COLUMBUS CREW SC v SPORTING KANSAS CITY · 2015. 11. 11. · COLUMBUS CREW SC v SPORTING KANSAS...

(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWCLB 4-0-3 4-4-4 1-4-1 6-1-5 3-7-2KC 6-0-1 3-3-5 2-2-1 8-0-3 3-5-1

COLUMBUS CREW SC SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 7/19/2015 CLB 3, CHI 1 (2) 8/15/2015 KC 4, VAN 3 (1)Road win 8/08/2015 CLB 2, COL 1 (0) 8/08/2015 KC 3, TOR 1 (0)Home loss 6/06/2015 CLB 1, MTL 2 (6) 8/19/2015 KC 0, SJ 5 (0)Road loss 8/01/2015 CLB 2, ORL 5 (1) 7/24/2015 KC 1, RSL 2 (1)Tie game 8/19/2015 CLB 2, NYC 2 (0) 8/01/2015 KC 1, HOU 1 (3)Shutout for 7/15/2015 CLB 1, CHI 0 (5) 7/12/2015 KC 1, VAN 0 (6)Shutout vs. 7/11/2015 CLB 0, MTL 3 (6) 8/19/2015 KC 0, SJ 5 (0)

Crew SC LWLTTWWLWLTTLLTWTWLWWTLWTSporting KC TLTWWTLTWTWTWWLWWWLTWWL

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGCLB 25 6 4 10 4 1 40 1.60KC 23 4 11 2 2 4 37 1.61

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGCLB 25 4 7 10 3 1 41 1.64KC 23 9 5 5 2 2 30 1.30

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90CLB 40 6 5 7 11 8 3KC 37 4 7 6 7 4 9

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90CLB 41 7 3 6 12 6 7KC 30 7 5 4 5 5 4

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

CREW SCG: 18 KamaraA: 13 FinlaySHT: 110 KamaraSOG: 46 KamaraFC: 61 TchaniFS: 39 KamaraOF: 19 FinlayC: 5 Francis/SaeidE: 1 3 players tied

SPORTINGG: 8 3 players tiedA: 13 FeilhaberSHT: 64 DwyerSOG: 23 DwyerFC: 40 DwyerFS: 56 DwyerOF: 17 DwyerC: 5 DwyerE: 1 Besler/Feilhaber

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Crew SC 25 9-8-8 35 40 41at home 13 7-2-4 25 29 18

Sporting 23 11-5-7 40 37 30on road 10 3-4-3 12 14 15

2015 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME (51 meetings): Crew SC 21 wins (0 shootout), 78 goals … Sporting 24 wins (2 shootout), 79 goals … Ties 6

AT COLUMBUS (27 meetings): Crew SC 12 wins (0 shootout), 40 goals … Sporting 11 wins (1 shootout), 38 goals … Ties 4

LAST YEAR (MLS)5/4: KC 2, CLB 0 (Peterson 10; Bieler 95+)7/16: CLB 1, KC 2 (own goal 69 – Sapong 42; Feilhaber 93+)

COLUMBUS CREW SC1 Steve Clark (GK)2 Tyson Wahl (DF)3 Chris Klute (DF)4 Michael Parkhurst (DF)5 Emanuel Pogatetz (DF)6 Tony Tchani (MF)7 Kristinn Steindorsson (MF)8 Mohammed Saeid (MF)9 Justin Meram (MF)10 Federico Higuain (MF)11 Cedrick Mabwati (MF)12 Kevan George (MF)13 Ethan Finlay (MF)14 Waylon Francis (DF)16 Hector Jimenez (MF)17 Ben Speas (MF)18 Aaron Schoenfeld (FW)19 Romain Gall (MF)20 Wil Trapp (MF)21 Chad Barson (DF)22 Gaston Sauro (DF)23 Kei Kamara (FW)24 Sergio Campbell (DF)25 Harrison Afful (DF)26 Ben Swanson (MF)28 Matt Lampson (GK)30 Jack McInerney (FW) 41 Brad Stuver (GK)

SPORTING KC2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF)3 Ike Opara (DF)4 Kevin Ellis (DF)5 Matt Besler (DF)6 Paulo Nagamura (MF)7 Chance Myers (DF)8 Graham Zusi (MF)9 Krisztian Nemeth (FW)10 Benny Feilhaber (MF)11 Bernardo Anor (MF)12 Mikey Lopez (MF)13 Amadou Dia (DF)14 Dom Dwyer (FW)15 Seth Sinovic (DF)17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF)20 Amobi Okugo (MF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK)22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Jalil Anibaba (DF)27 Roger Espinoza (MF)29 Tim Melia (GK)37 Jacob Peterson (FW)71 Marcel de Jong (DF)93 Soni Mustivar (MF)94 Jimmy Medranda (MF)96 Jordi Quintilla (MF)

ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS

REFEREE: Chris Penso.AR1 (bench): Jeff Muschik; AR2 (opposite): Andrew Bigelow;

4th: Kevin Terry Jr.

CREW SCSat. Aug. 29 at NYCFCSun. Sep. 6 FC Dallas

Sat. Sep. 12 at PhiladelphiaSat. Sep. 19 at D.C. United

UPCOMING MATCHES

COLUMBUS CREW SC v SPORTING KANSAS CITY(August 22, Mapfre Stadium, 7:30 p.m. ET)

SPORTINGSat. Aug. 29 at ColoradoWed. Sep. 9 at Portland

Sun. Sep. 13 at Orlando City Fri. Sep. 18 FC Dallas

GOALS SCOREDMINUTES PER GOAL

RIGHT FOOTLEFT FOOTHEADERS

OTHER

OPEN PLAYCROSS

CORNERREBOUND PENALTIES

DIRECT FROM FREE KICKFREE KICK (INDIRECT)

OWN GOALS

INSIDE GOAL AREAINSIDE PENALTY AREA

OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

F A 37 30 56 69

15 18 8 4 14 7 0 1

18 16 6 2 4 3 0 1 4 2 0 1 4 4 1 1

8 4 23 23 6 3

F A 40 41 56 55

25 30 6 4 9 7 0 0

25 20 9 8 2 4 1 3 1 3 0 1 1 2 1 0

12 11 26 23 2 7

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

CREW SC SPORTING

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

CLB: Sagi Lev-Ari … KC: Ike Opara

none

SUSPENDED: KC: Benny Feilhaber (through Aug. 23)WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): CLB: Federico Higuain, Jack McInerney

1Clark

4Parkhurst

23Kamara

14Francis

25Afful

2Wahl

20Trapp

9Meram

13Finlay

10Higuain

6Tchani

29Melia

9Nemeth

7Myers

6Nagamura

37Peterson

13Dia

14Dwyer

22Hallisey

12Lopez

4Ellis

5Besler

COLUMBUS CREW SC v SPORTING KANSAS CITY(August 22, Mapfre Stadium, 7:30 p.m. ET -- MLS Game 250)

2015 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Steve Clark GK 6-2 192 04/14/1986 Mason, MI 25 25 0 1 59 59 0 12 Tyson Wahl DF 6-2 183 02/23/1984 Newport Beach, CA 12 9 0 0 141 122 1 53 Chris Klute DF 6-1 172 03/05/1990 Grand Prairie, TX 11 6 0 0 68 61 0 84 Michael Parkhurst DF 5-11 159 01/24/1984 Providence, RI 24 24 0 0 172 171 1 15 Emanuel Pogatetz DF 6-3 198 01/16/1983 Graz, Austria 17 16 0 1 19 16 0 16 Tony Tchani MF 6-4 185 04/13/1989 Dovala, Cameroon 23 23 4 3 142 114 8 157 Kristinn Steindorsson MF 5-10 154 04/29/1990 Reykjavik, Iceland 20 4 0 0 20 4 0 08 Mohammed Saeid MF 5-7 141 12/24/1990 Orebro, Sweden 20 16 0 0 20 16 0 09 Justin Meram MF 6-1 165 12/04/1988 Shelby Township, MI 23 21 3 5 113 64 16 1310 Federico Higuain MF 5-8 165 10/24/1984 Buenos Aires, Argentina 24 24 6 5 95 92 33 2811 Cedrick Mabwati MF 5-6 137 03/08/1992 Kinshasa, DR Congo 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 012 Kevan George MF 6-2 170 01/30/1990 Roxborough, Trinidad & Tobago 5 2 0 1 27 11 0 113 Ethan Finlay MF 5-9 165 08/06/1990 Duluth, MN 25 25 7 13 88 52 18 2014 Waylon Francis DF 5-9 160 09/20/1990 Puerto Limon, Costa Rica 21 21 0 6 45 45 0 1216 Hector Jimenez DF 5-9 140 11/03/1988 Huntington Park, CA 19 11 0 4 86 58 5 1517 Ben Speas MF 5-8 155 01/17/1991 Stow, OH 7 1 0 0 40 20 2 418 Aaron Schoenfeld FW 6-4 190 04/17/1990 Knoxville, TN 13 1 0 0 47 14 4 319 Romain Gall MF 5-9 140 01/31/1995 Paris, France 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 020 Wil Trapp MF 5-8 150 01/15/1993 Columbus, OH 11 9 0 1 55 53 1 621 Chad Barson DF 5-10 170 02/25/1991 Columbus, OH 10 4 0 1 43 30 0 222 Gaston Sauro DF 6-3 185 02/23/1990 Rosario, Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 023 Kei Kamara FW 6-3 186 09/01/1984 Kenema, Sierra Leone 25 24 18 6 218 171 70 2924 Sergio Campbell DF 6-4 197 01/16/1992 Clarendon, Jamaica 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 025 Harrison Afful DF 5-6 128 07/24/1986 Tema, Ghana 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 026 Ben Swanson MF 5-6 130 07/18/1997 Grove City, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 028 Matt Lampson GK 6-3 200 09/06/1989 Cleveland, TN 0 0 0 0 16 14 0 030 Jack McInerney FW 5-11 151 08/05/1992 Chattanooga, TN 18 13 4 0 139 87 36 541 Brad Stuver GK 6-3 180 04/16/1991 Mayfield, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HEAD COACH : Gregg Berhalter 08/01/1973 W23 L18 T18

COLUMBUS CREW SC

2015 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 3 2 0 0 6 4 0 03 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 6 2 0 62 45 8 04 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 17 16 3 1 39 33 3 45 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 22 22 0 2 172 167 2 96 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 12 8 3 0 234 209 15 197 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 6 4 0 2 129 102 2 158 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 15 13 1 4 163 128 23 439 Krisztian Nemeth FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 20 18 8 5 20 18 8 510 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23 22 8 13 133 120 20 3211 Bernardo Anor MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 6 1 0 0 77 49 12 312 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 1 0 0 0 9 5 0 013 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 19 11 0 0 19 11 0 014 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 20 19 8 1 70 57 32 415 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 5 4 0 0 138 134 0 717 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 12 4 0 0 12 4 0 020 Amobi Okugo MF 6-0 175 03/13/1991 Hayward, CA 17 10 0 1 134 111 5 721 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 022 Connor Hallisey FW 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 11 4 0 1 11 4 0 123 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 13 13 1 4 125 120 5 1027 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 17 17 1 4 130 110 3 1529 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 15 15 0 0 21 20 0 037 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 19 10 1 1 218 124 16 1571 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 11 9 0 1 11 9 0 193 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 18 14 0 2 18 14 0 294 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 6 6 0 0 12 7 0 096 Jordi Quintilla MF 5-9 154 10/25/1993 Barcelona, Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes 11/21/1966 W87 L63 T51

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

MLS GAME INFORMATION

COLUMBUS CREW SC vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY MAPFRE STADIUM, Columbus, Ohio

August 22, 2015 (WEEK 25, MLS Game #250) 7:30 p.m. ET (TWC-OHIO, KMCI-38)

Long-time Midwestern rivals from the earliest days of Major League Soccer, Columbus Crew SC and Sporting Kansas City face off for the only time in league play this season when the clubs meet at Mapfre Stadium on Saturday evening. Crew SC extended their home undefeated run at midweek, coming back for a 2-2 draw with New York City FC. Sporting lost for the first time at home this year – the last team in MLS to suffer a home loss – with a 5-0 defeat by the San Jose Earthquakes at Sporting Park, also at midweek. REFEREE: Chris Penso. AR1 (bench): Jeff Muschik; AR2 (opposite): Andrew Bigelow; 4th: Kevin Terry Jr. MLS Career: 71 games; FC/gm: 23.7; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 20; pens: 26 SUSPENDED: KC: Benny Feilhaber (through Aug. 23) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: CLB: Federico Higuain, Jack McInerney SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CLB: Kevan George, Hector Jimenez, Kei Kamara, Emanuel Pogatetz, Justin Meram, Tony Tchani … KC: Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber, Soni Mustivar, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Kevin Ellis DISABLED LIST: CLB: Sagi Lev-Ari … KC: Ike Opara INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (51 meetings): Crew SC 21 wins (0 shootout), 78 goals … Sporting 24 wins (2 shootout), 79 goals … Ties 6 AT COLUMBUS (27 meetings): Crew SC 12 wins (0 shootout), 40 goals … Sporting 11 wins (1 shootout), 38 goals … Ties 4 LAST YEAR (MLS) 5/4: KC 2, CLB 0 (Peterson 10; Bieler 95+) 7/16: CLB 1, KC 2 (own goal 69 – Sapong 42; Feilhaber 93+)

This is the only league meeting between the teams this season. Sporting have won each of the last five meetings between the teams, including both encounters a season ago.

SKC has a six-game undefeated streak alive vs. Crew SC; the Columbus victory came July 28, 2012, a 2-1 win at Sporting Park.

Crew SC have not defeated KC at home since a 1-0 win April 16, 2011. Sporting have won three times in their last four visits to Columbus, with one draw.

