Turf Game Sinks Crew

Adding my team rankings now that we are getting close to 20% complete with the season (16%). Below is the median rank of each MLS team by PPG (Points per Game), WS (WhoScored.com), SQ (Squawka), and HB (Helltown Beer).

Last week saw Columbus Crew SC at "11th", but this week they sink to "17th." That's the wrong way. With that, being that the game they played was on one of the worst surfaces in North America, they get a pass this week (in my head, not with the numbers).

Power Rank!	Team	PPG	WS	SQ	HB
2	Montreal Impact	5	1	1	3
2	Sporting Kansas City	2	7	2	1
3	FC Dallas	2	1	3	8
5	Philadelphia Union	5	9	5	2
5	San Jose Earthquakes	4	5	10	5
7	Orlando City	8	3	7	6
8	L.A. Galaxy	8	8	4	9
8	Real Salt Lake	1	9	13	7
8	Colorado Rapids	7	9	12	4
9	New York City FC	10	5	8	20
11	Houston Dynamo	14	3	11	10
11	Chicago Fire	10	9	16	11
14	New England Rev.	12	16	15	12
14	Toronto FC	14	14	18	13
15	DC United	14	13	17	15
17	Portland Timbers	17	18	14	16
17	Columbus Crew	20	15	6	19
17	Seattle Sounders FC	18	17	9	17
18	Vancouver Whitecaps	12	18	19	18
20	New York Red Bulls	19	20	20	14

In my years following MLS, I've never seen Columbus drifting down around the bottom nearly 20% in. Back in 2013 they bottomed out at 16th in the league for most of the year, but never dead last like this.

I've seen comparisons to Supporters' Sheild winning years of 2004 and 2009, but holy hell, there's a million things wrong with that. Doing this sort of comparing to previous years drives me up the wall. MLS with a dozen or so teams is a crapshoot. A good three game run could shoot you up the table. This is now a 20 team league. Holes are deeper and the motivation is less (12 team playoff).

Anyhow, Crew host New York City FC this weekend. Everybody likes them better. Except for my system. I guess we'll see who's right.