MLS: Final Season Power Rankings – Postseason or Post-mortem?
The MLS regular season has come to a dramatic close. The North American grind has humbled some soccer gods while helping other stars to shine brighter. Here are the season-end Power Rankings.
Many MLS fans are waking up knowing that their team will not be lifting a cup at the end of the MLS season. For some, the dream ended in heartbreak; for others, this has been a long road of suffering. These power rankings are based on how bad or good a team should feel relative to their season outlook. While some MLS squads went stumbling like a careless victim running from Micheal Myers, others are still sitting on the Leprechauns’ pot of gold.
Is your team dead by a thousand cuts, still bleeding out, or a cold case of rigor-mortis with the season-long dead? Some still have a chance to survive, while a couple teams fancy themselves the reaper of all, the carrier of the sharpest knife.
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Where does your team stand in the last edition of the MLS Multiplex Regular Season Power Rankings?
Cold Case Corpses
Orlando City SC. 22. team. 327. Orlando City’s last and season-ending loss was the most joyful loss all season. Too bad the scoreboard was not indicative of the gulf in class in the teams. The Red Bulls tamed the Lions 1-0, but the season stats tell the tale. OCSC finished with 28 points and 74 goals allowed. NYRB had 71 points and only 33 goals allowed. But hey, Atlanta didn’t win a trophy and Orlando City helped to make that possible by obliging the Red Bulls the full points. Spector and Tarek should survive any mass roster purges, as should Kljestan and Dwyer, just based on reputation and salary demands. Everyone else should expect a offseason of uncertainty judging by James O’Connor’s <a href=. 8-22-4. Previous: 22nd
8-19-7. Previous: 19th. Colorado Rapids. 19. team. 368. Cole Basset struck for a goal, making history as the youngest goalscorer in club history. The Rapids can end the season on a high note, but know this was just a team on their day playing a lethargic FC Dallas team that hasn’t looked right in a month. The Rapids supporters groups are picking random battles against city regulations and then protesting anyway. All the while, Hudson’s offseason program and recruitment strategy looks to be uninspired yet again. Tim Howard isn’t getting any younger and Edgar Castillo and Kellyn Acosta are likely asking to play some winning soccer somewhere. If Colorado can’t satisfy the players’ demand for competent teammates and coaching, Stan needs to sell the team.