Game Guide: Sporting KC at New York City FC

NEW YORK CITY FC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY YANKEE STADIUM, Bronx, N.Y. 7:30 p.m. ET (YES; FS-KC)

Wednesday, Sept. 6 (Week 27, MLS Game #295)

NEW YORK CITY FC 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Atlanta, GA 24 24 0 0 200 200 0 1 1 Sean Johnson Ben Sweat DF 6-2 175 09/04/1991 Palm Harbor, FL 18 18 1 6 18 18 1 6 2 3 Ethan White DF 6-0 183 01/01/1991 Kensington, MD 20 18 0 2 99 84 1 2 4 Maxime Chanot DF 6-1 172 11/21/1989 Nancy, France 19 19 2 0 25 24 2 0 MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 12 5 0 0 41 21 0 1 5 Mikey Lopez 6 Alexander Callens DF 6-1 180 05/04/1992 Callao, Peru 26 26 2 0 26 26 2 0 FW 5-9 152 12/03/1981 Langreo, Spain 25 24 19 9 88 85 60 21 7 David Villa MF 5-9 159 04/09/1991 Helsinki, Finland 24 24 0 3 24 24 0 3 8 Alexander Ring 9 Sean Okoli FW 6-1 178 02/03/1993 Seattle, WA 14 2 1 0 22 2 1 0 10 Maximiliano Moralez MF 5-3 115 02/27/1987 Granadero Baigorria, Argentina 22 21 4 7 22 21 4 7 FW 5-9 155 11/20/1996 Stoke-on-Trent, England 26 25 8 6 47 42 12 13 11 Jack Harrison 12 John Stertzer MF 6-0 170 10/04/1990 Fairfax, VA 3 0 0 0 51 21 1 1 Frederic Brillant DF 6-3 186 06/26/1985 Sedan, France 15 8 1 1 46 39 2 1 13 Kwame Awuah MF 5-7 160 12/02/1995 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 15 Thomas McNamara MF 5-9 170 02/06/1991 West Nyack, NY 20 12 2 2 75 61 13 14 17 Jonathan Lewis FW 5-7 150 06/04/1997 Plantation, FL 8 3 2 1 8 3 2 1 Khiry Shelton FW 6-3 191 06/26/1993 Carson, CO 7 0 0 0 46 20 5 10 19 21 Andrea Pirlo MF 5-9 150 05/19/1979 Flero, Lombardy, Italy 11 10 0 1 56 54 1 17 Ronald Matarrita DF 5-9 154 07/09/1994 Alajuela, Costa Rica 9 7 0 3 34 30 1 8 22 23 Rodney Wallace FW 5-11 165 06/17/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 19 18 4 5 178 146 23 27 Andre Rawls GK 6-2 182 12/20/1991 San Ramon, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 25 Eirik Johansen GK 6-7 235 07/12/1992 Tonsberg, Norway 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 DF 6-0 177 04/17/1990 Old Bridge, NJ 11 7 0 2 49 39 1 10 27 R.J. Allen 30 Yangel Herrera MF 6-0 170 01/07/1998 La Guaira, Venezuela 14 11 1 2 14 11 1 2 Shannon Gomez DF 5-7 140 10/05/1996 Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 99 Miguel Camargo MF 5-10 163 09/05/1993 Panama City, Panama 8 2 1 0 8 2 1 0 ON LOAN

Jefferson Mena DF 6-0 174 06/15/1989 Apartado, Colombia 16 16 1 0 23 22 1 0 HEAD COACH : Patrick Vieira

06/23/1976 W29 L17 T14

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 5 3 0 0 15 9 0 0 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 21 21 2 0 108 82 11 3 3 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 5 5 0 0 68 58 5 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 21 21 0 3 221 215 3 14 5 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 24 24 0 1 24 24 0 1 FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 24 22 7 1 24 22 7 1 7 Gerso Fernandes 8 Graham Zusi DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 18 17 0 5 212 172 26 53 FW 5-7 140 12/30/1996 Accra, Ghana 17 11 3 0 17 11 3 0 9 Latif Blessing 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23 20 5 3 195 176 34 50 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 7 4 2 1 22 7 3 1 11 Diego Rubio 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 24 24 1 1 177 170 1 8 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 9 7 1 0 61 43 1 7 17 19 Cristian Lobato MF 5-11 160 03/07/1989 Esparreguera, Spain 4 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 Gianluca Busio FW 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 21 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 31 31 0 1 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 11 6 0 1 69 32 8 7 22 23 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cameron Iwasa FW 5-10 175 07/07/1993 Sacramento, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 22 22 1 3 182 162 5 23 GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 25 25 0 0 81 80 0 0 29 Tim Melia 30 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 15 5 2 2 15 5 2 2 Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 39 41 James Musa MF 6-3 170 04/01/1992 Plymouth, England 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Amer Didic DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 77 Tyler Pasher MF 5-11 160 04/27/1994 Elmira, Ontario, Canada 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 14 2 0 1 64 46 0 3 93 Soni Mustivar 94 Jimmy Medranda FW 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 24 17 1 1 65 47 2 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W113 L87 T71

NEW YORK CITY FC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY Wednesday, Sept. 6; Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. ET REFEREES

2017 SEASON RECORDS

NYCFC at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 26 14-7-5 47 48 35 13 9-1-3 30 29 16

REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar.

AR1 (bench): Jeffrey Greeson; AR2 (opposite): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho; 4th: Jose Carlos Rivero; VAR: Robert Sibiga TEAM NEWS

Sporting 25 10-5-10 40 31 19 on road 12 2-5-5 11 6 11

SUSPENDED: NYC: Rodney Wallace (caution accumulation; through Sept. 6) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NYC: Thomas McNamara, David Villa, Alexander Ring ... KC: Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez DISABLED LIST: NYC: Miguel Camargo (season-ending) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: NYC: Alexander Ring (FIN); Yangel Herrera (VEN); David Villa (ESP); Rodney Wallace (CRC) ... KC: Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (USA); Amer Didic (CAN); James Musa (NZL); Soony Saad (LEB)

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: NYCFC 0 wins, 1 goal …

Sporting 2 wins, 4 goals … Ties 0 AT YANKEE STADIUM: NYCFC 0 wins, 0 goals …

Sporting 1 win, 1 goal … Ties 0 LAST YEAR (MLS): 7/10: KC 3, NYC 1 (Feilhaber 8; Medranda 16; Opara 51 -Lampard 14)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES NEW YORK RED BULLS 1 NEW YORK CITY FC 1 Scoring Summary: NYC--Moralez 4 (Villa 9, Allen 2) 56 NYR--Veron 2 (penalty kick) 70

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING NYCFC Sun. Sept. 10 at Columbus Sat. Sept. 9 Portland Sat. Sept. 16 New England Sat. Sept. 16 at Colorado Sun. Sept. 24 Los Angeles Sat. Sept. 23 Houston Sat. Sept. 30 Vancouver Wed. Sept. 27 at Montreal

NEW YORK CITY FC--Sean Johnson, Ethan White (R.J. Allen 30), Frederic Brillant, Alexander Callens, Ben Sweat, Alexander Ring, Mikey Lopez, Rodney Wallace (Thomas McNamara 79), Jack Harrison (Jonathan Lewis 70), David Villa, Maximiliano Moralez.

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

NYCFC

F 48 49

A 35 67

F A 31 19 73 118

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL HOW SCORED

20 20 8 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

18 11 6 0

20 9 2 0

7 6 6 0

22 1 2 3 2 0 0 1

6 6 1 0 2 0 3 1

8 17 6

6 11 2

TYPE OF PLAY

29 6 3 2 4 0 4 0

17 8 3 3 3 1 0 0

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

11 32 5

8 22 5

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 FC DALLAS 0 Scoring Summary: KC--Rubio 2 (Zusi 4) 42 KC--Fernandes 7 (Zusi 5) 92+ SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Benny Feilhaber (Latif Blessing 93+), Cristian Lobato (Gerso Fernandes 68), Diego Rubio, Daniel Salloi (Erik Palmer-Brown 83).

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) NYC KC

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 3-1-1 10-2-3 1-4-1 7-0-1 3-1-6 0-4-3

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 9-1-3 5-6-2 10-0-4 0-5-2

THE LAST TIME

Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.

NEW YORK CITY FC Date Score (Gms since) 8/20/2017 NYC 2, NE 1 8/12/2017 NYC 2, LA 0 4/23/2017 NYC 1, ORL 2 7/30/2017 NYC 0, TOR 4 8/25/2017 NYC 1, NYR 1 8/12/2017 NYC 2, LA 0 7/30/2017 NYC 0, TOR 4

(0) (1) (9) (2) (0) (2) (4)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 8/19/2017 KC 2, DAL 0 (0) 6/24/2017 KC 2, LA 1 (2) 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 (22) 8/12/2017 KC 0, SEA 1 (0) 8/06/2017 KC 1, ATL 1 (2) 8/19/2017 KC 2, DAL 0 (0) 8/12/2017 KC 0, SEA 1 (1)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED NYCFC LWTWLWLWWTLWLTWWWWLTWLWWWT TTWTWWLWWLTWLLWTTWTTTWTLW Sporting KC

TEAM LEADERS NYCFC G: 19 Villa A: 9 Villa SHT: 112 Villa SOG: 44 Villa FC: 48 Ring FS: 60 Moralez OF: 27 Villa C: 9 Ring E: 1 Herrera SPORTING G: 7 Fernandes A: 5 Zusi SHT: 55 Fernandes SOG: 23 Fernandes FC: 35 Dwyer FS: 37 Dwyer OF: 15 Blessing C: 7 Espinoza E: 1 Espinoza

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG NYC 26 2 7 11 5 1 48 1.85 KC 25 9 6 5 5 0 31 1.24 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG NYC 26 5 11 7 2 1 35 1.35 KC 25 10 11 4 0 0 19 0.76 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 NYC 48 5 4 8 9 13 9 KC 31 2 4 5 12 3 5 GOALS ALLOWED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 NYC 35 5 6 6 7 7 4 KC 19 1 5 4 0 2 7

2017 NEW YORK CITY FC STATISTICS (14-7-5, 47 pts.)

UNF 7 11 10 23 15 17 6 4 2 30 13 99 9 8 22 3 27 21 25 12 19 14 5 1

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

PLAYER David Villa Jack Harrison Maximiliano Moralez Rodney Wallace Thomas McNamara Jonathan Lewis Alexander Callens Maxime Chanot Ben Sweat Yangel Herrera Frederic Brillant Miguel Camargo Sean Okoli Alexander Ring Ronald Matarrita Ethan White R.J. Allen Andrea Pirlo Eirik Johansen John Stertzer Khiry Shelton Kwame Awuah Mikey Lopez Sean Johnson Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 25 26 22 19 20 8 26 19 18 14 15 8 14 24 9 20 11 11 2 3 7 3 12 24

GS 24 25 21 18 12 3 26 19 18 11 8 2 2 24 7 18 7 10 2 0 0 0 5 24

MIN 2155 2150 1893 1505 1009 267 2340 1710 1538 936 803 176 315 2154 585 1463 737 771 180 39 152 15 609 2160

26 26

26 26

2340 2340

G 19 8 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 35

A 9 6 7 5 2 1 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 112 43 31 37 17 8 11 16 12 17 6 3 10 20 2 3 5 7 0 0 2 0 2 0

SOG 44 21 13 14 9 5 2 3 2 6 2 1 6 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

50 31

364 322

138 107

FC 26 24 19 39 14 10 20 17 20 38 5 4 9 48 2 24 21 6 0 0 1 0 10 0

FS 57 25 60 15 16 4 27 17 8 31 2 4 3 28 2 9 3 12 1 0 2 0 4 1

OFF 27 4 7 4 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 21 9 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 4 3 5 6 4 0 3 3 2 5 2 1 1 9 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1

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

357 352 352 357

55 50

134 125

61 54

1 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jack Harrison 4, David Villa 3, Rodney Wallace 2, Jonathan Lewis 2, Thomas McNamara 1, Frederic Brillant 1, Alexander Callens 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Ben Sweat 3, Ronald Matarrita 2, Jack Harrison 2, David Villa 2, Rodney Wallace 2, Ethan White 1, Thomas McNamara 1, Yangel Herrera 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: David Villa 4-4, Maximiliano Moralez 0-1 NEW YORK CITY FC GOALKEEPING UNF 1 25

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Sean Johnson Eirik Johansen Team totals Opponent totals

GP 24 2 26 26

GS 24 2 26 26

MIN SHTS 2160 100 180 7 2340 107 2340 138

SV 68 3 71 85

GA 31 4 35 48

GAA 1.29 2 1.35 1.85

PG 3 0 3 4

PA 4 0 4 5

W L 13 6 1 1 14 7 7 14

T 5 0 5 5

SO 5 0 5 2

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2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (10-5-10, 40 pts.)

UNF 7 10 14 14 9 30 11 3 27 94 15 17 8 5 6 93 22 39 19 2 40 41 4 29 77

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

PLAYER Gerso Fernandes Benny Feilhaber Dom Dwyer (KC) Dom Dwyer (TOT) Latif Blessing Daniel Salloi Diego Rubio Ike Opara Roger Espinoza Jimmy Medranda Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Graham Zusi Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Soni Mustivar Soony Saad Cameron Porter Cristian Lobato Erik Palmer-Brown Igor Juliao James Musa Kevin Ellis Tim Melia Tyler Pasher Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 24 23 15 20 17 15 7 21 22 24 24 9 18 21 24 14 11 1 4 5 1 1 5 25 1

GS 22 20 14 18 11 5 4 21 22 17 24 7 17 21 24 2 6 0 2 3 1 1 5 25 1

MIN 1896 1832 1271 1624 973 547 414 1890 1957 1518 2159 632 1575 1890 2160 260 446 21 148 280 45 90 450 2250 45

25 25

25 25

2250 2250

G 7 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 19

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

SHT 55 39 45 53 27 20 11 12 31 38 11 6 21 4 14 0 14 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0

SOG 23 15 22 25 13 9 3 4 6 8 2 3 7 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0

24 22

356 246

124 94

FC 29 27 35 38 22 6 11 12 33 10 13 10 11 16 11 7 7 0 1 0 1 2 4 2 1

FS 34 34 37 51 26 9 13 8 30 16 15 7 12 10 28 4 8 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 0

OFF 6 0 10 15 15 2 2 1 2 3 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 6 79 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17 0 7 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 4 3 5 5 2 0 0 3 7 1 5 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0

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

271 319 319 271

51 65

125 93

44 56

1 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ike Opara 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Gerso Fernandes 2, Latif Blessing 1, Diego Rubio 1, Benny Feilhaber 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Matt Besler 2, Graham Zusi 2, Roger Espinoza 2, Benny Feilhaber 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Jimmy Medranda 1, Daniel Salloi 1, Diego Rubio 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 2-2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 25 25 25

GS 25 25 25

MIN SHTS 2250 94 2250 94 2250 124

SV 74 74 91

GA 19 19 31

GAA 0.76 0.76 1.24

PG 2 2 2

PA 5 5 2

W L T 10 5 10 10 5 10 5 10 10

SO 10 10 9

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NEW YORK CITY FC 2017 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat.

Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.

Sun. May Sun. May Wed. May Sun. May Sun. May Wed. May Sat. June Sat. June Sat. June Thu. June

OPPONENT RESULT 5 at Orlando City L 0-1 SC 12 D.C. United W 4-0 18 Montreal T 1-1 1 San Jose W 2-1 8 at D.C. United L 1-2 14 at Philadelphia W 2-0 23 Orlando City SC L 1-2 29 at Columbus W 3-2

ATT 25527

W-L-T 0-1-0

24259 18515 20066 18855 16553 22470 17336

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

4 5 3 5 1 6 3

W 3-1

25605

5-3-1

3

14 at FC Dallas 17 at Real Salt Lake 21 at Orlando City SC 28 at Atlanta 31 New England

T 1-1 L 1-2

14665 16434

5-3-2 5-4-2

4 5

3 NYC: Wallace (8) Villa (28,75) Moralez (39); 4 NYC: Wallace (44); MTL: Oduro (68) 7 NYC: Harrison (10) McNamara (67); SJ: Urena (6) 7 NYC: Villa (84); DC: Sam (53) Acosta (73) 10 NYC: Harrison (52) Villa (90); 10 NYC: Villa (74); ORL: Larin (31,51) 13 NYC: Harrison (8,76) Herrera (64); CLB: Higuain (29) Kamara (49) 16 NYC: Villa (17) Wallace (60) Moralez (62); ATL: Carmona (39) 17 NYC: McNamara (68); DAL: Acosta (20) 17 NYC: Okoli (4); RSL: Rusnak (38) Maund (51)

W 3-0

25527

6-4-2

3

20 NYC: Villa (14,82) Wallace (35);

L 1-3 T 2-2

44901 20193

6-5-2 6-5-3

3 5

3 Philadelphia 17 Seattle 24 at New York Red Bulls 29 Minnesota

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

21851 25073 25219

7-5-3 8-5-3 9-5-3

2 3 3

20 NYC: Harrison (71); ATL: Almiron (16,23) Villalba (19) 21 NYC: Harrison (16) Camargo (64); NE: Kamara (24) Kouassi (86) 24 NYC: Chanot (80) Callens (85); PHI: Picault (69) 27 NYC: Villa (52,77); SEA: Roldan (40) 30 NYC: Harrison (33) Sweat (65);

W 3-1

21572

10-5-3

3

L 2-3

22120

10-6-3

3

7 Atlanta

POS PTS NOTES: 11 0 ORL: Larin (15)

Wed. July

19 Toronto FC

T 2-2

22011

10-6-4

3

Sat. July Sun. July Sun. Aug.

22 Chicago 30 at Toronto FC 6 New York Red Bulls 12 at Los Angeles 20 New England 25 at New York Red Bulls 6 Sporting KC 9 Portland 16 at Colorado 23 Houston 27 at Montreal 30 at Chicago 15 at New England 22 Columbus

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

26025 29203 33679

11-6-4 11-7-4 12-7-4

3 3 3

33 NYC: Callens (38) Harrison (52) Villa (63); MIN: Ramirez (9) 33 NYC: Chanot (34) Villa (40); VAN: Montero (3) Harvey (54) Reyna (88) 34 NYC: Villa (47+) Moralez (56); TOR: Morgan (11) Vazquez (91+) 37 NYC: Villa (47) Brillant (50); CHI: Accam (54) 37 TOR: Giovinco (32,67) Altidore (75) Edwards (82) 40 NYC: Villa (28,72,76); NYR: Wright-Phillips (41,64)

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

25667 22415 25219

13-7-4 14-7-4 14-7-5

2 2 2

43 NYC: Lewis (54) Villa (73); 46 NYC: Villa (77) Lewis (94+); NE: Bunbury (57) 47 NYC: Moralez (56); NYR: Veron (70)

Wed. July

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

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

5 at Vancouver

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

OPPONENT 4 at D.C. United 11 FC Dallas 18 San Jose 31 at Toronto FC 9 Colorado

Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

Apr. Apr. Apr. May

15 at Portland 22 at FC Dallas 29 Real Salt Lake 3 New York Red Bulls 7 at Minnesota 13 at Orlando City SC 17 Seattle 20 at Vancouver 27 at Colorado 3 Minnesota 10 Montreal 17 at San Jose 24 at Los Angeles 1 Portland 6 Philadelphia 22 at Real Salt Lake 29 Chicago

W L W W

6 Atlanta 12 at Seattle 19 FC Dallas 26 at Houston 6 at New York City FC 10 at Columbus 16 New England 24 Los Angeles 30 Vancouver 7 at Minnesota 11 at Houston 15 Houston 22 at Real Salt Lake

Sun. May Sat. May Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sat.

May May May June June June June July July July

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

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.

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

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

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

ATT 18268 19117 19282 27909 19249

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

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 6 2 5 5 KC: Feilhaber (37) own goal (89); SJ: Jungwirth (91+) 5 6 4 9 KC: Sinovic (6) Fernandes (58) Dwyer (85); COL: Doyle (94+) 2 12 KC: Dwyer (53); 4 12 DAL: Figueroa (77) 2 15 KC: Feilhaber (17) Dwyer (51) Fernandes (95+); 1 18 KC: Dwyer (46,68);

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

21144 15411 18648 18965

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

L 0-2 T 2-2

17709 25527

5-2-3 5-2-4

2 2

18 MIN: Danladi (22) Ramirez (39) 19 KC: Blessing (9,74); ORL: Larin (16) Santos Leite (26)

W L L W T T W T T T

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

20139 21020 17648 20361 20334 18000 20140 20933 19240 19316

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

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

22 KC: Fernandes (56,58,69); 22 VAN: Techera (40) Parker (67) 22 COL: Ford (11) 25 KC: Opara (47+) Medranda (54) Abdul-Salaam (87); 26 KC: Fernandes (24); MTL: Mancosu (82) 27 30 KC: Espinoza (22) Opara (35); LA: Romney (77) 31 KC: Salloi (61); POR: Valeri (26) 32 KC: Rubio (49); PHI: Alberg (69) 33 KC: Feilhaber (59); RSL: Silva (43)

W 3-2

20313

9-4-9

1

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

19481 9-4-10 43530 9-5-10 19869 10-5-10 0 10-5-10

1 3 1 3

36 KC: Salloi (23) Feilhaber (46+) Blessing (51); CHI: own goal (28) Accam (78) 37 KC: Feilhaber (59); ATL: Peterson (91+) 37 SEA: Dempsey (36) 40 KC: Rubio (42) Fernandes (92+); 40

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NEW YORK CITY FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017) Goals 3 David Villa Assists 2 5 times Shots 8 David Villa Shots on Goal 6 David Villa Fouls Committed 5 6 times Fouls Suffered 7 Maximiliano Moralez Offside 4 David Villa 4 David Villa 4 David Villa Saves 6 Sean Johnson Shots Faced 8 Sean Johnson Goals Allowed 4 Sean Johnson

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

08/06/2017 vs NYR

W 3-2

03/12/2017 vs DC

W 4-0

06/03/2017 vs PHI

W 2-1

08/06/2017 vs NYR

W 3-2

03/12/2017 vs DC

W 4-0

07/22/2017 vs CHI

W 2-1

03/05/2017 vs ORL 06/29/2017 vs MIN 08/06/2017 vs NYR

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

07/22/2017 vs CHI

W 2-1

07/22/2017 vs CHI

W 2-1

07/30/2017 vs TOR

L 0-4

Goals 4 03/12/2017 vs Assists 5 05/07/2017 vs Shots 21 06/17/2017 vs Shots on Goal 11 05/07/2017 vs Fouls Committed 22 05/07/2017 vs 22 06/17/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 25 08/06/2017 vs Corner Kicks 12 04/23/2017 vs Offside 8 08/06/2017 vs Saves 6 07/22/2017 vs Shots Faced 8 07/22/2017 vs Goals Allowed 4 07/30/2017 vs

DC

W 4-0

ATL

W 3-1

SEA

W 2-1

ATL

W 3-1

ATL SEA

W 3-1 W 2-1

NYR

W 3-2

ORL

L 1-2

NYR

W 3-2

CHI

W 2-1

CHI

W 2-1

TOR

L 0-4

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

Goals 3 Gerso Fernandes Assists 2 Graham Zusi Shots 7 Benny Feilhaber Shots on Goal 4 Gerso Fernandes Fouls Committed 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Latif Blessing Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Latif Blessing Offside 4 Latif Blessing Saves 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 7 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 2 4 times

Goals 3 04/09/2017 at 3 04/29/2017 at 3 05/17/2017 at 3 06/03/2017 at 3 07/29/2017 at Assists 4 04/09/2017 at Shots 27 06/03/2017 at Shots on Goal 10 06/03/2017 at Fouls Committed 18 03/11/2017 at Fouls Suffered 22 03/04/2017 at 22 04/15/2017 at Corner Kicks 14 07/06/2017 at Offside 6 08/06/2017 at Saves 6 06/10/2017 at Shots Faced 7 05/20/2017 at 7 06/10/2017 at Goals Allowed 2 05/07/2017 at 2 05/13/2017 at 2 05/20/2017 at 2 07/29/2017 at

05/17/2017 at SEA

W 3-0

08/19/2017 at DAL

W 2-0

05/27/2017 at COL

L 0-1

05/17/2017 at SEA

W 3-0

05/03/2017 at NYR 05/27/2017 at COL

W 2-0 L 0-1

03/04/2017 at DC 04/15/2017 at POR 08/06/2017 at ATL

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

08/06/2017 at ATL

T 1-1

06/10/2017 at MTL

T 1-1

05/20/2017 at VAN 06/10/2017 at MTL

L 0-2 T 1-1

05/07/2017 at MIN

L 0-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017) Shots 9 03/12/2017 vs 9 05/28/2017 vs 9 08/25/2017 vs Shots on Goal 1 05/14/2017 vs Fouls Committed 5 04/08/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 7 08/12/2017 vs Corner Kicks 1 07/30/2017 vs Offside 0 03/12/2017 vs 0 06/17/2017 vs 0 07/05/2017 vs 0 08/25/2017 vs Saves 0 03/05/2017 vs 0 05/28/2017 vs Shots Faced 1 03/05/2017 vs 1 06/24/2017 vs

DC ATL NYR

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

DAL

T 1-1

DC

L 1-2

LA

W 2-0

TOR

L 0-4

DC SEA VAN NYR

W W L T

ORL ATL

L 0-1 L 1-3

ORL NYR

L 0-1 W 2-0

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)

COL RSL SEA MIN CHI

W W W W W

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

COL

W 3-1

MIN

W 3-0

MIN

W 3-0

DAL

T 0-0

DC POR

T 0-0 W 1-0

PHI

T 1-1

ATL

T 1-1

MTL

T 1-1

VAN MTL

L 0-2 T 1-1

MIN ORL VAN CHI

L T L W

Shots 7 07/01/2017 at Shots on Goal 1 04/22/2017 at 1 07/01/2017 at Fouls Committed 3 06/10/2017 at Fouls Suffered 6 05/17/2017 at Corner Kicks 0 07/01/2017 at Offside 0 03/31/2017 at 0 04/15/2017 at 0 05/27/2017 at 0 08/19/2017 at Saves 1 06/03/2017 at 1 07/06/2017 at 1 08/06/2017 at Shots Faced 1 06/03/2017 at

POR

T 1-1

DAL POR

L 0-1 T 1-1

MTL

T 1-1

SEA

W 3-0

POR

T 1-1

TOR POR COL DAL

T W L W

MIN PHI ATL

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

MIN

W 3-0

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

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

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

SPORTING KC VS NEW YORK CITY FC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

New York City FC

New York City FC 0 wins, 1 goals Sporting KC 2 wins, 4 goals 0 ties 3/28/2015 7/10/2016

KC 1 at NYC 0 KC 3 vs NYC 1

() (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 1 9 4 11 2 2

2 0 9 3 16 3 2

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC

Tot 1 18 7 27 5 4

1 3 15 7 15 2 4

2 1 13 4 13 1 7

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 4 28 11 28 3 11

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC NYC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

OT

Total

2 1

1 0

0 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

4 1

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Patrick Vieira Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. NYC

0-1-0 2-0-0

(0 pts./game) (3 pts./game)

New York City FC Frank Lampard Pirlo/Matarrita Javier Calle Javier Calle Jason Hernandez David Villa 42 times Josh Saunders 42 times Josh Saunders Josh Saunders

2 1 4 3 3 6 1 0 1 3 1

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

1 1 4 2 4 5 0 2 0 7 4

Sporting KC Ike Opara Matt Besler 3 times Benny Feilhaber 4 times Dom Dwyer Melia/Marin 34 times Luis Marin Melia/Marin Tim Melia

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: New York City FC 1 Frank Lampard (07/10/16) 1 Pirlo/Matarrita 4 Javier Calle (03/28/15) 2 Javier Calle (03/28/15) 3 4 players tied 5 David Villa (07/10/16) None 6 Josh Saunders (07/10/16) 3 Josh Saunders (07/10/16)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

Sporting KC 1 4 players tied 1 Matt Besler (03/28/15) 4 Feilhaber/Rubio 3 Benny Feilhaber (07/10/16) 3 4 players tied 6 Dom Dwyer (03/28/15) 1 Luis Marin (03/28/15) 3 Melia/Marin 1 Tim Melia (07/10/16)

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

Streak (started)

Sporting Kansas City W-L-T

Streak (started)

3-1-1 10-2-3 1-4-1

1 Ls 1 Ts 1 Ls

(07/05/2017) (08/25/2017) (07/30/2017)

7-0-1 3-1-6 0-4-3

3 Ws (06/24/2017) 3 Ts (06/17/2017) 1 Ls (08/12/2017)

5-6-2 9-1-3

1 Ws 1 Ts

(08/20/2017) 0-5-2 (08/25/2017) 10-0-4

1 Ls (08/12/2017) 1 Ws (08/19/2017)

0-2-0 0-4-3 8-1-2 5-0-0 1-0-0

2 Ls 1 Ts 3 Ws 6 Ws 5 Ws

(03/05/2017) (08/25/2017) (07/22/2017) (09/01/2016) (03/06/2016)

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

1 - (08/26/2017) 5 Ts (06/10/2017) 2 Ws (06/24/2017) 5 Ws (04/09/2017) 0 -

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

7 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ws 4 Ls 3 Ls

(08/20/2016) (08/25/2017) (08/06/2017) (09/10/2016) (05/21/2016)

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

1 - (08/26/2017) 1 Ls (08/12/2017) 1 Ws (07/29/2017) 1 Ls (10/01/2016) 0 -

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NEW YORK CITY FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (0-2-0) PLAYER Frank Lampard Ronald Matarrita Andrea Pirlo Team totals Opponent totals

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

1 1 1 2 2

1 1 1 2 2

63 45 90 180 180

1 0 0 1 4

0 1 1 2 1

SHT GOALKEEPER 1 0 0 18 28

Josh Saunders Team totals Opponent totals

GP

MIN

SHT

2 2 2

180 180 180

11 11 7

SV

GAA

PG

7 2.00 7 2.00 6 0.50

0 0 0

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. NEW YORK CITY FC (2-0-0) PLAYER Ike Opara Benny Feilhaber Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Team totals Opponent totals

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

2 2 2 1 2 2

2 2 2 1 2 2

174 180 157 90 180 180

2 1 1 0 4 1

0 0 0 1 1 2

2 4 4 0 28 18

GOALKEEPER Luis Marin Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 1 2 2

MIN SHTS 90 90 180 180

3 4 7 11

SV

GAA

PG

3 3 6 7

0.00 1.00 0.50 2.00

0 0 0 0

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CURRENT NEW YORK CITY FC VS. SPORTING KC (0-20)

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. NEW YORK CITY FC (2-00)

PLAYER

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

PLAYER

Rodney Wallace Ronald Matarrita Andrea Pirlo R.J. Allen Frederic Brillant Jack Harrison Sean Johnson Mikey Lopez Thomas McNamara Jefferson Mena Sean Okoli John Stertzer David Villa Ethan White Team totals Opponent totals

12 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 2 1 1 3 1 3 2 2

11 1 1 1 1 1 12 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 2

943 45 90 90 90 90 1080 10 51 90 4 94 90 270 180 180

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

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

10 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 18 28

Ike Opara Benny Feilhaber Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Saad Abdul-Salaam Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Diego Rubio Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

GOALKEEPER

GP

MIN

SHT

GAA

PG

GOALKEEPER

Sean Johnson Team totals Opponent totals

12 2 2

1080 180 180

52 11 7

41 0.83 7 2.00 6 0.50

0 0 0

SV

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2

2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2

174 180 157 90 90 90 90 102 89 90 39 180 180

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

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

2 4 4 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 1 28 18

GAA

PG

3 1.00 6 0.50 7 2.00

0 0 0

GP 1 2 2

MIN SHTS 90 180 180

4 7 11

SV

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MATCH NOTES Match Information

Opponent Info: Sporting Kansas City

New York City FC vs.

Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City 10-5-10 (W-L-D); GD: 31-19 (+12 SKC) VS

Head to Head:

Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2017

All-Time NYCFC: 0-2-0 (W-L-D); Goals: 1-4 (-3 NYCFC)

Kick-off: 7:30 p.m. EDT

• 3/28/2016: NYCFC – 0 vs. Sporting Kansas City – 1 Goals: Ike Opara (SKC)

Location: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY Forecast: Rain, 71°F | 61°F

• 7/11/2016: NYCFC – 1 vs. Sporting Kansas City – 3 Goals: Frank Lampard (NYC), Benny Feilhaber (SKC), Jimmy Medranda (SKC), Ike Opara (SKC)

Referees

Recent Form: 8/19/2017: Sporting Kansas City – 2 vs. FC Dallas – 0

Referee: Ricardo Salazar

8/12/2017: Sporting Kansas City – 0 @ Seattle Sounders FC – 1

Assistant Referee 1 (bench): Jeffrey Greeson

8/6/2017: Sporting Kansas City – 1 @ Atlanta United FC – 1

Assistant Referee 2 (opposite): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho

7/29/2017: Sporting Kansas City – 3 vs. Chicago Fire – 2

Fourth Official: Jose Carlos Rivero

7/22/2017: Sporting Kansas City – 1 @ Real Salt Lake – 1

Video Assistant Referee: Robert Sibiga

Opponent News:

Broadcast

• Matt Besler and Graham Zusi were part of the USMNT side that lost 2-0 to Costa Rica in a World Cup qualifier last Friday evening at Red Bull Arena. The pair look to bounce back with the USMNT vs.

Honduras on Tuesday ahead of rejoining Sporting Kansas City.

English TV, USA: YES (tape delay: 11 p.m.)

Spanish TV, USA: YES (SAP) (tape delay: 11 p.m.)

Other Broadcasts (International): FOX Sports Latin America (Latin America), Abu Dhabi Sports (Middle East and North Africa), DSPORTS/ ATR (India), Starhub (Singapore), BeIN Sports (Australia & Asia), Sportscast (Taiwan), FOX Sports Africa (Sub-Saharan Africa), Sky Sports (United Kingdom) Streaming: Fox Sports GO, nycfc.com/radio (English and Spanish) English Radio, USA: WFAN 660AM, 101.9FM, wfan.com Spanish Radio, USA: WQBU 92.7FM, Uforia App

• Sporting Kansas City will host the U.S. Open Cup final vs. New York Red Bulls on Wednesday Sept. 20 at Children’s Mercy Park.

• Sporting KC has signed 15-year-old Gianluca Busio as a Homegrown Player – the youngest since Freddy Adu signed at 14.

• Sporting KC defeated FC Dallas 2-0 at home in their last game.

• Children’s Mercy Park recently eclipsed the 100 consecutive sell out mark at this match.

• Sporting Kansas City had their away trip to Houston Dynamo rescheduled following Hurrican Harvey hitting Texas. The match will now be played Oct. 11 in Houston.

Injury Report Disciplinary Info Suspended:

Ronald Matarrita Mikey Lopez Ethan White David Villa

OUT OUT OUT OUT

Suspended after one yellow:

International Duty

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES 2017 Player Statistics

Key Points • The Race is On! With only eight games to go in the MLS Regular Season, NYCFC are well-positioned for that automatic place in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Five points clear of third-place Columbus and six clear of Chicago in fourth, a win against KC would be huge.

• Opportunity Knocks. With Yangel Herrera, Alex Ring, David Villa and Rodney Wallace away on international duty, there could be opportunities for some players we haven’t seen as much of so far in 2017. All the more reason to get along to lend your support!

• One Time Chance. This is the only time we’ll face Sporting KC in 2017 in the Regular Season, so make sure you don’t miss out!

• In-Form KC. Sporting KC are one of Major League Soccer’s leading lights in 2017. They currently sit in third-place in the Western Conference but have games in hand on the teams above them. If they win those games, they will leapfrog Seattle and Portland. This one should be epic.

• Boys in Blue. We’re in pretty good form, too! NYCFC is unbeaten in four matches, winning three and drawing one in that time.

• Home Comforts. NYCFC has only been defeated once at Yankee Stadium in 2017 and only once in the last 14 months of Regular Season play. Help defend the castle!

2017 Team Statistic vs. MLS

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MATCH NOTES Alphabetical Roster PLAYER

#

POS

HT

WT

DOB

AGE

PLACE OF BIRTH

Allen, RJ

27

D

6’0

177

04/17/90

26

Old Bridge, NJ

Awuah, Kwame

14

M

5’7

160

12/02/95

21

Toronto, ON

kuh-WAH-me UH-woo-ah

Brillant, Frederic

13

D

6’3

186

06/26/85

31

Sedan, France

FRED-er-eek BREE-yont

Callens, Alexander

6

D

6’1

180

05/04/92

24

Callao, Peru

AL-lex-an-der CAL-lens

Camargo, Miguel

99

M

5’ 10

163

09/05/93

23

Panama City, Panama

ME-guel com-AR-go

Chanot, Maxime

4

D

6’1

172

11/21/89

27

Nancy, France

Gomez, Shannon

52

D

5’7

140

10/05/96

20

Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago

SHAN-non GO-mez

Harrison, Jack

11

M

5’9

155

11/20/96

20

Stoke-on-Trent, England

JACK HAR-is-son

Herrera, Yangel

30

M

6’0

170

01/07/98

19

La Guaira, Venezuela

YAN-hell her-RARE-uh

Johansen, Eirik

25

GK

6’7

235

07/12/92

24

Tonsberg, Norway

EYE-rick jo-HAN-son

Johnson, Sean

1

GK

6’3

217

05/31/89

37

Atlanta, GA

SHAWN JOHN-son

Lewis, Jonathan

17

F

5’7

150

06/04/93

19

Plantation, FL

JOHN-a-than LEW-is

Lopez, Mikey

5

M

5’8

160

2/20/93

24

Dallas, TX

MY-key LO-pez

Matarrita, Ronald

22

D

5’9

154

7/9/94

22

Alajuela, Costa Rica

RON-ald ma-ta-REE-ta

McNamara, Thomas

15

M

5’9

170

2/6/91

26

West Nyack, NY

TAH-mas MAC-na-ma-ra

Moralez, Maximiliano 10

M

5’3

115

02/27/87

30

Granadero Baigorria, Argentina

MAX-ee more-AL-ez

Okoli, Sean

9

F

6’1

178

02/03/93

23

Federal Way, WA

SHAWN o-KO-lee

Pirlo, Andrea

21

M

5’9

150

5/19/79

37

Flero, Italy

ahn-DRE-uh PEER-lo

Rawls, Andre

24

GK

6’2

182

12/20/91

25

Helsinki, Finland

AHN-dre RAWLS

Ring, Alexander

8

M

5’9

159

12/20/91

25

San Ramon, CA

al-lex-AN-der RING

Shelton, Khiry

19

F

6’3

191

6/26/93

23

Fort Carson, CO

Ky-REE SHEL-ton

Stertzer, John

12

M

6’0

170

10/04/90

26

Fairfax, VA

JOHN STUR-zur

Sweat, Ben

2

D

6’2

175

09/04/91

25

Palm Spring Harbor, FL

BEN SWEAT

Villa, David

7

F

5’9

152

12/03/81

35

Langreo, Spain

Dah-VEED VEE-ya

Wallace, Rodney

23

F

5’11

165

06/17/88

28

San Jose, Costa Rica

White, Ethan

3

D

6’0’

183

01/01/91

26

Kensington, MD

PRONUNCIATION

R. J. AL-len

Max-EEM sha-NO

ROD-nee WALL-as

E-than WHITE

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MATCH NOTES New York City FC 2017 MLS Schedule and Results * PK, ^ ET + = Sellout Date Opponent Time/Result GWG NYCFC Goals Attendance Sun, March 5

@ Orlando City SC

L 0 - 1

—

—

25,527+

Sun, March 12

DC United

W 4 - 0

23

23, 7, 10, 7

24,259

Sat, March 18

Montreal Impact

D 1 - 1

—

23

18,515

Sat, April 1

San Jose Earthquakes

W 2 - 1

15

11, 15

20,066

Sat, April 8

@ DC United

L 1 - 2

—

7

18,855

Fri, April 14

@ Philadelphia Union

W 2 - 0

11

11, 7

16,553

Sun, April 23

Orlando City SC

L 2 - 1

—

7

22,470

Sat, April 29

@ Columbus Crew SC

W 3-2

11

11, 30, 11

17,336

Sun, May 7

Atlanta United FC

W 3-1

23

7, 23, 10

25,605

Sun, May 14

@ FC Dallas

D 1-1

—

15

14,665

Wed, May 17

@ Real Salt Lake

L 2-1

—

9

16,434

Sun, May 21

@ Orlando City SC

W 3-0

7

7, 23, 7

25,527

Sun, May 28

@ Atlanta United FC

L 1 - 3

—

11

44,901

Wed, May 31

New England Revolution

D 2 - 2

—

11, 99

20,193

Sat, June 3

Philadelphia Union

W 2 - 1

6

4, 6

24,290

Sat, June 17

Seattle Sounders FC

W 2 - 1

7

7, 7

25,073

Sat, June 24

@ New York Red Bulls

W 2 - 0

11

11, 2

25,219

Thu, June 29

Minnesota United FC

W 3 - 1

11

6, 11, 7

21,572

Wed, July 5

@ Vancouver Whitecaps FC

L 2 - 3

—

4, 7

22,120

Wed, July 19

Toronto FC

D 2 - 2

—

7, 10

22,011

Sat, July 22

Chicago Fire

W 2 - 1

13

7, 13

26,025

Sun, July 30

@ Toronto FC

L 4 - 0

—

—

29,203

Sun, August 6

New York Red Bulls

W 3 - 2

7

7, 7, 7

33,679

Sat, August 12

@ Los Angeles Galaxy

W 2 - 0

17

17, 7

25,667

Sun, August 20

New England Revolution

W 2 - 1

17

7, 17

22,415

Fri, August 25

@ New York Red Bulls

D 1 - 1

—

10

25,219

Wed, September 6

Sporting Kansas City

7:30 PM

Sat, September 9

Portland Timbers

5:30 PM

Sat, September 16

@ Colorado Rapids FC

9:00 PM

Wed, September 23

Houston Dynamo

3:00 PM

Sat, September 27

@ Montreal Impact

TBD

Sat, September 30

@Chicago Fire

8:30 PM

Sun, October 15

@ New England Revolution

3:00 PM

Sun, October 22

Columbus Crew SC

4:00 PM

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MATCH NOTES Previous Match Friday, August 25, 2017

SCORING SUMMARY:

New York Red Bulls 1, New York City FC 1

56’: NYC - Maxi Moralez 70’: NY -Gonzalo Veron (PK)

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY: 19’: NYC - Alex Ring (Yellow Card) 35’: NY - Kemar Lawrence (Yellow Card) 43’: NYC - Rodney Wallace (Yellow Card)

S TA R T I N G X I

LINEUPS: Villa (c)

Wallace Moralez

Harrison Ring

Lopez

Sweat

White Callens

Brillant Johnson

New York City FC: Sean Johnson; Ben Sweat, Alexander Callens, Frederic Brillant, Ethan White (RJ Allen 30’); Maxi Moralez, Mikey Lopez, Alex Ring; Rodney Wallace Tommy McNamara 79’), David Villa, Jack Harrison (Jonathan Lewis 70’) Substitutions Not Used: Eirik Johansen, Andrea Pirlo, Tommy McNamara, Kwame Awuah New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Kemar Lawrence, Aaron Long, Fidel Escobar; Felipe, Tyler Adams, Sacha Kljestan, Michaelo Murillo; Alex Muyl (Derrick Etienne 82’), Bradley Wright-Phillips (Dilly Duka 90’), Sean Davis (Gonzalo Veron 64’) Substitutions Not Used: Ryan Meara, Sal Zizzo, Connor Lade, Vincent Bezecourt Referee: Jair Marrufo Assistant Referee: Brian Poeschel, Eduardo Mariscal Fourth Official: Caleb Mendez Video Assistant Referee: Caleb Mendez

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES 2017 New York City FC Player Bios

#1 SEAN JOHNSON | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: May 31, 1989 Birthplace: Atlanta, GA HT: 6’3” WT: 217 lbs.

Acquired: Acquired from Atlanta United FC for General Allocation Money and Target Allocation Money on December 11, 2016.

Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Part of the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup winning U.S. National Team.

Started and made 176 appearances over seven seasons with the Chicago Fire.

Named Chicago Fire’s 2014 MVP and Defensive Player of the Year. Logged six shutouts and 96 saves in 33 matches started.

Has logged one playoff appearance in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs. Recorded four saves in a 2-1 loss to the Houston Dynamo in an Eastern Conference Knockout Round.

Recorded five caps with the United States Men’s National Team. Made first cap as a halftime substitute in a friendly match against Chile on January 22, 2011.

Part of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup winning U.S. National Team. Made his first national team start in the final match of the group stage against Costa Rica, recording a shutout in a 1-0 victory.

Played collegiate soccer at Central Florida, recording seven shutouts and 191 saves in 37 career games. Represented the United States at the U-20 level while at Central Florida.

#2 BEN SWEAT | DEFENDER Date of Birth: September 4, 1991 Birthplace: Palm Harbor, FL HT: 6’2” WT: 175 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on February 23, 2017.

Made his New York City FC debut on May 7, 2017 against Atlanta United FC Joined NYCFC as a trialist in the 2017 preseason. Made appearances in matches against Jacksonville University, CS Emelec, New York Red Bulls and Houston Dynamo before being signed to a contract.

Spent 2015 and 2016 seasons playing for the Tampa Bay Rowdies, making 33 appearances.

Originally drafted by Columbus Crew SC with the 14th overall pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Loaned to USL Pro affiliate Dayton Dutch Lions in 2014, making seven appearances. Made first professional start for Columbus in the fifth round of the 2014 US Open Cup against the Chicago Fire.

Spent 2012 and 2013 seasons with the VSI Tampa Flames and Reading United. Also trained during the summers with Djurgårdens IF Fotboll in Sweden and SK Sigma Olomouc in the Czech Republic.

Spent four years with the South Florida Bulls, making a record 78 appearances that still stands today.

#3 ETHAN WHITE | DEFENDER Date of Birth: January 1, 1991 Birthplace: Kensington, MD HT: 6’ 0” WT: 183 lbs.

Acquired: Originally acquired from the Philadelphia Union on December 10, 2015. Signed new contract on November 28, 2016.

Made New York City FC debut on March 6, 2016 against the Chicago Fire.

Made seven starts in 13 appearances in his first season with NYCFC, logging 676 minutes on the pitch.

Made 28 appearances for the Philadelphia Union between 2014-15.

Made 38 appearances for D.C. United between 2011-2013. Helped lead D.C. United to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2013.

Signed a Homegrown Player contract with D.C. United in 2010.

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MATCH NOTES #4 MAXIME CHANOT | DEFENDER Date of Birth: November 21, 1989 Birthplace: Nancy, France HT: 6’ 1” WT: 172 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Transferred from KV Kortijk on July 16, 2016 Made New York City FC debut on July 30, 2016 against Colorado Rapids. Scored his first NYCFC goal on June 3, 2017 against the Philadelphia Union.

Made six appearances and started in five matches, logging 495 minutes in his first season with New York City.

Started both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. Made 36 appearances and scored four goals for KV Kortijk from 2013-2016.

Has played on eight different teams across several different countries since 2007.

Has represented Luxembourg internationally, making 22 appearances. Scored a goal against Italy in a 1-1 friendly draw on June 4, 2014 and converted a penalty in a 2016 World Cup Qualifier against the Netherlands in a 3-1 defeat on November 13, 2016.

#5 MIKEY LOPEZ | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: February 20, 1993 Birthplace: Dallas, TX HT: 5’ 8” WT: 160 lbs.

Acquired: Originally signed on January 26, 2016. Signed new contract on November 28, 2016.

Made New York City FC debut on March 6, 2016 against the Chicago Fire.

Played in 15 matches in the 2016 season, starting six of them. Recorded one assist in 672 minutes on the pitch.

Started NYCFC’s first playoff match against Toronto FC at BMO Field.

Originally selected 14th overall draft pick by Sporting Kansas City in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.

Played on loan at Oklahoma City Energy from 2014-2015.

Played college soccer at the University of North Carolina, where he was voted ACC Freshman of the Year in 2011 while leading the Tar Heels to the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship.

Regular call up for the United States U-20 National Team from 2012-2013.

#6 ALEXANDER CALLENS | DEFENDER Date of Birth: May 4, 1992 Birthplace: Callao, Peru HT: 6’ 1” WT: 180 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Numancia on January 27, 2017 Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Scored his first goal for NYCFC on June 3, 2017 against the Philadelphia Union.

Callens joins NYCFC after having spent the past two seasons with Numancia in La Liga 2. Callens recorded 40 appearances with Numancia, scoring three goals.

Recorded 125 total appearances in La Liga 2, including 86 for Real Sociedad B from 2011-2015.

Has represented the Peruvian National Team, recording one goal in 10 caps.

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MATCH NOTES #7 DAVID VILLA | FORWARD Date of Birth: December 3, 1981 Birthplace: Langreo, Spain HT: 5’ 9” WT: 152 lbs. INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED PLAYER Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Atlético Madrid on June 2, 2014 Made New York City FC debut on March 8, 2015 against Orlando City SC. Scored his 50th goal for NYCFC on June 17th against Seattle Sounders FC at Yankee Stadium. Recorded his first hat-trick for City on August 6th in a 3-2 win over New York Red Bulls at Yankee Stadium – the second hat-trick in club history.

Captured MLS MVP honors for 2016, scoring a team-high 23 goals while leading NYCFC to their first playoff appearance in Villa’s second season as NYCFC’s captain. Named NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for April, August and September of 2016. Named to the 2016 MLS All-Star Game. Named NYCFC MVP for 2016.

Scored a team leading 18 goals and registered eight assists as New York City FC’s Captain in 2015. Played in 30 games and started in 29 of them. named NYCFC Etihad Airways Player of the Month for July of 2015. Named to 2015 MLS All-Star Game; Named NYCFC MVP for 2015 season.

Scored first home goal in historic home opener on March 15, 2015 against the New England Revolution at Yankee Stadium.

Won the World Cup with Spain in 2010 and UEFA European Championship in 2008.

Won the UEFA Champions League in 2010-11 with FC Barcelona. Also won La Liga three times in 2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14.

#8 ALEXANDER RING | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: April 9, 1991 Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland HT: 5’ 9” WT: 159 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Signed on February 1, 2017.

Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Has made 76 appearances for 1. FC Kaiserslautern from 2013-2017, scoring eight goals.

He made his senior debut at Klubi-04, scoring nine goals in 32 appearances in the 2009-2010 season before signing a full professional contract at the age of 19 in 2010 with HJK Helsinki. Made 27 appearances with Helsinki, scoring two goals.

Was loaned to Borussia Mönchengladbach for the 2012-2013 season.

Made appearances at each level of the Finland U-17 through U-21 teams before debuting for the senior team in 2011.

Earned 42 caps for Finland, scoring once in a friendly against Luxembourg on March 26, 2013.

Played a key role in Finland’s qualifying campaign for the UEFA Euro 2012.

#9 SEAN OKOLI | FORWARD Date of Birth: February 3, 1993 Birthplace: Federal Way, WA HT: 6’ 1” WT: 178 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on December 5, 2016.

Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Scored his first Major League Soccer and NYCFC goal on May 17, 2017 at Real Sale Lake.

Spent the 2016 season with USL-side FC Cincinnati. Was named MVP after scoring 16 goals in 29 games. Was also named to the All-League Team, in addition to winning the Golden Boot.

Logged five appearances for the New England Revolution in 2015; three appearances for Seattle Sounders FC in 2014.

Signed with Seattle Sounders FC on a Homegrown Player contract in 2014.

Played in the Seattle Sounders FC youth setup before playing for Wake Forest University between 2011-2013.

Has represented the United States at the U-18 and U-20 levels.

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES #10 MAXIMILIANO MORALEZ | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: February 27, 1987 Birthplace: Granadero Baigorria, Argentina HT: 5’ 3” WT: 115 lbs.

INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED PLAYER Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Club Leon on February 15, 2017.

Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Scored his first MLS goal on March 12, 2017 against D.C. United.

Made 34 appearances for Leon from 2015-2017, scored six goals and helped club to an eighth place finish in 2016.

Spent four seasons with Atalanta from 2011 to 2015. Made 142 appearances with the club, scoring 18 goals.

Bought by Velez Sarsfield in 2009. Spent 2009-2011 with the Argentinian club, scoring 20 goals in 72 appearances.

Helped his club to the championship in his first season, scoring the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute of the final game to win. Won a second title in 2011.

Made 89 appearances from 2005-2008 for Racing Club, scoring 16 goals. Was loaned to FC Moscow for half a year in 2007-2008 season.

Scored decisive goal in 2008 relegation playoff.

Made debut for Argentinian National Team in a 4-1 friendly victory over Venezuela on March 16, 2011.

Part of the 2007 Argentinian U-20 FIFA W-20 World Cup Champion team. Awarded Bronze Shoe and Silver Ball honors for his four-goal performance in the tournament.

#11 JACK HARRISON | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: November 20, 1996

Birthplace: Stoke-on-Trent, England

HT: 5’ 9” WT: 155 lbs.

GENERATION ADIDAS Acquired: Acquired from the Chicago Fire for allocation money and the fourth overall pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft on January 14, 2016.

Made New York City FC debut on May 21, 2016 against the New York Red Bulls.

Made 17 starts in 21 appearances in his rookie season in 2016. Recorded his first MLS goal on June 2 against Real Salt Lake. Was named NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for June of 2016. Finished the year with four goals and seven assists in a strong rookie campaign.

Appeared and started in both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. First overall selection in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft. Named NSCAA First Team All-American, ACC Offensive Player and Freshman of the Year, First Team All-ACC, ACC All-Freshman Team, and MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist in only season at Wake Forest.

2015 Gatorade National Boys’ Soccer Player of the Year, Massachusetts Soccer Player of the Year, and two-time NSCAA All-American during time at The Berkshire School.

