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GOALS
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Career: 71 Preki Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014) Game: 3 10 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 (06/02/2007 vs. NY) Game: 6 Alan Pulido (10/24/2020 vs. COL) Half: 4 10 times
FOULS COMMITTED
Career: 443 Roger Espinoza 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)
FOULS SUFFERED
Career: 528 Davy Arnaud Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004) Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY) Half: 6 7 times
CORNER KICKS
Career: 798 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) Half: 8 Johnny Russell (08/14/2019 at ORL, 2nd)
GOALS ALLOWED
Career: 222 Tim Melia Season: 60 Tim Melia (2019) Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/2001 vs. CHI) Game: 7 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA) Half: 6 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA, 2nd)
SAVES
Career: 559 Tim Melia Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000) Game: 10 Tim Melia (04/08/2018 at LA) Half: 7 4 times
GOALS
Season: 65 in 2018 Game: 7 03/30/2019 vs. MTL 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 5 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd) Half: 5 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)
SHOTS
Season: 583 in 2018 Game: 34 05/15/2016 vs. ORL Game: 34 04/20/2018 vs. VAN Game: 34 10/06/2018 vs. LA 2-Tms: 44 4 times Half: 23 04/20/2018 vs. VAN (2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL
Season: 250 in 1996 Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI Game: 14 04/20/2018 vs. VAN 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)
CORNER KICKS
Season: 206 in 2018 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: 67 in 2019 Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI Game: 7 09/15/2019 at LA 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 6 09/15/2019 at LA (2nd)
SAVES
Season: 133 in 1999 Game: 10 04/08/2018 at LA 2-Tms: 18 04/18/1997 vs. DAL 2-Tms: 18 09/02/2000 vs. TB Half: 7 4 times
ASSISTS
Season: 69 in 2018 Game: 10 06/20/1999 vs. MET 2-Tms: 12 07/04/2001 vs. CHI Half: 8 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NYR ORL RSL ATX HOU VAN SJ HOU ATX POR COL LFC LA SJ SEA DAL LFC COL DAL POR MIN COL LFC 2-1 1-1 1-3 2-1 0-1 3-0 3-1 3-2 1-1 1-2 3-1 2-1 2-0 1-1 3-1 1-2 4-1 0-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-4 1 John Pulskamp 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 2 Jaylin Lindsey 90D 90D 90D 36 90D 15 90D 48 90D 90D 40D 45 13 90M 3 Andreu Fontas 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 4 Roberto Puncec 27 58D 45D 5 Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 90D 63D 1 90D 90D 90D 90D 61D 6 Ilie Sanchez 90M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 82D 90D 90D 26 29 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 7 Johnny Russell 13 16 55F 90F 20M 1 16 90F 90F 45F 90F 89F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90M 90F 90F 8 Graham Zusi 54D 75D 90D 42D 50 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 18 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 9 Alan Pulido 13 45 90F 90F 81F 88F 89F 90F 90F 45 76F 71F 31 90F 90F 64F 90F 90F 10 Gianluca Busio 90F 90F 72M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 11 Khiry Shelton 90F 90F 90F 5 90M 90F 90F 74F 90F 10 90F 14 90F 30 90F 77F 90F 10 86M 90F 13 Amadou Dia 34 14 45M 15 Roger Espinoza 89M 90M 26 54M 21 88M 63M 77M 90M 80M 67M 84M 90M 30 64M 90M 19 90M 90M 80M 27 90M 58M 16 Graham Smith 17 Gadi Kinda 77M 45M 18 36 90M 67M 90M 90M 60M 70M 90M 