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(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWKC 3-0-0 2-3-2 0-1-0 5-0-1 0-4-0TOR 3-0-0 1-3-0 0-1-0 4-2-0 0-2-0
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TORONTO FC Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 5/04/2014 KC 2, CLB 0 (1) 5/17/2014 TOR 2, NY 0 (0)Road win 5/10/2014 KC 3, MTL 0 (1) 4/05/2014 TOR 2, CLB 0 (1)Home loss 5/14/2014 KC 1, PHI 2 (0) 5/03/2014 TOR 1, NE 2 (1)Road loss 5/18/2014 KC 1, CHI 2 (0) 4/19/2014 TOR 1, DAL 2 (0)Tie game 4/05/2014 KC 0, RSL 0 (6) 9/11/2013 TOR 1, CHI 1 (14)Shutout for 5/10/2014 KC 3, MTL 0 (2) 5/17/2014 TOR 2, NY 0 (0)Shutout vs. 4/26/2014 KC 0, NE 2 (4) 4/12/2014 TOR 0, COL 1 (3)
Sporting KC LTWWTWLWWLLToronto FC WWLWLLLW
GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGKC 11 3 4 1 2 1 16 1.45TOR 8 2 3 3 0 0 9 1.13
GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGKC 11 5 2 4 0 0 10 0.91TOR 8 3 2 2 1 0 9 1.13
GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90KC 16 1 1 2 2 4 6TOR 9 3 3 0 1 0 2
GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90KC 10 2 0 0 2 0 6TOR 9 1 2 1 1 1 3
GOALSCORING RECORD
GOALS BY INTERVALS
RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL
THE LAST TIME
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED
SPORTING G: 8 DwyerA: 4 ZusiSHT: 40 DwyerSOG: 16 DwyerFC: 22 DwyerFS: 31 FeilhaberOF: 9 DwyerC: 3 FeilhaberE: 1 3 players tied
TORONTO FCG: 4 DefoeA: 1 6 players tiedSHT: 18 GilbertoSOG: 7 DefoeFC: 12 GilbertoFS: 13 GilbertoOF: 7 DefoeC: 3 Jackson E: 0
TEAM LEADERS
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 11 5-4-2 17 16 10at home 6 3-1-2 11 9 3
Toronto FC 8 4-4-0 12 9 9on road 4 2-2-0 6 5 6
2014 SEASON RECORDS
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME (18 meetings): Sporting 10 wins, 25 goals … Toronto FC 4 wins, 13 goals … Ties 4
AT KC (9 meetings): Sporting 7 wins, 20 goals … Toronto FC 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 1
LAST YEAR (MLS)3/9: TOR 2, KC 1 (Earnshaw 3, 21 – Bieler 77)7/13: KC 3, TOR 0 (Saad 21, 51; Bieler 63)9/21: TOR 1, KC 2 (Russell 38 – Sapong 18, 53)
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 Oriol Rosell (MF)21 Jon Kempin (GK)22 Soony Saad (FW)23 Alex Martinez (MF)25 Christian Duke (MF)30 Andy Gruenebaum (GK)37 Jacob Peterson (FW)40 Igor Juliao (MF)78 Aurelien Collin (DF)94 Jimmy Medranda (MF)
TORONTO FC1 Chris Konopka (GK)2 Justin Morrow (DF)4 Michael Bradley (MF)5 Ashtone Morgan (DF)7 Bright Dike (FW)8 Kyle Bekker (MF)9 Gilberto (FW)11 Jackson (MF)12 Joseph Bendik (GK)13 Steven Caldwell (DF)14 Dwayne De Rosario (MF)15 Doneil Henry (DF)16 Bradley Orr (DF)17 Nick Hagglund (DF)18 Jermain Defoe (FW)21 Jonathan Osorio (MF)22 Jordan Hamilton (FW)23 Alvaro Rey (MF)25 Jeremy Hall (MF)26 Collen Warner (MF)27 Luke Moore (FW)28 Mark Bloom (DF)30 Julio Cesar (GK)32 Andrew Wiedeman (FW)33 Ryan Richter (DF)34 Manny Aparicio (MF)35 Daneil Lovitz (MF)40 Quillan Roberts (GK)
ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS
REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo.SAR (bench): Chris Strickland; JAR (opposite): Corey Parker;
4th: Younes Marrakchi
SPORTINGTue. May 27 New York
Sat. May 31 at D.C. UnitedFri. June 6 at HoustonFri. June 27 at Portland
UPCOMING MATCHES
SPORTING KANSAS CITY v TORONTO FC(May 23, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT; UDN)
TORONTO FCSat. May 31 ColumbusSat. June 7 San Jose
Fri. June 27 at New YorkWed. July 2 at Chicago
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 9 9 80 80
9 4 0 4 0 1 0 0
8 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 3 5 5 2 1
F A 16 10 62 99
5 6 7 2 4 1 0 1
10 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 1 1 1 0
3 3 11 7 2 0
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM
HOW SCORED
TYPE OF PLAY
DISTANCE
SPORTING TORONTO FC
DISCIPLINARY SITUATION
DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE
INTERNATIONAL DUTY
KC: Peterson Joseph, Ike Opara
KC: Graham Zusi, Matt Besler (USA); Lawrence Olum (Kenya) … TOR: Michael Bradley (USA); Julio Cesar (BRA)
SUSPENDED: KC: Erik Palmer-Brown (through May 25)WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none
1Kronberg
14Dwyer
7Myers
9Dovale
37Peterson
15Sinovic
16Bieler
10Feilhaber
6Nagamura
78Collin
4Ellis
26Warner
12Bendik
9Gilberto
35Lovitz
18Defoe
23Rey
15Henry
13Caldwell
8Bekker
2Morrow
28Bloom
SPORTING KANSAS CITY v TORONTO FC(May 23, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 105)
2014 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Chris Konopka GK 6-5 215 04/14/1985 Toms River, NJ 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 02 Justin Morrow DF 5-9 165 10/04/1987 Cleveland, OH 8 8 0 1 79 71 2 74 Michael Bradley MF 6-1 165 07/31/1987 Princeton, NJ 6 6 1 0 36 36 2 45 Ashtone Morgan DF 5-11 165 02/09/1991 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1 0 0 0 67 56 0 87 Bright Dike FW 6-1 223 02/02/1987 Edmond, OK 0 0 0 0 30 14 7 08 Kyle Bekker MF 5-10 165 09/02/1990 Oakville, ON, Canada 6 5 0 0 15 8 0 09 Gilberto FW 5-10 154 06/05/1989 Piranhas, Brazil 7 7 0 1 7 7 0 111 Jackson MF 5-9 154 06/03/1988 Franca, Brazil 6 6 1 0 97 84 12 1312 Joseph Bendik GK 6-3 205 04/25/1989 Marietta, GA 1 1 0 1 39 37 0 113 Steven Caldwell DF 5-11 158 09/12/1980 Stirling, Scotland 7 7 0 0 30 30 1 114 Dwayne De Rosario MF 5-11 164 05/15/1978 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada 6 3 0 0 330 273 103 7715 Doneil Henry DF 6-2 180 04/20/1993 Brampton, Ontario, Canada 4 4 0 0 53 40 1 316 Bradley Orr DF 6-1 195 11/01/1982 Liverpool, England 7 5 0 1 7 5 0 117 Nick Hagglund DF 6-0 157 09/14/1992 Cincinnati, OH 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 018 Jermain Defoe FW 5-7 143 10/07/1982 Beckton, London, England 5 5 4 0 5 5 4 021 Jonathan Osorio MF 5-9 160 06/12/1992 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 5 5 0 1 33 23 5 222 Jordan Hamilton FW 6-1 176 03/17/1996 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 023 Alvaro Rey MF 6-0 171 07/11/1989 Seville, Spain 6 5 0 0 19 14 1 125 Jeremy Hall MF 5-11 163 09/11/1988 Tampa, FL 3 2 0 0 115 97 2 626 Collen Warner MF 5-10 178 06/24/1988 Denver, CO 9 9 0 0 92 64 1 627 Luke Moore FW 5-9 167 02/13/1986 Birmingham, England 7 2 1 0 7 2 1 028 Mark Bloom DF 6-0 165 11/25/1987 Marietta, GA 8 8 0 1 14 14 0 230 Julio Cesar GK 6-1 175 09/03/1979 Duque de Caxias, Brazil 7 7 0 0 7 7 0 032 Andrew Wiedeman FW 5-11 165 08/22/1989 Oakland, CA 4 0 0 0 41 17 4 133 Ryan Richter DF 6-2 175 04/12/1989 Southampton, PA 0 0 0 0 13 12 0 134 Manny Aparicio MF 5-7 150 09/17/1995 Buenos Aires, Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 035 Daniel Lovitz MF 5-10 170 08/27/1991 Wyndmoor, PA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 040 Quillan Roberts GK 6-0 193 09/13/1994 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HEAD COACH : Ryan Nelsen 10/18/1977 W10 L21 T11
TORONTO FC
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 11 11 0 0 16 15 0 02 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 03 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 3 2 0 0 56 39 6 04 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 4 3 0 0 6 4 0 05 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 9 9 0 0 135 130 2 66 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 8 8 1 2 209 188 11 187 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 6 6 0 1 122 97 2 138 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 9 9 1 4 132 100 18 359 Antonio Dovale MF 5-8 152 04/04/1990 A Coruna, Galicia, Spain 4 2 0 1 4 2 0 110 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11 11 1 2 90 79 9 1511 Sal Zizzo FW 5-11 165 04/03/1987 San Diego, CA 8 7 0 2 78 36 2 1012 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 013 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 8 4 0 1 50 23 1 214 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 11 9 8 0 28 16 10 215 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 10 10 0 0 112 109 0 516 Claudio Bieler FW 5-11 170 03/01/1984 Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina 8 3 1 0 36 28 11 417 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 3 2 0 0 93 64 18 918 Victor Munoz MF 5-7 165 07/25/1990 Madrid, Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 019 Peterson Joseph MF 5-8 132 04/24/1990 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 0 0 0 0 34 18 0 120 Oriol Rosell MF 6-0 168 07/07/1992 Puig-Reig, Catalonia, Spain 7 7 0 0 43 39 2 221 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 022 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 3 0 0 0 39 17 5 523 Alex Martinez MF 5-8 160 08/25/1991 Montevideo, Uruguay 5 0 0 0 5 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 0 0 0 0 80 79 0 137 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 8 4 1 1 185 105 14 1340 Igor Juliao DF 5-8 145 08/23/1994 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 078 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 9 8 2 0 90 86 11 294 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes 11/21/1966 W67 L49 T39
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
MLS GAME INFORMATION
SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs TORONTO FC TOYOTA PARK, Bridgeview, Ill.
May 23, 2014 (WEEK 12, MLS Game #105) 7:30 p.m. CT (UDN; KMCI-38; TSN2)
An intriguing matchup of Eastern Conference sides kicks off the MLS weekend as Sporting Kansas City play host to Toronto FC on Friday evening at Sporting Park. SKC come into the game still holding onto second place in the division, but after successive defeats, last at the Chicago Fire. TFC put an end to their three-game losing slide last weekend with a 2-0 home win against New York, five points behind KC but with three fewer matches played. REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. SAR (bench): Chris Strickland; JAR (opposite): Corey Parker; 4th: Younes Marrakchi MLS Career: 171 games; FC/gm: 25.3; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 60; pens: 63 SUSPENDED: KC: Erik Palmer-Brown (through May 25) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Benny Feilhaber … TOR: Jackson DISABLED LIST: KC: Peterson Joseph, Ike Opara INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Graham Zusi, Matt Besler (USA); Lawrence Olum (Kenya) … TOR: Michael Bradley (USA); Julio Cesar (BRA) HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (18 meetings): Sporting 10 wins, 25 goals … Toronto FC 4 wins, 13 goals … Ties 4 AT KC (9 meetings): Sporting 7 wins, 20 goals … Toronto FC 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 1 RETURN MATCHES: 7/26: Toronto FC vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7 p.m. ET; 8/16: Sporting Kansas City vs. Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m. CT LAST YEAR (MLS) 3/9: TOR 2, KC 1 (Earnshaw 3, 21 – Bieler 77) 7/13: KC 3, TOR 0 (Saad 21, 51; Bieler 63) 9/21: TOR 1, KC 2 (Russell 38 – Sapong 18, 53)
SKC has never lost to TFC at Sporting Park, winning all four meetings between the teams there since the ground opened in 2011. TFC’s last win in Kansas City came March 21, 2009, a 3-2 victory at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.
Over the last four seasons, Toronto FC have defeated Sporting KC just once in five meetings at BMO Field, that coming in a 2-1 victory last March 9.
Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. TOR: P10 W7 L1 T2 … Ryan Nelsen vs. KC: P3 W1 L2 T0 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City suffered their second consecutive loss, falling 2-1 to the Chicago Fire on Sunday afternoon at Toyota Park. Sporting sit in a tie for second place in the Eastern Conference with 17 points from 11 games. LAST MATCH
The Fire got off to a perfect start Quincy Amarikwa was taken down in the box as he rounded goalkeeper Eric Kronberg following a precise through ball from Harry Shipp. Mike Magee stepped up to take the resulting penalty and kept his nerve superbly to roll the ball into the bottom left corner.
The home side then doubled their lead eight minutes later when debutant Erik Palmer-Brown shoved Benji Joya in the back just inside the area. Magee got his second chance from 12 yards and slotted home to the same side to double the Fire advantage.
Sporting were a man when Palmer-Brown's debut ended early, in the 64th minute, after being shown a second yellow card for a late, sliding challenge on Amarikwa at midfield.
The visitors pulled a goal back in the 68th minute when Dom Dwyer found himself unmarked at the far post to power in Benny Feilhaber's free kick from the right wing, but that would be all the joy SKC would find on the day.
Sporting manager Peter Vermes made five changes to the team that fell 2-1 to Philadelphia Union at Sporting Park. Chance Myers, Erik Palmer-Brown, Jacob Peterson, Antonio Dovale and Dom Dwyer all came into the team, in place of Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Oriol Rosell, Sal Zizzo and Graham Zusi.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY (3-3-2-2): Eric Kronberg - Chance Myers, Erik Palmer-Brown (ejected 64), Seth Sinovic - Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 84), Paulo Nagamura, Igor Juliao - Benny Feilhaber, Antonio Dovale (Alex Martinez 71) - Claudio Bieler (Kevin Ellis 67), Dom Dwyer.
MLS GAME INFORMATION
TEAM NEWS Sporting have dropped back-to-back games for the first time this season, the first time since last Aug. 18-23,
when they suffered consecutive 1-0 defeats at San Jose and Chicago. “We had quite a few chances at the end. We were in and around their [defensive zone] more than they were in
ours, and we were taking the chances. We were leaving ourselves a little exposed,” SKC manager Peter Vermes said. “I thought the guys did a great job, especially in the second half. As we well know, the MLS season is very long and we’ll be competitive, that’s for sure.”
The Defoe goal was also the first allowed by SKC in the first half this season, their first conceded in the opening 45 minutes since last Oct. 5 vs. Philadelphia, a span of 14 matches.
Erik Palmer-Brown made his MLS debut at 17 years of age – the youngest defender to start a game in league history.
“Obviously, this was not the easiest of situations,” Vermes said. “Unfortunately, it is what it is, and sometimes you get baptized by getting thrown into the fire. He did a little bit. I thought in a lot of situations he was actually very good. But it was about him getting his debut. It put a lot of pressure on him today to have to come in and step in, and I thought he did a lot with the opportunity.”
Palmer-Brown was the only natural center back available in the Sporting squad. Matt Besler and Lawrence Olum were called into the national teams of the USA and Kenya respectively, Aurelien Collin was sidelined by a recurring hamstring strain, and Ike Opara is out after season-ending ankle surgery.
“You have to deal with adversity. I think it’s better to deal with it early on in the season rather than at the end of the season, based on the fact that then you know how to deal with it,” Vermes said. “We are in a difficult position at the moment based on our central defender situation. It has forced us to change a little bit in our formation, stuff like that. But at the same time, I think the team did well.”
With the lack of central defenders, Vermes lined out his team with three defenders, nominal fullbacks Chance Myers and Seth Sinovic also playing centrally in the back line. Jacob Peterson and Igor Juliao filled wide midfield roles.
“It's a little bit of a challenge for the group, but we've got more than enough guys that have capabilities of playing the game. We'll figure out some concoction,” Vermes said.
Claudio Bieler and Dom Dwyer formed the strike partnership for the first time ever with Sporting, simply together on the field for the first time with the club.
TORONTO FC Toronto FC put an end to their three-game losing streak in impressive fashion, defeating the New York Red Bulls 2-0 on Saturday afternoon at BMO Field. TFC sit in a tie for seventh place in the Eastern Conference, with 12 points from 8 matches. LAST MATCH
TFC took the lead in the 12th minute. From a lightning-quick counter, Bradley Orr slid a perfectly-weighted through ball into the path of Jermain Defoe, and he cracked a rocket of a shot into the top corner of the net, beating Red Bulls goalkeeper Luis Robles.
Well into second-half stoppage time Toronto FC finished off the match thanks to a fortuitous bounce. A long clearance from Joe Bendik from his own penalty area was not claimed by Robles as he collided with a teammate at the top of the Red Bulls box, and Luke Moore walked the ball into the open goal to open his TFC account.
TFC head coach Ryan Nelsen made four changes to the team that suffered a 2-1 loss to the New England Revolution at BMO Field. Joseph Bendik came in between the posts, and Nick Hagglund, Alvaro Rey and Bradley Orr all came into the team, with Michael Bradley on international duty and Julio Cesar, Doneil Henry and Jackson out of the team.
TORONTO FC (4-4-2): Joseph Bendik - Mark Bloom, Nick Hagglund, Steven Caldwell, Justin Morrow - Alvaro Rey (Daniel Lovitz 68), Bradley Orr, Kyle Bekker, Jonathan Osorio - Jermain Defoe, Gilberto (Luke Moore 56).
TEAM NEWS Toronto FC put an end their losing slide after three matches, the club’s longest since losing five in a row last
April 27-May 25. Jermain Defoe netted his first goal since March 22 – when he scored his third goal in his first two MLS games –
after he was named as an alternate to the England squad for the FIFA World Cup. “It’s only normal when you get a disappointment to try to prove people wrong, and just to remind people, at the
end of the day, this is what I’m doing,” Defoe said. “I think I did that today. I think that’s a job well done,” Luke Moore made his TFC debut after being acquired from Colorado via Chivas USA, and scored his first MLS
goal in his seventh appearance in the league. “I think any striker would take three or four of those a season. I kind of gambled and got out of the way a little
bit and was lucky it dropped into my path,” Moore said. “You just say a little thank you to the gods. It’s a bit of a gift. You’ve got to be there to put it in so I was happy with it. It was a great little gift for me.”
MLS GAME INFORMATION
With Julio Cesar about to join the Brazil national team in preparation for the FIFA World Cup, Joe Bendik recorded his first shutout of the season, the third in 2014 for TFC.
After featuring in the back four for each of his previous four starts, Bradley Orr was moved into the center of midfield and recorded his first MLS start on the opening goal.
“We just needed some balance. We were always going to the get the chances at BMO with the quality of players that we have up top,” TFC head coach Ryan Nelsen said. “And I just thought we needed that defensive balance that kind of screens Henry and Wright-Phillips, so nothing can really get into their feet ... It was a defensive move that was hoping to be a kind of offensive move. But Brad amongst many was superb and played really well.
Nick Hagglund came back into the team for his second start in MLS, playing in central defense. “Doneil just played 120 minutes, he had a sore quad and he got a bit of a head knock and just felt like he needed a rest,” Nelsen said. “Nick deserved his chance and in this game you have to take those chances.”
The day before the New York match, there was a major trade between Toronto FC and the Montréal Impact, with TFC receiving Collen Warner is exchange for Issey Nakajima-Farran and allocation money.
“I feel sorry for Issey because we brought him in and he’s done nothing wrong,” Nelsen said. “Unfortunately, when we have all our players back, it would be hard to see him starting on the team whereas with Collen, he’ll start. He’s a starting player and he hasn’t even come to his peak in age. He’s a guy that we targeted and glad he’s going to be walking through the door.”
UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E
14 F Dom Dwyer 11 9 783 8 0 40 16 22 24 9 1 1 078 D Aurelien Collin 9 8 690 2 0 9 4 12 8 1 0 1 18 F Graham Zusi 9 9 795 1 4 11 6 7 16 0 46 0 010 M Benny Feilhaber 11 11 989 1 2 13 3 21 31 0 9 3 06 M Paulo Nagamura 8 8 703 1 2 13 4 15 10 2 0 2 037 F Jacob Peterson 8 4 399 1 1 4 1 4 5 0 0 1 016 F Claudio Bieler 8 3 274 1 0 10 2 7 3 4 0 1 011 F Sal Zizzo 8 7 543 0 2 14 6 2 6 0 0 0 07 D Chance Myers 6 6 540 0 1 1 0 3 6 3 0 1 013 M Lawrence Olum 8 4 437 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 09 M Antonio Dovale 4 2 158 0 1 3 0 2 5 0 1 1 031 M Josh Gardner 1 1 89 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 024 D Mechack Jerome 2 1 91 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 01 G Eric Kronberg 11 11 990 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 05 D Matt Besler 9 9 810 0 0 2 0 11 5 0 0 1 03 D Ike Opara 3 2 152 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 015 D Seth Sinovic 10 10 900 0 0 8 5 13 8 0 0 2 017 F C.J. Sapong 3 2 150 0 0 3 1 7 8 1 0 1 04 D Kevin Ellis 4 3 293 0 0 1 0 5 4 0 0 1 022 F Soony Saad 3 0 50 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 020 M Oriol Rosell 7 7 594 0 0 7 1 11 3 0 0 0 12 D Erik Palmer-Brown 1 1 64 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 194 M Jimmy Medranda 1 1 75 0 0 3 0 3 4 0 3 0 023 M Alex Martinez 5 0 92 0 0 4 3 1 6 0 2 0 040 D Igor Juliao 2 2 180 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0
Own-goals received 1Team totals 11 11 990 16 14 157 55 165 168 20 63 20 3Opponent totals 11 11 990 10 5 98 39 168 165 33 35 29 4
2014 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (5-4-2, 17 pts.)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING
UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO
1 G Eric Kronberg 11 11 990 39 27 10 0.91 5 5 5 4 2 5Team totals 11 11 990 39 27 10 0.91 5 5 5 4 2 5Opponent totals 11 11 990 55 36 16 1.45 2 2 4 5 2 3
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dom Dwyer 3, Jacob Peterson 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Dom Dwyer 2-2
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2014 TORONTO FC STATISTICS (4-4-0, 12 pts.)UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E
18 F Jermain Defoe 5 5 422 4 0 16 7 4 9 7 0 2 020 M Issey Nakajima-Farran 5 2 235 2 0 6 3 5 6 0 1 1 04 M Michael Bradley 6 6 523 1 0 8 1 11 8 0 15 1 011 M Jackson 6 6 527 1 0 11 4 10 8 2 0 3 027 F Luke Moore 1 0 34 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 02 D Justin Morrow 8 8 720 0 1 2 0 9 6 0 0 2 012 G Joseph Bendik 1 1 90 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 021 M Jonathan Osorio 5 5 450 0 1 3 1 5 12 0 3 0 028 D Mark Bloom 8 8 715 0 1 3 1 7 7 2 0 1 016 D Bradley Orr 7 5 451 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 09 F Gilberto 7 7 569 0 1 18 5 12 13 2 0 0 013 D Steven Caldwell 7 7 630 0 0 3 0 4 6 0 0 2 014 M Dwayne De Rosario 6 3 257 0 0 10 4 4 6 3 0 0 030 G Julio Cesar 7 7 630 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 025 M Jeremy Hall 3 2 185 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 032 F Andrew Wiedeman 4 0 71 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 015 D Doneil Henry 4 4 360 0 0 3 0 11 3 0 0 1 05 D Ashtone Morgan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08 M Kyle Bekker 6 5 440 0 0 7 1 6 3 0 18 0 023 M Alvaro Rey 6 5 406 0 0 3 1 8 9 1 1 1 022 F Jordan Hamilton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 017 D Nick Hagglund 3 2 181 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 035 M Daniel Lovitz 1 0 22 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Own-goals received 0Opponent totals 8 8 720 9 10 101 28 114 106 9 50 7 0Team totals 8 8 720 9 6 99 31 106 114 18 38 15 0
TORONTO FC GOALKEEPING
UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO
30 G Julio Cesar 7 7 630 27 18 9 1.29 2 2 3 4 0 212 G Joseph Bendik 1 1 90 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Team totals 8 8 720 28 19 9 1.12 2 2 4 4 0 3Opponent totals 8 8 720 31 21 9 1.12 0 0 4 4 0 2
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jermain Defoe 3, Michael Bradley 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Mark Bloom 1, Bradley Orr 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
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DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT W-L-T POS PTS NOTES:
Sat. Mar. 8 at Seattle L 0-1 39240 0-1-0 5 0 SEA: Barrett (94+)Sat. Mar. 15 FC Dallas T 1-1 19431 0-1-1 5 1 KC: Collin (81); DAL: Hedges (90)Sat. Mar. 22 San Jose W 1-0 19368 1-1-1 5 4 KC: Dwyer (57); Sat. Mar. 29 at Colorado W 3-2 12203 2-1-1 2 7 KC: Zusi (50) Feilhaber (79) Dwyer (92+); COL: Sanchez
(60,78)Sat. Apr. 5 Real Salt Lake T 0-0 19838 2-1-2 3 8Sat. Apr. 19 Montreal W 4-0 20306 3-1-2 1 11 KC: own goal (31) Collin (71) Dwyer (74,86); Sat. Apr. 26 at New England L 0-2 14806 3-2-2 4 11 NE: Bunbury (92+) Nguyen (95+)Sun. May 4 Columbus W 2-0 20565 4-2-2 2 14 KC: Peterson (10) Bieler (95+); Sat. May 10 at Montreal W 3-0 16529 5-2-2 1 17 KC: Dwyer (18,64) Nagamura (34); Wed. May 14 Philadelphia L 1-2 19073 5-3-2 2 17 KC: Dwyer (80); PHI: Cruz (49) Maidana (81)Sun. May 18 at Chicago L 1-2 15746 5-4-2 2 17 KC: Dwyer (68); CHI: Magee (7,16)Fri. May 23 Toronto FCTue. May 27 New YorkSat. May 31 at D.C. UnitedFri. June 6 at HoustonFri. June 27 at PortlandSun. July 6 ChicagoSat. July 12 at MontrealWed. July 16 at ColumbusSat. July 19 Los AngelesSat. July 26 at Toronto FCFri. Aug. 1 PhiladelphiaSun. Aug. 10 at VancouverSat. Aug. 16 Toronto FCSat. Aug. 23 D.C. UnitedFri. Aug. 29 HoustonWed. Sep. 3 at New EnglandSat. Sep. 6 at New YorkSat. Sep. 13 at Chivas USAFri. Sep. 26 New EnglandFri. Oct. 3 at D.C. UnitedFri. Oct. 10 ChicagoSat. Oct. 18 at PhiladelphiaSun. Oct. 26 New York
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2014 SCHEDULE
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DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT W-L-T POS PTS NOTES:
Sat. Mar. 15 at Seattle W 2-1 38441 1-0-0 4 3 TOR: Defoe (17,24); SEA: Dempsey (68)
Sat. Mar. 22 D.C. United W 1-0 22591 2-0-0 3 6 TOR: Defoe (60); Sat. Mar. 29 at Real Salt
LakeL 0-3 18881 2-1-0 4 6 RSL: Saborio (11,55) Gil (28)
Sat. Apr. 5 at Columbus W 2-0 12045 3-1-0 1 9 TOR: Bradley (11) Nakajima-Farran (85); Sat. Apr. 12 Colorado L 0-1 22591 3-2-0 1 9 COL: Buddle (77)Sat. Apr. 19 at FC Dallas L 1-2 17406 3-3-0 3 9 TOR: Nakajima-Farran (21); DAL: Hedges (37) Perez (88)Sat. May 3 New England L 1-2 22591 3-4-0 7 9 TOR: Goncalves (6); NE: Mullins (24) Nguyen (82)Sat. May 17 New York W 2-0 22591 4-4-0 7 12 TOR: Defoe (12) Moore (95+); Fri. May 23 at Sporting KCSat. May 31 ColumbusSat. June 7 San JoseFri. June 27 at New YorkWed. July 2 at ChicagoSat. July 5 D.C. United
Sat. July 12 HoustonWed. July 16 VancouverSat. July 19 at HoustonSat. July 26 Sporting KCWed. July 30 at D.C. UnitedSun. Aug. 3 at MontrealSat. Aug. 9 at ColumbusSat. Aug. 16 at Sporting KCSat. Aug. 23 ChicagoSat. Aug. 30 New EnglandWed. Sep. 3 at PhiladelphiaSat. Sep. 6 Philadelphia
Sat. Sep. 13 at ChicagoSun. Sep. 21 Chivas USASat. Sep. 27 PortlandSat. Oct. 4 at Los AngelesWed. Oct. 8 HoustonSat. Oct. 11 at New YorkSat. Oct. 18 MontrealSat. Oct. 25 at New England
TORONTO FC 2014 SCHEDULE
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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals
2 Dom Dwyer 04/19/2014 vs MTL W 4-02 Dom Dwyer 05/10/2014 vs MTL W 3-0Assists
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 3-0Fouls Committed
5 Benny Feilhaber 03/08/2014 vs SEA L 0-15 Dom Dwyer 04/26/2014 vs NE L 0-2Fouls Suffered
9 Dom Dwyer 04/19/2014 vs MTL W 4-0Offside
3 Chance Myers 04/05/2014 vs RSL T 0-0Saves
5 Eric Kronberg 05/14/2014 vs PHI L 1-2Shots Faced
7 Eric Kronberg 05/14/2014 vs PHI L 1-2Goals Allowed
2 4 times 03/29/2014 vs COL W 3-2
TEAM LOW GAMES (2014)Shots
10 03/08/2014 vs SEA L 0-1Shots 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 1-2Saves
0 03/15/2014 vs DAL 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 4-0Assists
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 0-0Fouls Committed
25 03/08/2014 vs SEA L 0-1Fouls 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 3-0Saves
5 05/14/2014 vs PHI L 1-2Shots Faced
7 05/14/2014 vs PHI L 1-2Goals 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 1-2
TORONTO FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals
2 Jermain Defoe 03/15/2014 at SEA W 2-1Assists
1 6 times 03/15/2014 at SEA W 2-1Shots
7 Jermain Defoe 03/22/2014 at DC W 1-0Shots on Goal
3 Jermain Defoe 03/22/2014 at DC W 1-0Fouls Committed
6 Doneil Henry 05/03/2014 at NE L 1-2Fouls Suffered
4 Jonathan Osorio 03/22/2014 at DC W 1-04 Alvaro Rey 03/22/2014 at DC W 1-04 Gilberto 03/29/2014 at RSL L 0-3Offside
3 Jermain Defoe 03/29/2014 at RSL L 0-3Saves
5 Julio Cesar 04/05/2014 at CLB W 2-0Shots Faced
5 4 times 03/29/2014 at RSL L 0-3Goals Allowed
3 Julio Cesar 03/29/2014 at RSL L 0-3
TEAM LOW GAMES (2014)Shots
9 03/15/2014 at SEA W 2-1Shots on Goal
3 03/29/2014 at RSL L 0-33 04/05/2014 at CLB W 2-03 05/03/2014 at NE L 1-2Fouls Committed
9 03/29/2014 at RSL L 0-3Fouls Suffered
11 04/05/2014 at CLB W 2-0Corner Kicks
2 03/22/2014 at DC W 1-0Offside
0 05/03/2014 at NE L 1-2Saves
1 03/15/2014 at SEA W 2-11 05/17/2014 at NY W 2-0Shots Faced
1 05/17/2014 at NY W 2-0
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals
2 03/15/2014 at SEA W 2-12 04/05/2014 at CLB W 2-02 05/17/2014 at NY W 2-0Assists
2 04/05/2014 at CLB W 2-02 05/17/2014 at NY W 2-0Shots
16 03/29/2014 at RSL L 0-3Shots on Goal
6 03/22/2014 at DC W 1-0Fouls Committed
25 03/15/2014 at SEA W 2-1Fouls Suffered
20 03/22/2014 at DC W 1-0Corner Kicks
9 04/12/2014 at COL L 0-1Offside
4 03/22/2014 at DC W 1-04 03/29/2014 at RSL L 0-34 04/05/2014 at CLB W 2-0Saves
5 04/05/2014 at CLB W 2-0Shots Faced
5 03/29/2014 at RSL L 0-35 04/05/2014 at CLB W 2-05 04/19/2014 at DAL L 1-25 05/03/2014 at NE L 1-2Goals Allowed
3 03/29/2014 at RSL L 0-3
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Sporting KC 10 wins, 25 goals
Toronto FC 4 wins, 13 goals4 ties
4/25/2007 KC 3 vs TOR 0 (KC)4/28/2007 KC 1 at TOR 0 (T)7/1/2007 KC 1 vs TOR 1 (KC)4/26/2008 TOR 2 vs KC 0 (T)6/21/2008 TOR 0 vs KC 0 (T)9/20/2008 KC 2 vs TOR 0 (CA)3/21/2009 TOR 3 at KC 2 (CA)4/26/2009 TOR 1 vs KC 0 (T)6/5/2010 TOR 0 vs KC 0 (T)7/31/2010 KC 1 vs TOR 0 (CA)6/4/2011 TOR 0 vs KC 0 (T)7/23/2011 KC 4 vs TOR 2 (SP)6/16/2012 KC 2 vs TOR 0 (SP)8/18/2012 KC 1 at TOR 0 (T)9/1/2012 KC 2 vs TOR 1 (SP)3/9/2013 TOR 2 vs KC 1 (T)7/13/2013 KC 3 vs TOR 0 (SP)9/21/2013 KC 2 at TOR 1 (T)
TORONTO FC 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
KC 1 5 3 5 5 6 0 25TOR 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 13
Sporting KC Toronto FC
Category 1 2 OT Tot 1 2 OT TotGoals 9 16 0 25 5 8 0 13Shots 113 150 0 263 70 86 0 156Shots on Goal 40 58 0 98 31 35 0 66Fouls 98 106 0 204 125 126 0 251Offsides 30 25 0 55 23 31 0 54Corner Kicks 46 50 0 96 34 40 0 74
HEAD-TO-HEAD
CAREER COACHING RECORDS:Ryan Nelsen vs. KC 1-2-0 (1 pts./game)Peter Vermes vs. TOR 7-1-2 (2.3 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:Sporting KC Toronto FC
Goals 3 Kamara/Sapong 4 Amado GuevaraAssists 4 Myers/Zusi 1 8 timesShots 25 Kei Kamara 13 Amado GuevaraShots on Goal 9 Teal Bunbury 9 Amado GuevaraFouls Committed 17 Roger Espinoza 16 Danny DichioFouls Suffered 17 Graham Zusi 14 Carl RobinsonWins 7 Jimmy Nielsen 2 Stefan FreiLosses 3 Kevin Hartman 3 Greg SuttonShutouts 5 Jimmy Nielsen 3 Stefan FreiSaves 28 Kevin Hartman 20 Stefan FreiGoals Allowed 7 Kevin Hartman 7 Stefan Frei
Sporting Kansas City Toronto FCW-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started)
At Halftime:Leading 3-0-0 11 Ws (06/29/2013) 3-0-0 5 Ws (08/04/2013)Tied 2-3-2 2 Ls (04/26/2014) 1-3-0 3 Ls (04/12/2014)Trailing 0-1-0 3 Ls (08/23/2013) 0-1-0 3 Ls (09/07/2013)
First Goal:Allowed 0-4-0 9 Ls (07/27/2013) 0-2-0 4 Ls (10/05/2013)Scored 5-0-1 5 Ws (03/22/2014) 4-2-0 1 Ws (05/17/2014)
Goals Scored:0 goals 0-2-1 1 Ls (04/26/2014) 0-2-0 7 Ls (08/17/2013)1 goals 1-2-1 2 Ls (05/14/2014) 1-2-0 2 Ls (04/19/2014)2 goals 1-0-0 4 Ws (08/31/2013) 3-0-0 5 Ws (06/15/2013)3 goals 2-0-0 7 Ws (03/02/2013) 0-0-0 1 Ts (07/03/2013)4 goals 1-0-0 2 Ws (05/05/2013) 0-0-0 1 Ws (09/28/2013)
Goals Allowed:0 goals 4-0-1 3 Ws (04/19/2014) 3-0-0 5 Ws (08/04/2013)1 goals 0-1-1 1 Ts (03/15/2014) 1-1-0 1 Ls (04/12/2014)2 goals 1-3-0 3 Ls (04/26/2014) 0-2-0 9 Ls (04/27/2013)3 goals 0-0-0 2 Ls (04/27/2013) 0-1-0 2 Ls (07/13/2013)4 goals 0-0-0 0 - - 0-0-0 1 Ls (09/07/2013)
W-L-T Breakdowns:
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:Sporting KC Toronto FC
Goals 2 5 players tied 2 3 players tiedAssists 1 28 players tied 1 8 players tiedShots 9 Kei Kamara (09/01/12) 5 Amado Guevara
(04/26/08)Shots on Goal 4 Eddie Johnson
(04/25/07)3 3 players tied
Fouls Committed 5 Sapong/Collin 8 Maurice Edu (04/28/07)Fouls Suffered 5 3 players tied 6 Eric Hassli (08/18/12)Shutouts 1 10 players tied 1 5 players tiedSaves 5 Kevin Hartman (3
times)7 Kocic/Bendik
Goals Allowed 3 Kevin Hartman (03/21/09)
4 Stefan Frei (07/23/11)
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PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTC.J. Sapong 7 4 370 3 2 8Kei Kamara 6 6 535 3 1 25Davy Arnaud 9 9 810 2 1 24Claudio Bieler 2 2 161 2 0 7Omar Bravo 2 2 180 2 0 4Eddie Johnson 2 2 180 2 0 11Soony Saad 3 1 106 2 0 7Michael Harrington 11 11 980 1 2 2Paulo Nagamura 3 3 270 1 1 7Teal Bunbury 8 5 464 1 0 12Jack Jewsbury 9 8 724 1 0 11Yura Movsisyan 2 0 81 1 0 8Oriol Rosell 3 2 192 1 0 1Julio Cesar 4 4 314 1 0 5Kevin Souter 1 0 14 1 0 1Kerry Zavagnin 5 5 396 1 0 3Chance Myers 10 10 875 0 4 4Graham Zusi 10 8 726 0 4 16Roger Espinoza 10 9 813 0 3 8Dom Dwyer 3 1 108 0 1 6Benny Feilhaber 3 3 236 0 1 6Santiago Hirsig 2 1 118 0 1 2Claudio Lopez 5 4 366 0 1 8Carlos Marinelli 4 3 208 0 1 9Jacob Peterson 3 2 163 0 1 2Jeferson 1 1 90 0 1 2Seth Sinovic 7 7 630 0 1 6Sasha Victorine 5 4 353 0 1 6Josh Wolff 5 4 384 0 1 5Team totals 18 18 1620 25 28 263Opponent totals 18 18 1620 13 8 156
SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. TORONTO FC (10-4-4)
GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGEric Kronberg 1 90 3 3 0.00 0Jimmy Nielsen 9 810 24 18 0.67 1Kevin Hartman 8 720 39 28 0.88 0Team totals 18 1620 66 49 0.72 1Opponent totals 18 1620 98 68 1.39 1
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PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTAmado Guevara 5 4 382 4 0 13Ryan Johnson 4 4 360 2 1 8Danny Dichio 7 5 452 2 0 6Robert Earnshaw 2 2 150 2 0 2Jim Brennan 8 7 662 1 0 2Danny Koevermans 2 2 180 1 0 5Darel Russell 3 2 185 1 0 2Sam Cronin 2 2 180 0 1 1Dwayne De Rosario 3 2 212 0 1 3Richard Eckersley 7 7 616 0 1 2Ronnie O'Brien 1 1 90 0 1 4Alvaro Rey 1 1 83 0 1 0Carl Robinson 8 8 720 0 1 5Marvell Wynne 7 7 630 0 1 1Team totals 18 18 1620 13 8 156Opponent totals 18 18 1620 25 28 263
TORONTO FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (4-10-4)
GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGBrian Edwards 1 90 5 5 0.00 0Sam Reynolds 1 90 7 6 1.00 0Stefan Frei 6 540 29 20 1.17 0Milos Kocic 2 180 12 9 1.50 0Greg Sutton 4 360 23 14 1.50 1Joseph Bendik 3 270 16 10 2.00 0Freddy Hall 1 90 6 4 2.00 0Team totals 18 1620 98 68 1.39 1Opponent totals 18 1620 66 49 0.72 1
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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. TORONTO FC (10-4-4)
PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTC.J. Sapong 7 4 370 3 2 8Claudio Bieler 2 2 161 2 0 7Soony Saad 3 1 106 2 0 7Paulo Nagamura 10 8 742 1 2 16Sal Zizzo 5 3 284 1 1 3Oriol Rosell 3 2 192 1 0 1Chance Myers 10 10 875 0 4 4Graham Zusi 10 8 726 0 4 16Benny Feilhaber 6 6 506 0 3 12Jacob Peterson 8 5 501 0 3 8Dom Dwyer 3 1 108 0 1 6Seth Sinovic 8 8 720 0 1 7Matt Besler 7 7 630 0 0 1Aurelien Collin 7 7 602 0 0 3Andy Gruenebaum 7 7 630 0 0 0Peterson Joseph 2 0 27 0 0 0Eric Kronberg 1 1 90 0 0 0Lawrence Olum 4 3 272 0 0 6Ike Opara 2 2 180 0 0 1Team totals 18 18 1620 25 28 263Opponent totals 18 18 1620 13 8 156
GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGEric Kronberg 1 90 3 3 0.00 0Andy Gruenebaum 7 630 26 19 1.00 0Team totals 18 1620 66 49 0.72 1Opponent totals 18 1620 98 68 1.39 1
PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTDwayne De Rosario 27 18 1730 3 7 53Bright Dike 2 1 114 1 0 2Collen Warner 6 6 442 1 0 3Jackson 4 2 254 0 1 5Alvaro Rey 1 1 83 0 1 0Kyle Bekker 2 0 10 0 0 0Joseph Bendik 3 3 270 0 0 0Mark Bloom 1 1 90 0 0 0Michael Bradley 4 4 338 0 0 4Steven Caldwell 2 2 176 0 0 1Jeremy Hall 6 5 479 0 0 1Doneil Henry 5 3 227 0 0 2Ashtone Morgan 5 3 347 0 0 0Justin Morrow 3 2 189 0 0 0Jonathan Osorio 1 0 8 0 0 0Ryan Richter 1 1 45 0 0 0Andrew Wiedeman 4 3 261 0 0 3Team totals 18 18 1620 13 8 156Opponent totals 18 18 1620 25 28 263
GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGJoseph Bendik 3 270 16 10 2.00 0Team totals 18 1620 98 68 1.39 1Opponent totals 18 1620 66 49 0.72 1
CURRENT TORONTO FC VS. SPORTING KC (4-10-4)
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toronto fc
ryan nelsen
sporting Kansas city vs toronto fcSporting Park (Kansas City, Kansas)
7:30 p.m. CTEnglish TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV
Spanish TV: Univision DeportesEnglish Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHBSpanish Radio: La Gran D 1340 AM
coaches - reGUlar season
Mls experienceMls record
year with teaMrecord with teaM
6th season67-49-396th season67-49-39
2nd season10-21-11
2nd season10-21-11
2014 reGUlar season teaM stats
2014 reGUlar season individUal leaders
Goalsassistsshots
shots on GoalGaMe-winninG GoalsGaMe-winninG assists
foUls sUfferedfoUls coMMitted
caUtionsejections
Goals aGainst avGwins
shUtoUtssaves
Jermain Defoe 4 six players tied 1
Gilberto 18Jermain Defoe 7Jermain Defoe 3
Bloom/Orr 1Gilberto 13Gilberto 12 Jackson 3
N/A
Joseph Bendik 0.00 Julio Cesar 3 Julio Cesar 2
Julio Cesar 18
No. Pos. Name Pronunciation 1 GK Eric Kronberg krawn-berg 2 DEF Erik Palmer-Brown 3 DEF Ike Opara^ oh-PAR-ah 4 DEF Kevin Ellis 5 DEF Matt Besler** BEEZ-ler 6 MID Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra 7 DEF Chance Myers 8 MID Graham Zusi** ZOO-see 9 MID Antonio Dovale doh-VAH-lay 10 MID Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber 11 FWD Sal Zizzo ZEE-zoh 12 MID Mikey Lopez* 13 DEF Lawrence Olum** OH-lumm 14 FWD Dom Dwyer 15 DEF Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick 16 FWD Claudio Bieler bee-AY-lurr 17 FWD C.J. Sapong sah-PONG 18 MID Victor Munoz 19 MID Peterson Joseph^ 20 MID Oriol Rosell ew-REE-all rohz-EL 21 GK Jon Kempin* 22 FWD Soony Saad soo-NEE sod 23 MID Alex Martinez 25 MID Christian Duke* 30 GK Andy Gruenebaum GREEN-uh-BOHM 37 FWD Jacob Peterson 40 DEF Igo Juliao ZHOO-lee-ow 78 DEF Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en 94 MID Jimmy Medranda muh-DRAHN-dah* - On loan ** - International duty ^ - Disabled list
sportinG Kansas city roster
8 Dom Dwyer4 Graham Zusi40 Dom Dwyer16 Dom Dwyer3 Dom Dwyer1 Graham Zusi31 Benny Feilhaber22 Dom Dwyer3 Benny Feilhaber1 three players tied
0.91 Eric Kronberg5 Eric Kronberg 5 Eric Kronberg27 Eric Kronberg
toronto fcsportinG Kansas city
peter verMes
sportinG Kansas city
sportinG Kc injUry report
OUT:
• Peterson Joseph (illness)• Ike Opara (right ankle surgery)
QUESTIONABLE:
• Aurelien Collin (right hamstring strain)• Oriol Rosell (right quad strain)
As of May 21, 2014
2014 reGUlar season Mls standinGs
Through May 20, 2014eastern conference Gp w l t p 1. New England Revolution 11 6 3 2 202. Sporting Kansas City 11 5 4 2 173. Houston Dynamo 12 5 5 2 174. D.C. United 10 4 3 3 155. New York Red Bulls 12 3 4 5 146. Columbus Crew 11 3 4 4 137. Toronto FC 8 4 4 0 128. Chicago Fire 10 2 2 6 129. Philadelphia Union 13 2 6 5 1110. Montreal Impact 10 1 5 4 7
western conference Gp w l t p1. Seattle Sounders FC 12 8 3 1 252. Real Salt Lake 11 6 0 5 233. FC Dallas 12 5 5 2 174. Vancouver Whitecaps 10 4 2 4 165. Colorado Rapids 11 4 4 3 156. San Jose Earthquakes 10 2 4 4 107. Chivas USA 11 2 5 4 108. Portland Timbers 11 1 3 7 109. Los Angeles Galaxy 8 2 3 3 9
4-4-0 (12 pts)8
7th in East9
1.139
1.130
99 (31)31.3%
106114150
5-4-2 (17 pts)112nd in East161.45100.91+6157 (55)35.0%165168203
record
GaMes playedconference position
GoalsGoals/GaMe
allowedallowed/GaMe
Goal differentialshots (on Goal)
on Goal %foUls coMMittedfoUls sUffered
caUtionsejections
GaMe notes www.sportinGKc.coM/Media-GUide
• Paulo Nagamura played for Toronto FC in 2007, the club’s inaugural season in MLS.
• Graham Zusi and Jeremy Hall were teammates at the University of Maryland from 2006-2008.
• Matt Besler, Bright Dike and Justin Morrow were teammates at the University of Notre Dame from 2006-2008.
• Jacob Peterson played for Toronto FC from 2010-2011.
• Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and Michael Bradley are among 30 players on the U.S. Men’s National Team’s preliminary roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup
• Benny Feilhaber (USA), Michael Bradley (USA, Jermain Defoe (Eng-land) and Julio Cesar (Brazil) all participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
• Both clubs’ leading goal scorers -- Dom Dwyer (8) and Jermain Defoe (4) -- are from London.
• Paulo Nagamura and Jackson are both from Sao Paulo, Brazil and came up through the youth system of Sao Paulo FC. Nagamura left the club in 2001 at age 18; Jackson left in 2009 at age 21.
Kansas city connections...
last tiMe they Met...
sporting Kc Game notes | May 23, 2014 vs toronto fc| sportingKc.com/Game-notes
sportinG Kc diGital properties
noteworthy Milestones...• Sporting KC has sold-out 42 straight MLS home matches at Sporting
Park.• Peter Vermes is in his sixth season as manager, second longest in
club history behind Bob Gansler.• Peter Vermes’ winning percentage (.558) is best for Sporting KC
all-time• Graham Zusi is tied with Davy Arnaud for third place on Sporting KC’s
all-time assists chart with 35.• Aurelien Collin is second in club history in MLS competition for most
goals scored by a defender with 15, two shy of Jimmy Conrad (17).• Sporting KC has the most ties in MLS history among all teams (118)• Sporting KC has won 234 MLS regular season matches, fourth most
in league history.• Matt Besler is in ninth place on the club’s all-time chart for games
started with 130.• Dom Dwyer’s 68th-minute goal in Sporting KC’s 2-1 loss to Chicago
on Sunday was the club’s 800th MLS regular season goal all-time.• During Sunday’s game at Chicago, Chance Myers surpassed 10,000
MLS minutes played (10,044) including playoffs.
sportinG Kc news & notesMatt Besler and Graham Zusi selected to USMNT roster
SportingKansasCitydefenderMattBeslerandmidfielderGrahamZusiareamong 30 players on the United States Men’s National Team’s preliminary roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, U.S. Soccer announced on May 12. Both players joined the United States’ World Cup preparation camp on Thursday at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
TheUnitedStates’final23-playerrosterforthe2014FIFAWorldCup–tobeheldfromJune12-July13inBrazil–islimitedtoplayersonthepreliminary roster and must be submitted to FIFA by June 2. The USMNT has friendly matches vs. Azerbaijan (May 27, San Francisco) and Turkey (Harrison, New Jersey) on June 1 before manager Jurgen Klinsmann an-nouncesthefinalroster.
Besler, 27, has made 14 appearances for the United States since debut-inginJanuary2013,includingsixFIFAWorldCupqualifiersandallthreeknockout round games en route to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup champi-onship. He most recently appeared alongside Zusi in the United States’ 2-2 draw against Mexico on April 2, and the U.S. is 9-1-3 with Besler in the starting lineup.
Zusi has earned 20 appearances for the United States with three goals andfourassistsinhisinternationalcareer.HescoredinthefinaltwoFIFAWorldCupQualifiers,highlightedbythegame-winninggoalagainstJamaicaatSportingPark,tosecureafirstplacefinishintheHexagonalforthe United States.
Summer in the Soccer Capital series of events announced
Sporting Kansas City announced the team’s Summer in the Soccer Capital series of events, presented by Sprint, featuring an international friendly against English Premier League Champions Manchester City on July 23, 8 p.m.CTatSportingParkandofficialWorldCupwatchpartiesatKCLive!in the Power & Light District. Tickets are currently on sale to the general public.
Busy month of May
With seven MLS matches in the month of May and the U.S. Open Cup on the horizon, games are coming thick and fast for Sporting KC. Peter Ver-mes’menplaynomorethanfiveLeaguematchesineveryothermonthofthe 2014 season. Sporting KC will host the 2013 Supporters Shield cham-pion New York Red Bulls on Tuesday before traveling to face D.C. United on May 31. The busy stretch extends into June as the MLS Cup champions visit rivals Houston Dynamo on June 6 for a rematch of the 2013 Eastern Conference Championship.
