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PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. Portland leads with 54 points and Real Salt Lake is second, one point back. The Timbers clinched a playoff spot earlier in the day when Seattle lost to FC Dallas. It marks the first time Portland has made the playoffs since joining MLS in 2011. Timbers head coach Caleb Porter is proud of the accomplishment, but doesnt want to stop there. "It is a big thing for this club, its a milestone that were happy about," Porter said. "But its not just about being in the playoffs. Theres still a lot of work to be done and we want to be a club thats not just in the playoffs, but making a run to win it." Real Salt Lake will clinch a playoff spot if San Jose loses to Los Angeles on Sunday. Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis saw the match as a good preview for the upcoming playoffs. "I look at it as a positive and say if we can perform like that as we go into the playoffs, thinking well have a home-and-away series, this is what you have to do when youre away." The Timbers had the best opportunities in a match that featured plenty of attacking, first when a pass by Jose Adolfo Valencia barely eluded Kalif Alhassan just in front of goal in the 43rd minute. Then in the 65th minute, Alhassan was denied by Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando with a diving save to his right. And in second half stoppage time, Rimando made a fantastic point-blank double save to deny Portland a late winner. "Were going to need a player like Nick to do that if were going to have any chance to win the Cup," Kreis said. Real Salt Lakes best opportunity came when Luis Gils header off Chris Wingerts cross skipped wide of the goal in the 12th minute. "The goals were there to be scored," Kreis said. "It was just one of those nights where they werent taken." 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He again offered no specifics about his unexpected resignation, but strongly indicated his absence from baseball wouldnt be permanent. "Ill get back in the Game!," he finished his text. "He means a lot. Thats why for sure its going to be hard for me that hes not going to be here anymore," said Elvis Andrus, the 26-year-old sixth-year shortstop whose 896 games played for Washington were more than any other player. Washington described in his statement Friday how painful the decision was, but said it was not because of the teams losing season. He did give Daniels permission to say at a news conference that the move "was not drug-related." Team executives stood by him during spring training in 2010, when it was disclosed that Washington had admitted to using cocaine once the previous year. The manager got another two-year contract extension in 2012, and before this season got another year through 2015. Now Wash is gone. "Its kind of like being traded. Weve got a new manager,&quuot; said lefty Derek Holland, who just this week made his season debut.dddddddddddd "The main thing is Im thankful for having Wash around ... for what hes taught me, both on and off the field." The Rangers played more than 162 games each of the past four years. After their two American League pennants (2010-11), they lost the ALs first one-and-done wild card game to Baltimore in 2012, and last season lost wild-card tiebreaker at home to Tampa Bay. But 2014 has been marked by all the injuries, including a majors-high 14 players current on the disabled list. That includes main off-season acquisitions Prince Fielder and Shin-Soo Choo, ace pitcher Yu Darvish and left-handed starters Matt Harrison and Martin Perez. The Rangers have set big league records using 40 pitchers and 63 players. There have been 22 rookies, 15 of them making their major-league debuts -- two pitchers doing so in Washingtons last game Thursday night, a loss that made Texas (53-87 then) the first team mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. "Unbelievable. I dont think any team can have a season like this in any way," third baseman Adrian Beltre said. "Injuries, changes, all the bad things that happened this year. I never remember any team going through this and I hope it will be the last one for anybody. Because it hasnt been fun." First-year Rangers bench Tim Bogar, who had played for Washington in the minors, was named the interim coach for the rest of this season. He will also be a viable candidate when Daniels begins his search to replace the first manager he hired. "We havent gotten that far," Daniels said. "This is pretty fresh as far as where we are in the situation and how things have come down, but ultimately were going to make a long-term choices based on whats best for the organization and club moving forward." 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