Game Guide: Sporting KC vs. Houston Dynamo by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v HOUSTON DYNAMO (August 1, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2015 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 19 9-4-6 33 29 20 at home 10 7-0-3 24 18 6 Dynamo on road

21 7-8-6 27 27 26 10 2-5-3 9 7 12

Melia

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (21 meetings): Sporting 5 wins, 26 goals … Dynamo 7 wins, 29 goals … Ties 9

5 Besler

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

A 26 73

17 5 5 0

16 4 5 1

14 2 4 3 0 1 3 0

16 1 0 1 3 1 2 2

6 17 3

4 17 5

TYPE OF PLAY

15 5 3 0 3 0 2 1

11 0 3 1 1 0 3 1

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

6 18 5

3 15 2

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

Davis

13 7 Beasley

Miranda

Barnes

8 Sturgis

Horst

Rodriguez

22 Williams

1 Deric

HOW SCORED

14 1 4 1

Clark

F 27 70

9 Nemeth

Bruin

DYNAMO

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

27 Espinoza

Dwyer

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

10 Feilhaber

Peterson

UPCOMING MATCHES DYNAMO SPORTING Sat. Aug. 8 San Jose Sat. Aug. 8 at Toronto FC Sat. Aug. 15 at New England Sat. Aug. 15 Vancouver Fri. Aug. 21 at Portland Wed. Aug. 19 San Jose Wed. Aug. 26 at Colorado Sat. Aug. 22 at Columbus

13 7 9 0

71 de Jong

Mustivar

2015 (MLS): 4/25: HOU 4, KC 4 (Barnes 11, 46; Bruin 46+; R. Rodriguez 83 – Nemeth 2; Dwyer 74; Feilhaber 80, 95+)

A 20 86

2 Palmer-Brown

Abdul-Salaam

AT KC (10 meetings): Sporting 2 wins, 12 goals … Dynamo 4 wins, 13 goals … Ties 4

F 29 59

ROSTERS

REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. AR1 (bench): Corey Parker; AR2 (opposite): Ian Anderson; 4th: Younes Marrakchi DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): KC: Soni Mustivar, Dom Dwyer, Benny Feilhaber … HOU: Ricardo Clark, Kofi Sarkodie, Jermaine Taylor, Giles Barnes, Raul Rodriguez DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

SPORTING KC 2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Krisztian Nemeth (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Bernardo Anor (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Amadou Dia (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 20 Amobi Okugo (MF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 71 Marcel de Jong (DF) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF) HOUSTON DYNAMO 1 Tyler Deric (GK) 2 Kofi Sarkodie (DF) 3 Rob Lovejoy (MF() 4 Jermaine Taylor (DF) 5 Raul Rodriguez (DF) 6 Nathan Sturgis (MF) 7 DaMarcus Beasley (DF) 8 Luis Garrido (MF) 9 Erick Torres (FW) 10 Giles Barnes (FW) 11 Brad Davis (MF) 12 Will Bruin (FW) 13 Ricardo Clark (MF) 14 Alex (MF) 15 Alexander Lopez (MF) 16 A.J. Cochran (DF) 17 Chandler Hoffman (FW) 18 David Horst (DF) 19 Mauro Manotas (FW) 20 Rasheed Olabiyi (MF) 21 Zach Steinberger (MF) 22 Sheanon Williams (DF) 23 Taylor Hunter (DF) 27 Boniek Garcia (MF) 28 Memo Rodriguez (MF) 30 Michael Lisch (GK) 31 Joe Willis (GK) 33 Leonel Miranda (MF)

KC: Ike Opara

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC HOU

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

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 7-0-2 2-4-1 6-0-2 1-8-3

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 7/18/2015 KC 2, MTL 1 7/12/2015 KC 1, VAN 0 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2 7/24/2015 KC 1, RSL 2 5/23/2015 KC 0, SEA 0 7/12/2015 KC 1, VAN 0 5/23/2015 KC 0, SEA 0

(0) (1) (10) (0) (7) (2) (7)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC TLTWWTLTWTWTWWLWWWL Dynamo WLTTLWTTLLWWLTWLLTWLW

HOUSTON DYNAMO Date Score (Gms since) 7/25/2015 HOU 3, LA 7/10/2015 HOU 2, SJ 5/05/2015 HOU 0, SJ 7/18/2015 HOU 0, RSL 7/03/2015 HOU 1, CHI 7/25/2015 HOU 3, LA 7/18/2015 HOU 0, RSL

0 0 1 2 1 0 2

(0) (1) (4) (0) (3) (0) (1)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 7 Feilhaber/Nemeth A: 10 Feilhaber SHT: 55 Dwyer SOG: 19 Dwyer FC: 33 Dwyer FS: 49 Dwyer OF: 16 Dwyer C: 4 3 players tied E: 1 Besler DYNAMO G: 9 Bruin A: 5 Davis SHT: 50 Barnes SOG: 15 Barnes/Clark FC: 43 Garrido FS: 39 Beasley OF: 10 Barnes/Bruin C: 5 Clark/Garrido E: 1 Sarkodie/Taylor

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 19 3 10 2 1 3 29 1.53 HOU 21 8 6 2 3 2 27 1.29 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 19 9 3 5 1 1 20 1.05 HOU 21 5 10 4 0 2 26 1.24 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 29 3 5 6 6 4 5 HOU 27 6 2 3 4 5 7 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 20 5 2 3 4 3 3 HOU 26 3 1 8 4 5 5

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v HOUSTON DYNAMO (August 1, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 220)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 3 2 0 0 6 4 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 6 2 0 62 45 8 0 3 Ike Opara 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 13 12 2 1 35 29 2 4 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 18 18 0 2 168 163 2 9 5 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 8 5 1 0 230 206 13 19 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 2 1 0 1 125 99 2 14 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 13 12 1 4 161 127 23 43 8 FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 16 14 7 4 16 14 7 4 9 Krisztian Nemeth 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19 18 7 10 129 116 19 29 MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 6 1 0 0 77 49 12 3 11 Bernardo Anor 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 15 9 0 0 15 9 0 0 FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 17 16 6 1 67 54 30 4 14 Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 5 4 0 0 138 134 0 7 15 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 9 3 0 0 9 3 0 0 17 Amobi Okugo MF 6-0 175 03/13/1991 Hayward, CA 15 9 0 0 132 110 5 6 20 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 22 Connor Hallisey FW 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 9 2 0 1 9 2 0 1 DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 13 13 1 4 125 120 5 10 23 Jalil Anibaba 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 16 16 1 4 129 109 3 15 GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 11 11 0 0 17 16 0 0 29 Tim Melia 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 15 8 0 1 214 122 15 15 DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 10 9 0 1 10 9 0 1 71 Marcel de Jong 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 15 11 0 0 15 11 0 0 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 4 4 0 0 10 5 0 0 94 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W85 L62 T50

HOUSTON DYNAMO 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 185 08/30/1988 Houston, TX 20 20 0 0 34 33 0 0 1 Tyler Deric 2 Kofi Sarkodie DF 5-9 165 03/22/1991 Huber Heights, OH 13 13 0 1 95 92 0 10 MF 6-0 165 10/23/1991 Greensboro, NC 14 2 1 1 14 2 1 1 3 Rob Lovejoy 4 Jermaine Taylor DF 5-10 195 01/14/1985 Portland, Jamaica 16 16 0 1 106 101 1 4 DF 6-0 165 09/22/1987 Barcelona, Spain 18 18 1 0 18 18 1 0 5 Raul Rodriguez 6 Nathan Sturgis MF 5-10 160 07/06/1987 Boca Raton, FL 12 11 1 2 139 113 6 6 DaMarcus Beasley DF 5-8 145 05/24/1982 Fort Wayne, IN 19 19 0 0 127 117 14 20 7 8 Luis Garrido MF 5-7 165 11/05/1990 Juticalpa, Honduras 18 15 0 0 29 26 0 0 FW 5-11 168 01/19/1993 Guadalajara, Mexico 1 0 0 0 45 44 22 2 9 Erick Torres 10 Giles Barnes FW 5-11 181 08/05/1988 London, England 16 16 6 1 87 83 26 10 MF 5-11 170 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 18 17 1 5 356 313 52 117 11 Brad Davis 12 Will Bruin FW 6-2 195 10/24/1989 St. Louis, MO 20 15 9 1 134 121 44 14 MF 5-10 160 02/10/1983 Atlanta, GA 21 21 4 1 268 253 27 21 13 Ricardo Clark 14 Alex MF 5-8 163 12/15/1988 Sao Paulo, Brazil 7 3 1 0 82 51 4 2 MF 5-9 155 06/05/1992 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 16 12 0 3 28 14 0 4 15 Alexander Lopez 16 A.J. Cochran DF 6-3 195 02/09/1993 St. Louis, MO 3 1 0 0 22 15 0 0 Chandler Hoffman FW 6-0 160 08/17/1990 Birmingham, AL 5 0 0 0 20 2 0 0 17 18 David Horst DF 6-4 210 10/25/1985 Pine Grove, PA 19 15 0 2 92 81 2 3 Mauro Manotas FW 6-0 155 07/15/1995 Sabanalarga, Colombia 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 19 20 Rasheed Olabiyi MF 6-0 08/08/1990 Ibadan, Nigeria 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 Zach Steinberger MF 5-11 172 05/10/1992 Long Beach, CA 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 22 Sheanon Williams DF 5-11 170 03/17/1990 Boston, MA 18 16 0 2 142 139 7 19 Taylor Hunter DF 6-0 160 07/07/1993 Aurora, CO 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 23 27 Boniek Garcia MF 5-9 150 09/04/1984 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 12 10 2 3 78 74 11 16 Memo Rodriguez MF 5-8 145 12/27/1995 Wharton, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 30 Michael Lisch GK 6-4 175 08/30/1990 Austin, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Willis GK 6-5 185 08/10/1988 St. Louis, MO 1 1 0 0 24 23 0 0 31 33 Leonel Miranda MF 5-8 155 01/07/1994 Buenos Aires, Argentina 10 4 1 1 10 4 1 1 HEAD COACH : Owen Coyle

07/14/1966 W7 L8 T6

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs HOUSTON DYNAMO SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. August 1, 2015 (WEEK 22, MLS Game #220) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38; ROOT-SW) A critical match in the chase for playoff positioning kicks off when Sporting Kansas City return home to take on the Houston Dynamo on Saturday at Sporting Park. Sporting lost for just the second time in three months last time out, falling 2-1 at Real Salt Lake, and now sit just a point ahead of sixth place in the division. The Dynamo are five points out of sixth and the final postseason position, coming off a dominant 3-0 win against the LA Galaxy at BBVA Compass Stadium last weekend. REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. AR1 (bench): Corey Parker; AR2 (opposite): Ian Anderson; 4th: Younes Marrakchi MLS Career: 120 games; FC/gm: 25.2; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 37; pens: 31 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Soni Mustivar, Dom Dwyer, Benny Feilhaber … HOU: Ricardo Clark, Kofi Sarkodie, Jermaine Taylor, Giles Barnes, Raul Rodriguez SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza, Kevin Ellis … HOU: Sheanon Williams DISABLED LIST: KC: Ike Opara INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (21 meetings): Sporting 5 wins, 26 goals … Dynamo 7 wins, 29 goals … Ties 9 AT KC (10 meetings): Sporting 2 wins, 12 goals … Dynamo 4 wins, 13 goals … Ties 4 FUTURE MATCH: 9/23: Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. CT  The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Benny Feilhaber scored two goals for Sporting KC, the second deep into second-half added time, to leave the teams in a wild 4-4 draw April 25 at BBVA Compass Stadium.  The home team has not won in the series in the last five meetings. Each team won at the other’s home ground in the two matchups a season ago. Sporting won 2-0 at BBVA Compass Stadium on June 6, then the Dynamo returned the favor with a 3-1 victory Aug. 29 at Sporting Park.  The teams met three consecutive seasons in the MLS Cup Playoffs from 2011-13, the Dynamo advancing in the first two meetings before SKC triumphed in the last. The 2011 and 2013 meetings were for the Eastern Conference Championship; both clubs find themselves in the Western Conference beginning this season.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. HOU: P14 W4 L3 D7 … Owen Coyle vs. KC: P1 W0 L0 D0 LAST MEETING (MLS) 4/25: HOU 4, KC 4 (Barnes 11, 46; Bruin 46+; R. Rodriguez 83 – Nemeth 2; Dwyer 74; Feilhaber 80, 95+)  Sporting took the lead just three minutes into the game when Krisztian Nemeth picked up a loose ball and charged toward goal, firing home inside the right post from 25 yards out.  But the Dynamo had a 3-1 lead by just after halftime. First, a scuffed clearance landed in the path of Giles Barnes, and he sliced a half-volley past SKC goalkeeper Luis Marin to pull the game level in the 11th minute.  The Dynamo took the lead in first-half stoppage time when Will Bruin scored with a flick off the back of his head from a Brad Davis pinpoint corner kick. Then Barnes struck again less than a minute into the second half, driving up field and taking a shot from some 22 yards out that beat Marin to his right post.  But Sporting pulled level with goals in short order. First, in the 74th minute, Dom Dwyer pounced on an illadvised back pass and slotted a shot into the open net after rounding Deric in the box. Then six minutes later, Benny Feilhaber converted a penalty after Dynamo defender Jermaine Taylor was ruled to have handled a Nemeth attempt on goal and referee Kevin Stott pointed to the spot.  The Dynamo again nosed in front in the 84th minute when Raul Rodriguez rushed the near post to head home a Davis free kick. But Feilhaber had the final answer deep in stoppage time, scoring his second of the night by driving home a shot from distance that sailed inside the left post.  HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-4-2): Tyler Deric - Kofi Sarkodie, Raul Rodriguez, Jermaine Taylor (ejected 79), DaMarcus Beasley - Alexander Lopez (David Horst 80), Ricardo Clark, Nathan Sturgis (Luis Garrido 84), Brad Davis - Giles Barnes, Will Bruin (Chandler Hoffman 70).  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Luis Marin - Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis (Connor Hallisey 90), Matt Besler, Marcel de Jong (Amadou Dia 63) - Servando Carrasco (Soni Mustivar 55) - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City saw their winning streak put to an end after three games, falling 2-1 to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium. Sporting are in fourth place in the Western Conference with 33 points from 19 matches. LAST MATCH  Real took the lead in the 34th minute. From a long ball, Sebastian Jaime headed it in front of a streaking Morales. He took the ball off his chest, then weaved his way through three Kansas City defenders before slotting home for the game's opening goal.  Sporting pulled level just five minutes into the second half. Benny Feilhaber launched a breathtaking strike from almost 30 yards out, creating some space before blasted a long, looping ball that dipped into the side netting.  The winner came 17 minutes from the end. Olmes Garcia made a blistering 60-yard run into the box, touching the ball past goalkeeper Tim Melia before being taken down by the Sporting goalkeeper. Referee Allen Chapman pointed to the spot, and it was Plata who stepped up, placing his shot low and to the right of Melia.  SKC manager Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that defeated the Montréal Impact 2-1 at Sporting Park. Erik Palmer-Brown and Marcel de Jong came into the back four for Kevin Ellis and Amadou Dia, and Paulo Nagamura started in midfield in place of Benny Feilhaber.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Saad Abdul-Salaam, Erik Palmer-Brown, Matt Besler, Marcel de Jong (Amadou Dia 46) - Soni Mustivar - Paulo Nagamura (Benny Feilhaber 46), Roger Espinoza - Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 79), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth. TEAM NEWS  Sporting saw their season-long three-game league winning streak put to an end in the defeat by Real Salt Lake. It was just SKC’s second defeat in their last 15 games in all competitions dating back to April 25.  “We were running on fumes coming in, with three games in seven days. I thought they had a good first half, I thought we had a good second half. We had a couple of good chances in the second half that we probably should’ve put away one of them,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. “They had more energy than we did just based on the fact of three games in seven days. It was tough for us.”  Benny Feilhaber scored for a second consecutive game, with two goals and an assist in those contests. He has a part in each of Sporting’s last three goals. Over his last seven games in league play, dating back to May 29, Feilhaber has four goals and three assists.  “I thought he was impactful. He brought a spark to the team,” said Vermes. “It was good because there’s no way he could’ve played 90 [minutes]. I didn’t want to push him for 90 [minutes]. There were a couple other guys I wanted to change but some other things determine different subs. But he came in and had a good impact in the game. He’s calm on the ball and he was good for us.”  Said defender Matt Besler: “He’s playing with a lot of confidence right now, I mean the shot was an unbelievable goal. It’s great when you have a guy like that playing on your team and hopefully he can keep his form up.”  Roger Espinoza recorded an assist for a second consecutive match, his first assists since May 9. He now has four assists on the year, to go with one goal.  Erik Palmer-Brown made his first start since May 9, coming into central defense and playing the full 90 minutes.  Paulo Nagamura made his first start since May 20, coming into the midfield before being taken off at halftime. Nagamura did come off the substitutes’ bench the week before.  Marcel de Jong was also making his first start in three matches, coming in at left back before leaving for a substitute. HOUSTON DYNAMO The Houston Dynamo rebounded from a loss, defeating the LA Galaxy 3-0 on Saturday evening at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo are in eighth place in the Western Conference with 27 points from 21 matches. LAST MATCH  The Dynamo took the lead in the ninth minute. Brad Davis pushed up the left flank and sent a hopeful low ball across the box, where Will Bruin was able to control and curl a finish around goalkeeper Brian Rowe.  The Dynamo doubled the lead in the 27th minute. Nathan Sturgis weaved through the LA defense and laid the ball off for Davis, and he drove a low left-footed shot from 22 yards past Lowe for the 2-0 lead.  In the 88th minute, Leonel Miranda played keep-away in the box before cutting back at the edge of the box and lofting a shot into the top corner to clinch the win.  Dynamo head coach Owen Coyle made three changes to the team that fell 2-0 to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium. Sheanon Williams and A.J. Cochran came into the back four for Taylor Hunter and the suspended Kofi Sarkodie, and Leonel Miranda started out wide in place of Alexander Lopez.  HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-4-1-1): Tyler Deric - Sheanon Williams, David Horst, Raul Rodriguez, A.J. Cochran Leonel Miranda, Nathan Sturgis, Ricardo Clark (Zach Steinberger 90), Alex (Rasheed Olabiyi 87) - Brad Davis Will Bruin (Erick Torres 69).

