It's hard not to sympathize with the Kansas City Wizards as they head in to Saturday night's Western Conference Final against the San Jose Earthquakes.

For starters, they were seemingly a lock to stay home and host the final against the Los Angeles Galaxy at Arrowhead Stadium. A warm-weather team playing on the road in frigid K.C. - guess who'd be the favorite. After all, L.A. owned a two-goal advantage heading into Sunday night's match against San Jose, and then pushed it to a four-goal ...

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