1996 MLS Season

160 regular-season games · 8 playoff teams · 100,000 simulations

Final

Champion

DC United

1st Title

Runner-Up

Los Angeles Galaxy

1st Appearance

Biggest Overachiever

Tampa Bay Mutiny

11.28 points above expected

60 points · 48.72 expected points

Biggest Disappointment

Colorado Rapids

13.97 points below expected

33 points · 46.97 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	L	Pts	Pt%	GF	GA	GD	SimPts	vsSim
1	Tampa Bay Mutiny Conference	20	12	60	.625	67	54	+13	48.72	+11.28
2	DC United Playoffs	16	16	48	.500	63	59	+4	47.64	+0.36
3	MetroStars Playoffs	15	17	45	.469	48	49	-1	47.50	-2.50
4	Columbus Crew Playoffs	15	17	45	.469	63	65	-2	47.22	-2.22
5	New England Revolution	15	17	45	.469	49	58	-9	47.63	-2.63

#	Team	W	L	Pts	Pt%	GF	GA	GD	SimPts	vsSim
1	Los Angeles Galaxy Conference	19	13	57	.594	63	53	+10	49.41	+7.59
2	Kansas City Qiz Playoffs	17	15	51	.531	66	65	+1	47.71	+3.29
3	Dallas Burn Playoffs	17	15	51	.531	55	51	+4	48.66	+2.34
4	San Jose Crush Playoffs	15	17	45	.469	53	56	-3	48.03	-3.03
5	Colorado Rapids	11	21	33	.344	46	63	-17	46.97	-13.97

Playoff Bracket

Eastern Conference

Conference Semifinals

DC United 2

MetroStars 1

3 games · Sep 24–Oct 2

Tampa Bay Mutiny 2

Columbus Crew 1

3 games · Sep 25–Oct 2

Conference Final

DC United 2

Tampa Bay Mutiny 0

2 games · Oct 10–Oct 12

Western Conference

Conference Semifinals

Kansas City Qiz 2

Dallas Burn 1

3 games · Sep 26–Oct 2

Los Angeles Galaxy 2

San Jose Crush 1

3 games · Sep 26–Oct 2

Conference Final

Los Angeles Galaxy 2

Kansas City Qiz 0

2 games · Oct 10–Oct 13

MLS Cup

DC United 3

Los Angeles Galaxy 2

Oct 20

Season Summary

Every team's regular season finish compared against the simulated win totals from 100,000 simulations. 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
Tampa Bay Mutiny	Eastern	1512	60	48.72	+11.28	93.72%	18	36	42	48	54	63	78
Los Angeles Galaxy	Western	1510	57	49.41	+7.59	86.41%	18	36	45	49	54	63	78
Dallas Burn	Western	1503	51	48.66	+2.34	66.97%	21	36	42	48	54	63	76
DC United	Eastern	1502	48	47.64	+0.36	57.89%	18	33	42	48	54	60	75
Columbus Crew	Eastern	1500	45	47.22	-2.22	45.29%	18	33	42	48	54	60	79
Kansas City Qiz	Western	1499	51	47.71	+3.29	71.17%	18	34	42	48	54	60	78
MetroStars	Eastern	1499	45	47.50	-2.50	44.18%	21	33	42	48	54	60	78
San Jose Crush	Western	1498	45	48.03	-3.03	42.19%	18	34	42	48	54	61	78
New England Revolution	Eastern	1494	45	47.63	-2.63	44.04%	21	33	42	48	54	60	75
Colorado Rapids	Western	1484	33	46.97	-13.97	5.97%	12	33	42	48	52	60	78

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	Revolution	Mutiny
Columbus Crew	—	6 (6.0 exp.)	6 (6.0 exp.)	9 (6.0 exp.)	6 (5.8 exp.)
DC United	6 (6.0 exp.)	—	6 (6.0 exp.)	6 (6.0 exp.)	9 (5.9 exp.)
MetroStars	6 (6.0 exp.)	6 (6.0 exp.)	—	3 (6.0 exp.)	3 (5.9 exp.)
New England Revolution	3 (6.0 exp.)	6 (6.0 exp.)	9 (6.0 exp.)	—	3 (5.9 exp.)
Tampa Bay Mutiny	6 (6.1 exp.)	3 (6.1 exp.)	9 (6.1 exp.)	9 (6.1 exp.)	—

Eastern vs. Outside Teams

Team	Rapids	Burn	Qiz	Galaxy	Crush
Columbus Crew	0 (4.8 exp.)	3 (4.0 exp.)	6 (5.9 exp.)	6 (3.9 exp.)	3 (4.7 exp.)
DC United	9 (4.2 exp.)	6 (5.8 exp.)	0 (4.9 exp.)	3 (4.7 exp.)	3 (4.1 exp.)
MetroStars	6 (4.2 exp.)	9 (4.8 exp.)	3 (4.1 exp.)	3 (5.9 exp.)	6 (4.8 exp.)
New England Revolution	6 (4.9 exp.)	6 (4.7 exp.)	3 (4.2 exp.)	3 (4.0 exp.)	6 (6.0 exp.)
Tampa Bay Mutiny	12 (6.1 exp.)	3 (4.1 exp.)	9 (4.9 exp.)	3 (4.8 exp.)	6 (4.2 exp.)

Within Western

Team	Rapids	Burn	Qiz	Galaxy	Crush
Colorado Rapids	—	6 (5.9 exp.)	6 (5.9 exp.)	6 (5.7 exp.)	0 (5.9 exp.)
Dallas Burn	6 (6.1 exp.)	—	9 (6.1 exp.)	6 (5.9 exp.)	9 (6.0 exp.)
Kansas City Qiz	6 (6.0 exp.)	3 (5.9 exp.)	—	9 (5.8 exp.)	6 (6.0 exp.)
Los Angeles Galaxy	6 (6.3 exp.)	6 (6.1 exp.)	3 (6.2 exp.)	—	12 (6.1 exp.)
San Jose Crush	12 (6.1 exp.)	3 (5.9 exp.)	6 (6.0 exp.)	0 (5.9 exp.)	—

Western vs. Outside Teams

Team	Crew	United	MetroStars	Revolution	Mutiny
Colorado Rapids	9 (4.2 exp.)	0 (4.7 exp.)	3 (4.8 exp.)	3 (4.1 exp.)	0 (5.9 exp.)
Dallas Burn	6 (5.0 exp.)	6 (6.1 exp.)	0 (4.2 exp.)	3 (4.2 exp.)	6 (4.9 exp.)
Kansas City Qiz	6 (6.1 exp.)	9 (4.1 exp.)	6 (4.9 exp.)	6 (4.8 exp.)	0 (4.1 exp.)
Los Angeles Galaxy	3 (5.1 exp.)	6 (4.3 exp.)	9 (6.1 exp.)	6 (5.0 exp.)	6 (4.2 exp.)
San Jose Crush	6 (4.2 exp.)	6 (4.9 exp.)	3 (4.2 exp.)	6 (6.0 exp.)	3 (4.8 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

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↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	6.25%	5.94%	1.88%	1.88%	—	15.94%
1	6.25%	—	13.44%	5.31%	1.88%	1.25%	28.12%
2	5.94%	13.44%	—	7.81%	1.88%	0.62%	29.69%
3	1.88%	5.31%	7.81%	—	1.56%	—	16.56%
4	1.88%	1.88%	1.88%	1.56%	—	0.31%	7.50%
5+	—	1.25%	0.62%	—	0.31%	—	2.19%
Total	15.94%	28.12%	29.69%	16.56%	7.50%	2.19%	100%

Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.79	1.79	+0.00
SD	1.27	1.27	1.89
CV	0.71	0.71	—
Max	6	6	+5
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 160

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	3.12%	9.38%	9.38%	—	—	21.88%
1	3.12%	—	15.62%	18.75%	—	—	37.50%
2	6.25%	9.38%	—	9.38%	—	—	25.00%
3	—	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	6.25%
4	3.12%	—	6.25%	—	—	—	9.38%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	12.50%	15.62%	34.38%	37.50%	—	—	100%

Colorado Rapids — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.44	1.97	-0.53
SD	1.19	1.03	1.83
CV	0.83	0.52	—
Max	4	3	+4
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	6.25%	—	12.50%	—	3.12%	—	21.88%
2	12.50%	9.38%	—	9.38%	3.12%	3.12%	37.50%
3	—	—	9.38%	—	6.25%	—	15.62%
4	3.12%	—	—	3.12%	—	3.12%	9.38%
5+	—	3.12%	—	—	—	—	3.12%
Total	21.88%	18.75%	25.00%	12.50%	15.62%	6.25%	100%

Columbus Crew — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.97	2.03	-0.06
SD	1.26	1.64	1.92
CV	0.64	0.81	—
Max	5	6	+4
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	3.12%	—	18.75%	3.12%	—	3.12%	28.12%
2	3.12%	9.38%	—	9.38%	3.12%	—	25.00%
3	3.12%	15.62%	9.38%	—	—	—	28.12%
4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5+	—	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	6.25%
Total	9.38%	31.25%	37.50%	12.50%	6.25%	3.12%	100%

DC United — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.97	1.84	+0.12
SD	1.38	1.17	2.06
CV	0.70	0.63	—
Max	6	5	+5
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	15.62%	6.25%	—	—	—	21.88%
1	6.25%	—	9.38%	6.25%	—	3.12%	25.00%
2	—	18.75%	—	6.25%	—	—	25.00%
3	6.25%	—	12.50%	—	—	—	18.75%
4	—	6.25%	—	—	—	—	6.25%
5+	—	—	3.12%	—	—	—	3.12%
Total	12.50%	40.62%	31.25%	12.50%	—	3.12%	100%

