Match Notes: Sporting vs. Minnesota United FC | Aug. 22, 2019 by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. MINNESOTA UNITED FC

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 (Week 25, MLS Game #319) 8:30 p.m. CT (ESPN / ESPN Deportes)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas 2 Botond Barath DF 6-2 165 04/21/1992 Budapest, Hungary 17 16 0 0 17 16 0 0 4 Andreu Fontas DF 6-1 190 11/14/1989 Banyoles, Spain 13 10 0 0 15 11 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 20 19 0 0 277 270 3 18 MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 25 22 2 4 92 89 6 10 6 Ilie Sanchez 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 170 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 21 17 8 6 51 41 18 16 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 20 19 0 2 272 231 28 65 9 Krisztian Nemeth FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 19 15 7 2 77 49 19 12 10 Yohan Croizet MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 20 12 3 2 52 31 6 5 12 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/23/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 17 17 1 5 80 60 14 12 Gianluca Busio MF 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 17 7 3 0 24 8 4 1 13 14 Nicolas Hasler DF 5-9 174 05/04/1991 Vaduz, Liechtenstein 12 8 0 1 46 36 3 5 DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 22 21 0 1 230 218 1 12 15 Seth Sinovic 16 Graham Smith DF 6-3 185 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 7 6 1 0 9 8 1 0 MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 9 8 0 2 231 210 8 34 17 Roger Espinoza 18 Eric Dick GK 6-5 205 10/03/1994 Roeland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW 5-10 185 11/15/1990 Fredricksburg, VA 5 3 1 0 110 50 13 10 19 Erik Hurtado 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 20 10 0 0 71 48 14 9 MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 25 24 10 2 45 42 17 4 21 Felipe Gutierrez 22 Rodney Wallace DF 6-0 165 06/17/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 204 161 24 29 Tyler Freeman FW 5-10 150 01/09/2003 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 24 Gedion Zelalem MF 5-11 155 01/26/1997 Berlin, Germany 9 5 0 0 9 5 0 0 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-8 155 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 1 26 28 Cameron Duke MF 5-7 135 02/13/2001 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 25 25 0 0 146 145 0 0 30 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 163 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23 17 3 4 259 229 40 60 Luis Martins DF 5-9 150 06/10/1992 Lamego, Portugal 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 36 75 Wan Kuzain MF 5-10 160 09/14/1998 Carbondale, IL 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 94 Jimmy Medranda DF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 5 2 0 1 91 64 5 5 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W141 L110 T89

MINNESOTA UNITED FC 2019 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-2 170 03/02/1988 Desio, Italy 26 26 0 0 26 26 0 0 1 Vito Mannone 2 Carter Manley DF 5-11 170 04/29/1996 Elkridge, MD 1 1 0 0 9 5 0 1 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 22 21 3 1 170 143 18 6 3 6 Osvaldo Alonso MF 5-11 155 11/11/1985 San Cristobal, Cuba 22 22 1 1 299 288 11 25 Kevin Molino MF 5-8 155 06/17/1990 Carenage, Diego Martin, Trinidad 12 8 3 3 81 73 23 22 7 8 Jan Gregus MF 6-3 170 01/29/1991 Nitra, Slovakia 22 22 1 8 22 22 1 8 Angelo Rodriguez FW 5-11 176 04/04/1989 Isla de San Andres, Colombia 25 20 5 2 36 30 9 3 9 10 Miguel Ibarra MF 5-6 145 03/15/1990 Lancaster, CA 22 16 1 2 84 67 11 14 MF 5-5 128 08/17/2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Thomas Chacon 12 Lawrence Olum DF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 7 3 0 1 145 100 7 4 13 Ethan Finlay MF 5-9 165 08/06/1990 Duluth, MN 26 19 6 3 194 139 41 37 14 Brent Kallman DF 6-2 190 10/04/1990 Omaha, NE 15 13 0 1 62 58 2 1 DF 6-2 200 08/18/1988 Auckland, New Zealand 21 21 1 0 84 83 3 0 15 Michael Boxall 16 Robin Lod MF 5-11 168 04/17/1993 Helsinki, Finland 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 17 Collin Martin MF 5-11 150 11/09/1994 Chevy Chase, MD 3 2 0 1 41 21 0 4 19 Romain Metanire DF 5-10 159 03/28/1990 Metz, France 19 19 1 6 19 19 1 6 MF 5-10 148 06/18/1991 Espoo, Finland 15 11 0 0 53 44 1 4 20 Rasmus Schuller 22 Wyatt Omsberg DF 6-4 180 09/21/1995 Scarborough, ME 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 0 23 Mason Toye FW 6-3 180 10/16/1998 South Orange, NJ 9 2 4 3 26 4 4 4 25 Darwin Quintero MF 5-5 142 09/19/1987 Tumaco, Colombia 23 20 8 5 50 47 19 20 MF 5-11 170 08/06/1997 Federal Way, WA 16 10 3 0 16 10 3 0 31 Hassani Dotson 33 Bobby Shuttleworth GK 6-2 205 05/13/1987 Tonawanda, NY 0 0 0 0 185 181 0 0 77 Chase Gasper DF 6-0 185 01/25/1996 10 9 0 0 10 9 0 0 86 Wilfried Moimbe-Tahrat DF 5-8 143 10/18/1988 Vichy, France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 Dayne St. Clair GK 6-3 165 05/09/1997 Pickering, ON, Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 Abu Danladi FW 5-10 170 10/18/1995 Takoradi, Ghana 19 4 2 1 62 24 11 5 ON LOAN Romario Ibarra MF 5-9 169 09/24/1994 Atuntagui, Ecuador 8 4 2 1 17 6 5 1 HEAD COACH : Adrian Heath

01/11/1961 W49 L64 T31

SPORTING KC vs. MINNESOTA UNITED FC

Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 8:30 p.m. CT REFEREES

2019 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 26 8-11-7 31 39 45 13 5-5-3 18 24 25

MNUFC on road

26 12-8-6 42 44 36 12 4-7-1 13 21 26

REFEREE: Rubiel Vazquez. AR1 (bench): Ian Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Sergii Demianchuk; VAR: Sorin Stoica; AVAR: Fabio Tovar TEAM NEWS

ALL-TIME: Sporting 3 wins, 11 goals … MNUFC 1 win, 5 goals … Ties 2

SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Felipe Gutierrez, Roger Espinoza ... MIN: Chase Gasper SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Yohan Croizet, Seth Sinovic, Botond Barath ... MIN: Michael Boxall, Jan Gregus, Ethan Finlay

AT KC: Sporting 3 wins, 9 goals … MNUFC 0 wins, 1 goal … Ties 0

INJURED LIST: KC: Rodney Wallace (SEI) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/20: MIN 1, KC 1 (Shelton 8 -- Quintero 20) 6/3: KC 4, MIN 1 (Salloi 9; Kuzain 35; Lobato 38; Rubio 81 -Mears 11) 8/25: KC 2, MIN 0 (Croizet 47; Rubio 62)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 1 Scoring Summary: SJ--Wondolowski 10 (Espinoza 10) 25 KC--Feilhaber 3 (Medranda 1, Russell 6) 50 KC--Smith 1 (unassisted) 76

UPCOMING MATCHES MNUFC SPORTING Sun. Sept. 1 at LAFC Sat. Aug. 31 Houston Wed. Sept. 11 at Houston Sat. Sept. 7 at Portland Sun. Sept. 15 Real Salt Lake Sun. Sept. 15 at LA Galaxy Sun. Sept. 22 at Portland Sat. Sept. 21 Colorado

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Graham Smith, Matt Besler, Luis Martins, Johnny Russell, Benny Feilhaber (Ilie Sanchez 60), Felipe Gutierrez, Roger Espinoza (Gianluca Busio 74), Jimmy Medranda (Daniel Salloi 56), Erik Hurtado.

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM MNUFC

SPORTING

F 39 60

A 45 52

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 44 53

A 36 65

31 6 6 1

21 9 4 2

24 5 3 2 6 0 2 2

21 3 5 0 3 2 2 0

10 28 6

11 20 5

HOW SCORED

11 24 4 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

30 11 4 0

TYPE OF PLAY

22 2 3 1 6 2 1 2

33 4 3 2 1 1 1 0

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

9 23 7

8 31 6

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

MINNESOTA UNITED 1 ORLANDO CITY SC 1 Scoring Summary: ORL--Nani 9 (penalty kick) 70 MIN--Danladi 2 (unassisted) 92+ MINNESOTA UNITED--Vito Mannone, Romain Metanire, Ike Opara, Michael Boxall, Chase Gasper, Ethan Finlay (Miguel Ibarra 77), Jan Gregus, Darwin Quintero, Hassani Dotson, Kevin Molino (Robin Lod 59), Angelo Rodriguez (Abu Danladi 28)

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC MIN

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 6-1-2 1-3-3 1-7-2 4-0-1 8-1-5 0-7-0

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 7-2-4 1-9-3 10-2-3 2-6-1

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 8/17/2019 KC 2, SJ 1 8/04/2019 KC 3, SEA 2 8/10/2019 KC 1, RSL 2 8/14/2019 KC 0, ORL 1 6/07/2019 KC 2, TOR 2 7/13/2019 KC 3, VAN 0 8/14/2019 KC 0, ORL 1

(0) (1) (1) (0) (11) (6) (1)

MINNESOTA UNITED Date Score (Gms since) 8/14/2019 MIN 1, COL 0 (1) 7/06/2019 MIN 3, MTL 2 (2) 6/02/2019 MIN 2, PHI 3 (7) 8/10/2019 MIN 3, DAL 5 (0) 8/17/2019 MIN 1, ORL 1 (0) 8/14/2019 MIN 1, COL 0 (1) 7/27/2019 MIN 0, VAN 0 (4)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC LWTWTTLTLLTWLTTWLLWWLLWLLW MNUFC WWLLWTLTWTLWWLLLWWWWTTWLWT

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 10 Gutierrez A: 6 Russell SHT: 54 Gutierrez SOG: 26 Gutierrez FC: 48 Gutierrez FS: 44 Gutierrez OF: 11 Nemeth C: 8 Gutierrez E: 2 Espinoza MNUFC G: 8 Quintero A: 8 Gregus SHT: 68 Quintero SOG: 21 Quintero FC: 39 Rodriguez FS: 44 Alonso OF: 13 Rodriguez C: 5 Metanire/Quintero E: 1 3 players tied

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 26 6 11 4 3 2 39 1.50 MIN 26 5 10 3 7 1 44 1.69 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 26 4 8 9 2 3 45 1.73 MIN 26 9 7 4 4 2 36 1.38 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 39 4 5 7 6 8 9 MIN 44 4 9 7 7 9 8 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 45 3 6 7 10 8 11 MIN 36 4 9 8 1 5 9

2019 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (8-11-7, 31 pts.) UNF 21 7 9 10 13 6 12 30 30 19 16 8 11 17 94 14 14 15 3 1 4 2 20 24 36 5 22 29

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

PLAYER Felipe Gutierrez Johnny Russell Krisztian Nemeth Yohan Croizet Gianluca Busio Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Benny Feilhaber (KC) Benny Feilhaber (TOT) Erik Hurtado Graham Smith Graham Zusi Kelyn Rowe Roger Espinoza Jimmy Medranda Nicolas Hasler (KC) Nicolas Hasler (TOT) Seth Sinovic Abdul Rwatubyaye Adrian Zendejas Andreu Fontas Botond Barath Daniel Salloi Gedion Zelalem Luis Martins Matt Besler Rodney Wallace Tim Melia Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 25 21 19 20 17 25 17 14 23 5 7 20 14 9 5 9 12 22 2 1 13 17 20 9 2 20 1 25

GS 24 17 15 12 7 22 17 10 17 3 6 19 7 8 2 7 8 21 1 1 10 16 10 5 1 19 1 25

MIN 2108 1550 1317 1091 632 2027 1376 883 1503 337 522 1721 690 624 123 635 708 1911 164 90 964 1389 1044 436 109 1640 27 2250

26 26

2340 2340

G 10 8 7 3 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 45 39

A 2 6 2 2 0 4 5 2 4 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 54 46 45 24 15 17 28 17 26 5 5 26 20 10 7 2 3 10 2 0 3 5 32 3 0 1 0 0

SOG 26 18 17 12 8 4 12 3 5 2 3 4 4 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 2 0 0 0 0

50 32

332 377

129 133

FC 48 14 24 17 10 20 28 15 30 13 4 14 14 23 1 3 3 22 3 0 7 21 13 6 2 9 1 0

FS 44 32 21 16 13 14 38 12 32 5 1 28 11 16 0 5 7 11 0 0 5 6 18 1 0 7 1 2

OFF 0 5 11 8 0 2 7 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

CK 32 73 0 2 5 0 4 14 22 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

C 8 1 3 4 1 6 3 3 6 1 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 4 1 1 1 2 0 2

E 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

330 332 332 330

60 42

114 136

63 57

6 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Krisztian Nemeth 1, Felipe Gutierrez 1, Erik Hurtado 1, Ilie Sanchez 1, Yohan Croizet 1, Johnny Russell 1, Graham Smith 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Gerso Fernandes 3, Felipe Gutierrez 2, Yohan Croizet 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Kelyn Rowe 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Felipe Gutierrez 5-6, Ilie Sanchez 1-1, Krisztian Nemeth 0-1, Daniel Salloi 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 1

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Adrian Zendejas Team totals Opponent totals

GP 25 1 26 26

GS 25 1 26 26

MIN SHTS 2250 125 90 4 2340 129 2340 133

SV 79 3 82 91

GA 44 1 45 39

GAA 1.76 1 1.73 1.5

PG 0 1 1 6

PA 2 1 3 9

W L 8 11 0 0 8 11 11 8

T 6 1 7 7

SO 4 0 4 6

2019 MINNESOTA UNITED STATISTICS (12-8-6, 42 pts.) UNF 25 13 9 23 7 3 31 99 11 8 19 10 6 5 5 15 14 17 12 2 77 4 4 20 16 1

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

PLAYER Darwin Quintero Ethan Finlay Angelo Rodriguez Mason Toye Kevin Molino Ike Opara Hassani Dotson Abu Danladi Romario Ibarra Jan Gregus Romain Metanire Miguel Ibarra Osvaldo Alonso Francisco Calvo (MIN) Francisco Calvo (TOT) Michael Boxall Brent Kallman Collin Martin Lawrence Olum Carter Manley Chase Gasper Eric Miller (MIN) Eric Miller (TOT) Rasmus Schuller Robin Lod Vito Mannone Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 23 26 25 9 12 22 16 19 8 22 19 22 22 7 24 21 15 3 7 1 10 6 8 15 3 26

GS 20 19 20 2 8 21 10 4 4 22 19 16 22 7 22 21 13 2 3 1 9 5 7 11 1 26

MIN 1730 1583 1587 323 630 1891 946 597 381 1979 1710 1505 1918 629 2035 1857 1191 184 318 90 843 435 583 924 146 2340

26 26

2340 2340

G 8 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 44 36

A 5 3 2 3 3 1 0 1 1 8 6 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 68 28 47 13 18 18 9 19 12 46 9 23 10 11 31 9 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 15 2 0

SOG 21 8 16 5 6 5 5 5 8 13 2 3 2 5 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0

39 31

362 341

109 125

FC 26 18 39 5 3 14 10 15 4 32 19 16 25 12 27 18 12 8 3 0 18 5 8 15 2 1

FS 25 17 32 4 13 4 10 6 2 20 13 12 44 2 9 12 10 2 2 1 10 1 3 9 1 3

OFF 7 5 13 2 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

CK 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

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

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

320 269 269 320

40 53

130 138

50 44

3 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Darwin Quintero 2, Ethan Finlay 2, Mason Toye 2, Romario Ibarra 2, Romain Metanire 1, Hassani Dotson 1, Angelo Rodriguez 1, Michael Boxall 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Kevin Molino 2, Romain Metanire 2, Jan Gregus 2, Brent Kallman 1, Darwin Quintero 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Darwin Quintero 4-5, Ethan Finlay 2-2 MINNESOTA UNITED GOALKEEPING UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Vito Mannone Team totals Opponent totals

GP 26 26 26

GS 26 26 26

MIN SHTS 2340 125 2340 125 2340 109

SV 86 86 65

GA 36 36 44

GAA 1.38 1.38 1.69

PG 3 3 6

PA 4 4 7

W L 12 8 12 8 8 12

T 6 6 6

SO 9 9 5

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar.

RESULT L 1-2

ATT 22099

W-L-T 0-1-0

W 2-0 T 1-1 W 7-1

18738 11037 18632

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

7 6 5

T 1-1

26023

2-1-2

T 2-2

17897

2-1-3

Sat. Apr.

7 at FC Cincinnati 14 New York Red Bulls 20 at San Jose

L 1-4

15777

2-2-3

Sat. Apr.

27 New England

T 4-4

18511

2-2-4

Sun. Sun. Sat. Sun.

May May May May

5 Atlanta 12 at D.C. United 18 Vancouver 26 Seattle

L L T W

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

18518 12521 18691 19882

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

10 11 11 11

Wed. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat.

May June June June June

29 Los Angeles 1 at Houston 7 at Toronto FC 23 at Columbus 29 at Real Salt Lake 3 Los Angeles FC

L T T W L

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

19979 15710 24748 14015 18933

3-5-5 3-5-6 3-5-7 4-5-7 4-6-7

11 10 10 9 11

L 1-5

19754

4-7-7

6 Chicago 13 at Vancouver 20 FC Dallas 26 at New York City FC 4 at Seattle

W W L L

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

18570 18700 18736 20178

5-7-7 6-7-7 6-8-7 6-9-7

9 9 10 10

W 3-2

37722

7-9-7

10 Real Salt Lake 14 at Orlando City SC 17 San Jose 22 Minnesota 31 Houston 7 at Portland 15 at Los Angeles 21 Colorado 25 at Minnesota 29 Portland 6 at FC Dallas

L 1-2 L 0-1

18219 22347

7-10-7 7-11-7

10 10

19 KC: Croizet (85); LFC: Ramirez (28) Rossi (50) Vela (63) Zelaya (89) El-Munir (91+) 22 KC: Croizet (14); 25 KC: own goal (24) Gutierrez (56) Fernandes (90); 25 DAL: Badji (37) Ferreira (57) 25 KC: Sanchez (73); NYC: Tinnerholm (41) dos Santos (54) Ring (77) 28 KC: Gutierrez (12,33) Hurtado (58); SEA: Morris (46,82) 28 KC: Russell (31); RSL: Baird (38,70) 28 ORL: Akindele (21)

W 2-1

17941

8-11-7

31 KC: Feilhaber (50) Smith (76); SJ: Wondolowski (25)

Sun. Mar. Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sun. Apr. Sun. Apr.

Wed. July Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri.

July July July July

Sun. Aug. Sat. Aug. Wed. Aug. Sat. Thu. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun.

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

OPPONENT 3 at Los Angeles FC 10 Philadelphia 17 at Colorado 30 Montreal

POS PTS NOTES: 12 0 KC: Nemeth (16); LFC: Rossi (47) Diomande (94+) 3 KC: Sanchez (11) own goal (80); 4 KC: Russell (88); COL: Rubio (54) 7 KC: Russell (10,50) Nemeth (43,68,84) Gutierrez (47+) Busio (78); MTL: Taider (89) 8 KC: Busio (62); CIN: Mattocks (19) 9 KC: Russell (24) Busio (88); NYR: Royer (52) White (75) 9 KC: Gutierrez (66); SJ: Hoesen (6,12) Salinas (46) Eriksson (61) 10 KC: Nemeth (33,83) Gutierrez (60,70); NE: Caicedo (18,35) Agudelo (42) Jones (66) 10 ATL: Martinez (39,76) Barco (47) 10 DC: Arriola (78) 11 KC: Nemeth (37); VAN: Cornelius (94+) 14 KC: Russell (29,46+,68); SEA: Ruidiaz (63) Leerdam (71) 14 LA: Alvarez (56) Ibrahimovic (86) 15 KC: Croizet (63); HOU: Elis (69) 16 KC: Gutierrez (25,73); TOR: DeLeon (43) Hamilton (95+) 19 KC: Gutierrez (48); 19 RSL: Johnson (15,29)

MINNESOTA UNITED 2019 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 2 at Vancouver

RESULT W 3-2

ATT 27837

W-L-T 1-0-0

POS PTS NOTES: 2 3 MIN: Quintero (37) Calvo (66) Ibarra (70); VAN: Godoy (6) Henry (81) 2 6 MIN: Quintero (49) Ibarra (52) own goal (75); 4 6 MIN: Gregus (75) Rodriguez (87); LA: dos Santos (36) Pontius (41) Lletget (81) 6 6 MIN: Quintero (26); NE: Anibaba (10) Bye (62) 6 9 MIN: Danladi (34) Ibarra (50); NYR: Casseres (70)

Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar.

9 at San Jose 16 at Los Angeles

W 3-0 L 2-3

16411 21177

2-0-0 2-1-0

Sat. Mar. Sat. Apr.

L 1-2 W 2-1

10657 15706

2-2-0 3-2-0

T 3-3

19796

3-2-1

Fri. Apr.

30 at New England 6 at New York Red Bulls 13 New York City FC 19 at Toronto FC

L 3-4

22651

3-3-1

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

24 Los Angeles 28 D.C. United 4 Seattle 11 at Chicago 18 Columbus 25 Houston 29 at Atlanta 2 Philadelphia

T W T L W W L L

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

19779 19620 19832 11531 19600 19701 42703 19738

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

6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6

8 at Colorado 29 FC Cincinnati

L 0-1 W 7-1

14160 19778

6-7-3 7-7-3

6 6

Sat. Apr.

Apr. Apr. May May May May May June

Sat. June Sat. June Wed. July

3 San Jose

W 3-1

19653

8-7-3

Sat. July

6 at Montreal

W 3-2

16796

9-7-3

Sat. July Sat. July

13 FC Dallas 20 at Real Salt Lake 27 Vancouver 4 Portland 10 at FC Dallas

W 1-0 T 1-1

19906 16992

10-7-3 10-7-4

3 4

T 0-0 W 1-0 L 3-5

19845 19726 15168

10-7-5 11-7-5 11-8-5

5 2 3

14 Colorado 17 Orlando City SC 22 at Sporting KC 1 at Los Angeles FC 11 at Houston 15 Real Salt Lake 22 at Portland 25 Sporting KC 29 Los Angeles FC 6 at Seattle

W 1-0 T 1-1

19629 19738

12-8-5 12-8-6

2 2

Sat. July Sun. Aug. Sat. Aug. Wed. Sat. Thu. Sun.

Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.

Wed. Sun. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sun.

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

10 MIN: Alonso (13) Rodriguez (20) own goal (33); NYC: Castellanos (16) Tajouri-Shradi (18,64) 10 MIN: Quintero (17,70) Rodriguez (57); TOR: Pozuelo (28,30) Hamilton (77,79) 11 14 MIN: Rodriguez (82); 15 MIN: Opara (26); SEA: Roldan (42) 15 CHI: Gaitan (21) Katai (34) 18 MIN: Finlay (70); 21 MIN: Metanire (20); 21 ATL: Escobar (23) Martinez (91+,94+) 21 MIN: Dotson (28) Molino (77); PHI: Monteiro (18) Medunjanin (44) Trusty (86) 21 COL: Kamara (29) 24 MIN: Opara (18,70) Dotson (23) Finlay (30) Rodriguez (43) Toye (75) Molino (87); CIN: Ledesma (56) 27 MIN: Quintero (5) Boxall (52) Molino (92+); SJ: Thompson (47+) 30 MIN: Toye (9,47) Finlay (47+); MTL: Jackson-Hamel (1) Camacho (13) 33 MIN: Toye (91+); 34 MIN: Quintero (57); RSL: Silva (70) 35 38 MIN: 38 MIN: (29) 41 MIN: 42 MIN:

Finlay (92+); Finlay (11,41) Dotson (73); DAL: Hollingshead Mosquera (32) Cannon (45) Servania (85,93+) Quintero (39); Danladi (92+); ORL: Almeida (70)

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)

Goals 3 Krisztian Nemeth 3 Johnny Russell Assists 2 Roger Espinoza 2 Gerso Fernandes 2 Yohan Croizet Shots 7 Krisztian Nemeth Shots on Goal 4 Johnny Russell 4 Daniel Salloi 4 Felipe Gutierrez Fouls Committed 7 Erik Hurtado Fouls Suffered 6 Roger Espinoza Offside 3 Krisztian Nemeth 3 Erik Hurtado Saves 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 8 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 5 Tim Melia

Goals 7 03/30/2019 vs Assists 7 03/30/2019 vs Shots 21 07/03/2019 vs Shots on Goal 10 07/06/2019 vs 10 07/13/2019 vs Fouls Committed 23 08/04/2019 vs Fouls Suffered 20 08/17/2019 vs Corner Kicks 12 05/29/2019 vs Offside 8 07/26/2019 vs Saves 6 07/13/2019 vs Shots Faced 8 05/05/2019 vs Goals Allowed 5 07/03/2019 vs

03/30/2019 vs MTL 05/26/2019 vs SEA

W 7-1 W 3-2

03/30/2019 vs MTL 03/30/2019 vs MTL 05/26/2019 vs SEA

W 7-1 W 7-1 W 3-2

04/27/2019 vs NE

T 4-4

05/26/2019 vs SEA 07/13/2019 vs VAN 08/04/2019 vs SEA

W 3-2 W 3-0 W 3-2

08/04/2019 vs SEA

W 3-2

08/17/2019 vs SJ

W 2-1

07/26/2019 vs NYC 08/17/2019 vs SJ

L 1-3 W 2-1

07/13/2019 vs VAN

W 3-0

05/05/2019 vs ATL

L 0-3

07/03/2019 vs LFC

L 1-5

MTL

W 7-1

MTL

W 7-1

LFC

L 1-5

CHI VAN

W 1-0 W 3-0

SEA

W 3-2

W 2-1

L 0-2

NYC

L 1-3

VAN

W 3-0

ATL

L 0-3

LFC

L 1-5

UNITED INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)

Goals 2 4 times Assists 3 Jan Gregus Shots 7 Darwin Quintero Shots on Goal 3 Darwin Quintero 3 Angelo Rodriguez Fouls Committed 6 Abu Danladi Fouls Suffered 6 Osvaldo Alonso Offside 2 6 times Saves 7 Vito Mannone Shots Faced 11 Vito Mannone Goals Allowed 5 Vito Mannone

Goals 7 06/29/2019 at Assists 8 06/29/2019 at Shots 29 06/02/2019 at Shots on Goal 9 08/14/2019 at Fouls Committed 19 05/11/2019 at Fouls Suffered 17 04/13/2019 at Corner Kicks 13 04/24/2019 at Offside 5 03/30/2019 at Saves 7 07/03/2019 at Shots Faced 11 08/10/2019 at Goals Allowed 5 08/10/2019 at

