Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jeff Cassar knows about his club’s history with Sporting Kansas City. In the long term, the two clubs have played some incredibly heated matches in the 2013 MLS Cup final and the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinal, with both matches won by Sporting in Kansas City.
He also knows that in two heated matches this season at Children’s Mercy Park, Real Salt Lake has emerged victorious, with RSL winning in April despite missing several key starters to injuries and suspensions and then following that up with another road win in May.