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CARSON, Calif. -- With his team trailing 1-0 to the L.A. Galaxy in the first leg of the Western Conference finals, the halftime message from Seattle Sounders manager Sigi Schmid was simple: "We said 1-0 is OK. If we walk away 1-0, we're alright." ...

The Los Angeles Galaxy defeat RSL 3-1 to reach MLS Cup. Here's what we learned from the match, writes Jeff Carlisle.

The MLS Western Conference final features two of the three best teams in the overall standings as Real Salt Lake and the Galaxy battle for a spot in the MLS Cup, writes Jeff Carlisle.

The Galaxy beat New York 2-1 on Thursday to claim a 3-1 aggregate triumph in their Western Conference semifinal series. Next up is the conference final against RSL, writes Jeff Carlisle.

Real Salt Lake's 3-0 victory over Seattle in the first leg of their Western semis has Jason Kreis' side looking likely to advance to the conference final.

The Western Conference semis feature the four best teams in MLS, giving us two matches worthy of a final, writes Jeff Carlisle.

FC Dallas will be put to the test on Sunday as it tries to stop the Galaxy's star power of Landon Donovan and David Beckham in the MLS Western Conference final, writes Jeff Carlisle.

Dynamo manager Dominic Kinnear may have to reshuffle his personnel if Houston is to remain near the top of the MLS standings, writes Jeff Carlisle.