Saturday at BC Place, the Vancouver Whitecaps will be kicking off against Sporting Kansas City in a repeat matchup from the first round of last year’s MLS Cup Playoffs.
For Vancouver, being bounced out of the playoffs signaled the end of the Vanni Sartini dream run. Meanwhile, for Sporting KC, they may have thought they were well on their way to a deep playoff run of their own. Unfortunately, KC ran into Real Salt Lake in the second round, a team who surprised everyone with their playoff results, and once again, KC fell short of their lofty MLS Cup ambitions.