Somehow, Sporting Kansas City are still alive for the playoffs. This is despite having lost three games in a row. Three games in which SKC were winning before they weren’t. Let’s just get the playoff math out of the way.
San Jose and Portland are both at home.
As for a story line between “the nicest rivals in MLS.” It’s all about Ike Opara. He was traded away in the offseason and this team has missed him all year. At first it looked fine and then suddenly Andreu Fontas imploded. And with him the entire back line seemed to collapse.