MONTREAL - The chances of a second straight trip to the Major League Soccer playoffs are finished for the Montreal Impact, but they hope winning at home gives them something to build on for next year. Jack McInerney and Dilly Duka scored in the final 10 minutes to give the Impact a 2-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night, leaving them 3-0-1 in their last four league games at Saputo Stadium. It wasnt enough to stave off mathematical elimination from the playoffs as the New York Red Bulls and Columbus Crew both won to move out of reach of the 6-17-6 Impact, who have five regular season games left to play. "We can still play spoiler, even though San Joses not really there either, but we can still put good performances in for the fans and for ourselves going into next season," said McInerney. "Its important to end on a good note." San Jose (6-12-10), whose winless run stretched to nine games, is also in grave danger of missing the post-season. The Impact got the fifth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot in only their second MLS season in 2013, losing their lone post-season game 3-0 in Houston. But they took a step backward in 2014, when poor defence and a 0-11-3 road record was their undoing. But the season is not a write-off yet. Their 1-0 win over the Red Bulls at home on Wednesday put them in first place in their CONCACAF Champions League group with one game left (Oct. 22 in New York), so there is motivation to keep their level of play up to try to salvage something from the campaign. "These games will carry into that," said McInerney. The Impact got new life in early August when the gifted Ignacio Piatti joined as the teams second designated player. Since then the entire squad has stepped up the pace, so that they are winning games theyd have let slip away earlier in the season. Other in-season acquisitions, such as Duka and midfielder Issey Nakajima-Farran, have also helped. "You never want to use a season to build for the next one, but the club is trying to build something long-term," said defender Heath Pearce, who due to injuries anchored an inexperienced back line against San Jose. "You can see the pieces starting to come together slowly. "Hopefully that will lead into something special next year. You can see the team coming together. You can see a system and a style that weve been hoping for all year, and weve added some pieces and now its a lot more realistic style." Nakajima-Farran said it may help that there is little pressure on the Impact in league play at the moment, but he said the players still feed off wins and have had enough of losing. "Its just being the players we are, we hate losing," he said. "Especially the training after a loss, when everyones still feeling the loss. "Its the worst feeling ever. This has been going on for quite a while in Montreal. And when the team doesnt change, guys are getting itchy to get on the pitch. And when we get on, theres a lot to prove, so its good to get a win." Piatti, who has been playing through a nagging bout of tendinitis in his left knee, limped off the field in the 57th minute. Even though the Impact are eliminated and it would be a chance to rest Piatti up for next season, coach Frank Klopas said "Well have to see" how much action the Argentine midfielder sees. "These guys are so competitive, they want to play," said Klopas. McInerney got his eighth of the season and his first since June 29 in the 81st minute to open the scoring. The ball went to Marco Di Vaio from a corner kick and the veteran strikers curling shot needed a diving save from Jon Busch. McInerney was standing on the doorstep and he put up his hands, as though in apology, as the rebound went off his body and into the net. In the 88th, Di Vaio fed Duka near the San Jose area. He cut inside and put a shot between two defenders in off the far post for his third of the season. The Impact were on full attack in the first half, when Piatti and Duka shot over the bar early on and McInerney just missed on a bicycle kick after a lob from Andres Romero. The closest call came in the 38th minute when Piatti tried a long shot that forced Jon Busch into a desperate leap to tip over the bar. The second half saw San Jose get chances, with Chris Wondolowski stopped from close range early and Atiba Harris heading just wide in the 70th. Notes: Montreal outshot San Jose 19-8. . . Playing a third game in eight days, the Impact gave Troy Perkins the start (and the captains armband) in goal ahead of Evan Bush. Academy product Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare got a start at left back and drew praise from Klopas. Left back Krzysztof Krol sat out a suspension from a red card shown in last weeks 2-1 loss at New England. 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He capped the week by making 32 saves and stopping 2-of-4 shootout attempts in a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.With a spot in the postseason already secured, the Toronto Argonauts now turn their attention to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as the two teams get together on Friday night at Rogers Centre. You can watch the game live on TSN, or listen live at TSN1050 Radio at 7pm et/4pm pt. The Argonauts, even without key performers like Ricky Ray and Chad Owens, have been tearing it up as of late, winning four straight in order to put considerable distance between themselves and the rest of the East Division. In fact, the team has even established league records by winning four straight games in as many weeks away from home, thanks to a 34-22 triumph over Edmonton last week at Commonwealth Stadium. Toronto had just a single point at intermission and trailed 22-1 in the third quarter before mounting the comeback bid, putting up 33 unanswered in the teams fourth straight come-from-behind victory. Toronto running back Chad Kackert scored a pair of touchdowns, accounting for 155 yards on the ground. Quarterback Zach Collaros threw for just 152 yards and a major on 17-of-32 passing, while Marcus Ball returned an interception 57 yards for a score in the final minute to put the game out of reach. Toronto has won a franchise-record six road games this season and is 9-0 when scoring at least 30 points. The team can clinch a home playoff game with a win this week and should the Argos come out victorious and Montreal also fall to Edmonton, the team would capture first place in the division with several weeks of action still to come. As for the Tiger-Cats, a team which is sitting in second place in the East Division, but six points behind Toronto, there is still hope for the postseason, but the squad will need a little bit of help. In order for Hamilton to sew up a spot in the playoffs, it must not only defeat Toronto, but at the same time have both Winnipeg and Edmonton bow to their opponents in Week 15 action. The last time out, Hamilton scored the first points of the meeting against visiting Calgary, but then saw the Stampeders rip off 17 straight and eventually lead by a 17-4 score at the break, en route to a 35-11 victory on the road over the Cats. Alternating wins and loosses over the last five games, Hamilton saw both Henry Burris and Dan LeFevour get considerable time under center, combining for five interceptions and less than 250 yards through the air.ddddddddddddNeither signal caller threw a touchdown pass, although LeFevour did make it into the end zone on a one-yard run in the third quarter. Burris, who was sacked twice, entered last weeks contest with 50,367 career passing yards and needed just 169 more to move past Ron Lancaster (50,535 yards) to become the fourth-leading passer in CFL history, but he ended up with just 134 yards before heading to the bench in the third quarter. C.J. Gable, a rookie running back out of USC, had his best game yet for the Ticats as he carried the ball 13 times for a career-high 132 yards, but still that wasnt nearly enough to offset all of the turnovers suffered by Hamilton. With 569 yards on 92 carries here in 2013, Gable currently sits fifth on the leader board for rushing yards in the CFL. As well as Gable ran the ball last week, Hamilton is still a team that takes its cues from Burris, although his mounting mistakes are beginning to overshadow his league-leading 3,899 passing yards and .659 completion percentage. Burris is third in the league in TD passes with 20, but at the same time he has 15 INTs, most among regular starters. While the Tiger-Cats operate with a seasoned veteran at the helm, Toronto continues to go to battle with Collaros calling the shots, while Ray remains on the injured list. Collaros, who has four rushing TDs this season, is connecting on about two-thirds of his pass attempts and has an efficiency rating of 100.3, reducing his mistakes along the way in order to push the Argos to the top of the standings. This is the first of back-to-back meetings for the teams, with another encounter set for 10 days from now in Hamilton. The Cats own a 123-91-2 advantage in the all-time, regular-season series dating back to 1950, but it was Toronto that captured a 39-34 victory in the most recent matchup when the teams kicked off the 2013 slate against each other in late June. Toronto has won four straight and five of the last six battles in the series. 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