Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: The Current’s Unbeaten Run and Melia Hits 250

A perfect weekend for Kansas City soccer with games on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday among Kansas City’s three teams. All three games were at home, and all three teams came away with wins. The KC Current got the weekend started with a 2-0 win on Friday night over the Houston Dash on a pair of goals from Temwa Chawinga. On Saturday Sporting KC continued to mess with Texas as they took down Austin FC 2-0 with Tim Leibold and Stephen Afrifa scoring. On Sunday, Sporting KC II finished the weekend out with a 2-2 (5-3) shootout win over Austin FC II at Rock Chalk Park thanks to a pair of goals from Beto Avila. Here are the stats and milestones from this weekend.

KC Current

KC set an NWSL record as they’ve now gone 17 games in a row without a loss.

The win was KC’s 10th of the season, tying this season with the 2022 season with the most wins in a league season in team history.

Vlatko Andonovski recorded his 10th league win as head coach of KC, tying him with Matt Potter for the most league wins by a coach in club history.

Temwa Chawinga’s 2 goals gave her 11 in league play for KC, she’s the first player to reach double digit goals in a league season for KC.

The 2 goals moved her ahead of Kristen Hamilton and Debinha and into 3rd place all time for goals scored in league play for KC.

In the 26th minute, Izzy Rodriguez passed Gabrielle Robinson and moved into 8th all time for league minutes played for KC. She finished the game with 2,692 minutes played.

In the 34th minute, Rodriguez passed Desiree Scott and moved into 8th place all time for minutes played in all competitions. She finished the game with 3,571 minutes played.

Rodriguez and AD Franch made their 68th league appearance for KC, breaking their tie with Hamilton for 5th all time on that list.

Franch recorded her 10th league win for KC, she’s the first goalkeeper to record 10 league wins in a season.

Debinha made her 29th league appearance for KC, tying her with Chardonnay Curran for 15th all time on that list.

Debinha made her 33rd appearance in all competitions, tying her with Addie McCain for 18th all time on that list.

In the 78th minute, Claire Hutton passed Mallory Weber and moved into 20th place all time for league minutes played for KC. She finished the game with 1,270 minutes played.

Hutton and Chawinga made their 14th league start for KC< tying them with Taylor Leach and Katie Bowen for 20th all time on that list.

Michelle Cooper made her 39th appearance in all competitions for KC, breaking her tie with Robinson for 14th all time on that list.

Claire Lavogez and Alexa Spaanstra made their 26th league appearance for KC, breaking their tie with McCain and Leach for 18th all time on that list.

Spaanstra made her 32nd appearance in all competitions, tying her with Jenna Winebrenner for 20th all time on that list.

KC NWSL

Chawinga’s 2 goals gave her 11 in league play for KC NWSL teams. She moved ahead of Hamilton and Debinha for 7th all time on that list.

Elizabeth Ball made her 76th appearance in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, tying her with Jen Buczkowski for 6th all time on that list.

Ball made her 70th start in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, tying her with Leigh Ann Brown for 7th all time on that list.

Ball and Hailie Mace made their 62nd league appearance for KC NWSL teams, breaking their tie with Yael Averbuch for 8th all time on that list.

Franch made her 55th league appearance for KC NWSL teams, breaking her tie with Shea Groom for 11th all time on that list.

In the 5th minute, Rodriguez passed Bowen and moved into 19th place all time for minutes played in all competitions for KC NWSL teams. She finished the game with 3,571 minutes played.

Rodriguez made her 51st league appearance for KC NWSL teams, tying her with Bowen for 16th all time on that list.

Franch and Rodriguez made their 68th appearance in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, breaking their tie with Hamilton for 11th all time on that list.

Sporting KC

Tim Melia made his 250th league appearance for KC, he’s the 4th player to reach that mark.

Melia made his 250th league start for KC, he’s the 4th player to reach that mark.

Johnny Russell made his 168th start in MLS competitions, tying him with Daniel Salloi for 12th all time on that list.

Jake Davis made his 50th league appearance for KC, he’s the 80th player to reach that mark.

Dany Rosero made his 50th appearance in all competitions, he’s the 93rd player to reach that mark.

Rosero made his 50th start in all competitions for KC, he’s the 75th player to reach that mark.

Sporting KC II

Beto Avila’s 2 goals gave him 8 in league play for KC, tying him with Josh Coan and Sebastian Cruz for 10th all time on that list.

The 2 goals gave him 8 in all competitions for KC, tying him with Coan, Cruz, Dane Kelly, and Tyler Blackwood for 11th all time on that list.

Sebastian Cruz’s 2 assists gave him 6 in league play for KC, tying him with Alexsander and Ethan Bryant for 10th all time on that list.

The assists gave him 6 in all competitions as well, tying him with Alexsander and Bryant for 11th all time on that list.

Cruz made his 44th league appearance for KC, tying him with John Pulskamp for 19th all time on that list.

Cruz made his 46th appearance in all competitions, breaking his tie with Petar Cuic and Oumar Ballo for 18th all time on that list.

Nati Clarke made his 35th league start for KC, tying him with Ozzie Cisneros for 18th all time on that list.

It was his 35th start in all competitions, tying him with Cisneros for 19th all time on that list.