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Perhaps caught looking ahead to the Major League Soccer playoffs, the San Jose Earthquakes opened flat and never recovered Saturday night, dropping their regular-season finale 4-1 to the Kansas City Wizards.The Quakes (13-10-7) finished the regular season with 46 points and enter postseason play as the eighth seed overall and sixth seed in the Western Division. The seed means a first-round matchup at home with Eastern top seed New York next Saturday.San Jose's lone goal came in the 70th minute courtesy of MLS MVP candidate Chris Wondolowski, his league-leading 18th of the season, on an assist from Giovanni and Ryan Johnson.Wizards forward Birahim Diop got a hat trick, his first goal coming in the 36th minute off a long Jonathan Leathers pass from beyond midfield. Leathers dropped the ball to Diop at the top of the box, where he won a battle over Quakes defender Jason Hernandez before heading a soft shot into the left side of an empty net abandoned by goalkeeper Jon Busch. Diop's second goal came unassisted in the 60th minute, the result of a deflected cross. And, after Wondolowski's goal closed the gap to one, Diop sent in a thunderous strike from 22 yards in the 76th minute to extend the lead before an own goal in the 91st minute put th