Game Guide: Sporting KC at Houston Dynamo

(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWHOU 3-0-0 2-2-2 0-6-0 4-0-1 1-8-0KC 3-0-1 2-3-3 0-2-0 5-0-3 0-5-0

HOUSTON DYNAMO SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 5/17/2014 HOU 1, LA 0 (0) 5/04/2014 KC 2, CLB 0 (3)Road win 5/03/2014 HOU 4, CHV 1 (3) 5/10/2014 KC 3, MTL 0 (2)Home loss 5/11/2014 HOU 2, RSL 5 (1) 5/14/2014 KC 1, PHI 2 (2)Road loss 6/01/2014 HOU 0, COL 3 (0) 5/31/2014 KC 0, DC 1 (0)Tie game 4/27/2014 HOU 1, POR 1 (7) 5/27/2014 KC 1, NY 1 (1)Shutout for 5/17/2014 HOU 1, LA 0 (3) 5/10/2014 KC 3, MTL 0 (5)Shutout vs. 6/01/2014 HOU 0, COL 3 (0) 5/31/2014 KC 0, DC 1 (0)

Dynamo WWLLLTLTWWLWLLLSporting KC LTWWTWLWWLLTTL

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGHOU 15 6 6 1 0 2 16 1.07KC 14 4 5 2 2 1 19 1.36

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGHOU 15 5 2 3 2 3 27 1.80KC 14 5 4 5 0 0 14 1.00

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90HOU 16 3 3 4 2 3 1KC 19 2 1 2 3 4 7

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90HOU 27 5 3 5 3 7 4KC 14 2 1 0 3 1 7

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

DYNAMO G: 6 BruinA: 5 DavisSHT: 51 BarnesSOG: 20 BruinFC: 24 Barnes/SarkodieFS: 28 GarciaOF: 6 BruinC: 4 TaylorE: 1 4 players tied

SPORTING G: 10 DwyerA: 4 ZusiSHT: 50 DwyerSOG: 20 DwyerFC: 27 DwyerFS: 38 FeilhaberOF: 10 DwyerC: 3 3 players tiedE: 1 3 players tied

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Dynamo 15 5-8-2 17 16 27at home 7 4-2-1 13 11 10

Sporting 14 5-5-4 19 19 14on road 6 2-4-0 6 7 8

2014 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME (18 meetings): Dynamo 6 wins, 22 goals … Sporting 4 wins, 19 goals … Ties 8

AT HOUSTON (9 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 12 goals … Sporting 2 wins, 8 goals … Ties 4

LAST YEAR (MLS)5/26: KC 1, HOU 1 (Kamara 68 – Davis 46+)10/9: HOU 0, KC 0

HOUSTON DYNAMO1 Tally Hall (GK)2 Eric Brunner (DF)3 Anthony Arena (DF)4 Jermaine Taylor (DF)5 Warren Creavalle (MF)7 Omar Cummings (FW)8 Kofi Sarkodie (DF)9 Bryan Salazar (FW)10 Alexander Lopez (MF)11 Brad Davis (MF)12 Will Bruin (FW)13 Ricardo Clark (MF)14 Jason Johnson (FW)15 Mark Sherrod (FW)16 A.J. Cochran (DF)17 Servando Carrasco (MF)18 David Horst (DF)20 Andrew Driver (MF)22 Brian Ownby (FW)23 Giles Barnes (FW) 24 Tyler Deric (GK)26 Corey Ashe (DF)27 Boniek Garcia (MF)28 Tony Cascio (FW)30 Michael Lisch (GK)

SPORTING KC1 Eric Kronberg (GK)2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF)3 Ike Opara (DF)4 Kevin Ellis (DF)5 Matt Besler (DF)6 Paulo Nagamura (MF)7 Chance Myers (DF)8 Graham Zusi (FW)9 Antonio Dovale (MF)10 Benny Feilhaber (MF)11 Sal Zizzo (FW)12 Mikey Lopez (MF)13 Lawrence Olum (MF)14 Dom Dwyer (FW)15 Seth Sinovic (DF)16 Claudio Bieler (FW)17 C.J. Sapong (FW)18 Victor Munoz (MF)19 Peterson Joseph (MF)21 Jon Kempin (GK)22 Soony Saad (FW)23 Alex Martinez (MF)25 Christian Duke (MF)30 Andy Gruenebaum (GK)37 Jacob Peterson (FW)40 Igor Juliao (MF)78 Aurelien Collin (DF)94 Jimmy Medranda (MF)

ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS

REFEREE: Juan Guzman.AR1 (bench): Brian Dunn; AR2 (opposite): Jonathan Johnson;

4th: Alejandro Mariscal

DYNAMOSun. June 29 at Montreal

Fri. July 4 New YorkSat. July 12 at Toronto FC

Sat. July 19 Toronto FC

UPCOMING MATCHES

HOUSTON DYNAMO v SPORTING KANSAS CITY(June 6, BBVA Compass Stadium, 7:30 p.m. CT)

SPORTINGFri. June 27 at Portland

Sun. July 6 ChicagoSat. July 12 at Montreal

Wed. July 16 at Columbus

GOALS SCOREDMINUTES PER GOAL

RIGHT FOOTLEFT FOOTHEADERS

OTHER

OPEN PLAYCROSS

CORNERREBOUND PENALTIES

DIRECT FROM FREE KICKFREE KICK (INDIRECT)

OWN GOALS

INSIDE GOAL AREAINSIDE PENALTY AREA

OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

F A 19 14 66 90

5 7 10 4 4 2 0 1

12 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 1 2 1 0

3 4 13 8 3 2

F A 16 27 84 47

9 17 2 6 5 4 0 0

7 13 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 2 0 1

2 7 12 19 2 1

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

DYNAMO SPORTING

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

HOU: Mark Sherrod … KC: Peterson Joseph, Ike Opara, Chance Myers

HOU: Brad Davis (USA); Boniek Garcia (Honduras) … KC: Graham Zusi, Matt Besler (USA)

SUSPENDED: noneWARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): HOU: Jermaine Taylor

1Hall

23Barnes

18Horst

5Creavalle 20

Driver

8Sarkodie

7Cummings

17Carrasco

26Ashe

4Taylor

12Bruin

1Kronberg

37Peterson

40Juliao

6Nagamura

9Dovale

15Sinovic

14Dwyer

23Martinez

10Feilhaber

78Collin

4Ellis

HOUSTON DYNAMO v SPORTING KANSAS CITY(June 6, BBVA Compass Stadium, 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 127)

2014 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 14 14 0 0 19 18 0 02 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 03 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 3 2 0 0 56 39 6 04 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 7 6 0 0 9 7 0 05 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 9 9 0 0 135 130 2 66 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 11 11 1 2 212 191 11 187 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 7 7 0 1 123 98 2 138 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 9 9 1 4 132 100 18 359 Antonio Dovale MF 5-8 152 04/04/1990 A Coruna, Galicia, Spain 7 5 1 1 7 5 1 110 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 14 1 3 93 82 9 1611 Sal Zizzo FW 5-11 165 04/03/1987 San Diego, CA 10 8 0 3 80 37 2 1112 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 013 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 8 4 0 1 50 23 1 214 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 14 12 10 0 31 19 12 215 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 13 13 0 0 115 112 0 516 Claudio Bieler FW 5-11 170 03/01/1984 Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina 8 3 1 0 36 28 11 417 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 4 2 0 0 94 64 18 918 Victor Munoz MF 5-7 165 07/25/1990 Madrid, Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 019 Peterson Joseph MF 5-8 132 04/24/1990 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 0 0 0 0 34 18 0 121 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 022 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 5 0 0 0 41 17 5 523 Alex Martinez MF 5-8 160 08/25/1991 Montevideo, Uruguay 8 3 0 0 8 3 0 025 Christian Duke MF 5-9 155 06/05/1991 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 Andy Gruenebaum GK 6-1 200 12/30/1982 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 80 79 0 137 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 10 6 1 1 187 107 14 1340 Igor Juliao DF 5-8 145 08/23/1994 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 078 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 11 10 2 0 92 88 11 294 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 0

HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes 11/21/1966 W67 L50 T41

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2014 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Tally Hall GK 6-4 215 05/12/1985 SeaTac, WA 15 15 0 0 121 121 0 12 Eric Brunner DF 6-4 170 02/12/1986 Dublin, OH 0 0 0 0 97 86 6 23 Anthony Arena DF 5-11 170 08/03/1990 Kenmore, WA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 04 Jermaine Taylor DF 5-10 195 01/14/1985 Portland, Jamaica 13 13 0 0 79 75 1 35 Warren Creavalle DF 5-11 170 08/14/1990 Brooklyn, NY 11 6 0 0 49 28 3 27 Omar Cummings FW 5-10 165 07/13/1982 Old Harbor, Jamaica 11 3 1 0 170 118 40 278 Kofi Sarkodie DF 5-9 165 03/22/1991 Huber Heights, OH 14 14 0 1 64 61 0 69 Bryan Salazar FW 5-9 155 10/17/1994 Houston, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010 Alexander Lopez MF 5-9 155 06/05/1992 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 4 0 0 0 6 1 0 111 Brad Davis MF 5-11 170 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 8 8 1 5 321 279 48 10612 Will Bruin FW 6-2 195 10/24/1989 St. Louis, MO 14 14 6 1 101 96 31 1313 Ricardo Clark MF 5-10 160 02/10/1983 Atlanta, GA 7 7 2 1 229 215 21 1714 Jason Johnson FW 6-0 180 10/09/1990 Happy News, Jamaica 2 0 0 0 15 4 1 015 Mark Sherrod FW 6-3 185 08/13/1990 Knoxville, TN 9 3 2 1 9 3 2 116 A.J. Cochran DF 6-3 195 02/09/1993 St. Louis, MO 7 3 0 0 7 3 0 017 Servando Carrasco MF 5-10 175 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 10 5 0 0 53 27 1 118 David Horst DF 6-4 210 10/25/1985 Pine Grove, PA 14 14 0 0 56 49 1 020 Andrew Driver MF 5-9 152 11/20/1987 Saddleworth, Oldham, England 15 14 0 1 41 34 3 222 Brian Ownby MF 5-11 165 07/16/1990 Glen Allen, VA 7 0 0 0 17 0 0 223 Giles Barnes MF 5-11 181 08/05/1988 London, England 15 15 3 2 52 48 12 624 Tyler Deric GK 6-3 185 08/30/1988 Houston, TX 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 026 Corey Ashe MF 5-7 154 03/14/1986 Orange County, CA 15 15 0 3 205 150 1 1827 Boniek Garcia MF 5-9 150 09/04/1984 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 12 12 1 1 51 50 8 1328 Tony Cascio MF 6-0 170 03/28/1990 Mesa, AZ 5 4 0 0 47 26 4 330 Michael Lisch GK 6-4 175 08/30/1990 Austin, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HEAD COACH : Dominic Kinnear 07/26/1967 W133 L95 T103

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS GAME INFORMATION

HOUSTON DYNAMO vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY BBVA COMPASS STADIUM, Houston, Texas

June 6, 2014 (WEEK 14, MLS Game #127) 7:30 p.m. CT (CSN-Hou+; KMCI-38) Foes in the MLS Cup Playoffs each of the last three seasons, the Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City renew their acquaintances Friday evening when the clubs face off at BBVA Compass Stadium. Both clubs come into the game looking to snap long winless runs. The Dynamo return home off a lost road trip where they were outscored 8-0 in three defeats, last a 3-0 loss at the Colorado Rapids, while Sporting saw their run without a victory extended to five games in a 1-0 reversal at D.C. United. REFEREE: Juan Guzman. AR1 (bench): Brian Dunn; AR2 (opposite): Jonathan Johnson; 4th: Alejandro Mariscal MLS Career: 42 games; FC/gm: 25.4; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 14; pens: 10 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: HOU: Jermaine Taylor … KC: Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura, Antonio Dovale DISABLED LIST: HOU: Mark Sherrod … KC: Peterson Joseph, Ike Opara, Chance Myers INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: HOU: Brad Davis (USA); Boniek Garcia (Honduras) … KC: Graham Zusi, Matt Besler (USA) HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (18 meetings): Dynamo 6 wins, 22 goals … Sporting 4 wins, 19 goals … Ties 8 AT HOUSTON (9 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 12 goals … Sporting 2 wins, 8 goals … Ties 4 RETURN MATCH: 8/29: Sporting Kansas City vs. Houston Dynamo, 7 p.m. CT LAST YEAR (MLS) 5/26: KC 1, HOU 1 (Kamara 68 – Davis 46+) 10/9: HOU 0, KC 0

The teams have met each of the last three years in the MLS Cup Playoffs, with Sporting winning their Eastern Conference Championship matchup a year ago 2-1 on aggregate. The Dynamo had advanced each of the two previous years, including in 2011 at Sporting Park with a trip to MLS Cup on the line.

In league play, the last three meetings at Sporting Park have ended in draws. Sporting came away with points on both of their league visits to BBVA Compass Stadium a season ago, a 1-0 win on May 12 followed by a scoreless draw Oct. 9.

Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. HOU: P11 W3 L2 D6… Dominic Kinnear vs. KC: P20 W8 L2 D10 HOUSTON DYNAMO The Houston Dynamo concluded their three-game road swing with a third shutout defeat, falling 3-0 to the Colorado Rapids on Sunday evening at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Dynamo are in fourth place in the Eastern Conference with 17 points from 15 games. LAST MATCH

The Rapids were in the lead after just the fifth minute. Right back Marvell Wynne hit a perfect cross from the right flank finding a streaking Deshorn Brown, who headed in from about at the penalty spot.

The lead was doubled on 35 minutes. Dillon Powers made eye contact with Brown and sent a looping pass into space on the right side of the box, where Brown caught up to it before slotting it past goalkeeper Tally Hall inside the far post as the offside flag stayed down.

Kamani Hill put the match away six minutes after the second-half restart with a wonderfully inventive goal, soaring into the air to connect on a beautiful back heel from a Powers corner kick.

Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear made no changes to the team that fell 3-0 to the San Jose Earthquakes at Buck Shaw Stadium.

HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-2-3-1): Tally Hall - Kofi Sarkodie, Jermaine Taylor, David Horst, Corey Ashe - Servando Carrasco, Warren Creavalle (Alexander Lopez 47+) - Omar Cummings (Jason Johnson 74), Giles Barnes, Andrew Driver (A.J. Cochran 85) - Will Bruin.


TEAM NEWS The Dynamo return home following a three-game road swing where they were shut out in three consecutive

games, outscored 8-0. It’s the third time in Dynamo club history they’ve been blanked in three games in a row; their 299-minute stretch without hitting the back of the net is the third longest in club annals.

The Dynamo have now conceded 27 goals this season, the most in MLS. Their average of 1.80 goals per game is 16th-most in the league, ahead of Montréal, Chicago (both 1.83) and Chivas USA (1.92).

“I think it was a combination of them dictating the game, and us not really doing any favors for ourselves,” said Corey Ashe. “We turned the ball over in bad situations, not really staying clued in. We’re giving up soft goals right now, goals that can be prevented. We’ve had a rough patch, but we need to sort it out, that’s for sure.”

“When we break it down, we’re not playing bad; we’re just not making teams have to really beat us,” said Will Bruin. “We’re leaving guys open in the box, we’re not taking accountability plays, and we’re not scoring goals. That’s just something we’ve got to get out of.”

The Dynamo have allowed five goals in the opening 15 minutes, tied for third-most this season in MLS (Seattle and New York have allowed six). The Dynamo have allowed eight of their 27 goals in the first 15 minutes of each half.

“When you give up a goal in the first five minutes, it’s deflating, but we should have guys getting up and saying ‘hey, let’s go, it’s just one goal, get it back, get it going forward,” said Bruin. “We’re putting our heads down, trying to feel sorry for ourselves, and this is what happens.”

Said Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear: “Losing a goal in the first five minutes of the game is never good. We just didn’t play well. We came out, we gave a free header in the first five minutes. It’s a dangerous game to play, to play from behind.”

The Dynamo are also averaging 1.07 goals per game, ranking 17th in MLS, ahead of just Chivas USA (1.00) and Montréal (0.92).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City saw their winless streak stretched to five games, dropping a 1-0 decision to D.C. United on Saturday evening at RFK Stadium. Sporting sit in third place in the Eastern Conference with 19 points from 14 games. LAST MATCH

The game's lone goal came in the 28th minute. After a cross skipped through the box, Fabian Espindola collected the ball with his back to goal on the right and from 25 yards out and struck an apparent cross back toward the far post, which Sporting goalkeeper Eric Kronberg misjudged to allow the curling ball to find its way into the upper corner.

United goalkeeper Bill Hamid was credited with five saves in recording the clean sheet. United finished the game a man down after Alex Caskey was sent off in stoppage time.

Sporting manager Peter Vermes made one change to the team that reached a 1-1 draw with the New York Red Bulls at Sporting Park. Jacob Peterson came in on the flank in place of Sal Zizzo.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Eric Kronberg - Igor Juliao, Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin (Erik Palmer-Brown 9), Seth Sinovic - Benny Feilhaber - Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 66), Paulo Nagamura - Antonio Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 77).

TEAM NEWS Sporting KC saw their winless streak extended to five games in the loss at D.C. United. It’s the longest for the

club since a club-record 10-game stretch without a win during the 2011 season. “We just need to keep moving guys around to get ourselves through this period. Obviously, we’ve got one more

game before the break and we’ll do the best that we can with it at the moment, but I have nothing but praise for team,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. “... We tried to drive the game and tried to play to high tempo and the second half was at many times at a snail’s pace in regards to the management of the game.”

Sporting were also shut out at the attacking end for the first time since April 26, and for a fourth time this season.

“Every time we went forward obviously they bunkered in and they tried to counter,” Vermes said. “That was their game, but we had some very good chances in and around the box. A couple unlucky ones, especially in the first half. We had a great ball inside the six-yard box that banged off a couple guys as opposed to getting a clean shot off, but that happens sometimes.”

There was an early forced change as Aurelien Collin had to come off after just nine minutes after suffering a hamstring injury.

Erik Palmer-Brown – who was sent off after 64 minutes in his MLS debut, the loss in Chicago on May 21 – came into central defense to replace Collin, alongside converted fullback Kevin Ellis.

“He played really well,” Vermes said. “The team played very well – energy, tactically – and again, with as many guys as we miss in our team, and how many guys play out of position, the resemblance of the way we always play is right there. And that's tremendous for those guys.”


Said goalkeeper Eric Kronberg: “I think the key to our success defensively is that we have to defend with all 11 guys, and that is kind of our style of play we defend from the top down. Everyone knows their role and everyone knows everyone else’s role. We can bring new guys in and they cannot miss a beat. Obviously we have players that you know we want in there but, I am really happy with the way my defense played and I think that goal was on me.”

On Tuesday, Sporting announced the transfer of midfielder Oriol Rosell to Sporting Clube of Portugal. “The perception from the outside might be that the timing is not great, but from the inside we believe that the

timing is perfect. It opens the door for Uri and for us,” said Sporting Club CEO Robb Heineman. “Uri came from Barcelona B to Sporting Kansas City, won an MLS Cup and furthered his development on the field. This transfer helps enable us to retain our core players while adding pieces to the team.”

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

12 F Will Bruin 14 14 1224 6 1 37 20 9 8 6 0 2 023 M Giles Barnes 15 15 1337 3 2 51 15 24 18 5 1 1 013 M Ricardo Clark 7 7 596 2 1 16 5 8 6 1 0 2 015 F Mark Sherrod 9 3 223 2 1 9 2 5 1 3 0 1 011 M Brad Davis 8 8 620 1 5 10 2 9 12 2 42 0 027 M Boniek Garcia 12 12 986 1 1 9 3 19 28 2 17 1 07 F Omar Cummings 11 3 413 1 0 13 4 4 3 4 0 0 026 M Corey Ashe 15 15 1350 0 3 6 2 6 16 0 2 0 08 D Kofi Sarkodie 14 14 1252 0 1 2 0 24 16 0 0 2 120 M Andrew Driver 15 14 1108 0 1 19 5 10 5 5 9 0 01 G Tally Hall 15 15 1350 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 018 D David Horst 14 14 1223 0 0 7 0 18 11 0 0 0 14 D Jermaine Taylor 13 13 1139 0 0 1 0 14 5 1 0 4 017 M Servando Carrasco 10 5 456 0 0 4 1 5 6 0 2 0 128 M Tony Cascio 5 4 336 0 0 7 1 3 2 0 0 0 05 D Warren Creavalle 11 6 535 0 0 2 2 9 6 0 0 2 022 M Brian Ownby 7 0 121 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 114 F Jason Johnson 2 0 61 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 010 M Alexander Lopez 4 0 89 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 016 D A.J. Cochran 7 3 329 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 0Opponent totals 15 15 1350 27 22 207 75 168 178 24 75 22 1Team totals 15 15 1350 16 16 195 62 178 168 29 77 15 4

2014 HOUSTON DYNAMO STATISTICS (5-8-2, 17 pts.)

HOUSTON DYNAMO GOALKEEPING

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

1 G Tally Hall 15 15 1350 75 45 27 1.8 6 6 5 8 2 5Team totals 15 15 1350 75 45 27 1.8 6 6 5 8 2 5Opponent totals 15 15 1349 62 45 16 1.07 1 3 8 5 2 6

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Will Bruin 3, Giles Barnes 2GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Brad Davis 1, Boniek Garcia 1, Kofi Sarkodie 1, Giles Barnes 1, Mark Sherrod 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Giles Barnes 1-2, Boniek Garcia 0-1

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2014 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (5-5-4, 19 pts.)UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

14 F Dom Dwyer 14 12 1053 10 0 50 20 27 27 10 1 1 078 D Aurelien Collin 11 10 789 2 0 10 4 15 8 1 0 1 18 F Graham Zusi 9 9 795 1 4 11 6 7 16 0 46 0 010 M Benny Feilhaber 14 14 1259 1 3 17 4 25 38 0 14 3 06 M Paulo Nagamura 11 11 973 1 2 17 7 20 17 2 0 3 037 F Jacob Peterson 10 6 566 1 1 8 2 5 6 2 0 1 09 M Antonio Dovale 7 5 424 1 1 10 3 5 8 0 6 3 016 F Claudio Bieler 8 3 274 1 0 10 2 7 3 4 0 1 011 F Sal Zizzo 10 8 669 0 3 18 7 4 7 0 0 0 07 D Chance Myers 7 7 576 0 1 1 0 3 7 3 0 1 013 M Lawrence Olum 8 4 437 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 031 M Josh Gardner 1 1 89 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 024 D Mechack Jerome 2 1 91 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 01 G Eric Kronberg 14 14 1260 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 05 D Matt Besler 9 9 810 0 0 2 0 11 5 0 0 1 03 D Ike Opara 3 2 152 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 015 D Seth Sinovic 13 13 1170 0 0 10 5 16 10 1 0 2 017 F C.J. Sapong 4 2 154 0 0 3 1 8 8 1 0 1 04 D Kevin Ellis 7 6 563 0 0 2 0 9 8 0 0 2 022 F Soony Saad 5 0 81 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 020 M Oriol Rosell 7 7 594 0 0 7 1 11 3 0 0 0 12 D Erik Palmer-Brown 2 1 145 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 194 M Jimmy Medranda 4 1 119 0 0 4 0 5 4 0 4 0 023 M Alex Martinez 8 3 318 0 0 7 3 4 11 0 2 0 040 D Igor Juliao 5 5 450 0 0 5 1 5 12 1 0 0 0

Own-goals received 1Team totals 14 14 1260 19 16 203 69 206 214 25 74 25 3Opponent totals 14 14 1260 14 9 120 48 214 206 42 49 37 6

SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

1 G Eric Kronberg 14 14 1260 48 32 14 1 5 5 5 5 4 5Team totals 14 14 1260 48 32 14 1 5 5 5 5 4 5Opponent totals 14 14 1260 69 45 19 1.36 3 3 5 5 4 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dom Dwyer 3, Jacob Peterson 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Dom Dwyer 3-3


DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT W-L-T POS PTS NOTES:

Sat. Mar. 8 New England W 4-0 22320 1-0-0 1 3 HOU: Bruin (2,13) Garcia (23) Cummings (92+); Sat. Mar. 15 Montreal W 1-0 18245 2-0-0 1 6 HOU: Bruin (40); Sat. Mar. 29 at Vancouver L 1-2 21000 2-1-0 3 6 HOU: Clark (75); VAN: Harvey (14) Miller (58)Sat. Apr. 5 FC Dallas L 1-4 22202 2-2-0 4 6 HOU: Clark (41); DAL: Pereira (31) Watson (61,70) own

goal (68)Sat. Apr. 12 at New England L 0-2 14259 2-3-0 7 6 NE: Alston (68) Bengtson (91+)Sat. Apr. 19 at Philadelphia T 0-0 17301 2-3-1 7 7Wed. Apr. 23 at New York L 0-4 13278 2-4-1 8 7 NY: Wright-Phillips (12,24,86) Henry (65)Sun. Apr. 27 Portland T 1-1 20558 2-4-2 8 8 HOU: Bruin (16); POR: Fernandez (33)Sat. May 3 at Chivas USA W 4-1 6082 3-4-2 6 11 HOU: Davis (12) Barnes (32,69) Bruin (47+); CHV:

Torres (7)Wed. May 7 Columbus W 1-0 15030 4-4-2 3 14 HOU: Bruin (50); Sun. May 11 Real Salt Lake L 2-5 16514 4-5-2 5 14 HOU: Sherrod (22,56); RSL: Morales (1,17,89) Saborio

(32) Mulholland (78)Sat. May 17 Los Angeles W 1-0 22233 5-5-2 3 17 HOU: Barnes (61); Wed. May 21 at D.C. United L 0-2 8224 5-6-2 4 17 DC: Rolfe (29) Espindola (63)Sun. May 25 at San Jose L 0-3 10525 5-7-2 4 17 SJ: Stephenson (38,58) Harris (70)Sun. June 1 at Colorado L 0-3 17470 5-8-2 4 17 COL: Brown (5,35) Hill (51)Fri. June 6 Sporting KCSun. June 29 at MontrealFri. July 4 New YorkSat. July 12 at Toronto FCSat. July 19 Toronto FCSun. Aug. 3 D.C. UnitedSun. Aug. 10 at SeattleFri. Aug. 15 PhiladelphiaSat. Aug. 23 at ColumbusFri. Aug. 29 at Sporting KCSat. Sep. 6 MontrealSat. Sep. 13 ColumbusSat. Sep. 20 at PhiladelphiaSun. Sep. 28 ChicagoSat. Oct. 4 at New YorkWed. Oct. 8 at Toronto FCSun. Oct. 12 D.C. UnitedThu. Oct. 16 New EnglandFri. Oct. 24 at Chicago

HOUSTON DYNAMO 2014 SCHEDULE


DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT W-L-T POS PTS NOTES:

Sat. Mar. 8 at Seattle L 0-1 39240 0-1-0 5 0 SEA: Barrett (94+)

Sat. Mar. 15 FC Dallas T 1-1 19431 0-1-1 5 1 KC: Collin (81); DAL: Hedges (90)Sat. Mar. 22 San Jose W 1-0 19368 1-1-1 5 4 KC: Dwyer (57); Sat. Mar. 29 at Colorado W 3-2 12203 2-1-1 2 7 KC: Zusi (50) Feilhaber (79) Dwyer (92+); COL: Sanchez

