Never before had Sporting Kansas City opened an MLS regular season in the month of February, nor had the club ever played a competitive match on Leap Day. For that matter, never before had Sporting begun their regular season campaign on Canadian soil.
Indeed, even before Sporting’s 2020 MLS curtain raiser against Vancouver Whitecaps FC had kicked off, history had already been made.
But Manager Peter Vermes’ men were just getting started.
When referee Ted Unkel blew his full-time whistle on Saturday night, Sporting players and coaches celebrated an impressive 3-1 victory that left all but a small, vibrant pocket of buzzing Kansas City fans at BC Place silent.