- Sporting KC fell 2-0 to the New England Revolution on Saturday at Gillette Stadium.
- Sporting KC's record is now 3-2-2 in 2014 and 1-2-0 on the road.
- With the loss, Sporting KC falls to a four-way tie for second place in the Eastern Conference along with New England, New York and D.C. United.
- Sporting KC is 23-14-11 against the Revs all-time.
- Antonio Dovale made his first MLS start on Saturday, replacing Paulo Nagamura (quad strain).
- With Dovale in the starting lineup, Manager Peter Vermes has now used 21 different starters during the MLS regular season in 2014.
- Dovale was subbed out of the match in the 44th minute due to illness.
- Alex Martinez replaced Dovale, making his third appearance during his rookie season.
- Sal Zizzo exited Saturday's match in the 55th with a groin strain and was replaced by Jacob Peterson.
- The loss snaps a five-game unbeaten streak for Sporting KC.
- Saturday marked the second time the team has conceded two goals against an MLS opponent in 2014. Both have come on the road (at Colorado, at New England).
- The team's two MLS losses in 2014 have come on the road (at Seattle, at New England) on game-winning goals in second half stoppage time.
- Sporting Kansas City lost by two goals in MLS play for the first time since April 20, 2013 at the LA Galaxy.
- Saturday's match was a rematch of the 2013 Eastern Conference semifinals, im which Sporting KC defeated New England on aggregate en route to winning the 2013 MLS Cup.
- Aurelien Collin was shown a straight red card in the 75th minute and will miss the team's next match against the Columbus Crew on May 4 while serving a mandatory one-game suspension.
- Sporting Kansas City has received two red cards (Rosell, Collin) in the first seven games of the 2014 season. The team received one all of last season.
- Teal Bunbury scored the game-winning goal on Saturday, tallying against his former club in the 92nd minute.
- Bunbury's goal was his first in MLS play since August of 2012 and snapped Sporting Kansas City's 282-minute shutout streak.
- The goal was the first scored by the Revolution in the regular season series with Sporting KC since 2011, a span of 591 minutes.
- A hand ball in the penalty box by Oriol Rosell three minutes later saw the Revs receive a PK that Lee Nguyen slipped past Kronberg to give the Revolution the 2-0 victory.
- Sporting Kansas City has conceded three penalty kicks through the first seven games of the 2014 season. In 2013, the team faced one penalty kick during the regular season.
- Oriol Rosell led all players with 48 passes on Saturday.
- Graham Zusi and Matt Besler both had two chances created, which tied with Diego Fagundez and Lee Nguyen for most chances created in the match.
- Chance Myers led all players on Saturday with four tackles won.
- Sporting KC have conceded six goals in 2014, four of which have come in the 90th minute or later and three of which have come from penalty kicks.
- Sporting KC outshot New England 14-12 on Saturday.
- The Revolution were without two of of the team's four starting defenders on Saturday. Kevin Alston was suspended after a red card last weekend against the Chicago Fire and reigning MLS Defender of the Year Jose Goncalvez was out with a quad strain.
- Sporting KC were without Peterson Joseph (illness), C.J. Sapong (neck strain) and Ike Opara (right ankle surgery) on Saturday.
- Johnny's Tavern locations in the KC Power & Light District and Overland Park hosted the team's official watch parties on Saturday.
- Old Routines by Six Percent was featured in SKCTV's local music showcase on Saturday.
- In USL PRO action, Sporting Kansas City's two affiliates faced off on Saturday as Orlando City SC defeated OKC Energy FC 2-1. Mikey Lopez was a second-half sub for the Lions, while Kevin Ellis and Jon Kempin started for OKC Energy FC.
