Sporting Kansas City are the defending Lamar Hunt US Open champions. They defeated the Philadelphia Union via penalty kicks last year. Jordi Quintilla scored the game winning goal and etched a famous line into our brains stating, "Jake, I go" as he jumped Jacob Peterson in line to take the winning kick.
Since then, things haven't quite gone right for SKC. They were bounced out of the playoffs in the first round for the second straight time. This time via a cruel double post shot in penalties from Saad Abdul-Salaam.