This week not a single team stayed put in the rankings despite the fact that of 11 games 5 were draws. And both idle teams (the Legion and Miami) got a boost from the performances around them. Given w...
Once again, apologies for getting this out late this week; with the Three Sparks having a 10-day stretch with no game we felt justified in being lazy. That being said, unlike most games where we dig i...
This has absolutely nothing to do with anything really but has anyone ever thought how much Matt van Oekel resembles Vulcan? Anyway, this post will be shorter than usual, for a very obvious reasonR...
OK, it took us longer than usual to get this out, but the USL didn’t help matters in that until yesterday the match page was missing all stats prior to the 15th minute. It’s a bit hard to rank players...
The Forge took a week off from the Power Rankings and will do so again for every Jägermeister Cup round, as the algorithm does not allow for the inclusion of League One teams. We’re back for Wee...
If you ask me, it’s actually Week 8, but the USL is considering last week’s Jägermeister Cup round as part of the overall season, so we’ll go with it. The Cup is replacing some regul...
Today the Birmingham Legion formally presented its new head coach Mark Briggs to the press. The entire press conference can be viewed here, but the questions being posed (especially mine for some reas...
With a brand new head coach coming in this week you may wonder: why bother with an analysis of the tactical approach in the last game? Well, two reasons. First, it takes time for a coach to install hi...
This was easily the most complete performance by the Legion to date this season, spoiled only by an unfortunate late Chattanooga goal. The Three Sparks dominated pillar to post and got the deserved wi...
It’s time for the USL Jägermeister Cup to kick off. It’s guaranteed that there will be a new champion this season as the 2024 winners, Northern Colorado Hailstorm, were booted from League ...