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Week 33 Power Ranking Averages - Final Ranks

Final totals for week and season. Preseason ratings listed from sites for comparison to final ranking.

By Kreg Asay
Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports


MLS Power Ranking Averages - Week 33


"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) *No ranking Wk 33
  • 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 Final Power Ranking Averages
Using the "Olympic" method of dropping the highest / lowest scores, and averaging the rest.

Wk 33 Wk 32 Wk 31 Wk 30 Wk 29 Team
 		W33 Avg W32 Avg W31 Avg W30 Avg W29 Avg Low
 		High
 		Range
1
 2
 2
 2
 2
 Seattle 1.00
 2.33
 3.17
 2.00
 2.33
 1
 1
 0
2
 1
 1
 1
 1
 Los Angeles 2.60
 1.67
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 10
 2
 8
3
 3
 3
 4
 3
 D.C. 3.00
 3.00
 3.67
 4.17
 4.33
 4
 2
 2
4
 4
 4
 3
 6
 New England 3.40
 3.67
 4.17
 3.83 5.50
 4
 2
 2
5
 6
 6
 6
 3
 Salt Lake 5.80
 6.33
 6.00
 6.33
 4.33
 8
 5
 3
6
 7
 8
 8
 7
 Columbus 6.00
 7.17
 8.00
 8.00
 7.33
 7
 5
 2
7
 5
 5
 5
 3
 Dallas 7.00
 4.50
 4.33
 5.50
 4.33
 9
 6
 3
8
 8
 9
 9
 13
 Vancouver 8.00
 8.17
 8.17
 8.83
 11.83
 9
 4
 5
9
 9
 7
 7
 8
 New York 8.60
 9.00
 6.50
 6.67
 8.17
 9
 5
 4
10
 11
 11
 10
 10
 Portland 10.40
 10.50
 10.50
 10.00
 11.17
 11
 5
 6
11
 10
 10
 12
 10
 Kansas City 10.60
 10.33
 10.00
 11.50
 11.17
 13
 10
 3
12
 12
 12
 11
 9
 Philadelphia 12.00
 11.83
 12.33
 11.33
 10.83
 13
 12
 1
13
 13
 13
 14
 14
 Houston 14.40
 13.17
 13.33
 13.17
 12.33
 15
 13
 2
13
 16
 16
 15
 15
 Chicago 14.40
 15.50
 15.83
 15.33
 15.50
 16
 11
 5
15
 15
 15
 16
 16
 Montreal 14.60
 15.17
 15.33
 17.00
 16.50
 17
 12
 5
16
 17
 17
 18
 19
 Chivas 16.00
 16.67
 16.67
 17.83
 19.00
 17
 13
 4
17
 14
 14
 13
 12
 Toronto 16.20
 14.67
 13.83
 12.67
 11.33
 17
 13
 4
18
 18
 18
 16
 16
 San Jose 18.40
 17.83
 18.00
 17.00
 16.50
 19
 18
 1
19
 19
 19
 19
 18
 Colorado 18.60
 19.00
 19.00
 18.17
 17.50
 19
 18
 1


Biggest Changes
 		Point Gaps High / Low Range
Rise
Chicago: +3

Fall
Toronto: -3
 Largest
NER - 2.40 - RSL
PHI - 2.40 - HOU

Smallest
HOU - 0.00 - CHI
CHI - 0.20 - MON
CHV - 0.20 - TOR
SJE - 0.20 - COL
 0 position: SEA
1 position: PHI, SJE, COL
2 positions: DCU, NER, CLB, HOU
3 positions: RSL, FCD, SKC
4 positions: NYRB, CHV, TOR
5 positions: VAN, CHI, MON
6 positions: POR
8 positions: LAG


Season Final Power Ranking
No changes on the table for Week 33.

