The rounds of penalty kicks have provided some of the most lasting moments in Children's Mercy Park history. An MLS championship in 2013. A U.S. Open Cup championship a year earlier.
The latest round won't secure Sporting KC a trophy.
But it gives them a chance.
Sporting KC outlasted San Jose in penalty kicks 1-1 (5-4) in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals Wednesday in front of a home crowd of 16,193.
It will host the championship match on Sept. 20, against either the New York Red Bulls or FC Cincinnati, the first second division team to reach the semifinals of the tournament in six years.