WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
2023 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, August 26, 2023 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 26 Sporting Kansas City 6-11-8, 26 points (5-5-2 home; 1-6-6 away) T-11th in MLS Western Conference San Jose Earthquakes 9-7-8, 35 points (7-1-4 home; 2-6-4 away) 5th in MLS Western Conference
6-11-8 (26 pts.) 1.04 25 T-11th in West 31 1.24 33 36 1.44 -5 328 (119) 36.3% 239 305 42 3
Apple TV: Free on MLS Season Pass English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:
Pierre-Luc Luaziere Lyes Arfa Jose Da Silva Sergii Boiko David Barrie
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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 MID 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 Felipe Gutierrez 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 Kinda, 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 6 7 4 7 6 5 8 2 8 6 8 8 11 10 3
GD +11 +14 +13 +8 +15 +9 +5 -9 -2 -3 -3 -10 -7 -16 -14
GP 24 23 23 24 24 24 25 24 24 25 24 23 25 25 22
Western Conference Pts 1. st. louis city sc 44 2. Los Angeles FC 37 3. Real Salt Lake 37 4. Seattle Sounders FC 36 5. San Jose Earthquakes 35 6. Houston Dynamo FC 32 7. Austin FC 32 8. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 31 9. Minnesota United FC 31 10. FC Dallas 30 11. Sporting Kansas City 26 12. Portland Timbers 26 13. LA Galaxy 22 14. Colorado Rapids 19
W 14 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 5 3
L 8 6 7 9 7 10 10 8 8 9 11 10 10 10
T 2 7 7 6 8 5 5 7 7 6 8 8 7 10
GD +19 +9 +1 +4 0 0 -3 +5 -2 -1 -5 -12 -12 -14
GP 24 23 24 25 24 24 24 23 23 23 25 24 22 23
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
12 7 41 25 6 2 35 49 6 1
Cristian Espinoza Cristian Espinoza Cristian Espinoza Cristian Espinoza Cristian Espinoza Three Players Cristian Espinoza Jeremy Ebobisse Beason, Yueill Three Players
1111 JT Marcinkowski 1.20 Daniel 5 JT Marcinkowski 4 Daniel, Marcinkowski 47 Daniel
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES
2023 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS L 3 4 7 6 7 8 7 12 8 11 9 9 9 12 14
9-7-8 (35 pts.) 1.46 24 5th in West 29 1.21 30 29 1.21 0 269 (75) 27.9% 261 293 56 3
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
10 GOALS 6 ASSISTS 62 SHOTS 24 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 24 FOULS COMMITTED 38 FOULS SUFFERED 6 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Kendall McIntosh 1191 Tim Melia 1.33 Kendall McIntosh 4 John Pulskamp 2 Kendall McIntosh 38
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W 15 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 8 8 7 6 5 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 51 2. New England Revolution 43 3. Philadelphia Union 40 4. Orlando City SC 40 5. Columbus Crew 39 6. Nashville SC 38 7. Atlanta United FC 38 8. CF Montreal 32 9. Chicago Fire FC 32 10. D.C. United 30 11. New York Red Bulls 29 12. Charlotte FC 26 13. New York City FC 26 14. Toronto FC 19 15. Inter Miami CF 18
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
15th season
(.534) 189-158-115
15th season
(.534) 189-158-115
LUCHI GONZALEZ
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
4th season 37-36-33 (.505) 1st season 9-7-8 (.542)
PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT As of Wednesday, Aug. 23 QUESTIONABLE • DEF - Graham Zusi (Hamstring Injury) • FWD - Stephen Afrifa (Hamstring Injury) OUT • DEF - Kortne Ford (Achilles Surgery) • DEF - Kayden Pierre (Hamstring Injury)
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