Coaches record: Gregg Berhalter vs. KC: P2 W0 L2 D0 … Peter Vermes vs. CLB: P12 W8 L3 D1 COLUMBUS CREW SC Columbus Crew SC continued their home undefeated run, coming back for a 2-2 draw with New York City FC on Wednesday evening at Mapfre Stadium. Crew SC are in third place in the Eastern Conference with 35 points from 25 matches. LAST MATCH

Crew SC took the lead in the 24th minute. Ethan Finlay was able to drop his shoulder and turn around a defender on the right flank before driving a hard ball on the ground into the goalmouth, where Kei Kamara reached out a leg and redirected the cross past helpless NYC goalkeeper Josh Saunders.

But New York City FC leveled the match in the 57th minute. With his back to goal, David Villa played a perfect through ball to a darting Kwadwo Poku, and he calmly slotted a shot past Crew SC goalkeeper Steve Clark from inside the box.

Then 10 minutes later, NYCFC took the lead as Andrew Jacobson headed down an Andrea Pirlo corner kick directly to Poku, who gathered the ball and placed it perfectly into the bottom corner of the goal.

But Crew SC responded five minutes later. Cedrick Mabwati, who had come on as a substitute right after the NYCFC goal, immediately made a difference, bolting through the New York backline and touching the ball to Kamara, who deftly laid it back to Mabwati for a one-on-one finish past Saunders.

Crew SC head coach Gregg Berhalter made three changes to the team that took a 2-1 win against the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Harrison Afful and Waylon Francis came into the back four in place of Hector Jimenez and Chris Klute, and Justin Meram started out wide in place of Kristinn Steindorsson.


COLUMBUS CREW SC (4-2-3-1): Steve Clark - Harrison Afful (Hector Jimenez 60), Michael Parkhurst, Tyson Wahl, Waylon Francis - Wil Trapp, Tony Tchani - Ethan Finlay, Federico Higuain, Justin Meram (Cedrick Mabwati 67) - Kei Kamara.

TEAM NEWS Crew SC extended their home undefeated streak to six matches in league games, going 3-0-3 since a June 6

loss to Montréal. “We’ve got to realize there’s nine games left now and every point, every game matters. So that’s the mentality

we have to have, and that should be on everyone’s mind. The table’s tight, you can lose two games and the next thing you know you’re chasing the playoff race, and you can win two games and you can be right up there on the Supporters’ Shield,” said midfielder Ethan Finlay. “So that’s the mentality we’ve been looking at it and I think we’re disappointed in maybe dropping some points here, but we’re going to have a quick turnaround and that’s the exciting part.”

Kei Kamara scored his 18th goal of the season, his third in the last two matches, still leading the MLS Golden Boot standings, now by two goals ahead of Toronto FC’s Sebastian Giovinco. Over the last six games, since June 15, Kamara has netted six goals, hitting the back of the net in five of those.

Ethan Finlay assisted on the Kamara goal, now with 13 assists for the season, one behind Philadelphia’s Cristian Maidana for the MLS league lead. In his last 48 league games, Finlay has scored 18 goals and added 20 assists, after recording no goals and no assists in his 40 MLS games.

Kamara and Finlay have assisted on each other’s goals on 10 of the 25 total MLS goals they’ve scored. Kamara collected an assist on the Mabwati goal, the eighth time in his MLS career that he has registered at least one goal and one assist in the same match, and the third time this season he has done it.

“We need to get the ball wide. We need to give [Kamara] more service because he can have more goals and he can keep scoring. It has got to be a team effort to get the ball in wide positions and get the ball in the box because once it’s in the box, he does the rest. He is dangerous and he is having a phenomenal year. We are proud of what he’s been doing,” said Crew SC head coach Gregg Berhalter.

Making his third appearance in the last four matches, all off the substitutes’ bench, Cedrick Mabwati scored his first Crew SC and MLS goal.

“We have been seeing glimpses of that in training these last couple weeks. We know that he’s pushing. He got the goal on a fantastic effort but more importantly, I think, when you look at that overtime stretch he was aggressive, going at guys,” Berhalter said. “That’s the ability that he has. It was good to see that.”

Harrison Afful made his Crew SC and MLS debut, starting at right back and playing the opening 60 minutes. “It’s tough for guys. We’re in full swing and he’s been off for a while and I think he hung in there. It’s not an

easy job but he battled,” Berhalter said. “Yeah, he made a couple of mistakes but he also had a lot of positive things. He showed some ability. Overall, I’m happy with him.”

With the go-ahead corner kick goal from NYCFC, Crew SC have now allowed three goals out of their last five from set pieces. They’ve allowed seven goals for the season from deadball situations, one short of the league-high.

“I would say we’re working on it. We’re not happy with a) that we’re not scoring enough on set pieces and b) that we’re conceding. If you’re not scoring, you definitely can’t concede and we’ve done that lately,” Berhalter said. “It’s work, it’s attention to detail and it’s desire. You have to want to win that ball and have the heart and desire to clear the ball out of the air.”

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City saw their two-game winning run and home undefeated streak put to a stunning end, falling 5-0 to the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday evening at Sporting Park. Sporting are in third place in the Western Conference with 40 points from 23 matches. LAST MATCH

The Quakes took the lead less than three minutes into the match when Shea Salinas drove into the penalty area to the left of the goal, then cut the ball back to Cordell Cato for an easy finish past SKC goalkeeper Tim Melia from the center of the box.

The lead was doubled in the 16th minute when a push from KC fullback Chance Myers sent Quincy Amarikwa to the pitch in the middle of the area, and referee Jair Marrufo pointed straight to the spot. Chris Wondolowski put the resulting penalty coolly inside the right post.

Then it was 3-0 in the 27th when Anibal Godoy took a pretty backheel up the middle from Amarikwa, raced into the area, cut back to his left to shed a defender and buried his shot from just right of the penalty spot.

The Quakes fourth goal, in the 58th minute, was a near-repeat of the first: a deep drive from Salinas, the cross to the middle, the ball driven home from just a few yards out by Cato.

Three minutes later the score was 5-0. Fatai Alashe sent in a diagonal ball from the right side, and Wondolowski dove in front of a defender to spear a long header just past an outstretched foot and into the goal.


Sporting finished the game a man down when midfielder Benny Feilhaber was shown a straight red card in the 75th minute after pulling down Quincy Amarikwa as the last man outside the penalty area.

SKC manager Peter Vermes made four changes to the team that came back for a 4-3 win against Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Sporting Park. Chance Myers and Amadou Dia came in at fullback in place of Saad Abdul-Salaam and Jimmy Medranda, Amobi Okugo started in midfield for Soni Mustivar, and Jacob Peterson came into the side for Connor Hallisey.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Chance Myers, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia (Marcel de Jong 46) - Amobi Okugo (Mikey Lopez 46) - Paulo Nagamura (Graham Zusi 68), Benny Feilhaber (ejected 71) - Jacob Peterson, Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth.

TEAM NEWS Sporting became the final team in MLS to lose on their home ground this season, their league undefeated

streak at Sporting Park put to an end after 12 games, and their streak in all competitions at 16 games. “We were nonchalant. We didn't play together as a group. We weren't good in our individual defending and we

were very poor with the ball and with our entry balls out of the back. That allowed them to pick us off and at the end they did a great job of countering us. The difference between last game and this game is they finished three goals off in the first half,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. “It was almost insurmountable for us to come back. You can't replicate that from week-to-week and I told that to the guys. It was just about us trying to minimize the bleeding with regards to us keeping the ball and being better with it. But we deserved to get beat like that because we didn't play well.”

Said goalkeeper Tim Melia: It's just a very disappointing performance from us, but this game's over. At the end of the day, it's our first home loss. We put this game behind us and use it as motivation to wake us up. We have a game in a few days against Columbus, another good team, on the road. This game doesn't mean anything if we win the next game. So that's the mentality we have to have.”

Sporting were shut out at the attacking end for just the fourth time this season, the first since May 23 – and lost by shutout for the first time this season. Each of their previous offensive shutouts ended in scoreless draws.

The five goals allowed by Sporting were two shy of the club record for a single league game, and the most the club has allowed ever at Sporting Park. The margin of victory against was the largest since their record defeat, 0-7 vs. Chicago Fire in 2001.

“When you get your butt kicked like this, you need to now reach down deep and get going. All this talk about us being good goes out the window, which is absolutely right,” said Vermes. “Nobody in this league has emerged as the team to beat. We are a long way from the end of this season. We have 11 games to play and no one has emerged as doing anything other than we have a lot of games left to play.”

Benny Feilhaber continued his streak at the only Sporting player to appear in every league match this season. But that streak will now end after he was sent off in the 71st minute vs. San Jose and will be suspended for the Columbus game.

Amobi Okugo made his first start with Sporting after arriving in a trade with Orlando City SC, playing the first 45 minutes in the deep-lying central midfield spot.

Amadou Dia returned to the starting lineup for the first time since Aug. 1, after coming off the substitutes’ bench each of the previous two matches – but he too came off for a substitute at the halftime interval.

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

23 F Kei Kamara 25 24 2150 18 6 110 46 49 39 12 0 4 013 M Ethan Finlay 25 25 2057 7 13 37 19 20 20 19 0 0 010 M Federico Higuain 24 24 2005 6 5 51 19 18 29 8 106 4 16 M Tony Tchani 23 23 2002 4 3 29 13 61 29 0 0 4 09 M Justin Meram 23 21 1635 3 5 58 18 19 31 5 1 3 011 M Cedrick Mabwati 3 0 72 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 014 D Waylon Francis 21 21 1792 0 6 7 1 22 15 0 0 5 016 D Hector Jimenez 19 11 979 0 4 3 0 9 7 2 0 3 021 D Chad Barson 10 4 456 0 1 3 3 8 1 0 0 2 05 D Emanuel Pogatetz 17 16 1464 0 1 4 1 12 16 0 0 3 012 M Kevan George 5 2 228 0 1 0 0 7 5 0 0 3 01 G Steve Clark 25 25 2250 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 020 M Wil Trapp 11 9 812 0 1 3 0 12 8 0 0 0 018 F Aaron Schoenfeld 13 1 172 0 0 4 2 7 3 0 0 1 017 M Ben Speas 7 1 157 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 5 0 03 D Chris Klute 11 6 654 0 0 1 1 9 6 0 0 2 025 D Harrison Afful 1 1 60 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 027 D Hernan Grana 7 7 598 0 0 3 1 7 8 0 0 1 030 F Jack McInerney (CLB) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 F Jack McInerney (TOT) 18 13 1189 4 0 27 12 17 14 14 2 4 07 M Kristinn Steindorsson 20 4 610 0 0 7 2 7 7 0 0 1 04 D Michael Parkhurst 24 24 2085 0 0 3 0 13 12 0 0 1 18 M Mohammed Saeid 20 16 1402 0 0 13 0 22 14 0 39 5 124 D Sergio Campbell 1 1 90 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 D Tyson Wahl 12 9 880 0 0 2 1 6 6 0 0 1 0

Own-goals received 1Opponent totals 25 25 2250 41 37 322 123 287 310 55 140 50 5Team totals 25 25 2250 40 47 345 128 310 287 47 151 44 3

2015 COLUMBUS CREW SC STATISTICS (9-8-8, 35 pts.)

COLUMBUS CREW SC GOALKEEPING

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

1 G Steve Clark 25 25 2250 123 81 41 1.64 3 3 9 8 8 4Team totals 25 25 2250 123 81 41 1.64 3 3 9 8 8 4Opponent totals 25 25 2250 128 87 40 1.6 1 1 8 9 8 6

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Kei Kamara 5, Ethan Finlay 2, Federico Higuain 1, Justin Meram 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Ethan Finlay 4, Waylon Francis 3, Hector Jimenez 2, Justin Meram 1, Kei Kamara 1, Tony Tchani 1, Federico Higuain 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Federico Higuain 1-1

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (11-5-7, 40 pts.)UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

10 M Benny Feilhaber 23 22 1984 8 13 34 13 35 40 1 51 4 19 F Krisztian Nemeth 20 18 1547 8 5 45 13 17 27 6 0 2 014 F Dom Dwyer 20 19 1723 8 1 64 23 40 56 17 0 5 04 D Kevin Ellis 17 16 1445 3 1 7 5 20 12 0 0 4 06 M Paulo Nagamura 12 8 720 3 0 15 5 17 3 0 0 3 03 D Ike Opara 6 6 534 2 0 7 2 6 4 0 0 0 08 F Graham Zusi 15 13 1137 1 4 12 2 12 18 3 42 1 023 D Jalil Anibaba 13 13 1170 1 4 11 4 10 4 2 0 1 027 M Roger Espinoza 17 17 1484 1 4 19 5 28 18 0 0 3 037 F Jacob Peterson 19 10 932 1 1 18 9 5 8 2 1 1 07 D Chance Myers 6 4 374 0 2 3 0 9 2 0 1 1 05 D Matt Besler 22 22 1960 0 2 0 0 20 8 0 0 3 193 M Soni Mustivar 18 14 1271 0 2 2 0 19 13 0 0 4 020 M Amobi Okugo (KC) 2 1 78 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 020 M Amobi Okugo (TOT) 17 10 890 0 1 4 1 11 6 0 0 5 022 F Connor Hallisey 11 4 381 0 1 7 3 1 1 2 1 0 071 D Marcel de Jong 11 9 704 0 1 11 2 3 8 1 7 1 013 D Amadou Dia 19 11 1104 0 0 5 3 24 13 3 0 2 011 M Bernardo Anor 6 1 188 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 1 0 02 D Erik Palmer-Brown 3 2 185 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 094 M Jimmy Medranda 6 6 369 0 0 5 0 8 3 0 1 0 01 G Luis Marin 8 8 720 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 012 M Mikey Lopez 1 0 45 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 017 D Saad Abdul-Salaam 12 4 426 0 0 2 1 5 3 1 0 0 016 M Servando Carrasco (KC) 9 6 508 0 0 7 0 10 1 0 0 1 016 M Servando Carrasco (TOT) 14 11 940 0 2 9 1 14 2 0 0 2 015 D Seth Sinovic 5 4 392 0 0 5 2 4 0 0 0 1 029 G Tim Melia 15 15 1350 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0

Own-goals received 1Team totals 23 23 2070 37 42 284 92 301 261 38 105 40 2Opponent totals 23 23 2070 30 27 230 97 261 301 82 119 39 4

SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

29 G Tim Melia 15 15 1350 67 47 18 1.2 2 2 9 3 3 61 G Luis Marin 8 8 720 30 19 12 1.5 0 0 2 2 4 3

Team totals 23 23 2070 97 66 30 1.3 2 2 11 5 7 9Opponent totals 23 23 2070 92 53 37 1.61 4 5 5 11 7 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Krisztian Nemeth 4, Benny Feilhaber 2, Paulo Nagamura 2, Ike Opara 1, Kevin Ellis 1, Dom Dwyer 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Benny Feilhaber 4, Matt Besler 2, Graham Zusi 2, Jalil Anibaba 1, Kevin Ellis 1, Krisztian Nemeth 1, Soni Mustivar 1, Chance Myers 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 4-4, Dom Dwyer 0-1


DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT W-L-T POS PTS NOTES:

Sat. Mar. 7 at Houston L 0-1 22351 0-1-0 5 0 HOU: Barnes (66)Sat. Mar. 14 Toronto FC W 2-0 15826 1-1-0 2 3 CLB: Meram (57) Kamara (61); Sat. Mar. 28 New York L 1-2 18333 1-2-0 8 3 CLB: Tchani (58); NYR: Wright-Phillips (49) Grella

(67)Wed. Apr. 8 at Vancouver T 2-2 18083 1-2-1 9 4 CLB: Kamara (24,50); VAN: Rivero (31) Mattocks (64)Sat. Apr. 11 at New England T 0-0 13092 1-2-2 7 5Sat. Apr. 18 Orlando City SC W 3-0 15655 2-2-2 5 8 CLB: Higuain (32) Meram (55) Kamara (60); Sat. Apr. 25 Philadelphia W 4-1 15553 3-2-2 3 11 CLB: Kamara (21) Finlay (32,73) Meram (44); PHI: Mbu

(64)Sat. May 2 at D.C. United L 0-2 13107 3-3-2 4 11 DC: Espindola (15) Franklin (41)Sat. May 9 Seattle W 3-2 16714 4-3-2 3 14 CLB: Kamara (10,58) Higuain (50); SEA: Dempsey (24,75)Sat. May 16 at San Jose L 0-2 18000 4-4-2 5 14 SJ: Wondolowski (55) Salinas (60)Fri. May 22 Chicago T 2-2 13118 4-4-3 6 15 CLB: Kamara (8,55); CHI: Accam (58) Johnson (94+)Sat. May 30 at Orlando City

SCT 2-2 31430 4-4-4 7 16 CLB: Tchani (6) Kamara (61); ORL: Santos Leite (17)

Ribeiro (89)Wed. June 3 at Philadelphia L 0-3 15374 4-5-4 7 16 PHI: Sapong (41) Nogueira (52) Le Toux (58)Sat. June 6 Montreal L 1-2 12265 4-6-4 8 16 CLB: Higuain (91+); MTL: Tissot (55) Romero (79)Sat. June 13 Los Angeles T 1-1 21051 4-6-5 8 17 CLB: Higuain (66); LA: Lletget (14)Wed. June 24 New England W 2-1 11435 5-6-5 6 20 CLB: Kamara (4,50); NE: Nguyen (1)Sat. June 27 at Real Salt

LakeT 2-2 20171 5-6-6 6 21 CLB: Tchani (42) Finlay (62); RSL: Garcia (36) Jaime

(46)Sat. July 4 New York W 2-1 14429 6-6-6 3 24 CLB: Finlay (33,74); NYR: Abang (8)Sat. July 11 at Montreal L 0-3 15304 6-7-6 6 24 MTL: Oduro (5,80) Donadel (8)Wed. July 15 at Chicago W 1-0 14092 7-7-6 3 27 CLB: Kamara (41); Sun. July 19 Chicago W 3-1 15455 8-7-6 3 30 CLB: Higuain (2) Kamara (17) Finlay (83); CHI: Accam

(9)Sat. July 25 Toronto FC T 3-3 21324 8-7-7 3 31 CLB: Kamara (17) Tchani (36) Finlay (47); TOR:

Giovinco (50) Warner (55) Altidore (89)Sat. Aug. 1 at Orlando City

SCL 2-5 26586 8-8-7 4 31 CLB: Higuain (5) own goal (91+); ORL: Larin (18,53)

Ceren (38) Collin (77) Higuita (84)Sat. Aug. 8 at Colorado W 2-1 16656 9-8-7 3 34 CLB: Kamara (52,64); COL: Burling (42)Wed. Aug. 19 New York City

FCT 2-2 15514 9-8-8 4 35 CLB: Kamara (24) Mabwati (72); NYC: Poku (57,66)

Sat. Aug. 22 Sporting KCSat. Aug. 29 at New York

City FCSun. Sep. 6 FC DallasSat. Sep. 12 at PhiladelphiaSat. Sep. 19 at D.C. UnitedSat. Sep. 26 PortlandSat. Oct. 3 at New YorkSat. Oct. 17 at Toronto FCSun. Oct. 25 D.C. United

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2015 SCHEDULE


DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT W-L-T POS PTS NOTES:

Sun. Mar. 8 New York T 1-1 19784 0-0-1 7 1 KC: Opara (50); NYR: Sam (54)

Sat. Mar. 14 at FC Dallas L 1-3 14149 0-1-1 9 1 KC: Espinoza (44); DAL: Perez (17,52) Castillo (73)Sat. Mar. 21 Portland T 0-0 20848 0-1-2 8 2Sat. Mar. 28 at New York

City FCW 1-0 27454 1-1-2 6 5 KC: Opara (13);

Sun. Apr. 5 Philadelphia W 3-2 19545 2-1-2 2 8 KC: Dwyer (16) Anibaba (91+) Nemeth (94+); PHI: own goal (3) Aristeguieta (19)

Sat. Apr. 11 Real Salt Lake T 0-0 20087 2-1-3 2 9Sat. Apr. 18 at Los Angeles L 1-2 20018 2-2-3 4 9 KC: Nemeth (22); LA: Husidic (9) Gonzalez (94+)Sat. Apr. 25 at Houston T 4-4 21046 2-2-4 6 10 KC: Nemeth (2) Dwyer (74) Feilhaber (80,95+); HOU:

Barnes (11,46) Bruin (46+) Rodriguez (83)Sun. May 3 Chicago W 1-0 19581 3-2-4 4 13 KC: Nagamura (75); Sat. May 9 at D.C. United T 1-1 16221 3-2-5 4 14 KC: Dwyer (45); DC: Arrieta (42)Sat. May 16 Colorado T 0-0 0 3-2-5 6 14Wed. May 20 New England W 4-2 18864 4-2-5 4 17 KC: Dwyer (29) Nemeth (39,46) Feilhaber (43); NE:

Agudelo (11) Caldwell (64)Sat. May 23 at Seattle T 0-0 40653 4-2-6 3 18Fri. May 29 FC Dallas W 4-0 20172 5-2-6 2 21 KC: Nemeth (19) Feilhaber (51) Ellis (57) Zusi (64); Sat. June 6 Seattle W 1-0 21505 6-2-6 2 24 KC: Feilhaber (84); Sun. June 21 at Real Salt

LakeL 1-2 19155 6-3-6 2 24 KC: Dwyer (30); RSL: Jaime (15) Garcia (93+)

Sat. June 27 Colorado W 2-0 19835 7-3-6 2 27 KC: Nemeth (32) own goal (64); Sun. July 12 at Vancouver W 1-0 21000 8-3-6 2 30 KC: Ellis (52);

Sat. July 18 Montreal W 2-1 19070 9-3-6 2 33 KC: Feilhaber (4) Dwyer (34); MTL: Piatti (59)Fri. July 24 at Real Salt

LakeL 1-2 20809 9-4-6 2 33 KC: Feilhaber (50); RSL: Morales (34) Plata (73)

Sat. Aug. 1 Houston T 1-1 19882 9-4-7 2 34 KC: Dwyer (6); HOU: Clark (78)Sat. Aug. 8 at Toronto FC W 3-1 24326 10-4-7 2 37 KC: Feilhaber (22) Nemeth (29) Peterson (87); TOR:

Bradley (22)Sat. Aug. 15 Vancouver W 4-3 19969 11-4-7 2 40 KC: Ellis (53) Dwyer (81) Nagamura (87,94+); VAN:

Manneh (9,41) Morales (75)Wed. Aug. 19 San Jose L 0-5 18866 11-5-7 2 40 SJ: Cato (3,58) Wondolowski (17,61) Godoy (27)Sat. Aug. 22 at ColumbusSat. Aug. 29 at ColoradoWed. Sep. 9 at PortlandSun. Sep. 13 at Orlando City

SCFri. Sep. 18 FC DallasWed. Sep. 23 at HoustonSun. Sep. 27 SeattleSat. Oct. 3 at PortlandFri. Oct. 16 at San JoseWed. Oct. 21 Colorado

Sun. Oct. 25 Los Angeles

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE


CREW SC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)Goals

2 7 times 04/08/2015 vs VAN T 2-2Assists

2 Kei Kamara 07/04/2015 vs NYR W 2-12 Tony Tchani 08/08/2015 vs COL W 2-1Shots

10 Kei Kamara 06/06/2015 vs MTL L 1-2Shots on Goal

4 4 times 04/18/2015 vs ORL W 3-0Fouls Committed

6 Waylon Francis 07/19/2015 vs CHI W 3-1Fouls Suffered

5 Kei Kamara 05/30/2015 vs ORL T 2-25 Kei Kamara 08/08/2015 vs COL W 2-1Offside

4 Ethan Finlay 05/22/2015 vs CHI T 2-2Saves

7 Steve Clark 05/30/2015 vs ORL T 2-2Shots Faced

9 Steve Clark 05/30/2015 vs ORL T 2-2Goals Allowed

5 Steve Clark 08/01/2015 vs ORL L 2-5

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)Shots

7 06/27/2015 vs RSL T 2-2Shots on Goal

0 04/11/2015 vs NE T 0-0Fouls Committed

7 06/03/2015 vs PHI L 0-37 08/19/2015 vs NYC T 2-2Fouls Suffered

6 04/25/2015 vs PHI W 4-16 05/09/2015 vs SEA W 3-2Corner Kicks

2 05/30/2015 vs ORL T 2-22 08/08/2015 vs COL W 2-1Offside

0 04/08/2015 vs VAN T 2-20 05/16/2015 vs SJ L 0-20 06/03/2015 vs PHI L 0-30 06/06/2015 vs MTL L 1-20 08/01/2015 vs ORL L 2-5Saves

1 04/25/2015 vs PHI W 4-1Shots Faced

2 04/25/2015 vs PHI W 4-12 07/15/2015 vs CHI W 1-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)Goals

4 04/25/2015 vs PHI W 4-1Assists

5 04/25/2015 vs PHI W 4-1Shots

25 05/09/2015 vs SEA W 3-2Shots on Goal

13 05/09/2015 vs SEA W 3-2Fouls Committed

23 07/19/2015 vs CHI W 3-1Fouls Suffered

19 05/30/2015 vs ORL T 2-2Corner Kicks

15 07/04/2015 vs NYR W 2-1Offside

6 05/22/2015 vs CHI T 2-26 07/19/2015 vs CHI W 3-1Saves

7 05/30/2015 vs ORL T 2-2Shots Faced

9 05/30/2015 vs ORL T 2-2Goals Allowed

5 08/01/2015 vs ORL L 2-5

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)Goals

2 Benny Feilhaber 04/25/2015 at HOU T 4-42 Krisztian Nemeth 05/20/2015 at NE W 4-22 Paulo Nagamura 08/15/2015 at VAN W 4-3Assists

2 5 times 04/05/2015 at PHI W 3-2Shots

6 Dom Dwyer 04/05/2015 at PHI W 3-26 Krisztian Nemeth 05/20/2015 at NE W 4-26 Paulo Nagamura 08/15/2015 at VAN W 4-3Shots on Goal

4 Dom Dwyer 04/05/2015 at PHI W 3-2Fouls Committed

6 Amadou Dia 08/01/2015 at HOU T 1-1Fouls Suffered

7 Krisztian Nemeth 05/29/2015 at DAL W 4-0Offside

3 Dom Dwyer 05/20/2015 at NE W 4-2Saves

6 Tim Melia 06/06/2015 at SEA W 1-06 Tim Melia 07/12/2015 at VAN W 1-0Shots Faced

9 Tim Melia 08/19/2015 at SJ L 0-5Goals Allowed

5 Tim Melia 08/19/2015 at SJ L 0-5

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)Shots

8 06/27/2015 at COL W 2-08 08/01/2015 at HOU T 1-1Shots on Goal

1 04/11/2015 at RSL T 0-0Fouls Committed

7 06/06/2015 at SEA W 1-0Fouls Suffered

6 05/23/2015 at SEA T 0-0Corner Kicks

2 03/28/2015 at NYC W 1-02 05/20/2015 at NE W 4-22 07/12/2015 at VAN W 1-0Offside

