Game Notes: Sporting KC vs. Houston Dynamo

1Nielsen

23Kamara

7Myers

8Zusi

37Peterson

16Sinovic

17Sapong

55Thomas

19Joseph

78Collin

5Besler

1Hall

16Moffat

32Boswell

13R Clark

3Carr

8Sarkodie

11Davis

27Garcia

26Ashe 4

Taylor

12Bruin

EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS - 2L

REFEREE: Allen Chapman.SAR (bench): Corey Rockwell; JAR (opposite): Corey Parker;

4th: Baldomero Toledo

INJURY REPORT: SPORTING KANSAS CITY -- OUT: FW Teal Bunbury (L knee ACL tear); DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture); MF Paulo Nagamura (L ankle sprain); PROBABLE: MF Julio Cesar (R quad strain); MF Roger Espinoza (R ankle sprain) ... HOUSTON DYNAMO -- NONE REPORTED

SUSPENDED: noneWARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): KC: Kei Kamara ... HOU: Calen Carr, Brad Davis, Tally Hall, Kofi Sarkodie

Wed., Nov. 7, Livestrong Sporting Park (8 p.m. CT; KSMO; FS-SW)LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD:KC 3 wins, 17 GF … HOU 6 wins, 21 GF … Ties 62012 HEAD-TO-HEAD: HOU 1 win, 3 GF … KC 0 wins, 2 GF … 2 tiesAT LIVESTRONG SPORTING PARK:7/4: KC 0, HOU 09/14: KC 1, HOU 1 (Sapong 93+ -- Davis 58)

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: HOU 3 wins, 6 GF … KC 0 wins, 0 GF … 0 ties

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v HOUSTON DYNAMO

For a third consecutive match in the MLS Cup Playoffs, Sporting KC lost to the Dynamo. One year ago, it was a 2-0 Houston win at Livestrong Sporting Park in the Eastern Conference Championship that propelled the club to a third MLS Cup appearance. “It would be

better if it was 0-0 or 2-0 our way, right? I wouldn’t use [disastrous],” SKC manager Peter Vermes said. “There have been many teams that have come back from this situation in the league. ... Like I said, it’s halftime, so we’re getting ready for our home game.” ... Sporting were held to just a sin-gle shot on goal in the first leg, which matched their regular season-low set in their next-to-last league game, a scoreless draw at New York on Oct. 20. “I thought they did a very good job in the first half, every time we won the ball, of just basically getting numbers around us, and either they won the ball or they fouled us,” Vermes said. “They broke the rhythm of the game quickly, and that way they always got 11 players behind the ball, slowed the game down for them every time we won it.” ... Sporting will need to use their homefield advantage -- and score three goals, something they did just three times, last on July 4 at Montreal. "When you have a final here, like we did last year for the Eastern Conference championship, we weren’t ready yet. Players, staff –- we just weren’t ready yet to undertake that game. We did it in the Open Cup here at home, and I think that experience is going to lend us throughout the playoffs," said Vermes. ... With Roger Espinoza back in the lineup, Vermes had nearly his entire first-choice team available. He brought on Peterson Joseph and Dom Dwyer for two substitutions; both making their MLS Cup Playoffs debuts, Joseph played 263 minutes in the regular season while Dwyer played just four. Bobby Convey also came on; he played just two minutes over the final 11 league matches.

The first leg result came as the Dynamo opened a two-game series in the MLS Cup Playoffs at home for the first time. Each one of the first five conference semifinal series were started on the road; the Dynamo advanced in four. "We knew Kansas City was going to come out and make it difficult for us and I don’t think that will change come Wednesday," said Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear. "As the cliché goes, it is halftime and that’s the complete truth. For all of our efforts, in return we get to go to a difficult place to play against the team we played today." ... Will Bruin scored his third goal in two MLS Cup Playoffs games for the Dynamo, matching the club’s single-season mark for goals in a sin-gle postseason, when Brian Ching scored three times in the Dynamo’s 2006 championship season. ... “Give Will Bruin a ton of credit. It was a heads-up play to keep the play alive and knock it to Adam [Moffat] and obviously it was a fantastic strike by Adam," Kinnear said. "Then the second goal was just a great play by Calen Carr to wiggle himself free and Will’s finish is a good finish. It’s not an easy one. You need that second goal and it did give us a little cushion.” ... Bruin has 15 goals in all competitions for Houston this season, a new club record. ... Adam Moffat also came through with his first career playoff goal, in his sixth game in the MLS postseason, to send Dynamo on their way. “Anytime you get a goal it gives you a lift, but the way he scored it made us feel like it was going to be a good day for us and put the pressure on them,” forward Calen Carr said. “From there we responded well, and continued to attack … and we were rewarded with a second goal.” ... The Dynamo extended their home undefeated streak to 29 games across all competitions with the win against Sporting, and have not yet lost a com-petitive match in their new BBVA Compass Stadium home. “It’s a weird feel-ing when it is two legs. Usually, when you win a game, you have your award right there. Nothing is done. ... I know they are feeling they are still in the game," said Moffat.

SUBSTITUTES FROM 2 Harrington DF 3 Aiyegbusi DF 4 Ellis DF 6 Nagamura MF 11 Convey MF 12 Warzycha FW 13 Olum DF 14 Dwyer FW 15 Espinoza MF 18 Kronberg GK 20 Rosell MF 21 Kempin GK 22 Saad FW 25 Markovic DF 27 Miller DF 28 Angevine GK 55 Julio Cesar MF

SPORTING KANSAS CITYSUBSTITUTES FROM

5 Creavalle DF 6 Sturgis MF 7 Clark MF 9 Kandji FW 10 Watson MF 14 Rolfe FW 15 Weaver FW 17 Luiz Camargo MF 18 Soto MF 19 Dixon MF 22 Ownby MF 23 Barnes MF 24 Deric GK 25 Ching FW 28 Marscheider GK 31 Hainault DF

HOUSTON DYNAMO

4Fernandez

18Rolfe

7MacDonald

22Berry

17Pardo

(60: Oduro)

13Segares

23Friedrich

25Johnson

6Anibaba

(75: Paladini) 12Pause

(46: Alex)14

Nyarko

1Hall

3Carr

(78: Kandji)

32Boswell

13Clark

12Bruin

(78: Ching)

8Sarkodie

16Moffat

11Davis

26Ashe

4Taylor

27Garcia

KNOCKOUT ROUND

REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo.AR1 (bench): Frank Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Ian Anderson;

4th: Juan GuzmanTOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Bruin 5, Carr 5)SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Bruin 2, Carr 2) FOULS: 16 (Garcia 4) OFFSIDES: 1 CORNER KICKS: 4SAVES: 6 (Hall 6)

CAUTIONS Davis 67, Hall 91+

CHICAGO FIRE v HOUSTON DYNAMO Wed. Oct.. 31, Toyota Park (A: 10,923)

A goal in each half by forward Will Bruin gave the Houston Dynamo the victory against the Chicago Fire in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round match at Toyota Park. It was the first road win in more than three months for the reigning Eastern Conference champions. Bruin's first goal came on a free near-post header in the 12th minute on a corner kick from teammate Brad Davis, getting free in the heart of the penalty area and bouncing a deflected shot past Chicago goalkeeper Sean Johnson. Then, just 19 seconds after halftime, Bruin got his second on a blistering diagonal shot from inside the area after he was sprung by for-mer Fire forward Calen Carr on the heels of a costly Chicago turnover. The Fire pulled a goal back in the 83rd minute when he ran onto a ball from Patrick Nyarko from the left flank and sent an angled shot off the far post and into the goal. But the rest of the match was an exercise in game management by the Dynamo, to advance into the semifinal series.

1 2

TOTAL SHOTS: 19 (Alex 4)SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Friedrich, Nyarko 2)FOULS: 10 (4 tied with 2) OFFSIDES: 5CORNER KICKS: 9SAVES: 4 (Johnson 4)

CAUTIONS NONE

HOU -- Will Bruin 1 (Brad Davis 1) 12HOU -- Will Bruin 2 (Calen Carr 1) 46CHI -- Alex 1 (Patrick Nyarko 1) 83

12Saunders

18Magee

23Beckham

10Donovan

19Juninho

(83: Stephens)

14Buddle

16Jimenez

(52: Sarvas)

2Dunivant

21Meyer

4Gonzalez

7Keane

18Knighton

40O’Brien

3Harvey

11Thorrington

14Robson 28

Koffie

22Mattocks

(59: Miller)

16Watson

(80: Richards)

6DeMerit

(70: Bonjour)

4Rochat

12Lee

REFEREE: Silviu Petrescu.AR1 (bench): Daniel Belleau; AR2 (opposite): Darren Clark;

4th: Ricardo SalazarTOTAL SHOTS: 23 (3 tied with 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Beckham 2)FOULS: 12 (5 tied with 2) OFFSIDES: 1 CORNER KICKS: 9SAVES: 3 (Saunders 3)

CAUTIONSJuninho 43, Sarvas 87

LA GALAXY v VANCOUVER WHITECAPSThu. Nov., 1, The Home Depot Center (A: 14,703)

The LA Galaxy's title defense moved on after a stirring comeback against visiting Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Vancouver went ahead after just 182 seconds through rookie Darren Mattocks' finish, after carved out a yard of space in the area to finish a pass from Matt Watson. The Whitecaps' bunker defense then repeatedly thwarted LA's attack until the home side hit with two quick goals midway through the second half. LA outshot Vancouver, 23-9, but put only seven on target, and Whitecaps goalkeeper Brad Knighton was superb all night, his best save on a David Beckham free kick headed inside the left post just before halftime. But the equalizer came in the 69th minute. Beckham played a short corner to Juninho, who found Magee sneaking alone into the box and set him up perfectly for a side volley which gave Knighton no chance. Then four minutes later, Landon Donovan was trundled over by substitute Martin Bonjour in the area, and he finished his own penalty kick with aplomb for his record 21st postseason goal.

2 1

TOTAL SHOTS: 9 (Robson 3)SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (4 tied with 1) FOULS: 12 (Robson 3)OFFSIDES: 4 CORNER KICKS: 0SAVES: 5 (Knighton 5)

CAUTIONSBonjour 71, Lee 72

VAN -- Darren Mattocks 1 (Matt Watson 1) 3LA -- Mike Magee 1 (Juninho 1, David Beckham 1) 69LA -- Landon Donovan 1 (penalty kick) 73

8Boskovic(69: Neal)

28Hamid

18DeLeon

23Kitchen

14Najar

5Jakovic

26Pajoy

11Saragosa

4McDonald

13Pontius

22Korb

31Robles

20Lindpere

4Marquez

(46: Miller)

17Cahill

16Lade

9Le Toux

(80: Cooper)

14Henry

5Holgersson

3Pearce

11McCarty

6Tainio

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REFEREE: Jair Marrufo.AR1 (bench): Craig Lowry; AR2 (opposite): Adam Wienckowski;

4th: Jorge GonzalezTOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Henry 5)SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Henry 2) FOULS: 8 (Lade 3) OFFSIDES: 0 CORNER KICKS: 3SAVES: 5 (Robles 5)

CAUTIONS Lade 23, Pearce 75

D.C. UNITED v NEW YORK RED BULLS Sat. Nov.. 3, RFK Memorial Stadium (A: 17,556)

The first playoff match at RFK Stadium in five years had it all as the New York Red Bulls tied D.C. United 1-1 in a wild Eastern Conference Semifinal Series first leg. The drama began in the first half when United were awarded a penalty after New York defender Connor Lade was called for a handball in the box. The ensuing spot kick was taken by United’s Chris Pontius, who struck the ball hard, but New York goalkeep-er Luis Robles guessed right and the ball was cleared in the 33rd min-ute. But United took the lead on the hour when Red Bulls substitute Roy Miller attempted to clear a ball sent into the box by Perry Kitchen, but sent his clearance directly into the top corner of his own goal. Five min-utes later, the score was level when D.C. goalkeeper Bill Hamid jumped to corral a header by Heath Pearce and fell into his own net while hold-ing the ball. The home side went a man down in the 71st minute. Right back Andy Najar was shown two yellow cards in very quick succession, the second after throwing the ball at referee Jair Marrufo, but the Red Bulls were unable to capitalize.

1 1

TOTAL SHOTS: 13 (Pajoy, Pontius 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Pontius 2)FOULS: 8 (Saragosa 3) OFFSIDES: 4CORNER KICKS: 5SAVES: 2 (Hamid 2)

CAUTIONS Najar 71SENT OFF Najar 71

DC -- own goal (Roy Miller) 61NY -- own goal (Bill Hamid) 65

1Hall

27Boniek

32Boswell

13R Clark

3Carr

(81: Ching)

8Sarkodie

11Davis

16Moffat

26Ashe

4Taylor

(55: Hainault)

12Bruin

(84: Weaver)

1Nielsen

23Kamara

7Myers

8Zusi

37Peterson

(90: Convey)

16Sinovic

17Sapong

(80: Dwyer)

55Julio Cesar

15Espinoza

(77: Joseph)

78Collin

5Besler

REFEREE: Edvin Jurisevic.SAR (bench): Chris Strickland; JAR (opposite): Adam Garner;

4th: Fotis BazakosTOTAL SHOTS: 13 (R. Clark, Moffat 3)SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Bruin, Moffat)FOULS: 15 (R. Clark 4) OFFSIDES: 2 CORNER KICKS: 3SAVES: 1 (Hall 1)

CAUTIONSCarr 27, Sarkodie 73

HOUSTON DYNAMO v SPORTING KC Sun. Nov., 4, BBVA Compass Stadium (A: 20,689)

The Houston Dynamo extended their unbeaten streak at home, handing top-seeded Sporting Kansas City a 2-0 loss in the first leg of their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo opened the scoring in the 18th minute behind a brilliant strike from Adam Moffat. With Kansas City struggling to clear their area follow-ing a corner kick in the 18th minute, Will Bruin, nodded the ball into Moffat's path, and from well out of the area he unleashed a technically perfect strike inside the back post that Jimmy Nielsen could only wave at as it whizzed past him. Houston gradually took control of the game and eventually cashed in to score an all-important second goal 15 min-utes from the end. Calen Carr turned KC defender Aurélien Collin and sped toward the end line, eventually picking out Bruin for a simple finish inside the six-yard box. The scoreline was a repeat of last season’s 2-0 Dynamo victory in the Eastern Conference Championship at Livestrong Sporting Park.

2 0

TOTAL SHOTS: 13 (Zusi 4)SHOTS ON GOAL: 1 (Sapong) FOULS: 11 (Collin 3)OFFSIDES: 2 CORNER KICKS: 4SAVES: 0

CAUTIONSKamara 42

HOU -- Adam Moffat 1 (Will Bruin 1) 18HOU -- Will Bruin 3 (Calen Carr 2) 75

5Johansson

17Montero

26Ochoa

(57: Estrada)

13Tiffert

(82: Martinez)

10Rosales

(94+: Zakuani)

3Evans

6Alonso

31Parke

1Gspurning

34Ianni 8

Burch

15Saborio

2Beltran

5Beckerman

11Morales

(87: Alvarez)20

Grabavoy

17Wingert 6

Borchers

3Watson-Siriboe

(76: Olave)

8Johnson

18Rimando

7Espindola

(46: Paulo Jr)

REFEREE: Hilario Grajeda.AR1 (bench): Paul Scott; AR2 (opposite): Jeff Hosking;

4th: Allen ChapmanTOTAL SHOTS: 11 (Ochoa 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (5 tied with 1)FOULS: 13 (3 tied with 3)OFFSIDES: 2CORNER KICKS: 8SAVES: 4 (Gspurning 4)

CAUTIONSParke 47+, Evans 54

SEATTLE SOUNDERS v REAL SALT LAKEFri., Nov. 2, CenturyLink Field (A: 34,941)

Seattle Sounders FC and Real Salt Lake settled for their third 0-0 draw of the season, this time in the first leg of their Western Conference Semifinal Series. Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando was tested more often, making five saves, including diving stops off a pair of back-to-back corners in the 33rd minute. First, he stopped a Sammy Ochoa header and then moments later he robbed Jhon Kennedy Hurtado's div-ing effort. But his performance was made even more impressive by the fact that he played the final 20 minutes after a collision gave him a swol-len eye and nearly knocked him out of the game. Sounders FC goal-keeper Michael Gspurning made four saves, his last saving the result in the 85th minute when he dove to his right to stop an Álvaro Saborío header. No goals have been scored in the last 299 minutes that the two teams have played against one another.

0 0

TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (Saborio 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Saborio 2) FOULS: 13 (Paulo, Saborio 3) OFFSIDES: 1CORNER KICKS: 3SAVES: 5 (Rimando 5)

CAUTIONSBeckerman 53, Morales 56

12Saunders

18Magee

10Donovan

23Beckham

(78: Buddle)

19Juninho

7Keane

5Franklin

2Dunivant

21Meyer

4Gonzalez

8Sarvas

18Busch

24Lenhart

(65: Gordon)

8Wondolowski

4Cronin

30Baca

81Chavez

(59: Dawkins)

12Corrales

(69: Salinas)

33Beitashour26

Bernardez

21Hernandez

15Morrow

REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar.AR1 (bench): Corey Rockwell; AR2 (opposite): Peter Manikowski;

4th: Armando VillarrealTOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Keane 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Franklin, Keane)FOULS: 12 (Magee, Sarvas 3) OFFSIDES: 2CORNER KICKS: 2SAVES: 2 (Saunders 2)

CAUTIONSnone

LA GALAXY v S.J. EARTHQUAKESSun. Nov., 4, The Home Depot Center (A: 27,000)

The San Jose Earthquakes did it again, getting a goal late in stoppage time to overcome the LA Galaxy in the first leg opener of their Western Conference semifinal series at the Home Depot Center. It was an intense, defense-minded affair, with the Galaxy having more and better opportunities. Robbie Keane nearly broke the tie in the 86th minute, but his 26-yard blast caromed off the crossbar. Then in the 94th-minute, Víctor Bernárdez's free kick from 31 yards got through the Galaxy wall at the top of the box then goalkeeper Josh Saunders, who was unable to prevent the ball from rolling over the goal line. It was the fifth time this season the Quakes have scored a stoppage-time winner, including the May 23 meeting with the Galaxy in Carson, in which Alan Gordon head-ed home a 94th-minute decider as San Jose rallied from a two-goal defi-cit for a 3-2 triumph.

0 1

TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Wondolowski 4)SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Bernardez 2) FOULS: 11 (Wondolowski 3) OFFSIDES: 2CORNER KICKS: 3SAVES: 2 (Busch 2)

CAUTIONSChavez 17

SJ -- Victor Bernardez 1 (free kick) 94+

WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS - 1st LEGS

Houston dynamo

dominic kinnear

sPortinG kansas city vs Houston dynamo

LIVEstronG Sporting ParkKansas City, Kansas

English TV: KSMO-TVSpanish Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB

coacHes - reGuLar season

mLs exPeriencemLs record

year witH teamrecord witH team

4th season45-35-304th season45-35-30

9th season114-76-927th season

87-62-71

2012 reGuLar season team stats

2012 reGuLar season individuaL Leaders

GoaLsassistssHots

sHots on GoaLGame-winninG GoaLsGame-winninG assists

fouLs sufferedfouLs committed

cautionsejections

GoaLs aGainst avGwins

sHutoutssaves

Will Bruin 12Brad Davis 12Will Bruin 78Will Bruin 35Brad Davis 3Brad Davis 4

Corey Ashe 40Macoumba Kandji 46

Calen Carr 6Adam Moffat 1

Tally Hall 1.19 Tally Hall 14Tally Hall 12Tally Hall 88

No. Pos. Name Pronunciation 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen neel-sen 2 DEF Michael Harrington 3 DEF Korede Aiyegbusi co-red-eh eye-eh-BOO-see 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 FWD Teal Bunbury BUN-buh-ree 11 MID Bobby Convey CON-vee 12 MID Konrad Warzycha Var-ZEE-hah 13 DEF Lawrence Olum OH-lumm 14 FWD Dom Dwyer 15 MID Roger Espinoza 16 DEF Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick 17 FWD C.J. Sapong sah-PONG 18 GK Eric Kronberg Krawn-berg 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 FWD Kei Kamara kye kah-MAHR-ah 24 DEF Cyprian Hedrick sip-ree-an HE-drick 25 DEF Neven Markovic Neh-vin Mar-ko-vitch 27 DEF Kyle Miller 37 FWD Jacob Peterson 55 DEF Julio Cesar JEW-lee-o SEH-sahr 78 DEF Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en 88 MID Michael Thomas

sPortinG kansas city roster

11 Kei Kamara15 Graham Zusi134 Kei Kamara49 Kei Kamara5 C.J. Sapong5 Graham Zusi63 Kei Kamara57 Aurelien Collin6 Aurelien Collin1 Espinoza/Joseph/Peterson

.79 Jimmy Nielsen18 Jimmy Nielsen 15 Jimmy Nielsen77 Jimmy Nielsen

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14-9-11 (53 pts)34

5th in East48

1.4141

1.21+7

423 (157)37.1%

372377341

18-7-9 (63 pts)341st in East421.2427.79+15542 (158)29.2%456414523

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GoaLsGoaLs/Game

aLLowedaLLowed/Game

GoaL differentiaLsHots (on GoaL)

on GoaL %fouLs committedfouLs suffered

cautionsejections

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2012 diGitaL ProPerties

2012 reGuLar season mLs standinGs

eastern conf. GP w L t P 1. sporting kansas city 34 18 7 9 632. D.C. United 34 17 10 7 583. New York Red Bulls 34 16 9 9 574. Chicago Fire 34 17 11 6 575. Houston Dynamo 34 14 9 11 536. Columbus Crew 34 15 12 7 527. Montreal Impact 34 12 16 6 428. Philadelphia Union 34 10 18 6 369. New England Revolution 34 9 17 8 35 10. Toronto FC 34 5 21 8 23western conf. GP w L t P1. San Jose Earthquakes 34 19 6 9 662. Real Salt Lake 34 17 11 6 573. Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 8 11 564. LA Galaxy 34 16 12 6 545. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 11 13 10 436. FC Dallas 34 9 13 12 397. Colorado Rapids 34 11 19 4 378. Portland Timbers 34 8 16 10 34 9. Chivas USA 34 7 18 9 30

• The Houston Dynamo is the only team that Sporting Kansas City has lost to during the 2012 season of the teams remaining as MLS Cup contenders.

• The Houston Dynamo has not lost at home since the opening of BBVA Compass Stadium and has gone undefeated in their last 29 games played at home in all competition.

• Sporting Kansas City is 2-13-3 all-time on the road during the playoffs.• Sporting Kansas City is 14-17-5 all-time in 36 all-time postseason ap-

pearances.• The last time Sporting Kansas City won a playoff game on the road

was October 30, 2011. Prior to that win against the Colorado Rapids, Kansas City went 14 games without a win on the road during the playoffs.

• Sporting KC has scored 17 goals in playoff matches on the road and conceded 35.

• Sporting KC has now conceded 11 of those goals between the 16th and 30th minutes and 12 of those goals between the 61st and 75th minutes.

• Houston are participating in the postseason for the sixth time in the team’s seven seasons.

• Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear’s 12 playoff victories rank fourth most in MLS history.

• Sporting Kansas City has won by two or more goals 14 times in MLS competition in the last two seasons, including 10 times at LIVEstronG Sporting Park. Of note, Sporting Kansas City beat Houston 3-0 at home last year and won the team’s second leg of the 2011 Eastern Confer-enceSemifinal2-0athome.

• Sunday’s match tied the MLS playoff record for fewest shots on goal between two teams with three. The previous record was set on Oct. 21, 2005 between Chicago and Dallas in a scoreless draw.

• At 35 years and 90 days old, Jimmy Nielsen became the oldest goal-keeper in club history to appear in and start a postseason match, surpassing marks previously held by Tony Meola.

• Sporting Kansas City’s one shot on goal was the second fewest in a postseason match in club history. The all-time record for fewest shots on goal in a game was set in the club’s last playoff match in Houston with zero shots on goal in a 2-0 loss in the 2007 Western Conference Championship at Robertson Stadium.

• With the loss, Sporting Kansas City concludes a 12-match unbeaten streak, the longest in MLS this season.

• SportingKansasCitymadethreesubstitutions inthefirst legoftheEasternConferenceSemifinalsbringingonDomDwyer,PetersonJo-seph and Bobby Convey. The appearance marks Dwyer and Joseph’s firstminutesplayedduringtheplayoffsintheirMLScareers.

• The team’s 18 wins in regulation are the most in club history and Sporting KC averaged 1.85 points per game in 2012.

• ItmarksthesecondstraightseasonSportingKansasCityfinishedinfirstplaceintheEasternConferenceandthefifthtimeinclubhistorytofinishatoptheconference(1997,2000,2004,2011,2012).

• ThisseasonisthefirsttimeSportingKansasCityhasrepeatedastheconference’s top team in back-to-back seasons.

• Sporting Kansas City secured the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference for the2012MLSCupPlayoffs andwill havehomefield advantagethrough the Eastern Conference Championship.