Dallas Burn — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.72	1.59	+0.12
SD	1.35	1.19	1.86
CV	0.79	0.75	—
Max	5	6	+3
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	3.12%	9.38%	3.12%	3.12%	—	18.75%
1	3.12%	—	12.50%	3.12%	—	3.12%	21.88%
2	3.12%	9.38%	—	6.25%	3.12%	—	21.88%
3	3.12%	3.12%	12.50%	—	—	—	18.75%
4	—	3.12%	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	12.50%
5+	—	3.12%	—	—	3.12%	—	6.25%
Total	9.38%	21.88%	40.62%	15.62%	9.38%	3.12%	100%

Kansas City Qiz — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	2.06	2.03	+0.03
SD	1.58	1.20	2.06
CV	0.77	0.59	—
Max	6	5	+4
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	—	9.38%
1	3.12%	—	12.50%	6.25%	—	—	21.88%
2	3.12%	25.00%	—	6.25%	—	3.12%	37.50%
3	3.12%	6.25%	12.50%	—	3.12%	—	25.00%
4	3.12%	—	3.12%	—	—	—	6.25%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	12.50%	37.50%	31.25%	12.50%	3.12%	3.12%	100%

Los Angeles Galaxy — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.97	1.66	+0.31
SD	1.06	1.15	1.62
CV	0.54	0.70	—
Max	4	5	+4
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	6.25%	12.50%	3.12%	3.12%	—	25.00%
1	12.50%	—	15.62%	3.12%	3.12%	—	34.38%
2	6.25%	6.25%	—	6.25%	—	—	18.75%
3	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	9.38%
4	6.25%	3.12%	—	3.12%	—	—	12.50%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	28.12%	18.75%	31.25%	15.62%	6.25%	—	100%

MetroStars — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.50	1.53	-0.03
SD	1.32	1.24	2.07
CV	0.88	0.81	—
Max	4	4	+4
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	6.25%	3.12%	—	3.12%	—	12.50%
1	6.25%	—	12.50%	6.25%	3.12%	3.12%	31.25%
2	15.62%	18.75%	—	12.50%	3.12%	—	50.00%
3	—	—	3.12%	—	—	—	3.12%
4	—	—	3.12%	—	—	—	3.12%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	21.88%	25.00%	21.88%	18.75%	9.38%	3.12%	100%

New England Revolution — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.53	1.81	-0.28
SD	0.88	1.49	1.85
CV	0.57	0.82	—
Max	4	6	+2
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	6.25%	6.25%	—	—	—	12.50%
1	15.62%	—	15.62%	3.12%	9.38%	—	43.75%
2	—	12.50%	—	9.38%	3.12%	—	25.00%
3	—	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	—	9.38%
4	3.12%	—	—	3.12%	—	—	6.25%
5+	—	3.12%	—	—	—	—	3.12%
Total	18.75%	28.12%	25.00%	15.62%	12.50%	—	100%

San Jose Crush — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.66	1.75	-0.09
SD	1.31	1.30	1.91
CV	0.79	0.74	—
Max	6	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%	—	9.38%	3.12%	—	—	15.62%
2	9.38%	15.62%	—	3.12%	3.12%	—	31.25%
3	—	15.62%	9.38%	—	6.25%	—	31.25%
4	—	6.25%	—	3.12%	—	—	9.38%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	12.50%	43.75%	18.75%	12.50%	12.50%	—	100%

Tampa Bay Mutiny — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	2.09	1.69	+0.41
SD	1.17	1.23	1.76
CV	0.56	0.73	—
Max	4	4	+3
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

Points Points vs. Goal Differential

Plot of points against goals differential across the entire season. Hover over a team for exact values.

Top Overachievers & Disappointments

The teams that deviated the most from the simulated results.

Top Overachievers

#	Team	Actual	Sim	Luck
1	Tampa Bay Mutiny	60	48.72	+11.28
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	57	49.41	+7.59
3	Kansas City Qiz	51	47.71	+3.29
4	Dallas Burn	51	48.66	+2.34
5	DC United	48	47.64	+0.36

Biggest Disappointments

#	Team	Actual	Sim	Luck
1	Colorado Rapids	33	46.97	-13.97
2	San Jose Crush	45	48.03	-3.03
3	New England Revolution	45	47.63	-2.63
4	MetroStars	45	47.50	-2.50
5	Columbus Crew	45	47.22	-2.22

Top Streaks

The most unlikely streaks achieved by teams throughout the season according to the model's probabilities. Calculated by using the pregame win/tie/loss probabilities for all the games in each team's streak. Unbeaten counts W or T consecutively; Winless counts L or T consecutively.

Longest Winning Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	12	Apr 13 – Jun 26	1 in 2,927
2	Columbus Crew	8	Aug 4 – Sep 15	1 in 293
3	Tampa Bay Mutiny	6	Aug 31 – Sep 21	1 in 69
4	New England Revolution	4	Jul 4 – Jul 20	1 in 32
5	Dallas Burn	5	Jul 17 – Aug 10	1 in 27

Longest Losing Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	Columbus Crew	6	May 15 – Jun 19	1 in 80
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	5	Aug 11 – Aug 28	1 in 35
3	MetroStars	4	Aug 17 – Sep 4	1 in 18
4	Colorado Rapids	4	Aug 11 – Aug 29	1 in 16
5	Dallas Burn	3	May 23 – Jun 2	1 in 12

Longest Unbeaten Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	12	Apr 13 – Jun 26	1 in 2,705
2	Columbus Crew	8	Aug 4 – Sep 15	1 in 277
3	Tampa Bay Mutiny	6	Aug 31 – Sep 21	1 in 66
4	New England Revolution	4	Jul 4 – Jul 20	1 in 31
5	Dallas Burn	5	Jul 17 – Aug 10	1 in 27

Longest Winless Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	Columbus Crew	6	May 15 – Jun 19	1 in 77
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	5	Aug 11 – Aug 28	1 in 34
3	MetroStars	4	Aug 17 – Sep 4	1 in 18
4	Colorado Rapids	4	Aug 11 – Aug 29	1 in 16
5	Dallas Burn	3	May 23 – Jun 2	1 in 11

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.

Finish Position Heatmaps

Cells represent the percentage of the time a team finished in a given position across the 100,000 simulations.

Team	1	2	3	4	5
Tampa Bay Mutiny	23.54%	21.35%	19.54%	18.77%	16.80%
DC United	19.84%	19.66%	19.87%	20.20%	20.43%
New England Revolution	19.85%	19.20%	20.56%	20.30%	20.09%
MetroStars	18.73%	20.26%	20.09%	19.88%	21.04%
Columbus Crew	18.04%	19.53%	19.94%	20.85%	21.64%

Team	1	2	3	4	5
Los Angeles Galaxy	23.95%	22.21%	20.32%	17.49%	16.03%
Dallas Burn	21.90%	20.16%	19.91%	19.69%	18.34%
San Jose Crush	19.84%	19.49%	20.15%	20.40%	20.12%
Kansas City Qiz	18.04%	19.69%	20.17%	20.70%	21.40%
Colorado Rapids	16.27%	18.45%	19.45%	21.72%	24.11%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Los Angeles Galaxy	12.85%	11.62%	11.86%	10.75%	10.20%	9.82%	9.30%	8.34%	7.87%	7.39%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	11.40%	11.23%	10.48%	10.71%	10.45%	9.17%	9.67%	9.23%	9.34%	8.32%
Dallas Burn	11.66%	10.86%	10.30%	10.03%	10.04%	9.99%	9.46%	9.72%	9.12%	8.82%
San Jose Crush	10.18%	10.54%	9.58%	9.96%	9.69%	9.61%	10.88%	10.03%	9.84%	9.69%
Kansas City Qiz	9.39%	9.26%	10.30%	10.42%	9.58%	10.11%	10.31%	9.92%	10.72%	9.99%
DC United	9.38%	9.41%	9.89%	9.74%	9.54%	10.76%	10.17%	9.84%	10.26%	11.01%
New England Revolution	9.86%	8.95%	9.55%	9.68%	10.48%	9.98%	10.30%	10.32%	10.30%	10.58%
MetroStars	8.96%	9.51%	9.52%	9.71%	10.24%	10.23%	9.78%	10.77%	10.45%	10.83%
Columbus Crew	8.27%	9.16%	9.49%	10.02%	9.79%	10.21%	9.99%	10.78%	10.76%	11.53%
Colorado Rapids	8.05%	9.46%	9.03%	8.98%	9.99%	10.12%	10.14%	11.05%	11.34%	11.84%

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 across the 100,000 simulations. 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
Tampa Bay Mutiny	23.54%	21.35%	19.54%	18.77%	16.80%
New England Revolution	19.85%	19.20%	20.56%	20.30%	20.09%
DC United	19.84%	19.66%	19.87%	20.20%	20.43%
MetroStars	18.73%	20.26%	20.09%	19.88%	21.04%
Columbus Crew	18.04%	19.53%	19.94%	20.85%	21.64%

Team	1 Seed	2 Seed	3 Seed	4 Seed	Missed Playoffs
Los Angeles Galaxy	23.95%	22.21%	20.32%	17.49%	16.03%
Dallas Burn	21.90%	20.16%	19.91%	19.69%	18.34%
San Jose Crush	19.84%	19.49%	20.15%	20.40%	20.12%
Kansas City Qiz	18.04%	19.69%	20.17%	20.70%	21.40%
Colorado Rapids	16.27%	18.45%	19.45%	21.72%	24.11%

Points Required to Achieve 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.