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The teams last met in the MLS regular season on Sept. 21, 2013 at BMO Field. C.J. Sapong led Sporting KC to a 2-1 victory with a pair of goals in the18thand53rdminutes,markingthefirstmulti-goalgameofhisMLScareer. Darel Russell struck in the 38th minute for the home side.
The win gave Sporting KC a 2-1-0 advantage between the clubs last sea-son. Toronto won at home on March 9 before Sporting KC cruised 3-0 at Sporting Park on July 13.
May23 is thefirstof threeregularseasonmeetingsbetweentheclubsthisseason.SportingKCvisitsBMOfieldonJuly26beforehostingTorontoFC on Aug. 16.
Bright history versus Toronto FC
Sporting KC is 10-4-4 all time vs. Toronto FC, 7-1-1 at home and a perfect 4-0-0 at Sporting Park. Sporting KC’s .667 winning percentage against the Canadian club is their highest against any MLS team with a minimum of fivematchesplayed.SportingKChaslostjustoneofthelast10meetingsbetween the teams, winning seven.
U.S. Open Cup opponent
U.S. Soccer has announced the pairings and match locations for all fourth round scenarios in the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Sporting KC will host the third round winner between the Des Moines Menace (USASA) and Minnesota United FC (NASL) on June 18 at Sporting Park. Des Moines hosts Minnesota United on May 28.
The U.S. Open Cup, recognized as U.S. Soccer’s national championship, is an annual competition open to all amateur and professional teams af-filiatedwithU.S.soccer.TheoldestannualteamtournamentinAmericansports history has its origins in 1914 and is named after Sporting KC’s original founder Lamar Hunt. Sporting KC are two-time champions in the competition, winning the title in 2004 and 2012.
17-year-old Palmer-Brown makes his debut
Sporting KC homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown earned his MLS debutandfirststartfortheclubinSunday’s2-1losstoattheChicagoFire. In doing so, he became the youngest player in MLS history to start a regular season match as a defender. Palmer-Brown received a red card in the 64th minute after picking up his second caution of the match.
Kronberg excelling between the posts
InhisfirstseasonasSportingKC’sstartinggoalkeeper,EricKronbergleads MLS with a 0.91 goals against average among goalkeepers with morethanthreematchesplayed.Hehasallowed10goalsin2014,fiveof which have come from the penalty spot. Kronberg is also tied for the MLSleadwithfiveshutoutsthisseason,andhisfivevictoriesaretiedforsecond most wins in the League.
First half lockdown
SportingKChasyettoconcedeagoalfromtherunofplayinthefirsthalf during 2014, marking 15 consecutive matches during the MLS regular seasonthatSportingKChasnotgivenupasuchagoalinthefirsthalfdatingbackto2013.Theteamallowedtwofirst-halfgoalsintheir2-1loss at Chicago on Sunday, but both were penalty kicks from Mike Magee.
Players on loan
Sporting KC has partnered with USL PRO clubs Orlando City SC and OKC Energy FC for the 2014 season. As part of the agreement, Sporting KC will loan players to the clubs to play games and gain experience through-out the year. Generation adidas member Mikey Lopez is with Orlando City SC, while OKC Energy FC features two homegrown players, goalkeeper JohnKempinandmidfielderChristianDuke.FormerSportingKCgoal-keeper Jimmy Nielsen is the head coach of the expansion OKC Energy FC.
Lopez has made seven league appearances and logged 136 minutes of action for unbeaten Orlando City SC, who currently sit atop the USL Pro standings (7-0-3, 24 points).
At OKC Energy FC, Kempin has made seven starts with 22 saves and Duke has contributed one assist in six appearances (416 minutes).
Sporting Park sellout streak
Sporting Park has sold out 42 straight MLS matches, including four playoff games. The last time Sporting KC didn’t play in front of a sellout crowd was March 25, 2012. In those 42 matches, Sporting KC is 24-9-9, has recorded 15 shutouts, and has outscored its opponents 54-31.
Dwyer on fire
Dom Dwyer scored for the third straight MLS match in Sporting KC’s 2-1 loss at the Chicago Fire on Sunday. In doing so, the English forward be-came the 10th player in Sporting KC history to score in at least three con-secutive regular season appearances. If Dwyer scores in his next League match, he will become just the third player in team history to score in four straight regular season games.
Dwyer’s spot on Week 11’s MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week marks the third time he has earned such honors this season. Goal.com’s MLS Team of the Week also featured the 23-year-old Englishman, whose eight goals are tied for second most in the League. Only one player in club history has scoredmoregoalsthroughtheseason’sfirst11gamesthanDwyer,asEd-die Johnson struck nine times in 2007.
19-year-old Juliao impresses in first two starts
SportingKCdefenderIgorJuliaostartedhisfirstgamefortheclubinMay14’s 2-1 home loss to Philadelphia. He became the third youngest player in club history to start a league match (now fourth youngest after Erik Palmer-Brown’s debut on Sunday) and the youngest player in team his-tory to go the full 90 minutes in a regular season match.
The 19-year-old Brazilian wasted no time garnering League honors, as he was named to Sports Illustrated’s Week 11 MLS Best XI for his active displays on the backline. On loan from Fluminense FC through the end of 2014, Juliao led all players in tackles (6) and tackles won (5), while accumulating the second most touches (88) and winning the second most duels (9) among players who featured in Sporting KC’s loss to Philadel-phia.
Paying the penalty
SportingKChasnowconcededfivepenaltykicksthrough11matchesthisseason,mostinMLSandalreadyfifth-mostmostforasingleseasoninfranchise history. The team conceded seven penalties in 1998 and 2007 and six penalties in 2000 and 2006.
Ellis recalled from OKC Energy FC
Homegrown defender Kevin Ellis rejoined Sporting KC May 16 after less thanfourweeksonloanwithUSLProaffiliateOKCEnergyFC.Hesaw23 minutes of action Sunday vs. Chicago as a second half substitute. TheKansasCity,Mo.nativestartedthreeofSportingKC’sfirstfourMLSmatchesof2014andscoredhisfirstgoalfortheclubinthefirstlegofthe2014CONCACAFChampionsLeaguequarterfinalsvs.eventualcham-pion Cruz Azul. He joined OKC Energy FC on loan April 21.
Late-game goals hurting Sporting KC
In three of Sporting KC’s four regular season defeats, the opponent has scored the game winning goal in the 81st minute or later. Seattle Sound-ers grabbed a 94th-minute goal in the season opener on March 8, Teal Bunbury struck a 92nd-minute winner on April 26 to knock off his former club, and Cristian Maidana scored in the 81st minute to give Philadelphia a 2-1 road win on May 14 Sporting KC also conceded a 90th-minute equalizertoFCDallasonMarch15.PeterVermes’menhavedroppedfivepointsinthefinal10minutesofactionplusstoppagetimein2014.
Vermes’ men set records in 3-0 defeat of Montreal
Sporting KC recorded a record-setting 3-0 win over the Montreal Impact on May 10. The MLS Cup champions attempted 803 passes and com-pleted739,bothLeaguerecordssincethestatisticwasfirsttrackedbyOptain2011,fora92percentpassingaccuracypercentage.MidfielderOriol Rosell led all players with 160 successful passes out of the 166 he attempted, setting single-game records by an MLS player since 2011. Sporting KC also had 78.18 percent possession, the highest percentage in an MLS match since 2011.Amongmidfielderswithatleast100completedpasses in 2014, Rosell has a 90.04 completion percentage, the best mark inMLS.TheSpanishmidfielder’s87.05completionpercentageintheop-ponent’s half in 2014 is also best in the League.
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players in players outSal Zizzo (trade) Jimmy Nielsen (retired)
Andy Gruenebaum (trade) Kyle Miller (wavied)
Alex Martinez (SuperDraft) Brendan Ruiz (wavied)
Antonio Dovale (signing) Federico Bessone (out of contract)
Victor Munoz (signing) Teal Bunbury (trade)
Igor Juliao (loan) Josh Gardner (wavied)
Mechack Jerome (waived)
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transaction tiMelineDecember 8: Jimmy Nielsen announces his retirementDecember 11: Sporting Kansas City waives Kyle Miller and Brendan RuizDecember13:SportingKCacquiresmidfielderSalZizzothroughtradewithPortlandDecember 16: Sporting KC trades for goalkeeper Andy GruenebaumDecember 20: Sporting KC signs Eric Kronberg to new contractJanuary 1: Federico Bessone out of contract and will not returnJanuary 17: Sporting KC drafts Adnan Gabeljic in MLS SuperDraftJanuary 21: Sporting KC drafts Reinaldo Brenes, Alex Martinez and Peter SchmetzJanuary 30: Sporting KC signs Chance Myers to new contractFebruary13:SportingKCre-acquiresmidfielderJimmyMedrandaFebruary 19: Teal Bunbury traded to New England RevolutionMarch 4: Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection Alex MartinezMarch11:SportingKCsignsSpanishmidfielderAntonioDovaleMarch17:SportingKCloansthreeplayers(Kempin,Lopez,Duke)toUSLPROaffiliatesMarch 25: Sporting KC waives defender Josh GardnerMarch 31: Sporting KC waives defender Mechack JeromeApril1:SportingKCsignsmidfielderVictorMunozApril 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 FC
year Mls superdraft Mls supplemen-tal draft
signings trades homegrown play-ers
Mls lottery draft
2006 Eric Kronberg (40th)
2007
2008 Chance Myers (1st)
2009 Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)
2010 Jon Kempin (Aug. 31)
2011 C.J. Sapong (10th) Aurelien Collin (Apr. 15)Peterson Joseph (Sept. 1)Lawrence Olum (Sept. 15)
Seth Sinovic (Nov. 28 from MON, origi-nally signed May 10)Paulo Nagamura (Nov. 29 from CHV)
Kevin Ellis (Feb. 18) Soony Saad (July 5)
2012 Dom Dwyer (16th) Jacob Peterson (Jan. 19)Oriol Rosell (Aug. 2)
2013 Mikey Lopez (14th) Christian Duke (14th)
Claudio BielerJimmy Medranda
Ike OparaBenny Feilhaber
Erik Palmer-Brown
2014 Alex Martinez (57th) Antonio DovaleVictor MunozIgor Juliao
Sal ZizzoAndy Gruenebaum
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all-tiMe reGUlar season GaMe hiGhs
Goalsassistsshots
shots on GoalfoUls coMMittedfoUls sUffered
savesGoals allowed
2fiveplayerstied1 28 players tied 9 Kei Kamara4 Eddie Johnson5 Collin/Sapong5 three players tied
5 three players tied3 Kevin Hartman
three players tied 2 eight players tied 1
Amado Guevara 5three players tied 3
Maurice Edu 8 Eric Hassli 6
Kocic/Bendik 7Stefan Frei 4
Sporting KC record vs. Toronto: 10-4-4Home games: 7-1-1 (20 GF, 7 GA)Road games: 3-3-3 (5 GF, 6 GA)
date score result location04/25/2007 KC 3 vs TOR 0 W Arrowhead Stadium04/28/2007 KC 1 at TOR 0 W BMO Field07/01/2007 KC 1 vs TOR 1 T Arrowhead Stadium04/26/2008 KC 0 at TOR 2 L BMO Field06/21/2008 KC 0 at TOR 0 T BMO Field09/20/2008 KC 2 vs TOR 0 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark03/21/2009 KC 2 vs TOR 3 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark04/26/2009 KC 0 at TOR 1 L BMO Field06/05/2010 KC 0 at TOR 0 T BMO Field07/31/2010 KC 1 vs TOR 0 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark06/04/2011 KC 0 at TOR 0 T BMO Field07/23/2011 KC 4 vs TOR 2 W Sporting Park06/16/2012 KC 2 vs TOR 0 W Sporting Park08/18/2012 KC 1 at TOR 0 W BMO Field09/01/2012 KC 2 vs TOR 1 W Sporting Park03/09/2013 KC 1 at TOR 2 L Rogers Centre07/13/2013 KC 3 vs TOR 0 W Sporting Park09/21/2013 KC 2 at TOR 1 W BMO Field
all-tiMe reGUlar season resUlts
Goals scored in series By interval 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot.KC 1 5 3 5 5 6 0 25TOR 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 13
all-tiMe reGUlar season series leaders
Amado Guevara 4eight players tied 1Amado Guevara 13Amado Guevara 9
Danny Dichio 16Carl Robinson 14
Stefan Frei 2Greg Sutton 3 Stefan Frei 3Stefan Frei 20Stefan Frei 7
Goalsassistsshots
shots on GoalfoUls coMMittedfoUls sUffered
winslosses
shUtoUts saves
Goals allowed
3 Kamara/Sapong4 Myers/Zusi25 Kei Kamara9 Teal Bunbury17 Roger Espinoza17 Graham Zusi
7 Jimmy Nielsen3 Kevin Hartman5 Jimmy Nielsen28 Kevin Hartman7 Kevin Hartman
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toronto fccategory 1 2 ot tot.Goals 5 8 0 13Shots 70 86 0 156Shots on Goal 31 35 0 66Fouls 125 126 0 251Offsides 23 31 0 54Corner Kicks 34 38 0 72
category 1 2 ot tot. Goals 9 16 0 25Shots 113 150 0 263Shots on Goal 40 58 0 98Fouls 98 106 0 204Offsides 30 25 0 55 Corner Kicks 46 50 0 96
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sportinG Kansas city Goal chart
1- Aurelien Collin (Feilhaber), Mar. 15, vs FC Dallas, 81 *2- Dom Dwyer, Mar. 22, vs San Jose Earthquakes, 57 ^ 3- Graham Zusi (Zizzo, Nagamura), Mar. 29, at Colorado Rapids, 50 4- Benny Feilhaber (Zusi, Zizzo), Mar. 29, at Colorado Rapids, 79 5- Dom Dwyer (Zusi), Mar. 29, at Colorado Rapids, 926- Callum Mallace (own goal), Apr. 19, vs Montreal Impact, 31~#7- Aurelien Collin (Lawrence Olum), Apr. 26, vs Montreal Impact, 718- Dom Dwyer (Jacob Peterson), Apr. 19, vs Montreal Impact, 749- Dom Dwyer (Graham Zusi), Apr. 19, vs Montreal Impact, 8610- Jacob Peterson, May 4, vs Columbus Crew, 1011- Claudio Bieler (Graham 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 +
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Sporting KC at Seattle Sounders - March 8, 2014CenturyLink Field | Seattle, Wash.
Attendance: 39,240Weather: 50 degrees and rain
1 2 FSporting Kansas City (0-1-0, 0 pts) 0 0 0Seattle Sounders FC (1-0-0, 3 pts) 0 1 1
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Josh Gardner (Mechack Jerome 92+), Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (Ike Opara 93+), Graham Zusi; Jacob Peterson (Sal Zizzo 58), Dom Dwyer, C.J. Sapong
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Claudio Bieler, Jimmy Medranda, Oriol Rosell
Seattle Sounders FC: Stefan Frei; DeAndre Yedlin, Chad Marshall, Djimi Traore, Dylan Remick; Marco Pappa (Clint Dempsey 57), Osvaldo Alonso, Brad Evans (C), Lamar Neagle (Sean Okoli 86); Kenny Cooper (Chad Barrett 78), Obafemi Martins
Subs Not Used: Marcus Hahnemann, Jalil Anibaba, Andy Rose, Zach Scott
Stats SKC SEAShots (on goal) 9 (3) 14 (5)Saves 4 3Fouls 25 15Offside 1 1Corner Kicks 7 5
Scoring Summary:SEA -- Chad Barrett 1 (Clint Dempsey 1) 94+
Discipline Summary:SKC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 16SEA -- Kenny Cooper (caution; reckless foul) 34SEA - Osvaldo Alonso (caution; tactical foul) 44SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; persistent infringement) 46SKC -- C.J. Sapong (caution; delaying a restart) 83
Referee: Alan KellyAsst. Ref.: Dimitar ChadaravAsst. Ref.: Kyle Longville4thOfficial:WilliamNiccolla
date resUlt opponent GoalscorersMarch 8 L 1-0 at Seattle Sounders ---March 15 D 1-1 vs FC Dallas CollinMarch 22 W 1-0 vs San Jose Earthquakes DwyerMarch 29 W 3-2 at Colorado Rapids Zusi/Feilhaber/DwyerApril 5 D 0-0 vs Real Salt Lake ---April 19 W 4-0 vs Montreal Impact OG/Collin/Dwyer 2April 26 L 2-0 at New England Revolution ---May 4 W 2-0 vs Columbus Crew Peterson/BielerMay 10 W 3-0 at Montreal Impact Dwyer 2/NagamuraMay 14 L 2-1 vs Philadelphia Union DwyerMay 18 L 2-1 at Chicago Fire DwyerMay 23 7:30 p.m. vs Toronto FC ---May 27 7 p.m. vs New York Red Bulls ---May 31 6 p.m. at D.C. United ---June 6 7:30 p.m. at Houston Dynamo ---June 27 10 p.m. at Portland Timbers ---July 6 2 p.m. vs Chicago Fire ---July 12 6:30 p.m. at Montreal Impact ---July 16 6:30 p.m. at Columbus Crew ---July 19 6 p.m. vs Los Angeles Galaxy ---July 23 8 p.m. vs Manchester City (friendly) ---July 26 6 p.m. at Toronto FC ---Aug. 1 7 p.m. vs Philadelphia Union ---Aug. 10 7 p.m. at Vancouver Whitecaps ---Aug. 16 7:30 p.m. vs Toronto FC ---Aug. 23 7:30 p.m. vs D.C. United ---Aug. 29 7 p.m. vs Houston Dynamo ---Sept. 3 6:30 p.m. at New England Revolution ---Sept. 6 6:30 p.m. at New York Red Bulls ---Sept. 13 9:30 p.m. at Chivas USA ---Sept. 26 7 p.m. vs New England Revolution ---Oct. 3 7 p.m. at D.C. United ---Oct. 10 7:30 p.m. vs Chicago Fire ---Oct. 18 6 p.m. at Philadelphia Union ---Oct. 26 7:30 p.m. vs New York Red Bulls ---
Sporting KC vs FC Dallas - March 15, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan.
Attendance: 19,431 (37th straight sellout)Weather: 70 degrees and mostly cloudy
1 2 FSporting KC (0-1-1, 1 pt) 0 1 1FC Dallas (1-0-1, 4 pts) 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Jimmy Medranda (Alex Martinez 75), Benny Feilhaber; C.J. Sapong (Jacob Peterson 46), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 77), Sal Zizzo
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Kevin Ellis, Lawrence Olum, Ike Opara
FC Dallas: Chris Seitz, Kellyn Acosta (Andres Escobar 61), Stephen Keel, Matt Hedges (C), Jair Benitez, Andrew Jacobson, Adam Moffat (Michel 87), Mauro Diaz (David Texeira 78), Fabian Castillo, Je-Vaughn Watson, Blas Perez
Subs Not Used: Peter Luccin, Hendry Thomas, Richard Sanchez, Nicholas Walker
Stats SKC DALShots (on goal) 18 (8) 7 (1)Saves 0 5Fouls 15 19Offside 0 5Corner Kicks 12 2
Misconduct Summary:DAL -- Adam Moffat (caution; reckless foul) 28DAL -- Stephen Keel (caution; reckless tackle) 30DAL - Je-Vaughn Watson (caution; reckless tackle) 88
Scoring Summary:SKC - Aurelien Collin 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 81DAL - Matt Hedges 1 (Michel 1) 90
Referee: Abiodun OkulajaAsst. Ref.: Eric WeisbrodAsst. Ref.: Nikola Aleksic4thOfficial:LeszekStalmach
Sporting KC vs San Jose Earthquakes - March 22, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan.
Attendance: 19,368 (38th straight MLS sell out)Weather: 41 degrees and partly cloudy
1 2 FSporting Kansas City (1-1-1, 4 pts) 0 1 1San Jose Earthquakes (0-1-1, 1 pt) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin, Ike Opara, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (C.J. Sapong 75), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (C)
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Matt Besler, Jacob Peterson, Alex Martinez, Antonio Dovale, Claudio Bieler
San Jose Earthquakes: Jon Busch, Shaun Francis, Victor Bernardez, Clarence Goodson, Cordell Cato, Shea Salinas, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, Sam Cronin (J.J. Koval 46), Atiba Harris (Alan Gordon 76), Steven Lenhart, Chris Wondolowski (C)
Subs Not Used: Ty Harden, David Bingham, Khari Stephenson, Billy Schuler, Adam Jahn
Stats SKC SJShots (on goal) 17 (4) 5 (1)Saves 1 2Fouls 17 20Offside 3 1Corner Kicks 8 1
Misconduct Summary:SJ - Victor Bernardez (caution; tactical foul) 9SJ - Steven Lenhart (caution; reckless foul) 39SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 42SJ -- Clarence Goodson (caution; dissent) 57SJ -- Shaun Francis (caution; tactical foul) 66SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; simulation) 81SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; delaying a restart) 83
Scoring Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer 1 (penalty kick) 57
Referee: Ricardo SalazarAsst. Ref.: Peter ManikowskiAsst. Ref.: Chris Strickland4thOfficial:SorinStoica
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Sporting KC at Colorado Rapids - March 29, 2014Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, Colo.
Attendance: 12,203Weather: 69 degrees and partly cloudy
1 2 FSporting KC (2-1-1, 7 pts) 0 3 3Colorado Rapids (1-1-1, 4 pts) 0 2 2 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Kevin Ellis, Ike Opara (Aurelien Collin 61), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 61), Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 83), Gra-ham Zusi
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Jimmy Medranda, Antonio Dovale, Jacob Peterson
Colorado Rapids: John Berner; Shane O’Neill, Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor (C), Marc Burch (Nathan Sturgis 62); Jared Watts, Nick LaBrocca; Vicente Sanchez (Marlon Hairston 88), Dillon Powers, Deshorn Brown; Edson Buddle (Gabriel Torres 82)
Subs Not Used: Clint Irwin, Kamani Hill, Marvin Chavez, Grant Van De Casteele
Stats SKC COLShots (on goal) 12 (4) 9 (6)Saves 1 3Fouls 16 15Offside 1 5Corner Kicks 4 5
Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; tactical foul) 29COL -- Marvell Wynne (caution; reckless foul) 43SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; dissent) 72COL -- Marvell Wynne (caution; reckless foul) 85COL -- Marvell Wynne (ejection; second caution) 85COL -- Nick LaBrocca (caution; reckless foul) 89COL -- Nathan Sturgis (caution; reckless foul) 93+
Scoring Summary:SKC -- Graham Zusi 1 (Sal Zizzo 1, Paulo Nagamura 1) 50COL -- Vicente Sanchez 3 (penalty kick) 60COL -- Vicente Sanchez 4 (penalty kick) 78SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 1 (Sal Zizzo 2, Graham Zusi 1) 79SKC -- Dom Dwyer 2 (Graham Zusi 2) 92+
Referee: Jose Carlos RiveroAsst. Ref.: Greg BarkeyAsst. Ref.: Brian Dunn4thOfficial:JorgeGonzalez
Sporting KC vs Real Salt Lake - April 5, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan.
Attendance: 19,838 (39th straight sell out)Weather: 56 degrees and partly cloudy
1 2 FSporting KC (2-1-2, 8 pts) 0 0 0Real Salt Lake (2-0-3, 9 pts) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 85); Sal Zizzo (Antonio Dovale 80), Dom Dwyer ( Claudio Bieler 76), Graham Zusi
Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Igor Juliao, Alex Martinez, Jacob Peterson
Real Salt Lake: Jeff Attinella; Rich Balchan, Nat Borchers, Chris Schuler, Abdou-lie Mansally; Kyle Beckerman (C), Luis Gil (Luke Mulholland 55), Ned Grabavoy, Javier Morales; Alvaro Saborio, Olmes Garcia (Devon Sandoval 72)
Subs Not Used: Eduardo Fernandez; Carlos Salcedo, Aaron Maund, John Stertzer, Cole Grossman
Stats SKC RSLShots (on goal) 20 (9) 5 (1)Saves 1 8Fouls 14 6Offside 3 4Corner Kicks 7 4
Misconduct Summary:RSL -- Chris Schuler (caution; reckless foul) 39SKC -- Chance Myers (caution; reckless foul) 76SKC -- Oriol Rosell (ejection; serious foul play) 83RSL -- Nat Borchers (caution; reckless foul) 87SKC -- Claudio Bieler (caution; reckless tackle) 91+
Scoring Summary: None
Referee:Armando VillarrealAsst. Ref.: Corey ParkerAsst. Ref.: Craig Lowry4thOfficial:FotisBazakos
Sporting KC vs Montreal Impact - April 19, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan.
Attendance: 20,306 (40th straight sell out)Weather: 74 degrees and partly cloudy
1 2 FSporting KC (3-1-2, 11 pts) 1 3 4Montreal Impact (0-4-3, 3 pts) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin (Alex Martinez 76), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 66), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 87), Graham Zusi
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Antonio Dovale, Soony Saad
Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Eric Miller, Matteo Ferrari (Hassoun Camara 78), Karl Ouimette, Maxim Tissot; Calum Mallace, Patrice Bernier (C); Justin Mapp (Andres Romero 46), Felipe Martins, Collen Warner; Marco Di Vaio (Jack McInerney 56)
Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Jeb Brovsky, Heath Pearce, Santagio Gonzalez
SKC MTLShots (on goal) 12 (7) 3 (2)Saves 1 4Fouls 10 17Offside 2 5Corner Kicks 3 1
Misconduct Summary:MTL -- Justin Mapp (caution; reckless tackle) 38MTL -- Matteo Ferrari (caution; reckless tackle) 52MTL -- Karl Ouimette (caution; persistent infringement) 73MTL -- Calum Mallace (caution; tactical foul) 80SKC -- Jacob Peterson (caution; reckless foul) 89
Scoring Summary:SKC -- Calum Mallace (own goal) 31SKC -- Aurelien Collin 2 (Lawrence Olum 1) 71SKC -- Dom Dwyer 3 (Jacob Peterson 1) 74SKC -- Dom Dwyer 4 (Graham Zusi 3) 86
Referee:Hilario GrajedaAsst. Ref.: Ian AndersonAsst. Ref.: Jeff Muschik
Sporting KC at NE Revolution Gillette Stadium| Foxborough, Mass.
