Sporting Kansas City’s grip on first place stretched nearly four months, its stay there marked by an offense that had sprung to life and a defense that had recovered from an atypical start.
But the stay atop the West is on hiatus.
Sporting KC lost back-to-back matches for the first time in 2018, falling 4-2 late Wednesday to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.
For the first time since March 17, Sporting KC concluded a match out of first place. That spot now belongs to FC Dallas, which flipped a late one-goal deficit Wednesday into a victory against Atlanta.