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Sporting Kansas City, holding onto an uncomfortable fifth place in the Western Conference, hosts eighth-place Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday at Kansas City, Mo., with the chance to widen its lead and the risk of falling into deeper peril.The third regular-season meeting between SKC (10-11-5, 35 points) and Vancouver (8-11-6, 30 points) is closer than it appears, as Vancouver has a game in hand.With San Jose (7-6-10) having three games in hand on SKC and two on Vancouver, a win on the road against a team with one of the playoff positions would carry a lot of impact for the Whitecaps.Vancouver has lost three straight games and is winless in five in a row, having collected just two points over the last month. The Whitecaps have failed to score in a club-record four straight road matches, spanning 366 minutes, since June 25. They suffered a 2-1 home defeat to San Jose August 12.Despite the recent struggles, no team has more regular-season road wins since the start of 2015 than Vancouvers 10. Pedro Morales leads the Whitecaps with six assists and six goals -- five of which come from the penalty spot, including a successful conversion against Sporting KC on March 12.David Ousted, a 2015 Goalkeeper of the Year finalist, has a league-best 90 saves for a Vancouver defense that has faced 15.2 shots per game, third most in MLS.Sporting is in a stretch of five games in 15 days, including a 2-2 draw Tuesday at Central FC in Trinidad and Tobago in the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League.Regular starters including Dom Dwyer, Benny Feilhaber and Graham Zusi were rested for the trip and are likely to appear Saturday. 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Its definitely not clean in some areas, coach Mike McCarthy said.The Packers planned for a long night of studying film before turning their attention right away on Monday to the Chicago Bears, their opponent on Thursday night.Have a glass of scotch and chill out a little bit, watch the film, Rodgers said about his plans for Sunday night. Im my biggest critic, and I look at this as finely as I look at every other game and improve.Drops were a problem at times for receivers. Timing seemed to be off during a couple other instances. Rodgers overthrew open receiver Randall Cobb in the back of the end zone early in the fourth quarter, and the Packers had to settle for one of Mason Crosbys three field goals.The turnovers especially hurt. The Packers had five fumbles, losing three.Rodgers fumbled on first-and-goal at the Cowboys 1 with 1:10 left in the third quarter. It was a designed draw play out of an empty backfield.Jordy Nelson fumbled after a hard hit from safety Barry Church as soon as the Packers receiver came down with an 18-yard pass over the middle in the first quarter. The Cowboys recovered at the Packers 36.Were down, Nelson said. Offensively, we didnt play the way we need to. We made some plays, didnt make enough, didnt take care of the ball, and thats not us.dddddddddddd.Fans at Lambeau Field booed at times . Even Rodgers, the two-time NFL MVP, wasnt immune from the jeering.Look, were upset, theyre upset, its part of it, Rodgers said of the booing. Its not the first time. Probably wont be the last time.The Packers didnt get into the end zone until Rodgers and Cobb connected on a 6-yard touchdown pass with 6:53 left to get within 27-16.There are some positives on which to build.Rodgers was sacked just once. Eddie Lacy ran for 65 yards on 17 carries in spite of a sprained left ankle. Second-year receiver Ty Montgomery proved to be the Packers best receiver with 98 yards on 10 catches, with a team-high 12 targets.With backup running back James Starks out with a knee injury, Montgomery ended up taking three carries in the backfield, too, for 6 yards.I felt my movement was good tonight, Rodgers said. I felt the line blocked really well. Weve got to do a better job of hitting the ones were used to hitting.The output just doesnt match the high bar that the Packers have set in recent years.To keep comparing it to the past is a benefit to us because we know what it looks like. We have people that were here in the past that were a part of that, McCarthy said. But at the end of the day, we obviously have work to do, and that will be our approach.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Genaro Armas at: https://twitter.com/GArmasAP ' ' '