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TEAM NEWS  The Dynamo have won back-to-back games at BBVA Compass Stadium, extending their home undefeated streak to five games dating back to May 5.  “When we're at our maximum, we're capable of beating anybody in the league and we showed that. I've said before and I said it to the players after the game – the key to us moving forward is the consistency,” said Dynamo head coach Owen Coyle. “I mean we're missing eight players … it was important that we show everybody the qualities that the Dynamo have and we did – we scored three, I'd say we could've done five or six.”  “You can't play great and then play awful, play great and then play awful. We're certainly not where we want to be right now,” said Will Bruin. “But what we've done is in the past. All we can control is every game, week in, week out, and if we play like that, then I think we're going to be looking at making a run for the playoffs come October.”  Will Bruin scored his ninth goal of the season, the third-highest single-season total of his MLS career and three shy of his one-season career-high. Bruin has scored a goal in six of the last seven games where the Dynamo have hit the back of the net, dating back to May 10.  “Will Bruin led the line again, as he does and I'm so pleased with him because he's developed into a real topclass [player] in my mind. He scored a wonderful goal and ran himself into the ground,” said Coyle. “We talked about some fresh legs coming in in Erick "Cubo" Torres and I get Giles Barnes back. I believe I can find a front three in Barnes, Bruin, and Torres that can complement with the other quality that we have. It was a big result that we craved and one we needed to give everybody a lift.”  Brad Davis scored his first goal of the season, ensuring that he has scored at least one league goal in each of 14 MLS league seasons. Davis also recorded his fifth assist of the season, his first since May 16.  Rasheed Olabiyi made his second appearance for the Dynamo, coming on as a late substitute, and recorded his first assist.  Sheanon Williams made his Dynamo debut after his acquisition from Philadelphia Union, coming in at right back and playing the full 90 minutes. A.J. Cochran made his first start of the league season, playing the full match at left back.  Leonel Miranda scored his first goal with the Dynamo, making a second start in the last six matches, playing 90 minutes in a wide midfield role.  “The Open Cup really helped me out in terms of confidence and allowing me to develop a rhythm. Those 90 minutes that I played really helped me out in terms of getting into a particular groove and of course scoring that goal also helped me out a lot,” Miranda said.

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (9-4-6, 33 pts.) UNF 10 9 14 4 3 8 23 27 6 5 7 22 37 71 13 11 2 94 1 17 16 16 15 93 29

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

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

GP 19 16 17 13 6 13 13 16 8 18 2 9 15 10 15 6 3 4 8 9 9 10 5 15 11

GS 18 14 16 12 6 12 13 16 5 18 1 2 8 9 9 1 2 4 8 3 6 7 4 11 11

MIN 1643 1201 1453 1085 534 1026 1170 1395 504 1600 100 246 706 659 911 188 185 245 720 328 508 598 392 1001 990

19 19

1710 1710

G 7 7 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 20

A 10 4 1 1 0 4 4 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

SHT 30 37 55 5 7 12 11 18 6 0 1 5 13 11 4 4 1 4 0 2 7 8 5 0 0

SOG 11 9 19 4 2 2 4 5 2 0 0 2 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0

34 20

238 184

76 71

FC 30 12 33 14 6 10 10 28 13 15 3 0 4 2 15 4 1 4 0 3 10 11 4 16 1

FS 33 22 49 5 4 15 4 17 3 7 2 1 4 8 11 4 1 3 2 3 1 1 0 11 1

OFF 1 4 16 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

CK 35 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

238 218 218 238

32 67

85 104

33 35

1 3

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

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 11 8 19 19

GS 11 8 19 19

MIN SHTS 990 41 720 30 1710 71 1710 76

SV 31 19 50 46

GA 8 12 20 29

GAA 0.73 1.5 1.05 1.53

PG 1 0 1 3

PA 1 0 1 4

W 7 2 9 4

L 2 2 4 9

T 2 4 6 6

SO 6 3 9 3

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2015 HOUSTON DYNAMO STATISTICS (7-8-6, 27 pts.) UNF 12 10 13 27 11 6 33 3 14 14 5 15 18 4 2 20 16 17 7 9 31 8 19 22 22 23 1 21

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

PLAYER Will Bruin Giles Barnes Ricardo Clark Boniek Garcia Brad Davis Nathan Sturgis Leonel Miranda Rob Lovejoy Alex (HOU) Alex (TOT) Raul Rodriguez Alexander Lopez David Horst Jermaine Taylor Kofi Sarkodie Rasheed Olabiyi A.J. Cochran Chandler Hoffman DaMarcus Beasley Erick Torres Joe Willis Luis Garrido Mauro Manotas Sheanon Williams (HOU) Sheanon Williams (TOT) Taylor Hunter Tyler Deric Zach Steinberger Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 20 16 21 12 18 12 10 14 6 7 18 16 19 16 13 2 3 5 19 1 1 18 4 1 18 1 20 3

GS 15 16 21 10 17 11 4 2 3 3 18 12 15 16 13 0 1 0 19 0 1 15 0 1 16 1 20 0

MIN 1369 1438 1812 843 1554 903 439 306 259 267 1555 947 1433 1427 1124 14 162 30 1675 21 90 1297 31 90 1362 90 1800 29

21 21

1890 1890

G 9 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 26

A 1 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

SHT 28 50 43 6 29 7 7 6 4 4 9 18 5 3 4 0 1 0 10 2 0 14 0 0 7 0 0 1

SOG 14 15 15 3 6 1 3 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0

23 19

247 238

73 81

FC 18 23 32 9 19 12 5 3 3 4 21 10 23 18 20 1 1 0 10 0 0 43 0 0 16 0 1 1

FS 14 32 21 18 12 13 10 5 4 5 9 7 22 8 7 0 3 0 39 0 1 12 0 0 15 1 2 0

OFF 10 10 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

CK 0 0 0 14 58 0 8 0 1 1 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

273 257 257 273

35 45

108 111

35 35

2 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Will Bruin 3, Giles Barnes 3, Ricardo Clark 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Brad Davis 2, Alexander Lopez 2, Boniek Garcia 1, Kofi Sarkodie 1, Giles Barnes 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Boniek Garcia 0-1, Giles Barnes 0-1 HOUSTON DYNAMO GOALKEEPING UNF 1 31

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tyler Deric Joe Willis Team totals Opponent totals

GP 20 1 21 21

GS 20 1 21 21

MIN SHTS 1800 79 90 2 1890 81 1890 73

SV 52 1 53 45

GA 25 1 26 27

GAA 1.25 1 1.24 1.29

PG 3 0 3 0

PA 3 0 3 2

W 7 0 7 8

L 8 0 8 7

T 5 1 6 6

SO 5 0 5 8

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

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.

Sun. Apr.

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

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

ATT 19784 14149 20848 27454

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

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

W 3-2

19545

2-1-2

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

11 Real Salt Lake 18 at Los Angeles 25 at Houston

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

20087 20018 21046

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

2 4 6

Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed.

May May May May

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

W T T W

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

19581 16221 0 18864

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

4 4 6 4

Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun.

May May June June

T W W L

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

40653 20172 21505 19155

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

3 2 2 2

Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri.

June July July July

W W W L

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

19835 21000 19070 20809

7-3-6 8-3-6 9-3-6 9-4-6

2 2 2 2

27 KC: 30 KC: 33 KC: 33 KC:

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

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

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

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

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

8 KC: Dwyer (16) Anibaba (91+) Nemeth (94+); PHI: own goal (3) Aristeguieta (19) 9 9 KC: Nemeth (22); LA: Husidic (9) Gonzalez (94+) 10 KC: Nemeth (2) Dwyer (74) Feilhaber (80,95+); HOU: Barnes (11,46) Bruin (46+) Rodriguez (83) 13 KC: Nagamura (75); 14 KC: Dwyer (45); DC: Arrieta (42) 14 17 KC: Dwyer (29) Nemeth (39,46) Feilhaber (43); NE: Agudelo (11) Caldwell (64) 18 21 KC: Nemeth (19) Feilhaber (51) Ellis (57) Zusi (64); 24 KC: Feilhaber (84); 24 KC: Dwyer (30); RSL: Jaime (15) Garcia (93+) Nemeth (32) own goal (64); Ellis (52); Feilhaber (4) Dwyer (34); MTL: Piatti (59) Feilhaber (50); RSL: Morales (34) Plata (73)

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HOUSTON DYNAMO 2015 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.

Fri. May Tue. Sun. Sat. Fri. Sat.

May May May May May

Fri. June Sat. Fri. Fri. Fri. Sat.

