The Legion keep rolling, but there’s a big double-game week now that could determine a lot of things for the rest of the season. The most important part The Three Sparks surprised yours truly &#...
Some big games this week, most went as expected. One, though, made all the difference. Rank Team Previous Change Record Forge Factor Notes 1 Birmingham Legion 1 0 13-6-5 6.68 The Legion took down anot...
This game was such a team effort that I was half-tempted not to issue individual ratings. After all, how can you separately rate the various parts of a fully integrated whole? In the end, I decided to...
Obviously, last Saturday’s game was about as lopsided as you can get. The only wider scoring margin this year was New Mexico United’s 7-0 beatdown of Phoenix Rising, but that was a Rising ...
13 goals scored and 1 conceded over the past three games is not exactly a bad state of affairs. There have been 5 games in the USL Championship so far this season in which a team has scored 6 or more ...
The Legion have scored 12 goals in their last two home games and the attack finally looks to be clicking along with the already powerful defense. The team is in the best form of the season. Can they k...
Things are back in their proper order, and the upcoming obvious Game of the Week couldn’t be better prepped. Rank Team Previous Change Record Forge Factor Notes 1 Birmingham Legion 9 8 12-6-5 7....
I had to think long and hard about this one, as frankly there wasn’t a great deal of tactical interest about it. It came down in the end to this: the Legion played 90 minutes and then decided to...
OK, this week’s power rankings are very weird. But that’s the consequence of recent form and who you’ve been playing lately. Even so, that 4 teams with losses this week rose in the r...
Generally speaking, it was a good week. The Legion put up 6 goals at home, including its first ever hat trick, on the way to a crucial 6-point week. Sacramento Rising did the Championship proud by mak...