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2024 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, September 21, 2024 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 31 Sporting Kansas City 8-15-7, 31 points (6-5-4 home; 2-10-3 away) 12th in MLS Western Conference Minnesota United FC 11-12-6, 39 points (5-6-4 home; 6-6-2 away) 9th in MLS Western Conference
8-15-7 (31 pts.) 1.03 30 12th in MLS West 49 1.63 49 56 1.87 -7 409 (130) 31.8% 371 362 58 3
Apple TV: MLS Season Pass English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:
Ismir Pekmic Logan Brown Tyler Wyrostek Matthew Thompson Greg Dopka
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 17 15 12 10 11 10 11 8 8 8 8 7 7 8
L 4 8 5 10 6 11 11 16 12 12 13 13 12 15 16
T 6 4 8 7 13 7 8 3 9 9 8 8 10 8 4
GD +24 +13 +26 +6 +8 0 -1 -15 +6 -13 -4 -15 -22 -16 -24
GP 29 29 28 29 29 29 29 30 29 29 29 29 29 30 28
Western Conference Pts 1. LA Galaxy - x 55 2. Real Salt Lake 50 3. Los Angeles FC 49 4. Colorado Rapids 47 5. Seattle Sounders FC 47 6. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 46 7. Houston Dynamo FC 45 8. Portland Timbers 43 9. Minnesota United FC 39 10. Austin FC 35 11. FC Dallas 34 12. Sporting Kansas City 31 13. St. Louis 28 14. San Jose Earthquakes - e 18
W 16 14 14 14 13 13 12 12 11 9 9 8 5 5
L 7 7 7 10 9 8 8 10 12 12 13 15 11 21
T 7 8 7 5 8 7 9 7 6 8 7 7 13 3
GD +15 +15 +14 +6 +11 +11 +9 +10 0 -9 -2 -7 -15 -31
GP 30 29 28 29 30 28 29 29 29 29 29 30 29 29
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
11-12-6 (39 pts.) 1.34 29 9th in MLS West 48 1.66 48 48 1.66 0 392 (153) 39.0% 398 287 57 5
2024 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY William Agada Memo Rodriguez William Agada William Agada Alan Pulido Eight Players William Agada Erik Thommy Jake Davis Three Players
MINNESOTA UNITED
9 GOALS 6 ASSISTS 74 SHOTS 23 SHOTS ON GOAL 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 35 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 63 2. FC Cincinnati - x 55 3. Columbus Crew - x 53 4. Orlando City SC 43 5. New York Red Bulls 43 6. New York City FC 40 7. Charlotte FC 38 8. Toronto FC 36 9. Philadelphia Union 33 10. D.C. United 33 11. Atlanta United FC 32 12. Nashville SC 32 13. CF Montreal 31 14. Chicago Fire FC 29 15. New England Revolution 28
MINNESOTA UNITED
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
10 12 44 25 3 3 47 31 7 2
Bongi Hlongwane Robin Lod Bongi Hlongwane Bongi Hlongwane Tani Oluwaseyi Lod, Oluwaseyi Joseph Rosales Hassani Dotson Michael Boxall Joseph Rosales
1890 Dayne St. Clair 1.43 Dayne St. Clair 11 Dayne St. Clair 3 Dayne St. Clair 59 Dayne St. Clair
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 16th season
(.527) 203-176-122
16th season
(.527) 203-176-122
ERIC RAMSAY
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
1st season 9-12-5 (.442) 1st season 9-12-5 (.442)
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