A packed house despite difficult weather conditions will greet the Galaxy tonight in a finely poised nationally televised season finale with massive playoff implications and plenty of talking points between two familiar foes.

With the Colorado Rapids lurking this is no time for a misstep and if all that isn’t enough it’s a perfect stage for Landon Donovan to make MLS history despite battling end of season knocks.

Chivas USA, meanwhile, ended their season humbled and humiliated at home to a dazzling Portland Timbers team clearly enjoying their brand of football and perhaps ominously for their rivals still building and maturing.

Still, the Goats genuinely appear to believe they are progressing, despite the uncertainty of who will try to coach a team and franchise that appears in utter disarray:

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I really want Chivas to succeed as a club, but MLS NEEDS to step in & do something b/c right now CUSA is an embarrassment to the whole sport

— Hairy M. Stache (@LevesquesStache) October 27, 2013