Power Rankings: How high can Lionel Messi & Inter Miami soar?
No team has ever stretched the definition of “Power” in Power Rankings like this Inter Miami team. They’ve clearly turned into something far different over the last few weeks. They’re definitely still in last place in the East though. Kind of seems like the voting collective subconsciously ended up splitting the difference between “Possibly the best team in the league” and “Five wins in 22 games.” By that I mean Inter Miami received a first-place vote and a 27th-place vote.
Even with some dissenters, they still jumped 16 spots in one go. I’m going to call that a Power Rankings record. So. Hang the banner, Miami. There’s a chance “Up 16 spots in the Power Rankings” looks great next to the 2023 Leagues Cup and US Open Cup trophies. It’s tough to say whether that might potentially include MLS Cup, but, even with a massive gap (12 points) remaining between them and the playoffs, are you really going to count them out right now?
