Match Notes: Sporting vs. Houston Dynamo | Aug. 31, 2019 by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 (Week 26, MLS Game #338) 7:30 p.m. CT (FS-KC+; KUBE 57)

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 21 20 0 0 278 271 3 18 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 26 22 2 5 93 89 6 11 6 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 170 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 22 18 8 7 52 42 18 17 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 21 20 0 2 273 232 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 18 17 1 5 81 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 8 7 1 0 10 9 1 0 MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 10 9 0 2 232 211 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 6 4 2 0 111 51 14 10 19 Erik Hurtado 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 21 11 0 0 72 49 14 9 MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 26 25 10 2 46 43 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 26 26 0 0 147 146 0 0 30 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 163 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 24 18 3 4 260 230 40 60 Luis Martins DF 5-9 150 06/10/1992 Lamego, Portugal 3 2 0 0 3 2 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 6 2 0 1 92 64 5 5 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W142 L110 T89

HOUSTON DYNAMO 2019 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 5 5 0 0 88 87 0 0 1 Tyler Deric 2 Alejandro Fuenmayor DF 6-0 184 08/29/1996 Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela 5 5 0 1 27 26 3 2 DF 5-9 143 03/20/1994 Nykoping, Sweden 21 19 0 4 37 31 0 5 3 Adam Lundkvist 5 Juan David Cabezas MF 6-0 175 02/27/1991 Cali, Colombia 14 5 1 0 47 35 2 0 6 Kiki Struna DF 6-2 185 08/04/1990 Koper, Slovenia 24 24 0 0 24 24 0 0 7 DaMarcus Beasley DF 5-8 145 05/24/1982 Fort Wayne, IN 8 8 0 1 218 206 17 25 MF 5-8 145 12/27/1995 Wharton, TX 19 14 6 4 47 23 9 5 8 Memo Rodriguez 9 Mauro Manotas FW 6-0 155 07/15/1995 Sabanalarga, Colombia 26 22 11 6 123 86 46 13 MF 5-9 145 03/07/1995 Beccar, Argentina 26 25 4 3 67 61 11 16 10 Tomas Martinez 11 Tommy McNamara MF 5-9 170 02/06/1991 West Nyack, NY 26 10 2 3 118 82 16 17 Niko Hansen MF 5-10 170 09/14/1994 Randers, Denmark 10 2 0 0 46 16 4 5 12 13 Christian Ramirez FW 6-2 187 04/04/1991 Garden Grove, CA 20 14 5 2 77 61 28 7 MF 6-0 157 03/23/1994 Jackson, MS 12 5 0 0 107 73 7 13 14 Marlon Hairston 15 Maynor Figueroa DF 5-11 187 05/02/1983 Jutiapa, Honduras 20 20 0 3 100 95 5 5 Kevin Garcia DF 6-0 185 08/21/1990 Flushing, NY 10 7 0 0 28 20 1 0 16 17 Alberth Elis FW 6-0 165 02/12/1996 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 20 18 7 8 76 63 28 22 Jose Bizama DF 5-11 165 06/25/1994 Curanilahue, Chile 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 18 19 Michael Salazar FW 5-11 182 11/15/1992 New York, NY 7 1 0 0 41 16 5 3 20 A.J. DeLaGarza DF 5-9 150 11/04/1987 Bryans Road, MD 22 22 0 1 260 252 2 8 21 Ronaldo Pena FW 6-1 172 03/10/1997 Acarigua, Venezuela 3 2 0 0 12 4 1 0 MF 5-8 150 10/26/1995 Merlo, Argentina 24 24 0 1 24 24 0 1 22 Matias Vera 23 Joe Willis GK 6-5 200 08/10/1988 St. Louis, MO 22 22 0 0 108 105 0 1 MF 5-10 165 12/31/1989 Quezaltepeque, El Salvador 10 4 1 0 109 91 4 6 24 Darwin Ceren 25 Eric Bird MF 5-11 170 04/08/1993 Virginia Beach, VA 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 0 26 Michael Nelson GK 6-4 180 02/10/1995 Houston, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Boniek Garcia MF 5-9 150 09/04/1984 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 25 23 0 1 194 160 13 39 Erik McCue DF 6-3 175 01/18/2001 Gothenburg, Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 29 Sam Junqua DF 6-0 175 11/09/1996 Saratoga, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Romell Quioto FW 5-11 170 08/09/1991 Balfate, Honduras 18 8 2 2 72 47 15 17 HEAD COACH : Davy Arnaud

06/22/1980 W0 L1 T1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO

Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 7:30 p.m. CT REFEREES

2019 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 27 9-11-7 34 40 45 14 6-5-3 21 25 25

Dynamo on road

27 9-14-4 31 38 48 13 2-11-0 6 15 32

REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Micheal Barwegen; AR2 (opposite): Ian McKay; 4th: Lukasz Szpala; VAR: Edvin Jurisevic; AVAR: TJ Zablocki TEAM NEWS SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Felipe Gutierrez, Roger Espinoza ... HOU: Juan David Cabezas, Maynor Figueroa, Romell Quioto SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Yohan Croizet, Seth Sinovic, Botond Barath ... HOU: A.J. DeLaGarza, Alberth Elis, Alejandro Fuenmayor, Ronaldo Pena

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sporting 7 wins, 36 goals … Dynamo 10 wins, 41 goals … Ties 13 AT KC: Sporting 3 wins, 19 goals … Dynamo 4 wins, 19 goals … Ties 7

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

2019 (MLS): 6/1: HOU 1, KC 1 (Elis 69 -- Croizet 63)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 MINNESOTA UNITED 0 Scoring Summary: KC--Hurtado 2 (Russell 7, Sanchez 5) 88

UPCOMING MATCHES DYNAMO SPORTING Wed. Sept. 11 Minnesota Sat. Sept. 7 at Portland Sat. Sept. 14 at Vancouver Sun. Sept. 15 at LA Galaxy Sat. Sept. 21 Orlando City Sat. Sept. 21 Colorado Wed. Sept. 25 at LAFC Wed. Sept. 25 at Minnesota

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Graham Smith, Matt Besler, Luis Martins, Johnny Russell, Benny Feilhaber (Ilie Sanchez 71), Felipe Gutierrez, Roger Espinoza (Jimmy Medranda 84), Daniel Salloi (Gerso Fernandes 74), Erik Hurtado.

