Sporting Kansas City concluded the 2017 MLS regular season with a 2-1 defeat at Real Salt Lake on Sunday, finishing in fifth place in the Western Conference. Manager Peter Vermes' men will now make their seventh consecutive appearance in the MLS Cup Playoffs as the No. 5 seed, visiting No. 4-seed Houston Dynamo at 8:30 p.m. CT Thursday in the Western Conference Knockout Round at BBVA Compass Stadium.
Thursday's single-elimination showdown will be televised live on FOX Sports Kansas City, FOX Sports Midwest and UniMas, including 30-minutes of pregame and postgame coverage on FOX Sports KC/Midwest. Listeners can also catch the contest live on Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish), with The Final Whistle Postgame Show airing immediately after the match.