Week 14 SBNhanced MLS Power Rankings
by Martin Shatzer on Jul 7, 2025 10:20 PM EDT
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| Team | Total vote count | First Tier votes | Last week's Tier |
| Tier 1 - Teams Contending For Cups | |||
| LA Galaxy | 21 | 7 | 1 |
| Real Salt Lake | 21 | 7 | 1 |
| Columbus Crew | 21 | 7 | 1 |
| Tier 2 - Teams Likely in the Playoffs | |||
| NY Red Bulls | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| Colorado Rapids | 15 | 1 | 2 |
| FC Dallas | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Chicago Fire | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Toronto FC | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Tier 3 - Teams On the Outside Looking In | |||
| SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Houston Dynamo | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Seattle Sounders | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Tier 4 - Teams Competing for #3 Draft Pick | |||
| DC United | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Philadelphia Union | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| KC Wizards | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| NE Revolution | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Chivas USA | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Following a busy schedule of games over the holiday weekend, our new rankings have a couple teams bouncing back and forth between the middle two tiers. FC Dallas and the Chicago Fire each made the short jump up this week, even though neither team had spectacularly compelling results. Dallas's 1-0 victory over the lowly Wizards was to be expected, while Chicago's 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Columbus Crew did little to improve their position in the league. To be honest, I've been voting Chicago for the second tier for a few weeks now, based mainly on the quietly excellent season that Marco Pappa is having, but I'm not sure what the other bloggers saw specifically this week in their loss to bump them up.
Falling from the second tier this week are the San Jose Earthquakes, who were in the top tier as recently as week 9. Their unimpressive home draw with D.C. United is more proof that the 'Quakes may have been overachieving earlier in the season.
The top and the bottom remain unchanged. In fact, all seven voters this week had the Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, and Crew in that order at the top.
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bottom tier blues
Saw on Matchfit USA that noone is picking DCU to win against RBNY. If we can beat the Metros maybe we can climb out of the bottom tier… Then Thursday a chance to see the new talent infusion. Vamos DC!
by Irrlicht on Jul 9, 2025 10:53 AM EDT reply actions
to be honest
I think it would take either a very convincing win, or multiple wins in a row to move up much. A lot depends on how the teams around you do as well.
by denz on Jul 9, 2025 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
A win against NYRB would be big
Several of the voters seem to have a soft spot for the Red Bulls, for which I just cannot understand. Defeating that team in particular could give us more of a boost then you might expect.
Managing Editor for BlackAndRedUnited.com. Weekend Writer for SBNation DC.
by Martin Shatzer on Jul 9, 2025 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
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