June June July July July

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

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

OPPONENT RESULT 7 Columbus W 1-0 13 Orlando City SC L 0-1 21 at Los Angeles T 1-1 28 Colorado T 0-0 4 at Seattle L 0-1 11 Montreal W 3-0 18 at D.C. United T 1-1 25 Sporting KC T 4-4

ATT 22351 22407 19087 19603 39860 18924 13047 21046

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

L 1-4

19975

2-3-4

5 San Jose 10 at Toronto FC 16 Portland 22 at Los Angeles 30 at New York City FC 5 New York

L W W L T

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

16018 30226 20844 20195 26211

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

W 4-2

22356

5-5-5

20 at Portland 26 at FC Dallas 3 Chicago 10 at San Jose 18 at Real Salt Lake 25 Los Angeles 1 at Sporting KC 8 San Jose 15 at New England 21 at Portland 26 at Colorado 29 Vancouver 12 Real Salt Lake 20 at Philadelphia 23 Sporting KC 26 Colorado 4 at FC Dallas 18 Seattle 25 at Vancouver

L L T W L

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

21144 15037 22651 18000 20174

5-6-5 5-7-5 5-7-6 6-7-6 6-8-6

4 8 8 5 7

20 HOU: Garcia (59) Clark (72) Bruin (80,94+); NYR: Grella (42) Abang (90) 20 POR: Urruti (34) Fernandez (61) 20 DAL: own goal (33) Castillo (42) 21 HOU: De Lima (56); CHI: Nyarko (72) 24 HOU: Clark (10) Bruin (81); 24 RSL: Morales (36) Plata (65)

W 3-0

22445

7-8-6

27 HOU: Bruin (9) Davis (27) Miranda (88);

1 FC Dallas

POS PTS NOTES: 3 3 HOU: Barnes (66); 4 3 ORL: own goal (74) 2 4 HOU: Sturgis (11); LA: Keane (3) 5 5 8 5 SEA: Martins (39) 4 8 HOU: Barnes (15) Clark (72) Lovejoy (80); 3 9 HOU: Clark (65); DC: Rolfe (36) 5 10 HOU: Barnes (11,46) Bruin (46+) Rodriguez (83); KC: Nemeth (2) Dwyer (74) Feilhaber (80,95+) 5 10 HOU: Barnes (32); DAL: Hollingshead (9) Texeira (21) Diaz (52) Castillo (55) 6 10 SJ: Jahn (54) 6 13 HOU: Garcia (44) Bruin (53); TOR: Altidore (77) 4 16 HOU: Bruin (9,83) Barnes (75); POR: Adi (48) 5 16 LA: Gordon (91+) 5 17 HOU: Bruin (16); NYC: Villa (46+)

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

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

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

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

T 4-4 W 4-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

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

W 3-2 W 4-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

05/20/2015 vs NE

W 4-2

05/29/2015 vs DAL

W 4-0

05/20/2015 vs NE

W 4-2

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

W 1-0 W 1-0

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

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

HOU NE DAL

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

DAL

W 4-0

NYR

T 1-1

W 4-2

DAL NE

L 1-3 W 4-2

NYR

T 1-1

PHI

W 3-2

NE DAL

W 4-2 W 4-0

SEA VAN

W 1-0 W 1-0

RSL VAN

L 1-2 W 1-0

HOU

T 4-4

DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 Giles Barnes 2 Will Bruin 2 Will Bruin Assists 2 Brad Davis 2 Boniek Garcia Shots 6 Giles Barnes Shots on Goal 5 Ricardo Clark Fouls Committed 7 Ricardo Clark Fouls Suffered 5 Giles Barnes 5 Giles Barnes Offside 2 5 times Saves 6 Tyler Deric 6 Tyler Deric 6 Tyler Deric Shots Faced 7 Tyler Deric 7 Tyler Deric 7 Tyler Deric Goals Allowed 4 Tyler Deric 4 Tyler Deric

Goals 4 04/25/2015 at 4 06/05/2015 at Assists 4 06/05/2015 at Shots 18 04/18/2015 at Shots on Goal 8 07/10/2015 at Fouls Committed 24 07/10/2015 at Fouls Suffered 20 05/30/2015 at Corner Kicks 13 05/10/2015 at Offside 5 04/25/2015 at Saves 6 03/07/2015 at 6 04/18/2015 at 6 05/30/2015 at Shots Faced 7 04/18/2015 at 7 05/30/2015 at 7 07/18/2015 at Goals Allowed 4 04/25/2015 at 4 05/01/2015 at

04/25/2015 at KC 05/16/2015 at POR 06/05/2015 at NYR

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

04/25/2015 at KC 06/05/2015 at NYR

T 4-4 W 4-2

04/11/2015 at MTL

W 3-0

07/10/2015 at SJ

W 2-0

05/01/2015 at DAL

L 1-4

04/25/2015 at KC 05/30/2015 at NYC

T 4-4 T 1-1

03/21/2015 at LA

T 1-1

03/07/2015 at CLB 04/18/2015 at DC 05/30/2015 at NYC

W 1-0 T 1-1 T 1-1

04/18/2015 at DC 05/30/2015 at NYC 07/18/2015 at RSL

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

04/25/2015 at KC 05/01/2015 at DAL

T 4-4 L 1-4

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

COL

W 2-0

RSL

T 0-0

SEA

W 1-0

SEA

T 0-0

NYC NE VAN

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

NYR POR SEA RSL COL

T T T L W

RSL HOU

T 0-0 T 4-4

RSL

T 0-0

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)

KC NYR

T 4-4 W 4-2

NYR

W 4-2

T 1-1

W 2-0

NYC

T 1-1

TOR

W 2-1

T 4-4

CLB DC NYC

W 1-0 T 1-1 T 1-1

DC NYC RSL

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

KC DAL

T 4-4 L 1-4

Shots 4 07/18/2015 at Shots on Goal 0 03/13/2015 at Fouls Committed 8 04/25/2015 at 8 05/10/2015 at Fouls Suffered 6 05/01/2015 at Corner Kicks 1 03/07/2015 at 1 04/11/2015 at Offside 0 03/13/2015 at 0 05/16/2015 at 0 05/22/2015 at 0 06/20/2015 at Saves 0 04/25/2015 at 0 05/16/2015 at 0 06/20/2015 at Shots Faced 1 05/16/2015 at

RSL

L 0-2

ORL

L 0-1

KC TOR

T 4-4 W 2-1

DAL

L 1-4

CLB MTL

W 1-0 W 3-0

ORL POR LA POR

L W L L

KC POR POR

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

POR

W 3-1

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

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (0-0-1) UNF 10 14 9 71 8 27 5 16 23 4 1 93 22 13

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

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

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

90 90 90 63 90 90 90 55 90 89 90 35 1 27 90 90

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

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

2 5 4 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 12

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

3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 15 8

1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 15

0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5

4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1

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

Benny Feilhaber Dom Dwyer Krisztian Nemeth Marcel de Jong Graham Zusi Roger Espinoza Matt Besler Servando Carrasco Jalil Anibaba Kevin Ellis Luis Marin Soni Mustivar Connor Hallisey Amadou Dia Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 1-1

UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

4 4 4

GAA

O'TIME

0 0 0

4 4 4

4.00 4.00 4.00

0 0 1

0 0 0

1 1 1

0 0 0

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

2015 HOUSTON DYNAMO VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-0-1) UNF 10 12 5 11 6 7 13 18 4 1 2 17 15 8

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

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

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

90 70 90 90 84 90 90 11 77 90 90 20 79 6 90 90

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

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

5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 17

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

1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 15

5 2 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 8

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

0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 6

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

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

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

Giles Barnes Will Bruin Raul Rodriguez Brad Davis Nathan Sturgis DaMarcus Beasley Ricardo Clark David Horst Jermaine Taylor Tyler Deric Kofi Sarkodie Chandler Hoffman Alexander Lopez Luis Garrido Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 1-1

UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tyler Deric Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

4 4 4

GAA

O'TIME

0 0 0

4 4 4

4.00 4.00 4.00

1 1 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

DYNAMO VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Dynamo

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 5 wins, 26 goals Dynamo 7 wins, 29 goals 9 ties 4/8/2006 7/15/2006 6/24/2007 9/1/2007 11/10/2007 4/12/2008 9/7/2008 7/4/2009 10/4/2009 5/1/2010 9/22/2010 7/16/2011 9/10/2011 11/6/2011 7/7/2012 7/18/2012 9/14/2012 11/4/2012 11/7/2012 5/12/2013 5/26/2013 10/9/2013 11/9/2013 11/23/2013 6/6/2014 8/29/2014 4/25/2015

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

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

(H) (KC) (KC) (H) (H) (CA) (H) (CA) (H) (H) (CA) (H) (SP) (SP) (SP) (HB) (SP) (HB) (SP) (HB) (SP) (HB) (HB) (SP) (HB) (SP) (HB)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 14 101 41 134 39 62

2 15 118 42 122 31 54

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 29 219 83 256 70 116

1 7 116 41 133 16 59

2 19 148 51 145 20 62

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 26 264 92 278 36 121

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: HOU KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

3 2

6 1

3 3

7 2

6 9

4 9

0 0

29 26

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes Owen Coyle

vs. HOU vs. KC

4-3-7 0-0-1

(1.36 pts./game) (1 pts./game)

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

3 4 32 13 16 15 3 3 4 23 11

Sporting KC 3 times Graham Zusi Kei Kamara Kei Kamara Aurelien Collin Graham Zusi Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen

Dynamo Brad Davis Brad Davis Brad Davis Brad Davis Brad Davis Brad Davis Pat Onstad Hall/Onstad Pat Onstad Tally Hall Pat Onstad

5 7 33 13 21 33 4 2 3 31 10

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC Feilhaber/Bunbury Harrington/Zusi C.J. Sapong (09/14/12) Johnson/Sapong Santiago Hirsig (07/04/09) 5 3 players tied

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed

2 2 10 4 6

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves

1 6 players tied 7 Kevin Hartman (09/07/08) 4 Luis Marin (04/25/15)

Goals Allowed

Dynamo 3 players tied 4 players tied Brian Ching (04/08/06) 5 players tied 7 players tied

2 2 8 3 4

6 Ricardo Clark (05/12/13) 1 6 players tied 7 Tally Hall (twice) 4 Onstad/Deric

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

Streak (started)

Houston Dynamo W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

11 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ls

(06/06/2014) (07/12/2015) (07/24/2015)

