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

Sat., July 7, 2018 (Week 19, MLS Game #202)

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 17 17 1 0 134 108 13 3 4 Brad Evans DF 6-1 160 04/20/1985 Phoenix, AZ 0 0 0 0 230 198 25 29 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 16 16 0 1 242 236 3 16 5 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 18 18 2 3 51 51 2 5 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 168 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 17 16 5 6 17 16 5 6 Graham Zusi DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 18 18 2 1 236 196 28 57 8 10 Yohan Croizet MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 17 13 1 2 17 13 1 2 11 Diego Rubio FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 9 1 3 1 40 15 10 3 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/23/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 15 4 1 2 47 30 9 4 12 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 15 13 2 2 69 36 8 12 DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 10 6 0 1 195 184 1 10 15 Seth Sinovic 16 Graham Smith DF 6-3 186 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 18 18 0 8 208 188 5 31 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 7 3 2 0 17 9 3 0 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 17 16 6 6 39 28 9 8 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 3 2 0 0 3 2 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 4 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 26 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 18 18 0 0 105 104 0 0 Wan Kuzain MF 5-10 160 09/14/1998 Carbondale, IL 5 2 1 0 5 2 1 0 75 90 Kharlton Belmar FW 5-11 160 12/01/1992 Virginia Beach, VA 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 94 Jimmy Medranda DF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 12 8 2 1 86 62 5 4 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W124 L95 T79

TORONTO FC 2018 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 195 04/01/1989 Charlotte, NC 5 5 0 0 119 117 0 0 1 Clint Irwin 2 Justin Morrow DF 5-9 165 10/04/1987 Cleveland, OH 5 4 1 1 198 187 18 17 DF 6-0 165 01/15/1984 Dallas, TX 3 3 0 0 364 350 27 8 3 Drew Moor 4 Michael Bradley MF 6-2 175 07/31/1987 Princeton, NJ 15 15 0 2 149 149 9 23 DF 5-11 165 02/09/1991 Toronto, ON, Canada 8 6 0 1 108 84 1 11 5 Ashtone Morgan 6 Nick Hagglund DF 6-1 193 09/14/1992 Cincinnati, OH 8 6 2 0 76 58 4 4 MF 5-9 167 01/20/1987 Barcelona, Spain 11 10 5 6 42 38 13 22 7 Victor Vazquez 8 Ager Aketxe MF 5-7 145 12/30/1993 Bilbao, Spain 11 9 0 1 11 9 0 1 Gregory van der Wiel DF 6-0 158 02/03/1988 Amsterdam, Netherlands 13 12 0 1 13 12 0 1 9 10 Sebastian Giovinco FW 5-4 135 01/26/1987 Turin, Italy 14 13 4 7 100 98 59 44 12 Jason Hernandez DF 5-10 176 08/26/1983 New York, NY 8 6 0 0 291 260 0 3 14 Jay Chapman MF 6-0 157 01/01/1994 Brampton, ON, Canada 11 7 2 0 51 20 3 2 Eriq Zavaleta DF 6-1 185 08/02/1992 Westfield, IN 8 6 0 0 92 73 2 1 15 17 Jozy Altidore FW 6-0 175 11/06/1989 Livingston, NJ 3 3 2 0 115 90 55 16 18 Marky Delgado MF 5-9 146 05/16/1995 Glendora, CA 12 7 0 0 123 99 10 12 20 Ayo Akinola FW 5-10 182 01/20/2000 Detroit, MI 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 MF 5-9 160 06/12/1992 Toronto, ON, Canada 15 15 5 2 156 118 18 23 21 Jonathan Osorio 22 Jordan Hamilton FW 6-0 185 03/17/1996 Scarborough, ON, Canada 9 6 1 1 34 17 6 3 23 Chris Mavinga DF 6-1 172 05/26/1991 Meaux, France 4 3 0 0 30 27 0 2 25 Alex Bono GK 6-3 195 04/25/1994 Syracuse, NY 12 12 0 0 57 55 0 1 MF 5-9 174 05/04/1991 Vaduz, Liechtenstein 12 10 0 2 22 19 3 3 26 Nicolas Hasler 27 Liam Fraser MF 6-1 184 02/13/1998 Toronto, ON, Canada 6 4 0 0 6 4 0 0 28 Caleb Patterson-Sewell GK 6-3 200 05/20/1987 Hendersonville, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 Julian Dunn DF 6-1 168 07/11/2000 Toronto, ON, Canada 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 54 Ryan Telfer MF 5-11 180 03/04/1994 Mississauga, ON, Canada 11 7 1 1 11 7 1 1 55 Aidan Daniels MF 5-9 156 09/06/1998 Ajax, ON, Canada 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 FW 6-0 170 08/06/1987 Edmonton, AB, Canada 12 4 2 0 45 17 12 1 87 Tosaint Ricketts 96 Auro FW 5-6 136 01/23/1996 Sao Paulo, Brazil 13 11 0 2 13 11 0 2 HEAD COACH : Greg Vanney

07/11/1974 W55 L45 T29

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. TORONTO FC

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

2018 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 18 9-4-5 32 33 22 9 6-1-2 20 20 9

Toronto FC on road

17 4-10-3 15 27 34 8 1-6-1 4 12 20

REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero. AR1 (bench): Adam Wienckowski; AR2 (opposite): Richard Gamache; 4th: David Gantar; VAR: Edvin Jurisevic TEAM NEWS SUSPENDED: KC: Roger Espinoza (through July 8); Daniel Salloi (through July 8) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Roger Espinoza SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Ike Opara

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sporting 14 wins, 37 goals … Toronto FC 4 wins, 18 goals … Ties 6

DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

AT TORONTO: Sporting 9 wins, 27 goals … Toronto FC 1 win, 10 goals … Ties 2 LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/31: TOR 0, KC 0

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES REAL SALT LAKE 4 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 Scoring Summary: KC--Salloi 6 (Sinovic 1, Espinoza 7) 20 RSL--Savarino 3 (unassisted) 29 RSL--Baird 5 (unassisted) 37 RSL--Saucedo 2 (Kreilach 5) 46+ KC--Opara 1 (Russell 6, Espinoza 8) 64 RSL--L. Silva 4 (penalty kick) 100+

UPCOMING MATCHES TORONTO FC SPORTING Sat. July 14 at Orlando City Sat. July 14 at Red Bulls Sat. July 21 at Chicago Sat. July 28 FC Dallas Sat. July 28 Chicago Sat. Aug. 4 at Houston Sat. Aug. 4 at Atlanta Sat. Aug. 11 at LAFC

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Emiliano Amor, Seth Sinovic (Gerso Fernandes 86), Yohan Croizet, Roger Espinoza (Ejected 94+), Ilie Sanchez, Wan Kuzain (Johnny Russell 45), Daniel Salloi (Ejected 90), Khiry Shelton (Diego Rubio 84).

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM TORONTO FC

SPORTING

F 33 49

A 22 74

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 27 57

A 34 45

14 8 5 0

25 6 3 0

13 2 4 3 3 1 0 1

25 2 4 0 2 0 1 0

5 18 4

4 24 6

HOW SCORED

13 17 2 1

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

17 4 1 0

TYPE OF PLAY

24 1 3 2 2 0 1 0

12 5 2 1 2 0 0 0

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

6 22 5

6 11 5

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC TOR

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 5-0-0 3-1-4 1-3-1 3-1-2 1-1-0 0-8-1

MINNESOTA UNITED FC 4 TORONTO FC 3 Scoring Summary: MIN--Quintero 4 (unassisted) 8 MIN--Ibarra 4 (Calvo 1) 13 TOR--Morrow 1 (unassisted) 42 MIN--Quintero 5 (Ibarra 5) 52 MIN--Quintero 6 (unassisted) 57 TOR--Giovinco 4 (Hasler 2) 70 TOR--Hamilton 1 (van der Wiel 1) 94+ TORONTO FC--Clint Irwin, Nicolas Hasler (Ayo Akinola 78), Eriq Zavaleta, Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow (Ryan Telfer 66), Ashtone Morgan (Gregory van der Wiel 53), Marky Delgado, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio, Jordan Hamilton, Sebastian Giovinco.

