0 1 1
1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (1-1-1, 4 pts) 0 1 1 San Jose Earthquakes (0-1-1, 1 pt) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Josh Gardner (Mechack Jerome 92+), Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (Ike Opara 93+), Graham Zusi; Jacob Peterson (Sal Zizzo 58), Dom Dwyer, C.J. Sapong
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin, Ike Opara, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (C.J. Sapong 75), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (C)
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Claudio Bieler, Jimmy Medranda, Oriol Rosell Seattle Sounders FC: Stefan Frei; DeAndre Yedlin, Chad Marshall, Djimi Traore, Dylan Remick; Marco Pappa (Clint Dempsey 57), Osvaldo Alonso, Brad Evans (C), Lamar Neagle (Sean Okoli 86); Kenny Cooper (Chad Barrett 78), Obafemi Martins
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Matt Besler, Jacob Peterson, Alex Martinez, Antonio Dovale, Claudio Bieler San Jose Earthquakes: Jon Busch, Shaun Francis, Victor Bernardez, Clarence Goodson, Cordell Cato, Shea Salinas, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, Sam Cronin (J.J. Koval 46), Atiba Harris (Alan Gordon 76), Steven Lenhart, Chris Wondolowski (C)
Subs Not Used: Marcus Hahnemann, Jalil Anibaba, Andy Rose, Zach Scott
Subs Not Used: Ty Harden, David Bingham, Khari Stephenson, Billy Schuler, Adam Jahn
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 9 (3) 4 25 1 7
SEA 14 (5) 3 15 1 5
Scoring Summary: SEA -- Chad Barrett 1 (Clint Dempsey 1) 94+ Discipline Summary: SKC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless tackle) 16 SEA -- Kenny Cooper (caution; reckless foul) 34 SEA - Osvaldo Alonso (caution; tactical foul) 44 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; persistent infringement) 46 SKC -- C.J. Sapong (caution; delaying a restart) 83 Referee: Alan Kelly Asst. Ref.: Dimitar Chadarav Asst. Ref.: Kyle Longville 4th Official: William Niccolla
SKC 17 (4) 1 17 3 8
SJ 5 (1) 2 20 1 1
Misconduct Summary: SJ - Victor Bernardez (caution; tactical foul) 9 SJ - Steven Lenhart (caution; reckless foul) 39 SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 42 SJ -- Clarence Goodson (caution; dissent) 57 SJ -- Shaun Francis (caution; tactical foul) 66 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; simulation) 81 SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; delaying a restart) 83 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 1 (penalty kick) 57 Referee: Ricardo Salazar Asst. Ref.: Peter Manikowski Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland 4th Official: Sorin Stoica
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2014 MLS Regular Season Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC at Colorado Rapids - March 29, 2014 Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, Colorado Attendance: 12,203 Weather: 69 degrees and partly cloudy Sporting KC (2-1-1, 7 pts) Colorado Rapids (1-1-1, 4 pts)
1 0 0
2 3 2
F 3 2
Sporting KC vs Montreal Impact - April 19, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 20,306 (40th straight sell out) Weather: 74 degrees and partly cloudy 1 Sporting KC (3-1-2, 11 pts) 1 Montreal Impact (0-4-3, 3 pts) 0
2 3 0
F 4 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Kevin Ellis, Ike Opara (Aurelien Collin 61), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 61), Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 83), Graham Zusi
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin (Alex Martinez 76), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 66), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 87), Graham Zusi
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Jimmy Medranda, Antonio Dovale, Jacob Peterson
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Antonio Dovale, Soony Saad
Colorado Rapids: John Berner; Shane O’Neill, Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor (C), Marc Burch (Nathan Sturgis 62); Jared Watts, Nick LaBrocca; Vicente Sanchez (Marlon Hairston 88), Dillon Powers, Deshorn Brown; Edson Buddle (Gabriel Torres 82) Subs Not Used: Clint Irwin, Kamani Hill, Marvin Chavez, Grant Van De Casteele Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (4) 1 16 1 4
COL 9 (6) 3 15 5 5
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; tactical foul) 29 COL -- Marvell Wynne (caution; reckless foul) 43 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; tactical foul) 72 COL -- Marvell Wynne (caution; reckless foul) 85 COL -- Marvell Wynne (ejection; second caution) 85 COL -- Nick LaBrocca (caution; reckless foul) 89 COL -- Nathan Sturgis (caution; reckless foul) 93+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Graham Zusi 1 (Sal Zizzo 1, Paulo Nagamura 1) 50 COL -- Vicente Sanchez 3 (penalty kick) 60 COL -- Vicente Sanchez 4 (penalty kick) 78 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 1 (Sal Zizzo 2, Graham Zusi 1) 79 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 2 (Graham Zusi 2) 92+ Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero Asst. Ref.: Greg Barkey Asst. Ref.: Brian Dunn 4th Official: Jorge Gonzalez Sporting KC vs Real Salt Lake - April 5, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,838 (39th straight sell out) Weather: 56 degrees and partly cloudy 1 2 F Sporting KC (2-1-2, 8 pts) 0 0 0 Real Salt Lake (2-0-3, 9 pts) 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 85); Sal Zizzo (Antonio Dovale 80), Dom Dwyer ( Claudio Bieler 76), Graham Zusi Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Igor Juliao, Alex Martinez, Jacob Peterson Real Salt Lake: Jeff Attinella; Rich Balchan, Nat Borchers, Chris Schuler, Abdoulie Mansally; Kyle Beckerman (C), Luis Gil (Luke Mulholland 55), Ned Grabavoy, Javier Morales; Alvaro Saborio, Olmes Garcia (Devon Sandoval 72) Subs Not Used: Eduardo Fernandez; Carlos Salcedo, Aaron Maund, John Stertzer, Cole Grossman Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 20 (9) 1 14 3 7
RSL 5 (1) 8 6 4 4
Misconduct Summary: RSL -- Chris Schuler (caution; reckless foul) 39 SKC -- Chance Myers (caution; reckless foul) 76 SKC -- Oriol Rosell (ejection; serious foul play) 83 RSL -- Nat Borchers (caution; reckless foul) 87 SKC -- Claudio Bieler (caution; reckless foul) 91+
Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Eric Miller, Matteo Ferrari (Hassoun Camara 78), Karl Ouimette, Maxim Tissot; Calum Mallace, Patrice Bernier (C); Justin Mapp (Andres Romero 46), Felipe Martins, Collen Warner; Marco Di Vaio (Jack McInerney 56) Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Jeb Brovsky, Heath Pearce, Santagio Gonzalez SKC MTL Shots (on goal) 12 (7) 3 (2) Saves 1 4 Fouls 10 17 Offside 2 5 Corner Kicks 3 1 Misconduct Summary: MTL -- Justin Mapp (caution; reckless tackle) 38 MTL -- Matteo Ferrari (caution; reckless tackle) 52 MTL -- Karl Ouimette (caution; persistent infringement) 73 MTL -- Calum Mallace (caution; tactical foul) 80 SKC -- Jacob Peterson (caution; reckless foul) 89 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Calum Mallace (own goal) 31 SKC -- Aurelien Collin 2 (Lawrence Olum 1) 71 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 3 (Jacob Peterson 1) 74 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 4 (Graham Zusi 3) 86 Referee:Hilario Grajeda Asst. Ref.: Ian Anderson Asst. Ref.: Jeff Muschik 4th Official:Jair Marrufo Sporting KC at NE Revolution - April 26, 2014 Gillette Stadium| Foxborough, Massachusetts Attendance: 14,806 Weather: 47 degrees and cloudy Sporting KC (3-2-2, 11 pts) New England Revolution (3-3-2, 11 pts)
1 0 0
2 0 2
F 0 2
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Toni Dovale (Alex Martinez 44, Lawrence Olum 76); Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 55), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Chris Tierney, A.J. Soares, Andrew Farrell, Darrius Barnes; Andy Dorman (C) (Steve Neumann 79); Diego Fagundez, Lee Nguyen, Daigo Kobayashi (Scott Caldwell 71), Teal Bunbury; Jerry Bengtson (Charlie Davies 57) Subs Not Used: Brad Knighton, Stephen McCarthy, O’Brian Woodbine, Patrick Mullins Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (1) 2 17 0 8
NE 12 (4) 1 13 1 5
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; reckless foul) 41 NE -- Lee Nguyen (caution; reckless foul) 47 NE -- Andy Dorman (caution; delaying a restart) 71 SKC -- Aurelien Collin (ejection; serious foul play) 74 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; persistent infringement) 88
Scoring Summary: None
Scoring Summary: NE -- Teal Bunbury 1 (Darrius Barnes 1, Diego Fagundez 1) 92+ NE -- Lee Nguyen 3 (penalty kick) 95+
Referee: Armando Villarreal Asst. Ref.: Corey Parker Asst. Ref.: Craig Lowry 4th Official: Fotis Bazakos
Referee: Alan Kelly Asst. Ref.: Brian Dunn Asst. Ref.: Matthew Nelson 4th Official:Jorge Gonzalez
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2014 MLS Regular Season Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC vs Columbus Crew - May 4, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 20,565 (41st straight sellout) Weather: 81 degrees and sunny
Sporting KC vs Philadelphia Union - May 14, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,073 (42nd straight sellout) Weather: 59 degrees and cloudy
1 2 F Sporting KC (4-2-2, 14 pts) 1 1 2 Columbus Crew (3-2-3, 12 pts) 0 0 0
