- Sporting Kansas City and the Portland Timbers played to a 0-0 draw at Sporting Park on Saturday.
- Right back Jalil Anibaba made his Sporting KC debut. Anibaba appeared in 112 regular season games for Chicago and Seattle before coming to KC prior to the 2015 season.
- Matt Besler returned to the lineup for his 183rd Sporting KC match in all competitions, tied for 8th all-time with Matt McKeon.
- Besler also passed Jack Jewsbury on Saturday for seventh all-time in regular season minutes played with 13,276.
- Dom Dwyer made his 50th career start for Sporting KC in all competitions.
- Jimmy Medranda made the second MLS start of his career on Saturday and first since March 2014.
- Prior to Saturday, Portland won their last two matches at Sporting Park, a 3-2 League win on April 27, 2013 and a 3-1 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup win on June 24, 2014.
- Sporting KC hasn't lost a March home game since 2009, an unbeaten run of nine games (5-0-4). Sporting KC has two home losses in March all-time.
- Ike Opara had eight interceptions on Saturday and leads the League with 20 interceptions. The eight interceptions are third most by a player in a single-game this season.
- Portland ranked second in 2014 in the following categories: road points (25), road wins (7-6-4 overall) and road goals scored (27).
- Saturday marked the first of three meetings between Sporting KC and the Portland Timbers in 2015. Sporting KC visits Providence Park on Sept. 9 and Oct. 3.
- Graham Zusi and Marcel de Jong led all players with four chances created on Saturday.
- Zusi was credited with three chances created from set play, tying the single-game high for an MLS player in 2015.
- Zusi passed Cobi Jones for eighth in MLS history with his 530th corner kick during the regular season.
- De Jong and Benny Feilhaber logged four tackles won, tied for most among all players.
- Opara led all players with five aerial duels won on Saturday.
- Saturday marked Luis Marin's first MLS shutout. He made three saves for the clean sheet.
- 2015 marks the second time in club history that Sporting KC has gone winless in the team's first three matches of the season.
- A year ago, the top two teams in the Eastern Conference (D.C. United & New England Revolution) also went winless in their first three matches of the season. New England went on to reach MLS Cup.
- Sporting KC is now 0-1-2 and the Timbers move to 0-0-3.
- Since 2011, MLS matchday three has featured 14 scoreless draws (including three on Saturday) - second most of any matchday.
- Eight teams were held scoreless on Saturday, tying the MLS record for a single day.
- The National Women's Soccer League champions FC Kansas City were honored at halftime of Saturday's match. Additionally, four team members (Yael Averbuch, Amy LePeilbet, Liz Bogus and Becca Morros) signed autographs on the Spint Plaza prior to kickoff.
- The first 10,000 fans to arrive received a Sporting KC flag courtesy of match sponsor H&R Block.
