Kansas City v Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake beats Sporting KC 1-0, clinches playoff berth
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- — Damir Kreilach scored in stoppage time to put Real Salt Lake over Sporting Kansas City 1-0 on Sunday night and clinch a berth in the playoffs on the final day of the regular season.
Real Salt Lake (14-14-6), the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference, will play second-seeded Seattle in the first round.
Sporting KC (17-10-7) went into the day with a chance to clinch the No. 1 seed, but fell to No. 3 and will play sixth-seeded Vancouver.
Kreilach put away a volley off a bicycle kick by Justin Meram from point-blank range to make it 1-0 in the fifth minute of stoppage time to keep Real Salt Lake's season alive.
David Ochoa had four saves for RSL. The 20-year-old goalkeeper in his third MLS season has four career shutouts, all in 2021.
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MLS Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | +22 | 32 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | +19 | 32 |
| Real Salt Lake | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | +7 | 26 |
| FC Dallas | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | +8 | 25 |
| LAFC | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | +7 | 24 |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | +6 | 24 |
| Houston Dynamo FC | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 22 |
| Minnesota United FC | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 22 |
| LA Galaxy | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| San Diego FC | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +3 | 17 |
| Colorado Rapids | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | +1 | 16 |
| St. Louis CITY SC | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| Portland Timbers | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| Austin FC | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -12 | 14 |
| Sporting Kansas City | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -22 | 11 |
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