1 2 F Sporting KC (5-3-2, 17 pts) 0 1 1 Philadelphia (2-5-5, 11 pts) 0 2 2
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Paulo Nagamura (Alex Martinez 78), Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 61), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 87), Graham Zusi
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin (Lawrence Olum 61), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Paulo Nagamura, Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 55), Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 71), Graham Zusi
Subs Not Used: Igor Juliao, Andy Gruenebaum, Antonio Dovale, Jimmy Medranda
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Chance Myers, Alex Martinez, Antonio Dovale
Columbus Crew: Steve Clark; Josh Williams, Michael Parkhurst (C), Giancarlo Gonzalez, Waylon Francis; Hector Jimenez (Dominic Oduro 46), Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp, Bernardo Anor (Justin Meram 69); Federico Higuain, Jairo Arrieta (Ethan Finlay 82)
Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath, Fabinho, Sheanon Williams, Austin Berry, Raymon Gaddis, Amobi Okugo (C), Vincent Nogueira (Corben Bone 89), Leo Fernandes, Danny Cruz (Sebastien Le Toux 83), Cristian Maidana (Aaron Wheeler 92+), Andrew Wenger
Subs Not Used: Eric Gehrig, Matt Lampson, Tyson Wahl, Dan Paladini
Subs Not Used: Andre Blake, Ethan White, Antoine Hoppenot, Conor Casey
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (6) 4 16 3 4
CLB 10 (4) 4 7 4 3
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless foul) 38 CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; reckless foul) 45 SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 68 CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; reckless tackle) 80 CLB -- Wil Trapp (ejection; second caution) 80 CLB -- Ethan Finlay (caution; reckless tackle) 86 CLB -- Tony Tchani (caution; unsporting behavior) 87 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; tactical foul) 92+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Jacob Peterson 1 (unassisted) 10 SKC -- Claudio Bieler 1 (Graham Zusi 4) 95+ Referee: Ismail Elfath Asst. Ref.: Frank Anderson Asst. Ref.: James Conlee 4th Official: Fotis Bazakos Sporting KC at Montreal Impact - May 10, 2014 Stade Saputo | Montreal, Quebec Attendance: 16,529 Weather: 74 degrees and cloudy Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (5-2-2, 17 pts) 2 1 3 Montreal Impact (1-5-3, 6 pts) 0 0 0
SKC 15 (6) 5 6 0 3
PHI 14 (7) 5 20 1 1
Misconduct Summary: PHI -- Fabinho (caution; reckless foul) 58 PHI -- Vincent Nogueira (caution; reckless foul) 70 SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; tactical foul) 86 PHI -- Corben Bone (ejection; serious foul play) 90 PHI -- Zac MacMath (caution; delaying a restart) 94+ Scoring Summary: PHI -- Danny Cruz 1 (unassisted) 49 SKC - Dom Dwyer 7 (Paulo Nagamura 2) 80 PHI - Cristian Maidana 1 (Andrew Wenger 1) 81 Referee: Ricardo Salazar Asst. Ref.: George Gansner Asst. Ref.: Ian Anderson 4th Official: Baldomero Toledo Sporting KC at Chicago Fire - May 18, 2014 Toyota Park | Bridgeview, Illinois Attendance: 15,746 Weather: 66 and partly cloudy Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (5-4-2, 17 pts) 0 1 1 Chicago Fire (2-2-6, 12 pts) 2 0 2 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Erik Palmer-Brown, Seth Sinovic; Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 84), Paulo Nagamura (C), Benny Feilhaber, Antonio Dovale (Alex Martinez 71), Igor Juliao; Claudio Bieler (Kevin Ellis 67), Dom Dwyer
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura; Jacob Peter- Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Victor Munoz, C.J. Sapong, Sal Zizzo son (Antonio Dovale 57), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 70), Graham Zusi (Soony Saad 75) Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Patrick Ianni, Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Lawrence Olum, Jimmy Medranda Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins (C); Maxim Tissot, Wandrille Lefèvre, Karl Ouimette, Jeb Brovsky; Hernan Bernardello, Collen Warner; Sanna Nyassi (Andres Romero 61), Felipe Martins (Patrice Bernier 70), Justin Mapp; Jack McInerney (Santiago Gonzalez 69) Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Heath Pearce, Calum Mallace, Blake Smith Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (5) 2 9 4 5
MTL 4 (2) 4 8 5 2
Greg Cochrane; Patrick Nyarko (Dilly Duka 59), Jeff Larentowicz (C), Benji Joya (Logan Pause 58), Harry Shipp; Quincy Amarikwa ( Juan Luis Anangono 85), Mike Magee Subs Not Used: Kyle Reynish; Gonzalo Segares, Steven Kinney, Matt Watson
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (2) 4 20 3 2
CHI 15 (6) 1 28 1 6
Misconduct Summary: MTL -- Collen Warner (ejection; denying goal scoring opportunity) 17 MTL -- Hernan Bernardello (caution; reckless foul) 38
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; tactical foul) 49 SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; reckless foul) 64 SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brwon (ejection; second caution) 64 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; dissent) 82 CHI -- Mike Magee (caution; reckless foul) 91+ SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; tactical foul) 94+ CHI -- Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (caution; reckless foul) 96+
Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 5 (penalty kick) 18 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura 1 (Chance Myers 1) 34 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 6 (Antonio Dovale 1) 64
Scoring Summary: CHI -- Mike Magee 3 (Penalty Kick) 7 CHI -- Mike Magee 4 (Penalty Kick) 15 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 8 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 68
Referee: Jair Marrufo Asst. Ref.: Philippe Briere Asst. Ref.: Richard Gamache 4th Official: Silviu Petrescu
Referee: David Gantar Asst. Ref.: Daniel Belleau Asst. Ref.: Anthony Vasoli 4th Official: Robert Sibiga
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2014 MLS Regular Season Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC vs Toronto FC - May 23, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,914 (43rd straight sellout) Weather: 79 degrees and fair
Sporting KC at D.C. United - May 31, 2014 RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. Attendance: 18,522 Weather: 71 degrees and partly cloudy
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (5-4-3, 18 pts) 0 2 2 Toronto FC (4-4-1, 13 pts) 0 2 2
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (5-5-4, 19 pts) 0 0 0 D.C. United (6-4-3, 21 pts) 1 0 1
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Chance Myers (Sal Zizzo 36), Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 85), Paulo Nagamura (C); Antonio Dovale (C.J. Sapong 86), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin (Erik Palmer-Brown 9), Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (C), Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 66); Toni Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 77)
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Victor Munoz, Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, C.J. Sapong, Jacob Peterson, Claudio Bieler, Sal Zizzo
Toronto FC: Joseph Bendik, Mark Bloom, Steven Caldwell (C), Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow, Alvaro Rey (Luke Moore 53), Kyle Bekker (Daneil Lovitz 53), Bradley Orr, Collen Warner, Gilberto (Doneil Henry 66), Jermain Defoe Subs Not Used: Chris Konopka, Ashtone Morgan, Jeremy Hall, Dwayne De Rosario
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 17 (5) 1 15 2 3
TOR 7 (3) 3 19 3 2
Misconduct Summary: TOR -- Gilberto (caution; reckless foul) 39 TOR -- Mark Bloom (caution; reckless tackle) 57 TOR -- Steven Caldwell (ejection; serious foul play) 63 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; tactical foul) 79 TOR -- Luke Moore (caution; dissent) 84 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 9 (Sal Zizzo 3) 47 TOR -- Luke Moore 2 (Jermain Defoe 1) 67 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 10 (penalty kick) 84 TOR -- Bradley Orr 1 (Nick Hagglund 1) 91+ Referee: Baldomero Toledo Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland Asst. Ref.: Corey Parker 4th Official: Younes Marrakchi
Sporting KC vs New York Red Bulls - May 27, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,221 (44th straight sellout) Weather: 81 degrees and partly cloudy
D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Cristian Fernandez, Jeff Parke, Bobby Boswell (C), Chris Korb (Sean Franklin 34); Chris Rolfe, Perry Kitchen, Davy Arnaud, Nick DeLeon (Alex Caskey 86); Fabian Espíndola, Eddie Johnson (Lewis Neal 68) Subs Not Used: Andrew Dykstra, Steven Birnbaum, Conor Doyle, Luis Silva
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 16 (5) 1 10 1 3
DC 7 (2) 5 18 3 8
Misconduct Summary: DC -- Cristian Fernandez (caution; reckless foul) 62 SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; tactical foul 72 DC -- Fabian Espindola (caution; unsporting behavior) 76 DC -- Perry Kitchen (caution; persistent infringement) 82 SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; unsporting behavior) 85 DC -- Alex Caskey (ejection; serious foul play) 94+ Scoring Summary: DC -- Fabian Espindola 7 (Chris Korb 1) 28 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Asst. Ref.: Adam Wienckowski Asst. Ref.: Craig Lowry 4th Official: Mark Kadlecik
