Major League Soccer’s sixteenth season is slated to kick off this week.  In an off season that saw a large number of transactions and player movement, the league will have a lot of the same faces wearing all kinds of new uniforms.  Combine that with a handful of international transactions and the table could look quite a bit different from the final 2010 standings. 

GFT writers Matt Pietrangelo and Joseph Duepner break down each MLS club and where they will likely finish in GFT’s 2011 preseason rankings:

Lazio's lean run in the Rome derby is now five games over two seasons.  In this most recent derby, they really lost their heads in the last 20 minutes as they had two men sent off.  Both Stefan Radu and Matuzalem were sent off in the last five minutes.  Roma had captain Francesco Totti to thank for both of the goals.  The last time that Lazio won the derby was April 2009 with a 4-2 victory.