2017 Sporting Kansas City season

The 2017 Sporting Kansas City season was the twenty-second season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the seventh year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.

Sporting Kansas City
2017 season
OwnerSporting Club
Head CoachPeter Vermes
StadiumChildren's Mercy Park
MLSConference: 5th
Overall: 11th
PlayoffsKnockout Round
U.S. Open CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Gerso
(8 goals)

All: Gerso
(10 goals)
Highest home attendance21,523
(Open Cup Final vs New York Red Bulls)
Lowest home attendance15,016
(Open Cup Quarterfinals vs FC Dallas)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 19,565
All: 19,051
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Current roster

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of September 12, 2017.[1]

No. Pos. Player Nation
1 GK Adrián Zendejas   United States
2 DF Erik Palmer-Brown (HGP)   United States
3 DF Ike Opara   United States
4 DF Kevin Ellis (HGP)   United States
5 DF Matt Besler (Captain)   United States
6 MF Ilie Sánchez   Spain
7 FW Gerso Fernandes (DP)   Guinea-Bissau
8 DF Graham Zusi (DP)   United States
9 FW Latif Blessing   Ghana
10 MF Benny Feilhaber   United States
11 FW Diego Rubio   Chile
15 DF Seth Sinovic   United States
17 DF Saad Abdul-Salaam   United States
19 MF Cristian Lobato   Spain
20 FW Gianluca Busio (HGP)   United States
21 GK Andrew Dykstra   United States
22 FW Soony Saad   Lebanon
23 DF Colton Storm   United States
24 FW Cameron Iwasa   United States
27 MF Roger Espinoza (DP)   Honduras
29 GK Tim Melia   United States
30 FW Dániel Sallói (HGP)   Hungary
39 FW Cameron Porter   United States
41 DF James Musa   New Zealand
55 DF Amer Didic   Canada
77 MF Tyler Pasher   Canada
88 MF Kevin Oliveira   Cape Verde
90 FW Kharlton Belmar   United States
93 MF Soni Mustivar   Haiti
94 MF Jimmy Medranda   Colombia

Player Movement

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Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date Player Position Previous club Fee/notes Ref
December 12, 2016   Tyler Pasher MF   Swope Park Rangers Signed from USL team [2]
December 2, 2016   Adrian Zendejas GK   Swope Park Rangers Signed from USL team [2]
January 4, 2017   Gerso Fernandes FW/MF   C.F. Os Belenenses Undisclosed [2]
January 9, 2017   Latif Blessing FW   Liberty Professionals F.C. Undisclosed [2]
January 9, 2017   Christian Volesky FW   Portland Timbers Rights acquired in exchange for 4th Round pick in 2017 MLS SuperDraft [2]
January 10, 2017   Cameron Iwasa FW   Sacramento Republic FC Free Transfer [2]
January 10, 2017   Andrew Dykstra GK   D.C. United Re-Entry Draft [2]
January 13, 2017   Ilie Sanchez MF   TSV 1860 Munich Free Transfer [2]
January 30, 2017   Soony Saad FW   BEC Tero Sasana Free Transfer [2]
June 29, 2017   Cristian Lobato MF   Gimnàstic de Tarragona Free Transfer [3]
August 11, 2017   James Musa DF   Swope Park Rangers Signed from USL team [4]
August 25, 2017   Gianluca Busio FW HGP [5]
September 15, 2017   Kharlton Belmar FW   Swope Park Rangers Signed from USL team [6]
September 15, 2017   Kevin Oliveira MF   Swope Park Rangers Signed from USL team [6]
Date Player Position Destination club Notes Ref
October 28, 2016   Brad Davis MF None Retired [2]
November 23, 2016   Jacob Peterson MF   Atlanta United FC Out of Contract, Signed with Atlanta United FC on December 21, 2016 [2]
November 23, 2016   Nuno André Coelho DF   G.D. Chaves Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016   Chance Myers DF   Portland Timbers Option Declined, later signed with Portland as a free agent [2]
November 23, 2016   Justin Mapp MF Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016   Éver Alvarado DF   CD Olimpia Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016   Emmanuel Appiah MF   Saint Louis FC Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016   Jon Kempin GK   LA Galaxy Option Declined [2]
November 23, 2016   Connor Hallisey MF Option Declined [2]
December 12, 2016   Paulo Nagamura MF None Retired [2]
December 13, 2016   Alec Kann GK   Atlanta United FC Expansion Draft [2]
February 3, 2017   Lawrence Olum DF   Portland Timbers Trade [2]
February 27, 2017   Benji Joya MF Waived [7]
February 27, 2017   Christian Volesky FW   Saint Louis FC Waived [7]
July 25, 2017   Dom Dwyer FW   Orlando City SC Traded [8][9][10][11]

Loans

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Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date Player Position Loaned from Notes Ref
December 23, 2016   Igor Juliao DF   Fluminense FC Waived on June 29 [2][3]

Competitions

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Match results

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  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

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

Desert Diamond Cup

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Regular season

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

March 4, 2017 CST 1 D.C. United 0 – 0 Sporting Kansas City Washington, D.C.
18:00 Franklin   64'
Vincent   64'
Report Sinovic   37'
Espinoza   72'
Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 18,268
Referee: Robert Sibiga
March 11, 2017 CST 2 Sporting Kansas City 0 – 0 FC Dallas Kansas City, Kansas
20:00 Sinovic   79'
Dwyer   81'
Gerso   95'
Report Guillen   4'
Figueroa   29'
Harris   69'
Gruezo   86'
Cermeno   92'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,117
Referee: Sorin Stoica
March 18, 2017 3 Sporting Kansas City 2 – 1 San Jose Earthquakes Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Dwyer   16'
Feilhaber   37'
Zusi   84'
Bingham   89' (o.g.)
Report Urena   52'
Jungwirth   91'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,282
Referee: Jair Marrufo
March 31, 2017 4 Toronto FC 0 – 0 Sporting Kansas City Toronto, Ontario, Canada
18:30 Altidore   81' Report Sánchez   69' Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 27,909
Referee: Alan Kelly
April 9, 2017 5 Sporting Kansas City 3 – 1 Colorado Rapids Kansas City, Kansas
18:00 Sinovic   6'
Sánchez   38'
Gerso   58'
Dwyer   85'
Report Miller   84'
Watts   86'
Doyle   94+' (pen.)
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,249
Referee: Allen Chapman
April 15, 2017 6 Portland Timbers 0 – 1 Sporting Kansas City Portland, Oregon
21:30 Report Opara   25'
Sinovic   52'
Dwyer   53'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,144
Referee: Drew Fischer
April 22, 2017 7 FC Dallas 1 – 0 Sporting Kansas City Frisco, Texas
19:00 Figueroa   77' Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 15,411
Referee: Kevin Stott
April 29, 2017 8 Sporting Kansas City 3 – 0 Real Salt Lake Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Feilhaber   17'   49'
Dwyer   51'
Espinoza   55'
Zusi   69'
Gerso   84'   95+'
Report Mulholland   39'
Phillips   51'
Movsisyan   55'
Lennon   85'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 18,648
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
May 3, 2017 9 Sporting Kansas City 2 – 0 New York Red Bulls Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Opara   30'
Dwyer   46', 68'   51'
Report Davis   62'
Lade   76'
Wright-Phillips   92'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 18,965
Referee: Allen Chapman
May 7, 2017 10 Minnesota United FC 2 – 0 Sporting Kansas City Minneapolis, Minnesota
12:30 Danladi   22'
Ramirez   39'   51'
Calvo   72'
Report Juliao   17'
Dwyer   72'
Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium
Attendance: 17,709
Referee: Alan Kelly
May 13, 2017 11 Orlando City SC 2 – 2 Sporting Kansas City Orlando, Florida
18:00 Aja   11'
Larin   16'
Kaká   26'
Higuita   40'
Report Blessing   9', 74'   79'
Zusi   48'
Sánchez   79'
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 25,527
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
May 17, 2017 12 Sporting Kansas City 3 – 0 Seattle Sounders FC Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Gerso   56', 58', 69' Report Delem   3'
Alfaro   85'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 20,139
Referee: Ted Unkel
May 20, 2017 13 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 – 0 Sporting Kansas City Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
18:00 Techera   40'
Parker   67'
Laba   89'
Report Espinoza   66'
Sinovic   77'
Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 21,020
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
May 27, 2017 14 Colorado Rapids 1 – 0 Sporting Kansas City Commerce City, Colorado
19:00 Ford   11'
Burling   19'
Miller   22'
Howard   86'
Doyle   89'
Report Espinoza   41'   93+' Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 17,648
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
June 3, 2017 15 Sporting Kansas City 3 – 0 Minnesota United FC Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 Feilhaber   12'
Melia   44'
Opara   45+2'
Medranda   54'
Abdul-Salaam   87'
Report Jome   7'
Warner   23'
Shuttleworth   43'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 20,361
Referee: Jorge González
June 10, 2017 16 Sporting Kansas City 1 – 1 Montreal Impact Kansas City, Kansas
19:00 Gerso   24' Report Piatti   45+1'
Mancosu   82'   84'
Duvall   86'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 20,335
Referee: Robert Sibiga
June 17, 2017 17 San Jose Earthquakes 0 – 0 Sporting Kansas City San Jose, California
20:00 Godoy   73'
Wondolowski   74'
Report Besler   78'
Espinoza   86'
Stadium: Avaya Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Armando Villarreal
June 24, 2017 18 LA Galaxy 1 – 2 Sporting Kansas City Carson, California
21:30 Villarreal   33'
Smith   59'
Van Damme   81'
Report Espinoza   22'
Opara   35'
Gerso   73'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 20,140
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
July 1, 2017 19 Sporting Kansas City 1 – 1 Portland Timbers Kansas City, Kansas
18:00 Latif   44'
Espinoza   45'
Sallói   60' (Espinoza)
Ellis   85'
Report Valeri   26' (Blanco)
Adi   38'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 20,933
Referee: Alan Kelly
July 6, 2017 20 Sporting Kansas City 1 – 1 Philadelphia Union Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Diego Rubio   49' (Sallói)
Abdul-Salaam   64'
Feilhaber   68'
Report Medunjanin   68'
Alberg   69' (pen.)
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,240
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
July 22, 2017 21 Real Salt Lake 1 – 1 Sporting Kansas City Sandy, Utah
21:00 Silva   43' (Plata, Acosta)
Sunny   53'
Acosta   56'
Beltran   71'
Report Espinoza   40'
Ilie   47'
Feilhaber   59' (pen.)
Gerso   77'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,316
Referee: Nima Saghafi
July 29, 2017 22 Sporting Kansas City 3 – 2 Chicago Fire Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Sallói   23'
Feilhaber   45+1'
Latif   51' (Rubio)
Report Besler   28' (O.G.)
Juninho   76'
Accam   77' (Doody)
João Meira   90'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 20,313
Referee: Alan Kelly
August 6, 2017 23 Sporting Kansas City 1 – 1 Atlanta United FC Kansas City, Kansas
19:00 Opara   27'
Feilhaber   59' (pen.)
Report Larentowicz   21'
Carmona   24'
Asad   51'
González Pírez   61'
Ambrose   77'
Peterson   90+1'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,481
Referee: Chris Penso
August 12, 2017 24 Seattle Sounders FC 1 – 0 Sporting Kansas City Seattle, Washington
15:00 Dempsey   36' (Morris, Roldan)
Lodeiro   45+1'
Torres   66'
Report Musa   27'
Medranda   93'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 43,530
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
August 19, 2017 25 Sporting Kansas City 2 – 0 FC Dallas Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Diego Rubio   42' (Zusi)
Ilie   48'
Gerso   90+2' (Zusi)
Report Figueroa   80' Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,869
Referee: Armando Villarreal
Note: 100th straight sellout
September 6, 2017 26 New York City FC 1 – 0 Sporting Kansas City New York, New York
00:00 Moralez   28'
Harrison   84' (Allen)
Allen   89'
Report Espinoza   24'
Diego Rubio   90+2'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 19,353
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
September 10, 2017 27 Columbus Crew SC 1 – 1 Sporting Kansas City Columbus, Ohio
12:00 Mensah   13'
Kamara   45+1' (Santos)
Williams   59'
Abu   85'
Report Espinoza   15'
Lobato   19' (Besler)
Feilhaber   53'
Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 17,089
Referee: Chris Penso
September 16, 2017 28 Sporting Kansas City 3 – 1 New England Revolution Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Gerso   16'
Diego Rubio   23'   45' (Gerso, Zusi), 58'
Medranda   26'
Report Bunbury   4'
Németh   11'
Fagúndez   90+2'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,089
Referee: Jorge González
September 24, 2017 29 Sporting Kansas City 2 – 1 LA Galaxy Kansas City, Kansas
12:00 Sallói   18' (Diego Rubio, Zusi)
Diego Rubio   35' (Sinovic, Ilie)
Report J. dos Santos   1'
Ciani   55'
Alessandrini   58'
McBean   90+2'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,028
Referee: Mark Geiger
September 30, 2017 30 Sporting Kansas City 0 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Kansas City, Kansas
20:00 Hurtado   53' (Harvey)
Davies   69'
Bolanos   90+3'
Report Zusi   90+1' Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 18,990
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
October 7, 2017 31 Minnesota United FC 1 – 1 Sporting Kansas City Minneapolis, Minnesota
19:00 Thiesson   41'
Kallman   84' (Danladi)
Greenspan   86'   90+1'
Report Diego Rubio   45+2' (Latif)
Sinovic   70'
Dykstra   72'
Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium
Attendance: 23,060
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
October 11, 2017 32 Houston Dynamo 2 – 1 Sporting Kansas City Houston, Texas
19:00 Clark   45'
Martinez   63'
Wenger   79'
Report Medranda   33' (Abdul-Salaam)
Palmer-Brown   77' (OG)
Ilie   87'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 15,724
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Note: Postponed from August 26 due to Hurricane Harvey[12]
October 15, 2017 33 Sporting Kansas City 0 – 0 Houston Dynamo Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 Latif   90+4' Report Torres   67'
DeLaGarza   85'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,083
Referee: Kevin Stott
October 22, 2017 34 Real Salt Lake 2 – 1 Sporting Kansas City Sandy, Utah
15:00 Silva   3'
Lennon   41'
Report Sallói   28'
Besler   72'
Opara   89' (Zusi)
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,102
Referee: Ricardo Salazar

MLS Cup Playoffs

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

October 26, 2017 Knockout Round Houston Dynamo 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Sporting Kansas City Houston, Texas
20:30 Senderos   14'
Clark   21'
Machado   76'
Quioto   109'
Elis   94' (Sánchez)   120+1'
Report Zusi   45+2'
Ilie   53'
Espinoza   65'
Diego Rubio   89'
Dykstra   120+3'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 14,126
Referee: Mark Geiger

U.S. Open Cup

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

June 14, 2017 Fourth Round Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Minnesota United FC Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Opara   43' (Zusi)
Gerso   45+1'
Dwyer   72' (Gerso)
Sallói   83' (Espinoza)
Report Davis   90'
Warner   90+4'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 15,260
Referee: Juan Guzman
June 28, 2017 Fifth Round Houston Dynamo 0–2 Sporting Kansas City Houston, Texas
17:30 Bird   23'
Wenger   48'
Rodriguez   64'
Report Espinoza   49'
Opara   61' (Ellis, Sánchez)
Gerso   91+' (Blessing)
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
July 11, 2017 Quarterfinal Sporting Kansas City 3–0 (a.e.t.) FC Dallas Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Sinovic   15'
Espinoza   45+3'
Medranda   65'
Blessing   105+3' (Feilhaber), 105+8' (Medranda)
Sallói   118' (Feilhaber)
Report Ulloa   45+2'
Díaz   62'
Urruti   90'   101'
Morales   105+5'
Harris   120'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 15,016
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
September 20, 2017 Final Sporting Kansas City 2–1 New York Red Bulls Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 Sinovic   4'
Blessing   25' (Zusi)
Sallói   66' (Feilhaber)
Opara   90+6'
Report Long   27'
Adams   57'
Wright Phillips   90+1'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 21,523
Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Player statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Position Number Name MLS MLS Cup Open Cup Total
1 FW 7   Gerso Fernandes 8 0 2 10
2 FW 11   Diego Rubio 5 0 2 7
3 FW 9   Latif Blessing 3 0 3 6
FW 14   Dom Dwyer 5 0 1 6
FW 30   Dániel Sallói 3 0 3 6
4 DF 3   Ike Opara 3 0 2 5
MF 10   Benny Feilhaber 5 0 0 5
5 MF 93   Jimmy Medranda 2 0 0 2
6 DF 15   Seth Sinovic 1 0 0 1
DF 17   Saad Abdul-Salaam 1 0 0 1
MF 19   Cristian Lobato 1 0 0 1
MF 27   Roger Espinoza 1 0 0 1
Total 37 0 13 50

As of October 26, 2017

Disciplinary record

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Number Nation Position Name MLS U.S. Open Cup Total
           
3   DF Ike Opara 3 0 1 0 4 0
4   DF Kevin Ellis 1 0 0 0 1 0
5   DF Matt Besler 2 0 0 0 2 0
6   MF Ilie Sánchez 7 0 0 0 7 0
7   FW Gerso 4 0 0 0 4 0
8   MF Graham Zusi 4 1 0 0 4 1
9   FW Latif Blessing 3 0 0 0 3 0
10   MF Benny Feilhaber 4 0 0 0 4 0
11   FW Diego Rubio 3 0 0 0 3 0
14   FW Dom Dwyer 4 0 0 0 4 0
15   DF Seth Sinovic 5 0 1 1 6 1
17   DF Saad Abdul-Salaam 1 0 0 0 1 0
21   GK Andrew Dykstra 2 0 0 0 2 0
27   MF Roger Espinoza 11 1 2 0 13 1
29   GK Tim Melia 1 0 0 0 1 0
30   FW Dániel Sallói 1 0 0 0 1 0
40   DF Igor Julião 1 0 0 0 1 0
41   DF James Musa 1 0 0 0 1 0
94   MF Jimmy Medranda 2 0 1 0 3 0
TOTALS 60 2 5 1 65 3

As of October 26, 2017.

References

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  1. ^ "Players". Sporting Kansas City. September 22, 2017. Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Transactions". Archived from the original on December 12, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Rodriguez, Alicia (June 29, 2017). "Sporting KC sign Spanish midfielder Cristian Lobato". Sporting KC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  4. ^ Kovzan, Sam (August 11, 2017). "Sporting KC signs 25-year-old midfielder James Musa from Swope Park Rangers". SportingKC.com. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  5. ^ Kovzan, Sam (August 25, 2017). "Sporting KC signs 15-year-old forward Gianluca Busio as a Homegrown Player". Sporting KC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  6. ^ a b Kovzan, Sam (September 15, 2017). "Sporting KC signs forward Kharlton Belmar and midfielder Kevin Oliveira to MLS contracts". Sporting KC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Sporting KC waives midfielder Benji Joya and forward Christian Volesky".
  8. ^ "Orlando City acquires Dom Dwyer in trade with Sporting Kansas City". ESPNFC.com. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  9. ^ Kovzan, Sam (July 25, 2017). "Sporting KC acquires up to $1.6 million in Allocation Money from Orlando City SC in exchange for forward Dom Dwyer". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  10. ^ McDowell, Sam (July 25, 2017). "Sporting KC trades Dom Dwyer to Orlando City SC". Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  11. ^ DelGallo, Alicia (July 25, 2017). "Orlando City reaches agreement to bring Dom Dwyer back". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  12. ^ Kovzan, Sam (August 25, 2017). "Sporting KC's match at Houston Dynamo postponed due to Hurricane Harvey in Southeast Texas". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved August 25, 2017.