Seventy minutes into Sporting Kansas City's second leg tie against Independiente, it looked like MLS's last hope for an American side to reach the semifinals of the Concacaf Champions League was all but over.
Sporting KC had looked the more threatening team for the majority of the game but was down 1-2 on aggregate and seemingly had no answer to get through Jose Carlos Guerra, the opposing goalkeeper who had made miraculous save after save to seemingly guarantee his side's chances of moving on.
Then a cascade of goals, the first and last of which came from Krisztian Nemeth, broke the deadlock Thursday and saw Kansas City advance in convincing fashion with a 3-0 win.