MLS: Late Goals Propel SKC Past Fire And Into Playoffs; Whitecaps Knock Off Sounders In Seattle, Keep Cascadia Cup, Climb Past Timbers Into Final Western Conference Playoff Berth

Two games were played in Major League Soccer on Friday.

At Kansas City, Kansas:

Graham Zusi (80') and Dom Dwyer (90'+2) provided the late scoring as Sporting Kansas City blanked the visiting Chicago Fire 2-0 to stay in the race for the Eastern Conference regular-season title and clinch an MLS Cup playoff berth.

At Seattle:

Kekuta Manneh scored the only goal of the match in the 45th minute as the Vancouver Whitecaps clinched their second successive Cascadia Cup crown with their third straight victory, a 1-0 road win over the Seattle Sounders and moved past the Portland Timbers into the Western Conference's fifth and final playoff berth with two regular-season games left. The defeat, their first ever at home in front of a crowd in access of 50,000 fans (in this case, 55, 765), kept the Sounders level on points with the Los Angeles Galaxy for both the Western Conference regular-season title and the Supporters' Shield.