The 2019 USL Championship 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 biggest season in the league’s history progresses.
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1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (8-0-5) Week 13: W, 2-0 @BHM Week 14: NC |
Last Week: 1 |
Another shutout victory saw the Rowdies extend their unbeaten start to 13 games in Birmingham with another impressive clean sheet by John McCarthy. | |
2 | New Mexico United (6-1-6) Week 13: -- Week 14: OKC, SAC |
Last Week: 2 |
After advancing to the Fourth Round of the Open Cup in midweek, the Western Conference leader held onto top spot despite a weekend off. | |
3 | Indy Eleven (6-2-3) Week 13: W, 2-1 PIT Week 14: @MEM |
1 Last Week: 4 |
Indy conceded a goal at home for the first time this season against Pittsburgh but battled back for a 2-1 win to cap off a five-game homestand. | |
4 | Portland Timbers 2 (6-2-4) Week 13: W, 2-1 SLC Week 14: @AUS |
1 Last Week: 5 |
T2 moved within two points of New Mexico after rallying back for a 2-1 victory over the Monarchs and its second win in the last three games. | |
5 | Saint Louis FC (5-1-4) Week 13: -- Week 14: @HFD |
2 Last Week: 3 |
Saint Louis should be rested for its upcoming trip to Hartford after Mother Nature washed out Saturday’s scheduled home date with Memphis. | |
6 | Phoenix Rising FC (5-2-5) Week 13: -- Week 14: TUL |
Last Week: 6 |
Rising FC returns from its bye week on Friday when it will put its perfect $1 Beer Night record and three-game winning streak on the line against Tulsa. | |
7 | Nashville SC (6-3-4) Week 13: -- Week 14: @BST |
Last Week: 7 |
After crashing out of the Open Cup on penalties in midweek, Nashville had the weekend off to prepare for next Sunday’s trip to Bethlehem Steel FC. | |
8 | Louisville City FC (6-4-3) Week 13: W, 4-1 CHS Week 14: LDN |
1 Last Week: 9 |
Louisville produced its highest-scoring output of the season in its victory over the Battery but also saw stalwarts Brian Ownby and Paco Craig sent off. | |
9 | New York Red Bulls II (7-3-2) Week 13: W, 4-0 BST Week 14: @ATL |
1 Last Week: 10 |
After back-to-back losses, the Red Bulls II regained their offensive groove again in a 4-0 romp over Steel FC. | |
10 | Reno 1868 FC (5-2-5) Week 13: W, 4-0 LV Week 14: @SA |
2 Last Week: 12 |
Reno claimed the most lopsided Silver State Cup clash to date and Raul Mendiola compounded Las Vegas’ misery with a goal against his former club in the 4-0 win. | |
11 | North Carolina FC (5-2-5) Week 13: T, 1-1 @HFD Week 14: @TBR |
3 Last Week: 8 |
North Carolina conceded after just 17 seconds against Hartford and was made to work for a 1-1 draw at Rentschler Field. | |
12 | Ottawa Fury FC (6-2-3) Week 13: W, 4-1 CLT Week 14: @PIT |
3 Last Week: 15 |
Fury FC continued its climb up the table as Mour Samb’s two-goal, two-assist outing against the Independence pushed it into fourth in the East. | |
13 | El Paso Locomotive FC (5-2-5) Week 13: W, 2-1 @TAC Week 14: LA |
1 Last Week: 14 |
Jerome Kiesewetter got back on the scoresheet against Tacoma and El Paso got back in the win column. Coincidence? Probably not. | |
14 | Fresno FC (5-2-5) Week 13: L, 0-1 @COS Week 14: OKC |
3 Last Week: 11 |
A road defeat against the Switchbacks should have the Foxes rethinking things ahead of Saturday’s home date with Energy FC. | |
15 | Orange County SC (4-3-6) Week 13: W, 2-1 RGV Week 14: @LV |
4 Last Week: 19 |
Orange County extended its unbeaten run to six games after holding on for all three points against RGVFC despite finishing the game with nine men. | |
16 | Charleston Battery (4-3-5) Week 13: L, 1-4 @LOU Week 14: BHM |
3 Last Week: 13 |
Charleston is winless in its last five after Kierron Mason’s 19th-minute red card doomed the Battery in Louisville. | |
17 | Austin Bold FC (5-5-3) Week 13: W, 3-2 @TUL Week 14: POR |
4 Last Week: 21 |
Super sub Kris Tyrpak scored the first hat trick in Bold FC history to help his hometown Austin earn its first road victory of the season in Tulsa. | |
