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
Red Bulls	4	1	3	8	15	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	0
Inter Miami CF	4	2	3	9	15	DNCD	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	0
Union	3	0	4	7	13	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	0
Crew	3	1	4	8	13	26	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	0
FC Cincinnati	3	2	3	8	12	DNCD	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	20	0
Atlanta United	3	2	2	7	11	27	26	25	24	23	22	22	21	20	0
Charlotte FC	3	3	2	8	11	26	26	25	24	23	22	22	21	20	0
CF Montréal	3	3	1	7	10	27	26	25	24	24	23	22	21	20	0
Toronto FC	3	4	1	8	10	DNCD	26	25	24	24	23	22	21	20	0

D.C. United	2	2	4	8	10	DNCD	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	0
Fire	2	3	3	8	9	DNCD	DNCD	26	25	24	23	22	21	21	0
Orlando City SC	2	3	2	7	8	DNCD	27	26	25	24	23	23	22	21	0
NY City FC	2	4	2	8	8	DNCD	DNCD	26	25	24	23	22	22	21	0
Nashville SC	1	2	4	7	7	DNCD	27	26	26	25	24	23	22	21	0
Revolution	1	5	1	7	4	DNCD	DNCD	27	26	26	25	24	23	22	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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