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| Tweed Thornton | Gregg Mixdorf | James Coston | Ryan Sealock | Nick Fedora | Stephen Piggott | Rudy Gomez | |
| East | |||||||
| 1 | Chicago | Kansas City | Kansas City | Kansas City | Kansas City | Houston | Kansas City |
| 2 | Kansas City | Houston | Houston | Houston | Houston | Kansas City | Chicago |
| 3 | New York | D.C. | Chicago | Chicago | Chicago | New York | Montreal |
| 4 | Houston | Chicago | Toronto | D.C. | New York | Chicago | New York |
| 5 | D.C. | Columbus | Montreal | Montreal | D.C. | Toronto | Houston |
| 6 | Toronto | New York | D.C. | New York | Toronto | Columbus | Toronto |
| 7 | Columbus | Montreal | New York | Toronto | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Philadelphia |
| 8 | Philadelphia | Toronto | Columbus | Philadelphia | Columbus | D.C. | D.C. |
| 9 | Montreal | New England | Philadelphia | Columbus | Montreal | Montreal | Columbus |
| 10 | New England | Philadelphia | New England | New England | New England | New England | New England |
| West | |||||||
| 1 | LA Galaxy | Salt Lake | LA Galaxy | LA Galaxy | LA Galaxy | LA Galaxy | LA Galaxy |
| 2 | Salt Lake | Dallas | Seattle | Seattle | Salt Lake | Salt Lake | Dallas |
| 3 | Seattle | LA Galaxy | Salt Lake | Dallas | Seattle | Seattle | Portland |
| 4 | Dallas | Seattle | Dallas | Salt Lake | Portland | Dallas | Salt Lake |
| 5 | Portland | Colorado | Portland | Vancouver | San Jose | Portland | Seattle |
| 6 | Vancouver | San Jose | Vancouver | Portland | Dallas | Chivas USA | Vancouver |
| 7 | Colorado | Vancouver | Chivas USA | San Jose | Vancouver | Colorado | Colorado |
| 8 | San Jose | Portland | Colorado | Colorado | Colorado | San Jose | Chivas USA |
| 9 | Chivas USA | Chivas USA | San Jose | Chivas USA | Chivas USA | Vancouver | San Jose |
After the break, a table of how the standings look with each writer's predictions added up.
| Tweed Thornton | Gregg Mixdorf | James Coston | Ryan Sealock | Nick Fedora | Stephen Piggott | Rudy Gomez | Total | |
| East | ||||||||
| Kansas City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Houston | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| Chicago | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| New York | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 33 |
| D.C. | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 39 |
| Toronto | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 42 |
| Montreal | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 47 |
| Columbus | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 52 |
| Philadelphia | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 56 |
| New England | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 69 |
| West | ||||||||
| LA Galaxy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Salt Lake | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| Seattle | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| Dallas | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 |
| Portland | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 36 |
| Vancouver | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 46 |
| Colorado | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 50 |
| San Jose | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 52 |
| Chivas USA | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 57 |