MLS Western Conference top seed Sporting Kansas City will head home for their first home playoff game in five years with an away goal and level at one with sixth seed Real Salt Lake in their semifinal series. Substitute Diego Rubio put away a Nick Rimando mistake one minute after coming on to erase RSL’s lead earned by a powerful Albert Rusnak half-volley early in the second half.
Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake. Two rivals with playoff history – mainly Kansas City’s 2013 MLS Cup penalty shootout victory at home, along with some physical regular season encounters and snarky comments in the press.