Former SKC Wizards Update

Here's is this week's update on former Sporting KC players.

Active without a club or unknown
Vicente Arze
Jamar Beasley
Brian Fekete
Adnan Gabeljic
Faik Hajderovic
Ryan James
Michael Kafari
Kyle Miller
Victor Munoz
Amobi Okugo
Akeem Priestley
Yann Songo'o

MLS
Jalil Anibaba - Houston - No game this week.
Teal Bunbury - New England - Started and palyed 87 minutes in New England's 1-0 win over New York.
Servando Carrasco - Orlando City - Came off the bench and played 66 minutes in Orlando's 4-1 win over Portland.
Aurelien Collin - Orlando City - Came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Orlando's 4-1 win over Portland.
Herculez Gomez - Seattle - Dressed but did not play in Seattle's 1-0 win over Montreal.
Michael Harrington - Chicago - Started and played 90 minutes, recording an assist in Chicago's 1-0 win over Philadelphia.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 4-1 loss to Orlando.
Kei Kamara - Columbus - Started and played 90 minutes in Columbus' 1-1 draw with Dallas.
Eric Kronberg - Montreal - Dressed but did not play in Montreal's 1-0 loss to Seattle.
Mikey Lopez - NYCFC - No game this week.
Yura Movsisyan - Salt Lake - Started and played 70 minutes in RSL's 2-1 win over KC
CJ Sapong - Philadelphia - Started and played 90 minutes in Philadelphia's 1-0 loss to Chicago.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Dressed but did not play in Columbus' 1-1 draw with Dallas.
Sal Zizzo - New York - Started and played 90 minutes in New York's 1-0 loss to New England.

NASL
Bernardo Anor - Minnesota (loan) - Started and played 60 minutes in Minnesota's 2-1 loss to Carolina.
Stefan Antonijevic - Tampa Bay - Did not dress in Tampa's 0-0 draw with Indy.
Marcel de Jong - Ottawa - Started and played 90 minutes in Ottawa's 3-0 loss to New York.
Mechack Jerome - Jacksonville - No game this week.
James Marcelin - Carolina - Started and played 90 minutes in Carolina's 2-1 win over Minnesota.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 0-0 draw with Edmonton.

US
Christian Duke - Swope Park - Started and played 90 minutes in Swope Park's 2-1 win over Tulsa.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - No game this week.
Alex Martinez - Charlotte - Did not play in Charlotte's 2-1 win over Harrisburg.
Tony Rocha - Orlando - Started and played 50 minutes before being sent off in Orlando's 0-0 draw with Charleston.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - No game this week.
Yomby William - Richmond - Started and played 90 minutes in Richmond's 0-0 draw with Wilmington.

Indoor
Pat Healey - Baltimore - No game this week.
Mike Jones - Dallas - Offseason.
Boris Pardo - Missouri - Offseason.

International
Korede Aiyegbusi - Siah Jamegan - Iran - Lost 3-2 to Persepolis FC.
Scott Angevine - KPV - Finland - No game until 4/24.
Claudio Bieler - Belgrano - Argentina - Started and played 90 minutes in Belgrano's 3-2 loss to San Lorenzo.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Did not dress in Chivas' 4-0 win over Pumas.
Reinaldo Brenes - AD Belen Siglo XXI - Costa Rica -Did not dress in Belen's 2-1 loss to Limon.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - Did not dress in Bengaluru's 1- win over Mumbai.
Jorge Claros - Alajuelense - Costa Rica - Dressed but did not play in Alajuelense's 2-0 win over Santos de Guapiles. Dressed but did not play in Alajuelense's 3-0 win over Carmelita.
Eloy Colombano - AD Berazategui - Offseason.
Daneil Cyrus - W Connection - Lost 3-1 to North East Stars
Toni Dovale - CD Leganes - Spain - Dressed but did not play in Leganes' 3-0 loss to Mallorca.
Pablo Escobar - Jaguares de Córdoba - Colombia - Did not dress in Jaguares' 1-1 draw with La Equidad.
Luis Gil - Queretaro - Mexico - Did not dress in Queretaro's 4-2 win over Tijuana. Did not dress in Queretaro's 2-0 loss to Tigres.
Jeferson - Madureira EC - Brazil - Started and played 53 minutes in Madureira's 1-0 loss to Boavista. Lost 3-1 to Fluminense.
Will John - RoPS - Finland - Started and played 74 minutes in RoPS' 4-3 win over PK-35 Vantaa.
Igor Juliao - Ferroviária - Brazil - Started and played 90 minutes in Ferroviaria's 4-1 loss to Santos. Started and played 90 minutes in Ferroviaria's 1-0 loss to Botafogo.
Chris Konopka - Ross County - Scotland - Did not dress in Ross' County's 5-2 loss to Dundee.
Igor Kostrov - Dinamo-Auto - Moldova - Did not dress in Dinamo's 2-1 win over Speranta Nisporeni.
Luis Marin - CD Palestino - Chile - Started and played 90 minutes in Palestino's 1-1 draw with Union La Calera.
Neven Markovic - KS Lechia Gdansk - Poland - Did not dress in Lechia's 1-1 draw with Legia Warszawa.
Michal Mravec - RoPS - Finland - Started and played 45 minutes in RoPS' 4-3 win over PK-35 Vantaa.
Krisztian Nemeth - Al-Gharafa - Qatar - Started and played 80 minutes, scoring a goal in Al Gharafa's 2-1 win over Al Rayyan.
Erik Palmer-Brown - Porto (loan) - Portugal - Started and played 90 minutes in Porto B's 4-0 win over Academico Viseu.
Pablo Punyed - IBV - Iceland - Did not play in IBV's 5-5 draw with Fram Reykjavik.
Oriol Rosell - Vitoria (Sporting Club de Portugal)  Portugal - Started and played 60 minutes in Vitoria's 1-1 draw with Boavista.
Brendan Ruiz - DJK Don Bosco Bamberg - Germany - Did not play in Don Bosco's 5-0 loss to SpVgg SV Weiden.
Soony Saad - Pattaya United (BEC Tero Sasana) - Thailand - Lost 1-0 to Sukhothai FC. Started and played 90 minutes in Pattaya's 3-1 loss to Buriram United.
Peter Schmetz - Wuppertaler SV - Germany - Started and played 60 minutes in Wuppertaler's 1-0 win over TV Jahn Hiesfeld.
Kevin Souter - Deveronvale FC - Scotland - Lost 4-0 to Keith.
Martin Steuble - Ceres-La Salle - Philippines - Offseason.
Milos Stojcev - Atromitos - Greece - Came off the bench and played 16 minutes in Atromitos' 1-0 win over Panaitolikos.
Matt Taylor - Saarbrücken - Germany - Dressed but did not play in Saarbrucken's 4-1 loss to Hoffenheim II.

More New Clubs for Former Players - Former SKC Wizards Update

Player movement continues for former Sporting KC players as MLS clubs head to preseason and other clubs have their secondary window open. Four former players have made moves official in just the last week. Jorge Claros has moved from the Chinese second division back to Central America. Instead of joining Honduran club, Olimpia as was rumored, he instead joined Costa Rican side Alajuelense. Meanwhile Rauwshan McKenzie became one of the first players to sign for expansion NASL side, Rayo OKC. Rayo, sharing a name and owners with Spanish side Rayo Vallecano, may have been the last club in the USA's top three tiers to sign a player, less than two months to the start of the season. Two players joined MLS squads as well as Michael Harrington signed a free agent contract with the Chicago Fire and Yura Movsisyan has returned to the league, signing on with Real Salt Lake on a loan deal from Spartak Moscow.

Here's the rest of this week's update.

Active without a club or unknown
Vicente Arze
Brian Fekete
Michael Kafari
Neal Kitson
Chris Konopka
Jonathan Leathers
Kyle Miller
Michal Mravec
Nelson Pizarro
Soony Saad
Yann Songo'o
Khari Stephenson

MLS
Jalil Anibaba - Houston - Offseason.
Davy Arnaud - DC - Offseason.
Teal Bunbury - New England - Offseason.
Servando Carrasco - Orlando City - Offseason.
Aurelien Collin - Orlando City - Offseason.
Herculez Gomez - Toronto - Offseason.
Michael Harrington - Chicago - Offseason.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Offseason.
Kei Kamara - Columbus - Offseason.
Eric Kronberg - Montreal - Offseason.
Yura Movsisyan - Salt Lake - Offseason.
CJ Sapong - Philadelphia - Offseason.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Offseason.
Sal Zizzo - New York - Offseason.

NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Tampa Bay - Offseason.
Mechack Jerome - Jacksonville - Offseason.
James Marcelin - Fort Lauderdale - Offseason.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Oklahoma City - Offseason.

US
Christian Duke - Swope Park - Offseason.
Adnan Gabeljic - Sacramento - Offseason.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - Offseason.
Alex Martinez - Charlotte - Offseason.
Victor Munoz - Arizona - Offseason.
Tony Rocha - Orlando - Offseason.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - Offseason.
Yomby William - Richmond - Offseason.

Indoor
Jamar Beasley - Tacoma - Did not play in Tacoma's 3-2 win over Dallas.
Adnan Gabeljic - St. Louis - Did not play in St. Louis' 5-3 win over Syracuse.
Pat Healey - Baltimore - No game this week.
Mike Jones - Dallas - Played in both Dallas' 3-2 loss to Tacoma and their 9-7 loss to Dallas.
Boris Pardo - Missouri - No game this week.

International
Korede Aiyegbusi - Siah Jamegan - Iran - No game until 2/2.
Scott Angevine - KPV - Finland - Offseason.
Claudio Bieler - Belgrano - Argentina - No game until 2/6.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Started and played 90 minutes in Chivas' 1-1 draw with Cruz Azul.
Reinaldo Brenes - AD Belen Siglo XXI - Costa Rica - Did not dress in Belen's 2-1 loss to Saprissa.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - Started and played 90 minutes in Bengaluru's 1-0 win over Aizawl.
Jorge Claros - Alajuelense - Costa Rica - Did not dress in Costa Rica's 1-0 loss to Uruguay.
Eloy Colombano - AD Berazategui - Offseason.
Daneil Cyrus - W Connection - Did not play in W Connection's 4-2 win over Police or their 7-1 win over Point Fortin
Toni Dovale - CD Leganes - Spain - Came off the bench and played 18 minutes in Leganes' 4-0 win over Mirandes.
Pablo Escobar - Cúcuta Deportivo - Colombia - Season over.
Luis Gil - Queretaro - Mexico - Did not dress in Queretaro's 1-0 loss to Pachuca.
Jeferson - Vasco da Gama - Brazil - No game until 1/29.
Will John - RoPS - Finland - Offseason.
Igor Juliao - Macaé - Brazil - No game until 1/29.
Igor Kostrov - Dinamo-Auto - Moldova - No game until 3/6.
Luis Marin - CD Palestino - Chile - Started and played 90 minutes in Palestino's 2-1 win over Audax Italiano.
Neven Markovic - KS Lechia Gdansk - Poland - No game until 2/13.
Akeem Priestley - Sheikh Russel KC - Bangladesh - Offseason.
Pablo Punyed - IBV - Iceland - Offseason.
Oriol Rosell - Sporting Club de Portugal  Portugal - Did not dress in either of Sporting's games.
Peter Schmetz - Wuppertaler SV - Germany - No game until 2/28.
Kevin Souter - Deveronvale FC - Scotland - Game against Inverurie Locos was canceled.
Martin Steuble - Ceres-La Salle - Philippines - Offseason.
Milos Stojcev - Atromitos - Greece - Came off the bench and played 1 minute in Atromitos' 2-2 draw with Xanthi.
Matt Taylor - Saarbrücken - Germany - No game until 2/27.

Harrington Done for the Season - Former SKC Wizards Update

The Colorado Rapids announced this week that Michael Harrington had surgery on his foot and will now be out for the rest of the season. The announcement comes at an odd time considering that Harrington has played just twice since the beginning of June. He'd started the season as the club's primary outside back, but since the birth of his first child has barely been seen on the field.

Here's the rest of this week's update.

Active without a club or unknown
Vicente Arze
Mitchell Cardenas
Michael Kafari
Neal Kitson
Jonathan Leathers
Kyle Miller
Lawrence Olum
Nelson Pizarro
Yann Songo'o

MLS
Davy Arnaud - DC - Did not dress in DC's 2-1 win over NYC.
Teal Bunbury - New England - Came off the bench and played 31 minutes in New England's 3-1 loss to Chicago.
Servando Carrasco - Orlando City - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 2-1 win over Montreal.
Aurelien Collin - Orlando City - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 2-1 win over Montreal.
Daneil Cyrus - Chicago (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes in Chicago's 3-1 win over New England.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Away with the US U23 team.
Herculez Gomez - Toronto - Dressed but did not play in Toronto's 3-1 win over Philadelphia.
Michael Harrington - Colorado - Did not dress in Colorado's 2-1 loss to Salt Lake.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Started and played 80 minutes in Portland's 1-0 loss to KC.
Kei Kamara - Columbus - Started and played 90 minutes in Columbus' 2-1 loss to New York.
Chris Konopka - Toronto - Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 3-1 win over Philadelphia.
Eric Kronberg - Montreal - Did not dress in Montreal's 2-1 loss to Orlando.
CJ Sapong - Philadelphia - Started and played 116 minutes in Philadelphia's 1-1(7-6) PK shootout loss to KC in the US Open Cup. Started and played 61 minutes in Philadelphia's 3-1 loss to Toronto.
Khari Stephenson - San Jose - Loaned to San Antonio.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Dressed but did not play in Columbus' 2-1 loss to New York.
Sal Zizzo - New York - Started and played 90 minutes in New York's 2-1 win over Columbus.

NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Tampa Bay - Started and played 90 minutes in Tampa's 1-1 draw with Indy. Started and played 90 minutes in Tampa's 1-0 loss to Minnesota.
James Marcelin - Fort Lauderdale - Started and played 90 minutes in Fort Lauderdale's 4-2 win over San Antonio.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Atlanta - Started and played 90 minutes in Atlanta's 1-1 draw with New York.
Michal Mravec - Atlanta - Started and played 87 minutes, scoring a goal in Atlanta's 1-1 draw with New York.
Khari Stephenson - San Antonio - Did not dress in San Antonio's 4-2 loss to Fort Lauderdale.

