game guide: sporting kc at houston dynamo

(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWHOU 1-0-0 1-1-2 0-1-1 2-0-0 0-2-2KC 1-0-0 0-2-3 1-0-0 1-0-1 1-2-0

HOUSTON DYNAMO SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 4/11/2015 HOU 3, MTL 0 (0) 4/05/2015 KC 3, PHI 2 (1)Road win 10/08/2014 HOU 1, TOR 0 (4) 3/28/2015 KC 1, NYC 0 (1)Home loss 3/13/2015 HOU 0, ORL 1 (2) 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2 (4)Road loss 4/04/2015 HOU 0, SEA 1 (1) 4/18/2015 KC 1, LA 2 (0)Tie game 4/18/2015 HOU 1, DC 1 (0) 4/11/2015 KC 0, RSL 0 (1)Shutout for 4/11/2015 HOU 3, MTL 0 (1) 4/11/2015 KC 0, RSL 0 (1)Shutout vs. 4/04/2015 HOU 0, SEA 1 (2) 4/11/2015 KC 0, RSL 0 (1)

Dynamo WLTTLWTSporting KC TLTWWTL

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGHOU 7 3 3 0 1 0 6 0.86KC 7 2 4 0 1 0 7 1.00

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGHOU 7 3 4 0 0 0 4 0.57KC 7 3 1 2 1 0 8 1.14

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90HOU 6 2 0 0 0 3 1KC 7 1 2 1 1 0 2

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90HOU 4 1 0 2 0 1 0KC 8 2 2 0 2 1 1

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

DYNAMO G: 2 Barnes/ClarkA: 1 5 players tiedSHT: 20 BarnesSOG: 6 BarnesFC: 14 BarnesFS: 14 BeasleyOF: 4 BarnesC: 3 Clark/SarkodieE: 0

SPORTINGG: 2 Nemeth/OparaA: 5 FeilhaberSHT: 21 DwyerSOG: 7 DwyerFC: 12 DwyerFS: 25 DwyerOF: 5 DwyerC: 1 9 players tiedE: 1 Besler

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Dynamo 7 2-2-3 9 6 4at home 4 2-1-1 7 4 1

Sporting 7 2-2-3 9 7 8on road 3 1-2-0 3 3 5

2015 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME (20 meetings): Dynamo 7 wins, 25 goals … Sporting 5 wins, 22 goals … Ties 8

AT HOUSTON (10 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 12 goals … Sporting 3 wins, 10 goals … Ties 4

LAST YEAR (MLS):6/6: HOU 0, KC 2 (Saad 45; Dwyer 70)8/29: KC 1, HOU 3 (Dwyer 54 – Bruin 35; Horst 62; Clark 67)

HOUSTON DYNAMO1 Tyler Deric (GK)2 Kofi Sarkodie (DF)3 Rob Lovejoy (MF()4 Jermaine Taylor (DF)5 Raul Rodriguez (DF)6 Nathan Sturgis (MF)7 DaMarcus Beasley (DF)8 Luis Garrido (MF)9 Erick Torres (FW)10 Giles Barnes (FW)11 Brad Davis (MF)12 Will Bruin (FW)13 Ricardo Clark (MF)14 Alex (MF)15 Alexander Lopez (MF)16 A.J. Cochran (DF)17 Chandler Hoffman (FW)18 David Horst (DF)21 Zach Steinberger (MF)23 Taylor Hunter (DF)26 Corey Ashe (DF)27 Boniek Garcia (MF)28 Memo Rodriguez (MF)30 Michael Lisch (GK)31 Joe Willis (GK)33 Leonel Miranda (MF)

SPORTING KC1 Luis Marin (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 (MF)9 Krisztian Nemeth (FW)10 Benny Feilhaber (MF)11 Bernardo Anor (MF)12 Mikey Lopez (MF)13 Amadou Dia (DF)14 Dom Dwyer (FW)15 Seth Sinovic (DF)16 Servando Carrasco (MF)17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF)18 James Rogers (FW)21 Jon Kempin (GK)22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Jalil Anibaba (DF)27 Roger Espinoza (MF)29 Tim Melia (GK)37 Jacob Peterson (FW)71 Marcel de Jong (DF)93 Soni Mustivar (MF)94 Jimmy Medranda (MF)

ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS

REFEREE: Kevin Stott.AR1 (bench): Chris Strickland; AR2 (opposite): Apolinar Mariscal;

4th: Armando Villarreal

DYNAMOFri. May 1 FC Dallas

Wed. May 6 San JoseSun. May 10 at Toronto FC

Sat. May 16 Portland

UPCOMING MATCHES

HOUSTON DYNAMO v SPORTING KANSAS CITY(April 25, BBVA Compass Stadium, 7:30 p.m. CT)

SPORTINGSun. May 3 Chicago

Sat. May 9 at D.C. UnitedSat. May 16 Colorado

Wed. May 20 New England

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 7 8 90 79

2 6 1 0 4 1 0 1

3 3 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

3 3 3 4 1 1

F A 6 4 105 158

4 3 1 0 1 0 0 1

3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1

2 1 3 2 1 1

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

DYNAMO SPORTING

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

none

KC: Erik Palmer-Brown (U.S. U-20)

SUSPENDED: noneWARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

1Deric

10Barnes

4Taylor

13Clark

11Davis

2Sarkodie

8Garrido

15Lopez

7Beasley

5Rodriguez

6Sturgis

1Marin

9Nemeth

23Anibaba

27Espinoza

8Zusi

71de Jong

14Dwyer

10Feilhaber

16Carrasco

4Ellis

5Besler

HOUSTON DYNAMO v SPORTING KANSAS CITY(April 25, BBVA Compass Stadium, 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 72)

2015 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Tyler Deric GK 6-3 185 08/30/1988 Houston, TX 7 7 0 0 21 20 0 02 Kofi Sarkodie DF 5-9 165 03/22/1991 Huber Heights, OH 7 7 0 1 89 86 0 103 Rob Lovejoy MF 6-0 165 10/23/1991 Greensboro, NC 5 1 1 1 5 1 1 14 Jermaine Taylor DF 5-10 195 01/14/1985 Portland, Jamaica 6 6 0 0 96 91 1 35 Raul Rodriguez DF 6-0 165 09/22/1987 Barcelona, Spain 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 06 Nathan Sturgis MF 5-10 160 07/06/1987 Boca Raton, FL 5 5 1 0 132 107 6 47 DaMarcus Beasley DF 5-8 145 05/24/1982 Fort Wayne, IN 7 7 0 0 115 105 14 208 Luis Garrido MF 5-7 165 11/05/1990 Juticalpa, Honduras 6 6 0 0 17 17 0 09 Erick Torres FW 5-11 168 01/19/1993 Guadalajara, Mexico 0 0 0 0 44 44 22 210 Giles Barnes FW 5-11 181 08/05/1988 London, England 6 6 2 0 77 73 22 911 Brad Davis MF 5-11 170 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 7 7 0 1 345 303 51 11312 Will Bruin FW 6-2 195 10/24/1989 St. Louis, MO 6 2 0 0 120 108 35 1313 Ricardo Clark MF 5-10 160 02/10/1983 Atlanta, GA 7 7 2 0 254 239 25 2014 Alex MF 5-8 163 12/15/1988 Sao Paulo, Brazil 1 0 0 0 76 48 3 215 Alexander Lopez MF 5-9 155 06/05/1992 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 3 1 0 0 15 3 0 116 A.J. Cochran DF 6-3 195 02/09/1993 St. Louis, MO 1 0 0 0 20 14 0 017 Chandler Hoffman FW 6-0 160 08/17/1990 Birmingham, AL 4 0 0 0 19 2 0 018 David Horst DF 6-4 210 10/25/1985 Pine Grove, PA 6 4 0 1 79 70 2 221 Zach Steinberger MF 5-11 172 05/10/1992 Long Beach, CA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 023 Taylor Hunter DF 6-0 160 07/07/1993 Aurora, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 026 Corey Ashe DF 5-7 154 03/14/1986 Orange County, CA 0 0 0 0 211 155 1 1827 Boniek Garcia MF 5-9 150 09/04/1984 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 5 5 0 1 71 69 9 1428 Memo Rodriguez MF 5-8 145 12/27/1995 Wharton, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 Michael Lisch GK 6-4 175 08/30/1990 Austin, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 031 Joe Willis GK 6-5 185 08/10/1988 St. Louis, MO 0 0 0 0 23 22 0 033 Leonel Miranda MF 5-8 155 01/07/1994 Avellaneda, Argentina 4 2 0 0 4 2 0 0

HEAD COACH : Owen Coyle 07/14/1966 W2 L2 T3

HOUSTON DYNAMO

2015 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Luis Marin GK 6-2 196 05/18/1983 Santiago, Chile 7 7 0 0 7 7 0 02 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 03 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 6 2 0 62 45 8 04 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 3 2 0 0 25 19 0 35 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 6 6 0 2 156 151 2 96 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 4 3 0 0 226 204 12 197 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 0 0 0 0 123 98 2 138 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 5 5 0 0 153 120 22 399 Krisztian Nemeth FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 5 4 2 0 5 4 2 010 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 7 0 5 117 105 12 2411 Bernardo Anor MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 6 1 0 0 77 49 12 312 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 013 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 014 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 7 7 1 1 57 45 25 415 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 3 2 0 0 136 132 0 716 Servando Carrasco MF 5-10 175 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 5 4 0 0 64 35 1 117 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 018 James Rogers FW 5-8 150 06/27/1993 Yoyah, Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 021 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 022 Connor Hallisey MF 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 023 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 5 5 1 0 117 112 5 627 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 6 6 1 1 119 99 3 1229 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 037 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 6 2 0 0 205 116 15 1471 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 093 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 094 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 3 3 0 0 9 4 0 0

HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes 11/21/1966 W78 L60 T47

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

MLS GAME INFORMATION

HOUSTON DYNAMO vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY BBVA COMPASS STADIUM, Houston, Texas

April 24, 2015 (WEEK 8, MLS Game #72) 7:30 p.m. CT (ROOT-SW; KMCI-38)

Still conference rivals despite a shift from East to West, the Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City meet for the first time this season when the clubs face off Saturday evening at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo return home off the heels of a 1-1 draw at D.C. United last weekend, while Sporting saw their four-game undefeated run come to an end in a late 2-1 loss at the LA Galaxy. It’s a rivalry born from three consecutive meetings between the clubs in the MLS Cup Playoffs from 2011-13 – when both clubs were in the Eastern Conference. REFEREE: Kevin Stott. AR1 (bench): Chris Strickland; AR2 (opposite): Apolinar Mariscal; 4th: Armando Villarreal MLS Career: 263 games; FC/gm: 25.5; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 64; pens: 66 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: HOU: Kofi Sarkodie, Ricardo Clark DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Erik Palmer-Brown (U.S. U-20) HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (20 meetings): Dynamo 7 wins, 25 goals … Sporting 5 wins, 22 goals … Ties 8 AT HOUSTON (10 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 12 goals … Sporting 3 wins, 10 goals … Ties 4 RETURN MATCHES: 8/1: Sporting Kansas City vs. Houston Dynamo, 7:30 p.m. CT; 9/23: Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. CT LAST YEAR (MLS): 6/6: HOU 0, KC 2 (Saad 45; Dwyer 70) 8/29: KC 1, HOU 3 (Dwyer 54 – Bruin 35; Horst 62; Clark 67)

Each team won at the other’s home ground in the two meetings a season ago. Sporting won 2-0 at BBVA Compass Stadium on June 6, then the Dynamo returned the favor with a 3-1 victory Aug. 29 at Sporting Park.

The teams met three consecutive seasons in the MLS Cup Playoffs from 2011-13, the Dynamo advancing in the first two meetings before SKC triumphed in the last. The 2011 and 2013 meetings were for the Eastern Conference Championship; both clubs find themselves in the Western Conference beginning this season.

Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. HOU: P13 W4 L3 D6 … Owen Coyle vs. KC: first game HOUSTON DYNAMO The Houston Dynamo gained points from a second consecutive match, coming back for a 1-1 draw with D.C. United on Saturday evening at RFK Stadium. The Dynamo are in a tie for fifth place in the Western Conference with 9 points from 7 matches. LAST MATCH

United took the lead 36 minutes in. Jairo Arrieta used a nifty run to draw a foul some 22 yards straight out from goal. From the ensuing free kick, Chris Rolfe struck a venomous, curling effort just inside the upper corner at the right post, leaving Dynamo keeper Tyler Deric no chance even at full extension.

The Dynamo evened the score in the 65th minute. Brad Davis sent a ball in from the far side corner, which Will Bruin did well to head goalwards. United goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra made an excellent reflex save to push the ball away from goal, but Ricardo Clark was right there to hammer home the rebound from six yards out.

Dynamo head coach Owen Coyle made two changes to the team that rolled to a 3-0 victory against the Montréal Impact at BBVA Compass Stadium. Raul Rodriguez came into the back four in place of David Horst, and Alexander Lopez started in place of Boniek Garcia.

HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-2-3-1): Tyler Deric - Kofi Sarkodie, Raul Rodriguez, Jermaine Taylor, DaMarcus Beasley - Luis Garrido (Will Bruin 46 / Chandler Hoffman 90), Nathan Sturgis - Alexander Lopez (Rob Lovejoy 80), Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis - Giles Barnes.

TEAM NEWS The Dynamo have not won a game away from BBVA Compass Stadium this season, but they have taken

points from two of their three away matches. “We were dominant throughout the second half. We scored a great goal even though the ‘keeper made an

outstanding save,” said Dynamo head coach Owen Coyle. “My honest assessment is that I think D.C. will be


delighted to have gotten a point. We have set standards and we have to keep attaining to those standards in tough places like this.”

Ricardo Clark has scored goals in consecutive games for the fourth time in his MLS career. Each of Clark’s last six goals have come in three pairs of back-to-back games.

“He’s such a fit lad every time he comes on the grass and he can get forward and get a goal,” Coyle said. “Of course we always encourage him to get forward.”

Said Brad Davis: “I think it’s extremely important for us. Rico’s in the middle of the park and that’s one of the things we want out of him. We know how honest he is defensively, but you want him to be able to get up the park and get close to the forwards and get those types of chances and that’s what he did.”

Alexander Lopez made his first start of the season, coming into a wide midfield role in place of the injured Boniek Garcia. It was Lopez’s first start in MLS since June 6 of last season – which came against Sporting KC; he has made three starts among his 15 career league appearances.

“We’ve said it from day one in preseason, we know Alex is very talented,” Coyle said. “And what we’ve tried to do is we want to find the role that Alex can bring to the team, and Saturday he was terrific. ... When he brings that work rate, we know the qualities he’s got on the ball. What he’s got to do now is deliver on it for the Dynamo.”

The Dynamo started the match with Giles Barnes as the lone out-and-out striker, as they have aligned throughout the season. But there was a significant at the halftime break when Will Bruin came on to form a strike pair with Barnes, with Luis Garrido going off and Nathan Sturgis remaining as the deep-lying central midfielder.

“Will [Bruin] is a proven goal scorer in this league and I have to say that I thought he was outstanding. He led the line and I think he brought a lot to the team,” said Coyle. “I told him after the game that I was so pleased for him and that is the standard he has to bring to the team every week and if he does, then I have a real hard decision to make.”

Said Clark: “We matched up a little bit better, especially in the midfield. They were finding some gaps. … I think even with the 4-4-2 we still had some good spots, but it made us better and created more chances.”

After missing out on the Montréal match through an injury that had forced him off early the week before, Raúl Rodríguez returned to the back four in central defense.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City had their undefeated streak put to an end after four matches, the LA Galaxy hitting for a late winner for a 2-1 victory Saturday evening at StubHub Center. Sporting are in a tie for fifth place in the Western Conference with 9 points from 7 matches. LAST MATCH

The Galaxy took the lead in the ninth minute. Stefan Ishizaki sent a sharp shot from inside the box on goal that was blocked by SKC goalkeeper Luis Marin, but Baggio Husidic followed up with a simple tap-in from the rebound into an open net.

Sporting came to level the score in the 22nd minute. Dom Dwyer sent a pass between a group of defenders to Benny Feilhaber, who sent a one-touch pass to spring Krisztian Nemeth, and he finished past LA goalkeeper Jaime Penedo.

The game-winner came in dramatic fashion four minutes deep into stoppage time. Juninho’s corner kick flashed through the box before substitute Omar Gonzalez redirected the ball into the net for the decider.

SKC manager Peter Vermes made two changes to the team that played to a scoreless draw with Real Salt Lake at Sporting Park. Kevin Ellis came into the team for the injured Ike Opara, and Graham Zusi returned to the side in place of Jacob Peterson.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Luis Marin - Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Marcel de Jong (Amadou Dia 75) - Servando Carrasco - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza - Graham Zusi (Jacob Peterson 90), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Bernardo Anor 75).

TEAM NEWS Sporting saw their four-game undefeated run put to an end in the loss at the LA Galaxy. It was their first loss

since a 3-1 defeat at FC Dallas; they went 2-0-2 in between. “I thought the guys battled for the time they had so it is unfortunate we are leaving out of here without anything,

but that is the way it goes sometimes,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. “ … We are going to keep getting better because of that as the season goes on. You have to be able to play if you are going to get results, and we just have to make sure we are staying focused on doing that.”

Said Benny Feilhaber: “On a big pitch … you have to hold the ball or else you are going to start getting tired and eventually give up chances, and I think that is what eventually happened. We have to try and learn from this and be able to keep possession in difficult situations and improve our endurance toward the end of the game to not give up set pieces.”


Krisztian Nemeth has scored the last two goals for SKC, over the last three matches, after netting the goal in the Galaxy match.

Benny Feilhaber collected an assist, his fifth of the season to lead MLS. Feilhaber has assisted on each of Nemeth’s goals; he has assists on five of SKC’s seven goals this season.

“It was a good team goal, something that is nice to see because we have been missing a little bit of that over the first few games of the year, but it is starting to come together. It was nice for our team to combine like that,” Feilhaber said.

With Ike Opara sidelined for a long spell after suffering a rupture of his Achilles tendon, Kevin Ellis was given the start in central defense alongside Matt Besler.

“Overall, we played well, but we gave up way too many free kicks in the second half in that end,” Vermes said. “Somewhere, something's going to be a mistake, and that's what it wound up being. A ball bounces off our guy and goes in the back of the net.”

Graham Zusi returned to the starting lineup following a two-match absence, which came after he was forced off early in the March 28 match vs. New York City FC with a hamstring injury.

“We need him on the field,” Vermes said. “He gives us a lot of different things in the game. So that was good.”

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

10 F Giles Barnes 6 6 538 2 0 21 6 14 11 4 0 1 013 M Ricardo Clark 7 7 561 2 0 11 5 9 5 2 0 3 03 M Rob Lovejoy 5 1 150 1 1 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 06 M Nathan Sturgis 5 5 439 1 0 6 1 6 3 0 0 0 027 M Boniek Garcia 5 5 388 0 1 2 0 5 8 1 3 0 011 M Brad Davis 7 7 630 0 1 11 2 10 2 1 24 0 018 D David Horst 6 4 425 0 1 2 0 3 7 0 0 0 02 D Kofi Sarkodie 7 7 630 0 1 4 1 10 4 0 0 3 016 D A.J. Cochran 1 0 35 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 015 M Alexander Lopez 3 1 148 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 017 F Chandler Hoffman 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 07 D DaMarcus Beasley 7 7 595 0 0 3 0 4 14 1 0 0 04 D Jermaine Taylor 6 6 540 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 2 033 M Leonel Miranda 4 2 187 0 0 4 1 2 6 0 2 0 08 M Luis Garrido 6 6 443 0 0 3 0 12 5 0 0 2 05 D Raul Rodriguez 4 4 295 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 01 G Tyler Deric 7 7 630 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 012 F Will Bruin 6 2 265 0 0 3 1 2 3 2 0 0 021 M Zach Steinberger 1 0 21 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 0Team totals 7 7 630 6 5 78 19 89 84 12 31 13 0Opponent totals 7 7 630 4 2 77 30 84 89 15 35 10 1

2015 HOUSTON DYNAMO STATISTICS (2-2-3, 9 pts.)

HOUSTON DYNAMO GOALKEEPING

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

1 G Tyler Deric 7 7 630 30 27 4 0.57 0 0 2 2 3 3Team totals 7 7 630 30 27 4 0.57 0 0 2 2 3 3Opponent totals 7 7 630 19 13 6 0.86 0 0 2 2 3 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Giles Barnes 2GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Brad Davis 1, Kofi Sarkodie 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (2-2-3, 9 pts.)UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

3 D Ike Opara 6 6 534 2 0 7 2 6 4 0 0 0 09 F Krisztian Nemeth 5 4 344 2 0 12 2 3 3 2 0 0 014 F Dom Dwyer 7 7 630 1 1 21 7 12 25 5 0 1 027 M Roger Espinoza 6 6 539 1 1 4 2 11 10 0 0 1 023 D Jalil Anibaba 5 5 450 1 0 7 3 2 2 2 0 0 010 M Benny Feilhaber 7 7 624 0 5 5 0 9 13 1 15 1 05 D Matt Besler 6 6 520 0 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 113 D Amadou Dia 3 2 195 0 0 3 2 4 2 0 0 0 011 M Bernardo Anor 6 1 188 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 1 0 02 D Erik Palmer-Brown 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08 M Graham Zusi 5 5 391 0 0 7 0 5 5 1 16 1 037 F Jacob Peterson 6 2 206 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 094 M Jimmy Medranda 3 3 187 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 04 D Kevin Ellis 3 2 186 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 01 G Luis Marin 7 7 630 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 071 D Marcel de Jong 5 5 390 0 0 5 1 1 7 0 5 1 06 M Paulo Nagamura 4 3 287 0 0 3 1 8 3 0 0 1 016 M Servando Carrasco 5 4 353 0 0 5 0 5 1 0 0 1 015 D Seth Sinovic 3 2 225 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 093 M Soni Mustivar 3 0 26 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 0Opponent totals 7 7 630 8 8 68 26 90 84 20 35 15 0Team totals 7 7 630 7 9 90 21 84 90 11 38 9 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING

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

1 G Luis Marin 7 7 630 26 19 8 1.14 0 0 2 2 3 3Team totals 7 7 630 26 19 8 1.14 0 0 2 2 3 3Opponent totals 7 7 630 21 13 7 1 0 1 2 2 3 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ike Opara 1, Krisztian Nemeth 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Matt Besler 2, Benny Feilhaber 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Dom Dwyer 0-1


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

Sat. Mar. 7 Columbus W 1-0 22351 1-0-0 3 3 HOU: Barnes (66); Fri. Mar. 13 Orlando City SC L 0-1 22407 1-1-0 4 3 ORL: own goal (74)Sat. Mar. 21 at Los Angeles T 1-1 19087 1-1-1 2 4 HOU: Sturgis (11); LA: Keane (3)Sat. Mar. 28 Colorado T 0-0 19603 1-1-2 5 5Sat. Apr. 4 at Seattle L 0-1 39860 1-2-2 8 5 SEA: Martins (39)Sat. Apr. 11 Montreal W 3-0 18924 2-2-2 4 8 HOU: Barnes (15) Clark (72) Lovejoy (80); Sat. Apr. 18 at D.C. United T 1-1 13047 2-2-3 3 9 HOU: Clark (65); DC: Rolfe (36)Sat. Apr. 25 Sporting KCFri. May 1 FC DallasWed. May 6 San JoseSun. May 10 at Toronto FCSat. May 16 PortlandFri. May 22 at Los AngelesSat. May 30 at New York

City FCFri. June 5 New YorkSat. June 20 at PortlandFri. June 26 at FC DallasFri. July 3 ChicagoFri. July 10 at San JoseSat. July 18 at Real Salt

LakeSat. July 25 Los AngelesSat. Aug. 1 at Sporting KCSat. Aug. 8 San JoseSat. Aug. 15 at New EnglandFri. Aug. 21 at PortlandWed. Aug. 26 at ColoradoSat. Aug. 29 VancouverSat. Sep. 12 Real Salt LakeSun. Sep. 20 at PhiladelphiaWed. Sep. 23 Sporting KCSat. Sep. 26 ColoradoSun. Oct. 4 at FC DallasSun. Oct. 18 SeattleSun. Oct. 25 at Vancouver

HOUSTON DYNAMO 2015 SCHEDULE


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

Sun. Mar. 8 New York T 1-1 19784 0-0-1 7 1 KC: Opara (50); NYR: Sam (54)

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

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

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

Sat. Apr. 11 Real Salt Lake T 0-0 20087 2-1-3 2 9Sat. Apr. 18 at Los Angeles L 1-2 20018 2-2-3 4 9 KC: Nemeth (22); LA: Husidic (9) Gonzalez (94+)Sat. Apr. 25 at HoustonSun. May 3 ChicagoSat. May 9 at D.C. UnitedSat. May 16 ColoradoWed. May 20 New EnglandSat. May 23 at SeattleFri. May 29 FC DallasSat. June 6 Seattle

Sun. June 21 at Real Salt Lake

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

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

SCFri. Sep. 18 FC DallasWed. Sep. 23 at Houston

Sun. Sep. 27 SeattleSat. Oct. 3 at PortlandFri. Oct. 16 at San JoseSun. Oct. 25 Los Angeles

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE


DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)Goals

1 6 times 03/07/2015 vs CLB W 1-0Assists

1 5 times 03/07/2015 vs CLB W 1-0Shots

6 Giles Barnes 04/11/2015 vs MTL W 3-0Shots on Goal

2 Giles Barnes 03/07/2015 vs CLB W 1-02 Giles Barnes 04/11/2015 vs MTL W 3-02 Ricardo Clark 04/18/2015 vs DC T 1-1Fouls Committed

5 Kofi Sarkodie 03/28/2015 vs COL T 0-0Fouls Suffered

4 DaMarcus Beasley 03/21/2015 vs LA T 1-14 Leonel Miranda 03/28/2015 vs COL T 0-0Offside

2 Giles Barnes 03/21/2015 vs LA T 1-1Saves

6 Tyler Deric 03/07/2015 vs CLB W 1-06 Tyler Deric 04/18/2015 vs DC T 1-1Shots Faced

7 Tyler Deric 04/18/2015 vs DC T 1-1Goals Allowed

1 4 times 03/13/2015 vs ORL L 0-1

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)Shots

6 03/21/2015 vs LA T 1-1Shots on Goal

0 03/13/2015 vs ORL L 0-1Fouls Committed

9 04/18/2015 vs DC T 1-1Fouls Suffered

7 04/18/2015 vs DC T 1-1Corner Kicks

1 03/07/2015 vs CLB W 1-01 04/11/2015 vs MTL W 3-0Offside

0 03/13/2015 vs ORL L 0-1Saves

1 04/04/2015 vs SEA L 0-1Shots Faced

2 04/04/2015 vs SEA L 0-1

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)Goals

3 04/11/2015 vs MTL W 3-0Assists

2 03/21/2015 vs LA T 1-12 04/11/2015 vs MTL W 3-0Shots

18 04/18/2015 vs DC T 1-1Shots on Goal

5 04/18/2015 vs DC T 1-1Fouls Committed

18 03/28/2015 vs COL T 0-0Fouls Suffered

16 03/21/2015 vs LA T 1-1Corner Kicks

7 04/04/2015 vs SEA L 0-17 04/18/2015 vs DC T 1-1Offside

3 04/11/2015 vs MTL W 3-03 04/18/2015 vs DC T 1-1Saves

6 03/07/2015 vs CLB W 1-06 04/18/2015 vs DC T 1-1Shots Faced

7 04/18/2015 vs DC T 1-1Goals Allowed

1 03/13/2015 vs ORL L 0-11 03/21/2015 vs LA T 1-11 04/04/2015 vs SEA L 0-11 04/18/2015 vs DC T 1-1

