A little less carnage this week, but still some teams solidifying that they have turned various corners, etc., including the teams with new coaches. Some things are still relative, though, and a team like Colorado has work to do before moving.

We also got more examples of teams doing a better job than others handling the mid-week game conundrums.

Top Shelf

1 - Los Angeles Football Club (Previously 1). Bradley's machine keeps on churning out the home wins and road ties. Few MLS teams go wire to wire at a particular level, especially at the top, but it will probably take some significant changes for there to be movement around LAFC.

Quality

2 - Seattle Sounders (2). They beat an Orlando team that seems to be finding its legs, then tied a pretty good Union side on the road. As two games in a week in MLS go, not too shabby at all..

3 - Philadelphia Union (4). They had a tired Seattle team to beat at home and couldn't find the moxie to do it. That being said, the game solidifies them at this level.

4 - D.C. United (3). Two road games in a week is tough, especially against a revitalized Toronto side, then at a good Houston team. Getting a tie in Canada then losing 2-1 in Texas is not bad at all.

5 - Toronto FC (5). A home tie to D.C. is not a bad result, even if not ideal. A 3-0 loss on the road to RSL? Raises questions. Granted, it was Toronto's second game while RSL got to stay at home and then play a traveling team, so we are not going to jump to conclusions - but we are going to watch this to see if it is a trend.

6 - NYCFC (6). No game, so no movement in the Lindstrom-Doyle Battle Royale*.

7 - Atlanta United (7). A game at Vancouver then a game at NYRB? Awful scheduling from MLS. That just is not fair, especially when the Red Bulls did not have to play a mid-week game. And they still managed to get a road win in Canada, even though they lost 1-0 in New York.

8 - Houston Dynamo (9). A tie against a resurgent Timbers side before beating D.C.? Not a bad week. They could be better than we are giving them credit for, but we need a few more results like the one against United.

Middling

9 - FC Dallas (10). Prior to last week, we said: "I have a bad feeling about this." Turns out, while they did lose in LA and tied at home, that was after they lost Barrios to a concussion on Thursday and Hedges to a red card early in the second half. Despite a variety of challenges, the young side showed resilience and an ability to make even LAFC have to earn their points.

10 - Sporting Kansas City (11). Is a 1-1 home tie against Vancouver enough to break the fever that has been plaguing this team for some time now? Maybe. The talent remains, so it will be interesting to see if Vermes has his guys turning the corner.

11 - San Jose Earthquakes (13). This team seems to be figuring things out. Can they really break through and challenge for a playoff spot? If they can keep improving, as early in the season as it is? Absolutely.

San Jose Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski, top, is hoisted by teammates after they defeated the Chicago Fire in an MLS soccer match in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, May 18, 2019. Wondolowski scored four times to pass Landon Donovan for most career MLS goals. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) (Jeff Chiu / AP)

12 - LA Galaxy (8). "Seems reality is settling in for Zlatan and co." It was bound to happen that the Rapids would win a game, and the Galaxy without Ibra is just not dangerous, so they were vulnerable. But it's still a loss to a team that played for almost three months before winning.

13 - Portland Timbers (12). The Timbers seems to have figured some things out, but not as many as some teams ahead of them.

14 - Real Salt Lake (14). On one hand, they had TFC coming in after playing D.C. in a midweek game, so the table was set. Then again, how many teams were in that situation that failed to win? More than enough that this was a good win. Still enough inconsistency from Petke's guys to really move them up much, but this is a note for the positive side of the ledger.

Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando (18) makes a save against Toronto FC during an MLS soccer match Saturday, May 18, 2019, in Sandy, Utah. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP) (Trent Nelson / AP)

15 - Minnesota United (15). One one hand, they shook off some dodgy results of late. On the other, it was a Columbus side that has really fallen back.

16 - New York Red Bulls (17). Yes, they won, but they also played an Atlanta side that had to go to Vancouver on Wednesday before traveling to New York for the weekend game. That's just not right. A little credit because, yes, they did win, but it's going to take more than that to move them up.

17 - Columbus Crew (16). "This team is better than their record - we just aren't sure how much better." Or, after losing to Minnesota, maybe not.

18 - Chicago Fire (18). Two steps forward, one step back. San Jose is better than their record, so we hesitate to hammer them too hard, but this was not the result they wanted.

19 - Montreal Impact (19). And the Mr. Inconsistency of MLS gets tied by the Revolution. All we can do is shrug at this point.

20 - Orlando City SC (22). A road loss at Seattle is not unexpected, and they really opened it all up against Cincinnati. They have shown signs of figuring things out.

21 Vancouver Whitecaps (20). A home loss to Atlanta happens to teams in this tier, and then they had to travel to Kansas City to play Sporting, where a tie was not a bad result.

22 - FC Cincinnati (21). The shine really is off of the expansion club now. The early season success is now a somewhat distant memory.

23 - New England Revolution (23). It was not the immediate impact you might want to see, but a road tie is at least what you want to see, even if it was against Montreal. Arena will have his impact - the questions are how much and how soon?

Poor

24 - Colorado Rapids (24). Hey, they won. Cool. And it is not unnoticed, but this team has been so putrid that it is going to take more than a road win at a Zlatan-less Galaxy to change their place in MLS.

The Colorado Rapids' new coach, Conor Casey, eyes Kei Kamara (23) during the first half of the team's MLS soccer match against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Friday, May 3, 2019, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) (Jack Dempsey / AP)

(*) From time to time Kevin reviews other rankings after he has published the ones done for 3rd Degree. At the beginning of the season, he noticed that there were a lot of similarities to what Matt Doyle had written for MLSSoccer.com, but in one place, there was a significant difference - NYCFC. We will track this to see who was more right for as long as it is worth it. Recent results continue to be going in Kevin's favor.