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM DYNAMO

SPORTING

F 40 61

A 45 54

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 38 64

A 48 51

23 11 3 1

29 10 9 0

24 4 3 0 4 0 0 3

33 2 7 1 5 0 0 0

6 28 4

10 33 5

HOW SCORED

12 24 4 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

30 11 4 0

TYPE OF PLAY

23 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 24 7

8 31 6

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC HOU

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 6-1-2 2-3-3 1-7-2 6-1-1 3-4-1 0-9-2

FC DALLAS 5 HOUSTON DYNAMO 1 Scoring Summary: DAL--Ziegler 5 (penalty kick) 24 DAL--Ferreira 7 (Ondrasek 1) 29 DAL--Ondrasek 2 (Hollingshead 3, Barrios 13) 56 DAL--Ondrasek 3 (Badji 3) 64 HOU--Rodriguez 6 (Manotas 6, Elis 8) 80 DAL--Barrios 3 (unassisted) 96+ HOUSTON DYNAMO--Joe Willis, Jose Bizama, Kiki Struna, Maynor Figueroa, DaMarcus Beasley, Alberth Elis, Matias Vera (Darwin Ceren 80), Tomas Martinez (Christian Ramirez 54), Tommy McNamara (Memo Rodriguez 65), Boniek Garcia, Mauro Manotas.

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 8-2-4 1-9-3 7-2-1 2-12-3

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 8/22/2019 KC 1, MIN 0 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 8/22/2019 KC 1, MIN 0 8/14/2019 KC 0, ORL 1

(0) (1) (2) (0) (12) (0) (2)

HOUSTON DYNAMO Date Score (Gms since) 7/03/2019 HOU 4, NYR 0 (4) 7/20/2019 HOU 3, TOR 1 (3) 8/03/2019 HOU 0, CHI 1 (1) 8/25/2019 HOU 1, DAL 5 (0) 8/17/2019 HOU 2, COL 2 (1) 7/03/2019 HOU 4, NYR 0 (10) 8/03/2019 HOU 0, CHI 1 (4)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC LWTWTTLTLLTWLTTWLLWWLLWLLWW Dynamo TWWWWLWWLTWLTLLLWLLLWLLLLTL

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 10 Gutierrez A: 7 Russell SHT: 57 Gutierrez SOG: 26 Gutierrez FC: 48 Gutierrez FS: 46 Gutierrez OF: 11 Nemeth C: 8 Gutierrez E: 2 Espinoza DYNAMO G: 11 Manotas A: 8 Elis SHT: 77 Manotas SOG: 27 Elis FC: 41 Garcia FS: 49 Elis OF: 12 Rodriguez C: 6 Elis/Vera E: 1 4 players tied

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 27 6 12 4 3 2 40 1.48 HOU 27 7 8 8 2 2 38 1.41 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 27 5 8 9 2 3 45 1.67 HOU 27 2 13 6 3 3 48 1.78 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 40 4 5 7 6 8 10 HOU 38 6 4 6 7 8 7 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 45 3 6 7 10 8 11 HOU 48 2 9 9 8 8 12

2019 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (9-11-7, 34 pts.) UNF 21 7 9 10 13 6 19 12 30 30 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 F M M 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 Erik Hurtado Gerso Fernandes Benny Feilhaber (KC) Benny Feilhaber (TOT) 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 26 22 19 20 17 26 6 18 15 24 8 21 14 10 6 9 12 22 2 1 13 17 21 9 3 21 1 26

GS 25 18 15 12 7 22 4 17 11 18 7 20 7 9 2 7 8 21 1 1 10 16 11 5 2 20 1 26

MIN 2198 1640 1317 1091 632 2046 427 1392 954 1574 612 1811 690 708 129 635 708 1911 164 90 964 1389 1118 436 199 1730 27 2340

27 27

2430 2430

G 10 8 7 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 45 40

A 2 7 2 2 0 5 0 5 2 4 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 57 48 45 24 15 17 9 30 18 27 5 29 20 12 7 2 3 10 2 0 3 5 36 3 0 2 0 0

SOG 26 19 17 12 8 4 5 12 3 5 3 5 4 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 2 0 0 0 0

50 34

344 399

134 138

FC 48 15 24 17 10 20 13 29 16 31 5 17 14 23 1 3 3 22 3 0 7 21 14 6 3 9 1 0

FS 46 33 21 16 13 14 5 38 12 32 3 29 11 17 0 5 7 11 0 0 5 6 18 1 1 7 1 2

OFF 0 5 11 8 0 2 4 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

CK 34 83 0 2 5 0 0 4 14 22 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 1 3 3 6 0 4 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

338 341 341 338

61 44

116 148

64 58

6 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Erik Hurtado 2, Ilie Sanchez 1, Yohan Croizet 1, Johnny Russell 1, Graham Smith 1, Krisztian Nemeth 1, Felipe Gutierrez 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Gerso Fernandes 3, Felipe Gutierrez 2, Ilie Sanchez 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Kelyn Rowe 1, Yohan Croizet 1, Johnny Russell 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 26 1 27 27

GS 26 1 27 27

MIN SHTS 2340 130 90 4 2430 134 2430 138

SV 84 3 87 95

GA 44 1 45 40

GAA 1.69 1 1.67 1.48

PG 0 1 1 6

PA 2 1 3 9

W L 9 11 0 0 9 11 11 9

T 6 1 7 7

SO 5 0 5 6

2019 HOUSTON DYNAMO STATISTICS (9-14-4, 31 pts.) UNF 9 17 8 10 11 31 13 13 24 5 3 15 20 2 27 7 22 12 23 18 16 6 14 19 12 12 21 1

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

PLAYER Mauro Manotas Alberth Elis Memo Rodriguez Tomas Martinez Tommy McNamara Romell Quioto Christian Ramirez (HOU) Christian Ramirez (TOT) Darwin Ceren Juan David Cabezas Adam Lundkvist Maynor Figueroa A.J. DeLaGarza Alejandro Fuenmayor Boniek Garcia DaMarcus Beasley Matias Vera Chris Duvall Joe Willis Jose Bizama Kevin Garcia Kiki Struna Marlon Hairston Michael Salazar Niko Hansen (HOU) Niko Hansen (TOT) Ronaldo Pena Tyler Deric Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 26 20 19 26 26 18 3 20 10 14 21 20 22 5 25 8 24 1 22 2 10 24 12 7 1 10 3 5

GS 22 18 14 25 10 8 1 14 4 5 19 20 22 5 23 8 24 1 22 2 7 24 5 1 0 2 2 5

MIN 2070 1509 1166 1894 1103 794 141 1097 434 512 1757 1799 1926 429 1993 673 2099 90 1980 173 701 2160 412 153 7 253 150 450

27 27

2430 2430

G 11 7 6 4 2 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 48 38

A 6 8 4 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 77 63 38 48 11 27 8 35 3 3 4 19 8 3 13 3 19 0 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 0 1 0

SOG 25 27 16 10 4 12 4 17 2 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0

