1998 MLS Season

192 regular-season games · 8 playoff teams

Final

Champion

Chicago Fire

1st Title

Runner-Up

DC United

3rd Appearance

Last Appearance: 1997

Biggest Overachiever

Chicago Fire

14.33 points above expected

56 points · 41.67 expected points

Biggest Disappointment

New England Revolution

10.35 points below expected

29 points · 39.35 expected points

Final Standings

Final regular season records. The vsSim column shows actual points minus the simulation's mean points - positive values indicate the team overachieved, negative values mean they underperformed.

#	Team	W	SOW	L	Pts	Pt%	GF	GA	GD	SimPts	vsSim
1	DC United Conference	17	7	8	58	.604	74	48	+26	52.37	+5.63
2	Columbus Crew Playoffs	15	0	17	45	.469	67	56	+11	46.91	-1.91
3	MetroStars Playoffs	12	3	17	39	.406	54	63	-9	42.48	-3.48
4	Miami Fusion Playoffs	10	5	17	35	.365	46	68	-22	31.51	+3.49
5	Tampa Bay Mutiny	11	1	20	34	.354	46	57	-11	39.67	-5.67
6	New England Revolution	9	2	21	29	.302	53	66	-13	39.35	-10.35

#	Team	W	SOW	L	Pts	Pt%	GF	GA	GD	SimPts	vsSim
1	Los Angeles Galaxy Conference	22	2	8	68	.708	85	44	+41	53.94	+14.06
2	Chicago Fire Playoffs	18	2	12	56	.583	62	45	+17	41.67	+14.33
3	Colorado Rapids Playoffs	14	2	16	44	.458	62	69	-7	41.43	+2.57
4	Dallas Burn Playoffs	11	4	17	37	.385	43	59	-16	40.06	-3.06
5	San Jose Clash	10	3	19	33	.344	48	60	-12	39.78	-6.78
6	Kansas City Wizards	10	2	20	32	.333	45	50	-5	42.06	-10.06

Playoff Bracket

Eastern Conference

Conference Semifinals

DC United 2

Miami Fusion 0

2 games · Sep 30–Oct 4

Columbus Crew 2

MetroStars 0

2 games · Sep 30–Oct 3

Conference Final

DC United 2

Columbus Crew 1

3 games · Oct 11–Oct 21

Western Conference

Conference Semifinals

Los Angeles Galaxy 2

Dallas Burn 0

2 games · Oct 1–Oct 4

Chicago Fire 2

Colorado Rapids 0

2 games · Oct 1–Oct 5

Conference Final

Chicago Fire 2

Los Angeles Galaxy 0

2 games · Oct 10–Oct 16

MLS Cup

Chicago Fire 2

DC United 0

Oct 25

Season Summary

Every team's regular season finish compared against the simulated win totals. Click on any column header to sort. Luck is the team's actual total minus the simulation's mean. Positive values indicate the team outperformed the expected total; negative values indicate the team was unluckier than expected. Percentile represents where their actual result fell in the simulated distribution.

Team	Conference	Elo	Points	Avg. Pts.	Luck	Percentile	Min	5th	Q1	Median	Q3	95th	Max
Los Angeles Galaxy	Western	1616	68	53.94	+14.06	96.95%	20	41	49	54	59	67	88
DC United	Eastern	1612	58	52.37	+5.63	78.12%	17	39	47	52	58	65	85
Columbus Crew	Eastern	1527	45	46.91	-1.91	42.83%	17	34	42	47	52	60	82
Chicago Fire	Western	1522	56	41.67	+14.33	97.01%	13	29	36	42	47	55	75
Colorado Rapids	Western	1490	44	41.43	+2.57	65.69%	12	29	36	41	47	54	74
Kansas City Wizards	Western	1483	32	42.06	-10.06	11.03%	10	29	37	42	47	55	73
Tampa Bay Mutiny	Eastern	1477	34	39.67	-5.67	25.65%	10	27	34	40	45	53	76
San Jose Clash	Western	1473	33	39.78	-6.78	21.05%	9	27	34	40	45	53	72
New England Revolution	Eastern	1467	29	39.35	-10.35	10.20%	7	27	34	39	45	52	70
Dallas Burn	Western	1465	37	40.06	-3.06	37.52%	9	27	35	40	45	53	74
MetroStars	Eastern	1451	39	42.48	-3.48	35.29%	11	30	37	42	48	55	78
Miami Fusion	Eastern	1416	35	31.51	+3.49	70.99%	3	20	26	31	36	44	68

Head-to-Head

Cells show the number of points earned against each opponent with the expected points from the simulation below. Gold-tinted cells indicate the team beat the model's expectations by more than one point while navy-tinted cells indicate they fell short by more than one point. The first table covers within-division games while the second covers games against teams outside the division.

Beat expectations Fell short Within expectations

Within Eastern

Team	Crew	United	MetroStars	Fusion	Revolution	Mutiny
Columbus Crew	—	3 (4.3 exp.)	6 (5.7 exp.)	6 (6.8 exp.)	9 (5.8 exp.)	9 (5.7 exp.)
DC United	9 (5.6 exp.)	—	9 (6.4 exp.)	6 (7.5 exp.)	9 (6.0 exp.)	9 (6.8 exp.)
MetroStars	6 (4.3 exp.)	3 (3.6 exp.)	—	9 (6.3 exp.)	9 (5.3 exp.)	3 (5.4 exp.)
Miami Fusion	6 (3.3 exp.)	6 (2.8 exp.)	3 (3.7 exp.)	—	9 (4.1 exp.)	6 (4.1 exp.)
New England Revolution	3 (4.1 exp.)	3 (3.9 exp.)	3 (4.7 exp.)	3 (5.8 exp.)	—	12 (4.9 exp.)
Tampa Bay Mutiny	3 (4.3 exp.)	3 (3.3 exp.)	9 (4.6 exp.)	6 (5.9 exp.)	0 (5.0 exp.)	—

Eastern vs. Outside Teams

Team	Fire	Rapids	Burn	Wizards	Galaxy	Clash
Columbus Crew	3 (2.6 exp.)	0 (3.0 exp.)	0 (2.8 exp.)	3 (2.7 exp.)	3 (2.0 exp.)	3 (2.8 exp.)
DC United	6 (3.0 exp.)	3 (3.0 exp.)	3 (3.4 exp.)	6 (3.0 exp.)	6 (2.2 exp.)	6 (2.8 exp.)
MetroStars	6 (2.5 exp.)	3 (2.5 exp.)	0 (2.5 exp.)	3 (2.5 exp.)	0 (2.3 exp.)	3 (2.6 exp.)
Miami Fusion	0 (2.1 exp.)	3 (1.9 exp.)	3 (1.9 exp.)	3 (1.9 exp.)	3 (1.1 exp.)	3 (2.0 exp.)
New England Revolution	0 (2.2 exp.)	0 (2.2 exp.)	3 (2.4 exp.)	0 (2.5 exp.)	0 (1.5 exp.)	6 (2.4 exp.)
Tampa Bay Mutiny	0 (2.7 exp.)	0 (2.4 exp.)	6 (2.3 exp.)	3 (2.3 exp.)	0 (1.7 exp.)	6 (2.5 exp.)

Within Western

Team	Fire	Rapids	Burn	Wizards	Galaxy	Clash
Chicago Fire	—	9 (4.9 exp.)	9 (5.7 exp.)	9 (5.0 exp.)	6 (3.5 exp.)	6 (5.2 exp.)
Colorado Rapids	3 (5.0 exp.)	—	3 (5.0 exp.)	6 (4.8 exp.)	0 (4.1 exp.)	9 (4.9 exp.)
Dallas Burn	3 (4.3 exp.)	9 (5.0 exp.)	—	6 (4.8 exp.)	3 (3.6 exp.)	3 (5.1 exp.)
Kansas City Wizards	3 (4.9 exp.)	6 (5.1 exp.)	6 (5.1 exp.)	—	0 (4.0 exp.)	3 (5.3 exp.)
Los Angeles Galaxy	6 (6.6 exp.)	12 (6.0 exp.)	9 (6.5 exp.)	12 (6.1 exp.)	—	9 (6.9 exp.)
San Jose Clash	6 (4.7 exp.)	3 (5.0 exp.)	9 (4.8 exp.)	9 (4.6 exp.)	3 (3.2 exp.)	—

Western vs. Outside Teams

Team	Crew	United	MetroStars	Fusion	Revolution	Mutiny
Chicago Fire	3 (2.3 exp.)	0 (1.9 exp.)	0 (2.4 exp.)	6 (2.9 exp.)	6 (2.8 exp.)	6 (2.2 exp.)
Colorado Rapids	6 (2.0 exp.)	3 (2.0 exp.)	3 (2.4 exp.)	3 (3.1 exp.)	6 (2.8 exp.)	6 (2.6 exp.)
Dallas Burn	6 (2.2 exp.)	3 (1.7 exp.)	6 (2.4 exp.)	3 (3.1 exp.)	3 (2.5 exp.)	0 (2.7 exp.)
Kansas City Wizards	3 (2.3 exp.)	0 (1.9 exp.)	3 (2.5 exp.)	3 (3.1 exp.)	6 (2.5 exp.)	3 (2.7 exp.)
Los Angeles Galaxy	3 (3.0 exp.)	0 (2.7 exp.)	6 (2.7 exp.)	3 (4.1 exp.)	6 (3.6 exp.)	6 (3.2 exp.)
San Jose Clash	3 (2.1 exp.)	0 (2.2 exp.)	3 (2.4 exp.)	3 (3.0 exp.)	0 (2.6 exp.)	0 (2.5 exp.)

Scoreline Distribution

Cells represent the percentage of games that ended with a team's goals in the row and its opponent's goals in the column. Cells below the diagonal are wins (gold), and cells above are losses (blue). Totals along the edges show the marginal percentages for that row or column.

Win Loss Same range

View:

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	1.56%	6.25%	5.21%	3.39%	0.26%	0.52%	17.19%
1	6.25%	7.81%	7.03%	6.51%	1.82%	2.34%	31.77%
2	5.21%	7.03%	4.69%	4.43%	0.78%	0.26%	22.40%
3	3.39%	6.51%	4.43%	2.08%	1.56%	0.78%	18.75%
4	0.26%	1.82%	0.78%	1.56%	1.04%	0.26%	5.73%
5+	0.52%	2.34%	0.26%	0.78%	0.26%	—	4.17%
Total	17.19%	31.77%	22.40%	18.75%	5.73%	4.17%	100%

Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.78	1.78	+0.00
SD	1.38	1.38	1.96
CV	0.77	0.77	—
Max	8	8	+7
Min	0	0	-7

Games Played: 192

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	12.50%	—	6.25%	—	—	18.75%
1	9.38%	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	—	21.88%
2	12.50%	6.25%	3.12%	6.25%	—	—	28.12%
3	—	9.38%	6.25%	—	—	—	15.62%
4	—	6.25%	—	—	3.12%	—	9.38%
5+	3.12%	—	3.12%	—	—	—	6.25%
Total	25.00%	37.50%	15.62%	15.62%	6.25%	—	100%

Chicago Fire — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.94	1.41	+0.53
SD	1.46	1.21	1.93
CV	0.75	0.86	—
Max	5	4	+5
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	3.12%	12.50%
1	3.12%	3.12%	6.25%	6.25%	6.25%	3.12%	28.12%
2	3.12%	9.38%	3.12%	6.25%	—	—	21.88%
3	6.25%	12.50%	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	28.12%
4	—	—	3.12%	—	3.12%	3.12%	9.38%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	12.50%	31.25%	21.88%	15.62%	9.38%	9.38%	100%

Colorado Rapids — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.94	2.16	-0.22
SD	1.22	1.72	2.14
CV	0.63	0.80	—
Max	4	7	+3
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	—	9.38%	3.12%	—	—	12.50%
1	6.25%	9.38%	9.38%	3.12%	—	—	28.12%
2	3.12%	9.38%	3.12%	3.12%	6.25%	—	25.00%
3	6.25%	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	—	18.75%
4	—	3.12%	—	3.12%	—	—	6.25%
5+	—	6.25%	—	3.12%	—	—	9.38%
Total	15.62%	31.25%	25.00%	18.75%	9.38%	—	100%

Columbus Crew — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	2.09	1.75	+0.34
SD	1.53	1.22	1.98
CV	0.73	0.70	—
Max	6	4	+5
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	9.38%	12.50%	3.12%	6.25%	—	—	31.25%
2	6.25%	6.25%	9.38%	—	—	—	21.88%
3	3.12%	9.38%	9.38%	6.25%	6.25%	—	34.38%
4	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	3.12%	—	9.38%
5+	3.12%	—	—	—	—	—	3.12%
Total	25.00%	31.25%	21.88%	12.50%	9.38%	—	100%

DC United — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	2.31	1.50	+0.81
SD	1.12	1.27	1.57
CV	0.48	0.85	—
Max	5	4	+5
Min	1	0	-2

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	12.50%	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	18.75%
1	9.38%	9.38%	6.25%	12.50%	6.25%	3.12%	46.88%
2	6.25%	9.38%	3.12%	—	—	—	18.75%
3	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	12.50%
4	—	—	—	—	3.12%	—	3.12%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	18.75%	34.38%	15.62%	18.75%	9.38%	3.12%	100%

Dallas Burn — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.34	1.84	-0.50
SD	1.04	1.69	1.98
CV	0.77	0.91	—
Max	4	8	+3
Min	0	0	-7

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	9.38%	9.38%	3.12%	—	—	21.88%
1	9.38%	12.50%	12.50%	3.12%	3.12%	—	40.62%
2	9.38%	—	6.25%	6.25%	—	—	21.88%
3	—	6.25%	—	—	—	3.12%	9.38%
4	—	3.12%	—	—	—	—	3.12%
5+	—	3.12%	—	—	—	—	3.12%
Total	18.75%	34.38%	28.12%	12.50%	3.12%	3.12%	100%

Kansas City Wizards — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.41	1.56	-0.16
SD	1.21	1.22	1.74
CV	0.86	0.78	—
Max	5	5	+4
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	3.12%	6.25%	—	9.38%	—	—	18.75%
1	6.25%	3.12%	—	3.12%	—	—	12.50%
2	6.25%	12.50%	3.12%	—	—	—	21.88%
3	6.25%	3.12%	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	18.75%
4	—	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	6.25%
5+	—	15.62%	—	3.12%	3.12%	—	21.88%
Total	21.88%	43.75%	12.50%	18.75%	3.12%	—	100%

Los Angeles Galaxy — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	2.66	1.38	+1.28
SD	2.13	1.13	2.32
CV	0.80	0.82	—
Max	8	4	+7
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	3.12%	6.25%	12.50%	—	—	3.12%	25.00%
1	6.25%	3.12%	15.62%	3.12%	—	3.12%	31.25%
2	—	3.12%	3.12%	6.25%	—	—	12.50%
3	3.12%	6.25%	3.12%	—	3.12%	—	15.62%
4	—	3.12%	3.12%	6.25%	—	—	12.50%
5+	—	—	—	3.12%	—	—	3.12%
Total	12.50%	21.88%	37.50%	18.75%	3.12%	6.25%	100%

MetroStars — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.69	1.97	-0.28
SD	1.49	1.28	1.87
CV	0.88	0.65	—
Max	5	5	+3
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	3.12%	3.12%	15.62%	6.25%	—	—	28.12%
1	—	6.25%	3.12%	12.50%	—	3.12%	25.00%
2	3.12%	9.38%	6.25%	3.12%	3.12%	—	25.00%
3	—	6.25%	9.38%	—	—	3.12%	18.75%
4	—	—	—	3.12%	—	—	3.12%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	6.25%	25.00%	34.38%	25.00%	3.12%	6.25%	100%

Miami Fusion — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.44	2.12	-0.69
SD	1.19	1.21	1.65
CV	0.83	0.57	—
Max	4	5	+2
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	3.12%	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	—	12.50%
1	—	12.50%	9.38%	9.38%	—	9.38%	40.62%
2	6.25%	—	—	12.50%	—	—	18.75%
3	9.38%	6.25%	3.12%	3.12%	—	3.12%	25.00%
4	—	—	—	3.12%	—	—	3.12%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	18.75%	25.00%	15.62%	28.12%	—	12.50%	100%

New England Revolution — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.66	2.06	-0.41
SD	1.10	1.64	2.01
CV	0.66	0.80	—
Max	4	6	+3
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	—	15.62%
1	9.38%	9.38%	9.38%	9.38%	3.12%	3.12%	43.75%
2	6.25%	3.12%	9.38%	—	—	3.12%	21.88%
3	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	—	15.62%
4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5+	—	3.12%	—	—	—	—	3.12%
Total	21.88%	21.88%	25.00%	15.62%	9.38%	6.25%	100%

San Jose Clash — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.50	1.88	-0.38
SD	1.14	1.50	1.95
CV	0.76	0.80	—
Max	5	5	+4
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	3.12%	9.38%	3.12%	6.25%	—	—	21.88%
1	6.25%	9.38%	6.25%	6.25%	—	3.12%	31.25%
2	—	15.62%	6.25%	9.38%	—	—	31.25%
3	—	9.38%	—	—	3.12%	—	12.50%
4	—	—	—	3.12%	—	—	3.12%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	9.38%	43.75%	15.62%	25.00%	3.12%	3.12%	100%

Tampa Bay Mutiny — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.44	1.78	-0.34
SD	1.08	1.21	1.52
CV	0.75	0.68	—
Max	4	5	+2
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

Points vs. Goals Scored, Allowed, and Differential

Points plotted against goals scored, allowed, and differential. Use the buttons to switch views; hover a team for exact values. The table gives each fit's R² and slope (the change in points per 10 goals).

Fit Metrics

	R²	Slope
Scored	0.83	+8.4
Allowed	0.48	-9.6
Differential	0.87	+5.9

Home-Field Advantage Edge

A measure of how well each team has taken advantage of home-field advantage during the season. For each team, sum the win probabilities for home games and compare against the team's actual performance at home. Repeat for games on the road. Positive values indicate the team has played comparatively better at home than on the road. Negative values indicate the team is not utilizing home field advantage.

Top Overachievers & Disappointments

The teams that deviated the most from the simulated results.

Top Overachievers

#	Team	Actual	Sim	Luck
1	Chicago Fire	56	41.67	+14.33
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	68	53.94	+14.06
3	DC United	58	52.37	+5.63
4	Miami Fusion	35	31.51	+3.49
5	Colorado Rapids	44	41.43	+2.57

Biggest Disappointments

#	Team	Actual	Sim	Luck
1	New England Revolution	29	39.35	-10.35
2	Kansas City Wizards	32	42.06	-10.06
3	San Jose Clash	33	39.78	-6.78
4	Tampa Bay Mutiny	34	39.67	-5.67
5	MetroStars	39	42.48	-3.48

Top Streaks

The most unlikely streaks achieved by teams throughout the season according to the model's probabilities. Calculated by using the pregame win/loss probabilities for all the games in each team's streak.

Most Unlikely Winning Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	Chicago Fire	11	May 16 – Jul 4	1 in 16,498
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	9	Mar 21 – May 17	1 in 1,988
3	DC United	9	Jul 2 – Aug 26	1 in 374
4	Miami Fusion	4	Jul 15 – Jul 29	1 in 233
5	Columbus Crew	5	Aug 16 – Sep 9	1 in 34

Most Unlikely Losing Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	New England Revolution	9	May 13 – Jul 1	1 in 2,545
2	Columbus Crew	5	Sep 12 – Sep 27	1 in 192
3	Los Angeles Galaxy	3	Jul 18 – Jul 29	1 in 89
4	Kansas City Wizards	5	Apr 11 – May 13	1 in 83
5	MetroStars	6	Aug 22 – Sep 16	1 in 83

Finish Position Heatmaps

Cells represent the percentage of the time a team finished in a given position in the simulation.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6
DC United	53.92%	24.01%	12.30%	6.07%	2.89%	0.80%
Columbus Crew	23.37%	29.75%	21.03%	14.08%	8.47%	3.30%
MetroStars	10.60%	18.98%	23.19%	21.59%	16.83%	8.82%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	5.86%	12.77%	19.19%	23.08%	24.00%	15.09%
New England Revolution	5.57%	12.02%	18.46%	23.49%	24.72%	15.74%
Miami Fusion	0.67%	2.48%	5.83%	11.68%	23.08%	56.26%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6
Los Angeles Galaxy	63.24%	19.27%	9.23%	4.81%	2.44%	1.02%
Kansas City Wizards	8.97%	18.62%	19.53%	18.95%	17.65%	16.28%
Chicago Fire	8.30%	17.83%	18.96%	19.01%	18.69%	17.21%
Colorado Rapids	7.88%	17.02%	18.81%	19.11%	19.13%	18.05%
Dallas Burn	6.06%	13.91%	16.97%	19.07%	20.72%	23.28%
San Jose Clash	5.54%	13.36%	16.51%	19.06%	21.36%	24.17%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Los Angeles Galaxy	37.63%	22.18%	13.43%	8.91%	5.92%	4.13%	2.97%	1.98%	1.40%	0.84%	0.43%	0.18%
DC United	28.93%	22.63%	14.87%	10.22%	7.26%	5.30%	3.85%	2.64%	1.93%	1.30%	0.76%	0.32%
Columbus Crew	10.74%	13.83%	14.48%	12.64%	10.90%	9.22%	7.91%	6.48%	5.30%	3.97%	2.94%	1.58%
MetroStars	4.10%	6.96%	8.85%	10.07%	10.36%	10.46%	10.12%	9.68%	9.02%	8.33%	7.10%	4.95%
Kansas City Wizards	3.66%	6.32%	8.44%	9.58%	10.29%	10.33%	10.13%	9.92%	9.50%	8.76%	7.85%	5.22%
Chicago Fire	3.34%	5.95%	8.05%	9.14%	9.90%	10.23%	10.17%	10.12%	9.84%	9.25%	8.36%	5.65%
Colorado Rapids	3.14%	5.76%	7.57%	9.08%	9.62%	10.09%	10.32%	10.27%	10.07%	9.49%	8.45%	6.13%
Dallas Burn	2.33%	4.31%	6.18%	7.63%	8.71%	9.26%	10.13%	10.71%	10.81%	10.97%	10.79%	8.18%
San Jose Clash	2.14%	4.01%	5.87%	7.36%	8.54%	9.36%	10.04%	10.50%	11.06%	11.30%	11.19%	8.64%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	2.05%	3.92%	5.85%	7.20%	8.29%	9.35%	9.99%	10.66%	11.05%	11.30%	11.11%	9.23%
New England Revolution	1.79%	3.71%	5.50%	6.75%	8.01%	9.12%	10.00%	10.77%	11.33%	11.87%	11.51%	9.65%
Miami Fusion	0.14%	0.45%	0.92%	1.43%	2.21%	3.15%	4.36%	6.27%	8.68%	12.61%	19.50%	40.28%

Win Totals in Context

How each team's actual results compared to their simulated results, Elo rating, average opponent Elo, and percentile within simulated outcomes? Click a division name in the legend to toggle it on or off.

Playoff Seed Probabilities

Cells represent the percentage of the time a team earned a given playoff seed in the simulation. Teams are sorted by likelihood of earning the top seed. Teams that missed the playoffs more often sit toward the bottom.

Team	1 Seed	2 Seed	3 Seed	4 Seed	Missed Playoffs
DC United	53.92%	24.01%	12.30%	6.07%	3.69%
Columbus Crew	23.37%	29.75%	21.03%	14.08%	11.77%
MetroStars	10.60%	18.98%	23.19%	21.59%	25.65%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	5.86%	12.77%	19.19%	23.08%	39.09%
New England Revolution	5.57%	12.02%	18.46%	23.49%	40.46%
Miami Fusion	0.67%	2.48%	5.83%	11.68%	79.34%

Team	1 Seed	2 Seed	3 Seed	4 Seed	Missed Playoffs
Los Angeles Galaxy	63.24%	19.27%	9.23%	4.81%	3.46%
Kansas City Wizards	8.97%	18.62%	19.53%	18.95%	33.93%
Chicago Fire	8.30%	17.83%	18.96%	19.01%	35.90%
Colorado Rapids	7.88%	17.02%	18.81%	19.11%	37.18%
Dallas Burn	6.06%	13.91%	16.97%	19.07%	44.00%
San Jose Clash	5.54%	13.36%	16.51%	19.06%	45.53%

Points Required to Clinch Each Seed

The empirical cumulative distribution that shows the probability that a team earning that seed finished the regular season with at most a given number of points. The point where each line passes through 50% is roughly the median points for that seed.

Edges & Scoring

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Home Edge: Percentage of games won by the home team - percentage of games won by the away team
No Edge: under 2% · Slight Edge: 2% to 6% · Clear Edge: 6% to 10% · Fortress: 10% and up.
Elo Value: Number of Elo rating points that 1 goal is worth. A team this many Elo ratings points better than another would be expected to defeat their opponent by 1 goal at a neutral location.
Scoring Tilt: Average home goals - average away goals per game. The gold line represents the expected home goals edge according to the scoring value of a point of Elo and the number of Elo rating points home advantage is worth.
Road-Tilted: under -0.8 · Lean Road: -0.8 to 0 · Lean Home: 0 to 0.8 · Home-Tilted: 0.8 and up.

Home Edge

HomeAway

+23.96%

Fortress

61.98%38.02%

Elo Value

Home Edge

163 Elo

0.006 goals per Elo point

079.15500

Scoring Tilt

Expected

+0.51 goals

Lean Home

-2+0.49+2

Title Race

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Title-Race Openness: Effective number of preseason title contenders. Calculated by taking 1 divided by the sum of squared preseason title odds. Higher numbers indicate more parity in the league while 1 indicates that the preseason favorite is a near-lock.
Front-Runner: under 2 · Few Contenders: 2 to 4 · Open Race: 4 to 8 · Wide Open: 8 and up.
Champion Preseason Odds: Preseason probability that the eventual champion would win the title based on the simulated results. Location of the dot marks their rank across all teams, ranging from longshot to favorite.
Preseason Favorite: 1st · Among the Favorites: 2nd · Middle of the Pack: 3rd to 6th · Longshot: 7th or lower.
Title Run Odds: Given that actual playoff bracket, the probability that the champion would win the exact series/games they faced in reality. The gold line represents their odds of winning if every series/game was a toss-up.
Long Shot: under 6.25% · Tough Road: 6.25% to 12.5% · Favored: 12.5% to 25% · Heavy Favorite: 25% and up.

