Sporting Kansas City at Union

For kicks: Union interim boss John Hackworth said the days of his club having a primary goal scorer are gone; now he visualizes goals coming from a concerted team effort. A prime example of what Hack means can be found in Sporting Kansas City, with four players with two or more goals. Led by Kei Kamara and C.J. Sapong (five goals each), SKC is on a four-game unbeaten streak in MLS play?…?Graham Zusi has emerged as a playmaker for SKC, with a league-leading eight assists?…?Sapong and Kamara also lead the club in game-winning goals (three) … Goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen boasts a 0.79 goals against average with an MLS-high six shutouts … Union midfielder Freddy Adu summed things up best: "Kansas City is possibly the best team in MLS right now, but we are going in with a a pretty effective game plan. If you ask me, we beat [D.C. United] in every category except the score sheet [losing, 1-0, last Saturday], and we grab a lot of confidence from that. We need to finish our chances, and if we do, we're going to make it very tough on Kansas City."

INJURY REPORT (as of June 19)

Out for the Union: Krystian Witkowski, FW (concussion symptoms)

Doubtful: Sheanon Williams, D (right big toe sprain)

Questionable: Gabriel Gomez, MF (left knee patellar tendonitis); Cristhian Hernandez, MF (right knee sprain)

Probable: Keon Daniel, MF (left ankle sprain)

Out for Kansas City: Korede Aiyegbusi, MF (right knee sprain); Matt Besler, D (appendicitis); Bobby Convey, FW (right calf strain); Cyprian Hedrick, D (left fibula fracture); Jon Kempin, GK (right ankle fracture); Paulo Nagamura, MF (right abductor strain); Luke Sassano, MF (left knee sprain); Shawn Singh, D (left quadriceps strain)

BY THE NUMBERS

6: The number of games in Sporting Kansas City's current unbeaten streak in all competitions, including Open Cup. Conversely, the number of matches since the Union won an MLS game.

19: Where defender Carlos Valdes ranks this week out of 427 players on MLS' Castrol Performance Index.

22: The number of shots Michael Farfan and forward Lionard Pajoy have each taken in MLS matches. Farfan has only four shots on target, with zero goals, while Pajoy has put seven on frame with three goals (two by headers).

— Kerith Gabriel