Week 2 saw lots of of goals, poor weather up north and a lot of other excitement around Major League Soccer.
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Meanwhile, one expansion team continues to struggle finding its feet, while another recorded a six-spot.
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Without further ado, let’s take a look at PST’s first installment of the 2017 MLS Power Rankings.
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Minnesota United: The Loons have allowed a league-leading 11 goals in two matches. In comparison, the next most a club has conceded is four…
New England Revolution: Match vs. Orlando City cancelled due to inclement weather. Columbus Crew: There’s been some early carryover from last season’s struggles, particularly on the defensive end where the Crew have had some issues. This is still a team loaded with talent though. |
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19 (11) | DC United: No Luciano Acosta to start has made the attack look stagnant and the backline did this team no favors either in New York City. |
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18 (14) | Real Salt Lake: Injuries have plagued RSL so far in 2017. Justen Glad and Joao Plata are among the questionable for this weekend’s clash against the Galaxy. |
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17 (17) | Montreal Impact: Good start against the Sounders, but the Impact have to close out games better. | |
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16 (15) | Philadelphia Union: Jim Curtin’s side fought hard to pick up a draw against Toronto. The Union will get Orlando in Week 3, who had a lay off a week ago. | |
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15 (10) | LA Galaxy: Lots of injuries have halted an early-season momentum for the Galaxy. |
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14 (7) | Vancouver Whitecaps: Their CCL hopes took a dash against Tigres so let’s see how the Whitecaps respond versus Toronto. |
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13 (13) | Sporting Kansas City: They haven’t been good but they also haven’t been bad. At least Peter Vermes can say SKC is one of two teams that haven’t allowed a goal yet. | |
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12 (18) | Chicago Fire: Nemanja Nikolic opened up his MLS account, and it seems like there’s a lot more where that came from. |
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11 (20) | Atlanta United: The weather was certainly frightful up in Minnesota but Atlanta’s play was so delightful. Miguel Almiron and Josef Martinez are living up to the early hype down in Hot-lanta. | |
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10 (8) | Orlando City: Match against the New England Revolution in Week 2 postponed. | |
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9 (6) | Seattle Sounders: The champs haven’t gotten out to the start that they would have liked and now the Red Bulls come to town for the Sounders’ home opener. |
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8 (4) |
Toronto FC: Some early injuries have made things difficult for Greg Vanney’s side, including to Sebastian Giovinco, but the runners’ up from a season are still unbeaten to start. |
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7 (17) | San Jose Earthquakes: Anibal Godoy and the Earthquakes attack are out to a hot start in San Jose. | |
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6 (12) | Houston Dynamo: The Western Conference bottom dwellers from a season ago have looked anything but that in 2017. Scary movement up front and solid backline have the Dynamo as a legitimate contender to make some noise in the West. |
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5 (5) | Colorado Rapids: The Rapids should give Tim Howard a raise for his performance against the Red Bulls. No, seriously. Go watch the highlights again. |
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4 (9) | New York City FC: We saw a glimpse of how good this NYCFC attack can be in Week 2. Now, a difficult home test against the Impact looms for the Bronx side. | |
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3 (3) | New York Red Bulls: It hasn’t been the prettiest but the Red Bulls are one of four teams to win their first two matches. | |
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2 (1) | FC Dallas: Unbeaten in two and a possible Champions League final in the works, everything has started out according to plan for Oscar Pareja and co. | |
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1 (2) | Portland Timbers: Even though the Timbers only had one goal to show in Week 2, this attack continues to look extremely potent and is probably the best in MLS. |
