Fast Facts: Sporting KC 1-0 D.C. United

Go in-depth behind Sporting Kansas City's 1-0 victory against D.C. United at Sporting Park on Friday with the match's fast facts:

• With the win, Sporting Kansas City moved two points clear of the pack in the Eastern Conference and Supporters' Shield races.
• The victory also guarantees a top two seed in the Eastern Conference, which assures Sporting KC of home field advantage in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
• Sporting Kansas City's 16 wins are most in MLS this season. Victories are the first tiebreaker in the regular season standings.
• Sporting Kansas City's 1.67 points per game is also best in MLS this season.
• Sporting Kansas City's +16 goal differential is tied for the top mark in MLS this year.
• Sporting Kansas City has lost only once in the team's last seven MLS matches (5-1-1).
• Sporting KC is 228-216-116 all-time and 150-80-50 on the road all-time.
• The victory was Sporting Kansas City's 150th regular season home win all time and 500th regular season point at home in team history.
• Friday marked the team's regular season home finale. Sporting KC went 9-5-3 at Sporting Park in MLS matches in 2013.
• Sporting Kansas City's 29 goals are tied for second most at home this season among MLS clubs and tied for the most in a season at Sporting Park since its opening in 2011.
• D.C. United went without a road win in 2013, finishing 0-14-3 away from home.
• Friday's attendance was 18,932, continuing the team's streak of 33 consecutive sell-outs at Sporting Park dating back to the 2012 season.
• Sporting Park sold out all 17 of their home MLS matches in 2013.
• Sporting Kansas City's total attendance for regular season home MLS matches in 2013 is 335,058 -- third best in MLS after Seattle and Los Angeles.
• Sporting KC are unbeaten in the team's last seven matches against D.C. United, allowing just two goals in that span. Five of the seven games during the streak have been won 1-0 by Sporting KC.
• Sporting KC moves to 20-18-10 against D.C. United all-time and 14-6-5 at home in the series.
• Sporting KC went unbeaten against D.C. United this season, winning 1-0 twice and drawing 1-1 once.
• Ben Olsen is 0-6-1 all-time as a manager against Sporting KC.
• Jimmy Nielsen surpassed Tony Meola on Friday for most regular season minutes played by a goalkeeper in club history (11,407).
• Nielsen leads all goalkeepers in club history with 56 wins and 45 shutouts.
• His 16 wins and 13 shutouts are most among all MLS goalkeepers in 2013.
• His .571 winning percentage in the regular season is also best all-time among KC goalkeepers.
• Nielsen has shutouts in each of his last three matches, his first such streak since April. His shutout streak reaches 321 minutes, fifth longest in MLS this season by a goalkeeper.
• His 0.88 goals against average is best in MLS this season among goalkeepers with a minimum of 900 minutes played this season.
• Sporting Kansas City's 29 goals against this season are the fewest in MLS. Sporting KC has conceded just one second half goal in their last eight MLS games.
• Jimmy Nielsen's 0.99 career goals against average is best in MLS history among goalkeepers with a minimum of 700 minutes played.
• Nielsen played his 90th complete regular season game on Friday, the second longest streak in MLS history.
• Sporting Kansas City leads MLS with 485 shots this season. Sporting KC also leads MLS with 289 shots against and 98 shots on goal against.
• Peter Vermes .556 winning percentage is the best for a Sporting KC manager all-time.
• With the win, Peter Vermes ties Fernando Clavijo and Schellas Hyndman for 17th most in MLS history (61).
• Sporting KC is 12-0-1 when leading at the 75-minute mark in 2013.
• Seth Sinovic surpassed 7,000 regular season minutes played in his KC career on Friday and 9,000 minutes played in MLS competition (including postseason).
• Seth Sinovic has started and played the full 90 minutes in each of the team's last 15 MLS matches, the longest active games played streak on the team.Sinovic leads Sporting KC in minutes played (3,043) in all competition this season. Sinovic and Oriol Rosell are tied for most games played (35) and games started (34) in all competition this season.
