Week 5 Rankings

I can't have a blog and not do MLS rankings. So now that we've dusted this off and started anew, I gotta get back to my rankings.

I haven't done these in a while... we'll see how this goes.

1. Real Salt Lake: Could be one of the league's best-ever teams

2. LA Galaxy: Solved offensive problems.... by playing without Beckham, Donovan, Angel

3. Philadelphia: Dropped points at the death; should have done better to finish match

4. Colorado: Difficult midweek Rocky Mountain Cup setback

5. Seattle: Finally, a contribution from Montero

6. New York: Rodgers may have turned around Red Bulls' season

7. Columbus: Sporting KC's strong attack no match for Crew defense

8. Houston: Signs of life in southeast Texas

9. DC United: Charlie Davies, frontrunner for Newcomer of the Year

10. Portland: Too bad they can't play all their games at Jeld-Wen Field

11. FC Dallas: Felt the power of Jeld-Wen Field

12. San Jose: On the wrong end of a rout

13. Vancouver: Home field hasn't been an advantage of late

14. Sporting KC: Scoring goals wasn't supposed to be an issue

15. Chivas USA: Defense coming together - one goal allowed in last three games

16. Chicago: Misleading stat - Fire have scored in every game

17. New England: Goals are hard to come by for lowly Revs, and Lekic ain't the answer

18. Toronto FC: Bottom may have fallen out