US
Christian Duke - Oklahoma City - Started and played 120 minutes in OKC's 2-2 (4-3) shootout win over Colorado Springs.
Brian Fekete - Austin - Season over.
Adnan Gabeljic - Sacramento - Season over.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - Started and played 120 minutes in OKC's 2-2 (4-3) shootout win over Colorado Springs.
Mechack Jerome - Charlotte - Season over.
Alex Martinez - Charlotte - Season over.
Victor Munoz - Arizona - Season over.
Tony Rocha - Austin - Season over.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - Started and played 120 minutes in OKC's 2-2 (4-3) shootout win over Colorado Springs.
Yomby William - Richmond - Season over.

Indoor
Jamar Beasley - Ontario - Offseason.
Adnan Gabeljic - St. Louis - Offseason.
Josh Gardner - Missouri - Offseason.
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason.
Mike Jones - Dallas - Offseason.
Boris Pardo - Missouri - Offseason.

International
Korede Aiyegbusi - AFC United - Sweden - Started and played 90 minutes in AFC's 1-0 win over Utsikten.
Scott Angevine - KPV - Finland - Lost 2-0 to GBK.
Claudio Bieler - Quilmes - Argentina - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Quilmes' 2-0 win over San Martin San Juan.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Started and played 90 minutes in Chivas' 1-0 loss to Pumas.
Reinaldo Brenes - AD Belen Siglo XXI - Costa Rica - Game this week postponed.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - Offseason.
Jorge Claros - Qingdao Jonoon - China - No game this week.
Eloy Colombano - AD Berazategui - Lost 2-1 to Argentino Merlo.
Toni Dovale - CD Leganes - Spain - Came off the bench and played 34 minutes in Leganes' 3-2 win over Albacete.
Pablo Escobar - Cúcuta Deportivo - Colombia - Started Cucuta's 4-1 loss to Envigado.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Lost 2-0 to Tivoli Gardens.
Jeferson - Boavista - Brazil - Offseason.
Will John - RoPS - Finland - Started and played 86 minutes in RoPS 1-0 loss to Mariehamn.
Peterson Joseph - Azam FC - Tanzania - Offseason.
Igor Juliao - ABC (Fluminense) - Brazil - Did not dress in either of ABC's games.
Igor Kostrov - Dinamo-Auto - Moldova - Started and played 90 minutes in Dinamo's 3-1 win over Academia.
Luis Marin - CD Palestino - Chile - Started and played 90 minuets in Palestino's 1-0 win over O'Higgins.
Neven Markovic - KS Lechia Gdansk - Poland - Dressed but did not play in Lechia's 3-0 win over Jagiellonia Bialystok.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Started and played 59 minutes, recording an assist in Spartak's 1-0 win over Mordovia Saransk.
Akeem Priestley - Sheikh Russel KC - Bangladesh - Offseason.
Pablo Punyed - Stjarnan - Iceland - Started and played 63 minutes before being red carded in Stjarnan's 2-1 win over Valur.
Oriol Rosell - Sporting Club de Portugal - Portugal - Did not dress in either of Sporting's games.
Soony Saad - BCC Tero (loaned from BEC Tero Sasana FC) - Thailand - Offseason.
Peter Schmetz - Wuppertaler SV - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes in Wuppertaler's 1-0 win over SC Kapellen-Erft.
Martin Steuble - Ceres-La Salle - Philippines - Offseason.
Milos Stojcev - Atromitos - Greece - Dressed but did not play in Atromitos' 1-0 loss to AEK Athens.
Matt Taylor - Saarbrücken - Germany - Did not dress in Saarbrucken's 3-1 win over Neckarelz.

Will John Moves to Morocco - Former SKC Wizards Update

 Will John has moved to a new club. The local KC product and former KC Wizard has made another club change. This time he's moved to Morocco and signed with Magred Fez of the Moroccan league. It's the eighth country that John will play in after stints in the US, Denmark, Croatia, Ukraine, Serbia, Slovakia, and his last club before this was in Azerbaijan. A lot of moves for the now 29 year old midfielder signed a two year contract with the club.

Here's the rest of this week's update.

Active without a club or unknown
Vicente Arze
Federico Bessone
Jose Burciaga
Julio Cesar
Edson Elcock
Adnan Gabeljic
Mechack Jerome
Peterson Joseph
Kei Kamara
Neal Kitson
Michal Mravec
Nelson Pizarro
Akeem Priestly
Peter Schmetz
Scott Sealy
Konrad Warzycha

MLS
Davy Arnaud - DC - Started and played 90 minutes in DC's 3-3 draw with Chicago.
Teal Bunbury - New England - Did not dress in New England's 1-0 loss to Columbus.
Bobby Convey - New York - Did not dress in New York's 4-1 win over Seattle.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Came off the bench and played 7 minutes in RSL's 5-1 win over Colorado.
Michael Harrington - Portland - Came off the bench and played 8 minutes in Portland's 3-0 win over Vancouver. Started and played 90 minutes, recording an assist in Portland's 6-0 win over Alpha United.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 3-0 win over Vancouver. Started and played 62 minutes, scoring a goal in Portland's 6-0 win over Alpha United.
Eddie Johnson - DC - Did not dress in DC's 3-3 draw with Chicago.
Chris Konopka - Toronto - Dressed but did not play in TFC's 3-0 win over Chivas.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Portland - Did not dress in Portland's 3-0 win over Vancouver. Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 6-0 win over Alpha United.
Khari Stephenson - San Jose - Dressed but did not play in San Jose's 2-0 loss to Montreal.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Started and played 90 minutes in Columbus' 1-0 win over New England.

NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Fort Lauderdale - Started and played 90 minutes in Fort Lauderdale's 2-1 win over Indy.

USL
Brian Fekete - Pittsburgh - Offseason.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - Offseason.
Jonathan Leathers - Charlotte - Offseason.
Alex Martinez - Orange County - Offseason.
Kyle Miller - Oklahoma City - Offseason.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - Offseason.
Yomby William - Richmond - Started and played 90 minutes in Richmond's 3-2 loss to Harrisburg.
John Wilson - Charleston - Offseason.

Indoor
Jamar Beasley - St. Louis - Offseason.
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason.
Paul Wright - San Diego - Offseason.

International
Korede Aiyegbusi - Auerbach - Germany - Started and played 76 minutes in Auerbach's 3-1 loss to BAK 07.
Scott Angevine - Sporting Kristina - Finland - Defeated Kerho 07 2-1.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Started and played 90 minutes in Guadalajara's 2-0 win over Tijuana in the Copa MX. Started and played 90 minutes in Chivas' 4-1 loss t Queretaro.
Mitchell Cardenas - Atlético Coatzacoalcos - Mexico - Tied Real Cuautitlan 0-0.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - Offseason.
Eloy Colombano - AD Berazategui - Argentina - Lost 1-0 to Defensores Unidos. Tied JJ Urquiza 2-2.
Daneil Cyrus - Ha Noi T&T (W Connection) - Vietnam (Trinidad) - Offseason.
Pablo Escobar - Cúcuta Deportivo - Colombia - Started and played 90 minutes in Cucuta's 2-0 loss to Santa Fe. Did not play in Cucuta's 1-0 win over Calledupar.
Roger Espinoza - Wigan - England - Did not dress in either of Wigan's games.
Herculez Gomez - Tigres - Mexico - Came off the bench and played 11 minutes in Tigres' 1-0 win over Universidad Guadalajara. Started and played 90 minutes in Tigres' 1-0 Copa MX win over Queretaro.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Offseason.
Jeferson - América RN - Brazil - Did not play in either of America's games.
Will John - Maghreb Fes - Morocco - Just signed for the club.
Igor Kostrov - Veris - Moldova - Defeated Dacia 2-0.
Carlos Marinelli - Universidad San Martin - Peru - Did not dress in San Martin's 2-1 loss to Alianza Lima.
Neven Markovic - Servette FC - Switzerland - Lost 2-1 to Wohlen in the Schweizer Pokal.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Did not dress in either of Spartak's games.
Pablo Punyed - Stjarnan - Iceland - Started and played 90 minutes in Stjarnan's 1-0 win over Wikingur Reykjavik. Started and played 63 minutes in Stjarnan's 0-0 draw with Fjolnir.
Oriol Rosell - Sporting Club de Portugal - Portugal - Did not dress in Sporting's 1-1 Champions League draw with Maribor. Came off the bench and played 27 minutes in Sporting's 4-0 win over Gil Vicente.
Yann Songo'o - Blackburn - England - Did not dress in either of Blackburn's games.
Milos Stojcev - FK Sarajevo - Bosnia - Started and played 88 minutes in Sarajevo's 4-2 win over Olimpic Sarajevo.
Matt Taylor - Saarbrücken - Germany - Started and played 85 minutes in Saarbrucken's 2-0 win over Hoffenheim II.
Ivan Trujillo - Deportivo Lara - Venezuela - Did not play in Lara's 1-1 draw with Metropolitanos.

Thomas Named OKC Captain - Former SKC Wizards Update

Sporting Kansas City's USL-Pro affiliate, Oklahoma City kicked off their season this past weekend in Los Angeles against Orange County and the LA Galaxy II. The team which features two loaned KC players, also features three former Sporting players and one former academy player. Of those six players with ties to Kansas City, another former Sporting player, Jimmy Nielsen, named one his captain. Michael Thomas, who has played in Sweden and KC in his career was named the Energy's first team captain by Nielsen ahead of their first games last weekend. Here's this week's update.

Active without a club or unknown
Jamar Beasley
Jose Burciaga
Julio Cesar
Edson Elcock
Adnan Gablejic
Josh Gardner
Aaron Hohlbein
Mike Jones
Neal Kitson
Nelson Pizarro
Akeem Priestly
Peter Schmetz
Scott Sealy
Shavar Thomas
Diego Walsh
Konrad Warzycha

MLS
Davy Arnaud - DC - Started and played 90 minutes in DC's 2-0 win over New England.
Teal Bunbury - New England - Started and played 90 minutes in New England's 2-0 loss to DC.
Bobby Convey - New York - Started and played 90 minutes in New York's 2-2 draw with Montreal.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Started and played 55 minutes in Salt Lake's 0-0 draw with KC.
Michael Harrington - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes, recording an assist in Portland's 4-4 draw with Seattle.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 4-4 draw with Seattle.
Eddie Johnson - DC - Came off the bench and played 26 minutes in the USA's 2-2 draw with Mexico. Started and played 87 minutes in DC's 2-0 win over New England.
Chris Konopka - Toronto - Did not dress in Toronto's 2-0 win over Columbus.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Portland - Did not dress in Portland's 4-4 draw with Seattle.
Khari Stephenson - San Jose - No game this week.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Dressed but did not play in Columbus' 2-0 loss to Toronto.

NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Fort Lauderdale - Offseason.

USL
Brian Fekete - Pittsburgh - Started and played 45 minutes in Pittsburgh's 3-1 loss to Richmond.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 2-0 win over Orange County. Started and played 45 minutes in OKC's 4-2 loss to LA.
Jonathan Leathers - Charlotte - Started and played 45 minutes in Charlotte's 1-0 loss to Dayton.
Kyle Miller - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 2-0 win over Orange County. Started and played 83 minutes in OKC's 4-2 loss to LA.
Mike Reidy - Rochester - Did not dress in Rochester's 3-1 loss to Orlando.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 2-0 win over Orange County. Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 4-2 loss to LA.
Yomby William - Richmond - Started and played 90 minutes in Richmond's 3-1 win over Pittsburgh.
John Wilson - Charleston - No game this week.

Other
Birahim Diop - New England Force

Indoor
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason.

International
Korede Aiyegbusi - Servette FC - Switzerland - Did not dress in Servette's 1-0 win over Locarno.
Scott Angevine - Sporting Kristina - Finland - Season starts 4/27
Vicente Arze - FK Hoverla Uzhhorod - Ukraine - Came off the bench and played 33 minutes in Hoverla's 0-0 draw with Metalurh Donetsk.
Federico Bessone - Millwall - England - Did not dress in either of Millwall's games.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Did not dress in Chivas' 3-1 win over Pachuca.
Mitchell Cardenas - Atlético Coatzacoalcos - Mexico - Beat Toros Neza 2-1.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - Started and played 90 minutes in Bengaluru's 2-0 win over Mohun Bagan.
Eloy Colombano - UAI Urquiza - Argentina - Did not dress in UAI's 2-1 loss to Tristan Suarez.
Daneil Cyrus - W Connection - Trinidad - Started and played 90 minutes in W Connection's 6-1 win over Police FC.
Pablo Escobar - Cúcuta Deportivo - Colombia - Did not play in Cucuta's 3-0 loss to Depor FC.
Roger Espinoza - Wigan - England - Out injured.
Herculez Gomez - Tijuana - Mexico - Dressed but did not play in Tijuana's 3-1 win over Toluca. Did not dress in Tijuana's 2-0 loss to Cruz Azul in the CCL.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Suspended
Jeferson - Boavista - Brazil - Did not dress in Boavista's 2-1 loss to America RN.
Will John - AZAL - Azerbaijan - Started and played 78 minutes in Azal's 2-0 loss to Qarabag.
Kei Kamara - Middlesbrough - England - Dressed but did not play in Middlesbrough's 1-0 win over Derby. Did not dress in Middlesbrough's 3-1 win over Birmingham City.
Igor Kostrov - FC Costuleni - Moldova - Lost to Milsami 2-1. Lost 2-1 to Zimbru.
Carlos Marinelli - Universidad San Martin - Peru - Started and played 76 minutes before being red carded in San Martin's 3-0 loss to Cienciano.
Neven Markovic - Servette FC - Switzerland - Started and played 90 minutes in Servette's 1-0 win over Locarno.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Started and played 90 minutes in Spartak's 1-0 loss to Ural.
Michal Mravec - Podbeskidzie - Poland - Did not dress in Podbeskidzie's 3-3 draw with Slask Wroclaw.
Pablo Punyed - Stjarnan - Iceland - Beat Valur 2-1 in the league cup.
Yann Songo'o - Ross County (Blackburn) - Scotland (England) - Started and played 90 minutes in Ross County's 2-1 loss to Inverness.
Milos Stojcev - FK Sarajevo - Bosnia - Did not dress in Sarajevo's 0-0 draw wtih Rudar Prijedor.
Matt Taylor - Preußen Münster - Germany - Came off the bench and played 15 minutes in Munster's 2-0 loss to Darmstadt.
Ivan Trujillo - Deportivo Lara - Venezuela - Came off the bench and played 10 minutes in Lara's 3-3 draw with Zulia.

