How does Sporting Kansas City bounce back? How do they recover from the disappointment of being knocked out of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup by a second division side? The first MLS team to be beaten by a lower-division side in a semifinal since the Charleston Battery advanced to the finals (where they lost) in 2008.
My guess is they don’t. Austin FC didn’t have to play 120 minutes midweek (or at all) and are the far superior team. Sporting KC have lost four straight home games, something that hasn’t happened to KC since they were the Wizards way back in 1999.