The 2019 Sporting Kansas City season was the twenty-fourth season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the ninth year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.
It was the first season since 2010 where Sporting did not qualify for the playoffs.
Summary
Preseason
Sporting Kansas City opened its preseason camp in Scottsdale, Arizona, in early January to prepare for the CONCACAF Champions League. Players slept in specialized tents on their beds that would simulate higher-elevation air pressure in order to adjust their bodies for a high-elevation match in Toluca, Mexico.
Roster
Player movement
In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed. DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRefDecember 14, 2018 Rodney WallaceDF New York CityFree AgentDecember 14, 2018 Erik HurtadoFW Vancouver Whitecaps FCTradeDecember 18, 2018 Botond BaráthDF HonvédSigning, No Transfer FeeDecember 18, 2018 Kelyn RoweMF New England RevolutionThree way trade in exchange for Diego RubioFebruary 5, 2019 Abdul RwatubyayeDF Rayon SportsSigningMarch 11, 2019 Gedion ZelalemMF ArsenalTransferApril 2, 2019 Nicolas HaslerDF Chicago FireSigningMay 8, 2019 Benny FeilhaberMF Colorado RapidsTradeJuly 18, 2019 Cameron DukeMFHomegrown Player August 1, 2019 Luís MartinsDF Chavessigning August 30, 2019 Felipe HernandezMFSwope Park Rangerssigning
Draft picks Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2019 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.
RoundPick NumberPlayerPositionSchool 1 21 Kamar Marriott DF Florida Gulf Coast 2 45 Camden Riley MF University of the Pacific 3 69 Franky Martinez DF UMass Lowell
Out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubNotesRefNovember 30, 2018 Kharlton BelmarFW Nashville SCOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Brad EvansDFRetiredOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Cristian LobatoMF UE CornellàOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Amer DidicDF San Antonio FCOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Colton StormDF North Carolina FCOption Declined, signed with North Carolina FCDecember 18, 2018 Diego RubioFW Colorado RapidsTrade with New England Revolution and Colorado RapidsJanuary 5, 2018 Khiry SheltonFW SC Paderborn 07Out of Contract January 28, 2018 Ike OparaDF Minnesota United FCTraded to Minnesota United, $900,000 in Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) and $100,000 in potential TAM if Minnesota makes PlayoffsMay 8, 2019 Abdul RwatubyayeDF Colorado RapidsTrade with Colorado Rapids. Received Benny Feilhaber. Sent Abdul, second round draft pick, International Roster Spot, $50,000 TAM.August 7, 2019 Kelyn RoweMF Real Salt LakeTraded to Real Salt Lake in exchange for $75,000 TAM and 2019 International Roster Spot (For Luis Martins)
Short Term Agreements Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
In DatePlayerPositionLoaned fromNotesRef May 17, 2018 Wilson Harris FWSwope Park RangersSporting Kansas City (MLS) signs Swope Park Rangers (USL Championship) forward Wilson Harris to a Short-Term Agreement for Saturday’s match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC. June 11, 2018 Felipe Hernandez MFSwope Park RangersSporting KC (MLS) signs Swope Park Rangers midfielder Felipe Hernandez to Short-Term Agreements through Wednesday’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match against Minnesota United FC. June 11, 2018 Camden Riley DFSwope Park RangersSporting KC (MLS) signs Swope Park Rangers defender Camden Riley to Short-Term Agreements through Wednesday’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match against Minnesota United FC.
Loans Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
Out DatePlayerPositionLoaned toNotesRef June 27, 2018 Eric Dick GKTulsa Roughnecks FCSporting Kansas City (MLS) loans Tulsa Roughnecks FC (USL Championship) goalkeeper Eric Dick for Saturday’s match against Real Monarchs SLC.
Competitions
Preseason Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
Mobile Mini Sun Cup
Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
CONCACAF Champions League
Round of 16 Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
Quarterfinals Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
Semifinals Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
U.S. Open Cup
Regular season
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
Standings
Western Conference
Overall table
Results by round
Player statistics
Squad appearances and goals Last updated on 16 September 2019.
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Goalkeepers
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Defenders
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Midfielders
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
0+1 means player did came on as a sub once. 1+1 means player started once and came on as a sub once.
Top scorers NumberPositionNameTotal21MF Felipe Gutiérrez12000127FW Johnny Russell900099FW Krisztián Németh8400126MF Ilie Sánchez2200412FW Gerso Fernandes2210411MF Yohan Croizet3000313MF Gianluca Busio3000319FW Erik Hurtado2000230MF Benny Feilhaber2000216DF Graham Smith1000117MF Roger Espinoza0100120FW Dániel Sallói1000123FW Tyler Freeman0000011MF Kelyn Rowe0000028MF Cameron Duke0000075MF Wan Kuzain0000094MF Jimmy Medranda000002DF Botond Baráth100013DF Abdul Rwatubyaye000004DF Andreu Fontas000005DF Matt Besler000008DF Graham Zusi0000014DF Nicolas Hasler0000015DF Seth Sinovic0000022DF Rodney Wallace0000026DF Jaylin Lindsey00000Total3890047 As of October 19, 2019
Disciplinary record NumberPositionNameMLSCCLOpen CupPlayoffsTotal1GKAdrian Zendejas00000000000000018GKEric Dick00000000000000029GKTim Melia1000000000001002DFBotond Baráth4000000000004003DFAbdul Rwatubyaye1000000000001004DFAndreu Fontas2000000000002005DFMatt Besler2000000000002008DFGraham Zusi50000000000050014DFNicolas Hasler00000000000000015DFSeth Sinovic40010000000050016DFGraham Smith10000000000010022DFRodney Wallace00000000000000026DFJaylin Lindsey00000000000000036DFLuís Martins1000000000001006MFIlie Sánchez70000000000070010MFYohan Croizet40000000000040011MFKelyn Rowe20000000000020017MFRoger Espinoza41100000000041121MFFelipe Gutiérrez900100100000110024MFGedion Zelalem10000000000010028MFCameron Duke00000000000000030MFBenny Feilhaber30000000000030075MFWan Kuzain00000000000000094MFJimmy Medranda0000000000000007FWJohnny Russell1000000000001009FWKrisztián Németh30110000000040112FWGerso Fernandes50000000000050013FWGianluca Busio10000000000010019FWErik Hurtado10000000000010020FWDániel Sallói10110000000020123FWTyler Freeman000000000000000TOTALS68134000000007213 As of September 16, 2019
Injury record
References