Former member of New York City FC Youth Affiliate Manhattan Soccer Club. Spent seven seasons in the Manchester United youth academy system.

#12 JOHN STERTZER | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: October 4, 1990 Birthplace: Fairfax, VA HT: 6’0” WT: 170 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on February 16, 2017.

Made New York City FC debut on April 23, 2017 against Orlando City SC at Yankee Stadium.

Stertzer joined NYCFC for the 2017 preseason as a trialist and was signed in February after putting up an impressive performance, including scoring goals in preseason friendlies against Jacksonville University and CS Emelec.

Had made 48 appearances from 2013-2016 for Real Salt Lake, logging 21 starts. Scored first MLS goal on May 23, 2015 against New York City FC in a 2-0 victory for Real Salt Lake.

Made four appearances for Real Salt Lake USL-affiliate Real Monarchs SLC in 2015 and 2016.

Spent four seasons with the Maryland Terrapins in college before being selected with the twelfth overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft in 2013.

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES #13 FREDERIC BRILLANT | DEFENDER Date of Birth: June 26, 1985 Birthplace: Sedan, France HT: 6’ 3” WT: 186 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Originally transferred from Oostende on January 28, 2016. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016 Made New York City FC debut on March 6, 2016 against the Chicago Fire.

Appeared and started in 31 regular season matches in his first season with New York City, logging 2,790 minutes on the pitch. Scored first MLS goal against Orlando City SC on May 29. Was named NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for October of 2016.

Started in both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. Made 111 appearances for KV Oostende between 2011 and 2016 (played for Beerschot AC in 2012-2013 season).

Scored 12 goals with the club.

Logged 185 total appearances in Belgian professional football since 2005, recording 14 career goals.

#14 KWAME AWUAH | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: December 2, 1995 Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario HT: 5’7” WT: 160 lbs.

Acquired: Selected with the 16th overall pick in the first round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft on January 13, 2017.

Signed on February 20, 2017.

Made New York City FC debut on May 7, 2017 against Atlanta United FC at Yankee Stadium.

Spent his 2016 season at the University of Connecticut. In his senior season, Awuah started in all 19 matches, serving as one of the team’s two co-captains. Registered two goals and seven assists en route to being selected to the American Athletic Conference First Team.

In 2015, Awuah ranked first in the AAC with three goals, 12 assists and a 0.55 assist per game mark.

He has represented Canada internationally at the youth level.

#15 THOMAS MCNAMARA | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: February 6, 1991 Birthplace: West Nyack, NY HT: 5’ 9” WT: 170 lbs.

Acquired: Selected 16th in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft from D.C. United on December 10, 2014. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016.

Made New York City FC debut on March 28, 2015 against Sporting Kansas City at Yankee Stadium.

Posted a strong second season with NYCFC, making 28 starts in 30 appearances, scoring five goals and tallying nine assists. Was NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for March of 2016 and was awarded MLS Goal of the Week honors for Weeks 4 and 14.

Started in NYCFC’s second playoff match against Toronto FC at Yankee Stadium.

Scored five goals and tallied three assists in 19 appearances and 15 starts in 2015. Was named NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for June of 2015.

Drafted 20th overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by Chivas USA. Played four seasons at Brown University before enrolling at Clemson University – where he was named All-ACC First Team in his final year of college eligibility.

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES #17 JONATHAN LEWIS | FORWARD Date of Birth: June 4, 1997 Birthplace: Plantation, FL HT: 5’ 7” WT: 150 lbs. GENERATION ADIDAS Acquired: Drafted with the third overall selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft on January 13, 2017.

Signed on January 13, 2017.

Made his MLS and New York City FC debut on March 18, 2017 against Montreal Impact at Yankee Stadium. Scored his first MLS goal on August 12 against the Los Angeles Galaxy at StubHub Center.

Was named MVP of the 2017 MLS Combine.

Played at the University of Akron in 2016. Was named Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year, scoring two goals and distributing 12 assists.

Called up to the United States U-20 Men’s National Team Camp in preparation for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Has played in the Chicago Fire Academy, Plantation FC and Kendall SC.

#19 KHIRY SHELTON | FORWARD Date of Birth: June 26, 1993 Birthplace: Fort Carson, CA HT: 6’ 3” WT: 191 lbs.

Acquired: Selected second overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on January 15, 2015. Signed on January 15, 2015.

Made his New York City FC debut on March 8, 2015 against Orlando City SC. Played in 22 games in his sophomore season, starting 13. Scored four goals and distributed an NYCFC second-best nine assists. Played as a substitute in both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. Scored one goal and tallied one assist in his rookie season. Played 17 games, starting in seven of them. Scored first MLS goal on May 15, 2015 against the Chicago Fire.

Scored 10 goals and registered 12 assists in senior season at Oregon State University. Named NSCAA All-American Second Team and Pac-12 Player of the Year.

Member of the United States U-18 and U-23 National Teams.

Called up to US Men’s National Team Camp in January of 2016.

#21 ANDREA PIRLO | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: May 19, 1979 Birthplace: Flero, Italy HT: 5’ 9” WT: 150 lbs. INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED PLAYER Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Juventus on July 6, 2015 Made New York City FC debut on July 26, 2015 against Orlando City SC at Yankee Stadium.

Had a strong 2016 campaign, leading NYCFC in assists with 11. Scored first MLS goal on June 18 against the Philadelphia Union. Was named to the Starting XI for the MLS All-Star Team. Made 32 appearances in the regular season and started in NYCFC’s second playoff match against Toronto FC at Yankee Stadium.

Registered five assists for the 2015 season. Played in 13 games, starting 12 of them. Became the first player in MLS history to be nominated for the FIFPro World XI. World Cup winner with Italy in 2006.

Made 164 appearances in four seasons with Juventus, scoring 19 goals (15 on free kicks) and registering 35 assists while winning seven trophies.

Two-time UEFA Champions League Winner in 2002-03 and 2006-07.

Three-time Serie A Player of the Year: 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14.

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES #22 RONALD MATARRITA | DEFENDER Date of Birth: July 9, 1994 Birthplace: Alajuela, Costa Rica HT: 5’ 9” WT: 154 lbs.

Acquired: Originally signed from Alajuelense on January 20, 2016. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016.

Made New York City FC debut on March 6, 2016 against the Chicago Fire.

Made 25 appearances and 23 starts in his first season for New York City. Logged 1,988 minutes on the pitch, en route to being named NYCFC’s 2016 Defensive Player of the Year. Scored first MLS goal against Seattle Sounders FC on June 25.

Appeared and started in both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. Made 67 appearances and scored four goals for Costa Rican side Alajuelense from 2012-2016. Won the Costa Rican Primera Division in 2013-2014 Invierno.

A mainstay in the Costa Rican National Team set up, having progressed from the U-17 level in 2010 to the first team in 2015 where he has earned 17 caps.

Scored first two national team goals for Costa Rica in the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers, one against Panama on September 6, 2016 and one against Trinidad and Tobago on November 11, 2016.

#23 RODNEY WALLACE | FORWARD Date of Birth: June 17, 1988 Birthplace: San Jose, Costa Rica HT: 5’ 11” WT: 175 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on February 15, 2017. Right of First Refusal acquired from Portland Timbers in exchange for General Allocation Money and Target Allocation Money.

Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Scored his first goal for NYCFC on March 12, 2017 against D.C. United.

Spent 2016 season with Brazilian-side Sport Recife. Made 24 appearances, scoring four goals. Played two matches with Portuguese-side F.C. Arouca before signing with Sport Recife.

Veteran of MLS, logged 159 appearances from 2009-2015 with D.C. United (2009-2010) and Portland Timbers (2011-2015). Scored 16 goals over his five seasons with Portland. Three goals over two seasons with D.C. Helped lead Portland to the 2015 MLS Cup Championship. Was instrumental in the playoffs, scoring a goal in October 29 knockout round against Sporting Kansas City and netting the game-winning goal in the 7th minute of the MLS Cup Final against Columbus Crew SC on December 6.

Originally drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. Made 25 starts in his rookie season, scoring three goals and dishing out three assists.

Has earned 17 caps for the Costa Rican National Team. Scored three goals for his country and has represented Costa Rica in three FIFA World Cup qualification matches.

#24 ANDRE RAWLS | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: December 20, 1991 Birthplace: San Ramon, CA HT: 6’ 2” WT: 182 lbs.

Acquired: Originally signed on March 3, 2016 from the college protected list. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016.

Drafted by New York City FC in the third round (44th overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on January 20, 2015.

Made no appearances for the first team in 2016. Had contract option exercised for the 2017 season.

Spent 2015 with the club’s USL affiliate, the Wilmington Hammerheads, where he made 22 starts.

Spent three years at Saint Mary’s College, where he set a school record for career goals against average (0.98 per game).

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES #25 EIRIK JOHANSEN | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: July 12, 1992 Birthplace: Tønsberg, Norway HT: 6’ 7” WT: 235 lbs.

Acquired: Originally signed on March 31, 2015. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016.

Made his New York City FC debut on June 17, 2015 against the New York Cosmos in the U.S. Open Cup (fourth round).

Made MLS debut on October 23, 2016 in a 4-1 victory over Columbus Crew SC. Started both of NYCFC’s first playoff matches against Toronto FC. Joined Manchester City Academy in August 2008.

Trained with Manchester City First Team in 2010-11.

Made Manchester City debut during a friendly against League of Ireland XI on July 30, 2011. Saw time during Manchester City’s preseason friendlies ahead of 2012-13 season.

Had loan spells with Scunthorpe United (2013) and Sandefjord (2014-15).

Made 33 appearances for Norway at the youth level.

#27 RJ ALLEN | DEFENDER Date of Birth: April 4, 1990 Birthplace: Old Bridge, NJ HT: 6’ 0” WT: 177 lbs.

Acquired: Originally signed on May 2, 2015. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016.

Made New York City FC debut on May 3, 2015 against Seattle Sounders FC. Played in 24 games in 2016, starting 19. Recorded six assists, tied for the MLS lead for most assists by a defender.

Scored first MLS goal on April 27 against the Montreal Impact. Was named NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for May of 2016.

Appeared and started in both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. Registered two assists in the 2015 season. Played in 14 games, starting in 13 of them.

Played 18 matches for Skive IK in Denmark in 2013. Was drafted fifth overall by Chivas USA in the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft, but didn’t sign.

Played at Monmouth University from 2008- 11. Collegiate honors include NSCAA All-American second team (2011), NSCAA All-American third team (2010) and All-Northeast Conference first team (2009-11).

Was coached in the youth ranks with Staten Island United, a New York City FC Youth Affiliate.

#30 YANGEL HERRERA | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: January 7, 1998 Birthplace: La Guaira, Venezuela HT: 6’ 0” WT: 170 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Secured via loan from Manchester City FC on February 14, 2017.

Made New York City FC debut on March 12, 2017 against D.C. United. Scored first MLS goal on April 29, 2017 against Columbus Crew SC. Joined Manchester City on a permanent basis from Atletico Venezuela on January 31, 2017.

Played with Atletico Venezuela for the 2016 season. Started in all 32 matches, scored three goals and helped lead the club to the semifinals of the National Championships.

Served as captain of the Venezuelan U-20 National Team that finished third at the South American U20 Championships.

Scored twice in the tournament, including one in the first game of the final stage against Ecuador in a 4-2 victory.

Made international debut for the Venezuelan National Team against Brazil on October 12 in the CONMEBOL group stage of the FIFA World Cup Qualifications.

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES #52 SHANNON GOMEZ | DEFENDER Date of Birth: October 5, 1996 Birthplace: Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago HT: 5’ 7”

WT: 140 lbs.

Acquired: Originally signed as a Discovery Signing on loan from W Connection on March 3, 2016. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016.

Gomez joined NYCFC for their final preseason camp of 2016 and impressed enough to earn a contract. Was unable to suit up during the 2016 due to injury.

Has two career caps with the Trinidad and Tobago national team, both coming in 2015. An experienced T&T youth international, Gomez played all five games for the country at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 championships.

Played every minute of W Connection’s four-game run in the 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions League, which included a 2-1 win over Costa Rican giants Saprissa.

#99 MIGUEL CAMARGO | FORWARD Date of Birth: May 9, 1993 Birthplace: Panama City, Panama HT: 5’ 10” WT: 163 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Signed to a one-year loan from Chorrillo Futbol Club with an option to buy on January 11, 2017.

Made his New York City FC debut on April 8, 2017 against D.C. United. Earned his first NYCFC start May 17, 2017 at Real Salt Lake. Scored his first MLS and NYCFC goal May 31, 2017 vs. New England Revolution.

Made 32 appearances while on loan to Mineros de Guayana in Venezuela in 2016, where he scored 12 goals.

Was loaned to C.D. Aguila in 2015 where he made 11 appearances and scored a goal.

Has made 58 appearances for Chorrillo since 2013, scoring six goals. Represented Chorrillo in the 2014-2015 CONCACAF Champions League.

Has earned 12 caps for the Panamanian National Team and scored his first international goal against Chile on June 14 at the 2016 Copa America.

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES Coaches

PATRICK VIEIRA | HEAD COACH Patrick Vieira was named Head Coach of New York City FC on November 9, 2015 and took over the post on J anuary 1, 2016.

As a player, his 107 caps for France include winning performances in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2000 UEFA European Championships.

He has represented Cannes, Milan, Arsenal, Juventus, Internazionale, and Manchester City over the course of his glittering 17-year playing career.

Vieira’s illustrious time on the pitch as a player saw him lift five FA Cups and nine league titles.

His time as a Manchester City player, which began in January 2010, concluded with the winning of the FA Cup final in May 2011, the club’s first silverware in 35 years.

Following retirement in 2011, Vieira took on the Football Development Executive role with Manchester City and two years later, Vieira was named the manager of Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad, where he posted a record of 47 wins, 28 losses and eight draws.

In December 2013, Vieira led the Manchester City U-19s through to the last 16 of a major continental competition for the first time, claiming 11 points from UEFA Youth League Group D. They overcame Atletico Madrid away from home in the second round before they were knocked out

by Benfica in the last eight.

Vieira also oversaw a 14-match unbeaten run, which put Manchester City into the four-team playoffs for the Barclays U-21 Premier League prize.

Vieira also guided his team to the final of the Premier League Cup where Reading edged them out after two legs.

After accepting the head coaching position with New York City FC, Vieira was quick to make moves, trading for Jack Harrison (the first overall selection in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft), as well as signing players like Ronald Matarrita and Frederic Brillant.

Vieira made his MLS coaching debut on March 6, 2016 when he led the club to a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Fire. In his first season, Vieira led the club to a 15-10-9 (W-L-D) season, good for 54 points and a second place finish in the Eastern Conference. New York City FC also made their first MLS Cup playoff appearance under Vieira, but were eliminated in the second round by Toronto FC.

CHRISTIAN LATTANZIO | ASSISTANT COACH Christian Lattanzio was named assistant coach for New York City FC on December 11, 2015.

Before joining New York City FC, Lattanzio was Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad Technical Coordinator, a role he assumed in July 2013.

Lattanzio has worked closely alongside some of football’s most decorated managers, including Fabio Capello during his tenure as manager of the Enlgish National Team.

Originally brought into the City Football Group by Brian Marwood in 2010, Lattanzio’s role was to support Patrick Vieira and the staff at Carrington and to help integrate the tactical, technical and mental elements into the squad’s training programs.

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES JAVIER PEREZ | ASSISTANT COACH Javier Perez was named assistant coach of New York City FC on December 11, 2015.

Prior to joining New York City FC, Perez was head coach of the U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team.

Previously, Perez was Director of Coaching at New York Soccer Club and spent six years with Spanish club Real Madrid at the club’s development center. Perez holds a UEFA PRO license from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and a UEFA “A” license from the English Football Association. He is one of three coaches in Spain to hold both an Exercise Physiology Ph.D. and the UEFA PRO license.

Perez has experience with U.S. Soccer, having worked with previous U.S. Youth Technical Director Claudio Reyna to develop the U.S. Soccer coaching curriculum, which is designed to improve development of players in the United States.

He has also worked with former U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann as a member of the staff for a two-game trip in October of 2011.

ROB VARTUGHIAN | ASSISTANT COACH Rob Vartughian was named assistant coach for New York City FC on December 22, 2014.

Prior to joining New York City FC, Vartughian spent five years with the Philadelphia Union where he was an assistant coach before becoming technical director alongside his coaching responsibilities. He has also worked as a goalkeeping coach and scout for the United States Men’s National Under-15 to Under-23 teams.

Before joining the Union, Vartughian was an assistant coach with the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland.

Vartughian played collegiately for St. Bonaventure and Wake Forest.

KRISTIAN WILSON | PERFORMANCE COACH Kristian Wilson was named performance coach for New York City FC on Dec. 11 2015.

Before joining New York City FC, Wilson was Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad (EDS) skills coach, a role he assumed in June 2013. Wilson was brought in to the EDS coaching by Patrick Vieira.

Wilson began his coaching career working with Simon Clifford, the man credited with introducing South American training techniques to children within the UK courtesy of his Brazilian Soccer Schools. He was mentored by one of the game’s leading coaches, Roger Spry, who is now the technical director for the Austrian FA and has worked with Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger and Sir Bobby Robson

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017 Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. CT Yankee Stadium (New York, NY) MLS Regular Season Game 26 Sporting Kansas City 10-5-10, 40 points (8-0-5 home; 2-5-5 away) 3rd place in Western Conference New York City FC 14-7-5, 47 points (9-1-3 home; 5-6-2 away) 2nd place in Eastern Conference

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PATRICK VIEIRA 2nd season 29-17-14 (.600) 2nd season 29-17-14 (.600)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Monday, Sept. 4 QUESTIONABLE: • None OUT: • Cameron Porter (Broken Fibula)

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Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #NYCvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#NYCvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City is set to take on New York City FC for just the third time in club history on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium in New York, N.Y. Sporting KC has won each of the previous meetings since NYC joined MLS as an expansion team in 2015, claiming wins at Yankee Stadium on March 28, 2015 and Children’s Mercy Park on July 10, 2016.

Sporting Kansas City were the first-ever team to beat New York City FC when the two sides met in 2015, as the expansion side had opened the season with a 1-0-2 record before welcoming Peter Vermes’ men in late March. Sporting KC’s two center backs linked up for the game’s only goal, as Matt Besler’s long throw-in from the right found Ike Opara, who crashed a header into the corner in the 12th minute to give Sporting KC a 1-0 victory.

Sporting KC welcomed New York City to Children’s Mercy Park for the first time on July 10, 2016. Sporting KC raced out to a 1-0 lead when Benny Feilhaber knocked the ball home from close range, only for Frank Lampard to equalize moments later for the visitors. Sporting KC retook the lead before halftime when Jimmy Medranda scored his first-ever goal for the club from distance, before Ike Opara netted his first goal of the season early in the second half to make the final score 3-1.

Sporting KC is an unbeaten 2-0-6 against the teams in the MLS Eastern Conference this season, with the side’s two wins coming against the New York Red Bulls (2-0, May 3) and the Chicago Fire (3-2, July 29). Sporting KC has also won four straight since March 28, 2015 against the two New York-area sides - New York City FC and the New York Red Bulls - beating each side twice over the last three seasons. The last time Sporting KC failed to beat a New York side was when the Red Bulls escaped Children’s Mercy Park with a 1-1 draw in Sporting KC’s home opener on March 8, 2015.

Sporting KC will next face NYCFC’s regional rivals, the Red Bulls, in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at Children’s Mercy Park.

#NYCvSKC: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 2-0-0 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC’s 19 goals allowed through 25 games in the 2017 MLS season are the fewest conceded in the league, comfortably ahead of Toronto FC’s 26. SKC also has the best goals against average with 0.76, ahead of TFC’s 0.96, and the club’s 10 shutouts are tied for the most in the league with CHI and TFC. • SKC is third in MLS with 14.24 shots per game while facing a league-low 9.84 shots per game. The side also ranks fourth with 4.96 shots on target per game.

• SKC leads MLS in passes per game (510.48), successful passes per game (425.12) and passing accuracy (83.28) while ranking second in average possession (56.93).

• SKC is fifth in MLS in dribbles attempted per game with 19.24 and ranks third with 8.52 dribbles completed per game.

• SKC is sixth in MLS with 10.44 chances created per game and third with 9.04 chances created from open play per game.

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KC 3 vs NYC 1 KC 1 at NYC 0

Sporting KC Player Stats • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has the best goals against average in MLS at 0.76, conceding just 19 goals in 25 games this season and posting a league-high 10 shutouts. In addition, his 79.57 save percentage leads the league among players to play more than four games. Melia also leads MLS with three penalty saves on five faced in 2017.

• Midfielder Ilie is fourth in MLS with 1,683 passes attempted and is fourth in the league in passes completed with 1,437.

• Defender Matt Besler is second among MLS defenders in passes attempted (1,456) and passes completed (1,252).

• Defender Graham Zusi leads all MLS defenders with 40 chances created and 28 chances created from open play.

• Winger Gerso is eighth in MLS with 95 dribbles attempted and tied for sixth with 42 dribbles completed.

• Midfielder Ilie is second among MLS midfielders with 48 interceptions.

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Feilhaber, Medranda and Opara cancel out Lampard strike Opara scores early header off Besler throw-in

New York City FC Team Stats • NYC is tied for second in MLS in goals scored with 48 alongside POR and trailing only TFC. • NYC is also tied for first in MLS with 50 assists on the side’s 48 goals in 2017.

• NYC is fifth in shots in MLS this season with 364, and is second in the league with 138 shots on goal.

• NYC leads MLS in yellow cards, having received 61 cautions so far in the 2017 season.

#NYCvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY • Defender Ike Opara leads the team with two goals against New York City FC, scoring in the club’s only two games against NYC. He scored the game-winner in Sporting KC’s first-ever meeting with NYCFC at Yankee Stadium on March 28, 2015 before adding his first goal of the 2016 season in a 3-1 win at Children’s Mercy Park on July 10, 2016.

• Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has one goal against New York City FC, netting the opener from close range in the 3-1 home victory on July 10, 2016.

• Midfielder Jimmy Medranda has one goal against New York City FC, having scored the game-winner in the 3-1 victory at Children’s Mercy Park on July 10, 2016. The goal was the first of his career.

• Defender Matt Besler has one assist against New York City FC, with his long throw-in finding the head of Ike Opara for the only goal at Yankee Stadium on March 28, 2015.

• Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 1-0-0 all-time against New York City FC, posting a 1.00 goals against average following the 3-1 home win on July 10, 2016.

New York City FC Player Stats • Forward David Villa leads the MLS Golden Boot race with 19 goals so far in 2017, three more than Diego Valeri and Nemanja Nikolic in second.

• Forward David Villa has also taken the second most shots (112) and shots on goal (44) in MLS. Sebastian Giovinco is two ahead in each category.

• Midfielder Alexander Ring is tied for fourth in MLS with 48 fouls committed.

Ring also leads MLS with nine yellow cards.

• Defender Alexander Callens leads all MLS defenders with 1,522 passes and 1,302 passes completed in 2017.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam is one appearance shy of hitting 75 in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Midfielder Jimmy Medranda is one appearance shy of htting 75 in all competitions for the club.

• Defender Ike Opara is two regular-season appearances shy of reaching 75 for Sporting KC. • Defender Graham Zusi is three appearances away from reaching 250 in all competitions for Sporting KC.

#NYCvSKC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • New York City FC midfielder Mikey Lopez was member of Sporting KC from 2013-2015, making 15 appearances (11 starts) in all competitions for the club.

• Midfielder Ilie was playing for Barcelona B while New York City forward David Villa was playing for Barcelona’s senior team from 2010-2013.

• Defender Erik Palmer-Brown played against New York City midfielder Yangel Herrera when the U.S. took on Venezuela in the 2017 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in June.

• Goalkeeper Tim Melia played alongside New York City midfielder Tommy McNamara at Chivas USA in 2014.

• Defender Tyler Pasher is from the Toronto, Ontario area, the same city as New York City’s Kwame Awuah. Defender Amer Didic has also spent time with Awuah on the Canada Under-23 National Team.

• Goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra played alongside New York City’s Sean Johnson at the Chicago Fire in 2010. Dykstra also played with Ethan White at D.C. United from 2012-2013.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

HOME UNBEATEN STREAK CONTINUES, REACHES 22

field. However, that production dropped as he went 464 minutes in all competitions without a goal until Saturday’s match.

Sporting Kansas City extended the club’s franchise-record home unbeaten streak to 22 games following the comfortable 2-0 victory over FC Dallas at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday, August 19. Goals either side of halftime from Diego Rubio and Gerso sealed an impressive win that saw Sporting KC move to 8-0-5 at home on the season.

Gerso started the game on the bench for only the second time this season, having also appeared as a substitute for the final 10 minutes of a 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union on July 6 after suffering a dislocated shoulder against the Portland Timbers on July 1. Gerso now has nine goals and two assists in 28 games across all competitions in his first season with Sporting KC.

Sporting KC’s 22-game home unbeaten streak in MLS action stretches all the way back to last summer. Sporting KC most recently tasted defeat in the regular season at Children’s Mercy Park when the side fell 1-0 to D.C. United on May 27, 2016. Since then, Sporting KC has gone 15-0-7 in regular-season play at Children’s Mercy Park, and is 18-1-8 in all competitions in that time. The lone setback in the last 14 months came in a 2-1 defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the CONCACAF Champions League group stage on Sept. 13, 2016.

BESLER & ZUSI REPORT FOR USMNT DUTY

Sporting Kansas City defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi were each called in to the U.S. National Team for a pair of crucial FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Costa Rica and Honduras. The U.S. suffered a 2-0 defeat in their first match against Costa Rica at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. on Friday, Sept. 1.

The club’s 22-game home unbeaten streak is the longest in club history and is now tied for the fourth longest in MLS history. The Houston Dynamo hold the current record for the longest home unbeaten streak, having gone 30 home games without a loss from July 9, 2011 through April 28, 2013 - a streak that was shattered by Sporting KC with a 1-0 win on May 12, 2013.

Zusi started and played the opening 84 minutes in the loss to Costa Rica at right back, earning his 54th cap for the Stars and Stripes in the process. Besler was an unused substitute with Stoke City’s Geoff Cameron and Fulham FC’s Tim Ream preferred in central defense by head coach Bruce Arena.

Sporting KC has now gone 4-1-6 in MLS play since the start of June and 3-0-1 in the U.S. Open Cup - with the sole draw resulting in the side’s penalty shootout victory over San Jose on Aug. 9. Sporting KC’s record in all competitions since the start of June now stands at 7-1-7.

San Jose forward Marco Urena did the damage for Los Ticos who opened up a six-point gap on the U.S. in CONCACAF’s Hexagonal standings. The U.S. remains in third place in the Hex with three qualifiers still to play, including a road match in Honduras on Tuesday, Sept. 5.

ZUSI DOMINATES DALLAS

The top three finishers will advance automatically to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia next summer, while the fourth-place finisher will face an Asian team in a two-legged World Cup playoff in November.

Sporting Kansas City defender Graham Zusi produced a marvellous performance in the 2-0 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday, August 19 at Children’s Mercy Park. The right back recorded assists on both goals in the match while also playing a key role in Sporting KC’s first regular-season shutout since June 17.

DIDIC & MUSA CALLED UP FOR INTERNATIONALS

Sporting Kansas City defender Amer Didic and midfielder James Musa were both called in to their respective national teams last month. Didic signed an MLS contract in May after representing Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, while Musa also stepped up from the Rangers in August. Musa was in the starting lineup against Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday, Aug. 12 and went the full 90 minutes in the match.

The two-assist performance was Zusi’s first in over two years, having last recorded two assists in the same game on May 29, 2015 when, coincidentally, Sporting KC also cruised to a home victory over FC Dallas. Zusi recorded assists on Krisztian Nemeth’s and Kevin Ellis’ goals in a 4-0 win.

On Monday, Aug. 14, Musa was called in to the New Zealand National Team, having been out of the National Team picture since 2014. He had earned one senior cap for New Zealand in a friendly against South Africa on May 30, 2014. The 25-year-old claimed his second cap when he came off the bench as New Zealand topped the Solomon Islands 6-1 in the first leg of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Final Playoff at QBE Stadium in Auckland. The return leg set for Sept. 5 at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Zusi’s performance contained more than just a pair of assists, as he also completed 49 of 50 passes (98%), created seven chances, produced seven crosses, had eight recoveries, three clearances and two tackles. Zusi became the first player in the Opta era (2010-present) with at least two assists, five chances created, 90-percent passing accuracy and two clearances in the same game.

In addition, Zusi’s assist on Diego Rubio’s goal brought his game-winning assist total to 24 in the regular season - overtaking Preki for first place in club history in that category.

On Saturday, Aug. 19, Didic was called in to the Canada Men’s National Team for the first time. Didic had previously represented Canada’s Under-23 side in a tournament in Qatar earlier this year, but last month’s call-up was the towering center back’s first with the senior national team.

RUBIO SCORES GAME-WINNER WITH THIRD IN LAST SIX

Sporting Kansas City forward Diego Rubio scored his third goal of the season in the 2-0 victory over FC Dallas on August 19 at Children’s Mercy Park, with his well-struck volley in the first half also registering as his first-ever game-winning goal for the club in the regular season.

Didic did not appear as Canada earned a 2-0 victory over Jamaica in an international friendly at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, Sept. 2.

Rubio now has three goals in his last six games since the start of July, having made his comeback from injury in late June after suffering an ACL tear that curtailed his 2016 campaign with the club. He opened his account for the season with a stunning strike in the 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union on July 6 before adding his second with the crucial equalizing goal against the San Jose Earthquakes in the U.S. Open Cup Semifinals on August 9.

BUSIO SIGNS AS HOMEGROWN PLAYER

On Friday, August 25, Sporting Kansas City announced that the club had signed 15-year-old forward Gianluca Busio as a Homegrown Player. Busio is now the youngest active player in MLS, and the second youngest player in league history. Busio’s MLS contract runs through 2020 with options for 2021 and 2022. Busio is the fifth Homegrown player in club history, following in the footsteps of Jon Kempin, Kevin Ellis, Erik PalmerBrown and Daniel Salloi - the latter three all still members of Sporting KC.

Rubio’s volley against FC Dallas was actually his second game-winner for the club, after also netting the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Minnesota United FC in the 2016 U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round - where Rubio struck in extra time to see Sporting KC through to the Round of 16. The Chilean forward now has six goals and two assists in 29 appearances for Sporting KC.

The versatile forward joined the Sporting KC Academy in the summer of 2016 and played three matches for the Sporting KC U-14s before stepping up to the U-16 level, where he scored nine goals in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and earned Central Conference Best XI honors.

GERSO BREAKS OUT, NETS FIRST SINCE JUNE

At the international level, Busio is a key contributor for the U.S. U-15 National Team.

Earlier in August, he guided the U.S. to a second-place finish at the CONCACAF U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring a team-high five goals in five matches. He previously represented the U.S. U-15s in May at the Torneo Delle Nazioni in Italy, where he scored three goals as the Americans were crowned tournament champions.

Sporting Kansas City winger Gerso scored his first goal since late June in the 2-0 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday, August 19 at Children’s Mercy Park. Gerso came off the bench in the 68th minute to replace Cristian Lobato, and the 26-year-old sealed the victory in stoppage time when he received a pass from Graham Zusi, cut inside Dallas defender Maynor Figueroa and curled a stunning strike into the top corner. The goal was nominated for MLS Goal of the Week.

Busio also earned playing time for the Sporting KC U-18s throughout 2016-17 scoring in their regular season finale on June 3 - before leading the U-16s to their first appearance in the Development Academy quarterfinals. He tallied three goals during Sporting KC’s impressive postseason run from late June to mid-July.

The goal snapped an eight-game scoreless run for Gerso, who has now tallied a teamleading nine goals in all competitions. Prior to his recent drought, Gerso had scored eight goals in 1,761 minutes of play - roughly one goal every 220 minutes he’s on the 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes U.S. OPEN CUP FINAL SET

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES PLAYOFF STREAK

Sporting Kansas City will face off against the New York Red Bulls in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. Sporting KC advanced to the Final on Wednesday, August 9 after a thrilling penalty shootout victory over the San Jose Earthquakes, while the Red Bulls overcame a two-goal deficit to top USL side FC Cincinnati 3-2 after extra time the following Tuesday.

Sporting KC is looking to become the sixth club in MLS history to make at least seven straight trips to the postseason, while Manager Peter Vermes would be just the fourth coach to lead the same team to seven straight playoff appearances.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) LA Galaxy 9 (2009-2016) *active Seattle Sounders FC 9 (2009-2016) *active New York Red Bulls 8 (2010-2016) *active NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014) Sporting KC 6 (2011-2016) *active

Sporting KC’s appearance in the Final will be its third in the last six years, having hoisted the trophy at Children’s Mercy Park in 2012 and at the Philadelphia Union’s Talen Energy Stadium in 2015. It also represents the fourth Final Sporting KC has participated in this decade, having also won the 2013 MLS Cup on penalties against Real Salt Lake.

U.S. Soccer held an official draw ahead of the Semifinal stage to determine hosting priorities for both Semifinal matchups as well as the tournament Final - with Sporting KC winning the right to host both its Semifinal and a potential Final.

Sporting Kansas City is seeking the club’s fourth U.S. Open Cup championship, having previously hoisted the title in 2004, 2012 and 2015. The Red Bulls have never won the U.S. Open Cup and are making their first appearance in the Final since 2003. The 2017 U.S. Open Cup winner will receive $250,000 in prize money and a berth in the 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, the premier club competition in North America.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Sigi Scmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015

LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Peter Vermes Sporting KC 6 2011-2016 (active) Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

BESLER AND SINOVIC RENEW PARTNERSHIP

VERMES VERBATIM

After helping Sporting KC record nine shutouts in the opening 20 games on the left side of the defense to open the 2017 MLS season, center back Matt Besler and left back Seth Sinovic have now posted 47 total shutouts in just 125 games where both have started in the regular season. Besler and Sinovic have started 20 of the club’s 25 regular-season games together this season, posting nine of the side’s 10 shutouts.

Below are Manager Peter Vermes’ remarks on Sporting KC’s 2-0 victory over FC Dallas at Children’s Mercy Park on August 19, 2017.

On if the team returned to their form from earlier in the season by getting a clean sheet...

“I don’t know if it’s ever left us. This is the way we play week after week so it was a good game. It’s a great game for us, we played very well, it was a very good team we played tonight. The number of times we’ve played them this year, they played a different formation every time so I thought we played really smart, we were intelligent on the field but at the same time we had good effort and we didn’t give anything away. We maintained concentration for 90 minutes and then we obviously scored in the first half and then stuck one away in the second half which was great. The substitutes that came on gave us a good lift as well.”

Since Sinovic made his first appearance for the team on May 28, 2011 after being waived by the New England Revolution earlier in the year, Sporting KC leads all of MLS with 78 shutouts - 12 more than Seattle Sounders FC in second. Besler and Sinovic have started 125 of the 221 games since the trade, posting 47 of the club’s 78 shutouts alongside one another.

Individually, Besler leads the league in shutouts since Sinovic joined the club with 64, while Sinovic is tied for second with 56. Prior to the 1-1 draw with Montreal on Saturday, June 10 where Belser was with the U.S. National Team in Mexico, Besler and Sinovic had started each of Sporting KC’s previous 17 regular-season games, conceding just 10 goals - a rate of 0.59 per game.

On Diego Rubio’s performance having scored three since the start of July...

“He’s coming off of an injury and he’s come back here in the summertime, I just think he’s slowly getting back to where he was before he got injured and he’s getting form every time he plays. When you get game-after-game and you play and you get good rhythm like he has, you wind up getting good form. He fits really well into the way we play, the guys have a lot of confidence in him and he has a lot of confidence in himself and it’s not easy from a central defender perspective to try to mark him, just because he’s very shifty. He has a low center of gravity, very good on the ball, can play through him, can do combination play with him so he’s a tough guy and he’s also really, really good in the air.”

KANSAS CITY LOOKS TO HOST FIFA WORLD CUP MATCHES

Last month, the United Bid Committee of the United States, Mexico and Canada officially started its outreach for cities to declare their interest to serve as Official Host Cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup by sending Requests for Information to 44 cities across the three nations. A total of 49 stadiums located in or around those 44 cities will be considered for inclusion in the official bid that will be sent to FIFA by March 16, 2018.

Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City was one of those stadiums.

On limiting FC Dallas’ offense...

“I think that there are certain teams in this league that you play against, and every game’s always hard, but there are different challenges and one of the things that Dallas always – the challenge they always present to us is that – it’s one thing of having a formation change but they have very good players in their team. They’re street smart.

They understand the little tricks of the trade inside the white lines and I thought we played very intelligent in regards to that, we never got rattled in the game, but more importantly the fact that we were able to really take everything away from them – I think they had one good chance in the game – Timmy (Melia) was solid, but he was also smart in the game, so all those things helped out. The guys were good all around, again, we played very intelligently.”

After cities declare their interest, the United Bid Committee will review the submissions and intends to issue a shortlist of cities by late September. The Bid Committee will then provide more detailed bid documentation to the cities and conduct meetings to discuss any questions as candidate cities prepare their final bid, due early January 2018.

The Bid Committee plans to include 20-25 venues in its final bid to FIFA. If selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, subject to FIFA’s determination, it is anticipated that at least 12 locations could ultimately serve as Official Host Cities. If a city is not selected to host matches, there may be other opportunities to be involved in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Those cities, as well as other cities not on the initial list, could be selected as the location for the International Broadcast Center, host Team Base Camps or host major events such as the Preliminary or Final Draw.

On bringing Gerso off the bench...

“Honestly, I think Gerso has done very well for us but I also think that as of late, he’s maybe been a little bit tired or he needed a little reset button so one of the reasons I didn’t start him tonight, I told him that ‘whether it’s tonight or the next game or when it is, you’re going to have a moment that you’re going to have to come in and help the team, and you’ve just got to make sure you’re ready.’ He was great about it, he understood and he did exactly what he was supposed to do. He came in, I told him when he was going in, I said ‘listen, we need something to change the game, so you’ve got to go in there and give something that’s going to lift the team up.’ He did it, it’s a fantastic goal, it’s a wonder goal for sure. He needed it, we needed it, worked out great. Great decision on the sub.”

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Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. New York City FC: 2-0-0 Home games: 1-0-0 (3 GF, 1 GA) Road games: 1-0-0 (1 GF, 0 GA) Date 03/28/2015 07/10/2016

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 1 4 3 3 6

Score Result Location KC 1 at NYC 0 W Yankee Stadium KC 3 vs NYC 1 W Children’s Mercy Park

NEW YORK CITY FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Ike Opara Matt Besler Three Players Benny Feilhaber Four Players Dom Dwyer

Frank Lampard Matarrita, Pirlo Javier Calle Javier Calle Jason Hernandez David Villa

1 1 4 2 4 5

N/A Josh Saunders N/A Josh Saunders Josh Saunders

0 2 0 7 4

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

1 Marin, Melia 0 N/A 1 Luis Marin 3 Marin, Melia 1 Tim Melia

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 1 4 3 3 6

Four Players Matt Besler (3/28/15) Feilhaber, Rubio Benny Feilhaber (7/10/16) Four Players Dom Dwyer (3/28/15)

NEW YORK CITY FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

(7/10/16) Frank

1 1 4 2 3 5

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(7/10/16) Josh (7/10/16) Josh

6 3

3 Marin, Melia 1 Tim Melia (7/10/16)

Lampard Matarrita, Pirlo (3/28/15) Javier Calle (3/28/15) Javier Calle Four Players (7/10/16) David Villa Saunders Saunders

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 3 1 0 4 Shots 15 13 0 28 Shots on Goal 7 4 0 11 Fouls 15 13 0 28 Offsides 2 1 0 3 Corner Kicks 4 7 0 11

NEW YORK CITY FC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 1 0 0 1 Shots 9 9 0 18 Shots on Goal 4 3 0 7 Fouls

11 16 0 27 Offsides 2 3 0 5 Corner Kicks 2 2 0 4

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC NYC

100

1-15

3 1

16-30

31-45

0 0

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,455

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 121 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 115 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 17 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 121 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

150

0 0

105.4 5

46-60

1 0

61-75

0 0

76-90

0 0

OT

0 0

Total

4 1

82

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

252

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 150 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Tyler Pasher (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)

Brad Davis (retired - 10/23/16)

Adrian Zendejas (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)

Nuno Coelho (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Igor Juliao (loan - 12/23/16)

Chance Myers (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Gerso Fernandes (transfer - 1/4/17)

Jacob Peterson (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Latif Blessing (transfer - 1/9/17)

Ever Alvarado (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Christian Volesky (trade - 1/9/17)

Emmanuel Appiah (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Cameron Iwasa (signing - 1/10/17)

Connor Hallisey (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Andrew Dykstra (signing - 1/10/17)

Jon Kempin (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Ilie Sanchez (signing - 1/13/17)

Justin Mapp (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Soony Saad (signing - 1/30/17)

Paulo Nagamura (retired - 12/12/16)

Colton Storm (SuperDraft - 2/24/17)

Alec Kann (Expansion Draft - 12/13/16)

Amer Didic (signed from SPR - 5/31/17)

Lawrence Olum (trade - 2/3/17)

Cristian Lobato (signing - 6/29/17)

Benji Joya (waived - 2/27/17)

James Musa (signed from SPR - 8/11/17)

Christian Volesky (waived - 2/27/17)

Gianluca Busio (signed as Homegrown Player - 8/25/17)

Igor Juliao (waived - 6/29/17) Dom Dwyer (trade - 7/25/17)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Oct. 23: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis retires Nov. 16: Sporting KC signs M Benny Feilhaber and D Ike Opara to new contracts Nov. 23: OUT D Nuno Coelho, D Chance Myers and F Jacob Peterson leaves Sporting KC out of contract. Sporting KC declines options on D Ever Alvarado, M

Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, GK Jon Kempin and M Justin Mapp Dec. 2: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Tyler Pasher and GK Adrian Zendejas from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Dec. 12: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Paulo Nagamura retires Dec. 13: Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis, GK Alec Kann and D/M Jimmy Medranda to new contracts Dec. 13: OUT Sporting KC goalkeeper Alec Kann selected in Expansion Draft by Atlanta United FC (MLS) Dec. 23: IN Sporting KC signs D Igor Juliao on loan from Fluminense FC (Brazil) Jan. 4: IN Sporting KC signs F Gerso Fernandes as a Designated Player Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Latif Blessing from Ghana Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Christian Volesky in trade with Portland Timbers (MLS) Jan. 10: IN Sporting KC signs GK Andrew Dykstra and F Cameron Iwasa Jan. 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Ilie Sanchez Jan. 30: IN Sporting KC re-acquires F Soony Saad Feb. 3: OUT Sporting KC trades M Lawrence Olum to the Portland Timbers (MLS) Feb. 24: IN Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection D Colton Storm Feb. 27: OUT Sporting KC waives M Benji Joya and F Christian Volesky May 31: IN Sporting KC signs D Amer Didic from Swope Park Rangers (USL) June 29: IN/OUT Sporting KC signs M Cristian Lobato from Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) and waives on-loan D Igor Juliao July 25: OUT Sporting KC acquires up to $1.6 million in allocation money from Orlando City SC in exchange for F Dom Dwyer Aug. 11: IN Sporting KC signs M James Musa from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Aug. 25: IN Sporting KC signs F Gianluca Busio as a Homegrown Player from the Sporting KC Academy

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011 2013 2015

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th)

2016 2017

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

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

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

Cameron Porter (7/12/16)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Diego Rubio (3/8/16)

Colton Storm (14th)

Trades

Tyler Pasher (12/2/16) Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16) Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Latif Blessing (1/9/17) Cameron Iwasa (1/10/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Soony Saad (1/30/17) Amer Didic (5/31/17) Cristian Lobato (6/29/17) James Musa (8/11/17)

Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)

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Andrew Dykstra (Second Round)

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

Saturday, March 4

at D.C. United

MLS

T

0-0

--

SATURDAY, MARCH 11

FC DALLAS

MLS

T

0-0

--

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

W

2-1

Feilhaber, Own Goal

Friday, March 31

at Toronto FC

MLS

T

0-0

--

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

W

3-1

Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer

Saturday, April 15

at Portland Timbers

MLS

W

1-0

Dwyer

Saturday, April 22

at FC Dallas

MLS

L

0-1

--

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

W

3-0

Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

W

2-0

Dwyer (2)

Sunday, May 7

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

L

0-2

--

Saturday, May 13

at Orlando City SC

MLS

T

2-2

Blessing (2)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

W

3-0

Gerso (3)

Saturday, May 20

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

L

0-2

--

Saturday, May 27

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

L

0-1

--

SATURDAY, JUNE 3

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

W

3-0

Opara, Medranda, Abdul-Salaam

SATURDAY, JUNE 10

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

T

1-1

Gerso

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

U.S. OPEN CUP

W

4-0

Opara, Gerso, Dwyer, Salloi

Saturday, June 17

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

T

0-0

--

Saturday, June 24

at LA Galaxy

MLS

W

2-1

Espinoza, Opara

Wednesday, June 28

at Houston Dynamo

U.S. Open Cup

W

2-0

Opara, Gerso

SATURDAY, JULY 1

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

T

1-1

Salloi

THURSDAY, JULY 6

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

T

1-1

Rubio

TUESDAY, JULY 11

FC DALLAS

U.S. OPEN CUP

W

3-0 (AET)

Blessing (2), Salloi

Saturday, July 22

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

T

1-1

Feilhaber (PK)

SATURDAY, JULY 29

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

W

3-2

Salloi, Feilhaber, Blessing

SUNDAY, AUG. 6

ATLANTA UNITED FC

MLS

T

1-1

Feilhaber (PK)

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

U.S. OPEN CUP

T

1-1 (5-4 PK)

Rubio

Saturday, Aug. 12

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

L

0-1

--

SATURDAY, AUG. 19

FC DALLAS

MLS

W

2-0

Rubio, Gerso

Wednesday, Sept. 6

at New York City FC

MLS

6:30

FOX Sports KC

Sunday, Sept. 10

at Columbus Crew SC

MLS

12:00

ESPN

SATURDAY, SEPT. 16

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20

TBD

U.S. OPEN CUP

TBD

TBD

SUNDAY, SEPT. 24

LA GALAXY

MLS

12:00

ESPN

SATURDAY, SEPT. 30

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS

8:00

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

Saturday, Oct. 7

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

7:00

FOX Sports KC

Wednesday, Oct. 11

at Houston Dynamo*

MLS

7:00

FOX Sports KC

SUNDAY, OCT. 15

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS

4:00

FOX SPORTS KC

Sunday, Oct. 22

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

3:00

FOX Sports KC

*Rescheduled from Aug. 26

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Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS 2017 Record When...

Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime

10-0-4 0-5-2 7-0-1 2-1-6 0-4-3

Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Allowing 0 goals Allowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goals Allowing 3 goals Allowing 4+ goals

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

Wearing Sporting blue Wearing dark indigo

6-3-8 4-2-2

Leading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’

10-0-2 0-1-8 0-4-0

Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even

8-2-8 2-2-2 0-1-0

Shutouts 6-0-4 One-goal games 4-3-0 On ESPN/ESPN2 On FOX/FS1 On FSKC

1-0-1 1-1-2 8-4-7

Day games (before 5 p.m.)

Games 5 p.m. CT or later

1-2-0 9-3-10

With red card for With red card against

0-0-1 0-1-0

Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75

4-0-6 6-5-4

In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone In Central time zone In Eastern time zone

2-2-1 0-1-1 8-2-5 0-0-3

vs. Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference

8-5-4 2-0-6

On grass On turf

9-2-10 1-3-0

With zero subs With one sub With two subs with three subs

SPORTING KC IN 2017 (MLS REGULAR SEASON) 0-0-1 0-1-4 3-0-2 7-4-3

Quickest Goals...

Seth Sinovic (4/9 vs. COL) - 6th Minute

Quickest Goals Against...

Cyle Larin (5/13 at ORL) - 16th Minute

Regular Season Record By Month March 2017 March all-time April 2017 April all-time May 2017 May all-time June 2017 June all-time July 2017 July all-time Aug. 2017 Aug. all-time Sept. 2017 Sept. all-time Oct. 2017 Oct. all-time

Game-winning goals after 75’...

1-0-3 17-9-9 3-1-0 43-36-15 2-3-1 36-46-25 2-0-2 41-29-25 1-0-3 51-35-27 1-1-1 41-51-17 0-0-0 30-37-17 0-0-0 21-15-15

Game-tying goals after 75’...

None

Game-winning goals against after 75’...

Maynor Figueroa (4/22 at FCD) - 77th Minute

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

Matteo Mancosu (6/10 vs. MTL) - 82nd Minute Jacob Peterson (8/6 vs. ATL) - 91st Minute

Red Cards...

Roger Espinoza (5/27 at COL) - 93rd Minute

Red Cards Against...

Chris Duvall (6/10 vs. MTL) - 86th Minute

Penalty Kicks...

Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2017) vs. Atlanta United FC vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew SC vs. D.C. United

vs. FC Dallas

vs. Houston Dynamo vs. LA Galaxy vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Montreal Impact vs. NE Revolution vs. New York City FC vs. New York Red Bulls vs. Orlando City SC vs. Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake vs. SJ Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

Own Goal (3/18 vs. SJ) - 89th Minute

0-0-1 (0-0-1) 15-26-11 (1-0-0) 24-23-13 (1-1-0) 25-22-6 (0-0-0) 20-21-13 (0-0-1) 24-22-12 (1-1-1) 5-9-11 (0-0-0) 21-24-14 (1-0-0) 1-1-0 (1-1-0) 6-3-3 (0-0-1) 24-17-11 (0-0-0) 2-0-0 (0-0-0) 21-20-13 (1-0-0) 1-1-1 (0-0-1) 5-5-5 (0-0-1) 6-3-3 (1-0-1) 9-9-7 (1-0-1) 24-24-8 (1-0-1) 5-8-3 (1-1-0) 14-4-6 (0-0-1) 6-2-3 (0-1-0)

Benny Feilhaber (7/22 at RSL) - Scored on Nick Rimando Benny Feilhaber (8/6 vs. ATL) - Scored on Brad Guzan

Penalty Kicks Against...

Marcelo Sarvas (3/4 at DC) - Saved by Tim Melia Kevin Doyle (4/9 vs. COL) - Scored on Tim Melia Fredy Montero (5/20 at VAN) - Saved by Tim Melia Diego Valeri (7/1 vs. POR) - Saved by Tim Melia Roland Alberg (7/6 vs. PHI) - Scored on Tim Melia

Youngest Goalscorer...

Oldest Goalscorer...

Youngest Starter...

Youngest to play in a game...

Oldest Starter...

Oldest to play in a game...

Latif Blessing (5/13 at ORL) - 20 years and 134 days Benny Feilhaber (8/6 vs. ATL) - 32 years and 198 days Erik Palmer-Brown (7/6 vs. PHI) - 20 years and 73 days Latif Blessing (3/11 vs. FCD) - 20 years and 71 days Benny Feilhaber (8/19 vs. FCD) - 32 years and 212 days Benny Feilhaber (8/19 vs. FCD) - 32 years and 212 days

Regular Season Home and Away Overall All-time 2017 at home All-time at home 2017 on road All-time on road

280-258-150 8-0-5 184-91-69 2-5-5 96-167-81

2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS GOALS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 11 20 31 OPPONENT 9 10 19

SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 173 183 356 OPPONENT 101 134 245

SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 51 72 123 OPPONENT 36 58 94

FOULS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 117 153 270 OPPONENT 147 169 316

OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 28 22 50 OPPONENT 32 34 66

CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 65 59 124 OPPONENT 39 55 94

CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 14 28 42 OPPONENT 17 37 54

EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0 1 1 OPPONENT 0 1 1

PK’S (MADE/ATTEMPTED) 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0/0 2/2 2/2 OPPONENT 0/1 2/4 2/5

SPORTING KC ALL-TIME WIN/LOSS RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES OVERALL Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL

W L T 280 258 150 17 20 8 27 15 7 10 12 9 334 305 174

HOME GF GA 953 911 59 60 99 56 39 45 1150 1072

Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL

W L T 184 91 69 14 3 3 19 7 3 6 4 5 223 105 80

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AWAY GF GA 575 405 35 15 67 27 20 13 699 460

Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL

W L T 96 167 81 2 16 5 8 8 4 4 8 3 110 199 93

GF GA 376 506 21 42 32 29 19 32 448 609

Neutral site MLS Cup Playoffs International TOTAL

W L T 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

GF GA 3 3 0 0 3 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2017 REGULAR SEASON)

Formation: 4-3-3

NOTE: Chart does not account for players interchanging and/or switching positions over the course of a match.

Substitute players are not listed.

Center forward Dom Dwyer 14 Latif Blessing 4 Diego Rubio 4 Soony Saad 3

Left forward

Jimmy Medranda 9 Latif Blessing 5 Daniel Salloi 5 Soony Saad 3 Gerso 2 Tyler Pasher 1

Right forward Gerso 20 Latif Blessing 2 Jimmy Medranda 2 Cristian Lobato 1

Left-center midfielder

Right-center midfielder

Benny Feilhaber 18 Jimmy Medranda 3 Roger Espinoza 1 Cristian Lobato 1 Jimmy Medranda 1 Soni Mustivar 1

Roger Espinoza 21 Benny Feilhaber 2 Jimmy Medranda 1 Soni Mustivar 1

Defensive midfielder Ilie 24 James Musa 1

Left back

Seth Sinovic 24 Jimmy Medranda 1

Left center back

Right center back

Matt Besler 21 Kevin Ellis 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 2

Ike Opara 21 Kevin Ellis 3 Erik Palmer-Brown 1

Goalkeeper Tim Melia 25

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Right back

Graham Zusi 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam 7 Igor Juliao 1

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES March 4, 2017: D.C. United 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. Attendance: 18,268 Weather: Clear and 37 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC (0-0-1, 1 pt.)

D.C. United (0-0-1, 1 pt.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber M Espinoza F Medranda F Dwyer F Gerso

D.C. United GK Hamid D DeLeon D Birnbaum (C) D Franklin D Kemp M Sarvas M Sam (Neagle 76’) M Jeffrey M Buscher (Vincent 61’) M Nyarko F Mullins (Ortiz 69’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Worra (GK) Ellis Boswell Abdul-Salaam Harkes Mustivar Le Toux Blessing Saad Salloi Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 37’ DC - Sean Franklin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 54’ DC - Rob Vincent (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 15 (5) 5 11 2 5

DC 9 (6) 5 22 0 4

March 31, 2017: Sporting KC 0-0 Toronto FC MLS Regular Season | BMO Field | Toronto, Ontario Attendance: 27,909 Weather: Rainy and 44 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC (1-0-3, 6 pts.)

Toronto FC (1-0-3, 6 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Mustivar 65’) F Gerso F Dwyer F Saad (Blessing 83’)

Toronto FC GK Irwin (Bono 40’) D Zavaleta D Moor D Hagglund M Beitashour M Osorio (Cooper 76’) M Bradley (C) M Vazquez M Edwards F Giovinco F Ricketts (Altidore 62’)

March 11, 2017: Sporting KC 0-0 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,117 Weather: Clear and 31 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC (0-0-2, 2 pts.)

FC Dallas (1-0-1, 4 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber M Espinoza F Medranda (Blessing 67’) F Dwyer F Gerso

FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Harris D Figueroa D Hedges (C) D Guillen M Cermeno M Gruezo M Pomykal (Barrios 80’) M Hayes (Acosta 46’) M Akindele F Colman (Lamah 63’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Seitz (GK) Ellis Grana Juliao Zimmerman Mustivar Urruti Saad Salloi Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: FCD - Aaron Guillen (Yellow Card; Handball) 4’ FCD - Maynor Figueroa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 29’ FCD - Atiba Harris (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Argument) 81’ FCD - Carlos Gruezo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ FCD - Carlos Cermeno (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Dissent) 95+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 14 (2) 4 18 1 4

FCD 6 (4) 2 13 1 3

April 9, 2017: Sporting KC 3-1 Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,249 Weather: Partly cloudy and 74 degrees 1 2 F 1 2 3 0 1 1

Sporting KC (2-0-3, 9 pts.)

Colorado Rapids (1-2-1, 4 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Mustivar 74’) F Gerso F Dwyer F Saad (Salloi 83’)

Colorado Rapids GK Howard (C) D Miller D Ford (Burling 83’) D Watts D Williams M Adjei-Boateng (Powers 73’) M Azira M Gashi (Calvert 68’) M Hairston M Badji F Doyle

March 18, 2017: Sporting KC 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,282 Weather: Sunny and 60 degrees

Sporting KC (1-0-2, 5 pts.)

San Jose Earthquakes (2-1-0, 6 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber (Mustivar 85’) M Espinoza F Gerso F Dwyer F Medranda (Saad 78’)

1 2 F 1 1 2 0 1 1

San Jose Earthquakes GK Bingham D Lima D Bernardez D Jungwirth D Francis M Hyka (Salinas 61’) M Alashe (Thompson 80’) M Godoy M Dawkins F Wondolowski (C) F Urena (Hoesen 68’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Tarbell (GK) Ellis Imperiale Juliao Sarkodie Blessing Ceren Salloi Scoring Summary: SKC - Benny Feilhaber 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 37’ SKC - David Bingham (Own Goal) 89’ SJ - Florian Jungwirth 1 (Danny Hoesen 1, Anibal Godoy 1) 91+ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Simulation) 16’ SJ - Marco Urena (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 15 (4) 2 9 1 7

SJ 5 (3) 3 11 2 2

April 15, 2017: Sporting KC 1-0 Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Portland, OR Attendance: 21,144 Weather: Sunny and 54 degrees

Sporting KC (3-0-3, 12 pts.)

Portland Timbers (4-2-1, 13 pts.)

1 2 F 0 1 1 0 0 0

Sporting KC Portland Timbers GK Melia GK Gleeson D Zusi D Powell D Opara D Olum D Besler (C) D Miller D Sinovic D Farfan (Asprilla 85’) M Ilie M Guzman (Mattocks 71’) M Espinoza (Abdul-Salaam 90’) M Chara M Feilhaber (Mustivar 83’) M Blanco F Gerso M Valeri (C) F Dwyer M Nagbe F Medranda F Adi

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Mavinga Abdul-Salaam Chapman Ellis Cheyrou Porter Delgado Salloi

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) MacMath (GK) Abdul-Salaam da Fonte Ellis Hamilton Blessing Gatt Porter

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Attinella (GK) Ellis Myers Blessing Vytas Saad Okugo Salloi Barmby

Scoring Summary: None

Scoring Summary: SKC - Seth Sinovic 1 (Unassisted) 6’ SKC - Gerso 1 (Roger Espinoza 1, Dom Dwyer 1) 58’ SKC - Dom Dwyer 1 (Seth Sinovic 1, Soni Mustivar 1) 85’ COL - Kevin Doyle 1 (Penalty Kick) 94+

Scoring Summary: SKC - Dom Dwyer 2 (Jimmy Medranda 1, Benny Feilhaber 1) 53’

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ TOR - Jozy Altidore (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 15 (5) 2 11 0 4

TOR 13 (2) 5 10 0 6

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’ COL - Eric Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ COL - Jared Watts (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 12 (6) 2 8 1 7

10

COL 8 (3) 3 12 4 1

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 25’ COL - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 12 (4) 3 12 0 5

POR 10 (4) 3 22 4 4

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) April 22, 2017: FC Dallas 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX Attendance: 15,411 Weather: Cloudy and 58 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 1 1

Sporting KC (3-1-3, 12 pts.)

FC Dallas (4-0-2, 14 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber (Mustivar 72’) F Gerso (Blessing 84’) F Dwyer F Medranda (Salloi 81’)

FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Grana D Zimmerman D Hedges (C) D Figueroa M Acosta M Gruezo M Lamah (Harris 86’) M Morales (Ulloa 85’) M Akindele (Barrios 73’) F Urruti

April 29, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 Real Salt Lake MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,648 Weather: Rainy and 48 degrees 1 2 F 1 2 3 0 0 0

Sporting KC (4-1-3, 15 pts.)

Real Salt Lake (2-5-2, 8 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Mustivar 70’) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Dwyer (Saad 91+) F Medranda (Salloi 79’)

Real Salt Lake GK VanOekel D Acosta (Saucedo 71’) D Wingert (C) D Schuler D Phillips M Mulholland (Hernandez 85’) M Sunny M Rusnak M Lennon M Movsisyan (Silva 60’) F Plata

May 3, 2017: Sporting KC 2-0 New York Red Bulls MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,965 Weather: Cloudy and 50 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 0 0 0

Sporting KC (5-1-3, 18 pts.)

New York Red Bulls (5-4-1, 16 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Mustivar 91+) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Dwyer (Saad 93+) F Medranda (Salloi 91+)

New York Red Bulls GK Robles D Murillo D Long D Zizzo D Lade M Davis M Felipe M Muyl M Etienne Jr. (Wright-Phillips 65’) M Veron (Kljestan 57’) F Gulbrandsen (Royer 69’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Lissek (GK) Ellis Hollingshead Abdul-Salaam Cermeno Saad Colman

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Fernandez (GK) Ellis Dunk Abdul-Salaam Schmidt Blessing Holness

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Meara (GK) Ellis Perrinelle Juliao Lawrence Blessing Adams

Scoring Summary: FCD - Maynor Figeuroa 1 (Michael Barrios 2, Hernan Grana 1) 77’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Benny Feilhaber 2 (Graham Zusi 2, Roger Espinoza 2) 17’ SKC - Dom Dwyer 3 (Unassisted) 51’ SKC - Gerso 2 (Soony Saad 1) 95+

Scoring Summary: SKC - Dom Dwyer 4 (Unassisted) 46’ SKC - Dom Dwyer 5 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 68’

Misconduct Summary: RSL - Luke Mulholland (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 39’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ RSL - Demar Phillips (Yellow Card; Dissent) 51’ RSL - Yura Movsisyan (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ SKC - Brooks Lennon (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 30’ SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ NY - Sean Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 62’ NY - Connor Lade (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’ NY - Bradley Wright-Phillips (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+

Misconduct Summary: None Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 11 (1) 5 5 1 3

FCD 11 (6) 1 11 6 3

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks May 7, 2017: Minnesota United FC 2-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | TCF Bank Stadium | Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 17,709 Weather: Cloudy and 60 degrees

Sporting KC (5-2-3, 18 pts.)

Minnesota United FC (3-5-2, 11 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Juliao (Zusi 46’) D Ellis D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber F Gerso (Salloi 77’) F Dwyer F Saad (Medranda 60’)

1 2 F 0 0 0 2 0 2

Minnesota United FC GK Shuttleworth D Thiesson (Taylor 75’) D Kallman D Calvo (C) D Burch M Ibson M Cronin M Molino M Danladi (Warner 72’) M Ibarra F Ramirez (Venegas 84’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Alvbage (GK) Opara Davis Mustivar Kadrii Blessing Jome Scoring Summary: MIN - Abu Danladi 1 (Miguel Ibarra 1, Ibson 2) 22’ MIN - Christian Ramirez 6 (Miguel Ibarra 2, Abu Danladi 1) 39’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Igor Juliao (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 17’ MIN - Christian Ramirez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ MIN - Francisco Calvo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 17 (7) 2 15 1 10

MIN 7 (4) 7 10 3 2

SKC 10 (7) 2 7 4 6

RSL 14 (2) 4 15 3 6

May 13, 2017: Orlando City SC 2-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Orlando City Stadium | Orlando, FL Attendance: 25,527 Weather: Cloudy and 80 degrees 1 2 F 1 1 2 2 0 2

Sporting KC (5-2-4, 19 pts.)

Orlando City SC (6-3-1, 19 pts.)

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 18 (8) 2 16 4 3

NY 6 (2) 6 10 1 3

May 17, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 Seattle Sounders FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,139 Weather: Sunny and 77 degrees

Sporting KC (6-2-4, 22 pts.)

Seattle Sounders FC (2-5-4, 10 pts.)

1 2 F 0 3 3 0 0 0

Sporting KC Orlando City SC GK Melia GK Bendik D Zusi D Sutter D Opara D Aja D Besler (C) D Spector D Sinovic (Abdul-Salaam 93+) D Toia M Ilie M Higuita (Gil 65’) M Espinoza M Nocerino M Feilhaber M Kaka (C) F Gerso M Johnson F Blessing (Saad 81’) F Rivas (Barnes 64’) F Medranda (Mustivar 86’) F Larin

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber (Salloi 89’) F Gerso (Blessing 83’) F Dwyer F Medranda (Mustivar 79’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Saunders (GK) Ellis Giro Porter Pereira Salloi Garcia Carrasco

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Miller (GK) Abdul-Salaam Tolo Ellis Mathers Porter Dempsey

Scoring Summary: SKC - Latif Blessing 1 (Matt Besler 1) 9’ ORL - Cyle Larin 7 (Carlos Rivas 5, Donny Toia 2) 16’ ORL - Kaka 3 (Scott Sutter 3) 26’ SKC - Latif Blessing (Unassisted) 74’ Misconduct Summary: ORL - Jose Aja (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 11’ ORL - Christian Higuita (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’ SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ SKC - Latif Blessing (Yellow Card; Simulation) 79’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 14 (8) 2 7 5 3

11

ORL 7 (4) 6 9 2 4

Seattle Sounders FC GK Frei D Delem D Marshall D Alfaro D Fisher (Evans 78’) M Fernandez M Roldan M Svensson (Shipp 72’) M Morris (Adekoya 77’) F Lodeiro (C) F Bruin

Scoring Summary: SKC - Gerso 3 (Unassisted) 56’ SKC - Gerso 4 (Unassisted) 58’ SKC - Gerso 5 (Graham Zusi 3, Benny Feilhaber 3) 69’ Misconduct Summary: SEA - Jordy Delem (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 3’ SEA - Tony Alfaro (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 12 (6) 5 8 1 5

SEA 10 (5) 3 6 3 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) May 20, 2017: Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BC Place | Vancouver, British Columbia Attendance: 21,020 Weather: Sunny and 67 degrees

May 27, 2017: Colorado Rapids 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO Attendance: 17,648 Weather: Partly cloudy and 55 degrees

1 2 F Sporting KC (6-3-4, 22 pts.)

0 0 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (5-5-1, 16 pts.) 1 1 2

Sporting KC (6-4-4, 22 pts.)

Colorado Rapids (3-8-1, 10 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ellis D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Mustivar (Feilhaber 56’) F Gerso F Blessing (Porter 69’) F Pasher (Medranda 46’)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber F Gerso F Blessing F Medranda (Saad 74’)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC GK Ousted D Williams D Waston (C) D Parker D Harvey M Laba M Techera M Jacobson M Tchani (Davies 62’) M Bolanos (Mezquida 78’) F Montero (Shea 85’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Tornaghi (GK) Abdul-Salaam de Jong Opara Rosales Salloi Teibert Scoring Summary: VAN - Cristian Techera 3 (Christian Bolanos 3, Sheanon Williams 2) 40’ VAN - Tim Parker 1 (Christian Bolanos 4) 67’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’ VAN - Matias Laba (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 12 (2) 5 15 4 3

VAN 13 (7) 2 11 4 8

June 10, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Montreal Impact MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,334 Weather: Sunny and 85 degrees

Sporting KC (7-4-5, 26 pts.)

Montreal Impact (4-4-5, 17 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Ellis D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Dwyer F Medranda (Mustivar 80’)

1 2 F 1 0 1 0 1 1

Montreal Impact GK Bush D Duvall D Cabrera D Camara D Fisher D Lovitz M Oduro (Mancosu 77’) M Mallace M Donadel M Piatti (C) (Salazar 92+) F DePuy (Romero 71’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Kronberg (GK) Didic Lefevre Juliao Arregui Porter Rubio Salloi Scoring Summary: SKC - Gerso 6 (Ilie 1) 24’ MTL - Matteo Mancosu 3 (Unassisted) 82’ Misconduct Summary: MTL - Ignacio Piatti (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 46+ MTL - Matteo Mancosu (Yellow Card; Dissent) 84’ MTL - Chris Duvall (Red Card; Serious Foul) 86’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 15 (5) 6 3 1 4

MTL 11 (7) 4 11 2 3

1 2 F 0 0 0 1 0 1

Colorado Rapids GK Howard (C) D Hairston (Williams 86’) D Burling D Ford D Miller (da Fonte 46’) M Azira M Powers M Gashi M Saeid (Gatt 76’) F Badji F Doyle

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) MacMath (GK) Abdul-Salaam Serna Juliao Hamilton Mustivar Gordon Porter Salloi Scoring Summary: COL - Kortne Ford 1 (Shkelzen Gashi 1) 11’

June 3, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 Minnesota United FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,361 Weather: Partly cloudy and 86 degrees

Sporting KC (7-4-4, 25 pts.)

Minnesota United FC (4-8-2, 14 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Medranda (Mustivar 67’) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Saad (Dwyer 62’) F Blessing (Salloi 75’)

1 2 F 1 2 3 0 0 0

Minnesota United FC GK Shuttleworth D Thiesson D Kallman (C) D Taylor D Burch (Davis 63’) M Ibson M Warner M Ibarra (Schuller 8’) M Molino M Jome (Kadrii 55’) F Ramirez

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Alvbage (GK) Didic Greenspan Juliao Venegas Porter Martin Scoring Summary: SKC - Ike Opara 1 (Matt Besler 2) 47+ SKC - Jimmy Medranda 1 (Unassisted) 54’ SKC - Saad Abdul-Salaam 1 (Unassisted) 87’

Misconduct Summary: COL - Bobby Burling (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 19’ COL - Eric Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 22’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’ COL - Tim Howard (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 86’ COL - Kevin Doyle (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+

Misconduct Summary: MIN - Ismaila Jome (Yellow Card; Not Retreating) 7’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 12’ MIN - Collen Warner (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’ MIN - Bobby Shuttleworth (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 43’ SKC - Tim Melia (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 25 (2) 2 14 0 8

COL 6 (3) 1 19 1 3

June 17, 2017: San Jose Earthquakes 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Avaya Stadium | San Jose, CA Attendance: 18,000 Weather: Sunny and 85 degrees

Sporting KC (7-4-6, 27 pts.)

San Jose Earthquakes (5-6-5, 20 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber F Gerso F Dwyer (Rubio 76’) F Blessing (Medranda 69’)

1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

San Jose Earthquakes GK Bingham D Lima D Bernardez D Imperiale D Sarkodie M Cato (Salinas 70’) M Godoy M Thompson (Yueill 75’) M Hyka F Wondolowski (C) F Hoesen

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Tarbell (GK) Abdul-Salaam Francis Ellis Mfeka Mustivar Salloi Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: SJ - Anibal Godoy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 73’ SJ - Chris Wondolowski (Yellow Card; Dissent) 74’ SKC - Matt Besler (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 78’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 13 (4) 3 15 3 6

12

SJ 5 (3) 3 7 2 2

SKC 27 (9) 1 13 2 9

MIN 7 (1) 6 14 1 2

June 24, 2017: LA Galaxy 1-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | StubHub Center | Carson, CA Attendance: 20,140 Weather: Sunny and 69 degrees 1 2 F 2 0 2 0 1 1

Sporting KC (8-4-6, 30 pts.)

LA Galaxy (6-6-4, 22 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber (Medranda 61’) F Gerso F Dwyer (Mustivar 92+) F Blessing (Salloi 72’)

LA Galaxy GK Diop D Smith D Romney D Van Damme (C) D Cole M Garcia (Pedro 60’) M Villarreal M Zardes (Jamieson IV 77’) M Alessandrini M Boateng F McBean (Villarreal 62’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Kempin (GK) Abdul-Salaam Arellano Ellis Lassiter Saad McInerney Scoring Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza 1 (Gerso 1) 22’ SKC - Ike Opara 2 (Matt Besler 3) 35’ LA - Dave Romney 1 (Unassisted) 77’ Misconduct Summary: LA - Jaime Villarreal (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 33’ LA - Nathan Smith (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 59’ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 73’ LA - Jelle Van Damme (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 10 (5) 4 12 4 2

LA 17 (5) 3 14 0 6

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) July 1, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,933 Weather: Sunny and 85 degrees

Sporting KC (8-4-7, 31 pts.)

Portland Timbers (7-7-5, 26 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Ellis D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Feilhaber (Medranda 80’) F Gerso (Salloi 35’) F Saad (Rubio 59’) F Blessing

1 2 F 0 1 1 1 0 1

Portland Timbers GK Gleeson D Powell (Valentin 76’) D Olum D Miller D Vytas M Nagbe M Zemanski M Asprilla (Mattocks 60’) M Valeri (C) M Blanco (Arboleda 92+) F Adi

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Attinella (GK) Palmer-Brown Myers Storm Farfan Mustivar Ebobisse Scoring Summary: POR - Diego Valeri 10 (Sebastian Blanco 4) 26’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Roger Espinoza 3) 60’ Misconduct Summary: POR - Fanendo Adi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’ SKC - Latif Blessing (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’ SKC - Kevin Ellis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 7 (1) 2 14 1 0

POR 9 (3) 0 11 3 2

July 29, 2017: Sporting KC 3-2 Chicago Fire MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,313 Weather: Sunny and 79 degrees

Sporting KC (9-4-9, 36 pts.)

Chicago Fire (11-5-5, 38 pts.)

1 2 F 2 1 3 1 1 2

July 6, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Philadelphia Union MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,240 Weather: Sunny and 88 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 0 1 1

Sporting KC (8-4-8, 32 pts.)

Philadelphia Union (6-7-5, 23 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Palmer-Brown D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber (C) M Medranda F Blessing F Rubio (Gerso 80’) F Salloi

Philadelphia Union GK McCarthy D Gaddis D Elliott D Onyewu D Wijnaldum M Jones M Medunjanin (C) M Pontius (Epps 61’) M Ilsinho (Alberg 61’) M Picault (Simpson 92+) F Sapong

July 22, 2017: Real Salt Lake 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, UT Attendance: 19,316 Weather: Sunny and 92 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 1 0 1

Sporting KC (8-4-9, 33 pts.)

Real Salt Lake (7-12-3, 24 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Ellis D Palmer-Brown D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Feilhaber F Gerso (Salloi 80’) F Rubio F Blessing

Real Salt Lake GK Rimando (C) D Beltran D Glad D M. Silva D Acosta M Sunny (Lennon 72’) M Mulholland M Savarino M Rusnak M Plata F L. Silva

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) McGuire (GK) Ellis Rosenberry Pasher Yaro Mustivar Carroll Porter Saad

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Fernandez (GK) Didic Horst Pasher Maund Medranda Wingert Mustivar Saucedo Dwyer Movsisyan

Scoring Summary: SKC - Diego Rubio 1 (Daniel Salloi 1) 49’ PHI - Roland Alberg 4 (Penalty Kick) 69’

Scoring Summary: RSL - Luis Silva 1 (Joao Plata 3, Danilo Acosta 2) 43’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber 3 (Penalty Kick) 59’

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Saad Abdul Salaam (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Dissent) 68’ PHI - Haris Medunjanin (Yellow Card; Dissent) 68’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 19 (8) 1 9 1 14

PHI 7 (2) 6 12 2 3

August 6, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Atlanta United FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,418 Weather: Cloudy and 73 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 0 1 1

Sporting KC (9-4-10, 37 pts.)

Atlanta United FC (10-7-5, 35 pts.)

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 9 (3) 5 9 1 1

RSL 20 (6) 2 15 3 6

August 12, 2017: Seattle Sounders FC 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | CenturyLink Field | Seattle, WA Attendance: 43,530 Weather: Cloudy and 69 degrees

Sporting KC (9-5-10, 37 pts.)

Seattle Sounders FC (10-7-7, 37 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Lobato (Feilhaber 46’) F Gerso (Medranda 83’) F Blessing F Salloi (Rubio 71’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Cleveland (GK) Abdul-Salaam Harrington Ellis Mihailovic Saad Conner

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Reynish (GK) Ellis Mears Zusi Kratz Saad Wheeler-Omiunu

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Miller (GK) Espinoza Alfaro Ilie Delem Rubio Rodriguez

Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Unassisted) 23’ CHI - Matt Besler (Own Goal) 28’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber 4 (Unassisted) 46+ SKC - Latif Blessing 3 (Diego Rubio 1, Daniel Salloi 2) 51’ CHI - David Accam 12 (Patrick Doody 1, Dax McCarty 4) 78’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Benny Feilhaber 5 (Penalty Kick) 59’ ATL - Jacob Peterson 2 (Unassisted) 91+

Scoring Summary: SEA - Clint Dempsey 10 (Jordan Morris 1, Cristian Roldan 3) 36’

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 19 (9) 2 8 5 5

CHI 10 (3) 6 10 3 5

Misconduct Summary: ATL - Jeff Larentowicz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 21’ ATL - Carlos Carmona (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 24’ SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ ATL - Yamil Asad (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ ATL - Leandro Gonzalez Pirez (Yellow Card; Dissent) 61’ ATL - Mikey Ambrose (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 14 (3) 1 10 6 3

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ATL 7 (2) 2 20 3 1

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Palmer-Brown D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Musa M Mustivar (Feilhaber 63’) M Medranda F Gerso (Lobato 72’) F Saad (Blessing 60’) F Salloi

1 2 F 0 0 0 1 0 1

Sporting KC Chicago Fire GK Melia GK Lampson D Zusi D Polster D Opara D Kappelhof D Besler (C) D Meira D Sinovic D Doody M Ilie M Schweinsteiger (Campbell 91+) M Espinoza M McCarty M Feilhaber (Palmer-Brown 87’) M Juninho (C) (Johnson 77’) F Blessing (Medranda 83’) F Solignac (Accam 55’) F Rubio F Nikolic F Salloi (Lobato 73’) F de Leeuw

Misconduct Summary: CHI - Juninho (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’ CHI - Joao Meira (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’

Atlanta United FC GK Guzan D Walkes D Parkhurst (C) D Gonzalez Pirez D Ambrose M Larentowicz (McCann 71’) M Carmona M Gressel (Peterson 67’) M Almiron M Asad F Villalba (Vazquez 83’)

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’ SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47’ RSL - Sunny (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’ RSL - Danilo Acosta (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 56’ RSL - Tony Beltran (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’

Seattle Sounders FC GK Frei D Leerdam D Torres D Marshall D Jones M Roldan M Svensson M Lodeiro (C) M Dempsey (Tolo 87’) M Morris (Neagle 91+) F Bruin (Alonso 59’)

Misconduct Summary: SKC - James Musa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ SEA - Nicolas Lodeiro (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 46+ SEA - Roman Torres (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’ SKC - Jimmy Medranda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 8 (3) 4 13 1 3

SEA 15 (5) 3 11 6 6

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) August 19, 2017: Sporting KC 2-0 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,869 Weather: Sunny and 86 degrees 1 2 F 1 1 2 0 0 0

Sporting KC (10-5-10, 40 pts.)

FC Dallas (9-6-8, 35 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Medranda M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber (Blessing 93+) F Lobato (Gerso 68’) F Rubio F Salloi (Palmer-Brown 83’)

FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Grana D Zimmerman D Hedges (C) D Figueroa M Barrios (Craft 79’) M Gruezo M Acosta M Lamah (Hollingshead 75’) F Colman (Akindele 65’) F Urruti

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Seitz (GK) Abdul-Salaam Harris Sinovic Morales Musa Ulloa Scoring Summary: SKC - Diego Rubio 2 (Graham Zusi 4) 42’ SKC - Gerso 7 (Graham Zusi 5) 92+ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’ FCD - Maynor Figueroa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 80’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 13 (7) 2 3 0 5

FCD 11 (2) 4 10 7 6

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Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 U.S. OPEN CUP BOX SCORES June 14, 2017: Sporting KC 4-0 Minnesota United FC U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 15,260 Weather: Sunny and 86 degrees 1 2 F 2 2 4 0 0 0

Sporting KC Minnesota United FC Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara (Ellis 88’) D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Feilhaber 74’) F Gerso (Blessing 78’) F Dwyer F Salloi

Minnesota United FC GK McLain D Venegas D Greenspan (Burch 67’) D Kallman (C) D Davis D Jome (Thiesson 75’) M Warner M Martin M Schuller (Ibson 46’) F Danladi F Kadrii

June 28, 2017: Houston Dynamo 0-2 Sporting KC U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 | BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 6,095 Weather: Sunny and 83 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 0 0 0

Sporting KC Houston Dynamo

July 11, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 FC Dallas (AET) U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 15,016 Weather: Sunny and 91 degrees

Sporting KC FC Dallas

1 2 ET1 ET2 F 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC Houston Dynamo GK Melia GK Willis D Abdul-Salaam (Palmer-Brown 74’) D Garcia D Opara D Anibaba D Ellis D Hunter D Sinovic D Remick M Ilie M Ward M Espinoza (C) M Bird (Holland 81’) M Medranda M Wenger (Garcia 62’) F Gerso (Belmar 94+) M Alex (Luna 68’) F Porter (Mustivar 54’) M Rodriguez F Blessing F Sanchez (C)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara (Ellis 110+) D Palmer-Brown D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Medranda F Gerso (Salloi 85’) F Rubio (Feilhaber 91’) F Blessing

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Alvbage (GK) Abdul-Salaam Cronin Porter Ibarra Ramirez

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Brown (GK) Maher Greene Hernandez Escalante James

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Seitz (GK) Storm Hume Mustivar Guillen Saad Hayes

Scoring Summary: SKC - Ike Opara 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 43’ SKC - Gerso 1 (Unassisted) 46+ SKC - Dom Dwyer 1 (Gerso 1) 72’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Roger Espinoza 1) 83’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Ike Opara 2 (Kevin Ellis 1, Ilie 1) 61’ SKC - Gerso 2 (Latif Blessing 1) 91+

Scoring Summary: SKC - Latif Blessing 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 108+ SKC - Latif Blessing 2 (Jimmy Medranda 1) 113+ SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 118’

Misconduct Summary: MIN - Justin Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’ MIN - Collen Warner (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+

Misconduct Summary: HOU - Eric Bird (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’ HOU - Andrew Wenger (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ HOU - Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Simulation) 64’

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Seth Sinovic (Red Card; DOGSO) 15’ FCD - Victor Ulloa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47+ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48+ FCD - Mauro Diaz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 62’ SKC - Jimmy Medranda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 65’ FCD - Maxi Urruti (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’ FCD - Maxi Urruti (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 101’ FCD - Javier Morales (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 110+ FCD - Atiba Harris (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 120’

SKC 19 (8) 0 13 1 4

MIN 5 (0) 4 18 3 3

SKC 12 (7) 2 13 5 7

August 9, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 (5-4) San Jose Earthquakes U.S. Open Cup Semifinal | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 16,193 Weather: Cloudy and 76 degrees

Sporting KC San Jose Earthquakes

1 2 ET1 ET2 PK F 1 0 0 0 5 1 (5) 1 0 0 0 4 1 (4)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi (Abdul-Salaam 119’) D Opara D Besler (C) D Medranda M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber F Gerso (Salloi 77’) F Rubio F Blessing

San Jose Earthquakes GK Tarbell D Affolter (Bernardez 103’) D Jungwirth D Imperiale M Lima M Yueill M Thompson (Alashe 70’) M Ceren M Salinas (C) F Vako F Hoesen (Wondolowski 73’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Bingham (GK) Ellis Sarkodie Palmer-Brown Colvey Mustivar Amarikwa Saad Scoring Summary: SJ - Danny Hoesen 3 (Vako 1) 4’ SKC - Diego Rubio 1 (Jimmy Medranda 2) 32’ Misconduct Summary: SJ - Darwin Ceren (Yellow Card; Persistent Infringement) 74’ SJ - Francois Affolter (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92’ SJ - Andres Imperiale (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 111’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 31 (11) 2 10 2 15

SJ 12 (3) 11 15 6 1

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HOU 10 (2) 5 21 1 6

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Grana D Zimmerman D Harris D Hollingshead (Morales 88’) M Gruezo M Diaz (C) M Ulloa (Akindele 46’) M Barrios M Lamah (Colman 106’) F Urruti

SKC 22 (9) 6 13 0 1

FCD 23 (6) 5 20 4 10

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS DATE

March 4 March 11 March 18 March 31 April 9 April 15 April 22 April 29 May 3 May 7 May 13 May 17 May 20 May 27 June 3 June 10 June 17 June 24 July 1 July 6 July 22 July 29 Aug. 6 Aug. 12 Aug. 19 Sept. 6 Sept. 10 Sept. 16 Sept. 24 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 11 Oct. 15 Oct. 22

OPPONENT

at D.C. United vs. FC Dallas vs. San Jose Earthquakes at Toronto FC vs. Colorado Rapids at Portland Timbers at FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake vs. New York Red Bulls at Minnesota United FC at Orlando City SC vs. Seattle Sounders FC at Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Colorado Rapids vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Montreal Impact at San Jose Earthquakes at LA Galaxy vs. Portland Timbers vs. Philadelphia Union at Real Salt Lake vs. Chicago Fire vs. Atlanta United FC at Seattle Sounders FC vs. FC Dallas at New York City FC at Columbus Crew SC vs. New England Revolution vs. LA Galaxy vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Minnesota United FC at Houston Dynamo vs. Houston Dynamo at Real Salt Lake

RESULT T T W T W W L W W L T W L L W T T W T T T W T L W

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

ATTEND. 18,268 19,117 19,282 27,909 19,249 21,144 15,411 18,648 18,965 17,709 25,527 20,139 21,020 17,648 20,361 20,334 18,000 20,140 20,933 19,240 19,316 20,313 19,418 43,530 19,869

RECORD PLACE PTS. GOALSCORERS 0-0-1 0-0-2 1-0-2 1-0-3 2-0-3 3-0-3 3-1-3 4-1-3 5-1-3 5-2-3 5-2-4 6-2-4 6-3-4 6-4-4 7-4-4 7-4-5 7-4-6 8-4-6 8-4-7 8-4-8 8-4-9 9-4-9 9-4-10 9-5-10 10-5-10

T-6 6 5 T-4 T-3 2 4 T-2 T-1 T-1 T-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 T-1 T-1

1 2 5 6 9 12 12 15 18 18 19 22 22 22 25 26 27 30 31 32 33 36 37 37 40

--Feilhaber, Own Goal -Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer Dwyer -Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso Dwyer (2) -Blessing (2) Gerso (3) --Opara, Medranda, Abdul-Salaam Gerso -Espinoza, Opara Salloi Rubio Feilhaber (PK) Salloi, Feilhaber, Blessing Feilhaber (PK) -Rubio, Gerso

SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON STATS 2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (10-5-10, 40 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF AUGUST 19, 2017 UNF POS PLAYER 7 F Gerso Fernandes 10 M Benny Feilhaber 14 F Dom Dwyer* 9 F Latif Blessing 30 F Daniel Salloi 11 F Diego Rubio 3 D Ike Opara 27 M Roger Espinoza 94 F Jimmy Medranda 15 D Seth Sinovic 17 D Saad Abdul-Salaam 8 D Graham Zusi 5 D Matt Besler 93 M Soni Mustivar 22 F Soony Saad 6 M Ilie Sanchez 4 D Kevin Ellis 40 D Igor Juliao 19 M Cristian Lobato 29 GK Tim Melia 41 M James Musa 2 D Erik Palmer-Brown 77 M Tyler Pasher 39 F Cameron Porter 55 D Amer Didic 21 GK Andrew Dykstra 24 F Cameron Iwasa 23 D Colton Storm 1 GK Adrian Zendejas

Own-goals received

Team totals

Opponent totals

GP 24 23 15 17 15 7 21 22 24 24 9 18 21 14 11 24 5 1 4

25 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

25 25

GS MIN G 22 1896 7 20 1832 5 14 1271 5 11 973 3 5 547 2 4 414 2 21 1890 2 22 1957 1 17 1518 1 24 2159 1 7 632 1 17 1575 0 21 1890 0 2 260 0 6 446 0 24 2160 0 5 450 0 1 45 0 2 148 0 25 2250 0 1 90 0 3 280 0 1 45 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

25 2250 31 25 2250 19

A 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 22

SHT 55 39 45 27 20 11 12 31 38 11 6 21 4 0 14 14 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 23 15 22 13 9 3 4 6 8 2 3 7 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 29 27 35 22 6 11 12 33 10 13 10 11 16 7 7 11 4 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS 34 34 37 26 9 13 8 30 16 15 7 12 10 4 8 28 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFF 6 0 10 15 2 2 1 2 3 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

CK 6 79 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17 0 0 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 4 3 5 2 0 0 3 7 1 5 1 3 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

356 246

124 94

271 319

319 271

51 65

125 93

44 56

1 1

T 10 10 10

SO 10 10 9

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ike Opara 2, Gerso Fernandes 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Diego Rubio 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Latif Blessing 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Roger Espinoza 2, Matt Besler 2, Graham Zusi 2, Daniel Salloi 1, Diego Rubio 1, Jimmy Medranda 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Dom Dwyer 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 2-2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS 29 GK

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 25 25 25

GS 25 25 25

MIN 2250 2250 2250

SH 94 94 124

SV 74 74 91

* = Played with other teams in 2017. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.

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GA 19 19 31

GAA 0.76 0.76 1.24

PG 2 2 2

PA 5 5 2

W 10 10 5

L 5 5 10

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Manager | Peter Vermes

Assistant Coach | Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin first joined Kansas City in 2000 as a holding midfielder and was an integral part of the club’s midfield for the next nine seasons, during which time he helped lead the Wizards to MLS Cup (2000) and U.S. Open Cup (2004) Championships. He was named to the MLS All-Star team and the Best XI in 2004. Zavagnin’s primary duties as an assistant include scouting, developing Sporting Kansas City’s younger players, breaking down film and assisting with training sessions, among others.

Peter Vermes is in his ninth season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2017. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 141 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won three major trophies – the 2012 and 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regular-season standings in 2011 and 2012. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to six straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 113 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank tied for seventh most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions. He has coached 323 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.

He started his professional career with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to Kansas City in 2000. He played 237 games (228 starts) and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in Kansas City blue. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001.

Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, the Swope Park Rangers (USL) and the Sporting KC Academy. Vermes entered MLS ahead of its inaugural season in 1996 and retired from the league in 2002, closing out his playing career in Kansas City after stints with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and Colorado Rapids.

On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the United States Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured. He married his wife Mirriam prior to the 2009 season, when he became an assistant coach at the club.

Following a standout high school career in which he was named New Jersey Player of the Year, Vermes was a star forward and All-American at Rutgers University. After college, Vermes represented the United States in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, and was named 1988 Chevrolet U.S. Male Soccer Athlete of the Year for his efforts.

Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic

Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored a sensational goal against the host Azzurri. It was the first time the U.S. had qualified for the World Cup in 40 years and set the stage for the progress of the U.S. National Team. In 1989 and 1990, Vermes became the first American to play in the Hungarian and Dutch First Divisions, playing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueras of the Spanish Second Division.

Assistant Coach Zoran Savic joined Sporting Kansas City late in the 2009 season after a 30-year career at all levels of the game in the United States.

A native of Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, Savic began his journey through American soccer with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1980. Savic would go on to star for several MISL teams, with his most prosperous period coming with the Kansas City Comets, with whom he scored 70 goals in just over 100 appearances from 1982-1984.

For MLS’s inaugural season in 1996, Vermes served as captain of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. In 1997, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for current Sporting KC Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin and played in Denver through the 1999 season, leading the Rapids to the 1997 MLS Cup Final.

After retiring as a player in 1991, Savic turned his attention to coaching in the indoor game. Savic led the Kansas City Attack from 1992-1996, winning Coach of the Year honors for the 1994-1995 season while also serving as the team’s General Manager. Savic later coached the Kansas City Comets from 2000-2005.

Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful seasons of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors in helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 after appearing in 209 MLS matches (including playoffs) and playing more than 18,000 minutes. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Year

In 2007 Savic switched to the outdoor game, joining Chivas USA as an assistant to then-head coach Preki before moving into the commentary booth for Kansas City matches in 2008 and 2009. Savic’s career as a commentator was cut short, however, when newly installed Manager Peter Vermes tabbed Savic to be part of his coaching staff late in the 2009 season.

PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC MLS Playoffs Open Cup International Total

2009 3-6-3 --- 2010 11-13-6 --- 2011 13-9-12 2-1-0 2012 18-7-9 1-1-0 2013 17-10-7 2-1-2 2014 14-13-7 0-1-0 2015 14-11-9 0-0-1 2016 13-13-8 0-1-0 2017 10-5-10 --- TOTAL 113-87-71 5-5-3

--- 0-1-0 3-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 3-0-1 17-5-3

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

3-6-3 11-14-6 18-11-12 23-8-10 22-12-11 18-17-8 18-11-11 15-17-9 13-5-10 141-101-81

Goalkeeper Coach | Alec Dufty Goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty enters his first season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as Sporting KC’s USL affiliate - the Swope Park Rangers - goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016.

A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, going on to make one appearance before joining the MLS reserve goalkeeper pool. In 2010, Dufty joined USSF D2 Pro League side AC St. Louis, making 30 appearances before returning to MLS with the Chicago Fire in late 2010. He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2011 season.

Fitness Coach | Mateus Manoel Mateus Manoel is in his eighth season with Sporting KC as Head Fitness Coach. His responsibilities cover all aspects of sport performance and science for the team, including strength and conditioning, injury prevention, field practices, nutrition, fitness monitoring (training load and readiness), player re-adaptation following rehab and recovery.

Dufty then took to coaching, first working with Florida Gulf Coast University and then the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, Dufty served as goalkeeper coach for Toronto FC II in their inaugural USL season.

In the summer of 2010, Manoel was an Assistant Fitness Coach for the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team during the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He had formerly served as the Head Fitness Coach for the Mexican Men’s National Team in 2009, working with renowned coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. During 2007 and 2008, Manoel held a position with Athletes’ Performance in the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, where he worked with professional athletes from a variety of sports, including NFL, NHL, MLB and MLS (Chivas USA and LA Galaxy). Previously, he had assisted with strength and conditioning for D.C. United, while concurrently holding the position of Sports Performance Director with Velocity Sports Performance in Alexandria, Virginia.

Manoel holds a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from George Washington University, where he was also responsible for the strength and conditioning needs of the Colonials Men’s Varsity Soccer Team. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland - College Park and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Manoel was born in Brazil and is fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #17 | D | SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM | @Saad_Abdul SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

61

43

4083

1

7

MLS Postseason

2

2

210

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

9

4

500

0

1

International

2

2

180

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

74

51

4973

1

8

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Assists 1, 7 times, last: Sept. 18, 2016, KC vs. LA Shots on Goal 1, 9 times, last: Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA Shots 2, 3 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Fouls Committed 5, May 21, 2016, KC vs. RSL Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2015, KC at POR Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA Goal June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Assist Sept. 18, 2016, KC vs. LA 2017 Record when: he starts 1-1-5 he scores 1-0-0

Height: 6-4 Weight: 185 Birthday: 9/8/1991 Hometown: Gahanna, Ohio College: Akron Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#12)

Sporting KC selected defender Saad Abdul-Salaam with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 Abdul-Salaam played three seasons at the University of Akron (2012-14), recording three MLS SuperDraft. The right back played 28 matches across all competitions during his goals and 12 assists in 54 college games. He helped Akron win MAC regular season titles rookie season, including 22 regular season appearances, all five games in the Lamar in each of his three seasons and earned All-MAC First Team honors as a senior in 2014.

Hunt U.S. Open Cup and one start in the MLS Cup Playoffs. He recorded six assists in 30 MLS appearances in 2016 and once again started in the MLS Cup Playoffs. He scored his first career goal in a 3-0 win over Minnesota United FC on June 3, 2017.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

61

43

4083

1

7

25

9

55

42

5

0

3

0

0

1

KC - Postseason

2

2

210

0

0

0

0

5

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

62

44

4203

1

7

24

8

58

42

5

0

4

0

0

1

#5 | D | MATT BESLER | @MattBesler SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assists 1, 14 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LA Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: March 16, 2013, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs. COL

A

MLS Regular Season

221

215

19382

3

14

MLS Postseason

13

13

1260

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

18

16

1504

0

1

International

10

10

885

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

262

254

23031

3

15

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assist June 24, 2017, KC at LA 2017 Record when: he starts 10-5-6 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Birthday: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8) Sporting KC’s Matt Besler is in his ninth season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012-13), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-16), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors since being selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Notre Dame.

Besler has earned 44 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He featured in four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Kansan to play in the quadrennial tournament, as the U.S. advanced to the Round of 16. He also helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting all three matches in the knockout stage. He joined the U.S. squad for the 2016 Copa America Besler ranks fourth in Sporting KC history with 262 appearances across all competitions. Centenario, starting two matches, and scored his first international goal at St. Vincent and A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 228 of 234 MLS matches (including the Grenadines on Sept. 2, the same day his firstborn daughter Parker Rhea was born in playoffs) and landed club Defender of the Year honors four times (2011-13, 2015).

Kansas City. He recently made four appearances for his country as the U.S. claimed the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

221

215

19382

3

14

41

9

194

105

8

1

28

2

2

7

KC - Postseason

13

13

1260

0

0

2

0

14

10

2

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

234

228

20642

3

14

43

9

208

115

10

1

28

2

2

7

18

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #9 | F | LATIF BLESSING | @latif_blessing SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

17

11

973

3

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

4

3

342

2

1

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

21

14

1315

5

1

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 13, 2017, KC at ORL Assists 0 Shots on Goal 3, July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Shots 4, July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 6, May 27, 2017, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 6, Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 3-2-6 he scores 1-0-1

Height: 5-3 Weight: 130 Birthday: 12/30/1996 Hometown: Accra, Ghana Last Club: Liberty Professionals FC (Ghana) Acquired: Signed on 1/9/2017 Sporting Kansas City acquired 20-year-old winger Latif Blessing in a transfer from Liberty Professionals FC of the Ghana Premier League in early 2017. Blessing scored two goals on his first start for the club in a 2-2 draw with Orlando City SC on May 13, 2017.

Born and raised in Accra, Ghana, Blessing was named the 2016 Ghana Premier League player of the year after leading the top flight with 17 goals in his first season on the senior team. He was also a finalist for the 2016 Ghanaian FA Cup most valuable player award, helping Liberty Professionals reach the semifinals of the knockout competition.

Blessing, a product of the Liberty Professionals youth academy, debuted for the first team on Feb. 28, 2016 and opened his scoring account with a game-winning goal against Inter Allies one week later. He caught fire during the month of April with five goals over a three-game span, including a brace in a 5-1 victory over defending league champions Ashanti Gold.

Blessing received his first call-up to the Ghana Men’s National Team in December 2016 as a member of the Black Stars’ 30-man provisional squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, but was not selected to the final roster.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

17

11

973

3

0

27

13

22

26

15

0

2

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

17

11

973

3

0

27

13

22

26

15

0

2

0

1

0

#20 | F | GIANLUCA BUSIO | @gbusio10 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 5-7 Weight: 135 Birthday: 5/28/2002 Hometown: Greensboro, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/25/2017

he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City signed Gianluca Busio as the club’s fifth Homegrown Player on August 25, 2017, making Busio the youngest active player in MLS and the second youngest player in MLS history at the age of 15 years and 89 days.

He tallied three goals during Sporting KC’s impressive postseason run from late June to mid-July. Busio also earned playing time for the Sporting KC U-18s throughout 2016-17, scoring in their regular-season finale on June 3.

Busio starred for the Sporting Kansas City Academy during the 2016-17 season as one of the United States’ top youth prospects for his age. The versatile forward played three matches for the Sporting KC U-14s before stepping up to the U-16 level, where he scored nine goals in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and earned Central Conference Best XI honors. He led the U-16s to their first appearance in the USSDA quarterfinals.

At the international level, Busio is a key contributor for the U.S. U-15 National Team. He guided the U.S. to a second-place finish at the CONCACAF U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring a team-high five goals in five matches in August 2017. He previously represented the U.S. U-15s in May 2017 at the Torneo Delle Nazioni in Italy, where he scored three goals as the Americans were crowned tournament champions.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

19

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #55 | D | AMER DIDIC | @amerdidic_ SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

3

3

270

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

3

3

270

0

0

Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 5/31/2017

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Birthday: 12/28/1994

he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City signed central defender Amer Didic from the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, on May 31, 2017. Didic had previously made three appearances for Sporting KC in the CONCACAF Champions League during the 2016 campaign after joining on loan from the Rangers.

Didic was named to the the USL All-League First Team, while also being named a finalist for USL Defender of the Year. In addition, he was named Swope Park Rangers defensive player of the year. Collegiately, Didic played at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, making 84 appearances and scoring 28 goals from central defense.

Didic was born in Zenica, Bosnia, but raised in Edmonton, Alberta after his parents fled the war-torn Eastern European nation when Didic was a child. He made 32 appearances for the Rangers in their inaugural season in 2016, helping guide the side to the Western Conference championship before falling to defeat in the USL Cup Final against New York Red Bulls II.

Didic was called in to the Canada National Team for the first time in August 2017, but did not appear in a friendly against Jamaica on Sept. 2. Didic represented Canada’s Under-23 National Team for the first time in March 2017 when he took part in a mini-tournament in Qatar, playing every minute as Canada won the tournament with 1-0 and 2-0 wins over Uzbekistan and Qatar, respectively.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#21 | GK | ANDREW DYKSTRA SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 3 times, last: March 6, 2016, DC at LA (w/ DC) Saves 8, May 15, 2010, CHI at KC (w/ CHI)

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Last Regular Season...

Appearance March 6, 2016, DC at LA (w/ DC) Shutout April 12, 2014, DC at NY (w/ DC) 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Birthday: 1/2/1986 Hometown: Woodbridge, Virginia College: Virginia Commonwealth University Acquired: Signed on 1/10/2017 after being selected in Stage Two of Re-Entry Draft Dykstra joins Sporting KC having previously played for D.C. United from 2012-2016, where he served as a backup goalkeeper to Bill Hamid. He began his professional career with the Chicago Fire in 2009 and boasts seven years of MLS experience, appearing in 31 regular season matches with seven shutouts and an 11-11-8 record.

Undrafted out of college, Dykstra was signed to the Chicago Fire’s developmental roster in April 2009. He was signed to the senior roster two months later and became Chicago’s starting goalkeeper ahead of the 2010 campaign. He ended the year with a career-high 17 MLS appearances and five shutouts. Dykstra has previously spent time on loan in the USL with the Richmond Kickers and the Charleston Battery.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

C

E

W

L

T

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Regular Season

31

31

2758

153

104

7

44

1.44

3

5

0

1

11

11

8

MLS - TOTAL

31

31

2758

153

104

7

44

1.44

3

5

0

10

11

11

8

20

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #4 | D | KEVIN ELLIS | @Kev_Ellis4 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Assists 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 1, 2016, KC at NE Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs. LA Shots 3, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs. LA Fouls Committed 4, April 25, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR

A

MLS Regular Season

68

58

5389

5

5

MLS Postseason

3

3

300

1

0

U.S. Open Cup

13

10

974

0

1

International

6

6

540

2

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

90

77

7206

8

6

Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 22, 2017, KC at RSL Goal Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Assist Oct. 1, 2016, KC at NE 2017 Record when: he starts 0-2-3 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 6/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri College: Barton County Community College Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/2011 Sporting KC’s second Homegrown Player in club history, Kevin Ellis set regular season career-highs with 27 games played and four goals in 2015, the most by any MLS defender that year. He added another goal in the MLS Cup Playoffs and finished 2015 with starts in 32 of 33 appearances across all competitions. On April 2, 2016 he became the first Sporting KC Homegrown Player to reach 50 career regular season appearances.

Now in his seventh MLS season, Ellis developed in the Sporting KC Academy while attending Oak Park High School before playing at Barton County Community College from 2009-10. He scored his first goal for the club in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals against eventual champion Cruz Azul (Mexico).

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

68

58

5389

5

5

26

11

69

43

2

0

10

0

2

3

KC - Postseason

3

3

300

1

0

2

2

4

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

71

61

5689

6

5

28

13

73

45

2

0

11

0

2

3

#27 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

182

162

14370

5

23

MLS Postseason

8

7

545

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

17

15

1654

0

3

International

3

2

232

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

210

186

16801

5

26

Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assists 1, 23 times, last: July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR Shots on Goal 2, 8 times, last: May 13, 2017, KC at ORL Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 5, May 1, 2016, KC vs. LA Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2016, KC at RSL Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assist July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR 2017 Record when: he starts 9-4-9 he scores 1-0-0

Birthday: 10/25/1986

Roger Espinoza played five seasons in Kansas City from 2008-12 before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. After a two-year stint in the English Premier League and English Championship, Espinoza returned to Sporting KC in 2015 and tallied one goal and four MLS assists. His 2015 campaign was cut short due to a left foot injury sustained in early August, but returned to the fold as a regular starter in 2016, tallying a career-high five assists.

Espinoza was an MLS All-Star in 2012 and helped lead the club to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title that season. He has made 210 appearances for the club in all

competitions, tallying five goals and 26 assists over seven seasons. In two years at Wigan Athletic, he logged 57 appearances, including eight in the UEFA Europa League, and started in the club’s 2013 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester City.

Espinoza has earned 51 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team since debuting in 2009. He has competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

182

162

14370

5

23

194

49

282

250

12

15

39

7

1

6

KC - Postseason

8

7

545

0

0

6

2

10

10

1

0

3

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

190

169

14915

5

23

200

51

292

260

13

15

42

7

1

6

21

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #10 | M | BENNY FEILHABER | @b_feilhaber22 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs. FCD Assists 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC Shots 7, May 27, 2017, KC at COL Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU

A

MLS Regular Season

143

130

11507

29

41

MLS Postseason

7

7

694

0

3

U.S. Open Cup

12

10

976

3

8

International

9

8

592

1

3

ALL COMPETITIONS

171

155

13769

33

55

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Assist May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA 2017 Record when: he starts 9-3-8 he scores 3-0-2

Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 1/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, California College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with New England Revolution on 12/11/2012 A seven-year MLS veteran, Benny Feilhaber set professional career-highs in 2015 with 10 goals and 15 assists en route to an MLS MVP nomination. He was named MLS Player of the Month in April of that year, earned MLS All-Star honors for the first time in his career and landed Sporting KC’s 2015 Most Valuable Player award after finishing with a club record 20 assists in all competitions.

Feilhaber turned professional in 2005 with German club Hamburg after two seasons at UCLA. He moved to Derby County of the English Premier League in 2007 and Danish side AGF Aarhus in 2008 before signing with the New England Revolution in 2011. He

joined Sporting KC prior to the 2013 campaign and has made 171 appearances across all competitions for the club with 33 goals and 55 assists.

Feilhaber has earned 43 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in 2007. He scored the game-winning goal on a volley in the 2007 Gold Cup Final against Mexico before competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He helped lead the U.S. to the final of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and also made three appearances at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He returned to the National Team after a three year absence in January 2017 under new head coach Bruce Arena.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

143

130

11507

29

41

212

69

173

273

4

262

24

1

7

12

MLS - Regular Season

195

176

15700

34

50

290

97

241

414

6

335

32

3

7

13

KC - Postseason

7

7

694

0

3

17

3

14

17

2

2

2

0

0

1

MLS - TOTAL

202

183

16394

34

53

307

100

255

431

8

337

34

3

7

14

#7 | F | GERSO FERNANDES | @ge7fe SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Assists 1, June 24, 2017, KC at LA Shots on Goal 4, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Shots 6, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Fouls Committed 4, June 17, 2017, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN

A

MLS Regular Season

24

22

1896

7

1

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

4

4

329

2

1

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

28

26

2225

9

2

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Assist June 24, 2017, KC at LA 2017 Record when: he starts 8-5-9 he scores 4-0-1

Height: 5-8 Weight: 140 Birthday: 2/21/1991 Hometown: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Last Club: C.F. Os Belenenses (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 1/4/2017 Gerso Fernandes, a left-footed winger, has played more than 150 matches during a six-year professional career in Portugal. He has spent each of the last five seasons in the Portuguese first division, including the 2016-17 Primeira Liga campaign with Belenenses.

On May 17, 2017, Gerso scored the first Sporting KC hat-trick in seven years in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC before adding a goal and an assist in his first-ever U.S. Open Cup game against Minnesota United FC on June 14, 2017.

He started nine of 14 Primeira Liga appearances for Belenenses since August, recording four assists as well as the game-winning goal against Maritimo on Dec. 10, 2016. He also contributed one assist in three domestic cup matches, featuring in the 2016-17 Taça de Portugal and the 2016-17 Taça da Liga. Fernandes appeared more than 100 times for Estoril between 2011-2016. He helped clinch promotion to the Primera Liga in his first year with the club before facilitating Estoril’s transition to the top flight over the next two seasons, recording four assists in 43 Primera Liga appearances and playing six games in the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League group stage.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

24

22

1896

7

1

55

23

29

34

6

6

4

0

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

24

22

1896

7

1

55

23

29

34

6

6

4

0

2

0

22

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #24 | F | CAMERON IWASA | @cam31iwasa SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/7/1993 Hometown: Sacramento, California Last Club: Sacramento Republic FC (USL) Acquired: Signed on 1/10/2017 Cameron Iwasa was a 2016 USL All-League Second Team honoree, recording 12 goals and three assists in his second year with Sacramento Republic FC. Iwasa’s 12 goals set a regular-season club record and helped Sacramento finish first in the USL Western Conference standings.

Iwasa appeared in all 30 regular season matches for his hometown club in 2016, including a team-record 27 straight starts to end the campaign. His 59 shot attempts and 31 shots on goal were also single-season Sacramento records. Iwasa earned USL Team of the Week honors three times and was named USL Player of the Week in Week 13 after netting a brace in a 3-2 win over Rio Grande Valley FC on June 18.

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The forward inked his first professional contract with Sacramento in 2015 and ended the season with one goal and one assist in 17 regular season appearances as a rookie.

Iwasa totaled 23 goals and 14 assists during a four-year collegiate career at UC Irvine. He was named a 2014 MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist as a senior after recording six goals, six assists and guiding UC Irvine to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#19 | M | CRISTIAN LOBATO SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Shots 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Fouls Committed 1, Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL

A

MLS Regular Season

4

2

148

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

4

2

148

0

0

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Birthday: 3/7/1989 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 6/29/2017 Cristian Lobato joins Sporting Kansas City after spending the last two seasons with Gimnastic de Tarragona in the Spanish Second Division. Lobato has made more than 150 professional appearances since 2008, including a two-year stint at FC Barcelona B where he was teammates with Sporting KC midfielder Ilie from 2011-2013. He spent four years at FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy before ending his youth career at Spanish outfit CE L’Hospitalet.

Lobato earned his senior team debut for Hospitalet in 2008 and helped the club win a MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Tercera Division title in 2009-10 and promotion to the Segunda Division B. He then joined Barcelona B of the Segunda Division, scoring eight goals in 57 games.

In February 2014, Lobato made his top-flight debut for CA Osasuna and ended the 2013-14 La Liga campaign with 12 appearances. He then left Spain for the first time, helping Asteras Tripoli to a fourth-place finish in the 2014-15 Superleague Greece before returning to join Gimnastic de Tarragona in 2015.

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

4

2

148

0

0

3

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

4

2

148

0

0

3

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

23

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #94 | D | JIMMY MEDRANDA | @jimmymedranda SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

65

47

4015

2

3

MLS Postseason

1

0

1

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

6

6

614

0

2

International

2

1

96

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

74

54

4727

2

5

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Assists 1, 3 times, last: April 15, 2017, KC at POR Shots on Goal 3, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Shots 4, 5 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 4, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Assist April 15, 2017, KC at POR 2017 Record when: he starts 8-3-6 he scores 1-0-0

Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthday: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014 Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Colombian club Deportivo Pereira, making his MLS debut a month later. He signed permanently for Sporting KC in February 2014 and has played 74 games for the club across all competitions, including a career-high 32 appearances and 25 starts in 2016.

Medranda has scored two goals and added five assists since the start of 2016, his first for the club. He joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team by age 17. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

65

47

4015

2

3

89

17

61

41

4

8

10

1

1

2

KC - Postseason

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

66

47

4016

2

3

89

17

61

41

4

8

10

1

1

2

#29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

75

75

6750

0

0

MLS Postseason

2

2

174

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

9

9

900

0

0

International

1

1

90

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

87

87

7914

0

0

Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 19, 2015, KC vs. SJ Saves 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Shutout Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD 2017 Record when: he starts 10-5-10

Birthday: 5/15/1986

Tim Melia solidified his position as starting goalkeeper in 2016 following his breakout season in 2015 where he earned MLS Comeback Player of the Year honors. Now in his sixth MLS season after previously serving as a back-up goalkeeper at Real Salt Lake (2010-11) and Chivas USA (2012-14), Melia ended 2016 with eight clean sheets and a 1.11 goals against average in the regular season as Sporting KC made its sixth straight playoff appearance.

During his breakout campaign in 2015, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 precent save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against average. He was a six-time member of the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week and became the first goalkeeper in MLS history to record six shutouts in his first nine league matches for a new team.

After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New In 2016, Melia became the first goalkeeper in club history to record at least five saves, York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL one penalty stop and a shutout win in the same match against the New York Red Bulls on First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of April 9 before performing the feat again in the 2017 season opener against D.C. United.

2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

C

E

W

L

T

KC - Regular Season

75

75

6750

298

218

26

77

1.03

7

11

6

0

31

24

19

MLS - Regular Season

81

80

7189

334

240

26

91

1.14

8

12

6

1

32

28

20

KC - Postseason

2

2

174

5

2

0

2

1.03

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

83

82

7363

339

242

26

93

1.14

8

12

6

1

32

29

20

24

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #41 | M | JAMES MUSA SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

1

1

90

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

1

1

90

0

0

Height: 6-3 Weight: 170 Hometown: Plymouth, England Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 8/11/2017

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA Shots 1, Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA Fouls Committed 2, Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered 0

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-1-0

Birthday: 4/1/1992

James Musa signed for Sporting KC in August of 2017 after spending the earlier part of the year with the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. Musa joined the Swope Park Rangers from fellow USL side Saint Louis FC ahead of the 2017 season. He spent two years in St. Louis, making 51 appearances in the club’s first two years of existence.

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New Zealand in 2013. He then moved to South Melbourne in 2014 before heading back to Team Wellington after one season in Australia.

Musa has earned two caps for the New Zealand National Team, appearing in the side’s FIFA World Cup Qualifier against the Solomon Islands in September 2017 after making his debut in a friendly against South Africa on May 30, 2014. He previously represented New Zealand at the Under-20 and Under-23 levels, including three appearances at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and one appearance for the U-23s at the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

Musa began his professional career with Wellington Phoenix FC in 2010 before playing for Waitakere City FC and Team Wellington FC. Musa was offered a trial by then English Premier League side Fulham FC and signed with the club in 2012. A loan spell at Hereford United FC in the Conference followed before returning to Team Wellington in MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

1

1

90

0

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

1

90

0

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

#93 | M | SONI MUSTIVAR | @billydougie SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

64

46

4193

0

3

MLS Postseason

2

2

210

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

8

7

640

1

0

International

2

2

154

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

76

57

5197

1

3

Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Aubervilliers, France Last Club: Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2015

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 2, Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs. VAN Shots on Goal 1, Oct. 21, 2015, KC vs. COL Shots 2, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2016, KC vs. HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: May 11, 2016, KC at COL

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA Goal N/A Assist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL 2017 Record when: he starts 0-2-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 2/12/1990

Soni Mustivar is entering his third season with Sporting KC having set career-highs in starts (24) and minutes played (2095) in 2016. In his first season at Sporting KC, Mustivar earned Co-Defender of the Year honors after producing a 15-5-6 record as a starter in all competitions and led MLS during the regular season with more than six interceptions per 90 minutes played.

Mustivar began his professional career as a teenager with SC Bastia in France’s Ligue 2 from 2008-10. He then moved to FC Petrolul Ploiesti and played three seasons in

Romania’s Liga I, recording 61 league appearances in addition to eight games in the UEFA Europa League. He started in Petrolul’s triumph in the 2013 Romanian Cup Final.

Mustivar has earned 12 caps for the Haiti Men’s National Team since debuting in 2013.

This year he has helped Haiti book a spot in the Copa America Centenario and featured in a pair of 2018 World Cup qualifiers. He was a youth international for France at the U-20 level and holds dual citizenship in both France and Haiti. He joined Haiti for the Copa America Centenario but did not appear in a game.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

64

46

4193

0

3

11

1

68

42

0

0

8

1

0

1

KC - Postseason

2

2

210

0

0

0

0

2

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

66

48

4403

0

3

11

1

70

45

0

0

8

1

0

1

25

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #3 | D | IKE OPARA | @ikeopara SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

73

60

5525

8

3

MLS Postseason

3

0

16

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

6

6

613

2

0

International

7

7

630

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

89

73

6784

11

3

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 11 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assists 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Shots 3, 2 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 5, May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 3, April 13, 2016, KC vs. COL Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assist Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ 2017 Record when: he starts 10-2-9 he scores 2-0-0

Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Birthday: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes on 12/12/2012 Eighth-year veteran Ike Opara is in his fifth season as a member of Sporting KC, having set career-highs for appearances (25), starts (15) and assists (3) in 2016. He enjoyed a sensational first month of the 2015 campaign, scoring two goals, leading MLS in interceptions and earning an MLS Player of the Month nomination, before suffering a season-ending Achilles rupture in April. He made his 2016 debut on April 9 in a 2-0 win against the New York Red Bulls, his first MLS appearance in nearly a year, and has featured regularly along the back line since then.

Sporting KC’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Opara appeared in 18 MLS matches during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. He scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions and featured in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches. A season-ending ankle injury limited him to three MLS appearances in 2014. Opara represented the United States at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Qualifying Tournament. The San Jose Earthquakes selected him in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing, and he played 36 MLS matches for the team over three seasons.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

73

60

5525

8

3

51

21

69

29

3

0

10

1

5

2

MLS - Regular Season

108

82

7677

11

3

72

28

98

46

8

1

12

1

6

2

KC - Postseason

3

0

16

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Postseason

4

0

94

0

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

112

82

7771

11

3

73

28

99

48

8

1

12

1

6

2

#2 | D | ERIK PALMER-BROWN | @ErikBrown14 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 3, May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 2, Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA

A

MLS Regular Season

15

9

891

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

4

3

316

0

0

International

1

1

60

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

20

13

1267

0

0

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-1-2 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Birthday: 4/24/1997 Hometown: Lee’s Summit, Missouri Last Club: FC Porto (Portugal) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 8/2/2013 Homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown is the youngest signing in club history. A native of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Palmer-Brown is considered one of the top youth prospects for his age in the country. He was named captain of the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team in 2017 and led the side to a quarterfinal appearance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. He previously represented the U.S. U-20s at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, starting the third and final group stage match.

Palmer-Brown made his debut and first MLS start in May 2014, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender, for the first of six appearances in all competitions (including debuts in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and CONCACAF

Champions League). He added seven more competitive appearances in 2015, including four starts. He made his first start since late 2015 in a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia on July 6, 2017.

Palmer-Brown has represented United States youth national teams at the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels and captained the U-20s at the Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament in September 2015. Most recently, Palmer-Brown captained the U.S. U-20s in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, guiding the side to a quarterfinal appearance.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

15

9

891

0

0

2

0

7

6

1

0

4

1

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

15

9

891

0

0

2

0

7

6

7

0

4

1

0

0

26

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #77 | D | TYLER PASHER | @typash SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

1

1

45

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

1

1

90

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

2

2

135

0

0

Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Hometown: Elmira, Ontario Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 0 Last Regular Season...

Appearance May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 4/27/1994

Canadian midfielder Tyler Pasher signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after starring for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign. He made his MLS debut for Sporting KC at Vancouver on May 20, 2017.

Pasher had previously played for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL and Lansing United of the NPSL. Raised in the Newcastle United Academy in England, Pasher returned to Canada and joined the Toronto FC Academy in 2010 before turning pro and signing with PS Kemi in Finland three years later.

The 22-year-old joined the Rangers in March 2016 after a successful preseason spell and played a leading role throughout the season. He started 26 of 28 USL appearances with Pasher has previously represented the Canadian National Team at the Under-17 and five goals and four assists (including playoffs), tallying three of his assists in the playoffs Under-20 levels, while he was called into the Canadian senior team to train ahead of a as the Rangers were crowned USL Western Conference champions and advanced to the pair of friendlies in March 2015.

USL Cup Final.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

1

1

45

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

1

45

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

# 39 | F | CAMERON PORTER | @Cam39Porter SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

3

0

53

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

1

1

54

0

0

International

4

3

234

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

8

4

341

1

0

Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Hometown: Centerville, OH College: Princeton Last Club: Montreal Impact Acquired: Signed on 7/12/2016

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, 2 times, last: May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 2, March 7, 2015, MTL at DC (w/ MTL) Last Regular Season...

Appearance May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 5/23/1993

Sporting KC acquired 23-year-old forward Cameron Porter from the Montreal Impact on July 12, 2016. Montreal selected Porter with the 45th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. He played five matches during his rookie campaign, including three games in the CONCACAF Champions League knockout stage.

Porter scored one of Montreal’s most important goals in club history on March 4, 2015, netting a 94th-minute equalizer against Mexican side CF Pachuca in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. His first professional tally, scored before a crowd of 38,104 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, sent the Impact to the semifinals and allowed the

club to eventually finish runners-up in the tournament. Porter suffered an ACL tear to his left knee two weeks later and missed the remainder of the 2015 season. He made his Sporting KC debut in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC on July 24, then scored his first goal for the club in the CONCACAF Champions League on Oct. 19, a 3-1 win over Central FC. Porter played collegiately at Princeton University from 2011-2014, recording 31 goals and 13 assists in 67 appearances. The college star led the NCAA with 15 goals during his final college season.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

3

0

53

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

5

1

92

0

0

2

0

0

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

27

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #11 | F | DIEGO RUBIO | @DiegoRubo_ SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Assists 1, July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Shots on Goal 2, Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Shots 4, 3 times, last: July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Fouls Suffered 5, July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC

A

MLS Regular Season

22

7

744

3

1

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

4

3

296

2

1

International

3

3

270

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

29

13

1310

6

2

Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Birthday: 5/15/1993 Hometown: Santiago, Chile Last Club: Real Valladolid (Spain) Acquired: Signed on loan from Real Valladolid as Young Designated Player on 3/8/2016 Sporting KC acquired 23-year-old Chilean striker Diego Rubio in March 2016 after he recorded 37 goals and 15 assists during a five-year professional stint in South America and Europe. The forward joined Sporting KC initially on loan from Real Valladolid of the Spanish Segunda Division, where he made 14 appearances during the 2015-16 season.

A native of Santiago, Chile, he scored his first goal on April 27 at Vancouver. He scored the game-winner in the 109th minute of Sporting KC’s 2-1 victory over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 on June 15, then opened his CONCACAF Champions League scoring account on Sept. 13 vs. Vancouver. Rubio completed his permanent transfer to Sporting KC in September. Rubio tore his ACL in October 2016 and made his return to the field on June 17, 2017 in a 0-0 road draw with San Jose before scoring his first goal since returning in a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia on July 6, 2017.

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Assist July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI 2017 Record when: he starts 2-0-2 he scores 1-0-1

Rubio played for 18-time Primeira Liga champion Sporting Clube de Portugal from 2011-2015, scoring 22 goals in 52 games for the club’s reserve team Sporting B. He also made 20 senior team appearances, including six in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League as he helped the club advance to the tournament semifinals.

Rubio has earned three caps for the Chile Men’s National Team since debuting at age 18 in a friendly against Paraguay in June 2011. He appeared in two additional friendlies against France and Mexico later that year before playing eight matches at the U-20 level in 2012 and 2013, including three starts at the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

22

7

744

3

1

24

5

24

26

7

0

2

0

1

1

MLS - TOTAL

22

7

744

3

1

24

5

24

26

7

0

2

0

1

1

#22 | F | SOONY SAAD | @SoonySaad SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

69

32

3048

8

7

MLS Postseason

4

0

47

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

5

4

375

4

1

International

4

4

376

2

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

82

40

3846

14

8

Height: 5-10 Weight: 165 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan Last Club: Pattaya United (Thailand) Acquired: Signed on 1/30/2017

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs. TOR Assists 2, Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs. NE Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: June 6, 2014, KC at HOU Shots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs. CLB Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA Goal Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NE Assist April 29, 2017, KC vs. RSL 2017 Record when: he starts 2-2-2 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 8/17/1992

Saad rejoins Sporting KC from Pattaya United of Thailand’s first division, where he scored Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title, scoring two pivotal goals in a 3-2 third-round victory over nine goals across 28 Thai League appearances in 2016. He has also recorded three Orlando City. goals for the Lebanon Men’s National Team since making his senior international debut in 2013.

Saad enjoyed a breakout year in 2013, reaching MLS career-highs with four goals, four assists and 23 games played. He also notched a brace in a 2-0 CONCACAF Champions During his first stint with Sporting KC, Saad tallied 14 goals and seven assists in 71 League win at Honduran side Olimpia and appeared in two playoff games during Sporting appearances across all competitions. He was signed by MLS and allocated to Sporting KC’s run to the 2013 MLS Cup championship. In 2014, Saad scored five goals across all KC via a lottery draft in July 2011. The following month, he scored nine minutes into his competitions and helped the club advance to the MLS Cup Playoffs for a fourth straight MLS debut on his 19th birthday to become the youngest goal scorer in club history. In year. Thai outfit BEC Tero Sasana signed Saad ahead of the 2015 season and loaned 2012, Saad played nine MLS matches and helped Sporting Kansas City capture the him to Pattaya United last year.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

69

32

3048

8

7

112

34

45

59

3

30

2

0

2

2

KC - Postseason

4

0

47

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

73

32

3095

8

7

112

34

48

59

3

30

2

0

2

2

28

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #30 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Assists 1, 2 times, last: July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Shots on Goal 3, July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Shots 4, 3 times, last: Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Fouls Committed 2, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last; Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA

A

MLS Regular Season

15

5

547

2

2

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

3

1

168

2

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

18

6

715

4

2

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Assist July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI 2017 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 1-0-1

Height: 6-1 Weight: 150 Birthday: 7/19/1996 Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Last Club: Gyirmot SE (Hungary) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 1/13/2016 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Daniel Salloi as the fourth Homegrown Player in club history in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017 against the Colorado Rapids. Salloi is the third Homegrown Player on Sporting Kansas City’s roster, alongside Kevin Ellis (2011) and Erik Palmer-Brown (2013). He scored on his first start for Sporting KC - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup on June 14, 2017 - before adding his first career MLS goal against Portland on July 1.

In June 2016, he was loaned to Hungarian club Gyirmot SE for the remainder of the year.

Prior to his loan to Gyirmot, Salloi made 10 appearances for Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. The forward scored four goals and added three assists in six

starts for the team. Salloi moved to the United States in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas. He joined the Sporting Kansas City Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season and scored a team-high 21 goals in 28 appearances, including three hat-tricks in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.

After a successful spell with the Sporting KC U-18s, Salloi returned to his former Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 to sign an amateur contract for senior team, a 20-time champion in Hungary’s first division. He made his professional debut in the top-tier OTP Bank Liga on July 18, the day before his 19th birthday.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

15

5

547

2

2

20

9

6

9

2

0

0

0

0

1

MLS - TOTAL

15

5

547

2

2

20

9

6

9

2

0

0

0

0

1

#6 | M | ILIE SANCHEZ | @iliesanchez SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

24

24

2160

0

1

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

4

4

420

0

1

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

28

28

2580

0

2

Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Elche CF (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 1/13/2017

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, June 10, 2017, KC vs. MTL Shots on Goal 1, May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Shots 2, 2 times, last: May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: March 31, 2017, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 4, March 4, 2017, KC at DC Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal N/A Assist June 10, 2017, KC vs. MTL 2016 Record when: he starts 10-4-10 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 11/21/1990

Sánchez, a product of FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, has eight years of professional experience in Spain and Germany. The defensive midfielder featured extensively for FC Barcelona B from 2009-2014 and most recently played for Spanish side Elche CF during the 2015-16 season.

After missing most of 2011-12 through injury, Sánchez claimed a regular spot in Barcelona B’s midfield over the next two seasons. He played 29 league matches in 2012-13 and started 36 of 38 appearances in 2013-14, guiding Barcelona B to another third-place finish in the Segunda Division. Sánchez appeared in 114 league games during his five-year spell at FC Barcelona B.

Born and raised in Barcelona, Sánchez jumped from La Masia to FC Barcelona B ahead of the 2009-10 campaign. He helped the club earn promotion to the Spanish Segunda Sánchez moved to Germany’s second division in 2014, making 26 appearances in all Division in his first professional season. He played 24 more matches the following year as competitions for 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga. He was then loaned back to his native Barcelona B finished third in Spain’s second tier.

Spain for the 2015-16 campaign, where he played 28 games for CF Elche in the Segunda Division.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

24

24

2160

0

1

14

1

11

28

0

7

5

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

24

24

2160

0

1

14

1

11

28

0

7

5

0

0

0

29

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #15 | D | SETH SINOVIC | @ssinovic SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

157

152

13479

1

8

MLS Postseason

12

12

1134

2

0

U.S. Open Cup

13

13

1093

0

2

International

11

10

937

1

2

ALL COMPETITIONS

193

187

16643

4

12

Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed on 5/10/2011

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assists 1, 8 times, last: April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 2, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD Shots 3, 3 times, last: May 27, 2017, KC at COL Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA Goal April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL 2017 Record when: he starts 9-5-10 he scores 1-0-0

Birthday: 1/28/1987

An eight-year MLS veteran, Seth Sinovic has started 186 of 192 appearances in all competitions since joining Sporting KC from the New England Revolution in 2011. The left back played at least 30 regular season matches every year from 2012-2014, during which time Sporting KC conceded the fewest combined goals in MLS. He scored his first MLS regular-season goal on his 150th MLS appearance for Sporting KC against the Colorado Rapids on April 9, 2017.

A native of Leawood, Kansas, Sinovic scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and notched the second of his career in the 2013 postseason as Sporting KC won MLS Cup. He was named the club’s Defender of the Year in 2014. After a four-year college career at Creighton University, Sinovic was selected by New England with the 25th pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made 20 MLS appearances as a rookie before moving to Sporting KC in 2011.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

157

152

13479

1

8

77

20

171

101

8

0

26

0

0

4

MLS - Regular Season

177

170

15059

1

8

84

21

184

111

8

0

29

0

0

4

KC - Postseason

12

12

1134

2

0

5

3

18

12

0

0

2

0

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

189

182

16193

3

8

89

24

202

123

8

0

31

0

2

4

#23 | D | COLTON STORM | @ColtonStorm SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/6/1994 Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania College: University of North Carolina Acquired: 2017 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14) - signed on 2/24/2017 Rookie defender Colton Storm joined Sporting Kansas City as the No. 14 overall selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Storm, a right back, tallied two goals and eight assists in 69 matches during his four-year career at the University of North Carolina.He capped his senior campaign in 2016 with Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and NSCAA Third Team All-South Region honors. He was also named to the NCAA College Cup Best XI after guiding the Tar Heels to their seventh final four in program history.

he scores 0-0-0

Born and raised in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Storm started 41 straight games for North Carolina from 2015-2016. He captained the team as a senior, leading a defense that posted 12 shutouts in 21 matches. As a youth, Storm competed in the United States U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida. He played club soccer for HMMS Eagle FC in his hometown.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

30

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #1 | GK | ADRIAN ZENDEJAS | @MrZ3ND SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Height: 6-5 Weight: 185 Hometown: Chula Vista, California Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Birthday: 8/30/1995

Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after playing for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign.

Zendajas joined the Rangers in June 2016 and debuted in a 2-1 win over LA Galaxy II on Aug. 27 before starting five of the team’s final seven regular season matches, amassing a perfect 5-0-0 record with three shutouts, 13 saves and a 0.40 goals against average.

Zendejas carried his great form into the postseason, earning two more clean sheets as the Rangers rattled off three straight victories en route to the USL Cup Final.

The Chula Vista, California native joined Club Tijuana in 2014 and made his debut for the Under-20 team in February 2015. He made 31 total appearances for the U-20 team while helping the Xolos reach the 2015 Apertura final and the 2016 Clausura final. He made his first-team debut in a preseason friendly against Club Leon on July 3, 2015 and played all four preseason games for the Xolos in July 2015. His youth career includes a stint at Nomads SC in San Diego, California while he also played for Hilltop High School in Chula Vista.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

C

E

W

L

T

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#8 | M | GRAHAM ZUSI | @gzusi SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

212

172

15901

26

53

MLS Postseason

13

13

1259

0

6

U.S. Open Cup

14

12

1177

3

4

International

8

8

690

0

3

ALL COMPETITIONS

247

205

19027

29

66

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, 6 times, last: Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Shots on Goal 3, 4 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Goal Oct. 23, 2016, KC vs. SJ Assist Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD 2017 Record when: he starts 9-3-5 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) A nine-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15, 2017), MLS Best XI (2012-13) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) accolades in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. He earned Sporting KC MVP honors from 2012-14 and is the only player to appear in every All-Star Game from 2011-2014.

Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract in 2014. He has recorded 29 goals and 66 assists in 247 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being drafted in 2008 out of the University of Maryland, where he won two national championships. He is second in club history with 66 total assists, while his 410 chances created from 2011-2015 (including postseason) ranked third in MLS. With his assist on

Benny Feilhaber’s goal against RSL on April 29, 2017, Zusi reached 50 regular-season assists & moved into first in club history with 24 game-winning assists on Aug. 19, 2017.

Zusi has earned 54 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording five goals and seven assists. He played four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He played in his first CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015, starting two matches, and scored in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala on March 29, 2016. He played five games for the U.S. at the 2016 Copa America Centenario, scoring on June 7 in a 4-0 win over Costa Rica. He recently made four appearances as the U.S. won the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

212

172

15901

26

53

310

101

176

253

28

667

17

0

8

24

KC - Postseason

13

13

1259

0

6

24

1

20

23

1

61

1

0

0

3

MLS - TOTAL

225

185

17160

26

59

334

102

196

276

29

728

18

0

8

27

31

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 PARTICIPATION CHART

PLAYER Abdul-Salaam Besler Blessing Busio Didic Dwyer Dykstra Ellis Espinoza Feilhaber Gerso Iwasa Juliao Lobato Medranda Melia Musa Mustivar Opara Palmer-Brown Pasher Porter Rubio Saad Salloi Ilie Sinovic Storm Zendejas Zusi

3/4 3/11 3/18 3/31 4/9 4/15 4/22 4/29 5/3 5/7 5/13 5/17 5/20 5/27 6/3 6/10 6/17 @DC FCD SJ @TOR COL @POR @FCD RSL NY @MIN @ORL SEA @VAN @COL MIN MTL @SJ DNP UNAV INJ DNP DNP SUB-1 DNP DNP UNAV UNAV SUB-1 DNP DNP DNP RB-90 RB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INTL CB-90 DNP SUB-23 DNP SUB-7 DNP DNP SUB-6 DNP DNP DNP CF-82 SUB-7 CF-69 CF-90 LW-75 INJ LW-69 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- DNP DNP SPR CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-89 CF-89 CF-90 SUS CF-90 INJ INJ SUB-28 CF-90 CF-76 UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR UNAV UNAV DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CB-90 DNP DNP CB-90 INJ INJ CB-90 DNP CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 CM-90 CM-70 CM-89 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 SUS CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-85 INJ INJ CM-83 CM-72 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 SUB-34 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 LW-90 LW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-84 RW-90 RW-90 RW-77 RW-90 RW-83 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 INJ INJ INJ UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR UNAV DNP DNP UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP RB-45 UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP DNP UNAV -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW-90 RW-67 LW-78 CM-65 CM-74 LW-90 LW-81 LW-79 LW-89 SUB-30 LW-86 LW-79 SUB-45 LW-74 CM-67 LW-80 SUB-21 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- DNP DNP SUB-5 SUB-25 SUB-16 SUB-7 SUB-18 SUB-20 SUB-1 DNP SUB-4 SUB-11 CM-56 DNP SUB-23 SUB-10 DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INTL INJ INJ SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR INTL INTL INTL INTL INTL INJ INJ UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR LW-45 SPR SPR INTL SPR UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP SUB-21 DNP DNP DNP UNAV INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ DNP SUB-14 DNP DNP SUB-12 LW-83 LW-83 DNP DNP SUB-1 SUB-1 LW-60 SUB-8 INJ UNAV SUB-16 CF-62 INTL UNAV DNP DNP DNP DNP SUB-7 DNP SUB-9 SUB-11 SUB-1 SUB-13 DNP SUB-1 DNP DNP SUB-15 DNP DNP CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-89 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR INJ SPR SPR DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SPR INJ SPR SPR RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 SUB-45 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 INTL INTL RB-90

6/24 7/1 7/6 7/22 7/29 8/6 8/12 8/19 9/6 9/10 9/16 9/24 9/30 10/7 10/11 10/15 10/22 PLAYER @LA POR PHI @RSL CHI ATL @SEA FCD @NYC @CLB NE LA VAN @MIN @HOU HOU @RSL Abdul-Salaam DNP RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 DNP RB-90 RB-90 DNP Besler CB-90 INTL INTL INTL CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 Blessing LW-72 LW-90 RW-90 LW-90 RW-83 CF-90 SUB-30 SUB-1 Busio -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Didic UNAV SPR SPR DNP SPR SPR UNAV SPR Dwyer CF-89 INTL INTL DNP -- -- -- -- Dykstra DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP UNAV DNP DNP Ellis DNP CB-90 DNP CB-90 DNP DNP UNAV UNAV Espinoza CM-90 CM-90 SUS CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 DNP CM-90 Feilhaber CM-61 CM-80 CM-90 CM-90 CM-87 SUB-45 SUB-27 CM-89 Gerso RW-90 RW-35 SUB-10 RW-80 SUS RW-83 RW-72 SUB-22 Iwasa SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR Juliao UNAV -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Lobato -- UNAV UNAV UNAV SUB-17 CM-45 SUB-18 RW-68 Medranda SUB-29 SUB-10 CM-90 DNP SUB-7 SUB-7 CM-90 LB-90 Melia GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 Musa -- -- -- -- -- -- CM-90 DNP Mustivar SUB-1 DNP DNP DNP UNAV UNAV CM-63 UNAV Opara CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INJ CB-90 CB-90 UNAV CB-90 Palmer-Brown INJ DNP CB-90 CB-90 SUB-3 UNAV CB-90 SUB-7 Pasher SPR SPR DNP DNP SPR SPR SPR SPR Porter UNAV UNAV DNP UNAV UNAV INJ INJ INJ Rubio SPR SUB-31 CF-80 CF-90 CF-90 SUB-19 DNP CF-90 Saad DNP CF-59 DNP UNAV DNP DNP CF-60 UNAV Salloi SUB-18 SUB-55 LW-90 SUB-10 LW-73 LW-71 LW-90 LW-83 Ilie CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 DNP CM-90 Sinovic LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 DNP Storm SPR DNP SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR Zendejas SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR DNP SPR SPR Zusi RB-90 INTL INTL INTL RB-90 DNP UNAV RB-90 KEY Position-Minutes - Starting Position-Minutes Played SUB-Minutes - Substitute-Minutes played

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INJ - Injured SUS - Suspended

SPR - Swope Park Rangers (USL) INTL - International Duty

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS) 1996-2016

ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Player

#

Games

C.J. Sapong (2011)

34

Games

Davy Arnaud

240

Minutes

Nick Garcia (2000) & Peter Vermes (2000)

2916

Minutes

Kerry Zavagnin

20515

Goals

Dom Dwyer (2014)

22

Goals

Preki

71

Assists

Preki (1997 & 2003)

17

Assists

Preki

98

Shots

Preki (1996)

140

Shots

Preki

693

Shots on goal

Preki (1996)

61

Shots on goal

Preki

283

Fouls Committed

Chris Henderson (2000)

79

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud

329

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2004)

111

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud

528

Offsides

Eddie Johnson (2007)

50

Offsides

Vitalis Takawira

126

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi (2012)

150

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi

667

Cautions

Aurelien Collin (2013)

13

Cautions

Kerry Zavagnin

44

Ejections

Davy Arnaud (2010)

3

Ejections

Roger Espinoza

7

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) 1996-2016

ALL-TIME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Player

#

Games

Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)

34

Games

Jimmy Nielsen

128

Minutes

Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)

3060

Minutes

Jimmy Nielsen

11497

Wins

Mike Ammann (1997)

21

Wins

Jimmy Nielsen

57

Losses

Mike Amman (1998)

16

Losses

Tony Meola

45

Draws

Bo Oshoniyi (2005)

12

Draws

Jimmy Nielsen

32

Shutouts

Tony Meola (2000)

16

Shutouts

Jimmy Nielsen

45

Goals Against Avg.

Jimmy Nielsen (2012)

0.79

Goals Allowed

Tony Meola

154

Goals Allowed

Mike Amman (1997) & Kevin Hartman (2007)

45

Saves

Tony Meola

507

Saves

Tony Meola (2000)

129

Goals Against Avg.

Jimmy Nielsen

0.99

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Year

#

Goals

Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010), Gerso (2017)

3

Goals

1996

61

Assists

2000

67

Assists

Chris Henderson (1999)

4

Shots

2012

542

Shots

Preki (1997)

12

Shots on goal

1996

250

Shots on goal

Preki (1996), Eddie Johnson (2007)

6

Fouls Committed

2013

511

2000

541

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)

8

Fouls Suffered

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2006)

10

Offsides

1997

117

2012

199

Offsides

Alex Bunbury (1999)

7

Corner Kicks

Corner Kicks

Alex Zotinca (2006)

12

Cautions

2013

67

Ejections

2011

8

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

Points

2012

63

Stat

Player

#

Wins

1997

21

Goals Allowed

Bo Oshoniyi

7

Losses

1999

24

Saves

Garth Lagerwey (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000, three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)

9

Ties

2005 & 2011

12

Shutouts

2000

17

Goals Allowed

1996

63

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Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Player GP 1. Davy Arnaud 240 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 3. Nick Garcia 224 4. Matt Besler* 221 5. Preki 218 6. Graham Zusi* 212 7. Jimmy Conrad 204 8. Chris Klein 200 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 10. Roger Espinoza* 182

GOALS Player GP G 1. Preki 218 71 2. Dom Dwyer 128 57 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Josh Wolff 144 43 5. Chris Klein 200 39 6. Kei Kamara 113 38 7. Mo Johnston 149 31 8. Benny Feilhaber* 143 29 9. Scott Sealy 88 28 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 28

GAMES STARTED Player GS 1. Kerry Zavagnin 228 2. Nick Garcia 224 3. Matt Besler* 215 4. Davy Arnaud 213 5. Jimmy Conrad 203 6. Preki 199 7. Chris Klein 183 8. Graham Zusi* 172 9. Roger Espinoza* 162 10. Seth Sinovic* 152

ASSISTS Player GP A 1. Preki 218 98 2. Graham Zusi* 212 53 2. Chris Klein 200 45 4. Benny Feilhaber* 143 41 5. Davy Arnaud 240 35 6. Mo Johnston 149 28 7. Josh Wolff 144 26 8. Mark Chung 94 25 9. Roger Espinoza* 182 23 10. Kerry Zavagnin 237 22

MINUTES PLAYED Player MP 1. Kerry Zavagnin 20,515 2. Nick Garcia 20,157 3. Davy Arnaud 19,399 4. Matt Besler* 19,382 5. Jimmy Conrad 18,194 6. Preki 17,817 7. Chris Klein 16,380 8. Graham Zusi* 15,901 9. Roger Espinoza* 14,370 10. Seth Sinovic* 13,479

SHOTS Player GP SH 1. Preki 218 693 2. Davy Arnaud 240 452 3. Dom Dwyer 128 401 4. Kei Kamara 113 370 5. Chris Klein 200 312 6. Graham Zusi* 212 310 7. Mo Johnston 149 274 8. Josh Wolff 144 265 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 216 10. Benny Feilhaber* 143 212

GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Player GP 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 2. Tony Meola 125 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 4. Kevin Hartman 90 5. Tim Melia* 75 6. Mike Ammann 60 7. Chris Snitko 26 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9. Garth Lagerwey 23 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 SAVES Player GP SV 1. Tony Meola 125 507 2. Bo Oshoniyi 96 354 3. Kevin Hartman 90 332 4. Jimmy Nielsen 128 304 5. Tim Melia* 75 222 6. Mike Amman 60 206 7. Chris Snitko 26 95 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 83 9. Eric Kronberg 25 58 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 34 SHUTOUTS Player GP SO 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 45 2. Tony Meola 125 37 3. Tim Melia* 75 26 4. Kevin Hartman 90 22 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 22 6. Mike Ammann 60 10 7. Eric Kronberg 25 8 8. Luis Marin 8 3 8. Andy Gruenebaum 11 3 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 3 8. Chris Snitko 26 3 GOALKEEPER WINS Player GP GW 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 57 2. Tony Meola 125 49 3. Mike Ammann 60 33 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 33 5. Tim Melia* 75 32 5. Kevin Hartman 90 30 7. Garth Lagerwey 23 12 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9 9. Andy Gruenebaum 11 6 10. Chris Snitko 26 5

SHOTS ON GOAL Player GP SOG 1. Preki 218 283 2. Davy Arnaud 240 176 3. Dom Dwyer 128 161 4. Mo Johnston 149 138 4. Chris Klein 200 138 4. Josh Wolff 144 138 7. Kei Kamara 113 126 8. Vitalis Takawira 103 102 9. Graham Zusi* 212 101 10. Mark Chung 94 95 FOULS COMMITTED Player GP FC 1. Davy Arnaud 240 329 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 326 3. Matt McKeon 144 309 4. Roger Espinoza* 182 282 5. Dom Dwyer 128 239 6. Nick Garcia 224 234 7. Mo Johnston 149 226 8. Jimmy Conrad 204 210 9. Matt Besler* 221 194 10. Aurelien Collin 107 191 FOULS SUFFERED Player GP FS 1. Davy Arnaud 240 528 2. Preki 218 362 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 354 4. Dom Dwyer 128 273 5. Benny Feilhaber* 143 272 6. Graham Zusi* 212 253 7. Roger Espinoza* 182 250 7. Nick Garcia 224 250 9. Mark Chung 94 204 10. Diego Gutierrez 119 196 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Player GP YC 1. Kerry Zavagnin 237 44 2. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Roger Espinoza* 182 39 3. Nick Garcia 224 37 5. Aurelien Collin 107 31 6. Diego Gutierrez 119 30 6. Matt McKeon 144 30 8. Matt Besler* 221 28 8. Jack Jewsbury 195 28 8. Mo Johnston 149 28

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CORNER KICKS Player GP CK 1. Graham Zusi* 212 667 2. Preki 218 452 3. Benny Feilhaber* 143 264 4. Claudio Lopez 57 188 5. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 175 6. Francisco Gomez 114 157 7. Chris Henderson 61 154 8. Chris Klein 200 152 9. Davy Arnaud 240 144 10. Carlos Marinelli 41 91 GAME-WINNING GOALS Player GP GWG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 13 1. Preki 218 13 3. Chris Klein 200 12 3. Kei Kamara 113 11 3. Josh Wolff 144 11 6. Davy Arnaud 240 10 7. Graham Zusi* 212 8 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 9. Benny Feilhaber* 143 7 9. C.J. Sapong 110 7 9. Scott Sealy 88 7 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Player GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi* 212 24 2. Preki 218 23 3. Chris Klein 200 16 4. Benny Feilhaber* 143 12 5. Davy Arnaud 240 10 5. Josh Wolff 144 10 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 8 7. Mo Johnston 149 8 7. Kei Kamara 113 8 7. Chance Myers 147 8 7. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8 MULTI-GOAL GAMES Player GP MGG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 10 2. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 3. Preki 218 7 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 4. Scott Sealy 88 5 4. Josh Wolff 144 5 7. Mo Johnston 149 4 7. Chris Klein 200 4 9. Graham Zusi* 212 3 9. Davy Arnaud 240 3 9. Teal Bunbury 89 3 9. Eddie Johnson 43 3 PENALTY KICK GOALS Player GP PKG 1. Preki 218 21 2. Benny Feilhaber* 143 12 3. Dom Dwyer 128 7 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 5. Claudio Lopez 57 4 6. Claudio Bieler 41 3 6. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 3 6. Jack Jewsbury 195 3 6. Josh Wolff 144 3 10. Omar Bravo 27 2 10. Matt McKeon 144 2 Player 1. Dom Dwyer 2. Kei Kamara 3. Preki 4. Scott Sealy 5. Josh Wolff 6. Vitalis Takawira 7. Mark Chung 7. Mo Johnston 9. Benny Feilhaber* 9. Chris Klein *Minimum 20 goals

GOALS PER GAME GP 128 113 218 88 144 103 94 149 143 200

GLS AVG 57 0.45 38 0.34 71 0.33 28 0.32 43 0.30 28 0.27 20 0.21 31 0.21 29 0.20 39 0.20

BOLD * - denotes player on current roster

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Year Player GP 2011 C.J. Sapong 34 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2012 Kei Kamara 33 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 GAMES STARTED Year Player GS 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34

9 players tied with 32 MINUTES PLAYED Year Player MIN 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2000 Nick Garcia 2915 2000 Peter Vermes 2915 1996 Preki 2880 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2880 2011 Matt Besler 2880 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Year Player GP 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 32 2000 Tony Meola 31 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2003 Tony Meola 2008 Kevin Hartman 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2007 Kevin Hartman

SAVES GP SV 31 129 30 121 30 117 32 112 30 110

Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 2008 Kevin Hartman 2010 Jimmy Nielsen

SHUTOUTS GP SO 31 16 34 15 34 13 30 10 29 10

GOALKEEPER WINS Year Player GP GW 1997 Mike Ammann 29 21 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 17 2000 Tony Meola 31 15 1996 Garth Lagerwey 23 12 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Year Player GP GA GAA 2017 Tim Melia* 25 19 0.76 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.79 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.88 2000 Tony Meola 31 29 0.92 2004 Tony Meola 21 22 1.05 *Minimum 1,000 minutes played

Year Player 2014 Dom Dwyer 1996 Preki 2016 Dom Dwyer 2007 Eddie Johnson 1996 Vitalis Takawira

GOALS GP GOALS 33 22 32 18 33 16 24 15 28 13

CORNER KICKS Year Player GP CK 2012 Graham Zusi 32 150 2013 Graham Zusi 27 128 2014 Graham Zusi 25 125 2009 Claudio Lopez 29 123 2011 Graham Zusi 32 97

Year Player 1997 Preki 2003 Preki 2000 Preki 2012 Graham Zusi 2015 Benny Feilhaber

ASSISTS GP ASSISTS 27 17 30 17 31 15 32 15 32 15

OFFSIDES Year Player GP OFF 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 50 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 44 1997 Vitalis Takawira 28 43 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 38 2000 Chris Henderson 31 36

SHOTS GP SHOTS 32 140 33 134 33 119 33 113 30 97

GAME-WINNING GOALS Year Player GP GWG 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 6 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 6 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 6 1997 Preki 27 5 2012 C.J. Sapong 31 5 2015 Krisztian Nemeth 27 5

Year Player 1996 Preki 2012 Kei Kamara 2016 Dom Dwyer 2014 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki

SHOTS ON GOAL Year Player GP SOG 1996 Preki 32 61 2012 Kei Kamara 33 49 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 48 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 48 1997 Preki 27 44 2002 Preki 25 44 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 44 FOULS COMMITTED Year Player GP FC 2000 Chris Henderson 31 79 2001 Matt McKeon 26 76 1997 Matt McKeon 31 75 2000 Matt McKeon 30 75 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 66 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 66 FOULS SUFFERED Year Player GP FS 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 111 2005 Davy Arnaud 31 85 2015 Dom Dwyer 30 81 1999 Preki 30 77 2006 Davy Arnaud 32 76 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Year Player GP YC 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 13 2011 Aurelien Collin 23 10 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 10 2016 Roger Espinoza 30 10 1997 Mo Johnston 29 9 2005 Jose Burciaga Jr. 31 9 EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3

eight players tied with 2

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GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Year Player GP GWA 2000 Chris Henderson 31 5 2000 Matt McKeon 30 5 2003 Preki 30 5 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 5 2004 Josh Wolff 26 5 2012 Graham Zusi 32 5 2013 Graham Zusi 27 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 30 5 PENALTY KICK GOALS Year Player GP PKG 1996 Preki 32 7 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 7 2003 Preki 30 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 32 5 2016 Benny Feilhaber 29 5 GOALS PER GAME Year Player GP GLS 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 12 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 1996 Preki 32 18 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 16 *Minimum 5 goal

AVG 0.71 0.67 0.63 0.56 0.48

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Career: 71 Preki Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014) Game: 3 7 times Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd) Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd) Half: 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/2017 vs. SEA, 2nd) ASSISTS Career: 98 Preki Season: 17 Preki (1997) Season: 17 Preki (2003) Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET) Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st) Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st) SHOTS Career: 693 Preki Season: 140 Preki (1996) Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB) Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd) Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd) Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)

SHOTS ON GOAL Career: 283 Preki Season: 61 Preki (1996) Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA) Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/007 vs. NY) Half: 4 8 times

CORNER KICKS Career: 667 Graham Zusi Season: 150 Graham Zusi (2012) Game: 12 Alex Zotinca (07/22/2006 at NY) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (04/10/1999 vs. SJ, 2nd) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (05/20/2000 vs. SJ, 1st)

FOULS COMMITTED Career: 329 Davy Arnaud Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000) Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL) Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL) Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)

GOALS ALLOWED Career: 154 Tony Meola Season: 45 Mike Ammann (1997) Season: 45 Kevin Hartman (2007) Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/201 vs. CHI) Half: 4 6 times

FOULS SUFFERED Career: 528 Davy Arnaud Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004) Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY) Half: 6 7 times

SAVES Career: 507 Tony Meola Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000) Game: 9 9 times Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/23/2000 at MET, 1st) Half: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (06/13/2001 at LA, 2nd) Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/08/2003 vs. SJ, 1st)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Season: 61 Game: 6 Game: 6 Game: 6 2-Tms: 10 Half: 5 Half: 5

in 1996 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 06/21/1997 vs. DC 06/20/1999 vs. MET 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd) 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)

ASSISTS Season: 67 Game: 10 2-Tms: 12 Half: 8

in 2000 06/20/1999 vs. MET 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)

SHOTS Season: 542 Game: 34 2-Tms: 44 2-Tms: 44 2-Tms: 44 Half: 19

in 2012 05/15/2016 vs ORL 08/14/1999 at MET 08/05/2000 vs. LA 06/09/2001 at MIA 07/28/2012 vs. CLB (2nd)

SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 250 in 1996 Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st) FOULS COMMITTED Season: 511 in 2013 Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB 2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st) Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd) Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st) FOULS SUFFERED Season: 541 in 2000 Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL 2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)

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CORNER KICKS Season: 199 in 2012 Game: 15 04/10/1999 vs. SJ 2-Tms: 22 08/14/1999 at MET Half: 10 04/10/1999 vs. SJ (2nd) GOALS ALLOWED Season: 63 in 1996 Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 4 7 times SAVES Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half: Half: Half:

133 9 18 18 7 7 7

in 1999 10 times 04/18/1997 vs. DAL 09/02/2000 vs. TB 08/23/2000 at MET (1st) 06/13/2001 at LA (2d) 08/08/2003 vs. SJ (1st)

Adrian Zendejas Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi Latif Blessing Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Cristian Lobato Andrew Dykstra Soony Saad Colton Storm Cameron Iwasa Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Daniel Salloi Cameron Porter Igor Juliao James Musa Amer Didic Tyler Pasher Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda

Player

"00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position

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#

85M

90D 90M 90F 90D

90D 90M 90F 90D 7

90D 90M 90F 90D

90D 90M 84F 90D 6 83M 72M

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90D 90M 90F 90D

90D 90D 90M 77F 45

90D 90M 90F 90D 81F 90M 90M 90M 90M

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90D 90M 83F 90D 7 89M

90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90F 90D 69F 34

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1

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9

16

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59F

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90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90F 90F 90F 90D 90F 75F 90M 90M 90M

90D

7 90D

90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 83F 72F 22 90D 90F 30 1 45 27 89M 19 90F

90D

60F

90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 17 45M 18 68F

90D 90D 3 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 10 80F 90D 90F 90F 83F 90M 90M 87M 80F 90F 90F

5 25 16 7 18 20 1 90F 67F 78F 65M 74M 90F 81F 79F 89F 30

45F 4 11 56M 23 10 86F 79F 45 74F 67M 80F 21

1 29

10

90M

7

7

63M 90M 90D

90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 89M 90M 70M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 7 9 11 1 13 1 15 18 55 90F 10 73F 71F 90F 83F 21 45D 90M

12

90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 89F 89F 90F 90F 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 89D 90D 90D 1 1

90D 90M 90F 90D 23 90M 90M

90D 90M 90F 90D

90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DC DAL SJ TOR COL POR DAL RSL NYR MIN ORL SEA VAN COL MIN MTL SJ LA POR PHI RSL CHI ATL SEA DAL 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 3-1 1-0 0-1 3-0 2-0 0-2 2-2 3-0 0-2 0-1 3-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-2 1-1 0-1 2-0

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Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game

log: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25

03/04/2017 03/11/2017 03/18/2017 03/31/2017 04/09/2017 04/15/2017 04/22/2017 04/29/2017 05/03/2017 05/07/2017 05/13/2017 05/17/2017 05/20/2017 05/27/2017 06/03/2017 06/10/2017 06/17/2017 06/24/2017 07/01/2017 07/06/2017 07/22/2017 07/29/2017 08/06/2017 08/12/2017 08/19/2017

KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC

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

at vs vs at vs at at vs vs at at vs at at vs vs at at vs vs at vs vs at vs

DC 0 DAL 0 SJ 1 TOR 0 COL 1 POR 0 DAL 1 RSL 0 NYR 0 MIN 2 ORL 2 SEA 0 VAN 2 COL 1 MIN 0 MTL 1 SJ 0 LA 1 POR 1 PHI 1 RSL 1 CHI 2 ATL 1 SEA 1 DAL 0

T T W T W W L W W L T W L L W T T W T T T W T L W 37; own goal (Bingham)

89

95+

54; Abdul-Salaam 1 (unassisted)

87

Rubio 2 (Zusi 4)

42; Fernandes 7 (Zusi 5)

92+

51

58; Fernandes 5 (Zusi 3, Feilhaber 3)

51; Fernandes 2 (Saad 1)

69

58; Dwyer 1 (Sinovic 1, Mustivar 1)

Espinoza 1 (Fernandes 1) 22; Opara 2 (Besler 3) 35 Salloi 1 (Espinoza 3) 60 Rubio 1 (Salloi 1) 49 Feilhaber 3 (penalty kick) 59 Salloi 2 (unassisted) 23; Feilhaber 4 (unassisted) 46+; Blessing 3 (Rubio 1, Salloi 2) Feilhaber 5 (penalty kick) 59

Opara 1 (Besler 2) 47+; Medranda 1 (unassisted) Fernandes 6 (Sanchez 1) 24

Blessing 1 (Besler 1) 9; Blessing 2 (unassisted) 74 Fernandes 3 (unassisted) 56; Fernandes 4 (unassisted)

Feilhaber 2 (Zusi 2, Espinoza 2) 17; Dwyer 3 (unassisted) Dwyer 4 (unassisted) 46; Dwyer 5 (Feilhaber 2) 68

Sinovic 1 (unassisted) 6; Fernandes 1 (Espinoza 1, Dwyer 1) Dwyer 2 (Medranda 1, Feilhaber 1) 53

Feilhaber 1 (Zusi 1)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 85

KC KC KC KC

Adrian Zendejas Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi Latif Blessing Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Andrew Dykstra Soony Saad Colton Storm Cameron Iwasa Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Daniel Salloi Cameron Porter Igor Juliao Amer Didic Tyler Pasher Kharlton Belmar Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda

Player

U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 06/13/2017 5R 06/28/2017 QF 07/12/2017 SF 08/09/2017

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 17 21 22 23 24 27 29 30 39 40 55 77 90 93 94

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4 2 3 1

vs at vs vs

MIN HOU DAL SJ

74M

90M 90G 90F

90F 90D

88D 2 90D 90M 78F 90D 12 16

4R MIN 4-0

0 0 0 1

120F 30 90F

90F

1 36 90M

54F

90M 90G

120D

120M 120G 43

1

120D 120M 77F 119D 120F 120M 120F

120D

SF SJ 1-1

W W W (OT) T (5-4 pens)

120M

120M 120G 35

15D 120D

120M 85F

90M 89F

90D 74D

120D 105D 15

16 90D 90D

U.S. OPEN CUP 5R QF HOU DAL 2-0 3-0

Opara (Zusi) 43; Fernandes (unassisted) 46+; Dwyer (Fernandes) 72; Salloi (Espinoza) 83 Opara (Ellis) 61; Fernandes (Blessing 1) 91+ Blessing (Feilhaber) 108+; Blessing (Medranda) 113+; Salloi (Feilhaber) 118 Rubio (Medranda) 32

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