Once a week, the Major League Soccer minds at SB Nation get together and talk about whales wrecking yachts in South Africa, over-paying for your neighbors' furniture, and things Daniel Tosh hates (which probably includes this post).
When those issues are settled, Major League Soccer's results dissected and inspected, sometimes rejected, but largely accepted. The product: a nice ordered list with graphical elements that seems to correspond to how SB Nation's MLS Soccer community sees MLS's power structure.
Again their's a royal trinity, with the Galaxy, Crew, and Real Salt Lake maintaining their perch atop the league. On the move: FC Dallas, a club on the verge of consideration as a Cup Contender.
Until the day the undead Burn finish their rise, your Week 16 Power Rankings:
| The Cup Contenders | ||
|---|---|---|
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Los Angeles Galaxy |
 100% (21 out of 21 points) |
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Columbus Crew |
100% (21 out of 21 points) |
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Real Salt Lake |
100% (21 out of 21 points) |
| Postseason, But Little More | ||
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FC Dallas
|
81% (17 out of 21 points) |
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Red Bull New York
|
67% (14 out of 21 points) |
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Colorado Rapids
|
67% (14 out of 21 points) |
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Toronto FC
|
62% (13 out of 21 points) |
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San Jose Earthquakes |
57% (12 out of 21 points) |
| "Playoffs? Playoffs?" | ||
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Chicago Fire
|
38% (8 out of 21 points) |
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Houston Dynamo
|
33% (7 out of 21 points) |
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Seattle Sounders
|
29% (6 out of 21 points) |
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New England Revolution
|
19% (4 out of 21 points) |
| And with the third pick in the 2011 MLS Superdraft ... | ||
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Kansas City Wizards
|
10% (2 out of 21 points) |
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Philadelphia Union
|
10% (2 out of 21 points) |
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DC United
|
0% (0 out of 21 points) |
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Chivas USA
|
0% (0 out of 21 points) |
How It Works: Each of the seven participants puts Major League Soccer's clubs into one of the four tiers. Teams in the top tier get three points. Next tier, two points, then one, then zilch. Voters can put as many teams into each tier as they would like. Though the vote total orders the teams, the clubs are intended to be grouped, not sorted.
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