W33 W32 W31 W30 W29 W28 Team
 		W33 Avg W32 Avg W31 Avg W30 Avg W29 Avg W28 Avg
1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 Seattle 2.95
 3.01
 3.03
 3.03
 3.06
 3.09
2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 Salt Lake
 4.12
 4.07
 4.00
 3.93
 3.85
 3.83
3
 3
 4
 4
 4
 4
 Los Angeles 5.17
 5.25
 5.37
 5.51
 5.67
 5.83
4
 4
 3
 3
 3
 3
 Kansas City 5.50
 5.34
 5.18
 5.02
 4.80
 4.57
5
 5
 5
 5
 5
 5
 Dallas
 6.57
 6.56
 6.63
 6.70
 6.74
 6.83
6
 6
 6
 7
 8
 8
 D.C. 7.74
 7.89
 8.05
 8.19
 8.33
 8.47
7
 7
 7
 6
 6
 6
 Vancouver 8.16
 8.16
 8.16
 8.16
 8.14
 8.01
8
 8
 8
 8
 7
 7
 Toronto 8.99
 8.76
 8.57
 8.40
 8.25
 8.14
9
 9
 11
 11
 11
 12
 New England 9.59
 9.78
 9.98
 10.17
 10.39
 10.57
10
 10
 10
 9
 9
 9
 Columbus 9.75
 9.86
 9.95
 10.01
 10.08
 10.18
11
 11
 9
 10
 10
 10
 New York 9.87
 9.91
 9.93
 10.05
 10.17
 10.24
12
 12
 12
 12
 12
 11
 Colorado 11.51
 11.29
 11.04
 10.77
 10.52
 10.27
13
 13
 13
 13
 13
 13
 Portland 11.36
 11.39
 11.42
 11.45
 11.50
 11.51
14
 14
 14
 14
 14
 14
 Philadelphia 11.82
 11.81
 11.81
 11.80
 11.81
 11.85
15
 15
 15
 15
 15
 15
 Houston 12.63
 12.57
 12.55
 12.52
 12.50
 12.51
16
 16
 16
 16
 16
 16
 San Jose 15.08
 14.98
 14.89
 14.78
 14.71
 14.64
17
 17
 17
 17
 17
 17
 Chicago 15.47
 15.51
 15.51
 15.50
 15.50
 15.50
18
 18
 18
 18
 18
 18
 Chivas 16.08
 16.09
 16.07
 16.05
 15.99
 15.88
19
 19
 19
 19
 19
 19
 Montreal
 17.48
 17.57
 17.65
 17.72
 17.75
 17.79


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
 15.61 14.27
 13.07
Chivas USA
 11
 19
 11.00
 19.00
 13
 18
 12.53
 16.09
 14.75
 15.76
 15.15
Colorado Rapids
 4
 19
 4.77
 19.00
 8
 13
 8.49
 12.25
 9.66
 9.79
 10.06
Columbus Crew
 2
 16
 2.29
 15.00
 5
 11
 6.42
 10.30
 8.97
 12.89
 9.46
D.C. United
 2
 19
 2.40
 18.93
 6
 19
 7.74
 18.92
 12.15
 17.29
 9.33
FC Dallas
 1
 14
 1.17
 13.75
 3
 11
 5.25
 10.92
 7.09
 8.78
 17.17
Houston Dynamo
 1
 19
 1.36
 18.75
 2
 15
 2.74
 12.63
 9.48
 7.74
 6.29
LA Galaxy
 1
 11
 1.00
 10.50
 3
 9
 5.17
 7.99
 6.77
 5.14
 2.46
Montreal Impact
 15
 19
 14.60
 19.00
 17
 19
 16.92
 18.01
 17.67
 5.32
 15.74
New England Revolution
 1
 18
 1.56
 17.64
 9
 17
 9.23
 16.39
 11.50
 12.35
 14.84
New York Red Bulls
 6
 17
 6.17
 16.15
 8
 14
 9.75
 13.21
 11.07
 6.38
 7.23
Philadelphia Union
 3
 18
 5.57
 17.89
 8
 15
 7.75
 12.92
 11.33
 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
 4.12
 2.94
 4.52
 8.40
San Jose Earthquakes
 10
 18
 10.00
 18.40
 14
 17
 12.54
 15.34
 14.44
 12.34
 4.86
Seattle Sounders
 1
 9
 1.00
 8.64
 1
 6
 3.95
 6.73
 4.04
 9.36
 4.39
Sporting Kansas City
 1
 12
 1.50
 11.50
 2
 4
 3.87
 5.50
 4.45
 4.45
 3.09
Toronto FC
 2
 17
 2.38
 16.20
 4
 12
 5.70
 11.50
 7.47
 16.85
 10.96
Vancouver Whitecaps
 2
 13
 2.60
 13.83
 4
 9
 5.92
 8.21
 7.40
 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 9th (Salt Lake, Seattle).

