For the third straight season the playoffs will be without the participation of the Birmingham Legion. While that means we have to look ahead to 2027 and another new beginning, it doesn’t mean w...
It was a pretty wild Decision Day in the USL Championship. By the time it was over, 9 teams in playoff position had shuffled around and one more dropped out completely. And one of the moving teams ble...
Well, Wednesday’s win wasn’t pretty but it did complete the season sweep of Brooklyn. The Legion didn’t play like it had the previous two games, namely, with an aggressive high press...
Intro text Rank Team Previous Change Record Last 5 Forge Factor Note Next 1 Lexington SC 1 0 14-10-5 22.428 Lexington and Las Vegas combined for 8 shots on goal. Every one found the net in a crazy sho...
It pretty much sums up the 2026 Legion season that they play 3 games over just 7 days to finish it. Add in the Sporting JAX game from Wednesday and that’s 4 games in 11 days. No one else in the ...
Intro text Rank Team Previous Change Record Last 5 Forge Factor Note Next 1 Lexington SC 1 0 13-10-5 22.735 Lexington were the better side in the 0-0 draw with Tulsa, but that’s not saying much....
There were 15 Championship games plus the USL Cup final played this week, the busiest week of the season to date. It won’t be repeated; with 3 weeks left, every team in the West has 3 games to p...
We are down to just 4 weeks in the USL Championship regular season. As in previous seasons, that makes it time to bring out the playoff status graphic to head up this post. On top of that, it’s ...
As the season draws to a close, more and more games become significant and points dropped more and more costly. That was the case across the league this past week. Both conferences are fairly tight, t...
As you can see, we have been tinkering with the format of this series. We’re not done with it yet either. Also, we were much too focused on the Legion’s early midweek game for anything els...