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)Goals

1 7 times 03/08/2015 at NYR T 1-1Assists

2 Benny Feilhaber 04/05/2015 at PHI W 3-2Shots

6 Dom Dwyer 04/05/2015 at PHI W 3-2Shots on Goal

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

4 Benny Feilhaber 03/14/2015 at DAL L 1-34 Roger Espinoza 03/21/2015 at POR T 0-0Fouls Suffered

6 Dom Dwyer 03/28/2015 at NYC W 1-06 Dom Dwyer 04/11/2015 at RSL T 0-0Offside

2 Krisztian Nemeth 03/14/2015 at DAL L 1-32 Dom Dwyer 04/18/2015 at LA L 1-2Saves

4 Luis Marin 04/05/2015 at PHI W 3-24 Luis Marin 04/18/2015 at LA L 1-2Shots Faced

6 Luis Marin 04/18/2015 at LA L 1-2Goals Allowed

3 Luis Marin 03/14/2015 at DAL L 1-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)Shots

9 03/28/2015 at NYC W 1-0Shots on Goal

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

10 03/08/2015 at NYR T 1-1Fouls Suffered

11 04/05/2015 at PHI W 3-211 04/11/2015 at RSL T 0-011 04/18/2015 at LA L 1-2Corner Kicks

2 03/28/2015 at NYC W 1-0Offside

0 03/08/2015 at NYR T 1-10 03/21/2015 at POR T 0-0Saves

0 04/11/2015 at RSL T 0-0Shots Faced

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

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)Goals

3 04/05/2015 at PHI W 3-2Assists

4 04/05/2015 at PHI W 3-2Shots

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

6 04/05/2015 at PHI W 3-2Fouls Committed

16 03/14/2015 at DAL L 1-3Fouls Suffered

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

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

3 04/18/2015 at LA L 1-2Saves

4 04/05/2015 at PHI W 3-24 04/18/2015 at LA L 1-2Shots Faced

6 04/18/2015 at LA L 1-2Goals Allowed

3 03/14/2015 at DAL L 1-3


Dynamo 7 wins, 25 goals

Sporting KC 5 wins, 22 goals8 ties

4/8/2006 KC 2 at HOU 1 (H)7/15/2006 HOU 3 at KC 2 (KC)6/24/2007 HOU 1 at KC 0 (KC)9/1/2007 HOU 1 vs KC 1 (H)11/10/2007 HOU 2 vs KC 0 (H)4/12/2008 KC 0 vs HOU 0 (CA)9/7/2008 HOU 3 vs KC 1 (H)7/4/2009 HOU 1 at KC 0 (CA)10/4/2009 HOU 1 vs KC 1 (H)5/1/2010 HOU 3 vs KC 0 (H)9/22/2010 KC 4 vs HOU 3 (CA)7/16/2011 HOU 1 vs KC 1 (H)9/10/2011 KC 3 vs HOU 0 (SP)11/6/2011 HOU 2 at KC 0 (SP)7/7/2012 KC 0 vs HOU 0 (SP)7/18/2012 HOU 2 vs KC 1 (HB)9/14/2012 KC 1 vs HOU 1 (SP)11/4/2012 HOU 2 vs KC 0 (HB)11/7/2012 KC 1 vs HOU 0 (SP)5/12/2013 KC 1 at HOU 0 (HB)5/26/2013 KC 1 vs HOU 1 (SP)10/9/2013 HOU 0 vs KC 0 (HB)11/9/2013 HOU 0 vs KC 0 (HB)11/23/2013 KC 2 vs HOU 1 (SP)6/6/2014 KC 2 at HOU 0 (HB)8/29/2014 HOU 3 at KC 1 (SP)

SPORTING KC VS DYNAMO

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

HOU 2 6 3 5 6 3 0 25KC 1 1 3 2 8 7 0 22

Dynamo Sporting KC

Category 1 2 OT Tot 1 2 OT TotGoals 12 13 0 25 6 16 0 22Shots 94 113 0 207 110 137 0 247Shots on Goal 39 40 0 79 40 48 0 88Fouls 130 118 0 248 125 138 0 263Offsides 37 28 0 65 16 18 0 34Corner Kicks 56 53 0 109 58 57 0 115

HEAD-TO-HEAD

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:Peter Vermes vs. HOU 4-3-6 (1.38 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:Dynamo Sporting KC

Goals 5 Brad Davis 3 Kamara/BunburyAssists 5 Brad Davis 3 Harrington/ZusiShots 32 Brad Davis 32 Kei KamaraShots on Goal 13 Brad Davis 13 Kei KamaraFouls Committed 20 Brad Davis 16 Aurelien CollinFouls Suffered 32 Brad Davis 14 Davy ArnaudWins 4 Pat Onstad 3 Jimmy NielsenLosses 2 Hall/Onstad 3 Kevin HartmanShutouts 3 Pat Onstad 4 Jimmy NielsenSaves 31 Tally Hall 23 Kevin HartmanGoals Allowed 10 Pat Onstad 11 Jimmy Nielsen

Houston Dynamo Sporting Kansas CityW-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started)

At Halftime:Leading 1-0-0 1 Ws (04/11/2015) 1-0-0 7 Ws (06/06/2014)Tied 1-1-2 2 Ts (03/21/2015) 0-2-3 1 Ls (04/18/2015)Trailing 0-1-1 1 Ts (04/18/2015) 1-0-0 1 Ws (04/05/2015)

First Goal:Allowed 0-2-2 1 Ts (04/18/2015) 1-2-0 1 Ls (04/18/2015)Scored 2-0-0 2 Ws (03/07/2015) 1-0-1 1 Ws (03/28/2015)

Goals Scored:0 goals 0-2-1 1 Ls (04/04/2015) 0-0-2 2 Ts (03/21/2015)1 goals 1-0-2 2 Ts (03/21/2015) 1-2-1 1 Ls (04/18/2015)2 goals 0-0-0 1 Ws (09/28/2014) 0-0-0 1 Ws (10/10/2014)3 goals 1-0-0 3 Ws (08/29/2014) 1-0-0 3 Ws (03/29/2014)4 goals 0-0-0 2 Ws (03/08/2014) 0-0-0 3 Ws (04/19/2014)

Goals Allowed:0 goals 2-0-1 1 Ws (04/11/2015) 1-0-2 1 Ts (04/11/2015)1 goals 0-2-2 1 Ts (04/18/2015) 0-0-1 1 Ts (03/08/2015)2 goals 0-0-0 2 Ls (10/16/2014) 1-1-0 1 Ls (04/18/2015)3 goals 0-0-0 5 Ls (05/25/2014) 0-1-0 5 Ls (08/23/2014)4 goals 0-0-0 4 Ls (04/05/2014) 0-0-0 0 - -

W-L-T Breakdowns:

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:Dynamo Sporting KC

Goals 2 Carr/Jaqua 2 Teal Bunbury (09/10/11)Assists 2 3 players tied 2 Harrington/ZusiShots 8 Brian Ching (04/08/06) 10 C.J. Sapong (09/14/12)Shots on Goal 3 5 players tied 4 Johnson/SapongFouls Committed 4 7 players tied 6 Santiago Hirsig

(07/04/09)Fouls Suffered 6 Ricardo Clark

(05/12/13)5 3 players tied

Shutouts 1 6 players tied 1 6 players tiedSaves 7 Tally Hall (twice) 7 Kevin Hartman

(09/07/08)Goals Allowed 4 Pat Onstad (09/22/10) 3 5 players tied


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTBrad Davis 18 17 1363 5 5 32Luis Angel Landin 2 2 134 2 1 3Calen Carr 1 1 90 2 0 3Brian Ching 9 5 453 2 0 15Nate Jaqua 1 1 83 2 0 4Will Bruin 8 8 632 1 2 20Kei Kamara 2 2 180 1 2 9Dominic Oduro 4 3 267 1 2 6Brian Mullan 9 9 786 1 1 8Adrian Serioux 4 2 206 1 1 2Cam Weaver 4 2 131 1 1 2Samuel Appiah 1 0 19 1 0 2Ricardo Clark 11 11 987 1 0 9David Horst 2 2 99 1 0 2Patrick Ianni 2 2 180 1 0 1Joseph Ngwenya 3 2 171 1 0 2Eddie Robinson 6 5 459 1 0 2Mike Chabala 5 4 405 0 2 0Stuart Holden 5 3 314 0 2 4Corey Ashe 16 13 1167 0 1 5Giles Barnes 5 4 359 0 1 6Dwayne De Rosario 5 4 361 0 1 9Boniek Garcia 6 6 540 0 1 3Kevin Goldthwaite 1 1 90 0 1 3Andre Hainault 8 7 646 0 1 1Alejandro Moreno 2 2 169 0 1 3Craig Waibel 3 3 270 0 1 2Team totals 20 20 1800 25 27 207Opponent totals 20 20 1800 22 22 247

DYNAMO CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (7-5-8)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGTony Caig 2 180 6 5 0.50 0Tally Hall 9 800 41 31 1.01 1Pat Onstad 8 720 33 20 1.25 0Tyler Deric 2 100 8 6 1.80 1Team totals 20 1800 88 62 1.10 2Opponent totals 20 1800 79 51 1.25 0


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTKei Kamara 10 7 637 3 1 32Teal Bunbury 7 2 230 3 0 8Aurelien Collin 7 7 630 2 0 8Dom Dwyer 3 3 254 2 0 13C.J. Sapong 8 6 566 2 0 15Josh Wolff 7 6 525 2 0 11Jose Burciaga Jr. 3 3 270 1 2 4Sasha Victorine 4 4 342 1 2 5Davy Arnaud 10 7 653 1 0 10Jimmy Conrad 7 7 630 1 0 3Zoltan Hercegfalvi 1 0 28 1 0 2Eddie Johnson 3 3 270 1 0 7Soony Saad 4 2 180 1 0 4Ryan Smith 2 2 162 1 0 2Michael Harrington 11 10 850 0 3 3Graham Zusi 8 7 653 0 3 19Benny Feilhaber 2 2 113 0 2 2Claudio Bieler 2 2 177 0 1 6Roger Espinoza 8 8 657 0 1 6Claudio Lopez 4 4 360 0 1 11Jacob Peterson 7 4 409 0 1 5Craig Rocastle 2 1 130 0 1 1Julio Cesar 2 2 180 0 1 0Scott Sealy 4 3 224 0 1 3Seth Sinovic 9 9 799 0 1 5Alex Zotinca 2 1 98 0 1 2Team totals 20 20 1800 22 22 247Opponent totals 20 20 1800 25 27 207

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. DYNAMO (5-7-8)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGEric Kronberg 1 90 3 3 0.00 0Jimmy Nielsen 10 900 30 17 1.10 0Kevin Hartman 6 540 30 23 1.17 0Bo Oshoniyi 2 180 13 8 2.00 0Jon Kempin 1 90 3 0 3.00 0Team totals 20 1800 79 51 1.25 0Opponent totals 20 1800 88 62 1.10 2


CURRENT DYNAMO VS. SPORTING KC (7-5-8)

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTBrad Davis 28 26 2112 6 6 45DaMarcus Beasley 9 7 640 1 2 10Will Bruin 8 8 632 1 2 20Ricardo Clark 18 16 1465 1 0 16David Horst 3 3 189 1 0 2Corey Ashe 16 13 1167 0 1 5Giles Barnes 5 4 359 0 1 6Alex 7 5 361 0 1 4Boniek Garcia 6 6 540 0 1 3A.J. Cochran 1 1 90 0 0 0Tyler Deric 2 1 100 0 0 0Luis Garrido 1 1 90 0 0 0Chandler Hoffman 1 0 6 0 0 0Alexander Lopez 1 1 90 0 0 3Kofi Sarkodie 7 7 617 0 0 2Nathan Sturgis 7 6 490 0 0 2Jermaine Taylor 8 8 630 0 0 6Joe Willis 1 1 90 0 0 0Team totals 20 20 1800 25 27 207Opponent totals 20 20 1800 22 22 247

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGJoe Willis 1 90 4 3 1.00 0Tyler Deric 2 100 8 6 1.80 1Team totals 20 1800 88 62 1.10 2Opponent totals 20 1800 79 51 1.25 0

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTDom Dwyer 3 3 254 2 0 13Bernardo Anor 5 4 405 1 2 15Jacob Peterson 21 13 1159 1 1 15Graham Zusi 8 7 653 0 3 19Benny Feilhaber 5 5 370 0 2 3Roger Espinoza 8 8 657 0 1 6Paulo Nagamura 19 18 1502 0 1 15Seth Sinovic 10 9 800 0 1 5Jalil Anibaba 8 8 682 0 0 4Matt Besler 10 10 886 0 0 4Servando Carrasco 1 0 29 0 0 0Kevin Ellis 2 2 180 0 0 1Jon Kempin 1 1 90 0 0 0Tim Melia 1 1 67 0 0 0Chance Myers 11 7 724 0 0 5Ike Opara 3 3 270 0 0 2Erik Palmer-Brown 1 1 90 0 0 0Team totals 20 20 1800 22 22 247Opponent totals 20 20 1800 25 27 207

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGJon Kempin 1 90 3 0 3.00 0Tim Melia 1 67 4 1 4.03 0Team totals 20 1800 79 51 1.25 0Opponent totals 20 1800 88 62 1.10 2

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. DYNAMO (5-7-8)


Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting Kansas City Saturday, 25 April 2015 – 7:30 p.m. CT

MLS regular season – Game #8 – Home Game #5

BBVA Compass Stadium – Houston, Texas

Broadcast Information Dynamo Media Contacts (@HoustonDynamo.com)

TV: ROOT SPORTS Southwest; Telemundo Houston (tape delay, 11 p.m.) Lester Gretsch (lgretsch@ 832-633-0632)

Radio: Yahoo! Sports Radio 1560 AM, 850 AM (Spanish) Matt Pedersen (mpedersen@ 832-794-8673)

2015 Houston Dynamo Digital Media Guide Ben Crook (bcrook@ 832-865-7531)

DYNAMO FACE RIVAL SPORTING KANSAS CITY AS WESTERN CONFERENCE FOE The Houston Dynamo (2-2-3; 9 points) and Sporting Kansas City (2-2-3; 9 points) meet for the first time in 2015 as Western Conference

rivals on Saturday at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo secured a 1-1 draw at D.C. United on Saturday as Ricardo Clark scored the

equalizer in the second half for his second straight game with a goal. Sporting Kansas City suffered late heartbreak as Omar Gonzalez

scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time for a 2-1 LA Galaxy win on Saturday. This is the first of three meetings between the clubs this

year. The Dynamo visit Kansas on Aug. 1 and host Sporting KC again on Sept. 23.

HOUSTON VS. KANSAS CITY The Dynamo are 7-5-8 all-time in regular season games against Sporting Kansas City, including a 3-3-4 mark in home games. Last year,

each team won on the road, with Sporting KC earning a 2-0 win on June 6 in Houston before the Dynamo captured a 3-1 triumph on Aug.

29 in Kansas City. The Eastern Conference rivals played 10 games from 2012-13, including four playoff games. The clubs met in the

postseason third straight seasons from 2011-13 and the Dynamo advanced in 2012 and 2013 before Sporting KC secured a 2-1 aggregate

series win in the 2013 Eastern Conference Championship. Sporting KC snapped Houston’s MLS record 36-game home undefeated streak

with a 1-0 win at BBVA Compass Stadium on May 12, 2013. The Dynamo have met Sporting KC in the postseason four times (2007, 2011,

2012, 2013), more than any other opponent. Other MLS clubs the Dynamo have played more than once in playoffs: LA Galaxy (three

times), New England Revolution (twice) and New York Red Bulls (twice).

DYNAMO PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (4-5-1) (right-to-left) Tyler Deric

Kofi Sarkodie, Jermaine Taylor, Raúl Rodríguez, DaMarcus Beasley

Alex Lopez, Luis Garrido, Nathan Sturgis, Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis

Giles Barnes

Injury Report Presented by Houston Methodist (As of Thursday, April 23)

OUT: None

PROBABLE: Boniek Garcia – L knee sprain

QUESTIONABLE: None

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DYNAMO NOTES

Dynamo gain tie in Nation’s Capital: Ricardo Clark scored the tying goal midway through the second half as the Dynamo secured a

1-1 draw with D.C. United on Saturday at RFK Stadium. After the Dynamo had a promising start to the game, D.C. United opened

the scoring from a free kick in the 36th minute. Chris Rolfe curled his 23-yard effort over the wall and into the upper corner of the net

as Tyler Deric dove and nearly saved the free kick but could not keep it out despite getting a hand on Rolfe’s shot. The Dynamo

evened the game in the 65th minute as a quality sequence sprung Brad Davis on the left edge of the penalty area. The Dynamo

captain created space against Sean Franklin and served a pinpoint service to the near post, where substitute forward Will Bruin

timed his run well and used one touch to force a good save from United goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra. The rebound fell to Clark at the

top of the six-yard box and the veteran midfielder smashed the equalizer into the net. It was Clark’s second goal of the season after

his tally against Montreal on April 11.

Milestones and notes from 1-1 draw with D.C. United on Saturday:

o It was Ricardo Clark’s 25th career MLS regular-season goal

o It was Brad Davis’ 303rd career MLS regular season start to pass Brian Carroll for ninth on the MLS all-time list.

o It was Clark’s 170th career regular-season game with the Dynamo to pass Brian Ching for fourth on the club list.

o Midfielder Alexander Lopez started at right midfield for his first start of the season.

o Kofi Sarkodie played 90 minutes to reach 7,727 career regular season minutes with the Dynamo and pass Eddie Robinson

(7,653) for 14th on the club list.

o It was also Sarkodie’s 90th career regular season appearance to pass Stuart Holden and Richard Mulrooney for 14th on the

franchise list.

o It was Jermaine Taylor’s 96th career regular season appearance to tie Robinson for 13th on the club list.

o Davis has played 90 minutes in seven consecutive games to start 2015 season, his longest 90-minute streak since 7/28/12-

9/23/12 (9 games)

o Tyler Deric made six saves to match a season-high set on opening night against Columbus.

Davis passes Preki for fourth on MLS assist list: Brad Davis earned his first assist of the season on April 11 versus Montreal for his

113th career regular-season assist to pass Preki (112) for fourth on the league’s all-time list. Davis is one assist behind Carlos

Valderrama (114) for third.

Milestones and notes from 3-0 victory over Montreal on April 11:

o It was Giles Barnes’ 25th career goals in all competitions with the Dynamo.

o It was Brad Davis’ 113th career regular season assist to pass Preki for fourth on the MLS all-time assist list. Davis is one

assist from tying Carlos Valderrama for third.

o It was Davis’ 344rd career MLS regular season game to pass Dwayne De Rosario for sixth on the MLS all-time list.

o Ricardo Clark played 90 minutes to reach 18,201 career minutes in all competitions with the Dynamo and pass Corey Ashe

(18,116) for third on the club list.

Dynamo acquire midfielder Alex from Chicago Fire: The Dynamo acquired midfielder Alex from the Chicago Fire on April 13 in

exchange for forward Jason Johnson. Alex, 26, tallied four goals and two assists in 77 appearances (49 starts) with Chicago, including

playoffs. The Sao Paulo, Brazil native scored in the Dynamo's 2-1 win at Chicago in the 2012 Eastern Conference Knockout Round.

“We are pleased to welcome Alex to the Houston Dynamo,” Dynamo VP/general manager Matt Jordan said. “He is a versatile and

intelligent player who can play a variety of positions. He joins our team at a good age with over 70 games played in MLS and

valuable European experience. We feel he will be a positive addition to our group moving forward.” In his time with Chicago, Alex

has played in a variety of positions, including, all positions across the midfield, as a forward, and also as a wide defender. He is

expected the be a valuable addition as the Dynamo prepare for several absences due to international competition this summer,

including the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Copa America. Alex came up through the youth system of Gremio Mauaense in Brazil

before making 26 appearances in two years with Swiss club FC Wohlen and 19 appearances with FC Gossau. The Dynamo selected

Johnson in the first round (No. 13 overall) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft out of Virginia Commonwealth University. The Jamaica native

scored one goal in 22 career appearances (four starts) in three seasons with the Dynamo, including playoffs.

Erick “Cubo” Torres plays 90 minutes for Mexico national team in friendly vs. United States: Dynamo forward Erick “Cubo”

Torres played 90 minutes for his fourth career cap for the Mexico national team in a 2-0 friendly loss to the United States on April 15

in front of 64,369 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Torres is currently on loan to his boyhood club Chivas Guadalajara for the

remainder of the Liga MX Torneo Clausura before he joins the Dynamo this summer. Torres has five goals in all competitions during

the loan with Chivas, including the game-winner in the Copa MX semifinals vs. Chiapas on March 18.

Garcia, Garrido help Honduras qualify for 2015 Gold Cup: Dynamo midfielders Boniek Garcia and Luis Garrido each played 90

minutes to help the Honduras national team qualify for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 3-0 win on March 29 in the second leg

of a two-leg qualifying playoff with French Guiana. The victory helped Los Catrachos overcome a 3-1 deficit from the first leg for a 4-

3 aggregate series win and the final berth in this summer’s regional championship. Former D.C. United defender Andy Najar scored

two goals and Olimpia forward Anthony Lozano tallied the third as the Hondurans secured the decisive win at Estadio Olimpico

Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula. Garcia assisted on Najar's second goal with a pinpoint cross from the endline that Najar headed

home at the back post. It was Garcia's 97th cap and Garrido's 29th appearance for Honduras. Honduras joins the United States,

Panama and Haiti in Group A of the Gold Cup. Honduras will open the tournament against the U.S. on July 7 at Toyota Stadium in

Frisco, Texas.

Barnes snaps 60-game appearance streak: Giles Barnes missed Houston’s game versus Colorado on March 28 due to international

duty with the Jamaica national team. The absence snapped Barnes’ 48-game start streak in all competitions (45 consecutive regular-

season starts). It was Barnes’ first regular-season absence since May 12, 2013 vs. Sporting Kansas City and ended Barnes’ streak of 60

consecutive regular-season appearances.

Giles Barnes scores in Jamaica debut, records assist in second appearance: Dynamo forward Giles Barnes earned his first start for

the Jamaica national team and scored the equalizing goal in his Reggae Boyz debut on March 27 against Venezuela. Barnes then

registered an assist and played 90 minutes in a 3-0 friendly win against Cuba on March 30. Dynamo defender Jermaine Taylor also

started for his 78th cap as Jamaica rallied for a 2-1 friendly win over Venezuela as Vancouver Whitecaps forward Darren Mattocks

scored the winning goal. Taylor came off the bench as Jamaica defeated Cuba, 3-0, in a friendly on Monday night and is in Group B at

the 2015 Gold Cup, with Costa Rica, El Salvador and Canada. The Jamaicans play at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston on July 11

and open the group stage July 8 in Carson, Calif. All four international players have rejoined the Dynamo this week to prepare for

Saturday's road game against Seattle Sounders FC.

Davis first to 300 appearances in all competitions with Dynamo: Captain Brad Davis started the 1-1 draw against the Galaxy on

March 21 to become the first player in club history with 300 appearances in all competitions. Davis, an original Dynamo player in his

tenth season with the club, is the longest-tenured player with the same club in MLS. In his 303 Dynamo appearances, Davis has

amassed 41 goals, 111 assists and 23,852 minutes. Davis has started 278 of the 303 games and served as captain 112 times.

Brad Davis is longest-tenured MLS player with same team: After 10-year Chicago Fire veteran left back Gonzalo Segares

announced his retirement on Feb. 6, Dynamo captain Brad Davis now has the longest-tenure with one club among active MLS

players. Davis, 33, is in his tenth season with the Dynamo after following the club from San Jose in December 2005. His nine full years

of service with the Dynamo eclipse teammate Corey Ashe (eight years) and the veteran Real Salt Lake trio of Nick Rimando, Kyle

Beckerman and Javier Morales (eight years each). Davis is in his 14th season overall in MLS and with 113 assists is fourth on the

league’s all-time assist list.

Dynamo open tenth season: The Dynamo celebrate their tenth season in 2015 and will celebrate their biggest moments, best

memories and most impactful players throughout the year. Through nine seasons, a high bar has been set, with two MLS Cups titles,

four MLS Cup Final appearances and six conference championship appearances. The club has also reached the playoffs in seven of

nine years.

A new era under head coach Owen Coyle: The Dynamo appointed Owen Coyle as the second head coach in team history on Dec. 9,

welcoming the former English Premier League manager to the Bayou City. A Scotland native, Coyle scored 297 goals in over 600

appearances in England and Scotland, primarily with Airdrie and also with Motherwell and Bolton. The forward with Irish ancestry

made one appearance for the Republic of Ireland national team. As manager, Coyle led Burnley to promotion to the English Premier

League in 2009 for the first time in 33 years. Under Coyle, the Clarets also reached the League Cup semifinals in 2008. Coyle later

managed Bolton and former Dynamo midfielder Stuart Holden and led the Wanderers to the 2010-11 FA Cup semifinals. He was

twice named Premier League Manager of the Month (November 2010, March 2012) before taking the helm at Wigan Athletic in 2013.

Coyle effectively completed his playing career at age 38 as a player-manager with Airdrie in 2005 after previously serving in a player-

manager role with Falkirk in 2003 and co-leading the Bairns to the Scottish First Division title. He gained his first full time managerial

role in 2005 with St. Johnstone in the Scottish First Division and led the Saints to a second-place finish in his first two seasons as well

as to the semifinals of the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup in 2007. Coyle also made sporadic playing appearances with St.

Johnsone, and later, with Bolton. Coyle took the helm at Burnley in November 2007 and earned success in his first full season in the

English Championship, leading the Clarets to a fifth place finish in the 2008-09 campaign and a place in the Championship playoffs.

Burnley defeated Reading, 3-0, in the semifinal before beating Sheffield United, 1-0, in the final for promotion to the Premier League.

Coyle has thrived in Cup competitions, repeatedly bouncing clubs from higher divisions. With St. Johnstone, he beat Scottish giants

Rangers in the 2006-07 Scottish League Cup quarterfinals and Scottish Premier League clubs Falkirk and Motherwell to reach the

Scottish Cup the same year. He then guided Burnley to three upsets of Premiership clubs in the 2008-09 League Cup – defeating

Fulham, Chelsea and Arsenal in succession to reach the semifinals. Coyle’s most recent managerial role was with Wigan Athletic in

the English Championship. He joined the Latics in June 2013 but left the club in December of the same year.

Coyle’s technical staff: Head coach Owen Coyle’s coaching staff includes former Dynamo captain Wade Barrett, who is entering his

sixth season, along with longtime Coyle lieutenant Sandy Stewart, goalkeeper coach Paul Rogers and Paul Caffrey, the club’s sports

performance director/fitness coach.

o Wade Barrett won three MLS Cups as a player, including 2006 and 2007 with the Dynamo, and served as captain in 138 of his 140

appearances with the club. Barrett made 241 appearances in 10 MLS seasons and spent three seasons in Denmark (Aarhus) and

Norway (Fredrikstad).

o Sandy Stewart joins Coyle in Houston after serving as Coyle’s assistant in four previous coaching roles: Wigan Athletic, Bolton,

Burnley and St. Johnstone. The defender made over 500 appearances in Scotland, primarily in with Airdrie, where he managed

the club to the 2003-04 Scottish League Second Division title as Coyle led the club with 15 goals.

o Paul Rogers spent the last six years as goalkeeper coach with the United States Women’s National Team. The Brighton, England

helped lead the U.S. to a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games and a second-place finish at the 2010 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Rogers served as goalkeeper coach for the Canada Women’s National Team in 2008 and was an assistant and goalkeeper coach

with St. Louis Athletica of Women’s Professional Soccer from 2009-10, and collegiately with Florida State University, the

University of Louisville and Tulane University. As a player, Rogers had spells with several professional and semi-professional

clubs in England, including time as a youth player with Queens Park Rangers and Plymouth Argyle and senior player with

Brighton & Hove Albion.

o Paul Caffrey holds experience in MLS and with the United States national team program. A Dublin, Ireland native, he spent 2014

at Chivas USA as the first assistant coach under Wilmer Cabrera. He served as an assistant coach and fitness coach with the

Colorado Rapids on Oscar Pareja’s staff from 2012-13. He also was the first assistant coach under Cabrera with the United States

under-17 national team from 2007-11 and oversaw the physical preparation and fitness training of the team. Caffrey played four

seasons with the Long Island Rough Riders after a four-year college career at Adelphi University.

