Riding a six-game home winning streak, Sporting Kansas City resumes their 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup campaign at 7:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday against MLS rival FC Dallas. A limited number of tickets for the Round of 16 matchup at Sporting Park are available via Ticketmaster.com and the game is included as Special Game A in season ticket packages.
SportingKC.com will provide a live stream of the match, presented by Ivy Funds, and @SKCGameday on Twitter will provide in-game updates. Wednesday's winner will advance to play the Houston Dynamo in the tournament quarterfinals on July 21 or 22.
Wednesday's contest—one of six all-MLS matchups in the Round of 16—will be the third competitive meeting between Sporting KC and FC Dallas in 2015, with both sides previously claiming a league victory on home soil. We break down the matchup in our By The Numbers preview...
Head-to-head
- FC Dallas defeated Sporting KC 3-1 on March 14 at Toyota Stadium, receiving goals from Blas Perez (2) and Fabian Castillo to overcome Roger Espinoza's equalizer late in the first half.
- Sporting KC beat FC Dallas 4-0 on May 29 at Sporting Park, receving goals from Krisztian Nemeth, Benny Feilhaber, Kevin Ellis and Graham Zusi.
- Sporting KC and FC Dallas have squared off in the U.S. Open Cup just once all-time. In the 2004 quarterfinals, Kansas City topped Dallas 4-0 en route to the team's first Open Cup championship.
- Goalkeeper Dan Kennedy has conceded 12 goals in his last three starts against Sporting KC (0-3-0 record).
- Wednesday's game is the only Round of 16 matchup between two previous Open Cup champions.
Sporting KC
- SKC is riding a six-game home winning streak in all competitions since the start of May. During that stretch, the club has posted five shutouts and outscored opponents by an aggregate score of 13-2.
- SKC's six-game home winning streak in all competitions is the club's fourth longest all-time in a single season.
- Tim Melia has posted a 386 minute shutout streak at Sporting Park dating back to May 20.
- SKC has posted shutouts in nine of 17 matches across all competitions.
- SKC has posted seven shutouts in 10 home games this season, including six of the last seven (all competitions) at Sporting Park.
- SKC has lost in the Open Cup Round of 16 in each of the last two seasons with both defeats coming at Sporting Park.
- SKC is 14-7-2 at home in the Open Cup and 6-7-1 in the Round of 16.
- Jacob Peterson is one shy of his 50th career start for Sporting KC in all competitions.
FC Dallas
- Dallas snapped a six-game winless skid in MLS play with a 2-0 win over Houston on Friday. The victory came on the heels of a five-game road trip that yielded three losses and two draws.
- Dallas is 2-4-3 on the road this season with 10 goals scored and 15 conceded.
- FC Dallas finished the 2014 regular season with six shutouts. The 2015 squad has already reached that mark through 17 games.
- Dallas scored 15 set piece goals in 2014 but has tallied just one set piece goal this season.
- Dallas is one of five MLS teams to have received four red cards this season. However, the club's 12.1 fouls per game rank fifth lowest in the league.
- Fabian Castillo leads Dallas with six goals and six assists in all competitions this season.
- Since 2014, Dallas is 12-6-4 with eight shutouts when Zach Loyd and Matt Hedges start in central defense.
2015 MLS Regular Season Leaders
| Category | Sporting KC | FC Dallas |
| Goals | Krisztian Nemeth 7 | Fabian Castillo 6 |
| Assists | Benny Feilhaber 9 | Mauro Diaz/Castillo 5 |
| Shots (on goal) | Dom Dwyer 42 (15) | Fabian Castillo 42 (16) |
| Fouls committed | Dom Dwyer 27 | Victor Ulloa 21 |
| Fouls suffered | Dom Dwyer 41 | Mauro Diaz 40 |
| GAA | Tim Melia 0.63 | Dan Kennedy 1.30 |
| Wins | Tim Melia 5 | Chris Seitz 4 |
| Shutouts | Tim Melia 5 | Kennedy/Seitz 3 |
| Saves | Tim Melia 20 | Dan Kennedy 19 |
Team stats (2015 MLS regular season)
MLS rank in parenthesis (stats as of June 30, 2015)
|
Category (per game) |
Sporting KC 7-3-6, 27 pts (5th in West) |
FC Dallas 7-5-5, 26 pts (6th in West) |
| Goals scored | 1.56 (1st) | 1.24 (10th) |
| Goals conceded | 1.06 (6th) | 1.35 (t-14th) |
| Shots | 12.7 (9th) | 10.1 (18th) |
| Shooting accuracy | 31.3% (18th) | 36.0% (6th) |
| Assists | 1.81 (2nd) | 1.24 (9th) |
| Chances created | 10.6 (4th) | 7.9 (17th) |
| Fouls committed | 12.4 (14th) | 12.1 (16th) |
| Fouls suffered | 11.4 (16th) | 12.4 (12th) |
| Successful passes | 290 (15th) | 278 (17th) |
| Possession | 50.1% (10th) | 47.3% (17th) |
| Shots faced | 9.4 (1st) | 11.8 (10th) |
| Saves | 2.4 (15th) | 2.1 (20th) |
Recent #SKCvFCD meetings
- All competitions record vs. FC Dallas: 24-21-10 (1-0-0 in Open Cup)
- Home games (at Sporting Park): 14-8-6 (2-1-1)
| Date | Score | Location | Details |
| 3/25/12 | W 2-1 | Sporting Park |
SKC comes from behind, Kamara scores winner in 89th minute |
| 6/22/13 | T 2-2 | Toyota Stadium |
DAL erases 2-0 deficit with goals in 88th & 90th minutes |
| 3/15/14 | T 1-1 | Sporting Park |
Hedges scores in 90th minute to cancel out Collin opener |
| 3/14/15 | L 1-3 | Toyota Stadium |
Castillo adds to Perez brace, Espinoza on target for SKC |
| 5/29/15 | W 4-0 | Sporting Park |
Nemeth, Feilhaber, Ellis and and Zusi score in rout. |