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 | |
| Rapids (11‑13‑3) |
Earthquakes (13‑8‑6) |
79 |
| St. Louis City SC (12‑6‑8) |
Galaxy (9‑10‑9) |
72 |
| Revolution (14‑9‑4) |
Sounders (9‑9‑8) |
67 |
| Sounders (9‑9‑8) |
Sporting KC (6‑17‑3) |
64 |
| Union (11‑10‑6) |
Real Salt Lake (9‑13‑5) |
47 |
| Sporting KC (6‑17‑3) |
Timbers (9‑13‑5) |
46 |
| Red Bull (9‑11‑6) |
San Diego FC (8‑11‑8) |
44 |
| LAFC (11‑9‑8) |
Whitecaps (15‑6‑5) |
31 |
| Minnesota United (7‑12‑8) |
Dynamo (13‑9‑5) |
29 |
| Red Bull (9‑11‑6) |
St. Louis City SC (12‑6‑8) |
23 |
| Austin FC (7‑10‑10) |
Nashville SC (18‑3‑6) |
21 |
| Charlotte FC (12‑8‑7) |
FC Dallas (13‑6‑8) |
19 |
| Fire (12‑8‑6) |
Whitecaps (15‑6‑5) |
7 |