Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Espinoza Tops US Open Cup List

Here are some stats and milestones from yesterday’s Sporting Kansas City game and today’s Swope Park Rangers game in Vancouver.

Sporting Kansas City

In the 16th minute, Roger Espinoza pass Matt Besler and moved into 2nd all time for minutes played in the US Open Cup (proper and qualifiers). In the 40th minute he moved past Kerry Zavagnin and became the club's all time leader in minutes played in the competition, he finished the game with 1,534 minutes played.

Espinoza made his 15th appearance in the Open Cup proper, tying him with Zavagnin and Besler for 1st all time on that list.

In the 34th minute, Espinoza moved past Zavagnin and into first place for minutes played in the US Open Cup proper for KC, he finished the game with 1,414 minutes played.

In the 83rd minute, Espinoza moved past Seth Sinovic and into 9th place for minutes played across all competitions, Espinoza finished the game with 16,321 minutes played.

Espinoza made his 16th appearance in the Open Cup (proper and qualifiers), tying him with Chance Myers for 3rd all time on that list.

Espinoza made his 13th start in the Open Cup proper, tying him with Besler for 2nd all time on that list.

Benny Feilhaber made his 165th appearance in all competitions, tying him with Josh Wolff for 16th all time on that list.

Feilhaber's assist on the game winner was his 18th game winner across all competitions for KC, tying him with Chris Klein for 3rd most all time.

Feilhaber passed Lawrence Olum and Jacob Peterson and moved into a tie with Chris Klein for the 10th most minutes played in the US Open Cup proper for KC, Feilhaber finished the game with 856 minutes played in the competition.

Seth Sinovic and Kevin Ellis made their 13th appearance in the US Open Cup (proper and qualifiers), tying them with Michael Harrington and Graham Zusi for 7th place on that list.

It was Ellis' 13th appearance in the US Open Cup proper, tying them with Nick Garcia and Myers for 5th all time on that list.

Sinovic started his 13th game in the the Open Cup (proper and qualifiers, tying him with Garcia and Myers for 3rd all time on that list.

Tim Melia recorded his 37th win in goal for KC, breaking his tie with Bo Oshoniyi for 3rd all time on that list.

Swope Park Rangers

Christian Duke made his 50th appearance in all competitions for SPR, he's the first player to hit that mark.

Kharlton Belmar's goal was his 5th in league play and all competitions, tying him with Daniel Salloi and Tyler Pasher for 5th all time on that list.

At 24 years, 223 days, Belmar is the 5th oldest scorer for Swope in league and in all competitions.

Kevin Oliveira made his 22nd start in league play, breaking his tie with Kris Tyrpak for 6th all time on that list.

Mark Anthony Gonzalez made his 36th league appearance, breaking his tie with Tyler Pasher for 3rd all time on that list.

Gonzalez made his 40th appearance in all competitions, breaking hit tie with Pasher for 3rd on that list as well.

Gonzalez started his 21st game in league play, tying him with Tyrpak for 7th all time on that list.

Gonzalez made his 23rd start in all competitions, tying him with Oumar Ballo for 7th all time on that list.

Nansel Selbol made his 35th league appearance, tying him with Pasher for 4th all time on that list.

Amer Didic made his 32nd league start, tying him with Pasher for 2nd all time on that list.

He also made his 36th start in all competitions, tying him with Pasher for 2nd all time on that list.