2012 Lamar Hunt U.S Open Cup Final // Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 8:00 p.m. CT
GAME NOTES
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Sporting Kansas City vs Seattle Sounders FC Wednesday, August 8, 2012 LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ACTIVE ROSTER Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF DEF MID MID MID FWD FWD DEF DEF FWD MID DEF FWD GK MID MF GK FWD FWD DEF DEF DEF FWD DEF DEF MID
Name Pronunciation Jimmy Nielsen neel-sen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi co-red-eh eye-eh-BOO-see Kevin Ellis Matt Besler BEEZ-ler Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra Chance Myers Graham Zusi ZOO-see Teal Bunbury BUN-buh-ree Bobby Convey CON-vee Konrad Warzycha Var-ZEE-hah Lawrence Olum OH-lumm Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick C.J. Sapong sah-PONG Eric Kronberg Krawn-berg Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell ew-REE-all rohz-EL Jon Kempin Soony Saad soo-NEE sod Kei Kamara kye kah-MAHR-ah Cyprian Hedrick sip-ree-an HE-drick Neven Markovic nev-IN mark-oh-vitch Kyle Miller Jacob Peterson Julio Cesar HOO-lee-o SEH-sahr Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en Michael Thomas
GolTV | 810 WHB | 1340 AM SPORTING KC IN LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP 1996: 3-2 L to Colorado Rapids in Quarterfinals 1997: 2-1 L to San Francisco Bay Seals in Round of 16 1998: 3-1 L To Nashville Metros in Round of 16 2000: 0-0 T (7-6 L in PK) to Chicago Sockers in Round of 32 2001: 4-0 W vs Seattle Sounders in Round of 32 1-0 L to Chicago Fire in Round of 16 2002: 3-2 OT W vs Rochester Rhinos in Round of 16 2-0 W vs Milwaukee Rampage in Quarterfinals 3-2 OT L to Columbus Crew in Semifinals 2003: 3-2 L to Colorado Rapids in Round of 16 2004: 4-1 W vs Atlanta Silverbacks in Round of 16 4-0 W vs Dallas Burn in Quarterfinals 1-0 W vs San Jose Earthquakes in Semifinals 1-0 OT W vs Chicago Fire in Championship 2005: 6-1 W vs Des Moines Menace in Round of 16 3-1 L to Minnesota Thunder in Quarterfinals 2006: 2-1 W vs Des Moines Menace in Round of 32 2-0 L to Chicago Fire in Round of 16 2007: 2-1 OT L to Real Salt Lake in Qualifying 2008: 2-2 T (5-3 W in PKs) vs Colorado Rapids in Qualifying 4-2 OT W vs Carolina Railhawks in Round of 16 0-0 T (6-5 L in PKs) to Seattle Sounders in Quarterfinals 2009: 3-3 T (4-2 W in PKs) vs Minnesota Thunder in Round of 16 1-0 L to Seattle Sounders in Quarterfinals 2010: 2-1 L to Colorado Rapids in Qualifying 2011: 1-0 OT W vs Houston Dynamo in Qualifying 5-0 W vs New England Revolution in Qualifying 3-0 W vs Chicago Fire PDL in Round of 16 2-0 L vs Richmond Kickers in Quarterfinals 2012: 3-2 W vs Orlando City SC in Round of 32 2-0 W vs Colorado Rapids in Round of 16 3-0 W vs Dayton Dutch Lions in Quarterfinals 2-0 W at Philadelphia Union in Semifinals
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP STATISTICAL INFORMATION* *All stats include USOC qualifiers, PK shootouts denoted as draws GOALS AGAINST GOALS PLAYER GP 1. C.J. Sapong 7 1. Davy Arnaud 12 1. Igor Simutenkov 5 4. Ryan Pore 6 5. Teal Bunbury 7 5. Ivan Trujillo 2 7. Chance Myers 9 7. Soony Saad 3 7. Graham Zusi 8 7. Four more players tied...
