MLS Eastern Conference Winning Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference Winning Magic Numbers
	Record					Conference Playoff Spots									No Playoffs No POs
Team	W	L	T	GPi Games Played 34 game season	Pts	1^* First Round Bye and Second Round Home Field Advantage	2^* First Round Bye and Second Round Home Field Advantage	3^* First Round Bye and Second Round Home Field Advantage	4^* First Round Bye and Second Round Home Field Advantage	5^** First Round Bye	6^** First Round Bye	7^** First Round Bye	8^*** First Round Home Field Advantage	9	10
Nashville SC	5	1	1	7	16	27	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	0
Fire	4	2	1	7	13	DNCD	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	0
Inter Miami CF	3	1	3	7	12	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	0
NY City FC	3	2	2	7	11	27	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	0
Charlotte FC	3	2	2	7	11	DNCD	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	0
Toronto FC	3	2	2	7	11	27	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	0
Red Bull	3	2	2	7	11	27	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	0
Revolution	3	3	0	6	9	DNCD	28	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	0
D.C. United	2	4	1	7	7	DNCD	DNCD	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	0

FC Cincinnati	2	4	1	7	7	DNCD	DNCD	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	0
Crew	1	3	3	7	6	DNCD	DNCD	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	0
Atlanta United	1	5	1	7	4	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	26	26	25	24	23	22	0
Orlando City SC	1	5	1	7	4	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	27	26	25	24	23	22	0
Union	1	6	0	7	3	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	27	26	25	24	23	22	0
CF Montréal	1	6	0	7	3	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	27	26	25	24	23	22	0

Notes
^ means the team will finish better than this spot
X means the team cannot win this spot
numeric numeric indicates the number of games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
"DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
* denotes first round bye and second round home field advantage in the playoffs
** denotes first round home bye in the playoffs
*** denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs

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