This season’s MLS Multiplex Power Rankings did a week’s worth of varying angles and narratives. In trying to view team’s through different prisms, the teams moved up and down quite a bit some weeks despite the results. Now, results matter more as the remaining points available dwindle while point gaps in the standings grow.
The greater MLS narratives have been shaped through the early portion of the schedule. The eventual MVP candidates are becoming clear. Some contending teams looking the part can rest easy in their team-wide approach. Others that expected success and have found little have a lot of work to do if they are to right the ship.