As the clock ticks toward the end of the MLS regular season next month, the Houston Dynamo head to Commerce City, Colo., on Saturday night to try to jump into a playoff position over the Colorado Rapids.

With five matches remaining, the Dynamo (8-12-9, 33 points) sit in 10th place -- but just three points behind the seventh-place Rapids (10-13-6, 36 points). Houston holds the first tiebreaker with a plus-1 goal differential. Nine teams from each conference qualify for the postseason.

"We understand the importance of this next match and the opportunity it will present," Houston head coach Ben Olsen said. "This is never going to be easy and one point at a time. Hopefully we can go there and continue some of our away form and, if we do the job there, you know again we're still in this conve

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