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2022 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Sunday, August 21, 2022 Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 27 Sporting Kansas City 6-15-5, 23 points (4-6-2 home; 2-9-3 away) 14th in MLS Western Conference Portland Timbers 7-7-12, 33 points (5-2-6 home; 2-5-6 away) T-6th in MLS Western Conference
6-15-5 (23 pts.) 0.88 26 14th in West 26 1.00 16 48 1.85 -22 278 (91) 32.7% 301 328 51 6
English TV: FS1 English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:
Armando Villarreal Micheal Barwegen Matthew Nelson Ricardo Fierro Carol Anne Chenard
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 48 54
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID FWD DEF DEF MID DEF FWD MID GK FWD DEF FWD MID FWD MID GK DEF MID
Name John Pulskamp Ben Sweat Andreu Fontas Robert Voloder Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Uri Rosell Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Alan Pulido Gadi Kinda Khiry Shelton Kortne Ford Roger Espinoza Jake Davis Logan Ndenbe Daniel Salloi Felipe Hernandez Kendall McIntosh William Agada Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros Erik Thommy Marinos Tzionis Cam Duke Tim Melia Kaveh Rad Remi Walter
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PORTLAND TIMBERS
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
7-7-12 (33 pts.) 1.27 26 T-6th in West 42 1.62 41 40 1.54 +2 339 (110) 32.4% 347 310 76 5
2022 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY Johnny Russell Three Players Daniel Salloi Daniel Salloi Remi Walter Three Players Roger Espinoza Johnny Russell Roger Espinoza Six Players
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7 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 54 SHOTS 20 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 35 FOULS COMMITTED 48 FOULS SUFFERED 10 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 1853 Tim Melia 1.65 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia 45
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PORTLAND TIMBERS
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
9 9 47 17 2 5 46 41 8 2
Jaroslaw Niezgoda Yimmi Chara Sebastian Blanco Santiago Moreno Sebastian Blanco Yimmi Chara Diego Chara Diego Chara Chara, Van Rankin Josecarlos Van Rankin
2160 1.54 7 5 87
Aljaz Ivacic Aljaz Ivacic Aljaz Ivacic Aljaz Ivacic Aljaz Ivacic
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES
2022 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference Pts 1. Philadelphia Union 48 2. CF Montreal 43 3. New York City FC 42 4. New York Red Bulls 40 5. Columbus Crew 34 6. New England Revolution 34 7. Orlando City SC 33 8. Inter Miami CF 33 9. FC Cincinnati 33 10. Charlotte FC 32 11. Toronto FC 30 12. Chicago Fire FC 30 13. Atlanta United FC 29 14. D.C. United 22
W 13 13 12 11 8 8 9 9 8 10 8 8 7 6
L 4 8 7 8 6 7 10 10 8 14 12 11 10 15
T 9 4 6 7 10 10 6 6 9 2 6 6 8 4
GD +25 +2 +16 +8 +5 +2 -8 -9 -3 -7 -6 -6 -4 -21
GP 26 25 25 26 24 25 25 25 25 26 26 25 25 25
Western Conference Pts 1. Los Angeles FC 57 2. Austin FC 48 3. FC Dallas 42 4. Minnesota United FC 38 5. Real Salt Lake 37 6. LA Galaxy 33 7. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 33 8. Nashville SC 33 9. Portland Timbers 33 10. Seattle Sounders FC 32 11. Colorado Rapids 31 12. Houston Dynamo FC 25 13. San Jose Earthquakes 24 14. Sporting Kansas City 23
W 18 14 11 11 10 10 9 8 7 10 8 7 5 6
L 4 5 7 9 8 11 11 9 7 13 10 14 11 15
T 3 6 9 5 7 3 6 9 12 2 7 4 9 5
GD +30 +20 +11 +5 -1 +3 -14 -2 +2 +1 -3 -11 -13 -22
GP 25 25 27 25 25 24 26 26 26 25 25 25 25 26
14th season 178-146-105 14th season (.537) 178-146-105 (.537)
GIOVANNI SAVARESE
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
5th season 64-49-38 (.550) 5th season 64-49-38 (.550)
PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT As of Thursday, August 18 QUESTIONABLE • MID - Ozzie Cisneros (Hamstring Injury) • FWD - Khiry Shelton (Calf Injury) OUT • • • •
GK - Tim Melia (Hamstring Injury) DEF - Kortne Ford (Suspended Through Sept. 10) MID - Gadi Kinda (Knee Surgery) FWD - Alan Pulido (Knee Surgery)
Health & Safety Protocols A player may be listed as “Questionable” or “Out” due to Health and Safety Protocols for the following reasons: Quarantine due to participating in high risk behavior. Quarantine related to being a high risk close contact. Pending COVID-19 test results. An inconclusive COVID-19 test result. A positive COVID-19 test or a confirmed case of COVID-19. Other illness not related to COVID-19. 1