Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Opara Hits 100 Appearances in Win

Kansas City’s three professional soccer teams each earned a different result yesterday with Sporting KC getting a win over Minnesota, the Swope Park Rangers getting a draw on the road against San Antonio, and FC Kansas City fell on the road to the North Carolina Courage.

Here are some stats and landmarks from yesterday’s three games.

Sporting Kansas City

Ike Opara made his 100th league appearance in his MLS career.

Matt Besler made his 254th appearance in all competitions for KC, tying him with Preki for 4th most all time on that list.

Saad Abdul-Salaam scored his first professional goal.

In the 22nd minute, Seth Sinovic passed Mo Johnston and moved into 11th place for minutes played in league play, he finished the game with 12,669 minutes played.

Sinovic made his 148th league appearance, breaking his tie with Chance Myers for 13th place on that list.

Sinovic started his 175th game in all competitions, breaking his tie with Roger Espinoza for 9th on that list.

It was his 143rd league start for KC, breaking his tie with Johnston and Jack Jewsbury for 10th all time on that list.

In the 67th minute, Dom Dwyer moved past Diego Gutierrez and into 20th place for league minutes played, he finished the game wtih 9,787 minutes played.

Dwyer made his 125th league appearance, tying him with Tony Meola for 19th on that list.

In the 32nd minute, Benny Feilhaber moved past Myers and into 18th place for minutes played in all competitions. Then in the 85th minute, Feilhaber moved past Jimmy Nielsen and into 17th place on that list, he finished the game with 12,854 minutes played.

Tim Melia recorded his 33rd win in all competitions for KC, tying him with Mike Ammann for 4th all time on that list.

Melia recorded his 30th win in goal for KC, tying him with Kevin Hartman for 5th on that list.

It was Melia's 25th shutout in all competitions, tying him with Hartman for 4th on that list.

Swope Park Rangers

At 24 years, 337 days, Liam Doyle moved past Jimmy Mulligan and into 15th place for oldest player to appear in and start a game in league play and in all competitions.

At 26 years, 62 days, Oumar Ballo moved from 13th to 9th place for oldest player to start a league game or a game in all competitions for Swope Park.

At 22 years, 15 days, Louis Bennett became the 17th youngest player to debut for Swope Park in league an all competitions.

In the 41st minute, Tyler Pasher moved past Tommy Meyer and into 4th place for league minutes played for Swope, he finished the game with 2,224 minutes played.

In the 78th minute, Pasher moved past Ualefi and into 3rd place for minutes played in all competitions for Swope, he finished the game with 2,614 minutes played.

Pasher made his 31st league appearance, breaking his tie with Mark Anthony Gonzalez and Ualefi for 3rd on that list.

It was his 35th appearance in all competitions, breaking his tie with Gonzalez for 3rd on that list as well.

Pasher started his 28th league game, breaking his tie with Amer Didic for 3rd on that list. It was also his 32nd start in all competitions, breaking his tie with Didic and Ualefi for 2nd all time on that list.

In the 84th minute, Oumar Ballo moved past Kevin Oliveira and into 8th place for league minutes played, finishing the game wtih 1,525 minutes played.

In the 67th minute, Ballo moved past Gonazlez and into 7th place for minutes played in all competitions, he finished the game with 1,915 minutes played.

Ballo made his 27th appearance in all competitions, tying him with Tomas Granitto for 9th all time on that list.

Ballo made his 17th league start, breaking his tie with Jimmy Mulligan and Oliveira for 8th on that list.

It was his 21st start in all competitions, breaking his tie with Gonzalez for 7th place on that list.

In the 6th minute, Nansel Selbol moved past Jon Kempin and into 12th place for league minutes played for Swope, he finished the game wtih 1,165 minutes played.

In the 14th minute, Selbol moved past Adrian Zendejas and into 13th place for minutes played in all competitions, then in the 31st minute, Selbol moved past Ayrton and into 12th place on that list, finishing the game with 1,277 minutes played.

Selbol made his 29th league appearance, breaking his tie with Kris Tyrpak for 6th all time on that list.

It was Selbol's 31st appearance in all competitions, tying him with Uaelfi for 6th all time on that list.

In the 21st minute, James Musa moved past Jacob VanCompernolle and into 20th place for league minutes and minutes played in all competitions, he finished the game wtih 720 minutes played, tying him with Colton Storm for 19th on both lists as well.

FC Kansas City

In the 88th minute, Becca Moros passed Heather O'Reilly and moved into 15th place for league minutes played for FCKC, she finished the game with 2,141 minutes played. At the same time she passed O'Reilly for 15th place in minutes played across all competitions, finishing the game with 2,321 minutes played.

Moros made her 26th league appearance, tying her with Sarah Hagen for 17th all time on that list.

In the 77th minute, Shea Groom moved past Mandy Laddish and into 10th place for minutes played in all competitions, Groom finished the game with 3,036 minutes played.

Groom made her 35th league start, tying her with Merritt Mathias for 9th all time on that list.

Groom started her 35th game in all competitions, breaking her tie with Laddish for 11th on that list.

In the 82nd minute, Brittany Taylor passed Amy LePeilbet and moved into 13th place for minutes played in all competitions, she finished the game with 2,520 minutes played.

Desiree Scott made her 40th appearance in all competitions for FCKC, breaking her tie with Laddish for 12th all time on that list.

Scott started her 39th game in all competitions, breaking her tie with Mathias for 8th all time on that list.