• Sporting Kansas City also secured the No. 2 overall seed in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs. If Sporting Kansas City reaches the 2012 MLS Cup, they will have the right to host if the San Jose Earthquakes do not reachthefinal.

• Sporting KC’s 18 victories are the most victories earned during a sin-gle-season in the club’s history surpassing their previous mark (16) set in 2000 when the club won the Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup title.

• Graham Zusi leads the League with 15 assists this season. Zusi is tied with Mauro Rosales, Javier Morales, Landon Donovan and Robbie Ke-anewithfivegame-winningassistsin2012.

• Zusi is one of seven MLS players with seven or more assists in both 2011 and 2012. The others are 2011MVP finalists Mauro Rosales,Dwayne De Rosario and Brad Davis, as well as David Beckham, Patrick Nyarko and Fredy Montero.

• Sporting Kansas City has allowed 27 goals in 34 matches for a 0.79 goals against average, the best defensive mark in MLS.

• Goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen is the only Sporting KC player to have played every minute of the 2012 MLS regular season.

• Nielsen’s 0.79 goals against average at the conclusion of the regualar season is the best single-season mark in club history, leading Tony Meola’s historic 2000 season (0.92), in which he won MLS MVP and Goalkeeper of the Year. Nielsen’s 32 shutouts are the second most in MLS since 2010, trailing only Nick Rimando.

• SportingKansasCityconcludedtheMLSregularseasoninfirstplacewith 542 shots, while allowing the fewest shots against (328).

• TheclubhasledMLSinshotsinsixofthepasteightseasons,finishingfirstinshotsin2006(408),2007(420),2010(393),2011(488)and2012 (542).

• Kansas City were also League leaders in shots in 2002 and the inau-gural 1996 campaign, and lead MLS in all-time shots taken with 7,156.

• Kansas City was eliminated in their quest for the 2011 MLS Cup in the Eastern Conference Championship against the Houston Dynamo at LIVEstronG Sporting Park.

• Houston returns Andre Hainault, one of two goalscorer’s in the Eastern Conference Finals, however Carlo Costly is no longer with the club.

• HoustonmidfielderBradDaviswasnominatedforGoaloftheWeekin1-1 draw with KC on July 16th, 2011. Davis made his 200th Dynamo appearance at LIVEstronG Sporting Park on November 6, 2011 in the Eastern Conference Finals against Kansas City and set a club re-cord for minutes played in all competitions. Davis is from St. Charles, Missouri.

• DynamomidfielderLuizCamargomadehisMLSdebutina3-0lossatKC on September 10, 2011. Camargo was also credited for an assist in 2-0 victory against Sporting KC in the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals at LIVEstronG Sporting Park on November 6.

• Sporting Kansas City faced the Houston Dynamo two additional times in 2011 during the MLS regular season, earning a 1-1 result at Robert-son Stadium on July 16th and a 3-0 victory at LIVEstronG Sporting Park on September 10th.

• Sporting Kansas City and the Houston Dynamo most recently played at LIVEstronG Sporting Park to a 1-1 draw on September 14, 2012.

• Sporting Kansas City lost to the Houston Dynamo 2-1 on July 18, 2012 and the two clubs played to a scoreless draw at LIVEstronG Sport-ingParkintheirfirstmeetingofthe2012seasononJuly7.

• Dynamo’s Corey Ashe earned the assist on the game-winning goal in 1-0 win at Kansas City on July 4, 2009.

• Ashe played collegiate ball at the University of North Carolina with Sporting Kansas City defender Michael Harrington from 2003-2006.

• Sporting Kansas City striker Kei Kamara played for the Houston Dy-namo from 2008-2009, scoring seven goals and tallying three assists.

• HoustondefenderBobbyBoswellandSportingKansasCitymidfielderBobby Convey both started their MLS careers at D.C. United. However, their time spent with the club did not overlap as Convey was there from 2000 to 2004 whereas Boswell joined D.C. United in 2005.

• Dynamo striker Will Bruin was fourth runner-up to C.J. Sapong for 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year. Bruin was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Bruin scored both goals against the Chicago Fire in the Eastern Confer-ence Knockout Round of the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs.

• Houston’s Calen Carr scored a late insurance goal in 2-0 win versus Kansas City on August 25, 2007.

• Houston’s Brian Ching was ejected in 1-1 tie versus Kansas City on July 16, 2011. Ching also recorded a goal and an assist in 3-2 victory against Kansas City on April 23, 2005.

• DynamomidfielderCollinClarkwasalsoejectedin1-1tieversusKan-sas City on July 16, 2011.

• Houston goalkeeper Tyler Deric and Sporting Kansas City’s Jon Kempin wereeachthefirsthome-grownplayersfortheirrespectiveclubs.

• Houston’s Alex Dixonmade his first Dynamo start and played 120minutesinmidfieldin1-0overtimelossversusKansasCityinLamarHunt U.S. Open Cup qualifying round on April 6, 2011. Dixon played collegiate ball with UNC and faced Sporting Kansas City’s Teal Bun-buryandAkroninthe2009NCAAsemifinal.Akronadvancedduetoashootout victory.

• BunburywasalsoteammateswithHoustondefenderKofiSarkodieatthe University of Akron from 2008 to 2009.

• Kei Kamara was teammates with Adam Moffat in 2007 at the Columbus Crew.

• Sporting KC’s Paulo Nagamura was teammates with Nathan Sturgis at the LA Galaxy in 2006.

• Sporting Kansas City lost to the Houston Dynamo 2-0 at BBVA Com-pass Stadium on November 4, 2012 in the first leg of the EasternConferenceSemifinals.

• Sporting Kansas City is now 3-9-6 against the Houston Dynamo all-time (including playoffs) and has not won in Houston in their last eight trips.

• The last time Sporting Kansas City beat Houston at home was in the two teams’ inaugural meeting in April 2006.

• TheDynamoareunbeatenintheirlastfivematchesagainstSportingKansas City, dating back to the 2011 Eastern Conference Champion-ship.

• Sporting Kansas City’s starting lineup on Sunday had just one change from the 2011 Eastern Conference Championship versus the Houston Dynamo, with Jacob Peterson in for Teal Bunbury.

• Peterson’sappearanceonSundaywashisfirstappearanceintheplay-offs for Kansas City and his first in the postseason since his 2006rookie season when he played for the Colorado Rapids.

• Sporting Kansas City is 0-3-0 against the Houston Dynamo in MLS playoffs, falling by 2-0 scorelines in each of the three postseason meetings.

• Sporting KC was also eliminated by the Dynamo in the 2007 Western Conference Championship.

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a Look back to Last Game...

constructinG sPortinG kansas city

year mLs suPerdraft

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2006 eric kronberg (40th)

2007 michael Harrington (3rd)

2008 chance myers (1st) roger espinoza (11th)

2009 matt besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)

kei kamara (Sept. 15 from HOU)

2010 teal bunbury (10th) korede aiyegbusi (20th)

jimmy nielsen (Feb. 15) jon kempin (Aug. 31)

2011 c.j. sapong (10th) konrad warzycha (46th)

julio cesar (Mar. 14) aurelien collin (Apr. 15) Peterson joseph (Sept. 1) Lawrence olum (Sept. 15)

seth sinovic (Nov. 28 from MON, originally signed on May 10) Paulo nagamura (Nov. 29 from CHV) bobby convey (Dec. 2 from SJ)

kevin ellis (Feb. 18)

soony saad (July 5)

2012 dom dwyer (16th) cyprian Hedrick (30th)

kyle miller (54th) jacob Peterson (Jan. 19)neven markovic (July 6)oriol rosell (August 2)

michael thomas (Jan. 18 from SJ)

resuLts | Sporting Kansas City cconcluded the 2012 regular season in firstplaceintheEasternConferencewitharecordof18-7-9(63points).The team had a historic start to 2012, garnering seven straight wins to begin the season. However, Kansas City experienced a slight decrease in their momentum losing three games in a row before earning a draw against Western Conference foe Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

The momentum was back in Kansas City’s favor as the team won two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup games against Orlando City SC and Colorado Rapids and added two MLS victories against the San Jose Earthquakes and Toronto FC. Sporting KC then went on the road and earned a tie at CenturyLink Field against Western Conference foe Seattle Sounders.

Sporting KC experienced a second short slump in MLS play, suffering a 4-0 defeat to the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park followed by a 1-0 loss to rival Chicago Fire at LIVEstronG Sporting Park. However, in between the two MLS matches, Sporting Kansas City hosted the Dayton Dutch Lions in Open Cup competition, in which they earned a 3-0 victory to send them to the LamarHuntU.S.OpenCupsemi-finals.

Sporting Kansas City got back on track in MLS competition in July when they beat Montreal 3-1 at Saputo Stadium followed by 0-0 home draw with the Houston Dynamo. Sporting KC then went on the road earning a 2-0 victory over the Columbus Crew moving them back up the standings and into sole possessionoffirstplaceamongEasternConferencerivalsbeforedroppinga2-1decisionagainstHoustonintheirfirstevermatchatBBVACompassStadium.

Sporting Kansas City returned back to LSP to face the New England Revolu-tioninthefirstoffourconsecutivehomematchesinall-competition.Thematch resulted in a scoreless draw. Sporting KC then fell to Montpellier HeraultSC3-0intheirfirstoftwointernationalfriendliesbeforelosingtoEastern Conference foe Columbus 2-1 despite outshooting the Crew 25-12.

Sporting Kansas City then went on to draw 1-1 with EPL side Stoke City FC with a late equalizer in second half stoppage time. After the friendly, Sporting KC earned the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title after defeating the Seattle Sounders FC in a shootout at LIVEstronG Sporting Park.

Sporting Kansas City next hosted D.C. United and earned a 2-1 victory at LSP followed by a 1-0 road win over Toronto FC at BMO Field. Upon arrival back to the States, Sporting Kansas City earned a 1-1 draw against the New York Red Bulls and a 2-1 victory over Toronto FC before salvaging a point with a second half stoppage time goal against the Houston Dynamo.

Five days later Sporting KC travelled to Red Bull Arena, handing the New YorkRedBullstheirfirst2-0lossathomeduringthe2012regularseason

before earning one point in a scoreless draw at Saputo Stadium. Sporting KC returned home to defeat the Chicago Fire 2-0 at LSP, but, were back on the road when they salvaged draws against the Columbus Crew and the New York Red Bulls.

Sporting KC concluded the 2012 regular season with a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union at LIVEstronG Sporting Park moving their unbeaten streak to twelve consecutive matches in MLS competition.

Lamar Hunt u.s. oPen cuP cHamPions | Sporting Kansas City was crownedtheLamarHuntU.S.OpenCupChampionsforthefirsttimesince2004 after beating the Seattle Sounders FC at LIVEstronG Sporting Park 3-2 in penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw in regulation.

Sporting KC took the lead on a Kei Kamara penalty kick in the 84th minute after a hand ball by Zach Scott. The goal marked Kamara’s second goal in U.S. Open Cup competition since joining Kansas City. Just two minutes later, Seattle’s Scott got a bit of redemption when he notched the equalizer off a free kick from Rosales.

After two overtime periods the match was still tied and headed to a best-of-fiveshootout.SportingKC,shootingfirst,beganwithKamara’ssecondsuccessful attempt of the night. The Sounders would match it with a make of their own through Brad Evans’ shot to his left.

Gspurning gave his team the advantage with a stop on Espinoza and Seattle momentarily led following Marc Burch’s blast down the middle. Besler pulled Sporting KC back level with a shot off the underside of the crossbar and into the back of the net.

Alonso and Zusi both sent their shots over the crossbar in back-to-back at-tempts, and Nielsen made a superb save to his left to deny Christian Tiffert tosendittothefifthandfinalpenaltykickwithitalltobedecided.

Nagamura’s initial attempt was saved by Gspurning, but he was ruled to have come off his line early and the Brazilian calmly converted the ensuing second chance to his left to put Sporting KC ahead in dramatic fashion.

Johnson walked to the spot with LIVEstronG Sporting Park in a frenzy, needingtoscoretokeepSeattlealive.BackinKansasCityforthefirsttimesince he played with the then-Wizards in 2007, Johnson’s shot sailed over the crossbar and brought an end to the shootout with Seattle’s third straight miss from the mark.

Prior to the shootout loss, the Sounders had won three straight U.S. Open Cups, and had not been bested in the competition since August 12, 2008, when they were still a United Soccer League franchise.

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N/AN/A5 Kei Kamara2 Kei Kamara4 Kurt Morsink4 Kei Kamara

4 Kevin Hartman2 Hartman/Nielsen

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Moffat/Clark/Ching/De Rosario 3Dwayne De Rosario 2

Ricardo Clark 4 Calen Carr 4

Tally Hall 4Hall/Onstad 0

date score result Location4/8/2006 2-1 W Robertson Stadium7/15/2006 2-3 L Arrowhead Stadium6/24/2007 0-1 L Arrowhead Stadium9/1/2007 1-1 T Robertson Stadium4/12/2008 0-0 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark9/7/2008 1-3 L Robertson Stadium7/4/2009 0-1 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark10/4/2009 1-1 T Robertson Stadium5/1/2010 0-3 L Robertson Stadium9/22/2010 4-3 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark7/16/2011 1-1 T Robertson Stadium9/10/2011 3-0 W LIVEstronG Sporting Park7/07/2012 0-0 T LIVEstronG Sporting Park7/18/2012 1-2 L BBVA Compass Stadium9/14/2012 1-1 T LIVEstronG Sporting Park

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1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot.KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0HOU 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 6

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Carr/Clark 4Calen Carr 6

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Houston dynamo

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Sat., March 17th 3-0 W vs. New England 19,777Sun., March 25th 2-1 W vs. FC Dallas 15,161 Sat., April 7th 1-0 W vs. LA Galaxy 20,323Sat., April 14th 1-0 W vs. Real Salt Lake 19,422 Sat., May 5th 2-0 L vs. Montreal Impact 20,404Sun., May 27th 2-1 W vs. San Jose 19,974Sun., June 16th 2-0 W vs. Toronto FC 20,488Fri., June 29th 1-0 L vs. Chicago Fire 19,274Sat., July 7th 0-0 T vs. Houston Dynamo 19,307Sat., July 21st 0-0 T vs. New England 19,080Sat., July 28th 2-1 L vs. Columbus Crew 18,938Sat., August 11th 2-1 W vs. D.C. United 20,439Sun., August 26th 1-1 T vs. New York 18,491Sat., Sept. 1st 2-1 W vs. Toronto FC 18,481Fri., Sept. 14th 1-1 T vs. Houston Dynamo 19,877Fri., Sept. 28th 2-0 W vs. Chicago Fire 21,010Wed., Oct. 24th 2-1 W vs. Philadelphia Union 19,428

2012 average attendance: 19,404.

2012 Home attendance

Houston dynamo

sPortinG kansas citycategory 1 2 ot tot.Goals 0 0 0 0Shots 13 16 0 29Shots on Goal 3 2 0 5Fouls 16 16 0 32Offsides 0 4 0 4Corner Kicks 6 3 0 9

aLL-time Post season series stats

category 1 2 ot tot. Goals 2 4 0 6Shots 16 14 0 30Shots on Goal 6 6 0 12Fouls 19 20 0 39Offsides 7 6 0 13 Corner Kicks 5 5 0 10

date score result Location11/10/2007 0-2 L Robertson Stadium11/6/2011 0-2 L LIVEstronG Sporting Park11/4/2012 0-2 L BBVA Compass Stadium

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Last time tHey met...Sporting Kansas City last met the Houston Dynamo on November 4, 2012 atBBVACompassStadiuminthefirstlegoftheEasternConferenceSemi-finals.TheHoustonDynamogainedtheearlyleadafterAdamMoffatun-leashed a 35-yard strike which beat Nielsen in the 18th minute of the match.

WillBruingarneredtheassistonthefirstgoal,butitMoffatwhowasre-sponsible for starting the build-up. Moffat sent a ball toward the back post, but Seth Sinovic was able to disrupt the play. Unfortunately, his headed found its way into the path of Will Bruin who was able to lightly pass the ball with his own head to a full speed Moffat who hadn’t stopped trailing the play. Moffat took one touch before hitting a dream strike against the grain and into the back of the net.

Sporting Kansas City’s best chance in the match came in the 71st minute, whenChanceMyersreceivedtheballwithasignificantamountofspaceontherightflank.MyersfoundGrahamZusibreakingfreeatthetopofthe18but Zusi’s shot was wide to the Dynamo goal.

The Dynamo earned their second goal of the match in the 75th minute whenCalenCarrbeatAurelienCollinontheleftsideofthefieldwithacraftyfirsttouch.Carrproceededtogetendlinebeforeslottingtheballbacktothepenalty spot for Will Bruin who one timed it past Nielsen.

sPortinG kansas city reGuLar season LeaGue Leaders

GoaLkeePer sHutouts PLAYER TEAM GP SHO 1. jimmy nielsen kc 34 152. Tally Hall HOU 33 122. Nick Rimando RSL 31 124. Josh Saunders LA 27 9

PLAYER TEAM GP G1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 32 272. Kenny Cooper NY 33 183. Alvaro Saborio RSL 31 174. Robbie Keane LA 28 165. Thierry Henry NY 25 156. Eddie Johnson SEA 28 147. Alan Gordon SJ 23 137. Fredy Montero SEA 33 139. Will Bruin HOU 32 129. Chris Pontius DC 31 1211. kei kamara kc 33 1111. Saer Sene NE 25 11

PLAYER TEAM GP SH1. kei kamara kc 33 1342. Chris Wondolowski SJ 32 1273. Fredy Montero SEA 33 1264. Robbie Keane LA 28 945. Thierry Henry NY 25 886. Alvaro Saborio RSL 31 877. Kenny Cooper NY 33 848. Graham Zusi kc 32 829. Dwayne De Rosario DC 26 8110. Will Bruin HOU 32 78

PLAYER TEAM GP A1. Graham Zusi kc 32 15 2. Landon Donovan LA 26 143. Marvin Chavez SJ 27 133. Mauro Rosales SEA 27 13 5. Brad Davis HOU 31 125. Dwayne De Rosario DC 26 125. Thierry Henry NY 25 128. Felipe Martins MTL 30 109. David Beckham LA 24 99. David Ferreira DAL 17 99. Robbie Keane LA 28 99. Javier Morales RSL 29 9

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PLAYER TEAM GP GWG1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 32 112. Kenny Cooper NY 33 73. Robbie Keane LA 28 63. Chris Pontius DC 31 63. Alvaro Saborio RSL 31 66. c.j. sapong kc 31 56. Eddie Johnson SEA 28 58. Fabian Espindola RSL 30 48. Alan Gordon SJ 23 48. kei kamara kc 33 48. Graham Zusi kc 32 4

saves PLAYER TEAM GP SV1. Andy Gruenebaum CLB 33 1242. Dan Kennedy CHV 32 1093. Sean Johnson CHI 31 1084. Matt Pickens COL 32 1075. Troy Perkins MTL 31 1016. Kevin Hartman DAL 30 98

Game-winninG assists PLAYER TEAM GP GWA1. Graham Zusi kc 32 5 1. Landon Donovan LA 26 5 1. Robbie Keane LA 28 51. Javier Morales RSL 29 51. Mauro Rosales SEA 27 56. kei kamara kc 33 46. chance myers kc 30 46. Patrice Bernier MTL 27 46. Brad Davis HOU 31 4

PLAYER TEAM GP SOG1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 32 55 2. kei kamara kc 33 493. Kenny Cooper NY 33 463. Fredy Montero SEA 33 46 5. Robbie Keane LA 28 436. Alvaro Saborio RSL 31 407. Thierry Henry NY 25 378. Will Bruin HOU 32 358. Saer Sene NE 25 3510. Steven Lenhart SJ 26 33

assists GoaLs

GoaLkeePer wins PLAYER TEAM GP W 1. jimmy nielsen kc 34 182. Jon Busch SJ 32 173. Sean Johnson CHI 31 163. Nick Rimando RSL 31 163. Josh Saunders LA 27 166. Tally Hall HOU 33 147. Andy Gruenebaum CLB 33 137. Bill Hamid DC 24 13

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muLti-GoaL Games PLAYER TEAM GP GAMES1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 32 62. Kenny Cooper NY 33 52. Alvaro Saborio RSL 31 5 4. Thierry Henry NY 25 44. Robbie Keane LA 28 4 6. Jairo Arrieta CLB 18 36. Steven Lenhart SJ 26 3

corner kicks

PLAYER TEAM GP CK1. Graham Zusi kc 32 1502. David Beckham LA 24 1193. Martin Rivero COL 30 1174. Brad Davis HOU 31 1125. Javier Morales RSL 29 976. Marvin Chavez SJ 27 827. Mauro Rosales SEA 27 768. Torsten Frings TOR 20 708. Thierry Henry NY 25 7010. Fredy Adu PHI 24 65


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SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0) VS D.C. UNITED (0-1-0)DATE: March 10, 2012 -- RFK Stadium

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot D.C. United 0 0 0Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1

Scoring Summary:KC--Sapong 1 (Zusi 1) 93+

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Teal Bunbury DC: Cautions: John Lozano

Stats Sporting Kansas City DC UnitedTOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Kamara 6) 7 (De Rosario/Salihi/Santos)SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Kamara 3) 1 (Santos 1)FOULS: 16 (4 tied with 3) 12 (Boskovic/Woolard 2)OFFSIDE: 0 3CORNER KICKS: 5 3SAVES: Nielsen 1 Hammid 7

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 85), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 75).

D.C. UNITED--Bill Hamid, Robbie Russell, Daniel Woolard, Brandon Mc-Donald, Dejan Jakovic, Andy Najar, Chris Pontius (Danny Cruz 74), Perry Kitchen, Branko Boskovic (Josh Wolff 66), Dwayne De Rosario, Hamdi Salihi (Maicon Santos 80).

Referee: Mark GeigerReferee’s Assistants: Sean Hurd, Steven Taylor4thOfficial:MarkKadlecik.Attendance: 16, 314.Temperature: 44.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (0-2-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (2-0-0)DATE: March 17, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot New England Revolution 0 0 0Sporting Kansas City 2 1 3

Scoring Summary:KC--Zusi 1 (Kamara 1) 28KC--Kamara 1 (unassisted) 39KC--Sapong 2 (Sinovic 1, Zusi 2) 47

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Zusi 28, Myers 45NE: Ejections: McCarthy 14

Stats Sporting Kansas City New EnglandTOTAL SHOTS: 27 (Kamara 7) 11 (Nguyen/Simms 3)SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Kamara/Sapong 3) 6 (Guy 2)FOULS: 12 (Myers 3) 10 (Sene 2)OFFSIDE: 4 2CORNER KICKS: 4 1SAVES: Nielsen 6 Reis 4

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Chris Tierney, A.J. Soares, Stephen McCarthy (Ejected 14), Benny Feilhaber (Jeremiah White 61), Clyde Simms, Shalrie Joseph, Lee Nguyen, Kelyn Rowe (Ryan Guy 45), Saer Sene (Diego Fagundez 57).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin (Lawrence Olum 59), Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Paulo Nagamura 57), Bobby Convey, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Luke Sassano 76), C.J. Sapong.

Referee: Silviu PetrescuReferee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Corey Parker4thOfficial:DavidGantar.Attendance: 19,777.Temperature: 74 and Cloudy.

2012 schedule and box scores

FC DALLAS (1-1-1) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (3-0-0)DATE: March 25, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot FC Dallas 1 0 1Sporting Kansas City 1 1 2

Scoring Summary:DAL--Ricardo Villar 2 (free kick) 25KC--Collin 1 (Zusi 3) 49+KC--Kamara 2 (Myers 1, Zusi 4) 88

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Collin 32, Myers 36, Espinoza 93+DAL: Cautions: D. Hernandez 49+

Stats Sporting Kansas City FC DallasTOTAL SHOTS: 18 (Kamara 11) 8 (Villar 2)SHOTS ON GOAL: 9 (Kamara 5) 1 (Villar 1)FOULS: 15 (Myers 4) 11 (4 Tied with 2)OFFSIDE: 1 0CORNER KICKS: 7 5SAVES: N/A Hartman 7

FC DALLAS--Kevin Hartman, Zach Loyd, Hernan Pertuz, George John, Ugo Ihemelu, Bryan Leyva (Andrew Wiedeman 70), Daniel Hernandez, Jair Benitez, Ricardo Villar (Bobby Warshaw 45, Luis Perea 90), Andrew Jacobson, Blas Perez.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Lawrence Olum 91+), Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 93+), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong.

