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NWSL Power Rankings - Week 2

By Kreg Asay

The 2nd week of NWSL is done and dusted, and with the Utah Royals FC finally playing all teams have now played at least one game.

I do rankings for both NWSL and MLS a little differently; typically in soccer leagues within the USA, the home team wins more than 50% of the time. Thus I rank any team deviates from the ‘normal’ higher - basically an away team winning will move higher than a home team winning. The same applies for ties - a home team drawing will likely cause them to drop because it’s not what was expected of them.

So without further mindless banter, here’s the power rankings for week 2. (#) indicates last week’s ranking.

  1. Portland Thorns (1) - A tie on the road is good enough to stay on top.
  2. Utah Royals (5) - Finally played their first game, and it was a win at home. Move up due to other results.
  3. Washington Spirit (2) - The team that beat them takes their place.
  4. North Carolina Courage (6) - Routed Orlando by 5 goals at home gives them a boost in the standings.
  5. Houston Dash (7) - Won on the road... against Sky Blue, but an away win moves them up.
  6. Seattle Reign (3) - Tie at home, but at least it was only 1-1.
  7. Chicago Red Stars (4) - Tied at home... but they let in 4 goals vs Portland. Where was last week’s defense?
  8. Orlando Pride (9) - A blowout loss, followed by a tie on the road. Baby steps.
  9. Sky Blue FC (8) - First home loss of the year. At least it was only a one goal game.

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