Game Notes: Sporting KC vs. Colorado Rapids | May 5, 2018 by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. COLORADO RAPIDS CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. 7:30 p.m. CT (FS-KC; Altitude)

Sat., May 5, 2018 (Week 10, MLS Game #97)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2018 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Amer Didic 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 8 8 0 0 125 99 12 3 4 Brad Evans DF 6-1 160 04/20/1985 Phoenix, AZ 0 0 0 0 230 198 25 29 DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 9 9 0 1 235 229 3 16 5 Matt Besler 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 9 9 2 1 42 42 2 3 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 168 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 9 9 5 2 9 9 5 2 DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 9 9 2 1 227 187 28 57 8 Graham Zusi 10 Yohan Croizet MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 9 6 1 1 9 6 1 1 11 Diego Rubio FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 4 1 1 0 35 15 8 2 12 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/23/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 7 0 0 1 39 26 8 3 13 Gianluca Busio FW 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Khiry Shelton FW 6-3 191 06/26/1993 Carson, CO 8 8 0 2 62 31 6 12 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 5 3 0 0 190 181 1 9 15 16 Graham Smith DF 6-3 186 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 9 9 0 5 199 179 5 28 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 3 1 1 0 13 7 2 0 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 8 7 1 4 30 19 4 6 21 Felipe Gutierrez MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 6 5 5 0 6 5 5 0 22 Emiliano Amor DF 6-0 175 05/16/1995 Buenos Aires, Argentina 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 23 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-8 155 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 9 9 0 0 96 95 0 0 75 Wan Kuzain MF 5-10 160 09/14/1998 Carbondale, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 Matt Lewis DF 6-2 165 08/01/1996 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 Kharlton Belmar FW 5-11 160 12/01/1992 Virginia Beach, VA 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 94 Jimmy Medranda DF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 9 5 2 1 83 59 5 4 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W120 L93 T76

COLORADO RAPIDS 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 194 03/06/1979 North Brunswick, NJ 6 6 0 0 133 131 0 2 1 Tim Howard 2 Edgar Castillo DF 5-7 172 10/08/1986 Las Cruces, NM 7 7 0 1 7 7 0 1 DF 6-2 174 12/27/1991 Livingston, Scotland 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 Danny Wilson 5 Tommy Smith DF 6-2 181 03/31/1990 Macclesfield, England 7 7 0 2 7 7 0 2 7 Stefan Aigner MF 6-0 160 08/20/1987 Munich, Germany 1 0 0 0 10 5 2 1 8 Johan Blomberg MF 5-10 143 06/14/1987 Lund, Sweden 6 6 0 2 6 6 0 2 FW 5-11 170 01/13/1988 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, France 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 Yannick Boli 10 Joe Mason FW 5-10 161 05/13/1991 Plymouth, England 4 4 2 0 4 4 2 0 MF 6-0 165 07/15/1988 Zurich, Switzerland 3 1 1 0 46 38 12 5 11 Shkelzen Gashi 12 Niki Jackson FW 6-1 175 08/25/1995 Vicksburg, MS 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 13 Sam Vines DF 5-10 150 05/31/1999 Colorado Springs, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Dominique Badji FW 6-0 175 10/16/1992 Dakar, Senegal 7 7 5 1 82 62 22 11 15 Sam Hamilton MF 6-0 185 07/27/1995 Denver, CO 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 17 Dillon Serna MF 5-7 140 03/25/1994 Brighton, CO 4 0 0 0 75 38 8 6 18 Zac MacMath GK 6-2 194 08/07/1991 St. Petersburg, FL 2 1 0 0 134 132 0 0 19 Jack Price MF 5-7 152 12/19/1992 Shrewsbury, England 7 7 1 2 7 7 1 2 Ricardo Perez MF 5-8 160 05/30/1995 Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 21 Bismark Adjei-Boateng MF 5-11 160 05/10/1994 Accra, Ghana 4 3 0 0 22 13 0 1 22 Micheal Azira MF 5-10 160 08/22/1987 Kampala, Uganda 2 0 0 0 88 70 0 3 23 Kip Colvey DF 5-10 162 03/15/1994 Lihue, HI 2 2 0 0 6 5 0 1 Kortne Ford DF 6-2 185 01/26/1996 Olathe, KS 0 0 0 0 20 19 1 0 24 27 Deklan Wynne DF 5-10 165 03/20/1995 Johannesburg, South Africa 7 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 29 Caleb Calvert FW 6-2 160 10/22/1996 Wrightwood, CA 0 0 0 0 20 4 1 1 32 Jack McBean FW 6-0 175 12/15/1994 Newport Beach, CA 4 3 0 0 41 20 4 3 44 Axel Sjoberg DF 6-7 210 03/08/1991 Stockholm, Sweden 4 3 0 0 68 67 3 1 50 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 35 34 0 1 Enzo Martinez MF 5-7 145 09/29/1990 Montevideo, Uruguay 6 6 0 1 6 6 0 1 90 94 Marlon Hairston MF 6-0 157 03/23/1994 Jackson, MS 3 3 0 0 83 58 7 11 Sam Nicholson MF 5-9 157 01/20/1995 Edinburgh, Scotland 8 6 1 1 20 14 2 2 ON LOAN Mike Da Fonte DF 6-0 170 04/18/1991 Ossining, NY 17 14 0 0 17 14 0 0 HEAD COACH : Anthony Hudson

03/11/1981 W2 L3 T2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. COLORADO RAPIDS

Saturday, May 5, 2018; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 7:30 p.m. CT REFEREES

2018 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 9 5-2-2 17 20 12 at home 5 3-1-1 10 12 6 Rapids on road

REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero. AR1 (bench): Corey Parker; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Daniel Radford; VAR: Edvin Jurisevic TEAM NEWS

7 2-3-2 8 10 10 3 0-2-1 1 2 6

SUSPENDED: COL: Tim Howard (through April 29) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: COL: Jack Price SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: COL: Dominique Badji

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sporting 24 wins (3 shootout), 99 goals … Rapids 23 wins (1 shootout), 82 goals … Ties 14

DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

AT KC: Sporting 19 wins (0 shootout), 61 goals … Rapids 5 wins (1 shootout), 30 goals … Ties 5 2018 (MLS): 3/24: COL 2, KC 2 (Badji 5; Mason 8 -- Gutierrez 57; Rubio 91+)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 0 Scoring Summary: NE--Bunbury 4 (unassisted) 44

UPCOMING MATCHES RAPIDS SPORTING Sat. May 12 Red Bulls Wed. May 9 at Atlanta Sat. May 19 at NYCFC Sun. May 20 at Minnesota Sat. May 26 Portland Sun. May 27 Columbus Fri. June 1 Vancouver Sun. June 3 Minnesota

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda (Kharlton Belmar 77), Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Yohan Croizet (Seth Sinovic 63), Johnny Russell, Khiry Shelton, Daniel Salloi (Diego Rubio 82).

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM RAPIDS

SPORTING

F 20 41

A 12 68

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 10 63

A 10 63

3 6 1 0

6 3 1 0

7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

5 0 0 1 2 2 0 0

1 8 1

0 7 3

HOW SCORED

6 12 1 1

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

8 3 1 0

TYPE OF PLAY

15 0 2 1 2 0 0 0

6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

3 14 3

5 6 1

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

COLORADO RAPIDS 1 ORLANDO CITY SC 2 Scoring Summary: COL--Badji 5 (Martinez 1) 26 ORL--Higuita 1 (Kljestan 3) 52 ORL--Yotun 2 (penalty kick) 77 COLORADO RAPIDS--Zac MacMath, Deklan Wynne, Danny Wilson, Tommy Smith, Bismark Adjei-Boateng (Micheal Azira 71), Enzo Martinez, Jack Price, Shkelzen Gashi (Dillon Serna 50), Edgar Castillo, Joe Mason (Yannick Boli 54), Dominique Badji.

