MLS Game Guide · 2017-09-08 · COLUMBUS CREW SC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY MAPFRE STADIUM,...

COLUMBUS CREW SC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITYMAPFRE STADIUM, Columbus, Ohio Sunday, Sept. 10 (Week 27, MLS Game #305)1 p.m. ET (ESPN / ESPN Deportes)

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2017 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A2 Jukka Raitala DF 5-11 174 09/15/1988 Kerava, Finland 23 18 0 2 23 18 0 23 Josh Williams DF 6-2 185 04/18/1988 Akron, OH 16 13 0 0 119 106 4 54 Jonathan Mensah DF 6-2 183 07/13/1990 Accra, Ghana 21 20 1 1 21 20 1 17 Artur MF 5-11 154 03/11/1996 Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 20 17 0 2 20 17 0 28 Mohammed Abu MF 5-7 150 11/14/1991 Accra, Ghana 16 10 0 1 16 10 0 19 Justin Meram MF 6-1 165 12/04/1988 Shelby Township, MI 28 27 11 7 182 129 35 3310 Federico Higuain MF 5-8 165 10/25/1984 Buenos Aires, Argentina 20 20 9 7 143 138 48 4211 Ola Kamara FW 6-0 181 10/15/1989 Oslo, Norway 28 27 14 3 53 47 30 512 Adam Jahn FW 6-3 201 01/05/1991 Davis, CA 18 1 1 1 92 27 12 214 Waylon Francis DF 5-9 160 09/20/1990 Puerto Limon, Costa Rica 12 10 0 2 83 75 0 1816 Hector Jimenez MF 5-9 145 11/03/1988 Huntington Park, CA 14 10 0 2 129 83 5 1817 Lalas Abubakar DF 6-0 180 12/25/1994 Kumasi, Ghana 6 5 1 0 6 5 1 018 Cristian Martinez MF 5-7 174 02/06/1997 El Chorrillo, Panama City, Panama 7 1 0 0 12 3 1 019 Kekuta Manneh MF 5-9 150 12/30/1994 Bakau, Gambia 17 10 3 2 115 70 25 1420 Wil Trapp MF 5-8 150 01/15/1993 Columbus, OH 28 28 0 4 121 118 1 1321 Alex Crognale DF 6-5 205 08/27/1994 Columbus, OH 16 12 0 1 16 12 0 122 Gaston Sauro DF 6-3 190 02/23/1990 Rosario, Argentina 0 0 0 0 17 16 0 023 Zack Steffen GK 6-3 190 04/02/1995 Coatesville, PA 28 28 0 1 28 28 0 125 Harrison Afful DF 5-6 135 07/24/1986 Tema, Ghana 18 16 0 1 57 55 3 626 Ben Swanson MF 5-6 150 07/18/1997 Grove City, OH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 027 Abuchi Obinwa MF 6-1 170 01/15/1997 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 028 Niko Hansen MF 5-10 170 09/14/1994 Randers, Denmark 13 3 1 2 13 3 1 229 Marshall Hollingsworth MF 5-8 160 08/06/1993 Libertyville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 Logan Ketterer GK 6-3 180 11/09/1993 Madison, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 031 Connor Maloney DF 5-6 145 05/18/1995 Harrisburg, PA 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 132 Pedro Santos MF 5-6 139 04/22/1988 Lisbon, Portugal 3 2 0 1 3 2 0 141 Brad Stuver GK 6-3 180 04/16/1991 Cleveland, OH 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0ON LOAN Rodrigo Saravia MF 5-11 170 02/22/1993 Guatemala City, Guatemala 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0

HEAD COACH : Gregg Berhalter 08/01/1973 W50 L47 T33

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Adrian Zendejas GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 6 4 0 0 16 10 0 03 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 22 22 2 0 109 83 11 34 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 5 5 0 0 68 58 5 55 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 21 21 0 3 221 215 3 146 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 25 25 0 1 25 25 0 17 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 25 22 7 1 25 22 7 18 Graham Zusi DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 18 17 0 5 212 172 26 539 Latif Blessing FW 5-7 140 12/30/1996 Accra, Ghana 18 12 3 0 18 12 3 010 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 24 21 5 3 196 177 34 5011 Diego Rubio FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 8 4 2 1 23 7 3 115 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 25 25 1 1 178 171 1 817 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 10 8 1 0 62 44 1 719 Cristian Lobato MF 5-11 160 03/07/1989 Esparreguera, Spain 5 3 0 0 5 3 0 020 Gianluca Busio FW 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 021 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 31 31 0 122 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 11 6 0 1 69 32 8 723 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 024 Cameron Iwasa FW 5-10 175 07/07/1993 Sacramento, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 027 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 23 23 1 3 183 163 5 2329 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 26 26 0 0 82 81 0 030 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 16 6 2 2 16 6 2 239 Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 041 James Musa MF 6-3 170 04/01/1992 Plymouth, England 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 055 Amer Didic DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 077 Tyler Pasher MF 5-11 160 04/27/1994 Elmira, Ontario, Canada 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 093 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 14 2 0 1 64 46 0 394 Jimmy Medranda FW 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 25 17 1 1 66 47 2 3

HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes 11/21/1966 W113 L88 T71

(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWCLB 7-1-3 6-3-0 0-8-0 10-3-3 3-9-0KC 7-0-1 3-2-6 0-4-3 10-0-4 0-6-2

COLUMBUS CREW SC SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 8/26/2017 CLB 2, DAL 1 (0) 8/19/2017 KC 2, DAL 0 (0)Road win 7/04/2017 CLB 1, MIN 0 (4) 6/24/2017 KC 2, LA 1 (3)Home loss 7/01/2017 CLB 0, ATL 2 (4) 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 (22)Road loss 8/05/2017 CLB 1, SJ 2 (1) 9/06/2017 KC 0, NYC 1 (0)Tie game 8/19/2017 CLB 1, ORL 1 (2) 8/06/2017 KC 1, ATL 1 (3)Shutout for 8/23/2017 CLB 2, LA 0 (1) 8/19/2017 KC 2, DAL 0 (1)Shutout vs. 7/26/2017 CLB 0, PHI 3 (6) 9/06/2017 KC 0, NYC 1 (0)

Crew SC TLWWWLWLLWLWLLWLLWLWWLTLWTWWSporting KC TTWTWWLWWLTWLLWTTWTTTWTLWL

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGCLB 28 5 10 8 4 1 42 1.50KC 26 10 6 5 5 0 31 1.19

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGCLB 28 7 7 9 4 1 42 1.50KC 26 10 12 4 0 0 20 0.77

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90CLB 42 6 10 5 6 7 8KC 31 2 4 5 12 3 5

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90CLB 42 6 7 6 5 7 11KC 20 1 5 4 0 2 8

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

CREW SCG: 14 KamaraA: 7 Higuain/MeramSHT: 72 KamaraSOG: 30 KamaraFC: 31 TrappFS: 40 MeramOF: 27 KamaraC: 5 Mensah/MeramE: 2 Mensah

SPORTINGG: 7 FernandesA: 5 ZusiSHT: 55 FernandesSOG: 23 Fernandes FC: 35 DwyerFS: 37 DwyerOF: 15 BlessingC: 8 EspinozaE: 1 Espinoza

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Crew SC 28 13-12-3 42 42 42at home 14 10-3-1 31 28 14

Sporting 26 10-6-10 40 31 20on road 13 2-6-5 11 6 12

2017 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME: Crew SC 22 wins (0 shootout), 83 goals … Sporting 25 wins (2 shootout), 84 goals … Ties 6

AT COLUMBUS: Crew SC 13 wins (0 shootout), 43 goals … Sporting 11 wins (1 shootout), 40 goals … Ties 4

LAST YEAR (MLS):7/3: KC 3, CLB 2 (Feilhaber 49; Zusi 56; Besler 91+ -- O. Kamara 22, 75)

REFEREESREFEREE: Chris Penso.

AR1 (bench): Eduardo Mariscal; AR2 (opposite): Adam Garner; 4th: Daniel Radford; VAR: Alan Kelly

CREW SCSat. Sept. 16 at Vancouver

Sat. Sept. 23 Red BullsSat. Sept. 30 D.C. United

Sun. Oct. 15 at Orlando City

UPCOMING MATCHES

COLUMBUS CREW SC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITYSunday, Sept. 10; Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, 1 p.m. ET

SPORTINGSat. Sept. 16 New EnglandSun. Sept. 24 Los AngelesSat. Sept. 30 Vancouver

Sat. Oct. 7 at Minnesota

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 31 20 75 117

20 7 9 7 2 6 0 0

22 6 1 7 2 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 1

8 6 17 12 6 2

F A 42 42 60 60

29 24 10 10 3 8 0 0

25 29 6 4 2 3 2 1 4 3 1 1 2 1 0 0

10 12 24 29 8 1

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

CREW SC SPORTING

TEAM NEWSSUSPENDED: noneWARNINGS:SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: CLB: Jonathan Mensah ... KC: Roger EspinozaSUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CLB: Justin Meram ... KC: Ilie Sanchez

DISABLED LIST: CLB: Gaston Sauro (season-ending), Ben Swanson (season-ending)INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2FC DALLAS 1

Scoring Summary:CLB--Kamara 14 (Jimenez 2, Higuain 6) 50CLB--Mensah 1 (Higuain 7) 71DAL--Zimmerman 1 (Morales 1) 78

COLUMBUS CREW SC--Zack Steffen, Hector Jimenez (Harrison Afful 77), Jonathan Mensah, Josh Williams, Jukka Raitala, Wil Trapp, Pedro Santos (Cristian Martinez 60), Federico Higuain (Lalas Abubakar 88), Justin Meram, Mohammed Abu, Ola Kamara.

NEW YORK CITY FC 1SPORTING KANSAS CITY 0

Scoring Summary:NYC--Harrison 9 (Allen 3) 84

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Ike Opara, Erik Palmer-Brown, Seth Sinovic (Jimmy Medranda 68), Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Benny Feilhaber, Cristian Lobato (Gerso Fernandes 83), Latif Blessing (Diego Rubio 66), Daniel Salloi.

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

11 F Ola Kamara 28 27 2353 14 3 72 30 24 38 27 2 0 09 M Justin Meram 28 27 2198 11 7 54 24 23 40 10 24 5 010 M Federico Higuain 20 20 1699 9 7 41 20 16 24 6 70 2 019 M Kekuta Manneh (CLB) 14 8 680 3 2 19 9 3 14 3 10 0 019 M Kekuta Manneh (TOT) 17 10 816 3 2 22 9 3 15 3 10 0 028 M Niko Hansen 13 3 394 1 2 7 2 3 5 0 0 0 012 F Adam Jahn 18 1 278 1 1 7 4 14 2 0 0 3 013 M Ethan Finlay (CLB) 19 14 1284 1 1 21 4 17 14 5 21 2 013 M Ethan Finlay (TOT) 21 16 1464 2 3 24 5 19 18 6 22 2 04 D Jonathan Mensah 21 20 1719 1 1 15 3 26 5 1 0 5 217 D Lalas Abubakar 6 5 438 1 0 5 1 4 1 0 0 2 120 M Wil Trapp 28 28 2495 0 4 8 3 31 35 0 0 3 07 M Artur 20 17 1444 0 2 16 3 25 19 1 0 1 016 M Hector Jimenez 14 10 957 0 2 4 1 7 11 0 3 0 02 D Jukka Raitala 23 18 1700 0 2 5 1 26 15 3 2 3 014 D Waylon Francis 12 10 852 0 2 8 0 12 6 1 0 0 021 D Alex Crognale 16 12 1062 0 1 8 2 10 9 0 0 1 031 D Connor Maloney 2 1 127 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 025 D Harrison Afful 18 16 1326 0 1 13 2 10 18 5 1 3 18 M Mohammed Abu 16 10 1009 0 1 5 1 17 13 0 0 1 032 M Pedro Santos 3 2 157 0 1 2 1 6 7 0 4 1 023 G Zack Steffen 28 28 2520 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 0 3 018 M Cristian Martinez 7 1 212 0 0 3 0 8 9 1 1 2 03 D Josh Williams 16 13 1255 0 0 3 0 8 8 1 0 1 024 D Nicolai Naess 18 17 1476 0 0 8 1 11 6 0 0 1 0

Own-goals received 0Team totals 28 28 2520 42 42 325 112 302 324 64 138 39 4Opponent totals 28 28 2520 42 40 355 126 324 302 50 134 43 3

2017 COLUMBUS CREW SC STATISTICS (13-12-3, 42 pts.)

COLUMBUS CREW SC GOALKEEPING

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

23 G Zack Steffen 28 28 2520 126 81 42 1.5 3 5 13 12 3 7Team totals 28 28 2520 126 81 42 1.5 3 5 13 12 3 7Opponent totals 28 28 2520 112 67 42 1.5 4 6 12 13 3 5

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Justin Meram 5, Federico Higuain 2, Kekuta Manneh 2, Ola Kamara 2, Niko Hansen 1, Jonathan Mensah 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Federico Higuain 2, Wil Trapp 2, Artur 2, Pedro Santos 1, Hector Jimenez 1, Justin Meram 1, Waylon Francis 1, Ola Kamara 1, Alex Crognale 1, Niko Hansen 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Federico Higuain 2-3, Ola Kamara 2-3

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2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (10-6-10, 40 pts.)UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

7 F Gerso Fernandes 25 22 1903 7 1 55 23 30 34 6 6 4 010 M Benny Feilhaber 24 21 1922 5 3 41 15 28 36 0 81 3 014 F Dom Dwyer (KC) 15 14 1271 5 1 45 22 35 37 10 2 5 014 F Dom Dwyer (TOT) 20 18 1624 5 1 53 25 38 52 15 2 5 09 F Latif Blessing 18 12 1039 3 0 27 13 22 27 15 0 2 030 F Daniel Salloi 16 6 637 2 2 23 9 6 9 3 0 0 011 F Diego Rubio 8 4 438 2 1 11 3 13 14 3 0 1 03 D Ike Opara 22 22 1980 2 0 12 4 14 8 1 0 3 027 M Roger Espinoza 23 23 2047 1 3 32 7 34 32 2 1 8 194 F Jimmy Medranda 25 17 1540 1 1 39 8 11 17 3 2 1 015 D Seth Sinovic 25 25 2227 1 1 11 2 13 15 6 0 5 017 D Saad Abdul-Salaam 10 8 722 1 0 7 3 10 7 0 0 1 08 D Graham Zusi 18 17 1575 0 5 21 7 11 12 1 17 3 05 D Matt Besler 21 21 1890 0 3 4 1 16 10 2 0 1 06 M Ilie Sanchez 25 25 2250 0 1 14 1 11 31 0 7 5 093 M Soni Mustivar 14 2 260 0 1 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 022 F Soony Saad 11 6 446 0 1 14 4 7 8 0 11 0 039 F Cameron Porter 1 0 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 019 M Cristian Lobato 5 3 231 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 02 D Erik Palmer-Brown 6 4 370 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 040 D Igor Juliao 1 1 45 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 041 M James Musa 1 1 90 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 04 D Kevin Ellis 5 5 450 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 029 G Tim Melia 26 26 2340 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 077 M Tyler Pasher 1 1 45 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 1Team totals 26 26 2340 31 24 366 125 281 330 53 127 46 1Opponent totals 26 26 2340 20 23 262 100 330 281 67 101 58 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING

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

29 G Tim Melia 26 26 2340 100 79 20 0.77 2 5 10 6 10 10Team totals 26 26 2340 100 79 20 0.77 2 5 10 6 10 10Opponent totals 26 26 2340 125 92 31 1.19 2 2 6 10 10 10

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ike Opara 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Gerso Fernandes 2, Latif Blessing 1, Diego Rubio 1, Benny Feilhaber 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Matt Besler 2, Graham Zusi 2, Roger Espinoza 2, Benny Feilhaber 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Jimmy Medranda 1, Daniel Salloi 1, Diego Rubio 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 2-2


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

Sat. Mar. 4 Chicago T 1-1 15023 0-0-1 2 1 CLB: Finlay (17); CHI: Accam (73)Sat. Mar. 11 at Houston L 1-3 16486 0-1-1 8 1 CLB: Kamara (93+); HOU: Quioto (2) Elis (35) Torres

(65)Sat. Mar. 18 at D.C. United W 2-0 14031 1-1-1 6 4 CLB: Higuain (38) Kamara (66); Sat. Mar. 25 Portland W 3-2 11067 2-1-1 1 7 CLB: Meram (11) Kamara (19) Hansen (84); POR: Asprilla

(4) Adi (48+)Sat. Apr. 1 Orlando City SC W 2-0 12226 3-1-1 1 10 CLB: Meram (13,77); Sat. Apr. 8 at Chicago L 0-1 16434 3-2-1 1 10 CHI: Nikolic (22)Sat. Apr. 15 Toronto FC W 2-1 12319 4-2-1 1 13 CLB: Kamara (37) Meram (43); TOR: Altidore (21)Sat. Apr. 22 at New York Red

BullsL 0-2 20008 4-3-1 1 13 NYR: Muyl (11) Royer (38)

Sat. Apr. 29 New York City FC

L 2-3 17336 4-4-1 4 13 CLB: Higuain (29) Kamara (49); NYC: Harrison (8,76) Herrera (64)

Sat. May 6 New England W 2-0 13340 5-4-1 3 16 CLB: Kamara (13) Higuain (53); Wed. May 10 Toronto FC L 1-2 10318 5-5-1 4 16 CLB: Higuain (28); TOR: Ricketts (81,90)Sat. May 13 at Montreal W 3-2 17508 6-5-1 2 19 CLB: Meram (14,28,91+); MTL: Piatti (52) Jackson-Hamel

(77)Sun. May 21 at New England L 1-2 18651 6-6-1 5 19 CLB: Kamara (20); NE: Fagundez (24,34)Fri. May 26 at Toronto FC L 0-5 25376 6-7-1 5 19 TOR: Vazquez (6,59) Morrow (39) Osorio (86) Hamilton

(93+)Wed. May 31 Seattle W 3-0 12773 7-7-1 4 22 CLB: Higuain (10) Meram (21) Kamara (59); Sat. June 3 at Colorado L 1-2 17586 7-8-1 5 22 CLB: Higuain (61); COL: Doyle (80) Gordon (86)Sat. June 17 at Atlanta L 1-3 44922 7-9-1 5 22 CLB: Higuain (26); ATL: Villalba (16) Almiron (67)

Martinez (88)Sat. June 24 Montreal W 4-1 16592 8-9-1 5 25 CLB: Higuain (17,88) Manneh (70) Kamara (72); MTL:

Jackson-Hamel (19)Sat. July 1 Atlanta L 0-2 20391 8-10-1 6 25 ATL: Villalba (27,64)Tue. July 4 at Minnesota W 1-0 18564 9-10-1 6 28 CLB: Manneh (58); Sat. July 22 Philadelphia W 1-0 17418 10-10-1 6 31 CLB: Meram (65); Wed. July 26 at Philadelphia L 0-3 15413 10-11-1 6 31 PHI: Pereira (20) Sapong (66) Epps (81)Sat. July 29 at Real Salt

LakeT 2-2 18758 10-11-2 6 32 CLB: Kamara (15,60); RSL: Plata (50) Savarino (53)

Sat. Aug. 5 at San Jose L 1-2 18000 10-12-2 6 32 CLB: Jahn (76); SJ: Urena (42) Wondolowski (57)Sat. Aug. 12 Chicago W 3-1 18690 11-12-2 5 35 CLB: Manneh (18) Meram (73) Kamara (88); CHI: de Leeuw

(13)Sat. Aug. 19 at Orlando City

SCT 1-1 25527 11-12-3 5 36 CLB: Abubakar (35); ORL: Barnes (67)

Wed. Aug. 23 Los Angeles W 2-0 12150 12-12-3 4 39 CLB: Kamara (45) Meram (90); Sat. Aug. 26 FC Dallas W 2-1 18379 13-12-3 3 42 CLB: Kamara (50) Mensah (71); DAL: Zimmerman (78)Sun. Sep. 10 Sporting KCSat. Sep. 16 at VancouverSat. Sep. 23 New York Red

BullsSat. Sep. 30 D.C. UnitedSun. Oct. 15 at Orlando City

SCSun. Oct. 22 at New York

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

Sat. Mar. 4 at D.C. United T 0-0 18268 0-0-1 7 1

Sat. Mar. 11 FC Dallas T 0-0 19117 0-0-2 6 2Sat. Mar. 18 San Jose W 2-1 19282 1-0-2 5 5 KC: Feilhaber (37) own goal (89); SJ: Jungwirth (91+)Fri. Mar. 31 at Toronto FC T 0-0 27909 1-0-3 5 6Sun. Apr. 9 Colorado W 3-1 19249 2-0-3 4 9 KC: Sinovic (6) Fernandes (58) Dwyer (85); COL: Doyle

(94+)Sat. Apr. 15 at Portland W 1-0 21144 3-0-3 2 12 KC: Dwyer (53); Sat. Apr. 22 at FC Dallas L 0-1 15411 3-1-3 4 12 DAL: Figueroa (77)Sat. Apr. 29 Real Salt Lake W 3-0 18648 4-1-3 2 15 KC: Feilhaber (17) Dwyer (51) Fernandes (95+); Wed. May 3 New York Red

BullsW 2-0 18965 5-1-3 1 18 KC: Dwyer (46,68);

Sun. May 7 at Minnesota L 0-2 17709 5-2-3 2 18 MIN: Danladi (22) Ramirez (39)Sat. May 13 at Orlando City

SCT 2-2 25527 5-2-4 2 19 KC: Blessing (9,74); ORL: Larin (16) Santos Leite (26)

Wed. May 17 Seattle W 3-0 20139 6-2-4 1 22 KC: Fernandes (56,58,69); Sat. May 20 at Vancouver L 0-2 21020 6-3-4 1 22 VAN: Techera (40) Parker (67)Sat. May 27 at Colorado L 0-1 17648 6-4-4 1 22 COL: Ford (11)Sat. June 3 Minnesota W 3-0 20361 7-4-4 1 25 KC: Opara (47+) Medranda (54) Abdul-Salaam (87); Sat. June 10 Montreal T 1-1 20334 7-4-5 1 26 KC: Fernandes (24); MTL: Mancosu (82)

Sat. June 17 at San Jose T 0-0 18000 7-4-6 1 27Sat. June 24 at Los Angeles W 2-1 20140 8-4-6 1 30 KC: Espinoza (22) Opara (35); LA: Romney (77)Sat. July 1 Portland T 1-1 20933 8-4-7 1 31 KC: Salloi (61); POR: Valeri (26)Thu. July 6 Philadelphia T 1-1 19240 8-4-8 1 32 KC: Rubio (49); PHI: Alberg (69)Sat. July 22 at Real Salt

LakeT 1-1 19316 8-4-9 2 33 KC: Feilhaber (59); RSL: Silva (43)

Sat. July 29 Chicago W 3-2 20313 9-4-9 1 36 KC: Salloi (23) Feilhaber (46+) Blessing (51); CHI: own goal (28) Accam (78)

Sun. Aug. 6 Atlanta T 1-1 19481 9-4-10 1 37 KC: Feilhaber (59); ATL: Peterson (91+)Sat. Aug. 12 at Seattle L 0-1 43530 9-5-10 3 37 SEA: Dempsey (36)Sat. Aug. 19 FC Dallas W 2-0 19869 10-5-10 1 40 KC: Rubio (42) Fernandes (92+); Sat. Aug. 26 at Houston 0 10-5-10 3 40Wed. Sep. 6 at New York

City FCL 0-1 19353 10-6-10 3 40 NYC: Harrison (84)

Sun. Sep. 10 at ColumbusSat. Sep. 16 New EnglandSun. Sep. 24 Los AngelesSat. Sep. 30 Vancouver

Sat. Oct. 7 at MinnesotaWed. Oct. 11 at HoustonSun. Oct. 15 HoustonSun. Oct. 22 at Real Salt

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CREW SC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)Goals

3 Justin Meram 05/13/2017 vs MTL W 3-2Assists

2 Federico Higuain 04/15/2017 vs TOR W 2-12 Federico Higuain 08/26/2017 vs DAL W 2-1Shots

6 Federico Higuain 06/24/2017 vs MTL W 4-1Shots on Goal

5 Justin Meram 05/13/2017 vs MTL W 3-2Fouls Committed

5 Mohammed Abu 08/19/2017 vs ORL T 1-1Fouls Suffered

5 Mohammed Abu 08/26/2017 vs DAL W 2-1Offside

3 Ola Kamara 04/01/2017 vs ORL W 2-03 Ola Kamara 05/26/2017 vs TOR L 0-5Saves

7 Zack Steffen 08/19/2017 vs ORL T 1-1Shots Faced

8 Zack Steffen 08/19/2017 vs ORL T 1-1Goals Allowed

5 Zack Steffen 05/26/2017 vs TOR L 0-5

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)Shots

4 08/19/2017 vs ORL T 1-1Shots on Goal

0 05/26/2017 vs TOR L 0-5Fouls Committed

4 08/26/2017 vs DAL W 2-1Fouls Suffered

5 07/29/2017 vs RSL T 2-25 08/12/2017 vs CHI W 3-1Corner Kicks

1 03/18/2017 vs DC W 2-01 04/22/2017 vs NYR L 0-2Offside

0 03/25/2017 vs POR W 3-20 04/15/2017 vs TOR W 2-10 05/10/2017 vs TOR L 1-20 06/03/2017 vs COL L 1-20 07/04/2017 vs MIN W 1-0Saves

0 07/22/2017 vs PHI W 1-00 08/23/2017 vs LA W 2-0Shots Faced

0 07/22/2017 vs PHI W 1-00 08/23/2017 vs LA W 2-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)Goals

4 06/24/2017 vs MTL W 4-1Assists

4 04/15/2017 vs TOR W 2-14 05/31/2017 vs SEA W 3-04 06/24/2017 vs MTL W 4-1Shots

18 08/23/2017 vs LA W 2-0Shots on Goal

8 03/25/2017 vs POR W 3-2Fouls Committed

20 08/19/2017 vs ORL T 1-1Fouls Suffered

19 07/26/2017 vs PHI L 0-3Corner Kicks

10 05/10/2017 vs TOR L 1-2Offside

5 03/11/2017 vs HOU L 1-35 04/22/2017 vs NYR L 0-25 08/19/2017 vs ORL T 1-1Saves

7 08/19/2017 vs ORL T 1-1Shots Faced

8 08/19/2017 vs ORL T 1-1Goals Allowed

5 05/26/2017 vs TOR L 0-5

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)Goals

3 Gerso Fernandes 05/17/2017 at SEA W 3-0Assists

2 Graham Zusi 08/19/2017 at DAL W 2-0Shots

7 Benny Feilhaber 05/27/2017 at COL L 0-1Shots on Goal

4 Gerso Fernandes 05/17/2017 at SEA W 3-0Fouls Committed

6 Dom Dwyer 05/03/2017 at NYR W 2-06 Latif Blessing 05/27/2017 at COL L 0-1Fouls Suffered

6 Dom Dwyer 03/04/2017 at DC T 0-06 Dom Dwyer 04/15/2017 at POR W 1-06 Latif Blessing 08/06/2017 at ATL T 1-1Offside

4 Latif Blessing 08/06/2017 at ATL T 1-1Saves

6 Tim Melia 06/10/2017 at MTL T 1-1Shots Faced

7 Tim Melia 05/20/2017 at VAN L 0-27 Tim Melia 06/10/2017 at MTL T 1-1Goals Allowed

2 4 times 05/07/2017 at MIN L 0-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)Shots

7 07/01/2017 at POR T 1-1Shots on Goal

1 04/22/2017 at DAL L 0-11 07/01/2017 at POR T 1-11 09/06/2017 at NYC L 0-1Fouls Committed

3 06/10/2017 at MTL T 1-1Fouls Suffered

6 05/17/2017 at SEA W 3-0Corner Kicks

0 07/01/2017 at POR T 1-1Offside

0 03/31/2017 at TOR T 0-00 04/15/2017 at POR W 1-00 05/27/2017 at COL L 0-10 08/19/2017 at DAL W 2-0Saves

1 06/03/2017 at MIN W 3-01 07/06/2017 at PHI T 1-11 08/06/2017 at ATL T 1-1Shots Faced

1 06/03/2017 at MIN W 3-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)Goals

3 04/09/2017 at COL W 3-13 04/29/2017 at RSL W 3-03 05/17/2017 at SEA W 3-03 06/03/2017 at MIN W 3-03 07/29/2017 at CHI W 3-2Assists

4 04/09/2017 at COL W 3-1Shots

27 06/03/2017 at MIN W 3-0Shots on Goal

10 06/03/2017 at MIN W 3-0Fouls Committed

18 03/11/2017 at DAL T 0-0Fouls Suffered

22 03/04/2017 at DC T 0-022 04/15/2017 at POR W 1-0Corner Kicks

14 07/06/2017 at PHI T 1-1Offside

6 08/06/2017 at ATL T 1-1Saves

6 06/10/2017 at MTL T 1-1Shots Faced

7 05/20/2017 at VAN L 0-27 06/10/2017 at MTL T 1-1Goals Allowed

2 05/07/2017 at MIN L 0-22 05/13/2017 at ORL T 2-22 05/20/2017 at VAN L 0-22 07/29/2017 at CHI W 3-2


Crew SC 22 wins, 83 goals

Sporting KC 25 wins, 86 goals6 ties

5/2/1996 KC 6 vs CLB 4 (KC)6/8/1996 KC 4 at CLB 3 KC SOW (OH)8/24/1996 CLB 2 vs KC 1 (OH)9/7/1996 CLB 5 at KC 1 (KC)5/22/1997 KC 3 vs CLB 1 (KC)7/4/1997 KC 2 at CLB 1 (OH)9/14/1997 CLB 4 vs KC 0 (OH)5/27/1998 KC 2 vs CLB 1 KC SOW (KC)8/16/1998 CLB 5 vs KC 3 (OH)4/28/1999 CLB 1 at KC 0 (KC)8/8/1999 CLB 2 vs KC 1 (CC)7/15/2000 CLB 2 vs KC 0 (CC)7/22/2000 KC 3 vs CLB 1 (KC)4/21/2001 KC 3 at CLB 0 (CC)8/4/2001 CLB 3 at KC 1 (KC)6/19/2002 CLB 1 vs KC 1 (2OT) (CC)8/18/2002 CLB 4 at KC 0 (KC)5/3/2003 KC 2 vs CLB 2 (2OT) (KC)7/19/2003 KC 1 at CLB 0 (CC)8/31/2003 CLB 1 vs KC 0 (CC)4/17/2004 KC 1 vs CLB 0 (KC)6/12/2004 CLB 2 vs KC 2 (CC)8/18/2004 CLB 2 vs KC 1 (CC)5/14/2005 KC 4 at CLB 0 (CC)6/29/2005 KC 1 vs CLB 1 (KC)7/23/2005 CLB 2 vs KC 0 (CC)8/26/2005 CLB 1 at KC 0 (KC)4/1/2006 KC 3 vs CLB 1 (KC)4/29/2006 KC 1 at CLB 0 (CC)6/10/2006 KC 1 at CLB 0 (CC)8/12/2006 KC 4 vs CLB 0 (KC)5/5/2007 KC 1 vs CLB 0 (KC)6/20/2007 CLB 2 vs KC 1 (CC)9/15/2007 KC 3 vs CLB 2 (KC)5/3/2008 CLB 2 vs KC 1 (CC)6/14/2008 CLB 3 at KC 0 (CA)7/17/2008 CLB 3 vs KC 3 (CC)11/1/2008 KC 1 vs CLB 1 (CA)11/8/2008 CLB 2 vs KC 0 (CC)5/9/2009 CLB 3 vs KC 2 (CC)6/6/2009 CLB 2 at KC 0 (CA)5/23/2010 CLB 1 at KC 0 (CA)7/14/2010 KC 1 at CLB 0 (CC)4/16/2011 CLB 1 vs KC 0 (CC)9/28/2011 KC 2 vs CLB 1 (SP)7/14/2012 KC 2 at CLB 0 (CC)7/28/2012 CLB 2 at KC 1 (SP)10/7/2012 CLB 1 vs KC 1 (CC)6/29/2013 KC 3 vs CLB 2 (SP)9/7/2013 KC 3 vs CLB 0 (SP)10/5/2013 KC 1 at CLB 0 (CC)5/4/2014 KC 2 vs CLB 0 (SP)7/16/2014 KC 2 at CLB 1 (CC)8/22/2015 CLB 3 vs KC 2 (CC)7/3/2016 KC 3 vs CLB 2 (SP)

SPORTING KC VS CREW SC

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

CLB 8 7 20 17 16 15 0 83KC 11 15 8 15 9 26 0 84

Crew SC Sporting KC

Category 1 2 OT Tot 1 2 OT TotGoals 38 45 0 83 35 49 0 84Shots 311 337 0 648 361 418 1 780Shots on Goal 121 139 0 260 143 162 0 305Fouls 355 353 3 711 369 394 1 764Offsides 69 90 1 160 62 59 0 121Corner Kicks 125 127 1 253 109 143 0 252

HEAD-TO-HEAD

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:Peter Vermes vs. CLB 9-4-1 (2 pts./game)Gregg Berhalter

vs. KC 1-3-0 (0.75 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:Crew SC Sporting KC

Goals 7 Jeff Cunningham 8 PrekiAssists 9 Robert Warzycha 8 PrekiShots 46 Jeff Cunningham 74 PrekiShots on Goal 21 Jeff Cunningham 21 PrekiFouls Committed 26 Chad Marshall 39 Davy ArnaudFouls Suffered 37 Kyle Martino 51 Davy ArnaudWins 5 William Hesmer 6 Jimmy NielsenLosses 4 Jon Busch 5 Kevin HartmanShutouts 3 William Hesmer 4 Jimmy NielsenSaves 34 Jon Busch 34 Tony MeolaGoals Allowed 14 Jon Busch 17 Kevin Hartman

Columbus Crew SC Sporting Kansas CityW-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started)

At Halftime:Leading 7-1-3 1 Ws (08/23/2017) 7-0-1 3 Ws (06/24/2017)Tied 6-3-0 5 Ws (06/24/2017) 3-2-6 1 Ls (09/06/2017)Trailing 0-8-0 9 Ls (10/23/2016) 0-4-3 1 Ls (08/12/2017)

First Goal:Allowed 3-9-0 1 Ws (08/12/2017) 0-6-2 2 Ls (08/12/2017)Scored 10-3-3 2 Ws (08/23/2017) 10-0-4 1 Ws (08/19/2017)

Goals Scored:0 goals 0-5-0 7 Ls (07/31/2016) 0-6-4 1 Ls (09/06/2017)1 goals 2-6-2 1 Ts (08/19/2017) 1-0-5 5 Ts (06/10/2017)2 goals 6-1-1 2 Ws (08/23/2017) 4-0-1 2 Ws (06/24/2017)3 goals 4-0-0 5 Ws (10/01/2016) 5-0-0 5 Ws (04/09/2017)4 goals 1-0-0 3 Ws (05/28/2016) 0-0-0 0 - -

Goals Allowed:0 goals 7-0-0 11 Ws (08/20/2016) 6-0-4 1 - (08/26/2017)1 goals 4-1-2 1 Ws (08/26/2017) 3-4-5 2 Ls (08/12/2017)2 goals 2-6-1 1 Ls (08/05/2017) 1-2-1 1 Ws (07/29/2017)3 goals 0-4-0 7 Ls (09/10/2016) 0-0-0 1 Ls (10/01/2016)4 goals 0-1-0 2 Ls (10/23/2016) 0-0-0 0 - -

W-L-T Breakdowns:

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:Crew SC Sporting KC

Goals 3 Maisonneuve/John 2 9 players tiedAssists 2 14 players tied 2 7 players tiedShots 7 Jeff Cunningham

(08/04/01)9 Soony Saad (06/29/13)

Shots on Goal 4 Thomas Dooley (09/14/97)

4 3 players tied

Fouls Committed 6 Lenhart/Pierce 7 Mo Johnston (07/04/97)Fouls Suffered 6 6 players tied 7 Johnson/SealyShutouts 1 9 players tied 1 13 players tiedSaves 9 William Hesmer

(09/15/07)9 Tony Meola (07/19/03)

Goals Allowed 6 Bo Oshoniyi (05/02/96) 5 Ammann/Lagerwey


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTJeff Cunningham 16 12 1084 7 3 46Brian Maisonneuve 15 14 1235 5 5 16Guillermo Barros Schelotto

9 8 725 4 6 24

Jason Farrell 9 7 650 4 2 11Alejandro Moreno 6 6 539 4 2 11Brian McBride 11 11 944 3 5 25Eddie Gaven 16 16 1320 3 3 23Pete Marino 7 2 249 3 2 8Todd Yeagley 12 12 1025 3 1 4Jairo Arrieta 7 6 520 3 0 9Stern John 2 1 115 3 0 5Robert Warzycha 15 12 1075 2 9 32Edson Buddle 9 7 590 2 4 23Kyle Martino 13 12 1048 2 3 14Robbie Rogers 9 8 676 2 3 21Chad Marshall 25 25 2149 2 1 18Adrian Paz 3 3 255 2 1 8Emilio Renteria 6 3 306 2 1 12Knox Cameron 4 1 97 2 0 4Ola Kamara 1 1 90 2 0 4John Wilmar Perez 6 5 489 1 3 8Marcelo Carrera 5 2 215 1 2 6Brian West 11 8 599 1 2 9Mike Clark 16 16 1398 1 1 3Ansil Elcock 6 6 540 1 1 5Ethan Finlay 6 4 341 1 1 3Kei Kamara 6 3 320 1 1 7Ross Paule 5 4 394 1 1 3Tony Tchani 8 6 577 1 1 7Dante Washington 5 3 305 1 1 10A.J. Wood 1 1 74 1 1 5Thomas Dooley 4 4 360 1 0 7Emmanuel Ekpo 9 7 618 1 0 9Chris Henderson 3 3 270 1 0 1Andy Herron 1 0 25 1 0 1Jack McInerney 1 0 26 1 0 1Stefani Miglioranzi 3 2 181 1 0 1Adam Moffat 3 3 234 1 0 7Dominic Oduro 4 3 301 1 0 5Mario Rodriguez 3 2 199 1 0 4Duncan Oughton 14 11 1028 0 4 9Simon Elliott 7 6 553 0 3 8Billy Thompson 5 5 378 0 3 3Andy Williams 3 2 197 0 3 3Frankie Hejduk 10 10 850 0 2 17Federico Higuain 6 6 540 0 2 16Ricardo Iribarren 4 4 322 0 2 3Danny O'Rourke 11 10 921 0 2 2Harrison Afful 2 2 160 0 1 0Kevin Burns 2 2 180 0 1 0Paul Caligiuri 3 3 239 0 1 0Dilly Duka 6 3 309 0 1 10Cornell Glen 3 3 218 0 1 14Marcos Gonzalez 5 5 405 0 1 4Matt Kmosko 1 1 90 0 1 0Manny Lagos 3 1 96 0 1 0Mike Lapper 7 7 630 0 1 2Obi Monome 1 0 26 0 1 0Michael Ritch 2 1 52 0 1 1Rob Smith 7 3 388 0 1 3Tyson Wahl 5 5 408 0 1 0Josh Williams 6 5 438 0 1 4Team totals 53 53 4770 83 101 650Opponent totals 53 53 4770 86 85 780

CREW SC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (22-25-6)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGMatt Napoleon 1 45 1 1 0.00 0Jonny Walker 2 180 5 5 0.00 0David Winner 1 1 0 0 0.00 0Noah Palmer 1 90 6 4 1.00 0Mark Dougherty 6 495 33 25 1.09 0William Hesmer 9 810 43 33 1.22 3Brad Friedel 5 449 39 29 1.40 0Andy Gruenebaum 7 630 38 24 1.43 0Jon Busch 9 820 51 34 1.54 1Tom Presthus 3 280 15 10 1.61 0Matt Lampson 2 180 9 5 2.00 1Steve Clark 4 360 20 11 2.25 1Bill Gaudette 2 180 15 10 2.50 0Juergen Sommer 1 90 6 3 3.00 0Bo Oshoniyi 2 180 24 15 4.50 2Team totals 53 4770 305 209 1.58 8Opponent totals 53 4770 261 167 1.56 4


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTPreki 20 17 1574 8 8 74Josh Wolff 11 7 749 5 2 28Davy Arnaud 24 22 1975 4 2 47Kei Kamara 8 8 717 4 1 28Mo Johnston 15 15 1305 3 4 32Claudio Bieler 3 2 161 3 2 6Vitalis Takawira 10 8 679 3 2 23Matt McKeon 11 9 819 3 1 19Scott Sealy 13 8 777 3 1 17Jose Burciaga Jr. 13 12 1006 3 0 14C.J. Sapong 7 6 592 3 0 12Jack Jewsbury 19 13 1252 2 5 24Graham Zusi 12 9 839 2 4 22Mark Chung 9 9 810 2 3 14Chris Brown 10 7 647 2 1 16Benny Feilhaber 4 4 352 2 1 8Chris Henderson 3 3 270 2 1 3Eddie Johnson 5 5 428 2 1 15Jacob Peterson 9 5 401 2 1 9Teal Bunbury 7 4 418 2 0 16Claudio Lopez 5 4 405 2 0 12Paul Rideout 2 1 109 2 0 6Chris Klein 16 14 1344 1 7 29Roger Espinoza 8 8 640 1 2 5Matt Besler 14 13 1206 1 1 5Ike Opara 4 3 271 1 1 4Soony Saad 6 5 361 1 1 14Mike Sorber 3 3 270 1 1 7Sasha Victorine 13 11 1031 1 1 17Jimmy Conrad 19 19 1720 1 0 6Marcel de Jong 1 1 89 1 0 1Francisco Gomez 10 6 570 1 0 13Taylor Graham 2 0 20 1 0 2Onandi Lowe 1 1 90 1 0 5Ryan Pore 10 2 212 1 0 4Eric Quill 4 3 283 1 0 5Igor Simutenkov 6 5 434 1 0 17Shavar Thomas 13 12 1061 1 0 5Scott Uderitz 5 4 329 1 0 1Alex Zotinca 9 8 655 1 0 5Diego Gutierrez 14 12 1118 0 3 12Kerry Zavagnin 23 22 1954 0 3 22Matt Groenwald 3 2 194 0 2 0Frank Klopas 3 3 245 0 2 4Kurt Morsink 3 3 217 0 2 4Ryan Tinsley 5 5 419 0 2 1Saad Abdul-Salaam 2 2 180 0 1 0Eloy Colombano 2 1 87 0 1 2Dom Dwyer 6 5 449 0 1 13Herculez Gomez 2 1 74 0 1 0Goran Hunjak 1 0 12 0 1 0Brian Johnson 4 2 160 0 1 1Peterson Joseph 2 2 162 0 1 2Igor Juliao 1 1 90 0 1 0Kevin Koetters 2 1 131 0 1 1Jimmy Medranda 3 2 148 0 1 4Chance Myers 8 7 642 0 1 4Oriol Rosell 3 3 270 0 1 3Mark Santel 1 0 45 0 1 0Ryan Smith 2 2 178 0 1 5Dave van den Bergh 1 1 90 0 1 2Scott Vermillion 4 4 264 0 1 1Paul Wright 7 2 230 0 1 9Team totals 53 53 4770 86 85 780Opponent totals 53 53 4770 83 101 650

