What a year in MLS.

Philadelphia won the Supporters’ Shield, D.C. United won the Wooden Spoon, Lionel Messi is on track to win Landon Donovan MLS MVP, an expansion team took the league by storm, FC Cincinnati finished top three in the Eastern Conference, and LAFC added a former Tottenham Hotspur star midsummer and got hot down the stretch. It was truly a season unlike any other.

As always: The Power Rankings are voted on by, give or take, 15 people associated with MLSsoccer.com. The author does get a little rush out of moving your team down a few spots, though. 1

Philadelphia Union

The Supporters’ Shield winners are about to face a classic Shield-winner question: Can their regular-season game model win in the playoffs? Far more often than not, the answer has been no. The 201

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