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MLS Power Ranking Averages - Week 12
"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) - (No ranking Weeks 11-12)
- Dallas News Soccer Blog (www.soccerblog.dallasnews.com)
- Deseret News (www.deseretnews.com)
- 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 Weeks 9-12)
- Oregon Live (www.oregonlive.com/timbers)
- ProSoccerTalk (prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com)
- Reddit/MLS (www.reddit.com/r/MLS) - (No ranking Weeks 10-12)
- Seattle Times Blog (blogs.seattletimes.com/soundersfc)
- Soccer America (www.socceramerica.com)
- Soccer by Ives (www.soccerbyives.net) - (No ranking Weeks 10-12)
- Sports Illustrated (www.soccer.si.com)
- UTN Sports (www.utnsports.com/category/soccer) - (No ranking Weeks 6-12)
Sites have started to dwindle. Over the 3 years I've been tracking Power Rankings it usually starts out with quite a few, but by mid-season at least 2-3 stop. Before the end of the season it's sometimes down by half of the starting total. 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 12 | Week 11 | Week 10 |
Week 9 |
Team |
W12 Avg | W11 Avg | W10 Avg |
W9 Avg |
Low |
High |
Var |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
New England | 1.56 |
2.00 |
3.20 |
5.82 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Salt Lake | 2.00 |
1.38 |
1.20 |
2.09 | 4 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
Seattle | 2.56 |
2.63 |
3.60 |
1.00 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
Vancouver | 4.67 |
4.75 |
5.00 |
7.09 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
Kansas City | 5.56 |
4.88 |
2.20 |
3.00 | 14 |
4 |
10 |
6 |
11 |
7 |
10 |
Los Angeles | 6.44 |
10.50 |
8.10 |
9.09 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
Colorado | 7.44 |
10.63 |
8.90 |
6.45 |
14 |
3 |
11 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
D.C. | 8.00 |
7.75 |
7.60 |
11.27 | 11 |
5 |
6 |
9 |
8 |
12 |
12 |
Toronto | 9.56 |
8.75 |
12.00 |
11.73 |
13 |
7 |
6 |
10 |
14 |
14 |
9 |
Columbus | 11.11 |
13.50 |
12.80 |
8.91 |
15 |
8 |
7 |
11 |
9 |
10 |
5 |
Dallas | 11.44 |
9.88 |
8.90 |
6.00 |
17 |
6 |
11 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
New York | 12.33 |
10.25 |
8.80 |
6.73 |
17 |
8 |
9 |
13 |
7 |
11 |
13 |
Houston | 12.44 |
8.50 |
11.80 |
11.82 |
19 |
10 |
9 |
13 |
15 |
13 |
15 |
San Jose | 12.44 |
14.38 |
12.60 |
15.27 |
16 |
7 |
9 |
15 |
18 |
16 |
14 |
Portland | 14.67 |
16.88 |
15.50 |
14.45 |
16 |
2 |
14 |
16 |
13 |
15 | 18 |
Chicago | 15.44 |
13.13 |
15.50 |
17.64 |
18 |
12 |
6 |
17 |
16 |
17 |
19 |
Chivas | 15.78 |
15.13 |
16.30 |
18.55 |
18 |
10 |
8 |
18 |
17 |
18 |
16 |
Philadelphia | 17.89 |
16.75 |
17.50 |
15.64 |
19 |
17 |
2 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
17 |
Montreal | 18.78 |
18.50 |
18.60 |
16.91 |
19 |
16 |
3 |
Biggest Changes |
Point Gaps |
High / Low Variance |
Rise Los Angeles : +5 Colorado: +5 Columbus: +4 Fall Houston : -6 Chicago : -3 |
Largest San Jose - 2.23 - Portland Seattle - 2.11 - Vancouver Chivas - 2.11 - Philadelphia Smallest Houston - 0.00 - San Jose New York - 0.11 - Houston Columbus - 0.33 - Dallas |
