The Football Forge Power Rankings: Week 28The soccer craziness continues
We’ve been on a mini-vacay the past few days, so posting has been non-existent, and thus this post will be a quickie. Especially since Week 29 begins tonight. There was some wild stuff going on this past week, not least of which were some of the scores. The wildest was probably the Memphis-Charleston game, in which the Battery were handed five red cards. Only 3 were to players (you can’t have more than 4 onfield reds, as a team has to have a minimum of 7 players). 1 was to head coach Conor Casey and apparently an assistant coach was shown red after the game as well. Crazy. And if that weren’t crazy enough, check who’s this week’s #1.
| Rank | Team | Previous | Change | Record | Forge Factor | Notes |
| 1 | Monterey Bay Union | 13 | 12 | 12-14-2 | 6.895 | Monterey Bay Union beat Indy Eleven 5-0 this week. |
| 2 | Rio Grande Valley Toros | 5 | 3 | 11-12-6 | 6.726 | Rio Grande Valley Toros beat Colorado Springs Switchbacks 1-0 this week. |
| 3 | Hartford Athletic | 10 | 7 | 9-15-6 | 6.164 | Hartford Athletic beat Las Vegas Lights 3-0 this week. |
| 4 | Memphis 901 | 17 | 13 | 18-7-4 | 5.720 | Memphis 901 beat Charleston Battery 5-0 this week. |
| 5 | San Antonio | 8 | 3 | 20-5-4 | 5.478 | San Antonio drew with New Mexico United 1-1 this week. |
| 6 | Sacramento Republic | 7 | 1 | 14-8-7 | 5.287 | Sacramento Republic beat Orange County 4-0 this week. |
| 7 | Detroit City | 3 | -4 | 13-6-10 | 5.105 | Detroit City beat Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0 this week. |
| 8 | The Miami FC | 1 | -7 | 13-8-9 | 4.187 | The Miami FC drew with Atlanta United 2 2-2 this week. |
| 9 | Oakland Roots | 15 | 6 | 9-9-12 | 3.530 | Oakland Roots beat New York Red Bulls II 1-0 this week. |
| 10 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 14 | 4 | 15-8-7 | 3.521 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds lost to Birmingham Legion 1-2 this week. |
| 11 | Louisville City | 9 | -2 | 19-5-6 | 3.476 | Louisville City beat Loudoun United 4-2 this week. |
| 12 | El Paso Locomotive | 11 | -1 | 12-12-7 | 3.350 | El Paso Locomotive lost to LA Galaxy II 2-3 this week. |
| 13 | Charleston Battery | 4 | -9 | 6-18-6 | 3.265 | Charleston Battery lost to Memphis 901 0-5 this week. |
| 14 | Birmingham Legion | 18 | 4 | 16-8-6 | 3.029 | Birmingham Legion beat Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2-1 this week. |
| 15 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 6 | -9 | 16-7-6 | 2.932 | Tampa Bay Rowdies lost to Detroit City 0-1 this week. |
| 16 | San Diego Loyal | 25 | 9 | 17-9-4 | 2.587 | San Diego Loyal beat Phoenix Rising 3-0 this week. |
| 17 | Atlanta United 2 | 22 | 5 | 5-21-4 | 2.411 | Atlanta United 2 drew with The Miami FC 2-2 this week. |
| 18 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 12 | -6 | 16-11-3 | 2.080 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks lost to Rio Grande Valley Toros 0-1 this week. |
| 19 | Indy Eleven | 2 | -17 | 9-15-5 | 1.992 | Indy Eleven lost to Monterey Bay Union 0-5 this week. |
| 20 | New Mexico United | 24 | 4 | 11-9-10 | 1.510 | New Mexico United drew with San Antonio 1-1 this week. |
| 21 | Orange County | 16 | -5 | 7-13-10 | 1.060 | Orange County lost to Sacramento Republic 0-4 this week. |
| 22 | FC Tulsa | 23 | 1 | 10-15-5 | 0.442 | FC Tulsa were on a bye this week. |
| 23 | Loudoun United | 19 | -4 | 7-19-3 | 0.180 | Loudoun United lost to Louisville City 2-4 this week. |
| 24 | Phoenix Rising | 20 | -4 | 9-15-5 | -0.100 | Phoenix Rising lost to San Diego Loyal 0-3 this week. |
| 25 | LA Galaxy II | 21 | -4 | 10-14-6 | -0.252 | LA Galaxy II lost to El Paso Locomotive 2-3 this week. |
| 26 | New York Red Bulls II | 27 | 1 | 3-22-5 | -2.200 | New York Red Bulls II lost to Oakland Roots 0-1 this week. |
| 27 | Las Vegas Lights | 26 | -1 | 10-12-7 | -2.596 | Las Vegas Lights lost to Hartford Athletic 0-3 this week. |