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 100,000 simulations. 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 round buttons switch to heat maps that show how often each pair of teams faced off in that round.

Team	Made Playoffs	Advanced to Conference Finals	Advanced to MLS Cup	Won MLS Cup
Tampa Bay Mutiny	83.20%	44.10%	24.03%	12.95%
Los Angeles Galaxy	83.97%	44.15%	23.53%	12.28%
Dallas Burn	81.66%	41.81%	21.36%	11.25%
DC United	79.57%	40.18%	19.67%	9.89%
San Jose Crush	79.88%	39.54%	20.00%	9.78%
Kansas City Qiz	78.60%	40.16%	19.48%	9.41%
Columbus Crew	78.36%	39.08%	18.50%	9.14%
MetroStars	78.96%	38.97%	19.23%	9.08%
New England Revolution	79.91%	37.67%	18.57%	8.99%
Colorado Rapids	75.89%	34.34%	15.63%	7.23%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew		9.85%	9.15%	10.04%	10.04%
DC United	9.86%		10.04%	10.29%	9.99%
MetroStars	9.28%	9.62%		10.44%	9.63%
New England Revolution	9.54%	9.02%	9.67%		9.44%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	10.60%	10.90%	11.13%	11.47%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Qiz	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Crush
Colorado Rapids		8.66%	7.94%	9.46%	8.28%
Dallas Burn	10.42%		10.01%	10.17%	11.21%
Kansas City Qiz	10.46%	9.91%		10.14%	9.65%
Los Angeles Galaxy	11.29%	11.02%	10.64%		11.20%
San Jose Crush	9.38%	10.26%	9.85%	10.05%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew		4.61%	4.60%	4.47%	4.82%
DC United	5.35%		4.66%	4.59%	5.07%
MetroStars	4.82%	4.96%		4.36%	5.09%
New England Revolution	4.49%	4.72%	4.27%		5.09%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	5.92%	6.22%	6.21%	5.68%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Qiz	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Crush
Colorado Rapids		3.91%	3.79%	4.32%	3.61%
Dallas Burn	4.50%		5.72%	5.76%	5.38%
Kansas City Qiz	4.45%	4.94%		5.32%	4.77%
Los Angeles Galaxy	5.36%	6.21%	6.18%		5.78%
San Jose Crush	4.40%	5.39%	4.99%	5.22%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Columbus Crew	DC United	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Qiz	Los Angeles Galaxy	MetroStars	New England Revolution	San Jose Crush	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Colorado Rapids		1.22%	1.52%				1.56%	1.35%		1.58%
Columbus Crew	1.53%			1.97%	1.94%	1.87%			1.83%
DC United	1.65%			1.90%	1.96%	2.32%			2.06%
Dallas Burn		2.19%	2.15%				2.14%	2.14%		2.63%
Kansas City Qiz		1.86%	1.89%				1.86%	1.73%		2.07%
Los Angeles Galaxy		2.32%	2.45%				2.46%	2.30%		2.75%
MetroStars	1.34%			1.94%	1.74%	1.99%			2.07%
New England Revolution	1.46%			1.78%	1.82%	2.10%			1.83%
San Jose Crush		1.77%	1.77%				2.13%	2.06%		2.05%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	2.42%			2.52%	2.61%	2.97%			2.43%

Actual Bracket Simulation

How we would have expected the postseason to play out given the actual playoff bracket according to the 100,000 simulations. 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 round buttons switch to heat maps that show how often each pair of teams faced off in that round.

Team	Advanced to Conference Finals	Advanced to MLS Cup	Won MLS Cup	Actual Outcome
Tampa Bay Mutiny	59.63%	35.24%	21.89%	Eliminated in Conference Finals
Los Angeles Galaxy	58.54%	34.50%	19.28%	Eliminated in MLS Cup
Dallas Burn	56.11%	26.93%	14.36%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals
Kansas City Qiz	43.89%	20.41%	11.29%	Eliminated in Conference Finals
DC United	56.93%	26.98%	10.88%	Won MLS Cup
Columbus Crew	43.07%	20.07%	7.83%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals
San Jose Crush	41.46%	18.16%	7.82%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew		43.07%
DC United	56.93%
New England Revolution				40.37%
Tampa Bay Mutiny			59.63%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Qiz	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Crush
Dallas Burn		56.11%
Kansas City Qiz	43.89%
Los Angeles Galaxy				58.54%
San Jose Crush			41.46%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew			9.89%	10.18%
DC United			12.77%	14.21%
New England Revolution	7.59%	10.12%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	15.41%	19.83%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Qiz	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Crush
Dallas Burn			13.65%	13.28%
Kansas City Qiz			10.39%	10.02%
Los Angeles Galaxy	19.15%	15.35%
San Jose Crush	10.03%	8.13%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Qiz	Los Angeles Galaxy	New England Revolution	San Jose Crush	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew			1.99%	1.47%	2.67%		1.70%
DC United			2.62%	2.09%	3.19%		2.98%
Dallas Burn	3.23%	4.63%				2.95%		3.55%
Kansas City Qiz	2.71%	3.71%				2.43%		2.44%
Los Angeles Galaxy	4.55%	6.10%				3.98%		4.65%
New England Revolution			1.69%	1.25%	2.01%		1.70%
San Jose Crush	1.75%	1.66%				1.70%		2.71%
Tampa Bay Mutiny			6.27%	4.31%	7.35%		3.96%

Most-Likely Championship Paths

For each playoff team, what was the most likely path they had to the championship across all 100,000 simulations? Tiles represent the opponent they faced and defeated the most often in each round.

Tampa Bay Mutiny 21.89% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. New England Revolution

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

59.63%

→

Conference Finals

vs. DC United

Matchup

56.27%

Win Prob

58.25%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

33.58%

Win Prob

61.25%

Los Angeles Galaxy 19.28% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. San Jose Crush

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

58.54%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Dallas Burn

Matchup

55.51%

Win Prob

58.38%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

31.64%

Win Prob

65.66%

Dallas Burn 14.36% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Kansas City Qiz

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

56.11%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

50.69%

Win Prob

41.62%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

32.24%

Win Prob

63.86%

Kansas City Qiz 11.29% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Dallas Burn

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

43.89%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

50.91%

Win Prob

40.37%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

32.86%

Win Prob

63.97%

DC United 10.88% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Columbus Crew

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

56.93%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny

Matchup

52.67%

Win Prob

41.75%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

29.32%

Win Prob

34.34%

Columbus Crew 7.83% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. DC United

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

43.07%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny

Matchup

50.72%

Win Prob

39.78%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

34.10%

Win Prob

36.98%

San Jose Crush 7.82% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

41.46%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Dallas Burn

Matchup

55.23%

Win Prob

43.03%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny

Matchup

34.65%

Win Prob

40.63%

New England Revolution 6.65% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

40.37%

→

Conference Finals

vs. DC United

Matchup

57.14%

Win Prob

44.21%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

30.23%

Win Prob

33.56%

Regular Season Games

Every regular-season game from the selected team's perspective.

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Date	Opponent	Score	Pre Elo	Opp Elo	Win %	Tie %	Loss %	Elo Δ	Points
1996-04-13	@ Kansas City Qiz	L 0-3	1500.00	1500.00	37.97%	0.33%	61.70%	-2.44	0
1996-04-21	Dallas Burn	W 3-1	1497.56	1503.35	60.91%	0.33%	38.76%	+1.48	3
1996-05-05	Kansas City Qiz	W 4-0	1499.04	1502.48	61.23%	0.33%	38.44%	+3.23	6
1996-05-08	@ San Jose Crush	L 1-3	1502.27	1499.25	38.38%	0.33%	61.29%	-1.47	6
1996-05-11	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1500.80	1501.69	61.58%	0.33%	38.09%	-1.36	6
1996-05-16	@ MetroStars	L 0-3	1499.44	1497.16	38.28%	0.33%	61.39%	-2.46	6
1996-05-19	@ Columbus Crew	W 4-2	1496.98	1501.35	37.38%	0.33%	62.29%	+2.13	9
1996-05-25	@ New England Revolution	L 2-3	1499.11	1500.99	37.72%	0.33%	61.96%	-0.79	9
1996-05-29	Dallas Burn	W 2-0	1498.32	1503.22	61.03%	0.33%	38.64%	+1.71	12
1996-06-02	DC United	L 2-3	1500.03	1494.94	62.39%	0.33%	37.28%	-1.31	12
1996-06-08	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1498.72	1506.25	36.95%	0.33%	62.72%	-0.82	12
1996-06-15	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1497.90	1502.09	37.40%	0.33%	62.27%	-0.82	12
1996-06-19	@ Columbus Crew	W 3-2	1497.08	1496.37	38.07%	0.33%	61.61%	+1.29	15
1996-06-26	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-3	1498.37	1516.61	35.53%	0.33%	64.14%	-1.37	15
1996-06-30	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-1	1497.00	1517.97	58.82%	0.33%	40.85%	+0.91	18
1996-07-04	MetroStars	W 2-1	1497.91	1498.59	61.61%	0.33%	38.06%	+0.84	21
1996-07-07	Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1498.75	1490.52	62.81%	0.33%	36.86%	+0.82	24
1996-07-10	@ Kansas City Qiz	L 0-2	1499.57	1497.71	38.22%	0.33%	61.45%	-1.69	24
1996-07-17	San Jose Crush	L 1-2	1497.88	1500.82	61.30%	0.33%	38.37%	-1.36	24
1996-07-21	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1496.52	1503.61	60.73%	0.33%	38.94%	-2.33	24
1996-07-24	New England Revolution	W 2-0	1494.19	1500.24	60.88%	0.33%	38.79%	+1.72	27
1996-07-27	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-3	1495.91	1503.70	36.92%	0.33%	62.75%	-2.37	27
1996-08-01	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 2-3	1493.54	1513.64	58.94%	0.33%	40.73%	-1.24	27
1996-08-03	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1492.30	1505.79	36.16%	0.33%	63.51%	-1.39	27
1996-08-07	Kansas City Qiz	W 4-2	1490.91	1501.97	60.19%	0.33%	39.48%	+1.36	30
1996-08-11	MetroStars	L 0-2	1492.27	1498.95	60.79%	0.33%	38.88%	-2.69	30
1996-08-16	@ New England Revolution	L 0-2	1489.58	1492.52	37.57%	0.33%	62.10%	-1.67	30
1996-08-25	@ San Jose Crush	L 0-1	1487.91	1498.52	36.54%	0.33%	63.13%	-0.85	30
1996-08-29	DC United	L 1-2	1487.06	1501.94	59.66%	0.33%	40.01%	-1.32	30
1996-09-05	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1485.74	1509.40	34.82%	0.33%	64.85%	+1.52	33
1996-09-08	San Jose Crush	L 1-3	1487.26	1498.04	60.23%	0.33%	39.44%	-2.31	33
1996-09-21	@ DC United	L 1-3	1484.95	1501.02	35.82%	0.33%	63.85%	-1.37	33
1996-04-13	DC United	W 4-0	1500.00	1499.11	61.82%	0.33%	37.85%	+3.18	3
1996-04-20	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1503.18	1500.80	62.02%	0.33%	37.65%	-1.37	3
1996-04-27	@ MetroStars	W 2-0	1501.81	1497.71	38.53%	0.33%	61.14%	+2.70	6
1996-05-02	@ Kansas City Qiz	L 4-6	1504.51	1501.28	38.41%	0.33%	61.26%	-1.20	6
1996-05-05	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-1	1503.31	1501.72	38.19%	0.33%	61.49%	-0.90	6
1996-05-11	New England Revolution	W 3-2	1502.41	1500.10	62.01%	0.33%	37.66%	+0.79	9
1996-05-15	@ DC United	L 2-5	1503.20	1492.49	39.43%	0.33%	60.24%	-1.85	9
1996-05-19	Colorado Rapids	L 2-4	1501.35	1496.98	62.29%	0.33%	37.38%	-2.13	9
1996-05-26	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 2-3	1499.22	1507.42	36.87%	0.33%	62.81%	-0.78	9
1996-06-01	@ San Jose Crush	L 2-3	1498.44	1499.41	37.84%	0.33%	61.83%	-0.79	9
1996-06-08	Kansas City Qiz	L 3-4	1497.65	1493.23	62.30%	0.33%	37.37%	-1.28	9
1996-06-19	Colorado Rapids	L 2-3	1496.37	1497.08	61.61%	0.33%	38.07%	-1.29	9
1996-06-22	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 4-3	1495.08	1506.30	36.46%	0.33%	63.21%	+1.29	12
1996-06-27	@ New England Revolution	W 2-1	1496.37	1497.14	37.87%	0.33%	61.81%	+1.37	15
1996-06-30	MetroStars	L 0-4	1497.74	1493.37	62.29%	0.33%	37.38%	-5.23	15
1996-07-04	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-4	1492.51	1501.74	36.73%	0.33%	62.94%	-1.99	15
1996-07-07	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1490.52	1498.75	36.86%	0.33%	62.81%	-0.81	15
1996-07-11	New England Revolution	L 1-2	1489.71	1497.21	60.68%	0.33%	38.99%	-1.35	15
1996-07-20	San Jose Crush	L 3-4	1488.36	1502.18	59.81%	0.33%	39.86%	-1.22	15
1996-07-25	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 1-0	1487.14	1505.94	59.12%	0.33%	40.55%	+0.95	18
1996-07-28	@ DC United	L 0-2	1488.09	1497.44	36.71%	0.33%	62.96%	-1.63	18
1996-07-31	Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1486.46	1506.08	59.01%	0.33%	40.66%	-1.30	18
1996-08-04	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-1	1485.16	1514.88	34.03%	0.33%	65.64%	+1.45	21
1996-08-10	DC United	W 3-2	1486.61	1498.09	60.13%	0.33%	39.54%	+0.83	24
1996-08-14	@ Dallas Burn	W 3-2	1487.44	1508.22	35.20%	0.33%	64.47%	+1.35	27
1996-08-18	San Jose Crush	W 2-0	1488.79	1499.35	60.26%	0.33%	39.41%	+1.75	30
1996-08-24	Kansas City Qiz	W 2-1	1490.54	1504.90	59.74%	0.33%	39.94%	+0.88	33
1996-08-28	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-0	1491.42	1509.85	59.17%	0.33%	40.50%	+1.80	36
1996-09-07	@ Kansas City Qiz	W 5-1	1493.22	1504.81	36.41%	0.33%	63.26%	+4.42	39
1996-09-15	MetroStars	W 2-0	1497.64	1501.36	61.20%	0.33%	38.48%	+1.71	42
1996-09-18	@ MetroStars	L 0-1	1499.35	1499.65	37.93%	0.33%	61.74%	-0.90	42
1996-09-21	@ New England Revolution	W 1-0	1498.45	1495.66	38.35%	0.33%	61.32%	+1.44	45
1996-04-06	@ San Jose Crush	L 0-1	1500.00	1500.00	37.97%	0.33%	61.70%	-0.89	0
1996-04-13	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-4	1499.11	1500.00	37.85%	0.33%	61.82%	-3.18	0
1996-04-20	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1495.93	1500.84	61.03%	0.33%	38.64%	-1.35	0
1996-04-27	@ New England Revolution	L 1-2	1494.58	1500.65	37.15%	0.33%	62.52%	-0.83	0
1996-05-01	Dallas Burn	W 3-1	1493.75	1503.23	60.41%	0.33%	39.26%	+1.51	3
1996-05-05	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-3	1495.26	1503.02	36.92%	0.33%	62.75%	-1.42	3
1996-05-12	MetroStars	L 1-2	1493.84	1495.80	61.44%	0.33%	38.24%	-1.35	3
1996-05-15	Columbus Crew	W 5-2	1492.49	1503.20	60.24%	0.33%	39.43%	+1.85	6
1996-05-18	@ Dallas Burn	L 2-3	1494.34	1503.90	36.68%	0.33%	62.99%	-0.77	6
1996-05-30	@ MetroStars	W 2-1	1493.57	1497.09	37.49%	0.33%	62.18%	+1.37	9
1996-06-02	@ Colorado Rapids	W 3-2	1494.94	1500.03	37.28%	0.33%	62.39%	+1.31	12
1996-06-05	San Jose Crush	W 3-1	1496.25	1500.21	61.16%	0.33%	38.51%	+1.48	15
1996-06-20	@ Kansas City Qiz	L 1-5	1497.73	1493.68	38.52%	0.33%	61.15%	-2.70	15
1996-06-23	@ San Jose Crush	L 1-2	1495.03	1498.11	37.55%	0.33%	62.12%	-0.83	15
1996-06-30	New England Revolution	W 3-1	1494.20	1495.78	61.49%	0.33%	38.18%	+1.46	18
1996-07-04	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1495.66	1503.84	36.87%	0.33%	62.80%	-0.81	18
