2020 Sporting Kansas City Statistics
Major League Soccer (MLS)
Team Record: 12-6-3 - 39 points
Finishing 1st in MLS's Western Conference
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Peter Vermes (12-6-3)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
2020 Sporting Kansas City RosterTeam Record: 12-6-3 - 39 points
Finishing 1st in MLS's Western Conference
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Peter Vermes (12-6-3)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
The Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer ended the 2020 season with a record of 12 wins and 6 losses and 3 ties for 39 points finishing first in MLS's Western Conference.
Kansas City netted 38 goals and yielded 25. Johnny Russell, Alan Pulido and Gadi Kinda scored 6 goals each for the Sporting, while Khiry Shelton and Erik Hurtado contributed five or more, too. Tim Melia topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 0.71 goals against average, best among keepers with significant playing time.
Peter Vermes coached the team. The 2020 Sporting Kansas City lost in the Conference Semifinal.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | G | A | FC | FS | Y | R | OFF | Shts | S% | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Pulido | F | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 16.7 | 18 | 33.3 |
| Gadi Kinda | M | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.1 | 11 | 54.5 |
| Johnny Russell | F | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12.0 | 17 | 35.3 |
| Khiry Shelton | F | 20 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 17.2 | 14 | 35.7 |
| Erik Hurtado | F | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 26.3 | 8 | 62.5 |
| Gerso Fernandes | F | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 13.0 | 5 | 60.0 |
| Roger Espinoza | M | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10.5 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Gianluca Busio | M-F | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 2.8 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Graham Zusi | M | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4.8 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Andreu Fontas | D | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Winston Reid | D | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Luis Martins | D | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jaylin Lindsey | D | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Amadou Dia | D | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Ilie Sanchez | M | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Felipe Hernandez | M | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Roberto Puncec | D | 20 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Richard Sanchez | GK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Graham Smith | D | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Salloi | F | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Cameron Duke | M | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Matt Besler | D | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Tim Melia | GK | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 305 | 210 | 37 | 31 | 256 | 223 | 42 | 1 | 30 | 313 | 11.8 | 103 | 35.9 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | SHO | GA | GAA | PKG | PKA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Melia | 20 | 20 | 1784:00 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 1.06 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 56 | .727 |
| Richard Sanchez | 2 | 1 | 104:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.46 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .400 |
| Totals | 22 | 21 | 1888:00 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 1.19 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 58 | .707 |
