Orlando City and the Columbus Crew will meet in Central Florida on Saturday night in a match that will be critical for both teams' playoff positioning.

All nine Eastern Conference MLS Cup Playoff participants have already been finalized more than two weeks ahead of the final day of regular-season play on Oct. 18.

But both seventh-place Orlando (14-7-10, 52 points) and ninth-place Columbus (13-8-11, 50 points) are still fighting to avoid the East wild-card game, which will be between the teams finishing in eighth and ninth.

For much of the season, Columbus looked on track to be competing for the higher East positions.

But after a stretch of only one win and six points earned in the last seven matches, manager Wilfried Nancy's side would face a must-win wild-card match on the road if the

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