"Dallas FC (41 points), Real Salt Lake (40 points) and the Colorado Rapids (40 points) occupy the three spots ahead of San Jose in the standings. If the Quakes win and any of those three teams lose, San Jose will leap that team in the standings after accounting for tiebreakers. They must climb over two of them to earn a spot in that wild-card match."
"Salt Lake and Dallas entered this weekend with a chance to separate themselves but lost to Seattle and the LA Galaxy, respectively. Colorado, like the Quakes, was off this weekend. As for the difficulty of their matchups, the Quakes face Austin, the No. 6 seed, while Dallas plays West-leading Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Salt Lake visits 13th-place St. Louis and Colorado hosts No. 3 seed LAFC."
San Jose sits in 11th place in the Western Conference with 38 points entering the final week. The top nine teams make the playoffs, with the Nos. 8 and 9 seeds playing a single-elimination wild-card game. The Quakes can reach that wild-card with a win in their regular-season finale against Austin FC and help from other results. Dallas (41 points), Real Salt Lake (40) and the Colorado Rapids (40) occupy the spots above San Jose. If San Jose wins and any of those teams lose, San Jose would leap them based on tiebreakers; a Colorado draw also allows San Jose to surpass Colorado. All decisive games kick off at 6 p.m. Pacific on Saturday.
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