42 38

400 360

133 114

FC 14 32 14 39 10 7 0 5 10 16 25 14 23 8 41 6 37 0 0 4 10 19 1 3 0 5 4 0

FS 11 49 27 34 20 16 1 7 9 5 9 23 24 6 31 10 20 2 1 3 3 6 11 1 0 2 4 1

OFF 10 9 12 2 1 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0

CK 0 0 40 13 3 27 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

350 337 337 350

36 50

128 141

45 56

5 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Mauro Manotas 4, Tomas Martinez 2, Tommy McNamara 1, Memo Rodriguez 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Alberth Elis 4, Mauro Manotas 3, Adam Lundkvist 2, Romell Quioto 1, Memo Rodriguez 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Alberth Elis 2-2, Mauro Manotas 1-2, Romell Quioto 1-1 HOUSTON DYNAMO GOALKEEPING UNF 1 23

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tyler Deric Joe Willis Team totals Opponent totals

GP 5 22 27 27

GS 5 22 27 27

MIN SHTS 450 26 1980 107 2430 133 2430 114

SV 13 70 83 76

GA 11 37 48 38

GAA 2.2 1.68 1.78 1.41

PG 0 5 5 4

PA 0 5 5 5

W L 1 4 8 10 9 14 14 9

T 0 4 4 4

SO 0 2 2 7

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 W 1-0

17941 17083

8-11-7 9-11-7

10 9

31 KC: Feilhaber (50) Smith (76); SJ: Wondolowski (25) 34 KC: Hurtado (88);

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)

HOUSTON DYNAMO 2019 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 2 Real Salt Lake 9 Montreal 16 Vancouver

RESULT T 1-1 W 2-1 W 3-2

ATT 16827 12601 13549

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

Sat. Mar. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.

30 at Colorado

W 4-1

11061

3-0-1

Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May June June

13 San Jose 19 at Los Angeles 27 Columbus 4 FC Dallas 11 at Seattle 15 Portland 18 D.C. United 25 at Minnesota 1 Sporting KC 22 at Portland

W L W W L T W L T L

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

14476 21503 15557 16521 39232 13327 15811 19701 15710 25218

4-0-1 4-1-1 5-1-1 6-1-1 6-2-1 6-2-2 7-2-2 7-3-2 7-3-3 7-4-3

Wed. June Sat. June Wed. July

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

15563 17372 19531

7-5-3 7-6-3 8-6-3

L 2-3

26276

8-7-3

Fri. July Wed. July

26 at San Jose 29 at New England 3 New York Red Bulls 6 at FC Cincinnati 12 Los Angeles FC 17 at Atlanta

L 1-3 L 0-5

17219 42557

8-8-3 8-9-3

7 8

Sat. July

20 at Toronto FC

W 3-1

25949

9-9-3

Sat. July Sat. Aug. Thu. Aug.

27 Seattle 3 Chicago 8 at New York City FC 11 at Philadelphia 17 Colorado 25 at FC Dallas

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

15138 14250 18113

9-10-3 9-11-3 9-12-3

9 9 9

L 1-2 T 2-2 L 1-5

18550 15458 15452

9-13-3 9-13-4 9-14-4

9 9 10

Sat. July

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

Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep.

Sun. Sep. Sun. Oct.

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 HOU: Manotas (62); RSL: Rusnak (40) 4 4 HOU: Rodriguez (36) Manotas (86); MTL: Taider (34) 2 7 HOU: Rodriguez (15,73) Elis (42); VAN: Montero (35) Bangoura (54) 3 10 HOU: Rodriguez (4) own goal (15,34) Elis (67); COL: Kamara (81) 4 13 HOU: Elis (52) Martinez (60); SJ: Yueill (56) 4 13 HOU: Elis (53); LA: Ibrahimovic (31) Polenta (88) 5 16 HOU: Manotas (3) Martinez (55); 3 19 HOU: Manotas (21,58); DAL: Badji (87) 4 19 SEA: Roldan (5) 4 20 HOU: Manotas (40); POR: Fernandez (77) 3 23 HOU: Rodriguez (67) McNamara (68); DC: Rooney (46) 4 23 MIN: Metanire (20) 4 24 HOU: Elis (69); KC: Croizet (63) 5 24 POR: Loria (39) Valeri (61) Fernandez (63) Ebobisse (75) 5 24 SJ: Qazaishvili (22,75) 7 24 HOU: Ceren (25); NE: Mlinar (51) Bunbury (90) 5 27 HOU: Manotas (39) Martinez (56) Elis (72,94+); 27 HOU: Quioto (79) own goal (81); CIN: Manneh (29) Dally (38) Ulloa (61) 27 HOU: Quioto (3); LFC: Diomande (47+,49) Rossi (88) 27 ATL: Nagbe (27) Vazquez (29) Martinez (60,79) Gressel (88) 30 HOU: McNamara (4) Martinez (23) Manotas (57); TOR: Altidore (75) 30 SEA: Morris (59) 30 CHI: Nikolic (48+) 30 HOU: Cabezas (27) Manotas (77); NYC: Mitrita (16) Castellanos (83,93+) 30 HOU: Ramirez (42); PHI: Przybylko (18) Elliott (78) 31 HOU: Manotas (74,79); COL: Rubio (7,38) 31 HOU: Rodriguez (80); DAL: Ziegler (24) Ferreira (29) Ondrasek (56,64) Barrios (96+)

31 at Sporting KC 11 Minnesota 14 at Vancouver 21 Orlando City SC 25 at Los Angeles FC 29 at Real Salt Lake 6 Los Angeles

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 22 08/22/2019 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 12 08/22/2019 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

MIN

W 1-0

CHI VAN

W 1-0 W 3-0

SEA

W 3-2

W 2-1

LA MIN

L 0-2 W 1-0

NYC

L 1-3

VAN

W 3-0

ATL

L 0-3

LFC

L 1-5

DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)

Goals 2 4 times Assists 2 Alberth Elis 2 Mauro Manotas Shots 7 Alberth Elis 7 Mauro Manotas 7 Alberth Elis Shots on Goal 5 Alberth Elis Fouls Committed 5 Alberth Elis 5 Boniek Garcia Fouls Suffered 5 Tommy McNamara Offside 3 Mauro Manotas Saves 6 Joe Willis 6 Tyler Deric Shots Faced 10 Joe Willis Goals Allowed 5 Tyler Deric 5 Joe Willis

Goals 4 03/30/2019 at 4 07/03/2019 at Assists 4 07/20/2019 at Shots 26 08/17/2019 at Shots on Goal 9 05/15/2019 at Fouls Committed 23 07/03/2019 at Fouls Suffered 20 06/22/2019 at Corner Kicks 12 05/18/2019 at Offside 4 03/09/2019 at 4 03/30/2019 at 4 08/08/2019 at Saves 6 06/22/2019 at 6 08/08/2019 at Shots Faced 10 06/22/2019 at Goals Allowed 5 07/17/2019 at 5 08/25/2019 at

