by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Mar 12, 2019

MLS Week 2, Results:

Saturday, March 9

Sunday, March 10

In Week 2:

Chicago 1 Orlando City 1New England 0 Columbus 2FC Dallas 2 LA Galaxy 0Houston 2 Montreal 1Real Salt Lake 1 Vancouver 0San Jose 0 Minn. United 3Seattle 2 Colorado 0Sporting KC 2 Philadelphia 0NYCFC 0 D.C. United 0Atlanta United 1 FC Cincinnati 1Los Angeles FC 4 Portland 1Only three teams are 2-0-0 after MLS's second weekend of play:andIn 2018, LAFC was also one of three teams to open with two victories.The Loons' success is the surprise, considering their lousy form on the road in their first two seasons (just four wins in 34 games). LAFC is the only other team since 2016 to open with a pair of wins on the road.Five teams picked up their first wins of the season:andSan Jose dropped to the bottom of the Power Rankings after its second loss in a row. The Earthquakes' winless streak is 10 games, dating back to 2018 when they were last in the overall standings.





SA Power Rankings:



RANK (PREVIOUS) TEAM (W-L-T)

1. (2) LAFC (2-0-0)

2. (3) Seattle (2-0-0)

3. (1) D.C. United (1-0-1)

4. (9) Minn. United (2-0-0)

5. (4) NY Red Bulls (0-0-1)

6. (6) Sporting KC (1-1-0)

7. (8) Toronto FC (1-0-0)

8. (12) Columbus (1-0-1)

9. (15) Real Salt Lake (1-0-1)

10. (16) Houston (1-0-1)

11. (17) FC Dallas (1-0-1)

12. (13) NYCFC (0-0-2)

13. (7) Atlanta United (0-1-1)

14. (5) Portland (0-1-1)

15. (10) Montreal (1-1-0)

16. (11) LA Galaxy (1-1-0)

17. (19) Orlando City (0-0-2)

18. (20) Chicago (0-1-1)

19. (24) FC Cincinnati (0-1-1)

20. (14) New England (0-1-1)

21. (18) Colorado (0-1-1)

22. (21) Philadelphia (0-2-0)

23. (22) Vancouver (0-2-0)

24. (23) San Jose (0-2-0)

Note: Only MLS results are counted in the Power Rankings.



MLS Week 3, Schedule:



Saturday, March 16

Chicago vs. Seattle 1 pm.

Columbus vs. FC Dallas 2 pm.

Houston vs. Vancouver 3 pm.

NY Red Bulls vs. San Jose 3:30 pm. (Univision/UDN)

Orlando City vs. Montreal 4 pm.

D.C. United vs. Real Salt Lake 8 pm.

LA Galaxy vs. Minnesota United 10:30 pm.

Sunday, March 17

NYCFC vs. LAFC 3 pm. (FS1/Fox Deportes)

FC Cincinnati vs. Portland 5 pm. (FS1/Fox Deportes)

Atlanta United vs. Philadelphia 7 pm.

Toronto FC vs. New England 7:30 pm.

Colorado vs. Sporting KC 9 pm.

Note: All times ET..



√ All 24 teams will be in action in Week 3. For Atlanta United, Houston, the New York Red Bulls and Sporting KC, it follows midweek play in the Concacaf Champions League.



√ FC Cincinnati will play its first home game when it hosts Portland at Nippert Stadium. Also playing their first home game of the 2019 MLS season will be the Red Bulls on Saturday and Colorado and Toronto FC on Sunday.





√ Week 3 is the last weekend before players scatter for the March international break. Five weekend games are scheduled during the FIFA window.



Photos: LAFC, Lindsey Wasson/Seattle Sounders FC, MLS.