Matt Jordan appointed as club’s first vice president/general manager: The Dynamo appointed Matt Jordan as vice president/general

manager to oversee soccer operations and the technical areas of the club on Nov. 6. Jordan spent the last four seasons with the

technical staff of the Montreal Impact, most recently serving the role of technical director. The 39-year-old enjoyed a 13-year

professional career highlighted by eight years in Major League Soccer as well as time in the Danish Superliga and North American

Soccer League. The Clemson University product was a two-time All-American, an MLS All-Star and finalist for Goalkeeper of the

Year in 1999 with the Dallas Burn. During his stint with the Impact, Jordan was involved in the process of signing several notable

foreign players including Italians Marco Di Vaio and Alessandro Nesta and Argentine midfielders Ignacio Piatti, Hernan Bernardello

and Andres Romero. Jordan also led the initiative to launch a new USL Pro franchise under Impact management, FC Montreal, for the

2015 season. Jordan was offered a position with the Impact’s technical staff upon retirement as a player in 2011 after four years with

the club to help Montreal’s successful transition from the NASL to MLS. The Aurora, Colo. native’s playing career included stops

with the Dallas Burn (1998-2002), Columbus Crew (2004-05) and Colorado Rapids (2006) in MLS, Odense BK in the Danish Superliga

(2003-04) and with the Montreal Impact (2007-10).

Dynamo offseason: The Dynamo added 11 players to the roster in the offseason. The chart below details the offseason transactions:

INCOMING:

PLAYER POSITION HOW ACQUIRED

Jose “Memo” Rodriguez Midfielder Signed as Homegrown Player on Dec. 4

Joe Willis Goalkeeper Acquired via trade from D.C. United on Dec. 8

Chandler Hoffman Forward Selected in Stage Two of Re-Entry Draft on Dec. 18

Nathan Sturgis Midfielder Selected in Stage Two of Re-Entry Draft on Dec. 18

Erick “Cubo” Torres Forward Signed as Designated Player from Chivas Guadalajara on Dec. 24

Leonel Miranda Midfielder/Forward Acquired via loan from Independiente on Jan. 8

Raúl Rodríguez Defender Signed as discovery player from RCD Espanyol on Jan. 9

Zach Steinberger Midfielder Selected in first round of 2015 MLS SuperDraft

Oumar Ballo Defender Selected in second round of 2015 MLS SuperDraft

Rob Lovejoy Midfielder Selected in second round of 2015 MLS SuperDraft

Taylor Hunter Defender Selected in third round of 2015 MLS SuperDraft

OUTGOING:

PLAYER POSITION NOTE

Eric Brunner Defender Retired on Nov. 12

Andrew Driver Midfielder Traded to D.C. United on Dec. 8

Tally Hall Goalkeeper Traded to Orlando City SC on Dec. 8

Anthony Arena Defender Option declined

Omar Cummings Forward Option declined

Brian Ownby Midfielder Option declined

Bryan Salazar Forwward Option declined

Mark Sherrod Forward Selected by Orlando City SC in Expansion Draft

Servando Carrasco Midfielder Traded to Sporting Kansas City on Jan. 15

Dynamo return to Western Conference: After a four year stint in the Eastern Conference, the Dynamo return to their roots in the

Western Conference for the 2015 season. With Chivas USA ceasing operations and the addition of East Coast expansion sides Orlando

City SC and New York City FC, the Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City are moving to the Western Conference to create two 10-team

conferences. The Dynamo's time in the East saw them reach the conference final three times in four years, with two conference

championships. The club also produced three conference final appearances and two wins in their original five year run in the West,

including both of their MLS Cup victories. With the realignment, the Dynamo rekindle the Texas Derby against FC Dallas with a

multi-game MLS series (three games in 2015) while keeping the rivalry that developed against Sporting Kansas City in the East.

Houston also gets more regular season shots at perennial playoff foe LA Galaxy, and will multiple meetings with former head coach

Dominic Kinnear and the San Jose Earthquakes. The last 10 MLS Cup finalists are now located in the Western Conference. For the

2015 season, the 20 teams will each play 34 games during the regular season. Clubs will play each team in the opposing conference

once for five home and five away matches. Clubs will play each of their nine conference opponents at least twice (one home, one

away), plus six additional intra-conference games -- three home and three away.

2014 Dynamo Awards: Forward Giles Barnes headlined the event by capturing four club awards: Most Valuable Player, Players’

Player of the Year, Budweiser Golden Boot and Ironman of the Year. The Dynamo MVP (media vote) and Players’ Player of the Year

selections were the first for Barnes. The Englishman scored six goals in the final nine games of the season to finish the year with 11

goals, a personal-best in three seasons with Houston. Barnes led the club in scoring to capture his second straight Golden Boot award,

joining Brian Ching as the only players in club history with multiple scoring titles. Barnes also set a Dynamo career-high with five

assists. The London native started all 34 regular-season games and amassed 3,028 regular-season minutes, setting a club record for

minutes by a field player, to win Ironman of the Year. Barnes’ minutes total eclipsed Geoff Cameron’s previous club mark and was

the most by an MLS field player since 2011 (Sebastian Le Toux). Barnes has appeared in 67 of a possible 68 regular-season games in

the last two seasons.

o Honduras national team midfielder Luis Garrido earned Newcomer of the Year and Young Player of the Year honors. Garrido,

24, made his Houston debut on Aug. 3 and helped the Dynamo keep a clean sheet in four of his first nine appearances. He made

11 starts in his first season with Houston after appearing in two games at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

HOUSTON DYNAMO NUMERICAL ROSTER/TECHNICAL STAFF No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Born Pronunciation Status 1 Tyler Deric GK 6-3 185 8-30-88 DARE-ick

2 Kofi Sarkodie D 5-9 165 3-22-91 KO-fee sar-KO-dee

3 Rob Lovejoy M 6-0 165 10-23-91

4 Jermaine Taylor D 5-10 195 1-14-85

5 Raúl Rodríguez D 6-0 165 9-22-87 International

6 Nathan Sturgis M 5-10 160 7-6-87

7 DaMarcus Beasley D 5-8 145 8-24-82 Designated Player

8 Luis Garrido M 5-7 165 11-5-90 Ga-ree-dough International

9 Erick Torres F 5-11 168 1-19-93 Designated Player

10 Giles Barnes F/M 6-2 190 8-5-88

11 Brad Davis M 5-11 165 11-8-81

12 Will Bruin F 6-2 195 10-24-89

13 Ricardo Clark M 5-10 160 2-10-83

14 Jason Johnson F 6-0 180 10-9-90 Generation adidas

15 Alexander López M 5-9 155 6-5-1992 International/Young Designated Player

16 AJ Cochran D 6-3 200 2-9-93 Generation adidas

17 Chandler Hoffman F 6-0 160 8-18-90

18 David Horst D 6-4 210 10-25-85

19 Oumar Ballo D 6-2 190 8-3-90 Omar BAL-oh

21 Zach Steinberger M 5-11 172 5-10-92

23 Taylor Hunter D 6-0 170 7-7-93

26 Corey Ashe M 5-7 154 3-14-86 ASH

27 Boniek Garcia M 5-9 150 9-4-84 Bone-ee-ECK

28 Memo Rodriguez M 5-8 145 12-27-95 Homegrown Player

30 Michael Lisch GK 6-4 175 8-30-90 Lish

31 Joe Willis GK 6-5 200 8-10-88

33 Leonel Miranda M 5-8 155 1-7-94 Lee-oh-nel Mir-an-da International

Head Coach – Owen Coyle (1st season in MLS; 2-2-3 record)

Assistant Coach – Wade Barrett

Assistant Coach – Sandy Stewart

Goalkeepers Coach – Paul Rogers

Sports Performance Director/Fitness Coach – Paul Caffrey

Director of Sports Medicine Head Athletic Trainer – Theron Enns

VP/General Manager – Matt Jordan

Assistant GM/Director of Soccer Operations – Nick Kowba

Assistant Athletic Trainer – Rory Blevins

Equipment Manager – Justin Andrews

Assistant Equipment Manager – JP Henderson

Houston Dynamo Player Bios *All Dynamo career stats are regular season only

1 TYLER DERIC GK 6-3 185

Born: 8/30/88, Houston, TX Age: 26

Last Club: Dynamo Academy

College: North Carolina

Dynamo career: Seventh year – 21 GP, 7 SHO, 7 W

Pronunciation: DARE-ick

First ever Dynamo Academy product and second home-grown player in

league history. Started final nine games in 2014 after serving as backup to

Tally Hall and Pat Onstad for five years.

2015 MLS: 7 GP, 7 GS, 630 mins, 0.57 GAA, 3 shutouts, 2-2-3

2014 MLS: 11 GP, 10 GS, 910 mins, 1.38 GAA, 3 shutouts, 3-5-2

Nominated for seventh consecutive MLS Save of the Week for

diving stop against Michael Farfan on Saturday at D.C. United

Recorded seventh career MLS shutout in 2-0 win over Montreal on

April 11 (third clean sheet this season)

Won three straight MLS Save of the Week awards from Week 2-

4 (Palm save on Marcelo Sarvas of Colorado on March 28;

diving save against Mika Vayrynen of LA Galaxy on March 21;

diving save against Kaká free kick on March 13)

Started final 9 games of 2014 season and set career-high with 11

appearances after replacing injured Tally Hall

Made first penalty kick save of professional career, stopping Jermain

Defoe’s attempt in 1-0 win at Toronto Oct. 8, making 6 saves to

record 3rd shutout in 4 games

Has appeared in 29 career games in all competitions with Dynamo

(18 MLS, 5 U.S. Open Cup and 6 CONCACAF Champions League).

Has recorded 8 shutouts and 28 GA in the 29 appearances

2013 CCL: Helped lead Dynamo to quarterfinals with start in all 4

games as Dynamo went unbeaten to win Group 3

Last start: 4/18/15 at D.C. United (6 saves)

Last shutout: 4/11/15 vs. Montreal Impact

Most saves (Career): 7 (2x): 10/12/14 vs. D.C. United & 10/27/12 at

Colorado Rapids

2 KOFI SARKODIE DF 5-9 165

Born: 3/22/91, Dayton, OH Age: 24

Last Club: University of Akron

Dynamo career: Fifth year – 89 GP, 86 GS, 0 G, 10 A Pronunciation: KO-fee sar-KO-dee

Dynamic outside defender in fifth MLS season. Selected by Dynamo with

No. 7 pick of 2011 MLS SuperDraft. United States U-23 international.

2015 MLS: 7 GP, 7 GS, 630 mins, 0 G, 1 A

2014 : 32 GP, 32 GS, 2,872 mins, 0 G, 4 A

Has started 72 of 75 regular season games since start of 2013 season, with lone absences due to suspension

Assisted on Giles Barnes’ game-winning goal in 1-0 victory over Columbus on March 7 (10th career regular-season assist)

Matched career-high with four assists in 2014

Matched a club record with 44 appearances in all competitions in 2013 (along with Giles Barnes and Bobby Boswell), equaling mark set by Brian Mullan in 2008

Scored first MLS goal on Nov. 11, 2012 against D.C. in first leg of Eastern Conference Championship

Started at SEA on 3/25/11, becoming youngest Dynamo player to

start an MLS match at age 20 years, 3 days

Last start: 4/18/15 at D.C. United


Last goal: 11/11/12 vs. D.C. United (Playoffs)

Last assist: 3/7/15 vs. Columbus Crew SC

3 ROB LOVEJOY M 6-0 165

Born: 10/23/1991, Greensboro, N.C. Age: 23

Last Club: University of North Carolina

Dynamo career: Rookie – 5 GP, 1 GS, 1 G, 1 A

Acquired: Selected by Houston in 2015 MLS SuperDraft (No. 36 overall)

out of University of North Carolina

Wide midfielder who can run at defenders, selected by Dynamo in 2015

MLS SuperDraft.

2015 MLS: 5 GP, 1 GS, 150 mins, 1 G, 1 A

Scored first career MLS goal and recorded first MLS assist after entering as substitute on April 11 vs. Montreal Impact

Made first MLS start on March 28 vs. Colorado Rapids

Made MLS debut as substitute (83’) against Orlando City on March

13

Scored 5 goals and added 8 assists in 22 games for North Carolina in

2014

Started all 26 games as North Carolina won 2011 NCAA title

Tallied 20 goals and 16 assists in 71 career games in four seasons at

UNC

Helped lead North Carolina to 2010 NCAA College Cup

Last start: 3/28/15 vs. Colorado Rapids

Last appearance: 4/18/15 at D.C. United

Last goal: 4/11/15 vs. Montreal Impact

Last assist: 4/11/15 vs. Montreal Impact

4 JERMAINE TAYLOR DF 5-10 195

Born: 1/14/85, Portland, Jamaica Age: 30

Last Club: St. George’s SC (Jamaica) – 2009-11

Other Clubs: Harbour View F.C. (Jamaica) – 2004-09

Dynamo career: Fifth year – 96 GP, 91 GS, 1 G, 3 A

Calm, experienced defender who is an anchor at center back and remains

a fixture for Jamaica national team (79 caps).

2015 MLS: 6 GP, 6 GS, 540 mins, 0 G, 0 A

2014 MLS: 24 GP, 23 GS, 1,922 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Started friendly for Jamaica national team on March 27 against

Venezuela and entered as substitute on March 30 versus Cuba (79th

cap)

Started all 4 matches as Jamaica won 2014 Caribbean Cup, and

converted penalty kick in penalty shootout victory over Trinidad and

Tobago in Final

Has played at all three positions across backline in Dynamo career



Last goal: 8/3/12 vs. New York Red Bulls (first in MLS)

Last assist: 7/6/13 vs. Philadelphia Union

5 RAÚL RODRÍGUEZ DF 6-0 165

Born: 9/22/87, Barcelona, Spain Age: 27

Last Club: RCD Espanyol (Spain) – 2010-15

Other Clubs: UDA Gramenet (Spain) – 2007-10

Dynamo career: First year – 4 GP, 4 GS, 0 G, 0 A

Veteran Spanish center back who signed with Dynamo on Jan. 9 after 4 ½

years with Espanyol in Spain’s La Liga.

2015 MLS: 4 GP, 4 GS, 295 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Made Dynamo debut in 1-0 win over Columbus on March 7

Made 80 first-team appearances in five seasons with Espanyol

Personal-best 28 league starts in the 2011-12 season

The Barcelona native signed with hometown club in summer 2010

and briefly played with the reserves before making his Liga BBVA

debut in November 2010 against Atlético Madrid

The center back made his professional debut in 2007 with UDA

Gramenet in Spain’s Segunda Division B (third-tier) and made 83

appearances in three seasons with the Catalonia club



Last goal: None with Dynamo

Last assist: None with Dynamo

6 NATHAN STURGIS M 5-10 160

Born: 7/6/87, Boca Raton, Fla. Age: 27

Last Club: Chivas USA (2014)

Previous Clubs: Colorado Rapids (2013-14), Houston Dynamo (2012),

Toronto FC (2011), Seattle Sounders FC (2009-10), Real Salt Lake (2007-

08), LA Galaxy (2006-07)

College: Clemson University

Dynamo career: Second year overall – 10 GP, 9 GS, 1 G, 0 A

Experienced midfielder who returns to Dynamo after 2012 season in

Houston. MLS veteran (tenth season) can play center midfield or center

back.

2015 MLS: 5 GP, 5 GS, 439 mins, 1 G, 0 A

2014 MLS: 22 GP, 13 GS, 1,201 mins, 0 G, 1 A

Has started five consecutive games (90 minutes in each of last

four games) after not appearing in first two games this season

Scored first career Dynamo goal, the equalizer vs. Galaxy from a

corner kick on March 21 (first goal since July 4, 2013 with Colorado)

Appeared in 22 games in 2014; traded from Colorado to Chivas USA

on July 1

Career-highs in games (25), starts (23), goals (4) and minutes (2,037)

with Colorado in 2013

Appeared in 5 regular-season games (4 starts) with Dynamo in 2012;

recorded three assists in CONCACAF Champions League group

stage as Dynamo won group

27 caps with U.S. U-20’s; played all 510 minutes at 2007 FIFA U-20

World Cup as U.S. went 3-1-1 and reached quarterfinals

Made MLS debut at age 18 in 2006 with LA Galaxy



Last goal: 3/21/15 at LA Galaxy

Last assist: 4/5/14 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC (with Colorado)

7 DAMARCUS BEASLEY DF 5-8 145 DP

Born: 5/24/82, Ft. Wayne, Indiana Age: 32

Last Club: Puebla F.C. (2011-14)

Other Clubs: Chicago Fire (2000-04), PSV Eindhoven (2004-07),

Manchester City (2006-07), Rangers (2007-10), Hannover 96 (2010-11)

Dynamo career: Second year - 17 GP, 17 GS, 0 G, 0 A

Four-time World Cup veteran and U.S. Men's national team legend signed

as a Designated Player on July 23, 2014.

2015 MLS: 7 GP, 7 GS, 595 mins, 0 G, 0 A

2014 MLS: 10 GP, 10 GS, 821 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Only American to play in four FIFA World Cups (2002, 2006, 2010,

2014)

Announced retirement from U.S. national team on Dec. 15, 2014

(final appearance in friendly vs. Colombia in London on Nov. 14)

11 appearances in World Cup matches, tied for second in U.S history

5th most caps in USMNT history (121), 8th most assists, tied-9th

most goals

Most goals scored by an American in UEFA Champions League (6)

Made Houston Dynamo debut as a starter in 1-0 win vs. D.C. United

on August 3, 2014





8 LUIS GARRIDO MF 5-7 165 I

Born: 11/5/90, Juticalpa, Hondurs Age: 24

Last Club: CD Olimpia (2011-14)

Dynamo career: Second year – 17 GP, 17 GS, 0 G, 0 A

Pronunciation: Ga-ree-dough

Tenacious defensive midfielder, Honduras international (29 caps) and

2014 World Cup veteran who joined Houston via loan from CD Olimpia

on July 25, 2014.

2015 MLS: 6 GP, 6 GS, 443 mins, 0 G, 0 A

2014 MLS: 11 GP, 11 GS, 915 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Started for Honduras in both legs of two-leg CONCACAF Gold

Cup playoff vs. French Guiana, including 3-0 second-leg win on

March 29 for 4-3 aggregate victory (29 caps)

Named Dynamo Newcomer of the Year and Young Player of the

Year in 2014 after arriving on loan from Olimpia in late July

Started two games for Honduras at the 2014 World Cup

Started 11 of 16 matches in 2014 World Cup Qualifying, including 9

of 10 in hexagonal round

Made Houston Dynamo debut as starter in 1-0 victory over D.C.

United on August 3, 2014

Played at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2007 FIFA

U-17 World Cup

Made professional debut with Juticalpa FC in 2007 before

transferring to Honduran powerhouse C.D. Olimpia in 2008, with

whom he played with current Dynamo midfielders Boniek Garcia

and Alexander Lopez

Spent a portion of 2013 on loan with Red Star Belgrade in the

Serbian SuperLiga

Started for Olimpia against the Dynamo on Oct. 23, 2012 in a

CONCACAF Champions League group stage match



Last goal: None in MLS

Last assist: None in MLS

10 GILES BARNES FW/MF 5-11 181

Born: 8/5/88, London, England Age: 26

Last Club: Doncaster Rovers F.C. (England) 2011-12

Other Clubs: West Bromich Albion (2010-11), Derby County (2005-09)

Dynamo career: Fourth year – 77 GP, 73 GS, 22 G, 9 A

Quick, explosive forward/attacking midfielder who won 2014 Dynamo

MVP, Players’ Player of the Year, Golden Boot and Ironman of the Year

awards. Jamaica international (2 caps)

2015 MLS: 6 GP, 6 GS, 538 mins, 2 G, 0 A

2014 MLS: 34 GP, 34 GS, 3,028 mins, 11 G, 5 A

Scored first goal for Jamaica national team in Jamaica debut on March 27 vs. Venezuela and recorded assist in 3-0 friendly win over Cuba on March 30 (first two caps)

Has appeared in 73 games (72 starts) out of a possible 75 regular-season games since start of 2013 season

Snapped 60-game appearance streak versus Colorado on March 28 due to international duty with the Jamaica national team. The absence snapped Barnes’ 48-game start streak in all competitions (45 consecutive regular-season starts). It was Barnes’ first regular-season absence since May 12, 2013 vs. Sporting Kansas City

Scored winning goal in 1-0 Opening Day victory over Columbus on March 7 (didn’t score until ninth game last season)

Won 4 club awards in 2014: Dynamo MVP, Players’ Player of the Year, Golden Boot and Ironman of the Year

6 goals in final 9 games in 2014 to win second consecutive Dynamo

Golden Boot; Brian Ching is only other Dynamo player with 2+

Golden Boots

Set Dynamo field player record, surpassing Geoff Cameron, with

3,028 regular-season minutes in 2014

Matched a club record with 44 appearances in all competitions in 2013 (along with Kofi Sarkodie and Bobby Boswell), equaling mark set by Brian Mullan in 2008

Won Dynamo Budweiser Golden Boot with nine regular season

goals in 2013 (6th Golden Boot winner in club history)

Joined Derby County of England in 2005 at age 17 and helped the

Rams gain promotion to the EPL in 2007



Last goal: 4/11/15 vs. Montreal Impact

Last assist: 7/12/14 at Toronto FC

Last two-goal game: 9/6/14 vs. Montreal Impact

11 BRAD DAVIS MF 5-11 170

Born: 11/8/81, St. Charles, MO Age: 33

Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes (2005)

Other Clubs: Dallas Burn - 2003-04, New York - 2002

College: Saint Louis University

Dynamo career: Tenth year – 248 GP, 230 GS, 37 G, 95 A

Original Dynamo player, 6-time MLS All-Star and winner of four team

MVP awards. Club's all-time leader in games, starts, and assists, recorded

16 assists in 2011 as MLS MVP runner-up. United States international (17

caps) was member of 2014 World Cup team.

2015 MLS: 7 GP, 7 GS, 630 mins, 0 G, 1 A

2014 MLS: 25 GP, 25 GS, 2,072 mins, 4 G, 11 A

Has played 90 minutes in seven consecutive games to start

2015 season, his longest 90-minute streak since 7/28/12-

9/23/12 (9 games)

Surpassed Preki for fourth on MLS all-time assist list with 113th

career regular season assist against Montreal on April 11

Made 300th career MLS regular-season start on March 28 vs.

Colorado

Made 300th career Dynamo appearance in all competitions vs.

Galaxy on March 21 (first to 300 in club history)

Dynamo captain is longest-tenured player in MLS with same club (9

full seasons with Dynamo entering 2015)

Recorded 11 assists in 2014; fifth time in seven seasons and sixth

year overall with 10+ assists

Leads MLS with 73 assists since start of 2009 season

Made World Cup debut with start vs. Germany on June 26, 2014

6-time MLS All-Star (2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2005)



Last goal: 7/12/14 at Toronto FC

Last assist: 4/11/15 vs. Montreal Impact

Last two-goal game: 7/12/14 at Toronto FC

12 WILL BRUIN FW 6-2 195

Born: 10/24/89, St. Louis, MO Age: 25

Last Club: Indiana University


Powerful forward set franchise record with 16 goals in all competitions in

2012 and made U.S. national team debut in January 2013. United States

international (2 caps).

2015 MLS: 6 GP, 2 GS, 265 mins, 0 G, 0 A

2014 MLS: 27 GP, 24 GS, 2,074 mins, 10 G, 1 A

Scored 10th goal of 2014 season in 3-1 win at Sporting KC on Aug.

29 but suffered mid foot sprain in right foot and missed next 6

games and appeared as substitute in final 3 games of season

35 regular-season goals in his first four MLS seasons (though 2014)

to tie Clint Mathis for the most goals in the first four MLS seasons

by a player who entered the league as a rookie (no previous

professional experience)

Set franchise record with 16 goals in all competitions in 2012 (12 in

regular season; 4 in playoffs)

Tied MLS record for most goal in a season by a second-year

professional with 12 in 2012

Set club record with four goals in 2012 playoffs, including two goals in 2-1 Knockout Round win over Chicago



Last goal: 8/29/14 at Sporting Kansas City

Last assist: 3/8/14 vs. New England Revolution

Last two-goal game: 3/8/14 vs. New England Revolution

Last hat trick: 4/29/11 vs. DC United (only in MLS)

13 RICARDO CLARK MF 5-10 160

Born: 2/10/83, Atlanta, GA Age: 32

Last Club: on loan at Stabæk Football (Norway) (2012)

Other Clubs: New York MetroStars 2003-04; San Jose Earthquakes 2005;

Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) ‘10-12

College: Furman University

Dynamo career: Eighth year – 170 GP, 164 GS, 18 G, 16 A

Dynamo original and 2010 World Cup veteran returned to the club in

2012 after a three-year stint in Europe. 2006 MLS Best XI, 2007 MLS All-

Star First XI, United States international (34 caps).

2015 MLS: 6 GP, 6 GS, 471 mins, 1 G, 0 A

2014 MLS: 25 GP, 24 GS, 2,087 mins, 4 G, 4 A

Scored 25th career MLS regular-season goal on Saturday at D.C. United, the equalizer for second straight game with goal

Scored his first goal of season on April 11 vs. Montreal Impact (previous goal also against Montreal Impact on 9/6/14)

Matched career-highs with 4 goals and 4 assists in 2014

Started final 17 games of 2014 season after missing 9 games with concussion suffered at New York on April 23

Scored final goal in 3-1 win at Sporting KC on August 29, headed goal from Davis set piece

Returned to action on June 29 after missing 11 games (nine MLS and two U.S. Open Cup games) following a concussion against New York on April 23

Led the Dynamo to two MLS Cups (2006, 07) in his first stint with

the team (2006-2009)

Started two games at 2010 World Cup in South Africa

Started four games at 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, including

starts in 2-0 semifinal win over Spain and 3-2 defeat to Brazil in

Final



Last goal: 4/18/15 at D.C. United

Last assist: 9/28/14 vs. Chicago Fire

14 ALEX MF 5-8 155

Born: 12/15/88, São Paulo, Brazil Age: 26

Last Club: Chicago Fire (2012-15)

Other Clubs: FC Wohlen (2010-12); FC Gossau (2009-10)


Acquired: Traded from Chicago Fire in exchange for Jason Johnson on

April 13, 2015

Full name: Alexandre Monteiro De Lima

Versatile midfielder can play across midfield; spent 2012-15 with Chicago

Fire after three seasons in Switzerland.

2015 MLS: 1 GP, 0 GS, 8 mins, 0 G, 0 A

2014 MLS: 28 GP, 24 GS, 1968 mins, 0 G, 1 A

Tallied four goals and two assists in 77 appearances (49 starts) with

Chicago, including playoffs

Scored for Chicago in the Dynamo's 2-1 win at Chicago in the 2012

Eastern Conference Knockout Round

With Chicago, played in a variety of positions, including, all positions

across the midfield, as a forward, and also as a wide defender

Alex came up through the youth system of Gremio Mauaense in

Brazil before making 26 appearances in two years with Swiss club FC

Wohlen and 19 appearances with Swiss club FC Gossau

Last start: 10/24/14 vs. Houston Dynamo (with Chicago Fire)

Last appearance: 3/14/15 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps (with Chicago Fire)

Last goal: 9/14/13 vs. New England Revolution (with Chicago Fire)

Last assist: 7/6/14 vs. Sporting Kansas City (with Chicago Fire)

15 ALEXANDER LÓPEZ MF 5-9 155

Born: 6/5/92, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Age: 22

Last Club: C.D. Olimpia (Honduras) 2010-13

Dynamo career: Third year – 15 GP, 3 GS, 0 G, 1 A

Acquired: Transfer from C.D. Olimpia on Aug. 7, 2013

Young midfielder with experience with Honduran youth and senior

national teams (8 caps), including 2012 Olympics and 2013 Gold Cup,

who signed as a Young Designated Player from Olimpia of Honduras on

Aug. 7, 2013.

2015 MLS: 3 GP, 1 GS, 148 mins, 0 G, 0 A

2014 MLS: 10 GP, 1 GS, 247 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Started on Saturday at D.C. United (third career start) for first

MLS start since June 6, 2014 vs. Sporting KC (first start in all

competitions since June 24, 2014 vs. FC Dallas in U.S. Open

Cup)

Made 2015 debut as substitute (59’) vs. Colorado on March 28

Scored game-winner in U.S. Open Cup victory over Laredo Heat on

June 11, 2014

Member of Honduras’ 2013 Gold Cup semifinalist team, started four

matches (5 total appearances)

Part of quarterfinalist squad at 2012 Summer Olympics, appearing in

three games, including quarterfinal loss to Brazil

Made first team debut with C. D. Olimpia in 2010 at age 19

Started three group matches for Honduras at 2009 U-17 World Cup

in Nigeria

Made Honduras senior national team debut in 2010



Last goal: 6/11/14 vs. Laredo Heat (USOC)

Last assist: 9/25/13 vs. W Connection (CCL)

16 AJ COCHRAN DF 6-3 195 GA

Born: 2/9/93, St. Louis, MO Age: 22

Last Club: University of Wisconsin


Strong center back and Generation adidas member selected by Dynamo in

first round (No. 16 overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft.

2015 MLS: 1 GP, 0 GS, 35 mins, 0 G, 0 A

2014 MLS: 20 GP, 14 GS, 1,405 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Made 2015 debut as substitute for DaMarcus Beasley on March 21 vs. Galaxy

Appeared in 19 regular-season games and 21 games in all competitions as a rookie in 2014

Selected to U.S. U-23 training camp in Nassau, Bahamas and started vs. Bahamas senior national team on Aug. 6

2013 Big Ten Defender of the Year at University of Wisconsin

Part of U.S. U-20 national team camp in January 2012

Traveled with U.S. U-18’s to Argentina & Chile in 2011

Last start: 10/24/14 at Chicago Fire

Last appearance: 3/21/15 at LA Galaxy



17 CHANDLER HOFFMAN FW 6-0 160

Born: 8/18/90, Birmingham, Ala. Age: 24

Last Club: LA Galaxy (2013-14)

Previous Clubs: Philadelphia Union (2012)

College: University of California – Los Angles


Young forward acquired in 2014 MLS Re-Entry Draft after scoring 14

goals in 19 games with LA Galaxy II.

2015 MLS: 4 GP, 0 GS, 10 mins, 0 G, 0 A

2014 MLS: 8 GP, 0 GS, 61 mins, 0 G, 0 A

2014 USL PRO (LA Galaxy II): 14 G, 19 GP

Made Dynamo debut as substitute in 90th minute of 1-0 win over

Columbus on March 7

Scored 13 regular-season goals in 17 games (14 goals in 19 games,

including playoffs) with LA Galaxy II in USL PRO in 2014

Selected by Dynamo in Stage 2 of MLS Re-Entry Draft on Dec. 18

Acquired by LA Galaxy in trade with Philadelphia Union on March

1, 2013

Selected by Philadelphia with No. 13 overall pick in 2012 MLS

SuperDraft and appeared in 7 games as a rookie

The first Alabama native to be selected in the first round of MLS

SuperDraft

Last MLS start: 8/12/12 vs. Chicago Fire (with Philadelphia)




18 DAVID HORST DF 6-4 210

Born: 10/25/85, Pine Grove, PA Age: 29

Last Club: Portland Timbers – 2011-13

Other Clubs: Real Salt Lake (2008-10); Puerto Rico Islanders (Loan;

2010); Austin Aztex (Loan; 2009)

College: Old Dominion University


Strong center back with aerial ability who started 31 games in 2014 after

trade from Portland Timbers in December 2013.

2015 MLS: 6 GP, 4 GS, 425 mins, 0 G, 1 A

2014 MLS: 31 GP, 31 GS, 2,653 mins, 1 G, 1 A

Assisted on Sturgis’ equalizing goal vs. Galaxy on March 21, heading

corner kick across goal for second career assist

Set career-highs in games (31), starts (31) & minutes (2,653) in 2014

Scored first Dynamo goal, a game-winning header from Brad Davis

set piece on August 29 at Sporting KC (second career MLS goal; first

since June 24, 2012)

Missed remainder of 2013 regular season after surgery to repair a

displaced tibial plateau fracture of his right leg on April 8

Member of 2009 Real Salt Lake squad that won MLS Cup

Joined Puerto Rico Islanders (2010) and Austin Aztex (2009) on loan

spells

Last start: 4/11/15 vs. Montreal Impact

Last appearance: 4/11/15 vs. Montreal Impact

Last goal: 8/29/14 at Sporting Kansas City

Last assist: 3/21/15 at LA Galaxy

19 OUMAR BALLO DF 6-2 190

Born: 4/2/91, Bamako, Mali Age: 24

Last Club: University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Dynamo career: Rookie

Pronunciation: Omar BAL-oh

Physical center back who led UMBC to 2014 NCAA College Cup and was

selected by Dynamo in second round (No. 30 overall) of 2015 MLS

SuperDraft.

LOAN: Currently on loan with Charleston Battery (USL)

Led UMBC to 2014 NCAA College Cup for first time in school

history and earned NSCAA All-America third team and Eastern

College Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors

In 2013, named to NSCAA/Continental Tire All-America second

team; America East Defender of the Year and NSCAA All-

Northeast region first team

Emigrated from Mali to Baltimore age 9 and played one season at

CCBC Essex (junior college) before transferring to UMBC

21 ZACH STEINBERGER MF 5-11 172

Born: 5/10/92, Long Beach, Calif. Age: 22

Last Club: Butler University


Central midfielder who trained in England, Slovakia and Germany before

four seasons at Butler University. Selected by Dynamo with No. 8 overall

selection in 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

2015 MLS: 1 GP, 0 GS, 21 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Made MLS debut as substitute (69’) vs. Colorado on March 28

Four-year starter scored 14 goals and added 15 assists at Butler

University, earning all-conference honors in three seasons

Limited to 14 games as senior in 2014 after suffering facial injury

Attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida before moving to England at age 16 to play with Middlesbrough F.C.’s youth academy, then with youth teams in Kosice, Slovakia and Karlsruhe, Germany before moving back to the U.S. to attend Butler

Last start: None as professional

Last appearance: 3/28/15 vs. Colorado Rapids

Last goal: None as professional

Last assist: None as professional

23 TAYLOR HUNTER DF 6-0 160

Born: 7/7/93, Aurora, Colo. Age: 21 Last Club: University of Denver


Right back selected by Dynamo in third round (No. 49 overall) of 2015

MLS SuperDraft after leading University of Denver to consecutive

Summit League championships.

LOAN: Currently on loan with Colorado Springs Switchbacks (USL)

Earned NSCAA All-West region third-team honors in 2014 after leading Denver to second consecutive Summit League championship

Named MVP of the 2014 Summit League tournament and earned Summit League Academic All-League team honors for the second straight year in 2014

Team captain in 2014 as Denver reached the NCAA tournament in consecutive seasons for the first time in program history

Midfielder/defender appeared in 69 games in four seasons with the Pioneers

26 COREY ASHE DF 5-7 154

Born: 3/14/86, Orange County, CA Age: 29

Last Club: University of North Carolina

Dynamo career: Ninth year – 211 GP, 155 GS, 1 G, 18 A

Speedy left-footed player with one-on-one attacking and defending ability

after converting from midfield in 2011.

2014 MLS: 21 GP, 20 GS, 1,879 mins, 0 G, 3 A

Second-longest tenured Dynamo player, enters ninth season in 2015

Appeared in 200th career regular season game on May 7, 2014 vs. Columbus (second player in Dynamo history to reach 200 regular season appearances)

Two-time MLS All-Star (2011, 2013)

Member of initial U.S. national team squad for 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup


Last appearance: 10/12/14 vs. D.C. United

Last goal: 9/22/09 vs. Árabe Unido (CCL)

Last assist: 5/3/14 at Chivas USA

27 BONIEK GARCIA MF 5-9 150

Born: 9/4/84, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Age: 30

Last Club: C.D. Olimpia (Honduras) 2003-12


Acquired: Transfer from C.D. Olimpia on June 7, 2012

Dynamic two-way midfielder and 2014 World Cup veteran who is a

fixture for Honduras national team (97 caps).

2015 MLS: 5 GP, 5 GS, 388 mins, 0 G, 1 A

2014 MLS: 27 GP, 26 GS, 2,206 mins, 2 G, 1 A

Started and recorded assist for Honduras in second leg of

CONCACAF Gold Cup playoff vs. French Guiana, a 3-0 win on

March 29 for 4-3 aggregate victory (97th cap)

Assisted on Sturgis’ equalizing goal vs. Galaxy on March 21 with

long, looping corner kick to David Horst, who headed to Sturgis

Served as captain for Honduras national team for first time in 3-2

friendly loss vs. Venezuela on Feb. 5, 2015 (96th cap)

Set MLS career-highs in games, starts and minutes in 2014

Made World Cup debut and appeared in three games (two starts) for

Honduras national team at 2014 FIFA World Cup

Member of Honduras team at 2010 FIFA World Cup (didn’t appear)

Appeared in all ten matches of final World Cup Qualifying round in

2013, sealing Honduras’ third trip to World Cup


Last appearance: 4/11/15 vs. Montreal Impact

Last goal: 9/28/14 vs. Chicago Fire

Last assist: 3/21/15 at LA Galaxy

28 MEMO RODRIGUEZ MF 5-8 145 HG

Born: 12/27/95, Wharton, Texas Age: 19

Last Club: Dynamo Academy (2011-14)


Dynamo Academy product who signed as Homegrown Player on Dec. 4,

2014 after three years in Dynamo Academy.

LOAN: Currently on loan with Charleston Battery (USL)

Played with Academy U-23s in summer of 2014 and trained with

first team through last year

Commuted 75 miles from El Campo, Texas to train with Dynamo

Academy from 2011-14

Dynamo Academy Players’ Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013

30 MICHAEL LISCH GK 6-4 175

Born: 8/30/90, Austin, TX Age: 24

Last Club: University of New Mexico

Dynamo career: Second year – 0 GP, 0 GS

Goalkeeper with long frame and extensive college experience drafted by

Dynamo in third round of 2014 MLS SuperDraft.

2014 USL PRO: 17 GP, 1,530 mins, 1.47 GAA, 4 shutouts

Appeared in 17 games and recorded 4 shutouts on loan with

Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL PRO) in 2014

Spent four years at Wake Forest (2009-12) and transferred to the University of New Mexico (2013)

Helped lead New Meixco to 14-6-2 record and tallied 11 shutouts in 2013; led Lobos to C-USA title and national semifinal berth

31 JOE WILLIS GK 6-5 185

Born: 8/10/88, St. Louis, Mo. Age: 26

Last Club: D.C. United (2011-14)

College: University of Denver

Dynamo career: First year – 0 GP, 0 GS

Goalkeeper with great length and cup competition experience. Joined

Dynamo via trade from D.C. United on Dec. 8, 2014.

2014 MLS: Did not feature

2014 Champions League: 3 GP, 90 mins, 0.00 GAA, 3 shutouts

2014: Recorded three shutouts in three CONCACAF

Champions League starts as United won its group

23 career regular-season starts in four seasons with D.C. United

Appeared in three CONCACAF Champions League games in 2014

as D.C. United won its group

Appeared in four U.S. Open Cup matches in 2013 as D.C. United

won the cup with a road win over Real Salt Lake

Appeared in two MLS Cup Playoffs games in 2012 and made penalty

save in conference semifinal win vs. New York Red Bulls

Last start: 10/21/14 at Tauro FC (Panama; CCL)

Last MLS start: 10/4/2013 vs. Chicago Fire

Last shutout: 10/21/14 at Tauro FC (Panama; CCL)

Most saves (Career): 7 – 7/7/13 at Colorado Rapids

33 LEONEL MIRANDA MF 5-8 155 Born: 1/7/94, Buenos Aires, Argentina Age: 21

Last Club: Club Atlético Independiente (Argentina) – 2012-15


Versatile midfielder joined the Dynamo on a season-long loan from CA

Independiente on Jan. 9, 2015 after 2 ½ years in Argentina’s first division.

2015 : 4 GP, 2 GS, 187 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Made first Dynamo start in 1-0 defeat against Orlando City SC on

March 13

Signed with Club Atlético Independiente in October 2012 and made

his Primera Division debut with the Buenos Aires powerhouse in

March 2013.

34 first-team appearances and two goals with El Rojo, one of

Argentina’s most successful clubs with a record seven Copa

Libertadores championships.


Last appearance: 4/4/15 at Seattle Sounders FC



LEGEND: GK-goalkeeper; DF-defender; MF-midfielder; FW-forward; I-

international; DP-Designated Player; YDP-Young Designated Player;

HG-home-grown; GA Generation adidas; USOC-U.S. Open Cup; CCL-

CONCACAF Champions League win vs. New York Red Bulls

HOW THE 2015 DYNAMO WERE ASSEMBLED Date Player Transaction type

12/16/05 Brad Davis Moved with club from San Jose (SJ acquired 05 trade) 1/12/07 Corey Ashe 2007 MLS SuperDraft, Round 2 (pick 26) 2/27/09 Tyler Deric Signed as home-grown player (first in club history) 1/13/11 Kofi Sarkodie 2011 MLS SuperDraft, Round 1 (pick 7) 1/13/11 Will Bruin 2011 MLS SuperDraft, Round 1 (pick 11) 2/16/11 Jermaine Taylor Transferred from St. George’s (Jamaica) 6/7/12 Boniek Garcia Transferred from C.D. Olimpia (Honduras) 8/8/12 Ricardo Clark Signed as free agent (originally moved with club from San Jose) 8/29/12 Giles Barnes Signed as free agent 1/17/13 Jason Johnson 2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 (pick 13) 8/7/13 Alexander López Transferred from C.D. Olimpia (Honduras) 12/17/13 David Horst Traded from Portland for fourth round pick in 2014 Draft 1/16/14 AJ Cochran 2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 (pick 16) 1/21/14 Michael Lisch 2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 3 (pick 54) 7/23/14 DaMarcus Beasley Signed as Designated Player 7/25/14 Luis Garrido Loaned from C.D. Olimpia (Honduras) 12/4/14 Memo Rodriguez Signed as Homegrown Player 12/8/14 Joe Willis Traded from D.C. United in exchange for Andrew Driver 12/18/14 Chandler Hoffman Selected in Stage Two of Re-Entry Draft from LA Galaxy 12/18/14 Nathan Sturgis Selected in Stage Two of Re-Entry Draft from Chivas USA 12/23/14 Erick “Cubo” Torres Signed as Designated Player from Chivas Guadalajara 1/8/15 Leonel Miranda Loaned from Club Atlético Independiente 1/9/15 Raúl Rodríguez Signed as discovery player from RCD Espanyol 1/15/15 Zach Steinberger 2015 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 (No. 8 overall) 1/15/15 Oumar Ballo 2015 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 (No. 30 overall) 1/15/15 Rob Lovejoy 2015 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 (No. 36 overall) 1/20/15 Taylor Hunter 2015 MLS SuperDraft Round 3 (No. 49 overall)

Acquisitions by first season* with club

2006 1 2007 1 2008 0 2009 1 2010 0 2011 3 2012 3 2013 2 2014 5 2015 11

Acquisitions by method**

MLS SuperDraft 10 MLS Re-Entry Draft 2 Trade 2 Home-Grown Player 2 San Jose original 1 Transfer 4 Loan 2 Trialist 0 Free agent 4

*For players that re-joined Dynamo (i.e. Clark), first season is classified by their year of return **Returning players are classified by how they re-joined club

2015 DYNAMO GAME-BY-GAME

LINEUPS

(Formations listed right-to-left)

Dynamo vs. Columbus Crew SC

March 8, 2015 (4-4-2)

Tyler Deric

Kofi Sarkodie

Raul Rodriguez (David Horst 90)

Jermaine Taylor

DaMarcus Beasley

Boniek Garcia

Ricardo Clark

Luis Garrido

Brad Davis

Giles Barnes (Chandler Hoffman 90)

Will Bruin (Leonel Miranda 57)

Dynamo vs. Orlando City SC

March 13, 2015 (4-4-2)

Tyler Deric

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

Jermaine Taylor

DaMarcus Beasley

Leonel Miranda (Will Bruin 53)

Luis Garrido

Ricardo Clark

Brad Davis

Boniek Garcia (Rob Lovejoy 83)

Giles Barnes

Dynamo at LA Galaxy

March 21, 2015 (4-4-2)

Tyler Deric

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

Jermaine Taylor

DaMarcus Beasley (AJ Cochran 55)

Boniek Garcia

Luis Garrido

Ricardo Clark (Rob Lovejoy 42)

Nathan Sturgis (Will Bruin 79)

Brad Davis

Giles Barnes

Dynamo vs. Colorado Rapids

March 28, 2015 (4-5-1)

Tyler Deric

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

Raul Rodriguez

DaMarcus Beasley

Leonel Miranda (Chandler Hoffman 83)

Ricardo Clark (Zach Steinberger 69)

Nathan Sturgis

Brad Davis

Rob Lovejoy (Alexander Lopez 59)

Will Bruin

Dynamo at Seattle Sounders FC

April 4, 2015 (4-5-1)

Tyler Deric

Kofi Sarkodie

Raul Rodriguez (David Horst 26)

Jermaine Taylor

DaMarcus Beasley

Boniek Garcia (Leonel Miranda 72)

Luis Garrido (Will Bruin 64)

Ricardo Clark

Nathan Sturgis

Brad Davis

Giles Barnes

Dynamo vs. Montreal Impact

April 11, 2015 (4-5-1)

Tyler Deric

Kofi Sarkodie

David Horst

Jermaine Taylor

DaMarcus Beasley

Boniek Garcia (Alexander Lopez 53)

Luis Garrido (Rob Lovejoy 64)

Ricardo Clark

Nathan Sturgis

Brad Davis

Giles Barnes (Chandler Hoffman 90)

Dynamo at D.C. United

April 18, 2015 (4-5-1)

Tyler Deric

Kofi Sarkodie

Raul Rodriguez

Jermaine Taylor,

DaMarcus Beasley

Luis Garrido (Will Bruin 45, Chandler

Hoffman 90),

Alexander Lopez (Rob Lovejoy 80)

Ricardo Clark

Nathan Sturgis

Brad Davis

Giles Barnes

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OU

STO

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YNA

MO

# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

CLB ORL LA COL SEA MTL DC

1-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 3-0 1-1

1 Tyler Deric 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

2 Kofi Sarkodie 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

3 Rob Lovejoy 7 48 59M 26 10

4 Jermaine Taylor 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

5 Raul Rodriguez 89D 90D 26D 90D

6 Nathan Sturgis 79M 90M 90M 90M 90M

7 DaMarcus Beasley 90D 90D 55D 90D 90D 90D 90D

8 Luis Garrido 90M 90M 90M 64M 64M 45M

9 Erick Torres

10 Giles Barnes 89F 90F 90F 90F 89F 90F

11 Brad Davis 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

12 Will Bruin 57F 37 11 90F 26 44

13 Ricardo Clark 90M 90M 42M 69M 90M 90M 90M

14 Alex

14 Jason Johnson

15 Alexander Lopez 31 37 80M

16 A.J. Cochran 35

17 Chandler Hoffman 1 7 1 1

18 David Horst 1 90D 90D 90D 64 90D

19 Oumar Ballo

21 Zach Steinberger 21

23 Taylor Hunter

26 Corey Ashe

27 Boniek Garcia 90M 83F 90M 72M 53M

28 Memo Rodriguez

30 Michael Lisch

31 Joe Willis

33 Leonel Miranda 33 53M 83M 18

"00" = 100 minutes played

F/M/D/G = starting position

H

OU

STO

N D

YNA

MO

Game log:

Game #1 03/07/2015 HOU 1 vs CLB 0 W Barnes 1 (Sarkodie 1) 66

Game #2 03/13/2015 HOU 0 vs ORL 1 L

Game #3 03/21/2015 HOU 1 at LA 1 T Sturgis 1 (Horst 1, Garcia 1) 11

Game #4 03/28/2015 HOU 0 vs COL 0 T

Game #5 04/04/2015 HOU 0 at SEA 1 L

Game #6 04/11/2015 HOU 3 vs MTL 0 W Barnes 2 (Davis 1) 15; Clark 1 (Lovejoy 1) 72; Lovejoy 1 (unassisted) 80

Game #7 04/18/2015 HOU 1 at DC 1 T Clark 2 (unassisted) 65

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English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV Referee: Kevin StottEnglish Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Assistant ref: Chris StricklandTV and radio Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Assistant ref: Apolinar Mariscaltalent Andy Gruenebaum (color) Fourth official: Armando Villarreal Jake Yadrich (analyst) Kacie McDonnell (sideline)Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AMRadio talent Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Raul Padrino Villegas (color)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY at HOUSTON DYNAMO

GAME NOTES WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE

Saturday, April 25, 2015Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT

BBVA Compass Stadium (Houston, TX)MLS Regular Season Game 8

No. Pos. Name Pronunciation 1 GK Luis Marin muh-REEN 2 DEF Erik Palmer-Brown 3 DEF Ike Opara oh-PAR-ah 4 DEF Kevin Ellis 5 DEF Matt Besler BEEZ-ler 6 MID Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra 7 DEF Chance Myers 8 MID Graham Zusi ZOO-see 9 FWD Krisztian Nemeth KRIS-tee-ON NEY-muth 10 MID Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber 11 MID Bernardo Anor AHN-your 12 MID Mikey Lopez* 13 DEF Amadou Dia ah-mah-doo DEE-ah 14 FWD Dom Dwyer 15 DEF Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick 16 MID Servando Carrasco ser-VAWN-dough cuh-ROSS-co 17 DEF Saad Abdul-Salaam* sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM 18 FWD James Ansu Rogers 21 GK Jon Kempin* 22 MID Connor Hallisey HAL-iss-see 23 DEF Jalil Anibaba jah-LEEL ah-nee-bah-bah 27 MID Roger Espinoza 29 GK Tim Melia MEE-lia 37 FWD Jacob Peterson 71 DEF Marcel de Jong de YUNG 93 MID Soni Mustivar SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var 94 MID Jimmy Medranda muh-DRAHN-dah *on loan

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

Eastern Conference Pts W L T GD GP 1. New York Red Bulls 11 3 0 2 +5 52. D.C. United 11 3 1 2 +1 63. New England Revolution 11 3 2 2 –1 74. Columbus Crew SC 8 2 2 2 +3 65. Orlando City SC 8 2 3 2 –2 76. Chicago Fire 6 2 3 0 –2 57. New York City FC 6 1 3 3 –1 78. Philadelphia Union 6 1 4 3 –4 89. Toronto FC 3 1 4 0 –3 510. Montreal Impact 2 0 2 2 –4 4Western Conference Pts W L T GP 1. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 16 5 2 1 +3 82. FC Dallas 13 4 2 1 0 73. LA Galaxy 11 3 2 2 +1 74. Seattle Sounders FC 10 3 2 1 +4 65. San Jose Earthquakes 9 3 4 0 –2 76. Houston Dynamo 9 2 2 3 +2 77. Real Salt Lake 9 2 1 3 +1 68. Portland Timbers 9 2 2 3 0 79. Sporting Kansas City 9 2 2 3 –1 710. Colorado Rapids 6 1 2 3 0 6

2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY HOUSTON DYNAMO

2-2-3 (9 pts.)7t-5th in West60.86540.57+276 (19)25.0%8984130

RECORDGAMES PLAYED

CONFERENCE POSITIONGOALS

GOALS/GAMEASSISTS

GOALS ALLOWEDALLOWED/GAME

GOAL DIFFERENTIALSHOTS (ON GOAL)

ON GOAL %FOULS COMMITTED

FOULS SUFFEREDCAUTIONSEJECTIONS

2-2-3 (9 pts.)7

t-5th in West7

1.0098

1.14–1

90 (21)23.3%

8490

91

2015 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS


2 Barnes/Clark1 five players tied20 Giles Barnes6 Giles Barnes2 Giles Barnes1 Davis/Sarkodie14 Giles Barnes14 DaMarcus Beasley3 Clark/Sarkodie0

0.57 Tyler Deric2 Tyler Deric3 Tyler Deric27 Tyler Deric

GOALSASSISTSSHOTS

SHOTS ON GOALGAME-WINNING GOALS

GAME-WINNING ASSISTSFOULS COMMITTED

FOULS SUFFEREDCAUTIONSEJECTIONS

GOALS AGAINST AVG.WINS

SHUTOUTSSAVES

Nemeth/Opara 2 Benny Feilhaber 5

Dom Dwyer 21Dom Dwyer 7

Nemeth/Opara 1 Matt Besler 2

Dom Dwyer 12Dom Dwyer 25

nine players tied 1Matt Besler 1

Luis Marin 1.14 Luis Marin 2Luis Marin 3Luis Marin 19

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

PETER VERMES OWEN COYLE

1st season2-2-3 (.500)1st season2-2-3 (.500)

MLS EXPERIENCEMLS RECORD

YEAR WITH TEAMRECORD WITH TEAM

7th season (.549) 78-60-47

7th season (.549) 78-60-47

As of April 22, 2015

OUT:• Ike Opara (ruptured left Achilles tendon)

QUESTIONABLE:• Chance Myers (left Achilles)• Krisztian Nemeth (right hip bursitis)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT

Standings through April 22, 2015

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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 25, 2015 at Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

After representing the Eastern Conference in MLS Cup from 2011-2013, Sporting KC and the Houston Dynamo take their rivalry to the West for the first time in 2015. The Dynamo eliminated SKC from the playoffs in 2011 and 2012, but Peter Vermes’ men have held the upper hand ever since, losing just once to Houston in their last seven meetings (3-1-3). Furthermore, Sporting KC is undefeated in their last four trips to BBVA Compass Stadium (2-0-2), most notably delivering the Dynamo their first ever loss at the venue on May 12, 2013, to snap Houston’s MLS-record 36-game home unbeaten streak. Remarkably, Sporting KC has a 375-minute shutout streak at BBVA Compass Stadium dating back to the 2012 postseason. The clubs last met in the regular season on Aug. 29, 2014, at Sporting Park. The Dynamo secured a 3-1 victory with goals from Will Bruin, Ricardo Clark and David Horst. Dom Dwyer was on target for the hosts. It was the second match between the rivals in 2014, following SKC’s 2-0 win in Houston on June 6 that kick-started an eight-game unbeaten streak that lasted until Aug. 10. Date Score Result Location05/12/2013 KC 1 at HOU 0 W BBVA Compass Stadium05/26/2013 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Sporting Park10/09/2013 KC 0 at HOU 0 T BBVA Compass Stadium11/09/2013 (playoffs) KC 0 at HOU 0 T BBVA Compass Stadium11/23/2013 (playoffs) KC 2 vs HOU 1 W Sporting Park06/06/2014 KC 2 at HOU 0 W BBVA Compass Stadium08/29/2014 KC 1 vs HOU 3 L Sporting Park

#HOUvSKC: RECENT MEETINGSSporting KC - Team• One of five teams to make the MLS Cup Playoffs each of the last four

seasons (LA, NYR, SEA, RSL).• Has a 375-minute shutout streak at BBVA Compass Stadium dating

back to the 2012 postseason (2-0-2 record).• In the 2015 regular season, Sporting KC...