04/19/2019 at TOR

L 3-4

06/29/2019 at CIN

W 7-1

06/02/2019 at PHI

L 2-3

04/19/2019 at TOR 06/02/2019 at PHI

L 3-4 L 2-3

05/29/2019 at ATL

L 0-3

04/13/2019 at NYC

T 3-3

03/30/2019 at NE

L 1-2

07/03/2019 at SJ

W 3-1

08/10/2019 at DAL

L 3-5

08/10/2019 at DAL

L 3-5

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019) HOU

T 1-1

HOU

T 1-1

L 0-2

ATL

L 0-3

LFC HOU

L 1-2 T 1-1

SJ DC HOU SEA RSL ORL

L L T W L L

ORL

L 0-1

COL MTL CHI ORL

T W W L

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

1-1 7-1 1-0 0-1

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019)

CIN

W 7-1

CIN

W 7-1

PHI

L 2-3

COL

W 1-0

CHI

L 0-2

NYC

T 3-3

Shots 5 06/01/2019 vs Shots on Goal 1 06/01/2019 vs Fouls Committed 6 05/29/2019 vs Fouls Suffered 5 05/05/2019 vs Corner Kicks 0 03/03/2019 vs 0 06/01/2019 vs Offside 0 04/20/2019 vs 0 05/12/2019 vs 0 06/01/2019 vs 0 08/04/2019 vs 0 08/10/2019 vs 0 08/14/2019 vs Saves 0 08/14/2019 vs Shots Faced 2 03/17/2019 vs 2 03/30/2019 vs 2 07/06/2019 vs 2 08/14/2019 vs

T 0-0

L 1-2

W 3-1

DAL

L 3-5

DAL

L 3-5

Shots 5 05/11/2019 at Shots on Goal 1 04/24/2019 at 1 07/27/2019 at Fouls Committed 6 04/13/2019 at Fouls Suffered 6 04/24/2019 at 6 07/06/2019 at 6 08/17/2019 at Corner Kicks 1 07/06/2019 at Offside 0 03/09/2019 at 0 03/16/2019 at 0 04/19/2019 at 0 04/28/2019 at 0 05/04/2019 at 0 05/11/2019 at 0 06/08/2019 at 0 07/03/2019 at 0 07/20/2019 at Saves 0 05/04/2019 at 0 05/18/2019 at Shots Faced 0 05/18/2019 at

CHI

L 0-2

LA VAN

T 0-0 T 0-0

NYC

T 3-3

LA MTL ORL

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

MTL

W 3-2

SJ LA TOR DC SEA CHI COL SJ RSL

W L L W T L L W T

SEA CLB

T 1-1 W 1-0

CLB

W 1-0

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

UNITED VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 3 wins, 11 goals United 1 wins, 5 goals 2 ties 5/7/2017 6/3/2017 10/7/2017 5/20/2018 6/3/2018 8/25/2018

MIN 2 vs KC KC 3 vs MIN MIN 1 vs KC MIN 1 vs KC KC 4 vs MIN KC 2 vs MIN

0 0 1 1 1 0

() (SP) () () (SP) (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 6 61 21 34 2 19

2 5 64 22 33 2 23

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

United Tot 11 125 43 67 4 42

1 4 21 10 34 8 6

2 1 32 13 37 9 13

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 5 53 23 71 17 19

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC MIN

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

2 1

0 2

2 1

4 0

1 0

2 1

0 0

11 5

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Adrian Heath Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. MIN

2-4-2 3-1-2

(1 pts./game) (1.83 pts./game)

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

3 3 11 4 10 8 3 1 2 17 4

Sporting KC Diego Rubio Johnny Russell Graham Zusi 3 times Roger Espinoza 3 times Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia

United 5 times Ibarra/Danladi Christian Ramirez Christian Ramirez Schuller/Danladi Ibson Bobby Shuttleworth Bobby Shuttleworth Bobby Shuttleworth Bobby Shuttleworth Bobby Shuttleworth

1 2 12 5 8 14 1 3 1 32 11

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:

Fouls Suffered Shutouts

Sporting KC 1 11 players tied 2 Johnny Russell (08/25/18) 5 3 players tied 3 3 players tied 5 Roger Espinoza (10/07/17) 4 Rubio/Russell 1 Tim Melia (twice)

Saves

8 Tim Melia (08/25/18)

Goals Allowed

2 Tim Melia (05/07/17)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed

United 1 5 players tied 2 Miguel Ibarra (05/07/17) 4 Kallman/Ramirez 3 Quintero/Rodriguez 4 Greenspan/Molino 6 Ibson (05/07/17) 1 Bobby Shuttleworth (05/07/17) 9 Bobby Shuttleworth (05/20/18) 4 Bobby Shuttleworth (06/03/18)

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)

Minnesota United W-L-T

Streak (started)

6-1-2 1-3-3 1-7-2

4 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ws

(05/26/2019) (08/10/2019) (08/17/2019)

4-0-1 3 Ws (05/25/2019) 8-1-5 1 Ts (08/17/2019) 0-7-0 10 Ls (10/06/2018)

1-9-3 7-2-4

1 Ws 1 Ls

(08/17/2019) 2-6-1 (08/10/2019) 10-2-3

1 Ts (08/17/2019) 1 Ws (08/14/2019)

0-6-0 2-5-4 2-0-2 3-0-0 1-0-1

8 Ls 2 Ls 1 Ws 7 Ws 1 Ts

(06/30/2018) (07/26/2019) (08/17/2019) (03/17/2018) (04/27/2019)

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

1 1 1 1 3

Ts Ts Ls Ls Ws

(07/27/2019) (08/17/2019) (06/02/2019) (08/10/2019) (07/04/2018)

4-0-0 2-2-4 2-5-2 0-2-0 0-2-1

10 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ls 5 Ls 1 Ls

(08/04/2018) (08/17/2019) (08/10/2019) (07/14/2018) (07/03/2019)

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

2 2 1 2 5

Ws Ts Ws Ls Ls

(08/04/2019) (07/20/2019) (07/06/2019) (05/29/2019) (06/03/2018)

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. UNITED (3-1-2) PLAYER Diego Rubio Yohan Croizet Saad Abdul-Salaam Wan Kuzain Cristian Lobato Jimmy Medranda Ike Opara Daniel Salloi Khiry Shelton Johnny Russell Matt Besler Latif Blessing Roger Espinoza Gerso Fernandes Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

3 3 2 1 1 4 5 4 1 2 5 2 5 5 6 6 6

2 2 2 0 1 3 5 2 1 2 5 2 5 5 5 6 6

174 153 180 72 78 223 450 208 90 180 450 165 443 437 473 540 540

3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 10 6

SHT GOALKEEPER 8 6 2 3 2 8 4 10 4 5 1 7 10 10 8 125 53

Tim Melia Andrew Dykstra Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

GAA

6 1 6 6

509 31 540 540

21 2 23 43

17 1 18 32

0.71 2.90 0.83 1.83

0 0 0 0

UNITED CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (1-3-2) PLAYER Abu Danladi Brent Kallman Tyrone Mears Darwin Quintero Christian Ramirez Miguel Ibarra Ibson Rasmus Schuller Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

5 6 1 2 5 6 5 4 6 6

2 5 1 2 5 6 5 3 6 6

224 454 90 165 422 434 450 349 540 540

1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 11

2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 10

6 4 1 4 12 2 4 0 53 125

Bobby Shuttleworth Team totals Opponent totals

GP 6 6 6

MIN SHTS

GAA

540 540 540

32 1.83 32 1.83 18 0.83

0 0 0

43 43 23

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. UNITED (3-1-2) PLAYER Yohan Croizet Rodney Wallace Benny Feilhaber Erik Hurtado Wan Kuzain Jimmy Medranda Daniel Salloi Johnny Russell Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Gerso Fernandes Nicolas Hasler Seth Sinovic Gianluca Busio Felipe Gutierrez Jaylin Lindsey Tim Melia Krisztian Nemeth Ilie Sanchez Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

CURRENT UNITED VS. SPORTING KC (1-3-2)

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

3 2 4 1 1 4 4 2 5 5 5 1 6 1 1 1 6 2 6 4 6 6

2 1 4 1 0 3 2 2 5 5 5 1 5 0 1 0 6 0 6 3 6 6

153 95 360 72 72 223 208 180 450 443 437 78 473 7 45 31 509 39 540 315 540 540

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6

6 5 7 3 3 8 10 5 1 10 10 1 8 0 0 0 0 2 8 11 125 53

Abu Danladi Ethan Finlay Brent Kallman Darwin Quintero Miguel Ibarra Osvaldo Alonso Rasmus Schuller Michael Boxall Romario Ibarra Collin Martin Kevin Molino Lawrence Olum Ike Opara Angelo Rodriguez Bobby Shuttleworth Mason Toye Team totals Opponent totals

