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
FC Cincinnati	18	4	8	30	62	2	1	1	0	^	^	^	^	^	^
Orlando City SC	14	7	8	29	50	DNCD	5	5	4	4	3	0	^	^	^
Union	14	8	7	29	49	DNCD	DNCD	5	4	4	3	1	1	0	^
Atlanta United	13	8	10	31	49	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	1	1	0	^
Revolution	13	6	9	28	48	DNCD	6	5	5	4	4	1	1	0	^
Crew	14	9	6	29	48	DNCD	DNCD	5	5	4	4	1	1	0	^
Nashville SC	12	9	7	28	43	X	DNCD	DNCD	6	6	5	3	3	2	0
CF Montréal	11	15	4	30	37	X	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	4	0
D.C. United	9	13	9	31	36	X	X	X	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	0

Red Bulls	8	12	10	30	34	X	X	X	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	0
NY City FC	7	10	13	30	34	X	X	X	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	0
Fire	8	12	9	29	33	X	X	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	5	0
Charlotte FC	7	10	12	29	33	X	X	X	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	5	0
Inter Miami CF	9	15	4	28	31	X	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	6	0
Toronto FC	4	15	10	29	22	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	DNCD	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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