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	18	8	7	33	61	MW	^	^	^	^	^	^	^	^	^
FC Dallas	15	8	10	33	55	X	MW	MW	MW	^	^	^	^	^	^
EarthquakesEarthquaks	14	9	10	33	52	X	1	1	MW	MW	^	^	^	^	^
Dynamo	14	9	9	32	51	X	1	2	2	MW	^	^	^	^	^
St. Louis City SC	14	10	9	33	51	X	X	1	1	MW	^	^	^	^	^
LAFC	12	10	11	33	47	X	X	X	X	X	MW	MW	^	^	^
Galaxy	11	11	11	33	44	X	X	X	X	X	1	1	MW	MW	MW
Rapids	12	14	7	33	43	X	X	X	X	X	X	1	MW	MW	MW
Sounders	11	12	10	33	43	X	X	X	X	X	X	1	1	MW	MW

Real Salt Lake	12	15	6	33	42	X	X	X	X	X	X	1	1	1	MW
Minnesota United	10	12	11	33	41	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	1	1	MW
Timbers	11	14	7	32	40	X	X	X	X	X	X	1	2	2	MW
San Diego FC	9	13	11	33	38	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	MW
Austin FC	8	15	10	33	34	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	MW
Sporting KC	6	22	5	33	23	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	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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