Game Guide: Sporting KC vs. D.C. United

(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWKC 8-0-1 3-3-5 1-3-0 11-0-5 1-6-0DC 10-0-1 2-3-3 0-4-0 11-0-1 1-7-2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY D.C. UNITED Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 8/16/2014 KC 4, TOR 1 (0) 8/17/2014 DC 4, COL 2 (0)Road win 7/26/2014 KC 2, TOR 1 (1) 7/11/2014 DC 2, SJ 1 (2)Home loss 5/14/2014 KC 1, PHI 2 (6) 6/28/2014 DC 0, SEA 1 (3)Road loss 8/10/2014 KC 0, VAN 2 (0) 8/09/2014 DC 0, RSL 3 (0)Tie game 8/01/2014 KC 1, PHI 1 (2) 6/07/2014 DC 0, CLB 0 (9)Shutout for 6/27/2014 KC 1, POR 0 (8) 7/30/2014 DC 3, TOR 0 (3)Shutout vs. 8/10/2014 KC 0, VAN 2 (1) 8/09/2014 DC 0, RSL 3 (1)

Sporting KC LTWWTWLWWLLTTLWWTWWWWTLWUnited LLTWWTWLWTWLWTWLWWWWLLW

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGKC 24 5 8 7 2 2 36 1.50DC 23 6 6 6 2 3 36 1.57

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGKC 24 7 11 6 0 0 23 0.96DC 23 7 9 4 3 0 26 1.13

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90KC 36 4 3 6 5 7 11DC 36 6 6 6 4 9 5

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90KC 23 2 4 3 3 3 8DC 26 5 5 3 5 0 8

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

SPORTING G: 16 DwyerA: 5 Feilhaber/ZusiSHT: 80 DwyerSOG: 34 DwyerFC: 51 DwyerFS: 58 FeilhaberOF: 22 DwyerC: 5 FeilhaberE: 2 Collin

UNITED G: 8 EspindolaA: 8 EspindolaSHT: 40 EspindolaSOG: 18 EspindolaFC: 46 KitchenFS: 39 Arnaud/JohnsonOF: 28 JohnsonC: 9 Kitchen E: 1 Caskey/Johnson

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 24 12-6-6 42 36 23at home 12 5-1-6 21 20 10

United 23 12-7-4 40 36 26on road 10 4-5-1 13 13 15

2014 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME (49 meetings): Sporting 20 wins (0 shootout), 73 goals … United 19 wins (1 shootout), 63 goals … Ties 10

AT KC (25 meetings): Sporting 14 wins (0 shootout), 47 goals … United 6 wins (1 shootout), 28 goals … Ties 5

2014 (MLS)5/31: DC 1, KC 0 (Espindola 28)

SPORTING KC1 Eric Kronberg (GK)2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF)3 Ike Opara (DF)4 Kevin Ellis (DF)5 Matt Besler (DF)6 Paulo Nagamura (MF)7 Chance Myers (DF)8 Graham Zusi (FW)9 Antonio Dovale (MF)10 Benny Feilhaber (MF)11 Sal Zizzo (FW)12 Mikey Lopez (MF)13 Lawrence Olum (MF)14 Dom Dwyer (FW)15 Seth Sinovic (DF)16 Claudio Bieler (FW)17 C.J. Sapong (FW)18 Victor Munoz (MF)19 Peterson Joseph (MF)20 Jorge Claros (MF)21 Jon Kempin (GK)22 Soony Saad (FW)23 Martin Steuble (MF)24 Michael Kafari (MF)25 Christian Duke (MF)30 Andy Gruenebaum (GK)37 Jacob Peterson (FW)40 Igor Juliao (MF)78 Aurelien Collin (DF)94 Jimmy Medranda (MF)

D.C. UNITED2 Jeff Parke (DF)3 David Estrada (MF)4 Nana Attakora (DF)5 Sean Franklin (DF)6 Kofi Opare (DF) 7 Eddie Johnson (FW)8 Davy Arnaud (MF)9 Fabian Espindola (FW)11 Luis Silva (FW)12 Alex Caskey (MF)13 Chris Pontius (MF)14 Nick DeLeon (MF)15 Steve Birnbaum (DF)17 Conor Shanosky (MF)18 Chris Rolfe (FW)19 Kyle Porter (MF)20 Jalen Robinson (DF)22 Chris Korb (DF)23 Perry Kitchen (MF)24 Lewis Neal (MF)25 Jared Jeffrey (MF)27 Collin Martin (MF)28 Bill Hamid (GK)29 Michael Seaton (FW)30 Conor Doyle (FW)31 Joe Willis (GK)32 Bobby Boswell (DF)33 Taylor Kemp (DF)50 Andrew Dykstra (GK)

ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS

REFEREE: Alan Kelly.AR1 (bench): Adam Garner; AR2 (opposite): Paul Scott;

4th: Hilario Grajeda

SPORTINGFri. Aug. 29 Houston

Wed. Sep. 3 at New EnglandSat. Sep. 6 at New York

Fri. Sep. 12 at Chivas USA

UPCOMING MATCHES

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v D.C. UNITED(Aug. 23, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT)

UNITEDWed. Aug. 27 at Los Angeles

Sun. Aug. 31 New YorkSat. Sep. 6 at Vancouver

Wed. Sep. 10 at New York

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 36 26 58 80

16 18 13 3 7 5 0 0

16 12 8 5 4 6 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 3 0

8 8 24 16 4 2

F A 36 23 60 94

14 12 15 4 7 5 0 2

19 10 3 2 5 1 0 1 6 5 1 0 1 2 1 2

7 6 21 14 8 3

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

SPORTING UNITED

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

KC: Peterson Joseph, Ike Opara, Chance Myers (season-ending injury)

none

SUSPENDED: DC: Eddie Johnson (through Aug. 24)WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): KC: Dom Dwyer, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura … DC: Davy Arnaud

21Kempin

22Saad

40Juliao

8Zusi

11Zizzo

15Sinovic

14Dwyer

10Feilhaber

13Oum

78Collin

5Besler

9Espindola

28Hamid

14DeLeon

8Arnaud

5Franklin15

Birnbaum

11Silva

23Kitchen

32Boswell

18Rolfe

33Kemp

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v D.C. UNITED(Aug. 23, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 227)

2014 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 17 17 0 0 22 21 0 02 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 03 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 3 2 0 0 56 39 6 04 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 14 10 0 1 16 11 0 15 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 15 15 0 1 141 136 2 76 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 14 14 1 2 215 194 11 187 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 7 7 0 1 123 98 2 138 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 16 15 3 5 139 106 20 369 Antonio Dovale MF 5-8 152 04/04/1990 A Coruna, Galicia, Spain 11 9 1 2 11 9 1 210 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23 23 3 5 102 91 11 1811 Sal Zizzo FW 5-11 165 04/03/1987 San Diego, CA 14 10 0 3 84 39 2 1112 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 013 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 16 12 2 1 58 31 3 214 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 24 22 16 1 41 29 18 315 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 22 22 0 1 124 121 0 616 Claudio Bieler FW 5-11 170 03/01/1984 Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina 9 3 1 0 37 28 11 417 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 13 4 2 0 103 66 20 918 Victor Munoz MF 5-7 165 07/25/1990 Madrid, Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 020 Jorge Claros MF 5-9 155 01/08/1986 La Ceiba, Honduras 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 021 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 022 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 15 6 2 1 51 23 7 623 Martin Steuble MF 5-8 158 06/09/1988 Schlieren, Switzerland 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 024 Michael Kafari MF 6-1 175 10/30/1991 Accra, Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 025 Christian Duke MF 5-9 155 06/05/1991 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 Andy Gruenebaum GK 6-1 200 12/30/1982 Kansas City, MO 6 6 0 0 86 85 0 137 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 19 11 2 2 196 112 15 1440 Igor Juliao DF 5-8 145 08/23/1994 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15 15 0 1 15 15 0 178 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 20 19 2 0 101 97 11 294 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 0

HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes 11/21/1966 W74 L51 T43

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2014 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 2 Jeff Parke DF 6-1 185 03/23/1982 Abington, PA 13 13 0 0 254 247 2 63 David Estrada MF 5-8 155 02/04/1988 Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 3 0 0 1 43 18 5 14 Nana Attakora DF 6-1 185 03/27/1989 North York, Ontario, Canada 0 0 0 0 70 62 3 55 Sean Franklin DF 5-10 160 03/21/1985 Panorama City, CA 18 17 1 2 178 167 6 226 Kofi Opare DF 6-2 190 10/12/1990 Mampong, Ghana 6 5 0 0 12 11 1 07 Eddie Johnson FW 6-0 180 03/31/1984 Bunnell, FL 19 19 4 2 195 159 68 208 Davy Arnaud MF 5-11 160 06/22/1980 Nederland, TX 22 21 2 0 319 286 50 439 Fabian Espindola FW 5-9 160 05/04/1985 San Luis, Argentina 17 15 8 8 170 142 52 2711 Luis Silva FW 5-11 163 12/10/1988 Los Angeles, CA 18 13 7 2 75 59 15 1112 Alex Caskey MF 5-10 152 07/22/1988 Dunwoody, GA 8 1 0 0 38 18 1 413 Chris Pontius MF 6-0 168 05/12/1987 West Covina, CA 0 0 0 0 123 106 27 1614 Nick DeLeon MF 5-10 170 07/17/1990 Phoenix, AZ 21 21 2 4 74 69 10 915 Steve Birnbaum DF 6-1 180 01/23/1991 Irvine, CA 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 017 Conor Shanosky MF 6-4 185 12/13/1991 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 018 Chris Rolfe FW 5-9 145 01/17/1983 Kettering, OH 21 19 5 5 197 167 53 2719 Kyle Porter MF 6-0 160 01/19/1990 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 0 0 0 30 18 3 120 Jalen Robinson DF 5-9 145 05/08/1994 Cantonsville, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 022 Chris Korb DF 5-9 160 10/08/1987 Cleveland, OH 13 12 0 2 81 76 0 723 Perry Kitchen MF 6-0 160 02/29/1992 Indianapolis, IN 21 21 3 3 115 114 5 824 Lewis Neal MF 5-11 155 07/14/1981 Leicester, England 20 6 0 1 47 18 2 325 Jared Jeffrey MF 5-11 165 06/14/1990 Richardson, TX 7 1 0 0 17 11 2 027 Collin Martin MF 5-11 150 11/09/1994 Chevy Chase, MD 4 1 0 0 11 5 0 128 Bill Hamid GK 6-3 225 11/25/1990 Annandale, VA 19 19 0 0 104 104 0 029 Michael Seaton FW 6-0 180 05/01/1996 Spanish Town, Jamaica 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 030 Conor Doyle FW 6-1 175 10/13/1991 McKinney, TX 17 1 0 0 31 9 2 131 Joe Willis GK 6-5 190 08/10/1988 St. Louis, MO 0 0 0 0 23 22 0 032 Bobby Boswell DF 6-2 185 03/15/1983 Austin, TX 23 23 1 2 280 277 14 1133 Taylor Kemp DF 5-11 153 07/23/1990 Highlands Ranch, CO 3 2 0 2 11 8 0 250 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 4 4 0 0 21 21 0 1

HEAD COACH: Ben Olsen 05/03/1977 W44 L62 T31

D.C. UNITED

MLS GAME INFORMATION

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs D.C. UNITED SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan.

Aug. 23, 2014 (WEEK 24, MLS Game #227) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38) It’s a clash of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference when Sporting Kansas City entertain D.C. United on Saturday evening at Sporting Park. SKC leads the conference and is tied atop the MLS overall table after returning to their recent form with a 4-1 home win against Toronto FC last weekend. United put the brakes on a two-game losing slide with authority, rolling to a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids at RFK Stadium last weekend. REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Adam Garner; AR2 (opposite): Paul Scott; 4th: Hilario Grajeda MLS Career: 10 games; FC/gm: 28.1; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 4; pens: 3 SUSPENDED: DC: Eddie Johnson (through Aug. 24) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Dom Dwyer, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura … DC: Davy Arnaud SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Antonio Dovale, Eric Kronberg, Kevin Ellis, Lawrence Olum, Seth Sinovic … DC: Fabian Espindola, Lewis Neal, Davy Arnaud, Chris Korb, Perry Kitchen DISABLED LIST: KC: Peterson Joseph, Ike Opara, Chance Myers (season-ending injury) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (49 meetings): Sporting 20 wins (0 shootout), 73 goals … United 19 wins (1 shootout), 63 goals … Ties 10 AT KC (25 meetings): Sporting 14 wins (0 shootout), 47 goals … United 6 wins (1 shootout), 28 goals … Ties 5 FUTURE MATCH: 10/3: D.C. United vs. Sporting Kansas City, 8 p.m. ET 2014 (MLS) 5/31: DC 1, KC 0 (Espindola 28)

The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Fabian Espíndola scored the game’s only goal in the first half to lead United to victory May 31 at RFK Stadium.

The first meeting victory snapped a seven-game undefeated streak for SKC in the series. The last D.C. victory had come May 5, 2010 at RFK Stadium.

United have not won in Kansas City since 2007. In the nine visits since, Sporting have won six games with three ties; that includes two wins and two draws in four meetings all-time at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, and victories in all four meetings at Sporting Park.

Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. DC: P10 W7 L3 T2 … Ben Olsen vs. KC: P8 W1 L6 T1 LAST MEETING (MLS)

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

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

D.C. UNITED (4-4-2): Bill Hamid - Chris Korb (Sean Franklin 34), Jeff Parke, Bobby Boswell, Cristian Fernandez - Nick DeLeon (Alex Caskey 86; ejected 89), Perry Kitchen, Davy Arnaud, Chris Rolfe - Eddie Johnson (Lewis Neal 68), Fabian Espindola.

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City returned to their winning ways in impressive fashion, rolling to a 4-1 win against Toronto FC on Saturday evening at Sporting Park. Sporting lead the Eastern Conference and are tied atop the MLS overall table with 42 points from 24 games. LAST MATCH

Sporting were ahead by two goals from the penalty spot before the game was barely a half-hour old. First, Jackson brought down Benny Feilhaber with a bad tackle near the end line, and referee Drew Fischer pointed to the spot. Dom Dwyer converted the penalty with a drive into the roof of the net in the 18th minute.


Dwyer doubled the lead in the 32nd minute, this time after winning the spot kick himself. TFC defender Doneil Henry chopped down Dwyer just outside the six-yard box, and this time Dwyer put his attempt low and inside the right post.

The Reds pulled a goal back early in first-half stoppage time. Dominic Oduro found himself with room at the top right corner of the penalty area and sent a ball to the near post, where Gilberto backheeled it past SKC 'keeper Jon Kempin with a nifty finish.

Sporting iced the game in the 64th minute. Graham Zusi's corner kick popped out of a crowd and fell to Soony Saad outside the area, and he collected the ball and teed it up in one motion, driving it through traffic and past TFC 'keeper Joe Bendik to make it 3-1.

SKC finished the scoring in the 77th minute on yet another set piece. Saad this time deflected a Zusi corner kick on to a sliding C.J. Sapong at the back post, and he slid in to knock it home from close range.

Sporting manager Peter Vermes made four changes to the team that fell 2-0 to Vancouver Whitecaps FC at BC Place. Jon Kempin came in between the posts for the injured Andy Gruenebaum, and Lawrence Olum, Sal Zizzo and Soony Saad came into the team in place of Jorge Claros, Mikey Lopez and Jacob Peterson.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Jon Kempin - Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Lawrence Olum - Graham Zusi, Benny Feilhaber (Jorge Claros 73) - Sal Zizzo (C.J. Sapong 67), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 80), Soony Saad.

TEAM NEWS Sporting won for the first time following a draw and a loss, after seeing their eight-game undefeated run put to

an end in the 2-0 loss at Vancouver the week before. “This team has the mentality that we aren’t going to put that kind of performance in on a regular basis. That’s

just not the mentality of the group,” said SKC head coach Peter Vermes. “When we do what we did against Vancouver, everybody knows that it’s not our team. So we want to get back on it quickly, and that’s what I like about this group – they turn it around quickly and they all have a very good mentality.”

Homegrown goalkeeper Jon Kempin made his first MLS start and came away a winner, a week after stopping a penalty kick after coming on in his league debut following injuries to Andy Gruenebaum and Eric Kronberg.

“A few times he came out on some crosses and I was wondering where he was going. But he’s getting a feel for the game and he did excellent. You look at the different people who have played in our lineup throughout the season, and everyone’s contributed. He’s now a big contribution to that,” said Vermes.

Dom Dwyer scored his first goals since July 12, netting his 15th and 16th of season (both on penalty kicks). It was Dwyer’s fifth two-goal this season; he is now second in the MLS Golden Boot standings, two goals behind New York’s Bradley Wright-Phillips.

“I think I was trying to force it. I was definitely frustrated, and it’s tough when you lose games. That’s when your frustration comes out,” said Dwyer. “But this week I had a bit of time to refocus and get things together. Hopefully we’re back to the start of more good things.”

Sal Zizzo made his first appearance since July 6, playing 67 minutes in a right-wing role. Soony Saad also returned to the starting lineup after coming off the substitutes’ bench in three consecutive league games, and scored his second goal of the season, his first since June 6.

“We put in a very convincing performance all-around, and the scoreline reflects that. We like to win at home, especially getting a lot of goals to entertain the fans,” Saad said. “There were a lot of good things in this game, especially coming after the loss to Vancouver. We’ve already established that we’re the team to beat in the Eastern Conference, and that’s why we’re on top.”

Sporting scored two goals from corner kicks, and have scored five goals from corners, tied for second in MLS this season (behind Real Salt Lake’s seven). They have scored seven goals from set-piece situations, tied for fourth in MLS (FC Dallas leads with 10).

On Tuesday, Sporting kicked off their CONCACAF Champions League campaign with a 1-1 draw against Real Estelí at Estadio Independencia in Estelí, Nicaragua. Antonio Dovale scored the lone Sporting goal with a masterful free kick in the 16th minute, after an own goal gave the Central American side an early lead.

Here’s the Sporting team: Jon Kempin; Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Jorge Claros, Graham Zusi (Benny Feilhaber 67); Toni Dovale (Sal Zizzo 57), C.J. Sapong, Soony Saad (Dom Dwyer 73)

D.C. UNITED D.C. United put an end to their two-game losing slide in emphatic fashion, cruising to a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on Sunday evening at RFK Stadium. United are in second place in the Eastern Conference with 40 points from 23 games. LAST MATCH

United took the lead just 13 minutes in. Left back Taylor Kemp played a lovely through ball with the outside of his right foot to a streaking Luis Silva, who cut back before chipping his effort over the outstretched arms of Colorado goalkeeper Clint Irwin.


The Rapids were level, though, in the 52rd minute through a stunning goal. Colorado midfielder Jared Watts headed a clearance toward Dillon Serna, who struck an absolutely spectacular volley up and over United goalkeeper Bill Hamid from all of 30 yards out.

But United regained the lead in the 66th minute when Sean Franklin collected a loose ball just outside the area, finding Silva just outside the six, and he slotted the ball into the side netting at the far post.

United made it 3-0 in the 81st minute when Kemp embarked on a 40-yard run on the left sideline before driving a low cross to Chris Rolfe, who hammered a low attempt home from the edge of the box. Just five minutes, Fabian Espindola got United’s fourth, smashing home a David Estrada pass from 17 yards out in the heart of the box.

Colorado pulled a goal back in stoppage time when Deshorn Brown headed home at the goal line on a Dillon Powers ball looped over Hamid, but it was too little, too late.

United head coach Ben Olsen made three changes to the team that fell 3-0 to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium. Taylor Kemp came into the back four for Chris Korb, Perry Kitchen came back into the midfield in place of Jared Jeffrey, and Fabian Espindola started up top in place of the suspended Eddie Johnson.

D.C. UNITED (4-4-1-1): Bill Hamid - Sean Franklin, Bobby Boswell, Steve Birnbaum, Taylor Kemp - Nick DeLeon (Alex Caskey 87), Perry Kitchen, Davy Arnaud, Chris Rolfe (David Estrada 84) - Luis Silva (Lewis Neal 73) - Fabian Espindola.

TEAM NEWS D.C. United rebounded from their first consecutive losses since the opening two games of the season, winning

their fifth game in the last seven matches. “It was extremely important to win this game. All our home games from here on out are crucial, and we have

put ourselves in a good spot. If we continue to take care of winning at home we will be in good shape,” said United head coach Ben Olsen. “Saying that, we would like to go on the road and pick up some points. It’s not going to be easy; there is a lot of travel and tough opponents. But again, as we get bodies back I’m hopeful we can go on the road and get some points.”

Luis Silva scored a pair of goals, his first since July 20. He has all seven of his goals this season in a nine-game span since June 11, when he scored a hat trick against Montréal.

Fabian Espíndola made his first start since June 11, when he was forced off at halftime with a knee injury that kept him out of the next six league contests. Espíndola scored his eighth goal of the season, his first since May 31, when he had scored in three consecutive games.

“It’s unbelievable to have him back. He’s just relentless. I’m just glad he’s on our team,” said Olsen. “Playing that nine role on the field, he’s not always the biggest and strongest, but he’s an absolute handful. He just wills himself to succeed. It was a pretty impressive performance. Overall it was a great night for him.”

Espindola and Silva formed the front two for United from the start for a sixth match this season. The pair have been on the field together for 442 minutes this season; when they have started the same game, Silva has scored five times, while Espindola has contributed two goals and three assists.

“[Espindola and I] understand each other pretty well,” Silva said. “If I stay high, he drops. If he stays high, I drop. We share the work defensively and offensively as well, so I think that helps a lot.” Added Olsen: “I think sometimes when you are tight with someone, it translates onto the field. I think they have a good relationship in the locker room and outside of the game. I think they just have an understanding.”

Said Espindola: “It’s totally different playing with Silva than it is playing with EJ. With Luis, you want to put the ball at his feet or find him for a combination; with EJ, it’s totally the opposite. You can put the ball anywhere near him, he’ll make use of his strength to find it. But both of them are great players. Luis is doing great work. I can hear him all the time from behind me, he tells me all the time where he’s at when I can’t see him – wide left, man on, turn, all that helps a lot.”

Making his second MLS start this season, Taylor Kemp recorded his first two career assists, in his 13th career MLS appearance. “I’m extremely happy for him. It’s just a matter of him believing in the tools that he has, because they’re there. [That game] was a big step for him,” said Olsen.

Making his second appearance with United following his acquisition from Seattle Sounders FC, David Estrada recorded the first assist of his MLS career. He has scored five goals. “There’s no better way to get in and gel than by coming on and helping out teammates. It will help his relationship and getting incorporated with the team,” said Olsen.

On Wednesday, United got their CONCACAF Champions League started off on the right foot with a 1-0 win against Jamaica’s Waterhouse FC at RFK Stadium. Eddie Johnson scored the game’s lone goal after just five minutes.

Here’s the United team: Joe Willis; Alex Caskey, Kofi Opare, Conor Shanosky, Nana Attakora; Kyle Porter (Luis Silva 80), Lewis Neal, Jared Jeffrey, Collin Martin (Taylor Kemp 70); David Estrada, Eddie Johnson

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

14 F Dom Dwyer 24 22 1932 16 1 80 34 50 49 23 1 4 010 M Benny Feilhaber 23 23 2007 3 5 32 9 40 58 1 24 5 08 F Graham Zusi 16 15 1363 3 5 19 8 11 25 0 88 0 037 F Jacob Peterson 19 11 1119 2 2 23 10 11 13 3 0 2 022 F Soony Saad 15 6 610 2 1 20 9 9 11 0 7 1 013 M Lawrence Olum 16 12 1123 2 1 11 4 8 3 0 0 3 017 F C.J. Sapong 13 4 460 2 0 12 4 14 14 2 0 1 078 D Aurelien Collin 20 19 1564 2 0 18 5 31 20 5 0 1 26 M Paulo Nagamura 14 14 1150 1 2 18 8 25 17 3 0 4 09 M Antonio Dovale 11 9 635 1 2 16 5 6 9 0 8 3 116 F Claudio Bieler 9 3 284 1 0 10 2 7 3 4 0 1 011 F Sal Zizzo 14 10 871 0 3 19 7 5 8 0 0 0 07 D Chance Myers 7 7 576 0 1 1 0 3 7 3 0 1 05 D Matt Besler 15 15 1335 0 1 3 0 22 9 0 0 2 115 D Seth Sinovic 22 22 1945 0 1 14 6 34 16 1 0 4 04 D Kevin Ellis 14 10 998 0 1 2 0 16 8 0 0 3 040 D Igor Juliao 15 15 1272 0 1 9 3 18 34 3 0 2 031 M Josh Gardner 1 1 89 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 030 G Andy Gruenebaum 6 6 495 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 024 D Mechack Jerome 2 1 91 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 01 G Eric Kronberg 17 17 1530 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 03 D Ike Opara 3 2 152 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 021 G Jon Kempin 2 1 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 020 M Jorge Claros 3 2 197 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 020 M Oriol Rosell 7 7 594 0 0 7 1 11 3 0 0 0 112 M Mikey Lopez 4 4 299 0 0 7 3 8 3 0 0 0 02 D Erik Palmer-Brown 3 2 235 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 194 M Jimmy Medranda 4 1 119 0 0 4 0 5 4 0 4 0 023 M Alex Martinez 10 3 411 0 0 8 3 5 17 0 2 0 023 M Martin Steuble 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 1Team totals 24 24 2160 36 27 339 123 358 359 48 135 42 6Opponent totals 24 24 2160 23 18 235 85 359 358 65 99 57 7

2014 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (12-6-6, 42 pts.)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING

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

30 G Andy Gruenebaum 6 6 495 22 16 7 1.27 0 0 4 1 1 01 G Eric Kronberg 17 17 1530 58 38 15 0.88 5 5 7 5 5 721 G Jon Kempin 2 1 135 5 3 1 0.67 0 1 1 0 0 0

Team totals 24 24 2160 85 57 23 0.96 5 6 12 6 6 7Opponent totals 24 24 2160 123 80 36 1.5 6 6 6 12 6 5

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dom Dwyer 5, Jacob Peterson 2, Lawrence Olum 2, Benny Feilhaber 1, Soony Saad 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Benny Feilhaber 1, Jacob Peterson 1, Graham Zusi 1, Seth Sinovic 1, Kevin Ellis 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Igor Juliao 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Dom Dwyer 6-6

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2014 D.C. UNITED STATISTICS (12-7-4, 40 pts.)UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

