Sitting seven points out of the sixth and final playoff spot in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference, and with three road games remaining in the regular season, Crew SC is given a 0.5 percent chance of making the playoffs, according to sportsclubstats.com.
If it sounds like Sports Club Stats’ math isn’t giving Columbus enough of a chance, consider that in the past two MLS seasons, Vancouver is the only team to have won three consecutive road games, and that was in June 2015. Three straight road wins is a tall order, let alone for one that has only eight wins in 31 games this season.