Game Guide: Sporting KC at D.C. United

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

D.C. UNITED SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 5/21/2014 DC 2, HOU 0 (0) 5/04/2014 KC 2, CLB 0 (3)Road win 5/10/2014 DC 1, PHI 0 (1) 5/10/2014 KC 3, MTL 0 (1)Home loss 3/08/2014 DC 0, CLB 3 (6) 5/14/2014 KC 1, PHI 2 (2)Road loss 5/24/2014 DC 1, NE 2 (0) 5/18/2014 KC 1, CHI 2 (0)Tie game 5/17/2014 DC 1, MTL 1 (2) 5/27/2014 KC 1, NY 1 (0)Shutout for 5/21/2014 DC 2, HOU 0 (1) 5/10/2014 KC 3, MTL 0 (4)Shutout vs. 3/22/2014 DC 0, TOR 1 (10) 4/26/2014 KC 0, NE 2 (6)

United LLTWWTWLWTWLSporting KC LTWWTWLWWLLTT

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGDC 12 2 5 4 0 1 17 1.42KC 13 3 5 2 2 1 19 1.46

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGDC 12 4 4 2 2 0 14 1.17KC 13 5 3 5 0 0 13 1.00

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90DC 17 2 2 4 1 5 3KC 19 2 1 2 3 4 7

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90DC 14 2 3 1 3 0 5KC 13 2 0 0 3 1 7

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

UNITED G: 6 EspindolaA: 5 EspindolaSHT: 27 EspindolaSOG: 11 EspindolaFC: 24 KitchenFS: 24 JohnsonOF:18 JohnsonC: 4 3 players tiedE: 1 Johnson

SPORTING G: 10 DwyerA: 4 ZusiSHT: 46 DwyerSOG: 18 DwyerFC: 26 DwyerFS: 37 FeilhaberOF: 10 DwyerC: 3 Feilhaber/NagamuraE: 1 3 players tied

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA United 12 5-4-3 18 17 14at home 7 4-1-2 14 12 7

Sporting 13 5-4-4 19 19 13on road 5 2-3-0 6 7 7

2014 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME (48 meetings): United 18 wins (1 shootout), 62 goals … Sporting 20 wins (0 shootout), 73 goals … Ties 10

AT D.C. (23 meetings): United 12 wins (0 shootout), 34 goals … Sporting 6 wins (0 shootout), 26 goals … Ties 5

LAST YEAR (MLS)4/5: KC 1, DC 0 (Bieler 89)5/19: DC 1, KC 1 (Porter 65 – Opara 60)10/18: KC 1, DC 0 (Dwyer 7)

D.C. UNITED2 Jeff Parke (DF)3 Cristian Fernandez (DF)4 Nana Attakora (DF)5 Sean Franklin (DF)7 Eddie Johnson (FW)8 Davy Arnaud (MF)9 Fabian Espindola (FW)11 Luis Silva (FW)12 Alex Caskey (MF)13 Chris Pontius (MF)14 Nick DeLeon (MF)15 Steve Birnbaum (DF)17 Conor Shanosky (MF)18 Chris Rolfe (FW)19 Kyle Porter (MF)20 Jalen Robinson (DF)21 Christiano Francois (FW)22 Chris Korb (DF)23 Perry Kitchen (MF)24 Lewis Neal (MF)25 Jared Jeffrey (MF)27 Collin Martin (MF)28 Bill Hamid (GK)29 Michael Seaton (FW)30 Conor Doyle (FW)31 Joe Willis (GK)32 Bobby Boswell (DF)33 Taylor Kemp (DF)50 Andrew Dykstra (GK)

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

ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS

REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez.SAR (bench): Adam Wienckowski; JAR (opposite): Craig Lowry;

4th: Mark Kadlecik

UNITEDSat. June 7 Columbus

Wed. June 11 at MontrealSat. June 28 Seattle

Sat. July 5 at Toronto FC

UPCOMING MATCHES

D.C. UNITED v SPORTING KANSAS CITY(May 31, RFK Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m. ET)

SPORTINGFri. June 6 at HoustonFri. June 27 at Portland

Sun. July 6 ChicagoSat. July 12 at Montreal

GOALS SCOREDMINUTES PER GOAL

RIGHT FOOTLEFT FOOTHEADERS

OTHER

OPEN PLAYCROSS

CORNERREBOUND PENALTIES

DIRECT FROM FREE KICKFREE KICK (INDIRECT)

OWN GOALS

INSIDE GOAL AREAINSIDE PENALTY AREA

OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

F A 19 13 62 90

5 7 10 3 4 2 0 1

12 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 1 2 1 0

3 4 13 8 3 1

F A 17 12 64 83

4 11 9 0 4 1 0 0

6 5 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0

5 2 10 10 2 0

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

UNITED SPORTING

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

KC: Peterson Joseph, Ike Opara, Chance Myers

KC: Graham Zusi, Matt Besler (USA); Lawrence Olum (Kenya)

SUSPENDED: noneWARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): DC: Davy Arnaud, Perry Kitchen

7Johnson

28Hamid

14DeLeon

27Martin

22Korb

2Parke

12Caskey

23Kitchen

32Boswell

8Arnaud

39Fernandez

1Kronberg

11Zizzo

40Juliao

10Feilhaber

9Dovale

15Sinovic

14Dwyer

23Martinez

6Nagamura

78Collin

4Ellis

D.C. UNITED v SPORTING KANSAS CITY(May 31, RFK Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m. ET -- MLS Game 119)

2014 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 2 Jeff Parke DF 6-1 185 03/23/1982 Abington, PA 12 12 0 0 253 246 2 63 Cristian Fernandez DF 5-10 170 10/15/1985 Santander, Spain 12 12 0 1 12 12 0 14 Nana Attakora DF 6-1 185 03/27/1989 North York, Ontario, Canada 0 0 0 0 70 62 3 55 Sean Franklin DF 5-10 160 03/21/1985 Panorama City, CA 7 7 1 0 167 157 6 207 Eddie Johnson FW 6-0 180 03/31/1984 Bunnell, FL 10 10 1 1 186 150 65 198 Davy Arnaud MF 5-11 160 06/22/1980 Nederland, TX 12 11 2 0 309 276 50 439 Fabian Espindola FW 5-9 160 05/04/1985 San Luis, Argentina 12 11 6 5 165 138 50 2411 Luis Silva FW 5-11 163 12/10/1988 Los Angeles, CA, Mexico 8 3 0 0 65 49 8 912 Alex Caskey MF 5-10 152 07/22/1988 Dunwoody, GA 5 1 0 0 35 18 1 413 Chris Pontius MF 6-0 168 05/12/1987 West Covina, CA 0 0 0 0 123 106 27 1614 Nick DeLeon MF 5-10 170 07/17/1990 Phoenix, AZ 11 11 0 3 64 59 8 815 Steve Birnbaum DF 6-1 180 01/23/1991 Irvine, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 017 Conor Shanosky MF 6-4 185 12/13/1991 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 018 Chris Rolfe FW 5-9 145 01/17/1983 Kettering, OH 10 8 3 3 186 156 51 2519 Kyle Porter MF 6-0 160 01/19/1990 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 0 0 0 30 18 3 120 Jalen Robinson DF 5-9 145 05/08/1994 Cantonsville, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 021 Christiano Francois FW 5-7 140 07/17/1993 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 022 Chris Korb DF 5-9 160 10/08/1987 Cleveland, OH 6 5 0 0 74 69 0 523 Perry Kitchen MF 6-0 160 02/29/1992 Indianapolis, IN 12 12 1 1 106 105 3 624 Lewis Neal MF 5-11 155 07/14/1981 Leicester, England 9 4 0 0 36 16 2 225 Jared Jeffrey MF 5-11 165 06/14/1990 Richardson, TX 2 0 0 0 12 10 2 027 Collin Martin MF 5-11 150 11/09/1994 Chevy Chase, MD 1 1 0 0 8 5 0 128 Bill Hamid GK 6-3 225 11/25/1990 Annandale, VA 9 9 0 0 94 94 0 029 Michael Seaton FW 6-0 180 05/01/1996 Spanish Town, Jamaica 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 030 Conor Doyle FW 6-1 175 10/13/1991 McKinney, TX 11 1 0 0 25 9 2 131 Joe Willis GK 6-5 190 08/10/1988 St. Louis, MO 0 0 0 0 23 22 0 032 Bobby Boswell DF 6-2 185 03/15/1983 Austin, TX 12 12 1 2 269 266 14 1133 Taylor Kemp DF 5-11 153 07/23/1990 Highlands Ranch, CO 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 050 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 3 3 0 0 20 20 0 1

HEAD COACH: Ben Olsen 05/03/1977 W37 L59 T30

D.C. UNITED

2014 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 13 13 0 0 18 17 0 02 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 03 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 3 2 0 0 56 39 6 04 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 6 5 0 0 8 6 0 05 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 9 9 0 0 135 130 2 66 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 10 10 1 2 211 190 11 187 Chance Myers DW 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 7 7 0 1 123 98 2 138 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 9 9 1 4 132 100 18 359 Antonio Dovale MF 5-8 152 04/04/1990 A Coruna, Galicia, Spain 6 4 1 1 6 4 1 110 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13 13 1 3 92 81 9 1611 Sal Zizzo FW 5-11 165 04/03/1987 San Diego, CA 10 8 0 3 80 37 2 1112 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 013 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 8 4 0 1 50 23 1 214 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 13 11 10 0 30 18 12 215 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 12 12 0 0 114 111 0 516 Claudio Bieler FW 5-11 170 03/01/1984 Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina 8 3 1 0 36 28 11 417 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 4 2 0 0 94 64 18 918 Victor Munoz MF 5-7 165 07/25/1990 Madrid, Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 019 Peterson Joseph MF 5-8 132 04/24/1990 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 0 0 0 0 34 18 0 120 Oriol Rosell MF 6-0 168 07/07/1992 Puig-Reig, Catalonia, Spain 7 7 0 0 43 39 2 221 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 022 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 4 0 0 0 40 17 5 523 Alex Martinez MF 5-8 160 08/25/1991 Montevideo, Uruguay 7 2 0 0 7 2 0 025 Christian Duke MF 5-9 155 06/05/1991 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 Andy Gruenebaum GK 6-1 200 12/30/1982 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 80 79 0 137 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 9 5 1 1 186 106 14 1340 Igor Juliao DF 5-8 145 08/23/1994 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 078 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 10 9 2 0 91 87 11 294 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0

HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes 11/21/1966 W67 L49 T41

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

MLS GAME INFORMATION

D.C. UNITED vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY RFK MEMORIAL STADIUM, Washington, D.C.

May 31, 2014 (WEEK 13, MLS Game #119) 7 p.m. ET (CSN-MA; KMCI-38) A crucial match at the top of the Eastern Conference is ahead on Saturday evening as D.C. United play host to Sporting Kansas City at RFK Stadium. The teams lie in second and third place in the division, separated by just a single point. United return home after their undefeated run was put to an end in a 2-1 loss at New England last weekend; Sporting saw their winless streak extended to four games following a 1-1 home draw with New York at midweek. REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. SAR (bench): Adam Wienckowski; JAR (opposite): Craig Lowry; 4th: Mark Kadlecik MLS Career: 109 games; FC/gm: 25.1; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 35; pens: 28 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DC: Davy Arnaud, Perry Kitchen SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DC: Lewis Neal … KC: Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura DISABLED LIST: KC: Peterson Joseph, Ike Opara, Chance Myers INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Graham Zusi, Matt Besler (USA); Lawrence Olum (Kenya) HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (48 meetings): United 18 wins (1 shootout), 62 goals … Sporting 20 wins (0 shootout), 73 goals … Ties 10 AT D.C. (23 meetings): United 12 wins (0 shootout), 34 goals … Sporting 6 wins (0 shootout), 26 goals … Ties 5 RETURN MATCHES: 8/23: Sporting Kansas City vs. D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. CT; 10/3: D.C. United vs. Sporting Kansas City, 8 p.m. ET LAST YEAR (MLS) 4/5: KC 1, DC 0 (Bieler 89) 5/19: DC 1, KC 1 (Porter 65 – Opara 60) 10/18: KC 1, DC 0 (Dwyer 7)

Sporting KC have a seven-game undefeated streak alive vs. D.C. United, including two wins in three meetings a year ago, with one draw. The last D.C. victory in the series came May 5, 2010 at RFK Stadium.

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

Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. DC: P9 W7 L2 T2 … Ben Olsen vs. KC: P7 W0 L6 T1 D.C. UNITED D.C. United saw their undefeated run come to an end after three games, falling 2-1 to the New England Revolution on Saturday evening at Gillette Stadium. United are in a tie for second place in the Eastern Conference with 18 points from 12 games. LAST MATCH

The Revolution took the lead in the 55th minute. Diego Fagundez created space, stepping into the box and parting the defense who were able to close in before he could get a shot on, but Mullins was right on the doorstep to punch home past United 'keeper Bill Hamid.

United drew level in the 73rd minute when substitute Fabian Espindola buried a cross from Cristian Fernandez, the first goal scored against the Revolution at home in more than six hours.

But the Revolution struck back just five minutes later when Teal Bunbury’s low cross through the box was pushed off the line by Hamid, but right to the foot of Fagundez, who fired into the back of the net from the left side of the area.

United finished the game a man down when Eddie Johnson was sent off by referee Juan Guzman for a serious foul.

United head coach Ben Olsen made three changes to the team that knocked off the Houston Dynamo 2-0 at RFK Stadium. Alex Caskey came into the midfield for Lewis Neal, and Eddie Johnson and Collin Martin started up top in place of Fabian Espindola and Chris Rolfe.

D.C. UNITED (4-1-3-2): Bill Hamid - Chris Korb, Jeff Parke, Bobby Boswell, Cristian Fernandez - Perry Kitchen - Nick DeLeon, Davy Arnaud (Kyle Porter 87), Alex Caskey (Lewis Neal 63) - Eddie Johnson (ejected 82), Collin Martin (Fabian Espindola 60).

TEAM NEWS


United saw their three-game undefeated run come to an end, their second loss over the last 10 games after losing their opening two matches of the season.

“We’re still making strides in the right direction. I don’t feel like we got played off the field,” defender Bobby Boswell said. “I felt like we kind of shot ourselves in the foot a little bit. Some things didn’t go our way, but it wasn’t like it was a bad performance by our team tonight. I think we take some positives away from that, learn from the mistakes, and the ultimate goal is to be better and learn from it.”

Fabian Espíndola scored the United goal, and now has a goal or an assist in eight of his last 10 games, with six goals and five assists for the season.

“(Espindola) can change games and he did that again and he found himself in the right spot,” said United head coach Ben Olsen. “Again, we fought back at 1-1 and we still had a chance for two down the stretch, but we were good tonight, and overall I’m really happy with the way we played.”

Chris Rolfe saw his string of seven consecutive starts – a regular in the first XI since April 2 – come to an end when he was sidelined with a hamstring injury.

“I think the coaches made some good changes, and those changes they worked out one way or the other, maybe gave Fabi (Fabian Espindola) some rest so he can go on and score the goal, get some new legs in there, some new life,” said Boswell. “I thought it was all right, the final score is what killed us. Giving up a goal after we scored one, that’ll pretty much hammer you anytime you play on the road.”

Collin Martin made his first appearance for United this season, partnering Johnson in attack and playing 60 minutes, and Alex Caskey also made his first start of the season, playing 63 minutes in a wide midfield role after four substitute appearances.

“I thought (Alex Caskey and Collin Martin) both did fine. I thought they both worked extremely hard. You can see that Alex has been around a little bit and shown that he was certainly capable of starting for us,” said Olsen. “Collin is really a talent that’s exciting to have. We believe in him and believe he’s going to play for this team in the starting 11 one day, so it was good to get him some minutes.”

