MLS week 13 Wrapup and SRS Rankings

Maybe people are reading my blog after all.  A few days after my rant about the lack of scoring in the MLS, we get a weekend that featured 29 goals in 9 matches or 3.22 goals/match.  The MLS hasn't scored at this level since 2001.  Best of all, there were no scoreless draws!  This goal from the Seattle/Vancouver match was the best of the 29.

Here is a recap of my weekend predictions:

Predicted Score				Actual Score				Points
New York	2	New England	1	New York	2	New England	1	30
Philadelphia	0	Real Salt Lake	0	Philadelphia	1	Real Salt Lake	1	20
D.C. United	1	San Jose	1	D.C. United	2	San Jose	4	-10
Houston	2	Chivas USA	2	Houston	2	Chivas USA	1	-10
Seattle	1	Vancouver	0	Seattle	2	Vancouver	2	-10
Los Angeles	2	Toronto FC	0	Los Angeles	2	Toronto FC	2	-10
Portland	2	Colorado	1	Portland	0	Colorado	1	-10
Columbus	2	Chicago	1	Columbus	0	Chicago	1	-10
FC Dallas	2	Kansas City	1	FC Dallas	1	Kansas City	4	-10
							Total	-20

Not a good week with only 2 outcomes and 1 score predicted correctly.  Season-to-date my accuracy is at 38.0% for outcomes and 8.9% for scores.  My SRS rankings after the jump:

Team	MOV	SOS	SRS	Change
Real Salt Lake	0.583	0.083	0.666	-0.235
New York	0.571	0.028	0.599	0.034
Philadelphia	0.385	0.145	0.529	0.018
Los Angeles	0.471	-0.074	0.397	-0.107
San Jose	0.308	-0.010	0.298	0.177
Seattle	0.188	0.017	0.205	-0.023
Houston	0.067	0.102	0.169	0.052
Colorado	0.200	-0.043	0.157	0.033
FC Dallas	0.133	-0.056	0.078	-0.269
Chivas USA	0.071	-0.053	0.018	-0.041
Columbus	-0.143	0.004	-0.138	0.065
Chicago	-0.214	-0.036	-0.250	0.124
Portland	-0.308	-0.014	-0.321	-0.112
Kansas City	-0.333	-0.079	-0.412	0.404
D.C. United	-0.462	0.034	-0.428	-0.125
Vancouver	-0.400	-0.042	-0.442	0.057
New England	-0.500	0.037	-0.463	-0.002
Toronto FC	-0.667	-0.017	-0.683	0.114

Real Salt Lake remains on top despite a big drop.  Their loss to Columbus midweek was the main reason for the sharp decline.  Kansas City's big win over FC Dallas allowed them to cut their SRS in half.  Toronto FC now resides on the bottom despite the SRS boost they received from tying Los Angeles.