2017 Sporting Kansas City season
The 2017 Sporting Kansas City season was the twenty-second season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the seventh year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.
2017 season | ||||
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Owner | Sporting Club | |||
Head Coach | Peter Vermes | |||
Stadium | Children's Mercy Park | |||
MLS | Conference: 5th Overall: 11th | |||
Playoffs | Knockout Round | |||
U.S. Open Cup | Champions | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Gerso (8 goals) All: Gerso (10 goals) | |||
Highest home attendance | 21,523 (Open Cup Final vs New York Red Bulls) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 15,016 (Open Cup Quarterfinals vs FC Dallas) | |||
Average home league attendance | League: 19,565 All: 19,051 | |||
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Current roster
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of September 12, 2017.[1]
Player Movement
In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
Date | Player | Position | Previous Club | Fee/Notes | Ref |
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December 12, 2016 | MF | Signed from USL team | [2] | ||
December 2, 2016 | GK | Signed from USL team | [2] | ||
January 4, 2017 | FW/MF | Undisclosed | [2] | ||
January 9, 2017 | FW | Undisclosed | [2] | ||
January 9, 2017 | FW | Rights acquired in exchange for 4th Round pick in 2017 MLS SuperDraft | [2] | ||
January 10, 2017 | FW | Free Transfer | [2] | ||
January 10, 2017 | GK | Re-Entry Draft | [2] | ||
January 13, 2017 | MF | Free Transfer | [2] | ||
January 30, 2017 | FW | Free Transfer | [2] | ||
June 29, 2017 | MF | Free Transfer | [3] | ||
August 11, 2017 | DF | Signed from USL team | [4] | ||
August 25, 2017 | FW | HGP | [5] | ||
September 15, 2017 | FW | Signed from USL team | [6] | ||
September 15, 2017 | MF | Signed from USL team | [6] |
Out
Date | Player | Position | Destination Club | Notes | Ref |
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October 28, 2016 | MF | None | Retired | [2] | |
November 23, 2016 | MF | Out of Contract, Signed with Atlanta United FC on December 21, 2016 | [2] | ||
November 23, 2016 | DF | Option Declined | [2] | ||
November 23, 2016 | DF | Option Declined, later signed with Portland as a free agent | [2] | ||
November 23, 2016 | MF | Option Declined | [2] | ||
November 23, 2016 | DF | Option Declined | [2] | ||
November 23, 2016 | MF | Option Declined | [2] | ||
November 23, 2016 | GK | Option Declined | [2] | ||
November 23, 2016 | MF | Option Declined | [2] | ||
December 12, 2016 | MF | None | Retired | [2] | |
December 13, 2016 | GK | Expansion Draft | [2] | ||
February 3, 2017 | DF | Trade | [2] | ||
February 27, 2017 | MF | Waived | [7] | ||
February 27, 2017 | FW | Waived | [7] | ||
July 25, 2017 | FW | Traded | [8][9][10][11] |
Loans
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
In
Date | Player | Position | Loaned from | Notes | Ref |
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December 23, 2016 | DF | Waived on June 29 | [2][3] |
Competitions
Match results
Win Tie Loss
Preseason
Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
January 31, 2017 | Sporting Kansas City | 0–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Tucson, Arizona |
Report | Thompson |
Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex |
February 7, 2017 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–2 | New England Revolution | Tucson, Arizona |
12:00 | Selbol |
Report | Smith Kamara |
Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex |
Desert Diamond Cup
February 15, 2017 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–1 | Colorado Rapids | Tucson, Arizona |
12:00 | Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex |
February 18, 2017 | Sporting Kansas City | 3–0 | New York Red Bulls | Tucson, Arizona |
16:30 | Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex |
February 22, 2017 | Sporting Kansas City | 2–6 | New England Revolution | Tucson, Arizona |
12:00 | Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex |
February 25, 2017 | Sporting Kansas City | 0–1 | New York City FC | Tucson, Arizona |
Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex |
Regular season
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise
March 4, 2017 CST 1 | D.C. United | 0 – 0 | Sporting Kansas City | Washington, D.C. |
18:00 | Franklin Vincent |
Report | Sinovic Espinoza |
Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 18,268 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
March 11, 2017 CST 2 | Sporting Kansas City | 0 – 0 | FC Dallas | Kansas City, Kansas |
20:00 | Sinovic Dwyer Gerso |
Report | Guillen Figueroa Harris Gruezo Cermeno |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,117 Referee: Sorin Stoica |
March 18, 2017 3 | Sporting Kansas City | 2 – 1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:30 | Dwyer Feilhaber Zusi Bingham |
Report | Urena Jungwirth |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,282 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
March 31, 2017 4 | Toronto FC | 0 – 0 | Sporting Kansas City | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
18:30 | Altidore |
Report | Sánchez |
Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 27,909 Referee: Alan Kelly |
April 9, 2017 5 | Sporting Kansas City | 3 – 1 | Colorado Rapids | Kansas City, Kansas |
18:00 | Sinovic Sánchez Gerso Dwyer |
Report | Miller Watts Doyle |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,249 Referee: Allen Chapman |
April 15, 2017 6 | Portland Timbers | 0 – 1 | Sporting Kansas City | Portland, Oregon |
21:30 | Report | Opara Sinovic Dwyer |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Drew Fischer |
April 22, 2017 7 | FC Dallas | 1 – 0 | Sporting Kansas City | Frisco, Texas |
19:00 | Figueroa |
Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,411 Referee: Kevin Stott |
April 29, 2017 8 | Sporting Kansas City | 3 – 0 | Real Salt Lake | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:30 | Feilhaber Dwyer Espinoza Zusi Gerso |
Report | Mulholland Phillips Movsisyan Lennon |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,648 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero |
May 3, 2017 9 | Sporting Kansas City | 2 – 0 | New York Red Bulls | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:30 | Opara Dwyer |
Report | Davis Lade Wright-Phillips |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,965 Referee: Allen Chapman |
May 7, 2017 10 | Minnesota United FC | 2 – 0 | Sporting Kansas City | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
12:30 | Danladi Ramirez Calvo |
Report | Juliao Dwyer |
Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 17,709 Referee: Alan Kelly |
May 13, 2017 11 | Orlando City SC | 2 – 2 | Sporting Kansas City | Orlando, Florida |
18:00 | Aja Larin Kaká Higuita |
Report | Blessing Zusi Sánchez |
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 25,527 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
May 17, 2017 12 | Sporting Kansas City | 3 – 0 | Seattle Sounders FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:30 | Gerso |
Report | Delem Alfaro |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,139 Referee: Ted Unkel |
May 20, 2017 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 – 0 | Sporting Kansas City | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
18:00 | Techera Parker Laba |
Report | Espinoza Sinovic |
Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,020 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
May 27, 2017 14 | Colorado Rapids | 1 – 0 | Sporting Kansas City | Commerce City, Colorado |
19:00 | Ford Burling Miller Howard Doyle |
Report | Espinoza |
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,648 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
June 3, 2017 15 | Sporting Kansas City | 3 – 0 | Minnesota United FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
16:00 | Feilhaber Melia Opara Medranda Abdul-Salaam |
Report | Jome Warner Shuttleworth |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,361 Referee: Jorge González |
June 10, 2017 16 | Sporting Kansas City | 1 – 1 | Montreal Impact | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:00 | Gerso |
Report | Piatti Mancosu Duvall |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,335 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
June 17, 2017 17 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0 – 0 | Sporting Kansas City | San Jose, California |
20:00 | Godoy Wondolowski |
Report | Besler Espinoza |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Armando Villarreal |
June 24, 2017 18 | LA Galaxy | 1 – 2 | Sporting Kansas City | Carson, California |
21:30 | Villarreal Smith Van Damme |
Report | Espinoza Opara Gerso |
Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 20,140 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
July 1, 2017 19 | Sporting Kansas City | 1 – 1 | Portland Timbers | Kansas City, Kansas |
18:00 | Latif Espinoza Sallói Ellis |
Report | Valeri Adi |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,933 Referee: Alan Kelly |
July 6, 2017 20 | Sporting Kansas City | 1 – 1 | Philadelphia Union | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:30 | Diego Rubio Abdul-Salaam Feilhaber |
Report | Medunjanin Alberg |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,240 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
July 22, 2017 21 | Real Salt Lake | 1 – 1 | Sporting Kansas City | Sandy, Utah |
21:00 | Silva Sunny Acosta Beltran |
Report | Espinoza Ilie Feilhaber Gerso |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,316 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
July 29, 2017 22 | Sporting Kansas City | 3 – 2 | Chicago Fire | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:30 | Sallói Feilhaber Latif |
Report | Besler Juninho Accam João Meira |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,313 Referee: Alan Kelly |
August 6, 2017 23 | Sporting Kansas City | 1 – 1 | Atlanta United FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:00 | Opara Feilhaber |
Report | Larentowicz Carmona Asad González Pírez Ambrose Peterson |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,481 Referee: Chris Penso |
August 12, 2017 24 | Seattle Sounders FC | 1 – 0 | Sporting Kansas City | Seattle, Washington |
15:00 | Dempsey Lodeiro Torres |
Report | Musa Medranda |
Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 43,530 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
August 19, 2017 25 | Sporting Kansas City | 2 – 0 | FC Dallas | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:30 | Diego Rubio Ilie Gerso |
Report | Figueroa |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,869 Referee: Armando Villarreal |
Note: 100th straight sellout |
September 6, 2017 26 | New York City FC | 1 – 0 | Sporting Kansas City | Bronx, New York |
00:00 | Moralez Harrison Allen |
Report | Espinoza Diego Rubio |
Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 19,353 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
September 10, 2017 27 | Columbus Crew SC | 1 – 1 | Sporting Kansas City | Columbus, Ohio |
12:00 | Mensah Kamara Williams Abu |
Report | Espinoza Lobato Feilhaber |
Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 17,089 Referee: Chris Penso |
September 16, 2017 28 | Sporting Kansas City | 3 – 1 | New England Revolution | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:30 | Gerso Diego Rubio Medranda |
Report | Bunbury Németh Fagúndez |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,089 Referee: Jorge González |
September 24, 2017 29 | Sporting Kansas City | 2 – 1 | LA Galaxy | Kansas City, Kansas |
12:00 | Sallói Diego Rubio |
Report | J. dos Santos Ciani Alessandrini McBean |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,028 Referee: Mark Geiger |
September 30, 2017 30 | Sporting Kansas City | 0 – 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
20:00 | Hurtado Davies Bolanos |
Report | Zusi |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,990 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
October 7, 2017 31 | Minnesota United FC | 1 – 1 | Sporting Kansas City | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
19:00 | Thiesson Kallman Greenspan |
Report | Diego Rubio Sinovic Dykstra |
Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 23,060 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero |
October 11, 2017 32 | Houston Dynamo | 2 – 1 | Sporting Kansas City | Houston, Texas |
19:00 | Clark Martinez Wenger |
Report | Medranda Palmer-Brown Ilie |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,724 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
Note: Postponed from August 26 due to Hurricane Harvey[12] |
October 15, 2017 33 | Sporting Kansas City | 0 – 0 | Houston Dynamo | Kansas City, Kansas |
16:00 | Latif |
Report | Torres DeLaGarza |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,083 Referee: Kevin Stott |
October 22, 2017 34 | Real Salt Lake | 2 – 1 | Sporting Kansas City | Sandy, Utah |
15:00 | Silva Lennon |
Report | Sallói Besler Opara |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,102 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
MLS Cup Playoffs
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise
October 26, 2017 Knockout Round | Houston Dynamo | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Sporting Kansas City | Houston, Texas |
20:30 | Senderos Clark Machado Quioto Elis |
Report | Zusi Ilie Espinoza Diego Rubio Dykstra |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 14,126 Referee: Mark Geiger |
U.S. Open Cup
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise
June 14, 2017 Fourth Round | Sporting Kansas City | 4–0 | Minnesota United FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:30 | Opara Gerso Dwyer Sallói |
Report | Davis Warner |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 15,260 Referee: Juan Guzman |
June 28, 2017 Fifth Round | Houston Dynamo | 0–2 | Sporting Kansas City | Houston, Texas |
17:30 | Bird Wenger Rodriguez |
Report | Espinoza Opara Gerso |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Referee: Fotis Bazakos |
July 11, 2017 Quarterfinal | Sporting Kansas City | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | FC Dallas | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:30 | Sinovic Espinoza Medranda Blessing Sallói |
Report | Ulloa Díaz Urruti Morales Harris |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 15,016 Referee: Younes Marrakchi |
August 9, 2017 Semifinal | Sporting Kansas City | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | San Jose Earthquakes | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:30 | Rubio |
Report | Hosen Cerén Affolter Imperiale |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 16,193 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
Penalties | ||||
Feilhaber Rubio Sánchez Medranda Sallói Besler |
September 20, 2017 Final | Sporting Kansas City | 2–1 | New York Red Bulls | Kansas City, Kansas |
19:30 | Sinovic Blessing Sallói Opara |
Report | Long Adams Wright Phillips |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 21,523 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
Player statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Position | Number | Name | MLS | MLS Cup | Open Cup | Total |
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1 | FW | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
2 | FW | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
3 | FW | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
FW | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
FW | 30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
4 | DF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
MF | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
5 | MF | 93 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | DF | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 37 | 0 | 13 | 50 |
As of October 26, 2017
Disciplinary record
Number | Nation | Position | Name | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||
3 | DF | Ike Opara | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Kevin Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Matt Besler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
6 | MF | Ilie Sánchez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
7 | FW | Gerso | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Graham Zusi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
9 | FW | Latif Blessing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
10 | MF | Benny Feilhaber | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
11 | FW | Diego Rubio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
14 | FW | Dom Dwyer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Seth Sinovic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
17 | DF | Saad Abdul-Salaam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
21 | GK | Andrew Dykstra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
27 | MF | Roger Espinoza | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
29 | GK | Tim Melia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
30 | FW | Dániel Sallói | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
40 | DF | Igor Julião | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
41 | DF | James Musa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
94 | MF | Jimmy Medranda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
TOTALS | 60 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 3 |
As of October 26, 2017.
References
- "Players". Sporting Kansas City. September 22, 2017. Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- "Transactions".
- Rodriguez, Alicia (June 29, 2017). "Sporting KC sign Spanish midfielder Cristian Lobato". Sporting KC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- Kovzan, Sam (August 11, 2017). "Sporting KC signs 25-year-old midfielder James Musa from Swope Park Rangers". SportingKC.com. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- Kovzan, Sam (August 25, 2017). "Sporting KC signs 15-year-old forward Gianluca Busio as a Homegrown Player". Sporting KC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- Kovzan, Sam (September 15, 2017). "Sporting KC signs forward Kharlton Belmar and midfielder Kevin Oliveira to MLS contracts". Sporting KC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- "Sporting KC waives midfielder Benji Joya and forward Christian Volesky".
- "Orlando City acquires Dom Dwyer in trade with Sporting Kansas City". ESPNFC.com. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- Kovzan, Sam (July 25, 2017). "Sporting KC acquires up to $1.6 million in Allocation Money from Orlando City SC in exchange for forward Dom Dwyer". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- McDowell, Sam (July 25, 2017). "Sporting KC trades Dom Dwyer to Orlando City SC". Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- DelGallo, Alicia (July 25, 2017). "Orlando City reaches agreement to bring Dom Dwyer back". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- Kovzan, Sam (August 25, 2017). "Sporting KC's match at Houston Dynamo postponed due to Hurricane Harvey in Southeast Texas". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved August 25, 2017.