Game Guide: Sporting KC vs. Colorado Rapids

(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWKC 3-0-0 2-3-5 1-0-1 4-0-2 2-3-1COL 1-0-1 1-1-6 0-4-2 2-0-2 0-5-3

SPORTING KANSAS CITY COLORADO RAPIDS Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 6/06/2015 KC 1, SEA 0 (0) 5/23/2015 COL 1, VAN 0 (2)Road win 3/28/2015 KC 1, NYC 0 (5) 4/10/2015 COL 4, DAL 0 (5)Home loss 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2 (8) 5/30/2015 COL 1, POR 2 (1)Road loss 6/21/2015 KC 1, RSL 2 (0) 6/24/2015 COL 0, ORL 2 (0)Tie game 5/23/2015 KC 0, SEA 0 (3) 6/19/2015 COL 1, DAL 1 (1)Shutout for 6/06/2015 KC 1, SEA 0 (1) 6/07/2015 COL 0, RSL 0 (2)Shutout vs. 5/23/2015 KC 0, SEA 0 (3) 6/24/2015 COL 0, ORL 2 (0)

Sporting KC TLTWWTLTWTWTWWLRapids TTTLWLTTTTWLLTTL

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGKC 15 3 8 0 1 3 23 1.53COL 16 7 8 0 0 1 12 0.75

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGKC 15 7 2 4 1 1 17 1.13COL 16 6 6 3 1 0 15 0.94

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90KC 23 2 5 4 4 3 5COL 12 1 2 2 1 1 5

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90KC 17 5 2 2 3 2 3COL 15 2 4 2 1 5 1

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

SPORTINGG: 6 NemethA: 8 FeilhaberSHT: 40 DwyerSOG: 14 DwyerFC: 25 FeilhaberFS: 37 DwyerOF: 14 DwyerC: 3 3 players tiedE: 1 Besler

RAPIDSG: 4 TorresA: 5 PowersSHT: 31 TorresSOG: 12 PowersFC: 38 PittinariFS: 38 RamirezOF: 18 TorresC: 4 Burling/CroninE: 1 Burling

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 15 6-3-6 24 23 17at home 8 5-0-3 18 14 5

Rapids 16 2-5-9 15 12 15on road 8 1-2-5 8 6 5

2015 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME (52 meetings): Sporting 22 wins (1 shootout), 90 goals … Rapids 17 wins (3 shootout), 70 goals … Ties 13

AT KC (25 meetings): Sporting 17 wins (0 shootout), 55 goals … Rapids 3 wins (1 shootout), 25 goals …Ties 5

LAST YEAR (MLS):3/29: COL 2, KC 3 (Sanchez 60, 78 – Zusi 50; Feilhaber 79; Dwyer 92+)

SPORTING KC2 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 (MF)9 Krisztian Nemeth (FW)10 Benny Feilhaber (MF)11 Bernardo Anor (MF)12 Mikey Lopez (MF)13 Amadou Dia (DF)14 Dom Dwyer (FW)15 Seth Sinovic (DF)16 Servando Carrasco (MF)17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF)21 Jon Kempin (GK)22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Jalil Anibaba (DF)27 Roger Espinoza (MF)29 Tim Melia (GK)37 Jacob Peterson (FW)71 Marcel de Jong (DF)93 Soni Mustivar (MF)94 Jimmy Medranda (MF)

COLORADO RAPIDS1 Clint Irwin (GK)2 Nick LaBrocca (MF)3 Drew Moor (DF)4 Marc Burch (DF)5 Michael Harrington (DF)6 Sam Cronin (MF)7 Vicente Sanchez (FW)8 Dillon Powers (MF)9 Kevin Doyle (FW)10 Gabriel Torres (FW)11 Marcelo Sarvas (MF)12 John Berner (GK)13 Ben Newnam (DF)14 Dominique Badji (FW)15 Juan Ramirez (MF)16 James Riley (DF)17 Dillon Serna (MF)18 Zac MacMath (GK)19 Charles Eloundou (FW)20 Joseph Greenspan (DF)21 Luis Solignac (FW)22 Lucas Pittinari (MF)23 Bobby Burling (DF)27 Shane O'Neill (DF)29 Caleb Calvert (FW)33 Jared Watts (MF)44 Axel Sjoberg (DF)57 Carlos Alvarez (MF)94 Marlon Hairston (MF)

ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS

REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo.AR1 (bench): Adam Garner; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins;

4th: Marcos de Oliveira

SPORTINGSun. July 12 at Vancouver

Sat. July 18 MontrealFri. July 24 at Real Salt Lake

Sat. Aug. 1 Houston

UPCOMING MATCHES

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v COLORADO RAPIDS(June 27, Sporting Park; 7:30 p.m. CT)

RAPIDSSat. July 4 Vancouver

Sat. July 11 Real Salt LakeSat. July 18 at Seattle

Sat. Aug. 1 Los Angeles

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 12 15 120 96

6 8 4 6 2 1 0 0

9 9 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 1 10 13 2 1

F A 23 17 59 79

10 11 5 1 8 4 0 1

12 9 3 0 3 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 1

4 3 16 12 3 2

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

SPORTING RAPIDS

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

KC: Ike Opara

none

SUSPENDED: noneWARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): COL: Bobby Burling

29Melia

9Nemeth

27Anibaba

27Espinoza

8Zusi

13Dia

14Dwyer

10Feilhaber

93Mustivar

4Ellis

5Besler

22Pittinari

1Irwin

8Powers

3Moor

5Harrington

16Riley

10Torres

6Cronin

27O’Neill

21Solignac

17Serna

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v COLORADO RAPIDS(June 27, Sporting Park; 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 171)

2015 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Clint Irwin GK 6-3 195 04/01/1989 Charlotte, NC 16 16 0 0 74 72 0 02 Nick LaBrocca MF 5-10 165 12/04/1984 Staten Island, NY 7 4 1 0 214 190 18 183 Drew Moor DF 6-0 165 01/15/1984 Dallas, TX 8 8 0 1 290 277 21 74 Marc Burch DF 6-1 180 05/07/1984 Cincinnati, OH 6 6 0 0 180 140 4 205 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 13 13 0 1 220 195 5 186 Sam Cronin MF 5-10 165 12/12/1986 Atlanta, GA 12 10 1 0 185 172 7 177 Vicente Sanchez FW 5-7 145 12/07/1979 Montevideo, Uruguay 13 4 0 1 38 23 7 58 Dillon Powers MF 5-11 170 02/14/1991 Plano, TX 16 14 1 5 76 70 11 209 Kevin Doyle FW 6-0 179 09/18/1983 Adamstown, Ireland 5 3 0 0 5 3 0 010 Gabriel Torres FW 5-11 165 10/31/1988 Panama City, Panama 16 15 4 2 46 31 10 411 Marcelo Sarvas MF 5-10 155 10/16/1981 Sao Paulo, Brazil 9 8 0 1 97 88 9 2012 John Berner GK 6-3 205 02/14/1991 St. Louis, MO 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 013 Ben Newnam DF 5-10 165 04/18/1991 Greensboro, NC 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 014 Dominique Badji FW 6-0 175 10/16/1992 Dakar, Senegal 9 6 1 0 9 6 1 015 Juan Ramirez MF 5-8 150 05/25/1993 Buenos Aires, Argentina 13 11 0 1 13 11 0 116 James Riley DF 5-10 150 10/27/1982 Colorado Springs, CO 10 10 1 0 245 224 3 1717 Dillon Serna MF 5-7 140 03/25/1994 Denver, CO 8 3 2 0 36 21 5 418 Zac MacMath GK 6-0 194 08/07/1991 St. Petersburg, FL 0 0 0 0 103 102 0 019 Charles Eloundou FW 5-7 155 12/04/1994 Yaounde, Cameroon 5 0 0 0 16 4 0 120 Joseph Greenspan DF 6-6 209 09/12/1992 Summit, NJ 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 021 Luis Solignac FW 6-0 171 02/16/1991 Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 5 0 1 6 5 0 122 Lucas Pittinari MF 5-10 167 11/30/1991 Laborde, Argentina 16 13 1 2 16 13 1 223 Bobby Burling DF 6-5 195 10/15/1984 Clear Lake City, TX 9 9 0 0 128 114 2 226 Deshorn Brown FW 6-2 170 12/22/1990 Manchester, Jamaica 1 0 0 0 62 50 20 427 Shane O'Neill DF 6-2 190 09/02/1993 Midleton, Ireland 4 3 0 0 52 48 1 029 Caleb Calvert FW 6-2 160 10/22/1996 Wrightwood, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 033 Jared Watts MF 6-1 155 02/03/1992 Statesville, NC 4 4 0 0 21 17 0 144 Axel Sjoberg DF 6-7 210 03/08/1991 Stockholm, Sweden 9 9 0 0 9 9 0 057 Carlos Alvarez MF 5-10 160 11/12/1990 Los Angeles, CA 1 0 0 0 51 39 2 494 Marlon Hairston MF 6-0 157 03/23/1994 Jackson, MS 0 0 0 0 22 9 1 1

HEAD COACH : Pablo Mastroeni 08/29/1976 W10 L23 T17

COLORADO RAPIDS

2015 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 2 1 0 0 5 3 0 03 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 6 2 0 62 45 8 04 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 10 9 1 1 32 26 1 45 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 14 14 0 2 164 159 2 96 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 6 4 1 0 228 205 13 197 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 0 0 0 0 123 98 2 138 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 12 11 1 4 160 126 23 439 Krisztian Nemeth FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 12 10 6 2 12 10 6 210 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15 15 5 8 125 113 17 2711 Bernardo Anor MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 6 1 0 0 77 49 12 312 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 013 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 11 7 0 0 11 7 0 014 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 13 12 5 1 63 50 29 415 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 5 4 0 0 138 134 0 716 Servando Carrasco MF 5-10 175 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 9 6 0 0 68 37 1 117 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 021 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 022 Connor Hallisey MF 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 6 2 0 1 6 2 0 123 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 13 13 1 4 125 120 5 1027 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 12 12 1 2 125 105 3 1329 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 7 7 0 0 13 12 0 037 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 11 5 0 1 210 119 15 1571 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 8 7 0 1 8 7 0 193 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 11 7 0 0 11 7 0 094 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 4 4 0 0 10 5 0 0

HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes 11/21/1966 W82 L61 T50

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

MLS GAME INFORMATION

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs COLORADO RAPIDS SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan.

June 27, 2015 (WEEK 17, MLS Game #171) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38; Altitude)

Back together again in the Western Conference, Sporting Kansas City and the Colorado Rapids meet for the first time this season when the clubs face off Saturday evening at Sporting Park. SKC returns home after their seven-game undefeated run was put to an end last weekend in a 2-1 loss at Real Salt Lake. The Rapids are continuing their road swing after seeing their current winless run extended to five games in a 2-0 loss at Orlando City SC at midweek. REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. AR1 (bench): Adam Garner; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Marcos de Oliveira MLS Career: 195 games; FC/gm: 25.1; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 72; pens: 71 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: COL: Bobby Burling SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza, Kevin Ellis, Soni Mustivar … COL: Sam Cronin, James Riley, Axel Sjoberg DISABLED LIST: KC: Ike Opara INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (52 meetings): Sporting 22 wins (1 shootout), 90 goals … Rapids 17 wins (3 shootout), 70 goals … Ties 13 AT KC (25 meetings): Sporting 17 wins (0 shootout), 55 goals … Rapids 3 wins (1 shootout), 25 goals …Ties 5 RETURN MATCHES: 8/29: Colorado Rapids vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7 p.m. MT; 10/21: Sporting Kansas City vs. Colorado Rapids, 7:30 p.m. CT LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/29: COL 2, KC 3 (Sanchez 60, 78 – Zusi 50; Feilhaber 79; Dwyer 92+)

Sporting have not lost to the Rapids since a 2-1 Colorado win March 28, 2009 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, including a 3-2 win last March 29 in Commerce City in the only meeting between the teams. Since then, KC is 3-0-5 vs. Colorado.

The Rapids haven’t won in Kansas City since 2002, a 2-1 win at Arrowhead Stadium. Since, Kansas City is 8-0-4 at home vs. Colorado, including a 2-1 win at Sporting Park in 2013 in the last meeting there.

Coaches record: Pablo Mastroeni vs. KC: P2 W0 L1 D1 … Peter Vermes vs. RSL: P9 W3 L0 D6 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City saw their undefeated run come to an end after seven matches, falling 2-1 to Real Salt Lake on Sunday evening at Rio Tinto Stadium. Sporting are in fifth place in the Western Conference with 24 points from 15 matches. LAST MATCH

Real took the lead in the 15th minute. Javier Morales lofted in a free kick from the right flank, picking out Sebastian Jaime at the back post, and he placed his header perfectly, bouncing it off the underside of the crossbar and into the back of the net.

Sporting pulled even a quarter-hour later. Midfielder Benny Feilhaber slipped a clever ball through to Dom Dwyer in the center of the box, and as the SKC striker kept an RSL defender on his hip, he coolly slotted home past RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando.

The winner came three minutes into stoppage time through a stroke of good fortune. Morales again played provider, fighting to keep the ball in midfield and finding Garcia on the wing. He then took a touch inside and blasted a shot towards goal, with the ball bouncing off SKC defender Kevin Ellis before looping over goalkeeper Tim Melia and giving RSL all three points.

SKC manager Peter Vermes made two changes to the team that claimed a 1-0 win against Seattle Sounders FC at Sporting Park. Dom Dwyer and Krisztian Nemeth came into the side in place of Connor Hallisey and Marcel de Jong.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia (Saad Abdul-Salaam 90) - Soni Mustivar - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza - Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Jacob Peterson 75).

TEAM NEWS


The defeat at Real Salt Lake was Sporting’s first since April 18 when they dropped a 2-1 decision at the LA Galaxy. They were 4-0-3 over their seven-game undefeated run in league play.

“I don't necessarily know if we deserved a point,” SKC manager Peter Vermes said, “with the aggressiveness that they had going to our goal, with the amount of saves Tim [Melia] had to come up with to keep us in the game.”

Dom Dwyer scored his fifth goal of the season, making his first start since May 20 – when he had scored his last league goal. Dwyer missed two matches entirely before coming off the substitutes’ bench in the Seattle contest.

Benny Feilhaber collected his eighth assist of the season, his first since May 20, in setting up the Dwyer goal. Feilhaber is tied for the MLS lead with eight assists; he has two goals and an assist over the last three matches.

“It was a good goal by us. I think that the buildup was nice. I think that the ball in by Benny [Feilhaber] was perfect – good run by him as well,” Vermes said. “… It’s unfortunate at the end – the ball that goes in – but in the end, they deserved [the win]. I guess we could each have scored another goal, or maybe a couple more on their side. Like I said, I think that they had a higher intensity in the game.”

Feilhaber’s eight assists is also a single-season high for his five-year MLS career. He had seven assists in his first season in 2011 with the New England Revolution.

Sporting allowed a sixth goal from a set piece on the RSL opener, tied for third-most goals allowed in the league this season from deadball situations.

“We have to minimize the number of set pieces we gave up in this game. We gave up a lot of corner kicks, and it was really because of a lack of good starting positions – that was the biggest thing,” Vermes said.

Said goalkeeper Tim Melia: “I think that we were under a little bit more pressure than we should have [been]. We didn’t play our game. We didn’t come here and do what we put in place for this game. I think that was seen on the field and that was the reason that they were getting as many opportunities as they did with set pieces.”

COLORADO RAPIDS The Colorado Rapids saw their winless streak extended to five matches, falling 2-0 to Orlando City SC on Wednesday evening at the Citrus Bowl. The Rapids are in 10th place in the Western Conference with 15 points from 16 matches. LAST MATCH

City finally broke through in the 62nd minute. Carlos Rivas beat his defender for pace down the left flank before sending in a perfect low cross for Cyle Larin to thump home from close range.

The clincher came three minutes later. Cristian Higuita led a breakaway out of the Orlando City, before sliding the ball to Kaká on the right. He then skipped into the penalty area before picking out a perfect low drive from a wide angle to beat Rapids goalkeeper Irwin to his right post.

Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni made five changes to the team that played to a 1-1 result with FC Dallas at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Joseph Greenspan, Marc Burch and Shane O’Neill came into the back four in place of James Riley, Bobby Burling and Jared Watts, and Kevin Doyle and Lucas Pittinari started in midfield for Gabriel Torres and Sam Cronin.

COLORADO RAPIDS (4-2-3-1): Clint Irwin - Joseph Greenspan, Drew Moor, Shane O'Neill, Marc Burch - Marcelo Sarvas (Sam Cronin 69), Lucas Pittinari - Dillon Serna (Gabriel Torres 68), Kevin Doyle (Charles Eloundou 59), Dillon Powers - Luis Solignac.

TEAM NEWS The Rapids saw their current winless run in league play extended to five games (0-3-2), matching their longest

winless stretch of the season, when they went 0-1-4 from April 18-May 8. “The result was crap. As we’ve done all season, we put ourselves in good positions really early in the game but

we just can’t finish. I think they were much brighter in the second half, more commitment in the second half from them. Disappointed in the way that we conducted ourselves in the second half,” said Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni.

The Rapids were also shut out at the attacking end for the third time in the five-game winless stretch. It was their seventh offensive shutout this season – the first four coming in the opening four games of the year.

The Rapids have not scored more than one goal in a game for the last 11 league matches, with eight goals over that span. They are 20th in MLS with an average of 0.75 goals per game, with 12 goals scored in 16 matches.

“We’ve had four games in 11 days. We’ve made an effort to be well versed on terms of what we’re trying to achieve,” said Mastroeni. “I think it wasn’t our defending, that means our inability to make passes when we had the ball. When individuals do too much, thinking that it’s going to help and it just slows down the game, which makes it difficult to find movement. People stop moving and it becomes a self-filing prophecy.”

After making his full professional debut in the U.S. Open Cup tie against USL side Colorado Springs Switchbacks (when he also scored his first professional goal), Joseph Greenspan made his MLS debut, playing the full 90 minutes at right back.


Marc Burch made his first league appearance since May 27, coming in at left back and playing the full 90 minutes. Drew Moor returned to his usual central defense post.

Kevin Doyle made his first start since May 30, coming back into an underneath striker role and playing 59 minutes.

Lucas Pittinari returned to the starting lineup after coming off the substitutes’ bench in three consecutive matches, again forming the holding midfield axis with Marcelo Sarvas.

“You have to quickly put this one behind you. We have a lot of self-evaluation from the coaches all the way down to the players. They have to evaluate how many good decisions they made and how many poor ones. That is what it’s going to take,” said Mastroeni. “I think we were soft, not only in the fight but also in the conviction in passing and in our mentality. It felt like we were just waiting.”

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

9 F Krisztian Nemeth 12 10 887 6 2 29 6 9 18 3 0 0 010 M Benny Feilhaber 15 15 1344 5 8 24 7 25 26 1 26 2 014 F Dom Dwyer 13 12 1093 5 1 40 14 23 37 14 0 2 03 D Ike Opara 6 6 534 2 0 7 2 6 4 0 0 0 08 M Graham Zusi 12 11 936 1 4 12 2 10 12 3 36 1 023 D Jalil Anibaba 13 13 1170 1 4 11 4 10 4 2 0 1 027 M Roger Espinoza 12 12 1035 1 2 16 4 21 14 0 0 3 04 D Kevin Ellis 10 9 815 1 1 3 2 11 1 0 0 3 06 M Paulo Nagamura 6 4 398 1 0 4 2 9 3 0 0 2 05 D Matt Besler 14 14 1240 0 2 0 0 11 5 0 0 2 122 M Connor Hallisey 6 2 201 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 037 F Jacob Peterson 11 5 446 0 1 7 5 4 2 0 0 0 071 D Marcel de Jong 8 7 536 0 1 11 2 1 8 1 5 1 013 D Amadou Dia 11 7 685 0 0 4 3 10 10 1 0 1 011 M Bernardo Anor 6 1 188 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 1 0 02 D Erik Palmer-Brown 2 1 95 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 094 M Jimmy Medranda 4 4 245 0 0 4 0 4 3 0 1 0 01 G Luis Marin 8 8 720 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 017 D Saad Abdul-Salaam 5 0 46 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 016 M Servando Carrasco 9 6 508 0 0 7 0 10 1 0 0 1 015 D Seth Sinovic 5 4 392 0 0 5 2 4 0 0 0 1 093 M Soni Mustivar 11 7 686 0 0 0 0 11 6 0 0 3 029 G Tim Melia 7 7 630 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 0Team totals 15 15 1350 23 27 195 58 183 169 26 69 24 1Opponent totals 15 15 1350 17 18 145 54 169 183 53 87 28 3

2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (6-3-6, 24 pts.)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING

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

29 G Tim Melia 7 7 630 24 18 5 0.71 0 0 4 1 2 41 G Luis Marin 8 8 720 30 19 12 1.5 0 0 2 2 4 3

Team totals 15 15 1350 54 37 17 1.13 0 0 6 3 6 7Opponent totals 15 15 1350 58 33 23 1.53 3 4 3 6 6 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Benny Feilhaber 2, Krisztian Nemeth 2, Paulo Nagamura 1, Ike Opara 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Matt Besler 2, Graham Zusi 2, Jalil Anibaba 1, Kevin Ellis 1, Benny Feilhaber 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 3-3, Dom Dwyer 0-1

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2015 COLORADO RAPIDS STATISTICS (2-5-9, 15 pts.)UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

10 F Gabriel Torres 16 15 1210 4 2 31 11 13 21 18 3 0 017 M Dillon Serna 8 3 293 2 0 6 3 5 2 1 6 2 08 M Dillon Powers 16 14 1245 1 5 28 12 15 28 4 33 1 022 M Lucas Pittinari 16 13 1240 1 2 20 4 38 11 1 0 2 014 F Dominique Badji 9 6 492 1 0 12 3 14 7 10 0 1 016 D James Riley 10 10 890 1 0 4 1 16 3 0 0 3 02 M Nick LaBrocca 7 4 400 1 0 9 1 7 5 0 0 2 06 M Sam Cronin 12 10 894 1 0 14 2 13 6 0 1 4 03 D Drew Moor 8 8 720 0 1 1 0 4 6 0 0 2 015 M Juan Ramirez 13 11 946 0 1 30 6 12 38 0 13 0 021 F Luis Solignac 6 5 485 0 1 12 6 10 13 2 0 0 011 M Marcelo Sarvas 9 8 660 0 1 8 3 10 14 0 6 1 05 D Michael Harrington 13 13 1170 0 1 2 1 8 7 0 0 1 07 F Vicente Sanchez 13 4 388 0 1 13 7 4 8 1 24 0 044 D Axel Sjoberg 9 9 810 0 0 8 3 14 5 0 0 3 013 D Ben Newnam 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 023 D Bobby Burling 9 9 788 0 0 4 1 16 8 0 0 4 157 M Carlos Alvarez 1 0 31 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 019 F Charles Eloundou 5 0 79 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 01 G Clint Irwin 16 16 1440 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 026 F Deshorn Brown 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 033 M Jared Watts 4 4 360 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 2 020 D Joseph Greenspan 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 09 F Kevin Doyle 5 3 269 0 0 5 1 5 4 1 0 1 04 D Marc Burch 6 6 540 0 0 4 1 9 5 0 3 1 027 D Shane O'Neill 4 3 286 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 0Opponent totals 16 16 1440 15 12 213 65 209 226 12 56 34 2Team totals 16 16 1440 12 15 217 66 226 209 38 90 30 1

COLORADO RAPIDS GOALKEEPING

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

1 G Clint Irwin 16 16 1440 65 50 15 0.94 2 2 2 5 9 6Team totals 16 16 1440 65 50 15 0.94 2 2 2 5 9 6Opponent totals 16 16 1440 66 52 12 0.75 0 1 5 2 9 7

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Lucas Pittinari 1, Dominique Badji 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Dillon Powers 2, Gabriel Torres 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Dillon Powers 0-1


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

Sun. Mar. 8 New York T 1-1 19784 0-0-1 7 1 KC: Opara (50); NYR: Sam (54)Sat. Mar. 14 at FC Dallas L 1-3 14149 0-1-1 9 1 KC: Espinoza (44); DAL: Perez (17,52) Castillo (73)Sat. Mar. 21 Portland T 0-0 20848 0-1-2 8 2Sat. Mar. 28 at New York

City FCW 1-0 27454 1-1-2 6 5 KC: Opara (13);

Sun. Apr. 5 Philadelphia W 3-2 19545 2-1-2 2 8 KC: Dwyer (16) Anibaba (91+) Nemeth (94+); PHI: own goal (3) Aristeguieta (19)

Sat. Apr. 11 Real Salt Lake T 0-0 20087 2-1-3 2 9Sat. Apr. 18 at Los Angeles L 1-2 20018 2-2-3 4 9 KC: Nemeth (22); LA: Husidic (9) Gonzalez (94+)Sat. Apr. 25 at Houston T 4-4 21046 2-2-4 6 10 KC: Nemeth (2) Dwyer (74) Feilhaber (80,95+); HOU:

Barnes (11,46) Bruin (46+) Rodriguez (83)Sun. May 3 Chicago W 1-0 19581 3-2-4 4 13 KC: Nagamura (75); Sat. May 9 at D.C. United T 1-1 16221 3-2-5 4 14 KC: Dwyer (45); DC: Arrieta (42)Sat. May 16 Colorado T 0-0 0 3-2-5 6 14Wed. May 20 New England W 4-2 18864 4-2-5 4 17 KC: Dwyer (29) Nemeth (39,46) Feilhaber (43); NE:

Agudelo (11) Caldwell (64)Sat. May 23 at Seattle T 0-0 40653 4-2-6 3 18Fri. May 29 FC Dallas W 4-0 20172 5-2-6 2 21 KC: Nemeth (19) Feilhaber (51) Ellis (57) Zusi (64); Sat. June 6 Seattle W 1-0 21505 6-2-6 2 24 KC: Feilhaber (84); Sun. June 21 at Real Salt

LakeL 1-2 19155 6-3-6 2 24 KC: Dwyer (30); RSL: Jaime (15) Garcia (93+)

Sat. June 27 ColoradoSun. July 12 at VancouverSat. July 18 MontrealFri. July 24 at Real Salt

LakeSat. Aug. 1 HoustonSat. Aug. 8 at Toronto FCSat. Aug. 15 VancouverWed. Aug. 19 San JoseSat. Aug. 22 at ColumbusSat. Aug. 29 at ColoradoWed. Sep. 9 at PortlandSun. Sep. 13 at Orlando City

SCFri. Sep. 18 FC DallasWed. Sep. 23 at HoustonSun. Sep. 27 SeattleSat. Oct. 3 at PortlandFri. Oct. 16 at San JoseWed. Oct. 21 ColoradoSun. Oct. 25 Los Angeles

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE


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

Sat. Mar. 7 at Philadelphia T 0-0 18022 0-0-1 3 1

Sat. Mar. 21 New York City FC

T 0-0 17692 0-0-2 8 2

Sat. Mar. 28 at Houston T 0-0 19603 0-0-3 6 3Sat. Apr. 4 New England L 0-2 11450 0-1-3 8 3 NE: Agudelo (18) Nguyen (54)Fri. Apr. 10 at FC Dallas W 4-0 12929 1-1-3 6 6 COL: Badji (2) Powers (43) Torres (70) Serna (85); Sat. Apr. 18 Seattle L 1-3 13134 1-2-3 7 6 COL: Torres (22); SEA: Neagle (5,25) Martins (73)Fri. Apr. 24 FC Dallas T 1-1 12944 1-2-4 8 7 COL: LaBrocca (79); DAL: Diaz (31)Wed. Apr. 29 at New York T 1-1 12540 1-2-5 8 8 COL: Torres (25); NYR: Wright-Phillips (30)Sat. May 2 at Los Angeles T 1-1 16676 1-2-6 8 9 COL: Torres (40); LA: Gordon (75)Fri. May 8 San Jose T 1-1 14169 1-2-7 8 10 COL: Riley (93+); SJ: Wondolowski (19)Sat. May 16 at Sporting KC T 0-0 0 1-2-7 8 10Sat. May 23 Vancouver W 1-0 17791 2-2-7 8 13 COL: Pittinari (51); Wed. May 27 at Seattle L 0-1 39757 2-3-7 8 13 SEA: Pappa (16)Sat. May 30 Portland L 1-2 18209 2-4-7 8 13 COL: Cronin (89); POR: Fernandez (38) Jewsbury (93+)

Sun. June 7 at Real Salt Lake

T 0-0 18895 2-4-8 8 14

Fri. June 19 FC Dallas T 1-1 15585 2-4-9 8 15 COL: Serna (88); DAL: Castillo (71)Wed. June 24 at Orlando City

SCL 0-2 23372 2-5-9 8 15 ORL: Larin (62) Santos Leite (65)

Sat. June 27 at Sporting KCSat. July 4 VancouverSat. July 11 Real Salt LakeSat. July 18 at SeattleSat. Aug. 1 Los AngelesSat. Aug. 8 ColumbusFri. Aug. 14 at San JoseSat. Aug. 22 at ChicagoWed. Aug. 26 HoustonSat. Aug. 29 Sporting KCWed. Sep. 9 at Vancouver

Sat. Sep. 12 D.C. UnitedSat. Sep. 19 at Toronto FCSat. Sep. 26 at HoustonSun. Oct. 4 Real Salt LakeSat. Oct. 10 MontrealWed. Oct. 21 at Sporting KCSun. Oct. 25 at Portland

COLORADO RAPIDS 2015 SCHEDULE


SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)Goals

2 Benny Feilhaber 04/25/2015 vs HOU T 4-42 Krisztian Nemeth 05/20/2015 vs NE W 4-2Assists

2 4 times 04/05/2015 vs PHI W 3-2Shots

6 Dom Dwyer 04/05/2015 vs PHI W 3-26 Krisztian Nemeth 05/20/2015 vs NE W 4-2Shots on Goal

4 Dom Dwyer 04/05/2015 vs PHI W 3-2Fouls Committed

5 Dom Dwyer 05/20/2015 vs NE W 4-2Fouls Suffered

7 Krisztian Nemeth 05/29/2015 vs DAL W 4-0Offside

3 Dom Dwyer 05/20/2015 vs NE W 4-2Saves

6 Tim Melia 06/06/2015 vs SEA W 1-0Shots Faced

7 Tim Melia 06/21/2015 vs RSL L 1-2Goals Allowed

4 Luis Marin 04/25/2015 vs HOU T 4-4

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)Shots

9 03/28/2015 vs NYC W 1-09 05/23/2015 vs SEA T 0-0Shots on Goal

1 04/11/2015 vs RSL T 0-0Fouls Committed

7 06/06/2015 vs SEA W 1-0Fouls Suffered

6 05/23/2015 vs SEA T 0-0Corner Kicks

2 03/28/2015 vs NYC W 1-02 05/20/2015 vs NE W 4-2Offside

0 03/08/2015 vs NYR T 1-10 03/21/2015 vs POR T 0-00 05/23/2015 vs SEA T 0-00 06/21/2015 vs RSL L 1-2Saves

0 04/11/2015 vs RSL T 0-00 04/25/2015 vs HOU T 4-4Shots Faced

0 04/11/2015 vs RSL T 0-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)Goals

4 04/25/2015 vs HOU T 4-44 05/20/2015 vs NE W 4-24 05/29/2015 vs DAL W 4-0Assists

7 05/29/2015 vs DAL W 4-0Shots

18 03/08/2015 vs NYR T 1-1Shots on Goal

7 05/20/2015 vs NE W 4-2Fouls Committed

16 03/14/2015 vs DAL L 1-316 05/20/2015 vs NE W 4-2Fouls Suffered

17 03/08/2015 vs NYR T 1-1Corner Kicks

8 04/05/2015 vs PHI W 3-2Offside

4 05/20/2015 vs NE W 4-24 05/29/2015 vs DAL W 4-0Saves

6 06/06/2015 vs SEA W 1-0Shots Faced

7 06/21/2015 vs RSL L 1-2Goals Allowed

4 04/25/2015 vs HOU T 4-4

RAPIDS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)Goals

1 12 times 04/10/2015 at DAL W 4-0Assists

1 15 times 04/10/2015 at DAL W 4-0Shots

7 Juan Ramirez 05/27/2015 at SEA L 0-1Shots on Goal

3 Vicente Sanchez 04/18/2015 at SEA L 1-3Fouls Committed

7 Lucas Pittinari 04/18/2015 at SEA L 1-3Fouls Suffered

8 Juan Ramirez 04/24/2015 at DAL T 1-1Offside

3 4 times 03/07/2015 at PHI T 0-0Saves

6 Clint Irwin 04/18/2015 at SEA L 1-36 Clint Irwin 05/30/2015 at POR L 1-2Shots Faced

9 Clint Irwin 04/18/2015 at SEA L 1-3Goals Allowed

3 Clint Irwin 04/18/2015 at SEA L 1-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)Shots

2 03/07/2015 at PHI T 0-0Shots on Goal

0 03/07/2015 at PHI T 0-0Fouls Committed

9 05/30/2015 at POR L 1-2Fouls Suffered

8 06/19/2015 at DAL T 1-1Corner Kicks

1 03/07/2015 at PHI T 0-0Offside

0 06/24/2015 at ORL L 0-2Saves

1 04/04/2015 at NE L 0-21 04/24/2015 at DAL T 1-11 06/07/2015 at RSL T 0-0Shots Faced

1 06/07/2015 at RSL T 0-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)Goals

4 04/10/2015 at DAL W 4-0Assists

4 04/10/2015 at DAL W 4-0Shots

27 04/18/2015 at SEA L 1-3Shots on Goal

9 04/18/2015 at SEA L 1-3Fouls Committed

24 05/23/2015 at VAN W 1-0Fouls Suffered

18 03/28/2015 at HOU T 0-018 04/18/2015 at SEA L 1-3Corner Kicks

12 05/08/2015 at SJ T 1-1Offside

6 04/24/2015 at DAL T 1-1Saves

6 04/18/2015 at SEA L 1-36 05/30/2015 at POR L 1-2Shots Faced

9 04/18/2015 at SEA L 1-3Goals Allowed

3 04/18/2015 at SEA L 1-3


Sporting KC 22 wins, 91 goals

Rapids 17 wins, 73 goals14 ties

4/13/1996 KC 3 vs COL 0 (KC)5/5/1996 COL 4 vs KC 0 (D)7/10/1996 KC 2 vs COL 0 (KC)8/7/1996 COL 4 vs KC 2 (D)6/28/1997 KC 4 at COL 3 KC SOW (D)8/28/1997 KC 1 vs COL 0 (KC)9/6/1997 KC 2 at COL 1 (D)9/26/1997 KC 5 vs COL 2 (KC)10/4/1997 COL 3 at KC 0 (KC)10/8/1997 COL 3 vs KC 2 (D)5/31/1998 COL 2 vs KC 1 (D)7/19/1998 KC 4 vs COL 1 (KC)8/8/1998 KC 3 vs COL 1 (KC)9/2/1998 COL 3 vs KC 2 (D)4/17/1999 COL 2 vs KC 1 COL SOW (D)7/7/1999 COL 2 at KC 1 (KC)9/10/1999 COL 1 vs KC 0 COL SOW (D)9/25/1999 COL 1 at KC 0 COL SOW (KC)4/1/2000 KC 3 vs COL 0 (KC)4/29/2000 KC 5 at COL 0 (D)8/2/2000 KC 3 vs COL 1 (KC)8/26/2000 COL 1 vs KC 1 (2OT) (D)9/16/2000 KC 1 vs COL 0 (KC)9/20/2000 COL 0 vs KC 0 (2OT) (D)9/24/2000 KC 3 vs COL 2 (KC)7/18/2001 COL 0 vs KC 0 (2OT) (D)8/12/2001 COL 2 vs KC 2 (2OT) (D)8/19/2001 KC 3 vs COL 2 (KC)3/23/2002 KC 1 vs COL 1 (2OT) (KC)5/11/2002 COL 2 vs KC 0 (D)9/14/2002 COL 2 at KC 1 (KC)9/20/2002 COL 1 vs KC 1 (2OT) (D)7/4/2003 COL 3 vs KC 2 (D)8/22/2003 KC 2 vs COL 2 (2OT) (KC)9/13/2003 COL 1 vs KC 0 (D)10/4/2003 KC 4 vs COL 2 (KC)11/4/2003 COL 1 vs KC 1 (D)11/8/2003 KC 2 vs COL 0 (KC)5/1/2004 KC 2 vs COL 0 (KC)6/9/2004 KC 1 at COL 0 (D)9/10/2004 COL 3 vs KC 1 (D)9/25/2004 KC 1 vs COL 0 (KC)4/2/2005 KC 3 vs COL 2 (KC)7/4/2005 COL 2 vs KC 1 (D)7/8/2006 COL 1 vs KC 0 (D)9/9/2006 KC 4 vs COL 1 (KC)5/19/2007 COL 1 vs KC 1 (DS)7/22/2007 KC 2 vs COL 2 (KC)4/5/2008 KC 3 vs COL 2 (CA)8/16/2008 COL 2 vs KC 1 (DS)3/28/2009 COL 2 vs KC 1 (DS)9/26/2009 KC 0 vs COL 0 (CA)4/10/2010 KC 1 vs COL 0 (CA)7/17/2010 COL 1 vs KC 1 (DS)5/28/2011 COL 1 vs KC 1 (DS)7/6/2011 KC 1 vs COL 1 (SP)10/30/2011 KC 2 at COL 0 (DS)11/2/2011 KC 2 vs COL 0 (SP)5/19/2012 COL 2 vs KC 2 (DS)8/31/2013 KC 2 vs COL 1 (SP)3/29/2014 KC 3 at COL 2 (DS)5/16/2015 KC 0 vs COL 0 (SP)

