Crew on Top

Columbus exits the 12th week of MLS play on top of MLS. First in Points per Game and 2nd only behind Seattle in Goal Difference per Game.

PPG	Club	GD
2.25	Columbus	1.33
2.00	Philadelphia	0.83
1.91	Seattle Sounders	1.45
1.83	Orlando City	0.75
1.83	Toronto FC	0.50
1.73	FC Dallas	0.64
1.67	Sporting KC	0.42
1.50	Minnesota	0.33
1.50	Portland	0.08
1.42	NYC FC	0.08
1.36	LA Galaxy	-0.09
1.33	Montreal Impact	-0.17
1.33	Colorado	0.00
1.25	New England	-0.08
1.25	Vancouver	-0.58
1.25	LAFC	-0.17
1.25	Houston Dynamo	0.08
1.17	NY Red Bulls*	-0.42
1.17	Real Salt Lake	-0.33
1.09	Nashville*	-0.36
1.00	Cincinnati***	-0.75
0.92	Inter Miami	-0.33
0.92	Atlanta United*	-0.42
0.92	D.C. United	-0.50
0.92	San Jose*	-1.33
0.75	Chicago**	-0.83

You have to go back about 11 seasons to find a Crew team performing this well after this many games. There is a caveat, however. 9 of the Crew's 12 games have been against pretty terrible teams.