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
Player movement
In Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed. DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRefDecember 12, 2016 Tyler PasherMF Swope Park RangersSigned from USL teamDecember 2, 2016 Adrian ZendejasGK Swope Park RangersSigned from USL teamJanuary 4, 2017 Gerso FernandesFW/MF C.F. Os BelenensesUndisclosed January 9, 2017 Latif BlessingFW Liberty Professionals F.C.Undisclosed January 9, 2017 Christian VoleskyFW Portland TimbersRights acquired in exchange for 4th Round pick in 2017 MLS SuperDraft January 10, 2017 Cameron IwasaFW Sacramento Republic FCFree Transfer January 10, 2017 Andrew DykstraGK D.C. UnitedRe-Entry DraftJanuary 13, 2017 Ilie SanchezMF TSV 1860 MunichFree TransferJanuary 30, 2017 Soony SaadFW BEC Tero SasanaFree Transfer June 29, 2017 Cristian LobatoMF Gimnàstic de TarragonaFree Transfer August 11, 2017 James MusaDF Swope Park RangersSigned from USL teamAugust 25, 2017 Gianluca BusioFWHGP September 15, 2017 Kharlton BelmarFW Swope Park RangersSigned from USL teamSeptember 15, 2017 Kevin OliveiraMF Swope Park RangersSigned from USL team
Out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubNotesRefOctober 28, 2016 Brad DavisMFNoneRetiredNovember 23, 2016 Jacob PetersonMF Atlanta United FCOut of Contract, Signed with Atlanta United FC on December 21, 2016 November 23, 2016 Nuno André CoelhoDF G.D. ChavesOption DeclinedNovember 23, 2016 Chance MyersDF Portland TimbersOption Declined, later signed with Portland as a free agentNovember 23, 2016 Justin MappMFOption DeclinedNovember 23, 2016 Éver AlvaradoDF CD OlimpiaOption DeclinedNovember 23, 2016 Emmanuel AppiahMF Saint Louis FCOption DeclinedNovember 23, 2016 Jon KempinGK LA GalaxyOption DeclinedNovember 23, 2016 Connor HalliseyMFOption DeclinedDecember 12, 2016 Paulo NagamuraMFNoneRetiredDecember 13, 2016 Alec KannGK Atlanta United FCExpansion DraftFebruary 3, 2017 Lawrence OlumDF Portland TimbersTradeFebruary 27, 2017 Benji JoyaMFWaivedFebruary 27, 2017 Christian VoleskyFW Saint Louis FCWaivedJuly 25, 2017 Dom DwyerFW Orlando City SCTraded
Loans Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
In DatePlayerPositionLoaned fromNotesRefDecember 23, 2016 Igor Juliao DF Fluminense FCWaived on June 29
Competitions
Match results
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
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 RankPositionNumberNameTotal1FW7 Gerso Fernandes802102FW11 Diego Rubio50273FW9 Latif Blessing3036FW14 Dom Dwyer5016 FW30 Dániel Sallói30364DF3 Ike Opara3025MF10 Benny Feilhaber5005 5MF93 Jimmy Medranda20026DF15 Seth Sinovic1001 DF17 Saad Abdul-Salaam1001MF19 Cristian Lobato1001MF27 Roger Espinoza1001Total 37 0 13 50
As of October 26, 2017
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameMLSU.S. Open CupTotal3DFIke Opara3010404DFKevin Ellis1000105DFMatt Besler2000206MFIlie Sánchez7000707FWGerso4000408MFGraham Zusi4100419FWLatif Blessing30003010MFBenny Feilhaber40004011FWDiego Rubio30003014FWDom Dwyer40004015DFSeth Sinovic50116117DFSaad Abdul-Salaam10001021GKAndrew Dykstra20002027MFRoger Espinoza1112013129GKTim Melia10001030FWDániel Sallói10001040DFIgor Julião10001041DFJames Musa10001094MFJimmy Medranda201030TOTALS60251653
As of October 26, 2017.
References