The Most Important Games for the Timbers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Timbers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Timbers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Timbers Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Timbers (11‑11‑9) vs Galaxy (8‑11‑10) |
92 | Timbers Wins | X | 1% | 7% | 17% | 18% | 20% | 18% | 16% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 4% | 10% | 13% | 17% | 16% | 20% | 11% | 10% | ||
| Galaxy Wins | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 13% | 15% | 26% | 17% | 19% | ||
| D.C. United (9‑13‑9) vs Whitecaps (11‑10‑9) |
9 | D.C. United Wins | X | <1% | 5% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 19% | 10% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 4% | 10% | 13% | 17% | 16% | 20% | 11% | 10% | ||
| Whitecaps Wins | X | <1% | 3% | 9% | 12% | 17% | 17% | 22% | 11% | 10% | ||
| LAFC (12‑9‑9) vs Real Salt Lake (12‑11‑7) |
6 | LAFC Wins | X | <1% | 4% | 11% | 13% | 16% | 16% | 20% | 10% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 4% | 10% | 13% | 17% | 16% | 20% | 11% | 10% | ||
| Real Salt Lake Wins | X | <1% | 3% | 8% | 12% | 17% | 17% | 21% | 11% | 10% | ||