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Sounders What If?

The Sounders What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Sounders play future games. These games include either the next game, all remaining games, or a set of games called Best/Worst Case Scenarios. Other unplayed future games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.

Sounders What If?

Next Game - Austin FC (11‑10‑8)

  Resultant Record Conference Playoff Spots No Playoffs No POs
  W L T 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
Win Next Game 13 8 9 48 <1% <1% 2% 13% 78% 6% <1% <1% <1% ^
Current Standings 12 8 9 45 <1% <1% 1% 8% 71% 14% 5% 1% <1% <1%
Lose Next Game 12 9 9 45 <1% <1% <1% 3% 64% 22% 9% 1% <1% <1%


Best/Worst Case Scenarios

  Conference Playoff Spots No Playoffs No POs
  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
Best Case Scenario <1% <1% 3% 23% 70% 3% <1% <1% <1% ^
Current Standings <1% <1% 1% 8% 71% 14% 5% 1% <1% <1%
Worst Case Scenario <1% <1% <1% 2% 60% 24% 13% 2% <1% <1%
Best Case Scenario
   Dynamo beats Timbers
   Sounders beats Austin FC
   Real Salt Lake beats LAFC
 Worst Case Scenario
   Timbers beats Dynamo
   Austin FC beats Sounders
   LAFC beats Real Salt Lake
  • Notes
  • Only games from the current week are considered for inclusion into the scenarios
  • Only those games that meaningfully affect the playoff probabilities are included in the scenarios - maximum of three


Remaining Games

Remaining Games
Won		 Winning Percentage of
Remaining Games		 Resultant Record Conference Playoff Spots No Playoffs No POs
W L T 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
5 of 5 100% 17 8 9 60 <1% 5% 25% 46% 23% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
4 of 5 80% 16 9 9 57 <1% <1% 2% 28% 69% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^
3 of 5 60% 15 10 9 54 X <1% <1% 7% 91% 2% <1% ^ ^ ^
2 of 5 40% 14 11 9 51 X X X <1% 73% 25% 2% <1% ^ ^
1 of 5 20% 13 12 9 48 X X X <1% 19% 50% 29% 2% <1% ^
0 of 5 0% 12 13 9 45 X X X X <1% 6% 51% 38% 6% <1%
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this playoff spot
  • X means the team cannot win this playoff spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - green number indicates the team controls its destiny for this spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - red number indicates the team does not control its destiny for this spot
  • Table Sorting Method
  • *   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