Sporting Kansas City are less than 48 hours away from the toughest ask of their Concacaf Champions League campaign: CF Monterrey.
Sporting staff and players have repeatedly called Los Rayados the best team left in the competition during the run-up to this semifinal matchup, which opens on Thursday night (9 p.m. CT | UDN, YahooSports.com).
What makes them so good?
“No disrespect to Tigres, but for us, Monterrey is the best team, right now,” said Sporting captain Matt Besler this week.
“So it’s going to be a major challenge for us.