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2024 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, May 11, 2024 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 12 Sporting Kansas City 2-4-5, 11 points (1-2-3 home; 1-2-2 away) 10th in MLS Western Conference Houston Dynamo FC 4-4-2, 14 points (2-2-2 home; 2-2-0 away) 8th in MLS Western Conference
2-4-5 (11 pts.) 1.00 11 10th in West 18 1.64 14 19 1.73 -1 130 (51) 39.2% 136 156 25 0
Apple TV: MLS Season Pass English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:
Alexis Da Silva Kyle Atkins Corey Parker Victor Rivas Fotis Bazakos
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 36 54 77
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF MID FWD MID FWD FWD FWD DEF DEF DEF DEF FWD MID DEF FWD DEF MID MID DEF GK FWD MID GK MID FWD
Name Pronunciation John Pulskamp Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo Robert Voloder VOLO-derr Dany Rosero danny roh-CERO Nemanja Radoja nem-AHN-ya RAHD-oy-ah Johnny Russell Memo Rodriguez Alan Pulido ah-LAHN pooh-LEE-doh Daniel Salloi shallow-EE Khiry Shelton KY-ree Tim Leibold LIE-bold Jake Davis Logan Ndenbe en-DEN-bay Robert Castellanos CASS-tee-YAH-nos Alenis Vargas uh-LEN-iss Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay Zorhan Bassong ZOR-uhn bah-SONG Willy Agada ah-GAH-dah Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros (loaned out) sis-NAIR-oce Erik Thommy tommy Chris Rindov rin-DOVE Tim Melia MEE-lia Stephen Afrifa uh-FREE-fuh Danny Flores Ryan Schewe SHAY-way Remi Walter vault-AIR Marinos Tzionis ma-REE-noss JOHN-eese W 7 6 6 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
L 2 2 4 2 1 5 5 2 3 4 4 3 5 5 7
T 3 3 1 5 6 2 2 5 5 3 3 5 4 3 1
GD +14 +4 0 0 +3 -1 -1 +3 -1 +3 -7 -4 -8 -7 -11
GP 12 11 11 11 10 11 11 10 11 10 10 10 11 10 10
Western Conference Pts 1. Real Salt Lake 21 2. Minnesota United FC 20 3. LA Galaxy 19 4. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 18 5. Colorado Rapids 18 6. Austin FC 16 7. Los Angeles FC 15 8. Houston Dynamo FC 14 9. St. Louis 13 10. Sporting Kansas City 11 11. Seattle Sounders FC 10 12. Portland Timbers 10 13. FC Dallas 8 14. San Jose Earthquakes 7
W 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
L 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 1 4 5 5 6 8
T 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 2 7 5 4 4 2 1
GD +9 +6 +4 +8 +3 +1 0 -1 +1 -1 0 -3 -5 -9
GP 11 10 11 10 11 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 10 11
RECORD POINTS PER GAME GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS
4-4-2 (14 pts.) 1.40 10 8th in West 9 0.90 9 10 1.00 -1 121 (48) 39.7% 122 127 23 1
2024 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Erik Thommy Four Players Erik Thommy Erik Thommy Davis, Pulido Three Players Erik Thommy Erik Thommy Jake Davis N/A
HOUSTON DYNAMO
4 GOALS 2 ASSISTS 27 SHOTS 10 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 23 FOULS COMMITTED 22 FOULS SUFFERED 5 CAUTIONS 0 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 900 Tim Melia 1.80 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 1 Tim Melia 37
2024 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference Pts 1. Inter Miami CF 24 2. FC Cincinnati 21 3. Toronto FC 19 4. New York Red Bulls 17 5. Columbus Crew 15 6. Charlotte FC 14 7. New York City FC 14 8. Philadelphia Union 14 9. D.C. United 14 10. Atlanta United FC 12 11. CF Montreal 12 12. Nashville SC 11 13. Chicago Fire FC 10 14. Orlando City SC 9 15. New England Revolution 7
HOUSTON DYNAMO
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
3 3 26 12 1 2 18 18 3 1
Ibrahim Aliyu Artur Ibrahim Aliyu Ibrahim Aliyu Four Players Artur Ibrahim Aliyu Adalberto Carrasquilla Carrasquilla, Kowalczyk Griffin Gorsey
900 Steve Clark 1.00 Steve Clark 4 Steve Clark 3 Steve Clark 30 Steve Clark
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 16th season
(.533) 197-165-120
16th season
(.533) 197-165-120
BEN OLSEN
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
13th season 131-152-95 (.472) 2nd season 18-15-11 (.534)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY FACT FILE Club Name Second Reference Inaugural Season Stadium Capacity Training Facility Owner Manager Captain President & CEO MLS Cup MLS Supporters’ Shield U.S. Open Cup 1
Sporting Kansas City Sporting KC, Sporting, SKC 1996 Children’s Mercy Park 18,467 (Max Standing Room: 21,650) Compass Minerals National Performance Center Sporting Club Peter Vermes Johnny Russell Jake Reid 2000 & 2013 2000 2004, 2012, 2015 & 2017