Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Hills to Climb

There are still hills to climb for both Sporting KC and the KC Current, but both teams picked up big wins on Saturday night on the road to keep their slim playoff hopes alive. On Sunday, Sporting KC II struggled, and fell by a 3-2 score line for the second straight week. Here are the stats and milestones from this past weekend.

Sporting KC

In the 49th minute, Daniel Salloi passed Mo Johnston and moved into 14th place all time for league minutes played for KC. He finished the game with 12,641 minutes played.

Salloi made his 156th start in all competitions, tying him with Tony Meola for 18th all time on that list.

Salloi made his 145th start in MLS competitions, tying him with Ilie Sanchez for 16th all time on that list.

Tim Melia made his 239th appearance in MLS competitions, breaking his tie with Preki for 7th all time on that list.

Roger Espinoza’s assist was his 12th game winning assist for KC, breaking his tie with Salloi for 5th all time on that list.

In the 37th minute, Johnny Russell passed Johnston and moved into 18th place all time for minutes played in all competitions for KC. In the 60th minute, Russell then passed Meola and moved into 17th place all time on that list. He finished the game with 14,227 minutes played.

Russell made his 162nd start in all competitions, tying him with Jack Jewsbury for 13th all time on that list.

Khiry Shelton made his 44th substitute appearance in all competitions, tying him with Soony Saad and Teal Bunbury for 10th all time on that list.

It was his 41st substitute appearance in MLS competitions, tying him with Bunbury and Felipe Hernandez for 10th all time on that list.

It was his 39th substitute appearance in league play, breaking his tie with Saad and Hernandez for 10th all time on that list.

KC Current

Current

Lo LaBonta made her 50th league start for KC, she’s the first player to reach that mark.

Kate Del Fava made her 50th appearance in league play for KC, she’s the 2nd player to reach that mark.

Del Fava and Hailie Mace both made their 52nd start in all competitions for KC, tying them with Kristen Edmonds for 4th all time on that list.

AD Franch made her 50th appearance in all competitions for KC, she’s the 8th player to reach that mark.

Franch made her 50th start in all competitions for KC, she’s the 7th player to hit that mark.

In the 2nd minute, Franch passed Edmonds and moved into 6th place all time for minutes played in all competitions. She finished the game with 4,500 minutes played.

Kristen Hamilton’s goal was her 9th in league play for KC, tying her with Lo LaBonta for 2nd all time on that list.

In the 68th minute Alex Loera passed Victoria Pickett and moved into 9th place all time for minutes played in all competitions. She finished the game with 3,184 minutes played.

CeCe Kizer made her 31st league start for KC, breaking her tie with Pickett for 8th all time on that list.

Kizer and Loera made their 38th start in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, tying them with Pickett for 9th all time on that list.

Izzy Rodriguez made her 35th league appearance for KC, tying her with Pickett for 8th all time on that list.

KC NWSL

LaBonta made her 93rd start in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, tying her with Becky Sauerbrunn for 3rd all time on that list.

Hamilton’s goal was her 9th in league play for KC NWSL teams, breaking her tie with Sarah Hagen for 7th all time on that list.

Hamilton made her 63rd appearance in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, tying her with Yael Averbuch for 9th all time on that list.

In the 36th minute, Hamilton and Mace passed Amy Rodriguez and moved into 13th all time for league minutes played for KC NWSL teams. In the 84th minute, Mace broke her tie with Hamilton and moved into sole possession of 13th. Mace finished the game with 3,764 minutes played. Hamilton with 3,668 minutes played.

Hamilton and Mace made their 48th league appearance for KC NWSL teams, tying them with Lauren Holiday for 13th all time on that list.

In the 52nd minute, Del Fava passed Rodriguez and moved into 15th place all time for league minutes played for KC NWSL teams. She finished the game with 3,659 minutes played.

Del Fava made her 50th league appearance for KC NWSL teams, she’s the 12th player to reach that mark.

Ball made her 57th start in all competitions, breaking her tie with Averbuch for 9th all time on that list.

Debinha’s goal was her 7th in league play for KC NWSL teams, breaking her tie with Sydney Leroux and Averbuch for 9th all time on that list.

Franch made her 50th appearance in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, she’s the 20th player to reach that mark.

It was her 50th start in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, she’s the 16th player to reach that mark.

In the 43rd minute Franch passed Becca Moros and moved into 18th place all time for minutes played in league play for KC NWSL teams. She finished the game with 3,330 minutes played.

In the 2nd minute, Franch passed Edmonds and moved into 14th place all time for minutes played in all competitions for KC NWSL teams. She finished the game with 4,500 minutes played.

Rodriguez made her 52nd appearance in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, tying her with Amy Rodriguez for 18th all time on that list.

Sporting KC II

Ethan Bryant scored his 8th league goal for KC, tying him with Josh Coan for 9th all time on that list.

It was Bryant’s 8th goal in all competitions, tying him with Coan, Dane Kelly, and Tyler Blackwood for 10th all time on that list.

Cisneros made his 51st league appearance for KC, breaking his tie with Parker Maher for 10th all time on that list.

In the 21st minute, Cisneros passed Camden Riley and moved into 20th place all time for league minutes played for KC. He finished the game with 3,047 minutes played.

It was Cisneros’ 51st appearance in all competitions, breaking his tie with Mark Anthony Gonzalez for 16th all time on that list.

It was his 35th league start, breaking his tie with Enoch Mushagalusa and Danny Barbir for 18th all time on that list.

It was Cisneros’ 35th start in all competitions, breaking his tie with Mushagalusa and Barbir for 19th all time on that list.

John Pulskamp made his 42nd league appearance, breaking his tie with Oumar Ballo for 20th all time on that list.

Pulskamp made his 42nd league start, breaking his tie with Kharlton Belmar for 13th all time on that list.

It was his 42nd start in all competitions as well, tying him with Maher for 14th all time on that list.