Raise your hand if you called them:
Goals by Khiry Shelton, Nicholas Isimat-Mirin, and Graham Zusi in Sporting Kansas City’s first tilt in the 2021 MLS playoffs.
NO, YOU DID NOT. Put your hand down!!!
Yah. Who would have thunk, eh? And that was Zusi’s first playoff goal in his 13-year career. What?? (More on that later.)
To be real, Sporting Kansas City played the most complete playoff match it has since… well, to be honest, since before 2012.
The performances and Manager Peter Vermes and his staff’s tactical approach Saturday afternoon in the 3-1 victory over Vancouver Whitecaps at Children’s Mercy Park has been discussed thoroughly both within the comments on The Blue Testament’s match recap here and in more than one feature on mlssoccer.