G 5 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2
ASSISTS PLAYER 1. Davy Arnaud 1. Chris Klein 1. Josh Wolff 4. Scott Sealy 4. C.J. Sapong 4. Seth Sinovic 4. Graham Zusi
GP 12 10 7 5 7 5 8
A 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
PLAYER 1. Jimmy Nielsen 1. Taly Goode 3. Jon Kempin 4. Kevin Hartman 4. Boris Pardo 6. Mike Ammann 6. Chris Snitko 6. Bo Oshoniyi 9. Tony Meola 10. Will Hesmer
GP 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 6 5 4
GA 0 0 2 3 3 4 4 4 6 7
SHUTOUTS PLAYER 1. Eric Kronberg 2. Bo Oshoniyi 2. Jimmy Nielsen 3. Tony Meola 5. Taly Goode
GP 8 6 3 5 1
SO 4 3 3 2 1
Record By Round... - Qualifying: 2-2-1 - Round of 32: 3-0-1 - Round of 16: 6-5-1 - Quarterfinals: 3-4-1 - Semifinals: 2-1-0 - Finals: 1-0-0
Record Breakdown... - vs MLS: 7-8-1 - vs non-MLS: 10-4-3 - Home: 11-5-1 - Away: 6-7-3 - Overtime: 4-2-4 - Shootouts: 2-2-0
GAMES PLAYED PLAYER GP 1. Kerry Zavagnin 17 2. Nick Garcia 14 3. Davy Arnaud 12 3. Michael Harrington 12 5. Preki 11 6. Jimmy Conrad 10 6. Chris Klein 10 8. Jack Jewsbury 9 8. Chance Myers 9 8. Matt Besler 9
Other Stats of Note... - Goals for: 66 - Goals Against: 41 - Shutouts: 13 - Been shutout: 6 - All-time: 17-12-4 - Top Finish: 1st (04)
GAMES STARTED PLAYER GS 1. Kerry Zavagnin 17 2. Nick Garcia 13 3. Jimmy Conrad 9 3. Michael Harrington 9 5. Eric Kronberg 8 5. Davy Arnaud 8 5. Chris Klein 8 5. Jack Jewsbury 8 5. Matt McKeon 8 5. Chance Myers 8
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME GAMES PLAYED AND GAMES STARTED (ALPHABETICAL ORDER) FIRST LAST GP Korede Aiyegbusi 2 Mike Ammann 2 Stephen Armstrong 4 Davy Arnaud 12 Stephane Auvray 1 Matt Besler 9 Sean Bowers 2 Dustin Branan 2 Omar Bravo 3 Chris Brown 6 Chris Brunt 4 Teal Bunbury 7 Alex Bunbury 1 Jose Burciaga 5 Mike Burns 4 Julio Cesar 1 Sunil Chhetri 1 Mark Chung 3 Aurelien Collin 6 Eloy Colombano 1 Jimmy Conrad 10 Justin Detter 2 Birahim Diop 5 Dom Dwyer 1 Kevin Ellis 1 Pablo Escobar 1 Roger Espinoza 7 Dario Fabbro 3 Vicente Figueroa 1 Nick Garcia 14 Gary Glasgow 2 Francisco Gomez 6
GS 2 1 3 8 0 7 2 0 2 3 1 6 1 5 2 1 1 3 6 0 9 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 13 2 5
FIRST LAST GP Herculez Gomez 2 Taly Goode 1 Taylor Graham 3 Michael Green 1 Andrew Gregor 2 Matt Groenwald 2 Diego Gutierrez 7 Michael Harrington 12 Kevin Hartman 2 Chris Henderson 1 Will Hesmer 4 Santiago Hirsig 1 Aaron Hohlbein 2 Goran Hunjak 1 Tahj Jenkins 1 Jack Jewsbury 9 Will John 3 Eddie Johnson 3 Brian Johnson 1 Mo Johnston 4 Peterson Joseph 3 Kei Kamara 6 Jon Kempin 1 Chris Klein 10 Frank Klopas 2 Kevin Koetters 1 Michael Kraus 2 Eric Kronberg 8 Roy Lassiter 2 Jonathan Leathers 6 Claudio Lopez 4 Scott Lorenz 2
ALL-TIME GOALS SCORED FIRST Davy C.J. Igor Ryan Teal Ivรกn Chance Eric Soony Scott Sasha Josh Graham Sean Chris Mike Aurelien Justin Dario
LAST Arnaud Sapong Simutenkov Pore Bunbury Trujillo Myers Quill Saad Sealy Victorine Wolff Zusi Bowers Brown Burns Collin Detter Fabbro
G 5 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
FIRST LAST Francisco Gomez Diego Gutierrez Kei Kamara Chris Klein Frank Klopas Michael Kraus Claudio Lopez Raushan McKenzie Matt McKeon Paulo Nagamura Jacob Peterson Preki Paul Rideout Mark Santel Milos Stojcev Digital Takawira Abe Thompson Alex Zotinca TOTAL
GS 1 1 2 1 0 1 6 9 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 8 2 1 0 4 3 4 1 8 2 0 2 8 1 6 1 2
