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Week 31 Power Ranking Averages - Positions becoming clear

Eight sites published this week, and with two games to go the final power rankings are becoming clearer.

By Kreg Asay
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports


MLS Power Ranking Averages - Week 31


"If two teams played tomorrow, given their current injury concerns, form, and other considerations, who is likely to win on a neutral field? This list is designed to tell you who we feel is most likely to win that match-up. All things being equal, who is the best team going forward, based on what we know now?"

-Richard Farley, NBC Sports ProSoccerTalk.  3/11/14


Sites Used:

  • ESPN (espn.go.com/sports/soccer/mls)
  • Fansided-MLS Multiplex (fansided.com/category/soccer/mls/mls-multiplex)
  • Major League Soccer (www.mlssoccer.com)
  • Oregon Live (www.oregonlive.com/timbers)
  • ProSoccerTalk (prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com)
  • Seattle Times Blog (blogs.seattletimes.com/soundersfc)
  • Soccer America (www.socceramerica.com)
  • Sports Illustrated (www.soccer.si.com)

Dead Lists
Allvoices (www.allvoices.com/users/zacwassink) - No Power Rank since 8/4/14
Black & Red United (www.blackandredunited.com) - No Power Rank since 6/4/14
Dallas News Soccer Blog (www.soccerblog.dallasnews.com) - No Power Rank since 8/13/14
Deseret News (www.deseretnews.com) - No Power Rank since 5/29/14
Northbank-RSL (www.northbankrsl.com) - No Power Rank since 5/1/14
Reddit/MLS (www.reddit.com/r/MLS) - No Power Rank since 5/8/14
Soccer by Ives (www.soccerbyives.net) - No Power Rank since 7/30/14
UTN Sports (www.utnsports.com/category/soccer) - No Power Rank since 4/2/14


Weekly Power Ranking Averages
Using the "Olympic" method of dropping the highest / lowest scores, and averaging the rest.

Wk 31 Wk 30 Wk 29 Wk 28 Wk 27 Team
 		W31 Avg W30 Avg W29 Avg W28 Avg W27 Avg Low
 		High
 		Range
1
 1
 1
 1
 2
 Los Angeles 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.17
 2.00
 9
 1
 8
2
 2
 2
 2
 1
 Seattle 3.17
 2.00
 2.33
 2.50
 1.00
 8
 2
 6
3
 4
 3
 4
 4
 D.C. 3.67
 4.17
 4.33
 5.17
 4.60
 5
 2
 3
4
 3
 6
 7
 6
 New England 4.17
 3.83 5.50
 7.00
 5.80
 8
 2
 6
5
 5
 3
 5
 3
 Dallas 4.33
 5.50
 4.33
 5.83
 3.60
 8
 2
 6
6
 6
 3
 3
 5
 Salt Lake 6.00
 6.33
 4.33
 3.17
 4.80
 10
 5
 5
7
 7
 8
 6
 7
 New York 6.50
 6.67
 8.17
 6.17
 7.60
 10
 2
 8
8
 8
 7
 11
 11
 Columbus 8.00
 8.00
 7.33
 9.67
 10.80
 10
 7
 3
9
 9
 13
 14
 12
 Vancouver 8.17
 8.83
 11.83
 13.83
 12.60
 10
 1
 9
10
 12
 10
 10
 9
 Kansas City 10.00
 11.50
 11.17
 9.17
 8.20
 11
 7
 4
11
 10
 10
 9
 10
 Portland 10.50
 10.00
 11.17
 8.50
 9.80
 11
 4
 7
12
 11
 9
 8
 8
 Philadelphia 12.33
 11.33
 10.83
 8.33
 7.80
 14
 12
 2
13
 14
 14
 12
 12
 Houston 13.33
 13.17
 12.33
 12.83
 12.60
 15
 12
 3
14
 13
 12
 13
 14
 Toronto 13.83
 12.67
 11.33
 13.50
 14.00
 16
 12
 4
15
 16
 16
 16
 18
 Montreal 15.33
 17.00
 16.50
 16.17
 17.80
 18
 13
 5
16
 15
 15
 15
 15
 Chicago 15.83
 15.33
 15.50
 14.83
 15.40
 17
 14
 3
17
 18
 19
 19
 19
 Chivas 16.67
 17.83
 19.00
 19.00
 19.00
 17
 15
 2
18
 16
 16
 17
 16
 San Jose 18.00
 17.00
 16.50
 16.50
 15.80
 19
 15
 4
19
 19
 18
 18
 17
 Colorado 19.00
 18.17
 17.50
 17.50
 16.60
 19
 18
 1


Biggest Changes
 		Point Gaps High / Low Range
Rise
Kansas City: +2

Fall
San Jose: -2
 Largest
LAG - 2.17 - SEA
VAN - 1.83 - SKC

Smallest
NER - 0.16 - FCD
CLB - 0.17 - VAN
 1 position: COL
2 positions: PHI, CHV
3 positions: DCU, CLB, HOU, CHI
4 positions: SKC, TOR, SJE
5 positions: RSL, MON
6 positions: SEA, NER, FCD
7 positions: POR
8 positions: LAG, NYRB
9 positions: VAN


Season Average Power Ranking
Two changes on the table for Week 31.  D.C. reaches it's final position at 6th, given that only two games remain, they can't hope to make up the 1.42 points to reach Dallas .  The second change is New York bumping Columbus for 9th.  The points between NY, CLB and NER are so close that there will still be changes in the remaining two weeks.  The bottom of the table from 12 down is pretty well set.

W31 W30 W29 W28 W27 W26 Team
 		W31 Avg W30 Avg W29 Avg W28 Avg W27 Avg W26 Avg
1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 Seattle 3.03
 3.03
 3.06
 3.09
 3.11
 3.19
2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 Salt Lake
 4.00
 3.93
 3.85
 3.83
 3.86
 3.82
3
 3
 3
 3
 3
 3
 Kansas City 5.18
 5.02
 4.80
 4.57
 4.40
 4.26
4
 4
 4
 4
 4
 4
 Los Angeles 5.37
 5.51
 5.67
 5.83
 6.01
 6.16
5
 5
 5
 5
 5
 5
 Dallas
 6.63
 6.70
 6.74
 6.83
 6.87
 6.99
6
 7
 8
 8
 8
 8
 D.C. 8.05
 8.19
 8.33
 8.47
 8.60
 8.75
7
 6
 6
 6
 6
 6
 Vancouver 8.16
 8.16
 8.14
 8.01
 7.79
 7.61
8
 8
 7
 7
 7
 7
 Toronto 8.57
 8.40
 8.25
 8.14
 7.94
 7.71
9
 10
 10
 10
 11
 11
 New York 9.93
 10.05
 10.17
 10.24
 10.39
 10.49
10
 9
 9
 9
 10
 10
 Columbus 9.95
 10.01
 10.08
 10.18
 10.20
 10.18
11
 11
 11
 12
 12
 12
 New England 9.98
 10.17
 10.39
 10.57
 10.70
 10.89
12
 12
 12
 11
 9
 9
 Colorado 11.04
 10.77
 10.52
 10.27
 10.00
 9.74
13
 13
 13
 13
 13
 13
 Portland 11.42
 11.45
 11.50
 11.51
 11.62
 11.69
14
 14
 14
 14
 14
 14
 Philadelphia 11.81
 11.80
 11.81
 11.85
 11.98
 12.14
15
 15
 15
 15
 15
 15
 Houston 12.55
 12.52
 12.50
 12.51
 12.50
 12.49
16
 16
 16
 16
 16
 16
 San Jose 14.89
 14.78
 14.71
 14.64
 14.57
 14.51
17
 17
 17
 17
 17
 17
 Chicago 15.51
 15.50
 15.50
 15.50
 15.53
 15.53
18
 18
 18
 18
 18
 18
 Chivas 16.07
 16.05
 15.99
 15.88
 15.76
 15.64
19
 19
 19
 19
 19
 19
 Montreal
 17.65
 17.72
 17.75
 17.79
 17.85
 17.86


Team High / Low
Best and worst placement for each team; added a few extra comparisons with Weekly and Season High / Low averages; and the Final Season Averages for 2012 & 2013.

Team
 		Weekly
Best 		Weekly
Worst 		Highest
Wk. Avg.
 		Lowest
Wk. Avg.
 		Season
Best
 		Season
Worst
 		Highest
Seas. Avg
 Lowest
Seas. Avg
 2014
Avg.
 		2013
Avg.
 		2012
Avg.
Chicago Fire
 13
 18
 13.13
 17.64
 16
 18
 15.38
 17
 15.62 14.27
 13.07
Chivas USA
 11
 19
 11.00
 19.00
 13
 18
 12.53
 16.07
 14.66
 15.76
 15.15
Colorado Rapids
 4
 19
 4.77
 19.00
 8
 13
 8.49
 12.25
 9.55
 9.79
 10.06
Columbus Crew
 2
 16
 2.29
 15.00
 5
 11
 6.42
 10.30
 8.92
 12.89
 9.46
D.C. United
 2
 19
 2.40
 18.93
 6
 19
 8.05
 18.92
 12.44
 17.29
 9.33
FC Dallas
 1
 14
 1.17
 13.75
 3
 11
 5.25
 10.92
 7.13
 8.78
 17.17
Houston Dynamo
 1
 19
 1.36
 18.75
 2
 15
 2.74
 12.55
 9.28
 7.74
 6.29
LA Galaxy
 1
 11
 1.60
 10.50
 4
 9
 5.37
 7.99
 6.88
 5.14
 2.46
Montreal Impact
 15
 19
 15.75
 19.00
 17
 19
 16.92
 18.01
 17.68
 5.32
 15.74
New England Revolution
 1
 18
 1.56
 17.64
 9
 17
 9.23
 16.39
 11.62
 12.35
 14.84
New York Red Bulls
 6
 17
 6.73
 16.15
 8
 14
 9.75
 13.21
 11.15
 6.38
 7.23
Philadelphia Union
 3
 18
 5.57
 17.89
 8
 15
 7.75
 12.92
 11.30
 10.53
 15.70
Portland Timbers
 3
 18
 4.00
 17.77
 4
 15
 4.00
 13.74
 11.34
 5.73
 13.89
Real Salt Lake
 1
 9
 1.20
 8.75
 1
 2
 1.25
 4.00
 2.87
 4.52
 8.40
San Jose Earthquakes
 10
 18
 10.00
 18.00
 14
 17
 12.54
 15.34
 14.40
 12.34
 4.86
Seattle Sounders
 1
 9
 1.00
 8.64
 1
 6
 3.03
 6.73
 4.11
 9.36
 4.39
Sporting Kansas City
 1
 12
 1.50
 11.50
 2
 3
 3.87
 5.32
 4.39
 4.45
 3.09
Toronto FC
 2
 14
 2.38
 14.00
 4
 12
 5.70
 11.50
 7.38
 16.85
 10.96
Vancouver Whitecaps
 2
 13
 2.60
 13.83
 4
 9
 5.92
 8.21
 7.35
 10.41
 7.87

  • In the weekly averages 7 teams have been ranked 1st (Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New England, Salt Lake, Seattle, Kansas City), and 5 teams have placed last (Chivas, Colorado, D.C., Houston, Montreal).
  • In the season averages 2 teams have been ranked 1st (Salt Lake, Seattle), and 2 teams last (D.C., Montreal).
  • Houston has the distinction of being the only team to be ranked both first and last in the weekly rankings, with New England close behind with first and 2nd to last.  D.C. has risen from last to a high of 2nd.
  • D.C. has moved the most on the season rankings, rising 13 positions since Wk 5.
  • Four teams have not placed higher weekly than 10th (Chicago, Chivas, Montreal, San Jose).
  • Two teams have not placed lower weekly than 10th (Salt Lake, Seattle).

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