Game Notes: Sporting KC vs. D.C. United | March 31, 2018 by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. D.C. UNITED

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. Sat., March 31, 2018 (Week 5, MLS Game #41) 7:30 p.m. CT (ESPN / ESPN Deportes; TSN2)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2018 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Amer Didic 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 4 4 0 0 121 95 12 3 4 Brad Evans DF 6-1 160 04/20/1985 Phoenix, AZ 0 0 0 0 230 198 25 29 DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 4 4 0 0 230 224 3 15 5 Matt Besler 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 4 4 1 0 37 37 1 2 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 168 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 4 4 1 2 4 4 1 2 DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 4 4 1 0 222 182 27 56 8 Graham Zusi 10 Yohan Croizet MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 4 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 11 Diego Rubio FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 2 1 1 0 33 15 8 2 12 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 4 0 0 1 36 26 8 3 13 Gianluca Busio FW 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Khiry Shelton FW 6-3 191 06/26/1993 Carson, CO 3 3 0 1 57 26 6 11 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 3 3 0 0 188 181 1 9 15 16 Graham Smith DF 6-3 186 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 4 4 0 2 194 174 5 25 Eric Dick GK 6-5 205 10/03/1994 Roeland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 Cristian Lobato MF 5-11 160 03/07/1989 Esparreguera, Spain 1 1 0 0 11 7 1 0 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 3 2 0 3 25 14 3 5 21 Felipe Gutierrez MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 4 4 4 0 4 4 4 0 22 Emiliano Amor DF 6-0 175 05/16/1995 Buenos Aires, Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-8 155 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 4 4 0 0 91 90 0 0 88 Matt Lewis DF 6-2 165 08/01/1996 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 Kharlton Belmar FW 5-11 160 12/01/1992 Virginia Beach, VA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 94 Jimmy Medranda DF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 4 0 1 0 78 54 4 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W117 L92 T75

D.C. UNITED 2018 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-4 195 02/01/1985 Greve, Denmark 4 4 0 0 146 146 0 1 1 David Ousted 2 Taylor Kemp DF 5-11 153 07/23/1990 Highlands Ranch, CO 0 0 0 0 101 95 3 14 DF 5-10 150 05/28/1995 Mitchellville, MD 1 0 0 0 10 5 0 0 3 Chris Odoi-Atsem 4 Russell Canouse MF 5-10 170 06/11/1995 Lancaster, PA 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 1 5 Junior Moreno MF 5-9 154 07/20/1993 San Cristobal, Venezuela 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 Kofi Opare DF 6-2 190 10/12/1990 Mampong, Ghana 0 0 0 0 66 63 4 1 MF 5-6 146 02/05/1995 Chula Vista, CA 4 3 0 1 15 14 1 3 7 Paul Arriola 8 Ulises Segura MF 6-0 154 06/23/1993 San Jose, Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 MF 5-3 130 05/31/1994 Buenos Aires, Argentina 3 2 1 1 65 57 9 17 10 Luciano Acosta 11 Darren Mattocks FW 5-10 155 09/02/1990 Portmore, Jamaica 4 4 2 0 140 79 26 11 13 Frederic Brillant DF 6-3 181 06/26/1985 Sedan, France 4 4 0 1 58 51 2 2 14 Nick DeLeon MF 5-10 170 07/17/1990 Phoenix, AZ 4 4 0 0 169 153 13 15 Steve Birnbaum DF 6-1 180 01/23/1991 Newport, CA 4 4 0 0 99 97 5 2 15 16 Patrick Mullins FW 6-1 176 02/05/1992 New Orleans, LA 4 0 0 0 90 51 23 8 Zoltan Stieber MF 5-9 148 10/16/1988 Sarvar, Hungary 3 3 0 0 11 9 1 1 18 20 Jalen Robinson DF 6-0 165 05/08/1994 Cantonsville, MD 0 0 0 0 11 9 0 0 Chris Durkin DF 6-0 165 02/08/2000 Glen Allen, VA 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 21 22 Yamil Asad MF 5-10 170 07/27/1994 San Antonio de Padua, Argentina 4 4 2 1 36 35 9 14 Ian Harkes MF 6-0 160 03/30/1995 Derby, England 2 1 0 0 27 23 2 1 23 25 Jared Jeffrey MF 5-11 165 06/14/1990 Richardson, TX 1 0 0 0 67 46 5 1 Steve Clark GK 6-2 192 04/14/1986 Mason, MI 0 0 0 0 105 105 0 1 26 28 Joseph Mora DF 5-9 132 01/15/1993 Carrizal, Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 29 Dane Kelly FW 5-11 159 02/09/1991 Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Bruno Miranda FW 5-11 146 02/10/1998 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 Travis Worra GK 6-3 175 04/09/1993 Lancaster, PA 0 0 0 0 19 18 0 0 48 91 Oniel Fisher DF 5-9 155 11/22/1991 Portmore, Jamaica 2 2 0 0 29 20 0 1 HEAD COACH: Ben Olsen

05/03/1977 W84 L109 T61

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. D.C. UNITED

Sat., March 31, 2018; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 7:30 p.m. CT REFEREES

2018 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 4 2-1-1 7 9 9 at home 2 1-1-0 3 3 4

REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. AR1 (bench): Apolinar Mariscal; AR2 (opposite): Peter Manikowski; 4th: Ted Unkel; VAR: Jorge Gonzalez TEAM NEWS

D.C. United 4 0-2-2 2 5 9 on road 3 0-2-1 1 3 7

SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: none

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sporting 20 wins (0 shootout), 74 goals … D.C. United 21 wins (1 shootout), 68 goals … Ties 13

DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

AT KC: Sporting 14 wins (0 shootout), 47 goals … D.C. United 8 wins (1 shootout), 32 goals … Ties 5 LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/4: DC 0, KC 0

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES COLORADO RAPIDS 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 Scoring Summary: COL--Badji 1 (Castillo 1, Price 1) 5 COL--Mason 1 (Smith 1) 8 KC--Gutierrez 4 (unassisted) 57 KC--Rubio 1 (Shelton 1, Fernandes 1) 91+

UPCOMING MATCHES D.C. UNITED SPORTING Sat. Apr. 14 Columbus Sun. Apr. 8 at LA Galaxy Sat. Apr. 28 at Philadelphia Sun. Apr. 15 Seattle Sat. May 12 at Real Salt Lake Fri. Apr. 20 Vancouver Sat. May 19 at San Jose Sat. Apr. 28 at New England

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic (Jimmy Medranda 45), Felipe Gutierrez, Ilie Sanchez, Roger Espinoza, Yohan Croizet (Gerso Fernandes 61), Khiry Shelton, Johnny Russell (Diego Rubio 88).

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM D.C. UNITED

SPORTING

F 9 40

A 9 40

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 5 72

A 9 40

5 0 0 0

3 4 2 0

3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 2

3 5 1

HOW SCORED

2 6 1 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

5 3 1 0

TYPE OF PLAY

7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0

OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS

0 7 2

4 5 0

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

COLUMBUS CREW SC 3 D.C. UNITED 1 Scoring Summary: CLB--Valenzuela 1 (Martinez 1, Artur 2) 20 DC--Asad 2 (Acosta 1) 30 CLB--Clark 1 (Higuain 1) 40 CLB--Santos 1 (Martinez 2, Higuain 2) 42 D.C. UNITED--David Ousted, Nick DeLeon, Frederic Brillant, Steve Birnbaum, Joseph Mora, Paul Arriola, Chris Durkin, Luciano Acosta, Ian Harkes (Chris Odoi-Atsem 78), Yamil Asad (Jared Jeffrey 91+), Darren Mattocks (Patrick Mullins 45).