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC COL

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 3-0-0 2-0-1 0-2-1 1-1-1 1-2-1 0-0-0

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 5-0-1 0-2-1 2-1-2 0-2-0

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 4/20/2018 KC 6, VAN 0 4/08/2018 KC 2, LA 0 3/04/2018 KC 0, NYC 2 4/28/2018 KC 0, NE 1 4/15/2018 KC 2, SEA 2 4/20/2018 KC 6, VAN 0 4/28/2018 KC 0, NE 1

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC LWWTWWTWL Rapids LTWTWLL

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

COLORADO RAPIDS Date Score (Gms since) 4/14/2018 COL 2, TOR 0 (1) 9/09/2017 COL 1, HOU 0 (6) 4/29/2018 COL 1, ORL 2 (0) 4/21/2018 COL 0, RSL 3 (0) 4/07/2018 COL 1, DAL 1 (3) 4/14/2018 COL 2, TOR 0 (2) 4/21/2018 COL 0, RSL 3 (1)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 5 Gutierrez/Russell A: 5 Espinoza SHT: 32 Russell SOG: 12 Russell FC: 18 Espinoza FS: 15 Espinoza OF: 4 Salloi C: 2 Espinoza/Sanchez E: 0 RAPIDS G: 5 Badji A: 2 3 players tied SHT: 19 Badji SOG: 10 Badji FC: 17 Martinez FS: 13 Badji OF: 6 Badji C: 4 Price E: 1 Howard

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 9 2 1 3 1 2 20 2.22 COL 7 1 3 2 1 0 10 1.43 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 9 3 1 4 1 0 12 1.33 COL 7 2 1 3 1 0 10 1.43 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 20 3 3 2 5 2 5 COL 10 3 1 0 1 3 2 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 12 2 0 4 1 3 2 COL 10 0 0 0 3 0 7

2018 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (5-2-2, 17 pts.) UNF 7 21 8 6 94 20 10 19 11 17 14 12 5 22 3 90 15 29

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

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

GP 9 6 9 9 9 8 9 3 4 9 8 7 9 1 8 1 5 9

GS 9 5 9 9 5 7 6 1 1 9 8 0 9 1 8 0 3 9

MIN 762 427 810 810 521 635 461 127 90 795 658 120 810 90 720 13 251 810

9 9

810 810

G 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 12

A 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 31 19 14 13 8 18 19 3 1 7 15 4 0 1 6 1 1 0

SOG 11 10 4 4 3 5 7 2 1 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0

FC 4 10 4 15 6 2 7 1 1 18 8 4 5 0 5 0 0 0

FS 10 4 6 5 5 7 7 2 1 15 4 2 3 0 2 0 2 0

OFF 3 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 25 6 30 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

19 15

161 108

58 41

90 86

86 90

13 24

67 28

9 17

0 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Felipe Gutierrez 3, Daniel Salloi 1, Johnny Russell 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Daniel Salloi 2, Johnny Russell 2, Roger Espinoza 1, Graham Zusi 1, Khiry Shelton 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Ilie Sanchez 2-3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 9 9 9

GS 9 9 9

MIN SHTS 810 41 810 41 810 58

SV 28 28 37

GA 12 12 20

GAA 1.33 1.33 2.22

PG 0 0 2

PA 0 0 3

W 5 5 2

L 2 2 5

T 2 2 2

SO 3 3 2

2018 COLORADO RAPIDS STATISTICS (2-3-2, 8 pts.) UNF 14 10 19 12 11 8 5 2 90 44 21 4 27 17 32 23 94 22 7 1 9 18

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

PLAYER Dominique Badji Joe Mason Jack Price Niki Jackson Shkelzen Gashi Johan Blomberg Tommy Smith Edgar Castillo Enzo Martinez Axel Sjoberg Bismark Adjei-Boateng Danny Wilson Deklan Wynne Dillon Serna Jack McBean Kip Colvey Marlon Hairston Micheal Azira Stefan Aigner Tim Howard Yannick Boli Zac MacMath Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 7 4 7 3 3 6 7 7 6 4 4 4 7 4 4 2 3 2 1 6 3 2

GS 7 4 7 0 1 6 7 7 6 3 3 4 7 0 3 2 3 0 0 6 0 1

MIN 609 273 630 64 93 508 630 630 507 315 273 315 630 131 162 129 240 20 11 470 62 158

7 7

630 630

G 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10

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

SHT 19 3 10 3 3 4 7 3 10 0 4 1 1 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 3 0

SOG 10 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

9 6

85 122

FC 13 4 13 5 3 11 7 5 17 2 5 3 6 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 4 0

FS 13 2 4 3 1 6 4 9 5 2 1 3 3 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 3 0

OFF 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 0 28 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 3 0 4 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

28 40

106 74 74 106

14 10

34 30

22 7

1 0

GAA 0.96 2.85 1.43 1.43

PG 0 2 2 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dominique Badji 1, Jack Price 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Tommy Smith 1, Jack Price 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Shkelzen Gashi 1-1, Jack Price 0-1 COLORADO RAPIDS GOALKEEPING UNF 1 18

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Howard Zac MacMath Team totals Opponent totals

GP 6 2 7 7

GS 6 1 7 7

MIN SHTS 470 24 158 16 628 40 630 28

SV 19 9 28 18

GA 5 5 10 10

PA 0 2 2 2

W 2 0 2 3

L 1 2 3 2

T 2 0 2 2

SO 2 0 2 1

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

OPPONENT 4 New York City FC 10 at Chicago

Sat. Mar.

17 San Jose

W 3-2

18868

2-1-0

Sat. Mar.

24 at Colorado

T 2-2

17424

2-1-1

Sat. Mar. Sun. Apr. Sun. Apr.

31 D.C. United 8 at Los Angeles 15 Seattle

W 1-0 W 2-0 T 2-2

18624 25846 18508

3-1-1 4-1-1 4-1-2

1 1 1

Fri. Apr.

20 Vancouver

W 6-0

19690

5-1-2

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

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

L 0-1

17015

5-2-2

Apr. May May May May June June June June July

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

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

RESULT L 0-2

ATT 20831

W-L-T 0-1-0

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

W 4-3

14021

1-1-0

3 KC: Gutierrez (9,86) Russell (44) Medranda (83); CHI: Katai (70) Nikolic (74,82) 6 KC: Sanchez (25) Zusi (56) Gutierrez (68); SJ: Qazaishvili (34) Wondolowski (91+) 7 KC: Gutierrez (57) Rubio (91+); COL: Badji (5) Mason (8) 10 KC: Gutierrez (3); 13 KC: Salloi (56) Russell (61); 14 KC: Sanchez (34) Zusi (78); SEA: Bruin (48+) Roldan (73) 17 KC: Russell (10,16,48) Medranda (30) Lobato (54) Croizet (77); 17 NE: Bunbury (44)

COLORADO RAPIDS 2018 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 10 at New England 24 Sporting KC

Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.

31 Philadelphia 7 at FC Dallas 14 Toronto FC 21 at Real Salt Lake 29 Orlando City SC 5 at Sporting KC 12 New York Red Bulls 19 at New York City FC 26 Portland 1 Vancouver 9 at Houston 13 Chicago 23 Minnesota 1 at Vancouver 4 Seattle 7 at Montreal 14 Houston 21 at Real Salt Lake 28 at D.C. United 4 Los Angeles 11 San Jose 14 at Los Angeles 18 at Los Angeles FC 25 Real Salt Lake 8 at Portland 15 Atlanta 22 at Columbus 29 at Seattle 6 Los Angeles FC 13 at Minnesota 21 at San Jose 28 FC Dallas

Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr.

Sun. Apr. Sat. May Sat. May Sat. May Sat. Fri. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat.

May June June June June July July July July July

Sat. Sat. Sat. Tue. Sat.

July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.

Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun.

