2014 Sporting Kansas City season

Sporting Kansas City
2014 season
Owner Sporting Club
Head Coach Peter Vermes
Stadium Sporting Park
MLS East: 5
Overall: 10
MLS Cup Knockout Round
U.S. Open Cup Fifth Round
2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals
2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic Runners-up
Top goalscorer League: Dom Dwyer
All: Dom Dwyer 24
Highest home attendance MLS: 21,493
All: 21,493
Lowest home attendance MLS: 18,938
All: 11,138
Average home league attendance MLS: 19,950
All Competitions: 18,957
Home colors
Away colors
Third colors
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The 2014 Sporting Kansas City season was the nineteenth season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the fourth year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.

Sporting Kansas City entered the season in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League championship stage for the first time in franchise history.

Sporting Kansas City also entered the season as the defending MLS Cup champion, after beating Real Salt Lake in PKs in the MLS Cup 2013.

Squad

First team roster

As of August 17, 2014.[1]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Kronberg, EricEric Kronberg      United States
2 Defender Palmer-Brown, ErikErik Palmer-Brown (HGP)     United States
3 Defender Opara, IkeIke Opara      United States
4 Defender Ellis, KevinKevin Ellis (HGP)     United States
5 Defender Besler, MattMatt Besler (Captain & DP)     United States
6 Midfielder Nagamura, PauloPaulo Nagamura      Brazil
7 Defender Myers, ChanceChance Myers      United States
8 Midfielder Zusi, GrahamGraham Zusi (DP)     United States
9 Midfielder Dovale, AntonioAntonio Dovale      Spain
10 Midfielder Feilhaber, BennyBenny Feilhaber      United States
11 Midfielder Zizzo, SalSal Zizzo      United States
12 Midfielder Lopez, MikeyMikey Lopez (GA)     United States
13 Defender Olum, LawrenceLawrence Olum      Kenya
14 Forward Dwyer, DomDom Dwyer      England
15 Defender Sinovic, SethSeth Sinovic      United States
16 Forward Bieler, ClaudioClaudio Bieler (DP)     Argentina
17 Forward Sapong, C. J.C. J. Sapong      United States
18 Midfielder Muñoz, VictorVictor Muñoz      Spain
20 Midfielder Claros, JorgeJorge Claros      Honduras
21 Goalkeeper Kempin, JonJon Kempin (HGP)     United States
22 Forward Saad, SoonySoony Saad      Lebanon
24 Midfielder Kafari, MichaelMichael Kafari      Ghana
25 Midfielder Duke, ChristianChristian Duke      United States
30 Goalkeeper Gruenebaum, AndyAndy Gruenebaum      United States
37 Midfielder Peterson, JacobJacob Peterson      United States
40 Defender Julião, IgorIgor Julião (on loan from Fluminense)     Brazil
78 Defender Collin, AurélienAurélien Collin      France

Player movement

In

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
December 13, 2013 United States Sal Zizzo MF United States Portland Timbers Trade for Allocation Money [2]
December 16, 2013 United States Andy Gruenebaum GK United States Columbus Crew Trade for 2016 MLS SuperDraft Pick [3]
February 13, 2014 Colombia Jimmy Medranda MF Colombia Deportivo Pereira Fee [4]
March 4, 2014 Uruguay Alex Martinez MF United States NCSU 2014 MLS SuperDraft Selection [5]
March 11, 2014 Spain Antonio Rodríguez Dovale MF Spain Celta de Vigo Free [6]
April 1, 2014 Spain Victor Muñoz MF United States D.C. United Free [7]
July 8, 2014 Ghana Michael Kafari MF United States Charleston Battery Free [8]
July 16, 2014 Honduras Jorge Claros MF Honduras C.D. Motagua Free [9]
July 16, 2014 Philippines Martin Steuble MF Germany FC Wil 1900 Free [9]
August 13, 2014 United States Tim Melia GK United States Chivas USA League Pool Call-up [10]

Out

Pos. Player New Club Fee/Notes Date Ref
GK Denmark Jimmy Nielsen United States Oklahoma City Energy FC Coach Retired from playing December 9, 2013 [11] [12]
DF United States Kyle Miller United States Oklahoma City Energy FC Waived December 12, 2013 [13]
DF United States Brendan Ruiz Waived December 12, 2013 [13]
DF Argentina Federico Bessone England Millwall Released (Out of contract) January 2, 2014 [14]
FW United States Teal Bunbury United States New England Revolution Trade for first round 2015 MLS SuperDraft pick and allocation money February 19, 2013 [15]
DF United States Josh Gardner Waived March 25, 2014 [16]
DF Haiti Mechack Jerome Canada Montreal Impact Waived March 31, 2014 [17]
MF Spain Oriol Rosell Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal Fee June 3, 2014 [18]
MF Uruguay Alex Martinez United States Orange County Blues FC Waived June 30, 2014 [19]
MF Haiti Peterson Joseph Mutually Terminated August 11, 2014 [20]
GK United States Tim Melia United States Sporting Kansas City League Pool Call-up Ended September 3, 2014

Loans

In

No. Pos. Player Loaned From Start End Source
40 DF Brazil Igor Julião Brazil Fluminense FC April 4, 2014 December 31, 2014 [21][22]

Out

No. Pos. Player Loaned To Start End Source
12 MF United States Mikey Lopez United States Orlando City Soccer Club March 17, 2014 June 30, 2014 [6] [19]
21 GK United States Jon Kempin United States Oklahoma City Energy FC March 17, 2014 July 9, 2014 [6] [23]
25 MF United States Christian Duke United States Oklahoma City Energy FC March 17, 2014 June 4, 2014 [6]
4 DF United States Kevin Ellis United States Oklahoma City Energy FC April 21, 2014 May 16, 2014 [24]

Competitions

Match results

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

Desert Friendlies

Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic

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

Major League Soccer

League table

Pos
Team
 Pts
 GP
 W
 L
 T
 GF
 GA
 GD
Qualification or relegation
1 Seattle Sounders FC (SS) (W1) 64 34 20 10 4 65 50+15 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 1 4
2 LA Galaxy 61 34 17 7 10 69 37+32 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 2
3 D.C. United (E1) 59 34 17 9 8 52 37+15 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 3
4 Real Salt Lake 56 34 15 8 11 54 39+15 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 5
5 New England Revolution 55 34 17 13 4 51 46+5  
6 FC Dallas 54 34 16 12 6 55 45+10
7 Columbus Crew 52 34 14 10 10 52 42+10
8 New York Red Bulls 50 34 13 10 11 55 50+5
9 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 50 34 12 8 14 42 40+2 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 6
10 Sporting Kansas City 49 34 14 13 7 48 41+7  
11 Portland Timbers 49 34 12 9 13 61 52+9
12 Philadelphia Union 42 34 10 12 12 51 510
13 Toronto FC 41 34 11 15 8 44 54−10
14 Houston Dynamo 39 34 11 17 6 39 58−19
15 Chicago Fire 36 34 6 10 18 41 51−10
16 Chivas USA 33 34 9 19 6 29 61−32
17 Colorado Rapids 32 34 8 18 8 43 62−19
18 San Jose Earthquakes 30 34 6 16 12 35 50−15
19 Montreal Impact 28 34 6 18 10 38 58−20 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League 7

Updated to matches played on October 26, 2014 11:36 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner
(E1) = Eastern Conference champion
(W1) = Western Conference champion

1 The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League seeding Pot A (Canadian teams normally do not qualify for the Champions League through MLS, qualifying instead via the Canadian Championship, however see note 4.) The other U.S. representatives in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League are:

5 If the same team qualifies multiple times and/or if a Canadian team occupies one or more of the MLS qualifying places, then the American MLS team(s) with the best regular-season record not otherwise qualified are entered.

6 For this season only, the highest placed Canadian team will be awarded Canada's place in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, as a result of the rescheduling of the Canadian Championship in 2015.[25]

7 Montreal Impact qualified for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2014 Canadian Championship.

Eastern Conference standings

Pos
Team
 Pts
 GP
 W
 L
 T
 GF
 GA
 GD
Qualification or relegation
1 D.C. United (E1) 59 34 17 9 8 52 37+15 2014 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 New England Revolution 55 34 17 13 4 51 46+5
3 Columbus Crew 52 34 14 10 10 52 42+10
4 New York Red Bulls 50 34 13 10 11 55 50+5 2014 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5 Sporting Kansas City 49 34 14 13 7 48 41+7
6 Philadelphia Union 42 34 10 12 12 51 510  
7 Toronto FC 41 34 11 15 8 44 54−10
8 Houston Dynamo 39 34 11 17 6 39 58−19
9 Chicago Fire 36 34 6 10 18 41 51−10
10 Montreal Impact 28 34 6 18 10 38 58−20

Updated to matches played on October 25, 2014 09:57 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

Regular Season

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

MLS Cup Playoffs

Main article: 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs
Bracket
East Knockout
   
E4 New York Red Bulls 2
E5 Sporting Kansas City 1
West Knockout
   
W4 FC Dallas 2
W5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1
  Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup 2014
                                     
E1  D.C. United 0 2 2  
E4  New York Red Bulls 2 1 3  
  E4  New York Red Bulls 1 2 3  
Eastern Conference
  E2  New England Revolution 2 2 4  
E2  New England Revolution 4 3 7
E3  Columbus Crew 2 1 3  
  E2  New England Revolution 1
  W2  LA Galaxy (a.e.t.) 2
W1  Seattle Sounders FC (a) 1 0 1  
W4  FC Dallas 1 0 1  
  W1  Seattle Sounders FC 0 2 2
Western Conference
  W2  LA Galaxy (a) 1 1 2  
W2  LA Galaxy 0 5 5
W3  Real Salt Lake 0 0 0  
Results

CONCACAF Champions League

CONCACAF Champions League (2013–14)

Advanced from Group Stage

Championship Stage

In the championship stage, the eight teams play a single-elimination tournament. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule is used if the aggregate score is level after normal time of the second leg, but not after extra time, and so a tie is decided by penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score is level after extra time of the second leg.[27]

Bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
6  United States LA Galaxy 1 2 3  
3  Mexico Tijuana 0 4 4  
  3  Mexico Tijuana 1 0 1  
  2  Mexico Cruz Azul 0 2 2  
7  United States Sporting Kansas City 1 1 2
2  Mexico Cruz Azul 0 5 5  
  2  Mexico Cruz Azul (a) 0 1 1
  1  Mexico Toluca 0 1 1
5  Costa Rica Alajuelense 0 2 2  
4  Panama Árabe Unido 0 0 0  
  5  Costa Rica Alajuelense 0 0 0
  1  Mexico Toluca 1 2 3  
8  United States San Jose Earthquakes 1 1 2 (4)
1  Mexico Toluca (p) 1 1 2 (5)  
Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting Kansas City United States 5–2 Mexico Cruz Azul 1–0 1–5

Cruz Azul won 5–2 on aggregate.

CONCACAF Champions League (2014–15)

Group Stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Costa Rica Saprissa 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7[lower-alpha 1] Advance to championship stage
2 United States Sporting Kansas City 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7[lower-alpha 1]
3 Nicaragua Real Estelí 4 0 2 2 2 8 −6 2
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Saprissa are ahead of Sporting Kansas City based on head-to-head away goals scored (1–0).

U.S. Open Cup

Friendlies

References

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