Sporting Kansas City could finish anywhere from first to fourth in Group B depending on the results of Saturday's matches. They will face the Tampa Bay Rowdies at 7 p.m. CT while D.C. United plays Montreal Impact at 12 p.m. CT. The basics are that Sporting KC need D.C. to beat Montreal to have a chance of finishing first place and a draw or better would guarantee at least third place or better. The full details of possible outcomes are below.
Group B Standings (through two matches)
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Impact | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| D.C. United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Sporting Kansas City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 |
Sporting KC will finish first place if
- They defeat Tampa Bay, D.C. United beats Montreal, and Sporting KC has advantage in tiebreakers
Sporting KC will finish second place if
- They defeat Tampa Bay and Montreal beats D.C. United
- They defeat Tampa Bay, D.C. United beats Montreal and has advantage in tiebreakers (see below)
- They draw with Tampa Bay and Montreal beats D.C. United
Sporting KC will finish third place if
- They draw with Tampa Bay and D.C. United beats Montreal
- They defeat Tampa Bay, D.C. United beats Montreal, and don't have advantage in tiebreakers (see below)
Sporting KC will finish fourth place if
- They lose to Tampa Bay and D.C. United draws with Montreal
- They lose to Tampa Bay and D.C. United defeats Montreal
- They lose to Tampa Bay, Montreal beats D.C. United, and don't have advantage in tiebreakers (see below)
Tiebreakers
If Two Teams Tie:
Starts with tie breaker number 1 and proceed through each level, as needed to determine a winner.
- Head to head result
- Net goal differential
- Most goals scored
- Least goals allowed
- Minus 1 game point for each red card/send-off
- Coin toss. The team whose home city, is first alphabetically will call the coin toss.
- If more than two teams are involved in a tie, tie breaker number 2 will be used first to rank the teams.
- If teams are still tied, tie breaker number 3 will be used to rank the teams, and so on until a tie is broken.
- Once a team has been ranked higher or lower, the tie breaking procedure begins for the remaining tied teams with number 1.
- If more than two teams are still tied after tie breaker number 5 a coin toss will be held with the odd team being eliminated.
- The tie breaking procedure begins for the remaining tied teams with number 1.
