I never really lthought here was something to be gained by beating a dead horse. The fat lady has already sang. It's time to say "good night, Mrs Calabash, where ever you are"
With 2 road games coming up, I think this could be as high as the get the rest of the season: MLS Power Rankings, Week 27: Is Vancouver the best in the West? September 12, 2017, 11:26AM EDT MLSsoccer staff MLSsoccer.com Code: Pre : 16 . . . Wk 10: 18 . . . Wk 20: 17 Wk 1: 20 . . . Wk 11: 17 . . . Wk 21: 15 Wk 2: 20 . . . Wk 12: 17 . . . Wk 22: 18 Wk 3: 18 . . . Wk 13: 18 . . . Wk 23: 17 Wk 4: 16 . . . Wk 14: 16 . . . Wk 24: 18 Wk 5: 14 . . . Wk 15: 17 . . . Wk 25: 19 Wk 6: 11 . . . Wk 16: 16 . . . Wk 26: 17 Wk 7: 16 . . . Wk 17: 17 . . . Wk 27: 14 Wk 8: 17 . . . Wk 18: 18 Wk 9: 17 . . . Wk 19: 18
MLS Power Rankings, Week 29: How far did struggling Dallas fall? September 26, 2017, 11:41AM EDT MLSsoccer.com Code: Pre : 16 . . . Wk 10: 18 . . . Wk 20: 17 Wk 1: 20 . . . Wk 11: 17 . . . Wk 21: 15 Wk 2: 20 . . . Wk 12: 17 . . . Wk 22: 18 Wk 3: 18 . . . Wk 13: 18 . . . Wk 23: 17 Wk 4: 16 . . . Wk 14: 16 . . . Wk 24: 18 Wk 5: 14 . . . Wk 15: 17 . . . Wk 25: 19 Wk 6: 11 . . . Wk 16: 16 . . . Wk 26: 17 Wk 7: 16 . . . Wk 17: 17 . . . Wk 27: 14 Wk 8: 17 . . . Wk 18: 18 . . . Wk 28: 17 Wk 9: 17 . . . Wk 19: 18 . . . Wk 29: 16
RSL just moved up to 8th. Their previous season high was 11. Which means that now the Revs are the only team not to have ranked in the top ten at some point during this season.
And just think, if an away win is ever going to happen this year it would most likely be this week in Orlando, where the new coach bump is still in effect vs. a downtrodden bunch of cowardly lions.
MLS Power Rankings, Week 32: Crew SC enter top five for first time in 2017 October 17, 2017, 12:55PM EDT MLSsoccer staff Code: Pre : 16 . . . Wk 10: 18 . . . Wk 20: 17 . . . Wk 30: 18 Wk 1: 20 . . . Wk 11: 17 . . . Wk 21: 15 . . . Wk 31: 18 Wk 2: 20 . . . Wk 12: 17 . . . Wk 22: 18 . . . Wk 32: 14 Wk 3: 18 . . . Wk 13: 18 . . . Wk 23: 17 Wk 4: 16 . . . Wk 14: 16 . . . Wk 24: 18 Wk 5: 14 . . . Wk 15: 17 . . . Wk 25: 19 Wk 6: 11 . . . Wk 16: 16 . . . Wk 26: 17 Wk 7: 16 . . . Wk 17: 17 . . . Wk 27: 14 Wk 8: 17 . . . Wk 18: 18 . . . Wk 28: 17 Wk 9: 17 . . . Wk 19: 18 . . . Wk 29: 16
MLS Power Rankings, Week 33: How we ended the regular season October 24, 2017, 12:52PM EDT MLSsoccer staff MLSsoccer.com Code: Pre : 16 . . . Wk 10: 18 . . . Wk 20: 17 . . . Wk 30: 18 Wk 1: 20 . . . Wk 11: 17 . . . Wk 21: 15 . . . Wk 31: 18 Wk 2: 20 . . . Wk 12: 17 . . . Wk 22: 18 . . . Wk 32: 14 Wk 3: 18 . . . Wk 13: 18 . . . Wk 23: 17 . . . Wk 33: 14 Wk 4: 16 . . . Wk 14: 16 . . . Wk 24: 18 Wk 5: 14 . . . Wk 15: 17 . . . Wk 25: 19 Wk 6: 11 . . . Wk 16: 16 . . . Wk 26: 17 Wk 7: 16 . . . Wk 17: 17 . . . Wk 27: 14 Wk 8: 17 . . . Wk 18: 18 . . . Wk 28: 17 Wk 9: 17 . . . Wk 19: 18 . . . Wk 29: 16
I feel like that's typically the norm in MLS though. I think it's pretty unique to be this consistently mediocre for the entire season in this league.
Thats usually what you get when the whole is less than the sum of it's parts. We had the players to do a lot better. What we lacked was effective coaching---ergo a mediocre performance across the season.
I don't know if I'd go that far. 2nd best to last is a huge variance. I can see movements within a range, but I don't remember something that wide, and therefore I can't remember this being a norm...
This year: Seattle 1 to 15 Portland 2 to 14 Atlanta 2 to 17 Vancouver 3 to 21 Chicago 1 to 21 Dallas 1 to 19 Orlando 2 to 21 It's the norm.