- Sporting Kansas City defeated Toronto FC 2-1 on Saturday to extend the club's road winning streak to five straight games.
- The five-game road winning streak ties Sporting KC for the fourth longest in MLS history and second longest in the non-shootout era. The only longer streaks are:
- D.C. United (7) - 7/7/1999 - 9/25/1999
- LA Galaxy (7) - 9/14/1997 - 5/17/1998
- San Jose Earthquakes (6) - 7/20/2005 - 10/15/2005
- Sporting KC has won their last four MLS matches by a scoreline of 2-1.
- Sporting KC is (11-5-5, 38 pts.) first in the Eastern Conference and unbeaten in the team's past seven MLS games.
- Toronto falls to 7-6-5 (26 pts.). The loss is only the club's second in their last 11 MLS matches.
- Sporting KC is 240-221-121 all-time and 86-140-66 all-time on the road.
- Sporting KC has the most road wins in MLS this season with seven.
- Sporting KC is 8-1-3 in their last 12 matches against Toronto FC, outscoring the Canadian side 20-9 during that stretch dating back to June 2010.
- Sporting KC is 11-4-5 against Toronto FC all-time and undefeated in 2014 (1-0-1).
- Sporting KC and Toronto FC played to a 2-2 draw the first time these two clubs met in 2014.
- The final regular season match between Sporting KC and Toronto FC in 2014 is on August 16 at Sporting Park.
- Through 21 MLS games, Sporting KC has fielded 21 different starting lineups.
- Mikey Lopez made his second League start in the midfield on Saturday.
- C.J. Sapong made his 100th MLS regular season appearance for Sporting KC on Saturday.
- Andy Gruenebaum is the first keeper in Sporting KC history to win each of his first four MLS starts for the club.
- Gruenebaum becomes only the second goalkeeper in MLS history to earn wins in regulation in each of his first four regular season starts with a new club (and first since Jorge Campos in 1996).
- Jackson got Toronto FC on the board first on Saturday with his third goal of the season. The goal is Jackson's 14th career goal in MLS regular season play.
- Jackson's goal was assisted by Dominic Oduro. Oduro now has three assists in a Toronto FC jersey this season.
- Graham Zusi opened the scoring for Sporting KC in the 48th minute with his second goal of 2014.
- The goal was Zusi's 19th during MLS regular season competition, tying him for 10th on the club's all-time chart.
- Jacob Peterson entered the match as a second half substitute in the 77th minute for Mikey Lopez and notched the game-winner less than three minutes later.
- Peterson has now scored two goals in 2014 and has 15 in his MLS career.
- Peterson spent one and a half seasons playing for Toronto (2010 & part of 2011).
- Dom Dwyer earned the assist on Peterson's goal. The assist is Dwyer's first of 2014 and the third of his MLS career during regular season competition.
- Seth Sinovic left the match with a right groin muscle strain in the 55th minute and was replaced by Kevin Ellis.
- Eight yellow cards were issued on Saturday. Five were shown to Toronto FC players, most by a Sporting KC opponent this season, and three to Sporting KC.
- Sporting KC defender Matt Besler received yellow cards in the 53rd and 75th minutes on Saturday for fouls on Dominic Oduro. The resulting red card was the first of his six-year MLS career and he will miss Friday's match against Philadelphia while serving a mandatory one-game suspension.
- Saturday's victory is Sporting KC's first when conceding the first goal in a match (1-5-0) and trailing at the half (1-2-0) in 2014. The win snapped a 10-game losing streak dating back to 7/20/13 when allowing the first goal in the regular season.
- Sporting KC is undefeated when scoring two goals in 2014 (6-0-1) and has a record of 4-2-3 when allowing one goal in 2014.
- Sporting KC is undefeated when wearing dark indigo (4-0-0).
- Sporting KC is 7-5-4 when using three substitutions in 2014.
- Toronto FC was without the club's leading goalscorer on Saturday as Jermain Defoe received his fifth yellow card of the season in Toronto's last MLS match and was serving his mandatory one game suspension for caution accumulation.
- Toronto FC was also without defenders Steven Caldwell (right quad) and Mark Bloom (left knee sprain).
- Sporting KC and Toronto FC were each coming off midweek friendlies against English Premier League clubs. Manchester City beat Sporting KC 4-1 on Wednesday and Tottenham Hotspur defeated Toronto FC 3-2.
- With the win, Sporting KC moves into a tie with D.C. United for most MLS regular season wins all-time in Canada among American clubs with eight.
- Sporting KC ranks third in MLS with 10 goals in the 76th minute or later in the 2014 season.
- Benny Feilhaber led all players with 33 successful passes and four interceptions.
- Aurelien Collin led all players with 11 clearances and 12 aerial duels won.
- Sporting KC set MLS season highs with 73 duels won and 34 aerial duels won on Saturday.
