Current Playoffs Picture: (accurate as of October 12, all teams have 2 games remaining to play, except Galaxy with 3 games remaining, record over all of their last 5 games and over the last 5 home and/or away games in parentheses, followed by current Goal Differential and Number of Goals Scored)

7. Kansas City Wizards: 37 points (All TLLWT--Away LTLLL)(-1 GD/42 Goals)
8. Chicago Fire: 36 points (All WTTTT--Home WTTWT--Away TTWLL)(-6 GD/36 Goals)
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9. Colorado Rapids: 32 points (All WLLTL--Home WTWWW--Away LLLTL)(-5 GD/27 Goals)
10. Columbus Crew: 31 points (All LLWLL--Away WLTLT)(-7 GD/33 Goals)
11. Los Angeles Galaxy: 30 points (All WWWWT--Home WLWLL--Away WWWTL)(-10 GD/35 Goals)

Remaining schedules:
Kansas City Wizards:
@ NYRB 10/13 (All LTTTL--Home TTWWW)
@ Dallas 10/20 (All WLLTL-Lost Open Cup Final also--Home LTWLW Lost Open Cup Final also)

Chicago Fire Schedule:
@ DCU 10/13 (All TWTWW-Won 1 and Lost 1 Copa Sudamericana also--Home WWWWW Won 1 Copa Sudamerican also)
LA 10/21 (see top)

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Colorado Rapids Schedule:
@ Chivas USA 10/14 (All WTWTW--Home TWWWT)
RSL 10/20 (All LTWTT--Away TTLLW)

Columbus Crew Schedule:
@ Revs 10/13 (All LWTWL-Won Open Cup Final also--Home WWWWL-Won Open Cup Match also)
@ DCU 10/20 (see above)

Los Angeles Galaxy Schedule:
Toronto 10/13 (All LWLLT--Away LLLLL)
NYRB 10/18 (All LTTTL--Away LTLLL)
@ Fire 10/21 (see top)

My Best-Guess and Possibly Half-Assed Projected Scenarios:
KC will lose again on the road. At best they will draw Dallas in finale to wind up with 38 points. Red Bulls will wind up with 42 points.

The Fire will lose @ DC United.

Rapids will lose @ Chivas, Tie RSL to finish with 33 points.

Crew will lose @ Revs & DCU to finish with 31 points.

LA will beat Toronto to give them 33 points, win or draw vs. New York 34 points, all to play for in finale in Chicago.

If Chicago draws DCU, then the Galaxy will need to win all 3 games to guarantee playoffs.

If KC loses to Red Bulls, the Wizards will need a tie with Dallas to guarantee playoffs.

UPDATE October 13: An anonymous alert reader goofing off when he or she should be working (as noted by their choice of user name from the feedback form, "shouldbworking") pointed out that the original version of the calculator didn't take account of MLS' tie-breaker rules. Originally that was intentional as it required a bit more work than I at first had time to code, but I have since updated this to include the first three tiebreakers: head-to-head record, goal differential, and total goals scored.

With that in mind, here's how the tie-breakers would look (in order of their current position in the standings, except the Fire-Galaxy who are yet to play each other for the last time).

• If the Wizards are tied with the Fire on the last day of the season, Chicago wins due to their 2 regular season victories over Kansas City.
• If the Wizards are tied with the Rapids on the last day of the season, Kansas City will win unless the net goal differential for the last 2 games is 5 or more in Colorado's favor due to the 2 regular season ties and KC's 42 goals scored vs. 27 for Colorado.
• If the Wizards are tied with the Crew on the last day of the season, Kansas City wins due to their 2 regular season victories over Columbus.
• If the Wizards are tied with the Galaxy on the last day of the season, Los Angeles wins due to their 1 win and a tie in the regular season versus Kansas City.
• If the Fire are tied with the Rapids on the last day of the season, Colorado wins unless the net goal differential over the last two games is 1 or more in Chicago's favor due to the two regular season ties and the Fire's 36 goals scored vs. 27 for Colorado.
• If the Wizards are tied with the Crew on the last day of the season, Chicago wins due to their 2 regular season victories over Columbus.
• If the Rapids are tied with the Crew on the last day of the season, Colorado wins unless the net goal differential is 2 or more in Columbus' favor over the last 2 games due to their 2 regular season ties and Columbus' 33 goals scored vs. 27 for Colorado.
• If the Rapids are tied with the Galaxy on the last day of the season, Colorado wins due to their 2 regular season victories to 1 loss vs. Los Angeles.
• If the Fire are tied with the Galaxy on the last day of the season, Los Angeles wins as the only way LA can tie Chicago is if the Galaxy wins all three games and Chicago loses both of theirs, including the season finale to LA giving the Galaxy the head-to-head victory.