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MLS - Week 5 of 35

Whitecaps What If?

The Whitecaps What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Whitecaps 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.

Whitecaps What If?

Next Game - Fire (2‑1‑1)

  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 5 0 0 15 26% 17% 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 4% 3% 4%
Current Standings 4 0 0 12 25% 16% 13% 11% 9% 7% 6% 4% 3% 6%
Lose Next Game 4 1 0 12 21% 16% 14% 11% 9% 8% 6% 5% 4% 7%


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 26% 17% 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 4% 3% 4%
Current Standings 25% 16% 13% 11% 9% 7% 6% 4% 3% 6%
Worst Case Scenario 21% 16% 14% 11% 9% 8% 6% 5% 4% 7%
Best Case Scenario
   Whitecaps beats Fire
Worst Case Scenario
   Fire beats Whitecaps
  • 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
30 of 30 100% 34 0 0 102 100% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
25 of 30 83% 29 5 0 87 96% 4% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
24 of 30 80% 28 6 0 84 89% 10% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^
23 of 30 77% 27 7 0 81 77% 22% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^
22 of 30 73% 26 8 0 78 60% 35% 5% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^
21 of 30 70% 25 9 0 75 40% 45% 13% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^
20 of 30 67% 24 10 0 72 23% 46% 26% 5% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^
19 of 30 63% 23 11 0 69 11% 37% 37% 13% 2% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
18 of 30 60% 22 12 0 66 4% 23% 39% 26% 7% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
17 of 30 57% 21 13 0 63 1% 10% 31% 37% 18% 3% <1% <1% <1% <1%
16 of 30 53% 20 14 0 60 <1% 3% 17% 36% 31% 11% 1% <1% <1% <1%
15 of 30 50% 19 15 0 57 <1% 1% 6% 24% 37% 24% 7% 1% <1% <1%
14 of 30 47% 18 16 0 54 <1% <1% 1% 10% 30% 35% 19% 4% <1% <1%
13 of 30 43% 17 17 0 51 <1% <1% <1% 3% 14% 33% 33% 14% 3% <1%
12 of 30 40% 16 18 0 48 <1% <1% <1% <1% 4% 18% 35% 29% 11% 2%
11 of 30 37% 15 19 0 45 <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 5% 21% 36% 27% 10%
10 of 30 33% 14 20 0 42 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 7% 24% 36% 31%
9 of 30 30% 13 21 0 39 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 9% 27% 63%
8 of 30 27% 12 22 0 36 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 11% 88%
5 of 30 17% 9 25 0 27 X X X X <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% >99%
0 of 30 0% 4 30 0 12 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