FIRST LAST GP GS Onandi Lowe 1 1 Carlos Marinelli 2 1 Matt Marquess 3 3 Rauwshan McKenzie 3 3 Matt McKeon 8 8 Ryan McMahen 4 3 Tony Meola 5 5 Kurt Morsink 4 2 Yura Movsisyan 3 3 Chance Myers 9 8 Paulo Nagamura 2 2 Jimmy Nielsen 3 3 Uche Okafor 4 4 Lawrence Olum 3 2 Bo Oshoniyi 6 5 Boris Pardo 1 1 Jacob Peterson 4 4 Steve Pittman 1 1 Nelson Pizarro 1 0 Ryan Pore 6 5 Alan Prampin 1 0 Preki 11 7 Brandon Prideaux 2 2 Eric Quill 4 4 Sergei Raad 2 1 Ryan Raybould 2 2 Paul Rideout 1 1 Brian Roberts 3 3 Craig Rocastle 3 3 Soony Saad 3 2 Refik Sabanadzovic1 1 Mark Santel 2 1
FIRST LAST GP C.J. Sapong 7 Luke Sassano 4 Scott Sealy 5 Stephen Shirley 2 Igor Simutenkov 5 Seth Sinovic 5 Ryan Smith 1 Chris Snitko 2 Mike Sorber 1 Khari Stephenson 3 Milos Stojcev 3 Vitalis Takawira 1 Carey Talley 3 Matt Taylor 1 Michael Thomas 1 Shavar Thomas 6 Abe Thompson 2 Ryan Tinsley 1 Ivan Trujillo 2 Scott Uderitz 1 Peter Vermes 5 Scott Vermillion 1 Sasha Victorine 3 Tyson Wahl 4 Konrad Warzycha 2 Lance Watson 4 Josh Wolff 7 Paul Wright 3 Kerry Zavagnin 17 Alex Zotinca 6 Graham Zusi 8
GOALS AGAINST
ALL-TIME ASSISTS G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 63
FIRST LAST A Davy Arnaud 3 Chris Klein 3 Josh Wolff 3 C.J. Sapong 2 Scott Sealy 2 Seth Sinovic 2 Graham Zusi 2 Stephen Armstrong 1 Teal Bunbury 1 Jimmy Conrad 1 Roger Espinoza 1 Dario Fabbro 1 Francisco Gomez 1 Diego Gutierrez 1 Michael Harrington 1
GS 3 4 3 2 3 5 0 2 1 1 3 1 3 0 1 6 2 1 0 1 5 1 1 4 1 3 5 2 17 4 6
FIRST LAST A Mo Johnston 1 Peterson Joseph 1 Claudio Lopez 1 Paulo Nagamura 1 Jacob Peterson 1 Eric Quill 1 Soony Saad 1 Luke Sassano 1 Igor Simutenkov 1 Mike Sorber 1 Carey Talley 1 Matt Taylor 1 Omar Bravo 1 Ryan Smith 1 TOTAL 39
FIRST Eric Will Tony Mike Bo Chris Kevin Boris Jon Taly Jimmy
LAST Kronberg Hesmer Meola Ammann Oshoniyi Snitko Hartman Pardo Kempin Goode Nielsen
GA 8 7 6 4 4 4 3 3 2 0 0
SHUTOUTS FIRST Eric Jimmy Bo Tony Taly
LAST SO Kronberg 4 Nielsen 3 Oshoniyi 3 Meola 2 Goode 1
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM LEADERS IN 2012 LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP GAMES STARTED PLAYER GS 1. Jacob Peterson 4 1. Seth Sinovic 4 3. Matt Besler 3 3. Aurelien Collin 3 3. Peterson Joseph 3 3. Chance Myers 3 3. Jimmy Nielsen 3 3. Graham Zusi 3 9. Teal Bunbury 2 9. Paulo Nagamura 2 9. Lawrence Olum 2 9. Soony Saad 2 9. C.J. Sapong 2
GAMES PLAYED PLAYER 1. Matt Besler 1. Jacob Peterson 1. C.J. Sapong 1. Seth Sinovic 1. Graham Zusi 6. Peterson Joseph 6. Lawrence Olum 6. Soony Saad 6. Teal Bunbury 6. Aurelien Collin 6. Chance Myers 6. Jimmy Nielsen
GP 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
MINUTES PLAYED PLAYER 1. Seth Sinovic 2. Jacob Peterson 3. Graham Zusi 4. Aurelien Collin 4. Chance Myers 4. Jimmy Nielsen 11. Matt Besler 7. C.J. Sapong 8. Peterson Joseph 9. Lawrence Olum 9. Soony Saad
MINS 360 343 271 270 270 270 254 235 222 198 198
GOALS PLAYER 1. Soony Saad 1. C.J. Sapong 1. Graham Zusi 4. Teal Bunbury 4. Paulo Nagamura 4. Jacob Peterson Own Goal
ASSISTS G 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
PLAYER 1. C.J. Sapong 2. Peterson Joseph 2. Paulo Nagamura 2. Jacob Peterson 2. Soony Saad 2. Seth Sinovic 2. Graham Zusi
SV 6 3
PLAYER 1. Jimmy Nielsen
SAVES PLAYER 1. Jon Kempin 2. Jimmy Nielsen
A 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
SHUTOUTS SO 3
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY - BOX SCORES - 2012 LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS ORLANDO CITY SC DATE: May 29, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City Orlando City SC
1 1 0
2 2 2
Tot 3 2
