Editor's Note: Kreg Asay is back again with his power rankings overview. As the season draws to a close, San Jose has finally overtaken our top spot in average rankings across the season, while we slowly (slowly!) moved back up in the standings after our 1-0 win on the weekend. Would a win today help us move forward in the standings? Certainly so, but there's little chance that we'll get that top spot back. Still, stranger things have happened.
The sites used are:
*Soccer America (socceramerica.com)
*Major League Soccer (MLSSoccer.com)
*Goal (Goal.com)
*Soccer by Ives (soccerbyives.net)
*ESPN (espn.go.com/sports/soccer)
*SB Nation (sbnation.com)
*NBC Sports (prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com)
*Sports Illustrated (sportsillustrated.cnn.com)
*Bleacher Report (bleacherreport.com) - stopped after wk 11.
Weekly Average Power Ranking
W23 - W23 - Team - Ave -High-Low
1 - 1 - San Jose - 1.00 - 1 - 1
2 - 2 - Kansas City - 2.25 - 2 - 3
3 - 3 - New York - 3.38 - 2 - 4
3 - 4 - Seattle - 3.38 - 2 - 4
5 - 6 - LA Galaxy - 6.00 - 5 - 9
6 - 7 - Chicago - 6.38 - 5 - 8
7 - 8 - Salt Lake - 7.00 - 5 - 9
8 - 5 - Houston - 7.63 - 5 - 9
9 - 11 - Columbus - 8.00 - 6 - 9
10 - 10 - Montreal - 10.38 - 10 - 11
11 - 9 - DC United - 10.63 - 10 - 11
12 - 13 - Dallas - 12.63 - 12 - 13
12 - 12 - Vancouver - 12.63 - 12 - 14
14 - 14 - Philadelphia - 14.25 - 12 - 16
15 - 18 - Portland - 15.50 - 14 - 18
16 - 15 - Chivas - 16.38 - 15 - 19
17 - 16 - Colorado - 17.25 - 16 - 18
17 - 17 - New England - 17.25 - 14 - 19
19 - 18 - Toronto - 18.00 - 15 - 19
Seven teams remained static in the rankings; once again only San Jose received a unanimous ranking. There were 3 ties this week, New York / Seattle at 3rd place with a 3.38 ave., Dallas Vancouver in 12th with a 12.63 ave., and Colorado / New England in 17th with an average of 17.25 points.
Variances:
5 positions = NE
4 positions = LA, RSL, HD, PU, PT, CUSA, TFC
3 positions = CF, CC,
2 positions = NY, SS, VWc, CR
1 position = KC, MI, DCU, FCD
0 positions = SJ
Site Consistency (in descending order best/worst):
This depends on how drastic changes are for a ranking between week. Simply put, if a team drops more than 3 places in a ranking there better be an extremely good reason for it.
SB Nation (last week: 4th)
2 positions - 1 team
1 position - 12 teams
No change - 6 teams
ESPN (last week: 8th)
2 positions - 2 teams
1 position - 10 teams
No change - 7 teams
Sports Illustrated (last week: 3rd)
3 positions - 1 team
2 positions - 2 teams
1 position - 7 teams
No change - 9 teams
Major League Soccer (last week: 6th)
4 positions - 1 team
3 positions - 2 teams
2 positions - 2 teams
1 position - 2 teams
No change - 12 teams
Soccer America (last week: 2nd)
4 positions - 1 team
3 positions - 2 teams
1 position - 6 teams
No change - 10 teams
NBC Sports (last week: 5th)
4 positions - 1 team
2 positions - 4 teams
1 position - 2 teams
No change - 12 teams
Goal.com (last week: 1st)
4 positions - 2 team
2 positions - 3 teams
1 position - 4 teams
No change - 10 teams
Soccer by Ives (last week: 7th)
4 positions - 2 team
2 positions - 6 teams
1 position - 6 teams
No change - 5 teams
Firsts and Lasts:
SJE have now been ranked #1 for 13 weeks, with RSL at 6, and SKC for 5 weeks.
TFC has been last for a total of 12 weeks (1 tied with PT), Portland for 7 weeks (1 tied with TFC), Montreal, Dallas and Philly held last for 2 weeks each, Chivas for 1 week.
Movers:
Jets: PT (18th to 15th)
Bricks: HD (5th to 8th), DC (9th to 11th)
Glaciers: SJ, KC, NY, MI, VWc, PU, NE (no change)
Season Average Power Ranking
W24 - W23 - W22 - Team
3.06 - 3.15 - 3.25 - San Jose
3.15 - 2.98 - 2.78 - Salt Lake
3.37 - 3.42 - 3.46 - Kansas City
5.31 - 5.4 - 5.48 - Seattle
5.49 - 5.58 - 5.68 - New York
6.25 - 6.19 - 6.24 - Houston
7.41 - 7.27 - 7.16 - DC United
8.06 - 7.87 - 7.68 - Vancouver
8.65 - 8.75 - 8.82 - Chicago
9.32 - 9.47 - 9.58 - LA Galaxy
12.00 - 11.78 - 11.55 - Colorado
12.21 - 12.39 - 12.5 - Columbus
13.24 - 13.27 - 13.29 - Dallas
14.42 - 14.3 - 14.16 - New England
14.51 - 14.43 - 14.41 - Chivas
14.51 - 14.69 - 14.9 - Montreal
15.49 - 15.54 - 15.61 - Philadelphia
15.88 - 15.89 - 15.81 - Portland
17.62 - 17.61 - 17.6 - Toronto
There was one position changes on the table, San Jose took over the first position for the first time this week.
Both Toronto and Portland moved the least at -.01 point. For the 6th week in a row Colorado moved the most at -.22 points. There is one tie in the rankings, both Montreal and Chivas at 14.51 points. The smallest gap in the season average is .09 separating SJ / RSL, and NE / Chivas. The widest gulf once again lies between LA and Colorado at 2.68 (up from 2.31 last week), the gap between K.C. and Seattle is also shrinking slowly at 1.94 points (down from 1.98); four other gaps of over 1 point also exist.
Firsts and Lasts:
*RSL has held the top spot on the season table for a total of 21 weeks (1 tied with SKC). SKC held #1 for 3 weeks (1 tied with RSL), and SJ for 1 week.
*Toronto has been in 19th place for 17 weeks, with Montreal at 7 weeks.
Trends to watch:
The gap between Seattle and NY remains at .18 points. Both teams are doing well, so any poor performance will likely cause a position change. The two will likely battle for 4th place for the rest of the season.
Columbus is now only .21 points behind Colorado. They should exchange positions next week.
Montreal and Chivas are now tied for 15th. The Impact will take over sole possession next week, and may even jump to 14th if they rank higher than the Revolution on the weekly chart.
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