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2018 SFPI MLS Initial Strength of Schedule

Related Topics: Major League Soccer, Initial

It’s late February, which means we’re just under a week away from the start of the 2018 MLS Season featuring the introduction of yet another new franchise in LAFC. As part of Stumptown Footy’s opening week coverage, I took a look at how every team’s schedule lines up using the Stumptown Footy Power Index data from last year. I had to make some assumptions for LAFC (otherwise my spreadsheet gave me an error message); I will explain that in a little more detail below.

First, though, a quick refresher on how the SFPI works.

There are two main components to the SFPI.