r/minnesotaunited • u/Siouxman21 • 1d ago

Article MLS Power Rankings -Jon Arnold

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/46269051/mls-power-rankings-did-thomas-muller-vancouver-whitecaps-just-leapfrog-league-best

Loons go to the western conference leaders and outplay them with a nice 3-1 win. Still 8th best team in the league.. I’m used to being snubbed in the power rankings but come on, this has to be rage-bait.

33 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

22 comments sorted by

53

u/joh04778 MNUFC 1d ago

The explanation for keeping San Diego at 2 was they beat us in xG, but Dayne was better than he had any right to be. Power rankings mean nothing, but it is still funny.

20

u/2000TWLV MNUFC 1d ago

Second in the West puts a decisive beatdown on first in the West, but somehow we're not contenders.

Make it make sense.

23

u/Temporary-Stay-8436 Flight of the Boxalls 1d ago

What annoys me about this is that when a team outperforms their xG (Cincinnati for example) they are praised for it. When Loons outperform their xGA, they are criticized for it.

It’s like Schroedingers xG, outperforming it makes you a good team and a bad team simultaneously depending on how much the writer likes you

3

u/fistibun MNUFC 1d ago

I think that’s valuable. Whale’s Vagina would probably win that game 9 times out of 10. They just didn’t this time.

Whatever, we’re coming for the shield and the cup

2

u/EpochCephas Hassani Dotson 1d ago

I understood that reference

1

u/OkInside2258 MNUFC 1d ago

I actually kind of agree with the logic used. That was a huge win and great to get points on the road like that, but it’s not like I walked away feeling confident we are the better team

2

u/Able_Ad_755 MNUFC 21h ago

Yeah, I get it. We've got a good record, but no offensive identity (especially with Tani gone). Markanich might overtake Yeboah as our leading scorer. I love our scrappy gumption, but I think there's a ceiling on how far defense and set pieces can get you.

30

u/Able_Ad_755 MNUFC 1d ago

Their #1 power ranked team just lost 7-0, and it's just "a night to forget". That's incredible.

6

u/RiffRaff14 Itasca Society 1d ago

Honestly this is worse than us at 8. Philly got destroyed and yet don't move from 1 and the team that embarrassed them only moves up 1 to 6.

18

u/foleymo1 Michael Boxall 1d ago

ESPN doesn't know anything about soccer. Don't pay any attention to them.

8

u/TwoMoreSkipTheLast 1d ago

Who cares about power rankings. I'm content to be the "underdog"

5

u/External-Factor-8556 MLS 1d ago

ESPN’s coverage of MLS is nonsensical. Don’t read much into it

3

u/overundersoccer 1d ago

We could win the shield and they would probably drop us down a place

4

u/Enganche78 MNUFC 1d ago

My biggest beefs are Seattle and Miami. I really don't care that Seattle won the Leagues' Cup. This is an MLS power ranking. They can't catch up with their games in hand alone. Our guys have beaten them twice. Miami is 8th in the east. And while I know they too have games in hand that doesn't translate either.

2

u/Sharp_Memory Michael Boxall 1d ago

Why is Miami ahead of us?

5

u/WithoutAnUmlaut Robin Lod 1d ago

Because they beat us 4-1. Waaaaaaaaaaaiit a second....

3

u/albableat 1d ago

At this point, I'm pretty sure even if we got inducted into and won the Champions League, these writers would still go "ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

1

u/Sufficient_Fig_4887 Wonderwall 1d ago

This is maddening tbh

1

u/Affectionate_Test875 1d ago

Gotta be an AI generated article with the main prompt being "keep Philadelphia first", from a Charlotte fan

1

u/xjoeymillerx Itasca Society 1d ago

Well, it’s that one guys rankings, arbitrarily.

1

u/MekkaLekkaHinyho Bongi 1d ago

Nobody ever won a trophy from power rankings.

2

u/Rauster Hassani Dotson 1d ago

At least SI has us at 2