- Sporting Kansas City advanced to the Round of 16 in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a 1-0 victory over St. Louis FC on Tuesday at Sporting Park.
- The Round of 16 match will be held June 30 or July 1. The round's draw will be conducted on USsoccer.com at 10 a.m. CT on Thursday to determine the match date, opponent and location.
- St. Louis FC, a USL expansion side, is eliminated from the competition after previously prevailing over the Des Moines Menace (PDL) and Minnesota United FC (NASL).
- Graham Zusi scored the game's only goal in the 70th minute on an assist from Benny Feilhaber.
- Zusi, making his first appearance in the U.S. Open Cup since the 2012 final, has three career goals in the competition -- moving him into a tie with three other players for sixth most in team history.
- Feilhaber now has eight assists across all competition in 2015, most among all Sporting KC players.
- Sporting Kansas City defender Chance Myers was in the starting lineup on Tuesday, completing his comeback from a ruptured Achilles tendon suffered on May 23, 2015. He played 56 minutes before exiting to a standing ovation.
- Myers has now appeared in 12 U.S. Open Cup matches for Sporting KC, moving him into a tie for fifth most on the club's chart with Davy Arnaud. His 11 starts in the competition are third most in team history.
- Matt Besler, appearing in his first U.S. Open Cup match since the 2012 final, now has 11 all-time games played in the tournament. His nine starts are tied for fifth most with four other players.
- Sporting Kansas City held an opponent without a shot on goal for the second time this season.
- Tim Melia earned his fourth straight shutout on Tuesday and now has five clean sheets in seven appearances for Sporting KC. His goals against average lowered to 0.43 in 2015.
- Melia becomes the seventh different Sporting KC goalkeeper all-time to record a shutout in U.S. Open Cup competition. The team has 16 all-time clean sheets in the U.S. Open Cup.
- St. Louis FC was without the team's leading scorer, Bryan Gaul, due to a suspension for a red card received in the previous round.
- Tuesday's attendance of 19,298 is a record for the U.S. Open Cup fourth round in the modern era and an an all-time high for the club in the competition.
- Sporting Kansas City's last nine U.S. Open Cup home matches have all attracted crowds of more than 10,000.
- Approximately 300 St. Louis FC supporters traveled to Sporting Park on Tuesday for the match.
- Tuesday marked the first time in Sporting Kansas City's 20-year history that the club played a competitive match against an opponent from St. Louis.
- Sporting Kansas City is now unbeaten in eight games with a 386-minute shutout streak dating back to May 20.
- Sporting KC is 6-0-3 at home in 2015 with five consecutive victories.
- Sporting Kansas City has only two losses in 15 games this season with 23 goals scored and 15 goals conceded for a +8 goal difference.
- Sporting KC is now 6-0-1 all-time in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32. The team is 13-5-3 against non-MLS opponents in the tournament and 14-7-2 at home in the competition.
- The Victory Project honored 6-year-old Coco Fazzino on Tuesday. The Lee's Summit, Missouri kindergarten student is undergoing treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.
- Area teams from the Heartland Soccer Association were recognized on field during a halftime ceremony at Sporting Park on Tuesday.
- Tuesday's match was sponsored by Mazuma Credit Union.
- A live stream, presented by Sprint, was available on SportingKC.com.
