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
Union	17	7	6	30	57	DNCD	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	^
FC Cincinnati	17	9	4	30	55	DNCD	DNCD	4	3	3	3	2	1	0	^
Charlotte FC	17	11	2	30	53	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	4	4	3	3	2	0	^
Nashville SC	15	10	5	30	50	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	4	3	1	0
Inter Miami CF	14	6	7	27	49	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	3	2	0
Crew	13	6	10	29	49	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	5	5	4	3	2	0
Orlando City SC	13	7	9	29	48	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	5	5	4	2	0
NY City FC	14	9	5	28	47	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	6	6	6	5	4	2	0
Fire	12	11	6	29	42	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	4	0

Red Bulls	11	12	7	30	40	X	X	X	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	0
Revolution	8	14	8	30	32	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	DNCD	0
Toronto FC	5	13	11	29	26	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
Atlanta United	5	13	11	29	26	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
D.C. United	5	15	10	30	25	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
CF Montréal	5	16	9	30	24	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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