2015 Sporting Kansas City season

Sporting Kansas City
	2015 season
Owner	Sporting Club
Head Coach	Peter Vermes
Stadium	Sporting Park
MLS	Conference: 6th; Overall: 10th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Knockout Stage
U.S. Open Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Dom Dwyer 12; All: Dom Dwyer 17
Highest home attendance	21,505; (June 6 vs. Seattle)
Lowest home attendance	League: 18,861; (September 18 vs. FC Dallas); All: 16,117; (Aug. 12 vs. Real Salt Lake)
Average home league attendance	League: 19,687; All: 19,371
← 2014	2016 →

The 2015 Sporting Kansas City season was the twentieth season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the fifth year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.

Due to the dissolution of Chivas USA and MLS expansion to New York and Orlando, Sporting Kansas City moved to the Western Conference. Sporting was a member of the Western Conference for its first nine seasons before moving to the Eastern Conference for the previous ten seasons.

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
2	Defender	Erik Palmer-Brown (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	Krisztián Németh	Hungary
10	Midfielder	Benny Feilhaber	United States
11	Midfielder	Bernardo Añor	Venezuela
12	Midfielder	Mikey Lopez (GA)	United States
13	Defender	Amadou Dia	United States
14	Forward	Dom Dwyer	England
15	Defender	Seth Sinovic	United States
17	Defender	Saad Abdul-Salaam	United States
20	Defender	Amobi Okugo	United States
21	Goalkeeper	Jon Kempin (HGP)	United States
22	Midfielder	Connor Hallisey	United States
23	Defender	Jalil Anibaba	United States
27	Midfielder	Roger Espinoza	Honduras
29	Goalkeeper	Tim Melia	United States
37	Forward	Jacob Peterson	United States
71	Defender	Marcel de Jong	Canada
93	Midfielder	Soni Mustivar	Haiti
94	Midfielder	Jimmy Medranda	Colombia
96	Midfielder	Jordi Quintillà	Spain

Player movement

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
December 8, 2014	Bernardo Añor	MF	Columbus Crew SC	Trade for Allocation Money	^[2]
December 12, 2014	Jalil Anibaba	MF	Orlando City SC	Trade in exchange for Aurélien Collin	^[3]
December 16, 2014	James Marcelin	MF	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Free transfer	^[4]
December 18, 2014	Krisztián Németh	FW	Roda JC Kerkrade	Free transfer	^[5]
December 18, 2014	Luis Marín	GK	Universidad de Chile	Free transfer	^[5]
December 23, 2014	Tim Melia	GK	Chivas USA	Free transfer	^[6]
January 6, 2015	Roger Espinoza	MF	Wigan Athletic	Free transfer	^[7]
January 15, 2015	Connor Hallisey	MF	UC Berkeley	2015 MLS SuperDraft	^[8]
January 15, 2015	Saad Abdul-Salaam	DF	University of Akron	2015 MLS SuperDraft	^[8]
January 27, 2015	Servando Carrasco	MF	Houston Dynamo	Trade for rights in exchange for draft pick	^[8]
February 13, 2015	Soni Mustivar	MF	FC Petrolul Ploiești	Free transfer	^[8]
February 18, 2015	Amadou Dia	MF	Clemson University	2015 MLS SuperDraft	^[8]
February 24, 2015	James Ansu Rogers	FW	University of New Mexico	2015 MLS SuperDraft	^[9]
March 2, 2015	Marcel de Jong	DF	FC Augsburg	Free	^[9]
July 20, 2015	Amobi Okugo	DF/MF	Orlando City SC	Trade for Servando Carrasco	^[9]
August 6, 2015	Jordi Quintillà	MF	Ajaccio	Transfer	^[9]

Out

Date	Player	Position	New Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
November 25, 2014	Toni Dovale	MF	Lugo	Option declined	^[10]
November 25, 2014	Michael Kafari	MF		Option declined	^[10]
November 25, 2014	Victor Muñoz	MF	Arizona United SC	Option declined	^[10]
November 25, 2014	Lawrence Olum	MF	Kedah FA	Contract terminated	^[10]
November 25, 2014	Soony Saad	FW	BEC Tero Sasana	Out of contract	^[10]
November 25, 2014	Christian Duke	MF	Oklahoma City Energy FC	Waived	^[11]
December 8, 2014	Aurélien Collin	DF	Orlando City SC	Trade for Allocation Money and Jalil Anibaba	^[2]
December 8, 2014	C. J. Sapong	DF	Philadelphia Union	Trade for 2015 MLS SuperDraft pick	^[2]
December 10, 2014	Sal Zizzo	MF	New York City FC	2014 MLS Expansion Draft	^[12]
December 12, 2014	Eric Kronberg	GK	Montreal Impact	Option declined	^[10]
December 12, 2014	Andy Gruenebaum	GK	San Jose Earthquakes	Option declined	^[10]
January 20, 2015	Claudio Bieler	FW	Quilmes	Out of contract	^[13]
February 24, 2015	Jorge Claros	MF	Qingdao Jonoon	Contract terminated	^[13]
May 27, 2015	Luis Marín	GK	Palestino	Mutually terminated	^[14]
June 22. 2015	James Ansu Rogers	FW		Wavied	^[9]
July 20, 2015	Servando Carrasco	MF	Orlando City SC	Trade for Amobi Okugo	^[9]

Loans

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
40	DF	Igor Julião	Fluminense FC	April 4, 2014	December 31, 2014	^[9]^[15]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
21	GK	Jon Kempin	San Antonio Scorpions	March 20, 2015	May 27, 2015	^[9]^[16]^[14]
17	DF	Saad Abdul-Salaam	San Antonio Scorpions	April 1, 2015	May 19, 2015	^[9]^[17]^[18]

Competitions

Match results

Win Tie Loss

Preseason

Desert Friendlies

January 31, 2015	Portland Timbers	2–0	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
19:00 CST	Villafaña 23' Fernández 30' (p.k.) Nanchoff 53'	Report	Otero 40'	Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex

February 9, 2015	FC Tucson	2–4	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
11:30 CST	Brooks 48' Boggs 74'	Report	Carrasco 42' Németh 60' (pen.), 75', 90' Medranda 77'	Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex

February 28, 2015	Sporting Kansas City	1–0	Minnesota United FC	Tucson, Arizona
	Añor 8', 23' Opara 72'	Report	Calvano 23' Steele 63' Watson 81'	Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex

Desert Diamond Cup

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

February 18, 2015	Colorado Rapids	2–2	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
18:30 CST	Torres 12' Badji 17' Marcelo 29' Flores 56', 75' Cronin 64'	Report	Dwyer 23' Nagamura 25' Espinoza 32' Németh 77' (pen.) Añor 78'	Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex

February 21, 2015	Seattle Sounders FC	2–3	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
21:00 CST	Pineda 22' Mansaray 74' Cooper 81'	Report	Németh 25', 39' Besler 27' Zusi 34' Añor 42' Sinovic 67' Rogers 73' Lopez 88'	Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex

February 25, 2015	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
21:00 CST	Welshman 12' 59' Ovalle 38' Sandoval 47' Velazco 85'	Report	Medranda 43' Sinovic 59' Dwyer 66' Németh 72' Añor 83'	Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex

Major League Soccer

Western Conference standings

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League table

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Regular season

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

March 8, 2015 1	Sporting Kansas City	1–1	New York Red Bulls	Kansas City, Kansas
18:00	Besler 30', 70' Opara 50'	Report	Sam 54' Wright-Phillips 80' Kljestan 86'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,784 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

March 14, 2015 2	FC Dallas	3–1	Sporting Kansas City	Frisco, Texas
19:30	Perez 17 ', 52' Harris 35' Castillo 73' Bekker 90'	Report	Zusi 41' Espinoza 44' Ellis 90'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 14,149 Referee: Jair Marrufo

March 21, 2015 3	Sporting Kansas City	0–0	Portland Timbers	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Feilhaber 82'	Report	Chara 72'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 20,848 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

