Juice Boxs and Post Game Stats: Shelton Makes 150th League Appearance for KC

Sporting KC picked up their fourth win of the season on Saturday night in Houston defeating the Houston Dynamo on goals by Dejan Joveljic (two) and Santiago Munoz. The win sees Kansas City pull themselves within four points of the playoff spots in MLS’s Western Conference.

In KC on Sunday, Sporting KC II though couldn’t replicate the first team, losing their second straight 4-1 to the Colorado Rapids 2. The loss extends the winless run for SKCII to eleven in league play and twelve in all competitions as the team is still winless on the MLS Next Pro season. KC is now nine points adrift at the bottom of the MLS Next Pro Western Conference with just four points through their eleven league games.

Here are the stats and milestones from this weekend.

Sporting KC

Sporting picked up their 8th point on the road in 9 road games. KC picked up 9 points on the road in all of 2024.

Khiry Shelton made his 150th league appearance for KC, he’s the 16th player to reach that mark.

Making his 150th league appearance broke Shelton’s tie with Mo Johnston and Michael Harrington for 16th all time on that list.

Shelton made his 176th appearance in all competitions, breaking his tie with Chance Myers for 17th all time on that list.

Daniel Salloi recorded his 41st league assist for KC, breaking his tie with Johnny Russell for 6th all time on that list.

It was his 45th assist in MLS competitions for KC, tying him with Roger Espinoza for 5th all time on that list.

Salloi made his 238th appearance in MLS competitions, tying him with Preki for 8th all time on that list.

Salloi made his 225th league appearance for KC, breaking his tie with Nick Garcia for 7th all time on that list.

Sporting KC II

Andrew Johnson is the 70th different academy player to appear in a game for SKCII.

Nati Clarke made his 57th league appearance for KC, tying him with Kaveh Rad for 9th all time on that list.

It was Clarke’s 59th appearance in all competitions, breaking his tie with Sebastian Cruz for 9th all time on that list.

Maouloune Goumballe made his 37th start in all competitions for KC, tying him with Petar Cuic for 20th all time on that list.