9 F Fabian Espindola 17 15 1353 8 8 40 18 30 32 22 58 4 011 F Luis Silva 18 13 942 7 2 27 12 11 11 1 19 1 018 F Chris Rolfe 19 18 1499 5 5 28 10 10 20 0 8 0 07 F Eddie Johnson 19 19 1577 4 2 35 14 28 39 28 0 3 123 M Perry Kitchen 21 21 1890 3 3 13 7 46 18 0 0 9 014 M Nick DeLeon 21 21 1813 2 4 30 8 19 20 0 1 2 08 M Davy Arnaud 22 21 1816 2 0 16 4 34 39 2 1 7 032 D Bobby Boswell 23 23 2055 1 2 15 3 21 11 0 0 1 05 D Sean Franklin 18 17 1567 1 2 9 2 11 9 2 0 0 022 D Chris Korb 13 12 1040 0 2 3 1 10 5 0 0 3 033 D Taylor Kemp 3 2 183 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 03 M David Estrada 2 0 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 024 M Lewis Neal 20 6 722 0 1 2 0 6 8 2 5 4 03 D Cristian Fernandez 15 15 1342 0 1 9 3 14 20 2 0 3 02 D Jeff Parke 13 13 1162 0 0 1 1 15 2 0 0 1 050 G Andrew Dykstra 4 4 360 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 028 G Bill Hamid 19 19 1710 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 012 M Alex Caskey 8 1 122 0 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 0 129 F Michael Seaton 1 0 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 019 M Kyle Porter 3 0 35 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 025 M Jared Jeffrey 7 1 228 0 0 2 1 11 1 0 2 2 027 M Collin Martin 4 1 110 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 030 F Conor Doyle 17 1 301 0 0 4 2 11 10 4 0 1 015 D Steve Birnbaum 10 10 900 0 0 7 0 3 6 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 3Team totals 23 23 2070 36 35 248 87 290 283 65 94 42 2Opponent totals 23 23 2070 26 22 301 106 283 290 58 106 35 5

D.C. UNITED GOALKEEPING

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

50 G Andrew Dykstra 4 4 360 9 6 3 0.75 0 1 3 0 1 228 G Bill Hamid 19 19 1710 97 72 23 1.21 2 2 9 7 3 5

Team totals 23 23 2070 106 78 26 1.13 2 3 12 7 4 7Opponent totals 23 23 2070 87 51 36 1.57 3 4 7 12 4 6

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Chris Rolfe 3, Perry Kitchen 2, Luis Silva 2, Davy Arnaud 1, Bobby Boswell 1, Fabian Espindola 1, Eddie Johnson 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Fabian Espindola 3, Chris Rolfe 2, Chris Korb 1, Perry Kitchen 1, Lewis Neal 1, Taylor Kemp 1, Sean Franklin 1, Eddie Johnson 1, Bobby Boswell 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Eddie Johnson 2-2, Luis Silva 1-1, Fabian Espindola 0-1


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

Sat. Mar. 8 at Seattle L 0-1 39240 0-1-0 5 0 SEA: Barrett (94+)Sat. Mar. 15 FC Dallas T 1-1 19431 0-1-1 5 1 KC: Collin (81); DAL: Hedges (90)Sat. Mar. 22 San Jose W 1-0 19368 1-1-1 5 4 KC: Dwyer (57); Sat. Mar. 29 at Colorado W 3-2 12203 2-1-1 2 7 KC: Zusi (50) Feilhaber (79) Dwyer (92+); COL: Sanchez

(60,78)Sat. Apr. 5 Real Salt Lake T 0-0 19838 2-1-2 3 8Sat. Apr. 19 Montreal W 4-0 20306 3-1-2 1 11 KC: own goal (31) Collin (71) Dwyer (74,86); Sat. Apr. 26 at New England L 0-2 14806 3-2-2 2 11 NE: Bunbury (92+) Nguyen (95+)Sun. May 4 Columbus W 2-0 20565 4-2-2 1 14 KC: Peterson (10) Bieler (95+); Sat. May 10 at Montreal W 3-0 16529 5-2-2 1 17 KC: Dwyer (18,64) Nagamura (34); Wed. May 14 Philadelphia L 1-2 19073 5-3-2 1 17 KC: Dwyer (80); PHI: Cruz (49) Maidana (81)Sun. May 18 at Chicago L 1-2 15746 5-4-2 2 17 KC: Dwyer (68); CHI: Magee (7,16)Fri. May 23 Toronto FC T 2-2 19914 5-4-3 2 18 KC: Dwyer (47,84); TOR: Moore (67) Orr (91+)Tue. May 27 New York T 1-1 19221 5-4-4 2 19 KC: Dovale (9); NY: Wright-Phillips (50)Sat. May 31 at D.C. United L 0-1 18522 5-5-4 3 19 DC: Espindola (28)Fri. June 6 at Houston W 2-0 18396 6-5-4 2 22 KC: Saad (45) Dwyer (70); Fri. June 27 at Portland W 1-0 20814 7-5-4 1 25 KC: Olum (24); Sun. July 6 Chicago T 1-1 20858 7-5-5 2 26 KC: Dwyer (33); CHI: Magee (40)Sat. July 12 at Montreal W 2-1 17155 8-5-5 2 29 KC: Dwyer (4,89); MTL: Di Vaio (28)Wed. July 16 at Columbus W 2-1 13643 9-5-5 1 32 KC: Sapong (43) Feilhaber (93+); CLB: own goal (69)Sat. July 19 Los Angeles W 2-1 21493 10-5-5 1 35 KC: Feilhaber (11) Olum (61); LA: Keane (79)Sat. July 26 at Toronto FC W 2-1 22591 11-5-5 1 38 KC: Zusi (48) Peterson (80); TOR: Goncalves (16)Fri. Aug. 1 Philadelphia T 1-1 21318 11-5-6 1 39 KC: Zusi (54); PHI: Brown (71)Sun. Aug. 10 at Vancouver L 0-2 20183 11-6-6 1 39 VAN: own goal (17) Mattocks (39)Sat. Aug. 16 Toronto FC W 4-1 20730 12-6-6 1 42 KC: Dwyer (18,33) Saad (64) Sapong (77); TOR: Souza

(46+)Sat. Aug. 23 D.C. UnitedFri. Aug. 29 HoustonWed. Sep. 3 at New EnglandSat. Sep. 6 at New YorkFri. Sep. 12 at Chivas USAFri. Sep. 26 New EnglandFri. Oct. 3 at D.C. UnitedFri. Oct. 10 ChicagoSat. Oct. 18 at PhiladelphiaSun. Oct. 26 New York

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2014 SCHEDULE


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

Sat. Mar. 8 Columbus L 0-3 13840 0-1-0 7 0 CLB: Arrieta (18) Higuain (27,90)

Sat. Mar. 22 at Toronto FC L 0-1 22591 0-2-0 10 0 TOR: Defoe (60)Sat. Mar. 29 Chicago T 2-2 9445 0-2-1 10 1 DC: Espindola (35) Kitchen (73); CHI: Hurtado (27)

Amarikwa (82)Sat. Apr. 5 New England W 2-0 10526 1-2-1 6 4 DC: own goal (43) Rolfe (93+); Sat. Apr. 12 New York W 1-0 12364 2-2-1 4 7 DC: Arnaud (4); Sat. Apr. 19 at Columbus T 1-1 11437 2-2-2 4 8 DC: Espindola (31); CLB: Jimenez (90)Sat. Apr. 26 FC Dallas W 4-1 11172 3-2-2 3 11 DC: Espindola (49+,69) Boswell (60) Franklin (64);

DAL: Diaz (13)Sat. May 3 at Portland L 2-3 20814 3-3-2 4 11 DC: Arnaud (21) own goal (78); POR: Fernandez (1)

Danso (38) Urruti (94+)Sat. May 10 at Philadelphia W 1-0 18522 4-3-2 2 14 DC: Rolfe (6); Sat. May 17 Montreal T 1-1 14106 4-3-3 4 15 DC: Johnson (84); MTL: McInerney (56)Wed. May 21 Houston W 2-0 8224 5-3-3 2 18 DC: Rolfe (29) Espindola (63); Sat. May 24 at New England L 1-2 13589 5-4-3 3 18 DC: Espindola (73); NE: Mullins (55) Fagundez (77)Sat. May 31 Sporting KC W 1-0 18522 6-4-3 2 21 DC: Espindola (28); Sat. June 7 Columbus T 0-0 53267 6-4-4 3 22Wed. June 11 at Montreal W 4-2 14135 7-4-4 1 25 DC: Silva (6,39,50+) DeLeon (23); MTL: McInerney (12)

Romero (21)Sat. June 28 Seattle L 0-1 16922 7-5-4 2 25 SEA: Barrett (39)Sat. July 5 at Toronto FC W 2-1 22591 8-5-4 1 28 DC: DeLeon (54) Kitchen (69); TOR: Moore (60)

Fri. July 11 at San Jose W 2-1 10525 9-5-4 1 31 DC: Johnson (12) Silva (25); SJ: Wondolowski (39)Sun. July 20 Chivas USA W 3-1 13732 10-5-4 2 34 DC: Johnson (25) Kitchen (59) Silva (70); CHV: Torres

(84)Wed. July 30 Toronto FC W 3-0 16171 11-5-4 2 37 DC: Johnson (8) Rolfe (59) own goal (67); Sun. Aug. 3 at Houston L 0-1 20061 11-6-4 2 37 HOU: Bruin (91+)Sat. Aug. 9 at Real Salt

LakeL 0-3 20452 11-7-4 2 37 RSL: Plata (11) Schuler (13,24)

Sun. Aug. 17 Colorado W 4-2 12814 12-7-4 2 40 DC: Silva (12,67) Rolfe (81) Espindola (86); COL: Serna (52) Brown (91+)

Sat. Aug. 23 at Sporting KCWed. Aug. 27 at Los AngelesSun. Aug. 31 New YorkSat. Sep. 6 at VancouverWed. Sep. 10 at New YorkSat. Sep. 20 at ChicagoSat. Sep. 27 PhiladelphiaFri. Oct. 3 Sporting KCSun. Oct. 12 at Houston

Sat. Oct. 18 ChicagoSat. Oct. 25 at Montreal

D.C. UNITED 2014 SCHEDULE


SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals

2 5 times 04/19/2014 vs MTL W 4-0Assists

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

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

4 Dom Dwyer 05/10/2014 vs MTL W 3-04 Dom Dwyer 07/12/2014 vs MTL W 2-1Fouls Committed

6 Benny Feilhaber 08/10/2014 vs VAN L 0-2Fouls Suffered

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

3 Chance Myers 04/05/2014 vs RSL T 0-03 Dom Dwyer 07/16/2014 vs CLB W 2-1Saves

6 Andy Gruenebaum 08/01/2014 vs PHI T 1-1Shots Faced

7 Eric Kronberg 05/14/2014 vs PHI L 1-27 Andy Gruenebaum 08/01/2014 vs PHI T 1-1Goals Allowed

2 6 times 03/29/2014 vs COL W 3-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2014)Shots

9 06/27/2014 vs POR W 1-0Shots on Goal

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

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

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

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

0 03/15/2014 vs DAL T 1-10 04/26/2014 vs NE L 0-20 05/14/2014 vs PHI L 1-20 06/27/2014 vs POR W 1-0Saves

0 03/15/2014 vs DAL T 1-10 07/06/2014 vs CHI T 1-1Shots Faced

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

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals

4 04/19/2014 vs MTL W 4-04 08/16/2014 vs TOR W 4-1Assists

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

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

9 04/05/2014 vs RSL T 0-09 07/06/2014 vs CHI T 1-1Fouls Committed

25 03/08/2014 vs SEA L 0-125 08/10/2014 vs VAN L 0-2Fouls Suffered

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

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

4 05/10/2014 vs MTL W 3-04 07/06/2014 vs CHI T 1-14 07/16/2014 vs CLB W 2-14 07/19/2014 vs LA W 2-1Saves

6 08/01/2014 vs PHI T 1-1Shots Faced

7 05/14/2014 vs PHI L 1-27 08/01/2014 vs PHI T 1-17 08/10/2014 vs VAN L 0-2Goals Allowed

2 03/29/2014 vs COL W 3-22 04/26/2014 vs NE L 0-22 05/14/2014 vs PHI L 1-22 05/18/2014 vs CHI L 1-22 05/23/2014 vs TOR T 2-22 08/10/2014 vs VAN L 0-2

UNITED INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals

3 Luis Silva 06/11/2014 at MTL W 4-2Assists

3 Fabian Espindola 06/11/2014 at MTL W 4-2Shots

6 Fabian Espindola 04/26/2014 at DAL W 4-1Shots on Goal

3 Fabian Espindola 04/26/2014 at DAL W 4-13 Luis Silva 06/11/2014 at MTL W 4-23 Nick DeLeon 06/11/2014 at MTL W 4-2Fouls Committed

5 Fabian Espindola 03/22/2014 at TOR L 0-1Fouls Suffered

5 Eddie Johnson 04/05/2014 at NE W 2-05 Davy Arnaud 05/21/2014 at HOU W 2-05 Fabian Espindola 08/17/2014 at COL W 4-2Offside

4 Eddie Johnson 04/05/2014 at NE W 2-04 Eddie Johnson 05/24/2014 at NE L 1-2Saves

8 Bill Hamid 07/30/2014 at TOR W 3-0Shots Faced

9 Bill Hamid 07/11/2014 at SJ W 2-1Goals Allowed

3 Bill Hamid 03/08/2014 at CLB L 0-33 Bill Hamid 05/03/2014 at POR L 2-33 Bill Hamid 08/09/2014 at RSL L 0-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2014)Shots

5 05/10/2014 at PHI W 1-0Shots on Goal

1 03/08/2014 at CLB L 0-3Fouls Committed

7 07/05/2014 at TOR W 2-1Fouls Suffered

7 03/29/2014 at CHI T 2-2Corner Kicks

1 04/19/2014 at CLB T 1-11 05/24/2014 at NE L 1-2Offside

0 06/28/2014 at SEA L 0-10 08/09/2014 at RSL L 0-3Saves

1 04/05/2014 at NE W 2-01 04/19/2014 at CLB T 1-11 06/11/2014 at MTL W 4-21 07/20/2014 at CHV W 3-1Shots Faced

1 04/05/2014 at NE W 2-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals

4 04/26/2014 at DAL W 4-14 06/11/2014 at MTL W 4-24 08/17/2014 at COL W 4-2Assists

5 08/17/2014 at COL W 4-2Shots

18 04/26/2014 at DAL W 4-1Shots on Goal

9 03/29/2014 at CHI T 2-29 06/11/2014 at MTL W 4-2Fouls Committed

20 03/22/2014 at TOR L 0-1Fouls Suffered

19 06/07/2014 at CLB T 0-0Corner Kicks

9 04/26/2014 at DAL W 4-1Offside

7 04/05/2014 at NE W 2-0Saves

8 07/30/2014 at TOR W 3-0Shots Faced

9 07/11/2014 at SJ W 2-1Goals Allowed

3 03/08/2014 at CLB L 0-33 05/03/2014 at POR L 2-33 08/09/2014 at RSL L 0-3


UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP10 M Benny Feilhaber 1 1 90 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 01 G Eric Kronberg 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06 M Paulo Nagamura 1 1 90 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 037 F Jacob Peterson 1 1 77 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 015 D Seth Sinovic 1 1 90 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 04 D Kevin Ellis 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 078 D Aurelien Collin 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 022 F Soony Saad 1 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 014 F Dom Dwyer 1 1 90 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 02 D Erik Palmer-Brown 1 0 81 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 094 M Jimmy Medranda 1 0 24 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 023 M Alex Martinez 1 1 66 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 09 M Antonio Dovale 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 040 D Igor Juliao 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0

Team totals 1 1 90 0 0 16 5 10 18 1 3 2 0 0Opponent totals 1 1 90 1 1 7 2 18 10 3 8 3 1 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: NoneGAME-WINNING ASSISTS: NonePENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

2014 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. D.C. UNITED (0-1-0)

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHT SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO O'TIME1 G Eric Kronberg 1 1 90 2 1 1 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0-0

Team totals 1 1 90 2 1 1 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0-0Opponent totals 1 1 90 5 5 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 1 0-0-0

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP9 F Fabian Espindola 1 1 90 1 0 3 1 3 3 1 8 1 0 022 D Chris Korb 1 1 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08 M Davy Arnaud 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 032 D Bobby Boswell 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 05 D Sean Franklin 1 0 56 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 07 F Eddie Johnson 1 1 68 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 02 D Jeff Parke 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 018 F Chris Rolfe 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 028 G Bill Hamid 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 012 M Alex Caskey 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 023 M Perry Kitchen 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 014 M Nick DeLeon 1 1 86 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 024 M Lewis Neal 1 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 D Cristian Fernandez 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

Team totals 1 1 90 1 1 7 2 18 10 3 8 3 1 0Opponent totals 1 1 90 0 0 16 5 10 18 1 3 2 0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: NoneGAME-WINNING ASSISTS: NonePENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

2014 D.C. UNITED VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0)

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHT SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO O'TIME28 G Bill Hamid 1 1 90 5 5 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 1 0-0-0

Team totals 1 1 90 5 5 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 1 0-0-0Opponent totals 1 1 90 2 1 1 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0-0


Sporting KC 20 wins, 73 goals

United 19 wins, 64 goals10 ties

6/20/1996 KC 5 vs DC 1 (KC)7/31/1996 KC 3 at DC 2 (DC)8/4/1996 KC 4 at DC 2 (DC)6/21/1997 KC 6 vs DC 1 (KC)7/19/1997 KC 3 vs DC 2 (KC)8/31/1997 DC 2 vs KC 0 (DC)3/21/1998 DC 3 vs KC 2 (DC)8/26/1998 DC 2 at KC 1 (KC)5/15/1999 DC 4 at KC 3 DC SOW (KC)6/26/1999 DC 3 vs KC 0 (DC)5/17/2000 KC 2 vs DC 0 (KC)6/10/2000 DC 0 vs KC 0 (DC)4/7/2001 DC 3 vs KC 2 (DC)6/16/2001 DC 3 at KC 0 (KC)4/20/2002 DC 2 vs KC 1 (OT) (DC)6/15/2002 KC 2 vs DC 0 (KC)7/4/2002 KC 2 vs DC 1 (KC)8/10/2002 DC 0 vs KC 0 (2OT) (DC)4/12/2003 KC 3 vs DC 2 (OT) (KC)5/17/2003 DC 1 vs KC 1 (2OT) (DC)10/25/2003 DC 1 vs KC 1 (2OT) (DC)5/15/2004 DC 1 vs KC 0 (DC)7/10/2004 KC 1 vs DC 0 (KC)11/14/2004 DC 3 at KC 2 (HD)4/30/2005 KC 0 vs DC 0 (KC)5/21/2005 DC 3 vs KC 2 (DC)7/9/2005 KC 1 at DC 0 (DC)7/20/2005 KC 1 vs DC 1 (KC)5/13/2006 DC 2 vs KC 1 (DC)5/27/2006 DC 3 at KC 1 (KC)6/24/2006 DC 1 vs KC 0 (DC)6/28/2006 DC 3 at KC 2 (KC)4/14/2007 KC 4 at DC 2 (DC)7/4/2007 DC 1 at KC 0 (KC)10/5/2007 KC 1 vs DC 1 (KC)3/29/2008 KC 2 vs DC 0 (CA)8/2/2008 DC 2 vs KC 0 (DC)5/6/2009 KC 1 vs DC 1 (CA)9/9/2009 DC 1 vs KC 0 (DC)10/24/2009 KC 2 vs DC 2 (CA)3/27/2010 KC 4 vs DC 0 (CA)5/5/2010 DC 2 vs KC 1 (DC)8/21/2011 KC 1 vs DC 0 (SP)10/22/2011 KC 1 at DC 0 (DC)3/10/2012 KC 1 at DC 0 (DC)8/11/2012 KC 2 vs DC 1 (SP)4/5/2013 KC 1 vs DC 0 (SP)5/19/2013 DC 1 vs KC 1 (DC)10/18/2013 KC 1 vs DC 0 (SP)5/31/2014 DC 1 vs KC 0 (DC)

UNITED 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

DC 7 11 12 11 12 9 1 63KC 11 16 10 14 11 10 1 73

Sporting KC United

Category 1 2 OT Tot 1 2 OT TotGoals 38 34 1 73 32 30 1 63Shots 287 316 2 605 259 278 4 541Shots on Goal 130 129 2 261 127 120 2 249Fouls 301 315 1 617 365 324 2 691Offsides 79 80 2 161 62 68 1 131Corner Kicks 110 112 0 222 107 146 1 254

HEAD-TO-HEAD

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:Peter Vermes vs. DC 7-3-2 (1.92 pts./game)Ben Olsen vs. KC 1-6-1 (0.5 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:Sporting KC United

Goals 9 Preki 8 Jaime MorenoAssists 10 Preki 8 Jaime MorenoShots 51 Preki 37 Jaime MorenoShots on Goal 25 Preki 22 Jaime MorenoFouls Committed 33 Kerry Zavagnin 32 Richie WilliamsFouls Suffered 45 Davy Arnaud 57 Jaime MorenoWins 7 Jimmy Nielsen 5 Troy PerkinsLosses 5 Bo Oshoniyi 5 Bill HamidShutouts 6 Jimmy Nielsen 3 Nick RimandoSaves 44 Tony Meola 47 Troy PerkinsGoals Allowed 13 Bo Oshoniyi 14 Troy Perkins

Sporting Kansas City D.C. UnitedW-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started)

At Halftime:Leading 8-0-1 5 Ws (06/06/2014) 10-0-1 8 Ws (05/10/2014)Tied 3-3-5 1 Ts (08/01/2014) 2-3-3 1 Ls (08/03/2014)Trailing 1-3-0 1 Ls (08/10/2014) 0-4-0 19 Ls (04/13/2013)

First Goal:Allowed 1-6-0 1 Ls (08/10/2014) 1-7-2 4 Ls (05/24/2014)Scored 11-0-5 1 Ws (08/16/2014) 11-0-1 9 Ws (05/10/2014)

Goals Scored:0 goals 0-4-1 3 Ls (04/26/2014) 0-5-1 3 Ls (06/28/2014)1 goals 2-2-4 2 Ts (07/06/2014) 3-1-2 1 Ws (05/31/2014)2 goals 6-0-1 5 Ws (06/06/2014) 4-1-1 3 Ws (05/21/2014)3 goals 2-0-0 7 Ws (03/02/2013) 2-0-0 3 Ws (08/03/2013)4 goals 2-0-0 3 Ws (05/05/2013) 3-0-0 3 Ws (04/26/2014)

Goals Allowed:0 goals 6-0-1 5 Ws (04/19/2014) 6-0-1 1 Ws (07/30/2014)1 goals 5-2-4 1 Ws (08/16/2014) 4-3-2 1 Ls (08/03/2014)2 goals 1-4-1 1 Ls (08/10/2014) 2-1-1 2 Ws (06/11/2014)3 goals 0-0-0 2 Ls (04/27/2013) 0-3-0 6 Ls (04/21/2013)4 goals 0-0-0 0 - - 0-0-0 3 Ls (05/08/2013)

W-L-T Breakdowns:

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:Sporting KC United

Goals 2 5 players tied 2 6 players tiedAssists 3 Chung/Radosavljevic 2 3 players tiedShots 7 Kei Kamara (10/22/11) 9 Dwayne De Rosario

(10/22/11)Shots on Goal 4 Takawira/Smith 5 Luciano Emilio

(09/09/09)Fouls Committed 7 Fabbro/Zotinca 7 3 players tiedFouls Suffered 6 5 players tied 6 Etcheverry/OlsenShutouts 1 14 players tied 1 12 players tiedSaves 9 Garth Lagerwey

(08/04/96)9 Troy Perkins (07/04/07)

Goals Allowed 3 8 players tied 6 Jeff Causey (06/21/97)


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTPreki 22 19 1776 9 10 51Mark Chung 8 8 716 7 4 16Vitalis Takawira 9 7 608 5 4 12Scott Sealy 12 10 842 5 1 24Kei Kamara 8 6 611 4 1 31Sasha Victorine 10 10 882 3 0 17Mo Johnston 12 12 986 2 2 14Chris Brown 9 7 636 2 1 15Chris Klein 20 19 1593 2 1 25Claudio Lopez 5 5 449 2 0 13Graham Zusi 9 7 687 1 4 15Eddie Johnson 2 2 178 1 3 4Frank Klopas 6 5 407 1 3 6Jack Jewsbury 20 16 1445 1 2 25Josh Wolff 9 8 745 1 2 10Stephen Armstrong 6 3 365 1 1 8Davy Arnaud 20 17 1592 1 1 39Matt Besler 11 11 990 1 1 2Teal Bunbury 6 4 367 1 1 9Jose Burciaga Jr. 11 11 968 1 1 15Michael Harrington 11 9 818 1 1 2Chris Henderson 4 4 316 1 1 4Matt McKeon 13 9 856 1 1 9Ryan Smith 2 2 171 1 1 7Carey Talley 6 6 572 1 1 3Paul Wright 4 3 233 1 1 1Kerry Zavagnin 24 23 2090 1 1 14Claudio Bieler 3 2 192 1 0 6Sean Bowers 8 7 639 1 0 3Dom Dwyer 2 2 168 1 0 5Dario Fabbro 4 3 220 1 0 9Nick Garcia 21 21 1854 1 0 3Roy Lassiter 2 2 180 1 0 3Miklos Molnar 1 1 90 1 0 4Ike Opara 2 2 180 1 0 2Edmundo Rodriguez 2 1 96 1 0 1C.J. Sapong 6 3 313 1 0 10Mike Sorber 3 3 270 1 0 5Matt Taylor 2 1 86 1 0 3Ivan Trujillo 1 1 69 1 0 1Francisco Gomez 10 8 678 0 5 10Diego Gutierrez 13 13 1154 0 3 3Stephane Auvray 2 2 163 0 1 1Brian Johnson 5 3 322 0 1 6Garth Lagerwey 2 2 180 0 1 0Tony Meola 11 11 980 0 1 0Uche Okafor 8 7 632 0 1 0Ryan Pore 9 5 431 0 1 11Soony Saad 3 1 110 0 1 2Igor Simutenkov 4 4 308 0 1 7Lance Watson 4 1 142 0 1 0Team totals 49 49 4410 73 67 605Opponent totals 49 49 4410 64 63 543

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. UNITED (20-19-10)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGJimmy Nielsen 9 810 22 18 0.44 0Eric Kronberg 1 90 2 1 1.00 0Tony Meola 11 980 56 44 1.01 2Kevin Hartman 8 720 37 25 1.25 1Bo Oshoniyi 9 810 54 39 1.44 3Garth Lagerwey 2 180 21 14 1.50 1Mike Ammann 5 450 31 19 2.00 1Chris Snitko 3 270 21 13 2.67 0William Hesmer 1 90 6 4 3.00 0Team totals 49 4410 250 177 1.29 8Opponent totals 49 4410 261 185 1.49 6


