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Five Things: What to know ahead of Thursday's Champions League tilt in Toluca

Five Things, presented by Keith + Associates Dentistry, is a weekly series on SportingKC.com that highlights the top storylines, players to watch and matchday programming ahead of each game throughout the season.

With their sights firmly set on finishing the job, Sporting Kansas City take a 3-0 aggregate lead into the second leg of the Concacaf Champions League Round of 16 against Deportivo Toluca FC on Thursday night. Kickoff is slated for 9 p.m. CT at Estadio Nemesio Diez in Toluca, Mexico, as two teams battle for a place in the quarterfinals.