- Sporting Kansas City lost to Real Salt Lake 2-1 on Friday night.
- With the loss, Sporting KC went winless in three regular season meetings with Real Salt Lake in 2015 (0-2-1).
- Friday's match was the third in seven days for Sporting KC.
- Sporting KC won two of the three matches during that span.
- Real Salt Lake midfielder Javier Morales opened the scoring on Friday in the 34th minute. Sebastian Jaime earned his first MLS assist.
- Second-half substitute and MLS All-Star Benny Feilhaber equalized for Sporting KC just five minutes after entering the match.
- The goal was Feilhaber's seventh of the season in MLS play, moving him into a tie with Krisztian Nemeth for the team lead.
- Roger Espinoza earned the assist on Feilhaber's goal, his fourth of the season.
- In the 71st minute, Olmes Garcia earned a penalty for Real Salt Lake when he was fouled inside the penalty area by Tim Melia.
- Joao Plata converted the penalty kick in the 73rd minute and is now three-for-three on penalty attempts during his MLS career.
- Sporting KC has lost only two times in their last 15 matches across all competition. Both losses came against Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium.
- The loss at Rio Tinto Stadium on June 21 and Friday's loss are Melia's only losses while in net for Sporting KC. Melia began his MLS career with Real Salt Lake.
- Real Salt Lake's five home defeats since the start of 2013 are second fewest in MLS (excluding 2015 expansion clubs).
- Friday's match was nationally televised on UniMas and UDN with local coverage on 38 the Spot. Radio coverage was available on La Grande 1340 AM in Kansas City.
- Eighteen-year-old Homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown earned his first start since May 9, joining Matt Besler in central defense on Friday.
- The loss on Friday snapped a five-game winning streak for Sporting KC.
- Saad Abdul-Salaam had five interceptions on Friday, more than any other player.
- The victory was Real Salt Lake's third consecutive win for the first time since May 2014, a span of 432 days.
- Sporting KC will return home to host rivals Houston Dynamo next Saturday at Sporting Park.
- The MLS All-Star Game featuring Matt Besler, Benny Feilhaber and Graham Zusi will take place at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on July 29.
- Real Salt Lake and Sporting KC will meet again at Sporting Park on August 12 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 2015 semifinals.