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC DC

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-2-1

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 2-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-1 0-2-1

THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 3/17/2018 KC 3, SJ 2 3/10/2018 KC 4, CHI 3 3/04/2018 KC 0, NYC 2 10/22/2017 KC 1, RSL 2 3/24/2018 KC 2, COL 2 10/15/2017 KC 0, HOU 0 3/04/2018 KC 0, NYC 2

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC DC United

LWWT TLTL

(0) (1) (1) (2) (0) (5) (3)

D.C. UNITED Date Score (Gms since) 9/23/2017 DC 4, SJ 0 8/19/2017 DC 1, COL 0 10/22/2017 DC 1, NYR 2 3/24/2018 DC 1, CLB 3 3/17/2018 DC 2, HOU 2 9/23/2017 DC 4, SJ 0 10/15/2017 DC 0, POR 4

(2) (7) (1) (0) (1) (8) (5)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 4 Gutierrez A: 3 Salloi SHT: 15 Gutierrez SOG: 9 Gutierrez FC: 10 Gutierrez/Sanchez FS: 8 Espinoza OF: 1 5 players tied C: 2 Sanchez E: 0 D.C. UNITED G: 2 Asad/Mattocks A: 1 4 players tied SHT: 11 Mattocks SOG: 4 Asad FC: 6 Acosta/DeLeon FS: 12 Asad OF: 2 Mullins C: 1 6 players tied E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 4 1 0 1 1 1 9 2.25 DC 4 0 3 1 0 0 5 1.25 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 4 0 0 3 1 0 9 2.25 DC 4 0 1 1 2 0 9 2.25 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 9 1 1 1 2 1 3 DC 5 0 1 1 1 0 2 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 DC 9 0 3 3 0 2 1

2018 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (2-1-1, 7 pts.) UNF 21 7 11 8 6 94 20 17 12 14 19 3 5 15 29 10

POS M F F D M D F M F F M D D D G M

PLAYER Felipe Gutierrez Johnny Russell Diego Rubio Graham Zusi Ilie Sanchez Jimmy Medranda Daniel Salloi Roger Espinoza Gerso Fernandes Khiry Shelton Cristian Lobato Ike Opara Matt Besler Seth Sinovic Tim Melia Yohan Croizet Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 1 4 4 3 4 4

GS 4 4 1 4 4 0 2 4 0 3 1 4 4 3 4 2

MIN 360 357 63 360 360 84 206 359 100 227 73 360 360 204 360 127

4 4

360 360

G 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9

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

SHT 15 14 1 7 3 3 4 6 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 6

SOG 9 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2

FC 10 2 0 2 10 1 2 6 3 4 0 3 3 0 0 4

FS 4 5 1 2 2 2 3 8 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 2

OFF 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

CK 5 8 0 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

11 9

43 67

17 24

43 50

50 43

11 5

9 32

9 4

1 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Felipe Gutierrez 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Daniel Salloi 2, Johnny Russell 2 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Ilie Sanchez 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4 4 4

GS 4 4 4

MIN SHTS 360 17 360 17 360 24

SV 7 7 15

GA 9 9 9

GAA 2.25 2.25 2.25

PG 0 0 1

PA 0 0 1

W 2 2 1

L 1 1 2

T 1 1 1

SO 0 0 1

2018 D.C. UNITED STATISTICS (0-2-2, 2 pts.) UNF 22 11 10 13 7 21 3 1 23 25 28 5 14 91 16 15 8 18

POS M F M D M D D G M M D M M D F D M M

PLAYER Yamil Asad Darren Mattocks Luciano Acosta Frederic Brillant Paul Arriola Chris Durkin Chris Odoi-Atsem David Ousted Ian Harkes Jared Jeffrey Joseph Mora Junior Moreno Nick DeLeon Oniel Fisher Patrick Mullins Steve Birnbaum Ulises Segura Zoltan Stieber Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 4 2 1 2 3 4 2 4 4 3 3

GS 4 4 2 4 3 1 0 4 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 4 3 3

MIN 342 310 208 360 283 137 12 360 108 1 180 250 360 180 56 360 264 189

4 4

360 360

G 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5

A 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 5 11 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 4 1

SOG 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

FC 4 4 6 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 2 3 4 2 1

FS 12 4 6 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 3 2 2 3 1

OFF 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0

CK 11 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8

C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

14 4

54 40

19 14

49 49

6 5

17 24

7 6

1 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Darren Mattocks 0-1 D.C. UNITED GOALKEEPING UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER David Ousted Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4 4 4

GS 4 4 4

MIN SHTS 360 19 360 19 360 14

SV 9 9 9

GA 9 9 5

GAA 2.25 2.25 1.25

PG 0 0 0

PA 0 0 1

W 0 0 2

L 2 2 0

T 2 2 2

SO 0 0 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2018 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 4 New York City FC 10 at Chicago

Sat. Mar.

17 San Jose

W 3-2

18868

2-1-0

Sat. Mar.

24 at Colorado

T 2-2

17424

2-1-1

Sat. Sun. Sun. Fri. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

31 D.C. United 8 at Los Angeles 15 Seattle 20 Vancouver 28 at New England 5 Colorado 9 at Atlanta 20 at Minnesota 27 Columbus 3 Minnesota 9 at Portland 23 Houston 30 at Montreal 4 at Real Salt Lake 7 Toronto FC 14 at New York Red Bulls 28 FC Dallas 4 at Houston 11 at Los Angeles FC 18 Portland 25 Minnesota 1 at Seattle 8 Orlando City SC 15 at San Jose 23 at Philadelphia 30 Real Salt Lake 6 Los Angeles 17 at Vancouver 21 at FC Dallas 28 Los Angeles FC

Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May June June June June July

Sat. July Sat. July Sat. July Sat. Aug. Sat. Aug. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun.

Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

RESULT L 0-2

ATT 20831

W-L-T 0-1-0

POS PTS NOTES: 11 0 NYC: Moralez (32) Medina (53)

W 4-3

14021

1-1-0

3 KC: Gutierrez (9,86) Russell (44) Medranda (83); CHI: Katai (70) Nikolic (74,82) 6 KC: Sanchez (25) Zusi (56) Gutierrez (68); SJ: Qazaishvili (34) Wondolowski (91+) 7 KC: Gutierrez (57) Rubio (91+); COL: Badji (5) Mason (8)

D.C. UNITED 2018 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sun. Mar.

OPPONENT RESULT 3 at Orlando City T 1-1 SC 11 at Atlanta L 1-3

Sat. Mar.

17 Houston

T 2-2

5128

0-1-2

Sat. Mar.

24 at Columbus

L 1-3

8443

0-2-2

Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.

31 at Sporting KC 14 Columbus 28 at Philadelphia 12 at Real Salt Lake 19 at San Jose 29 at Los Angeles FC 9 at Seattle 13 at Toronto FC 30 at New England 4 at Los Angeles 14 Vancouver 21 at Atlanta 25 New York Red Bulls 28 Colorado 4 at Montreal 12 Orlando City SC 15 Portland 19 New England 26 at New York Red Bulls 29 Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 8 at New York City FC 12 Minnesota 16 New York Red Bulls 29 Montreal 7 Chicago 13 FC Dallas 17 Toronto FC 21 New York City FC 28 at Chicago

Mar. Apr. Apr. May

Sat. May Tue. May Sat. Wed. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed.

June June June July July July July

Sat. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sun.

July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.

Wed. Aug. Sun. Sep. Sat. Sep. Wed. Sep. Sun. Sep. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun.

Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

Sun. Oct.

ATT 25527

W-L-T 0-0-1

POS PTS NOTES: 3 1 DC: Asad (32); ORL: Pinho (93+)

72035

0-1-1

1 DC: Mattocks (86); ATL: Martinez (24) Almiron (73) Villalba (75) 2 DC: Mattocks (50) Acosta (97+); HOU: Elis (30) Manotas (31) 2 DC: Asad (30); CLB: Valenzuela (20) Clark (40) Santos (42)

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2018)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2018)

Goals 2 Felipe Gutierrez Assists 2 Daniel Salloi Shots 6 Felipe Gutierrez Shots on Goal 3 Felipe Gutierrez 3 Felipe Gutierrez Fouls Committed 5 Ilie Sanchez Fouls Suffered 3 Johnny Russell 3 Roger Espinoza 3 Roger Espinoza Offside 1 5 times Saves 3 Tim Melia Shots Faced 6 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 3 Tim Melia

Goals 4 03/10/2018 vs Assists 4 03/10/2018 vs Shots 20 03/24/2018 vs Shots on Goal 9 03/24/2018 vs Fouls Committed 18 03/10/2018 vs Fouls Suffered 14 03/04/2018 vs Corner Kicks 12 03/17/2018 vs Offside 3 03/04/2018 vs Saves 3 03/04/2018 vs Shots Faced 6 03/10/2018 vs Goals Allowed 3 03/10/2018 vs