Scoring Summary: KC – Paulo Nagamura (Peterson Joseph) 47+ OC – Kevin Molino (Erik Ustruck) 55 KC – Soony Saad (Paulo Nagamura, C.J. Sapong) 65 KC – Soony Saad (unassisted) 69 OC – Dennis Chin (unassisted) 84
Misconduct Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 14 KC -- Julio Cesar (caution; reckless foul) 33 COL -- Jeff Larentowicz (caution; intentional handball) 58 COL -- Hunter Freeman (caution; reckless tackle) 85 COL -- Ross LaBauex (caution; reckless foul) 88
Stats Sporting Kansas City Orlando City SC TOTAL SHOTS: 18 (Saad 5) 13 (Chin 3, Molino 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 11 (Saad 4) 8 (3 tied with 2) FOULS: 12 (Collin 3) 11 (Ustruck 3) OFFSIDE: 1 7 CORNER KICKS: 6 2 SAVES: Kempin 6 Gallardo 8 SPORTING KANSAS CITY-- Jon Kempin; Chance Myers, Konrad Warzycha (Matt Besler 85), Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic; Paulo Nagamura ©, Lawrence Olum, Peterson Joseph (Graham Zusi 59); Jacob Peterson, Dom Dwyer (C.J. Sapong 46), Soony Saad ORLANDO CITY SC-- Miguel Gallardo(c); Kieron Bernard, Erik Ustruck, Luke Boden, Robert Valentino; Charlie Campbell, James O’Connor, Anthony Pulis, Kevin Molino; Dennis Chin, Jamie Watson (Ian Fuller 78) Attendance: 12,217. Temperature: 81 degrees and sunny SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS DAYTON DUTCH LIONS DATE: JUNE 26, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park 1 1 0
2 2 0
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 1 1 2 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0 Scoring Summary: KC – Matt Pickens (Own Goal) 27 KC -- Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong) 79
Misconduct Summary: KC – Aurelien Collin (caution; tactical foul) 23 OC – Robert Valentino (caution; reckless tackle) 51 OC – Anthony Pulis (ejection; violent conduct) 70 KC – Jacob Peterson (caution; tactical foul) 78
Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City Dayton Dutch Lions
SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS COLORADO RAPIDS DATE: June 5, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Tot 3 0
Scoring Summary: KC – C.J. Sapong 1 (Seth Sinovic 1) 5 KC – Graham Zusi 1 (Jacob Peterson 1) 56 KC – C.J. Sapong 2 (Soony Saad 1) 59 Misconduct Summary: None Stats Sporting Kansas City Dayton Dutch Lions TOTAL SHOTS: 20 (Peterson/Kamara 2) 4 (Jack McInerney 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 1 FOULS: 17 21 OFFSIDE: 1 5 CORNER KICKS: 4 2 SAVES: Nielsen 1 MacMath 2
Stats Sporting Kansas City Colorado Rapids TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Bunbury 4) 8 (Castrillon/Hill 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Bunbury/Collin 2) 2 (Thompson/Hill 1) FOULS: 19 (Cesar/Bunbury 4) 13 (Freeman 4) OFFSIDE: 3 5 CORNER KICKS: 4 2 SAVES: Nielsen 2 Pickens 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY-- Jimmy Nielsen©; Seth Sinovic, Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler; Julio Cesar, Peterson Joseph (Lawrence Olum 73), Graham Zusi; C.J. Sapong, Teal Bunbury, Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 73) COLORADO RAPIDS-- Matt Pickens; Scott Palguta, Tyrone Marshall, Kosuke Kimura, Hunter Freeman; Martin Rivero, Jeff Larentowicz©, Jaime Castrillon (Ross LaBauex 85); Tony Cascio (Kamani Hill 46), Edu, Wells Thompson (Andre Akpan 75) Attendance: 14,868. Temperature: 81 degrees and sunny
