The postseason gets underway this week with four single-elimination Knockout Round matches. Both games on the Western Conference side of the playoff bracket will be of interest to Sporting KC, who will face either FC Dallas, the Portland Timbers or Real Salt Lake in the two-legged conference semifinals.
Since Sporting KC will play the lowest-seeded team to emerge from the Knockout Round in the West, they cannot meet LAFC in the conference semifinals.
On Wednesday, the Eastern Conference’s No. 3 seed New York City FC will host No. 6 seed Philadelphia Union at Yankee Stadium (6 p.