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2024 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 15 Sporting Kansas City 2-7-5, 11 points (1-3-3 home; 1-4-2 away) T-13th in MLS Western Conference Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5-5-4, 19 points (2-3-2 home; 3-2-2 away) 7th in MLS Western Conference
2-7-5 (11 pts.) 0.79 14 T-13th in West 22 1.57 20 26 1.86 -4 169 (62) 36.7% 170 189 30 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:
Rosendo Mendoza Corey Rockwell Tyler Wyrostek Alexandra Billeter David Barrie
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 10 10 8 6 6 7 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2
L 2 2 5 2 3 7 5 4 5 6 4 7 7 8 10
T 4 3 2 6 5 1 4 6 6 4 7 4 4 5 1
GD +17 +9 +3 +8 +4 0 +1 +4 -4 -7 -3 0 -14 -13 -17
GP 16 15 15 14 14 15 15 14 15 14 14 14 14 15 13
Western Conference Pts 1. Real Salt Lake 29 2. Minnesota United FC 25 3. LA Galaxy 25 4. Los Angeles FC 24 5. Austin FC 23 6. Colorado Rapids 22 7. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 19 8. Houston Dynamo FC 18 9. Seattle Sounders FC 17 10. Portland Timbers 16 11. St. Louis 16 12. FC Dallas 13 13. San Jose Earthquakes 11 14. Sporting Kansas City 11
W 8 7 6 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
L 2 2 2 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 4 6 10 7
T 5 4 7 3 5 4 4 3 5 4 7 4 2 5
GD +13 +7 +5 +6 +2 +1 +3 -2 0 -2 -2 -4 -11 -4
GP 15 13 15 14 15 15 14 14 15 15 14 13 15 14
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
5-5-4 (19 pts.) 1.36 14 7th in West 20 1.43 16 17 1.21 +3 168 (63) 37.5% 137 158 25 1
2024 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Erik Thommy Memo Rodriguez Erik Thommy Agada, Thommy Davis, Pulido Three Players Erik Thommy Erik Thommy Davis, Rodriguez N/A
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS
4 GOALS 4 ASSISTS 33 SHOTS 10 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 24 FOULS COMMITTED 24 FOULS SUFFERED 5 CAUTIONS 0 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 1170 Tim Melia 1.92 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 1 Tim Melia 48
2024 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference Pts 1. Inter Miami CF 34 2. FC Cincinnati 33 3. New York City FC 26 4. Columbus Crew 24 5. New York Red Bulls 23 6. Toronto FC 22 7. Charlotte FC 22 8. Philadelphia Union 18 9. D.C. United 18 10. Orlando City SC 16 11. Nashville SC 16 12. Atlanta United FC 13 13. CF Montreal 13 14. Chicago Fire FC 11 15. New England Revolution 7
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
5 3 27 13 2 2 20 28 5 1
Gauld, White Ryan Raposo Brian White Ryan Gauld Brian White Fafa Picault Andres Cubas Ali Ahmed Andres Cubas Bjorn Utvik
1260 Yohei Takaoka 1.21 Yohei Takaoka 5 Yohei Takaoka 4 Yohei Takaoka 39 Yohei Takaoka
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 16th season
(.530) 197-168-120
16th season
(.530) 197-168-120
VANNI SARTINI
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
4th season 36-32-28 (.521) 4th season 36-32-28 (.521)
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