- Sporting Kansas City fell 2-1 to the New York Red Bulls on Saturday.
- Sporting KC has suffered four straight losses for the first time since May 2011.
- Sporting KC (12-10-6, 42 pts.) remains second in the Eastern Conference. The New York Red Bulls (8-8-10, 34 pts.) move into fifth place in the East with the victory.
- Sporting KC is 7-7-0 on the road this season.
- Sporting KC is 19-19-12 all-time against the Red Bulls.
- Sporting KC is 5-11-8 at New York all-time.
- Sporting KC is 1-9-0 when conceding the first goal of the match.
- Sporting KC is 8-8-4 against Eastern Conference opponents.
- Sporting KC is 241-226-122 all-time and 86-143-66 on the road all-time.
- Bradley Wright-Phillips opened the scoring on Saturday in the 11th minute.
- Matt Besler fouled Bradley Wright-Phillips in the 18-yard box and the Englishman converted the ensuing penalty kick.
- The goal was Wright-Phillips League-leading 21st goal this season.
- Wright-Phillips goal snapped a 348-minute shutout streak for Sporting KC at Red Bull Arena.
- Sporting Kansas City has now conceded seven penalty kick goals in 2014, tying the team's single-season record first set in Major League Soccer's inaugural 1996 season.
- MLS referees have whistled 109 penalty kicks to date this season, surpassing the previous single-season high of 84 set in 2011.
- Thierry Henry doubled the Red Bulls' lead in the 52nd minute. It was his 50th goal in MLS competition (including postseason) and first against Sporting KC in his career.
- Dom Dwyer scored his 18th goal of the season two minutes later.
- Dwyer's 18 goals in 2014 tie Sporting KC's club record for goals scored in a single season set by Preki in 1996.
- Dwyer's goal was the 20th of his regular season career, tying Mark Chung, C.J. Sapong and Graham Zusi for ninth place on the club's career goal scoring chart.
- Graham Zusi's assist was his sixth of the season, tied for most on the team, and 37th of his regular season career. He is now eight shy of Chris Klein for second place on the team's all-time assists chart.
- Paulo Nagamura recovered from his ankle injury and returned to the starting lineup on Saturday for the first time since July 6.
- Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feihaber and striker Dom Dwyer returned to Sporting KC's starting lineup on Saturday after both players served a one-game suspension against the New England Revolution for yellow card accumulation.
- With the start, Matt Besler moved into 10th place all-time on Sporting KC's chart for regular season games played (145).
- Besler also surpassed Mo Johnston on Saturday for 8th place on the club's career minutes played chart (12,666).
- The New York Red Bulls are 46-12-20 all-time at Red Bull Arena. Despite the loss, Sporting KC is one of two teams with multiple regular season victories at the venue.
- The New York Red Bulls rank second in MLS with 2.33 goals scored per home game and have a 6-2-4 record at home this season.
- Aurelien Collin led all players with 48 successful passes and eight aerial duels won on Saturday.
- Collin and Igor Juliao led all players with 10 total duels won on Saturday.
- Collin and Matt Besler led all players with six clearances on Saturday.
- Sporting KC created 12 goal scoring chances, while New York created three.
- New York was without Tim Cahill (Australia), Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon), Matt Miazga (US U-20) & Santiago Castano (U.S. U-20) on Saturday due to international duty.
- Sporting KC was without defender Erik Palmer-Brown who is with Miazga, Castano and the rest of the U.S. U-20's in Argentina.
- Sporting KC has gone 12 matches without a clean sheet following Saturday's 2-1 loss.
