Week 22 results: ATL 3-0 LAG NER 0-2 LAX ORL 2-0 FCD CIN 1-2 VAN HOU 0-1 CHI COR 6-3 MTL RSL 3-1 NYC SJE 1-1 CLB The West wins the week with 4 wins and a draw against 3 losses. The East is now 40-18-52. Standings are W-T-L. Teams are ranked by Points Earned. EAST NER 6-2-1 ATL 6-0-4 NYC 4-2-2 NYR 4-2-2 MTL 4-0-5 CHI 3-3-4 ORL 3-1-3 DCU 3-1-4 PHI 2-3-4 CIN 2-1-8 CLB 2-1-8 TOR 1-2-7 WEST RSL 7-1-3 LAX 6-2-0 SEA 6-1-2 MIN 5-1-5 SKC 4-4-3 HOU 5-0-4 LAG 5-0-5 POR 4-1-2 SJE 3-2-3 FCD 3-1-4 COR 3-1-6 VAN 2-4-2 Week 23 fixtures: NYC v. HOU SEA v. NER PHI v. HOU DCU v. LAG LAX v. NYR
Week 23 results: NYC 3-2 HOU SEA 3-3 NER PHI 2-1 HOU DCU 2-1 LAG LAX 4-2 NYR The East wins the week with 3 wins and a draw against 1 loss. The East is now 43-19-53. There are only 29 inter-conference games left. Standings are W-T-L. Teams are ranked by Points Earned. EAST NER 6-3-1 ATL 6-0-4 NYC 5-2-2 NYR 4-2-3 DCU 4-1-4 MTL 4-0-5 CHI 3-3-4 PHI 3-3-4 ORL 3-1-3 CIN 2-1-8 CLB 2-1-8 TOR 1-2-7 WEST LAX 7-2-0 RSL 7-1-3 SEA 6-2-2 MIN 5-1-5 SKC 4-4-3 HOU 5-0-6 LAG 5-0-6 POR 4-1-2 SJE 3-2-3 FCD 3-1-4 COR 3-1-6 VAN 2-4-2 Week 24 fixtures: ORL v. SKC POR v. CHI MTL v. FCD MIN v. ORL VAN v. DCU POR v. ATL
Week 24 results: ORL 1-0 SKC POR 3-2 CHI MTL 3-3 FCD MIN 1-1 ORL VAN 1-0 DCU POR 0-2 ATL The week was split with two wins and two draws each way. The East is now 45-21-55. There are only 23 inter-conference games left. Standings are W-T-L. Teams are ranked by Points Earned. BOLD inter-conference season is complete. EAST ATL 7-0-4 NER 6-3-1 NYC 5-2-2 NYR 4-2-3 ORL 4-2-3 DCU 4-1-5 MTL 4-1-5 PHI 3-3-4 CHI 3-3-5 CIN 2-1-8 CLB 2-1-8 TOR 1-2-7 WEST LAX 7-2-0 RSL 7-1-3 SEA 6-2-2 MIN 5-2-5 POR 5-1-3 SKC 4-4-4 HOU 5-0-6 LAG 5-0-6 VAN 3-4-2 SJE 3-2-3 FCD 3-2-4 COR 3-1-6 Week 25 fixtures: No games Week 26 fixtures: MTL v. VAN NYR v. COR FCD v. CIN VAN v. NYC SJE v. ORL
Back from another self-imposed data-input hiatus. That said, this is still over. The East has a 30-point deficit and 23 games remaining, meaning that they will need to net 10 wins from those games. The easiest way to do that is win 17/23 remaining (each tie makes the proportion of wins worse), or win 74% of the remaining matches. Moreover, it'll be done exclusively on the backs of a few teams: the New York teams and Orlando each have three interconference matches left, so if one of them has a bad run, that's it. AND, if they end up tying the overall PPG, they have to net just over one goal per game to break the tie. The East has 1.76 PPG in home matches; the West has 2.02 home PPG. ATCHCNCBDCMTNENCNRORPHTRCODLHOLFLGMNPRRSSESJSKVN ATL1:01:25:03:03:0 CHI4:12:01:12:41:1 CIN3:20:23:00:31:11:2 CLB1:00:33:11:31:20:1 DCU0:42:15:01:11:0 MNT3:32:32:12:12:1 NER2:10:22:13:14:0 NYC3:22:20:13:03:1 NYR3:21:24:04:12:2 ORL4:32:00:11:01:0 PHI1:12:12:11:30:0 TRN1:34:31:21:22:2 COL3:13:22:36:31:21:2 FCD2:01:11:33:0 HOU0:12:02:12:14:0 LAF4:30:02:04:24:2 LAG2:11:20:22:02:0 MIN7:11:01:03:31:12:3 POR0:23:21:1 RSL2:11:03:12:14:03:0 SEA2:14:13:32:13:2 SJQ4:11:01:11:2 SPK0:31:07:14:42:22:0 VAN0:11:01:11:1 2019HOMEHOMEHOMEAWAYAWAYAWAYTOTSTOTSTOTS 2019WINS TIESLOSSWINS TIESLOSSG.S.G.A.G.D. EAST33.0010.0019.0012.0011.0036.00189.00212.00-23.00 WEST36.0011.0012.0019.0010.0033.00212.00189.0023.00 ATLU4.000.001.003.000.003.0024.0010.0014.00 CHIC2.002.001.001.001.004.0015.0017.00-2.00 CINC2.001.003.000.000.005.0011.0027.00-16.00 CLBS2.000.004.000.001.004.009.0018.00-9.00 DCUD3.001.001.001.000.004.0013.0014.00-1.00 MONT3.001.001.001.000.004.0020.0029.00-9.00 NERV4.000.001.002.003.000.0023.0015.008.00 NYFC3.001.001.002.001.001.0019.0013.006.00 NYRB3.001.001.001.001.002.0021.0018.003.00 ORLD4.000.001.000.002.002.0012.0010.002.00 PHIL2.002.001.001.001.003.0010.0017.00-7.00 TORN1.001.003.000.001.004.0012.0024.00-12.00 COLO3.000.003.000.001.003.0021.0023.00-2.00 FCDS2.001.001.001.001.003.0013.0013.000.00 HOUS4.000.001.001.000.005.0019.0019.000.00 LAFC4.001.000.003.001.000.0025.009.0016.00 LAGA3.000.002.002.000.004.0014.0016.00-2.00 MINN3.002.001.002.000.004.0024.0022.002.00 PORT1.001.001.004.000.002.0014.0013.001.00 RSLK6.000.000.001.001.003.0020.0015.005.00 SEAT4.001.000.002.001.002.0021.0016.005.00 SJEQ2.001.001.001.001.002.0012.0013.00-1.00 SPKC3.002.001.001.002.003.0021.0018.003.00 VANC1.002.001.001.002.002.008.0012.00-4.00 2019TOTSTOTSTOTSTOTSTOTSTOTSPTSA 2019TGP.PTS.GPG.PPG.GAPGGLFT2018 EAST121.00156.001.561.291.7523.0030.00 WEST121.00186.001.751.541.5623.0042.00 ATLU11.0021.002.181.910.911.007.00 CHIC11.0012.001.361.091.551.006.00 CINC11.007.001.000.642.451.000.00 CLBS11.007.000.820.641.641.00-4.00 DCUD10.0013.001.301.301.402.001.00 MONT10.0013.002.001.302.902.00-4.00 NERV10.0021.002.302.101.502.009.00 NYFC9.0017.002.111.891.443.00-3.00 NYRB9.0014.002.331.562.003.00-10.00 ORLD9.0014.001.331.561.113.002.00 PHIL10.0012.001.001.201.702.002.00 