MLS Power Rankings: Philly win Shield, red-hot LAFC rolling

It's Monday, and different week of MLS enactment is successful the books, which means it's clip for ESPN's Power Rankings.

Who's climbing the table, and who's successful escaped fall? Our writers studied the enactment from crossed Matchday 38 to travel up with this week's bid of each 30 teams successful the league. Let's dive in.

1. Philadelphia Union

Previous ranking: 1

The Union claimed the 2025 Supporters' Shield with a 1-0 triumph implicit NYCFC connected Saturday evening, becoming the league's apical regular play squad for the 2nd clip successful nine history. With Mikael Uhre's extremity coming connected the backmost of a high-pressing sequence, Philly climbed backmost to the apical of the MLS mountaintop successful fittingly assertive fashion.

2. Vancouver Whitecaps

Previous ranking: 2

Between a brace of long-range strikes from Sebastian Berhalter, Ryan Gauld's instrumentality from wounded to regular play enactment and the 4-1 triumph implicit San Jose, Sunday couldn't person gone overmuch amended for the 'Caps. They inactive person a accidental to assertion the West's apical spot, too.

3. LAFC

Previous ranking: 5

LAFC extended their winning streak to five-straight games with a 1-0 triumph implicit Atlanta United connected Sunday evening. Perhaps conscionable arsenic notable was Denis Bouanga scoring to people the grounds 18th consecutive extremity scored by either Son Heung-min oregon the Gabon international.

4. Seattle Sounders

Previous ranking: 4

Not adjacent Albert Rusnak's precocious reddish paper could enactment a damper connected the Seattle Sounders' 1-0 triumph implicit the Portland Timbers, their archetypal location triumph implicit their Cascadia rivals successful 8 years.

5. Inter Miami CF

Previous ranking: 7

Inter Miami got backmost successful the triumph file with a 4-1 triumph implicit the New England Revolution connected Saturday. For each of their flaws, nary squad successful the league tin bent with Miami's onslaught erstwhile it's firing connected each cylinders. The Revs surely couldn't.

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Inter Miami CF vs. New England Revolution - Game Highlights

Inter Miami CF vs. New England Revolution - Game Highlights

6. FC Cincinnati

Previous ranking: 3

Cincinnati pushed past the New York Red Bulls by a 1-0 scoreline acknowledgment to a wonder-strike from Kevin Denkey. Of note, Pat Noonan's squad mislaid the xG conflict for the 5th clip successful the past 7 games, based connected FBref's ...