# 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.

## Current roster

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.
| 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
### In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| December 12, 2016 | Tyler Pasher | MF | Swope Park Rangers | Signed from USL team |
| December 2, 2016 | Adrian Zendejas | GK | Swope Park Rangers | Signed from USL team |
| January 4, 2017 | Gerso Fernandes | FW/MF | C.F. Os Belenenses | Undisclosed |
| January 9, 2017 | Latif Blessing | FW | Liberty Professionals F.C. | Undisclosed |
| January 9, 2017 | Christian Volesky | FW | Portland Timbers | Rights acquired in exchange for 4th Round pick in 2017 MLS SuperDraft |
| January 10, 2017 | Cameron Iwasa | FW | Sacramento Republic FC | Free Transfer |
| January 10, 2017 | Andrew Dykstra | GK | D.C. United | Re-Entry Draft |
| January 13, 2017 | Ilie Sanchez | MF | TSV 1860 Munich | Free Transfer |
| January 30, 2017 | Soony Saad | FW | BEC Tero Sasana | Free Transfer |
| June 29, 2017 | Cristian Lobato | MF | Gimnàstic de Tarragona | Free Transfer |
| August 11, 2017 | James Musa | DF | Swope Park Rangers | Signed from USL team |
| August 25, 2017 | Gianluca Busio | FW | | HGP |
| September 15, 2017 | Kharlton Belmar | FW | Swope Park Rangers | Signed from USL team |
| September 15, 2017 | Kevin Oliveira | MF | Swope Park Rangers | Signed from USL team |

### Out

| Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Notes |
| October 28, 2016 | Brad Davis | MF | None | Retired |
| November 23, 2016 | Jacob Peterson | MF | Atlanta United FC | Out of Contract, Signed with Atlanta United FC on December 21, 2016 |
| November 23, 2016 | Nuno André Coelho | DF | G.D. Chaves | Option Declined |
| November 23, 2016 | Chance Myers | DF | Portland Timbers | Option Declined, later signed with Portland as a free agent |
| November 23, 2016 | Justin Mapp | MF | | Option Declined |
| November 23, 2016 | Éver Alvarado | DF | CD Olimpia | Option Declined |
| November 23, 2016 | Emmanuel Appiah | MF | Saint Louis FC | Option Declined |
| November 23, 2016 | Jon Kempin | GK | LA Galaxy | Option Declined |
| November 23, 2016 | Connor Hallisey | MF | | Option Declined |
| December 12, 2016 | Paulo Nagamura | MF | None | Retired |
| December 13, 2016 | Alec Kann | GK | Atlanta United FC | Expansion Draft |
| February 3, 2017 | Lawrence Olum | DF | Portland Timbers | Trade |
| February 27, 2017 | Benji Joya | MF | | Waived |
| February 27, 2017 | Christian Volesky | FW | Saint Louis FC | Waived |
| July 25, 2017 | Dom Dwyer | FW | Orlando City SC | Traded |

### Loans

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

#### In

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

## Competitions
### Match results

Win  Tie  Loss

#### Preseason

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

#### Regular season

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

#### MLS Cup Playoffs

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

#### U.S. Open Cup

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

## Player statistics
### Top scorers

| 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 |
| 3 | FW | 14 | Dom Dwyer | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 30 | Dániel Sallói | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | 3 | Ike Opara | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 6 | DF | 17 | Saad Abdul-Salaam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 19 | Cristian Lobato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 27 | Roger Espinoza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 0 | 13 | 50 |
As of October 26, 2017

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | MLS | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | 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.