NWSL SFPI power Rankings (Week of Aug 27)

Another Week of NWSL action is in the books and it is coming down to crunch time as teams are fighting for the 4 playoff spots. Most teams only have 4 games left so the time to make those moves is NOW. Not much movement as only 3 teams changed position. Chicago is the biggest winner climbing back up 2 spots, and Seattle is the lose falling 3.

COMPONENTS OF SFPI

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

PPG Score: A teams overall Points Per Game added to their PPG over their last 5 matches, with last 5 being given more weight. 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 entire season.

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE: Average Performance Score for all of a teams opponents thus far, accounts for road games by adding a percentage of a teams Home PPG when faced on the road. Teams faced multiple times are counted that many times (e.g play a team twice, their performance score is counted twice). Weighted at less than 100%

TOTAL SCORE: Performance Score is added to Strength of Schedule to determine 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: 10.2532 (-0.096) PREV: 1 (NC) H1/L1

SCHEDULE: 9 (NC) REMAINING SCHEDULE: 7 (+1) OVERALL PACE: 52 (NC)

GAMES REMAINING: 6 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AT #1: 2

LAST WEEK: No Match (Postponed due to Hurricane Harvey)

NEXT WEEK: at (9) Washington Wed 8/30 430pm at (4) Chicago Sun 9/3 3pm

2 *PORTLAND THORNS (37pts 11W-5L-4D) SCORE: 9.5659 (+0.3929) PREV: 2 (NC) H2/L2

SCHEDULE: 8 (-1) REMAINING SCHEDULE: 7 (+1) OVERALL PACE: 44 (+2)

GAMES REMAINING: 4

LAST WEEK: W 2-1 at Seattle NEXT WEEK: vs (9) Washington Sat 9/2 1230pm (Lifetime)

3 *ORLANDO PRIDE (32pts 9W-6L-5D) SCORE: 9.4867 (+1.3897) PREV: 3 (NC) H3/L3

SCHEDULE: 10 (NC) REMAINING SCHEDULE: 3 (NC) OVERALL PACE: 38 (+2)

GAMES REMAINING: 4

LAST WEEK: W 2-1 at Kansas City NEXT WEEK: vs (10) Boston Sat 9/2 430pm

4 *CHICAGO RED STARS (32pts 9W-6L-5D) SCORE: 6.315 (+0.0655) PREV: 6 (+2) H4/L6

SCHEDULE: 4 (NC) REMAINING SCHEDULE: 9 (-2) OVERALL PACE: 36 (NC)

GAMES REMAINING: 4

LAST WEEK: W 2-1 at Washington NEXT WEEK: vs (1) North Carolina Sun 9/3 3pm

5 FC KANSAS CITY (23pts 6W-9L-5D) SCORE: 5.9548 (-0.7089) PREV: 5 (NC) H5/L5

SCHEDULE: 6 REMAINING SCHEDULE: 9 (-2) OVERALL PACE: 27 (-2)

GAMES REMAINING: 4

LAST WEEK: L 2-1 vs Orlando NEXT WEEK: vs (6) Sky Blue FC Sun 9/3 3pm

6 SKY BLUE FC (29pts 9W-9L-2D) SCORE: 5.5978 (+0.0044) PREV: 7 (+1) H6/L7

SCHEDULE: 1 (NC) REMAINING SCHEDULE: 10 (NC) OVERALL PACE: 32 (NC)

GAMES REMAINING: 4

LAST WEEK: W 1-0 vs Boston NEXT WEEK: at (5) FC Kansas City Sun 9/3 3pm

7 SEATTLE REIGN (27pts 7W-7L-6D) SCORE: 5.3355 (-1.3825) PREV: 4 (-3) H4/L7

SCHEDULE: 5 (NC) REMAINING SCHEDULE: 6 (-1) OVERALL PACE: 32 (-2)

GAMES REMAINING: 4

LAST WEEK: L 2-1 vs Portland NEXT WEEK: at (8) Houston Sat 9/3 5pm

8 HOUSTON DASH (23pts 7W-10L-2D) SCORE: 5.2699 (-0.0071) PREV: 8 (NC) H8/L8

SCHEDULE: 7 (+1) REMAINING SCHEDULE: 1 (NC) OVERALL PACE: 29 (NC)

GAMES REMAINING: 5

LAST WEEK: No Match (Postponed due to Hurricane Harvey)

NEXT WEEK: vs (7) Seattle Sat 9/3 5pm

9 WASHINGTON SPIRIT (16pts 4W-11L-4D) SCORE: 3.8998 (+0.0944) PREV: 9 (NC) H9/L9

SCHEDULE: 3 (NC) REMAINING SCHEDULE: 5 (-1) OVERALL PACE: 21 (NC)

GAMES REMAINING: 5

LAST WEEK: L 2-1 vs Chicago

NEXT WEEK: vs (1) North Carolina Wed 8/30 430pm at (2) Portland Sat 9/2 1230pm (Lifetime)

10 BOSTON BREAKERS (16pts 3W-10L-7D) SCORE: 3.2855 (-0.0303) PREV: 10 (NC) H10/L10

SCHEDULE: 2 (NC) REMAINING SCHEDULE: 4 (+2) OVERALL PACE: 20 (NC)

GAMES REMAINING: 4

LAST WEEK: L 1-0 at Sky Blue FC NEXT WEEK: at (3) Orlando Sat 9/2 430pm

PLAYOFF PICTURE

Last week, the Thorns (like the Timbers) were helped out by Hurricane Harvey Postponing a game against teams they are fighting for position with, allowing them to gain 3 points on both The Courage and The Dash. There were 3 games that they were keeping an eye on, however NONE of those results went their way for 0/3 possible points.

Matches to keep an eye on this week and how we hope they will go:

North Carolina at Washington: WASHINGTON

Boston at Orlando: BOSTON

Sky Blue at Kansas City: KANSAS CITY

North Carolina at Chicago: DRAW

Seattle at Houston: HOUSTON

Should the Thorns win and the rest of the week break their way the table will look like this:

(*Clinched playoffs **Clinched home match #Elminated)

1 *PORTLAND 40 (Goal Difference)

2 *NORTH CAROLINA 40

3 CHICAGO 33

4 ORLANDO 32

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5 SKY BLUE 29

6 SEATTLE 27

7 KANSAS CITY 26

8 HOUSTON 26

9 #BOSTON 19

10 #WASHINGTON 19