there certainly there are parallels to 2000, but I wasn't here." ... The underdog role is certainly one that the Wizards wear easily. Squeezing into the playoffs with the eighth-best record in the league, they were moved to the Western Conference (as fifth-best team in the East). But there is some experience that has shown that the last seed in the postseason can come away with a title -- as in the Los Angeles Galaxy, who won MLS Cup 2005. "It's more like, I know it can be done. We proved it in 2005 with the Galaxy, that you're able to get in (to the playoffs) in eighth place and you're able to do things," said goalkeeper Kevin Hartman to the Press-Enterprise. "I've never really felt the MLS playoffs necessarily rewarded the team that's been successful throughout the year. It's anybody's game. And for us, that's great. That's perfect."
