Wasatch Soccer SentinelMLS Power Ranking Averages - Week 3
One more site added for Week 3! Soccer Information Network's MLS Power Rankings (incidentally one of, if not the longest running MLS Power Ranking dating back to '96) has been included, and their rankings have affected some of the Wk 2 standings.
As always, if you come across any that I have not included please send me a link and I'll add it to the list.
Here's a reminder of the Power Ranking "Guidelines":
"If two teams played tomorrow, given their current injury concerns, form, and other considerations, who is likely to win on a neutral field? This list is designed to tell you who we feel is most likely to win that match-up. All things being equal, who is the best team going forward, based on what we know now?"
-Richard Farley, NBC Sports ProSoccerTalk. 3/11/14
Sites Used:
- Major League Soccer (www.mlssoccer.com/news/power-rankings)
- Soccer by Ives (www.sbisoccer.com/sbi-mls-power-rankings)
- Soccer America (www.socceramerica.com)
- ESPN (espnfc.us/major-league-soccer)
- Seattle Times Blog (seattletimes.com/author/matt-pentz) *No ranking for Wk 3
- MLS GB (mlsbg.com/tag/power-rankings)
- Black & Red United (www.blackandredunited.com)
- Sports Illustrated (www.soccer.si.com)
- Examiner (examiner.com/topic/power-rankings)
- The Mane Land (themaneland.com)
- Who Scored 'team rating' (whoscored.com/Regions/233/Tournaments/85/USA-Major-League-Soccer)
- Playing for 90 (playingfor90.com) *No ranking for Wk 2-3
- Reddit MLS subreddit (reddit/r/mls)
- The Sports Network (sportsnetwork.com)
- Soccer Information Network (soccerinformationnetwork.com)
You may notice several 'team specific' sites used; yes they will at times be a bit more biased for/against certain teams, as such the averages use the Olympic Method of dropping the highest and lowest scores, and averaging the rest to compensate for possible bias. Each week I'll also be listing the sites closest and furthest from average to show which are more biased than others.
Weekly Power Ranking Averages
Using the "Olympic" method of dropping the highest / lowest scores, and averaging the rest.
Wk 3
Wk 2
Wk 1
Team
W3 Avg
W2 Avg
W1 Avg
2014 Avg
Worst
Best
Range
1
1
4
Dallas
1.08
1.75
5.00
7.09
3
1
2
2
1
2
Los Angeles
2.67
1.75
1.83
6.77
5
1
4
3
3
1
Seattle
4.33
4.08
1.17
4.04
8
2
6
4
13
9
New York RB
5.92
11.75
10.50
11.07
12
2
10
5
11
15
Vancouver
6.58
11.25
13.92
7.40
14
2
12
6
10
19
San Jose
6.67
11.33
18.25
14.44
14
2
12
7
6
14
New York FC
6.83
6.50
12.58
N/A
10
3
7
8
5
10
Columbus
7.00
6.00
11.17
8.97
12
3
9
9
8
3
Toronto
8.00
7.58
3.08
7.47
15
4
11
10
9
8
Salt Lake
10.58
10.17
8.92
2.94
15
5
10
11
4
4
D.C.
10.67
4.92
5.00
12.15
14
6
8
12
7
12
Orlando
11.42
7.08
11.50
N/A
18
6
12
13
14
7
Houston
12.17
14.17
7.92
9.48
17
8
9
14
11
10
Portland
12.50
11.25
11.17
11.34
14
7
7
15
15
6
Kansas City
14.58
14.58
7.58
4.45
17
11
6
16
16
16
Philadelphia
16.92
14.67
15.50
11.33
19
15
4
16
18
17
Colorado
16.92
17.17
16.08
9.66
19
9
10
18
19
18
Montreal
17.58
18.33
17.58
17.67
20
15
5
19
17
12
New England
18.00
16.33
11.50
11.50
20
10
10
20
20
20
Chicago
19.92
19.67
19.33
15.61
20
18
2
Site Evaluations
Each site's ranking is compared to the weekly averages above. The best and worst # of matches is indicated.
Site
Exact
1 off
2 off
3 off
4 off
5+ off
Team(s) furthest off
Major League Soccer
5
3
4
8
0
0
8 @ +/- 3 positions
Soccer by Ives
5
3
3
3
4
2
NER -9
Soccer America
4
7
2
1
3
3
DCU, SEA, VAN +/- 5 positions
ESPN
7
3
3
3
0
4
VAN +6
Seattle Times
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
MLS GB
9
4
5
1
1
0
HOU -4
Black & Red United
4
6
4
3
0
3
ORL -6
Sports Illustrated
4
8
3
2
0
3
NYRB +8
Examiner
7
5
5
1
1
1
SEA +5
The Mane Land
5
10
0
1
2
2
VAN, SJE +/- 5 positions
Who Scored
2
5
2
5
2
4
VAN +9
Playing for 90
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Reddit /r/MLS
9
2
3
5
1
0
CLB -4
The Sports Network
7
2
6
3
2
0
SEA, SJE +/- 4 positions
Soccer Information Network
7
3
3
2
1
4
POR -7
- Most Accurate Site: (best Exact, with +1 as tiebreaker) MLS GB
- Least Accurate Site: (most 5+ with +4 as tiebreaker) Who Scored
- Furthest Off: Soccer by Ives and Who Scored both placed Vancouver +/- 9 positions from average
Season Average Power Ranking
Team
W3 Avg
W2 Avg
W1 Avg
2015
(run. avg)
2014 Avg
2013 Avg
2012 Avg
Los Angeles
2.08
1.79
1.83
1.90
6.77
5.14
2.46
Dallas
2.61
3.38
5.00
3.66
7.09
8.78
17.17
Seattle
3.19
2.63
1.17
2.33
4.04
9.36
4.39
Toronto
6.22
5.33
3.08
4.88
7.47
16.85
10.96
D.C.
6.86
4.96
5.00
5.61
12.15
17.29
9.33
Columbus
8.06
8.59
11.17
9.27
8.97
12.89
9.46
New York FC
8.64
9.54
12.58
10.25
N/A
N/A
N/A
New York RB
9.39
11.13
10.50
10.34
11.07
6.38
7.23
Salt Lake
9.89
9.55
8.92
9.45
2.94
4.52
8.40
Orlando
10.00
9.29
11.50
10.26
N/A
N/A
N/A
Vancouver
10.58
12.59
13.92
12.36
7.40
10.41
7.87
Houston
11.42
11.05
7.92
10.13
9.48
7.74
6.29
Portland
11.64
11.21
11.17
11.34
11.34
5.73
13.89
San Jose
12.08
14.79
18.25
15.04
14.44
12.34
4.86
Kansas City
12.25
11.08
7.58
10.30
4.45
4.45
3.09
New England
15.28
13.92
11.50
13.57
11.50
12.35
14.84
Philadelphia
15.70
15.09
15.50
15.43
11.33
10.53
15.70
Colorado
16.72
16.63
16.08
16.48
9.66
9.79
10.06
Montreal
17.83
17.96
17.58
17.79
17.67
5.32
15.74
Chicago
19.64
19.50
19.33
19.49
15.61
14.27
13.07
Team High / Low
Best and worst placement for each team in weekly, avg rank total.
Team
Weekly
Best
Weekly
Worst
Best
Wk. Avg.
Worst
Wk. Avg.
20
20
19.67
19.92
16
18
16.08
17.17
Columbus Crew
5
10
6.00
11.17
4
11
4.92
10.67
1
4
1.08
5.00
7
14
7.92
14.17
1
2
1.75
2.67
18
19
18.33
17.58
12
19
11.50
18.00
6
14
6.50
12.58
4
13
5.92
11.75
Orlando SC
7
12
7.08
11.50
16
16
14.67
16.92
10
14
11.17
12.50
8
10
8.92
10.58
6
19
6.67
18.25
1
3
1.17
4.33
6
15
7.58
14.58
3
9
3.08
8.00
5
15
6.58
13.92