RAPIDS VS SPORTING KC

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

COL 8 10 9 14 10 19 0 70KC 7 12 13 22 9 27 0 90

Rapids Sporting KC

Category 1 2 OT Tot 1 2 OT TotGoals 28 42 0 70 33 57 0 90Shots 293 358 5 656 311 404 4 719Shots on Goal 114 135 2 251 135 180 1 316Fouls 367 392 2 761 335 340 9 684Offsides 79 64 1 144 82 80 0 162Corner Kicks 137 138 0 275 114 130 1 245

HEAD-TO-HEAD

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:Peter Vermes vs. COL 3-0-6 (1.67 pts./game)Pablo Mastroeni

vs. KC 0-1-1 (0.5 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:Sporting KC Rapids

Goals 9 Klein/Radosavljevic 8 John SpencerAssists 16 Preki 7 Chris HendersonShots 83 Preki 53 John SpencerShots on Goal 35 Preki 29 John SpencerFouls Committed 34 McKeon/Zavagnin 35 Pablo MastroeniFouls Suffered 47 Kerry Zavagnin 36 Chris HendersonWins 7 Tony Meola 3 4 timesLosses 5 Tony Meola 5 Cannon/HahnemannShutouts 6 Tony Meola 3 Scott GarlickSaves 65 Tony Meola 44 Marcus HahnemannGoals Allowed 18 Tony Meola 17 Marcus Hahnemann

Sporting Kansas City Colorado RapidsW-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started)

At Halftime:Leading 3-0-0 9 Ws (06/06/2014) 1-0-1 1 Ts (05/02/2015)Tied 2-3-5 1 Ls (06/21/2015) 1-1-6 1 Ls (06/24/2015)Trailing 1-0-1 1 Ts (04/25/2015) 0-4-2 2 Ls (05/27/2015)

First Goal:Allowed 2-3-1 1 Ls (06/21/2015) 0-5-3 1 Ls (06/24/2015)Scored 4-0-2 3 Ws (05/03/2015) 2-0-2 1 Ws (05/23/2015)

Goals Scored:0 goals 0-0-4 4 Ts (03/21/2015) 0-3-5 1 Ls (06/24/2015)1 goals 3-3-2 1 Ls (06/21/2015) 1-2-5 1 Ts (06/19/2015)2 goals 0-0-0 1 Ws (10/10/2014) 0-0-0 1 Ts (09/13/2014)3 goals 1-0-0 3 Ws (03/29/2014) 0-0-0 1 Ls (08/20/2014)4 goals 2-0-1 2 Ws (05/20/2015) 1-0-0 2 Ws (05/24/2014)

Goals Allowed:0 goals 4-0-4 2 Ws (05/29/2015) 2-0-5 1 Ts (06/07/2015)1 goals 0-0-2 2 Ts (03/08/2015) 0-1-5 1 Ts (06/19/2015)2 goals 2-2-0 1 Ls (06/21/2015) 0-3-0 4 Ls (10/11/2014)3 goals 0-1-0 5 Ls (08/23/2014) 0-1-0 3 Ls (07/30/2014)4 goals 0-0-1 1 Ts (04/25/2015) 0-0-0 6 Ls (04/26/2014)

W-L-T Breakdowns:

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:Sporting KC Rapids

Goals 2 9 players tied 2 8 players tiedAssists 3 Preki (10/04/03) 2 4 players tiedShots 9 Onandi Lowe (08/12/01) 8 Mark Chung (09/14/02)Shots on Goal 4 9 players tied 5 John Spencer (08/22/03)Fouls Committed 7 Chris Henderson

(08/26/00)7 Chris Martinez (08/02/00)

Fouls Suffered 7 3 players tied 6 3 players tiedShutouts 1 12 players tied 1 8 players tiedSaves 9 Bo Oshoniyi (09/10/04) 9 4 players tiedGoals Allowed 4 Mike Ammann (08/07/96) 5 Grafer/Kramer


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTPreki 26 24 2175 9 16 83Chris Klein 21 21 1840 9 3 43Vitalis Takawira 14 10 889 8 3 32Mo Johnston 18 17 1534 7 7 38Davy Arnaud 18 15 1442 5 2 37Josh Wolff 13 11 925 4 3 20Graham Zusi 7 6 511 3 2 6Jimmy Conrad 18 18 1579 3 0 12Frank Klopas 8 5 492 3 0 15Gary Glasgow 7 5 486 2 2 11Matt McKeon 19 17 1563 2 2 26Teal Bunbury 6 3 307 2 1 9Francisco Gomez 11 4 508 2 1 18Eddie Johnson 3 3 244 2 1 6Miklos Molnar 2 2 158 2 1 7Benny Feilhaber 2 2 174 2 0 6Roy Lassiter 5 4 319 2 0 3Scott Sealy 5 2 225 2 0 6Paul Wright 9 5 483 2 0 10Mark Chung 12 12 1080 1 8 34Kerry Zavagnin 27 26 2399 1 4 10Chris Henderson 8 8 730 1 2 11Brian Johnson 8 3 342 1 2 1Chris Brown 14 6 833 1 1 12Dom Dwyer 2 1 81 1 1 3Jack Jewsbury 14 12 1052 1 1 17Igor Simutenkov 6 4 385 1 1 7Ryan Smith 3 2 196 1 1 8Ryan Tinsley 8 8 684 1 1 2Stephen Armstrong 6 6 433 1 0 7Alex Bunbury 4 3 287 1 0 8Michael Harrington 10 10 879 1 0 1Kei Kamara 6 5 456 1 0 12Michael Kraus 1 0 23 1 0 1Alexi Lalas 4 4 360 1 0 6Uche Okafor 16 15 1338 1 0 5Mike Sorber 3 3 267 1 0 3Dave van den Bergh 1 1 83 1 0 4Eric Quill 6 5 432 0 3 5Jose Burciaga Jr. 9 9 774 0 2 10Mike Burns 5 3 281 0 2 1Carlos Marinelli 3 2 217 0 2 2Sasha Victorine 6 6 491 0 2 10Sal Zizzo 1 1 90 0 2 2Peter Byaruhanga 1 1 45 0 1 0Bobby Convey 1 1 59 0 1 0Eric Eichmann 2 1 102 0 1 2Diego Gutierrez 15 14 1257 0 1 10Tony Meola 17 17 1580 0 1 0Chance Myers 5 4 379 0 1 4Paulo Nagamura 3 3 257 0 1 7Bo Oshoniyi 8 8 730 0 1 0Ryan Pore 5 2 112 0 1 1Craig Rocastle 3 2 161 0 1 0C.J. Sapong 3 1 94 0 1 3Seth Sinovic 4 4 315 0 1 0Scott Uderitz 6 4 352 0 1 1Team totals 52 52 4680 91 92 722Opponent totals 52 52 4680 73 68 660

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. RAPIDS (22-17-14)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGGarth Lagerwey 2 135 7 5 0.67 0Chris Snitko 2 100 5 4 0.90 1Jimmy Nielsen 6 540 20 14 1.00 0Tony Meola 17 1580 85 65 1.03 3Bo Oshoniyi 8 730 44 31 1.36 2Kevin Hartman 6 540 31 22 1.50 2Mike Ammann 9 800 46 29 1.91 0Pat Harrington 2 135 5 1 2.00 0Eric Kronberg 1 90 6 3 2.00 2David Winner 1 90 2 0 2.00 1Team totals 52 4680 251 174 1.33 11Opponent totals 52 4680 318 218 1.71 6


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTJohn Spencer 13 12 1172 8 4 53Chris Henderson 24 21 2006 6 7 32Mark Chung 11 10 959 5 2 30Wolde Harris 12 7 663 5 2 18Conor Casey 8 8 696 5 1 22Ross Paule 11 10 935 4 3 18Paul Bravo 15 14 1192 3 0 33Marcelo Balboa 19 19 1732 2 2 35Terry Cooke 7 5 515 2 2 10Steve Trittschuh 11 11 990 2 2 14Kyle Beckerman 14 9 913 2 1 14Sean Henderson 6 5 428 2 0 4Jovan Kirovski 4 4 296 2 0 8Vicente Sanchez 2 2 168 2 0 3Shaun Bartlett 4 4 325 1 2 7Chris Carrieri 10 9 774 1 2 17Wes Hart 11 9 778 1 2 6Scott Benedetti 4 4 347 1 1 4Omar Cummings 7 6 538 1 1 13Zach Kingsley 6 4 291 1 1 4Tyrone Marshall 3 3 270 1 1 1Alain Nkong 3 1 159 1 1 4Edson Buddle 2 1 102 1 0 3Jose Burciaga Jr. 2 2 179 1 0 3Jordan Cila 3 2 154 1 0 4Jeff Cunningham 2 1 127 1 0 7John DiRaimondo 1 1 90 1 0 2Facundo Erpen 3 3 270 1 0 2Jean Harbor 4 4 324 1 0 9Kosuke Kimura 8 8 712 1 0 3Clint Mathis 2 1 96 1 0 2David Patino 4 4 338 1 0 9Zizi Roberts 3 2 212 1 0 9Richard Sharpe 2 0 15 1 0 2Chris Martinez 13 11 954 0 3 3Adrian Paz 8 7 599 0 3 11Carlos Valderrama 7 7 670 0 3 4Colin Clark 5 5 375 0 2 5Seth Trembly 8 3 317 0 2 3Peter Vermes 11 10 914 0 2 4Mehdi Ballouchy 6 6 456 0 1 8Nat Borchers 10 10 910 0 1 1Jason Boyce 1 1 40 0 1 1Eric Denton 3 3 270 0 1 3Robin Fraser 9 9 850 0 1 1Denis Hamlett 3 3 270 0 1 0Nicolas Hernandez 4 4 344 0 1 6Peguero Jean Philippe 4 4 260 0 1 8Ritchie Kotschau 16 14 1277 0 1 6Jeff Larentowicz 5 5 450 0 1 4Thiago Martins 1 0 33 0 1 0Pablo Mastroeni 22 21 1841 0 1 11Jacob Peterson 5 3 218 0 1 7Martin Rivero 2 1 123 0 1 4Jamie Smith 2 0 73 0 1 0Roy Wegerle 5 3 213 0 1 4Team totals 52 52 4680 73 68 660Opponent totals 52 52 4680 91 92 722

RAPIDS CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (17-22-14)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGIan Feuer 3 270 12 11 0.33 0Preston Burpo 2 180 9 7 0.50 0Matt Pickens 6 540 28 21 1.17 0Scott Garlick 8 750 45 32 1.44 1Dusty Hudock 2 180 16 13 1.50 0Joe Cannon 8 720 54 39 1.62 2Scott Vallow 1 100 5 3 1.80 1Bouna Coundoul 3 270 14 7 2.00 0Clint Irwin 1 90 3 1 2.00 0Chris Woods 2 180 18 14 2.00 0David Kramer 5 470 25 12 2.11 1Marcus Hahnemann 8 720 64 44 2.12 1John Berner 1 90 4 1 3.00 0Adin Brown 1 90 10 7 3.00 0Paul Grafer 1 90 11 6 5.00 0Team totals 52 4680 318 218 1.71 6Opponent totals 52 4680 251 174 1.33 11


CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. RAPIDS (22-17-14)

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTGraham Zusi 7 6 511 3 2 6Benny Feilhaber 5 5 444 3 0 11Paulo Nagamura 16 16 1356 2 1 20Dom Dwyer 2 1 81 1 1 3Chance Myers 5 4 379 0 1 4Seth Sinovic 6 6 469 0 1 0Jalil Anibaba 5 5 450 0 0 5Bernardo Anor 3 2 246 0 0 4Matt Besler 8 7 633 0 0 3Servando Carrasco 2 2 176 0 0 1Kevin Ellis 1 1 90 0 0 0Roger Espinoza 4 3 291 0 0 2Tim Melia 1 1 90 0 0 0Ike Opara 2 2 151 0 0 1Jacob Peterson 4 1 128 0 0 2Team totals 52 52 4680 91 92 722Opponent totals 52 52 4680 73 68 660

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGTim Melia 1 90 6 4 2.00 0Team totals 52 4680 251 174 1.33 11Opponent totals 52 4680 318 218 1.71 6

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTVicente Sanchez 2 2 168 2 0 3Nick LaBrocca 10 10 874 1 1 16Marcelo Sarvas 3 2 193 1 1 3Marc Burch 9 6 556 0 2 3Sam Cronin 8 8 623 0 1 6James Riley 18 15 1400 0 1 4Carlos Alvarez 1 0 45 0 0 0John Berner 1 1 90 0 0 0Deshorn Brown 2 2 160 0 0 2Bobby Burling 7 5 474 0 0 2Marlon Hairston 1 0 2 0 0 0Michael Harrington 2 2 172 0 0 0Clint Irwin 1 1 90 0 0 0Zac MacMath 9 9 810 0 0 0Drew Moor 14 14 1260 0 0 6Shane O'Neill 2 2 180 0 0 0Dillon Powers 2 2 180 0 0 2Gabriel Torres 2 1 98 0 0 2Jared Watts 1 1 90 0 0 0Team totals 52 52 4680 73 68 660Opponent totals 52 52 4680 91 92 722

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGZac MacMath 9 810 42 30 1.22 1Clint Irwin 1 90 3 1 2.00 0John Berner 1 90 4 1 3.00 0Team totals 52 4680 318 218 1.71 6Opponent totals 52 4680 251 174 1.33 11

CURRENT RAPIDS VS. SPORTING KC (17-22-14)


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GAME NOTES WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE

As of Thursday, June 25

OUT:• IkeOpara(leftAchilles)• BernardoAnor(righthamstringstrain)

QUESTIONABLE:• PauloNagamura(lowerbackstrain)• SethSinovic(concussion)• BennyFeilhaber(leftkneesprain)• GrahamZusi(leftfootsprain)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT

English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV Referee: Baldomero ToledoTVtalent Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Assistantref: Adam Garner Andy Gruenebaum (color) Assistantref: Kyle Atkins Jake Yadrich (analyst) Fourthofficial: Marcos De Oliveira Kacie McDonnell (host) English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AMRadiotalent Danny Clinkscale Radiotalent Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Jake Gutierrez Raul Padrino Villegas (color)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. COLORADO RAPIDS

No. Pos. Name Pronunciation 2 DEF ErikPalmer-Brown3 DEF IkeOpara oh-PAR-ah4 DEF KevinEllis 5 DEF MattBesler BEEZ-ler 6 MID PauloNagamura POW-lona-ga-MOO-ra7 DEF ChanceMyers 8 MID GrahamZusi ZOO-see9 FWD KrisztianNemeth KRIS-tee-ONNEY-muth10 MID BennyFeilhaber FAIL-hob-ber11 MID BernardoAnor AHN-your12 MID MikeyLopez*13 DEF AmadouDia ah-mah-dooDEE-ah14 FWD DomDwyer15 DEF SethSinovic sin-OH-vick16 MID ServandoCarrasco ser-VAWN-doughcuh-ROSS-co17 DEF SaadAbdul-Salaam sahdab-DOOLsa-LAHM21 GK JonKempin22 MID ConnorHallisey HAL-iss-see23 DEF JalilAnibaba jah-LEELah-nee-bah-bah27 MID RogerEspinoza29 GK TimMelia MEE-lia37 FWD JacobPeterson71 DEF MarceldeJong deYUNG93 MID SoniMustivar SOH-neeMOO-stuh-var94 MID JimmyMedranda muh-DRAHN-dah

*on loan with USL affiliate OKC Energy FC

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

Eastern Conference Pts W L T GD GP 1. D.C.United 34 10 5 4 +6 192. NewEnglandRevolution 24 6 6 6 0 183. OrlandoCitySC 23 6 6 5 +1 174. TorontoFC 22 7 6 1 +3 145. ColumbusCrewSC 20 5 6 5 0 166. NewYorkRedBulls 20 5 5 5 0 157. PhiladelphiaUnion 18 5 10 3 –10 188. MontrealImpact 17 5 6 2 –4 139. NewYorkCityFC 17 4 7 5 –2 1610. ChicagoFire 14 4 9 2 –6 15Western Conference Pts W L T GD GP 1. SeattleSoundersFC 29 9 6 2 +9 172. VancouverWhitecapsFC 29 9 6 2 +4 173. LAGalaxy 28 7 5 7 +6 194. PortlandTimbers 25 7 6 4 +2 175. SportingKansasCity 24 6 3 6 +6 156. FCDallas 23 6 5 5 –4 167. SanJoseEarthquakes 22 6 5 4 +1 158. RealSaltLake 21 5 6 6 –5 179. HoustonDynamo 20 5 6 5 0 1610. ColoradoRapids 15 2 5 9 –3 16

2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY COLORADO RAPIDS

2-5-9(15pts.)1610thinWest120.7515150.94–3207(62)30.0%214196291

RECORDGAMES PLAYED

CONFERENCE POSITIONGOALS

GOALS/GAMEASSISTS

GOALS ALLOWEDALLOWED/GAME

GOAL DIFFERENTIALSHOTS (ON GOAL)

ON GOAL %FOULS COMMITTED

FOULS SUFFEREDCAUTIONSEJECTIONS

6-3-6(24pts.)15

5thinWest23

1.532717

1.13+6

195(58)29.7%183169241

2015 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS


4 GabrielTorres5 DillonPowers31 GabrielTorres12 DillonPowers1 Badji/Pittinari2 DillonPowers38 LucasPittinari38 JuanRamirez4 Burling/Cronin1 BobbyBurling

1440ClintIrwin0.94 ClintIrwin2 ClintIrwin6 ClintIrwin50 ClintIrwin

GOALSASSISTSSHOTS

SHOTS ON GOALGAME-WINNING GOALS

GAME-WINNING ASSISTSFOULS COMMITTED

FOULS SUFFEREDCAUTIONSEJECTIONS

MINUTES PLAYEDGOALS AGAINST AVG.

WINSSHUTOUTS

SAVES

KrisztianNemeth6BennyFeilhaber8

DomDwyer40DomDwyer14

Feilhaber/Nemeth2Besler/Zusi2

BennyFeilhaber25DomDwyer37

threeplayerstied3MattBesler1

LuisMarin720TimMelia0.71TimMelia4TimMelia4LuisMarin19

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

PETER VERMES PABLO MASTROENI

2ndseason10-23-17(.370)2ndseason10-23-17(.370)

MLS EXPERIENCEMLS RECORD

YEAR WITH TEAMRECORD WITH TEAM

7thseason(.554)82-61-50

7thseason(.554)82-61-50

StandingsthroughThursday,June25,2015

Saturday,June27,2015Kickoff:7:30p.m.CT

SportingPark(KansasCity,KS)MLSRegularSeasonGame16

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Sporting KC Game Notes | June 27, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

SportingKCandColoradomeetSaturdayforthefirstofthreehead-to-headmeetingsin2015.Thiswillbethefirstintra-conferencematchbetweentheteamssince2004,whenKansasCitywaslastintheWesternConference,andthe53rdregularseasonmeetingall-time(SKCleads22-17-13). Recenthistoryinthehead-to-headmatchupfavorsSportingKC,whoareunbeatenin10straightMLSmatchesagainstColoradodatingbackto2009witha5-0-5record(includingpostseason).Inaddition,KansasCityhasnotlosttotheRapidsathomesinceSeptember2002,arunof14straightMLSmatcheswithoutadefeat(10-0-4recordincludingpostseason). Eachofthelasttworegularseasonmeetingshasendedwithalategame-winnerforSportingKC.WhentheclubslastmetatSportingParkinAugust2013,GrahamZusiburiedan88th-minutegoaltogivethehostsa2-1win.BennyFeilhaberalsofoundthebackofthenetinthematch.InMarch2014,Zusi(50’),Feilhaber(79’)andDwyer(92’)wereontargetasSKCeraseda2-1deficittowin3-2atDick’sSportingGoodsPark.

Recent #SKCvCOL regular season meetingsDate Score Result Location05/28/2011 KC1atCOL1 TDick’sSportingGoodsPark07/06/2011 KC1vsCOL1 TSportingPark05/19/2012 KC2atCOL2 TDick’sSportingGoodsPark08/31/2013 KC2vsCOL1 WSportingPark03/29/2014 KC3atCOL2 WDick’sSportingGoodsPark

#SKCvCOL: HEAD-TO-HEADStats through Thursday, June 25Sporting KC - Team Statistics• SKCissecondinMLSwith1.53goalspergameandleadstheleaguewith

27assists.• SKCleadsWesternConferenceteamswith10.8chancescreatedpergame.• SKCleadsMLSwitheightassistsfromsetplaysand38chancescreated

fromsetplays.• SKCistiedforsecondinMLSwithsevencleansheets.• SKCleadsMLSwitheightheadedgoals,twomorethananyotherteam.• SKChasconceded9.7shotspergame,thefewestinMLS.• SKCleadsMLSwith24.7interceptionspergame.• SKCissecondinMLSwith57.9duelswonpergame.• SKCleadsMLSwith28keepersweepings(LuisMarin16,TimMelia12).• SKCistiedwithSanJoseforthefewestgamesplayedintheWest(15)but

ranksthirdinthedivision(4thinMLS)with1.6pointspergame.Sporting KC - Individual Statistics• SKCistheonlyMLSteamtohavethreeplayerswithfiveormoregoals

(KrisztianNemeth6,DomDwyer5,BennyFeilhaber5).• KrisztianNemethistiedforthirdamongMLSnewcomerswithsixgoals

scored,twobehindKaka(Orlando)andSebastianGiovinco(Toronto).• BennyFeilhaberrankssecondinMLSleadwitheightassists,onebehind

EthanFinlay(Columbus).• JalilAnibabarankssecondamongMLSdefenderswithfourassists,one

behindWaylonFrancis(Columbus).• MattBeslerranksfourthinMLSwith112clearancesandfifthwith55

interceptions.• TimMeliahasa4-1-2recordthroughhisfirstsevenMLSstarts,including

fourcleansheetsandaleague-best0.71goalsagainstaverage.Colorado Rapids - Team Statistics• Colorado’stworoadlossesarethefewestinMLS(1-2-5record).• Coloradohasconcededfiveroadgoalsineightgames,fewestinMLS,and

theirfourroadcleansheetsaresecondmostleague-wide.• ColoradorankslastinMLSwith0.75goalspergame.• ColoradoranksfifthinMLSwith10.6chancescreatedpergamebutleads

theleaguewith13bigchancesmissedandhashitthewoodworkseventimes,secondmostintheleague.

• ColoradoranksthirdinMLSwith0.94goalsconcededpergameandistiedforfourthwithsixcleansheets.

Colorado Rapids - Individual Statistics• DillonPowersistiedforfifthinMLSwithateam-leadingfiveassists.• JuanRamirezisthirdinMLSwith35dribblescompletedandranksfifth

with38foulssuffered.• LucasPittinarirankssecondinMLSwith38foulscommittedbuthas

receivedjusttwoyellowcardsontheseason.• GabrielTorresranksthirdinMLSwith18offsides.

#SKCvCOL: BY THE NUMBERS

• Sporting KCisoneshyofits250thregularseasonwininclubhistory.KansasCity’s249leaguevictoriesaretiedwithFCDallasforfourthmostbehindLAGalaxy(287),D.C.United(258)andColumbusCrewSC(251).

• Manager Peter VermesisonewinshyoftyingThomasRongenforninthall-timewith83regularseasonvictories.

• Graham ZusiisoneassistshyoftyingChrisKleinforsecondplaceontheclub’sall-timeMLSassistchart(49)andallcompetitionsassistchart(54).

• Chance MyersisincontentiontoplayhisfirstMLSmatchsinceMay23,2014,afterrecoveringfromanAchillesinjury.

• Benny Feilhaber’s25assistsforSportingKCinallcompetitionsaretiedforeighthall-timewithcurrentassistantcoachKerryZavagnin,onebehindMarkChungforseventh.

• Seth Sinovicis47minutesshyofreaching13,000minutesplayedfortheclubinallcompetitions.HewouldbecomethethirdactiveplayertoreachthatmilestonebehindMattBeslerandGrahamZusi.

• Sinovicisoneshyofhis150thMLSappearance(includingpostseason).• Jacob Petersonisoneshyofhis125thcareerMLSstart(including

postseason).Heisalsooneshyofhis50thstartforSportingKCinallcompetitions.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

• GrahamZusihasthreegoalsandfourassistsinnineMLSmatchesplayedagainstColorado(includingpostseason).HehasscoredineachofthelasttwogamesagainsttheRapids(8/31/13and3/29/14).

• BennyFeilhaberhasscoredthreegoalsinfiveMLSmatchesagainstColorado,includingoneineachofthelasttwomeetings(8/31/13and3/29/14).

• DomDwyerscoreda92nd-minutegame-winnerina3-2triumphoverColoradoonMarch29,2014,atDick’sSportingGoodsPark.

• VicenteSanchezscoredtwopenaltykickgoalsforColoradoina3-2losstoSportingKConMarch29,2014.

• AsamemberofLAGalaxy,MarceloSarvasnotchedagoalandanassistina2-0winoverSportingKConApril20,2013.

• AsamemberofChivasUSA,NickLaBroccascoredina1-1drawatSportingParkonJuly9,2011.

#SKCvCOL: PLAYER HISTORY

• SKCforwardJacobPetersonplayedfortheColoradoRapidsfrom2006-2009,scoringeightgoalsin95MLSappearancesfortheclub(includingpostseason).

• ColoradodefenderMichaelHarringtonplayedforSKCfrom2007-2012,recordingfivegoalsand15assistsin170appearancesoverallcompetitions.His149regularseasongamesplayedforSKCrank10thinclubhistory.

• PetersonandColoradodefenderDrewMoorwerecollegeteammatesatIndianafrom2003-2004,winningNCAANationalChampionshipsinbothseasons.

• SKCgoalkeeperTimMeliaandColoradomidfielderNickLaBroccawereteammatesatChivasUSAin2012.

• SKCmidfielderServandoCarrascoandColoradodefenderMarcBurchwereteammatesatSeattleSoundersFCfrom2012-2013.

• SKCmidfielderPauloNagamuraandColoradodefenderBobbyBurlingwereteammatesatChivasUSAfrom2007-2009.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTESSPORTING KC TO HOST COLORADO RAPIDS ON SATURDAY SportingKansasCity(6-3-6,24points)willaimfortheteam’ssixthconsecutivehomevictorywhentheclubhoststheColoradoRapids(2-4-9,15points)SaturdayatSportingPark. TheWesternConferencematch-up ispartofMajor LeagueSoccer’sHeinekenRivalryWeekandwillbethefirstofthreeregularseasonmeetingsbetweentheclubsin2015.SportingKChasplayedtheColoradoRapidsmorethananyotheropponent(66timesinallcompetitions)datingbacktotheinauguralMLSseasonin1996.

EIGHT-GAME UNBEATEN RUN SNAPPED AT REAL SALT LAKE TwoyearsafterscoringinthefinalminuteatRioTintoStadiumfora2-1winoverRealSaltLake,SportingKC’sfortuneswerereversedlastSundayastheclub’seight-gameunbeatenrunwassnappedindramaticfashion.RealSaltLakeforwardOlmesGarciascoredinthe93rdminuteonafortuitousdeflectiontosecurehisteam’sfirstwinintheseriessince2011. The Western Conference rivals exchanged goals in the first half with RSLDesignated Player Sebastian Jaime opening the scoring in the 15thminute andDomDwyer equalizing for Sporting KC 15minutes later.The scoreline remainedleveluntilGarciastruckalowshotthatskippedoffthefootofKevinEllisandcarriedovergoalkeeperTimMeliatomatchthelatestgame-winninggoalinRSLhistory.

SPORTING KC TO HOST FC DALLAS IN OPEN CUP ROUND OF 16 SportingKCwillfaceFCDallasat7:30p.m.CTWednesdayatSportingParkinthe2015LamarHuntU.S.OpenCupRoundof16. SportingKCadvancedtotheRoundof16witha1-0victoryoverSaintLouisFC(USL)onJune16infrontofastanding-roomonlycrowdatSportingPark.Theclubhas twice lifted theDewarChallengeTrophyas championsof the competition in2004and2012. FCDallasadvancedwitha4-1winoverSportingKC’sUSLaffiliateOKCEnergyFConJune16.SportingKChasplayedFCDallasononlyoneoccasionintheLamarHuntU.S.OpenCup,a4-0victoryinthe2004quarterfinalsenroutetotheteam’sfirstU.S.OpenCupchampionship. The winner between Sporting KC and FC Dallas will earn a berth in thetournament quarterfinals and will meet the victor from the Houston Dynamo-ColoradoRapidsmatch-up.IfSportingKCadvances,thequarterfinalroundwouldbeplayedatSportingParkonJuly21/22. TheLamarHuntU.S.OpenCuphasbeenheldannuallysince1914andisopentoallamateur/professionalsoccerteamsaffiliatedwithU.S.Soccer.The2015editionisheadlinedbythelargestfieldinthemodernera(1995-present)with89teamsincontentionwhenthefirstroundbegan.Thisyear’swinnerwillearna$250,000grandprizeandwillqualifyforthe2016-17ScotiabankCONCACAFChampionsLeague.

2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup• Round of 16 June 30-July 1• Quarterfinals July 21-22• Semifinals Aug. 11-12• Final Sept. 29 or 30

ZUSI AND DE JONG NAMED TO FINAL 2015 CONCACAF GOLD CUP ROSTERS CONCACAFannouncedonTuesdaythe23-manrostersforeachofthe12countriescompetinginthe2015GoldCupfromJuly7-26acrosstheU.S.andCanada.SportingKCmidfielderGrahamZusiwasnamedtotheU.S.Men’sNationalTeamroster,whiledefenderMarceldeJongwasnamedtotherosterforCanada’sMen’sNationalTeam. Aveteranofthe2014FIFAWorldCup,ZusireceivesthefirstGoldCupselectionofhisinternationalcareer.Thethree-timeMLSAll-Starhas28capsfortheU.S.withthreegoalsandsixassistssincehisdebutin2012.Zusiisatwo-timeMLSBestXIselection(2012,2013)andheranksinthetop10onSportingKC’sall-timeregularseasonchartswith43assists(third)and23goals(10th). DeJong,28,ispoisedtomakehisfourthstraightappearanceattheCONCACAFGoldCupforCanadaafterrepresentinghiscountryatthe2009,2011and2013editions.Thedefender,acquiredinMarchfromFCAugsburginGermany,has33earnedcapsforCanada,mostrecentlystartinginapairofvictoriesoverGuatemala(March27)andPuertoRico(March30). ZusianddeJongwillbeavailableforSportingKCthisSaturdayastheclubhostsColorado.ZusiwillthentraveltoNashvilleforatrainingcampaheadoftheUSMNT’sJuly3friendlyvs.Guatemala.DeJongwilljoinCanadainCaliforniaforatrainingcampaheadoftheirGoldCupopeneronJuly8vs.ElSalvador.

SPORTING PARK SELLOUT STREAK SportingParkhassoldout61straightMLSmatches(includingplayoffs)datingbacktoMarch2012and73of82overallsinceopeninginJune2011.SKChassetnewregular seasonattendance records ineachof the last fouryears, eclipsing20,000spectatorspergamein2014.In82MLSmatchesplayedatthevenue,SportingParkisaveraging19,400spectators—105percentofits18,467-seatcapacity.

MELIA STEPPING UP LongtimebackupgoalkeeperTimMeliahasstartedthe lasteightmatches forSportingKCinallcompetitions,compilinga5-1-2recordwithfivecleansheets.HisstrongstartwiththeclubincludesfourMLSshutoutsandaleague-best0.71goalsagainstaverage. In Sporting KC’s 1-0 win over first-place Seattle on June 6, Melia notched acareer-highsixsavesandbecamethefirstkeeperinclubhistorytogounbeateninhisfirstsixMLSappearances.HisperformanceearnedhimunanimousTeamoftheWeekhonorsfromseveralpublicationsandhelpedhimjumptofourthplaceinMLSAll-Starvotingathisposition. Thesixth-yearveteranwassignedintheoffseasonafterpreviouslyrepresentingRealSaltLake(2010-2011)andChivasUSA(2012-2014),wherehebackedupMLSAll-StarsNickRimando(RSL)andDanKennedy(ChivasUSA).Most seasons prior to first shutout/victory in MLS historyPlayer Team 1st shutout 1st victoryTimMelia SportingKC 6thseason(2015) 6thseason(2015)ChrisKonopka TorontoFC 6thseason(2015) 6thseason(2015)EricKronberg SportingKC 6thseason(2011) 5thseason(2010)

FEILHABER ON PACE FOR CAREER SEASON Just15gamesintotheMLSseason,BennyFeilhaberhassetcareer-highswithfivegoalsandeightassists(secondinMLS).The30-year-oldWorldCupveteranwonEtihadAirwaysMLSPlayeroftheMonthforAprilandlookslikelytoreceiveMLSAll-Starhonorsforthefirsttimein2015.AsofJune17,FeilhaberrankedthirdinAll-StarGamevotingatthemidfieldposition. Now inhisfifthMLSseason,Feilhaber is theonlyplayer tostartall15 leaguematches for Sporting KC in 2015. He set career-highs in 2014 with 32 MLSappearancesand31starts.

SCORING FOR SPORTING SportingKCleadsMLSwith1.53goalspergamethankstoatriooffour-goalperformancesduringaseven-gameunbeatenrunthatspannedtwomonths.Priortothisyear,theteamhadscoredfourgoalsonthreeinstancesinasix-gamespanonlyonce(backin1996)in20seasons.Bycomparison,SKCstruckfourgoalsthreetimesinallof2014andthreetimesfrom2011-2013combined.Theclubalsoleadstheleaguewith27assistsontheseason,includingeightfromBennyFeilhaberandfoureachfromJalilAnibabaandGrahamZusi. Withfirst-yearforwardKrisztianNemethandmidfieldtalismanFeilhaberleadingtheway,theclub’srecentscoringoutputhasreachedheightsrarelyseeninclubhistory.VictoriesoverNewEngland(May20)andFCDallas(May29)sawSKCbagfourgoalstwiceinonemonthforthefirsttimesinceAugustoftheinaugural1996season.TheDallaswinalsomarkedthethirdtimeinteamhistorythatKansasCityhasscoredfourgoalsinconsecutiveMLShomegames. Inaddition,SportingKCistheonlyclubinMLStohavethreeplayerswithfiveormoregoalsontheseason(Nemeth6,Dwyer5,Feilhaber5).

