Originally published Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 5:26 PM
Joshua Mayers' MLS power rankings
The Sounders remain at No. 7 in this week's rankings.
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| Joshua Mayers' MLS power rankings | |
| Rankings run Wednesdays during the regular season | |
| Team (prev. rank) | Comment |
| 1. San Jose (1) | Offense gets a lot of love, but three defenders (Corrales, Morrow, Beitashour) were All-Stars. |
| 2. N.Y. Red Bulls (5) | The possible addition of Tim Cahill from the EPL could make them the MLS favorite. |
| 3. Real Salt Lake (4) | Few might guess that forward Alvaro Saborio is the league's third-leading scorer with 11 goals. |
| 4. Sporting K.C. (2) | Kei Kamara's 81 shots are tops in MLS, but his seven goals don't quite crack the top 10. |
| 5. Houston (8) | Three-straight wins has vaulted Dominic Kinnear's team back into contention in the East. |
| 6. D.C. United (3) | Coach Ben Olsen gave captaincy of the MLS All-Star Team to his own star, Dwayne De Rosario. |
| 7. Sounders FC (7) | Might the long-awaited return of GK Michael Gspurning (hip) come this weekend in Colorado? |
| 8. Vancouver (10) | Midseason lineup shuffling paid off with a big win against league-leading San Jose last week. |
| 9. L.A. Galaxy (9) | Unbeaten in four due to a high-powered offense that has 38 goals, second most in MLS this year. |
| 10. Chicago (6) | Sent DP Federico Puppo out on loan to make room for another DP in Sherjill MacDonald. |
| 11. Columbus (11) | Yawn. No other MLS team has less than 20 goals scored and 20 goals allowed this season. |
| 12. Chivas USA (12) | The only team in the league with as many road wins and home wins at three apiece. |
| 13. New England (13) | Saer Sene, one of the MLS's top newcomers, has cooled off with one goal in his past eight games. |
| 14. Philadelphia (14) | Talk about a messy divorce. Former coach Peter Nowak has sued the team for unpaid wages. |
| 15. Montreal (15) | High-profile defender Alessandro Nesta is set to debut. The league's worst defense needs him. |
| 16. Toronto FC (17) | Three straight wins have the Reds 5-2-4 in last 11 after starting season with nine straight losses. |
| 17. FC Dallas (18) | How will the Brek Shea saga play out after the team beat Portland 5-0 when he was benched? |
| 18. Colorado (16) | Nine road losses are worst in the West. Thankfully, three of the next four are at home. |
| 19. Portland (19) | A five-goal loss was embarrassing enough. That it was vs. lowly Dallas makes it even worse. |
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