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	11	3	4	18	37	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	0
FC Cincinnati	10	5	3	18	33	DNCD	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	0
Nashville SC	9	4	5	18	32	DNCD	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	0
Crew	8	3	7	18	31	DNCD	DNCD	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	0
Orlando City SC	8	4	6	18	30	DNCD	DNCD	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	0
Inter Miami CF	8	3	5	16	29	DNCD	17	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	0
NY City FC	8	6	4	18	28	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	16	15	15	14	13	13	0
Red Bulls	8	7	3	18	27	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	16	15	15	14	14	13	0
Fire	7	6	4	17	25	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	17	16	16	15	14	14	0

Charlotte FC	8	9	1	18	25	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	16	16	15	14	14	0
Revolution	6	5	5	16	23	DNCD	DNCD	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	0
D.C. United	4	9	6	19	18	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	0
Atlanta United	4	9	5	18	17	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	0
Toronto FC	3	10	4	17	13	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	17	0
CF Montréal	2	11	5	18	11	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	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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