- Sporting Kansas City earned a draw with the Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday at CenturyLink Field in the club's second match in four days.
- With the result, Sporting KC (4-2-6, 18 pts.) moved into sole possession of fourth place in the Western Conference.
- Sporting Kansas City made two changes to the starting lineup that defeated the New England Revolution 4-2 at Sporting Park on Wednesday. Servando Carrasco started in place of Paulo Nagamura, and Jimmy Medranda started in place of Dom Dwyer.
- Medranda's start on Saturday was the fifth of his career and his first since Sporting KC's 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Union on April 5.
- Forward Dom Dwyer was removed from the gameday lineup prior to kickoff on Saturday as a precaution (neck injury). Dwyer had previously played in the club's first 11 matches of 2015.
- Benny Feilhaber is now the only Sporting KC player to appear in all 12 matches this season.
- Sporting KC is winless in nine straight MLS matches against Seattle (0-7-2), the longest such streak versus any team in club history.
- Neither team has won by more than one goal in ten regular season matches in the all-time series. The clubs have combined for more than three goals in a game just once.
- Sporting KC and the Seattle Sounders entered the match leading the League in goals scored with 17 apiece.
- The scoreless draw snapped Clint Dempsey's streak of scoring or assisting in 10 straight League matches dating back to last season.
- Connor Hallisey entered tonight's match for the injured Jacob Peterson in the 56th minute.
- Peterson exited the match due to a right hamstring injury.
- Saad Abdul-Salaam entered the match for Jimmy Medranda in the 58th minute.
- Benny Feilhaber led all players in recoveries with 15 on Saturday.
- Matt Besler led all players with five interceptions on Saturday.
- Besler also led all players with seven aerial duels won on Saturday.
- Kevin Ellis led all players with 12 clearances on Saturday.
- Sporting KC returns to the pitch to face FC Dallas on May 29 at 8 p.m. CT.
