The 2019 USL League One Power Rankings are compiled each week by staff writers John Arlia and Nicholas Murray. Check back every Monday during the regular season to see who’s hot, and who’s not, as the first season in the league’s history progresses.
Rank |
Team |
Change |
Summary |
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1 | Lansing Ignite FC (11-5-9) Week 24: W, 5-0 @TUC Week 25: CHT |
Last Week: 1 |
Ignite FC’s emphatic win against Tucson continued the club’s outstanding recent form that is going to carry it into the postseason and a likely top-two seed. | |
2 | North Texas SC (14-5-5) Week 24: W, 3-1 @ORL Week 25: RIC, @TRM |
1 Last Week: 3 |
With three wins in a row, NTSC has its mojo back and a place in the playoff clinched. Tuesday’s game with Richmond should be an interesting one, too. | |
3 | Richmond Kickers (8-10-4) Week 24: W, 1-0 GVL Week 25: @NTX, MAD |
4
Last Week: 7 |
Strange as it sounds, with six games to go the Kickers narrowly control their playoff destiny. Will that still be the case after a visit to North Texas? | |
4 | Greenville Triumph SC (9-7-7) Week 24: L, 0-1 @RIC Week 25: TUC |
2
Last Week: 2 |
Bad news: the six-game undefeated streak is over. Good news: Results around the rest of League One meant it didn’t matter than much to Triumph SC’s playoff chances. | |
5 | Forward Madison FC (9-9-6) Week 24: T, 1-1 TRM Week 25: @RIC |
Last Week: 5 |
Madison had control over its playoff destiny in hand until Tormenta FC’s equalizer on Saturday night. Now it’s going to have to beat Richmond and get some favorable results elsewhere. | |
6 | FC Tucson (8-8-7) Week 24: L, 0-5 LAN Week 25: @GVL |
2
Last Week: 4 |
Tucson has to be hoping its disastrous performance against Lansing doesn’t have any lingering effects as it heads to face Greenville on Friday night. | |
7 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC (8-7-9) Week 24: T, 2-2 @TOR Week 25: @LAN |
1
Last Week: 6 |
The Red Wolves are still hanging around the playoff line, but the four-game winless streak has got to come to an end, pronto. | |
8 | South Georgia Tormenta FC (8-7-9) Week 24: T, 1-1 @MAD Week 25: NTX |
Last Week: 8 |
Tormenta FC’s result in Madison was the sort of draw that feels like a win, but a first actual win since July 24 is what’s required now. | |
9 | Toronto FC II (6-9-8) Week 24: T, 2-2 CHT Week 25: ORL |
Last Week: 9 |
The playoffs aren’t in the cards for TFC II, but the Reds showed they can be an effective spoiler in taking points of Chattanooga. | |
10 | Orlando City B (3-17-4) Week 24: L, 1-3 NTX Week 25: @TOR |
Last Week: 10 |
Forget a win, OCB is coming up on two months without having earned a point. Its last draw was on July 10. |