Okay, power rankings are coming out...

I was actually ahead of the game this week and got everything setup early so I could just dump results in. I actually did that because I wanted to setup a hypothetical situation for SKC to see if it was possible for them to regain the top spot. I think a win with a +2GD combined with an SJE loss might have been enough, but that didn't come to pass. Anyway, it made it alot easier to just "plug and chug", and I actually think the rankings worked out quite well this week. Don't know that I could objectively rank them any better. Of course I'll have to wait and see what other people come up with to compare (and, yes, I am actually tracking comparisons too), but I think it adjusted itself very well this week.

*eep, edit - I had made a small mistake in calculating Torton and Vancouver this week. It didn't change any of the rankings, but the ratings got tweaked slightly. Apologies...

So, without Freddy Adu (get it!?!?!?@!# F)...

Team	Rank	Weekly Δ	Rating	Weekly Δ
San Jose	1	0	5.917	-0.46
Salt Lake City	2	+2	6.333	+0.30
Seattle	3	-1	6.417	-0.14
New York	4	+1	6.750	+0.52
Kansas City	5	-2	7.250	-0.98
DC	6	+1	8.583	+0.60
Vancouver	7	-1	9.167	-0.08
Colorado	8	+1	10.000	-0.27
Chicago	9	-1	10.250	-0.52
Houston	10	0	11.083	-0.08
Columbus	11	0	11.750	+1.07
Chivas	12	+4	13.167	+0.65
Dallas	13	0	13.333	-1.33
LA	14	-2	13.333	-0.61
New England	15	+2	13.417	+1.04
Portland	16	+2	13.667	+0.33
Montreal	17	-2	13.833	-0.02
Philadelphia	18	-4	13.833	-0.29
Toronto	19	0	19.917	-0.10

One thing that I think is interesting to note is just how close the bottom third is. Everyone sitting around a rating of about 13, so barely worth even trying to differentiate. A lot of movement though. Maybe LA should be above Dallas, but it's always nice to put LA a bit lower since MLS always seems to keep them in the top 10 no matter what.

Also interesting is just how bad Toronto is. A rating of 19 means they'd average being in 19th position. They are currently sub 19, which means they're actually worse than would be possible. This is because in the ratings I include two hypothetical baseline teams (An average of 2 points per game and +1 GD team and a 1 poing per game +0 GD team). But still. Toronto is barely worth talking about. Of course the same could probably be said of SKC last year, except they had actually earned points and a very friendly second half schedule. I think Toronto is setting a new bar for futility, though I'd love to see them prove me wrong.

Anyway, SKC is home to SJE next week and that should be a super important game for both teams.

Must win? Must win.

Also, as the top team, here's a picture of San Jose's crest. Yay San Jose!