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SFPI NWSL Power Rankings (Week of Aug 20)

Rare Collectors First Edition

Allie Long is closed down
Allie Long is closed down on her way to goal against the Boston Breakers
Matt Jonathan

I know that the season is almost over, but I noticed a distinct lack of NWSL Power Rankings, so I created another spreadsheet and using the same formulations I have developed for the Stumptown Footy Power Index NWSL Power Rankings!

There will likely not be any predictions for the rest of this season as I have not paid close enough attention to NWSL outside of the Thorns to determine how much of an advantage playing at home grants. I will, however, have "Thorns Rooting Interest" to see how the table would look if games went Portlands way.

COMPONENTS OF SFPI

PERFORMANCE SCORE: Portion determined 100% by a teams play on the field.

PPG Score: Overall Points per Game are added to PPG over Last 5 with Last 5 being given more weight. This is the single largest component of the SFPI

Goal Difference Per Game: Overall Goal Difference divided by games played.

Home/Away Bonus: Bonus points awarded for earning results (W/D) on the road, points subtracted for dropping results (D/L) at home. Accrues over course of entire season.

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE: Average Performance Score of all of a teams opponents to date. Accounts for road games by including a percentage of a teams Home PPG when faced on the road. Weighted at less than 100%

TOTAL SCORE: Performance Score is added to Strength of Schedule to create a teams Total Score. Teams are then ranked in order from highest to lowest.

(all times Pacific, *Denotes in Playoff position)

1 *NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE (39pts 13W-5L-0D) SCORE: 10.3492 PREV: NA H1/L1

SCHEDULE: 9 REMAINING SCHEDULE 8 OVERALL PACE: 52

GAMES REMAINING: 6. CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AT #1: 1

LAST WEEK: W 2-0 vs Washington NEXT WEEK: Match Postponed due to Hurricane

2 *PORTLAND THORNS (34pts 10W-5L-4D) SCORE: 9.173 PREV: NA H2/L2

SCHEDULE: 7 REMAINING SCHEDULE: 9 OVERALL PACE: 42

GAMES REMAINING: 5

LAST WEEK: W 2-0 vs Houston NEXT WEEK: at (4) Seattle Sat 8/26 1pm

3 *ORLANDO PRIDE (29 pts 8W-6L-5D) SCORE: 8.097 PREV: NA H3/L3

SCHEDULE: 10 REMAINING SCHEDULE: 3 OVERALL PACE: 36

GAMES REMAINING: 5

LAST WEEK: W 2-1 at Boston NEXT WEEK: at (5) Kansas City Sat 8/26 1230pm (Lifetime)

4 SEATTLE REIGN (27ps 7W-6L-6D) SCORE: 6.718 PREV: NA H4/L4

SCHEDULE: 5 REMAINING SCHEDULE: 5 OVERALL PACE: 34

GAMES REMAINING: 5

LAST WEEK: L 5-4 @ Sky Blue NEXT WEEK: vs (2) Portland Sat 8/26 1pm

5 FC KANSAS CITY (23pts 6W-8L-5D) SCORE: 6.6637 PREV: NA H5/L5

SCHEDULE: 6 REMAINING SCHEDULE: 7 OVERALL PACE: 29

GAMES REMAINING: 5

LAST WEEK: W 3-1 at Chicago NEXT WEEK: vs (3) Orlando Sat 8/26 1230pm (Lifetime)

6 *CHICAGO RED STARS (29pts 8W-6L-5D) SCORE: 6.2495 PREV: NA H6/L6

SCHEDULE: 4 REMAINING SCHEDULE: 2 OVERALL PACE: 36

GAMES REMAINING: 5

LAST WEEK: L 3-1 vs Kansas City NEXT WEEK: at (9) Washington Sat 8/26 4pm

7 SKY BLUE FC (26pts 8W-9L-2D) SCORE: 5.5934 PREV: NA H7/L7

SCHEDULE: 1 REMAINING SCHEDULE: 10 OVERALL PACE: 32

GAMES REMAINING: 5

LAST WEEK: W 5-4 vs Seattle. NEXT WEEK: vs (10) Boston 8/26 4pm

8 HOUSTON DASH (23pts 7W-10L-2D) SCORE: 5.277 PREV: NA H8/L8

SCHEDULE: 8 REMAINING SCHEDULE: 1 OVERALL PACE: 29

GAMES REMAINING: 5

LAST WEEK: L 2-0 at Portland NEXT WEEK: Match Postponed due to Hurricane

9 WASHINGTON SPIRIT (16pts 4W-10L-4D) SCORE: 3.8054 PREV: NA H9/L9

SCHEDULE: 3 REMAINING SCHEDULE: 4 OVERALL PACE: 21

GAMES REMAINING: 6

LAST WEEK: L 2-0 at North Carolina NEXT WEEK: vs (6) Chicago Sat 8/26 4pm

10 BOSTON BREAKERS (16pts 3W-9L-7D) SCORE: 3.3158 PREV: NA H10/L10

SCHEDULE: 2 REMAINING SCHEDULE: 6 OVERALL PACE: 20

GAMES REMAINING: 5

LAST WEEK: L 2-1 vs Orlando NEXT WEEK: at (7) Sky Blue Sat 8/26 4pm

PLAYOFF PICTURE

THORNS ROOTING INTEREST: Assuming a Thorns win, what results around the league are best for them?

Chicago at Washington: WASHINGTON

Orlando at Kansas City: KANSAS CITY

Boston at Sky Blue: BOSTON

How the Table would look

(*Clinched playoff ** Clinched home game #eliminated)

1 *NORTH CAROLINA 39

2 PORTLAND 37

3 CHICAGO 29

4 ORLANDO 29

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5 SEATTLE 27

6 SKY BLUE 26

7 KANSAS CITY 26

8 HOUSTON 23

9 BOSTON 19

10 WASHINGTON 19