Originally published May 31, 2011 at 5:47 PM | Page modified May 31, 2011 at 6:44 PM

MLS power rankings

Latest from the Sounders FC blog

No comments have been posted to this article.
Start the conversation >


Joshua Mayers' MLS power rankings
Rankings run each Wednesday during the regular season.
	Team (prev.)	Comment
1	L.A. Galaxy (1)	Nothing if not efficient, winning three straight games all by identical 1-0 scores.
2	FC Dallas (5)	Unbeaten in seven games but did have team-record shutout streak snapped at 531 minutes
3	Philadelphia (4)	Scored six goals total in its first nine games. Had that many Saturday against Toronto.
4	Real Salt Lake (2)	Home unbeaten run? Over. Shutout streak? Done. When will a 3-game winless stretch end?
5	N.Y. Red Bulls (3)	Winless in its past five games (0-1-4) entering what could be a difficult month of June.
6	Sounders FC (8)	Have ended the two longest home unbeaten streaks in MLS history, RSL (29) and Crew (22).
7	Colorado (6)	Finally got a goal from F Conor Casey, who missed six games with a hamstring injury.
8	Portland (7)	No longer flawless at Jeld-Wen Field, but still boasts a league-high five wins at home.
9	D.C. United (12)	Became the first team from the Eastern time zone to win on the West Coast this season.
10	San Jose (11)	Rookie Anthony Ampaipitakwong had two assists in his second career start vs. Chicago.
11	Chivas USA (13)	Andrew Boyens scored second goal of MLS career to break 54-game drought (June 2, 2007).
12	Columbus (10)	Came back three separate times against Chivas USA, but managed just a 3-3 tie at home.
13	Houston (9)	Bizarre departure of Spanish F Koke capped a disappointing one-point-in-two-games week.
14	New England (15)	Have scored five goals in eight games. Good thing Shalrie Joseph declined a Gold Cup invite.
15	Sporting K.C. (16)	A 10-game road trip to start the year is finally coming to an end Saturday in Toronto.
16	Toronto FC (14)	Six goals allowed to Philly in an embarrassing blowout loss was a dubious club record.
17	Vancouver (18)	Many have felt the sacking of coach Teitur Thordarson was premature and harsh.
18	Chicago (17)	Firing coach Carlos de los Cobos was arguably overdue. Winless now in nine games.