Sporting Kansas City entered Saturday’s match sitting in second in the Western Conference. SKC came into the match against the Seattle Sounders with high hopes of grabbing three points and gaining some ground on Seattle, the Western Conference leaders. Unfortunately, Sporting was forced to face that challenge without two of its best scorers with forwards, Alan Pulido and Daniel Salloi both missing the match due to injury. Seattle was also without some of their most noteworthy names with Raul Ruidiaz, Nico Lodeiro and Jordan Morris all unavailable for the match due to injuries.
On a more positive note, the match saw the return of Nicolas Isimat-Mirin to the defense to partner with Fontas on the back line for the first time since early August.