Sporting KC: Top 10 Moments of the Decade

By Nathan Dunn | Dec 28, 2019

Sporting KC head coach Peter Vermes, right, joins the team in celebrating in the locker room after defeating Real Salt Lake in the MLS Cup Final at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Sporting won on penalty kicks. (John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) /

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KANSAS CITY, KS – NOVEMBER 23: Dom Dwyer #14 of the Sporting KC celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal aagainst the Houston Dynamo during Leg 2 of the Eastern Conference Championship at Sporting Park on November 23, 2013 in Kansas City, Kansas. Sporting KC defeated the Houston Dynamo with a final score of 2-1. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

7. Dwyer sends SKC to MLS Cup

Sporting KC punched their ticket to the 2013 MLS Cup Final with a 2-1 aggregate win over the Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference Final.

After a scoreless first leg in Houston, the Dynamo scored the tie’s opening goal in the third minute of the return leg after Boniek Garcia’s deflected shot squeezed past Nielsen. CJ Sapong equalized in the 14th minute after SKC’s high pressure forced the Dynamo to concede possession high up the pitch. But then came the signature moment.

In the 63rd minute, after Feilhaber chipped the ball through, Dom Dwyer kept his composure and supplied the goal that got them to the final. Coming from one goal down in such magnificent fashion, this was a brilliantly raucous moment for Sporting KC.

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