SPORTING KC CONTINUES PLAYOFF PUSH SUNDAY AT REAL SALT LAKE
Sporting Kansas City (12-13-7) returns to action Sunday when they visit rivals Real Salt Lake (12-11-9, 45 points) in the Final Push to the Playoffs. Peter Vermes' men enter the penultimate week of the 2016 MLS regular season holding the sixth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, two points ahead of the seventh-place Portland Timbers and two points behind fourth-place Real Salt Lake.
Kickoff at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah is set for 4 p.m. CT as five Western Conference matches will be played simultaneously on Sunday afternoon.