2013 Sporting Kansas City season

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Sporting Kansas City 2013 soccer season

The 2013 Sporting Kansas City season was the eighteenth season of the team’s existence in Major League Soccer and the third year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.

Sporting Kansas City entered the season as the defending U.S. Open Cup champions and as back-to-back Eastern Conference Regular Season Champions. By winning the 2012 U.S. Open Cup, they were qualified for the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League for the first time in franchise history.

Ivy Funds became the club’s kit sponsor, a first for the franchise.

Sporting Kansas City qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the 12th time in the team’s 18-year history and third straight season, moving into a three-way tie for fourth most MLS Cup Playoff appearances with the Chicago Fire and FC Dallas, trailing only the Colorado Rapids (13), New York Red Bulls (14), and Los Angeles Galaxy (15).[1] The team defeated New England Revolution, Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake to win the 2013 MLS Cup.

First team roster[edit]

Player movement[edit]

In[edit]

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
December 5, 2012 United States Josh Gardner MF United States Montreal Impact Trade for 2nd Round Pick in 2013 MLS SuperDraft [2]
December 11, 2012 United States Benny Feilhaber MF United States New England Revolution Trade for allocation money, 1st Round Pick in 2014 MLS SuperDraft and 2nd Round Pick in 2015 MLS SuperDraft [3]
December 12, 2012 United States Ike Opara DF United States San Jose Earthquakes Trade for 2nd Round Pick in 2013 MLS SuperDraft [4]
December 13, 2012 Cameroon Yann Songo’o DF Spain Pobla de Mafumet CF Free transfer [5]
December 18, 2012 Argentina Claudio Bieler FW Ecuador LDU Quito Transfer (undisclosed fee) [6]
January 17, 2013 United States Mikey Lopez MF United States University of North Carolina 2013 MLS SuperDraft [7]
February 28, 2013 Haiti Mechack Jérôme DF United States Orlando City Transfer (undisclosed fee) [8]
February 28, 2013 United States Christian Duke DF United States University of San Diego 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft [8]
August 2, 2013 United States Erik Palmer-Brown DF United States Sporting Kansas City Academy Home grown player [9]
August 9, 2013 United States Brendan Ruiz DF Brazil Figuerense Transfer (undisclosed fee) [10]
September 13, 2013 Argentina Federico Bessone DF England Oldham Athletic A.F.C. Transfer (undisclosed fee) [11]

Out[edit]

Pos. Player New Club Fee/Notes Date Ref
MF Brazil Júlio César Canada Toronto FC Option declined November 19, 2012 [12]
DF Cameroon Cyprian Hedrick United States Phoenix FC Option declined November 19, 2012 [12]
DF Serbia Neven Marković Switzerland Servette FC Option declined November 19, 2012 [12]
DF/MF Poland Konrad Warzycha United States Columbus Crew Option declined November 19, 2012 [12]
DF England Korede Aiyegbusi Finland FC Haka Option declined December 3, 2012 [13]
DF United States Michael Harrington United States Portland Timbers Trade for Allocation money December 3, 2012 [13]
MF Honduras Roger Espinoza England Wigan Athletic Free January 4, 2013 [14]
FW United States Bobby Convey Canada Toronto F.C. Trade for 2014 MLS SuperDraft Third Round Pick May 16, 2013 [15]
DF Cameroon Yann Songo’o England Blackburn Rovers Released June 28, 2013 [16]
MF United States Michael Thomas Canada Toronto F.C. Trade for 2015 MLS SuperDraft Second Round Pick July 2, 2013 [17]
FW Sierra Leone Kei Kamara England Middlesbrough F.C. Transfer for $2.1 million September 2, 2013 [18]

Loans[edit]

In[edit]

Out[edit]

No. Pos. Player Loaned To Start End Source
23 FW Sierra Leone Kei Kamara England Norwich City January 30, 2013 May 6, 2013 [20]
14 FW England Dom Dwyer United States Orlando City March 14, 2013 June 27, 2013 [21]
2 DF Cameroon Yann Songo’o United States Orlando City March 14, 2013 June 28, 2013 [21]
21 GK United States Jon Kempin United States Orlando City March 14, 2013 September 8, 2013 [21]
25 MF United States Christian Duke United States Orlando City March 14, 2013 September 8, 2013 [21]
17 FW United States C. J. Sapong United States Orlando City July 11, 2013 July 18, 2013 [22][23]
4 DF United States Kevin Ellis United States Orlando City July 11, 2013 September 8, 2013 [22]
17 FW United States C. J. Sapong United States Orlando City August 2, 2013 August 5, 2013 [24]
14 FW England Dom Dwyer United States Orlando City September 4, 2013 September 8, 2013 [25]

Competitions[edit]

Match results[edit]

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason[edit]

Desert Friendlies[edit]

2013 Disney Pro Soccer Classic[edit]

Major League Soccer[edit]

League table[edit]

Updated to match(es) played on October 2013. Source: MLSSoccer.com

Eastern Conference standings[edit]

Updated to match(es) played on October 27, 2013 6:55 p.m. EDT. Source: MLS

Regular season[edit]

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

MLS Cup Playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]
Results[edit]
Conference Semifinals[edit]

Sporting Kansas City won 4-3 on aggregate

Conference Finals[edit]

Sporting Kansas City won 2–1 on aggregate

MLS Cup[edit]

Result[edit]

CONCACAF Champions League (2013–14)[edit]

Advanced to Championship Stage

U.S. Open Cup[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Austin, Kurt. “Sporting KC to face New England Revolution in two-leg Eastern Conference Semifinals series”. Sportingkc.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  2. ^ “Sporting Kansas City acquires Josh Gardner from Montreal Impact”. sportingkc.com. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  3. ^ “Sporting KC acquires midfielder Benny Feilhaber”. sportingkc.com. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  4. ^ “Sporting KC trades for defender Ike Opara”. sportingkc.com. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  5. ^ “Sporting KC signs defender Yann Songo’o”. sportingkc.com. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  6. ^ “Sporting KC signs Claudio Bieler as Designated Player”. sportingkc.com. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  7. ^ “Sporting KC selects 19-year-old midfielder Mikey Lopez in 2013 MLS SuperDraft”. sportingkc.com. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  8. ^ a b “Sporting KC signs two to contracts”. sportingkc.com. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  9. ^ Austin, Kurt. “Sporting Kansas City signs 16-year-old Homegrown Player Erik Palmer-Brown”. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  10. ^ a b Kaplan, Jonathon. “Sporting KC acquires midfielder Jimmy Medranda and defender Brendan Ruiz”. Sportingkc.com. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  11. ^ Austin, Kurt. “Sporting Kansas City signs defender Federico Bessone”. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  12. ^ a b c d “Sporting KC waives Cyprian Hedrick, 3 others”. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  13. ^ a b “Sporting KC trades fullback Michael Harrington to Portland”. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  14. ^ “Roger Espinoza to go straight into Wigan squad after arriving from MLS”. London: The Guardian. January 4, 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  15. ^ Austin, Kurt. “Forward Bobby Convey traded to Toronto FC”. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  16. ^ “Sporting KC and on-loan defender Yann Songo’o mutually agree to part ways”. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  17. ^ “Midfielder Michael Thomas traded to Toronto FC”. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  18. ^ Austin, Kurt. “Forward Kei Kamara transfers to Middlesbrough FC”. Sportingkc.com. Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  19. ^ Austin, Kurt. “Sporting KC re-acquires midfielder Jimmy Medranda”. Sportingkc.com. Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  20. ^ “Sporting KC loans Kei Kamara to Norwich City”. SportingKC.com. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  21. ^ a b c d Austin, Kurt. “Sporting KC agrees to loan four players to USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC”. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  22. ^ a b Austin, Kurt. “Sporting KC loans C.J. Sapong and Kevin Ellis to USL PRO affiliate Orlando City Soccer Club”. Retrieved 12 Aug 2013.
  23. ^ Austin, Kurt. “Sporting KC recalls C.J. Sapong from loan”. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  24. ^ Kaplan, Jonathon. “Sporting Kansas City forward C.J. Sapong loaned to Orlando City Soccer Club”. Sporting KC. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  25. ^ Austin, Kurt. “Sporting Kansas City loans forward Dom Dwyer to Orlando City SC for USL PRO Championship”. Sportingkc.com. Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 5 September 2013.



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