Three Former Wizards Called Up - Former SKC Wizards Update

For this year's Camp Cupcake, Sporting KC had 5 players called up to represent the national team. Along with KC's five, three former players were also called up, Luis Gil and Michael Harrington earned their first call ups, while Eddie Johnson earned himself another call up to the national team. Here's the rest of this week's update.

Active without a club or unknown
Jamar Beasley
Jose Burciaga
Julio Cesar
Edson Elcock
Brian Fekete
Aaron Hohlbein
Mike Jones
Jonathan Leathers
Scott Sealy
Ivan Trujillo
Michael Thomas
Shavar Thomas
Diego Walsh
Konrad Warzycha

MLS
Davy Arnaud - DC - Offseason.
Bobby Convey - New York - Offseason.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Offseason.
Michael Harrington - Portland - Offseason.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Offseason.
Eddie Johnson - DC - Offseason.
Chris Konopka - Toronto - Offseason
Rauwshan McKenzie - Portland - Offseason.
Khari Stephenson - Salt Lake - Offseason.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Offseason

NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Fort Lauderdale - Offseason.

USL
Cyprian Hedrick - Phoenix - Offseason.
Neal Kitson - Phoenix - Offseason.
Nelson Pizarro - Los Angeles - Offseason.
Mike Reidy - Rochester - Offseason.
Yomby William - Richmond - Offseason.
John Wilson - Charleston - Offseason.

PDL
Scott Angevine - Des Moines - Offseason

Other
Birahim Diop - New England Force

Indoor
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Played in Baltimore's 14-6 win over Missouri. Played in Baltimore's 1-5 win over Pennsylvania.

International
Korede Aiyegbusi - FC Haka - Finland - Offseason.
Vicente Arze - Sporting Charleroi - No game until 1/18.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Started and played 89 minutes, scoring a goal in Chivas' 1-1 draw with Santos Laguna.
Mitchell Cardenas - Atlético Coatzacoalcos - Mexico - No game until 1/12
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - No game until 1/14
Eloy Colombano - UAI Urquiza - Argentina - No game until 1/24
Daneil Cyrus - W Connection - Trinidad - Started and played 90 minutes in W Connection's 1-1 draw with Defence Force.
Pablo Escobar - Cúcuta Deportivo - Colombia - Next game 1/24
Roger Espinoza - Wigan - England - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Wigan's 3-3 draw with Milton Keynes Dons.
Herculez Gomez - Tijuana - Mexico - Started and played 90 minutes in Tijuana's 0-0 draw with Atlas.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Suspended
Jeferson - AC Goianiense - Brazil - No game until 1/19.
Will John - AZAL - Azerbaijan - No game until 2/1
Kei Kamara - Middlesbrough - England - Out injured.
Igor Kostrov - Slavia - Belarus - Offseason.
Carlos Marinelli - Universidad San Martin - Peru - Offseason.
Neven Markovic - Servette FC - Switzerland - No game until 2/2
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - No game til March.
Michal Mravec - Zilina - Slovakia - No games until February.
Akeem Priestly - RoPS - Finland - Offseason.
Pablo Punyed - Fylkir - Iceland - Offseason.
Yann Songo'o - Blackburn - England - Did not dress in Blackburn's 1-1 draw with Manchester City.
Milos Stojcev - Atyrau - Kazakhstan - Offseason.
Matt Taylor - Preußen Münster - Germany - No game until 1/25.

Harrington Trade Official, Aiyegbusi to Rentry Draft

It's been an extremely busy day in MLS circles today as the trade window opened up and teams started to prepare their teams for next year.  Sporting KC was active making a trade with the most active team of the day, Portland.  The rumored trade last night of Michael Harrington for allocation money came off, sending the 6 year veteran to the Pacific Northwest.  It'll be interesting to see what Kansas City does with the allocation money, but rumors are that KC could be busy the rest of this week with news as well. 

Harrington was the team's second most tenured player in KC behind Eric Kronberg, having been with the club since being drafted in 2007.  He scored the quickest goal in a debut, scoring just 3 minutes into his debut against DC United.  His record was topped by CJ Sapong last year.

Harrington finishes his career in KC with the 9th most minutes played in league play in KC history 11,633 in 149 appearances, tying him for 8th place with Mo Johnston.  He started 128 of those, tied with Josh Wolff for 9th.  In all competitions, Harrington played 13,276 good for 11th on that list, in 170 appearances, set for 9th place on that list.  Of those, 143 were starts, good enough for 12th on that list.  In his career, Harrington scored 5 goals for KC, but none since 2008.  In the past two seasons, Harrington has seen his minutes and appearances decrease due to the emergence of Seth Sinovic and Chance Myers.  Harrington started on 16 games last year, and appeared in 23 games.  This year it was even lower as Harrington only started 9 games and appeared in only 11, a career low for him.  With his $125,000 salary it's tough to justify that for a bench player.  And while it'd be nice to have an experienced veteran on the bench, Harrington has to be wanting to get himself more playing time as his career continues.  Good luck to him.

Also announced today was that the team will not be picking up the option on defender Korede Aiyegbusi.  The Englishman appeared in only 9 games, starting 2 over his 3 year career with KC, playing only 152 minutes.  This year it was only 1 appearance for a total of 19 minutes for Aiyegbusi.  He also made one US Open Cup and one USOC qualifier for KC in his career.  Aiyegbusi will go into the reentry draft, the first stage of which takes place on Friday.  Very few, if any of the players on this list will be taken in the first stage, the majority of the movement will take place next Friday in the second stage of the draft.

The departure of these two puts KC extremely low on the number of defenders on the roster.  KC still has their 4 starters, Myers, Sinovic, Matt Besler (who is currently out of contract), and Aurelien Collin, KC has only 3 other defenders on the roster.  Lawrence Olum, Kevin Ellis, and Kyle Miller.  All the appearances for KC between those 3 in competitive games belong to Olum, save 1, a substitution appearance for Kevin Ellis in the Open Cup last year.  There's no doubt though that there will be defensive depth brought in this offseason from one location or another.

Good luck to both Harrington and Aiyegbusi in their continued careers. 

Harrington Heading to Portland?

The MLS trade window opens up tomorrow, and already rumors are swirling around regarding moves that will likely be confirmed in the next few days.  Many of those trades have involved the Portland Timbers.  One of those potential trades also involved Sporting KC.  The rumor tonight out of Portland is that Sporting KC will trade reserve wingback, Michael Harrington to Portland for allocation money.  After the trade was mentioned on Twitter, Sporting KC forward Teal Bunbury tweeted "All the best to my brother @mikeymomoney2 in Portland. Gonna miss you my man. Know you're gonna do big things there."

That tweet has since been deleted by Bunbury though.  The KC Star has posted an article regarding the rumor and has contacted Harrington regarding the rumor.  Harrington's response though was that he hadn't heard anything regarding the rumor. Thad has gotten a comment from the team that they have no confirmation of the trade at this time either.

I expect that Harrington is being traded, while having a player on the bench like Harrington is a luxury, it's an expensive one as he's counting $125,000 against the cap.  Harrington has to want to get more playing time himself though, he can't be enjoying being on the bench.  I think Harrington is likely going to be traded to Portland, the announcement will just come tomorrow or in the next week or so after the trade window as reopened.

Top Rookie Seasons

Yesterday I read a good article about FC Dallas rookie Matt Hedges and where his season ranks in regards to other Dallas rookie seasons.  I decided to take a look at this myself for Sporting KC.  Obviously this seasons isn't looking like a stellar year for KC's rookies, in fact currently the 2012 rookie class for KC is set to finish the season with the fewest minutes played of any rookie class in KC's history.  Dom Dwyer is the only rookie to appear in a competitive game for Sporting this year totaling 49 minutes in one league and one US Open Cup appearance.  Unless he appears over the last two games, this rookie class will finish below the 2003 class that featured Taylor Graham and Jack Jewsbury making a combined 4 league appearances for a total of 71 minutes their rookie year.

Back to the top rookie seasons in KC's history.  The first thing I did was disqualify any player who had played professionally previously (the MLS drafts used to allow you to draft players from the lower divisions as well as college players), so that means no Kerry Zavagnin, Brandon Prideaux, or Ryan Tinsley on this list as all played professionally in the US lower divisions before being drafted by KC.  I wanted this to be about straight rookies, just out of college.  I looked mainly at their contributions ONLY in their rookie season trying to avoid looking at how the rest of their careers has shaped how they're viewed.

So who just missed out on the list?  Two players that just missed that are currently on KC's roster, Matt Besler (2009), Chris Brown (1999), and Diego Gutierrez (1996).  All 3 had solid rookie seasons, Besler appearing in 28 of the 30 league games, Brown scoring 4 goals and assisting on 3 more while appearing in 28 games, and Gutierrez appearing in 28 games recording 5 assists in the leagues first season, but I think they both just miss out on making this list, but it's not by much.  So here's the top 5.

Number 5 - Teal Bunbury 2010

The Generation Adidas, University of Akron product became the first son of a MLS player to be drafted into the league, following in the footsteps of his dad, Alex Bunbury, who also played for Kansas City.  Under Peter Vermes, Bunbury was brought along fairly slowly his rookie year, now earning his first league start until about 8 games into the season.  He scored in the US Open Cup qualifier against Colorado early in the season, but it was July before his first league goal.  Bunbury finished the season appearing in 26games, starting 13, scoring 5 goals, 2 of which were game winners, and 2 assists.

Since that time, Bunbury has been a bit of a polarizing figure for KC.  Some fans of grown tired of his perceived lack of hustle, especially compared to KC's rookie the next year CJ Sapong.  But Bunbury has still played quite well, scoring 19 league goals, 24 in all competitions, he tied for the team lead in goals in league play last season with 9, and led in all competitions with 12.  He was having another solid year this year before he tore his ACL vs New York.

Number 4 - Michael Harrington 2007

Over the course of his rookie year, Harrington, a UNC product supplanted the team's reigning MVP and MLS Best XI defender Jose Burciaga Jr at the left back position.  Granted some of that was Burciaga's own undoing, but Harrington played a role in it and definitely made Burciaga expendable after the season.  Harrington played in 29 of KC's 30 games that year starting 27 of them.  He contributed 3 goals and 4 assists, including what at the time was the fastest debut goal, although it was topped by CJ Sapong 4 years later.

Since his rookie year, Harrington has been a solid contributor to KC, appearing in over 150 league games for the club.  Most of that time has been at the left back position, but he's seen himself around the wingback and win positions especially under Curt Onalfo.  The last season and a half though his playing time has decreased as Seth Sinovic and Chance Myers have emerged successfully at the wingback positions.

Number 3 - Scott Sealy 2005

Sealy is the rookie record holder for most goals in a rookie season.  The Wake Forest product scored 9 goals and assisted on 2 more in his rookie season.  That was good enough for second on the team, 1 behind Josh Wolff.  He appeared in 28 of the 32 games that year for KC, starting 20 of them.

Sealy continued to be a fairly solid contributor for KC over the next few years, leading the team in scoring in 2006 with 10 and added another 7 in 2007.  In 2008 though he found his time with the team slipping away and was traded to San Jose around midseason.  After a few seasons in San Jose he moved abroad to Israel before coming back to San Jose.  He's now with Dallas, mainly playing as a reserve.

Number 2 - CJ Sapong 2011

Last year's MLS rookie of the year and James Madison product comes in second on my list of the top rookies.  Sapong was forced into the starting lineup at the very beginning of the 2011 season due to the elbow injury to Teal Bunbury.  Sapong made the most of that opportunity scoring in only the second minute of the game.  Sapong went on to finish the season with 5 goals, good for 4th on the team and 5 assists, good for 2nd, all in league play.  In all competitions he added another 4 goals to his total.  He also made the most appearances for the club in the season, playing in 40 of the teams 41 games in all competitions, including all 34 league games.

This season Sapong has continued to play well, with little sign of a sophomore slump.  He's scored 8 more league goals this year, second on the team behind Kei Kamara and has hit double digits in all competitions with 10.

Number 1 - Nick Garcia 2000

It's hard to have a season that tops one that won rookie of the year, but that's my feelings on Nick Garcia's 2000 season.  Garcia was part of a 3 man back line that set records left and right for defensive ability in the 2000 season.  The Indian University, Project-40 graduate (precursor to Generation Adidas) was the second overall pick in the 200 draft, played every single minute of every single game that KC played in the 2000 seasons.  Him and Peter Vermes started all 40 games in all competitions, amassing over 3,600 minutes.  He missed out on rookie of the year, finishing second to future US national team captain, Carlos Bocanegra.

Garcia became a staple in the KC back line for the next 7 seasons, and left as the team leader in appearances and in minutes played (he's since been passed in both by Kerry Zavagnin and by Davy Arnaud in appearances).  Garcia was traded to expansion San Jose for the first overall pick that KC used on Chance Myers.  Garcia played a couple season with the Earthquakes before being traded to Toronto.  He played two more seasons there before note being selected in the Re-Entry draft. 

So do you agree? Disagree with my list of the top 5?  Does Sapong's rookie of the year trump Garcia?  Should Besler, Gutierrez, Brown, or another rookie have made the top 5 instead?  Let me know.

Sunday After Stats

Oriol Rosell became the 6th youngest player to start a league game for KC, at 20 years 77 days.

Rosell became the 8th youngest to start a game in all competitions.

In the 42nd minute, Michael Harrington moved past Matt McKeon and into 9th place for minutes played in league.

It was Harrington's 170th appearance in all competitions, breaking his tie with Mo Johnston for 9th on that list.

It was his 149th in league play, tying him with Johnston for 8th on that list.

Harrington made his 128th league start, tying him with Josh Wolff for 9th on that list.

Julio Cesar made his 50th league appearance for KC, he's the 45th player to hit that mark.

Matt Besler made his 115th appearance in all competitions, breaking his tie with Sasha Victorine for 20th on that list.

It was also Besler's 94th league start, breaking his tie with Mark Chung for 18th.

Sunday After Stats

The game was Peter Vermes' 100th in charge of KC.  That ties him with Ron Newman for the second most games coached for Sporting KC.

It was also Vermes' 50th win in all competitions as a coach.  He is the 3rd coach to reach that mark for KC.

Oriol Rosell became the 7th youngest player to ever appear in a game for Sporting KC at 20 years and 25 days.  He knocked Peter Byaruhanga at 20 years 325 days off the list.

Rosell is the 8th youngest to appear in a game in all competitions, knocking Daneil Cyrus at 20 years 220 days off the list.

Teal Bunbury's goal was his 8th in league play at home, tying him with Claudio Lopez and Jose Burciaga for 15th on that list.

It was his 11th in all competitions at home, tying him with Jack Jewsbury, Miklos Molnar and CJ Sapong for 13th on that list.

Graham Zusi's assist was his 10th in league play this year, he's only the 4th player (after Preki, Chris Klein, and Matt McKeon) to hit double digit assists in a season.

It was also Zusi's 18th career assist in league play, giving him sole possession of 11th place, breaking his tie with McKeon and Burciaga.

It was Zusi's 22nd in all competitions, breaking his tie with Jewsbury for 8th place on that list.

Zusi's goal was his 4th game winner in league playing, tying him with Mark Chung and Sapong for 17th on that list.

It was also his 4th game winner in all competitions for KC, tying him with Chung and Aurelien Collin for 19th on that list.

Kei Kamara's assist was his 15th in league play for KC, tying him with Lopez, and Chris Henderson.

It was also Kamara's 15th in all competitions, tying him with Diego Gutierrez, Michael Harrington, and Henderson for 16th on that list.

In the 15th minute, Michael Harrington moved past Josh Wolff and into 10th place on the list of most minutes in league play for KC, Harrington finished the game with 11,543 minutes played.

Harrington was also making his 169th appearance for KC in all competitions, tying him with Mo Johnston for 9th on that list.

Harrington also made his 127th league start, breaking his tie with McKeon for 10th on that list.

Roger Espinoza broke his tie with Sean Bowers on that list for 18th as he made his 121st appearance in all competitions for KC.

Espinoza also tied Sasha Victorine for 19th on the list for league appearances with 106.

Matt Besler made his 102nd start in all competitions for KC, tying him with Victorine for 19th on that list.

Sunday After Stats

Sporting KC recorded their 6th road win in league play and their 7th in all competitions this year.  Both are record numbers for wins in a non-shootout season.  They're also the second most in any year for KC.

Matt Besler made his 100th start in all competitions for KC.  He's the 21st player to hit that mark.

Teal Bunbury's goal was his 11th in league play away from home, breaking his tie with Scott Sealy and Mo Johnston for 6th on that list.

Bunbury's goal was his 18th in league play, breaking his tie with Eddie Johnson and Jimmy Conrad for 10th on that list.

It was Bunbury's 5th game winning goal in league play, tying him with Jimmy Conrad, Jack Jewsbury, and Igor Simutenkov for 13th on that list.

It was his 7th game winner in all competitions, tying him with Chris Brown for 10th on that list.

Michael Harrington made his 126th league start for KC, tying him with Matt McKeon for 10th on that list.

The win was Jimmy Nielsen's 34th for KC, breaking his tie with Bo Oshoniyi and Mike Ammann for 2nd all time.

Sunday After Stats

Kei Kamara's goal was his 28th in league play for KC, tying him with Digital Takawira and Scott Sealy for 6th on that list.

It was Kamara's 20th league goal at home for KC, tying Josh Wolff for the 5th most in team history.

It was his 21st in all competitions at home, breaking his tie with Scott Sealy for 6th on that list.

Graham Zusi's assist was his 17th in league play, tying him with Matt McKeon and Jose Burciaga for 11th on that list.

It was Zusi's 21st in all competitions, tying him wtih Jack Jewsbury for 8th on that list.

Zusi's assist was his 10th in all competitions this year.  He's the first player since Preki in the 2002 and 2003 seasons to have back to back seasons with double digit assists.  He's also the first player not named Preki to do that for KC.

In the 59th minute, Michael Harrington moved past Tony Meola and into 11th place for the most minutes played in league play, he finished the game wtih 11,363 minutes played.

In the 44th minute, Harrington passed Josh Wolff and moved into 11th place on that list.  He finished the game with 12,986 minutes.

Harrington also made his 166th appearance in all competitions for KC, breaking his tie with Josh Wolff for 10th on that list.

Harrington also started his 125th league game, tying Meola for 11th place on that list.

Sunday After Stats

Sporting KC has gone 325 minutes without a goal at home, the second longest streak in team history behind 367 from the end of the 1998 season through the start of the 1999 season.

Peter Vermes coached his 110th game in all competitions for KC, tying Ron Newman for the second most games coached for KC.

Michael Harrington made his 165th appearance in all competitions, tying him with Josh Wolff for 10th on that list.

It was Harrington's 145th in league play, breaking his tie with Wolff and Matt McKeon for 9th on that list.

S.A.S. Thursday After Stats

Jimmy Nielsen tonight became the 9th oldest player to appear in and start a game for Sporting KC at 34 years, 347 days, moving past Bo Oshoniyi.

Paulo Nagamura made his 150th MLS start in his career tonight.

Kei Kamara's goal was his 8th away from home for KC in league play, tying him with Sasha Victorine for 9th on that list.

It was also his 8th in all competitions away from home for KC, tying him with Victorine, Francisco Gomez, and Mark Chung for 11th on that list.

Michael Harrington made his 144th league appearance for KC, tying him with Matt McKeon and Josh Wolff for 9th on that list.

Aurelien Collin made his 50th start for KC, he's the 45th player to hit that mark.

S.A.S. Wednesday After Stats

Graham Zusi is now the only player to appear in all 18 of KC's games this year.

Zusi made his 7th USOC appearance, tying him with Diego Gutierrez for 14th on that list.

Zusi made his 5th USOC start, tying him with Pore, Burciaga, Tony Moela, Gomez, Oshoniyi, Peter Vermes, and Aurelien Collin.

CJ Sapong's two goals give him 11 at home in all competitions, tying him with Jack Jewsbury and Miklos Molnar for 13th on that list.

Sapong's second goal was his 16th in all competitions for Sporting, tying him with Francisco Gomez for 17th on that list.

His second goal was his 5th in US Open Cup play, tying him with Davy Arnaud and Igor Simutenkov for the most in team history.