(60,78)Sat. Apr. 5 Real Salt Lake T 0-0 19838 2-1-2 3 8Sat. Apr. 19 Montreal W 4-0 20306 3-1-2 1 11 KC: own goal (31) Collin (71) Dwyer (74,86); Sat. Apr. 26 at New England L 0-2 14806 3-2-2 4 11 NE: Bunbury (92+) Nguyen (95+)Sun. May 4 Columbus W 2-0 20565 4-2-2 2 14 KC: Peterson (10) Bieler (95+); Sat. May 10 at Montreal W 3-0 16529 5-2-2 1 17 KC: Dwyer (18,64) Nagamura (34); Wed. May 14 Philadelphia L 1-2 19073 5-3-2 2 17 KC: Dwyer (80); PHI: Cruz (49) Maidana (81)Sun. May 18 at Chicago L 1-2 15746 5-4-2 2 17 KC: Dwyer (68); CHI: Magee (7,16)Fri. May 23 Toronto FC T 2-2 19914 5-4-3 2 18 KC: Dwyer (47,84); TOR: Moore (67) Orr (91+)Tue. May 27 New York T 1-1 19221 5-4-4 2 19 KC: Dovale (9); NY: Wright-Phillips (50)Sat. May 31 at D.C. United L 0-1 18522 5-5-4 3 19 DC: Espindola (28)

Fri. June 6 at HoustonFri. June 27 at PortlandSun. July 6 ChicagoSat. July 12 at MontrealWed. July 16 at ColumbusSat. July 19 Los AngelesSat. July 26 at Toronto FCFri. Aug. 1 PhiladelphiaSun. Aug. 10 at VancouverSat. Aug. 16 Toronto FCSat. Aug. 23 D.C. UnitedFri. Aug. 29 Houston

Wed. Sep. 3 at New EnglandSat. Sep. 6 at New YorkSat. Sep. 13 at Chivas USAFri. Sep. 26 New EnglandFri. Oct. 3 at D.C. UnitedFri. Oct. 10 ChicagoSat. Oct. 18 at PhiladelphiaSun. Oct. 26 New York

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2014 SCHEDULE


DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals

2 Will Bruin 03/08/2014 vs NE W 4-02 Giles Barnes 05/03/2014 vs CHV W 4-12 Mark Sherrod 05/11/2014 vs RSL L 2-5Assists

1 16 times 03/08/2014 vs NE W 4-0Shots

7 Giles Barnes 03/29/2014 vs VAN L 1-27 Mark Sherrod 05/11/2014 vs RSL L 2-5Shots on Goal

3 5 times 03/08/2014 vs NE W 4-0Fouls Committed

6 Giles Barnes 05/03/2014 vs CHV W 4-1Fouls Suffered

8 Boniek Garcia 04/05/2014 vs DAL L 1-4Offside

2 5 times 03/08/2014 vs NE W 4-0Saves

5 4 times 05/07/2014 vs CLB W 1-0Shots Faced

10 Tally Hall 05/11/2014 vs RSL L 2-5Goals Allowed

5 Tally Hall 05/11/2014 vs RSL L 2-5

TEAM LOW GAMES (2014)Shots

5 06/01/2014 vs COL L 0-3Shots on Goal

0 04/12/2014 vs NE L 0-20 06/01/2014 vs COL L 0-3Fouls Committed

7 05/17/2014 vs LA W 1-07 06/01/2014 vs COL L 0-3Fouls Suffered

5 04/23/2014 vs NY L 0-4Corner Kicks

2 05/17/2014 vs LA W 1-02 05/25/2014 vs SJ L 0-3Offside

0 04/19/2014 vs PHI T 0-00 05/11/2014 vs RSL L 2-5Saves

0 04/19/2014 vs PHI T 0-0Shots Faced

0 04/19/2014 vs PHI T 0-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals

4 03/08/2014 vs NE W 4-04 05/03/2014 vs CHV W 4-1Assists

4 03/08/2014 vs NE W 4-0Shots

20 03/08/2014 vs NE W 4-020 04/23/2014 vs NY L 0-4Shots on Goal

9 03/08/2014 vs NE W 4-0Fouls Committed

17 05/21/2014 vs DC L 0-2Fouls Suffered

16 04/05/2014 vs DAL L 1-4Corner Kicks

9 03/29/2014 vs VAN L 1-29 05/11/2014 vs RSL L 2-5Offside

6 05/03/2014 vs CHV W 4-1Saves

5 05/07/2014 vs CLB W 1-05 05/11/2014 vs RSL L 2-55 05/17/2014 vs LA W 1-05 06/01/2014 vs COL L 0-3Shots Faced

10 05/11/2014 vs RSL L 2-5Goals Allowed

5 05/11/2014 vs RSL L 2-5

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals

2 Dom Dwyer 04/19/2014 at MTL W 4-02 Dom Dwyer 05/10/2014 at MTL W 3-02 Dom Dwyer 05/23/2014 at TOR T 2-2Assists

2 Graham Zusi 03/29/2014 at COL W 3-22 Sal Zizzo 03/29/2014 at COL W 3-2Shots

6 Dom Dwyer 03/08/2014 at SEA L 0-1Shots on Goal

4 Dom Dwyer 05/10/2014 at MTL W 3-0Fouls Committed

5 Benny Feilhaber 03/08/2014 at SEA L 0-15 Dom Dwyer 04/26/2014 at NE L 0-2Fouls Suffered

9 Dom Dwyer 04/19/2014 at MTL W 4-0Offside

3 Chance Myers 04/05/2014 at RSL T 0-0Saves

5 Eric Kronberg 05/14/2014 at PHI L 1-2Shots Faced

7 Eric Kronberg 05/14/2014 at PHI L 1-2Goals Allowed

2 5 times 03/29/2014 at COL W 3-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2014)Shots

10 03/08/2014 at SEA L 0-1Shots on Goal

1 04/26/2014 at NE L 0-2Fouls Committed

6 05/14/2014 at PHI L 1-2Fouls Suffered

6 04/05/2014 at RSL T 0-0Corner Kicks

2 05/18/2014 at CHI L 1-2Offside

0 03/15/2014 at DAL T 1-10 04/26/2014 at NE L 0-20 05/14/2014 at PHI L 1-2Saves

0 03/15/2014 at DAL T 1-1Shots Faced

1 03/15/2014 at DAL T 1-11 03/22/2014 at SJ W 1-01 04/05/2014 at RSL T 0-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals

4 04/19/2014 at MTL W 4-0Assists

5 03/29/2014 at COL W 3-2Shots

20 04/05/2014 at RSL T 0-0Shots on Goal

9 04/05/2014 at RSL T 0-0Fouls Committed

25 03/08/2014 at SEA L 0-1Fouls Suffered

28 05/18/2014 at CHI L 1-2Corner Kicks

12 03/15/2014 at DAL T 1-1Offside

4 05/10/2014 at MTL W 3-0Saves

5 05/14/2014 at PHI L 1-2Shots Faced

7 05/14/2014 at PHI L 1-2Goals Allowed

2 03/29/2014 at COL W 3-22 04/26/2014 at NE L 0-22 05/14/2014 at PHI L 1-22 05/18/2014 at CHI L 1-22 05/23/2014 at TOR T 2-2


Dynamo 6 wins, 22 goals

Sporting KC 4 wins, 19 goals8 ties

4/8/2006 KC 2 at HOU 1 (H)7/15/2006 HOU 3 at KC 2 (KC)6/24/2007 HOU 1 at KC 0 (KC)9/1/2007 HOU 1 vs KC 1 (H)11/10/2007 HOU 2 vs KC 0 (H)4/12/2008 KC 0 vs HOU 0 (CA)9/7/2008 HOU 3 vs KC 1 (H)7/4/2009 HOU 1 at KC 0 (CA)10/4/2009 HOU 1 vs KC 1 (H)5/1/2010 HOU 3 vs KC 0 (H)9/22/2010 KC 4 vs HOU 3 (CA)7/16/2011 HOU 1 vs KC 1 (H)9/10/2011 KC 3 vs HOU 0 (SP)11/6/2011 HOU 2 at KC 0 (SP)7/7/2012 KC 0 vs HOU 0 (SP)7/18/2012 HOU 2 vs KC 1 (HB)9/14/2012 KC 1 vs HOU 1 (SP)11/4/2012 HOU 2 vs KC 0 (HB)11/7/2012 KC 1 vs HOU 0 (SP)5/12/2013 KC 1 at HOU 0 (HB)5/26/2013 KC 1 vs HOU 1 (SP)10/9/2013 HOU 0 vs KC 0 (HB)11/9/2013 HOU 0 vs KC 0 (HB)11/23/2013 KC 2 vs HOU 1 (SP)

SPORTING KC VS DYNAMO

ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total

HOU 2 6 2 5 4 3 0 22KC 1 1 2 1 7 7 0 19

Dynamo Sporting KC

Category 1 2 OT Tot 1 2 OT TotGoals 11 11 0 22 5 14 0 19Shots 83 97 0 180 100 122 0 222Shots on Goal 37 36 0 73 38 40 0 78Fouls 115 100 0 215 114 120 0 234Offsides 34 27 0 61 14 16 0 30Corner Kicks 49 48 0 97 51 54 0 105

HEAD-TO-HEAD

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:Peter Vermes vs. HOU 3-2-6 (1.36 pts./game)Dominic Kinnear

vs. KC 8-6-10 (1.42 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:Dynamo Sporting KC

Goals 5 Brad Davis 3 Kamara/BunburyAssists 3 Brad Davis 3 Harrington/ZusiShots 29 Brad Davis 32 Kei KamaraShots on Goal 13 Brad Davis 13 Kei KamaraFouls Committed 20 Brad Davis 12 Sapong/CollinFouls Suffered 29 Brad Davis 14 Davy ArnaudWins 4 Pat Onstad 3 Jimmy NielsenLosses 2 Hall/Onstad 3 Kevin HartmanShutouts 3 Pat Onstad 4 Jimmy NielsenSaves 30 Tally Hall 23 Kevin HartmanGoals Allowed 10 Pat Onstad 11 Jimmy Nielsen

Houston Dynamo Sporting Kansas CityW-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started)

At Halftime:Leading 3-0-0 8 Ws (08/03/2013) 3-0-1 1 Ts (05/27/2014)Tied 2-2-2 2 Ws (05/07/2014) 2-3-3 1 Ts (05/23/2014)Trailing 0-6-0 7 Ls (10/20/2013) 0-2-0 4 Ls (08/23/2013)

First Goal:Allowed 1-8-0 4 Ls (05/11/2014) 0-5-0 10 Ls (07/27/2013)Scored 4-0-1 2 Ws (05/07/2014) 5-0-3 2 Ts (05/23/2014)

Goals Scored:0 goals 0-5-1 4 Ls (04/23/2014) 0-3-1 2 Ls (04/26/2014)1 goals 3-2-1 2 Ws (05/07/2014) 1-2-2 1 Ts (05/27/2014)2 goals 0-1-0 1 Ls (05/11/2014) 1-0-1 1 Ts (05/23/2014)3 goals 0-0-0 2 Ws (08/03/2013) 2-0-0 7 Ws (03/02/2013)4 goals 2-0-0 4 Ws (05/08/2013) 1-0-0 2 Ws (05/05/2013)

Goals Allowed:0 goals 4-0-1 2 Ws (05/07/2014) 4-0-1 3 Ws (04/19/2014)1 goals 1-0-1 1 Ws (05/03/2014) 0-2-2 1 Ls (05/31/2014)2 goals 0-3-0 8 Ls (04/06/2013) 1-3-1 1 Ts (05/23/2014)3 goals 0-2-0 4 Ls (03/17/2013) 0-0-0 2 Ls (04/27/2013)4 goals 0-3-0 5 Ls (08/24/2013) 0-0-0 0 - -

W-L-T Breakdowns:

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:Dynamo Sporting KC

Goals 2 Carr/Jaqua 2 Teal Bunbury (09/10/11)Assists 2 Kamara/Oduro 2 Harrington/ZusiShots 8 Brian Ching (04/08/06) 10 C.J. Sapong (09/14/12)Shots on Goal 3 5 players tied 4 Johnson/SapongFouls Committed 4 7 players tied 6 Santiago Hirsig

(07/04/09)Fouls Suffered 6 Ricardo Clark

(05/12/13)5 Sealy/Hirsig

Shutouts 1 6 players tied 1 5 players tiedSaves 7 Tally Hall (twice) 7 Kevin Hartman

(09/07/08)Goals Allowed 4 Pat Onstad (09/22/10) 3 4 players tied


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTBrad Davis 17 16 1274 5 3 29Luis Angel Landin 2 2 134 2 1 3Calen Carr 1 1 90 2 0 3Brian Ching 9 5 453 2 0 15Nate Jaqua 1 1 83 2 0 4Kei Kamara 2 2 180 1 2 9Dominic Oduro 4 3 267 1 2 6Brian Mullan 9 9 786 1 1 8Adrian Serioux 4 2 206 1 1 2Cam Weaver 4 2 131 1 1 2Samuel Appiah 1 0 19 1 0 2Patrick Ianni 2 2 180 1 0 1Joseph Ngwenya 3 2 171 1 0 2Eddie Robinson 6 5 459 1 0 2Will Bruin 6 6 502 0 2 14Mike Chabala 5 4 405 0 2 0Stuart Holden 5 3 314 0 2 4Corey Ashe 15 12 1077 0 1 5Giles Barnes 3 2 179 0 1 3Dwayne De Rosario 5 4 361 0 1 9Boniek Garcia 5 5 450 0 1 3Kevin Goldthwaite 1 1 90 0 1 3Andre Hainault 8 7 646 0 1 1Alejandro Moreno 2 2 169 0 1 3Craig Waibel 3 3 270 0 1 2Team totals 18 18 1620 22 25 180Opponent totals 18 18 1620 19 20 222

DYNAMO CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (6-4-8)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGTony Caig 2 180 6 5 0.50 0Tally Hall 8 720 39 30 1.00 1Pat Onstad 8 720 33 20 1.25 0Team totals 18 1620 78 55 1.06 1Opponent totals 18 1620 73 48 1.22 0


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTKei Kamara 10 7 637 3 1 32Teal Bunbury 7 2 230 3 0 8Aurelien Collin 6 6 540 2 0 6C.J. Sapong 7 5 476 2 0 15Josh Wolff 7 6 525 2 0 11Jose Burciaga Jr. 3 3 270 1 2 4Sasha Victorine 4 4 342 1 2 5Davy Arnaud 10 7 653 1 0 10Jimmy Conrad 7 7 630 1 0 3Zoltan Hercegfalvi 1 0 28 1 0 2Eddie Johnson 3 3 270 1 0 7Ryan Smith 2 2 162 1 0 2Michael Harrington 11 10 850 0 3 3Graham Zusi 7 6 563 0 3 18Claudio Bieler 2 2 177 0 1 6Roger Espinoza 8 8 657 0 1 6Claudio Lopez 4 4 360 0 1 11Jacob Peterson 6 4 364 0 1 5Craig Rocastle 2 1 130 0 1 1Julio Cesar 2 2 180 0 1 0Scott Sealy 4 3 224 0 1 3Seth Sinovic 7 7 619 0 1 3Alex Zotinca 2 1 98 0 1 2Team totals 18 18 1620 19 20 222Opponent totals 18 18 1620 22 25 180

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. DYNAMO (4-6-8)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGJimmy Nielsen 10 900 30 17 1.10 0Kevin Hartman 6 540 30 23 1.17 0Bo Oshoniyi 2 180 13 8 2.00 0Team totals 18 1620 73 48 1.22 0Opponent totals 18 1620 78 55 1.06 1


CURRENT DYNAMO VS. SPORTING KC (6-4-8)

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTBrad Davis 27 25 2023 6 4 42Omar Cummings 7 6 538 1 1 13Will Bruin 6 6 502 0 2 14Corey Ashe 15 12 1077 0 1 5Giles Barnes 3 2 179 0 1 3Boniek Garcia 5 5 450 0 1 3Eric Brunner 9 7 676 0 0 2Servando Carrasco 3 3 235 0 0 4Tony Cascio 1 1 89 0 0 2Ricardo Clark 17 15 1375 0 0 14Warren Creavalle 4 2 191 0 0 3Andrew Driver 3 3 270 0 0 2Tally Hall 8 8 720 0 0 0David Horst 1 1 90 0 0 0Jason Johnson 2 0 16 0 0 2Brian Ownby 2 0 22 0 0 1Kofi Sarkodie 5 5 437 0 0 2Jermaine Taylor 6 6 450 0 0 1Team totals 18 18 1620 22 25 180Opponent totals 18 18 1620 19 20 222

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGTally Hall 8 720 39 30 1.00 1Team totals 18 1620 78 55 1.06 1Opponent totals 18 1620 73 48 1.22 0

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTAurelien Collin 6 6 540 2 0 6C.J. Sapong 7 5 476 2 0 15Jacob Peterson 20 13 1114 1 1 15Graham Zusi 7 6 563 0 3 18Claudio Bieler 2 2 177 0 1 6Paulo Nagamura 18 17 1495 0 1 15Seth Sinovic 8 7 620 0 1 3Sal Zizzo 3 2 165 0 1 2Matt Besler 9 9 796 0 0 4Dom Dwyer 1 1 74 0 0 2Benny Feilhaber 3 3 257 0 0 1Andy Gruenebaum 4 4 360 0 0 0Peterson Joseph 4 4 276 0 0 1Chance Myers 11 7 724 0 0 5Lawrence Olum 3 1 128 0 0 0Ike Opara 3 3 270 0 0 2Soony Saad 2 1 68 0 0 0Team totals 18 18 1620 19 20 222Opponent totals 18 18 1620 22 25 180

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGAndy Gruenebaum 4 360 22 15 1.75 0Team totals 18 1620 73 48 1.22 0Opponent totals 18 1620 78 55 1.06 1

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. DYNAMO (4-6-8)


Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting Kansas City Friday, 6 June 2014 – 7:30 p.m. CT

MLS regular season – Game #16 – Home Game #8

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, Texas

Broadcast Information Dynamo Media Contacts (@HoustonDynamo.com)

TV: CSN Houston Plus Lester Gretsch (lgretsch@ 832‐633‐0632)

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2014 Houston Dynamo Digital Media Guide Ben Crook (bcrook@ 832‐865‐7531)

DYNAMO HOST SPORTING KANSAS CITY IN REMATCH OF 2013 EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP The Houston Dynamo (5‐8‐2; 17 points) host Sporting Kansas City (5‐5‐4; 19 points) on Friday night at BBVA Compass Stadium.

The matchup is the first game between Houston and Kansas City this season and a replay of the 2013 Eastern Conference

Championship. The Dynamo capped a three‐game road swing with a 3‐0 setback against the Colorado Rapids on Sunday. Sporting

KC suffered a 1‐0 loss at D.C. United on Saturday. Friday is the first of two meetings between the clubs this season. The Dynamo

visit Sporting Park on Aug. 29.

HOUSTON VS. KANSAS CITY The Dynamo are 6‐4‐8 all‐time in regular season games against Sporting Kansas City, including a 3‐2‐4 mark in home games. The

Eastern Conference rivals have played 10 games over the last two seasons, including four playoff games. The clubs met in the

postseason for the third straight season in 2013 and Sporting KC secured a 2‐1 aggregate series win in the Eastern Conference

Championship. After a scoreless first leg in Houston, SKC registered a 2‐1 win in the second leg at Sporting Park last November.

Boniek Garcia delivered the Dynamo a 1‐0 lead in the third minute, but C.J. Sapong equalized 11 minutes later and Dom Dwyer

scored the series‐winning goal in the second half as Sporting KC advanced and won MLS Cup. The Dynamo defeated Sporting KC

in the playoffs the previous two seasons, a 2‐1 aggregate series victory in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in 2012 and a 2‐0 road

win in the Eastern Conference Final in 2011. Last season, Sporting KC snapped Houston’s MLS record 36‐game home undefeated

streak with a 1‐0 win at BBVA Compass Stadium on May 12, 2013. The clubs drew 1‐1 in a rematch on May 26 at Sporting Park

before playing to a 0‐0 draw in their final regular season encounter, Oct. 9 in Houston.

DYNAMO PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (4‐4‐2) Tally Hall;

Kofi Sarkodie, David Horst, Jermaine Taylor, Corey Ashe;

Omar Cummings, Warren Creavalle, Servando Carrasco, Andrew Driver;

Will Bruin, Giles Barnes

DYNAMO NOTES Dynamo complete road swing with 3‐0 setback at Colorado: Deshorn Brown scored two first‐half goals to lead the Colorado

Rapids to a 3‐0 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Sunday evening at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Brown delivered a 1‐0 lead for

the Rapids in the fifth minute. Marvell Wynne delivered a pinpoint service from near the right corner and Brown rose eight yards

from the back post to head the opening goal into the back of the net. Colorado nearly doubled its lead 13 minutes later. Dillon

Powers broke free at the top of the box and squared the ball to Kamani Hill near the penalty spot. Hill’s low shot was bound for the

net, but Corey Ashe raced across the front of goal and cleared the shot off the line at the last moment. The Rapids made it 2‐0 in the

35th minute. Powers created space in the middle of the field and played the ball to Brown on the right side of the penalty area. The

Jamaican forward drove a low shot from a difficult angle inside the far post for his fourth goal of the season. Colorado capped the

scoring six minutes after halftime. Powers drove a corner kick to the front side of the box and Hill used a deft flick with the outside

of his right foot to the far side of the net from 15 yards for a 3‐0 lead. Will Bruin nearly pulled a goal back for the Dynamo in the

72nd minute. Bruin ran onto a bouncing ball at the edge of the penalty area and cracked a half‐volley from 20 yards that crashed off

the crossbar near the corner of the goal.

Dynamo and Sporting KC, familiar foes: Friday’s game is the first meeting between Houston and Sporting Kansas City this

season. It ends a respite in the rivalry after the clubs played 10 times between July 2012 and November 2013, a span of 17

months. In addition to six regular season meetings over the two years, the clubs played four postseason games. Five of the last

ten games have ended in ties, including three 0‐0 draws. The games have been defensive, with either team scoring more than

one goal in a game only three times. The Dynamo and Sporting KC have been dead even, with a 7‐7 aggregate score over the

last ten games. Here is a breakdown of the last 10 games between the Eastern Conference rivals: DATE HOME AWAY SCORE GOAL SCORERS

July 7, 2012 Sporting KC Dynamo 0‐0

July 18, 2012 Dynamo Sporting KC 2‐1, Dynamo HOU: Carr (25,79); SKC:

Kamara (42)

September 14, 2012 Sporting KC Dynamo 1‐1 HOU: Davis (58);

SKC: Sapong (93+)

November 4, 2012 Dynamo Sporting KC 2‐0, Dynamo (Eastern

Conference Semifinals, leg 1)

HOU: Moffat (18) Bruin (75)

November 7, 2012 Sporting KC Dynamo 1‐0, Sporting KC (Eastern

Conference Semifinals, leg 2)

SKC: Sinovic (64)

May 12, 2013 Dynamo Sporting KC 1‐0, Sporting KC SKC: Collin (73)

May 26, 2013 Sporting KC Dynamo 1‐1 HOU: Davis (46+);

SKC: Kamara (68)

October 9, 2013 Dynamo Sporting KC 0‐0

November 9, 2013 Dynamo Sporting KC 0‐0 (Eastern Conference

Championship, leg 1)

November 23, 2013 Sporting KC Dynamo 2‐1, Sporting KC (Eastern

Conference Championship,

leg 2)

HOU: Garcia (3)

SKC: Sapong (14)

SKC: Dwyer (63)

Dynamo milestones and notes from 3‐0 loss at Colorado on Sunday:

o It was Corey Ashe’s 150th career MLS regular season start to become the third Dynamo player to reach 150, along

with Brad Davis and Bobby Boswell.

o It was Jermaine Taylor’s 75th career MLS regular season start.

o Taylor (6,540 career regular season minutes) also passed Dwayne De Rosario for 15th on the club minutes list.

Dynamo look to avoid first four‐game losing streak since 2010: With the loss at Colorado, the Dynamo have lost three

consecutive league games for the second time this season (March 29‐April 12; losses at Vancouver, vs. FC Dallas and at New

England). The Dynamo will try and avoid their first four‐game losing streak in MLS play since Aug. 28 – Sept. 22, 2010. The

current spell marks only the fifth time in nine seasons the club has lost three consecutive games. The other streaks: (2007; 3

games); (2010; 3 games) and the four‐game streak in 2010 mentioned above.

Dynamo shorthanded: Due to injury, international absences and suspension, the Dynamo have been able to field only 17

players in each of the last five games, one shy of the allocated amount of 18 players on the gameday roster. Midfielder Ricardo

Clark (concussion) has missed eight straight games, Tony Cascio (right knee surgery; eight games) and Mark Sherrod (left

knee ACL tear; two games) remain on the injury report. Meanwhile, Brad Davis (international duty; four games) and Boniek

Garcia (international duty; three games) have also been unavailable. The group includes the entire starting midfield from a 4‐0

opening night victory over New England on March 8: Cascio, Clark, Davis and Garcia.

Dynamo forward Mark Sherrod undergoes reconstructive surgery for left ACL tear: Dynamo forward Mark Sherrod

underwent reconstructive surgery on Wednesday for a torn ACL in his left knee and is expected to miss the remainder of the

2014 season. The surgery was performed by team physician Dr. Timothy Sitter at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital.

Sherrod appeared in nine games (three starts) this season, tallying two goals and one assist. Sherrod made his third

consecutive start at D.C. United on May 21 before exiting the game with the knee injury in the first half. The Knoxville, Tenn.

native was select by the Dynamo in the second round (No. 32 overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. With two goals against

Real Salt Lake on May 11, Sherrod became the third‐youngest Dynamo player to record a two‐goal game.

Dynamo complete second three‐game road stretch of 2014 season: The early schedule for the Houston Dynamo has been

loaded with several sets of home and road games bunched together. The just‐completed three‐game road swing marked

Houston’s second stretch of three straight road games this season. The first occurred from April 12‐23, with visits to New

England, Philadelphia and New York. Both trips included two consecutive games without a return to Houston in between, as

the Dynamo traveled directly to San Jose from Washington D.C. on May 22. In addition to the road trips, Houston had a three‐

game home stand from May 7‐17 and opened the season with three of four games at home.

Brad Davis starts pre‐World Cup friendly vs. Turkey: Dynamo midfielder Brad Davis made the start (16th cap) and played

64 minutes in the United States national team’s 2‐1 friendly win over Turkey on Sunday at Red Bull Arena. It marked Davis’

second consetuive appearance for the U.S. after he played the final 45 minutes vs. Azerbaijan. Next up, the U.S. faces Nigeria,

which is also bound for the World Cup, on Saturday, June 7 at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla. The U.S. opens the 2014

FIFA World Cup on June 16 against Ghana.

Davis earns assist in pre‐World Cup friendly vs. Azerbaijan: Davis entered the game at halftime and began the restart on

both goals in the United States national team’s 2‐0 friendly win over Azerbaijan on May 27 at Candlestick Park in San

Francisco. Davis’s first set piece was eventually finished from close range by Mix Diskerud for a 1‐0 lead. Six minutes later,

Davis served a corner kick to the front of the six‐yard box, and Aron Johannsson’s header found the net for a 2‐0 win.

Davis has four assists in last five national team appearances: Brad Davis has registered four assists in his last five games

with the U.S. national team. Most recently, Davis assisted on Aron Johannsson’s goal vs. Azerbaijan on May 27. The Dynamo

captain provided two assists in the U.S.’ final World Cup qualifying match against Panama last October, securing a first place

finish in the region. This year, Davis earned an assist in a 2‐0 friendly win over Korea Republic on Feb. 1. Davis also started

and played the first 59 minutes vs. Mexico on April 2 and started Sunday’s game against Turkey, but didn’t record an assist in

either game.

Dynamo milestones and notes from 3‐0 setback at San Jose on May 25:

o It was Will Bruin’s 100th career regular season game to pass Wade Barrett for 11th on the club list.

o It was also Bruin’s 108th career game in all competitions with Houston to pass Craig Waibel for 13th on the

franchise list.

o Bruin played 90 minutes to reach 9,057 minutes in all competitions and pass Dwayne De Rosario for 15th on the

franchise list.

Brad Davis named to 23‐man roster for 2014 World Cup: Dynamo midfielder Brad Davis was named to the United States

national 23‐man roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann on May 22. Davis will head to Brazil

next month for his first World Cup. The Dynamo captain joined the national team in Palo Alto, Calif. for a training camp on

May 14 at Stanford University. Davis joined a 30‐man group of U.S. teammates and earned a place on the final 23‐man roster.

