Wasatch Soccer SentinelMLS Power Ranking Averages - Week 7
One new site for Week 7 - MLS Fantasy Boss which usually publishes late Thursday - thus their ranks will be a week behind. I've re-listed The Examiner to the 'dead' list after missing the last 4 weeks. Out of the remaining 16 sites, 15 are included below.
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)
- MLS GB (mlsbg.com/tag/power-rankings)
- Black & Red United (www.blackandredunited.com)
- Sports Illustrated (www.soccer.si.com)
- The Mane Land (themaneland.com)
- Who Scored 'team rating' (whoscored.com/Regions/233/Tournaments/85/USA-Major-League-Soccer)
- Reddit MLS subreddit (reddit/r/mls)
- The Sports Network (sportsnetwork.com)
- Soccer Information Network (soccerinformationnetwork.com)
- NBC Sports Pro Soccer Talk (prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com)
- Soccer In America (soccer-in-america.com)
- MLS Fantasy Boss (mlsfantasyboss.com) *No ranking for Wk 7
Dead Lists:
- Playing for 90 (playingfor90.com) - Published once
- Examiner (examiner.com/topic/power-rankings) - Published 3 times
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 7
Wk 6
Wk 5
Wk 4
Wk 3
Team
W7 Avg
W6 Avg
W5 Avg
W4 Avg
W3 Avg
Worst
Best
Range
1
1
2
2
4
New York RB
1.38
1.33
2.92
2.91
6.38
2
1
2
2
2
1
3
5
Vancouver
2.00
2.50
1.33
3.36
6.62
8
1
7
3
4
7
4
2
Los Angeles
4.15
4.75
7.75
4.73
2.62
9
1
8
4
7
4
5
3
Seattle
4.69
6.50
4.67
5.45
4.31
7
3
4
5
6
3
1
1
Dallas
4.85
6.25
3.08
1.09
1.08
9
3
6
6
3
5
6
10
D.C.
5.38
3.92
4.92
5.91
10.54
10
3
7
7
5
6
7
11
Salt Lake
7.69
4.83
5.50
7.45
10.77
12
3
9
8
10
9
9
6
Columbus
8.08
10.25
10.17
9.55
6.69
12
3
9
9
12
12
14
19
New England
8.46
11.50
11.17
14.27
17.38
14
6
8
10
8
8
10
15
Kansas City
9.54
7.25
7.92
9.82
14.62
17
2
15
11
9
13
8
7
San Jose
11.69
9.83
12.25
9.18
7.23
15
7
8
12
13
10
16
13
Portland
11.77
13.83
10.83
15.00
12.38
15
6
9
13
11
15
13
12
Orlando
13.46
11.17
14.58
11.73
10.15
18
10
8
14
15
17
15
14
Houston
13.92
14.50
16.67
14.91
12.54
17
11
6
15
14
14
18
20
Chicago
14.38
14.42
14.17
17.64
19.92
17
12
5
16
16
10
11
8
New York FC
15.92
14.92
10.83
10.27
6.77
19
10
9
17
17
16
12
9
Toronto
17.31
16.42
15.25
11.18
7.77
20
14
6
18
18
19
19
16
Colorado
17.46
17.42
19.17
17.82
17.08
20
11
9
19
19
20
20
16
Philadelphia
18.38
18.50
19.50
19.82
17.08
20
17
3
20
20
18
17
18
Montreal
19.46
19.92
18.08
17.55
17.46
20
15
5
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
7
5
7
1
0
0
SJE +3
Soccer by Ives
6
5
3
5
1
0
SJE +4
Soccer America
8
5
1
5
1
0
CLB +4
ESPN
8
6
2
4
0
0
CHI/DCU -3, NYC/POR +3
Seattle Times
3
8
7
2
0
0
RSL +3, TFC -3
MLS GB
6
8
4
2
0
0
NER -3, SEA +3
Black & Red United
9
5
3
1
2
0
FCD +4, SJE -4
Sports Illustrated
7
6
5
1
0
1
NER +5
The Mane Land
7
8
5
0
0
0
ORL +2, CHI/LAG/NER/PHI -2
Who Scored
6
0
3
2
2
7
COL -7
Reddit /r/MLS
11
8
1
0
0
0
CLB -2
The Sports Network
6
5
4
3
1
1
LAG +6
Soccer Information Network
3
5
7
2
1
2
POR -6
NBC Sports Pro Soccer Talk
1
8
5
4
0
2
SKC +7
Soccer In America
9
7
2
1
1
0
SJE +4
MLS Fantasy Boss
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
- Most Accurate Site: (best Exact, with +1 as tiebreaker) Reddit /r/MLS
- Least Accurate Site: (most 5+ with +4 as tiebreaker) Who Scored
- Furthest Off: Who Scored with COL at seven places higher than average, and NBC Sports with SKC at seven places above average.
Season Average Power Ranking
Team
2015
(run. avg)
W7 Avg
W6 Avg
W5 Avg
W4 Avg
W3 Avg
W2 Avg
2014 Avg
2013 Avg
2012 Avg
Los Angeles
2.81
3.88
3.84
3.72
2.71
2.02
1.73
6.77
5.14
2.46
Dallas
3.11
3.33
3.07
2.41
2.25
2.58
3.31
4.04
9.36
4.39
Seattle
3.89
4.43
4.38
4
3.83
3.23
2.62
4.04
9.36
4.39
D.C.
5.99
5.84
5.91
6.28
6.62
6.90
5.16
12.15
17.29
9.33
Toronto
7.81
11.51
10.55
9.33
7.85
6.52
5.62
7.47
16.85
10.96
New York RB
7.87
5.12
5.74
6.61
7.54
9.13
10.69
11.07
6.38
7.23
Salt Lake
8.71
7.76
4.38
8.39
3.83
9.79
9.35
2.94
4.52
8.40
Columbus
9.20
9.05
9.21
8.96
8.65
8.25
8.88
8.97
12.89
9.46
Vancouver
9.41
5.97
6.63
7.38
8.90
10.60
12.54
7.40
10.41
7.87
New York FC
10.08
11.12
10.32
9.45
9.10
8.65
9.54
N/A
N/A
N/A
Kansas City
10.55
10.17
10.28
10.84
11.58
12.23
11.08
4.45
4.45
3.09
Orlando
10.74
11.54
11.22
11.23
10.40
9.97
9.39
N/A
N/A
N/A
Portland
11.63
12.10
12.15
11.89
12.15
11.31
10.93
11.34
5.73
13.89
Houston
12.11
13.62
13.57
13.39
12.57
11.83
11.38
9.48
7.74
6.29
San Jose
13.14
11.51
11.48
11.76
11.64
12.42
14.96
14.44
12.34
4.86
New England
13.28
12.65
13.35
13.76
14.40
14.54
13.31
11.50
12.35
14.84
Philadelphia
16.34
17.51
17.37
17.18
16.60
15.57
14.93
11.33
10.53
15.70
Colorado
17.07
17.47
17.47
17.49
17.07
16.89
16.77
9.66
9.79
10.06
Montreal
18.06
18.45
18.28
17.95
17.92
17.94
18.12
17.67
5.32
15.74
Chicago
18.57
17.10
17.56
18.13
19.12
19.57
19.39
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.
14
20
14.17
19.93
17
19
16.31
19.17
5
12
6.38
11.38
3
10
4.08
10.40
1
7
1.13
6.38
7
17
8.38
16.67
1
7
1.69
7.75
18
20
17.60
19.92
9
17
8.46
15.69
4
16
6.69
15.92
1
11
1.38
11.15
7
15
7.31
14.58
16
20
14.62
19.69
10
15
10.83
14.69
5
11
4.69
10.67
8
19
7.33
18.23
1
6
1.23
6.31
6
15
7.46
14.53
3
17
3.31
16.62
1
15
1.33
13.85
