Minnesota United came into their Western Conference Semifinal matchup with Sporting Kansas City having already bettered their playoff performance from 2019 by winning in the first round. But facing the top seed in the conference, on the road, in a stadium where they had never gotten so much as a point and had only scored one goal in the last four years? Nothing to do but go get a clean sheet, three-goal win, it seems. After weathering a strong opening salvo by the home side, the Loons took off with an opening goal by Kevin Molino in the 27th minute and never looked back, pushing it to 3-0 by the half and shutting it down in the second to book a trip to Seattle for the Western Conference Final.