Originally published Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 8:26 PM
Joshua Mayers' MLS power rankings
Joshua Mayers' MLS power rankings Rankings run Wednesdays during the regular season Team (prev. rank) Comment 1. Real Salt Lake (3) Getting...
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| Joshua Mayers' MLS power rankings | |
| Rankings run Wednesdays during the regular season | |
| Team (prev. rank) | Comment |
| 1. Real Salt Lake (3) | Getting comfortable in Seattle, and Saturday's 1-0 win at CenturyLink vaults it to the top. |
| 2. Sounders FC (1) | Has relied heavily on youth of late, but some weapons on offense are starting to get healthy. |
| 3. San Jose (2) | Four straight road games against the league's best await after hosting Columbus on Sat. |
| 4. N.Y. Red Bulls (7) | Young GK Ryan Meara has impressed in the three straight wins since Thierry Henry's injury. |
| 5. Chicago (9) | The schedule is starting to get crowded after starting the season with two byes in five weeks. |
| 6. Sporting K.C. (4) | Team Jekyll has turned to Team Hyde, with three straight losses following seven straight wins. |
| 7. Houston (8) | Opened up BBVA Compass Stadium with four points earned vs. D.C. (win), Portland (tie). |
| 8. Vancouver (5) | 5-3-2 is the second-best start for a second-year team since 1999, when Chicago went 6-4. |
| 9. D.C. United (6) | The only team that has four players with multiple goals (Santos, Pontius, DeLeon, De Rosario). |
| 10. Colorado (10) | Nine of its 15 goals this season have come from players new to the team. |
| 11. Montreal (12) | Weekend attendance of 60,860 was the largest crowd ever for a pro soccer game in Canada. |
| 12. L.A. Galaxy (13) | The 2011 champs visited the White House, but sadly Barack Obama doesn't play center back. |
| 13. Columbus (14) | Justin Meram and Sebastian Miranda each got their first MLS goals in a big win vs. Dallas. |
| 14. New England (17) | Lee Nguyen's two-goal night must've been extra sweet against his former team, Vancouver. |
| 15. Chivas USA (15) | Plays rival L.A. in the SuperClasico on Saturday, but has a lowly 3-14-5 record in the series. |
| 16. FC Dallas (11) | Blown lead in Columbus put its losing streak at three games and winless streak at six. |
| 17. Portland (16) | Have won once in 11 road games vs. the East (1-6-4) following Tuesday's tie in Houston. |
| 18. Philadelphia (18) | Another loss wasn't the week's big news with reports captain Danny Califf could be traded. |
| 19. Toronto FC (19) | Will focus on an Amway Canadian Championship run after an 0-8 MLS start. |
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