It took 8 weeks, but finally every team in MLS has played 5 or more matches meaning it is time for the first edition of the 2018 MLS Stumptown Footy Power Index (SFPI)!
As always, a quick reminder of how I arrive at these rankings:
The SFPI has two main components, “Performance Score,” which is determined 100% by on the field results, and “Strength of Schedule” which takes the average Performance Score of all of a team’s opponents to date, with a mechanism to account for games on the road.
PERFORMANCE SCORE
A team’s Performance Score is made up of the following components:
Points Per Game (PPG) Score: This takes a team’s overall PPG and adds their PPG over their last five matches with the last five being given more weight.