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 8-1-2 1-3-1 4-1-2 0-9-1

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 6/23/2018 KC 3, HOU 2 5/09/2018 KC 2, ATL 0 3/04/2018 KC 0, NYC 2 7/04/2018 KC 2, RSL 4 6/09/2018 KC 0, POR 0 6/09/2018 KC 0, POR 0 6/30/2018 KC 0, MTL 2

(0) (4) (8) (0) (3) (3) (1)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC Toronto FC

LWWTWWTWLWWTTWTWLL LLWLLTWLLWLTWTLLL

TORONTO FC Date Score 5/18/2018 TOR 6/08/2018 TOR 7/01/2018 TOR 7/04/2018 TOR 6/13/2018 TOR 6/08/2018 TOR 7/01/2018 TOR

(Gms since) 2, ORL 1 (3) 2, PHI 0 (2) 0, NYR 1 (0) 3, MIN 4 (0) 4, DC 4 (3) 2, PHI 0 (4) 0, NYR 1 (1)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 6 Salloi A: 8 Espinoza SHT: 52 Salloi SOG: 18 Russell/Salloi FC: 35 Espinoza FS: 31 Espinoza OF: 6 Salloi C: 5 Espinoza E: 1 Espinoza/Salloi TORONTO FC G: 5 Osorio/Vazquez A: 7 Giovinco SHT: 84 Giovinco SOG: 26 Giovinco FC: 13 Auro FS: 35 Giovinco OF: 11 Giovinco C: 3 Giovinco E: 1 Giovinco

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 18 5 3 5 2 3 33 1.83 TOR 17 5 3 4 4 1 27 1.59 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 18 7 3 6 1 1 22 1.22 TOR 17 2 5 5 2 3 34 2.00 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 33 5 5 4 6 4 9 TOR 27 1 5 5 4 4 8 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 22 4 2 7 2 4 3 TOR 34 10 2 3 8 4 7

2018 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (9-4-5, 32 pts.) UNF 20 7 21 11 6 14 8 94 19 12 10 3 75 17 5 15 22 16 26 90 29

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

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

GP 17 17 6 9 18 15 18 12 7 15 17 17 5 18 16 10 3 1 4 2 18

GS 16 16 5 1 18 13 18 8 3 4 13 17 2 18 16 6 2 1 3 0 18

MIN 1444 1415 427 130 1620 1148 1620 728 327 466 988 1530 217 1601 1395 517 225 90 285 25 1620

18 18

1620 1620

G 6 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 22

A 6 6 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 52 44 19 3 24 34 34 9 6 10 32 15 3 22 0 3 2 1 1 1 0

SOG 18 18 10 3 7 10 9 3 4 5 10 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

34 20

315 216

108 82

FC 4 11 10 2 24 14 8 11 3 13 16 18 3 35 12 3 0 0 3 1 1

FS 20 27 4 2 21 15 16 5 2 7 12 5 4 31 7 2 1 0 1 0 0

OFF 6 3 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 1 48 6 0 1 1 56 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 1

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

192 196 196 192

18 48

118 65

24 34

2 7

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Felipe Gutierrez 3, Daniel Salloi 3, Johnny Russell 1, Wan Kuzain 1, Khiry Shelton 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Daniel Salloi 3, Johnny Russell 2, Diego Rubio 1, Ilie Sanchez 1, 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 18 18 18

GS 18 18 18

MIN SHTS 1620 82 1620 82 1617 108

SV 59 59 72

GA 22 22 33

GAA 1.22 1.22 1.84

PG 2 2 2

PA 4 4 3

W 9 9 4

L 4 4 9

T 5 5 5

SO 7 7 5

2018 TORONTO FC STATISTICS (4-10-3, 15 pts.) UNF 7 21 10 14 17 6 87 22 2 54 46 96 4 26 8 5 9 55 88 25 20 19 23 1 3 15 12 52 27 18

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

PLAYER Victor Vazquez Jonathan Osorio Sebastian Giovinco Jay Chapman Jozy Altidore Nick Hagglund Tosaint Ricketts Jordan Hamilton Justin Morrow Ryan Telfer Mitchell Taintor Auro Michael Bradley Nicolas Hasler Ager Aketxe Ashtone Morgan Gregory van der Wiel Aidan Daniels Alan Mariano Mino Alex Bono Ayo Akinola Ben Spencer Chris Mavinga Clint Irwin Drew Moor Eriq Zavaleta Jason Hernandez Julian Dunn Liam Fraser Marky Delgado Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 11 15 14 11 3 8 12 9 5 11 1 13 15 12 11 8 13 1 1 12 1 2 4 5 3 8 8 2 6 12

GS 10 15 13 7 3 6 4 6 4 7 1 11 15 10 9 6 12 0 0 12 0 1 3 5 3 6 6 1 4 7

MIN 776 1262 1199 574 258 578 495 553 369 683 90 1005 1350 849 732 568 1117 12 25 1080 12 82 254 450 255 575 443 105 366 712

17 17

1530 1530

G 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 27

A 6 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 17 18 84 17 10 4 15 17 3 7 1 10 10 9 26 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 3

SOG 8 12 26 5 4 3 9 5 2 3 1 0 2 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

32 27

224 266

96 96

FC 7 5 11 5 3 4 5 5 4 6 1 13 12 6 4 10 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 6 5 0 5 3

FS 7 26 35 1 2 3 2 15 2 7 1 16 6 8 20 5 8 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 1 4 8

OFF 1 1 11 0 2 0 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 20 0 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 32 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

E 0 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

198 132 132 198

55 35

82 93

40 23

0 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jozy Altidore 1, Jonathan Osorio 1, Victor Vazquez 1, Ryan Telfer 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Sebastian Giovinco 2, Nicolas Hasler 1, Victor Vazquez 1, Auro 1, Michael Bradley 1, Ashtone Morgan 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Jozy Altidore 1-1, Sebastian Giovinco 1-4, Victor Vazquez 1-1, Ager Aketxe 0-1 TORONTO FC GOALKEEPING UNF 1 25

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Clint Irwin Alex Bono Team totals Opponent totals

GP 5 12 17 17

GS 5 12 17 17

MIN SHTS 450 31 1080 65 1530 96 1530 96

SV 17 44 61 70

GA 13 21 34 27

GAA 2.6 1.75 2 1.59

PG 1 1 2 3

PA 1 2 3 7

W L 1 4 3 6 4 10 10 4

T 0 3 3 3

SO 0 2 2 5

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.

28 at New England 5 Colorado 9 at Atlanta 20 at Minnesota 27 Columbus 3 Minnesota

L W W T T W

0-1 1-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 4-1

17015 20553 44696 23117 20697 20422

5-2-2 6-2-2 7-2-2 7-2-3 7-2-4 8-2-4

1 1 1 1 1 1

Sat. June Sat. June

9 at Portland 23 Houston

T 0-0 W 3-2

21144 20081

8-2-5 9-2-5

1 1

Sat. June Wed. July

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 0-2 L 2-4

16142 19206

9-3-5 9-4-5

1 2

Apr. May May May May June

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) 20 KC: Salloi (16); 23 KC: Salloi (67) Fernandes (87); 24 KC: Shelton (8); MIN: Quintero (20) 25 28 KC: Salloi (9) Kuzain (35) Lobato (38) Rubio (81); MIN: Mears (11) 29 32 KC: Salloi (59) Rubio (85) Shelton (88); HOU: Manotas (2,45) 32 MTL: Piatti (54) Silva (70) 32 KC: Salloi (20) Opara (64); RSL: Savarino (29) Baird (37) Saucedo (46+) Silva (100+)

TORONTO FC 2018 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr.

OPPONENT 3 Columbus 17 at Montreal 30 Real Salt Lake 14 at Colorado 21 at Houston

RESULT L 0-2 L 0-1 W 3-1 L 0-2 L 1-5

ATT 26633 26005 28006 11232 17109

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

POS PTS NOTES: 6 0 CLB: Higuain (44) Zardes (46) 11 0 MTL: Vargas (41) 8 3 TOR: Altidore (23,45) Ricketts (92+); RSL: Baird (82) 11 3 COL: Price (2) Gashi (78) 11 3 TOR: Taintor (52); HOU: Manotas (3) Ribeiro (7) Alexander (46) Elis (60) Quioto (77) 11 4 TOR: Osorio (8) Vazquez (22); CHI: Schweinsteiger (69) Gordon (94+) 9 7 TOR: Vazquez (29) Giovinco (65) Chapman (89); 10 7 TOR: Osorio (40); SEA: Bruin (25) Bwana (54) 10 7 TOR: own goal (54) Giovinco (89); NE: Penilla (4,7) Bunbury (46) 9 10 TOR: Chapman (63) Telfer (87); ORL: Higuita (73) 9 10 DAL: Urruti (11) 10 11 TOR: Vazquez (17) Ricketts (38) Giovinco (57); CLB: Zardes (67) Crognale (81) Higuain (90) 9 14 TOR: Osorio (19,79); 10 15 TOR: Osorio (56) Vazquez (64) Hagglund (86,92+); DC: Asad (12,90) Arriola (17) Mattocks (45) 10 15 TOR: Vazquez (37); NYC: Berget (51,68)

Sat. Apr.

28 Chicago

T 2-2

26331

1-4-1

Fri. May Wed. May Sat. May

4 Philadelphia 9 Seattle 12 at New England

W 3-0 L 1-2 L 2-3

24728 26089 19596

2-4-1 2-5-1 2-6-1

Fri. May Fri. May Sat. June

18 Orlando City SC 25 FC Dallas 2 at Columbus

W 2-1 L 0-1 T 3-3

28009 27549 12305

3-6-1 3-7-1 3-7-2

Fri. June Wed. June

8 at Philadelphia 13 D.C. United

W 2-0 T 4-4

16493 23011

4-7-2 4-7-3

Sun. June

24 at New York City FC 1 New York Red Bulls 4 at Minnesota

L 1-2

23930

4-8-3

L 0-1

26363

4-9-3

15 NYR: Lawrence (4)

L 3-4

20559

4-10-3

15 TOR: Morrow (42) Giovinco (70) Hamilton (94+); MIN: Quintero (8,52,57) Ibarra (13)

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

July July Aug. Aug.

Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat.

Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep.

Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun.

Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

7 at Sporting KC 14 at Orlando City SC 21 at Chicago 28 Chicago 4 at Atlanta 12 New York City FC 18 at San Jose 25 Montreal 29 at Portland 1 Los Angeles FC 15 Los Angeles 22 at New York Red Bulls 29 New England 6 Vancouver 17 at D.C. United 21 at Montreal 28 Atlanta

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2018)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2018)

Goals 3 Johnny Russell Assists 2 6 times Shots 8 Daniel Salloi Shots on Goal 4 Johnny Russell 4 Yohan Croizet Fouls Committed 5 Ilie Sanchez Fouls Suffered 6 Ilie Sanchez Offside 2 Johnny Russell Saves 10 Tim Melia Shots Faced 10 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 4 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 18 05/05/2018 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 4 07/04/2018 vs

04/20/2018 vs VAN

W 6-0

03/10/2018 vs CHI

W 4-3

05/05/2018 vs COL

W 1-0

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

W 6-0 W 6-0

03/10/2018 vs CHI

W 4-3

05/05/2018 vs COL

W 1-0

03/31/2018 vs DC

W 1-0

04/08/2018 vs LA

W 2-0

04/08/2018 vs LA

W 2-0

07/04/2018 vs RSL

L 2-4

VAN

W 6-0

VAN

W 6-0

VAN

W 6-0

VAN

W 6-0

CHI

W 4-3

COL

W 1-0

W 3-2

NYC DC

L 0-2 W 1-0

W 2-0

RSL

L 2-4

TORONTO FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2018)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2018)

Goals 2 Jozy Altidore 2 Jonathan Osorio 2 Nick Hagglund Assists 2 Victor Vazquez Shots 12 Sebastian Giovinco 12 Sebastian Giovinco Shots on Goal 5 Sebastian Giovinco 5 Sebastian Giovinco Fouls Committed 4 Michael Bradley 4 Ashtone Morgan Fouls Suffered 6 Jonathan Osorio Offside 3 Sebastian Giovinco Saves 6 Alex Bono 6 Alex Bono Shots Faced 11 Clint Irwin Goals Allowed 5 Clint Irwin

Goals 4 06/13/2018 at Assists 6 06/13/2018 at Shots 24 05/09/2018 at 24 06/13/2018 at Shots on Goal 9 05/25/2018 at Fouls Committed 13 06/08/2018 at Fouls Suffered 19 04/14/2018 at Corner Kicks 9 05/04/2018 at Offside 5 04/21/2018 at 5 06/24/2018 at 5 07/01/2018 at Saves 6 04/28/2018 at 6 06/24/2018 at Shots Faced 11 04/21/2018 at Goals Allowed 5 04/21/2018 at

03/30/2018 at RSL 06/08/2018 at PHI 06/13/2018 at DC

W 3-1 W 2-0 T 4-4

06/13/2018 at DC

T 4-4

05/25/2018 at DAL

L 0-1

06/13/2018 at DC

T 4-4

05/04/2018 at PHI

W 3-0

05/25/2018 at DAL

L 0-1

03/17/2018 at MTL 03/30/2018 at RSL

L 0-1 W 3-1

07/01/2018 at NYR

L 0-1

07/01/2018 at NYR

L 0-1

04/28/2018 at CHI 06/24/2018 at NYC

T 2-2 L 1-2

04/21/2018 at HOU

L 1-5

04/21/2018 at HOU

L 1-5

TEAM LOW GAMES (2018) Shots 8 07/04/2018 vs Shots on Goal 3 03/04/2018 vs 3 04/28/2018 vs 3 05/09/2018 vs 3 05/27/2018 vs 3 06/30/2018 vs 3 07/04/2018 vs Fouls Committed 3 04/20/2018 vs Fouls Suffered 6 03/31/2018 vs Corner Kicks 3 04/15/2018 vs 3 05/09/2018 vs Offside 0 03/17/2018 vs 0 04/15/2018 vs 0 05/09/2018 vs 0 05/20/2018 vs 0 06/09/2018 vs 0 06/23/2018 vs 0 06/30/2018 vs Saves 0 03/24/2018 vs Shots Faced 1 04/20/2018 vs

RSL

L 2-4

NYC NE ATL CLB MTL RSL

L L W T L L

VAN

W 6-0

W 1-0

SEA ATL

T 2-2 W 2-0

SJ SEA ATL MIN POR HOU MTL

W T W T T W L

COL

T 2-2

VAN

W 6-0

0-2 0-1 2-0 0-0 0-2 2-4

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2018)

T 4-4

SEA DC

L 1-2 T 4-4

DAL

L 0-1

PHI

W 2-0

COL

L 0-2

PHI

W 3-0

HOU NYC NYR

L 1-5 L 1-2 L 0-1

CHI NYC

T 2-2 L 1-2

HOU

L 1-5

HOU

L 1-5

Shots 8 06/02/2018 at Shots on Goal 2 03/03/2018 at 2 06/24/2018 at Fouls Committed 3 07/04/2018 at Fouls Suffered 5 05/18/2018 at Corner Kicks 0 06/02/2018 at Offside 0 04/14/2018 at 0 05/09/2018 at 0 06/13/2018 at Saves 1 05/09/2018 at 1 07/01/2018 at Shots Faced 2 07/01/2018 at

CLB

T 3-3

CLB NYC

L 0-2 L 1-2

MIN

L 3-4

ORL

W 2-1

CLB

T 3-3

COL SEA DC

L 0-2 L 1-2 T 4-4

SEA NYR

L 1-2 L 0-1

NYR

L 0-1

HEAD-TO-HEAD

TORONTO FC VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 14 wins, 37 goals Toronto FC 4 wins, 18 goals 6 ties 4/25/2007 4/28/2007 7/1/2007 4/26/2008 6/21/2008 9/20/2008 3/21/2009 4/26/2009 6/5/2010 7/31/2010 6/4/2011 7/23/2011 6/16/2012 8/18/2012 9/1/2012 3/9/2013 7/13/2013 9/21/2013 5/23/2014 7/26/2014 8/16/2014 8/8/2015 3/20/2016 3/31/2017

KC 3 vs TOR KC 1 at TOR KC 1 vs TOR TOR 2 vs KC TOR 0 vs KC KC 2 vs TOR TOR 3 at KC TOR 1 vs KC TOR 0 vs KC KC 1 vs TOR TOR 0 vs KC KC 4 vs TOR KC 2 vs TOR KC 1 at TOR KC 2 vs TOR TOR 2 vs KC KC 3 vs TOR KC 2 at TOR KC 2 vs TOR KC 2 at TOR KC 4 vs TOR KC 3 at TOR KC 1 vs TOR TOR 0 vs KC

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

(KC) (T) (KC) (T) (T) (CA) (CA) (T) (T) (CA) (T) (SP) (SP) (T) (SP) (T) (SP) (T) (SP) (T) (SP) (T) (SP) (T)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 13 148 50 138 35 60

2 24 192 77 157 27 67

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Toronto FC Tot 37 340 127 295 62 127

1 8 98 37 171 32 41

2 10 129 50 161 38 59

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 18 227 87 332 70 100

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC TOR

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

1 1

8 3

4 3

7 6

7 3

10 2

0 0

37 18

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Greg Vanney Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. TOR

0-2-1 11-1-4

(0.33 pts./game) (2.31 pts./game)

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

4 5 25 9 23 21 7 3 5 28 7

Sporting KC Sapong/Dwyer Graham Zusi Kei Kamara Teal Bunbury Roger Espinoza Graham Zusi Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman

4 2 13 9 16 14 2 5 3 21 17

Toronto FC Amado Guevara Dominic Oduro Amado Guevara Amado Guevara Danny Dichio Carl Robinson Stefan Frei Joseph Bendik Stefan Frei Joseph Bendik Joseph Bendik

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 7 players tied 35 players tied Kei Kamara (09/01/12) Eddie Johnson (04/25/07) 5 Sapong/Collin 5 3 players tied

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal

2 1 9 4

Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves

1 12 players tied 5 Kevin Hartman (3 times) 3 Kevin Hartman (03/21/09)

Goals Allowed

2 1 8 3

Toronto FC 3 players tied 14 players tied Jackson (07/26/14) 4 players tied

8 Maurice Edu (04/28/07) 7 Dominic Oduro (07/26/14) 1 5 players tied 7 Kocic/Bendik 4 Frei/Bendik

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)

Toronto FC W-L-T

Streak (started)

5-0-0 3-1-4 1-3-1

5 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ls

(03/10/2018) (06/30/2018) (07/04/2018)

3-1-2 1-1-0 0-8-1

1 Ls (06/24/2018) 1 Ws (05/18/2018) 2 Ls (07/01/2018)

1-3-1 8-1-2

1 Ls 1 Ls

(06/30/2018) (07/04/2018)

0-9-1 4-1-2

2 Ls (07/01/2018) 1 Ls (06/24/2018)

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

1 Ls 1 Ts 1 Ls 8 Ws 3 Ws

(06/30/2018) (05/20/2018) (07/04/2018) (04/09/2017) (03/10/2018)

0-5-0 0-3-0 2-1-1 2-1-1 0-0-1

6 3 2 1 1

5-0-2 1-1-1 2-2-2 1-0-0 0-1-0

2 Ts 1 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ws 1 Ls

(05/27/2018) (06/03/2018) (06/30/2018) (03/10/2018) (07/04/2018)

2-0-0 12 Ws (04/28/2017) 2-3-0 2 Ls (05/25/2018) 0-4-1 2 Ls (05/09/2018) 0-1-1 1 Ts (06/02/2018) 0-2-1 1 Ls (07/04/2018)

Ls Ls Ws Ls Ts

(06/03/2017) (04/21/2018) (05/18/2018) (07/04/2018) (06/13/2018)

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. TORONTO FC (14-4-6) PLAYER

MIN

Dom Dwyer CJ Sapong Kei Kamara Soony Saad Davy Arnaud Jacob Peterson Claudio Bieler Omar Bravo Eddie Johnson Graham Zusi Benny Feilhaber Michael Harrington Paulo Nagamura Teal Bunbury Brad Davis Jack Jewsbury Yura Movsisyan Krisztian Nemeth Oriol Rosell Julio Cesar Kevin Souter Kerry Zavagnin Chance Myers Roger Espinoza Santiago Hirsig Claudio Lopez Carlos Marinelli Amobi Okugo Jeferson Seth Sinovic Sasha Victorine Josh Wolff Sal Zizzo Team totals Opponent totals

8 10 6 6 9 6 3 2 2 14 7 11 5 8 1 9 2 1 3 4 1 5 13 12 2 5 4 1 1 11 5 5 2 24 24

6 5 6 3 9 4 2 2 2 12 7 11 5 5 0 8 0 1 2 4 0 5 13 11 1 4 3 0 1 11 4 4 1 24 24

548 468 535 298 810 356 171 180 180 1086 579 980 417 464 45 724 81 76 192 314 14 396 1089 987 118 366 208 33 90 955 353 384 121 2160 2160

4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 18

3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 35 14

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

16 12 25 15 24 7 7 4 11 19 12 2 11 12 2 11 8 2 1 5 1 3 6 10 2 8 9 0 2 7 6 5 3 340 227

3 9 8 1 1 2 24 24

270 810 720 90 90 180 2160 2160

11 24 39 4 3 6 87 127

10 18 28 3 2 4 65 85

0.33 0.67 0.88 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.75 1.54

0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5

Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Andy Gruenebaum Jon Kempin Eric Kronberg Team totals Opponent totals

TORONTO FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (4-14-6) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Amado Guevara Ryan Johnson Danny Dichio Robert Earnshaw Michael Bradley Jim Brennan Jackson Danny Koevermans Luke Moore Bradley Orr Darel Russell Gilberto Dominic Oduro Sam Cronin Dwayne De Rosario Jermain Defoe Richard Eckersley Sebastian Giovinco Nick Hagglund Ronnie O'Brien Alvaro Rey Carl Robinson Collen Warner Marvell Wynne Team totals Opponent totals

5 4 7 2 5 8 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 4 1 7 3 4 1 2 8 4 7 24 24

4 4 5 2 5 7 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 7 3 4 1 2 8 4 7 24 24

382 360 452 150 444 662 270 180 205 172 185 246 164 180 220 90 616 270 360 90 136 720 350 630 2160 2160

