MLS Rankings – July’s First Week

The final week of June is complete and Houston went down to L.A. 1-0, but retain their spot on top as the strongest team. I’ve been preoccupied with the Confederations Cup, never expecting the United States to make it to the championship match! I’m still finishing the last bites from feasting on my words. Three of the four top teams from the beginning of last month keep their spot amongst the top ranks. Chicago is the fourth team who began the month near the top but with recent losses to Dallas (0-3), Houston (0-1), and D.C. United (1-2) have fallen down to seventh. It was a quiet month of June for Chicago, but this month they have more opportunities to recapture that early season form they lost. Houston can still retain the top spot by August 1st with winnable matches at K.C. (my home team), at Toronto, and against New England. The one loss can come against Seattle when they go there. The defending MLS Cup champions have a fairly good chance to remain near the top having three of their four matches played in Columbus. I’m only counting matches against other MLS opponents, not the SuperLeage or SuperLiga, whatever it’s called. Also not counting friendlies against Chelsea and A.C. Milan. So Brazil are 3-time Confederations champions and 5-time World Cup champions…that’s quite a resume. Oh and Real Madrid are throwing money at clubs signing as many foreign players as they can. Surprise, surprise…more on that at a later time. Here they are I know you’ve been dying to see them! Ha!

Rankings for July 2009 (Week 1)

Rk	Team	+/-
1	Houston Dynamo	0
2	Chivas USA	+1
3	Seattle Sounders F.C.	+1
4	Columbus Crew	+2
5	Colorado Rapids	-3
6	D.C. United	-1
7	Chicago Fire	0
8	Real Salt Lake	+3
9	Kansas City Wizards	-1
10	Los Angeles Galaxy	+2
11	Toronto F.C.	-2
12	New England Revolution	-2
13	F.C. Dallas	0
14	San Jose Earthquakes	0
15	New York Red Bull	0

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Upcoming Matches – Updated Saturday
Friday
(14) San Jose 0, (8) Real Salt Lake 1
Saturday
(6) D.C. United 1, (4) Columbus 1
(7) Chicago 2, (5) Colorado 1
(1) Houston 1, (9) Kansas City 0
(15) New York 1, (13) Dallas 2
(12) New England 0, (10) Los Angeles 1
all times Central United States