0 03/08/2015 at NYR T 1-10 03/21/2015 at POR T 0-00 05/23/2015 at SEA T 0-00 06/21/2015 at RSL L 1-20 06/27/2015 at COL W 2-00 08/19/2015 at SJ L 0-5Saves

0 04/11/2015 at RSL T 0-00 04/25/2015 at HOU T 4-4Shots Faced

0 04/11/2015 at RSL T 0-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)Goals

4 04/25/2015 at HOU T 4-44 05/20/2015 at NE W 4-24 05/29/2015 at DAL W 4-04 08/15/2015 at VAN W 4-3Assists

7 05/29/2015 at DAL W 4-0Shots

18 03/08/2015 at NYR T 1-1Shots on Goal

7 05/20/2015 at NE W 4-2Fouls Committed

19 08/01/2015 at HOU T 1-1Fouls Suffered

17 03/08/2015 at NYR T 1-1Corner Kicks

8 04/05/2015 at PHI W 3-2Offside

4 05/20/2015 at NE W 4-24 05/29/2015 at DAL W 4-0Saves

6 06/06/2015 at SEA W 1-06 07/12/2015 at VAN W 1-0Shots Faced

9 08/19/2015 at SJ L 0-5Goals Allowed

5 08/19/2015 at SJ L 0-5


Crew SC 21 wins, 78 goals

Sporting KC 24 wins, 81 goals6 ties

5/2/1996 KC 6 vs CLB 4 (KC)6/8/1996 KC 4 at CLB 3 KC SOW (OH)8/24/1996 CLB 2 vs KC 1 (OH)9/7/1996 CLB 5 at KC 1 (KC)5/22/1997 KC 3 vs CLB 1 (KC)7/4/1997 KC 2 at CLB 1 (OH)9/14/1997 CLB 4 vs KC 0 (OH)5/27/1998 KC 2 vs CLB 1 KC SOW (KC)8/16/1998 CLB 5 vs KC 3 (OH)4/28/1999 CLB 1 at KC 0 (KC)8/8/1999 CLB 2 vs KC 1 (CC)7/15/2000 CLB 2 vs KC 0 (CC)7/22/2000 KC 3 vs CLB 1 (KC)4/21/2001 KC 3 at CLB 0 (CC)8/4/2001 CLB 3 at KC 1 (KC)6/19/2002 CLB 1 vs KC 1 (2OT) (CC)8/18/2002 CLB 4 at KC 0 (KC)5/3/2003 KC 2 vs CLB 2 (2OT) (KC)7/19/2003 KC 1 at CLB 0 (CC)8/31/2003 CLB 1 vs KC 0 (CC)4/17/2004 KC 1 vs CLB 0 (KC)6/12/2004 CLB 2 vs KC 2 (CC)8/18/2004 CLB 2 vs KC 1 (CC)5/14/2005 KC 4 at CLB 0 (CC)6/29/2005 KC 1 vs CLB 1 (KC)7/23/2005 CLB 2 vs KC 0 (CC)8/26/2005 CLB 1 at KC 0 (KC)4/1/2006 KC 3 vs CLB 1 (KC)4/29/2006 KC 1 at CLB 0 (CC)6/10/2006 KC 1 at CLB 0 (CC)8/12/2006 KC 4 vs CLB 0 (KC)5/5/2007 KC 1 vs CLB 0 (KC)6/20/2007 CLB 2 vs KC 1 (CC)9/15/2007 KC 3 vs CLB 2 (KC)5/3/2008 CLB 2 vs KC 1 (CC)6/14/2008 CLB 3 at KC 0 (CA)7/17/2008 CLB 3 vs KC 3 (CC)11/1/2008 KC 1 vs CLB 1 (CA)11/8/2008 CLB 2 vs KC 0 (CC)5/9/2009 CLB 3 vs KC 2 (CC)6/6/2009 CLB 2 at KC 0 (CA)5/23/2010 CLB 1 at KC 0 (CA)7/14/2010 KC 1 at CLB 0 (CC)4/16/2011 CLB 1 vs KC 0 (CC)9/28/2011 KC 2 vs CLB 1 (SP)7/14/2012 KC 2 at CLB 0 (CC)7/28/2012 CLB 2 at KC 1 (SP)10/7/2012 CLB 1 vs KC 1 (CC)6/29/2013 KC 3 vs CLB 2 (SP)9/7/2013 KC 3 vs CLB 0 (SP)10/5/2013 KC 1 at CLB 0 (CC)5/4/2014 KC 2 vs CLB 0 (SP)7/16/2014 KC 2 at CLB 1 (CC)

SPORTING KC VS CREW SC

ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total

CLB 8 6 19 17 15 13 0 78KC 10 15 8 13 8 25 0 79

Crew SC Sporting KC

Category 1 2 OT Tot 1 2 OT TotGoals 36 42 0 78 34 45 0 79Shots 299 330 0 629 348 408 1 757Shots on Goal 114 134 0 248 138 156 0 294Fouls 347 343 3 693 355 379 1 735Offsides 67 89 1 157 58 58 0 116Corner Kicks 120 122 1 243 105 139 0 244

HEAD-TO-HEAD

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:Peter Vermes vs. CLB 8-3-1 (2.08 pts./game)Gregg Berhalter

vs. KC 0-2-0 (0 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:Crew SC Sporting KC

Goals 7 Jeff Cunningham 8 PrekiAssists 9 Robert Warzycha 8 PrekiShots 46 Jeff Cunningham 74 PrekiShots on Goal 21 Jeff Cunningham 21 PrekiFouls Committed 26 Chad Marshall 39 Davy ArnaudFouls Suffered 37 Kyle Martino 51 Davy ArnaudWins 5 William Hesmer 6 Jimmy NielsenLosses 4 Jon Busch 5 Kevin HartmanShutouts 3 William Hesmer 4 Jimmy NielsenSaves 34 Jon Busch 34 Tony MeolaGoals Allowed 14 Jon Busch 17 Kevin Hartman

Columbus Crew SC Sporting Kansas CityW-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started)

At Halftime:Leading 4-0-3 2 Ts (07/25/2015) 6-0-1 1 Ws (08/08/2015)Tied 4-4-4 1 Ws (07/04/2015) 3-3-5 1 Ws (07/12/2015)Trailing 1-4-1 1 Ws (08/08/2015) 2-2-1 1 Ls (08/19/2015)

First Goal:Allowed 3-7-2 1 Ws (08/08/2015) 3-5-1 1 Ls (08/19/2015)Scored 6-1-5 1 Ts (08/19/2015) 8-0-3 1 Ws (08/08/2015)

Goals Scored:0 goals 0-5-1 4 Ls (05/02/2015) 0-1-4 1 Ls (08/19/2015)1 goals 1-2-1 1 Ws (07/15/2015) 4-4-3 1 Ts (08/01/2015)2 goals 4-1-5 1 Ts (08/19/2015) 2-0-0 3 Ws (10/10/2014)3 goals 3-0-1 1 Ts (07/25/2015) 2-0-0 4 Ws (03/29/2014)4 goals 1-0-0 2 Ws (08/16/2014) 3-0-1 3 Ws (05/20/2015)

Goals Allowed:0 goals 3-0-1 2 Ws (04/18/2015) 6-0-4 4 Ws (05/29/2015)1 goals 5-1-1 4 Ws (06/24/2015) 2-0-3 1 Ws (08/08/2015)2 goals 1-4-5 2 Ts (06/27/2015) 2-3-0 2 Ls (06/21/2015)3 goals 0-2-1 1 Ts (07/25/2015) 1-1-0 1 Ws (08/15/2015)4 goals 0-1-0 2 Ls (07/12/2014) 0-1-1 1 Ls (08/19/2015)

W-L-T Breakdowns:

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:Crew SC Sporting KC

Goals 3 Maisonneuve/John 2 9 players tiedAssists 2 14 players tied 2 7 players tiedShots 7 Jeff Cunningham

(08/04/01)9 Soony Saad (06/29/13)

Shots on Goal 4 Thomas Dooley (09/14/97)

4 3 players tied

Fouls Committed 6 Lenhart/Pierce 7 Mo Johnston (07/04/97)Fouls Suffered 6 6 players tied 7 Johnson/SealyShutouts 1 9 players tied 1 13 players tiedSaves 9 William Hesmer

(09/15/07)9 Tony Meola (07/19/03)

Goals Allowed 6 Bo Oshoniyi (05/02/96) 5 Ammann/Lagerwey


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTJeff Cunningham 16 12 1084 7 3 46Brian Maisonneuve 15 14 1235 5 5 16Guillermo Barros Schelotto

9 8 725 4 6 24

Jason Farrell 9 7 650 4 2 11Alejandro Moreno 6 6 539 4 2 11Brian McBride 11 11 944 3 5 25Eddie Gaven 16 16 1320 3 3 23Pete Marino 7 2 249 3 2 8Todd Yeagley 12 12 1025 3 1 4Jairo Arrieta 7 6 520 3 0 9Stern John 2 1 115 3 0 5Robert Warzycha 15 12 1075 2 9 32Edson Buddle 9 7 590 2 4 23Kyle Martino 13 12 1048 2 3 14Robbie Rogers 9 8 676 2 3 21Chad Marshall 25 25 2149 2 1 18Adrian Paz 3 3 255 2 1 8Emilio Renteria 6 3 306 2 1 12Knox Cameron 4 1 97 2 0 4John Wilmar Perez 6 5 489 1 3 8Marcelo Carrera 5 2 215 1 2 6Brian West 11 8 599 1 2 9Mike Clark 16 16 1398 1 1 3Ansil Elcock 6 6 540 1 1 5Ross Paule 5 4 394 1 1 3Dante Washington 5 3 305 1 1 10A.J. Wood 1 1 74 1 1 5Thomas Dooley 4 4 360 1 0 7Emmanuel Ekpo 9 7 618 1 0 9Chris Henderson 3 3 270 1 0 1Andy Herron 1 0 25 1 0 1Kei Kamara 5 2 248 1 0 4Stefani Miglioranzi 3 2 181 1 0 1Adam Moffat 3 3 234 1 0 7Dominic Oduro 4 3 301 1 0 5Mario Rodriguez 3 2 199 1 0 4Duncan Oughton 14 11 1028 0 4 9Simon Elliott 7 6 553 0 3 8Billy Thompson 5 5 378 0 3 3Andy Williams 3 2 197 0 3 3Frankie Hejduk 10 10 850 0 2 17Ricardo Iribarren 4 4 322 0 2 3Danny O'Rourke 11 10 921 0 2 2Kevin Burns 2 2 180 0 1 0Paul Caligiuri 3 3 239 0 1 0Dilly Duka 5 3 292 0 1 10Cornell Glen 3 3 218 0 1 14Marcos Gonzalez 5 5 405 0 1 4Federico Higuain 5 5 450 0 1 11Matt Kmosko 1 1 90 0 1 0Manny Lagos 3 1 96 0 1 0Mike Lapper 7 7 630 0 1 2Obi Monome 1 0 26 0 1 0Michael Ritch 2 1 52 0 1 1Rob Smith 7 3 388 0 1 3Josh Williams 6 5 438 0 1 4Team totals 51 51 4590 78 95 631Opponent totals 51 51 4590 81 79 757

CREW SC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (21-24-6)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGMatt Napoleon 1 45 1 1 0.00 0Jonny Walker 2 180 5 5 0.00 0David Winner 1 1 0 0 0.00 0Noah Palmer 1 90 6 4 1.00 0Mark Dougherty 6 495 33 25 1.09 0William Hesmer 9 810 43 33 1.22 3Brad Friedel 5 449 39 29 1.40 0Andy Gruenebaum 7 630 38 24 1.43 0Jon Busch 9 820 51 34 1.54 1Tom Presthus 3 280 15 10 1.61 0Steve Clark 2 180 9 5 2.00 0Matt Lampson 2 180 9 5 2.00 1Bill Gaudette 2 180 15 10 2.50 0Juergen Sommer 1 90 6 3 3.00 0Bo Oshoniyi 2 180 24 15 4.50 2Team totals 51 4590 294 203 1.54 7Opponent totals 51 4590 249 160 1.52 4


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTPreki 20 17 1574 8 8 74Josh Wolff 11 7 749 5 2 28Davy Arnaud 24 22 1975 4 2 47Kei Kamara 8 8 717 4 1 28Mo Johnston 15 15 1305 3 4 32Claudio Bieler 3 2 161 3 2 6Vitalis Takawira 10 8 679 3 2 23Matt McKeon 11 9 819 3 1 19Scott Sealy 13 8 777 3 1 17Jose Burciaga Jr. 13 12 1006 3 0 14C.J. Sapong 7 6 592 3 0 12Jack Jewsbury 19 13 1252 2 5 24Mark Chung 9 9 810 2 3 14Chris Brown 10 7 647 2 1 16Chris Henderson 3 3 270 2 1 3Eddie Johnson 5 5 428 2 1 15Jacob Peterson 7 3 245 2 1 8Teal Bunbury 7 4 418 2 0 16Claudio Lopez 5 4 405 2 0 12Paul Rideout 2 1 109 2 0 6Chris Klein 16 14 1344 1 7 29Roger Espinoza 7 7 550 1 1 5Benny Feilhaber 3 3 269 1 1 5Soony Saad 6 5 361 1 1 14Mike Sorber 3 3 270 1 1 7Sasha Victorine 13 11 1031 1 1 17Jimmy Conrad 19 19 1720 1 0 6Francisco Gomez 10 6 570 1 0 13Taylor Graham 2 0 20 1 0 2Onandi Lowe 1 1 90 1 0 5Ike Opara 3 2 181 1 0 2Ryan Pore 10 2 212 1 0 4Eric Quill 4 3 283 1 0 5Igor Simutenkov 6 5 434 1 0 17Shavar Thomas 13 12 1061 1 0 5Scott Uderitz 5 4 329 1 0 1Alex Zotinca 9 8 655 1 0 5Graham Zusi 10 7 659 0 4 16Diego Gutierrez 14 12 1118 0 3 12Kerry Zavagnin 23 22 1954 0 3 22Matt Groenwald 3 2 194 0 2 0Frank Klopas 3 3 245 0 2 4Kurt Morsink 3 3 217 0 2 4Ryan Tinsley 5 5 419 0 2 1Eloy Colombano 2 1 87 0 1 2Herculez Gomez 2 1 74 0 1 0Goran Hunjak 1 0 12 0 1 0Brian Johnson 4 2 160 0 1 1Peterson Joseph 2 2 162 0 1 2Igor Juliao 1 1 90 0 1 0Kevin Koetters 2 1 131 0 1 1Chance Myers 7 7 630 0 1 4Oriol Rosell 3 3 270 0 1 3Mark Santel 1 0 45 0 1 0Ryan Smith 2 2 178 0 1 5Dave van den Bergh 1 1 90 0 1 2Scott Vermillion 4 4 264 0 1 1Paul Wright 7 2 230 0 1 9Team totals 51 51 4590 81 79 757Opponent totals 51 51 4590 78 95 631

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. CREW SC (24-21-6)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGWilliam Hesmer 1 90 3 3 0.00 0Eric Kronberg 1 90 4 4 0.00 0Jimmy Nielsen 10 900 34 26 0.80 0Chris Snitko 2 92 2 1 0.98 0Andy Gruenebaum 1 90 2 2 1.00 0Tony Meola 9 820 48 34 1.10 3Bo Oshoniyi 10 910 45 32 1.29 0David Winner 1 90 7 5 2.00 0Kevin Hartman 8 720 46 27 2.12 1Mike Ammann 5 447 28 15 2.42 0Pat Harrington 2 135 10 2 2.67 0Garth Lagerwey 3 225 20 9 4.00 0Team totals 51 4590 249 160 1.52 4Opponent totals 51 4590 294 203 1.54 7


CURRENT CREW SC VS. SPORTING KC (21-24-6)

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTJack McInerney 11 5 519 3 0 17Kei Kamara 7 4 428 2 2 13Federico Higuain 5 5 450 0 1 11Tyson Wahl 6 6 540 0 1 1Chad Barson 4 4 351 0 0 0Steve Clark 2 2 180 0 0 0Ethan Finlay 4 2 161 0 0 1Waylon Francis 2 2 180 0 0 0Kevan George 1 1 90 0 0 1Hector Jimenez 1 1 45 0 0 1Chris Klute 1 1 90 0 0 0Matt Lampson 2 2 180 0 0 0Justin Meram 7 5 374 0 0 5Michael Parkhurst 16 16 1440 0 0 0Aaron Schoenfeld 1 0 1 0 0 0Ben Speas 2 0 22 0 0 0Tony Tchani 9 7 666 0 0 7Wil Trapp 4 4 349 0 0 2Team totals 51 51 4590 78 95 631Opponent totals 51 51 4590 81 79 757

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGSteve Clark 2 180 9 5 2.00 0Matt Lampson 2 180 9 5 2.00 1Team totals 51 4590 294 203 1.54 7Opponent totals 51 4590 249 160 1.52 4

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTJacob Peterson 17 8 781 3 1 14Benny Feilhaber 7 7 619 2 2 11Jalil Anibaba 9 8 750 2 1 6Roger Espinoza 7 7 550 1 1 5Paulo Nagamura 15 15 1290 1 1 13Ike Opara 5 2 203 1 0 2Graham Zusi 10 7 659 0 4 16Amobi Okugo 10 8 754 0 3 8Chance Myers 7 7 630 0 1 4Matt Besler 12 12 1080 0 0 4Dom Dwyer 4 3 269 0 0 9Kevin Ellis 2 0 60 0 0 1Mikey Lopez 1 1 64 0 0 2Jimmy Medranda 1 0 1 0 0 1Seth Sinovic 11 11 959 0 0 4Team totals 51 51 4590 81 79 757Opponent totals 51 51 4590 78 95 631

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGTeam totals 51 4590 249 160 1.52 4Opponent totals 51 4590 294 203 1.54 7

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. CREW SC (24-21-6)


2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Date: Saturday, August 22, 2015Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. ETLocation: MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, OH) TWCSC: Dwight Burgess (co-host), Neil Sika (co-host), Ashleigh Ignelzi (sideline)CD102.5 FM: Dwight Burgess (co-host), Neil Sika (co-host), Ashleigh Ignelzi (sideline)La Mega 103.1 FM: Juan Valladares (play-by-play)

Columbus Crew SC Communications Contacts: Tim Miller (O: 614-447-4176) (C: 847-828-2003), [email protected] Schwepfinger (O: 614-447-4203) (C: 610-751-7067), [email protected]

Sporting Kansas City Communications Contacts: Rob Thomson (O: 913-387-3405) (C: 913-226-6024), [email protected] Austin (O: 913-951-3554) (C: 816-516-0577), [email protected] Kaplan (O: 816-949-1197) (C: 516-965-4664), [email protected] Dreska (O: 913-387-3428) (C: 516-567-4468), [email protected]

OVERALL: 9-8-8 HOME: 7-2-4 AWAY: 2-6-4Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result TVSat., March 7 at Houston Dynamo L, 0-1 TWC SportsChannelSat., March 14 TORONTO FC W, 2-0 TWC SportsChannelSat., March 28 NEW YORK RED BULLS L, 1-2 TWC SportsChannelWed., April 8 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC D, 2-2 TWC SportsChannelSat., April 11 at New England Revolution D, 0-0 TWC SportsChannelSat., April 18 ORLANDO CITY SC W, 3-0 TWC SportsChannelSat., April 25 PHILADELPHIA UNION W, 4-1 TWC SportsChannelSat., May 2 at D.C. United L, 0-2 TWC SportsChannelSat., May 9 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC W, 3-2 TWC SportsChannelSat., May 16 at San Jose Earthquakes L, 0-2 TWC SportsChannelFri., May 22 CHICAGO FIRE D, 2-2 TWC SportsChannel/UnivisionWed., May 27 VALENCIA CF (International Friendly) L, 0-1 Sat., May 30 at Orlando City SC D, 2-2 TWC SportsChannelWed., June 3 at Philadelphia Union L, 0-3 TWC SportsChannelSat., June 6 MONTREAL IMPACT L, 1-2 TWC SportsChannelSat., June 13 LA GALAXY D, 1-1 TWC SportsChannelWed., June 17 at Richmond Kickers (USOC Fourth Rd.) W, 3-1 ColumbusCrewSC.comWed., June 24 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION W, 2-1 TWC SportsChannelSat., June 27 at Real Salt Lake D, 2-2 TWC SportsChannelTue., June 30 at Orlando City SC (USOC Rd. of 16) L, 0-2 YouTube.com/USSoccerSat., July 4 NEW YORK RED BULLS W, 2-1 TWC SportsChannelSat., July 11 at Montreal Impact L, 0-3 TWC SportsChannelWed., July 15 at Chicago Fire W, 1-0 TWC SportsChannelSun., July 19 CHICAGO FIRE W, 3-1 ESPN2Sat., July 25 TORONTO FC D, 3-3 TWC SportsChannelSat., Aug. 1 at Orlando City SC L, 2-5 TWC SportsChannelSat., Aug. 8 at Colorado Rapids W, 2-1 TWC SportsChannelWed., Aug. 19 NEW YORK CITY FC D, 2-2 TWC SportsChannelSat., Aug. 22 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 7:30 p.m. TWC SportsChannelSat., Aug. 29 at New York City FC 4:00 p.m. TWC SportsChannelSun., Sept. 6 FC DALLAS 7:00 p.m. FOX Sports 1Sat., Sept. 12 at Philadelphia Union 7:00 p.m. TWC SportsChannelSat., Sept. 19 at D.C. United 7:00 p.m. TWC SportsChannelSat., Sept. 26 PORTLAND TIMBERS FC 7:30 p.m. TWC SportsChannelSat., Oct. 3 at New York Red Bulls 7:00 p.m. TWC SportsChannelSat., Oct. 17 at Toronto FC 2:00 p.m. TWC SportsChannelSun., Oct. 25 D.C. UNITED 5:00 p.m. TWC SportsChannel

PRONUNCIATIONS # Player Pos. Pronunciation 2 Tyson Wahl D WALL 3 Chris Klute D KLOO-tee (like Flutie) 5 Emanuel Pogatetz D POH-gah-tetz 6 Tony Tchani M CHA-knee 7 Kristinn Steindorsson M KRIS-tin STYNE-door-son 8 Mohammed Saeid M mo-HAHM-ed SIGH-eed 9 Justin Meram M MAIR-ahm 10 Federico Higuain (Nickname “Pipa”) M FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN (“PEA-pa”) 11 Cedrick Mabwati M SEHD-rick Ma-BWAH-ti 12 Kevan George M KEY-vonn 13 Ethan Finlay M Fin-LEE 14 Waylon Francis D WAY-lin 16 Hector Jimenez M hee-MEH-nes 17 Ben Speas M SPEEZ 18 Aaron Schoenfeld F SHOW-en-feld 19 Romain Gall M RO-men GALL (like Ball) 22 Gaston Sauro D GAS-tone sOW-roh 23 Kei Kamara F KYE kuh-MAR-uh 25 Harrison Afful D AH-full (like Waffle) 30 Jack McInerney F MACK-in-er-knee 41 Brad Stuver GK STEW-vur

For an audio guide with every Crew SC player pronouncing his own name, please see www.columbuscrewsc.com/media/pronounce. Technical staff pronunciations on page two.

COLUMBUSCREW SC

(9-8-8, 35 pts.)

SPORTINGKANSAS CITY

(11-5-7, 40 pts.)

CREW SC MEDIA WEBSITE: COLUMBUSCREWSC.COM/MEDIA

14 FRANCIS21 GP, 21 GS, 0 G, 6 A

9 MERAM23 GP, 21 GS, 3 G, 5 A

10 HIGUAIN24 GP, 24 GS, 6 G, 5 A

6 TCHANI23 GP, 23 GS, 4 G, 3 A

1 CLARK25 GP, 25 GS, 1.64 GAA, 4 CS

4 PARKHURST24 GP, 24 GS, 0 G, 0 A

20 TRAPP11 GP, 9 GS, 0 G, 1 A

25 AFFUL 1 GP, 1 GS, 0 G, 0 A

POSSIBLE STARTING XI23 KAMARA

25 GP, 24 GS, 18 G, 6 A

13 FINLAY25 GP, 25 GS, 7 G, 13 A

2 WAHL12 GP, 9 GS, 0 G, 0 A

CREW SC INJURY REPORT FOR UPCOMING MATCHOUT: Sergio Campbell (R Calf Strain)QUESTIONABLE: Emanuel Pogatetz (R Knee Sprain)

MLS MATCH 26: COLUMBUS CREW SC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY

No . Name Pos. Ht. Wt. DOB Hometown College 1 Steve Clark GK 6-2 192 04-14-86 Mason, MI Oakland University 2 Tyson Wahl D 6-2 185 02-23-84 Newport Beach, CA University of California-Berkeley 3 Chris Klute D 6-1 172 03-05-90 Grand Prairie, TX Clayton State University 4 Michael Parkhurst D 5-11 159 01-24-84 Providence, RI Wake Forest University 5 Emanuel Pogatetz D 6-3 198 01-16-83 Graz, Austria 6 Tony Tchani M 6-4 185 04-13-89 Douala, Cameroon University of Virginia 7 Kristinn Steindorsson M 5-10 154 04-29-90 Kopavogur, Iceland 8 Mohammed Saeid M 5-7 141 12-24-90 Örebro, Sweden 9 Justin Meram M 6-1 165 12-04-88 Shelby Township, MI University of Michigan 10 Federico Higuaín M 5-8 165 10-24-84 Buenos Aires, Argentina 11 Cedrick Mabwati M 5-6 137 03-08-92 Kinshasa, DR Congo 12 Kevan George M 6-2 170 01-30-90 Roxborough, Tobago University of Central Florida 13 Ethan Finlay M 5-9 165 08-06-90 Marshfield, WI Creighton University 14 Waylon Francis D 5-9 160 09-20-90 Puerto Limón, Costa Rica 16 Hector Jimenez M 5-9 140 11-03-88 Bell Gardens, CA University of California-Berkeley 17 Ben Speas M 5-8 155 01-17-91 Stow, OH University of North Carolina 18 Aaron Schoenfeld F 6-4 200 04-17-90 Knoxville, TN East Tennessee State University 19 Romain Gall M 5-9 163 01-31-95 Herndon, VA 20 Wil Trapp M 5-8 150 01-15-93 Gahanna, OH University of Akron 21 Chad Barson D 5-10 170 02-25-91 Lewis Center, OH University of Akron 22 Gaston Sauro D 6-3 185 02-23-90 Rosario, Argentina 23 Kei Kamara F 6-3 185 09-01-84 Kenema, Sierra Leone California State University-Dominguez Hills 24 Sergio Campbell D 6-4 197 01-16-92 Clarendon, Jamaica University of Connecticut 25 Harrison Afful D 5-6 128 07-24-86 Senya Breku, Ghana 26 Ben Swanson M 5-6 130 07-18-97 Grove City, OH 28 Matt Lampson GK 6-3 200 09-06-89 Hilliard, OH The Ohio State University 30 Jack McInerney F 5-11 151 08-05-92 Alpharetta, GA 41 Brad Stuver GK 6-3 180 04-16-91 Twinsburg, OH Cleveland State University

No. Name Age Pronunciation Birthplace Previous Club 25 Harrison Afful 29 AH-full (like Waffle) Tema, Ghana Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) 21 Chad Barson 24 Columbus, OH University of Akron (NCAA) 24 Sergio Campbell 23 Clarendon, Jamaica University of Connecticut (NCAA) 1 Steve Clark 29 Mason, MI Honefoss BK (Norway) 13 Ethan Finlay 25 fin-LEE Duluth, MN Creighton University (NCAA) 14 Waylon Francis 24 WAY-lin Puerto Limón, Costa Rica CS Herediano (Costa Rica) 19 Romain Gall 20 RO-men GALL (like Ball) Paris, France FC Lorient - Lorient II (France) 12 Kevan George 25 KEY-vonn Roxborough, Tobago University of Central Florida (NCAA) 10 Federico Higuaín (“Pipa”) 30 FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN (“PEA-pa”) Buenos Aires, Argentina Colón de Santa Fe (Argentina) 16 Hector Jimenez 26 hee-MEH-nes Huntington Park, CA LA Galaxy 23 Kei Kamara 30 KYE kuh-MAR-uh Kenema, Sierra Leone Middlesbrough FC (England) 3 Chris Klute 25 KLOO-tee (like Flutie) Grand Prairie, TX Colorado Rapids 28 Matt Lampson 25 Cleveland, TN The Ohio State University (NCAA) 11 Cedrick Mabwati 23 SEHD-rick Ma-BWAH-ti Kinshasa, DR Congo Osasuna (Spain) 30 Jack McInerney 23 MACK-in-er-knee Chattanooga, TN Montreal Impact 9 Justin Meram 26 MAIR-ahm Shelby Township, MI University of Michigan (NCAA) 4 Michael Parkhurst 31 Providence, RI FC Augsburg (Germany) 5 Emanuel Pogatetz 32 POH-gah-tetz Graz, Austria 1. FC Nürnberg (Germany) 8 Mohammed Saeid 24 mo-HAHM-ed SIGH-eed Örebro, Sweden Örebro SK (Sweden) 22 Gaston Sauro 25 GAS-tone sOW-roh Rosario, Argentina Calcio Catania (Italy) 18 Aaron Schoenfeld 25 SHOW-en-feld Knoxville, TN East Tennessee State University (NCAA) 17 Ben Speas 24 SPEEZ Stow, OH University of North Carolina (NCAA) 7 Kristinn Steindorsson 25 KRIS-tin STYNE-door-son Reykjavik, Iceland Halmstads BK (Sweden) 41 Brad Stuver 24 STEW-vur Mayfield, OH Cleveland State University (NCAA) 26 Ben Swanson 18 Grove City, OH Crew SC Academy 6 Tony Tchani 26 CHA-knee Bafang, Cameroon Toronto FC 20 Wil Trapp 22 Columbus, OH University of Akron (NCAA) 2 Tyson Wahl 31 WALL Newport Beach, CA Colorado Rapids

2015 NUMERICAL ROSTER

2015 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

Sporting Director and Head Coach: Gregg BerhalterAssistant Coaches: Sixten Boström, Pat Onstad, Josh WolffDirector of Soccer Operations: Asher MendelsohnHigh Performance Director: Steve Tashjian

Pronunciations:Gregg Berhalter (BUR-hall-ter)Sixten Boström (SIX-tin BO-strum)Asher Mendelsohn (MEN-dell-son)Steve Tashjian (TASH-jin)

Director of Team Operations: Tucker WaltherHead Athletic Trainer: Craig DevineAssistant Athletic Trainer: Jon MacGregorStrength and Conditioning Coach: Brook Hamilton Equipment Manager: John Velasco Team Operations Assistant: Ron Meadors


2015 MLS RESULTS

MLS Regular Season

Date Opponent Result Score Attend. Record Place Pts. Goal Scorers Sat., March 7 at Houston Dynamo L 0-1 22,351 0-1-0 7 0 HOU: Barnes (66’) Sat., March 14 TORONTO FC W 2-0 15,826 1-1-0 3 3 CLB: Meram (57’), Kamara (61’) Sat., March 28 NEW YORK RED BULLS L 1-2 10,302 1-2-0 6 3 CLB: Tchani (58’); NYRB: Wright-Phillips (49’), Grella (67’) Wed., April 8 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2-2 18,083 1-2-1 7 4 CLB: Kamara 2 (24’, 50’); VAN: Rivero (31’), Mattocks (64’) Sat., April 11 at New England Revolution D 0-0 13,092 1-2-2 6 5 None Sat., April 18 ORLANDO CITY SC W 3-0 15,655 2-2-2 4 8 CLB: Higuain (32’), Meram (55’), Kamara (60’) Sat., April 25 PHILADELPHIA UNION W 4-1 15,553 3-2-2 4 11 CLB: Kamara (21’), Finlay (32’, 73’), Meram (44’); PHI: Ayuk (64’) Sat., May 2 at D.C. United L 0-2 13,107 3-3-2 4 11 DC: Espindola (15’), Franklin (41’) Sat., May 9 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC W 3-2 16,714 4-3-2 4 14 CLB: Kamara (10’, 58’), Higuain (49’); SEA: Dempsey (24’, 75’) Sat., May 16 at San Jose Earthquakes L 0-2 18,000 4-4-2 4 14 SJ: Wondolowski (55’), Salinas (60’) Fri., May 22 CHICAGO FIRE D 2-2 13,118 4-4-3 4 15 CLB: Kamara (8’, 55’); CHI: Accam (58’), Johnson (90’+4’) Sat., May 30 at Orlando City SC D 2-2 31,430 4-4-4 5 16 CLB: Tchani (6’), Kamara (61’); ORL: Kaka (17’), Ribeiro (89’) Wed., June 3 at Philadelphia Union L 0-3 15,374 4-5-4 5 16 PHI: Sapong (41’), Nogueira (52’), Le Toux (58’) Sat., June 6 MONTREAL IMPACT L 1-2 12,265 4-6-4 6 16 CLB: Higuain (90’+1’); MTL: Tissot (55’), Romero (79’) Sat., June 13 LA GALAXY D 1-1 21,051 4-6-5 6 17 CLB: Higuain (66’); LA: Lletget (14’) Wed., June 24 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION W 2-1 11,435 5-6-5 5 20 CLB: Kamara (4’, 50’); NE: Nguyen (1’) Sat., June 27 at Real Salt Lake D 2-2 20,171 5-6-6 6 21 CLB: Tchani (42’), Finlay (62’); RSL: Garcia (36’), Jaime (46’) Sat., July 4 NEW YORK RED BULLS W 2-1 14,429 6-6-6 2 24 CLB: Finlay (33’, 74’); NYRB: Abang (8’) Sat., July 11 at Montreal Impact L 0-3 15,304 6-7-6 5 24 MTL: Oduro (5’, 80’), Donadel (8’) Wed., July 15 at Chicago Fire W 1-0 14,092 7-7-6 2 27 CLB: Kamara (41’) Sun., July 19 CHICAGO FIRE W 3-1 15,455 8-7-6 2 30 CLB: Higuain (2’), Kamara (17’), Finlay (83’); CHI: Accam (9’) Sat., July 25 TORONTO FC D 3-3 21,324 8-7-7 2 31 CLB: Kamara (17’), Tchani (36’), Finlay (47’); TFC: Giovinco (50’), Warner (55’), Altidore (89’) Sat., Aug. 1 at Orlando City SC L 2-5 26,586 8-8-7 3 31 CLB: Higuain (5’), Collin (OG - 90’+1’); ORL: Larin (18’, 53’), Ceren (38’), Collin (77’), Higuita (84’) Sat., Aug. 8 at Colorado Rapids W 2-1 16,656 9-8-7 3 34 CLB: Kamara (52’, 64’); COL: Burling (42’) Wed., Aug. 19 NEW YORK CITY FC D 2-2 15,514 9-8-8 3 35 CLB: Kamara (24’), Mabwati (72’); NYC: Poku (57’, 66’) Sat., Aug. 22 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sat., Aug. 29 at New York City FC Sun., Sept. 6 FC DALLAS Sat., Sept. 12 at Philadelphia Union Sat., Sept. 19 at D.C. United Sat., Sept. 26 PORTLAND TIMBERS FC Sat., Oct. 3 at New York Red Bulls Sat., Oct. 17 at Toronto FC Sun., Oct. 25 D.C. UNITED


Columbus Crew SC record: 21-24-6Home games: 12-11-4 (40 GF, 38 GA)Road games: 9-13-2 (38 GF, 41 GA) LAST THREE REGULAR-SEASON MEETINGS10/05/2013 CLB 0 vs. SKC 1 L MAPFRE Stadium05/04/2014 CLB 0 at SKC 2 L Sporting Park07/16/2014 CLB 1 vs. SKC 2 L MAPFRE Stadium

CREW SC LOOKING TO EARN WIN OVER SPORTING KC AT HOMEColumbus Crew SC plays its 26th 2015 Major League Soccer regular-season match and its 14th at MAPFRE Stadium by hosting Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, August 22. The Black & Gold are 21-24-6 all-time against Sporting, with a 12-11-4 mark in Central Ohio. In this contest, Crew SC is looking to snap a recent stretch of matches against Sporting that has seen the club go 0-5-1 over the past six meetings between the two.

LAST REGULAR-SEASON MEETINGOn July 16, 2014 at MAPFRE Stadium, Crew SC fell to Sporting by a 2-1 final. C.J. Sapong opened the scoring in the 42nd minute, with an own goal by Igor Juliao leveling it in the 69th. In the 93rd minute, Benny Feilhaber won it for Sporting with a goal assisted by Jacob Peterson and Juliao.

COACHESGregg Berhalter (23-18-18, Columbus Crew SC: ‘14 - Present) vs. Peter Vermes (87-63-51, Sporting KC: ‘09 - Present)

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. ET start is available locally on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel ... “Crew SC Matchday” on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel begins at 7:00 p.m. ET ... Dwight Burgess, Neil Sika and Ashleigh Ignelzi are set to have the call of the match at 7:30 p.m. ET ... a complete list of places to catch the Black & Gold on TV is available at ColumbusCrewSC.com in the drop-down item “Where to Watch” under the “Schedule” tab ... fans can also listen to the match on the radio on Crew SC’s English-language radio partner CD102.5 FM or in Spanish on La Mega 103.1 FM.

BLACK & GOLD CLOSE-OUT TWO MATCH HOMESTANDWith this match, Crew SC finishes a two-match homestand that began on Wednesday evening, as the Black & Gold drew against New York City FC by a 2-2 final ... this is the fifth and final stretch of two or more Major League Soccer regular-season home contests this year for Crew SC (including one series of three straight home matches) ... in the final match of the previous four 2015 regular-season homestands of at least two or more games, Crew SC has a record of 2-1-1.

HOME SWEET HOMEAt MAPFRE Stadium, Crew SC has scored 29 MLS regular-season goals in 2015, a total that leads the Eastern Conference and is second in all of MLS in home goals scored ... Crew SC’s home goal differential of +11 is tied for third in Major League Soccer, trailing only the LA Galaxy (+23) and New England (+12).

KAMARA EXTENDS GOAL-SCORING LEADForward Kei Kamara opened the scoring on Wednesday evening against New York City FC with his 18th goal of the 2015 MLS regular season in the 24th min-ute ... in doing so, the Sierra Leone international extended his lead in the 2015 MLS Golden Boot race to two tallies over Toronto FC’s Sebastian Giovinco ... see below for a detailed breakdown of the League’s top 2015 scorers:

Player/Club .............................Goals Shots Shots on Goal GPKei Kamara/CLB ..................18 110 46 25Sebastian Giovinco/TFC ......16 126 53 23David Villa/NYC ...................14 103 50 22Robbie Keane/LA ..................13 47 25 16Bradley Wright-Phillips/NYRB .....11 73 36 23Cyle Larin/ORL .....................11 47 20 19Chris Wondolowski/SJ ..........11 58 23 21

KAMARA TIES JOHNIn scoring his 18th goal of the 2015 Major League Soccer regular season against New York City FC, forward Kei Kamara surpassed Black & Gold Circle of Honor inductee Brian McBride and tied Stern John for second place on the club’s all-time single-season goal-scoring list ... Kamara’s 18 goals in 2015 are now level with John’s effort in 1999, when he also registered 18 goals ... McBride struck for 17 tallies during Columbus’ first-ever season in 1996 ... Kamara now only trails Stern John’s 26 goals in 1998 for the club’s all-time single-season goal-scoring record.

KAMARA, WAHL FORMER MEMBERS OF SPORTING KCBoth forward Kei Kamara and defender Tyson Wahl are former members of this weekend’s opponent, Sporting Kansas City ... Kamara joined Kansas City midway through the 2009 campaign and played there through 2013, scoring 38 goals and adding 20 assists ... Wahl, meanwhile, began his MLS career with the then-Wiz-ards in 2006, playing for the club for three seasons.

MISCELLANEOUS TEAM NOTES

HOW THE CLUBS MATCH-UP

MABWATI NOTCHES FIRST BLACK & GOLD GOAL, KAMARA EXTENDS LEAGUE GOAL-SCORING LEAD AS CREW SC DRAWS AGAINST NEW YORK CITY FCOn Wednesday, August 19, in Columbus Crew SC’s final scheduled midweek contest of the 2015 Major League Soccer regular season, the Black & Gold played to a 2-2 draw against New York City FC. Kei Kamara opened the scoring for Crew SC in the 24th minute, extending his League goal-scoring lead with his 18th tally of the season. Following two goals by NYCFC’s Kwadwo Poku, recent acquisition Cedrick Mabwati opened his Crew SC account with his first goal for the Black & Gold, leveling the match in the 72nd minute and helping Crew SC earn one point.

MLS Regular Season: 9-8-8 MLS Regular Season: 11-5-7Points: 35 Points: 40Eastern Conference: Third Western Conference: ThirdHome: 7-2-4 Home: 8-1-4 Away: 2-6-4 Away: 3-4-3Goals For: 40 Goals For: 37Goals Against: 41 Goals Against: 30+/-: -1 +/-: +7

Regular-Season Leaders

Goals: Kamara (18) Goals: Dwyer, Feilhaber, Nemeth (8)Assists: Finlay (13) Assists: Feilhaber (13)Shots: Kamara (110) Shots: Dwyer (64)Shots on Goal: Kamara (46) Shots on Goal: Dwyer (23)G-W Goals: Kamara (5) G-W Goals: Nemeth (4)G-W Assists: Finlay (4) G-W Assists: Feilhaber (4)Fouls Suffered: Kamara (39) Fouls Suffered: Dwyer (56)Fouls Committed: Tchani (61) Fouls Committed: Dwyer (40)Yellow Cards Issued: Francis, Saeid (5) Yellow Cards Issued: Dwyer (5)Saves Leader: Clark (81) Saves Leader: Meila (47)GAA Leader: Clark (1.64) GAA Leader: Meila (1.20)Wins: Clark (9) Wins: Meila (9)

CREW SC AND SPORTING KC AT A GLANCE

LAST MATCH RECAP BLACK & GOLD NOTES

MLS MATCH 26: COLUMBUS CREW SC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITYAFFUL DEBUTS FOR BLACK & GOLDAgainst New York City FC on Wednesday, new Black & Gold Discovery Signing Harrison Afful made his club debut, starting at rightback and playing 60 minutes ... in the match, Afful tied midfielder Ethan Finlay for recording the most crosses from open play, with seven ... Afful originally signed with the Black & Gold on July 30 after six seasons with Tunisian club Esperance Sportive de Tunis.

KAMARA EDGES CLOSER TO BLACK & GOLD SHOTS, SHOTS ON GOAL, GAME-WINNING GOAL RECORDSForward Kei Kamara recorded three shots (one on goal) against New York City FC on Wednesday, giving him 110 shots and 46 shots on goal for the 2015 Major League Soccer regular season ... Kamara is now six shots and one shot on goal shy of tying Stern John in 1998 for the all-time club single-season record in both categories ... John notched 116 shots and 47 shots on goal over that 1998 campaign, in which he scored a club-record 26 goals ... Kamara is also one game-winning goal shy of tying John’s six in 1998 for the all-time single-season record in that category.

KAMARA IN THE AIRAmong all Major League Soccer forwards, nobody has attempted or won more aerials than Crew SC’s Kei Kamara ... Kamara’s 200 aerials attempted are 46 more than the next closest player, and his 112 aerials won are likewise 35 more than the closest competitor ... San Jose’s Adam Jahn is the runner-up in both catego-ries ... Kamara’s 56% aerial success rate is second in all of MLS among players with at least 70 aerials attempted.

TCHANI RECORDS 100TH BLACK & GOLD APPEARANCEBy starting and playing 90 minutes against New York City FC on Wednesday, midfielder Tony Tchani made his 100th appearance for the club ... the native of Cameroon has made 83 starts for Crew SC over that span, recording six goals and 12 assists ... he has notched a career-best four goals this season ... in reaching 100 appearances, Tchani becomes the 22nd player to ever hit the milestone in a Black & Gold shirt, as well as the second player on the current roster to do so, joining Justin Meram ... Tchani originally joined Crew SC via a trade from Toronto FC in exchange for Andy Iro and Leandre Griffit on July 15, 2011.

FINLAY NOTCHES ASSIST AGAINST NYC, TIES FOR SECOND IN MLSCrew SC midfielder Ethan Finlay registered an assist on Kei Kamara’s goal against New York City FC, pulling into a tie with Sporting Kansas City’s Benny Feilhaber for second in Major League Soccer, with 13 ... through 25 games this season, Finlay’s 13 assists are a new career single-season high, surpassing last season’s breakout total of seven assists ... Finlay’s four game-winning assists are also tied for the MLS high, as well as one short of the all-time club record (Guill-ermo Barros Schelotto in 2008, John Wilmar Perez in 2001 and Simon Elliott in 2004) ... Finlay also tied Jeff Cunningham in 2001 and Robert Warzycha in 2000 for the third-most single-season assists in Black & Gold history ... see below for a breakdown of this season’s MLS assist leaders:

Player/Club .............................Assists GWA GPCristian Maidana/PHI ..........14 3 22Ethan Finlay/CLB .................13 4 25Benny Feilhaber/SKC ............13 4 23Sebastian Giovinco/TFC ......11 1 23Javier Morales/RSL ................9 2 18

FRANCIS REMAINS IN LEAGUE LEAD IN ASSISTS AMONG DEFENDERSBlack & Gold All-Star defender Waylon Francis continues to lead MLS in assists by a defender, with six ... for a breakdown, Opta statistics are below:

Player/Club .............................Assists Chances Created GPWaylon Francis/CLB ............6 15 20Taylor Kemp/DC ...................5 24 19Steven Beitashour/VAN ........5 9 22Jalil Anibaba/SKC ..................4 8 13Chris Tierney/NE ..................4 34 23

MABWATI OPENS CREW SC ACCOUNTAgainst NYCFC, midfielder Cedrick Mabwati scored the game-tying goal in the 72nd minute, assisted by Kei Kamara ... the tally was his first in Major League Soccer and his first in a Black & Gold shirt ... the DR Congo native was making his third appearance for Crew SC after entering in the 67th minute.

TRAPP TALKS ABOUT RECOVERY FROM CONCUSSION SYMPTOMSAndrew King from MLSsoccer.com spoke with Crew SC midfielder Wil Trapp about his recovery from concussion symptoms and Trapp’s education process in working his way back onto the field ... a quote from King’s story from Trapp on serving as a resource to other players who have had a similar experience: “I just kind of tell them that you have to be as smart as you possibly can. There are going to be periods where it’s difficult. You don’t know if it’s the concussion speaking or just your lack of fitness – that was a problem I had in coming back. But first and foremost, you want to get that symptom load as low as you possibly can. … If you feel any craziness or any weird feelings, it’s not the right decision to be out there playing.”

LAMPSON’S KICK CANCER CUP MATCH TO BENEFIT THE LAMPSTRONG FOUNDATION IS SUNDAYCrew SC goalkeeper Matt Lampson is hosting the first annual LampStrong Foun-dation Kick Cancer Cup on Sunday, August 23 at MAPFRE Stadium to benefit his foundation ... the game is set to feature local celebrities playing, including Ohio State’s Maurice Clarett and Crew SC’s Dante Washington ... the game kicks-off at 1:00 p.m., and the two teams are set to be coached by Crew SC players Ethan Finlay and Emanuel Pogatetz ... Finlay is slated to be assisted by Aaron Schoenfeld, while Pogatetz’s assistants are scheduled to be Michael Parkhurst and Hector Jimenez ... for more information about the game, members of the media are encouraged to visit www.lampstrong.com.

KAMARA, FINLAY CHASING HISTORYShould Crew SC’s tandem of forward Kei Kamara and midfielder Ethan Finlay finish the season as the League’s leading goal-scorer and assist-getter, respec-tively, it would mark the first time since 2001 that the League leader in both goals and assists came from the same team ... the Miami Fusion accomplished the feat last in that 2001 season, with the Tampa Bay Mutiny the only other MLS team to accomplish it, in 2000 ... no current MLS club has ever completed a season boasting the League’s leading goal-scorer and assist-getter ... see below for a breakdown:

Season .......Club Goals Leader Goals Assists Leader Assists2001 ...........Miami Alex Pineda Chacon 19 Diego Serna 15 (tied for lead)2000 ...........Tampa Bay Mamadou Diallo 26 Carlos Valderrama 26

Additionally, Columbus has finished an MLS campaign with either the League’s leading goal-scorer or assist-getter on four different occasions ... only twice has Crew SC had a player lead the League outright in either category ... see below for a full list:

Season ............Player Category Led Total2008 ................Guillermo Barros Schelotto Assists 192001 ................John Wilmar Perez Assists (tied) 151999 ................Stern John Goals (tied) 181998 ................Stern John Goals 26

CREW SC SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CAPSPlayer National Team Caps Last Appearance Harrison Afful Ghana 53 6/14/15 vs. Mauritania (AFCON qual.)Sergio Campbell Jamaica 2 12/3/10 vs. Grenada (Caribbean Cup)Waylon Francis Costa Rica 2 3/26/15 vs. Paraguay (friendly)Kevan George Trinidad & Tobago 14 7/19/15 vs. Panama (Gold Cup)Kei Kamara Sierra Leone 23 9/10/14 vs. DR Congo (AFCON qual.)Cedrick Mabwati DR Congo 12 2/7/15 vs. Eq. Guinea (AFCON)Justin Meram Iraq 14 6/11/15 vs. Japan (friendly)Michael Parkhurst United States 25 4/3/14 vs. Mexico (friendly)Emanuel Pogatetz Austria 61 6/3/14 vs. Czech Republic (friendly)Kristinn Steindorsson Iceland 1 1/16/15 vs. Canada (friendly)Wil Trapp United States 1 1/28/15 vs. Chile (friendly)


CREW SC CAREER MILESTONESCHAD BARSONReached 40 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC on 7/19 vs. Chicago. Reached 30 starts for Crew SC on 8/1 at Orlando. Needs seven appearances to reach 50 and one shot to reach 10 in MLS and for Crew SC.

STEVE CLARKReached 50 starts in MLS and for Crew SC on 6/24 vs. New England. Needs eight saves to reach 200, two wins to reach 25 and eight clean sheets to reach 20 in MLS and for Crew SC.

ALL-TIME CLUB GK STARTSPlayer .........................................................GS1. Will Hesmer .........................................1302. Jon Busch ..............................................833. Andy Gruenebaum..............................794. Mark Dougherty ..................................685. Steve Clark ......................................596. Tom Presthus .......................................46

ALL-TIME CLUB GK WINSPlayer .........................................................W1. Will Hesmer .........................................592. Jon Busch ..............................................353. Mark Dougherty ..................................334. Andy Gruenebaum..............................265. Steve Clark ......................................23 6. Brad Friedel ..........................................227. Tom Presthus .......................................16

ETHAN FINLAYReached 15 assists in MLS and for Crew SC on 6/13 vs. LA. Reached 80 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC on 6/27 at Real Salt Lake. Reached 15 goals in MLS and for Crew SC on 7/4 vs. New York. Reached 20 assists in MLS and for Crew SC on 8/19 vs. New York City FC. Needs four shots to reach 100, two goals to reach 20 and 12 appearances to reach 100 in MLS and for Crew SC.

ALL-TIME CLUB SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTSPlayer .........................................................A1. Guillermo Barros Schelotto (2008) ...192. John Wilmar Perez (2001) ..................15T3. Jeff Cunningham (2001) ..................13T3. Robert Warzycha (2000) ..................13T3. Ethan Finlay (2015) ......................13T6. Robert Warzycha (1999) ..................12T6. Andy Williams (1998) ......................12T8. Guillemo Barros Schelotto (2007) ..11T8. Simon Elliott (2005) .........................11T8. Robert Warzycha (1997) ..................11T8. Robert Warzycha (1996) ..................11

WAYLON FRANCISReached 10 assists in MLS and for Crew SC on 5/30 at Orlando. Needs five appearances to reach 50, five starts to reach 50 and two shots to reach 20 in MLS and for Crew SC.

KEVAN GEORGEReached 25 appearances and 10 starts in MLS and for Crew SC on 5/22 vs. Chicago. Notched his first Crew SC and MLS assist on 5/22 vs. Chicago.

FEDERICO HIGUAINReached 225 shots in MLS and for Crew SC on 6/27 at Real Salt Lake. Reached 75 starts in MLS and for Crew SC on 5/2 vs. D.C. United. Reached 30 goals in MLS and for Crew SC on 6/6 vs. Montreal. Needs five appearances to reach 100 in MLS and for Crew SC.

ALL-TIME CLUB GOALSPlayer .........................................................G1. Jeff Cunningham .................................642. Brian McBride ......................................623. Stern John .............................................444. Edson Buddle .......................................425. Eddie Gaven .........................................35T6. Guillermo Barros Schelotto .............33T6. Federico Higuain..........................338. Dante Washington ...............................28

ALL-TIME CLUB ASSISTSPlayer .........................................................A1. Robert Warzycha .................................612. Brian McBride ......................................453. Jeff Cunningham .................................444. Guillermo Barros Schelotto ...............415. Brian Maissonneuve ............................376. Brian West ............................................297. Federico Higuain ............................288. Eddie Gaven .........................................25

ALL-TIME CLUB SHOTSPlayer .........................................................SH1. Brian McBride ......................................4602. Jeff Cunningham .................................4303. Eddie Gaven .........................................3494. Robert Warzycha .................................3195. Edson Buddle .......................................2696. Federico Higuain ............................2427. Stern John .............................................220

ALL-TIME CLUB GAME-WINNING ASSISTSPlayer .........................................................GWA1. Robert Warzycha .................................162. Jeff Cunningham .................................143. Brian McBride ......................................114. Guillermo Barros Scheloto .................10T5. Simon Elliott ......................................8T5. Brian Maissonneuve .........................8T5. Federico Higuain..........................8T8. John Wilmar Perez ...........................7T8. Brian West .........................................7

HECTOR JIMENEZReached 75 appearances and 50 starts in MLS on 5/16 at San Jose. Needs 14 appearances to reach 100 in MLS.

KEI KAMARAReached 200 appearances and 25 assists in MLS on 4/25 vs. Philadelphia. Reached 15 goals for Crew SC on 5/30 at Orlando. Reached 200 shots on goal in MLS on 5/9 vs. Seattle. Needs two goals to become the second player in club history to reach 20. Needs nine goals to tie the all-time MLS single-season goal-scoring reord. Needs five goals to reach 75 in MLS. Needs seven shots to break the Crew SC all-time single-season record.

ALL-TIME CLUB SINGLE-SEASON GOALSPlayer .........................................................G1. Stern John (1998) ................................26T2. Kei Kamara (2015) .......................18T2. Stern John (1999) ..............................184. Brian McBride (1996) .........................175. Jeff Cunningham (2002) .....................166. Dante Washington (2000) ..................15

CHRIS KLUTE Reached 60 starts in MLS on 7/19 vs. Chicago. Needs two assists to reach 10 in MLS.

JACK MCINERNEYNeeds 11 appearances to reach 150, 13 starts to reach 100, four goals to reach 40, 14 shots to reach 250 and 11 shots on goal to reach 100 in MLS. Made his Crew SC debut on 8/8 at Colorado.

JUSTIN MERAMReached 15 goals in MLS and for Crew SC on 4/18 vs. Orlando. Reached 50 starts and 10 assists in MLS and for Crew SC on 5/9 vs. Seattle. Reached 100 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC on 5/30 at Orlando. Reached 150 shots in MLS and for Crew SC on 7/4 vs. New York. Needs 11 starts to reach 75 in MLS and for Crew SC.

MICHAEL PARKHURSTReached 160 appearances in MLS on 5/30 at Orlando and 160 starts in MLS on 6/6 vs. Montreal. Reached 50 appearances for Crew SC on 7/4 vs. New York and 50 starts for Crew SC on 7/11 at Montreal. Reached 15,000 minutes played on 8/1 at Orlando.

EMANUEL POGATETZReached 10 starts in MLS and for Crew SC on 5/22 vs. Chicago. Recorded his first MLS assist on 4/25 vs. Philadelphia. Needs six appearances to reach 25 in MLS and for Crew SC.

MOHAMMED SAEIDReached 15 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC on 6/27 at Real Salt Lake. Reached 10 starts and 20 corner kicks in MLS and for Crew SC on 6/3 at Philadelphia. Needs five appearances to reach 25, nine starts to reach 25 and seven shots to reach 20 in MLS and for Crew SC.

AARON SCHOENFELDReached 40 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC on 5/16 at San Jose. Needs one start to reach 15, one goal to reach five and one shot on goal to reach 20 in MLS and or Crew SC.

BEN SPEASReached 40 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC on 6/13 vs. LA. Needs six shots to reach 50 in MLS and for Crew SC.

KRISTINN STEINDORSSONReached 15 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC on 6/27 at Real Salt Lake.

TONY TCHANIReached 125 appearances in MLS on 4/25 vs. Philadelphia and 100 starts in MLS on 5/16 at San Jose. Reached 100 appearances for Crew SC on 8/19 vs. New York City FC. Reached 10 assists for Crew SC on 4/25 vs. Philadelphia. Reached five goals for Crew SC on 6/27 at Real Salt Lake. Reached 100 shots for Crew SC on 7/25 vs. Toronto FC. Needs two goals and five assists to reach 10 and 20, respectively, in MLS.

WIL TRAPPReached 50 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC on 7/15 at Chicago and 50 starts in MLS and for Crew SC on 7/25 vs. Toronto FC. Needs four assists to reach 10 in MLS and for Crew SC.

TYSON WAHLReached 115 starts in MLS on 5/30 at Orlando and reached 50 appearances for Crew SC on 7/15 at Chicago. Needs two shots to reach 30 in MLS. Needs two starts to reach 50 for Crew SC.


2015 MISCELLANEOUS MLS STATSQuickest Goal: Higuain, 7/19 vs. CHI, 2’ (PK) Quickest Goal Against: Nguyen, 6/24 vs. NE, 1’Game-Winning Goals after 75’: N/AGame-Tying Goals after 75’: N/A Game-Winning Goals Against after 75’: Romero, 6/6 vs. MTL, 79’ Game-Tying Goals Against after 75’: Johnson, 5/22 vs. CHI, 90’+4’ Ribeiro, 5/30 at ORL, 89’ Altidore, 7/25 vs. TFC, 90’ (penalty)Hat Tricks: N/AHat Tricks Against: N/AOwn Goals For: Collin, 8/1 at ORL, 90’+1’Own Goals Against: N/ARed Cards: Higuain, 3/28 vs. NYRB, 83’ Saeid, 5/16 at SJ, 33’ Parkhurst, 5/30 at ORL, 16’ Opponent’s Red Cards: Morrow, 3/14 vs. TFC, 45’+1’ Ramos, 4/18 vs. ORL, 34’ Allen, 6/27 at RSL, 77’ Johnson, 7/19 vs. CHI, 50’ Sjoberg, 8/8 at COL, 90’

2015 PENALTY KICKS FOR

2015 PENALTY KICKS AGAINST

CLB Player Goalkeeper, Team Date ResultHiguain Johnson, CHI 7/19 Goal

Player, Team CLB Goalkeeper Date ResultWright-Phillips, NYRB Clark 3/28 GoalKaka, ORL Clark 5/30 GoalAltidore, TFC Clark 7/25 Goal

CREW SC AND 2015 HONORSEtihad Airways MLS Player of the Month: Ethan Finlay (April, July) - nominated Kei Kamara (April, May) - nominatedMLS Player of the Week: Ethan Finlay (Week 8) Kei Kamara (Week 12)MLS Team of the Week: Ethan Finlay (Weeks 8, 17, 18, 20) Waylon Francis (Weeks 8, 20) Hernan Grana (Week 2) Federico Higuain (Weeks 7,10) Kei Kamara (Weeks 7,8,10, 12, 17, 18, 20, 23) Justin Meram (Week 2) Emanuel Pogatetz (Week 10) Tony Tchani (Week 15)MLS Goal of the Week: Ethan Finlay (Week 18) - nominated Federico Higuain (Weeks 7, 15) - nominatedMLS Save of the Week: Steve Clark (Weeks 4, 9, 14, 18, 21) - nominated; (Week 11) - won

2014-15 COLUMBUS CREW SC TRANSACTIONS

2015 MLS CATEGORICAL WIN-LOSS Overall Home AwayOverall: 9-8-8 7-2-4 2-6-4vs. East: 7-6-5 6-2-3 1-4-2vs. West: 2-2-3 1-0-1 1-2-2Before All-Star Break (July 29) 8-7-7 7-2-3 1-5-4After All-Star Break (July 29) 1-1-1 0-0-1 1-1-0Scoring First: 6-1-5 5-0-3 1-1-2Opp. Scoring First: 3-7-2 2-2-1 1-5-1Leading at Half: 4-0-3 3-0-3 1-0-0Trailing at Half: 1-4-1 0-0-1 1-4-0Tied at Half: 4-4-4 4-2-0 0-2-4Leading at 75’: 9-0-3 7-0-2 2-0-1Trailing at 75’: 0-7-0 0-1-0 0-6-0Tied at 75’: 0-0-5 0-0-2 0-0-3Out-Shooting Opp.: 6-6-2 5-2-1 1-4-1Out-Shot by Opp.: 2-2-5 1-0-2 1-2-3Shots Even: 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0One-Goal Games: 5-3-0 3-2-0 2-1-0Day Games (before 5 p.m. local): 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1Night Games (5 p.m. or after local): 9-8-7 7-2-4 2-6-3In Black Uniforms: 5-2-4 5-1-3 0-1-1In Gold Uniforms: 4-6-4 2-1-1 2-5-3On Time Warner Cable SportsChannel: 8-8-8 6-2-4 2-6-4On ESPN2: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0On Fox Sports 1: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On UniMas/Univision Deportes: 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0In March: 1-2-0 1-1-0 0-1-0In April: 2-0-2 2-0-0 0-0-2In May: 1-2-2 1-0-1 0-2-1In June: 1-2-2 1-1-1 0-1-1In July: 3-1-1 2-0-1 1-1-0In August: 1-1-1 0-0-1 1-1-0In September: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0In October: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Mondays: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Tuesdays: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Wednesdays: 2-1-2 1-0-1 1-1-1On Thursdays: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Fridays: 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0On Saturdays: 6-7-5 5-2-2 1-5-3On Sundays: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0In Sunny Weather: 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1In Clear Weather: 3-3-3 3-1-1 0-2-2In Rain: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0In Cloudy Weather: 6-5-4 4-1-3 2-4-130°-49° at Kickoff: 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-0-050°-59° at Kickoff: 1-1-2 1-0-0 0-1-260°-69° at Kickoff: 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-2-070°-79° at Kickoff: 4-4-2 3-1-2 1-3-080°-89° at Kickoff: 3-0-3 2-0-2 1-0-190°+ at Kickoff: 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1Indoors 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Using No Subs: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Using 1 Sub: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Using 2 Subs: 0-0-2 0-0-2 0-0-0Using 3 Subs: 9-8-6 7-2-2 2-6-4On Natural Grass: 9-7-5 7-2-4 2-5-1On FieldTurf/Artificial Surface: 0-1-3 0-0-0 0-1-3When scoring 0 goals: 0-5-1 0-0-0 0-5-1When scoring 1 goal: 1-2-1 0-2-1 1-0-0When scoring 2 goals: 4-1-5 3-0-2 1-1-3When scoring 3 goals: 3-0-1 3-0-1 0-0-0When scoring 4+ goals: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0When allowing 0 goals: 3-0-1 2-0-0 1-0-1When allowing 1 goal: 5-1-1 4-0-1 1-1-0When allowing 2 goals: 1-4-5 1-2-2 0-2-3When allowing 3 goals: 0-2-1 0-0-1 0-2-0When allowing 4+ goals: 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0

PLAYERS IND Gaston Sauro (Discovery Signing on 8/6)F Jack McInerney (Trade from Montreal on 8/4)D Harrison Afful (Discovery Signing on 7/30)GK Steve Clark (New contract on 4/2)M Cedrick Mabwati (Acquired on 1/30, joined on 7/8)D Hernan Grana (Signed on 1/23)D Kalen Ryden (Selected 69th overall in theMLS SuperDraft on 1/20, signed on 3/2)D Chris Klute (Trade from Colorado on 1/16)F Sagi Lev-Ari (Selected 35th overall in theMLS SuperDraft on 1/15, signed on 3/2)D Sergio Campbell (Selected 19th overall in theMLS SuperDraft on 1/15, signed on 3/2)M Federico Higuain (New Designated Playercontract on 1/5)M Kristinn Steindorsson (Discovery Signing on12/11)M Justin Meram (Re-signed on 12/2)16 player options exercised on 11/18M Mohammed Saied (Discovery Signing on10/29)M Ethan Finlay (Contract extension on 10/24)M Ben Swanson (Homegrown Player signing on10/17)F Kei Kamara (Signed via Allocation Order on 10/7)

PLAYERS OUTF Adam Bedell (Trade to Orlando City SC on 8/6)D Kalen Ryden (Waived on 8/6)D Hernan Grana (Mutually parted ways on 5/12)F Sagi Lev-Ari (Waived on 3/16)D Ben Sweat (Waived on 2/9)D Eric Gehrig (Selected by Orlando City SC inMLS Expansion Draft on 12/10)M Bernardo Anor (Trade to Sporting KC on 12/8)D Josh Williams (Trade to NYCFC on 12/8)D Ross Friedman (Option declined on 11/18)D Matt Wiet (Option declined on 11/18)M Kingsley “Fifi” Baiden (Option declined on11/18)M Daniel Paladini (Option declined on 11/18)M Agustin Viana (Option declined on 11/18)M Matt Walker (Option declined on 11/18)F Jairo Arrieta (Option declined on 11/18, selectedby Orlando City SC in MLS Expansion Draft on12/10)

HOW CREW SC WAS BUILT

BARBASOL MAN OF THE MATCH3/7 at HOU Emanuel Pogatetz3/14 vs. TFC Justin Meram3/28 vs. NYRB Tony Tchani4/8 at VAN Kei Kamara4/11 at NE Hernan Grana4/18 vs. ORL Federico Higuain4/25 vs. PHI Ethan Finlay5/2 at DC Federico Higuain5/9 vs. SEA Kei Kamara5/16 at SJ Steve Clark5/22 vs. CHI Kei Kamara

5/27 vs. VCF Brad Stuver5/30 at ORL Steve Clark6/3 at PHI Aaron Schoenfeld6/6 vs. MTL Waylon Francis6/13 vs. LA Federico Higuain6/17 at RIC Adam Bedell6/24 vs. NE Kei Kamara6/27 at RSL Ethan Finlay 6/30 at ORL Emanuel Pogatetz7/4 vs. NYRB Ethan Finlay7/11 at MTL Ethan Finlay

7/15 at CHI Wil Trapp7/19 vs. CHI Kei Kamara7/25 vs. TFC Ethan Finlay8/1 at ORL Federico Higuain8/8 at COL Kei Kamara8/19 vs. NYC Kei Kamara

Season 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

SuperDraft Justin Meram Ethan Finlay Sergio Campbell Kevan George

Homegrown Matt Lampson Ben Speas Chad Barson Ben Swanson Wil Trapp

Trade Tony Tchani Aaron Schoenfeld Steve Clark Chris Klute Hector Jimenez Jack McInerney Michael Parkhurst

Designated Player Federico Higuain

Signing Tyson Wahl Waylon Francis Harrison Afful Emanuel Pogatetz Cedrick Mabwati Mohammed Saeid Gaston Sauro Kristinn Steindorsson

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