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2022 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Monday, February 27, 2023 Kickoff: 9 p.m. CT Providence Park (Portland, OR) MLS Regular Season Game 1 Sporting Kansas City (2022) 11-16-7, 40 points (9-6-2 home; 2-10-5 away) 12th in MLS Western Conference Portland Timbers (2022) 11-10-13, 46 points (8-3-6 home; 3-7-7 away) 8th in MLS Western Conference
11-16-7 (40 pts.) 1.18 34 12th in West 42 1.24 31 54 1.59 -12 415 (150) 36.1% 375 431 63 6
Apple TV: Free on MLS Season Pass English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:
Tim Ford Mike Rottersman Kevin Lock Mark Allatin Edvin Jurisevic
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 31 54 77 82
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID FWD DEF DEF DEF MID DEF DEF FWD MID GK FWD DEF FWD MID MID GK MID MID FWD DEF
Name John Pulskamp Ben Sweat Andreu Fontas Robert Voloder Nemanja Radoja Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Alan Pulido Gadi Kinda Khiry Shelton Kortne Ford Tim Leibold Roger Espinoza Jake Davis Logan Ndenbe Robert Castellanos Daniel Salloi Felipe Hernandez Kendall McIntosh Willy Agada Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros Erik Thommy Cam Duke Tim Melia Danny Flores Remi Walter Marinos Tzionis Chris Rindov
Pronunciation
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
gram ZOO-see AH-lahn pooh-LEE-doh GAH-dee KINN-dah KY-ree COURT-knee LIE-bold
Agada, Russell Daniel Salloi Daniel Salloi Daniel Salloi Three Players Salloi, Walter Roger Espinoza Johnny Russell Roger Espinoza Six Players
en-DEN-bay CASS-tee-YAH-nos shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay MACK-in-tosh ah-GAH-dah
MEE-lia vault-AIR ma-REE-noss JOHN-eese rin-DOVE T 10 5 7 8 13 6 6 16 3 12 10 9 7 6
GD +46 +13 +16 +9 +8 -9 -9 +5 -8 -3 -6 -9 -17 -35
GP 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
Western Conference Pts 1. Los Angeles FC 67 2. Austin FC 56 3. FC Dallas 53 4. LA Galaxy 50 5. Nashville SC 50 6. Minnesota United FC 48 7. Real Salt Lake 47 8. Portland Timbers 46 9. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 43 10. Colorado Rapids 43 11. Seattle Sounders FC 41 12. Sporting Kansas City 40 13. Houston Dynamo FC 36 14. San Jose Earthquakes 35
W 21 16 14 14 13 14 12 11 12 11 12 11 10 8
L 9 10 9 12 10 14 11 10 15 13 17 16 18 15
T 4 8 11 8 11 6 11 13 7 10 5 7 6 11
GD +28 +16 +11 +7 +11 -3 -2 0 -17 -11 +1 -12 -13 -17
GP 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
10 9 59 21 3 5 59 54 9 2
Dairon Asprilla Yimmi Chara Sebastian Blanco Santiago Moreno Asprilla, Blanco Yimmi Chara Diego Chara Diego Chara Diego Chara Josecarlos Van Rankin
2880 Aljaz Ivacic 1.56 Aljaz Ivacic 11 Aljaz Ivacic 6 Aljaz Ivacic 112 Aljaz Ivacic
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES
2022 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS L 5 9 11 11 9 14 14 8 18 12 14 15 18 21
11-10-13 (46 pts.) 1.35 34 8th in West 53 1.56 50 53 1.56 0 440 (145) 33.0% 450 396 95 5
PORTLAND TIMBERS
8 GOALS 5 ASSISTS 72 SHOTS 28 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 43 FOULS COMMITTED 63 FOULS SUFFERED 11 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 1853 John Pulskamp 1.58 Melia, Pulskamp 5 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia 45
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W 19 20 16 15 12 14 14 10 13 10 10 10 9 7
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
2022 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
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Eastern Conference Pts 1. Philadelphia Union 67 2. CF Montreal 65 3. New York City FC 55 4. New York Red Bulls 53 5. FC Cincinnati 49 6. Inter Miami CF 48 7. Orlando City SC 48 8. Columbus Crew 46 9. Charlotte FC 42 10. New England Revolution 42 11. Atlanta United FC 40 12. Chicago Fire FC 39 13. Toronto FC 34 14. D.C. United 27
PORTLAND TIMBERS
15th season
(.541) 183-147-107
15th season
(.541) 183-147-107
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
GIO SAVARESE 6th season 68-52-39 (.550) 6th season 68-52-39 (.550)
PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT As of Wednesday, February 22 QUESTIONABLE • FWD - Alan Pulido (Knee Injury) OUT • DEF - Kortne Ford (Achilles Surgery) • DEF - Logan Ndenbe (Hamstring Injury) • MID - Gadi Kinda (Knee Injury) • FWD - Johnny Russell (Hamstring Injury)
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