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MLS Power Ranking Averages - Week 2
"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 matchup. 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: (Two new sites added!)
- Allvoices (www.allvoices.com/users/zacwassink)
- ESPN (espn.go.com/sports/soccer/mls)
- Fansided-MLS Multiplex (fansided.com/category/soccer/mls/mls-multiplex)
- Major League Soccer (www.mlssoccer.com)
- Northbank-RSL (www.northbankrsl.com) *New for Wk2
- ProSoccerTalk (prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com)
- Reddit/MLS (www.reddit.com/r/MLS) *New for Wk2
- Seattle Times Blog (blogs.seattletimes.com/soundersfc)
- Soccer America (www.socceramerica.com)
- Soccer by Ives (www.soccerbyives.net)
- Sports Illustrated (soccer.si.com)
If you know of a Power Ranking site that I have not included, please send it to me via this site and I will consider using it.
Weekly Power Ranking Averages
With the addition of two new sites the Week 1 averages changed slightly, and are reflected below (old values).
| Week 1 |
Week 2 |
Team |
W1 Ave |
W2 Ave |
Low |
High |
| 5 |
1 |
Houston | 4.73 (5.0) |
1.45 |
2 |
1 |
| 1 |
2 |
Salt Lake |
1.27 (1.22) |
2.00 |
4 |
1 |
| 8 |
3 |
Philadelphia | 9.45 (9.56) |
4.82 |
8 |
2 |
| 14 |
4 |
Toronto | 12.55 (12.56) | 5.64 | 11 |
1 |
| 4 |
5 |
Kansas City | 4.73 (4.78) | 6.73 | 14 |
3 |
| 3 |
6 |
Portland | 4.64 (4.22) | 7.27 | 11 |
5 |
| 7 |
7 |
Los Angeles | 7.18 (7.33) | 8.09 | 16 |
4 |
| 6 |
8 |
Vancouver | 5.18 (5.78) | 8.18 | 14 |
2 |
| 2 |
9 |
Seattle |
3.82 (3.67) |
8.36 |
15 |
5 |
| 9 |
10 |
Columbus |
9.27 (9.89) |
9.18 |
13 |
3 |
| 11 |
11 |
Dallas | 10.55 (10.56) | 9.55 | 13 |
6 |
| 15 |
12 |
Chivas | 13.73 (13.78) | 11.09 | 15 |
4 |
| 12 |
13 |
Colorado | 12.18 (11.67) | 12.45 |
14 |
10 |
| 10 |
14 |
New York |
10.36 (10.33) |
12.64 |
16 |
6 |
| 13 |
15 |
San Jose |
12.82 (12.33) |
13.00 |
16 |
7 |
| 18 |
16 |
Chicago | 17.09 (17.11) | 16.18 | 18 |
13 |
| 17 |
17 |
Montreal | 16.73 (16.89) | 16.73 | 18 |
15 |
| 16 |
18 |
New England |
14.55 (14.11) |
17.27 |
19 |
15 |
| 19 |
19 |
D.C. |
18.91 (18.89) |
18.82 |
19 |
17 |
High / Low Variance
This is a reflection of how similar sites are at ranking teams. After two weeks there is still a lot of Hi/Low variance, this will level out as more games are played.
1 position: HD
2 positions: DCU
3 positions: RSL, MI
4 positions: CR, NER
5 positions: CF
6 positions: PU, PT
7 positions: FCD
9 positions: SJE
10+ positions: TFC, SKC, LAG, VWC, SS, CC, CUSA, NYRB
Biggest Rise / Fall
Toronto: +14
Seattle: -7
Season Average Power Ranking
| Pos |
Team |
W2 Ave |
W1 Ave |
2013 Ave |
2012 Ave |
| 1 |
Salt Lake |
1.69 |
1.27 (1.22) |
4.52 |
8.40 |
| 2 |
Houston | 3.09 | 4.73 (5.00) |
7.74 | 6.29 |
| 3 |
Kansas City | 5.81 | 4.73 (4.78) | 4.45 | 3.09 |
| 4 |
Portland | 5.88 | 4.64 (4.22) | 5.73 | 13.89 |
| 5 |
Seattle |
6.36 |
3.82 (3.67) |
9.36 |
4.39 |
| 6 |
Vancouver |
6.70 |
5.18 (5.78) |
10.41 |
7.87 |
| 7 |
Philadelphia | 7.17 | 9.45 (9.56) | 10.53 | 15.7 |
| 8 |
Los Angeles |
7.76 |
7.18 (7.33) |
5.14 |
2.46 |
| 9 |
Columbus |
9.08 |
9.27 (9.89) |
12.89 |
9.46 |
| 10 |
Toronto | 9.39 | 12.55 (12.56) | 16.85 | 10.96 |
| 11 |
Dallas | 9.89 | 10.55 (10.56) | 8.78 | 17.17 |
| 12 |
New York |
11.52 |
10.36 (10.33) |
6.38 |
7.23 |
| 13 |
Colorado |
12.09 |
12.18 (11.67) |
9.79 |
10.06 |
| 14 |
Chivas | 12.31 | 13.73 (13.78) | 15.76 | 15.15 |
| 15 |
San Jose |
12.80 |
12.82 (12.33) |
12.34 |
4.86 |
| 16 |
New England |
15.94 |
14.55 (14.11) |
12.35 |
14.84 |
| 17 |
Chicago | 16.60 | 17.09 (17.11) | 14.27 | 13.07 |
| 18 |
Montreal |
16.98 |
16.73 (16.89) |
5.32 |
15.74 |
| 19 |
D.C. |
18.85 |
18.91 (18.89) |
17.29 |
9.33 |
After two weeks there is some clear separation starting to take place, but given small sample size the positions will continue to fluctuate often.
Largest gap: 3.14 points between San Jose and New England
Smallest gap: .07 between Kansas City and Portland
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