Sporting KC at Houston Dynamo - June 6, 2014 BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, Texas Attendance: 18,396 Weather: 86 degrees and partly cloudy
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (5-4-4, 19 pts) 1 0 1 New York Red Bulls (3-5-6, 15 pts) 0 1 1
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (6-5-4, 22 pts) 1 1 2 Houston Dynamo (5-9-2, 17 pts) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (C), Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 75); Toni Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Sal Zizzo (Soony Saad 72)
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao (Jacob Peterson 46), Erik PalmerBrown, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (Sal Zizzo 46), Paulo Nagamura (C) (Alex Martinez 7); Toni Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, C.J. Sapong, Erik Palmer-Brown, Jacob Peterson, Claudio Bieler
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Christian Duke, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Bobby Convey, Chris Duvall, Ibrahim Sekagya (Armando 76), Jamison Olave; Eric Alexander, Ruben Bover Izquierdo (Péguy Luyindula 57), Lloyd Sam, Dax McCarty; Thierry Henry (C), Bradley Wright-Phillips (Andre Akpan 93+) Subs Not Used: Connor Lade, Kosuke Kimura, Ambroise Oyongo Bitolo, Ryan Meara
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 13 (4) 3 16 2 5
NY 8 (4) 1 9 3 4
Misconduct Summary: NY -- Bradley Wright-Phillips (caution; reckless tackle) 14 NY -- Dax McCarty (caution; reckless tackle) 20 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; reckless foul) 63 SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; tactical foul) 87 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Antonio Dovale 1 (Benny Feilhaber 3) 9 NY -- Bradley Wright-Phillips 11 (Thierry Henry 5) 50 Referee: Chris Penso Asst. Ref.: C.J. Morgante Asst. Ref.: Jeremy Hanson 4th Official: Ismail Elfath
Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric; Kofi Sarkodie, David Horst (Eric Brunner 9, Warren Creavalle 57), AJ Cochran, Jermaine Taylor; Servando Carrasco, Alexander Lopez, Giles Barnes; Omar Cummings (Jason Johnson 68), Will Bruin (C), Andrew Driver Subs Not Used: Tally Hall, Anthony Arena
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (6) 4 10 2 3
HOU 18 (3) 4 17 3 7
Misconduct Summary: HOU -- Alexander Lopez (caution; unsporting behavior) 21 SKC -- Antonio Dovale (ejection; violent conduct) 21 HOU -- Andrew Driver (caution; reckless tackle) 29 HOU -- Eric Brunner (caution; reckless tackle) 47+ HOU -- Jermaine Taylor (caution; reckless foul) 79 SKC -- Soony Saad (caution; tactical foul) 87 SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; delaying a restart) 94+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Soony Saad 1 (Benny Feilhaber 4) 45 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 11 (penalty kick) 70 Referee: Juan Guzman Asst. Ref.: Brian Dunn Asst. Ref.: Jonathan Johnson 4th Official: Alejandro Mariscal
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2014 MLS Regular Season Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC at Portland Timbers - June 27, 2014 Providence Park | Portland, Oregon Attendance: 20,814 Weather: 70 degrees and partly cloudy
Sporting KC at Montreal Impact - July 12, 2014 Stade Saputo | Montreal, Quebec Attendance: 17,155 Weather: 79 degrees and sunny
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (7-5-4, 25 pts) 1 0 1 Portland Timbers (4-5-8, 20 pts) 0 0 0
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (8-5-5, 29 pts) 1 1 2 Montreal Impact (3-9-5, 14 pts) 1 0 1
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Lawrence Olum (C.J. Sapong 56), Paulo Nagamura (C), Jacob Peterson; Sal Zizzo (Alex Martinez 80), Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad
Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi; Antonio Dovale (Soony Saad 76), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (C.J. Sapong 76)
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Erik Palmer-Brown, Alex Martinez, Jimmy Medranda
Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Kevin Ellis, Mikey Lopez, Sal Zizzo, Claudio Bieler
Portland Timbers: Donovan Ricketts; Michael Harrington (Maximiliano Urruti 82), Danny O’Rourke, Pa Modou Kah, Jorge Villafana; Diego Chara, Will Johnson (C), Diego Valeri; Darlington Nagbe, Fanendo Adi, Rodney Wallace (Gaston Fernandez 65) Subs Not Used: Andrew Weber, Jack Jewsbury, Rauwshan McKenzie, Kalif Alhassan, Michael Nanchoff
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 9 (4) 3 23 0 5
POR 11 (3) 3 10 2 7
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 36 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; reckless tackle) 65 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; delaying a restart) 94+ POR -- Will Johnson (caution; hard foul) 95+ SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; reckless tackle) 96+
Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Krzysztof Krol, Heath Pearce, Matteo Ferrari, Hassoun Camara; Andres Romero (Issey Nakajima-Farran 67), Patrice Bernier (C), Felipe Martins (Gorka Larrea 71), Justin Mapp; Marco Di Vaio, Jack McInerney (Calum Mallace 87) Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Karl Ouimette, Santiago Gonzalez, Futty Danso
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (6) 1 13 2 3
MTL 8 (2) 4 19 0 2
Misconduct Summary: MTL -- Felipe Martins (caution; reckless tackle) 31 SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 32 MTL -- Andres Romero (caution; delaying a restart) 41 MTL -- Krzysztof Krol (caution; reckless tackle) 64 MTL -- Marco Di Vaio (caution; reckless foul) 92+
Scoring Summary: SKC -- Lawrence Olum 1 (Kevin Ellis 1, Seth Sinovic 1) 24
Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 13 (Matt Besler 1) 4 MTL -- Marco Di Vaio 3 (Justin Mapp 6, Patrice Bernier 1) 28 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 14 (unassisted) 89
Referee: Armando Villareal Asst. Ref.: Mike Kampmeinert Asst. Ref.: Jeremy Hanson 4th Official: Alejandro Mariscal
Referee: Hilario Grajeda Asst. Ref.: Brian Dunn Asst. Ref.: Claudio Badea 4th Official: Robert Sibiga
Sporting KC vs Chicago Fire - July 6, 2014 Sporting Park Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 20,858 (45th straight sellout) Weather: 83 degrees and partly cloudy
Sporting KC at Columbus Crew - July 16, 2014 Crew Stadium | Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 13,643 Weather: 71 degrees and cloudy
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (7-5-5, 26 pts) 1 0 1 Chicago Fire (2-4-10, 16 pts) 1 0 1
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (9-5-5, 26 pts) 1 1 2 Columbus Crew (4-7-8, 20 pts) 0 1 1
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura (C) (Sal Zizzo 80), Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson, Dom Dwyer (C.J. Sapong 80), Soony Saad (Graham Zusi 62)
Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber, Mikey Lopez (Jacob Peterson 64); C.J. Sapong, Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad (Kevin Ellis 57)
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Erik Palmer-Brown, Jimmy Medranda, Mikey Lopez
Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Claudio Bieler, Antonio Dovale, Sal Zizzo
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Patrick Ianni, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (Bakary Soumare 65), Gonzalo Segares; Grant Ward (Matt Watson 80), Logan Pause, Chris Ritter, Alex (Dilly Duka 46); Harrison Shipp, Mike Magee (C) Subs Not Used: Kyle Reynish, Greg Cochrane, Matthew Fondy
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 18 (9) 0 9 4 7
CHI 6 (4) 8 16 1 3
Columbus Crew: Steve Clark; Chad Barson, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Michael Parkhurst (C), Waylon Francis; Ethan Finlay, Daniel Paladini (Adam Bedell 45), Justin Meram (Bernardo Anor 45), Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp; Federico Higuain Subs Not Used: Matt Lampson, Eric Gehrig, Kevan George, Ben Speas, Tyson Wahl
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 10 (3) 2 12 4 6
CLB 10 (2) 1 18 1 6
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; unsporting behavior) 34 CHI -- Chris Ritter (caution; tactical foul) 45 CHI -- Dilly Duka (caution; reckless foul) 54 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; tactical foul) 86
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; tactical foul) 34 CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; off the ball) 53 SKC -- Aurelien Collin (ejection; serious foul play) 55 SKC -- Igor Juliao (caution; reckless foul) 79 CLB -- Wil Trapp (ejection; second yellow card) 89
Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 12 (unassisted) 33 CHI -- Mike Magee 5 (Alex 1) 40
Scoring Summary: SKC -- C.J. Sapong 1 (Feilhaber 5) 42 CLB -- own goal (Juliao 1) 69 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 2 (Jacob Peterson 2, Igor Juliao 1) 93+
Referee: Alan Kelly Asst. Ref.: Corey Parker Asst. Ref.: Matthew Kreitzer 4th Official: Ismail Elfath
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Asst. Ref.: Anthony Vasoli Asst. Ref.: Eric Weisbrod 4th Official: Kevin Terry Jr.
