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After collecting 10 wins during a 34-game regular season in 2019, Sporting Kansas City has needed just 19 matches to equal that total in 2020.
And after missing the playoffs last year for the first time since 2010, Manager Peter Vermes' men appear to have a real shot at securing their second first-place finish in the Western Conference since 2018.