Referee: Abiodun OkulajaReferee’s Assistants: Frank Anderson, Peter Balciunas4thOfficial:YaderReyes.Attendance: 15,161.Temperature: 81 and Sunny.

date oPPonent GoaL scorersSat., March 10th 1-0 W @ D.C. United SapongSat., March 17th 3-0 W vs. New England Zusi/Kamara/SapongSun., March 25th 2-1 W vs. FC Dallas Collin/KamaraSun., April 1st 1-0 W @ Chivas USA SapongSat., April 7th 1-0 W vs. Los Angeles Galaxy KamaraSat., April 14th 1-0 W vs. Real Salt Lake CollinWed., April 18th 3-1 W @ Vancouver Whitecaps FC Collin/OG/KamaraSat., April 21st 1-0 L @ Portland Timbers OGSat., May 5th 2-0 L vs. Montreal Impact NoneSat., May 12th 2-1 L @ Chicago Fire ConveySat., May 19th 2-2 T @ Colorado Rapids Bunbury(2)Sun., May 27th 2-1 W vs. San Jose Earthquakes Sapong/KamaraTues., May 29th 3-2 W vs. Orlando City SC* Nagamura/Saad(2)Tues., June 5th 2-0 W vs. Colorado Rapids* OG/BunburySat., June 16th 2-0 W vs. Toronto FC Sapong/CesarWed., June 20th 1-1 T @ Seattle Sounders Peterson Sat., June 23rd 4-0 L @ Philadelphia Union NoneTues., June 26th 3-0 W vs. Dayton Dutch Lions* Sapong(2)/Zusi Fri., June 29th 1-0 L vs. Chicago Fire NoneWed., July 4th 3-1 W @ Montreal Impact Kamara/Zusi/PetersonSat., July 7th 0-0 T vs. Houston Dynamo NoneWed., July 11th 2-0 W @ Philadelphia* Peterson/ZusiSat., July 14th 2-0 W @ Columbus Crew Peterson/BunburyWed., July 18th 2-1 L @ Houston Dynamo Kei KamaraSat., July 21st 0-0 T vs. New England Revolution NoneTues., July 24th 3-0 L vs. Montpellier** NoneSat., July 28th 2-1 L vs. Columbus Crew KamaraWed., August 1st 1-1 T vs. Stoke City FC MillerSat., August 4th 1-0 W @ New England Revolution Bunbury Wed., August 8th 1-1 T vs. (PKS: KC:3 SEA 2) Seattle Sounders* KamaraSat., August 11th 2-1 W vs. D.C. United Bunbury/Zusi Sat., August 18th 1-0 W @ Toronto FC KamaraSun., August 26th 1-1 T vs. New York Red Bulls KamaraSat., September 1st 2-1 W vs. Toronto FC Nagamura/RosellFri., September 14th 1-1 T vs. Houston Dynamo SapongWed., September 19th 2-0 W @ New York Red Bulls Sapong/Kamara Sat., September 22nd 0-0 T @ Montreal Impact NoneFri., September 28th 2-0 W vs. Chicago Fire Zusi(2)Sun., October 7th 1-1 W @ Columbus Crew Sapong Sat., October 20th 0-0 T @ New York Red Bulls NoneWed., October 24th 2-1 W vs Philadelphia Union Peterson/SapongSun., November 4th 0-2 L @ Houston Dynamo*** Nonewed., november 7th vs Houston dynamo at 8:00 p.m. ct

*Lamar Hunt u.s. open cup **international friendly ***Playoffs


SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-0-0) VS CHIVAS USA (1-3-0)DATE: April 1, 2012 -- The Home Depot Center

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Chivas USA 0 0 0Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1

Scoring Summary:KC--Sapong 3 (Zusi 5) 47

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Sinovic 34CHV: Cautions: Rauwshan McKenzie 84

Stats Sporting Kansas City Chivas USATOTAL SHOTS: 19 (Kamara 4) 6 (3 Tied with 2)SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Sapong 3) 0 (26 Tied with 0)FOULS: 15 (Myers 4) 11 (Minda 3)OFFSIDE: 0 3CORNER KICKS: 7 1SAVES: N/A Kennedy 4

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Paulo Nagamura 89), Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 73), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 72).

CHIVAS USA--Dan Kennedy, James Riley, Ante Jazic (Cesar Romero 80), Heath Pearce, Rauwshan McKenzie, Ryan Smith, Laurent Courtois, Os-waldo Minda, Nick LaBrocca, Alejandro Moreno (Miller Bolanos 72), Casey Townsend.

Referee: Edvin JurisevicReferee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Frank Anderson4thOfficial:AllenChapman.Attendance: 13,372.Temperature: 64 and Clear.

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LA GALAXY (1-3-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (5-0-0)DATE: April 7, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot LA Galaxy 0 0 0Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1

Scoring Summary:KC--Kamara 3 (Convey 1) 40

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: None.LA: Cautions: Donovan

Stats Sporting Kansas City LA GalaxyTOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Espinoza/Zusi 3) 4 (Magee 3)SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Kamara 2) 0 (31 Tied with 0)FOULS: 9 (Kamara 5) 12 (Donovan 4)OFFSIDE: 2 1CORNER KICKS: 7 2SAVES: N/A Saunders 3

LA GALAXY--Josh Saunders, Sean Franklin, Todd Dunivant, Tommy Meyer, A.J. DeLaGarza, Landon Donovan, Mike Magee, Michael Stephens (Mar-celo Sarvas 77), Juninho (Kyle Nakazawa 72), Edson Buddle (Chad Barrett 56), Robbie Keane.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 69), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 78), C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 87).

Referee: Jorge GonzalezReferee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Brian Poeschel4thOfficial:MichaelKennedy.Attendance: 20,323.Temperature: 60 and Cloudy.

REAL SALT LAKE (5-2-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (6-0-0)DATE: April 14, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Real Salt Lake 0 0 0Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1

Scoring Summary:KC--Collin 2 (Zusi 6) 63

Misconduct Summary:RSL: Cautions: Johnson 51KC: Cautions: Nagamura 76RSL: Cautions: Steele 78

Stats Sporting Kansas City Real Salt LakeTOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Kamara/Sapong 3) 10 (Espindola 3)SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 Tied with 1) 1 (Borchers 1)FOULS: 13 (Espinoza 4) 14 (Espindola/Steele 3)OFFSIDE: 0 2CORNER KICKS: 11 4SAVES: Nielsen 1 Rimando 2

REAL SALT LAKE--Nick Rimando, Tony Beltran, Chris Wingert, Jamison Olave, Nat Borchers, Will Johnson, Luis Gil (Paulo Junior 76), Kyle Becker-man, Sebastian Velasquez (Jonny Steele 63), Fabian Espindola, Alvaro Saborio.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic (Michael Harrington 89), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 82), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 51), C.J. Sapong.

Referee: Kevin StottReferee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Brian Poeschel4thOfficial:TylerPloeger.Attendance: 19,422.Temperature: 72 and Cloudy.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-0-0) VS VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (2-2-2)DATE: April 18, 2012 -- BC Place Stadium

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 1 2 3Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 1 1

Scoring Summary:KC--Collin 3 (unassisted) 24KC--own goal (Bonjour) 51KC--Kamara 4 (Myers 2) 65VAN--Le Toux 3 (unassisted) 79

Misconduct Summary:VAN: Cautions: Hassli 6KC: Cautions: Collin 18KC: Cautions: Nagamura 38VAN: Cautions: DeMerit 67

Stats Sporting Kansas City VancouverTOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Kamara 3) 19 (da Silva 5)SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Kamara/Collin 1) 7 (da Silva 3)FOULS: 14 (Espinoza 4) 13 (Hassli 4)OFFSIDE: 3 6CORNER KICKS: 4 5SAVES: Nielsen 6 None

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 52), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 77), C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 62).

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC--Joe Cannon, Lee Young-Pyo, Jordan Harvey, Jay DeMerit, Martin Bonjour (Long Tan 87), Atiba Harris (Omar Salgado 79), DavideChiumiento,GershonKoffie,JohnThorrington(Camilo60),SebastienLe Toux, Eric Hassli.

Referee: Baldomero ToledoReferee’s Assistants: Ian Anderson, Kevin Duliba4thOfficial:AlejandroMariscal.Attendance: 15,382.Temperature: 52 and Clear.


SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-1-0) VS PORTLAND TIMBERS (2-4-1)DATE: April 21, 2012 -- Jeld-Wen Field

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0Portland Timbers 1 0 1

Scoring Summary:POR--own goal (Myers) 41

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Collin 66KC: Cautions: Besler 88POR: Cautions: Purdy 22POR: Cautions: Palmer 44POR: Cautions: Boyd 81

Stats Sporting Kansas City Portland TimbersTOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Kamara/Sapong 4) 12 (Boyd 4)SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Kamara 2) 2 (Boyd/Brunner 1)FOULS: 12 (Collin 3) 16 (Chabala/Chara 3)OFFSIDE: 1 5CORNER KICKS: 7 7SAVES: Nielsen 2 Perkins 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Teal Bunbury 71), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 76), C.J. Sapong.

PORTLAND TIMBERS--Troy Perkins, Steve Purdy (Freddie Braun 78), Mike Chabala, Hanyer Mosquera, Eric Brunner, Darlington Nagbe (Franck Songo’o 89), Diego Chara, Lovel Palmer, Jack Jewsbury, Jorge Perlaza (Eric Alexander 84), Kris Boyd.

Referee: Hilario GrajedaReferee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Paul Scott4thOfficial:SorinStoica.Attendance: 20,438.Temperature: 73 and Sunny.

MONTREAL IMPACT (3-5-2) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-2-0)DATE: May 5, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0Montreal Impact 1 1 2

Scoring Summary:MTL--Felipe Martins 1 (Braun 1) 30MTL--Bernier 1 (penalty kick) 64

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Cesar 35MON: Cautions: Rivas 36MON: Cautions: Bernier 45MON: Cautions: Ubiparipovic 53MON: Cautions: Wahl 77

Stats Sporting Kansas City Montreal ImpactTOTAL SHOTS: 22 (Kamara/Zusi 5) 6 (Rivas 2)SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (4 Tied with 1) 2 (Bernier/Martins)FOULS: 9 (Collin 2) 15 (Martins 5)OFFSIDE: 4 5CORNER KICKS: 11 1SAVES: N/A Ricketts 4

MONTREAL IMPACT--Donovan Ricketts, Jeb Brovsky, Tyson Wahl, Nelson Rivas(Matteo Ferrari 62), Hassoun Camara, Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Andrew Wenger 84), Lamar Neagle, Felipe Martins, Patrice Bernier, Justin Braun, Eduardo Sebrango (Davy Arnaud 70).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 79), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 66), Bobby Convey.

Referee: Juan GuzmanReferee’s Assistants: Brian Poeschel, Jonathan Johnson4thOfficial:JorgeLunaHernandez.Attendance: 20,404.Temperature: 86 and Sunny.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-3-0) VS CHICAGO FIRE (4-2-3)DATE: May 12, 2012 -- Toyota Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1Chicago Fire 0 2 2

Scoring Summary:KC--Convey 1 (Espinoza 1, Kamara 2) 31CHI--Grazzini 1 (penalty kick) 61CHI--Oduro 4 (Nyarko 2) 81

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Cesar 4CHI: Cautions: Pardo 38CHI: Segares 40KC: Cautions: Myers 57KC: Cautions: Kamara 93+KC: Ejections: Espinoza 62CHI: Cautions: Puppo 79

Stats Sporting Kansas City Chicago TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Espinoza 3) 18 (Pappa 6)SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Espinoza 2) 6 (Pappa 2)FOULS: 12 (4 Tied with 2) 13 (Segares 4)OFFSIDE: 1 6CORNER KICKS: 8 6SAVES: Nielsen 4 Johnson 3

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (Lawrence Olum 88), Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 78), Roger Espinoza (Ejected 62), Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 74).

CHICAGO FIRE--Sean Johnson, Jalil Anibaba, Gonzalo Segares, Arne Friedrich (Dan Gargan 29), Austin Berry, Logan Pause (Rafael Robayo 71), Pavel Pardo, Sebastian Grazzini (Federico Puppo 80), Marco Pappa, Patrick Nyarko, Dominic Oduro.

Referee: Jose Carlos RiveroReferee’s Assistants: Ian Anderson, Chris Strickland4thOfficial:TerryVaughn.Attendance: 14,159.Temperature: 53 and Overcast.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-3-1) VS COLORADO RAPIDS (5-6-1)DATE: May 19, 2012 -- Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2Colorado Rapids 0 2 2

Scoring Summary:KC--Bunbury 1 (Sinovic 1, Convey 2) 2KC--Bunbury 2 (unassisted) 14COL--Marshall 1 (Rivero 4) 52COL--Kimura 1 (Casey 1) 60

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Convey 51

Stats Sporting Kansas City Colorado TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Bunbury/Nagamura 3) 13 (Rivero 3)SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Bunbury 2) 6 (6 Tied with 1)FOULS: 13 (Collin 4) 8 (8 Tied with 1)OFFSIDE: 2 3CORNER KICKS: 6 2SAVES: Nielsen 4 Pickens 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 59), Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura (Peterson Joseph 77), Julio Cesar (Lawrence Olum 87), Teal Bunbury.

COLORADO RAPIDS--Matt Pickens, Kosuke Kimura, Hunter Freeman, Tyrone Marshall, Drew Moor, Wells Thompson (Kamani Hill 78), Jaime Castrillon, Mar-tin Rivero, Jeff Larentowicz, Conor Casey (Edu 68), Tony Cascio (Luis Zapata 89).

Referee: Edvin JurisevicReferee’s Assistants: Paul Scott, Jeremy Hanson4thOfficial:LandisWiley.Attendance: 15,269.Temperature: 52 and Cloudy.


SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (8-3-3) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (8-3-1)DATE: May 27, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot San Jose 0 1 1Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2

Scoring Summary:KC--Sapong 4 (Kamara 3, Zusi 7) 5KC--Kamara 5 (Harrington 1, Myers 3) 39SJ--Dawkins 2 (Corrales 3) 72

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Espinoza 29SJ: Cautions: Gordon 45SJ: Cautions: Hernandez 61KC: Cautions: Olum 79KC: Cautions: Nielsen 93+

Stats Sporting Kansas City San Jose EarthquakesTOTAL SHOTS: 20 (Kamara 6) 7 (3 Tied with 2)SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Kamara 2) 4 (Chavez 2)FOULS: 13 (Myers/Sapong 3) 13 (Gordon 4)OFFSIDE: 1 1CORNER KICKS: 4 1SAVES: Nielsen 3 Busch 3

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES--Jon Busch, Steven Beitashour, Ramiro Corrales, Jason Hernandez, Justin Morrow, Rafael Baca (Ike Opara 65), Simon Dawkins, Marvin Chavez, Brad Ring (Tressor Moreno 71), Khari Stephenson, Alan Gordon (Cesar Diaz Pizarro 61).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic (Michael Harrington 23), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza (Paulo Nagamura 90), Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Lawrence Olum 74), C.J. Sapong, Teal Bunbury.

Referee: Baldomero ToledoReferee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Fabio Tovar4thOfficial:LandisWiley.Attendance: 19,974.Temperature: 90 and Sunny.

2012 box scoresTORONTO FC (1-10-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-3-1)

DATE: June 16, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Toronto FC 0 0 0Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2

Scoring Summary:KC--Sapong 5 (Peterson 1, Myers 4) 18KC--Julio Cesar 1 (Zusi 8) 35

Misconduct Summary:TOR: Cautions: Lambe 55TOR: Cautions: Johnson 77KC: Cautions: Bunbury 82

Stats Sporting Kansas City Toronto FCTOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Cesar 4) 12 (Silva 3)SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Bunbury 2) 3 (Koevermans 2)FOULS: 12 (3 Tied with 2) 14 (Johnson 5)OFFSIDE: 3 8CORNER KICKS: 3 4SAVES: Nielsen 3 Kocic 3

TORONTO FC--Milos Kocic, Richard Eckersley, Jeremy Hall, Doneil Henry, Adrian Cann (Ashtone Morgan 45), Reggie Lambe (Julian de Guzman 62), EricAvila(LuisSilva62),TorstenFrings,TerryDunfield,RyanJohnson,DannyKoevermans

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Law-rence Olum, Aurelien Collin, Graham Zusi (Konrad Warzycha 90), Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza (Peterson Joseph 89), Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 73), Teal Bunbury, C.J. Sapong.

Referee: Paul WardReferee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Marco Arruda4thOfficial:LeszekStalmach.Attendance: 20,488.Temperature: 88 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-3-2) VS SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (7-4-4)DATE: June 20, 2012 -- CenturyLink Field

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Seattle Sounders FC 1 0 1Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1

Scoring Summary:KC--Peterson 1 (Collin 1) 8SEA--Ianni 1 (Rosales 3) 15

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Collin 16KC: Cautions: Olum 48KC: Cautions: Nielsen 59SEA: Cautions: Scott 89SEA: Ejections: Fernandez 91+

Stats Sporting Kansas City Seattle Sounders FCTOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Bunbury/Thomas 3) 16 (Caskey 3)SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Bunbury 2) 3 (3 Tied with 1)FOULS: 18 (Collin 6) 9 (Scott 3)OFFSIDE: 2 7CORNER KICKS: 9 4SAVES: Nielsen 2 Weber 3

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Lawrence Olum, Aurelien Collin, Michael Thomas, Peterson Joseph (Graham Zusi 50), Roger Espinoza, Jacob Peterson (Kei Kamara 65), Teal Bunbury, Soony Saad (C.J. Sapong 86).

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC--Andrew Weber, Zach Scott, Marc Burch, Jeff Parke, Patrick Ianni, Brad Evans (Andy Rose 72), Alex Caskey, Mauro Rosales (Alvaro Fernandez 81, SEA Nonindividual 89), Osvaldo Alonso, Eddie Johnson (Sammy Ochoa 80), Fredy Montero.

Referee: Jair MarrufoReferee’s Assistants: Frank Anderson, C.J. Morgante4thOfficial:FotisBazakos.Attendance: 46,932.Temperature: 70 and Cloudy.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-4-2) VS PHILADELPHIA UNION (3-8-2)DATE: June 23, 2012 -- PPL Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0Philadelphia Union 2 2 4

Scoring Summary:PHI--McInerney 1 (Pajoy 1, Gaddis 1) 1PHI--McInerney 2 (unassisted) 42PHI--Pajoy 4 (penalty kick) 81PHI--Hoppenot 1 (M. Farfan 1) 87

Misconduct Summary:PHL: Cautions: Carroll 17KC: Cautions: Cesar 22PHI: Cautions: Gaddis 25PHI: Cautions: Lahoud 63

Stats Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia UnionTOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Bunbury 4) 10 (5 Tied with 2)SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Kamara 2) 6 (McInerney 2)FOULS: 19 (Kamara 4) 15 (Lahoud 4OFFSIDE: 2 5CORNER KICKS: 4 2SAVES: Nielsen 2 MacMath 3

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Law-rence Olum, Aurelien Collin, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza (Jacob Peterson 84), Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Michael Thomas 64), C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 74), Teal Bunbury.

PHILADELPHIA UNION -Zac MacMath, Raymon Gaddis, Gabriel Farfan, Amobi Okugo, Carlos Valdes, Freddy Adu (Antoine Hoppenot 59), Michael Farfan, Michael Lahoud, Brian Carroll, Lionard Pajoy, Jack McInerney (Keon Daniel 73).

Referee: Terry VaughnReferee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Jason Cullum4thOfficial:JohnMcCloskey.Attendance: 18,207.Temperature: 86 and Sunny.


CHICAGO FIRE (8-5-3) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-5-2)DATE: June 29, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Chicago Fire 0 1 1Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0

Scoring Summary:CHI--Pappa 5 (Rolfe 1) 58

Misconduct Summary:CHI: Cautions: Jalil Anibaba 33KC: Cautions: Nielsen 86CHI: Cautions: Chris Rolfe 87

Stats Sporting Kansas City Chicago FireTOTAL SHOTS: 27 (Kamara 8) 10 (Pappa 4)SHOTS ON GOAL: 14 (4 Tied with 2) 4 (4 Tied with 1)FOULS: 19 (Kamara 4) 12 (Gargan 3)OFFSIDE: 2 2CORNER KICKS: 8 1SAVES: Nielsen 3 Johnson 5

CHICAGO FIRE--Sean Johnson, Jalil Anibaba, Dan Gargan, Arne Friedrich (Hunter Jumper 79), Austin Berry, Chris Rolfe, Patrick Nyarko (Rafael Robayo 82), Marco Pappa (Alex 64), Pavel Pardo, Logan Pause, Dominic Oduro.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Law-rence Olum (Matt Besler 19), Aurelien Collin, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Peterson Joseph 82), C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 72), Teal Bunbury.

Referee: Baldomero ToledoReferee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Adam Garner4thOfficial:LeszekStalmach.Attendance: 19,274.Temperature: 98 and Sunny.

2012 box scoresSPORTING KANSAS CITY (10-5-2) VS MONTREAL IMPACT (5-11-3)

DATE: July 4, 2012 -- Saputo Stadium

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 0 3 3Montreal 0 1 1

Scoring Summary:MTL--Bernier 4 (Felipe Martins 5, Valentin 1) 49KC--Kamara 6 (penalty kick) 57KC--Zusi 2 (penalty kick) 75KC--Peterson 2 (Espinoza 2, Saad 1) 82

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Graham Zusi 16; Seth Sinovic 90MTL: Cautions: Felipe Martins 36; Collen Warner 67; Davy Arnaud 69

Stats Sporting Kansas City Montreal ImpactTOTAL SHOTS: 15 (3 Tied with 3) 11 (Di Vaio 4)SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (5 Tied with 1) 6 (Martins 2)FOULS: 17 (Espinoza/Sinovic 3) 14 (Warner 5)OFFSIDE: 1 3CORNER KICKS: 5 6SAVES: Nielsen 5 Ricketts 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara (Soony Saad 69), Paulo Nagamura (Peterson Joseph 86), C.J. Sapong, Teal Bunbury (Jacob Peterson 45).

MONTREAL IMPACT--Donovan Ricketts, Zarek Valentin, Jeb Brovsky (EduardoSebrango 80), Shavar Thomas, Hassoun Camara, Felipe Martins, Justin Mapp (Justin Braun 87), Patrice Bernier, Davy Arnaud, Collen Warner, Marco Di Vaio (Sanna Nyassi 71).

Referee: Sorin StoicaReferee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Craig Lowry4thOfficial:JohnMcCloskey.Attendance: 12,085.Temperature: 81 and Clear.

HOUSTON DYNAMO (6-5-7) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (10-5-3)DATE: July 7, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Houston Dynamo 0 0 0Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0

Misconduct Summary:None.

Stats Sporting Kansas City Houston DynamoTOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Zusi 5) 7 (Gacia 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Kamara 2) 2 (Garcia/Ownby 1)FOULS: 11 (Nagamura/Zusi 2) 9 (3 Tied with 2)OFFSIDE: 0 4CORNER KICKS: 8 0SAVES: Nielsen 2 Hall 4

HOUSTON DYNAMO--Tally Hall, Andre Hainault, Corey Ashe, Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell, Luiz Camargo (Warren Creavalle 66), Adam Moffat, Brad Davis, Boniek Garcia, Will Bruin (Brian Ching 66), Macoumba Kandji (Brian Ownby 80).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara (Soony Saad 81), Paulo Nagamura, Jacob Peterson, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 68).

Referee: Chris PensoReferee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Eric Proctor4thOfficial:JohnMcCloskey.Attendance: 19,307.Temperature: 104 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (11-5-3) VS COLUMBUS CREW (6-7-4)DATE: July 14, 2012 -- Columbus Crew Stadium

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 1 1 2Columbus Crew 0 0 0

Scoring Summary:KC--Peterson 3 (Joseph 1) 6KC--Bunbury 3 (Kamara 4) 82

Misconduct Summary:CLB: Cautions: Bernardo Anor 8KC: Cautions: Joseph 57KC: Cautions: Nagamura 69CLB: Cautions: Emilio Renteria 69CLB: Cautions: Chris Birchall 83

Stats Sporting Kansas City Columbus Crew TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Kamara/Peterson 2) 16 (Renteria 5) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Bunbury/Peterson 1) 4 (4 Tied with 1)FOULS: 12 (Kamara 3) 9 (3 Tied with 2)OFFSIDE: 0 4CORNER KICKS: 4 5SAVES: Nielsen 4 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Peterson Joseph (Michael Thomas 72), Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura, Roger Espinoza, Jacob Peterson (C.J. Sapong 38), Soony Saad (Teal Bunbury 52).

COLUMBUS CREW--Andy Gruenebaum, Josh Williams (Olman Vargas 80), Bernardo Anor, Chad Marshall, Eric Gehrig, Eddie Gaven, Justin Meram, Tony Tchani (Cole Grossman 76), Chris Birchall, Jairo Arrieta (Dilly Duka 62), Emilio Renteria.

Referee: Edvin JurisevicReferee’s Assistants: Eric Boria, James Conlee4thOfficial:SorinStoica.Attendance: 17,588.Temperature: 83 and Cloudy.


SPORTING KANSAS CITY (11-6-3) VS HOUSTON DYNAMO (8-5-7)DATE: July 18, 2012 -- BBVA Compass Stadium

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1Houston Dynamo 1 1 2

Scoring Summary:HOU--Carr 1 (Bruin 2, Hainault 3) 25KC--Kamara 7 (penalty kick) 42HOU--Carr 2 (Davis 6) 79

Misconduct Summary:KC: Ejections: Peterson Joseph 47+HOU: Cautions: Macoumba Kandji 8

Stats Sporting Kansas City Houston DynamoTOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Kamara 4) 5 (Carr 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Kamara 2) 2 (Carr 2)FOULS: 10 (3 Tied with 2) 10 (Garcia 3)OFFSIDE: 1 5CORNER KICKS: 2 4SAVES: 0 Hall 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Seth Sinovic (Chance Myers 79), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Peterson Joseph (Ejected 47+), Michael Thomas, Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura, Jacob Peterson (Bobby Convey 82), Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 45).

