There is little doubt that Toronto FC's season needs to be looked at in two parts. The Aron Winter 1-9 part and Paul Mariner's contribution.
It's still early in the latter, but Toronto has been far more competitive under the former Revs' assistant. How competitive? Let's look.
[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]Caveat: I'm in NO WAY trying to make an argument with these numbers. It's too small of a sample size at this point. However, it is entertaining to look at and it does illustrate one thing – how competitive TFC has been during the period looked at. You can speculate what that means moving forward, but we won't do that here.
The MLS standings since Mariner's appointment.
East
Chicago – 10 points
Toronto – 10
New England – 9
Montreal – 9
Philly – 9
Kansas City – 9
Houston – 8
DC United – 6
New York – 4
West
Vancouver – 11
Galaxy – 9
San Jose – 9
Salt Lake – 8
Portland – 6
Seattle – 6
Chivas – 5
Colorado – 4
Dallas – 2
Poor Julian.