Saturday marked the next-to-last day of Major League Soccer's regular season as five games were contested.
At Seattle:
Marco Pappa smurfed a pair of goals late in the contest (85', 90'+5) as the Seattle Sounders blanked the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 and won the Supporters' Shield for the first time in their MLS history. The Sounders will have home-field advantage throughout the MLS Cup Playoffs.
At Montreal:
In a battle of the two MLS clubs that advanced to the knockout stage of the CONCACAF Champions League, Fabian Espindola's equalizer in the 86th minute lifted DC United to a 1-1 road draw with the Montreal Impact, whose goal came in the 27th minute from Marco Di Vaio, in his final contest before his planned retirement.
At Foxborough, Massachusetts:
Lee Nguyen scored the only goal of the match in the 36th minute as the New England Revolution locked up second place in the Eastern Conference with their 1-0 home victory over Toronto FC.
At Frisco, Texas:
Darlington Nagbe (43') and Maximiliano Urruti (81') delivered the goals as the Portland Timbers blanked FC Dallas 2-0, ending the Hoops' eight-match home winning streak and knocked the hosts into a Wednesday opening-round knockout playoff. The Timbers moved into the Western Conference's final playoff spot---for the time being.
At Vancouver, British Columbia:
Kendall Waston scored the only goal of the match in the 70th minute as the Vancouver Whitecaps blanked the visiting Colorado Rapids (who ended the season on a 14-match winless skid) 1-0 and snatched----and clinched---the final Western Conference playoff berth. Goalkeeper David Ousted made five saves to preserve the shutout (his 13th of the season)---and the victory that knocked the Portland Timbers out of post-season play.
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