Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: 250 Starts for Zusi

Both Sporting Kansas City and Sporting Kansas City II suffered losses on the road in the midweek this week. The first team fell at home 2-1 to Orlando City while their USL Championship was shutout in Austin against the Austin Bold 4-0. Here are stats and milestones from those games.

Sporting Kansas City

Graham Zusi made his 250th league start for KC, he’s the 2nd player to reach that mark.

Johnny Russell’s goal was the 1,100th league goal in Sporting’s history.

Russell’s goal was his 27th in all competitions, tying him with CJ Sapong for 13th all time on that list.

Russell’s goal was his 19th at home in league play, breaking his tie with Scott Sealy and Zusi for 9th all time on that list.

His goal was his 19th in all competitions at home, tying him with Krisztian Nemeth for 11th all time on that list.

Ilie Sanchez made his 100th league start for KC, he’s the 28th player to reach that mark.

Tim Melia made his 184th appearance in all competitions for KC, breaking his tie with Matt McKeon for 13th all time on that list.

Gerso Fernandes recorded his 16th assist in league play for KC, tying him with Chance Myers for 19th all time on that list.

It was Fernandes’ 16th in all MLS competitions for KC as well, tying him with Myers, Claudio Lopez, and Francisco Gomez for 19th all time on that list.

It was his 21st in all competitions for KC, tying him with McKeon and Kei Kamara for 13th all time on that list.

Sporting Kansas City II

Wilson Harris made his 54th appearance in all competitions for SKCII, tying him with Adrian Zendejas and Kharlton Belmar for 8th all time on that list.

Harris made his 38th league start, tying him with Parker Maher for 10th all time on that list.

At 17 years, 219 days, Kayden Pierre became the 14th youngest player to appear in a league game or in all competitions for Sporting KC II.

In the 89th minute, Kaveh Rad passed Oumar Ballo and moved into 13th place for league minutes played for SKCII, he finished the game with 2,902 minutes played.

Rad made his 34th league appearance, tying him with Ethan Vanacore-Decker for 16th all time on that list.

It was Rad’s 34th appearance in all competitions as well, tying him with Vanacore-Decker and Tyler Blackwood for 17th all time on that list.

Rad made his 32nd league start, tying him with Ballo and Camden Riley for 12th all time on that list.

It was Rad’s 32nd start in all competitions as well, tying him with Riley for 14th all time on that list.