Sporting Kansas City should have one, singular focus, at this point. Win the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. They are two games from lifting a trophy, while they probably need to win nine of 11 in MLS league play to even sniff the playoffs (they’ve lost two straight since we did the math). Absolutely everything comes down to these two games.
And the draw couldn’t have been more favorable. In the early rounds, when MLS teams (Sporting included) tend to put out lineups of backups and kids, SKC scored two come from behind victories over FC Dallas and the Houston Dynamo.