{"id":288221,"date":"2025-10-09T03:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/288221\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T03:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:33:14","slug":"how-fc-dallas-can-clinch-a-playoff-spot-saturday-night-against-the-la-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/288221\/","title":{"rendered":"How FC Dallas can clinch a playoff spot Saturday night against the LA Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the end of the MLS season approaching, FC Dallas<\/a> is still in the thick of the playoff hunt.<\/p>\n

Not only that, FC Dallas controls its own destiny with just two games remaining against the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Vancouver Whitecaps.<\/p>\n

Currently eighth in the Western Conference standings, FC Dallas (10-11-11, 41 points) can secure its spot in the MLS playoffs with a road win Saturday night against a Galaxy squad with the worst record in the Western Conference. <\/p>\n

FC Dallas\u2019 last regular season match was also against the Galaxy, when they got a 2-1 win in the final regular season home game<\/a> of the year.<\/p>\n

Sports Roundup<\/p>\n

Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, Kevin Sherrington’s A La Carte.<\/p>\n

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Should they drop points in Los Angeles, FC Dallas would then need a result a week later against Vancouver (second in the Western Conference) to make the postseason on the final matchday. <\/p>\n

Seven of the Western Conference\u2019s nine playoff spots have already been secured. Dallas is in pole position for one of the two remaining with Real Salt Lake, the Colorado Rapids and the San Jose Earthquakes all still in contention.<\/p>\n

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The Dallas Renegades are the latest of UFL part-owner Mike Repole\u2019s shake-ups to the league.<\/p>\n

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Musa joined Jason Kreis (1999), Kenny Cooper (2008) and Jes\u00fas Ferreira (2022) with his 18th goal.<\/p>\n

Find more FC Dallas coverage from <\/b>The Dallas Morning News<\/b> here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the end of the MLS season approaching, FC Dallas is still in the thick of the playoff…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":288222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,10768,1596,15519,62,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-288221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-brief","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-fc-dallas","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115342108614778671","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}