5 7 6 2 6 15 4 5 1 3 3 4 1 1 11 1 6 6

2 5 5 2 6 13 3 5 0 2 3 4 0 1 11 1 6 6

224 431 454 165 434 1206 349 450 14 190 270 360 25 90 990 66 540 540

1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11

2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10

6 4 4 4 2 10 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 3 0 3 53 125

MIN

SHT

GAA

6 6 6

509 540 540

21 23 43

17 0.71 18 0.83 32 1.83

0 0 0

GOALKEEPER

MIN SHTS

GAA

Bobby Shuttleworth Team totals Opponent totals

11 6 6

990 540 540

42 1.55 32 1.83 18 0.83

0 0 0

59 43 23

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. MINNESOTA UNITED FC

2019 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Thursday, August 22, 2019 Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 27 Sporting Kansas City 8-11-7, 31 points (5-5-3 home; 3-6-4 away) 10th in MLS Western Conference Minnesota United FC 12-8-6, 42 points (8-1-5 home; 4-7-1 away) 2nd in MLS Western Conference

8-11-7 (31 pts.) 26 10th in West 39 1.50 32 45 1.73 -6 377 (133) 35.3% 332 330 57 4

English TV: ESPN English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: ESPN Deportes 1480 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:

Rubiel Vazquez Ian Anderson Kyle Atkins Sergii Demianchuk Sorin Stoica

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 30 36 75 94

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

Name Adrian Zendejas Botond Barath Andreu Fontas Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Yohan Croizet Gerso Fernandes Gianluca Busio Nicolas Hasler Seth Sinovic Graham Smith Roger Espinoza Eric Dick Erik Hurtado Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Rodney Wallace Tyler Freeman Gedion Zelalem Jaylin Lindsey Cameron Duke Tim Melia Benny Feilhaber Luis Martins Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal Jimmy Medranda

Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas BOH-tond buh-RAT ahn-DRAY-oo BEEZ-ler ILL-ee-eh

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

RECORD GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS

12-8-6 (42 pts.) 26 2nd in West 44 1.69 39 36 1.38 +8 362 (109) 30.1% 320 269 50 3

2019 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

gram ZOO-see KRIS-tee-ON NEY-muth CRAH-zay JER-soh jahn-LUKA BOO-see-oh HAZZ-ler sin-OH-vick her-TAH-doh shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay

GEH-dee-on zeh-LAH-lem MEE-lia FAIL-hobber lou-EESE mar-TEENS wahn koo-ZANE wahn kuh-MAHL muh-DRAHN-dah

Felipe Gutierrez Johnny Russell Felipe Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Seven Players Gerso Fernandes Felipe Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Roger Espinoza

10 GOALS 6 ASSISTS 54 SHOTS 26 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 48 FOULS COMMITTED 44 FOULS SUFFERED 8 CAUTIONS 2 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 2250 Tim Melia 1.76 Tim Melia 8 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia 82

2019 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

8 8 68 21 2 2 39 44 5 1

Darwin Quintero Jan Gregus Darwin Quintero Darwin Quintero Four Players Three Players Angelo Rodriguez Osvaldo Alonso Metanire, Quintero Three Players

2340 Vito Mannone 1.38 Vito Mannone 12 Vito Mannone 9 Vito Mannone 86 Vito Mannone

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

Eastern Conference 1. Atlanta United FC 2. Philadelphia Union 3. New York City FC 4. D.C. United 5. New York Red Bulls 6. New England Revolution 7. Montreal Impact 8. Orlando City SC 9. Toronto FC 10. Chicago Fire 11. Columbus Crew SC 12. FC Cincinnati

Pts 45 45 41 39 38 35 34 34 34 33 27 18

W L T 14 9 3 13 8 6 11 5 8 10 8 9 11 10 5 9 9 8 10 13 4 9 11 7 9 10 7 8 11 9 7 14 6 5 18 3

GD +15 +8 +13 +1 +5 -7 -11 0 -2 +2 -12 -35

GP 26 27 24 27 26 26 27 27 26 28 27 26

Western Conference 1. Los Angeles FC - x 2. Minnesota United FC 3. LA Galaxy 4. Real Salt Lake 5. Seattle Sounders FC 6. San Jose Earthquakes 7. Portland Timbers 8. FC Dallas 9. Houston Dynamo 10. Sporting Kansas City 11. Colorado Rapids 12. Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Pts 58 42 41 40 40 38 37 37 31 31 27 27

W L T 18 3 4 12 8 6 13 11 2 12 10 4 11 8 7 11 9 5 11 10 4 10 10 7 9 13 4 8 11 7 7 13 6 6 12 9

GD +42 +8 -3 +4 +1 +4 +3 +3 -6 -6 -9 -18

GP 25 26 26 26 26 25 25 27 26 26 26 27

PETER VERMES 11th season 141-110-89 11th season (.546) 141-110-89 (.546)

ADRIAN HEATH

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

5th season 49-64-31 (.448) 3rd season 33-46-15 (.431)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Tuesday, August 20 QUESTIONABLE: • Gerso Fernandes (Ankle Injury) • Adrian Zendejas (Back Injury) OUT: • Rodney Wallace (Hip Injury)

Sporting KC Game Notes | August 22, 2019 vs. Minnesota United FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvMIN: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvMIN: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City is set to host Minnesota United FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Thursday, August 22 as the club looks to continue winning during its three-game homestand. Sporting KC won the first match of their homestand on Saturday with a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over San Jose. Sporting has faced Minnesota three times at Children’s Mercy Park in MLS play - going 3-0-0. Sporting KC’s has comfortably won all three home MLS matches against the Loons by a combined score of 9-1. The two home matches in 2018 resulted in a 4-1 victory on June 3, with Daniel Salloi, Wan Kuzain and Cristian Lobato netting in the first half before Diego Rubio added another late in the day. The later clash took place on Aug. 25, 2018, with Yohan Croizet and Rubio tallying after the halftime interval in a 2-0 win. The other MLS home win over the Loons came with a 3-0 victory on June 3, 2017. The other clash between Sporting KC and Minnesota United last season saw the two sides split the points with a 1-1 draw on May 20, 2018 at TCF Bank Stadium. Khiry Shelton thundered home Johnny Russell’s corner with a powerful header in the eighth minute for his first goal for the club, only for Darwin Quintero to equalize 12 minutes later. #SKCvMIN: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 3-1-2 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Notes • Sporting sit six points below the seventh and final Western Conference playoff spot with eight matches remaining. • Sporting have gone 12 straight matches in all competitions without tying an opponent (five wins, seven losses). • Sporting’s eight-year playoff streak is the third-longest active run in MLS behind Seattle (10 years) and the New York Red Bulls (nine years).

Date

08/25/2018 06/03/2018 05/20/2018 10/07/2017 06/03/2017

Score

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

Result W W T T W

Sporting KC Player Notes • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has become the 17th player in league history and the third active MLS player to record 40 goals and 60 assists throughout his regular season career. • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez has become the fourth midfielder in club history to hit double-digit goals in a single regular season. He leads the team with 10 league goals in 2019 and also ranks fifth in MLS with 45 tackles won. • Forward Johnny Russell leads MLS with four goals from outside the box and is one of two MLS players, alongside D.C. United’s Wayne Rooney, with two goals from direct free kicks. • Defender Graham Smith scored his first professional goal in last Saturday’s 2-1 win over San Jose.

Details

Croizet and Rubio net in the second half of home win Salloi, Kuzain, Lobato and Rubio net in comfortable win Shelton opens scoring early before Quintero’s equalizer Rubio scores in first half before Kallman’s late equalizer Opara, Medranda and Abdul-Salaam tally in victory

Minnesota United Team Notes • Minnesota has just one loss in its last 14 matches across all competitions, going 10-1-3 since June 12. • Minnesota has four away wins this season (4-7-1) after recording just four road victories from 2017-2018 combined (4-26-4). • Minnesota leads MLS with nine wins by a one-goal margin. • Minnesota has seven players with at least three MLS goal this season, the second-most of any team. • Minnesota are 4-0-1 this season when leading at halftime but 0-7-0 when trailing at halftime.

#SKCvMIN: PLAYER HISTORY • Midfielder Yohan Croizet has a goal and an assist versus Minnesota. He scored the game-winner in the 2-0 home win on Aug. 25, 2018, while he also assisted on Daniel Salloi’s opener in the 4-1 home win on June 3, 2018. • Forward Daniel Salloi has one goal against Minnesota, netting the opening goal in a 4-1 home win on June 3, 2018. • Midfielder Jimmy Medranda has scored once against Minnesota United, netting the second goal of then 3-0 win on June 3, 2017. • Midfielder Wan Kuzain has one goal against MNUFC, scoring his first MLS goal with the game-winner on June 3, 2018. • Forward Johnny Russell has three assists against Minnesota, setting up Khiry Shelton’s goal in the 1-1 draw on May 20, 2018 before setting up both goals in the 2-0 home win on Aug. 25, 2018. • Forward Gerso Fernandes has tallied one assist versus Minnesota, coming on Diego Rubio’s goal in the 4-1 home win on June 3, 2018. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has recorded one assist against Minnesota, helping set up Cristian Lobato’s strike in the 4-1 home win on June 3, 2018. • Defender Matt Besler has one assist against Minnesota, coming on Ike Opara’s game-winning goal on June 3, 2017. • Defender Seth Sinovic has one assist against the Loons, helping set up the second goal in the 2-0 home win on Aug. 25, 2018. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 3-1-1 all-time against Minnesota United FC, with the three wins coming in a 3-0 shutout at home on June 3, 2017, a 4-1 home win a year later on June 3, 2018 and a 2-0 home win on Aug. 25, 2018. He has two shutouts and a 0.71 goals against average against the Loons all-time. • Defender Rodney Wallace has one goal and one assist against Minnesota, both coming as a member of New York City FC. The assist came in 2017 and the goal came in 2018. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has one goal against Minnesota, coming with Los Angeles FC in 2018. • Forward Erik Hurtado has scored once against the Loons, coming as a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2017. • Defender Nico Hasler has recorded one assist against Minnesota, coming with Toronto FC in 2018.

