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2013 Sporting Kansas City season

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Owner
  
Sporting Club

Stadium
  
Sporting Park

MLS Cup
  
Winner

Head Coach
  
Peter Vermes

MLS
  
East: 2nd Overall: 2nd

U.S. Open Cup
  
Fourth round

The 2013 Sporting Kansas City season was the eighteenth season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the third year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.

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Sporting Kansas City entered the season as the defending U.S. Open Cup champions and as back-to-back Eastern Conference Regular Season Champions. By winning the 2012 U.S. Open Cup, they were qualified for the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League for the first time in franchise history.

Ivy Funds became the club's kit sponsor, a first for the franchise.

Sporting Kansas City qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the 12th time in the team's 18-year history and third straight season, moving into a three-way tie for fourth most MLS Cup Playoff appearances with the Chicago Fire and FC Dallas, trailing only the Colorado Rapids (13), New York Red Bulls (14), and Los Angeles Galaxy (15). The team defeated New England Revolution, Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake to win the 2013 MLS Cup.

Match results

  Win   Tie   Loss

League table

Updated to matches played on October 2013. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner (E1) = Eastern Conference champion (W1) = Western Conference champion

1The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League seeding Pot A. (Canadian teams cannot qualify for the Champions League through MLS; the Canadian qualifier is the winner of the 2014 Canadian Championship.) The other U.S. representatives in the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League are:

  • Winner of the 2013 MLS Cup (Pot A)
  • Regular Season Conference Winner that is not the Supporters' Shield Champion (Pot B)
  • Winner of the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Pot B)

    • Eastern Conference standings

    Updated to matches played on October 27, 2013 6:55 p.m. EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
    Notation Key:

    (SS) = Supporters Shield winner (E1) = Eastern Conference champion

    Regular Season

    Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

    MLS Cup Playoffs

    Bracket
    Results
    Conference Semifinals

    Sporting Kansas City won 4-3 on aggregate

    Conference Finals

    Sporting Kansas City won 2–1 on aggregate

    MLS Cup

    Result

    CONCACAF Champions League (2013–14)

    Advanced to Championship Stage

    References

    2013 Sporting Kansas City season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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