Eddie Johnson returned to the starting lineup after a one-match absence, and it appears he would be unavailable for the Sporting contest after he was sent off in the 82rd minute by referee Juan Guzman – but the Independent Review Panel rescinded the red card, meaning he is eligible for this weekend.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City had their winless run extended to four matches with a second consecutive draw, reaching a 1-1 result with the New York Red Bulls on Tuesday evening at Sporting Park. Sporting sit in second place in the Eastern Conference with 19 points from 13 games. LAST MATCH

After Sporting saw a couple of shots cleared off the line in the early exchanges, they took the lead after just nine minutes. Antonio Dovale took Benny Feilhaber's through ball in traffic, worked his way to a spot just outside the top of the restraining arc and unleashed a left-footed shot that curled into the lower left corner of Luis Robles' goal.

The Red Bulls pulled even five minutes after the break. Bradley Wright-Phillips made a run to take Thierry Henry's through ball, drove on goal and placed his shot from right on the edge of the box just under SKC 'keeper Eric Kronberg.

Sporting manager Peter Vermes made two changes to the team that reached a 2-2 draw with Toronto FC at Sporting Park. Aurelien Collin came into central defense for the injured Chance Myers, and Sal Zizzo started on a flank in place of Jacob Peterson.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Eric Kronberg - Igor Juliao, Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic - Benny Feilhaber - Paulo Nagamura, Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 75) - Antonio Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Sal Zizzo (Soony Saad 72).

TEAM NEWS Sporting have now four games without a win with the draw, their longest since going four games without a win

early last season. “That last game, we should have taken three points,” midfielder Paulo Nagamura said. “I think this game was

more even. We dominated the first half, and in the second half they created some chances and scored a goal. After that, it was just two teams with heavy legs trying to create something and not being successful. Definitely, it's frustrating because we were playing at home and we should go for the three points every time. But at the end of the day we got a point and that's going to count at the end of the year.”

Antonio Dovale started his third consecutive match and his fourth since coming to MLS and Sporting, scoring his first goal.

“He's very good with the ball. It's not easy to get the ball off him. He can give a final pass and as you saw he can score. He almost scored a second one in the second half,” SKC manager Peter Vermes said. “He's just got a very high aptitude for the game, and I think it's because he's smarter than most of the players he's playing against.”


Igor Juliao started his fourth consecutive game, playing right back, a position he could be ready to inherit following the season-ending injury to Chance Myers.

“He's a good addition to the team and he's going to grow from game to game. Each time he goes out there he plays better and better and his confidence is increasing,” Vermes said. “The other thing I would say about him is that he's adapted and adjusted to our team very quickly, especially with the way that they play where he's from at Fluminense. He's adapted and adjusted very well.”

Continuing in a deeper lying role in the Sporting midfield, Benny Feilhaber recorded his third assist of the season, his second in the last two games.

Sal Zizzo returned to the starting lineup for the first time since May 14, playing 72 minutes as a winger. “We are getting the most out of what we can right now. And with the different people we have in the game and

trying to deal with a lot of injuries in regards to the middle of the park, it's never easy,” Vermes said. Aurelien Collin returned to the starting lineup after missing the last two matches with a hamstring strain,

partnering Kevin Ellis in central defense. “We've got to be a tougher team to play against going forward. We have to impose our style and get points

from those games. We have two tough opponents coming up. Like I said, we're dropping too many points right now and we've got to be better than what we have been the last few games,” said defender Seth Sinovic. “It's been a collective concentration (struggle). We always talk about being prepared when we lose the ball, and we keep making mistakes and we're getting punished for them. That's what good teams will do against you, and that's happened for the last few games now.”

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

9 F Fabian Espindola 12 11 997 6 5 27 11 22 21 16 42 2 018 F Chris Rolfe 8 7 596 3 3 10 4 4 5 0 0 0 08 M Davy Arnaud 12 11 930 2 0 12 4 18 21 2 1 4 032 D Bobby Boswell 12 12 1065 1 2 11 3 11 6 0 0 0 07 F Eddie Johnson 10 10 823 1 1 17 8 14 24 18 0 0 123 M Perry Kitchen 12 12 1080 1 1 10 4 24 9 0 0 4 05 D Sean Franklin 7 7 614 1 0 5 1 4 2 1 0 0 014 M Nick DeLeon 11 11 944 0 3 22 2 10 9 0 1 2 03 D Cristian Fernandez 12 12 1072 0 1 7 3 10 16 2 0 1 02 D Jeff Parke 12 12 1072 0 0 1 1 12 1 0 0 1 050 G Andrew Dykstra 3 3 270 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 028 G Bill Hamid 9 9 810 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 022 D Chris Korb 6 5 466 0 0 1 1 6 2 0 0 2 012 M Alex Caskey 5 1 115 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 011 F Luis Silva 8 3 276 0 0 8 2 5 3 0 7 0 024 M Lewis Neal 9 4 417 0 0 1 0 5 2 2 2 4 019 M Kyle Porter 3 0 35 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 025 M Jared Jeffrey 2 0 51 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 027 M Collin Martin 1 1 60 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 030 F Conor Doyle 11 1 179 0 0 4 2 6 7 3 0 1 0

Own-goals received 2Team totals 12 12 1080 17 16 142 47 161 148 45 53 22 1Opponent totals 12 12 1080 14 13 147 49 148 161 33 51 20 4

2014 D.C. UNITED STATISTICS (5-4-3, 18 pts.)

D.C. UNITED GOALKEEPING

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

50 G Andrew Dykstra 3 3 270 6 5 1 0.33 0 0 2 0 1 228 G Bill Hamid 9 9 810 43 29 13 1.44 1 1 3 4 2 2

Team totals 12 12 1080 49 34 14 1.17 1 1 5 4 3 4Opponent totals 12 12 1080 47 30 17 1.42 0 0 4 5 3 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Chris Rolfe 2, Davy Arnaud 1, Bobby Boswell 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Fabian Espindola 2, Bobby Boswell 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

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

14 F Dom Dwyer 13 11 963 10 0 46 18 26 27 10 1 1 078 D Aurelien Collin 10 9 780 2 0 10 4 15 8 1 0 1 18 F Graham Zusi 9 9 795 1 4 11 6 7 16 0 46 0 010 M Benny Feilhaber 13 13 1169 1 3 14 3 24 37 0 11 3 06 M Paulo Nagamura 10 10 883 1 2 16 6 19 13 2 0 3 037 F Jacob Peterson 9 5 489 1 1 6 1 5 5 2 0 1 09 M Antonio Dovale 6 4 334 1 1 9 3 3 7 0 6 2 016 F Claudio Bieler 8 3 274 1 0 10 2 7 3 4 0 1 011 F Sal Zizzo 10 8 669 0 3 18 7 4 7 0 0 0 07 D Chance Myers 7 7 576 0 1 1 0 3 7 3 0 1 013 M Lawrence Olum 8 4 437 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 031 M Josh Gardner 1 1 89 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 024 D Mechack Jerome 2 1 91 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 01 G Eric Kronberg 13 13 1170 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 05 D Matt Besler 9 9 810 0 0 2 0 11 5 0 0 1 03 D Ike Opara 3 2 152 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 015 D Seth Sinovic 12 12 1080 0 0 8 5 15 9 0 0 2 017 F C.J. Sapong 4 2 154 0 0 3 1 8 8 1 0 1 04 D Kevin Ellis 6 5 473 0 0 2 0 8 6 0 0 2 022 F Soony Saad 4 0 68 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 020 M Oriol Rosell 7 7 594 0 0 7 1 11 3 0 0 0 12 D Erik Palmer-Brown 1 1 64 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 194 M Jimmy Medranda 3 1 95 0 0 3 0 5 4 0 4 0 023 M Alex Martinez 7 2 252 0 0 7 3 4 9 0 2 0 040 D Igor Juliao 4 4 360 0 0 4 1 3 8 1 0 0 0

Own-goals received 1Team totals 13 13 1170 19 16 187 64 196 196 24 71 23 3Opponent totals 13 13 1170 13 8 113 46 196 196 39 41 34 5

SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING

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

1 G Eric Kronberg 13 13 1170 46 31 13 1 5 5 5 4 4 5Team totals 13 13 1170 46 31 13 1 5 5 5 4 4 5Opponent totals 13 13 1170 64 40 19 1.46 3 3 4 5 4 3

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


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

Sat. Mar. 8 Columbus L 0-3 13840 0-1-0 7 0 CLB: Arrieta (18) Higuain (27,90)Sat. Mar. 22 at Toronto FC L 0-1 22591 0-2-0 10 0 TOR: Defoe (60)Sat. Mar. 29 Chicago T 2-2 9445 0-2-1 10 1 DC: Espindola (35) Kitchen (73); CHI: Hurtado (27)

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

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

Danso (38) Urruti (94+)Sat. May 10 at Philadelphia W 1-0 18522 4-3-2 2 14 DC: Rolfe (6); Sat. May 17 Montreal T 1-1 14106 4-3-3 4 15 DC: Johnson (84); MTL: McInerney (56)Wed. May 21 Houston W 2-0 8224 5-3-3 2 18 DC: Rolfe (29) Espindola (63); Sat. May 24 at New England L 1-2 13589 5-4-3 3 18 DC: Espindola (73); NE: Mullins (55) Fagundez (77)Sat. May 31 Sporting KCSat. June 7 ColumbusWed. June 11 at MontrealSat. June 28 SeattleSat. July 5 at Toronto FCFri. July 11 at San JoseSun. July 20 Chivas USAWed. July 30 Toronto FCSun. Aug. 3 at HoustonSat. Aug. 9 at Real Salt

LakeSun. Aug. 17 ColoradoSat. Aug. 23 at Sporting KCWed. Aug. 27 at Los AngelesSun. Aug. 31 New YorkSat. Sep. 6 at VancouverWed. Sep. 10 at New YorkSat. Sep. 20 at ChicagoSat. Sep. 27 PhiladelphiaFri. Oct. 3 Sporting KCSun. Oct. 12 at HoustonSat. Oct. 18 ChicagoSat. Oct. 25 at Montreal

D.C. UNITED 2014 SCHEDULE


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

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

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

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

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

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2014 SCHEDULE


UNITED INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals

2 Fabian Espindola 04/26/2014 vs DAL W 4-1Assists

1 16 times 03/29/2014 vs CHI T 2-2Shots

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

3 Fabian Espindola 04/26/2014 vs DAL W 4-1Fouls Committed

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

5 Eddie Johnson 04/05/2014 vs NE W 2-05 Davy Arnaud 05/21/2014 vs HOU W 2-0Offside

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

5 Bill Hamid 03/22/2014 vs TOR L 0-15 Bill Hamid 05/17/2014 vs MTL T 1-1Shots Faced

7 Bill Hamid 05/17/2014 vs MTL T 1-1Goals Allowed

3 Bill Hamid 03/08/2014 vs CLB L 0-33 Bill Hamid 05/03/2014 vs POR L 2-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2014)Shots

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

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

8 04/19/2014 vs CLB T 1-1Fouls Suffered

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

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

1 05/03/2014 vs POR L 2-3Saves

1 04/05/2014 vs NE W 2-01 04/19/2014 vs CLB T 1-1Shots Faced

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

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals

4 04/26/2014 vs DAL W 4-1Assists

4 04/26/2014 vs DAL W 4-1Shots

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

9 03/29/2014 vs CHI T 2-2Fouls Committed

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

17 05/21/2014 vs HOU W 2-0Corner Kicks

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

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

5 03/22/2014 vs TOR L 0-15 05/17/2014 vs MTL T 1-1Shots Faced

7 05/17/2014 vs MTL T 1-1Goals Allowed

3 03/08/2014 vs CLB L 0-33 05/03/2014 vs POR L 2-3

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2014)Shots

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2014)Goals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


United 18 wins, 63 goals

Sporting KC 20 wins, 73 goals10 ties

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

SPORTING KC VS UNITED

ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

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

DC 7 10 12 11 12 9 1 62KC 11 16 10 14 11 10 1 73

Sporting KC United

Category 1 2 OT Tot 1 2 OT TotGoals 38 34 1 73 31 30 1 62Shots 281 306 2 589 256 274 4 534Shots on Goal 127 127 2 256 125 120 2 247Fouls 293 313 1 607 360 311 2 673Offsides 79 79 2 160 62 65 1 128Corner Kicks 108 111 0 219 104 141 1 246

HEAD-TO-HEAD

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:Peter Vermes vs. DC 7-2-2 (2.09 pts./game)Ben Olsen vs. KC 0-6-1 (0.14 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:United Sporting KC

Goals 8 Jaime Moreno 9 PrekiAssists 8 Jaime Moreno 10 PrekiShots 37 Jaime Moreno 51 PrekiShots on Goal 22 Jaime Moreno 25 PrekiFouls Committed 32 Richie Williams 33 Kerry ZavagninFouls Suffered 57 Jaime Moreno 45 Davy ArnaudWins 5 Troy Perkins 7 Jimmy NielsenLosses 5 Bill Hamid 5 Bo OshoniyiShutouts 3 Nick Rimando 6 Jimmy NielsenSaves 47 Troy Perkins 44 Tony MeolaGoals Allowed 14 Troy Perkins 13 Bo Oshoniyi

D.C. United Sporting Kansas CityW-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started)

At Halftime:Leading 4-0-1 2 Ws (05/10/2014) 3-0-1 1 Ts (05/27/2014)Tied 1-2-2 1 Ls (05/24/2014) 2-3-3 1 Ts (05/23/2014)Trailing 0-2-0 17 Ls (04/13/2013) 0-1-0 3 Ls (08/23/2013)

First Goal:Allowed 1-4-2 1 Ls (05/24/2014) 0-4-0 9 Ls (07/27/2013)Scored 4-0-1 2 Ws (05/10/2014) 5-0-3 2 Ts (05/23/2014)

Goals Scored:0 goals 0-2-0 6 Ls (08/10/2013) 0-2-1 1 Ls (04/26/2014)1 goals 2-1-2 1 Ls (05/24/2014) 1-2-2 1 Ts (05/27/2014)2 goals 2-1-1 1 Ws (05/21/2014) 1-0-1 1 Ts (05/23/2014)3 goals 0-0-0 1 Ws (08/03/2013) 2-0-0 7 Ws (03/02/2013)4 goals 1-0-0 1 Ws (04/26/2014) 1-0-0 2 Ws (05/05/2013)

Goals Allowed:0 goals 4-0-0 4 Ws (04/05/2014) 4-0-1 3 Ws (04/19/2014)1 goals 1-1-2 1 Ts (05/17/2014) 0-1-2 2 Ts (03/15/2014)2 goals 0-1-1 1 Ls (05/24/2014) 1-3-1 1 Ts (05/23/2014)3 goals 0-2-0 5 Ls (04/21/2013) 0-0-0 2 Ls (04/27/2013)4 goals 0-0-0 3 Ls (05/08/2013) 0-0-0 0 - -

W-L-T Breakdowns:

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:United Sporting KC

Goals 2 6 players tied 2 5 players tiedAssists 2 3 players tied 3 Chung/RadosavljevicShots 9 Dwayne De Rosario

(10/22/11)7 Kei Kamara (10/22/11)

Shots on Goal 5 Luciano Emilio (09/09/09)

4 Takawira/Smith

Fouls Committed 7 3 players tied 7 Fabbro/ZotincaFouls Suffered 6 Etcheverry/Olsen 6 5 players tiedShutouts 1 11 players tied 1 14 players tiedSaves 9 Troy Perkins

(07/04/07)9 Garth Lagerwey (08/04/96)