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

RESULT L 1-2 T 2-2

ATT 13305 17424

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

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

10790 13147 11232 17461

1-1-1 1-1-2 2-1-2 2-2-2

L 1-2

15702

2-3-2

W T W L

POS PTS NOTES: 10 0 COL: Jackson (66); NE: Fagundez (48) Tierney (93+) 10 1 COL: Badji (5) Mason (8); KC: Gutierrez (57) Rubio (91+) 7 4 COL: Badji (53,61,87); 8 5 COL: Mason (62); DAL: Colman (89) 6 8 COL: Price (2) Gashi (78); 8 8 RSL: Plata (82) Kreilach (89) Rusnak (92+) 9

8 COL: Badji (26); ORL: Higuita (52) Yotun (77)

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2018)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2018)

Goals 3 Johnny Russell Assists 2 Daniel Salloi 2 Roger Espinoza Shots 7 Yohan Croizet Shots on Goal 4 Johnny Russell 4 Yohan Croizet Fouls Committed 5 Ilie Sanchez Fouls Suffered 3 4 times Offside 2 Johnny Russell Saves 10 Tim Melia Shots Faced 10 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 3 Tim Melia

Goals 6 04/20/2018 vs Assists 7 04/20/2018 vs Shots 34 04/20/2018 vs Shots on Goal 14 04/20/2018 vs Fouls Committed 18 03/10/2018 vs Fouls Suffered 14 03/04/2018 vs Corner Kicks 12 03/17/2018 vs Offside 3 03/04/2018 vs 3 03/31/2018 vs Saves 10 04/08/2018 vs Shots Faced 10 04/08/2018 vs Goals Allowed 3 03/10/2018 vs

04/20/2018 vs VAN

W 6-0

03/10/2018 vs CHI 04/20/2018 vs VAN

W 4-3 W 6-0

04/20/2018 vs VAN

W 6-0

04/20/2018 vs VAN 04/20/2018 vs VAN

W 6-0 W 6-0

03/10/2018 vs CHI

W 4-3

03/04/2018 vs NYC

L 0-2

03/31/2018 vs DC

W 1-0

04/08/2018 vs LA

W 2-0

04/08/2018 vs LA

W 2-0

03/10/2018 vs CHI

W 4-3

VAN

W 6-0

VAN

W 6-0

VAN

W 6-0

VAN

W 6-0

CHI

W 4-3

NYC

L 0-2

W 3-2

NYC DC

L 0-2 W 1-0

W 2-0

CHI

W 4-3

RAPIDS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2018)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2018)

Goals 3 Dominique Badji Assists 1 9 times Shots 4 Dominique Badji Shots on Goal 3 Dominique Badji Fouls Committed 5 Enzo Martinez Fouls Suffered 4 Dominique Badji Offside 3 Dominique Badji Saves 7 Tim Howard Shots Faced 11 Zac MacMath Goals Allowed 3 Zac MacMath

Goals 3 03/31/2018 at Assists 3 03/24/2018 at 3 03/31/2018 at Shots 17 04/14/2018 at Shots on Goal 7 04/14/2018 at Fouls Committed 19 04/14/2018 at 19 04/29/2018 at Fouls Suffered 15 03/24/2018 at Corner Kicks 11 04/29/2018 at Offside 4 04/14/2018 at Saves 7 03/24/2018 at Shots Faced 11 04/21/2018 at Goals Allowed 3 04/21/2018 at

03/31/2018 at PHI

W 3-0

03/10/2018 at NE

L 1-2

04/14/2018 at TOR

W 2-0

03/31/2018 at PHI 04/14/2018 at TOR

W 3-0 W 2-0

04/21/2018 at RSL

L 0-3

04/21/2018 at RSL

L 0-3

03/24/2018 at KC

T 2-2

04/21/2018 at RSL

L 0-3

04/21/2018 at RSL

L 0-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2018) Shots 12 04/15/2018 vs Shots on Goal 3 03/04/2018 vs 3 04/28/2018 vs Fouls Committed 3 04/20/2018 vs Fouls Suffered 6 03/31/2018 vs Corner Kicks 3 04/15/2018 vs Offside 0 03/17/2018 vs 0 04/15/2018 vs Saves 0 03/24/2018 vs Shots Faced 1 04/20/2018 vs

SEA

T 2-2

NYC NE

L 0-2 L 0-1

VAN

W 6-0

W 1-0

SEA

T 2-2

SJ SEA

W 3-2 T 2-2

COL

T 2-2

VAN

W 6-0

TEAM LOW GAMES (2018)

PHI

W 3-0

KC PHI

T 2-2 W 3-0

TOR

W 2-0

TOR

W 2-0

TOR ORL

W 2-0 L 1-2

T 2-2

ORL

L 1-2

TOR

W 2-0

T 2-2

RSL

L 0-3

RSL

L 0-3

Shots 8 03/24/2018 at Shots on Goal 0 04/21/2018 at Fouls Committed 12 03/24/2018 at Fouls Suffered 6 04/29/2018 at Corner Kicks 0 03/24/2018 at Offside 1 03/10/2018 at 1 03/24/2018 at 1 03/31/2018 at 1 04/07/2018 at Saves 0 03/10/2018 at Shots Faced 2 03/10/2018 at

T 2-2

RSL

L 0-3

T 2-2

ORL

L 1-2

T 2-2

NE KC PHI DAL

L T W T

L 1-2

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

2018 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. COLORADO RAPIDS (0-0-1) UNF 21 11 14 12 17 5 8 3 29 15 94 6 10 7

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1

90 2 90 29 90 90 90 90 90 45 45 90 61 88 90 90

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

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

6 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 20 8

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

2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 15 12

1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 12 15

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Felipe Gutierrez Diego Rubio Khiry Shelton Gerso Fernandes Roger Espinoza Matt Besler Graham Zusi Ike Opara Tim Melia Seth Sinovic Jimmy Medranda Ilie Sanchez Yohan Croizet Johnny Russell Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

2 2 9

GAA

O'TIME

0 0 7

2 2 2

2.00 2.00 2.00

0 0 0

1 1 1

0 0 0

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

2018 COLORADO RAPIDS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-0-1) UNF 14 10 2 5 19 1 32 90 4 94 21 8 27 12

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1

84 64 90 90 90 90 6 90 90 90 32 58 90 26 90 90

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

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

2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 20

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9

1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 12 15

2 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 15 12

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dominique Badji Joe Mason Edgar Castillo Tommy Smith Jack Price Tim Howard Jack McBean Enzo Martinez Danny Wilson Marlon Hairston Bismark Adjei-Boateng Johan Blomberg Deklan Wynne Niki Jackson Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Howard Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

9 9 2

GAA

O'TIME

7 7 0

2 2 2

2.00 2.00 2.00

0 0 0

1 1 1

0 0 0

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

RAPIDS VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Rapids

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 24 wins, 100 goals Rapids 23 wins, 85 goals 14 ties 4/13/1996 5/5/1996 7/10/1996 8/7/1996 6/28/1997 8/28/1997 9/6/1997 9/26/1997 10/4/1997 10/8/1997 5/31/1998 7/19/1998 8/8/1998 9/2/1998 4/17/1999 7/7/1999 9/10/1999 9/25/1999 4/1/2000 4/29/2000 8/2/2000 8/26/2000 9/16/2000 9/20/2000 9/24/2000 7/18/2001 8/12/2001 8/19/2001 3/23/2002 5/11/2002 9/14/2002 9/20/2002 7/4/2003 8/22/2003 9/13/2003 10/4/2003 11/4/2003 11/8/2003 5/1/2004 6/9/2004 9/10/2004 9/25/2004 4/2/2005 7/4/2005 7/8/2006 9/9/2006 5/19/2007 7/22/2007 4/5/2008 8/16/2008 3/28/2009 9/26/2009 4/10/2010 7/17/2010 5/28/2011 7/6/2011 10/30/2011 11/2/2011 5/19/2012 8/31/2013 3/29/2014 5/16/2015 6/27/2015 8/29/2015 10/21/2015 4/13/2016 5/11/2016 7/16/2016

KC 3 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 4 at COL KC 1 vs COL KC 2 at COL KC 5 vs COL COL 3 at KC COL 3 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 4 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 3 vs KC COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 1 at KC KC 3 vs COL KC 5 at COL KC 3 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs COL COL 0 vs KC KC 3 vs COL COL 0 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 3 vs COL KC 1 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 3 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 2 vs COL KC 1 at COL COL 3 vs KC KC 1 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 0 vs COL KC 1 vs COL COL 1 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs COL KC 2 at COL KC 2 vs COL COL 2 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 3 at COL KC 0 vs COL KC 2 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 1 vs KC

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

KC SOW

COL SOW COL SOW COL SOW

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

(2OT) (2OT)

(KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (DS) (KC) (CA) (DS) (DS) (CA) (CA) (DS) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (SP) (DS) (SP) (SP) (DS) (DS)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 32 325 129 431 91 148

