Things come undone for Sporting KC in loss at San Jose

All signs pointed to a successful evening for Sporting Kansas City on Saturday at San Jose, Calif.

The club enjoyed a full week of training in advance of an MLS match for the first time after wrapping up its CONCACAF Champions League run. And it was facing the Earthquakes, a recent perennial doormat in the Western Conference who only had one win in MLS play coming into Saturday night’s game.

Instead things started bad for Sporting KC and only got worse in a 4-1 loss at Avaya Stadium.

San Jose’s Danny Hoesen torched Sporting KC’s back line twice in the first 12 minutes, scoring two quick goals. Hoesen split center backs Matt Besler and Botond Barath — starting for an injured Andreu Fontas — in…