The U.S. opens the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 16 against Ghana. Davis, 32, has earned 15 caps with the U.S. men’s national

team, including five appearances last year in qualifying matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The Dynamo captain provided

two assists in the U.S.’ final qualifying match against Panama last October to secure a first place finish in the region.

Dynamo midfielder Boniek García joins Honduras national team for World Cup preparatory camp: Dynamo midfielder

Boniek García was named to the Honduras national team’s final 23‐man roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Garcia was

forced to exit the game against the Galaxy on May 17 in the 19th minute after he sustained a right hamstring strain, but still

joined the Honduras national team on May 19 for its pre‐World Cup camp in Miami. García was also part of the Honduras

team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and will participate in his second World Cup if he makes the final 23‐man

roster, which must be submitted by June 2. García, 29, played in each of Honduras’ 16 qualifying matches for the 2014 FIFA

World Cup, scoring one goal. The Tegucigalpa native has earned 92 caps, tied for the fifth‐most in Honduras national team

history. The midfielder has 11 goals and 14 assists in 62 career appearances with the Dynamo, including playoffs. García was

the Dynamo Players’ Player of the Year in 2012. Los Catrachos complete their World Cup preparations against England on

Saturday in Miami. Honduras is part of Group E at the 2014 World Cup, along with Switzerland, Ecuador and France. Los

Catrachos open their World Cup group stage against France on June 15 in Porto Alegre.

Kinnear becomes third MLS coach to surpass 500 career points: With the win over the Galaxy on May 17, Dynamo head

coach Dominic Kinnear became the third head coach in MLS history to amass 500 career points. Kinnear (502 points) is in his

11th year as head coach between Houston and San Jose and trails only Sigi Schmid and Bruce Arena on the league’s all‐time

wins and points lists. The chart below details the coaches with the most regular season wins in Major League Soccer

history:

COACH CURRENT/LAST

TEAM

WINS LOSSES DRAWS WIN % POINTS

Sigi Schmid Seattle* 196 133 103 .573 689

Bruce Arena LA Galaxy* 163 100 58 .598 523

Dominic Kinnear Dynamo* 133 95 103 .557 502

Bob Bradley Chivas USA 124 94 54 .555 416

Frank Yallop Chicago 119 110 91 .514 448

Dynamo milestones and notes from 1‐0 triumph over Galaxy on May 17:

o It was Giles Barnes’ second game‐winning goal of the season after he provided the winner at Chivas on May 3.

o It was Mark Sherrod’s first professional assist after he scored his first two goals last Sunday against Real Salt

Lake.

o Tally Hall earned his fifth shutout of the season. He is tied for the league lead with Eric Kronberg of Sporting

Kansas City and Clint Irwin of Colorao.

o It was Barnes’ 14th career goal in all competitions with the Dynamo to pass Nate Jaqua and tie Geoff Cameron

for ninth on club scoring list.

o It was also Barnes’ 12th career regular season goal to pass Cameron and tie Cam Weaver for seventh on club’s

regular‐season scoring list.

o It was Hall’s 150th career regular season start in all competitions with the Dynamo.

Sherrod is third‐youngest Dynamo player to record two‐goal game: With two goals against Real Salt Lake on May 11, rookie

Mark Sherrod became the third‐youngest Dynamo player to record a two‐goal game. Will Bruin recorded a hat trick against

D.C. United on April 29, 2011 to become the youngest with a multi‐goal game. Stuart Holden scored two goals against the San

Jose Earthquakes on Oct. 15, 2008 as the second‐youngest in club history. (Note courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau, official

statistician of Major League Soccer.)

Dynamo milestones and notes from 5‐2 defeat vs. Real Salt Lake on May 11

o Mark Sherrod recorded the first two‐goal game from a Dynamo rookie since Will Bruin recorded a hat trick

against D.C. United on April 29, 2011.

o It was Brad Davis’ sixth consecutive appearance with a goal or an assist (five assists, one goal).

o It was Tally Hall’s 117th career regular season game to pass Geoff Cameron for eighth on the club list.

Dynamo milestones and notes from 1‐0 triumph over Columbus Crew on May 7:

o It was Will Bruin’s third straight game with a goal and team‐leading sixth goal of the season.

o Bruin is tied for the MLS lead with three game‐winning goals alongside Dom Dwyer and Jermain Defoe.

o It was Corey Ashe’s 200th career regular game with the Dynamo. Ashe is the second Houston player to appear in

200 regular season games, joining Davis (223).

o It was also Bruin’s 37th career goal in all competitions with the Dynamo. He trails Davis (38) by one goal for

second on the club scoring list.

Bruin reaches six goals earliest in four‐year career: Dynamo forward Will Bruin scored his sixth goal of the 2014 season on

May 7 against Columbus. Bruin reached six goals through 10 games, his fastest six‐goal start to a season in his Dynamo career.

Bruin needed 13 games (June 16, vs. FC Dallas) to reach six goals in 2012, when he scored 12 goals in the regular season and

added four more in the playoffs to set a franchise record for goals in a season. In 2013, Bruin didn’t score his sixth goal until

Aug. 17 against Seattle, the Dynamo’s 23rd game of the season, but Bruin missed four earlier games that season due to injury

and national team commitments.

Bruin fastest Dynamo player to six goals since Ching in 2006: Will Bruin (10 games) was the earliest Dynamo player to score

six goals in a season since Brian Ching in 2006. Spurred by four goals in the club’s inaugural match, Ching scored six goals in

Houston’s first five games of the 2006 season. Ching added his seventh goal in the club’s sixth game.

Bruin records third career three‐game scoring streak: Will Bruin scored in three consecutive games (4/27 to 5/7) before

missing the game against Real Salt Lake on May 11. Bruin was the first Dynamo player to accomplish the feat since he scored

in three straight games in June 2012 (four goals in a three‐game span). Bruin is the first player in Dynamo history with three

career three‐game scoring streaks. Bruin’s first came in April 2012. His latest streak marked the seventh time a Dynamo

player scored in three consecutive games: Bruin 3X; Ching 2006, 2008; Joseph Ngwenya 2007; Stuart Holden 2009). No

Dynamo player has ever scored in four consecutive games.

Dynamo milestones and notes from 4‐1 victory at Chivas USA on May 3:

o Giles Barnes scored his first two goals of the season.

o It was also Barnes’ third career two‐goal game with the Dynamo and first since he scored twice against Chivas

USA last September in a 5‐1 win at BBVA Compass Stadium.

o It was Boniek Garcia’s 13th career regular season assist with the Dynamo to tie Will Bruin, Stuart Holden and

Richard Mulrooney for sixth on the club list.

o Corey Ashe earned his third assist of the season for his most in a campaign since 2010 (3). Ashe set a career‐high

with four assists as a rookie in 2007.

Dynamo midfielder Tony Cascio out for remainder of season with torn ACL: Dynamo midfielder Tony Cascio underwent

reconstructive surgery on April 30 for a torn ACL in his right knee. The surgery was performed by team physician Dr.

Timothy Sitter at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital. Cascio is expected to miss the remainder of the 2014 season.

Cascio, 24, appeared in five games (four starts) this season. The Gilbert, Ariz. native was acquired by the Dynamo on Jan. 21

on loan from the Colorado Rapids in the first intraleague loan in league history. The University of Connecticut product has

appeared in 47 games (26 starts) in three MLS seasons, scoring four goals and adding three assists.

Dynamo launch Under‐23 team: The Dynamo announced the launch of a new Under‐23 team to begin competing this May.

The U‐23 team is the latest addition to the Dynamo development system and will bridge the gap between the Houston

Dynamo Academy and the first team. The squad will be comprised of former and current Dynamo Academy players as well as

players identified through Dynamo Trials. The 2014 season will run from mid‐May through mid‐July. The club will be

managed under the direction of the Dynamo Academy and will be coached by Clarkson, assistant director Eddie Robinson

and technical coordinator Tom Harris. The squad will compete in the U.S. Men Under‐23 Cup Tournament from June 13‐15 in

Horsham, Penn. Additionally, the U‐23 team will compete in Copa Alianza at Houston Sports Park from May 24‐26.

Seventh multi‐goal game: Bruin recorded his seventh career multi‐goal game in all competitions on March 8. It was also his

first since he scored twice in a 3‐0 Knockout Round win over Montreal to open the 2013 postseason. In addition, Bruin added

an assist on Boniek Garcia’s goal. Last year, Bruin had four games with at least one goal and one assist.

Sixth conference final in eight years: The Dynamo reached their sixth conference final in eight seasons by advancing to meet

Sporting Kansas City last postseason. Houston reached that stage with a 4‐3 aggregate series win over the New York Red Bulls

in the conference semifinals. By ousting the Supporters’ Shield winners, the Dynamo advanced to their third straight Eastern

Conference Championship. Houston also reached the 2006, 2007 and 2009 Western Conference Finals and the 2011 and 2012

Eastern Conference Championships. Houston is now 4‐2 all‐time in conference finals. It was the third consecutive season

Houston and Sporting Kansas City met in the postseason.

Ching retires: Dynamo legend and all‐time leading scorer Brian Ching retired after the 2013 season, with a Testimonial Match

on Dec. 13 his final on‐field act at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo original retires as the all‐time scorer in Dynamo

history (69 goals in all competitions; 56 regular season). The Hawaii native was a three‐time MLS Cup champion, six‐time MLS

All‐Star, 2006 MLS Cup MVP, 2004 Golden Boot winner, 2004 MLS Comeback Player of the Year and member of the 2006 U.S.

World Cup squad. He also closed out his career as the 2013 Dynamo Humanitarian of the Year and his Testimonial Match

generated $130,000 for the House that Ching Built charity and Houston Habitat for Humanity. Ching is now managing

director of the Houston Dash.

Dynamo offseason: The majority of the 2013 Dynamo roster returns in 2014, including 9 of 11 starters from the Eastern

Conference Championship second leg at Sporting Kansas City. The chart below details the offseason for the Dynamo.

INCOMING:

PLAYER POSITION HOW ACQUIRED

David Horst Defender Acquired via trade from Portland on Dec. 17

AJ Cochran Defender Selected in first round of 2014 draft

Mark Sherrod Forward Selected in second round of 2014 draft

Tony Cascio Midfielder Loaned from Colorado Rapids on Jan. 21

Michael Lisch Goalkeeper Selected in third round of 2014 draft

OUTGOING:

PLAYER POSITION NOTE

Brian Ching Forward Retired

Bobby Boswell Defender Acquired by D.C. United in Re‐Entry Draft

Calen Carr Forward Option declined

Mike Chabala Defender Option declined

Alex Dixon Midfielder Option declined

Cam Weaver Forward Option declined

Dynamo notes and milestones from 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs:

o Goalkeeper Tally Hall earned his fifth career playoff shutout to become the franchise leader in playoff shutouts,

surpassing Pat Onstad, who kept four postseason clean sheets with Houston.

o Hall also recorded his eighth career playoff win to set a new club record, surpassing Onstad’s mark (6).

o Brad Davis became the first Houston player to start 25 career playoff games. Davis has appeared in 27 of

Houston’s 28 playoff games in franchise history, starting 26.

o The 2‐1 extra time victory over the New York Red Bulls was Houston’s first‐ever road win at New York

o The Dynamo improved to 4‐1 all‐time in playoff games that reached extra time, including the 2006 MLS Cup

Final (vs. New England), the 2007 Western Conference Semifinal (vs. FC Dallas) and 2009 Western Conference

Semifinal (vs. Seattle). The lone defeat after extra time was the 2009 Western Conference Final, a 2‐0 home win

for the LA Galaxy.

o Head coach Dominic Kinnear improved to 15‐10‐7 as a head coach in the MLS Cup Playoffs, passing Bob

Bradley (14 wins) for third on the Major League Soccer all‐time playoff wins chart. Bruce Arena (27 wins) and

Sigi Schmid (23 wins) top the playoff wins list.

o Will Bruin scored two goals in a 3‐0 Knockout Round victory over Montreal to mark the fourth time a Dynamo

player has scored twice in a playoff game, with two of the four registered by Bruin.

Milestones and other notes from 2013 regular season:

o Giles Barnes scored nine regular season goals to become the sixth Budweiser Golden Boot winner in Dynamo

history, joining Brian Ching (2010, 2009, 2008), Will Bruin (2012), Geoff Cameron (2011), Joseph Ngwenya

(2007) and Dwayne De Rosario (2006).

o Kofi Sarkodie and Bobby Boswell each appeared in 44 games in all competitions in 2013, matching a club

record set by Brian Mullan in 2008. (Hall came close, appearing in 43 games in 2013.)

o Davis (9 assists) was the club leader in assists for the sixth straight season and seventh time in eight years.

o Brad Davis now has 101 career regular season assists and is tied with Marco Etcheverry for sixth on the MLS all‐

time assist list. Davis will tie Jaime Moreno (102) for fifth with his next assist.

o Davis recorded 25 regular season starts to reach 25 or more starts for the fifth straight year.

o Tally Hall played every minute of the regular season – 3,060 –for the second time in his career (2011).

(Cont.) Milestones and other notes from 2013 regular season:

o Hall was one of seven players in MLS to play every minute of the 2013 regular season, joining three Eastern

Conference goalkeepers – Luis Robles (New York), Jimmy Nielsen (Sporting Kansas City) and Zac MacMath

(Philadelphia) – and three defenders: Jalil Anibaba (Chicago), Austin Berry (Chicago) and Jose Goncalves

(New England).

o Hall recorded 14 wins last season, matching a career‐high set in 2012.

o Kofi Sarkodie played 90 minutes and led all Dynamo field players with 2,948 minutes this season. Sarkodie

started 33 of 34 regular season games, with his only absence due to a one‐game suspension for yellow card

accumulation.

o Corey Ashe appeared in 30 regular season games to reach 30 games for the third straight season. Ashe also

reached 2,585 minutes to surpass 2,500 minutes for the third consecutive season.

o Ricardo Clark set career‐highs with four goals and four assists in the 2013 regular season.

o Clark also appeared in 30 regular season games to reach 30 games for the third time in his career and first since

2006.

Additional 2013 Dynamo Notes:

Boniek Garcia is crucial to Dynamo: Honduran midfielder Boniek Garcia has been a key factor in Houston success since

joining the club in June 2012. In the 2013 regular season, the Dynamo were 11‐5‐5 with Garcia in the starting lineup, with a 33‐

24 goal difference. The Dynamo dropped to 3‐6‐4 in games Garcia did not start, and were outscored 8‐16. In 2012, the Dynamo

went 9‐4‐6 with a +10 goal difference in the regular season after Garciaʹs debut.

Ricardo Clark’s value evident in Dynamo success: The Dynamo were 13‐8‐8 in regular season games started by Ricardo

Clark. In games Clark did not start, the club was 1‐3‐1. Moreover, the Dynamo were 7‐0‐1 when Clark recorded a goal or an

assist in a game. Of the eight games Clark recorded a goal or assist, six were decided by a goal or less. Three of Clark’s four

goals were game‐winning goals (including each of his last three regular season goals, all in 1‐0 wins) and all four of his assists

were game‐winning assists or tied the game.

Dynamo were best in MLS in 2013 when scoring first: Houston was 13‐0‐3 (W‐L‐T) when scoring the first goal in a game in

the 2013 regular season, the best win percentage in MLS (.906). Conversely, the Dynamo struggled when allowing the

opponent to score first, with a 1‐11‐4 mark (.188) when falling behind in a game, the fifth‐worst record in the league.

Better late than never: The Dynamo scored 14 of 41 goals in the 2013 regular season after the 75th minute. In addition,

Houston scored 19 of 41 goals after the 60th minute, and 25 of 41 goals after halftime. The late goals continued a trend for

Houston, which set a franchise record with 17 goals after the 75th minute in 2012 after scoring 14 late goals in 2011.

Dynamo reach 100 all‐time regular season wins: Houston’s 1‐0 victory over Montreal on Oct. 4, 2013 was the club’s 100th

regular season wins in eight seasons since joining Major League Soccer at the start of the 2006 season. Houston has averaged

12.63 wins and 47.88 points per season, including the 2013 campaign.

Will Bruin records most assists in single season ever by Dynamo player not named Davis: Will Bruin recorded seven assists

last regular season for the most assists in a single season ever by a Dynamo player outside of Brad Davis. Two other players

have recorded six assists in a season: Boniek Garcia in 2012 and Geoff Cameron in 2009. But no player outside of Davis and

Bruin has recorded seven in a season. Davis has the seven of the eight highest single‐season assist totals in club history: 16

(2011), 12 (2012, 2010, 2009), 11 (2006), and 8 (2013 and 2008).

Davis registers 20th career multi‐assist game: Brad Davis earned his 20th career regular season multi‐assist game in the 3‐1

victory over Seattle on Aug. 17. It was Davis’ first two‐assist game of the season. The midfielder had three in 2012, including

two assists in consecutive games (7/21 vs. Montreal and 7/28 at Toronto FC). Davis is tied for fifth all‐time in multi‐assist

games among MLS players. The top five multi‐assist totals in Major League Soccer history:

PLAYER MULTI‐ASSIST GAMES CAREER ASSISTS

Carlos Valderrama 27 114

Landon Donovan 24 120

Preki 22 112

Steve Ralston 21 135

Brad Davis 20 106

Marco Etcheverry 20 101

Dynamo snap MLS record home unbeaten streak: The 1‐0 loss to Sporting Kansas City on May 12, 2013 ended the Dynamo’s

league record home unbeaten streak at 36 games in all competitions (includes regular season, playoffs and CONCACAF

Champions League). The streak included: 30 regular season games, a 2011 playoff win over Philadelphia (31 overall), two

Champions League games in 2012 (33), playoff victories over Sporting KC and D.C. United in 2012 (35) and a Champions

League win over Santos Laguna on March 5 (36). Houston broke Real Salt Lake’s 34‐game record with a 2‐1 win over the

Chicago Fire on April 14, 2013 and set the current mark at 36 games with a 1‐1 draw against Colorado on April 28, 2013.

The Dynamo also set new MLS regular season home unbeaten streak record: The loss to Sporting KC also snapped

Houston’s league record regular season home unbeaten streak at 30 games, which was set with a 1‐1 draw vs. Colorado on

April 28. The streak eclipsed Real Salt Lake’s previous regular season record of 29 games. The Dynamo had not lost a home

game in over 22 months, with their previous home defeat on June 18, 2011, a 2‐0 loss to Columbus. The chart below details

the longest regular season home unbeaten streaks in MLS history:

Team Regular season home unbeaten Streak start date Streak end date

Houston Dynamo 30 7/9/2011 5/12/13

Real Salt Lake 29 6/6/2009 5/14/2011

Columbus Crew 22 6/28/2008 9/26/2009

LA Galaxy 18 10/24/2010 10/16/2011

San Jose Earthquakes 18 9/25/2004 10/8/2005

Houston Dynamo 17 6/26/2008 6/20/2009

The Dynamo have the best all‐time home win percentage in Major League Soccer history. Furthermore, Houston has lost

just 23 home games in nine seasons, an average of 2.56 home losses per year.

BEST ALL‐TIME HOME WIN PERCENTAGE IN MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER (Regular season; min. 50 home games):

TEAM WINS LOSSES DRAWS PERCENTAGE

Dynamo 74 23 37 .690

Seattle Sounders 51 18 20 .685

LA Galaxy 169 68 47 .678

Real Salt Lake 77 31 41 .654

Dominic Kinnear is the sixth longest‐tenured head coach in American pro sports: Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear

enters his 11th consecutive season as head coach of the Dynamo or their predecessor, the San Jose Earthquakes in 2014. Only

five head coaches/managers in American professional sports have been with their current organization longer than Kinnear.

The list below details the longest‐tenured head coaches in American professional sports:

FIRST SEASON NAME CLUB (LEAGUE) NOTE

1996 Greg Popovich San Antonio Spurs (NBA)

2000 Bill Belicheck New England Patriots (NFL)

2000 Mike Scioscia LA Angels of Anaheim (MLB)

2002 Ron Gardenhire Minnesota Twins (MLB)

2003 Marvin Lewis Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)

2004 Dominic Kinnear San Jose Earthquakes/Houston

Dynamo (MLS)

Named head coach December

2003

2004 Tom Coughlin New York Giants (NFL) Named head coach January 2004

Injury Report Presented by Houston Methodist (As of Wednesday, June 4)

OUT: Ricardo Clark – concussion; Tony Cascio – R knee surgery; Mark Sherrod – L knee ACL tear

DOUBTFUL: Brian Ownby – concussion

QUESTIONABLE: None

HOUSTON DYNAMO NUMERICAL ROSTER/TECHNICAL STAFF No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Born Pronunciation Status 1 Tally Hall GK 6‐4 215 5‐12‐85 rhymes with RALLY

2 Eric Brunner D 6‐4 170 2‐2‐86 BREW‐ner

3 Anthony Arena D 5‐11 170 8‐3‐90

4 Jermaine Taylor D 5‐10 195 1‐14‐85

5 Warren Creavalle D 5‐11 170 8‐14‐90 cruh‐VAL

7 Omar Cummings F 5‐10 165 7‐13‐82

8 Kofi Sarkodie D 5‐9 165 3‐22‐91 KO‐fee sar‐KO‐dee

9 Bryan Salazar F 5‐9 155 10‐17‐94 Sal‐a‐zar Homegrown Player

10 Alexander López M 5‐9 155 6‐5‐1992 Young Designated Player

11 Brad Davis M 5‐11 170 11‐8‐81

12 Will Bruin F 6‐2 195 10‐24‐89

13 Ricardo Clark M 5‐10 160 2‐10‐83

14 Jason Johnson F 6‐0 180 10‐9‐90 Generation adidas

15 Mark Sherrod F 6‐3 185 8‐13‐90 Share‐id

16 AJ Cochran D 6‐3 195 2‐9‐93 Generation adidas

17 Servando Carrasco M 5‐10 175 8‐13‐88 sir‐VAWN‐dough cuh‐ROSS‐coh

18 David Horst D 6‐4 210 10‐25‐85

20 Andrew Driver M 5‐9 152 11‐20‐87 International

22 Brian Ownby M 5‐11 165 7‐14‐90 Own‐be

23 Giles Barnes M 5‐11 181 8‐5‐88 International

24 Tyler Deric GK 6‐3 185 8‐30‐88 DARE‐ick

26 Corey Ashe M 5‐7 154 3‐14‐86 ASH

27 Boniek Garcia M 5‐9 150 9‐4‐84 Bone‐ee‐ECK Designated Player

28 Tony Cascio M 6‐0 170 3‐28‐90 KAS‐YO

30 Michael Lisch GK 6‐4 175 8‐30‐90 Lish

Head Coach – Dominic Kinnear (11th year overall, 133‐95‐103 MLS)

Assistant Coach – Wade Barrett

Assistant Coach – Steve Ralston

Goalkeepers Coach – Tim Hanley

Head Athletic Trainer – Theron Enns

Director, Soccer Operations – Nick Kowba

Assistant Athletic Trainer – Rory Blevins

Equipment Manager – Michael Porter

Houston Dynamo Player Bios *All Dynamo career stats are regular season only 1 TALLY HALL GK 6-4 215 Born: 5/12/85, SeaTac, WA Age: 29 Last Club: Esbjerg fB (Denmark) - 2007-09 College: San Diego State University Dynamo career: Sixth year – 121 GP, 121 GS, 33 SHO Two-time MLS All-Star goalkeeper with great size and shot-blocking ability. Returns as the starter in 2014 after starting 101 of 102 regular season games from 2011-13 and setting club record with 12 regular season shutouts in 2012. 2014 MLS: 15 GP, 1,350 mins, 1.80 GAA, 5 shutouts, 5-8-2 2013 MLS: 34 GP, 3,060 mins, 1.21 GAA, 9 shutouts, 14-11-9 2013 playoffs: 5 GP, 5 GS, 480 mins, 1.00 GAA, 2 shutouts, 2-1-2 2013-14 CCL: 2 GS, 180 mins, 0.50 GAA, 1 shutout, 1-1-0

Recorded fifth shutout of 2014 season on May 17 vs. LA Galaxy (tied for MLS shutout lead)

Made season-high five saves and registered fourth shutout of 2014 season on May 7 against Columbus Crew

Recorded 30th career regular season shutout in 1-0 win over Montreal on March 15

Part of U.S. national team camp in January 2014, including two-week trip to Brazil

2013: Recorded fifth career playoff shutout in first leg of Eastern Conference Championship vs. Sporting Kansas City to become the franchise leader in playoff shutouts, surpassing Pat Onstad, who kept four postseason clean sheets with Houston

Played every minute of 2013 regular season – 3,060 – to lead the Dynamo in regular season minutes. It is the third straight season Hall has led club in minutes and second time he played every minute of the season (2011)

Named to 2013 MLS All-Star team as part of inactive roster (second time as All-Star; 2011)

Participated in first U.S. senior national team training camp in January 2013

Most saves (’14): 5, 5/7/14 vs. Columbus Crew Last shutout: 5/17/14 vs. LA Galaxy Last goal: 10/21/09 at Isidro Metapán (CCL) Last assist: 4/2/11 at New York 2 ERIC BRUNNER DF 6-4 170 Born: 2/2/86, Dublin, OH Age: 28 Last Club: Portland Timbers - 2011-12 Other Clubs: Columbus Crew (2009-10); New York Red Bulls (2008); Miami FC (2008) College: Ohio State University Dynamo career: Second year - 13 GP, 9 GS, 0 G, 0 A Pronunciation: BREW-ner

Experienced center back with strong aerial ability acquired from Portland in December 2012. 2014 MLS: 0 GP, 0 GS, 0 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 MLS: 13 GP, 9 GS, 889 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 playoffs: 5 GP, 5 GS, 475 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013-14 CCL: 3 GP, 3 GS, 270 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 Reserves: 5 GP, 5 GS, 450 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Part of 18-man gameday roster at San Jose on May 25 for first time in 2014 after rehabilitating right ankle following surgery in early April

Started all five playoff games in 2013

2013: Started two of final three regular season games Left game at Chicago on Sept. 1 with ankle injury

Started second consecutive game in 2-1 win at New England Revolution on July 13

Started two consecutive games (5/26 vs. Sporting KC and 6/1 vs. Columbus )

Entered as substitute for Jermaine Taylor in two consecutive games (5/18 vs. New England and 5/12 vs. Sporting KC)

2013: Made first regular season appearance on March 23 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC (90 minutes)

Last start: 11/23/13 at Sporting Kansas City Last start: 11/23/13 at Sporting Kansas City Last goal: 5/20/12 vs. Chicago Last assist: 6/19/11 vs. New York 3 ANTHONY ARENA D 5-11 170 Born: 8/3/1990, Kenmore, WA Age: 23 Last Club: Wake Forest University Dynamo career: Second year – 1 GP, 0 GS, 0 G, 0 A Acquired: Selected by Houston in 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft (No. 18 overall) Key defender at Wake Forest adds depth at center back after being selected by Dynamo in 2013 Supplemental Draft. 2014 MLS: 0 GP, 0 GS, 0 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2014 USL PRO: 4 GP, 4 GS, 360 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 MLS: 1 GP, 0 GS, 70 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013-14 CCL: 0 GP, 0 GS, 0 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 Reserves: 8 GP, 7 GS, 635 mins, 0 G, 0 A

2014: Made four starts on loan with Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL PRO)

2013: Made MLS debut vs. Columbus Crew on June 1, entering as a substitute for Eric Brunner

Made professional debut on May 29, starting and playing 90 minutes in 2-0 win over FC Tucson

2012: Made all four starts during Wake Forest’s post season, playing 19 games overall with 1 goal and 1 assist

