Every MLS Cup playoff-clinching scenario for the Colorado Rapids begins with avoiding defeat to the Los Angeles Football Club on Saturday.

The final regular-season action of 2025 for both teams kicks off the latter portion of Decision Day, when seven conference games will simultaneously unfold west of the Mississippi River.

From the division title battle between Vancouver and San Diego, to bracket seeding, to finalizing which two teams out of Dallas, Salt Lake, the Rapids and San Jose meet in the wild-card round, and for individual accolades, too, the scenarios are abundant.

LAFC is obviously interested in its own prospects. After losing at Austin for the first time in seven game Sunday, that no longer includes the chance of a third Western Conference title in four seasons with Steve

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