03/16/2019 at VAN

W 3-2

03/16/2019 at VAN 04/13/2019 at SJ

W 3-2 W 2-1

07/12/2019 at LFC 07/27/2019 at SEA 08/17/2019 at COL

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

07/12/2019 at LFC

L 1-3

03/16/2019 at VAN 07/03/2019 at NYR

W 3-2 W 4-0

07/06/2019 at CIN

L 2-3

03/30/2019 at COL

W 4-1

06/22/2019 at POR 08/08/2019 at NYC

L 0-4 L 2-3

06/22/2019 at POR

L 0-4

07/17/2019 at ATL 08/25/2019 at DAL

L 0-5 L 1-5

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019) 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

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)

COL NYR

W 4-1 W 4-0

TOR

W 3-1

COL

T 2-2

POR

T 1-1

NYR

W 4-0

POR

L 0-4

W 2-1

MTL COL NYC

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

POR NYC

L 0-4 L 2-3

POR

L 0-4

ATL DAL

L 0-5 L 1-5

Shots 5 07/17/2019 at Shots on Goal 1 03/02/2019 at 1 05/11/2019 at 1 06/22/2019 at 1 06/26/2019 at 1 07/17/2019 at Fouls Committed 7 04/27/2019 at 7 05/15/2019 at 7 07/17/2019 at 7 07/20/2019 at 7 08/11/2019 at Fouls Suffered 5 07/20/2019 at Corner Kicks 1 07/20/2019 at Offside 0 05/18/2019 at 0 06/26/2019 at 0 07/20/2019 at Saves 0 03/09/2019 at 0 06/01/2019 at 0 07/27/2019 at 0 08/11/2019 at Shots Faced 1 03/09/2019 at 1 06/01/2019 at 1 07/27/2019 at

ATL

L 0-5

RSL SEA POR SJ ATL

T L L L L

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

CLB POR ATL TOR PHI

W T L W L

2-0 1-1 0-5 3-1 1-2

TOR

W 3-1

TOR

W 3-1

DC SJ TOR

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

MTL KC SEA PHI

W T L L

MTL KC SEA

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

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

2019 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (0-0-1) UNF 10 6 30 8 29 15 9 21 14 20 13 16 4 2

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

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

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

90 90 29 15 90 90 90 90 90 75 61 61 29 90 90 90

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

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5

1 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 13 13

2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 13 13

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 6

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

Yohan Croizet Ilie Sanchez Benny Feilhaber Graham Zusi Tim Melia Seth Sinovic Krisztian Nemeth Felipe Gutierrez Nicolas Hasler Daniel Salloi Gianluca Busio Graham Smith Andreu Fontas Botond Barath Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

5 5 1

GAA

O'TIME

3 3 0

1 1 1

1.00 1.00 1.00

0 0 0

1 1 1

0 0 0

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

2019 HOUSTON DYNAMO VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-0-1) UNF 17 15 20 27 23 11 14 8 9 31 10 3 6 22

POS F D D M G M M M F F M D D 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 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

90 90 90 90 90 13 3 16 87 74 77 90 90 90 90 90

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

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 15 5

1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1

3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 13 13

3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 13 13

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 6 0

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

Alberth Elis Maynor Figueroa A.J. DeLaGarza Boniek Garcia Joe Willis Tommy McNamara Marlon Hairston Memo Rodriguez Mauro Manotas Romell Quioto Tomas Martinez Adam Lundkvist Kiki Struna Matias Vera Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 23

POS G

GOALKEEPER Joe Willis Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

1 1 5

GAA

O'TIME

0 0 3

1 1 1

1.00 1.00 1.00

0 0 0

1 1 1

0 0 0

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

DYNAMO VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Dynamo

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 7 wins, 36 goals Dynamo 10 wins, 41 goals 13 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 8/1/2015 9/23/2015 5/7/2016 9/9/2016 8/26/2017 10/11/2017 10/15/2017 10/26/2017 6/23/2018 8/4/2018 6/1/2019

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

(2OT)

(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) (SP) (HB) (HB) (SP) (HB) (HB) (SP) (HB) (SP) (HB) (HB)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 19 145 60 200 46 77

2 22 174 65 186 43 69

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 41 319 125 386 89 146

1 11 171 58 188 25 75

2 25 226 79 216 29 93

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 36 397 137 404 54 168

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: HOU KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

4 4

8 2

4 4

9 3

9 11

7 12

0 0

41 36

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes

vs. HOU

6-6-11

(1.21 pts./game)

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

5 5 38 17 26 26 3 3 4 23 11

Sporting KC Dom Dwyer Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Hartman/Melia Jimmy Nielsen

Dynamo Brad Davis Brad Davis Brad Davis Brad Davis Ricardo Clark Brad Davis Pat Onstad 3 times Onstad/Deric Tally Hall Pat Onstad

5 9 36 16 27 39 4 2 3 31 10

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

2 2 10 5 6 6

Shutouts Saves

Sporting KC Bunbury/Feilhaber 4 players tied Feilhaber/Sapong Dom Dwyer (09/09/16) Hirsig/Dia Feilhaber/Dwyer

1 8 players tied 7 Kevin Hartman (09/07/08) 4 Luis Marin (04/25/15)

Goals Allowed

Dynamo 4 players tied 5 players tied Brian Ching (04/08/06) 7 players tied 13 players tied Ricardo Clark (05/12/13) 1 9 players tied 7 3 players tied 2 2 8 3 4 6

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)

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

4 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ws

(05/26/2019) (08/22/2019) (08/17/2019)

6-1-1 3-4-1 0-9-2

2 Ws (07/03/2019) 4 Ls (07/12/2019) 1 Ls (08/25/2019)

1-9-3 8-2-4

1 Ws 1 Ws

(08/17/2019) 2-12-3 (08/22/2019) 7-2-1

1 Ls (08/25/2019) 1 Ws (07/20/2019)

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

8 Ls 1 Ws 1 Ws 7 Ws 1 Ts

(06/30/2018) (08/22/2019) (08/17/2019) (03/17/2018) (04/27/2019)

0-7-0 0-5-3 5-2-1 2-0-0 2-0-0

7 4 1 8 5

Ls Ls Ts Ws Ws

(05/11/2019) (06/29/2019) (08/17/2019) (05/05/2018) (03/03/2018)

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

11 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ls 5 Ls 1 Ls

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

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

2 2 1 6 6

Ws Ls Ts Ls Ls

(04/27/2019) (07/27/2019) (08/17/2019) (06/23/2018) (09/01/2018)

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. DYNAMO (7-10-13) PLAYER

MIN

Dom Dwyer Kei Kamara Teal Bunbury Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Aurelien Collin CJ Sapong Josh Wolff Jose Burciaga Jr. Roger Espinoza Daniel Salloi Sasha Victorine Jacob Peterson Davy Arnaud Jimmy Conrad Yohan Croizet Zoltan Hercegfalvi Eddie Johnson Jimmy Medranda Krisztian Nemeth Soony Saad Khiry Shelton Ryan Smith Graham Zusi Michael Harrington Johnny Russell Saad Abdul-Salaam Claudio Bieler Gianluca Busio Marcel de Jong Claudio Lopez Craig Rocastle Ilie Sanchez Julio Cesar Scott Sealy Seth Sinovic Alex Zotinca Team totals Opponent totals

8 10 7 9 5 7 8 7 3 15 5 4 10 10 7 3 1 3 3 3 4 1 2 16 11 1 4 2 2 2 4 2 5 2 4 15 2 30 30

8 7 2 8 1 7 6 6 3 15 5 4 5 7 7 3 0 3 2 3 2 0 2 14 10 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 5 2 3 14 1 30 30

704 637 230 682 164 630 566 525 270 1286 435 342 534 653 630 236 28 270 208 270 180 14 162 1284 850 90 204 177 151 117 360 130 450 180 224 1272 98 2700 2700

5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 41

0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 36 44

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

38 32 8 18 7 8 15 11 4 21 12 5 8 10 3 7 2 7 6 6 4 1 2 29 3 3 2 6 4 1 11 1 3 0 3 10 2 397 319

1 2 10 6 6 2 1 1 1 30 30

90 180 900 540 540 180 90 90 90 2700 2700

3 6 30 30 31 13 5 3 4 125 137

3 5 17 23 23 8 2 0 0 81 96

0.00 1.00 1.10 1.17 1.17 2.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 1.37 1.20

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

Eric Kronberg Andrew Dykstra Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Tim Melia Bo Oshoniyi Alec Kann Jon Kempin Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

DYNAMO CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (10-7-13) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Brad Davis Giles Barnes Will Bruin Mauro Manotas Luis Angel Landin Calen Carr Brian Ching Ricardo Clark Nate Jaqua Raul Rodriguez Kei Kamara Dominic Oduro Tomas Martinez Brian Mullan Adrian Serioux Cam Weaver Samuel Appiah Alex Alberth Elis David Horst Patrick Ianni Joseph Ngwenya Eddie Robinson Andrew Wenger Boniek Garcia DaMarcus Beasley Mike Chabala Stuart Holden Corey Ashe Dwayne De Rosario A.J. DeLaGarza Maynor Figueroa Kevin Goldthwaite Andre Hainault Cristian Maidana Alejandro Moreno Romell Quioto Nathan Sturgis Erick Torres Craig Waibel Collen Warner Team totals Opponent totals

21 9 13 6 2 1 9 18 1 4 2 4 5 9 4 4 1 6 4 6 2 3 6 3 11 7 5 5 16 5 3 1 1 8 2 2 4 2 5 3 1 30 30

20 8 11 5 2 1 5 18 1 4 2 3 5 9 2 2 0 4 4 5 2 2 5 3 11 7 4 3 13 4 3 1 1 7 2 2 3 2 2 3 1 30 30

1617 697 884 429 134 90 453 1607 83 360 180 267 349 786 206 131 19 336 350 380 180 171 459 270 970 592 405 314 1167 361 270 90 90 646 155 169 261 170 213 270 83 2700 2700

5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 36

9 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 44 36

36 19 24 14 3 3 15 16 4 3 9 6 5 8 2 2 2 4 15 3 1 2 2 4 5 1 0 4 5 9 1 1 3 1 3 3 14 1 1 2 0 319 397

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

2 9 8 8 4 30 30

MIN SHTS 180 800 640 720 360 2700 2700

6 41 33 33 24 137 125

GAA

5 31 24 20 16 96 81

0.50 1.01 1.12 1.25 2.00 1.20 1.37

0 1 2 0 0 3 0

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. DYNAMO (7-10-13)

CURRENT DYNAMO VS. SPORTING KC (10-7-13)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Benny Feilhaber Roger Espinoza Daniel Salloi Yohan Croizet Jimmy Medranda Krisztian Nemeth Graham Zusi Johnny Russell Gianluca Busio Erik Hurtado Ilie Sanchez Seth Sinovic Botond Barath Matt Besler Gerso Fernandes Andreu Fontas Felipe Gutierrez Nicolas Hasler Jaylin Lindsey Tim Melia Graham Smith Rodney Wallace Team totals Opponent totals

15 15 5 3 3 3 16 1 2 3 5 16 1 17 3 1 2 2 1 7 2 8 30 30

14 15 5 3 2 3 14 1 2 1 5 14 1 17 3 0 2 2 1 7 2 7 30 30

1204 1286 435 236 208 270 1284 90 151 98 450 1273 90 1516 239 29 180 155 90 607 151 592 2700 2700

2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 41

4 2 2 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 44

19 21 12 7 6 6 29 3 4 1 3 10 0 4 7 0 2 2 0 0 1 11 397 319

Mauro Manotas Maynor Figueroa Christian Ramirez DaMarcus Beasley Tomas Martinez Alberth Elis Marlon Hairston Boniek Garcia A.J. DeLaGarza Romell Quioto Juan David Cabezas Darwin Ceren Tyler Deric Alejandro Fuenmayor Adam Lundkvist Tommy McNamara Ronaldo Pena Memo Rodriguez Michael Salazar Kiki Struna Matias Vera Joe Willis Team totals Opponent totals

6 9 8 16 5 4 7 11 15 4 1 4 8 2 3 4 1 2 2 1 1 5 30 30

5 9 7 14 5 4 4 11 15 3 1 4 7 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 30 30

429 810 580 1232 349 350 389 970 1326 261 90 355 640 104 270 154 18 17 3 90 90 450 2700 2700

3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 36

0 1 1 4 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 36

14 6 17 11 5 15 5 5 1 14 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 319 397

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

7 30 30

607 2700 2700

35 125 137

24 1.48 81 1.37 96 1.20

0 0 3

24 19 96 81

1.12 1.80 1.20 1.37

2 0 3 0

GOALKEEPER

Tyler Deric Joe Willis Team totals Opponent totals

8 5 30 30

MIN SHTS 640 450 2700 2700

33 28 137 125

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO

2019 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Saturday, August 31, 2019 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 28 Sporting Kansas City 9-11-7, 34 points (6-5-3 home; 3-6-4 away) 9th in MLS Western Conference Houston Dynamo 9-14-4, 31 points (7-3-4 home; 2-11-0 away) 10th in MLS Western Conference

9-11-7 (34 pts.) 27 9th in West 40 1.48 34 45 1.67 -5 399 (138) 34.6% 341 338 58 4

English TV: FOX Sports KC Plus English Radio: ESPN 94.5 FM Spanish Radio: ESPN Deportes 1480 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:

Alan Kelly Michael Barwegen Ian McKay Lukasz Szpala Edvin Jurisevic

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

HOUSTON DYNAMO

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

9-14-4 (31 pts.) 27 10th in West 38 1.41 38 48 1.78 -10 360 (114) 31.7% 337 350 56 4

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 Erik Hurtado Gerso Fernandes Felipe Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Roger Espinoza