Site Prediction Accuracy

Preseason predictions by site

SITE
 CHI
 CHV
 COL
 CLB
 DCU
 FCD
 HOU
 LAG
 MON
 NER
 NYRB
 PHI
 POR
 RSL
 SJE
 SEA
 SKC
 TFC
 VAN
Major League Soccer
 13
 18
 16
 12
 17
 15
 8
 3
 19
 7
 5
 11
 2
 4
 9
 6
 1
 14
 10
Season Final Rank
 17
 18
 12
 10
 6
 5
 15
 3
 19
 9
 11
 14
 13
 2
 16
 1
 4
 8
 7
+/-
 -4
 0
 +4
 +2
 +11
 +10
 -7
 0
 0
 -2
 -6
 -3
 -11
 +2
 -7
 +5
 -3
 +6
 +3
  • Best - Chivas (+0), Los Angeles (+0), Montreal (+0)
  • Worst - D.C. (+11), Portland (-11)
SITE
 CHI
 CHV
 COL
 CLB
 DCU
 FCD
 HOU
 LAG
 MON
 NER
 NYRB
 PHI
 POR
 RSL
 SJE
 SEA
 SKC
 TFC
 VAN
Soccer by Ives
 18
 19
 11
 14
 17
 12
 10
 3
 15
 9
 4
 8
 2
 5
 13
 6
 1
 7
 16
Season Final Rank
 17
 18
 12
 10
 6
 5
 15
 3
 19
 9
 11
 14
 13
 2
 16
 1
 4
 8
 7
+/-
 +1
 +1
 -1
 +4
 +11
 +6
 -5
 0
 -4
 0
 -7
 -4
 -11
 +3
 -3
 +5
 -3
 -1
 +9
  • Best - Los Angeles (+0), New England (+0)
  • Worst - D.C. (+11), Portland (-11)
SITE
 CHI
 CHV
 COL
 CLB
 DCU
 FCD
 HOU
 LAG
 MON
 NER
 NYRB
 PHI
 POR
 RSL
 SJE
 SEA
 SKC
 TFC
 VAN
ESPN
 17
 19
 12
 16
 14
 13
 10
 3
 18
 7
 4
 9
 2
 6
 11
 5
 1
 8
 15
Season Final Rank
 17
 18
 12
 10
 6
 5
 15
 3
 19
 9
 11
 14
 13
 2
 16
 1
 4
 8
 7
+/-
 0
 +1
 0
 +6
 +8
 +8
 -5
 0
 -1
 -2
 -7
 -5
 -11
 +4
 -5
 +4
 -3
 0
 +8
  • Best - Chicago (+0), Colorado (+0), Los Angeles (+0), Toronto  (+0)
  • Worst - Portland (-11)
SITE
 CHI
 CHV
 COL
 CLB
 DCU
 FCD
 HOU
 LAG
 MON
 NER
 NYRB
 PHI
 POR
 RSL
 SJE
 SEA
 SKC
 TFC
 VAN
Pro Soccer Talk
 7E
 9W
 8W
 8E
 9E
 7W
 4E
 2W
 8E
 5E
 1E
 7E
 2W
 3W
 5W
 3W
 2E
 3E
 5W
Season Final Rank
 9E
 9W
 6W
 5E
 2E
 4W
 8E
 3W
 10E
 4E
 6E
 7E
 7W
 2W
 8W
 1W
 1E
 3E
 5W
+/-
 -2
 0
 +2
 -3
 +7
 +3
 -4
 -1
 -2
 +1
 -5
 0
 -5
 +1
 -3
 +2
 +1
 0
 0

PST's pre-season prediction was in the form of east/west position rather than single table.  Final Rank has been adapted to match.

  • Best - Chivas (+0), Philadelphia (+0), Toronto (+0), Vancouver (+0)
  • Worst - D.C. (+7)
SITE
 CHI
 CHV
 COL
 CLB
 DCU
 FCD
 HOU
 LAG
 MON
 NER
 NYRB
 PHI
 POR
 RSL
 SJE
 SEA
 SKC
 TFC
 VAN
Sports Illustrated
 12
 19
 9
 17
 18
 11
 8
 5
 16
 6
 4
 10
 3
 2
 13
 7
 1
 14
 15
Season Final Rank
 17
 18
 12
 10
 6
 5
 15
 3
 19
 9
 11
 14
 13
 2
 16
 1
 4
 8
 7
+/-
 -5
 +1
 -3
 +7
 +12
 +6
 -7
 +2
 -3
 -3
 -7
 -4
 -10
 0
 -3
 +6
 -3
 +6
 +8
  • Best - Salt Lake (+0)
  • Worst - D.C. (+12)
SITE
 CHI
 CHV
 COL
 CLB
 DCU
 FCD
 HOU
 LAG
 MON
 NER
 NYRB
 PHI
 POR
 RSL
 SJE
 SEA
 SKC
 TFC
 VAN
MLS Multiplex
 12
 19
 9
 16
 18
 15
 4
 5
 10
 7
 6
 14
 3
 2
 11
 8
 1
 17
 13
Season Final Rank
 17
 18
 12
 10
 6
 5
 15
 3
 19
 9
 11
 14
 13
 2
 16
 1
 4
 8
 7
+/-
 -5
 +1
 -3
 +6
 +12
 +10
 -11
 +2
 -9
 -2
 +5
 0
 -10
 0
 -5
 +7
 -3
 +9
 +6
  • Best - Philadelphia (+0), Salt Lake (+0)
  • Worst - D.C. (+12)
SITE
 CHI
 CHV
 COL
 CLB
 DCU
 FCD
 HOU
 LAG
 MON
 NER
 NYRB
 PHI
 POR
 RSL
 SJE
 SEA
 SKC
 TFC
 VAN
Seattle Times Blog
 16
 19
 8
 13
 17
 14
 9
 3
 18
 7
 4
 12
 2
 5
 11
 6
 1
 10
 15
Season Final Rank
 17
 18
 12
 10
 6
 5
 15
 3
 19
 9
 11
 14
 13
 2
 16
 1
 4
 8
 7
+/-
 -1
 +1
 -4
 +3
 +11
 +9
 -6
 0
 -1
 -2
 -7
 -2
 -11
 +3
 -5
 +5
 -3
 +2
 +8
  • Best - Los Angeles (+0)
  • Worst - D.C. (+11), Portland (-11)
SITE
 CHI
 CHV
 COL
 CLB
 DCU
 FCD
 HOU
 LAG
 MON
 NER
 NYRB
 PHI
 POR
 RSL
 SJE
 SEA
 SKC
 TFC
 VAN
Reddit - MLS
 10
 19
 15
 12
 17
 16
 8
 4
 18
 9
 3
 11
 2
 5
 12
 6
 1
 7
 13
Season Final Rank
 17
 18
 12
 10
 6
 5
 15
 3
 19
 9
 11
 14
 13
 2
 16
 1
 4
 8
 7
+/-
 -7
 +1
 +3
 +2
 +11
 +11
 -7
 +1
 -1
 0
 -8
 -3
 -11
 +3
 -4
 +5
 -3
 -1
 +6
  • Best - New England (+0)
  • Worst - D.C. (+11), Dallas (+11), Portland (-11)
SITE
 CHI
 CHV
 COL
 CLB
 DCU
 FCD
 HOU
 LAG
 MON
 NER
 NYRB
 PHI
 POR
 RSL
 SJE
 SEA
 SKC
 TFC
 VAN
UTN Sports
 13
 12
 10
 17
 11
 19
 8
 2
 15
 9
 3
 18
 5
 7
 14
 4
 1
 6
 16
Season Final Rank
 17
 18
 12
 10
 6
 5
 15
 3
 19
 9
 11
 14
 13
 2
 16
 1
 4
 8
 7
+/-
 -4
 -6
 -2
 +7
 +5
 +14
 -7
 -1
 -4
 0
 -8
 +4
 -8
 +5
 -2
 +3
 -3
 -2
 +9
  • Best - New England (+0)
  • Worst - Dallas (+14)

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