Fast Facts: Sporting KC 3-2 Colorado Rapids - March 29, 2014

Go in-depth behind Sporting Kansas City's 3-2 win against the Colorado Rapids at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Saturday with this match's fast facts.


  • Sporting KC defeated the Colorado Rapids 3-2 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Saturday.
  • With the win, Sporting KC extended their unbeaten streak against the Rapids to 11 across all competition dating back to 2009.
  • Manager Peter Vermes is 6-0-5 in his coaching career against the Rapids across all competition.
  • Sporting KC is 22-17-13 against the Rapids all-time in the regular season and 5-14-8 on the road.
  • Saturday's victory was the club's first ever during the regular season at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
  • Sporting KC's Graham Zusi opened the scoring on Saturday, his first goal of 2014 and 18th of his career during the MLS regular season.
  • The 50th minute goal was the earliest scored by Sporting KC in the 2014 MLS regular season.
  • Sporting KC is 14-0-1 in MLS competition when Zusi scores.
  • Sal Zizzo notched the assist on Zusi's goal, his first since joining Sporting KC in the offseason.
  • Paulo Nagamura also received an assist on Zusi's goal, his first of 2014 and 17th of his career during the MLS regular season.
  • Nagamura now has a goal or an assist in each of his 10 MLS seasons.
  • Both of the Rapids goals on Saturday came through Vicente Sanchez penalty kicks. Colorado has scored five goals this year; all have come from the penalty spot.
  • Prior to Saturday, Sporting Kansas City had not conceded a penalty kick since March 9, 2013.
  • Kronberg last faced a penalty kick during the MLS regular season on May 14, 2011.
  • Prior to Saturday, Sporting Kansas City had conceded two penalty kicks in the same game on two occasions: 8/10/02 at DC (both saved by Tony Meola) and 10/14/06 at NY (both conceded by Bo Oshoniyi).
  • Feilhaber tallied the game-tying goal. Graham Zusi and Sal Zizzo were credited with the assists.
  • With two assists on Saturday, Zizzo now has 10 all-time during the MLS regular season.
  • Zizzo's two-assist game was the second of his career.
  • As a result of Sporting Kansas City's second half away goals, all fans can text BWWSKC to 72727 to receive a buy one, get one free snack size wing order at all Kansas City area Buffalo Wild Wings locations.
  • Marvell Wynne received a second yellow card in the 85th minute reducing the Rapids to 10 men.
  • Dom Dwyer tallied the game-winner for Sporting KC in second half stoppage time. The goal was his second game-winner in back-to-back matches.
  • Dwyer has two goals this season -- fifth most in MLS -- and four during the regular season in his MLS career.
  • Dwyer currently leads all MLS players with 14 shots.
  • Zusi earned his second assist of the game and 2014 season on Dwyer's goal.
  • Zusi now has 33 assists all-time during the MLS regular season, fourth most in club history and two behind Davy Arnaud for third.
  • Zusi has 15 game-winning assists all-time, one behind Chris Klein for second place in club history.
  • Saturday's two-assist game was the fourth of Zusi's career. Three have come in the month of March.
  • Zusi passed Mark Chung for sole possession of eighth position on the club's all-time shots chart on Saturday. He now has 204 shots in his regular season career.
  • Zusi and Zizzo are tied for second in MLS with two assists on the season.
  • Zusi and Matt Besler will join the U.S. Men's National Team on Sunday for Wednesday's international friendly against Mexico.
  • Sporting KC maintained 62.5% of the possession on Saturday and upheld a passing accuracy of 83%.
  • The 83% passing accuracy is a season high and above the team's season average is 79.5%.
  • Benny Feilhaber led all players on Saturday with 53 passes.
  • Feilhaber and Kevin Ellis led all players on Saturday with 12 duels won.
  • Ellis was tied with Edson Buddle for most aerial duels won with six.
  • Zusi led all players on Saturday with three chances created.
  • Oriol Rosell completed 33 of 34 passes for a passing accuracy of 97 percent, the highest among all starters.
  • Both Sporting KC and Colorado wore black armbands on Saturday in honor of former MLS player Shawn Kuykendall, who died of cancer earlier this month.
  • Sporting Kansas City had more than 800 supporters travel to Colorado for Saturday's match.
  • Johnny's Tavern in the KC Power and Light District hosted the club's official watch party on Saturday with Sporting KC forward Soony Saad in attendance.