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.

Sporting Kansas City
2017 season
OwnerSporting Club
Head CoachPeter Vermes
StadiumChildren's Mercy Park
MLSConference: 5th
Overall: 11th
PlayoffsKnockout Round
U.S. Open CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Gerso
(8 goals)

All: Gerso
(10 goals)
Highest home attendance21,523
(Open Cup Final vs New York Red Bulls)
Lowest home attendance15,016
(Open Cup Quarterfinals vs FC Dallas)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 19,565
All: 19,051

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of September 12, 2017.[1]

No. Pos. Player Nation
1 GK Adrián Zendejas  United States
2 DF Erik Palmer-Brown (HGP)  United States
3 DF Ike Opara  United States
4 DF Kevin Ellis (HGP)  United States
5 DF Matt Besler (Captain)  United States
6 MF Ilie Sánchez  Spain
7 FW Gerso Fernandes (DP)  Guinea-Bissau
8 DF Graham Zusi (DP)  United States
9 FW Latif Blessing  Ghana
10 MF Benny Feilhaber  United States
11 FW Diego Rubio  Chile
15 DF Seth Sinovic  United States
17 DF Saad Abdul-Salaam  United States
19 MF Cristian Lobato  Spain
20 FW Gianluca Busio (HGP)  United States
21 GK Andrew Dykstra  United States
22 FW Soony Saad  Lebanon
23 DF Colton Storm  United States
24 FW Cameron Iwasa  United States
27 MF Roger Espinoza (DP)  Honduras
29 GK Tim Melia  United States
30 FW Dániel Sallói (HGP)  Hungary
39 FW Cameron Porter  United States
41 DF James Musa  New Zealand
55 DF Amer Didic  Canada
77 MF Tyler Pasher  Canada
88 MF Kevin Oliveira  Cape Verde
90 FW Kharlton Belmar  United States
93 MF Soni Mustivar  Haiti
94 MF Jimmy Medranda  Colombia

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
December 12, 2016 Tyler Pasher MF Swope Park Rangers Signed from USL team [2]
December 2, 2016 Adrian Zendejas GK Swope Park Rangers Signed from USL team [2]
January 4, 2017 Gerso Fernandes FW/MF C.F. Os Belenenses Undisclosed [2]
January 9, 2017 Latif Blessing FW Liberty Professionals F.C. Undisclosed [2]
January 9, 2017 Christian Volesky FW Portland Timbers Rights acquired in exchange for 4th Round pick in 2017 MLS SuperDraft [2]
January 10, 2017 Cameron Iwasa FW Sacramento Republic FC Free Transfer [2]
January 10, 2017 Andrew Dykstra GK D.C. United Re-Entry Draft [2]
January 13, 2017 Ilie Sanchez MF TSV 1860 Munich Free Transfer [2]
January 30, 2017 Soony Saad FW BEC Tero Sasana Free Transfer [2]
June 29, 2017 Cristian Lobato MF Gimnàstic de Tarragona Free Transfer [3]
August 11, 2017 James Musa DF Swope Park Rangers Signed from USL team [4]
August 25, 2017 Gianluca Busio FW HGP [5]
September 15, 2017 Kharlton Belmar FW Swope Park Rangers Signed from USL team [6]
September 15, 2017 Kevin Oliveira MF Swope Park Rangers Signed from USL team [6]

Out

Date Player Position Destination Club Notes Ref
October 28, 2016 Brad Davis MF None Retired [2]
November 23, 2016 Jacob Peterson MF Atlanta United FC Out of Contract, Signed with Atlanta United FC on December 21, 2016 [2]
November 23, 2016 Nuno André Coelho DF G.D. Chaves Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016 Chance Myers DF Portland Timbers Option Declined, later signed with Portland as a free agent [2]
November 23, 2016 Justin Mapp MF Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016 Éver Alvarado DF CD Olimpia Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016 Emmanuel Appiah MF Saint Louis FC Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016 Jon Kempin GK LA Galaxy Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016 Connor Hallisey MF Option Declined [2]
December 12, 2016 Paulo Nagamura MF None Retired [2]
December 13, 2016 Alec Kann GK Atlanta United FC Expansion Draft [2]
February 3, 2017 Lawrence Olum DF Portland Timbers Trade [2]
February 27, 2017 Benji Joya MF Waived [7]
February 27, 2017 Christian Volesky FW Saint Louis FC Waived [7]
July 25, 2017 Dom Dwyer FW Orlando City SC 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
December 23, 2016 Igor Juliao DF Fluminense FC 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 90' Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex

Desert Diamond Cup

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  64'
Vincent  64'
Report Sinovic  37'
Espinoza  72'
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  79'
Dwyer  81'
Gerso  95'
Report Guillen  4'
Figueroa  29'
Harris  69'
Gruezo  86'
Cermeno  92'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,117
Referee: Sorin Stoica
March 31, 2017 4 Toronto FC 0 0 Sporting Kansas City Toronto, Ontario, Canada
18:30 Altidore  81' Report Sánchez  69' Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 27,909
Referee: Alan Kelly
April 22, 2017 7 FC Dallas 1 0 Sporting Kansas City Frisco, Texas
19:00 Figueroa 77' 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 17'  49'
Dwyer 51'
Espinoza  55'
Zusi  69'
Gerso  84' 95+'
Report Mulholland  39'
Phillips  51'
Movsisyan  55'
Lennon  85'
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  30'
Dwyer 46', 68'  51'
Report Davis  62'
Lade  76'
Wright-Phillips  92'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 18,965
Referee: Allen Chapman
May 13, 2017 11 Orlando City SC 2 2 Sporting Kansas City Orlando, Florida
18:00 Aja  11'
Larin 16'
Kaká 26'
Higuita  40'
Report Blessing 9', 74'  79'
Zusi  48'
Sánchez  79'
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 56', 58', 69' Report Delem  3'
Alfaro  85'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 20,139
Referee: Ted Unkel
June 3, 2017 15 Sporting Kansas City 3 0 Minnesota United FC Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 Feilhaber  12'
Melia  44'
Opara 45+2'
Medranda 54'
Abdul-Salaam 87'
Report Jome  7'
Warner  23'
Shuttleworth  43'
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 24' Report Piatti  45+1'
Mancosu 82'  84'
Duvall  86'
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  73'
Wondolowski  74'
Report Besler  78'
Espinoza  86'
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  33'
Smith  59'
Van Damme  81'
Report Espinoza 22'
Opara 35'
Gerso  73'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 20,140
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
July 6, 2017 20 Sporting Kansas City 1 1 Philadelphia Union Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Diego Rubio 49' (Sallói)
Abdul-Salaam  64'
Feilhaber  68'
Report Medunjanin  68'
Alberg 69' (pen.)
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 43' (Plata, Acosta)
Sunny  53'
Acosta  56'
Beltran  71'
Report Espinoza  40'
Ilie  47'
Feilhaber 59' (pen.)
Gerso  77'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,316
Referee: Nima Saghafi
August 19, 2017 25 Sporting Kansas City 2 0 FC Dallas Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Diego Rubio 42' (Zusi)
Ilie  48'
Gerso 90+2' (Zusi)
Report Figueroa  80' 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  28'
Harrison 84' (Allen)
Allen  89'
Report Espinoza  24'
Diego Rubio  90+2'
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  13'
Kamara 45+1' (Santos)
Williams  59'
Abu  85'
Report Espinoza  15'
Lobato 19' (Besler)
Feilhaber  53'
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 16'
Diego Rubio  23' 45' (Gerso, Zusi), 58'
Medranda  26'
Report Bunbury 4'
Németh  11'
Fagúndez  90+2'
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 18' (Diego Rubio, Zusi)
Diego Rubio 35' (Sinovic, Ilie)
Report J. dos Santos  1'
Ciani  55'
Alessandrini 58'
McBean  90+2'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,028
Referee: Mark Geiger
October 7, 2017 31 Minnesota United FC 1 1 Sporting Kansas City Minneapolis, Minnesota
19:00 Thiesson  41'
Kallman 84' (Danladi)
Greenspan  86'  90+1'
Report Diego Rubio 45+2' (Latif)
Sinovic  70'
Dykstra  72'
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  45'
Martinez 63'
Wenger  79'
Report Medranda 33' (Abdul-Salaam)
Palmer-Brown 77' (OG)
Ilie  87'
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  90+4' Report Torres  67'
DeLaGarza  85'
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 3'
Lennon 41'
Report Sallói  28'
Besler  72'
Opara 89' (Zusi)
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  14'
Clark  21'
Machado  76'
Quioto  109'
Elis 94' (Sánchez)  120+1'
Report Zusi  45+2'
Ilie  53'
Espinoza  65'
Diego Rubio  89'
Dykstra  120+3'
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 43' (Zusi)
Gerso 45+1'
Dwyer 72' (Gerso)
Sallói 83' (Espinoza)
Report Davis  90'
Warner  90+4'
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  23'
Wenger  48'
Rodriguez  64'
Report Espinoza  49'
Opara 61' (Ellis, Sánchez)
Gerso 91+' (Blessing)
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  15'
Espinoza  45+3'
Medranda  65'
Blessing 105+3' (Feilhaber), 105+8' (Medranda)
Sallói 118' (Feilhaber)
Report Ulloa  45+2'
Díaz  62'
Urruti  90'  101'
Morales  105+5'
Harris  120'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 15,016
Referee: Younes Marrakchi

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank Position Number Name MLS MLS Cup Open Cup Total
1 FW 7 Gerso Fernandes 8 0 2 10
2 FW 11 Diego Rubio 5 0 2 7
3 FW 9 Latif Blessing 3 0 3 6
FW 14 Dom Dwyer 5 0 1 6
FW 30 Dániel Sallói 3 0 3 6
4 DF 3 Ike Opara 3 0 2 5
MF 10 Benny Feilhaber 5 0 0 5
5 MF 93 Jimmy Medranda 2 0 0 2
6 DF 15 Seth Sinovic 1 0 0 1
DF 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam 1 0 0 1
MF 19 Cristian Lobato 1 0 0 1
MF 27 Roger Espinoza 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
3DFIke Opara301040
4DFKevin Ellis100010
5DFMatt Besler200020
6MFIlie Sánchez700070
7FWGerso400040
8MFGraham Zusi410041
9FWLatif Blessing300030
10MFBenny Feilhaber400040
11FWDiego Rubio300030
14FWDom Dwyer400040
15DFSeth Sinovic501161
17DFSaad Abdul-Salaam100010
21GKAndrew Dykstra200020
27MFRoger Espinoza11120131
29GKTim Melia100010
30FWDániel Sallói100010
40DFIgor Julião100010
41DFJames Musa100010
94MFJimmy Medranda201030
TOTALS 60 2 5 1 65 3

As of October 26, 2017.

References

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