Game Notes: Sporting KC at Chicago Fire | March 10, 2018 by Sporting Kansas City

CHICAGO FIRE vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY TOYOTA PARK, Bridgeview, Ill. 5 p.m. CT (FS-KC)

Saturday, March 10, 2018 (Week 2, MLS Game #14)

CHICAGO FIRE 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A MF 6-0 170 06/08/1993 Milwaukee, WI 22 21 1 7 79 72 3 9 2 Matt Polster 3 Brandon Vincent DF 5-11 180 05/01/1994 Los Angeles, CA 27 26 2 5 53 50 2 8 4 Johan Kappelhof DF 5-11 165 08/05/1990 Amsterdam, Netherlands 33 33 0 4 66 64 0 4 6 Dax McCarty MF 5-9 150 04/30/1987 Winter Park, FL 28 28 0 5 303 273 19 51 Michael de Leeuw FW 5-10 150 10/07/1986 Goirle, Netherlands 30 26 3 8 48 43 10 11 8 9 Luis Solignac FW 6-0 171 02/16/1991 Buenos Aires, Argentina 33 26 7 4 79 64 12 8 Aleksandar Katai MF 6-0 155 02/06/1991 Srbobran, Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 Tony Tchani MF 6-4 185 04/13/1989 Bafang, Cameroon 27 26 4 1 199 169 14 22 13 Brandt Bronico MF 5-8 155 06/20/1995 High Point, NC 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 Djordje Mihailovic MF 5-10 153 11/10/1998 Jacksonville, FL 17 7 1 2 17 7 1 2 15 Grant Lillard DF 6-4 195 12/05/1995 Hinsdale, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Jonathan Campbell DF 6-2 190 06/27/1993 Greensboro, NC 24 8 0 0 57 38 1 1 17 Diego Campos FW 5-10 170 10/01/1995 San Jose, Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Drew Conner MF 5-11 165 02/18/1994 Cary, IL 21 8 0 1 21 8 0 1 19 Mo Adams MF 5-6 165 09/23/1996 Nottingham, England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Daniel Johnson MF 5-9 140 09/08/1995 Duluth, GA 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 22 Jon Bakero FW 6-3 165 11/05/1996 Sitges, Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Nemanja Nikolic FW 5-11 176 12/31/1987 Senta, Yugoslavia 34 34 24 4 34 34 24 4 Jorge Corrales DF 5-9 150 05/20/1991 Pinar del Rio, Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 26 Christian Dean DF 6-3 200 03/14/1993 East Palo Alto, TX 6 5 0 0 15 9 0 0 27 Rafael Ramos DF 5-7 148 01/09/1995 Santa Marinha, Portugal 2 1 0 0 39 37 0 5 28 Elliot Collier FW 6-4 180 02/22/1995 Hamilton, New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Stefan Cleveland GK 6-2 185 05/25/1994 Dayton, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger MF 6-0 175 08/01/1984 Kolbermoor, West Germany 24 23 3 6 24 23 3 6 Richard Sanchez GK 6-3 197 04/05/1994 Mission Hills, CA 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 45 HEAD COACH : Veljko Paunovic

08/21/1977 W23 L28 T17

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 2 Amer Didic DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 1 1 0 0 118 92 12 3 3 Ike Opara 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 1 1 0 0 227 221 3 15 5 Matt Besler MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 1 1 0 0 34 34 0 2 6 Ilie Sanchez 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 168 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 Graham Zusi DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 1 1 0 0 219 179 26 56 Yohan Croizet MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 11 Diego Rubio FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 1 1 0 0 32 15 7 2 12 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 1 0 0 0 33 26 8 2 13 Gianluca Busio FW 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Khiry Shelton FW 6-3 191 06/26/1993 Carson, CO 0 0 0 0 54 23 6 10 14 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 185 178 1 9 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 1 1 0 0 191 171 5 23 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 1 0 0 0 23 12 3 2 21 Felipe Gutierrez MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 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 26 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-8 155 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 1 1 0 0 88 87 0 0 Matt Lewis DF 6-2 165 08/01/1996 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 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 1 0 0 0 75 54 3 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W115 L92 T74

CHICAGO FIRE vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY Saturday, March 10; Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Ill., 5 p.m. CT REFEREES

2018 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Fire 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 at home 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 Sporting on road

REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero. AR1 (bench): Jeremy Hanson; AR2 (opposite): Logan Brown; 4th: Fotis Bazakos; VAR: Dave Gantar TEAM NEWS

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

SUSPENDED: HOU: Tomas Martinez (through March 4) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: none

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Fire 26 wins (1 shootout), 88 goals … Sporting 15 wins (0 shootout), 62 goals … Ties 11

DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

AT CHICAGO: Fire 18 wins (0 shootout), 48 goals … Sporting 4 wins (0 shootout), 22 goals … Ties 2 LAST YEAR (MLS): 7/29: KC 3, CHI 2 (Salloi 23; Feilhaber 46+; Blessing 51 -- own goal 28; Accam 78)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES EASTERN CONF. KNOCKOUT ROUND CHICAGO FIRE 0 NEW YORK RED BULLS 4 Scoring Summary: NYR--Wright-Phillips 1 (Perrinelle 1) 7 NYR--Kljestan 1 (Adams 1, Wright-Phillips 1) 11 NYR--Royer 1 (Davis 1) 70 NYR--Veron 1 (Kljestan 1) 87

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING FIRE Sat. Mar. 17 San Jose Sat. Mar. 17 at Minnesota Sat. Mar. 24 at Colorado Sat. Mar. 31 Portland Sat. Mar. 31 D.C. United Sat. Apr. 7 Columbus Sun. Apr. 8 at LA Galaxy Sat. Apr. 14 Los Angeles

CHICAGO FIRE--Matt Lampson, Matt Polster, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira (Arturo Alvarez 70), Brandon Vincent, Luis Solignac, Djordje Mihailovic (Bastian Schweinsteiger 65), Juninho (David Arshakyan 70), Dax McCarty, David Accam, Nemanja Nikolic.

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

FIRE

F 0

A 0

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 0

A 2 45

1 1 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0

HOW SCORED

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER TYPE OF PLAY

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 0 NEW YORK CITY FC 2 Scoring Summary: NYC--Moralez 1 (Villa 1, Medina 1) 32 NYC--Medina 1 (Sweat 1, Herrera 1) 53 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Cristian Lobato (Jimmy Medranda 73), Felipe Gutierrez, Ilie Sanchez, Roger Espinoza, Yohan Croizet (Gerso Fernandes 57), Diego Rubio (Daniel Salloi 62), Johnny Russell.

DISTANCE

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA (W-L-T) CHI KC

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

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

TEAM LEADERS FIRE

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

CHICAGO FIRE Date Score (Gms since) 10/15/2017 CHI 3, PHI 2 9/27/2017 CHI 4, SJ 1 8/26/2017 CHI 1, MIN 2 10/22/2017 CHI 0, HOU 3 9/30/2017 CHI 1, NYC 1 9/16/2017 CHI 3, DC 0 10/22/2017 CHI 0, HOU 3

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Fire Sporting KC

(0) (1) (4) (0) (2) (5) (0)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 9/24/2017 KC 2, LA 1 6/24/2017 KC 2, LA 1 3/04/2018 KC 0, NYC 2 10/22/2017 KC 1, RSL 2 10/15/2017 KC 0, HOU 0 10/15/2017 KC 0, HOU 0 3/04/2018 KC 0, NYC 2

(3) (7) (0) (0) (2) (2) (0)

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG CHI 0.00 KC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG CHI 2.00 KC 1 0 0 1 0 0 2

SPORTING G: 0 A: 0 SHT: 5 Russell SOG: 2 Gutierrez FC: 2 Sanchez FS: 3 Russell OF: 1 3 players tied C: 0 E: 0

GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 CHI KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 CHI KC 2 0 0 1 1 0 0

2018 CHICAGO FIRE STATISTICS (0-0-0, 0 pts.) UNF

POS

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None CHICAGO FIRE GOALKEEPING UNF

POS

GOALKEEPER

MIN SHTS

GAA

2018 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (0-1-0, 0 pts.) UNF 19 20 11 21 12 8 3 6 94 7 5 17 29 10

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

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

GP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

GS 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1

MIN 73 29 61 90 33 90 90 90 17 90 90 90 90 57

G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

1 1

90 90

GP 1 1 1

GS 1 1 1

MIN SHTS 90 5 90 5 90 3

A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 2

SOG 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0

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

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

CK 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

4 0

11 18

5 3

14 8

8 14

2 3

3 9

3 0

1 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

SV 3 3 3

GA 2 2 0

GAA 2 2 0

PG 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0

W 0 0 1

L 1 1 0

T 0 0 0

SO 0 0 1

CHICAGO FIRE 2018 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr.

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

Apr. May May May May May

Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat.

May June June June June June

Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.

July July July July July Aug.

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

Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep.

Sat. Sun. Sun. Sun.

Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct.

OPPONENT RESULT 10 Sporting KC 17 at Minnesota 31 Portland 7 Columbus 14 Los Angeles 21 at New York Red Bulls 28 at Toronto FC 5 Atlanta 9 Montreal 12 at Columbus 20 Houston 26 at Orlando City SC 30 at Philadelphia 2 San Jose 9 New England 13 at Colorado 23 at Seattle 30 New York City FC 7 at Vancouver 11 Philadelphia 14 at FC Dallas 21 Toronto FC 28 at Toronto FC 4 at Real Salt Lake 11 New York Red Bulls 18 at Montreal 25 Columbus 16 Orlando City SC 22 at New England 26 at New York City FC 29 Los Angeles FC 7 at D.C. United 21 at Atlanta 28 D.C. United

ATT

W-L-T

POS PTS NOTES:

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

Mar. Mar. Mar. 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.

