There is a transparent hierarchy that is emerging in Major League Soccer.
The Columbus Crew and Philadelphia Union have defeated the weakest opposition in the East Conference in recent weeks, while the Seattle Sounders rose to number one in the Western Conference with Friday’s victory over Los Angeles FC.
Columbus and Philadelphia are the first to score the maximum numbers and win the fan shield, but the two groups are expected to meet in Phase 2.
If the team and Union are scheduled for each other in one of the last nine Phase 2 games, which have not yet been announced, they may only reach the time of the MLS season trophy.
Portland has the first crown after winning the MLS Is Back tournament, and appears to be back in shape to challenge Seattle in the most sensible part of the West.
Many other groups line up behind Seattle to challenge Seed No. 1 in the West, and based on what we’ve noticed mls returning to domestic markets, the West may have more drama at the table as the playoffs approach.
26. San Jose Earthquakes (Previous ranking: 21)
There’s a bad defense and then what the San Jose earthquakes did on Saturday night.
In their last three losses, the Quakes have been outperformed 18-3 through Los Angeles FC, Seattle and Portland.
That’s more than nine of the 10 Eastern Conference playoffs that have withdrawn from all of their regular-season competition. That was implemented until 10 before Montreal allowed 4 goals on Sunday.
Manager Matías Almeyda deserves some of the blame for not making the right changes to prevent bleeding, but the front workplace will also have to acknowledge the mistakes, as he still has players on the pre-Almeyda era list who are not. suitable for betting your boy labeling style.
Letting Almeyda through is not the right choice right now, but if effects like Saturday’s continue to emerge, Quakes would possibly run out of excuses to stop him before transfers are resolved.
25. Atlanta United (previous rating: 24)
It’s a very bad sports weekend in Atlanta, so let’s look at a positive approach.
At least Atlanta United is as bad as San Jose.
We know it’s an incredibly low bar to cross right now, however, it’s the only stimulus you can give to Five Stripes fans, who have also suffered heavy losses in Georgia Tech football and the Atlanta Falcons. .
The Five Stripes are two points ahead of Chicago’s last place after their loss to Inter Miami, but with the playoffs expanded in place, they are still only one point away from FC Cincinnati’s 10th place.
24. Chicago Fire (previous rating: 25)
Chicago has a point for the last three games of Atlanta United. Once again, the bar to cross is comparable to an amateur’s jump through an amateur high jump.
The Fire was active in the last third of its loss to Orlando City, with Robert Beric making a six-shot attempt, however, only one of them achieved his goal.
Even though Chicago lost by two more goals than Atlanta on Saturday, that at least promises in the last third.
23. Montreal Impact (previous rating: 14)
Montreal has had the most difficult week for any MLS on and off the field.
The Impact suffered a 3-1 loss in Vancouver on Wednesday, then had to travel to the mainland to move north of New Jersey to play a home game against Philadelphia on Sunday at the Red Bull Arena.
Thierry Henry’s team didn’t care about playing with 10 men in those two competitions.
The expulsions transmitted to Rudy Camacho and Romell Quioto were avoidable. Camacho hit Fredy Montero in the leg on Wednesday and Quioto elbowed Mark McKenzie in the head on Sunday.
If the Impact regains its discipline, it can still organize a forged season. Sixth place visits New England on Wednesday.
22. D. C. United (previous classification: 22)
DC United has credit for the four clubs in the back because at least they tried to win a football game this weekend. The Blacks and Reds struggled to win a 2–2 home draw with Toronto FC thanks to Griffin Yow’s first professional goal.
The maximum vital count of the contest may end up being the first, scored through Ola Kamara in the 5th minute Kamara entered Saturday’s purposeless four-game streak with a purpose in his first 10 games. the pershapeance you need.
21. FC Cincinnati (previous rating: 26)
FC Cincinnati has scored in consecutive games for the first time since returning from MLS Is Back.
Saturday’s purpose through Haris Medunjanin at the Red Bull Arena gave the sophomore team three problems over the New York Red Bulls.
Now Jaap Stam and Co. will have to figure out how to score when he’s not playing at the Red Bull Arena. Brandon Vazquez’s purpose opposite the NYCFC also happened on the site used.
20. Nashville SC (previous rating: 18)
Nashville’s undefeated four-game streak ended up in the hands of the league’s most productive team, but there’s nothing with the expansion team giving Columbus Crew two goals in a loss.
Columbus is the much bigger team, and that proved the game at Mapfre Stadium.
