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Fast Facts: Sporting KC 2-1 Montreal Impact - July 18, 2015

  • Sporting Kansas City defeated the Montreal Impact 2-1 on Saturday night. 
  • Sporting KC is 9-0-3 at Sporting Park in 2015 and currently has an eight-game home winning streak in all competitions, tying the club record set in 2004.
  • With the victory, Sporting KC moves into a tie for third place in the Western Conference.
  • Sporting KC leads MLS with 1.83 points per game in 2015.
  • Peter Vermes started the same lineup in back-to-back MLS games for the second time in 2015.
  • Matt Besler made his 200th appearance for the club in all competitions on Saturday.
  • Sporting KC swept the series versus Montreal in 2014, outscoring the Impact 9-1 with two wins at Stade Saputo and one win at Sporting Park.
  • Saturday was the lone meeting with the Impact during the 2015 regular season.
  • Benny Feilhaber opened the scoring for Sporting Kansas City on Saturday. Feilhaber now has six goals in 2015. 
  • Feilhaber's goal was scored in the fourth minute, the second earliest goal for Sporting KC in 2015.
  • Roger Espinoza and Krisztian Nemeth earned assists on Feilhaber's goal.
  • Nemeth has now had a goal or an assist in three straight matches.
  • Dwyer doubled the lead for Sporting KC in the 34th minute.
  • Feilhaber tallied the assist and is now tied for ninth on the club's all-time regular season assists chart with 20.
  • Feilhaber has 30 assists in all competition, tying him with Josh Wolff for sixth most in club history. 
  • Dwyer now has seven goals in his last four games against Montreal. 
  • Dwyer's seven goals against Montreal are tied with Thierry Henry for the most in the League against Montreal all-time.
  • Feilhaber is one of four players in 2015 to have a combined 16 goals and assists along with Ethan Finley, Kei Kamara and Sebastian Giovinco. 
  • Saturday marked the second time in 2015 that Feilhaber had at least one goal and one assist in an MLS match.
  • Feilhaber has four goals and five assists in his last eight MLS matches.
  • Feilhaber becomes the fourth player in Sporting KC history to record 10 assists in a season along with Preki, Josh Wolff and Graham Zusi.
  • Sporting KC is the only team with three different players with six goals or more this season.
  • Montreal's goal in the 59th minute snapped Sporting Kansas City's 355-minute home shutout streak in MLS competition.
  • Montreal is 0-7-1 when conceding the first goal in 2015 and 0-5-0 when trailing at half.
  • Sporting Kansas City used all three substitutes on Saturday. Connor Hallisey, Paulo Nagamura and Chance Myers replaced Krisztian Nemeth, Benny Feilhaber and Jacob Peterson respectively. 
  • The appearance was Chance Myers 125th all-time.
  • Soni Mustivar had 11 interceptions on Saturday, most of all players.
  • Benny Feilhaber had three chances created, most of all players. 
  • Saad Abdul-Salaam had seven tackles on Saturday, most of all players.
  • Tim Melia is now 10th in club history with 27 saves.
  • Sporting KC was without Graham Zusi on Saturday due to international duty during the 2015 Gold Cup. The U.S. MNT advanced with a 6-0 win over Cuba tonight and will play Jamaica in the semifinals on Wednesday.
  • Boulevard Brewing Company and Sporting Kansas City made Sporting Saison, a new farmhouse ale, available at Sporting Park for the first time on Saturday.
  • The Sporting KC Academy U15's were recognized on field during Saturday's pregame ceremonies in advance of their participation in the US Youth Soccer National Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week.
  • Sporting Park welcomed 19,070 fans on Saturday, marking the 63rd consecutive MLS sellout.
  • Sporting KC had four shots on goal on Saturday, which means fans can get a free breakfast biscuit sandwich with purchase at Jack in the Box on Sunday.
  • With two goals on Saturday, fans can get half-priced pizza at Papa Johns on Sunday with code sportingkc.
  • Sporting KC returns to action on Tuesday at Sporting Park when they host rivals Houston Dynamo in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals.