With just about 5 weeks remaining in the regular season schedule the race to the playoffs is heating up. Here is a quick look at the current situation of each team

Columbus Crew 14-6-5 47pts

The Crew missed the playoffs last year and are on the top this year.

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Somebody stop the Earthquakes.

San Jose and it's revamped squad trounced the New England Revolution, 4-0, on Saturday, adding more momentum to an improbable playoff push and adding another team to an already crowded playoff chase.

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Somebody stop the Earthquakes.

San Jose and it's revamped squad trounced the New England Revolution, 4-0, on Saturday, adding more momentum to an improbable playoff push and adding another team to an already crowded playoff chase.

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The Houston Dynamo lost to the New England Revolution in the SuperLiga final on Tuesday night, but that setback didn't overshadow the fact that the defending MLS Cup champions are rounding into form at just the right time in MLS play.

Houston's 2-0 win over a quality Columbus squad showed just how well the Dynamo is playing as it moves toward its rightful place atop the West standings.

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DC United is probably really excited to get back to MLS play (now Wednesday as the Tuesday game date was pushed back). However I think Houston likes SuperLiga play. Houston, who have just four wins all season, won twice in the past week to advance to the SL semifinals - including defeating DC 3-1 this past Saturday. Click to continue reading...

I missed the match entirely. Wound up going shopping with Mrs. Shatz in advance of our Ocean City trip. First full-team match that I've missed all year.

But we did get some answers to the questions that I posed yesterday:
Does [Soehn] choose to start the highly paid Quavas Kirk in this match, or keep using him only in the safety of the Reserve division? Click to continue reading...

He told us earlier this year that he goes into each game visualizing how he can make an impact on the match. De Ro has been doing it all season in the MLS and made the biggest impact on not just the game but the season with his neck snapping game winner yesterday.

An open and up-and-down match, the 2007 MLS Cup proved to be more exciting than I expected.

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