CHANCE MYERS RETURNS RightbackChanceMyersmadehismuchanticipatedreturntotheSportingKClineupinaU.S.OpenCupvictoryoverSaintLouisFConJune16.Myershadbeensidelined formore thanayearafter rupturinghis leftAchilles tendononMay23,2014, but started andplayed 56minutes before exiting to a standing ovation atSportingPark. Myers,aneighth-yearMLSveteranandSportingKC’slongest-tenuredplayer,hadmissedtheclub’sprevious44gamesinallcompetitionsbeforereturning.Hehasfourgoalsand15assistsin146appearancesfortheclubinallcompetitionssincebeingdraftedNo.1overall inthe2008MLSSuperDraft.He ledallMLSplayersbetween2011and2013with91successfulcrossesfromopenplayandwasthehighest-ratedoutsidebackinthe2013MLSCastrolIndex.

SPORTING KC WAIVES JAMES ANSU ROGERS Sporting KC announcedonMonday that the club haswaived forward JamesAnsuRogers.The21-year-oldrookiewasselected53rdoverallinthethirdroundofthe2015MLSSuperDraftoutoftheUniversityofNewMexico,wherehecontributed18goalsand21assistsin80gamesfortheLobosoverafour-yearcollegiatecareer. AnsuRogersappearedinsixpreseasonmatchesforSportingKCwithonegoalandoneassist.HewassignedonFeb.25andwasincludedintheteam’sgamedayrosteronfouroccasionsthisseason.

TOUGH TO BEAT SportingKChasbeenhard tobeatduring thefirst threemonthsof the2015campaign.Theirseven-gameunbeatenrun,snappedSundayatRealSaltLake,wasthe longest inMLSthisseason,andtheir league-lowthree lossesare thesecond-fewestthrough15gamesinteamhistory.The2000KansasCityWizards,ledbythen-centerbackPeterVermes,started10-2-3enroutetowinningtheclub’sfirstMLSCupandSupporters’Shieldtitle.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED)2015 MEDIA RECOGNITIONSJALIL ANIBABAWeek5(4/6) Goal.comTeamoftheWeekWeek9(5/4) BleacherReportTeamoftheWeek

MATT BESLERWeek9(5/4) Goal.comTeamoftheWeek NBCProSoccerTalkTeamoftheWeekWeek14(6/8) ESPNFCTeamoftheWeek NBCProSoccerTalkTeamoftheWeek SI.comTeamoftheWeek

MARCEL DE JONGWeek3(3/23) BleacherReportTeamoftheWeek Goal.comTeamoftheWeek MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek

AMADOU DIAWeek12(5/25) MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeekWeek14(6/8) BleacherReportTeamoftheWeek

DOM DWYERWeek5(4/6) Goal.comTeamoftheWeek

KEVIN ELLISWeek13(6/1) BleacherReportTeamoftheWeek MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek NBCProSoccerTalkTeamoftheWeek SI.comBestXI

ROGER ESPINOZAWeek2(3/16) BleacherReportTeamoftheWeekWeek3(3/23) NBCProSoccerTalkTeamoftheWeekWeek5(4/6) Goal.comTeamoftheWeek SI.comBestXI

BENNY FEILHABERWeek1(3/9) NBCProSoccerTalkTeamoftheWeekWeek4(3/30) Goal.comTeamoftheWeek MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeekWeek6(4/13) NBCProSoccerTalkTeamoftheWeekWeek8(4/27) BleacherReportTeamoftheWeek Goal.comTeamoftheWeek MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek NBCProSoccerTalkTeamoftheWeek SI.comBestXI MLSsoccer.comGoaloftheWeekApril MLSsoccer.com Player of the MonthWeek9(5/4) MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek NBCProSoccerTalkTeamoftheWeekWeek12(5/25) MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek BleacherReportTeamoftheWeek

TIM MELIAWeek9(5/4) MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek SI.comBestXIWeek14(6/8) BleacherReportTeamoftheWeek ESPNFCTeamoftheWeek MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek NBCProSoccerTalkTeamoftheWeek SI.comBestXI

KRISZTIAN NEMETHWeek12(5/25) BleacherReportTeamoftheWeek Goal.comTeamoftheWeek MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek SI.comBestXIWeek13(6/1) ESPNFCTeamoftheWeek MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek NBCProSoccerTalkTeamoftheWeek SI.comBestXIMay MLSsoccer.com Player of the Month finalist

IKE OPARAWeek1(3/9) BleacherReportTeamoftheWeek Goal.comTeamoftheWeek MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek NBCProSoccerTalkTeamoftheWeek SoccerByIvesBestXIWeek3(3/23) MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek SI.comBestXIWeek4(3/30) BleacherReportTeamoftheWeek Goal.comTeamoftheWeek MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek NBCProSoccerTalkTeamoftheWeek SI.comBestXIMarch Soccer By Ives Player of the Month MLSsoccer.com Player of the Month finalistWeek6(4/13) Goal.comTeamoftheWeek

GRAHAM ZUSIWeek13(6/1) MLSsoccer.comTeamoftheWeek

TEAMWeek12(5/25) SoccerByIvesTeamoftheWeekMay Soccer By Ives Team of the Month

HOT AT HOME SportingKC’sfour-gamehomewinningstreakistiedforthelongestinasingleregularseasonsinceSportingParkopened.Theteamalsowonthefirstfourhomegames of the 2012 season. Kansas City hasn’t won five straight home games inthesameregularseasonsince2000,whentheclubwonitsfirstsevencontestsatArrowheadStadiumenroutetothe2000MLSCupchampionship. ShouldSportingKCpickupafifthsuccessivehomeleaguewinonSaturday,itwouldbethethirdlongestsingle-seasonhomewinningstreakinteamhistory.

Longest single-season home winning streaks in KC history (MLS)Win streak Dates7games May27—Aug.23,19987games March25—May20,20004games July27—Sept.1,19964games July19—Aug.28,19974games May24—July12,20034games Sept.4—Oct.16,20044games March17—April1420124 games May 3, 2015—present

VERMES CLIMBING THE RANKS SportingKCmanagerPeterVermesranks10thall-timewith82regularseasonwins,oneshyoftyingThomasRongenforninthandfourshyoftyingBobGanslerforeighth.GanslerisKansasCity’swinningestcoachinclubhistory,havingcompiledan86-85-51 regular season record from1999-2006andwinning108games inallcompetitions. Vermes earned his 100th career coachingwin in all competitions onMay 29asSportingKCbeatFCDallas4-0.Hehasa102-71-56recordsincetakingover inAugust2009and is theonlyperson towinMLSCupasbothaplayer (2000)andcoach(2013)withthesameteam.

ZUSI CLIMBING ASSIST CHARTS SportingKCwingerGrahamZusiisafewassistsshyofsecondplaceontheclub’sall-timeassistcharts.TheU.S.international’s43regularseasonassistsaretwobehindChrisKlein(1998-2005),whilehis48totalMLSassists(includingpostseason)areonebehindKlein.ZusialsotrailsKleinbyasingleassistwith53inallcompetitions.AfterrecordingandgoalandtwoassistsonMay29,Zusibecamethe thirdeverplayer(Klein,Preki)toreach25goalsand50assistsfortheteaminallcompetitions.

SPORTING KC A SET PIECE THREAT Through the first 16 weeks of the season, Sporting KC has been one of theleague’smost dangerous teams on set pieces. In addition to scoring eight goalsdirectlyoffsetpieces, the teamhasaccumulatedmultiple statistics that illustratetheirsetpieceprowess:SKCleadsMLSwith38chancescreatedfromsetplays,eightassistsfromsetplaysandeightheadedgoals.

EIGHT SPORTING KC PLAYERS ON ALL-STAR FAN BALLOT MLShasunveiledthefanballotforthe2015AT&TMLSAll-StarGamefeaturingeight representatives, as nominated by media, from all 20 teams. Sporting KC’seligibleplayersforfanvotingareasfollows: Goalkeeper (1): Tim Melia Defenders (2): Jalil Anibaba, Matt Besler Midfielders (3): Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi Forwards (2): Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth The2015MLSAll-StarswillplayEnglishPremierLeaguesideTottenhamHotspuronJuly29atDick’sSportingGoodsParkinCommerceCity,Colorado.Atotalof32All-Stars(fourgoalkeepers,eightdefenders,13midfieldersandsevenforwards)arenamedeachyear.Media, fans,players, theAll-Star coachandMLSCommissionerDonGarberallcontributeintheselectionprocess. FourofSKC’seightnomineesare in contention for thefirstAll-StarhonorsoftheirMLScareers:TimMelia,JalilAnibaba,BennyFeilhaberandKrisztianNemeth.BeslerandZusihaveeachbeennamedMLSAll-StarsonthreeoccasionswhileDwyer(2014) and Espinoza (2012) have also received All-Star recognition during theirrespectivecareers. MLSsoccer.comreleasedthelatestAll-StarvotingupdateonThursdaybasedontotalonlineballotandsocialmediavotes.NamesinboldsignifythattheplayeriscurrentlypartoftheFanXI:

• TimMelia:3rdamonggoalkeepers(9.08%--2.57%behindNickRimandoinfirst)• Matt Besler: 1st among defenders (7.73%)• JalilAnibaba:7thamongdefenders(3.71%)• Graham Zusi: 3rd among midfielders (4.72%)• Benny Feilhaber: 4th among midfielders (4.58%)• DomDwyer:6thamongforwards(6.21%)• KrisztianNemeth:7thamongforwards(4.81%)

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SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS

CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS

61DatingbacktoApril2012(includingpostseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

103

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76MLSregularseason,6MLSpostseason,11OpenCup,5CCL,5friendlies

includingpenaltyshootoutwinsin2012U.S.OpenCupand2013MLSCupfinals

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE

19,40082MLSmatchessince2011(includingpostseason)

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES

105.082MLSmatchessince2011Seatingcapacity:18,467

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED

158in103matchesplayedatthestadium

Sporting KC regular season record vs. Colorado Rapids: 22-17-13Home games:17-3-5(55GF,25GA)Road games:5-14-8(35GF,45GA)

Date Score Result Location04/13/1996 KC3vsCOL0 W ArrowheadStadium05/05/1996 KC0atCOL4 L MileHighStadium07/10/1996 KC2vsCOL0 W ArrowheadStadium08/07/1996 KC2atCOL4 L MileHighStadium06/28/1997 KC3atCOL3 W(SO)MileHighStadium08/28/1997 KC1vsCOL0 W ArrowheadStadium09/06/1997 KC2atCOL1 W MileHighStadium09/26/1997 KC5vsCOL2 W ArrowheadStadium05/31/1998 KC1atCOL2 L MileHighStadium07/19/1998 KC4vsCOL1 W ArrowheadStadium08/08/1998 KC3vsCOL1 W ArrowheadStadium09/02/1998 KC2atCOL3 L MileHighStadium04/17/1999 KC1atCOL1 L(SO) MileHighStadium07/07/1999 KC1vsCOL2 L ArrowheadStadium09/10/1999 KC0atCOL0 L(SO)MileHighStadium09/25/1999 KC0vsCOL0 L(SO)ArrowheadStadium04/01/2000 KC3vsCOL0 W ArrowheadStadium04/29/2000 KC5atCOL0 W MileHighStadium08/02/2000 KC3vsCOL1 W ArrowheadStadium08/26/2000 KC1atCOL1 T MileHighStadium07/18/2001 KC0atCOL0 T MileHighStadium08/12/2001 KC2atCOL2 T MileHighStadium08/19/2001 KC3vsCOL2 W ArrowheadStadium03/23/2002 KC1vsCOL1 T ArrowheadStadium05/11/2002 KC0atCOL2 L InvescoFieldatMileHigh09/14/2002 KC1vsCOL2 L ArrowheadStadium09/20/2002 KC1atCOL1 T InvescoFieldatMileHigh07/04/2003 KC2atCOL3 L InvescoFieldatMileHigh08/22/2003 KC2vsCOL2 T ArrowheadStadium09/13/2003 KC0atCOL1 L InvescoFieldatMileHigh10/04/2003 KC4vsCOL2 W ArrowheadStadium05/01/2004 KC2vsCOL0 W ArrowheadStadium06/09/2004 KC1atCOL0 W InvescoFieldatMileHigh09/10/2004 KC1atCOL3 L InvescoFieldatMileHigh09/25/2004 KC1vsCOL0 W ArrowheadStadium04/02/2005 KC3vsCOL2 W ArrowheadStadium07/04/2005 KC1atCOL2 L InvescoFieldatMileHigh07/08/2006 KC0atCOL1 L InvescoFieldatMileHigh09/09/2006 KC4vsCOL1 W ArrowheadStadium05/19/2007 KC1atCOL1 T Dick’sSportingGoodsPark07/22/2007 KC2vsCOL2 T ArrowheadStadium04/05/2008 KC3vsCOL2 W CommunityAmericaBallpark08/16/2008 KC1atCOL2 L Dick’sSportingGoodsPark03/28/2009 KC1atCOL2 L Dick’sSportingGoodsPark09/26/2009 KC0vsCOL0 T CommunityAmericaBallpark04/10/2010 KC1vsCOL0 W CommunityAmericaBallpark07/17/2010 KC1atCOL1 T Dick’sSportingGoodsPark05/28/2011 KC1atCOL1 T Dick’sSportingGoodsPark07/06/2011 KC1vsCOL1 T SportingPark05/19/2012 KC2atCOL2 T Dick’sSportingGoodsPark08/31/2013 KC2vsCOL1 W SportingPark03/29/2014 KC3atCOL2 W Dick’sSportingGoodsPark

ALL-TIME MLS RESULTS

COLORADO RAPIDS

Category 1 2 OT TotalGoals 28 42 0 70Shots 293 358 9 660 ShotsonGoal 114 135 2 251Fouls 367 392 8 767Offsides 79 64 2 145CornerKicks 137 138 8 283

Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 33 57 0 90Shots 311 404 7 722ShotsonGoal 135 180 3 318Fouls 335 340 12 687Offsides 82 80 0 162CornerKicks 114 130 3 247

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS


JohnSpencer8ChrisHenderson7JohnSpencer53JohnSpencer29

PabloMastroeni35ChrisHenderson36

fourplayerstied3Cannon/Hahnemann5

ScottGarlick3MarcusHahnemann44MarcusHahnemann17

GOALSASSISTSSHOTS

SHOTS ON GOALFOULS COMMITTED

FOULS SUFFERED

WINSLOSSES

SHUTOUTS SAVES

GOALS ALLOWED

9Klein/Preki16Preki83Preki35Preki34McKeon/Zavagnin47KerryZavagnin

7TonyMeola5TonyMeola6TonyMeola65TonyMeola18TonyMeola

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS


eightplayerstied2fourplayerstied2

(9/14/02)MarkChung8(8/22/03)JohnSpencer5(8/2/00)ChrisMartinez7

threeplayerstied6

fourplayerstied9Grafer/Kramer5

GOALSASSISTSSHOTS

SHOTS ON GOALFOULS COMMITTED

FOULS SUFFERED

SAVESGOALS ALLOWED

2nineplayerstied3Preki(10/4/03)9OnandiLowe(8/12/01)4nineplayerstied7ChrisHenderson(8/26/00)7threeplayerstied

9BoOshoniyi(9/10/04)4MikeAmman(8/7/96)

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT TotalKC 6 12 15 21 10 26 0 90COL 8 10 10 15 8 19 0 70

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKERPlayers In Players Out

BernardoAnor(trade-12/8/14) AntonioDovale(optiondeclined-11/25/14)

JalilAnibaba(trade-12/12/14) ChristianDuke(optiondeclined-11/25/14)

JamesMarcelin(signing-12/16/14) AndyGruenebaum(optiondeclined-11/25/14)

LuisMarin(signing-12/18/14) MichaelKafari(optiondeclined-11/25/14)

KrisztianNemeth(signing-12/18/14) EricKronberg(optiondeclined-11/25/14)

TimMelia(signing-12/23/14) VictorMunoz(optiondeclined-11/25/14)

RogerEspinoza(signing-1/6/15) SalZizzo(optiondeclined-11/25/14)

ConnorHallisey(SuperDraft-1/15/15) LawrenceOlum(outofcontract-11/25/14)

SaadAbdul-Salaam(SuperDraft-1/15/15) MartinSteuble(outofcontract-11/25/14)

ServandoCarrasco(trade-1/27/15) AurelienCollin(trade-12/8/14)

SoniMustivar(signing-2/13/15) C.J.Sapong(trade-12/8/14)

AmadouDia(SuperDraft-2/18/15) SoonySaad(outofcontract-1/1/15)

JamesAnsuRogers(SuperDraft-2/25/15) IgorJuliao(loanends-1/1/15)

MarceldeJong(signing-3/2/15) ClaudioBieler(outofcontract-1/20/15)

JorgeClaros(waived-2/24/15)

JamesMarcelin(waived-2/24/15)

LuisMarin(contractterminated-5/27/15)

JamesAnsuRogers(waived-6/22/15)

DATE IN/OUT DETAILSNov.25: OUT SportingKCdeclinescontractoptionsforMChristianDuke,MAntonioDovale,GKAndyGruenebaum,MMichaelKafari,GKEricKronberg, MVictorMunozandFSalZizzo;MLawrenceOlumandMMartinSteubleleavecluboutofcontractDec.8: IN SportingKCacquiresMBernardoAnorfromColumbusCrewSCDec.8: OUT SportingKCtradesDAurelienCollintoOrlandoCitySC;tradesFC.J.SapongtoPhiladelphiaUnionDec.12: IN SportingKCsignsDJalilAnibabaafteracquiringhisrightsfromOrlandoCitySC(2014MLSExpansionDraft)Dec.16: IN SportingKCsignsMJamesMarcelinDec.17 SportingKCsignsFDomDwyertocontractextensionDec.18: IN SportingKCsignsGKLuisMarinandFKrisztianNemethDec.23: IN SportingKCsignsGKTimMeliaJan.1: OUT FSoonySaadleavescluboutofcontract;DIgorJuliaoleavesclubasloanexpiresJan.6: IN SportingKCsignsMRogerEspinozaJan.15: IN SportingKCselectsMConnorHallisey(10thoverall),DSaadAbdul-Salaam(12thoverall)andDAmadouDia(20thoverall)inthefirstroundofthe2015MLS SuperDraft.HalliseyandAbdul-SalaamsignedwithMLSpriortothedraftandwereautomaticallyaddedtoSportingKC’sroster.Jan.15: SportingKCsignsFJacobPetersontonewcontractJan.20: OUT FClaudioBielerleavescluboutofcontractJan.20: IN SportingKCselectsMJamesAnsuRogers(53rdoverall)andDTonyRocha(73rdoverall)inthethirdandfourthroundsofthe2015MLSSuperDraftJan.27: IN SportingKCsignsDKevinEllistonewcontract;signsMServandoCarrascoafteracquiringhisrightsfromHoustonDynamoFeb.13: IN SportingKCsignsMSoniMustivarFeb.18: IN SportingKCsignsDAmadouDia,the20thoverallpick(firstround)inthe2015MLSSuperDraftFeb.24: OUT SportingKCwaivesMJorgeClarosandMJamesMarcelinFeb.25: IN SportingKCsignsFJamesAnsuRogers,the53rdoverallpick(thirdround)inthe2015MLSSuperDraftMarch2: IN SportingKCsignsDMarceldeJongMarch20: LOAN(out) SportingKCloansGKJonKempintoSanAntonioScorpions(NASL)March24: LOAN(out) SportingKCloansMMikeyLopeztoOKCEnergyFC(USL)April1: LOAN(out) SportingKCloansDSaadAbdul-SalaamtoSanAntonioScorpions(NASL)May19: LOAN(in) SportingKCrecallsDSaadAbdul-SalaamfromSanAntonioScorpions(NASL)May27: OUT SportingKCandGKLuisMarinmutuallyagreetoterminatecontractMay27: IN SportingKCrecallsGKJonKempinfromSanAntonioScorpions(NASL)June22: OUT SportingKCwaivesFJamesAnsuRogers

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Year MLS SuperDraft Signings Trades Homegrown Players MLS Lottery Draft

2008 ChanceMyers(1st)

2009 MattBesler(8th)GrahamZusi(23rd)

2010 JonKempin(8/31/10)

2011 SethSinovic(5/10/11) KevinEllis(2/18/11)

2012 DomDwyer(16th) JacobPeterson(1/19/12) PauloNagamura(11/29/11)

2013 MikeyLopez(14th) JimmyMedranda(8/9/13) BennyFeilhaber(12/11/12)IkeOpara(12/12/12)

ErikPalmer-Brown(8/2/13)

2015 ConnorHallisey(10th)SaadAbdul-Salaam(12th)AmadouDia(20th)

KrisztianNemeth(12/18/14)TimMelia(12/23/14)RogerEspinoza(1/6/15)SoniMustivar(2/16/15)MarceldeJong(3/2/15)

BernardoAnor(12/8/14)JalilAnibaba(12/12/14)ServandoCarrasco(1/27/15)

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DATE OPPONENT COMPETITION TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS ATTENDANCE

SUNDAY, MARCH 8 NEW YORK RED BULLS MLS T 1-1 Opara 50 19,784

Saturday,March14 atFCDallas MLS L1-3 Espinoza 44 14,149

SATURDAY, MARCH 21 PORTLAND TIMBERS MLS T 0-0 --- 20,848

Saturday,March28 atNewYorkCityFC MLS W1-0 Opara 12 27,454

SUNDAY, APRIL 5 PHILADELPHIA UNION MLS W 3-2 Dwyer 16; Anibaba 91+; Nemeth 94+ 19,545

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 REAL SALT LAKE MLS T 0-0 --- 20,087

Saturday,April18 atLAGalaxy MLS L1-2 Nemeth 22 20,018

Saturday,April25 atHoustonDynamo MLS T4-4 Nemeth 2; Dwyer 74; Feilhaber 80, 95+ 21,046

SUNDAY, MAY 3 CHICAGO FIRE MLS W 1-0 Nagamura 75 19,581

Saturday,May9 atD.C.United MLS T1-1 Dwyer 45 16,221

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION MLS W 4-2 Dwyer 29; Nemeth 39, 46; Feilhaber 43 18,864

Saturday,May23 atSeattleSoundersFC MLS T0-0 --- 40,653

FRIDAY, MAY 29 FC DALLAS MLS W 4-0 Nemeth 19; Feilhaber 51; Ellis 57; Zusi 64 20,172

SATURDAY, JUNE 6 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC MLS W 1-0 Feilhaber 84 21,505

TUESDAY, JUNE 16 ST. LOUIS FC U.S. Open Cup (4th Round) W 1-0 Zusi 70 19,298

Sunday,June21 atRealSaltLake MLS L1-2 Dwyer 30 19,155

SATURDAY, JUNE 27 COLORADO RAPIDS MLS 7:30 KMCI, SKCTV

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 FC DALLAS U.S. Open Cup (5th Round) 7:30 SportingKC.com

Sunday,July12 atVancouverWhitecaps MLS 8:00 KMCI,SKCTV

SATURDAY, JULY 18 MONTREAL IMPACT MLS 7:30 KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, July 21/22 TBD U.S. Open Cup (Quarterfinals)

Friday,July24 atRealSaltLake MLS 10:00 KMCI,Unimas

SATURDAY, AUG. 1 HOUSTON DYNAMO MLS 7:30 KMCI, SKCTV

Saturday,Aug.8 atTorontoFC MLS 3:00 KMCI,SKCTV

Tue/Wed, Aug. 11/12 TBD U.S. Open Cup (Semifinals)

SATURDAY, AUG. 15 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS MLS 7:30 KMCI, SKCTV

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES MLS 7:30 KMCI, SKCTV

Saturday,Aug.22 atColumbusCrewSC MLS 6:30 KMCI,SKCTV

Saturday,Aug.29 atColoradoRapids MLS 8:00 KMCI,SKCTV

Wednesday,Sept.9 atPortlandTimbers MLS 9:30 KMCI,SKCTV

Sunday,Sept.13 atOrlandoCitySC MLS 6:00 FoxSports1

FRIDAY, SEPT. 18 FC DALLAS MLS 6:00 KMCI, Unimas

Wednesday,Sept.23 atHoustonDynamo MLS 7:30 KMCI,SKCTV

SUNDAY, SEPT. 27 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC MLS 4:00 ESPN

Tue/Wed, Sept. 29/30 TBD U.S. Open Cup (Final)

Saturday,Oct.3 atPortlandTimbers MLS 9:30 KMCI,SKCTV

Friday,Oct.16 atSanJoseEarthquakes MLS 10:00 KMCI,SKCTV

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 COLORADO RAPIDS MLS 7:30 KMCI, SKCTV

SUNDAY, OCT. 25 LA GALAXY MLS 6:00 TBD

Wed/Thu, Oct. 28/29 Conference Knockout Round MLS Cup Playoffs

Sat/Sun, Oct. 31/Nov. 1 Conference Semifinals (Leg 1) MLS Cup Playoffs

Sat/Sun, Nov. 7/8 Conference Semifinals (Leg 2) MLS Cup Playoffs

Sat/Sun, Nov. 21/22 Conference Championship (Leg 1) MLS Cup Playoffs

Sat/Sun, Nov. 28/29 Conference Championship (Leg 2) MLS Cup Playoffs

Sat/Sun, Dec. 5/6 MLS Cup Final MLS Cup Playoffs

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES

March 8, 2015: Sporting KC 1-1 New York Red BullsMLSRegularSeason|SportingPark|KansasCity,KS

Attendance:19,784(54thstraightsellout)Weather:70degreesandsunny

1 2 FSporting KC (0-0-1, 1 pt) 01 1New York Red Bulls (0-0-1, 1 pt) 01 1

Sporting KC:LuisMarin;SethSinovic,MattBesler(c),IkeOpara,AmadouDia;RogerEspinoza,BennyFeilhaber,KrisztianNemeth(JacobPeterson77);BernardoAnor(PauloNagamura61),DomDwyer,GrahamZusi(ErikPalmer-Brown85)Subs not used:TimMelia,ConnorHallisey,JalilAnibaba,JimmyMedranda

New York Red Bulls: LuisRobles;DamienPerrinelle,RonaldZubar(MattMiazga77),RoyMiller,ChrisDuvall;SachaKljestan,Felipe(AnatoleBertrandAbang84),LloydSam,DaxMcCarty(c),MikeGrella(SalZizzo68);BradleyWright-PhillipsSubs not used:KyleReynish,SeanDavis,LeoStolz,DaneRichards

Stats Summary SKC NYRShots(ongoal) 18(4) 14(4)Saves 3 3Fouls 10 17Offside 0 5CornerKicks 6 9Misconduct Summary:SKC--MattBesler(caution;recklesstackle)30SKC--MattBesler(caution;tacticalfoul)70SKC--MattBesler(ejection;secondcaution)70NYR--BradleyWright-Phillips(caution;tacticalfoul)80NYR--SachaKljestan(caution;recklesstackle)86

Scoring Summary:SKC--IkeOpara1(BennyFeilhaber1)50NYR--LloydSam1(Felipe1)54

March 14, 2015: Sporting KC 1-3 FC DallasMLSRegularSeason|ToyotaStadium|Frisco,TX

Attendance:14,149Weather:57degreesandcloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (0-1-1, 1 pt) 10 1FC Dallas (2-0-0, 6 pts) 12 3

Sporting KC:LuisMarin;AmadouDia,KevinEllis,IkeOpara,MarceldeJong;PauloNagamura,BennyFeilhaber,RogerEspinoza;GrahamZusi(c)(JacobPeterson88),DomDwyer,KrisztianNemeth(BernardoAnor76)Subs not used:TimMelia,SethSinovic,JalilAnibaba,SoniMustivar,JimmyMedranda

FC Dallas: ChrisSeitz;AtibaHarris,MattHedges(c),MoisesHernandez,ZachLoyd;FabianCastillo(KyleBekker89),MauroDiaz(RyanHollingshead69),Michel,TeshoAkindele(MichaelBarrios76),VictorUlloa;BlasPerezSubs not used:DanKennedy,WalkerZimmerman,DavidTexeira,KellynAcosta

Stats Summary SKC FCDShots(ongoal) 11(4) 11(5)Saves 2 3Fouls 16 12Offside 2 2CornerKicks 6 5Misconduct Summary:FCD--AtibaHarris(caution;recklessfoul)35SKC--GrahamZusi(caution;dissent)41FCD--KyleBekker(caution;unsportingbehavior)90SKC--KevinEllis(caution;unsportingbehavior)90

Scoring Summary:FCD--BlasPerez2(TeshoAkindele1,FabianCastillo1)17SKC--RogerEspinoza1(BennyFeilhaber2)44FCD--BlasPerez3(Michel1)52FCD--FabianCastillo1(RyanHollingshead1,Michel2)73

March 21, 2015: Sporting KC 0-0 Portland TimbersMLSRegularSeason|SportingPark|KansasCity,KS

Attendance:20,848(55thstraightsellout)Weather:68degreesandpartlycloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (0-1-2, 2 pts) 00 0Portland Timbers (0-0-3, 3 pts) 00 0

Sporting KC:LuisMarin;JalilAnibaba,IkeOpara,MattBesler(c),MarceldeJong;BennyFeilhaber(ServandoCarrasco84),PauloNagamura,RogerEspinoza(SoniMustivar93+);GrahamZusi,DomDwyer,JimmyMedranda(BernardoAnor56)Subs not used:TimMelia,AmadouDia,SethSinovic,JacobPeterson

Portland Timbers: AdamKwarasey;AlvasPowell,NatBorchers,LiamRidgewell(c),JorgeVillafana;DiegoChara,JackJewsbury,DaironAsprilla(GastonFernandez76),DarlingtonNagbe,RodneyWallace(Jeanderson92+);FanendoAdi(MaximilianoUrruti76)Subs not used:AndrewWeber,NorbertoPaparatto,TaylorPeay,GeorgeFochive

Stats Summary SKC PORShots(ongoal) 16(2) 7(3)Saves 3 2Fouls 13 11Offside 0 4CornerKicks 6 4Misconduct Summary:POR--DiegoChara(caution;recklessfoul)72SKC--BennyFeilhaber(caution;recklessfoul)82

Scoring Summary:None

March 28, 2015: Sporting KC 1-0 New York City FCMLSRegularSeason|YankeeStadium|Bronx,NY


1 2 FSporting KC (1-1-2, 5 pts) 10 1New York City FC (1-1-2, 5 pts) 00 0

Sporting KC:LuisMarin;SethSinovic,MattBesler(c),IkeOpara,JalilAnibaba;ServandoCarrasco,BennyFeilhaber,PauloNagamura(SoniMustivar78);GrahamZusi(BernardoAnor39),DomDwyer,JimmyMedranda(JacobPeterson67)Subs not used:TimMelia,KevinEllis,AmadouDia,ConnorHallisey

New York City FC: JoshSaunders;JebBrovsky,KwameWatson-Siriboe,JasonHernandez,ChrisWingert;NedGrabavoy,AndrewJacobson(ThomasMcNamara84),MixDiskerud(c),MehdiBallouchy(KwadwoPoku75);PatrickMullins,JavierCalle(TonyTaylor59)Subs not used:RyanMeara,AndresMendoza,PabloAlvarez,MatthewDunn

Stats Summary SKC NYCShots(ongoal) 9(2) 12(3)Saves 3 1Fouls 11 16Offside 2 1CornerKicks 2 3Misconduct Summary:SKC--PauloNagamura(caution;recklesstackle)68NYC--MixDiskerud(caution;tacticalfoul)73NYC--KwameWatson-Siriboe(caution;recklesstackle)86

Scoring Summary:SKC--IkeOpara2(MattBesler1)12

April 5, 2015: Sporting KC 3-2 Philadelphia UnionMLSRegularSeason|SportingPark|KansasCity,KS

Attendance:19,545(56thstraightsellout)Weather:61degreesandcloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (2-1-2, 8 pts) 12 3Philadelphia Union (0-3-2, 2 pts) 20 2

Sporting KC:LuisMarin;JalilAnibaba,IkeOpara,MattBesler(c),MarceldeJong(SethSinovic46);ServandoCarrasco(SoniMustivar77),RogerEspinoza,BennyFeilhaber;JacobPeterson,DomDwyer,JimmyMedranda(KrisztianNemeth64)Subs not used:TimMelia,KevinEllis,PauloNagamura,BernardoAnor

Philadelphia Union: RaisMbolhi;Fabinho(RaymondLee78),StevenVitoria,MauriceEdu(c),RaymonGaddis;AndrewWenger,BrianCarroll,MichaelLahoud,EricAyuk(C.J.Sapong72);SebastienLeToux,FernandoAristeguietaSubs not used:RyanMeara,AndresMendoza,PabloAlvarez,MatthewDunn

Stats Summary SKC PHIShots(ongoal) 14(6) 10(5)Saves 4 2Fouls 11 11Offside 2 3CornerKicks 8 3Misconduct Summary:SKC--MarceldeJong(caution;recklesstackle)18PHI--MauriceEdu(caution;tacticalfoul)62PHI--BrianCarroll(caution;recklessfoul)68

Scoring Summary:PHI--OwnGoal(JacobPeterson)3SKC--DomDwyer1(BennyFeilhaber3)16PHI--FernandoAristeguieta3(SebastienLeToux1)19SKC--JalilAnibaba1(RogerEspinoza1)91+SKC--KrisztianNemeth1(M.Besler2,B.Feilhaber4)94+

April 11, 2015: Sporting KC 0-0 Real Salt LakeMLSRegularSeason|SportingPark|KansasCity,KS


1 2 FSporting KC (2-1-3, 9 pts) 00 0Real Salt Lake (2-0-3, 9 pts) 00 0

Sporting KC:LuisMarin;MarceldeJong,MattBesler(c),IkeOpara(KevinEllis84),JalilAnibaba;RogerEspinoza,ServandoCarrasco,BennyFeilhaber;KrisztianNemeth,DomDwyer,JacobPeterson(BernardoAnor77)Subs not used:TimMelia,SoniMustivar,AmadouDia,JimmyMedranda,PauloNagamura

Real Salt Lake:NickRimando;JamisonOlave,EliasVasquez,TonyBeltran,KennyMansally;LukeMulholland(JohnStertzer92+),KyleBeckerman(c),JavierMorales;LuisGil(JordanAllen65),AlvaroSaborio,OlmesGarcia(DemarPhillips88)Subs not used:JeffAttinella,AaronMaund,SebastianSaucedo,DevonSandoval

Stats Summary SKC RSLShots(ongoal) 12(1) 4(0)Saves 0 1Fouls 11 11Offside 2 5CornerKicks 7 2Misconduct Summary:RSL--TonyBeltran(caution;recklesstackle)44RSL--AlvaroSaborio(caution;unsportingbehavior)61SKC--ServandoCarrasco(caution;unsportingbehavior)61RSL--KyleBeckerman(caution;dissent)64RSL--KennyMansally(caution;delayingarestart)80


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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES (CONTINUED)

April 18, 2015: Sporting KC 1-2 LA GalaxyMLSRegularSeason|StubHubCenter|Carson,CA

Attendance:20,018Weather:64degreesandclear

1 2 FSporting KC (2-2-3, 9 pts) 10 1LA Galaxy (3-2-2, 11 pts) 11 2

Sporting KC:LuisMarin;MarceldeJong(AmadouDia75),MattBesler(c),KevinEllis,JalilAnibaba;ServandoCarrasco,RogerEspinoza,BennyFeilhaber;KrisztianNemeth(BernardoAnor75),DomDwyer,GrahamZusi(JacobPeterson92)Subs not used:TimMelia,PauloNagamura,SoniMustivar,ConnorHallisey

LA Galaxy:JaimePenedo;DanGargan,A.J.DeLaGarza,TommyMeyer(OmarGonzalez78),RobbieRogers;StefanIshizaki(GyasiZardes69),RafaelGarcia(MikeVayrynen66),Juninho(c),BaggioHusidic;BradfordJamieson,AlanGordonSubs not used:BrianRowe,OscarSorto,JoseVillarreal,IgnacioMaganto

Stats Summary SKC LAShots(ongoal) 10(2) 9(6)Saves 4 1Fouls 12 11Offside 3 2CornerKicks 3 9Misconduct Summary:SKC--RogerEspinoza(caution;tacticalfoul)30LA--DanGargan(caution;recklesstackle)32LA--Juninho(caution;unsportingbehavior)83SKC--DomDwyer(caution;unsportingbehavior)83

Scoring Summary:LA--BaggioHusidic1(unassisted)9SKC--KrisztianNemeth2(B.Feilhaber5,D.Dwyer1)22LA--OmarGonzalez1(Juninho2)94+

April 25, 2015: Sporting KC 4-4 Houston DynamoMLSRegularSeason|BBVACompassStadium|Houston,TX

Attendance:21,046Weather:79degreesandpartlycloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (2-2-4, 10 pts) 13 4Houston Dynamo (2-2-4, 10 pts) 22 4

Sporting KC:LuisMarin;JalilAnibaba,KevinEllis(ConnorHallisey92+),MattBesler,MarceldeJong(AmadouDia63);ServandoCarrasco(SoniMustivar55),BennyFeilhaber,RogerEspinoza;GrahamZusi,DomDwyer,KrisztianNemethSubs not used:TimMelia,PauloNagamura,BernardoAnor,JacobPeterson

Houston Dynamo:TylerDeric;KofiSarkodie,RaulRodriguez,JermaineTaylor,DaMarcusBeasley;AlexLopez(DavidHorst80),RicardoClark,NathanSturgis(LuisGarrido84),BradDavis;GilesBarnes,WillBruin(ChandlerHoffman70)Subs not used:JoeWillis,Alex,LeonelMiranda,RobLovejoy

Stats Summary SKC HOUShots(ongoal) 16(4) 12(4)Saves 0 0Fouls 14 7Offside 2 5CornerKicks 7 6Misconduct Summary:SKC--RogerEspinoza(caution;recklesstackle)31SKC--JalilAnibaba(caution;recklessfoul)43SKC--KevinEllis(caution;tacticalfoul)53HOU--WillBruin(caution;recklessfoul)63HOU--JermaineTaylor(ejection;deniedobviousgoalopp.)79

Scoring Summary:SKC--KrisztianNemeth3(MarceldeJong1)2HOU--GilesBarnes3(unassisted)11HOU--WillBruin1(BradDavis2)46+HOU--GilesBarnes4(NathanSturgis1)46SKC--DomDwyer2(unassisted)74SKC--BennyFeilhaber1(penaltykick)80HOU--RaulRodriguez1(BradDavis3)83SKC--BennyFeilhaber2(GrahamZusi1)95+

May 3, 2015: Sporting KC 1-0 Chicago FireMLSRegularSeason|SportingPark|KansasCity,KS


1 2 FSporting KC (3-2-4, 13 pts) 01 1Chicago Fire (3-4-0, 9 pts) 00 0

Sporting KC:TimMelia;JalilAnibaba,KevinEllis,MattBesler(c),SethSinovic(AmadouDia77);SoniMustivar(JacobPeterson85),BennyFeilhaber,RogerEspinoza(PauloNagamura65);GrahamZusi,DomDwyer,KrisztianNemethSubs not used:LuisMarin,ErikPalmer-Brown,ConnorHallisey,BernardoAnor

Chicago Fire:SeanJohnson;JoevinJones,JeffLarentowicz,Adailton,EricGehrig(LovelPalmer85);MattPolster,ShaunMaloney,DavidAccam,ChrisRitter(KennedyIgboananike77),HarrisonShipp;Guly(QuincyAmarikwa72)Subs not used:RazvanCocis,VictorPerez,GregCochrane,JonBusch

Stats Summary SKC CHIShots(ongoal) 14(3) 11(3)Saves 3 2Fouls 14 12Offside 2 8CornerKicks 3 4Misconduct Summary:CHI--Adailton(caution;persistentinfringement)32SKC--SethSinovic(caution;tacticalfoul)38CHI--ChrisRitter(caution;delayingarestart)58CHI--DavidAccam(ejection;violentconduct)89SKC--PauloNagamura(caution;recklesstackle)92+

Scoring Summary:SKC--PauloNagamura1(JalilAnibaba1,GrahamZusi2)75

May 9, 2015: Sporting KC 1-1 D.C. UnitedMLSRegularSeason|RFKStadium|Washington,D.C.