Attendance: 14,806Weather: 47 degrees and cloudy
1 2 FSporting KC (3-2-2, 11 pts) 0 0 0New England Revolution (3-3-2, 11 pts) 0 2 2 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Toni Dovale (Alex Martinez 44, Lawrence Olum 76); Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 55), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler
New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Chris Tierney, A.J. Soares, Andrew Farrell, Darrius Barnes; Andy Dorman (C) (Steve Neumann 79); Diego Fagundez, Lee Nguyen, Daigo Kobayashi (Scott Caldwell 71), Teal Bunbury; Jerry Bengtson (Charlie Davies 57)
Subs Not Used: Brad Knighton, Stephen McCarthy, O’Brian Woodbine, Patrick Mullins
Stats SKC NEShots (on goal) 14 (1) 12 (4)Saves 2 1Fouls 17 13Offside 0 1Corner Kicks 8 5
Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; reckless foul) 41NE -- Lee Nguyen (caution; reckless foul) 47NE -- Andy Dorman (caution; delaying a restart) 71SKC -- Aurelien Collin (ejection; serious foul play) 74SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; reckless foul) 88
Scoring Summary:NE -- Teal Bunbury 1 (Darrius Barnes 1, Diego Fagundez 1) 92+NE -- Lee Nguyen 3 (penalty kick) 95+
Referee: Alan KellyAsst. Ref.: Brian DunnAsst. Ref.: Matthew Nelson4thOfficial:JorgeGonzalez
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Sporting KC vs Columbus Crew - May 4, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan.
Attendance: 20,565 (41st straight sellout)Weather: 81 degrees and sunny
1 2 FSporting KC (4-2-2, 14 pts) 1 1 2Columbus Crew (3-2-3, 12 pts) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Paulo Nagamura (Alex Martinez 78), Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 61), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 87), Graham Zusi
Subs Not Used: Igor Juliao, Andy Gruenebaum, Antonio Dovale, Jimmy Me-dranda
Columbus Crew: Steve Clark; Josh Williams, Michael Parkhurst (C), Giancarlo Gonzalez, Waylon Francis; Hector Jimenez (Dominic Oduro 46), Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp, Bernardo Anor (Justin Meram 69); Federico Higuain, Jairo Arrieta (Ethan Finlay 82)
Subs Not Used: Eric Gehrig, Matt Lampson, Tyson Wahl, Dan Paladini
Stats SKC CLBShots (on goal) 14 (6) 10 (4)Saves 4 4Fouls 16 7Offside 3 4Corner Kicks 4 3
Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless tackle) 38CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; reckless foul) 45SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 68CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; reckless tackle) 80CLB -- Wil Trapp (ejection; second caution) 80CLB -- Ethan Finlay (caution; reckless tackle) 86CLB -- Tony Tchani (caution; unsporting behavior) 87SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; tactical foul) 92+
Scoring Summary:SKC -- Jacob Peterson 1 (unassisted) 10SKC -- Claudio Bieler 1 (Graham Zusi 4) 95+
Referee: Ismail ElfathAsst. Ref.: Frank AndersonAsst. Ref.: James Conlee4thOfficial:FotisBazakos
Sporting KC vs Philadelphia Union - May 14, 2014Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan.
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 Anderson4thOfficial:BaldomeroToledo
Sporting KC at Montreal Impact - May 10, 2014Stade Saputo | Montreal, Quebec
Attendance: 16,529Weather: 74 degrees and cloudy
Score 1 2 FSporting KC (5-2-2, 17 pts) 2 1 3Montreal Impact (1-5-3, 6 pts) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura; Jacob Peter-son (Antonio Dovale 57), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 70), Graham Zusi (Soony Saad 75)
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Lawrence Olum, Jimmy Me-dranda
Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins (C); Maxim Tissot, Wandrille Lefèvre, Karl Oui-mette, Jeb Brovsky; Hernan Bernardello, Collen Warner; Sanna Nyassi (Andres Romero 61), Felipe Martins (Patrice Bernier 70), Justin Mapp; Jack McInerney (Santiago Gonzalez 69)
Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Heath Pearce, Calum Mallace, Blake Smith
Stats SKC MTLShots (on goal) 12 (5) 4 (2)Saves 2 4Fouls 9 8Offside 4 5Corner Kicks 5 2
Misconduct Summary:MTL -- Collen Warner (ejection; denying goal scoring opportunity) 17MTL -- Hernan Bernardello (caution; reckless foul) 38
Scoring Summary:SKC -- Dom Dwyer 5 (penalty kick) 18SKC -- Paulo Nagamura 1 (Chance Myers 1) 34 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 6 (Antonio Dovale 1) 64
Referee: Jair MarrufoAsst. Ref.: Philippe BriereAsst. Ref.: Richard Gamache4thOfficial:SilviuPetrescu
Sporting KC at Chicago Fire - May 18, 2014Toyota Park | Bridgeview, Illinois
Attendance: 15,746Weather: 66 and partly cloudy
Score 1 2 FSporting KC (5-4-2, 17 pts) 0 1 1Chicago Fire (2-2-6, 12 pts) 2 0 2
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Erik Palmer-Brown, Seth Sinovic; Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 84), Paulo Nagamura (C), Benny Feilhaber, Antonio Dovale (Alex Martinez 71), Igor Juliao; Claudio Bieler (Kevin Ellis 67), Dom Dwyer
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Victor Munoz, C.J. Sapong, Sal Zizzo
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Patrick Ianni, Greg Cochrane; Patrick Nyarko (Dilly Duka 59), Jeff Larentowicz (C), Benji Joya (Logan Pause 58), Harry Shipp; Quincy Amarikwa ( Juan Luis Anangono 85), Mike Magee
Subs Not Used: Kyle Reynish; Gonzalo Segares, Steven Kinney, Matt Watson
Stats SKC CHIShots (on goal) 12 (2) 15 (6)Saves 4 1Fouls 20 28Offside 3 1Corner Kicks 2 6
Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; reckless foul) 49SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; reckless foul) 64SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brwon (ejection; second caution) 64SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; dissent) 82CHI -- Mike Magee (caution; reckless foul) 91+SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; reckless foul) 94+CHI -- Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (caution; reckless foul) 96+
Scoring Summary:CHI -- Mike Magee 3 (Penalty Kick) 7CHI -- Mike Magee 4 (Penalty Kick) 15SKC -- Dom Dwyer 8 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 68
Referee: David GantarAsst. Ref.: Daniel BelleauAsst. Ref.: Anthony Vasoli4thOfficial:RobertSibiga
2014 reGUlar season teaM statsscorinG 1 2 totalSPORTING 4 12 16OPP. 2 8 10
foUls 1 2 totalSPORTING 80 85 165OPP. 78 90 168
caUtions 1 2 totalSPORTING 5 15 20OPP. 11 18 29
shots 1 2 totalSPORTING 77 80 157OPP. 48 50 98
soG 1 2 totalSPORTING 24 31 55OPP. 16 23 39
offsides 1 2 totalSPORTING 10 10 20OPP. 17 16 33
ejections 1 2 totalSPORTING 0 3 3OPP. 1 3 4
corners 1 2 totalSPORTING 32 31 63OPP. 19 16 35
pK 1 2 totalSPORTING 1 1 2OPP. 2 3 5
2014 Record When…
ScoringfirstgoalConcedingfirstgoalLeading 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 75InPacifictimezoneIn Mountain time zoneIn Central time zoneIn Eastern time zonevs. Eastern Conferencevs. Western ConferenceOn grassOn turfWith zero subsWith one subWith two subswith three subs
5-0-10-4-03-0-02-3-20-1-00-2-11-2-11-0-02-0-01-0-04-0-10-1-11-3-0N/AN/A3-4-21-0-01-0-04-0-01-2-20-2-05-2-20-2-0N/A2-3-0N/A1-1-04-3-22-2-03-2-20-2-13-1-01-0-04-4-20-1-01-0-03-2-21-1-03-3-02-1-25-2-20-2-0N/A1-0-0N/A4-4-2
2-1-112-8-41-1-138-30-122-2-030-38-19N/A34-28-21N/A40-32-23N/A36-42-13N/A27-32-13N/A17-10-13
Team-by-team (in 2014)...
vs. Chicago vs. Chivas USA vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew vs. D.C. United vs. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamovs. LA Galaxy vs. Montreal Impactvs. NE Revolution vs. New York Red Bullsvs. Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake vs. SJ Earthquakesvs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
Home and Away...Overall All-time2014 at homeAll-time at home2014 on roadAll-time on road
12-25-10 (0-1-0) 8-4-4 22-17-13 (1-0-0) 23-21-6 (1-0-0)20-18-10 20-19-10 (0-0-1)4-6-8 18-23-114-3-1 (2-0-0)23-14-11 (0-1-0)19-18-114-3-3 (0-1-0)2-2-0 8-5-4 (0-0-1)21-21-7 (1-0-0)1-7-1 (0-1-0)10-4-4 2-0-2
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Record By Month...
March 2014March all-timeApril 2014April all-timeMay 2014May all-timeJune 2014June all-timeJuly 2014July all-timeAug. 2014Aug. all-timeSept. 2014Sept. all-timeOct. 2014Oct. all-time
sKc Miscellaneous stats
10 min, Jacob Peterson, 5/4 vs CLB
7 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI 90+2 min, Dom Dwyer, 3/29 at COL
90+4 min, Chad Barret, 3/8 at SEA
90+2 min, Teal Bunbury, 4/26 at NE81 min, Cristian Maidana, 5/14
90 min, Matt Hedges, 3/15 vs DAL
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31 min, Callum Mallace, 4/19 vs MTL
83 min, Oriol Rosell, 4/5 vs RSL74 min, Aurelien Collin, 4/26 at NE
64, Erik Palmer-Brown, 5/18, at CHI
85 min, Marvell Wynne, 3/29 at COL80 min, Wil Trapp, 5/4 vs CLB
17 min, Collen Warner, 5/10 at MTL90 min, Corben Bone, 5/14 vs PHI
57 min, Dom Dwyer, 3/22 vs SJ
18 min, Dom Dwyer, 5/10 at MTL
60 min, Vicente Sanchez, 3/29 at COL78 min, Vicente Sanchez, 3/29 at COL
90+5 min, Lee Nguyen, 4/26 at NE7 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI
15 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI
Dom Dwyer, 23 yrs., 235 days, KC vs SJ
Paulo Nagamura, 31 yrs., 69 days, KC at MTL
Erik Palmer-Brown, 17 yrs., 24 days, KC at CHI
Josh Gardner, 31 yrs., 175 days, KC at SEA
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sKc Miscellaneous stats - 2014 regular season
sporting Kc Game notes | May 23, 2014 vs toronto fc| sportingKc.com/Game-notes
sporting Kc Game notes | May 23, 2014 vs toronto fc| sportingKc.com/Game-notes
single season records (field players)stat player #
Games C.J. Sapong (2011) 34
Minutes Nick Garcia (2000) & Peter Vermes (2000) 2916
Goals Preki (1996) 18
Assists Preki (1997 & 2003) 17
Shots Preki (1996) 140
Shots on goal Preki (1996) 61
Fouls Committed Chris Henderson (2000) 79
Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud (2004) 111
Offsides Eddie Johnson (2007) 50
Corner Kicks Graham Zusi (2012) 150
Cautions Aurelien Collin (2013) 13
Ejections Davy Arnaud (2010) 3
single season records (Goalkeepers)stat player #
Games Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013) 34
Minutes Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013) 3060
Wins Mike Ammann (1997) 21
Losses Mike Ammann (1998) 16
Draws Bo Oshoniyi (2005) 12
Shutouts Tony Meola (2000) 16
Goals Against Average Jimmy Nielsen (2012) 0.79
Goals Allowed Ammann (1997)/Kevin Hartman (2007) 79
Saves Tony Meola (2000) 129
single Game records (field players)
single Game records (Goalkeepers)stat player #
Goals Allowed Bo Oshoniyi 7
Saves Garth Lagerway (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000 & three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)
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stat player #
Goals Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010)
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Assists Chris Henderson (1999) 4
Shots Preki (1997) 12
Shots on goal Preki (1996) 6
Fouls Committed Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013) 8
Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud (2006) 10
Offsides Alex Bunbury (1999) 7
Corner Kicks Alex Zotinca (2006) 12
all-time records (field players)
all-time records (Goalkeepers)
stat player #
Games Davy Arnaud 240
Minutes Kerry Zavagnin 20515
Goals Preki 71
Assists Preki 98
Shots Preki 693
Shots on goal Preki 283
Fouls Committed Davy Arnaud 329
Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud 528
Offsides Eddie Johnson 126
Corner Kicks Preki 452
Cautions Kerry Zavagnin 44
Ejections Nick Garcia 5
stat player #
Games Jimmy Nielsen 128
Minutes Jimmy Nielsen 11497
Wins Jimmy Nielsen 57
Losses Tony Meola 45
Draws Jimmy Nielsen 32
Shutouts Jimmy Nielsen 45
Goals Allowed Tony Meola 154
Saves Tony Meola 507
Goals Against Average Jimmy Nielsen 0.99
single season team recordsstat year #
Goals 1996 61
Assists 2000 67
Shots 2012 542
Shots on goal 1996 250
Fouls Committed 2013 511
Fouls Suffered 2000 541
Offsides 1997 117
Corner Kicks 2012 199
Cautions 2013 67
Ejections 2011 8
Points 2012 63
Wins 1997 21
Losses 1999 24
Ties 2005 & 2011 12
Shutouts 2000 17
Goals Allowed 1996 63
MINI BIOS Coaching Staff
Players
Peter Vermes Manager
Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach
Zoran Savic Assistant Coach
John Pascarella Assistant Coach
Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach
#78 | D | Aurelien CollinHt: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 3/8/1986Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, FranceLast Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal)Acquired: Signed on 4/15/2011
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 11 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLAssists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs PORShots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALShots 4, 4 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs PORFouls Committed 6, 3 times, last: May 8, 2013, KC vs SEAFouls Suffered 4, Aug. 23, 2013, KC at CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHI Goal Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLAssist Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR2014 Record when: he starts 3-3-2 he scores 1-0-1
The fourth-year Frenchman has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2012, 2013) and Sporting KC Humanitarian of the Year honors (2013). Collin’s 15 goals in MLS competition are second most by a defender in club history. He was named 2013 MLS Cup MVP after scoring the equalizing goal and converting the match-winning pen-alty kick vs. Real Salt Lake at Sporting Park. Collin’s professional career began with stints in Scotland (Gretna FC), Greece (Panserraikos) and England (Wrex-ham FC). He played two seasons for Vitoria Setubal of the Portuguese top flight before joining Sporting KC as a guest trialist in March 2011.
#5 | D | Matt BeslerHt: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987Hometown: Overland Park, KansasCollege: Notre DameAcquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at D.C.Assists 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEAShots 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NEFouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at D.C.Assist Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI 2014 Record when: he starts 4-3-2 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting KC’s team captain for the 2014 campaign, Besler is in his sixth season at his hometown club. The center back has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors and was named the 2014 KC Sportsman of the Year by the Kansas City Sports Commission. Besler has made 14 appearances for the U.S. Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013, including six FIFA World Cup qualifiers and all three knockout round games en route to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup champi-onship. The U.S. is 9-1-3 with Besler in the starting lineup, and he was named to manager Jurgen Klinsmann’s 30-man preliminary World Cup roster on May 12.
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 23, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes
#16 | F | Claudio BielerHt: 5-11 Wt. 170 DOB: 3/1/1984Hometown: Vera, Santa Fe, ArgentinaLast Club: LDU Quito (Ecuador)Acquired: Signed as Designated Player on 12/18/2012
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHVAssists 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLBShots on Goal 4, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots 6, 2 times, last: June 1, 2013, KC vs MTLFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: July 27, 2013, KC at MTLFouls Suffered 5, March 9, 2013, KC at TORLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBAssist Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLB2014 Record when: he starts 1-2-0 he scores 1-0-0
Sporting KC’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Bieler won the club’s Golden Boot last year with 10 goals scored and added four assists. Bieler is the team’s fourth Designated Player in club history, acquired in 2013 from LDU Quito where he won Copa Libertadores (2008) and Copa Su-damericana (2009). A dual citizen of Ecuador and Argen-tina, he has played professionally in both countries as well as Chile.
#25 | M | Christian DukeHt: 5-9 Wt. 155 DOB: 6/5/1991Hometown: Overland Park, KansasCollege: University of San DiegoAcquired: 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft 1st rd. (#14)
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast...Regular SeasonAppearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Currenty on loan at USL Pro affiliate OKC Energy FC, Duke began playing for the Sporting KC Academy in June 2007 while attending Shawnee Mission South High School. As a college senior, he led the University of San Diego to the quarterfinals of the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The second-year professional spent most of the 2013 season on loan at Orlando City SC.
#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 N/AAssists 1, May 10, 2014, KC at MTLShots on Goal N/AShots 1, 3 times, last: May 18, 2014, KC at CHIFouls Committed 1, 2 times, last: May 18, 2014, KC at CHIFouls Suffered 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHI Goal N/AAssist May 10, 2014, KC at MTL2014 Record when: he starts 0-2-0 he scores 0-0-0
Dovale began his career in the youth system of Ural CF, a club in his hometown of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He then played four years in the Barcelona Academy before signing a professional contract with second division club Celta de Vigo at age 16. He played there for three years before go-ing on a year-long loan to SD Huesca. Dovale returned to Celta de Vigo prior to the 2011-12 season and helped the club earn promotion to LigaBBVA with two goals in 30 ap-pearances. The midfielder made his Sporting KC debut as a second-half substitute in the MLS Cup rematch against Real Salt Lake on April 5 and earned his first start on April 26.
#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, 2 times, last: May 10, 2014, KC at MTLAssists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORShots on Goal 4, May 10, 2014, KC at MTL Shots 7, Sept. 27, 2013, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Apr. 26, 2014, KC at NEFouls Suffered 9, Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal May 18, 2014, KC at CHIAssist Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TOR2014 Record when: he starts 4-3-2 he scores 4-2-0
Dwyer had a busy year in 2013, totaling 26 goals across six competitions while splitting time with Sporting Kansas City and the team’s USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. The 23-year old striker was the USL PRO Championship MVP with four goals in the final and helped propel Sporting KC to MLS Cup by scoring the game-winning goal for Sporting Kansas City in the Eastern Conference Championship. Dwyer has a career-high eight goals in 2014, tied for sec-ond most in MLS. After scoring against Chicago on May 18, he became the 10th player in Sporting KC history to score in three straight regular season appearances. The Englishman earned 2011 Big East Offensive Player of the Year honors at South Florida before launching his professional career.
#4 | D | Kevin EllisHt: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 6/30/1991Hometown: Kansas City, MissouriCollege: Barton County CCAcquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/11
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots 2, Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJFouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 8, 2014, KC at SEAFouls Suffered 2, Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 2-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
The Kansas City, Mo. native 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. Ellis, who became the second Home Grown Player in club history in 2011, rejoined Sporting KC on May 16.
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 23, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes
#10 | M | Benny Feilhaber Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 1/19/1985Hometown: Irvine, CaliforniaCollege: UCLALast Club: New England RevolutionAcquired: Trade with New England Revolution 12/11/12
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 9 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLAssists 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTLShots on Goal 2, 6 times, last: Sept. 27, 2013, KC vs PHIShots 4, 5 times, last: July 13, 2013, KC vs TORFouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Mar. 8, 2014, KC at SEAFouls Suffered 6, May 12, 2012, NE vs VANLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLAssist May 18, 2014, KC at CHI2014 Record when: he starts 5-4-2 he scores 1-0-0
Sporting KC acquired World Cup veteran Feilhaber in December 2012 from New England. The Brazilian-born midfielder was a steady contributor throughout the 2013 season but saved his best work for the playoffs, contribut-ing game-winning assists in the Eastern Conference Semifi-nals and Eastern Conference Championship and converting his penalty kick in the MLS Cup Final penalty shootout. 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 ap-pearances in South Africa.
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 23, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes
#30 | GK | Andy GruenebaumHt: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 12/30/1982Hometown: Overland Park, KansasCollege: KentuckyLast Club: Columbus CrewAcquired: Trade with Columbus Crew on 12/16/13
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: Apr. 7, 2012, CLB vs NYSaves 7, 5 times, last: Sept. 5, 2012, CLB at NE
Last...Regular SeasonAppearance Oct. 27, 2013, CLB vs NEShutout June 15, 2013, CLB vs MTL2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
2014 is a homecoming for Andy Gruenebaum, as Peter Vermes acquired the Overland Park native from the Colum-bus Crew this past December. An eight-year veteran of the league, Gruenebaum featured more than 80 times for the Crew and was part of their 2008 team that won MLS Cup. Gruenebaum enjoyed a breakout season in 2012, becoming Columbus’ starting keeper and recording an MLS-best 124 saves en route to 13 wins and eight shutouts.
#19 | M | Peterson JosephHt: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990Hometown: Port-au-Prince, HaitiLast Club: SC Braga (Portugal)Acquired: Signed on 9/1/2011
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, July, 14, 2012, KC vs CLBShots on Goal 1, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NY Shots 2, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NYFouls Committed 5, May 12, 2013, KC at HOUFouls Suffered 4, Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance Oct. 18, 2013, KC vs D.C.Goal N/AAssist July 14, 2012, KC at CLB2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Now in his third season with Sporting KC, Joseph set career highs in games played (23) and games started (14) in 2013. A member of the Haiti Men’s National Team since 2010, he began his professional career domestically before joining Sporting de Braga in Portugal’s Primeira Liga in 2008. He signed with Sporting KC in September 2011 after training with the club in the summer.
#40 | D | Igor JuliaoHt: 5-8 Wt. 145 DOB: 8/23/1994Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLast Club: Fluminense FC (Brazil)Acquired: Signed on loan 4/4/2014
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots 1, two times, last: May 18, 2014, KC at CHIFouls Committed 1, two times, last: May 18, 2014, KC at CHIFouls Suffered 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-2-0 he scores 0-0-0
In his club debut on May 14, 19-year-old Juliao became the youngest player in Sporting KC history to play the full 90 minutes of an MLS regular season match. Following his second match at Chicago on Sunday, Juliao was named to Sports Illustrated’s Week 11 MLS Best XI. The defender is a member of Brazil’s Under-20 Men’s National Team and currently on loan from Fluminense FC. Julião joined Flumi-nense FC’s academy in February 2003 and made his debut in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A as a 17-year-old in August 2012. He made three appearances in Brazil’s top division during his first professional season as Fluminense FC won their fourth league title in the club’s 111-year history.
#23 | M | Alex MartinezHt: 5-8 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/25/1991Hometown: Montevideo, UruguayCollege: North Carolina StateAcquired: 2014 MLS SuperDraft (#57)
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBShots 2, Apr. 26, 2014, KC at NEFouls Committed 1, May 18, 2014, KC at CHIFouls Suffered 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
The Sporting KC rookie has seen minutes in five MLS matches in 2014. After a strong showing at the 2014 MLS Player Com-bine, Martinez appeared in seven of Sporting KC’s 10 preseason matches and contributed three assists. He was born in Monte-video, Uruguay and moved to the United States at age nine. He starred at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, S.C. and led the school to three state championships and a No. 1 ranking national-ly in the ESPN and NSCAA polls. In two seasons at North Carolina State University, Martinez scored 13 goals and added 18 assists en route to First Team All-ACC honors.
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#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 Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALGoal 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 mid-fielder signed permanently for the club in February, making his first MLS start on March 15. Medranda joined the youth program of Deportivo Pereira at age 12 before climing the ladder to the senior team. In two seasons with the club, he made 16 appearances across all competitions and scored two goals.
#1 | GK | Eric KronbergHt: 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983Hometown: Santa Rosa, CaliforniaCollege: CaliforniaAcquired: 2006 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round (#40)
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals Allowed 4, May 14, 2011, KC at LASaves 6, May 14, 2011, KC at LA
Last...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIShutout May 10, 2014, KC at MTL2014 Record when: he starts 5-4-2
The longest tenured member of the club, Kronberg is in his ninth season in Kansas City and first as a starter. The 30-year-old goalkeeper recorded four shutouts in six appearances last year, leading Sporting KC to the quarterfi-nals of the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League. During the 2014 regular season, he leads MLS with a 0.91 goals against average and five shutouts among keepers with more than three matches played. Through 11 matches this season, he has yet to allow a first-half goal from the run of play. Kronberg spent his rookie season on loan to Miami FC and made his MLS debut in 2010. In April, he became a fa-ther for the first time with the birth of his daughter Kaitlin.
#21 | GK | Jon KempinHt: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993Hometown: Leawood, KansasLast Club: Sporting Kansas City Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/31/10
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals Allowed N/ASaves N/A
Last...Regular SeasonAppearance N/AShutout N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Kempin became the club’s first Homegrown Player and youngest ever sign-ing (age 17) in 2010. After making his competitive debut in the 2012 U.S. Open Cup, the Leawood, Kansas native spent the 2013 season on loan at USL Pro affiliate Orlando City SC. Kempin, who has been an active member of the U-20 and U-23 U.S. National Team pools, is currently on loan as the starting goalkeeper for OKC Energy FC. His head coach is former Sporting KC goalkeeper and captain Jimmy Nielsen.
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#12 | M | Mikey LopezHt: 5-8 Wt. 160 DOB: 2/20/1993Hometown: Mission, TexasCollege: North CarolinaAcquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14)
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/A Assists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast...Regular SeasonAppearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Currently on loan at USL Pro affiliate Orlando City SC, Lopez was selected in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing. He made his Sporting KC debut with a start on May 26, 2013 against the Des Moines Menace in the U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round. Lopez is a member of the U.S. U-20 Naitonal Team and helped the country qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.
#18 | M | Victor MunozHt: 5-7 Wt. 165 DOB: 7/25/1990Hometown: Madrid, SpainCollege: UCLAAcquired: Signed on 4/1/2014
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast...Regular SeasonAppearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting KC acquired the 23-year-old midfielder in April 2014. Munoz was selected by D.C. United in the second round of hte 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Munoz spent eight years in the Real Madrid academy system and was a member of Spain’s U-15, U-16 and U-17 youth national teams before moving to the U.S. in 2010 to pursue a college education.
