MLS Western Conference Losing Magic Numbers

Western Conference Losing 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
Whitecaps	16	8	7	31	55	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW	^	^	^	^	^
FC Dallas	15	7	9	31	54	3	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW	^	^	^	^
St. Louis City SC	14	8	9	31	51	2	3	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW	^	^
EarthquakesEarthquaks	13	9	9	31	48	1	2	3	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW	^
Dynamo	13	9	9	31	48	1	2	3	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW	^
LAFC	12	9	10	31	46	X	1	2	3	3	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW
Sounders	11	10	10	31	43	X	X	1	2	2	3	MW	MW	MW	MW
Rapids	12	13	6	31	42	X	X	1	2	2	2	3	MW	MW	MW
Galaxy	10	11	10	31	40	X	X	X	1	1	2	3	3	3	MW

Real Salt Lake	11	14	6	31	39	X	X	X	1	1	1	2	3	3	MW
Timbers	10	14	7	31	37	X	X	X	X	X	1	2	2	2	MW
San Diego FC	8	12	11	31	35	X	X	X	X	X	X	1	1	2	MW
Minnesota United	8	12	11	31	35	X	X	X	X	X	X	1	1	2	MW
Austin FC	8	13	10	31	34	X	X	X	X	X	X	1	1	1	MW
Sporting KC	6	21	4	31	22	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	MW

Notes
^ means the team will finish better than this spot
X means the team cannot win this spot
numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
"MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
* 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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