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


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTJaime Moreno 26 22 1837 8 8 37Christian Gomez 14 13 1015 5 2 34Marco Etcheverry 16 15 1365 4 5 33Raul Diaz Arce 8 8 624 4 1 24Luciano Emilio 8 7 643 4 0 18Santino Quaranta 14 9 898 3 1 18Roy Wegerle 3 2 196 3 1 5Roy Lassiter 4 4 360 3 0 8John Harkes 6 4 439 2 1 9Carey Talley 8 6 544 2 1 4Danny Allsopp 2 1 135 2 0 6Ali Curtis 6 1 227 2 0 10Freddy Adu 10 7 661 1 3 11Bobby Convey 9 9 732 1 2 12Tony Sanneh 5 5 450 1 2 8A.J. Wood 6 4 400 1 2 7Jeff Agoos 10 10 855 1 1 12Alecko Eskandarian 6 5 466 1 1 8Joshua Gros 12 12 1048 1 1 9Rodney Wallace 5 5 450 1 1 4Bobby Boswell 10 10 900 1 0 5Abdul Thompson Conteh 3 2 147 1 0 6Nick DeLeon 3 3 225 1 0 2Mario Gori 3 2 209 1 0 2Julius James 3 2 209 1 0 3Mark Lisi 3 1 147 1 0 2Ivan McKinley 4 4 332 1 0 7Shawn Medved 3 2 129 1 0 1Mike Petke 6 5 489 1 0 2Kyle Porter 1 1 90 1 0 2Hristo Stoitchkov 2 0 67 1 0 2Bryan Namoff 16 16 1451 0 3 3Richie Williams 16 16 1290 0 3 7Marc Burch 6 4 397 0 2 3Brian Carroll 13 13 1170 0 2 6Ben Olsen 16 13 1228 0 2 17Clyde Simms 18 18 1451 0 2 9Chris Albright 4 3 302 0 1 8Jose Alegria 4 3 262 0 1 2Fred 6 3 346 0 1 2Adam Cristman 1 1 71 0 1 0Eric Denton 3 2 139 0 1 1Facundo Erpen 5 5 406 0 1 3Ivan Guerrero 1 1 90 0 1 0Brian Kamler 6 4 374 0 1 6Dema Kovalenko 6 5 465 0 1 8John Maessner 5 3 287 0 1 5Andy Najar 5 5 405 0 1 4Chris Pontius 10 9 794 0 1 9Mark Simpson 5 4 405 0 1 0Mark Watson 2 2 180 0 1 0Craig Ziadie 2 2 178 0 1 0Team totals 48 48 4320 63 62 536Opponent totals 48 48 4320 73 67 589

UNITED CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (18-20-10)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGJosh Wicks 1 90 5 5 0.00 0Doug Warren 1 100 2 1 0.90 0Louis Crayton 1 90 3 2 1.00 0Zach Wells 2 180 11 9 1.00 0Joe Willis 1 90 4 3 1.00 0Bill Hamid 7 630 35 27 1.14 0Nick Rimando 11 1014 55 43 1.15 0Tom Presthus 4 316 15 10 1.42 0Scott Garlick 4 360 17 11 1.50 1Troy Perkins 9 810 64 47 1.56 3Steve Cronin 1 90 6 3 2.00 1Mark Simpson 5 405 23 14 2.22 0Jeff Causey 2 135 16 5 6.67 1Team totals 48 4320 256 180 1.52 6Opponent totals 48 4320 248 176 1.29 8


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTPreki 22 19 1776 9 10 51Mark Chung 8 8 716 7 4 16Vitalis Takawira 9 7 608 5 4 12Scott Sealy 12 10 842 5 1 24Kei Kamara 8 6 611 4 1 31Sasha Victorine 10 10 882 3 0 17Mo Johnston 12 12 986 2 2 14Chris Brown 9 7 636 2 1 15Chris Klein 20 19 1593 2 1 25Claudio Lopez 5 5 449 2 0 13Graham Zusi 9 7 687 1 4 15Eddie Johnson 2 2 178 1 3 4Frank Klopas 6 5 407 1 3 6Jack Jewsbury 20 16 1445 1 2 25Josh Wolff 9 8 745 1 2 10Stephen Armstrong 6 3 365 1 1 8Davy Arnaud 20 17 1592 1 1 39Matt Besler 11 11 990 1 1 2Teal Bunbury 6 4 367 1 1 9Jose Burciaga Jr. 11 11 968 1 1 15Michael Harrington 11 9 818 1 1 2Chris Henderson 4 4 316 1 1 4Matt McKeon 13 9 856 1 1 9Ryan Smith 2 2 171 1 1 7Carey Talley 6 6 572 1 1 3Paul Wright 4 3 233 1 1 1Kerry Zavagnin 24 23 2090 1 1 14Claudio Bieler 3 2 192 1 0 6Sean Bowers 8 7 639 1 0 3Dom Dwyer 1 1 78 1 0 1Dario Fabbro 4 3 220 1 0 9Nick Garcia 21 21 1854 1 0 3Roy Lassiter 2 2 180 1 0 3Miklos Molnar 1 1 90 1 0 4Ike Opara 2 2 180 1 0 2Edmundo Rodriguez 2 1 96 1 0 1C.J. Sapong 6 3 313 1 0 10Mike Sorber 3 3 270 1 0 5Matt Taylor 2 1 86 1 0 3Ivan Trujillo 1 1 69 1 0 1Francisco Gomez 10 8 678 0 5 10Diego Gutierrez 13 13 1154 0 3 3Stephane Auvray 2 2 163 0 1 1Brian Johnson 5 3 322 0 1 6Garth Lagerwey 2 2 180 0 1 0Tony Meola 11 11 980 0 1 0Uche Okafor 8 7 632 0 1 0Ryan Pore 9 5 431 0 1 11Soony Saad 2 1 97 0 1 1Igor Simutenkov 4 4 308 0 1 7Lance Watson 4 1 142 0 1 0Team totals 48 48 4320 73 67 589Opponent totals 48 48 4320 63 62 536

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. UNITED (20-18-10)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGJimmy Nielsen 9 810 22 18 0.44 0Tony Meola 11 980 56 44 1.01 2Kevin Hartman 8 720 37 25 1.25 1Bo Oshoniyi 9 810 54 39 1.44 3Garth Lagerwey 2 180 21 14 1.50 1Mike Ammann 5 450 31 19 2.00 1Chris Snitko 3 270 21 13 2.67 0William Hesmer 1 90 6 4 3.00 0Team totals 48 4320 248 176 1.29 8Opponent totals 48 4320 256 180 1.52 6


CURRENT UNITED VS. SPORTING KC (18-20-10)

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTFabian Espindola 10 7 682 3 0 18Chris Rolfe 18 17 1273 2 4 31Sean Franklin 7 7 630 2 0 5Eddie Johnson 11 7 683 2 0 20Jeff Parke 21 21 1845 1 1 9Bobby Boswell 22 21 1935 1 0 8Nick DeLeon 3 3 225 1 0 2Kyle Porter 1 1 90 1 0 2Chris Pontius 10 9 794 0 1 9Davy Arnaud 5 4 380 0 0 3Nana Attakora 4 3 270 0 0 0Alex Caskey 2 1 91 0 0 3Conor Doyle 1 1 80 0 0 0Andrew Dykstra 2 2 180 0 0 0Bill Hamid 7 7 630 0 0 0Jared Jeffrey 1 1 90 0 0 2Taylor Kemp 1 1 45 0 0 1Perry Kitchen 7 7 630 0 0 0Chris Korb 5 5 450 0 0 1Collin Martin 1 0 45 0 0 1Lewis Neal 1 1 90 0 0 0Michael Seaton 1 0 10 0 0 0Luis Silva 4 3 271 0 0 6Joe Willis 1 1 90 0 0 0Team totals 48 48 4320 63 62 536Opponent totals 48 48 4320 73 67 589

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGJoe Willis 1 90 4 3 1.00 0Bill Hamid 7 630 35 27 1.14 0Andrew Dykstra 2 180 18 12 2.00 0Team totals 48 4320 256 180 1.52 6Opponent totals 48 4320 248 176 1.29 8

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTJacob Peterson 12 10 811 2 2 19Ike Opara 4 3 277 2 0 3Graham Zusi 9 7 687 1 4 15Matt Besler 11 11 990 1 1 2Claudio Bieler 3 2 192 1 0 6Dom Dwyer 1 1 78 1 0 1C.J. Sapong 6 3 313 1 0 10Paulo Nagamura 13 12 1143 0 1 13Soony Saad 2 1 97 0 1 1Aurelien Collin 4 4 360 0 0 8Benny Feilhaber 6 4 334 0 0 9Andy Gruenebaum 7 6 545 0 0 0Peterson Joseph 3 2 107 0 0 0Chance Myers 7 6 542 0 0 4Lawrence Olum 3 0 79 0 0 0Oriol Rosell 3 2 176 0 0 1Seth Sinovic 7 7 630 0 0 3Sal Zizzo 2 2 179 0 0 5Team totals 48 48 4320 73 67 589Opponent totals 48 48 4320 63 62 536

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGAndy Gruenebaum 7 545 35 30 0.83 0Team totals 48 4320 248 176 1.29 8Opponent totals 48 4320 256 180 1.52 6

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. UNITED (20-18-10)


vs. (5-4-3; 18 pts.) (5-4-4; 19 pts.)

May 31, 2014 | RFK STADIUM | 7:00 P.M. ET CSN Washington 106.7FM The Fan 107.9FM El Zol

PROBABLE STARTING XI

Johnson Martin (10 GP/10 GS; 1G/1A) (1 GP/1 GS; 0G/0A)

Arnaud (12 GP/11 GS; 2G/0A) Caskey DeLeon

(5 GP/1 GS; 0G/0A) (11 GP/11 GS; 0G/3A) Kitchen

(12 GP/12 GS; 1G/1A) Fernandez Parke Boswell Korb (12 GP/12 GS; 0G/1A) (12 GP/12 GS; 0G/0A) (12 GP/12 GS; 1G/2A) (6 GP/5 GS; 0G/0A)

Hamid

(9 GP/9 GS; 1.44 GAA; 2 SO)

INJURY REPORT

OUT: Chris Pontius (L Hamstring); Nana Attakora (Bilateral Plantar Fasciitis)

QUESTIONABLE: Chris Rolfe (L Hamstring)

D.C. UNITED COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS

TJ Scholl Craig Stouffer

(910) 389-1607 (240) 426-2829

[email protected]@dcunited.com

@tjscholl16 @CraigStouffer

Day Date Opponent (Result) Time Television

Sat. March 8 Columbus Crew (L 0-3) 7:00pm Sat. March 22 at Toronto FC (L 0-1) 4:30pm TSN Sat. March 29 Chicago (T 2-2) 4:00pm NBC Sports Network Sat. April 5 New England Revolution(W 2-0)7:00pm Sat. April 12 New York Red Bulls (W 1-0) 7:00pm MSG-NY Sat. April 19 at Columbus Crew (T 1-1) 7:30pm Sat. April 26 FC Dallas (W 4-1) 7:00pm Sat. May 3 at Portland Timbers (L 2-3) 10:30pm CSN Sat. May 10 at Philadelphia Union (W 1-0) 4:00pm CSN Sat. May 17 Montreal Impact (T 1-1) 7:00pm CSN

Wed. May 21 Houston Dynamo (W 2-0) 7:00pm CSN Sat. May 24 at New England Revolution(L2-1)7:30pm CSN

Sat. May 31 Sporting Kansas City 7:00pm CSN Sat. June 7 at Columbus Crew 7:00pm CSN Wed. June 11 at Montreal Impact 7:30pm CSN/RDS Sat. June 28 Seattle Sounders FC 7:00pm CSN Sat. July 5 at Toronto FC 4:00pm TSN2 Fri. July 11 at San Jose Earthquakes 11:00pm NBC Sports Network

Sun. July 20 Chivas USA 8:00pm CSN/UDN Wed. July 30 Toronto FC 7:00pm CSN Sun. Aug. 3 at Houston Dynamo 8:00pm CSN/UDN. Sat. Aug. 9 at Real Salt Lake 10:00pm Sun. Aug. 17 Colorado Rapids 8:00pm UDN

Sat. Aug. 23 at Sporting Kansas City 8:30pm Wed. Aug. 27 at LA Galaxy 10:30pm CSN Sun. Aug. 31 New York Red Bulls 2:30pm NBC Sports Network

Sat. Sept. 6 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10:00pm TSN Wed. Sept. 10 at New York Red Bulls 8:00pm ESPN 2 Sat. Sept. 20 at Chicago Fire 8:30pm Sat. Sept. 27 Philadelphia Union 3:00pm NBC Sports Network Fri. Oct. 3 Sporting Kansas City 8:00pm NBC Sports Network Sun. Oct. 12 at Houston Dynamo 3:00pm UniMas Sat. Oct. 18 Chicago Fire 7:00pm Sat. Oct. 25 at Montreal Impact 4:00pm

*All dates and times are subject to change*

2014 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (5-4-3)

DCU’s Distinct Accomplishment D.C. United is the only MLS team to feature four active players who have accomplished the 50 career goal feat -- veteran’s Fabian Espindola, Davy Arnaud, Chris Rolfe and Eddie Johnson. Together, that attacking line has scored 215 MLS career goals. D.C. United has four players in the top eleven on the all-time active players MLS scoring list, while no other team has more than one. Record-Setting Streak Since 2010, only two players have scored six or more goals each season, forwards Fabian Espindola and Alvaro Saborio. Between them, Espindola is the only player to reach the milestone with more than one team, having done so with Real Salt Lake and the New York Red Bulls. Espindola Joins 50-goal Club With his sixth goal of the season against the New England Revolution on May 24, forward Fabian Espindola became the 39th player in MLS history to reach the 50 goal plateau. Espindola is the fourth player on United’s current roster to hit 50 career goals, along with midfielders Davy Arnaud (50) and Chris Rolfe (51), and forward Eddie Johnson (65). Espindola Helping Out With six goals to go along with five assists, D.C. United forward Fabian Espindola has contributed to 65 percent of the team’s total goals scored this season (17). Sporting Kansas City forward Dom Dwyer, who’s tied for the lead in MLS scoring (10), has contributed to 55 percent of his team’s scoring. New-Look United After shutting out the Houston Dynamo 2-0 on May 17, D.C. United has managed to eclipse last season’s point total in less than a third of the games. Additionally, the team has already notched 17 goals this season, after scoring just 22 in 2013. Game-Winning Mentality D.C. United ranks third all-time in game-winning goals scored against Sporting Kansas City (219), behind only the Los Angeles Galaxy (257) and Columbus Crew (224). Fabulous Fabi After notching his fifth assist of the season in D.C. United’s 2-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on May 21, forward Fabian Espindola is now two assists shy of his career high (7) just 12 games into the season. Espindola notched seven assists in 30 games in his final season with Real Salt Lake in 2012. Last Meeting at RFK D.C. United earned its only point in three meetings against Sporting Kansas City last season in the two clubs’ 1–1 draw at RFK Stadium on May 19. After conceding an own goal to Sporting in the beginning of the second half, the Black-and-Red equalized with midfielder Kyle Porter, who scored his first career MLS goal. For United, it was its first points earned in over two months and the team was able to snap a seven game losing streak.

