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2023 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, February 24, 2024 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Shell Energy Stadium (Houston, TX) MLS Regular Season Game 1 Sporting Kansas City (2023) 12-14-8, 44 points (9-6-2 home; 3-8-6 away) 8th in MLS Western Conference Houston Dynamo FC (2023) 14-11-9, 51 points (11-2-4 home; 3-9-5 away) 4th in MLS Western Conference
12-14-8 (44 pts.) 1.29 34 8th in West 48 1.41 49 51 1.50 -3 446 (163) 36.5% 334 397 59 4
Apple TV: MLS Season Pass English Radio: ESPN 94.5 FM Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: TBA Assistant ref: TBA Assistant ref: TBA 4th official: TBA VAR: TBA
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 36 54 77
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF MID FWD MID FWD FWD FWD DEF DEF DEF DEF FWD MID DEF FWD DEF FWD MID DEF GK FWD MID GK MID FWD
Name John Pulskamp Andreu Fontas Robert Voloder Dany Rosero Nemanja Radoja Johnny Russell Memo Rodriguez Alan Pulido Daniel Salloi Khiry Shelton Tim Leibold Jake Davis Logan Ndenbe Robert Castellanos Alenis Vargas Felipe Hernandez Zorhan Bassong Willy Agada Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros Erik Thommy Chris Rindov Tim Melia Stephen Afrifa Danny Flores Ryan Schewe Remi Walter Marinos Tzionis
Pronunciation
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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
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Alan Pulido Erik Thommy Erik Thommy Daniel Salloi Pulido, Salloi Erik Thommy Davis, Thommy Erik Thommy Dany Rosero Four Players
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2023 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS L 5 7 9 9 9 9 11 13 11 17 11 14 14 18 20
T 9 9 9 10 10 12 10 10 13 5 14 10 10 7 10
GD +18 +16 +21 +16 +12 +13 +7 -3 -7 -16 -4 -4 -12 -13 -33
GP 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
Western Conference Pts 1. St. Louis 56 2. Seattle Sounders FC 53 3. Los Angeles FC 52 4. Houston Dynamo FC 51 5. Real Salt Lake 50 6. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 48 7. FC Dallas 46 8. Sporting Kansas City 44 9. San Jose Earthquakes 44 10. Portland Timbers 43 11. Minnesota United FC 41 12. Austin FC 39 13. LA Galaxy 36 14. Colorado Rapids 27
W 17 14 14 14 14 12 11 12 10 11 10 10 8 5
L 12 9 10 11 12 10 10 14 10 13 13 15 14 17
T 5 11 10 9 8 12 13 8 14 10 11 9 12 12
GD +17 +9 +15 +13 -2 +7 +4 -3 -4 -12 -5 -6 -16 -28
GP 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
HOUSTON DYNAMO
14 GOALS 11 ASSISTS 81 SHOTS 32 SHOTS ON GOAL 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 28 FOULS COMMITTED 57 FOULS SUFFERED 8 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 1419 John Pulskamp 1.40 Tim Melia 8 Tim Melia 3 Tim Melia 44
SHAY-way vault-AIR ma-REE-noss JOHN-eese W 20 18 16 15 15 13 13 11 10 12 9 10 10 9 4
14-11-9 (51 pts.) 1.50 34 4th in West 51 1.50 56 38 1.12 +13 385 (150) 39.0% 435 403 98 5
2023 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
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Eastern Conference Pts 1. FC Cincinnati 69 2. Orlando City SC 63 3. Columbus Crew 57 4. Philadelphia Union 55 5. New England Revolution 55 6. Atlanta United FC 51 7. Nashville SC 49 8. New York Red Bulls 43 9. Charlotte FC 43 10. CF Montreal 41 11. New York City FC 41 12. D.C. United 40 13. Chicago Fire FC 40 14. Inter Miami CF 34 15. Toronto FC 22
HOUSTON DYNAMO
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
10 17 65 24 4 3 43 52 11 2
Amine Bassi Hector Herrera Hector Herrera Hector Herrera Amine Bassi Baird, Carrasquilla Adalberto Carrasquilla Hector Herrera Franco Escobar Hector Herrera
2970 Steve Clark 1.15 Steve Clark 14 Steve Clark 12 Steve Clark 84 Steve Clark
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 16th season
(.536) 195-161-115
16th season
(.536) 195-161-115
BEN OLSEN
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
13th season 127-148-93 (.471) 2nd season 14-11-9 (.544)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY FACT FILE Club Name Second Reference Inaugural Season Stadium Capacity Training Facility Owner Manager 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 Johnny Russell Jake Reid 2000 & 2013 2000 2004, 2012, 2015 & 2017