Gary Smith’s team will leave to start the race without a loss Wednesday at Nissan Stadium against D. C.
19. New York Red Bulls (Previous Ranking: 16)
You can’t lose to FC Cincinnati if you’re a team that climbs the standings, but that’s exactly what happened to the Red Bulls on Saturday night in the arena of their home.
In any case, you can argue that at least they lost on an impressive goal, which Haris Medunjanin scored on a corner.
The Red Bulls didn’t respond well to Chris Armas’ shots, and it’s hard to know where their spark will come from in the coming weeks.
18. Vancouver Whitecaps (previous rank: 23)
All it takes is a week to improve a team’s season with the expanded playoffs in place.
The Whitecaps took over 10 Montreal players, then went on tour to beat Real Salt Lake on Saturday. Vancouver is also a player at Rio Tinto Stadium, but his first purpose came 10 minutes before Kyle Beckerguy’s yellow moment.
Instead of hesitating when RSL tied in the 81st minute, the Caps responded 3 minutes later to Lucas Cavallini.
The six issues of the last two games have led the Whitecaps to beat the Los Angeles Galaxy in seventh place in the West.
17. Colorado Rapids (previous rating: 20)
Vancouver’s qualifying jump became imaginable through Colorado’s victory as a visitor over the L. A. Galaxy.
Cole Bassett and Jonathan Lewis scored a goal at Dignity Health Sports Park, and Keegan Rosenberry performed one of the weekend’s most productive defensive performances, as the Rapids kept the home team on four shots on purpose.
Rosenberry had six tackles, four interceptions and four clearings and one of Colorado’s top active players on the ball with 92 touches.
Before Saturday, the Rapids got in shape with one win and three Rounds in Phase 1 to put them in a Western Conference playoff position.
16. Inter Miami (previous ranking: 19)
Inter Miami’s victory over Atlanta is good, but the expanding club has done so before.
The most attractive component of his week the brooch of the acquisition of Gonzalo Higuaín.
Higuain and Blaise Matuidi scored the first of what many expect to be a world-class entrance to the club with David Beckham as their face.
15. Los Angeles FC (previous rating: 11)
It is strange to say that we are getting used to seeing LAFC lose to groups in the West.
Black and Gold fell in Seattle for the time since they returned from Florida and fell below the red line to ninth place. Bob Bradley’s team has as much skill as any team in the league, but that’s simply not shown in the results.
The good news is that LAFC is getting a break from its difficult schedule this week with visits to Vancouver and San Jose. Sunday’s assembly with St. Joseph will be the ultimate game to let out frustration at how the Quakes gave in.
14. New England Revolution (previous rating: 15)
New England has done nothing impressive in recent weeks, however, it has not made any primary mistakes in its playoff position.
Revolution faced New York City FC in a goalless draw, which is a positive result given the club’s moves.
The Bruce Arena team is walking on the water in the middle of the East, however, this can be a wonderful playoff team due to its delight of control and chemistry among the new offensive pieces that come in the middle.
But for now, the Revs are a mid-range team.
13. FC Dallas (previous rating: 17)
FC Dallas is nevertheless finding their shooting shoes is one of the great stages that have emerged from the West in recent weeks.
Luchi Gonzalez’s team scored 3 head goals from Sporting Kansas City in a five-goal run to expand their recent goal streak in three outings.
All this was done while Zdenek Ondrasek, who pretended to be one of his most productive attack options, moved to Europe.
Ondrasek’s defeat will be helped by the form of Franco Jara, who has scored 4 goals in the last 3 games.
12. Minnesota United (previous classification: 13)
Minnesota United lost a two-goal lead against Houston Dynamo on Saturday, but still took a draw.
Although the Loons lost two points, it is a positive progression not to start another loss streak after falling into three consecutive Games in Phase 1.
Minnesota has yet to rediscover its MLS Is Back form, and it can be difficult this Wednesday as it takes on the burning team.
11. Real Salt Lake (previous rating: 10)
RSL showed some struggle by scoring a guy opposed to Vancouver, but conceded three minutes later to lose that hard work.
The loss of a moment in a row for the Clarets and Cobalts, who are on the verge of a big drop in their position.
RSL will try to resurrect its form against the Galaxy and Minnesota in the coming week, but it’s not exactly the opponents.
10. Sporting Kansas City (previous rating: 9)
Sporting KC joined RSL in the most sensible 10-team organization of last week’s Western Conference that fell over the weekend.
Peter Vermes’ team used a Johnny Russell double to sign for FC Dallas, but failed to maintain a point as it allowed Ryan Hollingshead, who won the game in the 86th minute.
Seattle’s combined loss to LAFC knocked Sporting KC down from first place in the West, but only one point between them and the Sounders.
9. LA Galaxy (previous rating: 7)
It would not be MLS without one of the league groups being hastily excluded at home.
The Galaxy’s six-loss streak ended in the hands of the Rapids, who gave the impression of having a delicate defense after fitting in 20 goals in 11 games.
The Galaxy has remained scoreless in its last two games, and the 0-0 draw with San Jose looks worse on both occasions when Quakes are hacked through some other Western Conference candidate.
8. Houston Dynamo (previous rating: 8)
Houston is about to enter the post-Alberth Elis era.
On Monday, Honduran striker, who has scored 34 goals in four seasons, travelled to Boavista, Portugal, the same club that landed FC Dallas’ Reggie Cannon.
Dynamo is hungry for attacking features with Elis in Europe, but now Mauro Maas, Christian Ramirez and Darwin Quintero have more pressure to create goal opportunities.
Quintero did great functionality in opposition to his former Minnesota club on Saturday by scoring once and four of his six shots on goal.
7. Portland Timbers (previous rank: 12)
Portland beat San Jose 7-2 in its two-game week.
Saturday’s six-goal outing allowed us to glimpse the Timbers’ attack, which we would hasten through rival defenses from the start of Phase 1.
Prior to Saturday’s first Phase 2 game, Portland had won a win after his MLS Is Back win and eclipsed the two-goal mark on one occasion.
The amazing victory can do wonders for the team’s confidence in a week of Cascadia Cup games against Seattle and Vancouver.
6. Toronto FC (previous rating: 6)
Toronto FC started the weekend with the league’s longest break in 10 days, prompting the exclusive schedule of Canadian Groups in Phase 1 to call the three groups to compete.
The Reds didn’t have the most productive functionality of the weekend, but they still controlled to score a point on the road at Audi Field.
The quality of Greg Vanney’s team will be tested next week when contenders face off for No. 1 Eastern Seed at NYCFC and Columbus.
Previous ranking: 3
NYCFC, the only team of last week’s five most sensitive teams not to win this weekend.
The Pigeons played a goalless draw with Revolution at Gillette Stadium and were beaten 14-8, with only 4 of the attempts framed.
It’s far from the most powerful offensive performance, but NYCFC did enough on the defensive aspect of the ball to score a point.
All eyes will be on Ronny Deila’s club on Wednesday when he faces Toronto FC in a fourth- to fifth-place war at the Red Bull Arena convention.
Previous ranking: 5
Orlando City moved its undefeated six with a 4-1 win over Chicago.
Chris Mueller and Nani had a purpose and a hand in the club’s most productive offensive functionality since the start of Phase 1, and Junior Urso and Benji Michel scored in the last 12 minutes to finish the club’s sixth win in the regular season. .
Since Columbus and Philadelphia are betting so well, Orlando has not been able to win a flat in the duo, leaving him in third place in the East.
Previous ranking: 4
Mermaids are the elegance of the West, which may be the most complicated convention of the two.
Seattle sent LAFC 3-0 on Friday night until the time Team West eclipsed the 20-point mark.
Since the West has a deeper list of quality equipment, the search for the Supporters’ Shield Sounders may fail while the team and union defeat the weaker sides of the East.
Brian Schmetzer’s team will face two tougher responsibilities next week: Portland and the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Previous rating: 2
Philadelphia has not had the hardest schedule, however, they have figured out a way to win the games they must win.
On Sunday, at least one local player contributed his four goals to 10 Montreal players at the Red Bull Arena.
Jim Curtin’s team has won five of their last six games, all of which they won here against the groups below fifth place in the East. The calendar remains favorable next week with a vacation on the road to FC Cincinnati and a home clash with Inter Miami.
Previous ranking: 1
Columbus has had a more complicated schedule than the Union, as it has faced New York City FC since the resumption.
The team crossed Nashville with goals from Pedro Santos and Gyasi Zardes to make their undefeated match-free streak bigger.
Caleb Porter will be tested more than Philadelphia in the coming week, unlike Minnesota and Toronto FC. Philadelphia plays FC Cincinnati and Inter Miami.
If the team extends their victories, it will become the first team with 30 MLS issues and add the concept that they are the favorites to capture the MLS Cup and the fan shield.
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