03/10/2018 vs CHI

W 4-3

03/10/2018 vs CHI

W 4-3

03/24/2018 vs COL

T 2-2

03/10/2018 vs CHI 03/24/2018 vs COL

W 4-3 T 2-2

03/10/2018 vs CHI

W 4-3

03/04/2018 vs NYC 03/10/2018 vs CHI 03/24/2018 vs COL

L 0-2 W 4-3 T 2-2

03/04/2018 vs NYC

L 0-2

03/04/2018 vs NYC

L 0-2

03/10/2018 vs CHI

W 4-3

03/10/2018 vs CHI

W 4-3

CHI

W 4-3

CHI

W 4-3

COL

T 2-2

COL

T 2-2

CHI

W 4-3

NYC

L 0-2

W 3-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

CHI

W 4-3

CHI

W 4-3

UNITED INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2018)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2018)

Goals 1 5 times Assists 1 4 times Shots 4 Darren Mattocks 4 Ulises Segura 4 Darren Mattocks Shots on Goal 2 Yamil Asad Fouls Committed 3 Nick DeLeon 3 Luciano Acosta Fouls Suffered 5 Yamil Asad Offside 1 5 times Saves 4 David Ousted Shots Faced 7 David Ousted Goals Allowed 3 David Ousted 3 David Ousted

Goals 2 03/17/2018 at Assists 3 03/17/2018 at Shots 14 03/03/2018 at Shots on Goal 6 03/17/2018 at Fouls Committed 15 03/03/2018 at Fouls Suffered 16 03/17/2018 at Corner Kicks 8 03/11/2018 at Offside 3 03/11/2018 at Saves 4 03/24/2018 at Shots Faced 7 03/24/2018 at Goals Allowed 3 03/11/2018 at 3 03/24/2018 at

03/03/2018 at ORL

T 1-1

03/17/2018 at HOU

T 2-2

03/03/2018 at ORL 03/03/2018 at ORL 03/11/2018 at ATL

T 1-1 T 1-1 L 1-3

03/17/2018 at HOU

T 2-2

03/03/2018 at ORL 03/17/2018 at HOU

T 1-1 T 2-2

03/03/2018 at ORL

T 1-1

03/11/2018 at ATL

L 1-3

03/24/2018 at CLB

L 1-3

03/24/2018 at CLB

L 1-3

03/11/2018 at ATL 03/24/2018 at CLB

L 1-3 L 1-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2018) Shots 13 03/17/2018 vs Shots on Goal 3 03/04/2018 vs Fouls Committed 8 03/04/2018 vs Fouls Suffered 8 03/17/2018 vs Corner Kicks 4 03/10/2018 vs Offside 0 03/17/2018 vs Saves 0 03/24/2018 vs Shots Faced 2 03/24/2018 vs

W 3-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

W 3-2

CHI

W 4-3

W 3-2

COL

T 2-2

COL

T 2-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2018)

HOU

T 2-2

HOU

T 2-2

ORL

T 1-1

HOU

T 2-2

ORL

T 1-1

HOU

T 2-2

ATL

L 1-3

ATL

L 1-3

CLB

L 1-3

CLB

L 1-3

ATL CLB

L 1-3 L 1-3

Shots 6 03/24/2018 at Shots on Goal 1 03/11/2018 at Fouls Committed 11 03/11/2018 at 11 03/24/2018 at Fouls Suffered 7 03/11/2018 at Corner Kicks 3 03/24/2018 at Offside 0 03/03/2018 at Saves 1 03/03/2018 at 1 03/17/2018 at Shots Faced 3 03/03/2018 at 3 03/17/2018 at

CLB

L 1-3

ATL

L 1-3

ATL CLB

L 1-3 L 1-3

ATL

L 1-3

CLB

L 1-3

ORL

T 1-1

ORL HOU

T 1-1 T 2-2

ORL HOU

T 1-1 T 2-2

HEAD-TO-HEAD

UNITED VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 20 wins, 74 goals United 21 wins, 69 goals 13 ties 6/20/1996 7/31/1996 8/4/1996 6/21/1997 7/19/1997 8/31/1997 3/21/1998 8/26/1998 5/15/1999 6/26/1999 5/17/2000 6/10/2000 4/7/2001 6/16/2001 4/20/2002 6/15/2002 7/4/2002 8/10/2002 4/12/2003 5/17/2003 10/25/2003 5/15/2004 7/10/2004 11/14/2004 4/30/2005 5/21/2005 7/9/2005 7/20/2005 5/13/2006 5/27/2006 6/24/2006 6/28/2006 4/14/2007 7/4/2007 10/5/2007 3/29/2008 8/2/2008 5/6/2009 9/9/2009 10/24/2009 3/27/2010 5/5/2010 8/21/2011 10/22/2011 3/10/2012 8/11/2012 4/5/2013 5/19/2013 10/18/2013 5/31/2014 8/23/2014 10/3/2014 5/9/2015 5/27/2016 3/4/2017

KC KC KC KC KC DC DC DC DC DC KC DC DC DC DC KC KC DC KC DC DC DC KC DC KC DC KC KC DC DC DC DC KC DC KC KC DC KC DC KC KC DC KC KC KC KC KC DC KC DC DC DC DC DC DC

5 3 4 6 3 2 3 2 4 3 2 0 3 3 2 2 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 3 0 3 1 1 2 3 1 3 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 0

vs at at vs vs vs vs at at vs vs vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs vs at vs at at at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at at vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs

DC DC DC DC DC KC KC KC KC KC DC KC KC KC KC DC DC KC DC KC KC KC DC KC DC KC DC DC KC KC KC KC DC KC DC DC KC DC KC DC DC KC DC DC DC DC DC KC DC KC KC KC KC KC KC

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

DC SOW

(OT)

(2OT) (OT) (2OT) (2OT)

(KC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (KC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (HD) (KC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (KC) (CA) (DC) (CA) (DC) (CA) (CA) (DC) (SP) (DC) (DC) (SP) (SP) (DC) (SP) (DC) (SP) (DC) (DC) (SP) (DC)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 39 322 142 331 81 124

2 34 346 136 340 87 123

OT 1 2 2 1 2 0

United Tot 74 670 280 672 170 247

1 36 278 139 404 67 117

2 31 308 130 359 76 156

OT 1 4 2 2 1 1

Tot 68 590 271 765 144 274

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: DC KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

7 11

13 16

14 11

11 14

12 11

10 10

1 1

68 74

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes Ben Olsen

vs. DC vs. KC

7-5-5 3-6-4

(1.53 pts./game) (1 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

9 10 51 25 33 45 7 5 6 44 13

Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Kerry Zavagnin Davy Arnaud Jimmy Nielsen Bo Oshoniyi Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi

8 8 37 22 32 57 5 5 5 50 14

United Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Richie Williams Jaime Moreno Troy Perkins Bill Hamid Bill Hamid Bill Hamid Troy Perkins

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots

Sporting KC 2 5 players tied 3 Chung/Radosavljevic 7 Kei Kamara (10/22/11)

Shots on Goal

4 Takawira/Smith

Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves

7 6 1 9

Fabbro/Zotinca 6 players tied 16 players tied Garth Lagerwey (08/04/96) 3 9 players tied

Goals Allowed

United 2 6 players tied 2 4 players tied 9 Dwayne De Rosario (10/22/11) 5 Luciano Emilio (09/09/09) 7 3 players tied 6 Etcheverry/Olsen 1 16 players tied 9 Troy Perkins (07/04/07) 6 Jeff Causey (06/21/97)

W-L-T Breakdowns: Sporting Kansas City W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

Streak (started)

D.C. United W-L-T

Streak (started)

1-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-1

1 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ts

(03/10/2018) (03/17/2018) (03/24/2018)

0-0-1 0-0-0 0-2-1

1 Ts (03/03/2018) 1 Ts (09/27/2017) 1 Ls (03/24/2018)

0-1-1 2-0-0

1 Ts 2 Ws

(03/24/2018) (03/10/2018)

0-2-1 0-0-1

1 Ls (03/24/2018) 1 Ts (03/03/2018)

0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 1-0-0 1-0-0

1 Ls 2 Ls 1 Ts 7 Ws 1 Ws

(03/04/2018) (10/11/2017) (03/24/2018) (04/09/2017) (03/10/2018)

0-0-0 0-2-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0

8 2 1 1 1

Ls Ls Ts Ts Ws

(06/17/2017) (03/11/2018) (03/17/2018) (09/27/2017) (09/23/2017)

0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-1 1-0-0 0-0-0

1 Ts 1 Ts 1 Ts 1 Ws 0-

(10/15/2017) (10/07/2017) (03/24/2018) (03/10/2018) -

0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-2-0 0-0-0

4 1 1 2 6

Ws Ts Ts Ls Ls

(08/19/2017) (03/03/2018) (03/17/2018) (03/11/2018) (03/12/2017)