OPPONENT RESULT 4 New York City L 0-2 FC 10 at Chicago 17 San Jose 24 at Colorado 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

ATT 20831

W-L-T 0-1-0

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

FIRE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2018)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2018)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2018)

Goals

Shots

Assists

Shots on Goal

Shots

Fouls Committed

Shots on Goal

Fouls Suffered

Fouls Committed

Corner Kicks

Fouls Suffered

Offside

Corner Kicks

Saves

Offside

Shots Faced

Saves

Goals Allowed

Shots Faced Goals Allowed

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2018)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2018)

Goals 0 28 times Assists 0 28 times Shots 5 Johnny Russell Shots on Goal 2 Felipe Gutierrez Fouls Committed 2 Ilie Sanchez Fouls Suffered 3 Johnny Russell Offside 1 Daniel Salloi 1 Diego Rubio 1 Graham Zusi Saves 3 Tim Melia Shots Faced 5 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 2 Tim Melia

Goals 0 03/04/2018 at Assists 0 03/04/2018 at Shots 18 03/04/2018 at Shots on Goal 3 03/04/2018 at Fouls Committed 8 03/04/2018 at Fouls Suffered 14 03/04/2018 at Corner Kicks 9 03/04/2018 at Offside 3 03/04/2018 at Saves 3 03/04/2018 at Shots Faced 5 03/04/2018 at Goals Allowed 2 03/04/2018 at

03/04/2018 at NYC

L 0-2

03/04/2018 at NYC

L 0-2

03/04/2018 at NYC

L 0-2

03/04/2018 at NYC

L 0-2

03/04/2018 at NYC

L 0-2

03/04/2018 at NYC

L 0-2

03/04/2018 at NYC 03/04/2018 at NYC 03/04/2018 at NYC

L 0-2 L 0-2 L 0-2

03/04/2018 at NYC

L 0-2

03/04/2018 at NYC

L 0-2

03/04/2018 at NYC

L 0-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2018)

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

Shots 18 03/04/2018 at Shots on Goal 3 03/04/2018 at Fouls Committed 8 03/04/2018 at Fouls Suffered 14 03/04/2018 at Corner Kicks 9 03/04/2018 at Offside 3 03/04/2018 at Saves 3 03/04/2018 at Shots Faced 5 03/04/2018 at

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

NYC

L 0-2

HEAD-TO-HEAD

SPORTING KC VS FIRE ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Fire

Fire 26 wins, 89 goals Sporting KC 15 wins, 62 goals 11 ties 4/8/1998 6/24/1998 8/29/1998 9/17/1998 3/27/1999 5/22/1999 8/5/1999 8/25/1999 3/25/2000 6/4/2000 10/15/2000 5/19/2001 7/4/2001 8/14/2002 8/31/2002 4/26/2003 6/21/2003 7/26/2003 4/3/2004 5/8/2004 9/1/2004 6/18/2005 8/10/2005 8/19/2005 10/1/2005 5/6/2006 6/17/2006 7/4/2006 8/16/2006 4/21/2007 8/22/2007 8/25/2007 4/20/2008 7/27/2008 10/5/2008 4/18/2009 8/16/2009 5/15/2010 10/12/2010 3/26/2011 6/9/2011 5/12/2012 6/29/2012 9/28/2012 3/16/2013 7/7/2013 8/23/2013 5/18/2014 7/6/2014 10/10/2014 5/3/2015 7/13/2016 7/29/2017

KC 1 vs CHI CHI 4 vs KC CHI 3 at KC CHI 1 vs KC CHI 3 at KC CHI 3 vs KC CHI 2 at KC CHI 2 vs KC KC 4 vs CHI CHI 3 vs KC KC 1 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC CHI 7 at KC CHI 5 vs KC KC 2 vs CHI CHI 3 at KC KC 4 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC KC 0 vs CHI KC 2 vs CHI CHI 3 vs KC CHI 1 vs KC KC 3 at CHI KC 3 vs CHI CHI 1 at KC KC 1 vs CHI KC 3 vs CHI CHI 1 vs KC CHI 3 vs KC CHI 2 vs KC KC 3 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC KC 1 at CHI KC 0 vs CHI KC 1 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC CHI 2 at KC KC 2 vs CHI KC 2 at CHI CHI 3 vs KC KC 0 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC CHI 1 at KC KC 2 vs CHI KC 0 vs CHI KC 2 at CHI CHI 1 vs KC CHI 2 vs KC KC 1 vs CHI KC 2 vs CHI KC 1 vs CHI CHI 1 vs KC KC 3 vs CHI

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

CHI SOW

(KC) (SF) (KC) (SF) (KC) (SF) (KC) (SF) (KC) (SF) (DC) (SF) (KC) (NC) (KC) (KC) (KC) (NC) (KC) (KC) (SF) (SF) (SF) (KC) (KC) (KC) (KC) (TP) (TP) (TP) (KC) (TP) (TP) (CA) (CA) (TP) (CA) (CA) (TP) (TP) (SP) (TP) (SP) (SP) (SP) (TP) (TP) (TP) (SP) (SP) (SP) (TP) (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 45 313 136 371 75 108

2 43 321 139 365 89 134

Sporting KC

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 88 634 275 736 164 242

1 31 314 137 335 53 116

2 31 373 137 363 48 146

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 62 687 274 698 101 262

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: CHI KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

14 10

13 8

15 11

15 9

14 11

17 13

0 0

88 62

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes Veljko Paunovic

vs. CHI vs. KC

6-7-4 1-1-0

(1.29 pts./game) (1.5 pts./game)

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

9 8 48 20 45 42 15 4 8 94 26

Fire Ante Razov Justin Mapp Ante Razov Ante Razov Gonzalo Segares Justin Mapp Zach Thornton Zach Thornton Zach Thornton Zach Thornton Zach Thornton

5 10 43 18 38 40 3 6 3 40 24

Sporting KC Sealy/Wolff Preki Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Kerry Zavagnin Davy Arnaud 3 times Tony Meola Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Fire 2 7 players tied 2 10 players tied 9 Damani Ralph (07/26/03) 4 6 players tied 6 4 players tied 7 Blanco/Ralph 1 18 players tied 10 Zach Thornton (06/21/03) 4 Sutton/Thornton

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

Sporting KC 2 6 players tied 3 Preki (06/21/03) 8 Kei Kamara (06/29/12) 4 6 6 1 9

4 players tied Alex Zotinca (04/03/04) 6 players tied 10 players tied Tony Meola (07/26/03)

7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/01)

W-L-T Breakdowns: Chicago Fire 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)

Sporting Kansas City W-L-T

Streak (started)

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

9 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ls

(05/17/2017) (09/30/2017) (10/22/2017)

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

1 Ls (10/11/2017) 1 Ts (10/15/2017) 3 Ls (08/12/2017)

0-0-0 0-0-0

2 Ls 1 Ws

(09/23/2017) (10/15/2017)

0-1-0 0-0-0

3 Ls (09/30/2017) 1 Ls (10/11/2017)

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

2 Ls 1 Ts 1 Ls 4 Ws 5 Ws

(08/16/2017) (09/30/2017) (07/29/2017) (04/15/2017) (05/13/2017)

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

1 2 3 6 0

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

5 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ws 7 Ls 1 Ls

(06/10/2017) (09/30/2017) (10/15/2017) (04/21/2017) (03/18/2017)

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

1 Ts (10/15/2017) 1 Ts (10/07/2017) 3 Ls (10/11/2017) 0 0 -

Ls Ls Ws Ws -

(03/04/2018) (10/11/2017) (06/24/2017) (04/09/2017) -

FIRE CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (26-15-11) PLAYER

MIN

Ante Razov Justin Mapp Peter Nowak Diego Gutierrez Hristo Stoichkov Josh Wolff Mike Magee Chad Barrett Dema Kovalenko Brian McBride Marco Pappa Chris Rolfe Cuauhtemoc Blanco Roman Kosecki Andy Williams Thiago Andy Herron Nate Jaqua Damani Ralph Lubos Kubik Jesse Marsch Jerzy Podbrozny Evan Whitfield DaMarcus Beasley Jamar Beasley Carlos Bocanegra Lubos Reiter Eric Wynalda David Accam Mike Banner C.J. Brown Craig Capano Calen Carr Diego Chaves Jim Curtin Sergi Daniv Michael de Leeuw Sebastian Grazzini Hunter Jumper Julio Martinez Dominic Oduro Orlando Perez Gaston Puerari Dasan Robinson Dipsy Selolwane Chris Armas Ivan Guerrero Kelly Gray Patrick Nyarko Logan Pause David Vaudreuil Jalil Anibaba Razvan Cocis Wilman Conde Alex Patrick Doody Sam George Frank Klopas Ritchie Kotschau Jeff Larentowicz Andrew Lewis Dax McCarty Tony Sanneh Gonzalo Segares Zach Thornton Michael Videira Brandon Vincent Team totals Opponent totals

14 20 11 19 6 9 4 9 6 4 7 18 6 5 5 8 5 10 6 9 20 8 10 9 1 4 2 2 3 3 29 3 8 2 14 2 2 1 2 1 5 5 2 10 1 21 10 8 15 29 2 7 1 4 7 1 4 4 3 6 6 1 4 20 23 2 1 52 52

13 19 11 18 5 5 4 5 6 2 6 17 6 4 5 7 2 7 5 9 16 6 9 7 1 4 1 1 2 0 29 0 1 1 14 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 2 8 0 21 9 6 11 25 0 7 1 3 5 1 3 2 2 6 3 1 2 20 22 2 1 52 52

1134 1476 953 1606 336 503 360 415 539 270 506 1273 530 325 426 621 288 615 474 810 1485 568 815 640 90 360 80 100 214 70 2536 36 209 108 1260 71 179 80 101 45 300 368 145 724 19 1878 825 549 1002 2250 35 630 90 297 361 90 252 189 180 540 338 90 201 1764 1995 173 90 4680 4680

9 6 4 8 4 5 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 1 4 0 3 2 3 0 2 4 2 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 89 106 62 70

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

48 28 21 18 18 17 11 22 9 6 24 31 11 10 14 13 7 17 22 11 14 13 5 10 4 2 2 3 4 2 5 1 3 2 5 2 2 4 2 1 6 4 2 7 2 5 4 5 13 5 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 2 3 6 0 1 0 10 0 1 0 634 687

1 12 7 1 2 23 3 2 1 1 1 52 52

90 1080 630 90 180 1995 165 180 90 90 90 4680 4680

David Mahoney Sean Johnson Jon Busch D.J. Countess Henry Ring Zach Thornton Matt Pickens Andrew Dykstra Paolo Tornaghi Matt Lampson Greg Sutton Team totals Opponent totals

SHT

GAA

2 2 0.00 52 41 0.83 36 29 1.00 3 2 1.00 10 7 1.00 123 94 1.17 10 6 1.64 18 12 2.00 2 0 2.00 9 6 3.00 9 4 4.00 274 203 1.19 275 181 1.69

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 7

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. FIRE (15-26-11) PLAYER

MIN

Josh Wolff Scott Sealy Preki Graham Zusi Mo Johnston Dom Dwyer Chris Klein Davy Arnaud Jose Burciaga Jr. Kei Kamara Sasha Victorine Teal Bunbury Jimmy Conrad Benny Feilhaber Chris Henderson Jack Jewsbury Michael Harrington Dario Fabbro Gary Glasgow Eddie Johnson Daniel Salloi Matt Besler Latif Blessing Chris Brown Mark Chung Bobby Convey Francisco Gomez Carlos Marinelli Pete Marino Miklos Molnar Paulo Nagamura Igor Simutenkov Alex Zotinca Claudio Lopez Diego Gutierrez Paul Rideout Kerry Zavagnin Jalil Anibaba Jake Dancy Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Herculez Gomez Brian Johnson Chance Myers Uche Okafor Ryan Raybould Brian Roberts Diego Rubio Refik Sabanadzovic C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Ryan Smith Vitalis Takawira Team totals Opponent totals

17 10 17 14 10 7 20 22 13 7 13 8 20 9 6 18 12 3 2 6 1 15 1 11 4 1 9 2 2 1 6 5 7 3 9 3 22 1 1 4 14 3 7 10 6 3 3 1 4 9 9 1 5 52 52

17 7 15 11 10 5 18 22 13 7 12 4 20 9 5 11 9 2 1 6 1 14 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 1 5 5 6 3 7 2 21 1 0 3 12 2 3 9 6 3 1 1 3 6 9 1 5 52 52

1448 605 1339 1023 858 470 1583 1927 1125 594 1090 411 1791 723 451 1089 920 170 117 523 73 1284 83 472 339 78 415 68 66 80 465 329 498 261 641 187 1857 90 45 293 1020 194 340 815 540 206 116 90 286 569 797 90 368 4680 4680

SHT

GOALKEEPER

5 3 5 2 4 10 4 2 4 0 3 0 2 5 2 4 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 62 70 89 106

35 11 37 19 18 24 34 43 19 26 12 20 14 11 4 15 5 3 2 13 4 4 4 10 7 1 13 1 3 2 8 7 6 8 10 5 14 0 0 2 15 5 6 9 1 1 2 3 1 18 3 5 1 687 634

Andy Gruenebaum William Hesmer Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Eric Kronberg Kevin Hartman Mike Ammann Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi Chris Snitko David Winner Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 3 10 3 8 3 11 11 2 2 52 52

MIN SHTS 90 90 270 877 202 720 270 982 818 180 180 4680 4680

GAA

6 6 0.00 3 2 1.00 8 6 1.00 40 30 1.03 11 5 1.34 47 36 1.38 15 9 1.67 65 40 2.20 58 35 2.31 12 7 2.50 10 5 2.50 275 181 1.69 274 203 1.19

0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 2

CURRENT FIRE VS. SPORTING KC (26-15-11) PLAYER

MIN

Dax McCarty Tony Tchani Michael de Leeuw Luis Solignac Brandon Vincent Jonathan Campbell Daniel Johnson Johan Kappelhof Nemanja Nikolic Matt Polster Rafael Ramos Bastian Schweinsteiger Team totals Opponent totals

19 12 2 6 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 52 52

16 10 2 5 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 52 52

1481 908 179 401 90 91 13 91 90 270 180 89 4680 4680

GOALKEEPER

MIN

Team totals Opponent totals

52 52

4680 4680

SHT

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. FIRE (15-26-11) A

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

1 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 106 62 70

11 8 2 9 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 634 687

Graham Zusi Khiry Shelton Daniel Salloi Matt Besler Ike Opara Roger Espinoza Diego Rubio Seth Sinovic Brad Evans Cristian Lobato Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Ilie Sanchez Team totals Opponent totals

14 5 1 15 5 14 1 10 8 1 2 3 1 52 52

11 3 1 14 3 12 1 9 7 0 1 3 1 52 52

1023 313 73 1284 348 1020 90 818 630 17 97 270 90 4680 4680

GAA

274 203 1.19 275 181 1.69

2 7

GOALKEEPER

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

3 52 52

MIN SHTS 270 4680 4680

SHT

4 2 2 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 70 89 106

19 8 4 4 4 15 3 3 4 1 2 0 1 687 634

GAA

8 6 1.00 275 181 1.69 274 203 1.19

0 7 2

Information © 2018 Chicago Fire Soccer Club Chicago Fire (0-0-0, 0 points) vs. Sporting Kansas City (0-1-0, 0 points) MLS Regular Season | Fire Game #1 | Home Game #1 Saturday, March 10 | Toyota Park | 5 p.m. CT FIRE FLASHES 2018 Record/Home/Away …………………………..……. 0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 2017 Record/Home/Away ………………………….... 16-11-7/12-2-3/4-9-4 vs. Eastern Conference/2017 ……………………….……..…. 0-0-0/10-8-5 vs. Western Conference/2017 ………………………………….. 0-0-0/6-3-2 Current Streak ………………………………….……………………..….. N/A Last Five Matches ……………………………………….……………….. N/A All-Time Record …………………………….………………….. 253-228-152 All-Time Home Record ………………………………………….... 162-74-81 All-Time Away Record ………………………...…...……….……. 91-154-71 Last Regular Season Win …………….…….........…. 10/15/17 vs. PHI, 3-2 Last Regular Season Loss ………………..….......... 10/22/17 at HOU, 3-0 Last Shutout by Fire ………………..……..………..….. 9/16/17 vs. DC, 3-0 Last Shutout by Opponent………...…….………… 10/22/17 at HOU, 3-0 L March Record 2018/2017 ……………………………………….. 0-0-0/1-1-1 Pre All-Star 2018/2017 ……………………..………………….. 0-0-0/11-5-5 Ahead/Behind/Tied at Halftime ………………………….. 0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Ahead/Behind/Tied at 75’……………………..………….. 0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Outshoot Opp./Opp. More Shots/Shots Tied………..….. 0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Day/Night …………………………………………………………. 0-0-0/0-0-0 Grass/Turf ……………………………………………......………. 0-0-0/0-0-0 Wearing Primary Kit …………………………………………………….. 0-0-0 Wearing Secondary Kit ………………………………………………… 0-0-0 CHICAGO FIRE vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY The Chicago Fire hold a 26-15-11 all-time regular season record against Sporting KC, including a 18-4-2 record in matches played at home. The Fire are 5-8-7 all-time in season openers and are 10-5-5 all-time in home openers. NOVCARE INJURY REPORT – As of March 8, 2018 OUT Jonathan Campbell – Facial surgery Michael de Leeuw – Left ACL Grant Lillard – Left knee Djorjde Mihailovic – Right ACL QUESTIONABLE Daniel Johnson – Right ankle Rafael Ramos – Right thigh Richard Sanchez – Left elbow Luis Solignac – Left hip

A LOOK AT THE FIRE The Chicago Fire will play their 21st MLS season in 2018. Now in their third season at the helm, general manager Nelson Rodriguez and head coach Veljko Paunovic returned a core of experienced veteran players in German World Cup champion Bastian Schweinste3-2iger, stalwart Dax McCarty and 2017 MLS Golden Boot winner Nemanja Nikolic. The veteran presence will be supplemented by talented young players including Matt Polster, Brandon Vincent and Jonathan Campbell, along with the Fire’s three Homegrown players in Drew Conner, Grant Lillard and Djordje Mihailovic. PLAYER TRANSACTIONS OUT 11-28-17: Decline contract options on Joey Calistri, Matej Dekovic, Patrick Doody, Collin Fernandez, John Goossens, Michael Harrington and Richard Sanchez 11-28-17: Decline purchase option on Juninho 12-10-17: Trade Arturo Alvarez to Houston Dynamo 12-18-17: Terminate contract of David Arshakyan 1-18-18: Terminate contract of Jorge Bava 1-19-18: Trade Matt Lampson to Minnesota Untied FC 1-19-18: Trade David Accam to Philadelphia Union IN 11-28-17: Exercise 2018 contract options on Arturo Alvarez, David Arshakyan, Jorge Bava, Brandt Bronico, Jonathan Campbell, Stefan Cleveland, Drew Conner, Daniel Johnson, Dax McCarty, Matt Polster and Brandon Vincent 1-10-18: Sign Grant Lillard as Homegrown Player 1-15-18: Re-sign Richard Sanchez 1-17-18: Re-sign Bastian Schweinsteiger 1-18-18: Acquire Rafael Ramos via trade with Orlando City SC 1-19-18: Select Jon Bakero and Mo Adams in MLS SuperDraft 2-6-18: Acquire Aleksandar Katai on loan 2-28-18: Sign MLS SuperDraft picks Diego Campos and Elliot Collier 2-28-18: Acquire Tony Tchani via trade with Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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CHICAGO FIRE vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY All-Time Regular-Season Results Chicago Fire record: 26-15-11 Home games: 18-4-2 (48 GF, 22 GA) Road games: 8-11-9 (40 GF, 40 GA) 04/08/1998 06/24/1998 08/29/1998 09/17/1998

CHI 0 at KC 1 CHI 4 vs KC 1 CHI 2 at KC 2 CHI 1 vs KC 0

L W SOW W

Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field

03/27/1999 05/22/1999 08/05/1999 08/25/1999

CHI 3 at KC 0 CHI 3 vs KC 1 CHI 2 at KC 1 CHI 2 vs KC 0

W W W W

Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field

03/25/2000 CHI 3 at KC 4 L 06/04/2000 CHI 3 vs KC 2 W

Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field

05/19/2001 CHI 2 vs KC 0 W 07/04/2001 CHI 7 at KC 0 W

Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium

08/14/2002 CHI 5 vs KC 1 W 08/31/2002 CHI 1 at KC 2 L

Cardinal Stadium Arrowhead Stadium

04/26/2003 CHI 3 at KC 2 W 06/21/2003 CHI 2 at KC 4 L 07/26/2003 CHI 2 vs KC 0 W

Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Cardinal Stadium

04/03/2004 CHI 0 at KC 0 T 05/08/2004 CHI 2 at KC 2 T 09/01/2004 CHI 3 vs KC 1 W

Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field

06/18/2005 08/10/2005 08/19/2005 10/01/2005

CHI 1 vs KC 1 CHI 2 vs KC 3 CHI 0 at KC 3 CHI 1 at KC 0

T L L W

Soldier Field Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium

05/06/2006 06/17/2006 07/04/2006 08/16/2006

CHI 1 at KC 1 CHI 2 at KC 3 CHI 1 vs KC 0 CHI 3 vs KC 0

T L W W

Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Toyota Park Toyota Park

04/21/2007 CHI 2 vs KC 1 W 08/22/2007 CHI 2 at KC 3 L 08/25/2007 CHI 2 vs KC 0 W

Toyota Park Arrowhead Stadium Toyota Park

04/20/2008 CHI 0 vs KC 1 L 07/27/2008 CHI 0 at KC 0 T 10/05/2008 CHI 1 at KC 1 T

Toyota Park CommunityAmerica Ballpark CommunityAmerica Ballpark

04/18/2009 CHI 2 vs KC 2 T 08/16/2009 CHI 2 at KC 0 W

Toyota Park CommunityAmerica Ballpark

05/15/2010 CHI 2 at KC 2 T 10/12/2010 CHI 0 vs KC 2 L

CommunityAmerica Ballpark Toyota Park

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03/26/2011 CHI 3 vs KC 2 W 06/09/2011 CHI 0 at KC 0 T