1996-07-07	Dallas Burn	W 6-1	1494.85	1504.66	60.36%	0.33%	39.31%	+3.37	21
1996-07-12	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 1-0	1498.22	1503.73	60.95%	0.33%	38.72%	+0.91	24
1996-07-20	@ New England Revolution	L 0-2	1499.13	1498.56	38.05%	0.33%	61.62%	-1.69	24
1996-07-28	Columbus Crew	W 2-0	1497.44	1488.09	62.96%	0.33%	36.71%	+1.63	27
1996-07-31	Kansas City Qiz	L 2-3	1499.07	1498.57	61.77%	0.33%	37.90%	-1.30	27
1996-08-04	Kansas City Qiz	L 2-4	1497.77	1499.87	61.42%	0.33%	38.25%	-2.10	27
1996-08-07	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-1	1495.67	1507.18	36.42%	0.33%	63.25%	+2.42	30
1996-08-10	@ Columbus Crew	L 2-3	1498.09	1486.61	39.54%	0.33%	60.13%	-0.83	30
1996-08-18	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-1	1497.26	1513.44	59.48%	0.33%	40.19%	+0.89	33
1996-08-21	@ MetroStars	W 3-2	1498.15	1503.30	37.27%	0.33%	62.40%	+1.31	36
1996-08-25	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-0	1499.46	1504.03	61.08%	0.33%	38.59%	+2.48	39
1996-08-29	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1501.94	1487.06	40.01%	0.33%	59.66%	+1.32	42
1996-09-06	MetroStars	L 1-2	1503.26	1498.48	62.35%	0.33%	37.32%	-1.38	42
1996-09-14	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-2	1501.88	1507.03	37.27%	0.33%	62.40%	-1.65	42
1996-09-17	New England Revolution	W 3-2	1500.23	1496.45	62.21%	0.33%	37.46%	+0.79	45
1996-09-21	Colorado Rapids	W 3-1	1501.02	1484.95	63.85%	0.33%	35.82%	+1.37	48
1996-04-14	San Jose Crush	W 1-0	1500.00	1500.89	61.58%	0.33%	38.09%	+0.89	3
1996-04-18	Kansas City Qiz	W 3-0	1500.89	1502.44	61.49%	0.33%	38.18%	+2.46	6
1996-04-21	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-3	1503.35	1497.56	38.76%	0.33%	60.91%	-1.49	6
1996-04-28	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1501.86	1502.17	37.93%	0.33%	61.74%	+1.37	9
1996-05-01	@ DC United	L 1-3	1503.23	1493.75	39.26%	0.33%	60.41%	-1.51	9
1996-05-05	Columbus Crew	W 1-0	1501.72	1503.31	61.49%	0.33%	38.19%	+0.90	12
1996-05-11	@ Kansas City Qiz	W 3-2	1502.62	1497.58	38.66%	0.33%	61.01%	+1.28	15
1996-05-18	DC United	W 3-2	1503.90	1494.34	62.99%	0.33%	36.68%	+0.77	18
1996-05-23	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-1	1504.67	1503.84	61.81%	0.33%	37.86%	-1.45	18
1996-05-29	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1503.22	1498.32	38.64%	0.33%	61.03%	-1.71	18
1996-06-02	MetroStars	L 0-1	1501.51	1495.71	62.48%	0.33%	37.19%	-1.47	18
1996-06-08	San Jose Crush	W 4-1	1500.04	1498.73	61.88%	0.33%	37.79%	+2.05	21
1996-06-15	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1502.09	1497.90	62.27%	0.33%	37.40%	+0.83	24
1996-06-19	@ MetroStars	L 0-1	1502.92	1490.72	39.64%	0.33%	60.03%	-0.93	24
1996-06-23	@ New England Revolution	W 4-1	1501.99	1500.48	38.18%	0.33%	61.50%	+3.33	27
1996-06-29	Kansas City Qiz	L 0-1	1505.32	1494.67	63.13%	0.33%	36.54%	-1.48	27
1996-07-04	DC United	W 2-1	1503.84	1495.66	62.80%	0.33%	36.87%	+0.82	30
1996-07-07	@ DC United	L 1-6	1504.66	1494.85	39.31%	0.33%	60.36%	-3.37	30
1996-07-10	@ MetroStars	L 2-3	1501.29	1497.75	38.45%	0.33%	61.22%	-0.81	30
1996-07-17	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 5-2	1500.48	1513.99	59.85%	0.33%	39.82%	+1.87	33
1996-07-20	@ Kansas City Qiz	W 2-1	1502.35	1498.61	38.48%	0.33%	61.19%	+1.35	36
1996-07-27	Colorado Rapids	W 3-0	1503.70	1495.91	62.75%	0.33%	36.92%	+2.38	39
1996-07-31	@ Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1506.08	1486.46	40.66%	0.33%	59.01%	+1.30	42
1996-08-10	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1507.38	1504.76	62.06%	0.33%	37.61%	+0.84	45
1996-08-14	Columbus Crew	L 2-3	1508.22	1487.44	64.47%	0.33%	35.20%	-1.36	45
1996-08-22	@ San Jose Crush	L 0-1	1506.86	1497.60	39.23%	0.33%	60.44%	-0.92	45
1996-08-25	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-2	1505.94	1511.16	37.27%	0.33%	62.41%	+1.31	48
1996-09-04	@ New England Revolution	L 1-2	1507.25	1494.11	39.77%	0.33%	59.90%	-0.88	48
1996-09-07	New England Revolution	L 0-2	1506.37	1494.99	63.23%	0.33%	36.44%	-2.80	48
1996-09-11	@ San Jose Crush	W 3-2	1503.57	1500.35	38.41%	0.33%	61.26%	+1.29	51
1996-09-19	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1504.86	1507.64	61.32%	0.33%	38.35%	-1.36	51
1996-09-22	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1503.50	1509.00	37.23%	0.33%	62.44%	-0.82	51
1996-04-13	Colorado Rapids	W 3-0	1500.00	1500.00	61.70%	0.33%	37.97%	+2.44	3
1996-04-18	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-3	1502.44	1500.89	38.18%	0.33%	61.49%	-2.45	3
1996-04-21	@ San Jose Crush	W 3-2	1499.99	1500.00	37.97%	0.33%	61.70%	+1.29	6
1996-05-02	Columbus Crew	W 6-4	1501.28	1504.51	61.26%	0.33%	38.41%	+1.20	9
1996-05-05	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-4	1502.48	1499.04	38.44%	0.33%	61.23%	-3.23	9
1996-05-08	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-2	1499.25	1500.01	37.87%	0.33%	61.80%	-1.67	9
1996-05-11	Dallas Burn	L 2-3	1497.58	1502.62	61.01%	0.33%	38.66%	-1.28	9
1996-05-19	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-2	1496.30	1505.79	36.69%	0.33%	62.98%	-1.63	9
1996-05-22	MetroStars	W 2-1	1494.67	1497.94	61.26%	0.33%	38.41%	+0.85	12
1996-05-29	@ San Jose Crush	L 1-2	1495.52	1498.58	37.56%	0.33%	62.11%	-0.83	12
1996-06-01	New England Revolution	W 2-1	1494.69	1501.78	60.73%	0.33%	38.94%	+0.86	15
1996-06-05	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1495.55	1503.93	60.56%	0.33%	39.11%	-2.32	15
1996-06-08	@ Columbus Crew	W 4-3	1493.23	1497.65	37.37%	0.33%	62.30%	+1.28	18
1996-06-15	@ New England Revolution	L 1-2	1494.51	1499.65	37.28%	0.33%	62.40%	-0.83	18
1996-06-20	DC United	W 5-1	1493.68	1497.73	61.15%	0.33%	38.52%	+2.70	21
1996-06-26	@ MetroStars	L 0-2	1496.38	1491.66	38.61%	0.33%	61.06%	-1.71	21
1996-06-29	@ Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1494.67	1505.32	36.54%	0.33%	63.13%	+1.48	24
1996-07-06	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-1	1496.15	1515.55	59.04%	0.33%	40.63%	+1.56	27
1996-07-10	Colorado Rapids	W 2-0	1497.71	1499.57	61.45%	0.33%	38.22%	+1.69	30
1996-07-18	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 2-3	1499.40	1502.82	37.51%	0.33%	62.16%	-0.79	30
1996-07-20	Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1498.61	1502.35	61.19%	0.33%	38.48%	-1.35	30
1996-07-27	New England Revolution	W 4-2	1497.26	1498.52	61.53%	0.33%	38.14%	+1.31	33
1996-07-31	@ DC United	W 3-2	1498.57	1499.07	37.90%	0.33%	61.77%	+1.30	36
1996-08-04	@ DC United	W 4-2	1499.87	1497.77	38.25%	0.33%	61.42%	+2.10	39
1996-08-07	@ Colorado Rapids	L 2-4	1501.97	1490.91	39.48%	0.33%	60.19%	-1.35	39
1996-08-11	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-2	1500.62	1514.28	59.83%	0.33%	39.84%	+0.83	42
1996-08-15	San Jose Crush	W 4-1	1501.45	1501.41	61.71%	0.33%	37.96%	+2.06	45
1996-08-21	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-1	1503.51	1512.55	36.75%	0.33%	62.92%	+1.39	48
1996-08-24	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1504.90	1490.54	39.94%	0.33%	59.74%	-0.88	48
1996-09-01	MetroStars	W 3-2	1504.02	1501.99	61.98%	0.33%	37.70%	+0.79	51
1996-09-07	Columbus Crew	L 1-5	1504.81	1493.22	63.26%	0.33%	36.41%	-4.42	51
1996-09-21	San Jose Crush	L 0-1	1500.39	1496.47	62.23%	0.33%	37.44%	-1.46	51
1996-04-13	MetroStars	W 2-1	1500.00	1500.00	61.70%	0.33%	37.97%	+0.84	3
1996-04-20	@ DC United	W 2-1	1500.84	1495.93	38.64%	0.33%	61.03%	+1.35	6
1996-04-28	San Jose Crush	W 2-1	1502.19	1498.70	62.17%	0.33%	37.50%	+0.83	9
1996-05-05	DC United	W 3-1	1503.02	1495.26	62.75%	0.33%	36.92%	+1.42	12
1996-05-12	@ San Jose Crush	W 2-1	1504.44	1500.72	38.48%	0.33%	61.20%	+1.35	15
1996-05-19	Kansas City Qiz	W 2-0	1505.79	1496.30	62.98%	0.33%	36.69%	+1.63	18
1996-05-26	Columbus Crew	W 3-2	1507.42	1499.22	62.81%	0.33%	36.87%	+0.77	21
1996-06-01	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1508.19	1505.29	38.36%	0.33%	61.31%	+1.36	24
1996-06-06	@ New England Revolution	W 3-2	1509.55	1500.92	39.15%	0.33%	60.52%	+1.27	27
1996-06-09	@ MetroStars	W 4-0	1510.82	1497.18	39.84%	0.33%	59.84%	+5.02	30
1996-06-16	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-2	1515.84	1507.07	62.88%	0.33%	36.79%	+0.77	33
1996-06-26	Colorado Rapids	W 3-1	1516.61	1498.37	64.14%	0.33%	35.53%	+1.36	36
1996-06-30	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1517.97	1497.00	40.85%	0.33%	58.82%	-0.90	36
1996-07-04	New England Revolution	L 0-1	1517.07	1494.31	64.73%	0.33%	34.94%	-1.52	36
1996-07-06	@ Kansas City Qiz	L 1-3	1515.55	1496.15	40.63%	0.33%	59.04%	-1.56	36
1996-07-17	@ Dallas Burn	L 2-5	1513.99	1500.48	39.82%	0.33%	59.85%	-1.87	36
1996-07-21	MetroStars	W 3-0	1512.12	1498.56	63.52%	0.33%	36.15%	+2.33	39
1996-07-27	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 3-4	1514.45	1504.99	39.26%	0.33%	60.41%	-0.81	39
1996-08-01	@ Colorado Rapids	W 3-2	1513.64	1493.54	40.73%	0.33%	58.94%	+1.24	42
1996-08-04	Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1514.88	1485.16	65.64%	0.33%	34.03%	-1.45	42
1996-08-08	New England Revolution	W 1-0	1513.43	1499.76	63.54%	0.33%	36.13%	+0.85	45
1996-08-11	@ Kansas City Qiz	L 2-3	1514.28	1500.62	39.84%	0.33%	59.83%	-0.84	45
1996-08-18	@ DC United	L 1-2	1513.44	1497.26	40.19%	0.33%	59.48%	-0.89	45
1996-08-21	Kansas City Qiz	L 1-2	1512.55	1503.51	62.92%	0.33%	36.75%	-1.39	45
1996-08-25	Dallas Burn	L 2-3	1511.16	1505.94	62.41%	0.33%	37.27%	-1.31	45
1996-08-28	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1509.85	1491.42	40.50%	0.33%	59.17%	-1.79	45
1996-09-01	@ San Jose Crush	W 2-1	1508.06	1499.38	39.15%	0.33%	60.52%	+1.34	48
1996-09-05	Colorado Rapids	L 0-1	1509.40	1485.74	64.85%	0.33%	34.82%	-1.53	48
1996-09-10	@ MetroStars	L 1-3	1507.87	1499.86	39.06%	0.33%	60.61%	-1.49	48
1996-09-15	San Jose Crush	W 4-2	1506.38	1499.07	62.69%	0.33%	36.98%	+1.26	51
1996-09-19	@ Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1507.64	1504.86	38.35%	0.33%	61.32%	+1.36	54
1996-09-22	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1509.00	1503.50	62.44%	0.33%	37.23%	+0.83	57
1996-04-13	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1500.00	1500.00	37.97%	0.33%	61.70%	-0.84	0
1996-04-20	New England Revolution	L 0-1	1499.16	1499.20	61.70%	0.33%	37.98%	-1.45	0
1996-04-27	Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1497.71	1501.81	61.14%	0.33%	38.53%	-2.70	0
1996-05-04	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 4-3	1495.01	1500.80	60.91%	0.33%	38.76%	+0.79	3
1996-05-12	@ DC United	W 2-1	1495.80	1493.84	38.24%	0.33%	61.44%	+1.36	6
1996-05-16	Colorado Rapids	W 3-0	1497.16	1499.44	61.39%	0.33%	38.28%	+2.46	9
1996-05-19	@ New England Revolution	L 0-2	1499.62	1499.31	38.01%	0.33%	61.66%	-1.68	9
1996-05-22	@ Kansas City Qiz	L 1-2	1497.94	1494.67	38.41%	0.33%	61.26%	-0.85	9
1996-05-30	DC United	L 1-2	1497.09	1493.57	62.18%	0.33%	37.49%	-1.38	9
1996-06-02	@ Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1495.71	1501.51	37.19%	0.33%	62.48%	+1.47	12
1996-06-09	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-4	1497.18	1510.82	59.84%	0.33%	39.84%	-5.02	12
1996-06-16	San Jose Crush	L 0-1	1492.16	1496.68	61.09%	0.33%	38.59%	-1.44	12
1996-06-19	Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1490.72	1502.92	60.03%	0.33%	39.64%	+0.94	15
1996-06-26	Kansas City Qiz	W 2-0	1491.66	1496.38	61.06%	0.33%	38.61%	+1.71	18
1996-06-30	@ Columbus Crew	W 4-0	1493.37	1497.74	37.38%	0.33%	62.29%	+5.22	21
1996-07-04	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1498.59	1497.91	38.06%	0.33%	61.61%	-0.84	21
1996-07-10	Dallas Burn	W 3-2	1497.75	1501.29	61.22%	0.33%	38.45%	+0.81	24
1996-07-21	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-3	1498.56	1512.12	36.15%	0.33%	63.52%	-2.33	24
1996-07-24	@ San Jose Crush	W 1-0	1496.23	1503.40	37.00%	0.33%	62.67%	+1.47	27
1996-07-28	San Jose Crush	W 4-1	1497.70	1501.93	61.13%	0.33%	38.54%	+2.09	30
1996-08-03	@ New England Revolution	L 1-2	1499.79	1498.91	38.09%	0.33%	61.58%	-0.84	30
1996-08-11	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-0	1498.95	1492.27	38.88%	0.33%	60.79%	+2.69	33
1996-08-14	New England Revolution	W 4-0	1501.64	1495.64	62.51%	0.33%	37.16%	+3.12	36
1996-08-17	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1504.76	1503.92	38.08%	0.33%	61.59%	-1.46	36
1996-08-21	DC United	L 2-3	1503.30	1498.15	62.40%	0.33%	37.27%	-1.31	36
1996-09-01	@ Kansas City Qiz	L 2-3	1501.99	1504.02	37.70%	0.33%	61.98%	-0.79	36
1996-09-04	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-2	1501.20	1502.97	61.46%	0.33%	38.21%	-2.72	36
1996-09-06	@ DC United	W 2-1	1498.48	1503.26	37.32%	0.33%	62.35%	+1.38	39
1996-09-10	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-1	1499.86	1507.87	60.61%	0.33%	39.06%	+1.50	42
1996-09-15	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1501.36	1497.64	38.48%	0.33%	61.20%	-1.71	42
1996-09-18	Columbus Crew	W 1-0	1499.65	1499.35	61.74%	0.33%	37.93%	+0.90	45
1996-09-21	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-4	1500.55	1510.01	36.70%	0.33%	62.98%	-2.00	45
1996-04-13	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 2-3	1500.00	1500.00	37.97%	0.33%	61.70%	-0.80	0
1996-04-20	@ MetroStars	W 1-0	1499.20	1499.16	37.98%	0.33%	61.70%	+1.45	3
1996-04-27	DC United	W 2-1	1500.65	1494.58	62.52%	0.33%	37.15%	+0.82	6
1996-05-04	San Jose Crush	L 1-2	1501.47	1497.87	62.19%	0.33%	37.48%	-1.37	6
1996-05-11	@ Columbus Crew	L 2-3	1500.10	1502.41	37.66%	0.33%	62.01%	-0.79	6
1996-05-19	MetroStars	W 2-0	1499.31	1499.62	61.66%	0.33%	38.01%	+1.68	9
1996-05-25	Colorado Rapids	W 3-2	1500.99	1499.11	61.96%	0.33%	37.72%	+0.79	12
1996-06-01	@ Kansas City Qiz	L 1-2	1501.78	1494.69	38.94%	0.33%	60.73%	-0.86	12
1996-06-06	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 2-3	1500.92	1509.55	60.52%	0.33%	39.15%	-1.27	12
1996-06-15	Kansas City Qiz	W 2-1	1499.65	1494.51	62.40%	0.33%	37.28%	+0.83	15
1996-06-23	Dallas Burn	L 1-4	1500.48	1501.99	61.50%	0.33%	38.18%	-3.34	15
1996-06-27	Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1497.14	1496.37	61.81%	0.33%	37.87%	-1.36	15
1996-06-30	@ DC United	L 1-3	1495.78	1494.20	38.18%	0.33%	61.49%	-1.47	15
1996-07-04	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1494.31	1517.07	34.94%	0.33%	64.73%	+1.52	18
1996-07-06	@ San Jose Crush	W 2-1	1495.83	1502.20	37.11%	0.33%	62.56%	+1.38	21
1996-07-11	@ Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1497.21	1489.71	38.99%	0.33%	60.68%	+1.35	24
1996-07-20	DC United	W 2-0	1498.56	1499.13	61.62%	0.33%	38.05%	+1.68	27
1996-07-24	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1500.24	1494.19	38.79%	0.33%	60.88%	-1.72	27
1996-07-27	@ Kansas City Qiz	L 2-4	1498.52	1497.26	38.14%	0.33%	61.53%	-1.31	27
1996-07-31	San Jose Crush	W 2-0	1497.21	1499.84	61.34%	0.33%	38.33%	+1.70	30
1996-08-03	MetroStars	W 2-1	1498.91	1499.79	61.58%	0.33%	38.09%	+0.85	33
1996-08-08	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-1	1499.76	1513.43	36.13%	0.33%	63.54%	-0.85	33
1996-08-11	@ San Jose Crush	L 1-6	1498.91	1498.14	38.07%	0.33%	61.60%	-3.27	33
1996-08-14	@ MetroStars	L 0-4	1495.64	1501.64	37.16%	0.33%	62.51%	-3.12	33
1996-08-16	Colorado Rapids	W 2-0	1492.52	1489.58	62.10%	0.33%	37.57%	+1.66	36
1996-08-21	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 4-2	1494.18	1505.38	60.17%	0.33%	39.50%	+1.36	39
1996-08-31	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1495.54	1501.55	37.16%	0.33%	62.51%	-1.43	39
1996-09-04	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1494.11	1507.25	59.90%	0.33%	39.77%	+0.88	42
1996-09-07	@ Dallas Burn	W 2-0	1494.99	1506.37	36.44%	0.33%	63.23%	+2.80	45
1996-09-12	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1497.79	1505.69	60.62%	0.33%	39.05%	-1.34	45
1996-09-17	@ DC United	L 2-3	1496.45	1500.23	37.46%	0.33%	62.21%	-0.79	45
1996-09-21	Columbus Crew	L 0-1	1495.66	1498.45	61.32%	0.33%	38.35%	-1.44	45
1996-04-06	DC United	W 1-0	1500.00	1500.00	61.70%	0.33%	37.97%	+0.89	3
1996-04-14	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-1	1500.89	1500.00	38.09%	0.33%	61.58%	-0.89	3
1996-04-21	Kansas City Qiz	L 2-3	1500.00	1499.99	61.70%	0.33%	37.97%	-1.30	3
1996-04-28	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1498.70	1502.19	37.50%	0.33%	62.17%	-0.83	3
1996-05-04	@ New England Revolution	W 2-1	1497.87	1501.47	37.48%	0.33%	62.19%	+1.38	6
1996-05-08	Colorado Rapids	W 3-1	1499.25	1502.27	61.29%	0.33%	38.38%	+1.47	9
1996-05-12	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1500.72	1504.44	61.20%	0.33%	38.48%	-1.35	9
1996-05-18	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 2-3	1499.37	1503.05	37.47%	0.33%	62.20%	-0.79	9
1996-05-29	Kansas City Qiz	W 2-1	1498.58	1495.52	62.11%	0.33%	37.56%	+0.83	12
1996-06-01	Columbus Crew	W 3-2	1499.41	1498.44	61.83%	0.33%	37.84%	+0.80	15
1996-06-05	@ DC United	L 1-3	1500.21	1496.25	38.51%	0.33%	61.16%	-1.48	15
1996-06-08	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-4	1498.73	1500.04	37.79%	0.33%	61.88%	-2.05	15
1996-06-16	@ MetroStars	W 1-0	1496.68	1492.16	38.59%	0.33%	61.09%	+1.43	18
1996-06-23	DC United	W 2-1	1498.11	1495.03	62.12%	0.33%	37.55%	+0.83	21
1996-06-30	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 4-0	1498.94	1505.00	60.88%	0.33%	38.79%	+3.26	24
1996-07-06	New England Revolution	L 1-2	1502.20	1495.83	62.56%	0.33%	37.11%	-1.38	24
1996-07-17	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1500.82	1497.88	38.37%	0.33%	61.30%	+1.36	27
1996-07-20	@ Columbus Crew	W 4-3	1502.18	1488.36	39.86%	0.33%	59.81%	+1.22	30
1996-07-24	MetroStars	L 0-1	1503.40	1496.23	62.67%	0.33%	37.00%	-1.47	30
1996-07-28	@ MetroStars	L 1-4	1501.93	1497.70	38.54%	0.33%	61.13%	-2.09	30
1996-07-31	@ New England Revolution	L 0-2	1499.84	1497.21	38.33%	0.33%	61.34%	-1.70	30
1996-08-11	New England Revolution	W 6-1	1498.14	1498.91	61.60%	0.33%	38.07%	+3.27	33
1996-08-15	@ Kansas City Qiz	L 1-4	1501.41	1501.45	37.96%	0.33%	61.71%	-2.06	33
1996-08-18	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1499.35	1488.79	39.41%	0.33%	60.26%	-1.75	33
1996-08-22	Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1497.60	1506.86	60.44%	0.33%	39.23%	+0.92	36
1996-08-25	Colorado Rapids	W 1-0	1498.52	1487.91	63.13%	0.33%	36.54%	+0.86	39
1996-09-01	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1499.38	1508.06	60.52%	0.33%	39.15%	-1.34	39
1996-09-08	@ Colorado Rapids	W 3-1	1498.04	1487.26	39.44%	0.33%	60.23%	+2.31	42
1996-09-11	Dallas Burn	L 2-3	1500.35	1503.57	61.26%	0.33%	38.41%	-1.28	42
1996-09-15	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 2-4	1499.07	1506.38	36.98%	0.33%	62.69%	-1.27	42
1996-09-18	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1497.80	1508.68	60.21%	0.33%	39.46%	-1.33	42
1996-09-21	@ Kansas City Qiz	W 1-0	1496.47	1500.39	37.44%	0.33%	62.23%	+1.45	45
1996-04-13	New England Revolution	W 3-2	1500.00	1500.00	61.70%	0.33%	37.97%	+0.80	3
1996-04-20	@ Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1500.80	1503.18	37.65%	0.33%	62.02%	+1.37	6
1996-04-28	Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1502.17	1501.86	61.74%	0.33%	37.93%	-1.37	6
1996-05-04	@ MetroStars	L 3-4	1500.80	1495.01	38.76%	0.33%	60.91%	-0.79	6
1996-05-08	Kansas City Qiz	W 2-0	1500.01	1499.25	61.80%	0.33%	37.87%	+1.68	9
1996-05-11	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1501.69	1500.80	38.09%	0.33%	61.58%	+1.36	12
1996-05-18	San Jose Crush	W 3-2	1503.05	1499.37	62.20%	0.33%	37.47%	+0.79	15
1996-05-23	@ Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1503.84	1504.67	37.86%	0.33%	61.81%	+1.45	18
1996-06-01	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1505.29	1508.19	61.31%	0.33%	38.36%	-1.36	18
1996-06-05	@ Kansas City Qiz	W 3-1	1503.93	1495.55	39.11%	0.33%	60.56%	+2.32	21
1996-06-08	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1506.25	1498.72	62.72%	0.33%	36.95%	+0.82	24
1996-06-16	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 2-3	1507.07	1515.84	36.79%	0.33%	62.88%	-0.77	24
1996-06-22	Columbus Crew	L 3-4	1506.30	1495.08	63.21%	0.33%	36.46%	-1.30	24
1996-06-30	@ San Jose Crush	L 0-4	1505.00	1498.94	38.79%	0.33%	60.88%	-3.26	24
1996-07-04	Columbus Crew	W 4-1	1501.74	1492.51	62.94%	0.33%	36.73%	+1.99	27
1996-07-12	@ DC United	L 0-1	1503.73	1498.22	38.72%	0.33%	60.95%	-0.91	27
1996-07-18	Kansas City Qiz	W 3-2	1502.82	1499.40	62.16%	0.33%	37.51%	+0.79	30
1996-07-21	@ Colorado Rapids	W 3-1	1503.61	1496.52	38.94%	0.33%	60.73%	+2.33	33
1996-07-25	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-1	1505.94	1487.14	40.55%	0.33%	59.12%	-0.95	33
1996-07-27	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 4-3	1504.99	1514.45	60.41%	0.33%	39.26%	+0.80	36
1996-08-03	Colorado Rapids	W 3-1	1505.79	1492.30	63.51%	0.33%	36.16%	+1.39	39
1996-08-07	DC United	L 1-3	1507.18	1495.67	63.25%	0.33%	36.42%	-2.42	39
1996-08-10	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1504.76	1507.38	37.61%	0.33%	62.06%	-0.84	39
1996-08-17	MetroStars	W 3-1	1503.92	1504.76	61.59%	0.33%	38.08%	+1.46	42
1996-08-21	@ New England Revolution	L 2-4	1505.38	1494.18	39.50%	0.33%	60.17%	-1.35	42
1996-08-25	@ DC United	L 0-3	1504.03	1499.46	38.59%	0.33%	61.08%	-2.48	42
1996-08-31	New England Revolution	W 3-1	1501.55	1495.54	62.51%	0.33%	37.16%	+1.42	45
1996-09-04	@ MetroStars	W 2-0	1502.97	1501.20	38.21%	0.33%	61.46%	+2.72	48
1996-09-12	@ New England Revolution	W 2-1	1505.69	1497.79	39.05%	0.33%	60.62%	+1.34	51
1996-09-14	DC United	W 2-0	1507.03	1501.88	62.40%	0.33%	37.27%	+1.65	54
1996-09-18	@ San Jose Crush	W 2-1	1508.68	1497.80	39.46%	0.33%	60.21%	+1.33	57
1996-09-21	MetroStars	W 4-1	1510.01	1500.55	62.98%	0.33%	36.70%	+1.99	60

