Castrol Index Weekly Top 20: Erick Torres has stellar performance for Chivas USA

MLSsoccer staff

With the way the Chivas USA season has gone, they'll take all the praise they can get. And in the latest Castrol Index ratings, they got plenty.

Erick Torres was one of the brightest stars in MLS this week, leading the top 20 with 1,439 points, more than 150 points in the clear of the No. 2 performer in Week 27, Robbie Keane of the LA Galaxy.

Speaking of the surging Galaxy, which blitzed their California Clasico counterpart San Jose Earthquakes to the tune of a 3-0 win, they had three players in the top 15 of this week's rankings, with goalkeeper Jaime Penedo and defender Leonardo finishing No. 9 (1,058 points) and No. 14 (820 points) respectively.

Supporters' Shield leading Real Salt Lake also had three players in the top 15 of the rankings, following their 4-2 triumph over the Portland Timbers. Alvaro Saborio came in with the No. 3 ranking, tallying 1,260 points. Midfielder Javier Morales came in at No. 6 with 1,097; and midfielder Luis Gil rounded the RSL rankings at No. 15 with 807 points.

See how players collect points in the Castrol methodology here.

Castrol Index Week 27 Top 20 Performers


<p>Rank</p>	Player	Position	Team	Minutes	Opponent	Points
1	Erick Torres	Forward	Chivas USA	90	Vancouver Whitecaps	1,439
2	Robbie Keane	Forward	LA Galaxy	90	San Jose Earthquakes	1,286
3	Alvaro Saborio	Forward	Real Salt Lake	90	Portland Timbers	1,260
4	Mike Magee	Midfielder	Chicago Fire	90	Houston Dynamo	1,225
5	Troy Perkins	Goalkeeper	Montreal Impact	90	Philadelphia Union	1,123
6	Javier Morales	Midfielder	Real Salt Lake	90	Portland Timbers	1,097
7	Luis Robles	Goalkeeper	New York Red Bulls	90	D.C. United	1,090
8	Michael Gspurning	Goalkeeper	Seattle Sounders FC	90	Columbus Crew	1,083
9	Jaime Penedo	Goalkeeper	LA Galaxy	90	San Jose Earthquakes	1,058
10	Diego Fagundez	Midfielder	New England Revolution	89	Toronto FC	1,012
11	Nick DeLeon	Midfielder	D.C. United	80	New York Red Bulls	994
12	Andrew Wiedeman	Forward	Toronto FC	90	New England Revolution	904
13	Sebastian Le Toux	Forward	Philadelphia Union	90	Montreal Impact	889
14	Leonardo	Defender	LA Galaxy	90	San Jose Earthquakes	820
15	Luis Gil	Midfielder	Real Salt Lake	72	Portland Timbers	807
16	Sheanon Williams	Defender	Philadelphia Union	90	Montreal Impact	803
17	Dominic Oduro	Forward	Columbus Crew	90	Seattle Sounders FC	787
18	Graham Zusi	Midfielder	Sporting Kansas City	90	Colorado Rapids	785
19	Lloyd Sam	Midfielder	New York Red Bulls	90	D.C. United	783
20	Gabriel Torres	Forward	Colorado Rapids	90	Sporting Kansas City	<p>761</p>