Minnesota United Player Notes • Midfielder Jan Gregus ranks fifth in MLS with 46 interceptions and leads Minnesota in both assists (eight) and chances created (50). • Forward Darwin Quintero leads Minnesota with eight MLS goals, while winger Ethan Finlay is second with six. • Former Sporting defender Ike Opara ranks fourth in MLS with 117 clearances. • Goalkeeper Vito Mannone is tied for second in MLS in shutouts (nine) and ranks third in saves (86).

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez is 53 minutes shy of reaching 10,000 minutes in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Winger Gerso Fernandes is two appearances shy of reaching 100 in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is one appearance away from 275 in all competitions for the club, and two starts shy of 250 in all comps.

#SKCvMIN: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Minnesota defender Ike Opara spent six years with Sporting KC from 20132018, scoring 15 goals and adding six assists across 136 appearances in all competitions. • Minnesota midfielder Lawrence Olum also represented Sporting across two separate stints from 2011-2014 and again in 2016. He made 105 appearances for Sporting KC, tallying five goals and four assists. • Defender Seth Sinovic and Minnesota United defender Brent Kallman were teammates at Creighton University in 2009 when Sinovic was a senior and Kallman was a freshman. Sinovic also played with Loons winger Ethan Finlay at Creighton from 2008-2009. • Midfielder Yohan Croizet played with Minnesota defender Romain Metanire at Metz and Metz II in France from 2011-2013. • Minnesota goalkeeping coach John Pascarella was Sporting KC’s goalkeeping coach from 2009-2016. • Manager Peter Vermes played with Minnesota Sporting Director Manny Lagos at the New York Metrostars in 1996.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | August 22, 2019 vs. Minnesota United FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes HOMESTAND CONTINUES

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

ESPINOZA ACTIVE IN COMBATIVE WIN OVER SAN JOSE

Sporting Kansas City will continue their three-game homestand this week when the side hosts Minnesota United FC as part of Heineken Rivalry Week. After topping San Jose on Saturday 2-1, Sporting will now face the Loons before closing out the month with a home game against the Houston Dynamo on Aug. 31. Sporting are next on the road when the side heads to Providence Park to take on the Portland Timbers on Sept. 7.

Sporting Kansas City earned a much-needed 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night to keep the side within touching distance of the playoff line in the Western Conference, as the side now sits six points behind the Portland Timbers and FC Dallas for the seventh postseason spot. Key to that victory was veteran midfielder Roger Espinoza, who matched his singlegame career highs in both fouls committed (5) and fouls suffered (6). In fact, Espinoza’s 11 combined fouls committed and fouls suffered ranks in a tie for the most ever by a Sporting KC player in the Opta era (2010-present), tying Uri Rosell who committed three fouls and suffered eight for a total of 11 in July 2013 against Montreal.

This current stretch of home games gives Sporting an opportunity to make a late climb up the Western Conference, as the side currently sits six points out of the crucial seventh and final playoff spot in the West, currently shared by the Portland Timbers and FC Dallas. Sporting has 24 points up for grabs in their final eight games of the regular season.

On a team-wide level, Sporting and San Jose combined for 44 shot attempts, with the high-energy Quakes accounting for 25 of them. Add it all together, and the unprecedented nature of Saturday’s clash becomes evident as the 83 combined shots (44) and fouls (39) between the teams were the most in Sporting’s 757-game regular season history.

Sporting has struggled to maintain momentum throughout the season after a positive start when the side advanced to the Concacaf Champions League Semifinals before bowing out to eventual champions C.F. Monterrey. After winning back-to-back games in July against Chicago and Vancouver, the side then slipped to a home defeat to FC Dallas on July 20 to halt any progress up the table. Then, earlier this month, Sporting produced an impressive performance to defeat the Seattle Sounders on the road on Aug. 4 before again failing to capitalize with a home loss to Real Salt Lake on Aug. 10.

FEILHABER NETS RECORD-SETTING GOAL

With Sporting Kansas City facing an uphill battle to take anything out of Saturday’s home game against the San Jose Earthquakes, Benny Feilhaber stepped up in a big way early in the second half to drag his side level with a stunning half-volley from the edge of the area. Sporting would go on to win 2-1 behind Graham Smith’s late winner.

Sporting is 3-0-0 all-time against Minnesota when it comes to MLS games played at Children’s Mercy Park, while the side has gone 0-1-2 in Minneapolis.

MINNESOTA COMES TO TOWN IN RIVALRY WEEK

Feilhaber, who represented the club from 2013-2017 in his first stint before playing with LAFC and the Colorado Rapids in 2018 and early 2019, returned to Kansas City following a trade with the Rapids in May. Since then, Feilhaber has made 14 appearances, tallying his first goal on Saturday while also adding two assists previously.

The two sides met three times in 2018, with Sporting taking the series 2-0-1. The first match came at TCF Bank Stadium on May 20, when Khiry Shelton and Darwin Quintero exchanged first-half goals as the two sides split the points with a 1-1 draw.

His goal brought Feilhaber into exclusive territory, as he became just the 17th player in MLS history to record at least 40 goals and 60 assists throughout his regular season career. Feilhaber joins Portland Timbers playmaker Diego Valeri and Columbus Crew SC veteran Federico Higuain as the only active MLS players on the exclusive list.

Sporting Kansas City remains at home this week as the side continues its three-game homestand when Minnesota United visits Children’s Mercy Park on Thursday night on ESPN as part of Heineken Rivalry Week.

The Loons then visited Children’s Mercy Park on June 3, with Sporting emerging 4-1 winners after goals from Daniel Salloi, Wan Kuzain, Cristian Lobato and Diego Rubio. The third and final meeting of the regular season also took place at CMP as second-half goals from Yohan Croizet and Rubio earned Sporting a 2-0 win on Aug. 25 as part of a four-game winning streak that lasted all of August 2018.

MLS ANNOUNCES ST. LOUIS EXPANSION

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber officially announced on Tuesday that MLS has awarded an expansion team to the city of St. Louis. The team will begin MLS play in 2022 in a new soccer stadium located in the Downtown West district of St. Louis.

Sporting holds a 3-1-2 lead in the all-time series against Minnesota since the Loons joined the league in 2017: a 100% 3-0-0 record at home, and a winless 0-1-2 mark on the road. Sporting has also faced Minnesota-based sides five times in the U.S. Open Cup, going 3-1-1 - winning their last three games against the current iteration of Minnesota United in 2014, 2016 and 2017.

The owners of the St. Louis club include Enterprise Holdings Foundation president Carolyn Kindle Betz and six other female members of the Taylor family, making it the first female majority-owned club in MLS history, and one of few in professional sports. The ownership group is completed by Enterprise Holdings executive chairman Andy Taylor, and World Wide Technology CEO Jim Kavanaugh.

SMITH TALLIES FIRST PROFESSIONAL GOAL

With Tuesday’s announcement comes an exciting opportunity for Kansas City and St. Louis to fuel their long-standing sports rivalry. Separated by 250 miles on Interstate-70, Sporting has faced USL Championship side Saint Louis FC once: claiming a 1-0 victory in the U.S. Open Cup at Children’s Mercy Park in 2015.

With Sporting Kansas City desperately searching for a game-winner with the score deadlocked at 1-1 against the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park, it was an unlikely source that popped up to become the hero in the 76th minute. Center back Graham Smith was in the right place at the right time to knock home a rebound after Johnny Russell’s venomous free kick had struck the post.

Sporting has taken the field in St. Louis for exhibition matches during the club’s early days and later for a 2009 SuperLiga match against Mexican side Atlas.

Smith, 23, is in his second year with Sporting after being selected in the First Round of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft (18th overall) out of the University of Denver. In his rookie season, Smith made three appearances across all competitions before stepping up with Sporting in an injury crisis in 2019 - making eight appearances in all competitions to date and tallying his first professional goal with Saturday’s game-winner.

LUIS MARTINS EARNS FIRST START

After making his debut for Sporting KC in the 1-0 loss to Orlando City SC last Wednesday night, Sporting KC left back Luis Martins earned his first start for the club in Saturday night’s 2-1 victory over San Jose at Children’s Mercy Park. Martins was a confident presence on the left flank, winning one tackle and committing one foul as he limited dangerous winger Cristian Espinoza’s effectiveness from open play.

Smith has featured prominently for the Swope Park Rangers in the USL Championship, making 41 appearances while captaining the side on a regular basis.

