Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Salloi’s 50th Goal a Big One

Sporting Kansas City finished off St. Louis City in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs on Sunday, winning game two, 2-1, winning the series 2-0 and 6-2 on aggregate. Here are the stats and milestones from Sunday evening at Children’s Mercy Park.

Daniel Salloi’s goal was his 50th in MLS competitions for KC, he’s the 4th player to reach that mark.

Salloi’s game winning goal was his 5th in all competitions this year. It is the third time he’s had at least 5 game winning goals in a season. No other player in KC’s history has more than 1 season with 5 or more game winners.

Salloi’s goal was his 5th playoff goal for KC, tying him with Miklos Molnar for 2nd all time on that list.

Salloi scored his 41st goal at home in all competitions for KC, breaking his tie with Johnny Russell for 3rd all time on that list.

Salloi’s assist was his 36th in MLS competitions for KC, tying him with Davy Arnaud for 7th all time on that list.

His assist was his 4th in the playoffs for KC, tying him with Chris Klein and Preki for 2nd all time on that list.

Salloi made his 152nd start in MLS competitions, breaking his tie with Jack Jewsbury for 15th all time on that list.

It was Salloi’s 163rd start in all competitions, breaking this tie with Jewsbury for 14th all time on that list.

Salloi’s goal was his 4th in the month of November for KC. He’s now the club’s all time leading scorer in the month.

Johnny Russell recorded an assist in all competitions against his 18th different MLS team. Tying him with Benny Feilhaber for the second most different teams.

In the 17th minute, Russell passed Matt McKeon and moved into 16th place for minutes played in all competitions for KC. He finished the game with 14,675 minutes played.

The game winning assist was Russell’s 10th in all competitions for KC, tying him with Jewsbury for 9th all time on that list.

Russell made his 10th playoff start for KC, tying him with Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, and CJ Sapong for 17th all time on that list.

Russell made his 155th start in MLS competitions, tying him with Feilhaber for 12th all time on that list.

Salloi and Russell made their 10th playoff appearance for KC, tying them with Chris Brown, Nielsen, and Myers for 19th all time on that list.

Roger Espinoza made his 20th playoff appearance for KC, tying him with Graham Zusi and Preki for 3rd all time on that list.

Espinoza made his 6th substitute appearance in the playoffs, tying him with Davy Arnaud and Francisco Gomez for the most all time.

Espinoza made his 22nd substitute appearance in all competitions, tying him with Marinos Tzionis for the 2nd most in a single season.

Remi Walter made his 100th appearance in MLS competitions for KC. He’s the 44th player to reach that mark.

Logan Ndenbe made his 50th appearance in all competitions for KC. He’s the 89th player to reach that mark.

Gadi Kinda recorded his 20th assist in all competitions for KC, tying him with Digital Takawira for 17th all time on that list.

It was Kinda’s 19th assist in MLS competitions, tying him with Sasha Victorine for 16th all time on that list.

At 33 years, 356 days, Andreu Fontas became the 17th oldest player to appear in or start a game in all competitions for KC, moving ahead of Julio Cesar.

Tim Melia made his 247th appearance in MLS competitions for KC, tying him with Nick Garcia for 6th all time on that list.

During the game, Melia passed Jimmy Conrad, Mo Johnston, and Peter Vermes for minutes played in the playoffs for KC. He finished the game with 1,194 minutes played, good for 12th all time on that list.

Melia made his 13th playoff appearance for KC, tying him with Vermes for 14th all time on that list.

Melia made his 13th playoff start for KC, tying him with Vermes for 12th all time on that list.

Melia made his 247th start in MLS competitions, tying him with Garcia for 5th all time on that list.

Khiry Shelton made his 46th substitute appearance in all competitions, breaking his tie with Ryan Pore for 9th all time on that list.

It was his 43rd substitute appearance in MLS competitions, breaking his tie with Sapong and Soony Saad for 8th all time on that list.