Sporting KC Game Notes | March 5, 2022 vs. Houston Dynamo FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #28 | M | CAM DUKE | @camduke20 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
24
8
875
2
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
1
0
6
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
1
0
45
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
26
8
926
3
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Shots 2, Aug. 21, 2021, KC at MIN Fouls Committed 4, July 21, 2021, KC vs. SJ Fouls Suffered 8, July 21, 2021, KC vs. SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance Nov. 7, 2021, KC vs. RSL Goal Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-6 Weight: 130 Birthday: 2/13/2001 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 7/18/2019 Sporting Kansas City announced the signing of midfielder Cam Duke as a Homegrown Player midway through the 2019 season. The Overland Park, Kansas native was in the club’s Academy from 2012-2019, advancing from the Under-12 side to the Under-19s. He made his professional debut in the MLS is Back Quarterfinals against the Philadelphia Union on July 30, 2020 and scored his first goal in a 3-1 road win over Seattle on July 25, 2021 before scoring again in a Leagues Cup match vs. Club Leon on Aug. 10, 2021.
spearheaded a first-place finish in the group stage with a goal and an assist. Duke was the No. 1 prospect in the Heartland Region and the 20th-ranked player nationally at TopDrawerSoccer.com. Duke is the younger brother of former Sporting midfielder and Rangers captain Christian Duke, while his father, Chris Duke, played for the Kansas City Comets and Kansas City Attack in the early 1990s. Duke represented the United States at the U-14 and U-15 level before guiding the U.S. U-16s to a third-place finish at the Val-de-Marne Tournament in France in 2016. Duke earned his first of several calls to the U.S. U-18s in November 2017 before returning to the team in 2018.
Duke capped an impressive Academy career by helping the SKC Academy U-19s reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs in June 2019. After the U-19s secured the No. 4 overall seed with a 16-4-3 regular-season record, Duke MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
24
8
875
2
0
9
5
15
31
0
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
24
8
875
2
0
9
5
15
31
0
0
2
0
0
0
#15 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
287
254
22178
10
39
MLS Postseason
17
14
1208
1
0
MLS is Back KO Stage
2
2
151
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
21
18
1946
0
3
International
9
8
727
1
1
ALL COMPETITIONS
336
296
26210
12
43
Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 10 times, last: Oct. 28, 2020, KC at CIN Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL Shots on Goal 2, 13 times, last: June 12, 2021, KC vs. ATX Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 5, 6 times, last: Nov. 7, 2021, KC vs. RSL Fouls Suffered 6, 3 times, last: Aug. 17, 2019, KC vs. SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance Feb. 27, 2022, KC at ATL Goal Oct. 28, 2020, KC at CIN Assist Oct. 23, 2021, KC at SEA 2022 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
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. Espinoza set new careerhighs in both goals (3) and assists (9) in 2018.
competitions, tallying 12 goals and 43 assists over 13 seasons. He is both the club’s all-time leader and the all-time MLS leader with 12 red cards. 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 earned 51 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team after debuting in 2009. He has competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics before retiring from international play in 2019.
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 336 appearances for the club in all MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
287
254
22178
10
39
322
84
459
374
17
16
64
12
2
11
KC - Postseason
17
14
1208
1
0
13
6
22
24
3
0
6
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
304
268
23386
11
39
335
90
481
398
20
16
70
12
2
11
16
