CHIVAS EARNS PLAYOFF BERTH TEAM RECEIVES SPOT DESPITE LOSS KANSAS CITY 2, CHIVAS USA 1.Byline: Staff and Wire Services KANSAS CITY Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo. -- Chivas USA had already dressed following its 2-1 loss Saturday night to the Kansas City Wizards when news arrived: The second-year club, which set an MLS See multilevel security. standard for futility in its inaugural campaign, was headed to Major League Soccer's playoffs. Real Salt Lake's 1-1 draw with Houston and the Galaxy's 2-1 loss at FC Dallas FC Dallas is a professional soccer (football) club based in Frisco, Texas, that participates in Major League Soccer. The club was known as the Dallas Burn from 1996 to 2004. The initials "FC" stand for Football Club. was enough to give Chivas (10-9-12) the Western Conference's third berth in the postseason, in which it will face conference champ FC Dallas or, most likely, the Houston Dynamo. Chivas, which clinched despite losses in its past two games -- including a 3-0 defeat last week to archrival arch·ri·val n. A principal rival. Galaxy -- could climb to second place, gaining an advantage in its conference semifinal series (and possibly the Western final), or fall to fourth and face a difficult first-round series with FC Dallas. A victory in its regular-season finale next Sunday against Real Salt Lake at the Home Depot Center coupled with a Houston loss to Colorado next Saturday would push Chivas into second place (and a first-round series against the Dynamo). A loss to RSL RSL - RAISE Specification Language and a Colorado victory over Houston would mean fourth place. If Chivas remains in third, it would play host to the Dynamo in an Oct.21 or 22 opener of a two-game, total-goals conference semifinal. Kansas City (10-13-8), which with the victory moved twopoints ahead of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of in the race for the final Eastern Conference postseason berth. Claudio Suarez pulled Chivas even in the 69th minute, converting a penalty kick after Nick Garcia fouled Jonathan Bornstein in the Wizards box, but Burciaga's penalty kick five minutes later, after Jason Hernandez spilled Josh Wolff, gave K.C. the victory. Chivas played again without leading scorer Ante Razov, but Juan Pablo Garcia returned from injury and played the first half. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Kansas City's Dave van den Bergh Dave van den Bergh (born May 7, 1976 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch soccer player who currently plays for Red Bull New York in Major League Soccer. A product of the famed AFC Ajax youth program, Van den Bergh played for AFC Ajax from 1995 to 1997, winning one league , center, celebrates with teammates Josh Wolff, left, and Jack Jewsbury after a goal. Chris Cummins/Associated Press |
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