WHEN/WHERE: 9 p.m. Thursday; at CenturyLink Field, Seattle
TV/RADIO: FS 1; WHB (810 AM), KDTD (1340 AM)
ABOUT SPORTING KC (No. 5 seed in West): While Sporting KC is in the playoffs for the sixth straight season, it has not won a postseason match since 2013, falling in the knockout round in 2015 and 2014. For the third consecutive year, the club plays on the road in the opening round. The bad news: Sporting KC finished the regular season 1-9-5 over its last 15 away games and didn’t score in nine of those.