Take Me Out to the Ballgame – Week 31
majorleaguesoccertalk.com 10/20/2009 — After week 31 the numbers look like this… 5 year comparison WK 31 217 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2005 18,417 6 15,957 15,108 192 2006  ...

Major League Soccer Recap and Video Highlights – Saturday, October 17, 2009
the90thminute.com 10/18/2009 — The Major League Soccer season is down to its final matches and the playoff picture is extremely close. Several teams who needed to win on Saturday to remain in contention did so including Toronto FC and DC United. Here’s a recap of the matches in Major League Soccer on Saturday, October ...

Major League Soccer 2009 Final Power Rankings: Who will win the MLS Cup?
the90thminute.com 10/29/2009 — The Major League Soccer regular season is finished and the playoffs are starting this week. It was an interesting regular season which included new franchise Seattle making the playoffs and leading the league in home attendance. Other clubs such as the New York Red Bulls struggled all year and ...

MLS Playoff Race (Through Week 30)
soccerbyives.net 10/12/2009 —   Chivas USA joined the Playoff Qualifiers Club this week after its 2-0 win vs. Kansas City on Saturday, a result that seriously dented the Wizards' already-slim playoff hopes. Chivas USA becomes the fourth team to qualify for the playoffs, leaving four spots up for grabs with two ...

Major League Soccer Week 31 Power Rankings: Columbus Crew favorites to win MLS Cup
the90thminute.com 10/21/2009 — The Major League Soccer Power Rankings for Week 31 are here with not many changes at the top. The Columbus Crew, Los Angeles Galaxy, Houston Dynamo, and Chivas USA are in the top four spots. The Seattle Sounders are close by and have clinched their playoff spot in their initial season. The ...

Major League Soccer Week 30 Power Rankings, Recap, Standings, and Video Highlights
the90thminute.com 10/13/2009 — It was a light schedule in Major League Soccer as there were World Cup Qualifying matches. Several teams have already clinched a playoff spot but the majority are still up for grabs. In the Power Rankings for Week 30, the Columbus Crew are on top again while the LA Galaxy, Houston Dynamo, and ...

Revs and Dynamo win to set MLS playoff match-ups
soccerbyives.net 10/26/2009 — The New England Revolution did what D.C. United, Toronto FC and FC Dallas could not. The Revs won to clinch a playoff berth. New England beat the Columbus Crew, 1-0, on a Tim Larentowicz free kick on Sunday to secure the final MLS playoff berth and eliminate the Colorado Rapids from playoff ...

Playoff berths still up in air in final week
american11soccer.com 10/20/2009 — By Dylan Butler The Columbus Crew is the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and join the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA, Seattle Sounders FC and Houston Dynamo in the MLS Cup Playoffs. Everything else, though, is up in the air as the Major League Soccer regular season is set for a memorable ...

Real Salt Lake clinches improbable playoff spot as TFC, D.C. and Dallas fall short
soccerbyives.net 10/25/2009 — Of the six teams still trying to qualify for the MLS playoffs heading into Saturday's action, Real Salt Lake had the longest odds of actually making it. RSL needed to win its regular season finale and have three other teams drop points in order to qualify for the post-season. That's ...

Playoff's? We're Talking About MLS Playoff's
constantlyoffside.com 9/16/2009 — Indeed we are, and the MLS playoff race is spectacular this year. The league has changed the format so that each conference gets two guaranteed spots, and the final four spots are all wild card, meaning theoretically one conference could get six teams in and the other only two. This ensures that ...

Toronto FC-Red Bulls Preview (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLS News 10/23/2009
After hosting MLS games for more than a decade, Giants Stadium will close as a soccer venue with what could be a memorable finale. Toronto FC tries to emerge out of a complicated playoff picture with one of the two remaining spots Saturday when it ...

Stadium shutters soccer — NY Post: Sports 10/24/2009
When the Red Bulls host Toronto tonight (7:30 p.m., MSG2, WADO 1280 AM), it will not only be their season finale, but the curtain call for soccer at Giants Stadium. For a building that hosted the 1994 World Cup, David Beckham's first MLS start, and P...

Findley's goals put Salt Lake on brink of playoffs (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLS News 10/25/2009
Robbie Findley scored twice in the first half to boost Real Salt Lake to an easy 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night. With Toronto's 5-0 loss to New York and D.C. United earning a 2-all draw against Kansas City, Salt Lake will get a ...

Season-long inconsistency burns TFC — Major League Soccer News 10/25/2009
Toronto FC needed a win Saturday to keep alive its hopes of earning a first-ever playoff berth. Instead, TFC suffered its largest defeat in three years of MLS play, losing 5-0 to the New York Red Bulls -- the worst team in the league this season.

In season finale, Red Bulls give their best — Major League Soccer News 10/25/2009
As stadium closings go, the New York Red Bulls couldn't have asked for a better way to end their 14-year stay at Giants Stadium, crushing Toronto FC 5-0 in both team's Major League Soccer regular-season finale Saturday night.