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTJaime Moreno 26 22 1837 8 8 37Christian Gomez 14 13 1015 5 2 34Marco Etcheverry 16 15 1365 4 5 33Raul Diaz Arce 8 8 624 4 1 24Luciano Emilio 8 7 643 4 0 18Santino Quaranta 14 9 898 3 1 18Roy Wegerle 3 2 196 3 1 5Roy Lassiter 4 4 360 3 0 8John Harkes 6 4 439 2 1 9Carey Talley 8 6 544 2 1 4Danny Allsopp 2 1 135 2 0 6Ali Curtis 6 1 227 2 0 10Freddy Adu 10 7 661 1 3 11Bobby Convey 9 9 732 1 2 12Tony Sanneh 5 5 450 1 2 8A.J. Wood 6 4 400 1 2 7Jeff Agoos 10 10 855 1 1 12Alecko Eskandarian 6 5 466 1 1 8Joshua Gros 12 12 1048 1 1 9Rodney Wallace 5 5 450 1 1 4Bobby Boswell 11 11 990 1 0 6Abdul Thompson Conteh 3 2 147 1 0 6Nick DeLeon 4 4 311 1 0 3Fabian Espindola 1 1 90 1 0 3Mario Gori 3 2 209 1 0 2Julius James 3 2 209 1 0 3Mark Lisi 3 1 147 1 0 2Ivan McKinley 4 4 332 1 0 7Shawn Medved 3 2 129 1 0 1Mike Petke 6 5 489 1 0 2Kyle Porter 1 1 90 1 0 2Hristo Stoitchkov 2 0 67 1 0 2Bryan Namoff 16 16 1451 0 3 3Richie Williams 16 16 1290 0 3 7Marc Burch 6 4 397 0 2 3Brian Carroll 13 13 1170 0 2 6Ben Olsen 16 13 1228 0 2 17Clyde Simms 18 18 1451 0 2 9Chris Albright 4 3 302 0 1 8Jose Alegria 4 3 262 0 1 2Fred 6 3 346 0 1 2Adam Cristman 1 1 71 0 1 0Eric Denton 3 2 139 0 1 1Facundo Erpen 5 5 406 0 1 3Ivan Guerrero 1 1 90 0 1 0Brian Kamler 6 4 374 0 1 6Chris Korb 6 6 484 0 1 1Dema Kovalenko 6 5 465 0 1 8John Maessner 5 3 287 0 1 5Andy Najar 5 5 405 0 1 4Chris Pontius 10 9 794 0 1 9Mark Simpson 5 4 405 0 1 0Mark Watson 2 2 180 0 1 0Craig Ziadie 2 2 178 0 1 0Team totals 49 49 4410 64 63 543Opponent totals 49 49 4410 73 67 605

UNITED CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (19-20-10)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGJosh Wicks 1 90 5 5 0.00 0Doug Warren 1 100 2 1 0.90 0Louis Crayton 1 90 3 2 1.00 0Bill Hamid 8 720 40 32 1.00 0Zach Wells 2 180 11 9 1.00 0Joe Willis 1 90 4 3 1.00 0Nick Rimando 11 1014 55 43 1.15 0Tom Presthus 4 316 15 10 1.42 0Scott Garlick 4 360 17 11 1.50 1Troy Perkins 9 810 64 47 1.56 3Steve Cronin 1 90 6 3 2.00 1Mark Simpson 5 405 23 14 2.22 0Jeff Causey 2 135 16 5 6.67 1Team totals 49 4410 261 185 1.49 6Opponent totals 49 4410 250 177 1.29 8


CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. UNITED (20-19-10)

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTJacob Peterson 13 11 888 2 2 21Ike Opara 4 3 277 2 0 3Graham Zusi 9 7 687 1 4 15Matt Besler 11 11 990 1 1 2Claudio Bieler 3 2 192 1 0 6Dom Dwyer 2 2 168 1 0 5C.J. Sapong 6 3 313 1 0 10Paulo Nagamura 14 13 1233 0 1 14Soony Saad 3 1 110 0 1 2Aurelien Collin 5 5 369 0 0 8Antonio Dovale 1 1 90 0 0 1Kevin Ellis 1 1 90 0 0 0Benny Feilhaber 7 5 424 0 0 12Andy Gruenebaum 7 6 545 0 0 0Igor Juliao 1 1 90 0 0 1Eric Kronberg 1 1 90 0 0 0Jimmy Medranda 1 0 24 0 0 1Chance Myers 7 6 542 0 0 4Lawrence Olum 3 0 79 0 0 0Erik Palmer-Brown 1 0 81 0 0 0Seth Sinovic 8 8 720 0 0 5Sal Zizzo 2 2 179 0 0 5Team totals 49 49 4410 73 67 605Opponent totals 49 49 4410 64 63 543

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGAndy Gruenebaum 7 545 35 30 0.83 0Eric Kronberg 1 90 2 1 1.00 0Team totals 49 4410 250 177 1.29 8Opponent totals 49 4410 261 185 1.49 6

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTFabian Espindola 11 8 772 4 0 21Chris Rolfe 19 18 1363 2 4 31Sean Franklin 8 7 686 2 0 5Eddie Johnson 12 8 751 2 0 21Jeff Parke 22 22 1935 1 1 9Bobby Boswell 23 22 2025 1 0 9Nick DeLeon 4 4 311 1 0 3Kyle Porter 1 1 90 1 0 2Chris Korb 6 6 484 0 1 1Chris Pontius 10 9 794 0 1 9Davy Arnaud 6 5 470 0 0 3Nana Attakora 4 3 270 0 0 0Alex Caskey 3 1 94 0 0 3Conor Doyle 1 1 80 0 0 0Andrew Dykstra 2 2 180 0 0 0David Estrada 1 1 85 0 0 0Bill Hamid 8 8 720 0 0 0Jared Jeffrey 1 1 90 0 0 2Taylor Kemp 1 1 45 0 0 1Perry Kitchen 8 8 720 0 0 0Collin Martin 1 0 45 0 0 1Lewis Neal 2 1 112 0 0 0Kofi Opare 1 1 90 0 0 1Michael Seaton 1 0 10 0 0 0Luis Silva 4 3 271 0 0 6Joe Willis 1 1 90 0 0 0Team totals 49 49 4410 64 63 543Opponent totals 49 49 4410 73 67 605

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGBill Hamid 8 720 40 32 1.00 0Joe Willis 1 90 4 3 1.00 0Andrew Dykstra 2 180 18 12 2.00 0Team totals 49 4410 261 185 1.49 6Opponent totals 49 4410 250 177 1.29 8

CURRENT UNITED VS. SPORTING KC (19-20-10)


D.C. UNITED

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs D.C. UNITEDSporting Park (Kansas City, Kansas)

7:30 p.m. CTEnglish TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV

English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHBSpanish Radio: La Gran D 1340 AM

COAChES - REGULAR SEASON

MLS ExPERIENCEMLS RECORD

YEAR wITh TEAMRECORD wITh TEAM

6th season74-51-436th season74-51-43

5th season44-62-31

5th season44-62-31

2014 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

2014 REGULAR SEASON INDIvIDUAL LEADERS

GOALSASSISTSShOTS

ShOTS ON GOALGAME-wINNING GOALSGAME-wINNING ASSISTS

fOULS COMMITTEDfOULS SUffERED

CAUTIONSEjECTIONS

GOALS AGAINST AvGwINS

ShUTOUTSSAvES

Fabian Espindola 8Fabian Espindola 8

Fabian Espindola 40Fabian Espindola 18

Chris Rolfe 3 Fabian Espindola 3

Perry Kitchen 46Arnaud/Johnson 39

Perry Kitchen 9Caskey/Johnson 1

Andrew Dykstra 0.75

Bill Hamid 9Bill Hamid 5

Bill Hamid 72

No. Pos. Name Pronunciation 1 GK Eric Kronberg krawn-berg 2 DEF Erik Palmer-Brown 3 DEF Ike Opara** oh-PAR-ah 4 DEF Kevin Ellis 5 DEF Matt Besler BEEZ-ler 6 MID Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra 7 DEF Chance Myers** 8 MID Graham Zusi ZOO-see 9 MID Antonio Dovale doh-VAH-lay 10 MID Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber 11 FWD Sal Zizzo ZEE-zoh 12 MID Mikey Lopez 13 DEF Lawrence Olum OH-lumm 14 FWD Dom Dwyer 15 DEF Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick 16 FWD Claudio Bieler bee-AY-lurr 17 FWD C.J. Sapong sah-PONG 18 MID Victor Munoz 20 MID Jorge Claros hor-hay 21 GK Jon Kempin 22 FWD Soony Saad SOO-nee sod 23 MID Martin Steuble STOY-bleh 24 MID Michael Kafari 25 MID Christian Duke* 28 GK Tim Melia^ 30 GK Andy Gruenebaum GREEN-uh-BOHM 37 FWD Jacob Peterson 40 DEF Igor Juliao ZHOO-lee-ow 78 DEF Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en 94 MID Jimmy Medranda* muh-DRAHN-dah * On loan ** Disabled list ^ League pool goalkeeper

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

16 Dom Dwyer5 Feilhaber/Zusi80 Dom Dwyer34 Dom Dwyer5 Dom Dwyer1 seven players tied50 Dom Dwyer58 Benny Feilhaber5 Benny Feilhaber2 Aurelien Collin

0.67 Jon Kempin7 Eric Kronberg 7 Eric Kronberg38 Eric Kronberg


SPORTING KANSAS CITY INjURY REPORT

OUT:• Ike Opara (right ankle - out for season)• Chance Myers (left Achilles - out for season)• Eric Kronberg (fractured fourth metacarpal in left hand)• Jacob Peterson (left knee strain)

QUESTIONABLE:• Andy Gruenebaum (strained supraspinatus muscle in shoulder)• Paulo Nagamura (left ankle sprain)

As of Aug. 21, 2014

12-7-4 (40 pts)23

2nd in East3635

1.5726

1.13+10

248 (87)35.1%

290283

422

12-6-6 (42 pts)241st in East36271.5230.96+13339 (123)36.3%358359426

RECORD

GAMES PLAYEDCONfERENCE POSITION

GOALSASSISTS

GOALS/GAMEGOALS ALLOwEDALLOwED/GAME

GOAL DIffERENTIALShOTS (ON GOAL)

ON GOAL %fOULS COMMITTED

fOULS SUffEREDCAUTIONSEjECTIONS

GAME NOTES www.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE

2014 REGULAR SEASON MLS STANDINGS

Through Aug. 21Eastern Conference P w L T GP 1. Sporting Kansas City 42 12 6 6 242. D.C. United 40 12 7 4 233. Toronto FC 32 9 8 5 224. Columbus Crew 30 7 8 9 245. New York Red Bulls 28 6 7 10 236. New England Revolution 27 8 12 3 237. Philadelphia Union 27 6 9 9 248. Houston Dynamo 25 7 12 4 239. Chicago Fire 25 4 6 13 2310. Montreal Impact 17 4 14 5 23

western Conference P w L T GP1. Seattle Sounders FC 42 13 7 3 23 2. Real Salt Lake 42 11 4 9 243. FC Dallas 39 11 7 6 244. LA Galaxy 37 10 5 7 225. Vancouver Whitecaps 33 7 4 12 236. Portland Timbers 31 7 7 10 247. Colorado Rapids 30 8 11 6 258. San Jose Earthquakes 25 6 9 7 229. Chivas USA 24 6 11 6 23

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Sporting KC Game Notes | Aug. 23, 2014 vs D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

NOTEwORThY MILESTONES

SPORTING KC NEwS & NOTES

LAST TIME ThEY MET

SPORTING KC wEB PROPERTIES

• Sporting KC has sold out 48 straight MLS home games at Sporting Park.• Sporting KC has won 241 MLS regular season games, third most in league

history and three behind D.C. United.• Sporting KC has tied 122 MLS regular season games, most in MLS history.• Peter Vermes is in his sixth season as manager, second longest in club

history behind Bob Gansler. Vermes’ winning percentage (.568) is best for Sporting KC all-time.

• Graham Zusi’s 480 career corner kicks taken in the MLS regular season are most all-time for Sporting KC.

• Graham Zusi is in third place on Sporting KC’s all-time assist chart with 36.• Aurelien Collin is second in club history for most MLS goals scored by a

defender with 15, two shy of Jimmy Conrad (17).• Matt Besler is in ninth place on the club’s all-time chart for games started

with 136.• On July 26, Andy Gruenebaum became the second goalkeeper in MLS

history to earn regulation wins in each of his first four regular season appearances for a new club.

• Dom Dwyer’s 16 MLS goals in 2014 rank second on the club’s single-season goal scoring chart.

• During the 2014 MLS regular season, 30 different players have featured for Sporting KC and 29 have started, both club records and 2014 MLS highs.

• On Aug. 16, Jon Kempin became the youngest goalkeeper to start an MLS match for Sporting KC in club history (21 years, 131 days).

• On Aug. 16, Dom Dwyer became the first player in Sporting KC history to record two penalty kick goals in the same game.

• Should Graham Zusi play on Saturday, it will be his 150th MLS appearance for Sporting KC (including postseason).

Besler and Zusi sign Designated Player contracts with Sporting KC

Sporting KC signed defender Matt Besler and midfielder Graham Zusi to long-term Designated Player contracts on July 19. Per club policy, additional terms of the agreements will not be disclosed.

An Overland Park native, Besler became the first player from the state of Kansas to play in a FIFA World Cup when he started all four matches for the United States in Brazil this summer. The 27-year-old centerback debuted for the U.S. in January 2013 and has 21 career international appearances, including all three knockout round games en route to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup title.

Besler was named captain of the reigning MLS Cup champions prior to the 2014 season and was recognized as the Kansas City Sports Commission Sportsman of the Year in April. Besler has made 150 MLS appearances (including postseason) with two goals and seven assists since being drafted by Kansas City in the first round of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of Notre Dame.

Zusi is also coming off a strong performance at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He appeared in all four games for head coach Jurgen Klinsmann and contributed assists in back-to-back group stage games against Ghana and Portugal. The 27-year-old has earned 27 career international appearances with three goals and six assists in a U.S. Men’s National Team jersey.

Taken in the second round of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft as a two-time national champion at the University of Maryland, Zusi has recorded 20 goals and 40 assists in 148 MLS matches (including postseason) over six professional seasons with Sporting KC.

Sporting KC Designated Players all-time

• Graham Zusi (2014 - )• Matt Besler (2014 - )• Claudio Bieler (2013 - )• Jeferson (2011)• Omar Bravo (2011)• Claudio Lopez (2008)

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The teams last met in the MLS regular season on May 31, 2014 at RFK Stadium. D.C. United defeated Sporting KC 1-0 as Fabian Espindola netted the game-winner in the 28th minute. The visitors outshot D.C. 16-7, but Bill Hamid made five saves to keep Peter Vermes’ men off the scoresheet. Following the defeat, Sporting KC would go undefeated in their next eight MLS matches before losing to the Vancouver Whitecaps on Aug. 10.

Saturday is the second of three meetings between the sides this season. The MLS champions make another trip to RFK Stadium on Oct. 3.

• Sporting KC (2012) and D.C. United (2013) are the last two winners of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

• Davy Arnaud played for Kansas City from 2002-2011, scoring 47 goals and adding 36 assists in 255 MLS appearances for the club, including playoffs.

• Eddie Johnson played for Kansas City from 2006-2007, scoring 17 goals in 46 MLS appearances for the club, including playoffs.

• C.J. Sapong and Bill Hamid both made their international debuts for the U.S. Men’s National Team on January 21, 2012 in a friendly match vs. Venezuela.

• Nana Attakora has been teammates with three Sporting KC players: Paulo Nagamura (Toronto FC in 2007), Jacob Peterson (Toronto FC from 2010-2011) and Ike Opara (San Jose Earthquakes in 2011).

• Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus, 2008-2011) and Chris Rolfe (Aalborg BK, 2010-2012) both played professionally in the Danish Superliga.

• Claudio Bieler (2005-2012) and Fabian Espindola (2005-2007) both played professionally in the Argentinian Primera Division and the Ecuadorian Seria A.

• Toni Dovale (2009-2014) and Cristian Fernandez (2007-2013) both played professionally in the Spanish La Liga and Segunda Division.

• In 2011, Lewis Neal and Lawrence Olum were teammates at Orlando City SC, Sporting KC’s current USL Pro affiliate.

• Graham Zusi and Casey Townsend were teammates on the 2008 NCAA Division I Championship team at the University of Maryland.

Kempin continues strong month of August

In the last three weeks, homegrown goalkeeper Jon Kempin has earned MVP honors of the inaugural MLS Homegrown Game, made his League debut, become Sporting KC’s youngest ever starting keeper and posted two Save of the Week nominations.

Kempin, the club’s first Homegrown player upon signing in 2010 at age 17, made his MLS debut in the second half of Sporting KC’s 2-0 loss at the Vancouver Whitecaps on Aug. 10. Replacing the injured Andy Gruenebaum at halftime, he marked his first League appearance with a penalty kick save – and MLS Save of the Week winner – against Darren Mattocks in the 84th minute. The Leawood, Kansas native followed up with another Save of the Week nominee in a 4-1 win over Toronto FC on Aug. 16, denying Gilberto in the 51st minute with Sporting KC up a goal. In his CONCACAF Champions League debut on Tuesday, Kempin made a pivotal save in the 81st minute to keep his team level with Real Esteli as the match ended 1-1.

With Gruenebaum’s status day-to-day (shoulder muscle strain) and first-string keeper Eric Kronberg still out (hand fracture), Kempin assumes the role of Sporting KC’s No. 1 keeper. The fifth-year professional most recently joined the United States U-21 Men’s National Team in April and has also trained with the U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team.

Injuries and international duty test Sporting KC’s depth

Through 24 games in the 2014 MLS regular season, Sporting KC has featured 24 different starting lineups. Peter Vermes’ lineup selection has been complicated by several factors throughout the year. In March, the club had to balance multiple competitions during the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. In May, schedule congestion came to the forefront with seven MLS games during the month. More recently, goalkeepers Eric Kronberg and Andy Gruenebaum suffered injuries, giving Jon Kempin his first MLS start for the club.

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

As a result, 29 different players have started an MLS match for the club this season, a team record and most in the League. Of those 29 players, 12 were 23 years of age or younger at the start of the season. The club’s defense has been stretched most of all, with eight different players featuring in the centerback position during the 2014 campaign. Overall, 30 players have appeared for the club in an MLS match this year, most among all teams.

Gruenebaum makes history as Sporting KC’s starting goalkeeper

Goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum became just the second goalkeeper in MLS history (Jorge Campos, 1996 LA Galaxy) to earn regulation wins in each of his first four regulation appearances for a new club. He has a 4-1-1 record since replacing injured Eric Kronberg on July 12.

Gruenebaum began his 2014 MLS campaign with a 2-1 win at Montreal, then notched three more 2-1 victories against the Columbus Crew (July 16), LA Galaxy (July 19) and Toronto FC (July 26) as Sporting KC surged atop the Eastern Conference standings. The Overland Park, Kansas native previously made 82 MLS appearances for the Crew (including postseason) from 2006-2013.

League pool goalkeeper Tim Melia joins Sporting KC

Sporting KC announced on Aug. 13 that League pool goalkeeper Tim Melia has joined the club. A five-year veteran of MLS, Melia played two seasons with Real Salt Lake (2010-2011) before signing with Chivas USA (2012-2014). Over that span, the 28-year-old made six MLS appearances while also playing on loan for the Charleston Battery and FC New York.

Melia arrives in Kansas City due to injuries to Eric Kronberg and Andy Gruenebaum. Kronberg fractured the fourth metacarpal bone on his left hand in July and is in the midst of an eight-week recovery, while Gruenebaum strained his supraspinatus in the team’s most recent match and is day-to-day.

Dominance over D.C. at home

Sporting KC is 4-0-0 all-time against D.C. United at Sporting Park and has not lost to the four-time MLS champions at home since July 4, 2007 at Arrowhead Stadium, a streak spanning nine games (6-0-3). D.C. has scored a single goal in 360 minutes at Sporting Park.

Dwyer chasing club’s single season scoring record

Forward Dom Dwyer is second in MLS with 16 goals and has climbed into second place on the club’s all-time single season scoring chart. With 10 matches remaining, he needs three more goals to pass Preki’s single season record of 18 set in 1996.

Both of Dwyer’s goals against Toronto FC on Aug. 16 came from the penalty spot, where he is now six-for-six on the season after becoming the first player in club history to successfully convert two penalty kicks in an MLS match. Dwyer’s six successful penalties are now second most in team history and fourth most in a single-season by an MLS player all-time.

The brace against Toronto was Dwyer’s fifth of the season, most in MLS this year and third on the club’s career charts. Remarkably, all five of those multi-goal games have come against Canadian opposition (three vs. Montreal, two vs. Toronto). Only six MLS players have recorded more multi-goal games in a season over the League’s 19-year history.

In a victory at Montreal on July 12, Dwyer became one of only 10 players in MLS history to score six or more regular season goals against the same opponent in a single year and the first to do so in the League’s expansion era (2005-present).

Spot on for Sporting KC

The six consecutive penalty kick conversions by Dom Dwyer in 2014 continues a recent trend for the MLS champions from the penalty spot. The club has now scored on 13 straight attempts dating back to 2012 -- the longest active streak in MLS -- and has proven successful on 26 of their last 27 penalty kicks dating back to 2007. In addition, the club secured the 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup in penalty shootout wins.

Sporting KC kicks off 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League campaign

Sporting KC battled to a 1-1 draw against Real Esteli FC on Tuesday in their opening game of the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League at Estadio Independencia in Esteli, Nicaragua.

After conceding in the sixth minute, Sporting KC leveled the score 10 minutes later with a perfectly placed free kick from Antonio Dovale in his CCL debut. Real Esteli FC now leads Group 2 with two points from back-to-back home draws while Sporting KC and Costa Rican club Deportivo Saprissa share second place in the standings with a point apiece.

The defending MLS Cup champions will now return home for back-to-back CCL matches at Sporting Park, hosting Saprissa on Thursday, Sept. 18 and Esteli on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Both matches will kick off at 7 p.m. CT. Sporting KC will conclude the group stage on Thursday, Oct. 23 at Saprissa.

Esteli and Saprissa kicked off Group 2 action on Aug. 6, battling to a 1-1 draw in Nicaragua. The team with the most points at the conclusion of the CCL group stage will advance to the quarterfinal round in early 2015. Sporting KC advanced to the 2013-14 quarterfinals in March against Mexican club and eventual champion Cruz Azul, losing 5-2 on aggregate.

Deportivo Saprissa has won three CONCACAF Champions Cup titles (1993, 1995 and 2005) and features Yeltsin Tejeda, who helped Costa Rica advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals. In May, Saprissa won their 30th league title in the Torneo de Verano final to become the most successful club in the history of the Costa Rican Primera Division. Real Esteli, the defending Clausura and Apertura champions in their domestic league, are the only Nicaraguan side to have participated in the competition and have qualified every year since the 2008-09 edition.

SPORTING KC NEwS & NOTES (CONTINUED)


Sporting Park sellout streak

Sporting Park has sold out 48 straight MLS matches, including four playoff games. The last time Sporting KC didn’t play in front of a sellout was March 25, 2012. Since opening in June 2011, the venue has sold out 61 of 69 MLS games and averaged 19,310 spectators, 104.6 percent of its 18,467 capacity.

Through 12 MLS matches of the 2014 home campaign, Sporting Park’s average attendance is 20,176. The stadium’s 109.3 percent capacity this season ranks first in the League (excluding CenturyLink Field in Seattle, where official capacity is 38,500 but expands to 67,000 for select matches).

Paying the penalty

Sporting KC has earned and conceded six penalty kicks each through 24 matches this year, both tied for second most in the club’s single season history. This follows a League-wide trend, as referees have pointed to the spot at an increased rate in 2014. As of Aug. 21, 103 penalty kicks have been awarded through 221 games (0.47 per game). The whole 2013 regular season had 81 penalties (0.25 per game), while the 2012 campaign had 72 penalties (0.22 per game).

Strength in defense

Sporting KC leads MLS with just 23 goals allowed and a 0.96 goals against average, while Saturday night’s opponent D.C. United ranks second with 26 goals conceded and a 1.13 GAA. Furthermore, no team has conceded fewer first half goals than Sporting KC’s nine -- including just two in 12 games at Sporting Park.

Besler, Collin, Dwyer and Zusi feature in MLS All-Star victory

Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Dom Dwyer and Graham Zusi saw action in the 2014 MLS All-Star game on Aug. 6 as the MLS All-Stars defeated FC Bayern Munich 2-1 at Providence Park in Portland.

Besler, Collin and Zusi started and played 45 minutes before exiting at halftime, while Dwyer entered the fray in the 71st minute. The reigning German Bundesliga and FIFA Club World Cup champions went ahead early through Robert Lewandowski’s impressive half volley, but New York Red Bulls striker Bradley Wright Phillips equalized with a spectacular long range effort shortly after the break. Fourteen-time MLS All-Star Landon Donovan struck the 70th-minute game-winner and earned match MVP honors.

Besler has twice collected MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) honors and is a three-time MLS All-Star (2011, 2013, 2014). He was awarded MLS Defender of the Year in 2012 before being named a finalist again in 2013. Besler was Sporting KC’s Defensive Player of the Year each of the past three seasons.

Collin earned MLS All-Star honors for a third consecutive year after signing with Sporting KC in April 2011. The 28-year-old centerback was a member of the MLS Best XI each of the last two seasons and was a Defender of the Year finalist in 2012. His 15 goals are most among defenders in MLS competition since 2011.

Zusi, an MLS Best XI selection in 2012 and 2013, was also an All-Star for the third straight season. In 2013, Zusi was nominated for Best MLS Player at the ESPYS and was the top rated midfielder in the MLS Castrol Index. He has been voted Sporting KC’s Most Valuable Player each of the last two years.

Sporting KC a consistent contender in MLS

Since the beginning of 2011, Sporting KC has the best aggregate regular season record and the best road record of all MLS teams. During this time period, Sporting KC has won two major trophies -- the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the 2013 MLS Cup -- and is the only club with multiple conference regular season titles (2011, 2012).

MLS regular season records since 2011Club Record win pct. 1. Sporting KC 60-32-34 .611 2. LA Galaxy 60-33-31 .609 3. Seattle Sounders 61-34-30 .608 4. Real Salt Lake 59-36-31 .591 5. NY Red Bulls 49-33-43 .564

MLS regular season road records since 2011Club Record win pct. 1. Sporting KC 27-21-15 .548 2. Seattle Sounders 23-21-18 .516 3. LA Galaxy 21-24-18 .476 4. Real Salt Lake 21-25-16 .468 5. NY Red Bulls 15-24-25 .430

Among MLS leaders

• Sporting KC ranks first with 23 goals allowed and a 0.96 goals against average.

• Sporting KC ranks first in road wins (seven) and is tied for the fewest home losses (one)

• Sporting KC ranks first in fewest shots faced (235) and fewest shots faced on target (85).