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

4 Ws (05/10/2015) 2 Ts (05/30/2015) 3 Ls (06/20/2015)

2-4-1 7-0-2

2 Ls 6 Ws

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

1-8-3 6-0-2

3 Ls (06/20/2015) 2 Ws (07/10/2015)

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

4 Ts 1 Ls 3 Ws 3 Ws 2 Ws

(03/21/2015) (07/24/2015) (10/10/2014) (03/29/2014) (05/20/2015)

0-7-1 1-1-4 2-0-0 3-0-0 1-0-1

6 2 3 5 1

Ls Ts Ws Ws Ws

(04/04/2015) (05/30/2015) (09/28/2014) (08/29/2014) (06/05/2015)

6-0-4 1-0-2 2-3-0 0-1-0 0-0-1

4 Ws 1 Ws 2 Ls 5 Ls 1 Ts

(05/29/2015) (07/18/2015) (06/21/2015) (08/23/2014) (04/25/2015)

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

3 2 3 5 1

Ws Ts Ls Ls Ls

(04/11/2015) (05/30/2015) (06/20/2015) (05/25/2014) (05/01/2015)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. DYNAMO (5-7-9) PLAYER

MIN

Kei Kamara Teal Bunbury Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Aurelien Collin C.J. Sapong Josh Wolff Jose Burciaga Jr. Sasha Victorine Davy Arnaud Jimmy Conrad Zoltan Hercegfalvi Eddie Johnson Krisztian Nemeth Soony Saad Ryan Smith Graham Zusi Michael Harrington Claudio Bieler Marcel de Jong Roger Espinoza Claudio Lopez Jacob Peterson Craig Rocastle Julio Cesar Scott Sealy Seth Sinovic Alex Zotinca Team totals Opponent totals

10 7 4 3 7 8 7 3 4 10 7 1 3 1 4 2 9 11 2 1 9 4 7 2 2 4 9 2 21 21

7 2 4 3 7 6 6 3 4 7 7 0 3 1 2 2 8 10 2 1 9 4 4 1 2 3 9 1 21 21

637 230 344 203 630 566 525 270 342 653 630 28 270 90 180 162 743 850 177 63 747 360 409 130 180 224 799 98 1890 1890

3 3 3 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 26 29

1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24 30

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

32 8 18 4 8 15 11 4 5 10 3 2 7 4 4 2 20 3 6 0 8 11 5 1 0 3 5 2 264 219

1 10 6 2 1 1 21 21

90 900 540 180 90 90 1890 1890

3 30 30 13 3 4 83 92

3 17 23 8 0 0 51 62

0.00 1.10 1.17 2.00 3.00 4.00 1.38 1.24

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Bo Oshoniyi Jon Kempin Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

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DYNAMO CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (7-5-9) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Brad Davis Will Bruin Giles Barnes Luis Angel Landin Calen Carr Brian Ching Nate Jaqua Kei Kamara Dominic Oduro Brian Mullan Adrian Serioux Cam Weaver Samuel Appiah Ricardo Clark David Horst Patrick Ianni Joseph Ngwenya Eddie Robinson Raul Rodriguez Mike Chabala Stuart Holden Corey Ashe Dwayne De Rosario Boniek Garcia Kevin Goldthwaite Andre Hainault Alejandro Moreno Nathan Sturgis Craig Waibel Team totals Opponent totals

19 9 6 2 1 9 1 2 4 9 4 4 1 12 3 2 3 6 1 5 5 16 5 6 1 8 2 1 3 21 21

18 9 5 2 1 5 1 2 3 9 2 2 0 12 2 2 2 5 1 4 3 13 4 6 1 7 2 1 3 21 21

1453 702 449 134 90 453 83 180 267 786 206 131 19 1077 110 180 171 459 90 405 314 1167 361 540 90 646 169 84 270 1890 1890

5 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 26

7 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 24

33 21 11 3 3 15 4 9 6 8 2 2 2 10 2 1 2 2 2 0 4 5 9 3 3 1 3 0 2 219 264

Tony Caig Tally Hall Pat Onstad Tyler Deric Team totals Opponent totals

2 9 8 3 21 21

MIN SHTS 180 800 720 190 1890 1890

6 41 33 12 92 83

GAA

5 31 20 6 62 51

0.50 1.01 1.25 2.84 1.24 1.38

0 1 0 2 3 0

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. DYNAMO (5-7-9)

CURRENT DYNAMO VS. SPORTING KC (7-5-9)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Bernardo Anor Jacob Peterson Krisztian Nemeth Graham Zusi Marcel de Jong Roger Espinoza Paulo Nagamura Amobi Okugo Seth Sinovic Jalil Anibaba Matt Besler Amadou Dia Kevin Ellis Connor Hallisey Jon Kempin Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Chance Myers Ike Opara Erik Palmer-Brown Team totals Opponent totals

4 6 5 21 1 9 1 9 19 10 10 9 11 1 3 1 1 1 1 11 3 1 21 21

4 6 4 13 1 8 1 9 18 8 9 9 11 0 3 0 1 1 0 7 3 1 21 21

344 460 405 1159 90 743 63 747 1502 763 800 772 976 27 269 1 90 67 35 724 270 90 1890 1890

3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 29

0 2 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 30

18 5 15 15 4 20 0 8 15 10 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 264 219

Brad Davis Will Bruin Giles Barnes DaMarcus Beasley Ricardo Clark David Horst Raul Rodriguez Alex Boniek Garcia Nathan Sturgis Sheanon Williams A.J. Cochran Tyler Deric Luis Garrido Chandler Hoffman Alexander Lopez Kofi Sarkodie Jermaine Taylor Joe Willis Team totals Opponent totals

29 9 6 10 19 4 1 7 6 8 7 1 3 2 2 2 8 9 1 21 21

27 9 5 8 17 3 1 5 6 7 7 1 2 1 0 2 8 9 1 21 21

2202 702 449 730 1555 200 90 361 540 574 623 90 190 96 26 169 707 707 90 1890 1890

6 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 26

8 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 24

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Sporting Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 20

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

9-4-6 (33 pts.) RECORD 19 GAMES PLAYED 4th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 29 GOALS 1.53 GOALS/GAME 34 ASSISTS 20 GOALS ALLOWED 1.05 ALLOWED/GAME +9 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 238 (76) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 31.9% ON GOAL % 238 FOULS COMMITTED 218 FOULS SUFFERED 33 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV Referee: Jorge Gonzalez TV talent: Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Assistant ref: Corey Parker Andy Gruenebaum (color) Assistant ref: Ian Anderson Jake Yadrich (analyst) Fourth official: Younes Marrakchi Kacie McDonnell (host) English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Radio talent: Danny Clinkscale (play-by-play) Radio talent: Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Jake Gutierrez (color Raul Padrino Villegas (color)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 20 21 22 23 27 29 37 71 93 94

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

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

Pronunciation oh-PAR-ah

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

ah-mah-doo DEE-ah sin-OH-vick sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM A-moby Oh-KOO-go

Tim Melia 990 Tim Melia 0.73 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia 31

HAL-iss-see jah-LEEL ah-nee-bah-bah MEE-lia de YUNG SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah *on loan with USL affiliate OKC Energy FC

W 11 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 W 11 11 9 9 10 9 7 7 7 5

L 7 7 6 7 9 8 9 9 12 11 L 5 8 7 4 10 8 7 8 9 6

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

247 (73) 29.6% 273 257 35 2

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

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

Will Bruin Brad Davis Giles Barnes Barnes/Clark Barnes/Bruin Davis/Lopez Luis Garrido DaMarcus Beasley Clark/Garrido Sarkodie/Taylor

1800 Tyler Deric 1.00 Joe Willis 7 Tyler Deric 5 Tyler Deric 52 Tyler Deric

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 7th season

GP 23 22 19 19 23 18 21 21 22 20 GP 21 22 23 19 22 22 22 21 20 20

houston dynamo

Feilhaber/Nemeth 7 GOALS 9 Benny Feilhaber 10 ASSISTS 5 Dom Dwyer 55 SHOTS 50 Dom Dwyer 19 15 SHOTS ON GOAL Krisztian Nemeth 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 Benny Feilhaber 3 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 2 Dom Dwyer 33 FOULS COMMITTED 43 Dom Dwyer 49 39 FOULS SUFFERED three players tied 4 5 CAUTIONS Matt Besler 1 EJECTIONS 1

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Standings through Thursday, July 30

Pts 38 31 29 28 28 24 24 24 22 19 Pts 38 36 34 33 32 32 29 27 25 24

7-8-6 (27 pts.) 21 8th in East 27 1.29 23 26 1.24

2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

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

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

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MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

1st season 7-8-6 (.476) 1st season 7-8-6 (.476)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, July 30 OUT: • Ike Opara (left Achilles) • Jalil Anibaba (left thigh strain) QUESTIONABLE: • Seth Sinovic (concussion)

Sporting KC Game Notes | Aug. 1, 2015 vs. Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvHOU: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvHOU: BY THE NUMBERS

Saturday marks the third meeting between the Western Conference rivals this season. The clubs played to a thrilling 4-4 regular season draw in Houston on April 25 before Sporting KC claimed a 3-1 home win on July 21 in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals. A fourth head-to-head matchup remains as Sporting KC will visit BBVA Compass Stadium again on Sept. 23 in league play. Sporting KC has faced Houston 18 times in all competitions since the beginning of 2011, more than any other MLS opponent. This stretch includes five postseason games — the clubs squared off in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs — and two Open Cup games played in 2011 and on July 21. Sporting KC has just one loss in the last 10 meetings against the Dynamo in all competitions with a 5-1-4 record. A handful of players have made their mark in recent matches of the rivalry. Dom Dwyer has scored in each of his last five appearances against Houston dating back to November 2013, while Will Bruin has netted in his previous three games against Sporting KC (all competitions). Giles Barnes and Benny Feilhaber both notched a brace in a 4-4 draw this April, with the latter also scoring against Houston in the Open Cup on July 21. Krisztian Nemeth, too, has found the back of the net in both games this season against the Dynamo.