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. CREW SC (25-22-6)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGWilliam Hesmer 1 90 3 3 0.00 0Eric Kronberg 1 90 4 4 0.00 0Jimmy Nielsen 10 900 34 26 0.80 0Chris Snitko 2 92 2 1 0.98 0Andy Gruenebaum 1 90 2 2 1.00 0Tony Meola 9 820 48 34 1.10 3Bo Oshoniyi 10 910 45 32 1.29 0David Winner 1 90 7 5 2.00 0Kevin Hartman 8 720 46 27 2.12 1Mike Ammann 5 447 28 15 2.42 0Tim Melia 2 180 12 7 2.50 0Pat Harrington 2 135 10 2 2.67 0Garth Lagerwey 3 225 20 9 4.00 0Team totals 53 4770 261 167 1.56 4Opponent totals 53 4770 305 209 1.58 8


CURRENT CREW SC VS. SPORTING KC (22-25-6)

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTOla Kamara 1 1 90 2 0 4Kekuta Manneh 4 3 256 2 0 10Federico Higuain 6 6 540 0 2 16Harrison Afful 2 2 160 0 1 0Josh Williams 7 6 524 0 1 4Waylon Francis 3 3 270 0 0 0Adam Jahn 3 0 37 0 0 1Hector Jimenez 3 2 115 0 0 1Justin Meram 9 7 516 0 0 8Wil Trapp 6 6 512 0 0 2Team totals 53 53 4770 83 101 650Opponent totals 53 53 4770 86 85 780

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGTeam totals 53 4770 305 209 1.58 8Opponent totals 53 4770 261 167 1.56 4

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTBenny Feilhaber 8 8 702 3 2 14Graham Zusi 12 9 839 2 4 22Roger Espinoza 8 8 640 1 2 5Matt Besler 14 13 1206 1 1 5Ike Opara 6 3 293 1 1 4Soony Saad 6 5 361 1 1 14Saad Abdul-Salaam 2 2 180 0 1 0Jimmy Medranda 3 2 148 0 1 4Andrew Dykstra 3 3 270 0 0 0Kevin Ellis 3 1 150 0 0 1Tim Melia 2 2 180 0 0 0Soni Mustivar 1 1 90 0 0 0Seth Sinovic 11 11 959 0 0 4Team totals 53 53 4770 86 85 780Opponent totals 53 53 4770 83 101 650

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGAndrew Dykstra 3 270 9 5 1.00 0Tim Melia 2 180 12 7 2.50 0Team totals 53 4770 261 167 1.56 4Opponent totals 53 4770 305 209 1.58 8

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. CREW SC (25-22-6)


2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Date: Sunday, September 10, 2017Kickoff: 1:00 p.m. ETLocation: MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) ESPN: Adrian Healey (play-by-play) and Taylor Twellman (analyst) CD102.5 FM: Neil Sika (play-by-play) and Dwight Burgess (analyst) La Mega 103.1 FM: Juan Valladares (play-by-play) English radio stream available on ColumbusCrewSC.com International: Abu Dhabi Sports (Middle East and North Africa), DSports/ATR (India), BeIN Sports (Australia, Asia) Columbus Crew SC Communications Contacts: Tim Miller (O: 614-447-4176) (C: 847-828-2003), [email protected] Mojica (O: 614-447-4203) (C: 330-321-8989), [email protected]

Sporting Kansas City Communications Contacts: **Rob Thomson (C: 913-226-6024), [email protected] Jonathan Kaplan (C: 516-965-4664), [email protected] Dreska (C: 516-567-4468), [email protected]**Sam Kovzan (C: 913-526-2574), [email protected] Bergarbo (C: 203-300-9927), [email protected] **Traveling with team

OVERALL: 13-12-3 HOME: 10-3-1 AWAY: 3-9-2Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result TV Sat., March 4 CHICAGO FIRE D 1-1 ABC-6, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., March 11 at Houston Dynamo L 1-3 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., March 18 at D.C. United W 2-0 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., March 25 PORTLAND TIMBERS W 3-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2 Sat., April 1 ORLANDO CITY SC W 2-0 UNIMAS Sat., April 8 at Chicago Fire L 0-1 A BC-6, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., April 15 TORONTO FC W 2-1 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., April 22 at New York Red Bulls L 0-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., April 29 NEW YORK CITY FC L, 2-3 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., May 6 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION W 2-0 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Wed., May 10 TORONTO FC L 1-2 MyTV Columbus, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2

Sat., May 13 at Montreal Impact W 3-2 FOX-28, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sun., May 21 at New England Revolution L 1-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Fri., May 26 at Toronto FC L 0-5. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2 Wed., May 31 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC W 3-0 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., June 3 at Colorado Rapids L 1-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Wed., June 14 at FC Cincinnati (U.S.OC 4th Round) L 0-1 Spectrum Sports/USSoccer.com Sat., June 17 at Atlanta United FC L 1-3 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., June 24 MONTREAL IMPACT W 4-1 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2 Sat., July 1 ATLANTA UNITED FC L 0-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports , BCSN2Tue., July 4 at Minnesota United FC W 1-0 MyTV Columbus, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2

Mon., July 17 EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (Friendly) W 1-0 Spectrum Sports Sat., July 22 PHILADELPHIA UNION W 1-0 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Wed., July 26 at Philadelphia Union L 0-3 MyTV Columbus, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2

Sat., July 29 at Real Salt Lake D 2-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., Aug. 5 at San Jose Earthquakes L 1-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., Aug. 12 CHICAGO FIRE W 3-1 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., Aug. 19 at Orlando City SC D 1-1 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Wed., Aug. 23 LA GALAXY W 2-0 MyTV Columbus, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2

Sat., Aug. 26 FC DALLAS W 2-1 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sun., Sep. 10 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1:00 p.m. ESPN Sat., Sep. 16 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7:00 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., Sep. 23 NEW YORK RED BULLS 7:30 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., Sep. 30 D.C. UNITED 7:30 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sun., Oct. 15 at Orlando City SC 5:00 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sun., Oct. 22 at New York City FC 4:00 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2

PRONUNCIATIONS # Player Pos. Pronunciation 2 Jukka Raitala D YOU-kuh Rah-ee-TA-la 3 Josh Williams D 4 Jonathan Mensah D Men-SAH 7 Artur M are-TOUR 8 Mohammed Abu M mo-HAHM-ed AH-boo 9 Justin Meram M MAIR-ahm 10 Federico Higuain (Nickname “Pipa”) M FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN (“PEA-pa”) 11 Ola Kamara M O-lah kuh-MAR-uh 12 Adam Jahn F JOHN 14 Waylon Francis D WAY-lin 16 Hector Jimenez M hee-MEH-nes 17 Lalas Abubakar D ah-BOO-bah-car 19 Kekuta Manneh F keh-KOO-tuh MAH-NAY 20 Wil Trapp M 21 Alex Crognale D Crow-nALL-e 23 Zack Steffen GK 25 HarrisonAfful D AH-full(likeWaffle) 28 Niko Hansen M KNEE-co 30 Logan Ketterer GK Keh-TEH-rer 31 Connor Maloney D 32 Pedro Santos M SAHN-toes 41 Brad Stuver GK STEW-vur

For an audio guide with every Crew SC player pronouncing his own name, please see www.columbuscrewsc.com/media/pronounce. Technical staff pronunciations on page two.

COLUMBUSCREW SC

(13-12-3, 42 pts.)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

(10-6-10, 40 pts.)

CREW SC MEDIA WEBSITE: COLUMBUSCREWSC.COM/MEDIA

LAST MATCH STARTING XI

2 RAITALA13 GP, 11 GS, 0 G, 2 A

32 SANTOS3 GP, 2 GS, 0 G, 1 A

16 JIMENEZ14 GP, 10 GS, 0 G, 2 A

20 TRAPP (C) 28 GP, 28 GS, 0 G, 4 A

23 STEFFEN28 GP, 28 GS, 1.50 GAA, 81 SV

3 WILLIAMS16 GP, 13 GS, 0 G, 0 A

9 MERAM28 GP, 27 GS, 11 G, 7 A

4 MENSAH21 GP, 20 GS, 1 G, 1 A

11 KAMARA28 GP, 27 GS, 14 G, 3 A

8 ABU16 GP, 10 GS, 0 G, 1 A

10 HIGUAIN20 GP, 20 GS, 9 G, 7 A

CREW SC OHIO HEALTH INJURY REPORT FOR UPCOMING MATCH

QUESTIONABLE: Niko Hansen (R Thigh Strain) Artur (L Thigh Strain) Waylon Francis (L Thigh Strain) Ola Kamara (L Lower Leg Contusion)

SEASON-ENDING IR: Gaston Sauro Ben Swanson

MLS MATCH 29: COLUMBUS CREW SC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY

No . Name Pos. Ht. Wt. DOB Hometown College 2 Jukka Raitala D 5-11 174 09-15-88 Helsinki, Finland 3 Josh Williams D 6-2 185 04-18-88 Copley, OH Cleveland State University 4 Jonathan Mensah D 6-2 183 07-13-90 Prampram, Ghana 7 Artur M 5-11 154 03-11-96 Salvador, Brazil 8 Mohammed Abu M 5-7 150 11-14-91 Namasa, Ghana 9 Justin Meram M 6-1 165 12-04-88 Shelby Township, MI University of Michigan 10 Federico Higuaín (“Pipa”) M 5-8 165 10-25-84 Buenos Aires, Argentina 11 Ola Kamara F 6-0 181 10-15-89 Oslo, Norway 12 Adam Jahn F 6-3 201 01-05-91 Davis, CA Stanford University 14 Waylon Francis D 5-9 160 09-20-90 Puerto Limón, Costa Rica 16 Hector Jiménez M 5-9 145 11-03-88 Bell Gardens, CA University of California-Berkeley 17 Lalas Abubakar D 6-0 180 12-25-94 Kumasi, Ghana University of Dayton 18 Cristian Martinez M 5-7 174 02-06-97 El Chorrillo, Panama City, Panama 19 Kekuta Manneh F 5-9 185 12-30-94 Austin, TX 20 Wil Trapp M 5-8 150 01-15-93 Gahanna, OH University of Akron 21 Alex Crognale D 6-5 205 08-27-94 Gahanna, OH University of Maryland 22 Gaston Sauro D 6-3 190 02-23-90 Rosario, Argentina 23 Zack Steffen GK 6-3 190 04-02-95 Downingtown, PA University of Maryland 25 Harrison Afful D 5-6 135 07-24-86 Awutu Breku, Ghana 26 Ben Swanson M 5-6 150 07-18-97 Grove City, OH 27 Abuchi Obinwa M 6-1 170 01-15-97 Orlando, FL 28 Niko Hansen M 5-10 170 09-14-94 Sacramento, CA University of New Mexico 29 Marshall Hollingsworth M 5-8 160 08-06-93 Libertyville, IL Wheaton College (IL) 30 Logan Ketterer GK 6-3 180 11-09-93 Racine, WI Bradley University 31 Connor Maloney D 5-6 145 05-18-95 Harrisburg, PA Pennsylvania State University 32 Pedro Santos M 5-6 139 04-22-88 Lisbon, Portugal 41 Brad Stuver GK 6-3 180 04-16-91 Twinsburg, OH Cleveland State University Rodrigo Saravia** M 5-11 170 02-22-93 Guatemala City, Guatemala Florida Gulf Coast University

** On season-long loan

No. Name Age Pronunciation Birthplace Previous Club 7 Artur 21 are-TOUR Brumado, Brazil Sao Paulo FC (Brazil) 8 Mohammed Abu 25 mo-HAHM-ed AH-boo Accra, Ghana Stromsgodset IF (Norway) 17 Lalas Abubakar 22 ah-BOO-bah-car Kumasi, Ghana University of Dayton (NCAA) 25 HarrisonAfful 31 AH-full(likeWaffle) Tema,Ghana EsperanceSportivedeTunis(Tunisia)21 Alex Crognale 23 Crow-nALL-e Columbus, OH University of Maryland (NCAA) 14 Waylon Francis 26 WAY-lin Puerto Limón, Costa Rica CS Herediano (Costa Rica) 28 Niko Hansen 22 KNEE-co Randers, Denmark University of New Mexico (NCAA) 10 Federico Higuaín (“Pipa”) 32 FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN (“PEA-pa”) Buenos Aires, Argentina Colón de Santa Fe (Argentina) 29 Marshall Hollingsworth 24 Libertyville, IL Wheaton College (NCAA) 12 Adam Jahn 26 JOHN Davis, CA San Jose Earthquakes 16 Hector Jiménez 28 hee-MEH-nes Huntington Park, CA LA Galaxy 11 Ola Kamara 27 O-lah kuh-MAR-uh Oslo, Norway Molde FK (Norway) 30 Logan Ketterer 23 Keh-TEH-rer Madison, WI Bradley University (NCAA) 31 Connor Maloney 22 Harrisburg, PA Pennsylvania State University (NCAA) 19 Kekuta Manneh 22 keh-KOO-tuh MAH-NAY Bakau, The Gambia Vancouver Whitecaps FC 18 Cristian Martinez 20 KRIS-tee-ahn El Chorrillo, Panama City, Panama Chorrillo FC (Panama) 4 Jonathan Mensah 27 Men-SAH Accra, Ghana Anzhi Makhachkala (Russia) 9 Justin Meram 28 MAIR-ahm Shelby Township, MI University of Michigan (NCAA) 27 Abuchi Obinwa 20 ah-BOO-chi oh-BIN-wah Columbus, OH Hannover 96 (Germany) 2 Jukka Raitala 28 YOU-kuh Rah-ee-TA-la Kerava, Finland Sogndal IL (Norway) 32 Pedro Santos 29 SAHN-toes Lisbon, Portugal S.C. Braga (Portugal) Rodrigo Saravia** 24 suh-RAH-vee-ah Guatemala City, Guatemala Florida Gulf Coast University (NCAA) 22 Gaston Sauro 27 GAS-tone sOW-roh Rosario, Argentina Calcio Catania (Italy) 23 Zack Steffen 22 Coatesville, PA SC Freiburg (Germany) 41 Brad Stuver 26 STEW-vur Cleveland, OH Cleveland State University (NCAA) 26 Ben Swanson 20 Grove City, OH Crew SC Academy 20 Wil Trapp 24 Columbus, OH University of Akron (NCAA) 3 Josh Williams 29 Akron, OH Toronto FC


2017 NUMERICAL ROSTER

2017 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

Sporting Director and Head Coach: Gregg BerhalterAssistant Coaches: Nico Estevez, Pat Onstad, Josh WolffDirector of Soccer Operations: Asher MendelsohnHigh Performance Director: Steve TashjianVideo Performance Analyst: David Handgraaf Technical Staff Pronunciations:Gregg Berhalter (BUR-hall-ter) Nico Estevez (es-TE-vez)Asher Mendelsohn (MEN-dell-son)Steve Tashjian (TASH-jin)

Strength and Conditioning Coach: Brook HamiltonHead Athletic Trainer: Jon MacGregor Assistant Athletic Trainer: Chris ShenbergerDietician: Jay ShortDirector of Team Operations: Zach Crusse Head Equipment Manager: David Brauzer Team Operations Assistant: Ron MeadorsData Analyst: Alex Mysiw Team Coordinator: Julio Velasquez


2017 MLS RESULTS

MLS Regular Season

Date Opponent Result Score Attendance Record Place Pts. Goal Scorers Sat., March 4 CHICAGO FIRE D 1-1 15,023 0-0-1 4th 1 CLB: Finlay (Meram) 17’ CHI: Accam (Goossens) 71’ Sat., March 11 at Houston Dynamo L 1-3 16,486 0-1-1 9th 1 CLB: Kamara (Meram, Raitala) 90+3’ HOU: Quioto 2’, Elis (Alex) 35’, Torres 65’ Sat., March 18 at D.C. United W 2-0 14,031 1-1-1 6th 4 CLB: Higuain (Penalty Kick) 38’, Kamara (Penalty Kick) 66’ D.C: None Sat., March 25 PORTLAND TIMBERS W 3-2 11,067 2-1-1 1st 7 CLB: Meram (Unassisted) 11’, Kamara (Higuain) 19’, Hansen (Unassisted) 85’ POR: Asprilla (Blanco) 2’, Adi (Powell) 45+3’ Sat., April 1 ORLANDO CITY SC W 2-0 12,226 3-1-1 1st 10 CLB: Meram (Artur) 13’, Meram (Higuain) 77’ ORL: None Sat., April 8 at Chicago Fire L 0-1 16,434 3-2-1 1st 10 CLB: None CHI: Nikolic (McCarty) 22’ Sat., April 15 TORONTO FC W 2-1 12,319 4-2-1 1st 13 CLB: Kamara (Hansen, Higuain) 37’, Meram (Crognale, Higuain) 44’ TOR: Altidore (Vazquez) 21’ Sat., April 22 at New York Red Bulls L 0-2 20,008 4-3-1 2nd 13 CLB: None NYR: Muyl (Lawrence, Kljestan) 11’, Royer (Penalty Kick) 38’ Sat., April 29 NEW YORK CITY FC L 2-3 17,336 4-4-1 4th 13 CLB: Higuain (Raitala, Meram) 29’, Kamara (Finlay) 49’ NYC: Harrison (Moralez) 8’, Herrera (Sweat, Ring) 64’, Harrison (Herrera) 76’ Sat., May 6 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION W 2-0 13,340 5-4-1 4th 16 CLB: Kamara (Meram) 13’, Higuain (Kamara) 53’ NE: None Wed., May 10 TORONTO FC L 2-1 10,318 5-5-1 4th 16 CLB: Higuain (Penalty Kick) 29’ TOR: Ricketts (Edwards, Vazquez) 81’, Ricketts (Vazque, Edwards) 90’ Sat., May 13 at Montreal Impact W 3-2 17,508 6-5-1 2nd 19 CLB: Meram (Unassisted) 14’, Meram (Unassisted) 28’, Meram (Hansen) 90+1’ MTL: Piatti (Unassisted) 52’, Jackson-Hamel (Unassisted) 77’ Sun., May 21 at New England Revolution L 1-2 18,652 6-6-1 5th 19 CLB: Kamara (Trapp) 20’ NE: Fagundez (Kamara, Nguyen) 24’, Fagundez (Unassisted) 34’ Fri., May 26 at Toronto FC L 0-5 25,376 6-7-1 6th 19 CLB: None TOR: Vazquez (Penalty Kick) 6’, Morrow (Spencer) 39’, Vazquez (Unassisted) 59’, Osorio (Hamilton) 86’, Hamilton (Edwards, Osorio) 90+3’

Wed., May 31 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC W 3-0 12,773 7-7-1 4th 22 CLB: Higuain (Jimenez) 10’, Meram (Trapp) 21’, Kamara (Meram, Higuain) 59’ SEA: None Sat., June 3 at Colorado Rapids L 1-2 17,586 7-8-1 5th 22 CLB: Higuain (Meram) 61’ COL: Doyle (Hairston, Saeid) 80’, Gordon (Gatt) 86’ Sat., June 17 at Atlanta United FC L 1-3 44,922 7-9-1 6th 22 CLB: Higuain (Kamara, Afful) 26’ ATL: Villalba (Asad) 16’, Almiron (Gonzalez Pirez) 67’, Martinez (Kratz) 88’ Sat., June 24 MONTREAL IMPACT W 4-1 16,592 8-9-1 5th 25 CLB: Higuain (Unassisted) 17’, Manneh (Kamara) 70’, Kamara (Manneh) 72’, HIguain (Jahn, Steffen) 88’ MTL: Jackson-Hamel (Dzemaili, Bernardello) 19’ Sat., July 1 ATLANTA UNITED FC L 0-2 20,391 8-10-1 6th 25 CLB: None ATL: Villalba (Kann) 27’, Villalba (Unassisted) 64’ Tue., July 4 at Minnesota United FC W 1-0 18,564 9-10-1 6th 28 CLB: Manneh (Trapp) 58’ MIN: None Sat., July 22 PHILADELPHIA UNION W 1-0 17,418 10-10-1 6th 31 CLB: Meram (Artur) 65’ PHI: None Wed., July 26 at Philadelphia Union L 0-3 15,413 10-11-1 6th 31 CLB: None PHI: Ilsinho (Sapong) 20’, Sapong (Unassisted) 66’, Epps (Sapong, Ilsinho) 81’ Sat., July 29 at Real Salt Lake D 2-2 18,758 10-11-2 6th 32 CLB: Kamara (Maloney) 15’, Kamara (Unassisted) 60’ RSL: Plata (Penalty Kick) 50’, Savarino (L. Silva) 53’ Sat., Aug. 5 at San Jose Earthquakes L 1-2 18,000 10-12-2 6th 32 CLB: Jahn (Mensah, Meram) 76’ SJ: Urena (Salinas) 42’, Wondolowski (Thompson) 56’ Sat., Aug. 12 CHICAGO FIRE W 3-1 18,690 11-12-2 5th 35 CLB: Manneh (Unassisted) 18’, Meram (Francis, Trapp) 73’, Kamara (Penalty Kick) 88’ CHI: de Leeuw (McCarty) 13’ Sat., Aug. 19 at Orlando City SC D 1-1 25,527 11-12-3 5th 36 CLB: Abubakar (Francis) 35’ ORL: Barnes (Higuita) 67’ Wed., Aug. 23 LA GALAXY W 2-0 12,150 12-12-3 4th 39 CLB: Kamara (Santos) 45’, Meram (Manneh, Abu) 90’ LA: None Sat., Aug. 26 FC DALLAS W 2-1 18.379 13-12-3 4th 42 CLB: Kamara (Jimenez, Higuain) 50’, Mensah (Higuain) 71’ DAL: Zimmerman (Morales) 78’ Sun., Sep. 10 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sat., Sep. 16 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sat., Sep. 23 NEW YORK RED BULLS Sat., Sep. 30 D.C. UNITED Sun., Oct. 15 at Orlando City SC Sun., Oct. 22 at New York City FC


YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD MLS Regular Season

YEAR W-L-T PTS OT ShO GF GA Finish Playoff Result 1996 15-17-037 0-0-0 4-5 59 60East4EastSemifinals 1997 15-17-0 39 0-0-0 3-4 42 41 East 3 East Finals 1998 15-17-0 45 0-0-0 0-5 67 56 East 2 East Finals 1999 19-13-0 45 0-0-0 6-4 48 39 East 2 East Finals 2000 11-16-5 38 1-0-5 0-0 48 58 Cent 4 Did not qualify 2001 13-7-6 45 1-0-6 0-0 49 36Cent2Quarterfinals2002 11-12-5 38 1-3-5 0-0 44 43East1Semifinals 2003 10-12-8 38 1-3-8 0-0 44 44 East 5 Did not qualify 2004 12-5-13 49 0-0-0 0-0 40 32East1Quarterfinals 2005 11-16-5 38 0-0-0 0-0 34 45 East 6 Did not qualify 2006 8-15-9 33 0-0-0 0-0 30 42 East 6 Did not qualify 2007 9-11-10 37 0-0-0 0-0 39 44 East 6 Did not qualify 2008 17-7-6 57 0-0-0 0-0 50 36 East 1 MLS Cup Champion 2009 13-7-10 49 0-0-0 0-0 41 31East1Quarterfinals2010 14-8-8 50 0-0-0 0-0 40 34East2Quarterfinals2011 13-13-8 47 0-0-0 0-0 43 44 East 4 Wild Card 2012 15-12-7 52 0-0-0 0-0 44 44 East 6 Did not qualify 2013 12-17-5 41 0-0-0 0-0 42 46 East 8 Did not qualify 2014 14-10-10 52 0-0-0 0-0 52 42East3EastSemifinals2015 15-11-8 53 0-0-0 0-0 58 53 East 2 Eastern Conference Champion, MLS Cup Finalist

2016 8-14-12 36 0-0-0 0-0 50 58 East 9 Did not qualify 2017 13-12-3 42 0-0-0 0-0 42 42 TBD TBD TOT. 283-269-138 961 4-6-24 13-18 1,006 97

YEAR-BY-YEAR HOME RECORD MLS Regular Season

YEAR W-L-T PTS OT ShO GF GA GD 1996 8-8-0 24 0-0-0 0-3 32 27 +5 1997 11-5-0 33 0-0-0 3-1 25 15 +10 1998 11-5-0 33 0-0-0 0-1 49 31 +18 1999 10-6-0 30 0-0-0 3-4 29 18 +11 2000 7-6-3 24 1-0-3 0-0 29 25 +4 2001 7-1-5 26 1-0-5 0-0 29 15 +14 2002 6-4-4 22 0-1-4 0-0 17 15 +2 2003 6-3-6 24 0-0-6 0-0 24 15 +9 2004 8-2-5 29 0-0-0 0-0 26 18 +8 2005 7-8-1 22 0-0-0 0-0 15 19 -4 2006 4-6-6 18 0-0-0 0-0 16 16 0 2007 5-5-5 20 0-0-0 0-0 17 17 0 2008 11-2-2 35 0-0-0 0-0 30 15 +15 2009 9-2-4 31 0-0-0 0-0 25 15 +10 2010 10-3-2 32 0-0-0 0-0 22 12 +10 2011 9-3-5 32 0-0-0 0-0 27 18 +9 2012 11-3-3 36 0-0-0 0-0 28 21 +11 2013 7-7-3 24 0-0-0 0-0 19 13 +6 2014 9-4-4 31 0-0-0 0-0 27 15 +12 2015 9-4-4 31 0-0-0 0-0 38 25 +13 2016 6-3-8 26 0-0-0 0-0 31 25 +6 2017 10-3-1 31 0-0-0 0-0 28 14 +14 TOT. 181-93-71 614 2-1-18 6-9 583 404 +179


Columbus Crew SC record: 22-25-6 (83 GF, 84 GA) Home matches: 13-11-4 (43 GF, 40 GA) Road matches: 9-14-2 (40 GF, 44 GA) LAST THREE REGULAR-SEASON MEETINGS07/16/2014 CLB 1 vs. SKC 2 L MAPFRE Stadium08/22/2015 CLB 3 vs. SKC 2 W MAPFRE Stadium 07/03/2016 CLB 2 at SKC 3 L Children’s Mercy Park

CREW SC TO FACE SPORTING KANSAS CITY IN LONE REGULAR-SEASON MEETING OF 2017Columbus Crew SC and Sporting Kansas City will face-off this Sunday at MAPFRE Stadium for the only regular-season meeting between the two clubs this season. This is the 54th regular-season match between the two clubs, with Columbus holding a record of 22-25-6 against SKC. The Black & Gold have scored a total of 83 goals against Sporting KC all-time. LAST REGULAR-SEASON MEETINGCrew SC and Sporting Kansas City met for the only time in the 2016 MLS regular season at Children’s Mercy Park on July 3, 2016. The Black & Gold took the lead through a 22nd-minute Ola Kamara goal. Benny Feilhaber converted a penalty kick in the 49th minute, leveling for SKC. Graham Zusi increased SKC’s lead in the 56th minute, followed by a 75th-minute Crew SC goal scored by Ola Kamara. SKC won the match on a goal by Matt Besler in the first minute of stoppage time, earning a 3-2 win.

COACHESGregg Berhalter (50-47-33, Columbus Crew SC: ‘14 - Present) vs. Peter Vermes (113-88-71, Sporting Kansas City ‘09-Present) WHERE TO WATCH/LISTENSunday’s contest against Sporting Kansas City kicks-off at 1:00 p.m. ET and is set to be televised nationally on ESPN. Adrian Healey (play-by-play) and Taylor Twellman (analyst) are set to have the call in English. Coverage on ESPN begins at 1:00 p.m. ET. Locally, the contest is available via the radio in English on CD102.5 FM and in Spanish on La Mega 103.1 FM. The English radio broadcast is also set to stream live on ColumbusCrewSC.com. The Spanish radio calls are also set to be streamed in Spanish on the LaMega1 App and via Tunein Radio as WVKOFM. The complete list of places to catch the Black & Gold on TV is available at ColumbusCrewSC.com in the drop-down item “Crew SC Bars” under the “Supporters” tab. For complete regional television listings, please visit http:// bit.ly/2017CrewSCBroadcast. Internationally, the contest can be viewed on the following: Abu Dhabi Sports (Middle East and North Africa), DSports/ATR (India), BeIN Sports (Australia, Asia).

JONATHAN MENSAH SCORES FIRST MLS CAREER GOAL, GIVES CREW SC 2-1 VICTORY OVER FC DALLASDefender Jonathan Mensah scored the game-winning strike in Crew SC’s home match against FC Dallas (August 26), registering his first MLS career goal. Mensah’s goal came in the 71st minute, as he headed in a free kick taken by Federico Higuain. Additionally, Mensah played the entire 90 min-utes, registering 69 touches on the ball, recording 57 passes and making one tackle. In 2017, Mensah has made 21 regular-season appearances (20 starts), recording one goal and one assist.

OLA KAMARA REACHES 30 GOALS FOR THE BLACK & GOLD IN REGULAR-SEASON ACTIONOla Kamara scored Crew SC’s first goal in the club’s home match victory against FC Dallas (August 26). Kamara’s goal came in the 50th minute, assisted by Hector Jimenez and Federico Higuain. This was Kamara’s 30th regular-season goal for Crew SC since joining the club in February of 2016, which ties him with Ethan Finlay for 10th place on Columbus’ list of all-time leading goal scorers in regular-season action. Since joining the Black & Gold, Kamara has scored 30 regular-season goals for Crew SC in 53 regular-season appearances (47 starts) and is one of only 11 players in Black & Gold history to have scored 30 or more goals in regular-season action. Kamara’s goal per 90 minutes rate since the beginning of the 2016 MLS season is 0.64. OLA KAMARA LEADS CREW SC IN REGULAR-SEASON GOALS IN 2017 Through 28 appearances (27 starts) in the 2017 MLS regular season, forward Ola Kamara has scored 14 goals, more than any other Black & Gold player this season, ahead of Justin Meram (11 goals) and Federico Higuain (nine goals). Last season, Kamara scored 16 goals in 25 regular-season appearanc-es (20 starts), tying him with Jeff Cunningham for fifth place on Crew SC’s list of most goals in a single regular season. Should Kamara score one more regular-season goal in 2017 he would tie with Brian McBride for fourth place on the list.

MISCELLANEOUS TEAM NOTES

2017 REGULAR-SEASON SNAPSNOT

JONATHAN MENSAH SCORES FIRST MLS CAREER GOAL, FEDERICO HIGUAIN PROVIDES TWO ASSISTS AS CREW SC DEFEATS FC DALLAS 2-1On Saturday, August 26, Crew SC hosted FC Dallas at MAPFRE Stadium. After a scoreless first half, forward Ola Kamara scored in the 50th minute to give the Black & Gold a 1-0 lead. He was assisted by Hector Jimenez and Federico Higuain. Higuain turned provider once again in the 71st minute, as Jonathan Mensah got his head on Higuain’s free kick to double Colum-bus’ lead and score his first MLS career goal. Dallas managed to cut the defi-cit in half in the 78th minute through Walker Zimmerman, but Mensah’s strike proved to be the game-winner.

MLS Regular Season: 13-12-3 MLS Regular Season: 10-6-10Points: 42 Points: 40Eastern Conference: Fourth Western Conference: Third Home: 10-3-1 Home: 8-0-5 Away: 3-9-2 Away: 2-6-5Goals For: 42 Goals For: 31Goals Against: 42 Goals Against: 20+/-: 0 +/-: +11

Regular-Season Leaders

Goals: Kamara (14) Goals: Fernandes (7)Assists: Higuain, Meram (7) Assists: Zusi (5)Shots: Kamara (70) Shots: Fernandes (55)Shots on Goal: Kamara (30) Shots on Goal: Fernandes (23)G-W Goals: Meram (5) G-W Goals: Fernandes, Opara (2)G-W Assists: Artur, Higuain, Trapp (2) G-W Assists: Besler, Espinoza, Zusi (2)Fouls Suffered: Meram (40) Fouls Suffered: Feilhaber (34) Fouls Committed: Trapp (31) Fouls Committed: Espinoza (34) Yellow Cards Issued: Mensah, Meram (5) Yellow Cards Issued: Espinoza (8) Saves Leader: Steffen (81) Saves Leader: Melia (79)GAA Leader: Steffen (1.50) GAA Leader: Melia (0.77) Wins: Steffen (13) Wins: Melia (10)

CREW SC AND SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT A GLANCE

LAST MATCH RECAP BLACK & GOLD NOTES

CREW SC SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CAPSPlayer National Team Caps Last Appearance Mohammed Abu Ghana 4 6/28/17 vs. Mexico (friendly) Harrison Afful Ghana 75 9/5/17 vs. Congo (WC qua.)Waylon Francis Costa Rica 5 2/2/16 vs. Venezuela (friendly)Ola Kamara Norway 7 9/3/14 vs. England (friendly)Cristian Martinez Panama 2 3/16/17 vs. Nicaragua (friendly) Jonathan Mensah Ghana 56 9/5/17 vs. Congo (WC qua.) Justin Meram Iraq 24 9/5/17 vs. UAE (WC qua.)Jukka Raitala Finland 38 6/11/17 vs. Ukraine (WC qua.) Rodrigo Saravia Guatemala 12 9/7/16 vs. St. Vincent (WC qua.)Wil Trapp United States 2 2/5/16 vs. Canada (friendly)

MLS MATCH 29: COLUMBUS CREW SC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITYGOAL-A: KAMARA AMONG TOP FIVE SCORERS IN MLS SINCE 2016 Since the beginning of the 2016 MLS season, Ola Kamara has recorded 30 goals in regular-season action, with only four other players scoring more than the Norwegian forward in that time span: David Villa (42), Bradley Wright-Phillips (38), Ignacio Piatti (32) and Sebastian Giovinco (32). Ad-ditionally, out of active MLS players who have played a minimum of 900 minutes since the beginning of the 2016 season, Ola Kamara has the fifth highest goals per 90 minutes average with 0.64, behind only David Villa (0.75), Bradley Wright-Phillips (0.72), Roland Alberg (0.70) and Sebastian Giovinco (0.68).

TOP SCORERS IN MLS SINCE 2016Player Team Min. Goals1. David Villa NYC 5,024 422. Bradley Wright-Phillips NY 4,846 38 T3. Ignacio Piatti MTL 4,556 32T3. Sebastian Giovinco TOR 4,251 32 T5. Ola Kamara CLB 4,212 30 T5. Diego Valeri POR 4,923 30 7. Fanendo Adi POR 4,534 26 8. Cyle Larin ORL 4,342 24 T9. Chris Wondolowski SJ 5,108 23 T9. David Accam CHI 3,702 23 BLACK & GOLD GOAL SCORERS ON VERGE OF CLUB MILESTONE Heading into their match against Sporting Kansas City this Saturday, the Black & Gold are on the verge of achieving a club first: having three players score 10 or more goals each in a single regular-season. As it stands, Ola Ka-mara has tallied 14 strikes, Justin Meram has scored 11 goals and Federico Higuain has found the back of the net on nine occasions in the 2017 MLS regular season. Should Higuain score another regular-season goal in 2017, it would mark the first time in club history that three Crew SC players have scored 10 or more regular-season goals in one year. FEDERICO HIGUAIN RISING ON CREW SC’S LIST OF ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON ASSIST LEADERSMidfielder Federico Higuain assisted on Ola Kamara’s 50th-minute goal and Jonathan Mensah’s 71st-minute goal in Crew SC’s home contest against FC Dallas (August 26). With his two helpers against Dallas, Higuain has now notched 42 assists in 143 regular-season appearances (138 starts) for the Black & Gold, overtaking Guillermo Barros-Schelotto for fourth place on Crew SC’s list of all-time assist leaders in regular-season action. Higuain is behind only Robert Warzycha (61 assists), Brian McBride (45 assists) and Jeff Cunningham (44 assists). Through 20 appearances (all starts) in the 2017 MLS regular season, Federico Higuain has scored nine goals and notched seven assists for the Black & Gold. CREW SC’S ALL-TIME ASSIST LEADERSPlayer Assists1. Robert Warzycha 612. Brian McBride 45 3. Jeff Cunningham 444. Federico Higuain 42 5. Guilermo Barros Schelotto 41 6. Brian Maisonneuve 37 7. Justin Meram 33 8. Ethan Finlay 30 9. Brian West 29 10. Eddie Gaven 25

HIGUAIN AND MERAM LEAD BLACK & GOLD IN REGULAR-SEASON AS-SISTS IN 2017 In 2017, no other Crew SC players have recorded more regular-season assists than Federico Higuain and Justin Meram. Both midfielders have registered seven assists this season, three more than Wil Trapp (four assists). Currently, Higuain is two assists away from tying his career-high number of assists (nine) in a year for the club in regular-season action, which he achieved in 2013 and 2015. In addition to helping set up nearly a third of the Black & Gold’s 42 goals this season, both Higuain and Meram have also contributed by scoring a large portion of Crew SC’s goals, with Higuain recording nine goals while Meram has tallied 11 strikes.

JIMENEZ NOTCHES SECOND ASSIST OF 2017 MLS REGULAR SEASONMidfielder Hector Jimenez registered his second assist of the 2017 MLS regular season by providing the helper on Ola Kamara’s 50th-minute goal in a home contest against FC Dallas (August 26). Jimenez played 77 minutes, making 45 passes, one tackle and getting 64 touches on the ball. In 2017, Jimenez has made 14 regular-season appearances (10 starts), providing two assists.

BLACK & GOLD TRIO NAMED TO MLSSOCCER.COM’S TEAM OF THE WEEK Crew SC players Jonathan Mensah, Mohammed Abu and Ola Kamara were all named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week following their perfor-mances against the LA Galaxy (August 23) and FC Dallas (August 26). This was the first time this season that Mensah and Abu earned the nod and the third time that Ola Kamara was named to the team. He was previously named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week in Week 17 and Week 21. In 2017, 11 Black & Gold players have been featured on MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week. GREGG BERHALTER REACHES 50TH REGULAR-SEASON WIN IN CHARGE OF THE BLACK & GOLD With Crew SC’s recent 2-1 home victory over FC Dallas (August 26), Gregg Berhalter now has 50 regular-season wins in MLS, all coming as Crew SC’s Sporting Director and Head Coach. Berhalter first took over the helm of the Black & Gold ahead of the 2014 MLS regular season and has compiled a record of 50-47-33 over that span. His first MLS win as the boss of the Black & Gold came in Crew SC’s 2014 season-opening match against D.C. United at RFK Stadium, with Crew SC winning 3-0 thanks to a brace by Federico Higuain and a goal by Jairo Arrieta. BLACK & GOLD’S FINAL 10 REGULAR-SEASON MATCHES UNDER GREGG BERHALTER BY YEAR Year W L D GF GA2014 7 2 1 20 10 2015 6 3 1 20 14 2016 4 5 1 17 18 2017 3 0 1 8 3 TOTAL 20 10 4 65 45 Under Gregg Berhalter, the Black & Gold have finished out the regular-season in strong fashion. In the previous three seasons, Crew SC has a combined record of 17-10-3 during the final 10 regular-season matches. This year, the Black & Gold have a record of 3-0-1 with only six matches remain-ing in the regular season. CREW SC REACHES MOST WINS AT HOME SINCE 2012 REGULAR- SEASON Year W L D 2012 11 3 3 2013 7 7 3 2014 9 4 4 2015 9 4 4 2016 6 3 8 2017 10 3 1

In 2017, Crew SC has won 10 times when playing at MAPFRE Stadium dur-ing the regular-season, the highest number of home victories for the Black & Gold since the 2012 MLS season. Additionally, this number also marks the highest number of regular-season victories at home in a single season under Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter since he took over the team in 2014. Should Crew SC earn one more point at home, the club will have its best regular-season home record since 2012.

BLACK & GOLD PLAYERS SHINE ON INTERNATIONAL STAGE Three Crew SC players made appearances for their respective national teams this past week: Harrison Afful (Ghana), Jonathan Mensah (Ghana) and Jus-tin Meram (Iraq). Afful and Mensah appeared in both of Ghana’s 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Congo: Afful played 45 minutes in a substitute appearance in Ghana’s 1-1 home draw against Congo (September 1) and 90 minutes in a starting appearance in the Black Stars 5-1 road victory against Congo (September 5), while Mensah started in both matches for Ghana, playing 180 minutes. Meanwhile, Meram started in consecutive 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: He played 90 minutes and scored the opening goal for Iraq in their 2-1 win over Thailand (August 31) and played 71 minutes in Iraq’s 1-0 victory over the United Arab Emirates (September 5).

MLS TAKES PART IN #SCARFTEMBER TO HELP #KICKCHILDHOODCANCERThis September, MLS WORKS, Major League Soccer’s community outreachinitiative, will be conducting its fourth annual Kick Childhood Cancer cam-paign to raise awareness and funds for Children’s Oncology Group (COG). Children’s Oncology Group is the world’s largest organization devotedexclusively to childhood and adolescent cancer research, uniting more than9,000 experts in childhood cancer at more than 200 leading children’shospitals around the world. MLS will “go gold” during the month-long campaign, which will be promoted nationally on broadcast, in-stadium, on social and digital channels and by all 22 MLS clubs through various local activations. Kick Childhood Cancer apparel will be available on MLSstore.com and at select in-stadium retailers. Fans are encouraged to support the campaign by posting images with their Kick Childhood Cancer scarf, or other favorite club scarf on Instagram and Twitter using #ScarvesUp to celebrate Scarftember. MLS WORKS will make a donation to Children’s Oncology Group for each post that includes the hashtag. Fans can also make a donation on the League’s Crowdfunding Webpage: https://www.youcaring.com/childrensoncologygroup-907286


CREW SC CAREER MILESTONESHARRISON AFFULAfful has made 57 appearances (55 starts) in MLS and with Crew SC. Afful reached 50 appearances in MLS and with Crew SC in a road match against the Colorado Rapids on 6/3/2017 and reached 50 starts in MLS and with Crew SC in a road match against Atlanta United FC on 6/17/17. He notched his first MLS and Crew SC assist on 9/12/15 in a road contest against Philadelphia. Afful scored his first MLS and Crew SC goal on 7/13/2016 against Toronto FC. He provided his fifth assist on 7/16/2016 against D.C. United. CURRENT CREW SC PLAYERS WITH 50+ REGULAR-SEASON APPEARANCES FOR THE BLACK & GOLD Player GP GS1. Justin Meram.........................182 1292. Federico Higuain ..................143 1383. Wil Trapp ...............................121 1184. Josh Williams ........................87 785. Hector Jimenez .....................86 556. Waylon Francis .....................83 75 7. Harrison Afful .......................57 55 8. Ola Kamara ...........................53 47

WAYLON FRANCISFrancis has made 83 appearances (75 starts) and needs 17 appearances to reach 100 in MLS and for Crew SC. Francis reached 75 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC at home against Toronto FC on 5/10/2017 and reached 75 starts in MLS and for Crew SC in a home match against the LA Galaxy on 8/23/2017. Francis reached 15 assists in MLS and for Crew SC on 4/13/2014 against San Jose. He has 18 assists and needs two assists to reach 20 in MLS and for Crew SC.

FEDERICO HIGUAINHiguain has made 143 appearances (138 starts) and has recorded 48 goals and 42 assists for Crew SC. He needs two goals and eight assists to reach 50 of each in MLS and for Crew SC. He needs seven appearances to reach 150 and 12 starts to reach 150 in MLS and for Crew SC. Higuain reached 125 starts in a road contest against the New York Red Bulls on 4/22/2017. Higuain reached 250 shots in MLS and for Crew SC on 9/6/15 against FC Dallas. He reached 125 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC on 3/11/17 on the road against the Houston Dynamo. Higuain scored his 40th goal in MLS and for Crew SC on 3/18/17 in a road contest against D.C. United. He reached 40 assists in MLS and for Crew SC and officially joined Crew SC’s 40/40 club on 5/31/2017 against Seattle Sounders FC. He is the all-time club leader in corner kicks taken with 580 and needs 20 more corner kicks to reach 600. 30 GOALS, 30 ASSISTS CLUBPlayer ................................................ G A Total (G+A) 1. Jeff Cunningham ........................ 64 44 1082. Brian McBride ............................. 62 45 107 3. Federico Higuain .......................... 48 42 904. Guillermo Barros Schelotto ...... 33 41 745. Justin Meram ................................. 35 33 686. Ethan Finlay ............................... 30 30 60

ALL-TIME CLUB GOALSPlayer ................................................ G1. Jeff Cunningham ........................ 642. Brian McBride ............................. 623. Federico Higuain .......................... 484. Stern John .................................... 445. Edson Buddle .............................. 42T6. Eddie Gaven ............................. 35T6. Justin Meram .............................. 358. Guillermo Barros Schelotto ...... 339. Kei Kamara .................................. 32T10. Ethan Finlay .......................... 30 T10. Ola Kamara................................ 30

ADAM JAHNJahn has made 91 appearances (27 starts) and needs nine appearances to reach 100 in MLS. He made his Crew SC debut on 7/31/2016 against Toronto FC. He has made 29 appearances (five starts) for Crew SC and needs one appearances to reach 30. Jahn has scored 12 goals and needs three goals to reach 15 in MLS. Jahn scored his first Crew SC goal on 8/24/2016 against the Philadelphia Union. Jahn recorded his first assist for Crew SC against the Montreal Impact on 6/24/2017.

HECTOR JIMENEZJimenez has made 129 appearances (83 starts). Jimenez reached 125 appearances in MLS in a road contest against Real Salt Lake on 7/29/2017. He has scored five goals and needs five to reach 10 in MLS. Jimenez has made 86 appearances (55 starts) for Crew SC and needs 14 appearances to reach 100 for Crew SC. Jimenez reached 75 ap-pearances and 50 starts in MLS on 5/16/15 at San Jose and reached 75 appearances for Crew SC on 5/10/2017 at home against Toronto FC. He made his 50th start for Crew SC on 5/31/2017 in a home match against Seattle Sounders FC. Jimenez has 16 assists and needs four to reach 20 in MLS.

OLA KAMARAKamara has made 53 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC. He has made 47 starts and needs three more starts to reach 50 in MLS and for Crew SC. Kamara made his 50th appearance in MLS and for Crew SC in a home match against the Chicago Fire on 8/12/2017. Kamara made his 25th start against Orlando City SC on 4/1/17. Kamara has scored 30 goals and needs 20 goals to reach 50 in MLS and for Crew SC. He scored his 30th goal in a home contest against FC Dallas on 8/26/2017, tying Brian McBride as the second-fastest Crew SC player to reach 25 goals (43 matches). He scored his first MLS and Crew SC goal on 5/28/16 against Real Salt Lake. Kamara notched his first MLS and Crew SC hat trick (as well as the first hat trick for Crew SC since September 18, 2004) on 5/28/16 against Real Salt Lake. Kamara recorded 100 regular-season shots with Crew SC during a road contest against the New York Red Bulls on 4/22/2017.

ALL-TIME CLUB SINGLE-SEASON GOALSPlayer ................................................ G1. Stern John (1998) ........................... 262. Kei Kamara (2015) ......................... 223. Stern John (1999) ........................... 184. Brian McBride (1996) .................... 17T5. Jeff Cunningham (2002) ............. 16 T5. Ola Kamara (2016) ..................... 16 KEKUTA MANNEHManneh has made 115 MLS appearances (71 starts) and needs four starts to reach 75. He has scored 25 goals in MLS. Manneh reached 25 goals scored in MLS in a home match against the Chicago Fire on 8/12/2017. He made his Crew SC debut on 4/29/17 at home against New York City FC and made his first Crew SC start on 5/13/17 in a road contest against the Montreal Impact. Manneh scored his first goal and recorded his first assist for Crew SC on 6/24/2017 in a home contest against the Montreal Impact.

JUSTIN MERAMMeram has made 182 MLS appearances (129 starts) and needs 18 more appear-ances to reach 200 in MLS and for Crew SC. Meram reached 125 starts in MLS and for Crew SC in a road match against the San Jose Earthquakes on 8/5/2017. He reached 175 MLS and Crew SC appearances on 7/22/2017 in a home contest against the Philadelphia Union. He has made 128 starts and needs 22 more starts to reach 150. Meram has 35 goals and needs 15 more to reach 50. He reached 100 starts on 10/13/16 at Chicago. Meram reached 30 goals in MLS and for Crew SC at the Montreal Impact on 5/13/17. He reached 30 assists in MLS and for Crew SC against New England on 5/6/17. He reached 300 shots in MLS and for Crew SC on 7/4/17 in a road contest against Minnesota United FC. Meram recorded his first career hat trick on the road against the Montreal Impact on 5/13/17. ALL-TIME CLUB SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTSPlayer ................................................ A1. Guillermo Barros Schelotto (2008) ...192. John Wilmar Perez (2001) ......... 15T3. Jeff Cunningham (2001) ......... 13T3. Robert Warzycha (2000) ......... 13T3. Ethan Finlay (2015) ................ 13T3. Justin Meram (2016) ................. 13

GASTON SAUROSauro has made 17 appearances (16 starts) and needs eight appearances and nine starts to reach 25 of each in MLS and for Crew SC. Sauro made his first MLS and Crew SC start and appearance on 9/6/15 against FC Dallas. He made his 10th ap-pearance in MLS and for Crew SC on 5/7/16 vs. Montreal.

ZACK STEFFEN Steffen has made 28 appearances (all starts). He reached 25 appearances and starts in MLS and for Crew SC in a home match against the Chicago Fire on 8/12/2017. He has made 81 saves and needs 19 more to reach 100 in MLS and for Crew SC. Steffen reached 75 saves for Crew SC in a road contest against Orlando City SC on 8/19/2017. Steffen has saved two penalty-kick attempts in MLS. He saved his first regular-season penalty kick against Toronto FC on 5/10/17. Steffen has recorded seven shutouts and is three away from reaching 10. He registered a secondary assist in a home contest against the Montreal Impact on 6/24/2017, becoming the seventh Crew SC goalkeeper to record an assist in regular-season action.

WIL TRAPPTrapp has made 121 appearances (118 starts) and needs four appearances to reach 125 appearances and seven starts to reach 125 in MLS and for Crew SC. He has 12 assists and needs 13 more to reach 25 in MLS and for Crew SC. Trapp reached 100 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC on 4/15/17 against Toronto FC. He reached 100 regular-season starts for Crew SC on 5/6/17 against New England. Trapp notched his 10th assist on 5/21/2017 in a road contest against New England. He scored his first goal in a road contest against the Houston Dynamo on 9/13/2014. JOSH WILLIAMSWilliams has made 119 appearances (106 starts) and needs six appearances to reach 125 in MLS. He has made 87 appearances (78 starts) for Crew SC and needs 13 appearances to reach 100 with the club. Williams reached 75 appearances for Crew SC on 5/6/2017 against New England. He reached his 75th start for Crew SC in a home match against the Chicago Fire on 8/12/2017. Williams has four goals and needs one goal to reach five in MLS and for Crew SC. He has five assists and needs five assists to reach 10 in MLS. Williams reached his 100th MLS start in a home contest against the Montreal Impact on 6/24/2017.


2017 MISCELLANEOUS MLS REGULAR-SEASON STATSQuickest Goal: Higuain, 5/31 vs. SEA, 10’ Quickest Goal Against: Quioto, 3/11 @ HOU, 2’

Game-Winning Goals after 75’: Hansen, 3/25 vs. POR, 84’ Meram, 5/13 @ MTL, 90+1’

Game-Tying Goals after 75’: N/A Game-Winning Goals Against after 75’: Harrison, 4/29 vs. NYC, 76’ Ricketts, 5/10 vs. TOR, 90’ Gordon, 6/3 @COL, 86’

Game-Tying Goals Against after 75’: Ricketts, 5/10 vs. TOR 81’ Jackson-Hamel, 5/13 @MTL, 77’ Doyle, 6/3 @COL, 80’Hat Tricks: Meram, 5/13 @ MTLHat Tricks Against: N/AOwn Goals For: N/AOwn Goals Against: N/ARed Cards: Mensah, 3/11 @ HOU, 87’ Mensah, 7/26 @ PHI, 35’ Abubakar, 7/26 @ PHI, 76’ Afful, 8/19 @ ORL, 77’

Opponent’s Red Cards: Farrell, 5/21 @ NE, 90+2’ Delgado, 5/26 @ TOR, 81’ Cole, 8/23 vs. LA, 18’

2017 REGULAR-SEASON PENALTY KICKS FOR

2017 REGULAR-SEASON PENALTY KICKS AGAINST

CLB Player Goalkeeper, Team Date ResultKamara Hamid, DC United 3/18/17 GoalHiguain Hamid, DC United 3/18/17 GoalHiguain Bono, Toronto FC 5/10/17 GoalKamara Lampson, Chicago Fire 8/12/17 GoalHiguain Kempin, LA Galaxy 8/23/17 SaveKamara Kempin, LA Galaxy 8/23/17 Save

Player, Team CLB Goalkeeper Date ResultRoyer, New York Red Bulls Steffen 4/22/17 GoalAltidore, Toronto FC Steffen 5/10/17 Save Vazquez, Toronto FC Steffen 5/26/17 GoalAlberg, Philadelphia Union Steffen 7/26/17 SavePlata, Real Salt Lake Steffen 7/29/17 Goal

CREW SC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON HONORSEtihad Airways MLS Player of the Month: TBD

MLSSoccer.com Player of the Week: Justin Meram (Week 11)

MLSSoccer.com Team of the Week: Gregg Berhalter (Week 3) Mohammed Abu (Week 25) Lalas Abubakar (Week 23) Harrison Afful (Week 4) Alex Crognale (Week 3, Week 5, Week 20) Artur (Week 4, Week 5) Federico Higuain (Week 4, Week 10, Week 14, Week 17) Ola Kamara (Week 17, Week 21, Week 25) Kekuta Manneh (Week 17) Jonathan Mensah (Week 25) Justin Meram (Week 5, Week 7, Week 11, Week 14, Week 16, Week 20, Week 23) Zack Steffen (Week 3, Week 24)

MLSSoccer.com Goal of the Week: Federico Higuain (Nominated - Week 9, Week 10) Ola Kamara (Nominated - Week 12) Justin Meram (Nominated - Week 14)

MLSSoccer.com Save of the Week: Zack Steffen (Nominated - Week 3, Week 6, Week 7, Week 11, Week 14, Week 18, Week 21, Week 22)

2016-17 COLUMBUS CREW SC TRANSACTIONSPLAYERS INM Pedro Santos (Acquired on Aug. 8)F Kekuta Manneh (Acquired on Mar. 30)GK Logan Ketterer (Signed on Feb. 20)D Connor Maloney (Signed on Feb. 20)M Artur (Acquired on loan on Feb. 10)M Cristian Martinez (Acquired on Jan. 25)M Abuchi Obinwa (Signed on Jan. 25)M Mohammed Abu (Acquired as a Special Discovery Player on Jan. 24) D Lalas Abubakar (SuperDraft selection signed on Jan.13)F Niko Hansen (SuperDraft selection signed on Jan. 13)D Josh Williams (Signed on Jan. 4)D Jonathan Mensah (Acquired as Discovery Signing and Designated Player on Jan. 3) D Jukka Raitala (Acquired as Discovery Signing on Dec. 23D Alex Crognale (Signed as Homegrown player on Dec. 9)

PLAYERS OUTD Nicolai Naess (Transferred to SC Heerenveen on August 29)

M Ethan Finlay (Traded to Minnesota United FC for allocation money on August 9)

M Dilly Duka (Waived on Jul. 10)

M Tony Tchani (Traded to Vancouver Whitecaps FC for Kekuta Manneh on Mar. 30)

M Mohammed Saeid (Selected by Minnesota United FC in 2016 Expansion Draft on Dec. 13)

D Michael Parkhurst (Traded to Atlanta United FC on Dec. 11)

Options declined on four players, one player out of contract (Nov. 23)

HOW CREW SC WAS BUILTSeason 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017SuperDraft Meram Hollingsworth Abubakar Saravia Hansen Ketterer Maloney

Homegrown Trapp Swanson Crognale

Trade Jimenez Manneh

DP Higuain Mensah Santos Signing Steffen

Francis Afful Kamara Abu Sauro Obinwa Raitala Williams Loan Martinez* Artur Allocation

Waiver Draft Stuver * Permanent transfer in 2017

Overall Home AwayOverall: 13-12-3 10-3-1 3-9-2vs. East: 8-9-2 6-3-1 2-6-0vs. West: 5-3-1 3-0-0 1-3-1Before All-Star Game (Aug. 2): 10-11-2 7-3-1 3-8-2After All-Star Game (Aug. 2): 3-1-1 3-0-0 0-1-0Scoring First: 10-3-3 7-1-1 3-2-2Opp. Scoring First: 3-9-0 3-2-0 0-7-0Leading at Half: 7-1-3 5-1-1 2-0-2Trailing at Half: 0-8-0 0-1-0 0-7-0Tied at Half: 6-3-0 5-1-0 1-2-0Leading at 75’: 12-2-0 9-1-0 3-1-0Trailing at 75’: 0-9-0 0-1-0 0-8-0Tied at 75’: 1-1-3 1-1-1 0-0-2Out-Shooting Opponent: 6-7-0 5-3-0 1-4-0Out-Shot by Opponent: 6-4-3 4-0-1 2-4-2Shots Even: 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-1-0One-Goal Games: 5-6-0 3-2-0 2-4-0Day Games (before 5 p.m. local): 1-2-1 1-0-1 0-2-0Night Games (5 p.m. or after local): 12-10-3 9-3-0 3-10-2In Gold Kits: 7-7-3 4-2-1 3-5-2In Black Kits: 6-5-0 6-1-0 0-4-0On The CW Columbus: 9-9-2 8-2-0 1-7-2On ABC-6: 0-1-1 0-0-1 0-1-0On FOX-28: 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0On MyTV Columbus: 2-2-0 1-1-0 1-1-0On Spectrum Sports and BCSN2: 12-12-3 9-3-1 3-9-2On ESPN: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On FS1: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On UniMas/Univision Deportes: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0In March: 2-1-1 1-0-1 1-1-0In April: 2-3-0 2-1-0 0-2-0In May: 3-3-0 2-1-0 1-2-0In June: 1-2-0 1-0-0 0-2-0In July: 2-2-1 1-1-0 1-1-1In August: 3-1-1 3-0-0 0-1-1In September: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0In October: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Mondays: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Tuesdays: 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0On Wednesdays: 2-2-0 2-1-0 0-1-0On Thursdays: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Fridays: 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0On Saturdays: 10-8-3 8-2-1 2-6-2On Sundays: 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0In Sunny Weather: 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-2-0In Clear Weather: 9-4-2 7-0-0 2-4-2In Rain: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0In Cloudy Weather: 4-6-1 3-3-1 1-3-030°-49° at Kickoff: 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-050°-59° at Kickoff: 3-1-0 2-0-0 1-1-060°-69° at Kickoff: 1-4-0 0-0-0 1-4-070°-79° at Kickoff: 7-6-0 7-2-0 0-4-080°-89° at Kickoff: 2-1-0 1-1-0 1-0-090°+ at Kickoff: 0-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-2Indoors: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Using No Subs: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Using 1 Sub: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Using 2 Subs: 2-0-2 2-0-1 0-0-1Using 3 Subs: 11-12-1 8-3-0 3-9-1On Natural Grass: 12-11-3 10-3-1 2-8-2OnFieldTurf/ArtificialSurface:1-1-00-0-01-1-0When scoring 0 goals: 0-5-0 0-1-0 0-4-0When scoring 1 goal: 2-6-2 1-1-1 1-5-1When scoring 2 goals: 6-1-1 5-1-0 1-0-1When scoring 3 goals: 4-0-0 3-0-0 1-0-0When scoring 4+ goals: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0

2017 MLS REGULAR-SEASON CATEGORICAL WIN-LOSS


PLAYER MINI BIOS

2 JUKKA RAITALA - D5’11”, 174 LBS. / D.O.B.: 09-15-1988 / HOMETOWN: HELSINKI, FINLAND

2017 SeasonRaitala has made 23 appearances (18 starts) this season: 13 starts and one substitute appear-ance as a leftback, five starts and one substitute appearance as a left wingback, two substitute appearances as a rightback, one substitute appearance as an attacking midfielder and has recorded two assists. Raitala made his regular-season team debut as a starter in the Opening Match against the Chicago Fire (March 4). He notched the first assist of his Crew SC career on the road against the Houston Dynamo (March 11). Raitala missed the match against Portland (March 25) due to being away on international duty with Finland. He earned his 36th international cap in a friendly against Austria (March 28). He returned to the team against Orlando, starting for Crew SC (April 1). He started in a road contest against Chicago (April 8), a home contest against Toronto (April 15) and a road contest against the New York Red Bulls (April 22). Raitala recorded his second assist of the season in a start against New York City FC (April 29). He made a substitute appearance at rightback in a home contest against the New England Revolution (May 6) and returned to the starting lineup in a road contest against the Montreal Impact (May 13). Raitala made a substitute appearance in a road contest against New England (May 21) and started in a home contest against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31). He earned his 37th international cap in a friendly against Liechtenstein (June 7) and earned his 38th international cap in a 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying match against Ukraine (June 11). Raitala returned to the starting lineup in a road contest against Atlanta United FC (June 17). Raitala started in an international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14). He came on as a substitute in a home match against the LA Galaxy (August 23) and helped his team earn a clean sheet. Raitala returned to the starting lineup in a home contest against FC Dallas (August 26).

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Raitala did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017 (Columbus): 23 GP/18 GS, 0 G, 2 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against Dallas (08/26/2017)Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 9-8-12017 Crew SC record when he appears: 11-9-32017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-2-0Last goal with Columbus: N/ALast assist with Columbus: vs. NYCFC (04/29/2017)

2017 SeasonMensah has made 21 appearances (20 starts) this season, all as a centerback and has recorded one goal and one assist this season. He made his regular-season team debut as a starter in the Opening Match against the Chicago Fire (March 4). Mensah received a red card in a road contest against the Houston Dynamo (March 11) and subsequently missed the match at D.C. United (March 18) while serving a one-match suspension. He returned as a starter for Crew SC against the Portland Timbers (March 25). Mensah did not appear in the matches against Orlando City SC (April 1), Chicago Fire (April 8), To-ronto FC (April 15) and New York Red Bulls (April 22) after being listed as questionable with a right thigh strain during those weeks. He started in seven consecutive matches starting with Crew SC’s home match against New York City FC (April 29) to Crew SC’s home match against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31). Mensah made a substitute appear-ance in a road match against the Colorado Rapids (June 3) and returned to the starting lineup in a road match against Atlanta United FC (June 17). Mensah started in an international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14). He received a red card in a road match against the Philadelphia Union (July 26) and subsequently missed the following road match against Real Salt Lake (July 29). Mensah returned to the starting lineup in the road match against the San Jose Earthquakes (August 5), recording his first MLS regular-season assist. He started in a home match against the LA Galaxy (August 23), helping his team earn a clean sheet in that match. He started in a home contest against FC Dallas (August 26), scoring the game-winning goal and earn-ing a spot on MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Mensah did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017 (Columbus): 21 GP/20 GS, 1 G, 1 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against Dallas and scored the game-winning goal (08/26/2017) Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017) 2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 9-9-22017 Crew SC record when he appears: 9-10-22017 Crew SC record when he scores: 1-0-02017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-1-0Last goal with Columbus: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017)Last assist with Columbus: at San Jose (08/05/2017)

/ 4 JONATHAN MENSAH – D6’ 2”, 183 LBS. / D.O.B.: 07-13-1990 / HOMETOWN: PRAMPRAM, GHANA / @JOMENS25

3 JOSH WILLIAMS - D6’ 2”, 185 LBS. / D.O.B.: 04-18-1988 / HOMETOWN: COPLEY, OH / @JOSH3WILLIAMS

2017 SeasonWilliams has made 16 appearances (13 starts) this season, all as a centerback. He made his season debut on the road at D.C. United (March 18) as a starter, helping the Black & Gold keep a clean sheet. He made substitute appearances at home against Toronto FC (April 15) and in a road contest against the New York Red Bulls (April 22). Williams made his 75th MLS regular-season appearance for Crew SC as a starter in a home contest against the New England Revolution (May 6). He started in a home match against Toronto FC (May 10). Williams started in four consecutive matches against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31), the Colorado Rapids (June 3), Atlanta United FC (June 17) and the Montreal Impact (June 24). Williams made his 100th career MLS start (112 appearances) in a home contest against the Montreal Impact (June 24). Williams made a substitute appearance in an international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt, wearing the captain’s armband after Wil Trapp was subbed out (July 14). Williams returned to the starting lineup in a road contest against Real Sale Lake (July 29). Williams started in a home match against the Chicago Fire (August 12), making his 75th start for the club. He then started in the following road match against Orlando City SC (August 19). Williams started in consecutive home matches against the LA Galaxy (August 23) - helping his team earn a clean sheet in that match - and against FC Dallas (August 26).

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Willliams made one appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, coming on as a substitute for Nico Naess in the Fourth Round match at FC Cincinnati (June 14).

2017 (Columbus): 16 GP/13 GS, 0 G, 0 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against Dallas (08/26/2017)Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017) 2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 7-4-22017 Crew SC record when he appears: 9-5-22017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: N/ALast goal with Columbus: vs. D.C. (04/27/2013)Last assist with Columbus: vs. D.C. (04/27/2013)

6 TONY TCHANI -- MID

2017 SeasonArtur has made 20 appearances (17 starts) this season, all coming at center midfield, and has recorded two as-sists. Artur made his team debut coming on as a substitute in the second half of the Opening Match against the Chicago Fire (March 4). Artur made his first start for Crew SC in a road contest against Houston (March 11). Following his appearance against the Portland Timbers (March 25), he was named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week. He recorded his first career assist, a game-winning assist, for the Black & Gold against Orlando City SC (April 1) and was also named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week following the match. Artur underwent successful surgery to repair his left wrist after suffering an injury during a road contest against the New York Red Bulls (April 22). He missed the subsequent matches against New York City FC (April 29) and the New Eng-land Revolution (May 6) after being listed as out during those weeks due to the surgery. Artur missed the match against Toronto FC (May 10) after being listed as questionable that week following wrist surgery. Artur returned to the starting lineup in a road contest against the Montreal Impact (May 13). He did not make an appearance against New England (May 21) due to a thigh strain injury ahead of the match. Artur made a substitute appear-ance in a road match against Toronto FC (May 26) coming in for Justin Meram. Artur started in a home match against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31) and made a substitute appearance in a road match against the Colorado Rapids (June 3), coming in for Mohammed Abu. He returned to the starting lineup in a road match against Atlanta United FC (June 17). Artur came on as a substitute in an international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14). He started in a home match against the Philadelphia Union (July 22) and recorded his second helper of the season, which was also a game-winning assist. Artur missed the road match against Orlando City SC (August 19) due to left hamstring tightness. He missed the matches against the LA Galaxy (Au-gust 23) and FC Dallas (August 26) after being listed as questionable with a left thigh strain during that week.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Artur made one appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, starting as a center midfielder in the Fourth Round match at FC Cincinnati (June 14).

2017 (Columbus): 20 GP/17 GS, 0 G, 2 ACrew SC’s last match: Missed the match after being listed as questionable with a left thigh strain Last match played: vs. Chicago (08/12/2017)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 9-7-12017 Crew SC record when he appears: 9-9-22017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 2-0-0Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: vs. Philadelphia (07/22/2017)

7 ARTUR– M5’ 11”, 154LBS. / D.O.B.: 03-11-1996 / HOMETOWN: BAHIA, BRAZIL / @ARTURL33


2017 SeasonAbu has made 16 appearances (10 starts) this season, all coming at center midfield, and has recorded one assist. Abu made his regular-season team debut as a starter in the Opening Match against the Chicago Fire (March 4). He came on as a substi-tute in road contests against Houston (March 11) and D.C. (March 18) and again in a home match against Orlando (April 1). Abu returned to the starting lineup in a road contest against Chicago (April 8). He came on as a substitute in a road con-test against the New York Red Bulls (April 22). He started in home contests against New York City FC (April 29) and Toronto FC (May 10). Abu then started in a road contest against the New England Revolution (May 21) and again in a road match against the Colorado Rapids (June 3). He made a substitute appearance in a road match against Atlanta United FC (June 17). Abu missed a home contest against Atlanta United FC (July 1), while on international duty with Ghana. Abu started in an international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14). He missed the match against the Philadelphia Union (July 22) after being listed a questionable with a left ankle sprain during that week. Abu made a substitute appearance in a road contest against the Philadelphia Union (July 26). He started in a road match against Orlando City SC (August 19). Abu registered his first MLS career assist, starting in the home match against the LA Galaxy (August 23). He then started in a home match against FC Dallas (August 26), earning a spot on MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week for his performance.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Abu did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

8 MOHAMMED ABU – M5’ 7”, 150 LBS. / D.O.B.: 11-14-1991 / HOMETOWN: NAMASA, GHANA

PLAYER MINI BIOS

2017 (Columbus): 16 GP/10 GS, 0 G, 1 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against Dallas (08/26/2017)Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 3-5-2 2017 Crew SC record when he appears: 5-9-22017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 1-0-0Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: vs. LA (08/23/2017)

9 JUSTIN MERAM – M 6’ 1”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 12-04-1988 / HOMETOWN: SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI / @JUSTINMERAM

2017 SeasonMeram has made 28 appearances (27 starts) this season: 19 as a left midfielder, eight as an attacking midfielder and one substitute appearance as a forward, recording 11 goals and seven assists. The midfielder made his season debut as a starter in the Opening Match against the Chicago Fire (March 4), providing an assist. Meram notched his second assist of the season in a road contest against the Houston Dynamo (March 11). He scored his first goal of the season at home against the Portland Timbers (March 25), making him the seventh Crew SC player in history to record 25 career-goals and 25 career-assists. Meram recorded a brace against Orlando City (April 1), tallying his second and third goals of the year in the match; he was also voted the club’s Acura Man of the Match by Crew SC fans and earned MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week honors. Meram scored the game-winning goal and his fourth goal of the season at home against Toronto FC (April 15). He recorded his third assist at home against New York City FC (April 29) and his fourth assist against the New England Revolution (May 6), his 30th career regular-season assist for Crew SC. Meram started in a road match against the Montreal Impact (May 13); during the match he recorded his first career hat trick, scored his 30th goal and became the sixth Crew SC player to record at least 30 goals and 30 assists for the club in regular-season action. Meram was named the Alcatel MLS Player of the Week following his performance against Montreal. He scored his eighth goal, recorded his fifth assist and was nominated for MLSSoccer.com’s AT&T Goal of the Week after his performance against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31). Meram recorded his sixth assist of 2017 on the road against the Colorado Rapids (June 3). He was named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week for his performances against Seattle and Colorado. Meram started in a road match against Atlanta United FC (June 17) and was named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week. He started in a home match against the Philadelphia Union (July 22) and scored the game-winning goal, his ninth goal of the season. Meram started in a road match against the San Jose Earthquakes (August 5) and recorded an assist. Meram started in a home match against the Chicago Fire (Au-gust 12), scoring his 10th goal of the 2017 MLS regular season, which was the game-winner. He started in a home match against the LA Galaxy (August 23) and scored his 11th goal of the season.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Meram made one appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, starting as a left midfielder in the Fourth Round match at FC Cincinnati (June 14).

2017 (Columbus): 28 GP/27 GS, 11 G, 7 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against Dallas (08/26/2017) Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 12-12-32017 Crew SC record when he appears: 13-12-32017 Crew SC record when he scores: 8-0-02017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 2-4-1Last goal with Columbus: vs. LA (08/23/2017)Last assist with Columbus: at San Jose (08/05/2017)

2017 (Columbus): 20 GP/20 GS, 9 G, 7 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against Dallas and recorded two assists, including the game-winning assist (08/26/2017)Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017) 2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 10-9-12017 Crew SC record when he appears: 10-9-12017 Crew SC record when he scores: 4-4-02017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 5-0-0Last goal with Columbus: vs. Montreal (06/24/2017)Last assist with Columbus: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017)

10 FEDERICO HIGUAIN – M 5’ 8”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 10-25-1984 / HOMETOWN: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

2017 SeasonHiguain has made 20 appearances (all starts) this season: 19 appearances as an attacking midfielder and one appearance as a center mid-fielder, and has scored nine goals and recorded seven assists this season. He scored his 40th Crew SC career-goal and first goal of the season against D.C. United via penalty kick, extending his lead as the all-time leading penalty kick goal scorer to 15 goals (March 18). Higuain recorded his first assist of the season at home against the Portland Timbers (March 25), bringing his total to 36 career assists for the Black & Gold. Following his appearance against Portland Timbers (March 25), he was named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week. He recorded his second assist of the season in the match against Orlando City SC (April 1). Higuain did not make an appearance against Chicago (April 8) due to an ankle injury. He recorded his third and fourth assists of the year against Toronto, including a game-winning assist. Higuain made his 125th MLS regular-season start for Crew SC on the road at the New York Red Bulls (April 22). He started against New York City FC (April 29) and scored his second goal of the 2017 campaign, which was nominated for MLSSoccer.com’s Goal of the Week. Higuain also started against the New England Revolution (May 6) and scored his third goal of the season, which was nominated for MLSSoccer.com’s Goal of the Week; he was also voted as the club’s Acura Man of the Match by Crew SC fans and earned MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week honors. Higuain started against Toronto FC (May 10) and scored a penalty kick goal. He recorded his 40th Crew SC career assist and joined Crew SC’s 40/40 club, also scoring his fifth goal of the season in a home contest against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31). Higuain scored his sixth goal of the season on the road against the Colorado Rapids (June 3). He was named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week for his performances against Seattle and Colorado. Higuain scored his seventh goal of the season in a road match against Atlanta United FC (June 17). Higuain recorded a brace against the Montreal Impact (June 24), which extended his streak of consecutive regular-season matches with a goal to four; he was named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week for his performance against the Impact. He missed the matches against the Philadelphia Union (July 22 and July 26) and Real Salt Lake (July 29) after being listed as out with a right knee sprain during those weeks. Higuain missed the matches against the San Jose Earthquakes (August 5), the Chicago Fire (August 12) and Orlando City SC (Au-gust 19) after being listed as questionable with a right knee sprain during those weeks. He returned to the starting lineup in a home match against the LA Galaxy (August 23). Higuain started in a home contest against FC Dallas (August 26), registering two assists - including the game-winning assist - to take sole possession of fourth place on Crew SC’s list of all-time regular-season assist leaders.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Higuain made one appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, starting as an attacking midfielder in the Fourth Round match at

FC Cincinnati (June 14).

2017 SeasonKamara has made 28 appearances (27 starts) this season, all as a forward, and has scored 14 goals and re-corded three assists this year. He made his season debut as a starter in the Opening Match against the Chicago Fire (March 4). Kamara scored his first goal of the season on the road against the Houston Dynamo (March 11), scoring in stoppage time (90+3’). Kamara scored his second goal of the season in a 2-0 win against D.C. United via penalty kick (March 18). He tallied his third consecutive goal of the season at home against the Portland Timbers scoring from a volley from outside the box (March 25). Kamara scored his fourth goal of the season at home against Toronto FC (April 15). He recorded his fifth goal of the season in a home match against New York City FC (April 29). Kamara scored his sixth goal and recorded his first assist of the season in a home match against the New England Revolution (May 6). Kamara scored his seventh goal of the 2017 MLS season in a road match against the New England Revolution (May 21) and was nominated for MLSSoccer.com’s AT&T Goal of the Week as a result. He scored his eighth goal of the season against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31). Kamara recorded his second assist of the season in a road match against Atlanta United FC (June 17). Kamara registered his ninth goal and third assist of the season in a home contest against the Montreal Impact (June 24). Kamara started in an international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14) and scored the game-winning goal. He scored his 10th and 11th goals in a road match against Real Salt Lake (July 29) and was selected to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week following his performance. Kamara made his 50th appearance for the club in a home match against the Chicago Fire (August 12), scoring his 12th goal in the match via penalty kick. He started in a home match against the LA Galaxy (August 23) and scored his 13th goal of the season, the game-winner. Kamara started in a home contest against FC Dallas (August 26), scoring Crew SC’s opening goal - his 30th regular-season goal since joining Crew SC - and earning a spot on MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Kamara did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017 (Columbus): 28 GP/27 GS, 14 G, 3 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against Dallas and scored a goal (08/26/2017) Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 12-12-32017 Crew SC record when he appears: 13-12-32017 Crew SC record when he scores: 9-3-12017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 2-1-0Last goal with Columbus: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017)Last assist with Columbus: vs. Montreal (06/24/2017)

11 OLA KAMARA - F6’ 0”, 181 LBS. / D.O.B.: 10-15-1989 / HOMETOWN: OSLO, NORWAY / @OLAKAMARA


PLAYER MINI BIOS

2017 SeasonJahn has made 18 appearances, one start and 17 substitute appearances this season, all as a forward, has scored one goal and has recorded one assist. He made his season debut in the Opening Match against the Chicago Fire (March 4), coming on as a substitute in the second half. He came on as a substitute in a road contest against Houston (March 11). Jahn made a substitute appearances in a road contest against D.C. (March 18). He made two substitute appearances in consecutive home matches against Portland (March 25) and Orlando (April 1). Jahn made a sub-stitute appearance in a road contest against the Chicago Fire (April 8). He made two substitute appearances in home contests against New York City FC (April 29) and Toronto FC (May 10). Jahn made his first start of the season in a road contest against the Montreal Impact (May 13). He made substitute appearances in consecutive road matches against New England (May 21) and Toronto (May 26), before making a substitute appearance in a road match against Atlanta United FC (June 17). Jahn recorded his first assist of the season and for Crew SC in a home contest against the Montreal Impact (June 24) after coming in as a substitute for Ola Kamara. Jahn made a substitute appearance in a home match against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14). Jahn made a substitute appearance in a road contest against the San Jose Earthquakes (August 5) and scored his first goal of the 2017 MLS regular season.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Jahn made one appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, starting as a forward in the Fourth Round match at FC Cincinnati (June 14).

2017 (Columbus): 18 GP/1 GS, 1 G, 1 ACrew SC’s last match: Named to the gameday 18Last match played: vs. Chicago (08/12/2017)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 1-0-02017 Crew SC record when he appears: 8-9-12017 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-1-02017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 1-0-0Last goal with Columbus: at San Jose (08/05/2017)Last assist with Columbus: vs. Montreal (06/24/2017)

12 ADAM JAHN - F6’3”, 201 LBS. / D.O.B.: 01-05-1991 / HOMETOWN: DAVIS, CA / @ADAMJAHN14

2017 SeasonFrancis has made 12 appearances (10 starts) this season, six appearances (five starts) as a leftback, six appearances (five starts) as a left wingback and has recorded two assists. He did not make an appear-ance the first three matches of the season after having been listed as questionable following shoulder surgery on his right shoulder. Francis made his season debut as a starter at home against the Portland Timbers (March 25). He made a substitute appearance in a road contest against Chicago (April 8). Francis started in a home contest against the New England Revolution (May 6). He made his 75th regular-season appearance for Crew SC in a home contest against Toronto FC (May 10). Francis started in consecutive road matches against the New England Revolution (May 21) and Toronto FC (May 26). He returned to the starting lineup in a road match against the Colorado Rapids (June 3). Francis made a substitute appearance in an international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14). He returned to the starting lineup in a road contest against Real Salt Lake (July 29). Francis made a substitution appearance in a road contest against the San Jose Earthquakes (Au-gust 5). He started in a home match against the Chicago Fire (August 12), registering his first assist of the 2017 MLS regular season, which was also the game-winning assist. Francis started in the road match against Orlando City SC (August 19), registering his second assist of the season. He made his 75th start in MLS and for Crew SC in a home match against the LA Galaxy (August 23), helping his team keep a clean sheet. Francis missed the match against FC Dallas (August 26) after being listed as out with a left thigh strain during that week.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Francis made one appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, starting as a leftback in the Fourth Round match at FC Cincinnati (June 14).

2017 (Columbus): 12 GP/10 GS, 0 G, 2 A Crew SC’s last match: Missed the match after being listed as out with a left thigh strain Last match played: vs. LA (08/23/2017) 2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 4-4-2 2017 Crew SC record when he appears: 4-6-2 2017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A 2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 1-0-1 Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: at Orlando (08/19/2017)

14 WAYLON FRANCIS - D5’ 9”, 160 LBS. / D.O.B.: 09-20-1990 / HOMETOWN: PUERTO LIMÓN, COSTA RICA / @WAYLONFRANCIS90

2017 SeasonJimenez has made 14 appearances (10 starts) this season, 10 appearances (eight starts) at rightback, two starts and two substitute appearances at right wingback and has provided two assists. He made his season debut as a starter in a road con-test against Chicago (April 8), playing the entire 90 minutes and started in a home match against the New England Revolution (May 6). Jimenez made his 75th regu-lar-season appearance for Crew SC against Toronto FC (May 10), coming into the match as a substitute in the 66th minute. He started in road contests against the Montreal Impact (May 13) and the New England Revolution (May 21). Jimenez started in a home match against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31), his 50th start for Crew SC, and recorded his first assist of the 2017 MLS season. Jimenez started in an international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14). Jimenez made a starting appearance in a road match against the Philadelphia Union (July 26). He made his 125th appearance in MLS in the road contest against Real Salt Lake (July 29) coming on as a substitute in the second half. Jimenez returned to the starting lineup in a road contest against the San Jose Earthquakes (August 5). He made a substitute appearance in a home match against the Chicago Fire (August 12). Jimenez started in consecutive home matches against the LA Galaxy (August 23), helping his team keep a clean sheet in that match, and against FC Dallas (August 26), providing an assist.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Jimenez made one appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, starting as a rightback in the Fourth Round match at FC Cincinnati (June 14).

2017: (Columbus): 14 GP/10 GS, 0 G, 2 A Crew SC’s last match: Started against Dallas and provided an assist (08/26/2017) Last match played: vs. LA (08/26/2017) 2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 6-4-0 2017 Crew SC record when he appears: 8-5-1 2017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A 2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 2-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: at D.C. (04/19/2014) Last assist with Columbus: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017)

16 HECTOR JIMENEZ - M5’ 9”, 145 LBS. / D.O.B.: 11-03-1988 / HOMETOWN: BELL GARDENS, CA / @HECTORJIMENEZ09

2017 SeasonAbubakar has made six appearances (five starts) for Crew SC this season, all at centerback, and has scored one goal this season. He made his MLS and Crew SC regular-season debut in a road match against Minnesota United FC (July 4), play-ing the entire 90 minutes. Abubakar started in Crew SC’s international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14). He started in a home match against the Philadelphia Union (July 22). Abubakar started and received a red card in a road match against the Philadelphia Union (July 26) and subsequently missed the following road match against Real Salt Lake (July 29). He returned to the starting lineup in a home match against the Chicago Fire (August 12), earn-ing MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week honors for his performance. Abubakar started in the road match against Orlando City SC (August 19) and scored his first MLS and Crew SC career goal. Abubakar made a substitute appearance in a home match against FC Dallas (August 26). While on loan with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, he has made five appearances (all starts). He started for the Riverhounds in a road match against the Charleston Bat-tery (April 8), in home matches against Louisville City FC (May 21) and Orlando City B (June 3) and in a road match against Toronto FC II (June 10). He started against the Tampa Bay Rowdies (June 22).

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Abubakar did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017: (Columbus): 6 GP /5 GS, 1 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: Subbed on against Dallas (08/26/2017)Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 3-1-12017 Crew SC record when he appears: 4-1-12017 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-12017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: N/ALast goal with Columbus: at Orlando (08/19/2017)Last assist with Columbus: N/A

17 LALAS ABUBAKAR - D6’0”, 180 LBS. / D.O.B.: 12-25-1994 / HOMETOWN: KUMASI, GHANA / @LALASABUBAKAR1


PLAYER MINI BIOS

2017 SeasonMartinez has made seven appearances (one start): one appearance at left mid-fielder, one substitute appearance at right midfielder and four appearances (one start) as a central attacking midfielder for Crew SC this season. Martinez made his 2017 MLS regular-season debut against the Philadelphia Union (July 22) coming on as a substitute in the second half for Justin Meram. Martinez started in Crew SC’s international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14) and provided the game-winning assist on forward Ola Kamara’s 26th-minute goal. He made his first regular-season appearance of 2017 as substitute in a home match against the Philadelphia Union (July 22). Martinez made substitute appear-ances in road contests against the Philadelphia Union (July 26) and the San Jose Earthquakes (August 5). He made a substitute appearance in a home match against the Chicago Fire (August 12). Martinez then made his first start of the 2017 MLS regular season in the road match against Orlando City SC (August 19). He made substitute appearances in consecutive home matches against the LA Galaxy (Au-gust 23) and FC Dallas (August 26). While on loan with FC Cincinnati, Martinez made one appearance (one start). He made a start for FC Cincinnati in a road contest against the Richmond Kickers (May 6).

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Martinez did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017 (Columbus): 7 GP /1 GS, 0 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: Subbed on against Dallas (08/26/2017)Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 0-0-12017 Crew SC record when he appears: 4-2-12017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: N/ALast goal with Columbus: at Philadelphia (06/01/2016)Last assist with Columbus: N/A

18 CRISTIAN MARTINEZ - M5’ 7”, 174 LBS. / D.O.B.: 02-06-1997 / HOMETOWN: EL CHORRILLO, PANAMA CITY, PANAMA / @CRISTIANJM18

2017 Season ColumbusManneh has made 14 appearances (eight starts) for Crew SC: one start and four substitute appearances at left midfield, two starts and two substitute appearances at right midfield, four starts as an attacking midfielder and one start as a left winger this season, and has recorded three goals and two assists. He made his Crew SC debut coming on as a substitute against New York City FC (April 29). He made his first Crew SC start in a road contest against the Montreal Impact (May 13) and started in the following two matches on the road against the New England Revolution (May 21) and Toronto FC (May 26). Manneh came on as a substitute in a home match against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31). Manneh missed the match against Atlanta United FC (June 17) after being listed as questionable with a right foot sprain during that week. Manneh recorded his first goal, the game-winning strike for the Black & Gold, and assist against the Montreal Impact (June 24). Manneh scored his second goal of the season, the game-winner, in a road contest against Minnesota United FC (July 4). Man-neh started in an international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14). He made two consecutive starting appearances for the club in a home contest against the Philadelphia Union (July 22) and in a road contest against the Philadelphia Union (July 26). Manneh made a substitute appearance in a road contest against Real Salt Lake (July 29). He returned to the starting lineup in a road match against the San Jose Earthquakes (August 5). Manneh started and scored his third goal of the 2017 regular-season in a home match against the Chicago Fire (August 12); the goal was also Manneh’s 25th career MLS goal. He missed the match against Orlando City SC (August 19) after being listed as questionable with a left ankle sprain. Manneh made a substitute appearance in the home match against the LA Galaxy (August 23) and registered an assist.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Manneh did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. VancouverManneh made three appearances (two starts) this season for Vancouver ahead of joining the Black & Gold via trade on March 30. His season debut for Vancouver came as a starter in a 0-0 draw against the Philadelphia Union (March 5).