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PHILADELPHIA UNION DATE: JULY 11, 2012 -- PPL Park Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 0 2 2 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 Scoring Summary: KC – Jacob Peterson 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 65 KC – Graham Zusi 2 (unassisted) 93+ Misconduct Summary: PHI – Gabriel Farfan (caution; unsporting behavior) 30 KC – Paulo Nagamura (caution; reckless foul) 52 PHI – Michael Farfan (caution; reckless foul) 52 PHI – Michael Lahoud (caution; reckless foul) 57 PHI – Sheanon Williams (caution; reckless foul) 62 KC – Aurelien Collin (caution; tactical foul) 77
SPORTING KANSAS CITY-- Jimmy Nielsen©; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Paulo Nagamura, Roger Espinoza, Graham Zusi; Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 64), Jacob Peterson
Stats Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (C.J. Sapong 7) 5 (4 players tied with 1) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (C.J. Sapong 4) 0 FOULS: 7 (7 players tied with 1) 6 (Copier 2, Dias 2) OFFSIDE: 1 3 CORNER KICKS: 3 1 SAVES: 0 Williams 3
PHILADELPHIA UNION-- Zac MacMath; Sheanon Williams, Carlos Valdes, Amobi Okugo, Gabriel Farfan; Michael Farfan, Brian Carroll, Michael Lahoud (Gabriel Gomez 66); Freddy Adu, Jack McInerney, Lionard Pajoy (Antoine Hoppenot 64)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY-- Jimmy Nielsen©; Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler (Konrad Warzycha 68), Michael Harrington; Michael Thomas, Peterson Joseph, Graham Zusi (Roger Espinoza 59); C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 74), Soony Saad, Jacob Peterson
Attendance: 8,486. Temperature: 83 degrees and partly cloudy
DAYTON DUTCH LIONS-- Matthew Williams; Shane Smith, Mettin Copier (Daniel Holowaty 64), Nixon Dias, Gregory Preciado; Joel DeLass, Bret Jones, Mikael McNamara (Akeem Priestley 60); Thomas Garner, Gerrit-Jan Bartels, Gibson Bardsley (Kyle Knotek 56) Attendance: 15,167. Temperature: 91 degrees and sunny
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MINI BIOS Sporting Kansas City Coaching Staff
Peter Vermes Manager
Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach
Zoran Savic Assistant Coach
John Pascarella Goalkeeping Coach
Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach
Sporting Kansas City 2012 Roster #3 | D | Korede Aiyegbusi
#5 | D | Matt Besler
Ht: 5-5 Wt. 155 DOB: 7/15/1988 Hometown: London, UK College: North Carolina State Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#20)
Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Notre Dame Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)
#9 | F | Teal Bunbury
#55 | D | Julio Cesar
Ht: 6-2 Wt. 175 DOB: 2/17/1990 Hometown: Prior Lake, MN College: Akron Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#4)
#55 | D | Aurelien Collin Ht: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 03/08/1986 Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, France Last Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 4/15/11
Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 11/18/1978 Hometown: Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil Last Club: Maritimo Funchal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 3/14/11
#11 | M | Bobby Convey Ht: 5-9 Wt. 150 DOB: 5/27/1983 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Via trade on 12/02/11
#14 | F | Dom Dwyer
#4 | D | Kevin Ellis
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 07/30/1990 Hometown: London, England College: Univ. of South Florida Acquired: ‘12 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 06/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, MO College: Barton County CC Acquired: Signed as Home Grown on 2/18/11
