There will still be plenty on the line when the Houston Dynamo host the New England Revolution on Wednesday in a late-season interconference match.
The most likely scenarios are that Houston will be on the road for the first round of the playoffs and the Revolution will be eliminated even if they find a way to beat the Dynamo.
The Dynamo (13-9-9, 48 points) have clinched a spot in the postseason and are in sixth place in the West with three matches to play. Houston is just two spots and two points below hosting a first-round playoff series but is also just a point ahead of Vancouver and can’t afford to slip back as the regular season grinds to its end. Only five points separate fourth place from ninth place in the conference…