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Decision Day will take place Sunday for the LA Galaxy in their quest to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs with a home match in their regular-season finale against the Houston Dynamo at the StubHub Center at Carson, Calif.

The Galaxy, coming off a 3-1 win at Minnesota United FC last Sunday, are one point below the playoff-qualifying line in the Western Conference with a 13-11-9 record. They were helped when sixth-place Real Salt Lake lost at Portland in their last regular season game Sunday.

Real Salt Lake is 14-13-7 with 49 points and LA Galaxy is at 48. If the Galaxy beat the Dynamo, they take the qualifying sixth spot with 51 points. If they tie or lose, they are eliminated. A tie would bring the Galaxy to 49 points -- same as Real Salt Lake -- but the first tie-breaker is number of wins and Real Salt Lake would have 14 and the Galaxy 13.

"The mood's good, they're happy. They know it's still not over," Galaxy interim head coach Dominic Kinnear was quoted as saying by MLSSoccer.com. "We accomplished a win on the road (against Minnesota United) which puts us in a spot (against Houston) where we can maybe get into the playoffs."

Zlatan Ibrahimovic put the Galaxy in front on the half-hour mark against Minnesota United. Ola Kamara increased the lead to 2-0 in the 50th minute and Romain Alessandrini gave the Galaxy a 3-0 margin one minute later.

Although they allowed a goal at the 54-minute mark, the Galaxy did not blow the lead, which was a problem for them during the season.

"I think deep down inside that they're happy, it's been a good little run we've been on," Kinnear said. "I do think they do have an eye on the following week, but we're not getting carried away that's for sure."

The Dynamo (9-16-8) is playing out the season with the role of spoiler while trying to end on a winning note. They are mired in a three-game losing streak.

This is the second meeting this season, with the Dynamo winning 3-2 at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston on May 5. Twice the Galaxy tied the match behind goals by Giovani dos Santos (who is questionable for Sunday's match with an undisclosed injury) and Ola Kamara, which canceled out strikes by Alejandro Fuenmayor and Romell Quioto. Memo Rodriguez came up with the 90th-minute winner for Houston.

The same problems that have plagued Houston this season -- the opponent scoring off set pieces -- occurred again in a 3-2 loss to the Seattle Sounders in the final home match of the season last Sunday. The Sounders' Chad Marshall and Gustav Svensson each headed in Nico Lodeiro corner kicks.

"How many goals did we give up last year in set pieces? Maybe four or five, all year," Dynamo defender A.J. DeLaGarza said. "And this year it's got to be in the 20s. And we've seen from the World Cup, and us this year, set pieces are an important part of winning games. That's the problem we've had all year and it hampered us again this year."

Houston has not won on the road in 11 games, going 0-9-2. This is the Dynamo's third straight season with a double-digit road winless streak.

The Galaxy have not lost at home since a 3-2 setback to FC Dallas on May 30. They are 5-0-4 since.

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