• Sporting KC ranks first in average possession (56.6%)

• Sporting KC ranks first in successful crosses/corners (135) and first in crossing accuracy from open play (27.5%)

• Sporting KC ranks first in chances created from set plays (54), 13 more than any other team

• Sporting KC ranks first in fouls committed (358) and third in fouls suffered (359)

• Sporting KC ranks tied for second with 11 goals in the 76th minute or later

• Dom Dwyer ranks second in goals (16), third in shots (80), first in multi-goal games (five), and tied for first in game-winning goals (five)

• Benny Feilhaber ranks second in fouls suffered (58)

• Eric Kronberg ranks first in goals against average (0.88) and tied for first in shutouts (seven) among keepers with at least 400 minutes played



MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week • Week 2 - Aurelien Collin• Week 4 - Graham Zusi• Week 7 - Aurelien Collin, Dom Dwyer• Week 9 - Matt Besler, Graham Zusi• Week 10 - Oriol Rosell, Dom Dwyer• Week 11 - Dom Dwyer• Week 14 - Kevin Ellis• Week 16 - Kevin Ellis• Week 18 - Matt Besler• Week 19 - Benny Feilhaber, Igor Juliao• Week 20 - Benny Feilhaber• Week 21 - Graham Zusi• Week 23 - Seth Sinovic

MLS Player of the Week• Week 4 - Graham Zusi• Week 19 - Benny Feilhaber

MLS Player of the Month• May - Dom Dwyer• June - Eric Kronberg• July - Benn Feilhaber

MLS Goal of the Week• Week 4 - Dom Dwyer• Week 20 - Graham Zusi

MLS Save of the Week• Week 9 - Eric Kronberg• Week 22 - Jon Kempin



Players In Players OutSal Zizzo (trade) Jimmy Nielsen (retired)

Andy Gruenebaum (trade) Kyle Miller (waived)

Alex Martinez (SuperDraft) Brendan Ruiz (waived)

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

Victor Munoz (signing) Teal Bunbury (trade)

Igor Juliao (loan) Josh Gardner (waived)

Michael Kafari (signing) Mechack Jerome (waived)

Jorge Claros (signing) Oriol Rosell (transfer)

Martin Steuble (signing) Alex Martinez (waived)

Peterson Joseph (out of contract)

Dec. 8: Goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen announces his retirementDec. 13: Sporting KC acquires midfielder Sal Zizzo through trade with PortlandDec. 16: Sporting KC trades for goalkeeper Andy GruenebaumDec. 20: Sporting KC signs goalkeeper Eric Kronberg to new contractJan. 1: Defender Federico Bessone out of contract and will not returnJan. 17: Sporting KC drafts forward Adnan Gabeljic in MLS SuperDraftJan. 21: Sporting KC drafts forward Reinaldo Brenes, midfielder Alex Martinez and defender Peter SchmetzJan. 30: Sporting KC signs defender Chance Myers to new contractFeb. 19: Sporting KC trades forward Teal Bunbury to New England RevolutionMarch 4: Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection Alex MartinezMarch 11: Sporting KC signs Spanish midfielder Antonio DovaleMarch 17: Sporting KC loans three players (Christian Duke, Jon Kempin and Mikey Lopez) to USL PRO affiliatesMarch 25: Sporting KC waives defender Josh GardnerMarch 31: Sporting KC waives defender Mechack JeromeApril 1: Sporting KC signs midfielder Victor MunozApril 4: Sporting KC signs defender Igor JuliaoApril 21: Sporting KC loans defender Kevin Ellis to OKC Energy FCMay 16: Sporting KC recalls defender Kevin Ellis from OKC Energy FCJune 3: Sporting KC transfers midfielder Oriol Rosell to Sporting CPJune 4: Sporting KC recalls midfielder Mikey Lopez from Orlando City SC and loans him to OKC Energy FCJune 30: Sporting KC waives midfielder Alex Martinez and recalls midfielder Mikey Lopez from OKC Energy FCJuly 8: Sporting KC signs midfielder Michael KafariJuly 9: Sporting KC recalls goalkeeper Jon Kempin from OKC Energy FC and loans midfielder Jimmy Medranda to OKC Energy FCJuly 16: Sporting KC signs midfielders Jorge Claros and Martin SteubleAug. 11: Sporting KC and midfielder Peterson Joseph mutually agree to terminate contract

Year MLS SuperDraft MLS Supplemental Draft

Signings Trades homegrown Players MLS Lottery Draft

2006 Eric Kronberg (40th)

2007

2008 Chance Myers (1st)

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

2010 Jon Kempin (Aug. 31)

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

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

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

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

2013 Mikey Lopez (14th) Christian Duke (14th) Claudio Bieler (Dec. 18)Jimmy Medranda (Aug. 9)

Ike Opara (Dec. 12)Benny Feilhaber (Dec. 11)

Erik Palmer-Brown (Aug. 2)

2014 Antonio Dovale (Mar. 11)Victor Munoz (Apr. 1)Igor Juliao (Apr. 4)Michael Kafari (July 9)Jorge Claros (July 16)Martin Steuble (July 16)

Sal Zizzo (Dec. 13)Andy Gruenebaum (Dec. 16)

TRANSACTION TIMELINE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER

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ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

D.C. UNITEDCategory 1 2 OT Tot.Goals 32 30 1 63 Shots 259 278 6 543 Shots on Goal 127 120 3 250Fouls 365 324 9 698Offsides 62 68 1 131Corner Kicks 107 146 2 255

Category 1 2 OT Tot. Goals 38 34 1 73Shots 287 316 2 605Shots on Goal 130 129 2 261Fouls 301 315 3 619Offsides 79 80 2 161 Corner Kicks 109 110 0 219

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS


Sporting KC record vs. D.C. United: 20-19-10Home games: 14-6-5 (47 GF, 28 GA)Road games: 6-13-5 (26 GF, 35 GA)

Date Score Result Location06/20/1996 KC 5 vs DC 1 W Arrowhead Stadium07/31/1996 KC 3 at DC 2 W RFK Stadium08/04/1996 KC 4 at DC 2 W RFK Stadium06/21/1997 KC 6 vs DC 1 W Arrowhead Stadium07/19/1997 KC 3 vs DC 2 W Arrowhead Stadium08/31/1997 KC 0 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium03/21/1998 KC 2 at DC 3 L RFK Stadium08/26/1998 KC 1 vs DC 2 L Arrowhead Stadium05/15/1999 KC 3 vs DC 3 L (SO) Arrowhead Stadium06/26/1999 KC 0 at DC 3 L RFK Stadium05/17/2000 KC 2 vs DC 0 W Arrowhead Stadium06/10/2000 KC 0 at DC 0 T RFK Stadium04/07/2001 KC 2 at DC 3 L RFK Stadium06/16/2001 KC 0 vs DC 3 L Arrowhead Stadium04/20/2002 KC 1 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium06/15/2002 KC 2 vs DC 0 W Arrowhead Stadium07/04/2002 KC 2 vs DC 1 W Arrowhead Stadium08/10/2002 KC 0 at DC 0 T RFK Stadium04/12/2003 KC 3 vs DC 2 W Arrowhead Stadium05/17/2003 KC 1 at DC 1 T RFK Stadium10/25/2003 KC 1 at DC 1 T RFK Stadium05/15/2004 KC 0 at DC 1 L RFK Stadium07/10/2004 KC 1 vs DC 0 W Arrowhead Stadium04/30/2005 KC 0 vs DC 0 T Arrowhead Stadium05/21/2005 KC 2 at DC 3 L RFK Stadium07/09/2005 KC 1 at DC 0 W RFK Stadium07/20/2005 KC 1 vs DC 1 T Arrowhead Stadium05/13/2006 KC 1 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium05/27/2006 KC 1 vs DC 3 L Arrowhead Stadium06/24/2006 KC 0 at DC 1 L RFK Stadium06/28/2006 KC 2 vs DC 3 L Arrowhead Stadium04/14/2007 KC 4 at DC 2 W RFK Stadium07/04/2007 KC 0 vs DC 1 L Arrowhead Stadium10/05/2007 KC 1 vs DC 1 T Arrowhead Stadium03/29/2008 KC 2 vs DC 0 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark08/02/2008 KC 0 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium05/06/2009 KC 1 vs DC 1 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark09/09/2009 KC 0 at DC 1 L RFK Stadium10/24/2009 KC 2 vs DC 2 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark03/27/2010 KC 4 vs DC 0 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark05/05/2010 KC 1 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium08/21/2011 KC 1 vs DC 0 W Sporting Park10/22/2011 KC 1 at DC 0 W RFK Stadium03/10/2012 KC 1 at DC 0 W RFK Stadium08/11/2012 KC 2 vs DC 1 W Sporting Park04/05/2013 KC 1 vs DC 0 W Sporting Park05/19/2013 KC 1 at DC 1 T RFK Stadium10/18/2013 KC 1 vs DC 0 W Sporting Park05/31/2014 KC 0 at DC 1 L RFK Stadium

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot.KC 12 17 9 13 11 10 1 73DC 7 12 13 10 13 7 1 63

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME hIGhS

GOALSASSISTSShOTS

ShOTS ON GOALfOULS COMMITTEDfOULS SUffERED

SAvESGOALS ALLOwED

2 five players tied3 Chung/Preki7 Kei Kamara4 Smith/Takawira7 Fabbro/Zotinca6 five players tied

9 Garth Lagerwey3 eight players tied

six players tied 2 three players tied 2

Dwayne De Rosario 9Luciano Emilio 5

three players tied 7 Etcheverry/Olsen 6

Troy Perkins 9Jeff Causey 6

Jaime Moreno 8Jaime Moreno 8

Jaime Moreno 37Jaime Moreno 22

Richie Williams 32Jaime Moreno 57

Troy Perkins 5Bill Hamid 5

Nick Rimando 3Troy Perkins 47Troy Perkins 14

GOALSASSISTSShOTS

ShOTS ON GOALfOULS COMMITTED

fOULS SUffERED

wINSLOSSES

ShUTOUTS SAvES

GOALS ALLOwED

9 Preki10 Preki51 Preki25 Preki33 Kerry Zavagnin45 Davy Arnaud

7 Jimmy Nielsen5 Bo Oshoniyi6 Jimmy Nielsen44 Tony Meola13 Bo Oshoniyi


ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERvAL



1 - Aurelien Collin (Feilhaber), March 15, vs FC Dallas, 81*2 - Dom Dwyer, March 22, vs San Jose Earthquakes, 57^ 3 - Graham Zusi (Zizzo, Nagamura), March 29, at Colorado Rapids, 50 4 - Benny Feilhaber (Zusi, Zizzo), March 29, at Colorado Rapids, 79 5 - Dom Dwyer (Zusi), March 29, at Colorado Rapids, 926 - Callum Mallace (own goal), April 19, vs Montreal Impact, 31~#7 - Aurelien Collin (Olum), April 26, vs Montreal Impact, 718 - Dom Dwyer (Peterson), April 19, vs Montreal Impact, 749 - Dom Dwyer (Zusi), April 19, vs Montreal Impact, 8610 - Jacob Peterson, May 4, vs Columbus Crew, 1011 - Claudio Bieler (Zusi), May 4, vs Columbus Crew, 9512 - Dom Dwyer, May 10, at Montreal Impact, 18^13 - Paulo Nagamura (Myers), May 10, at Montreal Impact, 3414 - Dom Dwyer (Dovale), May 10, at Montreal Impact, 6415 - Dom Dwyer (Nagamura), May 14, vs Philadelphia Union, 8016 - Dom Dwyer (Feilhaber), May 18, at Chicago Fire, 68+17 - Dom Dwyer (Zizzo), May 23, vs Toronto FC, 4718 - Dom Dwyer, May 23, vs Toronto FC, 84^19 - Antonio Dovale, May 27, vs New York Red Bulls, 920 - Soony Saad (Feilhaber), June 6, at Houston Dynamo, 4521 - Dom Dwyer, June 6, at Houston Dynamo, 70^22 - Lawrence Olum, June 27 (Sinovic, Ellis), at Portland Timbers, 24#23 - Dom Dwyer, July 6, vs Chicago Fire, 3324 - Dom Dwyer (Besler), July 12, at Montreal Impact, 4#25 - Dom Dwyer, July 12, at Montreal Impact, 8926 - C.J. Sapong (Feilhaber), July 16, at Columbus Crew, 42*27 - Benny Feilhaber (Juliao, Peterson), July 16, at Columbus Crew, 9328 - Benny Feilhaber, July 19, vs LA Galaxy, 11+29 - Lawrence Olum, July 19, vs LA Galaxy, 61

30 - Graham Zusi, July 26, at Toronto FC, 4831 - Jacob Peterson (Dwyer), July 26, at Toronto FC, 8032 - Graham Zusi (Dovale), Aug. 1, vs Philadelphia Union, 5433 - Dom Dwyer, Aug. 16, vs Toronto FC, 18^34 - Dom Dwyer, Aug. 16, vs Toronto FC, 33^35 - Soony Saad, Aug. 16, vs Toronto FC, 6436 - C.J. Sapong (Saad, Zusi), Aug. 16, vs Toronto 77*

+ free Kick* Corner Kick^ Penalty Kick# Throw-in~ Own Goal

Penalty kicks:

2, 12, 18, 21, 33, 34


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SPORTING KC 2014 MLS REGULAR SEASON SChEDULE

DATE OPPONENT COMPETITION RESULT/TIME SCORERS/Tv Saturday, March 8 at Seattle Sounders FC MLS Regular Season L 1-0 ---

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 CRUZ AZUL CCL Quartefinals (1st leg) W 1-0 Ellis 17

SATURDAY, MARCH 15 FC DALLAS MLS Regular Season T 1-1 Collin 81

Wednesday, March 19 at Cruz Azul CCL Quarterfinals (2nd leg) L 5-1 Feilhaber 43

SATURDAY, MARCH 22 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES MLS Regular Season W 1-0 Dwyer 57

Saturday, March 29 at Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season W 3-2 Zusi 48, Feilhaber 79, Dwyer 92+

SATURDAY, APRIL 5 REAL SALT LAKE MLS Regular Season T 0-0 ---

SATURDAY, APRIL 19 MONTREAL IMPACT MLS Regular Season W 4-0 Own goal 31, Collin 71, Dwyer 74, 86

Saturday, April 26 at New England Revolution MLS Regular Season L 2-0 ---

SUNDAY, MAY 4 COLUMBUS CREW MLS Regular Season W 2-0 Peterson 10, Bieler 95+

Saturday, May 10 at Montreal Impact MLS Regular Season W 3-0 Dwyer 18, 64, Nagamura 34

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 PHILADELPHIA UNION MLS Regular Season L 2-1 Dwyer 80

Sunday, May 18 at Chicago Fire MLS Regular Season L 2-1 Dwyer 68

FRIDAY, MAY 23 TORONTO FC MLS Regular Season T 2-2 Dwyer 47, 84

TUESDAY, MAY 27 NEW YORK RED BULLS MLS Regular Season T 1-1 Dovale 9

Saturday, May 31 at D.C. United MLS Regular Season L 1-0 ---

Friday, June 6 at Houston Dynamo MLS Regular Season W 2-0 Saad 45, Dwyer 70

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 MINNESOTA UNITED FC U.S. Open Cup (3rd Round) W 2-0 Saad 76, Martinez 87

TUESDAY, JUNE 24 PORTLAND TIMBERS U.S. Open Cup (4th Round) L 3-1 Saad 73

Friday, June 27 at Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season W 1-0 Olum 24

SUNDAY, JULY 6 CHICAGO FIRE MLS Regular Season T 1-1 Dwyer 33

Saturday, July 12 at Montreal Impact MLS Regular Season W 2-1 Dwyer 4, 89

Wednesday, July 16 at Columbus Crew MLS Regular Season W 2-1 Sapong 42, Feilhaber 93+

SATURDAY, JULY 19 LA GALAXY MLS Regular Season W 2-1 Feilhaber 11, Olum 61

Saturday, July 26 at Toronto FC MLS Regular Season W 2-1 Zusi 48, Peterson 80

FRIDAY, AUG. 1 PHILADELPHIA UNION MLS Regular Season T 1-1 Zusi 54

Sunday, Aug. 10 at Vancouver Whitecaps MLS Regular Season L 2-0 ---

SATURDAY, AUG. 16 TORONTO FC MLS Regular Season W 4-1 Dwyer 18, 33, Saad 64, Sapong 77

Tuesday, Aug. 19 at Real Esteli CCL Group Stage T 1-1 Dovale 16

SATURDAY, AUG. 23 D.C. UNITED MLS Regular Season 7:30 p.m. KMCI-TV, SKCTV

FRIDAY, AUG. 29 HOUSTON DYNAMO MLS Regular Season 7 p.m. NBC Sports Network

Wednesday, Sept. 3 at New England Revolution MLS Regular Season 6:30 p.m. KMCI-TV, SKCTV

Saturday, Sept. 6 at New York Red Bulls MLS Regular Season 6:30 p.m. NBC Sports Network

Friday, Sept. 12 at Chivas USA MLS Regular Season 9:30 p.m. KMCI-TV, SKCTV

THURSDAY, SEPT. 18 DEPORTIVO SAPRISSA CCL Group Stage 7 p.m. Fox Sports 1, Univision Deportes

TUESDAY, SEPT. 23 REAL ESTELI CCL Group Stage 7 p.m. Fox Sports 1, Univision Deportes

FRIDAY, SEPT. 26 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION MLS Regular Season 7 p.m. NBC Sports Network

Friday, Oct. 3 at D.C. United MLS Regular Season 7 p.m. NBC Sports Network

FRIDAY, OCT. 10 CHICAGO FIRE MLS Regular Season 7:30 p.m. KMCI-TV, SKCTV

Saturday, Oct. 18 at Philadelphia Union MLS Regular Season 6 p.m. KMCI-TV, SKCTV

Thursday, Oct. 23 at Deportivo Saprissa CCL Group Stage 9 p.m. Fox Soccer Plus

SUNDAY, OCT. 26 NEW YORK RED BULLS MLS Regular Season 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Sporting KC at Seattle Sounders - March 8, 2014CenturyLink Field | Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 39,240Weather: 50 degrees and rain

1 2 FSporting Kansas City (0-1-0, 0 pts) 0 0 0Seattle Sounders FC (1-0-0, 3 pts) 0 1 1

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Josh Gardner (Mechack Jerome 92+), Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (Ike Opara 93+), Graham Zusi; Jacob Peterson (Sal Zizzo 58), Dom Dwyer, C.J. Sapong

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Claudio Bieler, Jimmy Medranda, Oriol Rosell

Seattle Sounders FC: Stefan Frei; DeAndre Yedlin, Chad Marshall, Djimi Traore, Dylan Remick; Marco Pappa (Clint Dempsey 57), Osvaldo Alonso, Brad Evans (C), Lamar Neagle (Sean Okoli 86); Kenny Cooper (Chad Barrett 78), Obafemi Martins

Subs Not Used: Marcus Hahnemann, Jalil Anibaba, Andy Rose, Zach Scott

Stats SKC SEAShots (on goal) 9 (3) 14 (5)Saves 4 3Fouls 25 15Offside 1 1Corner Kicks 7 5

Scoring Summary:SEA -- Chad Barrett 1 (Clint Dempsey 1) 94+

Discipline Summary:SKC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless tackle) 16SEA -- Kenny Cooper (caution; reckless foul) 34SEA - Osvaldo Alonso (caution; tactical foul) 44SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; persistent infringement) 46SKC -- C.J. Sapong (caution; delaying a restart) 83

Referee: Alan KellyAsst. Ref.: Dimitar ChadaravAsst. Ref.: Kyle Longville4th Official: William Niccolla

Sporting KC vs FC Dallas - March 15, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 19,431 (37th straight sellout)Weather: 67 degrees and mostly cloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (0-1-1, 1 pt) 0 1 1FC Dallas (1-0-1, 4 pts) 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Jimmy Medranda (Alex Martinez 75), Benny Feilha-ber; C.J. Sapong (Jacob Peterson 46), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 77), Sal Zizzo

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Kevin Ellis, Lawrence Olum, Ike Opara

FC Dallas: Chris Seitz, Kellyn Acosta (Andres Escobar 61), Stephen Keel, Matt Hedges (C), Jair Benitez, Andrew Jacobson, Adam Moffat (Michel 87), Mauro Diaz (David Texeira 78), Fabian Castillo, Je-Vaughn Watson, Blas Perez

Subs Not Used: Peter Luccin, Hendry Thomas, Richard Sanchez, Nicholas Walker

Stats SKC DALShots (on goal) 18 (8) 7 (1)Saves 0 5Fouls 15 19Offside 0 5Corner Kicks 12 2

Misconduct Summary:DAL -- Adam Moffat (caution; reckless foul) 28DAL -- Stephen Keel (caution; reckless tackle) 30DAL - Je-Vaughn Watson (caution; reckless tackle) 88

Scoring Summary:SKC - Aurelien Collin 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 81DAL - Matt Hedges 1 (Michel 1) 90

Referee: Abiodun OkulajaAsst. Ref.: Eric WeisbrodAsst. Ref.: Nikola Aleksic4th Official: Leszek Stalmach

Sporting KC vs San Jose Earthquakes - March 22, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 19,368 (38th straight MLS sell out)Weather: 41 degrees and partly cloudy

1 2 FSporting Kansas City (1-1-1, 4 pts) 0 1 1San Jose Earthquakes (0-1-1, 1 pt) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin, Ike Opara, Seth Si-novic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (C.J. Sapong 75), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (C)

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Matt Besler, Jacob Peterson, Alex Martinez, Antonio Dovale, Claudio Bieler

San Jose Earthquakes: Jon Busch, Shaun Francis, Victor Bernardez, Clarence Goodson, Cordell Cato, Shea Salinas, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, Sam Cronin (J.J. Koval 46), Atiba Harris (Alan Gordon 76), Steven Lenhart, Chris Wondolowski (C)

Subs Not Used: Ty Harden, David Bingham, Khari Stephenson, Billy Schuler, Adam Jahn

Stats SKC SJShots (on goal) 17 (4) 5 (1)Saves 1 2Fouls 17 20Offside 3 1Corner Kicks 8 1

Misconduct Summary:SJ - Victor Bernardez (caution; tactical foul) 9SJ - Steven Lenhart (caution; reckless foul) 39SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 42SJ -- Clarence Goodson (caution; dissent) 57SJ -- Shaun Francis (caution; tactical foul) 66SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; simulation) 81SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; delaying a restart) 83

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer 1 (penalty kick) 57

Referee: Ricardo SalazarAsst. Ref.: Peter ManikowskiAsst. Ref.: Chris Strickland4th Official: Sorin Stoica


SPORTING KC 2014 MLS BOx SCORES

Sporting KC at Colorado Rapids - March 29, 2014Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, Colorado

Attendance: 12,203Weather: 64 degrees and partly cloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (2-1-1, 7 pts) 0 3 3Colorado Rapids (1-1-1, 4 pts) 0 2 2 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Kevin Ellis, Ike Opara (Aurelien Collin 61), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 61), Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 83), Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Jimmy Medranda, Antonio Dovale, Jacob Peterson

Colorado Rapids: John Berner; Shane O’Neill, Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor (C), Marc Burch (Nathan Sturgis 62); Jared Watts, Nick LaBrocca; Vicente Sanchez (Marlon Hair-ston 88), Dillon Powers, Deshorn Brown; Edson Buddle (Gabriel Torres 82)

Subs Not Used: Clint Irwin, Kamani Hill, Marvin Chavez, Grant Van De Casteele

Stats SKC COLShots (on goal) 12 (4) 9 (6)Saves 1 3Fouls 16 15Offside 1 5Corner Kicks 4 5

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; tactical foul) 29COL -- Marvell Wynne (caution; reckless foul) 43SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; tactical foul) 72COL -- Marvell Wynne (caution; reckless foul) 85COL -- Marvell Wynne (ejection; second caution) 85COL -- Nick LaBrocca (caution; reckless foul) 89COL -- Nathan Sturgis (caution; reckless foul) 93+

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Graham Zusi 1 (Sal Zizzo 1, Paulo Nagamura 1) 50COL -- Vicente Sanchez 3 (penalty kick) 60COL -- Vicente Sanchez 4 (penalty kick) 78SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 1 (Sal Zizzo 2, Graham Zusi 1) 79SKC -- Dom Dwyer 2 (Graham Zusi 2) 92+

Referee: Jose Carlos RiveroAsst. Ref.: Greg BarkeyAsst. Ref.: Brian Dunn4th Official: Jorge Gonzalez

Sporting KC vs Real Salt Lake - April 5, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 19,838 (39th straight sell out)Weather: 56 degrees and partly cloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (2-1-2, 8 pts) 0 0 0Real Salt Lake (2-0-3, 9 pts) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 85); Sal Zizzo (Antonio Dovale 80), Dom Dwyer ( Claudio Bieler 76), Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Igor Juliao, Alex Martinez, Jacob Peterson

Real Salt Lake: Jeff Attinella; Rich Balchan, Nat Borchers, Chris Schuler, Abdoulie Mansally; Kyle Beckerman (C), Luis Gil (Luke Mulholland 55), Ned Grabavoy, Javier Morales; Alvaro Saborio, Olmes Garcia (Devon Sandoval 72)

Subs Not Used: Eduardo Fernandez; Carlos Salcedo, Aaron Maund, John Stertzer, Cole Grossman

Stats SKC RSLShots (on goal) 20 (9) 5 (1)Saves 1 8Fouls 14 6Offside 3 4Corner Kicks 7 4

Misconduct Summary:RSL -- Chris Schuler (caution; reckless foul) 39SKC -- Chance Myers (caution; reckless foul) 76SKC -- Oriol Rosell (ejection; serious foul play) 83RSL -- Nat Borchers (caution; reckless foul) 87SKC -- Claudio Bieler (caution; reckless foul) 91+

Scoring Summary: None

Referee: Armando VillarrealAsst. Ref.: Corey ParkerAsst. Ref.: Craig Lowry4th Official: Fotis Bazakos

Sporting KC vs Montreal Impact - April 19, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 20,306 (40th straight sell out)Weather: 74 degrees and partly cloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (3-1-2, 11 pts) 1 3 4Montreal Impact (0-4-3, 3 pts) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin (Alex Martinez 76), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilha-ber; Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 66), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 87), Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Antonio Dovale, Soony Saad

Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Eric Miller, Matteo Ferrari (Hassoun Camara 78), Karl Ouimette, Maxim Tissot; Calum Mallace, Patrice Bernier (C); Justin Mapp (Andres Romero 46), Felipe Martins, Collen Warner; Marco Di Vaio (Jack McInerney 56)

Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Jeb Brovsky, Heath Pearce, Santagio Gonzalez

SKC MTLShots (on goal) 12 (7) 3 (2)Saves 1 4Fouls 10 17Offside 2 5Corner Kicks 3 1

Misconduct Summary:MTL -- Justin Mapp (caution; reckless tackle) 38MTL -- Matteo Ferrari (caution; reckless tackle) 52MTL -- Karl Ouimette (caution; persistent infringement) 73MTL -- Calum Mallace (caution; tactical foul) 80SKC -- Jacob Peterson (caution; reckless foul) 89

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Calum Mallace (own goal) 31SKC -- Aurelien Collin 2 (Lawrence Olum 1) 71SKC -- Dom Dwyer 3 (Jacob Peterson 1) 74SKC -- Dom Dwyer 4 (Graham Zusi 3) 86

Referee: Hilario GrajedaAsst. Ref.: Ian AndersonAsst. Ref.: Jeff Muschik4th Official:Jair Marrufo

Sporting KC at NE Revolution - April 26, 2014 Gillette Stadium| Foxborough, Massachusetts

Attendance: 14,806Weather: 47 degrees and cloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (3-2-2, 11 pts) 0 0 0New England Revolution (3-3-2, 11 pts) 0 2 2 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Toni Dovale (Alex Martinez 44, Lawrence Olum 76); Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 55), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler

New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Chris Tierney, A.J. Soares, Andrew Farrell, Darrius Barnes; Andy Dorman (C) (Steve Neumann 79); Diego Fagundez, Lee Nguyen, Daigo Kobayashi (Scott Caldwell 71), Teal Bunbury; Jerry Bengtson (Charlie Davies 57)

Subs Not Used: Brad Knighton, Stephen McCarthy, O’Brian Woodbine, Patrick Mullins

Stats SKC NEShots (on goal) 14 (1) 12 (4)Saves 2 1Fouls 17 13Offside 0 1Corner Kicks 8 5

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; reckless foul) 41NE -- Lee Nguyen (caution; reckless foul) 47NE -- Andy Dorman (caution; delaying a restart) 71SKC -- Aurelien Collin (ejection; serious foul play) 74SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; persistent infringement) 88

Scoring Summary:NE -- Teal Bunbury 1 (Darrius Barnes 1, Diego Fagundez 1) 92+NE -- Lee Nguyen 3 (penalty kick) 95+

Referee: Alan KellyAsst. Ref.: Brian DunnAsst. Ref.: Matthew Nelson4th Official:Jorge Gonzalez



Sporting KC vs Columbus Crew - May 4, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 20,565 (41st straight sellout)Weather: 81 degrees and sunny

1 2 FSporting KC (4-2-2, 14 pts) 1 1 2Columbus Crew (3-2-3, 12 pts) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Paulo Nagamura (Alex Martinez 78), Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 61), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 87), Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Igor Juliao, Andy Gruenebaum, Antonio Dovale, Jimmy Medranda

Columbus Crew: Steve Clark; Josh Williams, Michael Parkhurst (C), Giancarlo Gon-zalez, Waylon Francis; Hector Jimenez (Dominic Oduro 46), Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp, Bernardo Anor (Justin Meram 69); Federico Higuain, Jairo Arrieta (Ethan Finlay 82)

Subs Not Used: Eric Gehrig, Matt Lampson, Tyson Wahl, Dan Paladini

Stats SKC CLBShots (on goal) 14 (6) 10 (4)Saves 4 4Fouls 16 7Offside 3 4Corner Kicks 4 3

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless foul) 38CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; reckless foul) 45SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 68CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; reckless tackle) 80CLB -- Wil Trapp (ejection; second caution) 80CLB -- Ethan Finlay (caution; reckless tackle) 86CLB -- Tony Tchani (caution; unsporting behavior) 87SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; tactical foul) 92+

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Jacob Peterson 1 (unassisted) 10SKC -- Claudio Bieler 1 (Graham Zusi 4) 95+

Referee: Ismail ElfathAsst. Ref.: Frank AndersonAsst. Ref.: James Conlee4th Official: Fotis Bazakos

Sporting KC vs Philadelphia Union - May 14, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 19,073 (42nd straight sellout)Weather: 59 degrees and cloudy

1 2 FSporting KC (5-3-2, 17 pts) 0 1 1Philadelphia (2-5-5, 11 pts) 0 2 2

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin (Lawrence Olum 61), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Paulo Nagamura, Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 55), Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 71), Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Chance Myers, Alex Martinez, Antonio Dovale

Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath, Fabinho, Sheanon Williams, Austin Berry, Raymon Gaddis, Amobi Okugo (C), Vincent Nogueira (Corben Bone 89), Leo Fernandes, Danny Cruz (Sebastien Le Toux 83), Cristian Maidana (Aaron Wheeler 92+), Andrew Wenger

Subs Not Used: Andre Blake, Ethan White, Antoine Hoppenot, Conor Casey

Stats SKC PHIShots (on goal) 15 (6) 14 (7)Saves 5 5Fouls 6 20Offside 0 1Corner Kicks 3 1

Misconduct Summary:PHI -- Fabinho (caution; reckless foul) 58PHI -- Vincent Nogueira (caution; reckless foul) 70SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; tactical foul) 86PHI -- Corben Bone (ejection; serious foul play) 90PHI -- Zac MacMath (caution; delaying a restart) 94+

Scoring Summary:PHI -- Danny Cruz 1 (unassisted) 49SKC - Dom Dwyer 7 (Paulo Nagamura 2) 80PHI - Cristian Maidana 1 (Andrew Wenger 1) 81

Referee: Ricardo SalazarAsst. Ref.: George GansnerAsst. Ref.: Ian Anderson4th Official: Baldomero Toledo

Sporting KC at Montreal Impact - May 10, 2014Stade Saputo | Montreal, Quebec


Score 1 2 FSporting KC (5-2-2, 17 pts) 2 1 3Montreal Impact (1-5-3, 6 pts) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura; Jacob Peterson (Antonio Dovale 57), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 70), Graham Zusi (Soony Saad 75)

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Lawrence Olum, Jimmy Medranda

Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins (C); Maxim Tissot, Wandrille Lefèvre, Karl Ouimette, Jeb Brovsky; Hernan Bernardello, Collen Warner; Sanna Nyassi (Andres Romero 61), Felipe Martins (Patrice Bernier 70), Justin Mapp; Jack McInerney (Santiago Gonzalez 69)

Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Heath Pearce, Calum Mallace, Blake Smith

Stats SKC MTLShots (on goal) 12 (5) 4 (2)Saves 2 4Fouls 9 8Offside 4 5Corner Kicks 5 2

Misconduct Summary:MTL -- Collen Warner (ejection; denying goal scoring opportunity) 17MTL -- Hernan Bernardello (caution; reckless foul) 38

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer 5 (penalty kick) 18SKC -- Paulo Nagamura 1 (Chance Myers 1) 34 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 6 (Antonio Dovale 1) 64

Referee: Jair MarrufoAsst. Ref.: Philippe BriereAsst. Ref.: Richard Gamache4th Official: Silviu Petrescu

Sporting KC at Chicago Fire - May 18, 2014Toyota Park | Bridgeview, Illinois


Score 1 2 FSporting KC (5-4-2, 17 pts) 0 1 1Chicago Fire (2-2-6, 12 pts) 2 0 2

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Erik Palmer-Brown, Seth Sinovic; Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 84), Paulo Nagamura (C), Benny Feilhaber, Antonio Dovale (Alex Martinez 71), Igor Juliao; Claudio Bieler (Kevin Ellis 67), Dom Dwyer

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Victor Munoz, C.J. Sapong, Sal Zizzo

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Patrick Ianni, Greg Cochrane; Patrick Nyarko (Dilly Duka 59), Jeff Larentowicz (C), Benji Joya (Logan Pause 58), Harry Shipp; Quincy Amarikwa ( Juan Luis Anangono 85), Mike Magee

Subs Not Used: Kyle Reynish; Gonzalo Segares, Steven Kinney, Matt Watson

Stats SKC CHIShots (on goal) 12 (2) 15 (6)Saves 4 1Fouls 20 28Offside 3 1Corner Kicks 2 6

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; tactical foul) 49SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; reckless foul) 64SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (ejection; second caution) 64SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; dissent) 82CHI -- Mike Magee (caution; reckless foul) 91+SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; tactical foul) 94+CHI -- Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (caution; reckless foul) 96+

Scoring Summary:CHI -- Mike Magee 3 (Penalty Kick) 7CHI -- Mike Magee 4 (Penalty Kick) 15SKC -- Dom Dwyer 8 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 68

Referee: David GantarAsst. Ref.: Daniel BelleauAsst. Ref.: Anthony Vasoli4th Official: Robert Sibiga



Sporting KC vs Toronto FC - May 23, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 19,914 (43rd straight sellout)Weather: 79 degrees and fair

Score 1 2 FSporting KC (5-4-3, 18 pts) 0 2 2Toronto FC (4-4-1, 13 pts) 0 2 2

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Chance Myers (Sal Zizzo 36), Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 85), Paulo Nagamura (C); Antonio Dovale (C.J. Sapong 86), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Victor Munoz, Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler

Toronto FC: Joseph Bendik, Mark Bloom, Steven Caldwell (C), Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow, Alvaro Rey (Luke Moore 53), Kyle Bekker (Daneil Lovitz 53), Bradley Orr, Col-len Warner, Gilberto (Doneil Henry 66), Jermain Defoe

Subs Not Used: Chris Konopka, Ashtone Morgan, Jeremy Hall, Dwayne De Rosario

Stats SKC TORShots (on goal) 17 (5) 7 (3)Saves 1 3Fouls 15 19Offside 2 3Corner Kicks 3 2

Misconduct Summary:TOR -- Gilberto (caution; reckless foul) 39TOR -- Mark Bloom (caution; reckless tackle) 57TOR -- Steven Caldwell (ejection; serious foul play) 63SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; tactical foul) 79TOR -- Luke Moore (caution; dissent) 84

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer 9 (Sal Zizzo 3) 47TOR -- Luke Moore 2 (Jermain Defoe 1) 67SKC -- Dom Dwyer 10 (penalty kick) 84TOR -- Bradley Orr 1 (Nick Hagglund 1) 91+

Referee: Baldomero ToledoAsst. Ref.: Chris StricklandAsst. Ref.: Corey Parker4th Official: Younes Marrakchi

Sporting KC vs New York Red Bulls - May 27, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 19,221 (44th straight sellout)Weather: 76 degrees and partly cloudy

Score 1 2 FSporting KC (5-4-4, 19 pts) 1 0 1New York Red Bulls (3-5-6, 15 pts) 0 1 1

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (C), Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 75); Toni Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Sal Zizzo (Soony Saad 72)

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, C.J. Sapong, Erik Palmer-Brown, Jacob Peterson, Claudio Bieler

New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Bobby Convey, Chris Duvall, Ibrahim Sekagya (Ar-mando 76), Jamison Olave; Eric Alexander, Ruben Bover Izquierdo (Péguy Luyindula 57), Lloyd Sam, Dax McCarty; Thierry Henry (C), Bradley Wright-Phillips (Andre Akpan 93+)

Subs Not Used: Connor Lade, Kosuke Kimura, Ambroise Oyongo Bitolo, Ryan Meara

Stats SKC NYShots (on goal) 13 (4) 8 (4)Saves 3 1Fouls 16 9Offside 2 3Corner Kicks 5 4

Misconduct Summary:NY -- Bradley Wright-Phillips (caution; reckless tackle) 14NY -- Dax McCarty (caution; reckless tackle) 20SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; reckless foul) 63SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; tactical foul) 87

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Antonio Dovale 1 (Benny Feilhaber 3) 9NY -- Bradley Wright-Phillips 11 (Thierry Henry 5) 50

Referee: Chris PensoAsst. Ref.: C.J. MorganteAsst. Ref.: Jeremy Hanson4th Official: Ismail Elfath

Sporting KC at D.C. United - May 31, 2014RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C.


Score 1 2 FSporting KC (5-5-4, 19 pts) 0 0 0D.C. United (6-4-3, 21 pts) 1 0 1

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin (Erik Palmer-Brown 9), Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (C), Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 66); Toni Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 77)

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, C.J. Sapong, Jacob Peterson, Claudio Bieler, Sal Zizzo

D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Cristian Fernandez, Jeff Parke, Bobby Boswell (C), Chris Korb (Sean Franklin 34); Chris Rolfe, Perry Kitchen, Davy Arnaud, Nick DeLeon (Alex Caskey 86); Fabian Espíndola, Eddie Johnson (Lewis Neal 68)

Subs Not Used: Andrew Dykstra, Steven Birnbaum, Conor Doyle, Luis Silva

Stats SKC DCShots (on goal) 16 (5) 7 (2)Saves 1 5Fouls 10 18Offside 1 3Corner Kicks 3 8

Misconduct Summary:DC -- Cristian Fernandez (caution; reckless foul) 62SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; tactical foul 72DC -- Fabian Espindola (caution; unsporting behavior) 76DC -- Perry Kitchen (caution; persistent infringement) 82SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; unsporting behavior) 85DC -- Alex Caskey (ejection; serious foul play) 94+

Scoring Summary:DC -- Fabian Espindola 7 (Chris Korb 1) 28

Referee: Jorge GonzalezAsst. Ref.: Adam WienckowskiAsst. Ref.: Craig Lowry4th Official: Mark Kadlecik

Sporting KC at Houston Dynamo - June 6, 2014BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, Texas


Score 1 2 FSporting KC (6-5-4, 22 pts) 1 1 2Houston Dynamo (5-9-2, 17 pts) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao (Jacob Peterson 46), Erik Palmer-Brown, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (Sal Zizzo 46), Paulo Nagamura (C) (Alex Martinez 7); Toni Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Christian Duke, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong

Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric; Kofi Sarkodie, David Horst (Eric Brunner 9, Warren Creavalle 57), AJ Cochran, Jermaine Taylor; Servando Carrasco, Alexander Lopez, Giles Barnes; Omar Cummings (Jason Johnson 68), Will Bruin (C), Andrew Driver

Subs Not Used: Tally Hall, Anthony Arena

Stats SKC HOUShots (on goal) 11 (6) 18 (3)Saves 4 4Fouls 10 17Offside 2 3Corner Kicks 3 7

Misconduct Summary:HOU -- Alexander Lopez (caution; unsporting behavior) 21SKC -- Antonio Dovale (ejection; violent conduct) 21HOU -- Andrew Driver (caution; reckless tackle) 29HOU -- Eric Brunner (caution; reckless tackle) 47+HOU -- Jermaine Taylor (caution; reckless foul) 79SKC -- Soony Saad (caution; tactical foul) 87SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; delaying a restart) 94+

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Soony Saad 1 (Benny Feilhaber 4) 45SKC -- Dom Dwyer 11 (penalty kick) 70

Referee: Juan GuzmanAsst. Ref.: Brian DunnAsst. Ref.: Jonathan Johnson4th Official: Alejandro Mariscal



Sporting KC at Portland Timbers - June 27, 2014Providence Park | Portland, Oregon


Score 1 2 FSporting KC (7-5-4, 25 pts) 1 0 1Portland Timbers (4-5-8, 20 pts) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Lawrence Olum (C.J. Sapong 56), Paulo Nagamura (C), Jacob Peterson; Sal Zizzo (Alex Martinez 80), Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Erik Palmer-Brown, Alex Martinez, Jimmy Medranda

Portland Timbers: Donovan Ricketts; Michael Harrington (Maximiliano Urruti 82), Danny O’Rourke, Pa Modou Kah, Jorge Villafana; Diego Chara, Will Johnson (C), Diego Valeri; Darlington Nagbe, Fanendo Adi, Rodney Wallace (Gaston Fernandez 65)

Subs Not Used: Andrew Weber, Jack Jewsbury, Rauwshan McKenzie, Kalif Alhas-san, Michael Nanchoff

Stats SKC PORShots (on goal) 9 (4) 11 (3)Saves 3 3Fouls 23 10Offside 0 2Corner Kicks 5 7

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 36SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; reckless tackle) 65SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; delaying a restart) 94+POR -- Will Johnson (caution; hard foul) 95+SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; reckless tackle) 96+

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Lawrence Olum 1 (Kevin Ellis 1, Seth Sinovic 1) 24

Referee: Armando VillarealAsst. Ref.: Mike KampmeinertAsst. Ref.: Jeremy Hanson4th Official: Alejandro Mariscal

Sporting KC vs Chicago Fire - July 6, 2014Sporting Park Park | Kansas City, Kansas


Score 1 2 FSporting KC (7-5-5, 26 pts) 1 0 1Chicago Fire (2-4-10, 16 pts) 1 0 1

Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura (C) (Sal Zizzo 80), Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson, Dom Dwyer (C.J. Sapong 80), Soony Saad (Graham Zusi 62)

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Erik Palmer-Brown, Jimmy Medranda, Mikey Lopez

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Patrick Ianni, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (Bakary Soumare 65), Gonzalo Segares; Grant Ward (Matt Watson 80), Logan Pause, Chris Ritter, Alex (Dilly Duka 46); Harrison Shipp, Mike Magee (C)

Subs Not Used: Kyle Reynish, Greg Cochrane, Matthew Fondy

Stats SKC CHIShots (on goal) 18 (9) 6 (4)Saves 0 8Fouls 9 16Offside 4 1Corner Kicks 7 3

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; unsporting behavior) 34CHI -- Chris Ritter (caution; tactical foul) 45CHI -- Dilly Duka (caution; reckless foul) 54SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; tactical foul) 86

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer 12 (unassisted) 33CHI -- Mike Magee 5 (Alex 1) 40

Referee: Alan KellyAsst. Ref.: Corey ParkerAsst. Ref.: Matthew Kreitzer4th Official: Ismail Elfath

Sporting KC at Columbus Crew - July 16, 2014Crew Stadium | Columbus, Ohio


Score 1 2 FSporting KC (9-5-5, 26 pts) 1 1 2Columbus Crew (4-7-8, 20 pts) 0 1 1

Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber, Mikey Lopez (Jacob Peterson 64); C.J. Sapong, Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad (Kevin Ellis 57)

Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Claudio Bieler, Antonio Dovale, Sal Zizzo

Columbus Crew: Steve Clark; Chad Barson, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Michael Parkhurst (C), Waylon Francis; Ethan Finlay, Daniel Paladini (Adam Bedell 45), Justin Meram (Bernardo Anor 45), Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp; Federico Higuain

Subs Not Used: Matt Lampson, Eric Gehrig, Kevan George, Ben Speas, Tyson Wahl

Stats SKC CLBShots (on goal) 10 (3) 10 (2)Saves 2 1Fouls 12 18Offside 4 1Corner Kicks 6 6

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; tactical foul) 34CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; off the ball) 53SKC -- Aurelien Collin (ejection; serious foul play) 55SKC -- Igor Juliao (caution; reckless foul) 79CLB -- Wil Trapp (ejection; second yellow card) 89

Scoring Summary:SKC -- C.J. Sapong 1 (Feilhaber 5) 42CLB -- own goal (Juliao 1) 69SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 2 (Jacob Peterson 2, Igor Juliao 1) 93+

Referee: Edvin JurisevicAsst. Ref.: Anthony VasoliAsst. Ref.: Eric Weisbrod4th Official: Kevin Terry Jr.

Sporting KC at Montreal Impact - July 12, 2014Stade Saputo | Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 17,155Weather: 79 degrees and sunny

Score 1 2 FSporting KC (8-5-5, 29 pts) 1 1 2Montreal Impact (3-9-5, 14 pts) 1 0 1

Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi; Antonio Dovale (Soony Saad 76), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (C.J. Sapong 76)

Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Kevin Ellis, Mikey Lopez, Sal Zizzo, Claudio Bieler

Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Krzysztof Krol, Heath Pearce, Matteo Ferrari, Hassoun Camara; Andres Romero (Issey Nakajima-Farran 67), Patrice Bernier (C), Felipe Martins (Gorka Larrea 71), Justin Mapp; Marco Di Vaio, Jack McInerney (Calum Mallace 87)

Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Karl Ouimette, Santiago Gonzalez, Futty Danso

Stats SKC MTLShots (on goal) 14 (6) 8 (2)Saves 1 4Fouls 13 19Offside 2 0Corner Kicks 3 2

Misconduct Summary:MTL -- Felipe Martins (caution; reckless tackle) 31SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 32MTL -- Andres Romero (caution; delaying a restart) 41MTL -- Krzysztof Krol (caution; reckless tackle) 64MTL -- Marco Di Vaio (caution; reckless foul) 92+

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer 13 (Matt Besler 1) 4MTL -- Marco Di Vaio 3 (Justin Mapp 6, Patrice Bernier 1) 28SKC -- Dom Dwyer 14 (unassisted) 89

Referee: Hilario GrajedaAsst. Ref.: Brian DunnAsst. Ref.: Claudio Badea4th Official: Robert Sibiga



Sporting KC vs LA Galaxy - July 19, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas


Score 1 2 FSporting KC (10-5-5, 35 pts) 1 1 2LA Galaxy (7-4-6, 27 pts) 0 1 1

Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Col-lin, Igor Juliao (Kevin Ellis, 84); Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi; Soony Saad (C.J. Sapong 73), Dom Dwyer, Antonio Dovale (Jacob Peterson 46)

Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Sal Zizzo, Mikey Lopez, Claudio Bieler

LA Galaxy: Jaime Penedo; A.J. DeLaGarza (Bradford Jamieson 75), Leonardo, Tommy Meyer, Kofi Opare; Marcelo Sarvas, Juninho (Stefan Ishizaki 70), Baggio Husidic (Ken-ney Walker 84), Landon Donovan; Gyasi Zardes, Robbie Keane (C)

Subs Not Used: Chandler Hoffman, Rob Friend, Oscar Sorto, Brian Rowe

Stats SKC LAShots (on goal) 19 (6) 9 (2)Saves 1 4Fouls 12 12Offside 4 2Corner Kicks 11 3

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless foul) 66LA -- Robbie Keane (caution; reckless foul) 88SKC -- Jacob Peterson (caution; reckless foul) 93+

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 3 (unassisted) 10SKC -- Lawrence Olum 2 (unassisted) 61LA -- Robbie Keane 10 (Bradford Jamieson 1) 79

Referee: Allen ChapmanAsst. Ref.: Chris StricklandAsst. Ref.: Paul Scott4th Official: Silviu Petrescu



Sporting KC at Toronto FC - July 26, 2014BMO Field | Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 22,591Weather: 75 degrees and clear


Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Seth Sinovic (Kevin Ellis 55), Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Igor Juliao; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber, Mikey Lopez (Jacob Peterson 77); C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 71), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Sal Zizzo, Claudio Bieler, Antonio Dovale

Toronto FC: Joseph Bendik; Nick Hagglund, Doneil Henry, Bradley Orr (Dwayne De Rosario 82), Justin Morrow; Jackson, Michael Bradley (C), Collen Warner (Jonathan Osorio 80), Dominc Oduro; Luke Moore, Gilberto

Subs Not Used: Chris Konopka, Kyle Bekker, Warren Creavalle, Daniel Lovitz, Andrew Wiedeman


Misconduct Summary:TOR -- Jackson (caution; dissent) 32TOR -- Justin Morrow (caution; hard foul) 35TOR -- Dominic Oduro (caution; not retreating) 44TOR -- Doneil Henry (caution; hard foul) 47+SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; hard foul) 53SKC -- Igor Juliao (caution; hard foul) 69TOR -- Michael Bradley (caution; dissent) 73SKC -- Matt Besler (ejection; second caution) 75

Scoring Summary:TOR -- Jackson 3 (Dominc Oduro 3) 16SKC -- Graham Zusi 2 (unassisted) 48SKC -- Jacob Peterson 2 (Dom Dwyer 1) 80

Referee: Ted UnkelAsst. Ref.: Greg BarkeyAsst. Ref.: Richard Gamache4th Official: Geoff Gamble

Sporting KC vs Philadelphia Union - Aug. 1, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas


Score 1 2 FSporting KC (11-5-6, 39 pts) 0 1 1Philadelphia Union (5-8-9, 24 pts) 0 1 1

Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Ja-cob Peterson; Jorge Claros, Mikey Lopez (Soony Saad 68), Benny Feilhaber; Antonio Dovale (C.J. Sapong 68), Dom Dwyer (Martin Steuble 89), Graham Zusi (C)

Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Erik Palmer-Brown, Claudio Bieler, Sal Zizzo

Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath; Raymon Gaddis, Maurice Edu, Ethan White, Sheanon Williams; Brian Carroll, Amobi Okugo (C), Daniel Cruz (Andrew Wenger 67), Vincent Nogueira (Fred 87); Sebastien Le Toux, Conor Casey (Brian Brown 69)

Subs Not Used: Andre Blake, Fabinho, Aaron Wheeler, Pedro Ribeiro

Stats SKC PHIShots (on goal) 14 (6) 12 (7)Saves 6 4Fouls 11 15Offside 2 2Corner Kicks 4 5

Misconduct Summary:None

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Graham Zusi 3 (Antonio Dovale 2) 54PHI -- Brian Brown 1 (Raymon Gaddis 2) 71

Referee: Jair MarrufoAsst. Ref.: Corey RockwellAsst. Ref.: Eric Boria4th Official: Sorin Stoica

Sporting KC at Vancouver Whitecaps - Aug. 10, 2014BC Place | Vancouver, British Columbia

Attendance: 20,183Weather: 73 degrees and sunny

Score 1 2 FSporting KC (11-6-6, 39 pts) 0 0 0Vancouver Whitecaps (7-4-11, 32 pts) 2 0 2

Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum (Jon Kempin 46); Igor Juliao (C.J. Sapong 64), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Jorge Claros, Mikey Lopez, Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 78), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi

Subs Not Used: Antonio Dovale, Sal Zizzo, Lawrence Olum, Martin Steuble

Vancouver Whitecaps: David Ousted; Steven Beitashour, Andy O’Brien, Johnny Leveron, Jordan Harvey; Gershon Koffie, Matias Laba, Erik Hurtado (Mehdi Ballouchy 68), Pedro Morales (C) (Russel Teibert 77), Sebastian Fernandez (Omar Salgado 82); Darren Mattocks

Subs Not Used: Paolo Tornaghi, Kekuta Manneh, Carlyle Mitchell, Nicolas Mezquida

Stats SKC VANShots (on goal) 13 (2) 13 (7)Saves 4 2Fouls 25 9Offside 2 6Corner Kicks 5 6

Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; reckless foul) 25SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; reckless foul) 62VAN -- Erik Hurtado (caution; reckless foul) 63VAN -- Jordan Harvey (caution; delaying a restart) 83

Scoring Summary:VAN -- Igor Juliao (Own Goal) 17VAN -- Darren Mattocks 6 (Pedro Morales 9) 39

Referee: David GantarAsst. Ref.: Brian DunnAsst. Ref.: Jeff Hosking4th Official: Baboucarr Jallow

Sporting KC vs Toronto FC - Aug. 16, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 20,730 (48th straight sellout)Weather: 79 degrees and cloudy


Sporting Kansas City: Jon Kempin; Igor Juliao, Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (Jorge Claros 73), Graham Zusi; Sal Zizzo (C.J. Sapong 67), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 80), Soony Saad

Subs Not Used: Tim Melia, Antonio Dovale, Mikey Lopez, Kevin Ellis

Toronto FC: Joe Bendik; Jackson, Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow, Doneil Henry; Jonathan Osorio, Dominic Oduro (Daniel Lovitz 74), Collen Warner, Michael Bradley (C) (Kyle Bekker 84); Gilberto, Luke Moore (Bright Dike 78)

Subs Not Used: Ashtone Morgan, Bradley Orr, Chris Konopka, Dwayne De Rosario


Misconduct Summary:None

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer 15 (penalty kick) 18SKC -- Dom Dwyer 16 (penalty kick) 33TOR -- Gilberto 5 (Dominic Oduro 5, Collen Warner 2) 46+SKC -- Soony Saad 2 (unassisted) 64SKC -- C.J. Sapong 2 (Soony Saad 1, Graham Zusi 5) 77

Referee: Drew FischerAsst. Ref.: Claudio BadeaAsst. Ref.: James Conlee4th Official: Kevin Terry Jr.

