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Fast Facts: Sporting KC at Montreal Impact - July 12, 2014

Go in-depth behind Sporting Kansas City's 2-1 win over the Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo on Saturday with this match's fast facts.


  • Sporting Kansas City earned a 2-1 victory at Stade Saputo on Saturday.
  • With the win, Sporting KC is in second place of the Eastern Conference with 29 points and trails only D.C. United (31).
  • Dom Dwyer opened the scoring for Sporting KC in the fourth minute of play before tallying the game-winner in the 89th minute.
  • With two goals on Saturday, Dwyer moves into sole possession of second place for the most goals scored in the League with 14. He trails only Bradley Wright-Phillips (15).
  • Dwyer has now scored six goals in three meetings against Montreal this season, with two goals scored in each of the three matches.
  • Dwyer's 14 goals rank third most on the team's single-season goal scoring chart all-time, behind Eddie Johnson (15 in 2007) and Preki (18 in 1996).
  • Matt Besler earned the assist on Sporting Kansas City's first goal from his long throw-in. The assist was his first of the season and seventh of his career.
  • Montreal Impact striker Marco Di Vaio put Montreal on the board in the 28th minute.
  • Di Vaio's first half goal was assisted by Justin Mapp and Patrice Bernier.
  • The goal was Di Vaio's 28th career goal, most by any Montreal player, but first career goal against Sporting KC.
  • Justin Mapp recorded his 63rd career assist, fourth most among active players. Ten of his 63 career assists have come against Sporting KC.
  • Saturday's meeting was the third between Sporting KC and Montreal this season. Sporting KC swept the season series by a combined scoreline of 9-1.
  • Sporting KC is 8-5-5 in 2014 and 5-4-0 on the road. The team has won three straight road MLS matches.
  • Sporting KC is 237-221-121 all-time and 84-140-66 all-time on the road.
  • Sporting KC is undefeated (8-0-4) when scoring first in 2014 and 3-3-4 when tied at the half.
  • Sporting KC is 5-3-1 against Montreal all-time and 3-1-1 at Montreal.
  • Sporting KC is one of two teams with multiple victories at Stade Saputo since the Impact entered MLS in 2012. Montreal holds a 23-12-8 regular season record at home over the last three years.
  • Since MLS expanded north of the border in 2007, Sporting KC has a 7-4-5 road record versus Canadian clubs (Toronto: 3-3-3, Montreal 3-1-1, Vancouver 1-0-1).
  • Sporting KC's seven regular season victories all-time on Canadian soil are second most from an American MLS club.
  • Sporting KC was without goalkeeper Eric Kronberg for the first time this season on Saturday. Kronberg fractured the fourth metacarpal bone on his left hand during training on Wednesday.
  • Midfielder Toni Dovale returned from his two-game suspension.
  • Goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum started on Saturday, marking his first appearance for Sporting KC in the MLS regular season. He becomes the 13th goalkeeper to start an MLS match for the club in team history.
  • Gruenebaum made 54 starts the previous two seasons with Columbus and led MLS with 124 saves in 2012.
  • Igor Juliao led all players on Saturday with 13 duels won.
  • Montreal defender Krzysztof Krol made his Montreal debut on Saturday after being added to the roster yesterday.
  • Juliao and Krol led all players with four tackles won on Saturday.
  • Aurelien Collin led all players with five interceptions on Saturday.
  • Lawrence Olum led all players with 76 passes (86.84% passing accuracy) on Saturday.
  • Graham Zusi led all players with three chances created on Saturday.
  • Sporting KC leads all teams with 42 chances created from set plays.
  • Sporting KC is tied with Seattle for the most away wins this season (5).
  • Sporting KC leads MLS teams in possession (57.73%).