Had a 50-start streak at Wake Forest Played 79 games for Demon Deacons, making 74 starts Member of the United States’ U-18 and U-20 teams Won eight consecutive state championships with club

team Crossfire from 2000-07 Last start: 5/29/13 vs. FC Tucson (U.S. Open Cup) Last appearance: 6/01/13 at Columbus Crew Last goal: None as professional Last assist: None as professional 4 JERMAINE TAYLOR DF 5-10 195 Born: 1/14/85, Portland, Jamaica Age: 29 Last Club: St. George’s SC (Jamaica) – 2009-11 Other Clubs: Harbour View F.C. (Jamaica) – 2004-09 Dynamo career: Fourth year – 79 GP, 75 GS, 1 G, 3 A Calm, experienced defender who is an anchor at center back and remains a fixture for Jamaica national team (73 caps). 2014 MLS: 13 GP, 13 GS, 1,139 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 MLS: 26 GP, 26 GS, 2,142 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2013 playoffs: Did not feature 2013-14 CCL: 2 GP, 2 GS, 180 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Missed 2013 playoffs after surgery to repair a Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal in left foot

2013: Played 90 minutes in both September World Cup Qualifiers for Jamaica; assisted on Jermaine Anderson’s stoppage time equalizer for 1-1 draw versus Costa Rica

Departed game on May 18 with left shoulder injury Played 90 minutes in both of Jamaica’s World Cup

qualifiers in March (1-1 home tie vs. Panama on March 22 and 2-0 road loss at Costa Rica on March 26)

2012: Started at all 3 defensive positions (RB, CB, LB) Last start: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last goal: 8/3/12 vs. New York Red Bulls (first in MLS) Last assist: 7/06/13 vs. Philadelphia Union 5 WARREN CREAVALLE DF 5-11 170 Born: 8/14/90, Brooklyn, NY Age: 23 Last Club: University of Central Florida Dynamo career: Third year – 49 GP, 28 GS, 3 G, 2 A Pronunciation: Cruh-VAL Physical, versatile player who became central midfield regular in 2013 and can also play across back line. Selected by Houston

in the second round of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Central Florida. 2014 MLS: 11 GP, 6 GS, 535 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 MLS: 27 GP, 17 GS, 1,629 mins, 3 G, 1 A 2013 playoffs: 5 GP, 5 GS, 394 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013-14 CCL: 4 GP, 3 GS, 251 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Made 2014 debut as substitute vs. FC Dallas on April 5 after missing first three games returning from offseason surgery to address tendonitis in both knees

Appeared in career-high 40 games (29 starts) across all competitions in 2013, including starts in all five playoff games

2013: Versatile player featured at center mid, right mid, right back, left back and center back in young pro career

Missed three games – May 5 at LA, May 8 at D.C. and May 12 vs. Sporting KC – with right hamstring strain

Scored equalizing goal in fourth minute of stoppage time for 1-1 draw at Toronto FC on 4/20

Scored first professional goal on March 23 vs. Vancouver 2012: Appeared in 11 games (5 starts) as a rookie Played at Furman University (2008-09) and University of

Central Florida (2010-11) Played for U.S. U-20 national team on a tour of Spain

against Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Rayo Vallecano (2008)

Last start: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last goal: 6/1/13 at Columbus Crew Last assist: 3/2/13 vs. D.C. United 7 OMAR CUMMINGS F 5-10 165 Born: 7/13/82, Old Harbor, Jamaica Age: 31 Last Club: Colorado Rapids (2007-12) College: University of Cincinnati Dynamo career: Second year – 22 GP, 4 GS, 1 G, 0 A Fast, experienced forward acquired in December 2012 from Colorado. Jamaica international (35 caps, 7 goals) adds formidable presence to forwards corps. 2014 MLS: 11 GP, 3 GS, 413 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2013 MLS: 11 GP, 1 GS, 190 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 playoffs: 5 GP, 1 GS, 194 mins, 2 G, 0 A 2013-14 CCL: 2 GP, 2 GS, 169 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Scored closing goal in 4-0 win over New England on March 8, deflecting Ricardo Clark’s shot into net for 40th career MLS goal

Scored two goals in 2013 playoffs – both as substitute against New York Red Bulls – including series winner in 104th minute of second leg

Scored the equalizing goal from a yard out in the 92nd minute in 2-2 first-leg draw vs. New York on Nov. 3

Last start: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last goal: 3/8/14 vs. New England Revolution Last assist: 10/20/12 vs. Chivas USA 8 KOFI SARKODIE DF 5-9 165 Born: 3/22/91, Dayton, OH Age: 23 Last Club: University of Akron Dynamo career: Third year – 64 GP, 61 GS, 0 G, 6 A Pronunciation: KO-fee sar-KO-dee Dynamic outside defender who likes to attack and led all Dynamo field players in minutes in 2013. Selected by Dynamo with No. 7 pick of 2011 MLS SuperDraft. United States U-23 international. 2014 MLS: 14 GP, 14 GS, 1,252 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2013 MLS: 33 GP, 33 GS, 2,948 mins, 0 G, 4 A 2013 playoffs: 5 GP, 5 GS, 480 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2013-14 CCL: 3 GP, 3 GS, 250 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Suspended for April 23 loss at New York after receiving second yellow card (and red card) in 82nd minute on Saturday’s game at Philadelphia for time wasting (second career red card)

Matched a club record with 44 appearances in all competitions in 2013 (along with Bobby Boswell), equaling mark set by Brian Mullan in 2008

2013: Led Dynamo field players in regular season minutes (2,948) and only start missed was due to yellow card accumulation suspension

Assisted on Omar Cummings’ series-winning goal in second leg at New York on Nov. 6, lofting pinpoint cross to Cam Weaver, who headed to Cummings for winning goal

Set career-high with four assists in regular season 2012: Scored first MLS goal on Nov. 11, 2012 against

D.C. in first leg of Eastern Conference Championship Started at SEA on 3/25/11, becoming youngest Dynamo

player to start an MLS match at age 20 years, 3 days Last start: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last goal: 11/11/12 vs. D.C. United Last assist: 3/8/14 vs. New England Revolution

9 BRYAN SALAZAR FW 5-9 155 HG Born: 10/17/94, Houston, TX Age: 19 Last Club: Houston Dynamo Academy U-18s Dynamo career: Second year – 0 GP, 0 GS, 0 G, 0 A *Signed as fifth Homegrown Player in club history on 2/14/13 Quick, creative, explosive attacking player who progressed from the Junior Academy to the senior team. 2013 MLS: Did not appear 2013 playoffs: Did not appear 2013 Open Cup: 1 GP, 1 GS, 60 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013-14 CCL: Did not appear 2013 Reserves: 8 GP, 4 GS, 553 mins, 0 G, 0 A Graduated from Fort Bend Bush High School in June

2013

2013: Made professional debut on May 29, starting and playing 60 minutes in 2-0 win over FC Tucson

Scored nine goals in six games at 2013 Dallas Cup, including two hat tricks as U-18 team reached final of U-19 division (lost 2-1)

Scored 12 goals for Dynamo U-18 squad this season Scored five goals in three games at the USSF

Development Academy Winter Showcase in Dec. 2012

Spent six years in the Dynamo development program, progressing from the Dynamo Junior Academy as a 13-year-old to playing for the Dynamo U-18 squad

Last start: 5/29/13 vs. FC Tucson (U.S. Open Cup) Last appearance: 7/24/13 vs. Stoke City Last goal: None as professional Last assist: None as professional 10 ALEXANDER LÓPEZ MF 5-9 155 YDP Born: 6/5/92, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Age: 22 Last Club: C.D. Olimpia (Honduras) 2010-13 Dynamo career: Second year – 6 GP, 1 GS, 0 G, 1 A Acquired: Transfer from C.D. Olimpia on Aug. 7, 2013 Young midfielder with experience with Honduran youth and senior national teams (8 caps), including 2012 Olympics and 2013 Gold Cup, who signed as a Young Designated Player from Olimpia of Honduras on Aug. 7, 2013. 2014 MLS: 4 GP, 0 GS, 86 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 MLS: 2 GP, 1 GS, 88 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2013 playoffs: Did not appear 2013-14 CCL: 4 GP, 4 GS, 322 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2013 Reserves: 1 GP, 1 GS, 90 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Made 2014 debut on May 3 at Chivas USA

2013: Earned assist with corner kick delivery on Boswell’s header goal & played 69 minutes in 2-0 CONCACAF Champions League win vs. W Connection on Sept. 25

Made first MLS start vs. New York Red Bulls on Sept. 8; earned first Dynamo assist on Johnson’s goal

Made MLS debut as second-half substitute (28 minutes) at Montreal on Aug. 24

OLIMPIA: Made first team debut with C. D. Olimpia in 2010 at age 19

Member of 2013 Gold Cup semifinalist team, started four matches (5 total appearances)

Part of quarterfinalist squad at 2012 Summer Olympics, appearing in three games, including quarterfinal loss to Brazil

Joined C.D. Olimpia's youth system at age 7 Started all three group matches for Honduras at 2009 U-

17 World Cup in Nigeria

Made Honduran senior team debut in 2010 Last start: 10/24/13 at Árabe Unido (CCL) Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last goal: None Last assist: 9/25/13 vs. W Connection (CCL) 11 BRAD DAVIS MF 5-11 170 Born: 11/8/81, St. Charles, MO Age: 32 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes (2005) Other Clubs: Dallas Burn - 2003-04, New York - 2002 College: Saint Louis University Dynamo career: Ninth year – 224 GP, 206 GS, 34 G, 88 A Original Dynamo player, 6-time MLS All-Star and winner of four team MVP awards. Club's all-time leader in games, starts, and assists, he recorded 16 assists in 2011 and finished as MLS MVP runner-up and named to MLS Best XI. United States international (14 caps). 2014 MLS: 8 GP, 8 GS, 620 mins, 1 G, 5 A 2013 MLS: 25 GP, 24 GS, 2,204 mins, 4 G, 9 A 2013 playoffs: 5 GP, 5 GS, 473 mins, 1 G, 1 A 2013-14 CCL: 1 GP, 0 GS, 23 mins, 0 G, 1 A Named to 23-man World Cup roster for 2014 World

Cup in Brazil (First career World Cup)

Registered sixth straight appearance with a goal or assist on May 11, assisting on Sherrod’s first goal

Scored first goal of season on May 3 at Chivas USA, the equalizer in 4-1 win

Returned to the lineup on April 27 vs. Portland after missing three games – April 12-23 – with right ankle sprain

Earned assist for second straight game with set piece delivery to Ricardo Clark for headed goal on April 5 vs. FC Dallas (103rd career regular season assist to pass Jaime Moreno for sixth on MLS all-time list)

Started and played 59 minutes for U.S. men’s national in friendly vs. Mexico on April 2 (14th cap)

Earned assist on Ricardo Clark’s goal at Vancouver on March 29 for 100th career assist in all competitions with Dynamo and 102nd career regular season assist to tie Jaime Moreno for fifth on MLS all-time list

Made 200th career regular season start with Dynamo on March 15, the most in club history

Earned assist on Chris Wondolowski’s opening goal and played first 75 minutes in U.S. national team’s 2-0 friendly win over Korea Republic on Feb. 1, 2014

2013: Scored equalizing goal in 36th minute of 2-1 second-leg win at New York on Nov. 6, intercepting pass on edge of penalty area and finishing from 15 yards (3rd career playoff goal and first since 2007)

Appeared in four World Cup Qualifying matches for U.S. men’s national team in 2013

Davis was the club leader in assists for the sixth consecutive season and seventh time in eight years

Entered as substitute (12th cap) in 56th minute and assisted on 2 goals during U.S. national team’s 3-2 World Cup qualifying win over Panama on Oct. 15 (Only 2-assist game for USMNT in current World Cup cycle and third 2–assist game for USMNT since 2010 cycle began)

Recorded 100th career assist on Sept. 21 vs. Chivas USA to become the seventh player in MLS history to reach 100

Started and played first half of 2013 MLS All-Star game on July 31 vs. AS Roma (six-time All-Star)

Last start: 5/11/14 vs. Real Salt Lake Last appearance: 5/11/14 vs. Real Salt Lake Last goal: 5/3/14 at Chivas USA Last assist: 5/11/14 vs. Real Salt Lake 12 WILL BRUIN FW 6-2 195 Born: 10/24/89, St. Louis, MO Age: 24 Last Club: Indiana University Dynamo career: Fourth year – 101 GP, 96 GS, 31 G, 13 A Powerful forward set franchise record with 16 goals in all competitions in 2012 and made U.S. national team debut in January 2013. United States international (2 caps).

2014 MLS: 14 GP, 14 GS, 1,224 mins, 6 G, 1 A 2013 MLS: 30 GP, 30 GS, 2,596 mins, 8 G, 7 A 2013 playoffs: 4 GP, 4 GS, 278 mins, 2 G, 0 A 2013-14 CCL: 2 GP, 1 GS, 33 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Recorded goal for third straight appearance, a header in 50th minute for the winning goal in 1-0 victory over Columbus Crew on May 7 (6th goal of season)

Tallied fifth goal of season in 4-1 win at Chivas USA

Scored fourth goal of season, and first since March 15, in 1-1 draw vs. Portland Timbers on April 27

Scored game-winning goal in 40th minute of 1-0 victory over Montreal on March 15

Scored two goals and added assist in 4-0 win over New England on March 8 to pass Dwayne De Rosario for third on club scoring list with 33 in all competitions (seventh career multi-goal game)

2013: Scored two goals in 3-0 Knockout Round win over Montreal on Oct. 31; second consecutive season with a two-goal game in Knockout Round

Member of the U.S. national team that won CONCACAF Gold Cup on July 28

Named MLS Player of the Week for week ending May 12 after two-goal, two-assist performance at D.C. United on May 8 (first career two-assist game) and became first Dynamo player with 2 goals & 2 assists in a single game

2012: Set franchise record with 16 goals in all competitions (12 in regular season; 4 in playoffs)

Tied MLS record for most goal in a season by a second-year professional with 12 in 2012

Set club record with four goals in 2012 playoffs, including two goals in 2-1 Knockout Round win over Chicago in his first career playoff start

Last start: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last goal: 5/7/14 vs. Columbus Crew Last assist: 3/8/14 vs. New England Revolution Last two-goal game: 3/8/14 vs. New England Revolution Last hat trick: 4/29/11 vs. DC United (only in MLS) 13 RICARDO CLARK MF 5-10 160 Born: 2/10/83, Atlanta, GA Age: 31 Last Club: on loan at Stabæk Football (Norway) (2012) Other Clubs: New York MetroStars 2003-04, San Jose Earthquakes 2005, Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) ‘10-12 College: Furman University Dynamo career: Seventh year – 145 GP, 140 GS, 14 G, 13 A

Dynamo original returned to the club in 2012 after a three-year stint in Europe. 2006 MLS Best XI, 2007 MLS All-Star First XI, 2010 World Cup veteran, United States international (34 caps). 2014 MLS: 7 GP, 7 GS, 596 mins, 2 G, 1 A 2013 MLS: 30 GP, 29 GS, 2,517 mins, 4 G, 4 A 2013 playoffs: 4 GP, 4 GS, 326 mins, 1 G, 1 A 2013-14 CCL: 1 GP, 0 GS, 32 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Scored header goal from Davis set piece in 41st minute of 4-1 loss vs. FC Dallas on April 5 (second straight game with goal)

Scored header goal from Davis set piece in 75th minute of 2-1 loss at Vancouver on March 29 (20th career MLS regular season goal)

2013: Set career-highs with four regular season goals and four assists

Scored the first goal for Houston in 2-2 first-leg draw vs. New York on Nov. 3, controlling a New York clearance with his chest before drilling a low shot into the net (second career playoff goal; first since 2005)

Assisted on Will Bruin’s opening goal against Montreal on Oct. 31 with clever back-heel pass

Played 30 games in 2013 regular season for third time in his career and first since 2006

Scored winning goal, a beautiful, curling effort in sixth minute of 1-0 win over Montreal Impact on Oct. 4;

Recorded fourth assist of the season on Barnes’ second goal on Sept. 21 vs. Chivas USA to set a new career-high

Led the Dynamo to two MLS Cups (2006, 07) in his first stint with the team (2006-2009)

Named to the MLS Best XI in 2006

US international started two games in 2010 World Cup in South Africa

Started four games at 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, including starts in 2-0 semifinal win over Spain and 3-2 defeat to Brazil in Final

Last start: 4/23/14 at New York Red Bulls Last appearance: 4/23/14 at New York Red Bulls Last goal: 4/5/14 vs. FC Dallas Last assist: 3/8/14 vs. New England Revolution 14 JASON JOHNSON FW 6-0 180 I/GA Born: 10/9/90, Happy News, Jamaica Age: 23 Last Club: Virginia Commonwealth University Second year – 15 GP, 4 GS, 1 G, 0 A Acquired: Selected by Houston in first round of 2013 MLS SuperDraft (No. 13 overall). Jamaica international (3 caps).

Fast striker/winger and Generation adidas member selected with No. 13 overall selection in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. 2014 MLS: 2 GP, 0 GS, 61 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2014 USL PRO: 5 GP, 4 GS, 354 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 MLS: 13 GP, 4 GS, 428 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2013 playoffs: 1 GP, 0 GS, 8 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013-14 CCL: 4 GP, 4 GS, 320 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2013 Reserves: 7 GP, 6 GS, 585 mins, 2 G, 1 A Made 2014 debut as a substitute at San Jose on May. 25 2013: Made MLS playoff debut as substitute in second leg

at Sporting Kansas City on Nov. 23

Made first career international start (3rd cap overall) at Trinidad and Tobago on Nov. 19 (45 minutes in 2-0 loss); also entered as substitute (72nd minute) in 1-0 home loss to Trinidad and Tobago on Nov. 15

Scored opening goal (1st career goal in international competition and second in all competitions in 2013 season) and played 90 minutes in 2-0 CONCACAF Champions League win over W Connection on Sept. 21

Scored first professional goal vs. New York on Sept. 8 – an equalizer in 18th minute, assisted by Alexander Lopez

Made first MLS start on June 1 at Columbus Crew Made professional debut as substitute in 3-0 loss at Santos

Laguna on March 13

VCU: Played three years at Virginia Commonwealth University, tallying 28 goals and 10 assists in 60

2012: Atlantic 10 Conference Offensive Player of the Year after notching 13 goals with six assists ... Earned NSCAA Mid-Atlantic All-Region first team and first team All-Atlantic 10

Last start: 10/24/13 at Árabe Unido (CCL) Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last goal: 9/25/13 vs. W Connection (CCL) Last assist (MLS): None 15 MARK SHERROD FW 6-3 185 Born: 8/13/90, Knoxville, TN Age: 23 Last Club: University of Memphis Dynamo career: ROOKIE – 9 GP, 3 GS, 2 G, 1 A Pronunciation: Share-id Strong target forward with aerial ability selected by the Dynamo in the second round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. 2014 MLS: 9 GP, 3 GS, 223 mins, 2 G, 1 A

Out for remainder of 2014 season after reconstructive surgery for a torn ACL in his left knee on June 4; Injury occurred in game at D.C. United on May 21

Recorded first professional assist on May 17 vs. LA Galaxy

Scored first two professional goals on May 11 vs. Real Salt Lake in first career start (First Dynamo rookie with two-goal game since Will Bruin’s hat trick on April 29, 2011 vs. D.C. United)

Made MLS debut as substitute in 4-0 win over New England on March 8

COLLEGE: Finished his Memphis career ranked third in school history in goals (42)

2013: Team captain and First Team All-American Athletic Conference selection ... Started all 18 matches and scored team-leading 7 goals (2 assists)

2012: Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference-USA ... Started all 18 matches he played in for the Tigers and scored 12 goals ...

2011: Set school's single-season goals record (19 goals) on his way to Conference USA Player of the Year, Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference USA honors ... Led the nation in goals per game (1.06) and ranked third in total goals (19)

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Carter High School in Knoxville and was named 2009 Gatorade Tennessee Boys' Soccer Player of the Year ... Finished career with 172 goals and 50 assists, both Carter High School records

CLUB SOCCER: Member of Knoxville Football Club ... Won 2007 and 2008 state championship

Last start: 5/21/14 at D.C. United Last appearance: 5/21/14 at D.C. United Last goal: 5/11/14 vs. Real Salt Lake (2 goals) Last assist: 5/17/14 vs. LA Galaxy 16 AJ COCHRAN DF 6-3 195 GA Born: 2/9/93, St. Louis, MO Age: 21 Last Club: University of Wisconsin Dynamo career: ROOKIE – 7 GP, 3 GS, 0 G, 0 A Strong center back and Generation adidas member selected by the Dynamo in first round (No. 16 overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. 2014 MLS: 7 GP, 3 GS, 329 mins, 0 G, 0 A Made first home start on May 7 in 1-0 win over Columbus

Crew Made first MLS start (second appearance) on April 12 at

New England

Made MLS debut as substitute in 4-1 loss vs. FC Dallas on April 5

COLLEGE: 2013 Big Ten Defender of the Year … Started all 21 of the Badgers' contests and scored three goals … Helped anchor defense to seven shutouts

2012: First Team All-Big Ten, starting 19 games INTERNATIONAL: Invited to camp with the United

States U-20 national team in January 2012 … Traveled with the United States U-18 national team to Argentina and Chile in 2011

CLUB: Played in PDL in 2013, splitting time between Michigan Bucks and K-W United (Kitchener, ON, Canada) ... Played for St. Louis Scott Gallagher … Named to U.S. Soccer Development Academy select team

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis, Mo., the same school as MLS player Brandon Barklage … Named 2010-11 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year … Helped lead Cadets to 3A state championship as a junior in 2009.

Last start: 5/11/14 vs. Real Salt Lake Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last goal: None in MLS Last assist: None in MLS 17 SERVANDO CARRASCO MF 5-10 175 Born: 8/13/88, San Diego, CA Age: 25 Last Club: Seattle Sounders FC (2011-13) College: University of California Dynamo career: Second year – 13 GP, 5 GS, 0 G, 0 A Pronunciation: sir-VAWN-dough cuh-ROSS-coh Acquired: Acquired in trade with Seattle Sounders FC for Adam Moffat on Sept. 13, 2013 Young, versatile midfielder who joined Houston via trade with Seattle Sounders FC for Adam Moffat on Sept. 13, 2013 2014 MLS: 10 GP, 5 GS, 456 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 MLS (w/ HOU): 3 GP, 0 GS, 26 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 MLS (w/ SEA): 19 GP, 13 GS, 1,230 mins, 1 G, 1 A 2013 playoffs: 1 GP, 0 GS, 15 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013-14 CCL: 2 GP, 2 GS, 180 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Issued red card for sliding challenge on Javier Morales in 27th minute of May 11 loss vs. Real Salt Lake (First red card in 50 career MLS games)

Made first MLS start since joining Dynamo on May 3 at Chivas USA

2013: Made MLS playoff debut as substitute in 2-1 loss at Sporting Kansas City in second leg of Eastern Conference Championship on Nov. 23

Made Dynamo debut as substitute in 72nd minute of 1-0 win at Philadelphia on Sept. 14, one day after he was acquired by Dynamo in trade with Seattle

Made 19 appearance (13 starts) with Seattle Sounders FC, including 12 consecutive starts (14 straight appearances) from May 4 to Aug. 3

Personal: Born in San Diego but grew up in Tijuana, Mexico ... Has dual-citizenship in USA and Mexico

Last start: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last goal: 6/8/13 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps (with Seattle) Last assist: 5/11/13 vs. San Jose Earthquakes (with Seattle) 18 DAVID HORST DF 6-4 210 Born: 10/25/85, Pine Grove, PA Age: 28 Last Club: Portland Timbers – 2011-13 Other Clubs: Real Salt Lake (2008-10); Puerto Rico Islanders (Loan; 2010); Austin Aztex (Loan; 2009) College: Old Dominion University Dynamo career: 2014 Debut – 14 GP, 14 GS, 0 G, 0 A Strong center back with aerial ability acquired in trade with Portland Timbers in December 2013. 2014 MLS: 14 GP, 14 GS, 1,223 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 MLS: 2 GP, 2 GS, 108 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 Reserves: 5 GP, 4 GS, 303 mins, 0 G, 0 A Suspended for April 12 game at New England after

receiving red card vs. FC Dallas on April 5

Earned first career red card with challenge on Fabian Castillo in 60th minute of 4-1 loss vs. FC Dallas on April 5

2013: Missed remainder of 2013 regular season after surgery to repair a displaced tibial plateau fracture of his right leg on April 8... Sustained the injury in the first half against Houston on April 6 at JELD-WEN Field, in his second start of the season

2012: Appeared in 21 matches, logging 1,845 minutes and scoring one goal - all MLS career highs - in his second season in Portland

Member of 2009 Real Salt Lake squad that won MLS Cup

Joined Puerto Rico Islanders (2010) and Austin Aztex (2009) on loan spells

Last start: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last goal: 6/24/12 vs. Seattle (with Portland; *lone MLS goal) Last assist: None in MLS

20 ANDREW DRIVER MF 5-9 152 I Born: 11/20/87, Oldham England Age: 26 Last Club: Heart of Midlothian (Scottish Premier League) Dynamo career: Second year - 41 GP, 34 GS, 3 G, 2 A Wide midfielder who joined the Dynamo on loan in February 2012 from Scottish club Heart of Midlothian, where he signed with the senior team from the Academy in 2006 and made 168 appearances in seven years with the club. 2014 MLS: 15 GP, 14 GS, 1,108 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2013 MLS: 26 GP, 20 GS, 1,694 mins, 3 G, 1 A 2013 playoffs: 5 GP, 1 GS, 212 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013-14 CCL: 2 GP, 2 GS, 180 mins, 0 G, 0 A Recorded first assist of 2014 season on Will Bruin’s goal

on May 3 at Chivas USA

2013: Made first MLS Cup Playoff start in 2-1 loss at Sporting Kansas City in second leg of Eastern Conference Championship on Nov. 23

Scored winning goal on May 5 at Galaxy, a shot from top of box into bottom corner for first game-winner

Scored goal in Dynamo debut on March 17 at FC Dallas, an MLS Goal of the Week nominee

2012-13: Appeared in 28 games (17 starts) for Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) ... Scored 2 goals and added 1 assist ... Made two appearances in Europa League

2011-12: Started in Hearts' historic 5-1 win in Scottish Cup Final against Edinburgh rivals Hibs on May 19, 2012

Born in Oldham, England, a suburb of Manchester, Driver and his family moved to East Lothian, Scotland, a suburb of Edinburgh at age 11

Last start: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last assist: 5/3/14 at Chivas USA Last goal: 7/24/13 vs. Stoke City F.C. 22 BRIAN OWNBY MF 5-11 165 Born: 7/16/90, Glen Allen, VA Age: 23 Last Club: University of Virginia Dynamo career: Third year – 17 GP, 0 GS, 0 G, 2 A Pronunciation: Own-be Hard-working outside midfielder selected by Houston in the first round of 2012 Supplemental Draft out of the University of Virginia. 2014 MLS: 7 GP, 0 GS, 121 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2014 USL PRO: 3 GP, 2 GS, 213 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2013 MLS: 3 GP, 0 GS, 52 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 playoffs: Did not appear 2013 Richmond Kickers (loan): 19 GP, 1,347 mins, 7 G, 6 A

2013-14 CCL: 1 GP, 0 GS, 4 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 Reserves: 6 GP, 6 GS, 608 mins, 3 G, 0 A Issued a red card in 92nd minute in loss at D.C. United on

May 21 Recalled from Pittsburgh Riverhounds loan on April 22 Made 2014 debut against Montreal Impact on March 15 2013 LOAN: Helped lead Richmond Kickers to USL Pro

regular season championship, with 7 goals and 6 assists in 19 games; Richmond finished regular season with 15-1-10 record

2012: Made seven appearances and notched two assists in rookie season

Played four years at the University of Virginia (2008-11) Played for USA at FIFA U-20 World Cup (scored one

goal in group stage match against Cameroon) 2007 Virginia High School Player of the Year