SCORING 1 2 TOTALSPORTING 13 23 36OPP. 9 14 23

fOULS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING 176 182 358OPP. 168 191 359

CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING 10 32 42OPP. 23 34 57

ShOTS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING 152 187 339OPP. 105 130 235

SOG 1 2 TOTALSPORTING 53 70 123OPP. 34 49 85

OffSIDES 1 2 TOTALSPORTING 24 24 48OPP. 34 32 66

EjECTIONS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING 1 5 6OPP. 1 6 7

CORNERS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING 63 72 135OPP. 48 51 99

PK GOALS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING 3 3 6OPP. 2 3 5

2014 Record When…

Scoring first goalConceding first goalLeading at halftimeTied at halftimeTrailing at halftimeScoring 0 goalsScoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goalsScoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goalsAllowing 0 goalsAllowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goalsAllowing 3 goalsAllowing 4+ goals Wearing Sporting BlueWearing Dark indigoWearing BlackLeading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’Outshooting opponentOutshot by opponent Shots even One-goal gamesOn ESPN On NBCSNOn KMCI-TV Day games (before 5pm)Games 5pm CT or laterWith red card forWith red card againstTemperature 75 & upTemperature below 75In Pacific time zoneIn Mountain time zoneIn Central time zoneIn Eastern time zonevs. Eastern Conferencevs. Western ConferenceOn grassOn turfWith zero subsWith one subWith two subswith three subs

11-0-51-6-08-0-13-3-51-3-00-4-12-2-46-0-12-0-02-0-06-0-15-2-41-4-1N/AN/A7-5-64-1-01-0-08-0-04-2-60-4-08-4-62-2-02-0-07-4-01-0-21-1-110-5-32-2-110-4-53-2-14-2-17-1-45-5-21-2-01-0-06-2-64-2-08-4-44-2-211-3-61-3-0N/A1-0-03-0-18-6-5

2-1-112-8-41-1-138-30-122-3-230-39-212-0-036-28-214-0-144-32-241-1-137-43-14N/A27-32-13N/A17-10-13

Team-by-team (in 2014)...

vs. Chicago Fire vs. Chivas USA vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew vs. D.C. United vs. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamovs. LA Galaxy vs. Montreal Impactvs. NE Revolution vs. New York Red Bullsvs. Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake vs. SJ Earthquakesvs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

Home and Away...Overall All-time2014 at homeAll-time at home2014 on roadAll-time on road

12-25-11 (0-1-1) 8-4-4 22-17-13 (1-0-0) 24-21-6 (2-0-0)20-19-10 (0-1-0) 20-19-10 (0-0-1)5-6-8 (1-0-0) 19-23-11 (1-0-0)5-3-1 (3-0-0)23-14-11 (0-1-0)19-18-12 (0-0-1)4-3-4 (0-1-1)3-2-0 (1-0-0) 8-5-4 (0-0-1)21-21-7 (1-0-0)1-7-1 (0-1-0)12-4-5 (2-0-1) 2-1-2 (0-1-0)

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4 min, Dom Dwyer, 7/12 at MTL

7 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI 90+2 min, Dom Dwyer, 3/29 at COL

89 min, Dom Dwyer, 7/12 at MTL90+3 min, Benny Feilhaber, 7/16 at CLB

80 min, Jacob Peterson, 7/26 at TOR

90+4 min, Chad Barrett, 3/8 at SEA90+2 min, Teal Bunbury, 4/26 at NE

81 min, Cristian Maidana, 5/14 vs PHI

90 min, Matt Hedges, 3/15 vs DAL90+1 min, Bradley Orr, 5/23 vs TOR

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69 min, Igor Juliao, 7/16 at CLB 17 min, Igor Juliao, 8/10 at VAN

31 min, Calum Mallace, 4/19 vs MTL

83 min, Oriol Rosell, 4/5 vs RSL74 min, Aurelien Collin, 4/26 at NE

64 min, Erik Palmer-Brown, 5/18 at CHI21 min, Toni Dovale, 6/6 at HOU

55 min, Aurelien Collin, 7/16 at CLB75 min, Matt Besler, 7/26 at TOR

85 min, Marvell Wynne, 3/29 at COL80 min, Wil Trapp, 5/4 vs CLB

17 min, Collen Warner, 5/10 at MTL90 min, Corben Bone, 5/14 vs PHI

63 min, Steven Caldwell, 5/23 vs TOR90+4 min, Alex Caskey, 5/31 at DC

89 min, Wil Trapp, 7/16 at CLB

57 min, Dom Dwyer, 3/22 vs SJ18 min, Dom Dwyer, 5/10 at MTL84 min, Dom Dwyer, 5/23 vs TOR70 min, Dom Dwyer, 6/6 at HOU

18 min, Dom Dwyer, 8/16 vs TOR33 min, Dom Dwyer, 8/16 vs TOR

60 min, Vicente Sanchez, 3/29 at COL78 min, Vicente Sanchez, 3/29 at COL

90+5 min, Lee Nguyen, 4/26 at NE7 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI

15 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI85 min, Darren Mattocks, 8/10 at VAN

Soony Saad, 21 yrs., 293 days, KC at HOUPaulo Nagamura, 31 yrs., 69 days, KC at MTL

Erik Palmer-Brown, 17 yrs., 24 days, KC at CHIAndy Gruenebaum, 31 yrs., 223 days, KC at VAN

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SKC MISCELLANEOUS STATS SKC MISCELLANEOUS STATS - 2014 REGULAR SEASON

2014 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Single Season Records (field Players)Stat Player #

Games C.J. Sapong (2011) 34

Minutes Nick Garcia (2000) & Peter Vermes (2000) 2916

Goals Preki (1996) 18

Assists Preki (1997 & 2003) 17

Shots Preki (1996) 140

Shots on goal Preki (1996) 61

Fouls Committed Chris Henderson (2000) 79

Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud (2004) 111

Offsides Eddie Johnson (2007) 50

Corner Kicks Graham Zusi (2012) 150

Cautions Aurelien Collin (2013) 13

Ejections Davy Arnaud (2010) 3

Single Season Records (Goalkeepers)Stat Player #

Games Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013) 34

Minutes Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013) 3060

Wins Mike Ammann (1997) 21

Losses Mike Ammann (1998) 16

Draws Bo Oshoniyi (2005) 12

Shutouts Tony Meola (2000) 16

Goals Against Average Jimmy Nielsen (2012) 0.79

Goals Allowed Ammann (1997)/Kevin Hartman (2007) 79

Saves Tony Meola (2000) 129

Single Game Records (field Players)

Single Game Records (Goalkeepers)Stat Player #

Goals Allowed Bo Oshoniyi 7

Saves Garth Lagerway (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000 & three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)

9

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Goals Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010)

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Assists Chris Henderson (1999) 4

Shots Preki (1997) 12

Shots on goal Preki (1996) 6

Fouls Committed Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013) 8

Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud (2006) 10

Offsides Alex Bunbury (1999) 7

Corner Kicks Alex Zotinca (2006) 12

All-Time Records (field Players)

All-Time Records (Goalkeepers)

Stat Player #

Games Davy Arnaud 240

Minutes Kerry Zavagnin 20515

Goals Preki 71

Assists Preki 98

Shots Preki 693

Shots on goal Preki 283

Fouls Committed Davy Arnaud 329

Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud 528

Offsides Eddie Johnson 126

Corner Kicks Graham Zusi 480

Cautions Kerry Zavagnin 44

Ejections Nick Garcia 5

Stat Player #

Games Jimmy Nielsen 128

Minutes Jimmy Nielsen 11497

Wins Jimmy Nielsen 57

Losses Tony Meola 45

Draws Jimmy Nielsen 32

Shutouts Jimmy Nielsen 45

Goals Allowed Tony Meola 154

Saves Tony Meola 507

Goals Against Average Jimmy Nielsen 0.99

Single Season Team RecordsStat Year #

Goals 1996 61

Assists 2000 67

Shots 2012 542

Shots on goal 1996 250

Fouls Committed 2013 511

Fouls Suffered 2000 541

Offsides 1997 117

Corner Kicks 2012 199

Cautions 2013 67

Ejections 2011 8

Points 2012 63

Wins 1997 21

Losses 1999 24

Ties 2005 & 2011 12

Shutouts 2000 17

Goals Allowed 1996 63


MINI BIOSCOACHING STAFF

PLAYERS

Peter Vermes Manager

Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach

Zoran Savic Assistant Coach

John Pascarella Assistant Coach

Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach

#5 | D | Matt BeslerHt: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987Hometown: Overland Park, KansasCollege: Notre DameAcquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at D.C.Assists 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEAShots 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NEFouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at D.C.Assist July 12, 2014, KC at MTL 2014 Record when: he starts 9-4-2 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC’s team captain for the 2014 campaign, Besler is in his sixth season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013, 2014), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors and was named the 2014 KC Sportsman of the Year by the Kansas City Sports Commission. On July 19, he signed a Designated Player contract with the club through the 2018 season. Besler was on the United States’ roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside teammate Graham Zusi. He became the first player from the state of Kansas to play in the World Cup and started all four matches in central defense at the tournament. Besler has earned 21 caps since debuting in January 2013, and the Americans are 13-3-4 when he starts.

#16 | F | Claudio BielerHt: 5-11 Wt. 170 DOB: 3/1/1984Hometown: Vera, Santa Fe, ArgentinaLast Club: LDU Quito (Ecuador)Acquired: Signed as Designated Player on 12/18/2012

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHVAssists 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLBShots on Goal 4, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots 6, 2 times, last: June 1, 2013, KC vs MTLFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: July 27, 2013, KC at MTLFouls Suffered 5, March 9, 2013, KC at TORLast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBAssist Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLB2014 Record when: he starts 1-2-0 he scores 1-0-0

The team’s fourth Designated Player in club history, Bieler has made nine MLS appearances during the 2014 season with one goal. Bieler won the club’s Golden Boot last year with 10 goals and added four assists en route to Sporting KC 2013 Newcomer of the Year honors. He was acquired from LDU Quito where he won the Copa Libertadores (2008) and Copa Sudamericana (2009). A dual citizen of Ecuador and Argentina, he has played professionally in both countries as well as Chile.

#20 | M | Jorge ClarosHt: 5-9 Wt. 155 DOB: 1/8/1986Hometown: La Ceiba, HondurasLast Club: CD MotaguaAcquired: Signed on 7/16/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed 2, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VANFouls Suffered N/ALast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

After signing for Sporting KC on July 16, Claros made his MLS and competitive club debut on Aug. 1, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1-1 draw against the Philadelphia Union. The defensive midfielder has featured 53 times for the Honduras Men’s National Team and has scored three goals since making his debut in 2006. He played in all three matches for his country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Claros helped Honduran club Motagua win Liga Nacional titles during the 2007-08 Apertura and 2010-11 Clausura before joining Scottish side Hibernian in 2012. He returned to Motagua for the 2013-14 season.


#25 | M | Christian DukeHt: 5-9 Wt. 155 DOB: 6/5/1991Hometown: Overland Park, KansasCollege: San DiegoAcquired: 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft 1st rd. (#14)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast...Regular SeasonAppearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Currently on loan with OKC Energy FC, Duke has appeared in nine USL PRO matches this season with three assists and has recently recovered from a stress fracture that has kept him out of action since June 14. In 2013, the Overland Park, Kansas native spent a successful first professional season with league champions Orlando City SC and was named the team’s top rookie with one goal and one assist in 22 games. Duke began playing for the Sporting KC Academy in June 2007 while attending Shawnee Mission South High School.

#9 | D | Antonio DovaleHt: 5-8 Wt. 152 DOB: 4/4/1990 Hometown: A Coruna, Galicia, SpainLast Club: Celta de Vigo (Spain)Acquired: Signed on 3/12/2014

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, May 27, 2014, KC vs NYAssists 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHIShots on Goal 2, May 27, 2014, KC vs NYShots 3, 3 times, last: July 12, 2014, KC at MTLFouls Committed 2, May 31, 2014, KC at DCFouls Suffered 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHI Goal May 27, 2014, KC vs NYAssist Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHI2014 Record when: he starts 3-3-3 he scores 0-0-1

Dovale made his Sporting KC debut as a substitute in the MLS Cup rematch against Real Salt Lake on April 5 and scored his first goal on May 27 vs. New York. He has contributed a goal and two assists in 11 MLS matches this season and scored in his CONCACAF Champions League debut Tuesday at Nicaraguan club Real Esteli FC. The midfielder played four years in the Barcelona Academy before signing a professional contract with second division club Celta de Vigo at age 16. In the 2011-12 season, he helped the club earn promotion to LigaBBVA with two goals in 30 appearances.

#14 | F | Dom DwyerHt: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990Hometown: London, EnglandCollege: South FlordaAcquired: 2012 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, 5 times, last: Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORAssists 1, 3 times, last: July 26, 2014, KC at TORShots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: July 12, 2014, KC at MTL Shots 7, Sept. 27, 2013, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Apr. 26, 2014, KC at NEFouls Suffered 9, Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORAssist July 26, 2014, KC at TOR2014 Record when: he starts 11-5-6 he scores 7-2-2 Dwyer’s career-high 16 goals in 2014 rank second in MLS. His five mult-goal games are most in the League, with all five braces coming against Canadian clubs. The Englishman is currently second on the club’s single season goal scoring chart and won MLS Player of the Month for May. Dwyer totalled 26 goals across six competitions in 2013 while splitting time with Sporting KC and the team’s USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. He was the USL PRO Championship MVP with four goals in the final and helped propel Sporting KC to MLS Cup by scoring the game-winning goal in the Eastern Conference Championship.

#78 | D | Aurelien CollinHt: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 3/8/1986Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, FranceLast Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal)Acquired: Signed on 4/15/2011

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 11 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLAssists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs PORShots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALShots 4, 4 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs PORFouls Committed 6, 3 times, last: May 8, 2013, KC vs SEAFouls Suffered 4, Aug. 23, 2013, KC at CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLAssist Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR2014 Record when: he starts 9-5-5 he scores 1-0-1

The fourth-year Frenchman has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2012, 2013, 2014) and Sporting KC Humanitarian of the Year honors (2013). Collin’s 15 goals in MLS competition are second most by a defender in club history. He was named 2013 MLS Cup MVP after scoring the equalizing goal and converting the match-winning penalty kick vs. Real Salt Lake at Sporting Park. Collin’s professional career began with stints in Scotland (Gretna FC), Greece (Panserraikos) and England (Wrexham FC). He played two seasons for Vitoria Setubal of the Portuguese top flight before joining Sporting KC as a guest trialist in March 2011.


#10 | M | Benny Feilhaber Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 1/19/1985Hometown: Irvine, CaliforniaCollege: UCLALast Club: New England RevolutionAcquired: Trade with New England Revolution 12/11/12

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 11 times, last: July 19, 2014, KC vs LAAssists 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTLShots on Goal 2, 7 times, last: July 26, 2014, KC at TORShots 5, July 26, 2014, KC at TORFouls Committed 6, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VANFouls Suffered 6, May 12, 2012, NE vs VANLast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal July 19, 2014, KC vs LAAssist July 16, 2014, KC at CLB2014 Record when: he starts 11-6-6 he scores 2-0-0

Sporting KC acquired World Cup veteran Feilhaber in December 2012. He was a steady contributor throughout the 2013 season but saved his best work for the playoffs, contributing game-winning assists in the Eastern Conference Semifinals and Eastern Conference Championship. The midfielder has started 23 of the club’s first 24 MLS matches this season and won MLS Player of the Month for July. Feilhaber began his career in Germany with Hamburg’s reserve team before helping Derby County earn promotion to the English Premier League in 2007. He was a member of the U.S. 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, making three appearances in South Africa.#30 | GK | Andy Gruenebaum

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 12/30/1982Hometown: Overland Park, KansasCollege: KentuckyLast Club: Columbus CrewAcquired: Trade with Columbus Crew on 12/16/13

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: Apr. 7, 2012, CLB vs NYSaves 7, 5 times, last: Sept. 5, 2012, CLB at NE

Last...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VANShutout June 15, 2013, CLB vs MTL2014 Record when: he starts 4-1-1

2014 is a homecoming for Andy Gruenebaum, as Sporting KC acquired the Overland Park native from the Columbus Crew in December. He made his club debut in the U.S. Open Cup on June 18 and earned his first MLS start of 2014 on July 12 . After Sporting KC’s 2-1 win at Toronto on July 26, he became the second goalkeeper in MLS history to secure regulation wins in each his first four starts with a new club. An eight-year veteran of the league, Gruenebaum featured 82 times for the Crew (including postseason) and was part of their 2008 team that won MLS Cup. Gruenebaum had a breakout season in 2012, becoming Columbus’ starting keeper and recording an MLS-best 124 saves en route to 13 wins and eight shutouts.

#4 | D | Kevin EllisHt: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 6/30/1991Hometown: Kansas City, MissouriCollege: Barton County Community CollegeAcquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/11

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists 1, June 27, 2014, KC at PORShots on Goal N/AShots 1, 3 times, last: May 27, 2014, KC vs NYFouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: June 27, 2014, KC at PORFouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: May 31, 2014, KC at DCLast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal N/AAssist June 27, 2014, KC at POR2014 Record when: he starts 4-2-4 he scores 0-0-0

Ellis started three of Sporting KC’s first four MLS matches of 2014 before going on loan to USL Pro affiliate OKC Energy FC. He scored his first goal for the club in the first leg of the 2014 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals vs. eventual champion Cruz Azul. The right back, who became the second Homegrown Player in club history in 2011, rejoined Sporting KC on May 16 and has since made seven starts in central defense, earning MLS Team of the Week honors twice (June 9 and June 30).


#40 | D | Igor JuliaoHt: 5-8 Wt. 145 DOB: 8/23/1994Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLast Club: Fluminense FC (Brazil)Acquired: Signed on loan 4/4/2014

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists 1, July 16, 2014, KC at CLBShots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: July 26, 2014, KC at TORShots 2, July 19, 2014, KC vs LAFouls Committed 3, Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHIFouls Suffered 4, 3 times, last: July 26, 2014, KC at TORLast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal N/AAssist July 16, 2014, KC at CLB2014 Record when: he starts 7-4-4 he scores 0-0-0

The 20-year-old Juliao is the second youngest player in Sporting KC history to play the full 90 minutes of an MLS regular season match. He was named to Sports Illustrated’s Week 11 MLS Best XI after his second game on May 18 and has started each MLS match since then. Juliao is a member of Brazil’s Under-20 Men’s National Team and currently on loan from Fluminense FC. He joined Fluminense’s academy in 2003 and made his debut in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A as a 17-year-old in August 2012.

#1 | GK | Eric Kronberg Ht: 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983 Hometown: Santa Rosa, California College: California Acquired: 2006 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round (#40)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals Allowed 4, May 14, 2011, KC at LASaves 6, May 14, 2011, KC at LA

Last...Regular SeasonAppearance July 6, 2014, KC vs CHIShutout June 27, 2014, KC at POR2014 Record when: he starts 7-5-5

The longest tenured member of the club, Kronberg is in his ninth season in Kansas City and first as a starter. The 31-year-old goalkeeper recorded four shutouts in six appearances last year, leading Sporting KC to the quarterfinals of the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League. During the 2014 regular season, he leads MLS with a 0.88 goals against average among keepers with at least 400 minutes played and is tied for first with seven shutouts. He was named MLS Player of the Month for June after registering shutouts in the club’s only two games that month. Five of his 15 conceded goals this season have been penalty kicks.

#21 | GK | Jon KempinHt: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993Hometown: Leawood, KansasLast Club: Sporting Kansas City Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/31/10

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals Allowed 1, Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORSaves 2, Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TOR

Last...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORShutout N/A2014 Record when: he starts 1-0-0

A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Kempin became the club’s first Homegrown Player in 2010 at the age of 17. He was named the Most Valuable Player at the inaugural Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game on Aug. 4 in Portland and made his MLS debut on Aug. 10 against Vancouver, saving a penalty kick in the 84th minute after replacing the injured Andy Gruenebaum at halftime. He earned his first MLS start on Aug. 16. Kempin has been an active member of the U-20 and U-23 U.S. National Team pools. He was loaned to USL PRO affiliate OKC Energy FC in March, registering five shutouts in 13 games played, before his return to Sporting KC on July 9. He spent most of the 2013 campaign on loan at Orlando City SC.

#24 | M | Michael KafariHt: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 10/30/1991Hometown: Accra, GhanaCollege: New MexicoAcquired: Signed on 7/8/2014

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/A Assists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast...Regular SeasonAppearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC acquired Kafari on July 8. He played collegiately at New Mexico before the Vancouver Whitecaps drafted the Ghana native in the third round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft (No 51 overall). After spending preseason with the Canadian club, Kafari signed with their USL PRO affiliate Charleston Battery in mid-March. He made his competitive debut for Charleston on May 28 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup third round.


#94 | M | Jimmy MedrandaHt: 5-5 Wt. 150 DOB: 2/7/1994Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, ColombiaLast Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia)Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal 1, Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs. CLBShots 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALFouls Committed 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALFouls Suffered 4, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 31, 2014, KC at DCGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC acquired Medranda in August 2013 on loan from Deportivo Pereira (Colombia). The Colombian midfielder signed permanently for the club in February, making his first MLS start on March 15. Currently on loan with USL PRO affiliate OKC Energy FC, Medranda joined the youth program of Deportivo Pereira at age 12 before climing the ladder to the senior team. In two seasons with the club, he made 16 appearances across all competitions and scored two goals.

#18 | M | Victor MunozHt: 5-7 Wt. 165 DOB: 7/25/1990Hometown: Madrid, SpainCollege: UCLAAcquired: Signed on 4/1/2014

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast...Regular SeasonAppearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC acquired Munoz in April 2014. The 23-year-old was selected by D.C. United in the second round of hte 2014 MLS SuperDraft. He made his Sporting KC debut in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round on June 18. Munoz spent eight years in the Real Madrid academy system and was a member of Spain’s U-15, U-16 and U-17 youth national teams before moving to the U.S. in 2010 to pursue a college education.

#7 | D | Chance MyersHt: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CaliforniaCollege: UCLAAcquired: 2008 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assists 1, 13 times, last: May 10, 2014, KC at MTLShots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs PORShots 3, 3 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VANFouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: Apr. 1, 2012, KC at CHVFouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 23, 2014, KC vs TORGoal April 27, 2013, KC vs PORAssist May 10, 2014, KC at MTL2014 Record when: he starts 3-2-2 he scores 0-0-0

The second-longest tenured member of the squad, Myers is in his seventh season after being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. In 2013, Myers started a career-high 31 MLS matches (including playoffs) and was the top-rated outside back on the MLS Castrol Index. He will miss the rest of the 2014 season after suffering a left achilles tear on May 23 vs. Toronto. Myers signed a new contract with the club in January after joining the U.S. Men’s National Team for the first time in his career as a member of Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp in 2014. He previously played for the U.S. U-18, U-20 and U-23 youth national teams.

#12 | M | Mikey LopezHt: 5-8 Wt. 160 DOB: 2/20/1993Hometown: Mission, TexasCollege: North CarolinaAcquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/A Assists N/AShots on Goal 2, Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHIShots 2, 3 times, last: Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 3, July 16, 2014, KC at CLBFouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VANLast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VANGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 2-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

Lopez was selected in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing and made his Sporting KC debut on May 26, 2013 in the U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round. His MLS debut came on July 16 of this year at Columbus. Lopez joined USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC in March before switching to OKC Energy FC in June. He was recalled to Sporting KC on June 30 after making 14 USL PRO appearances with one goal and one assist. Lopez is a member of the U.S. U-20 National Team and helped the country qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


#6 | M | Paulo NagamuraHt: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 3/2/1983Hometown: Sao Paulo, BrazilLast Club: Chivas USAAcquired: Trade with Chivas USA on 11/29/2011

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Mar. 21, 2009, CHV vs COLAssists 1, 17 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLShots on Goal 4, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSLShots 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TORFouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LAFouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance July 6, 2014, KC vs CHIGoal May 10, 2014, KC at MTLAssist May 14, 2014, KC vs PHI2014 Record when: he starts 7-3-4 he scores 1-0-0

An MLS veteran, Nagamura is in his third season with Sporting KC. The Brazilian began his career with Sao Paulo FC and Arsenal FC in England before coming to the United States to play for the LA Galaxy in 2005, winning the MLS Cup and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in his first season. He’s also played for Toronto FC and Chivas USA in MLS, becoming an MLS All-Star in 2009 before going on loan to Tigres UANL in Mexico. Sporting KC acquired Nagamura in November 2011 and he converted penalty kicks in shootouts following the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final and 2013 MLS Cup Final.

#2 | D | Erik Palmer-BrownHt: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 4/24/1997Hometown: Lee’s Summit, MissouriAcquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/2/2013

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHIFouls Suffered 1, May 31, 2014, KC at DCLast...Regular SeasonAppearance June 6, 2014, KC at HOUGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

The second youngest player in MLS at age 17, Palmer-Brown signed a homegrown player contract last August. He made his debut and first MLS start on May 18, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender. He featured at right back in the inaugural Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game on Aug. 4., helping the MLS Homegrown team secure a 0-0 draw against the Portland Timbers U-23s. The Lee’s Summit, Mo. native joined the Sporting KC Academy at age 13. He has represented U.S. youth national teams as the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels, most recently competing at the Dallas Cup in April with the U-20s.

#3 | D | Ike OparaHt: 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/21/1989Hometown: Durham, North CarolinaCollege: Wake ForestLast Club: San Jose EarthquakesAcquired: Trade with SJ Earthquakes on 12/12/2012

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBAssists N/AShots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJShots 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: May 28, 2011, SJ at CHIFouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: May 19, 2013, KC at D.C.Last...Regular SeasonAppearance Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLGoal Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

The 2013 Sporting KC Newcomer of the Year appeared in a career-best 18 games with 16 starts during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. Opara scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions, each of them a header, and appeared in three of Sporting KC’s five MLS Cup Playoff matches. He will miss the remainder of the 2014 season after suffering a chondral defect in his right ankle on March 29. Opara started all thee matches for the United States at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and was invited to camp with the U.S. Olympic squad (U-23) in February 2012.

