Top-seeded Sporting Kansas City opened the club's 2018 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs campaign with a 1-1 road result at No. 6 seed Real Salt Lake on Sunday in the first leg of the Western Conference Semifinals. Chilean international Diego Rubio scored the game-tying goal 39 seconds after entering the match as a second-half substitute in the 60th minute to send the home-and-away series back to Kansas City on level terms.
The decisive second leg between Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake on Sunday, Nov. 11 at Children's Mercy Park will take place at 2 p.m. CT and will be nationally televised on ESPN, Major League Soccer announced tonight.