Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Harris Scores 1,000th Home Goal

Sporting Kansas City reached a club milestone last night in their 1-1 draw with St. Louis City SC. Calvin Harris’s goal in the 55th minute for Sporting was the 1,000 goal at home in all competitions for Sporting. The goal comes in home game number 576 in the club’s history. That includes all games at Arrowhead Stadium (208), Community America Ballpark (46), and Sporting Park (312). Along with home games at the Blue Valley District Athletic Facility in Overland Park, Kansas, (6), Julian Field at Park University in Parkville, Missouri (2), Shawnee Mission District Athletic Facility in Overland Park, Kansas (1), and Durwood Soccer Stadium on the University of Missouri, Kansas City campus (1), all facilities that Sporting KC have used for US Open Cup or US Open Cup qualifiers over the years.

Outside the historic goal, there weren’t many noteworthy stats or milestones, but here’s the rest of the stats and milestones from las night’s game.

Calvin Harris’s goal was the 1,000 at home in all competitions for Sporting KC.

Other goal milestones in Sporting’s history:

1 – Digital Takawira 4/13/1996 vs Colorado Rapids
100 – Preki 8/26/1998 vs DC United
200 – Preki 5/4/2002 vs LA Galaxy
300 – Davy Arnaud 6/25/2005 vs Chivas USA
400 – Herculez Gomez 10/18/2008 vs San Jose Earthquakes
500 – CJ Sapong 6/17/2012 vs Toronto FC
600 – Krisztian Nemeth 5/29/2015 vs FC Dallas
700 – Gerso Fernandes 9/16/2017 vs New England Revolution
800 – Gerso Fernandes 10/11/2020 vs Nashville SC
900 – Alan Pulido 6/17/2023 vs Los Angeles FC

Sporting Kansas City remain unbeaten at home against St. Louis. They’re now 2-0-3 against their rivals across the state in Sporting Park.

Stephen Afrifa made his 45th substitute appearance in all competitions for KC, tying him with Ryan Pore for 11th all time on that list.