TORN10.005.001.200.502.402.001.00 COLO10.0010.002.101.002.302.003.00 FCDS9.0011.001.441.221.443.00-7.00 HOUS11.0015.001.731.361.731.002.00 LAFC9.0023.002.782.561.003.009.00 LAGA11.0015.001.271.361.451.00-4.00 MINN12.0017.002.001.421.830.002.00 PORT9.0016.001.561.781.443.007.00 RSLK11.0022.001.822.001.361.0012.00 SEAT10.0020.002.102.001.602.007.00 SJEQ8.0011.001.501.371.624.009.00 SPKC12.0016.001.751.331.500.005.00 VANC9.0010.000.891.111.333.00-4.00
Week 26 results: MTL 2-1 VAN NYR 0-2 COR FCD 3-1 CIN VAN 1-3 NYC SJE 3-0 ORL The West wins the week with 3 wins and 2 losses. The East is now 47-21-58. There are only 18 inter-conference games left. Standings are W-T-L. Teams are ranked by Points Earned. BOLD inter-conference season is complete. EAST ATL 7-0-4 NER 6-3-1 NYC 6-2-2 MTL 5-1-5 NYR 4-2-4 ORL 4-2-4 DCU 4-1-5 PHI 3-3-4 CHI 3-3-5 CLB 2-1-8 CIN 2-1-9 TOR 1-2-7 WEST LAX 7-2-0 RSL 7-1-3 SEA 6-2-2 MIN 5-2-5 POR 5-1-3 SKC 4-4-4 HOU 5-0-6 LAG 5-0-6 SJE 4-2-3 FCD 4-2-4 VAN 3-4-4 COR 4-1-6 Week 27 fixtures: ORL v. LAX
18 games left and the East needs to net 11 of them. It's all over but the shouting. ATCHCNCBDCMTNENCNRORPHTRCODLHOLFLGMNPRRSSESJSKVN ATL1:01:25:03:03:0 CHI4:12:01:12:41:1 CIN3:20:23:00:31:11:2 CLB1:00:33:11:31:20:1 DCU0:42:15:01:11:0 MNT3:32:32:12:12:12:1 NER2:10:22:13:14:0 NYC3:22:20:13:03:1 NYR0:23:21:24:04:12:2 ORL4:32:00:11:01:0 PHI1:12:12:11:30:0 TRN1:34:31:21:22:2 COL3:13:22:36:31:21:2 FCD3:12:01:11:33:0 HOU0:12:02:12:14:0 LAF4:30:02:04:24:2 LAG2:11:20:22:02:0 MIN7:11:01:03:31:12:3 POR0:23:21:1 RSL2:11:03:12:14:03:0 SEA2:14:13:32:13:2 SJQ4:11:01:11:23:0 SPK0:31:07:14:42:22:0 VAN0:11:01:31:11:1 2019HOMEHOMEHOMEAWAYAWAYAWAYTOTSTOTSTOTS 2019WINS TIESLOSSWINS TIESLOSSG.S.G.A.G.D. EAST34.0010.0020.0013.0011.0038.00195.00222.00-27.00 WEST38.0011.0013.0020.0010.0034.00222.00195.0027.00 ATLU4.000.001.003.000.003.0024.0010.0014.00 CHIC2.002.001.001.001.004.0015.0017.00-2.00 CINC2.001.003.000.000.006.0012.0030.00-18.00 CLBS2.000.004.000.001.004.009.0018.00-9.00 DCUD3.001.001.001.000.004.0013.0014.00-1.00 MONT4.001.001.001.000.004.0022.0030.00-8.00 NERV4.000.001.002.003.000.0023.0015.008.00 NYFC3.001.001.003.001.001.0022.0014.008.00 NYRB3.001.002.001.001.002.0021.0020.001.00 ORLD4.000.001.000.002.003.0012.0013.00-1.00 PHIL2.002.001.001.001.003.0010.0017.00-7.00 TORN1.001.003.000.001.004.0012.0024.00-12.00 COLO3.000.003.001.001.003.0023.0023.000.00 FCDS3.001.001.001.001.003.0016.0014.002.00 HOUS4.000.001.001.000.005.0019.0019.000.00 LAFC4.001.000.003.001.000.0025.009.0016.00 LAGA3.000.002.002.000.004.0014.0016.00-2.00 MINN3.002.001.002.000.004.0024.0022.002.00 PORT1.001.001.004.000.002.0014.0013.001.00 RSLK6.000.000.001.001.003.0020.0015.005.00 SEAT4.001.000.002.001.002.0021.0016.005.00 SJEQ3.001.001.001.001.002.0015.0013.002.00 SPKC3.002.001.001.002.003.0021.0018.003.00 VANC1.002.002.001.002.003.0010.0017.00-7.00 2019TOTSTOTSTOTSTOTSTOTSTOTSPTSA 2019TGP.PTS.GPG.PPG.GAPGGLFT2018 EAST126.00162.001.551.291.7618.0036.00 WEST126.00195.001.761.551.5518.0051.00 ATLU11.0021.002.181.910.911.007.00 CHIC11.0012.001.361.091.551.006.00 CINC12.007.001.000.582.500.000.00 CLBS11.007.000.820.641.641.00-4.00 DCUD10.0013.001.301.301.402.001.00 MONT11.0016.002.001.452.731.00-1.00 NERV10.0021.002.302.101.502.009.00 NYFC10.0020.002.202.001.402.000.00 NYRB10.0014.002.101.402.002.00-10.00 ORLD10.0014.001.201.401.302.002.00 PHIL10.0012.001.001.201.702.002.00 TORN10.005.001.200.502.402.001.00 COLO11.0013.002.091.182.091.006.00 FCDS10.0014.001.601.401.402.00-4.00 HOUS11.0015.001.731.361.731.002.00 LAFC9.0023.002.782.561.003.009.00 LAGA11.0015.001.271.361.451.00-4.00 MINN12.0017.002.001.421.830.002.00 PORT9.0016.001.561.781.443.007.00 RSLK11.0022.001.822.001.361.0012.00 SEAT10.0020.002.102.001.602.007.00 SJEQ9.0014.001.671.561.443.0012.00 SPKC12.0016.001.751.331.500.005.00 VANC11.0010.000.910.911.551.00-4.00
Week 27 results: ORL 2-2 LAX The week is split with just the one draw. The East is now 47-22-58. There are only 17 inter-conference games left. Standings are W-T-L. Teams are ranked by Points Earned. BOLD inter-conference season is complete. EAST ATL 7-0-4 NER 6-3-1 NYC 6-2-2 MTL 5-1-5 NYR 4-2-4 ORL 4-3-4 DCU 4-1-5 PHI 3-3-4 CHI 3-3-5 CLB 2-1-8 CIN 2-1-9 TOR 1-2-7 WEST LAX 7-3-0 RSL 7-1-3 SEA 6-2-2 MIN 5-2-5 POR 5-1-3 SKC 4-4-4 HOU 5-0-6 LAG 5-0-6 SJE 4-2-3 FCD 4-2-4 VAN 3-4-4 COR 4-1-6 Week 28 fixtures: NYC v. SJE CHI v. FCD PHI v. LAX POR v. DCU TOR v. COR SEA v. NYR
Week 28 results: NYC 2-1 SJE CHI 4-0 FCD PHI 1-1 LAX POR 0-1 DCU TOR 3-2 COR SEA 4-2 NYR The East won the week with 4 wins and a draw against just one loss. The East is now 51-23-59. There are only 11 inter-conference games left. Standings are W-T-L. Teams are ranked by Points Earned. BOLD inter-conference season is complete. EAST ATL 7-0-4 NYC 7-2-2 NER 6-3-1 MTL 5-1-5 DCU 5-1-5 ORL 4-3-4 CHI 4-3-5 NYR 4-2-5 PHI 3-4-4 TOR 2-2-7 CLB 2-1-8 CIN 2-1-9 WEST LAX 7-4-0 SEA 7-2-2 RSL 7-1-3 MIN 5-2-5 POR 5-1-4 SKC 4-4-4 HOU 5-0-6 LAG 5-0-6 SJE 4-2-4 FCD 4-2-5 COR 4-1-7 VAN 3-4-4 Week 29 fixtures: POR v. NYR ATL v. SJE VAN v. CLB NER v. RSL HOU v. ORL LAG v. MTL LAX v. TOR FCD v. NYC DCU v. SEA
