11 Quick Thoughts from Sporting KC’s playoff game in Salt Lake City

Thad Bell1: The match was not pretty but was far better than the last four MLS Playoffs matches for Sporting Kansas City. Coming away from Real Salt Lake with a 1-1 draw is important. And a good start.

“The tie is one thing but to be able to get the away goal is huge. It’s huge, and to respond the way that we did because it definitely wasn’t an easy game for us to play but we stayed pretty disciplined throughout the match,” SKC Manager Peter Vermes told The Blue Testament after the match.

“Either both teams were feeling each other out or more along the lines that they had just come off a really big emotional win and we were just playing our first playoff game and both teams dealing with that…