Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Pulido Scores Milestone Goal in Win

The name of the game in cup competition is survive and advance. Teams aren’t always going to play their best, and when a team in the top division travels to a lower division side there’s always a little extra in that game to make it more meaningful. Last night wasn’t the best performance by Sporting KC in their 2-1 win over Union Omaha to advance to the round of 16 in this year’s US Open Cup, but it was job done. Here are the stats and milestones from Wednesday night.

Sporting KC

Alan Pulido’s goal was the 600th away goal scored by Sporting in all competitions.

Pulido’s goal was his 10th game winner in all competitions for KC, breaking his tie with Miklos Molnar and CJ Sapong for 10th all time on that list.

Pulido scored his 17th goal away from home in all competitions for KC, tying him with Daniel Salloi for 7th all time on that list.

In the 76th minute, Daniel Salloi passed Kevin Ellis and moved into 10th place all time for minutes played in the USOC proper. In the 86th minute Salloi then passed Chance Myers and moved into 9th place all time on that list. He finished the game with 1,015 minutes played.

In the 76th minute, Daniel Salloi passed Kevin Ellis and moved into 12th all time for minutes played in the US Open Cup (proper and qualifiers). He finished the game with 1,015 minutes played.

It was Salloi’s 15th appearance in the USOC proper, tying him with Kerry Zavagnin and Seth Sinovic for 4th all time on that list.

Salloi made his 15th appearance in the USOC (proper and qualifiers), breaking his tie with Nick Garcia, Jacob Peterson, and Benny Feilhaber for 8th all time on that list.

Salloi made his 7th substitute appearance in the USOC proper, tying him with Sapong for the most all time on team history.

It was his 7th substitute appearance in the USOC (proper and qualifiers), breaking his tie with Roger Espionza for 2nd all time on that list.

John Pulskamp recorded his 14th win in all competitions for KC, tying him with Garth Lagerwey for 8th all time on that list.

It was Pulskamp’s 5th win in the USOC, tying him with Eric Kronberg for 2nd all time on that list.

In the 114th minute, Pulskamp passed Paulo Nagamura and Aurelien Collin and moved into 19th place all time for minutes played in the USOC proper for KC. He finished the game with 720 minutes played.