Eleven games left, the East needs to win eight of them and tie the other three to tie this up. Since Columbus has one of them, and I'm a Columbus fan, and we need to win out to make the playoffs...well, I'm skeptical the East will win out. ATCHCNCBDCMTNENCNRORPHTRCODLHOLFLGMNPRRSSESJSKVN ATL1:01:25:03:03:0 CHI4:14:02:01:12:41:1 CIN3:20:23:00:31:11:2 CLB1:00:33:11:31:20:1 DCU0:42:15:01:11:0 MNT3:32:32:12:12:12:1 NER2:10:22:13:14:0 NYC3:22:20:13:02:13:1 NYR0:23:21:24:04:12:2 ORL4:32:02:20:11:01:0 PHI1:12:12:11:11:30:0 TRN3:21:34:31:21:22:2 COL3:13:22:36:31:21:2 FCD3:12:01:11:33:0 HOU0:12:02:12:14:0 LAF4:30:02:04:24:2 LAG2:11:20:22:02:0 MIN7:11:01:03:31:12:3 POR0:23:20:11:1 RSL2:11:03:12:14:03:0 SEA2:14:13:34:22:13:2 SJQ4:11:01:11:23:0 SPK0:31:07:14:42:22:0 VAN0:11:01:31:11:1 2019HOMEHOMEHOMEAWAYAWAYAWAYTOTSTOTSTOTS 2019WINS TIESLOSSWINS TIESLOSSG.S.G.A.G.D. EAST37.0012.0020.0014.0011.0039.00210.00232.00-22.00 WEST39.0011.0014.0020.0012.0037.00232.00210.0022.00 ATLU4.000.001.003.000.003.0024.0010.0014.00 CHIC3.002.001.001.001.004.0019.0017.002.00 CINC2.001.003.000.000.006.0012.0030.00-18.00 CLBS2.000.004.000.001.004.009.0018.00-9.00 DCUD3.001.001.002.000.004.0014.0014.000.00 MONT4.001.001.001.000.004.0022.0030.00-8.00 NERV4.000.001.002.003.000.0023.0015.008.00 NYFC4.001.001.003.001.001.0024.0015.009.00 NYRB3.001.002.001.001.003.0023.0024.00-1.00 ORLD4.001.001.000.002.003.0014.0015.00-1.00 PHIL2.003.001.001.001.003.0011.0018.00-7.00 TORN2.001.003.000.001.004.0015.0026.00-11.00 COLO3.000.003.001.001.004.0025.0026.00-1.00 FCDS3.001.001.001.001.004.0016.0018.00-2.00 HOUS4.000.001.001.000.005.0019.0019.000.00 LAFC4.001.000.003.003.000.0028.0012.0016.00 LAGA3.000.002.002.000.004.0014.0016.00-2.00 MINN3.002.001.002.000.004.0024.0022.002.00 PORT1.001.002.004.000.002.0014.0014.000.00 RSLK6.000.000.001.001.003.0020.0015.005.00 SEAT5.001.000.002.001.002.0025.0018.007.00 SJEQ3.001.001.001.001.003.0016.0015.001.00 SPKC3.002.001.001.002.003.0021.0018.003.00 VANC1.002.002.001.002.003.0010.0017.00-7.00 2019TOTSTOTSTOTSTOTSTOTSTOTSPTSA 2019TGP.PTS.GPG.PPG.GAPGGLFT2018 