With all the sports hubbub going on these days, with the baseball playoffs, college and pro Throwball and the preseason of the NBA, a sports fan might be forgiven for overlooking the last weeks of the MLS season, and they would be wrong to be looking the other way.

With most teams having two games to play, this weekend is crucial as there is no team in MLS that is mathematically excluded from the playoffs, including the expansion San Jose Earthquakes 2.0.  Some teams like Dallas and New York, more or less control their own destiny, but even the L.A. Galaxy have a chance to make the playoffs with two wins and some help.

This weekend might see some teams finally eliminated--see the aforementioned Galaxy and Quakes and Toronto in the east. 

The game to watch this weekend is the Dallas-Real Salt Lake Game.  The winner of that game will almost assuredly make the playoffs.  Dallas has gotten a couple of lucky breaks in the past two weeks, and Real Salt lake is playing in their new Stadium and the atomosphere should be electric.  Both teams still stand a chance of making the playoffs depending on how New York does against Columbus and Kansas City fares against San Jose.

With the return of the Premier Leage, Serie A and other Eurpoean leagues, the temption might be to watch those matches and that is one the could be ignored this weekend with justification.