Toyota Park Livestrong Sporting Park

05/12/2012 CHI 2 vs KC 1 W 06/29/2012 CHI 1 at KC 0 W 09/28/2012 CHI 0 at KC 2 L

Toyota Park Livestrong Sporting Park Livestrong Sporting Park

03/16/2013 CHI 0 at KC 0 T 07/07/2013 CHI 1 vs KC 2 L 08/23/2013 CHI 1 vs KC 0 W

Sporting Park Toyota Park Toyota Park

05/18/2014 CHI 2 vs KC 1 W 07/06/2014 CHI 1 at KC 1 T 10/10/2014 CHI 0 at KC 2 L

Toyota Park Sporting Park Sporting Park

05/03/2015 CHI 0 at KC 1 L

Sporting Park

07/13/2016 CHI 1 vs KC 0 W

Toyota Park

07/29/2017 CHI 2 at KC 3 L

Children's Mercy Park

All-Time Postseason Results 10/15/2000 CHI 0 at KC 1 L

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

Fire 1 45 313 136 371 75 108

2 43 321 139 365 89 134

RFK Stadium

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goals Scored in 15-Minute Intervals: 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 CHI 15 12 18 13 KC 11 8 12 7

Tot. 88 634 275 736 164 242

Sporting KC 1 2 31 31 314 373 137 137 335 363 53 48 115 144

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

61-75 14 11

76-90 16 13

Total 88 62

OT 0 0

Tot. 62 687 274 698 101 259

All-Time Regular-Season Series Leaders: Fire Sporting KC Goals 9 Ante Razov 5 Sealy/Wolff Assists 8 Justin Mapp 10 Preki Shots 48 Ante Razov 43 Davy Arnaud Shots on Goal 20 Ante Razov 18 Josh Wolff Fouls Com. 45 Gonzalo Segares 38 Kerry Zavagnin Fouls Suffered 42 Justin Mapp 40 Davy Arnaud Wins 15 Zach Thornton 3 3 players tied Losses 4 Zach Thornton 6 Tony Meola Shutouts 8 Zach Thornton 3 Jimmy Nielsen Saves 94 Zach Thornton 40 Tony Meola Goals Allowed 26 Zach Thornton 24 Tony Meola

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All-Time Regular-Season Series Game Highs: Fire Goals 2 7 players tied Assists 2 10 players tied Shots 9 Damani Ralph (7/26/03) Shots on Goal 4 6 players tied Fouls Com. 6 4 players tied Fouls Suffered 7 Ralph/Blanco Saves 10 Zach Thornton (6/21/03) Goals Allowed 4 Sutton/Thornton

Sporting KC 2 6 players tied 3 Preki (6/21/03) 8 Kei Kamara (6/29/12) 4 4 players tied 6 Alex Zotinca (4/3/04) 6 6 players tied 9 Tony Meola (7/26/03) 7 Bo Oshoniyi (7/4/01)

CHICAGO FIRE SEASON OPENERS The Fire are 5-8-7 all-time in season opening matches: March 21, 1998: 2-0 win vs. Miami Fusion – Lockhart Stadium – Ft. Lauderdale, FL March 20, 1999: 3-1 win vs. San Jose Clash – Spartan Stadium – San Jose, CA March 18, 2000: 2-4 loss vs. Dallas Burn – Cotton Bowl – Dallas, TX April 7, 2001: 1-1 tie vs. Columbus Crew – Columbus Crew Stadium – Columbus, OH March 23, 2002: 2-0 win vs. Columbus Crew – Columbus Crew Stadium – Columbus, OH April 13, 2003: 1-1 tie vs. New England Revolution – Cardinal Stadium – Naperville, IL April 3, 2004: 0-0 tie vs. Kansas City Wizards – Arrowhead Stadium – Kansas City, MO April 2, 2005: 1-2 loss vs. FC Dallas – Cotton Bowl – Dallas, TX April 1, 2006: 2-3 loss vs. FC Dallas – Pizza Hut Park – Frisco, TX April 7, 2007: 1-0 win vs. New England Revolution – Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL March 29, 2008: 1-1 tie vs. Real Salt Lake – Rice-Eccles Stadium – Salt Lake City, UT March 21, 2009: 3-1 win vs. FC Dallas – Pizza Hut Park – Frisco, TX March 27, 2010: 0-1 loss vs. New York Red Bulls – Red Bull Arena – Harrison, NJ March 19, 2011: 1-1 tie vs. FC Dallas – Pizza Hut Park – Frisco, TX March 17, 2012: 1-1 tie vs. Montreal Impact – Olympic Stadium – Montreal, QC March 3, 2013: 0-4 loss vs. LA Galaxy – The Home Depot Center – Carson, CA March 9, 2014: 2-3 loss vs. Chivas USA – StubHub Center – Carson, CA March 6, 2015: 0-2 loss vs. LA Galaxy – StubHub Center – Carson, CA March 6, 2016: 3-4 loss vs. New York City FC – Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL March 4, 2017: 1-1 tie at Columbus Crew SC – MAPFRE Stadium – Columbus, OH

Building The Fire Year MLS SuperDraft 2015 2016

Polster – First Round (7th) Vincent – First Round (4th) Campbell – First Round (12th)

2017

2018

Trades

Signings

Homegrown

Loans

Conner – Dec. 17 Solignac (COL) – Aug. 3

Kappelhof – Feb. 2 de Leeuw – May 17 Nikolic – Dec. 20

Johnson – First Round (11th) Cleveland – Second Round (26th) Bronico – Third Round (47th)

McCarty (NYRB) – Jan. 16 Dean (VAN) – Aug. 9

Schweinsteiger – March 31 Corrales – Sept. 14 Sanchez – Aug. 11

Bakero - First Round (5th) Adams – First Round (10th) Campos – Second Round (38th) Collier – Third Round (49th)

Ramos (OCSC) – Jan. 18 Tchani (VAN) – Feb. 28

Mihailovic – Jan. 27

Lillard – Jan. 10

Katai – Feb. 6

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LAST TIME THEY MET… Match: Chicago Fire at Sporting Kansas City Date: July 29, 2017 Competition: MLS Regular Season Venue: Children’s Mercy Park Scoring Summary: SKC – Daniel Salloi (unassisted) 23’ CHI – Matt Besler (own goal) 28’ SKC – Benny Feilhaber (unassisted) 45+1’ SKC – Latif Blessing (Diego Rubio, Daniel Salloi) 51’ CHI – David Accam (Patrick Doody, Dax McCarty) 78’ Misconduct Summary: CHI – Juninho (caution) 76’ CHI – Joao Meira (caution) 90’ Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson; Matt Polster, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Patrick Doody; Bastian Schweinsteiger (Jonathan Campbell 90+1’), Dax McCarty, Juninho © (Daniel Johnson 77’); Luis Solignac (David Accam 55’), Nemanja Nikolic, Michael de Leeuw Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Michael Harrington, Djordje Mihailovic, Drew Conner Shots: 10; Shots On-Goal: 3; Saves: 6; Fouls: 10; Corners: 5; Offsides: 3 Sporting Kansas City: Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler ©, Seth Sinovic; Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Benny Feilhaber (Erik Palmer-Brown 87’); Latif Blessing, Diego Rubio, Daniel Salloi (Cristian Lobato 73’) Subs not used: Andrew Dykstra, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Kevin Ellis, Jimmy Medranda, Soony Saad Shots: 19; Shots On-Goal: 9; Saves: 2; Fouls: 8; Corners: 5; Offsides: 5

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CHICAGO FIRE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 19 22 13 16 17 30 28 18 25 8 26 20 4 10 15 6 14 23 2 27 45 31 9 12 3

Player Mo Adams Jon Bakero Brandt Bronico Jonathan Campbell Diego Campos Stefan Cleveland Elliot Collier Drew Conner Jorge Corrales Michael de Leeuw Christian Dean Daniel Johnson Johan Kappelhof Aleksandar Katai Grant Lillard Dax McCarty Djordje Mihailovic Nemanja Nikolic Matt Polster Rafael Ramos Richard Sanchez Bastian Schweinsteiger Luis Solignac Tony Tchani Brandon Vincent

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

Ht. 5-6 6-3 5-8 6-1 5-10 6-2 6-4 5-11 5-9 5-10 6-3 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-4 5-9 5-10 5-11 6-0 5-7 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-4 5-11

Wt. 165 165 155 190 170 185 180 165 150 150 200 140 165 155 195 150 153 176 170 148 197 175 171 185 175

Birthdate 09/23/1996 11/05/1996 06/20/1995 06/27/1993 10/1/1995 05/25/1994 02/22/1996 02/18/1994 05/20/1991 10/07/1986 03/14/1993 09/08/1995 08/05/1990 02/06/1991 12/05/1995 04/30/1987 11/10/1998 12/31/1987 06/08/1993 01/09/1995 04/05/1994 08/01/1984 02/16/1991 04/13/1989 05/01/1994

Hometown Nottingham, England Sitges, Spain High Point, NC Greensboro, NC San Jose, Costa Rica Dayton, OH Hamilton, New Zealand Cary, IL Pinar del Rio, Cuba Goirle, Netherlands East Palo Alto, CA Duluth, GA Amsterdam, Netherlands Srbobran, Serbia Hinsdale, IL Winter Park, FL Lemont, IL Senta, Serbia Las Vegas, NV Seia, Portugal Little Elm, TX Rosenheim, Germany Buenos Aires, Argentina Bafang, Cameroon Valencia, CA

College Syracuse Wake Forest UNC Charlotte UNC Clemson Louisville Loyola Chicago Wisconsin --UC Berkeley Louisville --Indiana UNC --SIU Edwardsville ----Virginia Stanford

Status INT INT INT INT HG GC INT INT INT HG HG INT/DP GC INT/DP INT

CHICAGO FIRE NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 2 3 4 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 25 26 27 28 30 31 45

Player Matt Polster Brandon Vincent Johan Kappelhof Dax McCarty Michael de Leeuw Luis Solignac Aleksandar Katai Tony Tchani Brandt Bronico Djordje Mihailovic Grant Lillard Jonathan Campbell Diego Campos Drew Conner Mo Adams Daniel Johnson Jon Bakero Nemanja Nikolic Jorge Corrales Christian Dean Rafael Ramos Elliot Collier Stefan Cleveland Bastian Schweinsteiger Richard Sanchez