Sapong's first goal was the 6th game winner of his career in all competitions, tying him with Eddie Johnson, Jose Burciaga, Francisco Gomez, Mo Johnston, and Teal Bunbury for 11th on that list.

Sapong and Teal Bunbury made their 6th USOC appearance, tying them with Jonathan Leathers, Ryan Pore, Alex Zotinca, Francisco Gomez, Bo Oshoniyi, Chris Brown, and Shavar Thomas for 16th on that list.

Roger Espinoza's appearance was his 114th in all competitions, tying him with Sasha Victorine for 19th on that list.

Michael Harrington made his 12th appearance in a US open Cup game/qualifier for Sporting, tying him with Davy Arnaud for 3rd on that list.

Harrington's appearance was also his 9th start, tying him with Jimmy Conrad for 3rd on that list.

Matt Besler made his 8th USOC appearance, tying him with Matt McKeon, Eric Kronberg, and Chance Myers for 10th on that list.

Besler and Bunbury made their 6th USOC start, tying them with Leathers, Gutierrez, and Thomas for 13th on that list.

Jimmy Nielsen recorded his second US Open Cup shutout, tying him with Tony Meola for 3rd in team history.

Nielsen's shut out was also his 27th in all competitions, breaking his tie with Oshoniyi for 2nd on that list.

S.A.S. Thursday After Stats

Soony Saad and Peterson Joseph made their first league starts for Kansas City.

Saad's start also made him the 3rd youngest player to ever start a league game at 19 years 308 days.  He knocked Peter Byaruhanga at 20 years 364 days off the list.

Michael Thomas made his first appearance and first start for KC in all competitions.

Roger Espinoza made his 100th league appearance for Sporting KC, he's the 21st player to hit that mark for KC.

The appearance was Espinoza's 112th in all competitions, breaking his tie with Digital Takawira for 20th on that list.

Jacob Peterson's goal was his 10th in MLS play in his career, and his 15th in all competitions.

Kei Kamara made his 50th substitution appearance in all competitions in his MLS career.

The start was Michael Harrington's 136th in all competitions for KC, breaking his tie with Diego Gutierrez for 12th on that list.

S.A.S. Monday Edition

Lots of stats from yesterday's win over San Jose.

Seth Sinovic made his 50th league appearance in his MLS career.

KC is now 9-0-0 when CJ Sapong scores in league play.  In all competitions, KC is 12-0-0 when he scores.


CJ Sapong's goal was his 8th in all competitions at home for KC, tying him with Jose Burciaga and Chris Henderson for 19th on that list.

Kei Kamara's goal was his 19th at home in league play for KC, that breaks his tie with Scott Sealy for 6th on that list.

It was also Kamara's 20th at home in all competitions, tying him with Sealy for 6th on that list.

Kamara's goal was also his 25th league goal for KC, the 8th player to hit that mark for KC.

Kamara's assist was his 13th in league play for KC, breaking his tie with Paul Wright for 19th place on that list.

Kamara's assist was also his 13th in all competitions for KC, tying him with Wright and Chris Brown for 19th on that list.

Kamara's game winner was his 8th for KC in league play, tying him with Digital Takawira for 5th place on that list.

It was also his 8th game winner in all competitions, tying him with Sealy, Igor Simutenkov, and Takawira for 6th on that list.

Graham Zusi's assist was his 15th league assist for KC, tying him with Claudio Lopez and Henderson for 13th on that list.

Zusi's assist was his 18th in all competitions, tying him with Burciaga and Francisco Gomez for 12th on that list.

Michael Harrington's assist was his 14th in league play for KC, tying him with Gomez and Diego Gutierrez for 16th place on that list.

Harrington's assist was also his 15th in all competitions, tying him with Gutierrez and Henderson for 16th place on that list.

Jimmy Nielsen recorded his 30th league win for KC last night, that ties him with Kevin Hartman for the 4th most in team history.

Nielsen's win was his 32nd in all competitions for KC, breaking his tie with Hartman for 4th place on that list.

Sunday After Stats

 Here's a look at some stats from last night's game against Chicago.

Bobby Convey scored his first goal for Sporting KC last night.

Convey's goal was the 50th goal that KC has scored against the Fire.

Kei Kamara recorded his 12th assist for KC on Convey's goal, that ties him with Paul Wright for 19th for the most assists in league play.

Kamara made his 75th league appearance for Kansas City.

Roger Espinoza's red card was his 4th in league play in his MLS career, tying him with Davy Arnaud for the second most in team history.

It was Espinoza's 5th in all competitions, also tying him with Arnaud for second place in all competitions.

CJ Sapong made his 50th appearance in all competitions for KC last night, he's the 51st player to hit that mark.

Michael Harrington made his 135th start in all competitions for KC, tying him with Diego Gutierrez for 12th on that list.

Graham Zusi made his 50th start for KC in all competitions.  He's the 43rd player to hit that mark.

Most Starts for KC

More stats updates for you on Sporting KC. This time it's the most starts for KC in league play and in all competitions.

League
Kerry Zavagnin - 228
Nick Garcia - 224
Davy Arnaud - 213
Jimmy Conrad - 203
Preki - 199
Chris Klein - 183
Jack Jewsbury - 142
Mo Johnston - 142
Josh Wolff - 128
Matt McKeon - 126
Tony Meola - 125
Michael Harrington - 119
Jose Burciaga - 110
Diego Gutierrez - 108
Uche Okafor - 107
Sean Bowers - 104
Matt Besler - 68
Roger Espinoza - 67
Jimmy Nielsen - 60
Kei Kamara - 55
Chance Myers - 37
Graham Zusi - 34
Teal Bunbury - 33
Julio Cesar - 25
CJ Sapong - 22
Aurelien Collin - 21
Seth Sinovic - 20
Birahim Diop - 15
Luke Sassano - 5
Eric Kronberg - 4
Korede Aiyegbusi - 3
Daneil Cyrus - 1

Matt Besler and Roger Espinoza have a chance to make it to the 100 starts club next season, but they need to start almost every single game for Sporting this coming season.

All Competitions
Kerry Zavagnin - 281
Nick Garcia - 272
Davy Arnaud - 234
Preki - 229
Jimmy Conrad - 228
Chris Klein - 216
Jack Jewsbury - 162
Matt McKeon - 159
Mo Johnston - 157
Tony Meola - 156
Josh Wolff - 144
Diego Gutierrez - 135
Michael Harrington - 133
Jose Burciaga - 123
Uche Okafor - 116
Sean Bowers - 113
Bo Oshoniyi - 105
Mark Chung - 103
Sasha Victorine - 102
Kevin Hartman - 100
Matt Besler - 78
Roger Espinoza - 76
Jimmy Nielsen - 63
Kei Kamara - 61
Chance Myers - 45
Graham Zusi - 40
Teal Bunbury - 40
Julio Cesar - 28
Aurelien Collin - 27
CJ Sapong - 26
Seth Sinovic - 24
Birahim Diop - 17
Eric Kronberg - 12
Luke Sassano - 9
Korede Aiyegbusi - 4
Daneil Cyrus - 1

An easier task for Besler and Espinoza to make the 100 start list. As with the above list, Michael Harrington is the only active player on the list that has hit 100 starts in all competitions for KC.