1 2 FSporting KC (3-2-5, 14 pts) 10 1D.C. United (5-1-3, 18 pts) 10 1

Sporting KC:TimMelia;SethSinovic,MattBesler,ErikPalmer-Brown,JalilAnibaba;SoniMustivar,RogerEspinoza,BennyFeilhaber;JacobPeterson(ConnorHallisey85),DomDwyer(KrisztianNemeth71),GrahamZusi(AmadouDia90)Subs not used:LuisMarin,KevinEllis,ServandoCarrasco,JimmyMedranda

D.C. United:BillHamid;ChrisKorb,KofiOpare,BobbyBoswell,SeanFranklin;ChrisRolfe(MichaelFarfan74),PerryKitchen,DavyArnaud,NickDeLeon(MiguelAguilar88),ChrisPontius,JairoArrieta(LuisSilva66)Subs not used:ConorDoyle,TaylorKemp,SteveBirnbaum,AndrewDykstra

Stats Summary SKC DCShots(ongoal) 11(5) 7(2)Saves 1 4Fouls 10 9Offside 2 4CornerKicks 5 5Misconduct Summary:SKC--RogerEspinoza(caution;recklesstackle)9DC--DavyArnaud(caution;tacticalfoul)41SKC--LuisMarin(caution;dissent)81

Scoring Summary:DC--JairoArrieta2(ChrisPontius1,PerryKitchen1)42SKC--DomDwyer3(RogerEspinoza2)45

May 20, 2015: Sporting KC 4-2 New England RevolutionMLSRegularSeason|SportingPark|KansasCity,KS

Attendance:18,864(59thstraightsellout)Weather:53degreesandcloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (4-2-5, 17 pts) 31 4NE Revolution (5-3-4, 19 pts) 11 2

Sporting KC:TimMelia;JalilAnibaba,KevinEllis,MattBesler(c),AmadouDia;SoniMustivar,PauloNagamura(ServandoCarrasco86),BennyFeilhaber;JacobPeterson(ConnorHallisey79),DomDwyer,KrisztianNemeth(SaadAbdul-Salaam92+)Subs not used:LuisMarin,JimmyMedranda,JamesRogers

NE Revolution:BradKnighton;JoseGoncalves,KevinAlston(ChrisTierney73),JermaineJones(c),LondonWoodberry;DiegoFagundez(CharlieDavies54),LeeNguyen,AndyDorman,ScottCaldwell,KelynRowe(TealBunbury54);JuanAgudeloSubs not used:BobbyShuttleworth,JeremyHall,SeanOkoli,SteveNeumann

Stats Summary SKC NEShots(ongoal) 15(7) 11(4)Saves 2 2Fouls 16 12Offside 4 4CornerKicks 2 10Misconduct Summary:SKC--BennyFeilhaber(caution;tacticalfoul)30SKC--DomDwyer(caution;persistentinfringement)37NE--AndyDorman(caution;tacticalfoul)41SKC--AmadouDia(caution;persistentinfringement)71SKC--SoniMustivar(caution;recklessfoul)76NE--JoseGoncalves(caution;recklessfoul)89

Scoring Summary:NE--JuanAgudelo4(KelynRowe3)11SKC--DomDwyer4(KrisztianNemeth1,JalilAnibaba2)29SKC--KrisztianNemeth4(BennyFeilhaber6)39SKC--BennyFeilhaber3(penaltykick)43SKC--KrisztianNemeth5(JacobPeterson1,BennyFeilhaber7)46NE--ScottCaldwell2(CharlieDavies1,JoseGoncalves1)64

May 23, 2015: Sporting KC 0-0 Seattle Sounders FCMLSRegularSeason|CenturyLinkField|Seattle,WA


1 2 FSporting KC (4-2-6, 18 pts) 00 0Seattle Sounders FC (6-3-2, 20 pts)00 0

Sporting KC:TimMelia;JalilAnibaba,MattBesler(c),KevinEllis,AmadouDia;SoniMustivar,ServandoCarrasco(GrahamZusi77),BennyFeilhaber;JimmyMedranda(SaadAbdul-Salaam58),KrisztianNemeth,JacobPeterson(ConnorHallisey56)Subs not used:LuisMarin,JamesRogers

Seattle Sounders FC:StefanFrei;TyroneMears,BradEvans,ChadMarshall,DylanRemick;OsvaldoAlonso,GonzaloPineda,MarcoPappa(CristianRoldan73),LamarNeagle(AndyRose64);ChadBarrett(DarwinJones84),ClintDempseySubs not used:TroyPerkins,ZachScott,LeoGonzalez,MichaelAzira

Stats Summary SKC SEAShots(ongoal) 9(3) 10(1)Saves 1 3Fouls 11 6Offside 0 4CornerKicks 3 2Misconduct Summary:SKC--KevinEllis(caution;recklessfoul)81SKC--SoniMustivar(caution;dissent)81


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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES (CONTINUED)

May 29, 2015: Sporting KC 4-0 FC DallasMLSRegularSeason|SportingPark|KansasCity,KS


1 2 FSporting KC (5-2-6, 21 pts) 13 4FC Dallas (6-4-3, 21 pts) 00 0

Sporting KC:TimMelia;AmadouDia,MattBesler(c),KevinEllis,JalilAnibaba;SoniMustivar,RogerEspinoza(ServandoCarrasco71),BennyFeilhaber;GrahamZusi(SaadAbdul-Salaam83),KrisztianNemeth,ConnorHallisey(MarceldeJong65)Subs not used:JonKempin,JimmyMedranda,JamesRogers

FC Dallas:DanKennedy;MoisesHernandez,MattHedges(c),ZachLoyd,Je-VaughnWatson;KyleBekker,VictorUlloa,MauroDiaz(Michel72),RyanHollingshead;TeshoAkindele(DavidTexeira74),BlasPerez(RolandoEscobar46)Subs not used:AtibaHarris,ChrisSeitz,WalkerZimmerman,MichaelBarrios

Stats Summary SKC DALShots(ongoal) 12(6) 5(1)Saves 1 2Fouls 11 14Offside 4 2CornerKicks 5 3Misconduct Summary:DAL--ZachLoyd(caution;recklessfoul)33DAL--ZachLoyd(ejection;secondcaution,tacticalfoul)43

Scoring Summary:SKC--KrisztianNemeth6(KevinEllis1,GrahamZusi3)19SKC--BennyFeilhaber4(KrisztianNemeth2,JalilAnibaba3)51SKC--KevinEllis1(GrahamZusi4)57SKC--GrahamZusi1(ConnorHallisey1,JalilAnibaba4)64

June 6, 2015: Sporting KC 1-0 Seattle Sounders FCMLSRegularSeason|SportingPark|KansasCity,KS

Attendance:21,505(61ststraightsellout)Weather:85degreesandpartlycloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (6-2-6, 24 pts) 01 1Seattle Sounders FC (8-4-2, 26 pts)00 0

Sporting KC:TimMelia;JalilAnibaba,KevinEllis,MattBesler(c),AmadouDia;SoniMustivar,RogerEspinoza,BennyFeilhaber;ConnorHallisey(SaadAbdul-Salaam85),GrahamZusi,MarceldeJong(DomDwyer58)Subs not used:JonKempin,ChanceMyers,ServandoCarrasco,JimmyMedranda,JamesRogers

Seattle Sounders FC:StefanFrei;DylanRemick,ZachScott(c),ChadMarshall,TyroneMears;GonzaloPineda,MichealAzira(DarwinJones86),MarcoPappa(Thomas80),AndyRose,CristianRoldan(LeoGonzalez77);LamarNeagleSubs not used:TroyPerkins,DamionLowe,OnielFisher,AaronKovar

Stats Summary SKC SEAShots(ongoal) 16(4) 6(6)Saves 6 3Fouls 7 9Offside 1 3CornerKicks 3 5Misconduct Summary:SEA--StefanFrei(caution;dissent)82

Scoring Summary:SKC--BennyFeilhaber(penaltykick)84

June 16, 2015: Sporting KC 1-0 Saint Louis FCU.S.OpenCup4thRound|SportingPark|KansasCity,KS

Attendance:19,298(sellout)Weather:77degreesandcloudy

1 2 FSporting KC 01 1Saint Louis FC 00 0

Sporting KC:TimMelia;ChanceMyers(SaadAbdul-Salaam56),KevinEllis,MattBesler(c),AmadouDia(MarceldeJong81);SoniMustivar,BennyFeilhaber,RogerEspinoza;ConnorHallisey(JacobPeterson68),DomDwyer,GrahamZusiSubs not used:JonKempin,JalilAnibaba,ServandoCarrasco,JimmyMedranda

Saint Louis FC:MarkPais;JacobBushue,ChadVandegriffe,SamFink,PatrickDoody;ParkerMaher,BrandonBarklage(c),JamielHardware(JordanRoberts79),BrianCiesulka(CharlesRenken68);JermieLynch(KingsleyBryce80),MikeAmbersleySubs not used:AlexRiggs,OskarGasecki,KentaroTakada,NickBibbs

Stats Summary SKC STLShots(ongoal) 12(5) 2(0)Saves 0 4Fouls 3 10Offside 4 1CornerKicks 4 0Misconduct Summary:STL--BrandonBarklage(caution;recklessfoul)54STL--CharlesRenken(caution;recklessfoul)86

Scoring Summary:SKC--GrahamZusi1(BennyFeilhaber1)70

June 16, 2015: Sporting KC 1-0 Saint Louis FCMLSRegularSeason|RioTintoStadium|Sandy,UT

Attendance:19,155Weather:86degreesandpartlycloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (6-3-6, 24 pts) 10 1Real Salt Lake (5-5-6, 21 pts) 11 2

Sporting KC:TimMelia;JalilAnibaba,KevinEllis,MattBesler(c),AmadouDia(SaadAbdul-Salaam91+);SoniMustivar,BennyFeilhaber,RogerEspinoza;GrahamZusi,DomDwyer,KrisztianNemeth(JacobPeterson75)Subs not used:JonKempin,ServandoCarrasco,MarceldeJong,ConnorHallisey,ChanceMyers

Real Salt Lake:NickRimando;TonyBeltran,JustenGlad,AaronMaund,DemarPhillips;LukeMulholland(LuisGil70),KyleBeckerman(c),JavierMorales;SebastianJaime(JordanAllen69),DevonSandoval,JoaoPlata(OlmesGarcia83)Subs not used:JeffAttinella,JohnStertzer,PhanuelKavita,SebastianSaucedo

Stats Summary SKC RSLShots(ongoal) 11(5) 15(7)Saves 4 4Fouls 15 9Offside 0 3CornerKicks 4 16Misconduct Summary:SKC--SoniMustivar(caution;recklesstackle)8SKC--MattBesler(caution;recklessfoul)14RSL--JavierMorales(caution;recklessfoul)15RSL--DemarPhillips(caution;recklesstackle)18RSL--KyleBeckerman(caution;recklessfoul)47RSL--SebastianJaime(caution;recklessfoul)51RSL--OlmesGarcia(caution;unsportingbehavior)93+

Scoring Summary:RSL--SebastianJaime1(JavierMorales4)15SKC--DomDwyer5(BennyFeilhaber8)30RSL--OlmesGarcia1(JavierMorales5)93+

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2015 Record When...

Scoringfirstgoal 4-0-2Concedingfirstgoal 2-3-1Leadingathalftime 3-0-0Tiedathalftime 2-3-5Trailingathalftime 1-0-1Scoring0goals 0-0-3Scoring1goal 3-3-2Scoring2goals 0-0-0Scoring3goals 1-0-0Scoring4+goals 2-0-1Allowing0goals 4-0-3Allowing1goal 0-0-2Allowing2goals 2-2-0Allowing3goals 0-1-0Allowing4+goals 0-0-1WearingSportingblue 3-2-5Wearingdarkindigo 2-1-0Wearingwhite 1-0-1Leadingat75’ 4-0-0Tiedat75’ 1-2-5Trailingat75’ 1-1-1Outshootingopponent 5-1-5Outshotbyopponent 1-1-1Shotseven 0-1-0One-goalgames 4-2-0OnESPN/2 2-0-0OnFOXSports1 1-1-1OnKMCI-TV 3-2-5Daygames(before5p.m.) 1-0-0Games5p.m.CTorlater 5-3-6Withredcardfor 0-0-1Withredcardagainst 2-0-1Temperature75&up 2-1-2Temperaturebelow75 4-2-4InPacifictimezone 0-1-1InMountaintimezone 0-1-0InCentraltimezone 5-1-4InEasterntimezone 1-0-1vs.EasternConference 4-0-2vs.WesternConference 2-3-4Ongrass 6-3-5Onturf 0-0-1Withzerosubs 0-0-0Withonesub 0-0-0Withtwosubs 1-2-1withthreesubs 5-1-5

Regular Season Record By Month

March2015 1-1-2Marchall-time 13-9-6April2015 1-1-2Aprilall-time 39-31-14May2015 3-0-2Mayall-time 33-39-23June2015 1-1-0Juneall-time 37-29-21July2015 0-0-0Julyall-time 44-32-24Aug.2015 0-0-0Aug.all-time 37-45-14Sept.2015 0-0-0Sept.all-time 28-35-13Oct.2015 0-0-0Oct.all-time 18-12-14

Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2015)

vs.ChicagoFire 14-25-11(1-0-0)vs.ColoradoRapids 22-17-13vs.ColumbusCrew 24-21-6vs.D.C.United 20-20-12(0-0-1)vs.FCDallas 21-20-10(1-1-0)vs.HoustonDynamo 5-7-9(0-0-1)vs.LAGalaxy 19-24-11(0-1-0)vs.MontrealImpact 5-3-1vs.NERevolution 24-16-11(1-0-0)vs.NewYorkCityFC 1-0-0(1-0-0)vs.NewYorkRedBulls 19-20-13(0-0-1)vs.OrlandoCitySC 0-0-0vs.PhiladelphiaUnion 5-4-4(1-0-0)vs.PortlandTimbers 3-2-1(0-0-1)vs.RealSaltLake 8-6-5(0-1-1)vs.SJEarthquakes 21-21-7vs.SeattleSoundersFC 2-7-2(1-0-1)vs.TorontoFC 12-4-5vs.VancouverWhitecaps2-1-2

Regular Season Home and Away

OverallAll-time 249-232-1282015athome 5-0-3All-timeathome 161-85-592015onroad 1-3-3All-timeonroad 88-147-70

SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATSQuickest Goals... 2ndmin,KrisztianNemeth,4/25atHOU 12thmin,IkeOpara,3/28atNYC 16thmin,DomDwyer,4/5vsPHI

19thmin,KrisztianNemeth,5/29vsDAL

Quickest Goals Against... 3rdmin,owngoal(JacobPeterson),4/05vsPHI 9thmin,BaggioHusidic,4/18atLA 11thmin,GilesBarnes,4/25atHOU

11thmin,JuanAgudelo,5/20vsNE

Game-winning goals after 75’... 94thmin,KrisztianNemeth,4/05vsPHI84thmin,BennyFeilhaber,6/6vsSEA

Game-tying goals after 75’... 95thmin,BennyFeilhaber,4/25atHOU

Game-winning goals against after 75’... 94thmin,OmarGonzalez,4/18atLA93rdmin,OlmesGarcia,6/21atRSL

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

Own Goals... 3rdmin,JacobPeterson,4/05vsPHI

Own Goals Against...

Red Cards... 70thmin,MattBesler,3/8vsNYR

Red Cards Against... 79thmin,JermaineTaylor,4/25atHOU 89thmin,DavidAccam,5/3vsCHI

43rdmin,ZachLoyd,5/29vsDAL

Penalty Kicks... 79thmin,DomDwyer(saved),3/14atDAL 80thmin,BennyFeilhaber(goal),4/25atHOU

43rdmin,BennyFeilhaber(goal),5/20vsNE84thmin,BennyFeilhaber(goal),6/6vsSEA

Penalty Kicks Against...

Youngest Goalscorer... 23yrs.,335days,KevinEllis,5/29vsDAL

Oldest Goalscorer... 32yrs.,62days,PauloNagamura,5/3vsCHI

Youngest Starter... 18yrs.,15days,ErikPalmer-Brown,5/9atDC

Youngest to play in a game... 17yrs.,318days,ErikPalmer-Brown,3/8vsNYR

Oldest Starter... 32yrs.,79days,PauloNagamura,5/20vsNE

Oldest to play in a game... 32yrs.,79days,PauloNagamura,5/20vsNE

SPORTING KC IN 2015 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

SPORTING KC ALL-TIME WIN/LOSS RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES

Competition W L T GF GA MLSReg.Season 249 232 129 855 823MLSPlayoffs 17 19 7 57 57U.S.OpenCup 20 14 5 73 46International 9 10 8 33 37TOTAL 295 275 149 1018 963

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Neutral site W L T GF GA MLSCupPlayoffs 1 1 0 3 3International 0 0 1 0 0TOTAL 1 1 1 3 3

2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

PK’S (MADE) 1 2 TOTALSPORTINGKC 1(1) 3(2) 4(3)OPPONENT 0 0 0

CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTALSPORTINGKC 36 33 69OPPONENT 46 41 87

OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTALSPORTINGKC 15 11 26OPPONENT 28 27 55

FOULS 1 2 TOTALSPORTINGKC 85 98 183OPPONENT 95 74 169

CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTALSPORTINGKC 12 12 24OPPONENT 9 19 28

EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTALSPORTINGKC 0 1 1OPPONENT 1 2 3

GOALS 1 2 TOTALSPORTINGKC 11 12 23OPPONENT 9 8 17

SHOTS 1 2 TOTALSPORTINGKC 109 86 195OPPONENT 70 75 145

SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTALSPORTINGKC 31 27 58OPPONENT 24 30 54

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 GOAL CHART

Penalty kicks:

10,16,22

Right-footed Left-footed Header Own goal

1-IkeOpara1(BennyFeilhaber1),Mar.8vsNYR,50thmin2-RogerEspinoza1(BennyFeilhaber2),Mar.14atFCD,44thmin3-IkeOpara2(MattBesler1),Mar.28atNYC,12thmin#4-DomDwyer1(BennyFeilhaber3),Apr.5vsPHI,16thmin*5-JalilAnibaba1(RogerEspinoza1),Apr.5vsPHI,91stmin6-KrisztianNemeth1(MattBesler2,BennyFeilhaber4),Apr.5vsPHI,94thmin*7-KrisztianNemeth2(BennyFeilhaber5,DomDwyer1),Apr.18atLA,22ndmin8-KrisztianNemeth3(MarceldeJong1),Apr.25atHOU,2ndmin9-DomDwyer2(unassisted),Apr.25atHOU,74thmin10-BennyFeilhaber1(penaltykick),Apr.25atHOU,80thmin^11-BennyFeilhaber2(GrahamZusi1),Apr.25atHOU,95thmin

12-PauloNagamura1(JalilAnibaba1,GrahamZusi2),May3vsCHI,75thmin13-DomDwyer3(RogerEspinoza2),May9atDC,45thmin14-DomDwyer4(KrisztianNemeth1,JalilAnibaba2),May20vsNE,29thmin15-KrisztianNemeth4(BennyFeilhaber6),May20vsNE,39thmin+16-BennyFeilhaber3(penaltykick),May20vsNE,43rdmin^17-KrisztianNemeth6(JacobPeterson1,BennyFeilhaber7),May20vsNE,46thmin18-KrisztianNemeth5(KevinEllis1,GrahamZusi3),May29vsDAL,19thmin+19-BennyFeilhaber4(KrisztianNemeth2,JalilAnibaba3),May29vsDAL,51stmin20-KevinEllis1(GrahamZusi4),May29vsDAL,57thmin*21-GrahamZusi(ConnorHallisey1,JalilAnibaba4),May29vsDAL,64thmin22-BennyFeilhaber5(penaltykick),June6vsSEA,84thmin^23-DomDwyer5(BennyFeilhaber8),June21atRSL,30thmin

GOAL INFORMATION

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 GAME-BY-GAME LINEUPS

NEW YORK RED BULLSMarch 8, 2015 (T 1-1)GK MarinD DiaD OparaD BeslerD SinovicM FeilhaberM EspinozaM Nemeth (Peterson (77’)F Zusi (Palmer-Brown (85’)F DwyerF Anor (Nagamura 61’)

PORTLAND TIMBERSMarch 21, 2015 (T 0-0)GK MarinD AnibabaD OparaD BeslerD de JongM NagamuraM Feilhaber (Carrasco (84’)M Espinoza (Mustivar 89’)F ZusiF DwyerF Medranda (Anor 56’)

REAL SALT LAKEApril 11, 2015 (T 0-0)GK MarinD AnibabaD Opara (Ellis 84’)D BeslerD de JongM FeilhaberM CarrascoM EspinozaF Peterson (Anor 77’)F DwyerF Nemeth

PHILADELPHIA UNIONApril 5, 2015 (W 3-2)GK MarinD AnibabaD OparaD BeslerD de Jong (Sinovic 46’)M FeilhaberM Carrasco (Mustivar 77’)M EspinozaF PetersonF DwyerF Medranda (Nemeth 64’)

at New York City FCMarch 28, 2015 (W 1-0)GK MarinD AnibabaD OparaD BeslerD SinovicM Nagamura (Mustivar 78’)M CarrascoM FeilhaberF Zusi (Anor 39’)F DwyerF Medranda (Peterson 67’)

at FC DallasMarch 14, 2015 (L 1-3)GK MarinD DiaD OparaD EllisD de JongM NagamuraM FeilhaberM Espinoza F Zusi (Peterson 88’)F DwyerF Nemeth (Anor 76’)

at LA GalaxyApril 18, 2015 (L 1-2)GK MarinD AnibabaD EllisD BeslerD de Jong (Dia 75’)M FeilhaberM CarrascoM EspinozaF Zusi (Peterson (90’)F DwyerF Nemeth (Anor 75’)

CHICAGO FIREMay 3, 2015 (W 1-0)GK MeliaD AnibabaD Ellis D BeslerD Sinovic (Dia 77’)M FeilhaberM Mustivar (Peterson 85’)M Espinoza (Nagamura 65’)F ZusiF DwyerF Nemeth

NE REVOLUTIONMay 20, 2015 (W 4-2)GK MeliaD AnibabaD EllisD BeslerD DiaM FeilhaberM MustivarM Nagamura (Carrasco 86’)F Peterson (Hallisey 79’)F DwyerF Nemeth (Abdul-Salaam 89’)

at D.C. UnitedMay 9, 2015 (T 1-1)GK MeliaD AnibabaD Palmer-BrownD BeslerD SinovicM FeilhaberM MustivarM EspinozaF Zusi (Dia 89’)F Dwyer (Nemeth 71’)F Peterson (Hallisey 85’)

at Houston DynamoApril 25, 2015 (T 4-4)GK MarinD AnibabaD Ellis (Hallisey 90’)D BeslerD de Jong (Dia 63’)M FeilhaberM Carrasco (Mustivar 55’)M EspinozaF ZusiF DwyerF Nemeth

at Seattle Sounders FCMay 23, 2015 (T 0-0)GK MeliaD AnibabaD EllisD BeslerD DiaM FeilhaberM MustivarM Carrasco (Zusi 77’)F Peterson (Hallisey 56’)F NemethF Medranda (Abdul-Salaam 58’)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FCJune 6, 2015 (W 1-0)GK MeliaD AnibabaD EllisD BeslerD DiaM FeilhaberM MustivarM EspinozaF de Jong (Dwyer 58’)F ZusiF Hallisey (Abdul-Salaam 85’)

FC DALLASMay 29, 2015 (W 4-0)GK MeliaD AnibabaD EllisD BeslerD DiaM FeilhaberM MustivarM Espinoza(Carrasco 71’)F Zusi (Abdul-Salaam 83’)F NemethF Hallisey (de Jong 65’)

BLACK: MLSRED: U.S. OPEN CUP

SAINT LOUIS FCJune 16, 2015 (W 1-0)GK MeliaD Myers (Abdul-Salaam 56’)D EllisD BeslerD Dia (de Jong 81’)M FeilhaberM MustivarM EspinozaF ZusiF DwyerF Hallisey (Peterson 68’)

at Real Salt LakeJune 21, 2015 (L 1-2)GK MeliaD AnibabaD EllisD BeslerD Dia (Abdul-Salaam 90’)M FeilhaberM MustivarM EspinozaF ZusiF DwyerF Nemeth (Peterson 75’)

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Sporting KC Player Bios | June 27, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

Ht:6-0 Wt.185 DOB:10/19/1988Hometown:Fullerton,CaliforniaCollege: NorthCarolinaLast Club: SeattleSoundersFCAcquired:TradewithOrlandoCitySCon12/12/2014

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2,Oct.22,2011,CHIvsCLBAssists 2,May29,2015,KCvsDALShotsonGoal 2,2times,last:Oct.27,2012,CHIvsDCShots 3,4times,last:Mar.21,2015,KCvsPORFoulsCommitted 3,8times,last:May3,2015,KCvsCHIFoulsSuffered 3,4times,last:Apr.5,2014,SEAatPORLast Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLGoal Apr.5,2015,KCvsPHIAssist May29,2015,KCvsDAL2015Recordwhen: hestarts6-2-5 hescores1-0-0

Fifth-yearMLSdefenderJalilAnibabajoinedSportingKCaheadofthe2015season.Hemade112regularseasonappearancesoverfouryearswiththeChicagoFire(2011-2013)andSeattleSoundersFC(2014),recordingfourgoalsandsixassists.HemadehisSportingKCdebutonMarch21andscoredhisfirstgoalfortheclubinsecondhalfstoppagetimeofa3-2winoverPhiladelphiaonApril5.HisfirstoffourSportingKCassistsduringthemonthofMaywasagame-winnertoPauloNagamuraonMay3.Capableofplayingasacenterbackorrightback,Anibabamade16MLSappearancesin2014andhelpedSeattlewintheSupporters’Shieldtitle.Healsofeaturedinfourmatchesduringtheclub’sruntotheLamarHuntU.S.Openchampionship.The26-year-oldspenthisfirstthreeprofessionalseasonsinChicago,whereheplayedin96oftheteam’s102regularseasoncontestsfrom2011-2013.ThedefenderwasnamedafinalistforMajorLeagueSoccer’sFairPlayAwardin2013,startingeveryregularseasonmatchofthecampaign.Asayouth,AnibabarepresentedtheUnitedStatesattheunder-18andunder-20nationalteamlevels.

#23 | D | Jalil Anibaba | @jalil_anibaba4Ht:6-4 Wt.185 DOB:9/8/1991Hometown:Gahanna,OhioCollege: AkronAcquired:2015MLSSuperDraft1stRound(#12)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 0Assists 0ShotsonGoal 1,May29,2015,KCvsDALShots 1,May29,2015,KCvsDALFoulsCommitted 0FoulsSuffered 0Last Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLGoal N/AAssist N/A2015Recordwhen: hestarts0-0-0 hescores0-0-0

RookiedefenderSaadAbdul-SalaamwasselectedbySportingKCwiththe12thoverallpickinthe2015MLSSuperDraft.HemadehisSportingKCdebutwithasubstituteappearanceina4-2winoverNewEnglandonMay20afterstartingfivegamesonloanforthereigningNorthAmericanSoccerLeaguechampionSanAntonioScorpions.HehasmadefivesubstituteappearancesinMLSthisseason.Abdul-SalaamplayedthreeseasonsattheUniversityofAkron(2012-2014),recordingthreegoalsand12assistsin54collegegames.TherightbackhelpedAkronwinMACregularseasontitlesineachofhisthreecollegeseasons.Heenjoyedabreakoutjuniorcampaignin2013withfiveassistsin19startsbeforeearningAll-MACFirstTeamhonorsasaseniorin2014,notchingtwogoalsandateam-highsixassistswhilestartingall21gamesfortheZips.

#17 | D | Saad Abdul-Salaam | @saad_abdul

Ht:6-1 Wt.178 DOB:5/24/1988Hometown:Caracas,VenezuelaCollege: SouthFloridaLast Club: ColumbusCrewSCAcquired:TradewithColumbusCrewSCon12/8/2014

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2,2times,last:July19,2014,CLBvsMTLAssists 1,3times,last:Oct.11,2014,CLBatPHIShotsonGoal 3,May4,2014,CLBatKCShots 5,3times,last:July19,2014,CLBvsMTLFoulsCommitted 5,2times,last:July7,2013,CLBvsPORFoulsSuffered 4,3times,last:July26,2014,CLBatNELast Regular Season...Appearance Apr.18,2015,KCatLAGoal Oct.26,2014,CLBvsPHIAssist Oct.11,2014,CLBatPHI2015Recordwhen: hestarts0-0-1 hescores0-0-0

BernardoAnorjoinedSportingKCfromColumbusCrewSCinDecember2014tobecometheclub’sfirstoffseasonacquisition.The27-year-oldnativeofVenezuelaappearedin72matchesoverfourseasonswithColumbus,scoring12goalsandaddingthreegame-winningassistssincebeingdraftedoutoftheUniversityofSouthFloridain2011.HemadehisSportingKCdebutwithastartonMarch8.Anorplayed13MLSmatchesasarookieand11gamesin2012beforesufferingaseason-endingACLinjury.Hereturnedin2013tomake19MLSstartsandearntheclub’sComebackPlayeroftheYearaward.Henettedacareer-highsixgoalsin2014,helpingColumbusearnapostseasonberthforthefirsttimesince2011.AnorwasSouthFlorida’stopscorerforthreeseasonsduringhiscollegiatecareer(2007-2010)inwhichherecorded21goalsandsevenassists.Hisyoungerbrother,JuanPablo,playsprofessionallyforMalagaCFinSpain’sLaLiga,andhisfather,Bernardo,representedVenezuelaatthe1980SummerOlympicsinMoscow.

#11 | M | Bernardo Anor | @BernardoAnorHt:6-0 Wt.170 DOB:2/11/1987Hometown:OverlandPark,KansasCollege: NotreDameAcquired:2009MLSSuperDraft1stRound(#8)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1,2times,last:Oct.22,2011,KCatDCAssists 1,9times,last:Apr.5,2015,KCvsPHIShotsonGoal 2,Oct.9,2010,KCvsSEAShots 2,4times,last:Mar.16,2013,KCvsCHIFoulsCommitted 5,Aug.4,2012,KCatNEFoulsSuffered 4,Sept.26,2009,KCvsCOLLast Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLGoal Oct.22,2011,KCatDCAssist Apr.5,2015,KCvsPHI2015Recordwhen: hestarts6-2-6 hescores0-0-0

SportingKCcaptainMattBeslerisinhisseventhseasonathishometownclub.HehasearnedMLSBestXI(2012,2013),MLSAll-Star(2011,2013,2014),MLSDefenderoftheYear(2012)andMLSBreakoutPlayeroftheYear(2012)honorsandwasnamedthe2014KCSportsmanoftheYearbytheKansasCitySportsCommission.InJuly2014,Beslersignedalong-termDesignatedPlayercontractwiththeclub.His196appearancesforSportingKCinallcompetitionsleadthecurrentrosterandrankeighthmostall-time.Aregularstapleoftheteam’sbackline,hehasstarted159ofhis164MLSregularseasonappearancesandlandedSportingKCDefenderoftheYearhonorsthreetimes(2011-2013).Beslerhasearned25capsfortheUnitedStatesMen’sNationalTeamsincedebutinginJanuary2013.HewasontheU.S.rosterforthe2014FIFAWorldCupinBrazilalongsideteammateGrahamZusi,becomingthefirstKansantoplayintheWorldCup.HestartedallfourmatchesinthetournamentastheU.S.finishedGroupGrunners-upbehindeventualchampionGermanyandadvancedtotheRoundof16.HehelpedleadtheU.S.tothe2013CONCACAFGoldCuptitle,startingallthreematchesintheknockoutstage.

#5 | D | Matt Besler | @MattBesler

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Ht:5-10 Wt.175 DOB:8/13/1988Hometown:SanDiego,CaliforniaCollege: CaliforniaLast Club: HoustonDynamoAcquired:TradewithHoustonDynamoon1/15/2015

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1,June8,2013,SEAvsVANAssists 1,May11,2013,SEAvsSJShotsonGoal 1,3times,last:May21,2014,HOUatDCShots 3,June8,2013,SEAvsVANFoulsCommitted 4,2times,last:July3,2013,SEAvsDCFoulsSuffered 3,2times,last:May3,2014,HOUatCHVLast Regular Season...Appearance May29,2015,KCvsDALGoal June8,2013,SEAvsVANAssist May11,2013,SEAvsSJ2015Recordwhen: hestarts2-1-3 hescores0-0-0

Afifth-yearveteranofMLS,ServandoCarrascoentershisfirstseasonwithSportingKC.Hemadehisdebutfortheclubasasecond-halfsubstituteonMarch21beforemakinghisfirststartonMarch28,a1-0winatNewYorkCityFC.Previously,the26-year-olddefensivemidfielderappearedin60MLSmatchesoverfouryears(includingpostseason)forSeattleSoundersFC(2011-2013)andtheHoustonDynamo(2013-2014).Carrascowasafour-yearstarteratCalifornia,whereherecorded13goalsand13assistsin73appearancesbeforebeingselectedinthesecondroundofthe2011MLSSuperDraft.