EAST133.00176.001.581.321.7411.0050.00 WEST133.00200.001.741.501.5811.0056.00 ATLU11.0021.002.181.910.911.007.00 CHIC12.0015.001.581.251.420.009.00 CINC12.007.001.000.582.500.000.00 CLBS11.007.000.820.641.641.00-4.00 DCUD11.0016.001.271.451.271.004.00 MONT11.0016.002.001.452.731.00-1.00 NERV10.0021.002.302.101.502.009.00 NYFC11.0023.002.182.091.361.003.00 NYRB11.0014.002.091.272.181.00-10.00 ORLD11.0015.001.271.361.361.003.00 PHIL11.0013.001.001.181.641.003.00 TORN11.008.001.360.732.361.004.00 COLO12.0013.002.081.082.170.006.00 FCDS11.0014.001.451.271.641.00-4.00 HOUS11.0015.001.731.361.731.002.00 LAFC11.0025.002.552.271.091.0011.00 LAGA11.0015.001.271.361.451.00-4.00 MINN12.0017.002.001.421.830.002.00 PORT10.0016.001.401.601.402.007.00 RSLK11.0022.001.822.001.361.0012.00 SEAT11.0023.002.272.091.641.0010.00 SJEQ10.0014.001.601.401.502.0012.00 SPKC12.0016.001.751.331.500.005.00 VANC11.0010.000.910.911.551.00-4.00
Week 29 results: POR 0-2 NYR ATL 3-1 SJE VAN 1-1 CLB NER 0-0 RSL HOU 2-1 ORL LAG 2-1 MTL LAX 1-1 TOR FCD 1-1 NYC DCU 2-0 SEA The East wins the week with 3 wins and 4 draws against 2 losses but it was not nearly enough to catch the West. The East is now 54-27-61. There are only 2 inter-conference games left so the West has clinched the 2019 title. Standings are W-T-L. Teams are ranked by Points Earned. BOLD inter-conference season is complete. EAST ATL 8-0-4 NYC 7-3-2 NER 6-4-1 DCU 6-1-5 NYR 5-2-5 MTL 5-1-6 ORL 4-3-5 CHI 4-3-5 PHI 3-4-4 TOR 2-3-7 CLB 2-2-8 CIN 2-1-9 WEST LAX 7-5-0 SEA 7-2-3 RSL 7-2-3 HOU 6-0-6 LAG 6-0-6 MIN 5-2-5 POR 5-1-5 SKC 4-4-4 FCD 4-3-5 SJE 4-2-5 COR 4-1-7 VAN 3-5-4 Week 30 fixtures: POR v. NER SJE v. PHI That will conclude the inter-conference schedule for this year.
Week 30 results: POR 2-2 NER SJE 1-2 PHI The East wins the final week with a win and a draw. The East ends up 55-28-61. The West had already officially wrapped up the yearly title. Standings are W-T-L. Teams are ranked by Points Earned. BOLD inter-conference season is complete. EAST ATL 8-0-4 NYC 7-3-2 NER 6-5-1 DCU 6-1-5 NYR 5-2-5 MTL 5-1-6 PHI 4-4-4 ORL 4-3-5 CHI 4-3-5 TOR 2-3-7 CLB 2-2-8 CIN 2-1-9 WEST LAX 7-5-0 SEA 7-2-3 RSL 7-2-3 HOU 6-0-6 LAG 6-0-6 MIN 5-2-5 POR 5-2-5 SKC 4-4-4 FCD 4-3-5 SJE 4-2-6 COR 4-1-7 VAN 3-5-4 The season has concluded.
2010 was easily the most loop-sided season all-time, the West won 25 whopping games more than the East!
Better late than never, here come my tables for you. Some takeaways: 1) The East did worse at home than the West; if they had converted their four extra losses into two ties and two wins, the Points difference would have shrunk from 211-193 to 203-201. 2) The West scored seventeen more goals. That's tough to overcome, even if the narrow losses become ties or 1-0 wins. 3) No teams got blown out of the water compared to their previous season; in fact, lots of teams improved on last year by double digits (Atlanta, New England, LAX, RSL, Seattle, San Jose), while the only teams that dropped by more than a single win (compared to 2018) were the New York Red Bulls. 4) In 2017, GPG were 1.69 for the East and 1.29 for the West, while PPG were 1.53 and 1.21. This year, GPG were 1.57/1.69 and 1.34/1.47, respectively, indicating (if more goals and closer competition are your thing) a more competitive and exciting inter-conference matchup. 5) I did not enjoy the Crew's performance this year. I did, however, enjoy that they continued to play and it kept my passion -- albeit from a distance -- for the league and sport I love high. On to 2020! Miami and Nashville joining the league means we will again have either an imbalanced league OR a team (Chicago?) moving conferences. Hypothetically, were they to split the 26 teams into divisions rather than conferences, I imagine they would look somewhat like this: Northeast: New England, New York (x2), Montreal, Philadelphia, DC United. Midwest: Toronto, Columbus, Cincinnati, Chicago, Minnesota, Kansas City. South: Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando, Miami, Dallas, Houston. West: Colorado, Salt Lake, LAG, LAX, Earthquakes, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver. This system would cause me and newtex massive headaches, but would allow Austin to slot into the South and St. Louis into the Midwest easily in 2021. ATCHCNCBDCMTNENCNRORPHTRCODLHOLFLGMNPRRSSESJSKVN ATL1:01:25:03:03:03:1 CHI4:14:02:01:12:41:1 CIN3:20:23:00:31:11:2 CLB1:00:33:11:31:20:1 DCU0:42:15:02:01:11:0 MNT3:32:32:12:12:12:1 NER2:10:22:10:03:14:0 NYC3:22:20:13:02:13:1 NYR0:23:21:24:04:12:2 ORL4:32:02:20:11:01:0 PHI1:12:12:11:11:30:0 TRN3:21:34:31:21:22:2 COL3:13:22:36:31:21:2 FCD3:12:01:11:11:33:0 HOU0:12:02:12:14:02:1 LAF4:30:02:04:24:21:1 LAG2:12:11:20:22:02:0 MIN7:11:01:03:31:12:3 POR0:23:20:12:20:21:1 RSL2:11:03:12:14:03:0 SEA2:14:13:34:22:13:2 SJQ4:11:01:11:23:01:2 SPK0:31:07:14:42:22:0 VAN0:11:11:01:31:11:1 2019HOMEHOMEHOMEAWAYAWAYAWAYTOTSTOTSTOTS 2019WINS TIESLOSSWINS TIESLOSSG.S.G.A.G.D. EAST39.0013.0020.0016.0015.0041.00226.00243.00-17.00 WEST41.0015.0016.0020.0013.0039.00243.00226.0017.00 ATLU5.000.001.003.000.003.0027.0011.0016.00 CHIC3.002.001.001.001.004.0019.0017.002.00 CINC2.001.003.000.000.006.0012.0030.00-18.00 CLBS2.000.004.000.002.004.0010.0019.00-9.00 DCUD4.001.001.002.000.004.0016.0014.002.00 MONT4.001.001.001.000.005.0023.0032.00-9.00 NERV4.001.001.002.004.000.0025.0017.008.00 NYFC4.001.001.003.002.001.0025.0016.009.00 NYRB3.001.002.002.001.003.0025.0024.001.00 ORLD4.001.001.000.002.004.0015.0017.00-2.00 PHIL2.003.001.002.001.003.0013.0019.00-6.00 TORN2.001.003.000.002.004.0016.0027.00-11.00 COLO3.000.003.001.001.004.0025.0026.00-1.00 FCDS3.002.001.001.001.004.0017.0019.00-2.00 HOUS5.000.001.001.000.005.0021.0020.001.00 LAFC4.002.000.003.003.000.0029.0013.0016.00 LAGA4.000.002.002.000.004.0016.0017.00-1.00 