2 positions: New England, Vancouver, Philadelphia 3 positions: Salt Lake, Seattle, Montreal 5 positions: Los Angeles 6 positions: D.C., Toronto, Chicago 7 positions: Columbus 8 positions: Chivas 9 positions: New York, Houston, San Jose 10 positions: Kansas City 11+ positions: Colorado, Dallas, Portland |
Season Average Power Ranking
Pos |
Team |
W12 Avg | W11 Avg | W10 Avg | W9 Avg | W8 Avg | W7 Avg | W6 Avg | W5 Avg | W4 Avg |
W3 Avg |
1 |
Salt Lake |
1.92 |
1.92 |
1.97 |
2.05 |
2.05 | 2.03 |
2.14 |
2.38 |
2.51 |
2.63 |
2 |
Kansas City | 4.15 |
4.03 |
3.94 |
4.13 |
4.28 | 4.28 |
4.53 |
4.90 |
5.14 |
5.59 |
3 |
Seattle | 4.36 |
4.52 |
4.71 |
4.84 |
5.32 | 5.95 | 6.39 | 6.87 | 6.54 | 5.74 |
4 |
Dallas | 6.52 |
6.07 |
5.69 |
5.33 |
5.25 | 5.29 |
5.66 |
6.11 |
7.19 |
8.56 |
5 |
Vancouver | 7.26 |
7.50 |
7.77 |
8.08 |
8.20 |
8.28 |
8.07 |
7.72 |
7.50 |
8.11 |
6 |
Los Angeles | 7.49 |
7.58 |
7.28 |
7.20 | 6.97 | 6.94 | 7.17 | 7.72 | 7.98 | 7.70 |
7 |
Toronto | 7.79 |
7.63 |
7.51 |
7.01 |
6.43 |
6.14 |
5.88 |
5.81 |
6.43 |
6.37 |
8 |
Columbus | 8.14 |
7.87 |
7.30 |
6.70 |
6.42 | 6.54 | 6.55 | 6.76 | 7.17 | 8.80 |
9 |
Colorado | 8.86 |
8.99 |
8.84 |
8.81 |
9.11 |
9.00 |
9.50 |
10.45 |
11.10 |
11.13 |
10 |
Houston | 8.91 |
8.59 |
8.63 |
8.24 |
7.80 | 6.82 |
5.86 |
4.79 |
3.72 |
2.85 |
11 |
New England | 10.22 |
11.01 |
11.92 |
12.88 |
13.76 |
14.30 |
14.81 |
15.39 |
15.31 |
16.26 |
12 |
New York | 11.62 |
11.56 |
11.64 |
12.01 |
12.67 |
13.16 |
13.24 |
12.68 |
12.40 |
12.02 |
13 |
Philadelphia | 12.41 |
11.91 |
11.42 |
10.75 |
10.14 | 9.53 |
9.16 |
9.00 |
8.74 |
8.41 |
14 |
D.C. | 13.34 |
13.83 |
14.44 |
15.19 |
15.68 |
16.63 |
17.38 |
18.05 |
18.68 |
18.63 |
15 |
Portland | 13.74 |
13.65 |
13.34 |
13.09 |
12.92 | 12.19 | 11.39 | 10.66 | 9.77 | 8.09 |
16 |
Chivas | 14.72 |
14.62 |
14.58 |
14.38 |
13.86 | 13.36 |
13.10 |
12.82 |
12.54 |
12.61 |
16 |
San Jose |
14.72 |
14.92 |
14.98 |
15.24 |
15.24 | 15.35 |
15.03 |
14.47 |
13.83 |
12.98 |
18 |
Chicago | 15.51 |
15.51 |
15.75 |
15.78 |
15.55 | 15.56 |
15.63 |
15.69 |
15.88 |
15.93 |
19 |
Montreal |
17.95 |
17.87 |
17.81 |
17.72 |
17.82 |
18.01 |
17.85 |
17.60 |
17.45 |
17.49 |
Largest gaps:
- 2.44 points between Chicago and Montreal
- 2.23 points between Salt Lake and Kansas City
Smallest gaps:
- 0.00 points between Chivas and San Jose
- 0.05 points between Colorado and Houston
Team High/Low
Best and worst placement for each team
Team |
Weekly High |
Weekly Low |
Season High |
Season Low |
Chicago Fire |
13 |
18 |
16 |
18 |
Chivas USA |
12 |
19 |
13 |
16 |
Colorado Rapids |
4 |
14 |
9 |
13 |
Columbus Crew |
2 |
14 |
5 |
11 |
D.C. United |
6 |
19 |
14 |
19 |
FC Dallas |
1 |
11 |
3 |
11 |
Houston Dynamo |
1 |
13 |
2 |
10 |
LA Galaxy |
5 |
11 |
5 |
9 |
Montreal Impact |
17 |
19 |
17 |
19 |
New England Revolution |
1 |
18 |
11 |
17 |
New York Red Bulls |
7 |
17 |
8 |
14 |
Philadelphia Union |
3 |
18 |
8 |
13 |
Portland Timbers |
3 |
18 |
4 |
15 |
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 |
4 |
11 |
5 |
9 |
- In the weekly averages 4 teams have been ranked 1st (Dallas, Houston, Salt Lake, Seattle), and 3 teams have placed last (Chivas, D.C., Montreal).
- In the season averages only 1 team has been ranked 1st (Salt Lake), and 2 teams last (D.C., Montreal).