MLS Western Conference Winning Magic Numbers

Western 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
Whitecaps	16	7	7	30	55	3	3	2	2	0	^	^	^	^	^
St. Louis City SC	14	7	9	30	51	DNCD	DNCD	4	3	2	1	1	0	^	^
FC Dallas	14	7	9	30	51	DNCD	DNCD	4	3	2	1	1	0	^	^
EarthquakesEarthquaks	13	8	9	30	48	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	4	3	2	2	1	0	^
Dynamo	13	9	8	30	47	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	3	2	2	1	0	^
LAFC	12	9	10	31	46	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	3	2	2	1	0
Sounders	11	10	9	30	42	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	4	4	3	2	0
Galaxy	10	11	10	31	40	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	3	0
Rapids	11	13	6	30	39	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	4	3	0

Real Salt Lake	10	14	6	30	36	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	4	0
Timbers	9	14	7	30	34	X	X	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	0
San Diego FC	8	12	10	30	34	X	X	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	0
Minnesota United	8	12	10	30	34	X	X	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	0
Austin FC	7	13	10	30	31	X	X	X	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	0
Sporting KC	6	20	4	30	22	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	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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