4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 37

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 35

13 8 6 2 6 2 9 5 2 1 2 4 2 1 4 0 2 10 2 4 0 5 3 1 227 340

Alex Bono Brian Edwards Clint Irwin Sam Reynolds Stefan Frei Milos Kocic Greg Sutton Freddy Hall Joseph Bendik Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 2 1 6 2 4 1 7 24 24

MIN SHTS 50 90 130 90 540 180 360 90 630 2160 2160

3 5 4 7 29 12 23 6 38 127 87

GAA

3 5 3 6 20 9 14 4 21 85 65

0.00 0.00 0.69 1.00 1.17 1.50 1.50 2.00 2.43 1.54 0.75

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 1

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. TORONTO FC (14-4-6)

CURRENT TORONTO FC VS. SPORTING KC (4-14-6)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Brad Evans Graham Zusi Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic Matt Besler Gerso Fernandes Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Ike Opara Ilie Sanchez Khiry Shelton Team totals Opponent totals

12 14 12 12 12 1 3 3 3 1 2 24 24

10 12 11 12 12 1 2 3 3 1 1 24 24

849 1086 987 1045 1065 90 160 270 270 90 95 2160 2160

2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 18

2 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 14

13 19 10 8 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 340 227

Michael Bradley Jozy Altidore Sebastian Giovinco Nick Hagglund Alex Bono Jay Chapman Marky Delgado Jason Hernandez Clint Irwin Drew Moor Ashtone Morgan Justin Morrow Jonathan Osorio Tosaint Ricketts Victor Vazquez Eriq Zavaleta Team totals Opponent totals

9 8 3 4 1 1 2 13 5 16 6 8 5 1 1 3 24 24

9 4 3 4 0 0 2 12 5 16 4 6 3 1 1 2 24 24

782 420 270 360 50 4 180 1069 400 1440 416 570 253 62 90 195 2160 2160

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 37

0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 35

10 7 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 4 1 1 2 227 340

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

3 24 24

270 2160 2160

11 87 127

10 0.33 65 0.75 85 1.54

0 1 5

3 11 85 65

0.00 1.35 1.54 0.75

0 0 5 1

GOALKEEPER

Alex Bono Clint Irwin Team totals Opponent totals

1 5 24 24

MIN SHTS 50 400 2160 2160

3 16 127 87

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. TORONTO FC

2018 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Saturday, July 7, 2018 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 19 Sporting Kansas City 9-4-5, 32 points (6-1-2 home; 3-3-3 away) 2nd place in Western Conference Toronto FC 4-10-3, 15 points (3-4-2 home; 1-6-1 away) 10th place in Eastern Conference

9-4-5 (32 pts.) 18 2nd in West 33 1.83 34 22 1.22 +11 315 (108) 34.3% 192 196 24 2

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

Jose Carlos Rivero Adam Wienckowski Richard Gamache Dave Gantar Edvin Jurisevic

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 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 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 Kharlton Belmar Jimmy Medranda

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

TORONTO FC

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

4-10-3 (15 pts.) 17 10th in East 27 1.59 27 34 2.00 -7 266 (96) 36.1% 132 198 23 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

Daniel Salloi Roger Espinoza Daniel Salloi Russell, Salloi Gutierrez, Salloi Daniel Salloi Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza Espinoza, Salloi

TORONTO FC

6 GOALS 8 ASSISTS 52 SHOTS 18 SHOTS ON GOAL 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 35 FOULS COMMITTED 31 FOULS SUFFERED 5 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 1620 Tim Melia 1.22 Tim Melia 9 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia 59

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

5 Osorio, Vazquez 7 Sebastian Giovinco 84 Sebastian Giovinco 26 Sebastian Giovinco 1 Four Players 2 Sebastian Giovinco 13 Auro 35 Sebastian Giovinco 3 Sebastian Giovinco 1 Sebastian Giovinco 1080 Alex Bono 1.75 Alex Bono 3 Alex Bono 2 Alex Bono 44 Alex Bono

MEE-lia wahn koo-ZANE wahn kuh-MAHL

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

muh-DRAHN-dah

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

Pts 37 32 31 30 27 23 21 21 19 15 11

W L T 11 4 4 10 4 2 9 4 4 8 5 6 7 4 6 6 7 5 7 11 0 6 8 3 6 10 1 4 10 3 2 7 5

GD +17 +18 +10 +5 +5 -4 -9 -4 -13 -7 -6

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

Pts 35 32 31 26 26 23 22 22 19 15 15 12

W L T 10 2 5 9 4 5 9 4 4 8 8 2 7 3 5 6 7 5 6 6 4 6 7 4 6 10 1 4 9 3 4 10 3 2 9 6

GD GP +9 17 +11 18 +10 17 -9 18 +3 15 -9 18 +7 16 -1 17 -10 17 -7 16 -9 17 -7 17

PETER VERMES

GP 19 16 17 19 17 18 18 17 17 17 14

10th season 124-95-79 10th season (.549) 124-95-79 (.549)

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

GREG VANNEY 5th season 55-45-29 (.539) 5th season 55-45-29 (.539)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, July 5 QUESTIONABLE: • Amer Didic (Hamstring Injury) OUT: • • • •

Gianluca Busio (Hamstring Injury) Felipe Gutierrez (Sports Hernia) Cristian Lobato (Knee Injury) Jimmy Medranda (Knee Injury)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 7, 2018 vs. Toronto FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvTOR: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvTOR: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City is set to welcome reigning MLS Cup Champions and Supporters’ Shield holders Toronto FC to Children’s Mercy Park this Saturday night, with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. CT. Sporting KC will look to extend it’s eight-game unbeaten streak against TFC, stretching back to the 2013 season, having gone 6-0-2 in the ensuing meetings. Last season, Sporting KC visited BMO Field on March 31, 2017 for their only match of the campaign against Toronto FC. In a game devoid of many chances, Sporting and Toronto each kept a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw - meaning that Peter Vermes’ side was the only team to shut out Toronto at BMO Field throughout the entirity of the 2017 MLS season. The last match at Children’s Mercy Park took place on March 20, 2016, with Sporting KC claiming a 1-0 victory behind Brad Davis’ 70th-minute winner that ensured SKC opened the 2016 season with three straight victories, though the side needed to hang on after Roger Espinoza was shown a red card with six minutes to play. Sporting KC is a dominant 14-4-6 all-time against Toronto FC since the Canadian side joined MLS as an expansion team in 2007. Despite winning their first two games against Toronto FC that year, Sporting KC struggled to find wins against TFC until 2010, going 1-3-3 from late 2007 until midway through the 2010 season. Starting with a 1-0 victory on July 31, 2010, Sporting KC has since gone 11-1-3 against Toronto FC, with the lone defeat coming on March 9, 2013 in a 2-1 loss at Rogers Centre.

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC is tied for the league-lead in shutouts this season with seven, alongside CLB. SKC also has the fifth-best goals against average in the league in 2018 with 1.22. • SKC is tied for fifth in the league in goals this season, scoring 33. SKC is tied for first in the Western Conference in goals, alongside HOU. • SKC leads MLS in shots so far in the 2018 MLS season, taking 315 - 43 ahead of ATL’s 272. SKC also leads MLS with 108 shots on goal, one ahead of HOU. • SKC ranks first so far in the 2018 MLS season in chances created and chances created from open play, having produced 246 and 220, resepectively. • SKC is third in MLS with a 52.08 percent duel success rate. SKC is tied for fourth in MLS with 966 duels won on 1,855 duels that the side has taken part in. • SKC leads MLS with an 84.72 percent passing accuracy. SKC is second in MLS this year with 9,419 passes and first with 7,980 successful passes. SKC is also second in average possession this season with 58.89 percent.

Date

Sporting KC Player Stats • Forward Johnny Russell is tied for the league lead with three penalties earned and is also third with 111 touches in the opponent’s box. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is tied for second in MLS with eight assists - already a new career high for a single season. Espinoza is also tied for third with 36 chances created from open play and third with 35 fouls committed. • Forward Daniel Salloi is tied for the league lead with three game-winning assists and is tied for fourth with three game-winning goals. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is seventh in MLS with a 1.22 goals against average and is tied for first with seven shutouts. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez leads MLS with 1,292 passes attempted and 1,112 passes completed. Ilie is also tied for fifth with all 32 of his chances created coming from open play this season. • Defender Matt Besler is fourth in MLS with 1,160 passes attempted and 1,018 passes completed.

#SKCvTOR: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 14-4-6 in regular season)

03/31/2017 03/20/2016 08/08/2015 08/16/2014 07/26/2014

Score

KC 0 at TOR 0 KC 1 vs TOR 0 KC 3 at TOR 1 KC 4 vs TOR 1 KC 2 at TOR 1

Result Details T W W W W

SKC only team to shut out TFC at BMO Field in 2017 Brad Davis scores late for Sporting KC Feilhaber, Nemeth and Peterson topple Bradley’s goal Dwyer (2), Saad and Sapong score as Gilberto tallies for TFC Zusi and Peterson score as SKC overcome early Jackson goal

#SKCvTOR: PLAYER HISTORY • Defender Graham Zusi has one goal and five assists all-time against Toronto FC, including the game-winning assist on Aug. 18, 2012. His goal came in a 2-1 road win on July 26, 2014. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has three assists against Toronto FC, with all three coming in his first spell with Sporting KC. He had assists in back-to-back games against TFC on Sept. 20, 2008 and March 21, 2009 before adding a third in a 4-2 win on July 23, 2011. • Defender Seth Sinovic has one assist against TFC, coming on Soony Saad’s game-winner on July 13, 2013. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 2-0-1 all-time against Toronto FC, posting a 0.33 goals against average and claiming two shutouts - both coming in the most recent games between the sides on March 20, 2016 and March 31, 2017. • Defender Brad Evans has two goals and two assists versus Toronto, all coming as a member of Seattle Sounders FC. That includes a two goal and one assist masterclass in a 3-0 home win for Seattle on April 30, 2011.

Toronto FC Team Stats • TOR’s 14 losses to SKC are their most against any MLS foe in club history. • TOR is 0-6-1 at Children’s Mercy Park with six goals scored and 18 conceded. • In 2017, TOR became the first MLS club to win a treble, lifting the MLS Cup, Supporters’ Shield and Canadian Championship. • TOR has lost nine MLS matches this season (4-9-3), almost double their loss total from 2017 (20-5-9). • TOR is 1-5-1 on the road this season after going 7-4-6 away from home in 2017. Toronto FC Player Stats • Midfielder Victor Vazquez (5 goals, 6 assists) and forward Sebastian Giovinco (3 goals, 7 assists) have scored or assisted on 17 of Toronto’s 24 goals this season, and each of the club’s last 10. • Forward Sebastian Giovinco is second in MLS with 84 shots, while he’s also tied for seventh with seven assists.

#SKCvTOR: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

• Defenders Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and Brad Evans have all been teammates of forward Jozy Altidore and midfielder Michael Bradley for the U.S. Men’s National Team since 2007. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez and Toronto FC midfielder Victor Vazquez both advanced through Barcelona’s La Masia Academy and were teammates on Barcelona B from 2009-2011. • Defenders Ike Opara and Matt Besler are both former teammates of Justin Morrow. Opara while at the San Jose Earthquakes from 2010-2012 and Besler at Notre Dame from 2006-2008. Opara also played with Morrow on the U.S. National Team in the 2018 January Camp. • Defender Ike Opara was also a teammate of Jason Hernandez at the Earthquakes. • Forward Khiry Shelton additionally played with Jason Hernandez at New York City FC from 2015-2016. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia played with Toronto midfielder Marky Delgado at Chivas USA from 2012-2014. Melia was also playing for Real Salt Lake while TFC defender Eriq Zavaleta was in the club’s Academy from 2010-2011, and the two were also teammates at Chivas USA while Zavaleta was on loan in 2014. • Defender Brad Evans played with Eriq Zavaleta at Seattle Sounders FC from 2013-2014. • Defender Jaylin Lindsey was teammates with TFC forward Ayo Akinola on the U.S. U-17 National Team at the U-17 FIFA World Cup in 2017.

• Goalkeeper Tim Melia is one appearance and start shy of reaching 100 in MLS regular-season action for Sporting KC. • Defender Ike Opara is one away from his 100th regular-season appearance for the club. • Defender Graham Zusi is one appearance shy of his 275th in all competitions for the club. • Sporting KC is five goals away from hitting 1,000 in the club’s MLS regularseason history. • Sporting KC is one road win shy of reaching 100 all-time in MLS regular-season play.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 7, 2018 vs. Toronto FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes BOUNCING BACK

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

DAY OF FIRSTS FOR OPARA & SINOVIC

Sporting Kansas City defenders Ike Opara and Seth Sinovic both found themselves on the scoresheet for the first time this season during the 4-2 defeat to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium on Wednesday night. Sinovic recorded his first assist of the season when his pin-point cross found Daniel Salloi to volley home the opener in the 20th minute before Opara tapped home Johnny Russell’s cross in the 64th minute to give Sporting some hope before the side eventually suffered a two-goal loss.

Sporting Kansas City suffered the club’s first back-to-back losses of the season following Wednesday night’s 4-2 setback to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium. That result comes on the back of a disappointing 2-0 defeat to the Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo on Saturday evening, with SKC now looking to hit back when the side returns home to take on reigning MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield champions Toronto FC on Saturday at Children’s Mercy Park.

Opara has now scored his last two goals at Rio Tinto Stadium, having also found the net in the 2-1 loss during the club’s regular-season finale against Real Salt Lake on October 22, 2017. Opara had five goals in all competitions during the 2017 campaign - setting a career-high - and has one goal and one assist so far this season.

Sporting KC has now lost consecutive games for the first time since a stretch from the end of the 2017 campaign to the start of the 2018 season. Sporting lost to RSL on Decision Day on October 22, 2017 before also falling in the MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Knockout Round to the Houston Dynamo on October 26, 2017. The club followed that up with a defeat in the 2018 season opener against New York City FC at Children’s Mercy Park on March 4.

Sinovic had one goal and two assists in all competitions in 2017, including his first regular-season goal in the 3-1 win over Colorado on April 9, 2017. His last assist came on the game-winner in the 2-1 victory against the LA Galaxy on September 24, 2017.

Prior to Wednesday night, Sporting had responded to both previous losses this season with wins, as the side followed up the 2-0 loss to New York City FC on opening night with a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park before beating the Colorado Rapids 1-0 on May 5 after the loss to New England on April 28.

HIT WITH SUSPENSIONS

For the first time this season, Sporting Kansas City will be forced to deal with suspensions during Saturday’s matchup with Toronto FC at Children’s Mercy Park. Both midfielder Roger Espinoza and forward Daniel Salloi will miss the game after receiving Sporting KC’s first two red cads of the season late in the 4-2 defeat to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium on Wednesday night.

In addition, the defeat in Salt Lake City snapped a 10-game unbeaten streak against Western Conference foe in all competitions, going 6-0-4 to start the 2018 campaign beginning with a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on March 17. It was the fourth longest in-conference unbeaten streak in club history, having gone 14 unbeaten in the Eastern Conference from June 2011-March 2012 and 13 unbeaten in the East from August 2012-March 2013. The only unbeaten streak the club has had in the West that lasted longer than 10 matches was an 11-game streak from August 2016-April 2017.

