For probably the first time this year, the Seattle Sounders will face a team on even better form than them. While the Sounders’ 2-1-2 record over their last five is hardly bad, Sporting KC is actually slightly better at 3-1-1 going into Sunday’s top-of-the-table showdown.
Sporting KC have been nipping at the Sounders’ heels for most of the season, even briefly pulling ahead in the standings a couple of weeks ago. Although the Sounders now have a five-point lead, KC has a game in hand. This is a classic “six-pointer.”
Like the Sounders, Sporting KC is doing all this in the midst of a youth movement.