The Most Important Games for a conference are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Western conference games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Rapids (9‑11‑1) |
Real Salt Lake (8‑8‑4) |
62 |
| St. Louis City SC (9‑6‑6) |
FC Dallas (9‑6‑6) |
60 |
| San Diego FC (7‑8‑6) |
Galaxy (6‑8‑8) |
58 |
| Dynamo (11‑7‑2) |
Earthquakes (10‑8‑3) |
56 |
| Timbers (8‑9‑4) |
Austin FC (5‑10‑6) |
55 |
| Minnesota United (7‑7‑7) |
Orlando City SC (7‑11‑3) |
48 |
| Sounders (7‑9‑4) |
Fire (11‑6‑3) |
31 |
| D.C. United (5‑7‑9) |
LAFC (10‑7‑5) |
29 |
| Sporting KC (4‑14‑3) |
Whitecaps (12‑4‑4) |
6 |