Title-Race Openness

4.4

Open Race

124810

Champion Preseason Odds

Chicago Fire, 4th of 12

LongshotFavorite

Title Run Odds

Coin-flip

5.1%

Long Shot

012.50%25%

Simulation-Based Surprises

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Luck Spread: Average standard deviation of the difference between each team's actual points total and their simulated average points total. The gold line is the standard deviation the model expected from random chance alone.
Subdued: under 6.22 · As Expected: 6.22 to 8.55 · Elevated: 8.55 to 11.66 · High Variance: 11.66 and up.
Average Finish Error: Average gap in the rank of the final standings between where each team finished in the standings and where the model projected them to finish.
Pinpoint: under 2.17 · Close: 2.17 to 2.93 · Off Target: 2.93 to 3.83 · Well Off Target: 3.83 and up.
Biggest Overachiever: The team whose record finished in the highest percentile within its own simulated range of outcomes. The gold line indicates where the top team in a league of 12 teams typically lands.
Biggest Underachiever: The team whose record finished in the lowest percentile within its own simulated range of outcomes. The gold line indicates where the bottom team in a league of 12 teams typically lands.
Season Outliers: Number of teams that finished either above the 95th percentile or below the 5th percentile. Even with a well-calibrated model, 10% of teams are expected to land in the extremes of their distributions.
Minimal Outliers: under 0.6 · As Expected: 0.6 to 1.44 · Several Outliers: 1.44 to 2.64 · Many Outliers: 2.64 and up.
Unexpected Playoff Teams: Number of teams that actually made the playoffs but were not in the model's projected field.The gold line represents how many playoff teams the simulation missed on average.
Fewer Than Expected: under 1.43 · As Expected: 1.43 to 2.38 · More Than Expected: 2.38 to 3.81 · Far More Than Expected: 3.81 and up.

Luck Spread

Expected

7.98 points

As Expected

07.7719

Average Finish Error

Expected

1.83

Pinpoint

02.556

Biggest Overachiever

Expected 95.83%

97.01%

Chicago Fire

50100

Biggest Underachiever

Expected 4.17%

10.20%

New England Revolution

050

Season Outliers

Expected

2 of 12

Several Outliers

01.26

Unexpected Playoff Teams

Expected

2 of 8

As Expected

01.98

Parity

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Gini Index: Measures how evenly points were distributed across the league. Lower scores indicate there was less variability across the actual point totals .Higher scores are an indication of more imbalance in the league with a few unusually strong or unusually weak teams.
Highly Balanced: under 0.08 · Balanced: 0.08 to 0.15 · Top-Heavy: 0.15 to 0.24 · Concentrated: 0.24 and up.
Noll-Scully: Measures how more times spread out the final standings were in reality compared to standings that were generated by flipping a coin for each game. The gold line at 1 indicates as much variability in the standings as s coin flip. Above it, talent gaps in team composition stretched the standings more than the variability produced by luck alone. Below it, the league was more competitive than coin flips alone would yield.
Compressed: under 0.9 · Coin-Flip Spread: 0.9 to 1.15 · Moderate Separation: 1.15 to 1.45 · Stratified: 1.45 and up.
Interquartile Edge: The probability that the team in the 75th percentile of the league's Elo ratings would defeat the team in the 25th percentile at a neutral site. The higher the probability, the larger the gap between the top teams and bottom teams in the league.
Even: under 58% · Competitive: 58% to 65% · Tilted: 65% to 73% · Lopsided: 73% and up.
Best vs. Worst: The probability that the team with the highest Elo rating would defeat the team with the lowest Elo rating at a neutral site.The higher the probability, the larger the gap between the top teams and bottom teams in the league. The gold line represents how high this probability is expected to be in a league of this size. A blue dot to the right indicates an unusually dominant team or an unusually weak team.
Tight: under 65% · Clear Edge: 65% to 78% · Lopsided: 78% to 88% · No Contest: 88% and up.
Close Games: Actual percentage of games decided by 1 goal or fewer. The gold line indicates the proportion of close games you would expect after considering the Elo ratings of the involved teams and the scoring value of a single Elo point.
Mostly Decisive: under 25% · Some Drama: 25% to 38% · Often Close: 38% to 50% · Nail-Biters: 50% and up.
Blowouts: Actual percentage of games decided by 3 goals or more. The gold line indicates the proportion of blowouts you would expect after considering the Elo ratings of the involved teams and the scoring value of a single Elo point.
Rare: under 10% · Occasional: 10% to 20% · Frequent: 20% to 30% · Routine: 30% and up.

Gini Index

0.15

Balanced

00.080.150.240.5

Noll-Scully

Coin-flip

1.51

Stratified

01.003

Interquartile Edge

58%

Competitive

50%58%65%73%100%

Best vs. Worst

Baseline

76%

Clear Edge

50%77%100%

Close Games

Expected

56%

Nail-Biters

0%55%100%

Blowouts

Expected

18%

Occasional

0%20%100%

Predictability

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Brier Score: How close the pregame win probabilities aligned with the actual game result, averaged over the entire season. Picks that were both confident and correct are rewarded the most, while incorrect predictions and/or uncertain predictions are penalized more. Lower scores are better. 0 indicates every game was perfectly predicted with maximum confidence. For sports with where wins and losses are the only outcomes, Brier scores less than 0.25 indicate the model did better than random predictions. For sports where ties are possible, 0.67 is the cutoff for which the Brier score must be lower to beat random predictions. The lower the Brier score, the easier and more accurately the games were to predict.
Highly Predictable: under 0.56 · Predictable: 0.56 to 0.62 · Hard to Predict: 0.62 to 0.66 · Coin-Flip: 0.66 and up.
Matchup Imbalance: How lopsided the matchups were on paper, calculated by averaging the difference in the win probabilities divided by the sum of the win probabilities. Lower scores indicate more parity in the league. 0 indicates that every game was a 50-50 toss-up between evenly matched teams. 1 means every game pitted a heavy favorite against a huge underdog.
Evenly Matched: under 0.12 · Slight Separation: 0.12 to 0.22 · Wide Gaps: 0.22 to 0.34 · Lopsided: 0.34 and up.
Strangeness: How extreme the actual final standings were compared to what the model expected. A value of 0 would indicate that the simulated results perfectly matched the actual standings. A score of 1 indicates that the actual results were scattered around the projections by exactly the variance the model predicted. (i.e. The projections missed the actual standings by 1 standard deviation on average. Scores larger than 1 mean the season was wilder to forecast with more overperforming and underperforming teams than expected. Scores less than 1 indicate the season was more predictable.
Tighter Than Modeled: under 0.85 · As Expected: 0.85 to 1.15 · Volatile: 1.15 to 1.5 · Chaotic: 1.5 and up.
Repeatability: How closely the order of the final standings aligned with the ranked preseason Elo ratings as calculated by the Spearman rank correlation. Larger values indicate that the preseason Elo ratings were a strong predictor of the team's final rank in the standings while values near 0 mean.
Reshuffled: under 0.3 · Weak Alignment: 0.3 to 0.6 · Strong Alignment: 0.6 to 0.85 · Closely Aligned: 0.85 and up.
Upset Rate: The percentage of the time the underdog won the game in reality. The gold line measures how often the model expected the underdog to win when considering the outcome probabilities. A blue dot to the right of the gold line means upsets were more prevalent than left. A dot to the left indicates that favorites won more often than expected.
Chalk Held: under 30% · As Expected: 30% to 40% · Upset-Prone: 40% to 46% · Bedlam: 46% and up.
Clear Favorite Upset Rate: The percentage of the time the underdog won the game in reality, but only including games with a clear favorite, one at least 60% likely to win once a draw is set aside. This metrics ignores games that could be considered toss-ups. The gold line is how often the model expected these heavy favorites to lose. A dot to the right means the big favorites were upset more than expected; to the left means they took care of business.
Favorites Held: under 22% · As Expected: 22% to 32% · Shaky Favorites: 32% to 42% · Bedlam: 42% and up.

Brier Score

Expected

0.59

Predictable

00.592

Matchup Imbalance

0.28

Wide Gaps

00.120.220.340.5

Strangeness

Expected

1.05

As Expected

01.002

Repeatability

0.39

Weak Alignment

00.30.60.851

Upset Rate

Expected

37%

As Expected

0%30%50%

Clear Favorite Upset Rate

Expected

35%

Shaky Favorites

0%27%50%

Calibration

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Probability calibration: An all-in-one chi-square test of the model's probabilities. Games are sorted into bins according to how confident the model was. Within each bin, the predicted number of wins, losses, and ties are compared against the actual counts. The p-value of this test is plotted below. Values above 0.05 indicate that the model's probabilities are well-calibrated for the season.
Clear Misfit: under 0.01 · Misfit: 0.01 to 0.05 · Borderline: 0.05 to 0.1 · Well Calibrated: 0.1 and up.
Calibration slope: Checks whether the spread of the model's probabilities is correct. Each probability is turned into their log-odds. A line is fit that predicts the actual results from the log-odds. The slope of this line is the calibration slope.A slope of 1.00 is perfect, indicating that the model's confidence matches the actual outcomes of the games. Slopes less than 1.00 indicate overconfidence. The model assigned higher probabilities to the favorites than was appropriate given the matchup, causing more losses by favored teams. Slopes greater than 1.00 indicate under-confidence. The model is more uncertain about too many results, assigning them lower probabilities when in reality the favorites should have had higher probabilities.
Overconfident: under 0.85 · Calibrated: 0.85 to 1.15 · Underconfident: 1.15 and up.
Calibration error (ECE): Calibration error (ECE) checks whether the model's probabilities mean what they say. ECE is calculated as the average weighted gap between the model's stated chances and how often the predicted outcome actually occurred. The smaller the ECE, the more confident we are about the model's probabilities. The gold line represents the noise ceiling, which is the amount of error that luck can produce on its own even if the probabilities are perfectly calibrated. Values below the noise ceiling indicate that the model's error is no larger than chance alone would produce. Values above the noice ceiling point to a genuine calibration issue since the error is larger than luck could explain.
Well Within Noise: under 0.05 · Within Noise: 0.05 to 0.09 · Above Noise: 0.09 to 0.18 · Well Above Noise: 0.18 and up.

Probability calibration

0.86

Well Calibrated

0.010.050.11

Calibration slope

Ideal

0.79

Overconfident

0.51.001.5

Calibration error (ECE)

Noise ceiling

0.037

Well Within Noise

00.0920.25

Season Trends

How each metric evolved across the season - Elo rating, actual points, simulated final points, playoff probability, and division-title probability - day by day. Select a division to see all five charts for its teams.

Elo Through the Playoffs

How each playoff team's Elo rating evolved as the postseason unfolded. Elo Progression traces each team's game-by-game Elo rating through their playoff run. Net Elo Change summarizes the difference in Elo rating between the beginning and end of the playoffs for each team.

Stochastic Playoff Outcomes

How we would have expected the postseason to play out at the beginning of the season according to the simulation. The table summarizes each team's chances of advancing to each round. Individual matchup heat maps for each round are displayed using the subsequent buttons. The top percentage in each cell represents each team's winning percentage against the corresponding opponent. The bottom percentage represents how often that specific matchup occurred during that round in the simulation.