Last start: 5/29/13 vs. FC Tucson (U.S. Open Cup) Last appearance: 5/21/14 at D.C. United Last goal: None as professional Last assist: 6/20/12 vs. Toronto FC 23 GILES BARNES MF 5-11 181 I Born: 8/5/88, London, England Age: 25 Last Club: Doncaster Rovers F.C. (England) 2011-12 Other Clubs: West Bromich Albion (2010-11), Derby County (2005-09) Dynamo career: Third year – 52 GP, 48 GS, 12 G, 6 A

Quick, explosive forward/attacking midfielder with set-piece ability and English Premier League experience. 2014 MLS: 15 GP, 15 GS, 1,337 mins, 3 G, 2 A 2013 MLS: 33 GP, 32 GS, 2,561 mins, 9 G, 4 A 2013 playoffs: 5 GP, 4 GS, 341 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013-14 CCL: 2 GP, 0 GS, 53 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Recorded winning goal in 1-0 win over the LA Galaxy

on May 17

Scored first two goals of season on May 3 at Chivas USA, a 25-yard Goal of the Week nominee and a penalty kick goal (Third multi-goal game in MLS)

Won Dynamo Budweiser Golden Boot with nine regular season goals in 2013

Scored the game-winning, playoff-clinching goal in 2-1 win at D.C. United on Oct. 27

Barnes was the sixth Golden Boot winner in Dynamo history, joining Brian Ching (2010, 2009, 2008), Bruin (2012), Geoff Cameron (2011), Joseph Ngwenya (2007) and Dwayne De Rosario (2006)

138 total appearances in all competitions in England, including 35 games in the English Premier League

12 appearances for England’s U-19 national team

Joined Derby County of England in 2005 at age 17 and helped the Rams gain promotion to the EPL in 2007

Last start: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last goal: 5/17/14 vs. LA Galaxy Last assist: 5/11/14 vs. Real Salt Lake 24 TYLER DERIC GK 6-3 185 HG Born: 8/30/88, Houston, TX Age: 25 Last Club: Dynamo Academy College: North Carolina Dynamo career: Sixth year – 3 GP, 3 GS, 1 SHO Pronunciation: DARE-ick First ever Academy product and second home-grown player in league history. Promising goalkeeper with good reflexes who tallied 11 shutouts in 22 Reserve League games from 2011-12 2014 MLS: 0 GP, 0 GS, 0 mins 2013 MLS: Did not appear 2013 Open Cup: 2 GP, 2 GS, 180 mins, 1.50 GAA, 1 shutout, 1-1-0 2013-14 CCL: 2 GP, 2 GS, 180 mins, 0.50 GAA, 1 shutout, 1-1-0 2013 Reserves: 5 GP, 5 GS, 450 mins, 1.40 GAA, 2 shutout, 3-2-0

Played 90 minutes in 1-0 loss to Árabe Unido on Oct. 24 in the CONCACAF Champions League

Recorded shutout in 2-0 CONCACAF Champions League win over W Connection on Sept. 25

Registered clean sheet in 2-0 win over Stoke City on July 24 in BBVA Compass Dynamo Charities Cup

Played 90 minutes in 2-0 U.S. Open Cup win over FC Tucson (first career U.S. Open Cup win and shutout) on May 29

2012: Made first MLS start of 2012 on Oct. 27 at Colorado

CCL: Helped lead Dynamo to quarterfinals with start in all four games as Dynamo went unbeaten to win Group 3

Last start: 10/24/13 at Árabe Unido (CCL) Last appearance: 10/24/13 at Árabe Unido (CCL) Last shutout: 9/25/13 vs. W Connection (CCL) Most saves (Career): 5, 10/23/10 vs. Seattle

26 COREY ASHE DF 5-7 154 Born: 3/14/86, Orange County, CA Age: 28 Last Club: University of North Carolina Dynamo career: Eighth year – 205 GP, 150 GS, 1 G, 18 A Speedy left-footed player with one-on-one attacking and defending ability who has emerged as one of league's elite left backs after converting from midfield in 2011. 2014 MLS: 15 GP, 15 GS, 1,350 mins, 0 G, 3 A 2013 MLS: 30 GP, 29 GS, 2,585 mins, 0 G, 2 A 2013 playoffs: 4 GP, 4 GS, 390 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2013-14 CCL: 1 GP, 1 GS, 0 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Appeared in 200th career regular season game on May 7 vs. Columbus (second player in Dynamo history to reach 200 regular season appearances)

Recorded third assist of season on Will Bruin’s goal on May 3 at Chivas USA (Most assists in a season since 2010, also 3)

Earned assist on Will Bruin’s second goal on March 8 vs. New England with perfectly placed cross to back post (25th career assist in all competitions)

2013: Appeared in 30+ games for the third straight season Started and played first 66 minutes of 2013 MLS All-Star

game on July 31 vs. AS Roma Member of initial U.S. national team squad for 2013

CONCACAF Gold Cup 2012: Tied career-high with 30 starts and set career-high

with 2,625 regular season minutes played 2011: Named MLS All-Star for the first time

Last start: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last appearance: 6/1/14 at Colorado Rapids Last goal: 9/22/09 vs. Árabe Unido (CCL) Last assist: 5/3/14 at Chivas USA 27 BONIEK GARCIA MF 5-9 150 DP Born: 9/4/84, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Age: 29 Last Club: C.D. Olimpia (Honduras) 2003-12 Dynamo career: Third year – 51 GP, 50 GS, 8 G, 13 A Acquired: Transfer from C.D. Olimpia on June 7, 2012 Dynamic two-way midfielder who is a fixture for Honduran national team (92 caps) and was named Dynamo Players' Player of the Year in 2012. 2014 MLS: 12 GP, 12 GS, 986 mins, 1 G, 1 A 2013 MLS: 22 GP, 21 GS, 1,899 mins, 3 G, 6 A 2013 playoffs: 5 GP, 5 GS, 480 mins, 2 G, 0 A 2013-14 CCL: 2 GP, 0 GS, 66 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Joined Honduras national team in Miami on May 19 for pre-World Cup camp (Named to Honduras national team’s 23-man roster for 2014 World Cup)

Recorded first assist of 2014 season on Barnes’ goal on May 3 at Chivas USA

Scored in 4-0 win over New England on March 8 with nifty touch at top of box before burying chance for MLS Goal of the Week nominee

Earned assist on Jerry Bengtson’s opening goal and played 45 minutes in Honduras’ 2-1 friendly win over Venezuela on March 5 (92nd cap)

Scored opening goal in 2-1 loss at Sporting Kansas City in second leg of Eastern Conference Championship (third career playoff goal)

Appeared in all ten matches of final World Cup Qualifying round in 2013, including 90-minute appearance in 2-2 draw at Jamaica on Oct. 15, sealing third-place finish in CONCACAF qualifying and Honduras’ third trip to World Cup

2012: Ignited Houston's run to the playoffs with 4 goals and 6 assists in 17 regular season games

Dynamo went 9-4-6 with +10 goal difference in regular season after Garcia's debut

Last start: 5/17/14 vs. LA Galaxy Last appearance: 5/17/14 vs. LA Galaxy Last goal: 3/8/14 vs. New England Revolution Last assist: 5/3/14 at Chivas USA 28 TONY CASCIO MF 6-0 170 Born: 03/28/90, Gilbert, AZ Age: 24 Last Club: Colorado Rapids – 2012-13 College: University of Connecticut Dynamo career: 2014 Debut – 5 GP, 4 GS, 0 G, 0 A Pronunciation: KAS-YO Versatile midfielder acquired by the Dynamo on loan from the Colorado Rapids on Jan. 21, 2014. 2014 MLS: 5 GP, 4 GS, 336 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2013 MLS: 13 GP, 4 GS, 530 mins, 1 G, 0 A

Out for remainder of 2014 season after undergoing reconstructive surgery for a torn ACL in his right knee on April 30

Loaned to Dynamo from Colorado Rapids via the Intraleague loan mechanism as first loan between two MLS clubs in league history

2013: Appeared in 13 matches (4 starts) and scored one goal with Colorado Rapids

2012: Enjoyed productive rookie season, scoring three goals and tallying three assists in 29 games (18 starts)

Drafted by Colorado Rapids with No. 14 overall selection in 2011 draft

Named NSCAA All-America and Big East Offensive Player of the Year in 2010

Last start: 4/23/14 at New York Red Bulls Last appearance: 4/23/14 at New York Red Bulls Last goal: 6/29/13 at Montreal (with Colorado) Last assist: 9/5/12 vs. Portland 30 MICHAEL LISCH GK 6-4 175 Born: 8/30/90, Austin, TX Age: 23 Last Club: University of New Mexico Dynamo career: ROOKIE Goalkeeper with long frame and extensive college experience drafted by Dynamo in third round of 2014 MLS SuperDraft. LOAN: Joined Pittsburgh Riverhounds of USL PRO on loan on April 3 2014 MLS: 0 GP, 0 GS, 0 mins COLLEGE: Spent four years at Wake Forest (2009-12)

and transferred to the University of New Mexico 2013: Helped lead New Meixco to 14-6-2 record and

tallied 11 shutouts … Led Lobos to C-USA championship and a national semifinal berth

PERSONAL: Attended Westlake High School in Austin Played with Austin Aztex in PDL for former Dynamo

forward Paul Dalglish LEGEND: GK-goalkeeper; DF-defender; MF-midfielder; FW-forward; I-international; DP-Designated Player; YDP-Young Designated Player; HG-home-grown; GA Generation adidas; USOC-U.S. Open Cup; CCL-CONCACAF Champions League

HOW THE 2014 DYNAMO WERE ASSEMBLED

Date Player Transaction type 12/16/05 Brad Davis Moved with club from San Jose (SJ acquired 05 trade) 1/12/07 Corey Ashe 2007 MLS SuperDraft, Round 2 (pick 26) 1/23/09 Tally Hall Signed as discovery player on free transfer from Esbjerg (Denmark) 2/27/09 Tyler Deric Signed as home-grown player (first in club history) 1/13/11 Kofi Sarkodie 2011 MLS SuperDraft, Round 1 (pick 7) 1/13/11 Will Bruin 2011 MLS SuperDraft, Round 1 (pick 11) 2/16/11 Jermaine Taylor Transferred from St. George’s (Jamaica) 1/12/12 Warren Creavalle 2012 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 (pick 37) 1/17/12 Brian Ownby 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft Round 1 (pick 7) 6/7/12 Boniek Garcia Transferred from C.D. Olimpia (Honduras) 8/8/12 Ricardo Clark Signed as free agent (originally moved with club from San Jose) 8/29/12 Giles Barnes Signed as free agent 12/3/12 Eric Brunner Traded from Portland for allocation money 12/22/12 Omar Cummings Traded from Colorado for Nathan Sturgis and allocation money 1/17/13 Jason Johnson 2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 (pick 13) 2/14/13 Bryan Salazar Signed as home-grown player 2/20/13 Andrew Driver Loaned from Heart of Midlothian (Scotland) 3/1/13 Anthony Arena 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft Round 1 (pick 18) 8/7/13 Alexander López Transferred from C.D. Olimpia (Honduras) 9/13/13 Servando Carrasco Traded from Seattle for Adam Moffat and 2nd round pick in 2014 Draft 12/17/13 David Horst Traded from Portland for fourth round pick in 2014 Draft 1/16/14 AJ Cochran 2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 (pick 16) 1/16/14 Mark Sherrod 2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 (pick 32) 1/21/14 Tony Cascio Acquired via loan from Colorado Rapids in exchange for international roster slot 1/21/14 Michael Lisch 2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 3 (pick 54) Acquisitions by first season* with club 2006 1 2007 1 2008 0 2009 2 2010 0 2011 3 2012 5 2013 8 2014 5

Acquisitions by method** MLS SuperDraft 8 MLS Supplemental Draft 2 Trade 4 Home-Grown Player 2 San Jose original 1 Transfer 3 Loan 2 Trialist 0 Free agent 3

*For players that re-joined Dynamo (i.e. Clark), first season is classified by their year of return **Returning players are classified by how they re-joined club

2014 DYNAMO GAME-BY-GAME LINEUPS

(Formations listed right-to-left)

Dynamo vs. New England – March 8, 2014

4‐4‐2

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Tony Cascio (Andrew Driver 57)

Ricardo Clark

Boniek Garcia

Brad Davis

Giles Barnes (Omar Cummings 78)

Will Bruin (Mark Sherrod 90)

Dynamo vs. Montreal – March 15, 2014

4‐4‐2

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Andrew Driver (Brian Ownby 82)

Ricardo Clark

Boniek Garcia

Brad Davis (Servando Carrasco 86)

Giles Barnes (Mark Sherrod 89)

Will Bruin

Dynamo at Vancouver – March 29, 2014

4‐4‐2

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

Jermaine Taylor (Brian Ownby 77)

Corey Ashe

Andrew Driver (Mark Sherrod 86)

Ricardo Clark

Boniek Garcia (Omar Cummings 71)

Brad Davis

Giles Barnes

Will Bruin

Dynamo vs. FC Dallas – April 5, 2014

4‐4‐2

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst (Ejected 60)

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Andrew Driver (AJ Cochran 62)

Ricardo Clark (Warren Creavalle 85)

Boniek Garcia

Brad Davis (Tony Cascio 45)

Giles Barnes

Will Bruin

Dynamo at New England – April 12, 2014

4‐4‐2

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

Jermaine Taylor

AJ Cochran

Corey Ashe

Tony Cascio (Warren Creavalle 69)

Ricardo Clark

Boniek Garcia

Andrew Driver (Omar Cummings 75)

Giles Barnes

Will Bruin

Dynamo at Philadelphia – April 19, 2014

4‐4‐2

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie (Ejected 82)

Jermaine Taylor

David Horst

Corey Ashe

Tony Cascio (Omar Cummings 75)

Ricardo Clark (Servando Carrasco 89)

Boniek Garcia

Andrew Driver (Warren Creavalle 65)

Giles Barnes

Will Bruin

Dynamo at New York – April 23, 2014

4‐4‐2

Tally Hall

Warren Creavalle (Servando Carrasco 73)

David Horst

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Tony Cascio

Ricardo Clark (AJ Cochran 63)

Boniek Garcia

Andrew Driver

Giles Barnes

Will Bruin (Omar Cummings 80)

Dynamo vs. Portland – April 27, 2014

4‐3‐3

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe


Brad Davis (Brian Ownby 79)

Giles Barnes

Boniek Garcia


Andrew Driver

Dynamo at Chivas USA – May 3, 2014

4‐3‐3

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Servando Carrasco

Brad Davis (Alex Lopez 85)

Giles Barnes

Boniek Garcia (Brian Ownby 87)


Andrew Driver

Dynamo vs. Columbus – May 7, 2014

4‐3‐3

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

AJ Cochran

Corey Ashe

Servando Carrasco

Brad Davis (Warren Creavalle 61)

Giles Barnes

Boniek Garcia (Omar Cummings 85)


Andrew Driver

Dynamo vs. Real Salt Lake ‐ May 11, 2014

4‐3‐3

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

AJ Cochran (Omar Cummings 71)

Corey Ashe

Andrew Driver (Warren Creavalle 35)

Boniek Garcia

Servando Carrasco (Ejected 27)

Brad Davis (Brian Ownby 84)

Giles Barnes

Mark Sherrod

Dynamo vs. LA Galaxy – May 17, 2014

4‐4‐2

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Boniek Garcia (Omar Cummings 23, Brian

Ownby 87)

Warren Creavalle

Giles Barnes

Andrew Driver

Will Bruin

Mark Sherrod

Dynamo at D.C. United – May 21, 2014

4‐4‐2

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst (Alex Lopez 83)

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Omar Cummings


Giles Barnes

Andrew Driver

Will Bruin

Mark Sherrod (Brian Ownby 12 – Ejected 90)

Dynamo at San Jose – May 25, 2014

4‐4‐2

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

Jermaine Taylor (AJ Cochran 72)

Corey Ashe

Omar Cummings

Warren Creavalle (Alexander Lopez 59)

Servando Carrasco

Andrew Driver (Jason Johnson 46)

Giles Barnes

Will Bruin

Dynamo at Colorado – June 1, 2014

4‐4‐2

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Omar Cummings (Jason Johnson 74)

Servando Carrasco

Warren Creavalle (Alexander Lopez 45+2)

Andrew Driver (AJ Cochran 85)

Giles Barnes

Will Bruin

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NE MTL VAN DAL NE PHI NY POR CHV CLB RSL LA DC SJ COL

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

1 Tally Hall 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

2 Eric Brunner

3 Anthony Arena

4 Jermaine Taylor 90D 90D 77D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 72D 90D

5 Warren Creavalle 6 21 25 73D 64M 29 55 90M 69M 59M 44M

7 Omar Cummings 12 19 15 15 10 5 19 64 90M 90M 74M

8 Kofi Sarkodie 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 82D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

9 Bryan Salazar

10 Alexander Lopez 5 7 31 43

11 Brad Davis 90M 86M 90M 45M 79M 85M 61M 84M

12 Will Bruin 89F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 80F 89F 82F 74F 90F 90F 90F 90F

13 Ricardo Clark 90M 90M 90M 84M 90M 89M 63M

14 Jason Johnson 45 16

15 Mark Sherrod 1 1 4 1 8 16 90F 90F 12F

16 A.J. Cochran 28 90D 27 90D 71D 18 5

17 Servando Carrasco 4 1 17 26 90M 90M 27M 21 90M 90M

18 David Horst 90D 90D 90D 60D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 83D 90D 90D

20 Andrew Driver 33 82M 86M 62M 75M 65M 90M 90M 90M 90M 35M 90M 90M 45M 85M

22 Brian Ownby 8 13 11 3 6 3 77

23 Giles Barnes 78F 89F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90M 90M 90M 90M

24 Tyler Deric

26 Corey Ashe 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

27 Boniek Garcia 90M 90M 71M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 87M 85M 90M 23M

28 Tony Cascio 57M 45 69M 75M 90M

30 Michael Lisch

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F/M/D/G = starting position

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Game log:

Game #1 03/08/2014 HOU 4 vs NE 0 W Bruin 1 (Sarkodie 1) 2; Bruin 2 (Ashe 1) 13; Garcia 1 (Bruin 1) 23; Cummings 1 (Clark 1) 92+

Game #2 03/15/2014 HOU 1 vs MTL 0 W Bruin 3 (Barnes 1) 40

Game #3 03/29/2014 HOU 1 at VAN 2 L Clark 1 (Davis 1) 75

Game #4 04/05/2014 HOU 1 vs DAL 4 L Clark 2 (Davis 2) 41

Game #5 04/12/2014 HOU 0 at NE 2 L

Game #6 04/19/2014 HOU 0 at PHI 0 T

Game #7 04/23/2014 HOU 0 at NY 4 L

Game #8 04/27/2014 HOU 1 vs POR 1 T Bruin 4 (Davis 3, Ashe 2) 16

Game #9 05/03/2014 HOU 4 at CHV 1 W Davis 1 (unassisted) 12; Barnes 1 (Garcia 1) 32; Bruin 5 (Ashe 3, Driver 1) 47+; Barnes 2 (penalty kick) 69

Game #10 05/07/2014 HOU 1 vs CLB 0 W Bruin 6 (Davis 4) 50

Game #11 05/11/2014 HOU 2 vs RSL 5 L Sherrod 1 (Davis 5) 22; Sherrod 2 (Barnes 2) 56

Game #12 05/17/2014 HOU 1 vs LA 0 W Barnes 3 (Sherrod 1) 61

Game #13 05/21/2014 HOU 0 at DC 2 L

Game #14 05/25/2014 HOU 0 at SJ 3 L

Game #15 06/01/2014 HOU 0 at COL 3 L

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coaches - reGuLar season

mLs experiencemLs record

year with teamrecord with team

6th season67-50-416th season67-50-41

11th season133-95-1039th season106-81-82

2014 reGuLar season team stats

2014 reGuLar season individuaL Leaders

GoaLsassistsshots

shots on GoaLGame-winninG GoaLsGame-winninG assists

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Will Bruin 6 Brad Davis 5

Giles Barnes 51Will Bruin 20Will Bruin 3

five players tied 1Boniek Garcia 28

Barnes/Sarkodie 24 Jermaine Taylor 4four players tied 1

Tally Hall 1.80

Tally Hall 5Tally Hall 5

Tally Hall 45

No. Pos. Name Pronunciation 1 GK Eric Kronberg krawn-berg 2 DEF Erik Palmer-Brown 3 DEF Ike Opara^ oh-PAR-ah 4 DEF Kevin Ellis 5 DEF Matt Besler** BEEZ-ler 6 MID Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra 7 DEF Chance Myers^ 8 MID Graham Zusi** ZOO-see 9 MID Antonio Dovale doh-VAH-lay 10 MID Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber 11 FWD Sal Zizzo ZEE-zoh 12 MID Mikey Lopez* 13 DEF Lawrence Olum OH-lumm 14 FWD Dom Dwyer 15 DEF Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick 16 FWD Claudio Bieler bee-AY-lurr 17 FWD C.J. Sapong sah-PONG 18 MID Victor Munoz 19 MID Peterson Joseph^ 21 GK Jon Kempin* 22 FWD Soony Saad soo-NEE sod 23 MID Alex Martinez 25 MID Christian Duke 30 GK Andy Gruenebaum GREEN-uh-BOHM 37 FWD Jacob Peterson 40 DEF Igor Juliao ZHOO-lee-ow 78 DEF Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en 94 MID Jimmy Medranda muh-DRAHN-dah

* - On loan ** - International duty ^ - Disabled list

sportinG kansas city roster

10 Dom Dwyer4 Graham Zusi50 Dom Dwyer20 Dom Dwyer3 Dom Dwyer1 Graham Zusi38 Benny Feilhaber27 Dom Dwyer3 three players tied1 three players tied

1.00 Eric Kronberg5 Eric Kronberg 5 Eric Kronberg32 Eric Kronberg

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sportinG kc injury report

OUT:

• Ike Opara (right ankle - out for season)• Chance Myers (left Achilles - out for season)• Peterson Joseph (illness)

QUESTIONABLE:

• Aurelien Collin (right hamstring strain)• Igor Juliao (right quad strain)

As of June 4, 2014

2014 reGuLar season mLs standinGs

Through June 3, 2014eastern conference Gp w L t p 1. New England Revolution 13 7 4 2 232. D.C. United 13 6 4 3 213. Sporting Kansas City 14 5 5 4 194. Houston Dynamo 15 5 8 2 175. Toronto FC 10 5 4 1 166. Columbus Crew 13 4 5 4 167. New York Red Bulls 14 3 5 6 158. Philadelphia Union 15 3 7 5 149. Chicago Fire 12 2 3 7 1310. Montreal Impact 12 2 6 4 10

western conference Gp w L t p1. Seattle Sounders FC 14 9 3 2 292. Real Salt Lake 13 6 1 6 243. Colorado Rapids 13 6 4 3 214. Vancouver Whitecaps 12 5 2 5 205. FC Dallas 15 5 7 3 186. Los Angeles Galaxy 11 4 3 4 167. San Jose Earthquakes 12 4 4 4 168. Portland Timbers 14 3 4 7 169. Chivas USA 13 2 7 4 10

5-8-2 (17 pts)15

4th in East1616

1.07271.8-11

195 (62)31.8%

178168154

5-5-4 (19 pts)143rd in East19161.36141.0+5203 (69)34.0%206214253

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• Managers Peter Vermes and Dominic Kinnear both played in the inaugural 1996 season of Major League Soccer.

• Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and Brad Davis are on the U.S. Men’s National Team’s 23-man roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

• Matt Besler, Will Bruin and Corey Ashe were on the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup winning squad for the U.S.

• Benny Feilhaber and Giles Barnes were teammates at Derby County FC of the English Premier League from 2007-2008.

• Benny Feilhaber (2008-2011) and Tally Hall (2007-2009) both played professionally in the Danish Superliga.

• Ike Opara, Anthony Arena and Michael Lisch were teammates at Wake Forest University in 2009.

• Sal Zizzo and Eric Brunner were teammates at Portland Timbers from 2011-2012.

• Sal Zizzo and David Horst were teammates at Portland Timbers from 2011-2013.

• Jacob Peterson and Omar Cummings were teammates at Colorado Rapids from 2007-2009.

• Jacob Peterson (2004), Eric Brunner (2007), Kofi Sarkodie (2010) and A.J. Cochran (2013) all played for the Michigan Bucks of the USL Premier Development League before starting their MLS careers.

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Last time they met...

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sportinG kc diGitaL properties

noteworthy miLestones...• Sporting KC has sold out 44 straight MLS home matches at Sporting

Park.• Sporting KC has won 234 MLS regular season matches, fourth most

in league history.• Sporting KC has the most ties in MLS history among all teams (120).• Peter Vermes is in his sixth season as manager, second longest in

club history behind Bob Gansler. Vermes’ winning percentage (.554) is best for Sporting KC all-time.

• Graham Zusi is tied with Davy Arnaud for third place on Sporting KC’s all-time assists chart with 35.

• Aurelien Collin is second in club history in MLS competition for most goals scored by a defender with 15, two shy of Jimmy Conrad (17).

• Matt Besler is in ninth place on the club’s all-time chart for games started with 130.

• Dom Dwyer is the third player in club history to score in four straight MLS regular season appearances. His four-game goal scoring streak ties the MLS season high along with Erick Torres, Robbie Keane, Bradley Wright-Phillips and Patrick Mullins.

• Should Jacob Peterson play against Houston, it will be his 50th regu-lar season appearance for Sporting KC.

• Should Paulo Nagamura play 34 minutes against Houston, he will become the 27th active MLS player to reach 17,000 regular season minutes and the first on Sporting KC’s roster to do so.

sportinG kc news & notesBesler and Zusi named to final USMNT World Cup roster

Sporting KC defender Matt Besler and midfielder Graham Zusi are on the United States Men’s National Team’s final 23-man roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

The U.S. began preparation for the World Cup on May 14 with a 30-player training camp at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California before Jurgen Klinsmann’s squad was cut to 23 players on May 22. The U.S. has since won two pre-World Cup friendlies -- 2-0 vs. Azerbaijan on May 27 in San Francisco and 2-1 vs. Turkey on June 1 in Harrison, New Jersey. Besler and Zusi started both matches.

The U.S. will face Nigeria on Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida before arriving in Brazil on June 9 ahead of the 32-team World Cup, to be held from June 12 - July 13. The Americans’ three opponents in Group G are Ghana (June 16), Portugal (June 22) and Germany (June 26).

Besler, 27, has made 16 appearances for the U.S. since debuting in January 2013, including six FIFA World Cup qualifiers and all three knockout round games en route to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup title. Following the Americans’ 2-1 victory over Turkey on June 1, the U.S. is 11-1-3 with Besler in the starting lineup. He has appeared in 145 MLS matches (including postseason) in his career, earning MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013) and MLS Defender of the Year (2012) honors.

Zusi has earned 22 appearances for the U.S. with three goals and four assists in his international career. He scored in the final two FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, highlighted by the game-winning goal against Jamaica at Sporting Park, to secure a first place finish in the Hexagonal for the U.S. He has played in 142 MLS matches (including postseason) with 18 goals and 40 assists. He was an MLS MVP finalist in 2012 and nominee for Best MLS Player at the 2013 ESPYS to go along with MLS All-Star (2012, 2013) and MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) recognition.

Summer in the Soccer Capital series of events announced

Sporting KC announced the team’s Summer in the Soccer Capital series of events, presented by The Sprint Framily Plan, featuring an international friendly against English Premier League Champions Manchester City on July 23, 8 p.m. at Sporting Park and official World Cup watch parties at KC Live! in the Power & Light District.

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The teams last met in the MLS postseason on Nov. 23, 2013 at Sporting Park in the second leg of the MLS Eastern Conference Championship. Sporting KC’s 2-1 victory after a scoreless first leg sent the hosts to the MLS Cup Final. Boniek Garcia put Houston ahead after just three minutes, but C.J. Sapong levelled 11 minutes later. Dom Dwyer won the match in the 65th minute, collecting a through ball from Benny Feilhaber and slotting low past Tally Hall.

Sporting KC was unbeaten in five meetings against Houston during the 2013 season, including playoffs. 2013 marked the third straight year the clubs met in the MLS postseason, as Houston eliminated Sporting KC in 2011 (Eastern Conference Championship) and 2012 (Eastern Conference Semifinals).

June 6 is the first of two regular season meetings between the sides. Sporting KC hosts the Dynamo on Aug. 29.

Oriol Rosell signs with Sporting Clube de Portugal

Sporting KC announced on June 3 that the club has agreed to transfer midfielder Oriol Rosell to Sporting CP in Lisbon, Portugal. Rosell, 21, joined Sporting KC in August 2012 from Barcelona B. He contributed two goals and two assists in 49 MLS appearances (including postseason) and led all MLS players with 130 interceptions during the 2013 season. Rosell was voted No. 14 on MLSsoccer.com’s top 24 players under the age of 24 last year and made his international debut for Catalonia in 2013.

Rosell becomes the third Sporting KC player in the last 18 months to move to Europe. In 2013, Honduran midfielder Roger Espinoza joined Wigan Athletic (England) and Sierra Leone striker Kei Kamara moved to Middlesbrough FC (England). Rosell’s transfer will open a Salary Budget Player spot and international slot on Sporting KC’s roster.

Dwyer nominated for MLS Player of the Month

Forward Dom Dwyer has been nominated for MLS Player of the Month in May. The 23-year-old forward scored six goals in seven games last month, tied for most in MLS with New York Red Bulls striker Bradley Wright-Phillips.

Dwyer was the only player in MLS to record two multi-goal games in May. The Englishman scored twice in Sporting KC’s 3-0 win over the Montreal Impact on May 10 and repeated the feat against Toronto FC in a 2-2 tie on May 23. He sandwiched those performances with goals against the Philadelphia Union and Chicago Fire. His four-game scoring streak was the second longest all-time in club history behind Preki, who scored in five straight during the club’s inaugural 1996 season.

Busy month of May concludes

Sporting KC played seven MLS matches in May, posting a 2-3-2 record. Peter Vermes’ men play no more than five League matches in every other month of the 2014 season. Sporting KC’s .45 winning percentage all-time in May is the lowest of any month. After a trip to the Houston Dynamo, Sporting KC has a three-week MLS break during which the 2014 FIFA World Cup takes center stage.

Injuries and international duty test Sporting KC’s depth

Through 14 games in the 2014 MLS regular season, Sporting KC has featured 14 different starting lineups. Peter Vermes’ personnel selection has been complicated by several factors throughout the year. In March, the club had to balance multiple competitions during the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. More recently, schedule congestion has come to the forefront with seven MLS games in May.

To complicate matters, Chance Myers and Ike Opara have suffered season-ending injuries; Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and Lawrence Olum have seen extended international action; and Erik Palmer-Brown and Aurelien Collin have served one-game suspensions, with the latter also picking up a minor injury.

As a result, 24 different players have started an MLS match for the club this season, most of all 19 teams. Sporting KC’s defense has been stretched most of all, with eight different players featuring in the centerback position during the 2014 campaign.

Besler and Zusi among top 15 in MLS jersey sales

On June 4, Major League Soccer revealed the 15 top-selling jerseys in the league so far this season. Based on sales results from MLSGear.com and MLSGearCanada.ca, Sporting KC has two players on the list with Zusi ranked 9th and Besler 12th. Sporting KC is one of four clubs to have multiple players on the list.

U.S. Open Cup on the docket

Sporting KC will host Minnesota United FC (North American Soccer League) in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round on June 18, 7:30 p.m. at Sporting Park. Minnesota United currently sits atop the NASL (Division II) standings with a 6-1-1 record. This will be the first ever meeting between the clubs.

Should Sporting KC defeat Minnesota United in the fourth round, they will host the winner between the Portland Timbers (MLS) and Orlando City U-23’s (USL Professional Development League) in the tournament’s round of 16.

The U.S. Open Cup, recognized as U.S. Soccer’s national championship, is an annual competition open to all amateur and professional teams affiliated with U.S. soccer. The oldest annual team tournament in American sports history has its origins in 1914 and is named after Sporting KC’s original founder Lamar Hunt. Sporting KC are two-time champions in the competition, winning the title in 2004 and 2012.

CONCACAF Champions League opponents determined

CONCACAF conducted the offical draw for the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League on May 28, placing Sporting KC in Group 2 alongside Deportivo Saprissa (Costa Rica) and Real Esteli FC (Nicaragua).

Deportivo Sapirssa has won three CONCACAF Champions Cup titles (1993, 1995 and 2005) and features five players on Costa Rica’s roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Earlier this month, Saprissa won their 30th league title in the Torneo de Verano final to become the most successful club in the history of the Costa Rican Primera Division.

Real Esteli, the defending Clausura and Apertura champions in their domestic league, are the only Nicaraguan side to have participated in the competition and have qualified every year since the 2008-09 edition. Real Esteli will meet Sporting KC in the group stage for a second straight year after going 0-3-1 during the 2013-14 tournament.

2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League group stage fixtures will be played from August to October, with each group winner advancing to the knockout stage in spring 2015.

Chance Myers undergoes season-ending surgery

Sporting KC defender Chance Myers successfully underwent surgery on May 28 to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon in his left ankle and will miss the rest of the 2014 season. Myers suffered the season-ending injury in the 36th minute of Sporting KC’s 2-2 draw vs. Toronto FC on May 23. Sporting KC drafted Myers with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. Over the past seven seasons, Myers has appeared in 123 regular season games and has started more than 100 games in all competitions. He re-signed with the club prior to the 2014 season after tallying two goals and three assists during Sporting KC’s MLS Cup championship campaign. The UCLA product has represented the United States at the U-18 and U-20 levels and trained with the USMNT during the 2014 January camp.

Ellis filling a void as makeshift centerback

Homegrown right back Kevin Ellis rejoined Sporting KC May 16 after four weeks on loan with USL PRO affiliate OKC Energy FC. He has played in every game since his return, including three starts at the centerback position. The Kansas City, Mo. native started three of Sporting KC’s first four MLS matches in 2014 and scored his first goal for the club in the first leg of the 2014 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals vs. eventual champion Cruz Azul. He joined Energy FC on loan April 21.


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Olum helps Kenya advance in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying

Midfielder Lawrence Olum played 64 minutes as Kenya tied Comoros 1-1 on May 30 in Mitsamiouli, Comoros. Kenya’s 2-1 aggregate victory sent the Harambee Stars to the second round of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.

Olum, who made his competitive debut for Kenya in their 1-0 first leg win on May 18, started in defense and helped keep Comoros goalless before his exit midway through the second half. Olum returned to Sporting KC on June 3.

17-year-old Palmer-Brown gaining experience

Sporting KC homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown earned his MLS debut and first start for the club at Chicago on May 18, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a regular season match as a defender. Palmer-Brown made his second appearance on May 31 at D.C. United, replacing the injured Aurelien Collin in the 9th minute. He partered Kevin Ellis in central defense and limited D.C. United to just two shots on target.

19-year-old Juliao impresses in first five starts

Sporting KC defender Igor Juliao started his first game for the club on May 14 vs. Philadelphia and has played the full 90 minutes in every match since. With his debut, he became the third youngest player in team history to start a league match (now fourth youngest after Erik Palmer-Brown’s debut on May 18) and the youngest player in team history to go the full 90 minutes in a regular season contest.

The Brazilian wasted no time garnering League honors, as he was named to Sports Illustrated’s Week 11 MLS Best XI for two active displays on the backline (May 14, May 18). On loan from Fluminense FC through the end of 2014, Juliao has earned five consecutive starts in defense.

Loanees on the move

Sporting KC has partnered with USL PRO clubs Orlando City SC and OKC Energy FC for the 2014 season. As part of the agreement, Sporting KC will loan players to the clubs to play games and gain experience throughout the year.

Midfielder Christian Duke was recalled to Sporting KC on June 4 from Energy FC. Duke went on loan March 17 and contributed two assists in eight USL PRO appearances totaling 563 minutes. The Overland Park, Kansas native leaves Energy FC on a high note: he assisted former Sporting KC midfielder Michael Thomas’ 93rd-minute goal on May 31 as Energy FC won 1-0 to snap a six game losing streak.

Homegrown goalkeeper Kempin earned his second shutout of the season as Jimmy Nielsen’s squad improved to 3-7-0 and jumped from 13th to 11th in the USL PRO standings.

Pending approval from MLS and USL PRO, Generation adidas member Mikey Lopez will jump from one affiliate to another, joining Energy FC after a two and a half months with Orlando City. Lopez was loaned to Orlando City on March 17 and contributed one assist in eight games. Orlando City remains unbeaten (9-0-3) and has a six-point lead atop the USL PRO standings.

Sporting Park sellout streak

Sporting Park has sold out 44 straight MLS matches, including four playoff games. The last time Sporting KC didn’t play in front of a sellout crowd was March 25, 2012. In those 44 matches, Sporting KC is 24-9-11, has recorded 15 shutouts, and has outscored their opponents 57-34.

Kronberg posting solid numbers in goal

In his first season as Sporting KC’s starting goalkeeper, Eric Kronberg is tied for the MLS lead with a 1.00 goals against average and five shutouts among goalkeepers with more than three matches played. He has allowed 14 goals in 2014, five of which have come from the penalty spot. His five victories are tied for third most wins in the League.

Sporting KC embracing youth movement

Since the Homegrown Player initiative began in MLS in mid-2009, Sporting KC has signed three Academy products to professional contracts as members of the senior team roster: goalkeeper Jon Kempin (2010) defender Kevin Ellis (2011) and defender Erik Palmer-Brown (2013). On May 31 at D.C. United, Ellis and Palmer-Brown played side-by-side in central defense. This was the first time in team history that Sporting KC’s lineup featured two Homegrown Players on the field together in an MLS match.

May 31 also marked the first time all season that an MLS team fielded two players under the age of 20 in the same match. When 17-year-old Palmer-Brown replaced the injured Aurelien Collin in the 9th minute, he joined 19-year-old Igor Juliao on the backline.

Paying the penalty

Sporting KC has conceded five penalty kicks through 14 matches this season, already fifth-most most for a single season in franchise history. The team conceded seven penalties in 1998 and 2007 and six penalties in 2000 and 2006.

This follows a League-wide trend, as 61 penalty kicks have been awarded through 124 MLS matches (0.49 per game, as of June 3). The whole 2013 regular season had 81 penalties (0.25 per game), while the entire 2012 campaign had just 72 penalties (0.22 per game).

Red cards rising

Sporting KC has suffered six red cards and received three during the 2014 season. The combined nine ejections through 14 matches are already one short of the club’s 2013 total. Much like penalty kicks, red card numbers have increased league-wide this season. An average of 0.31 red cards have been shown per game (through June 3), up from 0.24 in 2013 and 0.18 in 2012.

Late-game goals hurting Sporting KC

In three of Sporting KC’s five MLS losses, the opponent has scored the game winner in the 81st minute or later. Seattle grabbed a 94th-minute goal on March 8, Teal Bunbury struck a 92nd-minute winner on April 26, and Cristian Maidana scored in the 81st minute to give Philadelphia a 2-1 win on May 14. Sporting KC also conceded stoppage time equalizers to FC Dallas on March 15 and Toronto FC on May 23. The team has dropped seven points in the final 10 minutes of action plus stoppage time in 2014.

MLS All-Star fan voting kicks off

MLS released the fan ballot on May 28 for the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game. The ballot features players from each of the 19 clubs as voted on by media. Sporting KC’s nominees eligible for selection are goalkeeper Erik Kronberg, defenders Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin and Seth Sinovic, midfielders Benny Feilhaber and Graham Zusi, and forward Dom Dwyer. Fan voting on MLSsoccer.com lasts through July 11.



Vermes’ men set records in 3-0 defeat of Montreal

Sporting KC recorded a record-setting 3-0 win over the Montreal Impact on May 10. The MLS Cup champions attempted 803 passes and completed 739, both League records since the statistic was first tracked by Opta in 2011, for a 92 percent passing accuracy percentage. Sporting KC also had 78.18 percent possession, the highest percentage in an MLS match since 2011.

Miscellaneous 2014 regular season stats

• Sporting KC leads MLS in total passes (6,597), successful passes (5,439) and possession percentage (59.98%).

• Sporting KC leads MLS with 33 chances created from set play, eight more than second-placed FC Dallas and Houston Dynamo.

• Sporting KC’s five clean sheets are tied for second most in MLS.

• Sporting KC has conceded the second-fewest shots (120) in MLS. LA Galaxy have allowed 119 shots with three fewer matches played.



sportinG kansas city transaction tracker


players in players outSal Zizzo (trade) Jimmy Nielsen (retired)

Andy Gruenebaum (trade) Kyle Miller (wavied)

Alex Martinez (SuperDraft) Brendan Ruiz (wavied)

Antonio Dovale (signing) Federico Bessone (out of contract)

Victor Munoz (signing) Teal Bunbury (trade)

Igor Juliao (loan) Josh Gardner (wavied)

Mechack Jerome (waived)

Oriol Rosell (transfer)

constructinG sportinG kansas city

transaction timeLineDecember 8: Jimmy Nielsen announces his retirementDecember 11: Sporting Kansas City waives Kyle Miller and Brendan RuizDecember 13: Sporting KC acquires midfielder Sal Zizzo through trade with PortlandDecember 16: Sporting KC trades for goalkeeper Andy GruenebaumDecember 20: Sporting KC signs Eric Kronberg to new contractJanuary 1: Federico Bessone out of contract and will not returnJanuary 17: Sporting KC drafts Adnan Gabeljic in MLS SuperDraftJanuary 21: Sporting KC drafts Reinaldo Brenes, Alex Martinez and Peter SchmetzJanuary 30: Sporting KC signs Chance Myers to new contractFebruary 13: Sporting KC re-acquires midfielder Jimmy MedrandaFebruary 19: Teal Bunbury traded to New England RevolutionMarch 4: Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection Alex MartinezMarch 11: Sporting KC signs Spanish midfielder Antonio DovaleMarch 17: Sporting KC loans three players (Christian Duke, Jon Kempin and Mikey Lopez) to USL PRO affiliatesMarch 25: Sporting KC waives defender Josh GardnerMarch 31: Sporting KC waives defender Mechack JeromeApril 1: Sporting KC signs midfielder Victor MunozApril 4: Sporting KC signs defender Igor JuliaoApril 21: Sporting KC loans defender Kevin Ellis to OKC Energy FCMay 16: Sporting KC recalls defender Kevin Ellis from OKC Energy FCJune 3: Sporting Kansas City transfers midfielder Oriol Rosell to Sporting CPJune 4: Sporting KC recalls midfielder Christian Duke from OKC Energy FCJune 4: Sporting KC recalls midfielder Mikey Lopez from Orlando City SC and loans him to OKC Energy FC

year mLs superdraft mLs supplemen-tal draft

signings trades homegrown play-ers

mLs Lottery draft

2006 Eric Kronberg (40th)

2007

2008 Chance Myers (1st)

2009 Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)

2010 Jon Kempin (Aug. 31)

2011 C.J. Sapong (10th) Aurelien Collin (Apr. 15)Peterson Joseph (Sept. 1)Lawrence Olum (Sept. 15)

Seth Sinovic (Nov. 28 from MON, origi-nally signed May 10)Paulo Nagamura (Nov. 29 from CHV)

Kevin Ellis (Feb. 18) Soony Saad (July 5)

2012 Dom Dwyer (16th) Jacob Peterson (Jan. 19)

2013 Mikey Lopez (14th) Christian Duke (14th)

Claudio BielerJimmy Medranda

Ike OparaBenny Feilhaber

Erik Palmer-Brown

2014 Alex Martinez (57th) Antonio DovaleVictor MunozIgor Juliao

Sal ZizzoAndy Gruenebaum


aLL-time reGuLar season Game hiGhs

GoaLsassistsshots

shots on GoaLfouLs committedfouLs suffered

savesGoaLs aLLowed

2 Teal Bunbury2 Harrington/Zusi 10 C.J. Sapong4 Johnson/Sapong6 Santiago Hirsig5 Sealy/Hirsig

7 Kevin Hartman3 four players tied

Jaqua/Carr 2 Kamara/Oduro 2

Brian Ching 8five players tied 3seven players tied 4

Ricardo Clark 6

Tally Hall 7Pat Onstad 4

Sporting KC record vs. Houston : 4-6-8Home games: 2-3-4 (11 GF, 10 GA)Road games: 2-3-4 (8 GF, 12 GA)

date score result Location04/08/2006 KC 2 at HOU 1 W Robertson Stadium07/15/2006 KC 2 vs HOU 3 L Arrowhead Stadium06/24/2007 KC 0 vs HOU 1 L Arrowhead Stadium09/01/2007 KC 1 at HOU 1 T Robertson Stadium04/12/2008 KC 0 vs HOU 0 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark09/07/2008 KC 1 at HOU 3 L Robertson Stadium07/04/2009 KC 0 vs HOU 1 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark10/04/2009 KC 1 at HOU 1 T Robertson Stadium05/01/2010 KC 0 at HOU 3 L Robertson Stadium09/22/2010 KC 4 vs HOU 3 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark07/16/2011 KC 1 at HOU 1 T Robertson Stadium09/10/2011 KC 3 vs HOU 0 W Sporting Park07/07/2012 KC 0 vs HOU 0 T Sporting Park07/18/2012 KC 1 at HOU 2 L BBVA Compass Stadium09/14/2012 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Sporting Park05/12/2013 KC 1 at HOU 0 W BBVA Compass Stadium05/26/2013 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Sporting Park10/09/2013 KC 0 at HOU 0 T BBVA Compass Stadium

aLL-time reGuLar season resuLts

GoaLs scored in series By intervaL 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot.KC 1 1 3 1 6 7 0 19HOU 2 6 3 4 4 3 0 22

aLL-time reGuLar season series Leaders

Brad Davis 5Brad Davis 3

Brad Davis 29Brad Davis 13Brad Davis 20Brad Davis 29

Pat Onstad 4Hall/Onstad 2Pat Onstad 3Tally Hall 30

Pat Onstad 10

GoaLsassistsshots

shots on GoaLfouLs committedfouLs suffered

winsLosses

shutouts saves

GoaLs aLLowed

3 Bunbury/Kamara3 Harrington/Zusi32 Kei Kamara13 Kei Kamara12 Collin/Sapong14 Davy Arnaud

3 Jimmy Nielsen3 Kevin Hartman4 Jimmy Nielsen23 Kevin Hartman11 Jimmy Nielsen



houston dynamocategory 1 2 ot tot.Goals 11 11 0 22Shots 83 97 0 180Shots on Goal 37 36 0 73Fouls 115 100 0 215Offsides 34 27 0 61Corner Kicks 49 48 0 97

category 1 2 ot tot. Goals 5 14 0 19Shots 100 122 0 222Shots on Goal 38 40 0 78Fouls 114 120 0 234Offsides 14 16 0 30 Corner Kicks 51 53 0 104

aLL-time reGuLar season series stats


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sportinG kansas city GoaL chart

1- Aurelien Collin (Feilhaber), Mar. 15, vs FC Dallas, 81 *2- Dom Dwyer, Mar. 22, vs San Jose Earthquakes, 57 ^ 3- Graham Zusi (Zizzo, Nagamura), Mar. 29, at Colorado Rapids, 50 4- Benny Feilhaber (Zusi, Zizzo), Mar. 29, at Colorado Rapids, 79 5- Dom Dwyer (Zusi), Mar. 29, at Colorado Rapids, 926- Callum Mallace (own goal), Apr. 19, vs Montreal Impact, 31~#7- Aurelien Collin (Olum), Apr. 26, vs Montreal Impact, 718- Dom Dwyer (Peterson), Apr. 19, vs Montreal Impact, 749- Dom Dwyer (Zusi), Apr. 19, vs Montreal Impact, 8610- Jacob Peterson, May 4, vs Columbus Crew, 1011- Claudio Bieler (Zusi), May 4, vs Columbus Crew, 9512- Dom Dwyer, May 10, at Montreal Impact, 18^13- Paulo Nagamura (Myers), May 10, at Montreal Impact, 3414- Dom Dwyer (Dovale), May 10, at Montreal Impact, 6415- Dom Dwyer (Nagamura), May 14, vs Philadelphia Union, 8016- Dom Dwyer (Feilhaber), May 18, at Chicago Fire, 68 +17- Dom Dwyer (Zizzo), May 23, vs Toronto FC, 4718- Dom Dwyer, May 23, vs Toronto FC, 84 ^19 - Antonio Dovale, May 27, vs New York Red Bulls, 9

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Sporting KC at Seattle Sounders - March 8, 2014CenturyLink Field | Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 39,240Weather: 50 degrees and rain

1 2 FSporting Kansas City (0-1-0, 0 pts) 0 0 0Seattle Sounders FC (1-0-0, 3 pts) 0 1 1

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Josh Gardner (Mechack Jerome 92+), Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (Ike Opara 93+), Graham Zusi; Jacob Peterson (Sal Zizzo 58), Dom Dwyer, C.J. Sapong

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Claudio Bieler, Jimmy Medranda, Oriol Rosell

Seattle Sounders FC: Stefan Frei; DeAndre Yedlin, Chad Marshall, Djimi Traore, Dylan Remick; Marco Pappa (Clint Dempsey 57), Osvaldo Alonso, Brad Evans (C), Lamar Neagle (Sean Okoli 86); Kenny Cooper (Chad Barrett 78), Obafemi Martins

Subs Not Used: Marcus Hahnemann, Jalil Anibaba, Andy Rose, Zach Scott

Stats SKC SEAShots (on goal) 9 (3) 14 (5)Saves 4 3Fouls 25 15Offside 1 1Corner Kicks 7 5

Scoring Summary:SEA -- Chad Barrett 1 (Clint Dempsey 1) 94+

Discipline Summary:SKC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 16SEA -- Kenny Cooper (caution; reckless foul) 34SEA - Osvaldo Alonso (caution; tactical foul) 44SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; persistent infringement) 46SKC -- C.J. Sapong (caution; delaying a restart) 83

Referee: Alan KellyAsst. Ref.: Dimitar ChadaravAsst. Ref.: Kyle Longville4th Official: William Niccolla

date resuLt opponent GoaLscorersMarch 8 L 1-0 at Seattle Sounders ---March 15 D 1-1 vs FC Dallas CollinMarch 22 W 1-0 vs San Jose Earthquakes DwyerMarch 29 W 3-2 at Colorado Rapids Zusi/Feilhaber/DwyerApril 5 D 0-0 vs Real Salt Lake ---April 19 W 4-0 vs Montreal Impact OG/Collin/Dwyer 2April 26 L 2-0 at New England Revolution ---May 4 W 2-0 vs Columbus Crew Peterson/BielerMay 10 W 3-0 at Montreal Impact Dwyer 2/NagamuraMay 14 L 2-1 vs Philadelphia Union DwyerMay 18 L 2-1 at Chicago Fire DwyerMay 23 T 2-2 vs Toronto FC Dwyer 2 May 27 T 1-1 vs New York Red Bulls Dovale May 31 L 1-0 at D.C. United ---

June 6 7:30 p.m. at Houston Dynamo ---June 27 10 p.m. at Portland Timbers ---July 6 2 p.m. vs Chicago Fire ---July 12 6:30 p.m. at Montreal Impact ---July 16 6:30 p.m. at Columbus Crew ---July 19 6 p.m. vs Los Angeles Galaxy ---July 26 6 p.m. at Toronto FC ---Aug. 1 7 p.m. vs Philadelphia Union ---Aug. 10 7 p.m. at Vancouver Whitecaps ---Aug. 16 7:30 p.m. vs Toronto FC ---Aug. 23 7:30 p.m. vs D.C. United ---Aug. 29 7 p.m. vs Houston Dynamo ---Sept. 3 6:30 p.m. at New England Revolution ---Sept. 6 6:30 p.m. at New York Red Bulls ---Sept. 13 9:30 p.m. at Chivas USA ---Sept. 26 7 p.m. vs New England Revolution ---Oct. 3 7 p.m. at D.C. United ---Oct. 10 7:30 p.m. vs Chicago Fire ---Oct. 18 6 p.m. at Philadelphia Union ---Oct. 26 7:30 p.m. vs New York Red Bulls ---

Sporting KC vs FC Dallas - March 15, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 19,431 (37th straight sellout)Weather: 70 degrees and mostly cloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (0-1-1, 1 pt) 0 1 1FC Dallas (1-0-1, 4 pts) 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Jimmy Medranda (Alex Martinez 75), Benny Feilhaber; C.J. Sapong (Jacob Peterson 46), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 77), Sal Zizzo

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Kevin Ellis, Lawrence Olum, Ike Opara

FC Dallas: Chris Seitz, Kellyn Acosta (Andres Escobar 61), Stephen Keel, Matt Hedges (C), Jair Benitez, Andrew Jacobson, Adam Moffat (Michel 87), Mauro Diaz (David Texeira 78), Fabian Castillo, Je-Vaughn Watson, Blas Perez

Subs Not Used: Peter Luccin, Hendry Thomas, Richard Sanchez, Nicholas Walker

Stats SKC DALShots (on goal) 18 (8) 7 (1)Saves 0 5Fouls 15 19Offside 0 5Corner Kicks 12 2

Misconduct Summary:DAL -- Adam Moffat (caution; reckless foul) 28DAL -- Stephen Keel (caution; reckless tackle) 30DAL - Je-Vaughn Watson (caution; reckless tackle) 88

Scoring Summary:SKC - Aurelien Collin 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 81DAL - Matt Hedges 1 (Michel 1) 90

Referee: Abiodun OkulajaAsst. Ref.: Eric WeisbrodAsst. Ref.: Nikola Aleksic4th Official: Leszek Stalmach

Sporting KC vs San Jose Earthquakes - March 22, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 19,368 (38th straight MLS sell out)Weather: 41 degrees and partly cloudy

1 2 FSporting Kansas City (1-1-1, 4 pts) 0 1 1San Jose Earthquakes (0-1-1, 1 pt) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin, Ike Opara, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (C.J. Sapong 75), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (C)

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Matt Besler, Jacob Peterson, Alex Martinez, Antonio Dovale, Claudio Bieler

San Jose Earthquakes: Jon Busch, Shaun Francis, Victor Bernardez, Clarence Goodson, Cordell Cato, Shea Salinas, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, Sam Cronin (J.J. Koval 46), Atiba Harris (Alan Gordon 76), Steven Lenhart, Chris Wondolowski (C)

Subs Not Used: Ty Harden, David Bingham, Khari Stephenson, Billy Schuler, Adam Jahn

Stats SKC SJShots (on goal) 17 (4) 5 (1)Saves 1 2Fouls 17 20Offside 3 1Corner Kicks 8 1

Misconduct Summary:SJ - Victor Bernardez (caution; tactical foul) 9SJ - Steven Lenhart (caution; reckless foul) 39SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 42SJ -- Clarence Goodson (caution; dissent) 57SJ -- Shaun Francis (caution; tactical foul) 66SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; simulation) 81SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; delaying a restart) 83

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer 1 (penalty kick) 57

Referee: Ricardo SalazarAsst. Ref.: Peter ManikowskiAsst. Ref.: Chris Strickland4th Official: Sorin Stoica


Sporting KC at Colorado Rapids - March 29, 2014Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, Colorado

Attendance: 12,203Weather: 69 degrees and partly cloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (2-1-1, 7 pts) 0 3 3Colorado Rapids (1-1-1, 4 pts) 0 2 2 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Kevin Ellis, Ike Opara (Aurelien Collin 61), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 61), Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 83), Gra-ham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Jimmy Medranda, Antonio Dovale, Jacob Peterson

Colorado Rapids: John Berner; Shane O’Neill, Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor (C), Marc Burch (Nathan Sturgis 62); Jared Watts, Nick LaBrocca; Vicente Sanchez (Marlon Hairston 88), Dillon Powers, Deshorn Brown; Edson Buddle (Gabriel Torres 82)

