Weekly Top 25 CONCACAF Club Rankings

CONCACAF Club Rankings-Top 25 Clubs in North America and Latin America-June 19th, 2012

Major League Soccer has finally gotten going again and there was movement in this week's Top 25.  Sporting Kansas City jumped Pachuca in the rankings to become the only Non-Mexican team in the Top 5.  Real Salt Lake moved up to 7th with a 3-0 win over Chivas USA (59th).  The New York Red Bulls fell out of the Top 10 with a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Fire (29th).  The Vancouver Whitecaps moved into the Top 20 with a 1-0 win over the Colorado Rapids.  DC United continues to climb the rankings having gone 4-0-1 in their last 5, while the Seattle Sounders continue to drop having gone 0-2-3 in their last 5.

1.)  Santos Laguna (FMF) - Season complete.

2.)  Tigres UANL (FMF) - Season complete.

3.)  Monterrey (FMF) - Season complete.

4.)  Monarcas Morelia (FMF) - Season complete.

5.)  Sporting KC (MLS) - With a 2-0 win over Toronto FC, Sporting KC gets back into this week's CONCACAF Top 5.  Sporting KC currently has the most efficient defense in MLS.  They are only allowing  0.77 goals per match and have the 4th highest goal differential.  This has allowed them to move back into this week's CONCACAF Top 5.  They are only 2 points behind DC United for first place in the Eastern Conference and they have played 3 fewer matches.  The next 2 weeks are going to busy for Sporting.  They are playing 5 matches in the next 15 days.  4 of those matches are MLS and 1 is a US Open Cup match.  Their next match will be on the road tomorrow (June 20th) against the struggling Seattle Sounders FC (18th).  They then fly back across the country to face the Philadelphia Union (80th) on Saturday. 

Rank	Club	League
1	Santos Laguna	Mexican Primera
2	UANL	Mexican Primera
3	Monterrey	Mexican Primera
4	Morelia	Mexican Primera
5	Sporting KC	MLS
6	Pachuca	Mexican Primera
7	Real Salt Lake	MLS
8	Cruz Azul	Mexican Primera
9	Jaguares	Mexican Primera
10	Real Esteli	Nicaraguan Primera
11	Isidro Metapan	El Salvador Primera
12	América	Mexican Primera
13	San Jose Earthquakes	MLS
14	DC United	MLS
15	Tijuana	Mexican Primera
16	New York Red Bulls	MLS
17	Guadalajara	Mexican Primera
18	Seattle Sounders FC	MLS
19	Vancouver Whitecaps	MLS
20	Herediano	Costa Rican Primera
21	UNAM	Mexican Primera
22	Toluca	Mexican Primera
23	Puebla	Mexican Primera
24	Querétaro	Mexican Primera
25	Alajuelense	Costa Rican Primera

Next Five:  Saprissa (Costa Rica), San Luis (FMF), Atlante (FMF), Chicago Fire (MLS), Sporting San Miguelito (Panama)