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Sounders What If?

The Sounders What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Sounders play future games. These games include either the next game, all remaining games, or a set of games called Best/Worst Case Scenarios. Other unplayed future games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.

Sounders What If?

Next Game - Rapids (11‑12‑2)

  Resultant Record Conference Playoff Spots No Playoffs No POs
  W L T 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
Win Next Game 8 9 7 31 <1% <1% <1% 1% 2% 4% 11% 15% 15% 51%
Current Standings 7 9 7 28 <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 2% 6% 9% 12% 69%
Lose Next Game 7 10 7 28 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 3% 7% 11% 77%


Best/Worst Case Scenarios

  Conference Playoff Spots No Playoffs No POs
  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
Best Case Scenario <1% <1% <1% 1% 2% 6% 13% 16% 16% 46%
Current Standings <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 2% 6% 9% 12% 69%
Worst Case Scenario <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 3% 6% 89%
Best Case Scenario
   Sounders beats Sporting KC
   Sounders beats Rapids
 Worst Case Scenario
   Sporting KC beats Sounders
   Rapids beats Sounders
  • Notes
  • Only games from the current week are considered for inclusion into the scenarios
  • Only those games that meaningfully affect the playoff probabilities are included in the scenarios - maximum of three


Remaining Games

Remaining Games
Won		 Winning Percentage of
Remaining Games		 Resultant Record Conference Playoff Spots No Playoffs No POs
W L T 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
11 of 11 100% 18 9 7 61 15% 58% 24% 3% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^
10 of 11 91% 17 10 7 58 2% 26% 44% 23% 4% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^
9 of 11 82% 16 11 7 55 <1% 3% 17% 37% 31% 10% 1% <1% <1% <1%
8 of 11 73% 15 12 7 52 <1% <1% 1% 8% 30% 39% 20% 2% <1% <1%
7 of 11 64% 14 13 7 49 <1% <1% <1% <1% 2% 19% 45% 28% 5% <1%
6 of 11 55% 13 14 7 46 X <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 13% 38% 34% 15%
5 of 11 45% 12 15 7 43 X X <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 6% 24% 70%
4 of 11 36% 11 16 7 40 X X X X X <1% <1% <1% 1% 99%
3 of 11 27% 10 17 7 37 X X X X X X <1% <1% <1% >99%
2 of 11 18% 9 18 7 34 X X X X X X X <1% <1% >99%
1 of 11 9% 8 19 7 31 X X X X X X X X X 100%
0 of 11 0% 7 20 7 28 X X X X X X X X X 100%
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this playoff spot
  • X means the team cannot win this playoff spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - green number indicates the team controls its destiny for this spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - red number indicates the team does not control its destiny for this spot
  • Table Sorting Method
  • *   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