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2023 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, July 1, 2023 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 22 Sporting Kansas City 5-10-6, 21 points (4-5-1 home; 1-5-5 away) T-11th in MLS Western Conference Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6-5-7, 25 points (5-1-4 home; 1-4-3 away) T-8th in MLS Western Conference
5-10-6 (21 pts.) 1.00 21 T-11th in West 23 1.10 23 30 1.43 -7 288 (105) 36.5% 206 254 35 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:
Malik Badawi Cameron Blanchard Ian McKay Mark Allatin Pierre Luc-Lauziere
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 Daniel Salloi 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 6 5 4 4 8 7 2 5 6 8 8 8 10 0
GD +11 +10 +12 +14 +12 +2 +3 -7 +3 -8 -1 -3 -5 -8 -11
GP 19 19 20 19 19 20 19 19 20 20 19 19 20 20 18
Western Conference Pts 1. st. louis city sc 32 2. Los Angeles FC 32 3. Seattle Sounders FC 29 4. Houston Dynamo FC 27 5. San Jose Earthquakes 27 6. Real Salt Lake 27 7. FC Dallas 26 8. Austin FC 25 9. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 25 10. Portland Timbers 22 11. Sporting Kansas City 21 12. Minnesota United FC 21 13. LA Galaxy 15 14. Colorado Rapids 14
W 10 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 3 2
L 7 4 7 8 7 7 7 8 5 8 10 7 9 9
T 2 5 5 3 6 6 5 4 7 7 6 6 6 8
GD +13 +9 +6 -1 -3 -6 -1 -3 +7 -5 -7 -7 -13 -13
GP 19 18 20 19 20 20 19 19 18 20 21 18 18 19
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
7 5 52 23 3 1 38 16 4 0
Brian White Julian Gressel Brian White Brian White Brian White Four Players Andres Cubas Cubas, Vite Three Players N/A
1530 Yohei Takaoka 1.18 Yohei Takaoka 6 Yohei Takaoka 5 Yohei Takaoka 48 Yohei Takaoka
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES
2023 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS L 2 3 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 8 6 6 7 7 13
6-5-7 (25 pts.) 1.39 18 T-8th in West 30 1.67 22 23 1.28 +7 261 (91) 34.9% 220 175 42 0
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS
7 GOALS 5 ASSISTS 57 SHOTS 22 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 22 FOULS COMMITTED 35 FOULS SUFFERED 5 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Kendall McIntosh 831 Tim Melia 1.33 Kendall McIntosh 3 John Pulskamp 2 Kendall McIntosh 22
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W 13 10 10 10 9 7 7 8 7 6 5 5 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. New England Revolution 36 3. Nashville SC 35 4. Philadelphia Union 34 5. Columbus Crew 31 6. Atlanta United FC 29 7. Orlando City SC 28 8. CF Montreal 26 9. D.C. United 26 10. Charlotte FC 24 11. New York Red Bulls 23 12. Chicago Fire FC 23 13. New York City FC 21 14. Toronto FC 19 15. Inter Miami CF 15
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS
15th season
(.534) 188-157-113
15th season
(.534) 188-157-113
VANNI SARTINI
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
3rd season 25-22-19 (.523) 3rd season 25-22-19 (.523)
PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT As of Wednesday, June 28 QUESTIONABLE • DEF - Logan Ndenbe (Hamstring Injury) • DEF - Kayden Pierre (Hamstring Injury) OUT • GK - Tim Melia (Quad Injury) • DEF - Kortne Ford (Achilles Surgery) • DEF - Graham Zusi (Hamstring Injury) • FWD - Willy Agada (Tibia Stress Fracture)
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