The World Cup is fast approaching, and not many in Kansas City know more about it than Matt Besler. Besler, a former Sporting KC star and Kansas City native, played for the U.S. men’s national team in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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That is, until second-half goals from Tim Leibold and Dejan Joveljic gave Sporting KC a point on the road — with an added bonus. Sporting clinched the regular-season series against rival St. Louis for the first time. For a while, things were trending the other way.