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) |
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|---|---|---|
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| San Diego FC (8‑9‑6) |
Earthquakes (10‑8‑5) |
69 |
| Timbers (9‑10‑4) |
St. Louis City SC (10‑6‑7) |
64 |
| Dynamo (11‑7‑4) |
Real Salt Lake (8‑9‑5) |
64 |
| FC Dallas (10‑6‑7) |
Timbers (9‑10‑4) |
64 |
| Earthquakes (10‑8‑5) |
Dynamo (11‑7‑4) |
60 |
| San Diego FC (8‑9‑6) |
Union (7‑10‑6) |
60 |
| Austin FC (6‑10‑7) |
Rapids (10‑12‑1) |
58 |
| St. Louis City SC (10‑6‑7) |
Minnesota United (7‑8‑8) |
58 |
| Rapids (10‑12‑1) |
CF Montréal (5‑12‑6) |
55 |
| Real Salt Lake (8‑9‑5) |
NY City FC (7‑8‑8) |
52 |
| Minnesota United (7‑8‑8) |
FC Dallas (10‑6‑7) |
52 |
| LAFC (10‑7‑7) |
Red Bull (7‑10‑6) |
35 |
| Sporting KC (4‑16‑3) |
LAFC (10‑7‑7) |
34 |
| Galaxy (7‑9‑8) |
Sounders (7‑9‑6) |
31 |
| Whitecaps (13‑5‑4) |
Galaxy (7‑9‑8) |
25 |
| Sounders (7‑9‑6) |
Sporting KC (4‑16‑3) |
22 |
| Whitecaps (13‑5‑4) |
Austin FC (6‑10‑7) |
9 |