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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