Playoff Games

Every playoff game from the selected team's perspective.

Date	Opponent	Score	Pre Elo	Opp Elo	Win %	Tie %	Loss %	Elo Δ	Record
1996-09-25	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-2	1499.89	1512.00	60.22%	0.00%	39.78%	-2.65	0-1
1996-09-28	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1497.24	1514.66	35.79%	0.00%	64.21%	+1.41	1-1
1996-10-02	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-4	1498.65	1513.24	36.16%	0.00%	63.84%	-1.95	1-2
1996-09-24	@ MetroStars	L 2-3	1502.39	1498.55	38.65%	0.00%	61.35%	-0.81	0-1
1996-09-27	MetroStars	W 1-0	1501.58	1499.36	62.18%	0.00%	37.82%	+0.89	1-1
1996-10-02	MetroStars	W 2-1	1502.47	1498.48	62.42%	0.00%	37.58%	+0.83	2-1
1996-10-10	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 4-1	1503.30	1515.20	60.25%	0.00%	39.75%	+2.15	3-1
1996-10-12	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1505.45	1513.05	37.10%	0.00%	62.90%	+1.38	4-1
1996-10-20	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-2	1506.83	1514.25	37.12%	0.00%	62.88%	+1.32	5-1
1996-09-26	@ Kansas City Qiz	L 2-3	1502.68	1498.93	38.64%	0.00%	61.36%	-0.81	0-1
1996-09-29	Kansas City Qiz	W 2-1	1501.87	1499.74	62.16%	0.00%	37.84%	+0.84	1-1
1996-10-02	Kansas City Qiz	L 2-3	1502.71	1498.90	62.39%	0.00%	37.61%	-1.31	1-2
1996-09-26	Dallas Burn	W 3-2	1498.93	1502.68	61.36%	0.00%	38.64%	+0.81	1-0
1996-09-29	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1499.74	1501.87	37.84%	0.00%	62.16%	-0.84	1-1
1996-10-02	@ Dallas Burn	W 3-2	1498.90	1502.71	37.61%	0.00%	62.39%	+1.31	2-1
1996-10-10	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1500.21	1512.12	36.52%	0.00%	63.48%	-0.81	2-2
1996-10-13	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1499.40	1512.93	60.02%	0.00%	39.98%	-1.32	2-3
1996-09-26	@ San Jose Crush	L 0-1	1509.83	1497.92	39.75%	0.00%	60.25%	-0.93	0-1
1996-09-29	San Jose Crush	W 2-0	1508.90	1498.85	63.23%	0.00%	36.77%	+1.62	1-1
1996-10-02	San Jose Crush	W 2-0	1510.52	1497.23	63.66%	0.00%	36.34%	+1.60	2-1
1996-10-10	Kansas City Qiz	W 2-1	1512.12	1500.21	63.48%	0.00%	36.52%	+0.81	3-1
1996-10-13	@ Kansas City Qiz	W 2-1	1512.93	1499.40	39.98%	0.00%	60.02%	+1.32	4-1
1996-10-20	DC United	L 2-3	1514.25	1506.83	62.88%	0.00%	37.12%	-1.32	4-2
1996-09-24	DC United	W 3-2	1498.55	1502.39	61.35%	0.00%	38.65%	+0.81	1-0
1996-09-27	@ DC United	L 0-1	1499.36	1501.58	37.82%	0.00%	62.18%	-0.88	1-1
1996-10-02	@ DC United	L 1-2	1498.48	1502.47	37.58%	0.00%	62.42%	-0.83	1-2
1996-09-26	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1497.92	1509.83	60.25%	0.00%	39.75%	+0.93	1-0
1996-09-29	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-2	1498.85	1508.90	36.77%	0.00%	63.23%	-1.62	1-1
1996-10-02	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-2	1497.23	1510.52	36.34%	0.00%	63.66%	-1.60	1-2
1996-09-25	@ Columbus Crew	W 2-0	1512.00	1499.89	39.78%	0.00%	60.22%	+2.66	1-0
1996-09-28	Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1514.66	1497.24	64.21%	0.00%	35.79%	-1.42	1-1
1996-10-02	Columbus Crew	W 4-1	1513.24	1498.65	63.84%	0.00%	36.16%	+1.96	2-1
1996-10-10	@ DC United	L 1-4	1515.20	1503.30	39.75%	0.00%	60.25%	-2.15	2-2
1996-10-12	DC United	L 1-2	1513.05	1505.45	62.90%	0.00%	37.10%	-1.39	2-3

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	1996-08-04	34.03%	Columbus Crew	1485.16	2	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1514.88	1
2	1996-09-05	34.82%	Colorado Rapids	1485.74	1	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1509.40	0
3	1996-07-04	34.94%	New England Revolution	1494.31	1	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1517.07	0
4	1996-08-14	35.20%	Columbus Crew	1487.44	3	@ Dallas Burn	1508.22	2
5	1996-09-28 *	35.79%	Columbus Crew	1497.24	2	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1514.66	1
6	1996-09-07	36.41%	Columbus Crew	1493.22	5	@ Kansas City Qiz	1504.81	1
7	1996-08-07	36.42%	DC United	1495.67	3	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1507.18	1
8	1996-09-07	36.44%	New England Revolution	1494.99	2	@ Dallas Burn	1506.37	0
9	1996-06-22	36.46%	Columbus Crew	1495.08	4	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1506.30	3
10	1996-06-29	36.54%	Kansas City Qiz	1494.67	1	@ Dallas Burn	1505.32	0
11	1996-08-21	36.75%	Kansas City Qiz	1503.51	2	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1512.55	1
12	1996-07-24	37.00%	MetroStars	1496.23	1	@ San Jose Crush	1503.40	0
13	1996-10-12 *	37.10%	DC United	1505.45	2	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1513.05	1
14	1996-07-06	37.11%	New England Revolution	1495.83	2	@ San Jose Crush	1502.20	1
15	1996-10-20 *	37.12%	DC United	1506.83	3	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1514.25	2
16	1996-06-02	37.19%	MetroStars	1495.71	1	@ Dallas Burn	1501.51	0
17	1996-08-21	37.27%	DC United	1498.15	3	@ MetroStars	1503.30	2
18	1996-08-25	37.27%	Dallas Burn	1505.94	3	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1511.16	2
19	1996-06-02	37.28%	DC United	1494.94	3	@ Colorado Rapids	1500.03	2
20	1996-09-06	37.32%	MetroStars	1498.48	2	@ DC United	1503.26	1
21	1996-06-08	37.37%	Kansas City Qiz	1493.23	4	@ Columbus Crew	1497.65	3
22	1996-05-19	37.38%	Colorado Rapids	1496.98	4	@ Columbus Crew	1501.35	2
23	1996-06-30	37.38%	MetroStars	1493.37	4	@ Columbus Crew	1497.74	0
24	1996-09-21	37.44%	San Jose Crush	1496.47	1	@ Kansas City Qiz	1500.39	0
25	1996-05-04	37.48%	San Jose Crush	1497.87	2	@ New England Revolution	1501.47	1

Biggest Elo Changes

The 25 games that resulted in the largest shift in Elo rating. An asterisk (*) after the date indicates a playoff game. The 25 games that moved the Elo needle the most. Elo Δ is the magnitude of the rating swing; both teams move by the same amount per game (one up, one down). The winning side is shown first. An asterisk (*) after the date marks a playoff game.

#	Date	Elo Δ	Winning Team				Losing Team				Tie %
#	Date	Elo Δ	Team	Score	Elo	Win %	Team	Score	Elo	Win %	Tie %
1	1996-06-30	5.23	MetroStars	4	1493.37	37.38%	@ Columbus Crew	0	1497.74	62.29%	0.33%
2	1996-06-09	5.02	Los Angeles Galaxy	4	1510.82	39.84%	@ MetroStars	0	1497.18	59.84%	0.33%
3	1996-09-07	4.42	Columbus Crew	5	1493.22	36.41%	@ Kansas City Qiz	1	1504.81	63.26%	0.33%
4	1996-07-07	3.37	@ DC United	6	1494.85	60.36%	Dallas Burn	1	1504.66	39.31%	0.33%
5	1996-06-23	3.34	Dallas Burn	4	1501.99	38.18%	@ New England Revolution	1	1500.48	61.50%	0.33%
6	1996-08-11	3.27	@ San Jose Crush	6	1498.14	61.60%	New England Revolution	1	1498.91	38.07%	0.33%
7	1996-06-30	3.26	@ San Jose Crush	4	1498.94	60.88%	Tampa Bay Mutiny	0	1505.00	38.79%	0.33%
8	1996-05-05	3.23	@ Colorado Rapids	4	1499.04	61.23%	Kansas City Qiz	0	1502.48	38.44%	0.33%
9	1996-04-13	3.18	@ Columbus Crew	4	1500.00	61.82%	DC United	0	1499.11	37.85%	0.33%
10	1996-08-14	3.12	@ MetroStars	4	1501.64	62.51%	New England Revolution	0	1495.64	37.16%	0.33%
11	1996-09-07	2.80	New England Revolution	2	1494.99	36.44%	@ Dallas Burn	0	1506.37	63.23%	0.33%
12	1996-09-04	2.72	Tampa Bay Mutiny	2	1502.97	38.21%	@ MetroStars	0	1501.20	61.46%	0.33%
13	1996-04-27	2.70	Columbus Crew	2	1501.81	38.53%	@ MetroStars	0	1497.71	61.14%	0.33%
14	1996-06-20	2.70	@ Kansas City Qiz	5	1493.68	61.15%	DC United	1	1497.73	38.52%	0.33%
15	1996-08-11	2.69	MetroStars	2	1498.95	38.88%	@ Colorado Rapids	0	1492.27	60.79%	0.33%
16	1996-09-25 *	2.66	Tampa Bay Mutiny	2	1512.00	39.78%	@ Columbus Crew	0	1499.89	60.22%	0.00%
17	1996-08-25	2.48	@ DC United	3	1499.46	61.08%	Tampa Bay Mutiny	0	1504.03	38.59%	0.33%
18	1996-05-16	2.46	@ MetroStars	3	1497.16	61.39%	Colorado Rapids	0	1499.44	38.28%	0.33%
19	1996-04-18	2.46	@ Dallas Burn	3	1500.89	61.49%	Kansas City Qiz	0	1502.44	38.18%	0.33%
20	1996-04-13	2.44	@ Kansas City Qiz	3	1500.00	61.70%	Colorado Rapids	0	1500.00	37.97%	0.33%
21	1996-08-07	2.42	DC United	3	1495.67	36.42%	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1	1507.18	63.25%	0.33%
22	1996-07-27	2.38	@ Dallas Burn	3	1503.70	62.75%	Colorado Rapids	0	1495.91	36.92%	0.33%
23	1996-07-21	2.33	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	3	1512.12	63.52%	MetroStars	0	1498.56	36.15%	0.33%
24	1996-07-21	2.33	Tampa Bay Mutiny	3	1503.61	38.94%	@ Colorado Rapids	1	1496.52	60.73%	0.33%
25	1996-06-05	2.32	Tampa Bay Mutiny	3	1503.93	39.11%	@ Kansas City Qiz	1	1495.55	60.56%	0.33%