The 2020 Sporting Kansas City season was the twenty-fifth season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the tenth year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker. The season was suspended on March 12, for 30 days, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following that decision, on March 19 Major League Soccer extended its temporary suspension until May 10. Following that decision, on April 17 Major League Soccer extended its temporary suspension until June 8.
Summary
Preseason
Sporting will spend the whole of its pre-season training camp in Scottsdale, Arizona for the sixth straight year, led by Coach and Sporting Director Peter Vermes. From January 19 to Feb 1 and from Feb. 8–22 the club will practice in Scottsdale before kicking off its 25th season in Major League Soccer on Feb 29 or March 1.
Roster
Player movement
In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed. DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRefNovember 26, 2019 Richard SánchezGK Chicago Fire FC2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft December 4, 2019 Roberto PunčecDF RijekaUndisclosedDecember 9, 2019 Khiry SheltonFW SC Paderborn 07UndisclosedDecember 10, 2019 Alan PulidoFW C.D. GuadalajaraUndisclosed January 10, 2020 Amadou DiaDF Phoenix Rising FCSigned for 2020 season with contract options through 2022February 24, 2020 John PulskampGK Sporting Kansas City IIPromotion to first team
Draft picks Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.
RoundPick NumberPlayerPositionSchool 3 58 Jaret Townsend MF University of Washington 4 84 James Kasak FW Virginia Tech
Out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubNotesRefNovember 19, 2019 Jimmy MedrandaMF Nashville SCSelected in 2019 MLS Expansion DraftNovember 19, 2019 Adrian ZendejasGK Nashville SCTraded for $125,000 in 2020 TAM and $50,000 in 2020 GAMNovember 21, 2019 Seth SinovicDF New England RevolutionOption DeclinedNovember 21, 2019 Benny FeilhaberMFRetiredOption DeclinedNovember 21, 2019 Gedion ZelalemMF New York City FCOption DeclinedNovember 21, 2019 Krisztián NémethFW DAC Dunajská StredaOption DeclinedNovember 21, 2019 Nicolas HaslerDF FC ThunOption DeclinedNovember 21, 2019 Rodney WallaceDFRetiredOption Declined
Loans Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
In DatePlayerPositionLoaned fromNotesRef January 23, 2020 Gadi Kinda MFBeitar Jerusalem F.C.One-year loan using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM), with an option to exercise a permanent transfer at the end of 2020 February 14, 2020 Winston Reid DFWest Ham United F.C.One-year loan
Out DatePlayerPositionLoaned toNotesRef February 4, 2020 Eric Dick GKPhoenix Rising FCLoaned to Phoenix Rising FC (USL Championship) for the 2020 season.
Competitions
Preseason Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
Preseason schedule announced on January 14, 2020.
Visit Tucson Sun Cup
MLS is Back Tournament
Group stage
Knockout stage
Regular season
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
MLS Cup Playoffs
Standings
Western Conference
Overall table
Results by round
Player statistics
Squad appearances and goals Last updated on September 23, 2020.
! 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. The group stage matches of the MLS is Back Tournament count as regular season matches and data will be listed under Regular Season.
Top scorers NumberPositionNameTotal7FW Johnny Russell6000617MFGadi Kinda4000411FW Khiry Shelton400049FW Alan Pulido3100419FW Erik Hurtado2000215MF Roger Espinoza100018DF Graham Zusi1000112FW Gerso1000127MF Gianluca Busio10001N/AN/AOwn Goal10001Total2310024 As of September 23, 2020
Disciplinary record NumberPositionNameMLSMLS is BackPlayoffsTotal17MFGadi Kinda3100000003106MFIlie10000000010011FWKhiry Shelton10000000000015MF Roger Espinoza0000000000009FW Alan Pulido10000000010027MF Gianluca Busio20000000020016DF Graham Smith10000000010012FW Gerso00010000000028MF Cameron Duke1000000001004DF Roberto Punčec0000000000007FW Johnny Russell00000000000029GK Tim Melia0000000000005DF Matt Besler000000000000TOTALS200000000200 As of March 1, 2021
Injury record
References