**2012 Sporting Kansas City\Soccer Thread**

[|Zach|]

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.

[Guru]

shit that was scary

[Reaper16]

Hahah, Nielsen gets a yellow card for milking the clock.

[ArrowheadHawk]

Win

[Reaper16]

Congrats, SKC. It took Vermes awhile to properly adjust to San Jose's offensive blitz tactics but the team eventually did a good job of bunkering down.

Feels real, real, real good to get 3 points. It's been a while.

[Reaper16]

That's the last regular season matchup between what may just be the two best teams in MLS this season. If they meet again this season it'd have to be in the MLS Cup final.

[Reaper16]

Hey UP, your goalie smacked a young Kansan ballboy. That's not very nice.

[Demonpenz]

[Demonpenz]

I thought I would give UP some pregame kicking around for the earthquakes

[Ultra Peanut]

Bleggggh. They've been playing like this for the past few weeks so I'm glad this was the only loss to come from it. Hopefully having Salinas and Bernardez (and Wondo and Lenhart) back after the break will help the team stop playing like garbage for the first sixty minutes of every match.

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Look, I know that San Jose is missing their most potent offensive threats. It's showing in this game. But the Earthquakes weren't expected to look this poor on defense. SKC's size advantage is significant.

I think it was SKC's size advantage plus Hernandez playing like he played last year (like shit, is what I'm saying) in Bernardez' absence. He and Opara have both been such a huge step down from Bernardez and I can't wait for him to get back so the back line can be awesome again (Morrow, Beitashour, and 'Miro are just the best, though).

Stephenson felt a lot like 2011 Khari, too, misplaying shittons of passes he's been connecting on so far this year. And Brad Ring was ineffectual as a d-mid and stalled out possessions when the ball was at his feet, so I hope Yallop's able to trade him for a jar of peanut butter once the starters get back.

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Hey UP, your goalie smacked a young Kansan ballboy. That's not very nice.

I normally hate the "You Suck Asshole" chant, but I have to admit that in Busch's case the "asshole" part is completely accurate.

He's also an awesome keeper, soooooooooooo I don't actually care

[Ultra Peanut]

Originally Posted by Fairplay

Could be a Ultra Peanut.

how about go die in a fire, idiot

[Ultra Peanut]

phew, this was all very cathartic. i'm still pretty mad about the match tbqh but at least the quakes are good enough for me to have high expectations again.

[Demonpenz]

Can we get that Chen Dude on loan? Shit

[Reaper16]

If American soccer had promotion and relegation, then Orlando City SC would be playing in MLS right now. They were solid.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

Can we get that Chen Dude on loan? Shit

There was talk on Twitter from SKC fans about how Vermes should put in a discovery claim on Chin.

[Demonpenz]

Man he was creative as hell, but I guess Ryan Johnson was as well. Yes Orlando was big and their goalie was lazy as hell.