MLS Power Ranking Averages - Week 2

"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: (Two new sites added!)

Allvoices (www.allvoices.com/users/zacwassink)

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) *New for Wk2



ProSoccerTalk (prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com)

Reddit/MLS (www.reddit.com/r/MLS) *New for Wk2



Seattle Times Blog (blogs.seattletimes.com/soundersfc)

Soccer America (www.socceramerica.com)

Soccer by Ives (www.soccerbyives.net)

Sports Illustrated (soccer.si.com)

If you know of a Power Ranking site that I have not included, please send it to me via this site and I will consider using it.

Weekly Power Ranking Averages

With the addition of two new sites the Week 1 averages changed slightly, and are reflected below (old values).

Week 1

Week 2

Team

W1 Ave

W2 Ave

Low

High

5

1

Houston 4.73 (5.0)

1.45

2

1

1

2

Salt Lake

1.27 (1.22)

2.00

4

1

8

3

Philadelphia 9.45 (9.56)

4.82

8

2

14

4

Toronto 12.55 (12.56) 5.64 11

1

4

5

Kansas City 4.73 (4.78) 6.73 14

3

3

6

Portland 4.64 (4.22) 7.27 11

5

7

7

Los Angeles 7.18 (7.33) 8.09 16

4

6

8

Vancouver 5.18 (5.78) 8.18 14

2

2

9

Seattle

3.82 (3.67)

8.36

15

5

9

10

Columbus

9.27 (9.89)

9.18

13

3

11

11

Dallas 10.55 (10.56) 9.55 13

6

15

12

Chivas 13.73 (13.78) 11.09 15

4

12

13

Colorado 12.18 (11.67) 12.45

14

10

10

14

New York

10.36 (10.33)

12.64

16

6

13

15

San Jose

12.82 (12.33)

13.00

16

7

18

16

Chicago 17.09 (17.11) 16.18 18

13

17

17

Montreal 16.73 (16.89) 16.73 18

15

16

18

New England

14.55 (14.11)

17.27

19

15

19

19

D.C.

18.91 (18.89)

18.82

19

17





High / Low Variance

This is a reflection of how similar sites are at ranking teams. After two weeks there is still a lot of Hi/Low variance, this will level out as more games are played.

1 position: HD

2 positions: DCU

3 positions: RSL, MI

4 positions: CR, NER

5 positions: CF

6 positions: PU, PT

7 positions: FCD

9 positions: SJE

10+ positions: TFC, SKC, LAG, VWC, SS, CC, CUSA, NYRB

Biggest Rise / Fall

Toronto: +14

Seattle: -7



Season Average Power Ranking

Pos

Team

W2 Ave

W1 Ave

2013 Ave

2012 Ave 1

Salt Lake

1.69

1.27 (1.22)

4.52

8.40

2

Houston 3.09 4.73 (5.00)

7.74 6.29 3

Kansas City 5.81 4.73 (4.78) 4.45 3.09 4

Portland 5.88 4.64 (4.22) 5.73 13.89 5

Seattle

6.36

3.82 (3.67)

9.36

4.39

6

Vancouver

6.70

5.18 (5.78)

10.41

7.87

7

Philadelphia 7.17 9.45 (9.56) 10.53 15.7 8

Los Angeles

7.76

7.18 (7.33)

5.14

2.46

9

Columbus

9.08

9.27 (9.89)

12.89

9.46

10

Toronto 9.39 12.55 (12.56) 16.85 10.96 11

Dallas 9.89 10.55 (10.56) 8.78 17.17 12

New York

11.52

10.36 (10.33)

6.38

7.23

13

Colorado

12.09

12.18 (11.67)

9.79

10.06

14

Chivas 12.31 13.73 (13.78) 15.76 15.15 15

San Jose

12.80

12.82 (12.33)

12.34

4.86

16

New England

15.94

14.55 (14.11)

12.35

14.84

17

Chicago 16.60 17.09 (17.11) 14.27 13.07 18

Montreal

16.98

16.73 (16.89)

5.32

15.74

19

D.C.

18.85

18.91 (18.89)

17.29

9.33





After two weeks there is some clear separation starting to take place, but given small sample size the positions will continue to fluctuate often.

Largest gap: 3.14 points between San Jose and New England

Smallest gap: .07 between Kansas City and Portland