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2022 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, August 27, 2022 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 28 Sporting Kansas City 7-15-5, 26 points (5-6-2 home; 2-9-3 away) T-13th in MLS Western Conference San Jose Earthquakes 6-11-9, 27 points (5-3-5 home; 1-8-4 away) 12th in MLS Western Conference
7-15-5 (26 pts.) 0.96 27 T-13th in West 30 1.11 22 49 1.81 -19 296 (100) 33.8% 309 337 52 6
English TV: 38 The Spot English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:
Guido Gonzales Jr. Diego Blas Tyler Wyrostek Malik Badawi Jorge Gonzalez
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
Pronunciation
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
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
6-11-9 (27 pts.) 1.04 26 12th in West 42 1.62 38 54 2.08 -12 349 (118) 33.8% 282 386 52 2
2022 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY Johnny Russell Four Players Russell, Salloi Daniel Salloi Remi Walter Three Players Roger Espinoza Johnny Russell Roger Espinoza Six Players
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7 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 55 SHOTS 21 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 36 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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SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
14 11 80 38 1 2 35 56 7 1
Jeremy Ebobisse Cristian Espinoza Jeremy Ebobisse Jeremy Ebobisse Six Players Cristian Espinoza Jamiro Monteiro Jamiro Monteiro Eric Remedi Lopez, Monteiro
2205 2.08 6 2 85
JT Marcinkowski JT Marcinkowski JT Marcinkowski JT Marcinkowski JT Marcinkowski
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES
2022 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference Pts 1. Philadelphia Union 51 2. CF Montreal 46 3. New York City FC 45 4. New York Red Bulls 41 5. Orlando City SC 36 6. Inter Miami CF 36 7. Columbus Crew 35 8. New England Revolution 34 9. FC Cincinnati 34 10. Charlotte FC 32 11. Toronto FC 30 12. Chicago Fire FC 30 13. Atlanta United FC 30 14. D.C. United 22
W 14 14 13 11 10 10 8 8 8 10 8 8 7 6
L 4 8 7 8 10 10 6 8 8 15 13 12 10 16
T 9 4 6 8 6 6 11 10 10 2 6 6 9 4
GD +31 +6 +18 +8 -7 -8 +5 -2 -3 -8 -7 -8 -4 -27
GP 27 26 26 27 26 26 25 26 26 27 27 26 26 26
Western Conference Pts 1. Los Angeles FC - x 57 2. Austin FC 48 3. FC Dallas 42 4. Minnesota United FC 41 5. Real Salt Lake 38 6. Nashville SC 36 7. LA Galaxy 34 8. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 9. Seattle Sounders FC 33 10. Portland Timbers 33 11. Colorado Rapids 32 12. San Jose Earthquakes 27 13. Houston Dynamo FC 26 14. Sporting Kansas City 26
W 18 14 11 12 10 9 10 9 10 7 8 6 7 7
L 5 6 8 9 8 9 11 11 13 8 10 11 14 15
T 3 6 9 5 8 9 4 7 3 12 8 9 5 5
GD +29 +19 +7 +6 -1 +2 +3 -14 +1 -1 -3 -12 -11 -19
GP 26 26 28 26 26 27 25 27 26 27 26 26 26 27
14th season 179-146-105 14th season (.538) 179-146-105 (.538)
ALEX COVELO
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
1st season 6-7-6 (.474) 1st season 6-7-6 (.474)
PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT As of Wednesday, August 24 QUESTIONABLE • MID - Ozzie Cisneros (Hamstring 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