Subs Not Used: Clint Irwin, Kamani Hill, Marvin Chavez, Grant Van De Casteele

Stats SKC COLShots (on goal) 12 (4) 9 (6)Saves 1 3Fouls 16 15Offside 1 5Corner Kicks 4 5

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; tactical foul) 29COL -- Marvell Wynne (caution; reckless foul) 43SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; dissent) 72COL -- Marvell Wynne (caution; reckless foul) 85COL -- Marvell Wynne (ejection; second caution) 85COL -- Nick LaBrocca (caution; reckless foul) 89COL -- Nathan Sturgis (caution; reckless foul) 93+

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Graham Zusi 1 (Sal Zizzo 1, Paulo Nagamura 1) 50COL -- Vicente Sanchez 3 (penalty kick) 60COL -- Vicente Sanchez 4 (penalty kick) 78SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 1 (Sal Zizzo 2, Graham Zusi 1) 79SKC -- Dom Dwyer 2 (Graham Zusi 2) 92+

Referee: Jose Carlos RiveroAsst. Ref.: Greg BarkeyAsst. Ref.: Brian Dunn4th Official: Jorge Gonzalez

Sporting KC vs Real Salt Lake - April 5, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 19,838 (39th straight sell out)Weather: 56 degrees and partly cloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (2-1-2, 8 pts) 0 0 0Real Salt Lake (2-0-3, 9 pts) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 85); Sal Zizzo (Antonio Dovale 80), Dom Dwyer ( Claudio Bieler 76), Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Igor Juliao, Alex Martinez, Jacob Peterson

Real Salt Lake: Jeff Attinella; Rich Balchan, Nat Borchers, Chris Schuler, Abdou-lie Mansally; Kyle Beckerman (C), Luis Gil (Luke Mulholland 55), Ned Grabavoy, Javier Morales; Alvaro Saborio, Olmes Garcia (Devon Sandoval 72)

Subs Not Used: Eduardo Fernandez; Carlos Salcedo, Aaron Maund, John Stertzer, Cole Grossman

Stats SKC RSLShots (on goal) 20 (9) 5 (1)Saves 1 8Fouls 14 6Offside 3 4Corner Kicks 7 4

Misconduct Summary:RSL -- Chris Schuler (caution; reckless foul) 39SKC -- Chance Myers (caution; reckless foul) 76SKC -- Oriol Rosell (ejection; serious foul play) 83RSL -- Nat Borchers (caution; reckless foul) 87SKC -- Claudio Bieler (caution; reckless tackle) 91+

Scoring Summary: None

Referee:Armando VillarrealAsst. Ref.: Corey ParkerAsst. Ref.: Craig Lowry4th Official: Fotis Bazakos

Sporting KC vs Montreal Impact - April 19, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 20,306 (40th straight sell out)Weather: 74 degrees and partly cloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (3-1-2, 11 pts) 1 3 4Montreal Impact (0-4-3, 3 pts) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin (Alex Martinez 76), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 66), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 87), Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Antonio Dovale, Soony Saad

Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Eric Miller, Matteo Ferrari (Hassoun Camara 78), Karl Ouimette, Maxim Tissot; Calum Mallace, Patrice Bernier (C); Justin Mapp (Andres Romero 46), Felipe Martins, Collen Warner; Marco Di Vaio (Jack McInerney 56)

Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Jeb Brovsky, Heath Pearce, Santagio Gonzalez

SKC MTLShots (on goal) 12 (7) 3 (2)Saves 1 4Fouls 10 17Offside 2 5Corner Kicks 3 1

Misconduct Summary:MTL -- Justin Mapp (caution; reckless tackle) 38MTL -- Matteo Ferrari (caution; reckless tackle) 52MTL -- Karl Ouimette (caution; persistent infringement) 73MTL -- Calum Mallace (caution; tactical foul) 80SKC -- Jacob Peterson (caution; reckless foul) 89

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Calum Mallace (own goal) 31SKC -- Aurelien Collin 2 (Lawrence Olum 1) 71SKC -- Dom Dwyer 3 (Jacob Peterson 1) 74SKC -- Dom Dwyer 4 (Graham Zusi 3) 86

Referee:Hilario GrajedaAsst. Ref.: Ian AndersonAsst. Ref.: Jeff Muschik

Sporting KC at NE Revolution Gillette Stadium| Foxborough, Massachusetts

Attendance: 14,806Weather: 47 degrees and cloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (3-2-2, 11 pts) 0 0 0New England Revolution (3-3-2, 11 pts) 0 2 2 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Toni Dovale (Alex Martinez 44, Lawrence Olum 76); Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 55), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler

New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Chris Tierney, A.J. Soares, Andrew Farrell, Darrius Barnes; Andy Dorman (C) (Steve Neumann 79); Diego Fagundez, Lee Nguyen, Daigo Kobayashi (Scott Caldwell 71), Teal Bunbury; Jerry Bengtson (Charlie Davies 57)

Subs Not Used: Brad Knighton, Stephen McCarthy, O’Brian Woodbine, Patrick Mullins

Stats SKC NEShots (on goal) 14 (1) 12 (4)Saves 2 1Fouls 17 13Offside 0 1Corner Kicks 8 5

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; reckless foul) 41NE -- Lee Nguyen (caution; reckless foul) 47NE -- Andy Dorman (caution; delaying a restart) 71SKC -- Aurelien Collin (ejection; serious foul play) 74SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; reckless foul) 88

Scoring Summary:NE -- Teal Bunbury 1 (Darrius Barnes 1, Diego Fagundez 1) 92+NE -- Lee Nguyen 3 (penalty kick) 95+

Referee: Alan KellyAsst. Ref.: Brian DunnAsst. Ref.: Matthew Nelson4th Official:Jorge Gonzalez


Sporting KC vs Columbus Crew - May 4, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 20,565 (41st straight sellout)Weather: 81 degrees and sunny

1 2 FSporting KC (4-2-2, 14 pts) 1 1 2Columbus Crew (3-2-3, 12 pts) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Paulo Nagamura (Alex Martinez 78), Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 61), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 87), Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Igor Juliao, Andy Gruenebaum, Antonio Dovale, Jimmy Me-dranda

Columbus Crew: Steve Clark; Josh Williams, Michael Parkhurst (C), Giancarlo Gonzalez, Waylon Francis; Hector Jimenez (Dominic Oduro 46), Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp, Bernardo Anor (Justin Meram 69); Federico Higuain, Jairo Arrieta (Ethan Finlay 82)

Subs Not Used: Eric Gehrig, Matt Lampson, Tyson Wahl, Dan Paladini

Stats SKC CLBShots (on goal) 14 (6) 10 (4)Saves 4 4Fouls 16 7Offside 3 4Corner Kicks 4 3

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless tackle) 38CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; reckless foul) 45SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 68CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; reckless tackle) 80CLB -- Wil Trapp (ejection; second caution) 80CLB -- Ethan Finlay (caution; reckless tackle) 86CLB -- Tony Tchani (caution; unsporting behavior) 87SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; tactical foul) 92+

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Jacob Peterson 1 (unassisted) 10SKC -- Claudio Bieler 1 (Graham Zusi 4) 95+

Referee: Ismail ElfathAsst. Ref.: Frank AndersonAsst. Ref.: James Conlee4th Official: Fotis Bazakos

Sporting KC vs Philadelphia Union - May 14, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 19,073 (42nd straight sellout)Weather: 59 degrees and cloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (5-3-2, 17 pts) 0 1 1Philadelphia (2-5-5, 11 pts) 0 2 2

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin (Lawrence Olum 61), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Paulo Nagamura, Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 55), Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 71), Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Chance Myers, Alex Martinez, Antonio Dovale

Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath, Fabinho, Sheanon Williams, Austin Berry, Raymon Gaddis, Amobi Okugo (C), Vincent Nogueira (Corben Bone 89), Leo Fernandes, Danny Cruz (Sebastien Le Toux 83), Cristian Maidana (Aaron Wheeler 92+), Andrew Wenger

Subs Not Used: Andre Blake, Ethan White, Antoine Hoppenot, Conor Casey

Stats SKC PHIShots (on goal) 15 (6) 14 (7)Saves 5 5Fouls 6 20Offside 0 1Corner Kicks 3 1

Misconduct Summary:PHI -- Fabinho (caution; reckless foul) 58PHI -- Vincent Nogueira (caution; reckless foul) 70SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; tactical foul) 86PHI -- Corben Bone (ejection; serious foul play) 90PHI -- Zac MacMath (caution; delaying a restart) 94+

Scoring Summary:PHI -- Danny Cruz 1 (unassisted) 49SKC - Dom Dwyer 7 (Paulo Nagamura 2) 80PHI - Cristian Maidana 1 (Andrew Wenger 1) 81

Referee: Ricardo SalazarAsst. Ref.: George GansnerAsst. Ref.: Ian Anderson4th Official: Baldomero Toledo

Sporting KC at Montreal Impact - May 10, 2014Stade Saputo | Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 16,529Weather: 74 degrees and cloudy

Score 1 2 FSporting KC (5-2-2, 17 pts) 2 1 3Montreal Impact (1-5-3, 6 pts) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura; Jacob Peter-son (Antonio Dovale 57), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 70), Graham Zusi (Soony Saad 75)

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Lawrence Olum, Jimmy Me-dranda

Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins (C); Maxim Tissot, Wandrille Lefèvre, Karl Oui-mette, Jeb Brovsky; Hernan Bernardello, Collen Warner; Sanna Nyassi (Andres Romero 61), Felipe Martins (Patrice Bernier 70), Justin Mapp; Jack McInerney (Santiago Gonzalez 69)

Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Heath Pearce, Calum Mallace, Blake Smith

Stats SKC MTLShots (on goal) 12 (5) 4 (2)Saves 2 4Fouls 9 8Offside 4 5Corner Kicks 5 2

Misconduct Summary:MTL -- Collen Warner (ejection; denying goal scoring opportunity) 17MTL -- Hernan Bernardello (caution; reckless foul) 38

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer 5 (penalty kick) 18SKC -- Paulo Nagamura 1 (Chance Myers 1) 34 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 6 (Antonio Dovale 1) 64

Referee: Jair MarrufoAsst. Ref.: Philippe BriereAsst. Ref.: Richard Gamache4th Official: Silviu Petrescu

Sporting KC at Chicago Fire - May 18, 2014Toyota Park | Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 15,746Weather: 66 and partly cloudy

Score 1 2 FSporting KC (5-4-2, 17 pts) 0 1 1Chicago Fire (2-2-6, 12 pts) 2 0 2

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Erik Palmer-Brown, Seth Sinovic; Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 84), Paulo Nagamura (C), Benny Feilhaber, Antonio Dovale (Alex Martinez 71), Igor Juliao; Claudio Bieler (Kevin Ellis 67), Dom Dwyer

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Victor Munoz, C.J. Sapong, Sal Zizzo

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Patrick Ianni, Greg Cochrane; Patrick Nyarko (Dilly Duka 59), Jeff Larentowicz (C), Benji Joya (Logan Pause 58), Harry Shipp; Quincy Amarikwa ( Juan Luis Anangono 85), Mike Magee

Subs Not Used: Kyle Reynish; Gonzalo Segares, Steven Kinney, Matt Watson

Stats SKC CHIShots (on goal) 12 (2) 15 (6)Saves 4 1Fouls 20 28Offside 3 1Corner Kicks 2 6

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; reckless foul) 49SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; reckless foul) 64SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brwon (ejection; second caution) 64SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; dissent) 82CHI -- Mike Magee (caution; reckless foul) 91+SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; reckless foul) 94+CHI -- Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (caution; reckless foul) 96+

Scoring Summary:CHI -- Mike Magee 3 (Penalty Kick) 7CHI -- Mike Magee 4 (Penalty Kick) 15SKC -- Dom Dwyer 8 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 68

Referee: David GantarAsst. Ref.: Daniel BelleauAsst. Ref.: Anthony Vasoli4th Official: Robert Sibiga


Sporting KC vs Toronto FC - May 23, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 19,914 (43rd straight sellout)Weather: 79 degrees and fair

Score 1 2 FSporting KC (5-4-3, 18 pts) 0 2 2Toronto FC (4-4-1, 13 pts) 0 2 2

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Chance Myers (Sal Zizzo 36), Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 85), Paulo Nagamura (C); Antonio Dovale (C.J. Sapong 86), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Victor Munoz, Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler

Toronto FC: Joseph Bendik, Mark Bloom, Steven Caldwell (C), Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow, Alvaro Rey (Luke Moore 53), Kyle Bekker (Daneil Lovitz 53), Bradley Orr, Collen Warner, Gilberto (Doneil Henry 66), Jermain Defoe

Subs Not Used: Chris Konopka, Ashtone Morgan, Jeremy Hall, Dwayne De Rosario

Stats SKC TORShots (on goal) 17 (5) 7 (3)Saves 1 3Fouls 15 19Offside 2 3Corner Kicks 3 2

Misconduct Summary:TOR -- Gilberto (caution; reckless foul) 39TOR -- Mark Bloom (caution; reckless tackle) 57TOR -- Steven Caldwell (ejection; serious foul play) 63SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; tactical foul) 79TOR -- Luke Moore (caution; dissent) 84

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer 9 (Sal Zizzo 3) 47TOR -- Luke Moore 2 (Jermain Defoe 1) 67SKC -- Dom Dwyer 10 (penalty kick) 84TOR -- Bradley Orr 1 (Nick Hagglund 1) 91+

Referee: Baldomero ToledoAsst. Ref.: Chris StricklandAsst. Ref.: Corey Parker4th Official: Younes Marrakchi

Sporting KC vs New York Red Bulls - May 27, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 19,221 (44th straight sellout)Weather: 81 degrees and partly cloudy

Score 1 2 FSporting KC (5-4-4, 19 pts) 1 0 1New York Red Bulls (3-5-6, 15 pts) 0 1 1

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (C), Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 75); Toni Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Sal Zizzo (Soony Saad 72)

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, C.J. Sapong, Erik Palmer-Brown, Jacob Peterson, Claudio Bieler

New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Bobby Convey, Chris Duvall, Ibrahim Sekagya (Ar-mando 76), Jamison Olave; Eric Alexander, Ruben Bover Izquierdo (Péguy Luyindula 57), Lloyd Sam, Dax McCarty; Thierry Henry (C), Bradley Wright-Phillips (Andre Akpan 93+)

Subs Not Used: Connor Lade, Kosuke Kimura, Ambroise Oyongo Bitolo, Ryan Meara

Stats SKC NYShots (on goal) 13 (4) 8 (4)Saves 3 1Fouls 16 9Offside 2 3Corner Kicks 5 4

Misconduct Summary:NY -- Bradley Wright-Phillips (caution; reckless tackle) 14NY -- Dax McCarty (caution; reckless tackle) 20SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; reckless tackle) 63SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; tactical foul) 87

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Antonio Dovale 1 (Benny Feilhaber 3) 9NY -- Bradley Wright-Phillips 11 (Thierry Henry 5) 50

Referee: Chris PensoAsst. Ref.: C.J. MorganteAsst. Ref.: Jeremy Hanson4th Official: Ismail Elfath

Sporting KC at D.C. United - May 31, 2014RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 18,522Weather: 71 degrees and partly cloudy

Score 1 2 FSporting KC (5-5-4, 19 pts) 0 0 0D.C. United (6-4-3, 21 pts) 1 0 1

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin (Erik Palmer-Brown 9), Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (C), Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 66); Toni Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 77)

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, C.J. Sapong, Jacob Peterson, Claudio Bieler, Sal Zizzo

D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Cristian Fernandez, Jeff Parke, Bobby Boswell (C), Chris Korb (Sean Franklin 34); Chris Rolfe, Perry Kitchen, Davy Arnaud, Nick DeLeon (Alex Caskey 86); Fabian Espíndola, Eddie Johnson (Lewis Neal 68)

Subs Not Used: Andrew Dykstra, Steven Birnbaum, Conor Doyle, Luis Silva

Stats SKC DCShots (on goal) 16 (5) 7 (2)Saves 1 5Fouls 10 18Offside 1 3Corner Kicks 3 8

Misconduct Summary:DC -- Cristian Fernandez (caution; reckless foul) 62SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; reckless foul 72DC -- Fabian Espindola (caution; unsporting behavior) 76DC -- Perry Kitchen (caution; persistent infringement) 82SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; unsporting behavior) 85DC -- Alex Caskey (ejection; serious foul play) 94+

Scoring Summary:DC -- Fabian Espindola 7 (Chris Korb 1) 28

Referee: Jorge GonzalezAsst. Ref.: Adam WienckowskiAsst. Ref.: Craig Lowry4th Official: Mark Kadlecik

2014 reGuLar season team statsscorinG 1 2 totaLSPORTING 5 14 19OPP. 3 11 14

fouLs 1 2 totaLSPORTING 102 104 206OPP. 102 112 214

cautions 1 2 totaLSPORTING 5 20 25OPP. 13 24 37

shots 1 2 totaLSPORTING 94 109 203OPP. 55 65 120

soG 1 2 totaLSPORTING 30 39 69OPP. 19 29 48

offsides 1 2 totaLSPORTING 12 13 25OPP. 21 21 42

ejections 1 2 totaLSPORTING 0 3 3OPP. 1 5 6

corners 1 2 totaLSPORTING 35 39 74OPP. 24 25 49

pk 1 2 totaLSPORTING 1 2 3OPP. 2 3 5

2014 Record When…

Scoring first goalConceding first goalLeading at halftimeTied at halftimeTrailing at halftimeScoring 0 goalsScoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goalsScoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goalsAllowing 0 goalsAllowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goalsAllowing 3 goalsAllowing 4+ goals Wearing Sporting BlueWearing Dark indigoWearing BlackLeading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’Outshooting opponentOutshot by opponent Shots even One-goal gamesOn ESPN On NBCSNOn KMCI-TV Day games (before 5pm)Games 5pm CT or laterWith red card forWith red card againstTemperature 75 & upTemperature below 75In Pacific time zoneIn Mountain time zoneIn Central time zoneIn Eastern time zonevs. Eastern Conferencevs. Western ConferenceOn grassOn turfWith zero subsWith one subWith two subswith three subs

5-0-30-5-03-0-12-3-30-2-00-3-11-2-21-0-12-0-01-0-04-0-10-2-21-3-1N/AN/A3-5-41-0-01-0-04-0-01-2-40-3-05-3-40-2-0N/A2-4-00-0-11-1-04-4-32-2-03-3-40-2-13-2-11-0-24-5-20-1-01-0-03-2-41-2-03-4-22-1-25-3-40-2-0N/A1-0-00-0-14-5-3

2-1-112-8-41-1-138-30-122-3-230-39-21N/A34-28-21N/A40-32-23N/A36-42-13N/A27-32-13N/A17-10-13

Team-by-team (in 2014)...

vs. Chicago vs. Chivas USA vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew vs. D.C. United vs. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamovs. LA Galaxy vs. Montreal Impactvs. NE Revolution vs. New York Red Bullsvs. Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake vs. SJ Earthquakesvs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

Home and Away...Overall All-time2014 at homeAll-time at home2014 on roadAll-time on road

12-25-10 (0-1-0) 8-4-4 22-17-13 (1-0-0) 23-21-6 (1-0-0)20-19-10 (0-1-0) 20-19-10 (0-0-1)4-6-8 18-23-114-3-1 (2-0-0)23-14-11 (0-1-0)19-18-12 (0-0-1)4-3-3 (0-1-0)2-2-0 8-5-4 (0-0-1)21-21-7 (1-0-0)1-7-1 (0-1-0)10-4-5 (0-0-1) 2-0-2

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skc miscellaneous stats

9 min, Antonio Dovale, 5/27 vs NY

7 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI 90+2 min, Dom Dwyer, 3/29 at COL

90+4 min, Chad Barret, 3/8 at SEA

90+2 min, Teal Bunbury, 4/26 at NE81 min, Cristian Maidana, 5/14 vs PHI

90 min, Matt Hedges, 3/15 vs DAL90+1 min, Bradley Orr, 5/23 vs TOR

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31 min, Callum Mallace, 4/19 vs MTL

83 min, Oriol Rosell, 4/5 vs RSL74 min, Aurelien Collin, 4/26 at NE

64, Erik Palmer-Brown, 5/18, at CHI

85 min, Marvell Wynne, 3/29 at COL80 min, Wil Trapp, 5/4 vs CLB

17 min, Collen Warner, 5/10 at MTL90 min, Corben Bone, 5/14 vs PHI

63 min, Steven Caldwell, 5/23 vs TOR90+4 min, Alex Caskey, 5/31 at DC

57 min, Dom Dwyer, 3/22 vs SJ

18 min, Dom Dwyer, 5/10 at MTL84 min, Dom Dwyer, 5/23 vs TOR

60 min, Vicente Sanchez, 3/29 at COL78 min, Vicente Sanchez, 3/29 at COL

90+5 min, Lee Nguyen, 4/26 at NE7 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI

15 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI

Dom Dwyer, 23 yrs., 235 days, KC vs SJ

Paulo Nagamura, 31 yrs., 69 days, KC at MTL

Erik Palmer-Brown, 17 yrs., 24 days, KC at CHI

Josh Gardner, 31 yrs., 175 days, KC at SEA

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skc miscellaneous stats - 2014 regular season



single season records (field players)stat player #

Games C.J. Sapong (2011) 34

Minutes Nick Garcia (2000) & Peter Vermes (2000) 2916

Goals Preki (1996) 18

Assists Preki (1997 & 2003) 17

Shots Preki (1996) 140

Shots on goal Preki (1996) 61

Fouls Committed Chris Henderson (2000) 79

Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud (2004) 111

Offsides Eddie Johnson (2007) 50

Corner Kicks Graham Zusi (2012) 150

Cautions Aurelien Collin (2013) 13

Ejections Davy Arnaud (2010) 3

single season records (Goalkeepers)stat player #

Games Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013) 34

Minutes Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013) 3060

Wins Mike Ammann (1997) 21

Losses Mike Ammann (1998) 16

Draws Bo Oshoniyi (2005) 12

Shutouts Tony Meola (2000) 16

Goals Against Average Jimmy Nielsen (2012) 0.79

Goals Allowed Ammann (1997)/Kevin Hartman (2007) 79

Saves Tony Meola (2000) 129

single Game records (field players)

single Game records (Goalkeepers)stat player #

Goals Allowed Bo Oshoniyi 7

Saves Garth Lagerway (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000 & three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)

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stat player #

Goals Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010)

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Assists Chris Henderson (1999) 4

Shots Preki (1997) 12

Shots on goal Preki (1996) 6

Fouls Committed Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013) 8

Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud (2006) 10

Offsides Alex Bunbury (1999) 7

Corner Kicks Alex Zotinca (2006) 12

all-time records (field players)

all-time records (Goalkeepers)

stat player #

Games Davy Arnaud 240

Minutes Kerry Zavagnin 20515

Goals Preki 71

Assists Preki 98

Shots Preki 693

Shots on goal Preki 283

Fouls Committed Davy Arnaud 329

Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud 528

Offsides Eddie Johnson 126

Corner Kicks Preki 452

Cautions Kerry Zavagnin 44

Ejections Nick Garcia 5

stat player #

Games Jimmy Nielsen 128

Minutes Jimmy Nielsen 11497

Wins Jimmy Nielsen 57

Losses Tony Meola 45

Draws Jimmy Nielsen 32

Shutouts Jimmy Nielsen 45

Goals Allowed Tony Meola 154

Saves Tony Meola 507

Goals Against Average Jimmy Nielsen 0.99

single season team recordsstat year #

Goals 1996 61

Assists 2000 67

Shots 2012 542

Shots on goal 1996 250

Fouls Committed 2013 511

Fouls Suffered 2000 541

Offsides 1997 117

Corner Kicks 2012 199

Cautions 2013 67

Ejections 2011 8

Points 2012 63

Wins 1997 21

Losses 1999 24

Ties 2005 & 2011 12

Shutouts 2000 17

Goals Allowed 1996 63

MINI BIOS Coaching Staff

Players

Peter Vermes Manager

Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach

Zoran Savic Assistant Coach

John Pascarella Assistant Coach

Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach

#78 | D | Aurelien CollinHt: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 3/8/1986Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, FranceLast Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal)Acquired: Signed on 4/15/2011

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 11 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLAssists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs PORShots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALShots 4, 4 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs PORFouls Committed 6, 3 times, last: May 8, 2013, KC vs SEAFouls Suffered 4, Aug. 23, 2013, KC at CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLAssist Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR2014 Record when: he starts 3-4-3 he scores 1-0-1

The fourth-year Frenchman has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2012, 2013) and Sporting KC Humanitarian of the Year honors (2013). Collin’s 15 goals in MLS competition are second most by a defender in club history. He was named 2013 MLS Cup MVP after scoring the equalizing goal and converting the match-winning penalty kick vs. Real Salt Lake at Sporting Park. Collin’s professional career began with stints in Scotland (Gretna FC), Greece (Panserraikos) and England (Wrexham FC). He played two seasons for Vitoria Setubal of the Portuguese top flight before joining Sporting KC as a guest trialist in March 2011.

#5 | D | Matt BeslerHt: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987Hometown: Overland Park, KansasCollege: Notre DameAcquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at D.C.Assists 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEAShots 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NEFouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at D.C.Assist Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI 2014 Record when: he starts 4-3-2 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC’s team captain for the 2014 campaign, Besler is in his sixth season at his hometown club. The center back has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors and was named the 2014 KC Sportsman of the Year by the Kansas City Sports Commission. Besler has been named to the U.S. Men’s National Team’s final roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside teammate Graham Zusi. This will be the 27-year-old center back’s first FIFA World Cup appearance. Besler has earned 16 caps for the U.S. since debuting in January 2013, including six FIFA World Cup qualifiers and all three knockout round games en route to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup championship. The U.S. is 11-1-3 with Besler in the starting lineup.

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 6, 2014 vs Houston Dynamo| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

#16 | F | Claudio BielerHt: 5-11 Wt. 170 DOB: 3/1/1984Hometown: Vera, Santa Fe, ArgentinaLast Club: LDU Quito (Ecuador)Acquired: Signed as Designated Player on 12/18/2012

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHVAssists 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLBShots on Goal 4, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots 6, 2 times, last: June 1, 2013, KC vs MTLFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: July 27, 2013, KC at MTLFouls Suffered 5, March 9, 2013, KC at TORLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBAssist Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLB2014 Record when: he starts 1-2-0 he scores 1-0-0

Sporting KC’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Bieler won the club’s Golden Boot last year with 10 goals scored and added four assists. Bieler is the team’s fourth Designated Player in club history, acquired in 2013 from LDU Quito where he won Copa Libertadores (2008) and Copa Sudamericana (2009). A dual citizen of Ecuador and Argentina, he has played professionally in both countries as well as Chile.

#25 | M | Christian DukeHt: 5-9 Wt. 155 DOB: 6/5/1991Hometown: Overland Park, KansasCollege: University of San DiegoAcquired: 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft 1st rd. (#14)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast...Regular SeasonAppearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Duke joined USL Pro affiliate OKC Energy FC on March 17 before being recalled to Sporting KC on June 4. He made eight USL Pro appearances and added two assists during his loan spell. The second-year professional spent most of the 2013 season on loan at Orlando City SC. He began playing for the Sporting KC Academy in June 2007 while attending Shawnee Mission South High School.

#9 | D | Antonio DovaleHt: 5-8 Wt. 152 DOB: 4/4/1990 Hometown: A Coruna, Galicia, SpainLast Club: Celta de Vigo (Spain)Acquired: Signed on 3/12/2014

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, May 27, 2014, KC vs NYAssists 1, May 10, 2014, KC at MTLShots on Goal 2, May 27, 2014, KC vs NYShots 3, 2 times, last: May 27, 2014, KC vs NYFouls Committed 1, 4 times, last: May 31, 2014, KC at DCFouls Suffered 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DC Goal May 27, 2014, KC vs NYAssist May 10, 2014, KC at MTL2014 Record when: he starts 0-3-2 he scores 0-0-1

Dovale began his career in the youth system of Ural CF, a club in his hometown of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He then played four years in the Barcelona Academy before signing a professional contract with second division club Celta de Vigo at age 16. He played there for three years before going on a year-long loan to SD Huesca. Dovale returned to Celta de Vigo prior to the 2011-12 season and helped the club earn promotion to LigaBBVA with two goals in 30 appearances. The midfielder made his Sporting KC debut as a second-half substitute in the MLS Cup rematch against Real Salt Lake on April 5 and scored his first goal on May 27 vs. the New York Red Bulls.

