CREATE TABLE "year_by_year" (
  "year" real,
  "division" real,
  "league" text,
  "regular_season" text,
  "playoffs" text,
  "open_cup" text
);

Question: What regular season did the team reach the conference semifinals in the playoffs?
SQL: SELECT "regular_season" FROM "year_by_year" WHERE "playoffs"='conference semifinals';

Question: When the regular season of 2nd, Northeast and the year was less than 2008 what was the total number of Division?
SQL: SELECT COUNT("division") FROM "year_by_year" WHERE "regular_season"='2nd, northeast' AND "year"<2008;

Question: What division was the regular season 5th, Northeast?
SQL: SELECT "division" FROM "year_by_year" WHERE "regular_season"='5th, northeast';