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2014 MLS Regular Season Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC vs LA Galaxy - July 19, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 21,493 (46th straight sellout) Weather: 81 degrees and partly cloudy Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (10-5-5, 35 pts) 1 1 2 LA Galaxy (7-4-6, 27 pts) 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Igor Juliao (Kevin Ellis, 84); Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi; Soony Saad (C.J. Sapong 73), Dom Dwyer, Antonio Dovale (Jacob Peterson 46) Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Sal Zizzo, Mikey Lopez, Claudio Bieler LA Galaxy: Jaime Penedo; A.J. DeLaGarza (Bradford Jamieson 75), Leonardo, Tommy Meyer, Kofi Opare; Marcelo Sarvas, Juninho (Stefan Ishizaki 70), Baggio Husidic (Kenney Walker 84), Landon Donovan; Gyasi Zardes, Robbie Keane (C) Subs Not Used: Chandler Hoffman, Rob Friend, Oscar Sorto, Brian Rowe
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 19 (6) 1 12 4 11
LA 9 (2) 4 12 2 3
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless foul) 66 LA -- Robbie Keane (caution; reckless foul) 88 SKC -- Jacob Peterson (caution; reckless foul) 93+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 3 (unassisted) 10 SKC -- Lawrence Olum 2 (unassisted) 61 LA -- Robbie Keane 10 (Bradford Jamieson 1) 79 Referee: Allen Chapman Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland Asst. Ref.: Paul Scott 4th Official: Silviu Petrescu
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SKC Miscellaneous Stats 2014 Record When…
Record By Month...
10-0-4 Scoring first goal 0-5-0 Conceding first goal 7-0-1 Leading at halftime 3-3-4 Tied at halftime 0-2-0 Trailing at halftime 0-3-1 Scoring 0 goals 2-2-3 Scoring 1 goal 5-0-1 Scoring 2 goals 2-0-0 Scoring 3 goals 1-0-0 Scoring 4+ goals 6-0-1 Allowing 0 goals 3-2-3 Allowing 1 goal 1-3-1 Allowing 2 goals N/A Allowing 3 goals N/A Allowing 4+ goals Wearing Sporting Blue 6-5-5 3-0-0 Wearing Dark indigo 1-0-0 Wearing Black 7-0-0 Leading at 75’ 3-2-5 Tied at 75’ 0-3-0 Trailing at 75’ Outshooting opponent 7-3-5 2-2-0 Outshot by opponent 1-0-0 Shots even 6-4-0 One-goal games 1-0-2 On ESPN 1-1-0 On NBCSN 8-4-3 On KMCI-TV Day games (before 5pm) 2-2-1 Games 5pm CT or later 8-3-4 2-2-1 With red card for 4-2-1 With red card against 4-0-3 Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75 6-5-2 1-1-0 In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone 1-0-0 5-2-5 In Central time zone 3-2-0 In Eastern time zone vs. Eastern Conference 6-4-3 vs. Western Conference 3-1-2 9-3-5 On grass 1-2-0 On turf N/A With zero subs 1-0-0 With one sub 3-0-1 With two subs 6-5-4 with three subs
March 2014 March all-time April 2014 April all-time May 2014 May all-time June 2014 June all-time July 2014 July all-time Aug. 2014 Aug. all-time Sept. 2014 Sept. all-time Oct. 2014 Oct. all-time
SKC Miscellaneous Stats - 2014 Regular Season Quickest Goal...
2-1-1 12-8-4 1-1-1 38-30-12 2-3-2 30-39-21 2-0-0 36-28-21 3-0-1 43-32-24 N/A 36-42-13 N/A 27-32-13 N/A 17-10-13
Team-by-team (in 2014)... vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.
12-25-11 (0-1-1) Chicago Fire 8-4-4 Chivas USA 22-17-13 (1-0-0) Colorado Rapids 24-21-6 (2-0-0) Columbus Crew 20-19-10 (0-1-0) D.C. United 20-19-10 (0-0-1) FC Dallas 5-6-8 (1-0-0) Houston Dynamo 19-23-11 (1-0-0) LA Galaxy 5-3-1 (3-0-0) Montreal Impact 23-14-11 (0-1-0) NE Revolution New York Red Bulls 19-18-12 (0-0-1) Philadelphia Union 4-3-3 (0-1-0) 3-2-0 (1-0-0) Portland Timbers 8-5-4 (0-0-1) Real Salt Lake 21-21-7 (1-0-0) SJ Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC 1-7-1 (0-1-0) 10-4-5 (0-0-1) Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0-2
4 min, Dom Dwyer, 7/12 at MTL
Quickest Goal Against...
7 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI Game-winning goals after 75’... 90+2 min, Dom Dwyer, 3/29 at COL 89 min, Dom Dwyer, 7/12 at MTL 90+3 min, Benny Feilhaber, 7/16 at CLB Game-tying goals after 75’... Game-winning goals against after 75’...
Game-tying goals against after 75’...
239-221-121 4-1-5 154-81-55 6-4-0 85-140-66
90 min, Matt Hedges, 3/15 vs DAL 90+1 min, Bradley Orr, 5/23 vs TOR
Hat Tricks...
N/A
Hat Tricks Against...
N/A
Own Goals...
69 min, Igor Juliao, 7/16 at CLB
Own Goals Against...
31 min, Calum Mallace, 4/19 vs MTL
Red Cards...
83 min, Oriol Rosell, 4/5 vs RSL 74 min, Aurelien Collin, 4/26 at NE 64 min, Erik Palmer-Brown, 5/18 at CHI 21 min, Toni Dovale, 6/6 at HOU 55 min, Aurelien Collin, 7/16 at CLB
Red Cards Against...
85 min, Marvell Wynne, 3/29 at COL 80 min, Wil Trapp, 5/4 vs CLB 17 min, Collen Warner, 5/10 at MTL 90 min, Corben Bone, 5/14 vs PHI 63 min, Steven Caldwell, 5/23 vs TOR 90+4 min, Alex Caskey, 5/31 at DC 89 min, Wil Trapp, 7/16 at CLB
Penalty Kicks... Home and Away... Overall All-time 2014 at home All-time at home 2014 on road All-time on road
90+4 min, Chad Barrett, 3/8 at SEA 90+2 min, Teal Bunbury, 4/26 at NE 81 min, Cristian Maidana, 5/14 vs PHI
57 min, Dom Dwyer, 3/22 vs SJ 18 min, Dom Dwyer, 5/10 at MTL 84 min, Dom Dwyer, 5/23 vs TOR 70 min, Dom Dwyer, 6/6 at HOU
Penalty Kicks Against...
60 min, Vicente Sanchez, 3/29 at COL 78 min, Vicente Sanchez, 3/29 at COL 90+5 min, Lee Nguyen, 4/26 at NE 7 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI 15 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI
Youngest Goalscorer...
Dom Dwyer, 23 yrs., 235 days, KC vs SJ
Oldest Goalscorer... Youngest Starter...
Paulo Nagamura, 31 yrs., 69 days, KC at MTL Erik Palmer-Brown, 17 yrs., 24 days, KC at CHI
Oldest Starter...
Josh Gardner, 31 yrs., 175 days, KC at SEA
2014 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS Scoring 1 2 Total Shots 1 2 Total Sog 1 2 Total SPORTING 11 18 29 SPORTING 128 156 284 SPORTING 45 58 103 Opp. 5 13 18 Opp. 79 104 183 Opp. 27 37 64 Fouls 1 2 Total Offsides 1 2 Total Corners 1 2 Total SPORTING 140 146 286 SPORTING 20 21 41 SPORTING 53 56 109 Opp. 138 168 306 Opp. 26 25 51 Opp. 38 39 77 Cautions 1 2 Total Ejections 1 2 Total PK 1 2 Total SPORTING 9 29 38 SPORTING 1 4 5 SPORTING 1 3 4 Opp. 19 31 50 Opp. 1 6 7 Opp. 2 3 5
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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
20515
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
329
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
Graham Zusi
455
Cautions
Aurelien Collin (2013)
13
Cautions
Kerry Zavagnin
44
Ejections
Davy Arnaud (2010)
3
Ejections
Nick Garcia
5
Single Season Records (Goalkeepers) Stat
Player
#
Games
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)
34
Minutes
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)
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
Jimmy Nielsen
128
Minutes
Jimmy Nielsen
11497
Wins
Jimmy Nielsen
57
Losses
Tony Meola
45
Draws
Jimmy Nielsen
32
Shutouts
Jimmy Nielsen
45
Goals Allowed
Tony Meola
154
Saves
Tony Meola
507
Goals Against Average
Jimmy Nielsen
0.99
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
2013
511
Fouls Committed
Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)
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
2013
67
Ejections
2011
8
Points
2012
63
Wins
1997
21
Single Game Records (Goalkeepers) 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
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MINI BIOS COACHING STAFF
Peter Vermes Kerry Zavagnin Zoran Savic Manager Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
John Pascarella Assistant Coach
Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach
PLAYERS #5 | D | Matt Besler Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8) Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at D.C. Assists 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at D.C. Assist July 12, 2014, KC at MTL 2014 Record when: he starts 7-3-2 he scores 0-0-0 Sporting KC’s team captain for the 2014 campaign, Besler is in his sixth season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013, 2014), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors and was named the 2014 KC Sportsman of the Year by the Kansas City Sports Commission. On July 19, he signed a Designated Player contract with the club through the 2018 season. Besler was on the United States’ roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside teammate Graham Zusi. He became the first player from the state of Kansas to play in the World Cup and started all four matches in central defense at the tournament. Besler has earned 21 caps since debuting in January 2013, and the Americans are 13-3-4 when he starts.
