Sporting Kansas City, holding onto an uncomfortable fifth place in the Western Conference, hosts eighth-place Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday at Kansas City, Mo., with the chance to widen its lead and the risk of falling into deeper peril. The third regular-season meeting between SKC (10-11-5, 35 points) and Vancouver (8-11-6, 30 points) is closer than it appears, as Vancouver has a game in hand. With San Jose (7-6-10) having three games in hand on SKC and two on Vancouver, a win on the road against a team with one of the playoff positions would carry a lot of impact for the Whitecaps. More...