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

Pronunciation CAP-ul-hof duh leuw sol-en-YAK kah-tie CHA-knee brah-nih-koh georgie me-HI-lo-vich

yahn neh-MAHN-yah

kah-lee-yer STEF-in

President and General Manager: Nelson Rodriguez Head Coach: Veljko Paunovic Assistant Coach: Marko Mitrovic Assistant Coach: Eric Gehrig Goalkeeper Coach: Aleksandar Saric Senior Dir. Soccer Operations: Eddie Rock Head Scout: Matt Pearson Strength and Conditioning Coach: Petar Milcanovic

Place of Birth Milwaukee, WI Los Angeles, CA Amsterdam, Netherlands Winter Park, FL Goirle, Netherlands Buenos Aires, Argentina Srbobran, Serbia Bafang, Cameroon High Point, NC Jacksonville, FL Arizona Greensboro, NC San Jose, Costa Rica Cary, IL Nottingham, England Duluth, GA Sitges, Spain Senta, Serbia Pinar del Rio, Cuba Alvin, Texas Seia, Portugal Hamilton, New Zealand Dayton, Ohio Kolbermoor, Germany Mission Hills, CA

Last Team SIU Edwardsville Stanford Univ. FC Groningen (Netherlands) New York Red Bulls FC Groningen (Netherlands) Colorado Rapids Deportivo Alaves (ESP) Vancouver Whitecaps FC Univ. of North Carolina Charlotte Chicago Fire Academy Indiana Univ. Univ. of North Carolina Clemson Univ. Univ. of Wisconsin Syracuse Univ. Univ. of Louisville Wake Forest Univ. Legia Warsaw (POL) Tulsa Roughnecks (USL) Vancouver Whitecaps FC Orlando City SC Loyola Chicago Univ. of Louisville Manchester United Tampico Madero (MEX)

Senior Manager of Team and Soccer Operations: Alex Boler Head Athletic Trainer: Steven Purcell Assistant Athletic Trainer: Reade Whitney Licensed Massage Therapist: Steven Burrows Head Equipment Manager: Brian Sauer Assistant Equipment Manager: Juan Arreola Video Analyst: Nenad Babic

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2018 Schedule/Results Date Saturday, March 10 Saturday, March 17 Saturday, March 31 Saturday, April 7 Saturday, April 14 Saturday, April 21 Saturday, April 28 Saturday, May 5 Wednesday, May 9 Saturday, May 12 Sunday, May 20 Saturday, May 26 Wednesday, May 30 Saturday, June 2 Saturday, June 9 Wednesday, June 13 Saturday, June 23 Saturday, June 30 Saturday, July 7 Wednesday, July 11 Saturday, July 14 Saturday, July 21 Saturday, July 28 Saturday, August 4 Saturday, August 11 Saturday, August 18 Saturday, August 25 Sunday, September 16 Saturday, September 22 Wednesday, September 26 Saturday, September 29 Sunday, October 7 Sunday, October 21 Sunday, October 28

Opponent Sporting Kansas City Minnesota United FC Portland Timbers Columbus Crew SC LA Galaxy New York Red Bulls Toronto FC Atlanta United FC Montreal Impact Columbus Crew SC Houston Dynamo Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union San Jose Earthquakes New England Revolution Colorado Rapids Seattle Sounders FC New York City FC Vancouver Whitecaps Philadelphia Union FC Dallas Toronto FC Toronto FC Real Salt Lake New York Red Bulls Montreal Impact Columbus Crew SC Orlando City SC New England Revolution New York City FC Los Angeles FC D.C. United Atlanta United FC D.C. United

Location Chicago Minneapolis Chicago Chicago Chicago New York Red Bulls Toronto Chicago Chicago Columbus Chicago Orlando Philadelphia Chicago Chicago Colorado Seattle Chicago Vancouver Chicago Dallas Chicago Toronto Salt Lake City Chicago Montreal Chicago Chicago New England New York City FC Chicago Washington, D.C. Atlanta Chicago

Time (CT) / Result 5 p.m. 1 p.m. 5 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 9 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 12 p.m. TBD 3:30 p.m.

MLS Record

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2018 Regular Season Statistics Player

MIN

GWG

GWA

Mo Adams Jon Bakero Brandt Bronico Jonathan Campbell Diego Campos Elliot Collier Jorge Corrales Christian Dean Michael de Leeuw Daniel Johnson Johan Kappelhof Aleksandar Katai Grant Lillard Dax McCarty Djordje Mihailovic Nemanja Nikolic Matt Polster Rafael Ramos Bastian Schweinsteiger Luis Solignac Tony Tchani Brandon Vincent

Goalkeeping Statistics Player

MIN

SHT

SVS

GAA

Stefan Cleveland

Richard Sanchez

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – March 10, 2018 #19 Mo Adams – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the first round (10th overall) of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft - Two-year starter for Syracuse with one goal in 35 total appearances. - Played for Derby County FC and Nottingham Forest FC Academy

#28 Elliot Collier – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the third round (49th overall) of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft - A four-time All-MVC selection during his time with Loyola University Chicago.

#22 Jon Bakero – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft - Had 37 goals and 26 assists in 88 career games at Wake Forest University

#18 Drew Conner – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 45 min. 10/15/17 in 3-2 win vs. PHI LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/16/17 vs. DC (Vincent 72’) - Cary, IL native, signed a Homegrown contract on Dec. 17, 2015 - Four-year starter and senior captain at Wisconsin - Fire PDL and Academy product, member of the 2010 U-16 championship side

#13 Brandt Bronico – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 17 min. 10/22/17 in 3-0 loss at HOU LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the third round (47th overall) of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft - Appeared in 74 games at UNC Charlotte, scoring 25 goals and adding 23 assists. - 2016 Conference USA Player of the Year, Offensive MVP and Golden Boot Winner. Led Conference USA in assists in 2015. #16 Jonathan Campbell – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 10/22/17 in 3-0 loss at HOU LAST MLS GOAL: 4/30/16 vs. DC (41’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/16/16 vs. NE (Accam 80’) - Selected in the first round (12th overall) of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft - Four-year starter at UNC, NSCAA First Team All-American as a senior - The Greensboro, NC native is a Carolina Dynamo PDL and North Carolina Fusion Academy alum #17 Diego Campos – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the second round (39th overall) of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft - First Team All-ACC selection as a senior after leading Clemson with 10 goals and nine assists in 2017. #30 Stefan Cleveland – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS WIN: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS SHUTOUT: Has not appeared in a MLS match - Selected in the second round (26th overall) of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft - Appeared in 22 games for Louisville in 2016, earned 10 shutouts en route to a .72 GAA - Spent his first three collegiate seasons at Dartmouth, earned 16 shutouts in 33 games, and was named 2015 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year

#25 Jorge Corrales – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Signed from USL affiliate Tulsa Roughnecks FC on Sept. 14, 2017 - Had one goal and two assists in 31 games for the Roughnecks in 2017. - Has 34 career caps for the Cuban National Team #26 Christian Dean 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 45 min. 8/26/17 in 2-1 loss vs. MIN LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the first round (third overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft - Played collegiately at UC Berkley #8 Michael de Leeuw – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 30 min. 9/30/17 in 1-1 draw vs. NYCFC LAST MLS GOAL: 8/12/17 at CLB (13’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/27/17 vs. SJ (Solignac 40’) - Joined the Fire from Dutch Eredivisie side FC Groningen who he represented from 2012-16 - Began his professional career in 2009 with SC Veendam where he had ten multi-goal games from 2009-11 #20 Daniel Johnson - 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 13 min. 7/29/17 in 3-2 loss at SKC LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the first round (11th overall) of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft - Appeared in 41 games for Louisville, scored seven goals and added five assists during his junior and senior years. - Spent the first two years of his collegiate career at Maryland, appeared in 23 games before transferring. - A native of Duluth, Ga., played for the West Ham Academy from 20092012.

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – March 10, 2018 #4 Johan Kappelhof – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 10/22/17 in 3-0 loss at HOU LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/25/17 vs. DAL (Accam 9’) - Joined the Fire on Feb. 2, 2016 - Ajax Academy product, signed with FC Groningen in 2011. - Scored three goals in 123 games for FC Groningen over five seasons - Appeared in five matches for the Dutch U-21 side. #10 Aleksandar Katai – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Signed on loan from La Liga’s Deportivo Alaves on Feb. 6, 2018 - In 2015-16, led Red Star Belgrade and the Serbian league with 21 regular season goals #15 Grant Lillard – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Signed as the 10th Homegrown Player in Fire History on Jan. 10, 2018 - 2017 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. - In his senior season, the IU defense led the NCAA in shutouts (18) and goals allowed (7) #6 Dax McCarty – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 73 min. 10/22/17 in 3-0 loss at HOU LAST MLS GOAL: 10/1/16 vs. PHI (66’) (NY) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/12/17 at CLB (de Leeuw 13’) - Joined the Fire via trade with NYRB on Jan. 16, 2017 - Two-time MLS Supporters’ Shield winner with NYRB - Began his professional career when he was selected in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2006 SuperDraft by FC Dallas - Member of the U.S. U-17 Residency Program, appeared in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2008 Olympics games - Has 12 caps for the USMNT as of July 26, 2017 #14 Djordje Mihailovic – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 10/22/17 in 3-0 loss at HOU LAST MLS GOAL: 9/27/17 at SJ (14’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/27/17 at SJ (Solignac 40’) - Lemont, IL native signed a Homegrown Contract on Jan. 27, 2017 - Represented the Fire at the Academy and PDL levels. - As a 16-year-old was part of the Fire U-18 team’s 2015 USSDA National Championship team. #23 Nemanja Nikolic – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 10/22/17 in 3-0 loss at HOU LAST MLS GOAL: 10/15/17 vs. PHI (78’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/23/17 at PHI (Solignac 67’) - Led MLS with 24 goals in the 2017 season - Signed as a Designated Player on Dec. 20, 2016 - Scored six goals in eight UEFA Champions League games and two in 10 Europa League games. - Won the Hungarian title with Videoton in 2011 and 2015, and the 2012 Hungarian League Cups and the 2011 and 2012 Hungarian Super Cups. - Born in Senta, Serbia, is a Hungarian international who made his senior debut in a 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier on Oct. 11, 2013. - Has scored three goals in 23 games for Hungary.