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. UNITED (20-21-13) PLAYER

MIN

Preki Mark Chung Vitalis Takawira Scott Sealy Kei Kamara Sasha Victorine Mo Johnston Chris Brown Chris Klein Dom Dwyer Claudio Lopez Graham Zusi Eddie Johnson Frank Klopas Jack Jewsbury Josh Wolff Stephen Armstrong Davy Arnaud Matt Besler Teal Bunbury Jose Burciaga Jr. Michael Harrington Chris Henderson Matt McKeon Ryan Smith Carey Talley Paul Wright Kerry Zavagnin Claudio Bieler Sean Bowers Dario Fabbro Nick Garcia Roy Lassiter Miklos Molnar Ike Opara Edmundo Rodriguez CJ Sapong Mike Sorber Matt Taylor Ivan Trujillo Francisco Gomez Diego Gutierrez Stephane Auvray Roger Espinoza Brian Johnson Garth Lagerwey Tony Meola Uche Okafor Ryan Pore Soony Saad Igor Simutenkov Lance Watson Team totals Opponent totals

22 8 9 12 8 10 12 9 20 7 5 13 2 6 20 9 6 20 15 6 11 11 4 13 2 6 4 24 4 8 4 21 2 1 4 2 8 3 2 1 10 13 2 11 5 2 11 8 9 4 4 4 54 54

19 8 7 10 6 10 12 7 19 7 5 11 2 5 16 8 3 17 15 4 11 9 4 9 2 6 3 23 2 7 3 21 2 1 4 1 4 3 1 1 8 13 2 9 3 2 11 7 5 2 4 1 54 54

1776 716 608 842 611 882 986 636 1593 599 449 1046 178 407 1445 745 365 1592 1350 367 968 818 316 856 171 572 233 2090 212 639 220 1854 180 90 360 96 456 270 86 69 678 1154 163 777 322 180 980 632 431 189 308 142 4860 4860

9 7 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 69

10 4 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 68 69

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

51 16 12 24 31 17 14 15 25 18 13 19 4 6 25 10 8 39 2 9 15 2 4 9 7 3 1 14 6 3 9 3 3 4 2 1 11 5 3 1 10 3 1 11 6 0 0 0 11 6 7 0 670 592

1 9 3 1 11 8 9 2 5 3 1 1 54 54

90 810 270 90 980 720 810 180 450 270 90 90 4860 4860

Andy Gruenebaum Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Eric Kronberg Tony Meola Kevin Hartman Bo Oshoniyi Garth Lagerwey Mike Ammann Chris Snitko William Hesmer Jon Kempin Team totals Opponent totals

SHT

GAA

7 7 0.00 22 18 0.44 10 7 0.67 2 1 1.00 56 44 1.01 37 25 1.25 54 39 1.44 21 14 1.50 31 19 2.00 21 13 2.67 6 4 3.00 5 2 3.00 272 193 1.26 280 203 1.37

0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 8 6

UNITED CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (21-20-13) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Jaime Moreno Christian Gomez Marco Etcheverry Raul Diaz Arce Luciano Emilio Santino Quaranta Roy Wegerle Roy Lassiter John Harkes Carey Talley Danny Allsopp Ali Curtis Fabian Espindola Freddy Adu Bobby Convey Tony Sanneh A.J. Wood Jeff Agoos Alecko Eskandarian Joshua Gros Perry Kitchen Chris Rolfe Rodney Wallace Jairo Arrieta Bobby Boswell Abdul Thompson Conteh Nick DeLeon Mario Gori Julius James Alhaji Kamara Mark Lisi Ivan McKinley Shawn Medved Mike Petke Kyle Porter Hristo Stoichkov Bryan Namoff Richie Williams Marc Burch Brian Carroll Ben Olsen Chris Pontius Luis Silva Clyde Simms Chris Albright Chino Alegria Fred Adam Cristman Eric Denton Facundo Erpen Ivan Guerrero Brian Kamler Taylor Kemp Chris Korb Dema Kovalenko John Maessner Andy Najar Mark Simpson Mark Watson Craig Ziadie Team totals Opponent totals

26 14 16 8 8 14 3 4 6 8 2 6 4 10 9 5 6 10 6 12 10 3 5 1 15 3 9 3 3 1 3 4 3 6 1 2 16 16 6 13 16 12 4 18 4 4 6 1 3 5 1 6 5 8 6 5 5 5 2 2 54 54

22 13 15 8 7 9 2 4 4 6 1 1 4 7 9 5 4 10 5 12 10 3 5 1 15 2 9 2 2 0 1 4 2 5 1 0 16 16 4 13 13 11 3 18 3 3 3 1 2 5 1 4 5 8 5 3 5 4 2 2 54 54

1837 1015 1365 624 643 898 196 360 439 544 135 227 344 661 732 450 400 855 466 1048 900 254 450 66 1350 147 758 209 209 5 147 332 129 489 90 67 1451 1290 397 1170 1228 948 227 1451 302 262 346 71 139 406 90 374 405 664 465 287 405 405 180 178 4860 4860

8 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 74

8 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 69 68

37 34 33 24 18 18 5 8 9 4 6 10 12 11 12 8 7 12 8 9 1 4 4 3 6 6 11 2 3 1 2 7 1 2 2 2 3 7 3 6 17 12 4 9 8 2 2 0 1 3 0 6 1 1 8 5 4 0 0 0 592 670

Josh Wicks Bill Hamid Doug Warren Louis Crayton Zach Wells Joe Willis Nick Rimando Tom Presthus Scott Garlick Troy Perkins Steve Cronin Mark Simpson Jeff Causey Team totals Opponent totals

1 13 1 1 2 1 11 4 4 9 1 5 2 54 54

MIN SHTS 90 1170 100 90 180 90 1014 316 360 810 90 405 135 4860 4860

GAA

5 5 0.00 59 50 0.69 2 1 0.90 3 2 1.00 11 9 1.00 4 3 1.00 55 43 1.15 15 10 1.42 17 11 1.50 64 47 1.56 6 3 2.00 23 14 2.22 16 5 6.67 280 203 1.37 272 193 1.26

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 6 8

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. UNITED (20-21-13)

CURRENT UNITED VS. SPORTING KC (21-20-13)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Brad Evans Ike Opara Graham Zusi Khiry Shelton Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Gerso Fernandes Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Ilie Sanchez Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

12 6 13 5 15 11 1 3 3 1 12 54 54

10 5 11 2 15 9 1 2 3 1 12 54 54

921 457 1046 169 1350 777 90 204 270 90 1080 4860 4860

3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 69

3 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 68 69

8 3 19 2 2 11 4 8 0 0 8 670 592

Nick DeLeon Darren Mattocks Taylor Kemp Patrick Mullins Luciano Acosta Yamil Asad Steve Birnbaum Frederic Brillant Steve Clark Oniel Fisher Jared Jeffrey Kofi Opare David Ousted Team totals Opponent totals

9 4 5 4 1 1 3 2 4 3 3 3 7 54 54

9 1 5 2 1 1 3 2 4 3 3 3 7 54 54

758 156 405 215 77 90 270 180 360 209 270 270 630 4860 4860

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 74

0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 68

11 8 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 0 592 670

GOALKEEPER

MIN

GAA

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

3 54 54

270 4860 4860

10 7 0.67 272 193 1.26 280 203 1.37

0 8 6

27 16 1.43 20 11 2.25 280 203 1.37 272 193 1.26

1 1 6 8

SHT

GOALKEEPER

David Ousted Steve Clark Team totals Opponent totals

7 4 54 54

MIN SHTS 630 360 4860 4860

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. D.C. UNITED

2018 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Saturday, March 31, 2018 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 5 Sporting Kansas City 2-1-1, 7 points (1-1-0 home; 1-0-1 away) T-1st place in Western Conference D.C. United 0-2-2, 2 points (0-0-1 home; 0-2-1 away) 8th place in Eastern Conference

2-1-1 (7 pts.) 4 T-1st in West 9 2.25 9 9 2.25 0 67 (24) 35.8% 50 43 4 0

English TV: FOX Sports Kansas City + English Radio: ESPN 94.5 FM Spanish Radio: ESPN Deportes 1480 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:

Baldomero Toledo Apolinar Mariscal Peter Manikowski Ted Unkel Jorge Gonzalez

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 29 88 90 94

Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF MID FWD FWD MID FWD DEF DEF MID GK MID FWD MID DEF DEF DEF GK DEF FWD MID

Name Adrian Zendejas Amer Didic Ike Opara Brad Evans Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Yohan Croizet Diego Rubio Gerso Fernandes Gianluca Busio Khiry Shelton Seth Sinovic Graham Smith Roger Espinoza Eric Dick Cristian Lobato Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Emiliano Amor Colton Storm Jaylin Lindsey Tim Melia Matt Lewis Kharlton Belmar Jimmy Medranda

Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas uh-MEER JIDD-itch oh-PAR-ah

RECORD 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

D.C. UNITED 0-2-2 (2 pts.) 4 8th in East 5 1.25 4 9 2.25 -4 40 (14) 35.0% 49 49 6 0

2018 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

BEEZ-ler ILL-ee-eh gram ZOO-see CRAH-zay JER-soh jahn-LUKA BOO-see-oh KY-ree sin-OH-vick

loh-BAH-toe shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay ah-MORE

Felipe Gutierrez Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Russell, Salloi Gutierrez, Ilie Roger Espinoza Ilie Sanchez N/A

4 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 15 SHOTS 9 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 10 FOULS COMMITTED 8 FOULS SUFFERED 2 CAUTIONS 0 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 360 Tim Melia 2.25 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 0 Tim Melia 7

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

D.C. UNITED 2 Asad, Mattocks 1 Four Players 11 Darren Mattocks 4 Yamil Asad 0 N/A 0 N/A 6 Acosta, DeLeon 12 Yamil Asad 1 Six Players 0 N/A 360 2.25 0 0 9

David Ousted David Ousted David Ousted David Ousted David Ousted

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COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

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2018 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference 1. Columbus Crew SC 2. New York City FC 3. New York Red Bulls 4. Atlanta United FC 5. Philadelphia Union 6. New England Revolution 7. Montreal Impact 8. D.C. United 9. Orlando City SC 10. Chicago Fire 11. Toronto FC

Pts 10 10 6 6 4 4 3 2 1 0 0

W L T 3 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0

GD +5 +5 +6 +1 +2 -1 -1 -4 -3 -2 -3

GP 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 2

Western Conference 1. Sporting Kansas City 2. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3. Los Angeles FC 4. Minnesota United FC 5. FC Dallas 6. Houston Dynamo 7. LA Galaxy 8. Real Salt Lake 9. San Jose Earthquakes 10. Colorado Rapids 11. Portland Timbers 12. Seattle Sounders FC

Pts 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 1 1 0

W L T 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0

GD 0 -1 +5 -2 +3 +3 0 -3 0 -1 -5 -4

GP 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2

PETER VERMES 10th season 117-92-75 10th season (.544) 117-92-75 (.544)

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

BEN OLSEN 9th season 84-109-61 (.451) 9th season 84-109-61 (.451)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, March 29 QUESTIONABLE: • None OUT: • None

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 31, 2018 vs. D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvDC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvDC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC are in the midst of a barren streak against D.C. United across the last four seasons, going 0-3-3 since the start of the 2014 season. In contrast, the previous four seasons proved to be extremely fruitful for Sporting KC, posting a 7-1-1 record between 2010-13, including a 2-1-1 mark at RFK Stadium. The two sides last met in the 2017 season opener at RFK Stadium, with Tim Melia saving a first-half penalty from Marcelo Sarvas as the game finished 0-0. In 2016, when D.C. last paid a visit to Children’s Mercy Park on May 27, Ben Olsen’s side managed to secure a 1-0 victory behind Alhaji Kamara’s 86th-minute strike, despite Sporting KC outshooting their opponents 18-5. D.C. currently holds the edge in the all-time series between the two sides, having going 21-20-13, though Sporting KC holds a 14-8-5 home record against D.C., including a 4-2-0 record at Children’s Mercy Park.

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC leads the league in goals through the opening four weeks of the MLS season, scoring nine. Sporting KC has also conceded the joint most goals in the league with nine, tied with Saturday’s opponents D.C. United. • SKC leads MLS in shots through four weeks of the 2018 MLS season, taking 67 - 16 ahead of ATL’s 51. SKC is first with 24 shots on goal. • SKC ranks first so far in the 2018 MLS season in chances created, having produced 50 in the opening four matches. • SKC is fourth in MLS with 443 duels and 238 duels won, and is also fourth with 58 interceptions so far this year. • SKC is third in MLS this year with 1,861 passes and 1,503 successful passes, behind NYC and CLB.

Date

#DCvSKC: Recent Meetings (DC leads 21-20-13 in regular season)

03/04/2017 05/27/2016 05/09/2015 10/03/2014 08/23/2014

Score

KC 0 at DC 0 KC 0 vs DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 1 KC 0 at DC 0 KC 0 vs DC 3

Sporting KC Player Stats • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez is currently tied for the league-lead in MLS with four goals to his name, while he also leads the league with nine shots on goal on his 15 shots taken - which rank fourth in MLS. • Forward Daniel Salloi is tied for the lead in all of MLS with three assists so far this season, with two serving as game-winners versus the Chicago Fire and the San Jose Earthquakes. • Forward Johnny Russell is currently tied for fifth in all of MLS with 14 shots through four games. Russell is also second in MLS with 35 touches in the opponent’s box. • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez is tied for the league lead with 21 tackles 16 tackles won over the first four weeks of the MLS season. He also took part in 65 duels in the opening four games - fifth in MLS - winning 36 of them, which is tied for fifth in the league. • Defender Graham Zusi leads the league with 14 interceptions through the opening four games of the season. Zusi is also tied for third across all players in the league with 11 chances created. • Defender Matt Besler ranks tied for third in MLS with 23 clearances.

Result Details T L T T L

Tim Melia saves first-half penalty as opener ends scoreless Alhaji Kamara scores in the final five minutes Arrieta scores for D.C., Dwyer equalizes Neither side capitalize in even game Espindola, Rolfe and Kitchen win it for D.C.

#SKCvDC: PLAYER HISTORY • Midfielder Graham Zusi has one goal and four assists against D.C. United. He scored the game-winner and tallied an assist in a 2-1 win at Children’s Mercy Park on Aug. 11, 2012, while he also recorded the game-winning assist on March 10, 2010 at RFK Stadium. • Forward Khiry Shelton has one goal and three assists against D.C., all coming as a member of New York City FC in the 2016 season. He had a goal and an assist in a 2-0 NYC win on May 8, 2016 before tallying another two assists in a 3-2 victory on Sept. 1, 2016. • Defender Matt Besler’s first of three career goals was the game winner against D.C. United in a 1-0 win at RFK Stadium on Oct. 22, 2011. • Fellow center back Ike Opara has two goals against D.C. United, one coming as a member of the San Jose Earthquakes in 2010, with the other opening the scoring for Sporting KC in a 1-1 draw at RFK Stadium on May 19, 2013. • Defender Brad Evans has three goals and three assists against D.C., all coming with Seattle Sounders FC or the Columbus Crew. He scored the game-winner for Columbus on Oct. 26, 2008 before recording an assist for Seattle on June 17, 2009. He had another goal on May 4, 2011 and another assist on Sept. 17, 2011. Evans notched the game-winning assist on July 3, 2013 and scored his only goal of the 2017 season against D.C. on July 19, 2017. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 0-1-2 against D.C. United all-time, posting a 0.67 goals against average and one shutout - coming in last season’s 0-0 draw at RFK Stadium in the club’s season opener where he saved a first-half penalty.

D.C. United Team Stats • D.C. United’s nine goals conceded are tied with Sporting KC for the most in MLS. D.C. has allowed six of their nine goals in the first half of matches. • D.C. will play 12 of their first 14 regular season games on the road before their new home stadium, Audi Field, opens on July 14. • D.C. went 3-12-2 on the road in 2017, scoring 15 goals (0.88 per game) goals and conceding 40 (2.35 per game). D.C. United Player Stats • Forwards Yamil Asad and Darren Mattocks are tied for the team lead with two goals apiece. • Midfielder Luciano Acosta leads D.C. with five chances created and ranks sixth in MLS with 10 dribbles completed. • Midfielder Nick DeLeon leads D.C. in touches (286), duels won (26), tackles won (nine) and interceptions (six). • Defender Frederic Brillant leads MLS with 26 clearances.

#SKCvDC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi spent time in the U.S. Men’s National Team with D.C.’s Paul Arriola. Zusi also spent January camp in 2017 alongside D.C.’s Steve Birnbaum and Taylor Kemp, while Ike Opara played with Arriola in the 2018 January camp. • Foward Khiry Shelton played with D.C.’s Frederic Brillant at New York City FC from 2016-2017. Shelton also played with United forward Patrick Mullins at NYCFC from 2015-2016. • Forward Daniel Salloi and D.C. midfielder Zoltan Stieber are both from Hungary, and both spent time in their youth career with Ujpest FC, briefly overlapping in 2005 when Salloi was nine and Stieber was 17. • Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas was a part of Club Tijuana’s Academy while D.C.’s Paul Arriola was playing for the first team from 2014-2016. • Defender Emiliano Amor and D.C. United winger Yamil Asad are both on loan at their respective clubs from Velez Sarsfield in Argentina, having played there together from 2014-2016. • Defender Emiliano Amor and D.C. midfielder Luciano Acosta are both born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. • Defender Brad Evans and D.C. fullback Oniel Fisher were teammates at Seattle Sounders FC from 2015-2017. • Defender Brad Evans and D.C. defender Nick DeLeon were both born in Phoenix, Arizona. • Defender Jaylin Lindsey was a teammate of D.C. midfielder Chris Durkin with the U.S. U-17 National Team at the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship and the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. • D.C. United forward Dane Kelly spent the 2016 season with Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. • D.C. United’s Ian Harkes is the son of former U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder John Harkes, who played alongisde Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes on the USMNT from 1990-1997.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Defender Matt Besler is one regular-season start away from breaking a tie with Nick Garcia for second in Sporting KC history with 225. • Defender Seth Sinovic is one start away from reaching his 200th in all competitions for the club. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is one appearance shy of his 225th in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Forward Diego Rubio is two starts shy of his 25th in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is two starts away of his 200th in all competitions for the club.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

RUBIO RESCUES ROAD POINT

With Sporting Kansas City staring down the barrel of their second defeat of the 2018 MLS season, forward Diego Rubio provided the spark off the bench to rescue a point in the club’s 2-2 draw against the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Saturday night.

Sporting Kansas City is back at home this weekend for a matchup with fellow MLS charter member D.C. United at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night. Sporting KC is 1-1-0 at home so far in 2018, dropping their home opener to New York City FC on March 4 before defeating the San Jose Earthquakes 3-2 in their last home contest on March 17. Since the start of 2017, Sporting KC is 14-2-7 at Children’s Mercy Park in all competitions, including an 11-2-6 mark in MLS regular-season action. In 2017, Sporting KC picked up 36 of their 49 points at home, almost three quarters of the club’s total points that year. The game against San Jose snapped a three-game home winless and scoreless streak in emphatic fashion, with Sporting not scoring a goal or taking all three points since a 2-1 win over the LA Galaxy on September 24, 2017.

Rubio was sent on in place of Johnny Russell in the 88th minute with Sporting KC trailing by a 2-1 scoreline, and just three minutes after entering the fray, Rubio stroked home the equalizer to help Sporting KC pick up a point on the road. Felipe Gutierrez fed in a delightful entry pass to Gerso Fernandes, who in turn picked out Khiry Shelton inside the area. Rubio made an excellent run off Shelton, who rolled a sublime back-heel into his path and the Chilean fired beyond Tim Howard to make the final score 2-2.

Sporting Kansas City holds a 14-8-5 edge over D.C. United in home games since the two clubs entered Major League Soccer’s inaugural season in 1996. However, Sporting KC has dropped their last two matches at Children’s Mercy Park against D.C., suffering a 1-0 defeat on May 27, 2016 and a 3-0 loss on August 23, 2014.

Rubio’s appearance was his first for the club since starting the season-opening defeat to New York City FC on March 4. After being substituted 61 minutes into that game, the 24-year-old got minutes with the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. He started the Rangers’ final preseason match on March 10 before traveling to Nevada with the side for the season opener at Reno 1868 FC on March 17 - netting the Rangers’ first goal of the game in an eventual 4-3 victory.

Sporting KC will be looking to begin another long-standing home unbeaten streak, with the club recording a 24-game home unbeaten run that stretched from 2016 to 2017, only to be snapped by Vancouver Whitecaps FC on September 30, 2017. The streak began after that most recent home game against D.C. on May 27, 2016 and saw the club go 17-0-7 until late September in 2017.

The strike against the Rapids was Rubio’s eighth in MLS play for Sporting KC, all coming in the space of 15 starts and 1,403 minutes - a rate of 0.51 goals per 90 minutes or just over one goal every two games. The experience on Saturday in Commerce City, Colorado was a stark difference to his appearance at the same venue on July 16, 2016, where Rubio came on late with Sporting KC trailing by a goal, only to be denied what looked like a sure-fire penalty kick after being clipped by Jared Watts.

CAPITAL GAINS

Sporting Kansas City enters this Saturday’s match against D.C. United at Children’s Mercy Park looking for their first win against the side from the nationa’s capital since October 18, 2013. Since that victory at CMP, Sporting KC has gone a winless 0-3-3 against D.C. United, despite Sporting KC qualifying for the postseason each season and D.C. finishing on the foot of the Eastern Conference twice in those five years.

SALLOI RETURNS FROM NATIONAL TEAM FOLD

Sporting Kansas City Homegrown striker Daniel Salloi is back in Kansas City following his exploits in Europe with the Hungary Under-21 National Team in 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification over the last week. Salloi started two games for the Hungarians, recording an assist.

Last season, the two sides met for their respective season openers at RFK Stadium on March 4, 2017. Sporting KC outshot the hosts 15-9 but were unable to find a breakthrough, while it was D.C. United who had the best chance to win the game, only for Tim Melia to deny Marcelo Sarvas’ penalty kick in the first half to foreshadow what was a dominant season from Melia that saw him named 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. It was the first of three penalty saves on the year for Melia.

Following the 3-2 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on March 17, Salloi jetted off to Hungary to link up with the U-21 squad, starting in a 4-0 victory over Cyprus on Thursday, March 22 at Hidegkuti Nandor Stadion in Budapest. Salloi notched an assist with a cross to the far post that secured the second goal of the contest.

Sporting KC last hosted D.C. United at Children’s Mercy Park on May 27, 2016, suffering a 1-0 defeat in a weather-delayed match. Following a goalless first half, the match was delayed 60 minutes at halftime due to inclement weather. When the game resumed, it was D.C. United that found a late winner, with forward Alhaji Kamara netting just 33 seconds into his MLS debut in the 86th minute to allow D.C. to bring all three points with them back to the capital. That defeat sparked a 24-game home unbeaten streak for Sporting KC that was only halted on September 30, 2017.

Salloi took part in his second game of the international break on Monday, March 26, as Hungary fell to group-leaders Belgium at Den Dreef Stadium in Leuven. Salloi earned the start once again, but the Hungarian’s task was made difficult when Bence Toth was shown a straight red card in the 10th minute. Belgium would end up running out 3-0 winners as Salloi was withdrawn in the 51st minute of the match. In MLS play, Salloi already tops the MLS leaderboard with three assists to his name along with Houston’s Alberth Elis, LAFC’s Diego Rossi and NYC’s Jesus Medina - while his two game-winning assists are also tied for first with teammate Johnny Russell and Minnesota’s Miguel Ibarra.

D.C. United still holds a narrow edge over Sporting KC in the all-time series, going 21-20-13 since the first-ever meeting between the two sides on June 20, 1996 - a 5-1 Kansas City Wiz victory at Arrowhead Stadium and also the fourth birthday of the author of these game notes.

Salloi has already more than doubled his all-time MLS assist total, having set up two goals in his first full season with the club in 2017. He now has six goals and five assists in all competitions for the club, coming in just 15 starts.

GUTIERREZ CONTINUES TEAR

Sporting Kansas City Designated Player Felipe Gutierrez found the net for the fourth time in his last three games in the 2-2 draw with the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park last Saturday. With his goal in the 57th minute of the contest, Gutierrez became just the 10th player in MLS history, and only the second midfielder, to score four goals in his first four regular season appearances.

SHELTON & FERNANDES OFF AND RUNNING

Sporting Kansas City forward Khiry Shelton and winger Gerso Fernandes contributed their first assists of the season during Saturday night’s wild 2-2 draw with the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Fernandes and Shelton linked up to provide the chance for Diego Rubio’s eventual game-tying goal in the 91st minute.

After already producing game-winning performances over the Chicago Fire and San Jose Earthquakes on March 10 and 17, respectively, Gutierrez led the fightback on Saturday night. Roger Espinoza sent in a floated ball that found Yohan Croizet behind the Colorado defense, and after the Frenchman planted a header against the post, Gutierrez followed up to slam home the rebound and cut the Rapids’ lead to just one goal with 33 minutes remaining.

For Shelton, it was his first assist as a Sporting KC player having arrived in an offseason trade from New York City FC that saw defender Saad Abdul-Salaam head to the Big Apple. Shelton has started the last three games for Sporting KC after sitting out the season opener with a leg bruise, and picked a nifty moment to secure his first assist for the club. Earlier in the game, Shelton had played a key role in Felipe Gutierrez’s goal earlier in the match, shielding a defender and blocking Tim Howard’s view of the ball, allowing Gutierrez to fire into the corner.

The Chilean now leads Major League Soccer with four goals, tied at the summit with Atlanta United FC hotshot forward Josef Martinez who also has four so far on the nascent MLS season. While he was also named to the MLS Team of the Week for the third week running, Gutierrez also garnered Audi Player Index Performance of the Week honors.

Fernandes, who was Sporting KC’s leading goalscorer in 2017 with eight goals in MLS play and 10 in all competitions, recorded his first assist of the year after recording two a year ago. Fernandes is yet to start a game in 2018, serving as a super-sub - appearing in all four games and playing exactly 100 minutes off the bench for an average of 25 minutes per game.

Gutierrez currently leads MLS MLS with nine shots on goal on his 15 shots taken - which ranks fourth, while he is also tied for the league lead with 21 tackles and 16 tackles won over the first four weeks of the MLS season. He also took part in 65 duels in the opening four games - fifth in MLS - winning 36 of them, which is tied for fifth in the league.

The goal, which featured beautiful build-up and a clinical finish, was nominated for MLS Goal of the Week for Week 4 of the 2018 season. Including his time at New York City, Shelton now has six goals and 11 assists since being drafted in 2015, while Fernandes has eight goals and three assists in his MLS career.

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 31, 2018 vs. D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes GOALS CONTINUE TO FLOW

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

LOOKING TO EXTEND PLAYOFF STREAK

Over the last three matches, Sporting Kansas City has shown that the club has few issues finding the net in 2018, scoring nine goals across just three games after being shutout in the season opener against New York City FC.

Sporting KC is looking to continue it’s impressive streak of postseason appearances after becoming just the sixth club in MLS history to make at least seven straight trips to the MLS Cup Playoffs, while Manager Peter Vermes is now just the fourth coach to lead the same team to seven straight playoff appearances.

The two goals Sporting KC scored in their most recent outing - a 2-2 draw with the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park - saw the club perform a feat it had only done nine times prior - overturn a two-goal deficit on the road. The last time Sporting KC had done so, they escaped with a point from BBVA Compass Stadium following a 4-4 draw with the Houston Dynamo on April 25, 2015.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) Seattle Sounders FC 9 (2009-2017) *active LA Galaxy 8 (2009-2016) New York Red Bulls 8 (2010-2017) *active NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014) Sporting KC 7 (2011-2017) *active

March of 2018 has proved to be a historic month as the club has already scored a record amount of goals in the opening month of the MLS season. Never before has Sporting KC scored more than six in the month of March - with the club currently sitting on nine with one game left to play before the end of the month.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Peter Vermes Sporting KC 7 2011-2017 (active) Sigi Scmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

In addition, Sporting KC has now scored six goals across two back-to-back away games for the first time since 2007, marking just the 12th time in club history that has happened. Sporting KC scored just 10 goals in 17 away games last season, and has already bagged six with 15 road matches still to play in 2018. Sporting KC also scored multiple goals in both away games so far this year, having only done that twice in the 2017 season.

BESLER & ZUSI ON CUSP OF HISTORY

Sporting Kansas City defendes Matt Besler and Graham Zusi are set to match several records as they play their 10th straight season with the club.

VERMES VERBATIM

See below for Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes’ comments following the 2-2 draw with the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on March 24, 2018:

By playing in their 10th season with Sporting KC, Besler and Zusi match legendary midfielder Davy Arnaud for most seasons in club history. On a wider scale, only two other pro athletes have longer tenures in Kansas City: Kansas City Royals (MLB) outfielder Alex Gordon and Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) linebacker Tamba Hali.

Thoughts on his team’s performance: “My first reaction is that we had an incredible desire to get to the goal. We talked about that we were going to have the opportunity to go, go, go. We just had to get into the box. The fact that we scored two to get back into it was great. To get a point on the road is tremendous, but I really believe we deserved three points. I’m not happy necessarily with the two goals we gave up early. Outside of that, I thought we ruled the game away from home.”

Besler is set to reach some all-time milestones in 2018 as well. With another 11 starts in MLS regular-season play, Besler will become Sporting KC’s all-time appearance leader, overtaking Arnaud who currently sits on 240 appearances in MLS action. In addition, Besler is five starts and 325 minutes shy of overtaking current assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin as the club leader in each of those categories.

On the team’s comeback after trailing 2-0: “It was an incredible desire by the group — a good mentality, obviously. They believe in each other. They believe in what we’re doing. They know that we had a really poor first 15-20 minutes but outside of that, the rest of the game was ours.”

Zusi, who is second among all active MLS players in assists, can also rise up the charts this season, as his next assist will tie him for 24th most in MLS history, while his next game-winning assist will tie him with Jaime Moreno for eighth most in MLS history. Additionally, Zusi’s next game winning goal will break tie with Digital Takawira for seventh most in team history.

On Diego Rubio returning to the squad and scoring the equalizer: “As I told him a little while back, my mind is always open. For every player on the roster, as a coaching staff our objective is for all of them to be at the best of their ability. So when he’s coming into a game and he plays well and he does something, I’m the first guy that is going to be clapping for him. I was when he scored. It was a great finish. It was a great play by our team. It’s just a shame, because we should have easily walked away with three points. It was a good mentality by the group.”

VERMES ERA CONTINUES

Now in the midst of his 10th season at the helm of Sporting Kansas City, manager Peter Vermes is looking to guide his side to yet another postseason appearance and remain firmly in the hunt for silverware in 2018. Vermes is now the longest tenured coach that is actively coaching a team in Major League Soccer, having been in charge of Sporting KC since 2009 - one year longer than Ben Olsen has been running the show at D.C. United. Vermes became the longest tenured coach in MLS when former LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena took the U.S. National Team coaching gig in November 2016, having been in charge of the Galaxy since 2008. Vermes has guided Sporting KC to four titles under his watch, winning three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups in 2012, 2015 and 2017, and the MLS Cup in 2013. His trophy haul ranks as the second highest among active MLS coaches - only trailing the legendary Sigi Schmid, who is currently at the helm of the LA Galaxy. On a local level, Vermes’ 10 years with Sporting KC is the second longest tenure by a head coach in the history of major KC professional sports behind Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer Hank Stram, who served as Chiefs head coach from 1963-1974. Vermes has compiled a 146-107-85 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 18-5-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 117 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks third among all coaches in MLS history, trailing the Galaxy’s Schmid and Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley, and two ahead of Orlando City SC head coach Jason Kreis.

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 31, 2018 vs. D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. D.C. United: 20-21-13 Home games: 14-8-5 (47 GF, 32 GA) Road games: 6-13-8 (27 GF, 36 GA) Date 06/20/1996 07/31/1996 08/04/1996 06/21/1997 07/19/1997 08/31/1997 03/21/1998 08/26/1998 05/15/1999 06/26/1999 05/17/2000 06/10/2000 04/07/2001 06/16/2001 04/20/2002 06/15/2002 07/04/2002 08/10/2002 04/12/2003 05/17/2003 10/25/2003 05/15/2004 07/10/2004 04/30/2005 05/21/2005 07/09/2005 07/20/2005 05/13/2006 05/27/2006 06/24/2006 06/28/2006 04/14/2007 07/04/2007 10/05/2007 03/29/2008 08/02/2008 05/06/2009 09/09/2009 10/24/2009 03/27/2010 05/05/2010 08/21/2011 10/22/2011 03/10/2012 08/11/2012 04/05/2013 05/19/2013 10/18/2013 05/31/2014 08/23/2014 10/03/2014 05/09/2015 05/27/2016 03/04/2017

