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MLS Power Ranking Averages - Week 10
"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:
- Allvoices (www.allvoices.com/users/zacwassink)
- Black & Red United (www.blackandredunited.com)
- Dallas News Soccer Blog (www.soccerblog.dallasnews.com)
- Deseret News (www.deseretnews.com) - New bi-weekly (No ranking Week 10)
- 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) - (No ranking Week 10)
- Oregon Live (www.oregonlive.com/timbers)
- ProSoccerTalk (prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com)
- Reddit/MLS (www.reddit.com/r/MLS) - (No ranking Week 10)
- Seattle Times Blog (blogs.seattletimes.com/soundersfc)
- Soccer America (www.socceramerica.com)
- Soccer by Ives (www.soccerbyives.net)
- Sports Illustrated (www.soccer.si.com)
- UTN Sports (www.utnsports.com/category/soccer) - (No ranking Week 10)
If you know of a Power Ranking site that I have not included, please send it to me via this site or on reddit.com/r/MLS and I will consider using it.
Weekly Power Ranking Averages
Using the "Olympic" method of dropping the highest / lowest scores, and averaging the rest.
Week 10 |
Week 9 |
Week 8 |
Week 7 |
Team |
W10 Ave |
W9 Ave |
W8 Ave |
W7 Ave |
Low |
High |
Var |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
Salt Lake | 1.20 |
2.09 | 2.15 |
1.42 | 3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Kansas City | 2.20 |
3.00 | 4.23 |
2.75 | 5 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
10 |
New England | 3.20 |
5.82 | 9.85 | 11.25 | 6 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
Seattle | 3.60 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
3.33 | 9 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
7 |
9 |
Vancouver | 5.00 |
7.09 | 8.15 |
9.50 | 6 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
11 |
9 |
12 |
D.C. | 7.60 |
11.27 | 9.31 |
12.08 | 10 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
Los Angeles | 8.10 |
9.09 | 5.77 | 5.58 | 14 |
5 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
11 |
14 |
New York | 8.80 |
6.73 | 9.46 | 12.67 | 12 |
6 |
6 |
9 (tie) |
5 |
4 |
3 |
Dallas | 8.90 |
6.00 |
4.54 |
3.08 |
18 |
6 |
12 |
9 (tie) |
6 |
10 |
6 |
Colorado | 8.90 |
6.45 |
9.38 |
6.00 | 16 |
5 |
11 |
11 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
Houston | 11.80 |
11.82 | 14.46 | 12.58 | 14 |
7 |
7 |
12 |
12 |
8 |
8 |
Toronto | 12.00 |
11.73 | 8.54 |
7.75 | 15 |
9 |
6 |
13 |
15 |
14 |
18 |
San Jose | 12.60 |
15.27 | 14.54 | 17.25 | 16 |
8 |
8 |
14 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
Columbus | 12.80 |
8.91 |
5.92 |
6.50 | 19 |
9 |
10 |
15 (tie) |
18 |
16 |
16 |
Chicago | 15.50 |
17.64 | 16.00 | 15.17 | 18 |
11 |
7 |
15 (tie) |
14 |
18 |
17 |
Portland | 15.50 |
14.45 | 17.77 |
17.00 | 19 |
6 |
13 |
17 |
19 |
18 |
15 |
Chivas | 16.30 |
18.55 | 17.77 | 14.92 | 18 |
7 |
11 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
11 |
Philadelphia | 17.50 |
15.64 |
14.62 |
11.75 |
19 |
15 |
4 |
19 |
17 |
17 |
19 |
Montreal | 18.60 |
16.91 |
16.54 | 19.00 | 19 |
17 |
2 |
Biggest Changes |
Largest Point Gaps |
High / Low Variance |
Rise D.C. : +5 Vancouver : +3 Los Angeles: +3 Fall Dallas : -4 Columbus: -5 |
Dallas/Colorado - 2.90 - Houston Columbus - 2.70 - Chicago/Portland Vancouver - 2.60 - D.C. |
2 positions: Salt Lake, Montreal 3 positions: Vancouver 4 positions: Kansas City, Philadelphia 5 positions: New England 6 positions: D.C., New York, Toronto 7 positions: Seattle, Houston, Chicago 8 positions: San Jose 9 positions: Los Angeles, 10+ positions: Dallas, Colorado, Columbus, Portland, Chivas |
Season Average Power Ranking
Pos |
Team |
W10 Ave | W9 Ave | W8 Ave | W7 Ave | W6 Ave | W5 Ave | W4 Ave |
W3 Ave |
W2 Ave |
W1 Ave |
1 |
Salt Lake |
1.97 |
2.05 |
2.05 | 2.03 |
2.14 |
2.38 |
2.51 |
2.63 |
1.95 | 1.50 |
2 |
Kansas City | 3.94 |
4.13 |
4.28 | 4.28 |
4.53 |
4.90 |
5.14 |
5.59 |
5.62 |
4.50 |
3 |
Seattle | 4.71 |
4.84 |
5.32 | 5.95 | 6.39 | 6.87 | 6.54 | 5.74 | 5.68 | 3.43 |
4 |
Dallas | 5.69 |
5.33 |
5.25 | 5.29 |
5.66 |
6.11 |
7.19 |
8.56 |
10.20 |
11.00 |
5 |
Los Angeles | 7.29 |
7.20 | 6.97 | 6.94 | 7.17 | 7.72 | 7.98 | 7.70 | 7.16 | 6.64 |
6 |
Columbus | 7.31 |
6.70 |
6.42 | 6.54 | 6.55 | 6.76 | 7.17 | 8.80 | 10.11 | 10.21 |
7 |
Toronto | 7.51 |
7.01 |
6.43 | 6.14 | 5.88 | 5.81 | 6.43 | 6.37 | 8.25 | 11.57 |
8 |
Vancouver | 7.77 |
8.08 |
8.20 | 8.28 | 8.07 | 7.72 | 7.50 | 8.11 | 7.34 | 6.00 |
9 |
Houston | 8.60 |
8.24 |
7.80 | 6.82 |
5.86 |
4.79 |
3.72 |
2.85 |
3.24 | 5.00 |
10 |
Colorado | 8.82 |
8.81 |
9.11 | 9.00 | 9.50 | 10.45 | 11.10 | 11.13 | 12.14 | 12.07 |
11 |
Philadelphia | 11.43 |
10.75 |
10.14 | 9.53 |
9.16 |
9.00 |
8.74 |
8.41 | 8.05 | 10.29 |
12 |
New York | 11.69 |
12.01 |
12.67 | 13.16 | 13.24 | 12.68 | 12.40 | 12.02 | 11.37 | 9.93 |
13 |
New England | 11.91 |
12.88 |
13.76 | 14.30 | 14.81 | 15.39 | 15.31 | 16.26 | 16.02 | 14.57 |
14 |
Portland | 13.33 |
13.09 |
12.92 | 12.19 | 11.39 | 10.66 | 9.77 | 8.09 | 5.97 | 4.21 |
15 |
D.C. | 14.43 |
15.19 | 15.68 | 16.63 | 17.38 | 18.05 | 18.68 | 18.63 | 18.59 | 18.64 |
16 |
Chivas | 14.57 |
14.38 |
13.86 | 13.36 |
13.10 |
12.82 |
12.54 |
12.61 |
12.25 |
13.43 |
17 |
San Jose |
14.98 |
15.24 |
15.24 | 15.35 |
15.03 |
14.47 |
13.83 |
12.98 |
12.50 | 13.07 |
18 |
Chicago | 15.75 |
15.78 |
15.55 | 15.56 |
15.63 |
15.69 |
15.88 |
15.93 | 16.37 | 16.86 |
19 |
Montreal |
17.81 |
17.72 |
17.82 |
18.01 |
17.85 |
17.60 |
17.45 |
17.49 |
17.13 | 16.86 |
Largest gap: 2.06 points between Chicago and Montreal
Smallest gap: 0.02 between L.A. and Columbus
Team High/Low
Best and worst placement for each team
Team |
Weekly High |
Weekly Low |
Season High |
Season Low |
Chicago Fire |
15 |
18 |
16 |
18 |
Chivas USA |
12 |
19 |
13 |
16 |
Colorado Rapids |
4 |
14 |
10 |
13 |
Columbus Crew |
2 |
14 |
5 |
11 |
D.C. United |
6 |
19 |
15 |
19 |
FC Dallas |
1 |
11 |
3 |
11 |
Houston Dynamo |
1 |
13 |
2 |
9 |
LA Galaxy |
5 |
10 |
5 |
9 |
Montreal Impact |
17 |
19 |
17 |
19 |
New England Revolution |
3 |
18 |
13 |
17 |
New York Red Bulls |
7 |
17 |
8 |
14 |
Philadelphia Union |
3 |
18 |
8 |
11 |
Portland Timbers |
3 |
18 |
4 |
14 |
Real Salt Lake |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
San Jose Earthquakes |
13 |
18 |
14 |
17 |
Seattle Sounders |
1 |
9 |
2 |
6 |
Sporting Kansas City |
2 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
Toronto FC |
2 |
12 |
4 |
12 |
Vancouver Whitecaps |
5 |
11 |
6 |
9 |
- Only 4 teams have been ranked 1st (Dallas, Houston, Salt Lake, Seattle), only 3 teams have placed last (Chivas, D.C., Montreal) in the weekly average.
- Only 1 team has been ranked 1st (Salt Lake), and 2 teams last (D.C., Montreal) in the season average.