#16 | F | Claudio Bieler Ht: 5-11 Wt. 170 DOB: 3/1/1984 Hometown: Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina Last Club: LDU Quito (Ecuador) Acquired: Signed as Designated Player on 12/18/2012 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Assists 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 7, 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, 2 times, last: July 27, 2013, KC at MTL Fouls Suffered 5, March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Last...Regular Season Appearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHI Goal May 4, 2014, KC vs CLB Assist Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLB 2014 Record when: he starts 1-2-0 he scores 1-0-0 Sporting KC’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Bieler won the club’s Golden Boot last year with 10 goals scored and added four assists. Bieler is the team’s fourth Designated Player in club history, acquired in 2013 from LDU Quito where he won Copa Libertadores (2008) and Copa Sudamericana (2009). A dual citizen of Ecuador and Argentina, he has played professionally in both countries as well as Chile. #20 | M | Jorge Claros Ht: 5-9 Wt. 155 DOB: 1/8/1986 Hometown: La Ceiba, Honduras Last Club: CD Motagua Acquired: Signed on 7/16/2014 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last...Regular Season Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 Claros joined Sporting KC on July 16 from Honduran club CD Motagua. The defensive midfielder has featured 53 times for the Honduras Men’s National Team and has scored three goals since making his debut in 2006. He played in all three matches for his country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Claros helped Motagua win Liga Nacional titles during the 2007-08 Apertura and 2010-11 Clausura. He joined Scottish side Hibernian on loan in January 2012 and played 53 matches for club in all competitions with 48 starts, including the 2012 and 2013 Scottish Cup Finals. He returned to Motagua for the 2013-14 season and featured 24 times with 18 starts.
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #78 | D | Aurelien Collin Ht: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 3/8/1986 Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, France Last Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 4/15/2011
#9 | D | Antonio Dovale Ht: 5-8 Wt. 152 DOB: 4/4/1990 Hometown: A Coruna, Galicia, Spain Last Club: Celta de Vigo (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 3/12/2014
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 11 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL Assists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Shots 4, 4 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Fouls Committed 6, 3 times, last: May 8, 2013, KC vs SEA Fouls Suffered 4, Aug. 23, 2013, KC at CHI Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL Assist Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR 2014 Record when: he starts 7-4-4 he scores 1-0-1
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, May 27, 2014, KC vs NY Assists 1, May 10, 2014, KC at MTL Shots on Goal 2, May 27, 2014, KC vs NY Shots 3, 3 times, last: July 12, 2014, KC at MTL Fouls Committed 2, May 31, 2014, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHI Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal May 27, 2014, KC vs NY Assist May 10, 2014, KC at MTL 2014 Record when: he starts 3-3-2 he scores 0-0-1
The fourth-year Frenchman has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2012, 2013, 2014) and Sporting KC Humanitarian of the Year honors (2013). Collin’s 15 goals in MLS competition are second most by a defender in club history. He was named 2013 MLS Cup MVP after scoring the equalizing goal and converting the match-winning penalty kick vs. Real Salt Lake at Sporting Park. Collin’s professional career began with stints in Scotland (Gretna FC), Greece (Panserraikos) and England (Wrexham FC). He played two seasons for Vitoria Setubal of the Portuguese top flight before joining Sporting KC as a guest trialist in March 2011.
Dovale began his career in the youth system of Ural CF, a club in his hometown of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He then played four years in the Barcelona Academy before signing a professional contract with second division club Celta de Vigo at age 16. He played there for three years before going on a year-long loan to SD Huesca. He returned to Celta prior to the 2011-12 season and helped the club earn promotion to LigaBBVA with two goals in 30 appearances. The midfielder made his Sporting KC debut as a secondhalf substitute in the MLS Cup rematch against Real Salt Lake on April 5 and scored his first goal on May 27 vs. the New York Red Bulls.
#25 | M | Christian Duke Ht: 5-9 Wt. 155 DOB: 6/5/1991 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: San Diego Acquired: 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft 1st rd.
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Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last...Regular Season Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 Duke joined USL Pro affiliate OKC Energy FC on March 17. He has made nine USL PRO appearances, added three assists and become a regular starter for Jimmy Nielsen’s squad during his loan spell. The second-year professional spent most of the 2013 season on loan at Orlando City SC. He began playing for the Sporting KC Academy in June 2007 while attending Shawnee Mission South High School.
#14 | F | Dom Dwyer Ht: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990 Hometown: London, England College: South Florda Acquired: 2012 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16) Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 4 times, last: July 12, 2014, KC at MTL Assists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TOR Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: July 12, 2014, KC at MTL Shots 7, Sept. 27, 2013, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Apr. 26, 2014, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 9, Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal July 12, 2014, KC at MTL Assist Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TOR 2014 Record when: he starts 9-4-5 he scores 6-2-2 Dwyer’s career-high 14 goals in 2014 rank second in MLS. After scoring a brace on May 23 vs. Toronto FC, he became the third player in club history to score in four straight regular season matches. The Englishman is currently third on the club’s single season goal scoring chart and leads MLS with 71 shots. Dwyer totalled 26 goals across six competitions in 2013 while splitting time with Sporting KC and the team’s USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. He was the USL PRO Championship MVP with four goals in the final and helped propel Sporting KC to MLS Cup by scoring the gamewinning goal in the Eastern Conference Championship.
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #4 | D | Kevin Ellis Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 6/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri College: Barton County Community College Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/11
#10 | M | Benny Feilhaber Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 1/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, California College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with New England Revolution 12/11/12
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, June 27, 2014, KC at POR Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, 3 times, last: May 27, 2014, KC vs NY Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: June 27, 2014, KC at POR Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: May 31, 2014, KC at DC Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal N/A Assist June 27, 2014, KC at POR 2014 Record when: he starts 4-2-3 he scores 0-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 11 times, last: July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Assists 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Shots on Goal 2, 6 times, last: Sept. 27, 2013, KC vs PHI Shots 4, 5 times, last: July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Mar. 8, 2014, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered 6, May 12, 2012, NE vs VAN Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Assist July 16, 2014, KC at CLB 2014 Record when: he starts 9-5-5 he scores 2-0-0
Ellis started three of Sporting KC’s first four MLS matches of 2014 before going on loan to USL Pro affiliate OKC Energy FC. He scored his first goal for the club in the first leg of the 2014 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals vs. eventual champion Cruz Azul. The right back, who became the second Homegrown Player in club history in 2011, rejoined Sporting KC on May 16 and has since made six starts in central defense, earning MLS Team of the Week honors twice (June 9 and June 30).
Sporting KC acquired World Cup veteran Feilhaber in December 2012. The Brazilian-born midfielder was a steady contributor throughout the 2013 season but saved his best work for the playoffs, contributing game-winning assists in the Eastern Conference Semifinals and Eastern Conference Championship. He has started 19 of the club’s first 20 MLS matches this season and leads the team with five assists. Feilhaber began his career in Germany with Hamburg’s reserve team before helping Derby County earn promotion to the English Premier League in 2007. He was a member of the U.S. 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, making three appearances in South Africa.
#30 | GK | Andy Gruenebaum Ht: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 12/30/1982 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Kentucky Last Club: Columbus Crew Acquired: Trade with Columbus Crew on 12/16/13 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: Apr. 7, 2012, CLB vs NY Saves 7, 5 times, last: Sept. 5, 2012, CLB at NE Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Shutout June 15, 2013, CLB vs MTL 2014 Record when: he starts 3-0-0 2014 is a homecoming for Andy Gruenebaum, as Peter Vermes acquired the Overland Park native from the Columbus Crew in December. He made his club debut in the U.S. Open Cup on June 18 and earned his first MLS start of 2014 on July 12 as Sporting KC beat Montreal 2-1. An eight-year veteran of the league, Gruenebaum featured 82 times for the Crew (including postseason) and was part of their 2008 team that won MLS Cup. Gruenebaum had a breakout season in 2012, becoming Columbus’ starting keeper and recording an MLS-best 124 saves en route to 13 wins and eight shutouts.
