- Sporting KC fell to the Philadelphia Union 2-1 on Saturday.
- Sporting KC is 4-4-4 against the Union all-time and 2-2-2 on the road.
- With the loss, Sporting KC remains in third place in the Eastern Conference with one game remaining during the 2014 regular season.
- Sporting KC is 14-12-7 in 2014 with 49 points.
- Sporting KC will finish the regular season with an 8-8-1 record on the road in 2014. Sporting KC allowed the fewest goals on the road (20) of any MLS team in 2014.
- Veteran Eric Kronberg started in goal for Sporting KC on Saturday. Andy Gruenebaum is recovering from a right calf strain.
- Kronberg's appearance broke a tie with Garth Lagerway for 7th most in team history by a goalkeeper. He also tied Chris Snitko for the sixth most regular season games started by a goalkeeper in club history.
- Aurelien Collin returned to the starting lineup on Saturday after a month out with an ankle sprain. Collin partnered with Kevin Ellis in central defense.
- Sporting Kansas City captain Matt Besler missed Saturday's match recovering from a thigh contusion suffered in Tuesday's U.S. Men's National Team friendly. Prior to Saturday, Besler had started and played every minute of the team's last 10 MLS matches.
- Graham Zusi also did not play on Saturday after returning from international duty. Zusi had started each of the club's last 13 MLS matches prior to Saturday.
- Seth Sinovic returned to the starting lineup after missing last week's match versus the Chicago Fire due to caution accumulation.
- Paulo Nagamura made his 200th career MLS regular season start on Saturday. That's the most starts by any Sporting KC player on the current roster.
- Jimmy Medranda made his first MLS appearance since May 31 on Saturday.
- Prior to Saturday, Sporting KC was 9-1-2 in the regular season when Dom Dwyer and Soony Saad were in the starting lineup.
- Prior to Saturday, Sporting KC had lost only one of the team's last 10 MLS matches when Jacob Peterson appeared.
- Philadelphia and Sporting KC have met on two previous occasions in 2014. Philadelphia earned a 2-1 victory on May 14 and the teams played to a 1-1 draw on August 1.
- Philadelphia is 6-3-8 at home in 2014.
- Dom Dwyer scored the lone goal for Sporting KC on Saturday. The goal was Dwyer's 22nd of the regular season in 2014 and 23rd in all competition.
- Dwyer is second in MLS for goals scored in 2014, behind only Bradley Wright-Phillips.
- Dwyer's goal was scored on a penalty kick. Dwyer is 7 of 8 in penalty kick attempts this season, tying Preki's club record for most PK goals in a season. He is tied for the MLS lead in most taken and most made with Vancouver's Pedro Morales.
- Dwyer leads all MLS players with 36 offside infractions in 2014. No KC player has ever led the League in the category at the end of a season.
- Saturday's goal was Sporting Kansas City 23rd road goal of 2014, tying the team's 2007 season for the second most road goals scored in a single season in club history.
- Aurelien Collin led all players with 68 successful passes, 12 duels won, 10 interceptions, seven tackles won and an 89.47 percent passing accuracy on Saturday.
- Eric Kronberg made four saves for the fourth time in 2014 and the sixth time in his MLS career (24 appearances).
- Benny Feilhaber led all players with three successful crosses/corners on Saturday.
- The loss was Sporting KC's second in six all-time trips to PPL Park during the regular season.
- Sporting KC travels to Costa Rica to face Saprissa on Thursday in CONCACAF Champions League.
- Sporting KC concludes the MLS regular season on Sunday when they host the New York Red Bulls at Sporting Park.