#13 | M | Lawrence OlumHt: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 7/10/1984Hometown: Nairobi, KenyaCollege: Missouri BaptistLast Club: Orlando City SC (USL PRO)Acquired: Signed on 9/15/2010

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 19, 2014, KC vs LAAssists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLShots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: July 16, 2014, KC at CLBShots 3, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORFouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Fouls Suffered 2, Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBLast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal July 19, 2014, KC vs LAAssist Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL2014 Record when: he starts 10-1-1 he scores 1-0-0

Olum is in his fourth season with Sporting KC, making a career-high 22 appearances in MLS competition last year. Capable of playing as a central defender or holding midfielder, he began his professional career with the Portland Timbers in 2007. He also played for the Minnesota Thunder, Austin Aztex and Orlando City SC before signing with Sporting KC in September 2011. Olum joined the Kenya Men’s National Team in November 2012 and recently helped the team advance to the second round of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, starting two games in late May and one in early August.


#37 | F | Jacob PetersonHt: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986Hometown: Portage, MichiganCollege: IndianaLast Club: San Jose EarthquakesAcquired: Signed on 1/19/2012

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 15 times, last: July 26, 2014, KC at TORAssists 1, 14 times, last: July 16, 2014, KC at CLBShots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at D.C.Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NEFouls Committed 3, May 12, 2013, KC at HOUFouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLBLast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VANGoal July 26, 2014, KC at TORAssist July 16, 2014, KC at CLB2014 Record when: he starts 4-4-3 he scores 2-0-0

An eight-year veteran of MLS, Peterson is in his third season with Sporting KC. He has showcased his versatility throughout the 2014 season, playing in defense, midfield and attack on the left side. Peterson, a two-time national champion at Indiana University with goals in the finals of the 2003 and 2004 College Cups, was selected by the Colorado Rapids in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Following stints with Toronto FC and the San Jose Earthquakes, Peterson was signed by Sporting Kansas City in January 2012. He represented the U.S. at the U-17, U-20 and U-23 levels.

#15 | D | Seth SinovicHt: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987Hometown: Leawood, KansasCollege: CreightonLast Club: New England RevolutionAcquired: Signed on 5/10/2011

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists 1, 6 times, last: June 27, 2014, KC at PORShots on Goal 2, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALShots 3, Apr. 17, 2010, NE at SJFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJFouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LALast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal N/AAssist June 27 2014, KC at POR2014 Record when: he starts 12-5-5 he scores 0-0-0

The Leawood, Kan. native and Rockhurst High School alum was rated the No. 1 left back in MLS by Soccer America after leading Sporting KC with 3,733 minutes played in all competition and starting 41 of his 42 appearances in 2013. He scored the game-tying goal in the Eastern Conference Semifinals last year en route to Sporting KC reaching MLS Cup. Sinovic was signed by Sporting KC in May 2011 and has since contributed two goals and six assists across all competitions. He has started 22 of the club’s 24 regular season games this campaign.

#17 | F | C.J. SapongHt: 6-1 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988Hometown: Manassas, VirginiaCollege: James Madison Acquired: 2011 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORAssists 1, 9 times, last: Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COLShots on Goal 4, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Shots 10, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBFouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LALast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORAssist Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL2014 Record when: he starts 2-1-1 he scores 2-0-0

Sapong was named the 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year with five goals and five assists in his first professional season. He scored nine goals in 2012 and four more in 2013, including the game-tying goal in last year’s Eastern Conference Championship series vs. Houston. He made his first appearance in two months on May 23 following a neck injury and scored his first goal of the 2014 campaign on July 16 at Columbus. Sporting KC has an 18-0-2 overall record (including postseason) when Sapong scores. He debuted for the U.S. National Team in January 2012.

#22 | F | Soony SaadHt: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 8/17/1992Hometown: Dearborn, MichiganCollege: MichiganAcquired: Weighted Lottery on 7/5/2011

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs TORAssists 2, Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NEShots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: June 6, 2014, KC at HOUShots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs CLBFouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: June 27, 2014, KC at PORFouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORAssist Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NE2014 Record when: he starts 5-0-1 he scores 2-0-0

After leading the NCAA in scoring with a school record 19 goals as a freshman at the University of Michigan, Saad was signed by Major League Soccer and allocated to Sporting KC via a lottery draft in July 2011. He scored nine minutes into his MLS debut on his 19th birthday and added four goals and four assists in 23 MLS regular season appearances last season. The 22-year-old opened his 2014 scoring account on June 6. Saad represented the U.S. at the youth level, including ap-pearances with the U-20 national team, but is now a member of the Lebanon Men’s National Team.


#23 | M | Martin Steuble Ht: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 6/9/1988Hometown: Schlieren, SwitzerlandLast Club: FC Wil 1900Acquired: Signed on 7/16/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Steuble joined Sporting KC on July 16 from Swiss club FC Wil 1900 and made his MLS and competitive club debut on Aug. 1 as a second half substitute. The 26-year-old midfielder played seven years of professional soccer in Switzerland has featured nine times for the Philippines Men’s National Team under head coach Thomas Dooley. He made his international debut on March 1 of this year and opened his international scoring account on April 11.

#8 | M | Graham ZusiHt: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986Hometown: Longwood, FloridaCollege: MarylandAcquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHIAssists 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLShots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs PORShots 5, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTLFouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHIAssist Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TOR2014 Record when: he starts 9-4-2 he scores 2-0-1

Zusi recorded a career-high six goals and a team-best 12 assists in all competition in 2013 and was the top-rated midfielder in the MLS Castrol Index. He was an MLS MVP finalist in 2012 to go along with MLS All-Star (2012, 2013, 2014), MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) honors. On July 19, he signed a Designated Player contract with the club through the 2018 season. Sporting KC is 15-0-2 all-time when he scores an MLS goal. Zusi was on the United States’ roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside teammate Matt Besler. He appeared in all four matches for the U.S. at the tournament and contributed two assists. He has earned 27 caps with three goals and six assists in his international career.

#11 | M | Sal ZizzoHt: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 4/3/1987Hometown: San Diego, CaliforniaCollege: UCLALast Club: Portland TimbersAcquired: Trade with Portland Timbers on 12/13/13

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 30, 2013, POR at RSLAssists 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL Shots on Goal 3, May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIShots 3, 7 times, last: May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 2, 4 times, last: May 23, 2014, KC vs TORFouls Suffered 4, May 20, 2012, POR vs CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORGoal Aug. 30, 2013, POR at RSLAssist May 23, 2014, KC vs TOR2014 Record when: he starts 5-2-3 he scores 0-0-0

The first-year Sporting KC winger has made 14 MLS appearances with 10 starts in 2014. He recorded two assists in the team’s 3-2 win at Colorado on March 29. Acquired in December via a trade with the Portland Timbers, Zizzo spent three years in the German first division before coming back to the United States in 2010. He represented the U.S. at the U-18 and U-20 levels and starred for the U-20 National Team in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


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

KC - Regular Season 141 136 12306 2 7 33 8 121 72 6 1 16 1 1 3

KC - Postseason 10 10 960 0 0 2 0 12 8 1 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 151 146 13266 2 7 35 8 133 80 7 1 16 1 1 3

CLAUDIO BIELER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 3 0 85 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 40 28 2478 12 4 84 30 44 36 16 0 5 0 4 1

JORGE CLAROS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 3 2 197 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AURELIEN COLLIN GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 10 10 960 4 1 12 4 21 10 3 0 3 0 1 1

MLS - TOTAL 111 107 9491 15 3 106 30 201 101 20 0 33 3 6 1

ANTONIO DOVALE GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 11 9 635 1 2 16 5 6 9 0 8 3 1 0 0

CHRISTIAN DUKE GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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


KC - Postseason 6 3 282 1 0 17 8 8 7 3 0 0 0 1 0

MLS - TOTAL 47 32 2892 19 3 125 49 73 71 28 1 4 0 7 1

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


MLS - TOTAL 16 11 1111 0 1 3 0 20 10 0 0 3 0 0 1

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


MLS - Regular Season 102 91 7974 11 18 143 48 133 244 4 116 17 2 1 3

KC - Postseason 4 4 394 0 2 14 1 5 12 2 0 1 0 0 1

MLS - TOTAL 106 95 8368 11 20 157 49 138 256 6 116 18 2 1 4

IGOR JULIAO GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 15 15 1272 0 1 9 3 18 34 3 0 2 0 0 1

MICHAEL KAFARI GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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


MLS - TOTAL 4 4 299 0 0 7 3 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

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


MLS - TOTAL 5 1 120 0 0 5 1 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0

VICTOR MUNOZ GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CHANCE MYERS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 10 10 960 0 1 7 1 9 10 1 1 2 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 133 108 10080 2 14 90 22 140 102 8 5 12 1 0 6


ALL-TIME STATISTICS

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



KC - Postseason 4 4 397 0 0 10 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - Postseason 14 13 1306 0 0 19 6 19 29 1 0 4 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 229 207 18449 11 18 231 74 345 294 9 20 54 2 4 6

LAWRENCE OLUM GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 2 1 202 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 60 32 3248 3 2 27 6 32 11 3 0 10 0 3 0

IKE OPARA GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



KC - Postseason 3 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - Postseason 4 0 94 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 60 39 3805 6 0 39 15 59 25 6 1 5 0 3 0

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


MLS - TOTAL 3 2 235 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 0

JACOB PETERSON GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



KC - Postseason 4 3 244 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - Postseason 7 5 405 0 0 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 203 117 10596 15 14 179 67 76 115 22 62 7 1 6 6

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


KC - Postseason 4 0 47 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 55 23 2354 7 6 87 27 36 49 3 19 2 0 2 2

C.J. SAPONG GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


KC - Postseason 10 9 876 2 1 25 11 16 27 3 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 113 75 7193 22 10 184 77 137 185 31 0 4 1 7 3

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



KC - Postseason 10 10 955 2 0 4 4 13 10 0 0 1 0 2 0

MLS - TOTAL 134 131 11611 2 6 59 19 138 92 3 0 18 0 2 4

MARTIN STEUBLE GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SAL ZIZZO GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



MLS - TOTAL 84 39 4069 2 11 71 27 24 65 5 38 2 0 0 1

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


KC - Postseason 10 10 959 0 5 21 1 18 19 1 46 1 0 0 3

MLS - TOTAL 149 116 10860 20 41 240 75 138 192 16 526 11 0 7 18


ERIC KRONBERG GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA W L T

KC - Regular Season 22 21 1912 77 51 8 21 0.99 6 6 9 6 7

MLS - TOTAL 22 21 1912 77 51 8 21 0.99 6 6 9 6 7

ANDY GRUENEBAUM GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA W L T


MLS - Regular Season 86 85 7560 401 286 18 108 1.29 6 8 30 32 22

MLS - Postseason 2 2 210 9 7 0 2 0.86 0 0 1 1 0

MLS - TOTAL 88 87 7770 410 293 18 110 1.27 6 8 31 33 22

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


MLS - TOTAL 2 1 135 5 3 0 1 0.67 0 1 1 0 0


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SEA DAL SJ COL RSL MTL NE CLB MTL PHI CHI TOR NY DC HOU POR CHI MTL CLB LA TOR PHI VAN TOR

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

1 Eric Kronberg 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

2 Erik Palmer-Brown 64D 81 90D

3 Ike Opara 1 90D 61D

4 Kevin Ellis 90D 90D 90D 23 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 33 7 35 90D

5 Matt Besler 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 75D 90D 90D

6 Paulo Nagamura 90M 90M 85M 90M 78M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 7M 90M 80M

7 Chance Myers 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 36D

8 Graham Zusi 90M 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 75M 90F 28 90F 90M 90F 90F 90F 90M

9 Antonio Dovale 10 44M 33 71M 86F 90F 90F 21F 76F 45F 69F

10 Benny Feilhaber 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 45M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 73M

11 Sal Zizzo 32 90F 75F 90F 80F 66F 55F 55F 54 72F 45 80M 10 67F

12 Mikey Lopez 64M 77M 68M 90M

13 Lawrence Olum 90M 90M 29 5 90M 14 90D 29 90M 56M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

14 Dom Dwyer 90F 77F 90F 7 76F 87F 90F 87F 70F 19 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 80F 90F 90F 90F 90F 89F 90F 80F

15 Seth Sinovic 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 55D 90D 90D

16 Claudio Bieler 13 83F 14 3 3 20 71F 67F 10

17 C.J. Sapong 90F 45F 15 4 34 10 14 90F 17 71F 21 26 23

18 Victor Munoz

19 Peterson Joseph

20 Jorge Claros 90M 90M 17

20 Oriol Rosell 90M 61M 83M 90M 90M 90M 90M

21 Jon Kempin 45 90G

22 Soony Saad 29 15 6 18 13 90F 90F 62F 14 57F 73F 19 22 12 90F

23 Alex Martinez 15 14 32 12 19 85M 75M 66M 83 10

23 Martin Steuble 1

24 Mechack Jerome 1 90D

24 Michael Kafari

25 Christian Duke

30 Andy Gruenebaum 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 45G

31 Josh Gardner 89D

37 Jacob Peterson 58F 45 24 35 61F 57M 35 84D 90F 77F 45 90M 90F 76M 26 45 13 90D 78F

40 Igor Juliao 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 45D 90D 90D 90D 90D 83D 90D 90D 64D 90D

78 Aurelien Collin 90D 90D 90D 29 90D 76D 74D 90D 61D 90D 9D 90D 90D 90D 55D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

94 Jimmy Medranda 75M 5 15 24

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Game log:

Game #1 03/08/2014 KC 0 at SEA 1 L

Game #2 03/15/2014 KC 1 vs DAL 1 T Collin 1 (Feilhaber 1) 81

Game #3 03/22/2014 KC 1 vs SJ 0 W Dwyer 1 (penalty kick) 57

Game #4 03/29/2014 KC 3 at COL 2 W Zusi 1 (Zizzo 1, Nagamura 1) 50; Feilhaber 1 (Zizzo 2, Zusi 1) 79; Dwyer 2 (Zusi 2) 92+

Game #5 04/05/2014 KC 0 vs RSL 0 T

Game #6 04/19/2014 KC 4 vs MTL 0 W own goal (Mallace) 31; Collin 2 (Olum 1) 71; Dwyer 3 (Peterson 1) 74; Dwyer 4 (Zusi 3) 86

Game #7 04/26/2014 KC 0 at NE 2 L

Game #8 05/04/2014 KC 2 vs CLB 0 W Peterson 1 (unassisted) 10; Bieler 1 (Zusi 4) 95+

Game #9 05/10/2014 KC 3 at MTL 0 W Dwyer 5 (penalty kick) 18; Nagamura 1 (Myers 1) 34; Dwyer 6 (Dovale 1) 64

Game #10 05/14/2014 KC 1 vs PHI 2 L Dwyer 7 (Nagamura 2) 80

Game #11 05/18/2014 KC 1 at CHI 2 L Dwyer 8 (Feilhaber 2) 68

Game #12 05/23/2014 KC 2 vs TOR 2 T Dwyer 9 (Zizzo 3) 47; Dwyer 10 (penalty kick) 84

Game #13 05/27/2014 KC 1 vs NY 1 T Dovale 1 (Feilhaber 3) 9

Game #14 05/31/2014 KC 0 at DC 1 L

Game #15 06/06/2014 KC 2 at HOU 0 W Saad 1 (Feilhaber 4) 45; Dwyer 11 (penalty kick) 70

Game #16 06/27/2014 KC 1 at POR 0 W Olum 1 (Ellis 1, Sinovic 1) 24

Game #17 07/06/2014 KC 1 vs CHI 1 T Dwyer 12 (unassisted) 33

Game #18 07/12/2014 KC 2 at MTL 1 W Dwyer 13 (Besler 1) 4; Dwyer 14 (unassisted) 89

Game #19 07/16/2014 KC 2 at CLB 1 W Sapong 1 (Feilhaber 5) 42; Feilhaber 2 (Peterson 2, Juliao 1) 93+

Game #20 07/19/2014 KC 2 vs LA 1 W Feilhaber 3 (unassisted) 10; Olum 2 (unassisted) 61

Game #21 07/26/2014 KC 2 at TOR 1 W Zusi 2 (unassisted) 48; Peterson 2 (Dwyer 1) 80

Game #22 08/01/2014 KC 1 vs PHI 1 T Zusi 3 (Dovale 2) 54

Game #23 08/10/2014 KC 0 at VAN 2 L

Game #24 08/16/2014 KC 4 vs TOR 1 W Dwyer 15 (penalty kick) 18; Dwyer 16 (penalty kick) 33; Saad 2 (unassisted) 64; Sapong 2 (Saad 1, Zusi 5) 77

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2013/14 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE U.S. OPEN CUP 2014/15 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

# Player QF1 QF2 4R 5R Grp2

AZL AZL MNUT POR ESTL

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

1 Eric Kronberg 90G 90G

2 Erik Palmer-Brown 90D 90D

3 Ike Opara 90D 90D

4 Kevin Ellis 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

5 Matt Besler 90D 90D 90D

6 Paulo Nagamura 90M 72M 84M

7 Chance Myers

8 Graham Zusi 90F 90F 67M

9 Antonio Dovale 90F 90M 57M

10 Benny Feilhaber 76M 90M 23

11 Sal Zizzo 60F 28 60F 33

12 Mikey Lopez

13 Lawrence Olum 90M 90M 90M

14 Dom Dwyer 2 23 90F 71F 17

15 Seth Sinovic 90D 90D 90D 90D

16 Claudio Bieler 88F 67F 62M

17 C.J. Sapong 14 18 2 19 90F

18 Victor Munoz 36M

19 Peterson Joseph

20 Oriol Rosell 90M 90M

20 Jorge Claros 90M

21 Jon Kempin 90G

22 Soony Saad 88F 90F 73F

23 Alex Martinez 54 6

24 Mechack Jerome 47

25 Christian Duke

30 Andy Gruenebaum 90G 90G

31 Josh Gardner 43D

37 Jacob Peterson 30 90F 90D 30

78 Aurelien Collin 90D 90D

94 Jimmy Medranda

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2013/14

QF1 03/12/2014 KC 1 vs CRZAZL 0 W Ellis (Bieler) 17

QF2 03/19/2014 KC 1 at CRZAZL 5 L Feilhaber (Zusi) 44

U.S. OPEN CUP

4R 06/11/2014 KC 2 vs MINNUT 0 W Saad (Olum) 76; Martinez (Zizzo) 87

5R 06/24/2014 KC 1 vs POR 3 L Saad (penalty kick) 73

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2014/15

Grp2 08/19/2014 KC 1 at ESTELI 1 W Dovale (unassisted) 16

vs. (12-7-4; 40 pts.) (12-6-6; 42 pts.)

August 23, 2014 | Sporting Park | 8:30 P.M. EDT CBS Sports Radio, dcunited.com/live

PROBABLE STARTING XI

Espindola

(17 GP/15 GS; 8G/8A) Silva

(18 GP/13 GS; 7G/2A)

Rolfe Arnaud Kitchen DeLeon (19 GP/18 GS; 5G/5A) (22 GP/21 GS; 2G/0A) (21 GP/21 GS; 3G/3A) (21 GP/21 GS; 2G/4A)

Kemp Birnbaum Boswell Franklin (3 GP/2 GS; 0G/2A) (10 GP/10 GS; 0G/0A) (23 GP/23 GS; 1G/2A) (18 GP/17 GS; 1G/2A)

Hamid

(19 GP/19 GS; 1.21 GAA; 5 SO)

INJURY REPORT

OUT: Chris Pontius (L hamstring); Conor Doyle (L knee

surgery); Jeff Parke (L ear surgery); Andrew Dykstra (L Achilles surgery); Michael Seaton (L quad); Chris Korb (L hamstring)

PROBABLE: Nana Attakora (concussion)

D.C. UNITED COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS

TJ Scholl Craig Stouffer

(910) 389-1607 (240) 426-2829

[email protected]@dcunited.com

@tjscholl16 @CraigStouffer

Day Date Opponent (Result) Time Television Sat. March 8 Columbus Crew (L 0-3) 7:00pm Sat. March 22 at Toronto FC (L 0-1) 4:30pm TSN Sat. March 29 Chicago (T 2-2) 4:00pm NBC Sports Network Sat. April 5 New England Revolution(W 2-0)7:00pm Sat. April 12 New York Red Bulls (W 1-0) 7:00pm MSG-NY Sat. April 19 at Columbus Crew (T 1-1) 7:30pm Sat. April 26 FC Dallas (W 4-1) 7:00pm Sat. May 3 at Portland Timbers (L 2-3) 10:30pm CSN Sat. May 10 at Philadelphia Union (W 1-0) 4:00pm CSN Sat. May 17 Montreal Impact (T 1-1) 7:00pm CSN

Wed. May 21 Houston Dynamo (W 2-0) 7:00pm CSN Sat. May 24 at New England Revolution(L2-1)7:30pm CSN

Sat. May 31 Sporting Kansas City (W 1-0) 7:00pm CSN Sat. June 7 Columbus Crew (T 0-0) 7:00pm CSN Wed. June 11 at Montreal Impact (W 4-2) 7:30pm CSN/RDS Sat. June 28 Seattle Sounders FC (L 1-0) 7:00pm CSN Sat. July 5 at Toronto FC (W 2-1) 4:00pm TSN2 Fri. July 11 at San Jose Earthquakes (W2-1) 11:00pm NBC Sports Network

Sun. July 20 Chivas USA (W 3-1) 8:00pm CSN/UDN Wed. July 30 Toronto FC (W 3-0) 7:00pm CSN Sun. Aug. 3 at Houston Dynamo (L 1-0) 8:00pm CSN/UDN. Sat. Aug. 9 at Real Salt Lake (L 3-0) 10:00pm CSN Sun. Aug. 17 Colorado Rapids (W 4-2) 8:00pm CSN/UDN

Sat. Aug. 23 at Sporting Kansas City 8:30pm Wed. Aug. 27 at LA Galaxy 10:30pm CSN Sun. Aug. 31 New York Red Bulls 2:30pm NBC Sports Network

Sat. Sept. 6 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10:00pm TSN Wed. Sept. 10 at New York Red Bulls 8:00pm ESPN 2 Sat. Sept. 20 at Chicago Fire 8:30pm Sat. Sept. 27 Philadelphia Union 3:00pm NBC Sports Network Fri. Oct. 3 Sporting Kansas City 8:00pm NBC Sports Network Sun. Oct. 12 at Houston Dynamo 3:00pm UniMas Sat. Oct. 18 Chicago Fire 7:00pm Sat. Oct. 25 at Montreal Impact 4:00pm

*All dates and times are subject to change*

2014 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (12-7-4)

Luis Silva Scores Career High Forward Luis Silva scored his career high seventh goal of the season with his brace against Colorado on Aug. 17. The goals were Silva’s first from regular season play since scoring the team’s assurance goal in a 3-1 victory over Chivas USA on July 20. Silva is the only United player who has scored two or more goals in more than one game this season. Fabian Espindola is a close second, having scored a brace in the club’s 4-1 victory over FC Dallas on April 26. Taylor Kemp’s First Two MLS Career Assists D.C. United defender Taylor Kemp filled in for an injured Chris Korb last Sunday, aiding the Black-and-Red to a 4-2 home victory over the Colorado Rapids. Making his second start this season, Kemp contributed to the game’s first goal in the 12th minute, sending a through ball to a streaking Luis Silva. Kemp got his second assist of the night on United’s third goal. The University of Maryland product ran 60 yards down the sideline, before sending a cross to Chris Rolfe, who struck a low shot past Colorado ‘keeper Clint Irwin in the 81st minute. In two seasons with the clubs, Kemp has appeared in eleven games (eight starts), logging 713 minutes. Battle for First Place With a win last Sunday, the Black-and-Red has narrowed the point gap with first place Sporting KC to two. The host side has a mere 42 to 40 lead in the category; however, Kansas City has a one game advantage over D.C. United this season, having played 24 thus far. The last time D.C. United was in first place this late in to the season, was in Sept. of 2007. Good to be Home After earning a 4-2 victory in the team’s last home game against the Colorado Rapids, D.C. United has ended its two game slide that began on Aug. 3 in a 1-0 loss to Houston. United has maintained the second longest undefeated streak at home this season (eight), behind the Los Angeles Galaxy, with nine. The Black-and-Red has only fallen twice at RFK, giving the club the second best home record (8-2-3), behind Sporting (5-1-6). In addition, United is leading its Eastern Conference opponents in goals scored at home (23). Espindola is Back After missing almost two months with a knee injury, forward Fabian Espindola made his first start with the club last Sunday against the Colorado Rapids. Fabi went 90 minutes, scoring the fourth goal in the club’s 4-2 victory at home. United’s newest acquisition, former Seattle Sounder FC forward David Estrada assisted for the goal in the 86th minute, giving Fabi his team-leading eighth goal this season. Rolfe Scores Another Midfielder Chris Rolfe scored his fifth goal this season in the club’s 4-2 win against Colorado last Sunday. Rolfe is now third in goals scored for D.C. United this season, behind Luis Silva (seven) and Fabian Espindola (eight). Last Meeting at Sporting Park With the help of a late second half goal from forward Claudio Bieler, Sporting defeated D.C. United on Oct. 18, 2013. Bieler's fourth goal of the year, off an assist from forward Soony Saad, lifted Sporting to a 1-0 victory that saw SKC ‘keeper Jimmy Nielsen earn his league-leading fourth consecutive clean sheet.

Hamid Continues Career Year Holding a saves percentage of 74.2 percent over 19 games, D.C. United All-Star goalkeeper Bill Hamid has the highest saves percentage in MLS. Furthermore, with five shutouts, Hamid has the second-most shutouts among Eastern Conference keepers, behind Houston Dynamo keeper Tally Hall and Sporting Kansas City keeper Eric Kronberg, who are tied with seven. All-Time Record against Kansas City D.C. United’s all-time record is 19-20-10 against Sporting Kansas City. Since their first meeting with Sporting in 1996, United has gone 13-6-5 at home and 6-14-5 on the road. Bill Hamid against SKC Among active goalkeepers, Bill Hamid is sixth all-time in saves against Sporting Kansas City (32). All-Time Goal Scoring D.C. United ranks sixth all-time in goals scored (63) against Sporting Kansas City. Converting Penalties In 49 games played against Sporting Kansas City, D.C. United has scored from a penalty eight times. Only the Colorado Rapids have scored more goals off penalties against Sporting (11). Physical Matchup Sporting KC ranks first in the league for fouls committed with 359 in 24 games. D.C. United, on the other hand, is tied for 12th in the category with the Vancouver Whitecaps at 290. Facing a tough August The Black-and-Red faces a jam-packed schedule this month, with seven games in 29 days. Only three other teams will play seven matches, including Montreal, Seattle and LA. United began its busy run with the Houston Dynamo on Aug. 3, falling to its Texas rival, 1-0, at BBVA Compass Stadium. The club was unable to bounce back a week later, as its losing streak extended on the road against Real Salt Lake, 3-0. However, the Black-and-Red improved its play and earned its first three points this month with a 4-2 win over Colorado last Sunday. In addition, D.C. United will open its CONCACAF Champions League campaign on Aug. 20 against Jamaican side Waterhouse FC at RFK. Key First Goal D.C. United is one of four teams in MLS that have yet to lose a game when scoring the first goal, along with the San Jose Earthquakes, Los Angeles Galaxy and Sporting Kansas City. After 23 games, the Black-and-Red has maintained the best record when tallying first, 11-0-1, with a .955 pct. In addition, the club continues to hold the second best record when leading at the half (10-0-1), behind the Houston Dynamo (3-0-0). Sporting is just below United with a (8-0-1, .944 pct) when leading at the half.

