As Shia LaBeouf once said in a viral motivational speech, ‘Don’t let your dreams be dreams.’
The San Jose Earthquakes’ aspiration of reaching the postseason was given new life last Saturday, with the Quakes earning a vital 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake and both Sporting Kansas City and the Portland Timbers falling on the road.
Looking at the current MLS standings, San Jose sits in eighth place in the Western Conference with 37 points, four behind seventh place Portland and six points behind sixth place Sporting. What that means with three games remaining is that the Quakes must go undefeated – no ifs and/or buts about it.