#16 | M | Servando Carrasco

Ht:5-10 Wt.150 DOB:6/8/1993Hometown:HighlandsRanch,ColoradoCollege: ClemsonAcquired:2015MLSSuperDraft1stRound(#20)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 0Assists 0ShotsonGoal 1,3times,last:June6,2015,KCvsSEAShots 2,Mar.8,2015,KCvsNYRFoulsCommitted 3,May20,2015,KCvsNEFoulsSuffered 3,June6,2015,KCvsSEALast Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLGoal N/AAssist N/A2015Recordwhen: hestarts3-2-2 hescores0-0-0

RookiedefenderAmadouDiawasselectedbySportingKCwiththe20thoverallpickinthe2015MLSSuperDraft.OnMarch8,the21-year-oldbecamethefirstrookietostartinaSportingKCseasonopenersince2011andrecordedseveninterceptions,thirdmostamongMLSplayersinWeek1.Hehasstartedsevenof11MLSappearancesthisyear.Diaappearedin70gamesduringafour-yearcollegiatecareeratClemson,contributingfourgoalsandsixassists.Asaseniorin2014,heledtheTigerstotheschool’sfirstACCsoccerchampionshipsince2001enroutetoreachingtheRoundof16intheNCAADivisionIMen’sSoccerChampionship.DiahasrepresentedtheUnitedStatesattheunder-14(2007),under-18(2009,2010)andunder-20(2012)levelsandalsoholdsdualcitizenshipinhisnativeFrance.Asayouth,hewasanNSCAAAll-AmericanandColorado’sGatoradeBoysSoccerPlayeroftheYearin2010.

#13 | D | Amadou Dia | @amadou_iT11

Ht:5-9 Wt.170 DOB:10/15/1986Hometown:Valkenswaard,NetherlandsLast Club: FCAugsburg(Germany)Acquired:Signedon3/2/2015

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 0Assists 1,Apr.25,2015,KCatHOUShotsonGoal 1,2times,last:June6,2015,KCvsSEAShots 5,June6,2015,KCvsSEAFoulsCommitted 1,Apr.5,2015,KCvsPHIFoulsSuffered 2,2times,last:Apr.18,2015,KCatLALast Regular Season...Appearance June6,2015,KCvsSEAGoal N/AAssist Apr.25,2015,KCatHOU2015Recordwhen: hestarts2-2-3 hescores0-0-0

SportingKCsigneddefenderMarceldeJongaheadofthe2015season.Afterloggingmorethan225clubappearancesoverhispast10professionalseasonsinNetherlandsandGermany,hemadehisMLSandSportingKCdebutonMarch14witha90-minuteperformanceatFCDallas.HeloggedhisfirstMLSassistina4-4drawagainstHoustononApril25.AdualcitizenofCanadaandNetherlands,deJongbeganhisyouthcareerwithPSVEindhovenbeforesigningprofessionallywithHelmondSport2004.AftertwoyearsintheDutchseconddivision,hejoinedRodaJCinthetopflightEredivisiein2006.DeJongmovedtoGermanyin2010,signingforFCAugsburg.HisfirstseasonthereendedwithpromotiontotheBundesligaforthefirsttimesincetheteamwasfoundedin1907.DeJonghasmade33appearancesfortheCanadaMen’sNationalTeamwithtwogoalssincehisinternationaldebutatage21in2007,mostrecentlystartingina3-0friendlywinoverCostaRicaonMarch30.HehasrepresentedhiscountryateachofthepastthreeCONCACAFGoldCuptournaments,aswellas2010and2014FIFAWorldCupqualifying.

#71 | D | Marcel de Jong

Ht:5-9 Wt.180 DOB:7/30/1990Hometown:London,EnglandCollege: SouthFloridaAcquired:2012MLSSuperDraft1stRound(#16)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2,5times,last:Aug.16,2014,KCvsTORAssists 1,4times,last:Apr.18,2015,KCatLAShotsonGoal 4,3times,last:Apr.5,2015,KCvsPHIShots 7,Sept.27,2013,KCvsPHIFoulsCommitted 5,3times,last:May20,2015,KCvsNEFoulsSuffered 9,Apr.19,2014,KCvsMTLLast Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLGoal June21,2015,KCatRSLAssist Apr.18,2015,KCatLA2015Recordwhen: hestarts4-3-5 hescores2-1-2

NowinhisfourthseasonatSportingKC,DomDwyeriscomingoffabreakout2014campaigninwhichhegarneredSportingKCOffensivePlayeroftheYearandco-MVPhonors.TheEnglishmansetasingleseasonclubrecordwith22goals,secondmostinMLS,andhis33careergoalsinallcompetitionsaresixthinteamhistory.Dwyer,whowasnamedanMLSAll-Starin2014forthefirsttimeinhiscareer,hasscored55goalsinallcompetitionssincethebeginningof2013—33forSportingKCand22forformerUSLPROaffiliateOrlandoCitySC.His0.46goalspergameinMLSrankfirstinteamhistory.Hesignedacontractextensionwiththeclubaheadofthe2015campaignandistiedforsecondontheteamthisseasonwithfivegoals.Aftermakingthreeappearancesacrossallcompetitionsduringhisrookieseason,henotched15goalsin13regularseasongameswhileonloanwithOrlandoCitySCin2013tosetUSLPRO’ssingle-seasonscoringrecordatthetime.HeaddedfourgoalsintheUSLPROfinaltoearnchampionshipMVPhonors.DwyerwontwonationalchampionshipsatTyler(Texas)JuniorCollege(2009,2010),wherehewasthenationaljuniorcollegeplayeroftheyearafterscoring37goalsasasophomore.MovingontoSouthFloridain2011,hescored16goalsin21games.

#14 | F | Dom Dwyer | @Ddwyer14

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Ht:5-9 Wt.160 DOB:1/19/1985Hometown:Irvine,CaliforniaCollege: UCLALast Club: NewEnglandRevolutionAcquired:TradewithNERevolutionon12/11/2012

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2,Apr.25,2015,KCatHOUAssists 2,4times,last:May20,2015,KCvsNEShotsonGoal 2,9times,last:Apr.25,2015,KCatHOUShots 5,2times,last:May29,2015,KCvsDALFoulsCommitted 6,Aug.10,2014,KCatVANFoulsSuffered 6,May12,2012,NEvsVANLast Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLGoal June6,2015,KCvsSEAAssist June21,2015,KCatRSL2015Recordwhen: hestarts6-3-6 hescores3-0-1

NowinhisfifthMajorLeagueSoccerseason,BennyFeilhaberhasalreadyreachedMLScareer-highswithfivegoalsandeightassistsin2015.AregularfixtureinSportingKC’smidfield,hehaswontheclub’sGoaloftheYearawardineachofthelasttwoyearsandcurrentlyrankssecondinMLSwithsevenassists.HewasnamedEtihadAirwaysMLSPlayeroftheMonthforAprilafterrecordingtwogoalsandthreeassistsduringthemonthandalsowonaGoaloftheWeekawardinWeek8.Feilhaberturnedprofessionalin2005withHamburg(Germany)aftertwoseasonsatUCLA.HewouldmovetoDerbyCountyoftheEnglishPremierLeaguein2007andDanishclubAGFAarhusin2008beforesigningwiththeNewEnglandRevolutionin2011.AcquiredbySportingKCpriortothe2013season,hehasmade90appearancesinallcompetitionsfortheclubwith13goalsand25assists.AmemberoftheUnitedStatesMen’sNationalTeam,Feilhaberhasearned41capswithtwogoalssincedebutingin2007.Hescoredthegame-winninggoalonavolleyinthe2007GoldCupfinalagainstMexicobeforecompetingatthe2008SummerOlympicsinBeijing.HehelpedleadtheU.S.tothefinalofthe2009FIFAConfederationsCupandalsomadethreeappearancesatthe2010FIFAWorldCupinSouthAfrica.

#10 | M | Benny Feilhaber | @b_feilhaber22

Ht:5-9 Wt.160 DOB:6/30/1991Hometown:KansasCity,MissouriCollege: BartonCountyCommunityCollegeAcquired:SignedasHomegrownon2/18/2011

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1,May29,2015,KCvsDALAssists 1,3times,last:Oct.10,2014,KCvsCHIShotsonGoal 1,2times,last:May29,2015,KCvsDALShots 2,Oct.26,2014,KCvsNYRFoulsCommitted 4,April25,2015,KCatHOUFoulsSuffered 2,5times,last:Oct.26,2014,KCvsNYRLast Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLGoal May29,2015,KCvsDALAssist Oct.10,2014,KCvsCHI2015Recordwhen: hestarts4-3-2 hescores1-0-0

SportingKC’ssecondHomegrownPlayerinclubhistory,defenderKevinEllisiscomingoffa2014campaigninwhichhemadeacareer-high21appearancesand17startsinMLS(includinghisplayoffdebut).Hefinished2014withthreeassistsinleagueplay,tiedforthirdmostintheteam,whilesplittingtimebetweentherightbackandcenterbackpositions.HerecordedhisfirstMLSgoalina4-0winoverFCDallasonMay29atSportingPark.Nowinhisfifthseasonwiththeclub,EllisdevelopedintheSportingKCAcademywhileattendingOakParkHighSchoolbeforeplayingcollegiatelyatBartonCountyCommunityCollegein2009-10.HescoredhisfirstcompetitivegoalfortheclublastMarch,sparkinga1-0winoverCruzAzul(Mexico)inthe2013-14CONCACAFChampionsLeaguequarterfinalfirstlegatSportingPark.

#4 | D | Kevin Ellis | @Kev_Ellis4Ht:5-11 Wt.170 DOB:10/25/1986Hometown:Aurora,ColoradoCollege: OhioStateLast Club: WiganAthleticFC(England)Acquired:Signedon1/6/2015

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1,3times,last:Mar.14,2015,KCatDALAssists 1,13times,last:May9,2015,KCatDCShotsonGoal 2,3times,last:May12,2012,KCatCHIShots 5,2times,last:Mar.17,2012,KCvsNEFoulsCommitted 4,6times,last:Mar.21,2015,KCvsPORFoulsSuffered 6,Sept.17,2011,KCatRSLLast Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLGoal Mar.14,2015,KCatDALAssist May9,2015,KCatDC2015Recordwhen: hestarts4-3-5 hescores0-1-0

RogerEspinozareturnstoSportingKCin2015afteratwo-yearstintintheEnglishPremierLeagueandChampionship.HebeganhisprocareerinKansasCity(2008-2012)beforemovingabroadtoWiganAthleticFC.OnMarch14,hescoredthethirdgoalofhisSportingKCcareerandhisfirstsincereturningtotheclubthisoffseason.InhislastyearwiththeSportingKC,EspinozawasanMLSAll-Starandhelpedleadtheclubtothe2012LamarHuntU.S.OpenCuptitle.Hehasmade143appearancesfortheteaminallcompetitions,recordingthreegoalsand14assistsoversixseasons.Inthe2011and2012seasonscombined(includingplayoffs),herankedinthetop10amongMLSplayerswith358duelswon(fifth)and128tackleswon(seventh).Espinozahasearned46capsfortheHondurasMen’sNationalTeam,scoringfourgoalssincedebutingin2009.HeistheonlyactiveMLSplayertohavecompetedinthe2010and2014FIFAWorldCupsandthe2012SummerOlympics.HeleadstheSportingKCrosterwithfivecareerWorldCupstarts.Espinozamade57appearancesandscoredthreegoalsinallcompetitionsforWiganAthletic,includingeightinthe2013-14UEFAEuropaLeague.Healsorecordeda90-minuteshiftinWigan’s1-0winoverManchesterCityinthe2013FACupFinal.

#27 | M | Roger Espinoza

Ht:5-9 Wt.158 DOB:2/9/1993Hometown:GraniteBay,CaliforniaCollege: CaliforniaAcquired:2015MLSSuperDraft1stRound(#10)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 0Assists 1,May29,2015,KCvsDALShotsonGoal 1,2times,last:May29,2015,KCvsDALShots 3,June6,2015,KCvsSEAFoulsCommitted 0FoulsSuffered 1,May29,2015,KCvsDALLast Regular Season...Appearance June6,2015,KCvsSEAGoal N/AAssist May29,2015,KCvsDAL2015Recordwhen: hestarts2-0-0 hescores0-0-0

RookiemidfielderConnorHalliseywasselectedbySportingKCwiththe10thoverallpickinthe2015MLSSuperDraftoutoftheUniversityofCalifornia.HemadehisMLSdebutwithalatesubstituteappearanceina4-4drawattheHoustonDynamoonApril25.HehasmadefiveappearancesthisseasonandearnedhisfirstprofessionalstartonMay29,a4-0winoverFCDallasinwhichherecordedhisfirstMLSassist.AformermemberoftheUnitedStateUnder-18Men’sNationalTeam,HalliseyplayedfourseasonsatCal(2011-2014),recording12goalsand19assistsin72careermatches.Asaseniorin2014,HalliseywasanNCAADivisionIMen’sSecondTeamAll-American,starting19gameswithninegoalsand12assists.Hewasnamedtothe2014CapitalOne/CoSIDAAll-District8Team,earnedAll-Pac-12firstteamhonors,landedaPac-12All-Academicsecondteamnod,andwasaMACHermannTrophySemifinalist.

#22 | M | Connor Hallisey | @c_hallisey

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Ht:6-1 Wt.170 DOB:4/8/1993Hometown:Leawood,KansasLast Club: SportingKansasCityAcademyAcquired:SignedasHomegrownon8/31/2010

Regular Season Game Highs:GoalsAllowed 3,2times,last:Aug.29,2014,KCvsHOUSaves 2,2times,last:Aug.23,2014,KCvsDCLast Regular Season...Appearance Aug.29,2014,KCvsHOUShutout N/A2015Recordwhen: hestarts0-0-0

GoalkeeperJonKempinbecameSportingKC’sfirsteverHomegrownPlayeruponsigningfortheclubin2010.Heenjoyedabreakthroughyearin2014,enteringtherecordbooksastheyoungestgoalkeepertostartanMLSmatchinclubhistory.Heearnedback-to-backMLSSaveoftheWeekhonorsinhisfirsttwoMLSappearanceswasMVPofthe2014MLSChipotleHomegrownGame.AftermakinghisSportingKCdebutinthe2012LamarHuntU.S.OpenCup,Kempinwentonloantothen-USLPROaffiliateOrlandoCitySC(ninegamesplayed)in2013.Hethenspenthalfof2014onloanatOKCEnergyFC(13gamesplayed),theclub’scurrentUSLPROaffiliatemanagedbyformerSportingKCgoalkeeperJimmyNielsen.HemadehisNASLdebutforSanAntonioonApril4withastartbeforereturningtoSportingKConMay27.Atthebeginningof2015,KempinwasnamedtotheUnitedStatesMen’sNationalTeamrosterforthefirsttimeinhiscareertotakepartinmanagerJurgenKlinsmann’sJanuaryCamp.HepreviouslyrepresentedtheU.S.attheunder-14throughunder-23levels.

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin | @JonKempin21Ht:5-8 Wt.160 DOB:2/20/1993Hometown:Mission,TexasCollege: NorthCarolinaAcquired:2013MLSSuperDraft1stRound(#14)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 0Assists 0ShotsonGoal 2,Aug.1,2014,KCvsPHIShots 2,3times,last:Aug.1,2014,KCvsPHIFoulsCommitted 3,July16,2014,KCatCLBFoulsSuffered 3,Oct.26,2014,KCvsNYLast Regular Season...Appearance Oct.26,2014,KCvsNYGoal N/AAssist N/A2015Recordwhen: hestarts0-0-0 hescores0-0-0

CurrentlyonloanwithUSLPROaffiliateOKCEnergyFC,MikeLopezwasdraftedinthefirstroundofthe2013MLSSuperDraftasaGenerationadidassigning.Hemadehisclubdebutinthe2013LamarHuntU.S.OpenCupbeforeplayinghisfirstMLSmatchinJuly2014forthefirstofeightMLSappearancesandfivestarts.HespentthefirsthalfoflastyearonloanataffiliatesOrlandoCitySCandOKCEnergyFC,playing14totalmatchesinUSLPRO.LopezwasaregularfixturefortheUnitedStatesUnder-20Men’sNationalTeam,playingatthe2013FIFAU-20WorldCupinTurkeyandthe2013ToulonTournamentinFrance.HehasalsoparticipatedintrainingcampsattheU-15andU-18levels.In2015,Lopezhasmadeeightappearancesandplayed434minutesforOKCEnergyFC,coachedbyformerSportingKCcaptainJimmyNielsen.

#12 | M | Mikey Lopez | @MLopez12_5

Ht:5-5 Wt.150 DOB:2/7/1994Hometown:Mosquera,Nariño,ColombiaLast Club: DeportivoPereira(Colombia)Acquired:Signedon2/13/2014

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 0Assists 0ShotsonGoal 1,Sept.7,2013,KCvsCLBShots 3,Mar.15,2014,KCvsDALFoulsCommitted 3,Mar.15,2014,KCvsDALFoulsSuffered 4,Mar.15,2014,KCvsDALLast Regular Season...Appearance May23,2015,KCatSEAGoal N/AAssist N/A2015Recordwhen: hestarts2-0-2 hescores0-0-0

JimmyMedrandajoinedSportingKCinAugust2013onloanfromDeportivoPereira(Colombia),makinghisMLSdebutonSept.7,2013ina3-0winoverColumbusCrewSC.TheColombianmidfieldersignedpermanentlyfortheclublastFebruary,earninghisloneMLSstarttodateonMarch15forthefirstofsixappearancesinallcompetitionsin2014.Hemadehisfirstappearanceof2015withastartonMarch21againstPortlandandhasstartedthreemorematchessince.MedrandajoinedDeportivoPereira’syouthsystematage12beforeclimbingtheladdertotheseniorteam.Hemade16firstteamappearancesfortheclubintwoseasons,scoringtwice.

#94 | M | Jimmy Medranda | @jimmymedrandaHt:6-1 Wt.190 DOB:5/15/1986Hometown:GreatRiver,NewYorkCollege: LynnUniversityLast Club: ChivasUSAAcquired:Signedon12/23/2014

Regular Season Game Highs:GoalsAllowed 5,Oct.26,2013,CHVvsPORSaves 6,June6,2015,KCvsSEALast Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLShutout June6,2015,KCvsSEA2015Recordwhen: hestarts4-1-2

SportingKCsignedgoalkeeperTimMeliainDecember2014.HeentershissixthMLSseasonin2015afterpreviouslyrepresentingRealSaltLake(2010-2011)andChivasUSA(2012-2014),wherehebackedupMLSAll-StarsNickRimando(RSL)andDanKennedy(ChivasUSA).HemadehisSportingKCdebutonMay3,shuttingoutChicagoina1-0resultforthefirstcleansheetandfirstwinofhisMLScareer.Afterrecordingacareer-highsixsavesina1-0winoverSeattleonJune6,hebecamethefirstgoalkeeperinKansasCityhistorytogounbeateninhisfirstsixMLSappearancesfortheclub.Melia’sprofessionalcareerbeganin2008withtheRochesterRhinosintheUSLFirstDivision.In2010,hejoinedRealSaltLakeandspentpartoftheseasononloanintheUSLSecondDivisionwiththeCharlestonBattery.HehelpedleadCharlestontoafirstplacefinishintheregularseasonstandingsandeventuallytheleaguetitlewitheightsavesinthechampionshipmatch.MeliawasamemberofChivasUSAfrom2012-2014,making18savesinsixMLSappearances.HemostrecentlyservedasaLeaguePoolGoalkeeper,earningemergencycall-upsfromMLSCupPlayoffparticipantsSportingKC(August),FCDallas(October)andD.C.United(November)inlate2014.

#29 | GK | Tim Melia | @TimMelia28

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Ht:6-0 Wt.165 DOB:12/7/1987Hometown:ThousandOaks,CaliforniaCollege: UCLAAcquired:2008MLSSuperDraft1stRound(#1)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2,Apr.27,2013,KCvsPORAssists 1,13times,last:May10,2014,KCatMTLShotsonGoal 2,2times,last:Apr.27,2013,KCvsPORShots 3,3times,last:July3,2013,KCvsVANFoulsCommitted 4,5times,last:Apr.1,2012,KCatCHVFoulsSuffered 4,May12,2012,KCatCHILast Regular Season...Appearance May23,2014,KCvsTORGoal Apr.27,2013,KCvsPORAssist May10,2014,KCatMTL2015Recordwhen: hestarts0-0-0 hescores0-0-0Eighth-yearveteranChanceMyersenters2015asSportingKC’slongesttenuredplayer.TheNo.1overallselectioninthe2008MLSSuperDrafthasmade146appearancesfortheclubinallcompetitions,recordingfourgoalsand15assistsfromthewingbackposition.Hemadehis2015debutonJune16intheU.S.OpenCupfourthround,recordinghisfirstappearancesinceMay2014afterrecoveringfromanAchillesinjury.Myerseclipsed30MLSappearancesinboth2011and2012asaregularstarter,andaftermakingacareer-high31MLSstartsin2013(includingplayoffs),wasthetop-ratedoutsidebackontheMLSCastrolIndex.Despitemissingmostofthelast13months,hestillranksthirdinMLSwith96successfulcrossesfromopenplay(includingpostseason)sincethebeginningof2011.MyerssignedanewcontractwiththeclublastyearafterjoiningtheU.S.Men’sNationalTeamforthefirsttimeinhiscareerasamemberofJurgenKlinsmann’sJanuaryCampin2014.HepreviouslyplayedfortheU.S.U-18,U-20andU-23youthnationalteams.

#7 | D | Chance Myers | @CR_MyersHt:5-10 Wt.170 DOB:2/12/1990Hometown:Aubervilliers,FranceLast Club:PetrolulPloiesti(Romania)Acquired:Signedon2/13/2015

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 0Assists 0ShotsonGoal 0Shots 0FoulsCommitted 3,May29,2015,KCvsDALFoulsSuffered 2,May9,2015,KCatDCLast Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLGoal N/AAssist N/A2015Recordwhen: hestarts4-1-2 hescores0-0-0SportingKCsigneddefensivemidfielderSoniMustivaraheadofthe2015season.The25-year-oldmadehisMLSdebutasasecond-halfsubstituteonMarch21againstPortlandbeforeearninghisfirststartonMay3vs.Chicago.MustivarbeganhisprofessionalcareerasateenagerwithSCBastiainFrance’sLigue2duringthe2008-09and2009-10seasons.FollowingaloanspellatUSOrleans(France),hemovedtoFCPetrolulPloiestiandplayedeachofthepastthreeseasonsinRomania’sLigaI.Herecorded61leagueappearanceswithtwogoalsinadditiontoplayingeightmatchesintheUEFAEuropaLeague.HestartedinPetrolul’striumphinthe2012-13RomanianCupFinal.MustivarhasearnedsixcapsfortheHaitiMen’sNationalTeam.Hemostrecentlyplayedinthreematchesatthe2014CFUCaribbeanCupinNovembertohelpHaitisecureathirdplacefinishandqualifyforthe2015CONCACAFGoldCup.PriortomakinghisinternationaldebutwithHaitiin2013,hewasayouthinternationalforFranceattheU-20level.

#93 | M | Soni Mustivar | @billydougie

Ht:5-8 Wt.155 DOB:3/2/1983Hometown:SaoPaulo,BrazilLast Club: ChivasUSAAcquired:TradewithChivasUSAon11/29/2011

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2,Mar.21,2009,CHVvsCOLAssists 1,19times,last:Sept.26,2014,KCvsNEShotsonGoal 4,May13,2006,LAvsRSLShots 5,2times,last:Sept.1,2012,KCvsTORFoulsCommitted 6,Sept.13,2007,CHVvsLAFoulsSuffered 6,May13,2006,LAvsRSLLast Regular Season...Appearance May20,2015,KCvsNEGoal May3,2015,KCvsCHIAssist Sept.26,2014,KCvsNE2015Recordwhen: hestarts2-1-1 hescores1-0-0

SportingKC’smostexperiencedMLSplayerwith243leagueappearances(includingplayoffs),PauloNagamuraisinhisfourthseasonwiththeclub.Sincearrivingaheadofthe2012campaign,hehasrecordedfivegoalsandsixassistsin86games(76starts)acrossallcompetitions.Aveteranpresenceinthemidfield,heconvertedpenaltykicksinshootoutsfollowingthe2012LamarHuntU.S.OpenCupFinaland2013MLSCupFinal.TheBrazilianbeganhiscareerwithSaoPauloFCandArsenalFCinEnglandbeforecomingtotheUnitedStatestoplayfortheLAGalaxyin2005,winningtheMLSCupandLamarHuntU.S.OpenCupinhisfirstseason.HehasalsoplayedforTorontoFC(2007)andChivasUSA(2007-2011)inMLS,becominganMLSAll-Starin2009.

#6 | M | Paulo Nagamura | @paulinhonagHt:5-11 Wt.165 DOB:1/5/1989Hometown:Gyor,HungaryLast Club: RodaJCKerkrade(Netherlands)Acquired:Signedon12/18/2014

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2,May20,2015,KCvsNEAssists 1,2times,last:May29,2015,KCvsDALShotsonGoal 2,May20,2015,KCvsNEShots 6,May20,2015,KCvsNEFoulsCommitted 2,3times,last:May23,2015,KCatSEAFoulsSuffered 8,May29,2015,KCvsDALLast Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLGoal May29,2015,KCvsDALAssist May29,2015,KCvsDAL2015Recordwhen: hestarts3-3-4 hescores3-1-1

NowinhisfirstMLSseason,KrisztianNemethsignedforSportingKCinDecember.HemadehisleaguedebutwithastartonMarch8atSportingParkbeforescoringhisfirstMLSgoalinthe94thminuteofa3-2winoverPhiladelphiaonApril5.Heleadstheteamwithsixgoalsin2015andwasnamedMLSPlayeroftheMonthforMayafterrecordingthreegoalsandtwoassistsduringthemonth.Nemeth’sprofessionalcareerbeganatage15whenhesignedwithMTKBudapestin2005.HewassignedbyRafaelBeniteztojoinLiverpoolFCin2007andfeaturedextensivelyfortheLiverpoolReserves,becomingtheBarclaysPremierReserveLeague’stopscorerwithninegoalsduringhisfirstseason.HiscareercontinuedinGreecewithAEKAthens(2009-10),Olympiacos(2010)andOlympiacosVolos(2011)beforehemovedtoDutchclubRKCWaalwijkin2012.HemostrecentlyplayedforRodaJCKerkradeintheDutchEredivisie,recordingeightgoalsduringthe2013-14season.Internationally,NemethstarredfortheHungaryunder-17andunder-19youthnationalteamsbeforeleadinghiscountrytoathirdplacefinishatthe2009FIFAU-20WorldCup.Heearnedhisfirstof17capsforHungary’sseniorteamin2010andmostrecentlyfeaturedina2016UEFAEUROqualifieronJune13.

#9 | F | Krisztian Nemeth | KNemeth_Nemo

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Ht:6-1 Wt.175 DOB:4/24/1997Hometown:Lee’sSummit,MissouriAcquired:SignedasHomegrownon8/2/2013

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 0Assists 0ShotsonGoal 0Shots 1,May9,2015,KCatDCFoulsCommitted 3,May18,2014,KCatCHIFoulsSuffered 1,2times,last:Mar.8,2014,KCvsNYRLast Regular Season...Appearance May9,2015,KCatDCGoal N/AAssist N/A2015Recordwhen: hestarts0-0-1 hescores0-0-0

OneoftheyoungestplayersundercontractinMLS,ErikPalmer-BrownbecameahomegrownplayerinAugust2013atage16.OnMarch8,hebecametheyoungestMLSplayertoappearinateam’sregularseasonopenersince2010andrecordedhisfirstMLSminutesatSportingPark.The18-year-oldearnedhisfirststartof2015onMay9atD.C.Palmer-BrownmadehisleaguedebutwithastartinMay2014,becomingtheyoungestplayerinMLShistorytostartamatchasadefender,forthefirstofsixappearancesinallcompetitions(includingdebutsintheLamarHuntU.S.OpenCupandCONCACAFChampionsLeague).HeplayedintheinauguralChipotleMLSHomegrownGamelastAugust,helpingtheMLSHomegrownteamsecurea0-0drawagainstthePortlandTimbersU-23s.TheLee’sSummit,Mo.nativejoinedtheSportingKCAcademyatage13andhasrepresentedUnitedStatesyouthnationalteamsattheU-15,U-17,U-18andU-20levels.Thisyear,hecompetedwiththeU-20sattrainingcampsinEngland(March23-30)andAustria(April18-26)beforejoiningtheU.S.Under-20Men’sNationalTeamforthe2015FIFAU-20WorldCup.HestartedonematchinthetournamentastheU.S.advancedtothequarterfinalsbeforelosingapenaltykickshootouttoSerbia.

#2 | D | Erik Palmer-Brown | @ErikBrown14Ht:6-2 Wt.180 DOB:2/21/1989Hometown:Durham,NorthCarolinaCollege: WakeForestLast Club: SanJoseEarthquakesAcquired:TradewithSanJoseEarthquakeson12/12/2012

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1,8times,last:Mar.28,2015,KCatNYCAssists 0ShotsonGoal 2,3times,last:Mar.22,2014,KCvsSJShots 3,2times,last:Mar.22,2014,KCvsSJFoulsCommitted 4,2times,last:May28,2011,SJatCHIFoulsSuffered 2,4times,last:May19,2013,KCatDCLast Regular Season...Appearance Apr.11,2015,KCvsRSLGoal Mar.28,2015,KCatNYCAssist N/A2015Recordwhen: hestarts2-1-3 hescores1-0-1

DefenderIkeOparaisinhissixthseasoninMLSandthirdseasonasamemberofSportingKC.Aftersittingoutalmostayearthroughinjury,hereturnedtothepitchonMarch8andscoredSportingKC’sfirstgoaloftheseason.HeledMLSthroughWeek6with30interceptionsandwasnominatedforEithadAirwaysMLSPlayeroftheMonthforMarchafterscoringtwiceandanchoringabacklinethatpostedtwoshutouts.HethensufferedarupturedAchillestendoninjuryinhisrightankleonApril11.Theclub’s2013NewcomeroftheYear,Oparaappearedinacareer-best18MLSmatcheswith15startsduringtheclub’sMLSCup-winningcampaign.Hescoredfourgoalsin2013acrossallcompetitions(allheaders)andfeaturedinthreeofSportingKC’splayoffmatches.Aseason-endingankleinjurylimitedhimtothreeMLSappearancesin2014andtwostartsinthe2014-15CONCACAFChampionsLeaguequarterfinals.OpararepresentedtheUnitedStatesatthe2009FIFAU-20WorldCup,playingallthreematchesatthetournament,andattheU-23levelduringthe2012CONCACAFMen’sOlympicQualifyingTournament.HewasdraftedbytheSanJoseEarthquakesinthe2010MLSSuperDraftasaGenerationadidassigningandplayed36MLSmatchesforthecluboverthreeseasons.

#3 | D | Ike Opara | @IkeOpara

Ht:5-10 Wt.165 DOB:1/27/1986Hometown:Portage,MichiganCollege: IndianaLast Club: SanJoseEarthquakesAcquired:Signedon1/19/2012

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1,15times,last:July26,2014,KCatTORAssists 1,15times,last:May20,2015,KCvsNEShotsonGoal 3,June28,2007,COLatDCShots 5,July21,2012,KCvsNEFoulsCommitted 3,May12,2013,KCatHOUFoulsSuffered 5,Oct.16,2010,TORvsCLBLast Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLGoal July26,2014,KCatTORAssist May20,2015,KCvsNE2015Recordwhen: hestarts2-0-3 hescores0-0-0

Anine-yearMLSveteran,Petersonhas15goalsand15assistsin210regularseasonappearancesoverthecourseofhisprofessionalcareer.NowinhisfourthseasonwithSportingKC,hehascontributedeightgoalsandsevenassistsin92gamesacrossallcompetitionsfortheclub.PetersonisoneofonlytwoplayersinMLShistory,alongsideformerKansasCitydefenderNickGarcia,tobeamemberofteamsthatwoneachofthefollowing:NCAADivisionINationalChampionship(2003,2004),CanadianChampionship(2010,2011),U.S.OpenCup(2012)andMLSCup(2013).Asayouth,PetersonrepresentedtheUnitedStatesatthe2003FIFAU-17WorldChampionshipsand2005FIFAU-20WorldCup.FourseasonswiththeColoradoRapids(2006-09)werefollowedbystintswithTorontoFC(2010-11)andtheSanJoseEarthquakes(2011)beforehewasacquiredbySportingKCin2012.His210regularseasonappearancesaresecondmostontheteam,behindonlyPauloNagamura(228).

#37 | F | Jacob Peterson | @jacob_petersonHt:5-10 Wt.170 DOB:1/28/1987Hometown:Leawood,KansasCollege: CreightonLast Club: NewEnglandRevolutionAcquired:Signedon5/10/2011

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 0Assists 1,7times,last:Sept.6,2014,KCatNYShotsonGoal 2,Mar.15,2014,KCvsDALShots 3,2times,last:Sept.3,2014,KCatNEFoulsCommitted 4,3times,last:Sept.12,2014,KCatCHVFoulsSuffered 3,6times,last:Apr.20,2013,KCatLALast Regular Season...Appearance May9,2015,KCatDCGoal N/AAssist Sept.6,2014,KCatNY2015Recordwhen: hestarts2-0-2 hescores0-0-0

SportingKC’s2014DefenderoftheYear,SethSinovicisinhissixthMLSseasonandfifthcampaignathishometownclub.Aregularfixtureatleftback,heistheonlyplayerontheteamtostartatleast30regularseasongamesineachofthelastthreeseasons.Draftedin2010bytheNewEnglandRevolution,hejoinedSportingKCin2011andhasstarted145ofhis147totalappearancesfortheclubinallcompetitions.Hescoredhisfirstprofessionalgoalinthe2012MLSCupPlayoffsandregisteredthesecondofhiscareerinthe2013postseasonagainsthisformerteam,helpingSportingKCprevailinthedecisivelegofthe2013EasternConferenceSemifinals.Sincethebeginningof2011,SinovicisfourthinMLSwith48cleansheetcontributions(includingplayoffs)andranksfifthwith66MLSgameswon.Hereceivedhisfirstcall-uptotheUnitedStatesMen’sNationalTeamaheadofthe2014USMNTJanuarycamp.

#15 | D | Seth Sinovic | @ssinovic

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Ht:5-10 Wt.160 DOB:8/18/1986Hometown:Longwood,FloridaCollege: MarylandAcquired:2009MLSSuperDraft2ndRound(#23)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2,3times,last:Sept.28,2012,KCvsCHIAssists 2,5times,last:May29,2015,KCvsDALShotsonGoal 3,3times,last:Oct.10,2014,KCvsCHIShots 5,5times,last:Oct.24,2012,KCvsPHIFoulsCommitted 4,2times,last:Mar.30,2013,KCvsMTLFoulsSuffered 6,Oct.26,2013,KCatPHILast Regular Season...Appearance June21,2015,KCatRSLGoal May29,2015,KCvsDALAssist May29,2015,KCvsDAL2015Recordwhen: hestarts4-3-4 hescores1-0-0

Aseventh-yearveteranforSportingKC,GrahamZusihasgarneredMLSAll-Star(2012,2013,2014),MLSBestXI(2012,2013)andMLSBreakoutPlayeroftheYear(2011)honorsinadditiontoreceivinga2012MLSMVPnomination.ThewingeristheonlyMLSplayerwithatleastfivegoalsandatleastsevenassistsineachofthelastfourregularseasons.HehasearnedSportingKCMVPhonorseachofthelastthreeyears(twiceaco-MVP)andhasledtheclubinassistseveryyearsince2011.Zusisignedalong-termDesignatedPlayercontractwiththeteaminJuly2014.SportingKCis18-0-2all-timewhenhescoresanMLSgoal,andheleadsMLSwith383chancescreatedand369successfulcrosses/cornerssince2011(includingplayoffs).His53careerassistsinallcompetitionsarethirdmostinclubhistory,andhis23MLSgoalsrank10thall-timefortheclub.Zusihasearned28capsfortheUnitedStatesMen’sNationalTeamsincedebutinginJanuary2012,recordingthreegoalsandsixassists.HewasontheU.S.rosterforthe2014FIFAWorldCupalongsideteammateMattBesler,playinginallfourmatchesatthetournament.Inthegroupstage,heprovidedthegame-winningassistina2-1winoverGhanabeforeaddinganotherassistina2-2drawwithPortugal.

#8 | M | Graham Zusi | @gzusi

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Sporting KC Coach Bios | June 27, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

PeterVermesentershisseventhseasonasSportingKansasCityManagerin2015.Heistheteam’ssecond-longestservingheadcoach,andhis.554regularseasonwinningpercentage(82-61-50)isbestinclubhistory.Duringhistenure,hehaswontwomajortrophies–the2012LamarHuntU.S.OpenCupandthe2013MLSCupchampionship–aswellastwoMLSEasternConferenceregularseasontitles(2011,2012).HeisthesecondcoachtoleadSportingKCtofourstraightpostseasonappearances,aswellastheonlypersontoeverwintheMLSCupasbothaplayerandacoachwiththesameteam.His82

regularseasonwinsare10thmostinMLShistory.Herecordedhis100thcoachingwinforSportingKCinallcompetitionswitha4-0resultoverFCDallasonMay29,2015,atSportingPark.

VermesoverseesallsocceroperationsforSportingKC,includingtheactiverosterandtheSportingKCJuniorsprogram.Vermes,anoriginalmemberofMajorLeagueSoccer,retiredfromtheLeaguein2002,closingouthisplayingcareerinKansasCityafterstintswiththeNewYork/NewJerseyMetroStarsandColoradoRapids.

FollowingastandouthighschoolcareerinwhichhewasnamedNewJerseyPlayeroftheYear,VermeswasastarforwardandAll-AmericanatRutgersUniversity.Aftercollege,VermesrepresentedtheUnitedStatesinthe1988OlympicsinSeoul,Korea,andwasnamed1988ChevroletU.S.MaleSoccerAthleteoftheYearforhisefforts.

VermeswasanintegralpartofayoungU.S.teamatthe1990WorldCupinItaly,wherehenearlyscoredasensationalgoalagainstthehostAzzurri.ItwasthefirsttimetheU.S.hadqualifiedfortheWorldCupin40yearsandsetthestagefortheprogressoftheU.S.NationalTeam.In1989and1990,VermesbecamethefirstAmericantoplayintheHungarianandDutchFirstDivisions,playingforRabaETOandFCVolendam,respectively.HelaterspentfiveyearswithFiguerasoftheSpanishSecondDivision.

ForMLS’sinauguralseasonin1996,VermesservedascaptainoftheNewYork/NewJerseyMetroStars.In1997,hewastradedtotheColoradoRapidsforcurrentSportingKCAssistantCoachKerryZavagninandplayedinDenverthroughthe1999season,leadingtheRapidstothe1997MLSCupFinal.

VermesjoinedKansasCityin2000forwhatwouldbethemostsuccessfulseasonsofhisMLScareer.DuringhisfirstyearinKansasCity,heanchoredoneofthebestdefensesinleaguehistoryandwonMLSDefenderoftheYearhonorsinhelpingleadtheWizardstothe2000MLSCupChampionship.Heretiredin2002afterappearingin184MLSmatchesandplayingmorethan16,000minutes.Hewasnominatedontheplayers’ballotfortheNationalSoccerHallofFamefrom2007-2012.In2013,VermeswasinductedintotheNationalSoccerHallofFame.

PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KCYear MLS Playoffs Open Cup International Total2009 3-6-3 --- --- --- 3-6-32010 11-13-6 --- 0-1-0 --- 11-14-62011 13-9-12 2-1-0 3-1-0 --- 18-11-122012 18-7-9 1-1-0 4-0-1 --- 23-8-102013 17-10-7 2-1-2 1-1-0 2-0-2 22-12-112014 14-13-7 0-1-0 1-1-0 3-2-1 18-17-82015 6-3-6 1-0-0 7-3-6TOTAL 82-61-50 5-4-2 10-4-1 5-2-3 102-71-56

Manager | Peter VermesAssistantCoachKerryZavagninfirstjoinedKansasCityin2000asaholdingmidfielderandwasanintegralpartoftheclub’smidfieldforthenextnineseasons,duringwhichtimehehelpedleadtheWizardstoMLSCup(2000)andU.S.OpenCup(2004)Championships.HewasnamedtotheMLSAll-StarteamandtheBestXIin2004.Zavagnin’sprimarydutiesasanassistantinclude:scouting,developingSportingKansasCity’syoungerplayers,breakingdownfilmandassistingwithtrainingsessions,amongothers.

HestartedhisprofessionalcareerwiththeNewYork/NewJerseyMetroStars,whereheplayedin39gamesovertwoseasons.AfterspendingoneseasonwiththeLehighValleySteam(USL-1),ZavagnincametoKansasCityin2000.Heplayed237games(228starts)andlogged20,516minutesforKansasCity,settingteamrecordsinbothcategories.Hescoredeightgoalsandadded22assistsinhisnineseasonsinKansasCityblue.ZavagninwasnamedTeamDefenderoftheYearin2001.

OntopofhisclubsuccessinKansasCity,Zavagninalsoappeared21timesfortheUnitedStatesNationalTeam.HerecordedoneassistfortheRed,WhiteandBlue.TheU.S.teamwent15-2-4whenZavagninappeared.ZavagninmarriedhiswifeMirriampriortothe2009season,whenhebecameanassistantcoachattheclub.

Assistant Coach | Kerry Zavagnin

AssistantCoachZoranSavicjoinedSportingKansasCitylateinthe2009seasonaftera30-yearcareeratalllevelsofthegameintheUnitedStates.AnativeofGornjiMilanovac,Yugoslavia,SavicbeganhisjourneythroughAmericansoccerwiththeBuffaloStallionsoftheMajorIndoorSoccerLeaguein1980.SavicwouldgoontostarforseveralMISLteams,withhismostprosperousperiodcomingwiththeKansasCityComets,withwhomhescored70goalsinjustover100appearancesfrom1982-1984.

Afterretiringasaplayerin1991,Savicturnedhisattentiontocoachingintheindoorgame.SavicledtheKansasCityAttackfrom1992-1996,winningCoachoftheYearhonorsforthe1994-1995seasonwhilealsoservingastheteam’sGeneralManager.SaviclatercoachedtheKansasCityCometsfrom2000-2005.

In2007Savicswitchedtotheoutdoorgame,joiningChivasUSAasanassistanttothen-headcoachPrekibeforemovingintothecommentaryboothforKansasCitymatchesin2008and2009.Savic’scareerasacommentatorwascutshort,however,whennewlyinstalledManagerPeterVermestabbedSavictobepartofhiscoachingstafflateinthe2009season.

Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic

AssistantCoachJohnPascarellaplayedprofessionallyfornineseasonsbeforebeginninghiscoachingcareerin1998attheUniversityofMaryland.PascarellaplayedclubsoccerwithSportingKansasCityTechnicalDirectorPeterVermes.HisplayingexperiencetookhimtoPerubeforehereturnedtotheUnitedStatestoplayintheA-LeagueandMLS.

Oncehisplayingcareerwasover,PascarellabegancoachingasamemberofSashoCirovski’sstaffatMaryland.Hethenwentonto

workinNorthernVirginiayouthsoccercirclesasahighschoolcoachandOlympicDevelopmentProgramcoachbeforebecomingtheHeadCoachandTechnicalDirectoroftheNorthernVirginiaRoyalsoftheUSL’sPremierDevelopmentLeaguefortwoseasons.

PascarellajoinedKansasCity’stechnicalstaffin2009andwasagoalkeeperandfitnesscoachuntil2011,whenhebecameanassistant.

Assistant Coach | John Pascarella

MateusManoelisinhissixthseasonwithSportingKansasCityasHeadFitnessCoach.Hisresponsibilitiescoverallaspectsofsportperformanceandsciencefortheteam,includingstrengthandconditioning,injuryprevention,fieldpractices,nutrition,fitnessmonitoring(trainingloadandreadiness),playerre-adaptationfollowingrehabandrecovery.

Inthesummerof2010,ManoelwasanAssistantFitnessCoachfortheU.S.Men’sNationalSoccerTeamduringtheFIFAWorldCupin

SouthAfrica.HehadformerlyservedastheHeadFitnessCoachfortheMexicanMen’sNationalTeamin2009,workingwithrenownedcoachSven-GoranEriksson.During2007and2008,ManoelheldapositionwithAthletes’PerformanceintheHomeDepotCenterinLosAngeles,whereheworkedwithprofessionalathletesfromavarietyofsports,includingNFL,NHL,MLBandMLS(ChivasUSAandLAGalaxy).Previously,hehadassistedwithstrengthandconditioningforD.C.UnitedfromtheMLS,whileconcurrentlyholdingthepositionofSportsPerformanceDirectorwithVelocitySportsPerformanceinAlexandria,Virginia.

ManoelholdsaMaster’sdegreeinExercisePhysiologyfromGeorgeWashingtonUniversity,wherehewasalsoresponsibleforthestrengthandconditioningneedsoftheColonialsMen’sVarsitySoccerTeam.HealsoholdsaBachelorofScienceinKinesiologyfromtheUniversityofMaryland-CollegeParkandisaCertifiedStrengthandConditioningSpecialistthroughtheNationalStrengthandConditioningAssociation.ManoelwasborninBrazilandisfluentinbothPortugueseandSpanish.

Fitness Coach | Mateus Manoel

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ALL-TIME MLS STATISTICS

SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC-RegularSeason 5 0 46 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

MLS-TOTAL 5 0 46 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

JALIL ANIBABA GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS-RegularSeason 125 120 10889 5 10 64 21 88 49 6 1 6 1 1 3

MLS-Postseason 2 1 76 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS-TOTAL 127 121 10965 5 10 65 21 90 51 6 1 6 1 1 3

BERNARDO ANOR GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



MLS-Postseason 1 0 17 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

MLS-TOTAL 78 49 4673 12 3 134 44 91 78 8 41 15 2 5 3

MATT BESLER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC-Postseason 11 11 1050 0 0 2 0 14 8 1 0 0 0 0 0

MLS-TOTAL 175 170 15406 2 9 36 8 161 89 7 1 20 2 1 5

SERVANDO CARRASCO GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



MLS-Postseason 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS-TOTAL 69 37 3487 1 1 33 3 64 34 1 9 9 1 0 0

MARCEL DE JONG GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS-TOTAL 8 7 536 0 1 11 2 1 8 0 5 1 0 0 0

AMADOU DIA GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS-TOTAL 11 7 685 0 0 4 3 10 10 1 0 1 0 0 0

DOM DWYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC-Postseason 7 4 372 2 0 19 9 12 9 5 0 0 0 1 0

MLS-TOTAL 70 54 4867 31 4 200 78 115 127 60 1 8 0 8 1

KEVIN ELLIS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC-Postseason 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS-TOTAL 33 27 2556 1 4 10 3 38 17 0 0 6 0 0 3

ROGER ESPINOZA GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC-Postseason 7 6 455 0 0 4 1 7 7 1 0 2 0 0 0

MLS-TOTAL 132 111 9740 3 13 116 31 184 169 10 14 24 4 1 2

BENNY FEILHABER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



KC-Postseason 5 5 484 0 3 14 1 7 14 2 0 1 0 0 1

MLS-TOTAL 130 118 10402 17 30 196 60 169 299 7 144 21 2 3 5

CONNOR HALLISEY GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS-TOTAL 6 2 201 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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MIKEY LOPEZ GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS-TOTAL 8 5 482 0 0 7 3 12 10 0 0 2 0 0 0

JIMMY MEDRANDA GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS-TOTAL 10 5 377 0 0 9 1 9 7 0 5 0 0 0 0

SONI MUSTIVAR GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS-TOTAL 11 7 686 0 0 0 0 11 6 0 0 3 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 0 1 2 0 0 0

MLS-TOTAL 133 108 10080 2 14 90 22 140 102 7 5 12 1 0 6

PAULO NAGAMURA GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



KC-Postseason 5 5 487 0 0 11 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS-Postseason 15 14 1396 0 0 20 7 21 29 1 0 4 0 0 0

MLS-TOTAL 243 219 19532 13 19 246 79 362 302 11 20 57 2 5 6

KRISZTIAN NEMETH GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS-TOTAL 12 10 887 6 2 29 6 9 18 3 0 0 0 2 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 66 45 4339 8 0 46 17 65 29 6 1 5 0 4 0

ERIK PALMER-BROWN GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS-TOTAL 5 3 330 0 0 1 0 4 2 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 5 3 253 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS-Postseason 8 5 414 0 0 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0

MLS-TOTAL 218 124 11233 15 15 187 72 81 119 22 62 7 1 6 6

SETH SINOVIC GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



KC-Postseason 11 11 1045 2 0 4 2 15 11 0 0 1 0 2 0

MLS-TOTAL 149 145 12903 2 7 71 20 161 99 3 0 21 0 2 4

GRAHAM ZUSI GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC-Postseason 11 11 1049 0 5 21 1 18 19 1 52 1 0 0 3

MLS-TOTAL 171 137 12674 23 48 265 82 160 222 22 605 15 0 8 21

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JON KEMPIN GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA C E W L T

KC-RegularSeason 4 3 315 13 5 0 7 2.00 0 1 0 0 1 2 0

MLS-TOTAL 4 3 315 13 5 0 7 2.00 0 1 0 0 1 2 0

TIM MELIA GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA C E W L T

KC-RegularSeason 7 7 630 24 18 4 5 0.71 0 0 0 0 4 1 2

MLS-RegularSeason 13 12 1069 56 36 4 19 1.60 1 1 0 1 4 5 3

MLS-TOTAL 13 12 1069 56 36 4 19 1.60 1 1 0 1 4 5 3

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ALL-TIME STATISTICS (ALL COMPETITIONS WITH SPORTING KC)

SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM GP GS MIN G A

MLSRegularSeason 5 0 46 0 0

MLSPostseason 0 0 0 0 0

U.S.OpenCup 1 0 34 0 0

International 0 0 0 0 0

ALL COMPETITIONS 6 0 80 0 0

JALIL ANIBABA GP GS MIN G A






BERNARDO ANOR GP GS MIN G A






MATT BESLER GP GS MIN G A



U.S.OpenCup 11 9 814 0 0



SERVANDO CARRASCO GP GS MIN G A






MARCEL DE JONG GP GS MIN G A






AMADOU DIA GP GS MIN G A






DOM DWYER GP GS MIN G A



U.S.OpenCup 4 4 296 0 0



KEVIN ELLIS GP GS MIN G A



U.S.OpenCup 5 4 387 0 0



ROGER ESPINOZA GP GS MIN G A



U.S.OpenCup 9 9 845 0 1



BENNY FEILHABER GP GS MIN G A



U.S.OpenCup 3 3 238 0 1



CONNOR HALLISEY GP GS MIN G A






MIKEY LOPEZ GP GS MIN G A






JIMMY MEDRANDA GP GS MIN G A






SONI MUSTIVAR GP GS MIN G A






CHANCE MYERS GP GS MIN G A



U.S.OpenCup 12 11 971 2 1



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ALL-TIME STATISTICS (ALL COMPETITIONS WITH SPORTING KC)


PAULO NAGAMURA GP GS MIN G A



U.S.OpenCup 5 5 474 1 1



KRISZTIAN NEMETH GP GS MIN G A






IKE OPARA GP GS MIN G A






ERIK PALMER BROWN GP GS MIN G A



U.S.OpenCup 2 2 180 0 0



JACOB PETERSON GP GS MIN G A



U.S.OpenCup 9 6 594 1 2



SETH SINOVIC GP GS MIN G A



U.S.OpenCup 9 9 820 0 2



GRAHAM ZUSI GP GS MIN G A



U.S.OpenCup 10 8 758 3 2



JON KEMPIN GP GS MIN GA GAA SO W-L-T

MLSRegularSeason 4 3 315 7 2.00 0 1-2-0

MLSPostseason 0 0 0 0 x 0 0

U.S.OpenCup 1 1 90 2 2.00 0 1-0-0

International 1 1 90 1 1.00 0 0-0-1

ALL COMPETITIONS 6 5 495 10 1.82 0 2-2-1

TIM MELIA GP GS MIN GA GAA SO W-L-T

MLSRegularSeason 7 7 630 5 0.71 4 4-1-2

MLSPostseason 0 0 0 0 x 0 0

U.S.OpenCup 1 1 90 0 0.00 1 1-0-0

International 0 0 0 0 x 0 0

ALL COMPETITIONS 8 8 720 5 0.63 5 5-1-2

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SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS) SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

ALL-TIME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)Stat Player #

Games C.J.Sapong(2011) 34

Minutes NickGarcia(2000)&PeterVermes(2000) 2916

Goals DomDwyer(2014) 22

Assists Preki(1997&2003) 17

Shots Preki(1996) 140

Shotsongoal Preki(1996) 61

FoulsCommitted ChrisHenderson(2000) 79

FoulsSuffered DavyArnaud(2004) 111

Offsides EddieJohnson(2007) 50

CornerKicks GrahamZusi(2012) 150

Cautions AurelienCollin(2013) 13

Ejections DavyArnaud(2010) 3

Stat Player #

Games JimmyNielsen(2012&2013) 34

Minutes JimmyNielsen(2012&2013) 3060

Wins MikeAmmann(1997) 21

Losses MikeAmman(1998) 16

Draws BoOshoniyi(2005) 12

Shutouts TonyMeola(2000) 16

GoalsAgainstAvg. JimmyNielsen(2012) 0.79

GoalsAllowed MikeAmman(1997)&KevinHartman(2007) 45

Saves TonyMeola(2000) 129

Stat Player #

Goals DigitalTakawira(1998),Preki(1998),DavyArnaud(2004),EddieJohnson(twicein2007),BirahimDiop(2010)

3

Assists ChrisHenderson(1999) 4

Shots Preki(1997) 12

Shotsongoal Preki(1996) 6

FoulsCommitted DavyArnaud(2010),OriolRosell(2013) 8

FoulsSuffered DavyArnaud(2006) 10

Offsides AlexBunbury(1999) 7

CornerKicks AlexZotinca(2006) 12

Stat Player #

Goals 1996 61

Assists 2000 67

Shots 2012 542

Shotsongoal 1996 250

FoulsCommitted 2013 511

FoulsSuffered 2000 541

Offsides 1997 117

CornerKicks 2012 199

Cautions 2013 67

Ejections 2011 8

Points 2012 63

Wins 1997 21

Losses 1999 24

Ties 2005&2011 12

Shutouts 2000 17

GoalsAllowed 1996 63

Stat Player #

GoalsAllowed BoOshoniyi 7

Saves GarthLagerwey(1996),MikeAmmann(1997&1998),TonyMeola(2000,threetimesin2003),BoOshoniyi(2002&2004)

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Stat Player #

Games JimmyNielsen 128

Minutes JimmyNielsen 11497

Wins JimmyNielsen 57

Losses TonyMeola 45

Draws JimmyNielsen 32

Shutouts JimmyNielsen 45

GoalsAllowed TonyMeola 154

Saves TonyMeola 507

GoalsAgainstAvg. JimmyNielsen 0.99

Stat Player #

Games DavyArnaud 240

Minutes KerryZavagnin 20515

Goals Preki 71

Assists Preki 98

Shots Preki 693

Shotsongoal Preki 283

FoulsCommitted DavyArnaud 329

FoulsSuffered DavyArnaud 528

Offsides EddieJohnson 126

CornerKicks GrahamZusi 517

Cautions KerryZavagnin 44

Ejections NickGarcia 5

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

BOLD* -denotesplayeroncurrentroster

GAMES PLAYEDPlayer GP1.DavyArnaud 2402.KerryZavagnin 2373.NickGarcia 2244.Preki 2185.JimmyConrad 2046.ChrisKlein 2007.JackJewsbury 1958. Matt Besler* 1649. Graham Zusi* 16010.MichaelHarrington 14910.MoJohnston 149

GOALSPlayer GP G1.Preki 218 712.DavyArnaud 240 432.JoshWolff 144 434.ChrisKlein 200 395.KeiKamara 113 386.MoJohnston 149 317. Dom Dwyer* 63 297.ScottSealy 88 287.VitalisTakawira 103 2810. Graham Zusi* 160 23

GAME-WINNING GOALSPlayer GP GWG1.Preki 218 132.ChrisKlein 200 123.KeiKamara 113 113.JoshWolff 144 115.DavyArnaud 240 106. Graham Zusi* 160 86.VitalisTakawira 103 88. Dom Dwyer* 63 78.C.J.Sapong 110 78.ScottSealy 88 7

GAME-WINNING ASSISTSPlayer GP GWA1.Preki 218 232. Graham Zusi* 160 183.ChrisKlein 200 164.DavyArnaud 240 104.JoshWolff 144 106.JackJewsbury 195 86.MoJohnston 149 86.KeiKamara 113 86.KerryZavagnin 237 810.FranciscoGomez 114 710.ChrisHenderson 61 7

MULTI-GOAL GAMESPlayer GP MGG1.VitalisTakawira 103 82.Preki 218 73. Dom Dwyer* 63 53.KeiKamara 113 53.ScottSealy 88 53.JoshWolff 144 57.MoJohnston 149 47.ChrisKlein 200 410. Graham Zusi* 160 310.DavyArnaud 240 310.TealBunbury 89 310.EddieJohnson 43 3

PENALTY KICK GOALSPlayer GP PKG1.Preki 218 212. Dom Dwyer* 63 73.KeiKamara 113 54.ClaudioLopez 57 45. Benny Feihlaber* 73 35.ClaudioBieler 41 35.JoseBurciagaJr. 115 35.JackJewsbury 195 35.JoshWolff 144 310.OmarBravo 27 210.MattMcKeon 144 2

GOALS PER GAMEPlayer GP GLS AVG1. Dom Dwyer* 63 29 0.462.KeiKamara 113 38 0.343.Preki 218 71 0.334.ScottSealy 88 28 0.325.JoshWolff 144 43 0.306.VitalisTakawira 103 28 0.277.MarkChung 94 20 0.218.MoJohnston 149 31 0.219.ChrisKlein 200 39 0.2010.C.J.Sapong 110 20 0.18*Minimum 20 goals

ASSISTSPlayer GP A1.Preki 218 982.ChrisKlein 200 453. Graham Zusi* 160 434.DavyArnaud 240 355.MoJohnston 149 286.JoshWolff 144 267.MarkChung 94 258.KerryZavagnin 237 229.JackJewsbury 195 209.KeiKamara 113 20

SHOTSPlayer GP SH1.Preki 218 6932.DavyArnaud 240 4523.KeiKamara 113 3704.ChrisKlein 200 3125.MoJohnston 149 2746.JoshWolff 144 2657. Graham Zusi* 160 2448.JackJewsbury 195 2169.MarkChung 94 20310. Dom Dwyer* 63 181

SHOTS ON GOALPlayer GP SOG1.Preki 218 2832.DavyArnaud 240 1763.MoJohnston 149 1383.ChrisKlein 200 1383.JoshWolff 144 1386.KeiKamara 113 1267.VitalisTakawira 103 1028.MarkChung 94 959.JackJewsbury 195 9010. Graham Zusi* 160 81

FOULS COMMITTEDPlayer GP FC1.DavyArnaud 240 3292.KerryZavagnin 237 3263.MattMcKeon 144 3094.NickGarcia 224 2345.MoJohnston 149 2266.JimmyConrad 204 2107.AurelienCollin 107 1918.DiegoGutierrez 119 1909. Roger Espinoza* 125 17710.JackJewsbury 195 175

FOULS SUFFEREDPlayer GP FS1.DavyArnaud 240 5282.Preki 218 3623.KerryZavagnin 237 3544.NickGarcia 224 2505.MarkChung 94 2046. Graham Zusi* 160 2037.DiegoGutierrez 119 1968.JackJewsbury 195 1879.JoshWolff 144 18310.KeiKamara 113 176

CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS)Player GP YC1.KerryZavagnin 237 442.DavyArnaud 240 433.NickGarcia 224 374.AurelienCollin 107 315.DiegoGutierrez 119 305.MattMcKeon 144 307.JackJewsbury 195 287.MoJohnston 149 289.JimmyConrad 204 2710.Preki 218 23

CORNER KICKSPlayer GP RC1. Graham Zusi* 160 5532.Preki 218 4523.ClaudioLopez 57 1884.JoseBurciagaJr. 115 1755.FranciscoGomez 114 1576.ChrisHenderson 61 1547.ChrisKlein 200 1528.DavyArnaud 240 1449.CarlosMarinelli 41 9110. Benny Feilhaber* 73 73

GAMES STARTEDPlayer GS1.KerryZavagnin 2282.NickGarcia 2243.DavyArnaud 2134.JimmyConrad 2035.Preki 1996.ChrisKlein 1837. Matt Besler* 1598.JackJewsbury 1428.MoJohnston 14210.MichaelHarrington 12810.JimmyNielsen 12810.JoshWolff 128

MINUTES PLAYEDPlayer MP1.KerryZavagnin 205152.NickGarcia 201573.DavyArnaud 193994.JimmyConrad 181945.Preki 178176.ChrisKlein 163807. Matt Besler* 143568.JackJewsbury 132759.MoJohnston 1259910.MichaelHarrington 11633

GAMES PLAYED IN GOALPlayer GP1.JimmyNielsen 1282.TonyMeola 1253.BoOshoniyi 964.KevinHartman 905.MikeAmmann 606.ChrisSnitko 267.EricKronberg 258.GarthLagerwey 239.AndyGruenebaum 1110.LuisMarin 810.PatHarrington 810.DavidWinner 8

SAVESPlayer GP SV1.TonyMeola 125 5072.BoOshoniyi 96 3543.KevinHartman 90 3324.JimmyNielsen 128 3045.MikeAmman 60 2066.ChrisSnitko 26 957.GarthLagerwey 23 838.EricKronberg 25 589.AndyGruenebaum 11 3410.DavidWinner 8 27

GOALKEEPER WINSPlayer GP GW1.JimmyNielsen 128 572.TonyMeola 125 493.MikeAmmann 60 333.BoOshoniyi 96 335.KevinHartman 90 306.GarthLagerwey 23 127.EricKronberg 25 98.AndyGruenebaum 11 68.ChrisSnitko 26 510. Tim Melia* 7 4

SHUTOUTSPlayer GP SO1.JimmyNielsen 128 452.TonyMeola 125 373.KevinHartman 90 223.BoOshoniyi 96 225.MikeAmmann 60 106.EricKronberg 25 87. Tim Melia* 7 48.LuisMarin 8 38.AndyGruenebaum 11 38.GarthLagerwey 23 38.ChrisSnitko 26 3

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

GAMES PLAYEDYear Player GP2011 C.J.Sapong 342012 JimmyNielsen 342013 JimmyNielsen 342012 KeiKamara 332014 DomDwyer 33

GAMES STARTEDYear Player GS2012 JimmyNielsen 342013 JimmyNielsen 34 8playerstiedwith32

MINUTES PLAYEDYear Player MIN2012 JimmyNielsen 30602013 JimmyNielsen 30602000 NickGarcia 29152000 PeterVermes 29151996 Preki 28802005 BoOshoniyi 28802011 MattBesler 2880

GAMES PLAYED IN GOALYear Player GP2012 JimmyNielsen 342013 JimmyNielsen 342005 BoOshoniyi 322000 TonyMeola 312011 JimmyNielsen 31

GOALSYear Player GP GOALS 2014 DomDwyer 33 221996 Preki 32 182007 EddieJohnson 24 151996 VitalisTakawira 28 131997 Preki 27 122000 MiklosMolnar 17 122003 Preki 30 12

ASSISTSYear Player GP ASSISTS 1997 Preki 27 172003 Preki 30 172000 Preki 31 152012 GrahamZusi 32 151996 Preki 32 131998 Preki 25 13

SHOTSYear Player GP SHOTS 1996 Preki 32 1402012 KeiKamara 33 1342014 DomDwyer 33 1131999 Preki 30 972000 Preki 31 95

SHOTS ON GOALYear Player GP SOG 1996 Preki 32 612012 KeiKamara 33 491996 VitalisTakawira 28 482014 DomDwyer 33 481997 Preki 27 442002 Preki 25 44

FOULS COMMITTEDYear Player GP FC 2000 ChrisHenderson 31 792001 MattMcKeon 26 761997 MattMcKeon 31 752000 MattMcKeon 30 752013 OriolRosell 31 66

FOULS SUFFEREDYear Player GP FS 2004 DavyArnaud 30 1112005 DavyArnaud 31 851999 Preki 30 772006 DavyArnaud 32 762014 BennyFeilhaber 31 73

CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS)Year Player GP YC 2013 AurelienCollin 29 132011 AurelienCollin 23 102013 OriolRosell 31 101997 MoJohnston 29 92005 JoseBurciagaJR. 31 9

EJECTIONS (RED CARDS)Year Player GP RC 2010 DavyArnaud 27 3 7playerstiedwith2

CORNER KICKSYear Player GP CK 2012 GrahamZusi 32 1502013 GrahamZusi 27 1282014 GrahamZusi 25 1252009 ClaudioLopez 29 1232011 GrahamZusi 32 97

OFFSIDESYear Player GP OFF 2007 EddieJohnson 24 501996 VitalisTakawira 28 441997 VitalisTakawira 28 432014 DomDwyer 33 382000 ChrisHenderson 31 36

GAME-WINNING GOALSYear Player GP GWG 2000 MiklosMolnar 17 62007 EddieJohnson 24 62014 DomDwyer 33 61997 Preki 27 52012 C.J.Sapong 31 5

GAME-WINNING ASSISTSYear Player GP GWA 2000 ChrisHenderson 31 52000 MattMcKeon 30 52003 Preki 30 52004 DavyArnaud 30 52004 JoshWolff 26 52012 GrahamZusi 32 52013 GrahamZusi 27 5

PENALTY KICK GOALSYear Player GP PKG 1996 Preki 32 72014 DomDwyer 33 72003 Preki 30 51997 Preki 27 31998 Preki 25 32006 JoseBurciagaJr. 30 32013 ClaudioBieler 28 3

GOALS PER GAMEYear Player GP GLS AVG2000 MiklosMolnar 17 12 0.712014 DomDwyer 33 22 0.672007 EddieJohnson 24 15 0.631996 Preki 32 18 0.562013 KeiKamara 15 70.47*Minimum 5 goals

SAVESYear Player GP SV 2000 TonyMeola 31 1292003 TonyMeola 30 1212008 KevinHartman 30 1172005 BoOshoniyi 32 1122007 KevinHartman 30 110

SHUTOUTSYear Player GP SO 2000 TonyMeola 31 162012 JimmyNielsen 34 152013 JimmyNielsen 34 132008 KevinHartman 30 102010 JimmyNielsen 29 10

GOALKEEPER WINSYear Player GP GW 1997 MikeAmmann 29 212012 JimmyNielsen 34 182013 JimmyNielsen 34 172000 TonyMeola 31 151996 GarthLagerwey 23 122011 JimmyNielsen 31 12

GOALS AGAINST AVERAGEYear Player GP GA GAA2012 JimmyNielsen 34 27 0.792013 JimmyNielsen 34 30 0.882000 TonyMeola 31 29 0.922004 TonyMeola 21 22 1.052014 EricKronberg 19 20 1.05*Minimum 1,000 minutes played

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GOALSCareer: 71PrekiSeason:22DomDwyer(2014)Game:36timesHalf:3VitalisTakawira(05/16/1998atNE,2nd)Half:3EddieJohnson(06/02/2007vs.NY,2nd)

ASSISTSCareer:98PrekiSeason:17Preki(1997)Season:17Preki(2003)Game:4ChrisHenderson(06/20/1999vs.MET)Half:3ChrisHenderson(06/20/1999vs.MET,1st)Half:3Preki(06/21/2003vs.CHI,1st)

SHOTSCareer: 693PrekiSeason:140Preki(1996)Game:12Preki(04/12/1997atTB)Half:8Preki(04/12/1997atTB,2nd)Half:8OnandiLowe(08/12/2001atCOL,2nd)Half:8Preki(07/06/2002vs.DAL,2nd)

SHOTS ON GOALCareer:283PrekiSeason:61Preki(1996)Game:6Preki(05/19/1996atLA)Game:6EddieJohnson(06/02/007vs.NY)Half:46times

FOULS COMMITTEDCareer: 329DavyArnaudSeason:79ChrisHenderson(2000)Game:8DavyArnaud(05/29/2010atRSL)Game:8OriolRosell(07/27/2013atMTL)Half:7ScottUderitz(05/11/1996vs.DAL,1st)

FOULS SUFFEREDCareer:528DavyArnaudSeason:111DavyArnaud(2004)Game:10DavyArnaud(10/14/2006atNY)Half:67times

CORNER KICKSCareer:553GrahamZusiSeason:150GrahamZusi(2012)Game:12AlexZotinca(07/22/2006atNY)Half:8ChrisHenderson(04/10/1999vs.SJ,2nd)Half:8ChrisHenderson(05/20/2000vs.SJ,1st)

GOALS ALLOWEDCareer: 154TonyMeolaSeason:45MikeAmmann(1997)Season:45KevinHartman(2007)Game:7BoOshoniyi(07/04/201vs.CHI)Half:46time

SAVESCareer: 507TonyMeolaSeason:129TonyMeola(2000)Game:99timesHalf:7TonyMeola(08/23/2000atMET,1st)Half:7BoOshoniyi(06/13/2001atLA,2nd)Half:7TonyMeola(08/08/2003vs.SJ,1st)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

GOALSSeason: 61in1996Game:605/02/1996vs.CLBGame:606/21/1997vs.DCGame:606/20/1999vs.MET2-Tms:1005/02/1996vs.CLBHalf:505/02/1996vs.CLB(2nd)Half:506/21/1997vs.DC(2nd)

SHOTSSeason:542in2012Game:278times2-Tms:4408/14/1999atMET2-Tms:4408/05/2000vs.LA2-Tms:4406/09/2001atMIAHalf: 1907/28/2012vs.CLB(2nd)

SHOTS ON GOALSeason:250in1996Game:1408/23/1998vs.MIAGame:1406/21/2003vs.CHI2-Tms:2205/02/1996vs.CLB2-Tms:2204/18/1997vs.DALHalf: 1108/23/1998vs.MIA(1st)

FOULS COMMITTEDSeason:511in2013Game:2707/04/1997atCLB2-Tms:5205/17/2000vs.DCHalf: 1604/05/1997vs.LA(1st)Half: 1607/04/1997atCLB(2nd)Half: 1603/08/2014atSEA(1st)

FOULS SUFFEREDSeason:541in2000Game:3008/16/2003atDAL2-Tms:5105/17/2000vs.DCHalf: 2007/27/1996vs.NE(2nd)

CORNER KICKSSeason: 199in2012Game:1504/10/1999vs.SJ2-Tms:2208/14/1999atMETHalf: 1004/10/1999vs.SJ(2nd)

GOALS ALLOWEDSeason:63in1996Game:707/04/2001vs.CHI2-Tms:1005/02/1996vs.CLBHalf:47times

SAVESSeason:133in1999Game:910times2-Tms:1804/18/1997vs.DAL2-Tms:1809/02/2000vs.TBHalf:708/23/2000atMET(1st)Half:706/13/2001atLA(2d)Half:708/08/2003vs.SJ(1st)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

ASSISTSSeason: 67in2000Game:1006/20/1999vs.MET2-Tms:1207/04/2001vs.CHIHalf:806/20/1999vs.MET(1st)

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1 Luis Marin 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

2 Erik Palmer-Brown 5 90D

3 Ike Opara 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 84D

4 Kevin Ellis 90D 6 90D 89D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

5 Matt Besler 70D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

6 Paulo Nagamura 29 90M 90M 78M 25 86M

7 Chance Myers

8 Graham Zusi 85M 88F 90F 39F 89F 90F 90F 89F 13 83F 90F 90F

9 Krisztian Nemeth 77M 76F 26 90F 75F 90F 90F 19 89F 90F 90F 75F

10 Benny Feilhaber 90M 90M 84M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

11 Bernardo Anor 61M 14 34 51 13 15

12 Mikey Lopez

13 Amadou Dia 90D 90D 15 27 13 1 90D 90D 90D 90D 89D

14 Dom Dwyer 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 71F 90F 32 90F

15 Seth Sinovic 90D 90D 45 77D 90D

16 Servando Carrasco 6 90M 77M 90M 90M 55M 4 77M 19

17 Saad Abdul-Salaam 1 32 7 5 1

18 James Rogers

21 Jon Kempin

22 Connor Hallisey 1 5 11 34 65F 85F

23 Jalil Anibaba 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

27 Roger Espinoza 90M 90M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 65M 90M 71M 90M 90M

29 Tim Melia 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

37 Jacob Peterson 13 2 23 90F 77F 1 5 85F 79F 56M 15

71 Marcel de Jong 90D 90D 45D 90D 75D 63D 25 58F

93 Soni Mustivar 1 12 13 35 85M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

94 Jimmy Medranda 56F 67F 64F 58M

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Game #1 03/08/2015 KC 1 vs NYR 1 T Opara 1 (Feilhaber 1) 50

Game #2 03/14/2015 KC 1 at DAL 3 L Espinoza 1 (Feilhaber 2) 44

Game #3 03/21/2015 KC 0 vs POR 0 T

Game #4 03/28/2015 KC 1 at NYC 0 W Opara 2 (Besler 1) 12

Game #5 04/05/2015 KC 3 vs PHI 2 W Dwyer 1 (Feilhaber 3) 16; Anibaba 1 (Espinoza 1) 91+; Nemeth 1 (Besler 2, Feilhaber 4) 94+

Game #6 04/11/2015 KC 0 vs RSL 0 T

Game #7 04/18/2015 KC 1 at LA 2 L Nemeth 2 (Feilhaber 5, Dwyer 1) 22

Game #8 04/25/2015 KC 4 at HOU 4 T Nemeth 3 (de Jong 1) 2; Dwyer 2 (unassisted) 74; Feilhaber 1 (penalty kick) 80; Feilhaber 2 (Zusi 1) 95+

Game #9 05/03/2015 KC 1 vs CHI 0 W Nagamura 1 (Anibaba 1, Zusi 2) 75

Game #10 05/09/2015 KC 1 at DC 1 T Dwyer 3 (Espinoza 2) 45

Game #11 05/20/2015 KC 4 vs NE 2 W Dwyer 4 (Nemeth 1, Anibaba 2) 29; Nemeth 4 (Feilhaber 6) 39; Feilhaber 3 (penalty kick) 43;

Nemeth 5 (Peterson 1, Feilhaber 7) 46

Game #12 05/23/2015 KC 0 at SEA 0 T

Game #13 05/29/2015 KC 4 vs DAL 0 W Nemeth 6 (Ellis 1, Zusi 3) 19; Feilhaber 4 (Nemeth 2, Anibaba 3) 51; Ellis 1 (Zusi 4) 57

Zusi 1 (Hallisey 1, Anibaba 4) 64

Game #14 06/06/2015 KC 1 vs SEA 0 W Feilhaber 5 (penalty kick) 84

Game #15 06/21/2015 KC 1 at RSL 2 L Dwyer 5 (Feilhaber 8) 30

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2 Erik Palmer-Brown

3 Ike Opara

4 Kevin Ellis 90D

5 Matt Besler 90D

6 Paulo Nagamura

7 Chance Myers 56D

8 Graham Zusi 90M

9 Krisztian Nemeth

10 Benny Feilhaber 90M

11 Bernardo Anor

12 Mikey Lopez

13 Amadou Dia 81D

14 Dom Dwyer 90F

15 Seth Sinovic

16 Servando Carrasco

17 Saad Abdul-Salaam 34

18 James Rogers

21 Jon Kempin

22 Connor Hallisey 68F

23 Jalil Anibaba

27 Roger Espinoza 90M

29 Tim Melia 90G

37 Jacob Peterson 22

71 Marcel de Jong 9

93 Soni Mustivar 90F

94 Jimmy Medranda

U.S. OPEN CUP

4R 06/16/2015 KC 1 vs STLOUS 0 W Zusi (Feilhaber) 70

MATCH PREVIEW

Rapids continue their three-game road trip this Saturday, heading

to the Midwest to play Sporting Kansas City, seeking to break

Sporting KC’s unbeaten home record. Kickoff is scheduled for

6:30 p.m. MT on Altitude, with coverage starting at 6:00 p.m MT.

