Comments on: MLS Power Rankings: Week 14

By: Max Zeger

Max Zeger — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:50:45 +0000

A sensible comment! People dont understand that Soccer is the same as football and futbol. MLS has plans to make itself the place where young latin american talent ends up as well. MLS will eventually be on the same level as England spain italy germany because we have the money to compete salary wise. The league had a low cost model to begin with and now that it is stable, we’ll be able to expand wage budgets and retain some of the best players. My bet is in ten years to 15 years, MLS will be competing with european leagues for the best players.
by the way, DC united will win MLS Cup this year, lock it in.
DC is also my favorite team as well
Thanks Julian

By: julian

julian — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:35:50 +0000

thanx max im just a football fan period i mean people say the MLS doesnt have good players but what do u expect? ROnaldinho the MLS tries to hard to sign hasbins I.E Becks, Blanco. They should try to sign young talent like altedore and not let them go. Although letting adu go was the best thing possible im personally support DC United and have seen some great games that didnt need high quality players, Emilio, fred, and others are good IN THE MLS. But the point is u just have to love Football to enjoy The MLS,

By: Max Zeger

Max Zeger — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:57:14 +0000

julian i agree, MLS is in good shape for the future and with more money and expansion coming, it is an exciting time for MLS and within 10-15 years, it will be as big as european leagues. that’s why you should care

By: julian

julian — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:40:54 +0000

hey dumbass the mls not the msl is only 11 years old and is still growing im pretty sure the EPL wasnt the best its first decade but are the rumors true that chelsea wants to bring an expansion team out of NC? man i love chelsea

By: Kurt

Kurt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:44:02 +0000

I almost read this and then I remembered that the MSL sucks.

By: Max Zeger

Max Zeger — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:07:08 +0000

your claims are valid but MLS is a league that when a team gets hot, they go on a streak. Toronto is in a little bit of a funk and chicago is definitely in one. I’ll take points over no points when in a funk. Chicago should have had a win but tfc deserved no points at all. that’s why chicago went ahead. I understand that tfc was playing the best team in the league but if they want a title, they need to be able to beat these teams or at least compete with them. They lost there ranking suffered. Chicago deserved a win and tied, better than a loss. that’s why chicago moved up.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:49:23 +0000

Max, I understand how you do these power rankings, however, if you are facing the worst team in MLS you should be able to nick a goal at some point. Toronto may not have played well against New England, but that’s the best team in the MLS at this point in the season. So which would you rather be? A team who struggled and managed only a 1 goal defeat to the best team in the league? Or a team that couldn’t finish off the worse team in the league? Give me the first one, I’d rather be in it against the best with a chance to still win it in the end.

By: Max Zeger

Max Zeger — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:52:20 +0000

It is based on opinion mostly and which teams have done well recently ( past few weeks)
DJKing2: I moved chicago up because they honestly were the better team against San Jose. Toronto however was basically manhandled by New England. Which Highlighted their inability to win on the road, something that they need to solve if they want a shot at the title. I watch all of these games and I’m not just factoring in the score line (score lines are deceiving sometimes), I’m factoring in who had more chances and who controlled possesion and if a goalie is on form and denying some great shots. Soccer is more than a scoreline.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:40:56 +0000

Max, great article. Are these rankings based in data beyond the win-loss-tie or are they your opinions?
Scott

By: djking2

djking2 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:39:03 +0000

Chicago plays a scoreless draw with the bottom team and Toronto loses 2-1 to the team at the top and somehow you’ve seen reason to move Chicago ahead of Toronto. Not sure I follow the logic on that.