- Sporting KC defeated the Chicago Fire 2-0 at Sporting Park on Friday.
- With the victory, Sporting KC clinched a spot in the 2014 MLS Cup playoffs.
- Sporting KC moves into second place in the East with a 14-11-7 record.
- Sporting KC is now 6-4-6 at home in 2014.
- Sporting KC is 13-25-11 against the Fire all-time and 9-8-9 at home.
- Sporting KC winger Graham Zusi scored the opening goal on Friday.
- The goal was Zusi's fifth of 2014 and 22nd of his regular season MLS career.
- Zusi has four goals in nine career starts against Chicago.
- With the game-winning goal, Zusi moved into a tie for sixth on the club's all-time chart with eight game-winning goals.
- Sporting KC is 16-0-2 all-time when Zusi scores.
- Sporting KC has now advanced to the playoffs in four consecutive seasons.
- Jacob Peterson made his return to the Sporting KC lineup after two months out with a hamstring injury. Peterson started at left back in place of Seth Sinovic.
- Sinovic missed Friday's match as he served his mandatory one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation.
- With Friday's start, Matt Besler moved into a tie for eighth place on Sporting KC's all-time chart with 149 regular season games played.
- Sporting KC has now fielded 30 different lineups through 32 regular season games.
- Friday marks the second time Chicago lost in six trips to Sporting Park since 2011.
- Dom Dwyer scored Sporting KC's second goal on Friday. With the goal, Dwyer has now scored a goal in all three meetings with Chicago this season.
- The goal on Friday was Dwyer's 21st this year, ranking second in MLS only behind Bradley Wright-Phillips.
- Dwyer scored using his head and now leads the League with five headed goals this season.
- Sporting KC ranks first in average possession in home games (59.8%) and overall (57.1%).
- Since 2011, Sporting KC in undefeated in 12 straight regular season games played in October (7-0-5 with eight clean sheets).
- Lawrence Olum led all players with 51 successful passes and four tackles won on Friday.
- Matt Besler led all players with six aerial duels won and eight interceptions on Friday. He was also second among all players with nine duels won.
- Benny Feilhaber led all players with four chances created on Friday.
- The first 5,000 fans to arrive at Sporting Park on Friday received a pair of Sporting KC branded ear buds courtesy of Pepsi.
- Sporting KC honored FCKC players Lauren Holiday and Becky Sauerbrunn at halftime of Friday's match for their NWSL championship earlier this year. Both players are members of the USWNT, who will play Trinidad and Tobago in the CONCACAF Women's Championship on Wednesday at Sporting Park.