2017 (Columbus): 14 GP /8 GS, 3 G, 2 A 2017 (Vancouver): 3 GP /2 GS, 0 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: Named to the gameday 18 Last match played: vs. LA (08/23/2017) 2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 4-4-0 2017 Crew SC record when he appears: 7-6-1 2017 Crew SC record when he scores: 3-0-0 2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 2-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: vs. Chicago (08/12/2017) Last assist with Columbus: vs. LA (08/23/2017)

19 KEKUTA MANNEH - F5’ 9”, 140 LBS. / D.O.B.: 12-30-1994 / HOMETOWN: BAKAU, GAMBIA/ @KEKUTA16

2017 SeasonTrapp has made 28 appearances (all starts) this season, all as a center midfielder, and has recorded four assists. He made his season debut as a starter in the Open-ing Match against the Chicago Fire (March 4), wearing the armband for the first time since being officially named captain of the team. Following his appearance against the Portland Timbers (March 25) he was named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week. He made his 100th regular-season appearance for Crew SC against Toronto FC (April 15) and made his 100th regular-season start for Crew SC against the New England Revolution (May 6). Trapp recorded his first assist of the season in a road match against the New England Revolution (May 21), setting up Ola Kamara’s goal which was nominated for MLSSoccer.com’s Goal of the Week. Trapp recorded his second assist of the season in a home match against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31) and recorded his third assist of the season in a road match against Minnesota United FC (July 4), a game-winning assist. Trapp started in an international friendly at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14). Trapp started in a home match against the Chicago Fire (August 12), registering his fourth assist of the 2017 MLS regular season, the game-winner.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Trapp made one appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, starting as a center midfielder in the Fourth Round match at FC Cincinnati (June 14).

2017 (Columbus): 28 GP/28 GS, 0G, 4 A Crew SC’s last match: Started against Dallas (08/26/2017) Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017) 2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 13-12-3 2017 Crew SC record when he appears: 13-12-3 2017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A 2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 3-1-0 Last goal with Columbus: vs. Houston (09/13/2014) Last assist with Columbus: vs. Chicago (08/12/2017)

20 WIL TRAPP - M5’ 8”, 150 LBS. / D.O.B.: 01-15-1993 / HOMETOWN: GAHANNA, OH / @WIL_TRAPP

2017 SeasonCrognale has made 16 appearances (12 starts) this season, all at centerback and has recorded one assist. He made his regular-season MLS debut as a starter at centerback on the road at D.C. United (March 18), earning MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week honors for his efforts and being voted the club’s Man of the Match by Crew SC fans while helping the team to a clean sheet. Crognale made a substitute appearance against the Portland Timbers (March 25). He started against Orlando City SC (April 1) and helped the team to its third win and second shut-out of the season. As a result of his strong performance, he was named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week. He started the game at Chicago Fire (April 8). The defender recorded his first career MLS assist against Toronto FC (April 15). Crognale missed the match against New York City FC (April 29) after being listed as questionable with a right ankle sprain that week. He made a substitute appearance against the New England Revolution (May 6). Crognale returned to the starting lineup in a home match against Toronto FC (May 10). He made substitute appearances in a road match against the Montreal Impact (May 13) and also subbed on in a home match against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31). Crognale then started in a road match against the Colorado Rapids (June 3). Crognale started in an international friend-ly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14). Crognale made five consecutive starting appearances for Crew SC from a road contest against Minnesota United (July 4) to a road match against the San Jose Earthquakes (August 5).

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Crognale made one appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, starting as a centerback in the Fourth Round match at FC Cincinnati (June 14).

2017 (Columbus): 16 GP/12 GS, 0 G, 1 ACrew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearanceLast match played: at San Jose (08/05/2017)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 5-6-12017 Crew SC record when he appears: 9-6-12017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 1-0-0Last goal with Columbus: N/ALast assist with Columbus: vs. Toronto (04/15/2017)

21 ALEX CROGNALE - D6’ 5” 205 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-27-1994 / HOMETOWN: GAHANNA, OH / @ALEXCROGNALE


PLAYER MINI BIOS

2017 SeasonSauro was added to the Season-Ending Injury List on March 4, 2017 and will miss the 2017 MLS Season.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Sauro did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017 (Columbus): 0 GP/0 GS, 0 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: Missed match due to being on the Season-Ending Injury ListLast match played: vs. Chicago (10/13/2016) 2017 Crew SC record when he starts: N/A 2017 Crew SC record when he appears: N/A 2017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A 2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: N/ALast goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A

22 GASTON SAURO - D6’ 3”, 190 LBS. / D.O.B.: 02-23-1990 / HOMETOWN: ROSARIO, ARGENTINA

2017 SeasonSteffen has made 28 appearances (all starts) this season and has recorded 13 wins and seven shutouts, as well as recording 81 saves. He made his regular-season team debut as a starter in the Opening Match against the Chicago Fire (March 4). The goalkeeper earned his first regular-season win for the club at D.C. United (March 18), making three saves en route to recording his first regular season shut-out and earning MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week honors. Steffen recorded his second win of the season at home against Portland Timbers (March 25) and would record another clean sheet and his third win of the season at home against Orlando City SC, making four saves (April 1). Steffen again made four saves against Chicago (April 8) and Toronto (April 15), tying his season and MLS career-high for number of saves. He registered five saves at the New York Red Bulls (April 22), setting a new MLS career-high for saves in a game. He recorded his fifth win, third shutout and tied his MLS career-high for saves in a game with five saves against the New England Revolution (May 6). He made his first regular-season penalty kick save during a home match against Toronto FC (May 10) stopping an attempt by Jozy Altidore. Steffen earned his seventh win and fourth shutout in regular-season action during a home match against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31). He was nominated for MLSSoccer.com’s Save of the Week for his stop the road contest against Colorado (June 3). Steffen reached 50 saves in MLS and with Crew SC in a road match against Atlanta United FC (June 17). Steffen registered a secondary assist in a home contest against the Montreal Impact (June 24). He registered his fifth shutout of the season in a road match against Minnesota United FC (July 4) and registered his sixth shutout of the season in a home match against the Philadelphia Union (July 22). Steffen stopped his second penalty kick of the season in a road contest against the Philadelphia Union (July 26). He was nominated for MLSSoccer.com’s Save of the Week following his stop of Jefferson Savarino’s shot in the road match against Real Salt Lake (July 29). Steffen was nomi-nated for MLSSoccer.com’s Save of the Week following his stop of Chris Wondolowski’s shot in a road contest against the San Jose Earthquakes, a match in which he matched his career-high of five saves in a single match (August 5). He started in the road match against Orlando City SC (August 19), recorded seven saves setting his new MLS career-high for saves in a game and reached 75 saves in MLS and for Crew SC. Steffen started in a home match against the LA Galaxy (August 23) and helped his team keep a clean sheet, its seventh of the 2017 MLS regular season.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Steffen did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017 (Columbus): 28 GP/28 GS, 81 SV, 13 W, 7 SOCrew SC’s last match: Started against Dallas (08/26/2017) Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 13-12-32017 Crew SC record when he appears: 13-12-32017 Crew SC record when he keeps a clean sheet: 7-0-0

23 ZACK STEFFEN - GK6’ 3”, 190 LBS. / D.O.B.: 04-02-1995 / HOMETOWN: DOWNINGTOWN, PA / @Z_STEFF1

2017 (Columbus): 18 GP/16 GS, 0 G, 1 ACrew SC’s last match: Subbed on against Dallas (08/26/2017) Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017) 2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 7-7-22017 Crew SC record when he appears: 9-7-22017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-1-0Last goal with Columbus: at New York City FC (10/16/2016)Last assist with Columbus: at Atlanta (06/17/2017)

25 HARRISON AFFUL - D5’ 6”, 135 LBS. / D.O.B.: 07-24-1986 / HOMETOWN: AWUTU BREKU, GHANA / @THEKINGHARRISON

2017 SeasonAfful has made 18 appearances (16 starts) this season: 13 appearances (11 starts) at rightback and five starts at right wingback. He made his season debut as a starter in the Opening Match against the Chicago Fire (March 4). Following his appearance against Portland Timbers (March 25), he was named to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week. Afful started in a home match against Orlando (April 1), but did not make an appearance against Chicago (April 8) after being listed as questionable with a left-hand injury that week. He returned to the starting lineup in a home match against Toronto (April 15). Afful started in a road contest at the New York Red Bulls (April 22) and in a home match against New York City FC (April 29). Afful returned to the starting lineup in a road contest against Toronto FC (May 26). He made a substitute appearance in a home match against Seattle Sounders FC (May 31). Afful returned to the starting lineup in a road match against the Colorado Rapids (June 3), making his 50th appearance for the club. He earned his 72nd international cap in a 2018 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Ethiopia (June 11). Afful started and recorded his first assist of the 2017 MLS regular season in a road match against Atlanta United FC (June 17). He missed the matches against the Philadelphia Union (July 26), Real Salt Lake (July 29) and the San Jose Earthquakes (August 5) after being listed as questionable with a right thigh strain during those weeks. Afful returned to the starting lineup in a home match against the Chicago Fire (August 12). He started and received a red card in the road match against Orlando City SC (August 19) and was consequently suspended for the following home match against the LA Galaxy (August 23). Afful returned to the lineup in a home match against FC Dallas (August 26), coming on as a substitute for Hector Jimenez in the 77th minute.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Afful did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017 (Columbus): 0 GP /0 GS, 0 G, 0A Crew SC’s last match: Missed match due to being on the Season-Ending Injury List Last match played: vs. Philadelphia (06/01/2016)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he appears: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: N/ALast goal with Columbus: N/ALast assist with Columbus: N/A

26 BEN SWANSON - M5’ 6”, 150 LBS. / D.O.B.: 07-18-1997 / HOMETOWN: GROVE CITY, OH / @BEN_S8

2017 SeasonSwanson has not made an appearance for Crew SC this season. While on loan with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds he has made three appearances (two starts). He came on as a substitute against the New York Red Bulls II (March 25). Swanson made consecutive starts in a home contest against FC Cincinnati (April 1) and a road contest against the Charleston Battery (April 8). He had successful ankle surgery and was added to the Season-Ending Injury List on April 20, 2017. He will miss the rest of the 2017 MLS season.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Swanson did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.


PLAYER MINI BIOS

2017 SeasonObinwa has not made an appearance for Crew SC this season. He did not make an appearance against Chicago (March 4) after being listed as questionable due to a left thigh strain that week. While on loan with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds he has made six appearances (four starts). He made a substitute appearance in a road contest against the Charleston Battery (April 8). Obinwa then started in a home contest against Saint Louis FC (April 12), a road contest against the Richmond Kickers (April 22), a home contest against the Harrisburg City Islanders (April 29) and a home contest against Toronto FC II (May 5). Obinwa made a substitute ap-pearance in a road contest against the Harrisburg City Islanders (May 24). Obinwa made his debut for Crew SC in an international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14), coming into the match as a substitute.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Obinwa did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017 (Columbus): 0 GP /0 GS, 0 G, 0A Crew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearanceLast match played: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he starts: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he appears: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: N/ALast goal with Columbus: N/ALast assist with Columbus: N/A

27 ABUCHI OBINWA - M6’1”, 170 LBS. / D.O.B.: 01-15-1997 / HOMETOWN: ORLANDO, FL / @ABUCHI97

2017 Season Hansen has made 13 appearances (three starts): 10 appearances (three starts) at right midfield, two appearances at left midfield and one appearance at forward, and he has scored one goal and recorded two assists this season. He made his MLS debut for Crew SC in a home match against the Portland Timbers (March 25), coming on as a substitute in the second half and scoring his first career MLS goal and game winning goal in the 84th minute. Hansen made substitute appearances in a home match against Orlando (April 1) and a road contest against Chicago (April 8). He made his first regular-season start against Toronto FC (April 15), recording his first regular-season assist, and would start the following game at the New York Red Bulls (April 22). Hansen made substitute appear-ances in home matches against New York City FC (April 29), the New England Revolution (May 6) and Toronto FC (May 10). He made a substitute appearance in a road match against the Montreal Impact (May 13), recording his second assist of the season. Hansen returned to the starting lineup in a road contest against Toronto FC (May 26) and then made substitute appearances in consecutive road matches against the Colorado Rapids (June 3) and Atlanta United FC (June 17). He missed the matches against the Montreal Impact (June 24), Atlanta United FC (July 1) and Minnesota United FC (July 4) after being listed as out following surgery to repair a hernia during those weeks, as well as the match against the Philadelphia Union (July 22) after being listed as questionable following surgery to repair a hernia. Hansen missed the matches against the Chicago Fire (August 12), Orlando City SC (August 19), the LA Galaxy (August 23) and FC Dallas (August 26) after being listed as questionable those weeks with a right thigh strain.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Hansen made one appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, coming on as a substitute for Ethan Finlay in the Fourth Round match at FC Cincinnati (June 14).

2017 (Columbus): 13 GP /3 GS, 1 G, 2 A Crew SC’s last match: Missed the match after being listed as questionable with a right thigh strain Last match played: at Atlanta (06/17/2017) 2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 1-2-0 2017 Crew SC record when he appears: 5-8-0 2017 Crew SC record when he scores: 1-0-0 2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 2-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: vs. Portland (03/25/2017) Last assist with Columbus: at Montreal (05/13/2017)

28 NIKO HANSEN - M5’10”, 170 LBS. / D.O.B.: 09-14-1994 / HOMETOWN: SACRAMENTO, CA

2017 SeasonHollingsworth has not made an appearance for Crew SC this season. While on loan with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, he has made 20 appearances (16 starts), scored two goals and provided two assists. Hollingsworth started in a home match against the New York Red Bulls II and notched an assist (March 25). He started in a home match against FC Cincinnati (April 1), a road contest against the Charleston Battery (April 8) and a home contest against Saint Louis FC (April 12). Hollingsworth made a substitute appearance in a road contest against the Char-lotte Independence (April 15). He started in a road contest against the Richmond Kickers (April 22), scoring a goal that was nominated for USLSoccer.com’s Fans’ Choice Goal of the Week. He started in a home contest against Toronto FC II, providing the assist on the winning goal (May 3). He started in seven consecutive matches from Pittsburgh’s match against Ottawa Fury FC (May 13) until a road contest against Louisville City FC (June 17). Hollingsworth started games against the Tampa Bay Rowdies (June 22) and the Charlotte Independence (July 4). He made substitute appearances in road contests against Orlando City B (July 8), the Rochester Rhinos (July 22) and the Charleston Battery (July 26). Hollingsworth returned to the starting lineup in a home match against the Richmond Kickers (August 6).

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Hollingsworth did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017 (Columbus): 0 GP /0 GS, 0 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearanceLast match played: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he starts: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he appears: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: N/ALast goal with Columbus: N/ALast assist with Columbus: N/A

29 MARSHALL HOLLINGSWORTH - M5’ 8”, 160 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-06-1993 / HOMETOWN: LIBERTYVILLE, IL

2017 SeasonKetterer served as the backup goalkeeper for seven consecutive matches starting from Crew SC’s road contest against the Chicago Fire (April 8) to Crew SC’s road contest against the Montreal Impact (May 13).

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Ketterer did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017 (Columbus): 0 GP/0 GS, 0 SV, 0 WCrew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearanceLast match played: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he starts: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he appears: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides a clean sheet: N/A

30 LOGAN KETTERER- GK6 3”, 178 LBS. / D.O.B.: 11-09-1993 / HOMETOWN: RACINE, WI


PLAYER MINI BIOS

2017 (Columbus): 2 GP /1 GS, 0 G, 1 A Crew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearanceLast match played: at Real Salt Lake (07/29/2017)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 0-0-12017 Crew SC record when he appears: 0-1-1 2017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-1Last goal with Columbus: N/ALast assist with Columbus: at Real Salt Lake (07/29/2017)

31 CONNOR MALONEY - D5’6”, 145 LBS. / D.O.B.: 05-18-1995 / HOMETOWN: HARRISBURG, PA / @CMALPSU5

2017 SeasonMaloney has made two appearances (one start) this season: one substitute appear-ance as a rightback and one start as a right wingback. He made his regular-season team debut at the Houston Dynamo (March 11), coming on in the second half as a substitute. Maloney missed a road contest against the New York Red Bulls (April 22) and a home match against New York City FC (April 29) after being listed as out those weeks with a concussion. Maloney made his first MLS regular season start and registered his first MLS assist for Crew SC in a road match against Real Salt Lake (July 29). While on loan with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, he has made two appearances (one start). He started in a home contest against Louisville City FC (May 21) and made a substitute appearance in a road contest against the Harrisburg City Island-ers (May 24). Maloney made a substitute appearance in an international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14).

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Maloney did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017 (Columbus): 3 GP /2 GS, 0 G, 1 A Crew SC’s last match: Started against Dallas (08/26/2017)Last match played: vs. Dallas (08/26/2017)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: 2-0-02017 Crew SC record when he appears: 2-0-1 2017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 1-0-0Last goal with Columbus: N/ALast assist with Columbus: vs. LA (08/23/2017)

32 PEDRO SANTOS - M5’6”, 139 LBS. / D.O.B.: 04-22-1988 / HOMETOWN: LISBON, PORTUGAL

2017 SeasonSantos has made three appearances (two starts) for Crew SC this season, two starts as a right midfielder and one susbtitute appearance as an attacking midfielder, and has registered one assist. He made his MLS and Crew SC debut in a road match against Orlando City SC (August 19) coming on as a substitute for Cristian Marti-nez in the 62nd minute. Santos made his first regular-season start for Crew SC in a home contest against the LA Galaxy (August 23), providing the game-winning assist, the first of his MLS career. He started in a home match against FC Dallas (August 26).

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Santos did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. 2016-2017 Season Santos made 27 regular-season appearances (25 starts) for Sporting Clube de Braga of Portugal’s First Division, scoring six goals and providing seven assists. He made five appearances (three starts) in the UEFA Europa League. Santos also made six appearances (five starts) in Domestic Cup competitions, registering three goals.

2017 SeasonStuver has served as the backup goalkeeper during 21 matches this season. He served as the backup goalkeeper during the first five matches of the season. He did not make an appearance in seven matches starting from the match against Chicago (April 8) to the match against Montreal (May 13) after being listed as questionable those weeks with a right elbow strain. He returned as the backup goalkeeper in 16 consecutive matches, from a road contest against the New England Revolu-tion (May 21) to a home match against FC Dallas (August 26). Stuver started in an international friendly match at home against Eintracht Frankfurt (July 14) and recorded his first shutout of 2017.

2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Stuver made one appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, starting in the Fourth Round match at FC Cincinnati (June 14).

2017 (Columbus): 0 GP /0 GS, 0 SVCrew SC’s last match: Served as the backup goalkeeperLast match played: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he starts: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he appears: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides a clean sheet: N/A

41 BRAD STUVER - GK6’ 3”, 180 LBS. / D.O.B.: 04-16-1991 / HOMETOWN: TWINSBURG, OH / @BRAD_STUVER

2017 SeasonSaravia hasn’t made an appearance for Crew SC this season. He is currently on loan with Swedish side IK Frej, has made six appearances (one start) and has scored one goal this season. Saravaia made subsitute appearances in a road contest against Syrianska (June 17), a home match against GAIS (June 25) and a home match against Dalkurd (July 23) and made his first start of the season in a road match against Dalkurd (August 9). He made a subsitute appearance in a home match against Helsingborg (August 14). Saravia made a substitute appearance in a road match against Orgryte (August 18) and scored his first professional career goal in the second minute of stoppage time.


2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Saravia did not make an appearance in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

2017 (Columbus): 0 GP /0 GS, 0 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: On loan at IK FrejLast match played: at Colorado (08/08/2016)2017 Crew SC record when he starts: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he appears: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2017 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: N/ALast goal with Columbus: N/ALast assist with Columbus: N/A

RODRIGO SARAVIA** - M5’ 11”, 170 LBS. / D.O.B.: 02-22-1993 / HOMETOWN: GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA / @RODRISARAVIA6


2017 MLS REGULAR-SEASON MATCH-BY-MATCH BOX SCORESColumbus Crew SC 1 vs. Chicago Fire 1 March 4, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 15,023Scoring - CLB - Finlay (Meram) 17’CHI - Accam (Goossens) 71’

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 10 2 15 3 5CHI 12 3 6 5 6

Columbus Crew SC 1 at Houston Dynamo 3 March 11, 2017 at BBVA Compass Stadium (Houston, Texas) Att. 16,486Scoring - CLB - Kamara (Meram, Raitala) 90+3’HOU - Quioto 2’, Elis (Alex) 35’, Torres (Alex) 65’

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 14 1 7 5 5HOU 7 3 12 2 2

Columbus Crew SC 2 at D.C. United 0 March 18, 2017 at RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.) Att. 14,031Scoring - CLB - Higuain (Penalty Kick) 38’, Kamara (Penalty Kick) 66’ DC - None

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 7 3 12 1 1DC 13 4 13 9 6

Columbus Crew SC 3 vs. Portland Timbers 2 March 25, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 11,067Scoring - CLB - Meram 11’, Kamara (Higuain) 19’, Hansen 84’POR - Asprilla (Blanco) 4’, Adi (Powell) 45+3’

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 16 3 9 0 5POR 6 5 6 1 1

Columbus Crew SC 2 vs. Orlando City SC 0 April 1, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 12,226Scoring - CLB - Meram (Artur) 13’, Meram (Higuain) 77’ORL - None

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 6 4 13 3 4ORL 14 1 10 2 6

Columbus Crew SC 0 at Chicago Fire 1 April 8, 2017 at Toyota Park (Bridgeview, Illinois) Att. 16,434Scoring - CLB - NoneCHI - Nikolic (McCarty) 22’

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 12 4 12 1 5CHI 11 3 8 2 4

Columbus Crew SC 2 vs. Toronto FC 1 April 15, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 12,319Scoring - CLB - Kamara (Hansen, Higuain) 37’, Meram (Crognale, Higuain) 44’TOR - Altidore (Vazquez) 21’

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 11 4 10 0 4TOR 19 2 11 2 10

Columbus Crew SC 0 at New York Red Bulls 2 April 22, 2017 at Red Bull Arena (Harrison, New Jersey) Att. 20,008Scoring - CLB - NoneNYR - Muyl (Lawrence, Kljestan) 11’, Royer (Penalty Kick) 38’

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 10 5 12 5 1NYR 16 2 16 2 7

Columbus Crew SC 2 vs. New York City FC 3 April 29, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 17,336Scoring - CLB - Higuain (Raitala, Meram) 29’, Kamara (Finlay) 49’NYC - Harrison (Moralez) 8’, Herrera (Sweat, Ring) 64’ Harrison (Herrera) 76’

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 12 2 11 3 5NYC 10 3 12 2 3

Columbus Crew SC 2 vs. New England Revolution 0 May 6, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 13,340Scoring - CLB - Kamara (Meram) 13’, Higuain (Kamara) 53’NE - None

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 12 5 11 2 3NE 18 4 9 2 7

Columbus Crew SC 1 vs. Toronto FC 2 May 10, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 10,318 Scoring - CLB - Higuain (Penalty Kick) 29’ TOR - Ricketts (Edwards, Vazquez) 81’, Ricketts (Vazquez, Edwards) 90’


Columbus Crew SC 3 at Montreal Impact 2 May 13, 2017 at Stade Saputo (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Att. 17,508 Scoring - CLB - Meram (Unassisted) 14’, Meram (Unassisted) 28’, Meram (Hansen) 90+1’ MTL - Piatti (Unassisted) 52’, Jackson-Hamel (Unassisted) 77’

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 10 4 18 1 3MTL 24 3 11 2 8

Columbus Crew SC 1 at New England Revolution 2 May 21, 2017 at Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Massachussetts) Att. 18,651 Scoring - CLB - Kamara (Trapp) 20’ NE - Fagundez (Kamara, Nguyen) 24’, Fagundez (Unassisted) 34’

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 14 2 17 2 8NE 9 4 14 3 2

Columbus Crew SC 0 at Toronto FC 5 May 26, 2017 at BMO Field (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Att. 25,376 Scoring - CLB - None TOR - Vaz quez (Penalty Kick) 6’, Morrow (Spencer) 39’, Vazquez (Unassisted) 59’, Osorio (Hamilton) 86’, Hamilton (Edwards, Osorio) 90+3’


Columbus Crew SC 3 vs. Seattle Sounders FC 0 May 31, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 12,773 Scoring - CLB - Higuain (Jimenez) 10’, Meram (Trapp) 21’, Kamara (Meram, Higuain) 59’ SEA - None

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 12 4 13 2 3SEA 6 2 7 1 6

Columbus Crew SC 1 at Colorado Rapids 2 June 3, 2017 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, Colorado) Att. 17,586 Scoring - CLB - Higuain (Meram) 61’COL - Doyle (Hairston, Saeid) 80’, Gordon (Gatt) 86’

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 15 5 10 0 5COL 11 3 16 1 3


2017 MLS REGULAR-SEASON MATCH-BY-MATCH BOX SCORESColumbus Crew SC 1 at Atlanta United FC 3 June 17, 2017 at Bobby Dodd Stadium (Atlanta, Georgia) Att. 44,922Scoring - CLB - Higuain (Kamara, Afful) 26’ATL - Villalba (Asad) 16’, Almiron (Gonzalez Pirez) 67’, Martinez (Kratz) 88’ Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 8 4 9 2 5ATL 14 2 10 0 5

Columbus Crew SC 4 vs. Montreal Impact 1 June 24, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 16,592Scoring - CLB - Higuain (Unassisted) 17’, Manneh (Kamara) 70’, Kamara (Manneh) 72’, Higuain (Jahn, Steffen) 88’MTL - Jackson-Hamel (Dzemaili, Bernardello) 19’ Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 16 3 6 2 9MTL 11 0 12 1 2

Columbus Crew SC 0 vs. Atlanta United FC 2 July 1, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 20,391Scoring - CLB - NoneATL - Villalba (Kann) 27’, Villalba (Unassisted) 64’ Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 12 2 12 4 8ATL 5 1 10 0 3

Columbus Crew SC 1 at Minnesota United FC 0 July 4, 2017 at TCF Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Att. 18,564Scoring - CLB - Manneh (Trapp) 58’MIN - None Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 14 1 10 0 4MIN 6 2 10 1 3

Columbus Crew SC 1 vs. Philadelphia Union 0 July 22, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 17,418Scoring - CLB - Meram (Artur) 65’PHI - None Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 11 5 10 4 7PHI 3 0 17 2 3

Columbus Crew SC 0 at Philadelphia Union 3 July 26, 2017 at Talen Energy Stadium (Chester, Pennsylvania) Att. 15,413Scoring - CLB - NonePHI - Ilsinho (Sapong) 20’, Sapong (Unassisted) 66’, Epps (Sapong, Ilsinho) 81’ Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 13 3 7 1 9PHI 27 1 19 1 4

Columbus Crew SC 2 at Real Salt Lake 2 July 29, 2017 at Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, Utah) Att. 18,758Scoring - CLB - Kamara (Maloney) 15’, Kamara (Unassisted) 60’RSL - Plata (Penalty Kick) 50’, Savarino (L. Silva) 53’ Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 13 3 5 3 4RSL 20 0 5 0 4

Columbus Crew SC 1 at San Jose Earthquakes 2 August 5, 2017 at Avaya Stadium (San Jose, California) Att. 18,000Scoring - CLB - Jahn (Mensah, Meram) 76’SJ - Urena (Salinas) 42’, Wondolowski (Thompson) 56’ Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 10 5 10 1 7SJ 20 3 13 4 14

Columbus Crew SC 3 vs. Chicago Fire 1 August 12, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 18,690Scoring - CLB - Manneh (Unassisted) 18’, Meram (Francis, Trapp) 73’, Kamara (Penalty Kick) 88’CHI - de Leeuw (McCarty) 13’ Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 11 2 6 3 5CHI 11 1 5 0 3

Columbus Crew SC 1 at Orlando City SC 1 August 19, 2017 at Orlando City Stadium (Orlando, Florida) Att. 25,527Scoring - CLB - Abubakar (Francis) 35’ORL - Barnes (Higuita) 67’ Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 4 7 20 5 2ORL 20 1 17 0 6

Columbus Crew SC 2 vs. LA Galaxy 0 August 23, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 12,150Scoring - CLB - Kamara (Santos) 45’, Meram (Manneh, Abu) 90’LA - None Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 18 0 14 3 4LA 5 5 9 2 3

Columbus Crew SC 2 vs. FC Dallas 1 August 26, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 18,379Scoring - CLB - Kamara (Jimenez, Higuain) 50’, Mensah (Higuain) 71’DAL - Zimmerman (Morales) 78’ Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 5 2 4 4 3DAL 9 0 16 0 7


vs. Chicago Fire at Houston Dynamo at D.C. United vs. Portland Timbers vs. Orlando City SC D, 1-1 March 4, 2017 L, 1-3 March 11, 2017 W, 2-0 March 18, 2017 W, 3-2 March 25, 2017 W, 2-0 April 1, 2017GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK SteffenRB Afful RB Afful (Maloney 46’) CB Williams RB Afful RB AffulCB Mensah CB Mensah CB Crognale CB Mensah (Crognale 73’) CB CrognaleCB Naess CB Naess CB Naess CB Naess CB NaessLB Raitala LB Raitala RWB Afful LB Francis LB RaitalaCM Abu (Artur 76’) CM Artur (Abu 58’) CM Artur (Abu 70’) CM Artur CM Artur (Abu 90’+1)CM Trapp © CM Trapp © (Jahn 65’) CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp ©RM Finlay RM Finlay LWB Raitala RM Finlay RM Finlay (Hansen 86’)CAM Higuain CAM Higuain CAM Higuain CAM Higuain CAM HiguainLM Meram LM Meram CAM Meram (Finlay 63’) LM Meram (Hansen 60’) LM MeramF Kamara (Jahn 70’) F Kamara F Kamara (Jahn 80’) F Kamara (Jahn 89’) F Kamara (Jahn 89’)

at Chicago Fire vs. Toronto FC at New York Red Bulls vs. New York City FC vs. New England Revolution L, 0-1 April 8, 2017 W, 2-1 April 15, 2017 L, 0-2 April 22, 2017 L, 2-3 April 29, 2017 W, 2-0 May 6, 2017GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK SteffenRB Jimenez RB Afful RB Afful RB Afful RB Jimenez (Raitala 87’)CB Crognale CB Crognale CB Crognale (Williams 39’) CB Mensah CB WilliamsCB Naess CB Naess CB Naess CB Naess (Jahn 86’) CB MensahLB Raitala (Francis 73’) LB Raitala LB Raitala LB Raitala LB FrancisCM Abu (Hansen 60’) CM Artur CM Artur (Abu 6’) CM Abu CM NaessCM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © RM Finlay (Jahn 79’) RM Hansen (Finlay 60’) RM Hansen (Finlay 61’) RM Finlay (Manneh 81’) RM Finlay (Hansen 73’)CAM Artur CAM Higuain (Williams 88’) CAM Higuain CAM Higuain CAM Higuain (Crognale 80’)LM Meram LM Meram LM Meram LM Meram (Hansen 81’) LM Meram F Kamara F Kamara F Kamara F Kamara F Kamara

vs. Toronto FC at Montreal Impact at New England Revolution at Toronto FC vs. Seattle Sounders FCL, 1-2 May 10, 2017 W, 3-2 May 13, 2017 L, 1-2 May 21, 2017 L, 0-5 May 26, 2017 W, 3-0 May 31, 2017 GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen CB Williams (Jimenez 66’) RB Jimenez RB Jimenez (Raitala 62’) RB Afful RB Jimenez (Afful 69’) CB Crognale CB Mensah CB Naess CB Naess CB Williams CB Mensah CB Naess CB Mensah CB Mensah CB Mensah RWB Finlay LB Raitala LB Francis LB Francis LB Raitala CM Abu CM Artur CM Abu (Jahn 73’) RM Hansen CM Artur CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Higuain (Jahn 65’) CM Trapp © LWB Francis RM Manneh (Hansen 63’) RM Manneh (Hansen 82’) CM Trapp © RM Finlay CAM Higuain CAM Higuain (Crognale 74’) CAM Higuain LM Meram (Artur 40’) CAM Higuain (Crognale 83’) F Meram (Hansen 83’) LM Meram LM Meram F Manneh LM Meram (Manneh 74’) F Kamara (Jahn 74’) F Jahn (Kamara 89’) F Kamara F Kamara (Finlay 68’) F Kamara

at Colorado Rapids at Atlanta United FC vs. Montreal Impact vs. Atlanta United FC at. Minnesota United FCL, 1-2 June 3, 2017 L, 1-3 June 17, 2017 W, 4-1 June 24, 2017 L, 0-2 July 1, 2017 W, 1-0 July 4, 2017GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK SteffenCB Williams RB Afful RB Afful RB Afful CB: Naess (Williams 35’)CB Crognale (Hansen 89’) CB Williams CB Williams CB Mensah (Naess 77’) CB: CrognaleCB Naess (Mensah 83’) CB Mensah CB Mensah CB Williams CB: AbubakarRWB Afful LB Raitala LB Raitala LB Raitala RWB: JimenezCM Abu (Artur 75’) CM Artur (Abu 77’) CM Artur CM Artur CM: AbuCM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM: Trapp © LWB Francis RM Finlay (Hansen 61’) RM Finlay RM Finlay (Manneh 61’) LWB: Raitala CAM Higuain CAM Higuain (Jahn 78’) CAM Higuain CAM Higuain RW: Finlay CAM Meram LM Meram LM Meram (Manneh 69’) LM Meram (Jahn 68’) F: Kamara (Jahn 90+2’)F Kamara F Kamara F Kamara (Jahn 87’) F Kamara LW: Manneh (Meram 63’)

vs. Philadelphia Union at Philadelphia Union at Real Salt Lake at San Jose Earthquakes vs. Chicago Fire W, 1-0 July 22, 2017 L, 0-3 July 26, 2017 D, 2-2 July 29, 2017 L, 1-2 August 5, 2017 W, 3-1 August 12, 2017 GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen CB Mensah CB Mensah CB Williams CB Mensah CB Mensah CB Crognale CB Crognale CB Crognale CB Crognale (Jahn 74’) CB WilliamsCB Abubakar CB Abubakar CB Naess CB Naess CB Abubakar RWB Afful (Jimenez 45’) RWB Jimenez RWB Maloney (Jimenez 82’) RWB Jimenez RWB Afful (Jimenez 45’) CM Artur CM Artur (Finlay 75’) CM Artur CM Artur CM Artur CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © LWB Raitala LWB Raitala LWB Francis (Raitala 78’) LWB Raitala (Francis 87’) LWB Francis CAM Manneh CAM Manneh (Martinez 71’) CAM Finlay CAM Manneh (Martinez 56’) CAM Manneh (Martinez 65’) CAM Meram (Martinez 75’) CAM Meram (Abu 55’) CAM Meram (Manneh 66’) CAM Meram CAM Meram (Jahn 90’) F Kamara (Jahn 86’) F Kamara F Kamara F Kamara F Kamara

2017 MLS REGULAR-SEASON MATCH-BY-MATCH LINEUPS


2017 MLS REGULAR-SEASON MATCH-BY-MATCH LINEUPSat Orlando City SC vs. LA Galaxy vs. FC Dallas D, 1-1 August 19, 2017 W, 2-0 August 23, 2017 W, 2-1 August 26, 2017GK Steffen GK Steffen GK SteffenCB Mensah RB Jimenez RB Jimenez (Afful 77’)CB Williams CB Mensah CB MensahCB Abubakar CB Williams CB WilliamsRWB Afful LB Francis (Raitala 33’) LB RaitalaCM Abu CM Abu CM AbuCM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © LWB Francis RM Santos (Manneh 69’) RM Santos (Martinez 60’)CAM Martinez (Santos 62’) CAM Higuain (Martinez 63’) CAM Higuain (Abubakar 88’)CAM Meram (Raitala 89’) LM Meram LM MeramF Kamara F Kamara F Kamara


2017 COLUMBUS CREW SC STATISTICS (13-12-3, 42 PTS.) THROUGH GAMES OF AUGUST 26, 2017

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 11 F Ola Kamara 28 27 2353 14 3 72 30 24 38 27 2 0 0 9 M Justin Meram 28 27 2198 11 7 54 24 23 40 10 24 5 0 10 M Federico Higuain 20 20 1699 9 7 41 20 16 24 6 70 2 0 19 F Kekuta Manneh (TOT) 17 10 816 3 2 22 9 3 15 3 10 0 0 19 F Kekuta Manneh (CLB) 14 8 680 3 2 19 9 3 14 3 10 0 0 28 M Niko Hansen 13 3 394 1 2 7 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 12 F Adam Jahn 18 1 278 1 1 7 4 14 2 0 0 3 0 4 D Jonathan Mensah 21 20 1719 1 1 15 3 26 5 1 0 5 2 17 D Lalas Abubakar 6 5 438 1 0 5 1 4 1 0 0 2 1 20 M Wil Trapp 28 28 2495 0 4 8 3 31 35 0 0 3 0 7 M Artur 20 17 1444 0 2 16 3 25 19 1 0 1 0 14 D Waylon Francis 12 10 852 0 2 8 0 12 6 1 0 0 0 16 M Hector Jimenez 14 10 957 0 2 4 1 7 11 0 3 0 0 2 D Jukka Raitala 23 18 1700 0 2 5 1 26 15 3 2 3 0 8 M Mohammed Abu 16 10 1009 0 1 5 1 17 13 0 0 1 0 25 D Harrison Afful 18 16 1326 0 1 13 2 10 18 5 1 3 1 21 D Alex Crognale 16 12 1062 0 1 8 2 10 9 0 0 1 0 31 D Connor Maloney 2 1 127 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 32 M Pedro Santos 3 2 157 0 1 2 1 6 7 0 4 1 0 23 G Zack Steffen 28 28 2520 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 0 3 0 18 M Cristian Martinez 7 1 212 0 0 3 0 8 9 1 1 2 0 3 D Josh Williams 16 13 1255 0 0 3 0 8 8 1 0 1 0 29 M Marshall Hollingsworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 G Logan Ketterer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 M Abuchi Obinwa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 D Gaston Sauro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 G Brad Stuver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 M Ben Swanson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team totals 28 28 2520 42 42 325 112 302 324 64 138 39 4 Opponent totals 28 28 2520 42 40 354 126 324 302 50 134 43 3

CLB: Regular-season matches played with Crew SC TOT: Total matches played in MLS regular-season MLS regular-season stats only

2017 COLUMBUS CREW SC GOALKEEPING STATISTICS (13-12-3, 42 PTS.) THROUGH GAMES OF AUGUST 26, 2017

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 23 G Zack Steffen 28 28 2520 126 81 42 1.50 3 5 13 12 3 7 30 G Logan Ketterer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 G Brad Stuver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team totals 28 28 2520 126 81 42 1.50 3 5 13 12 3 7 Opponent totals 28 28 2520 112 67 42 1.50 4 6 12 13 3 5 MLS regular-season stats only


GAMES PLAYEDPLAYER GP Chad Marshall 25Mike Clark 16Jeff Cunningham 16Eddie Gaven 16Brian Maisonneuve 15Robert Warzycha 15Duncan Oughton 14Kyle Martino 13

GAMES STARTEDPLAYER GSChad Marshall 25Mike Clark 16Eddie Gaven 16Brian Maisonneuve 14Jeff Cunningham 12Kyle Martino 12Robert Warzycha 12Todd Yeagley 12

MINUTES PLAYEDPLAYER MINChad Marshall 2,149Mike Clark 1,398Eddie Gaven 1,320Brian Maissoneuve 1,235Jeff Cunningham 1,084Robert Warzycha 1,075Kyle Martino 1,048Duncan Oughton 1,028Todd Yeagley 1,025

COLUMBUS CREW SC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (ALL-TIME) GOALSPLAYER GP GOALSJeff Cunningham 16 7Brian Maisonneuve 15 5Guillermo Barros Schelotto 9 4Jason Farrell 9 4Alejandro Moreno 6 4

ASSISTSPLAYER GP ASTSRobert Warzycha 15 9Guillermo Barros Schelotto 9 6Brian Maisonneuve 15 5Brian McBride 11 5Edson Buddle 9 4Duncan Oughton 14 4

SHOTSPLAYER GP SHOTSJeff Cunningham 16 46Robert Warzycha 15 32Brian McBride 11 25Guillermo Barros Schelotto 9 24Edson Buddle 9 23Eddie Gaven 16 23Robbie Rogers 9 21Chad Marshall 25 18Frankie Hejduk 10 17Federico Higuain 6 16Brian Maisonneuve 15 16

Bold denotes players on current roster

COLUMBUS CREW SC CURRENT ROSTER VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITYUNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP11 FWD Ola Kamara 1 1 90 2 0 4 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 010 MID Federico Higuain 6 6 540 0 2 16 4 4 6 6 30 0 0 025 DEF Harrison Afful 2 2 160 0 1 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 03 DEF Josh Williams 6 5 438 0 1 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 014 DEF Waylon Francis 3 3 270 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 016 MID Hector Jimenez 3 2 115 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 09 MID Justin Meram 9 7 516 0 0 8 3 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 20 MID Wil Trapp 6 6 512 0 0 2 0 8 7 0 2 2 2 0 8 MID Mohammed Abu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 DEF Lalas Abubakar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 MID Artur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 021 DEF Alex Crognale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 028 MID Niko Hansen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 029 MID Marshall Hollingsworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 012 FWD Adam Jahn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 GK Logan Ketterer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 DEF Connor Maloney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 FWD Kekuta Manneh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 MID Cristian Martinez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 DEF Jonathan Mensah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 027 MID Abuchi Obinwa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 DEF Jukka Raitala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 032 MID Pedro Santos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 022 DEF Gaston Sauro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 023 GK Zack Steffen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 041 GK Brad Stuver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 026 MID Ben Swanson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM TOTALS 53 53 4790 83 101 650 261 711 752 160 253 86 10 134

Stats include only matches played against opposing team while playing for Crew SC

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE#

PLAYER PRONUNCIATION

2 Jukka Raitala

YOU-kuh Rah-ee-TA-la3

Josh Williams

4 Jonathan Mensah

Men-SAH7

Artur are-TOUR

8 Mohammed Abu

mo-HAHM-ed AH-boo9

Justin Meram MAIR-ahm

10 Federico Higuain

FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN11

Ola Kamara O-lah kuh-MAR-uh

12 Adam Jahn

JOHN14

Waylon Francis

WAY-lin

16 Hector Jimenez

hee-MEH-nes17

Lalas Abubakar ah-BOO-bah-car

19 Kekuta Manneh

keh-KOO-tuh MAH-NAY20

Wil Trapp

21 Alex Crognale

Crow-nALL-e23

Zack Steffen25

Harrison Afful AH-full (like W

affle)28

Niko Hansen KNEE-co

30 Logan Ketterer

Keh-TEH-rer31

Connor Maloney32

Pedro Santos SAHN-toes

41 Brad Stuver

STEW-vur

Gregg Berhalter BUR-hall-ter

Nico Estevez es-TE-vez

Asher Mendelsohn MEN-dell-son

Steve Tashjian TASH-jin

TECHNICAL STAFFSporting Director & Head Coach

Gregg BerhalterAssistant Coach

Nico EstevezAssistant Coach

Pat OnstadAssistant Coach

Josh Wolff

Director of Soccer Operations Asher Mendelsohn

High Performance Director Steve Tashjian

Strength & Conditioning Coach Brook Hamilton

Head Athletic Trainer Jon MacGregor

Assistant Athletic Trainer Chris Shenberger

Dietician Jay Short

Director of Team Operations Zach Crusse

Head Equipment Manager David Brauzer

Team Operations Assistant Ron Meadors

Video Performance Analyst David Handgraaf

Data Analyst Alex Mysiw

Team Coordinator Julio Velasquez

HOW CREW

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AS BUILT2011J. Meram - SuperDraft

2012F. Higuain - DP

2013B. Stuver - W

aiver DraftW

. Trapp - Homegrown

2014W

. Francis - Signing

2015H. Afful - SigningH. Jimenez - TradeG. Sauro - SigningB. Swanson - Homegrown

2016M. Hollingsworth - SuperDraftO. Kamara - SigningC. Martinez* - LoanR. Saravia - SuperDraft

2017M. Abu - SigningL. Abubakar - SuperDraftArtur - LoanA. Crognale - HomegrownN. Hansen - SuperDraftL. Ketterer - SuperDraftC. Maloney - SuperDraftK. Manneh - TradeJ. Mensah - DPA. Obinwa - SingingJ. Raitala - SigningJ. W

illiams - SigningP. Santos - DP

* Permanent transfer in 2017

OLAKAMARAF // 6-0 // 181 // 10-15-89Oslo, NorwayMolde FK (Norway)28 GP / 27 GS / 14 G / 3 A

ADAMJAHNF // 6-3 // 201 // 01-05-91Davis, CASan Jose Earthquakes18 GP / 1 GS / 1 G / 1 A

KEKUTAMANNEHF // 5-9 // 185 // 12-30-94 Austin, TXVancouver W

hitecaps FC17 GP / 10 GS / 3 G / 2 A

ARTUR M // 5-11 // 154 // 03-11-96Salvador, BrazilSao Paulo FC (Brazil)20 GP / 17 GS / 0 G / 2 A

MOHAMMEDABUM // 5-7 // 150 // 11-14-91Namasa, GhanaStromsgodset IF (Norway)16 GP / 10 GS / 0 G / 1 A

JUSTINMERAMM // 6-1 // 165 // 12-04-88Shelby Township, MIUniversity of Michigan (NCAA)28 GP / 27 GS / 11 G / 7 A

FEDERICOHIGUAINM // 5-8 // 165 // 10-25-84Buenos Aires, ArgentinaColón de Santa Fe (Argentina)20 GP / 20 GS / 9 G / 7 A

HECTORJIMENEZM // 5-9 // 145 // 11-03-88Bell Gardens, CALA Galaxy14 GP / 10 GS / 0 G / 2 A

CRISTIANMARTINEZM // 5-7 // 174 // 02-06-97Panama City, PanamaChorrillo FC (Panama)7 GP / 1 GS / 0 G / 0 A

WIL

TRAPPM // 5-8 // 150 // 01-15-93Gahanna, OHUniversity of Akron (NCAA)28 GP / 28 GS / 0 G / 4 A

BENSW

ANSONM // 5-6 // 150 // 07-18-97Grove City, OHCrew SC Academy0 GP / 0 GS / 0 G / 0 A

ABUCHIOBINW

AM // 6-1 // 170 // 01-15-97Orlando, FLHannover 96 (Germany)0 GP / 0 GS / 0 G / 0 A

NIKOHANSENM // 5-10 // 170 // 09-14-94Sacramento, CAUniversity of New Mexico (NCAA)13 GP / 3 GS / 1 G / 2 A

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ORTHM // 5-8 // 160 // 08-06-93Libertyville, ILW

heaton College (NCAA)0 GP / 0 GS / 0 G / 0 A

RODRIGOSARAVIAM // 5-11 // 170 // 02-22-93Guatemala City, GuatemalaFlorida Gulf Coast University (NCAA)0 GP / 0 GS / 0 G / 0 A

JUKKARAITALAD // 5-11 // 174 // 09-15-88Helsinki, FinlandSogndal IL (Norway)23 GP / 18 GS / 0 G / 2 A

JOSHW

ILLIAMSD // 6-2 // 185 // 04-18-88Copley, OHToronto FC16 GP / 13 GS / 0 G / 0 A

JONATHANMENSAHD // 6-2 // 183 // 07-13-90Prampram, GhanaAnzhi Makhachkala (Russia)21 GP / 20 GS / 1 G / 1 A

WAYLON

FRANCISD // 5-9 // 160 // 09-20-90Puerto Limón, Costa RicaCS Herediano (Costa Rica)12 GP / 10 GS / 0 G / 2 A

LALASABUBAKARD // 6-0 // 180 // 12-25-94Kumasi, GhanaUniversity of Dayton (NCAA)6 GP / 5 GS / 1 G / 0 A

ZACKSTEFFENGK // 6-3 // 190 // 04-02-95Downingtown, PASC Freiburg (Germany)28 GP / 28 GS / 81 SV / 7 S.O. / 1.50 GAA

ALEXCROGNALED // 6-5 // 205 // 08-27-94Gahanna, OHUniversity of Maryland (NCAA)16 GP / 12 GS / 0 G / 1 A

LOGANKETTERERGK // 6-3 // 178 // 11-09-93Racine, W

IBradley University (NCAA)0 GP / 0 GS / 0 SV / 0 S.O. / 0.00 GAA

GASTONSAUROD // 6-3 // 190 // 02-23-90Rosario, ArgentinaCalcio Catania (Italy)0 GP / 0 GS / 0 G / 0 A

BRADSTUVERGK // 6-3 // 180 // 04-16-91Twinsburg, OHCleveland State University (NCAA)0 GP / 0 GS / 0 SV / 0 S.O. / 0.00 GAA

HARRISONAFFULD // 5-6 // 135 // 07-24-86Awutu Breku, GhanaEsperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) 18 GP / 16 GS / 0 G / 1 A

CONNORMALONEYD // 5-6 // 145 // 05-18-95Harrisburg, PAPennsylvania State University (NCAA)2 GP / 1 GS / 0 G / 1 A

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1723

2130

2241

25

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G - GOALS / A - ASSISTS / GP - GAMES PLAYED / GS - GAMES STARTED / S.O. - SHUTOUTS / GAA - GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE

**ON SEASON-LONG LOAN

FORWARDS

MIDFIELDERS

DEFENDERS

GOALKEEPERS

COLUMBUS CREW SC

ROSTER BREAKDOWN

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 - 1:00 PM ET

VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITYMAPFRE STADIUM / COLUMBUS, OH

ESPN, CD102.5 FM, LA MEGA 103.1 FM, ENGLISH RADIO STREAM AVAILABLE ON COLUMBUSCREW

SC.COM

ALL STATISTICS ARE FROM THE 2017 MLS SEASON

32PEDROSANTOSM // 5-6 // 139 // 04-22-88Lisbon, PortugalS.C. Braga (Portugal)3 GP / 2 GS / 0 G / 1 A

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CHI HOU DC POR ORL CHI TOR NYR NYC NE TOR MTL NE TOR SEA COL ATL MTL ATL MIN PHI PHI RSL SJ CHI ORL LA DAL

1-1 1-3 2-0 3-2 2-0 0-1 2-1 0-2 2-3 2-0 1-2 3-2 1-2 0-5 3-0 1-2 1-3 4-1 0-2 1-0 1-0 0-3 2-2 1-2 3-1 1-1 2-0 2-1

2 Jukka Raitala 90D 90D 90M 90D 73D 90D 90D 90D 3 90D 28 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 12 86M 1 57 90D

3 Josh Williams 90D 2 51 90D 66D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 56 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

4 Jonathan Mensah 90D 87D 73D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 7 90D 90D 77D 90D 35D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

5 Dilly Duka

6 Tony Tchani

7 Artur 14 58M 70M 90M 89M 90M 90M 6M 90M 50 90M 15 77M 90M 90M 90M 75M 90M 90M 90M

8 Mohammed Abu 76M 32 20 1 60M 84 90M 90M 73M 75M 13 90M 35 90M 90M 90M

9 Justin Meram 90M 90M 63M 60M 90M 90M 90M 90M 81M 90M 82F 90M 90M 40M 74M 90M 90M 69M 68M 27 75M 55M 66F 90M 89M 89M 90M 90M

10 Federico Higuain 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 88M 90M 90M 80M 90M 74M 90M 65M 83M 90M 78M 90M 90M 63M 88M

11 Ola Kamara 70F 90F 80F 89F 89F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 74F 1 90F 68F 90F 90F 90F 87F 90F 89F 86F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F

12 Adam Jahn 20 25 10 1 1 11 4 16 89F 17 25 12 3 22 1 4 16 1

13 Ethan Finlay 90M 90M 27 90M 86M 79M 30 29 81M 73M 90M 22 90M 61M 90M 61M 90F 15 90F

14 Waylon Francis 90D 17 90D 90M 90D 90D 90M 78M 4 90M 90M 33D

16 Hector Jimenez 90D 87D 24 90D 62D 69D 90M 45 90M 8 90M 45 90D 77D

17 Lalas Abubakar 90D 90D 76D 90D 90D 2

18 Cristian Martinez 15 19 34 25 62M 27 30

19 Rodrigo Saravia

19 Kekuta Manneh 9 63M 62M 90M 16 21 29 63F 90M 71M 24 56M 65M 21

20 Wil Trapp 90M 65M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

21 Alex Crognale 90D 17 90D 90D 90D 39D 10 90D 16 7 89D 90D 90D 90D 90D 74D

22 Gaston Sauro

23 Zack Steffen 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

24 Nicolai Naess 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 86D 90M 90D 90D 90D 83D 13 34D 90D 90D

25 Harrison Afful 90D 45D 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 21 90M 90D 90D 90D 45M 45M 77M 13

26 Ben Swanson

27 Abuchi Obinwa

28 Niko Hansen 30 4 30 60M 61M 9 17 8 27 28 90M 1 29

29 Marshall Hollingsworth

30 Logan Ketterer

31 Connor Maloney 45 82M

32 Pedro Santos 28 69M 60M

41 Brad Stuver

Played for other teams:

Kekuta Manneh played 136 minutes for VAN

"00" = 100 minutes played

F/M/D/G = starting position

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Game log:

Game #1 03/04/2017 CLB 1 vs CHI 1 T Finlay 1 (Meram 1) 17

Game #2 03/11/2017 CLB 1 at HOU 3 L Kamara 1 (Meram 2, Raitala 1) 93+

Game #3 03/18/2017 CLB 2 at DC 0 W Higuain 1 (penalty kick) 38; Kamara 2 (penalty kick) 66

Game #4 03/25/2017 CLB 3 vs POR 2 W Meram 1 (unassisted) 11; Kamara 3 (Higuain 1) 19; Hansen 1 (unassisted) 84

Game #5 04/01/2017 CLB 2 vs ORL 0 W Meram 2 (Artur 1) 13; Meram 3 (Higuain 2) 77

Game #6 04/08/2017 CLB 0 at CHI 1 L

Game #7 04/15/2017 CLB 2 vs TOR 1 W Kamara 4 (Hansen 1, Higuain 3) 37; Meram 4 (Crognale 1, Higuain 4) 44

Game #8 04/22/2017 CLB 0 at NYR 2 L

Game #9 04/29/2017 CLB 2 vs NYC 3 L Higuain 2 (Raitala 2, Meram 3) 29; Kamara 5 (Finlay 1) 49

Game #10 05/06/2017 CLB 2 vs NE 0 W Kamara 6 (Meram 4) 13; Higuain 3 (Kamara 1) 53

Game #11 05/10/2017 CLB 1 vs TOR 2 L Higuain 4 (penalty kick) 28

Game #12 05/13/2017 CLB 3 at MTL 2 W Meram 5 (unassisted) 14; Meram 6 (unassisted) 28; Meram 7 (Hansen 2) 91+

Game #13 05/21/2017 CLB 1 at NE 2 L Kamara 7 (Trapp 1) 20

Game #14 05/26/2017 CLB 0 at TOR 5 L

Game #15 05/31/2017 CLB 3 vs SEA 0 W Higuain 5 (Jimenez 1) 10; Meram 8 (Trapp 2) 21; Kamara 8 (Meram 5, Higuain 5) 59

Game #16 06/03/2017 CLB 1 at COL 2 L Higuain 6 (Meram 6) 61

Game #17 06/17/2017 CLB 1 at ATL 3 L Higuain 7 (Kamara 2, Afful 1) 26

Game #18 06/24/2017 CLB 4 vs MTL 1 W Higuain 8 (unassisted) 17; Manneh 1 (Kamara 3) 70; Kamara 9 (Manneh 1) 72; Higuain 9 (Jahn 1, Steffen 1) 88

Game #19 07/01/2017 CLB 0 vs ATL 2 L

Game #20 07/04/2017 CLB 1 at MIN 0 W Manneh 2 (Trapp 3) 58

Game #21 07/22/2017 CLB 1 vs PHI 0 W Meram 9 (Artur 2) 65

Game #22 07/26/2017 CLB 0 at PHI 3 L

Game #23 07/29/2017 CLB 2 at RSL 2 T Kamara 10 (Maloney 1) 15; Kamara 11 (unassisted) 60

Game #24 08/05/2017 CLB 1 at SJ 2 L Jahn 1 (Mensah 1, Meram 7) 76

Game #25 08/12/2017 CLB 3 vs CHI 1 W Manneh 3 (unassisted) 18; Meram 10 (Francis 1, Trapp 4) 73; Kamara 12 (penalty kick) 88

Game #26 08/19/2017 CLB 1 at ORL 1 T Abubakar 1 (Francis 2) 35

Game #27 08/23/2017 CLB 2 vs LA 0 W Kamara 13 (Santos 1) 45; Meram 11 (Manneh 2, Abu 1) 90

Game #28 08/26/2017 CLB 2 vs DAL 1 W Kamara 14 (Jimenez 2, Higuain 6) 50; Mensah 1 (Higuain 7) 71

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U.S. OPEN CUP

# Player 4R

CINC

0-1

2 Jukka Raitala

3 Josh Williams 45

4 Jonathan Mensah

5 Dilly Duka 15

6 Tony Tchani

7 Artur 90M

8 Mohammed Abu

9 Justin Meram 90M

10 Federico Higuain 90M

11 Ola Kamara

12 Adam Jahn 90F

13 Ethan Finlay 67M

14 Waylon Francis 90D

16 Hector Jimenez 75D

17 Lalas Abubakar

18 Cristian Martinez

19 Rodrigo Saravia

19 Kekuta Manneh

20 Wil Trapp 90M

21 Alex Crognale 90D

22 Gaston Sauro

23 Zack Steffen

24 Nicolai Naess 45D

25 Harrison Afful

26 Ben Swanson

27 Abuchi Obinwa

28 Niko Hansen 23

29 Marshall Hollingsworth

30 Logan Ketterer

31 Connor Maloney

41 Brad Stuver 90G

U.S. OPEN CUP

4R 06/14/2017 CLB 0 at CINCTI 1 L

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. COLUMBUS CREW SC

GAME NOTES WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE

As of Thursday, Sept. 7

QUESTIONABLE:• None

OUT:• Cameron Porter (Broken Fibula)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT

No. Pos. Name Pronunciation 1 GK Adrian Zendejas zen-DAY-haas 2 DEF Erik Palmer-Brown 3 DEF Ike Opara oh-PAR-ah 4 DEF Kevin Ellis 5 DEF Matt Besler BEEZ-ler 6 MID Ilie Sanchez ILL-ee-eh 7 FWD Gerso Fernandes JER-soh 8 DEF Graham Zusi gram ZOO-see 9 FWD Latif Blessing 10 MID Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber 11 FWD Diego Rubio 15 DEF Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick 17 DEF Saad Abdul-Salaam sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM 19 MID Cristian Lobato loh-BAH-toe 20 FWD Gianluca Busio jahn-LUKA BOO-see-oh 21 GK Andrew Dykstra 22 FWD Soony Saad SOO-nee sod 23 DEF Colton Storm 24 FWD Cameron Iwasa EE-wah-sah 27 MID Roger Espinoza 29 GK Tim Melia MEE-lia 30 FWD Daniel Salloi shallow-EE 39 FWD Cameron Porter 41 MID James Musa MOO-suh 55 DEF Amer Didic uh-MEER JIDD-itch 77 DEF Tyler Pasher 93 MID Soni Mustivar SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var 94 MID Jimmy Medranda muh-DRAHN-dah

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

Eastern Conference Pts W L T GD GP 1. Toronto FC 56 16 3 8 +29 272. New York City FC 50 15 7 5 +14 273. Chicago Fire 44 13 9 5 +12 274. Columbus Crew SC 42 13 12 3 0 285. New York Red Bulls 40 12 10 4 +5 266. Atlanta United FC 36 10 8 6 +12 247. Montreal Impact 36 10 10 5 0 268. New England Revolution 32 9 12 5 +2 269. Philadelphia Union 31 8 12 7 -2 2710. Orlando City SC 31 8 12 7 -16 2711. D.C. United 28 8 15 4 -22 27

Western Conference Pts W L T GD GP 1. Seattle Sounders FC 42 11 7 9 +7 272. Portland Timbers 41 11 9 8 +3 283. Sporting Kansas City 40 10 6 10 +11 264. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 38 11 9 5 +2 255. Houston Dynamo 38 10 8 8 +9 266. FC Dallas 37 9 7 10 +4 267. San Jose Earthquakes 36 10 11 6 -13 278. Real Salt Lake 35 10 13 5 -8 289. LA Galaxy 26 7 14 5 -12 2610. Minnesota United FC 25 7 14 4 -20 2511. Colorado Rapids 22 6 16 4 -17 26

2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

2017 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATSSPORTING KANSAS CITY COLUMBUS CREW SC

13-12-3 (42 pts.)284th in East421.542421.500325 (112)34.4%302324394

RECORDGAMES PLAYED

CONFERENCE POSITIONGOALS

GOALS/GAMEASSISTS

GOALS ALLOWEDALLOWED/GAME

GOAL DIFFERENTIALSHOTS (ON GOAL)

ON GOAL %FOULS COMMITTEDFOULS SUFFERED

CAUTIONSEJECTIONS

10-6-10 (40 pts.)26

3rd in West31

1.192420

0.77+11

366 (125)34.2%

281330

461

2017 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERSSPORTING KANSAS CITY COLUMBUS CREW SC

14 Ola Kamara7 Higuain, Meram72 Ola Kamara30 Ola Kamara5 Justin Meram2 Three Players31 Wil Trapp40 Justin Meram5 Mensah, Meram2 Jonathan Mensah

2520 Zack Steffen1.50 Zack Steffen13 Zack Steffen7 Zack Steffen81 Zack Steffen

GOALSASSISTSSHOTS

SHOTS ON GOALGAME-WINNING GOALS

GAME-WINNING ASSISTSFOULS COMMITTEDFOULS SUFFERED

CAUTIONSEJECTIONS

GK MINUTES PLAYEDGOALS AGAINST AVG.

WINSSHUTOUTS

SAVES

Gerso 7Graham Zusi 5

Gerso 55Gerso 23

Three Players 2Three Players 2

Dom Dwyer 35Dom Dwyer 37

Roger Espinoza 8Roger Espinoza 1

Tim Melia 2340Tim Melia 0.77 Tim Melia 10Tim Melia 10Tim Melia 79

COACHES - REGULAR SEASONPETER VERMES GREGG BERHALTER

4th season50-47-33 (.512)4th season50-47-33 (.512)

MLS EXPERIENCEMLS RECORD

YEAR WITH TEAMRECORD WITH TEAM

9th season (.546) 113-88-71

9th season(.546) 113-88-71

Sunday, September 10, 2017Kickoff: 12 p.m. CT

MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, OH)MLS Regular Season Game 27

Sporting Kansas City10-6-10, 40 points(8-0-5 home; 2-6-5 away)3rd place in Western ConferenceColumbus Crew SC13-12-3, 42 points (10-3-1 home; 3-9-2 away)4th place in Eastern Conference

English TV: ESPNEnglish Radio: ESPN 99.3 FMSpanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AMReferee: Chris PensoAssistant ref: Eduardo MariscalAssistant ref: Adam Garner4th official: Daniel RadfordVAR: Victor Rivas

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Sporting KC Game Notes | September 10, 2017 at Columbus Crew SC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

• Defender Ike Opara is one regular-season appearances shy of reaching 75 for Sporting KC. Opara is also one start away from hitting 75 in all competitions for the club.

• Defender Graham Zusi is three appearances away from reaching 250 in all competitions for Sporting KC.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

Sporting Kansas City travels to take on Columbus Crew SC at MAPFRE Stadium this Sunday on ESPN. Sporting KC has gone 2-1-6 against teams from the MLS Eastern Conference in 2017, but are coming off their first and only defeat vs. the East following Wednesday’s rain-soaked 1-0 defeat to New York City FC at Yankee Stadium. Sporting KC has won six of the last seven matches against Columbus Crew SC, dating back to the start of the 2013 season - the same year Sporting KC won MLS Cup. The only defeat in that run came in Sporting KC’s last visit to MAPFRE Stadium on August 22, 2015, when goals from Marcel de Jong and Graham Zusi weren’t enough to prevent Ethan Finlay, Tony Tchani and Jack McInerney from winning it for Columbus. Sporting KC has a streaky history in the all-time series against Columbus Crew SC, with the side going 6-1-0 from 2006-2007 before enduring a winless streak from 2008-2010, before finally rebounding on July 14, 2010. Since then, Sporting KC is 9-3-1 against Columbus, and 4-2-1 at MAPFRE Stadium. All-time, Sporting KC is 11-13-4 on the road vs. Columbus.

#CLBvSKC: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 25-22-6 in regular season)Date Score Result Details07/03/2016 KC 3 vs CLB 2 W Feilhaber, Zusi and Besler win it despite Kamara brace for CLB08/22/2015 KC 2 at CLB 3 L de Jong and Zusi tally but Finlay, Tchani & McInerney respond07/16/2014 KC 2 at CLB 1 W Feilhaber nets late winner after own goal cancels out Sapong05/04/2014 KC 2 vs CLB 0 W Peterson scores early before Bieler adds second goal late10/05/2013 KC 1 at CLB 0 W Opara scores winning goal in 17th minute off Zusi assist

#CLBvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

• Midfielder Benny Feilhaber leads the team with three goals and two assists all-time against Columbus Crew SC. He had a goal and an assist as a member of the New England Revolution from 2011-2012, before scoring a 93rd-minute game-winner in a 2-1 Sporting KC road victory on July 16, 2014. He also netted a penalty in the 3-2 home win on July 3, 2017.

• Defender Graham Zusi has two goals and four assists against Columbus, setting up Kei Kamara’s goal in a 2-1 home loss on July 28, 2012 before assisting on C.J. Sapong’s strike in a 1-1 road draw on Oct. 7, 2012. He then assisted on Ike Opara’s game-winner in the 1-0 road win on Oct. 5, 2013 before setting up Claudio Bieler’s goal in a 2-0 home win on May 4, 2014. He scored his first against Columbus in a 3-2 road loss on Aug. 22, 2015 before also netting in the 3-2 home win on July 3, 2016.

• Midfielder Roger Espinoza has one goal and two assists against Columbus Crew SC, scoring in a 3-3 road draw on July 17, 2008, before adding the game-winning assist on Teal Bunbury’s goal in a 1-0 road win on July 14, 2010 and another on Graham Zusi’s stirke in the 3-2 home victory on July 3, 2016.

• Defender Matt Besler has one goal and one assist all-time against Columbus. He scored the game-winner in the 91st minute of a 3-2 home victory on July 3, 2016, and also had an assist on Graham Zusi’s goal in a 3-2 road loss on Aug. 22, 2015.

• Defender Ike Opara has one goal and one assist against Columbus Crew SC, scoring the game-winner in a 1-0 road win on Oct. 5, 2013 before setting up Matt Besler’s game-winner in the 3-2 home victory on July 3, 2016.

• Forward Soony Saad has a goal and an assist against Columbus. He scored in a 3-0 home win on Sept. 7, 2013 and also an assist on Kei Kamara’s goal in a 3-2 home victory on June 29, 2013.

• Midfielder Jimmy Medranda has one assist against Columbus, having helped set up Matt Besler’s winner in the 3-2 home win on July 3, 2016.

• Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam has one assist against Columbus Crew SC, setting up Marcel de Jong’s opening goal in a 3-2 road defeat on Aug. 22, 2015.

• Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 1-1-0 all-time against Columbus Crew SC with a 2.50 goals against average. His win came in the 3-2 home victory on July 3, 2016.

• Goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra is 1-1-1 all-time against Columbus, posting a 1.00 goals against average. His sole win and shutout came in a 2-0 Chicago Fire victory on Oct. 8, 2010.

#CLBvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY

• Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam was playing played alongside Columbus midfielder Wil Trapp at the University of Akron in 2012.

• Forward Soony Saad played with Columbus midfielder Justin Meram at the University of Michigan in 2010.

• Forward Latif Blessing, Columbus defender Jonathan Mensah and Columbus midfielder Mohammed Abu are all from Accra, Ghana.

• Forward Cameron Iwasa played with Columbus forward Adam Jahn at USL club Sacramento Republic FC in 2016.

• Sporting KC Director of Player Personnel Brian Bliss was technical director of Columbus Crew SC from 2008-2013, winning MLS Cup in 2008 and the Supporters’ Shield in 2008 and 2009 and was the club’s interim head coach in late 2013.

• Columbus Crew SC assistant coach Josh Wolff played for the Kansas City Wizards from 2003-2006 and again from 2008-2010, totaling 46 goals and 30 assists in 163 appearances in all competitions for the club.

#CLBvSKC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS

Sporting KC Team Stats• SKC’s 20 goals allowed through 26 games in the 2017 MLS season are the

fewest conceded in the league, comfortably ahead of Toronto FC’s 26. SKC also has the best goals against average with 0.77, ahead of TFC’s 0.96, and the club’s 10 shutouts are tied for the most in the league with CHI and TFC.

• SKC is third in MLS with 14.08 shots per game while facing a league-low 10.08 shots per game. The side also ranks in a tie for seventh with 4.81 shots on target per game.

• SKC leads MLS in passes per game (507.85), successful passes per game (421.38) and passing accuracy (82.97) while ranking second in average possession (56.65) behind ATL.

• SKC is sixth in MLS in dribbles attempted per game with 18.85 and ranks fourth with 8.38 dribbles completed per game.

• SKC is seventh in MLS with 10.31 chances created per game and fourth with 8.96 chances created from open play per game.

Sporting KC Player Stats• Goalkeeper Tim Melia has the best goals against average in MLS at 0.77,

conceding just 20 goals in 26 games this season and posting a league-high 10 shutouts. In addition, his 79.8 save percentage leads the league among players to play more than four games. Melia also leads MLS with three penalty saves on five faced in 2017.

• Midfielder Ilie is second in MLS with 1,727 passes attempted and is fourth in the league in passes completed with 1,472.

• Defender Matt Besler is second among MLS defenders in passes attempted (1,456) and passes completed (1,252), only behind NYC’s Alexander Callens.

• Defender Graham Zusi leads all MLS defenders with 40 chances created and 28 chances created from open play.

• Winger Gerso is eighth in MLS with 95 dribbles attempted and tied for sixth with 42 dribbles completed.

• Midfielder Ilie is second among MLS midfielders with 52 interceptions.

Columbus Crew SC Team Stats• CLB is second in MLS this season with 13,265 passes - 61 ahead of SKC in

third - and is third with 10,877 successful passes - 79 behind SKC in second.• CLB is sixth with 492 dribbles attempted and fourth with 224 dribbles completed.• CLB has taken part in the fewest tackles in MLS with 423.• CLB have been shown the third fewest yellow cards in MLS this season with 39.

Columbus Crew SC Player Stats• Forward Ola Kamara is tied for sixth in MLS’ Golden Boot standings with 14

goals scored in 2017. Kamara is also ninth with 72 shots and tied for sixth with 30 shots on goal this season.

• Midfielder Justin Meram leads MLS with 156 dribbles attempted and is second with 63 dribbles completed.

• Midfielder Wil Trapp leads MLS with 1,898 passes and 1,699 successful passes this season.

• Goalkeeper Zack Steffen is fifth in MLS with 81 saves in 2017. He’s also in a tie for third with seven shutouts.

#CLBvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTESCRACKING THE CREWSporting Kansas City is set to face Columbus Crew SC for the first and only time this season at MAPFRE Stadium on Sunday at 12 p.m. CT. The match is Sporting KC’s second in the space of five days, having fallen 1-0 to New York City FC at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night.

Sporting KC is 2-1-6 against Eastern Conference outfits in 2017 - with the lone defeat coming on Wednesday in the Big Apple. Sporting KC has won six of its last seven matches against Columbus, stretching back to the start of the 2013 season. The only loss in that time frame came in the side’s last visit to MAPFRE Stadium on Aug. 22, 2015, when Columbus claimed a dramatic 3-2 victory.

Sporting KC held the lead twice in that match, first through Marcel de Jong’s 14th-minute goal, only for Ethan Finlay to equalize, before Graham Zusi reclaimed the lead for Sporting KC midway through the second half. However, Columbus responded with late goals from Tony Tchani and Jack McInerney to take all three points.

The two sides met once last season at Children’s Mercy Park, with Sporting KC returning the favor and earning a 3-2 victory of their own. Ola Kamara gave Columbus the lead in the first half before Sporting KC took control with goals from Benny Feilhaber and Graham Zusi early in the second period. Kamara notched his second of the game with 15 minutes remaining but Matt Besler nodded home a dramatic winner in stoppage time to earn Sporting KC their seventh win of the season.

Sporting KC holds the edge in the all-time regular-season season series 25-22-6, including an 11-13-4 record in Columbus. Sporting KC has posted a 9-3-1 record against Crew SC since the start of the 2010 season, going 4-2-1 at MAPFRE Stadium in that timeframe.

HOME UNBEATEN STREAK STANDS AT 22Sporting Kansas City extended the club’s franchise-record home unbeaten streak to 22 games following the comfortable 2-0 victory over FC Dallas at Children’s Mercy Park in the side’s last home game on Saturday, August 19. Goals either side of halftime from Diego Rubio and Gerso sealed an impressive win that saw Sporting KC move to 8-0-5 at home on the season.

Sporting KC’s 22-game home unbeaten streak in MLS action stretches all the way back to last summer. Sporting KC most recently tasted defeat in the regular season at Children’s Mercy Park when the side fell 1-0 to D.C. United on May 27, 2016. Since then, Sporting KC has gone 15-0-7 in regular-season play at Children’s Mercy Park, and is 18-1-8 in all competitions in that time. The lone setback in the last 14 months came in a 2-1 defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the CONCACAF Champions League group stage on Sept. 13, 2016.

The club’s 22-game home unbeaten streak is the longest in club history and is now tied for the fourth longest in MLS history. The Houston Dynamo hold the current record for the longest home unbeaten streak, having gone 30 home games without a loss from July 9, 2011 through April 28, 2013 - a streak that was shattered by Sporting KC with a 1-0 win on May 12, 2013.

Sporting KC has now gone 4-2-6 in MLS play since the start of June and 3-0-1 in the U.S. Open Cup - with the sole draw resulting in the side’s penalty shootout victory over San Jose on Aug. 9. Sporting KC’s record in all competitions since the start of June now stands at 7-2-7.

DESPITE DEFEAT, SPORTING KC STILL ON TRACKSporting Kansas City suffered just its sixth defeat of the season in Wednesday night’s 1-0 setback against New York City FC at Yankee Stadium. Jack Harrison scored the only goal of the game in the 84th minute to give the home side the victory and drop Sporting KC to 10-6-10 (40 pts.) on the season.

Despite the loss, Sporting KC remains in a positive standing heading into the final eight games of the MLS regular season. The side actually has one more point at this stage of the season than it did 26 games into the 2013 campaign - where Sporting KC finished the regular season on a 6-1-1 run and ultimately lifted MLS Cup in December following their shootout victory over Real Salt Lake.

In addition, while Sporting KC currently sits third in the MLS Western Conference behind Seattle Sounders FC (42 pts.) and the Portland Timbers (41 pts.), Peter Vermes’ men are second in points per game with 1.54 - only trailing Seattle’s mark of 1.56. Should Sporting KC finish in the top two of the Western Conference, it would achieve a first-round bye in the postseason and avoid the Knockout Round - the stage that Sporting KC has been knocked out of the MLS Cup Playoffs each of the last three seasons since winning MLS Cup.

MELIA, DEFENSE STANDS STRONGSporting Kansas City’s league-best goalkeeper Tim Melia and his league-best backline continue to be on pace for the best defensive season in club history, and the second best defensive campaign in Major League Soccer’s 22-year history. Melia has been an ever-present in 2017, playing every minute behind a rotating backline of Matt Besler, Ike Opara, Graham Zusi, Seth Sinovic, Erik Palmer-Brown, Kevin Ellis, Saad Abdul-Salaam, and Jimmy Medranda.

Sporting KC has conceded just 20 goals in 26 games - a goals against average of 0.77 - which has only been bettered by the 2010 edition of Real Salt Lake, who conceded 20 goals in a 30-game season for a goals against average of 0.67. Sporting KC’s record in its previous 21 years of existance was 0.79 - posted in 2012 when Sporting KC finished atop of the Eastern Conference but fell in the Conference Semifianls in the MLS Cup Playoffs.

Remarkably, Sporting KC is yet to concede more than two goals in a match this season. Of the 20 goals conceded, eight have come as Sporting KC conceded twice in a win over the Chicago Fire (July 29), a draw with Orlando City SC (May13) and losses to Minnesota United FC (May 7) and Vancouver Whitecaps FC (May 20). The remaining 12 goals conceded have all arrived in single-goal games for Sporting KC’s opposition.

Sporting KC is the only team in the league yet to concede three or more goals in a match. The club’s closest defensive challenger in 2017, Toronto FC, have conceded three goals twice this season (June 3, 0-3 at NE and July 1, 1-3 at FCD) as part of their 26 goals allowed in 27 games.

Should Sporting KC complete the 2017 regular season without conceding three or more goals in a single match, Peter Vermes’ side would become just the fourth team in league history to perform that feat, and the first since 2010. The only teams to also go through an entire season without conceding three or more in a game are the 2003 LA Galaxy (1.12 GAA), 2010 FC Dallas (0.93 GAA) and 2010 Real Salt Lake (0.67 GAA).

BESLER & ZUSI RETURN FROM USMNT ACTIONSporting Kansas City defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi both returned to the U.S. in time to watch their side’s 1-0 defeat to New York City FC at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night after representing the U.S. National Team for a pair of crucial FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Costa Rica and Honduras. The U.S. first suffered a 2-0 defeat in their first match against Costa Rica at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. on Friday, Sept. 1 before rescuing a 1-1 draw in Honduras on Tuesday, Sept. 5.

Zusi started and played the opening 84 minutes in the loss to Costa Rica at right back, while Besler was an unused substitute with Stoke City’s Geoff Cameron and Fulham FC’s Tim Ream preferred in central defense by head coach Bruce Arena. San Jose Earthquakes forward Marco Urena did the damage for Los Ticos who opened up a six-point gap on the U.S. in CONCACAF’s Hexagonal standings.

Besler was thrust into the lineup for the match in Honduras, flanked by Zusi at right back, as the U.S. returned home with a 1-1 draw following Bobby Wood’s late equalizing goal after the Houston Dynamo’s Romell Quioto had given the Hondurans the lead midway through the first half. Zusi earned caps number 54 and 55 across the two qualifiers while Besler claimed his 45th cap in the draw with Honduras. The top three finishers of the Hex will advance automatically to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia next summer, while the fourth-place finisher will face either Australia or Syria in a two-legged World Cup playoff in November.

SAAD & MUSA HEADING BACK STATESIDESporting Kansas City forward Soony Saad and midfielder James Musa both returned to the United States earlier this week after representing their respective national teams over the past week.

Saad earned his ninth cap for the Lebanon National Team in a thrilling 2-2 draw with North Korea at Kim Il-sung Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. The 25-year-old came off the bench late with the hosts leading 2-1 but Lebanon rescued a point in their 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualifying campaign. Lebanon remains atop Group B after the draw.

Musa was called in to the New Zealand National Team Monday, Aug. 14, having been out of the National Team picture since 2014. He had earned one senior cap for New Zealand in a friendly against South Africa on May 30, 2014. The 25-year-old collected his second and third caps when he appeared off the bench as New Zealand topped the Solomon Islands 8-3 on aggregate in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Final Playoff to seal a spot in a two-legged World Cup playoff in November.

New Zealand won the first leg 6-1 at QBE Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand on Sept. 1, before playing to a 2-2 drawa at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara, Solomon Islands on Sept. 4.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTESBUSIO SIGNS AS HOMEGROWN PLAYEROn Friday, August 25, Sporting Kansas City announced that the club had signed 15-year-old forward Gianluca Busio as a Homegrown Player. Busio is now the youngest active player in MLS, and the second youngest player in league history. Busio’s MLS contract runs through 2020 with options for 2021 and 2022. Busio is the fifth Homegrown player in club history, following in the footsteps of Jon Kempin, Kevin Ellis, Erik Palmer-Brown and Daniel Salloi - the latter three all still members of Sporting KC.

The versatile forward joined the Sporting KC Academy in the summer of 2016 and played three matches for the Sporting KC U-14s before stepping up to the U-16 level, where he scored nine goals in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and earned Central Conference Best XI honors.

At the international level, Busio is a key contributor for the U.S. U-15 National Team. Earlier in August, he guided the U.S. to a second-place finish at the CONCACAF U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring a team-high five goals in five matches. He previously represented the U.S. U-15s in May at the Torneo Delle Nazioni in Italy, where he scored three goals as the Americans were crowned tournament champions.

Busio also earned playing time for the Sporting KC U-18s throughout 2016-17 - scoring in their regular season finale on June 3 - before leading the U-16s to their first appearance in the Development Academy quarterfinals. He tallied three goals during Sporting KC’s impressive postseason run from late June to mid-July.

U.S. OPEN CUP FINAL SETSporting Kansas City will face off against the New York Red Bulls in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. Sporting KC advanced to the Final on Wednesday, August 9 after a thrilling penalty shootout victory over the San Jose Earthquakes, while the Red Bulls overcame a two-goal deficit to top USL side FC Cincinnati 3-2 after extra time the following Tuesday.

Sporting KC’s appearance in the Final will be its third in the last six years, having hoisted the trophy at Children’s Mercy Park in 2012 and at the Philadelphia Union’s Talen Energy Stadium in 2015. It also represents the fourth Final Sporting KC has participated in this decade, having also won the 2013 MLS Cup on penalties against Real Salt Lake.

U.S. Soccer held an official draw ahead of the Semifinal stage to determine hosting priorities for both Semifinal matchups as well as the tournament Final - with Sporting KC winning the right to host both its Semifinal and a potential Final.

Sporting Kansas City is seeking the club’s fourth U.S. Open Cup championship, having previously hoisted the title in 2004, 2012 and 2015. The Red Bulls have never won the U.S. Open Cup and are making their first appearance in the Final since 2003. The 2017 U.S. Open Cup winner will receive $250,000 in prize money and a berth in the 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, the premier club competition in North America.

BESLER AND SINOVIC RENEW PARTNERSHIPAfter helping Sporting KC record nine shutouts in the opening 20 games on the left side of the defense to open the 2017 MLS season, center back Matt Besler and left back Seth Sinovic have now posted 47 total shutouts in just 125 games where both have started in the regular season. Besler and Sinovic have started 20 of the club’s 26 regular-season games together this season, posting nine of the side’s 10 shutouts.

Since Sinovic made his first appearance for the team on May 28, 2011 after being waived by the New England Revolution earlier in the year, Sporting KC leads all of MLS with 78 shutouts - 12 more than Seattle Sounders FC in second. Besler and Sinovic have started 125 of the 222 games since the trade, posting 47 of the club’s 78 shutouts alongside one another.

Individually, Besler leads the league in shutouts since Sinovic joined the club with 64, while Sinovic is tied for second with 56. Prior to the 1-1 draw with Montreal on Saturday, June 10 where Besler was with the U.S. National Team in Mexico, Besler and Sinovic had started each of Sporting KC’s previous 17 regular-season games, conceding just 10 goals - a rate of 0.59 per game.

KC SUBMITS BID TO HOST FIFA WORLD CUP MATCHESOn Tuesday, Sporting Kansas City officials submitted Kansas City’s bid to host games at a potential 2026 FIFA World Cup to the United Bid Committee of the United States, Mexico and Canada. The United Bid Committee had initially set Requests for Information to 44 cities across the three nations last month. A total of 49 stadiums located in or around those 44 cities will be considered for inclusion in the official bid that will be sent to FIFA by March 16, 2018. Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City was one of those stadiums.

After cities declare their interest, the United Bid Committee will review the submissions and intends to issue a shortlist of cities by late September. The Bid Committee will then provide more detailed bid documentation to the cities and conduct meetings to discuss any questions as candidate cities prepare their final bid, due early January 2018.

The Bid Committee plans to include 20-25 venues in its final bid to FIFA. If selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, subject to FIFA’s determination, it is anticipated that at least 12 locations could ultimately serve as Official Host Cities. If a city is not selected to host matches, there may be other opportunities to be involved in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Those cities, as well as other cities not on the initial list, could be selected as the location for the International Broadcast Center, host Team Base Camps or host major events such as the Preliminary or Final Draw.

PLAYOFF STREAKSporting KC is looking to become the sixth club in MLS history to make at least seven straight trips to the postseason, while Manager Peter Vermes would be just the fourth coach to lead the same team to seven straight playoff appearances.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club SeasonsLA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005)LA Galaxy 9 (2009-2016) *activeSeattle Sounders FC 9 (2009-2016) *activeNew York Red Bulls 8 (2010-2016) *activeNE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014)Sporting KC 6 (2011-2016) *active

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAMCoach Club Years SeasonsBruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009Sigi Scmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004Peter Vermes Sporting KC 6 2011-2016 (active)Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

VERMES VERBATIMBelow are Manager Peter Vermes’ remarks on Sporting KC’s 1-0 defeat to New York City FC at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, September 6, 2017.

General comments on the match...“I think at the end of 90 minutes, they competed with more intensity than we did. There were times when we were competing at a good level and maybe even a little bit more than they did. But I think over the 90 minutes they wanted the game a little bit more. Their goal was based off of a scrappy play, you know? They played a ball in, they won it back, we cleared it, they won it back, and then they served it to the back post and they were doing everything they could to put the ball into the back of the net. Those guys were fighting for it and I think that was the difference in the match at the end of the day. I don’t really think there was anything else.”

On looking towards playoffs...“It’s a game. That doesn’t even come into my head. I’m glad we have a quick turn around as we play again this weekend. It gives us another game to get us right back into rhythm as soon as we possibly can. I think that’s the good thing about the situation.”

