Code: GP Pyth Rank Elo Rank FIFA Rank RPI Rank SOS Rank Points Rank Form New England Revolution 8 0.8212 1 1460.07 1 14371.43 3 0.5579 2 0.4889 9 17 1 WDWWW Red Bull New York 7 0.7752 2 1425.13 3 6482.14 8 0.5368 4 0.5024 4 14 3 WWDLW Kansas City Wizards 7 0.6760 3 1410.16 6 9003.57 5 0.4954 7 0.4682 11 13 4 WWWLD Los Angeles Galaxy 5 0.6541 4 1416.82 4 2171.43 12 0.5376 3 0.5210 2 5 12 DLWLD Chivas USA 7 0.6098 5 1383.17 9 3660.71 10 0.4141 13 0.4052 13 8 7 WLLDD FC Dallas 9 0.5399 6 1433.54 2 17657.14 1 0.5759 1 0.5585 1 16 2 LLWWW Colorado Rapids 8 0.5000 7 1414.58 5 8071.43 7 0.5196 5 0.5002 5 12 5 WLDWD Chicago Fire 7 0.3902 8 1392.01 7 8342.86 6 0.5163 6 0.5165 3 10 6 WWLLL DC United 6 0.3902 9 1390.36 8 17014.29 2 0.4619 11 0.4723 10 7 9 LLDWW Houston Dynamo 7 0.3902 10 1372.23 11 12889.29 4 0.4666 10 0.4981 7 7 10 LLWLL Real Salt Lake 7 0.2647 11 1372.76 10 2571.43 11 0.4697 9 0.4962 8 4 13 LLDDL Columbus Crew 7 0.1649 12 1368.40 12 4339.29 9 0.4727 8 0.5002 6 7 8 DWLDL Toronto FC 7 0.1289 13 1360.77 13 214.29 13 0.4194 12 0.4594 12 6 11 LLWWL My observations. New England and New York are the class of the league. KC is starting to look like they might belong up there too. Dallas is lights out right now, except they are overperforming relative to the ratio of goals scored/goals allowed. In other words, lots of narrow victories. We'll have to see if they can keep it up. LA is a real mystery. They currently have the 2nd lowest point total in the league, but don't expect that to stay that way. For starters, they've only played 5 league games. But they've done well against tough competition, and I expect they'll finish the season quite strong when Xavier and Beckham join up. We are shockingly tied for the last playoff place right now, but unless we start knocking in goals, and I mean right now, we are in big big trouble. The upcoming game against Toronto is critical to getting the Good Ship Sigi sailing in the right direction - and ensuring a suddenly goal-producing Toronto team stays in our rear-view mirror.
My observations: Each week I copy paste {special|unicode} the entire standings from MLSNet into Excel, then Manually copy the various teams into the playoffs chart, then I CNTL/Print screen, open MS Photoeditor and crop the image to what you see...then I upload into a site that lets me link it. Seeing as THIS week it seemed to be a REAL Chore, to do that {wonder WHY!} I dont want to hear about any mistakes I made... anyone else wants to do it, be my guest. I just told you how. This attitude subject to change if there's a reason to change it! Signed Grumpy Pissed Off Pettyfog
Nice - and not a mistake but a question. Wouldn't DC be the 8th team since they have a game in hand - therefore more points per game? Just something to think about but nice job - first time I have seen someone pull it together like this.
Well, the case could be made for that... but that's what FOOS' chart is for. If we do that, then why not weight it ALSO based on recent Goals/Game. Then we need to look at upcoming opponents, right? Nope.. that is only a snapshot and the GP is included so you can weight it in your own mind. When compiling that chart, the ONLY tiebreaker is GF/GA... note that Columbus just got beat 4-0 - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - I'm not the first to do it, I got the idea from someone else who did it here... look back a page or two. Just that I'm better at composition than I am at BB coding
It's very close, but I'd have to guess that DC is, in fact, a smidge better than Houston, who aren't helping me out any in fulfilling my earlier "one to watch" prediction. Blech. I just noticed I forgot the recent form table. I've edited the first post to include it, and for completeness posted it here too. Code: Los Angeles Galaxy: DLWLD Kansas City Wizards: WWWLD Chicago Fire: WWLLL DC United: LLDWW Red Bull New York: WWDLW New England Revolution: WDWWW Houston Dynamo: LLWLL Real Salt Lake: LLDDL Chivas USA: WLLDD Colorado Rapids: WLDWD FC Dallas: LLWWW Toronto FC: LLWWL Columbus Crew: DWLDL