The penultimate stage of the Audi 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs has arrived, featuring a pair of 25-year charter members in the East and two red-hot sides in the West. An unprecedented 2020 campaign that began way back in late February has seen the field of championship hopefuls reduce from 26 to four, with the conference final winners slated to meet in MLS Cup on Saturday, Dec. 12.
Sporting Kansas City's pursuit of postseason glory came to a halt Thursday at Children's Mercy Park, but for the club's MLS diehards in town and across the country, the conference finals will nevertheless be a spectacle worth watching.