RBNY Playoff Reset: Week 30

After a 5-2 loss, and not being THAT far up the standings, you would think the New York Red Bulls' place at the top of the Eastern Conference would be gone. Normally, that would be true, but this is MLS. The Red Bulls got pretty much all the help they needed to stay at the top. Vancouver lost to NYC FC. D.C. United, Columbus, New England couldn't gain much ground. Pretty much everything that could go the Red Bulls way did.

Below are the current standings with each team's maximum point and projected points. For a reminder, here's how they are calculated:

Maximum Points = Current Points + (Remaining Games x 3)
Projected Points = Current Points + (Current Home Points Per Game [PPG] x Home Games Left) + (Current Away PPG x Away Games Left)

You can see the full set of data on our Google Sheets file.

Eastern Conference Standings

#	Club	PTS	Max Pts	Proj Pts
1	New York Red Bulls	48	63	56
2	New England Revolution	47	56	50
3	Columbus Crew SC	47	56	51
4	D.C. United	45	54	49
5	Toronto FC	43	55	49
6	Montreal Impact	42	57	47
7	Orlando City SC	38	47	41
8	New York City FC	37	46	40
9	Philadelphia Union	34	43	37
10	Chicago Fire	27	36	30

Supporter's Shield Standings

#	Club	PTS	Max Pts	Proj Pts
1	LA Galaxy	50	59	53
2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	48	60	54
3	New York Red Bulls	48	63	56
4	FC Dallas	47	62	55
5	New England Revolution	47	56	50
6	Columbus Crew SC	47	56	51
7	Seattle Sounders FC	46	55	51
8	D.C. United	45	54	49
9	Sporting Kansas City	45	57	51
10	Portland Timbers	44	56	49
11	Toronto FC	43	55	49
12	San Jose Earthquakes	43	52	47
13	Montreal Impact	42	57	47
14	Houston Dynamo	41	50	44
15	Real Salt Lake	38	50	43
16	Orlando City SC	38	47	41
17	New York City FC	37	46	40
18	Philadelphia Union	34	43	37
19	Colorado Rapids	34	46	38
20	Chicago Fire	27	36	30

Games to Watch

10/2 - D.C. United v NYC FC - A draw or loss for D.C. would be best for the Red Bulls.

10/3 - Red Bulls v Crew - No explanation necessary of course. A win puts the Red Bulls 4 points ahead of Columbus and keeps them ahead of New England if they win.

10/3 - Chicago v New England - Chicago is already eliminated from the playoffs. Time for them to play spoilers and help the Red Bulls out. Seeing as this isn't an away match, they have a chance to actually win.

10/3 - San Jose v Vancouver - San Jose winning helps the Red Bulls' shield chances.

10/4 - Dallas v Houston - It's not Kinnear time in Houston anymore, but some of that magic would help the Red Bulls.

10/4 - Seattle v LA - Seattle won the Shield on the last day of 2014 by beating LA. The shield isn't on the line for Seattle now, but winning would spoil the party for LA again.