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|Zach| · 04:13 PM

Sporting Kansas City was eliminated from MLS Cup contention after losing to Houston 2-1 aggreagate over the span of two games. They finished the year as US Open Cup Champions and a Kansas City team record of 63 points.

MLS Cup Final | LA Galaxy vs Houston Dynamo | December 1st, 3:30 CT

Final Regular Season Eastern Conference Standings
Full MLS standings here.

2012 US Open Cup Champions.

Spicy McHaggis · 07-09-2012, 07:41 PM

This is off the top of my head and I haven't looked at the stats to see if they support it, but I feel like at times last year when we couldn't score from the run of play we would get one off a set piece. It carried us during those droughts a bit and this season I feel we haven't seen that as much.

Demonpenz · 07-09-2012, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Spicy McHaggis

This is off the top of my head and I haven't looked at the stats to see if they support it, but I feel like at times last year when we couldn't score from the run of play we would get one off a set piece. It carried us during those droughts a bit and this season I feel we haven't seen that as much.

had that early in the season.

|Zach| · 07-10-2012, 11:00 AM

**Reaper16** · 07-10-2012, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Spicy McHaggis

This is off the top of my head and I haven't looked at the stats to see if they support it, but I feel like at times last year when we couldn't score from the run of play we would get one off a set piece. It carried us during those droughts a bit and this season I feel we haven't seen that as much.

Like, the entirety of the winning streak to start the season was scratching and clawing for victories off of set pieces. This team has had difficulty scoring goals all season long. It's not a rough patch, it's the entire field. It's not a drought, it's a desert climate.

|Zach| · 07-10-2012, 12:58 PM

This game tomorrow is huge. Getting nervous thinking about it today. The possibility of a Cup final in KC.

**Reaper16** · 07-10-2012, 01:00 PM

Cup! Cup! Cup! Cup!

I haven't been this amped up for an SKC game since the Earthquakes game.

Agent V · 07-10-2012, 01:03 PM

Gotta have that Cup!

Please.

|Zach| · 07-11-2012, 11:30 AM

And then there were four.

The US Open Cup resumes on Wednesday night with a quartet of MLS teams in action in the semifinals, including the three-time defending champion Seattle Sounders vying for the chance to move one step closer to history.

They’ll once again get to prove their worth at home, this time against upset-minded Chivas USA (10 pm ET, streamed live at SoundersFC.com).

"We haven't talked a lot about winning four — that's a game away — but we're talking about getting the opportunity to get that," says head coach Sigi Schmid. "Certainly the history ... and to win four is something that hasn't been accomplished before. All that makes it unique, makes it special."

There’s evidently good news for the Sounders beyond the USOC matchup as well, as goalkeeper Michael Gspurning inches closer to health and could return to the lineup soon.

Despite some tough odds to make it to their first USOC final, there’s no quit in Chivas USA. The Goats head to Starfire with former Sounders defender James Riley in tow, and he’s more than familiar with the challenges ahead, especially if Chivas play without forward Juan Agudelo, as expected.

“To do it at Starfire isn't going to be easy,” Riley said, “and I think we're up for the challenge, for sure.”

There’s plenty at stake on the other side of the bracket as well, as the Philadelphia Union host Sporting Kansas City at PPL Park (7:30 pm ET, live stream at PhiladelphiaUnion.com). It’s rematch of sorts from a one-sided match earlier this season that the Union dominated, but don’t expect Sporting Kansas City to be out for revenge, necessarily.

“I’m religious, and revenge – that’s against religion,” SKC center back Aurelien Collin said. “But it definitely gives us some motivation to go there and get the most goals possible, to make them believe and make them know that it was an error, what happened last time.”

The match is crucial for a Union team still gelling under interim head coach John Hackworth, who has stressed the importance of the tournament as a way of making history for a club still finding its feet. “For a third-year club to be in position to win that thing is pretty amazing,” Hackworth said, “so we have to put the emphasis on that, for sure.”

Fansy the Famous Bard · 07-11-2012, 11:38 AM

Stoked!!

Silock · 07-11-2012, 01:27 PM

***** Philly. Let's score a few tonight, shall we? I want to see Saad in there and no Bunbury starting.

|Zach| · 07-11-2012, 05:03 PM

Game starting in 20 or 30 mins.

http://www.youtube.com/user/sporting...?v=AkupbGb-aFM

Dragonocho · 07-11-2012, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Silock

***** Philly. Let's score a few tonight, shall we? I want to see Saad in there and no Bunbury starting.

Bunbury starting. Hope he breaks out of his funk but so much of it is because he sits in the box waiting for a rebound. A little work tonight?

Trevo_410 · 07-11-2012, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by |Zoccer|

Game starting in 20 or 30 mins.

http://www.youtube.com/user/sporting...?v=AkupbGb-aFM

since when could you stream anything on youtube????1/1?

|Zach| · 07-11-2012, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Trevo_410

since when could you stream anything on youtube????1/1?

YouTube has been playing around with it and SKC has embraced it for the Open Cup though they worked real hard to get it on national TV it fell through at the last min.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 07-11-2012, 05:17 PM

GO SOUNDERS!!!!

And Sporting of course.

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\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $5346768	And then there were four. The US Open Cup resumes on Wednesday night with a quartet of MLS teams in action in the semifinals, including the three-time defending champion Seattle Sounders vying for the chance to move one step closer to history. They’ll once again get to prove their worth at home, this time against upset-minded Chivas USA (10 pm ET, streamed live at SoundersFC.com). "We haven't talked a lot about winning four — that's a game away — but we're talking about getting the opportunity to get that," says head coach Sigi Schmid. "Certainly the history ... and to win four is something that hasn't been accomplished before. All that makes it unique, makes it special." There’s evidently good news for the Sounders beyond the USOC matchup as well, as goalkeeper Michael Gspurning inches closer to health and could return to the lineup soon. Despite some tough odds to make it to their first USOC final, there’s no quit in Chivas USA. The Goats head to Starfire with former Sounders defender James Riley in tow, and he’s more than familiar with the challenges ahead, especially if Chivas play without forward Juan Agudelo, as expected. “To do it at Starfire isn't going to be easy,” Riley said, “and I think we're up for the challenge, for sure.” There’s plenty at stake on the other side of the bracket as well, as the Philadelphia Union host Sporting Kansas City at PPL Park (7:30 pm ET, live stream at PhiladelphiaUnion.com). It’s rematch of sorts from a one-sided match earlier this season that the Union dominated, but don’t expect Sporting Kansas City to be out for revenge, necessarily. “I’m religious, and revenge – that’s against religion,” SKC center back Aurelien Collin said. “But it definitely gives us some motivation to go there and get the most goals possible, to make them believe and make them know that it was an error, what happened last time.” The match is crucial for a Union team still gelling under interim head coach John Hackworth, who has stressed the importance of the tournament as a way of making history for a club still finding its feet. “For a third-year club to be in position to win that thing is pretty amazing,” Hackworth said, “so we have to put the emphasis on that, for sure.”
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