Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: 25,000 Minutes for Espinoza

All three KC soccer teams were back in action this past weekend, and all three walked away with points. On Friday, Kansas City NWSL picked up their first home point of the season in a 0-0 draw with the North Carolina Courage. Then on Saturday, Sporting Kansas City II went down to Oklahoma and picked up a 0-0 draw against the Oklahoma City Energy. Finally on Sunday night Sporting KC picked up a 3-1 win on the road against the Western Conference leading Seattle Sounders. Here are the stats and milestones from those games.

Sporting KC

In the 25th minute, Roger Espinoza reached the 25,000 minute mark for KC in all competitions, he’s the 4th player to reach that mark for KC.

Ilie Sanchez made his 150th appearance in all competitions for KC, he’s the 22nd player to reach that mark.

Daniel Salloi’s goal was his 32nd in all competitions for KC, tying him with Graham Zusi and Mo Johnston for 8th all time on that list.

Salloi’s goal was his 9th away from home in league play, tying him with CJ Sapong for 14th all time on that list.

Salloi’s goal was his 11th game winner in league play for KC, tying him with Josh Wolff and Kei Kamara for 4th all time.

It was Salloi’s 12th game winner in all competitions for KC, tying him with Wolff and Kamara for 5th all time on that list.

Johnny Russell’s goal was his 29th in all competitions for KC, tying him with Krisztian Nemeth for 13th all time on that list.

Russell’s goal was his 7th away from home in league play, tying him with Eddie Johnson, Matt McKeon, Mark Chung, and Krisztian Nemeth for 18th all time.

It was Russell and Salloi’s 9th goal in all competitions away from home, tying them with McKeon and Chris Brown for 17th all time on that list.

Russell’s assist was his 27th in league play for KC, breaking his tie with Wolff for 8th all time on that list.

It was Russell’s 30th assist in MLS competitions, tying him with Johnston for 7th all time on that list.

At 20 years, 162 days, Cameron Duke became the 9th youngest player to score a league goal for KC.

Duke became the 10th youngest player to score a goal in all competitions for KC.

KC NWSL

This was the first game to feature zero players for KC that had previously played for FC Kansas City.

Sporting KC II

Christian Duke made his 88th league appearance, tying him with Felipe Hernandez for the most all time on that list.

At 27 years, 181 days, Kendall McIntosh became the 14th oldest player to play in or start a game in all competitions for SKC II.

In the 8th minute, Danny Barbir moved ahead of Kevin Oliveira and into 20th place all time for league minutes played for SKCII, he finished the game with 2,408 minutes played.

Barbir made his 26th league start, tying him with Tyler Freeman and Mark Anthony Gonzalez for 19th all time on that list.

Jake Davis made his 33rd league appearance, tying him with Hadji Barry for 19th all time on that list.