MLS: Son keeps LAFC climbing as San Diego slips

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 37 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

Philly went to D.C. and handed their capital-city rivals a 6-0 thrashing connected Saturday, which does wonders for fans inactive injured by their 7-0 nonaccomplishment to Vancouver. With 2 games to go, the Union person a four-point vantage astatine the apical of the Supporters' Shield race.

2. Vancouver Whitecaps

Previous ranking: 2

Vancouver settled for a 2-2 gully with Seattle successful a respectable back-and-forth show that could bounds their hopes of stealing the Shield from the Union, who they bushed 7-0 earlier successful September, but who pb them successful the Shield contention by six points. The Whitecaps person a crippled successful hand, though, and could inactive instrumentality apical spot successful the league if others stumble.

3. FC Cincinnati

Previous ranking: 3

FCC drew Orlando 1-1 connected Sunday acknowledgment to a 95th-minute equalizer from Orlando close backmost Alex Freeman. Cincy volition regret dropping points successful the last moment, but it's inactive connected way for location vantage successful the postseason arsenic it sits 2nd successful the East with 2 matches near successful the season, some against teams extracurricular playoff spots.

4. Seattle Sounders

Previous ranking: 5

Playing 1 of the champion teams successful the league, the Sounders came backmost from a 1-0 shortage against Vancouver and concisely held the pb aft scoring 2 goals successful 2 minutes, but yet settled for a 2-2 draw. Seattle's 2nd was Albert Rusnák's 11th of the season, arsenic the Slovakia midfielder creeps up connected Daniel Musovski successful the squad extremity charts. With the draw, the Sounders are officially successful their 3rd consecutive playoffs.

5. LAFC

Previous ranking: 7

Denis Bouanga scored his 23rd extremity of the play and Son Heung-Min added a brace successful LAFC's 4th consecutive triumph of the season, a 3-0 triumph implicit St. Louis. Los Angeles continues to ascent up the array arsenic the postseason nears, with the South Korea prima -- signed conscionable past period -- already the team's second-highest scorer and his operation with Bouanga is unlocking caller levels for the squad. The Black and Gold's 60 goals scored trails lone Miami's 65 successful MLS.

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