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
<b>Category</b> |
<strong>Sporting KC</strong> |
<b>FC Dallas</b> |
<strong>Goals</strong> |
Krisztian Nemeth 7 |
Fabian Castillo 6 |
<strong>Assists</strong> |
Benny Feilhaber 9 |
Mauro Diaz/Castillo 5 |
<strong>Shots (on goal)</strong> |
Dom Dwyer 42 (15) |
Fabian Castillo 42 (16) |
<strong>Fouls committed</strong> |
Dom Dwyer 27 |
Victor Ulloa 21 |
<strong>Fouls suffered</strong> |
Dom Dwyer 41 |
Mauro Diaz 40 |
<strong>GAA</strong> |
Tim Melia 0.63 |
Dan Kennedy 1.30 |
<strong>Wins</strong> |
Tim Melia 5 |
Chris Seitz 4 |
<strong>Shutouts</strong> |
Tim Melia 5 |
Kennedy/Seitz 3 |
<strong>Saves</strong> |
Tim Melia 20 |
Dan Kennedy 19 |
Team stats (2015 MLS regular season)
MLS rank in parenthesis (stats as of June 30, 2015)
<strong>Category<br>
(per game)</strong> |
<strong>Sporting KC<br><span style="font-size:10px;">7-3-6, 27 pts<br>
(5th in West)</span></strong> |
<b>FC Dallas</b><br><strong><span style="font-size: 10px;">7-5-5, 26 pts <br>
(6th in West)</span></strong> |
<strong>Goals scored</strong> |
1.56 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(1st)</span> |
1.24 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(10</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">th)</span> |
<strong>Goals conceded</strong> |
1.06 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(6</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">th)</span> |
1.35 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(t-14th)</span> |
<strong>Shots</strong> |
12.7 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(9</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">t</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">h)</span> |
10.1 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(1</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">8</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">th)</span> |
<strong>Shooting accuracy</strong> |
31.3% <span style="font-size: 10px;">(1</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">8</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">th)</span> |
36.0% <span style="font-size: 10px;">(6th)</span> |
<strong>Assists</strong> |
1.81 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(2nd)</span> |
1.24 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(9th)</span> |
<strong>Chances created</strong> |
10.6 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(4th)</span> |
7.9 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(17th)</span> |
<strong>Fouls committed</strong> |
12.4 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(14</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">th)</span> |
12.1 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(16th</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">)</span> |
<strong>Fouls suffered</strong> |
11.4 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(16th)</span> |
12.4 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(12th)</span> |
<strong>Successful passes</strong> |
290 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(15th)</span> |
278 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(17th)</span> |
<strong>Possession</strong> |
50.1% <span style="font-size: 10px;">(10</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">th)</span> |
47.3% <span style="font-size: 10px;">(17th)</span> |
<strong>Shots faced</strong> |
9.4 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(1st)</span> |
11.8 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(10th)</span> |
<strong>Saves</strong> |
2.4 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(15</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">th)</span> |
2.1 <span style="font-size: 10px;">(20th)</span> |
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)
<strong>Date</strong> |
<strong>Score</strong> |
<strong>Location</strong> |
<strong>Details</strong> |
3/25/12 |
W 2-1 |
Sporting Park |
<span style="font-size: 10px;">SKC comes from behind</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">, Kamara<br>
scores winner in 89th minute</span> |
6/22/13 |
T 2-2 |
Toyota Stadium |
<span style="font-size: 10px;">DAL erases 2-0 deficit with<br>
goals in </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">8</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">8th & 90th minutes</span> |
3/15/14 |
T 1-1 |
Sporting Park |
<span style="font-size: 10px;">Hedges scores in 90th minute<br>
to cancel out Collin opener</span> |
3/14/15 |
L 1-3 |
Toyota Stadium |
<span style="font-size: 10px;">Castillo adds to Perez brace,<br>
Espinoza on target for SKC</span> |
5/29/15 |
W 4-0 |
Sporting Park |
<span style="font-size: 10px;">Nemeth, Feilhaber, Ellis and<br>
and Zusi score in rout.</span> |
