Go in-depth behind Sporting Kansas City's 1-0 win against the San Jose Earthquakes at Sporting Park on Saturday with this match's fast facts.
- Sporting KC defeated the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 at Sporting Park on Saturday.
- Sporting KC are now 21-21-7 against San Jose all-time and 17-7-1 at home in the series.
- Saturday is the only League meeting between the two clubs during the 2014 regular season.
- Sporting KC's winning streak against San Jose at home moves to eight consecutive victories dating back to 2004.
- Sporting KC's eight consecutive home victories against San Jose stands as the longest home-winning streak against one opponent in team history.
- The last time a road team won in the series came all the way back in 2004, when San Jose won at Arrowhead Stadium.
- The win ends San Jose's 12-game unbeaten streak in all competition dating back to 2013.
- Sporting Kansas City's Dom Dwyer opened the scoring for Sporting KC by converting a penalty kick in the 57th minute.
- The goal is Dwyer's first of 2014 and third of his MLS regular season career.
- The penalty kick was whistled for a handball on Steven Lenhart.
- Lawrence Olum led all players on Saturday with 54 passes.
- Seth Sinovic led all players on Saturday with five interceptions.
- Sinovic led all players on Saturday with a 91 percent passing accuracy (31 completed passes out of 34).
- Ike Opara led all players on Saturday with nine aerial duels won.
- Graham Zusi led all players on Saturday with 14 crosses and corners combined.
- Zusi also led all players on Saturday with four chances created.
- Eric Kronberg made one save on Saturday for his second career MLS shutout. His goals against average is now 0.67 in MLS play this season.
- Sporting KC outshot the San Jose Earthquakes 17-5 on Saturday.
- Saturday marked the second straight home match in which Sporting KC held their opponent to one shot on goal.
- Saturday was Peter Vermes' 63rd victory in MLS regular season, placing him in a tie with Peter Nowak and Glynn Myernick for 15th most by an MLS manager all-time.
- Sporting Kansas City maintained 60 percent of the possession on Saturday and is now second in MLS in possession, averaging 56 percent per game.
- Sporting KC won 31 aerial duels on Saturday and leads MLS with 72 for the 2014 season.
- Sporting KC has earned shutouts in two of three home matches in all competition this season with a goals against average of 0.33.
- In 2013, Sporting KC had eight in 17 home matches during the MLS regular season with a goals against average of 0.88.
- Sporting KC and the San Jose Earthquakes were both coming off midweek matches in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals.
- Of the seven games played by the three MLS teams that qualified for the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, Sporting KC's 1-0 result tonight is the first victory.
- Sporting Kansas City's newest signing, Antonio Dovale, was in the gameday 18 for the first time since joining the squad.
- Sporting Kansas City collected new and gently used soccer equipment on Saturday as part of the club's Recycle Your Game initiative. The donations will be distributed to the disadvantaged youth in Kansas City. All fans who donated received a coupon for 10% off merchandise at Sporting Style locations.
- The first 10,000 fans that arrived on Saturday were given a Sporting KC champions flag courtesy of presenting match sponsor H&R Block.
- The Final Whistle: Sporting KC Postgame Show aired on 102.9 FM and was streamed live on 810whbtv.com. C.J. Sapong appeared in the Boulevard Members Club as a special guest on the postgame show and was presented with a Chipotle celebrity card during the interview.
- Attendance on Saturday was 19,368, marking the 38th consecutive MLS sellout at Sporting Park.