Stats through Thursday, July 30

Sporting KC - 2015 Team Statistics • SKC is the only remaining MLS club undefeated at home (7-0-3). The team’s 10-game home unbeaten streak is the longest in MLS this season. • SKC’s plus-9 goal differential is best in MLS (29 GF, 20 GA). • SKC has conceded three goals after the 75th minute, second fewest in MLS. • SKC is fourth in MLS with 1.53 goals per game and second with 34 assists. • SKC is tied for the MLS lead with nine headed goals. • SKC is tied for the MLS lead with nine clean sheets from 19 games, including six league shutouts at Sporting Park. • SKC’s 20 goals conceded are second fewest in MLS while their six home goals conceded are fewest in the league. • SKC leads MLS with nine assists from set plays and 44 chances created from set plays. • SKC has conceded 9.7 shots per game, the fewest in MLS. • SKC leads MLS with 26.5 interceptions per game. • SKC is fourth in the Western Conference with 33 points but is second in MLS with 1.74 points per game. • SKC’s 85 corner kicks taken are fewest in MLS. • SKC is 7-0-2 when scoring first and 5-0-0 when leading at halftime.

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Dom Dwyer has scored in each of his last five matches against the Houston Dynamo in all competitions, beginning with in the 2013 Eastern Conference Championship second leg at Sporting Park. He has since scored in three straight regular season meetings (6/6/14, 8/29/14, 4/25/15) and one Open Cup matchup (7/21/15). Brad Davis has six goals and eight assists in 29 regular season appearances against Sporting KC. His 29 games played against SKC are second most among all active MLS players, one behind Montreal’s Justin Mapp. Will Bruin has scored in each of his last three matches against Sporting KC in all competitions (8/29/14, 4/25/15 and 7/21/15). Graham Zusi has five assists in 14 MLS appearances against Houston (including postseason). Benny Feilhaber has two goals and three assists in eight league appearances against Houston (including postseason), including his first career MLS brace on April 25. Krisztian Nemeth has scored in both previous meetings between the clubs this season (April 25 in MLS and July 21 in Open Cup). Giles Barnes scored a brace against Sporting KC on April 25.

Sporting KC - 2015 Individual Statistics • SKC is the only MLS team to have three players with six or more goals (Benny Feilhaber 7, Krisztian Nemeth 7, Dom Dwyer 6). • Benny Feilhaber ranks second in MLS with 10 assists and leads the league with nine big chances created. • Matt Besler is second in MLS with 137 clearances. • Soni Mustivar leads MLS with 6.2 interceptions per 90 minutes played. • Tim Melia has a 7-2-2 record through his first 11 MLS starts, including six clean sheets and a league-best 0.73 goals against average. He is the only MLS goalkeeper with a win/loss record five games above .500 this season. Houston Dynamo - 2015 Team Statistics • Houston is 6-0-2 when scoring first and 5-0-1 when leading at halftime. Conversely, the team is 1-8-3 when conceding first and 1-5-1 when trailing at halftime. • Houston is tied for second in MLS with seven assists from set plays. • Houston is one of three MLS teams (Philadelphia, Colorado) yet to score a goal from the penalty spot this season. • Houston has clean sheets in two of their last three games after going 12 games without a shutout (April 18 - July 3). • Houston has been shut out in four of their last six MLS road games.

#SKCvHOU: PLAYER CONNECTIONS • • • • • • •

Sporting KC winger Graham Zusi and Houston defender DaMarcus Beasley were teammates on the United States Men’s National Team for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup in July. Sporting KC midfielder Roger Espinoza was teammates with Houston midfielders Boniek Garcia and Luis Garrido on the Honduras Men’s National Team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Houston Dynamo first-year manager Owen Coyle coached Roger Espinoza at Wigan Athletic (England) in 2013. Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber and Houston Dynamo forward Giles Barnes were teammates at then-English Premier League club Derby County from 2007-2008. Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber and Houston midfielder Ricardo Clark were teammates on the United States Men’s National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Houston midfielder Nathan Sturgis was formerly teammates with Paulo Nagamura (LA Galaxy, 2006) and Jacob Peterson (Toronto FC, 2011). Matt Besler, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi and DaMarcus Beasley played in the 2015 MLS All-Star Game against Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday.

Houston Dynamo - 2015 Individual Statistics • Will Bruin is tied for fourth in MLS with nine goals, all of which in the previous 14 games after starting the season goalless in six appearances. • Brad Davis leads MLS with four assists from set plays. • Raul Rodriguez is second among MLS field players with 19 blocks. • Jermaine Taylor is third in MLS with 76 interceptions. • Luis Garrido is third in MLS with 43 fouls committed.

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Sporting KC is currently riding a nine-game home winning streak in all competitions, setting a new club record. Sporting KC is currently riding a 13-game home unbeaten streak in all competitions, one shy of tying the club record that spanned from 2004-05. Sporting KC is currently riding a 10-game home unbeaten streak in MLS, one shy of breaking the club record first set in 2008. Peter Vermes is one win shy of moving into a tie as the winningest coach in Sporting KC history. His 85 regular season victories and 107 wins across all competitions are one behind Bob Gansler. Chance Myers is one shy of his 100th career regular season start and his 150th appearance for Sporting KC in all competitions. Roger Espinoza, like Myers, is one shy of his 150th appearances for Sporting KC in all competitions. Benny Feilhaber is tied with Josh Wolff for sixth in Sporting KC history with 30 assists across all competitions. He is one shy of tying Mo Johnston for fifth. Dom Dwyer ranks six in Sporting KC history with 39 goals across all competitions, two shy of tying Kei Kamara for fifth. Amobi Okugo could make his Sporting KC debut on Saturday. He has played 132 MLS matches and is 33 minutes shy of reaching 10,000 regular season minutes played.

Sporting KC Game Notes | Aug. 1, 2015 vs. Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES SPORTING KC TO HOST RIVALS HOUSTON DYNAMO ON SATURDAY Just 11 days after meeting in the U.S. Open Cup, Sporting KC and the Houston Dynamo resume their rivalry in MLS competition Saturday at Sporting Park. Peter Vermes’ side has not lost at home this season (10-0-3 in all competitions) and face a Dynamo club fresh off a 3-0 win over reigning MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy last weekend. Saturday will be the third matchup between the teams in 2015. Sporting KC and Houston produced a remarkable 4-4 regular season draw in April before Sporting KC won 3-1 in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals. Sporting KC is fourth in the Western Conference with 33 points but ranks second with 1.74 points per game. Houston sits eighth in the West with 27 points, five points out of playoff position but with a game in hand on fifth-place Seattle and sixth-place Portland. Sporting KC striker Dom Dwyer has scored in each of his last five appearances against Houston dating back to November 2013, while Houston forward Will Bruin has netted in his previous three games against Sporting KC (all competitions). Giles Barnes and Benny Feilhaber both notched a brace in a 4-4 draw this April, with the latter also scoring against Houston in the Open Cup on July 21. Krisztian Nemeth has also found the back of the net in both games against the Dynamo this year.

VERMES CLIMBING THE RANKS Sporting KC manager Peter Vermes is one win shy of tying Bob Gansler as the winningest coach in club history. Vermes has 85 regular season wins and 107 victories in all competitions since becoming head coach in August 2009. Both totals are one behind Gansler, who coached the team from 1999-2006. Vermes is ninth all-time (sixth among active coaches) on the regular season wins chart. He earned his 100th career coaching win in all competitions on May 29 as Sporting KC beat FC Dallas 4-0. He has a 107-71-56 record since taking over in August 2009 and is the only person to win MLS Cup as both a player (2000) and coach (2013) with the same team. MELIA STEPPING UP Longtime backup goalkeeper Tim Melia earned his first start for Sporting KC on May 3, notching his first career league win and shutout. The sixth-year veteran hasn’t looked back since. Boasting a 10-2-2 record in all competitions, Melia leads MLS in goals against average (0.73) and ranks fourth in save percentage (0.76). His strong start in goal is arguably one of the most impressive in league history, as he became the first MLS goalkeeper all-time to post six shutouts in his first nine starts for a new club following Sporting KC’s 1-0 win at Vancouver Whitecaps FC on July 12. The sixth-year veteran was signed in the offseason after previously representing Real Salt Lake (2010-2011) and Chivas USA (2012-2014), where he backed up MLS All-Stars Nick Rimando (RSL) and Dan Kennedy (Chivas USA).

HOT AT HOME A 3-1 win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21 in the U.S. Open Cup marked the team’s ninth consecutive home win since the beginning of May, setting a new club record. The result saw Sporting KC top the eight-game winning run made in 2004 when Bob Gansler’s side won the U.S. Open Cup in September and advanced to MLS Cup in November.

FEILHABER ON PACE FOR CAREER SEASON Just past the halfway point of the 2015 season, Benny Feilhaber has set MLS career-highs with seven goals and 10 assists. The 30-year-old World Cup veteran won MLS Player of the Month for April and received MLS All-Star honors for the first time in his career when he was named to the All-Star Fan XI on July 13. Following a second-half substitute appearance last Friday in which he earned an MLS Goal of the Week nomination for a 30-yard strike against Real Salt Lake, Feilhaber moved to eight goals and 14 assists in all competitions this year. With almost half the season still to play, he is on pace to break Preki’s single-season assist record in all competitions for the club (18 in 2003). He also becomes just the second player in club history — alongside Preki — to record eight goals and 15 assists in a single season (all competitions). Preki accomplished the feat in 1996, 1997 and 2003.

Longest home winning streaks in KC history (all competitions) Win streak Dates Aggregate score Shutouts 9 games May 3, 2015 - present 24-6 5 8 games 8/24 to 11/5/2004 11-0 8 7 games 5/27 to 8/23/1998 14-3 4 7 games 3/25 to 5/20/2000 16-3 6 The home records don’t stop there. Sporting KC is currently riding a 13-game home unbeaten run in all competitions dating back to March 8, one shy of tying the club record which spanned two seasons from 2004-2005. Sporting KC’s 10-game home unbeaten run in MLS (7-0-3) ties a club record first set in 2008, while the team’s six straight MLS home wins are one shy of tying the seven-game record set in both 1998 and 2000.

Sporting KC single-season assist leaders (all competitions) Assists Player Season 2003 18 Preki 17 Preki; Graham Zusi 1997; 2012 2000 16 Preki 14 Preki; Benny Feilhaber 1996; 2015

BESLER, FEILHABER AND ZUSI LOG 45 MINUTES EACH IN ALL-STAR GAME Matt Besler, Benny Feilhaber and Graham Zusi each played 45 minutes in Wednesday’s MLS All-Star Game against Tottenham Hotspur. Besler and Zusi featured in the first half during which Kaka and David Villa scored to secure a 2-1 win over the English Premier League side, who received a goal from Harry Kane before halftime. Feilhaber played the second half as the All-Stars preserved their lead to improve to 9-3-1 against international competition in the annual showcase. Besler, 28, has led Sporting KC to a league-high nine shutouts in 2015. The club captain is in his seventh season and has won MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), Defender of the Year (2012) and Breakout Player of the Year (2012) awards. The World Cup veteran has 25 career appearances for the U.S. Men’s National Team since his debut in 2013 and helped lead the U.S. MNT to the CONCACAF Gold Cup title in 2013. Zusi, a fellow Designated Player and 2009 MLS SuperDraft pick, is the only MLS player with at least five goals and seven assists in each of the last four regular seasons. He has led the club in assists every year since 2011 and earned team MVP honors each of the last three seasons to go along with MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) and Breakout Player of the Year (2011) recognitions. The 28-year-old has 32 caps for the U.S. with three goals and six assists, including two assists at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Feilhaber, 30, was named Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for April and has 14 assists across all competition in 2015, four shy of the club’s all-time record. A five-year MLS veteran, Feilhaber began his professional career with Hamburg (Germany), Derby County (England) and AGF Aarhus (Denmark) in Europe before joining the New England Revolution in 2011. Feilhaber has played 41 times for the U.S. Men’s National Team, highlighted by his game-winning goal in the 2007 Gold Cup final and roles in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup.

TOUGH TO BEAT Sporting KC has been hard to beat during the first four months of the 2015 campaign. Their four losses are the fewest of any MLS team and the secondfewest through 19 games in team history. The 2000 Kansas City Wizards, led by then-centerback Peter Vermes, started 11-3-5 en route to winning the club’s first Supporters’ Shield title and MLS Cup. Sporting KC has had five losses through 19 games in each of the previous three seasons. SPORTING KC THROUGH TO OPEN CUP SEMIFINALS The budding rivalry between Sporting KC and Real Salt Lake is set to continue outside of MLS competition. Sporting KC earned a 3-1 win over Houston Dynamo in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals on July 21 and will now play the Claret and Cobalt for the fourth time this season with a berth in the final at stake. The game will kick off on Aug. 12 at Sporting Park. Peter Vermes’ men kicked off their 2015 Open Cup campaign with a 1-0 win over Saint Louis FC on June 16 before routing FC Dallas 6-2 on July 1. Both matches were played before sellout crowds at Sporting Park, which has now attracted the largest single-game attendance in the Round of 32, Round of 16 and quarterfinal round of this year’s tournament. VETERANS ESPINOZA AND MYERS SET FOR 150TH APPEARANCES Chance Myers and Roger Espinoza were selected by Kansas City in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft at No. 1 and No. 11 overall, respectively. On Saturday, more than seven years after being drafted as rookies, both players could make their 150th appearance for the club in all competitions. Espinoza, a 2012 MLS All-Star, returned to Sporting KC this season after spending 2013 and 2014 with English club Wigan Athletic FC. He has three goals and 16 assists in his Kansas City career, including a career-high four MLS assists this campaign. Myers, an eighth-year MLS veteran and Sporting KC’s longest-tenured player, has four goals and 16 assists in all competitions. He led all MLS players between 2011 and 2013 with 91 successful crosses from open play and was the highest-rated outside back in the 2013 MLS Castrol Index.

LAST TIME OUT: SPORTING KC FALLS 2-1 AT REAL SALT LAKE Sporting KC lost 2-1 at Real Salt Lake last Friday, July 24, in the opening match of MLS Week 21. Benny Feilhaber scored in his third straight match with a stunning 30-yard strike in the 50th minute that fell between Real Salt Lake goals from Javier Morales (34’) and Joao Plata (73’). The defeat — only the team’s second in 15 matches across all competition, both of which have come by 2-1 scorelines at Rio Tinto Stadium — leaves Sporting KC tied for third in the Western Conference entering MLS All-Star week. Though Friday’s match concludes the regular season series between SKC and RSL, the two sides will meet again on Aug. 12 at Sporting Park in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals. 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | Aug. 1, 2015 vs. Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) PALMER-BROWN FEATURES IN HOMEGROWN GAME Sporting KC defender Erik Palmer-Brown started and played 71 minutes on Tuesday against the Club America U-20’s in the 2015 Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. The 18-year-old central defender returned to the summer showcase for the second straight year — after playing 90 minutes in a scoreless draw against the Portland Timbers U-23’s in the inaugural 2014 event — and becomes one of only three players to start in the first two editions of the competition, along with Vancouver’s Russell Teibert and the LA Galaxy’s Bradford Jamieson IV. Led by head coach Landon Donovan, the MLS Homegrown Team took a 1-0 lead in the 34th minute on Tuesday before the Club America U20’s drew level from the penalty spot in the 68th minute. With the score tied 1-1 at the end of regulation, the exhibition advanced directly to a penalty kick shootout in which the Mexican youth side prevailed 5-4 in six rounds. Palmer-Brown has appeared in nine matches for Sporting KC across all competition — including the team’s 2015 season opener and most recent MLS match — since signing as a Homegrown Player in August 2013. He made his MLS debut in 2014 at age 17 and remains the youngest player to appear in an MLS match in club history. Last month, he represented the United States at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.

2015 MEDIA RECOGNITIONS SAADABDUL-SALAAM Team of the Week

Week 19 (7/13)

Bleacher Report

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

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

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

SPORTING KC ACQUIRES AMOBI OKUGO FROM ORLANDO CITY SC Sporting KC acquired 24-year-old Amobi Okugo from Orlando City SC on July 20 in exchange for midfielder Servando Carrasco. Okugo has been added to Sporting KC’s roster and will be eligible for selection ahead of Friday’s road match at Real Salt Lake. Okugo has logged 132 MLS appearances as a central defender and holding midfielder in six professional seasons since being selected sixth overall by the Philadelphia Union in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing out of UCLA. He started all 20 games in his only collegiate season for the Bruins, earning Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors and being named the Most Valuable Player at the 2010 MLS Player Combine. Okugo represented the United States extensively at the youth national team levels and attended the U.S. Soccer Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida for three semesters with the U.S. U-17’s from 2006-2007. He went on to appear at the 2009 and 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championships before playing for the U.S. U-23’s at the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament. In 2011, Okugo was a member of Major League Soccer’s Generation adidas roster that was led by Vermes during a tour of the Netherlands. Between 2012-2014, Okugo led all MLS players with 70 blocks and was fourth in the league with 276 interceptions. He joined Orlando City SC for their inaugural MLS campaign in 2015 after leading the Union through their first five MLS seasons. Okugo appeared in 17 of Orlando City SC’s 22 matches across all competitions this year, including two U.S. Open Cup appearances, for the Lions.

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

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DOM DWYER Week 5 (4/6)

Team of the Week Goal.com

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

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ROGER ESPINOZA Team of the Week Week 2 (3/16) Bleacher Report Week 3 (3/23) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Week 5 (4/6) Goal.com SI.com BENNY FEILHABER Team of the Week Week 1 (3/9) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Week 4 (3/30) Goal.com MLSsoccer.com Week 6 (4/13) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Week 8 (4/27) Bleacher Report Goal.com MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com Week 9 (5/4) MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk Week 12 (5/25) MLSsoccer.com Bleacher Report Week 20 (7/20) SI.com

SPORTING PARK SELLOUT STREAK Sporting Park has sold out 63 straight MLS matches (including playoffs) dating back to March 2012 and 75 of 84 overall since opening in June 2011. SKC has set new regular season attendance records in each of the last four years, eclipsing 20,000 spectators per game in 2014. In 84 MLS matches played at the venue, Sporting Park is averaging 19,401 spectators — 105 percent of its 18,467-seat capacity.

