Sporting Kansas City is Minnesota United’s closest in-conference MLS neighbor with 452 miles between Allianz Field and Children’s Mercy Park — the Eastern Conference’s Chicago Fire FC are closer with 404 miles to Soldier Field — and so it’s natural that the two teams would get pretty familiar with each other. But between the U.S. Open Cup and the MLS Is Back Tournament and along with the MLS regular season, this will be a staggering 14th meeting between the two sides since MNUFC joined MLS in 2017. Sunday’s game, though, will be the first time that the Loons and SKC meet in the playoffs.