#27 Rafael Ramos – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 29 min. 7/5/17 in 3-1 loss to TFC (ORL) LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS game LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/23/16 vs. DC (Molino 13’) (ORL) - Acquired via trade with Orlando City SC on Jan. 18, 2018 - Joined the USL-iteration of Orlando City on a transfer from Benfica on July 8, 2017. #25 Richard Sanchez – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 10/22/17 in 3-0 loss at HOU LAST MLS WIN: 9/30/17 vs. SJ, 4-1 win LAST MLS SHUTOUT: Has not recorded a shutout in MLS -Born in Mission Hills, California, before moving to Dallas, Texas and started playing with Texas Football Club before joining Atlético Madrid in Spain. -FIFA U-17 Champion with Mexico in 2011 -Signed with the Chicago Fire in August 2017 #31 Bastian Schweinsteiger– 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 19 min. 9/30/17 in 1-1 draw vs. NYCFC LAST MLS GOAL: 9/2/17 at MTL (59’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 6/24/17 vs. ORL (Accam 8’) - 2014 FIFA World Cup champion with Germany, played in three World Cups and four UEFA European Championships. - UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and eight Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich #12 Tony Tchani – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 10/15/17 in 1-1 draw vs. SJ (VAN) LAST MLS GOAL: 9/16/17 vs. VAN (92+) (VAN) LAST MLS ASSIST 719/17 at DAL (Montero 67’) (VAN) - Joined the Fire from the Vancouver Whitecaps on Feb. 28, 2018 - Played 84 minutes in the Whitecaps’ 5-0 win vs. San Jose in the opening round of the 2017 playoffs - Cameroonian international, has two caps. #9 Luis Solignac – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 10/22/17 in 3-0 loss at HOU LAST MLS GOAL: 9/27/17 at SJ (40’) LAST MLS ASSIST 9/27/17 vs. SJ (Nikolic 48') - Joined the Fire via trade with the Colorado Rapids on Aug. 3, 2016 - Born in Buenos Aires, made his professional debut for his hometown Club Atletico Platense in 2008. #3 Brandon Vincent – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 10/22/17 in 3-0 loss at HOU LAST MLS GOAL: 9/16/17 vs. DC (62’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/15/17 vs. PHI (Nikolic 78’) - Select in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft - Four-year starter at Stanford, led his side to the 2015 College Cup title. - Was named 2015 College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year. - Earned his first senior cap for the U.S. MNT on Feb. 5, 2016 when he entered in the second half of a 1-0 win over Canada.

#2 Matt Polster – 2018: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 66 min. 10/22/17 in 3-0 loss at HOU LAST MLS GOAL: 8/5/17 vs. NE (8’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/27/17 at SJ (Mihailovic 14’) - Selected in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft - Played at SIU Edwardsville for four years - Made his professional debut on 3/6/15 against the LA Galaxy.

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Jorge Bava Matt Polster Brandon Vincent Johan Kappelhof Michael Harrington Dax McCarty John Goossens Michael de Leeuw Luis Solignac David Arshakyan David Accam Arturo Alvarez Brandt Bronico Djordje Mihailovic Joey Calistri Jonathan Campbell Collin Fernandez Drew Conner Juninho Daniel Johnson Patrick Doody Nemanja Nikolic Jorge Corrales Christian Dean Matt Lampson Stefan Cleveland Bastian Schweinsteiger Matej Dekovic Richard Sanchez Joao Meira

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90M 86M 75M 70M 90M 59M 1 60M 79M 85M 5

90D 90D 90D 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 34D 54D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 1 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 80D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 71M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 78M

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 COL DC DAL ORL ATL NE ORL VAN POR NYC KC NE CLB MTL TOR MIN MTL NYR DC PHI SJ NYC PHI HOU 3-0 1-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 2-1 4-0 4-0 2-2 1-2 2-3 4-1 1-3 0-3 1-3 1-2 1-0 1-1 3-0 1-3 4-1 1-1 3-2 0-3

47 56 90M 90M 90M 77M 21 13 90D 89F 85F 79M 75F 90F 90F 70F 90F 90F 90F 90F 89F 90F 90F 90F 89F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CLB RSL ATL MTL CLB NE TOR NYR LA SEA 1-1 2-0 0-4 2-2 1-0 3-0 1-3 1-2 2-2 4-1 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 19 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 11D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 78D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 89M 90M 89M 14 90F 60M 61M 17 21 71M 16 20 66F 15 72M 90M 86M 90M 90M 1 90M 90M 90M 90F 73F 18 29 79M 69M 88M 74M 70M 15M 65F 6 4 2 5 24 1

Played for other teams: Christian Dean played 239 minutes for VAN

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Accam 13 (unassisted) 54 Accam 14 (Schweinsteiger 6) 77 Schweinsteiger 3 (Polster 5, Mihailovic 1) 59 Nikolic 17 (de Leeuw 6, Kappelhof 4) 66 own goal (Harkes) 23; Vincent 2 (Alvarez 2, Conner 1) 62; Nikolic 18 (penalty kick) 90 Solignac 6 (Nikolic 4, Polster 6) 67 Mihailovic 1 (Polster 7, de Leeuw 7) 14; Solignac 7 (de Leeuw 8, Mihailovic 2) 40; Nikolic 19 (Solignac 4) Nikolic 20 (unassisted) 65 Nikolic 21 (unassisted) 20 Nikolic 22 (Vincent 4) 3; Nikolic 23 (penalty kick) 64; Nikolic 24 (Vincent 5, Accam 8) 78

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Solignac 3 (Accam 5, Schweinsteiger 4) 29; Nikolic 12 (penalty kick) 70 Nikolic 13 (unassisted) 18; Solignac 4 (de Leeuw 4, Nikolic 2) 61 Accam 8 (Polster 2) 3; Accam 9 (Schweinsteiger 5) 8; Nikolic 14 (Accam 6) 52; Accam 10 (penalty kick) 63 Nikolic 15 (Polster 3, Vincent 4) 14; Nikolic 16 (de Leeuw 5) 18; Alvarez 2 (Polster 4) 25; de Leeuw 1 (Nikolic 3) 84 Alvarez 3 (Juninho 2) 34; Vincent 1 (Alvarez 1, Accam 7) 61 Accam 11 (unassisted) 54 own goal (Besler) 28; Accam 12 (Doody 1, McCarty 4) 78 Polster 1 (Meira 2) 8; Juninho 1 (Doody 2) 39; de Leeuw 2 (Doody 3) 49; Solignac 5 (Doody 4) 92+ de Leeuw 3 (McCarty 5) 13

Schweinsteiger 1 (Accam 1, Juninho 1) 17; Solignac 1 (McCarty 1) 93+ Nikolic 2 (McCarty 2) 22 Schweinsteiger 2 (Solignac 1) 45; Nikolic 3 (unassisted) 47; Nikolic 4 (Accam 2, Schweinsteiger 1) 73 Accam 2 (Solignac 2) 88 Nikolic 5 (McCarty 3) 59 Accam 3 (penalty kick) 13; Nikolic 6 (Accam 3) 16 Nikolic 7 (penalty kick) 25; Accam 4 (de Leeuw 1, Schweinsteiger 2) 60; Solignac 2 (Nikolic 1, Vincent 1) Nikolic 8 (Accam 4, Kappelhof 2) 76 Nikolic 9 (Vincent 2) 15; Accam 5 (de Leeuw 2, Polster 1) 57; Nikolic 10 (de Leeuw 3) 74 Accam 6 (Solignac 3) 52 Nikolic 11 (Vincent 3, Schweinsteiger 3) 3; Accam 7 (Kappelhof 3) 9

Accam 1 (unassisted) 73 Nikolic 1 (unassisted) 11; Alvarez 1 (Kappelhof 1)

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CHI 0

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS KOR 10/25/2017

Jorge Bava Matt Polster Brandon Vincent Johan Kappelhof Michael Harrington Dax McCarty John Goossens Michael de Leeuw Luis Solignac David Arshakyan David Accam Arturo Alvarez Brandt Bronico Djordje Mihailovic Joey Calistri Jonathan Campbell Collin Fernandez Drew Conner Juninho Daniel Johnson Patrick Doody Nemanja Nikolic Matt Lampson Stefan Cleveland Bastian Schweinsteiger Matej Dekovic Joao Meira

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U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 06/14/2017 5R 06/28/2017

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45D 120M 18

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MLS CUP PLAYOFFS KOR NYR 0-4

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32 90D 90D

U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 5R STLO CINC 1-0 0-0

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2018 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Saturday, March 10, 2018 Kickoff: 5 p.m. CT Toyota Park (Bridgeview, IL) MLS Regular Season Game 2 Sporting Kansas City 0-1-0, 0 points (0-1-0 home; 0-0-0 away) T-8th place in Western Conference Chicago Fire 0-0-0, 0 points (0-0-0 home; 0-0-0 away) T-6th place in Eastern Conference

0-0-0 (0 pts.) 1 T-8th in West 0 0.00 0 2 2.00 -2 18 (3) 16.7% 8 14 0 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:

Jose Carlos Rivero Jeremy Hanson Logan Brown Fotis Bazakos David Gantar

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

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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

0-0-0 (0 pts.) 0 T-6th in East 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 (0) N/A 0 0 0 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

N/A N/A Johnny Russell Felipe Gutierrez N/A N/A Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell N/A N/A

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0 GOALS 0 ASSISTS 5 SHOTS 2 SHOTS ON GOAL 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS 0 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 2 FOULS COMMITTED 3 FOULS SUFFERED 0 CAUTIONS 0 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 90 Tim Melia 2.00 Tim Melia 0 Tim Melia 0 Tim Melia 3

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A

MEE-lia

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

muh-DRAHN-dah

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

Pts 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

GD +2 +2 +2 0 0 0 0 -1 -2 -2 -4

GP 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1

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

Pts 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

GD +4 +1 +1 +1 +1 0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 -2

GP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1

PETER VERMES 10th season 115-92-74 10th season (.541) 115-92-74 (.541)

VELJKO PAUNOVIC

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

3rd season 23-28-17 (.463) 3rd season 23-28-17 (.463)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, March 8 QUESTIONABLE: • None OUT: • None

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 10, 2018 at Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #CHIvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#CHIvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City hits the road this weekend for their first road matchup of the 2018 MLS season, taking on the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. Sporting KC is looking for their first points of the 2018 campaign, having fallen 2-0 to New York City FC at Children’s Mercy Park in the club’s season opener last Sunday. Sporting KC has gone 3-1-1 in the last five meetings with the Fire, dating back to 2014, but has tasted defeat at Toyota Park in each of their last three visits. That’s a stark difference to their home form against Chicago, where Sporting KC is unbeaten in their last six matches at Children’s Mercy Park, going 4-0-2 since their last home defeat to the Fire on June 29, 2012. Last season’s encounter ended in a thrilling 3-2 victory for Sporting KC. After Daniel Salloi gave his side the lead, Matt Besler conceded an own goal just minutes later to get the Fire back in the game. Moments before halftime, Benny Feilhaber sent a closerange bicycle kick into the net as Sporting KC regained the lead before Latif Blessing redirected Diego Rubio’s strike just after the break to make the score 3-1. David Accam pulled a goal back late for Chicago but Sporting KC hung on to take all three points. In the last showdown at Toyota Park in 2016, Chicago snapped a three-game winless streak against Sporting KC with a 1-0 victory at Toyota Park. Dom Dwyer had an early goal controversially ruled out for offside before Michael de Leeuw scored the only goal of the game in equally debatable fashion, as referee Nima Saghafi blew his whistle during the play that led to the goal but did not stop the match as confusion reined. Sporting KC has gone 15-26-11 all-time against the Chicago Fire, and holds a dismal 4-18-2 record at Chicago. #CHIvSKC: Recent Meetings (CHI leads 26-15-11 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC took 18 shots in the club’s season opener against New York City FC, ranking in a tie for third among all MLS clubs on the opening weekend. • SKC placed fourth across MLS in the opening weekend of matches with 13 chances created against NYC. • SKC won the fourth most duels in Week 1 of the MLS season with 70, despite ranking in a tie for ninth with 116 duels overall. SKC’s 60 percent duel winning percentage ranked second, only behind RSL’s 64 percent. • SKC attempted 27 tackles against NYC, winning 18 of them - both of which rank in a tie for third league-wide. • SKC committed the third fewest fouls in the opening week of MLS play, conceding just eight fouls.

