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Fast Facts: Sporting KC vs Houston Dynamo - August 29, 2014

  • Sporting Kansas City lost 3-1 to the Houston Dynamo at Sporting Park on Friday night after a 75-minute rain delay.
  • Sporting KC is 5-7-8 all-time against Houston Dynamo during the regular season and 2-4-4 at home.
  • Sporting KC and Houston have met in the MLS Cup Playoffs the past three seasons.
  • In 2013, Sporting KC defeated the Houston Dynamo 2-1 on aggregate scoring in the Eastern Conference final en route to hoisting the MLS Cup.
  • Sporting Kansas City midfielder Benny Feilhaber and striker Dom Dwyer received yellow cards on Friday and will be unavailable for selection by Manager Peter Vermes in the club's next match as they serve a mandatory one-game suspensions for yellow card accumulation.
  • Houston's Kofi Sarkodie also received a yellow card and will miss the Dynamo's next match against the Montreal Impact as he serves a one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation.
  • Sporting KC has not kept a clean sheet in their past 10 MLS matches. Additionally, the team has failed to record a shutout in each of their last nine MLS home games.
  • Dom Dwyer equalized for Sporting Kansas City in the 54th minute. Dwyer has now scored 17 goals in 2014, second most in MLS this season behind only New York's Bradley Wright-Phillips (20).
  • Dwyer is now one goal behind Preki's club record (18) for goals scored in a single-season, which he set in the club's inaugural season (1996).
  • Benny Feilhaber earned the assist, his sixth of the season and 19th of his regular season MLS career.
  • David Horst notched the game-winner on Friday, his first goal in a Dynamo uniform.
  • Ricardo Clark added a third goal for the Dynamo.
  • Brad Davis earned the assist on Horst and Clark's goals. Both goals came from free kicks.
  • Prior to Friday, Sporting KC conceded only two goals from free kicks in 2014. Both of Houston's goals in the second half were scored off free kicks.
  • Davis now has six goals and six assists all-time against Sporting Kansas City, most among all Dynamo players.
  • Friday marked the first time  that Sporting Kansas City has lost back-to-back MLS matches at Sporting Park.
  • For Sporting KC's second straight match, both teams used homegrown goalkeepers. Prior to these two occurrences, such a situation had never occurred in MLS history.
  • The loss on Friday snapped a seven-game unbeaten streak for Sporting KC against the Dynamo.
  • Sporting KC and Houston have met 16 times over the last four seasons in all competitions, including five playoff games and one U.S. Open Cup qualifier in 2011.
  • The 16 meetings make it the most played matchup among all MLS teams over the last four years.
  • The Houston Dynamo are 2-10-1 on the road this season with 10 goals scored and 30 goals allowed.
  • Martin Steuble made his first career MLS start on Friday, joining Lawrence Olum and Benny Feilhaber in the midfield.
  • Steuble becomes the 30th player to start for Sporting KC in an MLS match this year. Sporting KC's 30 different starters this season are most in MLS and most in team history.
  • With Steuble's start, Sporting KC has now started 25 different lineups in 26 MLS matches this season.
  • Four players in Sporting KC's back five on Friday are from the Kansas City area: Jon Kempin, Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler and Kevin Ellis.
  • Sporting KC is 12-7-6 in 2014 with 42 points. Houston moves to 8-13-4 with 28 points.
  • Besler led all players with 65 passes on Friday.
  • Collin led all players with five aerial duels won on Friday.
  • Sporting Park welcomed 20,332 fans on Friday, marking the 50th straight MLS sellout at the state-of-the-art venue.
  • With four shots on goal on Friday, Sporting Kansas City supporters can take advantage of 44-cent Monster Tacos at area Jack in the Box locations on Saturday.
  • With Dwyer's second half goal, fans who text BWWSKC to 72727 will receive a buy one, get one snack size wings offer.