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CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS100

Dating back to April 2012(including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

150

82

115 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 17 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

not including penalty shootout victories in2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE19,455

121 MLS matches since 2011(including postseason)

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES105.4

121 MLS matches since 2011Seating capacity: 18,467

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED252

in 150 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC record vs. Columbus Crew SC: 25-22-6Home games: 14-9-2 (44 GF, 40 GA)Road games: 11-13-4 (40 GF, 43 GA)

Date Score Result Location05/02/1996 KC 6 vs CLB 4 W Arrowhead Stadium06/08/1996 KC 3 at CLB 3 SOW Ohio Stadium08/24/1996 KC 1 at CLB 2 L Ohio Stadium09/07/1996 KC 1 vs CLB 5 L Arrowhead Stadium05/22/1997 KC 3 vs CLB 1 W Arrowhead Stadium07/04/1997 KC 2 at CLB 1 W Ohio Stadium09/14/1997 KC 0 at CLB 4 L Ohio Stadium05/27/1998 KC 1 vs CLB 1 SOW Arrowhead Stadium08/16/1998 KC 3 at CLB 5 L Ohio Stadium04/28/1999 KC 0 vs CLB 1 L Arrowhead Stadium08/08/1999 KC 1 at CLB 2 L Columbus Crew Stadium07/15/2000 KC 0 at CLB 2 L Columbus Crew Stadium07/22/2000 KC 3 vs CLB 1 W Arrowhead Stadium04/21/2001 KC 3 at CLB 0 W Columbus Crew Stadium08/04/2001 KC 1 vs CLB 3 L Arrowhead Stadium06/19/2002 KC 1 at CLB 1 T (2OT) Columbus Crew Stadium08/18/2002 KC 0 vs CLB 4 L Arrowhead Stadium05/03/2003 KC 2 vs CLB 2 T (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium07/19/2003 KC 1 at CLB 0 W Columbus Crew Stadium08/31/2003 KC 0 at CLB 1 L Columbus Crew Stadium04/17/2004 KC 1 vs CLB 0 W Arrowhead Stadium06/12/2004 KC 2 at CLB 2 T Columbus Crew Stadium08/18/2004 KC 1 at CLB 2 L Columbus Crew Stadium05/14/2005 KC 4 at CLB 0 W Columbus Crew Stadium06/29/2005 KC 1 vs CLB 1 T Arrowhead Stadium07/23/2005 KC 0 at CLB 2 L Columbus Crew Stadium08/26/2005 KC 0 vs CLB 1 L Arrowhead Stadium04/01/2006 KC 3 vs CLB 1 W Arrowhead Stadium04/29/2006 KC 1 at CLB 0 W Columbus Crew Stadium06/10/2006 KC 1 at CLB 0 W Columbus Crew Stadium08/12/2006 KC 4 vs CLB 0 W Arrowhead Stadium05/05/2007 KC 1 vs CLB 0 W Arrowhead Stadium06/20/2007 KC 1 at CLB 2 L Columbus Crew Stadium09/15/2007 KC 3 vs CLB 2 W Arrowhead Stadium05/03/2008 KC 1 at CLB 2 L Columbus Crew Stadium06/14/2008 KC 0 vs CLB 3 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark07/17/2008 KC 3 at CLB 3 T Columbus Crew Stadium05/09/2009 KC 2 at CLB 3 L Columbus Crew Stadium06/06/2009 KC 0 vs CLB 2 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark05/23/2010 KC 0 vs CLB 1 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark07/14/2010 KC 1 at CLB 0 W Columbus Crew Stadium04/16/2011 KC 0 at CLB 1 L Columbus Crew Stadium09/28/2011 KC 2 vs CLB 1 W Livestrong Sporting Park07/14/2012 KC 2 at CLB 0 W Columbus Crew Stadium07/28/2012 KC 1 vs CLB 2 L Livestrong Sporting Park10/07/2012 KC 1 at CLB 1 T Columbus Crew Stadium06/29/2013 KC 3 vs CLB 2 W Sporting Park09/07/2013 KC 3 vs CLB 0 W Sporting Park10/05/2013 KC 1 at CLB 0 W Columbus Crew Stadium05/04/2014 KC 2 vs CLB 0 W Sporting Park07/16/2014 KC 2 at CLB 1 W Columbus Crew Stadium08/22/2015 KC 2 at CLB 3 L Mapfre Stadium07/03/2016 KC 3 vs CLB 2 W Children’s Mercy Park

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

COLUMBUS CREW SCCategory 1 2 OT TotalGoals 38 45 0 83 Shots 311 337 2 650 Shots on Goal 121 139 1 261Fouls 355 353 3 711Offsides 69 90 1 160Corner Kicks 125 127 1 253

Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 35 49 0 84Shots 361 418 1 780Shots on Goal 143 162 0 305Fouls 369 394 2 765Offsides 62 59 0 121 Corner Kicks 109 142 0 251

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATSSPORTING KANSAS CITY

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERSSPORTING KANSAS CITY COLUMBUS CREW SC

Jeff Cunningham 7Robert Warzycha 9Jeff Cunningham 46Jeff Cunningham 21

Chad Marshall 26Kyle Martino 37

William Hesmer 5Jon Busch 4

William Hesmer 3Jon Busch 34Jon Busch 14

GOALSASSISTSSHOTS

SHOTS ON GOALFOULS COMMITTEDFOULS SUFFERED

WINSLOSSES

SHUTOUTS SAVES

GOALS ALLOWED

8 Preki8 Preki74 Preki21 Preki39 Davy Arnaud51 Davy Arnaud

6 Jimmy Nielsen5 Kevin Hartman4 Jimmy Nielsen34 Tony Meola17 Kevin Hartman

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHSSPORTING KANSAS CITY COLUMBUS CREW SC

John, Maisonneuve 314 Players 2

(8/4/01) Jeff Cunningham 7(9/14/97) Thomas Dooley 4

Lenhart, Pierce 6Six Players 6

(9/15/07) William Hesmer 9 (5/2/96) Bo Oshoniyi 6

GOALSASSISTSSHOTS

SHOTS ON GOALFOULS COMMITTEDFOULS SUFFERED

SAVESGOALS ALLOWED

2 Nine Players2 Seven Players9 Soony Saad (6/29/13)4 Three Players7 Mo Johnston (7/4/97)7 Johnson, Sealy

9 Tony Meola (7/19/03)5 Ammann, Lagerway

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT TotalKC 11 15 9 15 10 24 0 84CLB 8 7 23 14 17 14 0 83

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKERPlayers In Players Out

Tyler Pasher (signed from SPR - 12/2/16) Brad Davis (retired - 10/23/16)Adrian Zendejas (signed from SPR - 12/2/16) Nuno Coelho (out of contract - 11/23/16)Igor Juliao (loan - 12/23/16) Chance Myers (out of contract - 11/23/16)Gerso Fernandes (transfer - 1/4/17) Jacob Peterson (out of contract - 11/23/16)Latif Blessing (transfer - 1/9/17) Ever Alvarado (option not exercised - 11/23/16)Christian Volesky (trade - 1/9/17) Emmanuel Appiah (option not exercised - 11/23/16)Cameron Iwasa (signing - 1/10/17) Connor Hallisey (option not exercised - 11/23/16)Andrew Dykstra (signing - 1/10/17) Jon Kempin (option not exercised - 11/23/16)Ilie Sanchez (signing - 1/13/17) Justin Mapp (option not exercised - 11/23/16)Soony Saad (signing - 1/30/17) Paulo Nagamura (retired - 12/12/16)

Colton Storm (SuperDraft - 2/24/17) Alec Kann (Expansion Draft - 12/13/16)

Amer Didic (signed from SPR - 5/31/17) Lawrence Olum (trade - 2/3/17)

Cristian Lobato (signing - 6/29/17) Benji Joya (waived - 2/27/17)

James Musa (signed from SPR - 8/11/17) Christian Volesky (waived - 2/27/17)

Gianluca Busio (signed as Homegrown Player - 8/25/17) Igor Juliao (waived - 6/29/17)

Dom Dwyer (trade - 7/25/17)

DATE IN/OUT DETAILSOct. 23: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis retiresNov. 16: Sporting KC signs M Benny Feilhaber and D Ike Opara to new contractsNov. 23: OUT D Nuno Coelho, D Chance Myers and F Jacob Peterson leaves Sporting KC out of contract. Sporting KC declines options on D Ever Alvarado, M Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, GK Jon Kempin and M Justin MappDec. 2: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Tyler Pasher and GK Adrian Zendejas from Swope Park Rangers (USL)Dec. 12: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Paulo Nagamura retiresDec. 13: Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis, GK Alec Kann and D/M Jimmy Medranda to new contractsDec. 13: OUT Sporting KC goalkeeper Alec Kann selected in Expansion Draft by Atlanta United FC (MLS)Dec. 23: IN Sporting KC signs D Igor Juliao on loan from Fluminense FC (Brazil)Jan. 4: IN Sporting KC signs F Gerso Fernandes as a Designated PlayerJan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Latif Blessing from GhanaJan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Christian Volesky in trade with Portland Timbers (MLS)Jan. 10: IN Sporting KC signs GK Andrew Dykstra and F Cameron IwasaJan. 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Ilie SanchezJan. 30: IN Sporting KC re-acquires F Soony SaadFeb. 3: OUT Sporting KC trades M Lawrence Olum to the Portland Timbers (MLS)Feb. 24: IN Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection D Colton StormFeb. 27: OUT Sporting KC waives M Benji Joya and F Christian VoleskyMay 31: IN Sporting KC signs D Amer Didic from Swope Park Rangers (USL)June 29: IN/OUT Sporting KC signs M Cristian Lobato from Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) and waives on-loan D Igor JuliaoJuly 25: OUT Sporting KC acquires up to $1.6 million in allocation money from Orlando City SC in exchange for F Dom DwyerAug. 11: IN Sporting KC signs M James Musa from Swope Park Rangers (USL)Aug. 25: IN Sporting KC signs F Gianluca Busio as a Homegrown Player from the Sporting KC Academy

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE

Year MLS SuperDraft Signings Trades Homegrown Players MLS Re-Entry Draft2009 Matt Besler (8th)

Graham Zusi (23rd)2011 Seth Sinovic (5/10/11) Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)2013 Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13) Benny Feilhaber (12/11/12)

Ike Opara (12/12/12)Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

2015 Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th) Tim Melia (12/23/14)Roger Espinoza (1/6/15)Soni Mustivar (2/16/15)

2016 Diego Rubio (3/8/16) Cameron Porter (7/12/16) Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

2017 Colton Storm (14th) Tyler Pasher (12/2/16)Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16)Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17)Latif Blessing (1/9/17)Cameron Iwasa (1/10/17)Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17)Soony Saad (1/30/17)Amer Didic (5/31/17)Cristian Lobato (6/29/17)James Musa (8/11/17)

Gianluca Busio (8/25/17) Andrew Dykstra (Second Round)

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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DATE OPPONENT COMPETITION TIME (CT) / RESULT TV / SCORERS

Saturday, March 4 at D.C. United MLS T 0-0 --

SATURDAY, MARCH 11 FC DALLAS MLS T 0-0 --

SATURDAY, MARCH 18 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES MLS W 2-1 Feilhaber, Own Goal

Friday, March 31 at Toronto FC MLS T 0-0 --

SUNDAY, APRIL 9 COLORADO RAPIDS MLS W 3-1 Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer

Saturday, April 15 at Portland Timbers MLS W 1-0 Dwyer

Saturday, April 22 at FC Dallas MLS L 0-1 --

SATURDAY, APRIL 29 REAL SALT LAKE MLS W 3-0 Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 NEW YORK RED BULLS MLS W 2-0 Dwyer (2)

Sunday, May 7 at Minnesota United FC MLS L 0-2 --

Saturday, May 13 at Orlando City SC MLS T 2-2 Blessing (2)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC MLS W 3-0 Gerso (3)

Saturday, May 20 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS L 0-2 --

Saturday, May 27 at Colorado Rapids MLS L 0-1 --

SATURDAY, JUNE 3 MINNESOTA UNITED FC MLS W 3-0 Opara, Medranda, Abdul-Salaam

SATURDAY, JUNE 10 MONTREAL IMPACT MLS T 1-1 Gerso

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 MINNESOTA UNITED FC U.S. OPEN CUP W 4-0 Opara, Gerso, Dwyer, Salloi

Saturday, June 17 at San Jose Earthquakes MLS T 0-0 --

Saturday, June 24 at LA Galaxy MLS W 2-1 Espinoza, Opara

Wednesday, June 28 at Houston Dynamo U.S. Open Cup W 2-0 Opara, Gerso

SATURDAY, JULY 1 PORTLAND TIMBERS MLS T 1-1 Salloi

THURSDAY, JULY 6 PHILADELPHIA UNION MLS T 1-1 Rubio

TUESDAY, JULY 11 FC DALLAS U.S. OPEN CUP W 3-0 (AET) Blessing (2), Salloi

Saturday, July 22 at Real Salt Lake MLS T 1-1 Feilhaber (PK)

SATURDAY, JULY 29 CHICAGO FIRE MLS W 3-2 Salloi, Feilhaber, Blessing

SUNDAY, AUG. 6 ATLANTA UNITED FC MLS T 1-1 Feilhaber (PK)

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES U.S. OPEN CUP T 1-1 (5-4 PK) Rubio

Saturday, Aug. 12 at Seattle Sounders FC MLS L 0-1 --

SATURDAY, AUG. 19 FC DALLAS MLS W 2-0 Rubio, Gerso

Wednesday, Sept. 6 at New York City FC MLS L 0-1 --

Sunday, Sept. 10 at Columbus Crew SC MLS 12:00 ESPN

SATURDAY, SEPT. 16 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION MLS 7:30 FOX SPORTS KC

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20 NEW YORK RED BULLS U.S. OPEN CUP 8:00 ESPN2

SUNDAY, SEPT. 24 LA GALAXY MLS 1:00 FOX

SATURDAY, SEPT. 30 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC MLS 8:00 FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

Saturday, Oct. 7 at Minnesota United FC MLS 7:00 FOX Sports KC

Wednesday, Oct. 11 at Houston Dynamo* MLS 7:00 FOX Sports KC

SUNDAY, OCT. 15 HOUSTON DYNAMO MLS 4:00 FOX SPORTS KC

Sunday, Oct. 22 at Real Salt Lake MLS 3:00 FOX Sports KC

*Rescheduled from Aug. 26

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

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2017 Record When...

Scoring first goal 10-0-4Conceding first goal 0-6-2Leading at halftime 7-0-1Tied at halftime 2-2-6Trailing at halftime 0-4-3

Scoring 0 goals 0-6-4Scoring 1 goal 1-0-5Scoring 2 goals 4-0-1Scoring 3 goals 5-0-0Scoring 4+ goals 0-0-0Allowing 0 goals 6-0-4Allowing 1 goal 3-3-5Allowing 2 goals 1-2-1Allowing 3 goals 0-0-0Allowing 4+ goals 0-0-0

Wearing Sporting blue 6-3-8Wearing dark indigo 4-3-2

Leading at 75’ 10-0-2Tied at 75’ 0-2-8Trailing at 75’ 0-4-0

Outshooting opponent 8-2-8Outshot by opponent 2-3-2Shots even 0-1-0

Shutouts 6-0-4One-goal games 4-4-0

On ESPN/ESPN2 1-0-1On FOX/FS1 1-1-2On FSKC 8-5-7

Day games (before 5 p.m.) 1-2-0Games 5 p.m. CT or later 9-4-10

With red card for 0-0-1With red card against 0-1-0

Temperature 75 & up 4-0-6Temperature below 75 6-6-4

In Pacific time zone 2-2-1In Mountain time zone 0-1-1In Central time zone 8-2-5In Eastern time zone 0-1-3

vs. Western Conference 8-5-4vs. Eastern Conference 2-1-6

On grass 9-3-10On turf 1-3-0

With zero subs 0-0-1With one sub 0-1-4With two subs 3-0-2with three subs 7-5-3

Regular Season Record By Month

March 2017 1-0-3March all-time 17-9-9April 2017 3-1-0April all-time 43-36-15May 2017 2-3-1May all-time 36-46-25June 2017 2-0-2June all-time 41-29-25July 2017 1-0-3July all-time 51-35-27Aug. 2017 1-1-1Aug. all-time 41-51-17Sept. 2017 0-1-0Sept. all-time 30-38-17Oct. 2017 0-0-0Oct. all-time 21-15-15

Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2017)

vs. Atlanta United FC 0-0-1 (0-0-1)vs. Chicago Fire 15-26-11 (1-0-0) vs. Colorado Rapids 24-23-13 (1-1-0)vs. Columbus Crew SC 25-22-6 (0-0-0)vs. D.C. United 20-21-13 (0-0-1)vs. FC Dallas 24-22-12 (1-1-1)vs. Houston Dynamo 5-9-11 (0-0-0)vs. LA Galaxy 21-24-14 (1-0-0)vs. Minnesota United FC 1-1-0 (1-1-0)vs. Montreal Impact 6-3-3 (0-0-1)vs. NE Revolution 24-17-11 (0-0-0)vs. New York City FC 2-1-0 (0-1-0)vs. New York Red Bulls 21-20-13 (1-0-0)vs. Orlando City SC 1-1-1 (0-0-1)vs. Philadelphia Union 5-5-5 (0-0-1)vs. Portland Timbers 6-3-3 (1-0-1)vs. Real Salt Lake 9-9-7 (1-0-1)vs. SJ Earthquakes 24-24-8 (1-0-1)vs. Seattle Sounders FC 5-8-3 (1-1-0)vs. Toronto FC 14-4-6 (0-0-1)vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 6-2-3 (0-1-0)

Regular Season Home and Away

Overall All-time 280-259-1502017 at home 8-0-5All-time at home 184-91-692017 on road 2-6-5All-time on road 96-168-81

SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATSQuickest Goals... Seth Sinovic (4/9 vs. COL) - 6th Minute Quickest Goals Against... Cyle Larin (5/13 at ORL) - 16th Minute

Game-winning goals after 75’... Own Goal (3/18 vs. SJ) - 89th Minute

Game-tying goals after 75’... None

Game-winning goals against after 75’... Maynor Figueroa (4/22 at FCD) - 77th Minute Jack Harrison (9/6 at NYC) - 84th Minute

Game-tying goals against after 75’... Matteo Mancosu (6/10 vs. MTL) - 82nd Minute Jacob Peterson (8/6 vs. ATL) - 91st Minute

Red Cards... Roger Espinoza (5/27 at COL) - 93rd Minute

Red Cards Against... Chris Duvall (6/10 vs. MTL) - 86th Minute

Penalty Kicks... Benny Feilhaber (7/22 at RSL) - Scored on Nick Rimando Benny Feilhaber (8/6 vs. ATL) - Scored on Brad Guzan

Penalty Kicks Against... Marcelo Sarvas (3/4 at DC) - Saved by Tim Melia Kevin Doyle (4/9 vs. COL) - Scored on Tim Melia Fredy Montero (5/20 at VAN) - Saved by Tim Melia Diego Valeri (7/1 vs. POR) - Saved by Tim Melia Roland Alberg (7/6 vs. PHI) - Scored on Tim Melia Youngest Goalscorer... Latif Blessing (5/13 at ORL) - 20 years and 134 daysOldest Goalscorer... Benny Feilhaber (8/6 vs. ATL) - 32 years and 198 daysYoungest Starter... Erik Palmer-Brown (7/6 vs. PHI) - 20 years and 73 daysYoungest to play in a game... Latif Blessing (3/11 vs. FCD) - 20 years and 71 daysOldest Starter... Benny Feilhaber (9/6 at NYC) - 32 years and 230 daysOldest to play in a game... Benny Feilhaber (9/6 at NYC) - 32 years and 230 days

SPORTING KC IN 2017 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

SPORTING KC ALL-TIME WIN/LOSS RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES

Competition W L T GF GA MLS Reg. Season 280 259 150 953 912MLS Playoffs 17 20 8 59 60U.S. Open Cup 27 15 7 99 56International 10 12 9 39 45TOTAL 334 306 174 1150 1073

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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

2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

PK’S (MADE/ATTEMPTED) 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 0/0 2/2 2/2OPPONENT 0/1 2/4 2/5

CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 67 59 126OPPONENT 43 59 102

OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 28 24 52OPPONENT 34 34 68

FOULS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 123 157 280OPPONENT 154 173 327

CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 15 29 44OPPONENT 18 38 56

EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 0 1 1OPPONENT 0 1 1

GOALS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 11 20 31OPPONENT 9 11 20

SHOTS 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 178 188 366OPPONENT 108 143 261

SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTALSPORTING KC 51 73 124OPPONENT 38 62 100

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Center forwardDom Dwyer 14Latif Blessing 5Diego Rubio 4Soony Saad 3

Defensive midfielderIlie 25

James Musa 1

Left backSeth Sinovic 25

Jimmy Medranda 1

Right backGraham Zusi 17

Saad Abdul-Salaam 8Igor Juliao 1

Left center backMatt Besler 21

Erik Palmer-Brown 3Kevin Ellis 2

GoalkeeperTim Melia 26

Right center backIke Opara 22Kevin Ellis 3

Erik Palmer-Brown 1

Left-center midfielderBenny Feilhaber 19Jimmy Medranda 3Roger Espinoza 1Cristian Lobato 1

Jimmy Medranda 1Soni Mustivar 1

Right-center midfielderRoger Espinoza 22Benny Feilhaber 2Jimmy Medranda 1

Soni Mustivar 1

Right forwardGerso 20

Latif Blessing 2Cristian Lobato 2

Jimmy Medranda 2

Left forwardJimmy Medranda 9

Daniel Salloi 6Latif Blessing 5Soony Saad 3

Gerso 2Tyler Pasher 1

Formation: 4-3-3NOTE: Chart does

not account for players interchanging

and/or switching positions over the

course of a match. Substitute players are

not listed.

SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2017 REGULAR SEASON)

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SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES

March 4, 2017: D.C. United 0-0 Sporting KCMLS Regular Season | RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 18,268Weather: Clear and 37 degrees

1 2 FSporting KC (0-0-1, 1 pt.) 0 0 0D.C. United (0-0-1, 1 pt.) 0 0 0

Sporting KC D.C. UnitedGK Melia GK HamidD Zusi D DeLeon D Opara D Birnbaum (C)D Besler (C) D FranklinD Sinovic D KempM Ilie M SarvasM Feilhaber M Sam (Neagle 76’)M Espinoza M JeffreyF Medranda M Buscher (Vincent 61’)F Dwyer M NyarkoF Gerso F Mullins (Ortiz 69’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Worra (GK)Ellis BoswellAbdul-Salaam HarkesMustivar Le TouxBlessingSaadSalloi

Scoring Summary:None

Misconduct Summary:SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 37’DC - Sean Franklin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 54’DC - Rob Vincent (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’

Stats Summary SKC DCShots (on goal) 15 (5) 9 (6)Saves 5 5Fouls 11 22Offside 2 0Corner Kicks 5 4

March 11, 2017: Sporting KC 0-0 FC DallasMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 19,117Weather: Clear and 31 degrees

1 2 FSporting KC (0-0-2, 2 pts.) 0 0 0FC Dallas (1-0-1, 4 pts.) 0 0 0

Sporting KC FC DallasGK Melia GK GonzalezD Zusi D Harris D Opara D FigueroaD Besler (C) D Hedges (C)D Sinovic D GuillenM Ilie M CermenoM Feilhaber M GruezoM Espinoza M Pomykal (Barrios 80’)F Medranda (Blessing 67’) M Hayes (Acosta 46’)F Dwyer M AkindeleF Gerso F Colman (Lamah 63’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Seitz (GK)Ellis GranaJuliao ZimmermanMustivar UrrutiSaadSalloi

Scoring Summary:NoneMisconduct Summary:FCD - Aaron Guillen (Yellow Card; Handball) 4’FCD - Maynor Figueroa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 29’FCD - Atiba Harris (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Argument) 81’FCD - Carlos Gruezo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’FCD - Carlos Cermeno (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Dissent) 95+Stats Summary SKC FCDShots (on goal) 14 (2) 6 (4)Saves 4 2Fouls 18 13Offside 1 1Corner Kicks 4 3

March 18, 2017: Sporting KC 2-1 San Jose EarthquakesMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 19,282Weather: Sunny and 60 degrees

1 2 FSporting KC (1-0-2, 5 pts.) 1 1 2San Jose Earthquakes (2-1-0, 6 pts.) 0 1 1

Sporting KC San Jose EarthquakesGK Melia GK BinghamD Zusi D Lima D Opara D BernardezD Besler (C) D JungwirthD Sinovic D FrancisM Ilie M Hyka (Salinas 61’)M Feilhaber (Mustivar 85’) M Alashe (Thompson 80’)M Espinoza M GodoyF Gerso M DawkinsF Dwyer F Wondolowski (C)F Medranda (Saad 78’) F Urena (Hoesen 68’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Tarbell (GK)Ellis ImperialeJuliao SarkodieBlessing CerenSalloi

Scoring Summary:SKC - Benny Feilhaber 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 37’SKC - David Bingham (Own Goal) 89’SJ - Florian Jungwirth 1 (Danny Hoesen 1, Anibal Godoy 1) 91+

Misconduct Summary:SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Simulation) 16’SJ - Marco Urena (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’

Stats Summary SKC SJShots (on goal) 15 (4) 5 (3)Saves 2 3Fouls 9 11Offside 1 2Corner Kicks 7 2

March 31, 2017: Sporting KC 0-0 Toronto FCMLS Regular Season | BMO Field | Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 27,909Weather: Rainy and 44 degrees

1 2 FSporting KC (1-0-3, 6 pts.) 0 0 0Toronto FC (1-0-3, 6 pts.) 0 0 0

Sporting KC Toronto FCGK Melia GK Irwin (Bono 40’)D Zusi D Zavaleta D Opara D MoorD Besler (C) D HagglundD Sinovic M BeitashourM Ilie M Osorio (Cooper 76’)M Espinoza M Bradley (C)M Medranda (Mustivar 65’) M VazquezF Gerso M EdwardsF Dwyer F GiovincoF Saad (Blessing 83’) F Ricketts (Altidore 62’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) MavingaAbdul-Salaam ChapmanEllis CheyrouPorter DelgadoSalloi


Misconduct Summary:SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’TOR - Jozy Altidore (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+

Stats Summary SKC TORShots (on goal) 15 (5) 13 (2)Saves 2 5Fouls 11 10Offside 0 0Corner Kicks 4 6

April 9, 2017: Sporting KC 3-1 Colorado RapidsMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 19,249Weather: Partly cloudy and 74 degrees

1 2 FSporting KC (2-0-3, 9 pts.) 1 2 3Colorado Rapids (1-2-1, 4 pts.) 0 1 1

Sporting KC Colorado RapidsGK Melia GK Howard (C)D Zusi D Miller D Opara D Ford (Burling 83’)D Besler (C) D WattsD Sinovic D WilliamsM Ilie M Adjei-Boateng (Powers 73’)M Espinoza M AziraM Medranda (Mustivar 74’) M Gashi (Calvert 68’)F Gerso M HairstonF Dwyer M BadjiF Saad (Salloi 83’) F Doyle

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) MacMath (GK)Abdul-Salaam da FonteEllis HamiltonBlessing GattPorter

Scoring Summary:SKC - Seth Sinovic 1 (Unassisted) 6’SKC - Gerso 1 (Roger Espinoza 1, Dom Dwyer 1) 58’SKC - Dom Dwyer 1 (Seth Sinovic 1, Soni Mustivar 1) 85’COL - Kevin Doyle 1 (Penalty Kick) 94+

Misconduct Summary:SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’COL - Eric Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’COL - Jared Watts (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’

Stats Summary SKC COLShots (on goal) 12 (6) 8 (3)Saves 2 3Fouls 8 12Offside 1 4Corner Kicks 7 1

April 15, 2017: Sporting KC 1-0 Portland TimbersMLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Portland, OR


1 2 FSporting KC (3-0-3, 12 pts.) 0 1 1Portland Timbers (4-2-1, 13 pts.) 0 0 0

Sporting KC Portland TimbersGK Melia GK GleesonD Zusi D Powell D Opara D OlumD Besler (C) D MillerD Sinovic D Farfan (Asprilla 85’)M Ilie M Guzman (Mattocks 71’)M Espinoza (Abdul-Salaam 90’) M CharaM Feilhaber (Mustivar 83’) M BlancoF Gerso M Valeri (C)F Dwyer M NagbeF Medranda F Adi

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Attinella (GK)Ellis MyersBlessing VytasSaad OkugoSalloi Barmby

Scoring Summary:SKC - Dom Dwyer 2 (Jimmy Medranda 1, Benny Feilhaber 1) 53’

Misconduct Summary:SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 25’COL - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’

Stats Summary SKC PORShots (on goal) 12 (4) 10 (4)Saves 3 3Fouls 12 22Offside 0 4Corner Kicks 5 4

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SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.)

April 22, 2017: FC Dallas 1-0 Sporting KCMLS Regular Season | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX

Attendance: 15,411Weather: Cloudy and 58 degrees


Sporting KC FC DallasGK Melia GK GonzalezD Zusi D Grana D Opara D ZimmermanD Besler (C) D Hedges (C)D Sinovic D FigueroaM Ilie M AcostaM Espinoza M GruezoM Feilhaber (Mustivar 72’) M Lamah (Harris 86’)F Gerso (Blessing 84’) M Morales (Ulloa 85’)F Dwyer M Akindele (Barrios 73’)F Medranda (Salloi 81’) F Urruti

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Lissek (GK)Ellis HollingsheadAbdul-Salaam CermenoSaad Colman

Scoring Summary:FCD - Maynor Figeuroa 1 (Michael Barrios 2, Hernan Grana 1) 77’

Misconduct Summary:None

Stats Summary SKC FCDShots (on goal) 11 (1) 11 (6)Saves 5 1Fouls 5 11Offside 1 6Corner Kicks 3 3

April 29, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 Real Salt LakeMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS


1 2 FSporting KC (4-1-3, 15 pts.) 1 2 3Real Salt Lake (2-5-2, 8 pts.) 0 0 0

Sporting KC Real Salt LakeGK Melia GK VanOekelD Zusi D Acosta (Saucedo 71’)D Opara D Wingert (C)D Besler (C) D SchulerD Sinovic D PhillipsM Ilie M Mulholland (Hernandez 85’)M Espinoza (Mustivar 70’) M SunnyM Feilhaber M RusnakF Gerso M LennonF Dwyer (Saad 91+) M Movsisyan (Silva 60’)F Medranda (Salloi 79’) F Plata

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Fernandez (GK)Ellis DunkAbdul-Salaam SchmidtBlessing Holness

Scoring Summary:SKC - Benny Feilhaber 2 (Graham Zusi 2, Roger Espinoza 2) 17’SKC - Dom Dwyer 3 (Unassisted) 51’SKC - Gerso 2 (Soony Saad 1) 95+

Misconduct Summary:RSL - Luke Mulholland (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 39’SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’RSL - Demar Phillips (Yellow Card; Dissent) 51’RSL - Yura Movsisyan (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’SKC - Brooks Lennon (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’

Stats Summary SKC RSLShots (on goal) 10 (7) 14 (2)Saves 2 4Fouls 7 15Offside 4 3Corner Kicks 6 6

May 3, 2017: Sporting KC 2-0 New York Red BullsMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS


1 2 FSporting KC (5-1-3, 18 pts.) 0 2 2New York Red Bulls (5-4-1, 16 pts.) 0 0 0

Sporting KC New York Red BullsGK Melia GK RoblesD Zusi D MurilloD Opara D LongD Besler (C) D ZizzoD Sinovic D LadeM Ilie M DavisM Espinoza (Mustivar 91+) M FelipeM Feilhaber M MuylF Gerso M Etienne Jr. (Wright-Phillips 65’)F Dwyer (Saad 93+) M Veron (Kljestan 57’)F Medranda (Salloi 91+) F Gulbrandsen (Royer 69’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Meara (GK)Ellis PerrinelleJuliao LawrenceBlessing Adams

Scoring Summary:SKC - Dom Dwyer 4 (Unassisted) 46’SKC - Dom Dwyer 5 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 68’

Misconduct Summary:SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 30’SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’NY - Sean Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 62’NY - Connor Lade (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’NY - Bradley Wright-Phillips (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+

Stats Summary SKC NYShots (on goal) 18 (8) 6 (2)Saves 2 6Fouls 16 10Offside 4 1Corner Kicks 3 3

May 7, 2017: Minnesota United FC 2-0 Sporting KCMLS Regular Season | TCF Bank Stadium | Minneapolis, MN


1 2 FSporting KC (5-2-3, 18 pts.) 0 0 0Minnesota United FC (3-5-2, 11 pts.) 2 0 2

Sporting KC Minnesota United FCGK Melia GK ShuttleworthD Juliao (Zusi 46’) D Thiesson (Taylor 75’)D Ellis D KallmanD Besler (C) D Calvo (C)D Sinovic D BurchM Ilie M IbsonM Espinoza M CroninM Feilhaber M MolinoF Gerso (Salloi 77’) M Danladi (Warner 72’)F Dwyer M IbarraF Saad (Medranda 60’) F Ramirez (Venegas 84’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Alvbage (GK)Opara DavisMustivar KadriiBlessing Jome

Scoring Summary:MIN - Abu Danladi 1 (Miguel Ibarra 1, Ibson 2) 22’MIN - Christian Ramirez 6 (Miguel Ibarra 2, Abu Danladi 1) 39’

Misconduct Summary:SKC - Igor Juliao (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 17’MIN - Christian Ramirez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’MIN - Francisco Calvo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’

Stats Summary SKC MINShots (on goal) 17 (7) 7 (4)Saves 2 7Fouls 15 10Offside 1 3Corner Kicks 10 2

May 13, 2017: Orlando City SC 2-2 Sporting KCMLS Regular Season | Orlando City Stadium | Orlando, FL


1 2 FSporting KC (5-2-4, 19 pts.) 1 1 2Orlando City SC (6-3-1, 19 pts.) 2 0 2

Sporting KC Orlando City SCGK Melia GK BendikD Zusi D SutterD Opara D AjaD Besler (C) D SpectorD Sinovic (Abdul-Salaam 93+) D ToiaM Ilie M Higuita (Gil 65’)M Espinoza M NocerinoM Feilhaber M Kaka (C)F Gerso M JohnsonF Blessing (Saad 81’) F Rivas (Barnes 64’)F Medranda (Mustivar 86’) F Larin

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Saunders (GK)Ellis GiroPorter PereiraSalloi Garcia Carrasco

Scoring Summary:SKC - Latif Blessing 1 (Matt Besler 1) 9’ORL - Cyle Larin 7 (Carlos Rivas 5, Donny Toia 2) 16’ORL - Kaka 3 (Scott Sutter 3) 26’SKC - Latif Blessing (Unassisted) 74’

Misconduct Summary:ORL - Jose Aja (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 11’ORL - Christian Higuita (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’SKC - Latif Blessing (Yellow Card; Simulation) 79’

Stats Summary SKC ORLShots (on goal) 14 (8) 7 (4)Saves 2 6Fouls 7 9Offside 5 2Corner Kicks 3 4

May 17, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 Seattle Sounders FCMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS


1 2 FSporting KC (6-2-4, 22 pts.) 0 3 3Seattle Sounders FC (2-5-4, 10 pts.) 0 0 0

Sporting KC Seattle Sounders FCGK Melia GK FreiD Zusi D DelemD Opara D MarshallD Besler (C) D AlfaroD Sinovic D Fisher (Evans 78’)M Ilie M FernandezM Espinoza M RoldanM Feilhaber (Salloi 89’) M Svensson (Shipp 72’)F Gerso (Blessing 83’) M Morris (Adekoya 77’)F Dwyer F Lodeiro (C)F Medranda (Mustivar 79’) F Bruin

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Miller (GK)Abdul-Salaam ToloEllis MathersPorter Dempsey

Scoring Summary:SKC - Gerso 3 (Unassisted) 56’SKC - Gerso 4 (Unassisted) 58’SKC - Gerso 5 (Graham Zusi 3, Benny Feilhaber 3) 69’

Misconduct Summary:SEA - Jordy Delem (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 3’SEA - Tony Alfaro (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’

Stats Summary SKC SEAShots (on goal) 12 (6) 10 (5)Saves 5 3Fouls 8 6Offside 1 3Corner Kicks 5 3

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May 20, 2017: Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-0 Sporting KCMLS Regular Season | BC Place | Vancouver, British Columbia


1 2 FSporting KC (6-3-4, 22 pts.) 0 0 0Vancouver Whitecaps FC (5-5-1, 16 pts.) 1 1 2

Sporting KC Vancouver Whitecaps FCGK Melia GK OustedD Zusi D WilliamsD Ellis D Waston (C)D Besler (C) D ParkerD Sinovic D HarveyM Ilie M LabaM Espinoza M TecheraM Mustivar (Feilhaber 56’) M JacobsonF Gerso M Tchani (Davies 62’)F Blessing (Porter 69’) M Bolanos (Mezquida 78’)F Pasher (Medranda 46’) F Montero (Shea 85’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Tornaghi (GK)Abdul-Salaam de JongOpara RosalesSalloi Teibert

Scoring Summary:VAN - Cristian Techera 3 (Christian Bolanos 3, Sheanon Williams 2) 40’VAN - Tim Parker 1 (Christian Bolanos 4) 67’

Misconduct Summary:SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’VAN - Matias Laba (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’

Stats Summary SKC VANShots (on goal) 12 (2) 13 (7)Saves 5 2Fouls 15 11Offside 4 4Corner Kicks 3 8

May 27, 2017: Colorado Rapids 1-0 Sporting KCMLS Regular Season | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO


1 2 FSporting KC (6-4-4, 22 pts.) 0 0 0Colorado Rapids (3-8-1, 10 pts.) 1 0 1

Sporting KC Colorado RapidsGK Melia GK Howard (C)D Zusi D Hairston (Williams 86’)D Opara D BurlingD Besler (C) D FordD Sinovic D Miller (da Fonte 46’)M Ilie M AziraM Espinoza M PowersM Feilhaber M GashiF Gerso M Saeid (Gatt 76’)F Blessing F BadjiF Medranda (Saad 74’) F Doyle

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) MacMath (GK)Abdul-Salaam SernaJuliao HamiltonMustivar GordonPorterSalloi

Scoring Summary:COL - Kortne Ford 1 (Shkelzen Gashi 1) 11’

Misconduct Summary:COL - Bobby Burling (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 19’COL - Eric Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 22’SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’COL - Tim Howard (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 86’COL - Kevin Doyle (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+

Stats Summary SKC COLShots (on goal) 25 (2) 6 (3)Saves 2 1Fouls 14 19Offside 0 1Corner Kicks 8 3

June 3, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 Minnesota United FCMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS


1 2 FSporting KC (7-4-4, 25 pts.) 1 2 3Minnesota United FC (4-8-2, 14 pts.) 0 0 0

Sporting KC Minnesota United FCGK Melia GK ShuttleworthD Abdul-Salaam D ThiessonD Opara D Kallman (C)D Besler (C) D TaylorD Sinovic D Burch (Davis 63’)M Ilie M IbsonM Medranda (Mustivar 67’) M WarnerM Feilhaber M Ibarra (Schuller 8’)F Gerso M MolinoF Saad (Dwyer 62’) M Jome (Kadrii 55’)F Blessing (Salloi 75’) F Ramirez

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Alvbage (GK)Didic GreenspanJuliao VenegasPorter Martin

Scoring Summary:SKC - Ike Opara 1 (Matt Besler 2) 47+SKC - Jimmy Medranda 1 (Unassisted) 54’SKC - Saad Abdul-Salaam 1 (Unassisted) 87’

Misconduct Summary:MIN - Ismaila Jome (Yellow Card; Not Retreating) 7’SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 12’MIN - Collen Warner (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’MIN - Bobby Shuttleworth (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 43’SKC - Tim Melia (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’


June 10, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Montreal ImpactMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS


1 2 FSporting KC (7-4-5, 26 pts.) 1 0 1Montreal Impact (4-4-5, 17 pts.) 0 1 1

Sporting KC Montreal ImpactGK Melia GK BushD Abdul-Salaam D DuvallD Opara D CabreraD Ellis D CamaraD Sinovic D FisherM Ilie D LovitzM Espinoza (C) M Oduro (Mancosu 77’)M Feilhaber M MallaceF Gerso M DonadelF Dwyer M Piatti (C) (Salazar 92+)F Medranda (Mustivar 80’) F DePuy (Romero 71’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Kronberg (GK)Didic LefevreJuliao ArreguiPorterRubioSalloi

Scoring Summary:SKC - Gerso 6 (Ilie 1) 24’MTL - Matteo Mancosu 3 (Unassisted) 82’

Misconduct Summary:MTL - Ignacio Piatti (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 46+MTL - Matteo Mancosu (Yellow Card; Dissent) 84’MTL - Chris Duvall (Red Card; Serious Foul) 86’

Stats Summary SKC MTLShots (on goal) 15 (5) 11 (7)Saves 6 4Fouls 3 11Offside 1 2Corner Kicks 4 3

June 17, 2017: San Jose Earthquakes 0-0 Sporting KCMLS Regular Season | Avaya Stadium | San Jose, CA


1 2 FSporting KC (7-4-6, 27 pts.) 0 0 0San Jose Earthquakes (5-6-5, 20 pts.) 0 0 0

Sporting KC San Jose EarthquakesGK Melia GK BinghamD Zusi D LimaD Opara D BernardezD Besler (C) D ImperialeD Sinovic D SarkodieM Ilie M Cato (Salinas 70’)M Espinoza M GodoyM Feilhaber M Thompson (Yueill 75’)F Gerso M HykaF Dwyer (Rubio 76’) F Wondolowski (C)F Blessing (Medranda 69’) F Hoesen

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Tarbell (GK)Abdul-Salaam FrancisEllis MfekaMustivarSalloi


Misconduct Summary:SJ - Anibal Godoy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 73’SJ - Chris Wondolowski (Yellow Card; Dissent) 74’SKC - Matt Besler (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 78’SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’


June 24, 2017: LA Galaxy 1-2 Sporting KCMLS Regular Season | StubHub Center | Carson, CA


1 2 FSporting KC (8-4-6, 30 pts.) 2 0 2LA Galaxy (6-6-4, 22 pts.) 0 1 1

Sporting KC LA GalaxyGK Melia GK DiopD Zusi D SmithD Opara D RomneyD Besler (C) D Van Damme (C)D Sinovic D ColeM Ilie M Garcia (Pedro 60’)M Espinoza M VillarrealM Feilhaber (Medranda 61’) M Zardes (Jamieson IV 77’)F Gerso M AlessandriniF Dwyer (Mustivar 92+) M BoatengF Blessing (Salloi 72’) F McBean (Villarreal 62’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Kempin (GK)Abdul-Salaam ArellanoEllis LassiterSaad McInerney

Scoring Summary:SKC - Roger Espinoza 1 (Gerso 1) 22’SKC - Ike Opara 2 (Matt Besler 3) 35’LA - Dave Romney 1 (Unassisted) 77’

Misconduct Summary:LA - Jaime Villarreal (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 33’LA - Nathan Smith (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 59’SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 73’LA - Jelle Van Damme (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’

Stats Summary SKC LAShots (on goal) 10 (5) 17 (5)Saves 4 3Fouls 12 14Offside 4 0Corner Kicks 2 6

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July 1, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Portland TimbersMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS


1 2 FSporting KC (8-4-7, 31 pts.) 0 1 1Portland Timbers (7-7-5, 26 pts.) 1 0 1

Sporting KC Portland TimbersGK Melia GK GleesonD Abdul-Salaam D Powell (Valentin 76’)D Opara D OlumD Ellis D MillerD Sinovic D VytasM Ilie M NagbeM Espinoza (C) M ZemanskiM Feilhaber (Medranda 80’) M Asprilla (Mattocks 60’)F Gerso (Salloi 35’) M Valeri (C)F Saad (Rubio 59’) M Blanco (Arboleda 92+)F Blessing F Adi

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Attinella (GK)Palmer-Brown MyersStorm FarfanMustivar Ebobisse

Scoring Summary:POR - Diego Valeri 10 (Sebastian Blanco 4) 26’SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Roger Espinoza 3) 60’

Misconduct Summary:POR - Fanendo Adi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’SKC - Latif Blessing (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’SKC - Kevin Ellis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’

Stats Summary SKC PORShots (on goal) 7 (1) 9 (3)Saves 2 0Fouls 14 11Offside 1 3Corner Kicks 0 2

July 6, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Philadelphia UnionMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS


1 2 FSporting KC (8-4-8, 32 pts.) 0 1 1Philadelphia Union (6-7-5, 23 pts.) 0 1 1

Sporting KC Philadelphia UnionGK Melia GK McCarthyD Abdul-Salaam D GaddisD Opara D ElliottD Palmer-Brown D OnyewuD Sinovic D WijnaldumM Ilie M JonesM Feilhaber (C) M Medunjanin (C)M Medranda M Pontius (Epps 61’)F Blessing M Ilsinho (Alberg 61’)F Rubio (Gerso 80’) M Picault (Simpson 92+)F Salloi F Sapong

