On a rainy Saturday afternoon, Sporting Kansas City were handed their second straight loss of the season in a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Fire in Chicago. The Peter Vermes led side were severely undermanned as they were without their 3 Designated Players in Gadi Kinda, Johnny Russell and Alan Pulido, one of their top goal scorers last year in Daniel Salloi, and backup forward Khiry Shelton.
The depleted Sporting Kansas City lineup struggled to create any offense in the first half while under heavy pressure from the Fire in the midfield. Their lack of any consistent midfield play relegated Sporting to one shot in the first half and several long balls up to Nikola Vujnovic, who received his second start in as many weeks.