Veteran Experience in Defense D.C. United defenders Bobby Boswell and Jeff Parke both rank in the top five for games started as a cornerback since 2005, with 266 and 219 games, respectively. Combined, they have played the most games of any cornerback duo in the league in the past five seasons. Missing in Action Sporting Kansas City defender Matt Besler and midfielder Graham Zusi were named to the United States Men’s National Team’s roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The Kansas City veterans have been with the national team since the start of preliminary camp at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Ca. In the national team’s 2–0 win over Azerbaijan on May 27, Zusi and Besler both started the game. Besler has made 14 career appearances for the United States, while Zusi has had 20 call ups. All-Time Record against Kansas City D.C. United’s all-time record is 18-20-10 against Sporting Kansas City. Since its first meeting with Sporting in 1996, United has gone 12-6-5 at home and 6-14-5 on the road. Constant Corners In 48 career meetings with Sporting Kansas City, D.C. United has attempted 246 corner kicks, putting the Black-and-Red at fourth all-time against the Wiz, behind only the Los Angeles Galaxy (317), Colorado Rapids (283) and San Jose Earthquakes (257). Penalty Production In 48 games played against Sporting Kansas City, D.C. United has scored from a penalty eight times. Only the Colorado Rapids have scored more goals off penalties against Sporting (11). All-Time Goal Scoring D.C. United ranks sixth all-time in goals scored (62) against Sporting Kansas City. Seaton Scores Lone Goal for Jamaica Men’s National Team D.C. United homegrown forward Michael Seaton has been selected to the Jamaica Men’s National Team roster for four friendly matches. Seaton scored the team’s lone goal in a 2-1 defeat against Serbia at Red Bull Arena on May 26, netting a well-directed header into the left side of the net for his second international goal in five appearances. The 18-year-old will now travel across the Atlantic Ocean for three games: versus Switzerland in Lucerne on May 30, Egypt in London on June 4 and France in Lille on June 8. This spring, Seaton has scored three goals in four matches on loan to the Richmond Kickers. Collin Martin Debuts D.C. United midfielder Collin Martin made his 2014 MLS debut in the Black-and-Red’s game against the New England Revolution on May 24. Martin, who has spent the majority of the season on loan to the Richmond Kickers, started the game before being subbed off in the 60th minute for forward Fabian Espindola. Last season, Martin featured in seven games (four starts), recording an assist. Iron Man D.C. United midfielder Perry Kitchen is the only player on the 31-man roster who has played every minute for the club thus far (1,080). In his inaugural MLS season with United, 2011, the Kitchen became the only rookie in United’s 16-year history to lead the team in minutes played. (2,726). Four years later, Kitchen has registered 9,383 minutes with the first team, the most by any player on the current roster.

GAME NOTES

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. DOB Hometown College 2 Jeff Parke D 6-1 185 3-23-82 Abington, PA Drexel University 3 Cristian Fernandez D 5-10 170 10-15-85 Santander, Spain ---- 4 Nana Attakora D 6-1 185 3-27-89 North York, ON ----- 5 Sean Franklin D 5-10 160 3-21-85 Panorama City, CA Cal State Northridge 7 Eddie Johnson F 6-0 180 3-31-84 Daytona Beach, FL ----- 8 Davy Arnaud M 5-11 160 6-22-80 Nederland, TX West Texas A&M University 9 Fabian Espindola F 5-9 160 5-4-85 San Luis, Argentina ---- 11 Luis Silva M 5-11 163 10-12-88 Los Angeles, CA University of California-Santa Barbara 12 Alex Caskey M 5-10 152 7-22-88 Dunwoddy, GA Davidson College 13 Chris Pontius M/F 6-0 168 5-12-87 Yorba Linda, CA University of California-Santa Barbara 14 Nick DeLeon M 5-10 170 7-17-90 Phoenix, AZ University of Louisville 15 Steve Birnbaum D 6-1 180 1-23-91 Irvine, CA University of California 17 Conor Shanosky D/M 6-4 185 12-13-91 Sterling, VA ------ 18 Chris Rolfe M/F 5-8 155 1-17-83 Kettering, OH University of Dayton 19 Kyle Porter M 6-0 160 1-19-90 Toronto, Canada ------ 20 Jalen Robinson D 5-9 145 5-8-94 Catonsville, Md. Wake Forest University 21 Christiano Francois F 5-7 140 7-17-93 Port-au-Prince, Haiti University of Maryland 22 Chris Korb D 5-9 160 10-8-87 Cleveland, OH University of Akron 23 Perry Kitchen M 6-0 160 2-29-92 Indianapolis, IN University of Akron 24 Lewis Neal M 5-11 155 7-14-81 Leicester, England ------ 25 Jared Jeffrey M 5-11 165 6-14-90 Richardson, TX ------ 27 Collin Martin M 5-11 150 11-9-94 Chevy Chase, Md. Wake Forest University 28 Bill Hamid GK 6-3 225 11-25-90 Annandale, VA ------ 29 Michael Seaton F 6-0 180 5-1-96 Capitol Heights, MD ------ 30 Conor Doyle F 6-1 175 10-13-91 McKinney, TX Creighton University 31 Joe Willis GK 6-5 190 8-10-88 St. Louis, MO University of Denver 32 Bobby Boswell D 6-2 185 3-15-83 Austin, TX Florida International University 33 Taylor Kemp D 5-11 153 7-23-90 Highlands Ranch, CO University of Maryland 50 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 1-2-86 Woodbridge, VA Virginia Commonwealth University

2014 D.C. United Alphabetical Roster No. Name Age Pronunciation Birthplace Previous Club 8 Davy Arnaud 33 Are-No Nederland, TX Montreal Impact 4 Nana Attakora 24 Na-Na At-A-Kor-A North York, Ontario San Jose Earthquakes 15 Steve Birnbaum 23 Burn-bom Irvine, CA University of California 32 Bobby Boswell 30 Boz-Well Austin, TX Houston Dynamo 12 Alex Caskey 25 Kas-Key Dunwoddy, GA Seattle Sounders FC 14 Nick DeLeon 22 de-le-ON Phoenix, AZ University of Louisville 30 Conor Doyle 21 Doyle McKinney, TX Derby County (England) 50 Andrew Dykstra 26 DYKE-strah Honolulu, HI Charleston Battery (USL Pro) 9 Fabian Espindola 28 Feh-B-N Es-Pin-Duh-La San Luis, Argentina New York Red Bulls 3 Cristian Fernandez 28 Chris-tian Santander, Spain UD Almeria 21 Christiano Francois 20 Kris-Tee-On-O Fran-Swah Port-au-Prince, Haiti University of Maryland 5 Sean Franklin 28 Frank-lin Panorama City, CA LA Galaxy 28 Bill Hamid 22 Ah-meed Annandale, VA D.C. United Academy 25 Jared Jeffrey 23 Jar-ED JEFF-rey Richardson, TX Mainz (Germany) 7 Eddie Johnson 29 John-son Bunnell, FL Seattle Sounders FC 33 Taylor Kemp 22 Kemp Highlands Ranch, CO University of Maryland 23 Perry Kitchen 21 Kitch-in Indianapolis, IN University of Akron 22 Chris Korb 25 CORB Cleveland, OH University of Akron 32 Collin Martin 18 Mar-tin Chevy Chase, MD D.C. United Academy 24 Lewis Neal 32 Neal Leicester, England Orlando City (USL Pro) 2 Jeff Parke 31 Park Abington, PA Philadelphia Union 13 Chris Pontius 26 PON-tee-us West Covina, CA Univ. of California-Santa Barbara 19 Kyle Porter 23 Porter Toronto, Canada FC Edmonton 20 Jalen Robinson 19 Rob-in-son Catonsville, MD University of Wake Forest 18 Chris Rolfe 31 Rawl-fe Kettering, OH Chicago Fire 29 Michael Seaton 16 Seat-en Spanish Town, Jamaica D.C. United Academy 17 Conor Shanosky 20 Shan-OSCK-kee Pittsburgh, PA D.C. United Academy 11 Luis Silva 25 Loo-Ee Sil-VA Los Angeles, CA Toronto FC 31 Joe Willis 24 Willis St. Louis, MO University of Denver

2014 D.C. United Roster

2014 1/6 Jalen Robinson signed as a Homegrown player 1/8 Canadian international Nana Attakora signed with the club; selected in the 2nd round of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft. 1/14 Dejan Jakovic moved to Shumizu S-Pulse on a permanent transfer. 1/14 Traded homegrown defender Ethan White and the top spot in the allocation ranking to the Philadelphia Union for defender

Jeff Parke and the number six spot in the allocation order. 1/16 University of California defender Steven Birnbaum signed after being selected with the 2nd overall pick in 2014 MLS

SuperDraft. 1/22 Defender Chris Korb re-signed with the club. Korb appeared and started in 30 games in the 2013 season. 1/24 Former University of Maryland product Christiano Francois acquired via a waiver draft. 2/7 Defender Cristian Fernandez Salas signed on free transfer from Union Deportiva Almeria of Spanish La Liga. 2/18 Forward Casey Townsend is waived after one season with the club. 3/4 Signed midfielder Alex Caskey via a trade with Seattle Sounders FC. 4/2 Acquired forward Chris Rolfe from the Chicago Fire in exchange for allocation money.

2014 D.C. UNITED TRANSACTIONS

2 | Jeff Parke Parke joined D.C. United on 1/14/14 from the Philadelphia Union. Parke featured and started 31 games with the Union in 2013 and played for a total of 2,744 minutes, 40th in MLS and 18th among all defenders. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24. 4 | Nana Attakora Attakora played in 8 games (7 starts) and played 657 minutes for San Jose while recording one assist in 2013. After pursuing professional opportunities overseas, Attakora returned to MLS in Feb. 2013 signing with the San Jose Earthquakes. In 2009, 2010 and 2011 he won the Canadian Championship while playing for Toronto FC. Attakora won the Canadian U-20 Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014. 5 | Sean Franklin (@SFranklin5) Franklin, selected by LA Galaxy in the first round (4th overall) of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, has featured in 160 games (150 starts) in his MLS career. The 2008 MLS Rookie of the year started 29 of the 33 games he featured in during his 6th campaign with LA in 2013. Franklin played for a total of 2,736 minutes and finished with one goal and four assists. Last game: Started and went 74 minutes, scoring in a 4-1 win against FC Dallas on 4/26. 7 | Eddie Johnson (@eddie_johnson7) Johnson started 20 games for Seattle Sounders FC in 2013, featuring in 21. The veteran forward finished with 9 goals and 2 assists last year and logged 1,725 minutes. Johnson led the Sounders in goals in 2012 and 2013, posting 23 overall in 49 league appearances. Last game: Started and went 82 minutes in a 2-1 loss against New England Revolution on 5/24. 8 | Davy Arnaud (@d_arnaud22) Arnaud featured in 24 games (21 starts) with the Montreal Impact in their second season in MLS. He played 1,776 minutes, bringing his career total to 23,930, which is 9th on the All-time active player list. The first ever Montreal Impact team captain in MLS finished with one goal and five assists, including his lone game-winning strike against the Seattle Sounders in the first game of the 2013 season. Last game: Started and went 87 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24. 9 | Fabian Espindola Espindola, a former striker for the NY Red Bulls, comes to United having started 23 of 28 games in which he featured in 2013. The veteran striker logged 2,054 minutes, registering two assists and nine goals on the year. Last game: Came on as a substitute in the 60th minute for Collin Martin, scoring in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24.

11 | Luis Silva In his first season with the Black-and-Red, Silva found the net three times and had two assists. Appearing and starting in 13 games, the experienced midfielder logged 1,042 minutes overall and tied Dwayne De Rosario and Kyle Porter for most goals on the team. Last game: Came on as a substitute for Fabian Espindola in the 90th minute in a 2-0 win against the Houston Dynamo on 5/21. 12 | Alex Caskey Caskey started five of 10 matches in which he appeared in during the 2013 season for Seattle Sounders FC. In 2012, his rookie campaign, he made an immediate impact and finished third on the team with four assists. Last game: Started and went 63 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24. 13 | Chris Pontius (@ChrisPontius13) Pontius, United’s longest tenured player, fought through injuries during his 2013 campaign. He finished the year with two goals and one assist. United didn’t lose a game the midfielder scored in, beating San Jose Earthquakes and tying LA Galaxy. In 2012 Pontius was named to his first ever MLS Best XI and was also awarded the club’s Volkswagen MVP, Volkswagen Fan’s Choice Award, Volkswagen Goal of the Year, the Golden Boot and was runner up for MLS Comeback Player of the Year. Pontius started 19 of the 22 games in which he featured and logged a total of 1,754 minutes. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014. 14 | Nick DeLeon (@NickDeLeon7) The 2012 MLS Rookie of the Year finalist, was sidelined for 6 ½ weeks last season after suffering a hamstring strain during a friendly with the Columbus Crew. He netted his first goal of the year in the U.S. Open Cup semifinal round against the Chicago Fire. And, finding his strength, the dynamic attacker hit a rocket against the Philadelphia Union, ultimately earning D.C. United Goal of the Year. DeLeon featured in 25 matches, starting 23, and logged 1,912 minutes. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24. 15 | Steve Birnbaum (@StevenBirnbaum) Birnbaum, a University of California product, is joining the Black-and-Red after an All-American campaign at California. As a freshman, the defensive standout played 17 games (8 starts), a school record at the time. Sophomore year he started and played in 20 games, career high, tallying one goal while finishing fourth on the team with five assists. For his efforts throughout college, he was named NSCAA First Team All-American, NSCAA First Team All-Far-West, College Soccer News First Team All-American, All-Pac-12 First Team, Soccer News Net College Boot Player of the Year Finalist and a Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy Semifinalist. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014.

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17 | Conor Shanosky (@ConorShanosky17) A Virginia native, Shanosky spent a majority of the 2013 season on loan with the Richmond Kickers of the USL Pro League where he featured in 14 games and scored two goals to help lead the Kickers to the 2013 USL Pro Regular Season Championship. For the Black-and-Red, the fourth year homegrown signee played in five games (3 starts) and registered two shots from the center back position. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014. 18 | Chris Rolfe (@ChrisRolfe17) Rolfe started 26 games for the Chicago Fire in 2013, featuring in 31. The dynamic offensive player finished with four goals and an assist in 2,135 minutes of play. Rolfe also started all four of Chicago’s matches in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, tallying three goals and an assist as the Fire reached the competition’s semifinals. He was acquired from the Chicago Fire in exchange for allocation money on 4/2/14. Last game: Started and went 80 minutes, scoring and recording an assist in a 2-0 win against the Houston Dynamo on 5/21. 19 | Kyle Porter (@KylePorter19) In his first season with the Black-and-Red, Porter appeared in 27 games and started 18. The Canadian International finished with three goals, tied for best on the team, and one assist. All three goals of the season were game-tying tallies. Porter logged 1,594 minutes overall. Last game: Came on as a substitute for Davy Arnaud in the 87th minute in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24. 20 | Jalen Robinson (@JayyBird15) Robinson, United’s 7th Homegrown player to sign with the First team, joined D.C. on 1/6/14. The 19-year-old Wake Forest University product was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team in 2012 and earned Freshman All-America honors from Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News. As a sophomore, he was named to the Second Team All-ACC, Second Team All-South Region and was named the ACC Player of the Week on Oct. 1, 2013. Robinson played and started 19 games, racking up 1,786 minutes for Wake in his sophomore year. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014. 21 | Christiano Francois Francois, a University of Maryland product, played in all 24 games and started three for the Terps in 2012. He finished his rookie season with five goals, four assists and a total of 805 minutes played. Francois played for the PDL side the Baltimore Bohemians in 2013. He played in two games, had one assist and recorded 80 minutes for the Bohemians. Francois has been called in to the Haitian U-17 National Team on multiple occasions. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014.

