2017 Western Conference Preview: Sporting Kansas City

Earlier this week, Rapids Rabbi discussed what 2017 holds for the Vancouver Whitecaps. Since we are going in reverse alphabetical order, that means it’s time to preview our neighbors to the east, Sporting Kansas City.

Side note: this is my first preseason with Burgundy Wave, so please be nice if my analysis isn’t as in-depth as our Head Statistician ;)

Sporting Kansas City Preview for 2017

2016 Record: 13-13-8 (WLT), 47 points, 5th in the Western Conference

2016 Goals For: 42 (16th in MLS)

2016 Goals Against: 41 (15th in MLS)

Key Stat for 2016: Goals. Take away a few of Dom Dwyer’s goals and SKC is pretty much sitting where the Rapids were in the goal scoring department. Even with his goals, they…