Score KC 5 vs DC 1 KC 3 at DC 2 KC 4 at DC 2 KC 6 vs DC 1 KC 3 vs DC 2 KC 0 at DC 2 KC 2 at DC 3 KC 1 vs DC 2 KC 3 vs DC 3 KC 0 at DC 3 KC 2 vs DC 0 KC 0 at DC 0 KC 2 at DC 3 KC 0 vs DC 3 KC 1 at DC 2 KC 2 vs DC 0 KC 2 vs DC 1 KC 0 at DC 0 KC 3 vs DC 2 KC 1 at DC 1 KC 1 at DC 1 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 0 vs DC 0 KC 2 at DC 3 KC 1 at DC 0 KC 1 vs DC 1 KC 1 at DC 2 KC 1 vs DC 3 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 2 vs DC 3 KC 4 at DC 2 KC 0 vs DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 1 KC 2 vs DC 0 KC 0 at DC 2 KC 1 vs DC 1 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 2 vs DC 2 KC 4 vs DC 0 KC 1 at DC 2 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 1 at DC 0 KC 1 at DC 0 KC 2 vs DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 1 at DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 0 vs DC 3 KC 0 at DC 0 KC 1 at DC 1 KC 0 vs DC 1 KC 0 at DC 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

106

7 5 6 44 13

Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Richie Williams Jaime Moreno

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Jimmy Nielsen Bo Oshoniyi Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi

8 8 37 22 32 37

Troy Perkins 5 Bill Hamid 5 Bill Hamid 5 Bill Hamid 50 Troy Perkins 14

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 3 7 4 7 6

D.C. UNITED

Six Players GOALS Four Players ASSISTS (10/22/11) Dwayne De Rosario SHOTS (9/9/09) Luciano Emilio SHOTS ON GOAL Three Players FOULS COMMITTED Etcheverry, Olsen FOULS SUFFERED

Five Players Chung, Preki Kei Kamara (10/22/11) Smith, Takawira Fabbro, Zotinca Six Players

9 Garth Lagerwey (8/4/96) 3 Nine Players

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(7/4/07) Troy Perkins (6/21/97) Jeff Causey

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 39 34 1 322 346 2 142 136 2 331 340 3 81 87 2 123 121 0

Total 74 670 280 674 170 244

D.C. UNITED Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 36 31 1 278 308 6 139 130 3 404 359 9 67 76 1 117 156 2

Total 68 592 272 772 144 275

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

KC 12 17 10 13 11 10 1 74 DC 7 15 14 10 13 8 1 68

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,448

CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS Dating back to April 2012 (including postseason)

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 127 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 121 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 18 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 127 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

157

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

9 Preki 10 Preki 51 Preki 25 Preki 33 Kerry Zavagnin 45 Davy Arnaud

Result Location W Arrowhead Stadium W RFK Stadium W RFK Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L RFK Stadium L RFK Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium SOL Arrowhead Stadium L RFK Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T RFK Stadium L RFK Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L (OT) RFK Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) RFK Stadium W (OT) Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) RFK Stadium T (2OT) RFK Stadium L RFK Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L RFK Stadium W RFK Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L RFK Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L RFK Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium W RFK Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium W CommunityAmerica Ballpark L RFK Stadium T CommunityAmerica Ballpark L RFK Stadium T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W CommunityAmerica Ballpark L RFK Stadium W Livestrong Sporting Park W RFK Stadium W RFK Stadium W Livestrong Sporting Park W Sporting Park T RFK Stadium W Sporting Park L RFK Stadium L Sporting Park T RFK Stadium T RFK Stadium L Children’s Mercy Park T RFK Stadium

D.C. UNITED

105.3 5

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

262

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 157 matches played at the stadium

2 2 9 5 7 6 9 6

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 31, 2018 vs. D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Kenwyne Jones (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)

Cameron Iwasa (Option Declined - Nov. 27, 2017)

Alexander Tambakis (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)

Soni Mustivar (Option Declined - Nov. 27, 2017)

Khiry Shelton (Trade - Dec. 14, 2017)

Erik Palmer-Brown (Out of Contract - Nov. 27, 2017)

Yohan Croizet (Transfer - Dec. 15, 2017)

Cameron Porter (Retired - Nov. 27, 2017)

Zach Wright (Signed as Homegrown Player - Jan. 17, 2018)

Kevin Oliveira (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)

Emiliano Amor (Loan - Jan. 18, 2018)

Tyler Pasher (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)

Matt Lewis (Signed as Homegrown Player - Jan. 22, 2018)

Latif Blessing (Expansion Draft - Dec. 12, 2017)

Johnny Russell (Transfer - Jan. 31, 2018)

Saad Abdul-Salaam (Trade - Dec. 14, 2017)

Felipe Gutierrez (Signing - Feb. 6, 2018)

Kenwyne Jones (Retired - Dec. 31, 2017)

Eric Dick (SuperDraft - Feb. 15, 2018)

Alexander Tambakis (Option Declined - Dec. 31, 2017)

Graham Smith (SuperDraft - Feb. 15, 2018)

Benny Feilhaber (Trade - Jan. 3, 2018)

Brad Evans (Signed as Free Agent - Feb. 20, 2018)

Andrew Dykstra (Trade - Feb. 8, 2018) Soony Saad (Waived - Feb. 8, 2018) Kevin Ellis (Waived - Feb. 27, 2018) Zach Wright (Waived - Feb. 27, 2018) James Musa (Waived - March 1, 2018)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Nov. 27: OUT Sporting KC declines options on D Tyler Pasher, M Soni Mustivar, M Kevin Oliveira and F Cameron Iwasa. Additionally, D Erik Palmer-Brown and F Cameron Porter (later retires) are out of contract. Dec. 10: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires GK Alexander Tambakis and F Kenwyne Jones from Atlanta United FC (MLS) in exchange for D Tyler Pasher and M Kevin Oliveira. Dec. 12: OUT Sporting KC has F Latif Blessing selected by Los Angeles Football Club (MLS) in the MLS Expansion Draft. Dec. 14: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires F Khiry Shelton from New York City FC (MLS) in exchange for D Saad Abdul-Salaam. Dec. 15: IN Sporting KC signs M Yohan Croizet as a Designated Player in a transfer from KV Mechelen (Belgium). Dec. 31: OUT Sporting KC has F Kenwyne Jones retire and declines option on GK Alexander Tambakis. Jan. 3: OUT Sporting KC acquires $400,000 in Allocation Money from Los Angeles Football Club (MLS) in exchange for M Benny Feilhaber. Jan. 17: IN Sporting KC signs F Zach Wright as a Homegrown Player from the University of North Carolina (NCAA). Jan. 18: IN Sporting KC signs D Emiliano Amor on loan from from Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) Jan. 22: IN Sporting KC signs D Matt Lewis as a Homegrown Player from Fordham University (NCAA). Jan. 31: IN Sporting KC acquires F Johnny Russell in a transfer from Derby County FC (England). Feb. 6: IN Sporting KC signs M Felipe Gutierrez as a Designated Player. Feb. 8: OUT Sporting KC acquires a 2020 MLS SuperDraft Second Round Pick from the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for GK Andrew Dykstra. Feb. 8: OUT Sporting KC waives F Soony Saad. Feb. 13: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires $100,000 in General Allocation Money from the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for a 2018 international roster spot. Feb. 15: IN Sporting KC signs MLS SuperDraft First-Round selections GK Eric Dick and D Graham Smith. Feb. 20: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Brad Evans as a free agent. Feb. 27: OUT Sporting KC waives D Kevin Ellis and F Zach Wright. March 1: OUT Sporting KC waives M James Musa.

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)

Signings

2011

Trades

Homegrown Players

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Swope Park Rangers

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2013

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

2015

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15)

2016

Ike Opara (12/12/12)

Diego Rubio (3/8/16)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

2017

Colton Storm (14th)

Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Cristian Lobato (6/29/17)

Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)

2018

Eric Dick (13th) Graham Smith (18th)

Yohan Croizet (12/15/17) Emiliano Amor (1/18/18) Johnny Russell (1/31/18) Felipe Gutierrez (2/6/18) Brad Evans (2/20/18)

Khiry Shelton (12/14/17)

Jaylin Lindsey (1/1/18) Matt Lewis (1/22/18)

Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16) Amer Didic (5/31/17) Kharlton Belmar (9/15/17)

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 31, 2018 vs. D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2018 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

SUNDAY, MARCH 4

NEW YORK CITY FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, March 10

at Chicago Fire

MLS

4-3

Gutierrez (2), Russell, Medranda

SATURDAY, MARCH 17

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

3-2

Ilie, Zusi, Gutierrez

Saturday, March 24

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

2-2

Gutierrez, Rubio

SATURDAY, MARCH 31

D.C. UNITED

MLS