Game Guide: Sporting KC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. Saturday, Sept. 30 (Week 30, MLS Game #346) 8 p.m. CT (TSN2; FS-KC+)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 7 4 0 0 17 10 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 25 25 2 0 112 86 11 3 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 5 5 0 0 68 58 5 5 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 24 24 0 4 224 218 3 15 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 28 28 0 2 28 28 0 2 7 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 28 23 8 2 28 23 8 2 Graham Zusi DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 21 20 0 7 215 175 26 55 8 9 Latif Blessing FW 5-7 140 12/30/1996 Accra, Ghana 20 13 3 0 20 13 3 0 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 27 23 5 3 199 179 34 50 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 11 7 5 2 26 10 6 2 11 Diego Rubio 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 28 28 1 2 181 174 1 9 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 10 8 1 0 62 44 1 7 17 Cristian Lobato MF 5-11 160 03/07/1989 Esparreguera, Spain 8 5 1 0 8 5 1 0 19 20 Gianluca Busio FW 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 31 31 0 1 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 12 6 0 1 70 32 8 7 23 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Cameron Iwasa FW 5-10 175 07/07/1993 Sacramento, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 25 25 1 3 185 165 5 23 GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 29 29 0 0 85 84 0 0 29 Tim Melia 30 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 18 8 3 2 18 8 3 2 Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 39 41 James Musa MF 6-3 170 04/01/1992 Plymouth, England 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 55 Amer Didic DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 Tyler Pasher MF 5-11 160 04/27/1994 Elmira, Ontario, Canada 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 88 Kevin Oliveira MF 5-7 145 06/08/1996 Sao Vicente, Cape Verde 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 90 Kharlton Belmar FW 5-11 160 12/01/1992 Virginia Beach, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 14 2 0 1 64 46 0 3 94 Jimmy Medranda FW 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 28 19 1 1 69 49 2 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W115 L88 T72

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-4 195 02/01/1985 Greve, Denmark 27 27 0 0 141 141 0 1 1 David Ousted 2 Jordan Harvey DF 5-11 170 01/28/1984 Mission Viejo, CA 25 25 1 0 267 253 11 14 Kendall Waston DF 6-5 215 01/01/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 22 22 3 1 86 85 10 2 4 6 David Edgar DF 6-4 190 05/19/1987 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 7 Christian Bolanos MF 5-9 155 05/17/1984 San Jose, Costa Rica 19 17 0 7 46 40 5 15 8 Andrew Jacobson MF 6-2 185 09/25/1985 Palo Alto, CA 21 19 2 2 220 176 10 11 MF 5-6 150 01/21/1992 Paysandu, Uruguay 18 7 2 1 78 40 9 3 11 Nicolas Mezquida 12 Fredy Montero FW 5-9 160 07/26/1987 Campo de la Cruz, Colombia 30 24 13 6 149 133 60 40 MF 5-2 150 05/31/1992 Quebracho, Uruguay 27 23 6 6 78 59 15 13 13 Cristian Techera 14 Cole Seiler DF 6-1 180 02/05/1994 Anderson, SC 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 15 Matias Laba MF 5-9 155 12/11/1991 Villa Raffo, Argentina 19 19 2 1 129 128 4 3 16 Tony Tchani MF 6-4 185 04/13/1989 Bafang, Cameroon 25 24 4 1 197 167 14 22 17 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 10 6 0 1 30 22 1 2 18 Spencer Richey GK 6-2 195 05/30/1992 Seattle, WA 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 19 Erik Hurtado FW 5-10 175 11/15/1990 Fredricksburg, VA 11 5 2 2 89 41 9 9 20 Brek Shea DF 6-3 195 02/28/1990 College Station, TX 21 11 4 2 165 128 26 22 DF 6-2 185 09/19/1990 Dorchester, MA 14 13 1 0 80 71 2 1 22 Aaron Maund 23 Bernie Ibini FW 6-2 195 09/12/1992 Port Harcourt, Nigeria 15 6 1 2 15 6 1 2 24 Stefan Marinovic GK 6-3 220 10/07/1991 Auckland, New Zealand 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 25 Sheanon Williams DF 5-11 170 03/17/1990 Boston, MA 15 15 0 3 192 185 7 25 DF 6-2 195 02/23/1993 Hicksville, NY 28 28 1 1 72 70 1 1 26 Tim Parker 28 Jake Nerwinski DF 6-0 175 10/17/1994 Lawrenceville, NJ 15 15 0 4 15 15 0 4 Yordy Reyna MF 5-7 145 09/16/1993 Chiclayo, Peru 15 9 5 3 15 9 5 3 29 30 Ben McKendry MF 5-11 160 03/25/1993 Vancouver, BC, Canada 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 31 Russell Teibert MF 5-8 150 12/22/1992 Niagara Falls, ON, Canada 11 8 0 0 113 78 2 12 32 Marco Bustos MF 5-6 150 04/22/1996 Winnipeg, MB, Canada 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 Brett Levis DF 5-8 155 03/29/1993 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Can 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 46 47 Kyle Greig FW 6-2 185 02/22/1990 Stevens Point, WI 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50 Nosa Igiebor MF 5-10 175 11/09/1990 Lagos, Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 Aly Ghazal MF 6-2 195 02/01/1992 Aswan, Egypt 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 67 Alphonso Davies MF 5-11 160 11/02/2000 Buduburam, Ghana 23 7 0 1 31 9 0 1 77 Mauro Rosales MF 5-8 165 02/24/1981 Villa Marina, Cordoba, Argen 5 0 0 0 170 122 15 51 ON LOAN Sam Adekugbe DF 5-11 165 01/16/1995 London, England 0 0 0 0 16 10 0 0 Deybi Flores MF 6-0 150 06/16/1996 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 HEAD COACH : Carl Robinson 10/13/1976 W52 L46 T34

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC Saturday, Sept. 30, Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 8 p.m. CT REFEREES

2017 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 29 12-6-11 47 37 23 15 10-0-5 35 30 10

REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. AR1 (bench): Adam Garner; AR2 (opposite): Kevin Klinger; 4th: Younes Marrakchi; VAR: Edvin Jurisevic TEAM NEWS

Whitecaps FC 30 14-10-6 48 47 43 on road 14 5-7-2 17 18 24 ALL-TIME: Sporting 6 wins, 19 goals … Whitecaps FC 2 wins, 15 goals … Ties 3

SUSPENDED: VAN: Tony Tchani (through Oct. 1) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: VAN: Tony Tchani SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Ilie Sanchez ... VAN: Fredy Montero, Kendall Waston

AT KC: Sporting 4 wins, 11 goals … Whitecaps FC 0 wins, 6 goals … Ties 1

DISABLED LIST: VAN: David Edgar (season-ending) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

2017 (MLS): 5/20: VAN 2, KC 0 (Techera 39; Parker 67)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 LA GALAXY 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Salloi 3 (Rubio 2, Zusi 7) 18 KC--Rubio 5 (Sinovic 2, Sanchez 2) 35 LA--Alessandrini 10 (free kick) 58

UPCOMING MATCHES WHITECAPS FC SPORTING Sat. Oct. 7 at Red Bulls Sat. Oct. 7 at Minnesota Sun. Oct. 15 San Jose Wed. Oct. 11 at Houston Sun. Oct. 22 at Portland Sun. Oct. 15 Houston Sun. Oct. 22 at Real Salt Lake

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler (Erik Palmer-Brown 94+), Seth Sinovic, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Jimmy Medranda (Benny Feilhaber 63), Cristian Lobato (Gerso Fernandes 75), Diego Rubio, Daniel Salloi.

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM WHITECAPS FC

SPORTING

F A 37 23 71 110

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 47 57

A 43 63

21 11 14 1

23 16 4 0

21 7 4 3 3 1 7 1

23 10 5 0 4 0 1 0

10 29 8

9 27 7

HOW SCORED

23 12 2 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

8 8 7 0

TYPE OF PLAY

25 2 2 4 2 0 1 1

7 7 2 0 2 1 3 1

OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS

11 20 6

7 13 3

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 3 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 0 Scoring Summary: SEA--Rodriguez 1 (Lodeiro 10) 17 SEA--Lodeiro 5 (Jones 11, Rodriguez 1) 62 SEA--Dempsey 12 (Lodeiro 11) 69 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC--David Ousted, Sheanon Williams, Kendall Waston, Tim Parker, Jordan Harvey, Bernie Ibini (Cristian Techera 67), Tony Tchani (Ejected 92+), Yordy Reyna (Alphonso Davies 67), Christian Bolanos (Mauro Rosales 75), Russell Teibert, Fredy Montero.

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC VAN

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 9-0-1 3-2-7 0-4-3 6-1-1 6-5-4 2-4-1

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 11-0-5 1-6-2 12-1-3 2-9-2

THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 9/24/2017 KC 2, LA 1 6/24/2017 KC 2, LA 1 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 9/06/2017 KC 0, NYC 1 9/10/2017 KC 1, CLB 1 8/19/2017 KC 2, DAL 0 9/06/2017 KC 0, NYC 1

(0) (4) (24) (1) (2) (4) (3)

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC Date Score (Gms since) 9/23/2017 VAN 2, COL 1 (0) 8/26/2017 VAN 2, ORL 1 (1) 7/23/2017 VAN 1, POR 2 (6) 9/27/2017 VAN 0, SEA 3 (0) 9/16/2017 VAN 2, CLB 2 (2) 9/13/2017 VAN 3, MIN 0 (3) 9/27/2017 VAN 0, SEA 3 (0)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC Whitecaps FC

TTWTWWLWWLTWLLWTTWTTTWTLWLTWW TLLWLWLWWLWLWTTLWWLWTLWTWWWTWL

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 8 Fernandes A: 7 Zusi SHT: 57 Fernandes SOG: 24 Fernandes FC: 37 Espinoza FS: 42 Feilhaber OF: 20 Blessing C: 9 Espinoza E: 1 Espinoza WHITECAPS FC G: 13 Montero A: 7 Bolanos SHT: 81 Montero SOG: 31 Montero FC: 39 Montero/Tchani FS: 41 Montero OF: 15 Montero C: 6 3 players tied E: 1 4 players tied

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 29 10 7 6 6 0 37 1.28 VAN 30 7 7 10 4 2 47 1.57 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 29 10 15 4 0 0 23 0.79 VAN 30 6 10 10 3 1 43 1.43 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 37 2 7 7 13 3 5 VAN 47 7 7 7 6 10 10 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 23 2 5 5 1 2 8 VAN 43 6 8 6 8 8 7

2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (12-6-11, 47 pts.) UNF 7 10 11 14 14 30 9 3 27 15 94 19 17 8 5 6 93 22 39 2 40 41 4 88 29 77

POS F M F F F F F D M D F M D D D M M F F D D M D M G M

PLAYER Gerso Fernandes Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Dom Dwyer (KC) Dom Dwyer (TOT) Daniel Salloi Latif Blessing Ike Opara Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic Jimmy Medranda Cristian Lobato Saad Abdul-Salaam Graham Zusi Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Soni Mustivar Soony Saad Cameron Porter Erik Palmer-Brown Igor Juliao James Musa Kevin Ellis Kevin Oliveira Tim Melia Tyler Pasher Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 28 27 11 15 24 18 20 25 25 28 28 8 10 21 24 28 14 12 1 7 1 1 5 1 29 1

GS 23 23 7 14 22 8 13 25 25 28 19 5 8 20 24 28 2 6 0 4 1 1 5 0 29 1

MIN 1999 2128 676 1271 1976 817 1136 2250 2227 2497 1687 419 722 1845 2159 2520 260 453 21 371 45 90 450 11 2610 45

29 29

2610 2610

G 8 5 5 5 8 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37 23

A 2 3 2 1 5 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 57 54 19 45 64 31 30 13 34 12 40 6 7 30 4 15 0 14 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0

SOG 24 17 6 22 32 14 14 4 7 3 8 2 3 10 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

31 24

416 287

143 111

FC 30 35 18 35 42 7 24 18 37 15 14 1 10 14 19 13 7 7 0 2 1 2 4 1 2 1

FS 35 42 19 37 60 12 28 11 35 15 17 2 7 14 13 33 4 8 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 0

OFF 6 0 4 10 20 4 20 1 3 7 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 6 83 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 23 0 7 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 4 4 2 5 5 0 2 3 9 5 2 0 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

317 363 363 317

62 73

136 118

50 66

1 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Diego Rubio 3, Gerso Fernandes 2, Ike Opara 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Latif Blessing 1, Benny Feilhaber 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 3, Roger Espinoza 2, Matt Besler 2, Benny Feilhaber 1, Seth Sinovic 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Jimmy Medranda 1, Daniel Salloi 1, Diego Rubio 1, Ilie Sanchez 1, Gerso Fernandes 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 2-2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 29 29 29

GS 29 29 29

MIN SHTS SV 2610 111 87 2610 111 87 2610 143 104

GA 23 23 37

GAA 0.79 0.79 1.28

PG 2 2 2

PA 5 5 2

W L T 12 6 11 12 6 11 6 12 11

SO 10 10 10

2017 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC STATISTICS (14-10-6, 48 pts.) UNF 12 13 29 20 16 4 8 19 15 11 23 26 2 7 28 25 67 17 22 22 66 30 22 22 1 23 23 47 77 70 31 18 24

POS F M M D M D M F M M F D D M D D M D D D M M D D G M M F M G M G G

PLAYER Fredy Montero Cristian Techera Yordy Reyna Brek Shea Tony Tchani Kendall Waston Andrew Jacobson Erik Hurtado Matias Laba Nicolas Mezquida Bernie Ibini Tim Parker Jordan Harvey Christian Bolanos Jake Nerwinski Sheanon Williams Alphonso Davies Marcel de Jong Aaron Maund (TOT) Aaron Maund (VAN) Aly Ghazal Ben McKendry Christian Dean (TOT) Christian Dean (VAN) David Ousted Kekuta Manneh (TOT) Kekuta Manneh (VAN) Kyle Greig Mauro Rosales Paolo Tornaghi Russell Teibert Spencer Richey Stefan Marinovic Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 30 27 15 21 25 22 21 11 19 18 15 28 25 19 15 15 23 10 14 1 3 1 6 3 27 19 3 1 5 1 11 1 2

GS 24 23 9 11 24 22 19 5 19 7 6 28 25 17 15 15 7 6 13 1 3 1 5 3 27 11 2 0 0 0 8 1 2

MIN 2260 1949 871 1060 1941 1980 1704 346 1612 582 548 2520 2239 1530 1347 1349 885 545 1089 90 270 90 459 239 2363 908 136 2 52 65 725 90 180

30 30

2700 2700

G 13 6 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 47 43

A 6 6 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 7 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 81 56 20 16 20 17 13 8 15 10 17 18 7 28 2 2 12 4 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 26 3 0 0 0 5 0 0

SOG 31 17 9 7 9 6 3 3 5 3 5 6 4 7 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

44 46

356 447

120 140

FC 39 21 19 12 39 26 25 8 33 13 4 23 30 10 12 12 14 8 13 2 5 3 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 13 0 0

FS 41 38 34 15 14 9 21 7 9 15 12 8 22 28 20 20 14 8 2 0 3 2 1 0 4 18 1 0 1 1 4 0 1

OFF 15 4 1 5 0 1 0 7 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 70 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 4 0 0 0 0

C 6 1 3 2 5 6 2 0 6 1 0 4 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

E 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

376 371 371 376

42 46

147 204

48 63

5 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Yordy Reyna 5, Cristian Techera 2, Brek Shea 2, Tony Tchani 1, Matias Laba 1, Kendall Waston 1, Fredy Montero 1, Bernie Ibini 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Fredy Montero 4, Christian Bolanos 3, Cristian Techera 2, Jake Nerwinski 2, Bernie Ibini 1, Marcel de Jong 1, Andrew Jacobson 1, Sheanon Williams 1, Erik Hurtado 1, Nicolas Mezquida 1, Kendall Waston 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Fredy Montero 2-4, Cristian Techera 1-2 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC GOALKEEPING UNF 70 1 18 24

POS G G G G

GOALKEEPER Paolo Tornaghi David Ousted Spencer Richey Stefan Marinovic Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 27 1 2 30 30

GS 0 27 1 2 30 30

MIN SHTS 65 7 2363 122 90 3 180 8 2698 140 2700 120

SV 4 83 1 6 94 70

GA 3 36 2 2 43 47

GAA 4.15 1.37 2 1 1.43 1.57

PG 0 4 0 0 4 3

PA 0 4 0 0 4 6

W L 0 1 13 7 0 1 1 1 14 10 10 14

T 0 6 0 0 6 6

SO 0 6 0 0 6 7

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

OPPONENT 4 at D.C. United 11 FC Dallas 18 San Jose 31 at Toronto FC 9 Colorado

Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

Apr. Apr. Apr. May

15 at Portland 22 at FC Dallas 29 Real Salt Lake 3 New York Red Bulls 7 at Minnesota 13 at Orlando City SC 17 Seattle 20 at Vancouver 27 at Colorado 3 Minnesota 10 Montreal 17 at San Jose 24 at Los Angeles 1 Portland 6 Philadelphia 22 at Real Salt Lake 29 Chicago

W L W W

6 Atlanta 12 at Seattle 19 FC Dallas 26 at Houston 6 at New York City FC 10 at Columbus 16 New England 24 Los Angeles 30 Vancouver 7 at Minnesota 11 at Houston 15 Houston 22 at Real Salt Lake

Sun. May Sat. May Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sat.

May May May June June June June July July July

Sat. July Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.

Sun. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun.

Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

RESULT T 0-0 T 0-0 W 2-1 T 0-0 W 3-1

ATT 18268 19117 19282 27909 19249

W-L-T 0-0-1 0-0-2 1-0-2 1-0-3 2-0-3

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 6 2 5 5 KC: Feilhaber (37) own goal (89); SJ: Jungwirth (91+) 5 6 4 9 KC: Sinovic (6) Fernandes (58) Dwyer (85); COL: Doyle (94+) 2 12 KC: Dwyer (53); 4 12 DAL: Figueroa (77) 2 15 KC: Feilhaber (17) Dwyer (51) Fernandes (95+); 1 18 KC: Dwyer (46,68);

1-0 0-1 3-0 2-0

21144 15411 18648 18965

3-0-3 3-1-3 4-1-3 5-1-3

L 0-2 T 2-2

17709 25527

5-2-3 5-2-4

2 2

18 MIN: Danladi (22) Ramirez (39) 19 KC: Blessing (9,74); ORL: Larin (16) Santos Leite (26)

W L L W T T W T T T

3-0 0-2 0-1 3-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-1

20139 21020 17648 20361 20334 18000 20140 20933 19240 19316

6-2-4 6-3-4 6-4-4 7-4-4 7-4-5 7-4-6 8-4-6 8-4-7 8-4-8 8-4-9

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

22 KC: Fernandes (56,58,69); 22 VAN: Techera (40) Parker (67) 22 COL: Ford (11) 25 KC: Opara (47+) Medranda (54) Abdul-Salaam (87); 26 KC: Fernandes (24); MTL: Mancosu (82) 27 30 KC: Espinoza (22) Opara (35); LA: Romney (77) 31 KC: Salloi (61); POR: Valeri (26) 32 KC: Rubio (49); PHI: Alberg (69) 33 KC: Feilhaber (59); RSL: Silva (43)

W 3-2

20313

9-4-9

T 1-1 L 0-1 W 2-0 L 0-1

19481 9-4-10 43530 9-5-10 19869 10-5-10 0 10-5-10 19353 10-6-10

1 3 1 3 3

36 KC: Salloi (23) Feilhaber (46+) Blessing (51); CHI: own goal (28) Accam (78) 37 KC: Feilhaber (59); ATL: Peterson (91+) 37 SEA: Dempsey (36) 40 KC: Rubio (42) Fernandes (92+); 40 40 NYC: Harrison (84)

T 1-1 W 3-1 W 2-1

17089 10-6-11 19089 11-6-11 19028 12-6-11

4 3 3

41 KC: Lobato (19); CLB: Kamara (46+) 44 KC: Fernandes (16) Rubio (45,57); NE: Bunbury (4) 47 KC: Salloi (18) Rubio (35); LA: Alessandrini (58)

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 2017 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 5 Philadelphia 11 at San Jose

RESULT T 0-0 L 2-3

ATT 19083 18000

W-L-T 0-0-1 0-1-1

Sat. Mar. Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr.

18 Toronto FC 1 Los Angeles

L 0-2 W 4-2

20438 25083

0-2-1 1-2-1

8 at Real Salt Lake 14 Seattle 22 at Portland 29 at Montreal 5 at Colorado 12 at Houston 20 Sporting KC 27 D.C. United 3 Atlanta 17 FC Dallas 24 at Minnesota

L 0-3

17069

1-3-1

W L W W L W L W T T

2-1 1-2 2-1 1-0 1-2 2-0 0-1 3-1 1-1 2-2

22120 21144 19597 13745 16075 21020 20905 19816 22120 19017

2-3-1 2-4-1 3-4-1 4-4-1 4-5-1 5-5-1 5-6-1 6-6-1 6-6-2 6-6-3

6 7 6 5 6 6 7 5 5 7

1 at Chicago 5 New York City FC 19 at Los Angeles 23 Portland 29 at FC Dallas 5 at Colorado

L 0-4 W 3-2

20187 22120

6-7-3 7-7-3

7 6

W L W T

1-0 1-2 4-0 2-2

17404 25082 15274 15625

8-7-3 8-8-3 9-8-3 9-8-4

4 6 6 6

L W T W

0-1 2-1 1-1 2-1

19911 21183 22120 24406

9-9-4 10-9-4 10-9-5 11-9-5

7 6 6 4

Sat. Sep.

12 at New England 19 Houston 23 Seattle 26 at Orlando City SC 9 Real Salt Lake

W 3-2

20783

12-9-5

Wed. Sep. Sat. Sep.

13 Minnesota 16 Columbus

W 3-0 T 2-2

17368 20592

13-9-5 13-9-6

1 1

Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat.

23 Colorado 27 at Seattle 30 at Sporting KC 7 at New York Red Bulls 15 San Jose 22 at Portland

W 2-1 L 0-3

22120 14-9-6 41868 14-10-6

1 1

Fri. Sat. Sat. Fri. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.

Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May June June June

Sat. July Wed. July Wed. Sun. Sat. Sat.

July July July Aug.

Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat.

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.

Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct.

Sun. Oct. Sun. Oct.

POS PTS NOTES: 8 1 8 1 VAN: Hurtado (2) Mezquida (17); SJ: Wondolowski (32) Lima (54) Godoy (79) 9 1 TOR: Vazquez (76) Altidore (80) 8 4 VAN: Techera (19) Montero (66) Laba (67,87); LA: Alessandrini (26,30) 10 4 RSL: Rusnak (54) Movsisyan (74) Mulholland (78) 7 VAN: Montero (65,80); SEA: Bruin (89) 7 VAN: Montero (59); POR: Nagbe (18) Mattocks (40) 10 VAN: Jacobson (29) Techera (80); MTL: Donadel (9) 13 VAN: Shea (84); 13 VAN: Shea (85); HOU: Elis (15) Torres (68) 16 VAN: Techera (40) Parker (67); 16 DC: Neagle (61) 19 VAN: Waston (31,44) Montero (68); ATL: Garza (7) 20 VAN: Techera (74); DAL: Urruti (52) 21 VAN: Techera (17) Tchani (47+); MIN: Calvo (50) Thiesson (63) 21 CHI: Nikolic (14,18) Alvarez (25) de Leeuw (84) 24 VAN: Montero (3) Harvey (54) Reyna (88); NYC: Chanot (34) Villa (40) 27 VAN: Tchani (64); 27 VAN: Jacobson (45); POR: Ebobisse (14) Blanco (49) 30 VAN: Ibini (18) Montero (49,67) Mezquida (83); 31 VAN: Tchani (5) Montero (76); COL: Sjoberg (15) Doyle (54) 31 NE: Bunbury (53) 34 VAN: Montero (17) Reyna (32); HOU: Quioto (51) 35 VAN: Montero (64); SEA: Lodeiro (19) 38 VAN: own goal (9) Shea (53); ORL: Larin (62) 41 VAN: Techera (29) Waston (52) Reyna (64); RSL: Wingert (37) Beltran (83) 44 VAN: Reyna (5) Hurtado (31) Shea (88); 45 VAN: Montero (15) Tchani (92+); CLB: Kamara (19) Manneh (63) 48 VAN: Montero (4) Reyna (54); COL: Badji (45) 48 SEA: Rodriguez (17) Lodeiro (62) Dempsey (69)

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

Goals 3 Gerso Fernandes Assists 2 Graham Zusi Shots 7 Benny Feilhaber 7 Benny Feilhaber Shots on Goal 4 Gerso Fernandes 4 Daniel Salloi Fouls Committed 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Latif Blessing Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Latif Blessing Offside 4 Latif Blessing 4 Latif Blessing Saves 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 7 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 2 4 times

Goals 3 04/09/2017 vs 3 04/29/2017 vs 3 05/17/2017 vs 3 06/03/2017 vs 3 07/29/2017 vs 3 09/16/2017 vs Assists 4 04/09/2017 vs 4 09/24/2017 vs Shots 27 06/03/2017 vs Shots on Goal 10 06/03/2017 vs Fouls Committed 18 03/11/2017 vs 18 09/16/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 22 03/04/2017 vs 22 04/15/2017 vs Corner Kicks 14 07/06/2017 vs Offside 6 08/06/2017 vs Saves 6 06/10/2017 vs Shots Faced 7 05/20/2017 vs 7 06/10/2017 vs Goals Allowed 2 05/07/2017 vs 2 05/13/2017 vs 2 05/20/2017 vs 2 07/29/2017 vs

05/17/2017 vs SEA

W 3-0

08/19/2017 vs DAL

W 2-0

05/27/2017 vs COL 09/10/2017 vs CLB

L 0-1 T 1-1

05/17/2017 vs SEA 09/24/2017 vs LA

W 3-0 W 2-1

05/03/2017 vs NYR 05/27/2017 vs COL

W 2-0 L 0-1

03/04/2017 vs DC 04/15/2017 vs POR 08/06/2017 vs ATL

T 0-0 W 1-0 T 1-1

08/06/2017 vs ATL 09/16/2017 vs NE

T 1-1 W 3-1

06/10/2017 vs MTL

T 1-1

05/20/2017 vs VAN 06/10/2017 vs MTL

L 0-2 T 1-1

05/07/2017 vs MIN

L 0-2

COL RSL SEA MIN CHI NE

W W W W W W

COL LA

W 3-1 W 2-1

MIN

W 3-0

MIN

W 3-0

DAL NE

T 0-0 W 3-1

DC POR

T 0-0 W 1-0

PHI

T 1-1

ATL

T 1-1

MTL

T 1-1

VAN MTL

L 0-2 T 1-1

MIN ORL VAN CHI

L T L W

WHITECAPS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

Goals 2 4 times Assists 2 Christian Bolanos 2 Jake Nerwinski 2 Bernie Ibini Shots 7 Fredy Montero Shots on Goal 4 Cristian Techera Fouls Committed 5 5 times Fouls Suffered 7 Yordy Reyna Offside 4 Fredy Montero Saves 7 David Ousted 7 David Ousted Shots Faced 12 David Ousted Goals Allowed 4 David Ousted

Goals 4 04/01/2017 at 4 07/29/2017 at Assists 4 07/05/2017 at 4 07/29/2017 at 4 09/09/2017 at 4 09/13/2017 at 4 09/16/2017 at Shots 22 05/27/2017 at Shots on Goal 10 04/01/2017 at Fouls Committed 21 09/27/2017 at Fouls Suffered 25 08/05/2017 at Corner Kicks 9 05/27/2017 at 9 09/13/2017 at Offside 6 03/18/2017 at Saves 7 07/01/2017 at 7 08/23/2017 at Shots Faced 12 07/01/2017 at Goals Allowed 4 07/01/2017 at

04/01/2017 at LA

W 4-2

05/20/2017 at KC 09/09/2017 at RSL 09/09/2017 at RSL

W 2-0 W 3-2 W 3-2

04/22/2017 at POR

L 1-2

04/01/2017 at LA

W 4-2

06/03/2017 at ATL 08/19/2017 at HOU 03/18/2017 at TOR

W 3-1 W 2-1 L 0-2

07/01/2017 at CHI 08/23/2017 at SEA

L 0-4 T 1-1

07/01/2017 at CHI

L 0-4

07/01/2017 at CHI

L 0-4

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017) 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-1

Shots 7 07/01/2017 vs Shots on Goal 1 04/22/2017 vs 1 07/01/2017 vs 1 09/06/2017 vs Fouls Committed 3 06/10/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 6 05/17/2017 vs Corner Kicks 0 07/01/2017 vs Offside 0 03/31/2017 vs 0 04/15/2017 vs 0 05/27/2017 vs 0 08/19/2017 vs Saves 1 06/03/2017 vs 1 07/06/2017 vs 1 08/06/2017 vs 1 09/16/2017 vs Shots Faced 1 06/03/2017 vs

POR

T 1-1

DAL POR NYC

L 0-1 T 1-1 L 0-1

MTL

T 1-1

SEA

W 3-0

POR

T 1-1

TOR POR COL DAL

T W L W

0-0 1-0 0-1 2-0

MIN PHI ATL NE

W T T W

3-0 1-1 1-1 3-1

MIN

W 3-0

0-2 2-2 0-2 3-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)

LA DAL

W 4-2 W 4-0

NYC DAL RSL MIN CLB

W W W W T

L 0-1

W 4-2

SEA

L 0-3

COL

T 2-2

DC MIN

L 0-1 W 3-0

TOR

L 0-2

CHI SEA

L 0-4 T 1-1

CHI

L 0-4

CHI

L 0-4

3-2 4-0 3-2 3-0 2-2

Shots 4 03/11/2017 at Shots on Goal 1 03/05/2017 at 1 03/18/2017 at 1 09/27/2017 at Fouls Committed 7 07/01/2017 at 7 09/09/2017 at Fouls Suffered 7 04/01/2017 at 7 08/23/2017 at Corner Kicks 0 04/29/2017 at Offside 0 04/08/2017 at 0 04/22/2017 at 0 05/05/2017 at 0 08/12/2017 at 0 08/19/2017 at 0 09/13/2017 at 0 09/16/2017 at 0 09/27/2017 at Saves 0 04/01/2017 at Shots Faced 1 05/05/2017 at

L 2-3

PHI TOR SEA

T 0-0 L 0-2 L 0-3

CHI RSL

L 0-4 W 3-2

LA SEA

W 4-2 T 1-1

MTL

W 2-1

RSL POR COL NE HOU MIN CLB SEA

L L W L W W T L

W 4-2

COL

W 1-0

0-3 1-2 1-0 0-1 2-1 3-0 2-2 0-3

2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (0-1-0) UNF 27 10 5 8 29 15 4 94 93 39 6 7 77 9

POS M M D D G D D F M F M F M F

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1

90 34 90 90 90 90 90 45 56 21 90 90 45 69 90 90

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 11 13

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 7

3 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 15 11

1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 11 15

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 4

0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8

1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Matt Besler Graham Zusi Tim Melia Seth Sinovic Kevin Ellis Jimmy Medranda Soni Mustivar Cameron Porter Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Tyler Pasher Latif Blessing Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

7 7 2

GAA

O'TIME

5 5 2

2 2 0

2.00 2.00 0.00

0 0 0

1 1 0

0 0 1

1 1 0

0 0 0

0 0 1

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

2017 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0) UNF 26 13 7 25 2 8 12 20 16 15 1 11 4 67

POS D M M D D M F D M M G M D M

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1

90 90 78 90 90 90 85 5 62 90 90 12 90 28 90 90

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

1 2 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 11

1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2

0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 11 15

1 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15 11

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 5

0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tim Parker Cristian Techera Christian Bolanos Sheanon Williams Jordan Harvey Andrew Jacobson Fredy Montero Brek Shea Tony Tchani Matias Laba David Ousted Nicolas Mezquida Kendall Waston Alphonso Davies Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER David Ousted Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

2 2 7

GAA

O'TIME

2 2 5

0 0 2

0.00 0.00 2.00

0 0 0

0 0 1

1 1 0

0 0 1

0 0 0

1 1 0

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

HEAD-TO-HEAD

WHITECAPS VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sporting KC

Whitecaps

Sporting KC 6 wins, 19 goals Whitecaps 2 wins, 15 goals 3 ties 4/2/2011 6/25/2011 4/18/2012 7/3/2013 8/10/2014 7/12/2015 8/15/2015 3/12/2016 4/27/2016 8/20/2016 5/20/2017

VAN 3 vs KC KC 2 vs VAN KC 3 at VAN KC 1 vs VAN VAN 2 vs KC KC 1 at VAN KC 4 vs VAN KC 2 vs VAN VAN 1 vs KC KC 2 vs VAN VAN 2 vs KC

3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0

(EF) (SP) (BC) (SP) (BC) (BC) (SP) (SP) (BC) (SP) (BC)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 9 74 21 67 14 31

2 10 93 26 87 15 29

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 19 167 47 154 29 60

1 8 57 25 75 21 22

2 7 76 31 65 11 29

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 15 133 56 140 32 51

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC VAN

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

1 3

2 1

5 4

5 0

3 4

3 3

0 0

19 15

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Carl Robinson Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. VAN

2-4-1 6-2-3

(1 pts./game) (1.91 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

3 3 18 6 18 15 3 1 1 18 6

Sporting KC Dom Dwyer Chance Myers Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Gruenebaum/Melia Melia/Kann Tim Melia Melia/Nielsen

4 2 19 9 12 15 2 4 2 16 10

Whitecaps Camilo Sanvezzo 3 times Camilo Sanvezzo Camilo Sanvezzo Matias Laba Gershon Koffie David Ousted David Ousted David Ousted David Ousted David Ousted

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots

Sporting KC 2 3 players tied 2 Stojcev/Mustivar 8 Dom Dwyer (03/12/16)

Shots on Goal

4 Dom Dwyer (03/12/16)

Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

6 Benny Feilhaber (08/10/14) 5 Brad Davis (08/20/16)

Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

1 Melia/Kann 6 Melia/Nielsen 3 Melia/Nielsen

Whitecaps 2 Sanvezzo/Manneh 2 Khalfan/Bolanos 9 Camilo Sanvezzo (04/02/11) 4 Camilo Sanvezzo (04/02/11) 6 Octavio Rivero (03/12/16) 7 Gershon Koffie (08/10/14) 1 David Ousted (twice) 6 Joe Cannon (06/25/11) 4 David Ousted (08/15/15)

W-L-T Breakdowns: Sporting Kansas City W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

Streak (started)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC W-L-T

Streak (started)

9-0-1 3-2-7 0-4-3

5 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ls

(06/24/2017) (09/10/2017) (08/12/2017)

6-1-1 6-5-4 2-4-1

4 Ws (07/29/2017) 1 Ws (09/23/2017) 1 Ls (09/27/2017)

1-6-2 11-0-5

1 Ws 1 Ws

(09/16/2017) 2-9-2 (09/24/2017) 12-1-3

1 Ls (09/27/2017) 1 Ws (09/23/2017)

0-6-4 1-0-6 5-0-1 6-0-0 0-0-0

1 Ls 6 Ts 3 Ws 6 Ws 0-

(09/06/2017) (06/10/2017) (06/24/2017) (04/09/2017) -

0-6-1 2-3-2 6-1-3 4-0-0 2-0-0

6 1 1 4 4

Ls Ts Ws Ws Ws

(03/18/2017) (08/23/2017) (09/23/2017) (06/03/2017) (05/14/2016)

6-0-4 5-4-6 1-2-1 0-0-0 0-0-0

12 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ls 0-

(08/26/2017) (09/16/2017) (07/29/2017) (10/01/2016) -

5-0-1 6-2-2 3-4-3 0-3-0 0-1-0

5 2 1 3 3

Ws Ws Ts Ls Ls

(05/05/2017) (08/26/2017) (09/16/2017) (03/11/2017) (04/09/2016)

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. WHITECAPS (6-2-3) PLAYER

MIN

Dom Dwyer Teal Bunbury Aurelien Collin Kevin Ellis Kei Kamara Paulo Nagamura Benny Feilhaber Omar Bravo Jacob Peterson Diego Rubio Julio Cesar Chance Myers Soni Mustivar Krisztian Nemeth Milos Stojcev Graham Zusi Saad Abdul-Salaam Nuno Andre Coelho Roger Espinoza Lawrence Olum C.J. Sapong Team totals Opponent totals

7 2 4 5 4 3 7 1 5 1 2 5 5 2 2 8 5 3 8 3 4 11 11

5 1 4 5 3 2 5 1 3 1 2 4 4 2 2 7 3 3 8 2 3 11 11

515 118 360 446 279 177 521 85 334 57 172 370 371 180 158 645 280 225 710 156 259 990 990

3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 15

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 19 13

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

18 3 6 2 13 6 13 3 11 1 1 5 0 3 6 12 2 4 9 1 9 167 133

1 2 4 4 1 11 11

45 180 360 360 45 990 990

2 4 25 20 5 56 47

1 3 18 14 3 39 28

0.00 0.50 1.50 1.50 4.00 1.36 1.73

0 0 1 0 0 1 2

Jon Kempin Alec Kann Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Andy Gruenebaum Team totals Opponent totals

WHITECAPS CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (2-6-3) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

