"I made a couple of long runs earlier in the game, and my hammy kind of tightened up on me," Johnson

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Victoria Beckham, second from left, holds her daughter Harper alongside celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, upper right, and his daughter Holly as they watch the Los Angeles Galaxy play the Seattle Sounders in their MLS soccer match, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Carson, Calif.
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Josh Saunders earned his ninth shutout for the champs, who head into the postseason as the West's fourth seed after four largely outstanding months of play. A poor start to the season left the star-studded Galaxy playing catch-up in the West, but they might be gaining fast.
"We've cheap hotel dublin put ourselves in a good position," said Beckham, who played 62 minutes in his first match in three weeks. "It was important to get a good result tonight, cheap hotel dublin get a few minutes, and now the big one is Thursday."
The Galaxy already knew they'll host the fifth-seeded Vancouver Whitecaps on Thursday night in a one-game knockout playoff. Los Angeles still played to win, putting Beckham and Landon Donovan in the starting lineup after lengthy injury absences.
A win or tie would have put the Sounders into the second playoff slot, but now Salt Lake will host the second game of their two-game conference semifinal, the more advantageous position in the home-and-home series. The third-place finish also might have CONCACAF Champions League ramifications for the Sounders down the road.
"I think we're ready for the playoffs," Seattle coach Sigi Schmid said. "Tonight is going to be a good motivator. When you get slapped at the end of the season, it reminds you how it feels, and how you don't want that feeling again."
The loss became doubly painful for the Sounders after forward Eddie Johnson left late in the first half with an apparent hamstring injury. Johnson, who leads Seattle with 14 goals, will have an MRI on Monday.
"I made a couple of long runs earlier in the game, and my hammy kind of tightened up on me," Johnson said. "I felt a big cramp in my hamstring, and I know what that feels like. There's definitely something there."
After a lively game featuring numerous near-misses by both offenses, Magee scored from just outside the penalty area when the Sounders left him unmarked. Magee easily converted a pass from Keane, who capped his standout cheap hotel dublin second half of the season with several near-goals and the decisive assist.
"Momentum-wise, it's huge," Magee said. "You always see the teams that are doing well at the end of the season doing well in the playoffs. You always want to do well against a team, we hope we're going to be seeing in the playoffs in a couple of weeks."
Beckham and Keane missed cheap hotel dublin scoring strikes by a few inches in the first half, both curling shots just outside the post. Keane nearly scored on a leaping volley off a sharp cross from Donovan in the 41st minute.
Keane barely missed the net again in the 46th, chipping a shot just wide over Gspurning. He put another beautiful shot just off the crossbar in the 53rd minute, freezing Gspurning as he watched the high-arcing ball go over his head.