Four weeks ago, Sporting Kansas City’s season fate, despite having put themselves in a good position, lied in their ability to overturn a fateful history of failure in the last 10 games of the season.
With six matches remaining, there is no “x” next to Sporting Kansas City on the “Standings” page at mlssoccer.com denoting Kansas City has clinched a berth in the MLS playoffs. Their magic number is six. But Sporting KC would rather have a “y” denoting a clinch of the top spot in the West and home-field advantage through the conference finals.