...lead MLS with 24 chances created from set plays, five assists from set plays, and four headed goals ...lead MLS with 458 duels won and 165 aerial duels won ...lead MLS with 193 interceptions, 33 more than any other team ...is tied for 2nd in MLS with 9 assists ...is 2nd in MLS with 136 tackles won ...is 2nd in MLS with 46 successful crosses/corners ...is 3rd in MLS with 73 chances created, 31 more than they have allowed ...ranks last in MLS with eight shots on goal in the second half

Sporting KC - Individual• Benny Feilhaber leads MLS with five assists.• Dom Dwyer leads MLS with 25 fouls suffered.• Matt Besler is tied for 2nd in MLS with two game-winning assists.• Benny Feilhaber and Matt Besler are the only two MLS players with

two assists from set plays.• Roger Espinoza is 3rd among MLS midfielders with 49 duels won.• Ike Opara leads MLS with 30 interceptions and ranks second with 33

aerial duels won.

Houston Dynamo - Team• In the 2015 regular season, Houston...

...has conceded the fewest goals in MLS (four) ...has conceded just one goal in four home matches (2-1-1) and leads MLS with three home clean sheets ...ranks second-to-last in shots on goal (19) and shooting accuracy (33.3%) ...ranks second-to-last with 365 passes per game

Houston Dynamo - Individual• Tyler Deric leads MLS with 27 total saves, 19 saves inside the box, and

a 0.57 goals against average.• Jermaine Taylor ranks third in MLS with 28 interceptions.• Brad Davis’ 345 regular season appearances are 6th most in MLS

history.• Brad Davis’ 113 assists in his regular season career are 4th most all-

time. His next assist will tie Carlos Valderrama for 3rd.• Brad Davis’ 27 game-winning assists at home are most in MLS history.

#HOUvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

• Manager Peter Vermes’ 78 regular season wins are tied for 12th most in MLS history. With a win Saturday, he will pass Tim Hankinson to take sole possession of 12th place.

• Dom Dwyer is one shy of 30 goals for his Sporting KC career in all competitions. He is currently ninth place on the club’s all-time scoring charts, one behind Scott Sealy and two behind Vitalis Takawira.

• Dom Dwyer is one shy of his 50th career MLS start for Sporting KC (including postseason). If he plays 76 minutes on Saturday, he will reach 5,000 minutes played for Sporting KC in all competitions.

• Roger Espinoza is one shy of his 100th regular season start for Sporting KC.

• Benny Feilhaber is one shy of his 75th MLS start for Sporting KC in all competitions.

• Paulo Nagamura is one shy of his 75th career MLS appearance for Sporting KC (including postseason).

• Bernardo Anor is one shy of 50 MLS regular season starts.• Luis Marin is set to make his eighth MLS appearance for Sporting KC

on Saturday. He would move into a tie for 10th all-time on the club’s chart for regular season games played in goal (Pat Harrington 1996, David Winner 1999).

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

• Dom Dwyer has scored in each of his last three matches against the Houston Dynamo. He scored the game-winner in the 2013 Eastern Conference Championship second leg at Sporting Park before netting in both regular season meetings last season.

• Brad Davis has six goals and six assists in 28 regular season appearances against Sporting KC. Davis’ 28 games played against SKC are second most among all active MLS players, two behind Montreal’s Justin Mapp.

• Will Bruin, Ricardo Clark and David Horst scored for Houston in a 3-1 win over Sporting KC on Aug. 29, 2014.

• Graham Zusi has four assists in 13 MLS appearances against Houston (including postseason).

• Benny Feilhaber has three assists in seven MLS appearances against Houston (including postseason).

#HOUvSKC: PLAYER PERFORMANCES

• Sporting KC’s Matt Besler and Graham Zusi were teammates with Houston’s DaMarcus Beasley and Brad Davis on the United States Men’s National Team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

• SKC midfielder Roger Espinoza was teammates with Houston midfielders Boniek Garcia and Luis Garrido on the Honduras Men’s National Team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

• Houston Dynamo first-year manager Owen Coyle coached Roger Espinoza at Wigan Athletic (England) in 2013.

• SKC midfielder Servando Carrasco played 20 matches for the Houston Dynamo from 2013-2014, including the second leg of the 2013 Eastern Conference Championship at Sporting Park. SKC won the match 2-1.

• SKC midfielder Benny Feilhaber and Houston midfielder Ricardo Clark were teammates on the United States Men’s National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

• Forwards Dom Dwyer and Giles Barnes were both born in London.• Jalil Anibaba and Rob Lovejoy were college teammates at North Carolina

in 2010.• Nathan Sturgis was formerly teammates with Paulo Nagamura (LA Galaxy,

2006) and Jacob Peterson (Toronto FC, 2011).

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTESSKC ON THE ROAD SATURDAY TO FACE HOUSTON DYNAMO Sporting KC concludes its two-game road trip with a visit to the Houston Dynamo on Saturday at BBVA Compass Stadium. In a five-way tie for fifth place in the Western Conference, Sporting KC (2-2-3, 9 points) and the Houston Dynamo (2-2-3, 9 points) continue their rivalry in the Western Conference after joining from the East at the conclusion of 2014. The clubs met in the postseason three straight years from 2011-2013 and split last year’s regular season series 1-1. Peter Vermes’ squad is undefeated in each of their last four matches at BBVA Compass Stadium (2-0-2), including a 2-0 triumph last June that kick-started an eight-game unbeaten run. Sporting KC has not allowed a goal at the venue in 375 minutes dating back to the 2012 postseason. Led by first-year manager Owen Coyle, the Dynamo have conceded a league-low four goals, including just one in four home games. Homegrown goalkeeper Tyler Deric leads MLS with 27 saves and a 0.57 goals against average, while also winning MLS Save of the Week three times in 2015. Meanwhile, Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber and forward Krisztian Nemeth enter the match in strong form themselves. Feilhaber leads the league with five assists, while Nemeth has scored twice in the last three games in his first MLS season.

FAMILIAR FOES Sporting KC has faced Houston 15 times since the beginning of 2011, more than any other MLS opponent. This includes five postseason games when the clubs squared off in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs. Sporting KC holds the narrow edge with a 5-4-6 overall record and just one loss in the last seven meetings. Sporting KC is 2-2-2 at BBVA Compass Stadium, a venue where Houston has amassed a 33-10-11 record in MLS (including playoffs)

CREATIVE KINGS SQUARE OFF Saturday’s contest features two of Major League Soccer’s best playmakers during the modern era. Sporting KC’s Graham Zusi and Houston’s Brad Davis, who played together for the United States at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, lead MLS in total chances created (329 each) and chances created from set play (172 each) since the beginning of 2011.

LAST TIME OUT: SKC SUFFERS LATE LOSS AT LA Sporting KC lost their match of the season last Saturday with a late 2-1 defeat at defending MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy. Substitue Omar Gonzalez scored the game-winning goal in the 94th minute after Baggio Husidic and Krisztian Nemeth were on target in the first half. Winners of three of the past four MLS Cup championships, LA (3-2-2, 11 points) extended their 26-game unbeaten streak at StubHub Center and jumped to third place in the Western Conference, two points above Sporting KC. The Galaxy went ahead in the eighth minute when Husidic pounced on a rebound for his first goal of the year. Luis Marin parried a low shot from Stefan Ishizaki, but Husidic was on hand to convert the simple finish. Sporting KC responded with a well-orchestrated equalizer, unlocking the Galaxy defense through the combination play of Dom Dwyer and Benny Feilhaber to set up Nemeth for his second goal in three games. Dwyer cut inside from the right wing and picked out Feilhaber near the penalty mark. The 30-year-old veteran squared a first-time pass into space for Nemeth, and the Hungarian calmly chipped the outrushing Jaime Pinedo to level the scoreline. Feilhaber now leads MLS with five assists in 2015, while Nemeth moves into the team lead with two goals in his debut MLS campaign. With four minutes of stoppage time added to the second half, LA grabbed all three points in the game’s final play. Juninho’s corner kick fell to Gonzalez, whose shot deflected off Bernardo Anor and into the net.

IN-FORM FEILHABER FAST TO FIVE ASSISTS In a season of mixed results thus far for Sporting Kansas City – nine points through seven games and a tie for fifth in the Western Conference standings – one player may have separated himself as an early team MVP and MLS Best XI candidate. Midfielder Benny Feilhaber sits atop the league’s assist chart with five, at least two more than any other player. From a playmaking perspective, he is off to one of the best starts in club history. At LA Galaxy last Saturday, he became the second fastest player to reach the five assist mark, doing so in his seventh league appearance of 2015. Feilhaber’s role in Krisztian Nemeth’s 22nd-minute strike also marked the second time in Sporting KC history that one player has assisted five of the team’s first seven goals in a season. The only other player to accomplish that feat is winger Graham Zusi, who needed just four games to reach five assists in 2012 and also set up five of the club’s first seven goals that year. With 27 regular season matches still to play in 2015, Feilhaber is two assists shy of equaling his career-high, set in 2011 during his first MLS campaign with the New England Revolution.

ROAD WARRIORS Sporting KC has won 30 away matches in MLS since the beginning of 2011, more than any other club, including eight road wins in each of the previous three regular seasons. Their 24 road wins from 2012-2014 are the most of any MLS club over a three-year span during the non-shootout era (2000-present). Coincidentally, the 1-0 victory over New York City FC on March 28 was Sporting KC’s 300th regular season road game and the team’s 100th road win across all competition in club history.

IN-FORM DEFENDER IKE OPARA SIDELINED WITH RUPTURED ACHILLES Sporting KC announced on April 13 that defender Ike Opara has been diagnosed with a ruptured Achilles tendon in his left ankle. He suffered the injury in the 81st minute of Saturday’s scoreless draw between Sporting KC and Real Salt Lake at Sporting Park. The 26-year-old centerback had played every minute of the team’s first six games until that point after coming back from a season-ending surgery in his right ankle one year ago. Opara leads Sporting KC – and all MLS defenders – with two goals in 2015, while also anchoring a backline that has three shutouts and has conceded the fewest shots per game (9.83) of any team in the league this season. In addition, he leads all MLS players in 2015 with 30 interceptions and 33 aerials won, while ranking second in duels won (55). He was named to MLSsoccer.com’s Team of the Week in three of the season’s first four weeks and finished third in MLS Player of the Month voting for March. Opara’s two goals this season bring his goal total to six across all competitions since he joined the club in 2013 from San Jose. The 6-foot-2 centerback has proven particularly dangerous on set pieces, as all six of his goals have been headers. Opara’s five MLS goals over the last three regular seasons are tied for third most among defenders, one behind Jordan Harvey (Vancouver) and Matt Hedges (Dallas). Opara has been a key contributor for teams that have won the NCAA National Championship (Wake Forest, 2007), Supporters’ Shield (San Jose, 2012) and MLS Cup (Sporting KC, 2013). At the international level, he represented the United States at the 2009 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Egypt and was also a member of the U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team during Olympic qualifying in 2012.

GOALKEEPER JON KEMPIN JOINS U.S. U-23’S FOR MEXICO FRIENDLY Jon Kempin joined the United States Under-23 Men’s National Team roster for Wednesday’s match against Mexico’s U-23 National Team at StubHub Stadium in Carson, California. Currently on loan with the San Antonio Scorpions of the North American Soccer League, Kempin was one of two goalkeepers on the 20-player roster selected by head coach Andi Herzog as the U-23 team prepared for the 2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying championship from Oct. 1-13. The tournament will be held in the U.S. and will determine the region’s representatives at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Kempin, 22, was a member of the U.S. Men’s National Team earlier this year for the first time ever after previously representing the United States at the Under-14 through Under-23 levels. The Leawood, Kansas, native is a product of the Sporting KC Academy and became the team’s first homegrown player at age 17. Now in his sixth professional season, Kempin played five games for Sporting KC in 2014, including his debuts in MLS and the CONCACAF Champions League. He became the youngest goalkeeper to start an MLS match in club history and earned back-to-back MLS Save of the Week honors in his first two appearances last August.

DEFENDER ERIK PALMER-BROWN JOINS U.S. U-20’S IN AUSTRIA Sporting KC defender Erik Palmer-Brown has joined the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team for a training camp in Linz, Austria. Led by head coach Tab Ramos, the U.S. departed for Europe last Saturday before drawing the Qatar U-20’s 2-2 on Tuesday. Palmer-Brown and the U.S. will conclude the training camp Saturday against the Croatia U-20’s at Red Bull Arena in Wals-Siezenheim, Austria. Palmer-Brown is one of six defenders on the 20-player roster gathered in preparation for the start of the 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup next month. The United States will play Myanmar (May 30), New Zealand (June 2) and Ukraine (June 5) in Group A of the 24-team competition. Palmer-Brown has appeared in seven matches for Sporting KC across all competition, including the team’s 2015 season opener. The 17-year-old is the youngest player to appear in Major League Soccer each of the past two seasons and he most recently represented the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team in March during a training camp in England.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED)LOAN RECAP: LATE WIN FOR OKC, LATE LOSS FOR SAN ANTONIO On the same night that Sporting KC conceded a last-minute goal to lose 2-1 at LA Galaxy, on-loan midfielder Mikey Lopez was on the winning side of late-game dramatics on Saturday. Lopez played the entirety of OKC Energy FC’s 2-1 come-from-behind win over Seattle Sounders FC 2 before a sellout crowd of 6,797 at Oklahoma City’s newly renovated Taft Stadium. Jimmy Nielsen’s men are undefeated (2-0-1, 7 points) through three matches of the USL season, each of which Lopez has started. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Kempin and Saad Abdul-Salaam started and played 90 minutes as the San Antonio Scorpions (0-2-0, 0 points) lost 2-1 to Indy Eleven at Toyota Field in San Antonio. It was the second straight match in which both players went the distance for the defending North American Soccer League champions.Mikey Lopez (OKC) USL Stats: 3 GP, 3 GS, 252 MINSaad Abdul-Salaam (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 2 GP, 2 GS, 180 MINJon Kempin (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 2 GP, 180 MIN, 2.50 GAA, 5 saves

WINNING THE DUEL In a 3-1 loss at FC Dallas on March 14, Sporting KC lost 61 percent (69 of 113) of the game’s duels, marking the largest negative discrepancy in duels for Sporting KC since Opta began tracking MLS statistics in 2011. Following the match, Sporting KC responded with two consecutive performances in which they set MLS season-highs for duels won. Peter Vermes’ men won 72 duels in a 0-0 draw against Portland before winning 78 in a win at New York City FC. Sporting KC has out-dueled each of their last five opponents and leads MLS with 458 duels won entering Week 8.

SPORTING KC A SET PIECE THREAT Through the first seven weeks of the season, Sporting KC has been one of the league’s most dangerous teams on set pieces. In addition to scoring three goals directly off set pieces, the team has accumulated numerous statistics that illustrate their set piece prowess.

• Sporting KC leads MLS with 24 chances created from set plays (nine more than any other team) and five assists from set plays

• Sporting KC leads MLS with four headed goals• Benny Feilhaber and Matt Besler are the only two MLS players with

two assists from set plays. Besler has contributed to Sporting KC’s set piece threat with his trademark long throws into the penalty area. Six of Besler’s nine career assists for the club have come from throw-ins, including his setup of Ike Opara’s game-winner against New York City FC on March 28. A week later, Besler made it two game-winning assists in as many games, flicking on a corner kick to set up Krisztian Nemeth’s late goal in a 3-2 win over Philadelphia on April 5. It was the first time in his professional career that Besler recorded an assist in two straight games.

STADIUM CRASHERS On March 28, Sporting KC delivered New York City FC their first ever defeat at Yankee Stadium with a 1-0 result. Sporting KC has now handed MLS opponents their first loss at a new stadium at seven different venues, including a penalty shootout win against San Jose in 1996. Opponent Date Venue of 1st loss ResultSan Jose Earthquakes April 21, 1996 Spartan Stadium T 2-2Houston Dynamo April 8, 2006 Robertson Stadium W 2-1Toronto FC April 28, 2007 BMO Field W 1-0Seattle Sounders April 11, 2009 CenturyLink Field W 1-0Real Salt Lake May 16, 2009 Rio Tinto Stadium W 2-0Houston Dynamo May 12, 2013 BBVA Compass Stadium W 1-0New York City FC March 28, 2015 Yankee Stadium W 1-0

RULING THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Following a 1-0 win at New York City on March 28, Sporting KC moved to 7-1-2 in their first meetings against expansion (or relocated*) clubs during Major League Soccer’s expansion era (2005-present) . The list below excludes the San Jose Earthquakes, who took a two year hiatus from 2006-07 before returning to MLS in 2008.Opponent Date Venue ResultChivas USA June 1, 2005 StubHub Center T 1-1Real Salt Lake July 16, 2005 Arrowhead Stadium W 3-2Houston Dynamo* April 8, 2006 Robertson Stadium W 2-1Toronto FC April 25, 2007 Arrowhead Stadium W 3-0Seattle Sounders FC April 11, 2009 CenturyLink Field W 1-0Philadelphia Union June 10, 2010 CommunityAmerica Ballpark W 2-0Vancouver Whitecaps April 2, 2011 Empire Field T 3-3Portland Timbers July 2, 2011 Providence Park W 2-1Montreal Impact May 5, 2012 Sporting Park L 2-0New York City FC March 28, 2015 Yankee Stadium W 1-0

SPORTING KC REACHES 1,000 GOALS IN ALL COMPETITIONS In addition to being the club’s 1,000th goal across all competitions in team history, Krisztian Nemeth’s 94th-minute match-winner on April 5 against the Philadelphia Union bore league-wide significance. It was the first MLS match in which both teams scored at least two goals from set pieces since September 2009.Sporting KC milestone goals (all competitions)Goal Scorer Date Opponent1st Vitalis Takawira 04/13/1996 Colorado Rapids100th Edmundo Rodriguez 06/21/1997 D.C. United200th Preki 07/31/1999 San Jose Clash300th Roy Lassiter 08/12/2001 Colorado Rapids400th Stephen Armstrong 07/04/2003 Colorado Rapids500th Own goal 05/21/2005 D.C. United600th Jose Burciaga 05/05/2007 Columbus Crew700th Own goal 06/24/2009 New England Revolution800th Kei Kamara 08/21/2011 D.C. United900th Graham Zusi 07/07/2013 Chicago Fire1000th Krisztian Nemeth 04/05/2015 Philadelphia Union

HISTORIC COMEBACK Sporting KC’s 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Union on April 5 was just the seventh in MLS history by a team that trailed entering stoppage time. The last time Kansas City pulled off such a reversal was Sept. 17, 2007, when Eddie Johnson (93’) and Scott Sealy (94’) condemned the Columbus Crew to a 3-2 defeat.All-time MLS comeback wins in stoppage timeDate Result Score at 90 min Venue04/08/2000 DC 3-2 CHI 1-2 RFK Stadium04/21/2001 DAL 3-2 CHI 1-2 Cotton Bowl07/27/2003 NE 2-4 DC 2-1 Gillette Stadium09/15/2007 KC 3-2 CLB 1-2 Arrowhead Stadium10/15/2011 DC 1-2 CHI 1-0 RFK Stadium06/29/2013 SJ 3-2 LA 1-2 Stanford Stadium04/05/2015 KC 3-2 PHI 1-2 Sporting Park

LEAVING IT LATE Krisztian Nemeth’s 94th-minute strike against the Philadelphia Union on April 5 enters the annals as the latest game-winning goal Kansas City has ever scored at Sporting Park. It was the fifth-latest goal in the club’s regular season history and their third latest game-winner.Sporting KC’s latest game-winning goals at Sporting ParkDate Result Scorer Minute04/05/2015 KC 3-2 PHI Krisztian Nemeth 94+04/05/2013 KC 1-0 DC Claudio Bieler 8903/25/2011 KC 2-1 DAL Kei Kamara 8808/31/2013 KC 2-1 COL Graham Zusi 8809/01/2012 KC 2-1 TOR Oriol Rosell 87Sporting KC’s latest stoppage time goals in regular season historyDate Result Scorer Min. Venue07/20/2013 RSL 1-2 KC Ike Opara* 97+ Rio Tinto Stadium09/28/2012 KC 2-0 CHI Graham Zusi 96+ Sporting Park09/22/2010 KC 4-3 HOU Josh Wolff* 96+ CommunityAmerica Ballpark05/04/2014 KC 2-0 CLB Claudio Bieler 95+ Sporting Park04/05/2015 KC 3-2 PHI Krisztian Nemeth* 94+ Sporting Park09/15/2007 KC 3-2 CLB Scott Sealy* 94+ Arrowhead Stadium

*Game-winning goal

SKC SUFFOCATES REAL SALT LAKE IN SCORELESS STALEMATE The first of three regular season meetings in 2015 between Sporting KC and Real Salt Lake ended in a 0-0 draw on April 11 at Sporting Park. Peter Vermes’ men controlled proceedings, holding Real Salt Lake to zero shots on goal, but were unable to find a goal themselves. Several statistics from the match highlight Sporting KC’s upper hand:

• RSL logged one chance created, the team’s fewest in the Opta era (2011-present). Conversely, Sporting KC created 10 chances.

• RSL’s four total shots were the second fewest in team history. Three of those four were from at least 30 yards out; two were blocked by defenders.

• RSL was held to zero shots on goal for only the fourth time ever.• Sporting KC held an opponent to zero shots on goal for only the ninth

time in team history (first time since May 5, 2013).• Sporting KC wasn’t required to make a single clearance in the first half.

Their zero clearances were the fewest in a single half during the Opta era (2011-present). The previous low was four.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED)OPTA: SPORTING KC 2015 REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS TEAMStatistic # Opponent Date ResultShots 18 New York Red Bulls 3/8/15 T 1-1Shots on goal 6 Philadelphia Union 4/5/15 W 3-2Chances created 15 New York Red Bulls 3/8/15 T 1-1Passes successful 368 Philadelphia Union 4/5/15 W 3-2Passing accuracy 78.8% Portland Timbers 3/21/15 T 0-0Corners 8 Philadelphia Union 4/5/15 W 3-2Possession 67.6% Philadelphia Union 4/5/15 W 3-2Duels won 78 New York City FC 3/28/15 W 1-0Tackles won 29 Philadelphia Union 4/5/15 W 3-2Interceptions 37 New York Red Bulls 3/8/15 T 1-1 New York City FC 3/28/15 W 1-0Shots faced (high) 14 New York Red Bulls 3/8/15 T 1-1Shots faced (low) 4 Real Salt Lake 4/11/15 T 0-0Fouls committed 16 FC Dallas 3/14/15 L 3-1Fouls suffered 17 New York Red Bulls 3/8/15 T 1-1

INDIVIDUALStatistic # Player Date Opp.Shots 6 Dom Dwyer 4/5/15 PHIShots on goal 4 Dom Dwyer 4/5/15 PHIChances created 5 Dom Dwyer 3/8/15 NYR Graham Zusi 3/8/15 NYR Benny Feilhaber 4/11/15 RSLPasses successful 70 Matt Besler 4/5/15 PHICorners 7 Benny Feilhaber 4/5/15 PHIOpen play crosses 9 Marcel de Jong 4/11/15 RSLDribbles completed 4 Roger Espinoza 3/21/15 POR Graham Zusi 3/21/15 PORDuels won 13 Ike Opara 3/28/15 @ NYC Ike Opara 4/11/15 RSLTackles won 6 Jimmy Medranda 4/5/15 PHIInterceptions 9 Kevin Ellis 3/14/15 @ DAL Ike Opara 3/28/15 NYCClearances 15 Ike Opara 3/28/15 NYCHeaded clearances 10 Ike Opara 3/28/15 NYC Matt Besler 4/18/15 @ LAFouls committed 4 Benny Feilhaber 3/14/15 @ DAL Roger Espinoza 3/21/15 PORFouls suffered 6 Dom Dwyer 3/28/15 @ NYC Dom Dwyer 4/11/15 RSLSaves 4 Luis Marin (twice) 4/5/15 PHI 4/18/15 @ LA2015 MEDIA RECOGNITIONSJalil AnibabaWeek 5 (4/6) Goal.com Team of the WeekMarcel de JongWeek 3 (3/23) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the WeekDom DwyerWeek 5 (4/6) Goal.com Team of the WeekRoger EspinozaWeek 2 (3/16) Bleacher Report Team of the WeekWeek 3 (3/23) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the WeekWeek 5 (4/6) Goal.com Team of the WeekBenny FeilhaberWeek 1 (3/9) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the WeekWeek 4 (3/30) Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the WeekWeek 6 (4/13) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the WeekIke OparaWeek 1 (3/9) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Soccer By Ives Best XIWeek 3 (3/23) MLSsoccer.com Team of the WeekWeek 4 (3/30) Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the WeekMarch Soccer By Ives Player of the MonthWeek 6 (4/13) Goal.com Team of the Week

SPORTING PARK SELLOUT STREAK Sporting Park has sold out 57 consecutive MLS matches (including playoffs) dating back to March 2012 and 69 of 78 overall since opening in June 2011. Sporting KC has set new regular season attendance records in each of the last four years, eclipsing 20,00 spectators per game in 2014. In 77 MLS matches played at the venue, Sporting Park is averaging 19,367 spectators -- 104.9 percent of its 18,467-seat capacity. Sporting KC’s average home attendance in 2014 was at 108.7 percent capacity, the best mark in MLS.

