Sporting Kansas City aren’t in last place, technically. They slid back to 13th place in the Western Conference and 25th overall in the league table. Even on points per game (which they are last in the West on) they are 0.01 points higher than the Chicago Fire (who have two games in hand) in the entire league.
Last week Sporting showed signs of life. They were the first team to head into Nashville SC’s new stadium and hand them a defeat (and the first team to beat them in any of their home stadiums in 25 games).