

MLS Power Ranking Averages - Week 33



"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 match-up. 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:

ESPN (espn.go.com/sports/soccer/mls)

Fansided-MLS Multiplex (fansided.com/category/soccer/mls/mls-multiplex)

Major League Soccer (www.mlssoccer.com)

Oregon Live (www.oregonlive.com/timbers)



ProSoccerTalk (prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com)



Seattle Times Blog (blogs.seattletimes.com/soundersfc) *No ranking Wk 33



Soccer America (www.socceramerica.com)

Sports Illustrated (www.soccer.si.com)

Dead Lists

Allvoices (www.allvoices.com/users/zacwassink) - No Power Rank since 8/4/14

Black & Red United (www.blackandredunited.com) - No Power Rank since 6/4/14

Dallas News Soccer Blog (www.soccerblog.dallasnews.com) - No Power Rank since 8/13/14

Deseret News (www.deseretnews.com) - No Power Rank since 5/29/14

Northbank-RSL (www.northbankrsl.com) - No Power Rank since 5/1/14

Reddit/MLS (www.reddit.com/r/MLS) - No Power Rank since 5/8/14

Soccer by Ives (www.soccerbyives.net) - No Power Rank since 7/30/14

UTN Sports (www.utnsports.com/category/soccer) - No Power Rank since 4/2/14



Weekly Final Power Ranking Averages

Using the "Olympic" method of dropping the highest / lowest scores, and averaging the rest.

Wk 33 Wk 32 Wk 31 Wk 30 Wk 29 T eam

W33 Avg W32 Avg W31 Avg W30 Avg W29 Avg Low

High

Range

1

2

2

2

2

Seattle 1.00

2.33

3.17

2.00

2.33

1

1

0

2

1

1

1

1

Los Angeles 2.60

1.67

1.00

1.00

1.00

10

2

8

3

3

3

4

3

D.C. 3.00

3.00

3.67

4.17

4.33

4

2

2

4

4

4

3

6

New England 3.40

3.67

4.17

3.83 5.50

4

2

2

5

6

6

6

3

Salt Lake 5.80

6.33

6.00

6.33

4.33

8

5

3

6

7

8

8

7

Columbus 6.00

7.17

8.00

8.00

7.33

7

5

2

7

5

5

5

3

Dallas 7.00

4.50

4.33

5.50

4.33

9

6

3

8

8

9

9

13

Vancouver 8.00

8.17

8.17

8.83

11.83

9

4

5

9

9

7

7

8

New York 8.60

9.00

6.50

6.67

8.17

9

5

4

10

11

11

10

10

Portland 10.40

10.50

10.50

10.00

11.17

11

5

6

11

10

10

12

10

Kansas City 10.60

10.33

10.00

11.50

11.17

13

10

3

12

12

12

11

9

Philadelphia 12.00

11.83

12.33

11.33

10.83

13

12

1

13

13

13

14

14

Houston 14.40

13.17

13.33

13.17

12.33

15

13

2

13

16

16

15

15

Chicago 14.40

15.50

15.83

15.33

15.50

16

11

5

15

15

15

16

16

Montreal 14.60

15.17

15.33

17.00

16.50

17

12

5

16

17

17

18

19

Chivas 16.00

16.67

16.67

17.83

19.00

17

13

4

17

14

14

13

12

Toronto 16.20

14.67

13.83

12.67

11.33

17

13

4

18

18

18

16

16

San Jose 18.40

17.83

18.00

17.00

16.50

19

18

1

19

19

19

19

18

Colorado 18.60

19.00

19.00

18.17

17.50

19

18

1







Biggest Changes

Point Gaps High / Low Range

Rise

Chicago: +3



Fall

Toronto: -3

La rgest

NER - 2.40 - RSL

PHI - 2.40 - HOU



Smallest

HOU - 0.00 - CHI

CHI - 0.20 - MON

CHV - 0.20 - TOR

SJE - 0.20 - COL

0 position: SEA

1 position: PHI, SJE, COL

2 positions: DCU, NER, CLB, HOU

3 positions: RSL, FCD, SKC

4 positions: NYRB, CHV, TOR

5 positions: VAN, CHI, MON

6 positions: POR

8 positions: LAG





Season Final Power Ranking

No changes on the table for Week 33.





W33 W32 W31 W30 W29 W28 T eam

W33 Avg W32 Avg W31 Avg W30 Avg W29 Avg W28 Avg 1

1

1

1

1

1

Seattle 2.95

3.01

3.03

3.03

3.06

3.09

2

2

2

2

2

2

Salt Lake

4.12

4.07

4.00

3.93

3.85

3.83

3

3

4

4

4

4

Los Angeles 5.17

5.25

5.37

5.51

5.67

5.83

4

4

3

3

3

3

Kansas City 5.50

5.34

5.18

5.02

4.80

4.57

5

5

5

5

5

5

Dallas

6.57

6.56

6.63

6.70

6.74

6.83

6

6

6

7

8

8

D.C. 7.74

7.89

8.05

8.19

8.33

8.47

7

7

7

6

6

6

Vancouver 8.16

8.16

8.16

8.16

8.14

8.01

8

8

8

8

7

7

Toronto 8.99

8.76

8.57

8.40

8.25

8.14

9

9

11

11

11

12

New England 9.59

9.78

9.98

10.17

10.39

10.57

10

10

10

9

9

9

Columbus 9.75

9.86

9.95

10.01

10.08

10.18

11

11

9

10

10

10

New York 9.87

9.91

9.93

10.05

10.17

10.24

12

12

12

12

12

11

Colorado 11.51

11.29

11.04

10.77

10.52

10.27

13

13

13

13

13

13

Portland 11.36

11.39

11.42

11.45

11.50

11.51

14

14

14

14

14

14

Philadelphia 11.82

11.81

11.81

11.80

11.81

11.85

15

15

15

15

15

15

Houston 12.63

12.57

12.55

12.52

12.50

12.51

16

16

16

16

16

16

San Jose 15.08

14.98

14.89

14.78

14.71

14.64

17

17

17

17

17

17

Chicago 15.47

15.51

15.51

15.50

15.50

15.50

18

18

18

18

18

18

Chivas 16.08

16.09

16.07

16.05

15.99

15.88

19

19

19

19

19

19

Montreal

17.48

17.57

17.65

17.72

17.75

17.79





Team High / Low

Best and worst placement for each team; added a few extra comparisons with Weekly and Season High / Low averages; and the Final Season Averages for 2012 & 2013.

In the weekly averages 7 teams have been ranked 1st (Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New England, Salt Lake, Seattle, Kansas City), and 5 teams have placed last (Chivas, Colorado, D.C., Houston, Montreal).

In the season averages 2 teams have been ranked 1st (Salt Lake, Seattle), and 2 teams last (D.C., Montreal).

Houston has the distinction of being the only team to be ranked both first and last in the weekly rankings, with New England close behind with first and 2nd to last. D.C. has risen from last to a high of 2nd.

D.C. has moved the most on the season rankings, rising 13 positions since Wk 5.



Four teams have not placed higher weekly than 10th (Chicago, Chivas, Montreal, San Jose).

Two teams have not placed lower weekly than 9th (Salt Lake, Seattle).

Site Prediction Accuracy

Preseason predictions by site

SITE

CHI

CHV

COL

CLB

DCU

FCD

HOU

LAG

MON

NER

NYRB

PHI

POR

RSL

SJE

SEA

SKC

TFC

VAN

Major League Soccer

13

18

16

12

17

15

8

3

19

7

5

11

2

4

9

6

1

14

10

Season Final Rank

17

18

12

10

6

5

15

3

19

9

11

14

13

2

16

1

4

8

7

+/-

-4

0

+4

+2

+11

+10

-7

0

0

-2

-6

-3

-11

+2

-7

+5

-3

+6

+3



Best - Chivas (+0), Los Angeles (+0), Montreal (+0)



Worst - D.C. (+11), Portland (-11)



SITE

CHI

CHV

COL

CLB

DCU

FCD

HOU

LAG

MON

NER

NYRB

PHI

POR

RSL

SJE

SEA

SKC

TFC

VAN

Soccer by Ives

18

19

11

14

17

12

10

3

15

9

4

8

2

5

13

6

1

7

16

Season Final Rank

17

18

12

10

6

5

15

3

19

9

11

14

13

2

16

1

4

8

7

+/-

+1

+1

-1

+4

+11

+6

-5

0

-4

0

-7

-4

-11

+3

-3

+5

-3

-1

+9



Best - Los Angeles (+0), New England (+0)

Worst - D.C. (+11), Portland (-11)



SITE

CHI

CHV

COL

CLB

DCU

FCD

HOU

LAG

MON

NER

NYRB

PHI

POR

RSL

SJE

SEA

SKC

TFC

VAN

ESPN

17

19

12

16

14

13

10

3

18

7

4

9

2

6

11

5

1

8

15

Season Final Rank

17

18

12

10

6

5

15

3

19

9

11

14

13

2

16

1

4

8

7

+/-

0

+1

0

+6

+8

+8

-5

0

-1

-2

-7

-5

-11

+4

-5

+4

-3

0

+8



Best - Chicago (+0), Colorado (+0), Los Angeles (+0), Toronto (+0)

Worst - Portland (-11)

SITE

CHI

CHV

COL

CLB

DCU

FCD

HOU

LAG

MON

NER

NYRB

PHI

POR

RSL

SJE

SEA

SKC

TFC

VAN

Pro Soccer Talk

7E

9W

8W

8E

9E

7W

4E

2W

8E

5E

1E

7E

2W

3W

5W

3W

2E

3E

5W

Season Final Rank

9E

9W

6W

5E

2E

4W

8E

3W

10E

4E

6E

7E

7W

2W

8W

1W

1E

3E

5W

+/-

-2

0

+2

-3

+7

+3

-4

-1

-2

+1

-5

0

-5

+1

-3

+2

+1

0

0



PST's pre-season prediction was in the form of east/west position rather than single table. Final Rank has been adapted to match.

Best - Chivas (+0), Philadelphia (+0), Toronto (+0), Vancouver (+0)

Worst - D.C. (+7)



SITE

CHI

CHV

COL

CLB

DCU

FCD

HOU

LAG

MON

NER

NYRB

PHI

POR

RSL

SJE

SEA

SKC

TFC

VAN

Sports Illustrated

12

19

9

17

18

11

8

5

16

6

4

10

3

2

13

7

1

14

15

Season Final Rank

17

18

12

10

6

5

15

3

19

9

11

14

13

2

16

1

4

8

7

+/-

-5

+1

-3

+7

+12

+6

-7

+2

-3

-3

-7

-4

-10

0

-3

+6

-3

+6

+8



Best - Salt Lake (+0)

Worst - D.C. (+12)



SITE

CHI

CHV

COL

CLB

DCU

FCD

HOU

LAG

MON

NER

NYRB

PHI

POR

RSL

SJE

SEA

SKC

TFC

VAN

MLS Multiplex

12

19

9

16

18

15

4

5

10

7

6

14

3

2

11

8

1

17

13

Season Final Rank

17

18

12

10

6

5

15

3

19

9

11

14

13

2

16

1

4

8

7

+/-

-5

+1

-3

+6

+12

+10

-11

+2

-9

-2

+5

0

-10

0

-5

+7

-3

+9

+6



Best - Philadelphia (+0), Salt Lake (+0)

Worst - D.C. (+12)



SITE

CHI

CHV

COL

CLB

DCU

FCD

HOU

LAG

MON

NER

NYRB

PHI

POR

RSL

SJE

SEA

SKC

TFC

VAN

Seattle Times Blog

16

19

8

13

17

14

9

3

18

7

4

12

2

5

11

6

1

10

15

Season Final Rank

17

18

12

10

6

5

15

3

19

9

11

14

13

2

16

1

4

8

7

+/-

-1

+1

-4

+3

+11

+9

-6

0

-1

-2

-7

-2

-11

+3

-5

+5

-3

+2

+8



Best - Los Angeles (+0)

Worst - D.C. (+11), Portland (-11)



SITE

CHI

CHV

COL

CLB

DCU

FCD

HOU

LAG

MON

NER

NYRB

PHI

POR

RSL

SJE

SEA

SKC

TFC

VAN

Reddit - MLS

10

19

15

12

17

16

8

4

18

9

3

11

2

5

12

6

1

7

13

Season Final Rank

17

18

12

10

6

5

15

3

19

9

11

14

13

2

16

1

4

8

7

+/-

-7

+1

+3

+2

+11

+11

-7

+1

-1

0

-8

-3

-11

+3

-4

+5

-3

-1

+6



Best - New England (+0)

Worst - D.C. (+11), Dallas (+11), Portland (-11)



SITE

CHI

CHV

COL

CLB

DCU

FCD

HOU

LAG

MON

NER

NYRB

PHI

POR

RSL

SJE

SEA

SKC

TFC

VAN

UTN Sports

13

12

10

17

11

19

8

2

15

9

3

18

5

7

14

4

1

6

16

Season Final Rank

17

18

12

10

6

5

15

3

19

9

11

14

13

2

16

1

4

8

7

+/-

-4

-6

-2

+7

+5

+14

-7

-1

-4

0

-8

+4

-8

+5

-2

+3

-3

-2

+9

