Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: US Open Cup

Sporting Kansas City’s run in the 2023 US Open Cup ended on Wednesday night in Houston, Texas. Here are the stats and milestones from Sporting’s 1-0 loss to the Houston Dynamo.

Sporting KC started 2 rookies from the SuperDraft for the first time since October 29th, 2015 (Saad Abdul-Salaam and Amadou Dia), a span of 2,750 days.

In the 20th minute, Graham Zusi passed Matt Besler and moved into 2nd place all time for minutes played in the US Open Cup proper. He finished the game with 1,591 minutes played.

In the 74th minute, Zusi passed Besler and moved into 2nd place all time for minutes played in the US Open Cup (proper and qualifiers). He finished the game with 1,747 minutes played.

Zusi made his 20th appearance in the USOC (proper and qualifiers) tying him with Besler for 2nd all time on that list.

It was Zusi’s 18th appearance in the USOC proper, tying him with Besler for 2nd all time on that list.

Zusi made his 18th start in the USOC (proper and qualifiers) tying him with Besler for 2nd all time on that list.

It was his 16th start in the USOC proper, tying him with Besler for 2nd all time on that list.

In the 48th minute, Daniel Salloi passed Dom Dwyer and moved into 14th place all time for minutes played in the USOC (proper and qualifiers). In the 53rd minute Salloi then passed Jimmy Conrad and moved into 13th place all time. He finished the game with 943 minutes played.

In the 48th minute, Salloi passed Dwyer and moved into 11th place all time for minutes played in the USOC proper. He finished the game with 943 minutes played.

Salloi made his 14th appearance in the USOC (proper and qualifiers), tying him with Nick Garcia, Jacob Peterson, and Benny Feilhaber for 7th all time on that list.

It was his 14th appearance in the USOC proper, tying him with Peterson and Feilhaber for 6th all time on that list.

Salloi made his 6th substitute appearance in the USOC (proper and qualifiers) as a substitute, tying him with Roger Espinoza for 2nd all time on that list.

It was his 6th substitute appearance in the USOC proper, tying him with Espinoza for 2nd all time on that list.