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* | 2** | 3** | 4** | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Dynamo (9‑13‑4) vs FC Dallas (10‑10‑7) |
5 | Dynamo Wins | <1% | 9% | 13% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 21% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 8% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 24% | ||
| FC Dallas Wins | <1% | 8% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 25% | ||
| Rapids (7‑13‑6) vs Real Salt Lake (12‑10‑4) |
4 | Rapids Wins | <1% | 10% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 23% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 8% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 24% | ||
| Real Salt Lake Wins | <1% | 8% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 25% | ||
| Whitecaps (6‑12‑9) vs EarthquakesEarthquaks (11‑10‑5) |
4 | Whitecaps Wins | <1% | 9% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 22% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 8% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 24% | ||
| EarthquakesEarthquaks Wins | <1% | 9% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 24% | ||
| LAFC (19‑3‑4) vs Galaxy (13‑11‑2) |
3 | LAFC Wins | X | 9% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 23% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 8% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 24% | ||
| Galaxy Wins | <1% | 6% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 24% | ||