Fast Facts: Sporting KC 2-1 Philadelphia Union

Go in-depth behind Sporting Kansas City's 2-1 victory against the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park on Saturday with the match's fast facts:

• Sporting Kansas City defeated the Philadelphia Union 2-1 at PPL Park on Saturday in their final match of the MLS regular season. With the win, Sporting KC moves into first place in the Eastern Conference and Supporters' Shield standings with 58 points.
• If the New York Red Bulls draw or lose on Sunday against the Chicago Fire, Sporting KC will claim the Supporters' Shield and will have home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
• Sporting KC has finished in first place in the Eastern Conference each of the last two years. The team won the Supporters' Shield in 2000.
• Regardless of results, Sporting Park will host MLS Cup if Sporting Kansas City reaches the championship match.
• Sporting KC finishes the MLS regular season with a 17-10-7 record, including a 14-6-5 mark against teams in the Eastern Conference.
• Sporting KC's 17 wins are most in MLS this year. The team's +17 goal difference is also best among all teams in the league. 
• Sporting KC leads MLS with just 30 goals allowed in 34 games, a 0.88 goals per game average.
• Sporting KC has the most away wins in Major League Soccer in 2013 with eight, matching last year's total and tying the team record. Sporting KC also has the fewest goals allowed on the road in MLS with 15 and best goal difference on the road at +3.
• Sporting KC's 15 road goals conceded are the fewest in a season in team history, tying the mark set in 2000 and 2012.
• Graham Zusi's goal is the first headed goal of his MLS career and second in as many weeks, after scoring on a header with the U.S. Men's National Team. Prior to these two goals, Zusi's last headed goal came in his junior year of college while attending Maryland.
• Sporting Kansas City's 14 headed goals are most in MLS this season. Sporting Kansas City leads MLS with 92 headed shots this year.
• The goal is Zusi's sixth of 2013, a new single season career high, and 17th in his Major League Soccer career.
• Sporting KC is 13-0-1 in MLS competition when Zusi scores. Zusi's last goal for Sporting KC in an MLS match was on Aug. 31, 2013.
• Zusi has three goals in his career against Philadelphia, most among all active Sporting KC players.
• Sporting KC has scored four goals from throw-in's in 2013.
• Zusi leads MLS with 128 corners and 47 successful corners into the box. His 80 successful crosses/corners are also most in MLS. 
• Zusi led all players on Saturday with six crosses.
• Zusi's 128 corners are second most in a season in KC history, behind his 2012 season with 150 corners.
• Zusi leads MLS in chances created from set play with 52.
• The assist on Zusi's goal was Lawrence Olum's first since joining MLS in 2011.
• Prior to 2013, Sporting KC had not won an MLS match at PPL Park. The team won both games in Philadelphia this season, winning the first and last match of the 2013 regular season at PPL Park.
• Graham Zusi has played a direct role in four of the team's five goals scored in Philadelphia this year, scoring two goals and adding two assists at PPL Park.
• Zusi is the only MLS player with 5 or more goals and seven or more assists in each of the last three seasons.
• Sporting KC is 4-2-3 against the Union all-time and 2-1-2 on the road in the series. 
• Philadelphia's Jack McInerney scored his 12th goal of 2013 to tie the score in the 88th minute of the match. McInerney's goal was assisted by Jeff Parke, his first assist of the year.
• The goal was the first second half goal that Sporting KC has allowed in seven MLS matches. McInerney's goal ended a 411-minute shutout streak for Sporting KC, fourth longest in MLS this season. The streak started with a Philadelphia Union goal on Sept. 27.
• Sporting KC has held opponents to a goal or fewer in 27 of the team's 34 games this season.
• Sporting KC allowed only six goals in the final 15 minutes of MLS matches in 34 games this year. Sporting KC is 13-0-1 when leading at the 75-minute mark in 2013.
• Sporting KC has not conceded multiple goals in any of the team's last 11 MLS matches.
• Lawrence Olum scored the game-winner in second half stoppage time, his first goal since joining Major League Soccer. He had gone 41 games without a goal or assist prior to Saturday.
• Olum's game-winner in the 92nd minute is Sporting KC's second latest game-winner of the season, only behind Ike Opara's 97th minute match winner at Real Salt Lake.
• The goal was Sporting Kansas City's fifth game-winning goal in the 80th minute or later in 2013.
• Teal Bunbury tallied the assist, his first since Aug. 26, 2012 when he suffered a season ending-knee injury on the play.
• Sporting KC is 15-2-3 when scoring first in 2013 and has won nine straight games when scoring first.
• Sporting KC is 11-9-0 in one-goal games and 6-5-5 when tied at halftime in 2013.
• Sporting KC is 6-2-1 when scoring two goals and 6-5-3 when allowing one goal in 2013.
• Sporting KC went 15-8-6 when wearing Sporting Blue and 2-4-2 on NBCSN in 2013.
• Sporting KC is 5-1-4 in games before 5 p.m. CT and 9-3-3 when the temperature is below 75 degrees in 2013.
• At the conclusion of the first half, Aurelien Collin led all players with four interceptions and eight duels. Collin was subbed off at halftime after receiving a yellow card in the first half.
• Collin's 13 yellow cards are most in MLS this year and rank second most by an MLS player in a single season in MLS history.
• Collin has received 29 cautions in three seasons with Sporting KC, good for sixth most in team history.
• Sporting Kansas City's 67 cautions are a single-season club record.
• Sporting KC set a new team record with 511 fouls committed in 2013. 
• Collin ranks second in MLS with 206 aerials, 136 aerials won and 198 headed clearances.
• Collin leads all MLS defenders with 28 shots (21 of them headers, third most among all MLS players) and nine shots on goal this season. Both marks are single-season career highs for Collin.
• The Philadelphia Union were without captain Brian Carroll on Saturday for caution accumulation, snapping a streak of 59 straight starts -- a Union team record and second longest among active MLS players.
• Sporting KC has lost only once in the team's last nine matches. The lone loss came against the Philadelphia Union at Sporting Park on September 27.
• Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes surpasses Fernando Clavijo and moves into a tie with Schellas Hyndman for 17th most wins in MLS history (62).
• Vermes winning percentage (.559) is best for a Sporting KC coach all-time.
• Vermes becomes the fifth coach in MLS history to record back-to-back seasons with a winning percentage above .600 (.662 in 2012 and .603 in 2013). The feat was done previously by: Bob Bradley (2000, 2001), Sigi Schmid (2001, 2002 and 2011, 2012), Dominic Kinnear (2007, 2008), and Bruce Arena (1997, 1998 and 2010, 2011).
• Sporting KC is only the second team in MLS history to win 17 or more regular season games in back-to-back seasons in the non-shootout era (along with LA Galaxy in 2010 and 2011).
• Jimmy Nielsen has played every minute in 90 straight MLS regular season matches. That streak ranks second longest in MLS history, behind only Kevin Hartman (112).
• Nielsen's 0.88 goals against average is best in MLS this year among goalkeepers with a minimum of 1,000 minutes played. His 13 shutouts lead the league and are fourth most in a single season in MLS history.
• Nielsen's 0.88 goals against average is second best in team history for a single season, behind only his 2012 campaign (0.79).
• Nielsen's career goals against average (0.99), shutouts (45), wins (57), matches (128) minutes (11,497), and winning percentage (.575) are best for goalkeepers in club history.
• Nielsen's 17 wins and 13 shutouts are third most in a season in team history by a goalkeeper.
• Nielsen's 0.99 career goals against average is best in MLS history among goalkeepers with a minimum of 700 minutes played.
• Seth Sinovic has started and played the full 90 minutes in each of the team's last 16 MLS matches, the longest active games played streak on the team. Sinovic leads all players with 3,223 minutes played in all competition this season.
• Sinovic and Oriol Rosell are tied for the team lead for most games played (37) and games started (36) in all competition this season.
• Rosell is tied for the MLS lead with 128 interceptions.
• Rosell's 66 fouls committed are fifth most in a season in club history and most since Matt McKeon committed 76 fouls in 2001. His 10 yellow cards are tied for second most in a season in KC history behind Aurelien Collin (13).
• C.J. Sapong traveled to Philadelphia but did not dress as a precautionary measure due to a neck strain.
• Sporting Kansas City's 50 offside infractions in 2013 are an all-time single-season low. 
• Sporting KC leads MLS in 2013 with 383 shots, crosses/corners accuracy (29.9), chances created from set play (87), duels (4029), duels won (2029), aerials won (706), interceptions (792), headed clearances (674) and tackles (712). 
• Sporting Kansas City's defense has conceded the fewest shots (301) and shots on goal (101) of all MLS teams in 2013.
• Sporting KC is 8-1-5 in regular season finales in the non-shootout era (since 2000). Philadelphia is 0-4-0.
• Soony Saad led all players with four shots on Saturday. 
• Matt Besler led all players with 17 clearances on Saturday.
• Lawrence Olum was four for four on aerial duels on Saturday, the most aerials won of any player. Olum also led all players with 49 passes.
• Graham Zusi led all players with 17 duels on Saturday, winning a game-high 10 of those duels. Zusi suffered six fouls on Saturday, a single-game career high.
• Sporting KC is 229-216-116 all-time and 79-136-66 on the road in team history.
• Jacob Peterson surpassed 9,000 regular season minutes played in his MLS career on Saturday. Only three other current players have hit the mark: Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura and Jimmy Nielsen.
• Seth Sinovic surpassed 7,000 regular season minutes played in his Sporting KC career on Saturday.