Sporting Kansas City’s playoff hopes are still quite slim, even after their two wins in a row against the San Jose Earthquakes and Minnesota United, fivethirtyeight.com gives Kansas City only a 19% chance of making the playoffs. With seven games left there’s little to no room for error for Kansas City as they close out the season and hope to make the playoffs for the ninth straight year. The first step for Sporting comes this weekend against the Houston Dynamo at Children’s Mercy Park. With the final stretch underway, here are four reasons why Sporting will make the playoffs and four reasons they won’t.
Four Reasons Why Sporting Can Make the Playoffs and Four Reasons They Won’t
