Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: .500 Soccer

Sporting KC fell for the seventh time this season and for the fifth straight time in league play and sixth in all competitions Saturday night in Chicago 5-0 to the Chicago Fire. The loss is a big one statistically as it evened up Sporting KC’s win/loss record. Sporting is now 378-378-209 in MLS play since they started playing in 1996. It’s a large drop over the last five years, from a height of 40 more wins than losses after a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy on 10/27/21 to now. The team’s lowest point came in 2011 after a 1-0 loss on the road to the Seattle Sounders when Sporting had 14 more losses than they had wins. Three consecutive draws later KC picked up a win and slowly began working their way up. You can see the track over the club’s history below.

Credit: Mike Kuhn

As you can see the drop over the last few years has been quite extreme.

Here are the rest of this week’s stats from Sporting and Sporting KC II.

Sporting KC

Sporting KC is now 378-378-209 (W-L-D) in league play.

Stephen Afrifa made his 38th substitute appearance in all competitions for KC, breaking his tie with Brian Johnson for 18th all time on that list.

It was his 33rd substitute appearance in MLS competitions, tying him with Jimmy Medranda, Chance Myers, Davy Arnaud, Paul Wright, and Cam Duke for 18th all time on that list.

It was his 33rd substitute appearance in league play, tying him with Myers and Johnson for 17th all time on that list.

Sporting KC II

Johann Ortiz made his 25th substitute appearance in league play for KC, tying him with Nansel Selbol for the most in club history.

It was his 25th substitute appearance in all competitions, breaking his tie with Jahon Rad for 2nd all time on that list.

Shane Donovan made his 39th league start for SKCII, breaking his tie with Kayden Pierre and Parker Maher for 20th all time on that list.