77M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 19 Grayson Barber 72F 1 4 20 Daniel Salloi 77F 74F 35 85F 70 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 89F 90F 26 90F 21 Felipe Hernandez 1 46 90M 90M 90M 90M 22 Kendall McIntosh 23 Tyler Freeman 24 Kayden Pierre 25 Ozzie Cisneros 28 Cameron Duke 2 23 90M 20 45 63M 90M 22 29 Tim Melia 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 31 Brooks Thompson 32 Jose Mauri 68M 36 Luis Martins 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 56D 76D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 45 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 41 Parker Siegfried 46 Jake Davis 48 Kaveh Rad 90D 27 90D 8 29 54 Remi Walter 90M 90M 64M 5 69M 23 27 13 41M 45M 90M 61M 71M 90F 90M 90M 21M 90M 96 Wilson Harris 9 2 3 6 60F 13 19 59F "00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Game log: Game #1 04/17/2021 KC 2 at NYR 1 W Kinda 1 (penalty kick) 59; Salloi 1 (unassisted) 60 Game #2 04/23/2021 KC 1 vs ORL 1 T Busio 1 (Salloi 1) 45 Game #3 05/01/2021 KC 1 at RSL 3 L Pulido 1 (Shelton 1) 17 Game #4 05/09/2021 KC 2 vs ATX 1 W Sanchez 1 (Russell 1) 82; Kinda 2 (Shelton 2, Martins 1) 90 Game #5 05/12/2021 KC 0 at HOU 1 L Game #6 05/16/2021 KC 3 vs VAN 0 W Salloi 2 (unassisted) 28; Pulido 2 (penalty kick) 32; Pulido 3 (Kinda 1) 58 Game #7 05/22/2021 KC 3 at SJ 1 W Lindsey 1 (Pulido 1) 15; Pulido 4 (Salloi 2) 60; Salloi 3 (unassisted) 75 Game #8 05/29/2021 KC 3 vs HOU 2 W Busio 2 (free kick) 51; Pulido 5 (penalty kick) 61; Kinda 3 (Busio 1, Shelton 3) 65 Game #9 06/12/2021 KC 1 vs ATX 1 T Salloi 4 (Russell 2) 71 Game #10 06/19/2021 KC 1 at POR 2 L Lindsey 2 (unassisted) 28 Game #11 06/23/2021 KC 3 vs COL 1 W Salloi 5 (Russell 3, Lindsey 1) 14; Salloi 6 (Hernandez 1, Fontas 1) 38; Hernandez 1 (Salloi 3) 64 Game #12 06/26/2021 KC 2 vs LFC 1 W Pulido 6 (unassisted) 61; Salloi 7 (Hernandez 2, Busio 2) 87 Game #13 07/04/2021 KC 2 at LA 0 W Russell 1 (unassisted) 81; Shelton 1 (Busio 3) 95+ Game #14 07/21/2021 KC 1 vs SJ 1 T Salloi 8 (unassisted) 94+ Game #15 07/25/2021 KC 3 at SEA 1 W Russell 2 (free kick) 31; Salloi 9 (Kinda 2, Shelton 4) 42; Duke 1 (Zusi 1, Russell 4) 72 Game #16 07/31/2021 KC 1 vs DAL 2 L Russell 3 (Salloi 4, Zusi 2) 85 Game #17 08/04/2021 KC 4 at LFC 1 W Pulido 7 (unassisted) 20; Martins 1 (Salloi 5) 28; Salloi 10 (Zusi 3, Shelton 5) 36; Kinda 4 (Zusi 4) 58 Game #18 08/07/2021 KC 0 at COL 0 T Game #19 08/14/2021 KC 2 at DAL 0 W Pulido 8 (Kinda 3, Salloi 6) 12; Salloi 11 (Russell 5, Pulido 2) 63 Game #20 08/18/2021 KC 1 vs POR 1 T Salloi 12 (Pulido 3) 91+ Game #21 08/21/2021 KC 0 at MIN 0 T Game #22 08/28/2021 KC 1 vs COL 1 T Russell 4 (free kick) 41 Game #23 09/03/2021 KC 0 at LFC 4 L
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
LEAGUES CUP # Player QF LEON 1-6 1 John Pulskamp 90G 2 Jaylin Lindsey 15D 3 Andreu Fontas 4 Roberto Puncec 90D 5 Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 6 Ilie Sanchez 90M 7 Johnny Russell 8 Graham Zusi 9 Alan Pulido 10 Gianluca Busio 11 Khiry Shelton 13 Amadou Dia 90D 15 Roger Espinoza 16 Graham Smith 17 Gadi Kinda 45 19 Grayson Barber 90F 20 Daniel Salloi 45F 21 Felipe Hernandez 22 Kendall McIntosh 23 Tyler Freeman 24 Kayden Pierre 75 25 Ozzie Cisneros 90M 28 Cameron Duke 45 29 Tim Melia 31 Brooks Thompson 32 Jose Mauri 36 Luis Martins 41 Parker Siegfried 48 Kaveh Rad 90D 54 Remi Walter 45M 96 Wilson Harris 90F LEAGUES CUP QF 08/10/2021 KC 1 vs LEON 6 L Duke (Barber) 61
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match information
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CHICAGO FIRE FC (6-11-5, 23 pts.) vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY (11-5-7, 40 pts.)
