As the 2018 season is now a third of the way over, it’s important to look at the table and see those thriving, and who could fill in the rest of the pack. There seem to be only a handful of consistently good teams. The rest are either consistently bad or flip-flop from looking like contenders to utterly pathetic. While it makes sense for the majority of MLS teams to be in the flip-flop-ish stage, because of the parody of the league, it’s interesting to see that the teams in this group are the ones that spend less money on players. All that aside, last week had some great action! Relive it all here, as you get ready for an action packed week 13! This week around MLS Week 12!
Wednesday, May 16th:
Vancouver WhiteCaps 2
San Jose Earthquakes 2
Friday, May 18th:
Toronto FC 2
Orlando City SC 1
Saturday, May 19th:
New York City FC 4
Colorado Rapids 0
Portland Timbers 2
Los Angeles FC 1
FC Dallas 2
Vancouver Whitecaps 2
New England Revolution 0
Columbus Crew SC 1
Philadelphia Union 4
Real Salt Lake 1
San Jose Earthquakes 1
DC United 3
Sunday May 20th:
Minnesota United 1
Sporting Kansas City 1
Chicago Fire 2
Houston Dynamo 3
Atlanta United FC 1
New York Red Bulls 3
Monday May 21st:
Montreal Impact 0
LA Galaxy 1
Goals of the Week:
We love us some goals and week 12 had plenty of 'em. ? pic.twitter.com/r31JMjPagf
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 22, 2018
Saves of the Week:
A round of applause for the goalkeepers ? https://t.co/6EnhNNJiXe
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 22, 2018
Team of the Week, Week 12:
That's a wrap on Week 12.
TOTW: https://t.co/bMJbhPU3mI // @Audi pic.twitter.com/u3lbMYh9X2
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 21, 2018
Player of the Week, Week 12:
B. W. P.
Congrats to @BWPNINENINE on winning @alcatelmobileus Player of the Week! ?https://t.co/XRDcLLTNhO
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 23, 2018
Power Rankings:
1️⃣ @NewYorkRedBulls ⬆️
2️⃣ @ATLUTD ⬇️
3️⃣ @SportingKC ↔️
4️⃣ @NYCFC ⬆️
5️⃣ @ColumbusCrewSC ⬆️Power Rankings are in: https://t.co/JH5YAJZLNr pic.twitter.com/grE8KaOmKb
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 23, 2018
Standings:
Eastern Conference
Points | Overall | |||||||||
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Club | PTS | PPG | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | |
25 | 2.08 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 10 | ||
24 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | ||
24 | 1.85 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 8 | ||
21 | 2.1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 14 | ||
19 | 1.73 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 3 | ||
17 | 1.55 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 3 | ||
14 | 1.27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -3 | ||
11 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 20 | -5 | ||
10 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 19 | -5 | ||
9 | 0.75 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 27 | -13 | ||
8 | 0.89 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 17 | -4 |
Western Conference
Points | Overall | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Club | PTS | PPG | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | |
24 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 11 | ||
20 | 1.82 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 5 | ||
17 | 1.7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 1 | ||
17 | 1.7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 5 | ||
16 | 1.23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 24 | -8 | ||
15 | 1.5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | ||
13 | 1.18 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 19 | -4 | ||
13 | 1.08 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 22 | -8 | ||
13 | 1.18 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 25 | -11 | ||
9 | 0.82 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 22 | -4 | ||
8 | 0.89 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -4 | ||
8 | 0.8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 17 | -6 |
Week 13 Fixtures:
Friday, May 25th:
Toronto vs Dallas | 8:00 PM EST
Houston vs NYCFC | 8:55 PM EST
LA Galaxy vs San Jose | 11:00 PM EST
Saturday, May 26th:
Seattle vs Salt Lake | 5:00 PM EST
Vancouver vs New England | 5:30 PM EST
New York RB vs Philadelphia | 7:00 PM EST
Orlando vs Chicago | 7:30 PM EST
Minnesota vs Montreal | 8:00 PM EST
Colorado vs Portland | 9:00 PM EST
LAFC vs DC | 10:00 PM EST
Sunday, May 27th:
Kansas City vs Columbus | 6:00 PM EST
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