So San Jose miss the playoffs after losing 2-1 to Dallas, who also miss out on the Supporters Shield, after New York claim it in Chicago.

Vancouver’s win gives them the second automatic bye in the Western Conference, behind Conference winners Dallas.

LA’s two losses to end the season could prove expensive — they now have to go to Seattle and get a result on turf, after the Sounders beat Houston.

Portland grab third in the West and will host Sporting in the other game this week.

Wild card games in full:

East:
Montreal vs Toronto
D.C. vs New England

West:
Portland vs Sporting KC
Seattle vs LA Galaxy

Vancouver 3-0 Houston (Earnshaw got a late goal to extend Vancouver’s lead)
Sporting KC 2-1 LA Galaxy
FC Dallas 2-1 San Jose
Seattle 3-1 Real Salt Lake
Portland 4-1 Colorado Rapids
Chicago Fire 1-2 New York Red Bulls

It was tense at the end but New York hold on for a first ever win at Toyota Park and a second Supporters Shield in three years.

Told you they’d score more later on...Adi makes it 4-1 for the Timbers, who will host Sporting as it stands

And suddenly it’s all up for grabs at the top! Dallas get the breakthrough in the 80th minute!

Now then...nervous finish for New York as Gilberto halves the deficit in Chicago. Still needs a goal for Dallas and another goal for Chicago to change the Shield’s destination, but from looking comfortable, NEw York’s players might be looking at the clock right now.

Vancouver get some insurance for their current automatic bye slot as Waston doubles their league over Houston...

Some hope for Dallas, who realistically need a big goal swing up in Chicago for it to matter. But they’ll see out the remainder of the game against ten men after Perez Garcoa sees red for San Jose, whose own playoff hopes are fading fast now. Dom Kinnear’s habit of nursing sides into the playoffs might not extend to his return to the Earthquakes.

Brilliant threaded pass from Feilhaber puts in Dwyer to score from a narrow angle and it’s all change again in the standings!

Portland goal being credited to Villafana by the way.

Portland have extended their lead over Colorado. More on that in a moment, but first, some big news from Sporting Park...

Was about to write that after 12 goals in the first half, there’d been none in the opening 15 minutes of the second half. But then Vancouver made the breakthrough via a Kekuta Manneh goal. They’ve been quietly working away all evening, and now they’ve jumped into second place in the West if these scores hold.

More standing around while TV staffers count down with their fingers on the sidelines...and we’re off again! 45 more minutes left in the regular MLS season.

Vancouver 0-0 Houston
Seattle 3-0 RSL
Dallas 1-1 San Jose
Portland 2-1 Colorado
Sporting KC 1-1 LA Galaxy
Chicago 0-2 New York Red Bulls

Current standings:

New York on course to win Supporters Shield by two points over Dallas.

Western Conference standings:

Dallas
Portland
LA
Seattle
Vancouver
Sporting KC

San Jose

As it stands, the single play-in games will be LA vs Sporting and Seattle vs Vancouver

In fairness to Gerrard he’s making the forward runs to open up space and LA get their reward as he and Keane burst through, with the latter just dinking the ball over Melia from near the edge of the six yard box.

And some even better news for Sporting KC as Mauro Diaz has pulled Dallas level against San Jose. So as it stands the playoff spots are:

Dallas
Portland
Seattle
Vancouver
LA
Sporting

San Jose below the red line again, while LA currently facing a single game road trip to Seattle if they want to defend their title.

And it looks a dodgy one. A little pinball in the LA box from a set piece, then Chance Myers shoots against the legs of his own player, Kevin Ellis, standing in a clear offside position as he puts the ricocheting ball into the net. That is a huge break for Sporting.

Mike Grella is fouled in the box and Sacha Kljestan converts the penalty. The Shield in touching distance now...

Of course, spirited resistance is no match for a liveblogger tempting fate, and Portland have just gone 2-1 up over Colorado. Nagbe with another goal...

Seems that talk of missing the playoffs has stuck in the Sounders’ collective craw — Dempsey just got his second.

LA Galaxy’s AJ DeLaGarza just got booked for a foul in Kansas City by the way, but Sporting couldn’t make anything of the resulting free kick.

It’s 1-1 in Portland. Dominique Badji sends Portland from a bye to the semis to a road game in the wild card round as it stands. They’re back down to 5th in the live table:

Dallas
LA
Seattle
Vancouver
Portland
San Jose

Sporting out of the playoffs as it stands...

Marco Pappa has made it 2-0 for Seattle

The Red Bulls firmly in command in the Shield race right now, as San Jose have taken the lead against Dallas in Texas. Quincy Amarikwa got the goal.

Bradley Wright-Phillips has put New York into the lead in Chicago — he was terribly marked on a corner and scored from point blank range...

