- Sporting Kansas City defeated FC Dallas 3-1 at Sporting Park on Friday night.
- With the victory, Sporting KC moves into sole possession of fourth place in the Western Conference standings with 44 points.
- Benny Feilhaber opened the scoring for Sporting KC with a 65th minute free kick.
- The goal was Sporting KC's first directly off a free kick during the 2015 MLS regular season.
- The only other goal Sporting KC scored directly off a free kick this season was also against FC Dallas in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16.
- Feilhaber doubled the lead for Sporting KC on a penalty kick in the 76th minute of the match.
- Dom Dwyer drew the foul.
- Feilhaber now has 10 goals in MLS this season and 12 in all competitions in 2015. Feilhaber had 13 goals in his previous four MLS regular seasons.
- Victor Ulloa scored the lone goal for FC Dallas in the 80th minute. Fabian Castillo tallied the assist.
- Dom Dwyer found the back of the net to give Sporting KC the 3-1 lead in the 83rd minute.
- Dwyer has scored five goals against FC Dallas in 2015.
- Paulo Nagamura earned the assist on Dwyer's goal.
- Sporting KC and FC Dallas both started Homegrown goalkeepers on Friday night in Jon Kempin and Jesse Gonzalez.
- Kempin made his second straight start as Tim Melia continues recovering from a pulled hamstring.
- Dwyer made his 75th career regular season appearance for Sporting KC on Friday.
- Homegrown defender Kevin Ellis made his 50th appearance for Sporting KC in all competitions.
- Sporting KC is 13-1-4 at Sporting Park in all competitions this season, scoring 39 goals and conceding 20.
- With the win on Friday, Sporting KC ended a five-game winless streak.
- Sporting KC defeated FC Dallas in all three meetings at Sporting Park in 2015. The previous two meetings ended 4-0 and 6-2 (Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup).
- Sporting KC and FC Dallas have combined for just one clean sheet in their last nine meetings in all competitions. The lone shutout during that span came in KC's 4-0 victory on May 29.
- FC Dallas is winless in their past five trips to Kansas City.
- Matt Besler had 56 successful passes on Friday, most among all players.
- Paulo Nagamura had the best passing accuracy of all players on Friday with (34/38) 89.47%.
- Feilhaber had 11 recoveries on Friday, most of all players.
- Sporting KC returns to the pitch on Wednesday to face the Houston Dynamo. The mid-week match will kick off at 7:30 p.m. CT.
- The first 10,000 fans to arrive on Friday received multi-use Sporting KC bandanas courtesy of match sponsor U.S. Bank.
- Sporting Park welcomed 18,861 fans to the match on Friday, marking the 67th consecutive sellout.