2 50 402 151 471 77 149

OT 0 5 2 2 1 0

Tot 82 732 282 904 169 297

1 35 367 146 388 86 141

2 64 479 206 399 86 163

OT 0 4 1 9 0 1

Tot 99 850 353 796 172 305

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: COL KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

11 8

10 12

10 14

15 25

10 10

26 30

0 0

82 99

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes Anthony Hudson

vs. COL vs. KC

5-6-6 0-0-1

(1.17 pts./game) (1 pts./game)

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

9 16 83 35 34 47 7 6 6 65 18

Sporting KC Klein/Radosavljevic Preki Preki Preki McKeon/Zavagnin Kerry Zavagnin Tony Meola Tim Melia Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola

Rapids John Spencer Chris Henderson John Spencer John Spencer Pablo Mastroeni Chris Henderson 5 times Cannon/Hahnemann Scott Garlick Marcus Hahnemann Marcus Hahnemann

8 7 53 29 35 36 3 5 3 44 17

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed

2 3 9 5 7

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

7 1 9 4

Sporting KC 9 players tied Preki (10/04/03) Onandi Lowe (08/12/01) Dom Dwyer (08/29/15) Chris Henderson (08/26/00) 3 players tied 13 players tied Bo Oshoniyi (09/10/04) Mike Ammann (08/07/96)

Rapids 8 players tied 6 players tied Mark Chung (09/14/02) John Spencer (08/22/03) Chris Martinez (08/02/00) Kevin Doyle (05/11/16) 12 players tied 4 players tied Grafer/Kramer

2 2 8 5 7 7 1 9 5

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

Streak (started)

Colorado Rapids W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

3 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ls

(03/10/2018) (04/15/2018) (04/28/2018)

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

1 Ls (04/29/2018) 1 Ls (04/21/2018) 2 Ls (09/27/2017)

0-2-1 5-0-1

1 Ls 1 Ws

(04/28/2018) (04/20/2018)

0-2-0 2-1-2

5 Ls (09/23/2017) 1 Ls (04/29/2018)

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

2 Ls 1 Ws 1 Ts 7 Ws 2 Ws

(03/04/2018) (03/31/2018) (04/15/2018) (04/09/2017) (03/10/2018)

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

5 1 1 3 0

Ls Ls Ws Ws -

(08/19/2017) (04/29/2018) (04/14/2018) (05/13/2017) -

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

3 Ws 1 Ls 2 Ts 1 Ws 0-

(03/31/2018) (04/28/2018) (03/24/2018) (03/10/2018) -

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

4 2 1 7 1

Ws Ts Ls Ls Ls

(09/09/2017) (10/07/2017) (04/29/2018) (04/09/2017) (08/26/2017)

4/9/2017 5/27/2017 3/24/2018

KC 3 vs COL 1 COL 1 vs KC 0 COL 2 vs KC 2

(SP) (DS) (DS)

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. RAPIDS (24-23-14) PLAYER

MIN

Preki Chris Klein Vitalis Takawira Mo Johnston Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Dom Dwyer Graham Zusi Jimmy Conrad Frank Klopas Gary Glasgow Matt McKeon Teal Bunbury Benny Feilhaber Francisco Gomez Eddie Johnson Miklos Molnar Roy Lassiter Scott Sealy Paul Wright Mark Chung Kerry Zavagnin Chris Henderson Brian Johnson Seth Sinovic Chris Brown Gerso Fernandes Jack Jewsbury Krisztian Nemeth Igor Simutenkov Ryan Smith Ryan Tinsley Stephen Armstrong Alex Bunbury Felipe Gutierrez Michael Harrington Kei Kamara Michael Kraus Alexi Lalas Uche Okafor Diego Rubio Mike Sorber Dave van den Bergh Eric Quill Jose Burciaga Jr. Mike Burns Carlos Marinelli Chance Myers Sasha Victorine Sal Zizzo Saad Abdul-Salaam Peter Byaruhanga Bobby Convey Eric Eichmann Roger Espinoza Diego Gutierrez Connor Hallisey Tony Meola Soni Mustivar Paulo Nagamura Bo Oshoniyi Ryan Pore Craig Rocastle CJ Sapong Khiry Shelton Scott Uderitz Team totals Opponent totals

26 21 14 18 18 13 9 14 18 8 7 19 6 8 11 3 2 5 5 9 12 27 8 8 9 14 3 14 3 6 3 8 6 4 1 10 6 1 4 16 3 3 1 6 9 5 3 8 6 1 6 1 1 2 11 15 3 17 5 5 8 5 3 3 1 6 61 61

24 21 10 17 15 11 7 13 18 5 5 17 3 7 4 3 2 4 2 5 12 26 8 3 9 6 2 12 3 4 2 8 6 3 1 10 5 0 4 15 1 3 1 5 9 3 2 7 6 1 4 1 1 1 10 14 1 17 4 5 8 2 2 1 1 4 61 61

2175 1840 889 1534 1442 925 643 1135 1579 492 486 1563 307 669 508 244 158 319 225 483 1080 2399 730 342 689 833 209 1052 251 385 196 684 433 287 90 879 456 23 360 1338 70 267 83 432 774 281 217 582 491 90 438 45 59 102 920 1257 152 1580 364 437 730 112 161 94 90 352 5490 5490

9 16 9 3 8 3 7 7 5 2 4 3 4 2 3 2 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 8 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 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 0 3 0 2 0 2 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 1 100 103 85 79

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

83 43 32 38 37 20 27 20 12 15 11 26 9 21 18 6 7 3 6 10 34 10 11 1 3 12 2 17 5 7 8 2 7 8 6 1 12 1 6 5 6 3 4 5 10 1 2 7 10 2 2 0 0 2 11 10 2 0 1 9 0 1 0 3 3 1 853 736

2 2 6 17 9 8 6 9 2 1 1 61 61

135 100 540 1580 810 730 540 800 135 90 90 5490 5490

Garth Lagerwey Chris Snitko Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tim Melia Bo Oshoniyi Kevin Hartman Mike Ammann Pat Harrington Eric Kronberg David Winner Team totals Opponent totals

SHT

GAA

7 5 0.67 5 4 0.90 20 14 1.00 85 65 1.03 31 18 1.33 44 31 1.36 31 22 1.50 46 29 1.91 5 1 2.00 6 3 2.00 2 0 2.00 282 192 1.33 355 244 1.61

0 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 12 6

RAPIDS CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (23-24-14) PLAYER

MIN

John Spencer Chris Henderson Mark Chung Wolde Harris Conor Casey Ross Paule Paul Bravo Marcelo Balboa Terry Cooke Vicente Sanchez Steve Trittschuh Kyle Beckerman Kevin Doyle Sean Henderson Jovan Kirovski Shaun Bartlett Chris Carrieri Wes Hart Scott Benedetti Omar Cummings Shkelzen Gashi Zach Kingsley Tyrone Marshall Alain Nkong Dillon Powers Dominique Badji Edson Buddle Jose Burciaga Jr. Jordan Cila Jeff Cunningham John DiRaimondo Facundo Erpen Maynor Figueroa Kortne Ford Marlon Hairston Jean Harbor Kosuke Kimura Joe Mason Clint Mathis David Patino Zizi Roberts Marcelo Sarvas Dillon Serna Richard Sharpe Luis Solignac Chris Martinez Adrian Paz Carlos Valderrama Colin Clark Juan Ramirez Seth Trembly Peter Vermes Mehdi Ballouchy Nat Borchers Jason Boyce Edgar Castillo Eric Denton Robin Fraser Denis Hamlett Nicolas Hernandez Peguero Jean Philippe Ritchie Kotschau Jeff Larentowicz Thiago Martins Pablo Mastroeni Marco Pappa Jacob Peterson Jack Price Martin Rivero Jamie Smith Tommy Smith Roy Wegerle Team totals Opponent totals

13 24 11 12 8 11 15 19 7 4 11 14 7 6 4 4 10 11 4 7 4 6 3 3 9 7 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 6 4 8 1 2 4 3 3 3 2 5 13 8 7 5 2 8 11 6 10 1 1 3 9 3 4 4 16 5 1 22 2 5 1 2 2 1 5 61 61

