Seattle Sounders, Sporting Kansas City have key match

Sun., Sept. 27, 2015

Don Ruiz Tacoma News Tribune

Major League Soccer doles out its rewards for playoff seeding in twos.

The first two finishers in each conference get first-round byes. The third and fourth seeds get home-field advantage in the single- elimination play-in round. And the fifth and sixth finishers at least get a chance to play on.

Two clubs straddling one of those key dividing lines – the fourth-place Seattle Sounders and fifth-place Sporting Kansas City – meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at Sporting Park, separated by a single point in the standings.

With three wins in their last four games, the Sounders’up-and-down season has begun pointing up again. With most key players once again available, Seattle is coming off a pair of 3-0 wins against Vancouver.

Recent results have gone the other way for SKC, which is 1-5-1 over its last seven games.

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