March 28, 2015 4	New York City FC	0–1	Sporting Kansas City	Bronx, New York
18:00 CST (UTC-06)	Diskerud 73' Watson-Siriboe 85'	Report	Opara 12' Nagamura 68'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 27,545 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

April 5, 2015 5	Sporting Kansas City	3–2	Philadelphia Union	Kansas City, Kansas
18:00	Dwyer 16' de Jong 18' Anibaba 91+' Németh 94+'	Report	Peterson 3' (o.g.) Aristeguiesta 19' Edu 62' Carroll 68'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,545 Referee: Ismail Elfath

April 11, 2015 6	Sporting Kansas City	0–0	Real Salt Lake	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Carrasco 61'	Report	Beltran 44' Saborio 61' Beckerman 64' Mansally 80'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 20,087 Referee: Jorge González

April 18, 2015 7	LA Galaxy	2–1	Sporting Kansas City	Carson, California
21:30	Husidic 9' Gargan 32' Juninho 83' Gonzalez 94+'	Report	Németh 22' Espinoza 30' Dwyer 83'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 20,018 Referee: Alan Kelly

April 25, 2015 8	Houston Dynamo	4–4	Sporting Kansas City	Houston, Texas
19:30	Barnes 11 ', 46' Bruin 46+' 63' Taylor 79' Rodríguez 83'	Report	Németh 2' Espinoza 31' Anibaba 43' Ellis 53' Dwyer 74' Feilhaber 80' (pen.), 95+'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 21,046 Referee: Kevin Stott

May 3, 2015 9	Sporting Kansas City	1–0	Chicago Fire	Kansas City, Kansas
16:00	Sinovic 38' Nagamura 75' 92+'	Report	Adaílton 32' Ritter 58' Accam 89'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,581 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

May 9, 2015 10	D.C. United	1–1	Sporting Kansas City	Washington, D.C.
18:00	Arnaud 41' Arrieta 42'	Report	Espinoza 9' Dwyer 45' Marín 81'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 16,221 Referee: Armando Villarreal

May 16, 2015	Colorado Rapids	Postponed	Sporting Kansas City	Commerce City, Colorado
				Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park

May 20, 2015 11	Sporting Kansas City	4–2	New England Revolution	Kansas City, Kansas
19:00	Dwyer 29' 37' Feilhaber 30' 43' (pen.) Németh 39 ', 43' Dia 71' Mustivar 76'	Report	Agudelo 11' Dorman 41' Caldwell 64' Goncalves 89'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 18,864 Referee: Allen Chapman

May 23, 2015 12	Seattle Sounders FC	0–0	Sporting Kansas City	Seattle, Washington
21:00		Report	Ellis 81' Mustivar 81'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 40,653 Referee: Jair Marrufo

May 29, 2015 13	Sporting Kansas City	4–0	FC Dallas	Kansas City, Kansas
20:00	Németh 19' Feilhaber 51' Ellis 57' Zusi 64'	Report	Loyd 33', 43'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 20,172 Referee: Dave Gantar

June 6, 2015 14	Sporting Kansas City	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Feilhaber 84' (pen.)	Report	Frei 82'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 21,505 Referee: Ismail Elfath

June 21, 2015 15	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Sporting Kansas City	Sandy, Utah
21:00	Morales 15' Jaime 15', 51' Phillips 18' Beckerman 47' García 90+3', 90+3'	Report Report	Mustivar 8' Besler 14' Dwyer 30'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,155 Referee: Drew Fischer

June 27, 2015 16	Sporting Kansas City	2–0	Colorado Rapids	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Nemeth 32' Cronin 64' (o.g.) Dwyer 80' Peterson 92'	Report	Watts 52' Greenspan 61' Doyle 70'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,835 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

July 12, 2015 17	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–1	Sporting Kansas City	Vancouver, British Columbia
20:00	Feilhaber 20' Ellis 52' Mustivar 58' Nemeth 86' Dwyer 88'	Report	Waston 73'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Kevin Stott

July 18, 2015 18	Sporting Kansas City	2–1	Montreal Impact	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Feilhaber 4' Dwyer 34'	Report	Piatti 59' Donadel 84'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,070 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

July 24, 2015 19	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Sporting Kansas City	Sandy, Utah
22:00	Morales 34' Plata 73' (pen.) 90' Vásquez 90'	Summary	Feilhaber 50' 90' Melia 72' Palmer-Brown 77'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,809 Referee: Allen Chapman

August 1, 2015 20	Sporting Kansas City	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Dwyer 6' 45' Besler 20' Ellis 65' Myers 76'	Summary	Deric 45' Clark 78' Torres 80' Sturgis 86'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,882 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

August 8, 2015 21	Toronto FC	1–3	Sporting Kansas City	Toronto, Ontario
15:00	Bradley 22' Warner 88'	Summary	Feilhaber 22' (pen.) Németh 29' Peterson 87'	Stadium: BMO Field Referee: Mark Geiger

August 15, 2015 22	Sporting Kansas City	4–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Kansas City, Kansas
20:00	Ellis 53' Dia 61' Dwyer 81' Nagamura 87 ', 95' 95'	Report	Manneh 9 ', 41' Laba 64' Morales 75'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,969 Referee: Juan Guzman

August 19, 2015 23	Sporting Kansas City	0–5	San Jose Earthquakes	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Feilhaber 71' Nemeth 74'	Report	Cato 3 ', 58' Wondolowski 17' (pen.), 61' Godoy 27'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 18,866 Referee: Jair Marrufo

August 22, 2015 24	Columbus Crew SC	3–2	Sporting Kansas City	Columbus, Ohio
18:30	Finlay 35' Tchani 80' McInerney 88' 92+'	Report	de Jong 14' Dwyer 33' Medranda 39' Zusi 62' Lopez 79'	Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium Attendance: 20,018 Referee: Chris Penso

August 29, 2015 25	Colorado Rapids	2–1	Sporting Kansas City	Commerce City, Colorado
20:00	Figueroa 53' Sjöberg 58' Sarvas 72' Doyle 76'	Report	Abdul-Salaam 34' Dwyer 47' Sinovic 60'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 16,480 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

September 9, 2015 26	Portland Timbers	0–0	Sporting Kansas City	Portland, Oregon
21:30	Melano 46+'	Report	Nagamura 40' Peterson 48+' Feilhaber 68' Anor 94+'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

September 13, 2015 27	Orlando City SC	3–1	Sporting Kansas City	Orlando, Florida
18:00	Winter 3 ', 72' Rochez 66' Shea 83'	Report	Nemeth 59' Besler 83' Dwyer 87'	Stadium: Citrus Bowl Attendance: 22,241 Referee: Jair Marrufo

September 18, 2015 28	Sporting Kansas City	3–1	FC Dallas	Kansas City, Kansas
18:00	Feilhaber 65 ', 76' (pen.) Dwyer 83' Anor 86'	Report	Ulloa 80'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 18,861 Referee: Mark Geiger

September 23, 2015 29	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Sporting Kansas City	Houston, Texas
19:30	Garcia 45', 70' Bruin 67'	Report	Mustivar 33' Besler 41' Sinovic 56' Feilhaber 88'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 18,037 Referee: Sorin Stoica

September 27, 2015 30	Sporting Kansas City	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Kansas City, Kansas
16:00	Nagamura 35' Dwyer 80' Palmer-Brown 82'	Report	Martins 32' Alonso 44'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,496 Referee: Armando Villarreal

October 3, 2015 31	Portland Timbers	0–1	Sporting Kansas City	Portland, Oregon
21:30	Adi 70' Valeri 80'	Report	Feilhaber 74' Németh 83'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Ismail Elfath

October 16, 2015 32	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	Sporting Kansas City	San Jose, California
22:00	Godoy 47' 67'	Report	Okugo 69' Dwyer 82'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kevin Stott

October 21, 2015 33	Sporting Kansas City	0–2	Colorado Rapids	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Németh 78' Ellis 89'	Report	Powers 78' Sarvas 86'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 18,897 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

