Fast Facts: Sporting KC 4-4 Houston Dynamo - April 25, 2015

  • Sporting Kansas City and the Houston Dynamo tied 4-4 at BBVA Compass Stadium on Saturday.
  • Krisztian Nemeth opened the scoring for the visitors in the second minute of play.
  • Nemeth's goal was the fourth earliest goal conceded by Houston at home in team history.
  • Giles Barnes opened the scoring for the Dynamo in the 11th minute.
  • The goal snapped a 385-minute shutout streak in Houston for Sporting KC - the team's longest such streak in club history at any opponent.
  • Sporting Kansas City and the Houston Dynamo both scored on their first shot of the game.
  • Manager Peter Vermes made no changes to the Sporting KC starting lineup that faced the LA Galaxy one week ago. 
  • Midfielder Roger Espinoza made his 100th MLS regular season start for Sporting KC on Saturday.
  • Benny Feilhaber made his 75th career start for Sporting KC in all competitions. 
  • Dom Dwyer made his 50th career MLS start for Sporting KC (including postseason) on Saturday. 
  • The Dynamo scored their second goal in first half stoppage time (46+) and their third in the opening minute of the second half (46').
  • Will Bruin scored the Dynamo's second goal. Bruin's goal was assisted by Brad Davis.
  • Giles Barnes scored the Dynamo's third goal, his second of the game, and it was Nathan Sturgis who tallied the assist.
  • Dom Dwyer scored Sporting KC's second goal of the match for his second goal of 2015 and 26th of his career during the MLS regular season.
  • Dwyer has scored a goal in each of his last four games versus Houston.
  • Benny Feilhaber converted a penalty kick in the 80th minute to equalize for Sporting KC (3-3).
  • Three minutes later, Raul Rodriguez headed home a Brad Davis set piece to take the 4-3 lead.
  • In second half stoppage time, Benny Feilhaber converted a half-volley to tie the game at 4-4. 
  • The goal was Feilhaber's second on Saturday and the two goals were his first of the season.
  • Feilhaber now has nine goals in his Sporting KC regular season career.
  • Sporting KC has just one loss in their last eight games against Houston, including postseason (3-1-4 record).
  • The home team in the Sporting KC-Houston Dynamo series is winless in the last seven regular season meetings (0-3-4 record).
  • Prior to Saturday, Houston had conceded just one goal in four home matches this season.
  • Sporting KC has faced Houston 16 times since the beginning of 2011, more than any other opponent (5-4-7 record including playoffs). 
  • Brad Davis' 35 appearances versus Sporting KC (including postseason) are more than any other active MLS player.
  • Connor Hallisey made his professional debut for Sporting Kansas City on Saturday. 
  • Houston's six corner kicks in the first half tied the most by a team in the first half of an MLS match this season.
  • Saturday marked the first time in Sporting KC history that the team scored four goals and did not win.
  • Sporting KC had scored four or more goals in 35 previous regular season games prior to Saturday and were 35-0-0 in those games. 
  • Seventeen of Sporting KC's 26 regular season goals all-time against the Houston Dynamo have come after the 60th minute.
  • With the draw, Sporting KC and Houston are tied for fourth in the West with identical 2-2-4 records.
  • Saturday's eight-goal match was tied for the second highest scoring regular season match in Sporting KC history. The highest was 10 goals when Sporting KC beat Colubus 6-4 on May 2, 1996.
  • Kevin Ellis led all players in successful passes (47) and led all starters in passing accuracy (94%) on Saturday.
  • Matt Besler led all players in clearances with six on Saturday.
  • Sporting KC and the Houston Dynamo meet two more times in 2015 - August 1 (Sporting Park) and September 23 (BBVA Compass Stadium).