D.C. United

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL at DakotaDome in Vermillion Class 11B Championship, Tri-Valley (10-1) vs. Winner (11-0), 2:30 p.m. Class 11A Championship, Dell Rapids (10-1) vs. Harrisburg (9-2), 7:30 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Region 1AA...

Five months ago, the Galaxy was in last place in its conference. Two days ago, the team was basically dead in its second-round playoff series with San Jose. But things can change quickly in Major League Soccer's unpredictable postseason. After rallying...

It was an all too familiar story for the Fire on Wednesday night. They fell behind early against the Houston Dynamo, had to scramble to catch up and couldn't quite get an equalizer on the way to a season-ending 2-1 loss in their MLS Eastern Conference...

College basketball Terps' Alyssa Thomas an AP Preseason All-American Junior forward Alyssa Thomas of the Maryland women's basketball team was named to the Associated Press Preseason All-American Team, released this week. The team was voted on by a panel...

The Fire had hoped to avoid exactly this scenario. A 1-1 tie with D.C. United on Saturday in the regular-season finale at Toyota Park sends the Fire into the MLS postseason with a Wednesday play-in game instead of a direct path to the Eastern...

The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene. PALADINI, FIRE HEADING FOR PLAYOFFS St. Francis High graduate and former Golden Knights standout Daniel Paladini and his Chicago Fire are headed to the Major League Soccer postseason, but...

Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference playoff field is set, but where the Fire fit remains uncertain. With one regular-season game to play — Saturday against D.C. United at Toyota Park — the Fire could finish anywhere between second and...

Soccer D.C. United can end 5-year playoff drought tonight By defeating or tying the Columbus Crew tonight at RFK Stadium, D.C. United would end a five-year Major League Soccer playoff drought. Even with a loss, United would clinch if the Houston...

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL South Dakota Aberdeen Christian vs. Edmunds Central at Roscoe, 7 p.m. Aberdeen Roncalli at Webster, 8 p.m. Deuel at Flandreau Dupree at McLaughlin Grant-Deuel at Rosholt Hamlin at Groton McIntosh vs. Eureka-...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Kansas City Chiefs at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Noon (CBS); Detroit Lions at Philadelphia Eagles, Noon (FOX); Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins, 3:25 p.m. (FOX); Green Bay Packers at Houston Texans, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

The Fire locked down a spot in Major League Soccer's postseason party on Sunday without even playing. Sporting Kansas City's 1-1 tie with Columbus made the Fire (17-10-5, 56 points) the second MLS Eastern Conference team to clinch a playoff berth. An...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer—Premier League, Arsenal vs. Chelsea, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, Seattle at Vancouver, 8 p.m. (NBCSN) Golf—Ryder Cup, Day Two Matches, 8 a.m. (NBC) College Football—Penn State at Illinois, 11 a.m. (ESPN);...