#19 | M | Peterson Joseph Ht: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990 Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Last Club: SC Braga (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 9/1/2011 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, July, 14, 2012, KC vs CLB Shots on Goal 1, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NY Shots 2, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NY Fouls Committed 5, May 12, 2013, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 4, Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Last...Regular Season Appearance Oct. 18, 2013, KC vs D.C. Goal N/A Assist July 14, 2012, KC at CLB 2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 Joseph set career highs in games played (23) and games started (14) in 2013. A member of the Haiti Men’s National Team since 2010, he began his professional career domestically before joining Sporting de Braga in Portugal’s Primeira Liga in 2008. He signed with Sporting KC in September 2011 after training with the club in the summer.
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #40 | D | Igor Juliao Ht: 5-8 Wt. 145 DOB: 8/23/1994 Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Last Club: Fluminense FC (Brazil) Acquired: Signed on loan 4/4/2014
#24 | M | Michael Kafari Ht: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 10/30/1991 Hometown: Accra, Ghana College: New Mexico Acquired: Signed on 7/8/2014
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, July 16, 2014, KC at CLB Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Shots 2, July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: July 16, 2014, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered 4, two times, last: July 12, 2014, KC at MTL Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal N/A Assist July 16, 2014, KC at CLB 2014 Record when: he starts 5-3-3 he scores 0-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last...Regular Season Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
In his club debut on May 14, 19-year-old Juliao became the youngest player in Sporting KC history to play the full 90 minutes of an MLS regular season match. He was named to Sports Illustrated’s Week 11 MLS Best XI after his second game on May 18 and has started each MLS match since then at right back. Juliao is a member of Brazil’s Under-20 Men’s National Team and currently on loan from Fluminense FC. He joined Fluminense’s academy in 2003 and made his debut in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A as a 17-year-old in August 2012. He made three appearances in Brazil’s top division during his first professional season as Fluminense FC won their fourth league title in the club’s 111-year history.
Sporting KC acquired Kafari on July 8. He played collegiately at New Mexico before the Vancouver Whitecaps drafted the Ghana native in the third round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft (No 51 overall). After spending preseason with the Canadian club, Kafari signed with their USL PRO affiliate Charleston Battery in mid-March. He made his competitive debut for Charleston on May 28 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup third round.
#21 | GK | Jon Kempin Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/31/10
#1 | GK | Eric Kronberg Ht: 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983 Hometown: Santa Rosa, California College: California Acquired: 2006 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round (#40)
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Saves 6, May 14, 2011, KC at LA
Last...Regular Season Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Last...Regular Season Appearance July 6, 2014, KC vs CHI Shutout June 27, 2014, KC at POR 2014 Record when: he starts 7-5-5
A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Kempin became the club’s first Homegrown Player and youngest ever signing (age 17) in 2010. After making his competitive debut in the 2012 U.S. Open Cup, the Leawood, Kansas native spent the 2013 season on loan at USL Pro affiliate Orlando City SC. He has been named to the 20-player roster for the inaugural Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game on Aug. 4. Kempin, who has been an active member of the U-20 and U-23 U.S. National Team pools. He was loaned to USL PRO affiliate OKC Energy FC in March and registered five shutouts, 37 saves and a 1.38 goals against average in 13 games played. He was recalled to Sporting KC on July 9.
The longest tenured member of the club, Kronberg is in his ninth season in Kansas City and first as a starter. The 31-year-old goalkeeper recorded four shutouts in six appearances last year, leading Sporting KC to the quarterfinals of the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League. During the 2014 regular season, he leads MLS with a 0.88 goals against average and seven shutouts among keepers with at least 400 minutes played. He was named MLS Player of the Month for June after registering shutouts in the club’s only two games that month. Five of his 15 conceded goals this season have been penalty kicks.
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #94 | M | Jimmy Medranda Ht: 5-5 Wt. 150 DOB: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014
#12 | M | Mikey Lopez Ht: 5-8 Wt. 160 DOB: 2/20/1993 Hometown: Mission, Texas College: North Carolina Acquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14)
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs. CLB Shots 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Fouls Committed 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 4, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Last...Regular Season Appearance May 31, 2014, KC at DC Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 2, July 16, 2014, KC at CLB Fouls Committed 3, July 16, 2014, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered N/A Last...Regular Season Appearance July 16, 2014, KC at CLB Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 Record when: he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting KC acquired Medranda in August 2013 on loan from Deportivo Pereira (Colombia). The Colombian midfielder signed permanently for the club in February, making his first MLS start on March 15. Currently on loan with USL PRO affiliate OKC Energy FC, Medranda joined the youth program of Deportivo Pereira at age 12 before climing the ladder to the senior team. In two seasons with the club, he made 16 appearances across all competitions and scored two goals.
Lopez was selected in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing. He made his Sporting KC debut on May 26, 2013 in the U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round. His MLS debut came on July 16 of this year at Columbus. Lopez joined USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC in March before switching to OKC Energy FC in June. He was recalled to Sporting KC on June 30 after making 14 USL PRO appearances with one goal and one assist. Lopez is a member of the U.S. U-20 National Team and helped the country qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
#18 | M | Victor Munoz Ht: 5-7 Wt. 165 DOB: 7/25/1990 Hometown: Madrid, Spain College: UCLA Acquired: Signed on 4/1/2014
#7 | D | Chance Myers Ht: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, California College: UCLA Acquired: 2008 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last...Regular Season Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assists 1, 13 times, last: May 10, 2014, KC at MTL Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots 3, 3 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: Apr. 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Last...Regular Season Appearance May 23, 2014, KC vs TOR Goal April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assist May 10, 2014, KC at MTL 2014 Record when: he starts 3-2-2 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting KC acquired Munoz in April 2014. The 23-yearold was selected by D.C. United in the second round of hte 2014 MLS SuperDraft. He made his Sporting KC debut in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round on June 18. Munoz spent eight years in the Real Madrid academy system and was a member of Spain’s U-15, U-16 and U-17 youth national teams before moving to the U.S. in 2010 to pursue a college education.
The second-longest tenured member of the squad, Myers is in his seventh season after being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. In 2013, Myers started a careerhigh 31 MLS matches (including playoffs) and was the top-rated outside back on the MLS Castrol Index. He will miss the remainder of the 2014 season after suffering a left achilles tear on May 23 vs. Toronto FC. Myers signed a new contract with the club in January after joining the U.S. Men’s National Team for the first time in his career as a member of Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp in 2014. He previously played for the U.S. U-18, U-20 and U-23 youth national teams.
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #6 | M | Paulo Nagamura Ht: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 3/2/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Trade with Chivas USA on 11/29/2011
#13 | M | Lawrence Olum Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 7/10/1984 Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya College: Missouri Baptist Last Club: Orlando City SC (USL PRO) Acquired: Signed on 9/15/2010
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Mar. 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Assists 1, 17 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL 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...Regular Season Appearance July 6, 2014, KC vs CHI Goal May 10, 2014, KC at MTL Assist May 14, 2014, KC vs PHI 2014 Record when: he starts 7-3-4 he scores 1-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Assists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL Shots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: July 16, 2014, KC at CLB Shots 3, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Fouls Suffered 2, Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLB Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Assist Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL 2014 Record when: he starts 8-1-1 he scores 1-0-0
An MLS veteran, Nagamura is in his third season with Sporting KC. The Sao Paulo native began his soccer career with Sao Paulo FC and Arsenal FC in England before coming to the United States to play for the LA Galaxy in 2005, winning the MLS Cup and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in his first season. He’s also played for Toronto FC and Chivas USA in MLS, becoming an MLS All-Star in 2009 before going on loan to Tigres UANL in Mexico. Sporting KC acquired Nagamura in November 2011 and he converted penalty kicks in shootouts following the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final and 2013 MLS Cup Final.
Olum is in his fourth season with Sporting KC, making a career-high 22 appearances in MLS competition last year. Capable of playing as a central defender or holding midfielder, he began his professional career with the Portland Timbers in 2007. He also played for the Minnesota Thunder, Austin Aztex and Orlando City SC before signing with Sporting KC in September 2011. Olum joined the Kenya Men’s National Team in November 2012 and recently helped the team advance to the second round of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, starting both legs against Comoros on May 18 and May 30.
#3 | D | Ike Opara Ht: 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with SJ Earthquakes on 12/12/2012 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLB Assists N/A Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJ Shots 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJ Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: May 28, 2011, SJ at CHI Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: May 19, 2013, KC at D.C. Last...Regular Season Appearance Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL Goal Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLB Assist N/A 2014 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 The 2013 Sporting KC Newcomer of the Year appeared in a career-best 18 games with 16 starts during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. Opara scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions, each of them a header, and appeared in three of Sporting KC’s five MLS Cup Playoff matches. He will miss the remainder of the 2014 season after suffering a chondral defect in his right ankle on March 29. Opara started all thee matches for the United States at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and was invited to camp with the U.S. Olympic squad (U-23) in February 2012.
