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2015 Sporting Kansas City season
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.
| 2015 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Club | |||
| Peter Vermes | |||
| Sporting Park | |||
| Conference: 6thOverall: 10th | |||
| Knockout Stage | |||
| Champions | |||
| League: Dom Dwyer 12All: Dom Dwyer 17 | |||
| 21,505(June 6 vs. Seattle) | |||
| League: 18,861(September 18 vs. FC Dallas) All: 16,117(Aug 12 vs. Real Salt Lake) | |||
| League: 19,687All: 19,371 | |||
| Home colors |
Away colors
Third colors | Home colors | Away colors | Third colors | | Home colors | Away colors | Third colors | | | | | | | | | | | |
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.
As of October 13, 2015.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of October 13, 2015.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | DF | USA | Erik Palmer-Brown (HGP) |
| 3 | DF | USA | Ike Opara |
| 4 | DF | USA | Kevin Ellis (HGP) |
| 5 | DF | USA | Matt Besler (Captain; DP) |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Paulo Nagamura |
| 7 | DF | USA | Chance Myers |
| 8 | MF | USA | Graham Zusi (DP) |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Krisztián Németh |
| 10 | MF | USA | Benny Feilhaber |
| 11 | MF | VEN | Bernardo Añor |
| 12 | MF | USA | Mikey Lopez (GA) |
| 13 | DF | USA | Amadou Dia |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Dom Dwyer |
| 15 | DF | USA | Seth Sinovic |
| 17 | DF | USA | Saad Abdul-Salaam |
| 20 | DF | USA | Amobi Okugo |
| 21 | GK | USA | Jon Kempin (HGP) |
| 22 | MF | USA | Connor Hallisey |
| 23 | DF | USA | Jalil Anibaba |
| 27 | MF | HON | Roger Espinoza |
| 29 | GK | USA | Tim Melia |
| 37 | FW | USA | Jacob Peterson |
| 71 | DF | CAN | Marcel de Jong |
| 93 | MF | HAI | Soni Mustivar |
| 94 | MF | COL | Jimmy Medranda |
| 96 | MF | ESP | Jordi Quintillà |
| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 8, 2014 | Bernardo Añor | MF | Columbus Crew SC | Trade for Allocation Money | |
| December 12, 2014 | Jalil Anibaba | MF | Orlando City SC | Trade in exchange for Aurélien Collin | |
| December 16, 2014 | James Marcelin | MF | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Free transfer | |
| December 18, 2014 | Krisztián Németh | FW | Roda JC Kerkrade | Free transfer | |
| December 18, 2014 | Luis Marín | GK | Universidad de Chile | Free transfer | |
| December 23, 2014 | Tim Melia | GK | Chivas USA | Free transfer | |
| January 6, 2015 | Roger Espinoza | MF | Wigan Athletic | Free transfer | |
| January 15, 2015 | Connor Hallisey | MF | UC Berkeley | 2015 MLS SuperDraft | |
| January 15, 2015 | Saad Abdul-Salaam | DF | University of Akron | 2015 MLS SuperDraft | |
| January 27, 2015 | Servando Carrasco | MF | Houston Dynamo | Trade for rights in exchange for draft pick | |
| February 13, 2015 | Soni Mustivar | MF | FC Petrolul Ploiești | Free transfer | |
| February 18, 2015 | Amadou Dia | MF | Clemson University | 2015 MLS SuperDraft | |
| February 24, 2015 | James Ansu Rogers | FW | University of New Mexico | 2015 MLS SuperDraft | |
| March 2, 2015 | Marcel de Jong | DF | FC Augsburg | Free | |
| July 20, 2015 | Amobi Okugo | DF/MF | Orlando City SC | Trade for Servando Carrasco | |
| August 6, 2015 | Jordi Quintillà | MF | Ajaccio | Transfer |
| Date | Player | Position | New club | Fee/notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2014 | Toni Dovale | MF | Lugo | Option declined | |
| November 25, 2014 | Michael Kafari | MF | Option declined | ||
| November 25, 2014 | Victor Muñoz | MF | Arizona United SC | Option declined | |
| November 25, 2014 | Lawrence Olum | MF | Kedah FA | Contract terminated | |
| November 25, 2014 | Soony Saad | FW | BEC Tero Sasana | Out of contract | |
| November 25, 2014 | Christian Duke | MF | Oklahoma City Energy FC | Waived | |
| December 8, 2014 | Aurélien Collin | DF | Orlando City SC | Trade for Allocation Money and Jalil Anibaba | |
| December 8, 2014 | C. J. Sapong | DF | Philadelphia Union | Trade for 2015 MLS SuperDraft pick | |
| December 10, 2014 | Sal Zizzo | MF | New York City FC | 2014 MLS Expansion Draft | |
| December 12, 2014 | Eric Kronberg | GK | Montreal Impact | Option declined | |
| December 12, 2014 | Andy Gruenebaum | GK | San Jose Earthquakes | Option declined | |
| January 20, 2015 | Claudio Bieler | FW | Quilmes | Out of contract | |
| February 24, 2015 | Jorge Claros | MF | Qingdao Jonoon | Contract terminated | |
| May 27, 2015 | Luis Marín | GK | Palestino | Mutually terminated | |
| June 22, 2015 | James Ansu Rogers | FW | Waived | ||
| July 20, 2015 | Servando Carrasco | MF | Orlando City SC | Trade for Amobi Okugo |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Start | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | DF | Igor Julião | Fluminense FC | April 4, 2014 | December 31, 2014 |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Start | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | GK | Jon Kempin | San Antonio Scorpions | March 20, 2015 | May 27, 2015 | |
| 17 | DF | Saad Abdul-Salaam | San Antonio Scorpions | April 1, 2015 | May 19, 2015 |
Tie Loss
Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise
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