Code: Teams GP Pts PPG 1.(1)San Jose (W1) 20 40 2.00 2.(2)Kansas City (E1) 19 36 1.89 3.(3)DC United (E2) 19 33 1.74 4.(4)Real Salt Lake (W2) 21 36 1.71 5.(5)New York (E3) 19 32 1.68 6.(8)CHICAGO (E4) 19 31 1.63 7.(7)Seattle (W4) 20 31 1.55 8.(6)Vancouver (W3) 20 30 1.50 9.(9)Houston (E5) 19 28 1.47 10.(13)Los Angeles(W5) 20 26 1.30 11.(11)Columbus 17 22 1.29 12.(12)New England 18 22 1.22 13.(17)Philadelphia 17 20 1.18 14.(14)CD Chivas 17 20 1.18 15.(10)Colorado 19 22 1.16 16.(15)Portland 18 19 1.06 17.(16)Montreal 21 21 1.00 18.(18)FC Dallas 20 19 0.95 19.(19)Toronto 19 16 0.84 ()=Last weeks ranking Wildcard: Eastern Division 4.CHICAGO vs. 5.Houston 1.Kansas City vs. 4.CHI/Hous 2.DC United vs. 3.New York Wildcard: Western Division 4.Vancouver vs. 5.Los Angeles 1.San Jose vs. 4.SeVan/LA 2.Real Salt Lake vs. 3.Seattle
As an alternative, applying current home and away PPG to each team's remaining schedule . . . Code: 1. San Jose (W1) 68.7 2. Kansas City (E1) 64.8 3. New York (E2) 59.9 4. DC United (E3) 58.0 5. Real Salt Lake (W2) 57.8 6. Chicago (E4) 54.8 7. Houston (E5) 53.7 8. Seattle (W3) 52.7 9. Vancouver (W4) 52.5 10. Columbus 44.6 11. Los Angeles (W5) 44.2 12. Chivas USA 42.7 13. Philadelphia 39.4 14. New England 39.1 15. Colorado 38.5 16. Montreal 35.1 17. Portland 33.2 18. Dallas 30.7 19. Toronto 28.7 This is not too much different from what I get using my ELO+ ratings to project final point totals.