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 | |
| FC Dallas (4‑3‑4) |
Real Salt Lake (6‑3‑1) |
37 |
| Rapids (4‑6‑1) |
St. Louis City SC (1‑5‑3) |
30 |
| Sounders (6‑1‑2) |
San Diego FC (3‑5‑3) |
30 |
| Minnesota United (6‑3‑2) |
Austin FC (2‑4‑4) |
29 |
| LAFC (6‑2‑3) |
Dynamo (5‑5) |
29 |
| Austin FC (2‑4‑4) |
St. Louis City SC (1‑5‑3) |
22 |
| Atlanta United (3‑7‑1) |
Galaxy (3‑4‑4) |
20 |
| Timbers (3‑6‑1) |
Sporting KC (1‑7‑2) |
20 |
| NY City FC (3‑4‑3) |
LAFC (6‑2‑3) |
18 |
| Earthquakes (9‑1‑1) |
Whitecaps (8‑1‑1) |
14 |