TFC slips and NYCFC takes advantage, and FC Dallas returns to the top 10...
- 37 points, 1st in Eastern Conference
- 1st in Supporters' Shield race
- Last result: Chicago 4-0 Vancouver
Top of the league, unbeaten in its last 10 MLS games, four-game winning streak, two consecutive 4-0 wins at home: the Fire is flying.
- 33 points, 3rd in East
- 3rd in Shield race
- Last result: NYCFC 3-1 Minnesota
- 35 points, 2nd in East
- 2nd in Shield race
- Last result: FCD 3-1 TFC
- 31 points, 1st in Western Conference
- 4th in Shield race
- Last result: KC 1-1 Portland
Points dropped at home in Week 18, but SKC's position at the top of the West is built on being hard to beat: the team is now unbeaten in its last five league games.