12 21 10 7 8 10 14 19 5 3 11 9 6 5 4 4 9 9 4 6 4 4 3 1 6 6 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 4 4 8 1 1 4 2 2 2 0 4 11 7 7 5 1 3 10 6 10 1 1 3 9 3 4 4 14 5 0 21 2 3 1 1 0 1 3 61 61

1172 2006 959 663 696 935 1192 1732 515 273 990 913 561 428 296 325 774 778 347 538 334 291 270 159 560 546 102 179 154 127 90 270 180 173 386 324 712 64 96 338 212 187 173 15 346 954 599 670 375 78 317 914 456 910 40 90 270 850 270 344 260 1277 450 33 1841 131 218 90 123 73 90 213 5490 5490

SHT

GOALKEEPER

8 4 6 7 5 2 5 2 5 1 4 3 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 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 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 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 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 85 79 100 103

53 32 30 18 22 18 33 35 10 3 14 14 13 4 8 7 17 6 4 13 8 4 1 4 5 9 3 3 4 7 2 2 1 2 4 9 3 1 2 9 9 3 2 2 9 3 11 4 5 2 3 4 8 1 1 0 3 1 0 6 8 6 4 0 11 3 7 1 4 0 1 4 736 853

Ian Feuer Zac MacMath Preston Burpo Matt Pickens Tim Howard Scott Garlick Dusty Hudock Joe Cannon Clint Irwin Scott Vallow Bouna Coundoul Chris Woods David Kramer Marcus Hahnemann John Berner Adin Brown Paul Grafer Team totals Opponent totals

3 3 2 6 4 8 2 8 3 1 3 2 5 8 1 1 1 61 61

MIN SHTS 270 270 180 540 360 750 180 720 270 100 270 180 470 720 90 90 90 5490 5490

GAA

12 11 0.33 8 5 0.33 9 7 0.50 28 21 1.17 20 14 1.25 45 32 1.44 16 13 1.50 54 39 1.62 12 8 1.67 5 3 1.80 14 7 2.00 18 14 2.00 25 12 2.11 64 44 2.12 4 1 3.00 10 7 3.00 11 6 5.00 355 244 1.61 282 192 1.33

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 12

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. RAPIDS (24-23-14) PLAYER

MIN

Graham Zusi Seth Sinovic Gerso Fernandes Felipe Gutierrez Diego Rubio Roger Espinoza Brad Evans Khiry Shelton Matt Besler Yohan Croizet Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Ike Opara Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Team totals Opponent totals

14 11 3 1 3 11 18 3 14 1 5 10 8 1 1 3 61 61

13 11 2 1 1 10 14 2 13 1 4 10 8 1 0 3 61 61

1135 843 209 90 70 920 1335 191 1173 61 351 900 677 88 7 270 5490 5490

GOALKEEPER

MIN

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

10 61 61

900 5490 5490

SHT

CURRENT RAPIDS VS. SPORTING KC (23-24-14) A

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

3 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 103 85 79

20 3 2 6 6 11 13 3 5 3 8 0 7 0 0 1 853 736

Shkelzen Gashi Dominique Badji Kortne Ford Marlon Hairston Joe Mason Dillon Serna Edgar Castillo Jack Price Tommy Smith Bismark Adjei-Boateng Micheal Azira Johan Blomberg Caleb Calvert Mike Da Fonte Andrew Dykstra Tim Howard Niki Jackson Zac MacMath Enzo Martinez Jack McBean Eric Miller Axel Sjoberg Danny Wilson Deklan Wynne Team totals Opponent totals

4 7 2 6 1 3 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 1 2 11 1 12 1 4 4 4 1 1 61 61

4 6 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 2 11 0 12 1 2 4 4 1 1 61 61

334 546 173 386 64 173 90 90 90 105 536 58 22 45 180 1010 26 1080 90 144 315 360 90 90 5490 5490

GAA

GOALKEEPER

37 22 1.40 282 192 1.33 355 244 1.61

1 12 6

Tim Howard Zac MacMath Andrew Dykstra Team totals Opponent totals

11 12 2 61 61

MIN SHTS 1010 1080 180 5490 5490

SHT

1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 79 100 103

8 9 2 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 736 853

GAA

61 46 0.98 50 35 1.00 18 12 2.00 355 244 1.61 282 192 1.33

0 1 0 6 12

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. COLORADO RAPIDS

2018 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Saturday, May 5, 2018 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 10 Sporting Kansas City 5-2-2, 17 points (3-1-1 home; 2-1-1 away) 1st place in Western Conference Colorado Rapids 2-3-2, 8 points (2-1-1 home; 0-2-1 away) T-8th place in Western Conference

5-2-2 (17 pts.) 9 1st in West 20 2.22 19 12 1.33 +8 162 (59) 36.4% 90 86 9 0

English TV: FOX Sports Kansas City English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: ESPN Deportes 1480 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:

Armando Villarreal Peter Balciunas Felisha Mariscal Fotis Bazakos Kevin Terry Jr.

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 75 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 MID 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 Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal Matt Lewis Kharlton Belmar Jimmy Medranda

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

COLORADO RAPIDS

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

2-3-2 (8 pts.) 7 T-8th in West 10 1.43 9 10 1.43 0 85 (29) 34.1% 106 74 22 1

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 MEE-lia wahn koo-ZANE wahn kuh-MAHL

Gutierrez, Russell Roger Espinoza Johnny Russell Johnny Russell Felipe Gutierrez Russell, Salloi Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza Espinoza, Ilie N/A

COLORADO RAPIDS

5 GOALS 5 ASSISTS 32 SHOTS 12 SHOTS ON GOAL 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 18 FOULS COMMITTED 15 FOULS SUFFERED 2 CAUTIONS 0 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 810 Tim Melia 1.33 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia 3 Tim Melia 28

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

5 2 19 10 1 1 17 13 4 1

Dominique Badji Three Players Dominique Badji Dominique Badji Badji, Price Price, Smith Enzo Martinez Dominique Badji Jack Price Tim Howard

470 0.96 2 2 24

Tim Howard Tim Howard Tim Howard Tim Howard Tim Howard

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

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

Pts 20 19 16 14 14 12 8 8 6 5 4

W L T 6 1 2 6 1 1 5 2 1 4 2 2 4 3 2 4 3 0 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 6 0 1 4 2 1 4 1

GD +9 +12 +3 +5 +3 +7 -1 -4 -11 -5 -7

GP 9 8 8 8 9 7 7 7 8 7 6

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

Pts 17 15 13 12 10 10 9 8 8 8 5 4

W L T 5 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 1 3 1 3 3 4 1 3 4 1 3 5 0 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 4 2 1 4 1

GD +8 +4 -7 +4 -3 -7 -5 +4 0 -2 -3 -4

GP 9 7 9 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6

PETER VERMES 10th season 120-93-76 10th season (.547) 120-93-76 (.547)

ANTHONY HUDSON

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

1st season 2-3-2 (.429) 1st season 2-3-2 (.429)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thurdsay, May 3 QUESTIONABLE: • Gerso Fernandes (Thigh Contusion) OUT: • Felipe Gutierrez (Sports Hernia) • Adrian Zendejas (Head Injury)

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 5, 2018 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvCOL: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvCOL: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City returns home this weekend for a matchup with the Colorado Rapids at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night. It’s the second and final meeting between the two sides in the 2018 regular season, having already played to a 2-2 draw at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on March 24. In that match, the Rapids raced out to a two-goal lead at home behind goals from Dominique Badji and Joe Mason within the opening eight minutes before Sporting KC worked their way back into the match. The pressure paid off in the second half when Felipe Gutierrez fired home from close range to pull a goal back before fellow Chilean Diego Rubio tucked a shot into the corner in stoppage time to seal a point. The last time the two sides squared off at Children’s Mercy Park, Sporting KC ran out 3-1 winners on April 9, 2017. A first career MLS goal from left back Seth Sinovic put Sporting KC on track for victory, before Gerso Fernandes scored his first for the club and Dom Dwyer netted to curb a five-game losing streak against the Rapids. Sporting KC is 24-23-14 all-time against the Colorado Rapids, including a 19-5-5 mark at home.

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC is second in the league in goals through the opening nine weeks of the MLS season, scoring 21, one behind ATL. • SKC leads MLS in shots through nine weeks of the 2018 MLS season, taking 161 - 28 ahead of CLB’s 134. SKC is also first with 58 shots on goal, four more than NY in second. • SKC ranks first so far in the 2018 MLS season in chances created, having produced 122 in the opening nine matches. • SKC is second in MLS with 980 duels and first with 524 duels won, and is also second with 130 interceptions so far this year. • SKC is second in MLS this year with 4,841 passes and 4,078 successful passes, behind NYC.

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Sporting KC Player Stats • Forward Johnny Russell is currently tied for third in MLS with five goals and is third with 31 shots and tied for fourth with 11 shots on goal through nine games. Russell also leads MLS with three penalties earned and 73 touches in the opponent’s box. • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez is currently tied for third in the league lead with five goals to his name. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is tied for first in MLS with five assists. Forward Daniel Salloi is tied for fourth with four assists so far this season, with two serving as game-winners versus the Chicago Fire and San Jose. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez is fourth in MLS with 635 passes attempted and is second with 555 passes completed. • Defender Graham Zusi is fourth in MLS with 25 interceptions through the opening nine games of the season. Zusi is also seventh across all players in the league with 20 chances created.

#SKCvCOL: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 24-23-14 in regular season)

03/24/2018 05/27/2017 04/09/2017 07/16/2016 05/11/2016

Score

KC 2 at COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 0 at COL 1

Result Details T L W L L

Gutierrez and Rubio strike in second half to salvage road point Ford scores early as Rapids frustrate Sporting KC Sinovic, Gerso and Dwyer score before Doyle nets late PK Marlon Hairston scores winner late for the Rapids Dillon Serna comes off the bench to score late

#SKCvCOL: PLAYER HISTORY • Sporting KC defender Graham Zusi has scored three goals and added two assists against the Colorado Rapids, including a one goal and two assist performance in a 3-2 victory on the road on March 29, 2014. His other goals came at home on July 6, 2011 and Aug. 31, 2013. • Defender Seth Sinovic has a goal and two of his eight career assists against the Colorado Rapids. He scored his first-ever regular-season goal in the 3-1 win on April 9, 2017, and also added an assist in the same game. His other assist came in a 2-2 road draw on May 19, 2012. • Winger Gerso Fernandes has a goal and an assist against Colorado, scoring his first goal for the club with the game-winner on April 9, 2017 before adding an assist on Diego Rubio’s late equalizer in the 2-2 road draw on March 24, 2018. • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez has one goal against the Rapids, scoring the first goal of an eventual 2-2 road draw on March 24, 2018. • Forward Diego Rubio has scored once against Colorado, netting a stoppagetime equalizer int he 2-2 draw on March 24, 2018. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has one assist against the Colorado Rapids, coming on Fernandes’ game-winning goal on April 9, 2017. • Forward Khiry Shelton has one assist against the Rapids, setting up Diego Rubio’s late equalizer int he 2-2 draw on March 24, 2018. • Defender Brad Evans has one assist against the Colorado Rapids, coming as a member of the Columbus Crew in a 2-0 win over the Rapids on July 27, 2008. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 2-7-1 all-time against Colorado, posting a 1.40 goals against average with one shutout. His lone shutout came in a 2-0 home victory on June 27, 2015.

Colorado Rapids Team Stats • Colorado is 1-16-3 in its last 20 road games since the start of 2017, scoring just nine goals during that stretch. • Colorado has yet to allow a first-half goal this season. Seven of their 10 goals conceded have come after the 75th minute. • Colorado leads MLS with 15.1 fouls committed per game. • Colorado’s 17.4 shots faced per game are the most in MLS. Colorado Rapids Player Stats • Forward Dominique Badji has scored five of Colorado’s 10 goals this season, one behind the MLS lead. • Midfielder Jack Price leads Colorado with 13 chances created. • Goalkeeper Tim Howard is second in MLS with a 0.96 goals against average, while his 79.2 save percentage ranks third.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

#SKCvCOL: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS

• Midfielder Roger Espinoza is one appearance shy of reaching 200 in the regular season for Sporting KC. • Defender Matt Besler is set to make his 250th MLS appearance (including postseason) for the club. • Defender Seth Sinovic is one start away from reaching his 200th in all competitions for the club. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez is two starts away from hitting 50 in all competitions for the club.

• Defenders Graham Zusi and Matt Besler both played on the U.S. Men’s National Team alongside Colorado goalkeeper Tim Howard and defender Edgar Castillo. • Defender Graham Zusi played collegiate soccer with Colorado goalkeeper Zac MacMath at the University of Maryland in 2008. • Forward Johnny Russell has played with Colorado defender Danny Wilson on the Scotland Under-21 National Team from 2011-2012. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia was a teammate of Caleb Calvert at Chivas USA from 2013-2014. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez played alongside Colorado’s Stefan Aigner at 1860 Munich in 2016. • Defender Brad Evans was a teammate of Colorado midfielder Michael Azira at Seattle Sounders FC from 2014-2015. • Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas was in Club Tijuana’s Academy in 2014 while Rapids defener Edgar Castillo was playing for the first team. • Colorado goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra played for Sporting KC in 2017, making four appearances following an injury to Tim Melia to end the season. He arrived at the Rapids in an offseason trade. • Colorado defender Kortne Ford is born in Olathe, Kansas - a suburb of Kansas City. He also played with Sporting KC defender Graham Smith at the University of Denver in 2016.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 5, 2018 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes UNBEATEN RUN SNAPPED OUT EAST

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

BIZARRE GOAL SENDS SPORTING HOME POINTLESS

In Sporting Kansas City’s last match against the New England Revolution on April 28 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, a bizarre goal moments before halftime proved to be the decider in a narrow 1-0 victory for the Revs. A ball made its way through to former Sporting KC forward Teal Bunbury, who was in an offside position, and the New England striker tucked it away with the assistant referee’s flag raised. After consulting the Video Assistant Referee, the ball was deemed to have come off Roger Espinoza, therefore negating the offside and head referee Dave Gantar allowed the goal.

Sporting Kansas City returns home this weekend for a showdown with the Colorado Rapids at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night. Sporting KC is looking to bounce back after seeing their seven-game unbeaten streak snapped last week in a 1-0 setback at New England, having last suffered defeat in the club’s season opener against New York City FC on March 4 before going 5-0-2 in the seven ensuing games. Sporting KC has won three of its last four games at home since the opener, defeating the San Jose Earthquakes on March 17 behind goals from Ilie Sanchez, Graham Zusi and Felipe Gutierrez before also seeing off D.C. United on March 31 on Gutierrez’s early goal. Sporting followed up those results with a hard-fought 2-2 draw with Seattle Sounders FC on April 15, with Ilie and Zusi once again on the scoresheet, before thrashing Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6-0 on April 20.

So far this season, Sporting KC has been involved in five separate incidents that have been affected by VAR. Of those five incidents, three have benefitted Sporting KC, and two have gone against Peter Vermes’ side. Game March 4 vs. NYC March 4 vs. NYC April 15 vs. SEA April 20 vs. VAN April 28 at NE

Sporting Kansas City’s seven-game unbeaten streak is the joint longest unbeaten run so far in 2018, alongside Atlanta United FC whose seven-game streak is still active and New York City FC, who saw their unbeaten run snapped by the Portland Timbers on April 22.

Sporting KC has already faced the Colorado Rapids once this season, traveling to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado on March 24. The Rapids raced out to a two-goal lead behind goals from Dominique Badji and Joe Mason within eight minutes, but Sporting KC clawed their way back into the match in the second half with Felipe Gutierrez pulling a goal back before Diego Rubio tucked away the equalizer in stoppage time with his first goal of the season to snatch a point.

Incident SKC Penalty Overturned NYC Red Card SEA Penalty Overturned VAN 2 Red Cards NE Goal Awarded

Benefit Sporting KC? No Yes Yes Yes No

Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was introduced in MLS midway through last season following the All-Star Game on August 3. A VAR, the new fifth member of the officiating crew, will be located in a booth at each MLS stadium with access to all available broadcast replays. The VAR will be able to alert the head referee to potential clear and obvious errors or serious missed incidents in four game-changing situations: (1) goals, (2) penalty kicks, (3) straight red cards and (4) cases of mistaken identity. These are the only reviewable plays in a match.

Sporting KC holds a slight 24-23-14 edge over the Colorado Rapids in the all-time regular-season series between the two sides, including a commanding 19-5-5 record at home.

BESLER BOBBLES TO THE TOP

RENEWING RAPIDS RIVALRY

Sporting Kansas City captain Matt Besler became the club’s all-time leader in regular season starts last Saturday, passing current assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin at the summit in a 1-0 defeat to the New England Revolution. Besler’s 229 career regular season starts span 10 seasons, making him one of just three Kansas City players — alongside teammate Graham Zusi and former midfielder Davy Arnaud — to spend 10 consecutive years at the club.

Sporting Kansas City is set to take on the Colorado Rapids for the second and final time in the 2018 MLS regular season when the two sides meet at Children’s Mercy Park this Saturday night for the first Sporting KC vs. Colorado Rapids match at the venue since last April. In the most recent meeting between the sides on March 24, Sporting KC came back from a two-goal deficit to snatch a 2-2 draw at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Goals within the opening eight minutes from Dominique Badji and Joe Mason put Sporting on the back foot, but Peter Vermes’ side responded well after the concession of the second goal. Midway through the second half, Felipe Gutierrez volleyed home to pull a goal back after Yohan Croizet had hit the post. With the game heading toward its conclusion in stoppage time, Sporting KC found their equalizer when Diego Rubio slid home a finish from Khiry Shelton’s back-heel to steal a point from the Rapids.

Besler has made 235 regular season appearances overall, five shy of tying the club record currently held by Arnaud. Should the center back remain an ever-present fixture in the lineup, he will become Sporting KC’s all-time appearances leader with game No. 241 when the side visits the Portland Timbers on June 9. With Besler continuing to ascend Kansas City’s all-time charts, Saturday serves as a fitting tribute to his legacy at the club. A limited-edition Matt Besler bobblehead — crafted in memory of the defender painting the wall in the northwest corner of Children’s Mercy Park after Sporting KC’s 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup championship triumph — will be available to the first 10,000 supporters who arrive to the stadium.

The last time the two sides played one another at Children’s Mercy Park was on April 9, 2017. Sporting KC dominated that match and took an early lead when Seth Sinovic slammed home his first career goal. In the second half, Gerso Fernandes found his first goal for the club before Dom Dwyer curled home a late third to seal the points. Colorado pulled a goal back late through Kevin Doyle’s penalty kick but it was too little, too late.

Besler has played every minute of all nine Sporting KC matches this season, contributing to three shutouts. He enters Week 10 ranking fourth in MLS in both clearances (46) and successful passes (546). The Overland Park, Kansas native has received MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-16), 2012 MLS Defender of the Year and 2012 MLS Breakout Player of the Year honors and helped Sporting KC win four major trophies — including three Open Cup titles and the 2013 MLS Cup. The center back has also earned 47 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013, notably starting all four games at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Sporting KC leads the all-time series between the two clubs in regular-season matches. Sporting KC is 24-23-14 all-time against the Rapids, including a dominant 19-5-5 in matches played in the Kansas City area.

GUTIERREZ UNDERGOES SPORTS HERNIA SURGERY

Sporting Kansas City announced on Tuesday that midfielder Felipe Gutierrez underwent successful surgery on a sports hernia. The Chilean will miss the next two to three months while rehabilitating from the injury and returning to full training. Gutierrez had only played 14 minutes of Sporting KC’s previous four games after exiting the 1-0 victory over D.C. United on March 31.

RUSSELL CONTINUES IMPRESSIVE START TO LIFE IN MLS

Sporting Kansas City winger Johnny Russell continues to impress in his first season in Major League Soccer after joining the club in February from English Championship outfit Derby County. Through nine games of the 2018 MLS campaign, Russell is second in the league with five goals and has also added two assists to his name.

Gutierrez was named MLS Player of the Month for March after scoring five goals in five games, including game-winning strikes over the Chicago Fire and San Jose Earthquakes on March 10 and 17, respectively. On a grander scale, Gutierrez is the second player in club history to score five goals in the first five games of an MLS regular season, joining Miklos Molnar who accomplished the feat in 2000 to help Kansas City capture the MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield.

The Scotsman’s exploits in the 6-0 victory over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 20 - where he scored a hat trick, won a penalty and also drew two red cards for violent conduct from a pair of Vancouver players - earned him MLS Player of the Week honors. It was the second time a Sporting KC player had won the award in 2018, following on from Tim Melia after the Sporting goalkeeper made a career-high and club-record 10 saves in the 2-0 shutout win over the LA Galaxy on April 8.

In addition, Gutierrez is the fourth player in club history to score in four consecutive regular season appearances. The other three are Sporting Legend Preki, former U.S. international Eddie Johnson and Dom Dwyer.

Russell has drawn three penalties so far in 2018, more than any other player in the league. Two of the three have been converted by Ilie Sanchez, with the Spaniard seeing the most recent one saved in the rout over Vancouver. Russell is approaching a major milestone of his own as he closes in on 100 career goals across his club career, as the 28-year-old currently sits on 98 after scoring for Dundee United, Raith Rovers, Forfar Athletic, Derby County and Sporting Kansas City.

Gutierrez, 27, joined Sporting KC in February after leaving Spanish side Real Betis. He had spent the latter half of 2017 playing with Internacional in Brazil on loan from Betis, while he’s also played for Universidad Catolica in his native Chile before moving to FC Twente in the Netherlands where he was named the Most Valuable Player of the Eredivisie in 2013-14.

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 5, 2018 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes GOAL GALORE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

LOOKING TO EXTEND PLAYOFF STREAK

Sporting Kansas City has had no issues scoring goals so far in the 2018 MLS season. Peter Vermes’ side has found the net goals in seven of the club’s nine matches this season and has only been shutout twice. Sporting KC is the second highest scoring team in MLS so far in 2018 with 20 goals, only trailing offensive powerhouse Atlanta United FC by one.

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

The 6-0 triumph over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 20 tied club records for largest margin of victory and most goals scored in a competitive match. Sporting KC has 20 goals through nine regular-season matches this year, having scored 40 in all of 2017. The last time Sporting KC hit six goals in an MLS match was on the author of these game notes’ seventh birthday: June 20, 1999. In addition, Sporting KC has nine different goalscorers so far this year - which is tied for the second most number of different goalscorers across a single squad in the league this season, alongside the Houston Dynamo and behind the New York Red Bulls’ 10. So far this season, Sporting KC has found goals from Felipe Gutierrez (5), Johnny Russell (5), Ilie Sanchez (2), Graham Zusi (2), Jimmy Medranda (2), Daniel Salloi (1), Yohan Croizet (1), Diego Rubio (1) and Cristian Lobato (1)

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

Sporting KC found it difficult to score on the road last season, only scoring 10 times in the club’s 17 away games in 2017 and only winning twice on the road. In just four road games this year, Sporting KC has already found the net eight times and has matched last season’s road win total of two with victories over the Chicago Fire (March 10) and the LA Galaxy (April 8). Sporting also only scored multiple goals on the road two times in 2017 but has done so in three of the club’s four away games so far in 2018.

VERMES VERBATIM

See below for Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes’ comments following the 1-0 defeat to the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium on April 28, 2018:

VERMES ERA CONTINUES

Now in the midst of his 10th season at the helm of Sporting Kansas City, manager Peter Vermes is looking to guide his side to yet another postseason appearance and remain firmly in the hunt for silverware in 2018.

On the confusion surrounding Teal Bunbury’s goal: “I’m still trying to absorb it because there’s a lot of things that happened. The linesman puts his flag up for off-sides – a lot of times what happens with players, especially in the situation where everybody sees that the player was off-sides, everybody kind of stops. Not saying that’s an excuse, but that happens. The linesman has his flag up, Teal [Bunbury] turns around, just kicks it in the net, ball goes in, now they’re checking on it. What they’re checking to see, I don’t know. This is what part I don’t know. I don’t know if they ever made a call one way or the other whether it was off-sides or it was a goal because they never turned around and pointed to the spot. I don’t know if the referee ever made the whistle.