22 | Chris Korb Korb, a University of Akron product, became one of United’s most reliable players throughout the 2013 season. The defender set career highs in games played (30), games started (30), minutes (2,700) and shots (12) and was a mainstay at the outside back position. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24. 23 | Perry Kitchen (@PerryKitchen23) Kitchen, the 2012 Rookie of the Year Finalist, was named D.C. United’s Most Valuable Player after the 2013 season. The Indianapolis native continued to impress playing and starting 31 MLS games, only missing three. The young midfielder also recorded four assists on the year, leading the Black-and-Red in that category. Kitchen logged a total of 2,773 minutes played in 2013. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24. 24 | Lewis Neal In his second season with the Black-and-Red, Neal provided a leadership role in the midfield playing in nine games (five starts) with one assist on the year. Most notably, Neal scored the game-winning goal in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final against Real Salt Lake on 10/1 to give United its 13th major Domestic and International championship. Neal started 5 of the 9 games in which he featured and logged a total of 491 minutes played. Last game: Came on as a substitute for Alex Caskey in the 63rd minute in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24. 25| Jared Jeffrey In his first season with the Black-and-Red, Jeffrey made an immediate impact in the middle of the park, starting all 10 matches he featured in and notching two goals. His first goal came on 8/3 against the Montreal Impact, providing the Black-and-Red with a 3-1 win over the visitors. Jeffrey's second MLS goal put D.C. up 1-0 over Toronto FC and won MLS Goal of the Week. He played and started 10 games, logging 796 minutes. Last game: Came on as a substitute for Davy Arnaud in the 66th minute in a 1-0 win against the New York Red Bulls on 4/12. 27 | Collin Martin (@martcw12) On 7/10/13, Martin became the sixth United player to sign a homegrown contract. In his first professional season he appeared in seven games (four starts) with one assist for the Black-and-Red. In his first appearance for United on 8/3, the young midfielder recorded his first career assist in a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Impact. Martin logged a total of 359 minutes played last season. Last game: Started and went 60 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24.

28 | Bill Hamid (@BillHamid28) Hamid had another solid season in the net, starting and featuring in 25 games while registering four shut outs. Hamid was a member of the 2013 U.S. Men’s National Team that won gold at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He had a goals allowed per game average of 1.56, 80 saves and he logged a total of 2,250 minutes played last season. He earned multiple honors, including Save of the Week in Week 1, Player of the Week in Week 3 and Team of the Week for Week 12. Hamid was also selected to EA Sports FIFA 13 Ultimate team of the Week after his stellar performance against the New York Red Bulls on March 16th. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24. 29 | Michael Seaton (@MichaelSeaton) Seaton, United’s fifth Homegrown Player to sign with the First team, spent most of his time on loan with the Richmond Kickers of the USL Pro League. He appeared in 15 games and finished fourth on the team in goals scored (5) to go along with one assist as the Kickers went on to win the 2013 USL Pro Regular Season Championship. With United, he appeared in three regular season games (one start) and recorded his first assist in a friendly against Chivas Guadalajara on 7/12. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014. 30 | Conor Doyle (@ConorDoyle14) In his first season with the Black-and-Red, Doyle started 8 of the 14 games in which he featured. Doyle tallied twice and assisted once. His first goal came against the Montreal Impact on 8/3, finishing a James Riley cross on a one-touch finish. He also made two appearances in United’s run to Open Cup glory, coming on as a substitute in both the semi final and final matches. Doyle logged a total of 805 minutes of playing time on the season. Last game: Came on as a substitute for Chris Rolfe in the 80th minute in a 2-0 win against the Houston Dynamo on 5/21.

31 | Joe Willis In his third season with the Black-and-Red, Willis started all nine games he appeared in and finished the regular season with 28 saves. He logged 810 minutes and had a goal against average of 2.22. Willis registered one shutout on 7/7 in a tie against the Colorado Rapids, and he recorded his first regular season win of the season on 8/3 in a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Impact. Willis led the Black-and-Red to the finals of the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open cup finals with four consecutive victories in the tournament. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014. 32 | Bobby Boswell (@bobbyboswell) Boswell returned to United after being selected in Stage 1 of the 2013 Major League Soccer Re-Entry Draft. Boswell is coming off a six-year campaign with the Houston Dynamo where he played 177 games. The dominant player earned 2006 MLS Defender of the Year while with D.C. United, as well as an MLS All-Star and MLS Best XI selection that year. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24. 33 | Taylor Kemp (@TKemp02) Kemp spent the first part of the season with USL PRO affiliate Richmond Kickers, playing five games and starting four. After dealing with an injury through the middle of the season, Kemp played eight games, starting six, including one Open Cup match. He logged 530 minutes in 2013. Last game: Has yet to feature for D.C. United in 2014. 39 | Cristian Fernandez Fernandez, a product of Racing de Santander’s youth system, began his career with Racing B in 2003, where he appeared in 108 matches and scored 16 goals in four seasons. In 2007, the defender made his first team debut, featuring in nine total matches, and scored his first goal against Athletic Bilbao. During the 2008 campaign, Fernandez was loaned to UD Las Palmas where the defender netted four goals. In 2009, he appeared in 29 matches with Racing, scoring twice, and helped his club to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. Over the next two seasons, he appeared in 38 league matches, scoring four goals, and in 2012 signed a contract with UD Almeria. In two seasons with Almeria, he appeared in 36 games and recorded six goals. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on 5/24. 50 | Andrew Dykstra Dykstra had a standout season on loan with D.C. United's USL PRO affiliate Richmond Kickers. The talented goalkeeper won USL Goalkeeper of the Year after starting all 26 games played and helping the Kickers to the USL PRO semifinals. Dykstra finished the regular season with the league’s lowest goals against average (.863), and registered an impressive 10 shutouts in 22 appearances. Last game: Went 90 minutes in a 1-1 tie against the Columbus Crew on 4/19.

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2 Jeff Parke 82D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

3 Cristian Fernandez 90D 82D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

4 Nana Attakora

5 Sean Franklin 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 74D

7 Eddie Johnson 90F 90F 90F 87F 84F 76F 51F 84F 89F 82F

8 Davy Arnaud 73M 66M 52 90M 66M 90M 90M 71M 90M 65M 90M 87M

9 Fabian Espindola 90F 90F 81F 90F 90F 90F 79F 90F 88F 90F 89F 30

11 Luis Silva 90M 90M 38M 11 19 2 25 1

12 Alex Caskey 18 5 14 15 63M

13 Chris Pontius

14 Nick DeLeon 63M 90M 90M 90M 90M 85M 90M 76M 90M 90M 90M

15 Steve Birnbaum

17 Conor Shanosky

18 Chris Rolfe 27 72M 57M 90M 90M 90M 90M 80F

19 Kyle Porter 8 24 3

20 Jalen Robinson

21 Christiano Francois

22 Chris Korb 16 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

23 Perry Kitchen 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

24 Lewis Neal 27 63M 63M 33 24 75M 15 90M 27

25 Jared Jeffrey 27 24

27 Collin Martin 60F

28 Bill Hamid 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

29 Michael Seaton

30 Conor Doyle 17 8 9 3 6 14 39 66F 6 1 10

31 Joe Willis

32 Bobby Boswell 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 75D 90D 90D

33 Taylor Kemp

50 Andrew Dykstra 90G 90G 90G

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Chris Rolfe played 76 minutes for CHI

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Game log:

Game #1 03/08/2014 DC 0 vs CLB 3 L

Game #2 03/22/2014 DC 0 at TOR 1 L

Game #3 03/29/2014 DC 2 vs CHI 2 T Espindola 1 (DeLeon 1) 35; Kitchen 1 (Boswell 1) 73

Game #4 04/05/2014 DC 2 vs NE 0 W own goal (Goncalves) 43; Rolfe 1 (Espindola 1) 93+

Game #5 04/12/2014 DC 1 vs NY 0 W Arnaud 1 (Boswell 2, Espindola 2) 4

Game #6 04/19/2014 DC 1 at CLB 1 T Espindola 2 (DeLeon 2) 31

Game #7 04/26/2014 DC 4 vs DAL 1 W Espindola 3 (Johnson 1, DeLeon 3) 50+; Boswell 1 (unassisted) 60; Franklin 1 (Espindola 3) 64; Espindola 4 (Rolfe 1) 69

Game #8 05/03/2014 DC 2 at POR 3 L Arnaud 2 (Kitchen 1) 21; own goal (Danso) 78

Game #9 05/10/2014 DC 1 at PHI 0 W Rolfe 2 (unassisted) 6

Game #10 05/17/2014 DC 1 vs MTL 1 T Johnson 1 (Espindola 4, Rolfe 2) 84

Game #11 05/21/2014 DC 2 vs HOU 0 W Rolfe 3 (Espindola 5) 28; Espindola 5 (Rolfe 3) 63

Game #12 05/24/2014 DC 1 at NE 2 L Espindola 6 (Fernandez 1) 73

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10 Dom Dwyer4 Graham Zusi46 Dom Dwyer18 Dom Dwyer3 Dom Dwyer1 Graham Zusi37 Benny Feilhaber26 Dom Dwyer3 Feilhaber/Nagamura1 three players tied

1.00 Eric Kronberg5 Eric Kronberg 5 Eric Kronberg31 Eric Kronberg

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• Oriol Rosell (right quad strain)

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2014 ReGulaR season Mls standinGs

Through May 30, 2014eastern conference Gp w l t p 1. New England Revolution 12 7 3 2 232. Sporting Kansas City 13 5 4 4 193. D.C. United 12 5 4 3 184. Houston Dynamo 14 5 7 2 175. Columbus Crew 12 4 4 4 166. New York Red Bulls 14 3 5 6 157. Toronto FC 9 4 4 1 138. Chicago Fire 11 2 3 6 129. Philadelphia Union 14 2 7 5 1110. Montreal Impact 11 1 6 4 7

western conference Gp w l t p1. Seattle Sounders FC 13 8 3 2 262. Real Salt Lake 12 6 0 6 243. Colorado Rapids 12 5 4 3 184. FC Dallas 14 5 6 3 185. Vancouver Whitecaps 11 4 2 5 176. Portland Timbers 13 3 3 7 167. Los Angeles Galaxy 10 4 3 3 158. San Jose Earthquakes 11 3 4 4 139. Chivas USA 12 2 6 4 10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• In 2011, Lewis Neal and Lawrence Olum were teammates at Orlando CitySC,SportingKC’scurrentUSLProaffiliate.

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

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spoRtinG Kc diGital pRopeRties

notewoRthY Milestones...• Sporting KC has sold out 44 straight MLS home matches at Sporting

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

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

club history behind Bob Gansler. Vermes’ winning percentage (.557) is best for Sporting KC all-time.

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

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

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

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

• Should Jacob Peterson play 34 minutes against D.C. United on Saturday, he will surpass 10,000 minutes played in his MLS career, including playoffs.

spoRtinG Kc news & notesBesler and Zusi named to final USMNT World Cup roster

SportingKCdefenderMattBeslerandmidfielderGrahamZusiareontheUnitedStatesMen’sNationalTeam’sfinal23-manrosterforthe2014FIFAWorld Cup in Brazil.

The U.S. began preparation for the World Cup on May 14 with a 30-player training camp at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Jurgen Klinsmann’ssquadwascutto23playersonMay22andwontheirfirstpre-World Cup friendly 2-0 vs. Azerbaijan on Tuesday. The U.S. will face Turkey (June 1) and Nigeria (June 7) before arriving in Brazil on June 9 ahead of the 32-team tournament, to be held from June 12 - July 13.

Besler, 27, has made 15 appearances for the U.S. since debuting in January2013,includingsixFIFAWorldCupqualifiersandallthreeknockout round games en route to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup championship. He most recently started alongside Zusi in the Americans’ 2-0 victory over Azerbaijan on Tuesday, and the U.S. is 10-1-3 with Besler in the starting lineup. He has appeared in 145 MLS matches (including postseason) in his career, earning MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013) and MLS Defender of the Year (2012) honors.

Zusi has earned 21 appearances for the U.S. with three goals and four assistsinhisinternationalcareer.HescoredinthefinaltwoFIFAWorldCupQualifiers,highlightedbythegame-winninggoalagainstJamaicaatSportingPark,tosecureafirstplacefinishintheHexagonalfortheU.S.He has played in 142 MLS matches (including postseason) with 18 goals and40assists.HewasanMLSMVPfinalistin2012andnomineeforBestMLS Player at the 2013 ESPYS to go along with MLS All-Star (2012, 2013) and MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) recognition.

Summer in the Soccer Capital series of events announced

Sporting KC announced the team’s Summer in the Soccer Capital series of events, presented by Sprint, featuring an international friendly against English Premier League Champions Manchester City on July 23, 8 p.m. at SportingParkandofficialWorldCupwatchpartiesatKCLive!inthePower& Light District. Tickets are currently on sale to the general public.

Recent success versus D.C. United

Peter Vermes’ men are unbeaten in their last seven matches vs. D.C. United (6-0-1), a streak that includes two victores at RFK Stadium. Sporting KC holds a slim edge (20-18-10) in the all-time regular season series, while D.C. United won the only MLS postseason contest between the sides, a 3-2 decision in the 2004 MLS Cup Final.

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The teams last met in the MLS regular season on Oct. 18, 2013 at Sport-ing Park. Dom Dwyer’s goal in the seventh minute sealed a 1-0 victory for Sporting KC. Goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen had to make just one save to preserve the shutout as D.C. United extended its winless streak to 18 games.

May31isthefirstofthreeregularseasonmeetingsbetweenthesides.Sporting KC hosts D.C. United on Aug. 23 before making another trip to RFK Stadium on Oct. 3.

Chance Myers undergoes season-ending surgery

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

Dwyer on fire

Dom Dwyer scored for the fourth straight MLS match in Sporting KC’s 2-2 draw vs. Toronto FC on May 23. In doing so, the English forward became the third player in Sporting KC history to score in four consecutive regular season appearances alongside Preki in 1996 and Eddie Johnson in 2007. Dwyer is second in the MLS Golden Boot race with 10 goals, and he has scored nine of Sporting KC’s last 13 goals in League play. He became the second fastest player in club history to reach 10 goals in a season, requiring just a dozen games to do so. Current D.C. United forward Eddie Johnson reached double-digit goals in just 10 matches for Kansas City in 2007.

Injuries and international duty test Sporting KC’s depth

Through 13 games in the 2014 MLS regular season, Sporting KC has featured 13 different starting lineups. Peter Vermes’ personnel selection has been complicated by several factors throughout the year. In March, the club had to balance multiple competitions during the CONCACAF ChampionsLeaguequarterfinals.Morerecently,schedulecongestionhascome to the forefront with seven MLS games in May.

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

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

Kronberg excelling between the posts

InhisfirstseasonasSportingKC’sstartinggoalkeeper,EricKronbergistiedfortheMLSleadwitha1.00goalsagainstaverageandfiveshutoutsamong goalkeepers with more than three matches played. He has allowed13goalsin2014,fiveofwhichhavecomefromthepenaltyspot.HisfivevictoriesaretiedforthirdmostwinsintheLeague.

First half lockdown

SportingKChasyettoconcedeagoalfromtherunofplayinthefirsthalf during 2014, marking 17 consecutive matches during the MLS regular seasonthatSportingKChasnotgivenupasuchagoalinthefirsthalfdatingbackto2013.Theteamallowedtwofirst-halfgoalsintheir2-1loss at Chicago on May 18, but both were penalty kicks from Mike Magee.

U.S. Open Cup opponent determined

Sporting KC will host Minnesota United FC (NASL) in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round on June 18, 7:30 p.m. at Sporting Park. Minnesota United defeated the Des Moines Menace (USASA) 1-0 in Wednesday’s third round matchup and currently sits atop the NASL (Division II) standings with a 5-1-1 record.

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

CONCACAF Champions League opponents determined

CONCACAFconductedtheofficaldrawforthe2014-15CONCACAFChampions League in Miami Wednesday night, placing Sporting KC in Group 2 alongside Deportivo Saprissa (Costa Rica) and Real Esteli FC (Nicaragua).

Deportivo Sapirssa has won three CONCACAF Champions Cup titles (1993,1995and2005)andfeaturesfiveplayersonCostaRica’srosterfor the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Earlier this month, Saprissa won their 30th leaguetitleintheTorneodeVeranofinaltobecomethemostsuccessfulclub in the history of the Costa Rican Primera Division.

Real Esteli, the defending Clausura and Apertura champions in their domestic league, are the only Nicaraguan side to have participated in the competitionandhavequalifiedeveryyearsincethe2008-09edition.RealEsteli will meet Sporting KC in the group stage for a second straight year after going 0-3-1 during the 2013-14 tournament.

Busy month of May concludes

SportingKC’striptoD.C.UnitedmarkstheirseventhandfinalMLSmatchinthemonthofMay.PeterVermes’menplaynomorethanfiveLeaguematches in every other month of the 2014 season. The busy stretch extends into June as the MLS Cup champions visit rivals Houston Dynamo on June 6 for a rematch of the 2013 Eastern Conference Championship. Sporting KC then has a three-week MLS break, during which the 2014 FIFA World Cup takes center stage.

Sporting Park sellout streak

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

Paying the penalty

SportingKChasconcededfivepenaltykicksthrough13matchesthisseason,alreadyfifth-mostmostforasingleseasoninfranchisehistory.The team conceded seven penalties in 1998 and 2007 and six penalties in 2000 and 2006.

Late-game goals hurting Sporting KC

In three of Sporting KC’s four regular season losses, the opponent has scored the game winner in the 81st minute or later. Seattle grabbed a 94th-minute goal in the season opener on March 8, Teal Bunbury struck a 92nd-minute winner on April 26 to knock off his former club, and Cristian Maidana scored in the 81st minute to give Philadelphia a 2-1 road win on May 14. Sporting KC also conceded stoppage time equalizers to FC Dallas on March 15 and Toronto FC on May 23. Peter Vermes’ men have dropped sevenpointsinthefinal10minutesofactionplusstoppagetimein2014.


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MLS All-Star fan voting kicks off

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

19-year-old Juliao impresses in first four starts

SportingKCdefenderIgorJuliaostartedhisfirstgamefortheclubinMay 14’s 2-1 home loss to Philadelphia. He became the third youngest player in club history to start a league match (now fourth youngest after Erik Palmer-Brown’s debut on Sunday) and the youngest player in team history to go the full 90 minutes in a regular season contest.

The 19-year-old Brazilian wasted no time garnering League honors, as he was named to Sports Illustrated’s Week 11 MLS Best XI for two active displays on the backline (May 14, May 18). On loan from Fluminense FC through the end of 2014, Juliao has earned four consecutive starts in defense.

17-year-old Palmer-Brown makes his debut

Sporting KC homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown earned his MLS debutandfirststartfortheclubina2-1losstoChicagoonMay18.Hebecame the youngest player in MLS history to start a regular season match as a defender. Palmer-Brown received a red card in the 64th minute after picking up his second caution of the match.

Lopez, Duke and Kempin on loan

Sporting KC has partnered with USL PRO clubs Orlando City SC and OKC Energy FC for the 2014 season. As part of the agreement, Sporting KC will loan players to the clubs to play games and gain experience throughout the year. Generation adidas member Mikey Lopez is with Orlando City SC, while OKC Energy FC features goalkeeper John Kempin andmidfielderChristianDuke.FormerSportingKCgoalkeeperJimmyNielsen is the head coach of the expansion OKC Energy FC.

BothaffiliateswereinLamarHuntU.S.OpenCupThirdRoundactionWednesday night. Orlando City beat the Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) 4-1 and will travel to Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids in the fourthroundonJune17.MidfielderMikeyLopezhasyettofeatureforOrlando City in U.S. Open Cup play, meaning he can still participate in the competition with Sporting KC should he be recalled to his parent club.

OKC Energy FC was less fortunate in the third round, as hosts Arizona UnitedSC(USLPro)triumphed2-1inextratime.MidfielderChristianDuke played all 120 minutes of the match and is therefore ineligible to participate for Sporting KC in the U.S. Open Cup this season. Goalkeeper Jon Kempin did not feature for Nielsen’s squad in the tournament and remains eligible to feature for his hometown club.

Lopez has made eight league appearances and logged 149 minutes of action for unbeaten Orlando City SC, who currently sit atop the USL Pro standings(8-0-3,27points).LopezregisteredhisfirstassistwithOrlandoCity in a 3-1 win over the Charlotte Eagles on May 21. At OKC Energy FC, Kempin has made seven starts with 22 saves and Duke has contributed one assist in seven USL Pro appearances (473 minutes).

Makeshift centerback Ellis recalled from OKC Energy FC

Homegrown right back Kevin Ellis rejoined Sporting KC May 16 after fourweeksonloanwithUSLProaffiliateOKCEnergyFC.Hehasplayedin every game since his return, including two starts at the centerback position.TheKansasCity,Mo.nativestartedthreeofSportingKC’sfirstfourMLSmatchesin2014andscoredhisfirstgoalfortheclubinthefirstlegofthe2014CONCACAFChampionsLeaguequarterfinalsvs.eventualchampion Cruz Azul. He joined OKC Energy FC on loan April 21.

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

Sporting KC recorded a record-setting 3-0 win over the Montreal Impact on May 10. The MLS Cup champions attempted 803 passes and completed739,bothLeaguerecordssincethestatisticwasfirsttrackedbyOptain2011,fora92percentpassingaccuracypercentage.MidfielderOriol Rosell led all players with 160 successful passes out of the 166 he attempted, setting single-game records by an MLS player since 2011. Sporting KC also had 78.18 percent possession, the highest percentage in an MLS match since 2011.Amongmidfielderswithatleast100completedpasses in 2014, Rosell’s 87.05 completion percentage in the opponent’s half ranks second in the League behind Juninho (87.57).

Miscellaneous stats

• Sporting KC is tied for the MLS lead with 10 left-footed goals.

• Sporting KC leads MLS in total passes (6,119), successful passes (5,053) and possession percentage (59.87%).

• Sporting KC leads MLS with 30 chances created from set play, seven more than second-placed FC Dallas and Houston Dynamo.

• Sporting KC is tied for the MLS lead with 196 fouls committed.

• Sporting KC is in a four-way tie for most MLS cleansheets alongside Colorado Rapids, Real Salt Lake and Houston Dynamo.

• Sporting KC has conceded the second-fewest shots (113) in MLS. LA Galaxy have allowed 108 shots with three fewer matches played.


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

Andy Gruenebaum (trade) Kyle Miller (wavied)

Alex Martinez (SuperDraft) Brendan Ruiz (wavied)

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

Victor Munoz (signing) Teal Bunbury (trade)

Igor Juliao (loan) Josh Gardner (wavied)

Mechack Jerome (waived)

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tRansaction tiMelineDecember 8: Jimmy Nielsen announces his retirementDecember 11: Sporting Kansas City waives Kyle Miller and Brendan RuizDecember13:SportingKCacquiresmidfielderSalZizzothroughtradewithPortlandDecember 16: Sporting KC trades for goalkeeper Andy GruenebaumDecember 20: Sporting KC signs Eric Kronberg to new contractJanuary 1: Federico Bessone out of contract and will not returnJanuary 17: Sporting KC drafts Adnan Gabeljic in MLS SuperDraftJanuary 21: Sporting KC drafts Reinaldo Brenes, Alex Martinez and Peter SchmetzJanuary 30: Sporting KC signs Chance Myers to new contractFebruary13:SportingKCre-acquiresmidfielderJimmyMedrandaFebruary 19: Teal Bunbury traded to New England RevolutionMarch 4: Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection Alex MartinezMarch11:SportingKCsignsSpanishmidfielderAntonioDovaleMarch17:SportingKCloansthreeplayers(Kempin,Lopez,Duke)toUSLPROaffiliatesMarch 25: Sporting KC waives defender Josh GardnerMarch 31: Sporting KC waives defender Mechack JeromeApril1:SportingKCsignsmidfielderVictorMunozApril 4: Sporting KC signs defender Igor JuliaoApril 21: Sporting KC loans defender Kevin Ellis to OKC Energy FCMay 16: Sporting KC recalls defender Kevin Ellis from OKC Energy FC

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2006 Eric Kronberg (40th)

2007

2008 Chance Myers (1st)

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

2010 Jon Kempin (Aug. 31)

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

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

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

2012 Dom Dwyer (16th) Jacob Peterson (Jan. 19)Oriol Rosell (Aug. 2)

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

Claudio BielerJimmy Medranda

Ike OparaBenny Feilhaber

Erik Palmer-Brown

2014 Alex Martinez (57th) Antonio DovaleVictor MunozIgor Juliao

Sal ZizzoAndy Gruenebaum


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six players tied 2 three players tied 2Dwayne De Rosario 9

Luciano Emilio 5three players tied 7 Etcheverry/Olsen 6

Troy Perkins 9Jeff Causey 6

Sporting KC record vs. D.C. United: 20-18-10Home games: 14-6-5 (47 GF, 28 GA)Road games: 6-12-5 (26 GF, 34 GA)

date score Result location06/20/1996 KC 5 vs DC 1 W Arrowhead Stadium07/31/1996 KC 3 at DC 2 W RFK Stadium08/04/1996 KC 4 at DC 2 W RFK Stadium06/21/1997 KC 6 vs DC 1 W Arrowhead Stadium07/19/1997 KC 3 vs DC 2 W Arrowhead Stadium08/31/1997 KC 0 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium03/21/1998 KC 2 at DC 3 L RFK Stadium08/26/1998 KC 1 vs DC 2 L Arrowhead Stadium05/15/1999 KC 3 vs DC 3 SOL Arrowhead Stadium06/26/1999 KC 0 at DC 3 L RFK Stadium05/17/2000 KC 2 vs DC 0 W Arrowhead Stadium06/10/2000 KC 0 at DC 0 T RFK Stadium04/07/2001 KC 2 at DC 3 L RFK Stadium06/16/2001 KC 0 vs DC 3 L Arrowhead Stadium04/20/2002 KC 1 at DC 2 L (OT) RFK Stadium06/15/2002 KC 2 vs DC 0 W Arrowhead Stadium07/04/2002 KC 2 vs DC 1 W Arrowhead Stadium08/10/2002 KC 0 at DC 0 T RFK Stadium04/12/2003 KC 3 vs DC 2 W (OT) Arrowhead Stadium05/17/2003 KC 1 at DC 1 T RFK Stadium10/25/2003 KC 1 at DC 1 T RFK Stadium05/15/2004 KC 0 at DC 1 L RFK Stadium07/10/2004 KC 1 vs DC 0 W Arrowhead Stadium04/30/2005 KC 0 vs DC 0 T Arrowhead Stadium05/21/2005 KC 2 at DC 3 L RFK Stadium07/09/2005 KC 1 at DC 0 W RFK Stadium07/20/2005 KC 1 vs DC 1 T Arrowhead Stadium05/13/2006 KC 1 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium05/27/2006 KC 1 vs DC 3 L Arrowhead Stadium06/24/2006 KC 0 at DC 1 L RFK Stadium06/28/2006 KC 2 vs DC 3 L Arrowhead Stadium04/14/2007 KC 4 at DC 2 W RFK Stadium07/04/2007 KC 0 vs DC 1 L Arrowhead Stadium10/05/2007 KC 1 vs DC 1 T Arrowhead Stadium03/29/2008 KC 2 vs DC 0 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark08/02/2008 KC 0 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium05/06/2009 KC 1 vs DC 1 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark09/09/2009 KC 0 at DC 1 L RFK Stadium10/24/2009 KC 2 vs DC 2 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark03/27/2010 KC 4 vs DC 0 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark05/05/2010 KC 1 at DC 2 L RFK Stadium08/21/2011 KC 1 vs DC 0 W Sporting Park10/22/2011 KC 1 at DC 0 W RFK Stadium03/10/2012 KC 1 at DC 0 W RFK Stadium08/11/2012 KC 2 vs DC 1 W Sporting Park04/05/2013 KC 1 vs DC 0 W Sporting Park05/19/2013 KC 1 at DC 1 T RFK Stadium10/18/2013 KC 1 vs DC 0 W Sporting Park

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Jamie Moreno 8Jamie Moreno 8

Jamie Moreno 37Jamie Moreno 22

Richie Williams 32Jamie Moreno 57

Troy Perkins 5Bill Hamid 5

Nick Rimando 3Troy Perkins 47Troy Perkins 14

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7 Jimmy Nielsen5 Bo Oshoniyi6 Jimmy Nielsen44 Tony Meola13 Bo Oshoniyi



d.c. unitedcategory 1 2 ot tot.Goals 31 30 1 62Shots 256 274 6 536Shots on Goal 125 120 3 248Fouls 360 311 9 680Offsides 62 65 1 128Corner Kicks 104 141 2 247

category 1 2 ot tot. Goals 38 34 1 73Shots 281 306 2 589Shots on Goal 127 127 2 256Fouls 293 313 3 609Offsides 79 79 2 160 Corner Kicks 107 109 0 216

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

Attendance: 39,240Weather: 50 degrees and rain

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Referee: Alan KellyAsst. Ref.: Dimitar ChadaravAsst. Ref.: Kyle Longville4thOfficial:WilliamNiccolla

date Result opponent GoalscoReRsMarch 8 L 1-0 at Seattle Sounders ---March 15 D 1-1 vs FC Dallas CollinMarch 22 W 1-0 vs San Jose Earthquakes DwyerMarch 29 W 3-2 at Colorado Rapids Zusi/Feilhaber/DwyerApril 5 D 0-0 vs Real Salt Lake ---April 19 W 4-0 vs Montreal Impact OG/Collin/Dwyer 2April 26 L 2-0 at New England Revolution ---May 4 W 2-0 vs Columbus Crew Peterson/BielerMay 10 W 3-0 at Montreal Impact Dwyer 2/NagamuraMay 14 L 2-1 vs Philadelphia Union DwyerMay 18 L 2-1 at Chicago Fire DwyerMay 23 T 2-2 vs Toronto FC Dwyer 2 May 27 T 1-1 vs New York Red Bulls Dovale

May 31 6 p.m. at D.C. United ---June 6 7:30 p.m. at Houston Dynamo ---June 27 10 p.m. at Portland Timbers ---July 6 2 p.m. vs Chicago Fire ---July 12 6:30 p.m. at Montreal Impact ---July 16 6:30 p.m. at Columbus Crew ---July 19 6 p.m. vs Los Angeles Galaxy ---July 26 6 p.m. at Toronto FC ---Aug. 1 7 p.m. vs Philadelphia Union ---Aug. 10 7 p.m. at Vancouver Whitecaps ---Aug. 16 7:30 p.m. vs Toronto FC ---Aug. 23 7:30 p.m. vs D.C. United ---Aug. 29 7 p.m. vs Houston Dynamo ---Sept. 3 6:30 p.m. at New England Revolution ---Sept. 6 6:30 p.m. at New York Red Bulls ---Sept. 13 9:30 p.m. at Chivas USA ---Sept. 26 7 p.m. vs New England Revolution ---Oct. 3 7 p.m. at D.C. United ---Oct. 10 7:30 p.m. vs Chicago Fire ---Oct. 18 6 p.m. at Philadelphia Union ---Oct. 26 7:30 p.m. vs New York Red Bulls ---

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

Attendance: 19,431 (37th straight sellout)Weather: 70 degrees and mostly cloudy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Referee: Abiodun OkulajaAsst. Ref.: Eric WeisbrodAsst. Ref.: Nikola Aleksic4thOfficial:LeszekStalmach

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Referee: Ricardo SalazarAsst. Ref.: Peter ManikowskiAsst. Ref.: Chris Strickland4thOfficial:SorinStoica


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

Attendance: 12,203Weather: 69 degrees and partly cloudy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Referee: Jose Carlos RiveroAsst. Ref.: Greg BarkeyAsst. Ref.: Brian Dunn4thOfficial:JorgeGonzalez

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scoring Summary: None

Referee:Armando VillarrealAsst. Ref.: Corey ParkerAsst. Ref.: Craig Lowry4thOfficial:FotisBazakos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Referee:Hilario GrajedaAsst. Ref.: Ian AndersonAsst. Ref.: Jeff Muschik

Sporting KC at NE Revolution Gillette Stadium| Foxborough, Massachusetts

Attendance: 14,806Weather: 47 degrees and cloudy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Referee: Alan KellyAsst. Ref.: Brian DunnAsst. Ref.: Matthew Nelson4thOfficial:JorgeGonzalez


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

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

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

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

Subs Not Used: Igor Juliao, Andy Gruenebaum, Antonio Dovale, Jimmy Me-dranda

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

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

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

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

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

Referee: Ismail ElfathAsst. Ref.: Frank AndersonAsst. Ref.: James Conlee4thOfficial:FotisBazakos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Referee: Ricardo SalazarAsst. Ref.: George GansnerAsst. Ref.: Ian Anderson4thOfficial:BaldomeroToledo

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

Attendance: 16,529Weather: 74 degrees and cloudy

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

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

Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Lawrence Olum, Jimmy Me-dranda

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

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

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

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

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

Referee: Jair MarrufoAsst. Ref.: Philippe BriereAsst. Ref.: Richard Gamache4thOfficial:SilviuPetrescu

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

Attendance: 15,746Weather: 66 and partly cloudy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Referee: David GantarAsst. Ref.: Daniel BelleauAsst. Ref.: Anthony Vasoli4thOfficial:RobertSibiga


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Referee: Baldomero ToledoAsst. Ref.: Chris StricklandAsst. Ref.: Corey Parker4thOfficial:YounesMarrakchi

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

Attendance: 19,221 (44th straight sellout)Weather: 81 degrees and partly cloudy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Referee: Chris PensoAsst. Ref.: C.J. MorganteAsst. Ref.: Jeremy Hanson4thOfficial:IsmailElfath

2014 ReGulaR season teaM statsscoRinG 1 2 totalSPORTING 5 14 19OPP. 2 11 13

fouls 1 2 totalSPORTING 94 102 196OPP. 97 99 196

cautions 1 2 totalSPORTING 5 18 23OPP. 13 21 34

shots 1 2 totalSPORTING 88 99 187OPP. 52 61 113

soG 1 2 totalSPORTING 27 37 64OPP. 17 29 46

offsides 1 2 totalSPORTING 12 12 24OPP. 21 18 39

ejections 1 2 totalSPORTING 0 3 3OPP. 1 4 5

coRneRs 1 2 totalSPORTING 33 38 71OPP. 21 20 41

pK 1 2 totalSPORTING 1 2 3OPP. 2 3 5

2014 Record When…

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

5-0-30-4-03-0-12-3-30-1-00-2-11-2-21-0-12-0-01-0-04-0-10-1-21-3-1N/AN/A3-4-41-0-01-0-04-0-01-2-40-2-05-2-40-2-0N/A2-3-00-0-11-1-04-3-32-2-03-2-40-2-13-1-11-0-24-4-20-1-01-0-03-2-41-1-03-3-22-1-25-2-40-2-0N/A1-0-00-0-14-4-3

2-1-112-8-41-1-138-30-122-2-230-38-21N/A34-28-21N/A40-32-23N/A36-42-13N/A27-32-13N/A17-10-13

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

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

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

12-25-10 (0-1-0) 8-4-4 22-17-13 (1-0-0) 23-21-6 (1-0-0)20-18-10 20-19-10 (0-0-1)4-6-8 18-23-114-3-1 (2-0-0)23-14-11 (0-1-0)19-18-12 (0-0-1)4-3-3 (0-1-0)2-2-0 8-5-4 (0-0-1)21-21-7 (1-0-0)1-7-1 (0-1-0)10-4-5 (0-0-1) 2-0-2

234-220-1203-1-4153-81-542-3-081-139-66

Record By Month...

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sKc Miscellaneous stats

9 min, Antonio Dovale, 5/27 vs NY

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

90+4 min, Chad Barret, 3/8 at SEA

90+2 min, Teal Bunbury, 4/26 at NE81 min, Cristian Maidana, 5/14 vs PHI

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

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31 min, Callum Mallace, 4/19 vs MTL

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

64, Erik Palmer-Brown, 5/18, at CHI

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

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

63 min, Steven Caldwell, 5/23 vs TOR

57 min, Dom Dwyer, 3/22 vs SJ18 min, Dom Dwyer, 5/10 at MTL84 min, Dom Dwyer, 5/23 vs TOR

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

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

15 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI

Dom Dwyer, 23 yrs., 235 days, KC vs SJ

Paulo Nagamura, 31 yrs., 69 days, KC at MTL

Erik Palmer-Brown, 17 yrs., 24 days, KC at CHI

Josh Gardner, 31 yrs., 175 days, KC at SEA

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sKc Miscellaneous stats - 2014 Regular season



single season Records (field players)stat player #

Games C.J. Sapong (2011) 34

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

Goals Preki (1996) 18

Assists Preki (1997 & 2003) 17

Shots Preki (1996) 140

Shots on goal Preki (1996) 61

Fouls Committed Chris Henderson (2000) 79

Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud (2004) 111

Offsides Eddie Johnson (2007) 50

Corner Kicks Graham Zusi (2012) 150

Cautions Aurelien Collin (2013) 13

Ejections Davy Arnaud (2010) 3

single season Records (Goalkeepers)stat player #

Games Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013) 34

Minutes Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013) 3060

Wins Mike Ammann (1997) 21

Losses Mike Ammann (1998) 16

Draws Bo Oshoniyi (2005) 12

Shutouts Tony Meola (2000) 16

Goals Against Average Jimmy Nielsen (2012) 0.79

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

Saves Tony Meola (2000) 129

single Game Records (field players)

single Game Records (Goalkeepers)stat player #

Goals Allowed Bo Oshoniyi 7

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

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

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Assists Chris Henderson (1999) 4

Shots Preki (1997) 12

Shots on goal Preki (1996) 6

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

Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud (2006) 10

Offsides Alex Bunbury (1999) 7

Corner Kicks Alex Zotinca (2006) 12

all-time Records (field players)

all-time Records (Goalkeepers)

stat player #

Games Davy Arnaud 240

Minutes Kerry Zavagnin 20515

Goals Preki 71

Assists Preki 98

Shots Preki 693

Shots on goal Preki 283

Fouls Committed Davy Arnaud 329

Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud 528

Offsides Eddie Johnson 126

Corner Kicks Preki 452

Cautions Kerry Zavagnin 44

Ejections Nick Garcia 5

stat player #

Games Jimmy Nielsen 128

Minutes Jimmy Nielsen 11497

Wins Jimmy Nielsen 57

Losses Tony Meola 45

Draws Jimmy Nielsen 32

Shutouts Jimmy Nielsen 45

Goals Allowed Tony Meola 154

Saves Tony Meola 507

Goals Against Average Jimmy Nielsen 0.99

single season team Recordsstat Year #

Goals 1996 61

Assists 2000 67

Shots 2012 542

Shots on goal 1996 250

Fouls Committed 2013 511

Fouls Suffered 2000 541

Offsides 1997 117

Corner Kicks 2012 199

Cautions 2013 67

Ejections 2011 8

Points 2012 63

Wins 1997 21

Losses 1999 24

Ties 2005 & 2011 12

Shutouts 2000 17

Goals Allowed 1996 63

MINI BIOS Coaching Staff

Players

Peter Vermes Manager

Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach

Zoran Savic Assistant Coach

John Pascarella Assistant Coach

Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach

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

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

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

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

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at D.C.Assists 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEAShots 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NEFouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at D.C.Assist Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI 2014 Record when: he starts 4-3-2 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC’s team captain for the 2014 campaign, Besler is in his sixth season at his hometown club. The center back has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors and was named the 2014 KC Sportsman of the Year by the Kansas City Sports Commission. Besler has been named to the U.S. Men’s National Team’s final roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside team-mate Graham Zusi. This will be the 27-year-old center back’s first FIFA World Cup appearance. Besler has earned 15 caps for the U.S. since debuting in January 2013, in-cluding six FIFA World Cup qualifiers and all three knockout round games en route to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup championship. The U.S. is 10-1-3 with Besler in the starting lineup.

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 31, 2014 vs D.C. United| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

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

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHVAssists 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLBShots on Goal 4, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots 6, 2 times, last: June 1, 2013, KC vs MTLFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: July 27, 2013, KC at MTLFouls Suffered 5, March 9, 2013, KC at TORLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 18, 2014, KC at CHIGoal May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBAssist Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLB2014 Record when: he starts 1-2-0 he scores 1-0-0

Sporting KC’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Bieler won the club’s Golden Boot last year with 10 goals scored and added four assists. Bieler is the team’s fourth Designated Player in club history, acquired in 2013 from LDU Quito where he won Copa Libertadores (2008) and Copa Su-damericana (2009). A dual citizen of Ecuador and Argen-tina, he has played professionally in both countries as well as Chile.

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

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

Currenty on loan at USL Pro affiliate OKC Energy FC, Duke began playing for the Sporting KC Academy in June 2007 while attending Shawnee Mission South High School. As a college senior, he led the University of San Diego to the quarterfinals of the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The second-year professional spent most of the 2013 season on loan at Orlando City SC.

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

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, May 27, 2014, KC vs NYAssists 1, May 10, 2014, KC at MTLShots on Goal 2, May 27, 2014, KC vs NYShots 3, 2 times, last: May 27, 2014, KC vs NYFouls Committed 1, 3 times, last: May 27, 2014, KC vs NYFouls Suffered 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NY Goal May 27, 2014, KC vs NYAssist May 10, 2014, KC at MTL2014 Record when: he starts 0-2-2 he scores 0-0-1

Dovale began his career in the youth system of Ural CF, a club in his hometown of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He then played four years in the Barcelona Academy before signing a professional contract with second division club Celta de Vigo at age 16. He played there for three years before go-ing on a year-long loan to SD Huesca. Dovale returned to Celta de Vigo prior to the 2011-12 season and helped the club earn promotion to LigaBBVA with two goals in 30 ap-pearances. The midfielder made his Sporting KC debut as a second-half substitute in the MLS Cup rematch against Real Salt Lake on April 5 and scored his first goal on May 27 vs. the New York Red Bulls.

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

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, 3 times, last: May 23, 2014, KC vs TORAssists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORShots on Goal 4, May 10, 2014, KC at MTL Shots 7, Sept. 27, 2013, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Apr. 26, 2014, KC at NEFouls Suffered 9, Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NYGoal May 23, 2014, KC vs TORAssist Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TOR2014 Record when: he starts 4-3-4 he scores 4-2-1 Dwyer’s career-high 10 goals in 2014 rank second in MLS. After scoring a brace on May 23 vs. Toronto FC, he became the third player in club history to score in four straight regular season matches. The Englishman’s three multi-goal games, three game-winning goals and four-game goal streak tie 2014 MLS season highs. Dwyer totalled 26 goals across six competitions in 2013 while splitting time with Sporting KC and the team’s USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. He was the USL PRO Championship MVP with four goals in the final and helped propel Sporting KC to MLS Cup by scoring the game-winning goal for Sport-ing Kansas City in the Eastern Conference Championship.

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

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots 1, 3 times, last: May 27, 2014, KC vs NYFouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 8, 2014, KC at SEAFouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: May 23, 2014, KC vs TORLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NYGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 0-0-0

Ellis started three of Sporting KC’s first four MLS matches of 2014 before going on loan to USL Pro affiliate OKC En-ergy FC. He scored his first goal for the club in the first leg of the 2014 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals vs. eventual champion Cruz Azul. The right back, who became the second Home Grown Player in club history in 2011, rejoined Sporting KC on May 16 and has started in central defense for the last two matches.


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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 9 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLAssists 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTLShots on Goal 2, 6 times, last: Sept. 27, 2013, KC vs PHIShots 4, 5 times, last: July 13, 2013, KC vs TORFouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Mar. 8, 2014, KC at SEAFouls Suffered 6, May 12, 2012, NE vs VANLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NYGoal Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLAssist May 27, 2014, KC vs NY2014 Record when: he starts 5-4-4 he scores 1-0-0

Sporting KC acquired World Cup veteran Feilhaber in De-cember 2012. The Brazilian-born midfielder was a steady contributor throughout the 2013 season but saved his best work for the playoffs, contributing game-winning assists in the Eastern Conference Semifinals and Eastern Confer-ence Championship and converting his penalty kick in the MLS Cup Final penalty shootout. He has started every MLS match this season. Feilhaber began his career in Germany with Hamburg’s reserve team before helping Derby County earn promotion to the English Premier League in 2007. He was a member of the U.S. 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, making three ap-pearances in South Africa.


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

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

Last...Regular SeasonAppearance Oct. 27, 2013, CLB vs NEShutout June 15, 2013, CLB vs MTL2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

2014 is a homecoming for Andy Gruenebaum, as Peter Vermes acquired the Overland Park native from the Colum-bus Crew this past December. An eight-year veteran of the league, Gruenebaum featured more than 80 times for the Crew and was part of their 2008 team that won MLS Cup. Gruenebaum enjoyed a breakout season in 2012, becoming Columbus’ starting keeper and recording an MLS-best 124 saves en route to 13 wins and eight shutouts.

#19 | M | Peterson JosephHt: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990Hometown: Port-au-Prince, HaitiLast Club: SC Braga (Portugal)Acquired: Signed on 9/1/2011

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, July, 14, 2012, KC vs CLBShots on Goal 1, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NY Shots 2, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NYFouls Committed 5, May 12, 2013, KC at HOUFouls Suffered 4, Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance Oct. 18, 2013, KC vs D.C.Goal N/AAssist July 14, 2012, KC at CLB2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Now in his third season with Sporting KC, Joseph set career highs in games played (23) and games started (14) in 2013. A member of the Haiti Men’s National Team since 2010, he began his professional career domestically before joining Sporting de Braga in Portugal’s Primeira Liga in 2008. He signed with Sporting KC in September 2011 after training with the club in the summer.

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

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal 1, May 27, 2014, KC vs NYShots 1, 4 times, last: May 27, 2014, KC vs NYFouls Committed 1, 3 times, last: May 27, 2014, KC vs NYFouls Suffered 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NYGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-2-2 he scores 0-0-0

In his club debut on May 14, 19-year-old Juliao became the youngest player in Sporting KC history to play the full 90 minutes of an MLS regular season match. Following his second match at Chicago on May 18, Juliao was named to Sports Illustrated’s Week 11 MLS Best XI. The defender is a member of Brazil’s Under-20 Men’s National Team and currently on loan from Fluminense FC. Julião joined Flumi-nense FC’s academy in February 2003 and made his debut in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A as a 17-year-old in August 2012. He made three appearances in Brazil’s top division during his first professional season as Fluminense FC won their fourth league title in the club’s 111-year history.

#23 | M | Alex MartinezHt: 5-8 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/25/1991Hometown: Montevideo, UruguayCollege: North Carolina StateAcquired: 2014 MLS SuperDraft (#57)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBShots 2, 2 times, last: May 23, 2014, KC vs TORFouls Committed 2, May 23, 2014, KC vs TORFouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: May 23, 2014, KC vs TORLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NYGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-2 he scores 0-0-0

The Sporting KC rookie made his first start for the club on May 23 against Toronto FC. After a strong showing at the 2014 MLS Player Combine, Martinez appeared in seven of Sporting KC’s 10 preseason matches and contributed three assists. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and moved to the United States at age nine. He starred at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, S.C. and led the school to three state championships. In two seasons at North Carolina State University, Martinez scored 13 goals and added 18 assists en route to First Team All-ACC hon-


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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal 1, Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs. CLBShots 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALFouls Committed 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALFouls Suffered 4, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NYGoal N/AAssist N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

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

#1 | GK | Eric KronbergHt: 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983Hometown: Santa Rosa, CaliforniaCollege: CaliforniaAcquired: 2006 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round (#40)

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

Last...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NYShutout May 10, 2014, KC at MTL2014 Record when: he starts 5-4-4

The longest tenured member of the club, Kronberg is in his ninth season in Kansas City and first as a starter. The 30-year-old goalkeeper recorded four shutouts in six appearances last year, leading Sporting KC to the quar-terfinals of the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League. During the 2014 regular season, he is tied for the MLS lead with a 1.00 goals against average and five shutouts among keepers with more than four matches played. Through 13 games this season, he has yet to allow a first-half goal from the run of play. Kronberg spent his rookie season on loan to Miami FC and made his MLS debut in 2010. In April, he became a fa-ther for the first time with the birth of his daughter Kaitlin.

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

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

Last...Regular SeasonAppearance N/AShutout N/A2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Kempin became the club’s first Homegrown Player and youngest ever sign-ing (age 17) in 2010. After making his competitive debut in the 2012 U.S. Open Cup, the Leawood, Kansas native spent the 2013 season on loan at USL Pro affiliate Orlando City SC. Kempin, who has been an active member of the U-20 and U-23 U.S. National Team pools, is currently on loan as the starting goalkeeper for OKC Energy FC. His head coach is former Sporting KC goalkeeper and captain Jimmy Nielsen.

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 31, 2014 vs D.C. United| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes#12 | M | Mikey LopezHt: 5-8 Wt. 160 DOB: 2/20/1993Hometown: Mission, TexasCollege: North CarolinaAcquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14)

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

Currently on loan at USL Pro affiliate Orlando City SC, Lopez was selected in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing. He made his Sporting KC debut with a start on May 26, 2013 against the Des Moines Menace in the U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round. Lopez is a member of the U.S. U-20 Naitonal Team and helped the country qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.

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

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

Sporting KC acquired the 23-year-old midfielder in April 2014. Munoz was selected by D.C. United in the second round of hte 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Munoz spent eight years in the Real Madrid academy system and was a member of Spain’s U-15, U-16 and U-17 youth national teams before moving to the U.S. in 2010 to pursue a college education.

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

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

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

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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Mar. 21, 2009, CHV vs COLAssists 1, 17 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLShots on Goal 4, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSLShots 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TORFouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LAFouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSLLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NYGoal May 10, 2014, KC at MTLAssist May 14, 2014, KC vs PHI2014 Record when: he starts 5-2-3 he scores 1-0-0

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

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 31, 2014 vs D.C. United| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes#2 | D | Erik Palmer-BrownHt: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 4/24/1997Hometown: Lee’s Summit, MissouriAcquired: Signed as Homegrown on 08/02/2013

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

The youngest player in MLS at age 17, Palmer-Brown signed a homegrown player contract last August. He made his debut and first MLS start for Sporting KC on May 18, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender. The Lee’s Summit, Mo. native joined the Sporting KC Academy at age 13. He has represented US youth national teams as the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels, most re-cently participating in the 2014 Dallas Cup.

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

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHIAssists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLShots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLShots 3, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORFouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Fouls Suffered 2, Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHIAssist Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL2014 Record when: he starts 3-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Olum is in his fourth season with Sporting KC, making a career-high 22 appearances in MLS competition last year. Capable of playing as a central defender or holding mid-fielder, he began his professional career with the Portland Timbers in 2007. He also played for the Minnesota Thun-der, Austin Aztex and Orlando City SC before signing with Sporting KC in September 2011. Olum joined the Kenya Men’s National Team in November 2012 and is currently on international duty for African Cup of Nations qualifying. He is set to return to the club at the beginning of June.

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

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 14 times, last: May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBAssists 1, 13 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTLShots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at D.C.Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NEFouls Committed 3, May 12, 2013, KC at HOUFouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLBLast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 23, 2014, KC vs TORGoal May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBAssist Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL2014 Record when: he starts 2-2-1 he scores 1-0-0

An eight-year veteran of MLS, Peterson is in his third season with Sporting KC. He equalled his career high with four MLS goals for the club in 2012. A two-time national champion at Indiana University with goals in the finals of the 2003 and 2004 College Cups, Peterson was selected by the Colorado Rapids in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Following stints with Toronto FC and the San Jose Earthquakes, Peterson was signed by Sporting Kansas City in January 2012. He represented the U.S. at the U-17, U-20 and U-23 levels.

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

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

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

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

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals N/AAssists 1, 5 times, last: July 13, 2013, KC vs TORShots on Goal 2, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALShots 3, Apr. 17, 2010, NE at SJFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJFouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LALast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NYGoal N/AAssist July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR2014 Record when: he starts 5-3-4 he scores 0-0-0

The Leawood, Kan. native and Rockhurst High School alum was rated the No. 1 left back in MLS by Soccer America after leading all Sporting KC players with 3,733 minutes played in all competition and starting 41 of his 42 appearances in 2013. He scored the game-tying goal in the Eastern Conference Semifinals last year en route to Sport-ing Kansas City reaching MLS Cup. Sinovic was drafted by the New England Revolution in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He was then signed by Sporting KC in May 2011 and has since contributed two goals and five assists across all competitions.

#20 | M | Oriol RosellHt: 6-0 Wt. 168 DOB: 7/7/1992Hometown: Puig-Reig, Catalonia, SpainLast Club: Barcelona B (Spain)Acquired: Signed on 8/2/2012

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 1, 2 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHIAssists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs. CLBShots on Goal 1, 7 times, last: May 4, 2014, KC vs CLBShots 3, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NYFouls Committed 8, July 27, 2013, KC at MTLFouls Suffered 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 9, 2013, KC at HOULast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal March 2, 2013, KC at PHIAssist Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLB2014 Record when: he starts 3-2-2 he scores 0-0-0

A product of Barcelona’s famed La Masia Academy, Rosell joined Sporting KC from Barcelona B in August 2012. Among midfielders with at least 100 completed passes in 2014, Rosell’s 87.05 completion percentage in the op-ponent’s half ranks second in the League. He made 41 appearances in all competitions last year and led MLS with 130 interceptions. Rosell made his international debut last December when he featured for Catalonia in a friendly against the Cape Verde Islands.

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

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs TORAssists 2, Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NEShots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NYShots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs CLBFouls Committed 2, 7 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHIFouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NYGoal Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLBAssist Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NE2014 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

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

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

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORAssists 1, 9 times, last: Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COLShots on Goal 4, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Shots 10, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLBFouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LALast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 23, 2014, KC vs TORGoal Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TORAssist Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL2014 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

Sapong was named the 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year with five goals and five assists in his first professional season. He scored nine goals in 2012 and four more in 2013, including the game-tying goal in last year’s Eastern Conference Cham-pionship series vs. Houston. He made his first appearance in two months on May 23 following a neck injury. Sporting KC has a 17-0-2 overall record when Sapong scores. He debuted for the U.S. National Team in January 2012.


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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHIAssists 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLShots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs PORShots 5, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTLFouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIGoal Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COLAssist May 4, 2014, KC vs CLB2014 Record when: he starts 5-3-1 he scores 1-0-0

Zusi recorded a career-high six goals and a team-best 12 assists in all competition in 2013 and was the top-rated midfielder in the MLS Castrol Index. He was an MLS MVP finalist in 2012 and nominee for Best MLS Player at the 2013 ESPYS to go along with MLS All-Star (2012, 2013), MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) honors. Zusi has been named to the U.S. Men’s National Team’s final roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside team-mate Matt Besler. This will be the 27-year-old playmaker’s first FIFA World Cup appearance. He has earned 21 caps for the U.S. with three goals and four assists. He scored in the final two FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, including the game-winning goal against Jamaica at Sporting Park to secure a first place finish in the Hexagonal for the U.S.

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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 30, 2013, POR at RSLAssists 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL Shots on Goal 3, May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIShots 3, 7 times, last: May 14, 2014, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 2, 4 times, last: May 23, 2014, KC vs TORFouls Suffered 4, May 20, 2012, POR vs CHILast...Regular SeasonAppearance May 27, 2014, KC vs NYGoal Aug. 30, 2013, POR at RSLAssist May 23, 2014, KC vs TOR2014 Record when: he starts 3-2-3 he scores 0-0-0

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


ALL-TIME STATISTICS

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 31, 2014 vs D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

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

KC - Regular Season 135 130 11781 2 6 32 8 110 68 6 1 15 0 1 3

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

MLS - TOTAL 145 140 12741 2 6 34 8 122 76 7 1 15 0 1 3

Claudio Bieler GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


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

MLS - TOTAL 39 28 2468 12 4 84 30 44 36 16 0 5 0 4 1

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


KC - Postseason 10 10 960 4 1 12 4 21 10 3 0 2 0 1 1

MLS - TOTAL 101 97 8707 15 3 98 29 185 89 16 0 32 2 6 1

Antonio Dovale GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 6 4 334 1 1 9 3 3 7 0 6 2 0 0 0

Christian Duke GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


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

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


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

MLS - TOTAL 36 21 1923 13 2 91 33 49 49 16 1 1 0 5 0

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


MLS - TOTAL 8 6 586 0 0 3 0 12 8 0 0 2 0 0 0

Benny Feilhaber GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - Regular Season 92 81 7136 9 16 125 42 117 223 3 102 15 2 0 2

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

MLS - TOTAL 96 85 7530 9 18 139 43 122 235 5 102 16 2 0 3

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


MLS - Postseason 2 1 103 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 36 19 1548 0 1 14 1 38 23 1 4 10 1 0 1

Igor Juliao GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 4 4 360 0 0 4 1 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mikey Lopez GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


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

Alex Martinez GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 7 2 252 0 0 7 3 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0

Jimmy Medranda GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 4 1 96 0 0 4 1 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0

Victor Munoz GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


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

Chance Myers GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


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

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


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



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

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

MLS - TOTAL 225 203 18082 11 18 229 72 339 290 8 20 53 2 4 6

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


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

MLS - TOTAL 52 24 2562 1 2 18 3 27 10 3 0 8 0 1 0

Ike Opara GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



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

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

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

Erik Palmer-Brown GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA


MLS - TOTAL 1 1 64 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

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



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

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

MLS - TOTAL 193 111 9966 14 13 162 58 70 107 21 62 6 1 5 5

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


KC - Postseason 6 6 488 0 0 7 1 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - Total 49 45 3900 2 2 39 8 88 43 0 7 10 1 2 0

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


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

MLS - TOTAL 44 17 1812 5 5 69 18 27 39 3 12 1 0 1 2

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


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

MLS - TOTAL 104 73 6887 20 10 175 74 131 179 30 0 4 1 7 3

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



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

MLS - TOTAL 124 121 10746 2 5 53 18 119 85 2 0 16 0 2 3

Sal Zizzo GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA



MLS - TOTAL 80 37 3867 2 11 70 27 23 64 5 38 2 0 0 1

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


KC - Postseason 10 10 959 0 5 21 1 18 19 1 46 1 0 0 3

MLS - TOTAL 142 110 10292 18 40 232 73 134 183 16 484 11 0 7 18


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

KC - Regular Season 18 17 1552 65 44 6 19 1.10 6 6 7 5 6

MLS - TOTAL 18 17 1552 65 44 6 19 1.10 6 6 7 5 6

Andy Gruenebaum GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA W L T


MLS - Regular Season 80 79 7065 379 270 18 101 1.29 6 8 26 31 21

MLS - Postseason 2 2 210 9 7 0 2 0.86 0 0 1 1 0

MLS - TOTAL 82 81 7275 388 277 18 103 1.27 6 8 27 32 21

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


MLS - TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0

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

1 Eric Kronberg 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

2 Erik Palmer-Brown 64D

3 Ike Opara 1 90D 61D

4 Kevin Ellis 90D 90D 90D 23 90D 90D

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

6 Paulo Nagamura 90M 90M 85M 90M 78M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

7 Chance Myers 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 36D

8 Graham Zusi 90M 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 75M 90F

9 Antonio Dovale 10 44M 33 71M 86F 90F

10 Benny Feilhaber 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

11 Sal Zizzo 32 90F 75F 90F 80F 66F 55F 55F 54 72F

12 Mikey Lopez

13 Lawrence Olum 90M 90M 29 5 90M 14 90D 29

14 Dom Dwyer 90F 77F 90F 7 76F 87F 90F 87F 70F 19 90F 90F 90F

15 Seth Sinovic 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

16 Claudio Bieler 13 83F 14 3 3 20 71F 67F

17 C.J. Sapong 90F 45F 15 4

18 Victor Munoz

19 Peterson Joseph

20 Oriol Rosell 90M 61M 83M 90M 90M 90M 90M

21 Jon Kempin

22 Soony Saad 29 15 6 18

23 Alex Martinez 15 14 32 12 19 85M 75M

24 Mechack Jerome 1 90D

25 Christian Duke

30 Andy Gruenebaum

31 Josh Gardner 89D

37 Jacob Peterson 58F 45 24 35 61F 57M 35 84D 90F

40 Igor Juliao 90D 90D 90D 90D

78 Aurelien Collin 90D 90D 90D 29 90D 76D 74D 90D 61D 90D

94 Jimmy Medranda 75M 5 15

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Game log:

Game #1 03/08/2014 KC 0 at SEA 1 L

Game #2 03/15/2014 KC 1 vs DAL 1 T Collin 1 (Feilhaber 1) 81

Game #3 03/22/2014 KC 1 vs SJ 0 W Dwyer 1 (penalty kick) 57

Game #4 03/29/2014 KC 3 at COL 2 W Zusi 1 (Zizzo 1, Nagamura 1) 50; Feilhaber 1 (Zizzo 2, Zusi 1) 79; Dwyer 2 (Zusi 2) 92+

Game #5 04/05/2014 KC 0 vs RSL 0 T

Game #6 04/19/2014 KC 4 vs MTL 0 W own goal (Mallace) 31; Collin 2 (Olum 1) 71; Dwyer 3 (Peterson 1) 74; Dwyer 4 (Zusi 3) 86

Game #7 04/26/2014 KC 0 at NE 2 L

Game #8 05/04/2014 KC 2 vs CLB 0 W Peterson 1 (unassisted) 10; Bieler 1 (Zusi 4) 95+

Game #9 05/10/2014 KC 3 at MTL 0 W Dwyer 5 (penalty kick) 18; Nagamura 1 (Myers 1) 34; Dwyer 6 (Dovale 1) 64

Game #10 05/14/2014 KC 1 vs PHI 2 L Dwyer 7 (Nagamura 2) 80

Game #11 05/18/2014 KC 1 at CHI 2 L Dwyer 8 (Feilhaber 2) 68

Game #12 05/23/2014 KC 2 vs TOR 2 T Dwyer 9 (Zizzo 3) 47; Dwyer 10 (penalty kick) 84

Game #13 05/27/2014 KC 1 vs NY 1 T Dovale 1 (Feilhaber 3) 9

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2013/14 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

# Player QF1 QF2

AZL AZL

1-0 1-5

1 Eric Kronberg 90G 90G

2 Erik Palmer-Brown

3 Ike Opara 90D 90D

4 Kevin Ellis 90D 90D

5 Matt Besler 90D 90D

6 Paulo Nagamura 90M 72M

7 Chance Myers

8 Graham Zusi 90F 90F

9 Antonio Dovale

10 Benny Feilhaber 76M 90M

11 Sal Zizzo 60F

12 Mikey Lopez

13 Lawrence Olum

14 Dom Dwyer 2 23

15 Seth Sinovic 90D

16 Claudio Bieler 88F 67F

17 C.J. Sapong 14 18

19 Peterson Joseph

20 Oriol Rosell 90M 90M

21 Jon Kempin

22 Soony Saad

23 Alex Martinez

24 Mechack Jerome 47

25 Christian Duke

30 Andy Gruenebaum

31 Josh Gardner 43D

37 Jacob Peterson 30 90F

78 Aurelien Collin

94 Jimmy Medranda

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2013/14

QF1 03/12/2014 KC 1 vs CRZAZL 0 W Ellis (Bieler) 17

QF2 03/19/2014 KC 1 at CRZAZL 5 L Feilhaber (Zusi) 44

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