#2 | D | Erik Palmer-Brown Ht: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 4/24/1997 Hometown: Lee’s Summit, Missouri Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/2/2013
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 1, May 31, 2014, KC at DC Last...Regular Season Appearance June 6, 2014, KC at HOU Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0 The youngest player in MLS at age 17, Palmer-Brown signed a homegrown player contract last August. He made his debut and first MLS start for Sporting KC on May 18, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender. He played 90 minutes in the club’s 2-0 win at Houston on June 6 for his first win as a starter. He has been named to the 20-player roster for the inaugural Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game on Aug. 4. The Lee’s Summit, Mo. native joined the Sporting KC Academy at age 13. He has represented US youth national teams as the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels.
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #37 | F | Jacob Peterson Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 1/19/2012 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 14 times, last: May 4, 2014, KC vs CLB Assists 1, 14 times, last: July 16, 2014, KC at CLB Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at D.C. 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...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal May 4, 2014, KC vs CLB Assist July 16, 2014, KC at CLB 2014 Record when: he starts 4-3-2 he scores 1-0-0 An eight-year veteran of MLS, Peterson is in his third season with Sporting KC. He equalled his career high with four MLS goals for the club in 2012. A two-time national champion at Indiana University with goals in the finals of the 2003 and 2004 College Cups, Peterson was selected by the Colorado Rapids in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Following stints with Toronto FC and the San Jose Earthquakes, Peterson was signed by Sporting Kansas City in January 2012. He represented the U.S. at the U-17, U-20 and U-23 levels. #17 | F | C.J. Sapong Ht: 6-1 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia College: James Madison Acquired: 2011 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)
#22 | F | Soony Saad Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 8/17/1992 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan College: Michigan Acquired: Weighted Lottery on 7/5/2011 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Assists 2, Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: June 6, 2014, KC at HOU Shots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: June 27, 2014, KC at POR Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal June 6, 2014, KC at HOU Assist Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NE 2014 Record when: he starts 4-0-1 he scores 1-0-0 After leading the NCAA in scoring with a school record 19 goals as a freshman at the University of Michigan, Saad was signed by Major League Soccer and allocated to Sporting KC via a lottery draft in July 2011. He scored nine minutes into his MLS debut on his 19th birthday and added four goals and four assists in 23 MLS regular season appearances last season. Saad represented the U.S. at the youth level, including appearances with the U-20 national team, but is now a member of the Lebanon Men’s National Team.
#15 | D | Seth Sinovic Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed on 5/10/2011
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TOR Assists 1, 9 times, last: Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Shots on Goal 4, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Shots 10, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal July 16, 2014, KC at CLB Assist Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL 2014 Record when: he starts 1-1-1 he scores 1-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 6 times, last: June 27, 2014, KC at POR Shots on Goal 2, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Shots 3, Apr. 17, 2010, NE at SJ Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJ Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal N/A Assist June 27 2014, KC at POR 2014 Record when: he starts 10-4-5 he scores 0-0-0
Sapong was named the 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year with five goals and five assists in his first professional season. He scored nine goals in 2012 and four more in 2013, including the game-tying goal in last year’s Eastern Conference Championship series vs. Houston. He made his first appearance in two months on May 23 following a neck injury and scored his first goal of the 2014 campaign on July 16 at Columbus. Sporting KC has a 18-0-2 overall record (including postseason) when Sapong scores. He debuted for the U.S. National Team in January 2012.
The Leawood, Kan. native and Rockhurst High School alum was rated the No. 1 left back in MLS by Soccer America after leading Sporting KC with 3,733 minutes played in all competition and starting 41 of his 42 appearances in 2013. He scored the game-tying goal in the Eastern Conference Semifinals last year en route to Sporting KC reaching MLS Cup. Sinovic was signed by Sporting KC in May 2011 and has since contributed two goals and six assists across all competitions. He has started 19 of the club’s 20 regular season games this campaign.
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #23 | M | Martin Steuble Ht: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 6/9/1988 Hometown: Schlieren, Switzerland Last Club: FC Wil 1900 Acquired: Signed on 7/16/2014
#11 | M | Sal Zizzo Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 4/3/1987 Hometown: San Diego, California College: UCLA Last Club: Portland Timbers Acquired: Trade with Portland Timbers on 12/13/13
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last...Regular Season Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 30, 2013, POR at RSL Assists 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL Shots on Goal 3, May 14, 2014, KC vs PHI Shots 3, 7 times, last: May 14, 2014, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 2, 4 times, last: May 23, 2014, KC vs TOR Fouls Suffered 4, May 20, 2012, POR vs CHI Last...Regular Season Appearance July 6, 2014, KC vs CHI Goal Aug. 30, 2013, POR at RSL Assist May 23, 2014, KC vs TOR 2014 Record when: he starts 4-2-3 he scores 0-0-0
Steuble joined Sporting KC on July 16 from Swiss club FC Wil 1900. The 26-year-old midfielder played seven years of professional soccer in Switzerland has featured nine times for the Philippines Men’s National Team under head coach Thomas Dooley. He made his international debut on March 1 of this year and opened his international scoring account in a 3-0 win over Nepal on April 11.
The first-year Sporting KC winger has made 13 MLS appearances with nine starts in 2014. He recorded two assists in the team’s 3-2 win at Colorado on March 29. Acquired in December via a trade with the Portland Timbers, Zizzo spent three years in the German first division before coming back to the United States in 2010. He represented the U.S. at the U-18 and U-20 levels and starred for the U-20 National Team in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
#8 | M | Graham Zusi Ht: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHI Assists 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL 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: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last...Regular Season Appearance July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Goal Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL Assist May 4, 2014, KC vs CLB 2014 Record when: he starts 7-3-1 he scores 1-0-0 Zusi recorded a career-high six goals and a team-best 12 assists in all competition in 2013 and was the top-rated midfielder in the MLS Castrol Index. He was an MLS MVP finalist in 2012 and nominee for Best MLS Player at the 2013 ESPYS to go along with MLS All-Star (2012, 2013, 2014), MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) honors. On July 19, he signed a Designated Player contract with the club through the 2018 season. Zusi was on the United States’ roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside teammate Matt Besler. He appeared in all four matches for the U.S. at the tournament and contributed two assists, including the game-winner in a 2-1 victory over Ghana on June 16. He has earned 27 caps with three goals and six assists in his international career.
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2014 vs Toronto FC | 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 - Regular Season
138
133
12051
2
7
33
8
114
70
6
1
15
0
1
3
KC - Postseason
10
10
960
0
0
2
0
12
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
148
143
1311
2
7
35
8
126
78
7
1
15
0
1
3
Claudio Bieler
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
36
28
2383
11
4
80
29
42
35
16
0
5
0
4
1
KC - Postseason
3
0
85
1
0
4
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
39
28
2468
12
4
84
30
44
36
16
0
5
0
4
1
Jorge Claros
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Aurelien Collin
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
97
93
8171
11
2
90
25
169
84
16
0
30
3
5
0
KC - Postseason
10
10
960
4
1
12
4
21
10
3
0
3
0
1
1
MLS - TOTAL
107
103
9131
15
3
102
29
190
94
19
0
33
3
6
1
Antonio Dovale
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
10
8
566
1
1
14
4
6
9
0
7
3
1
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
10
8
566
1
1
14
4
6
9
0
7
3
1
0
0
Christian Duke
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Dom Dwyer
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
37
25
2261
16
2
100
38
55
59
21
1
3
0
5
0
KC - Postseason
6
3
282
1
0
17
8
8
7
3
0
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
43
28
2543
17
2
117
46
63
