It has been a week and a half since our last rankings, but there have been three Matchdays, so buckle up.

Or, put another way, “[C]hanges aren’t permanent, but change is.”

As of the time of the initial writing, two coaches have already been fired (Red Bulls and Fire) and it may not stop there.

Two weeks ago they went to Nashville and got another tie, last week they were off, but consistently, they win at home and tie on the road – if they don’t win, that is

We want to highlight two groups in particular, starting with the top – while there is not a huge gap between the Top Shelf and Quality groupings, it absolutely is just LAFC at the top.

Yeah, this is the Sounders we are used to seeing.

Some teams are really jumping off the page now, not the least of which is St. Louis City.

Every week gives us more data to work with, and this weekend was no exception.

As with all seasons, the early games tell us some things, but there is still a Fog of War to wade through as teams adjust to which players play the way they expect and which ones don’t.

Welcome to MLS 2023, and the future looks amazingly bright, at least from a “how successful and stable is this league” standpoint.