MLS Western Conference Losing Magic Numbers

Western Conference Losing 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
Whitecaps	10	3	4	17	34	15	16	16	17	17	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW
LAFC	10	5	4	19	34	13	14	15	15	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW
EarthquakesEarthquaks	10	5	3	18	33	14	14	15	16	16	16	MW	MW	MW	MW
Dynamo	9	6	2	17	29	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	MW	MW
Real Salt Lake	8	6	3	17	27	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	MW
FC Dallas	7	5	6	18	27	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	MW
St. Louis City SC	7	6	5	18	26	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	16	MW
Sounders	7	7	3	17	24	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	MW
Timbers	7	8	3	18	24	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	MW

Minnesota United	6	6	6	18	24	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	MW
Rapids	7	10	1	18	22	10	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	MW
Galaxy	5	7	7	19	22	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	MW
San Diego FC	5	7	6	18	21	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	MW
Austin FC	4	9	5	18	17	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	MW
Sporting KC	4	12	2	18	14	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	MW

Notes
^ means the team will finish better than this spot
X means the team cannot win this spot
numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
"MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
* 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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