Among Major League Soccer’s five representatives in the 2019 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League, Sporting Kansas City are the last ones standing.
That much was confirmed Thursday night when Manager Peter Vermes’ men secured a pulsating 3-0 win over Panamanian side Independiente at drizzly Children’s Mercy Park, overturning a 2-1 deficit to claim a 4-2 aggregate victory in the Champions League Quarterfinals.
The semifinal field of North America’s premier club tournament is now set, and Sporting find themselves in the company of three Liga MX outfits that brushed aside MLS opponents in the quarterfinal stage.
Those three are Mexican heavyweights Santos Laguna, Tigres UANL and Sporting’s opponent in next month’s two-legged semifinals: three-time Champions League winner CF Monterrey.