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2024 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, June 8, 2024 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 17 Sporting Kansas City 2-9-5, 11 points (1-4-3 home; 1-5-2 away) T-13th in MLS Western Conference Seattle Sounders FC 4-6-6, 18 points (1-1-5 home; 3-5-1 away) 10th in MLS Western Conference
2-9-5 (11 pts.) 0.69 16 T-13th in West 24 1.50 21 31 1.94 -7 190 (67) 35.3% 195 215 33 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:
Guido Gonzales Jr. Cameron Blanchard Andrew Bigelow Malik Badawi Tim Ford
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 9 8 7 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
L 3 3 5 3 6 7 2 4 5 6 7 7 8 8 10
T 5 3 2 5 4 3 6 8 7 7 5 5 4 6 1
GD +15 +7 +7 +7 0 0 +8 +4 -2 -6 -8 -12 +1 -12 -16
GP 18 16 16 16 17 17 14 16 16 17 16 16 16 17 14
Western Conference Pts 1. Real Salt Lake 33 2. Los Angeles FC 30 3. Minnesota United FC 28 4. LA Galaxy 28 5. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 25 6. Austin FC 23 7. Houston Dynamo FC 22 8. Colorado Rapids 22 9. Portland Timbers 20 10. Seattle Sounders FC 18 11. St. Louis 17 12. FC Dallas 13 13. San Jose Earthquakes 11 14. Sporting Kansas City 11
W 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 3 3 3 2
L 2 4 3 3 5 6 6 7 7 6 4 8 11 9
T 6 3 4 7 4 5 4 4 5 6 8 4 2 5
GD +17 +9 +7 +6 +5 -4 0 -2 0 0 -2 -7 -15 -7
GP 17 16 15 17 16 17 16 17 17 16 15 15 16 16
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
4-6-6 (18 pts.) 1.13 16 10th in West 19 1.19 18 19 1.19 0 218 (69) 31.7% 161 219 31 5
2024 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Erik Thommy Memo Rodriguez Willy Agada Willy Agada Davis, Pulido Three Players Erik Thommy Erik Thommy Davis, Rodriguez N/A
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
4 GOALS 4 ASSISTS 35 SHOTS 11 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 24 FOULS COMMITTED 24 FOULS SUFFERED 5 CAUTIONS 0 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 1260 Tim Melia 2.00 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 1 Tim Melia 51
2024 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference Pts 1. Inter Miami CF 35 2. FC Cincinnati 33 3. New York City FC 29 4. New York Red Bulls 29 5. Charlotte FC 25 6. Toronto FC 24 7. Columbus Crew 24 8. Philadelphia Union 20 9. Nashville SC 19 10. D.C. United 19 11. Orlando City SC 17 12. CF Montreal 17 13. Atlanta United FC 16 14. Chicago Fire FC 15 15. New England Revolution 10
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
7 5 60 24 33 2 16 29 6 1
Raul Ruidiaz Albert Rusnak Raul Ruidiaz Raul Ruidiaz Raul Ruidiaz Albert Rusnak Jordan Morris Obed Vargas Nouhou Tolo Five Players
1018 Stefan Frei 1.24 Stefan Frei 3 Stefan Frei 3 Stefan Frei 34 Stefan Frei
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 16th season
(.528) 197-170-120
16th season
(.528) 197-170-120
BRIAN SCHMETZER
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
9th season 114-77-65 (.572) 9th season 114-77-65 (.572)
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