18 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (2-2-6) Week 13: L, 1-2 @IND Week 14: OTT |
2 Last Week: 16 |
Robbie Mertz gave the Hounds an early lead in Indy, but they couldn’t hold on for a Championship-Open Cup double over the Eleven. | |
19 | OKC Energy FC (5-4-4) Week 13: T, 0-0 LA Week 14: @NM, @FRS |
1 Last Week: 20 |
Cody Laurendi kept a clean sheet for the second straight week, but Energy FC couldn’t find a winner against Los Dos. | |
20 | Sacramento Republic FC (5-5-2) Week 13: W, 2-1 SA Week 14: @NM |
2 Last Week: 22 |
Sam Werner is starting to make a name for himself in Sacramento after helping Republic FC to a much-needed victory over San Antonio. | |
21 | Tulsa Roughnecks FC (4-4-5) Week 13: L, 2-3 AUS Week 14: @PHX |
4 Last Week: 17 |
The Roughnecks jumped out to a 2-0 lead but couldn’t seal the deal at home against Bold FC. | |
22 | Rio Grande Valley FC (4-5-4) Week 13: L, 1-2 @OC Week 14: @SLC |
4 Last Week: 18 |
Robert Coronado’s left-footed, long-range strike was pretty, but it wasn’t enough as RGVFC couldn’t make the most of its man-advantage in Orange County. | |
23 | Memphis 901 FC (2-6-4) Week 13: -- Week 14: IND |
1 Last Week: 24 |
901 FC will look for its elusive first home victory on Saturday against Indy after its trip to Saint Louis was postponed. | |
24 | Birmingham Legion FC (3-6-3) Week 13: L, 0-2 TBR Week 14: @CHS |
1 Last Week: 22 |
Legion FC has failed to score in its past four league outings. That will have to change if Birmingham is to get anything from Saturday’s trip to Charleston. | |
25 | Las Vegas Lights FC (4-6-3) Week 13: L, 0-4 @RNO Week 14: OC |
2 Last Week: 23 |
Las Vegas’ road woes and busy schedule combined to produce a forgettable Silver State Cup performance at Greater Nevada Field. | |
26 | Loudoun United FC (2-4-3) Week 13: -- Week 14: @SPR, @LOU |
1 Last Week: 27 |
Loudoun’s lengthy layoff will come to an end on Wednesday night when it visits the Swope Park Rangers in Head Coach Ryan Martin’s club debut. | |
27 | LA Galaxy II (4-4-4) Week 13: T, 2-2 TAC, T, 0-0 @OKC Week 14: @ELP |
5 Last Week: 32 |
Los Dos scored two goals in the final three minutes to earn a point against Tacoma in midweek before settling for a scoreless stalemate in OKC. | |
28 | Atlanta United 2 (3-5-4) Week 13: -- Week 14: NY |
2 Last Week: 30 |
Results elsewhere helped ATL UTD 2 hold onto its tenuous grip on 10th place in the East during its bye week. | |
29 | Real Monarchs SLC (3-6-3) Week 13: L, 1-2 @POR Week 14: RGV |
3 Last Week: 26 |
The Monarchs relinquished a first-half lead against T2 at Providence Park and have now lost four of their last five. | |
30 | Hartford Athletic (1-9-3) Week 13: T, 1-1 NC Week 14: STL |
3 Last Week: 33 |
Harry Swartz’s strike after 17 seconds should stand as Hartford’s fastest goal for a while and three results in a row has the Athletic moving in the right direction. | |
31 | San Antonio FC (3-7-3) Week 13: L, 1-2 @SAC Week 14: RNO |
3 Last Week: 28 |
A return home to Toyota Field will be a welcome sight for SAFC after it dropped its sixth straight road contest on Saturday against Republic FC. | |
32 | Bethlehem Steel FC (3-6-4) Week 13: L, 0-4 @NY Week 14: NSH |
1 Last Week: 31 |
The injury bug has hit Steel FC hard as two early substitutions compounded the side’s misery against the Red Bulls II. | |
33 | Charlotte Independence (1-7-5) Week 13: L, 1-4 @OTT Week 14: @SPR |
4 Last Week: 29 |
Hugh Roberts headed the Independence into the lead just 14 minutes into its contest with Fury FC, but it all unraveled for Charlotte from there. | |
34 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (3-8-2) Week 13: W, 1-0 FRS Week 14: TAC |
2 Last Week: 36 |
Captain Jordan Burt delivered the game’s only goal just before halftime as the Switchbacks ended their nine-game winless run against Fresno. | |
35 | Swope Park Rangers (1-6-4) