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2023 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 21 Sporting Kansas City 5-9-6, 21 points (4-4-1 home; 1-5-5 away) T-10th in MLS Western Conference Chicago Fire FC 4-6-8, 20 points (2-1-6 home; 2-5-2 away) T-11th in MLS Eastern Conference
5-9-6 (21 pts.) 1.05 20 T-10th in West 23 1.15 23 29 1.45 -6 275 (101) 36.7% 197 242 33 3
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:
Alex Chilowicz Matthew Nelson Diego Blas JC Griggs Luis Guardia
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 Alan Pulido Erik Thommy Erik Thommy Salloi, Thommy Daniel Salloi Erik Thommy Erik Thommy Erik Thommy 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 4 5 6 4 8 4 6 1 5 5 8 8 8 10 0
GD +14 +14 +9 +11 +6 +10 +3 -7 0 -8 -4 -5 -5 -7 -8
GP 18 19 18 18 19 18 18 18 19 19 18 19 18 19 17
Western Conference Pts 1. Los Angeles FC 32 2. st. louis city sc 29 3. Seattle Sounders FC 28 4. Houston Dynamo FC 27 5. San Jose Earthquakes 27 6. FC Dallas 26 7. Real Salt Lake 26 8. Austin FC 22 9. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 22 10. Portland Timbers 21 11. Sporting Kansas City 21 12. Minnesota United FC 20 13. LA Galaxy 14 14. Colorado Rapids 13
W 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 3 2
L 3 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 5 8 9 7 9 9
T 5 2 4 3 6 5 5 4 7 6 6 5 5 7
GD +10 +12 +6 +2 -2 -1 -6 -6 +6 -5 -6 -7 -13 -13
GP 17 18 19 18 19 19 19 18 17 19 20 17 17 18
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
5 7 28 14 3 2 24 31 6 1
Kei Kamara Brian Gutierrez Kei Kamara Kei Kamara Kei Kamara Brian Gutierrez Gimenez, Souquet Miguel Navarrro Fabian Herbers Three Players
1290 Chris Brady 1.09 Spencer Richey 4 Chris Brady 2 Chris Brady 50 Chris Brady
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES
2023 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS L 1 4 3 5 4 6 5 9 8 8 6 7 6 6 12
4-6-8 (20 pts.) 1.11 18 T-11th in East 24 1.33 25 28 1.56 -4 177 (51) 28.8% 218 240 45 3
CHICAGO FIRE FC
7 GOALS 5 ASSISTS 55 SHOTS 21 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 20 FOULS COMMITTED 33 FOULS SUFFERED 5 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Kendall McIntosh 741 Tim Melia 1.33 Kendall McIntosh 3 John Pulskamp 2 Tim Melia 21
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W 13 10 9 9 7 8 7 8 6 6 4 4 4 3 5
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 43 2. Nasvhille SC 35 3. New England Revolution 33 4. Philadelphia Union 31 5. Atlanta United FC 29 6. Columbus Crew 28 7. Orlando City SC 27 8. CF Montreal 25 9. D.C. United 23 10. Charlotte FC 23 11. Chicago Fire FC 20 12. New York City FC 20 13. New York Red Bulls 20 14. Toronto FC 19 15. Inter Miami CF 15
CHICAGO FIRE FC
15th season
(.535) 188-156-113
15th season
(.535) 188-156-113
FRANK KLOPAS
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
7th season 57-64-41 (.478) 5th season 43-35-27 (.538)
PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT As of Thursday, June 22 QUESTIONABLE • DEF - Kayden Pierre (Hamstring Injury) OUT • GK - Tim Melia (Quad Injury) • DEF - Kortne Ford (Achilles Surgery) • DEF - Logan Ndenbe (Hamstring Injury) • DEF - Dany Rosero (One-Game Suspension - Yellow Card Accumulation) • DEF - Graham Zusi (Hamstring Injury) • MID - Cam Duke (Concussion) • FWD - Willy Agada (Tibia Stress Fracture)
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