2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON Kickoff: Sept. 11, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, Kan. Referee: Jon Freeman Assistants: Cameron Blanchard, Brian Poeschel Fourth Official: Chris Ruska VAR: Hilario Grajeda; AVAR: Jonathan Johnson
broadcast information
TV: WGN-TV, CFFC Live, ESPN+ Talent: Tyler Terens (play-by-play), Tony Meola (analyst) Radio: Latino Mix 93.5 FM Radio Talent: Omar Ramos (play-by-play), Raquel Ortiz (color analyst)
QUESTIONABLE: Ignacio Aliseda (left shin), Francisco Calvo (right thigh), Brian Gutiérrez (right ankle)
OUT: Kenneth Kronholm (right knee)
Health and Safety Protocols A player may be listed as “Questionable” or “Out” due to Health and Safety Protocols for the following reasons: - Quarantine due to participating in high risk behavior. - Quarantine related to being a high risk close contact. - Pending COVID-19 test results. - An inconclusive COVID-19 test result. - A positive COVID-19 test or a confirmed case of COVID-19. - Other illness not related to COVID-19.
PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT
THE DATA SAYS...
Chicago Fire FC midfielder Álvaro Medrán is the second-best dribbler in Major League Soccer, according to data provided by Stats Perform. The skillful Spaniard has completed 67.21% of his 61 attampted dribbles. He is behind only Victor Wanyama, who has completed 75% of his dribbles.
Defender Boris Sekulić is one of MLS’s top three ball crossers, completing 22 successful crosses for a 34.92% accuracy rate. He is behind Gudi Thorarinsson (45.24%) and Brooks Lennon (35.96%).
2021 regular season schedule
Date Opponent
Kickoff (CT)
April 17 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 7:30 p.m. April 24 at Atlanta United FC 7:00 p.m. May 1 at New York Red Bulls 12:00 p.m. May 8 PHILADELPHIA UNION 12:00 p.m. May 13 at D.C. United 7:00 p.m.
May 22 INTER MIAMI CF 5:00 p.m.
May 29 CF MONTREAL
12:00 p.m. June 19 at Columbus Crew SC 6:30 p.m. June 23 FC CINCINNATI 7:00 p.m. June 26 PHILADELPHIA UNION 7:00 p.m. July 3 ATLANTA UNITED FC 7:00 p.m.
July 7 ORLANDO CITY SC 7:00 p.m.
July 17 at Nashville SC 7:30 p.m.
July 21 D.C. UNITED 7:00 p.m.
July 24 TORONTO FC
7:00 p.m. Aug. 1 at Philadelphia Union 5:00 p.m. Aug. 4 NEW YORK CITY FC 7:00 p.m. Aug. 8 NEW YORK RED BULLS 5:00 p.m. Aug. 14 COLUMBUS CREW SC 5:00 p.m. Aug. 18 at Inter Miami CF Aug. 21 at Orlando City SC 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Aug. 28 at New York Red Bulls 5:00 p.m. Sept. 11 at Sporting Kansas City 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at D.C. United Sept. 19 at CF Montréal 7:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m.
Sept. 26 NASHVILLE SC 12:00 p.m.
Sept. 29 NEW YORK CITY FC 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 3 at Toronto FC
3:00 p.m. Oct. 16 at New England Revolution 6:00 p.m. Oct. 20 at FC Cincinnati 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 23 REAL SALT LAKE Oct. 27 at New York City FC
7:00 p.m. TBD Oct. 31 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 12:00 p.m. Nov. 7 at Columbus Crew SC 2:30 p.m.
TV / Result
2-2 T 1-3 L 0-2 L 0-2 L 0-1 L 1-0 W 0-1 L 0-2 L 0-1 L 3-3 T 3-0 W 3-1 W 1-5 L 2-2 T 1-2 L 1-1 T 0-0 T 2-1 W 1-0 W 2-3 L 0-1 L 1-0 W WGN-TV WGN-TV WGN-TV WGN-TV WGN-TV WGN-TV WGN-TV WGN-TV WGN-TV WGN-TV WGN-TV WGN-TV
NICE TO MEET YOU, F. NAVARRO
Chicago Fire FC has acquired 21-year-old defensive midfielder Federico Navarro from Club Atlético Talleres in Argentina. Navarro will occupy a U-22 initiative slot and an international roster position.