#7 | D | Chance MyersHt: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CaliforniaCollege: UCLAAcquired: 2008 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assists 1, 13 times, last: May 10, 2014, KC at MTLShots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs PORShots 3, 3 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VANFouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: Apr. 1, 2012, KC at CHVFouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal April 27, 2013, KC vs PORAssist May 10, 2014, KC at MTL2014 Record when: he starts 3-2-1 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 as a Generation adidas signing in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. In 2013, Myers started a career-high 31 MLS matches (includ-ing playoffs) and was the top-rated outside back on the MLS Castrol Index. Myers signed a new contract with the club in January after joining the full 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. Under-18, Under-20 and Under-23 youth national teams.
#6 | M | Paulo NagamuraHt: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 3/2/1983Hometown: Sao Paulo, BrazilLast Club: Chivas USAAcquired: Trade with Chivas USA on 11/29/2011
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Mar. 21, 2009, CHV vs COLAssists 1, 17 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLShots on Goal 4, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSLShots 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TORFouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LAFouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal May 10, 2014, KC at MTLAssist May 14, 2014, KC vs PHI2014 Record when: he starts 5-2-1 he scores 1-0-0
An MLS veteran, Nagamura is in his third season with Sporting KC. The Sao Paulo native began his soccer career with Sao Paulo FC and Arsenal FC in England before com-ing 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 go-ing 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.
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#2 | D | Erik Palmer-BrownHt: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 4/24/1997Hometown: Lee’s Summit, MissouriAcquired: Signed as Homegrown on 08/02/2013
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHIFouls Suffered N/ALast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
The youngest player in MLS at age 17, Palmer-Brown signed a homegrown player contract last August. He made his debut and first MLS start for Sporting KC on May 18, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender. The Lee’s Summit, Mo. native joined the Sporting KC Academy at age 13. He has represented US youth national teams as the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels, most re-cently participating in the 2014 Dallas Cup.
#13 | M | Lawrence OlumHt: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 7/10/1984Hometown: Nairobi, KenyaCollege: Missouri Baptist UniversityLast Club: Orlando City SC (USL PRO)Acquired: Signed on 9/15/2010
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHIAssists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLShots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLShots 3, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORFouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Fouls Suffered 2, Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHIAssist Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL2014 Record when: he starts 3-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
Olum is in his fourth season with Sporting KC, mak-ing a career-high 22 appearances in MLS competition last year. Capable of playing as a central defender or holding midfielder, Olum 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. He joined the Kenya Men’s National Team in November 2012.
#37 | F | Jacob PetersonHt: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986Hometown: Portage, MichiganCollege: Indiana UniversityLast Club: San Jose EarthquakesAcquired: Signed on 1/19/2012
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 14 times, last: May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBAssists 1, 13 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLShots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at D.C.Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NEFouls Committed 3, May 12, 2013, KC at HOUFouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLBLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBAssist Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL2014 Record when: he starts 2-2-0 he scores 1-0-0
An eight-year veteran of MLS, Peterson is in his third season with Sporting KC. He equalled his career high with four MLS goals for the club in 2012. A two-time national champion at Indiana University with goals in the finals of the 2003 and 2004 College Cups, Peterson was selected by the Colorado Rapids in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Following stints with Toronto FC and the San Jose Earthquakes, Peterson was signed by Sporting Kansas City in January 2012. He represented the U.S. at the U-17, U-20 and U-23 levels.
#3 | D | Ike OparaHt: 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/21/1989Hometown: Durham, North CarolinaCollege: Wake ForestLast Club: San Jose EarthquakesAcquired: Trade with SJ Earthquakes on 12/12/2012
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBAssists N/AShots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJShots 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: May 28, 2011, SJ at CHIFouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: May 19, 2013, KC at D.C.Last...Regular SeasonAppearance Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLGoal Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
The 2013 Sporting KC Newcomer of the Year appeared in a career-best 18 games with 16 starts during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. Opara scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions, each of them a header, and appeared in three of Sporting KC’s five MLS Cup Playoff matches. The defender signed for Sporting KC after three seasons with the San Jose Earthquakes. Opara started all thee matches for the United States at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and was invited to camp with the U.S. Olympic squad (U-23) in February 2012.
#15 | D | Seth SinovicHt: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987Hometown: Leawood, KansasCollege: CreightonLast Club: New England RevolutionAcquired: Signed on 5/10/2011
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists 1, 5 times, last: July 13, 2013, KC vs TORShots on Goal 2, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALShots 3, Apr. 17, 2010, NE at SJFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJFouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LALast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal N/AAssist July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR2014 Record when: he starts 5-3-2 he scores 0-0-0
The Leawood, Kan. native and Rockhurst High School alum was rated the No. 1 left back in MLS by Soccer America after leading all Sporting KC players with 3,733 minutes played in all competition and starting 41 of his 42 appearances in 2013. He scored the game-tying goal in the Eastern Conference Semifinals last year en route to Sport-ing Kansas City reaching MLS Cup. Sinovic was drafted by the New England Revolution in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He was then signed by Sporting KC in May 2011 and has since contributed two goals and five assists across all competitions.
#20 | M | Oriol RosellHt: 6-0 Wt. 168 DOB: 7/7/1992Hometown: Puig-Reig, Catalonia, SpainLast Club: Barcelona B (Spain)Acquired: Signed on 8/2/2012
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 2 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHIAssists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs. CLBShots on Goal 1, 7 times, last: May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBShots 3, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NYFouls Committed 8, July 27, 2013, KC at MTLFouls Suffered 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 9, 2013, KC at HOULast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal March 2, 2013, KC at PHIAssist Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLB2014 Record when: he starts 3-2-2 he scores 0-0-0
A product of Barcelona’s famed La Masia Academy, Rosell joined Sporting KC from Barcelona B in August 2012. The Spanish midfielder currently leads MLS in completion per-centage among players with at least 100 attempted passes. He made 41 appearances in all competitions last year and led MLS with 130 interceptions. Rosell made his international debut last December when he featured for Catalonia in a friendly against the Cape Verde Islands.
#22 | F | Soony SaadHt: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 8/17/1992Hometown: Dearborn, MichiganCollege: Univ. of MichiganAcquired: Weighted Lottery on 7/5/2011
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs TORAssists 2, Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NEShots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NYShots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs CLBFouls Committed 2, 7 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHIFouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLBAssist Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NE2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
After leading the NCAA in scoring with a school record 19 goals as a freshman at the University of Michigan, Saad was signed by Major League Soccer and allocated to Sporting KC via a lottery draft in July 2011. He scored nine minutes into his MLS debut on his 19th birthday and added four goals and four assists in 23 MLS regular season appearances last season. Saad represented the United States at the youth level, including appearances with the Under-20 Men’s National Team, but is now a member of the Lebanon Men’s National Team.
#17 | F | C.J. SapongHt: 6-1 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988Hometown: Manassas, VirginiaCollege: James Madison Acquired: 2011 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)
Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORAssists 1, 9 times, last: Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COLShots on Goal 4, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Shots 10, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBFouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LALast...Regular SeasonAppearance Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJGoal Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORAssist Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL2014 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0
Sapong was named the 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year with five goals and five assists in his first professional sea-son. He scored nine goals in 2012 and four more in 2013, including the game-tying goal in last year’s Eastern Confer-ence Championship series vs. Houston. Sporting KC has a 17-0-2 overall record when Sapong scores. He debuted for the U.S. National Team in January 2012.
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#8 | M | Graham ZusiHt: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986Hometown: Longwood, FloridaCollege: MarylandAcquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHIAssists 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLShots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs PORShots 5, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTLFouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLAssist May 4, 2014, KC vs CLB2014 Record when: he starts 5-3-1 he scores 1-0-0
Zusi recorded a career-high six goals and a team-best 12 assists in all competition in 2013 and was the top-rated midfielder in the MLS Castrol Index. He was an MLS MVP finalist in 2012 and nominee for Best MLS Player at the 2013 ESPYS to go along with MLS All-Star (2012, 2013), MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) honors. Zusi has earned 20 appearances for the U.S. Men’s National Team. He scored in the final two FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, highlighted by the game-winning goal against Jamaica at Sporting Park to secure a first place finish in the Hexagonal for the U.S. Zusi, who has three goals and four assists in his international career, was named to manager Jurgen Klinsmann’s 30-man preliminary World Cup roster on May 12.
#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, 3 times, last: May 20, 2012, POR vs CHIFouls Suffered 4, May 20, 2012, POR vs CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal Aug. 30, 2013, POR at RSLAssist Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL2014 Record when: he starts 3-2-2 he scores 0-0-0
The first-year Sporting KC winger has made eight MLS appearances with seven 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 Tim-bers, Zizzo spent three years in the German first division before coming back to the United States in 2010. He repre-sented 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.
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ALL-TIME STATISTICS
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Matt Besler GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 135 130 11781 2 6 32 8 110 68 6 1 15 0 1 3
KC - Postseason 10 10 960 0 0 2 0 12 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 145 140 12741 2 6 34 8 122 76 7 1 15 0 1 3
Claudio Bieler GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 36 28 2383 11 4 80 29 42 35 16 0 5 0 4 1
KC - Postseason 3 0 85 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 39 28 2468 12 4 84 30 44 36 16 0 5 0 4 1
Aurelien Collin GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 90 86 7657 11 2 85 25 161 79 13 0 30 2 5 0
KC - Postseason 10 10 960 4 1 12 4 21 10 3 0 2 0 1 1
MLS - TOTAL 100 96 8617 15 3 97 29 182 89 16 0 32 2 6 1
Antonio Dovale GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 4 2 158 0 1 3 0 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 4 2 158 0 1 3 0 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0
Christian Duke GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 - Regular Season 28 16 1461 10 2 68 23 37 39 12 1 1 0 4 0
KC - Postseason 6 3 282 1 0 17 8 8 7 3 0 0 0 1 0
MLS - TOTAL 34 19 1743 11 2 85 31 45 46 15 1 1 0 5 0
Kevin Ellis GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 6 4 406 0 0 2 0 9 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 6 4 406 0 0 2 0 9 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
Benny Feilhaber GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 38 33 2763 4 6 46 15 47 76 1 29 7 0 0 1
MLS - Regular Season 90 79 6956 9 15 124 42 114 217 3 100 15 2 0 2
KC - Postseason 4 4 394 0 2 14 1 5 12 2 0 1 0 0 1
MLS - TOTAL 94 83 7350 9 17 138 43 119 229 5 100 16 2 0 3
Peterson Joseph GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 34 18 1445 0 1 12 1 37 21 1 4 10 1 0 1
MLS - Postseason 2 1 103 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 36 19 1548 0 1 14 1 38 23 1 4 10 1 0 1
Igor Juliao GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 2 2 180 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 2 2 180 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mikey Lopez GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Martinez GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 5 0 92 0 0 4 3 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 5 0 92 0 0 4 3 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Medranda GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 2 1 76 0 0 4 1 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 2 1 76 0 0 4 1 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 0
Victor Munoz GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 - Regular Season 122 97 9084 2 13 83 21 131 91 7 4 10 1 0 6
KC - Postseason 10 10 960 0 1 7 1 9 10 1 1 2 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 132 107 10044 2 14 90 22 140 101 8 5 12 1 0 6
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Paulo Nagamura GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 52 44 3928 2 4 67 13 71 49 3 3 9 0 0 1
MLS - Regular Season 209 188 16696 11 18 207 64 316 258 7 20 48 2 4 6
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 223 201 17902 11 18 226 70 335 287 8 20 52 2 4 6
Lawrence Olum GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 50 23 2360 1 2 15 3 27 9 3 0 8 0 1 0
KC - Postseason 2 1 202 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 52 24 2562 1 2 18 3 27 10 3 0 8 0 1 0
Ike Opara GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 20 16 1488 3 0 16 8 28 5 1 0 3 0 2 0
MLS - Regular Season 56 39 3711 6 0 38 15 58 23 6 1 5 0 3 0
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
KC - Regular Season 1 1 64 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 1 1 64 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Jacob Peterson GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 47 23 2185 5 3 45 16 21 23 2 2 1 1 1 1
MLS - Regular Season 185 105 9471 14 13 159 58 67 103 18 62 6 1 5 5
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 192 110 9876 14 13 160 58 69 107 19 62 6 1 5 5
Oriol Rosell GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 43 39 3412 2 2 32 7 79 38 0 7 10 1 2 0
KC - Postseason 6 6 488 0 0 7 1 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLS - Total 49 45 3900 2 2 39 8 88 43 0 7 10 1 2 0
Soony Saad GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 39 17 1747 5 5 68 18 24 39 3 12 1 0 1 2
KC - Postseason 4 0 47 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 43 17 1794 5 5 68 18 27 39 3 12 1 0 1 2
C.J. Sapong GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 93 64 6007 18 9 150 63 114 152 27 0 4 1 7 3
KC - Postseason 10 9 876 2 1 25 11 16 27 3 0 0 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 103 73 6883 20 10 175 74 130 179 30 0 4 1 7 3
Seth Sinovic GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 92 91 8031 0 5 42 13 91 64 2 0 12 0 0 3
MLS - Regular Season 112 109 9611 0 5 49 14 104 74 2 0 15 0 0 3
KC - Postseason 10 10 955 2 0 4 4 13 10 0 0 1 0 2 0
MLS - TOTAL 122 119 10566 2 5 53 18 117 84 2 0 16 0 2 3
Sal Zizzo GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 8 7 543 0 2 14 6 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLS - Regular Season 78 36 3741 2 10 66 26 21 63 5 38 2 0 0 1
MLS - TOTAL 78 36 3741 2 10 66 26 21 63 5 38 2 0 0 1
Graham Zusi GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA
KC - Regular Season 132 100 9333 18 35 211 72 116 164 15 438 10 0 7 15
KC - Postseason 10 10 959 0 5 21 1 18 19 1 46 1 0 0 3
MLS - TOTAL 142 110 10292 18 40 232 73 134 183 16 484 11 0 7 18
Sporting KC Game Notes | May 23, 2014 vs Toronto FC| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes
Eric Kronberg GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA W L T
KC - Regular Season 16 15 1372 58 40 6 16 1.05 6 6 7 5 4
MLS - TOTAL 16 15 1372 58 40 6 16 1.05 6 6 7 5 4
Andy Gruenebaum GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA W L T
KC - Regular Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
MLS - Regular Season 80 79 7065 379 270 18 101 1.29 6 8 26 31 21
MLS - Postseason 2 2 210 9 7 0 2 0.86 0 0 1 1 0
MLS - TOTAL 82 81 7275 388 277 18 103 1.27 6 8 27 32 21
Jon Kempin GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA W L T
KC - Regular Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
MLS - TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
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SEA DAL SJ COL RSL MTL NE CLB MTL PHI CHI
0-1 1-1 1-0 3-2 0-0 4-0 0-2 2-0 3-0 1-2 1-2
1 Eric Kronberg 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G
2 Erik Palmer-Brown 64D
3 Ike Opara 1 90D 61D
4 Kevin Ellis 90D 90D 90D 23
5 Matt Besler 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
6 Paulo Nagamura 90M 90M 85M 90M 78M 90M 90M 90M
7 Chance Myers 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
8 Graham Zusi 90M 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 75M 90F
9 Antonio Dovale 10 44M 33 71M
10 Benny Feilhaber 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M
11 Sal Zizzo 32 90F 75F 90F 80F 66F 55F 55F
12 Mikey Lopez
13 Lawrence Olum 90M 90M 29 5 90M 14 90D 29
14 Dom Dwyer 90F 77F 90F 7 76F 87F 90F 87F 70F 19 90F
15 Seth Sinovic 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
16 Claudio Bieler 13 83F 14 3 3 20 71F 67F
17 C.J. Sapong 90F 45F 15
18 Victor Munoz
19 Peterson Joseph
20 Oriol Rosell 90M 61M 83M 90M 90M 90M 90M
21 Jon Kempin
22 Soony Saad 29 15 6
23 Alex Martinez 15 14 32 12 19
24 Mechack Jerome 1 90D
25 Christian Duke
30 Andy Gruenebaum
31 Josh Gardner 89D
37 Jacob Peterson 58F 45 24 35 61F 57M 35 84D
40 Igor Juliao 90D 90D
78 Aurelien Collin 90D 90D 90D 29 90D 76D 74D 90D 61D
94 Jimmy Medranda 75M
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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
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# Player QF1 QF2
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1-0 1-5
1 Eric Kronberg 90G 90G
2 Erik Palmer-Brown
3 Ike Opara 90D 90D
4 Kevin Ellis 90D 90D
5 Matt Besler 90D 90D
6 Paulo Nagamura 90M 72M
7 Chance Myers
8 Graham Zusi 90F 90F
9 Antonio Dovale
10 Benny Feilhaber 76M 90M
11 Sal Zizzo 60F
12 Mikey Lopez
13 Lawrence Olum
14 Dom Dwyer 2 23
15 Seth Sinovic 90D
16 Claudio Bieler 88F 67F
17 C.J. Sapong 14 18
19 Peterson Joseph
20 Oriol Rosell 90M 90M
21 Jon Kempin
22 Soony Saad
23 Alex Martinez
24 Mechack Jerome 47
25 Christian Duke
30 Andy Gruenebaum
31 Josh Gardner 43D
37 Jacob Peterson 30 90F
78 Aurelien Collin
94 Jimmy Medranda
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2013/14
QF1 03/12/2014 KC 1 vs CRZAZL 0 W Ellis (Bieler) 17
QF2 03/19/2014 KC 1 at CRZAZL 5 L Feilhaber (Zusi) 44
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MATCH DAY #9
TORONTO FC @ SPORTING KC FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014 SPORTING PARK KICKOFF: 8:30 P.M. ET
TORONTO FC RECORD (W/L/D) 4‐4‐0 12 pts. SPORTING KC (W/L/D) 5‐4‐2 17pts. TV: TSN2 Luke Wileman, Jason de Vos & Kristian Jack RADIO: TSN Radio 1050AM TORONTO FC PR Contact: Mike Masaro Email: [email protected] Phone: (o) 416‐815‐2474 (c) 416‐716‐1311 Anthony Cozzetto Email: [email protected] Phone: (o) 416‐815‐6126 (c) 416‐317‐9398 Kansas City PR Contact: Kurt Austin Email: [email protected] Phone: (o) 913‐951‐3554 (c) 816‐516‐0577
TORONTO FC 2014 MLS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT BROADCAST TIME (ET) RESULT
Saturday, March 15 Seattle TSN/NBCSN 4:30 PM W 2‐1
Saturday, March 22 D.C. United TSN 4:30 PM W 1‐0
Saturday, March 29 Real Salt Lake TSN2 9:30 PM L 3‐0
Saturday, April 5 Columbus SN 360 6:00 PM W 2‐0
Saturday, April 12 Colorado TSN 4:00 PM L 1‐0
Saturday, April 19 FC Dallas SN ONE 8:30 PM L 2‐1
Saturday, May 3 New England TSN2 1:00 PM L 2‐1
Saturday, May 17 New York TSN 4:30 PM W 2‐0
Friday, May 23 Sporting KC TSN2 8:30 PM
Saturday, May 31 Columbus TSN2 5:00 PM
Saturday, June 7 San Jose TSN 4:00 PM
Friday, June 27 New York SN ONE 8:00 PM
Wednesday, July 2 Chicago TSN 8:30 PM
Saturday, July 5 D.C. United TSN2 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 12 Houston SN 360 7:00 PM
Wednesday, July 16 Vancouver TSN 8:00 PM
Saturday, July 19 Houston SN 360 9:00 PM
Saturday, July 26 Sporting KC TSN2 7:00 PM
Wednesday, July 30 D.C. United SN ONE 7:00 PM
Sunday, August 3 Montreal TSN 6:00 PM
Saturday, August 9 Columbus SN 360 7:30 PM
Saturday, August 16 Sporting KC TSN2 8:30 PM
Saturday, August 23 Chicago SN 360 7:00 PM
Saturday, August 30 New England SN ONE 5:00 PM
Wednesday, September 3 Philadelphia TSN2 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 6 Philadelphia TSN2 2:00 PM
Saturday, September 13 Chicago SN ONE 8:30 PM
Sunday, September 21 Chivas USA SN 360 3:00 PM
Saturday, September 27 Portland TSN2 1:00 PM
Saturday, October 4 LA Galaxy TSN 10:30 PM
Wednesday, October 8 Houston TSN 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 11 New York TSN 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 18 Montreal TSN 2:00 PM
Saturday, October 25 New England TSN 7:30 PM
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TORONTO FC 2014 ROSTER (As of May 22, 2014)
# NAME POSITION HEIGHT WEIGHT D.O.B. AGE BIRTH PLACE Pronunciation
1 Chris Konopka GK 6‐5 228 04‐14‐1985 29 Tom River, NJ KON‐OP‐KA
2 Justin Morrow D 5‐9 153 10‐04‐1987 26 Cleveland, OH MORR‐OH
4 Michael Bradley M 6‐2 179 07‐31‐1987 26 Princeton, NJ BRAD‐LEE
5 Ashtone Morgan D 5‐9 156 02‐09‐1991 23 Toronto, ON ASH‐TON MORE‐GAN
7 Bright Dike F 6‐0 213 02‐02‐1987 27 Oklahoma City, OK B’RIGHT DEE‐KAY
8 Kyle Bekker M 5‐9 165 09‐02‐1990 23 Oakville, ON BECK‐ER
9 Gilberto F 5‐10 160 05‐06‐1989 25 Piranhas, Brazil JIL‐BER‐TOE
11 Jackson M 5‐9 155 06‐03‐1988 25 Franca, Brazil JACK‐SON
12 Joe Bendik GK 6‐2 217 04‐25‐1989 25 Marietta, GA BEN‐DIK
13 Steven Caldwell D 6‐2 195 09‐12‐1980 33 Stirling, Scotland CALD‐WELL
14 Dwayne De Rosario M 5‐9 182 05‐15‐1978 36 Scarborough, ON DE‐ROW‐SAR‐EE‐OH
15 Doneil Henry D 6‐1 194 04‐20‐1993 21 Brampton, ON DON‐EEL HEN‐REE
16 Bradley Orr D 6‐1 195 11‐01‐1982 31 Liverpool, England BRAD‐LEE OR
17 Nick Hagglund D 6‐1 193 09‐14‐1992 21 Cincinnati, OH HAGG‐LUND
18 Jermain Defoe F 5‐7 143 10‐07‐1982 31 Beckton, England JURR‐MAIN DA‐FOE
21 Jonathan Osorio M 5‐9 161 06‐12‐1992 21 Toronto, ON JOHN‐ATHAN O‐SOR‐EE‐O
22 Jordan Hamilton F 6‐0 194 03‐17‐1996 18 Scarborough, ON JOR‐DAN HAM‐IL‐TON
23 Alvaro Rey M 6‐0 180 07‐11‐1989 24 Seville, Spain AL‐VARR‐OH RAY
25 Jeremy Hall D/M 5‐10 177 09‐11‐1988 25 Tampa, FL JER‐A‐MEE HALL
26 Collen Warner M 5‐10 178 06‐24‐1988 25 Denver, Colorado CALL‐IN WAR‐NURR
27 Luke Moore F 5‐9 167 02‐13‐1986 28 Birmingham, England MOR
28 Mark Bloom D 5‐11 162 11‐25‐1987 26 Marietta, GA B’LOOM
30 Júlio César GK 6‐1 175 09‐03‐1979 34 Duque De Caxias, Brazil JU‐LEE‐OH SAY‐ZAR
32 Andrew Wiedeman F 5‐11 166 08‐22‐1989 24 San Ramon, California WEE‐DA‐MAN
33 Ryan Richter D 6‐0 184 04‐12‐1989 25 Southampton, PA RICK‐TUR
34 Manuel Aparicio M 5‐6 149 09‐17‐1995 18 Buenos Aires, Argentina APP‐AH‐REE‐CEE‐OH
35 Daniel Lovitz M 5‐10 193 08‐27‐1991 22 Wyndmoor, PA LOV‐ITZ
40 Quillan Roberts GK 6‐0 200 09‐13‐1994 19 Brampton, ON Q'WILL‐AN ROB‐ERTS
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Toronto FC Media Notes Recent Transactions
May 16, 2014
Toronto FC announced Friday that the club has acquired midfielder Collen Warner from the Montreal Impact in exchange for midfielder Issey Nakajima‐Farran and allocation money.
May 13, 2014
Toronto FC announced Tuesday that the club has recalled midfielders Daniel Lovitz from its USL Pro Club affiliate, Wilmington Hammerheads FC.
May 7, 2014
Toronto FC announced Thursday that the club has acquired English striker Luke Moore from the Colorado Rapids in exchange for defender Gale Agbossoumonde. Moore was acquired earlier by Colorado from Chivas USA.
May 1, 2014
Toronto FC announced Thursday that the club has assigned forward Jordan Hamilton on loan to its USL Pro Club affiliate, Wilmington Hammerheads FC.
March 28, 2014
Signed midfielder Issey Nakajima‐Farran March 17, 2014
Signed midfielder Daniel Lovitz
Toronto FC announced Monday that the club has assigned goalkeeper Quillan Roberts, along with midfielders Daniel Lovitz, and Manny Aparicio on loan to its USL Pro Club affiliate, Wilmington Hammerheads FC.
March 5, 2014
Placed midfielder Reggie Lambe on waivers February 26, 2014
Toronto FC announced Wednesday that the club has traded midfielder Matías Laba to the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for future considerations
February 25, 2014
Placed forward Emery Welshman on waivers February 14, 2014
Acquired Brazilian international goalkeeper Júlio César on loan from English Championship side, Queens Park Rangers F.C.
