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MLS Power Ranking Averages - Week 9
"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 9)
- 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 9)
- Oregon Live (www.oregonlive.com/timbers)
- ProSoccerTalk (prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com)
- Reddit/MLS (www.reddit.com/r/MLS)
- 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 9)
One new site this week; Deseret News publishes rankings bi-weekly. I have added their past rankings to the calculations; also Dallas News published their list after I had, so changes to averages and order are shown below.
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.
Numbers in parenthesis were averages before adding the new site's rankings.
|
Week 9 |
Week 8 |
Week 7 |
Week 6 |
Team |
W9 Ave |
W8 Ave |
W7 Ave |
W6 Ave |
Low |
High |
Var |
| 1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
Seattle | 1.00 |
1.00 (1.00) |
3.33 | 4.83 | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| 2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Salt Lake | 2.09 |
2.15 (2.18) |
1.42 |
1.50 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| 3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
Kansas City | 3.00 |
4.23 (4.00) |
2.75 |
3.67 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| 4 |
12 | 10 | 11 | New England | 5.82 |
9.85 (10.09) | 11.25 | 11.42 | 11 |
2 |
9 |
| 5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
Dallas | 6.00 |
4.54 (4.45) |
3.08 |
3.83 |
13 |
4 |
9 |
| 6 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
Colorado | 6.45 |
9.38 (9.82) | 6.00 | 4.67 | 10 |
4 |
6 |
| 7 |
11 |
14 |
17 |
New York | 6.73 |
9.46 (9.18) | 12.67 | 16.08 | 11 |
4 |
7 |
| 8 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
Vancouver | 7.09 |
8.15 (8.73) | 9.50 | 10.17 | 11 |
4 |
7 |
| 9 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
Columbus | 8.91 |
5.92 (5.73) | 6.50 | 5.58 | 13 |
6 |
7 |
| 10 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
Los Angeles | 9.09 |
5.77 (5.27) |
5.58 | 5.33 | 12 |
4 |
8 |
| 11 |
9 |
12 |
13 |
D.C. | 11.27 |
9.31 (9.27) | 12.08 | 13.25 | 15 |
8 |
7 |
| 12 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
Toronto | 11.73 |
8.54 (8.45) |
7.75 | 6.58 | 17 |
10 |
7 |
| 13 |
13 |
13 |
12 |
Houston | 11.82 |
14.46 (14.18) |
12.58 | 12.00 | 14 |
8 |
6 |
| 14 |
18 |
17 |
16 |
Portland | 14.45 |
17.77 (17.64) | 17.00 | 15.58 | 18 |
10 |
8 |
| 15 |
14 |
18 |
18 |
San Jose | 15.27 |
14.54 (14.45) | 17.25 | 17.33 | 18 |
13 |
5 |
| 16 |
15 |
11 |
10 |
Philadelphia | 15.64 |
14.62 (14.73) |
11.75 |
10.25 |
18 |
14 |
4 |
| 17 |
17 |
19 |
19 |
Montreal | 16.91 |
16.54 (16.91) | 19.00 | 18.75 | 18 |
13 |
5 |
| 18 |
16 |
16 |
15 |
Chicago | 17.64 |
16.00 (15.82) | 15.17 | 15.00 | 19 |
16 |
3 |
| 19 |
18 |
15 |
14 |
Chivas | 18.55 |
17.77 (18.00) |
14.92 |
13.83 |
19 |
16 |
3 |
|
Biggest Changes |
Largest Point Gaps |
High / Low Variance |
|
Rise New England: +8 Colorado: +4 New York: +4 Portland: +4 Fall Los Angeles: -5 Toronto: -4 |
Kansas City - 2.82 - New England
Houston - 2.63 - Portland
Los Angeles - 2.18 - D.C. United
|
0 position: Seattle 1 position: Kansas City 2 positions: Salt Lake 3 positions: Chicago, Chivas 4 positions: Philadelphia 5 positions: San Jose, Montreal 6 positions: Colorado, Houston 7 positions: New York, Vancouver, Columbus, D.C., Toronto 8 positions: Los Angeles, Portland 9 positions: New England, Dallas |
Season Average Power Ranking
|
Pos |
Team |
W9 Ave | W8 Ave | W7 Ave | W6 Ave | W5 Ave | W4 Ave |
W3 Ave |
W2 Ave |
W1 Ave |
| 1 |
Salt Lake |
2.05 |
2.05 (2.05) | 2.03 |
2.14 |
2.38 |
2.51 |
2.63 |
1.95 | 1.50 |
| 2 |
Kansas City | 4.13 |
4.28 (4.24) | 4.28 |
4.53 |
4.90 |
5.14 |
5.59 |
5.62 |
4.50 |
| 3 |
Seattle | 4.84 |
5.32 (5.33) | 5.95 | 6.39 | 6.87 | 6.54 | 5.74 | 5.68 | 3.43 |
| 4 |
Dallas | 5.33 |
5.25 (5.19) | 5.29 |
5.66 |
6.11 |
7.19 |
8.56 |
10.20 |
11.00 |
| 5 |
Columbus | 6.70 |
6.42 (6.44) | 6.54 | 6.55 | 6.76 | 7.17 | 8.80 | 10.11 | 10.21 |
| 6 |
Toronto | 7.01 |
6.43 (6.43) | 6.14 | 5.88 | 5.81 | 6.43 | 6.37 | 8.25 | 11.57 |
| 7 |
Los Angeles | 7.20 |
6.97 (6.73) | 6.94 | 7.17 | 7.72 | 7.98 | 7.70 | 7.16 | 6.64 |
| 8 |
Vancouver | 8.08 |
8.20 (8.33) | 8.28 | 8.07 | 7.72 | 7.50 | 8.11 | 7.34 | 6.00 |
| 9 |
Houston | 8.24 |
7.80 (7.74) | 6.82 |
5.86 |
4.79 |
3.72 |
2.85 |
3.24 | 5.00 |
| 10 |
Colorado | 8.81 |
9.11 (9.10) | 9.00 | 9.50 | 10.45 | 11.10 | 11.13 | 12.14 | 12.07 |
| 11 |
Philadelphia | 10.75 |
10.14 (10.18) | 9.53 |
9.16 |
9.00 |
8.74 |
8.41 | 8.05 | 10.29 |
| 12 |
New York | 12.01 |
12.67 (12.66) | 13.16 | 13.24 | 12.68 | 12.40 | 12.02 | 11.37 | 9.93 |
| 13 |
New England | 12.88 |
13.76 (13.77) | 14.30 | 14.81 | 15.39 | 15.31 | 16.26 | 16.02 | 14.57 |
| 14 |
Portland | 13.09 |
12.92 (12.88) | 12.19 | 11.39 | 10.66 | 9.77 | 8.09 | 5.97 | 4.21 |
| 15 |
Chivas | 14.38 |
13.86 (13.94) | 13.36 |
13.10 |
12.82 |
12.54 |
12.61 |
12.25 |
13.43 |
| 16 |
D.C. | 15.19 |
15.68 (15.71) | 16.63 | 17.38 | 18.05 | 18.68 | 18.63 | 18.59 | 18.64 |
| 17 |
San Jose |
15.24 |
15.24 (15.24) | 15.35 |
15.03 |
14.47 |
13.83 |
12.98 |
12.50 | 13.07 |
| 18 |
Chicago | 15.78 |
15.55 (15.59) | 15.56 |
15.63 |
15.69 |
15.88 |
15.93 | 16.37 | 16.86 |
| 19 |
Montreal |
17.72 |
17.82 (17.87) |
18.01 |
17.85 |
17.60 |
17.45 |
17.49 |
17.13 | 16.86 |
Largest gap: 2.08 points between Salt Lake and Kansas City
Smallest gap: 0.05 between D.C. and San Jose
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 |
15 |
|
Colorado Rapids |
4 |
14 |
10 |
13 |
|
Columbus Crew |
2 |
11 |
5 |
11 |
| D.C. United |
9 |
19 |
16 |
19 |
|
FC Dallas |
1 |
11 |
3 |
11 |
|
Houston Dynamo |
1 |
13 |
2 |
9 |
|
LA Galaxy |
5 |
10 |
6 |
9 |
|
Montreal Impact |
17 |
19 |
17 |
19 |
|
New England Revolution |
4 |
18 |
13 |
17 |
|
New York Red Bulls |
7 |
17 |
8 |
14 |
|
Philadelphia Union |
3 |
16 |
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.