MINN3.002.001.002.000.004.0024.0022.002.00 PORT1.002.003.004.000.002.0016.0018.00-2.00 RSLK6.000.000.001.002.003.0020.0015.005.00 SEAT5.001.000.002.001.003.0025.0020.005.00 SJEQ3.001.002.001.001.004.0018.0020.00-2.00 SPKC3.002.001.001.002.003.0021.0018.003.00 VANC1.003.002.001.002.003.0011.0018.00-7.00 2019TOTSTOTSTOTSTOTSTOTSTOTSPTSA 2019TGP.PTS.GPG.PPG.GAPGGLFT2018 EAST144.00193.001.571.341.690.0067.00 WEST144.00211.001.691.471.570.0067.00 ATLU12.0024.002.252.000.920.0010.00 CHIC12.0015.001.581.251.420.009.00 CINC12.007.001.000.582.500.000.00 CLBS12.008.000.830.671.580.00-3.00 DCUD12.0019.001.331.581.170.007.00 MONT12.0016.001.921.332.670.00-1.00 NERV12.0023.002.081.921.420.0011.00 NYFC12.0024.002.082.001.330.004.00 NYRB12.0017.002.081.422.000.00-7.00 ORLD12.0015.001.251.251.420.003.00 PHIL12.0016.001.081.331.580.006.00 TORN12.009.001.330.752.250.005.00 COLO12.0013.002.081.082.170.006.00 FCDS12.0015.001.421.251.580.00-3.00 HOUS12.0018.001.751.501.670.005.00 LAFC12.0026.002.422.171.080.0012.00 LAGA12.0018.001.331.501.420.00-1.00 MINN12.0017.002.001.421.830.002.00 PORT12.0017.001.331.421.500.008.00 RSLK12.0023.001.671.921.250.0013.00 SEAT12.0023.002.081.921.670.0010.00 SJEQ12.0014.001.501.171.670.0012.00 SPKC12.0016.001.751.331.500.005.00 VANC12.0011.000.920.921.500.00-3.00
It would surprise me if they did a 6-6-6-8 distribution. As far as I know going back to the early 1990s, MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL have never had two divisions or two leagues/conferences differ in amount of teams by more than one other than when MLB had 16 NL and 14 AL teams to avoid the current format with interleague play all the time. Here is the schedule format I made for that: Northeast, Midwest, and South: Every conference opponent twice (10) and eight games against every other conference (24). Each Northeast club would have two Midwest clubs and two South clubs they play twice, and that would be true for any rotation of the three conferences. Clubs in the West would have 18 games against clubs in other conferences and need 16 conference games. They would play two conference opponents three times and five conference opponents twice. If one club does move west, I would guess Chicago, but it's possible it would be Nashville, which is about 45 miles east of Chicago and doesn't have any pre-existing rivalries. I don't know if Chicago has a big rival considering the Milwaukee to the north and St. Louis to the south don't have teams, and neither does the next biggest market in the midwest, Detroit. The alignment should be thought of combined with the schedule format. Playing every conference opponent twice and every club in the other conference once would require 37 games if there were two conferences of 13. Since schedules within each conference would be unbalanced, there's less need to have every conference or division have the same amount of clubs. I tried doing a three conference alignment of 9-9-8, with the Central Conference having 8 so Austin could make 9 without any further movement. The problem is that other than the eight clubs you put in the West, none of them fit. To make nine, you'd have to split the Texas clubs or move Kansas City or Minnesota to the West. The good thing about 9-9-9 is that playing two games against conference opponents and one game against clubs in the other two conferences would be 34 games.