Vermes is now the longest tenured coach that is actively coaching a team in Major League Soccer, having been in charge of Sporting KC since 2009 - one year longer than Ben Olsen has been running the show at D.C. United. Vermes became the longest tenured coach in MLS when former LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena took the U.S. National Team coaching gig in November 2016, having been in charge of the Galaxy since 2008. Vermes has guided Sporting KC to four titles under his watch, winning three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups in 2012, 2015 and 2017, and the MLS Cup in 2013. His trophy haul ranks as the second highest among active MLS coaches - only trailing the legendary Sigi Schmid, who is currently at the helm of the LA Galaxy.

So, at the end, the only thing they relied on was VAR [Video Assistant Referee]. Then at that point, again, I don’t know. If they said it was a goal, then you have to overturn the goal. If they said it was offside, then you have to overturn the offside. But I don’t know which one they were going with. When you look at both of those and you look at the play, what I have seen in the footage, it’s not clear and obvious who kicked the ball. Roger [Espinoza] is wearing green shoes and [Diego] Fagundez is wearing orange, and the orange shoe is in front of the green. Honestly, it’s a hard thing for me to say.

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.

It’s one of those ones where you’re just going to have to chalk it up and say that’s maybe a learning lesson, I guess. Let me make no mistake about it – I’m in favor of VAR, I really am. I think it’s going to be good for the game, but I think we’re going to go through these growing pains like this, because I don’t understand what transpired in that whole situation. Fair? I know that’s a long winded answer, but it’s a strange play.”

Vermes has compiled a 149-108-86 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 18-5-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 120 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks third among all coaches in MLS history, trailing the Galaxy’s Schmid and Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley, and tied with Orlando City SC head coach Jason Kreis.

On his team’s performance: “I think it wasn’t a good game. I don’t think it was a good game to watch. It was like car crashes all over the field. At some point, I thought I was maybe watching a tennis match a little bit because the ball was in the air so much. I don’t think it was a good game from that perspective, but I don’t think any team really did anything to warrant three points. At the end, of the day it’s probably a 0-0 game and that’s probably where it would have ended off. That situation was very strange there at the end of the first half.”

BESLER & ZUSI ON CUSP OF HISTORY

Sporting Kansas City defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi are set to match several records as they play their 10th straight season with the club. 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. Besler is set to reach some all-time milestones in 2018 as well. With another six 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 has already overtaken current assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin in games started with 229 and claimed the all-time lead in minutes played during the April 20, 2018 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Zusi, who is second among all active MLS players in assists, shot up to a tie with Jaime Moreno for eighth most game-winning assists in MLS history when he recorded his 26th in the 6-0 win over Vancouver on April 20, 2018. Additionally, Zusi’s next game winning goal will break tie with Digital Takawira for seventh most in team history.

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 5, 2018 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Colorado Rapids: 24-23-14 Home games: 19-5-5 (61 GF, 30 GA) Road games: 5-18-9 (38 GF, 52 GA) Date 04/13/1996 05/05/1996 07/10/1996 08/07/1996 06/28/1997 08/28/1997 09/06/1997 09/26/1997 05/31/1998 07/19/1998 08/08/1998 09/02/1998 04/17/1999 07/07/1999 09/10/1999 09/25/1999 04/01/2000 04/29/2000 08/02/2000 08/26/2000 07/18/2001 08/12/2001 08/19/2001 03/23/2002 05/11/2002 09/14/2002 09/20/2002 07/04/2003 08/22/2003 09/13/2003 10/04/2003 05/01/2004 06/09/2004 09/10/2004 09/25/2004 04/02/2005 07/04/2005 07/08/2006 09/09/2006 05/19/2007 07/22/2007 04/05/2008 08/16/2008 03/28/2009 09/26/2009 04/10/2010 07/17/2010 05/28/2011 07/06/2011 05/19/2012 08/31/2013 03/29/2014 06/27/2015 08/29/2015 10/21/2015 04/13/2016 05/11/2016 07/16/2016 04/09/2017 05/27/2017 03/24/2018

Score KC 3 vs COL 0 KC 0 at COL 4 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 4 KC 3 at COL 3 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 1 KC 5 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 4 vs COL 1 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 2 at COL 3 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 0 KC 0 vs COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 0 KC 5 at COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 0 at COL 0 KC 2 at COL 2 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 1 KC 0 at COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 2 at COL 3 KC 2 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 4 vs COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 0 KC 1 at COL 3 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 4 vs COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 2 vs COL 2 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 vs COL 0 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 vs COL 1 KC 2 at COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 1 KC 3 at COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 vs COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 2 at COL 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 9 Klein, Preki 16 Preki 83 Preki 35 Preki 34 McKeon, Zavagnin 47 Kerry Zavagnin

Result Location W Arrowhead Stadium L Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Mile High Stadium SOW Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Mile High Stadium SOL Mile High Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium SOL Mile High Stadium SOL Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Mile High Stadium T (2OT) Mile High Stadium T (2OT) Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium L Invesco Field at Mile High L Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Invesco Field at Mile High L Invesco Field at Mile High T (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium L Invesco Field at Mile High W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Invesco Field at Mile High L Invesco Field at Mile High W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Invesco Field at Mile High L Invesco Field at Mile High W Arrowhead Stadium T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T Arrowhead Stadium W CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W CommunityAmerica Ballpark T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T Livestrong Sporting Park T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park W Sporting Park W Dick’s Sporting Goods Park W Sporting Park L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park L Sporting Park L Children’s Mercy Park L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park W Children’s Mercy Park L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

109

7 6 6 65 18

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

John Spencer Chris Henderson John Spencer John Spencer Pablo Mastroeni Chris Henderson

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Five Players 3 Cannon, Hahnemann 5 Scott Garlick 3 Marcus Hahnemann 44 Marcus Hahnemann 17

Tony Meola Tim Melia Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola

8 7 53 29 35 36

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

COLORADO RAPIDS

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

2 Nine Players 3 Preki (10/4/03) 9 Onandi Lowe (8/12/01) 5 Dom Dwyer (8/29/15) 7 Chris Henderson (8/26/00) 7 Three Players

Eight Players Six Players (9/14/02) Mark Chung (8/22/03) John Spencer (8/2/00) Chris Martinez (5/11/16) Kevin Doyle

2 2 8 5 7 7

Four Players Grafer, Kramer

9 5

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

9 Bo Oshoniyi (9/10/04) 4 Mike Ammann (8/7/96)

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

1 2 OT 35 64 0 367 479 7 146 206 3 388 399 12 86 86 0 141 163 3

Total 99 853 355 799 172 307

COLORADO RAPIDS Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 32 50 0 325 402 9 129 151 2 431 471 8 91 77 2 148 149 8

Total 82 736 282 910 170 305

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC COL

1-15

7 11

16-30

12 10

31-45

16 11

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,437

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 130 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 124 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 18 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 130 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

160

COLORADO RAPIDS

105.3 5

46-60

24 16

61-75

11 9

76-90

29 25

0 0

Total

99 82

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

271

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 160 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 5, 2018 vs. Colorado Rapids | 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)

Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (Signed as Homegrown Player - April 13, 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. April 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal as a Homegrown player from the Swope Park Rangers.

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011

Trades

Homegrown Players

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) Kuzain (4/13/18)

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

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 5, 2018 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2018 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

SUNDAY, MARCH 4

NEW YORK CITY FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, March 10

at Chicago Fire

MLS

4-3

Gutierrez (2), Russell, Medranda

SATURDAY, MARCH 17

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

3-2

Ilie, Zusi, Gutierrez

Saturday, March 24

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

2-2

Gutierrez, Rubio

SATURDAY, MARCH 31

D.C. UNITED

MLS

1-0

Gutierrez

Sunday, April 8

at LA Galaxy

MLS

2-0

Salloi, Russell

SUNDAY, APRIL 15

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

2-2

Ilie, Zusi

FRIDAY, APRIL 20

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS

6-0

Russell (3), Medranda, Lobato, Croizet

Saturday, April 28

at New England Revolution

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, MAY 5

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS