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2024 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 30 Sporting Kansas City 7-15-7, 28 points (5-5-4 home; 2-10-3 away) T-12th in MLS Western Conference Colorado Rapids 14-9-5, 47 points (9-2-3 home; 5-7-2 away) T-3rd in MLS Western Conference
7-15-7 (28 pts.) 0.97 29 T-12th in MLS West 45 1.55 46 55 1.90 -10 378 (121) 32.0% 361 357 56 3
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Fotis Bazakos Kyle Atkins Seth Barton Chris Penso Luis Guardia
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 36 54
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF MID FWD MID FWD FWD FWD DEF DEF DEF DEF FWD DEF FWD DEF MID MID DEF GK FWD MID GK MID
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 Zorhan Bassong ZOR-uhn bah-SONG William Agada ah-GAH-dah Joaquin Fernandez wah-KEEN 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 W 19 16 14 10 11 11 10 11 8 8 7 7 7 7 8
L 4 8 5 6 10 10 10 15 12 13 12 12 14 13 16
T 5 4 8 13 7 7 8 3 9 7 9 9 8 8 3
GD +24 +12 +24 +8 +4 +4 +1 -13 -13 -4 +2 -22 -15 -16 -24
GP 28 28 27 29 28 28 28 29 29 28 28 28 29 28 27
Western Conference Pts 1. LA Galaxy - x 55 2. Los Angeles FC 48 3. Colorado Rapids 47 4. Real Salt Lake 47 5. Seattle Sounders FC 46 6. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 45 7. Houston Dynamo FC 44 8. Portland Timbers 40 9. Minnesota United FC 39 10. FC Dallas 34 11. Austin FC 34 12. Sporting Kansas City 28 13. St. Louis 28 14. San Jose Earthquakes - e 17
W 16 14 14 13 13 13 12 11 11 9 9 7 5 5
L 6 7 9 7 9 8 8 10 11 12 12 15 11 21
T 7 6 5 8 7 6 8 7 6 7 7 7 13 2
GD +17 +14 +9 +14 +11 +11 +9 +8 +1 -1 -9 -10 -15 -31
GP 29 27 28 28 29 27 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 28
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
14-9-5 (47 pts.) 1.67 28 T-3rd in MLS West 55 1.96 46 46 1.64 +9 376 (148) 39.4% 277 329 43 2
2024 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY William Agada Memo Rodriguez Erik Thommy William Agada Davis, Pulido Eight Players Erik Thommy Erik Thommy Jake Davis Three Players
COLORADO RAPIDS
9 GOALS 6 ASSISTS 69 SHOTS 23 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 34 FOULS COMMITTED 51 FOULS SUFFERED 9 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 2340 Tim Melia 1.85 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia 3 Tim Melia 76
2024 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference Pts 1. Inter Miami CF - x 62 2. FC Cincinnati - x 52 3. Columbus Crew - x 50 4. New York Red Bulls 43 5. Orlando City SC 40 6. New York City FC 40 7. Charlotte FC 38 8. Toronto FC 36 9. D,C. United 33 10. Atlanta United FC 31 11. Philadelphia Union 30 12. CF Montreal 30 13. Chicago Fire FC 29 14. Nashville SC 29 15. New England Revolution 27
COLORADO RAPIDS
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
14 12 76 40 4 4 40 50 5 1
Rafael Navarro Djordje Mihailovic Rafael Navarro Rafael Navarro Bassett, Navarro Djordje Mihailovic Rafael Navarro Rafael Navarro Three Players Cabral, Yapi
2520 Zack Steffen 1.64 Zack Steffen 14 Zack Steffen 5 Zack Steffen 92 Zack Steffen
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 16th season
(.526) 202-176-122
16th season
(.526) 202-176-122
CHRIS ARMAS
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
5th season 44-38-18 (.530) 1st season 14-9-5 (.589)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY FACT FILE Club Name Second Reference Inaugural Season Stadium Capacity Training Facility Owner Manager Sporting Director Captain President & CEO MLS Cup MLS Supporters’ Shield U.S. Open Cup 1
Sporting Kansas City Sporting KC, Sporting, SKC 1996 Children’s Mercy Park 18,467 (Max Standing Room: 21,650) Compass Minerals National Performance Center Sporting Club Peter Vermes Mike Burns Johnny Russell Jake Reid 2000 & 2013 2000 2004, 2012, 2015 & 2017