February 7, 2014
Mutually parted ways with defender Jonas Elmer
TORONTO FC INJURY REPORT (As of May 22, 2014)
Player Injury Status 2014 Games Missed
Bright Dike Lt. Achilles ‐ Surgery Out 8
Jackson Concussion Questionable 1
Jonathan Osorio Rt. Hamstring Questionable 3
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HEAD TO HEAD MLS LEAGUE PLAY ONLY
Toronto FC record: 4‐10‐4 Home games: 3‐3‐3 (6 GF, 5 GA) Road games: 1‐7‐1 (7 GF, 20 GA) 04/25/2007 TOR 0 at KC 3 L Arrowhead Stadium 04/28/2007 TOR 0 vs KC 1 L BMO Field 07/01/2007 TOR 1 at KC 1 T Arrowhead Stadium 04/26/2008 TOR 2 vs KC 0 W BMO Field 06/21/2008 TOR 0 vs KC 0 T BMO Field 09/20/2008 TOR 0 at KC 2 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark 03/21/2009 TOR 3 at KC 2 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark 04/26/2009 TOR 1 vs KC 0 W BMO Field 06/05/2010 TOR 0 vs KC 0 T BMO Field 07/31/2010 TOR 0 at KC 1 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark 06/04/2011 TOR 0 vs KC 0 T BMO Field 07/23/2011 TOR 2 at KC 4 L Livestrong Sporting Park 06/16/2012 TOR 0 at KC 2 L Livestrong Sporting Park 08/18/2012 TOR 0 vs KC 1 L BMO Field 09/01/2012 TOR 1 at KC 2 L Livestrong Sporting Park 03/09/2013 TOR 2 vs KC 1 W BMO Field 07/13/2013 TOR 0 at KC 3 L Sporting Park 09/21/2013 TOR 1 vs KC 2 L BMO Field
UPCOMING MLS/TORONTO FC PLAYER MILESTONES Dwayne De Rosario needs 3 goals for 30 MLS goals with Toronto FC Dwayne De Rosario needs 3 goals for 35 goals with Toronto FC (All Competition) Ashtone Morgan needs 3 games for 70 MLS games played with Toronto FC MLS Soccer MEN OF THE MATCH – Toronto FC Players & Rank Match 1: (1) Jermain Defoe & (2) Michael Bradly Match 2: (1) Jermain Defoe & (3) Michael Bradly Match 4: (1) Michael Bradley, (2) Bradley Orr & (3) Júlio César Match 5: (3) Klye Bekker Match 6: (3) Júlio César Match 8: (1) Jermain Defoe & (2) Bradley Orr
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TORONTO FC STATISTICAL BREAK DOWN – 2014 MLS REGULAR SEASON # of Games played: 8 Statistics By Half GOALS First Second Total Toronto FC 6 3 9 Opponents 4 5 9 SHOTS Att.On Goal On Target Off Target Blocked Shots Toronto FC 98 31 48 19 Opponents 101 28 46 27 Toronto FC vs Opponents Record Record vs MLS Team 2014 All‐TimeChicago Fire 0‐0‐0 3‐8‐5Chivas USA 0‐0‐0 2‐9‐1Colorado Rapids 0‐1‐0 7‐5‐1Columbus Crew 1‐0‐0 3‐10‐7D.C. United 1‐0‐0 6‐10‐3FC Dallas 0‐1‐0 1‐7‐5Houston Dynamo 0‐0‐0 3‐4‐8Los Angeles Galaxy 0‐0‐0 2‐4‐6Montreal Impact 0‐0‐0 2‐2‐2New England Revolution 0‐1‐0 4‐6‐7New York Red Bulls 1‐0‐0 5‐10‐4Philadelphia Union 0‐0‐0 2‐4‐4Portland Timbers 0‐0‐0 1‐1‐2Real Salt Lake 0‐1‐0 4‐7‐2San Jose Earthquakes 0‐0‐0 2‐4‐4Seattle Sounders FC 1‐0‐0 2‐6‐1Sporting KC 0‐0‐0 4‐10‐4Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0‐0‐0 2‐2‐0
Record By Month Record By Day Month Home Away Overall Day Home Away Overall March 1‐0‐0 1‐1‐0 2‐1‐0 Monday 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 April 0‐1‐0 1‐1‐0 1‐2‐0 Tuesday 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 May 1‐1‐0 0‐0‐0 1‐1‐0 Wednesday 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 June 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 Thursday 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 July 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 Friday 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 August 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 Saturday 2‐2‐0 2‐2‐0 4‐4‐0 September 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 Sunday 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 October 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0 0‐0‐0
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Situational Records Half Time Record Leading at Half Time W L D 3 0 0 Trailing at Half Time W L D 0 1 0 Tied at Half Time W L D
1 3 0 Scoring First Record when TFC Scores First W L D 4 2 0 Record when Opponent Scores First W L D 0 2 0 Possession ‐ Full Time Record when TFC has greater than 50% Possession W L D 0 1 0 Record when TFC has less than 50% Possession W L D
4 3 0 Record when Scoring…Goal(s) W L D Zero ‐ 2 0 One 1 2 0 Two 3 0 0 Three 0 0 0 Four 0 0 0 Five + 0 0 0
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2014 MLS Game‐by‐Game Results
*PK, ^ET + = Sellout
GM # DATE OPPONENT RESULT (W‐L‐D) GWG TFC GOALS GF‐GA AF‐AA ATTEND.
1 Saturday, March 15 Seattle W 2‐1 18 18,18 2‐1 9‐13 38,441 +
2 Saturday, March 22 D.C. United W 1‐0 18 18 1‐0 14‐6 22,591 +
3 Saturday, March 29 Real Salt Lake L 3‐0 0‐3 15‐17 18,881
4 Saturday, April 5 Columbus W 2‐0 4 4,20 2‐0 11‐18 12,045
5 Saturday, April 12 Colorado L 1‐0 0‐1 12‐8 22,591 +
6 Saturday, April 19 FC Dallas L 2‐1 20 1‐2 11‐17 17,406
7 Saturday, May 3 New England L 2‐1 11 1‐2 15‐14 22,591 +
8 Saturday, May 17 New York W 2‐0 18 18,27^ 2‐0 11‐8 22,591 +
9 Friday, May 23 Sporting KC
10 Saturday, May 31 Columbus
11 Saturday, June 7 San Jose
12 Friday, June 27 New York
13 Wednesday, July 2 Chicago
14 Saturday, July 5 D.C. United
15 Saturday, July 12 Houston
16 Wednesday, July 16 Vancouver
17 Saturday, July 19 Houston
18 Saturday, July 26 Sporting KC
19 Wednesday, July 30 D.C. United
20 Sunday, August 3 Montreal
21 Saturday, August 9 Columbus
22 Saturday, August 16 Sporting KC
23 Saturday, August 23 Chicago
24 Saturday, August 30 New England
25 Wednesday, September 3 Philadelphia
26 Saturday, September 6 Philadelphia
27 Saturday, September 13 Chicago
28 Sunday, September 21 Chivas USA
29 Saturday, September 27 Portland
30 Saturday, October 4 LA Galaxy
31 Wednesday, October 8 Houston
32 Saturday, October 11 New York
33 Saturday, October 18 Montreal
34 Saturday, October 25 New England
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2014 MLS RESULTS AND LINEUPS Match Day 1 – @ Seattle Sounders FC – W 2‐1 – Saturday, March 15 Scoring Summary TFC – Jermain Defoe (Jonathan Osorio) 17’ TFC – Jerman Defoe 24’ SEA – Clint Dempsey (Obafemi Martins) 68’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Alvaro Rey 63’ (caution) SEA – Osvaldo Alonso 70’ (caution) TFC – Justin Morrow 78’ (caution) TFC ‐ Júlio César 83’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Mark Bloom, Steve Caldwell ©, Doneil Henry, Justin Morrow; Jackson (Ashtone Morgan 90’+3), Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio, Álvaro Rey (Bradley Orr 65’); Dwayne De Rosario (Andrew Wiedeman 63’), Jermain Defoe Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Ryan Richter, Nick Hagglund, Kyle Bekker Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei; DeAndre Yedlin, Chad Marshall, Djimi Traore, Dylan Remick; Lamar Neagle (Chad Barrett 79’), Osvaldo Alonso, Clint Dempsey, Brad Evans © (Gonzalo Pineda 29’), Marco Pappa (Kenny Cooper 64’); Obafemi Martins Substitutes Not Used: Marcus Hahnemann, Jalil Anibaba, Andy Rose, Sean Okoli Match Day 2 – vs. D.C. United – W 1‐0 – Saturday, March 22 Scoring Summary TFC – Jermain Defoe 60’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Jackson 50’ (caution) DCU – Davy Arnaud 55’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Mark Bloom, Steve Caldwell ©, Doneil Henry, Justin Morrow; Jackson, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio, Álvaro Rey (Bradley Orr 83’); Gilberto (Dwayne De Rosario 63’), Jermain Defoe Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Ashtone Morgan, Nick Hagglund, Andrew Wiedeman, Kyle Bekker D.C. United – Bill Hamid; Cristian (Conor Doyle 82’), Bobby Boswell ©, Jeff Parke, Sean Franklin; Perry Kitchen, Davy Arnaud (Kyle Porter 66’), Luis Silva, Nick DeLeon; Fabian Espindola, Eddie Johnson Substitutes Not Used: Nana Attakora, Jared Jeffrey, Taylor Kemp, Collin Martin Andrew Dykstra
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Match Day 3 – @ Real Salt Lake – L 3‐0 – Saturday, March 29 Scoring Summary RSL – Alvaro Saborio 11’ (PK) RSL – Luis Gil 28’ RSL – Alvaro Saborio (Kyle Beckerman, Javier Morales) 55’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Jermain Defoe 29’ (caution) TFC – Doneil Henry 31’ (caution) TFC – Steve Caldwell 35’ (caution) RSL – Chris Schuler 38’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Bradley Orr (Issey Nakajima‐Farran 60’), Steve Caldwell ©, Doneil Henry, Justin Morrow; Mark Bloom, Michael Bradley, Jeremy Hall (Kyle Bekker 78’), Álvaro Rey; Gilberto, Jermain Defoe (Dwayne De Rosario 61’) Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Ashtone Morgan, Nick Hagglund, Andrew Wiedeman, Real Salt Lake – Nick Rimando; Tony Beltran, Chris Schuler, Nat Borchers, (Chris Wingert 57’); Luis Gil, Javier Morales (Luke Mulholland 89’), Kyle Beckerman ©, Ned Grabavoy; Olmes Garcia (Devon Sandoval 84’), Alvaro Saborio Substitutes Not Used: Jeff Attinella, Carlos Salcedo, Cole Grossman, John Stertzer Match Day 4 – @ Columbus Crew – W 2‐0 – Saturday, April 5 Scoring Summary TFC – Michael Bradley (Mark Bloom) 11’ TFC – Issey Nakajima‐Farran (Justin Morrow) 85’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Mark Bloom 34’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Mark Bloom, Bradley Orr, Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow; Jackson, Kyle Bekker, Michael Bradley © (Jeremy Hall 73’), Álvaro Rey (Andrew Wiedeman 78’); Dwayne De Rosario (Issey Nakajima‐Farran 69’), Gilberto Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Gale Agbossoumonde, Ryan Richter, Jordan Hamilton Columbus Crew – Steve Clark; Josh Williams (Justin Meram 67’), Giancarlo Gonzalez, Michael Parkhurst ©, Waylon Francis; Wil Trapp, Tony Tchani (Jairo Arrieta 74’), Hector Jimenez, Federico Higuani, Bernardo Anor; Dominic Oduro (Ethan Finaly 81’) Substitutes Not Used: Tyson Wahl, Agustin Viana, Matt Lampson, Chad Barson
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Match Day 5 – vs. Colorado Rapids – L 1‐0 – Saturday, April 12 Scoring Summary COL – Edson Buddle (Dillon Powers, Dillon Serna) 77’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Steven Caldwell 17’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Mark Bloom (Jordan Hamilton 90), Steven Caldwell ©, Bradley Orr, Justin Morrow; Jackson, Kyle Bekker, Jeremy Hall, Issey Nakajima‐Farran; Dwayne De Rosario (Andrew Wiedeman 67’), Gilberto Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Ryan Richter, Gale Agbossoumonde, Nick Hagglund, Ashtone Morgan Colorado Rapids – Clint Irwin; Thomas Piermayr, Shane O’Neill, Drew Moor ©, Brian Mullan; Jose Mari, Nathan Sturgis (Dillon Serna 74’), Nick LaBrocca, Dillon Powers; Edson Buddle, Gabriel Torres (Deshorn Brown 63’) Substitutes Not Used: John Berner, Kamani Hill, Charles Eloundou, Marvell Wynne, Jared Watts Match Day 6 – @ FC Dallas – L 2‐1 – Saturday, April 19 Scoring Summary TFC – Issey Nakajima‐Farran 21’ FCD – Matt Hedges 37’ FCD – Blas Perez 88’ Misconduct Summary TFC – Issey Nakajima‐Farran 55’ (caution) TFC – Jackson 74’ (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Mark Bloom (Nick Hagglund 89’), Steve Caldwell ©, Bradley Orr, Justin Morrow; Jackson, Michael Bradley, Kyle Bekker, Issey Nakajima‐Farran (Andrew Wiedeman 81’); Jonathan Osorio, Gilberto Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Chris Konopka, Gale Agbossoumonde, Ryan Richter, Jordan Hamilton FC Dallas – Chris Seitz; Kellyn Acosta, Matt Hedges ©, Stephen Keel, Jair Benitez; Fabian Castillo, Michel (Adam Moffat 89’), Hendry Thomas, Je‐Vaughan Watson, Mauro Diaz (Andrew Jacobson 89’); David Texeira (Blas Perez 70’) Substitutes Not Used: Raul Fernandez, Zach Loyd, Walker Zimmerman, Danny Garcia
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Match Day 7 – vs. New England Revolution – L 2‐1 – Saturday, May 3
Scoring Summary TFC – Jackson (Gilberto) ‘6 NE – Patrick Mullins (Daigo Kobayashi) ‘24 NE – Lee Nguyen (PK) ‘82 Misconduct Summary TFC – Jackson ’43 (caution) TFC – Michael Bradley ’58 (caution) NE – Diego Fagundez ’75 (caution) NE – Scott Caldwell ‘90+2 (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Júlio César; Justin Morrow, Steve Caldwell ©, Doneil Henry, Mark Bloom (Dwayne De Rosario ’87); Jackson (Issey Nakajima‐Farran ’78), Kyle Bekker (Álvaro Rey ’68), Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio; Gilberto, Jermain Defoe Substitutes Not Used: Joe Bendik, Andrew Wiedeman, Nick Hagglund, Bradley Orr New England Revolution – Bobby Shuttleworth; Darrius Barnes, A.J. Soares, Andrew Farrell, Kevin Alston (Chris Tierney ’35); Daigo Kobayashi (Scott Caldwell ‘57), Andy Dorman ©, Lee Nguyen, Diego Fagundez (Steve Neumann 77’), Patrick Mullins; Teal Bunbury Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, Stephen McCarthy, Jerry Bengtson, Charlie Davies
Match Day 8 – vs. New York Red Bulls – W 2‐0 – Saturday, May 17 Scoring Summary TFC –Jermain Defoe (Bradley Orr) ‘12 TFC – Luke Moore (Joe Bendik) ‘90+5 Misconduct Summary NYRB – Thierry Henry ‘6 (caution) NYRB – Jamison Olave ‘42(caution) TFC – Justin Morrow ’45 (caution) NYRB – Armando ’88 (caution) TFC – Jermain Defoe ’88 (caution) Lineups Toronto FC – Joe Bendik; Mark Bloom, Steve Caldwell ©, Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow; Bradley Orr, Kyle Bekker , Jonathan Osorio, Álvaro Rey (Daniel Lovitz ‘68); Jermain Defoe, Gilberto (Luke Moore ‘56) Substitutes Not Used: Chris Konopka, Ashtone Morgan, Jeremy Hall, Dwayne De Rosario, Doneil Henry New York Red Bulls – Luis Robles; Kosuke Kimura (Chris Duvall ’48), Jamison Olave, Armando, Bobby Convey (Ruben Bover Izquierdo ’81); Lloyd Sam, Dax McCarty, Eric Alexander, Jonny Steele; Bradley Wright‐Phillips, Thierry Henry © Substitutes Not Used: Ryan Meara, Andre Akpan, Richard Eckersley, Ibrahim Sekagya, Connor Lade
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TORONTO FC MANAGEMENT BIOS
TIM BEZBATCHENKO ‐ General Manager PRONUNCIATION: BEZ‐BA‐CHENK‐OH Tim Bezbatchenko, 32, was named General Manager of Toronto FC on September 20, 2013. Since joining Toronto FC, the club has made a number of key acquisitions through signings and trades acquiring three Designated Players: Jermain Defoe, Michael Bradley, and Gilberto. Along with Dwayne De Rosario, Justin Morrow and Jackson.
Prior to joining Toronto FC, Bezbatchenko spent three years as the Senior Director of Player Relations and Competition with Major League Soccer (MLS). In that role, he was responsible for negotiating and drafting player contracts, as well as finalizing loan and transfer agreements for the import and export of players to and from MLS. In addition he oversaw all MLS rosters, the MLS player pool, and team salary budgets. He was also responsible for youth and player development initiatives for the league, including the home‐grown player signing process. Bezbatchenko also helped the Player Department manage the relationship between the Players Union and interpretation of the league’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA). He also served as a liaison with the US Soccer Federation and the Canadian Soccer Association. During the 2013 season MLS announced a partnership with the French Football Federation (FFF) to create an educational course for MLS Academy Directors that was managed by Bezbatchenko. Prior to joining MLS, Bezbatchenko served as an attorney for Shearman & Sterling LLP, in New York, where he worked in their Mergers & Acquisitions group. He graduated from the University of Richmond with a B.A. in Economics and Leadership Studies in 2004 and later from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 2008. The native of Westerville, Ohio played two professional seasons as a midfielder for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, and won the USL Pro League Atlantic Division Championship in 2004.
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GREG VANNEY ‐ Assistant General Manager & Academy Director PRONUNCIATION: VAN‐EE Greg Vanney was named Assistant General Manager & Toronto FC Kia Academy Director on December 11, 2013. Vanney, 39, joins Toronto FC after most recently serving as the head coach for LA Galaxy’s U14 Academy side and Technical Director of the LA Galaxy partner club LA Galaxy South Bay. He is also currently taking part in the Elite Formation Coaching Licence program, a
development course partnered by Major League Soccer (MLS) and the French Football Federation. Vanney holds a USSF “A” Coaching License and has been involved with the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. Vanney previously held titles of Director of Soccer Operations and Director of Real Salt Lake‐Arizona Youth Academy at Grande Sports World. It was there that he oversaw program and business development at the Grande Sports World facility. Vanney, Grande Sports World, and Real Salt Lake were responsible for creation of the first MLS Residential Academy in the United States, which began play in the Fall of 2010. Vanney also held a dual role at Chivas USA from 2011‐2012 as assistant coach under Robin Fraser and technical director of the youth academy. Vanney played professionally for 13 years, starting with the LA Galaxy in 1996. During his time with the Galaxy, Vanney helped lead the club to three MLS Cup championship finals, one Supporter's Shield, a US Open Cup Championship and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title. He was named to the MLS Best XI in 2000 and 2001. Following the 2001 season, Vanney transferred to SC Bastia, of France’s Ligue 1, where he remained until 2005 helping the club reach the Coup de France Final in 2002. He re‐joined MLS, signing with FC Dallas and spent two seasons with the Hoops; where he earned two All‐Star selections, captaining the 2005 team to a 4‐0 victory over Fulham. Vanney was traded to the Colorado Rapids in January 2007, and then to D.C. United later that same season. Vanney re‐joined the LA Galaxy in February 2008 and retired at the conclusion of the season. During his playing career, Vanney earned 36 caps and scored one goal for the United States Men’s National team. He was part of the U.S. side that won the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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TORONTO FC COACHES BIOS
RYAN NELSEN‐ Head Coach PRONUNCIATION: NEL‐SON Ryan Nelsen was named the eighth head coach in club history on January 8, 2013. A native of Christchurch, New Zealand, Nelsen brings a wealth of soccer experience to his role at Toronto FC from Major League Soccer (MLS), the English Premier League (EPL) and New Zealand’s National team with more than 400 professional appearances. In Nelsen’s first season
(2013) coaching Toronto FC the club finished with a 6‐17‐11 record in MLS league play; while significantly decreasing the number of goals conceded in comparison to the 2012 season. Nelsen, 36, began his football career with Christchurch United in New Zealand, making 96 team appearances and posting 12 goals between 1995 and 1998. In 1998, he moved to the United States on a university scholarship, playing for North Carolina’s Greensboro College in the NCAA and later transferring to Stanford University for this final two years of college soccer. At Stanford, Nelsen was named MVP as a junior player and an All‐American as a senior player. He graduated with a degree in Political Science from Stanford University. Drafted fourth overall in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United, Nelsen spent four years with the club where he played a key role in bringing the team its fourth championship. During his tenure at D.C. United, he made 81 appearances, posting seven goals and five assists. He served as Team Captain from 2003 to 2004 and was twice named as MLS’s Best XI in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, Nelsen moved to the English Premier League, playing for Blackburn Rovers from 2005 to 2012, posting 195 appearances in all competitions, scoring eight goals. He was named Captain less than a month after his arrival with the team. In 2012, he signed with Tottenham Hotspur as a free agent on a six‐month contract. He made nine appearances, five League and four FA Cup, scoring one goal in all competitions for the Spurs. In June 2012, Nelsen signed with Queens Park Rangers and went on to make 24 appearances for the club. He played his final professional game on Tuesday, January 29 against the defending EPL Champions, Manchester City. The game ended in a 0‐0 draw. Nelsen earned 49 caps for New Zealand’s All Whites National Team. He also captained the All Whites at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and most recently, at the 2012 London Olympics. Nelsen also represented New Zealand at three FIFA Confederations Cups. In 2011, Nelsen was named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to football. He also co‐authored a book with fellow New Zealander Tony Smith called Ryan Nelsen’s Road to the World Cup.
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FRAN O’LEARY‐ Assistant Coach & Director of Player Recruitment PRONUNCIATION: O‐LEAR‐EE Fran O’Leary enters his second season as Assistant Coach and Director of Player Recruitment for Toronto FC. He was originally hired on January 8, 2013 alongside Ryan Nelsen. Prior to joining Toronto FC, O’Leary spent seven years at Bowdoin College’s Mens Soccer program where he served as head coach.
A native of Dublin, Ireland, O’Leary, is one of the most distinguished coaches in collegiate soccer, and possesses an illustrious coaching resume and strong soccer acumen. At Bowdoin, he posted an impressive 62‐27‐9 record with two NCAA Tournament berths in his first six campaigns. In 2010, he was named NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year. He previously held coaching positions at Elmira College, Kenyon College, Dartmouth and George Mason. O’Leary is a graduate of Thomas Edison State College and began his coaching career as an Assistant at Boston College.
JIMMY BRENNAN ‐ Assistant Coach PRONUNCIATION: BREN‐IN Jimmy Brennan enters his third season as an assistant coach for Toronto FC. Brennan was promoted to the first team on May 14, 2012 after spending 15 months as head coach of the U17 Academy Team. Brennan was named the first player and captain in Toronto FC’s history on September 8, 2006. Prior to signing with Toronto, Brennan spent several years playing in England with
Bristol City, Nottingham Forest, Norwich City, and Southampton. While at Norwich City, Brennan was part of the 2004 League One Division championship side. With the promotion, Brennan became the first Canadian outfield player to play in the English Premier League. Brennan earned 49 caps with the Canadian National Team during his playing career. He was part of the Canada squad that won the Gold Cup in 2000. He also played in the Gold Cup in 2002 and 2005 and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Following his retirement as a player on April 6, 2010, Brennan was named the club’s assistant general manager. On March 1, 2011, Brennan was named head coach of Toronto FC’s U17 Academy team.
JASON BENT‐ Assistant Coach PRONUNCIATION: BENT Jason Bent enters his fourth season as an assistant coach for Toronto FC. Bent joined the first team ahead of the 2011 season, after spending the previous three seasons in the Academy. A native of Brampton, Ontario, Bent is a local coach who brings a wealth of experience having played internationally and within Major League Soccer. He went to the University of Maryland prior to joining the Colorado Rapids. Bent spent three seasons with the Rapids
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appearing in over 50 matches and was part of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup finals squad in 1999. His last professional club was Plymouth Argyle in England where he played three seasons. Bent helped Plymouth win the Division Three Championship in 2001‐2002, and the Division Two Championship in 2003‐2004. In addition to his club football career, Bent earned 32 caps for the Canadian National Team.
DUNCAN OUGHTON – Assistant Coach PRONUNCIATION: OUT‐IN Duncan Oughton enters his second season as an assistant coach with Toronto FC. Oughton was hired on May 8, 2013. Prior to joining Toronto FC, Oughton spent three years with the Columbus Crew as a member of their coaching staff, serving as the assistant technical director and assistant coach.
Prior to his career in coaching, Oughton played his entire ten year career for the Crew. He was originally selected tenth overall in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft; and went on to win the MLS Cup in 2008, along with the Supporters Shield on three occasions (’04, ’08, ’09) and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2002. Oughton earned 27 caps and scored two goals for the New Zealand National team. He was part of New Zealand’s FIFA Confederations Cup squad in 2003 and 2009. Oughton retired as a player following the 2010 season.
STEWART KERR‐ Goalkeeper Coach PRONUNCIATION: KURR Stewart Kerr enters his third season as goalkeeping coach for Toronto FC. He was originally hired on December 14, 2011. A native of Bellshill, Scotland, Kerr spent the majority of his playing career with Celtic F.C. of the Scottish Premier League from 1993 until 2001. During his time at Celtic, Kerr won two Scottish League titles and two Scottish Cups. He went on loan for one season with English
side, Brighton during his time with Celtic. Kerr finished his career at Wigan Athletic in 2002. Following his retirement as a player Kerr worked as the goalkeeping coach for Scottish clubs, Airdrie United and then with Motherwell FC before moving to Toronto FC.