10 GOALS 7 ASSISTS 57 SHOTS 26 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 48 FOULS COMMITTED 46 FOULS SUFFERED 8 CAUTIONS 2 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 2340 Tim Melia 1.69 Tim Melia 9 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia 84

2019 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

HOUSTON DYNAMO

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

11 8 77 27 4 4 41 49 6 1

Mauro Manotas Alberth Elis Mauro Manotas Alberth Elis Mauro Manotas Alberth Elis Boniek Garcia Alberth Elis Elis, Vera Four Players

1980 Joe Willis 1.68 Joe Willis 8 Joe Willis 2 Joe Willis 70 Joe Willis

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

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

Pts 48 48 47 41 39 38 37 34 34 33 30 18

W L T 15 9 3 14 8 6 13 5 8 12 11 5 10 10 9 10 9 8 10 10 7 10 14 4 9 12 7 8 12 9 8 15 6 5 19 3

GD +16 +10 +15 +5 -2 -6 -1 -12 -1 +1 -11 -37

GP 27 28 26 28 29 27 27 28 28 29 29 27

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

Pts 62 43 43 42 42 41 40 37 34 31 27 27

W L T 19 3 5 13 10 4 12 8 7 13 11 3 12 9 6 12 10 5 11 10 7 11 11 4 9 11 7 9 14 4 7 14 6 6 13 9

GD +46 +6 +2 -3 +7 +2 +7 +2 -5 -10 -11 -20

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

PETER VERMES 11th season 142-110-89 11th season (.547) 142-110-89 (.547)

DAVY ARNAUD

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

1st season 0-1-1 (.250) 1st season 0-1-1 (.250)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, August 29 QUESTIONABLE: • None OUT: • Rodney Wallace (Hip Injury) • Adrian Zendejas (Back Injury)

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#SKCvHOU: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City is set to conclude the side’s three-game homestand this weekend when the club plays host to the Houston Dynamo at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night. It’s the second meeting between the two sides this season, with Houston holding a 10-7-13 lead in the MLS regular-season series. Earlier this year, Sporting KC claimed a 1-1 draw at BBVA Compass Stadium on June 1 after Yohan Croizet and Alberth Elis exchanged second-half goals. Last season, Sporting KC won both MLS matches but fell to defeat to Houston in the U.S. Open Cup. In the first meeting, Sportiang erased a 2-0 halftime deficit with second-half goals from Daniel Salloi, Diego Rubio and Khiry Shelton to take all three points at Children’s Mercy Park on June 23, 2018. In the Open Cup clash on July 18, Sporting KC fell to a 4-2 defeat despite taking an early lead through Johnny Russell. Two goals apiece from Romell Quioto and Mauro Manotas put Houston in a commanding lead prior to Croizet’s consolation goal. The final clash came at BBVA Compass Stadium on Aug. 4, as Sporting left with all three points following Rubio’s goal off a stunning assist from Gianluca Busio on his first MLS start. #SKCvHOU: Recent Meetings (HOU leads 10-7-13 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Notes • Sporting sit six points below the seventh and final Western Conference playoff spot with seven matches remaining. • Sporting have won consecutive MLS matches for the second time this season and are looking for their first three-game winning streak of the year. • Sporting have gone 13 straight matches in all competitions without tying an opponent (six 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

06/01/2019 08/04/2018 06/23/2018 10/15/2017 10/11/2017

Score

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

Sporting KC Player Notes • 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 third in MLS with 49 tackles won. • 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. • 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. • Forward Johnny Russell is one of four players with 18 goals and 18 assists in MLS competition since the start of 2018 (including playoffs).

Result Details T W W T L

Croizet opens scoring before Elis equalizes in second half Rubio scores late goal off stunning Busio assist Salloi, Rubio and Shelton score in comeback victory Sporting KC takes 27 shots but is unable to break through Medranda opens scoring before Martinez and EPB own goal

Houston Dynamo Team Notes • Houston has won just two league matches since May 20, tied for the fewest in MLS. The Dynamo started the season 7-2-2 but have gone 2-12-2 since then. • Houston is winless in six straight matches (0-5-1) since defeating Toronto 3-1 on July 20. • Houston’s two clean sheets this season are tied for the fewest in MLS. • Houston is 4-21-5 away from home since the start of 2018, posting just two shutouts in that 30-game stretch. • Houston is 2-11-0 on the road this season, scoring 15 goals and conceding 32.

#SKCvHOU: PLAYER HISTORY • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber leads the team with two goals and four assists against the Houston Dynamo. He had two assists in the 2014 season, before tallying twice in a 2-2 road draw on April 25, 2015. He added a further assist in 2015 and another in 2016. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has one goal and two assists against the Dynamo, with a goal and an assist coming in 2016 and a further assist in 2011. • Forward Daniel Salloi also has one goal and two assists against the Dynamo, with all three coming in the 3-2 comeback home victory on June 23, 2018. • Midfielder Jimmy Medranda has one goal against Houston, netting the opener in a 2-1 road defeat on Oct. 11, 2017. • Forward Krisztian Nemeth has one goal against the Dynamo, coming in a 4-4 road draw on April 25, 2015. • Midfielder Yohan Croizet has scored once against Houston, coming in the 1-1 road draw on June 1, 2019. • Defender Graham Zusi has five assists against the Houston Dynamo, including an assist on the game-winner in the last meeting - a 1-0 road win on Aug. 4, 2018. He registered two others in 2011, one in 2012 and one in 2015. • Forward Johnny Russell has two assists against Houston, both coming in the 3-2 home victory on June 23, 2018. • Midfielder Gianluca Busio has one assist against Houston, marking his first MLS start with the assist on the game-winner in the 1-0 road victory on Aug. 4, 2018. • Defender Seth Sinovic has one assist against Houston, setting up Aurelien Collin’s game-winner on May 12, 2013. He also has one goal in the postseason vs. Houston, serving as the game-winner in a 1-0 home win on Nov. 7, 2012. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez has one assist versus the Dynamo, coming in the 1-1 road draw on June 1, 2019. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 2-3-2 all-time against the Houston Dynamo, posting a 1.48 goals against average and one shutout - coming in the 1-0 road win on Aug. 4, 2018. • Forward Erik Hurtado has one assist against Houston, coming as a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2013.

Houston Dynamo Player Notes • Forward Mauro Manotas leads Houston with 11 goals and places second on the team with six assists. • Forward Alberth Elis leads Houston with eight assists and places second on the team with seven goals. He also ranks seventh in MLS with 138 touches in the opponent’s box and 11th with 109 dribbles attempted.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez is 34 minutes shy of reaching 10,000 minutes in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Winger Gerso Fernandes is one appearance shy of reaching 100 in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is two starts shy of 250 in all competitions for the club.

