FC Dallas are looking to climb into the top four in the West in the final week of the regular season and secure a home playoff match.
Dallas visit Nashville on Wednesday with both sides having already clinched a place in the postseason.
Nashville are set for the play-in round in the congested East, but Dallas have loftier ambitions in the West - sixth but just 0.03 points per game behind fourth-placed Minnesota United.
Coach Luchi Gonzalez said: "Making the playoffs was the first and primary objective, and then the second one after that is, 'Can we earn a home playoff game?