Houston Dynamo fall to St. Louis City, fail to clinch home-field advantage for MLS playoffs

Lukas MacNaughton scored a last-minute goal to elevate St. Louis City SC past the Houston Dynamo 1-0 in Saturday's regular-season finale at Shell Energy Stadium as the Dynamo missed an opportunity to secure home-field advantage in the playoffs Both teams entered the game level on points but St. Louis was ahead of Houston in the standings in fourth place due to a tiebreaker. The Dynamo needed a victory to guarantee home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The San Jose Earthquakes, who entered one point ahead of both teams, lost to Minnesota United in their finale. Saturday's results meant St. Louis finished the season in third place in the Western Conference with San Jose in fourth and Houston in fifth. The Dynamo and the Earthquakes will play in the best-of-three first round, which starts Friday, Nov. 20. This is a developing story and will be updated. Subscribe There’s more to Houston with the Chronicle. Subscribe today for just 25¢. This article originally published at Houston Dynamo fall to St. Louis City, fail to clinch home-field advantage for MLS playoffs .