#14 | F | Dom DwyerHt: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990Hometown: London, EnglandCollege: South FlordaAcquired: 2012 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, 3 times, last: May 23, 2014, KC vs TORAssists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORShots on Goal 4, May 10, 2014, KC at MTL Shots 7, Sept. 27, 2013, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Apr. 26, 2014, KC at NEFouls Suffered 9, Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal May 23, 2014, KC vs TORAssist Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TOR2014 Record when: he starts 4-4-4 he scores 4-2-1 Dwyer’s career-high 10 goals in 2014 rank second in MLS. After scoring a brace on May 23 vs. Toronto FC, he became the third player in club history to score in four straight regular season matches. The Englishman’s three multi-goal games, three game-winning goals and four-game goal streak tie 2014 MLS season highs. Dwyer totalled 26 goals across six competitions in 2013 while splitting time with Sporting KC and the team’s USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. He was the USL PRO Championship MVP with four goals in the final and helped propel Sporting KC to MLS Cup by scoring the game-winning goal for Sporting Kansas City in the Eastern Conference Championship.

#4 | D | Kevin EllisHt: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 6/30/1991Hometown: Kansas City, MissouriCollege: Barton County CCAcquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/11

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots 1, 3 times, last: May 27, 2014, KC vs NYFouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 8, 2014, KC at SEAFouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: May 31, 2014, KC at DCLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 2-2-2 he scores 0-0-0

Ellis started three of Sporting KC’s first four MLS matches of 2014 before going on loan to USL Pro affiliate OKC Energy FC. He scored his first goal for the club in the first leg of the 2014 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals vs. eventual champion Cruz Azul. The right back, who became the second Home Grown Player in club history in 2011, rejoined Sporting KC on May 16 and has started in central defense for the last three matches.


#10 | M | Benny Feilhaber Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 1/19/1985Hometown: Irvine, CaliforniaCollege: UCLALast Club: New England RevolutionAcquired: Trade with New England Revolution 12/11/12

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 9 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLAssists 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTLShots on Goal 2, 6 times, last: Sept. 27, 2013, KC vs PHIShots 4, 5 times, last: July 13, 2013, KC vs TORFouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Mar. 8, 2014, KC at SEAFouls Suffered 6, May 12, 2012, NE vs VANLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLAssist May 27, 2014, KC vs NY2014 Record when: he starts 5-5-4 he scores 1-0-0

Sporting KC acquired World Cup veteran Feilhaber in December 2012. The Brazilian-born midfielder was a steady contributor throughout the 2013 season but saved his best work for the playoffs, contributing game-winning assists in the Eastern Conference Semifinals and Eastern Conference Championship and converting his penalty kick in the MLS Cup Final penalty shootout. He has started every MLS match this season. Feilhaber began his career in Germany with Hamburg’s reserve team before helping Derby County earn promotion to the English Premier League in 2007. He was a member of the U.S. 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, making three appearances in South Africa.


#30 | GK | Andy GruenebaumHt: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 12/30/1982Hometown: Overland Park, KansasCollege: KentuckyLast Club: Columbus CrewAcquired: Trade with Columbus Crew on 12/16/13

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: Apr. 7, 2012, CLB vs NYSaves 7, 5 times, last: Sept. 5, 2012, CLB at NE

Last...Regular SeasonAppearance Oct. 27, 2013, CLB vs NEShutout June 15, 2013, CLB vs MTL2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

2014 is a homecoming for Andy Gruenebaum, as Peter Vermes acquired the Overland Park native from the Columbus Crew this past December. An eight-year veteran of the league, Gruenebaum featured more than 80 times for the Crew and was part of their 2008 team that won MLS Cup. Gruenebaum enjoyed a breakout season in 2012, becoming Columbus’ starting keeper and recording an MLS-best 124 saves en route to 13 wins and eight shutouts.

#19 | M | Peterson JosephHt: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990Hometown: Port-au-Prince, HaitiLast Club: SC Braga (Portugal)Acquired: Signed on 9/1/2011

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, July, 14, 2012, KC vs CLBShots on Goal 1, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NY Shots 2, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NYFouls Committed 5, May 12, 2013, KC at HOUFouls Suffered 4, Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance Oct. 18, 2013, KC vs D.C.Goal N/AAssist July 14, 2012, KC at CLB2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Now in his third season with Sporting KC, Joseph set career highs in games played (23) and games started (14) in 2013. A member of the Haiti Men’s National Team since 2010, he began his professional career domestically before joining Sporting de Braga in Portugal’s Primeira Liga in 2008. He signed with Sporting KC in September 2011 after training with the club in the summer.

#40 | D | Igor JuliaoHt: 5-8 Wt. 145 DOB: 8/23/1994Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLast Club: Fluminense FC (Brazil)Acquired: Signed on loan 4/4/2014

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal 1, May 27, 2014, KC vs NYShots 1, 5 times, last: May 31, 2014, KC at DCFouls Committed 3, May 31, 2014, KC at DCFouls Suffered 4, May 31, 2014, KC at DCLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-3-2 he scores 0-0-0

In his club debut on May 14, 19-year-old Juliao became the youngest player in Sporting KC history to play the full 90 minutes of an MLS regular season match. Following his second match at Chicago on May 18, Juliao was named to Sports Illustrated’s Week 11 MLS Best XI. The defender is a member of Brazil’s Under-20 Men’s National Team and currently on loan from Fluminense FC. Julião joined Fluminense’s academy in 2003 and made his debut in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A as a 17-year-old in August 2012. He made three appearances in Brazil’s top division during his first professional season as Fluminense FC won their fourth league title in the club’s 111-year history.

#23 | M | Alex MartinezHt: 5-8 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/25/1991Hometown: Montevideo, UruguayCollege: North Carolina StateAcquired: 2014 MLS SuperDraft (#57)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBShots 2, 2 times, last: May 23, 2014, KC vs TORFouls Committed 2, May 23, 2014, KC vs TORFouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: May 23, 2014, KC vs TORLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-1-2 he scores 0-0-0

The Sporting KC rookie made his first start for the club on May 23 against Toronto FC. After a strong showing at the 2014 MLS Player Combine, Martinez appeared in seven of Sporting KC’s 10 preseason matches and contributed three assists. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and moved to the United States at age nine. He starred at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, S.C. and led the school to three state championships. In two seasons at North Carolina State University, Martinez scored 13 goals and added 18 assists en route to First Team All-ACC honors.


#94 | M | Jimmy MedrandaHt: 5-5 Wt. 150 DOB: 2/7/1994Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, ColombiaLast Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia)Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal 1, Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs. CLBShots 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALFouls Committed 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALFouls Suffered 4, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC acquired Medranda in August 2013 on loan from Deportivo Pereira (Colombia). The Colombian midfielder signed permanently for the club in February, making his first MLS start on March 15. Medranda joined the youth program of Deportivo Pereira at age 12 before climing the ladder to the senior team. In two seasons with the club, he made 16 appearances across all competitions and scored two goals.

#1 | GK | Eric KronbergHt: 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983Hometown: Santa Rosa, CaliforniaCollege: CaliforniaAcquired: 2006 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round (#40)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals Allowed 4, May 14, 2011, KC at LASaves 6, May 14, 2011, KC at LA

Last...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCShutout May 10, 2014, KC at MTL2014 Record when: he starts 5-5-4

The longest tenured member of the club, Kronberg is in his ninth season in Kansas City and first as a starter. The 30-year-old goalkeeper recorded four shutouts in six appearances last year, leading Sporting KC to the quarterfinals of the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League. During the 2014 regular season, he is tied for the MLS lead with a 1.00 goals against average and five shutouts among keepers with more than three matches played. Five of his 14 conceded goals this season have been penalty kicks. Kronberg spent his rookie season on loan to Miami FC and made his MLS debut in 2010. In April, he became a father for the first time with the birth of his daughter Kaitlin.

#21 | GK | Jon KempinHt: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993Hometown: Leawood, KansasLast Club: Sporting Kansas City Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/31/10

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals Allowed N/ASaves N/A

Last...Regular SeasonAppearance N/AShutout N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Kempin became the club’s first Homegrown Player and youngest ever signing (age 17) in 2010. After making his competitive debut in the 2012 U.S. Open Cup, the Leawood, Kansas native spent the 2013 season on loan at USL Pro affiliate Orlando City SC. Kempin, who has been an active member of the U-20 and U-23 U.S. National Team pools, is currently on loan as the starting goalkeeper for OKC Energy FC. His head coach is former Sporting KC goalkeeper and captain Jimmy Nielsen.

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 6, 2014 vs Houston Dynamo| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes#12 | M | Mikey LopezHt: 5-8 Wt. 160 DOB: 2/20/1993Hometown: Mission, TexasCollege: North CarolinaAcquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/A Assists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast...Regular SeasonAppearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Currently on loan at USL Pro affiliate OKC Energy FC, Lopez was selected in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing. He made his Sporting KC debut with a start on May 26, 2013 against the Des Moines Menace in the U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round. Lopez is a member of the U.S. U-20 Naitonal Team and helped the country qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.

#18 | M | Victor MunozHt: 5-7 Wt. 165 DOB: 7/25/1990Hometown: Madrid, SpainCollege: UCLAAcquired: Signed on 4/1/2014

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast...Regular SeasonAppearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC acquired the 23-year-old midfielder in April 2014. Munoz was selected by D.C. United in the second round of hte 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Munoz spent eight years in the Real Madrid academy system and was a member of Spain’s U-15, U-16 and U-17 youth national teams before moving to the U.S. in 2010 to pursue a college education.

#7 | D | Chance MyersHt: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CaliforniaCollege: UCLAAcquired: 2008 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assists 1, 13 times, last: May 10, 2014, KC at MTLShots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs PORShots 3, 3 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VANFouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: Apr. 1, 2012, KC at CHVFouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 23, 2014, KC vs TORGoal April 27, 2013, KC vs PORAssist May 10, 2014, KC at MTL2014 Record when: he starts 3-2-2 he scores 0-0-0

The second-longest tenured member of the squad, Myers is in his seventh season after being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. In 2013, Myers started a career-high 31 MLS matches (including playoffs) and was the top-rated outside back on the MLS Castrol Index. He will miss the remainder of the 2014 season after suffering a left achilles tear on May 23 vs. Toronto FC. Myers signed a new contract with the club in January after joining the U.S. Men’s National Team for the first time in his career as a member of Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp in 2014. He previously played for the U.S. U-18, U-20 and U-23 youth national teams.

#6 | M | Paulo NagamuraHt: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 3/2/1983Hometown: Sao Paulo, BrazilLast Club: Chivas USAAcquired: Trade with Chivas USA on 11/29/2011

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Mar. 21, 2009, CHV vs COLAssists 1, 17 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLShots on Goal 4, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSLShots 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TORFouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LAFouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal May 10, 2014, KC at MTLAssist May 14, 2014, KC vs PHI2014 Record when: he starts 5-3-3 he scores 1-0-0

An MLS veteran, Nagamura is in his third season with Sporting KC. The Sao Paulo native began his soccer career with Sao Paulo FC and Arsenal FC in England before coming to the United States to play for the LA Galaxy in 2005, winning the MLS Cup and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in his first season. He’s also played for Toronto FC and Chivas USA in MLS, becoming an MLS All-Star in 2009 before going on loan to Tigres UANL in Mexico. Sporting KC acquired Nagamura in November 2011 and he converted penalty kicks in shootouts following the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final and 2013 MLS Cup Final.

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 6, 2014 vs Houston Dynamo| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes#2 | D | Erik Palmer-BrownHt: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 4/24/1997Hometown: Lee’s Summit, MissouriAcquired: Signed as Homegrown on 08/02/2013

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHIFouls Suffered 1, May 31, 2014, KC at DCLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

The youngest player in MLS at age 17, Palmer-Brown signed a homegrown player contract last August. He made his debut and first MLS start for Sporting KC on May 18, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender. The Lee’s Summit, Mo. native joined the Sporting KC Academy at age 13. He has represented US youth national teams as the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels, most recently participating in the 2014 Dallas Cup.

#13 | M | Lawrence OlumHt: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 7/10/1984Hometown: Nairobi, KenyaCollege: Missouri Baptist UniversityLast Club: Orlando City SC (USL PRO)Acquired: Signed on 9/15/2010

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHIAssists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLShots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLShots 3, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORFouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Fouls Suffered 2, Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHIAssist Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL2014 Record when: he starts 3-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Olum is in his fourth season with Sporting KC, making a career-high 22 appearances in MLS competition last year. Capable of playing as a central defender or holding midfielder, he began his professional career with the Portland Timbers in 2007. He also played for the Minnesota Thunder, Austin Aztex and Orlando City SC before signing with Sporting KC in September 2011. Olum joined the Kenya Men’s National Team in November 2012 and recently helped the team advance to the second round of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, starting both legs against Comoros on May 18 and May 30.

#37 | F | Jacob PetersonHt: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986Hometown: Portage, MichiganCollege: Indiana UniversityLast Club: San Jose EarthquakesAcquired: Signed on 1/19/2012

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 14 times, last: May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBAssists 1, 13 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLShots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at D.C.Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NEFouls Committed 3, May 12, 2013, KC at HOUFouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLBLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBAssist Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL2014 Record when: he starts 2-3-1 he scores 1-0-0

An eight-year veteran of MLS, Peterson is in his third season with Sporting KC. He equalled his career high with four MLS goals for the club in 2012. A two-time national champion at Indiana University with goals in the finals of the 2003 and 2004 College Cups, Peterson was selected by the Colorado Rapids in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Following stints with Toronto FC and the San Jose Earthquakes, Peterson was signed by Sporting Kansas City in January 2012. He represented the U.S. at the U-17, U-20 and U-23 levels.

#3 | D | Ike OparaHt: 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/21/1989Hometown: Durham, North CarolinaCollege: Wake ForestLast Club: San Jose EarthquakesAcquired: Trade with SJ Earthquakes on 12/12/2012

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBAssists N/AShots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJShots 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: May 28, 2011, SJ at CHIFouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: May 19, 2013, KC at D.C.Last...Regular SeasonAppearance Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLGoal Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

The 2013 Sporting KC Newcomer of the Year appeared in a career-best 18 games with 16 starts during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. Opara scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions, each of them a header, and appeared in three of Sporting KC’s five MLS Cup Playoff matches. He will miss the remainder of the 2014 season after suffering a chondral defect in his right ankle on March 29. Opara started all thee matches for the United States at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and was invited to camp with the U.S. Olympic squad (U-23) in February 2012.

#15 | D | Seth SinovicHt: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987Hometown: Leawood, KansasCollege: CreightonLast Club: New England RevolutionAcquired: Signed on 5/10/2011

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists 1, 5 times, last: July 13, 2013, KC vs TORShots on Goal 2, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALShots 3, Apr. 17, 2010, NE at SJFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJFouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LALast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal N/AAssist July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR2014 Record when: he starts 5-4-4 he scores 0-0-0

The Leawood, Kan. native and Rockhurst High School alum was rated the No. 1 left back in MLS by Soccer America after leading all Sporting KC players with 3,733 minutes played in all competition and starting 41 of his 42 appearances in 2013. He scored the game-tying goal in the Eastern Conference Semifinals last year en route to Sporting Kansas City reaching MLS Cup. Sinovic was drafted by the New England Revolution in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He was then signed by Sporting KC in May 2011 and has since contributed two goals and five assists across all competitions.

#22 | F | Soony SaadHt: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 8/17/1992Hometown: Dearborn, MichiganCollege: Univ. of MichiganAcquired: Weighted Lottery on 7/5/2011

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs TORAssists 2, Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NEShots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NYShots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs CLBFouls Committed 2, 7 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHIFouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLBAssist Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NE2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

After leading the NCAA in scoring with a school record 19 goals as a freshman at the University of Michigan, Saad was signed by Major League Soccer and allocated to Sporting KC via a lottery draft in July 2011. He scored nine minutes into his MLS debut on his 19th birthday and added four goals and four assists in 23 MLS regular season appearances last season. Saad represented the U.S. at the youth level, including appearances with the U-20 national team, but is now a member of the Lebanon Men’s National Team.

#17 | F | C.J. SapongHt: 6-1 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988Hometown: Manassas, VirginiaCollege: James Madison Acquired: 2011 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORAssists 1, 9 times, last: Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COLShots on Goal 4, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Shots 10, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBFouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LALast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 23, 2014, KC vs TORGoal Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORAssist Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL2014 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

Sapong was named the 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year with five goals and five assists in his first professional season. He scored nine goals in 2012 and four more in 2013, including the game-tying goal in last year’s Eastern Conference Championship series vs. Houston. He made his first appearance in two months on May 23 following a neck injury. Sporting KC has a 17-0-2 overall record when Sapong scores. He debuted for the U.S. National Team in January 2012.


#11 | M | Sal ZizzoHt: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 4/3/1987Hometown: San Diego, CaliforniaCollege: UCLALast Club: Portland TimbersAcquired: Trade with Portland Timbers on 12/13/13

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 30, 2013, POR at RSLAssists 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL Shots on Goal 3, May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIShots 3, 7 times, last: May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 2, 4 times, last: May 23, 2014, KC vs TORFouls Suffered 4, May 20, 2012, POR vs CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NYGoal Aug. 30, 2013, POR at RSLAssist May 23, 2014, KC vs TOR2014 Record when: he starts 3-2-3 he scores 0-0-0

The first-year Sporting KC winger has made 10 MLS appearances with eight starts in 2014. He recorded two assists in the team’s 3-2 win at Colorado on March 29. Acquired in December via a trade with the Portland Timbers, Zizzo spent three years in the German first division before coming back to the United States in 2010. He represented the U.S. at the U-18 and U-20 levels and starred for the U-20 National Team in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

#8 | M | Graham ZusiHt: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986Hometown: Longwood, FloridaCollege: MarylandAcquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHIAssists 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLShots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs PORShots 5, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTLFouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLAssist May 4, 2014, KC vs CLB2014 Record when: he starts 5-3-1 he scores 1-0-0

Zusi recorded a career-high six goals and a team-best 12 assists in all competition in 2013 and was the top-rated midfielder in the MLS Castrol Index. He was an MLS MVP finalist in 2012 and nominee for Best MLS Player at the 2013 ESPYS to go along with MLS All-Star (2012, 2013), MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) honors. Zusi has been named to the U.S. Men’s National Team’s final roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside team-mate Matt Besler. This will be the 27-year-old playmaker’s first FIFA World Cup appearance. He has earned 22 caps for the U.S. with three goals and four assists. He scored in the final two FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, including the game-winning goal against Jamaica at Sporting Park to secure a first place finish in the Hexagonal for the U.S.


ALL-TIME STATISTICS

Sporting KC Game Notes | June 6, 2014 vs Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

Matt Besler GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Regular Season 135 130 11781 2 6 32 8 110 68 6 1 15 0 1 3

KC - Postseason 10 10 960 0 0 2 0 12 8 1 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 145 140 12741 2 6 34 8 122 76 7 1 15 0 1 3

Claudio Bieler GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 3 0 85 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 39 28 2468 12 4 84 30 44 36 16 0 5 0 4 1

Aurelien Collin GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 10 10 960 4 1 12 4 21 10 3 0 2 0 1 1

MLS - TOTAL 102 98 8716 15 3 98 29 185 89 16 0 32 2 6 1

Antonio Dovale GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 7 5 424 1 1 10 3 4 8 0 6 3 0 0 0

Christian Duke GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dom Dwyer GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 6 3 282 1 0 17 8 8 7 3 0 0 0 1 0

MLS - TOTAL 37 22 2013 13 2 95 35 50 49 16 1 1 0 5 0

Kevin Ellis GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 9 7 676 0 0 3 0 13 10 0 0 2 0 0 0

Benny Feilhaber GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - Regular Season 93 82 7226 9 16 128 43 118 224 3 105 15 2 0 2

KC - Postseason 4 4 394 0 2 14 1 5 12 2 0 1 0 0 1

MLS - TOTAL 97 86 7620 9 18 142 44 123 236 5 105 16 2 0 3

Peterson Joseph GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - Postseason 2 1 103 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 36 19 1548 0 1 14 1 38 23 1 4 10 1 0 1

Igor Juliao GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 5 5 450 0 0 5 1 5 12 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mikey Lopez GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alex Martinez GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 8 3 318 0 0 7 3 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 0

Jimmy Medranda GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 5 1 120 0 0 5 1 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0

Victor Munoz GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chance Myers GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 10 10 960 0 1 7 1 9 10 1 1 2 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 133 108 10080 2 14 90 22 140 102 8 5 12 1 0 6


Paulo Nagamura GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



KC - Postseason 4 4 397 0 0 10 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - Postseason 14 13 1306 0 0 19 6 19 29 1 0 4 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 226 204 18172 11 18 230 73 340 294 8 20 53 2 4 6

Lawrence Olum GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 2 1 202 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 52 24 2562 1 2 18 3 27 10 3 0 8 0 1 0

Ike Opara GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



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 60 39 3805 6 0 39 15 59 25 6 1 5 0 3 0

Erik Palmer-Brown GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 2 1 145 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 0

Jacob Peterson GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



KC - Postseason 4 3 244 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - Postseason 7 5 405 0 0 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 194 112 1043 14 13 164 59 70 108 21 62 6 1 5 5

Soony Saad GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 4 0 47 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 45 17 1825 5 5 70 18 27 39 3 12 1 0 1 2

C.J. Sapong GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 10 9 876 2 1 25 11 16 27 3 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 104 73 6887 20 10 175 74 131 179 30 0 4 1 7 3

Seth Sinovic GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



KC - Postseason 10 10 955 2 0 4 4 13 10 0 0 1 0 2 0

MLS - TOTAL 125 122 10836 2 5 55 18 120 86 3 0 16 0 2 3

Sal Zizzo GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



MLS - TOTAL 80 37 3867 2 11 70 27 23 64 5 38 2 0 0 1

Graham Zusi GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 10 10 959 0 5 21 1 18 19 1 46 1 0 0 3

MLS - TOTAL 142 110 10292 18 40 232 73 134 183 16 484 11 0 7 18


Eric Kronberg GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA W L T

KC - Regular Season 19 18 1642 67 45 6 20 1.10 6 6 7 6 6

MLS - TOTAL 19 18 1642 67 45 6 20 1.10 6 6 7 6 6

Andy Gruenebaum GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA W L T


MLS - Regular Season 80 79 7065 379 270 18 101 1.29 6 8 26 31 21

MLS - Postseason 2 2 210 9 7 0 2 0.86 0 0 1 1 0

MLS - TOTAL 82 81 7275 388 277 18 103 1.27 6 8 27 32 21

Jon Kempin GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA W L T


MLS - TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0

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SEA DAL SJ COL RSL MTL NE CLB MTL PHI CHI TOR NY DC

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

1 Eric Kronberg 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

2 Erik Palmer-Brown 64D 81

3 Ike Opara 1 90D 61D

4 Kevin Ellis 90D 90D 90D 23 90D 90D 90D

5 Matt Besler 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

6 Paulo Nagamura 90M 90M 85M 90M 78M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

7 Chance Myers 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 36D

8 Graham Zusi 90M 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 75M 90F

9 Antonio Dovale 10 44M 33 71M 86F 90F 90F

10 Benny Feilhaber 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

11 Sal Zizzo 32 90F 75F 90F 80F 66F 55F 55F 54 72F

12 Mikey Lopez

13 Lawrence Olum 90M 90M 29 5 90M 14 90D 29

14 Dom Dwyer 90F 77F 90F 7 76F 87F 90F 87F 70F 19 90F 90F 90F 90F

15 Seth Sinovic 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

16 Claudio Bieler 13 83F 14 3 3 20 71F 67F

17 C.J. Sapong 90F 45F 15 4

18 Victor Munoz

19 Peterson Joseph

20 Oriol Rosell 90M 61M 83M 90M 90M 90M 90M

21 Jon Kempin

22 Soony Saad 29 15 6 18 13

23 Alex Martinez 15 14 32 12 19 85M 75M 66M

24 Mechack Jerome 1 90D

25 Christian Duke

30 Andy Gruenebaum

31 Josh Gardner 89D

37 Jacob Peterson 58F 45 24 35 61F 57M 35 84D 90F 77F

40 Igor Juliao 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

78 Aurelien Collin 90D 90D 90D 29 90D 76D 74D 90D 61D 90D 9D

94 Jimmy Medranda 75M 5 15 24

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F/M/D/G = starting position

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Game log:

Game #1 03/08/2014 KC 0 at SEA 1 L

Game #2 03/15/2014 KC 1 vs DAL 1 T Collin 1 (Feilhaber 1) 81

Game #3 03/22/2014 KC 1 vs SJ 0 W Dwyer 1 (penalty kick) 57

Game #4 03/29/2014 KC 3 at COL 2 W Zusi 1 (Zizzo 1, Nagamura 1) 50; Feilhaber 1 (Zizzo 2, Zusi 1) 79; Dwyer 2 (Zusi 2) 92+

Game #5 04/05/2014 KC 0 vs RSL 0 T

Game #6 04/19/2014 KC 4 vs MTL 0 W own goal (Mallace) 31; Collin 2 (Olum 1) 71; Dwyer 3 (Peterson 1) 74; Dwyer 4 (Zusi 3) 86

Game #7 04/26/2014 KC 0 at NE 2 L

Game #8 05/04/2014 KC 2 vs CLB 0 W Peterson 1 (unassisted) 10; Bieler 1 (Zusi 4) 95+

Game #9 05/10/2014 KC 3 at MTL 0 W Dwyer 5 (penalty kick) 18; Nagamura 1 (Myers 1) 34; Dwyer 6 (Dovale 1) 64

Game #10 05/14/2014 KC 1 vs PHI 2 L Dwyer 7 (Nagamura 2) 80

Game #11 05/18/2014 KC 1 at CHI 2 L Dwyer 8 (Feilhaber 2) 68

Game #12 05/23/2014 KC 2 vs TOR 2 T Dwyer 9 (Zizzo 3) 47; Dwyer 10 (penalty kick) 84

Game #13 05/27/2014 KC 1 vs NY 1 T Dovale 1 (Feilhaber 3) 9

Game #14 05/31/2014 KC 0 at DC 1 L

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2013/14 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

# Player QF1 QF2

AZL AZL

1-0 1-5

1 Eric Kronberg 90G 90G

2 Erik Palmer-Brown

3 Ike Opara 90D 90D

4 Kevin Ellis 90D 90D

5 Matt Besler 90D 90D

6 Paulo Nagamura 90M 72M

7 Chance Myers

8 Graham Zusi 90F 90F

9 Antonio Dovale

10 Benny Feilhaber 76M 90M

11 Sal Zizzo 60F

12 Mikey Lopez

13 Lawrence Olum

14 Dom Dwyer 2 23

15 Seth Sinovic 90D

16 Claudio Bieler 88F 67F

17 C.J. Sapong 14 18

19 Peterson Joseph

20 Oriol Rosell 90M 90M

21 Jon Kempin

22 Soony Saad

23 Alex Martinez

24 Mechack Jerome 47

25 Christian Duke

30 Andy Gruenebaum

31 Josh Gardner 43D

37 Jacob Peterson 30 90F

78 Aurelien Collin

94 Jimmy Medranda

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2013/14

QF1 03/12/2014 KC 1 vs CRZAZL 0 W Ellis (Bieler) 17

QF2 03/19/2014 KC 1 at CRZAZL 5 L Feilhaber (Zusi) 44

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