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Johnny Russell scored in the 79th minute to lift Sporting Kansas City to a victory over the Seattle Sounders in a chippy match.

There's less than a month left in the season, so we've looked at the table as of today to get a sense of how the MLS Cup playoffs could shape up. Seattle Sounders clinched a Major League Soccer playoff berth with a victory against the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night. Cristian Roldan had a goal and two assists as the Seattle Sounders defeated the visiting Colorado Rapids Sunday night. Raul Ruidiaz scored twice in the first half and Cristian Roldan had a goal and an assist as the visiting Seattle Sounders controlled things througho.

Fredy Montero , F. Cristian Roldan , M. Brad Smith , D. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Major League Soccer. Leagues Cup. Look, we'd be happy to have the home fans and the homefield and all that, but I have confidence in my team home or away in the playoffs. We get Nico [Lodeiro] back, Jordan [Morris] back, Raul [Ruidiaz] is back, everybody's back, people won't want to play us. The last point Schmetzer mentioned is a crucial one, as Seattle inch closer to a clean bill of health.

Ruidiaz rejoined Sounders training Monday after a stint with the Peruvian national team that saw him reaggravate a hamstring injury he originally sustained in a September match against the San Jose Earthquakes. Schmetzer said that his go-to goal-scorer looked solid at Monday's practice, and while Tuesday's match "might be a stretch," he expects Ruidiaz to be ready for at least one of Seattle's final two games of the season.

Then there's Morris, who continues to inch closer to his return as he rehabs a torn ACL suffered last winter while on loan with Swansea City. Lodeiro has missed the majority of the season with a knee injury. I think he looks great. He believes he's ready, but he's on that medical timeline," Schmetzer said. I'm going to go in and talk to him now. If he feels good, there might be a chance we take him and that would be good for him, good for the team.

To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. See our ethics statement. The Sounders close out the regular season on a six-game winless run — their longest since — but still finish second in the Western Conference, clinched a Concacaf Champions League spot and won the Cascadia Cup as well. By almost any metric, this has been a highly successful season for the Seattle Sounders. Despite all that success, though, a lot rides on this game.

A win would guarantee that the Sounders win the Western Conference for just the second time in franchise history, while anything less would leave them in danger of dropping all the way to third.

Just for good measure, the Cascadia Cup is also technically still up for grabs, although it would require the Whitecaps to win by four goals in order to claim it. The Whitecaps should pose quite the challenge.