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In contrast, the Trailblazers played two five-setters, losing one, on their way to advancing on set differential.

“You’re going to find very challenging to argue that Latinos suffered differential economic harm,” he said.

To finish atop the Western Conference table, it needed to beat the San José Earthquakes, needed the Galaxy to lose in Houston and needed to overcome a two-score deficit to the Galaxy in goal differential.

The most striking differential was the gender gap.

If that happens, the conference champion would be determined by a series of tiebreakers, including goal differential and total goals scored; the Galaxy have comfortable leads in both categories.