Go in-depth for Sporting Kansas City's 1-0 loss the Montreal Impact on Saturday evening with this match's Fast Facts...
- Despite the loss, Sporting KC remains in first place of the Eastern Conference with 36 points. Two points separate the top four teams in the Eastern Conference.
- The Montreal Impact ended Sporting Kansas City's three-match winning streak and six-game unbeaten streak; both were the longest active streaks in MLS.
- Sporting Kansas City has the second most points among MLS teams this season, trailing only Real Salt Lake by one point in the Supporters' Shield race.
- Sporting KC's record moves to 10-6-6 this season and 5-3-3 on the road, the best road record in MLS.
- Sporting Kansas City's +2 goal differential on the road is the best in the Eastern Conference.
- The loss also ends Sporting Kansas City's five-game unbeaten streak on the road and was the team's first road loss since April 20.
- Sporting KC is now 2-3-1 against the Montreal Impact all-time and 1-1-1 on the road in the series.
- Saturday marked the third and final meeting between Sporting KC and the Montreal Impact during the 2013 MLS regular season.
- Blake Smith's game-winning goal in the 6th minute of second half stoppage time marks the latest goal scored against Sporting Kansas City in club history.
- Sporting KC has conceded four goals after the 75-minute mark in the 2013 season and Saturday was the second game-winning goal allowed by the club in second half stoppage time. Seattle scored in the 94th minute on May 8.
- Sporting KC is 3-2-5 when tied at the 75-minute mark in 2013.
- Montreal's victory ended a five-game stretch for the club without a win. Prior to Saturday, Montreal had not recorded a victory since June 19 in a 2-0 result over the Houston Dynamo.
- Montreal has just one loss in 11 home games this year for the best home record in the Eastern Conference.
- Montreal is 8-0-3 when scoring first in 2013 and 3-0-3 when tied at halftime this year.
- The 38 combined fouls on Saturday was the second most in an MLS match this season.
- Montreal's 17 fouls committed and 21 fouls suffered were season highs for the Impact.
- Oriol Rosell's eight fouls committed on Saturday were the most by a player in an MLS match this season and the most by a Sporting KC player against Montreal in the all-time series.
- Sporting KC outshot the Montreal Impact 14-7 on Saturday. Sporting KC is 7-5-5 when outshooting their opponent in 2013.
- Sporting KC is 9-4-5 when wearing Sporting Blue in 2013.
- Sporting KC is 6-5-0 in one-goal games in 2013.
- The loss is only the second for Sporting KC in the team's last 11 MLS matches.
- Sporting KC was also shutout for the first time in 11 MLS matches. Sporting KC has lost each of their last three matches when scoring zero goals.
- Sporting KC was without both of their starting center backs. Matt Besler is with the USMNT in advance of their CONCACAF Gold Cup final match against Panama on Sunday at 3 p.m. CT. Aurelien Collin missed Saturday's match to serve a one game suspension for yellow card accumulation.
- It was the first time since 2010 that neither Besler or Collin started for Sporting KC.
- Paulo Nagamura missed Saturday's match, his sixth consecutive match out with a left ankle sprain.
- Josh Gardner also missed Saturday's match due to injury (left hamstring strain).
- Zusi's 100 corner kicks in 2013 are the most in MLS. This marks the second straight season that Zusi has hit the century mark for corner kicks and only the third time in team history for a player to do so. Claudio Lopez recorded 123 corner kicks in 2009.
- Nielsen has started and played the full 90 minutes in 78 straight MLS matches. That's the longest active streak among MLS players.
- Nielsen has the best career goals against average (1.01) in League history among MLS goalkeepers with a minimum of 4,500 minutes played.
- Sporting Kansas City's 0.95 goals against average in 2013 is the third best in MLS.
- Sporting KC is 4-3-4 when tied at halftime in 2013.
- Sporting KC is 3-2-5 when tied in the 75th minute.
- Claudio Bieler is the only Sporting KC player to have played in every competitive match this season.
- Sporting Kansas City's 337 shots are most in MLS this season.
- Sporting KC is 8-3-4 against the Eastern Conference in 2013.
- Sporting Kansas City has allowed the fewest shots in MLS this season, conceding just 193 shots in 2013.
- Lawrence Olum led all players on Saturday with 10 clearances, five interceptions and two key passes.
- Sporting KC lost for the first time in 2013 with Olum on the field. Prior to Saturday, Sporting KC was 7-0-4 in games in which Olum played.
- Claudio Bieler led all players with five shots and three shots on goal on Saturday. His three shots on goal are the most by a Sporting KC player in a match against Montreal in the all-time series.
- Ike Opara was 10-for-10 on duels according to Opta on Saturday.
- Kei Kamara led all players with 20 duels in the match.
- Graham Zusi led all players with six crosses on Saturday.
- Seth Sinovic surpassed 6,000 regular season minutes played in a KC uniform on Saturday and 8,000 minutes played in his MLS career (including postseason).
- Oriol Rosell surpassed 2,000 minutes played in a KC uniform on Saturday (including postseason).
- Ike Opara surpassed 3,000 minutes played in his MLS career (including postseason).
- The team held a watch party in the Kansas City Power & Light District downtown for Saturday's match as part of the MLS All-Star Game festivities.