Born and raised in Lamego, Portugal, Martins developed as a youth player in the S.L. Benfica Academy and earned his first-team debut with a start in the UEFA Champions League group stage on Nov. 2, 2011, before spending most of 2012 with Benfica B in the Portuguese second division. Martins transferred to first-division club Gil Vicente in 2013 and amassed 40 Primeira Liga appearances over the next two years.

RUSSELL NAMED TO TEAM OF THE WEEK

Forward Johnny Russell played an instrumental role in Sporting Kansas City’s 2-1 comeback victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park. MLSsoccer.com took notice, including Russell as a midfielder on the MLS Team of the Week for Week 24. With Sporting in dire need of three points to keep pace in the Western Conference playoff chase, Russell rose to the occasion against an upstart San Jose side that took a 1-0 lead into halftime. The Scottish international helped orchestrate a 50th-minute equalizer with a clever diagonal ball that Jimmy Medranda chested down to Benny Feilhaber, who expertly converted from the top of the box.

In September 2014, Martins signed with Granada CF in La Liga. His debut for the club came that month when he featured against eventual UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona in the Camp Nou. While with Granada, Martins was loaned to fellow Spanish side Osasuna in 2015-16 and to Portuguese outfit C.S. Maritimo from 20162018. Martins spent the 2018-19 campaign with G.D. Chaves in the Portuguese top flight, where he played 20 matches in all competitions and scored one goal.

With 76 minutes on the clock, Russell’s sweetly struck free kick beat San Jose’s wall as well as goalkeeper Daniel Vega. Although his effort rattled the woodwork, Graham Smith was on hand to poke home the rebound for his first professional goal.

As a youth, Martins competed for the Portugal U-16s, U-17s and U-18s from 2008-2009. He then featured at the 2010 UEFA Under-19 Championship before competing at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.

Sporting KC Game Notes | August 22, 2019 vs. Minnesota United FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

SINOVIC REACHES 200-CLUB MILESTONE

2026 WORLD CUP HEADING TO NORTH AMERICA

Ten-year MLS veteran Seth Sinovic, a Kansas City native now in his ninth season with his hometown team Sporting Kansas City, logged his 200th MLS regular season start for Sporting last Wednesday night as his side fell to a 1-0 defeat against Orlando City SC at Exploria Stadium.

The United Bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States was selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow. Kansas City is one of 23 Candidate Host Cities in the United Bid. The vote, which occurred a day before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, also marks the first time three nations have been selected to co-host a FIFA World Cup and the first time the FIFA World Cup will be played in North America in 32 years. The United Bid offers FIFA and its 211 Member Associations unity, certainty, and opportunity as they prepare to host the largest FIFA World Cup in history.

In doing so, Sinovic becomes the eighth Sporting Kansas City player to start 200 regular season matches for the club and the fourth on the current roster, joining fellow Kansas Citian Matt Besler (270), Graham Zusi (231) and Roger Espinoza (210). With his start, he overtook Sporting legend Preki for eighth in all-time starts in the regular season, having previously sat in a tie on 199.

With the FIFA Congress decision to award the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to the federations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the three nations will jointly manage preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup until FIFA establishes their operations to manage the competition. Among other decisions, FIFA will make the final selection of host cities for the 2026 competition from the 23 candidates proposed in the United Bid.

In addition, Roger Espinoza’s 74-minute outing against San Jose on Saturday also prompted a shuffle among Sporting’s all-time appearance leaders. The Honduran has now donned the Kansas City uniform 274 times across all competitions, taking sole possession of fourth place all-time ahead of Nick Garcia and Davy Arnaud. Johnny Russell also made his 50th regular-season appearance with his start against Orlando.

Each of the United Bid’s 23 proposed stadiums are fully built, occupied and operational, ensuring long-term use following the 2026 World Cup. The United Bid has 150 existing world-class training facilities, millions of hotel rooms, and advanced infrastructure. The United Bid is expected to generate more than $14 billion in revenue and $11 billion in profits for FIFA, which will be shared with the 211 FIFA Member Associations, helping further develop and expand the game of football across the globe.

VERMES IN MIDST OF 11th SEASON

Entering his 11th season at the helm of Sporting KC, manager Peter Vermes looks to win more hardware and guide his side to yet another postseason appearance in 2019. Despite elimination from the Concacaf Champions League and the U.S. Open Cup, Sporting KC will still aim to win the MLS Cup.

PLAYOFF STREAK REACHES EIGHT SEASONS

Vermes is the longest tenured coach that is currently in charge of a team in MLS, having led Sporting KC since 2009 - one year longer than Ben Olsen has been at the helm at D.C. United. Vermes became the longest tenured coach in MLS when then LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena took the U.S. National Team job in late 2016.

In 2018, Sporting KC continued its impressive streak of postseason appearances, becoming just the sixth club in MLS history to make at least eight straight trips to the MLS Cup Playoffs, while Manager Peter Vermes is now just the third coach to lead the same team to eight straight playoff appearances.

With almost 10 years of service at Sporting KC, Vermes is one of the longest serving managers in world soccer. Among all 18 leagues with an average attendance of 10,000+, Vermes ranks second, only behind 2. Bundesliga side FC Heidenheim’s Frank Schmidt (Sept. 17, 2007 - present). Among the top 51 leagues in the world as denoted by the CIES Football Observatory, Vermes’ tenure at Sporting KC ranks as the fifth longest active run.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) Seattle Sounders FC 10 (2009-2018) *active New York Red Bulls 9 (2010-2018) *active Sporting KC 8 (2011-2018) *active LA Galaxy 8 (2009-2016) NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014)

Vermes has guided Sporting KC to four titles under his watch, winning three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups in 2012, 2015 and 2017, and the MLS Cup in 2013. His trophy haul ranks as the second highest among active MLS coaches - only trailing Toronto FC’s Greg Vanney’s five championships. On a local level, Vermes’ 11 years with SKC is the second longest tenure by a head coach in the history of major KC professional sports behind Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer Hank Stram, who was Chiefs head coach from 1963-1974. Vermes has compiled a 176-131-101 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 20-7-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 141 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks fifth all-time and second among active coaches in MLS, trailing Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Peter Vermes Sporting KC 8 2011-2018 (active) Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Sigi Schmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

RECORD-SETTING 2018

VERMES VERBATIM

As well as their overall goalscoring exploits, Sporting Kansas City also set new club records in five other offensive categories: Road Goals (31), Goal Difference (+25), Assists (69), Shots (583) and Corner Kicks (206).

Thoughts on the team’s performance: “Tonight, our work rate was unbelievable to come back from being behind a goal. (San Jose) works very hard on the field, but we had something different today. We played with a lot of pride and I hope that the fans understand that we played for them today.”

Sporting Kansas City enjoyed a historic 2018 season that saw the club set new records in multiple attacking categories. Most notably, the club shattered the franchise’s all-time goalscoring record by tallying 65 goals in 34 games, eclipsing the 61 goals the then Kansas City Wizards tallied in their inaugural season in 1996.

See below for comments from Sporting KC Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes following the 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes at Children’s Mercy Park on Aug. 17.

Peter Vermes’ side also found multiple goals in 25 of the club’s 40 matches in all competitions last season and was only shutout seven times. Sporting KC finished the regular season as the fourth highest scoring team in MLS with 65 goals, while the side scored 79 goals when including the MLS Cup Playoffs and U.S. Open Cup play.

On the play of Graham Smith: “I thought he was very good. Each game, he gets a little bit better. He’s just got to keep pushing.” On the play of Luis Martins: “I was impressed that he went 90 minutes. We had to make changes in different places to help the team and he found a way. I thought he did a really good job. He was good defensively. There’s a lot more in him going forward, but it’s part of his fitness. He was smart. He managed the game really well.”

Sporting had 16 different goalscorers last year in MLS play - which was tied for the second highest number of goalscorers across a single squad this season. In 2018, SKC found goals from Daniel Salloi (14), Johnny Russell (10), Diego Rubio (10), Felipe Gutierrez (7), Gerso Fernandes (6), Ilie Sanchez (5), Ike Opara (3), Yohan Croizet (3), Roger Espinoza (3), Khiry Shelton (2), Graham Zusi (2), Jimmy Medranda (2), Cristian Lobato (2), Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (1), Krisztian Nemeth (1) and Gianluca Busio (1).

On the quick turnaround to face Minnesota: “We’ve got to take our next step. Minnesota is one of the best teams in the league right now. It’s going to be a very difficult match so we’ve got to come to play.”

The 6-0 triumph over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 20, 2018 tied club records for largest margin of victory and most goals scored in a competitive match. Sporting KC finished the year with 65 goals in 34 regular-season matches, having scored 40 in all of 2017. The last time Sporting KC hit six goals in an MLS match was on June 20, 1999.

Sporting KC Game Notes | August 22, 2019 vs. Minnesota United FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Minnesota United FC: 3-1-2 Home games: 3-0-0 (9 GF, 1 GA) Road games: 0-1-2 (2 GF, 4 GA) Date 05/07/2017 06/03/2017 10/07/2017 05/20/2018 06/03/2018 08/25/2018

Score KC 0 at MIN 2 KC 3 vs MIN 0 KC 1 at MIN 1 KC 1 at MIN 1 KC 4 vs MIN 1 KC 2 vs MIN 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Result Location L TCF Bank Stadium W Children’s Mercy Park T TCF Bank Stadium T TCF Bank Stadium W Children’s Mercy Park W Children’s Mercy Park

3 3 11 4 10 8

Diego Rubio Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Three Players Roger Espinoza Three Players

3 1 2 17 4

Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Five Players 1 Danladi, Ibarra 2 Christian Ramirez 12 Christian Ramirez 5 Danladi, Schuller 8 Ibson 14

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Bobby Shuttleworth 1 Bobby Shuttleworth 3 Bobby Shuttleworth 1 Bobby Shuttleworth 32 Bobby Shuttleworth 11

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 2 5 3 5 4

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

11 Players Johnny Russell (8/25/18) Three Players Three Players Roger Espinoza (10/7/17) Rubio, Russell

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

8 Tim Melia (8/25/18) 2 Tim Melia (5/7/17)

Five Players Ibarra Kallman, Ramirez Quintero, Rodriguez Greenspan, Molino (5/7/17) Ibson (5/7/17) Miguel

(5/20/18) Bobby (6/3/18) Bobby

Shuttleworth 9 Shuttleworth 4

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT Total 6 5 0 11 61 64 0 125 21 22 0 43 34 33 0 67 2 2 0 4 19 23 0 42

MINNESOTA UNITED FC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 4 1 0 5 Shots 21 32 0 53 Shots on Goal 10 13 0 23 Fouls 34 37 0 71 Offsides 8 9 0 17 Corner Kicks 6 13 0 19

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC MIN

145

1-15

2 1

16-30

31-45

4 1

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,449

TOTAL MLS SELLOUTS in 157 MLS matches played at the stadium (including postseason)

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 157 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 149 MLS regular season, 8 MLS postseason, 19 Open Cup, 10 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 157 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

191

0 2

105.3 5

46-60

2 0

61-75

1 0

76-90

2 1

0 0

Total

11 5

104

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

334

1 2 4 3 4 6

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 191 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | August 22, 2019 vs. Minnesota United FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Tyler Freeman (Signed as Homegrown Player - Oct. 2, 2018)

Kharlton Belmar (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Rodney Wallace (Signed as Free Agent - Dec. 14, 2018)

Amer Didic (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Erik Hurtado (Trade - Dec. 14, 2018)

Brad Evans (Option Declined/Retired - Nov. 30, 2018)

Botond Barath (Signing - Dec. 18, 2018)

Cristian Lobato (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Kelyn Rowe (Trade - Dec. 18, 2018)

Colton Storm (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Abdul Rwatubyaye (Signing - Feb. 5, 2019)

Diego Rubio (Trade - Dec. 14, 2018)

Gedion Zelalem (Signing - March 11, 2019)

Ike Opara (Trade - Jan. 28, 2019)

Nicolas Hasler (Signing - April 2, 2019)

Abdul Rwatubyaye (Trade - May 8, 2019)

Benny Feilhaber (Trade - May 8, 2019)

Kelyn Rowe (Trade - Aug. 7, 2019)

Wilson Harris (Short-Term Agreement - May 17, 2019) Felipe Hernandez (Short-Term Agreement - June 11, 2019) Camden Riley (Short-Term Agreement - June 11, 2019) Cameron Duke (Signed as Homegrown Player - July 18, 2019) Luis Martins (Signing - Aug. 1, 2019)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Oct. 2: IN Sporting KC signs F Tyler Freeman as a Homegrown player from the Sporting KC Academy. Nov. 30: OUT Sporting KC declines options for D Amer Didic, D Brad Evans, D Colton Storm, M Cristian Lobato and F Kharlton Belmar. Dec. 14: IN Sporting KC signs D Rodney Wallace as a free agent. Dec. 14: IN Sporting KC acquires F Erik Hurtado from Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS) in exchange for the club’s natural second-round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft and natural first-riund pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. Dec. 18: IN Sporting KC signs D Botond Barath, most recently at Budapest Honved FC (Hungary). Dec. 18: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires M Kelyn Rowe and $300,000 in allocation money from the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for F Diego Rubio. Jan. 28: OUT Sporting KC acquires up to $1,000,000 in allocation money from Minnesota United FC (MLS) in exchange for D Ike Opara. Feb. 5: IN Sporting KC acquires D Abdul Rwatubyaye in a transfer from Rayon Sports FC (Rwanda). March 11: IN Sporting KC acquires M Gedion Zelalem in a transfer from Arsenal FC (England). April 2: IN Sporting KC signs D Nicolas Hasler, most recently at the Chicago Fire (MLS). May 8: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires M Benny Feilhaber in a trade with the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for D Abdul Rwatubyaye, a 2019 International Roster Slot, $50,000 in Targeted Allocation Money (TAM), and a natural second-round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. As part of the trade, Sporting has swapped positions with Colorado in the Waiver Order. Feilhaber serves as Sporting’sseason-ending injury replacement player for Rodney Wallace. Colorado will retain the player’s 2019 salary budget charge less the $250,000 of salary budget relief afforded to SKC for a season-ending injury replacement player. May 17: IN Sporting KC signs F Wilson Harris to a short-term agreement from the Swope Park Rangers (USL Championship) prompted by Extreme Hardship (less than 14 outfield players available). June 11: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Camden Riley and M Felipe Hernandez to short-term agreements from the Swope Park Rangers (USL Championship) ahead of U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round. July 18: IN Sporting KC signs M Cameron Duke as a Homegrown player from the Sporting KC Academy. Aug. 1: IN Sporting KC signs D Luis Martins, most recently at G.D. Chaves (Portugal). Aug. 7: OUT Sporting KC acquires $75,000 in Targeted Allocation Money and a 2019 International Roster Slot from Real Salt Lake (MLS) in exchange for M Kelyn Rowe.

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011

Trades

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2013

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

2015

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15)

2016

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

2017 2018

2019

Swope Park Rangers

Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Eric Dick (13th) Graham Smith (18th)

Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)

Yohan Croizet (12/15/17) Johnny Russell (1/31/18) Felipe Gutierrez (2/6/18) Andreu Fontas (8/8/18)

Krisztian Nemeth (8/6/18)

Jaylin Lindsey (1/1/18) Wan Kuzain (4/13/18)

Rodney Wallace (12/14/18) Botond Barath (12/18/18) Gedion Zelalem (3/11/19) Nicolas Hasler (4/2/19) Luis Martins (8/1/19)

Erik Hurtado (12/14/18) Benny Feilhaber (5/8/19)

Tyler Freeman (1/1/19) Cameron Duke (7/18/19)

Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16)

Sporting KC Game Notes | August 22, 2019 vs. Minnesota United FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21

DEPORTIVO TOLUCA

CCL

3-0

Nemeth, Gerso, Ilie

Thursday, February 28

at Deportivo Toluca

CCL

2-0

Gerso, Nemeth

Sunday, March 3

at Los Angeles FC

MLS

1-2

Nemeth

Wednesday, March 6

at Club Atletico Independiente

CCL

1-2

Ilie

SUNDAY, MARCH 10

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

2-0

Ilie, Own Goal

THURSDAY, MARCH 14

CLUB ATLETICO INDEPENDIENTE CCL

3-0

Nemeth (2), Espinoza

Sunday, March 17

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

1-1

Russell

SATURDAY, MARCH 30

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

7-1

Russell (2), Nemeth (3), Gutierrez, Busio

Thursday, April 4

at C.F. Monterrey

CCL

0-5

Sunday, April 7

at FC Cincinnati

MLS

1-1

Busio

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

C.F. MONTERREY

CCL

2-5

Gerso (2)

SUNDAY, APRIL 14

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

2-2

Russell, Busio

Saturday, April 20

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

1-4

Gutierrez

SATURDAY, APRIL 27

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

4-4

Nemeth (2), Gutierrez (2)

SUNDAY, MAY 5

ATLANTA UNITED FC

MLS

0-3

Sunday, May 12

at D.C. United

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, MAY 18

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS

1-1

Nemeth

SUNDAY, MAY 26

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

3-2

Russell (3)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29

LA GALAXY

MLS

0-2

Saturday, June 1

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

1-1

Croizet

Friday, June 7

at Toronto FC

MLS

2-2

Gutierrez (2)

Wednesday, June 12

at Minnesota United FC

USOC

1-4

Gerso

Sunday, June 23

at Columbus Crew SC

MLS

1-0

Gutierrez

Saturday, June 29

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

0-2

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3

LOS ANGELES FC

MLS

1-5

Croizet

SATURDAY, JULY 6

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

1-0

Croizet

Saturday, July 13

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

3-0

Own Goal, Gutierrez, Gerso

SATURDAY, JULY 20

FC DALLAS

MLS

0-2

Friday, July 26

at New York City FC

MLS

1-3

Ilie

Sunday, August 4

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

3-2

Gutierrez (2), Hurtado

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

1-2

Russell

Wednesday, August 14

at Orlando City SC

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

2-1

Feilhaber, Smith

THURSDAY, AUGUST 22

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS