MLS Week 2 Team Rankings
*ed: We’re thrilled with the return of Kevin Lindstrom to 3rdDegree. He’s bringing back his well thought out and written MLS Team Rankings to the blog. It’s been a long while since he was last a...
View ArticleMLS Week 3 Power Rankings
Significant movement for a handful of teams this week as we got a few more data points on some clubs. There will continue to be some variability as it will probably be Week 5 or 6 before we have...
View ArticleMLS Week 4 Power Rankings
It took a few weeks, but now we are starting to see some results-based separation across the league. Evaluating how each team has improved in the offseason in MLS is very challenging as you don’t know...
View ArticleMLS Power Rankings – Week 4
I must say, lots of debate going into this week’s rankings in my head. The gap between 2 and 3 is there, but not as large as between 1 and 2, and the gap between 3 and 6 and 7 and 10 is miniscule....
View ArticleExplaining the Power Rankings
Defending the Thesis Every once in a while, I will put a piece together defending the details of my rankings, pulling the veil back a bit so you can see some of the things we look at when coming up...
View ArticleMLS Rankings Week 5
In some ways, this was a great weekend of results as it gave us some clear winners and clear losers. Some may be a little frustrated that Dallas isn’t in the top spot, but read on for why – but note...
View ArticleMLS Power Rankings – Week Six
The more we go into the season, the more results we get and the more definition we have. Or that is the theory. Some teams, like Houston and New York, are hard to define as their talent is better than...
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MLS Power Rankings – Week 7
Not a lot of movement this week, especially in the top half, as it appears a lot of teams have defined themselves. Rather unfortunately , in Montreal’s case… We do have a top six that have shown the...
View ArticleMLS Power Rankings – Week 8
(edit: due to an error on my part these have been posted late. This list was created before this weekend’s action. Apologies to Kevin and readers for the delay) There have been some changes as some...
View ArticleMLS Power Rankings – Week 9
More and more the teams are settling into their identity, which is fortunate for some, not so much for others. CLASS OF THE LEAGUE 1 (1) Seattle Sounders – Nothing fancy here, they just keep on...
View ArticleMLS Power Rankings – Week 10
One of this writer’s favorite phrases is, “Sports Happens.” Well, Sports Happened to the Seattle Sounders over the weekend in a big way. Five goals in 46 minutes? Mother’s Day Massacres are supposed...
View ArticleMLS Power Rankings – Week 11
Lots of surprises – most of them struggles by teams we had though had moved beyond such things – gives us pause. Really, the only teams right now we feel strong about long term are in the top three....
View ArticleMLS Power Rankings – Week 12
A lot of our preconceived notions are playing out, which is comforting, but as always, outliers exist. We’re surprised that the Union continue to struggle to this extent. San Jose and Portland seem to...
View ArticleMLS Power Rankings – June 4th
Some movement this week, including some real movement at the bottom making things tough for us a little. Obviously, one week of results does not a season turnaround make, but both Montreal and...
View ArticleMLS Power Rankings – July 29th
With the MLS break for the World Cup, we took a little time to let things get back in the groove before jumping back in on these rankings. What is interesting is to see that some things have changes –...
View ArticleMLS Power Rankings – August 12th
Certainly, things are not completely settled, especially with teams like New England being so schizophrenic. A few of the bottom teams found a way to get big results against big teams – showing signs...
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