The Most Important Games for a conference are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Western conference games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| LAFC (3‑3‑3) |
Timbers (2‑3‑4) |
36 |
| Minnesota United (4‑2‑2) |
Sporting KC (2‑2‑5) |
31 |
| Austin FC (3‑3‑3) |
Galaxy (5‑1‑3) |
31 |
| FC Dallas (1‑5‑2) |
Dynamo (4‑3‑1) |
29 |
| FC Cincinnati (4‑2‑3) |
Rapids (4‑2‑3) |
27 |
| Red Bulls (4‑1‑4) |
Whitecaps (5‑2‑1) |
21 |
| D.C. United (2‑3‑4) |
Sounders (1‑4‑3) |
20 |
| Union (3‑0‑4) |
Real Salt Lake (4‑2‑3) |
15 |
| Nashville SC (1‑3‑4) |
Earthquakes (1‑8) |
9 |