Team	Made Playoffs	Advanced to Conference Finals	Advanced to MLS Cup	Won MLS Cup
Los Angeles Galaxy	96.54%	74.16%	55.67%	33.16%
DC United	96.31%	74.92%	54.93%	31.44%
Columbus Crew	88.23%	50.64%	21.81%	9.75%
Chicago Fire	64.10%	31.62%	13.16%	5.67%
Colorado Rapids	62.82%	26.46%	9.20%	3.61%
Kansas City Wizards	66.07%	27.19%	9.26%	3.52%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	60.91%	22.88%	7.63%	2.78%
MetroStars	74.35%	25.22%	7.58%	2.62%
New England Revolution	59.55%	21.23%	6.84%	2.42%
San Jose Clash	54.47%	20.40%	6.49%	2.36%
Dallas Burn	56.00%	20.17%	6.21%	2.33%
Miami Fusion	20.66%	5.11%	1.21%	0.34%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	Miami Fusion	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew		32.1%20.37%	65.7%24.88%	74.6%5.60%	63.8%18.42%	62.4%18.96%
DC United	67.9%20.37%		81.2%24.31%	86.1%8.67%	79.5%21.44%	78.3%21.51%
MetroStars	34.3%24.88%	18.8%24.31%		59.5%2.92%	47.6%10.76%	45.6%11.47%
Miami Fusion	25.4%5.60%	13.9%8.67%	40.5%2.92%		37.9%1.71%	36.8%1.75%
New England Revolution	36.2%18.42%	20.5%21.44%	52.4%10.76%	62.1%1.71%		48.2%7.21%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	37.6%18.96%	21.7%21.51%	54.4%11.47%	63.2%1.75%	51.8%7.21%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Chicago Fire	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Clash
Chicago Fire		56.0%11.83%	61.5%9.85%	57.6%13.02%	28.9%19.82%	59.6%9.58%
Colorado Rapids	44.0%11.83%		55.4%9.55%	50.8%12.55%	23.4%19.70%	54.1%9.19%
Dallas Burn	38.5%9.85%	44.6%9.55%		45.4%10.62%	19.9%18.61%	48.8%7.36%
Kansas City Wizards	42.4%13.02%	49.2%12.55%	54.6%10.62%		22.6%19.97%	52.3%9.91%
Los Angeles Galaxy	71.1%19.82%	76.6%19.70%	80.1%18.61%	77.4%19.97%		79.3%18.44%
San Jose Clash	40.4%9.58%	45.9%9.19%	51.2%7.36%	47.7%9.91%	20.7%18.44%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	Miami Fusion	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew		32.8%33.56%	64.7%5.65%	72.1%1.14%	62.5%4.97%	60.8%5.32%
DC United	67.2%33.56%		78.7%14.36%	85.2%2.60%	77.7%11.64%	76.8%12.77%
MetroStars	35.3%5.65%	21.3%14.36%		62.5%0.53%	46.6%2.27%	47.3%2.41%
Miami Fusion	27.9%1.14%	14.8%2.60%	37.5%0.53%		39.1%0.40%	33.7%0.44%
New England Revolution	37.5%4.97%	22.3%11.64%	53.4%2.27%	60.9%0.40%		47.3%1.95%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	39.2%5.32%	23.2%12.77%	52.7%2.41%	66.3%0.44%	52.7%1.95%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Chicago Fire	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Clash
Chicago Fire		57.4%3.55%	60.8%2.68%	59.2%3.68%	29.9%18.89%	59.3%2.82%
Colorado Rapids	42.6%3.55%		54.2%2.10%	49.3%2.96%	25.0%15.71%	53.8%2.14%
Dallas Burn	39.2%2.68%	45.8%2.10%		46.6%2.12%	20.8%11.67%	49.6%1.59%
Kansas City Wizards	40.8%3.68%	50.7%2.96%	53.4%2.12%		24.2%16.23%	54.7%2.19%
Los Angeles Galaxy	70.1%18.89%	75.0%15.71%	79.2%11.67%	75.8%16.23%		78.0%11.66%
San Jose Clash	40.7%2.82%	46.2%2.14%	50.4%1.59%	45.3%2.19%	22.0%11.66%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Chicago Fire	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Clash	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	Miami Fusion	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew	53.3%2.88%	56.5%2.03%	58.7%1.32%	57.8%2.02%	35.4%12.16%	58.9%1.40%
DC United	64.7%7.25%	68.8%5.05%	70.2%3.49%	69.5%5.09%	48.3%30.54%	72.1%3.50%
MetroStars	41.6%0.98%	45.1%0.70%	45.3%0.45%	48.9%0.72%	25.8%4.20%	48.5%0.53%
Miami Fusion	36.7%0.16%	41.1%0.11%	41.6%0.08%	38.1%0.10%	19.2%0.67%	40.4%0.09%
New England Revolution	41.8%0.91%	48.3%0.62%	48.6%0.42%	45.4%0.60%	27.1%3.85%	49.7%0.43%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	42.7%0.98%	44.5%0.68%	48.5%0.45%	51.4%0.73%	28.0%4.25%	51.4%0.53%
Chicago Fire							46.7%2.88%	35.3%7.25%	58.4%0.98%	63.3%0.16%	58.2%0.91%	57.3%0.98%
Colorado Rapids							43.5%2.03%	31.2%5.05%	54.9%0.70%	58.9%0.11%	51.7%0.62%	55.5%0.68%
Dallas Burn							41.3%1.32%	29.8%3.49%	54.7%0.45%	58.4%0.08%	51.4%0.42%	51.5%0.45%
Kansas City Wizards							42.2%2.02%	30.5%5.09%	51.1%0.72%	61.9%0.10%	54.6%0.60%	48.6%0.73%
Los Angeles Galaxy							64.6%12.16%	51.7%30.54%	74.2%4.20%	80.8%0.67%	72.9%3.85%	72.0%4.25%
San Jose Clash							41.1%1.40%	27.9%3.50%	51.5%0.53%	59.6%0.09%	50.3%0.43%	48.6%0.53%

Actual Bracket Simulation

Team	Advanced to Conference Finals	Advanced to MLS Cup	Won MLS Cup	Actual Outcome
Los Angeles Galaxy	81.21%	59.85%	39.70%	Eliminated in Conference Finals
DC United	86.44%	64.46%	33.32%	Eliminated in MLS Cup
Chicago Fire	61.93%	21.43%	9.09%	Won MLS Cup
Columbus Crew	59.62%	21.20%	8.09%	Eliminated in Conference Finals
Colorado Rapids	38.07%	11.66%	3.87%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals
MetroStars	40.38%	9.97%	2.76%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals
Dallas Burn	18.79%	7.06%	2.14%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals
Miami Fusion	13.56%	4.37%	1.03%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	Miami Fusion
Columbus Crew			59.6%100.00%
DC United				86.4%100.00%
MetroStars	40.4%100.00%
Miami Fusion		13.6%100.00%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Chicago Fire	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Los Angeles Galaxy
Chicago Fire		61.9%100.00%
Colorado Rapids	38.1%100.00%
Dallas Burn				18.8%100.00%
Los Angeles Galaxy			81.2%100.00%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	Miami Fusion
Columbus Crew		29.8%51.58%		72.4%8.04%
DC United	70.2%51.58%		81.1%34.87%
MetroStars		18.9%34.87%		61.0%5.51%
Miami Fusion	27.6%8.04%		39.0%5.51%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Chicago Fire	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Los Angeles Galaxy
Chicago Fire			64.3%11.60%	27.8%50.33%
Colorado Rapids			59.5%7.19%	23.9%30.88%
Dallas Burn	35.7%11.60%	40.5%7.19%
Los Angeles Galaxy	72.2%50.33%	76.1%30.88%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Chicago Fire	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Los Angeles Galaxy	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	Miami Fusion
Columbus Crew	38.2%4.54%	66.8%2.51%	67.6%1.51%	28.9%12.65%
DC United	70.4%13.83%	73.8%7.55%	74.7%4.52%	38.0%38.56%
MetroStars	29.8%2.14%	34.3%1.10%	60.1%0.72%	21.9%6.02%
Miami Fusion	26.3%0.93%	33.5%0.51%	28.2%0.31%	20.3%2.62%
Chicago Fire					61.8%4.54%	29.6%13.83%	70.2%2.14%	73.7%0.93%
Colorado Rapids					33.2%2.51%	26.2%7.55%	65.7%1.10%	66.5%0.51%
Dallas Burn					32.4%1.51%	25.3%4.52%	39.9%0.72%	71.8%0.31%
Los Angeles Galaxy					71.1%12.65%	62.0%38.56%	78.1%6.02%	79.7%2.62%

Most-Likely Championship Paths

For each playoff team, what was the most likely path they had to the championship across all simulations? Tiles represent the opponent they faced and defeated the most often in each round.

Los Angeles Galaxy 39.70% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Dallas Burn

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

81.21%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Chicago Fire

Matchup

60.74%

Win Prob

72.24%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

60.25%

Win Prob

62.03%

DC United 33.32% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Miami Fusion

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

86.44%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Columbus Crew

Matchup

56.16%

Win Prob

70.19%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

43.95%

Win Prob

37.97%

Chicago Fire 9.09% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Colorado Rapids

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

61.93%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

65.19%

Win Prob

27.76%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

45.11%

Win Prob

29.65%

Columbus Crew 8.09% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. MetroStars

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

59.62%

→

Conference Finals

vs. DC United

Matchup

72.52%

Win Prob

29.81%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

45.21%

Win Prob

28.90%

Colorado Rapids 3.87% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Chicago Fire

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

38.07%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

63.32%

Win Prob

23.91%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

51.07%

Win Prob

26.17%

MetroStars 2.76% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Columbus Crew

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

40.38%

→

Conference Finals

vs. DC United

Matchup

66.26%

Win Prob

18.94%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

47.72%

Win Prob

21.90%

Dallas Burn 2.14% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

18.79%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Chicago Fire

Matchup

58.68%

Win Prob

35.70%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

53.48%

Win Prob

25.28%

Miami Fusion 1.03% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. DC United

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

13.56%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Columbus Crew

Matchup

50.76%

Win Prob

27.56%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

51.55%

Win Prob

20.34%

Regular Season Games

Summary of every regular-season game played this season.

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Date	Opponent	Score	Pre Elo	Opp Elo	Win %	Tie %	Loss %	Elo Δ	Points
1998-03-21	@ Miami Fusion	W 2-0	1450.00	1439.86	31.73%	17.61%	50.66%	+12.08	3
1998-04-04	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-0	1462.08	1502.55	46.42%	18.04%	35.55%	+8.99	6
1998-04-08	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 0-1	1471.07	1512.02	26.06%	16.44%	57.50%	-3.58	6
1998-04-11	@ San Jose Clash	L 0-1	1467.49	1506.70	26.24%	16.49%	57.27%	-3.60	6
1998-04-17	MetroStars	L 0-1	1463.89	1485.04	49.13%	17.79%	33.08%	-6.24	6
1998-04-25	@ Colorado Rapids	L 4-4	1457.65	1513.10	24.63%	16.02%	59.36%	+0.55	6
1998-05-02	DC United	L 1-3	1458.20	1541.27	40.32%	18.23%	41.45%	-8.65	6
1998-05-16	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1449.55	1468.46	28.39%	17.01%	54.60%	+6.44	9
1998-05-20	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-1	1455.99	1576.46	35.20%	18.01%	46.79%	+9.79	12
1998-05-23	Colorado Rapids	W 5-0	1465.78	1491.95	48.43%	17.86%	33.71%	+20.05	15
1998-05-30	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-1	1485.83	1574.74	21.58%	14.93%	63.49%	+1.24	18
1998-06-06	Columbus Crew	W 2-0	1487.07	1537.19	45.04%	18.12%	36.83%	+9.26	21
1998-06-11	San Jose Clash	W 5-2	1496.33	1476.21	54.76%	16.98%	28.26%	+7.74	24
1998-06-14	@ New England Revolution	W 3-1	1504.07	1476.72	33.86%	17.88%	48.26%	+10.04	27
1998-06-17	Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1514.11	1489.22	55.40%	16.86%	27.74%	+3.80	30
1998-06-24	Kansas City Wizards	W 4-1	1517.91	1492.36	55.48%	16.85%	27.67%	+8.76	33
1998-07-01	Dallas Burn	W 4-1	1526.67	1478.84	58.38%	16.24%	25.37%	+8.04	36
1998-07-04	@ Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1534.71	1470.79	38.73%	18.20%	43.07%	+5.59	39
1998-07-09	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-3	1540.30	1531.44	31.58%	17.59%	50.83%	-11.74	39
1998-07-18	@ DC United	L 1-4	1528.56	1589.91	24.06%	15.84%	60.10%	-7.63	39
1998-07-25	@ MetroStars	L 2-3	1520.93	1505.61	32.36%	17.70%	49.94%	-3.92	39
1998-07-29	@ San Jose Clash	L 0-3	1517.01	1457.43	38.12%	18.18%	43.69%	-13.85	39
1998-08-08	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1503.16	1608.67	37.19%	18.14%	44.66%	-4.67	39
1998-08-15	San Jose Clash	W 2-1	1498.49	1473.64	55.39%	16.87%	27.74%	+3.59	42
1998-08-21	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-0	1502.08	1469.97	34.46%	17.94%	47.60%	+11.46	45
1998-08-29	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 2-2	1513.54	1496.05	32.62%	17.74%	49.64%	+0.36	48
1998-09-02	Miami Fusion	W 3-2	1513.90	1414.43	64.74%	14.57%	20.69%	+2.53	51
1998-09-10	@ Dallas Burn	L 2-3	1516.43	1472.07	36.06%	18.07%	45.86%	-4.32	51
1998-09-13	Colorado Rapids	W 3-1	1512.11	1473.54	57.19%	16.51%	26.31%	+5.90	54
1998-09-17	Kansas City Wizards	W 1-0	1518.01	1502.45	54.15%	17.09%	28.76%	+3.93	57
1998-09-23	New England Revolution	W 3-2	1521.94	1470.99	58.78%	16.15%	25.06%	+3.08	60
1998-09-27	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-1	1525.02	1613.23	21.64%	14.96%	63.40%	-2.96	60
1998-03-21	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-1	1506.40	1513.39	29.72%	17.28%	53.00%	+0.67	0
1998-03-28	@ San Jose Clash	W 2-2	1507.07	1507.57	30.47%	17.41%	52.12%	+0.46	3
1998-04-04	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-1	1507.53	1522.99	49.92%	17.70%	32.37%	-6.33	3
1998-04-11	@ DC United	L 3-3	1501.20	1535.97	26.70%	16.61%	56.69%	+0.55	3
1998-04-19	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-0	1501.75	1500.92	52.16%	17.41%	30.43%	+11.35	6
1998-04-25	Chicago Fire	W 4-4	1513.10	1457.65	59.36%	16.02%	24.63%	-0.55	9
1998-05-02	@ Miami Fusion	L 2-3	1512.55	1416.10	43.37%	18.19%	38.44%	-5.03	9
1998-05-06	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 4-7	1507.52	1561.84	24.74%	16.05%	59.21%	-5.99	9
1998-05-09	San Jose Clash	L 2-3	1501.53	1495.33	52.89%	17.30%	29.81%	-5.95	9
1998-05-16	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1495.58	1516.93	28.12%	16.95%	54.92%	-3.63	9
1998-05-23	@ Chicago Fire	L 0-5	1491.95	1465.78	33.71%	17.86%	48.43%	-20.05	9
1998-05-28	Miami Fusion	W 3-0	1471.90	1421.50	58.71%	16.17%	25.12%	+9.44	12
1998-05-31	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-1	1481.34	1492.60	50.50%	17.63%	31.86%	+4.08	15
1998-06-06	San Jose Clash	W 2-0	1485.42	1484.01	52.24%	17.40%	30.36%	+7.80	18
1998-06-18	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1493.22	1609.77	19.32%	13.95%	66.73%	-2.47	18
1998-06-25	DC United	W 3-1	1490.75	1577.44	39.81%	18.23%	41.97%	+8.94	21
1998-07-04	MetroStars	W 1-0	1499.69	1502.99	51.60%	17.49%	30.91%	+4.20	24
1998-07-11	New England Revolution	W 2-1	1503.89	1463.43	57.43%	16.45%	26.11%	+3.38	27
1998-07-19	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 1-4	1507.27	1490.12	32.58%	17.73%	49.69%	-10.19	27
1998-07-25	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-2	1497.08	1469.32	33.91%	17.89%	48.21%	+5.50	30
1998-07-29	@ New England Revolution	W 3-1	1502.58	1459.06	35.95%	18.07%	45.98%	+9.64	33
1998-08-05	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-6	1512.22	1588.97	41.23%	18.23%	40.54%	-19.70	33
1998-08-08	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 1-3	1492.52	1501.11	29.54%	17.25%	53.21%	-6.58	33
1998-08-15	Dallas Burn	L 0-1	1485.94	1467.48	54.54%	17.02%	28.44%	-6.83	33
1998-08-18	@ MetroStars	L 1-4	1479.11	1492.75	28.97%	17.13%	53.90%	-9.14	33
1998-08-21	Chicago Fire	L 0-2	1469.97	1502.08	47.60%	17.94%	34.46%	-11.47	33
1998-08-29	@ San Jose Clash	W 3-1	1458.50	1469.44	29.27%	17.19%	53.53%	+10.97	36
1998-09-02	Kansas City Wizards	W 3-2	1469.47	1495.69	48.42%	17.87%	33.71%	+4.07	39
1998-09-13	@ Chicago Fire	L 1-3	1473.54	1512.11	26.31%	16.51%	57.19%	-5.89	39
1998-09-16	@ Columbus Crew	W 4-2	1467.65	1548.15	22.31%	15.22%	62.47%	+11.19	42
1998-09-19	Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1478.84	1536.96	43.90%	18.17%	37.92%	+4.74	45
1998-09-26	Dallas Burn	W 3-1	1483.58	1471.95	53.63%	17.18%	29.20%	+6.52	48
1998-03-21	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1510.37	1510.02	30.57%	17.43%	52.00%	+6.18	3
1998-03-29	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1516.55	1512.72	30.98%	17.50%	51.53%	-3.98	3
1998-04-04	DC United	W 2-1	1512.57	1540.28	48.21%	17.89%	33.90%	+4.31	6
1998-04-11	New England Revolution	W 3-2	1516.88	1491.83	55.42%	16.86%	27.72%	+3.40	9
1998-04-18	Miami Fusion	W 5-1	1520.28	1433.97	63.17%	15.02%	21.80%	+8.89	12
1998-04-26	@ DC United	L 1-1	1529.17	1535.68	29.78%	17.29%	52.93%	+0.67	12
1998-04-30	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 1-0	1529.84	1479.31	36.89%	18.12%	44.99%	+5.80	15
1998-05-09	@ Miami Fusion	L 0-2	1535.64	1421.13	45.94%	18.07%	35.99%	-11.13	15
1998-05-17	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 2-4	1524.51	1567.83	46.01%	18.06%	35.92%	-8.63	15
1998-05-22	@ New England Revolution	W 2-0	1515.88	1496.87	32.81%	17.76%	49.43%	+11.84	18
1998-05-27	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 1-1	1527.72	1492.95	34.81%	17.97%	47.22%	+0.35	18
1998-05-30	San Jose Clash	W 4-1	1528.07	1513.76	53.98%	17.12%	28.90%	+9.12	21
1998-06-06	@ Chicago Fire	L 0-2	1537.19	1487.07	36.83%	18.12%	45.04%	-9.26	21
1998-06-13	DC United	L 3-3	1527.93	1577.29	45.15%	18.12%	36.73%	-0.15	21
1998-06-20	MetroStars	W 2-1	1527.78	1501.43	55.59%	16.83%	27.58%	+3.57	24
1998-07-03	@ San Jose Clash	L 1-1	1531.35	1464.35	39.16%	18.21%	42.63%	+0.09	24
1998-07-09	Chicago Fire	W 3-0	1531.44	1540.30	50.83%	17.59%	31.58%	+11.75	27
1998-07-19	@ MetroStars	L 0-3	1543.19	1492.12	36.96%	18.13%	44.91%	-13.49	27
1998-07-25	Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1529.70	1447.07	62.73%	15.15%	22.12%	-7.25	27
1998-07-29	@ Miami Fusion	L 2-3	1522.45	1402.18	46.76%	18.01%	35.23%	-5.36	27
1998-08-08	New England Revolution	W 6-1	1517.09	1461.69	59.35%	16.02%	24.63%	+12.35	30
1998-08-12	@ MetroStars	L 1-3	1529.44	1494.38	34.84%	17.98%	47.18%	-7.65	30
1998-08-16	Kansas City Wizards	W 5-3	1521.79	1500.16	54.96%	16.94%	28.09%	+5.31	33
1998-08-22	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-1	1527.10	1469.67	59.61%	15.96%	24.44%	+5.48	36
1998-08-29	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-0	1532.58	1632.73	20.63%	14.54%	64.82%	+21.64	39
1998-09-06	MetroStars	W 4-3	1554.22	1476.79	62.09%	15.32%	22.58%	+2.70	42
1998-09-09	Miami Fusion	W 1-0	1556.92	1407.10	70.41%	12.71%	16.88%	+2.26	45
1998-09-12	@ New England Revolution	L 0-2	1559.18	1448.03	45.47%	18.10%	36.44%	-11.03	45
1998-09-16	Colorado Rapids	L 2-4	1548.15	1467.65	62.47%	15.22%	22.31%	-11.19	45
1998-09-19	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1536.96	1478.84	37.92%	18.17%	43.90%	-4.74	45
1998-09-24	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 3-4	1532.22	1460.52	61.39%	15.51%	23.10%	-6.59	45
1998-09-27	@ DC United	L 2-2	1525.63	1613.01	21.71%	14.99%	63.30%	+0.92	45
1998-03-15	@ Miami Fusion	W 2-0	1527.76	1450.00	40.68%	18.23%	41.08%	+10.14	3
1998-03-21	Kansas City Wizards	W 3-2	1537.90	1507.68	56.10%	16.73%	27.17%	+3.33	6
1998-03-29	New England Revolution	W 1-1	1541.23	1495.76	58.08%	16.31%	25.61%	-0.95	9
1998-04-04	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1540.28	1512.57	33.90%	17.89%	48.21%	-4.31	9
1998-04-11	Colorado Rapids	W 3-3	1535.97	1501.20	56.69%	16.61%	26.70%	-0.54	12
1998-04-18	@ New England Revolution	L 1-1	1535.43	1488.44	36.41%	18.10%	45.49%	+0.25	12
1998-04-26	Columbus Crew	W 1-1	1535.68	1529.17	52.93%	17.29%	29.78%	-0.67	15
1998-04-29	San Jose Clash	W 3-1	1535.01	1512.52	55.08%	16.92%	28.00%	+6.26	18
1998-05-02	@ Chicago Fire	W 3-1	1541.27	1458.20	41.45%	18.23%	40.32%	+8.66	21
1998-05-09	MetroStars	W 2-0	1549.93	1495.05	59.28%	16.04%	24.68%	+6.38	24
1998-05-13	New England Revolution	W 3-2	1556.31	1511.21	58.03%	16.32%	25.64%	+3.15	27
1998-05-16	@ MetroStars	L 3-4	1559.46	1488.67	39.69%	18.22%	42.08%	-4.56	27
1998-05-23	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-2	1554.90	1462.02	63.96%	14.80%	21.24%	+2.59	30
1998-05-30	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 1-1	1557.49	1459.43	43.60%	18.19%	38.21%	-0.15	33
1998-06-03	@ San Jose Clash	W 4-0	1557.34	1504.64	37.18%	18.14%	44.68%	+20.63	36
1998-06-07	Dallas Burn	L 4-4	1577.97	1488.55	63.55%	14.92%	21.53%	-0.68	36
1998-06-13	@ Columbus Crew	W 3-3	1577.29	1527.93	36.73%	18.12%	45.15%	+0.15	39
1998-06-25	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-3	1577.44	1490.75	41.97%	18.23%	39.81%	-8.94	39
1998-07-02	Miami Fusion	W 3-1	1568.50	1397.02	72.67%	11.89%	15.44%	+3.35	42
1998-07-10	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-0	1571.85	1621.05	45.18%	18.11%	36.71%	+13.41	45
1998-07-15	@ New England Revolution	W 1-0	1585.26	1460.05	47.46%	17.95%	34.59%	+4.65	48
1998-07-18	Chicago Fire	W 4-1	1589.91	1528.56	60.10%	15.84%	24.06%	+7.63	51
1998-07-25	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1597.54	1613.49	28.72%	17.08%	54.20%	+6.79	54
1998-07-29	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-2	1604.33	1463.82	69.40%	13.06%	17.53%	-1.16	57
1998-08-07	@ Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1603.17	1472.04	48.29%	17.88%	33.83%	+4.56	60
1998-08-22	MetroStars	W 2-1	1607.73	1501.90	65.49%	14.34%	20.17%	+2.59	63
1998-08-26	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 2-1	1610.32	1500.66	45.26%	18.11%	36.63%	+4.61	66
1998-08-29	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 2-2	1614.93	1464.20	51.01%	17.57%	31.42%	-0.41	66
1998-09-13	@ Miami Fusion	L 3-4	1614.52	1404.83	58.84%	16.14%	25.02%	-6.36	66
1998-09-16	@ MetroStars	W 5-0	1608.16	1470.09	49.26%	17.78%	32.96%	+19.66	69
1998-09-19	Miami Fusion	L 1-3	1627.82	1411.19	77.05%	10.20%	12.75%	-14.81	69
1998-09-27	Columbus Crew	W 2-2	1613.01	1525.63	63.30%	14.99%	21.71%	-0.91	72
1998-03-21	Colorado Rapids	W 1-1	1513.39	1506.40	53.00%	17.28%	29.72%	-0.67	3
1998-03-29	Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1512.72	1516.55	51.53%	17.50%	30.98%	+3.97	6
1998-04-05	@ San Jose Clash	W 2-2	1516.69	1507.11	31.66%	17.60%	50.73%	+0.41	9
1998-04-11	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1517.10	1493.56	33.38%	17.83%	48.80%	-7.36	9
1998-04-18	San Jose Clash	L 1-2	1509.74	1510.30	51.97%	17.43%	30.59%	-6.18	9
1998-04-25	Kansas City Wizards	W 3-1	1503.56	1509.66	51.21%	17.54%	31.25%	+6.94	12
1998-05-06	@ MetroStars	W 1-0	1510.50	1501.48	31.59%	17.59%	50.81%	+6.43	15
1998-05-16	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1516.93	1495.58	54.92%	16.95%	28.12%	+3.63	18
1998-05-20	Kansas City Wizards	L 1-1	1520.56	1498.61	55.01%	16.94%	28.06%	-0.79	18
1998-05-23	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-4	1519.77	1566.67	25.46%	16.27%	58.27%	-8.07	18
1998-05-31	Miami Fusion	W 2-0	1511.70	1412.06	64.76%	14.56%	20.68%	+5.32	21
1998-06-04	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-8	1517.02	1573.50	44.14%	18.16%	37.70%	-28.47	21
1998-06-07	@ DC United	W 4-4	1488.55	1577.97	21.53%	14.92%	63.55%	+0.67	24
1998-06-17	@ Chicago Fire	L 0-1	1489.22	1514.11	27.74%	16.86%	55.40%	-3.80	24
1998-06-21	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-1	1485.42	1462.44	55.14%	16.91%	27.95%	-6.89	24
1998-06-27	@ New England Revolution	W 3-3	1478.53	1461.55	32.56%	17.73%	49.71%	+0.31	27
1998-07-01	@ Chicago Fire	L 1-4	1478.84	1526.67	25.37%	16.24%	58.38%	-8.05	27
1998-07-04	Chicago Fire	L 0-1	1470.79	1534.71	43.07%	18.20%	38.73%	-5.59	27
1998-07-11	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 0-2	1465.20	1482.75	28.54%	17.04%	54.42%	-7.36	27
1998-07-18	New England Revolution	L 1-3	1457.84	1455.40	52.38%	17.37%	30.24%	-10.77	27
1998-07-25	@ Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1447.07	1529.70	22.12%	15.15%	62.73%	+7.25	30
1998-07-29	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-0	1454.32	1606.70	31.22%	17.54%	51.24%	+17.72	33
1998-08-07	DC United	L 0-1	1472.04	1603.17	33.83%	17.88%	48.29%	-4.56	33
1998-08-15	@ Colorado Rapids	W 1-0	1467.48	1485.94	28.44%	17.02%	54.54%	+6.82	36
1998-08-19	@ Miami Fusion	L 1-2	1474.30	1411.33	38.59%	18.20%	43.21%	-4.81	36
1998-08-22	@ San Jose Clash	L 1-1	1469.49	1470.06	30.46%	17.41%	52.13%	+0.62	36
1998-08-29	MetroStars	W 2-0	1470.11	1499.31	48.00%	17.90%	34.09%	+8.66	39
1998-09-02	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-3	1478.77	1611.09	18.13%	13.37%	68.50%	-6.70	39
1998-09-10	Chicago Fire	W 3-2	1472.07	1516.43	45.86%	18.07%	36.06%	+4.31	42
1998-09-13	San Jose Clash	L 1-3	1476.38	1443.81	56.41%	16.67%	26.93%	-11.47	42
1998-09-19	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 1-0	1464.91	1498.51	26.82%	16.64%	56.54%	+7.04	45
1998-09-26	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-3	1471.95	1483.58	29.20%	17.18%	53.63%	-6.51	45
1998-03-21	@ DC United	L 2-3	1507.68	1537.90	27.17%	16.73%	56.10%	-3.33	0
1998-04-04	MetroStars	W 2-0	1504.35	1498.06	52.90%	17.29%	29.80%	+7.67	3
1998-04-08	Chicago Fire	W 1-0	1512.02	1471.07	57.50%	16.44%	26.06%	+3.58	6
1998-04-11	@ Miami Fusion	L 1-1	1515.60	1433.95	41.24%	18.23%	40.53%	-0.02	6
1998-04-18	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1515.58	1534.66	49.42%	17.76%	32.82%	-5.92	6
1998-04-25	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-3	1509.66	1503.56	31.25%	17.54%	51.21%	-6.94	6
1998-04-29	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-2	1502.72	1550.83	45.33%	18.11%	36.56%	-11.00	6
1998-05-13	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1491.72	1464.16	33.88%	17.88%	48.23%	-4.31	6
1998-05-16	@ New England Revolution	W 3-1	1487.41	1508.06	28.20%	16.97%	54.83%	+11.20	9
1998-05-20	@ Dallas Burn	W 1-1	1498.61	1520.56	28.06%	16.94%	55.01%	+0.78	12
1998-05-23	San Jose Clash	L 0-1	1499.39	1507.32	50.96%	17.57%	31.46%	-6.44	12
1998-05-27	Columbus Crew	W 1-1	1492.95	1527.72	47.22%	17.97%	34.81%	-0.35	15
1998-05-31	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1492.60	1481.34	31.86%	17.63%	50.50%	-4.08	15
1998-06-06	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 1-0	1488.52	1466.28	55.04%	16.93%	28.03%	+3.84	18
1998-06-24	@ Chicago Fire	L 1-4	1492.36	1517.91	27.67%	16.85%	55.48%	-8.76	18
1998-07-01	New England Revolution	W 1-0	1483.60	1461.25	55.06%	16.93%	28.01%	+3.84	21
1998-07-04	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-2	1487.44	1616.36	18.38%	13.50%	68.12%	-4.69	21
1998-07-11	Dallas Burn	W 2-0	1482.75	1465.20	54.42%	17.04%	28.54%	+7.37	24
1998-07-19	Colorado Rapids	W 4-1	1490.12	1507.27	49.69%	17.73%	32.58%	+10.19	27
1998-07-25	@ San Jose Clash	L 1-1	1500.31	1457.72	35.83%	18.06%	46.12%	+0.29	27
1998-07-29	@ MetroStars	L 2-2	1500.60	1509.53	29.50%	17.24%	53.26%	+0.51	27
1998-08-08	Colorado Rapids	W 3-1	1501.11	1492.52	53.21%	17.25%	29.54%	+6.58	30
1998-08-13	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-3	1507.69	1613.34	20.19%	14.35%	65.47%	-7.53	30
1998-08-16	@ Columbus Crew	L 3-5	1500.16	1521.79	28.09%	16.94%	54.96%	-5.30	30
1998-08-23	Miami Fusion	W 2-0	1494.86	1416.15	62.25%	15.28%	22.47%	+5.80	33
1998-08-26	DC United	L 1-2	1500.66	1610.32	36.63%	18.11%	45.26%	-4.61	33
1998-08-29	Chicago Fire	L 2-2	1496.05	1513.54	49.64%	17.74%	32.62%	-0.36	33
1998-09-02	@ Colorado Rapids	L 2-3	1495.69	1469.47	33.71%	17.87%	48.42%	-4.07	33
1998-09-05	San Jose Clash	W 5-1	1491.62	1454.63	56.98%	16.55%	26.47%	+10.83	36
1998-09-17	@ Chicago Fire	L 0-1	1502.45	1518.01	28.76%	17.09%	54.15%	-3.94	36
1998-09-19	Dallas Burn	L 0-1	1498.51	1464.91	56.54%	16.64%	26.82%	-7.03	36
1998-09-27	@ San Jose Clash	L 0-2	1491.48	1464.66	33.79%	17.87%	48.34%	-8.60	36
1998-03-21	San Jose Clash	W 3-3	1519.95	1507.13	53.78%	17.15%	29.06%	-0.45	3
1998-03-28	MetroStars	W 3-2	1519.50	1501.54	54.47%	17.03%	28.49%	+3.49	6
1998-04-04	@ Colorado Rapids	W 1-0	1522.99	1507.53	32.37%	17.70%	49.92%	+6.33	9
1998-04-11	@ MetroStars	W 3-2	1529.32	1490.39	35.35%	18.02%	46.63%	+5.34	12
1998-04-18	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 2-1	1534.66	1515.58	32.82%	17.76%	49.42%	+5.92	15
1998-04-25	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 5-1	1540.58	1489.57	58.79%	16.15%	25.06%	+10.25	18
1998-04-29	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 2-0	1550.83	1502.72	36.56%	18.11%	45.33%	+11.01	21
1998-05-06	Colorado Rapids	W 7-4	1561.84	1507.52	59.21%	16.05%	24.74%	+5.99	24
1998-05-17	@ Columbus Crew	W 4-2	1567.83	1524.51	35.92%	18.06%	46.01%	+8.63	27
1998-05-20	@ Chicago Fire	L 1-3	1576.46	1455.99	46.79%	18.01%	35.20%	-9.79	27
1998-05-23	Dallas Burn	W 4-1	1566.67	1519.77	58.27%	16.27%	25.46%	+8.07	30
1998-05-30	Chicago Fire	L 1-1	1574.74	1485.83	63.49%	14.93%	21.58%	-1.24	30
1998-06-04	@ Dallas Burn	W 8-1	1573.50	1517.02	37.70%	18.16%	44.14%	+28.47	33
1998-06-07	New England Revolution	W 5-1	1601.97	1484.51	66.83%	13.92%	19.25%	+7.80	36
1998-06-18	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1609.77	1493.22	66.73%	13.95%	19.32%	+2.47	39
1998-06-27	@ San Jose Clash	W 2-1	1612.24	1468.47	50.05%	17.69%	32.26%	+4.12	42
1998-07-04	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-0	1616.36	1487.44	68.12%	13.50%	18.38%	+4.69	45
1998-07-10	@ DC United	L 0-3	1621.05	1571.85	36.71%	18.11%	45.18%	-13.42	45
1998-07-15	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-1	1607.63	1470.03	49.19%	17.79%	33.02%	+7.30	48
1998-07-18	Miami Fusion	L 2-2	1614.93	1393.63	77.47%	10.03%	12.50%	-1.44	48
1998-07-25	DC United	L 0-1	1613.49	1597.54	54.20%	17.08%	28.72%	-6.79	48
1998-07-29	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-3	1606.70	1454.32	51.24%	17.54%	31.22%	-17.73	48
1998-08-05	@ Colorado Rapids	W 6-1	1588.97	1512.22	40.54%	18.23%	41.23%	+19.70	51
1998-08-08	@ Chicago Fire	W 2-1	1608.67	1503.16	44.66%	18.14%	37.19%	+4.67	54
1998-08-13	Kansas City Wizards	W 3-0	1613.34	1507.69	65.47%	14.35%	20.19%	+7.53	57
1998-08-22	@ New England Revolution	W 5-1	1620.87	1450.12	53.74%	17.16%	29.10%	+11.86	60
1998-08-29	Columbus Crew	L 0-3	1632.73	1532.58	64.82%	14.54%	20.63%	-21.64	60
1998-09-02	Dallas Burn	W 3-0	1611.09	1478.77	68.50%	13.37%	18.13%	+6.71	63
1998-09-05	@ Miami Fusion	W 5-3	1617.80	1411.91	58.35%	16.25%	25.40%	+4.81	66
1998-09-16	@ San Jose Clash	W 0-0	1622.61	1455.28	53.27%	17.24%	29.49%	-0.77	69
1998-09-20	San Jose Clash	L 0-1	1621.84	1456.05	72.09%	12.11%	15.80%	-8.61	69
1998-09-27	Chicago Fire	W 1-0	1613.23	1525.02	63.40%	14.96%	21.64%	+2.96	72
1998-03-28	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 2-3	1501.54	1519.50	28.49%	17.03%	54.47%	-3.48	0
1998-04-04	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 0-2	1498.06	1504.35	29.80%	17.29%	52.90%	-7.67	0
1998-04-11	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 2-3	1490.39	1529.32	46.63%	18.02%	35.35%	-5.35	0
1998-04-17	@ Chicago Fire	W 1-0	1485.04	1463.89	33.08%	17.79%	49.13%	+6.25	3
1998-04-25	San Jose Clash	W 4-3	1491.29	1516.48	48.57%	17.85%	33.58%	+3.95	6
1998-05-03	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 1-0	1495.24	1473.52	33.15%	17.80%	49.05%	+6.24	9
1998-05-06	Dallas Burn	L 0-1	1501.48	1510.50	50.81%	17.59%	31.59%	-6.43	9
1998-05-09	@ DC United	L 0-2	1495.05	1549.93	24.68%	16.04%	59.28%	-6.38	9
1998-05-16	DC United	W 4-3	1488.67	1559.46	42.08%	18.22%	39.69%	+4.56	12
1998-05-23	Miami Fusion	W 4-2	1493.23	1426.22	60.81%	15.66%	23.53%	+4.72	15
1998-05-31	@ New England Revolution	W 1-1	1497.95	1485.03	32.06%	17.66%	50.27%	+0.52	18
1998-06-03	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1498.47	1459.58	57.23%	16.50%	26.27%	-6.71	18
1998-06-07	@ Miami Fusion	W 2-1	1491.76	1406.74	41.73%	18.23%	40.04%	+4.97	21
1998-06-13	Miami Fusion	W 3-1	1496.73	1401.77	64.21%	14.72%	21.07%	+4.70	24
1998-06-20	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1501.43	1527.78	27.58%	16.83%	55.59%	-3.57	24
1998-06-24	New England Revolution	W 5-3	1497.86	1466.67	56.23%	16.70%	27.07%	+5.13	27
1998-07-04	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-1	1502.99	1499.69	30.91%	17.49%	51.60%	-4.21	27
1998-07-11	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1498.78	1463.37	56.78%	16.59%	26.63%	-6.66	27
1998-07-19	Columbus Crew	W 3-0	1492.12	1543.19	44.91%	18.13%	36.96%	+13.49	30
1998-07-25	Chicago Fire	W 3-2	1505.61	1520.93	49.94%	17.70%	32.36%	+3.92	33
1998-07-29	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-2	1509.53	1500.60	53.26%	17.24%	29.50%	-0.51	36
1998-08-09	@ San Jose Clash	L 1-5	1509.02	1459.01	36.82%	18.12%	45.06%	-14.64	36
1998-08-12	Columbus Crew	W 3-1	1494.38	1529.44	47.18%	17.98%	34.84%	+7.65	39
1998-08-15	@ Miami Fusion	L 1-3	1502.03	1402.06	43.87%	18.18%	37.95%	-9.28	39
1998-08-18	Colorado Rapids	W 4-1	1492.75	1479.11	53.90%	17.13%	28.97%	+9.15	42
1998-08-22	@ DC United	L 1-2	1501.90	1607.73	20.17%	14.34%	65.49%	-2.59	42
1998-08-29	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-2	1499.31	1470.11	34.09%	17.90%	48.00%	-8.66	42
1998-09-02	New England Revolution	L 0-2	1490.65	1434.17	59.49%	15.99%	24.53%	-13.86	42
1998-09-06	@ Columbus Crew	L 3-4	1476.79	1554.22	22.58%	15.32%	62.09%	-2.70	42
1998-09-13	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1474.09	1468.45	31.19%	17.53%	51.28%	-4.00	42
1998-09-16	DC United	L 0-5	1470.09	1608.16	32.96%	17.78%	49.26%	-19.66	42
1998-09-26	@ New England Revolution	W 0-0	1450.43	1467.92	28.55%	17.04%	54.41%	+0.84	45
1998-03-15	DC United	L 0-2	1450.00	1527.76	41.08%	18.23%	40.68%	-10.14	0
1998-03-21	Chicago Fire	L 0-2	1439.86	1450.00	50.66%	17.61%	31.73%	-12.09	0
1998-03-26	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 0-0	1427.77	1503.84	22.71%	15.37%	61.93%	+1.30	3
1998-04-04	New England Revolution	W 2-1	1429.07	1496.72	42.54%	18.22%	39.25%	+4.88	6
1998-04-11	Kansas City Wizards	W 1-1	1433.95	1515.60	40.53%	18.23%	41.24%	+0.02	9
1998-04-18	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-5	1433.97	1520.28	21.80%	15.02%	63.17%	-8.89	9
1998-04-25	@ New England Revolution	L 0-3	1425.08	1488.18	23.90%	15.78%	60.32%	-8.98	9
1998-05-02	Colorado Rapids	W 3-2	1416.10	1512.55	38.44%	18.19%	43.37%	+5.03	12
1998-05-09	Columbus Crew	W 2-0	1421.13	1535.64	35.99%	18.07%	45.94%	+11.13	15
1998-05-16	@ San Jose Clash	L 0-2	1432.26	1501.28	23.35%	15.60%	61.06%	-6.04	15
1998-05-23	@ MetroStars	L 2-4	1426.22	1493.23	23.53%	15.66%	60.81%	-4.72	15
1998-05-28	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-3	1421.50	1471.90	25.12%	16.17%	58.71%	-9.44	15
1998-05-31	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-2	1412.06	1511.70	20.68%	14.56%	64.76%	-5.32	15
1998-06-07	MetroStars	L 1-2	1406.74	1491.76	40.04%	18.23%	41.73%	-4.97	15
1998-06-13	@ MetroStars	L 1-3	1401.77	1496.73	21.07%	14.72%	64.21%	-4.69	15
1998-06-27	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 1-1	1397.08	1469.33	41.87%	18.23%	39.90%	-0.06	18
1998-07-02	@ DC United	L 1-3	1397.02	1568.50	15.44%	11.89%	72.67%	-3.34	18
1998-07-15	San Jose Clash	W 2-2	1393.68	1464.25	42.12%	18.22%	39.66%	-0.05	21
1998-07-18	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-2	1393.63	1614.93	12.50%	10.03%	77.47%	+1.44	24
1998-07-26	@ New England Revolution	W 2-1	1395.07	1466.17	23.16%	15.53%	61.32%	+7.11	27
1998-07-29	Columbus Crew	W 3-2	1402.18	1522.45	35.23%	18.01%	46.76%	+5.35	30
1998-08-06	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1407.53	1464.97	24.43%	15.96%	59.61%	-5.47	30
1998-08-15	MetroStars	W 3-1	1402.06	1502.03	37.95%	18.18%	43.87%	+9.27	33
1998-08-19	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1411.33	1474.30	43.21%	18.20%	38.59%	+4.82	36
1998-08-23	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 0-2	1416.15	1494.86	22.47%	15.28%	62.25%	-5.81	36
1998-08-30	New England Revolution	W 3-2	1410.34	1438.27	48.18%	17.89%	33.93%	+4.09	39
1998-09-02	@ Chicago Fire	L 2-3	1414.43	1513.90	20.69%	14.57%	64.74%	-2.52	39
1998-09-05	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 3-5	1411.91	1617.80	25.40%	16.25%	58.35%	-4.81	39
1998-09-09	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-1	1407.10	1556.92	16.88%	12.71%	70.41%	-2.27	39
1998-09-13	DC United	W 4-3	1404.83	1614.52	25.02%	16.14%	58.84%	+6.36	42
1998-09-19	@ DC United	W 3-1	1411.19	1627.82	12.75%	10.20%	77.05%	+14.80	45
1998-09-27	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1425.99	1467.11	46.32%	18.04%	35.63%	-9.70	45
1998-03-29	@ DC United	L 1-1	1495.76	1541.23	25.61%	16.31%	58.08%	+0.96	0
1998-04-04	@ Miami Fusion	L 1-2	1496.72	1429.07	39.25%	18.22%	42.54%	-4.89	0
1998-04-11	@ Columbus Crew	L 2-3	1491.83	1516.88	27.72%	16.86%	55.42%	-3.39	0
1998-04-18	DC United	W 1-1	1488.44	1535.43	45.49%	18.10%	36.41%	-0.26	3
1998-04-25	Miami Fusion	W 3-0	1488.18	1425.08	60.32%	15.78%	23.90%	+8.98	6
1998-05-03	@ San Jose Clash	W 3-1	1497.16	1506.26	29.48%	17.23%	53.28%	+10.93	9
1998-05-10	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 4-3	1508.09	1467.28	57.48%	16.44%	26.08%	+3.12	12
1998-05-13	@ DC United	L 2-3	1511.21	1556.31	25.64%	16.32%	58.03%	-3.15	12
1998-05-16	Kansas City Wizards	L 1-3	1508.06	1487.41	54.83%	16.97%	28.20%	-11.19	12
1998-05-22	Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1496.87	1515.88	49.43%	17.76%	32.81%	-11.84	12
1998-05-31	MetroStars	L 1-1	1485.03	1497.95	50.27%	17.66%	32.06%	-0.52	12
1998-06-07	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-5	1484.51	1601.97	19.25%	13.92%	66.83%	-7.79	12
1998-06-14	Chicago Fire	L 1-3	1476.72	1504.07	48.26%	17.88%	33.86%	-10.05	12
1998-06-24	@ MetroStars	L 3-5	1466.67	1497.86	27.07%	16.70%	56.23%	-5.12	12
1998-06-27	Dallas Burn	L 3-3	1461.55	1478.53	49.71%	17.73%	32.56%	-0.30	12
1998-07-01	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 0-1	1461.25	1483.60	28.01%	16.93%	55.06%	-3.84	12
1998-07-04	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-2	1457.41	1469.39	29.16%	17.17%	53.67%	+6.02	15
1998-07-11	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1463.43	1503.89	26.11%	16.45%	57.43%	-3.38	15
1998-07-15	DC United	L 0-1	1460.05	1585.26	34.59%	17.95%	47.46%	-4.65	15
1998-07-18	@ Dallas Burn	W 3-1	1455.40	1457.84	30.24%	17.37%	52.38%	+10.77	18
1998-07-26	Miami Fusion	L 1-2	1466.17	1395.07	61.32%	15.53%	23.16%	-7.11	18
1998-07-29	Colorado Rapids	L 1-3	1459.06	1502.58	45.98%	18.07%	35.95%	-9.64	18
1998-08-05	San Jose Clash	W 3-0	1449.42	1471.28	49.03%	17.80%	33.17%	+12.27	21
1998-08-08	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-6	1461.69	1517.09	24.63%	16.02%	59.35%	-12.34	21
1998-08-14	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 1-1	1449.35	1470.45	28.15%	16.96%	54.89%	+0.77	24
1998-08-22	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-5	1450.12	1620.87	29.10%	17.16%	53.74%	-11.85	24
1998-08-30	@ Miami Fusion	L 2-3	1438.27	1410.34	33.93%	17.89%	48.18%	-4.10	24
1998-09-02	@ MetroStars	W 2-0	1434.17	1490.65	24.53%	15.99%	59.49%	+13.86	27
1998-09-12	Columbus Crew	W 2-0	1448.03	1559.18	36.44%	18.10%	45.47%	+11.04	30
1998-09-19	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-0	1459.07	1472.45	50.21%	17.67%	32.12%	+11.92	33
1998-09-23	@ Chicago Fire	L 2-3	1470.99	1521.94	25.06%	16.15%	58.78%	-3.07	33
1998-09-26	MetroStars	L 0-0	1467.92	1450.43	54.41%	17.04%	28.55%	-0.84	33
1998-03-21	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 3-3	1507.13	1519.95	29.06%	17.15%	53.78%	+0.44	0
1998-03-28	Colorado Rapids	L 2-2	1507.57	1507.07	52.12%	17.41%	30.47%	-0.46	0
1998-04-05	Dallas Burn	L 2-2	1507.11	1516.69	50.73%	17.60%	31.66%	-0.41	0
1998-04-11	Chicago Fire	W 1-0	1506.70	1467.49	57.27%	16.49%	26.24%	+3.60	3
1998-04-18	@ Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1510.30	1509.74	30.59%	17.43%	51.97%	+6.18	6
1998-04-25	@ MetroStars	L 3-4	1516.48	1491.29	33.58%	17.85%	48.57%	-3.96	6
1998-04-29	@ DC United	L 1-3	1512.52	1535.01	28.00%	16.92%	55.08%	-6.26	6
1998-05-03	New England Revolution	L 1-3	1506.26	1497.16	53.28%	17.23%	29.48%	-10.93	6
1998-05-09	@ Colorado Rapids	W 3-2	1495.33	1501.53	29.81%	17.30%	52.89%	+5.95	9
1998-05-16	Miami Fusion	W 2-0	1501.28	1432.26	61.06%	15.60%	23.35%	+6.04	12
1998-05-23	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 1-0	1507.32	1499.39	31.46%	17.57%	50.96%	+6.44	15
1998-05-30	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-4	1513.76	1528.07	28.90%	17.12%	53.98%	-9.12	15
1998-06-03	DC United	L 0-4	1504.64	1557.34	44.68%	18.14%	37.18%	-20.63	15
1998-06-06	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1484.01	1485.42	30.36%	17.40%	52.24%	-7.80	15
1998-06-11	@ Chicago Fire	L 2-5	1476.21	1496.33	28.26%	16.98%	54.76%	-7.74	15
1998-06-27	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1468.47	1612.24	32.26%	17.69%	50.05%	-4.12	15
1998-07-03	Columbus Crew	W 1-1	1464.35	1531.35	42.63%	18.21%	39.16%	-0.10	18
1998-07-15	@ Miami Fusion	L 2-2	1464.25	1393.68	39.66%	18.22%	42.12%	+0.05	18
1998-07-18	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-1	1464.30	1462.74	52.26%	17.39%	30.34%	-6.58	18
1998-07-25	Kansas City Wizards	W 1-1	1457.72	1500.31	46.12%	18.06%	35.83%	-0.29	21
1998-07-29	Chicago Fire	W 3-0	1457.43	1517.01	43.69%	18.18%	38.12%	+13.85	24
1998-08-05	@ New England Revolution	L 0-3	1471.28	1449.42	33.17%	17.80%	49.03%	-12.27	24
1998-08-09	MetroStars	W 5-1	1459.01	1509.02	45.06%	18.12%	36.82%	+14.63	27
1998-08-15	@ Chicago Fire	L 1-2	1473.64	1498.49	27.74%	16.87%	55.39%	-3.58	27
1998-08-22	Dallas Burn	W 1-1	1470.06	1469.49	52.13%	17.41%	30.46%	-0.62	30
1998-08-29	Colorado Rapids	L 1-3	1469.44	1458.50	53.53%	17.19%	29.27%	-10.97	30
1998-09-03	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1458.47	1464.62	29.82%	17.30%	52.88%	-3.84	30
1998-09-05	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 1-5	1454.63	1491.62	26.47%	16.55%	56.98%	-10.82	30
1998-09-13	@ Dallas Burn	W 3-1	1443.81	1476.38	26.93%	16.67%	56.41%	+11.47	33
1998-09-16	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-0	1455.28	1622.61	29.49%	17.24%	53.27%	+0.77	33
1998-09-20	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1456.05	1621.84	15.80%	12.11%	72.09%	+8.61	36
1998-09-27	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-0	1464.66	1491.48	48.34%	17.87%	33.79%	+8.59	39
1998-03-21	Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1510.02	1510.37	52.00%	17.43%	30.57%	-6.18	0
1998-03-26	Miami Fusion	L 0-0	1503.84	1427.77	61.93%	15.37%	22.71%	-1.29	0
1998-04-04	@ Chicago Fire	L 0-2	1502.55	1462.08	35.55%	18.04%	46.42%	-8.99	0
1998-04-11	Dallas Burn	W 3-1	1493.56	1517.10	48.80%	17.83%	33.38%	+7.36	3
1998-04-19	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-3	1500.92	1501.75	30.43%	17.41%	52.16%	-11.35	3
1998-04-25	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-5	1489.57	1540.58	25.06%	16.15%	58.79%	-10.26	3
1998-04-30	Columbus Crew	L 0-1	1479.31	1529.84	44.99%	18.12%	36.89%	-5.79	3
1998-05-03	MetroStars	L 0-1	1473.52	1495.24	49.05%	17.80%	33.15%	-6.24	3
1998-05-10	@ New England Revolution	L 3-4	1467.28	1508.09	26.08%	16.44%	57.48%	-3.12	3
1998-05-13	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-1	1464.16	1491.72	48.23%	17.88%	33.88%	+4.30	6
1998-05-16	Chicago Fire	L 1-2	1468.46	1449.55	54.60%	17.01%	28.39%	-6.44	6
1998-05-23	@ DC United	L 2-3	1462.02	1554.90	21.24%	14.80%	63.96%	-2.59	6
1998-05-30	DC United	L 1-1	1459.43	1557.49	38.21%	18.19%	43.60%	+0.15	6
1998-06-03	@ MetroStars	W 2-1	1459.58	1498.47	26.27%	16.50%	57.23%	+6.70	9
1998-06-06	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 0-1	1466.28	1488.52	28.03%	16.93%	55.04%	-3.84	9
1998-06-21	@ Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1462.44	1485.42	27.95%	16.91%	55.14%	+6.89	12
1998-06-27	@ Miami Fusion	L 1-1	1469.33	1397.08	39.90%	18.23%	41.87%	+0.06	12
1998-07-04	New England Revolution	L 2-3	1469.39	1457.41	53.67%	17.17%	29.16%	-6.02	12
1998-07-11	@ MetroStars	W 2-1	1463.37	1498.78	26.63%	16.59%	56.78%	+6.66	15
1998-07-15	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-3	1470.03	1607.63	33.02%	17.79%	49.19%	-7.29	15
1998-07-18	@ San Jose Clash	W 1-0	1462.74	1464.30	30.34%	17.39%	52.26%	+6.58	18
1998-07-25	Colorado Rapids	L 2-3	1469.32	1497.08	48.21%	17.89%	33.91%	-5.50	18
1998-07-29	@ DC United	L 2-2	1463.82	1604.33	17.53%	13.06%	69.40%	+1.15	18
1998-08-06	Miami Fusion	W 3-1	1464.97	1407.53	59.61%	15.96%	24.43%	+5.48	21
1998-08-14	New England Revolution	L 1-1	1470.45	1449.35	54.89%	16.96%	28.15%	-0.78	21
1998-08-22	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-3	1469.67	1527.10	24.44%	15.96%	59.61%	-5.47	21
1998-08-29	DC United	W 2-2	1464.20	1614.93	31.42%	17.57%	51.01%	+0.42	24
1998-09-03	San Jose Clash	W 2-1	1464.62	1458.47	52.88%	17.30%	29.82%	+3.83	27
1998-09-13	MetroStars	W 2-1	1468.45	1474.09	51.28%	17.53%	31.19%	+4.00	30
1998-09-19	@ New England Revolution	L 0-3	1472.45	1459.07	32.12%	17.67%	50.21%	-11.93	30
1998-09-24	@ Columbus Crew	W 4-3	1460.52	1532.22	23.10%	15.51%	61.39%	+6.59	33
1998-09-27	@ Miami Fusion	W 3-1	1467.11	1425.99	35.63%	18.04%	46.32%	+9.70	36

Playoff Games

Every playoff game from the selected team's perspective.

Date	Opponent	Score	Pre Elo	Opp Elo	Win %	Tie %	Loss %	Elo Δ	Record
1998-10-01	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1522.06	1490.10	65.47%	0.00%	34.53%	+3.49	1-0
1998-10-05	@ Colorado Rapids	W 1-0	1525.55	1486.61	44.24%	0.00%	55.76%	+5.97	2-0
1998-10-10	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1531.52	1628.02	26.68%	0.00%	73.32%	+7.86	3-0
1998-10-16	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-1	1539.38	1620.16	49.77%	0.00%	50.23%	+5.07	4-0
1998-10-25	DC United	W 2-0	1544.45	1623.49	50.02%	0.00%	49.98%	+10.10	5-0
1998-10-01	@ Chicago Fire	L 1-2	1490.10	1522.06	34.53%	0.00%	65.47%	-3.49	0-1
1998-10-05	Chicago Fire	L 0-1	1486.61	1525.55	55.76%	0.00%	44.24%	-5.98	0-2
1998-09-30	MetroStars	W 5-3	1526.55	1451.27	70.87%	0.00%	29.13%	+4.30	1-0
1998-10-03	@ MetroStars	W 2-1	1530.85	1446.96	50.68%	0.00%	49.32%	+4.99	2-0
1998-10-11	@ DC United	L 0-2	1535.84	1617.39	28.39%	0.00%	71.61%	-5.74	2-1
1998-10-18	DC United	W 4-2	1530.10	1623.13	48.00%	0.00%	52.00%	+8.14	3-1
1998-10-21	@ DC United	L 0-3	1538.24	1614.99	28.96%	0.00%	71.04%	-8.50	3-2
1998-09-30	Miami Fusion	W 2-1	1612.10	1416.29	82.96%	0.00%	17.04%	+1.72	1-0
1998-10-04	@ Miami Fusion	W 1-0	1613.82	1414.57	66.63%	0.00%	33.37%	+3.57	2-0
1998-10-11	Columbus Crew	W 2-0	1617.39	1535.84	71.61%	0.00%	28.39%	+5.74	3-0
1998-10-18	@ Columbus Crew	L 2-4	1623.13	1530.10	52.00%	0.00%	48.00%	-8.14	3-1
1998-10-21	Columbus Crew	W 3-0	1614.99	1538.24	71.04%	0.00%	28.96%	+8.50	4-1
1998-10-25	@ Chicago Fire	L 0-2	1623.49	1544.45	49.98%	0.00%	50.02%	-10.10	4-2
1998-10-01	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-6	1465.44	1616.19	21.03%	0.00%	78.97%	-8.23	0-1
1998-10-04	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 2-3	1457.21	1624.41	37.59%	0.00%	62.41%	-3.60	0-2
1998-10-01	Dallas Burn	W 6-1	1616.19	1465.44	78.97%	0.00%	21.03%	+8.22	1-0
1998-10-04	@ Dallas Burn	W 3-2	1624.41	1457.21	62.41%	0.00%	37.59%	+3.61	2-0
1998-10-10	Chicago Fire	L 0-1	1628.02	1531.52	73.32%	0.00%	26.68%	-7.86	2-1
1998-10-16	@ Chicago Fire	L 1-2	1620.16	1539.38	50.23%	0.00%	49.77%	-5.08	2-2
1998-09-30	@ Columbus Crew	L 3-5	1451.27	1526.55	29.13%	0.00%	70.87%	-4.31	0-1
1998-10-03	Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1446.96	1530.85	49.32%	0.00%	50.68%	-4.98	0-2
1998-09-30	@ DC United	L 1-2	1416.29	1612.10	17.04%	0.00%	82.96%	-1.72	0-1
1998-10-04	DC United	L 0-1	1414.57	1613.82	33.37%	0.00%	66.63%	-3.58	0-2

Biggest Upsets

The 25 biggest upsets of the seasons, ranked by lowest pregame win probability. An asterisk (*) after the date indicates a playoff game.

#	Date	Underdog Win %	Winning Team			Losing Team
#	Date	Underdog Win %	Team	Elo	Score	Team	Elo	Score
1	1998-07-18	12.50%	Miami Fusion	1393.63	2	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1614.93	2
2	1998-09-19	12.75%	Miami Fusion	1411.19	3	@ DC United	1627.82	1
3	1998-09-20	15.80%	San Jose Clash	1456.05	1	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1621.84	0
4	1998-08-29	20.63%	Columbus Crew	1532.58	3	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1632.73	0
5	1998-06-07	21.53%	Dallas Burn	1488.55	4	@ DC United	1577.97	4
6	1998-05-30	21.58%	Chicago Fire	1485.83	1	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1574.74	1
7	1998-07-25	22.12%	Dallas Burn	1447.07	2	@ Columbus Crew	1529.70	1
8	1998-09-16	22.31%	Colorado Rapids	1467.65	4	@ Columbus Crew	1548.15	2
9	1998-03-26	22.71%	Miami Fusion	1427.77	0	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1503.84	0
10	1998-09-24	23.10%	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1460.52	4	@ Columbus Crew	1532.22	3
11	1998-07-26	23.16%	Miami Fusion	1395.07	2	@ New England Revolution	1466.17	1
12	1998-09-02	24.53%	New England Revolution	1434.17	2	@ MetroStars	1490.65	0
13	1998-09-13	25.02%	@ Miami Fusion	1404.83	4	DC United	1614.52	3
14	1998-06-03	26.27%	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1459.58	2	@ MetroStars	1498.47	1
15	1998-07-11	26.63%	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1463.37	2	@ MetroStars	1498.78	1
16	1998-10-10 *	26.68%	Chicago Fire	1531.52	1	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1628.02	0
17	1998-09-19	26.82%	Dallas Burn	1464.91	1	@ Kansas City Wizards	1498.51	0
18	1998-09-13	26.93%	San Jose Clash	1443.81	3	@ Dallas Burn	1476.38	1
19	1998-06-21	27.95%	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1462.44	1	@ Dallas Burn	1485.42	0
20	1998-05-20	28.06%	Kansas City Wizards	1498.61	1	@ Dallas Burn	1520.56	1
21	1998-08-14	28.15%	New England Revolution	1449.35	1	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1470.45	1
22	1998-05-16	28.20%	Kansas City Wizards	1487.41	3	@ New England Revolution	1508.06	1
23	1998-05-16	28.39%	Chicago Fire	1449.55	2	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1468.46	1
24	1998-08-15	28.44%	Dallas Burn	1467.48	1	@ Colorado Rapids	1485.94	0
25	1998-09-26	28.55%	MetroStars	1450.43	0	@ New England Revolution	1467.92	0

Biggest Elo Changes

The 25 games that resulted in the largest shift in Elo rating. An asterisk (*) after the date indicates a playoff game.

#	Date	Elo Δ	Winning Team				Losing Team				Tie %
#	Date	Elo Δ	Team	Score	Elo	Win %	Team	Score	Elo	Win %	Tie %
1	1998-06-04	28.47	Los Angeles Galaxy	8	1573.50	37.70%	@ Dallas Burn	1	1517.02	44.14%	18.16%
2	1998-08-29	21.64	Columbus Crew	3	1532.58	20.63%	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	0	1632.73	64.82%	14.54%
3	1998-06-03	20.63	DC United	4	1557.34	37.18%	@ San Jose Clash	0	1504.64	44.68%	18.14%
4	1998-05-23	20.05	@ Chicago Fire	5	1465.78	48.43%	Colorado Rapids	0	1491.95	33.71%	17.86%
5	1998-08-05	19.70	Los Angeles Galaxy	6	1588.97	40.54%	@ Colorado Rapids	1	1512.22	41.23%	18.23%
6	1998-09-16	19.66	DC United	5	1608.16	49.26%	@ MetroStars	0	1470.09	32.96%	17.78%
7	1998-07-29	17.73	@ Dallas Burn	3	1454.32	31.22%	Los Angeles Galaxy	0	1606.70	51.24%	17.54%
8	1998-09-19	14.81	Miami Fusion	3	1411.19	12.75%	@ DC United	1	1627.82	77.05%	10.20%
9	1998-08-09	14.64	@ San Jose Clash	5	1459.01	45.06%	MetroStars	1	1509.02	36.82%	18.12%
10	1998-09-02	13.86	New England Revolution	2	1434.17	24.53%	@ MetroStars	0	1490.65	59.49%	15.99%
11	1998-07-29	13.85	@ San Jose Clash	3	1457.43	43.69%	Chicago Fire	0	1517.01	38.12%	18.18%
12	1998-07-19	13.49	@ MetroStars	3	1492.12	44.91%	Columbus Crew	0	1543.19	36.96%	18.13%
13	1998-07-10	13.42	@ DC United	3	1571.85	45.18%	Los Angeles Galaxy	0	1621.05	36.71%	18.11%
14	1998-08-08	12.35	@ Columbus Crew	6	1517.09	59.35%	New England Revolution	1	1461.69	24.63%	16.02%
15	1998-08-05	12.27	@ New England Revolution	3	1449.42	49.03%	San Jose Clash	0	1471.28	33.17%	17.80%
16	1998-03-21	12.09	Chicago Fire	2	1450.00	31.73%	@ Miami Fusion	0	1439.86	50.66%	17.61%
17	1998-09-19	11.93	@ New England Revolution	3	1459.07	50.21%	Tampa Bay Mutiny	0	1472.45	32.12%	17.67%
18	1998-08-22	11.86	Los Angeles Galaxy	5	1620.87	53.74%	@ New England Revolution	1	1450.12	29.10%	17.16%
19	1998-05-22	11.84	Columbus Crew	2	1515.88	32.81%	@ New England Revolution	0	1496.87	49.43%	17.76%
20	1998-07-09	11.75	@ Columbus Crew	3	1531.44	50.83%	Chicago Fire	0	1540.30	31.58%	17.59%
21	1998-08-21	11.47	Chicago Fire	2	1502.08	34.46%	@ Colorado Rapids	0	1469.97	47.60%	17.94%
22	1998-09-13	11.47	San Jose Clash	3	1443.81	26.93%	@ Dallas Burn	1	1476.38	56.41%	16.67%
23	1998-04-19	11.35	@ Colorado Rapids	3	1501.75	52.16%	Tampa Bay Mutiny	0	1500.92	30.43%	17.41%
24	1998-05-16	11.20	Kansas City Wizards	3	1487.41	28.20%	@ New England Revolution	1	1508.06	54.83%	16.97%
25	1998-09-16	11.19	Colorado Rapids	4	1467.65	22.31%	@ Columbus Crew	2	1548.15	62.47%	15.22%