Go in-depth for Sporting Kansas City's 3-2 loss to the New York Red Bulls on Saturday evening at Sporting Park with this match's Fast Facts...
- Sporting Kansas City is 10-7-6 in 2013 and currently in second place in the East with a +9 goal differential.
- Sporting Kansas City is 5-4-3 at home in 2013 with a +7 goal differential.
- Sporting Kansas City is 19-18-11 all-time against New York, including a 14-8-3 record at home in the series. Sporting Kansas City earned a 1-0 victory in the previous 2013 meeting at Red Bull Arena.
- Saturday's loss snapped Sporting Kansas City's five-game unbeaten streak against New York (3-0-2). Prior to Saturday, Sporting Kansas City had kept clean sheets in four of the previous five meetings.
- Saturday's attendance of 21,304 was the Largest crowd in stadium history, surpassing the mark set on Wednesday for the 2013 MLS All-Star Game.
- Sporting Kansas City has sold out 28 straight MLS matches at Sporting Park.
- Sporting Kansas City ranks second in Major League Soccer in overall home attendance in 2013.
- Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen has started and played every minute in 79 consecutive MLS matches dating back to 2011, the fourth longest streak in MLS history.
- Sporting Kansas City is 0-5-0 when trailing at the 75-minute mark in 2013.
- Sporting Kansas City is 8-4-4 against Eastern Conference opponents in 2013.
- Sporting Kansas City is 222-213-115 all-time, 146-79-50 at home and 34-40-13 in August.
- Sporting KC leads MLS in shots taken (364) and shots against (198) in 2013.
- Sporting KC forward Kei Kamara scored his fifth goal of the season, second most on the team, and 50th career MLS regular season goal on Saturday. Kamara now has the 11th most goals among active MLS players.
- Kamara has four goals in his career against New York, most among all active Sporting KC players.
- Sporting Kansas City forward Dom Dwyer scored his first career MLS goal on Saturday, striking in second-half stoppage time.
- Kamara earned the assist on Dwyer's goal, his second assist of the season and 23rd of his MLS career goal.
- New York has conceded 12 goals in the final 15 minutes of MLS matches in 2013, the third most in MLS this season.
- Sporting Kansas City's 15 shots in the first half on Saturday was the second most by a team in the first half of an MLS match this season.
- Sporting Kansas City's 27 shots on Saturday ties the team's all-time single-game mark.
- Kamara surpassed 14,000 minutes in his MLS career (including postseason) on Saturday, becoming the second player on Sporting KC's roster to reach the milestone.
- Sporting KC defender Seth Sinovic surpassed 8,000 minutes played in his MLS career (including postseason) on Saturday.
- New York Red Bulls midfielder Jonny Steele scored his third goal of the season and fifth of his MLS career on Saturday.
- Jonny Steele's goal snapped a 545-streak in which a New York Red Bulls player had not scored against Sporting KC. The only goal allowed by Sporting KC in that span during the series came on an own goal.
- New York Red Bulls midfielder Dax McCarty recorded the assist on the goal, his second of the season and 28th of his MLS career. He now has two or more assists in seven straight MLS seasons.
- McCarty has three career assists against Sporting KC, most among all active Red Bull players.
- New York Red Bulls forward Fabian Espindola scored his seventh goal of the season, tied for the team lead, and 42nd of his MLS career on Saturday.
- Fabian Espindola has three goals in his last two matches, after scoring twice from the penalty spot in a 4-3 win over Real Salt Lake last week.
- New York Red Bulls forward Fabian Espindola has three goals in his career against Sporting KC, most among all active New York players.
- Lloyd Sam recorded his first assist of the season and second of his MLS career, coming three minutes after entering the match as a second-half substitute. He added a goal six minutes later, his second of the season and his MLS career.
- Steele's assist on Sam's goal was his fourth of the season and sixth of his MLS career. Goalkeeper Luis Robles also earned a secondary assist on the play.
- New York has scored one of the team's 36 goals from outside the penalty area in 2013.
- Saturday marked only the second time this season that Sporting KC has allowed three goals. Sporting KC has lost four straight matches when allowing three goals, dating back to the 2011 season.
- Sporting Kansas City has held New York Red Bulls Designated Player Thierry Henry without a goal in seven career matches.
- New York scored on three of their five shots in the match. All five shots were on target for the Red Bulls.
- The Red Bulls have scored 17 first half goals in MLS 2013, the most of any team in the League.
- Sporting KC forward Soony Saad recorded eight shots, most among all players on Saturday and second most for an MLS match in his career. His three shots on goal were also most among all players on Saturday and ties his single-game career high.
- Saad also led all players on Saturday with 18 duels.
- Sporting KC defender Chance Myers recorded four key passes and seven total crosses on Saturday, most among all players.
- Sporting KC defender Aurelien Collin recorded seven interceptions on Saturday, most among all players.
- Sporting KC forward Kei Kamara recorded seven aerial duels, winning five, on Saturday. Both marks are the most among all players for the match.
- Sporting KC midfielder Oriol Rosell's 91 touches and 80 passes (completing 72) on Saturday were the most among all players.
- Sporting Kansas City's 10 fouls committed on Saturday were second fewest in an MLS match this season.
- Peterson Joseph recorded his first career shot on goal on Saturday.
- Seth Sinovic's 12 shots in 2013 ties his single-season career high. His three shots on goal are also a single-season career high.
- New York Red Bulls defender Kosuke Kimura was injured in second-half stoppage time and left the field on a stretcher.
- New York Red Bulls head coach Mike Petke was dismissed in second-half stoppage time for foul or abusive language.
- Sporting Kansas City was without Graham Zusi, Paulo Nagamura and Josh Gardner on Saturday due to injury.
- New York was without Santiago Castano and Armando Moreno on Saturday due to international duty. Both players are currently with the U.S. Under-18 Men's National Team.
- New York was also missing Tim Cahill, Connor Lade and Heath Pearce on Saturday due to injury.
- New York Red Bulls midfielder Ibrahim Sekagya made his MLS debut on Saturday. He joined the club from Red Bull Salzburg last month.
- The inaugural class of Sporting Legends was honored at Sporting Park on Saturday with inductees Preki and Tony Meola in attendance. Both players were recognized on the field at halftime during an unveiling of their names above the championship wall in the southeast corner of Sporting Park. Meola and Preki both addressed supporters in the Boulevard Members Club after the match.
- Fellow inductee Bob Gansler will be honored in October while at Sporting Park for the U.S. Men's National Team's FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Jamaica.
- The NBC Sports Network nationally televised Saturday's match live from Sporting Park with the commentary team of Robbie Earle, Steve Cangelosi and Russ Thaler.
- Sporting Kansas City is 0-2-2 in games televised nationally by the NBC Sports Network.
- Saturday's match was sponsored by Panasonic.
- Midfielder Christian Duke and forward C.J. Sapong - on loan to Sporting KC's USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC -- saw minutes on Saturday for the Lions. Duke started and played 45 minutes, while Sapong entered in the 53rd minute of the match.
