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MLS Power Rankings: Philly, Seattle come out the gate hot; Vancouver, Colorado already stumble

MLS is back! And not in the "we really named a tournament this" way. Just in the "first weekend of the season, everyone is really excited and every team is still dreaming of glory" way.

With the start of every season comes the dreaded question for the all-important power rankings: how much stock do you put in the first results?

On one hand, 90 minutes is a laughably small sample size -- and are you really going to toss out last season, winter transfers and basic beliefs that the players who have played well in recent years are probably going to keep playing well, even if matchweek one didn't go according to plan?