- D.C. United defeated Sporting KC 3-0 on Saturday at Sporting Park and moved into first place in the Supporters' Shield standings, one point ahead of Sporting Kansas City.
- Sporting KC is 12-7-6 in 2014 with 42 points and drops the club’s second home match of the season for a record of 5-2-6 at Sporting Park.
- D.C. United moves to 13-7-4 in 2014 and 5-5-1 on the road.
- For the first time this season, Sporting KC’s starting lineup was identical to one in their previous 24 MLS matches. Manager Peter Vermes made no changes from last weekend's 4-1 win over Toronto FC.
- Both teams were coming off midweek CONCACAF Champions League fixtures. Sporting KC drew Real Esteli FC 1-1 in Nicaragua while D.C. United beat Waterhouse FC 1-0.
- Fabian Espindola opened the scoring for D.C. United in the 24th minute. The goal was his team-leading ninth of the season and the Argentine now has scored in both matches against Sporting KC this season.
- Espindola has five goals in his career against Sporting KC.
- D.C. United is now 12-0-1 when scoring first in 2014, the best such record in MLS. D.C. United is also 11-0-1 when leading at halftime in 2014.
- Chris Rolfe added D.C. United's second goal on Saturday, his sixth of the season.
- Rolfe and Espindola have a combined 107 MLS regular season goals between them in their careers. Both players have scored in back-to-back matches for D.C. United.
- Luis Silva earned assists on both goals and now has four on the season.
- Perry Kitchen, 22, added the third and final goal for D.C. United. The fourth-year midfielder now has four goals in 2014 and six in his career.
- Saturday's loss was the first time in 2014 that Sporting KC had conceded three times in MLS play.
- Sporting Kansas City had allowed just nine first half goals in 24 MLS matches entering Saturday, the fewest in MLS.
- Sporting Kansas City entered the match with the League's lowest goals against average, but has now gone nine MLS matches without a clean sheet. The stretch is the club's longest span without a shutout since 2007.
- Saturday's loss was the team's largest margin of defeat at Sporting Park and first three-goal loss at home since June 2010.
- Sporting Kansas City's two home losses in 2014 are tied for the fewest in the Eastern Conference.
- Saturday's loss snapped a six-game home unbeaten streak for Sporting KC.
- Bill Hamid made three saves for his sixth shutout of the season and 26th of his MLS career.
- Hamid has the best save percentage in MLS this season (75.0 percent).
- Saturday's match was the first in MLS history in which both teams started homegrown goalkeepers.
- Jon Kempin made his second MLS start for Sporting KC due to injuries to Eric Kronberg and Andy Gruenebaum.
- Sporting KC was without Paulo Nagamura (ankle sprain), Eric Kronberg (hand fracture), Andy Gruenebaum (shoulder strain) and Jacob Peterson (knee strain).
- D.C. United was without Designated Player and former KC forward Eddie Johnson on Saturday. Johnson served the second of a two-game suspension.
- Former KC captain Davy Arnaud started for D.C. United. Arnaud played in Kansas City from 2002-2011.
- Sporting Kansas City now sits in second place in the Eastern Conference standings, one point back of D.C. United with nine games remaining in the regular season.
- Saturday was the 49th consecutive MLS sellout at Sporting Park. Actor Rob Riggle was among the 19,963 in attendance.
- The all-time series between D.C. United and Sporting KC is now tied at 20 wins for each club, along with 10 ties.
- Sporting KC is 14-7-5 all-time at home against D.C. United. Saturday marked D.c. United's first win in Kansas City since 2007 at Arrowhead Stadium.
- Referee Alan Kelly has officiated 11 MLS matches, four of which have featured Sporting KC. The team is 0-3-1 with Kelly in the middle.
- Saturday's match was Graham Zusi's 150th career MLS match (including postseason).
- Matt Besler led all players on Saturday with 89 passes.
- Aurelien Collin and Fabian Espindola led all players with 11 duels won on Saturday.
- Collin and Benny Feilhaber led all players on Saturday with four tackles won.
- The recorded temperature for Saturday's game was 96 degrees. Sporting KC is 7-2-4 this season with the temperature above 75 degrees.
- Graham Zusi suffered three fouls on Saturday, moving into a tie with Kei Kamara for ninth on the club's all-time chart.
- The Sporting KC Academy U14's, led by head coach Matt Trumpp, were recognized on field at halftime in recognition of their successful 2013/14 season. After being crowned champions at Kansas State Cup, the Under-14's went on to win the Region II Championships in Ohio and were one of eight teams in the country to compete at the US Youth Soccer National Championships.
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Fast Facts: Sporting KC vs D.C. United - August 23, 2014
