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...
We’ll, we’ve been on a mini-vacation but that doesn’t mean this post is late. There were two games played last night to include in the rankings. However, we have not had time to watc...
The USL Championship entered week 6 with 4 winless teams; all three who played won (Birmingham Legion, The™ Miami FC and Oakland Roots), leaving only Hartford Athletic, whose game was postponed due to...
We are two weeks away from applying the Forge Factor; 14 teams have not yet played 5 games and of those Rhode Island FC will not play in Week 6 and will already be on 2 byes this season. In Week 5 a t...
A quick and really late Power Rankings this week. Apologies! Rank Team Name Previous Change Record Note This Week 1 San Antonio 1 0 4-0-0 San Antonio beat Lexington SC 3-2. v. Phoenix 2 Louisville Cit...
There was no shortage of scoring in the USL Championship this week: 26 goals were netted across 11 games, or 2.36 per game. 3 games had 4 goals (all were 2-2 draws, oddly). Defense is apparently out o...
We did not publish any power rankings last week, as not all teams had played, Rhode Island and Indy Eleven being on a bye. As in prior years, we will be engaging the Forge Factor to determine the rank...
And so the regular season ends, and the Forge Power Rankings are done for another year. It was a strange weekend in the USL Championship, with much of the playoff picture still undecided. As it turned...
Another bad week for the Legion, with 3 losses on the trot. Not a good way to try to enter the playoffs. Other than Wednesday’s Tampa Bay Rowdies-Hartofrd athletic game, all games this week are ...
About the only good thing that can be said for what happened this week is that a win over the Legion was what it took for the Las Vegas Lights to climb to the top of the rankings. Hmmph. At least the ...