There are still about 2 1/2 months remaining in Major League Soccer's regular season but the time has come to separate the wheat from the chaff, the contenders from the pretenders. Friday's match in Vancouver between the Whitecaps FC and San Jose will either clarify or cloud the playoff picture. Vancouver (8-10-6, 30 points) enters the match on the heels of back-to-back losses on the road to FC Dallas and Colorado, the top two teams in the league. More...