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2023 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Sunday, May 28, 2023 Kickoff: 2:00 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 15 Sporting Kansas City 2-8-4, 10 points (1-3-1 home; 1-5-3 away) 13th in MLS Western Conference Portland Timbers 4-6-4, 16 points (3-2-2 home; 1-4-2 away) T-8th in MLS Western Conference
2-8-4 (10 pts.) 0.71 14 13th in West 9 0.64 11 21 1.50 -12 181 (69) 38.1% 137 165 21 3
English TV: FOX Apple TV: Free on MLS Season Pass English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:
Rubiel Vazquez Brian Poeschel Stephen McGonagle Ismir Pekmic Jorge Gonzalez
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 54 77 82
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID FWD DEF DEF DEF MID DEF DEF FWD MID GK FWD DEF FWD MID MID GK FWD MID MID FWD DEF
Name John Pulskamp Andreu Fontas Robert Voloder Dany Rosero Nemanja Radoja Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Alan Pulido Gadi Kinda Khiry Shelton Kortne Ford Tim Leibold Roger Espinoza Jake Davis Logan Ndenbe Robert Castellanos Daniel Salloi Felipe Hernandez Kendall McIntosh Willy Agada Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros Erik Thommy Cam Duke Tim Melia Stephen Afrifa Danny Flores Remi Walter Marinos Tzionis Chris Rindov
Pronunciation
ahn-DRAY-oo VOLO-derr danny roh-CERO nem-AHN-ya RAHD-oy-ah
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Russell, Salloi Daniel Salloi Erik Thommy Salloi, Thommy Pulido, Rosero Salloi, Thommy Erik Thommy Johnny Russell Rosero, Thommy Three Players
en-DEN-bay CASS-tee-YAH-nos shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay MACK-in-tosh ah-GAH-dah
MEE-lia uh-FREE-fuh vault-AIR ma-REE-noss JOHN-eese rin-DOVE T 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 7 0 0 6 7
GD +7 +10 +5 +4 +6 +3 0 +8 -6 -1 -2 -3 -10 -3 -5
GP 13 14 13 14 13 14 13 13 14 13 14 13 13 13 14
Western Conference Pts 1. Los Angeles FC 25 2. Seattle Sounders FC 23 3. st. louis city sc 22 4. FC Dallas 22 5. San Jose Earthquakes 18 6. Minnesota United FC 18 7. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 8. Portland Timbers 16 9. Austin FC 16 10. Houston Dynamo FC 15 11. Real Salt Lake 15 12. Colorado Rapids 12 13. Sporting Kansas City 10 14. LA Galaxy 9
W 7 7 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
L 1 5 4 3 5 5 4 6 5 5 6 6 8 8
T 4 2 1 4 3 3 5 4 4 3 3 6 4 3
GD +13 +7 +13 +3 -1 -2 +4 -2 -5 0 -9 -9 -12 -13
GP 12 14 12 13 13 13 13 14 13 12 13 14 14 13
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
4 5 29 11 1 3 23 21 7 0
Evander Santiago Moreno Evander Evander Four Players Santiago Moreno Diego Chara D. Chara, Mosquera Zac McGraw N/A
900 Aljaz Ivacic 1.25 David Bingham 3 Aljaz Ivacic 2 David Bingham 38 Aljaz Ivacic
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES
2023 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS L 1 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 4 8 8 4 5
4-6-4 (16 pts.) 1.14 14 T-8th in West 18 1.29 22 20 1.43 -2 151 (55) 36.4% 193 190 34 0
PORTLAND TIMBERS
2 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 41 SHOTS 16 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 16 FOULS COMMITTED 23 FOULS SUFFERED 3 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 609 Tim Melia 1.33 Tim Melia 2 John Pulskamp 2 Tim Melia 21
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W 9 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 3 2
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
2023 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
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Eastern Conference Pts 1. FC Cincinnati 30 2. Nasvhille SC 25 3. New England Revolution 24 4. Atlanta United FC 22 5. Philadelphia Union 21 6. D.C. United 19 7. Orlando City SC 19 8. Columbus Crew 18 9. Charlotte FC 18 10. New York City FC 16 11. New York Red Bulls 16 12. Inter Miami CF 15 13. CF Montreal 15 14. Chicago Fire FC 15 15. Toronto FC 13
PORTLAND TIMBERS
15th season
(.533) 185-155-111
15th season
(.533) 185-155-111
GIO SAVARESE
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
6th season 72-58-43 (.540) 6th season 72-58-43 (.540)
PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT As of Wednesday, May 24 QUESTIONABLE • DEF - Logan Ndenbe (Ankle Injury) • DEF - Dany Rosero (Adductor Injury) • FWD - Alan Pulido (Quad Injury) • FWD - Khiry Shelton (Adductor Injury) OUT • GK - Tim Melia (Quad Injury) • DEF - Kortne Ford (Achilles Surgery) • DEF - Kayden Pierre (Hamstring Injury) • FWD - Willy Agada (Tibia Stress Fracture)
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