Go in-depth behind Sporting Kansas City's 1-0 loss against the Seattle Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field on Saturday with the match's fast facts.
- Sporting Kansas City opened the 2014 MLS regular season on the road at CenturyLink Field on Saturday with 1-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders FC.
- Sporting KC is 1-7-1 against Seattle all-time during the MLS regular season and 1-3-1 on the road.
- Sporting KC has not won a match in Seattle since April 11, 2009 -- the first time the two team's met in MLS play.
- Chad Barrett scored the lone goal of the match in the fourth minute of second half stoppage time.
- Seattle now has seven wins against Sporting KC in MLS play and five of those have come courtesy of game-winning goals in second half stoppage time.
- Barrett subbed into the match in the 79th minute to replace Kenny Cooper, marking his debut in a Sounders uniform.
- Sporting KC and the Seattle Sounders met one time in 2013 and that game also finished as a 1-0 victory for Seattle with a 94th minute goal.
- In the last eight meetings between the clubs, Seattle has scored seven goals after the 86-minute mark.
- Seattle Sounders move to 4-2-0 in openers all-time since joining the League in 2009. The Sounders have started all six seasons in MLS with a home match.
- Sporting KC is 12-5-2 in season openers all-time.
- Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Eric Kronberg, a nine-year veteran of the team, started in net (replacing the retired Jimmy Nielsen).
- The match marked the sixth MLS regular season appearance for Kronberg as he begins his ninth season in MLS.
- Stefan Frei, in his sixth MLS season, joined the Seattle Sounders after spending his previous five MLS seasons at Toronto FC.
- Sporting KC defender Matt Besler wore the captain's armband on Saturday. Besler is in his sixth season after joining Sporting KC in 2009 as the eighth overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft.
- Sporting Kansas City winger Sal Zizzo made his Sporting KC debut on Saturday entering the match in the 59th minute to replace Jacob Peterson. Zizzo spent his previous three seasons playing for the Portland Timbers and joined Sporting KC during the offseason.
- Seattle Sounders defender Dylan Remick earned his first MLS start on Saturday after joining the team in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft out of Brown University.
- Sean Okoli entered the match in the 87th minute for Lamar Neagle, marking his MLS debut since signing as a homegrown player for the Sounders on January 8.
- Sporting Kansas City homegrown defender Kevin Ellis started Saturday's match at right back, marking the second MLS start of his career and third appearance during MLS competition.
- Sporting Kansas City was without Chance Myers (right groin strain), Seth Sinovic (right hip sprain) and Paulo Nagamura (left ankle sprain) on Saturday.
- Sporting KC concluded the preseason 8-1-1, with the lone loss coming against the Columbus Crew in the Disney Pro Soccer Classic final.
- The Seattle Sounders FC went undefeated in the preseason with a record of 6-0-3.
- Sporting KC plays their first match of the 2014 season at Sporting Park on Wednesday against Cruz Azul in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League. The match will begin at 7 p.m. CT on FOX Sports 2 and the Univision Deportes Network.
- Sporting KC will continue the 2014 MLS regular season at 7:30 p.m. CT next Saturday against FC Dallas at Sporting Park. The match will be shown live on KMCI-TV (38 the Spot) and the Sporting KC Television Network.
- Sporting Kansas City was whistled for 25 fouls on Saturday, the second most fouls committed by the club in an MLS match in team history.
