After their Decision Day victory of Real Salt Lake, the Seattle Sounders face Sporting Kansas City in their first match of the 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs. This is a knockout round, which means there is no second leg, and the winner progresses to the conference semi-finals.
How KC got here: Their 2-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes on Decision Day put them in 5th place, with just a single point between them and 4th placed Sounders.
Record: 13-13-8
Recent league form: DDWLDW
Top scorer in 2016: Dom Dwyer, 16
Assist leader in 2016: Benny Feilhaber & Roger Espinoza, 5 each
Notable stats
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