OFFSEASON OVERHAULA roster makeover during the offseason saw Sporting KC acquire 13 new players and part ways with 15 members from last year’s squad. While retaining its veteran core – Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Seth Sinovic and Chance Myers – the club made multiple signings at each position.New goalkeepers (2): Luis Marin (31), a Chilean international (eight caps) with 12 years of professional experience in his native country and Sporting KC’s current holder of the No. 1 jersey; Tim Melia (28), a sixth-year MLS veteran who was a League Pool Goalkeeper in 2014 and received a call-up from Sporting KC last summer.New defenders (4): Jalil Anibaba (26), a versatile veteran who has started more than 100 MLS matches over four years with Chicago and Seattle; Saad Abdul-Salaam (23), a right back out of Akron selected 12th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; Amadou Dia (21), a left back out of Clemson selected 20th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; Marcel de Jong (28), a Canadian international (33 caps) who has played each of the last four years at FC Augsburg of the German Bundesliga.New midfielders (3): Roger Espinoza (28), a Honduran international (46 caps) and MLS All-Star who played in Kansas City from 2008-2012 before joining Wigan Athletic in England; Servando Carrasco (26), an MLS veteran who played 60 games over four years with Seattle and Houston; Soni Mustivar (25), a Haiti international who has played each of the last three seasons with Petrolul Ploiesti in the Romanian first division.New forwards (4): Bernardo Anor (26), a fifth-year veteran who played 72 MLS matches and scored 12 goals in Columbus; Krisztian Nemeth (26), a Hungarian international (15 caps) with nearly 10 years of professional experience across Europe; Connor Hallisey (22), a winger out of California selected 10th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; James Ansu Rogers (21), a winger out of New Mexico selected 53rd overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

SUCCESS IN KANSAS CITY Sporting KC is in their 20th season as one of nine active charter members in Major League Soccer. Led by seventh-year Manager Peter Vermes, Sporting KC is the only club to win an MLS Cup (2013), a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2012) and multiple conference regular season titles (2011, 2012) since 2006. Vermes has guided the team to four straight postseason appearances and 69 MLS victories (including playoffs) since 2011, third most in the league. During that time, Sporting KC has recorded a league-best 30 road wins. In addition to winning championships, the club has seen many of its current players earn individual accolades. Winger Graham Zusi was named MLS Breakout Player of the Year in 2011, while captain Matt Besler received MLS Defender of the Year recognition in 2012. A pair of three-time MLS All-Stars, Zusi (28 caps) and Besler (25 caps) are veterans of the United States Men’s National Team and signed Designated Player contracts with Sporting KC last July after competing at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Last year, Dwyer scored 22 MLS goals and 24 goals in all competitions to set new single-season records for the club. The 24-year-old has scored 51 goals in all competitions since the start of 2013—29 with Sporting KC and 22 with former USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. Now entering his fourth year in Kansas City, Dwyer signed a contract extension during this offseason. Sporting KC also welcomes back Honduran international midfielder Roger Espinoza, who played five seasons for the team from 2008-2012. After becoming an MLS All-Star in 2012, Espinoza moved to Wigan Athletic where he won the 2013 FA Cup title and made 57 total appearances across the English Premier League, English Championship, UEFA Europa League and domestic cups. He is the only active MLS player to have competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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Sporting KC regular season record vs. Houston Dynamo: 5-7-8Home games: 2-4-4 (12 GF, 13 GA)Road games: 3-3-4 (10 GF, 12 GA)

Date Score Result Location04/08/2006 KC 2 at HOU 1 W Robertson Stadium07/15/2006 KC 2 vs HOU 3 L Arrowhead Stadium06/24/2007 KC 0 vs HOU 1 L Arrowhead Stadium09/01/2007 KC 1 at HOU 1 T Robertson Stadium04/12/2008 KC 0 vs HOU 0 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark09/07/2008 KC 1 at HOU 3 L Robertson Stadium07/04/2009 KC 0 vs HOU 1 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark10/04/2009 KC 1 at HOU 1 T Robertson Stadium05/01/2010 KC 0 at HOU 3 L Robertson Stadium09/22/2010 KC 4 vs HOU 3 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark07/16/2011 KC 1 at HOU 1 T Robertson Stadium09/10/2011 KC 3 vs HOU 0 W Sporting Park07/07/2012 KC 0 vs HOU 0 T Sporting Park07/18/2012 KC 1 at HOU 2 L BBVA Compass Stadium09/14/2012 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Sporting Park05/12/2013 KC 1 at HOU 0 W BBVA Compass Stadium05/26/2013 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Sporting Park10/09/2013 KC 0 at HOU 0 T BBVA Compass Stadium06/06/2014 KC 2 at HOU 0 W BBVA Compass Stadium08/29/2014 KC 1 vs HOU 3 L Sporting Park

Sporting KC postseason record vs. Houston Dynamo: 2-3-1Home games: 2-1-0 (3 GF, 3 GA)Road games: 0-2-1 (0 GF, 4 GA)

Date Score Result Location11/10/2007 KC 0 at HOU 2 L Robertson Stadium11/06/2011 KC 0 vs HOU 2 L Sporting Park11/04/2012 KC 0 at HOU 2 L BBVA Compass Stadium11/07/2012 KC 1 vs HOU 0 W Sporting Park11/09/2013 KC 0 at HOU 0 T BBVA Compass Stadium11/23/2013 KC 2 vs HOU 1 W Sporting Park

ALL-TIME MLS RESULTS

HOUSTON DYNAMO

Category 1 2 OT TotalGoals 12 13 0 25 Shots 94 113 9 207 Shots on Goal 39 40 0 79Fouls 130 118 0 248Offsides 37 28 0 65Corner Kicks 56 53 0 109

Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 6 16 0 22Shots 110 137 0 247Shots on Goal 40 48 0 88Fouls 125 138 0 263Offsides 16 18 0 34 Corner Kicks 58 56 0 114

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS


Brad Davis 5Brad Davis 5

Brad Davis 32Brad Davis 13Brad Davis 20Brad Davis 32

Pat Onstad 4Hall/Onstad 2 Pat Onstad 3

Tally Hall 31Pat Onstad 10

GOALSASSISTSSHOTS

SHOTS ON GOALFOULS COMMITTED

FOULS SUFFERED

WINSLOSSES

SHUTOUTS SAVES

GOALS ALLOWED

3 Bunbury/Kamara3 Harrington/Zusi32 Kei Kamara13 Kei Kamara16 Aurelien Collin14 Davy Arnaud

3 Jimmy Nielsen3 Kevin Hartman4 Jimmy Nielsen23 Kevin Hartman11 Jimmy Nielsen

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS


Carr/Jaqua 2three players tied 2

(4/8/06) Brian Ching 8five players tied 3

seven players tied 4(5/12/13) Ricardo Clark 6

(twice) Tally Hall 7(9/22/10) Pat Onstad 4

GOALSASSISTSSHOTS

SHOTS ON GOALFOULS COMMITTED

FOULS SUFFERED

SAVESGOALS ALLOWED

2 Teal Bunbury (9/10/11)2 Harrington/Zusi10 C.J. Sapong (9/14/12)4 Johnson/Sapong6 Santiago Hirsig (7/4/09)5 three players tied

7 Kevin Hartman (9/7/08)3 five players tied

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT TotalKC 1 1 4 2 7 7 0 22HOU 2 6 4 4 6 3 0 25

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL

SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS

CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS

57Dating back to March 2012

(including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

98

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72 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 10 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

including penalty shootout wins in2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE

19,36778 MLS matches since 2011

(including postseason)

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES

104.978 MLS matches since 2011

Seating capacity: 18,467

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED

147in 98 matches played at the stadium

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKERPlayers In Players Out

Bernardo Anor (trade - 12/8/14) Antonio Dovale (option declined - 11/25/14)

Jalil Anibaba (trade - 12/12/14) Christian Duke (option declined - 11/25/14)

James Marcelin (signing - 12/16/14) Andy Gruenebaum (option declined - 11/25/14)

Luis Marin (signing - 12/18/14) Michael Kafari (option declined - 11/25/14)

Krisztian Nemeth (signing - 12/18/14) Eric Kronberg (option declined - 11/25/14)

Tim Melia (signing - 12/23/14) Victor Munoz (option declined - 11/25/14)

Roger Espinoza (signing - 1/6/15) Sal Zizzo (option declined - 11/25/14)

Connor Hallisey (SuperDraft - 1/15/15) Lawrence Olum (out of contract - 11/25/14)

Saad Abdul-Salaam (SuperDraft - 1/15/15) Martin Steuble (out of contract - 11/25/14)

Servando Carrasco (trade - 1/27/15) Aurelien Collin (trade - 12/8/14)

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

Amadou Dia (SuperDraft - 2/18/15) Soony Saad (out of contract - 1/1/15)

James Ansu Rogers (SuperDraft - 2/25/15) Igor Juliao (loan ends - 1/1/15)

Marcel de Jong (signing - 3/2/15) Claudio Bieler (out of contract - 1/20/15)

Jorge Claros (waived - 2/24/15)

James Marcelin (waived - 2/24/15)

DATE IN/OUT DETAILSNov. 25: OUT Sporting KC declines contract options for M Christian Duke, M Antonio Dovale, GK Andy Gruenebaum, M Michael Kafari, GK Eric Kronberg, M Victor Munoz and F Sal Zizzo; M Lawrence Olum and M Martin Steuble leave club out of contractDec. 8: IN Sporting KC acquires M Bernardo Anor from Columbus Crew SCDec. 8: OUT Sporting KC trades D Aurelien Collin to Orlando City SC; trades F C.J. Sapong to Philadelphia UnionDec. 12: IN Sporting KC signs D Jalil Anibaba after acquiring his rights from Orlando City SC (2014 MLS Expansion Draft)Dec. 16: IN Sporting KC signs M James MarcelinDec. 17 Sporting KC signs F Dom Dwyer to contract extensionDec. 18: IN Sporting KC signs GK Luis Marin and F Krisztian NemethDec. 23: IN Sporting KC signs GK Tim MeliaJan. 1: OUT F Soony Saad leaves club out of contract; D Igor Juliao leaves club as loan expiresJan. 6: IN Sporting KC signs M Roger EspinozaJan. 15: IN Sporting KC selects M Connor Hallisey (10th overall), D Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th overall) and D Amadou Dia (20th overall) in the first round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Hallisey and Abdul-Salaam signed with MLS prior to the draft and were automatically added to Sporting KC’s roster.Jan. 15: Sporting KC signs F Jacob Peterson to new contractJan. 20: OUT F Claudio Bieler leaves club out of contractJan. 20: IN Sporting KC selects M James Ansu Rogers (53rd overall) and D Tony Rocha (73rd overall) in the third and fourth rounds of the 2015 MLS SuperDraftJan. 27: IN Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis to new contract; signs M Servando Carrasco after acquiring his rights from Houston DynamoFeb. 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Soni MustivarFeb. 18: IN Sporting KC signs D Amadou Dia, the 20th overall pick (first round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraftFeb. 24: OUT Sporting KC waives M Jorge Claros and M James MarcelinFeb. 25: IN Sporting KC signs F James Ansu Rogers, the 53rd overall pick (third round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraftMarch 2: IN Sporting KC signs D Marcel de JongMarch 20: LOAN Sporting KC loans GK Jon Kempin to San Antonio Scorpions (NASL)March 24: LOAN Sporting KC loans M Mikey Lopez to OKC Energy FC (USL)April 1: LOAN Sporting KC loans D Saad Abdul-Salaam to San Antonio Scorpions (NASL)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITYYear MLS SuperDraft Signings Trades Homegrown Players MLS Lottery Draft

2008 Chance Myers (1st)

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

2010 Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011 Seth Sinovic (5/10/11) Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

2012 Dom Dwyer (16th) Jacob Peterson (1/19/12) Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

2013 Mikey Lopez (14th) Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13) Benny Feilhaber (12/11/12)Ike Opara (12/12/12)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

2015 Connor Hallisey (10th)Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th)Amadou Dia (20th)James Ansu Rogers (53rd)

Luis Marin (12/18/14)Krisztian Nemeth (12/18/14)Tim Melia (12/23/14)Roger Espinoza (1/6/15)Soni Mustivar (2/16/15)Marcel de Jong (3/2/15)

Bernardo Anor (12/8/14)Jalil Anibaba (12/12/14)Servando Carrasco (1/27/15)

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DATE OPPONENT COMPETITION TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS ATTENDANCE

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

Saturday, March 14 at FC Dallas MLS L 1-3 Espinoza 44 14,149

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

Saturday, March 28 at New York City FC MLS W 1-0 Opara 12 27,454

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

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

Saturday, April 18 at LA Galaxy MLS L 1-2 Nemeth 22 20,018

Saturday, April 25 at Houston Dynamo MLS 7:30 KMCI, SKCTV

SUNDAY, MAY 3 CHICAGO FIRE MLS 4:00 ESPN2

Saturday, May 9 at D.C. United MLS 6:00 KMCI, SKCTV

SATURDAY, MAY 16 COLORADO RAPIDS MLS 7:30 KMCI, SKCTV

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION MLS 7:00 ESPN2

Saturday, May 23 at Seattle Sounders FC MLS 9:00 KMCI, SKCTV

FRIDAY, MAY 29 FC DALLAS MLS 8:00 KMCI, Unimas

SATURDAY, JUNE 6 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC MLS 7:30 KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, June 16-17 TBD U.S. Open Cup (4th Round)

Sunday, June 21 at Real Salt Lake MLS 9:00 Fox Sports 1

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

Tue/Wed, June 30-July 1 TBD U.S. Open Cup (5th Round)

Sunday, July 12 at Vancouver Whitecaps MLS 8:00 KMCI, SKCTV

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

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

Friday, July 24 at Real Salt Lake MLS 10:00 KMCI, Unimas

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

Saturday, Aug. 8 at Toronto FC MLS 3:00 KMCI, SKCTV

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

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

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

Saturday, Aug. 22 at Columbus Crew SC MLS 6:30 KMCI, SKCTV

Saturday, Aug. 29 at Colorado Rapids MLS 8:00 KMCI, SKCTV

Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Portland Timbers MLS 9:30 KMCI, SKCTV

Sunday, Sept. 13 at Orlando City SC MLS 6:00 Fox Sports 1

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

Wednesday, Sept. 23 at Houston Dynamo MLS 7:30 KMCI, SKCTV

SUNDAY, SEPT. 27 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC MLS 4:00 ESPN2

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

Saturday, Oct. 3 at Portland Timbers MLS 9:30 KMCI, SKCTV

Friday, Oct. 16 at San Jose Earthquakes MLS 10:00 KMCI, SKCTV

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sat/Sun, Dec. 5-6/12-13 MLS Cup Final MLS Cup Playoffs

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES

March 8, 2015: Sporting KC 1-1 New York Red BullsMLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 19,784 (54th straight sellout)Weather: 70 degrees and sunny

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

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (c), Ike Opara, Amadou Dia; Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber, Krisztian Nemeth (Jacob Peterson 77); Bernardo Anor (Paulo Nagamura 61), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (Erik Palmer-Brown 85)Subs not used: Tim Melia, Connor Hallisey, Jalil Anibaba, Jimmy Medranda

New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Damien Perrinelle, Ronald Zubar (Matt Miazga 77), Roy Miller, Chris Duvall; Sacha Kljestan, Felipe (Anatole Bertrand Abang 84), Lloyd Sam, Dax McCarty (c), Mike Grella (Sal Zizzo 68); Bradley Wright-PhillipsSubs not used: Kyle Reynish, Sean Davis, Leo Stolz, Dane Richards

Stats Summary SKC NYRShots (on goal) 18 (4) 14 (4)Saves 3 3Fouls 10 17Offside 0 5Corner Kicks 6 9 Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; reckless tackle) 30SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; tactical foul) 70SKC -- Matt Besler (ejection; second caution) 70NYR -- Bradley Wright-Phillips (caution; tactical foul) 80NYR -- Sacha Kljestan (caution; reckless tackle) 86

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Ike Opara 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 50NYR -- Lloyd Sam 1 (Felipe 1) 54

March 14, 2015: Sporting KC 1-3 FC DallasMLS Regular Season | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX

Attendance: 14,149Weather: 57 degrees and cloudy

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

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Amadou Dia, Kevin Ellis, Ike Opara, Marcel de Jong; Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza; Graham Zusi (c) (Jacob Peterson 88), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Bernardo Anor 76)Subs not used: Tim Melia, Seth Sinovic, Jalil Anibaba, Soni Mustivar, Jimmy Medranda

FC Dallas: Chris Seitz; Atiba Harris, Matt Hedges (c), Moises Hernandez, Zach Loyd; Fabian Castillo (Kyle Bekker 89), Mauro Diaz (Ryan Hollingshead 69), Michel, Tesho Akindele (Michael Barrios 76), Victor Ulloa; Blas PerezSubs not used: Dan Kennedy, Walker Zimmerman, David Texeira, Kellyn Acosta

Stats Summary SKC FCDShots (on goal) 11 (4) 11 (5)Saves 2 3Fouls 16 12Offside 2 2Corner Kicks 6 5 Misconduct Summary:FCD -- Atiba Harris (caution; reckless foul) 35 SKC -- Graham Zusi (caution; dissent) 41 FCD -- Kyle Bekker (caution; unsporting behavior) 90 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; unsporting behavior) 90

Scoring Summary:FCD -- Blas Perez 2 (Tesho Akindele 1, Fabian Castillo 1) 17 SKC -- Roger Espinoza 1 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 44 FCD -- Blas Perez 3 (Michel 1) 52 FCD -- Fabian Castillo 1 (Ryan Hollingshead 1, Michel 2) 73

March 21, 2015: Sporting KC 0-0 Portland TimbersMLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 20,848 (55th straight sellout)Weather: 68 degrees and partly cloudy

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

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Jalil Anibaba, Ike Opara, Matt Besler (c), Marcel de Jong; Benny Feilhaber (Servando Carrasco 84), Paulo Nagamura, Roger Espinoza (Soni Mustivar 93+); Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Jimmy Medranda (Bernardo Anor 56)Subs not used: Tim Melia, Amadou Dia, Seth Sinovic, Jacob Peterson

Portland Timbers: Adam Kwarasey; Alvas Powell, Nat Borchers, Liam Ridgewell (c), Jorge Villafana; Diego Chara, Jack Jewsbury, Dairon Asprilla (Gaston Fernandez 76), Darlington Nagbe, Rodney Wallace (Jeanderson 92+); Fanendo Adi (Maximiliano Urruti 76)Subs not used: Andrew Weber, Norberto Paparatto, Taylor Peay, George Fochive

Stats Summary SKC PORShots (on goal) 16 (2) 7 (3)Saves 3 2Fouls 13 11Offside 0 4Corner Kicks 6 4 Misconduct Summary:POR -- Diego Chara (caution; reckless foul) 72SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; reckless foul) 82

Scoring Summary:None

March 28, 2015: Sporting KC 1-0 New York City FCMLS Regular Season | Yankee Stadium | Bronx, NY

Attendance: 27,454Weather: 36 degrees and cloudy

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

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (c), Ike Opara, Jalil Anibaba; Servando Carrasco, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (Soni Mustivar 78); Graham Zusi (Bernardo Anor 39), Dom Dwyer, Jimmy Medranda (Jacob Peterson 67)Subs not used: Tim Melia, Kevin Ellis, Amadou Dia, Connor Hallisey

New York City FC: Josh Saunders; Jeb Brovsky, Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Jason Hernandez, Chris Wingert; Ned Grabavoy, Andrew Jacobson (Thomas McNamara 84), Mix Diskerud (c), Mehdi Ballouchy (Kwadwo Poku 75); Patrick Mullins, Javier Calle (Tony Taylor 59)Subs not used: Ryan Meara, Andres Mendoza, Pablo Alvarez, Matthew Dunn

Stats Summary SKC NYCShots (on goal) 9 (2) 12 (3)Saves 3 1Fouls 11 16Offside 2 1Corner Kicks 2 3 Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; reckless tackle) 68 NYC -- Mix Diskerud (caution; tactical foul) 73 NYC -- Kwame Watson-Siriboe (caution; reckless tackle) 86

Scoring Summary:SKC -- Ike Opara 2 (Matt Besler 1) 12

April 5, 2015: Sporting KC 3-2 Philadelphia UnionMLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 19,545 (56th straight sellout)Weather: 61 degrees and cloudy

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

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Jalil Anibaba, Ike Opara, Matt Besler (c), Marcel de Jong (Seth Sinovic 46); Servando Carrasco (Soni Mustivar 77), Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson, Dom Dwyer, Jimmy Medranda (Krisztian Nemeth 64)Subs not used: Tim Melia, Kevin Ellis, Paulo Nagamura, Bernardo Anor

Philadelphia Union: Rais Mbolhi; Fabinho (Raymond Lee 78), Steven Vitoria, Maurice Edu (c), Raymon Gaddis; Andrew Wenger, Brian Carroll, Michael Lahoud, Eric Ayuk (C.J. Sapong 72); Sebastien Le Toux, Fernando AristeguietaSubs not used: Ryan Meara, Andres Mendoza, Pablo Alvarez, Matthew Dunn

Stats Summary SKC PHIShots (on goal) 14 (6) 10 (5)Saves 4 2Fouls 11 11Offside 2 3Corner Kicks 8 3 Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Marcel de Jong (caution; reckless tackle) 18PHI -- Maurice Edu (caution; tactical foul) 62PHI -- Brian Carroll (caution; reckless foul) 68

Scoring Summary:PHI -- Own Goal (Jacob Peterson) 3SKC -- Dom Dwyer 1 (Benny Feilhaber 3) 16PHI -- Fernando Aristeguieta 3 (Sebastien Le Toux 1) 19SKC -- Jalil Anibaba 1 (Roger Espinoza 1) 91+SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 1 (M. Besler 2, B. Feilhaber 4) 94+

April 11, 2015: Sporting KC 0-0 Real Salt LakeMLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 20,087 (57th straight sell out)Weather: 68 degrees and partly cloudy

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

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Marcel de Jong, Matt Besler (c), Ike Opara (Kevin Ellis 84), Jalil Anibaba; Roger Espinoza, Servando Carrasco, Benny Feilhaber; Krisztian Nemeth, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Bernardo Anor 77)Subs not used: Tim Melia, Soni Mustivar, Amadou Dia, Jimmy Medranda, Paulo Nagamura

Real Salt Lake: Nick Rimando; Jamison Olave, Elias Vasquez, Tony Beltran, Kenny Mansally; Luke Mulholland (John Stertzer 92+), Kyle Beckerman (c), Javier Morales; Luis Gil (Jordan Allen 65), Alvaro Saborio, Olmes Garcia (Demar Phillips 88)Subs not used: Jeff Attinella, Aaron Maund, Sebastian Saucedo, Devon Sandoval

Stats Summary SKC RSLShots (on goal) 12 (1) 4 (0)Saves 0 1Fouls 11 11Offside 2 5Corner Kicks 7 2 Misconduct Summary:RSL -- Tony Beltran (caution; reckless tackle) 44RSL -- Alvaro Saborio (caution; unsporting behavior) 61SKC -- Servando Carrasco (caution; unsporting behavior) 61RSL -- Kyle Beckerman (caution; dissent) 64RSL -- Kenny Mansally (caution; delaying a restart) 80

Scoring Summary:None

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES (CONTINUED)

April 18, 2015: Sporting KC 1-2 LA GalaxyMLS Regular Season | StubHub Center | Carson, CA

Attendance: 20,018Weather: 64 degrees and clear

1 2 FSporting KC (2-2-3, 9 pts) 1 0 1LA Galaxy (3-2-2, 11 pts) 1 1 2

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Marcel de Jong (Amadou Dia 75), Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Jalil Anibaba; Servando Carrasco, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber; Krisztian Nemeth (Bernardo Anor 75), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (Jacob Peterson 92)Subs not used: Tim Melia, Paulo Nagamura, Soni Mustivar, Connor Hallisey

LA Galaxy: Jaime Penedo; Dan Gargan, A.J. DeLaGarza, Tommy Meyer (Omar Gonzalez 78), Robbie Rogers; Stefan Ishizaki (Gyasi Zardes 69), Rafael Garcia (Mike Vayrynen 66), Juninho (c), Baggio Husidic; Bradford Jamieson, Alan GordonSubs not used: Brian Rowe, Oscar Sorto, Jose Villarreal, Ignacio Maganto

Stats Summary SKC LAShots (on goal) 10 (2) 9 (6)Saves 4 1Fouls 12 11Offside 3 2Corner Kicks 3 9 Misconduct Summary:SKC -- Roger Espinoza (caution; tactical foul) 30 LA -- Dan Gargan (caution; reckless tackle) 32 LA -- Juninho (caution; unsporting behavior) 83 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; unsporting behavior) 83

Scoring Summary:LA -- Baggio Husidic 1 (unassisted) 9 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 2 (B. Feilhaber 5, D. Dwyer 1) 22 LA -- Omar Gonzalez 1 (Juninho 2) 94+

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2015 Record When...

Scoring first goal 1-0-1 Conceding first goal 1-2-0Leading at halftime 1-0-0Tied at halftime 0-2-3Trailing at halftime 1-0-0Scoring 0 goals 0-0-2Scoring 1 goal 1-2-1Scoring 2 goals 0-0-0Scoring 3 goals 1-0-0Scoring 4+ goals 0-0-0Allowing 0 goals 1-0-2Allowing 1 goal 0-0-1Allowing 2 goals 1-1-0Allowing 3 goals 0-1-0Allowing 4+ goals 0-0-0Wearing Sporting blue 1-1-3Wearing dark indigo 1-1-0Wearing black 0-0-0Leading at 75’ 1-0-0Tied at 75’ 0-1-3Trailing at 75’ 1-1-0Outshooting opponent 1-1-3Outshot by opponent 1-0-0Shots even 0-1-0One-goal games 2-1-0On ESPN 0-0-0On FOX Sports 1 1-0-1On KMCI-TV 1-2-2Day games (before 5 p.m.) 0-0-0Games 5 p.m. CT or later 2-2-3With red card for 0-0-1With red card against 0-0-0Temperature 75 & up 0-0-0Temperature below 75 2-2-3In Pacific time zone 0-1-0In Mountain time zone 0-0-0In Central time zone 1-1-3In Eastern time zone 1-0-0vs. Eastern Conference 2-0-1vs. Western Conference 0-2-2On grass 2-2-3On turf 0-0-0With zero subs 0-0-0With one sub 0-0-0With two subs 0-1-1with three subs 2-1-2

Regular Season Record By Month

March 2015 1-1-2March all-time 13-9-6April 2015 1-1-1April all-time 39-31-13May 2015 0-0-0May all-time 30-39-21June 2015 0-0-0June all-time 36-28-21July 2015 0-0-0July all-time 44-32-24Aug. 2015 0-0-0Aug. all-time 37-45-14Sept. 2015 0-0-0Sept. all-time 28-35-13Oct. 2015 0-0-0Oct. all-time 18-12-14

Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2015)

vs. Chicago Fire 13-25-11 vs. Colorado Rapids 22-17-13vs. Columbus Crew 24-21-6vs. D.C. United 20-20-11vs. FC Dallas 20-20-10 (0-1-0)vs. Houston Dynamo 5-7-8vs. LA Galaxy 19-24-11 (0-1-0)vs. Montreal Impact 5-3-1vs. NE Revolution 23-16-11vs. New York City FC 1-0-0 (1-0-0)vs. New York Red Bulls 19-20-13 (0-0-1)vs. Orlando City SC 0-0-0vs. Philadelphia Union 5-4-4 (1-0-0)vs. Portland Timbers 3-2-1 (0-0-1)vs. Real Salt Lake 8-5-5 (0-0-1)vs. SJ Earthquakes 21-21-7vs. Seattle Sounders FC 1-7-1vs. Toronto FC 12-4-5vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1-2

Regular Season Home and Away

Overall All-time 245-231-1262015 at home 1-0-3All-time at home 157-85-592015 on road 1-2-0All-time on road 88-146-67

SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATSQuickest Goal... 12th min, Ike Opara, 3/28 at NYC

Quickest Goal Against... 3rd min, own goal (Jacob Peterson), 4/05 vs PHI

Game-winning goals after 75’... 94th min, Krisztian Nemeth, 4/05 vs PHI

Game-tying goals after 75’...

Game-winning goals against after 75’... 94th min, Omar Gonzalez, 4/18 at LA

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

Hat Tricks...

Hat Tricks Against...

Own Goals... 3rd min, Jacob Peterson, 4/05 vs PHI

Own Goals Against...

Red Cards... 70th min, Matt Besler, 3/8 vs NYR

Red Cards Against...

Penalty Kicks... 79th min, Dom Dwyer, 3/14 at DAL (saved)

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Youngest Goalscorer... 24 yrs., 249 days, Dom Dwyer, 4/5 vs PHI

Oldest Goalscorer... 28 yrs., 140 days, Roger Espinoza, 3/14 at DAL

Youngest Starter... 21 yrs., 42 days, Jimmy Medranda, 3/21 vs POR

Youngest to play in a game... 17 yrs., 318 days, Erik Palmer-Brown, 3/8 vs NYR

Oldest Starter... 32 yrs., 26 days, Paulo Nagamura, 3/28 vs NYC

Oldest to play in a game... 32 yrs., 26 days, Paulo Nagamura, 3/28 vs NYC

SPORTING KC IN 2015 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

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

Competition W L T GF GA MLS Reg. Season 245 231 126 839 814MLS Playoffs 17 19 7 57 57U.S. Open Cup 19 14 5 72 46International 9 10 8 33 37TOTAL 290 274 146 1001 954

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Neutral site W L T GF GA MLS Cup Playoffs 1 1 0 3 3International 0 0 1 0 0TOTAL 1 1 1 3 3

2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

PK’S (MADE) 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 0 1 (0) 1 (0)OPPONENT 0 0 0

CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 23 15 38OPPONENT 17 18 35

OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 9 2 11OPPONENT 14 8 22

FOULS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 37 47 84OPPONENT 43 47 90

CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 4 5 9OPPONENT 3 12 15

EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 0 1 1OPPONENT 0 0 0

GOALS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 4 3 7OPPONENT 4 4 8

SHOTS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 50 40 90OPPONENT 32 36 68

SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 13 8 21OPPONENT 11 15 26

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOAL CHART

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Right-footed Left-footed Header Own goal

1 - Ike Opara 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1), Mar. 8 vs NYR, 50th min2 - Roger Espinoza 1 (Benny Feilhaber 2), Mar. 14 at FCD, 44th min3 - Ike Opara 2 (Matt Besler 1), Mar. 28 at NYC, 12th min #4 - Dom Dwyer 1 (Benny Feilhaber 3), Apr. 5 vs PHI, 16th min *5 - Jalil Anibaba 1 (Roger Espinoza 1), Apr. 5 vs PHI, 91st min6 - Krisztian Nemeth 1 (Matt Besler 2, Benny Feilhaber 4), Apr. 5 vs PHI, 94th min *7 - Krisztian Nemeth 2 (Benny Feilhaber 5, Dom Dwyer 1), Apr. 18 at LA, 22nd min *

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

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

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

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

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

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

at LA GalaxyApril 18, 2015 (L 1-2)GK MarinD DiaD OparaD BeslerD SinovicM FeilhaberM EspinozaM Nemeth (Peterson (77’)F Zusi (Palmer-Brown (85’)F DwyerF Anor (Nagamura 61’)

CHICAGO FIREMay 3, 2015

NE REVOLUTIONMay 20, 2015

COLORADO RAPIDSMay 16, 2015

at D.C. UnitedMay 9, 2015

at Houston DynamoApril 25, 2015

at Seattle Sounders FCMay 23, 2015

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FCJune 6, 2015

at Vancouver WhitecapsJuly 12, 2015

COLORADO RAPIDSJune 27, 2015

at Real Salt LakeJune 21, 2015

FC DALLASMay 29, 2015

MONTREAL IMPACTJuly 18, 2015

HOUSTON DYNAMOAug. 1, 2015

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESAug. 19, 2015

VANCOUVER WHITECAPSAug. 15, 2015

at Toronto FCAug. 8, 2015

at Real Salt LakeJuly 24, 2015

at Columbus Crew SCAug. 22, 2015

at Portland TimbersSept. 9, 2015

at Houston DynamoSept. 23, 2015

FC DALLASSept. 18, 2015

at Orlando City SCSept. 13, 2015

at Colorado RapidsAug. 29, 2015

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FCSept. 27, 2015

at San Jose EarthquakesOct. 16, 2015

LA GALAXYOct. 25, 2015

at Portland TimbersOct. 3, 2015

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Sporting KC Player Bios | April 25, 2015 at Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 185 DOB: 10/19/1988Hometown: Fullerton, CaliforniaCollege: North CarolinaLast Club: Seattle Sounders FCAcquired: Trade with Orlando City SC on 12/12/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Oct. 22, 2011, CHI vs CLBAssists 1, 6 times, last: Apr. 5, 2014, SEA at PORShots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 27, 2012, CHI vs DCShots 3, 4 times, last: Mar. 21, 2015, KC vs PORFouls Committed 3, 7 times, last: Aug. 20, 2014, SEA vs SJFouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: Apr. 5, 2014, SEA at POR Last Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAGoal Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHIAssist Apr. 5, 2014, SEA at POR2015 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 1-0-0

Fifth-year MLS defender Jalil Anibaba joined Sporting KC ahead of the 2015 season. He made 112 regular season appearances over four years with the Chicago Fire (2011-2013) and Seattle Sounders FC (2014), recording four goals and six assists. He made his Sporting KC debut with a start on March 21, contributing to a shutout of the Portland Timbers. Capable of playing as a centerback or right back, Anibaba made 16 MLS appearances in 2014 and helped Seattle win the Supporters’ Shield title. He also featured in four matches during the club’s run to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open championship. The 26-year-old spent his first three professional seasons in Chicago, where he played in 96 of the team’s 102 regular season contests from 2011-2013. The defender was named a finalist for Major League Soccer’s Fair Play Award in 2013, starting every regular season match of the campaign. As a youth, Anibaba represented the United States at the under-18 and under-20 national team levels.

#23 | D | Jalil Anibaba | @jalil_anibaba4Ht: 6-4 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/8/1991Hometown: Gahanna, OhioCollege: AkronAcquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#12)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 0Shots 0Fouls Committed 0Fouls Suffered 0 Last Regular Season...Appearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Currently on loan with the San Antonio Scorpions of the North American Soccer League, rookie defender Saad Abdul-Salaam was selected by Sporting KC with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. The right back played three seasons at the University of Akron (2012-2014), recording three goals and 12 assists in 54 college games. He made his NASL debut for San Antonio on April 4 with a start. Abdul-Salaam, who helped Akron win MAC regular season titles in each of his three college seasons, enjoyed a breakout junior campaign in 2013 with five assists in 19 starts. He earned All-MAC First Team honors as a senior in 2014, notching two goals and a team-high six assists while starting all 21 games for the Zips.

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

Ht: 5-8 Wt. 150 DOB: 6/27/1993Hometown: Salt Lake City, UtahCollege: New MexicoAcquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round (#53)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 0Shots 0Fouls Committed 0Fouls Suffered 0Last Regular Season...Appearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC selected rookie midfielder James Ansu Rogers with the 53rd overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. The third round draft selection was a member of the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team in 2012 after first representing the U.S. at the under-15 level in 2007. A native of Sierra Leone, Ansu Rogers moved to the U.S. at age 11 and competed for the Colorado Rapids and Real Salt Lake academies prior to being recruited to the University of New Mexico. He contributed 18 goals and 21 assists in 80 games for the Lobos over a four-year collegiate career.

#18 | F | James Ansu RogersHt: 6-1 Wt. 178 DOB: 5/24/1988Hometown: Caracas, VenezuelaCollege: South FloridaLast Club: Columbus Crew SCAcquired: Trade with Columbus Crew SC on 12/8/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: July 19, 2014, CLB vs MTLAssists 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 11, 2014, CLB at PHIShots on Goal 3, May 4, 2014, CLB at KCShots 5, 3 times, last: July 19, 2014, CLB vs MTLFouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: July 7, 2013, CLB vs PORFouls Suffered 4, 3 times, last: July 26, 2014, CLB at NELast Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAGoal Oct. 26, 2014, CLB vs PHIAssist Oct. 11, 2014, CLB at PHI2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Bernardo Anor joined Sporting KC from Columbus Crew SC in December 2014 to become the club’s first offseason acquisition. The 26-year-old native of Venezuela appeared in 72 matches over four seasons with Columbus, scoring 12 goals and adding three game-winning assists since being drafted out of the University of South Florida in 2011. He made his Sporting KC debut with a start on March 8. Anor played 13 MLS matches as a rookie and 11 games in 2012 before suffering a season-ending ACL injury. He returned in 2013 to make 19 MLS starts and earn the club’s Comeback Player of the Year award. He netted a career-high six goals in 2014, helping Columbus earn a postseason berth for the first time since 2011. Anor was South Florida’s top scorer for three seasons during his collegiate career (2007-2010) in which he recorded 21 goals and seven assists. His younger brother, Juan Pablo, plays professionally for Malaga CF in Spain’s La Liga, and his father, Bernardo, represented Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

#11 | M | Bernardo Anor | @BernardoAnor

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Ht: 5-10 Wt. 175 DOB: 8/13/1988Hometown: San Diego, CaliforniaCollege: CaliforniaLast Club: Houston DynamoAcquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo on 1/15/2015

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 8, 2013, SEA vs VANAssists 1, May 11, 2013, SEA vs SJShots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: May 21, 2014, HOU at DCShots 3, June 8, 2013, SEA vs VANFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: July 3, 2013, SEA vs DCFouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: May 3, 2014, HOU at CHV Last Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Goal June 8, 2013, SEA vs VANAssist May 11, 2013, SEA vs SJ2015 Record when: he starts 2-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

A fifth-year veteran of MLS, Servando Carrasco enters his first season with Sporting KC. He made his debut for the club as a second-half substitute on March 21 before making his first start on March 28, a 1-0 win at New York City FC. Previously, the 26-year-old defensive midfielder appeared in 60 MLS matches over four years (including postseason) for Seattle Sounders FC (2011-2013) and the Houston Dynamo (2013-2014). Carrasco was a four-year starter at California, where he recorded 13 goals and 13 assists in 73 appearances before being selected in the second round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft.

#16 | M | Servando Carrasco

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 150 DOB: 6/8/1993Hometown: Highlands Ranch, ColoradoCollege: ClemsonAcquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#20)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DALShots 2, Mar. 8, 2015, KC vs NYRFouls Committed 2, Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DAL Fouls Suffered 2, Mar. 8, 2015, KC vs NYRLast Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAGoal N/AAssist N/A2015 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

Rookie defender Amadou Dia was selected by Sporting KC with the 20th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. On March 8, the 21-year-old became the first rookie to start in a Sporting KC season opener since 2011 and recorded seven interceptions, third most among MLS players in Week 1. Dia appeared in 70 games during a four-year collegiate career at Clemson, contributing four goals and six assists. As a senior in 2014, he led the Tigers to the school’s first ACC soccer championship since 2001 en route to reaching the Round of 16 in the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship. Dia has represented the United States at the under-14 (2007), under-18 (2009, 2010) and under-20 (2012) levels and also holds dual citizenship in his native France. As a youth, he was an NSCAA All-American and Colorado’s Gatorade Boys Soccer Player of the Year in 2010.

#13 | D | Amadou Dia | @amadou_it11

Ht: 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 DCAssists 1, 9 times, last: Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHIShots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEAShots 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 16, 2013, KC vs CHIFouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NEFouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COLLast Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DCAssist Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI2015 Record when: he starts 2-1-3 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC captain Matt Besler is in his seventh season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013, 2014), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors and was named the 2014 KC Sportsman of the Year by the Kansas City Sports Commission. In July 2014, Besler signed a long-term Designated Player contract with the club. His 187 appearances for Sporting KC in all competitions lead the current roster and rank eighth most all-time. A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 151 of his 156 MLS regular season appearances and landed Sporting KC Defender of the Year honors three times (2011-2013). Besler has earned 25 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He was on the U.S. roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil alongside teammate Graham Zusi, becoming the first Kansan to play in the World Cup. He started all four matches in the tournament as the U.S. finished Group G runners-up behind eventual champion Germany and advanced to the Round of 16. He helped lead the U.S. to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup title, starting all three matches in the knockout stage.

#5 | D | Matt Besler | @MattBesler

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/15/1986Hometown: Valkenswaard, NetherlandsLast Club: FC Augsburg (Germany)Acquired: Signed on 3/2/2015

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 1, Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAShots 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Fouls Committed 1, Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHIFouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Last Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Goal N/AAssist N/A2015 Record when: he starts 1-2-2 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC signed defender Marcel de Jong ahead of the 2015 season. After logging more than 225 club appearances over his past 10 professional seasons in Netherlands and Germany, he made his MLS and Sporting KC debut on March 14 with at 90-minute performance at FC Dallas. A dual citizen of Canada and Netherlands, de Jong began his youth career with PSV Eindhoven before signing professionally with Helmond Sport 2004. After two years in the Dutch second division, he joined Roda JC in the top flight Eredivisie in 2006. De Jong moved to Germany in 2010, signing for FC Augsburg. His first season there ended with promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time since the team was founded in 1907, and the club has maintained first division status for each of the last four seasons. De Jong has made 33 appearances for the Canada Men’s National Team with two goals since his international debut at age 21 in 2007, most recently starting in a 3-0 friendly win over Costa Rica on March 30. He has represented his country at each of the past three CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments, as well as 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

#71 | D | Marcel de Jong

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Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 1/19/1985Hometown: Irvine, CaliforniaCollege: UCLALast Club: New England RevolutionAcquired: Trade with NE Revolution on 12/11/2012

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 12 times, last: Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHVAssists 2, 3 times, last: Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHIShots on Goal 2, 8 times, last: Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHIShots 5, July 26, 2014, KC at TORFouls Committed 6, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VANFouls Suffered 6, May 12, 2012, NE vs VANLast Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAGoal Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHVAssist Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA2015 Record when: he starts 2-2-3 he scores 0-0-0

Now in his fifth MLS season, Benny Feilhaber set career-highs in 2014 with 32 MLS appearances and 31 starts (including postseason) en route to four goals and six assists. A regular fixture in Sporting KC’s midfield, he has won the club’s Goal of the Year award in each of the last two years. Since 2011, he ranks third in MLS in fouls won and fifth in duels won (including playoffs). He currently leads the league with five assists in 2015. Feilhaber turned professional in 2005 with Hamburg (Germany) after two seasons at UCLA. He would move to Derby County of the English Premier League in 2007 and Danish club AGF Aarhus in 2008 before signing with the New England Revolution in 2011. Acquired by Sporting KC prior to the 2013 season, he has made 81 appearances in all competitions for the club with eight goals and 21 assists. A veteran member of the United States Men’s National Team, Feilhaber has earned 41 caps with two goals since debuting in 2007. He scored the game-winning goal on a volley in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup final against Mexico before competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He helped lead the U.S. to the final of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and also made three appearances at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

#10 | M | Benny Feilhaber | @b_feilhaber22

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 6/30/1991Hometown: Kansas City, MissouriCollege: Barton County Community CollegeAcquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/2011

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHIShots on Goal 1, Aug. 29, 2014, KC vs HOUShots 2, Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NYRFouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: Oct. 3, 2014, KC at DCFouls Suffered 2, 5 times, last: Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NYRLast Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAGoal N/AAssist Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI2015 Record when: he starts 0-2-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC’s second Homegrown Player in club history, defender Kevin Ellis is coming off a 2014 campaign in which he made a career-high 21 appearances and 17 starts in MLS (including his playoff debut). He finished 2014 with three assists in league play, tied for third most in the team, while splitting time between the right back and centerback positions. Now in his fifth season with the club, Ellis developed in the Sporting KC Academy while attending Oak Park High School before playing collegiately at Barton County Community College in 2009-10. He scored his first competitive goal for the club last March, sparking a 1-0 win over Cruz Azul (Mexico) in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal first leg at Sporting Park.

#4 | D | Kevin Ellis | @Kev_Ellis4Ht: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990Hometown: London, EnglandCollege: South FloridaAcquired: 2012 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 5 times, last: Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TORAssists 1, 3 times, last: July 26, 2014, KC at TORShots on Goal 4, 3 times, last: Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHIShots 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 Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAGoal Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHIAssist Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA2015 Record when: he starts 2-2-3 he scores 1-0-0

Now in his fourth season at Sporting KC, Dom Dwyer is coming off a breakout 2014 campaign in which he garnered Sporting KC Offensive Player of the Year and co-MVP honors. The Englishman set a single season club record with 22 goals, second most in MLS, and his 25 career goals in the regular season now rank ninth in team history. Dwyer, who was named an MLS All-Star in 2014 for the first time in his career, has scored 51 goals in all competitions since the beginning of 2013—29 for Sporting KC and 22 for former USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. His 0.56 goals per 90 minutes in MLS rank first in team history. He signed a contract extension with the club ahead of the 2015 campaign. After making three appearances across all competitions during his rookie season, he notched 15 goals in 13 regular season games while on loan with Orlando City SC in 2013 to set USL PRO’s single-season scoring record at the time. He added four goals in the USL PRO final to earn championship MVP honors. Dwyer won two national championships at Tyler (Texas) Junior College (2009, 2010), where he was the national junior college player of the year after scoring 37 goals as a sophomore. Moving on to South Florida in 2011, he scored 16 goals in 21 games.

#14 | F | Dom Dwyer | @Ddwyer14

Ht: 5-11 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/25/1986Hometown: Aurora, ColoradoCollege: Ohio StateLast Club: Wigan Athletic FC (England)Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DALAssists 1, 12 times, last: Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHIShots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: May 12, 2012, KC at CHIShots 5, 2 times, last: Mar. 17, 2012, KC vs NEFouls Committed 4, 6 times, last: Mar. 21, 2015, KC vs PORFouls Suffered 6, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSLLast Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAGoal Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DALAssist Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI2015 Record when: he starts 1-2-3 he scores 0-1-0

Roger Espinoza returns to Sporting KC in 2015 after a two-year stint in the English Premier League and Championship. He began his pro career in Kansas City (2008-2012) before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. On March 14, he scored the third goal of his Sporting KC career and his first since returning to the club this offseason. In his last year with the Sporting KC, Espinoza was an MLS All-Star and helped lead the club to the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title. He has made 136 appearances for the team in all competitions, recording three goals and 13 assists over six seasons. In the 2011 and 2012 seasons combined (including playoffs), he ranked in the top 10 among MLS players with 358 duels won (fifth) and 128 tackles won (seventh). Espinoza has earned 46 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team, scoring four goals since debuting in 2009. He is the only active MLS player to have competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He leads the Sporting KC roster with five career World Cup starts. Espinoza made 57 appearances and scored three goals in all competitions for Wigan Athletic, including eight in the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League. He also recorded a 90-minute shift in Wigan’s 1-0 win over Manchester City in the 2013 FA Cup Final.

#27 | M | Roger Espinoza

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Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993Hometown: Leawood, KansasLast Club: Sporting Kansas City AcademyAcquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/31/2010

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 29, 2014, KC vs HOUSaves 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 23, 2014, KC vs DCLast Regular Season...Appearance Aug. 29, 2014, KC vs HOUShutout N/A2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Currently on loan with the San Antonio Scorpions of the North American Soccer League, goalkeeper Jon Kempin became Sporting KC’s first ever Homegrown Player upon signing for the club in 2010. He enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2014, entering the record books as the youngest goalkeeper to start an MLS match in club history. He earned back-to-back MLS Save of the Week honors in his first two MLS appearances was MVP of the 2014 MLS Chipotle Homegrown Game. After making his Sporting KC debut in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, Kempin went on loan to then-USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC (nine games played) in 2013. He then spent half of 2014 on loan at OKC Energy FC (13 games played), the club’s current USL PRO affiliate managed by former Sporting KC goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen. He made his NASL debut for San Antonio on April 4 with a start. At the beginning of 2015, Kempin was named to the United States Men’s National Team roster for the first time in his career to take part in manager Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp. He previously represented the U.S. at the under-14 through under-23 levels.

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin | @JonKempin21

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 196 DOB: 5/18/1983Hometown: Valparaiso, ChileLast Club: Universidad de ChileAcquired: Signed on 12/18/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 3, Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DALSaves 4, 2 times, last: Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LALast Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAShutout Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA2015 Record when: he starts 2-2-3

First-year MLS goalkeeper Luis Marin joined Sporting KC in December 2014 after spending the first 12 years of his professional career in Chile. He arrives from Primera Division club Universidad de Chile, where he saw action in the 2013 Copa Sudamericana and the 2014 Copa Libertadores. In his MLS debut on March 8, Marin became the 14th goalkeeper in Sporting KC history to start a regular season match. He posted his first shutout for the club on March 21 against Portland before taking his first win on March 28 at New York City FC. He is tied for third in MLS with three clean sheets through Week 7. The veteran began his career with Audax Italiano (2003-2006) before moving to Lota Schwager in 2007. Union Espanola acquired Marin from 2008-2010, during which time the club finished in first place in the 2009 Torneo Apertura standings and reached the round of 16 in the 2009 Copa Sudamericana. In 2011, he was recruited to O’Higgins FC and became captain for the club. He led O’Higgins to a berth in the 2012 Copa Sudamericana after finishing second in the 2012 Apertura. Marin has made eight appearances for the Chile Men’s National Team and was selected to the nation’s 23-player roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He made his international debut in March 2010 and last captained Chile in February 2012.

#1 | GK | Luis Marin | @Luis1Marin

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 158 DOB: 2/9/1993Hometown: Granite Bay, CaliforniaCollege: CaliforniaAcquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 0Shots 0Fouls Committed 0Fouls Suffered 0 Last Regular Season...Appearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Rookie midfielder Connor Hallisey was selected by Sporting KC with the 10th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of California. A former member of the United State Under-18 Men’s National Team, he played four seasons at Cal (2011-2014), recording 12 goals and 19 assists in 72 career matches. As a senior in 2014, Hallisey was an NCAA Division I Men’s Second Team All-American, starting 19 games with nine goals and 12 assists. He was named to the 2014 Capital One/CoSIDA All-District 8 Team, earned All-Pac-12 first team honors, landed a Pac-12 All-Academic second team nod, and was a MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist.

#22 | M | Connor Hallisey | @c_hallisey

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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 2, Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHIShots 2, 3 times, last: Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHIFouls Committed 3, July 16, 2014, KC at CLBFouls Suffered 3, Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NYLast Regular Season...Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NYGoal N/AAssist N/A2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Currently on loan with USL PRO affiliate OKC Energy FC, Mike Lopez was drafted in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing. He made his club debut in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup before playing his first MLS match in July 2014 for the first of eight MLS appearances and five starts. He spent the first half of last year on loan at affiliates Orlando City SC and OKC Energy FC, playing 14 total matches in USL PRO. Lopez was a regular fixture for the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team, playing at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey and the 2013 Toulon Tournament in France. He has also participated in training camps at the U-15 and U-18 levels. In 2015, Lopez has started two matches and played 162 minutes for OKC Energy FC, coached by former Sporting KC captain Jimmy Nielsen.

#12 | M | Mikey Lopez | @MLopez12_5

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Ht: 6-1 Wt. 190 DOB: 5/15/1986Hometown: Great River, New YorkCollege: Lynn UniversityLast Club: Chivas USAAcquired: Signed on 12/23/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, Oct. 26, 2013, CHV vs PORSaves 5, Oct. 28, 2012, CHV at DALLast Regular Season...Appearance May 3, 2014, CHV vs HOUShutout N/A2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Sporting KC signed goalkeeper Tim Melia in December 2014. He enters his sixth MLS season in 2015 after previously representing Real Salt Lake (2010-2011) and Chivas USA (2012-2014), where he backed up MLS All-Stars Nick Rimando (RSL) and Dan Kennedy (CHV). Melia’s professional career began in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division. In 2010, he joined Real Salt Lake and spent part of the season on loan in the USL Second Division with the Charleston Battery. He helped lead Charleston to a first place finish in the regular season standings and eventually the league title with eight saves in the championship match. Melia was a member of Chivas USA from 2012-2014, making 18 saves in six MLS appearances. He most recently served as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from MLS Cup Playoff participants Sporting KC (August), FC Dallas (October) and D.C. United (November) in late 2014.

#29 | GK | Tim Melia | @TimMelia28

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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs PORAssists 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 Season...Appearance May 23, 2014, KC vs TORGoal Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs PORAssist May 10, 2014, KC at MTL2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 Eighth-year veteran Chance Myers enters 2015 as Sporting KC’s longest tenured player. The No. 1 overall selection in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft has made 145 appearances for the club in all competitions, recording four goals and 15 assists from the wing back position. Myers eclipsed 30 MLS appearances in both 2011 and 2012 as a regular starter, and after making a career-high 31 MLS starts in 2013 (including playoffs), was the top-rated outside back on the MLS Castrol Index. Despite missing most of 2014 with an Achilles injury, he ranks third in MLS with 96 successful crosses from open play (including postseason) since the beginning of 2011. Myers signed a new contract with the club last year after joining the U.S. Men’s National Team for the first time in his career as a member of Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp in 2014. He previously played for the U.S. U-18, U-20 and U-23 youth national teams.

#7 | D | Chance Myers | @CR_Myers

Ht: 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 0Assists 0Shots 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 Season...Appearance Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHIGoal N/AAssist N/A2015 Record when: he starts 2-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Deportivo Pereira (Colombia), making his MLS debut on Sept. 7, 2013 in a 3-0 win over Columbus Crew SC. The Colombian midfielder signed permanently for the club last February, earning his lone MLS start to date on March 15 for the first of six appearances in all competitions in 2014. He made his first appearance of 2015 with a start on March 21 against Portland. Medranda joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice.

#94 | M | Jimmy Medranda | @jimmymedranda

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/12/1990Hometown: Aubervilliers, FranceLast Club: Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania)Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2015

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 0Shots 0Fouls Committed 1, Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHIFouls Suffered 0Last Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHIGoal N/AAssist N/A2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 Sporting KC signed defensive midfielder Soni Mustivar ahead of the 2015 season. The 25-year-old made his MLS debut as a second-half substitute on March 21 against Portland. Mustivar began his professional career as a teenager with SC Bastia in France’s Ligue 2 during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. Following a loan spell at US Orleans (France), he moved to FC Petrolul Ploiesti and played each of the past three seasons in Romania’s Liga I. He recorded 61 league appearances with two goals in addition to playing eight matches in the UEFA Europa League. He started in Petrolul’s triumph in the 2012-13 Romanian Cup Final. Mustivar has earned six caps for the Haiti Men’s National Team. He most recently played in three matches at the 2014 CFU Caribbean Cup in November to help Haiti secure a third place finish and qualify for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Prior to making his international debut with Haiti in 2013, he was a youth international for France at the U-20 level.

#93 | M | Soni Mustivar | @billydougie

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Ht: 5-11 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/5/1989Hometown: Gyor, HungaryLast Club: Roda JC Kerkrade (Netherlands)Acquired: Signed on 12/18/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAAssists 0Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAShots 4, Mar. 8, 2015, KC vs NYRFouls Committed 1, 3 times, last: Apr. 11, 2015, KC vs RSLFouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LALast Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAGoal Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAAssist N/A2015 Record when: he starts 0-2-2 he scores 1-1-0

Now in his first MLS season, Krisztian Nemeth signed for Sporting KC in December and made his league debut with a start on March 8 at Sporting Park. He scored his first MLS goal in the 94th minute of a 3-2 win over Philadelphia on April 5, Sporting KC’s latest game-winning goal in Sporting Park history. He most recently played for Roda JC Kerkrade in the Dutch Eredivisie, recording eight goals during the 2013-14 season. Nemeth’s professional career began at age 15 when he signed with MTK Budapest in 2005. He was signed by Rafael Benitez to join Liverpool FC in 2007 and featured extensively for the Liverpool Reserves, becoming the Barclays Premier Reserve League’s top scorer with nine goals during his first season. His career continued in Greece with AEK Athens (2009-10), Olympiacos (2010) and Olympiacos Volos (2011) before he moved to Dutch club RKC Waalwijk in 2012. Internationally, Nemeth starred for the Hungary under-17 and under-19 youth national teams before leading his country to a third place finish at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup with three goals in the tournament. He earned his first of 15 caps for Hungary’s senior team in 2010 and made five appearances during 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

#9 | F | Krisztian Nemeth

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 4/24/1997Hometown: Lee’s Summit, MissouriAcquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/2/2013

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 0Shots 0Fouls Committed 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHIFouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: Mar. 8, 2014, KC vs NYRLast Regular Season...Appearance Mar. 8, 2014, KC vs NYRGoal N/AAssist N/A2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

The fourth youngest player under contract in MLS, 17-year-old Erik Palmer-Brown became a homegrown player in August 2013 (age 16). On March 8, he became the youngest MLS player to appear in a team’s regular season opener since 2010 and recorded his first MLS minutes at Sporting Park. Palmer-Brown made his league debut with a start in May 2014, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender, for the first of six appearances in all competitions (including debuts in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League). He played in the inaugural Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game last August., helping the MLS Homegrown team secure a 0-0 draw against the Portland Timbers U-23s. The Lee’s Summit, Mo. native joined the Sporting KC Academy at age 13. He has represented United States youth national teams at the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels, most recently competing with the U-20s at a training camp in England from March 23-30. He is in contention for a spot on the United States’ squad for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand this June.

#2 | D | Erik Palmer-Brown | @ErikBrown14

Ht: 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, 19 times, last: Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NEShots 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 Season...Appearance Mar. 28, 2015, KC at NYCGoal Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NEAssist Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE2015 Record when: he starts 1-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC’s most experienced MLS player with 241 league appearances (including playoffs), Paulo Nagamura is in his fourth season with the club. Since arriving ahead of the 2012 campaign, he has recorded four goals and six assists in 84 games (75 starts) across all competitions. A veteran presence in the midfield, he converted penalty kicks in shootouts following the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final and 2013 MLS Cup Final. The Brazilian began his career with Sao Paulo FC and Arsenal FC in England before coming to the United States to play for the LA Galaxy in 2005, winning the MLS Cup and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in his first season. He has also played for Toronto FC (2007) and Chivas USA (2007-2011) in MLS, becoming an MLS All-Star in 2009.