HOUSTON DYNAMO--Tally Hall, Andre Hainault, Corey Ashe, Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell, Boniek Garcia, Warren Creavalle (Luiz Camargo 68), Brad Davis, Calen Carr, Will Bruin (Brian Ownby 78), Macoumba Kandji (Brian Ching 60).

Referee: Mark KadlecikReferee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, Brian Dunn4thOfficial:JasenAnno.Attendance: 19,761.Temperature: 88 and Cloudy.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (6-9-5) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (11-6-4)DATE: July 21, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot New England Revolution 0 0 0Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0

Misconduct Summary:NE: Cautions: Barnes 47KC: Cautions: Harrington 50KC: Cautions: Besler 66

Stats Sporting Kansas City New England RevolutionTOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Peterson 5) 9 (Guy 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Kamara/Peterson 2) 3 (Guy 2)FOULS: 12 (Harrington/Nagamura 3) 7 (Tierney 2)OFFSIDE: 3 1CORNER KICKS: 4 1SAVES: Nielsen 3 Reis 6

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Darrius Barnes (Fer-nando Cardenas 58), Stephen McCarthy (Blake Brettschneider 78), A.J. Soares, Kelyn Rowe (Saer Sene 58), Lee Nguyen, Chris Tierney, Benny Feilhaber, Shalrie Joseph, Ryan Guy.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington (Lawrence Olum 90), Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Graham Zusi, Jacob Peterson, Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 87), Bobby Convey (Michael Thomas 70).

Referee: Jasen AnnoReferee’s Assistants: C.J. Morgante, Matthew Kreitzer4thOfficial:LeszekStalmach.Attendance: 19,080.Temperature: 97 and Sunny.

COLUMBUS CREW (8-7-4) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (11-7-4)DATE: July 28, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Columbus Crew 2 0 2Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1

Scoring Summary:KC--Kamara 8 (Zusi 9) 8CLB--Arrieta 1 (Williams 2) 17CLB--Arrieta 2 (unassisted) 34

Misconduct Summary:CLB: Cautions: Birchall 71CLB: Cautions: Grossman 94+CLB: Ejections: Grossman 95+

Stats Sporting Kansas City ColumbusTOTAL SHOTS: 25 (Bunbury 7) 12 (Duka 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Bunbury/Zusi 2) 3 (Arrieta 2)FOULS: 9 (Besler 3 ) 11 (Grossman 3)OFFSIDE: 4 3CORNER KICKS: 10 4SAVES: Nielsen 1 Gruenebaum 5

COLUMBUS CREW--Andy Gruenebaum, Sebastian Miranda, Josh Williams, Car-los Mendes, Chad Marshall, Eddie Gaven, Cole Grossman (Ejected 95+), Dilly Duka (Tony Tchani 84), Chris Birchall, Justin Meram (Ethan Finlay 72), Jairo Arrieta (Julius James 98+).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum (Neven Markovic 84), Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Graham Zusi, Jacob Peterson (Korede Aiyegbusi 71), Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury, Bobby Convey (Julio Cesar 64).

Referee: David GantarReferee’s Assistants: George Gansner, Jeff Muschik4thOfficial:LeszekStalmach.Attendance: 18,938.Temperature: 94 and Clear.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (12-7-4) VS NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (6-11-5)DATE: August 4, 2012 -- Gillette Stadium

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1New England 0 0 0

Scoring Summary:KC--Bunbury 4 (unassisted) 20

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Olum 56KC: Cautions: Besler 88NE: Cautions: Guy 54NE: Ejections: Feilhaber 77

Stats Sporting Kansas City New EnglandTOTAL SHOTS: 13 (Bunbury 4) 10 (Sene 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Bunbury 3) 3 (3 tied with 1)FOULS: 21 (Besler 5) 12 (Nguyen 4)OFFSIDE: 1 3CORNER KICKS: 1 1SAVES: Nielsen 3 Reis 3

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Soony Saad 7), Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura (Peterson Joseph 86), Julio Cesar (Michael Thomas 74), Teal Bunbury.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis, Florian Lechner (Fernando Cardenas 45), Chris Tierney, Stephen McCarthy, Darrius Barnes, Lee Nguyen, Saer Sene, Ryan Guy, Benny Feilhaber (Kelyn Rowe 78), Clyde Simms, Dimitry Imbongo (Diego Fagundez 73).

Referee: Geoff GambleReferee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Daniel Belleau4thOfficial:MathieuBourdeau.Attendance: 17,592.Temperature: 85 and Cloudy.

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D.C. UNITED (11-8-3) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (13-7-4)DATE: August 11, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot D.C. United 1 0 1Sporting Kansas City 1 1 2

Scoring Summary:KC--Bunbury 5 (Zusi 10) 13DC--DeLeon 4 (Najar 3) 23KC--Zusi 3 (Kamara 5, Besler 1) 63

Misconduct Summary:DC: Cautions: Saragosa 46DC: Cautions: Dudar 94+KC: Cautions: Thomas 2KC: Cautions: Espinoza 49KC: Cautions: Zusi 90KC: Cautions: Sapong 92+

Stats Sporting Kansas City D.C. UnitedTOTAL SHOTS: 18 (Collin/Zusi 4) 7 (McDonald/Lon Tan 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Zusi 2) 2 (DeLeon/Pontius 1)FOULS: 13 (Markovic/Zusi 3) 14 (Dudar/Kitchen 3)OFFSIDE: 3 2CORNER KICKS: 9 1SAVES: Nielsen 1 Hamid 3

D.C. UNITED--Bill Hamid, Chris Korb, Mike Chabala (Danny Cruz 80), Brandon McDonald, Emiliano Dudar, Andy Najar, Nick DeLeon, Perry Kitchen, Branko Boskovic (Marcelo Saragosa 45), Chris Pontius, Long Tan (Josh Wolff 71).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Neven Markovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Roger Espinoza (Oriol Rosell 90), Graham Zusi, Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura (Julio Cesar 88), Michael Thomas (C.J. Sapong 84), Teal Bunbury.

Referee: Edvin JurisevicReferee’s Assistants: Craig Lowry, Chris Strickland4thOfficial:JorgeLunaHernandez.Attendance: 20,439.Temperature: 85 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (14-7-4) VS TORONTO FC (5-14-5)DATE: August 18, 2012 -- BMO Field

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1Toronto FC 0 0 0

Scoring Summary:KC--Kamara 9 (Zusi) 83

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Collin 12KC: Cautions: Myers 60TOR: Cautions: Frings 7TOR: Cautions: Hassli 49

Stats Sporting Kansas City TorontoTOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Kamara 5) 6 (Frings/Hassli 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Bunbury/Kamara 3) 2 (Frings/Hassli 1)FOULS: 17 (Collin 5) 17 (Hassli 4)OFFSIDE: 4 2CORNER KICKS: 3 4SAVES: Nielsen 2 Kocic 7

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Julio Cesar (Lawrence Olum 88), Roger Espinoza, Graham Zusi, Teal Bunbury, Kei Kamara (C.J. Sapong 86).

TORONTO FC--Milos Kocic, Doneil Henry (Logan Emory 36), Ashtone Morgan, Darren O’Dea, Richard Eckersley, Luis Silva, Andrew Wiedeman (Quincy Ama-rikwa86),TorstenFrings,TerryDunfield,RyanJohnson,EricHassli.

Referee: Jorge GonzalezReferee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Matthew Nelson4thOfficial:MathieuBourdeau.Attendance: 18,151.Temperature: 71 and Clear.

NEW YORK RED BULLS (13-7-6) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (14-7-5)DATE: August 26, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot New York 1 0 1Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1

Scoring Summary:KC--Kamara 10 (Bunbury 1, Zusi 12) 4NY--own goal (Kamara) 28

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Collin 35NY: Cautions: Cahill 45KC: Cautions: Espinoza 68KC: Cautions: Sapong 76NY: Cautions: Conde 77

Stats Sporting Kansas City New YorkTOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Kamara/Nagamura 4) 3 (3 Tied with 1) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 Tied with 1) 0FOULS: 14 (Sapong 3) 18 (Conde 4)OFFSIDE: 1 1CORNER KICKS: 5 0SAVES: None Gaudette 2

NEW YORK RED BULLS--Bill Gaudette, Connor Lade, Wilman Conde, Heath Pearce, Markus Holgersson, Tim Cahill, Teemu Tainio, Sebastien Le Toux, Dax McCarty, Jan Gunnar Solli (Roy Miller 90), Kenny Cooper (Joel Lindpere 70).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza, Graham Zusi, Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 14), Kei Kamara.

Referee: Hilario GrajedaReferee’s Assistants: Paul Scott, Bill Dittmar4thOfficial:JasenAnno.Attendance: 18,491.Temperature: 82 and Cloudy.

TORONTO FC (5-16-6) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (15-7-5)DATE: September 1, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Toronto FC 1 0 1Sporting Kansas City 0 2 2

Scoring Summary:TOR--Johnson 6 (Eckersley 2) 44KC--Paulo Nagamura 1 (unassisted) 60KC--Rosell 1 (Myers 5, Paulo Nagamura 1) 87

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Kamara 10 TOR:Cautions:Dunfield59

Stats Sporting Kansas City Toronto FCTOTAL SHOTS: 24 (Kamara 9) 6 (Johnson/Silva 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (6 Tied with 1) 2 (Johnson/Silva 1)FOULS: 5 (5 Tied with 1) 8 (Johnson 3)OFFSIDE: 0 1CORNER KICKS: 7 3SAVES: Nielsen 1 4 (F. Hall)

TORONTO FC--Freddy Hall, Jeremy Hall, Logan Emory, Darren O’Dea, RichardEckersley,AndrewWiedeman,RyanJohnson,AaronMaund,TerryDunfield,Luis Silva, Quincy Amarikwa.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Law-rence Olum, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Julio Cesar (Oriol Rosell 78), Roger Espinoza, Graham Zusi, C.J. Sapong (Dom Dwyer 86), Kei Kamara.

Referee: Allen ChapmanReferee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Matthew Kreitzer4thOfficial:LeszekStalmach.Attendance: 18,481.Temperature: 79 and Cloudy.

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HOUSTON DYNAMO (12-7-10) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (15-7-6)DATE: September 14, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Houston 0 1 1Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1

Scoring Summary:HOU--Davis 7 (Garcia 6) 58KC--Sapong 6 (Zusi 13) 93+

Misconduct Summary:HOU: Cautions: Camargo 86

Stats Sporting Kansas City Houston Dynamo TOTAL SHOTS: 28 (Kamara 10) 6 (Bruin/Davis 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 9 (Sapong 4) 3 (Bruin 2)FOULS: 11 (Collin/Espinoza 3) 8 (Ashe/Camargo 2)OFFSIDE: 1 1CORNER KICKS: 11 2SAVES: Nielsen 2 7 (Hall)

HOUSTONDYNAMO--TallyHall,KofiSarkodie,CoreyAshe(AndreHainault74),Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell, Luiz Camargo, Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis, Bon-iek Garcia, Will Bruin (Brian Ching 88), Macoumba Kandji (Giles Barnes 81).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza (Jacob Peter-son 74), Graham Zusi, C.J. Sapong, Kei Kamara.

Referee: Baldomero ToledoReferee’s Assistants: Ian Anderson, Fabio Tovar4thOfficial:JorgeLunaHernandez.Attendance: 19,877.Temperature: 69 and Partly Cloudy.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY (16-7-6) VS NEW YORK RED BULLS (14-8-7)DATE: September 19, 2012 -- Red Bull Arena

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2 New York Red Bulls 0 0 0

Scoring Summary:KC--Sapong 7 (Besler 2) 12KC--Kamara 11 (Zusi 14) 19

Misconduct Summary:KC: Cautions: Roger Espinoza 37

Stats Sporting Kansas City New York Red BullsTOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Kamara 6) 13 (Cooper/Henry 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Kamara/Sapong 2) 3 (3 Tied with 1)FOULS: 13 (Zusi 4) 11 (Lindpere 3)OFFSIDE: 1 3CORNER KICKS: 6 4SAVES: Nielsen 3 3 (Gaudette)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, AurelienCollin, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 90), Julio Cesar, RogerEspinoza (Jacob Peterson 79), Graham Zusi (Oriol Rosell 90), C.J. Sapong, KeiKamara.

NEW YORK RED BULLS--Bill Gaudette, Connor Lade, Wilman Conde, Heath Pearce, Markus Holgersson, Dax McCarty (Kenny Cooper 45), Joel Lindpere (Lloyd Sam 69), Teemu Tainio (Sebastien Le Toux 74), Rafa Marquez, Tim Cahill, Thierry Henry.

Referee: David GantarReferee’s Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Adam Wienckowski4thOfficial:JoseCarlosRivero.Attendance: 10,286.Temperature: 67 and Cloudy.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (16-7-7) VS MONTREAL IMPACT (12-15-4)DATE: September 22, 2012 -- Saputo Stadium

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Montreal Impact 0 0 0

Scoring Summary:None

Misconduct Summary:MON: Cautions: Warner 55 KC: Cautions: Cesar 58MON: Cautions: Arnaud 77KC: Ejections: Peterson 89KC: Cautions: Joseph 93+

Stats Sporting Kansas City Montreal Impact TOTAL SHOTS: 9 (Zusi 3) 7 (7 tied with 1) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Peterson/Sapong 1) 3 (3 tied with 1)FOULS: 22 (3 tied with 3) 9 (3 tied with 2)OFFSIDE: 2 6CORNER KICKS: 2 1SAVES: Nielsen 3 2 (Perkins)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Kei Kamara, Jacob Peterson (Chance Myers 83), Oriol Rosell (Peterson Joseph 90), Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 60), C.J. Sapong.

MONTREAL IMPACT--Troy Perkins, Hassoun Camara, Jeb Brovsky, Matteo Fer-rari, Alessandro Nesta (Sanna Nyassi 57), Felipe Martins, Justin Mapp (Andrew Wenger 45), Patrice Bernier, Davy Arnaud, Collen Warner, Marco Di Vaio.

Referee: Jorge GonzalezReferee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Daniel Belleau4thOfficial:KevinTerryJr..Attendance: 20,521.Temperature: 68 and Cloudy.

CHICAGO FIRE (16-9-5) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (17-7-7)DATE: September 28, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Chicago Fire 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 1 1 2

Scoring Summary:KC--Zusi 4 (Kamara 6) 11KC--Zusi 5 (Sapong 1, Myers 6) 96+

Misconduct Summary:CHI: Cautions: Friedrich 23KC: Cautions: Nagamura 70CHI: Cautions: Segares 72CHI: Ejections: Segares 94+

Stats Sporting Kansas City Chicago Fire TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Kamara 5) 9 (Rolfe 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Kamara/Zusi 2) 1 (Segares 1)FOULS: 13 (Nagamura 3) 11 (Nyarko 3)OFFSIDE: 1 3CORNER KICKS: 3 6SAVES: Nielsen 1 4 (Johnson)

CHICAGO FIRE--Sean Johnson, Jalil Anibaba, Gonzalo Segares (Ejected 94+), Arne Friedrich, Austin Berry, Chris Rolfe, Alex (Dominic Oduro 61), Alvaro Fernandez, Patrick Nyarko (Guillermo Franco 71), Logan Pause (Daniel Paladini 80), Sherjill MacDonald.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Law-rence Olum, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong, Graham Zusi.

Referee: Chris PensoReferee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Eric Proctor4thOfficial:TedUnkel.Attendance: 21,010.Temperature: 66 and Partly Cloudy.


SPORTING KANSAS CITY (17-7-8) VS COLUMBUS CREW (14-11-7)DATE: October 7, 2012 -- Columbus Crew Stadium

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1Columbus 0 1 1

Scoring Summary:KC--Sapong 8 (Zusi 15) 10CLB--Gaven 8 (Renteria 3) 91+

Misconduct Summary:CLB: Cautions: James 67

Stats Sporting Kansas City Columbus Crew TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Sapong 7) 13 (Higuain 5) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Sapong 2) 5 (Arrieta 3)FOULS: 13 (Nagamura/Zusi 3) 15 (Arrieta 4)OFFSIDE: 3 1CORNER KICKS: 8 3SAVES: Nielsen 4 4 (Gruenebaum)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Law-rence Olum, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza (Aure-lien Collin 94+), Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong, Graham Zusi (Jacob Peterson 87).

COLUMBUS CREW--Andy Gruenebaum, Sebastian Miranda (Dilly Duka 84), Josh Williams (Nemanja Vukovic 69), Chad Marshall, Julius James, Federico Higuain, Justin Meram (Emilio Renteria 68), Eddie Gaven, Chris Birchall, Milo-van Mirosevic, Jairo Arrieta.

Referee: Mark GeigerReferee’s Assistants: Joe Fletcher, James Conlee4thOfficial:HilarioGrajeda.Attendance: 13,566.Temperature: 47 and Raining.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY (17-7-9) VS NEW YORK RED BULLS (15-9-9)DATE: October 20, 2012 -- Red Bull Arena

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0New York Red Bulls 0 0 0

Scoring Summary:None

Misconduct Summary:NY: Cautions: Holgersson 38NY: Cautions: Henry 44KC: Cautions: Kamara 54NY: Cautions: Sam 70

Stats Sporting Kansas City New York Red BullsTOTAL SHOTS: 6 (Nagamura/Zusi 2) 10 (Henry/McCarty 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 1 (Kamara 1) 5 (Henry/McCarty 2)FOULS: 11 (Kamara/Nagamura 4) 15 (Cahill/Holgersson 3)OFFSIDE: 0 4CORNER KICKS: 3 9SAVES: Nielsen 5 1 (Robles)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Julio Cesar, Graham Zusi (Bobby Convey 88), Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong, Jacob Peterson (Lawrence Olum 79).

NEW YORK RED BULLS--Luis Robles, Connor Lade, Heath Pearce, Rafa Mar-quez, Markus Holgersson, Dax McCarty, Lloyd Sam (Joel Lindpere 77), Teemu Tainio, Tim Cahill, Kenny Cooper, Thierry Henry.

Referee: Silviu PetrescuReferee’s Assistants: Daniel Belleau, Corey Parker4thOfficial:GeoffGamble.Attendance: 25,219.Temperature: 61 and Clear.

PHILADELPHIA UNION (10-17-6) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (18-7-9)DATE: October 24, 2012 -- LIVEstronG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Philadelphia Union 0 1 1Sporting Kansas City 1 1 2

Scoring Summary:KC--Peterson 4 (Kamara 7, Sapong 2) 40PHI--Hoppenot 4 (unassisted) 53KC--Sapong 9 (Kamara 8) 82

Misconduct Summary:KC: CAUTIONS: Sinovic 50, Joseph 58PHI: CAUTIONS: Okugo 3

Stats Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia UnionTOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Zusi 5) 10 (McInerney 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Sapong/Zusi 2) 3 (3 tied with 1)FOULS: 16 (Besler/Sapong 3) 16 (Cruz/Okugo 3)OFFSIDE: 0 5CORNER KICKS: 3 2SAVES: Nielsen 2 MacMath 3

PHILADELPHIA UNION--Zac MacMath, Raymon Gaddis, Michael Lahoud (Chan-dler Hoffman 84), Amobi Okugo, Carlos Valdes, Michael Farfan, Keon Daniel, Danny Cruz (Jimmy McLaughlin 73), Brian Carroll, Gabriel Gomez (Antoine Hoppenot 45), Jack McInerney.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Peterson Joseph (Oriol Rosell 66), Kei Ka-mara, Paulo Nagamura (Jacob Peterson 33), Julio Cesar (Lawrence Olum 86), C.J. Sapong.

Referee: Ismail ElfathReferee’s Assistants: Paul Scott, Steven Taylor4thOfficial:LeszekStalmach.Attendance: 19,428.Temperature: 79 and Cloudy.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (18-7-9, 0-1-0) VS HOUSTON DYNAMO (14-9-11, 2-0-0)DATE: November 4, 2012 -- BBVA Compass Stadium

FirstlegoftheEasternConferenceSemifinals

Goals by Period 1 2 tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0Houston Dynamo 1 1 2

Scoring Summary:HOU--Moffat 1 (Bruin 1) 18HOU--Bruin 3 (Carr 2) 75

Misconduct Summary:KC: CAUTIONS: Kamara 42HOU: CAUTIONS: Carr 27, Sarkodie 73

Stats Sporting Kansas City Houston DynamoTOTAL SHOTS: 13 (Zusi 4) 13 (R. Clark/Moffat 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 1 (Sapong 1) 2 (Bruin/Moffat 1)FOULS: 11 (Collin 3) 15 (R. Clark 4)OFFSIDE: 2 2CORNER KICKS: 4 3SAVES: N/A Hall 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, AurelienCollin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza (Peterson Joseph 77), Kei Kamara, Jacob Peterson (Bobby Convey 90), Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong (Dom Dwyer 80).

HOUSTONDYNAMO--TallyHall,KofiSarkodie,CoreyAshe,JermaineTaylor(Andre Hainault 55), Bobby Boswell, Boniek Garcia, Brad Davis, Adam Moffat, Ricardo Clark, Calen Carr (Brian Ching 81), Will Bruin (Cam Weaver 84).

Referee: Edvin JurisevicReferee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Adam Garner4thOfficial:FotisBazakos.Attendance: 20,689.Temperature: 80 and Clear.


2012 reGuLar season team statsscorinG 1 2 totaLSPORTING 24 18 42OPP. 12 15 27

fouLs 1 2 totaLSPORTING 216 240 456OPP. 192 222 414

cautions 1 2 totaLSPORTING 18 34 52OPP. 21 37 58

sHots 1 2 totaLSPORTING 244 298 542OPP. 136 193 329

soG 1 2 totaLSPORTING 78 80 158OPP. 44 60 104

offsides 1 2 totaLSPORTING 25 29 54OPP. 55 49 104

ejections 1 2 totaLSPORTING 1 2 3OPP. 1 3 4

corners 1 2 totaLSPORTING 101 98 199OPP. 38 68 106

Pk 1 2 totaLSPORTING 1 3 4OPP. 0 4 4

2012 Record When…

ScoringfirstgoalConcedingfirstgoalLeading at halftimeTied at halftimeTrailing at halftimeScoring 0 goalsScoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goalsScoring 3 goalsScoring 4+ goalsAllowing 0 goalsAllowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goalsAllowing 3 goalsAllowing 4+ goals Wearing Sporting BlueWearing Dark indigoLeading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’Outshooting opponentOutshot by opponent Shots even One-goal gamesOn ESPN On NBCSNOn KCTV5 On KSMO-TVDay games (before 5pm)Games 5pm or laterWith red card receivedWith 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

15-2-43-5-110-1-27-2-71-4-00-4-46-3-49-0-13-0-0N/A11-0-47-2-40-4-1N/A0-1-015-6-73-1-212-0-16-2-70-5-116-5-62-1-31-0-011-5-01-0-13-1-10-0-215-6-63-0-215-7-70-2-12-1-19-5-39-2-62-1-10-0-110-5-46-1-312-5-76-1-215-6-82-1-11-0-00-0-24-2-313-5-4

3-0-08-6-14-1-035-27-111-2-126-35-171-2-133-27-202-2-237-31-223-0-134-39-133-0-225-31-131-0-214-10-12

Team-by-team (in 2012)...

vs. Chicago vs. Chivas USA vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew vs. D.C. United vs. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamovs. LA Galaxy vs. Miami Fusionvs. Montreal Impactvs. N.E. Revolution vs. New York Red Bullsvs. Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake vs. SJ Earthquakesvs. Seattle Sounders FCvs. Tampa Bay Mutiny vs. Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

Home and Away...Overall All-time2012 at homeAll-time at home2012 on roadAll-time on road

11-23-9 (1-2-0) 7-4-4 (1-0-0)20-17-13 (0-0-1)19-21-6 (1-1-1)18-18-9 (2-0-0)20-19-8 (1-0-0)3-6-6 (0-1-2)18-22-11 (1-0-0)3-4-1 1-1-1 (1-1-1)21-13-10 (2-0-1)18-17-11 (1-0-2)2-1-3 (1-1-0)2-1-0 (0-1-0)7-5-3 (1-0-0)20-20-7 (1-0-0)1-5-1 (0-0-1)10-6-18-3-4 (3-0-0)2-0-1 (1-0-0)

212-206-10910-3-4141-75-478-4-571-131-62

Record By Month...

