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Preseason predictions are anyone's guess, as it is almost impossible to interpret from paper what will transpire on the field. Injuries, poor combinations and midseason moves can change just about everything about a team's construct and therefore final finish. However, Waking The Red did our best to evaluate what we have seen from each MLS team in the offseason and how that will contribute to their performance in 2015.
Here are the consensus standings that we have produced, calculated by how the four writers who participated's standing predictions put together.
Eastern Conference
2. DC United
3. Toronto FC
4. Columbus Crew
7. Chicago Fire
10. Montreal Impact
Western Conference
2. LA Galaxy
7. FC Dallas
Here are the predictions by participating member of our team. We had a couple of discrepancies but for the most part it was pretty consistent.
| Team | Mitchell Tierney | James Grossi | Sven87 | StouffVillain |
| Eastern | ||||
| New England | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Toronto | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| DC United | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Orlando City | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Columbus | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| New York City FC | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| New York Red Bulls | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| Chicago Fire | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Philadelphia Union | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Montreal Impact | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Western | ||||
| LA Galaxy | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Seattle Sounders | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Portland Timbers | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Real Salt Lake | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Sporting KC | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Colorado Rapids | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| Houston Dynamo | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| FC Dallas | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
Because this is harder than you think, place your own predictions in the comments section below. Let us know how wrong we are, because we probably are but likely not for the reasons you think we are.