#15 | M | Roger Espinoza
#2 | D | Michael Harrington
Ht: 5-11 Wt. 160 DOB: 10/25/1986 Hometown: Aurora, CO College: Ohio State Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)
Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/24/1986 Hometown: Greenville, NC College: North Carolina Acquired: ‘07 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#3)
#24 | D | Cyprian Hedrick
#19 | M | Peterson Joseph
Ht: 6’ Wt. 185 DOB: 10/06/1989 Hometown: Cameroon College: Coastal Carolina Acquired: ‘12 MLS Superdraft 2nd Round (#30)
Ht: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990 Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Last Club: SC Braga (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 09/01/11
#23 | F | Kei Kamara
#21 | GK | Jon Kempin
Ht: 6-3 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/1/1984 Hometown: Lawndale, CA College: Cal-State Dominguez Hills Last Club: Houston Dynamo Acquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo 9/15/09
Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Juniors Acquired: Signed on 8/31/10
#18 | GK | Eric Kronberg
#25 | D | Neven Markovic
Ht: 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983 Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA College: California Acquired: ‘06 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round (#40)
Ht: 6’ Wt. 173 DOB: 2/20/1987 Hometown: Belgrade, Serbia Last Club: Doxa Drama FC (Greece) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 7/6/12
Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | August 8, 2012 vs Seattle Sounders FC | www.SportingKC.com #27 | D | Kyle Miller
#7 | M | Chance Myers
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 5/12/1989 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Rockhurst University Acquired: ‘12 Supplemental Draft 3rd Round (#48)
Ht: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA College: UCLA Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)
#6 | M | Paulo Nagamura
#1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen
Ht: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 03/02/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Via trade on 11/29/2011
Ht: 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977 Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark Last Club: Vejle (Denmark) Acquired: Signed on 2/15/10
#13 | D | Lawrence Olum
#37 | F | Jacob Peterson
Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 7/10/1984 Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya College: Missouri Baptist University Last Club: Orlando City SC (USL PRO) Acquired: Signed on 9/15/10
Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana University Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 01/19/2012
#20 | MF | Oriol Rosell
#22 | F | Soony Saad
Ht: 6-0 Wt. 168 DOB: 07/07/1992 Hometown: Puig-Reig, Catalonia, Spain Last Club: Barcelona B (Liga Adelante) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 8/2/12
Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 08/17/1992 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan College: Univ. of Michigan Acquired: Weighted Lottery on 07/05/2011
#17 | F | C.J. Sapong
#16 | D | Seth Sinovic
Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia College: James Madison Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed on 5/10/11
#88 | M | Michael Thomas
#12 | M | Konrad Warzycha
Ht: 5-8 Wt. 170 DOB: 1//1987 Hometown: Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia College: Notre Dame Last Club: Ljungskile Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 1/18/2012
Ht: 6-1 Wt. 190 DOB: 02/14/1989 Hometown: Dublin, Ohio College: Ohio State Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round (#46)
#8 | M | Graham Zusi Ht: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, FL College: Maryland Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)
PATH TO LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP FINAL THIRD ROUND - May 29 Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 3, Orlando City Soccer Club (USL PRO) 2 Seattle Sounders (MLS) 5, Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) 1 FOURTH ROUND - June 5 Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 2, Colorado Rapids (MLS) 0 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) 5, Cal FC (USASA) 0 QUARTERFINAL ROUND - June 26 Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 3, Dayton Dutch Lions (USL PRO) 0 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) 1, San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) 0 SEMIFINAL ROUND - JULY 11 Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 2 at Philadelphia Union (MLS) 0 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) 4, Chivas USA (MLS) 1 FINAL - AUGUST 8 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) at Sporting Kansas City: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park; Kansas City, Kan.
U.S. OPEN CUP FINAL ON TV & RADIO GolTV (national) - English: Gino Fuentes (play-by-play) George Metellus (commentary) Lindsey Dean (sideline) - Spanish: Juan Arango
Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) - Callum Williams and Jake Yadrich La Gran D 1340 AM (Spanish) - Raul Villegas and Enrique Morales 97.3 KIRO FM (Seattle) - Mark Rogondino and Kasey Keller
NOTEWORTHY TOURNAMENT & STADIUM INFO * The referee for Wednesday’s final will be Ricardo Salazar. His assistants are Corey Rockwell, Peter Manikowski and Michael Kennedy (4th official). * This year featured the largest field of teams (64) in competition’s modern era (1995 to present) - All 32 domestic professional teams, along with 32 amateur teams - 16 from MLS, six from NASL, 10 from USL PRO * The August 8 final is the earliest championship for the tournament since 1994 * Prize money for U.S. Open Cup champion is $100,000 * The oldest annual team tournament in American sports, the U.S. Open Cup celebrates its 99th edition in 2012 and is named after Sporting Kansas City’s original founder Lamar Hunt * The Dewar Challenge Trophy has been awarded annually since 1912 and symbolic of U.S. Open Cup champion since 1914 * Sporting Kansas City is appearing in the final for the second time in club history. The then-Kansas City Wizards lifted the tournament trophy eight years ago in 2004 with a 1-0 win against the Chicago Fire on a golden goal by striker Igor Simutenkov at Arrowhead Stadium. * Seattle have won three straight U.S. Open Cup titles, becoming the third team in tournament history to repeat as champions in three consecutive years. No team has won it four years in a row. * Since opening in June 2011, LIVESTRONG Sporting Park has hosted the CONCACAF Gold Cup, CONCACAF Olympic Men’s Qualifying Tournament, U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Teams and four international clubs (Newcastle United FC, Stoke City FC, CD Guadalajara & Montpellier Herault SC).