The Rapids road trip began with a bitter start as they fell 2-0 to

Orlando City SC on Wednesday night and are now without a win

in the last five MLS outings. Sporting KC will also be coming off a

loss after falling 2-1 at Real Salt Lake on Sunday night, ending an

eight-game unbeaten streak.

Pablo Mastroeni’s men are now 2-5-9 for the season and will be

looking to restore their previous poise away from home at Sport-

ing Park on Saturday after starting the season 1-0-5 as visitors.

Sporting Kansas City will look to extend their unbeaten home run

to 10. Peter Vermes’s men are 6-0-3 at Sporting Park and 6-3-6

overall. They currently sit in fifth place in the Western Conference

with 24 points.

The Rapids will be looking for their second victory of the season

away from Commerce City after starting the season 1-2-5 (8

points) on the road. This will mark the second of three consecu-

tive road matches for the Rapids. Following the match against

Sporting Kansas City the Rapids will travel to Houston to take on

the Dynamo in the Round of 16 of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open

Cup on Tuesday.

INJURY REPORT

Out: Juan Ramirez, Axel Sjoberg

HISTORY WITH SPORTING KC

Sporting KC will always have a ‘special’ place in the hearts of

Rapids fans, being as they were the first-ever opponents when –

as Kansas City Wiz – they ruined Colorado’s introduction to Ma-

jor League Soccer with a 3-0 win at Arrowhead Stadium.

The date was April 13, 1996 and it was the first match for both

franchises in the newly launched MLS. Featuring for the Rapids

on that occasion were: Dusty Hudock; Denis Hamlett, Ian Butter-

worth, Troy Edwards, Matt Kmosko; Steve Trittschuh, Chris Hen-

derson (Roy Wegerle 77), Dominic Kinnear; Scott Benedetti

(Richard Sharpe 77), Shaun Bartlett, Jean Harbor.

The Wiz lined-up as follows: Pat Harrington, Samuel Ekeme,

Sean Bowers, Tommy Reasoner (Scott Uderitz 83), Uche Okafor,

Matt McKeon, Preki, Mark Chung, Eric Eichmann, Frank Klopas

(Diego Gutierrez 83), Vitalis Takawira.

All Kansas City goals came in the last 20 minutes, with current

Montreal Impact head coach, Frank Klopas, among the scorers.

In all, the Rapids and Sporting KC have met 52 times. The Rap-

ids’ record against Kansas City stands at 17-22-13. Much of any

success has come in Colorado, with the Rapids returning trium-

phant on only three occasions from KC … and not since Septem-

ber 14, 2002.

The most recent meeting with Sporting Kansas City came on

March 29, 2014 when a stoppage-time goal from Dom Dwyer

secured all three points for the visitors in a dramatic 3-2 win at

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. That stretched the Rapids’ winless

run against Sporting to eight games. Their last win against their

neighbors came on March 28, 2009, at home.

FORMER PLAYERS

Sporting Kansas City’s head coach, Peter Vermes, joined the

Rapids from the Metrostars after the inaugural season. He was a

part of the 1997 MLS Cup finalists, and would spend three years

in Colorado, making 98 appearances (8 goals). The defender

then left for Kansas City, in a trade which brought Scott Vermil-

lion the other direction. Vermes played 78 times in three seasons

for KC, before retiring.

Jacob Peterson is now in his fourth season with Sporting Kan-

sas City. He has played 69 regular season matches during that

time (6 goals). Peterson began his pro career with the Rapids,

having been selected 21st overall in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. In

three seasons in Colorado, he made 92 appearances (8 goals).

Current Rapids defender, Michael Harrington, was third overall

pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for Kansas City Wizards. He

spent six seasons with Kansas City, making 149 appearances.

He has played every minute of every game for the Rapids in

2015.

Now Director of Soccer at the Rapids, the former Argentine inter-

national striker Claudio Lopez was a player in Colorado during

their successful 2010 season, though managing to make only 11

appearances for a total of 200 minutes. He arrived in MLS from

Argentina, signing for the Wizards ahead of the 2008 season. He

spent two years in Kansas City, scoring 13 goals in 57 appear-

ances.

MLS Regular Season Date: Saturday, June 27, 2015, 6:30 p.m. MT Location: Sporting Park, Kansas City, KS Television: Altitude Radio: 1600 The Zone (1600AM); 1650AM Radio Luz

COLORADO RAPIDS Overall: 2-5-9 (15 pts.) Home: 1-3-4 Away: 1-2-5 GF: 12 GA: 15 GD: -3

Sporting Kansas CIty Overall: 6-3-6 (24 pts.) Home: 6-0-3 Away: 0-3-3 GF: 23 GA: 17 GD: 6

COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES Richard Clarke, Sr. Director Communications & Digital Media - [email protected]

Diego Garcia, Media Relations & Social Media Coordinator - [email protected]

LAST MEETING

Colorado Rapids 2, Sporting KC 3

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO.

March 29, 2014

Dom Dwyer’s injury time strike handed Sporting KC a last-gasp 3-

2 win at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in the only meeting between

the clubs last season.

All five goals came in the second half, with the Rapids falling be-

hind 1-0 before taking a 2-1 lead in the 78th minute.

The Rapids got both goals from the penalty spot from Vicente

Sánchez, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the 2013 MLS Cup

champions in their fourth game of the season. The 3-2 defeat

marked Colorado’s first under head coach Pablo Mastroeni.

Marlon Hairston and Jared Watts made their professional debuts

during the loss, with Watts playing the full 90 minutes.

TALE OF THE TAPE

LAST MATCH

Orlando City SC 2, Colorado Rapids 0

Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla.

June 24, 2015

Colorado Rapids fell to their second road defeat of the season

when they went down 2-0 at Orlando City on Wednesday night.

After an even first half, the home side took control. In the 62nd

minute, Cyle Larin turned in a low cross from Carlos Rivas at the

far post. Three minutes later, Kaká doubled the advantage with a

powerful shot into the far corner.

It might have been very different had Luis Solignac scored in the

fourth minute after a slip from Sean St Ledger saw him go one-on

-one with keeper Tally Hall.

Rapids can take something from the opening 45 minutes, howev-

er they were second-best after the break.

Pablo Mastroeni’s men are now 2-5-9 for the season and have to

restore their previous poise away from home before they head to

Sporting Kansas City on Saturday.

TEAM NEWS

The head coach rang the changes for the Rapids’ first MLS trip to

Orlando. Shane O’Neill returned to the side after his success for

the USMNT U23s. He was paired with Drew Moor, who was back

in the center after filling in at left back in the 1-1 draw with Dal-

las. Joseph Greenspan made his MLS debut at right back

with Marc Burch on the opposite flank.

Lucas Pittinari and Marcelo Sarvas were the defensive

shield. Dillon Powers started on the left of midfield and Dillon

Serna on the right. Kevin Doyle was in the hole behind lone strik-

er Solignac.

FIRST HALF

Lightning forced a 25-minute delay to kickoff but, once underway,

the Rapids might have made the perfect start. Solignac latched

on to a mistake from St Ledger to go clean through. However,

Hall predicted where he was trying to place the shot and smoth-

ered the Argentine’s effort.

Orlando responded with a couple of chances. Lewis Neal headed

Kaka’s cross straight at Clint Irwin, then Brek Shea’s deflected

strike floated over the keeper but drifted wide.

The opening stages had been end-to-end but gradually the game

settled down into a rhythm.

However, it would conclude with a couple of chances for the

home side. First Kaká nudged a header inches past the far post

then substitute Rivas sent the Brazilian through only for Irwin to

rush out and block.

SECOND HALF

While the first half had been relatively level, the home side took

control after the interval.

Orlando stepped up the pressure and put Rapids on the back

foot. Before the hour, Irwin had made solid stops from Kaká and

Larin. In between he had been a spectator as the Brazilian’s shot

hit the base of the post, rolled along the goal line and out of play

on the other side.

Orlando made the breakthrough in the 62nd minute when Rivas

sent over a searching cross from the left and Larin converted at

the far post.

The Rapids tried to respond and Burch saw a deflected effort fly

wide. However, just minutes after opening the scoring, Kaká was

allowed the space to find the far corner with an angled drive to

make it 2-0.

Substitute Charles Eloundou caused some problems for Orlando

as Rapids went in search of a way back into the game. But the

Sporting vs. Rapids

15 Games Played 16

6 Games Won 2

3 Games Lost 5

6 Games Tied 9

23 Goals For 12

17 Goals Against 15

24 Points 15

Krisztian Nemeth

(6 goals) Top Scorer(s) Gabriel Torres

(4 goals)

195 Shots 217

58 Shots On Goal 66

8 Shutouts 6

closest they came to a goal was when Powers’ low shot forced

Hall into a smothering save.

Orlando could have grabbed a third had Greenspan not blocked a

shot from Cerén. Irwin also made a flying save from a thumping

drive from Rafael Ramos, Kaka fired wide and, in injury time,

substitute Avila dragged his effort beyond the far post.

Colorado Rapids: Clint Irwin; Joseph Greenspan, Drew Moor,

Shane O’Neill, Marc Burch; Dillon Serna (Gabriel Torres 67’),

Marcelo Sarvas (Sam Cronin 71’), Lucas Pittinari; Dillon Serna

(Gabriel Torres 67’), Kevin Doyle (Charles Eloundou 59’), Dillon

Powers; Luis Solignac.

Substitutes not used: Zac MacMath, Bobby Burling, James Riley,

Dominique Badji.

TORRES NAMED TO PANAMA GOLD CUP ROSTER

On June 29, Torres will report to Dallas, Texas where the team

will kick-off the region’s tournament against Haiti on Tuesday,

July 7 at 5:00 p.m. MT. As part of Group A, Panama will also take

on 2014 FIFA World Cup participants, Honduras as well as the

2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup champions, United States.

Torres will miss the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of

16 match against Houston Dynamo (June 30) and two regular

season home matches against Vancouver Whitecaps FC (July 4)

and Real Salt Lake (July 11). If Panama advances through the

group stage, Torres would also miss the third and final matchup

of the season against Seattle Sounders FC (July 18).

MAXIMUM MINUTES

Clint Irwin is the only Rapids player that has featured in all 1,440

minutes of the 2015 season. Dillon Powers is second on the team

with 1,245 minutes logged, while Lucas Pittinari is third with

1,240.

SJOBERG SIDELINED

Colorado Rapids defender Axel Sjoberg is out of full training for

with a knee injury. The Swedish center back has been in excel-

lent form in his rookie season after being selected in the first

round, No 14, of the 2015 MLS Superdraft. His nine starts have

been enough for him to be nominated for the Fan Ballot for the

MLS All-Star Game on July 29. However, after this latest injury,

the 24-year-old is unlikely to feature until a few weeks before that

game.

FAN BALLOT FOR 2015 AT&T MLS ALL-STAR GAME

On Wednesday, May 27 Major League Soccer launched fan vot-

ing for the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game, which will take place

at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Wednesday, July 29. Eight

Rapids players are on the fan ballot including goalkeeper Clint

Irwin, defenders Michael Harrington, Drew Moor and Axel

Sjöberg, midfielders Dillon Powers, Juan Ramirez and Marcelo

Sarvas, and forward Gabriel Torres.

RAPIDS TOO GOOD FOR SWITCHBACKS FC

Two goals for Dillon Serna, plus contributions from rookies

Dominique Badji and Joseph Greenspan, saw off the challenge of

USL side Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC at Dick’s Sporting

Goods Park in the U.S. Open Cup fourth round. This was the first

meeting between the clubs in franchise history. Josh Phillips was

sent off for the visitors just past the hour mark for a dangerous

challenge on Badji, with the Switchbacks’ consolation coming in

stoppage time through Jordan Burt.

DEBUT FOR GREENSPAN AND MACMATH

Defender Joseph Greenspan and goalkeeper Zac MacMath

made their competitive debut for the Rapids in the U.S. Open

Cup. Greenspan capped the occasion by scoring the Rapids’

second goal of the night. The 26th overall pick of the 2015 MLS

SuperDraft, Greenspan - an ensign in the US Navy - has been

assigned to a naval unit in the Denver area. Following negotia-

tions between both parties, the six foot six inch center back will

be able to play and train with the Rapids this season around the

fulfillment of his Naval duties. MacMath, on a season-long loan

from Philadelphia Union, has waited patiently for his first appear-

ance due to the fine form of Clint Irwin.

O’NEILL VOTED THIRD-BEST AT TOULON TOURNAMENT

Homegrown players Shane O'Neill and Dillon Serna helped the

U.S. U-23s to a third-place finish at the prestigious Toulon Tour-

nament earlier this month. The United States finished the tourna-

ment with a 3-0-2 record and O’Neill was named the third-best

player by the head coaches of the 10 competing nations.

NEXT HOME GAME

Tickets are on sale for the Rapids’ next home game of the sea-

son, against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday, July 4, kick-

off 7:00 p.m. MT. Go to ColoradoRapids.com/tickets for details.

The holds an all-time record of 13-3-3 in their Independence Day

games.

CHARLOTTE TO FACE CHICAGO FIRE

The Rapids’ USL affiliate, Charlotte Independence stunned MLS

side New England Revolution 1-0 to advance to the Lamar Hunt

US Open Cup Round of 16. Captain Jorge Herrera scored what

turned out to be the game-winning goal in the 55th minute. The

Independence is the only USL club to advance out of the fourth

round, and wins $15,000 as the sole Division III side remaining in

the tournament. They will face Chicago Fire on June 30th at

6:30PM MT at Toyota Park in Chicago.

ALL-STAR OPPOSITION ANNOUNCED

This year’s AT&T MLS All-Star Game, to be played at Dick’s

Sporting Goods Park on Wednesday, July 29, will involve the

English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs have a

host of star names, including England internationals Harry Kane

and Andros Townsend, Belgium defender Jan Vertonghen, up-

and-coming USMNT fullback DeAndre Yedlin - formerly with Se-

attle Sounders - and one-time Arsenal striker Emmanuel

Adebayor. Go to ColoradoRapids.com for ticket details.

The game will be televised live on FOX Sports 1, UniMás and

Univision Deportes Network (UDN) in the United States, TSN and

RDS in Canada, and in more than 100 countries worldwide.

MLS Homegrown Team will face Club América’s U-20 squad in

the second annual Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game. The

match will be held on Tuesday, July 28 at 7:00 p.m. MT at

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park as a prelude to the 2015 AT&T

MLS All-Star Game the following night.

Tickets for the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star game are on sale to the

general public. In addition to the AT&T MLS All-Star Game,

fans will be able to purchase tickets to the Chipotle MLS Home-

grown Game with a special 50% discount offered to those who

purchase All-Star Game tickets. For information on how to secure

tickets to both exhibition matches, go to MLSsoccer.com/all-

star/2015.

OFFSEASON ARRIVALS

After a disappointing end to 2014, in which they failed to win any

of their remaining 14 games, the club were keen to rebuild on and

off the field. And when Ben Newnam signed for the club on

March 21, he became the 12th new player, on top of Claudio

Lopez as Director of Soccer, Pádraig Smith as Sporting Director

and Brian Mullan as Assistant Coach.

New players: Dominique Badji (MLS SuperDraft), Bobby Burl-

ing, Caleb Calvert (both Chivas USA), Sam Cronin (San Jose

Earthquakes), Kevin Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers, ENG),

Joseph Greenspan (MLS SuperDraft), Michael Harrington

(Portland Timbers), Zac MacMath (Philadelphia Union), Ben

Newnam (Charlotte Independence), Lucas Pittinari (Belgrano,

ARG), Juan Ramirez (Argentinos Juniors, ARG), James Riley

(LA Galaxy), Marcelo Sarvas (LA Galaxy), Axel Sjöberg (MLS

SuperDraft), and Luis Solignac (Nueva Chicago, ARG).

BURGUNDY BOULEVARD SERIES

The Bud Burgundy Concert Series brings live music performanc-

es to select Rapids’ matches throughout the 2015 season. Buy a

ticket to the match and enjoy these pre-game concerts absolutely

free. Head to Burgundy Boulevard at least one hour prior to each

match and enjoy live performances from local bands as well as

pre-game drink specials at Eighteen76.

RADIO SWITCH

Until further notice, Rapids’ fans can listen to radio coverage of

matches in English via 1600 The Zone.

RAPIDS BROADCAST

Altitude TV will broadcast 28 Rapids matches throughout the sea-

son, 14 home and 14 away, with the other six being picked up on

national stations including ESPN , Fox and Univision. Richard

Fleming will call play-by-play, while former Rapids and U.S. inter-

national Marcelo Balboa provides color analysis.

Over the airwaves, 1600 The Zone will broadcast Colorado’s

matches on 1600 AM, through June. Radio Luz 1650 AM will

broadcast all of Colorado’s matches in Spanish.

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Rapids players active on Twitter:

Dominique Badji @DBadji14

Marc Burch @Marc_Burch

Bobby Burling @BobbyBurling

Joseph Greenspan @joe_greenspan20

Michael Harrington @Mikeymomoney2

Clint Irwin @ClintIrwin

Nick LaBrocca @NickLaBrocca

Zac MacMath @ZacMacMath

Drew Moor @DrewMoor

Ben Newnam @BenNewnam

Shane O’Neill @Shaneone27

Lucas Pittinari @lucas_pittinari

Dillon Powers @powerhour5

Juan Ramirez @juan_ramirez_11

James Riley @JamesRiley7

Marcelo Sarvas @MarceloSarvas

Dillon Serna @SernaDillon

Luis Solignac @LuchoSoli

Axel Sjöberg @SjöbergAxel

Gabriel Torres @Gaby_Torres_10

Jared Watts @JaredWatts02

Club President Tim Hinchey - @tkhinchey3

Play-by-play commentator, Richard Fleming - @FlemingSport

Color analyst, Marcelo Balboa - @MarceloBalboa17

News, video, features and weekly podcasts (English and Span-

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SPANISH PODCAST

As well as the English version of the Rapids Podcast, providing

fans with a preview and review of each match, there is also now a

podcast in Spanish. Los Rapids Podcast is a weekly show, with

interviews and news provided for the club’s many Spanish-

speaking fans. Fans can access both versions of the club’s pod-

cast by visiting ColoradoRapids.com, or via iTunes.

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2015 MLS SEASON CATEGORICAL RECORD

Overall Home Road

Overall MLS Games 2-5-9 1-3-4 1-2-5

Against Western Conference 2-3-6 1-2-3 1-1-3

Against Eastern Conference 0-2-3 0-1-1 0-1-2

Scoring 0 goals 0-3-4 0-1-1 0-2-3

Scoring 1 goal 1-2-5 1-2-3 0-0-2

Scoring 2 goals 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

Scoring 3 goals 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

Scoring 4+ goals 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0

Conceding 0 goals 2-0-4 1-0-1 1-0-3

Conceding 1 goal 0-1-5 0-0-3 0-1-2



Conceding 4+goals 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

Scoring first 2-0-2 1-0-0 1-0-2

Conceding first 0-5-3 0-3-3 0-2-0

Leading at halftime 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1

Tied at halftime 1-0-4 1-0-2 0-0-2

Trailing at halftime 0-5-2 0-3-2 0-2-0

On Altitude 1-5-5 1-3-3 0-2-2

On Univision 1-0-3 0-0-3 1-0-0

On ESPN 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1

On Fox 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In March 0-0-3 0-0-1 0-0-2

In April 1-2-2 0-2-1 1-0-1

In May 1-2-2 1-1-1 0-1-1

In June 0-1-2 0-0-1 0-1-1

In July 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In August 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In September 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In October 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

2015 Goal Scorers

#2 Nick LaBrocca - R

#6 Sam Cronin - L

#8 Dillon Powers - L

#10 Gabriel Torres - R, R, H, R

#14 Dom Badji - L

#16 James Riley - H

#17 Dillon Serna - L, L

#22 Lucas Pittinari - R

Key

L - Left Footed: 5

R - Right Footed: 5

H - Header: 2

F - Free Kick: 0

P - Penalty: 0

O - Own Goal: 0

RAPIDS NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS (as of 06/03/15)

NAME COUNTRY CAPS GOALS

Cronin U.S.A. 2 0

Doyle Rep. of Ireland 61 14

Moor U.S.A. 5 0

Sánchez Uruguay 31 5

Torres Panama 48 9

2015 MLS SEASON MISCELLANEOUS STATS

Quickest Goal: 2’ Badji - 4/10 @ DAL

Quickest Goal Against: 18’ Agudelo - 4/4 vs. NE

Game Winning Goals after 75’:

Game Tying Goals after 75’: 79’ LaBrocca - 4/24 vs. DAL; 93’ Riley -

5/8 vs. SJ

Multi-Goal Games:

Hat Tricks:

Hat Tricks Against:

Own Goals For:

Own Goals Against:

Red Cards: Bobby Burling 3/7 @ PHI

Opp. Red Cards: Shay Facey 3/21 vs. NYC; Blas Perez 4/24 vs. DAL

Penalties for: Dillon Powers 6/7 @ RSL (missed)

Penalties against: Lee Nguyen 4/4 vs. NE (scored), Bradley Wright-

Phillips 4/29 @ NYRB (scored).

2015 RAPIDS AWARD WINNERS

MLS Goal of the Week: Week 6: Dillon Serna 4/10 @ DAL

MLS Team of the Week: Week 6: Badji, Powers

2-R



16-H 8-L

10-R

10-H

14-L

17-L

10-R 10-R

22-R

6-L

17-L

COLORADO RAPIDS 2015 SCHEDULE

All kickoff times are Mountain Time (MT)

DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORERS/TV

Saturday, March 7 at Philadelphia Union D 0-0

Saturday, March 21 vs. New York City FC D 0-0

Saturday, March 28 at Houston Dynamo D 0-0

Saturday, April 4 vs. New England Revolution L 2-0 NE: Agudelo, Nguyen (pen)

Friday, April 10 at FC Dallas W 4-0 COL: Badji, Powers, Torres, Serna

Saturday, April 18 vs. Seattle Sounders FC L 3-1 COL: Torres; SEA: Neagle (2), Martins

Friday, April 24 vs. FC Dallas D 1-1 COL: LaBrocca; DAL: Diaz

Wednesday, April 29 at New York Red Bulls D 1-1 NY: Wright-Phillips; COL: Torres

Saturday, May 2 at LA Galaxy D 1-1 LA: Gordon; COL: Torres

Friday, May 8 vs. San Jose Earthquakes D 1-1 COL: Riley; SJ: Wondolowski

Saturday, May 23 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 1-0 COL: Pittinari

Wednesday, May 27 at Seattle Sounders FC L 1-0 SEA: Pappa

Saturday, May 30 vs. Portland Timbers L 2-1 COL: Cronin; POR: Fernández, Jewsbury

Sunday, June 7 at Real Salt Lake D 0-0

Friday, June 19 vs. FC Dallas D 1-1 COL: Serna; DAL: Castillo

Wednesday, June 24 at Orlando City SC L 2-0 ORL: Larin, Kaká

Saturday, June 27 at Sporting Kansas City 6:30pm Altitude

Saturday, July 4 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7:00pm Altitude

Saturday, July 11 vs. Real Salt Lake 7:00pm Altitude

Saturday, July 18 at Seattle Sounders FC 8:00pm Altitude

Saturday, August 1 vs. LA Galaxy 7:00pm Altitude

Saturday, August 8 vs. Columbus Crew 7:00pm Altitude

Friday, August 14 at San Jose Earthquakes 9:00pm UniMas

Saturday, August 22 at Chicago Fire 6:30pm Altitude

Wednesday, August 26 vs. Houston Dynamo 7:00pm Altitude

Saturday, August 29 vs. Sporting Kansas City 7:00pm Altitude

Wednesday, September 9 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8:00pm Altitude

Saturday, September 12 vs. D.C. United 7:00pm Altitude

Saturday, September 19 at Toronto FC 12:00pm Altitude

Saturday, September 26 at Houston Dynamo 6:30pm Altitude

Sunday, October 4 vs. Real Salt Lake 5:00pm Fox Sports 1

Saturday, October 10 vs. Montreal Impact 7:00pm Altitude

Wednesday, October 21 at Sporting Kansas City 6:30pm Altitude

Sunday, October 25 at Portland Timbers 5:00pm Altitude

COLORADO RAPIDS NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Head Coach: Pablo Mastroeni

Assistant Coaches: Steve Cooke, Brian Mullan, Chris Sharpe (Goalkeepers)

Head Athletic Trainer: Michael Heitkamp

COLORADO RAPIDS TRANSACTIONS

November 19, 2014 - Caleb Calvert arrived via the Chivas USA Dispersal Draft

December 8, 2014 -Michael Harrington acquired from Portland Timbers, in exchange for allocation money.

December 10, 2014 - selected former Chivas USA defender Bobby Burling 3rd via the Waiver Draft.

January 6, 2015 - goalkeeper Zac MacMath loaned from Philadelphia Union for the year.

January 15, 2015 - defender Axel Sjöberg was selected 14th in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, out of Marquette University.

January 15, 2015 - Marcelo Sarvas joined from LA Galaxy for the Rapids' slot (3rd) in the allocation rankings, plus allocation money. The Rapids also gained an International spot.

January 19, 2015 - traded allocation money with San Jose Earthquakes for Sam Cronin.

January 31, 2015 - midfielder Lucas Pittinari joined on loan for a year, from Belgrano of the Argentine Primera División.

February 20, 2015 - signed Juan Ramirez as a Young DP from Argentinos Juniors.

March 4, 2015 - Dominique Badji, selected 67th overall (4th round) in the MLS SuperDraft, signed by the Rapids.

March 6, 2015 - acquired James Riley, formerly with LA Galaxy.

March 20, 2015 - signed Kevin Doyle as a Designated Player, from Wolverhampton Wanderers (set to officially join in July).

March 21, 2015 - signed Ben Newnam from Charlotte Independence.

May 1, 2015 - signed Luis Solignac from Nueva Chicago of the Argentine Primera División.

June 5, 2015 - rookie Joseph Greenspan able to play and train with the Rapids around the fulfillment of his Naval duties.

# Player Pos. Pronunciation Ht. Wt. Birthdate Hometown College Previous club

1 Clint Irwin GK 6-3 195 04/01/1989 Charlotte, NC Elon Charlotte Eagles

2 Nick LaBrocca MID La-BROCK-ah 5-10 165 12/04/1984 Howell, NJ Rutgers Chivas USA

3 Drew Moor DEF More 6-0 165 01/15/1984 Dallas, TX Indiana FC Dallas

4 Marc Burch DEF 6-1 180 05/07/1984 Cincinnati, OH UMC Seattle Sounders

5 Michael Harrington DEF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC UNC Portland Timbers

6 Sam Cronin MID Crow-nin 5-10 165 12/12/1986 Atlanta, GA Wake Forest San Jose Earthquakes

7 Vicente Sánchez FWD Ve-sen-tay 5-7 145 12/07/1979 Montevideo, Uruguay Nacional (URU)

8 Dillon Powers MID 5-11 170 02/14/1991 Plano, TX Notre Dame Univ. of Notre Dame

9 Kevin Doyle FWD 6-0 165 09/18/1983 Adamstown, Ireland Wolverhampton Wanderers

10 Gabriel Torres FWD Gay-bree-el TORR-ez 5-11 165 10/31/1988 Panama City, Panama Zamora FC (VEN)

11 Marcelo Sarvas MID Mar-sello Sar-vass 5-10 155 10/16/1981 São Paulo, Brazil LA Galaxy

12 John Berner GK 6-3 205 02/14/1991 St. Louis, MO SIU SIU, Edwardsville

13 Ben Newnam DEF 5-10 165 04/18/1991 Kernersville, NC Wake Forest Charlotte Independence

14 Dominique Badji FWD Baa-zhee 6-0 175 10/16/1992 Dakar, Senegal Boston Univ. Boston University

15 Juan Ramirez MID Wan Ra-meer-ez 5-8 150 05/25/1993 Moreno, Argentina Argentinos Jnrs (ARG)

16 James Riley DEF 5-10 150 10/27/1982 Colorado Springs, CO Wake Forest LA Galaxy

17 Dillon Serna MID Ser-ner 5-7 140 03/25/1994 Brighton, CO Akron Homegrown Player

18 Zac MacMath GK 6-2 194 08/07/1991 St. Petersburg, FLA UMC Philadelphia Union

19 Charles Eloundou FWD El-OON-doo 5-7 155 12/02/1994 Yaoundé, Cameroon Coton Sport (CMR)

20 Joseph Greenspan DEF 6-6 209 09/12/1992 Westfield, N.J. Navy Navy

21 Luis Solignac FWD Sol-In -Yak 6-0 160 02/16/1991 Buenos Aires, Argentina Nueva Chicago (ARG)

22 Lucas Pittinari MID Pitt-in-are-ee 5-10 167 11/30/1991 Laborde, Argentina Belgrano (ARG)

23 Bobby Burling DEF 6-5 195 10/15/1984 Monument, CO LMU Chivas USA

27 Shane O’Neill DEF 6-2 190 09/02/1993 Boulder, CO Homegrown Player

29 Caleb Calvert FWD 6-2 160 10/22/1996 Wrightwood, CA Chivas USA

33 Jared Watts DEF 6-1 155 02/03/1992 Statesville, NC Wake Forest Wake Forest Univ.

44 Axel Sjöberg DEF Shoe-berg 6-7 210 03/08/1991 Stockholm, Sweden Marquette Marquette Univ.

57 Carlos Alvarez MID Alvar-ez 5-10 160 11/12/1990 Los Angeles, CA UConn Chivas USA

94 Marlon Hairston DEF Hair-ston 6-0 157 03/23/1994 Jackson, MS U of L Univ. of Louisville

BRIAN MULLAN ASSISTANT COACH

Retired at the end of the 2014 season, having won MLS Cup five times with four separate clubs (Los Angeles Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes, Houston Dynamo, Colorado Rapids). One of only three peo-ple to win five or more MLS Cups (Landon Donovan, Jeff Agoos). He was named assistant coach and com-munity ambassador on February 5, 2015. Playing career: Los Angeles Galaxy (01-02); San Jose Earthquakes (03-05); Hou-ston Dynamo (06-10); Colorado Rapids (10-14). Club honors: MLS Cup (02, 03, 06, 07, 10); MLS Western Conference Champion-ship (01, 02, 03, 06, 07, 10); Lamar Hunt

U.S. Open Cup (01). International: 4 appearances for USA.

CHRIS SHARPE ASSISTANT COACH/GOALKEEPERS

Named an Assistant Coach at the start of the 2014 season, joining Pablo Mastroeni’s technical staff, having served as a player and coach with the team since 2008. Sharpe originally arrived in Colorado in 2008 as a player, forming a part of the Rapids squad while serving as an MLS League Pool Goalkeeper, meaning that all MLS clubs could call upon him if their goalkeepers were unavailable. In his five years in that MLS role, Sharpe spent nearly all his time in Colorado, but suited up as a reserve for eight other clubs across the league.

Spent time in Australia, Denmark and England. Represented Australia at U-20 level in qualifying for the 2001 FIFA Youth World Cup.

PABLO MASTROENI HEAD COACH

Birth date: August 29, 1976 Coaching career: Colorado Rapids (2014-present). Playing career: Miami Fusion (1998-01); Colorado Rapids (2002-13); LA Galaxy (2013). Club honors: MLS Eastern Conference Championship (2010); MLS Cup (2010). International: 65 appearances for USA International honors: CONCACAF Gold Cup (2005, ‘07). Named the seventh Head Coach in Rap-ids history on March 8, 2014. Holds club records for most games played (225), games started (217) and minutes played (18,669), and served as the Rapids cap-

tain from late 2004 until his trade to the LA Galaxy during the 2013 sea-son. Featured for the USA at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cup.

CLAUDIO LOPEZ DIRECTOR OF SOCCER

Joined the Rapids as Director of Soccer in January, 2015, working closely with Head Coach, Pablo Mastroeni and VP of Soccer Operations and Technical Direc-tor, Paul Bravo. Playing career: Racing Club (1992-96); Valencia (96-00); Lazio (00–04); América (04-06); Racing Club (07-08); Kansas City Wizards (08-09); Colorado Rapids (2010). Club honors: Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup (1999); Italian Super Cup (2000); Coppa Italia: (2004); Primera División de México (Clausura 2005); Campeón de Campeones (2005); CONCACAF Champions' Cup (2006); MLS Eastern Conference Championship

(2010); MLS Cup (2010). International: 55 appearances for Argentina. Featured at the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup.

PÁDRAIG SMITH SPORTING DIRECTOR

Prior to joining the Rapids in January, 2015, Irishman Smith had spent the last three years with European soccer’s gov-erning body, UEFA, and previously worked for the Football Association of Ireland (FAI). He works in direct support of Paul Bravo, vice president of soccer operations and technical director, and head coach, Pablo Mastroeni. His primary focus is to introduce a more data analytical approach to player recruit-ment, player identification, performance analysis and scouting processes. Smith had been a key player in UEFA’s Financial Analysis Group, which assess-

es the top professional European clubs in the areas of finance, corporate and sporting structures.

STEVE COOKE ASSISTANT COACH

Joined the Colorado Rapids coaching staff full-time in February 2010, sharing roles within the first team and academy. Named assistant coach with the appoint-ment of Pablo Mastroeni in March, 2014. Prior to joining the Rapids, Cooke had enjoyed a 20 year full-time coaching ca-reer in England and in the United States. Arrived in the United States following a six year career with Sheffield Wednes-day, then of the English Premier League, where he performed duties as Youth Team Coach and Center of Excellence Coach.

He holds both the UEFA “A” Coaching License and the USSF “A” Coach-ing License.



#12 JOHN BERNER Position: Goalkeeper Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri Height: 6 feet 3 Weight: 205 pounds Birth date: February 14, 1991 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Selected with the 35th overall selection (second round) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Signed contract on Feb. 12.

Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL):

DNP; not in the 18 (injured on loan).

Last MLS Win: 03/22/14 vs. POR

Last MLS Shutout: 06/04/14 vs. CHI

2015: on the bench at Philadelphia Union

(3/7), but was then loaned to USL affiliate

Charlotte Independence.

Quick Facts:

Started five games (1-1-3) in his rookie season with Colorado.

Started the first three games of the 2014 campaign after a presea-

son injury to regular keeper Clint Irwin. During that spell, he experi-enced a tie, a win and a loss.

Berner played four years of college soccer at Southern Illinois Uni-

versity, Edwardsville from 2010-2013. He was named Missouri Val-ley Conference Goalkeeper of the Year for two of those seasons, including being named to the first team all-MVC team in 2012.

In high school, he was selected to the all-state first team following

his senior season at St. Mary’s High School, where he was soccer team captain and earned varsity letters in baseball and ice hockey.

#4 MARC BURCH Position: Defender Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio Height: 6 feet 1 Weight: 180 pounds Birth date: May 7, 1984 Citizenship: USA Acquired: selected with the 11th pick in Stage 1 of the 2013 Re-Entry Draft from Seattle Sounders FC. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): played 90 minutes at left back. Last MLS Goal: 08/20/14 vs LA Last MLS Assist: 09/13/14 vs. POR 2015: made his season debut vs. NYCFC, and went close with two shots.

Quick Facts:

A veteran of nine years in Major League Soccer, Burch is now in his

second season with the Rapids.

He split his first year with LA and Columbus before moving to D.C.

United in 2007, where he spent the next five years. Then came two years in Seattle before arriving in Colorado prior to the 2014 season.

A durable defender, he has started more than 20 games in three of

his nine seasons in MLS. He started 21 of his 22 appearances in 2014 for the Rapids.

Burch played for the University of Maryland and his 25-yard free kick

in the championship game against New Mexico gave the Terrapins

the national championship.

#57 CARLOS ALVAREZ Position: Midfielder Hometown: Los Angeles, California Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 160 pounds Birth date: November 12, 1990 Citizenship: USA and Mexico Acquired: Joined from Chivas USA in ex-change for Nathan Sturgis on 07/01/14.


DNP; not in the 18 (on loan).

Last MLS Goal: 08/11/2013 vs. COL (for

CHV).

Last MLS Assist: 07/25/14 vs. CHV

2015: made his season debut as a sub vs.

NYCFC, playing left and right midfield.

Quick Facts:

Joined the Rapids mid-2014 after starting seven of 11 appearances

for Chivas USA., and made 10 appearances with one assist.

Joined Chivas USA in 2013 after being selected as the second over-

all pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.

Played his collegiate soccer at the University of Connecticut where

he was named Big East Conference midfielder of the year, as well as being named to the all-Big East first team.

In 2012 he was named a semifinalist for the Hermann Trophy, the

award that honors America’s top collegiate soccer player.

Participated in two national team-type camps, training with the U. S.

Under-20 squad in 2008 and then with Mexico’s U-20 squad in 2009.

#14 DOMINIQUE BADJI Position: Forward Hometown: Dakar, Senegal Height: 6 foot Weight: 175 pounds Birth date: October 16, 1992 Citizenship: Senegal Acquired: Selected 67th overall (fourth round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Signed a contract on March 4, 2015.


DNP; but in the 18.

Last MLS Goal: 04/10/2015 @ DAL.

Last MLS Assist: N/A

2015: MLS debut in 0-0 draw at PHI (3/7).

Quick Facts:

Born in Senegal, the six foot tall striker helped Boston to its first

conference championship final appearance since 2009 with a per-sonal-best eight goals and four assists.

That form earned Badji the 2014 Patriot League Offensive Player of

the Year award.

After being drafted, Badji has enjoyed an impressive preseason with

the Rapids, scoring against UNLV and Sporting KC.

Moved with his guardian from Zimbabwe, leaving his father and

brother behind, to further his education, enrolling at Episcopal High School, a boarding school in Alexandria, Va.

Despite his young age, Badji has had quite a journey from Senegal,

to Tanzania, to Zimbabwe, to the USA.



#6 SAM CRONIN Position: Midfielder Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: December 12, 1986 Citizenship: USA Acquired: joined via a trade with San Jose Earthquakes, signing on January 19, 2015 for allocation money.


came on for Sarvas in the 71st minute.

Last MLS Goal: 05/30/15 vs. POR

Last MLS Assist: 09/08/13 vs. PHI (for SJ)

2015: wore captain’s armband on his MLS

debut for the Rapids (3/21).

Quick Facts:

Missed three games in 2015 due to concussion symptoms.

In five of his six seasons he has started 20 or more games, and last

season with San Jose Earthquakes, started 30 of 31 appearances.

Cronin started his MLS career in Toronto after being the third overall

pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Maryland.

Cronin has six goals in his six seasons, with four of them coming the

last two years. The only game-winning goal of his career came in 2013 against the Colorado Rapids.

Sam has two caps with the U.S. National team, both coming in

games against Haiti and Mexico during the 2009 Gold Cup.

#9 KEVIN DOYLE Position: Forward Hometown: Adamstown, Republic of Ireland Height: 6 foot Weight: 179 pounds Birth date: September 18, 1983 Citizenship: Ireland Acquired: signed on March 20, 2015, as the club’s third Designated Player


played 59 minutes at forward

Last MLS Goal: N/A


2015:

Quick Facts:

Joins the Rapids from Wolverhampton Wanderers of the English

Championship.

Enjoyed a high-caliber career in English football, scoring 92 goals in

357 appearances overall.

Previous clubs include: St. Patrick’s Athletic, Cork City, Reading,

Wolverhampton Wanderers, Queens Park Rangers (loan), Crystal Palace (loan)

Scored 19 goals in his first season with Reading (2005) as they won

promotion to the Premier League .

Has amassed 61 caps and 14 goals for the Republic of Ireland, since

his national team debut in 2006.

#23 BOBBY BURLING Position: Defender Hometown: Monument, Colorado Height: 6 feet 5 Weight: 195 pounds Birth date: October 10, 1984 Citizenship: USA Acquired: selected third by the Rapids via the Waiver Draft, on Dec. 10, 2014.


DNP; but in the 18

Last MLS Goal: 03/09/14 vs. CHI (for CHV)

Last MLS Assist: 08/27/2012 @ TOR (for

SJ)

2015: part of tallest central defensive pair-

ing in MLS history alongside Sjoberg for 3/7

match. Sent off on Rapids debut.

Quick Facts:

Bobby Burling joined the Rapids in time for 2015 after nine seasons

in MLS, primarily spent with Chivas USA and San Jose.

Burling played in 48 games, starting 41 in his last three seasons with

Chivas USA.

During his two years with the San Jose Earthquakes (2009-2011)

he was named to the starting eleven 41 times.

Burling was drafted by the LA Galaxy in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft

out of Loyola Marymount University.

A native of Colorado, he attended Lewis-Palmer High School in

Monument, where he played both soccer and basketball.

#29 CALEB CALVERT Position: Forward Hometown: Wrightwood, California Height: 6 feet 2 Weight: 160 pounds Birth date: October 22, 1996 Citizenship: USA Acquired: joined the Rapids from the Chivas USA dispersal draft in November. 2014. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL):

DNP; not in the 18 (on loan)

Last MLS Goal: N/A


2015: yet to make his MLS debut but cur-

rently loaned to USL affiliate, Charlotte Inde-

pendence.

Quick Facts:

Was the youngest player ever signed by Chivas USA when he

signed a homegrown player contract in July, 2013 at 16 years, eight months.

A tall, rangy forward with unlimited potential, he has still to make his

official first team Major League Soccer debut.

Did make his professional debut (non-MLS game) in Chivas’ 2013

season-ending exhibition match against FC Tucson.

He was the leading scorer with 22 goals in the 2012-2013 U.S. Soc-

cer Development academy regular season, earning him honors as U-15-16 national player of the year.



#94 MARLON HAIRSTON Position: Midfielder/Defender Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi Height: 6 feet Weight: 157 pounds Birth date: March 23, 1994 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Selected with the 12th pick (first round) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Mem-ber of Generation adidas. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): DNP, not in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 08/20/14 vs. LA Last MLS Assist: 05/24/14 vs. MTL 2015: loaned to USL affiliate Charlotte Inde-pendence, making his debut as a sub in 1-1 tie at Wilmington Hammerheads.

Quick Facts:

Made 22 appearances (nine starts) in his rookie season (2014).

Scored his first and only (so far) professional goal Aug. 20 at home

against LA Galaxy.

Played collegiate soccer at the University of Louisville where he was

named to the all-Big East rookie team in his freshman year.

In 2013, he made first team all-conference and helped the Cardinals

win the inaugural American Athletic Conference title.

Hairston’s cousin, LaMarcus Aldridge, is a professional basketball

player in the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers.

#5 MICHAEL HARRINGTON Position: Defender Hometown: Greenville, North Carolina Height: 6 feet Weight: 170 pounds Birth date: January 24, 1986 Citizenship: USA Acquired: joins the Rapids following a trade with the Portland Timbers, announced in December, 2014. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): DNP, not in the 18 (birth of child). Last MLS Goal: 10/05/08 vs. CHI (for SKC) Last MLS Assist: 08/30/14 @ VAN (for POR) 2015: has played both right and left back in the opening nine games. Wife Maggie gave birth to their first child, 6/16.

Quick Facts:

An eight-year veteran, he spent his first six years in Kansas City

after being chosen as the No. 3 overall pick in the 2007 MLS Super-Draft. Scored first MLS goal just three minutes into his debut (2007).

In two seasons with Portland he started 54 games and proved him-

self one of the more durable personalities on the Timbers’ back line, playing mostly left back. He can operate on the right as well.

In 2013, he was part of a run of 15 shutouts recorded by the Tim-

bers’ defense.

Attended high school as part of U.S. Soccer’s residency program in

Bradenton, Fla., then attended University of North Carolina where he played in 82 games, scoring four goals and contributing 14 assists.

#19 CHARLES ELOUNDOU Position: Forward Hometown: Yaoundé, Cameroon Height: 5 feet 7 Weight: 155 pounds Birth date: December 4, 1994 Citizenship: Cameroon Acquired: via MLS Lottery on January 25, 2013, then signed by the Rapids on January 21, 2014 Pronunciation: el-OON-doo


came in for Doyle at the 59th minute

Last MLS Goal: N/A

Last MLS Assist: 10/11/14 @ CHV

2015: returned late for preseason due to

visa issues, and then loaned to USL affiliate

Charlotte Independence. Returned in time for 4/24 match vs. DAL.

Quick Facts:

His 2015 debut came at New York Red Bulls (4/29).

Earned his first career assist on Oct. 11, 2014 against Chivas USA.

Made his MLS debut as a 69th minute sub for Deshorn Brown on

April 5 at Vancouver.

Started his first MLS game on May 7 at San Jose. Netted twice for

the Reserves in a 2-2 tie with Real Salt Lake (8/3).

Did not play in MLS in 2013 due to paperwork issues, instead play-

ing for Coton Sport in Cameroon.

Originally made his debut for Cameroon U-17s in 2009 at just 14.

#20 JOSEPH GREENSPAN Position: Defender Hometown: Westfield, New Jersey Height: 6 feet 6 Weight: 209 pounds Birth date: September 12, 1992 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Drafted by the Colorado Rapids in the second round (#26 pick overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. An ensign in the U.S. Navy, he officially signed with the Rapids on June 5, 2015, having been granted permission to play for the club around the fulfilment of his Naval duties. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): played 90 minutes at right back. Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: N/A 2015: previously trained with the team in two spells, and featured in pre-season friendlies against UNLV and San Jose in Las Vegas, prior to offi-cially joining the club. Quick Facts:

Made his competitive debut in the 4-1 U.S. Open Cup win over Colo-

rado Springs Switchbacks (6/16), scoring the team’s second goal.

One of the most decorated players in the history of Navy men's soc-

cer, earning All-American honors as both a junior and senior and leading “The Mids” to the school's first NCAA tournament win in 42 years in 2013.

In 2014, he became Navy's all-time leader in career games played

with 78. Finished his four-year career with 78 games played, 75 games started, 42 points, 18 goals, six assists and 6,627 minutes played. He played over 1,900 minute in each of his last two seasons.



#18 ZAC MACMATH Position: Goalkeeper Hometown: St. Petersburg, Florida Height: 6 feet 2 Weight: 194 pounds Birth date: August 7, 1991 Citizenship: USA Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): DNP, but in the 18. Last MLS Win: 10/18/14 vs. SKC (for PHI) Last MLS Shutout: 09/06/14 @ TOR (for PHI) 2015: as part of the loan agreement, he was unable to be a part of the Rapids’ squad for the opening match at PHI (3/7).

Quick Facts:

MacMath joined this year on a one-year loan spell from the Philadel-

phia Union, where he started 102 games over the last four seasons (2011 through 2014) with 28 career shutouts.

Joining Philadelphia right after being drafted out of the University of

Maryland, MacMath in 2014 became the youngest goalkeeper in MLS history to reach 100 career starts.

In 2014, he appeared and started in 29 games, logging five shutouts

in 2,610 minutes of action, including two wins in the U.S. Open Cup.

A product of U.S. Soccer’s U-17 residency program in Bradenton,

Fla., he competed for the USA in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2007, starting two games in goal.

#3 DREW MOOR Position: Defender Hometown: Dallas, Texas Height: 6 feet Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: January 15, 1984 Citizenship: USA Acquired: via a trade on August 31, 2009, along with a second round 2010 SuperDraft pick and allocation money from DAL in ex-change for Ugo Ihemelu. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): played 90 minutes at center back Last MLS Goal: 07/25/14 vs. CHV Last MLS Assist: 06/19/15 vs. DAL

2015: made his return from 08/17/2014 ACL

injury in 4-0 win @ DAL (04/10/2015).

Quick Facts:

Until leaving the 8/17 match in the 14th minute with season-ending

right knee ACL and meniscus tears, he had played every moment of all but one game in 2014, for which he was rested on May 11.

Scored two goals last season, and played 1,994 minutes. The only

other time he has fallen short of 2,000 minutes in a single season was in his rookie season, in 2005 (934mins).

Was named Rapids team captain on June 23, 2013.

Set an MLS record on August 27, 2011 for the most consecutive

complete games played of any field player at 69 straight matches, consisting of 6,210 consecutive minutes of regular-season action.

In 2010, Moor became the third field player in MLS history to play

every minute of every possible MLS game.

#1 CLINT IRWIN Position: Goalkeeper Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina Height: 6 feet 3 Weight: 195 pounds Birth date: April 1, 1989 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Signed on Feb. 21, 2013 after joining the team on trial for preseason. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): played 90 minutes; registered 6 saves. Last MLS Win: 05/23/15 vs. VAN Last MLS Shutout: 06/07/15 @ RSL 2015: started the season with three succes-sive shutouts. Had four in five games. RSL game was his 6th shutout of 2015.

Quick Facts:

Started 25 of his 26 appearances in 2014, keeping seven shutouts.

Irwin had an outstanding first season in MLS, recording 10 shutouts,

tying a previous club season record held by Joe Cannon.

His 14 wins in goal in 2013 were the most for a Rapids goalkeeper

since 1998 (Marcus Hahnemann).

Faced a record four PKs in his first four starts in MLS (faced six in

total). With his shutout on 5/25/13, Irwin became only the third MLS goalkeeper to record five shutouts in his first 10 career starts.

Played professionally in Canada (Capital City FC) and the United

States (Charlotte Eagles, USL). Selected by the New England Revo-lution in 2011 and spent preseason on trial with the Revs.

#2 NICK LABROCCA Position: Midfielder Hometown: Howell, New Jersey Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: December 4, 1984 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Acquired by the Rapids on Jan. 25, 2013 from Chivas USA in exchange for the rights to Eric Avila. Pronunciation: la-BROCK-ah Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): DNP; not in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 04/24/15 vs. DAL Last MLS Assist: 04/26/14 @ SEA 2015: re-signed in February after contract option declined at the end of last season.

Quick Facts:

Is on his second tour of duty with the Rapids (fourth year), after

starting his career with the Colorado club in 2007.

One of Colorado’s most durable and versatile performers, he started

29 of the 31 appearances in 2014.

The previous two seasons (2011 and 2012) he was a starter for

Chivas USA after being acquired from Toronto, during which time he was named to the MLS All-Star team (2011).

In 2010, he was traded to Toronto along with a Rapids draft pick in

exchange for Marvell Wynne.



#22 LUCAS PITTINARI Position: Midfielder Hometown: Laborde, Argentina Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 167 pounds Birth date: November 30, 1991 Citizenship: Argentina Acquired: joined on a year-long loan from Argentine club Belgrano on January 31, 2015. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): played 90 minutes at center midfield. Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: 05/30/15 vs. POR 2015: second on the team for most minutes played (1,099)

Quick Facts:

The versatile, skillful midfielder has more than 70 appearances for

Belgrano in Argentina, a club he joined in 2007.

He made his first team debut October 2, 2010 in a 3-0 victory over

Independiente Rivadavia.

His first goal for Belgrano was September 16, 2012 in a 2-0 victory

over Arsenal de Sarandi.

In 2011, Pittinari moved up from Belgrano’s U-19 squad to the full

senior team. That same year he was part of the Belgrano squad that gained promotion to the Argentine Primera Division.

#8 DILLON POWERS Position: Midfielder Hometown: Plano, Texas Height: 5 feet 11 Weight: 170 pounds Birth date: February 14, 1991 Citizenship: USA & Italy Acquired: selected with the 11th overall pick (first round) of the 2013 MLS Super-Draft. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): played 90 minutes at midfield. Last MLS Goal: 04/10/15 @ DAL Last MLS Assist: 04/29/15 @ NY 2015: enjoyed sixth career goal/assist match in 4-0 win at FC Dallas (04/10/2015). His assist at NY was fourth in four games.

Quick Facts:

AT&T MLS Rookie of the Year in 2013. His debut season was cur-

tailed by concussion, sustained in the 5-1 home win over Seattle Sounders (Oct. 5).

Last year proved another impressive one, as he appeared in 30

games, starting 27. He scored five goals and contributed nine as-sists, holding down a key role in midfield for most of the season.

Powers made his MLS debut on the opening day of 2013 at Dallas

(March 2), playing 75 minutes. He scored his first professional goal March 30 against the Portland Timbers.

Son of a former Major Indoor Soccer League professional (Michael

Powers played 16 years with the Dallas Sidekicks), he was team captain at Notre Dame where he started 64 of 78 appearances,

#13 BEN NEWNAM Position: Defender Hometown: Kernersville, North Carolina Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: April 18, 1991 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Signed from Charlotte Inde-pendence on March 21, 2015. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): DNP; not in the 18 (on loan). Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: N/A 2015: sat on the bench for four games (NYC, HOU, SEA & DAL), before making MLS debut at NY (4/29).

Quick Facts:

Made 54 appearances, scoring 4 goals, during two seasons (2013 &

2014) with Charlotte Eagles (were then in the USL Pro).

Spent much of 2015 preseason with the Rapids.

The North Carolina native played all four years at Wake Forest Uni-

versity, making 74 appearances for the Demon Deacons.

Finished his collegiate career with four goals and eight assists.

Other Wake Forest players on the Rapids roster include Sam Cro-

nin, James Riley and Jared Watts..

Full name is Tyler Benjamin Newnam.

#27 SHANE O’NEILL Position: Defender Hometown: Boulder, Colorado Height: 6 feet 2 Weight: 190 pounds Birth date: September 2, 1993 Citizenship: USA and Ireland Acquired: Signed by the Rapids as a Homegrown Player on June 19, 2012. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): played 90 minutes at center back. Last MLS Goal: 05/24/14 vs. MTL Last MLS Assist: N/A

2015: started one game this season, vs.

NYCFC.

Quick Facts:

On the bench for USMNT friendlies vs. Chile and Panama (2015).

Called into U-23 camps in March (vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina and Denmark) & April (vs. Mexico) in preparation for Olympic qualifiers.

Missed 9 matches in 2014 due to a sprained right MCL suffered on

July 12 at Philadelphia Union. Returned to action on September 13.

Received platelet-rich plasma injections on August 18 to facilitate

healing and help his recovery.

Scored his first ever MLS goal on May 24 , 2014 vs. Montreal.

First Homegrown player to start a game (vs POR 3/30/13).

MLS debut in a 3-0 home victory over POR on Sept. 5., 2012.



#7 VICENTE SÁNCHEZ Position: Midfielder Hometown: Montevideo, Uruguay Height: 5 feet 7 Weight: 145 pounds Birth date: December 7, 1979 Citizenship: Uruguay Acquired: Signed by the Rapids on August 6, 2013. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL):

DNP; not in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 06/28/14 vs. VAN

Last MLS Assist: 06/19/15 vs. DAL

2015:

Quick Facts:

He scored his first MLS goal on Sept. 14 , 2013, against FC Dallas,

and created the play that led to a Dallas own goal in the 2-1 victory.

Last season Sánchez was bothered by injuries that limited him to 17

appearances (12 starts), but still was able to score six goals (mostly from pk’s).

Sánchez, who has 31 appearances with the Uruguay national team

(five goals), rose to prominence during his seven years with Toluca in Mexico (2001-2007), scoring 85 goals in 242 matches.

Most recently in Mexico, he played two years with Club America,

scoring 11 goals in 49 appearances.

The quick, elusive attacking midfielder also spent two years in Ger-

many (2008-2010), playing 50 games with Schalke (three goals).

#11 MARCELO SARVAS Position: Midfielder Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 155 pounds Birth date: October 16, 1981 Citizenship: Brazil Acquired: Joined from LA Galaxy on Jan. 15, 2015 for Rapids' slot (3rd) in the alloca-tion rankings, plus allocation money. Rapids also gained an International spot. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): played 71 minutes at center midfield. Last MLS Goal: 10/19/14 vs. SEA (also scored twice in the 2014 playoffs for LA). Last MLS Assist: 04/10/15 @ DAL 2015: wife Camila gave birth to their second child, Luisa Benuce, on 3/11.

Quick Facts:

Underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in Los Angeles

(4/27/15). Returned for 0-0 draw at RSL (6/7/15).

A three-year MLS veteran, he started 80 of 88 appearances in Los

Angeles. In 2013 and 2012 he started 33 and 22 games, respective-ly, and was an integral part of the Galaxy attack.

Part of the Galaxy’s MLS Cup-winning team from 2012 and 2014.

Has scored nine goals in three years, while adding 20 assists (as of

April 29, 2015).

Joined the Galaxy from Costa Rica’s LD Aljuelense, where he spent

one year, helping the club reach the Torneo de Invierno final.

Sarvas began his career in Brazil, but at 23 signed with Karlskrona

AIF in Sweden. Also played in Poland.

#15 JUAN RAMIREZ Position: Midfielder/Winger Hometown: Moreno, Argentina Height: 5 feet 8 Weight: 150 pounds Birth date: May 23, 1993 Citizenship: Argentina Acquired: Signed from Argentinos Juniors on February 20, 2015. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL):

DNP; not in the 18 (hamstring injury).

Last MLS Goal: N/A

Last MLS Assist: 04/10/15 @ DAL

2015: made his Rapids debut as a sub vs.

NYCFC (3/21).

Quick Facts:

With 81 appearances at Argentina Juniors - where Diego Maradona

began his career - Ramirez brings a considerable measure of skill and speed to the Rapids’ midfield attack.

At age 22 he has scored five goals in his professional career.

Most comfortable on the left side, Ramirez is elusive in that he can

break free of opposing defenders. He also can play on the right side and is expected to contribute a great deal of versatility to the Rapids’ midfield attack.

#16 JAMES RILEY Position: Defender Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colorado Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 150 pounds Birth date: October 27, 1982 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Signed on March 6, 2015. Previ-ously with LA Galaxy. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): DNP; but in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 05/08/15 vs. SJ Last MLS Assist: 10/05/13 vs. SEA (2) 2015: signed March 6, and made his debut March 7. Sat out NYCFC game due to retro-spective ban.

Quick Facts:

Well-traveled Riley joined Rapids’ preseason camp unsigned but

earned a roster spot on his sixth MLS team in a 10-year career.

Riley spent 2014 with LA Galaxy, but for the first time in his career

did not play in very many games (four appearances, three starts).

He went eight consecutive years (2006-13) having never failed to

start less than 20 games in a season.

Previous clubs include New England Revolution, San Jose Earth-

quakes, Seattle Sounders, Chivas USA and LA Galaxy.

Five-time winner of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2007, New

England; 2009, ‘10, ‘11, Seattle; 2013, D.C. Utd).

Made a handful of appearances for Colorado Springs Blizzard in the

2004 season, before being drafted by the Revolution in 2005.



#17 DILLON SERNA Position: Midfielder Hometown: Brighton, Colorado Height: 5 feet 7 Weight: 140 pounds Birth date: March 25, 1994 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Signed by the Rapids as a Homegrown Player on January 14, 2013 Pronunciation: SARE-nah Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): played for 67 minutes at midfield. Last MLS Goal: 06/19/15 vs. DAL Last MLS Assist: 07/25/14 vs. CHV 2015: GotW with the team’s fourth at FC Dallas (04/10/15). Quick Facts:

MLS Goal of the Week following his strike at FC Dallas (4/10).

Scored one of the top goals in 2014 when volleying beyond Bill Ha-

mid at D.C. United on August 17. His goal was listed in SportsCenter’s Top 10 that evening and also voted Week 23 AT&T Goal of the week.

Scored his first professional goal, and the first scored by a Rapids

Homegrown Player, in the loss at Seattle on April 26, 2014.

Made MLS debut against the Vancouver Whitecaps in the 2013

regular season finale on Oct. 27 as a 77th minute substitute.

Last season he set a personal record of 27 appearances and ended

the season with three goals and four assists. #21 LUIS SOLIGNAC Position: Forward

Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina Height: 6 feet 0 Weight: 171 pounds Birth date: February 16, 1991 Citizenship: Argentina Acquired: Signed by the Rapids on May 1, 2015.


played 90 minutes at center forward

Last MLS Goal: N/A

Last MLS Assist: 05/30/15 vs. POR

2015:

Quick Facts:

Scored two goals in 10 appearances this season for Nueva Chicago.

Becomes the third Argentine player signed by the club this season,

joining Lucas Pittinari and Juan Ramírez.

Made his professional debut for Club Atlético Platense in 2008. Has also played in Portugal, Sweden and Finland during a globe-

trotting career. During his time with IFK Mariehamn in Finland, Solignac amassed

23 goals in 47 matches.

#44 AXEL SJOBERG Position: Defender Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden Height: 6 feet 7 Weight: 210 pounds Birth date: March 8, 1991 Citizenship: Sweden Language fluency: English, Swedish, Ger-man Acquired: Selected 14th overall in 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Rapids’ Last Match (06/24/15 @ ORL): DNP, not in the 18 (knee injury). Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: N/A Pronunciation: Ax-el SHOE-berg 2015: returned to the 18 for SEA after foot injury sustained vs. NYCFC

Quick Facts:

Was drafted out of Marquette University where he was an all-Big

East first team selection and winner of Marquette’s most valuable player award in 2014.

He was selected by the Rapids Selected January 15, 2015 as the

14th pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

In 2013, Sjöberg was also named Marquette’s most valuable player

and a first team all-Big East pick. He was also named to the second team All-America squad and first team all-Big East by College Sports Madness.

#10 GABRIEL TORRES

Position: Forward Hometown: Panama City, Panama Height: 5 feet 11 Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: October 31, 1988 Citizenship: Panama Acquired: signed on August 8, 2013, as the club’s first Designated Player.


came on for Serna at the 67th minute.

Last MLS Goal: 05/02/15 @ LA

Last MLS Assist: 04/10/14 @ DAL

2015: second goal/assist game in the 4-0

win @ DAL. Only other vs. SEA 10/05/13.

Quick Facts:

Goal at LA (02/05) was his fourth in five games.

Started 11 of 23 appearances last season, finishing the season with

three goals and one assist.

Scored his first MLS goal on Oct. 5, 2013 in the 5-1 rout of Seattle

Sounders. Scored two of the Rapids’ three goals in a win over Van-couver (Oct. 17), which earned him MLS Player of the Week honors.

Torres began his pro career with Chepo FC (Panama), where he

scored 31 goals in 91 games between 2009-2009.

Joint-top scorer (5) at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, including

both goals in a 2-1 win over Mexico in the group stage.



#33 JARED WATTS Position: Defender Hometown: Statesville, North Carolina Height: 6 feet 1 Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: February 3, 1992 Citizenship: USA Acquired: selected with the 33rd overall pick (second round) of the 2014 MLS Su-perDraft.


DNP; but in the 18.

Last MLS Goal: N/A

Last MLS Assist: 08/17/14 @ DC

2015: made season debut at HOU, his first

appearance since 10/18/14, when sent off

vs. DAL.

Quick Facts:

Made 17 appearances (13 starts) in his rookie season.

Had ample opportunity to prove his worth in the latter half of 2014

when the Rapids lost both Moor and O’Neill to injuries.

Sustained a hamstring injury vs. LA (8/20) and missed six games.

Sent off for two bookable offenses in the 1-0 home loss to DAL,

10/18/14.

Can play as a defensive midfielder or central defender.

One of four Rapids players to come out of Wake Forest. The others

are Sam Cronin, Ben Newnam and James Riley.

Captain of the U.S. U-17 squad at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in

Nigeria.



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# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

PHI NYC HOU NE DAL SEA DAL NYR LA SJ VAN SEA POR RSL DAL ORL

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

1 Clint Irwin 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

2 Nick LaBrocca 18 24 90M 90M 62M 71M 45

3 Drew Moor 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

4 Marc Burch 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

5 Michael Harrington 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

6 Sam Cronin 90M 90M 58M 21 90M 74M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 21

7 Vicente Sanchez 56M 78M 7 24 1 66M 25 6 45 4 16 45M 15

8 Dillon Powers 34 73M 83M 66M 81M 90M 90M 90M 84M 90M 90M 74M 45 90M 75M 90M

9 Kevin Doyle 27 83M 55M 45 59M

10 Gabriel Torres 74M 90M 90F 90F 90M 90F 90M 69M 90F 90M 63M 45M 90F 82M 45M 22

11 Marcelo Sarvas 90M 12 90M 90M 90M 90M 62M 67M 69M

12 John Berner

13 Ben Newnam 90D

14 Dominique Badji 88F 59F 13 32 89F 65F 73F 28 45F

15 Juan Ramirez 17 77M 82M 72M 90M 90M 87M 75M 90M 86M 45 90M 45M

16 James Riley 90D 90D 80D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

17 Dillon Serna 90M 8 9 10 3 15 90M 68M

18 Zac MacMath

19 Charles Eloundou 17 16 7 8 31

20 Joseph Greenspan 90D

21 Luis Solignac 90F 90F 35 90F 90F 90F

22 Lucas Pittinari 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 19 28 23 90M

23 Bobby Burling 68D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

26 Deshorn Brown 2

27 Shane O'Neill 16 90D 90D 90D

29 Caleb Calvert

33 Jared Watts 90D 90D 90D 90D

44 Axel Sjoberg 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

57 Carlos Alvarez 31

94 Marlon Hairston

"00" = 100 minutes played

F/M/D/G = starting position

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Game #1 03/07/2015 COL 0 at PHI 0 T

Game #2 03/21/2015 COL 0 vs NYC 0 T

Game #3 03/28/2015 COL 0 at HOU 0 T

Game #4 04/04/2015 COL 0 vs NE 2 L

Game #5 04/10/2015 COL 4 at DAL 0 W Badji 1 (Powers 1) 2; Powers 1 (Sarvas 1) 43; Torres 1 (Ramirez 1) 70; Serna 1 (Torres 1) 85

Game #6 04/18/2015 COL 1 vs SEA 3 L Torres 2 (Powers 2) 22

Game #7 04/24/2015 COL 1 vs DAL 1 T LaBrocca 1 (Powers 3, Pittinari 1) 79

Game #8 04/29/2015 COL 1 at NYR 1 T Torres 3 (Powers 4) 25

Game #9 05/02/2015 COL 1 at LA 1 T Torres 4 (Harrington 1) 40

Game #10 05/08/2015 COL 1 vs SJ 1 T Riley 1 (unassisted) 93+

Game #11 05/23/2015 COL 1 vs VAN 0 W Pittinari 1 (Torres 2, Powers 5) 51

Game #12 05/27/2015 COL 0 at SEA 1 L

Game #13 05/30/2015 COL 1 vs POR 2 L Cronin 1 (Solignac 1, Pittinari 2) 89

Game #14 06/07/2015 COL 0 at RSL 0 T

Game #15 06/19/2015 COL 1 vs DAL 1 T Serna 2 (Moor 1, Sanchez 1) 88

Game #16 06/24/2015 COL 0 at ORL 2 L

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# Player 4R

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1 Clint Irwin

2 Nick LaBrocca 90M

3 Drew Moor 23

4 Marc Burch

5 Michael Harrington

6 Sam Cronin 59M

7 Vicente Sanchez

8 Dillon Powers

9 Kevin Doyle

10 Gabriel Torres

11 Marcelo Sarvas 31

12 John Berner

13 Ben Newnam

14 Dominique Badji 65M

15 Juan Ramirez

16 James Riley 67D

17 Dillon Serna 90F

18 Zac MacMath 90G

19 Charles Eloundou 90M

20 Joseph Greenspan 90D

21 Luis Solignac 25

22 Lucas Pittinari 90M

23 Bobby Burling

26 Deshorn Brown

27 Shane O'Neill 90D

29 Caleb Calvert

33 Jared Watts

44 Axel Sjoberg

57 Carlos Alvarez

94 Marlon Hairston 90D

U.S. OPEN CUP

4R 06/16/2015 COL 4 vs COLOSP 1 W Badji (Cronin) 26; Greenspan (Serna) 32; Serna (LaBrocca) 65; Serna (Solignac, Pittinari) 93+

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