• Sporting Kansas City leads MLS in chances created from set play (84).
• Sporting Kansas City leads MLS in duels (3908), duels won (1969), aerials won (690), interceptions (771) and headed clearances (649).
• Oriol Rosell leads MLS with 126 interceptions.
• Dom Dwyer scored the game-winning goal on Friday. The goal is Dwyer's second in MLS competition.
• The goal came in the 7th minute and is tied for third fastest goal at home this season.
• D.C. United has allowed 11 goals in the opening 15 minutes of MLS matches this season, most in MLS.
• Dom Dwyer now has 25 goals in all competition this season across USL PRO, U.S. Open Cup, MLS and CONCACAF Champions League. Sporting Kansas City was without All-Star Aurelien Collin on Friday while he served a mandatory one-game suspension for caution accumulation.
• Perry Kitchen received a yellow card on Friday. With that caution, Kitchen will miss D.C. United's final match of 2013 against the Houston Dynamo due to caution accumulation.
• Sporting Kansas City outshot D.C. United 8-6. The home side is 13-8-5 when outshooting their opponent in 2013.
• Sporting KC is 14-8-6 when wearing Sporting Blue.
• Sporting Kansas City is 10-9-0 in one-goal games this season.
• Sporting Kansas City is 11-1-1 when leading at the half in 2013 and has won eight straight matches when ahead after 45 minutes.
• Sporting KC is 14-2-3 when scoring the first goal in 2013 and has won eight straight matches when scoring first in 2013.
• D.C. United is 0-19-2 when allowing the first goal in 2013 and 0-14-0 when trailing at halftime.
• Sporting Kansas City is 13-6-5 against Eastern Conference opponents in 2013.
• Graham Zusi entered the match as a second half substitute after returning to Kansas City from international duty in Panama late Wednesday night. The appearance is Zusi's first off the bench since June 20, 2012.
• Graham Zusi leads MLS with 126 corner kicks in 2013.
• Matt Besler and Ike Opara led all players on Friday with 10 clearances each.
• Oriol Rosell led all players on Friday with 14 possessions gained.
• Friday's match was nationally televised on the NBC Sports Network, marking the 14th of 16 nationally televised games for Sporting KC in 2013. The victory was Sporting Kansas City's first in an NBCSN game this season and the team is now 1-4-2 on the channel in 2013.
• The last shot on goal in Friday's match came in the 20th minute.
• Sporting Kansas City was held without a shot in the second half on Friday. It marked only the third time in 2013 that an MLS team failed to record a shot in the second half.
• It also marked only the third time in club history that Sporting KC failed to record a shot in a half and first time since May 5, 2001.
• D.C. United committed a season high 21 fouls on Friday. The 21 fouls suffered was also a season high for Sporting KC.
• D.C. United midfielder Jared Jeffrey committed a career high six fouls on Friday.
• With the shutout, Sporting Kansas City fans can receive 50% off their regular menu price online orders at PapaJohns.com on Saturday or Sunday by using the promo code SPORTINGKC.
• Friday's match was sponsored by UMKC. The first 10,000 fans to enter the stadium received Sporting Kansas City tote bags courtesy of UMKC.
• Members from the UMKC Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity collected canned foods at each gate at Sporting Park to benefit Harvesters Community Food Network.
• Former Kansas City Manager Bob Gansler was inducted into the inaugural class of Sporting Legends at halftime of Friday's match.
• Eighteen current Season Ticket Members were randomly selected and matched with a Sporting KC player on the gameday roster to receive the player's game-worn uniform.
• October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. As part of an MLS WORKS initiative, Sporting Kansas City players wore pink shoelaces and wristbands. The national anthem was sung by the Biker Chix, a local group influential in the fight against breast cancer.
• More than 100 fans were randomly selected to receive a free Sporting KC scarf throughout the match as part of the team's Fan Appreciation Week.