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2014 TORONTO FC PLAYER BIOS
#34 MANNY APARICIO MIDFIELDER PRONUNCIATION: AP‐AH‐REE‐CEE‐OHHT: 5’7 WT: 149 DOB: 17 Sept 1995 AGE: 18 BIRTHPLACE: Buenos Aires, Argentina 2014: Came on in the 89
th minute in Wilmington’s 1‐0 win on May 17 vs the Charleston Battery … Started the match 57 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐0 defeat on Apr 26 vs Charlotte Eagles … Started the match and
played 70 minutes in Wilmington’s 4‐3 win on Apr. 12 vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds … Started the match
and played 70 minutes in Wilmington’s 0‐0 draw on Apr 5 vs Harrisburg City Islanders … Currently on loan at Wilmington Hammerheads FC (USLPRO) Career Notables: 2013…Made five appearances for the club in MLS Reserve League play, starting in four matches … He was named the club’s player of the tournament during the Dallas Cup … Started in seven matches, scoring two goals for the Kia Toronto FC Academy Senior Team
International: Aparicio earned a call‐up to the Men’s Senior team preseason camp in January 2014 Aparicio enters his second season with Toronto FC. He became the eighth player in club history to sign for the first team, when he joined on August 8, 2013. Aparicio originally joined the Academy in October 2010 after spending one season with the Unionville Milliken Soccer Club. Upon moving to Canada with his family, Aparicio joined the North York Soccer Club and spent four seasons there. Aparicio competed for Canada’s U‐18 National side in the 2013 COTIF U‐20 Tournament last August in l’Alcúdia, Spain. Aparicio earned a call‐up to the Men’s Senior team preseason camp in January 2014
#8 KYLE BEKKER MIDFIELDER PRONUNCIATION: BECK‐ERHT: 5’10 WT: 165 DOB: 2 Sept 1990 AGE: 23 BIRTHPLACE: Oakville, ON 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played 68 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Came on in the 78
th minute on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played 64 minutes, received a yellow card on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in nine matches, starting in three, while logging 335 minutes for Toronto FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Appeared and started in two matches International: Earned 11 caps for Canada, member of 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad Bekker was drafted third overall by Toronto FC in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. He spent four seasons at Boston College, appearing in 80 games for the Eagles, scoring 17 goals and added 22 assists. In his Freshman year he earned ACC All‐Freshman Team honours and was the only player at Boston College to start in every match. Bekker was named to the All‐ACC First Team in 2011 and again this past season. He ranks second all‐time at Boston College in assists. The Oakville, Ontario native earned four caps for the U23 Canadian Men’s National Team during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic qualifying tournament. Bekker made his debut at the age of 15 with the Canadian national youth program. In January 2013, Bekker earned his first call up for the Canadian Men’s National Team. Prior to joining Boston College, Bekker played his youth soccer with the Oakville Bluestars winning the Ontario Cup championship twice (2004 and 2005) along with the national title in 2004. In 2006 he joined the Mississauga Dixie Dominators and won back‐to‐back Ontario Cup championships in 2006 and 2007 and added another national title in 2006. Bekker then moved onto the Sigma Elite Training Centre program prior to his collegiate career. In 2008, Bekker earned an invitation to train with AFC Ajax youth academy.
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#12 JOE BENDIK GOALKEEPER PRONUNCIATION: BEN‐DIKHT: 6’2 WT: 217 DOB: 25 Apr 1989 AGE: 25 BIRTHPLACE: Marietta, GA 2014: Started the match registered an assist, earned his first clean sheet of the 2014 MLS season and played the full 90 minutes, on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 120 minutes on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Career Notables: 2013…Appeared and started in 33 matches, logging 2,970 minutes, with a record of 6‐16‐11 and four clean sheets for Toronto FC 2012…Appeared in five matches, starting in three, logging 326 minutes, for Portland Bendik enters his second season with Toronto FC, after he was acquired in a trade with the Portland Timbers on December 12, 2012. He originally signed with the Timbers in February 2012 after spending two seasons with Norwegian club Sogndal. Prior to his professional career, Bendik played four seasons at Clemson University where he finished among the school’s career leaders in a number of statistical categories.
#28 MARK BLOOM DEFENDER PRONUNCIATION: B’LOOMHT: 5’11 WT: 162 DOB: 25 Nov 1987 AGE: 26 BIRTHPLACE: Marietta, GA 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played 87 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played 89 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played 89 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match, registered an assist, received a yellow card in the 34th minute and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Came on in the 79
th minute and received a yellow card on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared and started in six matches, recording one assist, while logging 540 minutes for Toronto FC. With Atlanta, he started in 12 matches, adding one assist and logged 1,080 minutes Bloom enters his second season with Toronto FC. He originally joined the club on loan from NASL club, the Atlanta Silverbacks on July 12, 2013. Prior to joining the club, Bloom was part of Atlanta’s NASL Spring season championship side. Prior to joining Atlanta, Bloom played for the Charlotte Eagles of the USL Pro League. He signed his first professional contract in 2010 with AC St. Louis of the USSF Division 2 Professional League. Before turning pro, Bloom played his collegiate soccer at Berry College. During his time at Berry College, Bloom was named team M.V.P. in his senior year and helped the team win two conference titles.
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#4 MICHAEL BRADLEY MIDFIELDER PRONUNCIATION: BRAD‐LEEHT: 6’2 WT: 179 DOB: 31 Jul 1987 AGE: 26 BIRTHPLACE: Princeton, New Jersey 2014: Started the match, received a yellow card in the 58th minute and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match, registered his first MLS regular season goal with Toronto FC, and played 73 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match, made his TFC regular season debut and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match, played the full 120 minutes and scored in penalty kicks on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match, received a yellow card, registered a goal and
played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2012‐2014…Appeared in 41 matches, scoring five goals for AS Roma. Finished as runners‐up in 2012‐13 Coppa Italia. 2011‐2012…Appeared in 35 matches, scoring one goal for A.C. Chievo Verona. 2011…Appeared in three matches on loan at Aston Villa. 2008‐2011…Appeared in 76 matches, scoring ten goals for Borussia Mönchengladbach. 2006‐2008…Appeared in 50 matches, scoring 21 goals for SC Heerenveen. 2005…Appeared in 30 matches, scoring one goal for MetroStars. International: Michael Bradley was named to Jurgen Klinsmann’s 30‐man preliminary roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on Monday May 12th … Bradley has earned 83 caps for the United States National team and has scored 12 goals for his country. Bradley represented the United States at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup … His most recent cap for the U.S. was on April 2nd, 2014 in a friendly match against México where he started the match, registered a goal, and an assist, while playing he full 90 minutes in a 2‐2 draw. Bradley enters his first season with Toronto FC after the club reached a transfer agreement with Italian Serie A club AS Roma and signed the American international midfielder as a Designated Player on January 13, 2014. Bradley began his youth career with the United States U‐17 Team Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida where he spent four semesters (2002‐04). Bradley turned pro at the age of 16 and was selected thirty‐sixth overall in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft by the MetroStars. He spent one season in MLS, making 30 appearances and scoring one goal. Bradley was sold to Dutch Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen in January, 2006. He made over 50 appearances during his time at SC Heerenveen, including scoring 21 combined goals in his final season before signing for German Bundesliga club, Borussia Mönchengladbach in January, 2008. Bradley spent three seasons with the German club, where he made 76 combined appearances and scored ten goals. He went on a brief loan spell to Aston Villa in January, 2011, where he made three appearances. Bradley signed with Italian Serie A club, A.C. Chievo Verona (Chievo) in August, 2011, and went on to make 35 appearances for the club, scoring one goal. He joined Roma from Chievo in July, 2012. Bradley has earned 81 caps for the United States National team and has scored 11 goals for his country. He made his debut for the U.S. on May 26, 2006 as a substitute in a friendly match against Venezuela. He scored his first international goal, which was the game winner in a 1‐0 victory over Switzerland on October 17, 2007. Bradley has represented the U.S. at two CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments, winning a Gold Medal in 2007 and finishing as runners‐up in 2011. Bradley also played in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, where the U.S. finished as runners‐up to Brazil, and the 2010 FIFA World Cup where he scored a goal in a 2‐2 draw against Slovenia.
#13 STEVEN CALDWELL ‐ CAPTAIN DEFENDER PRONUNCIATION: CALD‐WELLHT: 6’2 WT: 195 DOB: 12 Sept 1980 AGE: 33 BIRTHPLACE: Stirling, Scotland 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match, received a yellow card in the 17th minute and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Missed the Apr. 5 game vs Columbus Crew due to a one match suspension … Started the match, received a yellow card in the 35th minute and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared and started in 23 matches, adding one goal, one assist and logged 2,066 minutes. Named the sixth captain in club history ahead of the match against Sporting KC on July 13. 2011‐2013…Appeared in 90 matches, adding two goals in all competitions for Birmingham City F.C. 2010‐2011…Appeared in 10 matches in all competitions with Wigan Athletic F.C. 2007‐2010…Appeared in 104 matches, adding five goals in all competitions with Burnley F.C. 2004‐2007…Appeared in 76 matches, adding four goals in all competitions with Sunderland A.F.C. 2004…Appeared in 13 matches, adding one goal in all competitions while on loan at Leeds United A.F.C. 2001‐2002…Appeared in nine matches in all competitions while on loan at Bradford City A.F.C. 2001…Appeared in six matches in all competitions while on loan at Blackpool F.C. 1998‐2004…Appeared in 19 matches for Newcastle United F.C International: Caldwell has earned 12 caps for the Scotland’s Men’s National team Caldwell enters his second season with Toronto FC. Originally Caldwell was loaned to Toronto FC on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 from Birmingham City F.C., following the expiration of his loan agreement he signed with Toronto FC on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Caldwell was named the sixth captain in club history on July 13. Caldwell began his professional career with Newcastle United F.C. and spent time on loan at Blackpool F.C., Bradford City A.F.C., and Leeds United A.F.C. during his time with the Magpies. Caldwell signed with Sunderland A.F.C. ahead of the 2004‐05 season and remained with the club for just over two seasons. He signed with Burnley F.C. (Burnley) in January 2007. Caldwell captained Burnley to promotion into the English Premier League by winning the 2008‐09 Football League Championship playoff trophy. After leaving Burnley, Caldwell spent one season at Wigan Athletic F.C. He later signed with Birmingham City in July 2011. Caldwell has earned 12 caps for the Scotland’s Men’s National team.
#30 JÚLIO CÉSAR GOALKEEPER PRONUNCIATION: JU‐LEE‐OH SAY‐ZARHT: 6’1 WT: 175 DOB: 3 Sept 1979 AGE: 34 BIRTHPLACE: Duque de Caxias, Brazil 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Júlio César won Week 7's MLS Save of the Week award … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match, registered his second clean sheet and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match, registered his first clean sheet and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C.
United … Started the match, made his MLS and TFC debut, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Was an unused substitute on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2012‐2014…Appeared in 27 matches in all competition with Queens Park Rangers F.C. 2005‐2012…Appeared in over 300 matches, logging over 29,000 minutes with Inter Milan. Cesar won 14 trophies including five Scudetti (Italian league titles), the 2009‐10 UEFA Champions League, the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, three Coppa Italia titles (’05‐’06, ’09‐’10, ’10‐’11), and four Supercoppa Italiana titles (’05, ’06, ’08, ’10). Júlio César was named Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year on two occasions (’08‐’09 and ’09‐’10), along with UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for 2009‐10. He was also nominated for the Ballon d’Or award in 2009. 2005…Made zero appearances while on loan at A.C. Chievo Verona. 1997‐2005…Made a combined 130 appearances while at Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. He won the Campeonato Carioca four times (’99, ’00, ’01, ’04). The club also won another six trophies during his time at Flamengo. International: Júlio César was named to Brazilian Head Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari’s 23‐man roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday May 7 … Júlio César has earned 78 caps to date for his native Brazil. Júlio César represented Brazil at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2004 Copa América … On May 7th 2014 Júlio César was named to Brazilian Head Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari’s 23‐man roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup … His most recent cap for Brazil was on March 5th, 2014 in a friendly match against South Africa where he started the match, registered a clean sheet and played the full 90 minutes in a 5‐0 victory. Júlio César joined Toronto FC on loan on Friday, February 14 from Queens Park Rangers F.C. (QPR). He originally joined QPR in August 2012 and made a combined 27 total appearances for the club in two seasons. His professional career began with Brazilian side, Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Flamengo) in 1997. He spent eight seasons with Flamengo, and made a combined 130 appearances and won the Campeonato Carioca four times (’99, ’00, ’01, ’04). The club also won another six trophies during
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his time at Flamengo. Júlio César joined Italian club, A.C. Chievo Verona on loan through F.C. Internazionale Milano (Inter Milan) in January 2005 but did not make an appearance for the club. In July 2005, he moved to Inter Milan on a permanent deal. In seven seasons with Inter Milan, Júlio César made a combined total of 300 appearances across all competitions, winning 14 trophies including five Scudetti (Italian league titles), the 2009‐10 UEFA Champions League, the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, three Coppa Italia titles (’05‐’06, ’09‐’10, ’10‐’11), and four Supercoppa Italiana titles (’05, ’06, ’08, ’10). Júlio César was named Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year on two occasions (’08‐’09 and ’09‐’10), along with UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for 2009‐10. He was also nominated for the Ballon d’Or award in 2009. Júlio César first international appearance came during the 2004 Copa América tournament, where he helped lead Brazil to the title over Argentina in a penalty shootout. Júlio César has also won the FIFA Confederations Cup with Brazil in both 2009 and 2013. He was part of Brazil’s squad at the FIFA World Cup in Germany (2006) and South Africa (2010). He has also represented Brazil at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2011 Copa América.
#14 DWAYNE DE ROSARIO MIDFIELDER PRONUNCIATION: DE‐ROW‐SAR‐EE‐OH HT: 5’9 WT: 182 DOB: 15 May 1978 AGE: 36 BIRTHPLACE: Scarborough, Ontario 2014: Was an unused substitute on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Came on in the 87
th minute on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played 67 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match and played 69 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Came on in the 62
nd minute and played his 60th league match for Toronto FC on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Came on in the 63rd minute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match and played 63 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Came on in the 83
rd minute and scored on penalty kicks on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Came on in the 79th minute and received a yellow card on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Career Notables: Dwayne De Rosario has 32 goals all‐time with Toronto FC, which includes MLS, Amway Canadian Championship & CONCACAF Champions League. 2013…Appeared in 24 matches, starting in 17. Scored three goals and added two assists, while logging 1,603 minutes with D.C. United. US OPEN CUP…Appeared and started in five matches, scoring five goals … Won the US Open Cup … Scored a hat‐trick in a 3‐1 victory over the Philadelphia Union in the fourth round of the tournament. 2012…Appeared in 26 matches, starting in 25, scored seven goals and added 12 assists, while logging 2,195 minutes with D.C. United. 2012 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in one match. 2011…Appeared and started in two matches, scoring one goal, and added one assist, logging 180 minutes for Toronto FC … Appeared in 13 matches, starting in 12, scoring two goals, and added four assists, while logging 1,113 minutes for the New York Red Bulls … Appeared in 18 matches, starting in 17, scoring 13 goals, adding seven assists, while logging 1,488 minutes for D.C. United … Was named MLS MVP … Won MLS Golden Boot … Was named MLS Best XI … Won Canadian Player of the Year. CONCACAF Champions League…Scored in the second leg of the club’s 3‐2 win over Motagua in Honduras on August 3. 2010…Appeared in 27 matches, starting in 24, registering 15 goals and three assists, while logging 2226 minutes for Toronto FC … Was named MLS Best XI. Canadian Championship…Scored the only goal of the game as Toronto FC won 1‐0 at Montreal on May 12 … Won the Canadian Championship … Was named tournament Most Valuable Player … Won Canadian Championship Golden Boot. CONCACAF Champions League…Scored in the second leg of the club’s 3‐2 win over Motagua in Honduras on August 3. 2009…Appeared in 28 matches, starting in 27, registering 11 goals and six assists, while logging 2444 minutes for Toronto FC … Was named MLS Best XI … Was named 2009 TFC Player of the Year. Canadian Championship…Scored three times on 06/18/09 in Montreal to help give TFC a 6‐1 victory … Won the Canadian Championship (first piece of hardware for TFC) … Was named tournament Most Valuable Player … Won Canadian Championship Golden Boot. 2008…Appeared in 24 matches, starting in 22, registering seven goals and two assists, while logging 1948 minutes for Houston Dynamo. 2008 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in two playoff matches, while logging 173 minutes for Houston Dynamo. Champions League…Appeared in first four games as a substitute … Conjured up one of the plays of the year vs. San Francisco on 10/7, stealing the ball 30 yards from goal and fi ring in the game‐winning goal in the 88th minute. 2007…Appeared in 24 matches, starting in 22, registering six goals and four assists, while logging 1973 minutes for Houston Dynamo … Won Western Conference Championship … Won Canadian Player of the Year … Was named MLS Best XI. 2007 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in four playoff matches, registering two goals and two assists, while logging 385 minutes for Houston Dynamo … Won the MLS Cup … Was named MLS Cup MVP. 2006…Appeared in 30 matches, starting in 29, registering 11 goals and five assists, while logging 2534 minutes for Houston Dynamo … Won Western Conference Championship … Won Canadian Player of the Year … Was named MLS Best XI. 2006 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in
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four playoff matches, registering two assists, while logging 390 minutes for Houston Dynamo … Won the MLS Cup. 2005…Appeared in 28 matches, starting in 26, registering nine goals and 13 assists, while logging 2375 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes … Won the Supporters Shield … Won Canadian Player of the Year … Won MLS Goal of the Year … Was named MLS Best XI. 2005 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in two playoff matches, while logging 179 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes. 2004…Appeared in 21 matches, starting in 12, registering five goals and three assists, while logging 1211 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes … Won MLS Goal of the Year. 2004 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in two playoff matches, registering one goal, while logging 147 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes. 2003…Appeared in 11 matches, starting in six, registering four goals and three assists, while logging 684 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes … Won Western Conference Championship. 2003 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in three playoff matches starting in one, registering one goal and one assist, while logging 87 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes … Won the MLS Cup. 2002…Appeared in 27 matches, starting in 18, registering four goals and eight assists, while logging 1637 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes. 2002 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in two matches, starting in one, while logging 90 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes. Open Cup…Scored a goal on 7/17 @ SEA … Entered as a substitute in the 81st minute vs. LA on 8/7. 2001…Appeared in 21 matches, starting in 11, registering five goals and four assists, while logging 1072 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes. 2001 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in four playoff matches scoring two goals while logging 65 minutes for San Jose Earthquakes … Won the MLS Cup … Was named MLS Cup MVP. Other Pro Experience…De Rosario turned pro at age 18 in 1997, signing with the Toronto Lynx of the A‐League. International: De Rosario has earned 77 caps for Canada and is the team’s all‐time leading goal scorer with 20. He also won the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup and 1996 CONCACAF U‐20 Championship.
#18 JERMAIN DEFOE FORWARD PRONUNCIATION: JURR‐MAIN DA‐FOEHT: 5’7 WT: 143 DOB: 10 Jul 1982 AGE: 31 BIRTHPLACE: Beckton, London, England 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes, registered a goal and received a yellow card on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match, received a yellow card and played 62 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match, registered a goal and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Defoe was named MLS Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) for Week 2 … Started the match, registered two goals in MLS and TFC
debut, and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Was an unused substitute on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match, registered a goal, an assist, and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2009‐2014…Appeared in 189 matches, scoring 79 goals for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. across the English Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League matches. 2007‐2009…Appeared in 36 matches, scoring 18 goals for Portsmouth F.C. across the English Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League matches. 2003‐2007…Appeared in 177 matches, scoring 64 goals for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. across the English Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League matches. 2000‐2001…Appeared in 31 matches, scoring 19 goals for A.F.C. Bournemouth on loan across the English Premier League, English League Championship, FA Cup and League Cup matches. 1999‐2004…Appeared in 106 matches, scoring 42 goals for West Ham across the English Premier League, English League Championship, FA Cup and League Cup matches. International: Defoe has earned 55 caps and scored 19 goals to date for the English National Team. Defoe represented England at the UEFA Euro 2012 and 2010 FIFA World Cup … His most recent call up to the English National Team was on March 5th, 2014 against Denmark. He was an unused substitute. Defoe enters his first season with Toronto FC after the club reached a transfer agreement with English Premier League club, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and signed the English international forward as a Designated Player on January 10, 2014. Defoe began his junior career at Charlton Athletic F.C. and was enrolled into the FA National School of Excellence in 1997. From there, Defoe moved to West Ham United F.C. and turned professional at the age of 16. He won the Premier Academy League title in the 1999‐00 season with West Ham; and went on to make his first team debut in September 2000. He was loaned to second division club, A.F.C. Bournemouth for the 2000‐01 season. He returned to West Ham the following season where he led the team in goals. He remained with West Ham after the club was relegated following the 2002‐03 season until transferring to Tottenham in February, 2004. The following season and was named the club’s “Player of the Year” for the 2004 calendar year.
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Defoe remained with Tottenham until transferring to Portsmouth F.C. in January 2008. He stayed at Portsmouth until January 2009 before transferring back to Tottenham. Defoe had instant scoring success upon his return to Tottenham during the 2009‐10 season. Defoe has earned 55 caps and scored 19 goals to date for the English National Team, with his first appearance March 4, 2004, when he appeared as a substitute in a 1‐0 loss to Sweden. Defoe’s first goal for England came during his first start September 8, 2004 in a FIFA World Cup Qualifying match against Poland. Defoe was a member of England’s 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, and helped secure its progression from the group stage, scoring the lone goal in a 1‐0 victory over Slovenia. Defoe was also part of England’s UEFA Euro 2012 squad.
#7 BRIGHT DIKE FORWARD PRONUNCIATION: B’RIGHT DEE‐KAYHT: 6’0 WT: 213 DOB: 2 Feb 1987 AGE: 27 BIRTHPLACE: Oklahoma City, OK
2014: Severed Lt. Achilles out indefinitely. Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in seven matches, starting in five, adding one goal and logged 430 minutes for Toronto FC. 2012...Appeared in 12 matches, starting in nine, adding five goal and logged 896 minutes for Portland. 2011…Appeared in 11 matches, adding one goal and logged 164 minutes for Portland. 2010 US Open Cup…Appeared in two matches adding four goals for Portland International: Dike has earned two caps for the Nigerian national team. Dike enters his second season with Toronto FC, after he was acquired in a trade with the Portland Timbers
on September 9, 2013. Dike, was originally selected in the first round (12th overall) in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew. He left the Crew to sign with the Portland Timbers of the USSF Division Two Professional League and spent the 2010 season with the club. He became one of the Timbers first signings ahead of the club’s inaugural MLS season in 2011. Prior to his professional career, Dike played his collegiate soccer at the University of Notre Dame. He played in 86 matches for the Fighting Irish and led the team and the Big East Conference in scoring both in his junior and senior years. Dike has earned two caps for the Nigerian national team. They both came during friendly matches against Venezuela on November 14, 2012 and Italy on November 18, 2013. Dike scored his first official goal for the Super Eagles in the 35th minute against Italy. Dike is eligible to play for Nigeria through his parents, who are natives of Nigeria.
#9 GILBERTO FORWARD PRONUNCIATION: JIL‐BER‐TOEHT: 5’10 WT: 160 DOB: 6 May 1989 AGE: 25 BIRTHPLACE: Piranhas, Brazil 2014: Started the match and played 56 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match, registered an assist and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match, made his MLS and TFC debut and played 63 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played 83 minutes on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match, registered an assist and played 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 24 matches, adding 14 goals, while on loan to Associação Portuguesa de Desportos (Portuguesa). 2012...Appeared in 25 matches, adding seven goals, while on loan to Sporting Recife 2011‐2013…Appeared in 39 matches, scoring five goals while at Internacional. 2009‐2011…Appeared in 21 matches, adding 12 goals for Santa Cruz Futebol Clube Gilberto enters his first season with Toronto FC, after signing with Toronto FC as a Designated Player on Friday, December 13, 2013. Most recently Gilberto spent time with Associação Portuguesa de Desportos (Portuguesa) on loan from Sport Club Internacional. He began his career at Brazilian club, Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (Santa Cruz) in 2009, after two years in the youth program. Gilberto moved to Internacional in 2011, over the course of three seasons he went on two separate loans to Brazilian clubs, Sport Club do Recife (Sporting Recife) during the 2012 season, and Portuguesa in 2013.
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#17 NICK HAGGLUND DEFENDER PRONUNCIATION: HAGG‐LUNDHT: 6’1 WT: 193 DOB: 9 Nov 1992 AGE: 21 BIRTHPLACE: Cincinnati, Ohio 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Came on in the 89
th minute on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Made his MLS and TFC debut, and played the
full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs. Columbus Crew … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake …
Was an unused substitute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 120 minutes on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Was an unused substitute on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: Was selected in the 1st Round, 10th overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft
Hagglund enters his first season with Toronto FC and in Major League Soccer. He was selected in the 1st Round, 10th overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Prior to being drafted, he spent four seasons at Xavier University. He made 81 appearances, starting in 80, while scoring four goals and adding 11 assists. Hagglund was named Big East Defensive Player of the Year for 2013, along with First Team All‐Big East honours. During his collegiate career he has also earned A‐10 Defensive Player honours, and was named to the Atlantic 10 All‐Conference First Team. In his freshman campaign he was named to Atlantic 10 All‐Rookie Team and Atlantic 10 All‐Tournament Team.
#25 JEREMY HALL DEFENDER PRONUNCIATION: JER‐A‐MEE HALLHT: 5’10 WT: 177 DOB: 11 Sept 1988 AGE: 25 BIRTHPLACE: Tampa, FL 2014: Was an unused substitute on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Came on in the 73
rd minute on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played 78 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 31 matches, starting in 26, scored one goal, added one assist and logged 2,280 minutes…AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Made one appearance as a substitute. 2012…Appeared in 23 matches, starting in 19, scored one goal, and logged 1,708 minutes for Toronto FC… AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Appeared in three matches, starting in two for Toronto FC …CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared in four matches, starting in three for Toronto FC.
2011…Appeared in four matches, starting in two, logging 291 minutes for FC Dallas…Appeared and started in 17 matches, logging 1,424 minutes and three assists for Portland…CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared and started in four matches for FC Dallas during the group stage. 2010…Appeared in 13 matches, stating in nine and recording one assist while logging 895 minutes for New York. 2009…Appeared in 24 matches, Starting in 22, recording one assist logging 2,001 minutes for New York Hall enters his third season with Toronto FC. He was acquired in a trade from FC Dallas on November 29, 2011. He was drafted 11th overall in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls. He was traded to Portland Timbers following the 2010 season, and then sent to FC Dallas during the 2011 season. Hall played his college soccer with the University of Maryland. With the Terrapins, Hall made 66 appearances and scored 26 goals while adding 14 assists. He has also spent time with the U.S. Soccer Residency program at the U‐17 level.