#SKCvHOU: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Defenders Graham Zusi and Matt Besler, along with midfielder Benny Feilhaber played alongside Houston’s Damarcus Beasley on the U.S. National Team. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has been teammates with Houston’s Alberth Elis, Oscar Boniek Garcia, Maynor Figueroa and Romell Quioto on the Honduras National Team in the past. Espinoza also played with Figueroa at Wigan Athletic in 2013. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia played at Chivas USA from 2013-2014 alongisde Houston’s Tommy MacNamara. • Defender Graham Zusi was college teammates with Houston’s A.J. DeLaGarza at the University of Maryland from 2005-2008. • Defender Rodney Wallace played with Houston’s Tommy MacNamara at New York City FC from 2017-2018. • Houston interim head coach Davy Arnaud played for Sporting KC from 20022011, making 273 appearances in all competitions for the club, recording 52 goals and 40 assists.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

HURTADO BAGS LATE WINNER AGAINST LOONS

Sporting Kansas City is set to conclude their three-game homestand this weekend when the side hosts the Houston Dynamo at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturdya night. After topping San Jose 2-1 on Aug. 17 and Minnesota United FC 1-0 on Aug. 22, Sporting is looking to take maximum points in the homestand and stay alive in the Western Conference playoff picture.

Sporting Kansas City claimed all three points last Thursday night with a narrow 1-0 victory over Minnesota United FC at Children’s Mercy Park, with Erik Hurtado bagging an 88th-minute game-winner. After Ilie had found Johnny Russell in space, the Scotsman played a perfectly-weighted ball into the path of Hurtado who took the ball around Vito Mannone before slotting into an empty net.

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 held by FC Dallas on 40 points. Sporting has 21 points up for grabs in their final seven games of the regular season three at home, and four on the road.

After not scoring a single game-winning goal beyond the 75th minute all season long in MLS play, Sporting has now found late winners in back-to-back games. Hurtado’s late strike comes on the back of Graham Smith’s 76th-minute winner against San Jose on Aug. 17 with his first career goal. Hurtado’s goal was also tied for the sixth-latest game-winning goal in Children’s Mercy Park history. The latest regular-season game-winners at CMP were Krisztian Nemeth’s vs. Philadelphia Union and Paulo Nagamura vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC in 2015, both coming in the 94th minute.

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.

Hurtado, who missed the opening half of the season through injury, now has two goals in four MLS starts for the club - both serving as game-winners against Seattle Sounders FC on Aug. 4 and Minnesota on Aug. 22. Prior to joining Sporting KC, Hurtado had just one game-winner in MLS play all-time for Vancouver - ironically coming at Children’s Mercy Park in a 1-0 Whitecaps win on Sept. 30, 2017.

Sporting trails Houston in the all-time regular-season series 7-10-13, but has gone an unbeaten 2-0-2 in their last four meetings since late 2017.

FACING OFF AGAINST AN OLD FRIEND

DEALING WITH THE DYNAMO

When Sporting Kansas City takes this field this Saturday night to take on the Houston Dynamo at Children’s Mercy Park, several players and Manager Peter Vermes will see a familiar face in the opposing dugout. With the dismissal of Wilmer Cabrera two weeks ago by the Dynamo, his assistant - former Sporting midfielder Davy Arnaud - took the reins on an interim basis for his first-ever head coaching job.

Sporting Kansas City is set to wrap up a three-game homestand this weekend when the side hosts the Houston Dynamo at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night. Sporting is riding a two-game winning streak but still sits six points outside of the seventh and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Sporting traveled to take on Houston on June 1 this year, playing to a 1-1 draw. Yohan Croizet gave the visitors the lead in the second half with a well-taken lob over Joe Willis, only for Alberth Elis to volley home and equalizer shortly afterwards.

Arnaud was a stalwart for the Kansas City Wizards and Sporting KC from 2002-2011, making 273 appearances in all competitions (255 in MLS play), recording 52 goals and 40 assists from the midfield. Arnaud was a key member of the 2004 side that won the club’s first-ever Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup - leading the team with three goals in the tournament.

In 2018, Sporting swept the season series in the regular season, picking up a comefrom-behind 3-2 victory at home on June 23 behind second-half goals from Daniel Salloi, Diego Rubio and Khiry Shelton, before picking up a 1-0 win on the road on Aug. 4 as Gianluca Busio set up Rubio’s only goal of the game on his first professional start.

Arnaud also led Sporting to MLS Cup in 2004 before the side fell to D.C. United 3-2 in the showpiece event. Arnaud scored both goals in a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy in the Western Conference Final that season to send the team to its second MLS Cup.

Sporting did however fall to the Dynamo in the U.S. Open Cup in 2018, as goals from Johnny Russell and Croizet couldn’t prevent the side from suffering a 4-2 defeat in the Quarterfinals as Houston went on to lift the trophy. Sporting trails the Dynamo 7-10-13 in all-time regular season meetings, though Peter Vermes’ side has posted a 2-0-2 mark in their last four matches dating back to Oct. 15, 2017.

RUSSELL CONTINUES EXCELLENT MLS CAREER

With his assist on Erik Hurtado’s game-winning goal in the 1-0 win over Minnesota United FC at Children’s Mercy Park last Thursday, Sporting KC forward Johnny Russell recorded his second assist in as many games to take his season tally up to seven, to go along with eight goals, in the regular season.

SIX SPORTING PLAYERS SET TO REPRESENT THIER COUNTRY

Over the past week or so, six Sporting Kansas City players have been called up to represent their national teams in the upcoming FIFA window. Felipe Gutierrez (Chile), Johnny Russell (Scotland), Botond Barath and Krisztian Nemeth (Hungary), Nico Hasler (Liechtenstein) and Gianluca Busio (U.S. U-17s) will all be heading off to join their respective teams following Saturday’s game against the Houston Dynamo and will miss the trip to Portland on Sept. 7.

Since joining Sporting, Russell has now recorded 18 goals and 18 assists in MLS action (including playoffs), which puts him among the MLS elite over the last two seasons. Since the start of 2018, only four players have produced at least 18 goals and 18 assists, as Russell is only bettered by presumptive 2019 MLS MVP Carlos Vela (40 G, 29 A), Portland playmaker Diego Valeri (20 G, 29 A) and Minnesota livewire Darwin Quintero (19 G, 20 A).

Gutierrez was named to a 24-man roster as La Roja prepare to face South American powerhouse Argentina on Sept. 5 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles before visiting Honduras at on Sept. 10 at Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula. Gutierrez has 35 caps for his country since 2010.

In all competitions, Russell has now tallied 20 goals and 22 assists for Sporting Kansas City, becoming a fan favorite at Children’s Mercy Park since joining from English Championship side Derby County in late January 2018 - a run of form that has also revived the Scotsman’s national team career having earned eight of his 12 caps for Scotland since joining Sporting KC - his first since 2015.

