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USL Power Rankings - Wk 1

New season, new project!

By Kreg Asay
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As a logical segue from the MLS Power Ranking Averages; and with a definite lack of rankings for both USL and NWSL, your humble author will endeavor to fill the void.

Now obviously I don’t have time to watch ever single game, so I’ll have to rely on results, highlights, and game reports where available. As with any power ranking, there will be readers who disagree with me; that is to be expected - and I invite you to do your own rankings, the more the merrier!

A short note about methodology. Basically anything that goes against the ‘expected result’ (home team winning) will have greater change in my rankings. A tie would cause the home team to drop slightly, and the away team to rise. A home team losing would be a bigger drop; loss by a large margin would magnify that as well.

2018 USL Power Rankings

Wk29 Wk30 Wk31 Team Conference Wk 29 Avg Wk 30 Avg Wk 31 Avg Season Avg
Wk29 Wk30 Wk31 Team Conference Wk 29 Avg Wk 30 Avg Wk 31 Avg Season Avg
28 28 27 Atlanta United 2 East 27.714 27.571 25.857 25.013
10 11 11 Bethlehem Steel FC East 12.429 12.857 11.143 15.945
9 8 9 Charleston Battery East 9.571 10.429 10.286 11.238
23 21 24 Charlotte Independence East 22.714 20.143 22.857 18.877
24 26 25 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC West 22.857 23.571 23 19.606
1 1 1 FC Cincinnati East 1 1.143 1.571 3.686
25 23 23 Fresno FC West 23.429 21.286 21.286 20.659
13 10 17 Indy Eleven East 12.857 12.714 16.571 13.218
22 24 26 LA Galaxy II West 21 21.857 23.429 24.374
28 29 28 Las Vegas Lights FC West 27.714 27.714 26 21.194
4 3 2 Louisville City FC East 3.857 3.143 2.286 3.825
18 13 12 Nashville SC East 17.143 13.429 12.571 12.453
16 16 8 New York Red Bulls II East 16.714 15.429 9.429 13.144
14 15 16 North Carolina FC East 13.571 15.143 15.429 18.941
20 22 19 OKC Energy FC West 19.143 20.429 19.286 22.71
3 2 3 Orange County SC West 2.857 3 3 6.884
21 20 21 Ottawa Fury FC East 20.143 19.857 20.429 21.362
27 27 29 Penn FC East 24.857 25 26.429 20.72
2 4 5 Phoenix Rising FC West 2.571 3.571 5.571 4.703
5 6 7 Pittsburgh Riverhounds East 5.714 6 7.714 9.228
8 9 10 Portland Timbers 2 West 9.429 11 10.429 13.64
15 14 13 Real Monarchs SLC West 14.286 13.571 12.857 4.206
7 7 6 Reno 1868 FC West 8.714 6.714 6.286 13.099
32 33 32 Richmond Kickers East 29.571 29.857 30 26.273
26 24 22 Rio Grande Valley FC West 23.857 21.857 20.571 25.254
6 5 4 Sacramento Republic FC West 6.286 5 4.571 7.324
11 12 14 Saint Louis West 12.714 13 13.286 16.852
19 18 18 San Antonio FC West 18.857 17.143 18.857 15.931
32 32 30 Seattle Sounders FC 2 West 29.571 29.429 27.286 27.296
11 16 15 Swope Park Rangers West 12.714 15.429 14.857 10.48
16 19 20 Tampa Bay Rowdies East 16.714 19.571 20 15.891
31 31 31 Toronto FC II East 29.286 29 27.857 29.084
30 30 32 Tulsa Roughnecks FC West 28.571 28.857 30 28.211

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