2017 Sporting Kansas City season

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

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

Current roster

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

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

Player Movement

In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

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

Out

Date Player Position Destination club Notes Ref
October 28, 2016 United States Brad Davis MF None Retired [2]
November 23, 2016 United States Jacob Peterson MF United States Atlanta United FC Out of Contract, Signed with Atlanta United FC on December 21, 2016 [2]
November 23, 2016 Portugal Nuno André Coelho DF Portugal G.D. Chaves Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016 United States Chance Myers DF United States Portland Timbers Option Declined, later signed with Portland as a free agent [2]
November 23, 2016 United States Justin Mapp MF Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016 Honduras Éver Alvarado DF Honduras CD Olimpia Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016 Ghana Emmanuel Appiah MF United States Saint Louis FC Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016 United States Jon Kempin GK United States LA Galaxy Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016 United States Connor Hallisey MF Option Declined [2]
December 12, 2016 Brazil Paulo Nagamura MF None Retired [2]
December 13, 2016 United States Alec Kann GK United States Atlanta United FC Expansion Draft [2]
February 3, 2017 Kenya Lawrence Olum DF United States Portland Timbers Trade [2]
February 27, 2017 United States Benji Joya MF Waived [7]
February 27, 2017 United States Christian Volesky FW United States Saint Louis FC Waived [7]
July 25, 2017 United States Dom Dwyer FW United States Orlando City SC Traded [8][9][10][11]

Loans

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

In

Date Player Position Loaned from Notes Ref
December 23, 2016 Brazil Igor Juliao DF Brazil Fluminense FC Waived on June 29 [2][3]

Competitions

Match results

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise

Desert Diamond Cup

Regular season

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

March 31, 2017 4 Toronto FC 0 – 0 Sporting Kansas City Toronto, Ontario, Canada
18:30 Altidore Yellow card 81' Report Sánchez Yellow card 69' Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 27,909
Referee: Alan Kelly
August 19, 2017 25 Sporting Kansas City 2 – 0 FC Dallas Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Diego Rubio File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' (Zusi)
Ilie Yellow card 48'
Gerso File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' (Zusi)
Report Figueroa Yellow card 80' Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,869
Referee: Armando Villarreal
Note: 100th straight sellout

MLS Cup Playoffs

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

U.S. Open Cup

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank Position Number Name MLS MLS Cup Open Cup Total
1 FW 7 Guinea-Bissau Gerso Fernandes 8 0 2 10
2 FW 11 Chile Diego Rubio 5 0 2 7
3 FW 9 Ghana Latif Blessing 3 0 3 6
FW 14 United States Dom Dwyer 5 0 1 6
FW 30 Hungary Dániel Sallói 3 0 3 6
4 DF 3 United States Ike Opara 3 0 2 5
MF 10 United States Benny Feilhaber 5 0 0 5
5 MF 93 Colombia Jimmy Medranda 2 0 0 2
6 DF 15 United States Seth Sinovic 1 0 0 1
DF 17 United States Saad Abdul-Salaam 1 0 0 1
MF 19 Spain Cristian Lobato 1 0 0 1
MF 27 Honduras Roger Espinoza 1 0 0 1
Total 37 0 13 50

As of October 26, 2017

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name MLS U.S. Open Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
3 United States DF Ike Opara 3 0 1 0 4 0
4 United States DF Kevin Ellis 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 United States DF Matt Besler 2 0 0 0 2 0
6 Spain MF Ilie Sánchez 7 0 0 0 7 0
7 Guinea-Bissau FW Gerso 4 0 0 0 4 0
8 United States MF Graham Zusi 4 1 0 0 4 1
9 Ghana FW Latif Blessing 3 0 0 0 3 0
10 United States MF Benny Feilhaber 4 0 0 0 4 0
11 Chile FW Diego Rubio 3 0 0 0 3 0
14 United States FW Dom Dwyer 4 0 0 0 4 0
15 United States DF Seth Sinovic 5 0 1 1 6 1
17 United States DF Saad Abdul-Salaam 1 0 0 0 1 0
21 United States GK Andrew Dykstra 2 0 0 0 2 0
27 Honduras MF Roger Espinoza 11 1 2 0 13 1
29 United States GK Tim Melia 1 0 0 0 1 0
30 Hungary FW Dániel Sallói 1 0 0 0 1 0
40 Brazil DF Igor Julião 1 0 0 0 1 0
41 New Zealand DF James Musa 1 0 0 0 1 0
94 Colombia MF Jimmy Medranda 2 0 1 0 3 0
TOTALS 60 2 5 1 65 3

As of October 26, 2017.

References

  1. "Players". Sporting Kansas City. September 22, 2017. Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 "Transactions". Archived from the original on December 12, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Rodriguez, Alicia (June 29, 2017). "Sporting KC sign Spanish midfielder Cristian Lobato". Sporting KC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  4. Kovzan, Sam (August 11, 2017). "Sporting KC signs 25-year-old midfielder James Musa from Swope Park Rangers". SportingKC.com. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  5. Kovzan, Sam (August 25, 2017). "Sporting KC signs 15-year-old forward Gianluca Busio as a Homegrown Player". Sporting KC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Kovzan, Sam (September 15, 2017). "Sporting KC signs forward Kharlton Belmar and midfielder Kevin Oliveira to MLS contracts". Sporting KC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Sporting KC waives midfielder Benji Joya and forward Christian Volesky".
  8. "Orlando City acquires Dom Dwyer in trade with Sporting Kansas City". ESPNFC.com. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.