Wasatch Soccer Sentinel18 of 20 sites published for Week 27. Reddit /r/MLS rankings will be late today and will be updated on next week's rankings.
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:
- Who Scored (whoscored.com)
- Jeff Sagarin (sagarin.com/sports/soccer.htm)
- Sports Club Stats (www.sportsclubstats.com/USA/MLS.html)
- Sports Illustrated (www.soccer.si.com)
- ESPN (espnfc.us/major-league-soccer)
- SoccerAmerica (socceramerica.com)
- Major League Soccer (www.mlssoccer.com/news/power-rankings)
- The Mane Land (themaneland.com)
- Soccer By Ives (sbisoccer.com/sbi-mls-power-rankings)
- Reddit user/FlyingCarsArePlanes (User analytic ranking)
- Reddit r/MLS (reddit.com/r/mls) *No ranking Wk 27
- MLS Fantasy Boss (mlsfantasyboss.com)
- The Score (thescore.com/mls/news)
- Power Rankings & More (powerrankingsandmore.com/tag/mls)
- Seattle Times (seattletimes.com/author/matt-pentz) *No ranking Wk 26-27
- Hot Footy (hotfooty.com/major-league-soccer)
- Sportify (sportify.io/category/analysis)
- Black & Red United (blackandredunited.com)
- CSN Chicago (csnchicago.com/chicago-fire)
- Inonit.com (inotit.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. The 'analytic' sites that are based on numbers make up a control group since they are based on performance and/or results rather than opinion. Each week I'll list the sites closest and furthest from average to show which are more biased than others.
As with previous years, if you know of a site that I have not listed, please let me know in the comments below and I'll add it!
Weekly Power Ranking Averages
Using the "Olympic" method of dropping the highest / lowest scores, and averaging the rest.
Wk27
Wk26
Wk25
Team
Wk27
Avg
Wk26
Avg
Wk25
Avg
Worst
Best
1
3
2
Toronto
1.94
3.85
3.19
5
1
2
1
1
Dallas
2.44
1.38
1.44
5
1
3
4
7
Los Angeles
2.75
4.08
5.75
6
1
4
2
3
New York RB
4.19
3.62
4.25
7
1
4
7
3
Colorado
4.19
6.54
4.25
7
2
6
5
6
New York FC
6.19
4.23
5.06
11
3
7
6
5
Salt Lake
6.81
4.46
4.94
13
4
8
8
8
Philadelphia
8.94
8.62
7.38
14
5
9
11
11
Portland
9.44
11.38
10.69
13
6
10
10
10
Kansas City
10.06
9.38
10.06
13
7
11
9
9
Montreal
10.50
9.00
9.38
15
8
12
12
12
D. C. U.
12.31
12.31
11.75
16
7
13
12
13
Seattle
12.81
12.31
13.00
17
8
14
15
14
Orlando
12.69
14.23
13.94
15
10
15
14
15
San Jose
15.63
14.15
14.69
18
14
16
17
20
New England
16.19
17.92
19.44
20
12
17
19
17
Vancouver
16.44
18.15
17.00
20
12
18
20
18
Houston
17.75
18.46
17.44
20
15
19
16
19
Chicago
18.50
17.31
19.25
20
9
20
17
16
Columbus
19.56
17.92
16.63
20
16
- Largest Rise: Colorado +3
- Largest Fall: Chicago, Columbus -3
Analytic Site Average
For those interested in seeing how the Analytic Sites differ, here's their averages alone.
Wk27
Wk26
Wk25
Team
Wk27
Avg
Wk26
Avg
Wk25
Avg
Difference
1
1
3
Los Angeles
1.71
2.00
3.00
-2
2
4
1
Toronto
2.29
3.00
2.33
+1
3
2
4
New York RB
2.71
2.80
3.33
-1
4
2
2
Dallas
3.29
2.80
2.83
+2
5
6
5
Colorado
4.71
6.60
4.50
+1
6
5
6
New York FC
7.14
6.00
6.17
0
7
7
8
Salt Lake
8.57
7.00
8.00
0
8
11
10
Portland
8.86
10.60
10.67
-1
9
9
7
Philadelphia
9.71
9.00
7.17
+1
10
10
10
Kansas City
9.80
9.80
10.67
0
11
12
12
D. C. U.
10.71
11.60
10.83
-1
12
8
9
Montreal
10.86
8.60
8.83
+1
13
15
14
Orlando
11.71
14.80
14.17
-1
14
13
13
Seattle
12.86
12.60
13.83
+1
15
14
15
San Jose
15.29
14.00
14.67
0
16
17
17
Houston
16.71
17.00
17.00
-2
16
19
18
Vancouver
16.71
18.60
17.17
-1
18
17
16
Columbus
18.86
17.00
16.83
-2
19
16
19
Chicago
17.29
15.80
17.83
0
20
20
20
New England
18.43
19.80
19.83
+4
Site Evaluations
Each site's ranking is compared to the weekly averages above. The best and worst # of matches is indicated. Team bias column shows what team the site shows the highest average for/against (including Preseason ranking).