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#22 JORDAN HAMILTON FORWARD PRONUNCIATION: JOR‐DAN HAM‐IL‐TON HT: 6’0 WT: 194 DOB: 17 Mar 1996 AGE: 18 BIRTHPLACE: Scarborough, Ontario 2014: Came on in the 61
st minute, registered his first goal in Wilmington’s 1‐0 win on May 17 vs the Charleston Battery … Currently on loan at Wilmington Hammerheads FC (USLPRO) … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Came on in the 89th minute, made his MLS and TFC debut on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew Career Notables: International: Hamilton earned a call‐up to the Men’s Senior team preseason camp in January 2014 Hamilton enters his first season with Toronto FC. He became the ninth player in club history to sign for the
first team from the Academy, when he joined on January 9, 2014. Hamilton originally joined the KIA Toronto FC Junior Academy Team in 2011 at the age of 15. During the 2012 season, Hamilton and the Junior Academy Team were finalists in the 2012 Generation Adidas Cup in Seattle. He remained with the Junior Team to participate in the AEGON Future Cup in Holland in March 2013, where the club played against the U‐17 squads of AFC Ajax, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and São Paulo FC. Following the tournament, Hamilton returned to the Academy to join the Senior Team for the 2013 season. Hamilton represented Canada at the FIFA U‐17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates last October. He also represented Canada at the 2011 CONCACAF U‐17 Championship and the 2013 CONCACAF U‐17 Championship. He most recently received his first call‐up to the senior team preseason camp in January.
#15 DONEIL HENRY DEFENDER PRONUNCIATION: DON‐EEL HEN‐REEHT: 6’1 WT: 194 DOB: 20 Apr 1993 AGE: 21 BIRTHPLACE: Brampton, ON 2014: Was an unused substitute on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match, received a yellow card in the 31
st minute and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake …Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match, played the full 90 minutes and played his 50
th league match for Toronto FC on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match, played the full 120 minutes, registered a goal and received a yellow card on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 20 matches, starting in 29, added one assist and logged 1,651 minutes for Toronto FC…AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Appeared and started in two matches, scoring one goal for Toronto FC. 2012…Appeared in 18 matches, starting in 11 with one goal and one assist, logging 1,139 minutes. Scored his first career MLS goal on April 28 against Real Salt Lake. CONCACAF Champions League…Made one appearance as a substitute. Amway Canadian Championship…Appeared and started in all four matches. 2011…Appeared in 10 matches, starting in six, logging 503 minutes. Amway Canadian Championship…Appeared and started in all four matches… CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared in two matches with one start. 2010…Made his MLS debut as a substitute in a 3‐2 win over D.C. United at RFK stadium on October 23 International: Earned 10 caps for Canada, member of the 2013 CONCACAFGold Cup squad Henry enters his fourth season with Toronto FC. He became the first player from Toronto FC Academy to graduate to the First Team when he signed a professional contract on August 26, 2010. He made three non‐league appearances prior to signing officially. He began his youth career with Brampton Bullets and then moved to North Mississauga. Prior to signing with the First Team, Henry served as captain of Toronto FC’s Junior Academy team. Henry has featured for Canada at the U20, U23 and senior levels. He earned his first senior team cap on August 15, 2012 in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago. On December 12, 2012, Henry was named the 2012 Canadian U20 Player of the Year.
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#11 JACKSON MIDFIELDER PRONUNCIATION: JACK‐SONHT: 5’9 WT: 154 DOB: 6 Mar 1988 AGE: 25 BIRTHPLACE: Franca, Brazil 2014: Started the match, registered a goal, received a yellow card in the 43
rd minute and played 78 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match, received a yellow card in the 74th minute and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Missed the Mar. 29 game vs Real Salt Lake due to a one match suspension … Started the match, received a yellow card in the 50th minute and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match, made his TFC regular season debut, played 90 minutes and was subbed off in extra‐time of the second half on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC
Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 30 matches, starting in 29, adding three goals, three assists and logged 2,375 minutes for FC Dallas…US Open Cup…Appeared in one match. 2012…Appeared in 21 matches, starting in 18, adding four goals, seven assists and logged 1,732 minutes for FC Dallas…US Open Cup…Appeared in two matches. 2011…Appeared in 28 matches, starting in 22, adding four goals, two assists and logged 1,952 minutes. MLS PLAYOFFS Appeared and started in one playoff matches…CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared in seven matches adding one goal, one assist…US Open Cup…Appeared in three matches adding two goals, one assist. 2010…Loaned to Botafogo‐SP and loaned to FC Dallas. For FC Dallas, he appeared in 12 matches, starting in nine, adding one assist and logged 805 minutes...MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in four matches. 2009…Appeared in 14 matches for Mogi Mirim and São Caetano for all competitions on loan. 2008…Appeared in one match for Uberaba Sport Club on loan. 2007‐2011…Appeared in one match for São Paulo FC Jackson enters his first season with Toronto FC, after he was acquired in a trade with FC Dallas on December 9, 2013. Jackson recently completed his fourth season in Major League Soccer (MLS), all with FC Dallas. Prior to joining FC Dallas and MLS, Jackson began his career with Brazilian club São Paulo FC in 2007. He made his professional debut for the First Team at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro against Fluminense FC. He was part of the club’s 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A title winning side. During his time at Sao Paulo, Jackson went on four separate loan deals with clubs in his native Brazil.
#1 CHRIS KONOPKA GOALKEEPER PRONUNCIATION: KON‐OP‐KAHT: 6’5 WT: 228 DOB: 14 Apr 1985 AGE: 29 BIRTHPLACE: Toms River, NJ 2014: Was an unused substitute on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Was an unused substitute on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2012…Appeared and started in one match for the Philadelphia Union, logging 90 minutes. 2011…Appeared and started in one match for the New York Red Bulls, logging 90 minutes. 2010…Appeared and started in 12 matches for Waterford United. 2009…Appeared and started in three matches for Sporting Fingal
Konopka enters his second season with Toronto FC, after he was acquired in a trade with the Philadelphia Union on Friday, September 13, 2013. He was originally selected in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft by the then Kansas City Wizards. He left the club at the conclusion of the 2007 season to trial with Bohemians FC of the League of Ireland. He later signed and was part of the club’s “Irish Double,” winning both the League of Ireland Championship and the FAI Cup. Konopka spent two more seasons in Ireland with Sporting Fingal (2009), and Waterford United (2010). He re‐joined the league as part of the MLS Goalkeeper Pool in 2011 and was called into service for both the New York Red Bulls and Columbus Crew that season. Konopka signed with the Philadelphia Union. Prior to his professional career, Konopka played his collegiate soccer at Providence College. During his time with the Friars, he helped lead the school to three straight Big East Championship Semi‐Finals and two NCAA Tournaments.
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#35 DANIEL LOVITZ MIDFIELDER PRONUNCIATION: LOV‐ITZHT: 5’10 WT: 193 DOB: 27 Aug 1991 AGE: 22 BIRTHPLACE: Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 2014: Came on in the 68
th minute on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Was recalled by Toronto FC on May 13. He appeared and started in all five matches, registering one goal, one assist, while logging 450 minutes for Wilmington Hammerheads FC (USLPRO) … Started the match registered a goal and assist in
Wilmington’s 4‐3 win on Apr. 12 vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds … Currently on loan at Wilmington
Hammerheads FC (USLPRO) … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Came on in the 64th minute on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Selected in the 2nd Round (24th Overall) in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft
Lovitz enters his first season with Toronto FC. He was selected in the 2nd Round (24th Overall) in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Daniel spent four seasons at Elon University, making 80 appearances, scoring nine goals and added 16 assists. This past season Lovitz was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year after leading the Phoenix to a third straight conference tournament title and NCAA Tournament berth.
#27 LUKE MOORE FORWARD PRONUNCIATION: MORHT: 5’9 WT: 167 DOB: 13 Feb 1986 AGE: 28 BIRTHPLACE: Birmingham, England 2014: Came on in the 56
th minute, registered his first MLS and Toronto FC goal on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Made his Toronto FC debut, started the match, played the full 120 minutes and scored in penalty kicks on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Appeared in six matches with two starts, while logging 187 minutes for Chivas USA Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 14 matches for Sanica Boru Elaziğspor. 2011‐2013…Appeared in 52 matches scoring eight goals for Swansea City A.F.C. 2008‐2011…Appeared in 57 matches scoring five goals for West Bromwich Albion. 2007‐2008…Was loaned to West Bromwich Albion. 2003‐2004…Was loaned to Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 2003‐2008…Appeared in 87 matches scoring 14 goals for Aston Villa.
Moore was acquired by Toronto FC from the Colorado Rapids in exchange for defender Gale Agbossoumonde on Thursday, May 8, 2014. Moore was acquired earlier that day by Colorado from Chivas USA. Moore joined Chivas USA during the 2014 off‐season from Turkish Super League Club, Sanica Boru Elaziğspor. Moore began his youth career at Aston Villa F.C. and spent the majority of his career with Aston Villa in the English Premier League from 2003‐2008. During that time he went on two different loan spells, Wycombe Wanderers F.C. (’03‐’04) and West Bromwich Albion F.C. (’07‐’08). He joined West Bromwich Albion for the 2008‐09 season and remained with the club for two seasons. Moore then signed for Swansea City A.F.C. in January 2011. He was part of Swansea City’s third‐place finish in the Football League Championship for 2010‐11. The Swans qualified for the playoffs and successfully defeated Reading 4‐2 in the finals at Wembley Stadium to earn promotion into the English Premier League, becoming the first Welsh club to do so in 20 years. He remained with Swansea City for two seasons before moving to Turkey for the 2013‐14 season.
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#5 ASHTONE MORGAN DEFENDER PRONUNCIATION: ASH‐TON MORE‐GANHT: 5’9 WT: 156 DOB: 9 Feb 1991 AGE: 23 BIRTHPLACE: Toronto, ON 2014: Was an unused substitute on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Came on in the 93rd minute of extra time on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played 79 minutes on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Was an unused substitute on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 22 matches, starting in 20, adding one assist and logged 1,805 minutes…AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Appeared and started in two matches. 2012…Appeared in 30 matches, starting in 27, added five assists, and logged 2,528 minutes…CONCACAF Champions
League…Appeared and started in all four matches. Amway Canadian Championship…Appeared and started in all four matches…CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage…Appeared and started in all four matches. 2011…His first start came in Portland on July 30. CONCACAF Champions League Played in eight matches, starting in five. International: Earned nine caps for Canada, member of 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad Morgan enters his fourth season with Toronto FC. He signed with the First Team on March 17, 2011. Morgan made his professional debut as a late substitute against Portland on March 26, 2011. He became the first graduate from the Toronto FC Academy program to earn a call‐up to the Canadian National Team; when he was called by Stephen Hart ahead of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. Morgan was named the 2011 U‐20 Canadian Player of the Year on December 13.
#2 JUSTIN MORROW DEFENDER PRONUNCIATION: MORR‐OHHT: 5’9 WT: 153 DOB: 10 Apr 1987 AGE: 26 BIRTHPLACE: Cleveland, Ohio 2014: Started the match, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match, registered an assist and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match, made his TFC regular season debut, received a yellow card and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90
minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 26 matches, starting in 21, adding one goal, one assist and logged 1,937 minutes for San Jose … CONCACAF Champions League…Appeared in four matches for San Jose. 2012…Appeared and started 33 matches, adding one goal, four assist and logged 2,970 minutes for San Jose … MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in two matches, adding one assist for San Jose … US OPEN CUP…Appeared in one match for San Jose. 2011…Appeared and started nine matches, and logged 810 minutes for San Jose … US OPEN CUP…Appeared in two matches, adding two goals for San Jose. 2010…Appeared in three matches, and logged 59 minutes for San Jose. International: Earned one cap for the United States Morrow enters his first season with Toronto FC, after he was acquired in a trade with the San Jose Earthquakes on December 16, 2013. He was originally selected in the second round of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft (28th overall) and recently completed his fourth season in Major League Soccer (MLS) all with the San Jose Earthquakes. Morrow has earned one cap for the United States Men’s National team. The appearance came during a friendly against Canada in January, 2013. Morrow was also an unused substitute for the U.S. National team during a pair of FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Costa Rica, and Mexico in March of 2013.
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#16 BRADLEY ORR DEFENDER PRONUNCIATION: BRAD‐LEE ORHT: 6’1 WT: 195 DOB: Nov 11 1982 AGE: 31 BIRTHPLACE: Liverpool, England 2014: Started the match, received an assist and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Was an unused substitute on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played 60 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Came on in the 83rd minute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Came on in the 65th minute, made his MLS and TFC debut on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match, played the full 120 minutes, received a yellow card and scored in penalty kicks on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Was an unused substitute on
May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Made four appearances while on loan at Blackpool. 2012…Made 13 appearances, adding two assists while on loan at Ipswich Town. 2010…Appeared in 35 matches for QPR. 2004‐2010…Appeared in 235 matches, adding 12 goals and eight assists. 2004…Appeared in four matches loaned to Burnley. Orr enters his first season with Toronto FC, after he was acquired on loan from Blackburn Rovers F.C. on Friday, January 24, 2014. Most recently Orr spent time on loan from Blackburn at English Championship side, Blackpool F.C. He began his career at Newcastle United and was sent on loan to Burnley F.C in 2004. At the conclusion of his loan, Orr signed with Bristol City F.C. and went on to make 235 total appearances for the club. In the summer of 2010, Orr signed with Queens Park Rangers F.C. (QPR) and helped the club gain promotion into the English Premier League that same season. He remained with QPR until transferring to Blackburn in January 2012. He made 34 appearances for Blackburn before going on two separate loans to Ipswich Town F.C. and finally to Blackpool.
#21 JONATHAN OSORIO MIDFIELDER PRONUNCIATION: JOHN‐ATHAN O‐SOR‐EE‐O HT: 5’9 WT: 161 DOB: 12 Jun 1992 AGE: 21 BIRTHPLACE: Toronto, ON 2014: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match, registered an assist and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 120 minutes, on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 28 matches, starting in 18. Scored five goals and added one assist, while logging 1,697 minutes. Osorio scored his first professional goal on March 30 against the LA Galaxy in
the 78th minute, the match ended in a 2‐2 draw. Osorio’s second goal was scored in the 83rd minute against the New York Red Bulls on April 27; his goal earned him MLS Goal of the Week honours for Week 9 … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Appeared and started in two matches International: Earned eight caps for Canada, member of CONCACAF Gold Cup squad Osorio enters his second season with Toronto FC. He signed with Toronto FC on Friday, March 1, 2013 after spending preseason with the club. Osorio broke onto the scene in his rookie season, scoring five league goals and earning his first cap for the Canadian Men’s National team. Osorio began training with the KIA Toronto FC Academy in September 2012 and was invited to train with the First Team this preseason. Prior to training with the Academy, Osorio played in the Canadian Soccer League (CSL) last season with SC Toronto. He has also played for Club National de Uruguay. When he was 18 years old he made his debut in the Canadian National youth program and represented Canada at the 2011 CONCACAF U‐20 Championship in Guatemala.
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#23 ÁLVARO REY MIDFIELDER PRONUNCIATION: AL‐VAR‐OH RAYHT: 6’0 WT: 180 DOB: 11 Jul 1989 AGE: 24 BIRTHPLACE: Seville, Spain 2014: Started the match and played the 68 minutes on May 17 vs New York Red Bulls … Came on in the 68
th minute on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Started the match and played 78 minutes on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Started the match and played 83 minutes on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Started the match, received a yellow card in the 63rd minute and played the full 90 minutes on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 13 matches, starting in nine, adding one goal, one assist and logged 770 minutes. 2012…Appeared in 28 matches adding three goals for Xerez Club Deportivo. 2010‐
2012…Appeared in 25 matches with Gimnàstic de Tarragona Rey enters his second season with Toronto FC. He originally signed with the club on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Prior to joining Toronto FC, Rey played for Xerez Club Deportivo of Spain’s Segunda División (second division). He began his professional career at Gimnàstic de Tarragona of Spain, and remained with the club for two seasons before joining Xerez.
#33 RYAN RICHTER DEFENDER PRONUNCIATION: RICK‐TURHT: 6’0 WT: 184 DOB: 12 Apr 1989 AGE: 25 BIRTHPLACE: Southampton, PA 2014: Was an unused substitute on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Was an unused substitute on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Was an unused substitute on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Was an unused substitute on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 13 games, starting in 12, adding one assist, while logging 1,118 minutes … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP…Appeared and started in two matches. 2012…Appeared in 24 matches, scoring two goals for the Charleston Battery of the USL PRO League. Won the USL PRO Championship.
Richter enters his second season with Toronto FC. Prior to joining the club he played for Charleston and was part of the club’s 2012 USL Pro Championship winning side. Richter was originally selected in the first round of the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft by the Philadelphia Union, and signed with the club following preseason. He was later sent on loan to USL Pro club Harrisburg City Islanders, before joining Charleston.
#40 QUILLAN ROBERTS GOALKEEPER PRONUNCIATION: Q’WILL‐ANN ROB‐ERTS HT: 6’0 WT: 200 DOB: 13 Sept 1994 AGE: 19 BIRTHPLACE: Toronto, ON 2014: Started the match, played the full 74 minutes and received a red car in Wilmington’s 1‐0 win on May 17 vs the Charleston Battery … Started the match, played the full 90 minutes and registered his third clean sheet in Wilmington’s 1‐0 win on May 10 vs the Charleston Battery … Started the match, played the full 90 minutes and registered his second clean sheet in Wilmington’s 0‐0 draw on May 3 vs Rochester Rhinos … Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 2‐0 defeat on Apr 26 vs Charlotte Eagles
… Started the match and played the full 90 minutes in Wilmington’s 4‐3 win on Apr. 12 vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds … Started the match, played the full 90 minutes and registered his first clean sheet in
Wilmington’s 0‐0 draw on Apr 5 vs Harrisburg City Islanders … Currently on loan at Wilmington
Hammerheads FC (USLPRO) Career Notables: 2013…Came on as a second half substitute against AS Roma on August 7 in a Friendly match Roberts enters his third season with Toronto FC after signing with the First Team on April 10, 2012. At the age of 17, he became the seventh player in club history to graduate from the Academy to the First Team. While with the Academy, Roberts
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represented Canada in the FIFA U17 World Cup, where he earned international fame for scoring a goal from his own half against England in a 2‐2 draw.
#26 COLLEN WARNER MIDFIELDER PRONUNCIATION: CALL‐IN WAR‐NURR
HT: 5’10 WT: 178 DOB: 24 June 1988 AGE: 25 BIRTHPLACE: Denver, Colorado 2014: Appeared and started in nine matches, while logging 678 minutes for the Montreal Impact … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Started the match and played the full 90 minutes on May 7 vs FC Edmonton Career Notables: 2013 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared and started in one match, while logging 678 minutes for the Montreal Impact. 2013…Appeared in 17 matches, starting in nine, registered one goal, while logging 876 minutes for the Montreal Impact. 2013 AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Appeared in four matches, starting in two and won the Amway Canadian Championship. 2012…Appeared in 29 matches, starting in 27, while logging 2431 minutes for the Montreal Impact. 2012 AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Appeared and started in two matches. 2011…Appeared in 24 matches, starting in 15,
while logging 1106 minutes for the Real Salt Lake. 2010 MLS PLAYOFFS…Appeared in one match, while logging 34 minutes for the Real Salt Lake. 2010…Appeared in 13 matches, starting in four, while logging 426 minutes for Real Salt Lake. Warner was acquired by Toronto FC from the Montreal Impact in exchange for midfielder Issey Nakajima‐Farran on Friday, May 16, 2014. He scored his first MLS career goal – a game‐winner – on June 1 in 2‐1 win in Kansas City. Warner was drafted in the first round, 15th overall, by Real Salt Lake in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made his Real Salt Lake debut in U.S Open Cup qualifying on April 14. That season he started two of three CONCACAF Champions League games, recording one goal and one assist. He also played one game on loan with USSF D2 side AC St‐Louis in August against NSC Minnesota, before quickly being recalled by the club. Collen made his MLS Cup Playoff debut in November against FC Dallas in the second leg of the Western Conference Semifinal Series. He was selected by the Montreal Impact in the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft on November 23. Warner played in international matches against Olympique Lyonnais and Bologna FC. Warner helped the Impact win the 2013 Amway Canadian Championship, playing all four games, including two starts. He also started in three CONCACAF Champions League games for the Impact.
#32 ANDREW WIEDEMAN FORWARD PRONUNCIATION: WEE‐DA‐MANHT: 5’11 WT: 166 DOB: 22 Aug 1989 AGE: 24 BIRTHPLACE: San Ramon, CA 2014: Was an unused substitute on May 3 vs New England Revolution … Came on in the 81
st minute on Apr. 19 vs FC Dallas … Came on in the 67th minute on Apr. 12 vs Colorado Rapids … Came on in the 78
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on Apr. 5 vs Columbus Crew … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 29 vs Real Salt Lake … Was an unused substitute on Mar. 22 vs D.C. United … Came on in the 63
rd minute on Mar. 15 vs Seattle Sounders FC … AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Was an unused substitute on May 14 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Came on in the 90th minute on May 7 vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Career Notables: 2013…Appeared in 14 matches, starting in nine, scoring two goals, and added one assist while logging 821 minutes. Scored the match winning goal in the 94’ minute on July 27 against
Columbus. Scored match tying goal on August 30 against New England. 2012…With Toronto FC‐ appeared in 15 matches, starting in seven. Scored two goals and logged 784 minutes with FC Dallas‐ appeared in five matches, starting in one, logging 113 minutes. He scored his first career MLS goal on July 18 against the Colorado Rapids in only his second appearance for Toronto FC, the goal ended up as the game winner, 2‐1 for the Reds … CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage…Appeared in four matches, starting in two. 2011…Appeared in three matches, logging 59 minutes for FC Dallas. 2010…Appeared in five matches, with one start, logging 113 minutes for FC Dallas
Wiedeman enters his third season with Toronto FC. He was acquired via trade on July 12, 2012 from FC Dallas. He was originally drafted in the second round, 21st overall by FC Dallas in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. Wiedeman went to the University of
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California; where he scored 30 goals and added 15 assists in his three seasons with the Golden Bears. Wiedeman was also a three time All‐Pac 10 selection during his collegiate career.
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SEA DC RSL CLB COL DAL NE NY
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1 Chris Konopka
2 Justin Morrow 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
4 Michael Bradley 90M 90M 90M 73M 90M 90M
5 Ashtone Morgan 1
6 Gale Agbossoumonde
7 Bright Dike
8 Kyle Bekker 12 90M 90M 90M 68M 90M
9 Gilberto 63F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 56F
11 Jackson 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 78M
12 Joseph Bendik 90G
13 Steven Caldwell 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
14 Dwayne De Rosario 63F 27 28 69F 67F 3
15 Doneil Henry 90D 90D 90D 90D
16 Bradley Orr 25 7 59D 90D 90D 90D 90M
17 Nick Hagglund 90D 1 90D
18 Jermain Defoe 90F 90F 62F 90F 90F
20 Issey Nakajima-Farran 31 21 90M 81M 12
21 Jonathan Osorio 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M
22 Jordan Hamilton 1
23 Alvaro Rey 65M 83M 90M 78M 22 68M
25 Jeremy Hall 78M 17 90M
27 Luke Moore 34
28 Mark Bloom 90D 90D 90M 90D 89D 89D 87D 90D
30 Julio Cesar 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G
32 Andrew Wiedeman 27 12 23 9
33 Ryan Richter
34 Manny Aparicio
35 Daniel Lovitz 22
40 Quillan Roberts
"00" = 100 minutes played
F/M/D/G = starting position
Played for other teams:
Collen Warner played 678 minutes for MTL
Luke Moore played 187 minutes for CHV
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Game log:
Game #1 03/15/2014 TOR 2 at SEA 1 W Defoe 1 (Osorio 1) 17; Defoe 2 (unassisted) 24
Game #2 03/22/2014 TOR 1 vs DC 0 W Defoe 3 (unassisted) 60
Game #3 03/29/2014 TOR 0 at RSL 3 L
Game #4 04/05/2014 TOR 2 at CLB 0 W Bradley 1 (Bloom 1) 11; Nakajima-Farran 1 (Morrow 1) 85
Game #5 04/12/2014 TOR 0 vs COL 1 L
Game #6 04/19/2014 TOR 1 at DAL 2 L Nakajima-Farran 2 (unassisted) 21
Game #7 05/03/2014 TOR 1 vs NE 2 L Jackson 1 (Gilberto 1) 6
Game #8 05/17/2014 TOR 2 vs NY 0 W Defoe 4 (Orr 1) 12; Moore 1 (Bendik 1) 95+
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# Player SF1 SF2
VAN VAN
2-1 1-2
1 Chris Konopka
2 Justin Morrow 90D
4 Michael Bradley 90M 120M
5 Ashtone Morgan 79D
6 Gale Agbossoumonde
7 Bright Dike
8 Kyle Bekker 90M 64M
9 Gilberto 89F 83F
11 Jackson
12 Joseph Bendik 90G 120G
13 Steven Caldwell 90D
14 Dwayne De Rosario 11 37
15 Doneil Henry 90D 120D
16 Bradley Orr 120D
17 Nick Hagglund 120D
18 Jermain Defoe 90F
20 Issey Nakajima-Farran 79M 120M
21 Jonathan Osorio 120M
22 Jordan Hamilton
23 Alvaro Rey 90M
25 Jeremy Hall
27 Luke Moore 120F
28 Mark Bloom 90D 41
30 Julio Cesar
32 Andrew Wiedeman 1
33 Ryan Richter
34 Manny Aparicio
35 Daniel Lovitz 56
40 Quillan Roberts
CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
SF1 05/07/2014 TOR 2 vs VAN 1 W Defoe (Gilberto) 28; Bradley (Defoe) 89
SF2 05/14/2014 TOR 1 at VAN 2 L (5-3 pens) Henry 4