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skc miscellaneous stats - 2012 regular season

61 sec., Teal Bunbury, 5/19 at COL

59 sec, Jack McInerney, 6/23 at PHI

93+, C.J. Sapong, 3/10 at DC88, Kei Kamara, 3/25 vs DAL

75, Graham Zusi, 7/4 at MON83, Kei Kamara, 8/18 at TOR87, Oriol Rosell, 9/1 vs TOR

82, C.J. Sapong, 10/24 vs PHI

93+, C.J. Sapong, 9/17 vs HOU

81, Dominic Oduro, 5/12 at CHI79, Calen Carr, 7/18 at HOU

91+, Eddie Gaven, 10/7 at CLB

N/A

N/A

51, Martin Bonjour, 4/18 at VAN

41, Chance Myers, 4/21 at POR28, Kei Kamara, 8/26 vs NY

62, Roger Espinoza, 5/12 at CHI47, Peterson Joseph, 7/18 at HOU89, Jacob Peterson, 9/22 at MON

14, Stephen McCarthy, 3/17 vs NE91, Alvaro Fernandez, 6/20 at SEA95+, Cole Grossman, 7/28 vs CLB

94+, Gonzalo Segares, 9/28 vs CHI

50, Saved, Kei Kamara, 3/25 vs DAL57, Goal, Kei Kamara, 7/4 at MON

75, Goal, Graham Zusi, 7/4 at MON42, Goal, Kei Kamara, 7/18 at HOU

64, Goal, Patrice Bernier, 5/5 vs MON 61, Goal, Sebastian Grazzini, 5/12 vs CHI 81, Goal, Lionard Pajoy, 6/23 at PHI

53, Saved, Michael Farfan, 10/24 vs PHI

20y56d, Oriol Rosell, 9/1 vs TOR

33y211d, Julio Cesar, 6/16 vs TOR

19y309d, Soony Saad, 6/20 at SEA

35y79d, Jimmy Nielsen, 10/24 vs PHI

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2012 major events at LivestronG sPortinG Park

• Concert: Buzz Beach Ball (June 2, 2012)• International Friendly: Montpellier HSC (July 24, 2012)• International Friendly: Stoke City FC (August 1, 2012)• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final: vs. Seattle Sounders FC (August 8, 2012)• Concert: Journey with Pat Benatar (August 31, 2012)• WorldCupQualifier: USMNT versus Guatemala (October 16, 2012)


#3 | D | Korede AiyegbusiHt: 5-5 Wt. 155 DOB: 7/15/1988Hometown: London, UKCollege: North Carolina StateAcquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round(#20)

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots 1, July 28, 2012, KC vs CLBFouls Committed 1, 4 times, last: April 30, 2011, KC at NYFouls Suffered 1, June 10, 2010, KC vs PHILast..Appearance July 28, 2012, KC vs CLBGoal N/AAssit: N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

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#9 | F | Teal BunburyHt: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 2/17/1990Hometown: Prior Lake, MNCollege: AkronAcquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#4)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COLAssists 1, 6 times, last: August 26, 2012, KC vs NY Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJShots 7, 3 times, last: July 28, 2012, KC vs CLBFouls Committed 7, August 27, 2011, KC vs DALFouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NELast..Appearance August 26, 2012, KC vs NYGoal August 11, 2012, KC vs DCAssist August 26, 2012, KC vs NY2012 Record when: he starts 7-4-3 he scores 3-0-2

#55 | D | Julio CesarHt: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 11/18/1978Hometown: Sao Luis, Maranhao, BrazilLast Club: Maritimo Funchal (Portugal)Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 3/14/11

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 3 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TORAssists 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NYShots on Goal 1, 6 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TORShots 4, June 16, 2012, KC vs TORFouls Committed 3, 5 times, last: Sept. 22, 2012, KC at MONFouls Suffered 4, June 16, 2012 KC vs TORLast..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIGoal June 16, 2012, KC vs TORAssist Oct. 30, 2011, KC at COL2012 Record when: he starts 14-5-6 he scores 1-0-0

#55 | D | Aurelien CollinHt: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 03/08/1986Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, FranceLast Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal)Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 4/15/11

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 6 times, last: April 18, 2012, KC at VANAssists 1, June 20, 2012, KC at SEAShots on Goal 2, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSLShots 4, 3 times, last: August 11, 2012, KC vs DCFouls Committed 6, 2 times, last: June 20, 2012, KC at SEAFouls Suffered 3, 5 times, last: Aug. 18, 2012, KC at TOR Last..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Goal April 18, 2012, KC at VANAssist June 20, 2012, KC at SEA2012 Record when: he starts 15-6-7 he scores 3-0-0

#5 | D | Matt BeslerHt: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987Hometown: Overland Park, KSCollege: Notre DameAcquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DCAssists 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 19, 2012, KC at NY Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEAShots 2, 3 times, last: July 28, 2012, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 5, August 4, 2012, KC at NEFouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COLLast..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIGoal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DCAssist September 19, 2012, KC at NY 2012 Record when: he starts 17-5-8 he scores 0-0-0

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#11 | M | Bobby ConveyHt: 5-9 Wt. 150 DOB: 5/27/1983Hometown: Philadelphia, PALast Club: San Jose EarthquakesAcquired: Trade with San Jose 12/02/11

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals 2, May 31, 2003, DC at DALAssists 3, 2 times, last: May 8, 2010, SJ vs NYShots on Goal 4, May 31, 2003, DC at DALShots 8, May 31, 2003, DC at DALFouls Committed 5, August 6, 2011, SJ vs PORFouls Suffered 7, May 3, 2003, DC vs DALLast..Appearance October 20, 2012, KC at NYGoal May 12, 2012, KC at CHIAssist May 19, 2012, KC at COL2012 Record when: he starts 8-4-2 he scores 0-1-0

#14 | D | Dom DwyerHt: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990Hometown: Cuckfield, EnglandCollege: University of South FloridaAcquired: ‘12 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed 1, September 1, 2012, KC vs TORFouls Suffered N/ALast..Appearance September 1, 2012, KC vs TORGoal N/AAssist N/A2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#4 | D | Kevin EllisHt: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 06/30/1991Hometown: Kansas City, MOCollege: Barton County CCAcquired: Signed as Home Grown on 2/18/11

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast..Appearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#15 | M | Roger Espinoza Ht: 5-11 Wt. 160 DOB: 10/25/1986Birthplace: Puerto Cortes, Honduras Hometown: Aurora, COCollege: Ohio StateAcquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs RSLAssists 1, 9 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs TORShots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: May 12, 2012, KC at CHIShots 5, 2 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NEFouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: Aug. 18, 2012, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 6, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSLLast..Appearance October 7, 2012, KC at CLBGoal August 3, 2011, KC vs RSLAssist July 4, 2012, KC at MON2012 Record when: he starts 16-5-5 he scores 0-0-0

#2 | D | Michael Harrington Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/24/1986Hometown: Greenville, NCCollege: North CarolinaAcquired: ‘07 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#3)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 5, 2008, KC vs CHIAssists 2, Sept. 22, 2010, KC vs HOUShots on Goal 2, Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NYShots 2, 5 times, last: Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NYFouls Committed 6, July 11, 2009, KC at NEFouls Suffered 4, July 14, 2007, KC vs RSLLast..Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MONGoal Oct 5, 2008, KC vs CHIAssist May 27, 2012, KC vs SJ2012 Record when: he starts 2-4-3 he scores 0-0-0

#24 | D | Cyprian HedrickHt: 6’ Wt. 185 DOB: 10/06/1989Hometown: Duala, CameroonCollege: Coastal Carolina Acquired: ‘12 MLS Superdraft 2nd Round (#30)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast..Appearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0


#25 | D | Neven MarkovicHt: 6’ Wt. 173 DOB: 2/20/1987Hometown: Belgrade, SerbiaLast Club: Doxa Drama FC (Greece)Acquired: 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots 1, July 28, 2012, KC vs CLBFouls Committed 3, August 11, 2012, KC vs DCFouls Suffered 2, August 11, 2012, KC vs DCLast..Appearance August 11, 2012, KC vs DCGoal N/AAssist N/A2012 Record when: he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#18 | GK | Eric KronbergHt: 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983Hometown: Santa Rosa, CACollege: CaliforniaAcquired: ‘06 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..Appearance June 12, 2011, KC at DALShutout June 4, 2011, KC at TOR2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

#23 | F | Kei KamaraHt: 6-3 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/1/1984Birthplace: Kenema, Sierra LeoneHometown: Lawndale, CACollege: Cal-State Dominguez HillsLast Club: Houston Dynamo

Acquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo 9/15/09Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 4 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs TORAssists 2, 4 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHIShots on Goal 5, 2 times, last: March 25, 2012, KC vs DALShots 11, March 25, 2012, KC vs DALFouls Committed 5, 4 times, last: April 7, 2012, KC vs LAFouls Suffered 7, June 28, 2008, SJ at CHILast..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIGoal September 19, 2012, KC at NYAssist October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI2012 Record when: he starts 17-7-8 he scores 8-2-1

#19 | M | Peterson JosephHt: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990Hometown: Port-au-Prince, HaitiLast Club: SC Braga (Portugal)Acquired: Signed on 09/01/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, 3 Times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 2, July 18, 2012, KC at HOUFouls Suffered 4, October 24, 2012, KC vs PHILast..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIGoal N/AAssist July 14, 2012, KC at CLB2012 Record when: he starts 2-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

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

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals Allowed N/ASaves N/A

Last..Appearance N/AShutout N/A2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

#27 | D | Kyle MillerHt: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 5/12/1989Hometown: Overland Park, KSCollege: Rockhurst UniversityAcquired: 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast..Appearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0


#6 | M | Paulo NagamuraHt: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 03/02/1983Hometown: Sao Paulo, BrazilLast Club: Chivas USAAcquired: Aquired in trade on 11/29/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 21, 2009, CHV vs COLAssists 1, 14 times, last: June 4, 2011, CHV vs PORShots on Goal 4, May 15, 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..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIGoal September 1, 2012, KC vs TORAssist September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR2012 Record when: he starts 10-2-7 he scores 1-0-0

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

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots 2, June 16, 2012, KC vs TORFouls Committed 1, 8 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHI Fouls Suffered 1, August 4, 2012, KC at NELast..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIGoal N/AAssist N/A2012 Record when: he starts 4-3-3 he scores 0-0-0

#7 | M | Chance MyersHt: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CACollege: UCLAAcquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/AAssists 1, 8 times, last: Oct. 7, 2012, KC at CLBShots on Goal 2, May 3, 2008, KC at CLBShots 3, June 9, 2011, KC vs CHIFouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHVFouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 19, 2012, KC at NY Last..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIGoal N/AAssist October 7, 2012, KC at CLB2012 Record when: he starts 16-5-7 he scores 0-0-0

#1 | GK | Jimmy NielsenHt: 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977Hometown: Aalborg, DenmarkLast Club: Vejle (Denmark)Acquired: Signed 2/15/10

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: June 23, 2012, KC at PHISaves 7, 3 times, last: June 22, 2011, KC at PHI

Last..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIShutout October 20, 2012, KC at NY2012 Record when: he starts 18-7-9

#37 | F | Jacob PetersonHt: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986Hometown: Portage, MichiganCollege: Indiana UniversityLast Club: San Jose EarthquakesAcquired: Signed on 01/19/2012

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 13 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHIAssists 1, 11 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TORShots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DCShots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NEFouls Committed 2, 9 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHIFouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLBLast..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIGoal October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIAssist June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR2012 Record when: he starts 3-2-6 he scores 3-0-1

#20 | F | Oriol RosellHt: 6-0 Wt. 168 DOB: 7/7/1992Hometown: Puig-Reig, Catalonia, SpainLast Club: Barcelona B (Spain)Acquired: Signed on 08/2/2012Regular-Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, September 1, 2012, KC vs TORAssists N/AShots on Goal 1, September 1, 2012, KC vs TORShots 1, September 1, 2012, KC vs TORFouls Committed 2, September 22, 2012, KC at MONFouls Suffered October 24, 2012, KC vs PHILast..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Goal September 1, 2012, KC vs TORAssist N/A2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 1-0-0


#16 | D | Seth SinovicHt: 5-9 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987Hometown: Leawood, KansasCollege: CreightonLast Club: New England RevolutionAcquired: Signed May 10, 2011

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists 1, 2 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COLShots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: Aug. 18, 2012, KC at TOR Shots 3, April 17, 2010, NE at SJFouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: August 4, 2012, KC at NEFouls Suffered 3, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHILast..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIGoal N/AAssist May 19, 2012, KC at COL2012 Record when: he starts 17-5-8 he scores 0-0-0

#8 | M | Graham ZusiHt: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986Hometown: Longwood, FLCollege: MarylandAcquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHIAssists 2, 2 times, last: March 25, 2012: KC vs DALShots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs PORShots 5, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 4, September 19, 2012, KC at NYFouls Suffered 4, 4 times, last: Sept. 22, 2012, KC at MONLast..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIGoal September 28, 2012, KC vs CHIAssist October 7, 2012, KC at CLB 2012 Record when: he starts 17-6-8 he scores 4-0-0

#12 | M | Konrad WarzychaHt: 6-1 Wt. 190 DOB: 02/14/1989Hometown: Dublin, OhioCollege: Ohio StateAcquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/ALast..Appearance June 16, 2012, KC vs TORGoal N/AAssist N/A2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#17 | F | C.J. SapongHt: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988Hometown: Manassas, VirginiaCollege: James Madison Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 13 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHIAssists 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHIShots on Goal 4, September 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Shots 9, September 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 3, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHIFouls Suffered 4, 4 times, last: Oct. 20, 2012, KC at NYLast..Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIGoal October 24, 2012, KC vs PHIAssist October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI2012 Record when: he starts 13-5-6 he scores 7-0-2

#88 | M | Michael ThomasHt: 5-8 Wt. 170 DOB: 1//1987Hometown: Olathe, KansasCollege: Notre DameLast Club: Ljungskile (Sweden)Acquired: Signed 3/16/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal 1, August 11, 2012, KC vs DCShots 3, June 20, 2012, KC at SEAFouls Committed 2, August 11, 2012, KC vs DCFouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: July 14, 2012, KC at CLBLast..Appearance August 11, 2012, KC vs DCGoal N/A Assist N/A2012 Record when: he starts 1-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

#22 | F | Soony SaadHt: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 08/17/1992Hometown: Dearborn, MichiganCollege: Univ. of MichiganAcquired: Weighted Lottery on 07/05/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs:Goals 1, August 17, 2011, KC vs. PORAssists July 4, 2012, KC at MONShots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: August 4, 2012, KC at NEShots 2, June 23, 2012, KC at PHIFouls Committed 2, August 4, 2012, KC at NEFouls Suffered 3, August 4, 2012, KC at NELast..Appearance August 4, 2012, KC at NEGoal August 17, 2011, KC vs PORAssist July 4, 2012, KC at MON2012 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 0-0-0


Korede Aiyegbusi GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 9 2 242 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 9 2 242 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Matt Besler GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 103 98 8901 2 4 24 8 81 49 5 0 12 0 1 3

KC - Post Season 4 4 360 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 106 101 9261 2 4 24 8 85 50 6 0 12 0 1 3

Teal Bunbury GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 77 47 4432 19 6 157 61 82 54 45 5 7 1 5 1

KC - Post Season 3 3 246 2 0 7 3 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 0

MLS - TOTAL 80 50 4678 21 6 164 64 87 58 46 5 8 1 6 1

Julio Cesar GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 54 50 4220 3 2 27 6 62 38 1 0 7 1 1 1

KC - Post Season 4 4 329 0 1 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 1

MLS - TOTAL 58 54 4549 3 3 29 6 63 44 1 0 9 1 1 2

Aurelien Collin GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 52 49 4402 6 1 43 12 95 47 7 0 16 1 3 0

KC - Post Season 4 4 360 1 0 4 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

MLS - TOTAL 56 53 4762 7 1 47 13 103 48 8 0 16 1 4 0

Bobby Convey GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 16 14 989 1 2 7 3 5 7 0 31 1 0 0 1

MLS - Reg. Season 180 166 14680 12 32 201 91 231 218 41 280 35 2 2 10

KC - Post Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - Post Season 6 5 451 2 1 7 3 8 8 1 11 0 0 1 0

MLS - TOTAL 186 171 15131 14 33 208 94 239 226 42 291 35 2 3 10

Dom Dwyer GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

KC - Post Season 1 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 2 1 14 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kevin Ellis GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. 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

Roger Espinoza GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 113 93 8250 2 11 96 26 156 148 9 14 19 4 1 2

KC - Post Season 6 5 365 0 0 2 0 4 6 1 0 2 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 119 98 8615 2 11 98 26 160 154 10 14 21 4 1 2

Michael Harrington GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 149 128 11633 5 14 34 21 133 104 10 4 18 0 0 5

KC - Post Season 5 5 450 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 1 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 154 133 12083 5 14 34 21 136 111 10 4 19 0 0 5

Cyprian Hedrick GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. 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

Peterson Joseph GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 11 4 271 0 1 3 0 6 7 0 1 3 1 0 1

KC - Post Season 1 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 12 4 284 0 1 4 0 6 7 0 1 3 1 0 1

Kei Kamara GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 98 87 7797 31 18 328 113 137 162 36 4 10 0 8 8

MLS - Reg. Season 178 137 12624 45 21 456 171 244 266 78 6 17 1 13 10

KC - Post Season 4 4 359 0 0 10 4 4 9 3 0 1 0 0 0

MLS - Post Season 6 5 437 1 0 11 5 6 11 5 0 1 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 184 142 13061 46 21 467 176 250 277 83 6 18 1 13 10

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Neven Markovic GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 2 1 96 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 2 1 96 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kyle Miller GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. 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 - Reg. Season 89 65 6161 0 9 58 14 90 61 3 4 6 1 0 4

KC - Post Season 4 4 360 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 93 69 6521 0 9 58 14 95 66 3 4 6 1 0 4

Paulo Nagamura GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 27 19 1757 0 0 37 5 30 19 1 3 4 0 0 1

MLS - Reg. Season 184 163 14525 10 15 177 56 276 228 5 20 43 2 4 6

MLS - Post Season 10 9 909 0 0 9 5 16 24 1 0 4 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 194 172 15434 10 15 186 61 292 252 6 20 47 2 4 6

Lawrence Olum GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 22 10 921 0 0 7 0 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 22 10 921 0 0 7 0 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 0

Jacob Peterson GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 23 9 942 4 1 24 11 7 7 2 0 0 1 1 1

MLS - Reg. Season 161 91 8228 13 11 138 53 52 87 18 60 5 1 4 5

KC - Post Season 1 1 89 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - Post Season 4 3 250 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 165 94 8478 13 11 138 53 53 91 19 60 5 1 4 5

Oriol Rosell GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 5 1 127 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

MLS - Total 5 1 127 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

Soony Saad GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 13 2 344 1 1 9 3 6 7 0 6 0 0 0 0

KC - Post Season 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 15 2 348 1 1 9 3 7 7 0 6 0 0 0 0

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

KC - Reg. Season 65 46 4306 14 7 114 49 68 95 21 0 2 0 6 2

KC - Post Season 4 4 350 1 0 7 6 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 69 50 4656 15 7 121 55 77 104 21 0 2 0 6 2

Seth Sinovic GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 50 50 4358 0 2 18 3 44 41 2 0 5 0 0 0

MLS - Reg. Season 70 68 5938 0 2 25 4 57 51 2 0 8 0 0 0

KC - Post Season 4 4 355 0 0 1 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 74 72 6293 0 2 26 4 63 56 2 0 8 0 0 0

Michael Thomas GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 7 3 344 0 0 6 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 7 3 344 0 0 6 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0

Konrad Warzycha GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Graham Zusi GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Reg. Season 96 65 6181 11 23 150 47 81 94 8 264 9 0 5 9

KC - Post Season 4 4 360 0 2 8 0 7 5 0 15 0 0 0 1

MLS Career - TOTAL 100 69 6541 11 25 158 47 88 99 8 279 9 0 5 10


Jimmy Nielsen GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA W L T

KC - Reg. Season 94 94 8437 330 236 32 96 1.02 5 7 40 28 25

KC - Post Season 4 4 360 11 7 2 4 1.00 0 0 2 2 0

MLS Career - TOTAL 98 98 8797 341 243 34 100 1.02 5 7 42 30 25

Jon Kempin GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA W L T

KC - Reg. Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0

MLS Career - TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0

Eric Kronberg GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA W L T

KC - Reg. Season 5 4 382 19 13 1 6 1.41 1 1 2 1 2

MLS Career - TOTAL 5 4 382 19 13 1 6 1.41 1 1 2 1 2

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Sporting Kansas City vs. Houston Dynamo MLS Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference Semifinals – Leg 2 Wednesday, 7 November 2012 – 8 p.m. CT

LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, Kansas City, KS

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DYNAMO CARRY TWO GOAL LEAD TO KANSAS CITY FOR SECOND LEG IN EAST SEMIFINALS The Houston Dynamo carry a 2‐0 aggregate series lead into the second leg of their Eastern Conference semifinal series with

Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. The club with the better combined score (Note:

The “away goals” rule is not used) in the two game series will advance to the Eastern Conference Championship against D.C.

United or the New York Red Bulls. The Dynamo earned a 2‐0 home win on Sunday through goals from Adam Moffat and

Will Bruin. Wednesday’s second leg between Houston and Kansas City comes almost exactly a year to the day after last

season’s Eastern Conference final between these clubs – Nov. 6, 2011 – a 2‐0 Dynamo win at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park.

Houston vs. Kansas City Houston is 6‐3‐6 in regular season games and 3‐0‐0 in playoff meetings with Sporting Kansas City after Sunday’s 2‐0 win. The

clubs met three times in the 2012 regular season, with both encounters in Kansas City ending in draws‐ 0‐0 on July 7 and 1‐1

on Sept. 14. The Dynamo secured a 2‐1 win on July 18 in the lone meeting in Houston. The Dynamo have twice defeated

Kansas City in a conference final. Last year, Houston earned a 2‐0 win in the single‐leg Eastern Conference final at

LIVESTRONG Sporting Park through goals from Andre Hainault and Carlo Costly. The rivals also met in the 2007 Western

Conference final, a 2‐0 Dynamo win at Robertson Stadium.

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

Kofi Sarkodie, Bobby Boswell, Jermaine Taylor, Corey Ashe;

Boniek Garcia, Ricardo Clark, Adam Moffat, Brad Davis;

Will Bruin, Calen Carr

DYNAMO NOTES _ Dynamo take first leg in first‐ever playoff game at BBVA Compass Stadium: The Dynamo secured a 2‐0 win over

Sporting Kansas City in the first leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Sunday afternoon at BBVA Compass Stadium.

Adam Moffat delivered a sensational goal in the 18th minute, a 25‐yard strike into the upper corner for an early lead and

his first career playoff goal. In the 75th minute, Will Bruin, who scored two goals on Oct. 31 at Chicago and assisted on

Moffat’s goal, sealed the win with his third goal in two playoff games off a pinpoint pass from Calen Carr, who earned his

second assist in two playoff games. Goalkeeper Tally Hall earned his third career playoff shutout and improved to 5‐1 as a

starting goalkeeper in the playoffs. The win extended Houston’s home unbeaten streak to 29 games in all competitions.

Bruin sets franchise single‐season goals record: Will Bruin followed his two‐goal performance on Oct. 31 at Chicago with

his third goal of the playoffs on Sunday against Sporting Kansas City. Bruin has set a franchise record with 15 goals on the

season after he led the Dynamo with 12 regular season goals. The second‐year forward has surpassed Brian Ching’s club

record for goals in a season in all competitions, including playoffs. Ching scored 14 goals in 2008 (13 in regular season and

one in Champions League) and 14 goals in 2006 (11 in regular season and three in the playoffs).

Other notes from Sunday’s 2‐0 win over Sporting Kansas City:

Bruin’s goal was his third career playoff goal ‐ he scored all three in the last two games ‐ to move to second on the franchise

list for playoff goals.

With three goals this postseason, Bruin has tied Brian Ching for the franchise record for goals in a single postseason. Ching

scored three goals in the 2006 postseason.

The win extended Houston’s home unbeaten streak to 29 games in all competitions.

The Dynamo also improved to 7‐1‐0 all‐time in home playoff games and have outscored opponents 15‐5.

It was midfielder Brad Davis’ 17th playoff start with the Dynamo to set a franchise record.

Bruin became the youngest Dynamo player to record an assist in a playoff game (23 years, 11 days)

Calen Carr earned his second assist of this postseason on Bruin’s goal. Carr’s two assists matches a franchise record for

assists in a single postseason with Brad Davis, who recorded two assists in 2011 and 2006.

It was defender Bobby Boswell’s 11th playoff start with Houston. He moved into a tie with Wade Barrett for fifth on the

franchise chart.

The Dynamo are now undefeated ‐ 3‐0‐2 ‐ in their last five games against Sporting Kansas City.

The Dynamo improved to 11‐5‐3 all‐time in the playoffs (counting 2006 MLS Cup final penalty kick victory as a tie).

Tally Hall lowered his playoffs goals against average to 0.50, the lowest all‐time in MLS.

Hall’s postseason win percentage (.833) is the second‐best all‐time and highest among active goalkeepers.

Hall’s postseason save percentage is 90%, the best all‐time in MLS.

Dominic Kinnear earned his 12th career playoff win to move into fourth place on the all‐time wins chart.

Bruin leads Knockout Round win in Chicago: The Dynamo advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 2‐1

victory over the Chicago Fire in the MLS Cup playoffs Knockout Round on Oct. 31 at Toyota Park. Will Bruin scored two

goals for the Dynamo in his first career playoff start. Bruin is the third Dynamo player in franchise history to score two

goals in a playoff game. Brian Ching scored two goals in the 2007 Western Conference semifinal against FC Dallas and Paul

Dalglish scored two goals in the 2006 Western Conference final versus Colorado.

