Right now, there are a lot of fans doing hand wringing and other various forms of expending nervous energy over the Quakes back line. I'm not here to tell you that you're wrong to express concern (small sample size, whatever), but I am here to point out a couple of things:
*There are currently 3 teams above the red line in MLS that have a negative goal differential (Vancouver, Minnesota, and New England).
*Three teams above the red line have the same or fewer PPG as San Jose.
*The Sounders and Toronto FC, the last two champions of Major League Soccer, and the two teams that have represented both conferences in the MLS Cup for the past two years both have zero points on the table.