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Playoff projections – Sept. 5

Sep 5, 2011   //   by sttadmin   //   Announcements, Blog, Playoffs, Statistics  //  5 Comments

Latest playoff projections based on games remaining and point per game average as of Week 25:

1 Los Angeles Galaxy (W1) 65.44
2 Seattle Sounders (W2) 60.46
3 FC Dallas (W3) 57.90
4 Real Salt Lake (WC1) 57.12
5 Columbus Crew (E1) 52.32
6 Colorado Rapids  (WC2) 49.76
7 Sporting Kansas City (E2) 46.59
8 Philadelphia Union (E3) 46.24
9 Houston Dynamo (WC3) 44.10
10 DC United (WC4) 43.90
11 New York Red Bulls 41.84
11 Portland Timbers 41.84
13 Chivas USA 39.05
14 Chicago Fire 35.32
15 San Jose Earthquakes 34.00
16 New England Revolution 30.04
17 Toronto FC 29.16
18 Vancouver Whitecaps 27.48

 

Play-in matchups would be:

Wild Card 1 (Real Salt Lake) vs. Wild Card 4 (DC United)
Wild Card 2 (Colorado Rapids) vs. Wild Card 3 (Houston Dynamo)

The lowest remaining seed from the play-in would get the LA Galaxy; the other would get Columbus, while Seattle would face FC Dallas in the West and Sporting KC would play Philadelphia in the East in a two-leg semi.

This is just a projection based on past performance and games remaining; teams could get on a good run of form and change their destiny.