Dynamo, SKC set for seventh meeting in 12 months: Wednesday’s game between Houston and Kansas City will be the

seventh meeting between the rivals in 12 months. The clubs met in the Eastern Conference final last November, in the

preseason this February in Orlando, and three times in the regular season before Sunday’s first leg in Houston.

Dynamo out to defend Eastern Conference crown: Despite being the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, the Dynamo will

try and defend their 2011 Eastern Conference title. A year ago, the Dynamo earned two important road wins – 2‐1 at

Philadelphia on Oct. 30 and 2‐0 at Sporting Kansas City on Nov. 6 in the Eastern Conference final – to capture their third

conference championship in six years. The Dynamo have excelled in the postseason over the years, posting a 11‐5‐3 all‐time

record in the playoffs (counting 2006 MLS Cup final penalty kick victory as a tie).

Road Warriors: The win in Chicago was Houston’s third road playoff win in the last two seasons. The Dynamo earned

wins in Philadelphia and Kansas City a year ago after going 0‐2‐2 in their first four road playoff games (2006, 2007 MLS Cup

finals at neutral sites excluded).

Dynamo enter playoffs with lowest‐ever seed: The Dynamo are the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, the

lowest seed in club history, despite setting a franchise record with 53 points this season. Houston has been the 1 or 2 seed

in each of its five previous trips to the playoffs. Dynamo seed history: 2011, #2 seed; 2009, #2; 2008, #1; 2007, #2; 2006, #2.

Tough at Home: The Dynamo are 7‐1‐0 all‐time in home playoff games and have outscored opponents 15‐5. Houston’s only

home loss was a 3‐0 setback against New York in the second leg of the 2008 Eastern Conference semifinal.

Late playoff heroics: Of Houston’s 26 all‐time playoff goals, a remarkable 16 have been scored after the 60th minute,

including four overtime goals. Three of those were scored by forward Brian Ching, with a tying header in the 2006 MLS

Cup final and game‐winners in the second leg of Western Conference semifinals in 2007 and 2009. Ching ranks second

among active MLS players with eight playoff goals, trailing only Landon Donovan (20).

Mainstays: Midfielder Brad Davis has appeared in 18 of the Dynamo’s 19 playoff games in franchise history, starting 17.

The 2011 MLS Cup final is the only playoff game Davis has missed. Forward Brian Ching has started 16 of Houston’s

playoff games, but missed the 2007 MLS Cup final due to injury.

Possession: The Dynamo won the possession battle in 27 of 34 regular season games this season. The Dynamo had less

possession, 47 percent, on Oct. 27 at Colorado, but had 57% possession against Philadelphia on Oct. 20, 56% against

Montreal, 66% against New England, 54% against Philadelphia on Sept. 23, lost the possession battle to Sporting Kansas

City (59‐41%) and Real Salt Lake (58‐42%) but have mostly controlled possession. Houston had 67% against Chicago on

Sept. 2, 58% against Toronto on Aug. 22, 65% against Columbus, 55% at New York on Aug. 10, 52% vs. New York on Aug. 3,

60% at Toronto, 58% vs. Montreal, a season‐high 71% against Kansas City on July 18 and 67% vs. D.C. United. Houston

lost the possession battle to Sporting KC on July 7, 50.2%‐49.8%, had 61% vs. Chicago on July 3, 55% vs. Philadelphia, had

less, 53‐47%, at Montreal, had 63% vs. Toronto, 54% against FC Dallas, 54% at Vancouver, 60% vs. LA, 62% at New England,

60% vs. Portland, 56% vs. D.C., 53% at New York, 54% at D.C., a 49‐51% disadvantage at Columbus, 55% at Chicago, 56% at

Seattle, a disadvantage (48‐52%) at San Jose, and 53% at Chivas USA.

Dynamo set franchise points record: With the 3‐1 win over Philadelphia on Oct. 20, the Dynamo set a new mark for points

in a season, 53, surpassing the previous club record, 52, set in 2007.

Dynamo advance to Champions League quarterfinals: The Dynamo secured passage to the quarterfinals of the

CONCACAF Champions League with a 1‐1 draw versus C.D. Olimpia of Honduras on Oct. 23 at BBVA Compass Stadium.

Andre Hainault’s second‐half header was the equalizer for the Dynamo (2‐0‐2), who won Group 3 with eight points to

advance to the knockout stage, set for next March. It is Houston’s first trip to the CCL quarterfinals since 2009.

Dynamo clinch playoff spot with 3‐1 win over Union: The Dynamo clinched a berth in the 2012 MLS Cup playoffs with a

3‐1 win over the Philadelphia Union on Oct. 20 at BBVA Compass Stadium. Macoumba Kandji, Boniek Garcia and Brad

Davis each scored for the Dynamo, who reach the playoffs for the sixth time in seven seasons in Houston. The win in the

regular season home finale, in front of the ninth sellout crowd of the season, completed an undefeated home schedule for

the Dynamo (see page 4 for more details). Houston went 11‐0‐6 at BBVA Compass Stadium to become the fourth team in

Major League Soccer history to complete a home schedule without defeat. The victory also extended the club’s home

unbeaten streak to 25 regular season games.

Boniek García continues strong start: Boniek Garcia scored his fourth goal with the Dynamo in the 3‐1 win over

Philadelphia on Oct. 20. The Dynamo are 11‐4‐6 in MLS play (playoffs included) since the Honduran midfielder’s debut on

June 30 (record includes 1‐0 win over Real Salt Lake when Garcia missed game for international duty and 2‐0 defeat at

Colorado on Oct. 27 in which Garcia did not play). Garcia has four goals and six assists and has played 90 minutes in each

of his 19 games. Houston has outscored its opponents 31‐17 in the 18 matches Garcia has played. Despite not playing in the

first 15 games of the season, Garcia had the second most assists on the club, six. The 28‐year‐old Designated Player signed

with Houston on June 7 after playing for Honduran powerhouse C.D. Olimpia since 2003. The midfielder debuted for the

Honduras national team in 2005 and has 73 appearances for his country, including five appearances in the 2011

CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Cold Blooded: The temperature at kickoff of Sunday’s 2‐0 win over Sporting Kansas City was 81 degrees. The Dynamo are

now 11‐1‐4 this year when the temperature is 80 degrees or more. 13 of the 16 games were at BBVA Compass Stadium in

Houston. Houston was 9‐1‐6 in temperatures of 80+ in 2011, so the club is 20‐2‐10 since 2011 when the temperature is 80+.

Brad Davis, Midfield Maestro: Midfielder Brad Davis recorded his 12th assist of the season on Sept. 29 vs. New England. It

is the fourth consecutive season the all‐star midfielder recorded 12 or more assists in a season. Davis had 16 assists in 2011

(career‐high) and 12 assists in 2010 and 2009. Davis finished with the fifth most assists in the league, trailing leader Graham

Zusi (15) of Sporting Kansas City.

DYNAMO IN HISTORIC HOME TERRITORY

Dynamo complete fourth unbeaten home season in MLS history: The Dynamo went 11‐0‐6 (W‐L‐T) in regular season

home games in 2012, becoming just the fourth team in Major League Soccer history (est. 1996) to complete a season without

a regular season home loss. Dominic Kinnear was also head coach of the 2005 San Jose Earthquakes, one of three teams to

complete a perfect home season.

The chart below lists the perfect home seasons in Major League Soccer history:

TEAM YEAR HOME RECORD

Houston Dynamo 2012 11‐0‐6

LA Galaxy 2011 12‐0‐5

Real Salt Lake 2010 11‐0‐4

San Jose Earthquakes 2005 9‐0‐7

The Dynamo have second‐longest home unbeaten streak in MLS history: With the 3‐1 win over the Philadelphia Union on

Oct. 20, the Dynamo extended their home unbeaten streak to 25 regular season games, the second‐longest streak in league

history. The Dynamo have not lost a home game in over a year, with their last home defeat on June 18, 2011, a 2‐0 loss to

Columbus.

The chart below details the longest regular season home unbeaten streaks in Major League Soccer history:

Team Home unbeaten streak Streak start date Streak end date

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

Houston Dynamo 25 7/9/2011 ???

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

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

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

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

The Dynamo are unbeaten in 29 consecutive home games in all competitions, including last yearʹs playoff win over

Philadelphia and two Champions League games this year.

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

just 17 home games in seven seasons, an average of 2.43 home losses per year.

BEST ALL‐TIME HOME RECORDS IN MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER (Current; minimum 20 home games):

TEAM WINS LOSSES DRAWS PERCENTAGE

Dynamo 61 17 32 .700

LA Galaxy 155 65 43 .671

Seattle Sounders 35 14 15 .664

Chicago Fire 122 55 55 .644

Bruin finishes one shy of Ching’s regular season goals mark: Will Bruin scored his 12th goal of the season on Oct. 6 vs.

Montreal and finished the season one goal shy of Brian Ching’s franchise record of 13 goals in 2008. Bruin is one of only

three players in team history to reach 10 goals, joining Ching (13 in 2008, 11 in 2006) and Dwayne De Rosario (11 in 2006).

Davis sets career‐high for goals: Midfielder Brad Davis extended his career‐high for goals in a season with his eighth goal

of the campaign on Oct. 20 vs. Philadelphia. Davis’ previous high for goals was six, set with Dallas in 2003.

Dynamo win MLS Reserve League Central/Mountain division title: The Dynamo captured the Major League Soccer

Reserve League Central/Mountain division championship with a 2‐1 win over the Chicago Fire on Oct. 13. Cam Weaver

scored both goals for the Dynamo and led the club in scoring with 11 goals in nine games. The Dynamo Reserves finish the

season 6‐2‐2 (20 points), a point better than rival FC Dallas (6‐3‐1, 19 points) to capture the division crown. It is Houston’s

second MLS Reserve League division title. The Dynamo won the division crown in 2008 with a 9‐1‐2 record.

Hall breaks former mentor Pat Onstad’s shutout record: Goalkeeper Tally Hall recorded his 12th shutout of the season on

Sept. 29 against New England. With the clean sheet, Hall passed former teammate Pat Onstad, who set an individual

franchise record with 11 shutouts in 2007, when the club had a total of 13 clean sheets in 30 regular season games. Hall

finished tied for second in the league in shutouts, trailing only Jimmy Nielsen of Sporting Kansas City (15).

Boswell sets career‐high for games in a season: Dynamo defender Bobby Boswell played in his 31st regular season game of

the season on Sept. 29 vs. New England, surpassing his previous career‐high for games in a season of 30, set in 2006. The 29‐

year‐old has been a mainstay since his 2005 rookie season, appearing in at least 23 games and making 22 starts or more each

season. Boswell has averaged 28.13 games and 27.75 starts per season in his eight‐year career. Boswell started on Oct. 20

versus Philadelphia for his 225th career regular season game.

Brad Davis, Midfield Maestro: Midfielder Brad Davis recorded his 12th assist of the season on Sept. 29 vs. New England. It

is the fourth consecutive season the all‐star midfielder recorded 12 or more assists in a season. Davis had 16 assists in 2011

(career‐high) and 12 assists in 2010 and 2009. Davis finished with the fifth most assists in the league, trailing leader Graham

Zusi (15) of Sporting Kansas City.

Davis continues to climb MLS all‐time assist chart: Dynamo midfielder Brad Davis recorded his 92nd career regular

season assist on Sept. 29 vs. New England to pass Cobi Jones for seventh on the MLS all‐time assist chart. Davis is now nine

assists behind the next man on the chart, Marco Etcheverry, who is sixth with 101 assists. Dynamo assistant coach Steve

Ralston is the all‐time leader, with 135 assists.

Second Half Savants: The Dynamo were 7‐3‐8 in regular season games in which they were tied at halftime and 7‐0‐2 when

leading at the interval. Houston is 14‐3‐10 when tied or leading at the break.

Kinnear passes Nicol on MLS all‐time wins chart: With the 2‐0 win over New England on Sept. 29, Dynamo head coach

Dominic Kinnear passed Steve Nicol on the all‐time Major League Soccer wins chart. Kinnear has 114 wins in nine seasons

as head coach between Houston and San Jose and is tied for fourth on the all‐time wins list.

The chart below details the coaches with the most wins in Major League Soccer history:

COACH TEAM WINS LOSSES DRAWS WIN % POINTSSigi Schmid Seattle* 172 118 94 .570 608Bruce Arena LA Galaxy* 144 86 46 .605 454Bob Bradley Chivas USA* 124 94 54 .555 416Dominic Kinnear

Dynamo* 114 76 92 .567 434

Frank Yallop San Jose* 114 101 78 .522 420Steve Nicol New England 112 108 81 .507 415

Boswell in elite company for games started: Bobby Boswell has started the most regular season games by an MLS defender

since 2005, (222 starts). Also, Boswell is fifth among all MLS field players in games played since 2005, with 225.

Player Games started as a defender since 2005

Bobby Boswell 222

Drew Moor 214

Chad Marshall 193

Todd Dunivant 182

Ugo Ihemelu 176

Dynamo newcomer Giles Barnes makes debut at Kansas City: Midfielder Giles Barnes made his Dynamo debut on Sept.

14 at Kansas City. Barnes, 24, entered as a substitute for the final nine minutes of the 1‐1 draw. Barnes joins Houston with

eight years of experience in the upper levels of English soccer. He has 138 total appearances in all competitions, including 35

games in the Barclays English Premier League. Barnes also made 12 appearances for England’s U‐19 national team. The

attacking midfielder joined Derby County of England in 2005 at age 17 and helped the Rams gain promotion to the English

Premier League in 2007. Barnes scored ten goals in 84 appearances with Derby County and earned its Young Player of the

Year award in 2007. The London native spent 2010‐11 with West Bromwich Albion of the English Premier League and made

19 appearances for the Baggies. Barnes played the 2011‐12 season with Doncaster Rovers of the English Championship, the

second tier of English soccer. The winger tallied one goal and four assists in 36 appearances in all competitions last season.

Ching ties Diaz Arce for 11th on MLS all‐time goal list: Dynamo forward Brian Ching scored his 82nd career MLS regular

season goal on Sept. 2 at Chicago. Ching is now tied for 11th on the all‐time MLS scoring list with Raul Diaz Arce. Ching’s

next target is 88 goals, where Carlos Ruiz and Roy Lassiter sit tied for ninth on the league’s all‐time chart.

Ching sets new career‐high for games played: Dynamo forward Brian Ching set a new career‐high for regular season

games played in a season on Sept. 2, with his 26th game of 2012. It is Ching’s 11th season in MLS, and the veteran twice

recorded 25‐game seasons, in 2008 and 2004.

Carr sets career high with fourth goal: Calen Carr set a career high with his fourth goal of the season on Aug. 3 All four

goals were scored in a four‐game span, including two versus Kansas City on July 18. Carr scored 3 goals in 2010 and 2007.

Ricardo Clark returns to Dynamo: Ricardo Clark made his return debut for the Dynamo on Aug. 10 at New York,

appearing as a substitute for the final 15 minutes. The Dynamo completed the signing of the free agent midfielder on Aug.

8. Since leaving the Dynamo at the end of the 2009 season, Clark played for Eintracht Frankfurt of the German second

division through February, when he was loaned to Stabæk Fotball of the Norwegian first division. A cornerstone of

Houston’s 2006 and 2007 championship teams, Clark, a member of the 2006 MLS Best XI, scored 7 goals in 97 games played

for the Dynamo between 2006 and 2009. Additionally, Clark has been capped 34 times by the U.S. Men’s National Team,

including two starts in the 2010 World Cup.

Cameron receives U.K. visa to complete transfer to Stoke City: Former Dynamo defender Geoff Cameron was granted a

United Kingdom visa on Aug. 8, completing his transfer to English Premier League club Stoke City. Cameron, 27, made 116

regular season appearances for the club in five seasons, scoring 11 goals with 15 assists. The Attleboro, Mass. native played

various roles in central midfield and center back for the Dynamo and was named an MLS All‐Star in 2009, 2011 and 2012.

Cameron also won Houston’s Golden Boot in 2011 with five goals and five assists in a career‐high 33 games.

Three’s Company (shutouts): After going over three years without three consecutive shutouts, the Dynamo recorded three

clean sheets in a row twice in a seven‐game span in July and August. Houston kept its third straight clean sheet on Aug. 3

versus New York after recording three in a row to begin July. Before the run of six clean sheets in seven games, the last time

Houston recorded three straight was May 30 – June 10, 2009.

Davis, Cameron named All‐Stars: Midfielder Brad Davis and former Dynamo defender Geoff Cameron were named to the

inactive roster for the 2012 MLS All‐Star Game. The Dynamo pair were among a group of 13 players named All‐Stars that

did not compete in MLS’ 3‐2 win against Chelsea FC on July 25. The 13 inactive All‐Stars were voted on by the players. It is

the fourth straight year that Davis is an All‐Star, and his fifth selection overall.

Hall sets goalkeeper consecutive starts record: Tally Hall set a franchise record for consecutive regular season starts by a

goalkeeper with his 47th consecutive start against FC Dallas on June 16. He broke the record of 46 set by Pat Onstad, from

Sept. 13, 2008 – May 13, 2010. Hall started all 34 games in 2011 and the first 33 games in 2012, pushing the active record to 67

games, before the streak was snapped on Oct. 27 at Colorado.

• BBVA Compass Stadium opener: The Dynamo opened the 13th soccer‐specific stadium in Major League Soccer on May 12.

On a gorgeous, 82‐degree day in front of a sell‐out crowd of 22,039, the Dynamo honored past legends, including Wade

Barrett, Pat Onstad, Eddie Robinson and Craig Waibel in a pregame ceremony that included the unveiling of 2006 and

2007 MLS Cup championship banners. Brad Davis provided a signature opening moment, delivering a beautiful, curling 30‐

yard strike for the game‐winning goal in the 67th minute.

UP NEXT: WINNER ADVANCES TO EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST DC/NY WINNER If the Dynamo defeat Sporting Kansas City in this two‐game aggregate score series, they will host the winner of the D.C.

United‐New York Red Bulls series on Saturday, Nov. 10 in the first leg of the Eastern Conference Championship.

Injury Report Presented by The Methodist Center for Sports Medicine (As of Friday, Nov. 2)

HOUSTON DYNAMO

No injuries to report

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

OUT: FW Teal Bunbury (L knee ACL tear); DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture);

MF Paulo Nagamura (L ankle sprain);

QUESTIONABLE: MF Julio Cesar (R quad strain); MF Roger Espinoza (R ankle sprain);

PROBABLE: FW Jacob Peterson (R shoulder sprain)

HOUSTON DYNAMO NUMERICAL ROSTER/TECHNICAL STAFF No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Born Pronunciation Status 1 Tally Hall GK 6‐4 205 5‐12‐85 rhymes with RALLY

3 Calen Carr F 6‐0 150 10‐4‐82

4 Jermaine Taylor D 5‐10 180 1‐14‐85 International

5 Warren Creavalle D 6‐0 165 8‐14‐90 cruh‐VAL

6 Nathan Sturgis M/D 5‐10 150 7‐6‐87 Stir‐jiss

7 Colin Clark M 6‐0 180 4‐11‐84

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

9 Macoumba Kandji F 6‐4 175 8‐2‐84 mah‐KOOM‐bah KAHN‐gee

10 Je‐Vaughn Watson M 6‐1 175 10‐22‐83 Jeh‐Vaughn International

11 Brad Davis M 5‐11 175 11‐8‐81

12 Will Bruin F 6‐2 194 10‐24‐89 Generation adidas

13 Ricardo Clark M 5‐10 150 2‐10‐83

14 Colin Rolfe F 6‐0 175 2‐15‐90 Rawlfe

15 Cam Weaver F 6‐4 195 6‐10‐83

16 Adam Moffat M 6‐0 175 5‐15‐86 Moff‐it

17 Luiz Camargo M 5‐8 172 5‐4‐87 International

18 Josue Soto M 5‐9 160 1‐3‐89 hoh‐SWAY Homegrown Player

19 Alex Dixon M 5‐8 150 2‐7‐90 Homegrown Player

22 Brian Ownby M 6‐0 160 7‐14‐90 Own‐be

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

24 Tyler Deric GK 6‐3 195 8‐30‐88 DARE‐ick Homegrown Player

25 Brian Ching F 6‐1 195 5‐24‐78

26 Corey Ashe M 5‐5 154 3‐14‐86 ASH

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

28 Erich Marscheider GK 6‐3 185 1‐5‐93 Mar‐shy‐der

31 Andre Hainault D 6‐0 180 6‐17‐86 HAY‐no International

32 Bobby Boswell D 6‐2 185 3‐15‐83 BOZ‐well

Head Coach – Dominic Kinnear (9th year overall, 114‐76‐92 MLS)

Assistant Coach – Wade Barrett

Assistant Coach – Steve Ralston

Goalkeepers Coach – Tim Hanley

Head Athletic Trainer – Theron Enns

Director, Soccer Operations – Nick Kowba

Assistant Athletic Trainer – Shane Caron

Equipment Manager – Michael Porter

Houston Dynamo Player Bios *All Dynamo career stats are regular season only 1 TALLY HALL GK 6-4 215 Born: 5/12/85, SeaTac, WA Age: 27 Last Club: Esbjerg fB (Denmark) - 2007-09 College: San Diego State University Dynamo career: Fourth year – 72 GP, 72 GS, 19 SHO Goalkeeper with great size and shot-blocking ability returns as the starter in 2012 after making first MLS All-Star team in 2011 2012 MLS: 33 GS, 2946 mins, 1.18 GAA, 12 shutouts, 14-8-11 2012 CCL: 0 GP, 0 GS, 0 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 34 GS, 3,060 mins, 1.21 GAA, 6 shutouts, 12-9-13

Improved to 5-1-0 in the playoffs as a starter with 2-0 win over Sporting KC on Sunday

With threee career playoff shutouts, is one shy of Pat Onstad’s franchise record

Set new franchise record for shutouts in a season by a goalkeeper with 12th on Sept. 29 vs. New England, surpassing Pat Onstad’s previous record of 11, set in 2007

Did not play at Colorado on Oct. 27, snapping MLS-leading and franchise record 67-game regular season starting streak. Started every regular season game of 2011 and first 33 of 2012 before not starting on Oct. 27

Went 734 minutes without conceding a goal in run of play from June 30 to Aug. 10

Recorded three straight shutouts twice in seven-game span (7/3, 7/7, 7/15) and (7/21, 7/28, 8/3)

Set a franchise record for goalkeepers by making his 47th consecutive start on 6/16 vs. FC Dallas, surpassing Pat Onstad’s mark of 46

2011: Posted a 1.21 GAA and notched six shutouts while playing every minute of the regular season (Dynamo Ironman of the Year).

Notched two playoff shutouts and allowed just 2 goals in 4 games in 2011 Cup run.

One of only four players to play all 3,060 minutes of the season in 2011, an MLS record.

Most saves (’12): 7, 9/14/12 at Sporting Kansas City Last shutout: 11/4/12 vs. Sporting Kansas City Last goal: 10/21/09 at Isidro Metapán (CCL) Last assist: 4/2/11 at New York Last yellow card: 10/31/12 at Chicago

3 CALEN CARR FW 6-0 150 Born: 10/4/82, Berkeley, CA Age: 29 Last Club: Chicago Fire - 2006-11 College: University of California Dynamo career: Second year – 35 GP, 21 GS, 5 G, 2 A Fast, versatile forward acquired from Chicago in 2011 2012 MLS: 26 GP, 17 GS, 1512 mins, 4 G, 2 A 2012 CCL: 2 GP, 1 GS, 117 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 4 GP, 4 GS, 339 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 9 GP, 4 GS, 380 mins, 1 G, 0 A

Record second assist this postseason on Bruin’s goal on Sunday; tied Brad Davis’s franchise record for assists in a single postseason (2; 2011 and 2006)

Earned third career playoff assist in 2-1 win over Chicago, assisting on Bruin’s second goal

Played more minutes in 2012 (1,512) than last four seasons combined (1,282)

Set career-high for goals in a season with four

Assisted on Will Bruin’s goal on Oct. 6 vs. Montreal for second assist of season

Headed goal vs. New York on 8/3, fourth in four games

MLS Player of the Week, Team of the Week (Wk 20)

Assist on Mac Kandji’s first goal vs. Montreal on 7/21, first of the year and first since 10/21/07

Scored two goals on 7/18 vs. Kansas City for first two-goal regular season game of his career

Exited match vs. FC Dallas on 6/16 with left hamstring strain, missed next five matches

Started seven consecutive MLS games at right mid before hamstring injury

Offseason surgery to repair meniscus in left knee

2011: Started all four playoff matches and scored game-winning goal in first leg vs. PHI on 10/30

Recovered from preseason concussion in 2011 to make 9 regular-season appearances, including 4 starts

Last goal: 9/20/12 vs. C.D. FAS (CCL) Last goal (MLS): 8/3/12 vs. New York Red Bulls Last assist: 11/4/12 vs. Sporting Kansas City 4 JERMAINE TAYLOR DF 5-10 195 I Born: 1/14/85, Portland, Jamaica Age: 27 Last Club: St. George’s SC (Jamaica) – 2009-11

Other Clubs: Harbour View F.C. (Jamaica) – 2004-09 Dynamo career: Second year – 40 GP, 36 GS, 1 G, 2 A Calm, experienced defender who provides depth across backline and remains a fixture for Jamaica national team (51 caps) 2012 MLS: 27 GP, 26 GS, 2334 mins, 1 G, 1 A 2012 CCL: 1 GP, 1 GS, 90 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 13 GP, 10 GS, 925 mins, 0 G, 1 A

Left Sunday’s 2-0 win in 55th minute with apparent knee injury

Played 90 minutes for Jamaica in October World Cup qualifying matches (Oct. 12, Oct. 16)

Scored first MLS goal vs. New York on 8/3; pushed home a loose ball on a free kick in the 2nd minute

Named to MLS Team of the Week (Week 18) for his performance at Kansas City on 7/7

Started at all three defensive position this season (RB, CB, LB)

Recorded first assist of season with excellent cross from flank on Will Bruin’s first goal at D.C. on 4/28

In 2011, made 13 appearances (10 starts), while missing time due to injury and national team duty

Last goal: 8/3/12 vs. New York Red Bulls (first in MLS) Last assist: 4/28/12 at Columbus Crew 5 WARREN CREAVALLE DF 6-0 165 Born: 8/14/90, Brooklyn, NY Age: 22 Last Club: University of Central Florida ROOKIE Acquired: Selected by Houston in second round of 2012 SuperDraft (No. 37 overall) Predominately a defensive midfielder in college, has begun transition to right back with Houston 2012 MLS: 11 GP, 5 GS, 479 mins, 0 G, 1A 2012 CCL: 3 GP, 3 GS, 270 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 9 GP, 9 GS, 808 mins, 0 G, 2 A

Led Dynamo Reserves field players with 808 minutes in nine games, playing all but two minutes during season

Recorded first career assist on Sept. 29 vs. New England, entering as late sub before delivering cross on Garcia’s goal.