October 25, 2015 34	Sporting Kansas City	2–1	LA Galaxy	Kansas City, Kansas
18:00	Dwyer 17' 65' Ellis 38' Myers 58' Nagamura 66' Feilhaber 92+'	Report	DeLaGarza 24' Keane 46+'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,422 Referee: Mark Geiger

MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket


Knockout Round			Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals					MLS Cup
October 29 – Stade Saputo



6	Toronto FC	0
			3	Montreal Impact	2	1	3
3	Montreal Impact	3
			2	Columbus Crew (a.e.t.)	1	3	4

			Eastern Conference
October 28 – RFK Stadium								2	Columbus Crew	2	0	2

								1	New York Red Bulls	0	1	1

5	New England Revolution	1
			4	D.C. United	0	0	0
4	D.C. United	2											December 6 – Mapfre Stadium
			1	New York Red Bulls	1	1	2


October 29 – Providence Park													E2	Columbus Crew	1

													W3	Portland Timbers	2

6	Sporting Kansas City	2 (6)
			3	Portland Timbers	0	2	2
3	Portland Timbers (p)	2 (7)
			2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	0	0

			Western Conference
October 28 – CenturyLink Field								3	Portland Timbers	3	2	5

								1	FC Dallas	1	2	3

5	LA Galaxy	2
			4	Seattle Sounders FC	2	1	3 (2)
4	Seattle Sounders FC	3
			1	FC Dallas (p)	1	2	3 (4)

Source: ^[19]

Results

Knockout Round

October 29, 2015 Knockout Round	Portland Timbers	2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Sporting Kansas City	Providence Park, Portland, Oregon
21:00	Ridgewell 38' Wallace 37' 57' Fochive 107' Urruti 118'	Report	Ellis 11' 87' Dwyer 35' Németh 76' 96' Dia 76' Abdul-Salaam 93'	Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Armando Villarreal
		Penalties
	Valeri Borchers Ridgewell Jewsbury Urruti Villafaña Asprilla Nagbe Powell Fochive Kwarasey		Feilhaber Dwyer Zusi Besler Nagamura Ellis Mustivar Peterson Abdul-Salaam Dia Kempin

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

Fourth Round
June 16–17

Fifth Round
June 30–July 1

Quarterfinals
July 14–22

Semifinals
August 12

Final
September 30

MLS

New York Red Bulls

3

NASL

Atlanta Silverbacks

0

MLS

New York Red Bulls

4

NASL

New York Cosmos

1

NASL

New York Cosmos

2(4)

MLS

New York City FC

2(3)

MLS

New York Red Bulls

1(3)

MLS

Philadelphia Union

1(4)

MLS

Philadelphia Union

0(3)

USL

Rochester Rhinos

0(1)

MLS

Philadelphia Union

2

MLS

D.C. United

1

USL

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

1

MLS

D.C. United

3*

MLS

Philadelphia Union

1

MLS

Chicago Fire

0

MLS

Chicago Fire

1*

USL

Louisville City FC

0

MLS

Chicago Fire

3

USL

Charlotte Independence

1

MLS

New England Revolution

0

USL

Charlotte Independence

1

MLS

Chicago Fire

3

MLS

Orlando City SC

1

USL

Charleston Battery

4(7)

MLS

Orlando City SC

4(8)

MLS

Orlando City SC

2

MLS

Columbus Crew

0

USL

Richmond Kickers

1

MLS

Columbus Crew

3

MLS

Philadelphia Union

1(6)

MLS

Sporting Kansas City

1(7)

MLS

Sporting Kansas City

1

USL

Saint Louis FC

0

MLS

Sporting Kansas City

6

MLS

FC Dallas

2

MLS

FC Dallas

4

USL

Oklahoma City Energy FC

1

MLS

Sporting Kansas City

3

MLS

Houston Dynamo

1

MLS

Houston Dynamo

2

USL

Austin Aztex

0

MLS

Houston Dynamo

1

MLS

Colorado Rapids

0

MLS

Colorado Rapids

4

USL

Colorado Springs Switchbacks

1

MLS

Sporting Kansas City

3

MLS

Real Salt Lake

1

MLS

Real Salt Lake

2

USL

Seattle Sounders FC 2

1

MLS

Real Salt Lake

2

MLS

Portland Timbers

0

MLS

Seattle Sounders FC

1

MLS

Portland Timbers

3*

MLS

Real Salt Lake

1

MLS

LA Galaxy

0

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes

2(6)

USL

Sacramento Republic FC

2(5)

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes

0

MLS

LA Galaxy

1

MLS

LA Galaxy

6

USASA

PSA Elite

1

Host team listed first
Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

June 16, 2015 Fourth Round	Sporting Kansas City	1 – 0	Saint Louis FC	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Zusi 70'	SKC Report MLS Report	Renken 87'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,298 (Club USOC Record) Referee: Baboucarr Jallow

July 1, 2015 Fifth Round	Sporting Kansas City	6 – 2	FC Dallas	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Dwyer 5', 30', 41' (pen.), 69' Németh 45+1', 59'	Report	Michel 15' Barrios 62' Zimmerman 68' Acosta 73'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,113 Referee: Robert Sibiga

July 21, 2015 Quarterfinals	Sporting Kansas City	3 – 1	Houston Dynamo	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Mustivar 34' Espinoza 68' Feilhaber 71' Dwyer 86' Németh 88'	Report	Garrido 30' Clark 57' Bruin 59' Davis 68' Miranda 75'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 17,589 Referee: Ted Unkel

August 12, 2015 Semifinals	Sporting Kansas City	3 – 1	Real Salt Lake	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Nagamura 30' Mustivar 35' 75' Feilhaber 80' Németh 85'	Report	García 24' 93+' Beltran 76'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 16,117 Referee: Armando Villarreal

September 30, 2015 Final	Philadelphia Union	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (6 – 7 p)	Sporting Kansas City	Chester, Pennsylvania
18:00	Lahound 21' Le Toux 23' Barnetta 58' Sapong 91+'	Report	Ellis 29' Sinovic 34' Németh 65' Quintillà 71' Besler 86' Nagamura 94' Zusi 104' Myers 106'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 14,463 Referee: Ted Unkel
		Penalties
	Le Toux Nogueira Edu Barnetta Casey Lahound Gaddis Wenger		Benny Feilhaber Dwyer Németh Besler Nagamura Zusi Ellis Quintillà

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2015 Sporting Kansas City season

Contents

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v t e Major League Soccer
Seasons 2023 season Records and statistics 100 or more goals Hat-tricks Players Association Rivalry cups History U.S. Soccer Canada Soccer
Eastern Conference	Atlanta United FC Charlotte FC Chicago Fire FC FC Cincinnati Columbus Crew D.C. United Inter Miami CF CF Montréal Nashville SC New England Revolution New York City FC New York Red Bulls Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union Toronto FC
Western Conference	Austin FC Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo FC Sporting Kansas City LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC Minnesota United FC Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC St. Louis City SC Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Former teams	Tampa Bay Mutiny (1996–2001) Miami Fusion (1998–2001) Chivas USA (2005–2014)
Personnel	Foreign players National team players International slots Designated Players Homegrown Players Generation Adidas Cup Transfers Coaches Owners
Competition	MLS Cup Playoffs Champions Anschutz Trophy Supporters' Shield SuperDraft Stadiums Attendance Television Broadcasters All-Star Game MLS Cup
Associated competitions	All-Star Game Homegrown Game CONCACAF Champions League Campeones Cup Leagues Cup U.S. Open Cup Canadian Championship Reserve League eMLS Cup MLS is Back Tournament MLS Next MLS Next Pro
Other	Generation Adidas Performance in Champions League Hall of Fame Valuations
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v t e 2015 MLS season by team
SuperDraft All-Star Game Playoffs MLS Cup Transfers
Eastern	Chicago Fire Columbus Crew SC D.C. United Montreal Impact New England Revolution New York City FC New York Red Bulls Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union Toronto FC
Western	Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC