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Seventeen. If you have that many points so far in this young Major League Soccer season, then congratulations...you are at the top of the Supporters Shield standings! So far, four teams have a claim on the number one spot: New England Revolution, FC Dallas, Vancouver Whitecaps, and our beloved D.C. United. After Seattle at 16 points (who actually claims the top spot in this week's rankings), the rest of the pack lags behind hoping to keep pace. Surely, someone in the top group will cool off while someone in the peleton will mount a surge. Maybe one of the teams that people thought would be really good this season (I'm looking at you, LA and Kansas City) will catch fire. As we move into May, this will be a key month for teams to get as many points as possible before the summer international tournaments start taking the league's stars away for much of the summer.
Think we got it right this week? Who's your top team in the league? Is it the Black-and-Red? Sound off in the comments below!
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Rank |
Team |
LW |
Points |
GP |
Comment |
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1 |
2 |
16 |
8 |
Obafemi Martins + Clint Dempsey = #1 spot |
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|
2 |
D.C. United |
4 |
17 |
8 |
The Black-and-Red are off to their hottest start in franchise history…look out MLS |
|
3 |
New England Revolution |
3 |
17 |
9 |
The Revolution-Red Bull rivalry is increasing in importance and fire. Revs got the best of Red Bull in Foxborough |
|
4 |
FC Dallas |
9 |
17 |
9 |
Absolutely thrashed Houston on the road. |
|
5 |
Vancouver Whitecaps |
6 |
17 |
10 |
Got a draw on the road in Portland and still tied for first in the Supporters Shield race |
|
6 |
1 |
13 |
8 |
The run is over, and down they go. |
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7 |
5 |
13 |
9 |
They shouldn’t be drawing Colorado at home. Where is their offense? |
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|
8 |
10 |
13 |
9 |
Beat Chicago like they’re supposed to, but they had a hard time doing it. |
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9 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
Probably one of the few teams left that doesn’t know if they want to be good or mediocre. |
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|
10 |
8 |
11 |
8 |
The clicking Crew attack was shut down in DC. They’ll need to rebound to gain ground on the leaders. |
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11 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
The RioT isn’t the fortress it once was as RSL drop more points. |
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|
12 |
12 |
10 |
9 |
Not a good two weeks for them in the Cascadia Cup race |
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|
13 |
14 |
9 |
7 |
Had several chances to win the game…in the end, they let SKC walk away with the points |
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|
14 |
16 |
9 |
7 |
Sebastian Giovinco with the knucklepuck to give Toronto the 3 points |
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|
15 |
15 |
8 |
8 |
Beat Brazilian side Ponte Preta in an early friendly, but lose Kevin Molino to a knee injury |
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|
16 |
13 |
10 |
9 |
Gave up 4 goals again this week…only this time, they didn’t also score 4. Oops. |
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17 |
17 |
9 |
9 |
Drew LA on the road...not sure if that says something about how Colorado played or LA played. |
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|
18 |
18 |
6 |
9 |
They need to get a lot better…defensive lapses and turnovers have killed them this season. |
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|
19 |
19 |
6 |
10 |
They’re…not…good. |
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|
20 |
20 |
2 |
4 |
Has a team ever had 6 games in hand at any point in MLS history? Well, Montreal does. |