The First Week's Alphabetical Power Rankings: A Soccer Rundown
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Thursday, 26 March 2009 21:10
Eastern Conference
1. Chicago
2. Columbus
3. DC United
4. Kansas City
5. New England
6. New York
7. Toronto

Western Conference
1. Chivas USA
2. Colorado
3. FC Dallas
4. Houston
5. Los Angeles
6. Salt Lake
7. San Jose
8. Seattle

No real surprises. Let's see how the WPS looks going into the inaugural weekend:

WPS
1. Boston
2. Chicago
3. FC Gold Pride
4. Los Angeles
5. Sky Blue
6. St. Louis
7. Washington

Pretty much what you'd expect.

I would do a detailed WPS preview—really, I would—but I'm so unqualified. I remember 1996, when I confidently handicapped the initial MLS season by stating who had the most US national team members—for our younger readers, the 1996 US National Team members were horrifying. I mean, every last one of them was horrible, with the possible, marginal, barely justifiable exceptions of Agoos and Harkes. Cobi didn't get good until 1997, Meola didn't get good until he joined Kansas City, Lalas had to retire and unretire before he got good, and Waldo—I love you, but you were more trouble than you were worth to your MLS employers.
Do you know who I thought would meet in the final, considering that that criteria—Colorado and New England.  I can laugh about it now.

I thought Etcheverry would be crap. What can I say? I thought Campos and Sanchez would be crap, as well—at least I got those right.

Actually, for comedic purposes, maybe I should go through the rosters tomorrow and give completely non-expert previews. Hopefully, someone like Beau, Melissa, or Jacqueline Purdy will give some real ones from which I can borrow. Fox has a page dedicated to WPS, as is appropriate, considering FSC is showing the games and gets their content from places like the Associated Press. There's an official league site, but I'm not really expecting to see a preview along the lines of "Boston (or whoever) will finish last - what a godawful collection of three-legged pigs they slapped together. Season tickets still available!"

I completely forgot to mention this, but Club America is playing Morelia in Santa Barbara on Sunday. I wonder if they will outdraw Chivas USA?

Hell, I wonder if they'll outdraw the Galaxy or the Sol. I hope they don't outdraw the Sol. I want to support the most popular soccer team in Los Angeles.

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