Sporting Kansas City suffered a 2-1 defeat to Real Salt Lake in Sunday's regular-season finale at Rio Tinto Stadium, falling to fifth place in the Western Conference on a dramatic Decision Day in which 11 MLS matches unfolded simultaneously.
The loss, coupled with Houston Dynamo’s 3-0 win over the Chicago Fire, means No. 5-seed Sporting Kansas City (12-9-13, 49 points) will travel to face No. 4-seed Houston (13-10-11, 50 points) in the Western Conference Knockout Round of the Audi 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs on Wednesday or Thursday night. Date, kickoff time and television details will be confirmed later tonight.