2016 Sporting Kansas City season

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Sporting Kansas City
2016 season
Owner Sporting Club
Head Coach Peter Vermes
Stadium Children's Mercy Park
Top goalscorer Dom Dwyer (5)
Highest home attendance 20,618
(May 21 vs. Real Salt Lake)
Lowest home attendance 19,080
(May 15 vs. Orlando)
Average home league attendance League: 19,752
Home colors
Away colors
Third colors

The 2016 Sporting Kansas City season is the twenty-first season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the sixth year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.

Sporting Kansas City entered the season as the defending U.S. Open Cup champions. By winning the 2015 U.S. Open Cup, they were qualified for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League for the third time in franchise history.

Squad

First team roster

As of October 13, 2015.[1]

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of October 13, 2015.[1]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Jon Kempin (HGP)     United States
3 Defender Ike Opara      United States
4 Defender Kevin Ellis (HGP)     United States
5 Defender Matt Besler (Captain; DP)     United States
6 Midfielder Paulo Nagamura      Brazil
7 Defender Chance Myers      United States
8 Midfielder Graham Zusi (DP)     United States
9 Forward Diego Rubio (DP; on loan from Valladolid)     Chile
10 Midfielder Benny Feilhaber      United States
11 Midfielder Brad Davis      United States
12 Defender Nuno André Coelho      Portugal
13 Defender Amadou Dia      United States
14 Forward Dom Dwyer      England
15 Defender Seth Sinovic      United States
16 Midfielder Lawrence Olum      Kenya
17 Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam      United States
21 Midfielder Justin Mapp      United States
22 Midfielder Connor Hallisey      United States
25 Goalkeeper Alec Kann      United States
27 Midfielder Roger Espinoza      Honduras
29 Goalkeeper Tim Melia      United States
30 Forward Dániel Sallói (HGP)     Hungary
37 Forward Jacob Peterson      United States
93 Midfielder Soni Mustivar      Haiti
94 Midfielder Jimmy Medranda      Colombia
96 Midfielder Jordi Quintillà      Spain

Player movement

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In

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
December 9, 2015 Kenya Lawrence Olum MF Malaysia Kedah FA Free [2][3]
December 11, 2015 United States Alec Kann GK United States Chicago Fire Selected in Stage One of the 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft [4]
December 14, 2015 United States Justin Mapp MF Canada Montreal Impact Free Agent [5]
January 6, 2016 United States Brad Davis MF United States Houston Dynamo Trade [6]
January 13, 2016 Hungary Dániel Sallói FW United States SKC Academy Homegrown Player [7]
January 26, 2016 Portugal Nuno André Coelho DF Turkey Balıkesirspor Free Agent [8]

Out

Date Player Position New Club Fee/Notes Ref
November 25, 2015 United States Jalil Anibaba DF United States Houston Dynamo Option Declined [3]
January 26, 2016 United States Mikey Lopez MF United States New York City FC Free Agent [3]
January 29, 2016 Hungary Krisztián Németh FW Qatar Al-Gharafa Undisclosed Fee [9]
February 23, 2016 United States Amobi Okugo DF Waived [10]
March 1, 2016 Canada Marcel De Jong DF Canada Ottawa Fury FC Mutual Termination [11]

Loans

In

No. Pos. Player Loaned From Start End Source
9 FW Chile Diego Rubio Spain Real Valladolid March 8, 2016 [12]

Out

No. Pos. Player Loaned To Start End Source
2 DF United States Erik Palmer-Brown Portugal FC Porto February 1, 2016 End of 2016 season [13]
23 MF Venezuela Bernardo Añor United States Minnesota United February 17, 2016 End of 2016 season [14]

Competitions

Match results

      Win       Tie       Loss

Preseason

Desert Diamond Cup

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

Major League Soccer

League table

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Western Conference standings

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Regular Season

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

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

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Bracket
Fourth Round
June 15
Fifth Round [A]
June 29
Quarterfinals
July 20
Semifinals
August 10
Final
September 21
                             
NASL
USL
Jacksonville Armada FC or
Charleston Battery
MLS Orlando City SC
 
 
USL
MLS
Louisville City FC or
Chicago Fire
MLS
NASL
Chicago Fire or
Indy Eleven
 
 
MLS New York City FC
PDL
NASL
Jersey Express S.C. or
New York Cosmos
 
 
MLS Philadelphia Union
USL
NPSL
Harrisburg City Islanders or
Chattanooga FC
 
 
NASL
USL
Carolina RailHawks or
Charlotte Independence
MLS New England Revolution
 
 
MLS Columbus Crew SC
USL
NASL
FC Cincinnati or
Tampa Bay Rowdies
 
 
USL
MLS
Rochester Rhinos or
New York Red Bulls
MLS
USASA
New York Red Bulls or
Lansdowne Bhoys FC
 
 
MLS D.C. United
NASL Fort Lauderdale Strikers
 
 
USL
NASL
Saint Louis FC or
Minnesota United FC
MLS Sporting Kansas City
 
 
NASL
MLS
Rayo OKC or
FC Dallas
MLS
USL
FC Dallas or
Oklahoma City Energy FC
 
 
MLS Houston Dynamo
USL
PDL
San Antonio FC or
Des Moines Menace
 
 
MLS Colorado Rapids
USL Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC or
Arizona United SC
 
 
MLS Real Salt Lake
USL
NASL
Wilmington Hammerheads FC or
Miami FC
 
 
MLS LA Galaxy
USASA L.A. Wolves FC or
La Máquina FC
 
 
MLS Seattle Sounders FC
PDL
USL
Kitsap Pumas or
Sacramento Republic FC
 
 
MLS Portland Timbers
MLS San Jose Earthquakes
  • ^ A Note: Fifth round match-ups will be announced at a later date and are not determined by a teams position on this bracket.
  • Host team listed first
    Bold winner

    * = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

CONCACAF Champions League (2016–17)

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