Scot here. Here are our power rankings for Week 19:
- Seattle Sounders FC: Even with a bye week, no one has looked convincing enough to dethrone them at the top. This is a team stacked with talent poised to win the MLS Cup.
- D.C. United: A good win against a Chivas side that had increasingly been looking like a menacing attacking presence. Congrats to Bill Hamid for being the youngest goalkeeper and first homegrown player to reach 100 appearances.
- Sporting Kansas City: Two good wins, especially against a resurgent LA Galaxy team. This team right now is cruising to the MLS playoffs.
- Toronto FC: Two good draws against an exciting Vancouver team and at the offensively resurgent Dynamo has this team continuing to be poised for a playoff spot. The return of Michael Bradley should only bolster this good lineup. Look for Michael Bradley to remain for at least the rest of the season too, with no foreign teams willing to make the kind of offers MLS would be willing to listen to.
- LA Galaxy: Robbie Keane looks to be back, scoring 3 goals this past week. A 5-1 win against New England is a sweet result. They might have wanted more out of the SKC match, but points at Sporting Park are hard to get. Gyasi Zardes is starting to show some of goal scoring abilities that made him so highly rated by european scouts in college.
- FC Dallas: Dallas have managed to grind out results and are once again looking like their early-season selves. They have been known to epically collapse, but for now I’m convinced.
- Vancouver Whitecaps: Two gutsy draws at Real Salt Lake and at Toronto certainly aren’t bad results. For this team to truly be a top 5 contender though, they’ll have to work at holding possession and not just being deadly on the counter.
- Colorado Rapids: This team needs to get a win against Chivas. Their recent results haven’t been bad, but not really great either.
- Real Salt Lake: They drew a good Vancouver team, though they would probably have liked to have gotten more at home, especially with their starters returning.
- Portland Timbers: This is a team that’s liable to turn things around at any point in time. They have a potent offense are are working to restructure their defense. Was this win against Colorado this week the turn-around game?
- New York Red Bulls: 2 big hiccups this week have seen New York take a considerable fall. No excuse for this team to drop points to San Jose or concede 3 goals to Philly.
- Chivas USA: Cubo Torres can’t be relied upon to carry the team, but it looks like that’s what will have to happen. 4 straight wins came to a screeching halt in a really flat game against DC.
- Philadelphia Union: A really nice weekday win against New York is the kind of statement win this team needs to rebound their season, however a draw against Chicago is not. The defense still looked a bit shaky, but they managed to hang on. They have the pieces, can Jim Curtin put together a few more wins.
- Chicago Fire: This team continues their historic season. Unfortunately for Chicago fans, the record they could break is for number of draws in a season.
- Columbus Crew: They got their first win since May 24th this week. However, aside from Higuain, this is an exceedingly mediocre team. Venezuelan attacker Bernardo Anor has been on fire lately with some amazing goals.
- San Jose Earthquakes: They finally broke their losing streak, however they move up more because of the poor performances of other teams rather than their own merit
- New England Revolution: Absolute panic in New England. 6 straight losses is deplorable.
- Houston Dynamo: This team has at least managed to revive the offense. The defense is still something to mourn however. Giles Barnes continues his fine form with another goal.
- Montreal Impact: Just as quickly as you thought they might be coming back, 3 straight losses have sent them back to the bottom.
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