- Sporting Kansas City defeated the Houston Dynamo 3-1 on Tuesday night at Sporting Park with goals from Benny Feilhaber, Dom Dwyer and Krisztian Nemeth.
- The victory was Sporting KC's ninth consecutive win at Sporting Park, a club record, and 300th win across all competitions.
- Sporting Kansas City had just three days rest after defeating the Montreal Impact 2-1 on Saturday night at Sporting Park.
- Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes made two changes to the starting lineup that defeated Montreal with Chance Myers and Connor Hallisey replacing Saad Abdul-Salaam and Jacob Peterson.
- Sporting KC has faced the Houston Dynamo 17 times since the start of 2011, more than any other MLS opponent (6-4-7 record).
- Sporting Kansas City is 9-3-1 all-time in the U.S. Open Cup at Sporting Park, while the Dynamo are 2-6-1 on the road in the tournament.
- With the win on Tuesday, Sporting KC will make their fourth all-time appearance in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals (2002, 2004, 2012, 2015).
- Seventeen of Sporting KC's 26 MLS regular season goals all-time against the Houston Dynamo have come after the 60th minute. All three goals for Sporting KC on Tuesday came after the 60th minute (72, 86, 88).
- Houston striker Will Bruin opened the scoring for the Dynamo in the 59th minute.
- Benny Feilhaber equalized for Sporting KC. Feilhaber has now had at least one goal or one assist in all three U.S. Open Cup matches in 2015.
- Matt Besler earned the assist on Feilhaber's finish.
- Dom Dwyer scored the game-winner on Tuesday. Krisztian Nemeth and Amadou Dia tallied assists on the goal.
- With the goal on Tuesday, Dwyer now has five goals in U.S. Open Cup competition -- tied for the most in club history along with Davy Arnaud, C.J. Sapong and Igor Simutenkov.
- Dwyer now has 11 goals across all competition in 2015, most on the team.
- Dwyer has scored in each of his last five matches against the Dynamo beginning with his game-winner in the 2013 Eastern Conference Championship.
- Sporting KC will host the Dynamo at Sporting Park again on August 1.
- Nemeth added a third goal for Sporting KC in the 86th minute on Tuesday. Dwyer and Espinoza earned assists on the goal.
- The goal was Nemeth's third in USOC competition, moving the Hungarian striker into a tie for seventh on the club's all-time chart along with Graham Zusi, Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury and Ivan Trujillo.
- Nemeth now has 10 goals across all competition in 2015.
- Sporting KC was without U.S. MNT winger Zusi (Gold Cup), while Jalil Anibaba (quad) and Seth Sinovic (concussion) remain sidelined due to injuries.
- The Dynamo were without Giles Barnes and DaMarcus Beasley (Gold Cup) in addition to the injured Jermaine Taylor and Boniek Garcia.
- Sporting Kansas City and the Houston Dynamo met in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs.
- Chance Myers drew a penalty kick for Sporting KC in the 62nd minute.
- Dwyer missed the penalty kick on Tuesday night. Dwyer scored seven penalty kicks for Sporting KC in 2014.
- Houston Designated Player Erick Torres entered the match as a second half substitute to clock his first minutes since joining the Dynamo in December on a transfer from Mexican side Chivas de Guadalajara.
- Tuesday marked the third time in history that Sporting KC and the Kansas City Royals have earned victories by the same scoreline on the same day.
- Sporting Kansas City returns to action in 72 hours time with a trip to Rio Tinto Stadium. Kickoff on Friday night is at 10 p.m. CT on UniMas, UDN and 38 the Spot.
- Speaking of Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City will host RSL on August 12 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals. Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. CT on Monday.
- The Sporting Kansas City Academy U-15s also earned a victory on Tuesday, defeating South Carolina United 5-2 in their first match at the USYS National Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