Russell and Scotland will resume their UEFA Euro 2020 Qualification campaign in Group I play against Russia on Sept. 6, before hosting world No. 1-ranked Belgium on Sept. 9. Russell, who scored his first international goal in March this year, has 12 caps for Scotland.

MELIA ONE SHUTOUT AWAY FROM TYING RECORD

After posting his fifth shutout of the 2019 season with a five-save performance during last Thursday’s tight 1-0 victory over Minnesota United FC at Children’s Mercy Park, Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia is now closing in on the club’s all-time record for clean sheets.

Barath, Nemeth and the Magyars will also be in Euro 2020 Qualifying action as the side first travels to face Montenegro in a friendly on Sept. 5 before resuming their Group E campaign by hosting Slovakia on Sept. 9. Barath has six caps for Hungary, while Nemeth has four goals in 36 appearances for his country.

Melia has now posted 44 shutouts since joining Sporting KC in 2015, trailing legendary goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen by one atop the club’s all-time standings in MLS regularseason play. Melia is already the club’s winningest goalkeeper with 61 regular-season wins, while he’s also posted the most draws (24) and is tied for most losses (45). Melia is the club’s all-time goalkeeping leader in games played (141) and minutes (12,659) as well.

Just like several of his Sporting teammates, Hasler and Liechtenstein will continue their UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifying Group J campaign on Sept. 5, visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina at Bilino Polje Stadium in Zenica before heading south to face Greece at Olympic Stadium in Athens on Sept. 8.

The 33-year-old, who won the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year crown, has now made 164 appearances for the club in all competitions, posting a 1.20 goals against average with 52 shutouts and 73 wins since becoming the club’s undisputed number one goalkeeper midway through the 2015 campaign.

Lastly, Busio will take part in the 4 Nations Tournament in Assen, Netherlands, which will take place Sept. 5-9. The U.S. U-17s will take on Mexico (Sept. 5), hosts Netherlands (Sept. 7) and Denmark (Sept. 9).

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

2026 WORLD CUP HEADING TO NORTH AMERICA

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber officially announced on Aug. 20 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.

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 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.

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.

With the 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 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.

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.

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. 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)

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. 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.

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

Vermes has compiled a 177-131-101 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 20-7-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 142 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks fifth all-time and second among active coaches in MLS, trailing Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley.

VERMES VERBATIM

RECORD-SETTING 2018

See below for comments from Sporting KC Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes following the 1-0 victory over Minnesota United FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Aug. 22.

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.

On the team securing the victory late: “From the opening whistle, I thought that we were relentless in pursuit of the goal. Minnesota is (second) in the standings because they’re a good team. They’re a solid team through and through. They didn’t give too much away, but we were relentless tonight. There’s no doubt that if you look at the overall game…the points are well deserved. It was the relentlessness of the guys in pursuit of that goal. That’s why we scored in the 88th minute, because we weren’t going to be denied. We had too many chances. It was a great weighted pass by Johnny (Russell) and an excellent run by (Erik) Hurtado. He had really good intelligence to see the goalkeeper coming out and get around him. He’s a very powerful guy so for him to make the separation like he did doesn’t surprise me. He did a really good job of finishing the ball. He had both central defenders recovering to the goal as well. It was a good finish.”

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). 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. 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 team’s defensive performance: “First off, I think we were very organized. We were aggressive in the right moments. And we were excellent in the air today, both when balls were played out by their goalkeeper and service from the outside channels into our box. I thought we were very, very good. The other thing is, too, is when (Darwin) Quintero came on, he started to buzz around a little bit and cause a little bit of problem. But we also made a few changes at that moment to get some fresh legs on the field in a couple positions. I would say for about 3, 4, 5 minutes that we lost our rhythm a little bit but then we got back into it. And then the game got spread out. We had good legs at the end of the game to stay compact and also, defensively we were very organize. Our decision making was excellent today.”

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.

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ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. Houston Dynamo: 7-10-13 Home games: 3-4-7 (19 GF, 19 GA) Road games: 4-6-6 (17 GF, 22 GA) Date 04/08/2006 07/15/2006 06/24/2007 09/01/2007 04/12/2008 09/07/2008 07/04/2009 10/04/2009 05/01/2010 09/22/2010 07/16/2011 09/10/2011 07/07/2012 07/18/2012 09/14/2012 05/12/2013 05/26/2013 10/09/2013 06/06/2014 08/29/2014 04/25/2015 08/01/2015 09/23/2015 05/07/2016 09/09/2016 10/11/2017 10/15/2017 06/23/2018 08/04/2018 06/01/2019

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Result Location W Robertson Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium T Robertson Stadium T CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Robertson Stadium L CommunityAmerica Ballpark T Robertson Stadium L Robertson Stadium W CommunityAmerica Ballpark T Robertson Stadium W Livestrong Sporting Park T Livestrong Sporting Park L BBVA Compass Stadium T Livestrong Sporting Park W BBVA Compass Stadium T Sporting Park T BBVA Compass Stadium W BBVA Compass Stadium L Sporting Park T BBVA Compass Stadium T Sporting Park L BBVA Compass Stadium L BBVA Compass Stadium T Children’s Mercy Park L BBVA Compass Stadium T Children’s Mercy Park W Children’s Mercy Park W BBVA Compass Stadium T BBVA Compass Stadium

5 5 38 17 26 26

Dom Dwyer Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi

3 3 4 23 11

Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Hartman, Melia Jimmy Nielsen

HOUSTON DYNAMO

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Brad Davis Brad Davis Brad Davis Brad Davis Ricardo Clark Brad Davis

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Pat Onstad 4 Three Players 2 Deric, Onstad 3 Tally Hall 31 Pat Onstad 10

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 2 10 5 6 6

HOUSTON DYNAMO

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Bunbury, Feilhaber Four Players Feilhaber, Sapong Dom Dwyer (9/9/16) Dia, Hirsig Dwyer, Feilhaber

Four Players Five Players (4/8/06) Brian Ching Seven Players 13 Players (5/12/13) Ricardo Clark

2 2 8 3 4 6

Three Players Deric, Onstad

7 4

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

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

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

1 2 OT 11 25 0 171 226 0 58 79 0 188 216 0 25 29 0 75 92 0

Total 36 397 137 404 54 167

HOUSTON DYNAMO Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 19 22 0 145 174 0 60 65 0 200 186 0 46 43 0 77 69 0

Total 41 319 125 386 89 146

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

KC 4 2 5 3 10 12 0 36 HOU 4 8 7 5 9 8 0 41

145

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,434

TOTAL MLS SELLOUTS in 158 MLS matches played at the stadium (including postseason)

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 158 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 150 MLS regular season, 8 MLS postseason, 19 Open Cup, 10 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 158 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

192

5 9 36 16 27 39

105.2 5

105

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

335

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 192 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | August 31, 2019 vs. Houston Dynamo | 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 31, 2019 vs. Houston Dynamo | 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

1-0

Hurtado

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS