Go in-depth for Sporting Kansas City's 3-2 win over Columbus on Saturday evening at Sporting Park with this match's Fast Facts.
- With the win, Sporting Kansas City moves into a tie with the Philadelphia Union for second place in the Eastern Conference with 26 points.
- Sporting KC is now 7-5-5 in 2013 and 4-3-2 at home.
- Sporting Kansas City is 219-211-114 all-time and 145-78-49 all-time at home.
- Kevin Ellis made his MLS debut on Saturday, one day before his 22nd birthday. The appearance was the first by a Sporting KC Homegrown player in MLS competition.
- Saturday also marked Lawrence Olum's first start of the 2013 season.
- Saturday's appearance was Chance Myers' 100th regular season game played. Myers is the fifth active player to reach the milestone in a Kansas City uniform.
- Sporting KC started Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, and Seth Sinovic on the backline for the first time since April 27.
- Saturday was Soony Saad's second start of season and first since March 23. Saad made his first MLS appearance since April 20.
- Saad notched the assist on Sporting Kansas City's first goal on Saturday, his second of the year. The two assists for Saad is a career high and he now has three assists in his career.
- Kei Kamara opened the scoring, finishing Saad's cross in the 34th minute of the match.
- Claudio Bieler scored the second goal for Sporting KC in the 50th minute. The goal was Bieler's eighth of the MLS regular season, tying him for fifth in the League with the Columbus Crew's Dominic Oduro (who also scored on Saturday).
- Kamara scored his second goal of the match in the 80th minute. It was the 50th goal of his MLS career (including playoffs).
- Kamara's two goals on Saturday ties him with eight other players in KC history to score two goals in an MLS match against Columbus.
- Kamara is now tied for fifth in club history with four multi-goal games in his Sporting KC career, tying him with Mo Johnston and Chris Klein.
- Kamara's brace was the third multi-goal game by a Sporting KC player in 2013 along with Chance Myers and Claudio Bieler.
- Kamara has four career goals against Columbus, his former team, and three in a KC uniform, most among all active Sporting KC players.
- Kamara now has 49 goals in the regular season in his MLS career, moving him past Davy Arnaud for 11th most among active MLS players. He now has four goals in his past four MLS matches.
- Kamara's game-winning goal was the 10th of his Sporting KC career, tying Davy Arnaud for fourth most in club history.
- Kamara's match-winner was the team's second game-winning goal in the 80th minute or later this season.
- Kamara surpassed 13,000 minutes played in the regular season in his MLS career on Saturday, which ranks second most among active Sporting KC players.
- Sporting Kansas City has not allowed a goal from outside the 18-yard-box this season.
- Columbus Crew goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum made five saves on Saturday and leads all MLS goalkeepers with 61 saves in 2013.
- The Columbus Crew have not won a game in 2013 while trailing at halftime and are now 0-4-2 when behind after 45 minutes.
- The Crew are winless in 2013 when conceding the first goal of a match and are now 0-6-3 when allowing the game's opening goal.
- Sporting Kansas City has only one loss in the club's last six MLS matches.
- Soony Saad took nine shots in Saturday's match, the most by a KC player against Columbus in series history. Preki had eight shots against Columbus on two previous occasions.
- The nine shots was a single-game career high for Saad and second most by an MLS player in a game this season (Thierry Henry, 10). Prior to Saturday, Soony Saad had 12 shots in his three-year MLS career.
- Sporting Kansas City's record against the Columbus Crew moves to 20-21-6 all-time and 11-9-2 at home in the series.
- Saturday marked the third MLS match in which Sporting KC has scored at least three goals this season. Columbus allowed three goals for only the second time this season.
- Sporting KC has won seven straight games when scoring three goals in MLS play, dating back to 2011.
- Sporting KC has given up two goals in each of their last three MLS matches.
- Sporting Kansas City made three changes to their starting XI from their most recent MLS match, a 2-2 draw against FC Dallas. Soony Saad, Lawrence Olum and Seth Sinovic started in place of C.J. Sapong, Paulo Nagamura and Mechack Jerome respectively.
- Sporting KC is 6-3-4 when wearing Sporting Blue and 6-2-4 versus the Eastern Conference in 2013.
- Jimmy Nielsen has appeared in 78 straight MLS matches, including postseason, for Sporting Kansas City, dating back to June 12, 2011. The streak covers a span of 7,020 straight minutes of MLS action.
- Sporting Kansas City outshot Columbus 24-8 on Saturday. Sporting KC is 6-4-4 when outshooting an opponent this season.
- Sporting KC's 24 shots on Saturday are a team high for the season and third most by an MLS team in 2013.
- Sporting KC leads MLS all-time in shots with 7,442 and ranks second in MLS this season with 251 shots.
- Sporting KC recorded eight shots on goal on Saturday, tied for the most by the team in an MLS match this season. The eight shots faced by Columbus were the most for the Crew in 2013.
- Sporting Kansas City's 10 fouls committed on Saturday ties a season low for the team.
- Sporting KC's defense leads MLS in fewest shots allowed with 153 shots against in 2013.
- Columbus was caught offside nine times on Saturday, the second most offside infractions by an MLS team this season.
- Sporting Kansas City was without C.J. Sapong, Peterson Joseph and Mechack Jerome on Saturday. Sapong served a one-game suspension after receiving a red card in last weekend's match against FC Dallas. Joseph and Jerome are with the Haiti National Team as they prepare for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
- The Columbus Crew were without Matias Sanchez who was serving a one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation.
- Seth Sinovic is now one match without a caution away from receiving the good behavior incentive and having his caution accumulation total reduced to three.
- The Sporting KC Academy U14's advanced to the semifinals of the NPL playoffs on Saturday to face the Premier Soccer Club of Southern Illinois on Sunday in Waukegan, IL.
- The Academy U14's defeated the Chicago Sockers with a 2-1 victory on goals from Shane Kopplin and Edson Murguia to advance.
- Lawrence Olum led all players on Saturday with four key passes.
- Graham Zusi led all players on Saturday with five total crosses.
- Aurelien Collin led all players on Saturday with 10 aerial duels, winning seven.
- Soony Saad completed 27 of 29 passes on Saturday for a 93.1 completion percentage.
- Saturday's attendance was 20,128, marking the 25th straight sellout.
- Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer made his 2013 debut on Saturday after returning from his loan with Orlando City SC. The appearance was his second career MLS regular season game played.
- On Saturday, The Victory Project honored 14-year-old Morgan Kottman, who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain stem tumor in February. Kottman was in attendance at Saturday's match, joined by her parents and siblings as a special guest in the Victory Suite.