Date

07/29/2017 07/13/2016 05/03/2015 10/10/2014 07/06/2014

Score

KC 3 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 1 KC 1 vs CHI 0 KC 2 vs CHI 0 KC 1 vs CHI 1

Sporting KC Player Stats • Forward Johnny Russell ended Week 1 of the MLS season with five shots, placing him in a tie for sixth across the league. • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez took part in 23 duels - tied for third in the opening week - winning 13 of them last Sunday, which is tied for first in the league. Gutierrez also led the league in tackles (9) and tackles won (7) during the first week of the new season. • Defender Graham Zusi had five interceptions in the opening-day loss to New York City, which places him in a tie for the league-lead. Zusi also led the team in clearances (4) and touches (77). • Winger Yohan Croizet led all players in Sunday’s match against NYCFC with four chances created from open play.

Result Details W L W W T

Salloi, Feilhaber and Blessing tally in exciting home victory de Leeuw scores controversial lone goal of the game SKC wins it late behind Nagamura’s 75th-minute goal Zusi and Dwyer score in 80th minute or later Dwyer opens scoring before Magee equalizes in first half

Chicago Fire Team Stats • Saturday’s match is Chicago’s season opener. Chicago Fire Player Stats • Saturday’s match is Chicago’s season opener.

#CHIvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY • Sporting KC defender Graham Zusi leads the current roster with four goals and two assists against the Chicago Fire. He had both goals in a 2-0 home win Sept. 28, 2012 before adding the game-winner on July 7, 2013. He recorded another game-winning goal and added an assist on Oct. 10, 2014 before setting up Paulo Nagamura’s game-winner on May 3, 2015. • Forward Daniel Salloi scored his second MLS goal against the Chicago Fire with the opening goal in the 3-2 home win on July 29, 2017. Salloi also recorded an assist in that game. • Defender Matt Besler has one goal against the Chicago Fire, coming in a 3-2 road defeat at Toyota Park on March 26, 2011. • Defender Ike Opara scored his first-ever MLS goal against the Chicago Fire as a member of the San Jose Earthquakes with the game-winner on April 10, 2010. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has recorded one assist against the Fire, coming on Bobby Convey’s goal in a 2-1 road defeat on May 12, 2012. • Forward Diego Rubio has one assist against Chicago, setting up Latif Blessing’s game-winner in the 3-2 home win on July 29, 2017. • Defender Seth Sinovic has one assist against the Fire, coming on Graham Zusi’s game-winner in a 2-1 road win on July 7, 2013. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 2-1-0 all-time against Chicago, with one shutout coming in a 1-0 home win on May 3, 2015.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Forward Daniel Salloi is one appearance away from hitting 25 for the club in MLS play. • Defender Matt Besler is 79 minutes shy of reaching 20,000 in MLS regularseason action. • Forward Khiry Shelton could make his Sporting KC debut on Saturday. • Forward Diego Rubio is two starts shy of his 25th in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is three starts away from hitting 200 in all competitions for the club.

#CHIvSKC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi have both played with Chicago midfielders Dax McCarty on the U.S. Men’s National Team. Besler and forward Khiry Shelton were also in January Camp in 2016 with Fire defender Matt Polster and midfielder Tony Tchani. • Defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi faced Chicago midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger in the 2014 FIFA World Cup when Germany topped the U.S. 1-0 on June 26, 2014. • Forward Daniel Salloi and Chicago forward Nemanja Nikolic are the only two active Hungarian players in MLS. • Forward Johnny Russell was playing for Derby County’s first team while Chicago’s Mo Adams was in the club’s Academy from 2013-2015. • Defender Colton Storm played collegiate soccer with Chicago defender Jonathan Campbell at the University of North Carolina from 2013-2015.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | March 10, 2018 at Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes FIRE, AWAY

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

BESLER POISED TO REACH MINUTES MILESTONE

Sporting Kansas City captain and center back Matt Besler is set to hit a major milestone this Saturday against the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park, as if the Overland Park, Kansas native plays the opening 79 minutes, he will reach 20,000 regular-season minutes for his hometown team.

Sporting Kansas City is preparing for its first road test of the 2018 MLS season, traveling to take on the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois with kickoff set for 5 p.m. CT. Sporting KC are still searching for their first points of the season having fallen to New York City FC 2-0 in the club’s season opener last Sunday at Children’s Mercy Park.

Reaching that landmark will put Besler in an exclusive group among the all-time MLS records. Besler would become the 15th active field player to have played 20,000 minutes or more in the regular season, while he would also be the seventh active field player to have achieved that impressive feat with the same club. Only six active field players have played more than 20,000 minutes with one club: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew SC), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes), Ozzie Alonso (Seattle Sounders FC) and Tony Beltran (Real Salt Lake).

History does not favor Peter Vermes’ side in Chicago, with Sporting Kansas City posting a 4-18-2 record all-time at the Fire. The most recent encounter at Toyota Park ended in a contentous 1-0 victory for Chicago on July 13, 2016, where Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer had a goal wrongly chalked off for offside, while Chicago’s winner, courtesy of Michael de Leeuw arrived after referee Nima Saghafi had blown his whistle during the build-up, causing confusion in the Sporting KC ranks. Last season’s meeting should give Sporting KC some hope, with the club emerging as 3-2 winners in a thrilling contest at Children’s Mercy Park on July 29, 2017. Daniel Salloi scored his second MLS goal to give his side the lead but his strike was immediately negated by an own goal from Matt Besler. Sporting KC re-took the lead moments before halftime through Benny Feilhaber’s close-range bicycle kick, before Latif Blessing diverted Diego Rubio’s attempt into the corner early in the second period to give Sporting a 3-1 lead. David Accam pulled a goal back late to cause a nervy finish, but Sporting KC held on to claim all three points.

In terms of club history, Besler would become the third player all-time to reach 20,000 minutes for Sporting KC, joining current assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin (20,515) and former defender Nick Garcia (20,157). Besler has a realistic opportunity to overtake each of them to become the club’s all-time leader in minutes this season. Besler has one goal against the Chicago Fire, having scored the first goal of his professional career with KC’s opening goal in a 3-2 road defeat at Toyota Park on March 26, 2011.

That win extended Sporting KC’s home unbeaten streak against Chicago to six games (4-0-2), while the side is now 3-1-1 in their last five meetings with the Fire. However, Chicago has claimed victory in Sporting KC’s last three visits to Toyota Park, dating back to August 2013.

ZUSI CONTINUES PRODUCTIVE SHIFT TO RIGHT BACK

Graham Zusi spent the majority of his career either playing on the wing or in the midfield, but after a number of impressive run-outs at right back in the 2016 season, the U.S. National Team veteran made the permanent switch to that position at the start of the 2017 season.

GUTIERREZ PRODUCES PROMISING DEBUT

Sporting Kansas City saw newly minted Designated Player Felipe Gutierrez produce an excellent debut performance in the 2-0 defeat to New York City FC at Children’s Mercy Park last Sunday. Despite suffering a season-opening defeat, Gutierrez displayed his qualities in defense and on the attack and was the highest ranked player in the match on the Audi Player Index, with a score of 721.

Zusi had an incredibly productive season in 2017, leading the team with eight assists from the backline while he also made an impact on a league-wide level as he led all MLS defenders with 59 chances created and was also first among defenders with 40 chances created from open play.

Gutierrez was a force all over the field, taking part in 23 duels - tied for third across the entire league in the opening week - winning 13 of them last Sunday, which is tied for first in MLS. Gutierrez also led the league in tackles (9) and tackles won (7) during Week 1 of the new season.

That excellent form continued during Sunday’s season opening defeat to New York City FC at Children’s Mercy Park, leading the team with five interceptions, four clearances and and 77 touches. He also finished the game tied for second in shots with three, only trailing debutant winger Johnny Russell’s five.

In addition, the Chilean international came closest to finding the back of the net for Sporting KC, seeing his thunderous free kick late in the game tipped onto the underside of the crossbar and out by New York City goalkeeper Sean Johnson. Gutierrez took two of the team’s three shots on goal throughout the contest.

History sides in favor of Zusi as Sporting KC prepares to take on the Chicago Fire on Saturday night at Toyota Park, with the 31-year-old leading the team with four goals and two assists against the Chicago Fire. He had both goals in a 2-0 home win Sept. 28, 2012 before adding the game-winner on July 7, 2013. He recorded another gamewinning goal and added an assist on Oct. 10, 2014 before setting up Paulo Nagamura’s game-winner on May 3, 2015.

Sporting KC added Gutierrez to the roster in early February following an impressive career in his home country of Chile and in Europe, where he was the 2013-14 Dutch Eredivisie Most Valuable Player while competing for FC Twente. Since then, the 27-yearold has had further stops in Spain with Real Betis and spent the last six months before joining Sporting KC with Internacional in Brazil.

SPORTING KC ENTERS HUNT FOR eMLS CUP

On March 2, 2018, Sporting Kansas City entered the race for the eMLS Cup with the announcement that the club had signed Alex Betancourt as the club’s first official eMLS competitor. Betancourt will represent Sporting KC in eMLS, a competitive EA Sports FIFA 18 league that launches this spring.

RUSSELL HITS THE GROUND RUNNING

Sporting Kansas City winger and offseason addition Johnny Russell wasted little time in getting accustomed to his new surroundings, serving as Sporting KC’s most dangerous attacking outlet in the 2-0 loss to New York City FC in last Sunday’s curtain raiser at Children’s Mercy Park.

Betancourt, a native of Kansas City, Kansas, will participate in the coveted eMLS Cup that runs from April 5-8 at the PAX East gaming festival inside the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The tournament will consist of gamers from 19 MLS clubs, with berths in international FIFA competitions up for grabs.