#6 | M | Paulo Nagamura | @paulinhonag

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/21/1989Hometown: Durham, North CarolinaCollege: Wake ForestLast Club: San Jose EarthquakesAcquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes on 12/12/2012

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 8 times, last: Mar. 28, 2015, KC at NYCAssists 0Shots 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 DCLast Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 11, 2015, KC vs RSLGoal Mar. 28, 2015, KC at NYCAssist N/A2015 Record when: he starts 2-1-3 he scores 1-0-1

Defender Ike Opara is in his sixth season in MLS and third season as a member of Sporting KC. After sitting out almost a year through injury, he returned to the pitch on March 8 and scored Sporting KC’s first goal of the season. He led MLS through Week 6 with 30 interceptions and was nominated for Eithad Airways MLS Player of the Month for March after scoring twice and anchoring a backline that posted two shutouts. He then suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon injury in his right ankle on April 11. The club’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Opara appeared in a career-best 18 MLS matches with 15 starts during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. He scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions (all headers) and featured in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches. A season-ending ankle injury limited him to three MLS appearances in 2014 and two starts in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. Opara represented the United States at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing all three matches at the tournament, and at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing and played 36 MLS matches for the club over three seasons.

#3 | D | Ike Opara | @IkeOpara

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Ht: 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, 3 times, last: Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHIShots 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 Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAGoal Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHIAssist Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI2015 Record when: he starts 1-2-2 he scores 0-0-0

A seventh-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012, 2013, 2014), MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) honors in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. The winger is the only MLS player with at least five goals and at least seven assists in each of the last four regular seasons. He has earned Sporting KC MVP honors each of the last three years (twice a co-MVP) and has led the club in assists every year since 2011. Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract with the team in July 2014. Sporting KC is 17-0-2 all-time when he scores an MLS goal, and he leads MLS with 362 chances created and 355 successful crosses/corners since 2011 (including playoffs). His 49 career assists in all competitions are third most in club history, and his 22 MLS goals rank 10th all-time for the club. Zusi has earned 28 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording three goals and six assists. He was on the U.S. roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside teammate Matt Besler, playing in all four matches at the tournament. In the group stage, he provided the game-winning assist in a 2-1 win over Ghana before adding another assist in a 2-2 draw with Portugal.

#8 | M | Graham Zusi | @gzusi

Ht: 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 0Assists 1, 7 times, last: Sept. 6, 2014, KC at NYShots on Goal 2, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DALShots 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NEFouls Committed 4, 3 times, last: Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHVFouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: Apr. 20, 2013, KC at LALast Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHIGoal N/AAssist Sept. 6, 2014, KC at NY2015 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC’s 2014 Defender of the Year, Seth Sinovic is in his sixth MLS season and fifth campaign at his hometown club. A regular fixture at left back, he is the only player on the team to start at least 30 regular season games in each of the last three seasons. Drafted in 2010 by the New England Revolution, he joined Sporting KC in 2011 and has started 143 of his 145 total appearances for the club in all competitions. He scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and registered the second of his career in the 2013 postseason against his former team, helping Sporting KC prevail in the decisive leg of the 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Since the beginning of 2011, Sinovic is third in MLS with 48 clean sheet contributions (including playoffs) and ranks sixth with 65 MLS games won. He received his first call-up to the United States Men’s National Team ahead of the 2014 USMNT January camp.

#15 | D | Seth Sinovic | @ssinovicHt: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986Hometown: Portage, MichiganCollege: IndianaLast Club: San Jose EarthquakesAcquired: Signed on 1/19/2012

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 15 times, last: July 26, 2014, KC at TORAssists 1, 14 times, last: July 16, 2014, KC at CLBShots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DCShots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NEFouls Committed 3, May 12, 2013, KC at HOUFouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR vs CLBLast Regular Season...Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LAGoal July 26, 2014, KC at TORAssist July 16, 2014, KC at CLB2015 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

A nine-year MLS veteran, Peterson has 15 goals and 14 assists in 205 regular season appearances over the course of his professional career. Now in his fourth season with Sporting KC, he has contributed eight goals and six assists in 86 games across all competitions for the club. Peterson is one of only two players in MLS history, alongside former Kansas City defender Nick Garcia, to be a member of teams that won each of the following: NCAA Division I National Championship (2003, 2004), Canadian Championship (2010, 2011), U.S. Open Cup (2012) and MLS Cup (2013). As a youth, Peterson represented the United States at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championships and 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Four seasons with the Colorado Rapids (2006-09) were followed by stints with Toronto FC (2010-11) and the San Jose Earthquakes (2011) before he was acquired by Sporting KC in 2012. His 203 regular season appearances are second most on the team, behind only Paulo Nagamura (226).

#37 | F | Jacob Peterson | @jacob_peterson

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Sporting KC Coach Bios | April 25, 2015 at Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

Peter Vermes enters his seventh season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2015. He is the team’s second-longest serving head coach, and his .549 regular season winning percentage (78-60-47) is best in club history. During his tenure, he has won two major trophies – the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – as well as two MLS Eastern Conference regular season titles (2011, 2012). He is the second coach to lead Sporting KC to four straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 78

regular season wins are tied for 12th most in MLS history.

Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster and the Sporting KC Juniors program. Vermes, an original member of Major League Soccer, retired from the League in 2002, closing out his playing career in Kansas City after stints with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and Colorado Rapids.

Following a standout high school career in which he was named New Jersey Player of the Year, Vermes was a star forward and All-American at Rutgers University. After college, Vermes represented the United States in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, and was named 1988 Chevrolet U.S. Male Soccer Athlete of the Year for his efforts.

Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored a sensational goal against the host Azzurri. It marked the first time the United States had qualified for the World Cup in 40 years and set the stage for the progress of the U.S. National Team. In 1989 and 1990, Vermes became the first American to play in the Hungarian and Dutch First Divisions, appearing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueras of the Spanish Second Division.

For MLS’s inaugural season in 1996, Vermes served as captain of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. In 1997, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for current Sporting KC Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin and played in Denver through the 1999 season, leading the Rapids to the 1997 MLS Cup Final.

Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful seasons of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors in helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 after appearing in 184 MLS matches and playing more than 16,000 minutes. He was nominated on the players’ ballot for the National Soccer Hall of Fame from 2007-2012. In 2013, Vermes became eligible for the veteran ballot and on October 11, 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Manager | Peter VermesAssistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin first joined Kansas City in 2000 as a holding midfielder and was an integral part of the club’s midfield for the next nine seasons, during which time he helped lead the Wizards to MLS Cup (2000) and U.S. Open Cup (2004) Championships. He was named to the MLS All-Star team and the Best XI in 2004. Zavagnin’s primary duties as an assistant include: scouting, developing Sporting Kansas City’s younger players, breaking down film and assisting with training sessions, among others.

He started his professional career with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to Kansas City in 2000. He played 237 games (228 starts) and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in Kansas City blue. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001.

On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the United States National Team. He recorded one assist for the Red, White and Blue. The U.S. team went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin appeared. Zavagnin married his wife Mirriam prior to the 2009 season, when he became an assistant coach at the club.

Assistant Coach | Kerry Zavagnin

Assistant Coach Zoran Savic joined Sporting Kansas City late in the 2009 season after a 30-year career at all levels of the game in the United States. A native of Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, Savic began his journey through American soccer with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1980. Savic would go on to star for several MISL teams, with his most prosperous period coming with the Kansas City Comets, with whom he scored 70 goals in just over 100 appearances from 1982-1984.

After retiring as a player in 1991, Savic turned his attention to coaching in the indoor game. Savic led the Kansas City Attack from 1992-1996, winning Coach of the Year honors for the 1994-1995 season while also serving as the team’s General Manager. Savic later coached the Kansas City Comets from 2000-2005.

In 2007 Savic switched to the outdoor game, joining Chivas USA as an assistant to then-head coach Preki before moving into the commentary booth for Kansas City matches in 2008 and 2009. Savic’s career as a commentator was cut short, however, when newly installed Manager Peter Vermes tabbed Savic to be part of his coaching staff late in the 2009 season.

Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic

Assistant Coach John Pascarella played professionally for nine seasons before beginning his coaching career in 1998 at the University of Maryland. Pascarella played club soccer with Sporting Kansas City Technical Director Peter Vermes. His playing experience took him to Peru before he returned to the United States to play in the A-League and MLS.

Once his playing career was over, Pascarella began coaching as a member of Sasho Cirovski’s staff at Maryland. He then went on to

work in Northern Virginia youth soccer circles as a high school coach and Olympic Development Program coach before becoming the Head Coach and Technical Director of the Northern Virginia Royals of the USL’s Premier Development League for two seasons.

Pascarella joined Kansas City’s technical staff in 2009 and was a goalkeeper and fitness coach until 2011, when he became an assistant.

Assistant Coach | John PascarellaMateus Manoel is in his sixth season with Sporting Kansas City as Head Fitness Coach. His responsibilities cover all aspects of sport performance and science for the team, including strength and conditioning, injury prevention, field practices, nutrition, fitness monitoring (training load and readiness), player re-adaptation following rehab and recovery.

In the summer of 2010, Manoel was an Assistant Fitness Coach for the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team during the FIFA World Cup in

South Africa. He had formerly served as the Head Fitness Coach for the Mexican Men’s National Team in 2009, working with renowned coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. During 2007 and 2008, Manoel held a position with Athletes’ Performance in the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, where he worked with professional athletes from a variety of sports, including NFL, NHL, MLB and MLS (Chivas USA and LA Galaxy). Previously, he had assisted with strength and conditioning for D.C. United from the MLS, while concurrently holding the position of Sports Performance Director with Velocity Sports Performance in Alexandria, Virginia.

Manoel holds a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from George Washington University, where he was also responsible for the strength and conditioning needs of the Colonials Men’s Varsity Soccer Team. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland - College Park and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Manoel was born in Brazil and is fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish.

Fitness Coach | Mateus Manoel

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ALL-TIME MLS STATISTICS

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

KC - Regular Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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


MLS - Regular Season 117 112 10169 5 6 60 20 80 47 6 1 5 1 1 2

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

MLS - TOTAL 119 113 10245 5 6 61 20 82 49 6 1 5 1 1 2

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



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

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

JAMES ANSU ROGERS 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

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


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

MLS - TOTAL 167 162 14686 2 9 36 8 155 86 7 1 19 2 1 5

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



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

MLS - TOTAL 65 35 3332 1 1 30 3 59 33 1 9 9 1 0 0

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


MLS - TOTAL 5 5 390 0 0 5 1 1 7 0 5 1 0 0 0

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


MLS - TOTAL 3 2 195 0 0 3 2 4 2 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 7 4 372 2 0 19 9 12 9 5 0 0 0 1 0

MLS - TOTAL 64 49 4404 27 4 181 71 103 115 51 1 6 0 8 1

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


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

MLS - TOTAL 26 20 1927 0 3 7 1 27 17 0 0 4 0 0 2

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


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

MLS - TOTAL 126 105 9244 3 12 104 29 174 165 10 14 22 4 1 2

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



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

MLS - TOTAL 122 110 9682 12 27 177 53 153 286 7 133 20 2 1 5

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


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

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


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

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


MLS - TOTAL 9 4 319 0 0 8 1 8 6 0 5 0 0 0 0

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


MLS - TOTAL 3 0 26 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 1 2 0 0 0

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

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



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

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

MLS - TOTAL 241 218 19421 12 19 245 78 361 302 11 20 56 2 4 6

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


MLS - TOTAL 5 4 344 2 0 12 2 3 3 2 0 0 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 66 45 4339 8 0 46 17 65 29 6 1 5 0 4 0

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


MLS - TOTAL 4 2 240 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 0

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



KC - Postseason 5 3 253 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

MLS - TOTAL 213 121 10993 15 14 181 67 79 117 22 62 7 1 6 6

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



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

MLS - TOTAL 147 143 12736 2 7 69 19 160 99 3 0 20 0 2 4

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


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

MLS - TOTAL 164 131 12129 22 44 260 80 156 215 20 585 15 0 8 19

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

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

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

LUIS MARIN GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA C E W L T

KC - Regular Season 7 7 630 26 19 3 8 1.14 0 0 0 0 2 2 3

MLS - TOTAL 7 7 630 26 19 3 8 1.14 0 0 0 0 2 2 3

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


MLS - Regular Season 6 5 439 32 18 0 14 2.87 1 1 0 1 0 4 1

MLS - TOTAL 6 5 439 32 18 0 14 2.87 1 1 0 1 0 4 1

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SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM GP GS MIN G A

MLS Regular Season 0 0 0 0 0

MLS Postseason 0 0 0 0 0

U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0

International 0 0 0 0 0

ALL COMPETITIONS 0 0 0 0 0

JALIL ANIBABA GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



BERNARDO ANOR GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



JAMES ANSU ROGERS GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



MATT BESLER GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 10 8 724 0 0



SERVANDO CARRASCO GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



MARCEL DE JONG GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



AMADOU DIA GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



DOM DWYER GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 3 3 206 0 0



KEVIN ELLIS GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 4 3 297 0 0



ROGER ESPINOZA GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 8 6 755 0 1



BENNY FEILHABER GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 2 2 148 0 0



CONNOR HALLISEY GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



MIKEY LOPEZ GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 1 1 76 0 0



JIMMY MEDRANDA GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



SONI MUSTIVAR GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



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CHANCE MYERS GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 11 10 915 2 1



PAULO NAGAMURA GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 5 5 474 1 1



KRISZTIAN NEMETH GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



IKE OPARA GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 1 1 90 0 0



ERIK PALMER BROWN GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 2 2 180 0 0



JACOB PETERSON GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 8 6 572 1 2



SETH SINOVIC GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 9 9 820 0 2



GRAHAM ZUSI GP GS MIN G A



U.S. Open Cup 9 7 668 2 2



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

MLS Regular Season 4 3 315 7 2.00 0 1-2-0

MLS Postseason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

U.S. Open Cup 1 1 90 2 2.00 0 1-0-0

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

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

LUIS MARIN GP GS MIN GA GAA SO W-L-T

MLS Regular Season 7 7 630 8 1.14 3 2-2-3


U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

International 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ALL COMPETITIONS 7 7 630 8 1.14 3 2-2-3

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

MLS Regular Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

International 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ALL COMPETITIONS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS) SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

ALL-TIME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)Stat Player #

Games C.J. Sapong (2011) 34

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

Goals Dom Dwyer (2014) 22

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

Stat Player #

Games Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013) 34

Minutes Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013) 3060

Wins Mike Ammann (1997) 21

Losses Mike Amman (1998) 16

Draws Bo Oshoniyi (2005) 12

Shutouts Tony Meola (2000) 16

Goals Against Avg. Jimmy Nielsen (2012) 0.79

Goals Allowed Mike Amman (1997) & Kevin Hartman (2007) 45

Saves Tony Meola (2000) 129

Stat Player #

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

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Assists Chris Henderson (1999) 4

Shots Preki (1997) 12

Shots on goal Preki (1996) 6

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

Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud (2006) 10

Offsides Alex Bunbury (1999) 7

Corner Kicks Alex Zotinca (2006) 12

Stat Player #

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

Stat Player #

Goals Allowed Bo Oshoniyi 7

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

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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 Avg. Jimmy Nielsen 0.99

Stat Player #

Games Davy Arnaud 240

Minutes Kerry Zavagnin 20515

Goals Preki 71

Assists Preki 98

Shots Preki 693

Shots on goal Preki 283

Fouls Committed Davy Arnaud 329

Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud 528

Offsides Eddie Johnson 126

Corner Kicks Graham Zusi 517

Cautions Kerry Zavagnin 44

Ejections Nick Garcia 5

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

BOLD* - denotes player on current roster

GAMES PLAYEDPlayer GP1. Davy Arnaud 2402. Kerry Zavagnin 2373. Nick Garcia 2244. Preki 2185. Jimmy Conrad 2046. Chris Klein 2007. Jack Jewsbury 1958. Matt Besler* 1569. Graham Zusi* 153 10. Michael Harrington 14910. Mo Johnston 149

GOALSPlayer GP G1. Preki 218 712. Davy Arnaud 240 432. Josh Wolff 144 434. Chris Klein 200 395. Kei Kamara 113 386. Mo Johnston 149 317. Scott Sealy 88 287. Vitalis Takawira 103 289. Dom Dwyer* 57 2510. Graham Zusi* 153 22

GAME-WINNING GOALSPlayer GP GWG1. Preki 218 132. Chris Klein 200 123. Kei Kamara 113 113. Josh Wolff 144 115. Davy Arnaud 240 106. Graham Zusi* 153 86. Vitalis Takawira 103 88. Dom Dwyer* 57 78. C.J. Sapong 110 78. Scott Sealy 88 7

GAME-WINNING ASSISTSPlayer GP GWA1. Preki 218 232. Chris Klein 200 162. Graham Zusi* 153 164. Davy Arnaud 240 104. Josh Wolff 144 106. Jack Jewsbury 195 86. Mo Johnston 149 86. Kei Kamara 113 86. Kerry Zavagnin 237 810. Francisco Gomez 114 710. Chris Henderson 61 7

MULTI-GOAL GAMESPlayer GP MGG1. Vitalis Takawira 103 82. Preki 218 73. Dom Dwyer* 57 53. Kei Kamara 113 53. Scott Sealy 88 53. Josh Wolff 144 57. Mo Johnston 149 47. Chris Klein 200 410. Davy Arnaud 240 310. Teal Bunbury 89 310. Eddie Johnson 43 310. Graham Zusi* 153 3

PENALTY KICK GOALSPlayer GP PKG1. Preki 218 212. Dom Dwyer* 57 73. Kei Kamara 113 54. Claudio Lopez 57 45. Claudio Bieler 41 35. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 35. Jack Jewsbury 195 35. Josh Wolff 144 39. Omar Bravo 27 29. Matt McKeon 144 2

GOALS PER GAMEPlayer GP GLS AVG1. Dom Dwyer* 57 25 0.442. Kei Kamara 113 38 0.343. Preki 218 71 0.334. Scott Sealy 88 28 0.325. Josh Wolff 144 43 0.306. Vitalis Takawira 103 28 0.277. Mark Chung 94 20 0.218. Mo Johnston 149 31 0.219. Chris Klein 200 39 0.2010. C.J. Sapong 110 20 0.18*Minimum 20 goals

ASSISTSPlayer GP A1. Preki 218 982. Chris Klein 200 453. Graham Zusi* 153 394. Davy Arnaud 240 355. Mo Johnston 149 286. Josh Wolff 144 267. Mark Chung 94 258. Kerry Zavagnin 237 229. Jack Jewsbury 195 209. Kei Kamara 113 20

SHOTSPlayer GP SH1. Preki 218 6932. Davy Arnaud 240 4523. Kei Kamara 113 3704. Chris Klein 200 3125. Mo Johnston 149 2746. Josh Wolff 144 2657. Graham Zusi* 153 2398. Jack Jewsbury 195 2169. Mark Chung 94 20310. Matt McKeon 144 173

SHOTS ON GOALPlayer GP SOG1. Preki 218 2832. Davy Arnaud 240 1763. Mo Johnston 149 1383. Chris Klein 200 1383. Josh Wolff 144 1386. Kei Kamara 113 1267. Vitalis Takawira 103 1028. Mark Chung 94 959. Jack Jewsbury 195 9010. Graham Zusi* 153 79

FOULS COMMITTEDPlayer GP FC1. Davy Arnaud 240 3292. Kerry Zavagnin 237 3263. Matt McKeon 144 3094. Nick Garcia 224 2345. Mo Johnston 149 2266. Jimmy Conrad 204 2107. Aurelien Collin 107 1918. Diego Gutierrez 119 1909. Jack Jewsbury 195 17510. Roger Espinoza* 119 167

FOULS SUFFEREDPlayer GP FS1. Davy Arnaud 240 5282. Preki 218 3623. Kerry Zavagnin 237 3544. Nick Garcia 224 2505. Mark Chung 94 2046. Diego Gutierrez 119 1967. Graham Zusi* 153 1967. Jack Jewsbury 195 1879. Josh Wolff 144 18310. Kei Kamara 113 176

CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS)Player GP YC1. Kerry Zavagnin 237 442. Davy Arnaud 240 433. Nick Garcia 224 374. Aurelien Collin 107 315. Diego Gutierrez 119 305. Matt McKeon 144 307. Jack Jewsbury 195 287. Mo Johnston 149 289. Jimmy Conrad 204 2710. Preki 218 23

CORNER KICKSPlayer GP RC1. Graham Zusi* 153 5332. Preki 218 4523. Claudio Lopez 57 1884. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 1755. Francisco Gomez 114 1576. Chris Henderson 61 1547. Chris Klein 200 1528. Davy Arnaud 240 1449. Carlos Marinelli 41 9110. Vitalis Takawira 103 71

GAMES STARTEDPlayer GS1. Kerry Zavagnin 2282. Nick Garcia 2243. Davy Arnaud 2134. Jimmy Conrad 2035. Preki 1996. Chris Klein 1837. Matt Besler* 1518. Jack Jewsbury 1428. Mo Johnston 14210. Michael Harrington 12810. Jimmy Nielsen 12810. Josh Wolff 128

MINUTES PLAYEDPlayer MP1. Kerry Zavagnin 205152. Nick Garcia 201573. Davy Arnaud 193994. Jimmy Conrad 181945. Preki 178176. Chris Klein 163807. Matt Besler* 136368. Jack Jewsbury 132759. Mo Johnston 1259910. Michael Harrington 11633

GAMES PLAYED IN GOALPlayer GP1. Jimmy Nielsen 1282. Tony Meola 1253. Bo Oshoniyi 964. Kevin Hartman 905. Mike Ammann 606. Chris Snitko 267. Eric Kronberg 258. Garth Lagerwey 239. Andy Gruenebaum 1110. Pat Harrington 810. David Winner 8

SAVESPlayer GP SV1. Tony Meola 125 5072. Bo Oshoniyi 96 3543. Kevin Hartman 90 3324. Jimmy Nielsen 128 3045. Mike Amman 60 2066. Chris Snitko 26 957. Garth Lagerwey 23 838. Eric Kronberg 25 589. Andy Gruenebaum 11 3410. David Winner 8 27

GOALKEEPER WINSPlayer GP GW1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 572. Tony Meola 125 493. Mike Ammann 60 333. Bo Oshoniyi 96 335. Kevin Hartman 90 306. Garth Lagerwey 23 127. Eric Kronberg 25 98. Andy Gruenebaum 11 68. Chris Snitko 26 510. Pat Harrington 8 4

SHUTOUTSPlayer GP SO1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 452. Tony Meola 125 373. Kevin Hartman 90 223. Bo Oshoniyi 96 225. Mike Ammann 60 106. Eric Kronberg 25 87. Luis Marin* 7 37. Andy Gruenebaum 11 37. Garth Lagerwey 23 37. Chris Snitko 26 3

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

GAMES PLAYEDYear Player GP2011 C.J. Sapong 342012 Jimmy Nielsen 342013 Jimmy Nielsen 342012 Kei Kamara 332014 Dom Dwyer 33

GAMES STARTEDYear Player GS2012 Jimmy Nielsen 342013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 8 players tied with 32

MINUTES PLAYEDYear Player MIN2012 Jimmy Nielsen 30602013 Jimmy Nielsen 30602000 Nick Garcia 29152000 Peter Vermes 29151996 Preki 28802005 Bo Oshoniyi 28802011 Matt Besler 2880

GAMES PLAYED IN GOALYear Player GP2012 Jimmy Nielsen 342013 Jimmy Nielsen 342005 Bo Oshoniyi 322000 Tony Meola 312011 Jimmy Nielsen 31

GOALSYear Player GP GOALS 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 221996 Preki 32 182007 Eddie Johnson 24 151996 Vitalis Takawira 28 131997 Preki 27 122000 Miklos Molnar 17 122003 Preki 30 12

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

SHOTSYear Player GP SHOTS 1996 Preki 32 1402012 Kei Kamara 33 1342014 Dom Dwyer 33 1131999 Preki 30 972000 Preki 31 95

SHOTS ON GOALYear Player GP SOG 1996 Preki 32 612012 Kei Kamara 33 491996 Vitalis Takawira 28 482014 Dom Dwyer 33 481997 Preki 27 442002 Preki 25 44

FOULS COMMITTEDYear Player GP FC 2000 Chris Henderson 31 792001 Matt McKeon 26 761997 Matt McKeon 31 752000 Matt McKeon 30 752013 Oriol Rosell 31 66

FOULS SUFFEREDYear Player GP FS 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 1112005 Davy Arnaud 31 851999 Preki 30 772006 Davy Arnaud 32 762014 Benny Feilhaber 31 73

CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS)Year Player GP YC 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 132011 Aurelien Collin 23 102013 Oriol Rosell 31 101997 Mo Johnston 29 92005 Jose Burciaga JR. 31 9

EJECTIONS (RED CARDS)Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3 7 players tied with 2

CORNER KICKSYear Player GP CK 2012 Graham Zusi 32 1502013 Graham Zusi 27 1282014 Graham Zusi 25 1252009 Claudio Lopez 29 1232011 Graham Zusi 32 97

OFFSIDESYear Player GP OFF 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 501996 Vitalis Takawira 28 441997 Vitalis Takawira 28 432014 Dom Dwyer 33 382000 Chris Henderson 31 36

GAME-WINNING GOALSYear Player GP GWG 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 62007 Eddie Johnson 24 62014 Dom Dwyer 33 61997 Preki 27 52012 C.J. Sapong 31 5

GAME-WINNING ASSISTSYear Player GP GWA 2000 Chris Henderson 31 52000 Matt McKeon 30 52003 Preki 30 52004 Davy Arnaud 30 52004 Josh Wolff 26 52012 Graham Zusi 32 52013 Graham Zusi 27 5

PENALTY KICK GOALSYear Player GP PKG 1996 Preki 32 72014 Dom Dwyer 33 72003 Preki 30 51997 Preki 27 31998 Preki 25 32006 Jose Burciaga Jr. 30 32013 Claudio Bieler 28 3

GOALS PER GAMEYear Player GP GLS AVG2000 Miklos Molnar 17 12 0.712014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 0.672007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 0.631996 Preki 32 18 0.562013 Kei Kamara 15 7 0.47*Minimum 5 goals

SAVESYear Player GP SV 2000 Tony Meola 31 1292003 Tony Meola 30 1212008 Kevin Hartman 30 1172005 Bo Oshoniyi 32 1122007 Kevin Hartman 30 110

SHUTOUTSYear Player GP SO 2000 Tony Meola 31 162012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 152013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 132008 Kevin Hartman 30 102010 Jimmy Nielsen 29 10

GOALKEEPER WINSYear Player GP GW 1997 Mike Ammann 29 212012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 182013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 172000 Tony Meola 31 151996 Garth Lagerwey 23 122011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12

GOALS AGAINST AVERAGEYear Player GP GA GAA2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.792013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.882000 Tony Meola 31 29 0.922004 Tony Meola 21 22 1.052014 Eric Kronberg 19 20 1.05*Minimum 1,000 minutes played

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NYR DAL POR NYC PHI RSL LA

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

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

2 Erik Palmer-Brown 5

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

4 Kevin Ellis 90D 6 90D

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

6 Paulo Nagamura 29 90M 90M 78M

7 Chance Myers

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

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

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

11 Bernardo Anor 61M 14 34 51 13 15

12 Mikey Lopez

13 Amadou Dia 90D 90D 15

14 Dom Dwyer 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F

15 Seth Sinovic 90D 90D 45

16 Servando Carrasco 6 90M 77M 90M 90M

17 Saad Abdul-Salaam

18 James Rogers

21 Jon Kempin

22 Connor Hallisey

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

27 Roger Espinoza 90M 90M 89M 90M 90M 90M

29 Tim Melia

37 Jacob Peterson 13 2 23 90F 77F 1

71 Marcel de Jong 90D 90D 45D 90D 75D

93 Soni Mustivar 1 12 13

94 Jimmy Medranda 56F 67F 64F

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Game log:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

game guide: sporting kc at houston dynamo

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