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There are many sites that publish Power Rankings for MLS, and anyone who has followed more than one has likely seen a wide range of opinions regarding teams. I have tracked the Power Rankings the entire season, and previously wrote a weekly overview for this site; lack of time prevented me from the weekly updates but here I present an update as we near the season's end.
Sites Used:
*Soccer America (socceramerica.com)
*Bleacher Report (bleacherreport.com)
*ESPN (espnfc.com/powerrankings/_/year/2013)
*Fox Sports (msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/mls)
*Goal.com (goal.com/en-us/news/1110/major-league-soccer) - stopped after week 19
*Major League Soccer (mlssoccer.com/news)
*NBC Sports (prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com)
*Soccer by Ives (soccerbyives.net/sbi-mls-power-rankings) - stopped after week 19
*Sports Illustrated (sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/?eref=sinav)
*Soccer Perspectives (soccerperspectives.com/category/mls/) - stopped after week 25
*Yahoo MLS Fan Blog (contributor.yahoo.com/user/23940/zac_wassink.html) - stopped after week 24
Week 30 Average Ranking
|
Team |
W30 Ave |
W29 Ave |
Week High |
Week Low |
Highest Ave |
Lowest Ave |
|
Seattle Sounders |
1.14 |
1.17 |
1 |
2 |
1.14 (w30) |
18.64 (w7) |
| RB New York |
2.14 |
4.33 |
1 |
3 |
1.56 (w23) |
15.56 (w4) |
|
Sporting Kansas City |
3.29 |
4.33 |
2 |
5 |
1.50 (w22) |
8.44 (w4) |
|
Real Salt Lake |
4.14 |
2.33 |
3 |
5 |
1.00 (w28) |
10.67 (w4) |
| Los Angeles Galaxy |
5.00 |
5.00 |
3 |
7 |
1.10 (w1) |
10.64 (w18) |
|
Portland Timbers |
6.57 |
7.83 |
6 |
7 |
1.18 (w17) |
15.55 (w5) |
|
Colorado Rapids |
6.86 |
5.00 |
3 |
9 |
3.86 (w26) |
18.6 (w2) |
|
Montreal Impact |
7.57 |
6.00 |
6 |
10 |
1.11 (w4) |
10.56 (w24) |
|
Houston Dynamo |
9.00 |
10.00 |
8 |
10 |
2.64 (w5) |
12.71 (w28) |
|
New England Revolution |
10.29 |
11.17 |
9 |
13 |
9.20 (w14) |
18.18 (w8) |
|
Vancouver Whitecaps |
12.00 |
14.83 |
10 |
14 |
2.64 (w3) |
14.83 (w29) |
|
San Jose Earthquakes |
12.57 |
13.83 |
7 |
15 |
4.22 (w4) |
16.27 (w17) |
|
Philadelphia Union |
12.86 |
11.83 |
12 |
16 |
7.00 (w18) |
16.30 (w1) |
|
Chicago Fire |
13.43 |
10.83 |
11 |
16 |
10.83 (w29) |
19.00 (w5) |
|
Columbus Crew |
14.29 |
15.83 |
12 |
15 |
6.78 (w4) |
16.78 (w23) |
|
FC Dallas |
14.86 |
12.17 |
12 |
16 |
1 (w8,w11) |
15.80 (w2) |
|
Chivas USA |
17.00 |
16.50 |
17 |
17 |
5.40 (w6) |
19.00 (w17) |
|
Toronto FC |
18.00 |
18.17 |
18 |
18 |
12.4 (w2) |
18.17 (w29) |
|
D.C. United |
19.00 |
18.83 |
19 |
19 |
6.60 (w2) |
19.00 (w10-11,13,21-22,26-28,30) |
High / Low Variance
The wider the variance the more confused raters would seem to be regarding a team's performance.
0 positions: CUSA, TFC, DCU
1 position: SS, PT
2 positions: NYRB, RSL, HD
3 positions: SKC, CC
4 positions: LAG, MI, NER, VWc, PU, FCD
5 positions: CF
6 positions: CR
8 positions: SJE
Firsts and Lasts
8 different teams have held first place: LA, FCD, RSL (6 wks), MI, PT (4 wks), SKC, SS (2 wks), NYRB (1 wk)
6 different teams have held last place: DCU (18 wks), CUSA (6 wks), CF (3 wks), SS (2 wks), TFC, CR (1 wk)
Season Total Average Ranking
| W20 | W21 | W22 | W23 | W24 | W25 | W26 | W27 | W28 | W29 | W30 | Highest | Lowest | |
| Spt. Kansas City | 5.03 | 4.86 | 4.71 | 4.68 | 4.58 | 4.53 | 4.56 | 4.54 | 4.51 | 4.51 | 4.47 | 2.7 (w1) |
5.36 (w5) |
| Montreal | 3.79 | 3.93 | 3.95 | 4.09 | 4.35 | 4.52 | 4.55 | 4.55 | 4.55 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.65 (w 18) |
11.17 (w1) |
| Real Salt Lake | 5.94 | 5.77 | 5.63 | 5.5 | 5.34 | 5.24 | 5.1 | 4.96 | 4.82 | 4.74 | 4.72 | 2.98 (w1) |
7.56 (w13) |
| LA Galaxy | 5.41 | 5.42 | 5.5 | 5.55 | 5.6 | 5.58 | 5.46 | 5.33 | 5.28 | 5.27 | 5.26 | 2.62 (w9) |
5.6 (w24) |
| Portland | 7.42 | 7.2 | 7.03 | 6.87 | 6.74 | 6.56 | 6.45 | 6.46 | 6.47 | 6.51 | 6.52 | 6.45 (w26) |
14.65 (w5) |
| New York | 8.64 | 8.53 | 8.36 | 8.08 | 7.9 | 7.78 | 7.76 | 7.73 | 7.7 | 7.58 | 7.41 | 7.41 (w30) |
12.46 (w6) |
| FC Dallas | 4.7 | 4.97 | 5.28 | 5.65 | 5.99 | 6.35 | 6.67 | 6.95 | 7.11 | 7.27 | 7.52 | 4.35 (w18) |
12.52 (w2) |
| Houston | 6.47 | 6.58 | 6.74 | 6.82 | 6.93 | 6.96 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.39 | 7.48 | 7.53 | 4.16 (w8) | 7.53 (w30) |
| Seattle | 10.89 | 10.93 | 10.98 | 10.95 | 10.85 | 10.84 | 10.69 | 10.49 | 10.24 | 9.94 | 9.66 | 6.8 (w1) | 13.49 (w10) |
| Vancouver | 9.65 | 9.46 | 9.39 | 9.31 | 9.18 | 9.17 | 9.21 | 9.31 | 9.46 | 9.64 | 9.72 | 5.45 (w3) | 10.34 (w16) |
| Phil. Union | 10.67 | 10.55 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.34 | 10.26 | 10.28 | 10.28 | 10.27 | 10.32 | 10.4 | 10.26 (w25) | 16 (w1) |
| Colorado | 12.63 | 12.49 | 12.25 | 11.95 | 11.68 | 11.41 | 11.13 | 10.95 | 10.78 | 10.59 | 10.47 | 10.47 (w30) | 16.4 (w5) |
| San Jose | 11.7 | 11.85 | 11.95 | 12 | 12.09 | 12.13 | 12.2 | 12.27 | 12.31 | 12.36 | 12.37 | 6.42 (w4) | 12.37 (w30) |
| Columbus | 11.08 | 11.3 | 11.53 | 11.75 | 11.89 | 11.99 | 12.13 | 12.28 | 12.43 | 12.54 | 12.6 | 8.98 (w9) | 12.6 (w30) |
| New England | 13.6 | 13.59 | 13.53 | 13.54 | 13.58 | 13.56 | 13.45 | 13.35 | 13.23 | 13.16 | 13.07 | 13.07 (w30) | 15.32 (w1) |
| Chicago | 15.66 | 15.55 | 15.46 | 15.31 | 15.13 | 15.07 | 14.97 | 14.88 | 14.8 | 14.67 | 14.63 | 11.63 (w1) | 16.57 (w7) |
| Chivas | 14.42 | 14.53 | 14.65 | 14.82 | 14.97 | 15.11 | 15.18 | 15.24 | 15.29 | 15.33 | 15.39 | 11.07 (w9) | 16.93 (w1) |
| DC United | 15.74 | 15.89 | 16.03 | 16.11 | 16.2 | 16.28 | 16.38 | 16.48 | 16.56 | 16.64 | 16.72 | 8.43 (w3) | 16.72 (w30) |
| Toronto | 16.4 | 16.46 | 16.49 | 16.49 | 16.51 | 16.53 | 16.58 | 16.62 | 16.65 | 16.7 | 16.75 | 15.26 (w7) | 17.54 (w1) |
*Over the last 15 weeks the season table has separated into distinct clusters.
*Kansas City, Salt Lake, Portland, New York, Seattle and Colorado have risen significantly.
*Montreal, Dallas, Houstion, Chivas, and D.C. have declined significantly.
*All other teams have had little change.
Dallas and Houston remain high on the list only due to their strong start to the season, while Chicago, Colorado and Seattle remain low due to their weak start.
Firsts and Lasts
3 teams have held first place: MI (13 wks), LAG (12 wks), SKC (5 wks)
4 teams have held last place: TFC (17 wks), CF (10 wks), CR (2 wks), CUSA (1 wk)