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The Black and Red United power rankings are back, once again, to pass judgment over the league. Two teams currently stand above all others, with the Seattle Sounders and Real Salt Lake beginning to pull away from the rest of the league on quality. Can any of the other 17 teams catch them?
| Rank | LW | Team | Points | Games played | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | Seattle Sounders | 22 | 10 | Sounders have really turned it on the past few weeks |
| 2 | 2 | Real Salt Lake | 17 | 9 | Taking their time, doing their thing |
| 3 | 5 | Sporting Kansas City | 14 | 8 | The best of a currently scuffling bunch in the East |
| 4 | 8 | Colorado Rapids | 15 | 9 | The quietest good team out there |
| 5 | 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | 9 | Don't abuse my new-found trust in you, 'Caps |
| 6 | 3 | Columbus Crew | 12 | 9 | Slidding back towards the pack |
| 7 | 4 | FC Dallas | 16 | 10 | Are the going to be the same without Mauro Diaz? |
| 8 | 13 | Houston Dynamo | 14 | 10 | Beating up on Chivas doesn't do much in my book |
| 9 | 11 | New York Red Bulls | 14 | 10 | I can't figure these guys out. Are they a good bad team or a bad good team? |
| 10 | 6 | Toronto FC | 9 | 7 | Still currently out of the playoffs |
| 12 | 7 | LA Galaxy | 8 | 6 | Still shocked by the lack of games they've played |
| 13 | 10 | D.C. United | 11 | 8 | A good result against Philly would go a long way |
| 14 | 19 | Portland Timbers | 8 | 9 | Is this the start of something for PTFC? |
| 15 | 15 | Philadelphia Union | 8 | 10 | The knives are out for John Hackworth |
| 16 | 16 | San Jose Earthquakes | 7 | 8 | Curse of the Frank, part 1 |
| 17 | 14 | Chicago Fire | 6 | 8 | Curse of the Frank, part 2 |
| 18 | 17 | Montreal Impact | 6 | 8 | Curse of the Frank, part 3 |
| 19 | 18 | Chivas USA | 6 | 9 | Welcome back to the bottom |