Russell began the game on the left wing, looking to serve in dangerous delivery for fellow forwards Diego Rubio and Yohan Croizet, before shifting to the right wing in the second half when last season’s top scorer, Gerso Fernandes, was introduced with Sporting KC chasing the game.

Since entering FIFA’s competitive gaming scene in 2016, Betancourt has earned multiple accolades as one of the continent’s best players. He has won 20 Gfinity online tournaments, second-most among competitors in North and South America, and finished first in the Americas in the inaugural FUT Champions Weekend League for EA SPORTS FIFA 17. He played at all three major regional events in FIFA 17 — venturing to Vancouver, Los Angeles and placing fourth in Miami.

The Scotsman took five of Sporting KC’s 18 shots on the night, which placed him in a tie for sixth across all of MLS on the opening weekend and was two shots more than any other Sporting KC player. In addition, Russell attempted eight dribbles in the match, more than any other player on the field and tied for the fifth most in the league in Week 1.

In January, Betancourt was one of two players from North and South America to compete at the FIFA 18 FUT Champions Cup Barcelona after earning a top-64 finish in the world rankings during the month of November 2017.

Russell joined Sporting KC during the offseason from Derby County in the English Championship. The 27-year-old has scored 94 goals in a 12-year career, spending time in both his native Scotland with Dundee United and Raith Rovers and in England with Derby, where he became a fan favorite over the course of his five-year stay.

Before Betancourt travels to Boston in April, Sporting KC fans will have the opportunity to test their FIFA 18 skills against him in a Beat the Pro Tournament later this month at No Other Pub in the Kansas City Power & Light District. More details about the tournament will be confirmed in the near future.

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 10, 2018 at Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes BESLER & ZUSI ON CUSP OF HISTORY

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

CORPORATE PARTNERS PROVIDE ENHANCEMENTS

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

Ahead of the 2018 season, Sporting Kansas City announced that several of the club’s corporate partners were adding enhancements to Children’s Mercy Park, including Toyota, Anheuser-Busch, Audi and Coca-Cola. Toyota, a club partner since 2016, and Anheuser-Busch, a club partner since 2015, each become official First Team partners of Sporting Kansas City in 2018 through expanded partnerships.

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.

The Toyota Plaza, formerly identified as the Sporting Plaza, is located on the west side of Children’s Mercy Park and features 124,000 square feet for gameday activations and fan-friendly amenities, including two SportingStyle retail stores.

Besler is set to reach some all-time milestones in 2018 as well. With another 14 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 eight starts and 595 minutes shy of overtaking current assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin as the club leader in each of those categories.

The Budweiser Brew House, a one-of-a-kind space for supporters, will makeover the northeast corner of Children’s Mercy Park. Previously known as the Members Club, the Budweiser Brew House will be redesigned as a next-generation sports bar complete with charging tables, banners celebrating monumental moments in club history, a bottle cap wall and a programmable scarf corner by incorporating elements reflective of the club’s legacy and Anheuser-Busch’s storied heritage.

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.

The Audi Sport Club redesigns the stadium’s Signature Level for suite holders by introducing a more luxurious setting to complement the all-inclusive premium dining and service available to guests. The multi-year partnership, in conjunction with Kansas City Audi and Shawnee Mission Audi, enters its second season in 2018 with Audi serving as a presenting sponsor of the Sporting KC’s Behind the Shield video series, and Pitch Black, the club’s annual year-end awards gala.

THE VERMES ERA CONTINUES

Now entering 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.

The Coca-Cola Champions Deck, a single-game suite located at field level in the northwest corner of Children’s Mercy Park, will also be upgraded for 2018 by now offering ticket holders exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to a climate-controlled and fully-branded premium buffet in addition to the existing in-seat food and beverage service.

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 VERBATIM

See below for Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes’ comments following the 2-0 loss to New York City FC at Children’s Mercy Park on March 4, 2018:

Vermes has guided Sporting KC to four titles during his watch, winning three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups in 2012, 2015 and 2017, and 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 what went wrong in the game: I think that they were good in the first half, I think all-in-all in the first half they were better, but in the first 15 minute, we had to weather the storm a little bit. They were doing a good job of keeping the ball and pressing and turning us over a little bit and I think that, at times, we were a little bit slow to the ball and we weren’t as definitive as we normally are. In the second half I thought we were much different in that regard. Combination play was good, especially in the attacking third, some really good opportunities that were created. They for sure were better in the first half, I think the second half was a different game. The first goal, we were too spread out and the second goal was just a broken play all the way through. It reminded me of one of the goals we gave up in our last game of preseason – kind of like a broken play, it’s like one thing after another, the ball’s squeaking out here, squeaking there, but it is what it is.

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 144-107-84 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 18-5-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 115 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks in a tie for third among all coaches in MLS history, trailing the Galaxy’s Schmid and Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley, and alongside Orlando City SC head coach Jason Kreis.

On his first impressions of the new players on the team: I think always you want to see what your team is going to be like in games, because that’s what you have to play and that’s what you have to get ready for. You want to see how different people react in different situations. I think, at times, the guys were very good. I think as the game went on, Johnny Russell, for example, got better and better and better and better. He was incredibly dangerous in so many different situations – through the dribble, through the service, trying to cut inside and combine – he was really dangerous but it happened as the game went on because he’s getting more familiar with MLS games, which he really hasn’t played yet. It got better as the game went on, but as I said, I think it’s going to take a little time to put all of the pieces together for sure.

LOOKING TO EXTEND PLAYOFF STREAK

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. 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

On the debuts of Felipe Gutierrez and Yohan Croizet: Gutierrez I think is a great ball winner, sees the field very well and is good in the build-up for sure. He finds really good spots as we’re going to goal. Croizet was a little more a man on an island a little bit on the outside, I think he had some very good actions. But again, it’s going to take a little time for those guys to really get used to how we want to play.

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

On if the introduction of Daniel Salloi gave the team a boost: I think so. Right before that we were already going at them a little bit because it was in the second half. But he definitely came in and had great movement off the ball which changed things a little bit.

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 10, 2018 at Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Chicago Fire: 15-26-11 Home games: 11-8-9 (40 GF, 40 GA) Road games: 4-18-2 (22 GF, 48 GA) Date 04/08/1998 06/24/1998 08/29/1998 09/17/1998 03/27/1999 05/22/1999 08/05/1999 08/25/1999 03/25/2000 06/04/2000 05/19/2001 07/04/2001 08/14/2002 08/31/2002 04/26/2003 06/21/2003 07/26/2003 04/03/2004 05/08/2004 09/01/2004 06/18/2005 08/10/2005 08/19/2005 10/01/2005 05/06/2006 06/17/2006 07/04/2006 08/16/2006 04/21/2007 08/22/2007 08/25/2007 04/20/2008 07/27/2008 10/05/2008 04/18/2009 08/16/2009 05/15/2010 10/12/2010 03/26/2011 06/09/2011 05/12/2012 06/29/2012 09/28/2012 03/16/2013 07/07/2013 08/23/2013 05/18/2014 07/06/2014 10/10/2014 05/03/2015 07/13/2016 07/29/2017

Score KC 1 vs CHI 0 KC 1 at CHI 4 KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 1 KC 0 vs CHI 3 KC 1 at CHI 3 KC 1 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 2 KC 4 vs CHI 3 KC 2 at CHI 3 KC 0 at CHI 2 KC 0 vs CHI 7 KC 1 at CHI 5 KC 2 vs CHI 1 KC 2 vs CHI 3 KC 4 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 2 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 1 at CHI 3 KC 1 at CHI 1 KC 3 at CHI 2 KC 3 vs CHI 0 KC 0 vs CHI 1 KC 1 vs CHI 1 KC 3 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 1 KC 0 at CHI 3 KC 1 at CHI 2 KC 3 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 2 KC 1 at CHI 0 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 1 vs CHI 1 KC 2 at CHI 2 KC 0 vs CHI 2 KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 2 at CHI 0 KC 2 at CHI 3 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 1 at CHI 2 KC 0 vs CHI 1 KC 2 vs CHI 0 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 2 at CHI 1 KC 0 at CHI 1 KC 1 at CHI 2 KC 1 vs CHI 1 KC 2 vs CHI 0 KC 1 vs CHI 0 KC 0 at CHI 1 KC 3 vs CHI 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

5 Sealy, Wolff 10 Preki 43 Davy Arnaud 18 Josh Wolff 38 Kerry Zavagnin 40 Davy Arnaud

Result Location W Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field SOL Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field L Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field L Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field W Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field L Soldier Field L Arrowhead Stadium L Cardinal Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Cardinal Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field T Soldier Field W Soldier Field W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Toyota Park L Toyota Park L Toyota Park W Arrowhead Stadium L Toyota Park W Toyota Park T CommunityAmerica Ballpark T CommunityAmerica Ballpark T Toyota Park L CommunityAmerica Ballpark T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W Toyota Park L Toyota Park T Livestrong Sporting Park L Toyota Park L Livestrong Sporting Park W Livestrong Sporting Park T Sporting Park W Toyota Park L Toyota Park L Toyota Park T Sporting Park W Sporting Park W Sporting Park L Toyota Park W Children’s Mercy Park

3 6 3 40 24

CHICAGO FIRE Ante Razov Justin Mapp Ante Razov Ante Razov Gonzalo Segares Justin Mapp

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Three Players Tony Meola Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola

Zach Thornton 15 Zach Thornton 4 Zach Thornton 8 Zach Thornton 94 Zach Thornton 26

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

CHICAGO FIRE

2 Six Players 3 Preki (6/21/03) 8 Kei Kamara (6/29/12) 4 Four Players 6 Alex Zotinca (4/3/04) 6 Six Players

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Seven Players 10 Players (7/26/03) Damani Ralph Six Players Four Players Blanco, Ralph

2 2 9 4 6 7

9 Tony Meola (7/26/03) 7 Bo Oshoniyi (7/4/01)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(6/21/03) Zach Thornton

10 4

Sutton, Thornton

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

1 2 OT 31 31 0 314 373 0 137 137 0 335 363 0 53 48 0 115 144 0

Total 62 687 274 698 101 259

CHICAGO FIRE Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 45 43 0 313 321 0 136 139 0 371 365 0 75 89 0 108 134 0

Total 88 634 275 736 164 242

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

KC 11 8 12 7 11 13 0 62 CHI 15 12 18 13 14 16 0 88

105

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,453

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 126 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 120 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 18 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 126 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

156

9 8 48 20 45 42

105.3 5

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

259

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 156 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 10, 2018 at Chicago Fire | 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 10, 2018 at Chicago Fire | 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

Saturday, March 10

at Chicago Fire

MLS