Sporting Kansas City punched its ticket to the Audi 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs with a 2-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday afternoon at sold-out Children’s Mercy Park.
Benny Feilhaber buried a first-half penalty kick before Graham Zusi iced the result with a superb late strike, ensuring Sporting Kansas City a club-record sixth straight playoff appearance on the final day of the 2016 regular season.
No. 5 seed Sporting Kansas City (13-13-8, 47 points) will now travel to face No. 4 seed Seattle Sounders FC (14-14-6, 48 points) in Thursday's Western Conference Knockout Round at Century Link Field — the same site where Sporting KC began its 2016 campaign in March.