Darlington Nagbe has given Portland the lead over Colorado after five minutes, while almost simultaneously Clint Dempsey was putting Seattle 1-0 up over RSL. As it stands, Portland would nudge LA out of second place.

Stopwatch buttons are pressed, and we’re off...

Here are the final scores:

NYCFC 1-3 New England
Columbus 5-0 D.C. United
Philadelphia 1-0 Orlando
Montreal 2-1 Toronto

The tightest of the relevant games was the All-Canadian affair between Montreal and D.C. where the visitors took a 1-0 lead into half-time, only for a Didier Drogba brace to turn that game on its head — that means both teams will be back at Stade Saputo in a few days. Meanwhile D.C. slip behind Columbus and Montreal after that hammering in Ohio, and may take scant consolation in having a home playoff game against New England coming off their equal worst ever loss. Here are the Eastern Conference wild card line ups:

Montreal vs Toronto
D.C. United vs New England

New York, Columbus— byes to Conference semi-finals

In Montreal, Didier Drogba just went close to grabbing a hat trick. He’s quite important for Montreal...

Here are the standings at the start of this evening’s play — with Dallas confirmed as Conference winners, but needing to at least match New York to take the Shield. As it stands San Jose are outside the playoff spots.

FC Dallas 57pts GD +12
LA Galaxy 51pts GD +11
Vancouver 50pts GD +6
Portland 50pts GD -1
Seattle 48pts GD +6
Sporting KC 48pts GD +2
San Jose 47pts GD +3

Here are tonight’s games:

East:
Chicago Fire vs New York Red Bulls

West:
Sporting KC vs LA Galaxy
Vancouver vs Houston
Seattle vs Real Salt Lake
FC Dallas vs San Jose
Portland vs Colorado

The top two teams in the Conference (Dallas and A.N. Other) will have a first round bye. The next four teams will play a single game elimination this week: 3rd vs 6th, 4th vs 5th

Columbus are still putting an absolute tormenting onto D.C. by the way. Aaron Schoenfeld has just made it 5-0...

Here’s how the Eastern playoff spots stood stood before kick off this afternoon:

New York Red Bulls 57 pts GD +18
D.C. United 51pts GD +3
Columbus 50pts GD 0
Toronto 49pts GD +1
Montreal 48pts GD +3
New England 47pts GD -1

All those teams have qualified for the playoffs barring a big goal swing for Orlando in Philadelphia combined with a New England loss — Orlando have 44 pts but -9 GD

That’s not going to happen though. Here’s how the scores stand right now with around 15 minutes left:

Columbus 4-0 D.C
Philadelphia 1-0 Orlando
Montreal 2-1 Toronto
NYCFC 0-3 New England

So as it stands, D.C. will be hosting New England and Montreal hosting Toronto in the single game play-in round, while Columbus will have a first round bye for finishing second in the Conference. And that’s a pretty emphatic way to seal their spot — handing D.C. their biggest defeat since their terrible 2013 season.

And if Montreal hold on they’ll have a two minute / two goal second half burst from Didier Drogba to thank, having fallen behind in their game just before half-time.

Evening all, and welcome to our coverage of MLS Decision Day — we hope you’ll stay with us for the rest of the evening. But it’s your choice. You decide. Make a decision.

We’re already nearly through one round of “Choose your own adventure” games this afternoon, which kicked off at 5pm ET to determine the Eastern Conference playoff places (more on those in a moment). And now we’re going to the West to try and settle the wide open array of playoff places still up for grabs beneath Conference winners FC Dallas.

Dallas are at home this evening against the team currently just below the red line, San Jose, but even though they’ve won the Conference, Dallas are still playing for more in that game. Currently behind New York Red Bulls in the Supporters Shield race, a Dallas win tonight coupled with New York drawing or losing in Chicago, would hand Dallas the regular season title. That Chicago v Red Bulls game has been moved to the evening to coincide with the Dallas kick off, and we’ll keep you informed of what’s going on there as well.

Some tense games beckoning in the playoff race — especially the one at Sporting Park, where Sporting KC inexplicably slipped up in midweek against Colorado Rapids, and must now face LA Galaxy, themselves humiliated last week in a 5-2 home loss to Portland Timbers. As it stand Sporting could finish anywhere from second, avoiding a one game play-in round, to out of the playoffs altogether, depending on results.

Dallas, Vancouver (home to the eliminated Houston Dynamo) and LA have already clinched playoff spots, but Seattle (home to eliminated RSL), Portland (home to very eliminated Colorado), and Sporting, will all be very wary of leaving the door open for San Jose, should they somehow get a result in Dallas.

More on the current standings and results so far in a minute. For now, get your tweets and emails coming in to @KidWeil or graham.parker@theguardian.com and I’ll be back shortly with more DECISIONS. It’s that kind of DAY.