MIN SHTS

GAA

Camilo Sanvezzo Pedro Morales Kekuta Manneh Christian Bolanos Atiba Harris Cristian Techera Sebastien Le Toux Darren Mattocks Tim Parker Davide Chiumiento Nizar Khalfan Steven Beitashour Terry Dunfield Sheanon Williams Team totals Opponent totals

4 5 4 3 2 6 1 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 11 11

3 4 3 3 2 5 1 1 5 2 0 3 2 1 11 11

300 336 256 246 169 397 90 106 450 156 40 264 167 90 990 990

4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 19

1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 13 19

19 7 10 6 3 10 4 5 3 0 3 0 2 0 133 167

Brad Knighton David Ousted Joe Cannon Jay Nolly Team totals Opponent totals

1 7 2 1 11 11

90 630 180 90 990 990

2 16 6 4 28 39

1.00 1.43 2.50 3.00 1.73 1.36

0 1 1 0 2 1

3 27 10 7 47 56

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. WHITECAPS (6-2-3)

CURRENT WHITECAPS VS. SPORTING KC (2-6-3)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Kevin Ellis Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Soni Mustivar Graham Zusi Saad Abdul-Salaam Roger Espinoza Matt Besler Latif Blessing Andrew Dykstra Gerso Fernandes Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Ike Opara Tyler Pasher Cameron Porter Soony Saad Ilie Sanchez Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

5 9 1 5 8 5 8 11 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 11 11

5 7 1 4 7 3 8 11 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 11 11

446 701 57 371 645 280 710 990 69 58 90 238 360 135 45 21 102 90 360 990 990

2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 15

0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 13

2 19 1 0 12 2 9 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 6 2 2 167 133

Mauro Rosales Brek Shea Christian Bolanos Tony Tchani Cristian Techera Andrew Jacobson Tim Parker Sheanon Williams Alphonso Davies Marcel de Jong David Edgar Jordan Harvey Erik Hurtado Matias Laba Aaron Maund Nicolas Mezquida Fredy Montero David Ousted Russell Teibert Kendall Waston Team totals Opponent totals

7 7 3 12 6 11 5 11 2 1 1 13 2 7 6 3 8 7 4 5 11 11

4 5 3 10 5 10 5 10 0 1 1 13 1 7 6 2 8 7 1 5 11 11

392 439 246 908 397 889 450 909 50 90 90 1170 78 595 540 145 626 630 161 411 990 990

2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 19

2 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 19

4 12 6 8 10 11 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 24 0 1 6 133 167

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Tim Melia Andrew Dykstra Team totals Opponent totals

4 1 11 11

360 58 990 990

25 6 56 47

18 4 39 28

1.50 1.55 1.36 1.73

1 0 1 2

GOALKEEPER

MIN SHTS

GAA

David Ousted Team totals Opponent totals

7 11 11

630 990 990

16 1.43 28 1.73 39 1.36

1 2 1

27 47 56

GAME NOTES

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

2017 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Saturday, September 30, 2017 Kickoff: 8 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 30 Sporting Kansas City 12-6-11, 47 points (10-0-5 home; 2-6-6 away) T-2nd place in Western Conference Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14-10-6, 48 points (9-3-4 home; 5-7-2 away) 1st place in Western Conference

12-6-11 (47 pts.) 29 T-2nd in West 37 1.28 31 23 0.79 +14 416 (143) 34.4% 317 363 50 1

English TV: FOX Sports Kansas City + English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:

Baldomero Toledo Adam Garner Kevin Klinger Younes Marrakchi Edvin Jurisevic

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 29 30 39 41 55 77 88 90 93 94

Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID FWD DEF DEF MID FWD GK FWD DEF FWD MID GK FWD FWD MID DEF DEF MID FWD MID MID

Name Adrian Zendejas Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi Latif Blessing Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Cristian Lobato Gianluca Busio Andrew Dykstra Soony Saad Colton Storm Cameron Iwasa Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Daniel Salloi Cameron Porter James Musa Amer Didic Tyler Pasher Kevin Oliveira Kharlton Belmar Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda

Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

RECORD 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

14-10-6 (48 pts.) 30 1st in West 47 1.57 44 43 1.43 +4 356 (120) 33.7% 376 371 48 5

2017 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

oh-PAR-ah BEEZ-ler ILL-ee-eh JER-soh gram ZOO-see

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

FAIL-hob-ber sin-OH-vick sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM loh-BAH-toe jahn-LUKA BOO-see-oh SOO-nee sod EE-wah-sah

MEE-lia shallow-EE MOO-suh uh-MEER JIDD-itch

Gerso Graham Zusi Gerso Gerso Diego Rubio Graham Zusi Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

8 GOALS 7 ASSISTS 57 SHOTS 24 SHOTS ON GOAL 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 37 FOULS COMMITTED 42 FOULS SUFFERED 9 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 2610 Tim Melia 0.79 Tim Melia 12 Tim Melia 10 Tim Melia 87

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

13 7 81 31 5 4 39 41 6 2

Fredy Montero Christian Bolanos Fredy Montero Fredy Montero Yordy Reyna Fredy Montero Montero, Tchani Fredy Montero Three Players Tony Tchani

2363 David Ousted 1.37 David Ousted 13 David Ousted 6 David Ousted 83 David Ousted

OLL-EE-vay-rah SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

PETER VERMES

Eastern Conference 1. Toronto FC - x 2. New York City FC - x 3. Atlanta United FC - x 4. Chicago Fire - x 5. Columbus Crew SC 6. New York Red Bulls 7. Montreal Impact 8. New England Revolution 9. Orlando City SC 10. Philadelphia Union 11. D.C. United

Pts 62 55 52 51 47 43 39 38 38 36 32

W L T 18 5 8 16 8 7 15 8 7 15 10 6 14 12 5 12 11 7 11 14 6 11 15 5 10 13 8 9 13 9 9 17 5

GD +34 +14 +31 +16 +1 +4 -3 -10 -13 -3 -22

GP 31 31 30 31 31 30 31 31 31 31 31

Western Conference 1. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2. Portland Timbers 3. Sporting Kansas City 4. Seattle Sounders FC 5. Real Salt Lake 6. FC Dallas 7. Houston Dynamo 8. San Jose Earthquakes 9. Minnesota United FC 10. LA Galaxy 11. Colorado Rapids

Pts 48 47 47 47 41 41 40 39 32 28 26

W L T 14 10 6 13 10 8 12 6 11 12 8 11 12 14 5 10 9 11 10 10 10 11 14 6 9 15 5 7 17 7 7 18 5

GD +4 +6 +14 +8 -6 0 +7 -23 -19 -21 -19

GP 30 31 29 31 31 30 30 31 29 31 30

9th season 115-88-72 9th season (.549) 115-88-72 (.549)

CARL ROBINSON

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

4th season 52-46-34 (.523) 4th season 52-46-34 (.523)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, Sept. 28 QUESTIONABLE: • Matt Besler (Head/Face Injury) • Soni Mustivar (Thigh Strain) OUT: • Cameron Porter (Broken Fibula)

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 30, 2017 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvVAN: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvVAN: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City will host Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night looking to avenge the club’s loss in Canada earlier this season. Sporting KC fell to a 2-0 defeat at BC Place on May 20, 2017 in what was just their third loss of the season. Goals from Cristian Techera and Tim Parker marked one of just four occasions Sporting KC has conceded two goals this season. Sporting KC has a commanding 6-2-3 lead in the all-time series against Vancouver since the Whitecaps joined MLS in 2011. That includes an unbeaten 4-0-1 mark at Children’s Mercy Park, having won the last three meetings in KC dating back to the start of the 2015 season. The defeat earlier this season snapped Sporting KC’s five-game unbeaten run against Vancouver, having gone 4-0-1 since Aug. 10, 2014 when Sporting KC fell to a 2-0 defeat at BC Place. #SKCvVAN: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 6-2-3 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC’s 23 goals allowed through 29 games in the 2017 MLS season are the fewest conceded in the league, comfortably ahead of Toronto FC’s 33. SKC also has the best goals against average with 0.79, ahead of TFC’s 1.06, and the club’s 10 shutouts are tied for the fourth most in the league behind TFC. • SKC is third in MLS with 14.34 shots per game while facing a league-low 9.9 shots per game. The side also ranks in a tie for sixth with 4.93 shots on target per game. • SKC leads MLS in passes per game (511.59), successful passes per game (426.55) and passing accuracy (83.38) while ranking second in average possession (57.12) behind ATL. • SKC is sixth in MLS with 10.52 chances created per game and second with 9.24 chances created from open play per game. • SKC has committed the third fewest fouls in 2017 with 317. Only SEA (308) and MIN (314) has conceded fewer.

Date

05/20/2017 08/20/2016 04/27/2016 03/12/2016 08/15/2015

Score

KC 0 at VAN 0 KC 2 vs VAN 0 KC 1 at VAN 1 KC 2 vs VAN 1 KC 4 vs VAN 3

Result L W T W W

Details

Techera and Parker score either side of halftime for VAN Peterson scores in first half before Feilhaber tucks away PK Bolanos tallies early before Rubio equalizes in 27th minute Dwyer scores twice early before Morales nets penalty Nagamura scores twice in closing stages as SKC comeback

Sporting KC Player Stats • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has the best goals against average in MLS at 0.79 (min 1,000 mins played), conceding just 23 goals in 29 games this season and is second with 10 shutouts. In addition, his 79.09 save percentage leads the league. Melia also leads MLS with three penalty saves on five faced in 2017. • Midfielder Ilie is third in MLS with 1,959 passes attempted and is also third in the league in passes completed with 1,678. • Defender Matt Besler is fifth and sixth, respectively, in MLS and first among defenders in passes attempted per game (69.83) and passes completed per game (60.04). • Defender Graham Zusi leads all MLS defenders with 44 chances created and is also first among defenders with 32 chances created from open play. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is tied for second in MLS with nine yellow cards. • Midfielder Ilie is third among MLS midfielders with 56 interceptions.

#SKCvVAN: PLAYER HISTORY • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has one goal and two assists against Vancouver. He scored his lone goal from the penalty spot in the 2-0 win on Aug. 20, 2016, while he also set up Jacob Peteron’s goal in that game. He also recorded an assist in the 4-3 win at Children’s Mercy Park on Aug. 15, 2015. • Defender Kevin Ellis has two goals against Vancouver coming in back-to-back games. He notched the game-winner on July 12, 2015 before adding another in the 4-3 victory on Aug. 15, 2015. • Forward Diego Rubio scored his first goal for the club against the Whitecaps in the 1-1 draw at BC Place on April 27, 2016. • Defender Graham Zusi has two assists against the Whitecaps, setting up gamewinners in 2-1 wins on June 25, 2011 and March 12, 2016. • Midfielder Soni Mustivar has two assists against Vancouver, setting up two of the side’s four goals in the 4-3 win on Aug. 15, 2015. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has one assist against the Whitecaps, setting up Teal Bunbury’s first goal in a 3-3 draw on April 2, 2011. • Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam has one assist against the Whitecaps, helping set up Diego Rubio’s goal on April 27, 2016. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 3-1-0 against Vancouver, with one shutout coming in the 1-0 win on the road on July 12, 2015.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Team Stats • VAN is fourth from bottom in this MLS season in both shots (356) and shots on target (120). • VAN maintains the least possession in MLS this season with an average of 41.98 percent, 2.21 percent fewer than the second last team (NE). • VAN has been shown the fourth fewest yellow cards in 2017 with 48. • VAN leads MLS handsomly in clearances (761) and headed clearances (392). Vancouver Whitecaps FC Player Stats • Midfielder Yordy Reyna is tied for third in MLS with five game-winning goals. Reyna has only scored five goals for the Whitecaps, with each of them counting as a game-winner. • Forward Fredy Montero, who leads his side with 13 goals in 2017, is also tied for fourth in MLS with four game-winning assists. • Midfielder Tony Tchani, who joined Vancouver early in the season from Columbus, is tied for second in the league with two red cards. • Defender Kendall Waston is second in MLS with 157 clearances and first with 95 headed clearances in 2017.

#SKCvVAN: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

• Vancouver Whitecaps FC defender Marcel de Jong played for Sporting Kansas City in 2015, adding a goal and an assist in 13 regular-season appearances. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber was a college teammate of the Whitecaps’ Jordan Harvey at UCLA from 2003-2004. • Defender Tyler Pasher was a member of Newcastle United’s Academy while Vancouver defender David Edgar was playing for the senior team from 20032009. Pasher briefly lived with Edgar upon his arrival in Newcastle in 2003. The two are both from neighboring towns in Ontario, Canada, with Pasher from Elmira and Edgar from Kitchener. • Defender Tyler Pasher was also a part of the Toronto FC Academy while Vancouver’s Tony Tchani was playing for the senior team in 2011. • Defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi, along with midfielder Benny Feilhaber, have all played with Vancouver’s Brek Shea on the U.S. National Team since 2010. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has played alongside Whitecaps midfielder Deybi Flores on the Honduras National Team. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia played alongside Vancouver’s Mauro Rosales at Chivas USA in 2014. • Vancouver forward Kyle Greig is an Olathe, Kan. native that attended Benedictine College and played for former USL PDL team the Kansas City Brass.

• Defender Matt Besler is one regular-season appearance shy of hitting 225 for the club. • Midfielder Jimmy Medranda is one regular-season start away from reaching 50 for Sporting KC. • Defender Seth Sinovic is two appearances in all competitions away from his 200th for the club. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber is three regular-season appearances shy from reaching 150 for Sporting KC.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | September 30, 2017 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes FIRST PLACE WITHIN REACH

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES Rubio’s goal against the Galaxy on Sunday saw him rise into sole possession of the team lead in game-winning goals with three, having notched the game-deciding strike in wins over FC Dallas (Aug. 19), the New England Revolution (Sept. 16) and now the LA Galaxy (Sept. 24).

Sporting Kansas City enters Saturday’s matchup with Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Children’s Mercy Park with first place in the Western Conference on the line. Sporting KC is currently in a tie for second in the West with 47 points, one point back of Vancouver in first place - through Sporting KC has a game in hand on the Whitecaps and two games in hand on the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders FC who are also near the summit of the table.

In addition, Rubio netted the crucial equalizing goal in Sporting KC’s U.S. Open Cup Semifinal against the San Jose Earthquakes on Aug. 9 as the game ended 1-1 before the 24-year-old also converted his penalty kick as Sporting KC advanced to the final via penalty shootout.

Sporting KC held first place in the West for a lengthy stretch of the 2017 regular season, having first risen to the peak on May 3 after a 2-0 win over the New York Red Bulls and holding on to either first place or a tie for first for the next four months - barring one week in second in late July - until dropping down to second following a 1-0 defeat to New York City FC on Sept. 6.

Rubio is finding his feet with the team after returning from a torn ACL suffered in October 2016, only making his return to first-team action on June 17 during a 0-0 draw on the road against San Jose. He now has five goals and two assists in just seven starts for the club in the 2017 MLS regular season.

Since then, Saturday’s opponents Vancouver have risen up the table and claimed first place in the West, going unbeaten across seven games from mid August through early September (5-0-2), with six of those matches taking place in the friendly confines of BC Place, prior to Wednesday’s 3-0 setback against Seattle Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field.

SALLOI ENJOYS MOMENTOUS WEEK

Sporting Kansas City Homegrown Player Daniel Salloi’s excellent start to his career in KC continued last week, scoring two goals in two games as Sporting KC won both the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final against the New York Red Bulls and picked up a valuable three points in the MLS regular season against the LA Galaxy.

With a win on Saturday, Sporting KC would leapfrog Vancouver into first place and avenge their loss to the Whitecaps earlier this season when Cristian Techera and Tim Parker scored in a 2-0 loss at BC Place on May 20. Peter Vermes’ men will be extra wary of the threat Vancouver poses as Carl Robinson’s side was the last visiting team to escape from Children’s Mercy Park with a victory - a 2-1 win in the CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage on Sept. 13, 2016.

The 21-year-old, whose parents were visiting to watch him play in the U.S. for the first time, came off the bench in last Wednesday’s U.S. Open Cup Final, replacing an injured Latif Blessing late in the first half after the diminutive Ghanaian had given his side the lead with a powerful header. In the second period, Salloi scored what proved to be the decisive goal when he beat goalkeeper Ryan Meara to Benny Feilhaber’s pass and prodded the ball into the net to make the score 2-0. Bradley Wright-Phillips would pull a goal back late, leaving Salloi’s goal as the game-winner of Sporting KC’s fourth all-time U.S. Open Cup triumph.

Sporting KC last finished atop their conference in 2012 when the side finished the season in first place in the Eastern Conference with a 18-7-9 record (63 points), five points ahead of second-place D.C. United.

HISTORIC HOME UNBEATEN STREAK REACHES 24

The Hungarian was back in the starting lineup as Sporting KC faced the LA Galaxy on Sunday at Children’s Mercy Park, and he continued his strong form by opening the scoring in the 18th minute. Salloi showed terrific movement to lose Ligue 1 veteran Michael Ciani and clinically send Diego Rubio’s cross beyond Clement Diop into the back of the net and send his team on its way to a 2-1 victory.

Sporting Kansas City extended the club’s franchise-record home unbeaten streak to 24 games following the 2-1 win over the LA Galaxy at Children’s Mercy Park on Sunday afternoon. Daniel Salloi gave his side the lead before Diego Rubio doubled the advantage before halftime, as the side held on after Romain Alessandrini’s goal in the second period to move to 10-0-5 at home on the season.

Salloi signed as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2016 MLS campaign but did not make a first-team appearance that season. Instead, he spent his time on loan at the Swope Park Rangers in the USL and in his native Hungary with Gyirmot SE. The Sporting KC Academy product has burst onto the scene in 2017 and now has six goals and two assists in just nine starts across all competitions.

Sporting KC’s 24-game home unbeaten streak in MLS action is the longest active streak in MLS and stretches all the way back to last summer. Sporting KC most recently tasted defeat in the regular season at Children’s Mercy Park when the side fell 1-0 to D.C. United on May 27, 2016. Since then, Sporting KC has gone 17-0-7 in regular-season play at Children’s Mercy Park, and is 21-1-8 in all competitions in that time. The lone setback in the last 16 months came over a year ago in a 2-1 defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the CONCACAF Champions League group stage on Sept. 13, 2016.

IMMOVABLE FORCE

Sporting KC’s league-best goalkeeper Tim Melia and his league-best backline continue to be on pace for the best defensive season in club history, and the second best defensive campaign in MLS’s 22-year history. Melia has been an ever-present in 2017, playing every minute behind a rotating backline of Matt Besler, Ike Opara, Graham Zusi, Seth Sinovic, Erik Palmer-Brown, Kevin Ellis, Saad Abdul-Salaam and Jimmy Medranda.

The club’s 24-game home unbeaten streak is the longest in club history and is now the third longest in MLS history. The Houston Dynamo hold the current record for the longest home unbeaten streak, having gone 30 home games without a loss from July 9, 2011 through April 28, 2013 - a streak that was shattered by Sporting KC with a 1-0 win on May 12, 2013. Sporting KC has now gone 6-2-7 in MLS play since the start of June and 4-0-1 in the U.S. Open Cup as the side hoisted the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup trophy last Wednesday night. Sporting KC’s record in all competitions since the start of June now stands at 10-2-8. Following Toronto FC’s 5-3 home defeat to Montreal last Wednesday, Sporting KC is the only remaining team in MLS yet to lose a game at home in 2017.

Sporting KC has conceded just 23 goals in 29 games - a goals against average of 0.79 - which has only been bettered by the 2010 Real Salt Lake side, who conceded 20 goals in a 30-game season for a goals against average of 0.67. Sporting KC’s record in its previous 21 years of existance was also 0.79 - posted in 2012 when Sporting KC finished atop of the Eastern Conference but fell in the Conference Semifinals in the postseason, though the side did raise the U.S. Open Cup that year - the club’s first silverware since 2004.

It’s now also been over a year since Sporting KC lost at home in all competitions, with the side going 22 games without tasting defeat since that CCL loss in September 2016. That dwarfs the club’s previous record of 16 games set in 2015, and Sporting KC is now the only side in the top divisions in North America to remain unbeaten at home this season.

Remarkably, Sporting KC is yet to concede more than two goals in a match this season. Of the 23 goals conceded, eight have come as Sporting KC conceded twice in a win over the Chicago Fire (July 29), a draw with Orlando City SC (May13) and losses to Minnesota United FC (May 7) and Vancouver Whitecaps FC (May 20). The remaining 15 goals conceded have all arrived in single-goal games for Sporting KC’s opposition.

RUBIO CATCHING FIRE

Sporting KC is the only team in the league yet to concede three or more goals in a match. The club’s closest defensive challenger in 2017, Toronto FC, have conceded three goals three this season (June 3, 0-3 at NE ... July 1, 1-3 at FCD ... Sept. 20, 3-5 vs. MTL) as part of their 33 goals allowed in 31 games.

Sporting Kansas City striker Diego Rubio continued his excellent form in last weekend’s 2-1 victory over the LA Galaxy at Children’s Mercy Park. Rubio scored his side’s second goal of the game, firing into an empty net after being unselfishly set up by left back Seth Sinovic who had burst forward from the backline to meet Ilie’s through ball.

Should Sporting KC complete the 2017 regular season without conceding three or more goals in a single match, Peter Vermes’ side would become just the fourth team in league history to perform that feat, and the first since 2010. The only teams to also go through an entire season without conceding three or more in a game are the 2003 LA Galaxy (1.12 GAA), 2010 FC Dallas (0.93 GAA) and 2010 Real Salt Lake (0.67 GAA).

The Chilean now has six goals on the season in all competitions, tied for second on the team alongside Latif Blessing and Daniel Salloi and only trailing Gerso - who has 10 goals across MLS regular season and U.S. Open Cup Play.

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 30, 2017 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes FOURTH TITLE IN SIX SEASONS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES VERMES VERBATIM

Sporting Kansas City lifted their fourth piece of silverware this decade when the club won the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup last Wednesday night. Sporting KC beat the New York Red Bulls 2-1 at Children’s Mercy Park in the midweek contest to hoist the club’s fourth all-time U.S. Open Cup trophy (2004, 2012, 2015, 2017).

Below are Manager Peter Vermes’ remarks on Sporting KC’s 2-1 victory over the LA Galaxy at Children’s Mercy Park on Sunday, Sept. 24. Initial thoughts on match… “What was important to us in the game was that obviously we expended a lot of physical energy on Wednesday, but we also expended a lot of emotional energy. So what we didn’t want to do is we didn’t want to come out slow. So we decided to go high on them quickly and put them under pressure. I thought that we moved the ball well and we had great runs. It’s a shame on the first goal that we scored that got called back, that play was excellent movement, just all the things that we want to do. But then I would say the next two goals were both tremendous. They had a lot to do with us making the runs. I believe that we have a lot of quality in the players that we have up front that they can finish those chances. But it all comes because of the movement, and that takes commitment, so from that perspective I’m very pleased. The final thing I would say is that the way we closed the game out was very mature. We’ve used the experience that we’ve gained over not just this past season but for a long time, we did a good job of closing them out.”

Sporting KC become the first MLS team to win four major trophies over the last six seasons with their win last Wednesday. The club also maintained their brilliant record in Open Cup finals, joining Seattle Sounders FC and Chicago Fire as the only four-time champions among MLS outfits. In addition, Manager Peter Vermes is now just the second coach to win three or more U.S. Open Cups to go along with an MLS Cup joined by LA Galaxy head coach Sigi Schmid. Sporting KC saw off five MLS teams on their way to the Final: Minnesota United FC, the Houston Dynamo, FC Dallas, the San Jose Earthquakes and the Red Bulls. New York experienced a similarly difficult run, facing four MLS teams and also ousting USL Cinderella outfit FC Cincinnati in the Semifinals - despite finding themselves two goals down early in the match. Sporting KC are now third among all MLS clubs in major trophies with seven, having won four U.S. Open Cups (2004, 2012, 2015, 2017), two MLS Cups (2000, 2013) and one Supporters’ Shield (2000). That places the club in rarefied company, as only D.C. United (13) and Sunday’s opponents the LA Galaxy (12) have won more since MLS was founded in 1996.

On his relationship with the family of Daniel Salloi… “The big thing is that his father and I played together when I was in Hungary. That’s kind of how the situation occurred for Daniel [Salloi] to come here as an exchange student and to come to our academy. It’s worked out great, he’s obviously grown from that time period. He’s been learning all the time, but it’s his love for the game, his passion to be the best that he can be that’s why he continues to evolve as a player like he is.”

While Sporting KC experienced euphoria during the final, it was another heartbreaker for the Red Bulls, who have still never won the U.S. Open Cup or an MLS Cup and made just their first appearance in the Final since 2003. Sporting KC now receives $250,000 in prize money and a berth in the 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, the premier club competition in North America.

On emotional form of the team… “When we came back from being off on Thursday, the mentality of the guys, I could already see it and feel it. We kind of implemented our game plan on Saturday and we were definitely on top of it. The guys were on top of it. They were clean on the field, they were into it, they were moving. You could just tell that they understood that we achieved one of the goals that we wanted to achieve and that’s behind us and it’s time to move on and we’ve got a big game. It’s a huge three points for us. We know that going into next week. We know that the hottest team in the MLS in Vancouver [Whitecaps FC] will be coming here, and it’s obviously going to be a pretty difficult match for us because they’re flying. We’re going to have to get ourselves ready for it, it’s not going to be easy. We understand that they’re on top of their game and we’re going to have to play at our best.”

BESLER AND SINOVIC RENEW PARTNERSHIP

After helping Sporting KC record nine of the side’s 10 shutouts in the 2017 MLS season - good for third in the league - center back Matt Besler and left back Seth Sinovic have now posted 47 total shutouts in just 128 games where both have started in the regular season. Besler and Sinovic have started 23 of the club’s 29 regular-season games together this season, posting nine of the side’s 10 shutouts. Since Sinovic made his first appearance for the team on May 28, 2011 after being waived by the New England Revolution earlier in the year, Sporting KC leads all of MLS with 78 shutouts - 11 more than Seattle Sounders FC in second. Besler and Sinovic have started 128 of the 225 games since the trade, posting 47 of the club’s 78 shutouts alongside one another.

On difference in style in second half… “We weren’t trying to hold back and not trying to get the third goal, I can tell you that. I think the game changed a little bit. Whenever you’re 2-0 up, or 2-1, you don’t want to open yourself up. I thought we defended really well. We really didn’t give anything away other than that set piece. I mean it was a great set piece. Outside of that, I just don’t think that we gave a lot away. Sometimes you’ve got to be able to win games 2-0, 1-0, 2-1, and I think tonight we did what we had to do to secure three points which was huge.”

Individually, Besler leads the league in shutouts since Sinovic joined the club with 64, while Sinovic is third with 56. Besler is also second amongst defensive players in clean sheets during the Opta era (2010-present) with 68, only trailing Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando (76).

On play of Los Angeles in first half… “I think one of the things is, when you come to a place like Kansas City in this time of the year, maybe not September but definitely August and June and July, you can have a lot of days like this and a lot that are hotter. So you have to be ready for those environments. For us, I think we understand. We just played on Wednesday night in a similar setting. I think the humidity was worse on Wednesday night, I just think maybe today with the sun it was just hotter. But at the end of the day we were mentally tough, and I think for them they struggled a little bit with the heat, and I think we took advantage by keeping the ball, and then also the movement off the ball was huge as well.”

PLAYOFF STREAK

Sporting KC is looking to become the sixth club in MLS history to make at least seven straight trips to the postseason, while Manager Peter Vermes would be just the fourth coach to lead the same team to seven straight playoff appearances. LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) LA Galaxy 9 (2009-2016) *active Seattle Sounders FC 9 (2009-2016) *active New York Red Bulls 8 (2010-2016) *active NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014) Sporting KC 6 (2011-2016) *active

On preparation on Los Angeles going into match… “I always think that players have pride, coaching staffs have pride, a lot of times when you get wounded, most of the times you come back with a vengeance. I think there’s a couple things they came up against today. I think they came up against a team that is very professional in the way they approach the game week in and week out. They also came up against a team that is in pretty good form and finally has good confidence and believes in what they’re doing based on the results that they’ve gotten recently.”

