Week 14 MLS Power Rankings

Week 14 was packed. Every team played on Saturday or Sunday, and as always there were the required amount of surprises. The latest edition of the Power Rankings breaks it all down.

As a reminder, the rankings use an all new model I’ve obnoxiously titled the Overall Performance Index. Click here for a full breakdown of how the model works.

Week 14 Power Rankings

RankTeamScoreMovement
1New York City FC19.20
2LAFC17.49
3New York Red Bulls15.49+2
4Philadelphia Union14.04-1
5FC Dallas13.25+1
6Austin FC10.13-2
7Nashville SC9.20+1
8CF Montréal9.09+1
9LA Galaxy8.46+4
10Real Salt Lake6.70+6
11Colorado Rapids6.24-4
12New England Revolution5.87+3
13Columbus Crew5.60-1
14Atlanta United5.18
15FC Cincinnati5.17-5
16Minnesota United3.81+1
17Houston Dynamo3.54-6
18Seattle Sounders2.14+3
19Orlando City SC1.88-1
20Portland Timbers0.76-1
21Chicago Fire0.28+1
22DC United-0.28-2
23San Jose Earthquakes-0.72+1
24Charlotte FC-1.34-1
25Inter Miami CF-1.39
26Vancouver Whitecaps-2.46
27Toronto FC-5.35+1
28Sporting KC-5.68-1

I’m not going to dive into everything this week, but there are a couple noteworthy teams this week.

Real Salt Lake have been really good at home. They’re undefeated, winning five and drawing one. Their 3-0 win over Houston Dynamo pushes them up six spots into the top ten.

LA Galaxy have bounced around a good bit. They looked set for another frustrating loss against a good Austin FC side until Dejan Joveljić came off the bench and casually dropped two goals and two assists in just over 30 minutes to win 4-1. Manager Greg Vanney has some good questions to answer about the best way to get his best players on the field in the best system, but they have the pieces to be a contender in the West.

One final note; Charlotte FC are towards the bottom of the rankings, but have shown flashes of being a decent team. They’re just two points out of the playoff spots and lost a really tight match in Seattle against the CCL winners. Which made the news of Miguel Ángel Ramírez’s departure this morning pretty stunning. He’d had a rocky relationship with the front office, who have plenty of problems of their own. There’s a lot of potential in Charlotte, and Ramírez was doing a lot with a pretty underwhelming roster. Initially, this seems like another bad decision by a front office that seems to enjoy shooting themselves in the foot.

Author: Ben Wrightis the Director of Soccer Content and a Senior MLS Contributor for Broadway Sports covering Nashville SC and the US National Team. Previously Ben was the editor and a founder of Speedway Soccer, where he has covered Nashville SC and their time in USL before journeying to Major League Soccer since 2018. Raised in Louisville, KY Ben grew up playing before a knee injury ended his competitive career. When he is not talking soccer he is probably producing music, drinking coffee or hanging out with his wife and kids. Mastodon

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