66
24
1
3
0
6
0
Kevin Ellis
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
14
10
986
0
1
3
0
18
10
0
0
3
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
14
10
986
0
1
3
0
18
10
0
0
3
0
0
1
Benny Feilhaber
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
46
41
3438
6
9
56
18
56
93
2
44
8
0
1
2
MLS - Regular Season
98
87
7631
11
18
134
45
123
234
4
115
16
2
1
3
KC - Postseason
4
4
394
0
2
14
1
5
12
2
0
1
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
102
91
8025
11
20
148
46
128
246
6
115
17
2
1
4
Peterson Joseph
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
34
18
1445
0
1
12
1
37
21
1
4
10
1
0
1
MLS - Postseason
2
1
103
0
0
2
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
36
19
1548
0
1
14
1
38
23
1
4
10
1
0
1
Igor Juliao
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
11
11
938
0
1
8
2
10
26
3
0
1
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
11
11
938
0
1
8
2
10
26
3
0
1
0
0
1
Michael Kafari
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mikey Lopez
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
1
1
64
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
1
1
64
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jimmy Medranda
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
5
1
120
0
0
5
1
5
4
0
4
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
5
1
120
0
0
5
1
5
4
0
4
0
0
0
0
Victor Munoz
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Chance Myers
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
123
98
9120
2
13
83
21
131
92
7
4
10
1
0
6
KC - Postseason
10
10
960
0
1
7
1
9
10
1
1
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
133
108
10080
2
14
90
22
140
102
8
5
12
1
0
6
Paulo Nagamura
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
58
50
4375
2
4
72
17
80
56
4
3
11
0
0
1
MLS - Regular Season
215
194
17143
11
18
212
68
326
265
8
20
50
2
4
6
KC - Postseason
4
4
397
0
0
10
1
3
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
14
13
1306
0
0
19
6
19
29
1
0
4
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
229
207
18449
11
18
231
74
345
294
9
20
54
2
4
6
Lawrence Olum
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
56
29
2866
3
2
22
6
31
10
3
0
10
0
2
0
KC - Postseason
2
1
202
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
58
30
3068
3
2
25
6
31
11
3
0
10
0
2
0
Ike Opara
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
20
16
1488
3
0
16
8
28
5
1
0
3
0
2
0
MLS - Regular Season
56
39
3711
6
0
38
15
58
23
6
1
5
0
3
0
KC - Postseason
3
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
4
0
94
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
60
39
3805
6
0
39
15
59
25
6
1
5
0
3
0
Erik Palmer-Brown
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
3
2
235
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
3
2
235
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
Jacob Peterson
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
55
28
2724
5
4
59
22
27
29
4
2
2
1
2
1
MLS - Regular Season
193
110
10010
14
14
173
64
72
109
20
62
7
1
5
6
KC - Postseason
4
3
244
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
7
5
405
0
0
1
0
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
200
115
10415
14
14
174
64
74
113
21
62
7
1
5
6
Soony Saad
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
47
22
2164
6
5
83
25
31
47
3
19
2
0
2
2
KC - Postseason
4
0
47
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
51
22
2211
6
5
83
25
34
47
3
19
2
0
2
2
C.J. Sapong
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
99
65
6176
19
9
153
65
118
157
28
0
4
1
7
3
KC - Postseason
10
9
876
2
1
25
11
16
27
3
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
109
74
7052
21
10
178
76
134
184
31
0
4
1
7
3
Seth Sinovic
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
101
100
8841
0
6
46
14
104
69
3
0
14
0
0
4
MLS - Regular Season
121
118
10421
0
6
53
15
117
79
3
0
17
0
0
4
KC - Postseason
10
10
955
2
0
4
4
13
10
0
0
1
0
2
0
MLS - TOTAL
131
128
11376
2
6
57
19
130
89
3
0
18
0
2
4
Martin Steuble
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sal Zizzo
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
13
9
804
0
3
18
7
5
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
83
38
4002
2
11
70
27
24
65
5
38
2
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
83
38
4002
2
11
70
27
24
65
5
38
2
0
0
1
Graham Zusi
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
135
102
9541
18
35
213
72
119
168
15
455
10
0
7
15
KC - Postseason
10
10
959
0
5
21
1
18
19
1
46
1
0
0
3
MLS - TOTAL
145
112
10500
18
40
234
73
137
187
16
501
11
0
7
18
Sporting KC Game Notes | July 26, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Eric Kronberg
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
22
21
1912
77
51
8
21
0.99
6
6
9
6
7
MLS - TOTAL
22
21
1912
77
51
8
21
0.99
6
6
9
6
7
Andy Gruenebaum
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
3
3
270
6
4
0
3
1.00
0
0
3
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
83
82
7335
385
274
18
104
1.28
6
8
29
31
21
MLS - Postseason
2
2
210
9
7
0
2
0.86
0
0
1
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
85
84
7545
394
28`
18
106
1.27
6
8
30
32
21
Jon Kempin
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
#
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 23 24 24 25 30 31 37 40 78 94
Player
Eric Kronberg Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Antonio Dovale Benny Feilhaber Sal Zizzo Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Claudio Bieler C.J. Sapong Victor Munoz Peterson Joseph Jorge Claros Oriol Rosell Jon Kempin Soony Saad Alex Martinez Martin Steuble Mechack Jerome Michael Kafari Christian Duke Andy Gruenebaum Josh Gardner Jacob Peterson Igor Juliao Aurelien Collin Jimmy Medranda 15
61M 83M
90D 90D 90D 90M 78M 90D 90D 90D 90F 90F 90F 44M 90M 90M 90M 66F 55F
90D 90M 90D 75M 33 90M
15
12 TOR 2-2 90G
13 NY 1-1 90G
14 DC 0-1 90G 81
15 HOU 2-0 90G 90D
16 POR 1-0 90G
17 18 19 20 CHI MTL CLB LA 1-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 90G
10
14
18 13 90F 90F 62F 14 85M 75M 66M 83 10
29 90M 56M 19 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 71F 67F 4 34
6 19
90F 17
57F 73F
90G 90G 90G 61F 57M 35 84D 90F 77F 45 90M 90F 76M 26 45 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 45D 90D 90D 90D 90D 83D 90D 61D 90D 9D 90D 90D 90D 55D 90D 5 15 24
29 12
90M 90M 90M 90M
32
35 90D 76D 74D
24
14
90M 29 5 90M 14 90D 90F 7 76F 87F 90F 87F 70F 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 83F 14 3 3 20
1 90D 61D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 85M 90D 90M 90F 90F 90F 10 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 32 90F 75F 90F 80F
90D
15
90M
90M 90F 77F 90D 13 90F 45F
1
89D 58F 45 90D 90D 90D 29 75M
23 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 33 7 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 7M 90M 80M 90D 36D 90F 28 90F 90M 71M 86F 90F 90F 21F 76F 45F 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 45M 90M 90M 90M 90M 55F 54 72F 45 80M 10 64M 90M 90M 90M 90M 80F 90F 90F 90F 90D 90D 90D 90D
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 SEA DAL SJ COL RSL MTL NE CLB MTL PHI CHI 0-1 1-1 1-0 3-2 0-0 4-0 0-2 2-0 3-0 1-2 1-2 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 64D
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
"00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position
Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game
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KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC
0 1 1 3 0 4 0 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 2
SEA 1 DAL 1 SJ 0 COL 2 RSL 0 MTL 0 NE 2 CLB 0 MTL 0 PHI 2 CHI 2 TOR 2 NY 1 DC 1 HOU 0 POR 0 CHI 1 MTL 1 CLB 1 LA 1
L T W W T W L W W L L T T L W W T W W W
93+
64
92+
74; Dwyer 4 (Zusi 3)
79; Dwyer 2 (Zusi 2)
71; Dwyer 3 (Peterson 1)
50; Feilhaber 1 (Zizzo 2, Zusi 1)
31; Collin 2 (Olum 1)
Saad 1 (Feilhaber 4) 45; Dwyer 11 (penalty kick) 70 Olum 1 (Ellis 1, Sinovic 1) 24 Dwyer 12 (unassisted) 33 Dwyer 13 (Besler 1) 4; Dwyer 14 (unassisted) 89 Sapong 1 (Feilhaber 5) 42; Feilhaber 2 (Peterson 2, Juliao 1) Feilhaber 3 (unassisted) 10; Olum 2 (unassisted) 61
Peterson 1 (unassisted) 10; Bieler 1 (Zusi 4) 95+ Dwyer 5 (penalty kick) 18; Nagamura 1 (Myers 1) 34; Dwyer 6 (Dovale 1) Dwyer 7 (Nagamura 2) 80 Dwyer 8 (Feilhaber 2) 68 Dwyer 9 (Zizzo 3) 47; Dwyer 10 (penalty kick) 84 Dovale 1 (Feilhaber 3) 9
own goal (Mallace)
Collin 1 (Feilhaber 1) 81 Dwyer 1 (penalty kick) 57 Zusi 1 (Zizzo 1, Nagamura 1)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY at vs vs at vs vs at vs at vs at vs vs at at at vs at at vs
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#
Player
90D 90D 90D 90M 90F
90D 90D 90D 72M
90D 90D
90D
90F
60F
90M
90M 71F 90D
90G
88F 54
30 90D
90G
90F 6
19
90D
90M 90F 90D 62M 2 36M
28
84M
90D
U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 5R MNUT POR 2-0 1-3
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
90F 90M
2013/14 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QF1 QF2 AZL AZL 1-0 1-5 90G 90G
76M 60F
67F 18
23
2 90D 88F 14
90M
43D 90F
47
90M
30
Ellis (Bieler) 17 Feilhaber (Zusi) 44
Eric Kronberg Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Antonio Dovale Benny Feilhaber Sal Zizzo Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Claudio Bieler C.J. Sapong Victor Munoz Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell Jon Kempin Soony Saad Alex Martinez Mechack Jerome Christian Duke Andy Gruenebaum Josh Gardner Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin Jimmy Medranda
W L
Saad (Olum) 76; Martinez (Zizzo) 87 Saad (penalty kick) 73
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 30 31 37 78 94 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2013/14 QF1 03/12/2014 KC 1 vs CRZAZL 0 QF2 03/19/2014 KC 1 at CRZAZL 5
W L
KC 2 KC 1
vs MINNUT 0 vs POR 3
U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 06/11/2014 5R 06/24/2014