Navarro comes to the Fire after spending the entirety of his young professional career in Argentina. Since making his debut in 2018, the Argentine midfielder has made 52 appearances (42 starts) across all competitions for Talleres. At the international level, Navarro has featured for the U-19 Argentina National Team. In 2018, he made four appearances (four starts) for the U-19s at the South American Games held in Bolivia. With this acquisition, the Fire have signed two players under the league’s U-22 initiative.
global game
The Chicago Fire FC roster is among the most diverse in Major League Soccer, with players born in 15 different countries on five different continents. Only CF Montréal has more countries represented, with 16.
Argentina - Ignacio Aliseda, Gastón Giménez, Federico Navarro Bulgaria - Stanislav Ivanov Colombia - Carlos Terán Costa Rica - Franisco Calvo Ecuador - Jhon Espinoza Germany - Fabian Herbers Netherlands - Johan Kappelhof New Zealand - Elliot Collier Nigeria - Chinonso Offor Poland - Przemysław Frankowski Serbia - Boris Sekulić, Luka Stojanović Slovenia - Robert Berić, Spain - Álvaro Medrán USA - Jonathan Bornstein, Chris Brady, Javier Casas Jr., Brian Gutiérrez, Kenneth Kronholm, Alex Monis, Wyatt Omsberg, Mauricio Pineda, Andre Reynolds II, Allan Rodríguez, Bobby Shuttleworth, Gabriel Slonina, Nicholas Slonina Venezuela - Miguel Ángel Navarro
GENERATION MLS NEXT
The Chicago Fire FC U-19 Academy won the inaugural MLS Next Championship with a 1-0 victory against Solar SC on Saturday, July 3 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. The Fire also took home the Golden Boot and Golden Ball for the tournament.
Missael Rodríguez scored the lone goal for the Fire in the 80th minute when Max Viera sent a ball high ball to the top of the six-yard box. Rodríguez had his back to the goal and flicked Viera’s pass behind him with his head. The Solar SC goalkeeper was caught off his line and Rodríguez’s header went over him and into the open net.
Led by head coach Ludovic Taillandier and assistant coach Patrick Nyarko, the Fire U-19 squad finished the tournament with a 5-0-0 record. The Fire scored 17 goals, conceding only four.
The Chicago Fire Academy last claimed a national title in 2015, when the U-17/18 team won the U.S. Soccer Development Academy national championship with a 3-1 victory over Real Salt Lake-Arizona. The U-15/16 team previously captured the 2010 championship, the first in program history.
NEW FACES: offor you can’t refuse
Offor made his MLS debut on April 17, going 74 minutes in the Fire’s 2-2 tie with New England Revolution at Soldier Field. He joins the Fire after spending the past two-and-a-half seasons in the Latvian first division, where he notched 16 goals and seven assists in 40 games played across all competitions. He is under contract with the Fire through the 2023 season with a Club option for the 2024 season. The striker originally began his professional career in 2019 with BFC Daugavpils. In two seasons with the Club, he scored 10 goals in 23 appearances (22 starts). Since signing with FK Rīgas Futbola Skola on July 19, Offor has scored six goals in 13 league appearances in 2020. He also made one appearance in the UEFA Europa League, featuring against Serbian powerhouse FK Partizan on Aug. 27.
NEW FACES: HERE’S JHONNY!
Espinoza made his MLS debut on April 24, coming in as a sub for forward Chinonso Offor in the 3-1 loss to Atlanta United FC. Since making his professional debut on Dec. 12, 2017, Espinoza has made 54 appearances (48 starts) across all competitions in Ecuador’s topflight. He began his career with C.D. Cuenca in 2017 and played five games (four starts) in two seasons with the Club. The defender made 49 appearances (44 starts) across all competitions with S.D. Aucas since 2018. Internationally, he has earned 15 caps for Ecuador’s U-20 side, including seven appearances in the 2019 U-20 FIFA World Cup, and two caps for the Ecuador National Team. In 2019, Espinoza captained Ecuador’s U-20 team to a first-place finish in the 2019 U-20 South American Championship.
NEW FACES: WE STAN
Ivanov, who made his professional debut for Levski Sofia at 16, spent the first six seasons of his career in the Bulgarian first division, tallying 13 goals and 15 assists. He has made 85 appearances (54 starts) across all competitions for Levski Sofia, including five appearances (four starts) in the UEFA Europa League. The 2019-20 campaign marked a career-high in goals (nine), assists (five), games played (27) and starts (25) for the winger. At the international level, he has made 10 appearances (10 starts) for Bulgaria’s U-21 side during qualification for the UEFA European U-21 Championship. In those 10 appearances, Ivanov scored four goals, including a brace in a 3-0 win against Poland on Nov. 15, 2019.
