Sporting Kansas City leads Major League Soccer’s Western Conference with 20 points from a 6-2-2 record in 10 matches. Though Los Angeles Football Club lingers back four points with two games in hand, Sporting Kansas City is the Western Conference kingpin.
The traditional maxim of win at home and draw on the road is a legitimate formula for Sporting Kansas City to finish in the top two in the West and achieve its stated goal – to gain a home playoff game to best lay the path for an MLS Cup Final berth. Wins against West opponents are especially important within that aim, and, overall, Sporting is 4-0-2 in those matchups.