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Fast Facts: Sporting KC vs Toronto FC - May 23, 2014

Go in-depth behind Sporting Kansas City's 2-2 draw against Toronto FC at Sporting Park on Friday with this match's fast facts.


  • Sporting KC and Toronto FC played to a 2-2 draw on Friday night at Sporting Park.
  • With the draw, Sporting KC moves into second place in the Eastern Conference (5-4-3) with 18 points. Toronto is now tied for 6th (4-4-1).
  • The draw is Toronto's first of the 2014 season and first since September 2013.
  • Sporting Kansas City are 10-4-5 against Toronto FC all-time and 7-1-2 at home.
  • Sporting KC are 234-220-119 all-time and 153-81-53 at home.
  • Sporting KC are 30-38-20 all-time in the month of May and 2-2-1 in 2014.
  • Friday marked the first start for Alex Martinez since joining Sporting Kansas City.
  • Chance Myers started as a centerback on Friday, marking the first time Myers has played centerback as a professional since the Generation adidas tour in 2009.
  • Chance Myers left the match in the 35th minute on Friday with an achilles injury.
  • Kevin Ellis also played centerback on Friday, his first time in that position since he was at Barton County Community College.
  • Benny Feilhaber played holding midfield on Friday for the first time since he was with Hamburger SV in Germany (2006/2007).
  • Friday's match was sponsored by adidas.
  • Former club captain Jimmy Nielsen was presented his MLS Cup championship ring on Friday during the pregame ceremonies.
  • The draw marked the first dropped points by Sporting KC in their last six home meetings against Toronto FC, ending a streak of five consecutive home wins in the series.
  • The point on Friday night for Toronto FC is the first ever point tallied by the visitors at Sporting Park.
  • Dom Dwyer opened the scoring for Sporting Kansas City in the 47th minute of the match.
  • Dwyer becomes the third player in team history to score in four consecutive regular season matches. Dwyer is now one match shy of Preki's (1996) record of five straight matches scoring a goal and tied with Eddie Johnson (2007).
  • Dwyer's four-game goal scoring streak ties the MLS season high along with Erick Torres, Robbie Keane and Bradley Wright-Phillips. Dwyer's is the longest such active streak.
  • Sal Zizzo assisted Dwyer's goal, his third assist of 2014.
  • Toronto FC team captain Steven Caldwell was shown a straight red card for serious foul play in the 63rd minute.
  • Toronto FC has been issued a red card in each of their last three MLS matches against Sporting Kansas City (May 23, 2014; September 21, 2013; July 13, 2013).
  • There have been seven red cards issued in Sporting KC's last eight MLS matches.
  • Toronto FC striker Luke Moore equalized in the 67th minute after entering the match as a second half substitute for Alvaro Rey. Moore has now scored in both of his League appearances since joining Toronto FC in a trade from the Colorado Rapids.
  • Sporting KC was awarded a penalty kick in the 84th minute of Friday's match.
  • Dom Dwyer converted the PK, surpassing Bradley Wright-Phillips for the League lead for goals scored this season with 10.
  • Friday marks Dom Dwyer's third multi-goal game this season. All have come against Canadian clubs.
  • Igor Juliao led all players with five interceptions on Friday.
  • Benny Feilhaber led all players with 105 passes and three chances created on Friday.
  • Seth Sinovic led all starters with 96.55% passing accuracy on Friday.
  • Erik Palmer-Brown missed Friday's match due to a mandatory one-game suspension for a red card in Sporting KC's last match, a 2-1 loss at Chicago.
  • Sporting Kansas City has used eight different centerbacks in the first 12 games of the 2014 season (Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Ike Opara, Seth Sinovic, Kevin Ellis, Erik Palmer-Brown, Chance Myers and Lawrence Olum).
  • Sporting Park welcomed 19,914 fans on Friday night, marking the 43rd consecutive sellout in MLS competition. 
  • Sporting KC hosts the New York Red Bulls on Tuesday in a clash of the top two teams in the 2013 Supporters' Shield standings.