Sporting KC
Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Draws for Sporting
Sporting KC and Sporting KC II both picked up a point this weekend in home draws. Sporting tied the Seattle Sounders 1-1 on a Dejan Joveljic goal on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday, Sporting KC II took on the Tacoma Defiance in an MLS Next Pro match up. Shane Donovan scored both goals for KC in the 2-2 draw. SKCII fell in the shootout, 4-2 to Tacoma. Here are the stats and milestones from the games.
Sporting KC
Stefan Cleveland became the 13th player to make their league debut for KC. This is tied for the most in a single season outside the club’s first in 1996.
At 31 years, 342 days, Cleveland is the 18th oldest player to debut for KC in league play and all competitions.
Dejan Joveljic’s goal was his 23th in MLS competitions for KC, breaking his tie with CJ Sapong for 15th all time on that list.
Joveljic scored his 14th goal at home in league play for KC, tying him with Jimmy Conrad for 16th all time on that list.
Joveljic’s goal was his 14th at home in all competitions for KC, tying him with Conrad for 20th all time on that list.
Sporting KC II
Johann Ortiz made his 26th substitute appearance in league play, breaking his tie with Nansel Selbol for the most all time for the club.
In the 3rd minute, Shane Donovan passed Parker Maher and moved into 20th all time for league minutes played for SKCII. He finished the game with 3,618 minutes played.
Donovan made his 40th league start for KC, tying him with Sebastian Cruz for 19th all time on that list.
It was Donovan’s 41st start in all competitions, tying him with Cruz for 20th all time on that list.