Graham Zusi spent the past 48 hours trying not to think about Sporting Kansas City’s playoff exit Thursday at Children’s Mercy Park. He wasn’t naive to believe it would be easy. He figured the game would pop into his mind, perhaps even frequently.
But not like this.
Zusi fell asleep Saturday night, and when he awoke Sunday morning, he realized he had replayed the match all over again. In his sleep. As some sort of cruel nightmare.
“I don’t think I’ve ever done that before,” he said, adding, “It’s tough to even remember the past couple of days, to be honest.