Originally published Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 8:01 PM
MLS power rankings
Times reporter Joshua Mayers' rankings run Wednesdays during the regular season.
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| Joshua Mayers' MLS power rankings | |
| Rankings will run Wednesdays during the regular season | |
| Team (prev. rank) | Comment |
| 1. San Jose (1) | Only 13 MLS players have 10+ goals. The 'Quakes have three (Wondolowski, Lenhart, Gordon). |
| 2. Sporting K.C. (3) | Graham Zusi has become an A-list star in MLS. Can he also do it for the national team? |
| 3. Chicago (2) | Team has made an impassioned push for defender Austin Berry to be Rookie of the Year. |
| 4. N.Y. Red Bulls (5) | A sublime performance vs. Toronto has put Thierry Henry (14G, 12A) in the MVP conversation. |
| 5. Real Salt Lake (6) | Alvaro Saborio netted his second hat trick since July in a 4-0 romp over Chivas USA. |
| 6. L.A. Galaxy (4) | The loss of A.J. DeLaGarza (knee) until the playoffs will hurt in the West's race for seeding. |
| 7. Sounders FC (7) | Won't be sad to see Sept. go after a 1-1-3 record fell short of traditional late-season success. |
| 8. Houston (9) | Surprise! BBVA Compass Stadium will host the Mexico-Guyana World Cup qualifier on Oct. 12. |
| 9. D.C. United (8) | Has gone an impressive 3-0-1 since losing Dwayne De Rosario for the year with a knee injury. |
| 10. FC Dallas (10) | Would've jumped into a playoff position in the West had it not allowed a late equalizer to San Jose. |
| 11. Columbus (11) | Helped out greatly in the race for a playoff spot when an offside goal was wrongfully allowed. |
| 12. Montreal (12) | Midfielders Felipe Martins (70) and Davy Arnaud (69) lead the league in fouls suffered. |
| 13. Vancouver (13) | Should they miss out on the playoffs, Camilo's last-second miss vs. Seattle won't be forgotten. |
| 14. Colorado (15) | If Drew Moor stays on pace, he'll have played every minutes of two of the past three seasons. |
| 15. Portland (16) | Owner was fined $25,000 after confronting refs on the field and also ranting on Twitter. |
| 16. Philadelphia (14) | Offense is dead last in the league in shots (331), shots on goal (101) and assists (18). |
| 17. New England (17) | 2012 will be the season of "What if?" with a league-worst 2-14 record in one-goal games. |
| 18. Chivas USA (18) | What was worse in September? Six losses? Just one goal scored? 14 goals allowed? |
| 19. Toronto FC (19) | Bookends to the year have been dreadful — nine straight losses to start, 11 games winless now. |
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