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Admit it: when you looked at the scores from this past week and saw "Houston Dynamo 5-0 FC Dallas," your eyes perked up in disbelief. Mine definitely did when I first saw that scoreline...no way would the team that many quietly were saying was the best team in the league (and #1 in Week 1's Power Rankings) would get pummeled at the hands of their bitter rival. For Houston, the #beatemdown of Dallas shows me two things: they can score in bunches, and they worked hard to correct the mistakes that cost them three points in Week 1 against New England. It's one of the quirky things you will undoubtedly see in the first few weeks of the Major League Soccer season.
Still, it's nothing to take to the bank yet. These teams are feeling each other out, but most importantly they're still focusing on their team identities and what they think they can do. Teams are still putting pieces together and with the transition from slow preseason to full-90 all out league action, we aren't separating the cream from the crop at this point. Thus, there will likely be a lot of movement within the Power Rankings until the teams settle in and we really get to see who's real and who isn't.
The top spot this week goes to the Montreal Impact, fresh off a 3-0 thumping of the New York Red Bulls (who have signed their lease to the basement). Your Black & Red move up a few spots to #12, but the injury bug has once again hit the team and we will see how resilient they can be over the next few weeks. Now, this is where you can make your case. Is D.C. United going to trend high or low? What have you seen so far that's a cause for concern among the league heavyweights? Is there a team you're impressed with? You know the drill: hit the comments section and let's hear what you have to say!
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Rank
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Team
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LW
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Points
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GP
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Comment
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1
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Montreal Impact
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5
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6
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2
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Shut down Red Bull, look the best through 2 weeks.
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2
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8
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6
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2
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Quincy Amarikwa stole the show, San Jose looking good.
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3
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6
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6
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2
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2nd straight hard fought victory.
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4
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2
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4
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2
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4 points in two weeks in NY/NJ? They’ll take that.
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5
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Houston Dynamo
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10
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4
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2
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Domination in every sense of the word.
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6
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7
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4
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2
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Let the game slip away at home to TFC.
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7
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3
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3
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2
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Inexcusable for them to lose to Colorado at the end.
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8
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4
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3
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2
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Hard to peg how Portland’s playing so far this year.
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9
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9
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2
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2
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Scoreless draw at home to DC.
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10
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FC Dallas
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1
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3
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2
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They got bamboozled and they fall hard as a result.
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11
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16
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4
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2
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Getting a great victory against Seattle will help their confidence.
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12
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D.C. United
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15
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1
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2
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Travis Worra’s awesome clean sheet earns United the point. We need more of that.
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13
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12
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0
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2
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They’re better than what they’ve shown the first two weeks.
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14
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17
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2
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2
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Didn’t do well to expand on momentum from Week 1’s stoppage time thrills.
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15
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19
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3
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2
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Colorado with a big victory against an LA team that should have smoked them.
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16
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11
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0
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2
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They’re missing Obafemi Martins early on.
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17
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20
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3
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2
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Chris Pontius with the brace! J For Philly. L We miss you, Party Boy.
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18
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18
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1
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2
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They escape with the draw, but they need to figure out how they want to defend.
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19
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14
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0
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2
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They lose to a Union team that should not be their equal…they drop to the bottom.
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20
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New York Red Bulls
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13
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0
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2
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5 goals allowed and zero scored in first two weeks…meet the basement.
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