Injuries are a common link between the Sounders FC and Sporting Kansas City.
But while Seattle has found depth to remain afloat through a grueling stretch of its MLS schedule, Kansas City has floundered. Sporting KC is on a seven-match winless streak and has 10 players on the MLS injury list as it prepares to host the Sounders on Sunday at Children’s Mercy Park.
“We don’t want to go into the Kansas City game going, ‘Oh, there’s 10 injuries so it’s going to be easy,’” Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer said via phone Saturday. “That would be disappointing for me.