BENNY FEILHABER Goal of the Week Week 8 (4/27) MLSsoccer.com Week 21 (7/27) MLSsoccer.com BENNY FEILHABER Player of the Month April MLSsoccer.com

SPORTING KC ACADEMY U15’s CROWNED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS The Sporting KC Academy U15’s claimed the U.S. Youth Soccer Cup last Sunday with a 3-1 win over Fewster FC (Maryland) in the final of the 2015 US Youth Soccer National Championships at Mohawk Soccer Complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Sporting KC U15’s become the first boys team from Kansas at any age level to be crowned USYS national champions in the competition’s 80-year history. Cameron Duke, an active member of the United States Under-14 Boys’ National Team, scored the game’s opening goal in the 22nd minute on an assist from Roman Knox. Fewster FC equalized in the 46th minute before Abdu Kikhia scored the gamewinning goal three minutes later on an assist from Max Rugova. Jacob Hall then clinched the national championship with his goal in the 76th minute on Kikhia’s assist. Following the match, three of the teams top performers — Hall, Rugova and Mason Visconti — were each named to the US Youth Soccer National Championships Best 11 for the under-15 boys age division. The Sporting KC Academy U15’s cap off a historic campaign in which the team went a perfect 9-0-0 in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy while finishing second in the Midwest Regional League (5-1-1) and fourth in the National League Blue Division (4-3-0). In order to reach the 2015 USYS National Championships, the Sporting KC U15’s won Kansas State Cup in May and USYS Region II Championships in June.

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

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SONI MUSTIVAR Team of the Week Week 19 (7/13) MLSsoccer.com CHANCE MYERS Team of the Week Week 17 (6/29) Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com

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

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Sporting KC Game Notes | Aug. 1, 2015 vs. Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC regular season record vs. Houston Dynamo: 5-7-9 Home games: 2-4-4 (12 GF, 13 GA) Road games: 3-3-5 (14 GF, 16 GA) Date Score Result Location 04/08/2006 KC 2 at HOU 1 W Robertson Stadium 07/15/2006 KC 2 vs HOU 3 L Arrowhead Stadium 06/24/2007 KC 0 vs HOU 1 L Arrowhead Stadium 09/01/2007 KC 1 at HOU 1 T Robertson Stadium 04/12/2008 KC 0 vs HOU 0 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark 09/07/2008 KC 1 at HOU 3 L Robertson Stadium 07/04/2009 KC 0 vs HOU 1 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark 10/04/2009 KC 1 at HOU 1 T Robertson Stadium 05/01/2010 KC 0 at HOU 3 L Robertson Stadium 09/22/2010 KC 4 vs HOU 3 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark 07/16/2011 KC 1 at HOU 1 T Robertson Stadium 09/10/2011 KC 3 vs HOU 0 W Sporting Park 07/07/2012 KC 0 vs HOU 0 T Sporting Park 07/18/2012 KC 1 at HOU 2 L BBVA Compass Stadium 09/14/2012 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Sporting Park 05/12/2013 KC 1 at HOU 0 W BBVA Compass Stadium 05/26/2013 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Sporting Park 10/09/2013 KC 0 at HOU 0 T BBVA Compass Stadium 06/06/2014 KC 2 at HOU 0 W BBVA Compass Stadium 08/29/2014 KC 1 vs HOU 3 L Sporting Park T 04/25/2015 KC 4 at HOU 4 BBVA Compass Stadium

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

houston dynamo

3 three players tied 4 Graham Zusi 32 Kei Kamara 13 Kei Kamara 16 Aurelien Collin 15 Graham Zusi

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

Brad Davis 5 Brad Davis 7 Brad Davis 33 Brad Davis 13 Brad Davis 21 Brad Davis 33

3 Jimmy Nielsen 3 Kevin Hartman 4 Jimmy Nielsen 23 Kevin Hartman 11 Jimmy Nielsen

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

Pat Onstad 4 Hall/Onstad 2 Pat Onstad 3 Tally Hall 31 Pat Onstad 10

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Sporting KC postseason record vs. Houston Dynamo: 2-3-1 Home games: 2-1-0 (3 GF, 3 GA) Road games: 0-2-1 (0 GF, 4 GA) Date Score Result Location 11/10/2007 KC 0 at HOU 2 L Robertson Stadium 11/06/2011 KC 0 vs HOU 2 L Sporting Park 11/04/2012 KC 0 at HOU 2 L BBVA Compass Stadium 11/07/2012 KC 1 vs HOU 0 W Sporting Park 11/09/2013 KC 0 at HOU 0 T BBVA Compass Stadium 11/23/2013 KC 2 vs HOU 1 W Sporting Park

houston dynamo

2 Bunbury/Feilhaber 2 Harrington/Zusi 10 C.J. Sapong (9/14/12) 4 Johnson/Sapong 6 Santiago Hirsig (7/4/09) 5 three players tied

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

7 Kevin Hartman (9/7/08) 4 Luis Marin (4/25/15)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

three players tied 2 four players tied 2 (4/8/06) Brian Ching 8 five players tied 3 seven players tied 4 (5/12/13) Ricardo Clark 6 (twice) Tally Hall 7

Onstad/Deric 4

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 KC 2 HOU 3

16-30 1 6

31-45 4 5

46-60 2 4

61-75 8 6

76-90 9 5

OT 0 0

Total 26 29

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

1 7 116 41 133 16 59

2 19 148 51 145 20 61

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 26 264 92 278 36 120

houston dynamo Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 14 101 41 134 39 62

2 15 118 42 122 31 54

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 29 219 83 256 70 116

SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,401

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 84 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 78 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 13 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 84 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

107

105.1 5

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

171

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 107 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | Aug. 1, 2015 vs. Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Bernardo Anor (trade - 12/8/14)

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

Jalil Anibaba (trade - 12/12/14)

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

James Marcelin (signing - 12/16/14)

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

Luis Marin (signing - 12/18/14)

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

Krisztian Nemeth (signing - 12/18/14)

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

Tim Melia (signing - 12/23/14)

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

Roger Espinoza (signing - 1/6/15)

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

Connor Hallisey (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)

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

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

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

Servando Carrasco (trade - 1/27/15)

Aurelien Collin (trade - 12/8/14)

Soni Mustivar (signing - 2/13/15)

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

Amadou Dia (SuperDraft - 2/18/15)

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

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

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

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

Claudio Bieler (out of contract - 1/20/15)

Amobi Okugo (trade - 7/20/2015)

Jorge Claros (waived - 2/24/15) James Marcelin (waived - 2/24/15) Luis Marin (contract terminated - 5/27/15) James Ansu Rogers (waived - 6/22/15) Servando Carrasco (trade - 7/20/15)

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

OUT IN OUT IN IN IN IN OUT IN IN OUT IN IN IN IN OUT IN IN LOAN (out) LOAN (out) LOAN (in) OUT IN OUT IN/OUT

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

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011 2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)

Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

2013

Mikey Lopez (14th)

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

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

2015

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

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

Bernardo Anor (12/8/14) Jalil Anibaba (12/12/14) Amobi Okugo (7/20/15)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

MLS Lottery Draft

Sporting KC Game Notes | Aug. 1, 2015 vs. Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS

ATTENDANCE

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

T 1-1

Opara 50 19,784

Saturday, March 14

at FC Dallas

MLS

L 1-3

Espinoza 44

14,149

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

T 0-0

---

20,848

27,454

Saturday, March 28

at New York City FC

MLS

W 1-0

Opara 12

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

W 3-2

Dwyer 16; Anibaba 91+; Nemeth 94+

19,545

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

T 0-0

---

20,087

Saturday, April 18

at LA Galaxy

MLS

L 1-2

Nemeth 22

20,018

Saturday, April 25

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

T 4-4

Nemeth 2; Dwyer 74; Feilhaber 80, 95+

21,046

SUNDAY, MAY 3

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

W 1-0

Nagamura 75

19,581

Saturday, May 9

at D.C. United

MLS

T 1-1

Dwyer 45

16,221

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

W 4-2

Dwyer 29; Nemeth 39, 46; Feilhaber 43

18,864

Saturday, May 23

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

T 0-0

--- 40,653

FRIDAY, MAY 29

FC DALLAS

MLS

W 4-0

Nemeth 19; Feilhaber 51; Ellis 57; Zusi 64

20,172

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

W 1-0

Feilhaber 84

21,505

TUESDAY, JUNE 16

ST. LOUIS FC

U.S. Open Cup (4th Round)

W 1-0

Zusi 70

19,298

Sunday, June 21

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

L 1-2

Dwyer 30

19,155

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

W 2-0

Nemeth 32; own goal 64

19,835

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1

FC DALLAS

U.S. Open Cup (5th Round)

W 6-2

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

19,113

Sunday, July 12

at Vancouver Whitecaps

MLS

W 1-0

Ellis 52

21,000

SATURDAY, JULY 18

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

W 2-1

Feilhaber 4, Dwyer 34

19,070

TUESDAY, JULY 21

HOUSTON DYNAMO

U.S. Open Cup (Quarterfinals) W 3-1

Feilhaber 71, Dwyer 86, Nemeth 88

17,589

Friday, July 24

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

L 1-2

Feilhaber 50

20,809

SATURDAY, AUG. 1

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Saturday, Aug. 8

at Toronto FC

MLS

3:00

KMCI, SKCTV

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12

REAL SALT LAKE

U.S. Open Cup (Semifinals)

7:30 SportingKC.com

SATURDAY, AUG. 15

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS

MLS