- Sporting KC defeated the New England Revolution 4-2 on Wednesday and moved into fourth place in the Western Conference with 17 points.
- Wednesday's match marked Peter Vermes' 200th match at the helm of Sporting KC (including postseason).
- Sporting KC had seven players out due to injury on Wednesday: Graham Zusi, Seth Sinovic, Roger Espinoza, Marcel de Jong, Bernardo Anor, Chance Myers and Ike Opara.
- Sporting KC was also without homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown, who joined the U.S. at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand last Sunday.
- With the victory, Sporting KC moved to 4-0-2 against Eastern Conference opponents in 2015 and boasts a 3-0-1 record at home.
- The victory also snapped the Revolution's nine-game unbeaten streak.
- Prior to Wednesday, the New England Revolution had not lost since March 15.
- Sporting KC made four changes to the lineup from their last match, a 1-1 draw against D.C. United. Kevin Ellis, Amadou Dia, Paulo Nagamura and Krisztian Nemeth started in place of Seth Sinovic, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza and Erik Palmer-Brown.
- Wednesday marked Sporting Kansas City's 100th match played at Sporting Park.
- For the first time since May 26, 2007, four rookie draft picks were in Sporting KC's matchday 18: Amadou Dia, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Connor Hallisey and James Rogers. Three of the four appeared in the match.
- Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber played for the New England Revolution from 2011-12, recording five goals and nine assists in 52 MLS matches.
- Prior to Wednesday, the New England Revolution had conceded seven goals from open play in MLS this season. Sporting KC were one of three teams to have conceded fewer (Colorado & New York Red Bulls - 5).
- Two of the four goals New England allowed on Wednesday were from the run of play. Likewise, both of the goal's Sporting KC conceded were through the run of play.
- Wednesday's match was nationally televised on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. Sporting KC is 2-0-0 on ESPN2 in 2015.
- Sporting KC conceded the first goal on Wednesday. New England's Kelyn Rowe found Juan Agudelo with a well-weighted through ball.
- Dom Dwyer opened the scoring for Sporting KC in the 29th minute. Krisztian Nemeth and Jalil Anibaba earned assists on the play.
- Dwyer's goal is his fourth in 2015.
- Sporting KC scored their second goal on a set piece. Benny Feilhaber served the ball into the box and Nemeth headed it past Brad Knighton.
- The assist was Feilhaber's League-leading sixth of 2015.
- Benny Feilhaber converted a penalty kick for Sporting KC's third goal on Wednesday. The goal was Feilhaber's second PK goal of the year and third goal scored in 2015.
- The game-winning goal marked Feilhaber's second in 2015, ranking him fourth in MLS.
- Nemeth completed his brace in the 46th minute with his fifth goal this season.
- Jacob Peterson notched the assist, his first in 2015 and the 15th of his regular season MLS career.
- Sporting Kansas City is the only team in MLS this season to score four goals on two separate occasions.
- Sporting KC now leads the League in goals scored (17) tied with Seattle Sounders FC and FC Dallas.
- Sporting KC has scored four or more goals twice in a four-game span for the fourth time in team history and the first time since 2003 (via ESPN's Paul Carr).
- Sporting KC has won twice this season when allowing two goals. The team won two such games in the previous three seasons combined (via ESPN's Paul Carr).
- Soni Mustivar led all players on Wednesday in successful passes with 53.
- Nemeth led all starters in passing accuracy with 96.15% (25 successful passes).
- Feilhaber led all players in chances created with five on Wednesday.
- Kevin Ellis led all players in interceptions with four on Wednesday.
- Matt Besler led all players in clearances (nine) and recoveries (10) on Wednesday.
- Sporting KC scored three first half goals on Wednesday. The last time Sporting KC scored three first-half goals was in July of 2011.
- With the come-from-behind-victory, Sporting KC is now 2-2-1 when conceding the first goal.
- Sporting KC is undefeated when leading at halftime in 2015.
- Sporting KC is 4-1-4 when using three subs in a match in 2015.
- Rookie defender Abdul-Salaam was recalled from his loan earlier this week and made his MLS debut on Wednesday, replacing Nemeth in second half stoppage time.
- Servando Carrasco and Connor Hallisey also entered the match as substitutes, replacing Paulo Nagamura and Jacob Peterson respectively.
- Sporting Park welcomed 18,864 fans on Wednesday night, the 59th consecutive sellout at the venue dating back to 2012.
- Sporting KC's next MLS match is against the Seattle Sounders FC at 9 p.m. CT on Saturday.
