| Club: | Sporting Kansas City |
| Season: | 2013 |
| Stadium: | Sporting Park |
| League: | MLS |
| League Result: | East: 2nd Overall: 2nd |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Chairman: | Sporting Club |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Peter Vermes |
| Cup1: | MLS Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Winner |
| Cup2: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Fourth round |
| Cup3: | CONCACAF Champions League |
| Cup3 Result: | Advanced to Championship Stage |
| Season Topscorer: | Claudio Bieler (12) |
| League Topscorer: | Claudio Bieler (10) |
| Highest Attendance: | 21,650 v Real Salt Lake (December 7, 2013) |
| Lowest Attendance: | MLS: 18,602 v Seattle Sounders FC (May 8, 2013) All: 15,321 v Des Moines Menace (May 28, 2013) |
| Average Attendance: | MLS: All Competitions: |
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| Prevseason: | 2012 |
| Nextseason: | 2014 |
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.
See also: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2013.
| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Impact | Trade for 2nd Round Pick in 2013 MLS SuperDraft | [2] | ||||
| New England Revolution | Trade for allocation money, 1st Round Pick in 2014 MLS SuperDraft and 2nd Round Pick in 2015 MLS SuperDraft | [3] | ||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Trade for 2nd Round Pick in 2013 MLS SuperDraft | [4] | ||||
 Pobla de Mafumet CF | Free transfer | [5] | ||||
 LDU Quito | Transfer (undisclosed fee) | [6] | ||||
| University of North Carolina | 2013 MLS SuperDraft | [7] | ||||
| Orlando City | Transfer (undisclosed fee) | [8] | ||||
| University of San Diego | 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft | |||||
| Sporting Kansas City Academy | Home grown player | [9] | ||||
 Figuerense | Transfer (undisclosed fee) | [10] | ||||
| Oldham Athletic A.F.C. | Transfer (undisclosed fee) | [11] |
| Pos. | Player | New club | Fee/notes | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Toronto FC | Option declined | [12] | ||||
| Phoenix FC | Option declined | |||||
| Servette FC | Option declined | |||||
| / | Columbus Crew | Option declined | ||||
 FC Haka | Option declined | |||||
| Portland Timbers | Trade for Allocation money | [13] | ||||
| Wigan Athletic | Free | [14] | ||||
| Toronto F.C. | Trade for 2014 MLS SuperDraft Third Round Pick | [15] | ||||
| Blackburn Rovers | Released | [16] | ||||
| Toronto F.C. | Trade for 2015 MLS SuperDraft Second Round Pick | [17] | ||||
| Middlesbrough F.C. | Transfer for $2.1 million | [18] |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned To | Start | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | FW |  Kei Kamara | Norwich City | January 30, 2013 | May 6, 2013 | [20] |
| 14 | FW | Dom Dwyer | Orlando City | March 14, 2013 | June 27, 2013 | [21] |
| 2 | DF |  Yann Songo'o | Orlando City | March 14, 2013 | June 28, 2013 | |
| 21 | GK | Jon Kempin | Orlando City | March 14, 2013 | September 8, 2013 | |
| 25 | MF | Christian Duke | Orlando City | March 14, 2013 | September 8, 2013 | |
| 17 | FW | C. J. Sapong | Orlando City | July 11, 2013 | July 18, 2013 | [22] [23] |
| 4 | DF | Kevin Ellis | Orlando City | July 11, 2013 | September 8, 2013 | |
| 17 | FW | C. J. Sapong | Orlando City | August 2, 2013 | August 5, 2013 | [24] |
| 14 | FW | Dom Dwyer | Orlando City | September 4, 2013 | September 8, 2013 | [25] |
See main article: 2013 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic.
See main article: 2013 Major League Soccer season.
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise
See main article: 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs.
=Sporting Kansas City won 4-3 on aggregate
=Sporting Kansas City won 2–1 on aggregate
See main article: MLS Cup 2013.
See also: 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League.
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Kansas City | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Olimpia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Real Estelí | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
Advanced to Championship Stage
See main article: 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League championship stage.
See also: 2013 U.S. Open Cup.