Sporting Kansas City will be in the Major League Soccer playoffs. That much is certain.
Not much else is settled. Heading into its season finale Sunday at Real Salt Lake, Sporting KC sits in fourth place in the Western Conference, but it can still finish anywhere from second to fifth in the final standings.
The top two seeds in the Western Conference will receive a first-round bye. The No. 3 seed will play host to the No. 6 seed in the first round, and the No. 4 seed will host the No. 5 seed. Those matchups are the one game, winner-take-all format.