WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO FC
2023 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 31 Sporting Kansas City 9-13-8, 35 points (7-6-2 home; 2-7-6 away) 11th in MLS Western Conference Houston Dynamo FC 12-10-7, 43 points (10-2-3 home; 2-8-4 away) 4th in MLS Western Conference
9-13-8 (35 pts.) 1.17 30 11th in West 39 1.30 44 43 1.43 -4 389 (141) 36.2% 293 353 51 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:
Chris Penso Cameron Blanchard Chris Wattam Ramy Touchan Daniel Radford
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 Erik Thommy Erik Thommy Erik Thommy Dany Rosero 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 8 8 6 6 9 10 7 4 9 13 9 12 4 10 10
GD +14 +9 +19 +16 +13 +11 +8 -12 -1 -6 -13 -9 -8 -9 -21
GP 29 29 29 28 28 30 28 29 30 30 29 28 28 29 29
Western Conference Pts 1. st. louis city sc - x 50 2. Seattle Sounders FC 45 3. Los Angeles FC 44 4. Houston Dynamo FC 43 5. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 41 6. Real Salt Lake 40 7. San Jose Earthquakes 40 8. Portland Timbers 39 9. FC Dallas 38 10. Minnesota United FC 37 11. Sporting Kansas City 35 12. Austin FC 34 13. LA Galaxy 33 14. Colorado Rapids 22
W 15 12 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 4
L 10 9 9 10 9 11 10 11 10 10 13 13 11 14
T 5 9 8 7 8 7 10 9 8 10 8 7 9 10
GD +18 +6 +10 +8 +5 -4 -4 -8 +1 -1 -4 -6 -9 -23
GP 30 30 29 29 28 29 30 30 28 29 30 29 28 28
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
9 14 59 19 3 2 36 44 8 2
Amine Bassi Hector Herrera Hector Herrera Hector Herrera Baird, Bassi Baird, Carrasquilla Hector Herrera Hector Herrera Franco Escobar Hector Herrera
2520 Steve Clark 1.18 Steve Clark 12 Steve Clark 11 Steve Clark 70 Steve Clark
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES
2023 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS L 4 7 9 8 6 8 9 14 12 10 12 9 15 12 15
12-10-7 (43 pts.) 1.48 29 4th in West 41 1.41 42 33 1.14 +8 327 (119) 36.4% 371 349 79 5
HOUSTON DYNAMO
13 GOALS 10 ASSISTS 69 SHOTS 29 SHOTS ON GOAL 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 26 FOULS COMMITTED 47 FOULS SUFFERED 7 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Kendall McIntosh 1191 Tim Melia 1.36 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia 3 Kendall McIntosh 38
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W 17 14 14 14 13 12 12 11 9 7 8 7 9 7 4
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 - x 59 2. Orlando City SC - x 50 3. Columbus Crew - x 48 4. Philadelphia Union - x 48 5. New England Revolution 48 6. Atlanta United FC 46 7. Nashville SC 43 8. CF Montreal 37 9. D.C. United 36 10. New York City FC 34 11. Chicago Fire FC 33 12. Charlotte FC 33 13. Inter Miami CF 31 14. New York Red Bulls 31 15. Toronto FC 22
HOUSTON DYNAMO
15th season
(.534) 192-160-115
15th season
(.534) 192-160-115
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
BEN OLSEN 12th season 125-147-91 (.470) 1st season 12-10-7 (.534)
PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT As of Thursday, Sept. 21 QUESTIONABLE • DEF - Tim Leibold (Illness) • DEF - Graham Zusi (Hamstring Injury) • FWD - Alan Pulido (Quad Contusion) OUT • DEF - Kortne Ford (Achilles Surgery) • DEF - Kayden Pierre (Hamstring Injury)
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