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) McGuire (GK)Ellis RosenberryPasher YaroMustivar CarrollPorterSaad

Scoring Summary:SKC - Diego Rubio 1 (Daniel Salloi 1) 49’PHI - Roland Alberg 4 (Penalty Kick) 69’

Misconduct Summary:SKC - Saad Abdul Salaam (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Dissent) 68’PHI - Haris Medunjanin (Yellow Card; Dissent) 68’

Stats Summary SKC PHIShots (on goal) 19 (8) 7 (2)Saves 1 6Fouls 9 12Offside 1 2Corner Kicks 14 3

July 22, 2017: Real Salt Lake 1-1 Sporting KCMLS Regular Season | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, UT


1 2 FSporting KC (8-4-9, 33 pts.) 0 1 1Real Salt Lake (7-12-3, 24 pts.) 1 0 1

Sporting KC Real Salt LakeGK Melia GK Rimando (C)D Abdul-Salaam D BeltranD Ellis D GladD Palmer-Brown D M. SilvaD Sinovic D AcostaM Ilie M Sunny (Lennon 72’)M Espinoza (C) M MulhollandM Feilhaber M SavarinoF Gerso (Salloi 80’) M RusnakF Rubio M PlataF Blessing F L. Silva

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Fernandez (GK)Didic HorstPasher MaundMedranda WingertMustivar SaucedoDwyer Movsisyan

Scoring Summary:RSL - Luis Silva 1 (Joao Plata 3, Danilo Acosta 2) 43’SKC - Benny Feilhaber 3 (Penalty Kick) 59’

Misconduct Summary:SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47’RSL - Sunny (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’RSL - Danilo Acosta (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 56’RSL - Tony Beltran (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’

Stats Summary SKC RSLShots (on goal) 9 (3) 20 (6)Saves 5 2Fouls 9 15Offside 1 3Corner Kicks 1 6

July 29, 2017: Sporting KC 3-2 Chicago FireMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS


1 2 FSporting KC (9-4-9, 36 pts.) 2 1 3Chicago Fire (11-5-5, 38 pts.) 1 1 2

Sporting KC Chicago FireGK Melia GK LampsonD Zusi D PolsterD Opara D KappelhofD Besler (C) D MeiraD Sinovic D DoodyM Ilie M Schweinsteiger (Campbell 91+)M Espinoza M McCartyM Feilhaber (Palmer-Brown 87’) M Juninho (C) (Johnson 77’)F Blessing (Medranda 83’) F Solignac (Accam 55’)F Rubio F NikolicF Salloi (Lobato 73’) F de Leeuw

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Cleveland (GK)Abdul-Salaam HarringtonEllis MihailovicSaad Conner

Scoring Summary:SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Unassisted) 23’CHI - Matt Besler (Own Goal) 28’SKC - Benny Feilhaber 4 (Unassisted) 46+SKC - Latif Blessing 3 (Diego Rubio 1, Daniel Salloi 2) 51’CHI - David Accam 12 (Patrick Doody 1, Dax McCarty 4) 78’

Misconduct Summary:CHI - Juninho (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’CHI - Joao Meira (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’

Stats Summary SKC CHIShots (on goal) 19 (9) 10 (3)Saves 2 6Fouls 8 10Offside 5 3Corner Kicks 5 5

August 6, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Atlanta United FCMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS


1 2 FSporting KC (9-4-10, 37 pts.) 0 1 1Atlanta United FC (10-7-5, 35 pts.) 0 1 1

Sporting KC Atlanta United FCGK Melia GK GuzanD Abdul-Salaam D WalkesD Opara D Parkhurst (C)D Besler (C) D Gonzalez PirezD Sinovic D AmbroseM Ilie M Larentowicz (McCann 71’)M Espinoza M CarmonaM Lobato (Feilhaber 46’) M Gressel (Peterson 67’)F Gerso (Medranda 83’) M AlmironF Blessing M AsadF Salloi (Rubio 71’) F Villalba (Vazquez 83’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Reynish (GK)Ellis MearsZusi KratzSaad Wheeler-Omiunu

Scoring Summary:SKC - Benny Feilhaber 5 (Penalty Kick) 59’ATL - Jacob Peterson 2 (Unassisted) 91+

Misconduct Summary:ATL - Jeff Larentowicz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 21’ATL - Carlos Carmona (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 24’SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ATL - Yamil Asad (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ATL - Leandro Gonzalez Pirez (Yellow Card; Dissent) 61’ATL - Mikey Ambrose (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’

Stats Summary SKC ATLShots (on goal) 14 (3) 7 (2)Saves 1 2Fouls 10 20Offside 6 3Corner Kicks 3 1

August 12, 2017: Seattle Sounders FC 1-0 Sporting KCMLS Regular Season | CenturyLink Field | Seattle, WA


1 2 FSporting KC (9-5-10, 37 pts.) 0 0 0Seattle Sounders FC (10-7-7, 37 pts.) 1 0 1

Sporting KC Seattle Sounders FCGK Melia GK FreiD Abdul-Salaam D LeerdamD Palmer-Brown D TorresD Besler (C) D MarshallD Sinovic D JonesM Musa M RoldanM Mustivar (Feilhaber 63’) M SvenssonM Medranda M Lodeiro (C)F Gerso (Lobato 72’) M Dempsey (Tolo 87’)F Saad (Blessing 60’) M Morris (Neagle 91+)F Salloi F Bruin (Alonso 59’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Miller (GK)Espinoza AlfaroIlie DelemRubio Rodriguez

Scoring Summary:SEA - Clint Dempsey 10 (Jordan Morris 1, Cristian Roldan 3) 36’

Misconduct Summary:SKC - James Musa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’SEA - Nicolas Lodeiro (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 46+SEA - Roman Torres (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’SKC - Jimmy Medranda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+

Stats Summary SKC SEAShots (on goal) 8 (3) 15 (5)Saves 4 3Fouls 13 11Offside 1 6Corner Kicks 3 6

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August 19, 2017: Sporting KC 2-0 FC DallasMLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS



Sporting KC FC DallasGK Melia GK GonzalezD Zusi D GranaD Opara D ZimmermanD Besler (C) D Hedges (C)D Medranda D FigueroaM Ilie M Barrios (Craft 79’)M Espinoza M GruezoM Feilhaber (Blessing 93+) M AcostaF Lobato (Gerso 68’) M Lamah (Hollingshead 75’)F Rubio F Colman (Akindele 65’)F Salloi (Palmer-Brown 83’) F Urruti

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Seitz (GK)Abdul-Salaam HarrisSinovic MoralesMusa Ulloa

Scoring Summary:SKC - Diego Rubio 2 (Graham Zusi 4) 42’SKC - Gerso 7 (Graham Zusi 5) 92+

Misconduct Summary:SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’FCD - Maynor Figueroa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 80’

Stats Summary SKC FCDShots (on goal) 13 (7) 11 (2)Saves 2 4Fouls 3 10Offside 0 7Corner Kicks 5 6

September 6, 2017: New York City FC 1-0 Sporting KCMLS Regular Season | Yankee Stadium | New York, NY


1 2 FSporting KC (10-6-10, 40 pts.) 0 0 0New York City FC (15-7-5, 50 pts.) 0 1 1

Sporting KC New York City FCGK Melia GK JohnsonD Abdul-Salaam D AllenD Opara D BrillantD Palmer-Brown D CallensD Sinovic (Medranda 68’) D SweatM Ilie M PirloM Espinoza (C) M McNamara (C)M Feilhaber M Lewis (Shelton 55’)F Lobato (Gerso 83’) M MoralezF Blessing (Rubio 66’) M HarrisonF Salloi F Okoli (Stertzer 83’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Johansen (GK)Didic RawlsMustivar Awuah Sands

Scoring Summary:NYC - Jack Harrison 9 (R.J. Allen 3) 84’

Misconduct Summary:SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 24’NYC - Maxi Moralez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 28’NYC - R.J. Allen (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’SKC - Diego Rubio (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+

Stats Summary SKC NYCShots (on goal) 10 (1) 16 (6)Saves 5 1Fouls 10 11Offside 2 2Corner Kicks 2 8

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SPORTING KC 2017 U.S. OPEN CUP BOX SCORES

June 14, 2017: Sporting KC 4-0 Minnesota United FCU.S. Open Cup Fourth Round | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS


1 2 FSporting KC 2 2 4Minnesota United FC 0 0 0

Sporting KC Minnesota United FCGK Melia GK McLainD Zusi D VenegasD Opara (Ellis 88’) D Greenspan (Burch 67’)D Besler (C) D Kallman (C)D Sinovic D DavisM Ilie D Jome (Thiesson 75’)M Espinoza M WarnerM Medranda (Feilhaber 74’) M MartinF Gerso (Blessing 78’) M Schuller (Ibson 46’)F Dwyer F DanladiF Salloi F Kadrii

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Alvbage (GK)Abdul-Salaam CroninPorter Ibarra Ramirez

Scoring Summary:SKC - Ike Opara 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 43’SKC - Gerso 1 (Unassisted) 46+SKC - Dom Dwyer 1 (Gerso 1) 72’SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Roger Espinoza 1) 83’

Misconduct Summary:MIN - Justin Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’MIN - Collen Warner (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+


June 28, 2017: Houston Dynamo 0-2 Sporting KCU.S. Open Cup Round of 16 | BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX


1 2 FSporting KC 0 2 2Houston Dynamo 0 0 0

Sporting KC Houston DynamoGK Melia GK WillisD Abdul-Salaam (Palmer-Brown 74’) D GarciaD Opara D AnibabaD Ellis D HunterD Sinovic D RemickM Ilie M WardM Espinoza (C) M Bird (Holland 81’)M Medranda M Wenger (Garcia 62’)F Gerso (Belmar 94+) M Alex (Luna 68’)F Porter (Mustivar 54’) M RodriguezF Blessing F Sanchez (C)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Brown (GK)Maher GreeneHernandez Escalante James

Scoring Summary:SKC - Ike Opara 2 (Kevin Ellis 1, Ilie 1) 61’SKC - Gerso 2 (Latif Blessing 1) 91+

Misconduct Summary:HOU - Eric Bird (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’HOU - Andrew Wenger (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’HOU - Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Simulation) 64’

Stats Summary SKC HOUShots (on goal) 12 (7) 10 (2)Saves 2 5Fouls 13 21Offside 5 1Corner Kicks 7 6

July 11, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 FC Dallas (AET)U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS


1 2 ET1 ET2 FSporting KC 0 0 2 1 3FC Dallas 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC FC DallasGK Melia GK GonzalezD Abdul-Salaam D GranaD Opara (Ellis 110+) D ZimmermanD Palmer-Brown D HarrisD Sinovic D Hollingshead (Morales 88’)M Ilie M GruezoM Espinoza (C) M Diaz (C)M Medranda M Ulloa (Akindele 46’)F Gerso (Salloi 85’) M BarriosF Rubio (Feilhaber 91’) M Lamah (Colman 106’)F Blessing F Urruti

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Seitz (GK)Storm HumeMustivar GuillenSaad Hayes

Scoring Summary:SKC - Latif Blessing 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 108+SKC - Latif Blessing 2 (Jimmy Medranda 1) 113+SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 118’Misconduct Summary:SKC - Seth Sinovic (Red Card; DOGSO) 15’FCD - Victor Ulloa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47+SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48+FCD - Mauro Diaz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 62’SKC - Jimmy Medranda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 65’FCD - Maxi Urruti (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’FCD - Maxi Urruti (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 101’FCD - Javier Morales (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 110+FCD - Atiba Harris (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 120’Stats Summary SKC FCDShots (on goal) 22 (9) 23 (6)Saves 6 5Fouls 13 20Offside 0 4Corner Kicks 1 10

August 9, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 (5-4) San Jose EarthquakesU.S. Open Cup Semifinal | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS


1 2 ET1 ET2 PK FSporting KC 1 0 0 0 5 1 (5)San Jose Earthquakes 1 0 0 0 4 1 (4)

Sporting KC San Jose EarthquakesGK Melia GK TarbellD Zusi (Abdul-Salaam 119’) D Affolter (Bernardez 103’)D Opara D JungwirthD Besler (C) D ImperialeD Medranda M LimaM Ilie M YueillM Espinoza M Thompson (Alashe 70’)M Feilhaber M CerenF Gerso (Salloi 77’) M Salinas (C)F Rubio F VakoF Blessing F Hoesen (Wondolowski 73’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Bingham (GK)Ellis SarkodiePalmer-Brown ColveyMustivar AmarikwaSaad

Scoring Summary:SJ - Danny Hoesen 3 (Vako 1) 4’SKC - Diego Rubio 1 (Jimmy Medranda 2) 32’

Misconduct Summary:SJ - Darwin Ceren (Yellow Card; Persistent Infringement) 74’SJ - Francois Affolter (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92’SJ - Andres Imperiale (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 111’


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SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTSDATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE ATTEND. RECORD PLACE PTS. GOALSCORERSMarch 4 at D.C. United T 0-0 18,268 0-0-1 T-6 1 --March 11 vs. FC Dallas T 0-0 19,117 0-0-2 6 2 --March 18 vs. San Jose Earthquakes W 2-1 19,282 1-0-2 5 5 Feilhaber, Own GoalMarch 31 at Toronto FC T 0-0 27,909 1-0-3 T-4 6 --April 9 vs. Colorado Rapids W 3-1 19,249 2-0-3 T-3 9 Sinovic, Gerso, DwyerApril 15 at Portland Timbers W 1-0 21,144 3-0-3 2 12 DwyerApril 22 at FC Dallas L 0-1 15,411 3-1-3 4 12 --April 29 vs. Real Salt Lake W 3-0 18,648 4-1-3 T-2 15 Feilhaber, Dwyer, GersoMay 3 vs. New York Red Bulls W 2-0 18,965 5-1-3 T-1 18 Dwyer (2)May 7 at Minnesota United FC L 0-2 17,709 5-2-3 T-1 18 --May 13 at Orlando City SC T 2-2 25,527 5-2-4 T-1 19 Blessing (2)May 17 vs. Seattle Sounders FC W 3-0 20,139 6-2-4 1 22 Gerso (3)May 20 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 0-2 21,020 6-3-4 1 22 --May 27 at Colorado Rapids L 0-1 17,648 6-4-4 1 22 --June 3 vs. Minnesota United FC W 3-0 20,361 7-4-4 1 25 Opara, Medranda, Abdul-SalaamJune 10 vs. Montreal Impact T 1-1 20,334 7-4-5 1 26 GersoJune 17 at San Jose Earthquakes T 0-0 18,000 7-4-6 1 27 --June 24 at LA Galaxy W 2-1 20,140 8-4-6 1 30 Espinoza, OparaJuly 1 vs. Portland Timbers T 1-1 20,933 8-4-7 1 31 SalloiJuly 6 vs. Philadelphia Union T 1-1 19,240 8-4-8 1 32 RubioJuly 22 at Real Salt Lake T 1-1 19,316 8-4-9 2 33 Feilhaber (PK)July 29 vs. Chicago Fire W 3-2 20,313 9-4-9 1 36 Salloi, Feilhaber, BlessingAug. 6 vs. Atlanta United FC T 1-1 19,418 9-4-10 1 37 Feilhaber (PK)Aug. 12 at Seattle Sounders FC L 0-1 43,530 9-5-10 T-1 37 --Aug. 19 vs. FC Dallas W 2-0 19,869 10-5-10 T-1 40 Rubio, GersoSept. 6 at New York City FC L 0-1 19,353 10-6-10 3 40 --Sept. 10 at Columbus Crew SCSept. 16 vs. New England RevolutionSept. 24 vs. LA GalaxySept. 30 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FCOct. 7 at Minnesota United FCOct. 11 at Houston DynamoOct. 15 vs. Houston DynamoOct. 22 at Real Salt Lake

SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON STATS2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (10-6-10, 40 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E7 F Gerso Fernandes 25 22 1903 7 1 55 23 30 34 6 6 4 010 M Benny Feilhaber 24 21 1922 5 3 41 15 28 36 0 81 3 014 F Dom Dwyer* 15 14 1271 5 1 45 22 35 37 10 2 5 09 F Latif Blessing 18 12 1039 3 0 27 13 22 27 15 0 2 030 F Daniel Salloi 16 6 637 2 2 23 9 6 9 3 0 0 011 F Diego Rubio 8 4 438 2 1 11 3 13 14 3 0 1 03 D Ike Opara 22 22 1980 2 0 12 4 14 8 1 0 3 027 M Roger Espinoza 23 23 2047 1 3 32 7 34 32 2 1 8 194 F Jimmy Medranda 25 17 1540 1 1 39 8 11 17 3 2 1 015 D Seth Sinovic 25 25 2227 1 1 11 2 13 15 6 0 5 017 D Saad Abdul-Salaam 10 8 722 1 0 7 3 10 7 0 0 1 08 D Graham Zusi 18 17 1575 0 5 21 7 11 12 1 17 3 05 D Matt Besler 21 21 1890 0 3 4 1 16 10 2 0 1 093 M Soni Mustivar 14 2 260 0 1 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 022 F Soony Saad 11 6 446 0 1 14 4 7 8 0 11 0 06 M Ilie Sanchez 25 25 2250 0 1 14 1 11 31 0 7 5 04 D Kevin Ellis 5 5 450 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 040 D Igor Juliao 1 1 45 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 019 M Cristian Lobato 5 3 231 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 029 GK Tim Melia 26 26 2340 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 041 M James Musa 1 1 90 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 02 D Erik Palmer-Brown 6 4 370 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 077 M Tyler Pasher 1 1 45 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 039 F Cameron Porter 1 0 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 020 F Gianluca Busio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 055 D Amer Didic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 021 GK Andrew Dykstra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 024 F Cameron Iwasa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 023 D Colton Storm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 GK Adrian Zendejas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Own-goals received 1 Team totals 26 26 2340 31 24 366 125 281 330 53 127 46 1 Opponent totals 26 26 2340 20 23 262 100 330 281 67 101 58 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ike Opara 2, Gerso Fernandes 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Diego Rubio 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Latif Blessing 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Roger Espinoza 2, Matt Besler 2, Graham Zusi 2, Daniel Salloi 1, Diego Rubio 1, Jimmy Medranda 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Dom Dwyer 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 2-2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SH SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO29 GK Tim Melia 26 26 2340 100 79 20 0.77 2 5 10 6 10 10 Team totals 26 26 2340 100 79 20 0.77 2 5 10 6 10 10 Opponent totals 26 26 2340 125 92 31 1.19 2 2 6 10 10 10

* = Played with other teams in 2017. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.

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Peter Vermes is in his ninth season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2017. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 141 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won three major trophies – the 2012 and 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regular-season standings in 2011 and 2012. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to six 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 113 regular-season wins top

the club’s all-time chart and rank tied for seventh most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions. He has coached 324 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.

Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, the Swope Park Rangers (USL) and the Sporting KC Academy. Vermes entered MLS ahead of its inaugural season in 1996 and 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 was the first time the U.S. 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, playing 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 209 MLS matches (including playoffs) and playing more than 18,000 minutes. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KCYear MLS Playoffs Open Cup International Total2009 3-6-3 --- --- --- 3-6-32010 11-13-6 --- 0-1-0 --- 11-14-62011 13-9-12 2-1-0 3-1-0 --- 18-11-122012 18-7-9 1-1-0 4-0-1 --- 23-8-102013 17-10-7 2-1-2 1-1-0 2-0-2 22-12-112014 14-13-7 0-1-0 1-1-0 3-2-1 18-17-82015 14-11-9 0-0-1 4-0-1 --- 18-11-112016 13-13-8 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-2-1 15-17-92017 10-6-10 --- 3-0-1 --- 13-6-10TOTAL 113-88-71 5-5-3 17-5-3 6-4-4 141-102-81

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 Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured. He 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

Goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty enters his first season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as Sporting KC’s USL affiliate - the Swope Park Rangers - goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016.

A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, going on to make one appearance before joining the MLS reserve goalkeeper pool. In 2010, Dufty joined USSF D2 Pro League side AC St. Louis, making 30 appearances before returning to MLS with the

Chicago Fire in late 2010. He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2011 season.

Dufty then took to coaching, first working with Florida Gulf Coast University and then the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, Dufty served as goalkeeper coach for Toronto FC II in their inaugural USL season.

Goalkeeper Coach | Alec Dufty

Mateus Manoel is in his eighth season with Sporting KC 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, 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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Height: 6-4 Weight: 185 Birthday: 9/8/1991Hometown: Gahanna, OhioCollege: AkronAcquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#12)

#17 | D | SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM | @Saad_Abdul

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MINAssists 1, 7 times, last: Sept. 18, 2016, KC vs. LAShots on Goal 1, 9 times, last: Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEAShots 2, 3 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHIFouls Committed 5, May 21, 2016, KC vs. RSLFouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2015, KC at POR

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal June 3, 2017, KC vs. MINAssist Sept. 18, 2016, KC vs. LA2017 Record when: he starts 1-2-5 he scores 1-0-0

SPORTING KC STATS GP GS MIN G AMLS Regular Season 62 44 4173 1 7

MLS Postseason 2 2 210 0 0

U.S. Open Cup 9 4 500 0 1

International 2 2 180 0 0

ALL COMPETITIONS 75 52 5063 1 8

Sporting KC selected defender Saad Abdul-Salaam with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. The right back played 28 matches across all competitions during his rookie season, including 22 regular season appearances, all five games in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and one start in the MLS Cup Playoffs. He recorded six assists in 30 MLS appearances in 2016 and once again started in the MLS Cup Playoffs. He scored his first career goal in a 3-0 win over Minnesota United FC on June 3, 2017.

Abdul-Salaam played three seasons at the University of Akron (2012-14), recording three goals and 12 assists in 54 college games. He helped Akron win MAC regular season titles in each of his three seasons and earned All-MAC First Team honors as a senior in 2014.

MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E GWG GWA

KC - Regular Season 62 44 4173 1 7 26 9 55 42 5 0 3 0 0 1

KC - Postseason 2 2 210 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 64 46 4383 1 7 26 9 60 44 5 0 4 0 0 1

Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Birthday: 2/11/1987Hometown: Overland Park, KansasCollege: Notre DameAcquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

#5 | D | MATT BESLER | @MattBesler

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLBAssists 1, 14 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LAShots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEAShots 2, 4 times, last: March 16, 2013, KC vs. CHIFouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NEFouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs. COL

Last Regular Season...Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCDGoal July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLBAssist June 24, 2017, KC at LA2017 Record when: he starts 10-5-6 he scores 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 18 16 1504 0 1



Sporting KC’s Matt Besler is in his ninth season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012-13), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-16), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors since being selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Notre Dame.

Besler ranks fourth in Sporting KC history with 262 appearances across all competitions. A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 228 of 234 MLS matches (including playoffs) and landed club Defender of the Year honors four times (2011-13, 2015).

Besler has earned 45 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He featured in four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Kansan to play in the quadrennial tournament, as the U.S. advanced to the Round of 16. He also helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting all three matches in the knockout stage. He joined the U.S. squad for the 2016 Copa America Centenario, starting two matches, and scored his first international goal at St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Sept. 2, the same day his firstborn daughter Parker Rhea was born in Kansas City. He recently made four appearances for his country as the U.S. claimed the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.



KC - Postseason 13 13 1260 0 0 2 0 14 10 2 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 234 228 20642 3 14 43 9 208 115 10 1 28 2 2 7

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Height: 5-3 Weight: 130 Birthday: 12/30/1996Hometown: Accra, GhanaLast Club: Liberty Professionals FC (Ghana)Acquired: Signed on 1/9/2017

#9 | F | LATIF BLESSING | @latif_blessing

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 13, 2017, KC at ORLAssists 0Shots on Goal 3, July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHIShots 4, July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHIFouls Committed 6, May 27, 2017, KC at COLFouls Suffered 6, Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHIAssist N/A2017 Record when: he starts 3-3-6 he scores 1-0-1



U.S. Open Cup 4 3 342 2 1



Sporting Kansas City acquired 20-year-old winger Latif Blessing in a transfer from Liberty Professionals FC of the Ghana Premier League in early 2017. Blessing scored two goals on his first start for the club in a 2-2 draw with Orlando City SC on May 13, 2017.

Born and raised in Accra, Ghana, Blessing was named the 2016 Ghana Premier League player of the year after leading the top flight with 17 goals in his first season on the senior team. He was also a finalist for the 2016 Ghanaian FA Cup most valuable player award, helping Liberty Professionals reach the semifinals of the knockout competition.

Blessing, a product of the Liberty Professionals youth academy, debuted for the first team on Feb. 28, 2016 and opened his scoring account with a game-winning goal against Inter Allies one week later. He caught fire during the month of April with five goals over a three-game span, including a brace in a 5-1 victory over defending league champions Ashanti Gold.

Blessing received his first call-up to the Ghana Men’s National Team in December 2016 as a member of the Black Stars’ 30-man provisional squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, but was not selected to the final roster.



MLS - TOTAL 18 12 1039 3 0 27 13 22 27 15 0 2 0 1 0

Height: 5-7 Weight: 135 Birthday: 5/28/2002Hometown: Greensboro, North CarolinaLast Club: Sporting KC AcademyAcquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/25/2017

#20 | F | GIANLUCA BUSIO | @gbusio10

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/AAssists N/AShots on Goal N/AShots N/AFouls Committed N/AFouls Suffered N/A

Last Regular Season...Appearance N/AGoal N/AAssist N/A2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



Sporting Kansas City signed Gianluca Busio as the club’s fifth Homegrown Player on August 25, 2017, making Busio the youngest active player in MLS and the second youngest player in MLS history at the age of 15 years and 89 days.

Busio starred for the Sporting Kansas City Academy during the 2016-17 season as one of the United States’ top youth prospects for his age. The versatile forward played three matches for the Sporting KC U-14s before stepping up to the U-16 level, where he scored nine goals in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and earned Central Conference Best XI honors. He led the U-16s to their first appearance in the USSDA quarterfinals.

He tallied three goals during Sporting KC’s impressive postseason run from late June to mid-July. Busio also earned playing time for the Sporting KC U-18s throughout 2016-17, scoring in their regular-season finale on June 3. At the international level, Busio is a key contributor for the U.S. U-15 National Team. He guided the U.S. to a second-place finish at the CONCACAF U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring a team-high five goals in five matches in August 2017. He previously represented the U.S. U-15s in May 2017 at the Torneo Delle Nazioni in Italy, where he scored three goals as the Americans were crowned tournament champions.



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

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Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Birthday: 1/2/1986Hometown: Woodbridge, VirginiaCollege: Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAcquired: Signed on 1/10/2017 after being selected in Stage Two of Re-Entry Draft

#21 | GK | ANDREW DYKSTRA

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 3 times, last: March 6, 2016, DC at LA (w/ DC)Saves 8, May 15, 2010, CHI at KC (w/ CHI)

Last Regular Season...Appearance March 6, 2016, DC at LA (w/ DC)Shutout April 12, 2014, DC at NY (w/ DC)2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



Dykstra joins Sporting KC having previously played for D.C. United from 2012-2016, where he served as a backup goalkeeper to Bill Hamid. He began his professional career with the Chicago Fire in 2009 and boasts seven years of MLS experience, appearing in 31 regular season matches with seven shutouts and an 11-11-8 record.

Undrafted out of college, Dykstra was signed to the Chicago Fire’s developmental roster in April 2009. He was signed to the senior roster two months later and became Chicago’s starting goalkeeper ahead of the 2010 campaign. He ended the year with a career-high 17 MLS appearances and five shutouts. Dykstra has previously spent time on loan in the USL with the Richmond Kickers and the Charleston Battery.

MLS CAREER STATS GP GS MIN SHT SVS SO GA GAA PG PA C E W L T


MLS - Regular Season 31 31 2758 153 104 7 44 1.44 3 5 0 1 11 11 8

MLS - TOTAL 31 31 2758 153 104 7 44 1.44 3 5 0 10 11 11 8

Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Birthday: 12/28/1994Hometown: Edmonton, AlbertaLast Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL)Acquired: Signed on 5/31/2017

#55 | D | AMER DIDIC | @amerdidic_





U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



Sporting Kansas City signed central defender Amer Didic from the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, on May 31, 2017. Didic had previously made three appearances for Sporting KC in the CONCACAF Champions League during the 2016 campaign after joining on loan from the Rangers.

Didic was born in Zenica, Bosnia, but raised in Edmonton, Alberta after his parents fled the war-torn Eastern European nation when Didic was a child. He made 32 appearances for the Rangers in their inaugural season in 2016, helping guide the side to the Western Conference championship before falling to defeat in the USL Cup Final against New York Red Bulls II.

Didic was named to the the USL All-League First Team, while also being named a finalist for USL Defender of the Year. In addition, he was named Swope Park Rangers defensive player of the year. Collegiately, Didic played at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, making 84 appearances and scoring 28 goals from central defense.

Didic was called in to the Canada National Team for the first time in August 2017, but did not appear in a friendly against Jamaica on Sept. 2. Didic represented Canada’s Under-23 National Team for the first time in March 2017 when he took part in a mini-tournament in Qatar, playing every minute as Canada won the tournament with 1-0 and 2-0 wins over Uzbekistan and Qatar, respectively.



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

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Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Birthday: 10/25/1986Hometown: Aurora, ColoradoCollege: Ohio StateLast Club: Wigan Athletic (England)Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015

#27 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LAAssists 1, 23 times, last: July 1, 2017, KC vs. PORShots on Goal 2, 8 times, last: May 13, 2017, KC at ORLShots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORLFouls Committed 5, May 1, 2016, KC vs. LAFouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2016, KC at RSL

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal June 24, 2017, KC at LAAssist July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR2017 Record when: he starts 9-5-9 he scores 1-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 17 15 1654 0 3



Roger Espinoza played five seasons in Kansas City from 2008-12 before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. After a two-year stint in the English Premier League and English Championship, Espinoza returned to Sporting KC in 2015 and tallied one goal and four MLS assists. His 2015 campaign was cut short due to a left foot injury sustained in early August, but returned to the fold as a regular starter in 2016, tallying a career-high five assists.

Espinoza was an MLS All-Star in 2012 and helped lead the club to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title that season. He has made 211 appearances for the club in all

competitions, tallying five goals and 26 assists over seven seasons. In two years at Wigan Athletic, he logged 57 appearances, including eight in the UEFA Europa League, and started in the club’s 2013 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester City.

Espinoza has earned 51 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team since debuting in 2009. He has competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics.



KC - Postseason 8 7 545 0 0 6 2 10 10 1 0 3 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 191 170 15005 5 23 201 52 293 262 13 15 43 7 1 6

Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 6/30/1991Hometown: Kansas City, MissouriCollege: Barton County Community CollegeAcquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/2011

#4 | D | KEVIN ELLIS | @Kev_Ellis4

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJAssists 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 1, 2016, KC at NEShots on Goal 2, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs. LAShots 3, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs. LAFouls Committed 4, April 25, 2015, KC at HOUFouls Suffered 3, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR

Last Regular Season...Appearance July 22, 2017, KC at RSLGoal Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJAssist Oct. 1, 2016, KC at NE2017 Record when: he starts 0-2-3 he scores 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 13 10 974 0 1



Sporting KC’s second Homegrown Player in club history, Kevin Ellis set regular season career-highs with 27 games played and four goals in 2015, the most by any MLS defender that year. He added another goal in the MLS Cup Playoffs and finished 2015 with starts in 32 of 33 appearances across all competitions. On April 2, 2016 he became the first Sporting KC Homegrown Player to reach 50 career regular season appearances.

Now in his seventh MLS season, Ellis developed in the Sporting KC Academy while attending Oak Park High School before playing at Barton County Community College from 2009-10. He scored his first goal for the club in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals against eventual champion Cruz Azul (Mexico).



KC - Postseason 3 3 300 1 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 71 61 5689 6 5 28 13 73 45 2 0 11 0 2 3

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Height: 5-8 Weight: 140 Birthday: 2/21/1991Hometown: Bissau, Guinea-BissauLast Club: C.F. Os Belenenses (Portugal)Acquired: Signed on 1/4/2017

#7 | F | GERSO FERNANDES | @ge7fe

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEAAssists 1, June 24, 2017, KC at LAShots on Goal 4, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEAShots 6, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEAFouls Committed 4, June 17, 2017, KC at SJFouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCDAssist June 24, 2017, KC at LA2017 Record when: he starts 8-5-9 he scores 4-0-1



U.S. Open Cup 4 4 329 2 1



Gerso Fernandes, a left-footed winger, has played more than 150 matches during a six-year professional career in Portugal. He has spent each of the last five seasons in the Portuguese first division, including the 2016-17 Primeira Liga campaign with Belenenses. On May 17, 2017, Gerso scored the first Sporting KC hat-trick in seven years in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC before adding a goal and an assist in his first-ever U.S. Open Cup game against Minnesota United FC on June 14, 2017.

He started nine of 14 Primeira Liga appearances for Belenenses since August, recording four assists as well as the game-winning goal against Maritimo on Dec. 10, 2016. He also contributed one assist in three domestic cup matches, featuring in the 2016-17 Taça de Portugal and the 2016-17 Taça da Liga. Fernandes appeared more than 100 times for Estoril between 2011-2016. He helped clinch promotion to the Primera Liga in his first year with the club before facilitating Estoril’s transition to the top flight over the next two seasons, recording four assists in 43 Primera Liga appearances and playing six games in the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League group stage.



MLS - TOTAL 25 22 1903 7 1 55 23 30 34 6 6 4 0 2 0

Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 1/19/1985Hometown: Irvine, CaliforniaCollege: UCLALast Club: New England RevolutionAcquired: Trade with New England Revolution on 12/11/2012

#10 | M | BENNY FEILHABER | @b_feilhaber22

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs. FCDAssists 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJShots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYCShots 7, May 27, 2017, KC at COLFouls Committed 6, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VANFouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATLAssist May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA2017 Record when: he starts 9-4-8 he scores 3-0-2



U.S. Open Cup 12 10 976 3 8



A seven-year MLS veteran, Benny Feilhaber set professional career-highs in 2015 with 10 goals and 15 assists en route to an MLS MVP nomination. He was named MLS Player of the Month in April of that year, earned MLS All-Star honors for the first time in his career and landed Sporting KC’s 2015 Most Valuable Player award after finishing with a club record 20 assists in all competitions.

Feilhaber turned professional in 2005 with German club Hamburg after two seasons at UCLA. He moved to Derby County of the English Premier League in 2007 and Danish side AGF Aarhus in 2008 before signing with the New England Revolution in 2011. He

joined Sporting KC prior to the 2013 campaign and has made 172 appearances across all competitions for the club with 33 goals and 55 assists.

Feilhaber has earned 43 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in 2007. He scored the game-winning goal on a volley in the 2007 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. He returned to the National Team after a three year absence in January 2017 under new head coach Bruce Arena.



MLS - Regular Season 196 177 15790 34 50 292 97 242 416 6 337 32 3 7 13

KC - Postseason 7 7 694 0 3 17 3 14 17 2 2 2 0 0 1

MLS - TOTAL 203 184 16484 34 53 309 100 256 433 8 339 34 3 7 14

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Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Birthday: 3/7/1989Hometown: Barcelona, SpainLast Club: Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain)Acquired: Signed on 6/29/2017

#19 | M | CRISTIAN LOBATO

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 1, Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCDShots 2, Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCFouls Committed 1, Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCDFouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal N/AAssist N/A2017 Record when: he starts 1-1-1 he scores 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



Cristian Lobato joins Sporting Kansas City after spending the last two seasons with Gimnastic de Tarragona in the Spanish Second Division. Lobato has made more than 150 professional appearances since 2008, including a two-year stint at FC Barcelona B where he was teammates with Sporting KC midfielder Ilie from 2011-2013. He spent four years at FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy before ending his youth career at Spanish outfit CE L’Hospitalet.

Lobato earned his senior team debut for Hospitalet in 2008 and helped the club win a

Tercera Division title in 2009-10 and promotion to the Segunda Division B. He then joined Barcelona B of the Segunda Division, scoring eight goals in 57 games.

In February 2014, Lobato made his top-flight debut for CA Osasuna and ended the 2013-14 La Liga campaign with 12 appearances. He then left Spain for the first time, helping Asteras Tripoli to a fourth-place finish in the 2014-15 Superleague Greece before returning to join Gimnastic de Tarragona in 2015.



MLS - TOTAL 5 3 231 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/7/1993Hometown: Sacramento, CaliforniaLast Club: Sacramento Republic FC (USL)Acquired: Signed on 1/10/2017

#24 | F | CAMERON IWASA | @cam31iwasa





U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



Cameron Iwasa was a 2016 USL All-League Second Team honoree, recording 12 goals and three assists in his second year with Sacramento Republic FC. Iwasa’s 12 goals set a regular-season club record and helped Sacramento finish first in the USL Western Conference standings.

Iwasa appeared in all 30 regular season matches for his hometown club in 2016, including a team-record 27 straight starts to end the campaign. His 59 shot attempts and 31 shots on goal were also single-season Sacramento records. Iwasa earned USL Team of the Week honors three times and was named USL Player of the Week in Week 13 after netting a brace in a 3-2 win over Rio Grande Valley FC on June 18.

The forward inked his first professional contract with Sacramento in 2015 and ended the season with one goal and one assist in 17 regular season appearances as a rookie. Iwasa totaled 23 goals and 14 assists during a four-year collegiate career at UC Irvine. He was named a 2014 MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist as a senior after recording six goals, six assists and guiding UC Irvine to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.



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

24


Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Birthday: 5/15/1986Hometown: Great River, New YorkCollege: Lynn UniversityLast Club: Chivas USAAcquired: Signed on 12/23/2014

#29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 19, 2015, KC vs. SJSaves 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCShutout Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD2017 Record when: he starts 10-6-10



U.S. Open Cup 9 9 900 0 0



Tim Melia solidified his position as starting goalkeeper in 2016 following his breakout season in 2015 where he earned MLS Comeback Player of the Year honors. Now in his sixth MLS season after previously serving as a back-up goalkeeper at Real Salt Lake (2010-11) and Chivas USA (2012-14), Melia ended 2016 with eight clean sheets and a 1.11 goals against average in the regular season as Sporting KC made its sixth straight playoff appearance.

In 2016, Melia became the first goalkeeper in club history to record at least five saves, one penalty stop and a shutout win in the same match against the New York Red Bulls on April 9 before performing the feat again in the 2017 season opener against D.C. United.

During his breakout campaign in 2015, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 precent save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against average. He was a six-time member of the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week and became the first goalkeeper in MLS history to record six shutouts in his first nine league matches for a new team.

After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.


KC - Regular Season 76 76 6840 304 223 26 78 1.03 7 11 6 0 31 25 19

MLS - Regular Season 82 81 7279 340 245 26 92 1.14 8 12 6 1 32 29 20

KC - Postseason 2 2 174 5 2 0 2 1.03 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

MLS - TOTAL 84 83 7453 345 247 26 94 1.14 8 12 6 1 32 30 20

Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthday: 2/7/1994Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, ColombiaLast Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia)Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014

#94 | D | JIMMY MEDRANDA | @jimmymedranda

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MINAssists 1, 3 times, last: April 15, 2017, KC at PORShots on Goal 3, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MINShots 4, 5 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MINFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJFouls Suffered 4, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal June 3, 2017, KC vs. MINAssist April 15, 2017, KC at POR2017 Record when: he starts 8-3-6 he scores 1-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 6 6 614 0 2



Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Colombian club Deportivo Pereira, making his MLS debut a month later. He signed permanently for Sporting KC in February 2014 and has played 75 games for the club across all competitions, including a career-high 32 appearances and 25 starts in 2016.

Medranda has scored two goals and added five assists since the start of 2016, his first for the club. He joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team by age 17. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice.



KC - Postseason 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 67 47 4038 2 3 90 17 62 42 4 8 10 1 1 2

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Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Birthday: 2/12/1990Hometown: Aubervilliers, FranceLast Club: Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania)Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2015

#93 | M | SONI MUSTIVAR | @billydougie

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 2, Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs. VANShots on Goal 1, Oct. 21, 2015, KC vs. COLShots 2, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TORFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2016, KC vs. HOUFouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: May 11, 2016, KC at COL

Last Regular Season...Appearance Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEAGoal N/AAssist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL2017 Record when: he starts 0-2-0 he scores 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 8 7 640 1 0



Soni Mustivar is entering his third season with Sporting KC having set career-highs in starts (24) and minutes played (2095) in 2016. In his first season at Sporting KC, Mustivar earned Co-Defender of the Year honors after producing a 15-5-6 record as a starter in all competitions and led MLS during the regular season with more than six interceptions per 90 minutes played.

Mustivar began his professional career as a teenager with SC Bastia in France’s Ligue 2 from 2008-10. He then moved to FC Petrolul Ploiesti and played three seasons in

Romania’s Liga I, recording 61 league appearances in addition to eight games in the UEFA Europa League. He started in Petrolul’s triumph in the 2013 Romanian Cup Final.

Mustivar has earned 12 caps for the Haiti Men’s National Team since debuting in 2013. This year he has helped Haiti book a spot in the Copa America Centenario and featured in a pair of 2018 World Cup qualifiers. He was a youth international for France at the U-20 level and holds dual citizenship in both France and Haiti. He joined Haiti for the Copa America Centenario but did not appear in a game.



KC - Postseason 2 2 210 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

MLS - TOTAL 66 48 4403 0 3 11 1 70 45 0 0 8 1 0 1

Height: 6-3 Weight: 170 Birthday: 4/1/1992Hometown: Plymouth, EnglandLast Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL)Acquired: Signed on 8/11/2017

#41 | M | JAMES MUSA

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 1, Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEAShots 1, Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEAFouls Committed 2, Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEAFouls Suffered 0




U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



James Musa signed for Sporting KC in August of 2017 after spending the earlier part of the year with the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. Musa joined the Swope Park Rangers from fellow USL side Saint Louis FC ahead of the 2017 season. He spent two years in St. Louis, making 51 appearances in the club’s first two years of existence.

Musa began his professional career with Wellington Phoenix FC in 2010 before playing for Waitakere City FC and Team Wellington FC. Musa was offered a trial by then English Premier League side Fulham FC and signed with the club in 2012. A loan spell at Hereford United FC in the Conference followed before returning to Team Wellington in

New Zealand in 2013. He then moved to South Melbourne in 2014 before heading back to Team Wellington after one season in Australia.

Musa has earned three caps for the New Zealand National Team, appearing in the side’s two FIFA World Cup Qualifier against the Solomon Islands in September 2017 after making his debut in a friendly against South Africa on May 30, 2014. He previously represented New Zealand at the Under-20 and Under-23 levels, including three appearances at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and one appearance for the U-23s at the London 2012 Summer Olympics.



MLS - TOTAL 1 1 90 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

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Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Birthday: 4/24/1997Hometown: Lee’s Summit, MissouriLast Club: FC Porto (Portugal) - LoanAcquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 8/2/2013

#2 | D | ERIK PALMER-BROWN | @ErikBrown14

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 0Shots 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJFouls Committed 3, May 11, 2016, KC at COLFouls Suffered 2, Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal N/AAssist N/A2017 Record when: he starts 0-2-2 he scores 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 4 3 316 0 0



Homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown was the youngest signing in club history when he signed in 2013. A native of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Palmer-Brown is considered one of the top youth prospects for his age in the country. He was named captain of the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team in 2017 and led the side to a quarterfinal appearance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. He previously represented the U.S. U-20s at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, starting the third and final group stage match.

Palmer-Brown made his debut and first MLS 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 added seven more competitive appearances in 2015, including four starts. He made his first start since late 2015 in a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia on July 6, 2017.

Palmer-Brown has represented United States youth national teams at the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels and captained the U-20s at the Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament in September 2015. Most recently, Palmer-Brown captained the U.S. U-20s in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, guiding the side to a quarterfinal appearance.



MLS - TOTAL 16 10 981 0 0 2 0 9 7 7 0 4 1 0 0

Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Birthday: 2/21/1989Hometown: Durham, North CarolinaCollege: Wake ForestLast Club: San Jose EarthquakesAcquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes on 12/12/2012

#3 | D | IKE OPARA | @ikeopara

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 11 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LAAssists 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJShots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJShots 3, 2 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJFouls Committed 5, May 11, 2016, KC at COLFouls Suffered 3, April 13, 2016, KC vs. COL

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal June 24, 2017, KC at LAAssist Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ2017 Record when: he starts 10-3-9 he scores 2-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 6 6 613 2 0



Eighth-year veteran Ike Opara is in his fifth season as a member of Sporting KC, having set career-highs for appearances (25), starts (15) and assists (3) in 2016. He enjoyed a sensational first month of the 2015 campaign, scoring two goals, leading MLS in interceptions and earning an MLS Player of the Month nomination, before suffering a season-ending Achilles rupture in April. He made his 2016 debut on April 9 in a 2-0 win against the New York Red Bulls, his first MLS appearance in nearly a year, and has featured regularly along the back line since then.

Sporting KC’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Opara appeared in 18 MLS matches during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. He scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions and featured in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches. A season-ending ankle injury limited him to three MLS appearances in 2014. Opara represented the United States at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Qualifying Tournament. The San Jose Earthquakes selected him in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing, and he played 36 MLS matches for the team over three seasons.




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 113 83 7861 11 3 73 28 101 48 8 1 12 1 6 2

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Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Birthday: 5/23/1993Hometown: Centerville, OHCollege: PrincetonLast Club: Montreal ImpactAcquired: Signed on 7/12/2016

# 39 | F | CAMERON PORTER | @Cam39Porter

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 0Shots 1, 2 times, last: May 20, 2017, KC at VANFouls Committed 0Fouls Suffered 2, March 7, 2015, MTL at DC (w/ MTL)

Last Regular Season...Appearance May 20, 2017, KC at VANGoal N/AAssist N/A2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 1 1 54 0 0



Sporting KC acquired 23-year-old forward Cameron Porter from the Montreal Impact on July 12, 2016. Montreal selected Porter with the 45th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. He played five matches during his rookie campaign, including three games in the CONCACAF Champions League knockout stage.

Porter scored one of Montreal’s most important goals in club history on March 4, 2015, netting a 94th-minute equalizer against Mexican side CF Pachuca in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. His first professional tally, scored before a crowd of 38,104 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, sent the Impact to the semifinals and allowed the

club to eventually finish runners-up in the tournament. Porter suffered an ACL tear to his left knee two weeks later and missed the remainder of the 2015 season. He made his Sporting KC debut in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC on July 24, then scored his first goal for the club in the CONCACAF Champions League on Oct. 19, a 3-1 win over Central FC.

Porter played collegiately at Princeton University from 2011-2014, recording 31 goals and 13 assists in 67 appearances. The college star led the NCAA with 15 goals during his final college season.



MLS - TOTAL 5 1 92 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0

Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Birthday: 4/27/1994Hometown: Elmira, OntarioLast Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL)Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016

#77 | D | TYLER PASHER | @typash

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 0Shots on Goal 0Shots 0Fouls Committed 1, May 20, 2017, KC at VANFouls Suffered 0

Last Regular Season...Appearance May 20, 2017, KC at VANGoal N/AAssist N/A2017 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



Canadian midfielder Tyler Pasher signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after starring for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign. He made his MLS debut for Sporting KC at Vancouver on May 20, 2017.

The 22-year-old joined the Rangers in March 2016 after a successful preseason spell and played a leading role throughout the season. He started 26 of 28 USL appearances with five goals and four assists (including playoffs), tallying three of his assists in the playoffs as the Rangers were crowned USL Western Conference champions and advanced to the USL Cup Final.

Pasher had previously played for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL and Lansing United of the NPSL. Raised in the Newcastle United Academy in England, Pasher returned to Canada and joined the Toronto FC Academy in 2010 before turning pro and signing with PS Kemi in Finland three years later.

Pasher has previously represented the Canadian National Team at the Under-17 and Under-20 levels, while he was called into the Canadian senior team to train ahead of a pair of friendlies in March 2015.



MLS - TOTAL 1 1 45 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Height: 5-10 Weight: 165 Birthday: 8/17/1992Hometown: Dearborn, MichiganLast Club: Pattaya United (Thailand)Acquired: Signed on 1/30/2017

#22 | F | SOONY SAAD | @SoonySaad

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs. TORAssists 2, Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs. NEShots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: June 6, 2014, KC at HOUShots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs. CLBFouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MINFouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI

Last Regular Season...Appearance Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEAGoal Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NEAssist April 29, 2017, KC vs. RSL2017 Record when: he starts 2-2-2 he scores 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 5 4 375 4 1



Saad rejoins Sporting KC from Pattaya United of Thailand’s first division, where he scored nine goals across 28 Thai League appearances in 2016. He has also recorded three goals in nine caps for the Lebanon Men’s National Team since making his senior international debut in 2013.

During his first stint with Sporting KC, Saad tallied 14 goals and seven assists in 71 appearances across all competitions. He was signed by MLS and allocated to Sporting KC via a lottery draft in July 2011. The following month, he scored nine minutes into his MLS debut on his 19th birthday to become the youngest goal scorer in club history. In 2012, Saad played nine MLS matches and helped Sporting Kansas City capture the

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title, scoring two pivotal goals in a 3-2 third-round victory over Orlando City.

Saad enjoyed a breakout year in 2013, reaching MLS career-highs with four goals, four assists and 23 games played. He also notched a brace in a 2-0 CONCACAF Champions League win at Honduran side Olimpia and appeared in two playoff games during Sporting KC’s run to the 2013 MLS Cup championship. In 2014, Saad scored five goals across all competitions and helped the club advance to the MLS Cup Playoffs for a fourth straight year. Thai outfit BEC Tero Sasana signed Saad ahead of the 2015 season and loaned him to Pattaya United last year.



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

MLS - TOTAL 73 32 3095 8 7 112 34 48 59 3 30 2 0 2 2

Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Birthday: 5/15/1993Hometown: Santiago, ChileLast Club: Real Valladolid (Spain)Acquired: Signed on loan from Real Valladolid as Young Designated Player on 3/8/2016

#11 | F | DIEGO RUBIO | @DiegoRubo_

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCDAssists 1, July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHIShots on Goal 2, Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCDShots 4, 3 times, last: July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHIFouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCDFouls Suffered 5, July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCDAssist July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI2017 Record when: he starts 2-0-2 he scores 1-0-1



U.S. Open Cup 4 3 296 2 1



Sporting KC acquired Chilean striker Diego Rubio in March 2016 after he recorded 37 goals and 15 assists during a five-year professional stint in South America and Europe. The forward joined Sporting KC initially on loan from Real Valladolid of the Spanish Segunda Division, where he made 14 appearances during the 2015-16 season. A native of Santiago, Chile, he scored his first goal on April 27 at Vancouver. He scored the game-winner in the 109th minute of Sporting KC’s 2-1 victory over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 on June 15, then opened his CONCACAF Champions League scoring account on Sept. 13 vs. Vancouver. Rubio completed his permanent transfer to Sporting KC in September. Rubio tore his ACL in October 2016 and made his return to the field on June 17, 2017 in a 0-0 road draw with San Jose before scoring his first goal since returning in a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia on July 6, 2017.

Rubio played for 18-time Primeira Liga champion Sporting Clube de Portugal from 2011-2015, scoring 22 goals in 52 games for the club’s reserve team Sporting B. He also made 20 senior team appearances, including six in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League as he helped the club advance to the tournament semifinals.

Rubio has earned three caps for the Chile Men’s National Team since debuting at age 18 in a friendly against Paraguay in June 2011. He appeared in two additional friendlies against France and Mexico later that year before playing eight matches at the U-20 level in 2012 and 2013, including three starts at the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship.



MLS - TOTAL 23 7 768 3 1 24 5 26 27 8 0 3 0 1 1

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Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Birthday: 11/21/1990Hometown: Barcelona, SpainLast Club: Elche CF (Spain)Acquired: Signed on 1/13/2017

#6 | M | ILIE SANCHEZ | @iliesanchez

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0Assists 1, June 10, 2017, KC vs. MTLShots on Goal 1, May 20, 2017, KC at VANShots 2, 2 times, last: May 20, 2017, KC at VANFouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: March 31, 2017, KC at TORFouls Suffered 4, March 4, 2017, KC at DC

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal N/AAssist June 10, 2017, KC vs. MTL2016 Record when: he starts 10-5-10 he scores 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 4 4 420 0 1



Sánchez, a product of FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, has eight years of professional experience in Spain and Germany. The defensive midfielder featured extensively for FC Barcelona B from 2009-2014 and most recently played for Spanish side Elche CF during the 2015-16 season.

Born and raised in Barcelona, Sánchez jumped from La Masia to FC Barcelona B ahead of the 2009-10 campaign. He helped the club earn promotion to the Spanish Segunda Division in his first professional season. He played 24 more matches the following year as Barcelona B finished third in Spain’s second tier.

After missing most of 2011-12 through injury, Sánchez claimed a regular spot in Barcelona B’s midfield over the next two seasons. He played 29 league matches in 2012-13 and started 36 of 38 appearances in 2013-14, guiding Barcelona B to another third-place finish in the Segunda Division. Sánchez appeared in 114 league games during his five-year spell at FC Barcelona B.

Sánchez moved to Germany’s second division in 2014, making 26 appearances in all competitions for 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga. He was then loaned back to his native Spain for the 2015-16 campaign, where he played 28 games for CF Elche in the Segunda Division.



MLS - TOTAL 25 25 2250 0 1 14 1 11 31 0 7 5 0 0 0

Height: 6-1 Weight: 150 Birthday: 7/19/1996Hometown: Budapest, HungaryLast Club: Gyirmot SE (Hungary) - LoanAcquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 1/13/2016

#30 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHIAssists 1, 2 times, last: July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHIShots on Goal 3, July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHIShots 4, 3 times, last: Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCDFouls Committed 2, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MINFouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last; Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHIAssist July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI2017 Record when: he starts 2-2-2 he scores 1-0-1



U.S. Open Cup 3 1 168 2 0



Sporting Kansas City signed forward Daniel Salloi as the fourth Homegrown Player in club history in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017 against the Colorado Rapids. Salloi is one of four Homegrown Players on Sporting Kansas City’s roster, alongside Kevin Ellis (2011), Erik Palmer-Brown (2013) and Gianluca Busio (2017). He scored on his first start for the club - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup on June 14, 2017 - before adding his first MLS goal vs. Portland on July 1.

In June 2016, he was loaned to Hungarian club Gyirmot SE for the remainder of the year.Prior to his loan to Gyirmot, Salloi made 10 appearances for Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. The forward scored four goals and added three assists in six

starts for the team. Salloi moved to the United States in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas. He joined the Sporting Kansas City Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season and scored a team-high 21 goals in 28 appearances, including three hat-tricks in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.

After a successful spell with the Sporting KC U-18s, Salloi returned to his former Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 to sign an amateur contract for senior team, a 20-time champion in Hungary’s first division. He made his professional debut in the top-tier OTP Bank Liga on July 18, the day before his 19th birthday.



MLS - TOTAL 16 6 637 2 2 23 9 6 9 3 0 0 0 0 1

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Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/6/1994Hometown: Mechanicsburg, PennsylvaniaCollege: University of North CarolinaAcquired: 2017 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14) - signed on 2/24/2017

#23 | D | COLTON STORM | @ColtonStorm





U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



Rookie defender Colton Storm joined Sporting Kansas City as the No. 14 overall selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Storm, a right back, tallied two goals and eight assists in 69 matches during his four-year career at the University of North Carolina.He capped his senior campaign in 2016 with Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and NSCAA Third Team All-South Region honors. He was also named to the NCAA College Cup Best XI after guiding the Tar Heels to their seventh final four in program history.

Born and raised in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Storm started 41 straight games for North Carolina from 2015-2016. He captained the team as a senior, leading a defense that posted 12 shutouts in 21 matches. As a youth, Storm competed in the United States U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida. He played club soccer for HMMS Eagle FC in his hometown.



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

Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Birthday: 1/28/1987Hometown: Leawood, KansasCollege: CreightonLast Club: New England RevolutionAcquired: Signed on 5/10/2011

#15 | D | SETH SINOVIC | @ssinovic

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, April 9, 2017, KC vs. COLAssists 1, 8 times, last: April 9, 2017, KC vs. COLShots on Goal 2, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCDShots 3, 3 times, last: May 27, 2017, KC at COLFouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOUFouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA

Last Regular Season...Appearance Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYCGoal April 9, 2017, KC vs. COLAssist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL2017 Record when: he starts 9-6-10 he scores 1-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 13 13 1093 0 2



An eight-year MLS veteran, Seth Sinovic has started 188 of 194 appearances in all competitions since joining Sporting KC from the New England Revolution in 2011. The left back played at least 30 regular season matches every year from 2012-2014, during which time Sporting KC conceded the fewest combined goals in MLS. He scored his first MLS regular-season goal on his 150th MLS appearance for Sporting KC against the Colorado Rapids on April 9, 2017.

A native of Leawood, Kansas, Sinovic scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and notched the second of his career in the 2013 postseason as Sporting KC won MLS Cup. He was named the club’s Defender of the Year in 2014. After a four-year college career at Creighton University, Sinovic was selected by New England with the 25th pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made 20 MLS appearances as a rookie before moving to Sporting KC in 2011.




KC - Postseason 12 12 1134 2 0 5 3 18 12 0 0 2 0 2 0

MLS - TOTAL 190 183 16261 3 8 89 24 202 123 8 0 31 0 2 4

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Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 8/18/1986Hometown: Longwood, FloridaCollege: MarylandAcquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)

#8 | M | GRAHAM ZUSI | @gzusi

Regular Season Game Highs:Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs. CHIAssists 2, 6 times, last: Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCDShots on Goal 3, 4 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLBShots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORLFouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs. MTLFouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI

Last Regular Season...Appearance Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCDGoal Oct. 23, 2016, KC vs. SJAssist Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD2017 Record when: he starts 9-3-5 he scores 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 14 12 1177 3 4



A nine-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15, 2017), MLS Best XI (2012-13) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) accolades in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. He earned Sporting KC MVP honors from 2012-14 and is the only player to appear in every All-Star Game from 2011-2014.

Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract in 2014. He has recorded 29 goals and 66 assists in 247 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being drafted in 2008 out of the University of Maryland, where he won two national championships. He is second in club history with 66 total assists, while his 410 chances created from 2011-2015 (including postseason) ranked third in MLS. With his assist on

Benny Feilhaber’s goal against RSL on April 29, 2017, Zusi reached 50 regular-season assists & moved into first in club history with 24 game-winning assists on Aug. 19, 2017.

Zusi has earned 55 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording five goals and seven assists. He played four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He played in his first CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015, starting two matches, and scored in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala on March 29, 2016. He played five games for the U.S. at the 2016 Copa America Centenario, scoring on June 7 in a 4-0 win over Costa Rica. He recently made four appearances as the U.S. won the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.



KC - Postseason 13 13 1259 0 6 24 1 20 23 1 61 1 0 0 3

MLS - TOTAL 225 185 17160 26 59 334 102 196 276 29 728 18 0 8 27

Height: 6-5 Weight: 185 Birthday: 8/30/1995Hometown: Chula Vista, CaliforniaLast Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL)Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016

#1 | GK | ADRIAN ZENDEJAS | @MrZ3ND

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

Last Regular Season...Appearance N/AShutout N/A2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0



U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0



Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after playing for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign. Zendajas joined the Rangers in June 2016 and debuted in a 2-1 win over LA Galaxy II on Aug. 27 before starting five of the team’s final seven regular season matches, amassing a perfect 5-0-0 record with three shutouts, 13 saves and a 0.40 goals against average. Zendejas carried his great form into the postseason, earning two more clean sheets as the Rangers rattled off three straight victories en route to the USL Cup Final.

The Chula Vista, California native joined Club Tijuana in 2014 and made his debut for the Under-20 team in February 2015. He made 31 total appearances for the U-20 team while helping the Xolos reach the 2015 Apertura final and the 2016 Clausura final. He made his first-team debut in a preseason friendly against Club Leon on July 3, 2015 and played all four preseason games for the Xolos in July 2015. His youth career includes a stint at Nomads SC in San Diego, California while he also played for Hilltop High School in Chula Vista.


KC - Regular Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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SPORTING KC 2017 PARTICIPATION CHART

3/4 3/11 3/18 3/31 4/9 4/15 4/22 4/29 5/3 5/7 5/13 5/17 5/20 5/27 6/3 6/10 6/17PLAYER @DC FCD SJ @TOR COL @POR @FCD RSL NY @MIN @ORL SEA @VAN @COL MIN MTL @SJ Abdul-Salaam DNP UNAV INJ DNP DNP SUB-1 DNP DNP UNAV UNAV SUB-1 DNP DNP DNP RB-90 RB-90 DNP Besler CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INTL CB-90 Blessing DNP SUB-23 DNP SUB-7 DNP DNP SUB-6 DNP DNP DNP CF-82 SUB-7 CF-69 CF-90 LW-75 INJ LW-69 Busio -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Didic -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- DNP DNP SPR Dwyer CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-89 CF-89 CF-90 SUS CF-90 INJ INJ SUB-28 CF-90 CF-76 Dykstra UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR UNAV UNAV DNP DNP DNP DNP Ellis DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CB-90 DNP DNP CB-90 INJ INJ CB-90 DNP Espinoza CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 CM-90 CM-70 CM-89 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 SUS CM-90 CM-90 Feilhaber CM-90 CM-90 CM-85 INJ INJ CM-83 CM-72 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 SUB-34 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 Gerso LW-90 LW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-84 RW-90 RW-90 RW-77 RW-90 RW-83 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 Iwasa INJ INJ INJ UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR Juliao UNAV DNP DNP UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP RB-45 UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP DNP UNAV Lobato -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Medranda RW-90 RW-67 LW-78 CM-65 CM-74 LW-90 LW-81 LW-79 LW-89 SUB-30 LW-86 LW-79 SUB-45 LW-74 CM-67 LW-80 SUB-21 Melia GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 Musa -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Mustivar DNP DNP SUB-5 SUB-25 SUB-16 SUB-7 SUB-18 SUB-20 SUB-1 DNP SUB-4 SUB-11 CM-56 DNP SUB-23 SUB-10 DNP Opara CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 Palmer-Brown INTL INJ INJ SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR INTL INTL INTL INTL INTL INJ INJ Pasher UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR LW-45 SPR SPR INTL SPR Porter UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP SUB-21 DNP DNP DNP UNAV Rubio INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ DNP SUB-14 Saad DNP DNP SUB-12 LW-83 LW-83 DNP DNP SUB-1 SUB-1 LW-60 SUB-8 INJ UNAV SUB-16 CF-62 INTL UNAV Salloi DNP DNP DNP DNP SUB-7 DNP SUB-9 SUB-11 SUB-1 SUB-13 DNP SUB-1 DNP DNP SUB-15 DNP DNP Ilie CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 Sinovic LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-89 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 Storm UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR INJ SPR SPR Zendejas DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SPR INJ SPR SPR Zusi RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 SUB-45 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 INTL INTL RB-90

6/24 7/1 7/6 7/22 7/29 8/6 8/12 8/19 9/6 9/10 9/16 9/24 9/30 10/7 10/11 10/15 10/22PLAYER @LA POR PHI @RSL CHI ATL @SEA FCD @NYC @CLB NE LA VAN @MIN @HOU HOU @RSL Abdul-Salaam DNP RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 DNP RB-90 RB-90 DNP RB-90 Besler CB-90 INTL INTL INTL CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INTL Blessing LW-72 LW-90 RW-90 LW-90 RW-83 CF-90 SUB-30 SUB-1 CF-66 Busio -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UNAV Didic UNAV SPR SPR DNP SPR SPR UNAV SPR DNP Dwyer CF-89 INTL INTL DNP -- -- -- -- -- Dykstra DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP UNAV DNP DNP UNAV Ellis DNP CB-90 DNP CB-90 DNP DNP UNAV UNAV UNAV Espinoza CM-90 CM-90 SUS CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 DNP CM-90 CM-90 Feilhaber CM-61 CM-80 CM-90 CM-90 CM-87 SUB-45 SUB-27 CM-89 CM-90 Gerso RW-90 RW-35 SUB-10 RW-80 SUS RW-83 RW-72 SUB-22 SUB-7 Iwasa SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR Juliao UNAV -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Lobato -- UNAV UNAV UNAV SUB-17 CM-45 SUB-18 RW-68 RW-83 Medranda SUB-29 SUB-10 CM-90 DNP SUB-7 SUB-7 CM-90 LB-90 SUB-22 Melia GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 Musa -- -- -- -- -- -- CM-90 DNP INTL Mustivar SUB-1 DNP DNP DNP UNAV UNAV CM-63 UNAV DNP Opara CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INJ CB-90 CB-90 UNAV CB-90 CB-90 Palmer-Brown INJ DNP CB-90 CB-90 SUB-3 UNAV CB-90 SUB-7 CB-90 Pasher SPR SPR DNP DNP SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR Porter UNAV UNAV DNP UNAV UNAV INJ INJ INJ INJ Rubio SPR SUB-31 CF-80 CF-90 CF-90 SUB-19 DNP CF-90 SUB-24 Saad DNP CF-59 DNP UNAV DNP DNP CF-60 UNAV INTL Salloi SUB-18 SUB-55 LW-90 SUB-10 LW-73 LW-71 LW-90 LW-83 LW-90 Ilie CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 DNP CM-90 CM-90 Sinovic LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 DNP LB-68 Storm SPR DNP SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR Zendejas SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR DNP SPR SPR DNP Zusi RB-90 INTL INTL INTL RB-90 DNP UNAV RB-90 INTL

KEYPosition-Minutes - Starting Position-Minutes Played DNP - Unused Substitute INJ - Injured SPR - Swope Park Rangers (USL)SUB-Minutes - Substitute-Minutes played UNAV - Unavailable For Selection SUS - Suspended INTL - International Duty

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SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS) 1996-2016

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) 1996-2016

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) 34Minutes Nick Garcia (2000) & Peter Vermes (2000) 2916Goals Dom Dwyer (2014) 22Assists Preki (1997 & 2003) 17Shots Preki (1996) 140Shots on goal Preki (1996) 61Fouls Committed Chris Henderson (2000) 79Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud (2004) 111Offsides Eddie Johnson (2007) 50Corner Kicks Graham Zusi (2012) 150Cautions Aurelien Collin (2013) 13Ejections Davy Arnaud (2010) 3

Stat Player #Games Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013) 34Minutes Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013) 3060Wins Mike Ammann (1997) 21Losses Mike Amman (1998) 16Draws Bo Oshoniyi (2005) 12Shutouts Tony Meola (2000) 16Goals Against Avg. Jimmy Nielsen (2012) 0.79Goals Allowed Mike Amman (1997) & Kevin Hartman (2007) 45Saves Tony Meola (2000) 129

Stat Player #Goals Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud

(2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010), Gerso (2017)

3

Assists Chris Henderson (1999) 4Shots Preki (1997) 12Shots on goal Preki (1996), Eddie Johnson (2007) 6Fouls Committed Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013) 8Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud (2006) 10Offsides Alex Bunbury (1999) 7Corner Kicks Alex Zotinca (2006) 12

Stat Year #Goals 1996 61Assists 2000 67Shots 2012 542Shots on goal 1996 250Fouls Committed 2013 511Fouls Suffered 2000 541Offsides 1997 117Corner Kicks 2012 199Cautions 2013 67Ejections 2011 8Points 2012 63Wins 1997 21Losses 1999 24Ties 2005 & 2011 12Shutouts 2000 17Goals Allowed 1996 63

Stat Player #Goals Allowed Bo Oshoniyi 7Saves Garth Lagerwey (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 &

1998), Tony Meola (2000, three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)

9

Stat Player #Games Jimmy Nielsen 128Minutes Jimmy Nielsen 11497Wins Jimmy Nielsen 57Losses Tony Meola 45Draws Jimmy Nielsen 32Shutouts Jimmy Nielsen 45Goals Allowed Tony Meola 154Saves Tony Meola 507Goals Against Avg. Jimmy Nielsen 0.99

Stat Player #Games Davy Arnaud 240Minutes Kerry Zavagnin 20515Goals Preki 71Assists Preki 98Shots Preki 693Shots on goal Preki 283Fouls Committed Davy Arnaud 329Fouls Suffered Davy Arnaud 528Offsides Vitalis Takawira 126Corner Kicks Graham Zusi 667Cautions Kerry Zavagnin 44Ejections Roger Espinoza 7

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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. Matt Besler* 2215. Preki 2186. Graham Zusi* 2127. Jimmy Conrad 2048. Chris Klein 2009. Jack Jewsbury 19510. Roger Espinoza* 183

GOALSPlayer GP G1. Preki 218 712. Dom Dwyer 128 573. Davy Arnaud 240 433. Josh Wolff 144 435. Chris Klein 200 396. Kei Kamara 113 387. Mo Johnston 149 318. Benny Feilhaber* 144 299. Scott Sealy 88 289. Vitalis Takawira 103 28

GAME-WINNING GOALSPlayer GP GWG1. Dom Dwyer 128 131. Preki 218 133. Chris Klein 200 123. Kei Kamara 113 113. Josh Wolff 144 116. Davy Arnaud 240 107. Graham Zusi* 212 87. Vitalis Takawira 103 89. Benny Feilhaber* 144 79. C.J. Sapong 110 79. Scott Sealy 88 7

GAME-WINNING ASSISTSPlayer GP GWA1. Graham Zusi* 212 24 2. Preki 218 233. Chris Klein 200 164. Benny Feilhaber* 144 125. Davy Arnaud 240 105. Josh Wolff 144 107. Jack Jewsbury 195 87. Mo Johnston 149 87. Kei Kamara 113 87. Chance Myers 147 87. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8

MULTI-GOAL GAMESPlayer GP MGG1. Dom Dwyer 128 102. Vitalis Takawira 103 83. Preki 218 74. Kei Kamara 113 54. Scott Sealy 88 54. Josh Wolff 144 57. Mo Johnston 149 47. Chris Klein 200 49. Graham Zusi* 212 39. Davy Arnaud 240 39. Teal Bunbury 89 39. Eddie Johnson 43 3

PENALTY KICK GOALSPlayer GP PKG1. Preki 218 212. Benny Feilhaber* 144 123. Dom Dwyer 128 74. Kei Kamara 113 55. Claudio Lopez 57 46. Claudio Bieler 41 36. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 36. Jack Jewsbury 195 36. Josh Wolff 144 310. Omar Bravo 27 210. Matt McKeon 144 2

GOALS PER GAMEPlayer GP GLS AVG1. Dom Dwyer 128 57 0.452. 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 0.217. Mo Johnston 149 31 0.219. Benny Feilhaber* 144 29 0.209. Chris Klein 200 39 0.20*Minimum 20 goals

ASSISTSPlayer GP A1. Preki 218 982. Graham Zusi* 212 532. Chris Klein 200 454. Benny Feilhaber* 144 415. Davy Arnaud 240 356. Mo Johnston 149 287. Josh Wolff 144 268. Mark Chung 94 259. Roger Espinoza* 183 2310. Kerry Zavagnin 237 22

SHOTSPlayer GP SH1. Preki 218 6932. Davy Arnaud 240 4523. Dom Dwyer 128 4014. Kei Kamara 113 3705. Chris Klein 200 3126. Graham Zusi* 212 3107. Mo Johnston 149 2748. Josh Wolff 144 2659. Jack Jewsbury 195 21610. Benny Feilhaber* 144 214

SHOTS ON GOALPlayer GP SOG1. Preki 218 2832. Davy Arnaud 240 1763. Dom Dwyer 128 1614. Mo Johnston 149 1384. Chris Klein 200 1384. Josh Wolff 144 1387. Kei Kamara 113 1268. Vitalis Takawira 103 1029. Graham Zusi* 212 10110. Mark Chung 94 95

FOULS COMMITTEDPlayer GP FC1. Davy Arnaud 240 3292. Kerry Zavagnin 237 3263. Matt McKeon 144 3094. Roger Espinoza* 183 2835. Dom Dwyer 128 2396. Nick Garcia 224 2347. Mo Johnston 149 2268. Jimmy Conrad 204 2109. Matt Besler* 221 19410. Aurelien Collin 107 191

FOULS SUFFEREDPlayer GP FS1. Davy Arnaud 240 5282. Preki 218 3623. Kerry Zavagnin 237 3544. Benny Feilhaber* 144 2745. Dom Dwyer 128 2736. Graham Zusi* 212 2537. Roger Espinoza* 183 2527. Nick Garcia 224 2509. Mark Chung 94 20410. Diego Gutierrez 119 196

CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS)Player GP YC1. Kerry Zavagnin 237 442. Davy Arnaud 240 433. Roger Espinoza* 183 403. Nick Garcia 224 375. Aurelien Collin 107 316. Diego Gutierrez 119 306. Matt McKeon 144 308. Matt Besler* 221 288. Jack Jewsbury 195 288. Mo Johnston 149 28

CORNER KICKSPlayer GP CK1. Graham Zusi* 212 6672. Preki 218 4523. Benny Feilhaber* 144 2664. Claudio Lopez 57 1885. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 1756. Francisco Gomez 114 1577. Chris Henderson 61 1548. Chris Klein 200 1529. Davy Arnaud 240 14410. Carlos Marinelli 41 91

GAMES STARTEDPlayer GS1. Kerry Zavagnin 2282. Nick Garcia 2243. Matt Besler* 2154. Davy Arnaud 2135. Jimmy Conrad 2036. Preki 1997. Chris Klein 1838. Graham Zusi* 1729. Roger Espinoza* 16310. Seth Sinovic* 153

MINUTES PLAYEDPlayer MP1. Kerry Zavagnin 20,5152. Nick Garcia 20,1573. Davy Arnaud 19,3994. Matt Besler* 19,3825. Jimmy Conrad 18,1946. Preki 17,8177. Chris Klein 16,3808. Graham Zusi* 15,9019. Roger Espinoza* 14,46010. Seth Sinovic* 13,547

GAMES PLAYED IN GOALPlayer GP1. Jimmy Nielsen 1282. Tony Meola 1253. Bo Oshoniyi 964. Kevin Hartman 905. Tim Melia* 766. Mike Ammann 607. Chris Snitko 268. Eric Kronberg 259. Garth Lagerwey 2310. Andy Gruenebaum 11

SAVESPlayer GP SV1. Tony Meola 125 5072. Bo Oshoniyi 96 3543. Kevin Hartman 90 3324. Jimmy Nielsen 128 3045. Tim Melia* 76 2276. Mike Amman 60 2067. Chris Snitko 26 958. Garth Lagerwey 23 839. Eric Kronberg 25 5810. Andy Gruenebaum 11 34

GOALKEEPER WINSPlayer GP GW1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 572. Tony Meola 125 493. Mike Ammann 60 333. Bo Oshoniyi 96 335. Tim Melia* 76 325. Kevin Hartman 90 307. Garth Lagerwey 23 128. Eric Kronberg 25 99. Andy Gruenebaum 11 610. Chris Snitko 26 5

SHUTOUTSPlayer GP SO1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 452. Tony Meola 125 373. Tim Melia* 76 264. Kevin Hartman 90 224. Bo Oshoniyi 96 226. Mike Ammann 60 107. Eric Kronberg 25 88. Luis Marin 8 38. Andy Gruenebaum 11 38. Garth Lagerwey 23 38. Chris Snitko 26 3

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)GAMES PLAYED

Year Player GP2011 C.J. Sapong 342012 Jimmy Nielsen 342013 Jimmy Nielsen 342012 Kei Kamara 332014 Dom Dwyer 332016 Dom Dwyer 33

GAMES STARTEDYear Player GS2012 Jimmy Nielsen 342013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 9 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 182016 Dom Dwyer 33 162007 Eddie Johnson 24 151996 Vitalis Takawira 28 13

ASSISTSYear Player GP ASSISTS 1997 Preki 27 172003 Preki 30 172000 Preki 31 152012 Graham Zusi 32 152015 Benny Feilhaber 32 15

SHOTSYear Player GP SHOTS 1996 Preki 32 1402012 Kei Kamara 33 1342016 Dom Dwyer 33 1192014 Dom Dwyer 33 1131999 Preki 30 97

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 442016 Dom Dwyer 33 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 662016 Dom Dwyer 33 66

FOULS SUFFEREDYear Player GP FS 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 1112005 Davy Arnaud 31 852015 Dom Dwyer 30 81 1999 Preki 30 772006 Davy Arnaud 32 76

CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS)Year Player GP YC 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 132011 Aurelien Collin 23 102013 Oriol Rosell 31 102016 Roger Espinoza 30 101997 Mo Johnston 29 92005 Jose Burciaga Jr. 31 9

EJECTIONS (RED CARDS)Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3 eight 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 52015 Krisztian Nemeth 27 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 52015 Benny Feilhaber 30 5

PENALTY KICK GOALSYear Player GP PKG 1996 Preki 32 72014 Dom Dwyer 33 72003 Preki 30 52015 Benny Feilhaber 32 52016 Benny Feilhaber 29 5

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 0.562016 Dom Dwyer 33 16 0.48*Minimum 5 goal

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 132017 Tim Melia* 26 102008 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 GAA2017 Tim Melia* 26 20 0.772012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.792013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.882000 Tony Meola 31 29 0.922004 Tony Meola 21 22 1.05*Minimum 1,000 minutes played

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GOALSCareer: 71 Preki Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014) Game: 3 7 times Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd) Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd) Half: 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/2017 vs. SEA, 2nd)ASSISTSCareer: 98 Preki Season: 17 Preki (1997) Season: 17 Preki (2003) Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET) Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st) Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st)SHOTSCareer: 693 Preki Season: 140 Preki (1996) Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB) Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd) Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd) Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)

SHOTS ON GOALCareer: 283 Preki Season: 61 Preki (1996) Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA) Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/007 vs. NY) Half: 4 8 times

FOULS COMMITTEDCareer: 329 Davy Arnaud Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000) Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL) Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL) Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)

FOULS SUFFEREDCareer: 528 Davy Arnaud Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004) Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY) Half: 6 7 times

CORNER KICKSCareer: 667 Graham Zusi Season: 150 Graham Zusi (2012) Game: 12 Alex Zotinca (07/22/2006 at NY) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (04/10/1999 vs. SJ, 2nd) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (05/20/2000 vs. SJ, 1st)

GOALS ALLOWEDCareer: 154 Tony Meola Season: 45 Mike Ammann (1997) Season: 45 Kevin Hartman (2007) Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/201 vs. CHI) Half: 4 6 times

SAVESCareer: 507 Tony Meola Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000) Game: 9 9 times Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/23/2000 at MET, 1st) Half: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (06/13/2001 at LA, 2nd) Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/08/2003 vs. SJ, 1st)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

GOALSSeason: 61 in 1996 Game: 6 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Game: 6 06/21/1997 vs. DC Game: 6 06/20/1999 vs. MET 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 5 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd) Half: 5 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)

SHOTSSeason: 542 in 2012 Game: 34 05/15/2016 vs ORL 2-Tms: 44 08/14/1999 at MET 2-Tms: 44 08/05/2000 vs. LA 2-Tms: 44 06/09/2001 at MIA Half: 19 07/28/2012 vs. CLB (2nd)

SHOTS ON GOALSeason: 250 in 1996 Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st)

FOULS COMMITTEDSeason: 511 in 2013 Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB 2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st) Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd) Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st)

FOULS SUFFEREDSeason: 541 in 2000 Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL 2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)

CORNER KICKSSeason: 199 in 2012 Game: 15 04/10/1999 vs. SJ 2-Tms: 22 08/14/1999 at MET Half: 10 04/10/1999 vs. SJ (2nd)

GOALS ALLOWEDSeason: 63 in 1996 Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 4 7 times

SAVESSeason: 133 in 1999 Game: 9 10 times 2-Tms: 18 04/18/1997 vs. DAL 2-Tms: 18 09/02/2000 vs. TB Half: 7 08/23/2000 at MET (1st) Half: 7 06/13/2001 at LA (2d) Half: 7 08/08/2003 vs. SJ (1st)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

ASSISTS Season: 67 in 2000 Game: 10 06/20/1999 vs. MET 2-Tms: 12 07/04/2001 vs. CHI Half: 8 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)

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DC DAL SJ TOR COL POR DAL RSL NYR MIN ORL SEA VAN COL MIN MTL SJ LA POR PHI RSL CHI ATL SEA DAL NYC

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

1 Adrian Zendejas

2 Erik Palmer-Brown 90D 90D 3 90D 7 90D

3 Ike Opara 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

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

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

6 Ilie Sanchez 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

7 Gerso Fernandes 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 84F 90F 90F 77F 90F 83F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 35F 10 80F 83F 72F 22 7

8 Graham Zusi 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 45 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

9 Latif Blessing 23 7 6 81F 7 69F 90F 75F 69F 72F 90F 90F 90F 83F 90F 30 1 66F

10 Benny Feilhaber 90M 90M 85M 83M 72M 90M 90M 90M 90M 89M 34 90M 90M 90M 90M 61M 80M 90M 90M 87M 45 27 89M 90M

11 Diego Rubio 14 31 80F 90F 90F 19 90F 24

14 Dom Dwyer 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 89F 89F 90F 90F 28 90F 76F 89F

15 Seth Sinovic 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 89D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 68D

17 Saad Abdul-Salaam 1 1 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

19 Cristian Lobato 17 45M 18 68F 83F

20 Gianluca Busio

21 Andrew Dykstra

22 Soony Saad 12 83F 83F 1 1 60F 9 16 62F 59F 60F

23 Colton Storm

24 Cameron Iwasa

27 Roger Espinoza 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 89M 90M 70M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

29 Tim Melia 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

30 Daniel Salloi 7 9 11 1 13 1 15 18 55 90F 10 73F 71F 90F 83F 90F

39 Cameron Porter 21

40 Igor Juliao 45D

41 James Musa 90M

55 Amer Didic

77 Tyler Pasher 45F

93 Soni Mustivar 5 25 16 7 18 20 1 4 11 56M 23 10 1 63M

94 Jimmy Medranda 90F 67F 78F 65M 74M 90F 81F 79F 89F 30 86F 79F 45 74F 67M 80F 21 29 10 90M 7 7 90M 90D 22

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Game log:

Game #1 03/04/2017 KC 0 at DC 0 T

Game #2 03/11/2017 KC 0 vs DAL 0 T

Game #3 03/18/2017 KC 2 vs SJ 1 W Feilhaber 1 (Zusi 1) 37; own goal (Bingham) 89

Game #4 03/31/2017 KC 0 at TOR 0 T

Game #5 04/09/2017 KC 3 vs COL 1 W Sinovic 1 (unassisted) 6; Fernandes 1 (Espinoza 1, Dwyer 1) 58; Dwyer 1 (Sinovic 1, Mustivar 1) 85

Game #6 04/15/2017 KC 1 at POR 0 W Dwyer 2 (Medranda 1, Feilhaber 1) 53

Game #7 04/22/2017 KC 0 at DAL 1 L

Game #8 04/29/2017 KC 3 vs RSL 0 W Feilhaber 2 (Zusi 2, Espinoza 2) 17; Dwyer 3 (unassisted) 51; Fernandes 2 (Saad 1) 95+

Game #9 05/03/2017 KC 2 vs NYR 0 W Dwyer 4 (unassisted) 46; Dwyer 5 (Feilhaber 2) 68

Game #10 05/07/2017 KC 0 at MIN 2 L

Game #11 05/13/2017 KC 2 at ORL 2 T Blessing 1 (Besler 1) 9; Blessing 2 (unassisted) 74

Game #12 05/17/2017 KC 3 vs SEA 0 W Fernandes 3 (unassisted) 56; Fernandes 4 (unassisted) 58; Fernandes 5 (Zusi 3, Feilhaber 3) 69

Game #13 05/20/2017 KC 0 at VAN 2 L

Game #14 05/27/2017 KC 0 at COL 1 L

Game #15 06/03/2017 KC 3 vs MIN 0 W Opara 1 (Besler 2) 47+; Medranda 1 (unassisted) 54; Abdul-Salaam 1 (unassisted) 87

Game #16 06/10/2017 KC 1 vs MTL 1 T Fernandes 6 (Sanchez 1) 24

Game #17 06/17/2017 KC 0 at SJ 0 T

Game #18 06/24/2017 KC 2 at LA 1 W Espinoza 1 (Fernandes 1) 22; Opara 2 (Besler 3) 35

Game #19 07/01/2017 KC 1 vs POR 1 T Salloi 1 (Espinoza 3) 60

Game #20 07/06/2017 KC 1 vs PHI 1 T Rubio 1 (Salloi 1) 49

Game #21 07/22/2017 KC 1 at RSL 1 T Feilhaber 3 (penalty kick) 59

Game #22 07/29/2017 KC 3 vs CHI 2 W Salloi 2 (unassisted) 23; Feilhaber 4 (unassisted) 46+; Blessing 3 (Rubio 1, Salloi 2) 51

Game #23 08/06/2017 KC 1 vs ATL 1 T Feilhaber 5 (penalty kick) 59

Game #24 08/12/2017 KC 0 at SEA 1 L

Game #25 08/19/2017 KC 2 vs DAL 0 W Rubio 2 (Zusi 4) 42; Fernandes 7 (Zusi 5) 92+

Game #26 09/06/2017 KC 0 at NYC 1 L

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U.S. OPEN CUP

# Player 4R 5R QF SF

MIN HOU DAL SJ

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

1 Adrian Zendejas

2 Erik Palmer-Brown 16 120D

3 Ike Opara 88D 90D 105D 120D

4 Kevin Ellis 2 90D 15

5 Matt Besler 90D 120D

6 Ilie Sanchez 90M 90M 120M 120M

7 Gerso Fernandes 78F 89F 85F 77F

8 Graham Zusi 90D 119D

9 Latif Blessing 12 90F 120F 120F

10 Benny Feilhaber 16 30 120M

11 Diego Rubio 90F 120F

14 Dom Dwyer 90F

15 Seth Sinovic 90D 90D 15D

17 Saad Abdul-Salaam 74D 120D 1

21 Andrew Dykstra

22 Soony Saad

23 Colton Storm

24 Cameron Iwasa

27 Roger Espinoza 90M 90M 120M 120M

29 Tim Melia 90G 90G 120G 120G

30 Daniel Salloi 90F 35 43

39 Cameron Porter 54F

40 Igor Juliao

55 Amer Didic

77 Tyler Pasher

90 Kharlton Belmar 1

93 Soni Mustivar 36

94 Jimmy Medranda 74M 90M 120M 120D

U.S. OPEN CUP

4R 06/13/2017 KC 4 vs MIN 0 W Opara (Zusi) 43; Fernandes (unassisted) 46+; Dwyer (Fernandes) 72; Salloi (Espinoza) 83

5R 06/28/2017 KC 2 at HOU 0 W Opara (Ellis) 61; Fernandes (Blessing 1) 91+

QF 07/12/2017 KC 3 vs DAL 0 W (OT) Blessing (Feilhaber) 108+; Blessing (Medranda) 113+; Salloi (Feilhaber) 118

SF 08/09/2017 KC 1 vs SJ 1 T (5-4 pens) Rubio (Medranda) 32

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