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2024 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, October 5, 2024 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 33 Sporting Kansas City 8-17-7, 31 points (6-6-4 home; 2-11-3 away) 13th in MLS Western Conference Los Angeles FC 16-8-7, 55 points (10-2-4 home; 6-6-3 away) 2nd in MLS Western Conference
8-17-7 (31 pts.) 0.97 32 13th in MLS West 50 1.56 50 61 1.91 -11 446 (141) 31.6% 393 390 62 3
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Marcos DeOliveira Jeffrey Greeson Gerard-Kader Lebuis Fotis Bazakos Daniel Radford
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 36 54
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF MID FWD MID FWD FWD FWD DEF DEF DEF DEF FWD DEF FWD DEF MID MID DEF GK FWD MID GK MID
Name Pronunciation John Pulskamp Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo Robert Voloder VOLO-derr Dany Rosero danny roh-CERO Nemanja Radoja nem-AHN-ya RAHD-oy-ah Johnny Russell Memo Rodriguez Alan Pulido ah-LAHN pooh-LEE-doh Daniel Salloi shallow-EE Khiry Shelton KY-ree Tim Leibold LIE-bold Jake Davis Logan Ndenbe en-DEN-bay Robert Castellanos CASS-tee-YAH-nos Alenis Vargas uh-LEN-iss Zorhan Bassong ZOR-uhn bah-SONG William Agada ah-GAH-dah Joaquin Fernandez wah-KEEN Ozzie Cisneros (loaned out) sis-NAIR-oce Erik Thommy tommy Chris Rindov rin-dove Tim Melia MEE-lia Stephen Afrifa uh-FREE-fuh Danny Flores Ryan Schewe SHAY-way Remi Walter vault-AIR W 20 16 17 14 13 11 12 10 11 9 9 8 8 9 7
L 4 6 10 11 11 7 11 12 18 13 13 14 15 18 17
T 8 9 5 7 8 14 9 10 4 10 10 10 9 4 9
GD +25 +26 +11 +8 +5 +7 +4 -16 -20 +9 -16 -5 -17 -28 -19
GP 32 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 32 32 32 32 31 33
Western Conference Pts 1. LA Galaxy - x 61 2. Los Angeles FC - x 55 3. Seattle Sounders FC - x 53 4. Real Salt Lake - x 53 5. Houston Dynamo FC - x 51 6. Colorado Rapids - x 50 7. Vancouver Whitecaps FC - x 47 8. Minnesota United FC - x 46 9. Portland Timbers 45 10. Austin FC 39 11. FC Dallas - e 37 12. St. Louis - e 34 13. Sporting Kansas City - e 31 14. San Jose Earthquakes - e 21
W 18 16 15 14 14 15 13 13 12 10 10 7 8 6
L 7 8 9 7 9 12 10 12 11 13 15 12 17 23
T 7 7 8 11 9 5 8 7 9 9 7 13 7 3
GD +19 +14 +15 +15 +10 +3 +6 +5 +9 -9 -3 -13 -11 -34
GP 32 31 32 32 32 32 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
RECORD POINTS PER GAME GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS
16-8-7 (55 pts.) 1.77 31 2nd in MLS West 55 1.77 57 41 1.32 +14 497 (201) 40.4% 421 355 68 5
2024 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY William Agada Memo Rodriguez William Agada William Agada Alan Pulido Eight Players William Agada Erik Thommy Jake Davis Three Players
LAFC
9 GOALS 6 ASSISTS 82 SHOTS 25 SHOTS ON GOAL 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 42 FOULS COMMITTED 55 FOULS SUFFERED 10 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 2430 Tim Melia 1.85 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia 3 Tim Melia 77
2024 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference Pts 1. Inter Miami CF - s 68 2. Columbus Crew - x 57 3. FC Cincinnati - x 56 4. Orlando City SC - x 49 5. New York City FC - x 47 6. New York Red Bulls - x 47 7. Charlotte FC - x 45 8. CF Montreal 40 9. Toronto FC 37 10. Philadelphia Union 37 11. D.C. United 37 12. Atlanta United FC 34 13. Nashville SC 33 14. New England Revolution 31 15. Chicago Fire FC - e 30
LAFC
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
19 10 144 58 9 4 45 67 8 1
Denis Bouanga Denis Bouanga Denis Bouanga Denis Bouanga Denis Bouanga Bogusz, Bouanga Denis Bouanga Timothy Tillman Eduard Atuesta Five Players
2700 Hugo Lloris 1.27 Hugo Lloris 16 Hugo Lloris 11 Hugo Lloris 86 Hugo Lloris
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 16th season
(.525) 203-178-122
16th season
(.525) 203-178-122
STEVE CHERUNDOLO
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
3rd season 51-27-21 (.621) 3rd season 51-27-21 (.621)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY FACT FILE Club Name Second Reference Inaugural Season Stadium Capacity Training Facility Owner Manager Sporting Director Captain President & CEO MLS Cup MLS Supporters’ Shield U.S. Open Cup 1
Sporting Kansas City Sporting KC, Sporting, SKC 1996 Children’s Mercy Park 18,467 (Max Standing Room: 21,650) Compass Minerals National Performance Center Sporting Club Peter Vermes Mike Burns Johnny Russell Jake Reid 2000 & 2013 2000 2004, 2012, 2015 & 2017