- Sporting KC defeated Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa 3-1 at Sporting Park on Thursday.
- The match is the first of back-to-back home matches for Sporting KC in CONCACAF Champions League group stage play.
- Sporting KC's next CCL match is on Tuesday, Sept. 23 against Nicaragua's Real Esteli FC.
- The first 10,000 fans will receive a limited edition Dom Dwyer poster courtesy of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City.
- Dom Dwyer opened the scoring for Sporting KC after Benny Feilhaber drew a penalty kick in the 13th minute.
- Dwyer has scored on all seven of his penalty kick attempts in 2014 and now has 20 goals in all competition.
- Dwyer also scored in the 2013/14 edition of the CONCACAF Champions League.
- Saprissa midfielder Juan Bustos equalized in the 28th minute. Bustos' goal was assisted by Daniel Colindres.
- Antonio Dovale scored the game-winner on Thursday in the 69th minute and added his second of the night seven minutes later.
- Dovale also scored the equalizer in Sporting KC's group stage opener against Real Esteli in Nicaragua last month.
- With three goals, Dovale moved into a tie with Roy Lassiter for second place on the club's all-time chart for most goals scored in international competitive matches. Dovale is just one goal shy of tying the all-time record currently held by Chris Brown.
- Dovale's three goals have come in just two CCL matches. Lassiter played in eight international matches for Sporting KC and Brown played in 11.
- Dovale's first goal on Thursday was assisted by Igor Juliao. Dovale's second goal was assisted by Benny Feilhaber.
- Sporting KC is 1-0-1 in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League and tied atop the Group 2 standings with Deportivo Saprissa (1-1-1). Sporting KC holds the head-to-head tiebreaker.
- Thursday's victory marked only the second time in club history that Sporting KC scored three goals in a competitive international match and was the first time since the 2001 Copa Merconorte.
- Sporting KC is 8-9-8 all-time in international competition.
- Sporting KC is 4-3-6 all-time at home international competition.
- Sporting KC is 1-1-1 all-time against Deportivo Saprissa.
- Prior to Thursday, Sporting KC and Saprissa met once before in CONCACAF competition. In 2005, Sporting KC fell 2-1 to Saprissa on aggregate after a scoreless first leg in the Champions Cup quarterfinals.
- Sporting KC is 7-4-5 in the CONCACAF Champions League.
- Sporting KC has scored 30 goals all-time in international competition and 13 goals at home.
- Sporting KC has conceded 35 goals all-time in international competition.
- Sporting KC is the only team from MLS making its second straight appearance in the tournament.
- Sporting KC has conceded just two goals in four CCL matches at Sporting Park.
- Since 2001, Sporting KC has lost just one of nine competitive international matches at home.
- The loss for Saprissa is the lone loss for Costa Rican clubs (3-1-3) in the 2014-15 CCL.
- Saprissa's Jordan Smith received his second yellow card in group stage on Thursday and is now suspended for the group stage finale against Sporting KC in Costa Rica on Oct. 23.
