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TORONTO - Toronto FCs playoff hopes hang by a thread going into a weekend road trip to New York to face the Red Bulls.In the West, the Whitecaps are also on the outside looking in, but with a game in hand over the Portland Timbers who sit on the playoff bubble.Neither is sitting pretty. But of the two, Toronto will be squirming a bit more.In the wake of a 1-0 loss to the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday, Toronto (11-13-7) sits in sixth place — one spot out of the playoff picture in the Eastern Conference — with three games remaining.Five teams in each conference make the playoffs. All of the Eastern clubs have three games to play.Toronto has 40 points, three less than the fifth-place Columbus Crew (11-10-10) and four less than fourth-place New York (11-9-11).On Wednesday, Toronto coach Greg Vanney said Toronto had lost its margin for error with the Houston setback.Weve got to be almost perfect from here on out, he said.A loss or tie Saturday against the Red Bulls and Toronto would still be mathematically alive in the playoff hunt. But there would only be a tiny sliver of hope.A Toronto loss, coupled with a Columbus win in Philadelphia, would be all but fatal.That would put the Red Bulls, with 47 points out of reach. Columbus, at 46, would be six points ahead of Toronto with two games to play.Toronto would then have to win at home against the Montreal Impact and on the road in New England and hope that Columbus not pick up a point at New York and at home to Philadelphia.In the event of a tie, Toronto would have the tiebreaker edge over Columbus with more wins.In the West, sixth-place Vancouver (10-8-13) has work to do after Portlands 3-0 win over San Jose on Wednesday.The Whitecaps have 43 points, two behind the Timbers, but have a game in hand,Vancouver visits powerful Seattle on Friday before playing at San Jose and hosting Colorado, two teams already out of the playoffs. Portland finishes at home to Real Salt Lake and away to FC Dallas.Sportsclubstats.com, which tracks playoff races, estimates Torontos chances of making the playoffs at 18.4 per cent, down 25.2 after Wednesdays loss. It has Vancouver at 37.8, down 15.7 after Portlands win. Sporting Kansas City, third in the East with 46 points, is one of four teams that can clinch a post-season berth this week. The others are the New England Revolution (second in the East, 48 points), Real Salt Lake (third in the West, 49 points) and Dallas (fourth in the West, 48 points).East leader D.C. United (52 points) has already qualified for the playoffs. In the West, No. 1 Seattle and No. 2 Los Angeles Galaxy (both 60 points) have booked their post-season ticket. Two teams can be eliminated from post-season contention this weekend: Philadelphia and Houston.Montreal, Chivas and Chicago have also already been ruled out.Toronto, which entered the league in 2007, has never made the playoffs. Vancouver, which joined in 2011, qualified for the post-season in 2012.Follow @NeilMDavidson on Twitter John Wetzel Jersey . -- Tiago Splitter tipped in a rebound with 2. 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The Vikings were enamoured enough with the soft-handed, slender Rudolph that they drafted him out of Notre Dame in the second round in 2011 despite a nasty injury, a torn right hamstring, that he was still recovering from at the time. Rudolph won the Most Valuable Player award at the Pro Bowl after the 2012 season, but he has accumulated a modest 1,055 yards and 15 touchdowns over three years in the NFL. Jimmy Graham exceeded both of those totals last season for New Orleans. Rob Gronkowski did the same three years ago for New England. The Vikings have long believed the 6-foot-6 Rudolph, who used a better off-season diet to start training camp at a lean weight of 258, can become that featured receiver who can catch passes all over the field, in addition to being a go-to target in the end zone. "I think hes trying to work the Jimmy Graham deal," close friend and quarterback Christian Ponder said, joking about Rudolphs sleeker look. "He looks good out here, and you can tell hes very polished in what hes doing." Rudolphs new deal has a maximum worth of $40 million. About half of that is practically guaranteed, and his annual average salary will be in the top five of all NFL tight ennds.dddddddddddd Graham makes the most. "Hes worked as hard as anyone in this organization, and he is getting himself ready to have a great year," offensive co-ordinator Norv Turner said. Rudolph, who missed the last half of last season because of a broken left foot, will be asked to run more routes up the seam between the 20-yard lines this year. Hell likely find himself standing up and split out a lot, rather than the traditional three-point stance for tight ends of the previous generation. With more rules discouraging defensive backs from levying big hits, larger, and faster and stronger athletes continuing to enter the league, and passing attacks become more and more potent, the tight end has flourished into a true skill position. Turner has a history of significant production by tight ends in his scheme, from Antonio Gates in San Diego to Jordan Cameron last year in Turners lone season with Cleveland. From Rudolph to running back Adrian Peterson, the early reviews of Turners system have been raving. "Im sure you guys wrote stories about us being predictable the past seven years. You wont be able to write that story this year," Peterson said. "Thats pretty much all Im saying: You wont be able to do that, because this offence is so versatile." The Vikings invested in Rudolph for reasons beyond the physical attributes, too. Head coach Mike Zimmer called him "a pleaser," whos willing to "buy into everything" the new staff is trying to do with the team. Rudolph said hed keep the same house in the Twin Cities area and continue to drive the same truck, splurging only for philanthropy: to upgraded the weight room at his alma mater, Elder High School in Cincinnati. 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