Houston Dynamo Playoff Chances 2011

Beat Galaxy 3-1, average seed up 3.8 to 4
49 points   12-13-9

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

How we did last week and who we should root for this week.   Explain

Week of 10/4100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Red Bulls 2 Galaxy 0 -8.4
-0.4
Sounders 0 Union 2 -0.3
-0.2
Week of 10/12100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Timbers 0 Dynamo 2 +29.3
+2.3
Whitecaps 2 DC United 1 +4.7
+0.2
Fire 1 FC Dallas 2 +2.2
+0.1
DC United 1 Fire 2 In
New England 0 Crew 3 -0.5
-0.9
Sporting KC 2 Red Bulls 0 -0.1
-0.1
Rapids 0 Real Salt Lake 0 *-0.1
Union 1 Toronto FC 1 +0.1
Week of 10/19100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Dynamo 3 Galaxy 1 +3.8
DC United 0 Sporting KC 1 -0.2
Red Bulls 1 Union 0 +0.2
Fire 3 Crew 2 +0.1
Whitecaps 1 Rapids 2 -0.1

* A starred number could be exactly 0 or just really small. The simulation did not run long enough to know.

Points
Chance Will Make Playoffs