August + September 1
East Record 5-4-4
At Home 4-1-1 (6 games)
On Road 1-3-3 (7 games)
Goal Differential +1
East Points 19
West Points 16
Season to Date – 97 Games
East Record 44-45-21
At Home 32-14-7 (53 games)
On Road 12-31-14 (57 games)
Goal Differential +3
East Points 153
West Points 156
This includes the September 1 games, which avoids breaking a week into separate months, and simplifies my record-keeping. The East had a mildly good month, winning 1 more than it lost in a month where the West had 1 extra home game. Overall, the West has 1 more win than the East, having played 4 more Home games, while the East has a +3 Goal Differential.
Looking ahead, I count 23 more games for 133 total. I believe this is correct, even though an odd number. If the 11 teams in the East played each of 12 West teams once that would be 132 games. It turns out Vancouver plays Montreal twice. What is further odd is that the East will finish with 68 home games to just 65 for the West. This is doubly odd because we know that NYCFC plays 7 Away to only 5 at Home against the West this year, so other East teams must play cumulatively 5 extra homes games to balance it out and make the numbers work. I presume all of this unbalance is done to offset existing unbalance due to have one more team in the West this year.
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