- Sporting KC dropped their first home match of 2015 on Wednesday, falling 5-0 to the San Jose Earthquakes.
- The only other time Sporting Kansas City lost by five or more goals at home was in 2001. It was a 7-0 loss on July 4 against the Chicago Fire.
- Wednesday marked Sporting KC's first shutout loss of the year.
- Wednesday also marked Matt Besler's 200th match for Sporting KC in all competitions.
- Sporting KC made four changes to the Sporting KC lineup that beat Vancouver on Saturday. Amobi Okugo earned his first start for the club at defensive midfield.
- Chance Myers and Amadou Dia started at the outside back positions, replacing Saad Abdul-Salaam and Jimmy Medranda.
- Jacob Peterson started in place of Connor Hallisey.
- Saturday was the 50th MLS regular season meeting between Sporting KC and the San Jose Earthquakes.
- With the win, San Jose takes the advantage in the series (22-21-7 all-time).
- The loss was Sporting KC's first in 11 straight home matches versus San Jose dating back to 2004.
- Prior to Wednesday, the home side in the Sporting KC versus San Jose series was unbeaten in 18 straight games across all competitions dating back to 2004 (16-0-2 record).
- Since joining San Jose in June, Quincy Amarikwa has a goal or an assist in six of his seven appearances.
- With two goals on Wednesday, Chris Wondolowski extended his record for most goals over a six-year span in MLS history with 97.
- Wondolowski is the first player in MLS history to have 10 goals or more in six consecutive seasons.
- With two goals on Wednesday, Wondolowski now has 104 career regular season goals -- tying Dwayne De Rosario for sixth most in MLS history.
- Wondolowski is also the league's leading scoring among active players.
- The loss snapped Sporting KC's perfect record at Sporting Park versus San Jose, including the club's first ever win at the stadium. Sporting KC is now 3-1-0 versus San Jose at Sporting Park.
- Sporting KC is 5-5-1 when conceding first this year in all competitions.
- Sporting KC made two substitutions at halftime on Wednesday, Marcel de Jong and Mikey Lopez came on for Amadou Dia and Amobi Okugo.
- The Appearance was Lopez's 2015 debut.
- Graham Zusi also entered the match on Wednesday, replacing Paulo Nagamura.
- With the loss, Sporting KC (11-5-7, 40) remains in third place in the Western Conference (three points behind first place LA Galaxy with three games in hand).
- The first 10,000 fans that arrived on Wednesday received a Roger Espinoza poster courtesy of match sponsor Park University.
- Espinoza personally autographed posters on the Sprint Plaza prior to the match.
- Sporting KC has a quick turnaround as they begin a four-game road swing Saturday against the Columbus Crew.
