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Fast Facts: Sporting KC vs Montreal Impact - April 19, 2014

Go in-depth behind Sporting Kansas City's 4-0 win against Montreal Impact at Sporting Park on Saturday with this match's fast facts.


  • Sporting KC defeated the Montreal Impact 4-0 on Saturday night at Sporting Park.
  • With the win, Sporting KC is 3-1-2 in 2014 and 2-0-2 at home. The team moves into first place in the Eastern Conference, level with the Columbus Crew on 11 points.
  • Sporting KC moves to 3-3-1 against the Impact since Montreal joined Major League Soccer in 2012.
  • Sporting KC is 232-217-118 all-time and 152-80-52 at home.
  • Sporting KC is 38-29-12 all-time in the month of April.
  • Sporting KC outshot Montreal 12-3 on Saturday and maintained 61.8 percent of the possession.
  • The four-goal loss tied the Impact's largest margin of defeat in the club's three-year history.
  • The four goals scored by Sporting Kansas City mark the most goals scored by Sporting KC in a single-game during 2014.
  • The last time Sporting KC scored four goals was on May 5, 2013 against Chivas USA.
  • Sporting KC leads the League with a 0.67 goals against average and have kept the second most shutouts with three.
  • The first goal of the match came in the 31st minute, an own goal by Montreal's Calum Mallace. It was the first own goal scored for Sporting Kansas City since June 22, 2013 at FC Dallas.
  • Aurelien Collin gave Sporting KC the 2-0 lead in the 71st minute. The finish was a left-footed strike, assisted by Lawrence Olum.
  • The goal is Collin's second of 2014 and 15th of his career (including playoffs).
  • Collin broke his tie with Jose Luis Burciaga Jr. for the second most goals scored by a defender in club history in MLS competition (including playoffs).
  • The assist is Olum's second since joining Sporting KC in 2011.
  • Dom Dwyer made it 3-0 with his first of two goals on Saturday.
  • Jacob Peterson notched the assist and now has a goal or an assist in each of his nine professional seasons in MLS.
  • Dwyer added his second goal in the 88th minute, courtesy of a Graham Zusi service.
  • Dwyer has now scored four goals in 2014, and is tied for third in the League for goals scored with Vicente Sanchez, Quincy Amarikwa and Federico Higuain.
  • Zusi's assist is his 34th career assist, one shy of Davy Arnaud for third most in club history. He has three assists so far this season, second most in MLS.
  • Dwyer has now scored four goals in his last four games.
  • Dwyer suffered nine fouls on Saturday, highest in MLS this season and seventh most in MLS history.
  • Dwyer won 16 duels, tied with Maurice Edu and Diego Chara for second most in a single MLS match this season.
  • Matt Besler led all players with 89 passes. The next closest was Seth Sinovic with 56.
  • Feilhaber led all players with three chances created.
  • Paulo Nagamura led all players with a 93 percent passing accuracy.
  • The shutout on Saturday marks the sixth in the last nine regular season home matches for Sporting KC. Sporting KC has conceded one goal or less during that stretch of matches.
  • Goalkeeper Eric Kronberg recorded his third shutout of the season and fourth of his MLS career.
  • All Sporting KC fans can receive 50% off any regular price online order at local participating Papa John's retailers over the next two days as part of the "Shutouts for Slices" promotion. Enter the code 'SPORTINGKC' online at PapaJohns.com to take advantage of the offer.
  • Sporting Kansas City midfielder Oriol Rosell received a red card in Sporting KC's last match against Real Salt Lake and was suspended for Saturday's victory.
  • Rosell joined La Gran D 1340 AM as a special guest on their live broadcast on Saturday.
  • Fans were encouraged to participate in the "Recycle Your Game" initiative on Saturday by donating new and gently used soccer equipment at collection bins located at each entrance into Sporting Park. Fans who donated received a 10% off coupon for Sporting KC merchandise at Sporting Style locations.
  • Saturday's attendance was 20,306, marking the 40th consecutive sellout at Sporting Park in MLS competition.
  • Sporting KC will next face the New England Revolution on April 26 at Gillette Stadium.