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.
Squad
First team roster As of October 13, 2015.
Player movement
In DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRefDecember 8, 2014 Bernardo AñorMF Columbus Crew SCTrade for Allocation MoneyDecember 12, 2014 Jalil AnibabaMF Orlando City SCTrade in exchange for Aurélien CollinDecember 16, 2014 James MarcelinMF Fort Lauderdale StrikersFree transferDecember 18, 2014 Krisztián NémethFW Roda JC KerkradeFree transferDecember 18, 2014 Luis MarínGK Universidad de ChileFree transferDecember 23, 2014 Tim MeliaGK Chivas USAFree transferJanuary 6, 2015 Roger EspinozaMF Wigan AthleticFree transferJanuary 15, 2015 Connor HalliseyMF UC Berkeley2015 MLS SuperDraftJanuary 15, 2015 Saad Abdul-SalaamDF University of Akron2015 MLS SuperDraftJanuary 27, 2015 Servando CarrascoMF Houston DynamoTrade for rights in exchange for draft pickFebruary 13, 2015 Soni MustivarMF FC Petrolul PloieștiFree transferFebruary 18, 2015 Amadou DiaMF Clemson University2015 MLS SuperDraftFebruary 24, 2015 James Ansu RogersFW University of New Mexico2015 MLS SuperDraftMarch 2, 2015 Marcel de JongDF FC AugsburgFreeJuly 20, 2015 Amobi OkugoDF/MF Orlando City SCTrade for Servando CarrascoAugust 6, 2015 Jordi QuintillàMF AjaccioTransfer
Out
DatePlayerPositionNew clubFee/notesRefNovember 25, 2014 Toni DovaleMF LugoOption declinedNovember 25, 2014 Michael KafariMFOption declinedNovember 25, 2014 Victor MuñozMF Arizona United SCOption declinedNovember 25, 2014 Lawrence OlumMF Kedah FAContract terminatedNovember 25, 2014 Soony SaadFW BEC Tero SasanaOut of contractNovember 25, 2014 Christian DukeMF Oklahoma City Energy FCWaivedDecember 8, 2014 Aurélien CollinDF Orlando City SCTrade for Allocation Money and Jalil AnibabaDecember 8, 2014 C. J. SapongDF Philadelphia UnionTrade for 2015 MLS SuperDraft pickDecember 10, 2014 Sal ZizzoMF New York City FC2014 MLS Expansion DraftDecember 12, 2014 Eric KronbergGK Montreal ImpactOption declinedDecember 12, 2014 Andy GruenebaumGK San Jose EarthquakesOption declinedJanuary 20, 2015 Claudio BielerFW QuilmesOut of contractFebruary 24, 2015 Jorge ClarosMF Qingdao JonoonContract terminatedMay 27, 2015 Luis MarínGK PalestinoMutually terminated June 22, 2015 James Ansu RogersFWWaivedJuly 20, 2015 Servando CarrascoMF Orlando City SCTrade for Amobi Okugo
Loans
In No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromStartEndSource40DF Igor Julião Fluminense FCApril 4, 2014December 31, 2014
Out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned toStartEndSource21GK Jon Kempin San Antonio ScorpionsMarch 20, 2015May 27, 201517DF Saad Abdul-Salaam San Antonio ScorpionsApril 1, 2015May 19, 2015
Competitions
Match results
Preseason
Desert Friendlies
Desert Diamond Cup
Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
Major League Soccer
Western Conference standings
League table
Regular season
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise
MLS Cup Playoffs
Bracket
Results
Knockout round
U.S. Open Cup
References