Salloi was the first to be given his marching orders, sent off in the 90th minute of the contest after catching Real Salt Lake substitute, Nick Besler - Sporting KC captain Matt Besler’s younger brother - in the face while challenging for an aerial duel. Four minutes later it was Espinoza’s turn, receiving his second yellow card of the match after catching, you guessed it, the younger Besler once again in the midfield.

ONTARIO ONSLAUGHT

Sporting Kansas City will play host to reigning MLS Cup champions and Supporters’ Shield holders Toronto FC this Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting KC has an excellent record against Toronto, going 14-4-6 in the MLS regular season since the Ontario-based side joined the league as an expansion side ahead of the 2007 season, including a current eight-game unbeaten streak since midway through Sporting’s 2013 MLS Cup championship season (6-0-2).

While Salloi’s red card was the first of his professional career, Espinoza is now the club’s leader in fouls committed (332), yellow cards (46) and red cards (8). The Honduran international broke a tie with Davy Arnaud for fouls committed and Kerry Zavagnin for yellow cards in the defeat at Salt Lake. Sporting KC received two red cards all of last season, with Espinoza receiving two yellow cards in a 1-0 loss to Colorado on May 29, 2017 before Graham Zusi received the first red card of his career in the 1-0 defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps FC on September 30, 2017.

The two sides met once in the 2017 MLS season, with Sporting KC heading north of the border to take on Toronto FC at BMO Field early in the season - playing to a scoreless draw on March 31, 2017. The game lacked many clear-cut opportunities, with Dom Dwyer’s one-on-one attempt saved by substitute goalkeeper Alex Bono as close as either side came during the match. What Sporting KC did achieve in that contest was that Peter Vermes’ side became the only team throughout the 2017 season to record a clean sheet at BMO Field as Toronto ran away with the MLS Supporters’ Shield race and cruised to their first MLS Cup title in December.

MELIA DENIES *YET ANOTHER* PENALTY KICK

Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia produced another penalty kick stop during Wednesday’s 4-2 defeat to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium, denying RSL’s Albert Rusnak from the spot. Rusnak attempted a cheeky Panenka attempt with a chip down the middle, but Melia held his ground and was able to make an easy catch - humiliating Rusnak in the process. The penalty save was Melia’s sixth of his MLS career, coming on 16 that he’s faced - a stop rate of 37.5 percent. The league average in the Opta era (2010-present) for penalty saves is 15.5 percent, with Melia’s 37.5 percent rate higher than all teams’ successful penalty save rate in that time frame among club’s that have existed for a year or longer with only Los Angeles FC’s 40 percent success rate higher than Melia’s.

The last time Toronto FC paid a visit to Children’s Mercy Park was in an early-season showdown on March 20, 2016. In another tightly-contested clash, it took a moment of brilliance from then-newly minted winger Brad Davis to make the difference for Sporting, as he cut inside on his left foot inside the area and buried a low shot in the 70th minute. Midfielder Roger Espinoza received a late red card as Sporting KC hung on to claim all three points and a 3-0-0 start to the 2016 campaign.

Five of Melia’s six penalty saves have come since the start of the 2017 season: three last year and two during the current MLS campaign. Those five penalty saves since the beginning of last season leads the league, one ahead of Columbus Crew SC’s Zack Steffen’s four.

Sporting KC is a domineering 9-1-2 at home against Toronto FC in the club’s regularseason series, with the lone defeat coming at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in a 3-2 loss on March 21, 2009.

ALL-STAR ILIE

ESPINOZA CAN’T STOP ASSISTING

On Friday, June 29, Major League Soccer announced that Sporting Kansas City midfielder Ilie Sanchez has been named to the 2018 MLS All-Star team that will take on Italian giants Juventus at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on August 1 in the annual showpiece event for MLS.

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza recorded another multi-assist performance in Wednesday’s 4-2 loss to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium, recording secondary assists on each of Daniel Salloi’s and Ike Opara’s goals and taking his career-high assist tally to eight. While his game ended in disappointment after receiving two yellow cards and being sent off fot the first time since May 29, 2017, Espinoza played a major role in both of Sporting KC’s goals on the night. First, his pin-point cross-field pass found Seth Sinovic whose whipped delivery picked out Salloi at the near post to volley home in the 20th minute. Then, in the 64th minute, the 31-year-old Honduran battled through a challenge to find Johnny Russell who crossed for Opara to tap home SKC’s second goal of the night.

Ilie, picked by Atlanta United FC and All-Star team head coach Tata Martino, and Sporting KC defender Graham Zusi, an MLS All-Star Fan XI selection, will join a 26-player squad for the All-Star matchup in early August. Martino will pick the starting 11 from the 26-man MLS All-Star roster. The squad features 10 FIFA World Cup veterans, including U.S. international Zusi, among 16 of the league’s teams. The roster consists of players from 16 countries – the most in MLS All-Star Game history, eclipsing the previous record of 13 in the 2016 and 2017 MLS All-Star Games.

Espinoza has already set a career-high for assists this season, having previously never reached beyond five assists in a single MLS season. Wednesday’s match was his second multi-assist match of the season, having recorded his first-ever multi-assist match in the 6-0 thrashing of Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Children’s Mercy Park on April 20. Espinoza now has five goals and 31 assists in MLS regular-season action, placing sixth all-time in Kansas City history in assists. He has a further three assists when including U.S. Open Cup play.

Ilie receives MLS All-Star honors for the first time in his career. Now in his second season with Sporting KC, the 27-year-old has played every minute in all 20 matches for Sporting KC this season, including 18 MLS fixtures and two victories in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The defensive midfielder leads MLS in both successful passes (1,112) and successful passes in the attacking half (642). Ilie has recorded two goals and three assists in 2018, both MLS career-highs, and ranks fifth in the league with 32 chances created from open play.

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 7, 2018 vs. Toronto FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes GOALS GALORE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS COMING TO CMP

Sporting Kansas City has had few issues scoring goals so far in the 2018 season. Peter Vermes’ side has found multiple goals in 13 of the club’s 20 matches in all competitions this season and has only been shutout five times. Sporting KC is the fifth highest scoring team in MLS so far in 2018 with 33 goals, while the side has scored 38 goals when including U.S. Open Cup play.

On Wednesday, May 16, it was announced that Children’s Mercy Park will host international tournaments over the next two summers. In July of 2018, the U.S. Women’s National Team will return to Kansas City to face off against Japan in the Tournament of Nations, with Brazil also facing Australia as part of a doubleheader on July 26. Then, next summer, the CONCACAF Gold Cup comes back to KC for the first time since 2015 for a doubleheader in 2019. The teams and schedules for that tournament will be announced at a later date.

Sporting KC has 13 different goalscorers so far this year in MLS play - which is the most number of different goalscorers across a single squad in the league this season. So far this season, Sporting KC has found goals from Daniel Salloi (6), Felipe Gutierrez (5), Johnny Russell (5), Diego Rubio (3), Khiry Shelton (2), Ilie Sanchez (2), Graham Zusi (2), Jimmy Medranda (2), Cristian Lobato (2), Yohan Croizet (1), Gerso Fernandes (1), Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (1) and Ike Opara (1).

The U.S. WNT has played in Kansas City seven times since its inaugural visit in 1999, winning four and drawing three. Children’s Mercy Park will play host to its fourth U.S WNT contest, having welcomed crowds for a 1-1 friendly draw against Canada in 2011, a 1-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago in the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Championship, and a 4-0 friendly victory over Costa Rica in 2016. The U.S. Women’s and Men’s National Teams are 10-0-4 in 14 combined visits to Kansas City, including a 6-0-2 mark at world-class Children’s Mercy Park.

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 21 goals through 10 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 June 20, 1999.

The world-class home of Sporting Kansas City is one of 15 venues across 13 U.S. cities that will welcome the 2019 edition of the expanded CONCACAF Gold Cup, which will feature a record 16 nations next summer from June 14-July 7. The biennial tournament is the premier international competition of the North, Central American and Caribbean region, helping determine Concacaf’s representative at the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup.

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 nine road games this year, Sporting KC has already surpassed last year’s total in goals with 13 and has already recorded three road wins over the Chicago Fire (March 10), the LA Galaxy (April 8) and Atlanta United FC (May 9). Sporting also only scored multiple goals on the road two times in 2017 but has done so in five of the club’s nine away games so far in 2018.

LOOKING TO EXTEND PLAYOFF STREAK

VERMES ERA CONTINUES

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

On a local level, Vermes’ 10 years with SKC 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 was Chiefs head coach from 1963-1974. Vermes has compiled a 155-110-89 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 20-5-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 124 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.

VERMES VERBATIM

See below for Sporting KC’s reaction following the 4-2 loss against Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium on July 4, 2018:

2026 WORLD CUP HEADING TO NORTH AMERICA

Manager Peter Vermes Thoughts on the match: “We shouldn’t have given up the first two goals in the first half. And then the third just killed us. You can’t come back from deficits like that all the time.”

The United Bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States was selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday, June 13 by the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow. Kansas City is one of 23 Candidate Host Cities in the United Bid. The vote, which occurred a day before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, also marks the first time three nations have been selected to co-host a FIFA World Cup and the first time the FIFA World Cup will be played in North America in 32 years. The United Bid offers FIFA and its 211 Member Associations unity, certainty, and opportunity as they prepare to host the largest FIFA World Cup in history, which will be expanded to a 48-team format.

On how to halt the slide after back-to-back losses “You’ve got to score more goals than the other team.” Defender Seth Sinovic Thoughts on the match: “I thought we started the game pretty well and got up a goal. We just didn’t play our game from there. We gave them opportunities and they took advantage of them.”

With the FIFA Congress decision to award the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to the federations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the three nations will jointly manage preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup until FIFA establishes their operations to manage the competition. Among other decisions, FIFA will make the final selection of host cities for the 2026 competition from the 23 candidates proposed in the United Bid.

On falling behind: “That’s unfortunately been a giant problem for us. We’re putting ourselves in bad situations where you have to come out and fight back in the second half. Obviously, it wasn’t enough tonight.”

Each of the United Bid’s 23 proposed stadiums are fully built, occupied and operational, ensuring long-term use following the 2026 World Cup. The United Bid has 150 existing world-class training facilities, millions of hotel rooms, and advanced infrastructure.

On preparing for Toronto: “We’ve just got to compete better. We’ve just got to be better all the way around. Toronto obviously are the champions from last year. They haven’t been off to the best start so far but they’re an extremely dangerous team and at some point they’re going to turn it around. We can’t let it happen against us.”

The United Bid is expected to generate more than $14 billion in revenue and $11 billion in profits for FIFA, which will be shared with the 211 FIFA Member Associations, helping further develop and expand the game of football across the globe.

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 7, 2018 vs. Toronto FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. Toronto FC: 14-4-6 Home games: 9-1-2 (27 GF, 10 GA) Road games: 5-3-4 (10 GF, 8 GA) Date 04/25/2007 04/28/2007 07/01/2007 04/26/2008 06/21/2008 09/20/2008 03/21/2009 04/26/2009 06/05/2010 07/31/2010 06/04/2011 07/23/2011 06/16/2012 08/18/2012 09/01/2012 03/09/2013 07/13/2013 09/21/2013 05/23/2014 07/26/2014 08/16/2014 08/08/2015 03/20/2016 03/31/2017

Score KC 3 vs TOR 0 KC 1 at TOR 0 KC 1 vs TOR 1 KC 0 at TOR 2 KC 0 at TOR 0 KC 2 vs TOR 0 KC 2 vs TOR 3 KC 0 at TOR 1 KC 0 at TOR 0 KC 1 vs TOR 0 KC 0 at TOR 0 KC 4 vs TOR 2 KC 2 vs TOR 0 KC 1 at TOR 0 KC 2 vs TOR 1 KC 1 at TOR 2 KC 3 vs TOR 0 KC 2 at TOR 1 KC 2 vs TOR 2 KC 2 at TOR 1 KC 4 vs TOR 1 KC 3 at TOR 1 KC 1 vs TOR 0 KC 0 at TOR 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Result Location W Arrowhead Stadium W BMO Field T Arrowhead Stadium L BMO Field T BMO Field W CommunityAmerica Ballpark L CommunityAmerica Ballpark L BMO Field T BMO Field W CommunityAmerica Ballpark T BMO Field W Livestrong Sporting Park W Livestrong Sporting Park W BMO Field W Livestrong Sporting Park L Rogers Centre W Sporting Park W BMO Field T Sporting Park W BMO Field W Sporting Park W BMO Field W Children’s Mercy Park T BMO Field

TORONTO FC

4 5 25 9 23 21

Dwyer, Sapong Graham Zusi Kei Kamara Teal Bunbury Roger Espinoza Graham Zusi

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

7 3 5 28 7

Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Amado Guevara 4 Dominic Oduro 2 Amado Guevara 13 Amado Guevara 9 Danny Dichio 16 Carl Robinson 14 Stefan Frei 2 Joe Bendik 5 Stefan Frei 3 Joe Bendik 21 Joe Bendik 17

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 1 9 4 5 5

TORONTO FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Seven Players 35 Players Kei Kamara (9/1/12) Eddie Johnson (4/25/07) Collin, Sapong Three Players

Three Players 14 Players (7/26/14) Jackson Four Players (4/28/07) Maurice Edu (7/26/14) Dominic Oduro

2 1 8 3 8 7

Bendik, Kocic Bendik, Frei

7 4

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

5 Three Players 3 Kevin Hartman (3/21/09)

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

1 2 OT 13 24 0 148 192 0 50 77 0 138 157 0 35 27 0 60 67 0

Total 37 340 127 295 62 127

TORONTO FC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 8 10 0 18 Shots 98 129 0 227 Shots on Goal 37 50 0 87 Fouls 171 161 0 332 Offsides 32 38 0 70 Corner Kicks 41 57 0 98

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC TOR

113

1-15

1 2

16-30

31-45

4 4

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,466

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 134 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 128 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 19 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 134 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

165

8 2

105.4 5

46-60

7 5

61-75

7 3

76-90

10 2

0 0

Total

37 18

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

282

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 165 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 7, 2018 vs. Toronto FC | 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) Matt Lewis (Waived - June 27, 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 (USL). June 27: OUT Sporting KC waives D Matt Lewis.

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) 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 | July 7, 2018 vs. Toronto FC | 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

1-0

Salloi

Wednesday, May 9

at Atlanta United FC

MLS

2-0

Salloi, Fernandes

Sunday, May 20

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

1-1

Shelton

SUNDAY, MAY 27

COLUMBUS CREW SC

MLS

0-0

SUNDAY, JUNE 3

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

4-1

Salloi, Kuzain, Lobato, Rubio

Wednesday, June 6

at Real Salt Lake

U.S. Open Cup

2-0

Russell, Belmar

Saturday, June 9

at Portland Timbers

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, JUNE 16

FC DALLAS

U.S. OPEN CUP

3-2

Salloi (2), Croizet

SATURDAY, JUNE 23

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS

3-2

Salloi, Rubio, Shelton

Saturday, June 30

at Montreal Impact

MLS

0-2

Wednesday, July 4

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

2-4

Salloi, Opara

SATURDAY, JULY 7

TORONTO FC

MLS