The 2014 Sporting Kansas City season is the nineteenth season of the team’s existence in Major League Soccer and the fourth year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.Sporting Kansas City entered the season in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League championship stage for the first time in franchise history.Sporting Kansas City enters the season as the defending MLS Cup champion after beating Real Salt Lake in PKs in the MLS Cup 2013.