GREEN ARMY’S MLS POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 2
Only five matches were played this weekend. Columbus, Kansas, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Jose, and Toronto had a bye week. The LA Galaxy, Houston Dynamo, and NY Red Bulls all secured victories over Chivas, Real Salt Lake, and Seattle Sounders respectively. The Chicago Fire and the Colorado Rapids settled for a 2-2 tie.
Salt Lake hold on to the spot by a hair despite a disappointing 2-1 loss at Houston. New England jumped up four spots after their 2-0 victory over an ineffective DC United. The second biggest movers, up three spots, are Houston and New York. Both notched big victories over very good opponents. Because LA and Houston moved up the charts, Seattle, Colorado, and Chicago dropped a few spots. Similarly, Kansas and Columbus dropped a spot to make way for New York. Chivas, San Jose, Philadelphia, and Toronto all dropped a spot. Dallas holds on to the tenth spot. While DC United spends another week at the bottom.
MLS Power Rankings after Week 2:
1. – (1) RSL: Bad day for Jamison Olave.
2. ↑ (5) New York Red Bulls: Win at Seattle shows this team is for real.
3. ↓ (2) Kansas City: Bye week; host Colorado on Saturday.
4. ↓ (3) Columbus Crew: Bye week, at Dallas on Saturday
5. ↑ (7) Los Angeles Galaxy: Edson Buddle could have a career year.
6. ↑ (9) Houston: Victory marred by Ching injury.
7. ↓ (4) Seattle: Played well but need more from their attackers.
8. ↓ (6) Colorado Rapids: Tied Chicago but let the lead slip twice.
9. ↓ (8) Chicago: Got their act together in 2nd half to tie Colorado.
10. – (10) FC Dallas: Bye week, host Columbus on Saturday.
11. ↑ (15) New England Revolution: Mansally scores a brace to down DC.
12. ↓ (11) Chivas USA: Struggling to score and defense isn’t much better.
13. ↓ (12) San Jose: Bye week, at Chicago Fire on Saturday.
14. ↓ (13) Philadelphia Union: Bye week, host DC United.
15. ↓ (14) Toronto FC: Bye week, at New England on Saturday.
16. – (16) DC United: Two games, negative six goal differential.