Missed 8/22-9/20 with left ankle sprain suffered in 8/22 game at C.D. FAS

Started at right back at Toronto FC on 7/28, switched to left back for final 12 minutes

Made two starts in central midfield First MLS appearance and start in 3-1 loss at

Vancouver on 6/10 (played 90 minutes at RB) Rookie started all nine Reserve League games Played at Furman University (2008-09) and University of

Central Florida (2010-11) Two-time All-Conference USA First Team (2010, ’11) Two-time All-Southern Conference Second Team (‘08,

’09) Played for U.S. U-20 national team on a tour of Spain

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

Last start: 10/27/12 at Colorado Last assist: 9/29/12 vs. New England 6 NATHAN STURGIS M/D 5-10 150 Born: 7/6/87, Boca Raton, FL Age: 25 Last Club: Toronto FC (2011) Other Clubs: Seattle (2009-10), Real Salt Lake (2007-08), LA Galaxy (2006-07) College: Clemson University Dynamo career: 2012 debut *Traded from Toronto FC in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2012 SuperDraft on 12/29/11. Versatile player who can fill roles in midfield and defense, while offering both experience and youth to new club 2012 MLS: 5 GP, 4 GS, 332 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 CCL: 3 GP, 3 GS, 241 mins, 0 G, 3 A 2012 Reserves: 7 GP, 7 GS, 630 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 14 GP, 11 GS, 953 mins, 0 G,0 A

CCL: Assisted on Andre Hainault’s equalizer vs. Olimpia on Oct. 23; third assist in three CCL games

CCL: Played 90 minutes in Dynamo’s 1-1 draw at Olimpia on Aug. 30, assisting on Adam Moffat’s goal and receiving a straight red card in 61st minute

Played 78 minutes in start on 6/10 at Vancouver

Made Dynamo starting debut in 1-1 draw at Chicago

2011: Appeared in 14 games for Toronto FC, starting 11. Led club with 31 corner kicks

2010: Appeared in 20 games for Seattle, starting 16. Last start: 10/27/12 at Colorado Last goal: 9/18/10 at Columbus (only career goal) Last assist: 10/23/12 vs. Olimpia (CCL)

7 COLIN CLARK MF 6-0 180 Born: 4/11/84, Fort Collins, CO Age: 28 Last Club: Colorado Rapids (2006-10) College: Southern Methodist University Dynamo career: Third year – 33 GP, 23 GS, 5 G, 3 A Tricky, technical attacking midfielder acquired from Colorado in 2010. United States international (1 cap) 2012 MLS: 14 GP, 6 GS, 655 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2012 CCL: 4 GP, 4 GS, 297 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 5 GP, 5 GS, 402 mins, 1 G, 2 A 2011 MLS: 29 GP, 17 GS, 1,486 mins, 4 G, 3 A

CCL: Assisted on Bobby Boswell’s goal with free kick on Sept. 20 vs. FAS

Scored winning goal in 1-0 win over RSL on Sept. 6, a stoppage-time penalty for first goal of 2012; it was Clark’s first MLS action since 7/3 (10 games without playing)

2011: Returned from 2010 ACL injury and made first MLS appearance for Houston on 4/10/11

Last start: 10/23/12 vs. Olimpia (CCL) Last assist: 9/20/12 vs. FAS (CCL) Last start: 8/30/12 at Olimpia (CCL) 8 KOFI SARKODIE DF 5-8 165 GA Born: 3/22/91, Dayton, OH Age: 21 Last Club: University of Akron Dynamo career: Second year – 17 GP, 14 GS, 0 G, 1 A Dynamic outside defender who likes to attack. Selected by Dynamo with No. 7 pick of 2011 MLS SuperDraft. United States U-23 international 2012 MLS: 10 GP, 7 GS, 695 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2012 CCL: 3 GP, 3 GS, 270 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2012 Reserves: 5 GP, 4 GS, 361 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 7 GP, 7 GS, 582 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Made first career playoff start on Oct. 31 at Chicago Has started last nine MLS games (including playoffs)

at right back, the longest start streak of career, after not starting any of the first 27 games of season

Recorded first MLS assist on Sept. 23 at Philadelphia Made first MLS start of 2012 on Sept. 6 vs. RSL Made 2012 debut as sub in 3-2 loss at D.C. on 4/28

Played 90 minutes in two of three games for the U.S. U-23 team in the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying, starting games vs. Cuba and El Salvador

Played 90 minutes in US U-23s 2-0 win over rival Mexico in friendly in Frisco, Texas on Feb. 29.

Started in 1-1 tie at SEA on 3/25/11, becoming youngest Dynamo player to start an MLS match at age 20 years, 3 days

Last goal: never in MLS Last assist: 9/23/12 at Philadelphia 9 MACOUMBA KANDJI FW 6-4 175 Born: 8/2/85, Dakar, Senegal Age: 27 Last Club: Colorado Rapids – 2010-11 Other Clubs: N.Y. Red Bulls – 2008-10 College: Georgia Military College Dynamo career: 2012 debut *Traded from Colorado in exchange for a conditional draft pick on 2/8/12. A tall, quick, athletic forward, who can play both the outside mid and forward positions. 2012 MLS: 29 GP, 21 GS, 1630 mins, 4 G, 2 A 2012 CCL: 2 GP, 0 GS, 20 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 6 GP, 6 GS, 487 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 9 GP, 1 GS, 123 mins, 0 G, 0 A Scored fourth goal on Oct. 20, opening goal in 3-1 win

over Union to equal career-high for goals in a season

Oct. 20 goal was first in nearly three months, after scoring two goals on 7/21 vs. Montreal

Did not play vs. New England on Sept 29. First game he did not play since 6/23 at Montreal (15 consecutive starts)

Set new career-high for regular season games with 29 in 2012, eclipsing previous high of 23, set in 2009 with New York

Assisted Calen Carr’s goal vs. New York on 8/3 2 goals against Montreal Impact on 7/21; his second

career brace in MLS MLS Team of the Week (Week 20) Scored first goal since 4/3/10 (w/ NY) at Vancouver on

6/10, a side-footed half-volley from Brian Ownby’s cross in the 83rd minute

2011: Appeared in nine games (one start) for Colorado ... Playoffs: Made three appearances off the bench and totaled 102 minutes

Last goal: 10/20/12 vs. Philadelphia Union Last assist: 8/3/12 vs. New York Red Bulls 10 JE-VAUGHN WATSON MF 6-1 175 I Born: 10/22/83, St. Catherine, Jamaica Age: 28 Last Club: Sporting Central (Jamaica) – 2005-11

Other Clubs: None Dynamo career: Second year – 41 GP, 24 GS, 1 G, 2 A Energetic player who can play a variety of roles in midfield. Jamaica international (21 caps) 2012 MLS: 19 GP, 13 GS, 1096 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 CCL: 4 GP, 3 GS, 282 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 1 GP, 0 GS, 44 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 22 GP, 11 GS, 1,163 mins, 1 G, 2 A

Played 42 minutes for Jamaica at Guatemala on Oct. 12, and seven minutes vs. Antigua & Barbuda on Oct. 16 in World Cup qualifying

Started both games for Jamaica in September World Cup qualifying and played 90 minutes on Sept. 7 and 75 minutes on Sept. 11 vs. United States

Returned to field on 7/15 after missing three games with a left groin strain

Played for Jamaica in 2-1 loss at Panama on 6/1, had an assist in 2-1 win vs. Guatemala on 6/8, played 90 minutes in 0-0 draw at Antigua & Barbuda on 6/12

Started six consecutive games to begin 2012 for his longest starting streak in his MLS career

Scored goal and had two assists for Jamaica in pair of February friendlies vs. Cuba and New Zealand

Acquired in April 2011 and made Dynamo debut as substitute in 1-1 tie at CHI on 4/23

Last start: 10/27/12 at Colorado Last goal: 8/22/12 at FAS (CCL) Last assist: 5/7/11 at Toronto FC 11 BRAD DAVIS MF 5-11 175 Born: 11/8/81, St. Charles, MO Age: 30 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes (2005) Other Clubs: Dallas Burn - 2003-04, New York - 2002 College: Saint Louis University Dynamo career: Seventh year – 190 GP, 173 GS, 29 G, 74 A Original Dynamo player, 5-time MLS All-Star and winner of last three team MVP awards. Club's all-time leader in games, starts, and assists, the midfielder recorded 16 assists in 2011 and finished as MLS MVP runner-up and named to MLS Bext XI. United States international (5 caps) 2012 MLS: 31 GP, 28 GS, 2523 mins, 8 G, 12 A 2012 CCL: 1 GP, 0 GS, 9 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 34 GS, 2,892 mins, 4 G, 16 A

Tallied sixth career playoff assist (club record) on Oct. 31 at Chicago with corner kick on Will Bruin’s opening goal

Scored eighth goal of season with penalty in 3-1 win over Philadelphia on Oct. 20

Missed Oct. 6 game vs. Montreal with left calf strain Recorded 12th assist of season on Sept. 29 vs. New

England. Fourth consecutive season with 12 assists or more.

Set new career-high with seventh goal of season with great goal at Sporting KC on Sept. 14. Previous high of six goals was set in 2003 with Dallas

Named to All-Star team for fifth time in 2012

Two assists at Toronto on 7/28

6 assists in 4 games from 7/15 to 7/28

Scored first-ever goal at BBVA Compass Stadium on 5/12, a stunning 30-yard bending strike for winning goal in 67th minute (MLS Goal of the Week nominee)

2011: Assisted two of three Houston goals in playoff series vs. PHI with free kick deliveries

League MVP runner up after leading MLS with 16 assists

40 assists over last three seasons (16, 12, 12)

Named to MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week on seven different occasions, tied for the most in MLS

Started every regular-season match for the first time in his career

Last goal: 9/14/12 at Sporting Kansas City Last assist: 10/31/12 at Chicago Last yellow card: 10/31/12 at Chicago 12 WILL BRUIN FW 6-2 194 GA Born: 10/24/89, St. Louis, MO Age: 22 Last Club: Indiana University Dynamo career: Second year – 57 GP, 52 GS, 17 G, 5 A Forward saw significant playing time after being selected in the first round (No. 11) of 2011 MLS SuperDraft 2012 MLS: 32 GP, 31 GS, 2510 mins, 12 G, 4 A 2012 CCL: 1 GP, 0 GS, 6 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 25 GP, 21 GS, 1,693 mins, 5 G, 1 A

Scored third goal of 2012 postseason on Sunday vs. Sporting KC, setting club record for goals in a season (15)

Tied for club record for goals in a single postseason (3) with Brian Ching (2006)

Scored two goals in first career playoff start on Oct. 31 at Chicago

Third Dynamo player to record two-goal playoff game: Brian Ching (2007 Western Conference semifinal vs. FC Dallas) and Paul Dalglish (2006

Western Conference final vs. Colorado) First two-goal game since June 20 vs. Toronto (3-3

draw)

Scored 12th goal of season on Oct. 6 vs. Montreal; one shy of Brian Ching’s club record 13 goals (’08)

Notched fourth assist of season on Sept. 23 at Union

Scored in three consecutive games (4 goals total) from 4/15 to 4/28. It was the fifth time a Dynamo player has scored in three consecutive games (Ching 2006, 2008; Joseph Ngwenya 2007; Stuart Holden 2009)

Two multi-goal games this season (at D.C. 4/28, vs. Toronto 6/20)

MLS Team of the Week: Weeks 7, 8 and 16

2011: Scored five goals to tie for lead among MLS rookies while appearing in club-rookie-record 25 games

Became fifth player and first rookie in Dynamo history to score a hat trick in 4-1 win vs. DC on 4/29 ... In the process, became second-youngest player in MLS history and fourth MLS rookie to record hat trick

Last goal: 11/4/12 vs. Sporting Kansas City Last assist: 9/23/12 at Philadelphia Union Last hat trick: 4/29/11 vs. DC United (only in MLS) 13 RICARDO CLARK MF 5-10 180 Born: 2/10/83, Atlanta, GA Age: 29 Last Club: on loan at Stabæk Football (Norway) (2012) Other Clubs: New York MetroStars 2003-04, San Jose Earthquakes 2005, Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) ‘10-12 College: Furman University Dynamo career: Fifth year – 108 GP, 105 GS, 8 G, 8 A Dynamo original returns to the club after a three-year stint in Europe. 2006 MLS Best XI, 2007 MLS All-Star First XI. United States international (34 caps) 2012 MLS: 11 GP, 8 GS, 760 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2012 CCL: 0 GP, 0 GS, 0 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 1 GP, 1 GS, 82 mins, 1 G, 0 A

Scored first goal since returning to Dynamo on Sept. 29 vs. New England, a game-winner in 77th minute

Played center back in 1-0 win over RSL on Sept. 6, earning MLS Team of the Week honors

Made first appearance in return with Dynamo on Aug. 10 at New York (15 min. sub appearance)

Played 82 minutes in Reserve game on Aug. 14

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

Named to the MLS Best XI in 2006

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

Last goal: 9/29/12 vs. New England Last assist (MLS): 5/30/09 vs. Toronto FC

14 COLIN ROLFE FW 6-0 175 Born: 2/15/90, Spokane, WA Age: 22 Last Club: University of Louisville ROOKIE Acquired: Selected by Houston in first round of 2012 MLS SuperDraft (No. 18 overall) Hard-nosed forward, drafted by the Dynamo with the No. 18 overall selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. 2012 CCL: 0 GP, 0 GS, 0 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 9 GP, 2 GS, 304 mins, 3 G, 1 A Made professional debut as a sub in USOC match at San

Antonio on 5/29

Has been productive in his nine Reserve League games, scoring goals at Sporting KC on 3/27, at COL on 5/23 and vs. FCD on 6/16, as well as assisting on the winner at FC Dallas on 4/10

Named a finalist for the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy as the nation’s top college player in 2010

Appeared in 87 career games, with 79 starts, and finished with 33 goals and 21 assists

Finished 2011 with 9 goals, 10 assists in 23 games 15 CAM WEAVER FW 6-4 195 Born: 6/10/83, Tacoma, WA Age: 29 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes (2009) Other Clubs: FK Haugesund (Norway) – 2007-2009; Seattle Sounders (USL1) - 2006 College: Seattle University Dynamo career: Fourth year – 59 GP, 31 GS, 10 G, 3 A Towering target forward who missed end of 2011 season with hip injury 2012 MLS: 9 GP, 2 GS, 253 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 CCL: 4 GP, 4 GS, 354 mins, 2 G, 2 A 2012 Reserves: 9 GP, 9 GS, 786 mins, 11 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 28 GP, 16 GS, 1,611 mins, 4 G, 1 A

Scored five goals in final two Reserve League games – a hat trick @ RSL on Oct. 10 and two goals vs. Chicago on Oct. 13 – to finish season with 11 goals

Appeared in 5 of last 7 regular season games

CCL: Scored a goal and provided two assists in 4-0 win over FAS on Sept. 20

CCL: Scored goal in 3-1 win @ FAS on 8/22

Made first MLS start since 9/14/11 in 1-0 loss at New York on 5/9

Missed 2011 playoffs following October surgery to repair torn labrum in hip

Scored four goals in 2011 to tie an MLS career high and added an assist … Four goals came in first 13 games; he played rest of year with labrum injury

Last start: 10/27/12 at Colorado Last goal: 9/20/12 vs. FAS (CCL) Last assist: 9/20/12 vs. FAS (2) (CCL) Last two-goal game: 6/13/09 at FC Dallas 16 ADAM MOFFAT MF 6-0 175 Born: 5/15/86, Glasgow, Scotland Age: 26 Last Club: Portland (2011) Other Clubs: Columbus – 2007-10, Cleveland City Stars – 2007 (USL2); Elgin City – 2006-07 (Scotland); Ross County – 2005-06 (Scotland) Dynamo career: Second year – 36 GP, 34 GS, 4 G, 4 A Tenacious two-way midfielder acquired in July 2011 trade with Portland in exchange for Lovel Palmer and Mike Chabala 2012 MLS: 23 GP, 22 GS, 1930 mins, 2 G, 3 A 2012 CCL: 3 GP, 3 GS, 270 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 13 GP, 12 GS, 1,103 mins, 2 G, 1 A (HOU only)

Scored first career playoff goal on Sunday- a sensational, 25-yard strike into side of net for 1-0 lead

Set new career-high with third assist of the season on Oct. 20 vs. Philadelphia (Kandji’s goal)

CCL: Played 90 minutes in Dynamo’s 1-1 draw at Olimpia on Aug. 30, scoring equalizer with header

Scored equalizer in 82nd minute vs. Columbus on Aug. 19, his second goal of year

Missed three games (7/15-7/21) with groin strain

Scored game-winning goal vs. FC Dallas on 6/16 in the 76th minute; first goal of the year

Assist from corner kick on Bruin’s opening goal in 2-2 draw at Columbus on 4/21

Earned assist on Andre Hainault’s stoppage-time winner at Chivas USA on 3/11/12

2011: Key acquisition via trade helped Dynamo go 6-2-4 in his 12 starts while scoring two spectacular long-range goals and adding one assist

Scored spectacular goal from nearly 40 yards out to key 2-1 win vs. POR on 8/14/11 ... Strike against his former club was voted MLS Goal of the Week

Last goal: 11/4/12 vs. Sporting Kansas City Last assist: 10/20/12 vs. Philadelphia Union 17 LUIZ CAMARGO MF 5-8 172 I Born: 5/24/87, Vinheda, Brazil Age: 25 Last Club: Paraná Clube 2009-11 (Brazil Serie B) Other Clubs: Mogi Mirim 2009 (Brazil) Dynamo career: Second year – 33 GP, 22 GS, 1 G, 3 A Skilled, hard-tackling midfielder acquired in August 2011 2012 MLS: 26 GP, 16 GS, 1425 mins, 1 G, 1 A 2012 CCL: 4 GP, 3 GS, 244 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 5 GP, 5 GS, 354 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 7 GP, 6 GS, 515 mins, 0 G, 2 A

Made first MLS start since July 21 in 1-0 win over RSL on Sept. 6

CCL: Played 64 minutes in Dynamo’s 1-1 draw at Olimpia on Aug. 30

Tallied first assist of 2012 on Will Bruin’s goal on 7/15 vs. D.C. United

Scored first MLS goal on 5/19 at New England, a blistering half-volley in the 87th minute to equalize the match (Goal of the Week nominee)

Appeared in every game since missing first two of the season

2011: Played every minute of all four playoff games

Key player in Houston's late surge, appearing in the last seven games and contributing two assists, while helping Houston go 4-0-2 in his six starts

Set up game-clinching goal late in 2-0 win at KC on 11/6, playing long through ball to Carlo Costly

Last start: 10/27/12 at Colorado Last assist: 7/15/12 vs. D.C. United Last goal: 5/19/12 at New England (first MLS goal)

18 JOSUE SOTO MF 5-9 160 HG Born: 1/3/89, Fort Worth, TX Age: 23 Last Club: Dynamo Academy College: Southern Methodist University Dynamo career – Second year Steady midfielder and home-grown product signed in Jan. 2011 after completing collegiate career at SMU 2012 MLS: Did not appear in an MLS match 2012 CCL: 1 GP, 0 GS, 4 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 6 GP, 4 GS, 429 mins, 0 G, 3 A 2011 Reserves: 10 GS, 873 mins, 0 G, 2 A

CCL: Entered as sub in 86th minute on 8/22 at FAS, helping secure 3-1 win in CCL debut

Loaned to the San Antonio Scorpions of the North American Soccer League (NASL) for the majority of 2012 season

Played 15 minutes as substitute in USOC match at San Antonio on 5/29

2011: Rookie did not appear in a competitive match 19 ALEX DIXON MF 5-8 150 HG Born: 2/7/90, Bay City, TX Age: 22 Last Club: Dynamo Academy College: University of North Carolina Dynamo career: Second year – 11 GP, 1 GS, 1 G, 0 A Talented attacking player and home-grown product signed after three years at North Carolina. 2012 MLS: 3 GP, 1 GS, 114 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 CCL: 1 GP, 0 GS, 19 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 8 GP, 8 GS, 692 mins, 2 G, 3 A 2011 MLS: 7 GP, 84 mins, 1 G, 0 A

Made first career MLS start on Oct. 27 at Colorado CCL: Made Champions League debut with 19-minute sub

appearance vs. FAS on Sept. 20 Played 2 minutes as a sub on Sept. 6 vs. Real Salt Lake Made 2012 MLS debut on 5/9 at New York Tallied goal and two assists in 3-0 Reserve League win at

Sporting Kansas City on 3/27 Started eight Reserve League games 2011: Made seven substitute appearances in league play

and scored one goal in his rookie season Last start: 10/27/12 at Colorado Last goal: 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake (first MLS goal)

22 BRIAN OWNBY MF 6-0 160 Born: 7/16/90, Glen Allen, VA Age: 22 Last Club: University of Virginia ROOKIE Acquired: Selected by Houston in first round of 2012 Supplemental draft (No. 7 overall) Hard-working outside midfielder who can run at opponents and offers pace on the right flank. 2012 MLS: 7 GP, 0 GS, 115 mins, 0 G, 2 A 2012 CCL: 1 GP, 0 GS, 20 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 7 GP, 5 GS, 271 mins, 1 G, 0 A

CCL: Entered as substitute in 70th minute on 8/22 at FAS, helping secure a 3-1 win

Played 13 minutes as a substitute in 3-3 draw vs. Toronto on 6/20; secondary assist on Will Bruin’s 90th minute equalizer

Made MLS debut as substitute at Vancouver on 6/10, played 12 minutes and earned first career assist on Mac Kandji’s 83rd minute goal

Made pro debut in USOC match at San Antonio on 5/29, coming on as a sub in the 62nd minute

Suffered left elbow dislocation in Reserve League game at Chicago on 4/16

Scored winning goal in 80th minute of 1-0 win Colorado Rapids on 3/13. Came off bench and buried the rebound of Jermaine Taylor’s shot.