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Sigi Scmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Peter Vermes Sporting KC 6 2011-2016 (active) Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 30, 2017 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC: 6-2-3 Home games: 4-0-1 (11 GF, 6 GA) Road games: 2-2-2 (8 GF, 9 GA) Date 04/02/2011 06/25/2011 04/18/2012 07/03/2013 08/10/2014 07/12/2015 08/15/2015 03/12/2016 04/27/2016 08/20/2016 05/20/2017

Score KC 3 at VAN 3 KC 2 vs VAN 1 KC 3 at VAN 1 KC 1 vs VAN 1 KC 0 at VAN 2 KC 1 at VAN 0 KC 4 vs VAN 3 KC 2 vs VAN 1 KC 1 at VAN 1 KC 2 vs VAN 0 KC 0 at VAN 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Result Location T Empire Field W Livestrong Sporting Park W BC Place Stadium T Sporting Park L BC Place Stadium W BC Place Stadium W Sporting Park W Children’s Mercy Park T BC Place Stadium W Children’s Mercy Park L BC Place Stadium

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

3 3 18 6 18 15

Dom Dwyer Chance Myers Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza

3 1 1 18 6

Tim Melia Gruenebaum, Melia Kann, Melia Tim Melia Melia, Nielsen

Camilo Sanvezzo 4 Three Players 2 Camilo Sanvezzo 19 Camilo Sanvezzo 9 Matias Laba 12 Gershon Koffie 15

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

David Ousted 2 David Ousted 4 David Ousted 2 David Ousted 16 David Ousted 10

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 2 8 4 6 5

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Three Players Mustivar, Stojcev Dom Dwyer (3/12/16) Dom Dwyer (3/12/16) Benny Feilhaber (8/10/14) Brad Davis (8/20/16)

Manneh, Sanvezzo Bolanos, Khalfan (4/2/11) Camilo Sanvezzo (4/2/11) Camilo Sanvezzo (3/12/16) Octavio Rivero (8/10/14) Gershon Koffie

2 2 9 4 6 7

(6/25/11) Joe Cannon (8/15/15) David Ousted

6 4

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

6 Melia, Nielsen 3 Melia, Nielsen

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT Total 9 10 0 19 74 93 0 167 21 26 0 47 67 87 0 154 14 15 0 29 31 29 0 60

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 8 7 0 15 Shots 57 76 0 133 Shots on Goal 25 31 0 56 Fouls 75 65 0 140 Offsides 21 11 0 32 Corner Kicks 21 29 0 50

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC VAN

102

1-15

1 3

16-30

31-45

6 4

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,449

CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS Dating back to April 2012 (including postseason)

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 123 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 117 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 18 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 123 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

153

2 1

105.3 5

46-60

4 0

61-75

3 4

76-90

3 3

0 0

Total

19 15

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

259

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 153 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 30, 2017 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Tyler Pasher (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)

Brad Davis (retired - 10/23/16)

Adrian Zendejas (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)

Nuno Coelho (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Igor Juliao (loan - 12/23/16)

Chance Myers (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Gerso Fernandes (transfer - 1/4/17)

Jacob Peterson (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Latif Blessing (transfer - 1/9/17)

Ever Alvarado (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Christian Volesky (trade - 1/9/17)

Emmanuel Appiah (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Cameron Iwasa (signing - 1/10/17)

Connor Hallisey (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Andrew Dykstra (signing - 1/10/17)

Jon Kempin (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Ilie Sanchez (signing - 1/13/17)

Justin Mapp (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Soony Saad (signing - 1/30/17)

Paulo Nagamura (retired - 12/12/16)

Colton Storm (SuperDraft - 2/24/17)

Alec Kann (Expansion Draft - 12/13/16)

Amer Didic (signed from SPR - 5/31/17)

Lawrence Olum (trade - 2/3/17)

Cristian Lobato (signing - 6/29/17)

Benji Joya (waived - 2/27/17)

James Musa (signed from SPR - 8/11/17)

Christian Volesky (waived - 2/27/17)

Gianluca Busio (signed as Homegrown Player - 8/25/17)

Igor Juliao (waived - 6/29/17)

Kharlton Belmar (signed from SPR - 9/15/17)

Dom Dwyer (trade - 7/25/17)

Kevin Oliveira (signed from SPR - 9/15/17)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Oct. 23: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis retires Nov. 16: Sporting KC signs M Benny Feilhaber and D Ike Opara to new contracts Nov. 23: OUT D Nuno Coelho, D Chance Myers and F Jacob Peterson leaves Sporting KC out of contract. Sporting KC declines options on D Ever Alvarado, M Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, GK Jon Kempin and M Justin Mapp Dec. 2: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Tyler Pasher and GK Adrian Zendejas from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Dec. 12: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Paulo Nagamura retires Dec. 13: Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis, GK Alec Kann and D/M Jimmy Medranda to new contracts Dec. 13: OUT Sporting KC goalkeeper Alec Kann selected in Expansion Draft by Atlanta United FC (MLS) Dec. 23: IN Sporting KC signs D Igor Juliao on loan from Fluminense FC (Brazil) Jan. 4: IN Sporting KC signs F Gerso Fernandes as a Designated Player Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Latif Blessing from Ghana Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Christian Volesky in trade with Portland Timbers (MLS) Jan. 10: IN Sporting KC signs GK Andrew Dykstra and F Cameron Iwasa Jan. 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Ilie Sanchez Jan. 30: IN Sporting KC re-acquires F Soony Saad Feb. 3: OUT Sporting KC trades M Lawrence Olum to the Portland Timbers (MLS) Feb. 24: IN Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection D Colton Storm Feb. 27: OUT Sporting KC waives M Benji Joya and F Christian Volesky May 31: IN Sporting KC signs D Amer Didic from Swope Park Rangers (USL) June 29: IN/OUT Sporting KC signs M Cristian Lobato from Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) and waives on-loan D Igor Juliao July 25: OUT Sporting KC acquires up to $1.6 million in allocation money from Orlando City SC in exchange for F Dom Dwyer Aug. 11: IN Sporting KC signs M James Musa from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Aug. 25: IN Sporting KC signs F Gianluca Busio as a Homegrown Player from the Sporting KC Academy Sept. 14: IN Sporting KC signs D Jaylin Lindsey as a Homegrown Player from the Sporting KC Academy starting on Jan. 1, 2018 Sept. 15: IN Sporting KC signs F Kharlton Belmar and M Kevin Oliveira from Swope Park Rangers (USL)

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)

Signings

2011 2013 2015

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th)

2016 2017

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

Benny Feilhaber (12/11/12) Ike Opara (12/12/12)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

Cameron Porter (7/12/16)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Swope Park Rangers

Andrew Dykstra (2nd Rnd)

Tyler Pasher (12/2/16) Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16) Amer Didic (5/31/17) James Musa (8/11/17) Kharlton Belmar (9/15/17) Kevin Oliveira (9/15/17)

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Diego Rubio (3/8/16)

Colton Storm (14th)

Trades

Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Latif Blessing (1/9/17) Cameron Iwasa (1/10/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Soony Saad (1/30/17) Cristian Lobato (6/29/17)

Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 30, 2017 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

Saturday, March 4

at D.C. United

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, MARCH 11

FC DALLAS

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

2-1

Feilhaber, Own Goal

Friday, March 31

at Toronto FC

MLS

0-0

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

3-1

Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer

Saturday, April 15

at Portland Timbers

MLS

1-0

Dwyer

Saturday, April 22

at FC Dallas

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

3-0

Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

2-0

Dwyer (2)

Sunday, May 7

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, May 13

at Orlando City SC

MLS

2-2

Blessing (2)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

3-0

Gerso (3)

Saturday, May 20

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, May 27

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, JUNE 3

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

3-0

Opara, Medranda, Abdul-Salaam

SATURDAY, JUNE 10

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

1-1

Gerso

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

U.S. OPEN CUP

4-0

Opara, Gerso, Dwyer, Salloi

Saturday, June 17

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

0-0

Saturday, June 24

at LA Galaxy

MLS

2-1

Espinoza, Opara

Wednesday, June 28

at Houston Dynamo

U.S. Open Cup

2-0

Opara, Gerso

SATURDAY, JULY 1

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

1-1

Salloi

THURSDAY, JULY 6

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

1-1

Rubio

TUESDAY, JULY 11

FC DALLAS

U.S. OPEN CUP

3-0 (AET)

Blessing (2), Salloi

Saturday, July 22

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

1-1

Feilhaber (PK)

SATURDAY, JULY 29

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

3-2

Salloi, Feilhaber, Blessing

SUNDAY, AUG. 6

ATLANTA UNITED FC

MLS

1-1

Feilhaber (PK)

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

U.S. OPEN CUP

1-1 (5-4 PK)

Rubio

Saturday, Aug. 12

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, AUG. 19

FC DALLAS

MLS

2-0

Rubio, Gerso

Wednesday, Sept. 6

at New York City FC

MLS

0-1

Sunday, Sept. 10

at Columbus Crew SC

MLS

1-1

Lobato

SATURDAY, SEPT. 16

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

3-1

Gerso, Rubio (2)

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20

NEW YORK RED BULLS

U.S. OPEN CUP

2-1

Blessing, Salloi

SUNDAY, SEPT. 24

LA GALAXY

MLS

2-1

Salloi, Rubio

SATURDAY, SEPT. 30

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS