The Blue Statement · Sep 18, 2022
Sporting KC Forget to Place Nice and Crush Minnesota United
Sporting Kansas City looked to stay alive in their incredibly slim chances to make the MLS Cup Playoffs entering the game against Minnesota United. Going into the game, Sporting needed to win to stay alive, along with losses later in the evening from Real Salt Lake and the LA Galaxy.
Sporting rolled out their “regular” lineup they featured over the course of their five game unbeaten streak with the exception of Graham Zusi who was still injured and being replaced by Kayden Pierre. Other changes from Tuesday’s win over D.C. United were the return of John Pulskamp, Roger Espinoza, Erik Thommy, Willy Agada, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin and Johnny Russell to the starting lineup.