Played four years at the University of Virginia (2008-11) Scored 19 goals and added 10 assists in 72 games 2011 All-ACC Second Team and NSCAA All-South

Atlantic Region Third Team Played for USA at FIFA U-20 World Cup (scored one

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

Last appearance: 8/22/12 at FAS (CCL) Last goal: None in MLS Last assist: 6/20/12 vs. Toronto FC 23 GILES BARNES MF 5-11 181 I Born: 8/5/88, London, England Age: 24 Last Club: Doncaster Rovers F.C. (England) 2011-12 Other Clubs: West Bromich Albion (2010-11), Derby County (2005-09) Dynamo career: 2012 debut

Quick, explosive attacking midfielder/winger with set-piece ability and English Premier League experience 2012 MLS: 4 GP, 1 GS, 149 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 CCL: 2 GP, 2 GS, 159 mins, 1 G, 0 A

2012 Reserves: 2 GP, 2 GS, 153 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Made first career MLS start on Oct. 27 at Colorado Entered as sub for final 34 minutes in 3-1 win over Union

on Oct. 20

CCL: Made Dynamo home debut on Sept. 20 vs. FAS and scored stunning 30-yard goal with strike into upper corner

Made Dynamo debut as substitute for final nine minutes at Sporting KC on Sept. 14

Spent 2011-12 season with Doncaster Rovers of the English Championship, tallying one goal and four assists in 36 appearances in all competitions

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

12 appearances for England’s U-19 national team

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

Scored ten goals in 84 appearances with Derby County and earned its Young Player of the Year award in 2007

Spent 2010-11 with West Bromwich Albion of the English Premier League and made 19 appearances

Last start: 10/27/12 at Colorado Last goal: 9/20/12 vs. FAS (CCL) 24 TYLER DERIC GK 6-3 195 HG Born: 8/30/88, Houston, TX Age: 24 Last Club: Dynamo Academy College: North Carolina Dynamo career: Fourth year – 3 GP, 3 GS First ever Academy product; served as No. 2 goalkeeper in 2011 after strong outings in 2010 2012 MLS: 1 GP, 1 GS, 90 mins, 2.0 GAA, 0-1-0 2012 CCL: 4 GP, 4 GS, 360 mins, 0.75 GAA, 1 shutout, 2-0-2 2012 Reserves: 9 GS, 810 mins, 1.1 GAA, 4 shutouts, 6-2-1 2011 Reserves: 10 GS, 900 mins, 1.10 GAA, 6 shutouts, 6-4-0

Made first MLS start of 2012 on Oct. 27 at Colorado CCL: Helped lead Dynamo to quarterfinals with start

in all four games as Dynamo went unbeaten to win Group 3

CCL: Earned first CCL shutout in Houston’s 4-0 win vs. FAS on Sept. 20

CCL: Made several big saves in Dynamo’s 1-1 draw at Olimpia on Aug. 30

CCL: Made first-ever international start on 8/22 at FAS, earning first win with two vital second-half saves on Alexander Larin

Loaned out to San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) for their match vs. Puerto Rico Islanders on 8/5 (2-1 L)

Recorded shutouts in four Reserve League wins – 2-0 vs. SKC on 8/14, 1-0 at FC Dallas 4/10, 3-0 win at SKC on 3/27 and 1-0 vs. Colorado on 3/13.

Has recorded 10 shutouts in 19 Reserve League games since start of 2011

2011: Served as Tally Hall’s backup entire season Reserves: Led MLS Reserve League with six shutouts

while playing every minute of all 10 games Last start: 10/27/12 at Colorado Last shutout: 9/20/12 vs. FAS (CCL) Most saves (Career): 5, 10/23/10 vs. Seattle 25 BRIAN CHING FW 6-1 195 Born: 5/24/78, Haleiwa, HI Age: 34 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes (2003-05) Other Clubs: LA Galaxy (2001) College: Gonzaga University Dynamo career: Seventh year – 155 GP, 127 GS, 56 G, 21 A Traded back to Houston on 2/16/11 after Montreal selected Ching in 2011 Expansion draft. Original Dynamo player and all-time leading scorer. The forward led or tied for the team lead in goals in five consecutive seasons (2007-2011) and set a franchise and personal record with 13 goals in 2008. United States international (45 caps, 11 goals) 2012 MLS: 30 GP, 13 GS, 1385 mins, 5 G, 5 A 2012 CCL: 3 GP, 3 GS, 252 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 1 GP, 1 GS, 63 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 20 GP, 15 GS, 1,242 mins, 5 G, 1 A

Earned fifth assist of season on Boniek Garcia’s goal in 3-1 win over Union on Oct. 20; equals career-high for assists, set in 2008 and 2005

Assisted on Ricardo Clark’s goal on Sept. 29 vs. New England, his 20th regular season assist for the Dynamo to pass Brian Mullan for second on franchise list

Set new career-high for games in a season with 26th on Sept. 2 at Chicago; also matched 2011 total with fifth goal of season

CCL: Started on 8/22 at FAS, scoring header goal in 12th min. and playing 90 minutes in 3-1 win

Goal at FAS on 8/22 was sixth international goal with Dynamo, tying Stuart Holden for club record

Drew and converted a game-winning penalty in the 83rd minute vs. Philadelphia on 6/30, his first goal at BBVA

Compass Stadium and the 20th game-winning goal of his career

Start at Vancouver on 6/10 was his 200th MLS appearance, 137 of which are with the Dynamo (second on all-time Dynamo list)

Assisted on Will Bruin’s goal at Chicago, marking his 25th assist in all competitions for Dynamo

Started opening day on 3/11 for the sixth time in seven years with Houston

2011: Was limited to 1,242 minutes in 20 appearances due to injury (hamstring, ribs, foot and adductor), the lowest minute total of his Houston career, but still tied for team lead with five goals

Last goal: 9/2/12 at Chicago Last start: 10/23/12 vs. Olimpia (CCL) Last assist: 10/20/12 vs. Philadelphia Last two-goal game: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Sounders Last hat trick: 8/21/10 vs. Chicago Fire (2 in MLS) 26 COREY ASHE DF 5-5 154 Born: 3/14/86, Orange County, CA Age: 26 Last Club: University of North Carolina Dynamo career: Sixth year – 160 GP, 106 GS, 1 G, 13 A Career midfielder switched to left back early in 2011 season and earned MLS All-Star selection 2012 MLS: 30 GP, 30 GS, 2625 mins, 0 G, 2 A 2012 CCL: 1 GP, 1 GS, 90 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 32 GP, 30 GS, 2,617 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Recorded second assist of season on Will Bruin’s goal on Oct. 6 vs. Montreal

Started 21 consecutive MLS games before missing Sept. 23 game at Philadelphia with left hamstring strain

Start vs. Portland on 5/15 was Ashe’s 137th MLS regular season appearance to move to second on the Dynamo all-time list

Earned assist on Bruin’s second goal at D.C. at 4/28

Missed San Jose game on 3/17 with strained left hamstring

2011: Began season at right midfield but became starter at left back, starting 28 games

Named MLS All-Star for the first time

Last goal: 9/22/09 vs. Árabe Unido (CCL) Last assist: 10/6/12 vs. Montreal Impact

27 BONIEK GARCIA MF 5-9 159 I Born: 9/4/84, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Age: 28 Last Club: C.D. Olimpia (Honduras) 2003-12 Dynamo career: 2012 debut Acquired: Transfer from C.D. Olimpia on June 7, 2012 Versatile two-way midfielder who is a fixture for the Honduran national team (73 caps) 2012 MLS: 17 GP, 17 GS, 1530 mins, 4 G, 6 A 2012 CCL: 2 GP, 1 GS, 102 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Scored fourth goal of season in 3-1 win over Union on Oct. 20, curling strong shot into side net

Started both October World Cup Qualifiers for Honduras, playing 90 minutes at Panama on Oct. 12 and 77 minutes vs. Canada on Oct. 16

Scored for the second straight game, and third goal overall, on Sept. 29 vs. New England, volleying home Creavalle’s cross for 2-0 lead in stoppage time

6 assists and 4 goals in 19 MLS games with Dynamo; 90 minutes in all 19 games (playoffs included)

Dynamo are 11-4-6 since he joined club on Aug. 27

Scored second Dynamo goal Sept. 23 at Philadelphia, a cracking equalizer off inside of far post

Earned sixth assist with Dynamo on Davis’ goal Sept. 14 at Kansas City

Played 90 minutes for Honduras in both of its World Cup qualifying wins over Cuba (9/7, 9/11)

CCL: Played 90 minutes against former club in Dynamo’s 1-1 draw at Olimpia on Aug. 30

Started for Honduras in 2-0 friendly win over Boca Juniors on Aug. 15

Assist on Brian Ching’s goal on 7/28 at Toronto

MLS Team of the Week (Week 19)

Scored first MLS goal on 7/17 vs. D.C., with header from Andre Hainault cross (first headed goal of his career); also recorded assist on Bruin’s goal

MLS debut in start vs. Philadelphia on 6/30, played 90 minutes at right wing

Made 115 appearances for Olimpia, scoring 14 goals

Played in 14 CONCACAF Champions League matches from 2008-2011, scored two goals, advanced to quarterfinals of 2010-11 CCL tournament

International: 71 caps for Honduras at a variety of positions; (1 goal)

Last goal: 10/20/12 vs. Philadelphia Last assist: 9/14/12 at Sporting Kansas City

28 ERICH MARSCHEIDER GK 6-3 185 Born: 1/5/93, Vienna, Austria Age: 19 Last Club: Colorado Rush Soccer Club ROOKIE Acquired: Signed with Dynamo on Feb. 22, 2012 after trial Young, hard-working goalkeeper who signed with the Dynamo midway through the 2012 preseason

Played three years of varsity soccer at Pine Creek High School (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Earned Golden Gloves honors as top goalkeeper in 2011 for Colorado Rush program

31 ANDRE HAINAULT DF 6-0 180 I Born: 6/17/86, Montréal, QC, Canada Age: 26 Last Club: FK SIAD Most - 2005-08 (Czech Rep.) Other Clubs: Sparta Prague 2008 (loan), Montreal Impact - 2004-05 (USL1) Dynamo career: Fourth year – 104 GP, 100 GS, 6 G, 6 A Promising Canadian defender who can play anywhere on back line. Canada international (30 caps, 2 goals) 2012 MLS: 25 GP, 24 GS, 2035 mins, 2 G, 3 A 2012 CCL: 3 GP, 3 GS, 270 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 31 GS, 2,790 mins, 1 G, 0 A

CCL: Scored equalizing header goal in 1-1 draw with Olimpia on Oct. 23 to help Dynamo advance to quarterfinals

Played 90 minutes in both of Canada’s October World Cup qualifying matches, vs. Cuba on 10/12 and at Honduras on 10/16

Played 90 minutes in both of Canada’s September World Cup qualifying matches with Panama (9/7, 9/11)

3 assists this year is a new career high, zero assists last season (previous high: 2)

Headed in game-winning goal vs. LA Galaxy on 5/26 off a Brad Davis corner kick

MLS Team of the Week (Weeks 10 and 12)

Made his 100th Dynamo appearance in all competitions at Columbus on 4/21, becoming the 15th player to reach 100 in franchise history

Scored game-winner in the 2nd minute of stoppage time for 1-0 win at Chivas USA on 3/11/12

2011: Dynamo Defender of the Year

Played every minute of playoffs and led team with two goals

Last start: 10/27/12 at Colorado Last goal: 10/23/12 vs. Olimpia (CCL) Last assist: 7/17/12 vs. Sporting Kansas City Last yellow card: 4/21/12 at Columbus Crew 32 BOBBY BOSWELL DF 6-2 185 Born: 3/15/83, Austin, TX Age: 29 Last Club: D.C. United (2005-07) College: Florida International University Dynamo career: Fifth year – 145 GP, 144 GS, 9 G, 4 A Backbone of the Dynamo defense since joining club in 2008. United States international (3 caps) 2012 MLS: 33 GP, 33 GS, 2930 mins, 2 G, 1 A 2012 CCL: 3 GP, 2 GS, 206 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 28 GP, 27 GS, 2,460 mins, 5 G, 1 A

Set new career-high with 31st regular season game of season on Sept. 29 vs. New England

Played full time in 37 consecutive MLS matches (3,380 consecutive minutes, including playoffs) before exiting Houston’s 1-0 win on Sept. 6 in the 74th minute with a stomach virus

First assist of the year, a header off a Brad Davis corner kick, to Calen Carr at Toronto on 7/28

Two goals this year, both headers off of Brad Davis corner kicks (vs. TFC, vs. MTL)

5/12 vs. D.C. was his 200th Major League Soccer appearance in his eight-year career.

2011: Scored a career-high five goals to tie for the team lead, adding one assist

Last goal: 9/20/12 vs. FAS (CCL) Last assist: 7/28/12 at Toronto FC Last yellow card: 9/29/12 vs. New England Last red card: 7/24/10 at Columbus Crew LEGEND: GK-goalkeeper; DF-defender; MF-midfielder; FW-forward; I-international; HG-home-grown; GA Generation adidas; USOC-U.S. Open Cup; CCL-CONCACAF Champions League

HOW THE 2012 DYNAMO WERE ASSEMBLED

Date Player Transaction type 12/16/05 Brian Ching Moved with club from San Jose (SJ acquired 03 Supplemental Draft) 12/16/05 Brad Davis Moved with club from San Jose (SJ acquired 05 trade) 1/12/07 Corey Ashe 2007 MLS SuperDraft, Round 2 (pick 26) 12/12/07 Bobby Boswell Traded from D.C. United for Zach Wells 1/18/08 Geoff Cameron 2008 MLS SuperDraft, Round 3 (pick 42) 1/23/09 Tally Hall Signed as discovery player on free transfer from Esbjerg (Denmark) 2/27/09 Tyler Deric Signed as home-grown player (first in club history) 4/14/09 Andre Hainault Transferred from SIAD Most (Czech Republic) 6/9/09 Cam Weaver Traded from San Jose Earthquakes for Chris Wondolowski 9/15/10 Colin Clark Traded from Colorado Rapids for Brian Mullan 1/13/11 Kofi Sarkodie 2011 MLS SuperDraft, Round 1 (pick 7) 1/13/11 Will Bruin 2011 MLS SuperDraft, Round 1 (pick 11) 1/19/11 Josue Soto Signed as home-grown player 1/19/11 Alex Dixon Signed as home-grown player 2/16/11 Jermaine Taylor Transferred from St. George’s (Jamaica) 3/23/11 Calen Carr Traded from Chicago Fire for Dominic Oduro 4/15/11 Je-Vaughn Watson Transferred from Sporting Central (Jamaica) 7/21/11 Adam Moffat Traded from Portland Timbers for Mike Chabala and Lovel Palmer 8/9/11 Luiz Camargo Loaned from Clube Paraná (Brazil) 12/29/11 Nathan Sturgis Traded from Toronto FC for conditional draft pick 1/12/12 Colin Rolfe 2012 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 (pick 18) 1/12/12 Warren Creavalle 2012 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 (pick 37) 1/17/12 Brian Ownby 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft Round 1 (pick 7) 2/8/12 Macoumba Kandji Traded from Colorado for conditional draft pick 2/22/12 Eric Marscheider Signed as trialist 4/13/12 Oscar Recio Loaned from C.F. Monterrey (Mexico) 6/7/12 Boniek Garcia Transferred from C.D. Olimpia (Honduras) 8/8/12 Ricardo Clark Signed as free agent (originally moved with club from San Jose) 8/29/12 Giles Barnes Signed as free agent Acquisitions by first season with club 2006 3 2007 1 2008 2 2009 4 2010 1 2011 9 2012 9

Acquisitions by method MLS SuperDraft 6 MLS Supplemental Draft 1 Trade 7 Home-Grown Player 3 San Jose original 2 Transfer 5 Loan 2 Trialist 1 Free agent 2

DYNAMO GAME-BY-GAME LINEUPS Dynamo at Chivas USA – 3/11/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Corey Ashe

Colin Clark

Adam Moffat

Je‐Vaughn Watson

Brad Davis

Brian Ching (C) (Macoumba Kandji 86)

Will Bruin (Calen Carr 77)

Dynamo at San Jose Earthquakes – 3/17/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Jermaine Taylor

Colin Clark (Nathan Sturgis 82)

Adam Moffat

Je‐Vaughn Watson

Brad Davis

Will Bruin (Calen Carr 67)

Brian Ching (C) (Cam Weaver 67)

Dynamo at Seattle Sounders – 3/23/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault (Jermaine Taylor 45)

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Corey Ashe

Colin Clark

Adam Moffat

Je‐Vaughn Watson (Luiz Camargo 67)

Brad Davis

Will Bruin


Dynamo at Chicago Fire – 4/15/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Jermaine Taylor

Je‐Vaughn Watson

Nathan Sturgis

Luiz Camargo (Calen Carr 63)

Corey Ashe

Will Bruin

Brian Ching (C)

(formations listed right‐to‐left)

Dynamo at Columbus Crew – 4/21/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Jermaine Taylor

Je‐Vaughn Watson (Calen Carr 79)

Adam Moffat

Luiz Camargo

Corey Ashe (Macoumba Kandji 91)

Will Bruin

Brian Ching (C) (Cam Weaver 84)

Dynamo at D.C. United – 4/28/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault (Brad Davis 72)

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Jermaine Taylor


Adam Moffat

Luiz Camargo

Corey Ashe (Kofi Sarkodie 82)

Will Bruin

Brian Ching (C)

Dynamo at New York Red Bulls – 5/9/12

Tally Hall

Jermaine Taylor

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Corey Ashe

Calen Carr

Adam Moffat

Luiz Camargo (Alex Dixon 56)

Brad Davis (C)

Cam Weaver (Will Bruin 61)

Macoumba Kandji (Colin Clark 73)

D.C. United at Dynamo – 5/12/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Jermaine Taylor

Calen Carr (Colin Clark 71)

Adam Moffat


Brad Davis

Will Bruin


(4‐4‐2 unless otherwise noted)

Portland Timbers at Dynamo – 5/15/12

Tally Hall

Jermaine Taylor

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Corey Ashe

Calen Carr

Nathan Sturgis

Luiz Camargo

Brad Davis (C) (Alex Dixon 74)

Will Bruin (Brian Ching 64)


Dynamo at N.E,Revolution – 5/19/12

Tally Hall

Jermaine Taylor

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Corey Ashe

Calen Carr (Macoumba Kandji 76)

Adam Moffat


Brad Davis (Colin Clark 70)

Will Bruin

Brian Ching (C)

LA Galaxy at Dynamo – 5/26/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe


Adam Moffat

Je‐Vaughn Watson

Brad Davis (Luiz Camargo 84)

Will Bruin

Brian Ching (C) (Macoumba Kandji 72

Dynamo at Vancouver – 6/10/12

Tally Hall

Warren Creavalle

Bobby Boswell

Nathan Sturgis (Brian Ownby 78)

Corey Ashe

Calen Carr

Adam Moffat

Luiz Camargo (Colin Clark 71)

Brad Davis

Will Bruin


F.C. Dallas at Dynamo – 6/16/12

Tally Hall

Jermaine Taylor

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Corey Ashe


Adam Moffat


Brad Davis

Will Bruin


Toronto F.C. at Dynamo – 6/20/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Corey Ashe

Colin Clark (Brian Ownby 77)

Adam Moffat

Luiz Camargo (Je‐Vaughn Watson 57)

Brad Davis (C)

Will Bruin

Macoumba Kandji (Brian Ching 63)

Dynamo at Montreal Impact – 6/23/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Corey Ashe

Colin Clark (Brian Ownby 62)

Adam Moffat


Brad Davis

Will Bruin

Brian Ching (C) (Warren Creavalle 81)

Philadelphia Union at Dynamo – 6/30/12

(4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Jermaine Taylor

Bobby Boswell

Corey Ashe

Luiz Camargo (Warren Creavalle 79)

Geoff Cameron

Brad Davis (C)

Boniek Garcia


Macoumba Kandji (Brian Ownby 71)

Chicago Fire at Dynamo – 7/3/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Luiz Camargo (Brian Ownby 69)

Adam Moffat

Brad Davis (C)

Boniek Garcia



Dynamo at Sporting KC – 7/7/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Luiz Camargo (Warren Creavalle 66)

Adam Moffat

Brad Davis (C)

Boniek Garcia


Macoumba Kandji (Brian Ownby 80)

D.C. United at Dynamo – 7/15/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Luiz Camargo

Geoff Cameron

Brad Davis (C) (Je‐Vaughn Watson 73)

Boniek Garcia


Macoumba Kandji (Calen Carr 64)

Sporting KC at Dynamo – 7/18/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Boniek Garcia

Warren Creavalle (Luiz Camargo 68)

Brad Davis (C)

Calen Carr

Will Bruin (Brian Ownby 78)


Montreal at Dynamo – 7/21/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell (C)

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Luiz Camargo (Brad Davis 68)

Warren Creavalle

Boniek Garcia

Calen Carr (Je‐Vaughn Watson 58)


Macoumba Kandji

Dynamo at Toronto FC – 7/28/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Warren Creavalle

Bobby Boswell

Andre Hainault

Corey Ashe (Kofi Sarkodie 78)

Boniek Garcia

Adam Moffat

Brad Davis


Brian Ching (C)

Macoumba Kandji (Luiz Camargo 74)

New York Red Bulls at Dynamo – 8/3/12

(4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Boniek Garcia

Adam Moffat

Brad Davis (C)



Macoumba Kandji (Luiz Camargo 81)

Dynamo at New York Red Bulls – 8/10/12

(4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Boniek Garcia

Adam Moffat (Ricardo Clark 75)

Brad Davis (C)

Calen Carr (Luiz Camargo 66)


Macoumba Kandji

Columbus Crew at Dynamo – 8/19/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe (Cam Weaver 76)

Boniek Garcia

Adam Moffat

Brad Davis (C)

Calen Carr


Macoumba Kandji (Ricardo Clark 63)

Dynamo at C.D. FAS – 8/22/12 (4‐4‐2)

Tyler Deric

Kofi Sarkodie

Bobby Boswell

Nate Sturgis

Warren Creavalle (Brian Ownby 70)

Je‐Vaughn Watson

Adam Moffat

Luiz Camargo (Brad Davis 81)

Colin Clark (Josue Soto 86)

Brian Ching (C)

Cam Weaver

Toronto FC at Dynamo – 8/15/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Boniek Garcia

Ricardo Clark (Je‐Vaughn Watson 77)

Brad Davis (C)

Calen Carr


Macoumba Kandji (Adam Moffat 73)

Dynamo at C.D. Olimpia – 8/30/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tyler Deric

Kofi Sarkodie

Nate Sturgis

Jermaine Taylor

Andre Hainault (C)

Boniek Garcia

Adam Moffat

Luiz Camargo (Bobby Boswell 64)

Je‐Vaughn Watson

Cam Weaver (Will Bruin 84)

Colin Clark (Macouma Kandji 75)

Dynamo at Chicago – 9/2/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault (Kofi Sarkodie 45)

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor (Brian Ching 63)

Corey Ashe

Boniek Garcia

Ricardo Clark

Brad Davis (C)

Je‐Vaughn Watson

Will Bruin


Real Salt Lake at Dynamo – 9/6/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

Bobby Boswell (Cam Weaver 74)

Ricardo Clark

Corey Ashe

Calen Carr

Luiz Camargo

Brad Davis (C)

Macoumba Kandji

Will Bruin (Alex Dixon 89)

Colin Clark

Dynamo at Sporting KC – 9/14/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe (Andre Hainault 74)

Luiz Camargo

Ricardo Clark

Brad Davis (C)

Boniek Garcia


Macoumba Kandji (Giles Barnes 81)

Dynamo vs. C.D. FAS – 9/20/12 (4‐4‐2)

Tyler Deric

Kofi Sarkodie

Bobby Boswell

Andre Hainault

Warren Creavalle


Adam Moffat

Giles Barnes (Luiz Camargo 81)

Colin Clark

Brian Ching (C) (Alex Dixon 71)

Cam Weaver

Dynamo at Philadelphia – 9/23/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

Bobby Boswell

Andre Hainault (Cam Weaver 81)

Jermaine Taylor

Luiz Camargo (Giles Barnes 63)

Ricardo Clark

Brad Davis (C)

Boniek Garcia

Will Bruin


Dynamo vs. New England – 9/29/12 (4‐4‐2)

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Boniek Garcia

Ricardo Clark

Adam Moffat

Brad Davis (C) (Warren Creavalle 91+)

Will Bruin (Cam Weaver 74)

Calen Carr (Brian Ching 65)

Dynamo vs. Montreal – 10/6/12 (4‐3‐3)

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

Bobby Boswell (C)

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Boniek Garcia

Ricardo Clark

Adam Moffat (Warren Creavalle 89)

Calen Carr



Dynamo vs. Philadelphia– 10/20/12 (4‐4‐2)

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Boniek Garcia

Ricardo Clark

Adam Moffat (Giles Barnes 56)

Brad Davis (C) (Warren Creavalle 85)

Will Bruin


Dynamo vs. Olimpia – 10/23/12 (4‐4‐2)

Tyler Deric

Warren Creavalle

Nathan Sturgis

Andre Hainault

Corey Ashe


Luiz Camargo

Giles Barnes (Boniek Garcia 78)

Colin Clark (Je‐Vaughn Watson 46)

Cam Weaver

Brian Ching (C)

Dynamo at Colorado – 10/27/12 (4‐4‐2)

Tyler Deric

Warren Creavalle

Nathan Sturgis

Andre Hainault (C)

Kofi Sarkodie

Je‐Vaughn Watson

Luiz Camargo

Giles Barnes (Ricardo Clark 79)

Alex Dixon (Brad Davis 62)

Cam Weaver


Dynamo at Chicago – 10/31/12 (4‐4‐2)

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor

Corey Ashe

Boniek Garcia

Ricardo Clark

Adam Moffat

Brad Davis (C)



Dynamo vs. Sporting KC – 11/4/12 (4‐4‐2)

Tally Hall

Kofi Sarkodie

Bobby Boswell

Jermaine Taylor (Andre Hainault 55)

Corey Ashe

Boniek Garcia

Ricardo Clark

Adam Moffat

Brad Davis (C)


Calen Carr (Brian Ching 81)

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