On Saturday night, despite a 4-1 win at home for Sporting Kansas City against Minnesota United, the remarkably thin playoff hopes came crumbling down. KC needed to win (they did), needed Real Salt Lake to lose (they did) and needed the LA Galaxy to lose (they most certainly didn’t).
The Galaxy officially put KC out of the playoffs with an absolute demolishing of the Colorado Rapids. They were up 3-0 early, added a fourth and then went down a man to make it interesting but the Rapids forgot to show up.