GAME NOTES

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. DOB Hometown College 2 Jeff Parke D 6-1 185 3-23-82 Abington, PA Drexel University 4 Nana Attakora D 6-1 185 3-27-89 North York, ON ----- 5 Sean Franklin D 5-10 160 3-21-85 Panorama City, CA Cal State Northridge 6 Kofi Opare D 6-2 190 10-12-90 Mampong, Ghana University of Michigan 7 Eddie Johnson F 6-0 180 3-31-84 Daytona Beach, FL ----- 8 Davy Arnaud M 5-11 160 6-22-80 Nederland, TX West Texas A&M University 9 Fabian Espindola F 5-9 160 5-4-85 San Luis, Argentina ---- 11 Luis Silva M 5-11 163 10-12-88 Los Angeles, CA University of California-Santa Barbara 12 Alex Caskey M 5-10 152 7-22-88 Dunwoddy, GA Davidson College 13 Chris Pontius M/F 6-0 168 5-12-87 Yorba Linda, CA University of California-Santa Barbara 14 Nick DeLeon M 5-10 170 7-17-90 Phoenix, AZ University of Louisville 15 Steve Birnbaum D 6-1 180 1-23-91 Irvine, CA University of California 17 Conor Shanosky D/M 6-4 185 12-13-91 Sterling, VA ------ 18 Chris Rolfe M/F 5-8 155 1-17-83 Kettering, OH University of Dayton 19 Kyle Porter M 6-0 160 1-19-90 Toronto, Canada ------ 20 Jalen Robinson D 5-9 145 5-8-94 Catonsville, Md. Wake Forest University 21 Christiano Francois F 5-7 140 7-17-93 Port-au-Prince, Haiti University of Maryland 22 Chris Korb D 5-9 160 10-8-87 Cleveland, OH University of Akron 23 Perry Kitchen M 6-0 160 2-29-92 Indianapolis, IN University of Akron 24 Lewis Neal M 5-11 155 7-14-81 Leicester, England ------ 25 Jared Jeffrey M 5-11 165 6-14-90 Richardson, TX ------ 27 Collin Martin M 5-11 150 11-9-94 Chevy Chase, Md. Wake Forest University 28 Bill Hamid GK 6-3 225 11-25-90 Annandale, VA ------ 29 Michael Seaton F 6-0 180 5-1-96 Capitol Heights, MD ------ 30 Conor Doyle F 6-1 175 10-13-91 McKinney, TX Creighton University 31 Joe Willis GK 6-5 190 8-10-88 St. Louis, MO University of Denver 32 Bobby Boswell D 6-2 185 3-15-83 Austin, TX Florida International University 33 Taylor Kemp D 5-11 153 7-23-90 Highlands Ranch, CO University of Maryland 50 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 1-2-86 Woodbridge, VA Virginia Commonwealth University

2014 D.C. United Alphabetical Roster No. Name Age Pronunciation Birthplace Previous Club 8 Davy Arnaud 33 Are-No Nederland, TX Montreal Impact 4 Nana Attakora 24 Na-Na At-A-Kor-A North York, Ontario San Jose Earthquakes 15 Steve Birnbaum 23 Burn-bom Irvine, CA University of California 32 Bobby Boswell 30 Boz-Well Austin, TX Houston Dynamo 12 Alex Caskey 25 Kas-Key Dunwoddy, GA Seattle Sounders FC 14 Nick DeLeon 22 de-le-ON Phoenix, AZ University of Louisville 30 Conor Doyle 21 Doyle McKinney, TX Derby County (England) 50 Andrew Dykstra 26 DYKE-strah Honolulu, HI Charleston Battery (USL Pro) 9 Fabian Espindola 28 Feh-B-N Es-Pin-Duh-La San Luis, Argentina New York Red Bulls 21 Christiano Francois 20 Kris-Tee-On-O Fran-Swah Port-au-Prince, Haiti University of Maryland 5 Sean Franklin 28 Frank-lin Panorama City, CA LA Galaxy 28 Bill Hamid 22 Ah-meed Annandale, VA D.C. United Academy 25 Jared Jeffrey 23 Jar-ED JEFF-rey Richardson, TX Mainz (Germany) 7 Eddie Johnson 29 John-son Bunnell, FL Seattle Sounders FC 33 Taylor Kemp 22 Kemp Highlands Ranch, CO University of Maryland 23 Perry Kitchen 21 Kitch-in Indianapolis, IN University of Akron 22 Chris Korb 25 CORB Cleveland, OH University of Akron 32 Collin Martin 18 Mar-tin Chevy Chase, MD D.C. United Academy 24 Lewis Neal 32 Neal Leicester, England Orlando City (USL Pro) 6 Kofi Opare 23 Co-fee Oh-par-ay Mampong, Ghana LA Galaxy 2 Jeff Parke 31 Park Abington, PA Philadelphia Union 13 Chris Pontius 26 PON-tee-us West Covina, CA Univ. of California-Santa Barbara 19 Kyle Porter 23 Porter Toronto, Canada FC Edmonton 20 Jalen Robinson 19 Rob-in-son Catonsville, MD University of Wake Forest 18 Chris Rolfe 31 Rawl-fe Kettering, OH Chicago Fire 29 Michael Seaton 16 Seat-en Spanish Town, Jamaica D.C. United Academy 17 Conor Shanosky 20 Shan-OSCK-kee Pittsburgh, PA D.C. United Academy 11 Luis Silva 25 Loo-Ee Sil-VA Los Angeles, CA Toronto FC 31 Joe Willis 24 Willis St. Louis, MO University of Denver

2014 D.C. United Roster

2014 1/6 Jalen Robinson signed as a Homegrown player 1/8 Canadian international Nana Attakora signed with the club; selected in the 2nd round of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft. 1/14 Dejan Jakovic moved to Shumizu S-Pulse on a permanent transfer. 1/14 Traded homegrown defender Ethan White and the top spot in the allocation ranking to the Philadelphia Union for defender

Jeff Parke and the number six spot in the allocation order. 1/16 University of California defender Steven Birnbaum signed after being selected with the 2nd overall pick in 2014 MLS

SuperDraft. 1/22 Defender Chris Korb re-signed with the club. Korb appeared and started in 30 games in the 2013 season. 1/24 Former University of Maryland product Christiano Francois acquired via a waiver draft. 2/7 Defender Cristian Fernandez Salas signed on free transfer from Union Deportiva Almeria of Spanish La Liga. 2/18 Forward Casey Townsend is waived after one season with the club. 3/4 Signed midfielder Alex Caskey via a trade with Seattle Sounders FC. 4/2 Acquired forward Chris Rolfe from the Chicago Fire in exchange for allocation money. 7/1 Defender Cristian Fernandez and D.C. United mutually terminate contract. 7/29 Acquired defender Kofi Opare from the Los Angeles Galaxy, and, in exchange, the clubs will trade allocation rankings. United will also receive the Galaxy’s 2015 second round draft pick. 8/7 Acquired forward/midfielder David Estrada from Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for a 2017 third round SuperDraft pick.

2014 D.C. UNITED TRANSACTIONS

2 | Jeff Parke Parke joined D.C. United on 1/14/14 from the Philadelphia Union. Parke featured and started 31 games with the Union in 2013 and played for a total of 2,744 minutes, 40th in MLS and 18th among all defenders. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 1-0 win against Sporting Kansas City on 5/31. 3| David Estrada Estrada joined D.C. United on 8/7/14 from Seattle Sounders FC. A first round selection of the Sounders (11th overall) in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, Estrada played four seasons at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was named Soccer America’s National Freshman of the Year in 2006 and second-team All-Pac 10 in 2006 and 2007. In five seasons with Seattle, Estrada featured in 41 games (18 starts), scoring five goals for the club in 2012. Last game: Came on as a substitute for Chris Rolfe in the 84th minute in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 4 | Nana Attakora Attakora played in 8 games (7 starts) and played 657 minutes for San Jose while recording one assist in 2013. After pursuing professional opportunities overseas, Attakora returned to MLS in Feb. 2013 signing with the San Jose Earthquakes. In 2009, 2010 and 2011 he won the Canadian Championship while playing for Toronto FC. Attakora won the Canadian U-20 Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014. 5 | Sean Franklin (@SFranklin5) Franklin, selected by LA Galaxy in the first round (4th overall) of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, has featured in 160 games (150 starts) in his MLS career. The 2008 MLS Rookie of the year started 29 of the 33 games he featured in during his 6th campaign with LA in 2013. Franklin played for a total of 2,736 minutes and finished with one goal and four assists. Last game: Went 90 minutes, recording an assist in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 6| Kofi Opare Opare joined D.C. United on 7/29/14 from the Los Angeles Galaxy. A second round selection of the Galaxy in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, Opare played four seasons at the University of Michigan, earning a place on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2009 and Second Team All-Big Ten in 2011. In his rookie year with the Galaxy, Opare featured and started in six games, playing 534 minutes and scoring one goal. This season, Opare has played in six additional games with the Galaxy. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014. 7 | Eddie Johnson (@eddie_johnson7) Johnson started 20 games for Seattle Sounders FC in 2013, featuring in 21. The veteran forward finished with 9 goals and 2 assists last year and logged 1,725 minutes. Johnson led the Sounders in goals in 2012 and 2013, posting 23 overall in 49 league appearances. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 3-0 loss against Real Salt Lake on 8/9.

8 | Davy Arnaud (@d_arnaud22) Arnaud featured in 24 games (21 starts) with the Montreal Impact in their second season in MLS. He played 1,776 minutes, bringing his career total to 23,930, which is 9th on the All-time active player list. The first ever Montreal Impact team captain in MLS finished with one goal and five assists, including his lone game-winning strike against the Seattle Sounders in the first game of the 2013 season. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 9 | Fabian Espindola Espindola, a former striker for the NY Red Bulls, comes to United having started 23 of 28 games in which he featured in 2013. The veteran striker logged 2,054 minutes, registering two assists and nine goals on the year. Last game: Went 90 minutes, scoring in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 11 | Luis Silva In his first season with the Black-and-Red, Silva found the net three times and had two assists. Appearing and starting in 13 games, the experienced midfielder logged 1,042 minutes overall and tied Dwayne De Rosario and Kyle Porter for most goals on the team. Last game: Started and went 73 minutes, scoring a brace in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 12 | Alex Caskey Caskey started five of 10 matches in which he appeared in during the 2013 season for Seattle Sounders FC. In 2012, his rookie campaign, he made an immediate impact and finished third on the team with four assists. Last game: Came on as a substitute for Nick DeLeon in the 87th minute in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 13 | Chris Pontius (@ChrisPontius13) Pontius, United’s longest tenured player, fought through injuries during his 2013 campaign. He finished the year with two goals and one assist. United didn’t lose a game the midfielder scored in, beating San Jose Earthquakes and tying LA Galaxy. In 2012 Pontius was named to his first ever MLS Best XI and was also awarded the club’s Volkswagen MVP, Volkswagen Fan’s Choice Award, Volkswagen Goal of the Year, the Golden Boot and was runner up for MLS Comeback Player of the Year. Pontius started 19 of the 22 games in which he featured and logged a total of 1,754 minutes. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014.

D.C. UNITED MINI-BIOS

14 | Nick DeLeon (@NickDeLeon7) The 2012 MLS Rookie of the Year finalist, was sidelined for 6 ½ weeks last season after suffering a hamstring strain during a friendly with the Columbus Crew. He netted his first goal of the year in the U.S. Open Cup semifinal round against the Chicago Fire. And, finding his strength, the dynamic attacker hit a rocket against the Philadelphia Union, ultimately earning D.C. United Goal of the Year. DeLeon featured in 25 matches, starting 23, and logged 1,912 minutes. Last game: Started and went 87 minutes in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 15 | Steve Birnbaum (@StevenBirnbaum) Birnbaum, a University of California product, is joining the Black-and-Red after an All-American campaign at California. As a freshman, the defensive standout played 17 games (8 starts), a school record at the time. Sophomore year he started and played in 20 games, career high, tallying one goal while finishing fourth on the team with five assists. For his efforts throughout college, he was named NSCAA First Team All-American, NSCAA First Team All-Far-West, College Soccer News First Team All-American, All-Pac-12 First Team, Soccer News Net College Boot Player of the Year Finalist and a Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy Semifinalist. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 17 | Conor Shanosky (@ConorShanosky17) A Virginia native, Shanosky spent a majority of the 2013 season on loan with the Richmond Kickers of the USL Pro League where he featured in 14 games and scored two goals to help lead the Kickers to the 2013 USL Pro Regular Season Championship. For the Black-and-Red, the fourth year homegrown signee played in five games (3 starts) and registered two shots from the center back position. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014. 18 | Chris Rolfe (@ChrisRolfe17) Rolfe started 26 games for the Chicago Fire in 2013, featuring in 31. The dynamic offensive player finished with four goals and an assist in 2,135 minutes of play. Rolfe also started all four of Chicago’s matches in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, tallying three goals and an assist as the Fire reached the competition’s semifinals. He was acquired from the Chicago Fire in exchange for allocation money on 4/2/14. Last game: Started and went 84 minutes, scoring in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 19 | Kyle Porter (@KylePorter19) In his first season with the Black-and-Red, Porter appeared in 27 games and started 18. The Canadian International finished with three goals, tied for best on the team, and one assist. All three goals of the season were game-tying tallies. Porter logged 1,594 minutes overall. Last game: Came on as a substitute for Davy Arnaud in the 87th minute in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24.

20 | Jalen Robinson (@JayyBird15) Robinson, United’s 7th Homegrown player to sign with the First team, joined D.C. on 1/6/14. The 19-year-old Wake Forest University product was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team in 2012 and earned Freshman All-America honors from Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News. As a sophomore, he was named to the Second Team All-ACC, Second Team All-South Region and was named the ACC Player of the Week on Oct. 1, 2013. Robinson played and started 19 games, racking up 1,786 minutes for Wake in his sophomore year. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014. 22 | Chris Korb Korb, a University of Akron product, became one of United’s most reliable players throughout the 2013 season. The defender set career highs in games played (30), games started (30), minutes (2,700) and shots (12) and was a mainstay at the outside back position. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 3-0 loss against Real Salt Lake on 8/9. 23 | Perry Kitchen (@PerryKitchen23) Kitchen, the 2012 Rookie of the Year Finalist, was named D.C. United’s Most Valuable Player after the 2013 season. The Indianapolis native continued to impress playing and starting 31 MLS games, only missing three. The young midfielder also recorded four assists on the year, leading the Black-and-Red in that category. Kitchen logged a total of 2,773 minutes played in 2013. Last game: Went 90 minutes, recording an assist in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 24 | Lewis Neal In his second season with the Black-and-Red, Neal provided a leadership role in the midfield playing in nine games (five starts) with one assist on the year. Most notably, Neal scored the game-winning goal in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final against Real Salt Lake on 10/1 to give United its 13th major Domestic and International championship. Neal started 5 of the 9 games in which he featured and logged a total of 491 minutes played. Last game: Came on as a substitute for Luis Silva in the 73rd minute in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 25| Jared Jeffrey In his first season with the Black-and-Red, Jeffrey made an immediate impact in the middle of the park, starting all 10 matches he featured in and notching two goals. His first goal came on 8/3 against the Montreal Impact, providing the Black-and-Red with a 3-1 win over the visitors. Jeffrey's second MLS goal put D.C. up 1-0 over Toronto FC and won MLS Goal of the Week. He played and started 10 games, logging 796 minutes. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 3-0 loss against Real Salt Lake on 8/9.

27 | Collin Martin (@martcw12) On 7/10/13, Martin became the sixth United player to sign a homegrown contract. In his first professional season he appeared in seven games (four starts) with one assist for the Black-and-Red. In his first appearance for United on 8/3, the young midfielder recorded his first career assist in a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Impact. Martin logged a total of 359 minutes played last season. Last game: Came on as a substitute for Luis Silva in the 60th minute in a 1-0 loss against the Houston Dynamo on 8/3. 28 | Bill Hamid (@BillHamid28) Hamid had another solid season in the net, starting and featuring in 25 games while registering four shut outs. Hamid was a member of the 2013 U.S. Men’s National Team that won gold at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He had a goals allowed per game average of 1.56, 80 saves and he logged a total of 2,250 minutes played last season. He earned multiple honors, including Save of the Week in Week 1, Player of the Week in Week 3 and Team of the Week for Week 12. Hamid was also selected to EA Sports FIFA 13 Ultimate team of the Week after his stellar performance against the New York Red Bulls on March 16th. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 29 | Michael Seaton (@MichaelSeaton) Seaton, United’s fifth Homegrown Player to sign with the First team, spent most of his time on loan with the Richmond Kickers of the USL Pro League. He appeared in 15 games and finished fourth on the team in goals scored (5) to go along with one assist as the Kickers went on to win the 2013 USL Pro Regular Season Championship. With United, he appeared in three regular season games (one start) and recorded his first assist in a friendly against Chivas Guadalajara on 7/12. Last game: Came on as a substitute for Lewis Neal in the 75th minute in a 1-0 loss against the Houston Dynamo on 8/3.

30 | Conor Doyle (@ConorDoyle14) In his first season with the Black-and-Red, Doyle started 8 of the 14 games in which he featured. Doyle tallied twice and assisted once. His first goal came against the Montreal Impact on 8/3, finishing a James Riley cross on a one-touch finish. He also made two appearances in United’s run to Open Cup glory, coming on as a substitute in both the semi final and final matches. Doyle logged a total of 805 minutes of playing time on the season. Last game: Came on as a substitute for Chris Rolfe in the 74th minute in a 3-0 win against Toronto FC on 7/30. 31 | Joe Willis In his third season with the Black-and-Red, Willis started all nine games he appeared in and finished the regular season with 28 saves. He logged 810 minutes and had a goal against average of 2.22. Willis registered one shutout on 7/7 in a tie against the Colorado Rapids, and he recorded his first regular season win of the season on 8/3 in a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Impact. Willis led the Black-and-Red to the finals of the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open cup finals with four consecutive victories in the tournament. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014. 32 | Bobby Boswell (@bobbyboswell) Boswell returned to United after being selected in Stage 1 of the 2013 Major League Soccer Re-Entry Draft. Boswell is coming off a six-year campaign with the Houston Dynamo where he played 177 games. The dominant player earned 2006 MLS Defender of the Year while with D.C. United, as well as an MLS All-Star and MLS Best XI selection that year. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 33 | Taylor Kemp (@TKemp02) Kemp spent the first part of the season with USL PRO affiliate Richmond Kickers, playing five games and starting four. After dealing with an injury through the middle of the season, Kemp played eight games, starting six, including one Open Cup match. He logged 530 minutes in 2013. Last game: Went 90 minutes, recording two assists in a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on 8/17. 50 | Andrew Dykstra Dykstra had a standout season on loan with D.C. United's USL PRO affiliate Richmond Kickers. The talented goalkeeper won USL Goalkeeper of the Year after starting all 26 games played and helping the Kickers to the USL PRO semifinals. Dykstra finished the regular season with the league’s lowest goals against average (.863), and registered an impressive 10 shutouts in 22 appearances. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 4-2 win against the Montreal Impact on 6/11.

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# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

CLB TOR CHI NE NY CLB DAL POR PHI MTL HOU NE KC CLB MTL SEA TOR SJ CHV TOR HOU RSL COL

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

2 Jeff Parke 82D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

3 David Estrada 13 6

3 Cristian Fernandez 90D 82D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

4 Nana Attakora

5 Sean Franklin 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 74D 56 90D 90D 87D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

6 Kofi Opare

7 Eddie Johnson 90F 90F 90F 87F 84F 76F 51F 84F 89F 82F 68F 58F 90F 90F 88F 90F 90F 90F 90F

8 Davy Arnaud 73M 66M 52 90M 66M 90M 90M 71M 90M 65M 90M 87M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 84M 82M 90M 90M 90M

9 Fabian Espindola 90F 90F 81F 90F 90F 90F 79F 90F 88F 90F 89F 30 90F 90F 45F 41 90F

11 Luis Silva 90M 90M 38M 11 19 2 25 1 62M 66F 76F 62F 75M 74M 69F 60M 49M 73M

12 Alex Caskey 18 5 14 15 63M 3 1 3

13 Chris Pontius

14 Nick DeLeon 63M 90M 90M 90M 90M 85M 90M 76M 90M 90M 90M 86M 90M 90M 90M 79M 90M 90M 90M 77M 87M

15 Steve Birnbaum 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

17 Conor Shanosky

18 Chris Rolfe 27 72M 57M 90M 90M 90M 90M 80F 90M 76M 89M 90M 84M 90M 67M 74M 90M 69M 84M

19 Kyle Porter 8 24 3

20 Jalen Robinson

21 Christiano Francois

22 Chris Korb 16 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 34D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

23 Perry Kitchen 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

24 Lewis Neal 27 63M 63M 33 24 75M 15 90M 27 22 14 24 45M 28 15 23 21 75M 21 17

25 Jared Jeffrey 27 24 28 45 6 8 90M

27 Collin Martin 60F 14 6 30

28 Bill Hamid 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

29 Michael Seaton 15

30 Conor Doyle 17 8 9 3 6 14 39 66F 6 1 10 32 45 11 2 16 16

31 Joe Willis

32 Bobby Boswell 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 75D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

33 Taylor Kemp 3 90D 90D

50 Andrew Dykstra 90G 90G 90G 90G

"00" = 100 minutes played

F/M/D/G = starting position

Played for other teams:

Chris Rolfe played 76 minutes for CHI

Kofi Opare played 495 minutes for LA

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Game log:

Game #1 03/08/2014 DC 0 vs CLB 3 L

Game #2 03/22/2014 DC 0 at TOR 1 L

Game #3 03/29/2014 DC 2 vs CHI 2 T Espindola 1 (DeLeon 1) 35; Kitchen 1 (Boswell 1) 73

Game #4 04/05/2014 DC 2 vs NE 0 W own goal (Goncalves) 43; Rolfe 1 (Espindola 1) 93+

Game #5 04/12/2014 DC 1 vs NY 0 W Arnaud 1 (Boswell 2, Espindola 2) 4

Game #6 04/19/2014 DC 1 at CLB 1 T Espindola 2 (DeLeon 2) 31

Game #7 04/26/2014 DC 4 vs DAL 1 W Espindola 3 (Johnson 1, DeLeon 3) 50+; Boswell 1 (unassisted) 60; Franklin 1 (Espindola 3) 64; Espindola 4 (Rolfe 1) 69

Game #8 05/03/2014 DC 2 at POR 3 L Arnaud 2 (Kitchen 1) 21; own goal (Danso) 78

Game #9 05/10/2014 DC 1 at PHI 0 W Rolfe 2 (unassisted) 6

Game #10 05/17/2014 DC 1 vs MTL 1 T Johnson 1 (Espindola 4, Rolfe 2) 84

Game #11 05/21/2014 DC 2 vs HOU 0 W Rolfe 3 (Espindola 5) 28; Espindola 5 (Rolfe 3) 63

Game #12 05/24/2014 DC 1 at NE 2 L Espindola 6 (Fernandez 1) 73

Game #13 05/31/2014 DC 1 vs KC 0 W Espindola 7 (Korb 1) 28

Game #14 06/07/2014 DC 0 vs CLB 0 T

Game #15 06/11/2014 DC 4 at MTL 2 W Silva 1 (Espindola 6) 6; DeLeon 1 (Espindola 7) 23; Silva 2 (Espindola 8) 39; Silva 3 (penalty kick) 50+

Game #16 06/28/2014 DC 0 vs SEA 1 L

Game #17 07/05/2014 DC 2 at TOR 1 W DeLeon 2 (Silva 1) 54; Kitchen 2 (Neal 1) 69

Game #18 07/11/2014 DC 2 at SJ 1 W Johnson 2 (penalty kick) 12; Silva 4 (Rolfe 4) 25

Game #19 07/20/2014 DC 3 vs CHV 1 W Johnson 3 (penalty kick) 25; Kitchen 3 (Johnson 2, Rolfe 5) 59; Silva 5 (Korb 2) 70

Game #20 07/30/2014 DC 3 vs TOR 0 W Johnson 4 (Kitchen 2, Franklin 1) 8; Rolfe 4 (DeLeon 4, Silva 2) 59; own goal (Hagglund) 67

Game #21 08/03/2014 DC 0 at HOU 1 L

Game #22 08/09/2014 DC 0 at RSL 3 L

Game #23 08/17/2014 DC 4 vs COL 2 W Silva 6 (Kemp 1) 12; Silva 7 (Franklin 2, Kitchen 3) 67; Rolfe 5 (Kemp 2) 81; Espindola 8 (Estrada 1) 86

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U.S. OPEN CUP 2014/15 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

# Player 4R Grp4

ROCH WTRH

0-1 1-0

2 Jeff Parke

3 Cristian Fernandez

3 David Estrada 90F

4 Nana Attakora 90D 90D

5 Sean Franklin

6 Kofi Opare 90D

7 Eddie Johnson 90F

8 Davy Arnaud

9 Fabian Espindola

11 Luis Silva 10

12 Alex Caskey 76M 90D

13 Chris Pontius

14 Nick DeLeon

15 Steve Birnbaum 60D

17 Conor Shanosky 90D

18 Chris Rolfe 14

19 Kyle Porter 90F 80M

20 Jalen Robinson 56D

21 Christiano Francois

22 Chris Korb

23 Perry Kitchen

24 Lewis Neal 61M 90M

25 Jared Jeffrey 90M 90M

27 Collin Martin 90M 70M

28 Bill Hamid

29 Michael Seaton 34

30 Conor Doyle 90F

31 Joe Willis 90G

32 Bobby Boswell 29

33 Taylor Kemp 90D 20

50 Andrew Dykstra 90G

U.S. OPEN CUP

4R 06/17/2014 DC 0 at ROCHST 1 L

2014/15 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Grp4 08/20/2014 DC 1 vs WTRHSE 0 W Johnson (Estrada) 5

Game Guide: Sporting KC vs. D.C. United

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