VANCOUVER - Kendall Waston scored in the 70th minute Saturday as the Vancouver Whitecaps clinched a Major League Soccer playoff spot with a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids. Damyean Dotson Jersey .The hulking defender flung himself at a Pedro Morales corner kick to head home a goal his team desperately needed as the crowd of 21,000 at B.C. Place Stadium erupted.The Whitecaps entered the weekend one point up on Portland for the fifth and final spot in the Western Conference and had to win in order to advance after the Timbers defeated FC Dallas 2-0 in Texas earlier in the day.Vancouver will now visit Dallas in the Western Conferences No. 4 versus No. 5 one-game playoff on Wednesday.The Whitecaps (12-8-14) missed the 2013 post-season after making the playoffs back in 2012.The Rapids (8-18-, who were only playing for pride, saw their winless run stretch to 14 games.The Whitecaps didnt know what result they required on the night until the Timbers game was completed just a few minutes into the match in Vancouver.Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson looked to spark his team early in the second half by bringing on speedy striker Kekuta Manneh, and the 19-year-old caused an immediate buzz, rattling the crossbar in the 58th minute behind Clint Irwin with a shot that beat the Colorado goalkeeper cleanly but stayed out.A lack of offence — Vancouver went the equivalent of five games without scoring at one point this year — has been a storyline all season and looked like it might sink the Whitecaps until Robinson rolled the dice again by bringing on Erik Hurtado in the 67th minute with his final substitution.The striker was too sick to start the game but was right next to Waston when he scored his goal, and nearly buried a chance of his own five minutes later.Colorado gave Vancouver a scare with about 10 minutes remaining, but Whitecaps goalkeeper David Ousted calmly collected the ball after a couple of frantic seconds in the penalty area.Ousted again had to be sharp on two Gabriel Torres chances late to ensure he collected his 13th shutout of the season.Despite the joy at the final whistle, it looked early like it might not be Vancouvers night.The Whitecaps didnt look comfortable right from the opening whistle, with a number passes and chances going astray.Waston directed a header wide off a free kick in the ninth minute before Morales effort moments later flashed wide.Darren Mattocks had another effort in the 19th, but he too missed the target with a header. Morales then shanked a shot from inside the Colorado box seven minutes later.Vancouvers best chance of the half came in the 29th minute when Sebastian Fernandez skipped past a Rapids defender but couldnt beat Irwin from in tight.Colorados only shot on target of the opening 45 minutes came in injury time when Charles Eloundou cut off the rush and forced Ousted into a good save at the near post.Note: The Whitecaps honoured former captain Jay DeMerit before the game. The 34-year-old retired in July and is now an ambassador with the club. ... Both teams had to substitute defenders in the first half, with Steven Beitashour limping off for Vancouver in the 33rd minute, while Marvell Wynne exited for Colorado in the 42nd.Follow @JClipperton_CP on Twitter Julius Randle Jersey . While plenty of statistics illustrate Torontos turnaround in the second year of manager Ryan Nelsens tenure, stopping goals is not one of them. Fake Knicks Jerseys . 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We would have kept the series going.The 14-year veteran signed a one-year deal with the Blackhawks after the Rangers bought out the final six years of his nine-year, $60 million contract.Its obvious that a nine-year deal going to New York is a lot different than a one-year deal coming into a team that won two Cups, Richards said. I was fortunate enough that I could be picky in the summer and try to find a good fit, and here we are.Its funny, because now Im on the team they beat to get to us.Daniel Carcillo also scored for Chicago, and Brandon Saad added an empty-net goal with 1:49 remaining. Corey Crawford made 19 saves in helping the Blackhawks end their road trip 5-1.Halfway through the trip we were kind of on the bubble, right around a playoff spot, and we talked about trying to gain ground and gain momentum going into the second 20 games, Richards said. We did a great job of that. We had big tests against good teams and we piled up five out of six, which is huge.Jordan Nolan scored for Los Angeles, and Quick stopped 21 shots.Trailing 2-0, the Kings got on the board at 5:53 of the second period when defenceman Jake Muzzins slap shot from the left point hit the shaft of Nolans stick and fluttered between Crawfords pads.It was the first goal in 14 games this season for Nolan, who would have been a healthy scratch if not for Marian Gaboriks upper-body injury.Chicago regained its two-goal margin at 8:14 of the second on a rush in which four playerss touched the puck in the Kings end. Patrick Ewing Jersey. Richards converted Michal Rozsivals pass at the left of the net for his sixth goal and third in two games.Its nice when the team starts rolling and you feel like youre helping, said Richards, who is playing on a line with Kris Versteeg and Patrick Kane. Every day it feels more like its my team. It takes a little bit to feel like youre a part of everything on and off the ice.Carcillo opened the scoring at 1:52 of the first, batting in his own rebound after the Kings won a faceoff in their zone and turned over the puck.We didnt have a good first period and we put ourselves behind the eight ball right away, forward Anze Kopitar said. It doesnt matter who youre playing in this league, catch-up hockey is not easy.Just 28 seconds after serving Crawfords penalty for tripping Justin Williams at the edge of the crease, Versteeg took the puck away from Quick and Matt Greene behind the net and found Richards at the left of the crease for a one-timer that beat Quick with 2:01 left in the first.Theyre a tough team to come back on because theyre a great defending team, Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. Theyre the best team in the league through the first two months of the year, and thats clear. If youre going to give them two goals youre probably going to get your butt kicked. Thats exactly what happened.NOTES: Kings D Alec Martinez, who knocked the Blackhawks out of the playoffs with an overtime goal, missed his seventh straight game because of an upper-body injury. ... This was the sixth time this season that Kane and Jonathan Toews both failed to get a point for the Blackhawks, and the first time the team won (1-4-1). ... Chicagos only power-play opportunity came when Robyn Regehr was sent off for hooking with 10:37 left in the third period. ... The Blackhawks entered Saturday averaging the second-fewest penalty minutes in the NHL (7.5) and a league-best penalty-killing percentage of 90.9. They were short-handed twice in each of their previous four games, and three times against the Kings. ' ' '