Whether it was anxiety or just the wrong boots, it seemed that Real Salt Lake players hardly left the ground - for the entire 90 minutes it appeared as if RSL have had weights tied around their ankles.
Winning 57 percent of all duels and owning 54 percent of possession, Sporting was unable to turn their 12-4 edge in shots into a tally on the score sheet.
As it stands, if RSL can utilize each of these pieces - altering their style of play - to fit the player's own personal strengths, then RSL could become an offensive threat in more ways than one.
Something that was made almost entirely clear is that Dom Dwyer has a propensity to use his hands/arms on balls
Something like a total of five handballs were called on the Sporting Kansas City forward. At least this time the referees got it right despite several other occasions that could have also been called. With RSL playing SKC a couple more times this year it will be interesting to see how handballs are dealt with in the other matches.
In Saturday's match it showed. With only one combined shot on goal, the forwards on either side will have to be sharper if they hope to find midseason form.
With this perfectly admirable draw, RSL remains one of the two unbeaten sides in the league - the other are the New York Red Bulls who also drew their opponent this last weekend.
With all the change that happened over the offseason for RSL, it is perfectly acceptable to undergo growing pains. Hell, change is hard.
We all know the story of the Chicago Fire last year who were notorious for drawing games. They set a league high drawing 18 matches which ultimately lead to their elimination for the playoffs. So while it is true that leaving two points on the table can be deadly to post-season hopes, let's remember that the Los Angeles Galaxy started off with a rough time in 2014 but ultimately became champions.
So take heart in knowing that RSL got a point in Kansas City.