Site
Exact
1
off
2
off
3
off
4
off
5
off
Worst
most
bias vs
most
bias for
Who Scored
3
5
4
4
2
2
CHI
VAN -5.97
CHI +5.26
Jeff Sagarin
3
12
2
1
2
0
NER/ORL
NYFC -2.66
HOU +2.66
Sports Club Stats
5
9
6
0
0
0
6@+/-2
POR -4.87
NYFC +2.40
Sports Illustrated
7
7
3
2
1
0
SEA
COL -2.17
SEA +3.21
ESPN
8
6
5
1
0
0
ORL
RSL -3.09
POR +2.87
Soccer America
5
8
5
1
1
0
PHI
NYRB -1.18
CHI +1.70
Major League Soccer
11
9
0
0
0
0
9@+/-2
LAG -1.72
TFC +2.13
The Mane Land
3
7
8
2
0
0
LA/NER
PHI -2.52
VAN +2.66
Soccer By Ives
7
6
4
1
2
0
DCU/NER
COL -1.53
SEA +2.19
Reddit u/FlyingCarsArePlanes
8
3
4
2
1
2
DCU/PHI
RSL -2.63
POR +3.16
Reddit r/MLS
NA
DCU -1.23
VAN +0.99
MLS Fantasy Boss
3
8
3
3
3
0
MTL/PHI/SEA
PHI -3.90
POR +5.94
The Score
4
12
1
3
0
0
NYFC/NYRB/VAN
COL -1.74
VAN +2.02
Power Rankings & More
6
7
4
1
1
1
VAN
TFC -2.33
NER +2.12
Seattle Times
NA
NYRB -1.20
VAN +2.12
Hot Footy
5
9
3
2
1
0
TFC
NYRB -1.67
SKC +1.25
Sportify
4
3
6
5
0
2
PHI
PHI -3.28
NYRB +3.76
Black & Red United
5
9
1
2
3
0
POR/SEA/TFC
TFC -3.46
COL +3.60
CSN Chicago
9
5
6
0
0
0
6@+/-2
HOU -1.96
RSL +2.66
In On It
5
8
3
2
1
1
NYFC
NER -4.36
NYRB +5.81
- Most Accurate Site: (best Exact, with 1 off as tiebreaker) Major League Soccer with 11 exact matches.
- Least Accurate Site: (most 5+ with 4 and 3 off as tiebreaker): Who Scored in tiebreaker.
- Site with Worst Bias VS: Who Scored with VAN 5.97 from avg.
- Site with Worst Bias FOR: MLS Fantasy Boss with POR 5.94 places from avg.
- Site with Least Bias VS: Seattle Times with NYRB 1.20 places from avg.
- Site with Least Bias FOR: Reddit r/MLS with VAN 0.99 places from avg.
5 Year Average
Season ending power rank averaged over the last 5 years (2 years for ORL & NYCFC).
Team
5 Yr
Avg
Wk
26
Wk
25
Wk
24
Wk
23
5.36
5.37
5.36
5.35
5.34
5.69
5.68
5.68
5.67
5.68
6.23
6.22
6.24
6.25
6.24
7.07
7.07
7.08
7.09
7.10
7.25
7.29
7.34
7.38
7.43
7.66
7.68
7.70
7.72
7.76
9.02
9.00
8.95
8.91
8.87
10.22
10.17
10.14
10.09
10.08
10.43
10.43
10.42
10.40
10.38
10.66
10.68
10.71
10.74
10.75
11.42
11.43
11.43
11.44
11.45
11.49
11.48
11.46
11.59
11.45
11.67
11.64
11.62
11.59
11.56
11.86
11.84
11.83
11.83
11.81
12.01
12.05
12.08
12.11
12.15
12.42
12.42
12.40
12.36
12.33
12.75
12.74
12.74
12.75
12.73
12.96
13.05
13.17
13.30
13.46
13.28
13.28
13.24
13.20
13.15
14.82
14.82
14.83
14.83
14.83
FIFA-esque Power Ranking
The points are calculated using a variation of the "FIFA method" with the current yearly average counting for 100%, and previous years counting for a decreasing amount.
Team
Week
27
Week
26
Week
25
Week
24
Week
23
LA Galaxy
83.82
83.79
83.81
83.9
83.92
FC Dallas
80.67
80.65
80.59
80.53
80.51
Sporting Kansas City
78.13
78.18
78.20
78.25
78.20
Real Salt Lake
76.21
76.22
76.15
76.09
76.14
New York Red Bulls
74.19
73.99
73.75
73.51
73.30
Seattle Sounders
71.49
71.41
71.30
71.21
71.02
Vancouver Whitecaps
69.26
69.40
69.62
69.81
70.05
Portland Timbers
66.51
66.52
66.60
66.66
66.78
Toronto FC
64.95
64.76
64.64
64.49
64.28
D.C. United
63.37
63.26
63.14
62.98
62.91
New York City FC *
62.13
61.96
61.71
61.46
61.14
Colorado Rapids
62.08
62.03
62.07
62.02
61.94
San Jose Earthquakes
61.97
62.20
62.38
62.60
62.70
Orlando City *
61.36
61.38
61.45
61.52
61.62
Montreal Impact
60.62
60.77
60.87
61.00
61.19
Columbus Crew SC
59.14
59.26
59.32
59.33
59.40
New England Revolution
58.61
58.63
58.73
58.89
59.07
Philadelphia Union
57.64
57.67
57.69
57.65
57.75
Houston Dynamo
56.05
56.10
56.18
56.23
56.22
Chicago Fire
44.66
44.65
44.60
44.63
44.60
- Expansion teams points adjusted to compensate - (median of 9 for missing years)
