Ridge Mahoney from Soccer America breaks down all the storylines heading into Wednesday night’s Eastern Conference Semifinal showdowns, including why Lee Nguyen, Kelyn Rowe and Juan Agudelo present Sporting KC with such a tough challenge.

Kelyn Rowe joined Sirius XM FC on Monday and broke down last Saturday’s win over Sporting KC as well as what his team needs to do to advance to the Eastern Conference Championship.

Brian O’Connell of ESPN Boston notes that although last Saturday’s win over Sporting Kansas City wasn’t pretty, the result is all that matters. Read the rest of his takeaways from leg 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals here