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2024 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Sunday, July 28, 2024 Kickoff: 8 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) Leagues Cup Group Stage Game 1 Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 6-14-6, 24 points (4-5-4 home; 2-9-2 away) 12th in MLS Western Conference Chicago Fire FC (MLS) 6-12-7, 25 points (4-5-3 home; 2-7-4 away) 14th in MLS Eastern Conference
6-14-6 (24 pts.) 0.92 26 12th in West 41 1.58 40 52 2.00 -11 348 (112) 32.2% 324 323 51 1
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:
Rubiel Vazquez Nick Uranga Kyle Atkins Alyssa Nichols Benjamin Pineda
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 16 15 12 10 11 10 9 9 7 6 6 6 6 6 7
L 4 7 4 4 9 8 9 14 11 10 10 11 11 12 14
T 5 3 7 11 5 7 7 3 7 9 9 8 8 7 2
GD +17 +11 +25 +11 +6 +3 +1 -13 -1 +3 -15 -13 -15 -12 -24
GP 25 25 23 25 25 25 25 26 25 25 25 25 25 25 23
Western Conference Pts 1. LA Galaxy 49 2. Los Angeles FC 47 3. Real Salt Lake 44 4. Colorado Rapids 41 5. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 38 6. Houston Dynamo FC 37 7. Seattle Sounders FC 37 8. Portland Timbers 36 9. Minnesota United FC 33 10. Austin FC 31 11. FC Dallas 30 12. Sporting Kansas City 24 13. St. Louis 23 14. San Jose Earthquakes 14
W 14 14 12 12 11 10 10 10 9 8 8 6 4 4
L 5 5 5 9 8 7 8 9 10 10 11 14 10 19
T 7 5 8 5 5 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 11 2
GD +14 +18 +17 +7 +8 +5 +5 +8 -1 -9 -1 -11 -14 -30
GP 26 24 25 26 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 26 25 25
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
6-12-7 (25 pts.) 1.00 25 14th in East 30 1.20 31 42 1.68 -12 316 (117) 37.0% 319 263 53 1
2024 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Willy Agada Memo Rodriguez Willy Agada Willy Agada Alan Pulido Seven Players Erik Thommy Erik Thommy Jake Davis Zorhan Bassong
CHICAGO FIRE
9 GOALS 6 ASSISTS 63 SHOTS 23 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 32 FOULS COMMITTED 45 FOULS SUFFERED 8 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 2070 Tim Melia 1.96 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 71
2024 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference Pts 1. Inter Miami CF 53 2. FC Cincinnati 48 3. Columbus Crew 43 4. New York Red Bulls 41 5. New York City FC 38 6. Charlotte FC 37 7. Orlando City SC 34 8. Toronto FC 30 9. Atlanta United FC 28 10. Philadelphia Union 27 11. CF Montreal 27 12. Nashville SC 26 13. D.C. United 26 14. Chicago Fire FC 25 15. New England Revolution 23
CHICAGO FIRE
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
9 6 58 27 3 1 33 34 7 1
Hugo Cuypers Maren Haile-Selassie Hugo Cuypers Hugo Cuypers Brian Gutierrez Five Players Brian Gutierrez Allan Arigoni Fabian Herbers Carlos Teran
2160 Chris Brady 1.71 Chris Brady 6 Chris Brady 4 Chris Brady 86 Chris Brady
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 16th season
(.526) 201-175-121
16th season
(.526) 201-175-121
FRANK KLOPAS
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
8th season 69-84-50 (.463) 6th season 55-55-36 (.500)
LEAGUES CUP 2024 SCHEDULE West Region - Group 4 Sunday, July 28 vs. Chicago Fire FC • Venue: Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) • Apple TV: MLS Season Pass • Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB (English), La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish) Monday, Aug. 5 vs. Toluca FC • Venue: Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) • Apple TV: Free on MLS Season Pass • National TV: FS1 (English) & UniMas (Spanish) • Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB (English), La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish)
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