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
editNote: 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]
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Player Movement
editIn
editPer 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 | 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
edit| Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editPer Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
In
edit| Date | Player | Position | Loaned from | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 23, 2016 | DF | Waived on June 29 | [2][3] |
Competitions
editMatch results
editWin Tie Loss
Preseason
editKickoff 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
edit| 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
editKickoff 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 | New York, 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
editKickoff 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
editKickoff 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 |
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| 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
editTop scorers
edit| Rank | Position | Number | Name | MLS | MLS Cup | Open Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 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
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Transactions". Archived from the original on December 12, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Kovzan, Sam (September 15, 2017). "Sporting KC signs forward Kharlton Belmar and midfielder Kevin Oliveira to MLS contracts". Sporting KC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ a b "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.