Pythagorean for 2012 MLS regular season (2012-08-13)
Categories: Soccer Pythagorean: Tables
Below is the Pythagorean table for the 2012 Major League Soccer regular season for matches played up to 12 August 2012. MLS’ competition format has made it more of a challenge to automate the tables, but it’s one that we’re more than willing to take.
San José Earthquakes, Sporting Kansas City, and Real Salt Lake have maintained their distance from the rest of the league since the end of April. The Red Bulls have played their way into the top four and are among the biggest overachievers of the season. Vancouver Whitecaps have a +6 Pythagorean residual, the largest in the league. At the other end of the performance spectrum are Colorado Rapids (-5) and New England Revolution (-7). Chivas USA were among the league overachievers but have since become slightly overachieving, but in their case it means that instead of being poor, they’re merely mediocre.
| League Table | Pythagorean | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | Pts | Δ |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 44 | +3 |
| Sporting Kansas City | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 43 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 40 | +3 |
| Real Salt Lake | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 39 | +3 |
| New York Red Bulls | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 36 | +5 |
| Houston Dynamo | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 39 | +1 |
| Chicago Fire | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 38 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 34 | +4 |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 36 | +1 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 31 | +6 |
| D.C. United | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | +1 |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 39 | +0 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 32 | +1 |
| Montreal Impact | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 43 | -7 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 0 |
| Columbus Crew | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | +3 |
| FC Dallas | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 34 | -5 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 30 | -4 |
| Chivas USA | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | +4 |
| Colorado Rapids | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 31 | 35 | -4 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 30 | -5 |
| New England Revolution | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 | -7 |
| Philadelphia Union | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -1 |
| Portland Timbers | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 37 | -17 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -1 |
| Toronto FC | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 40 | -15 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -1 |
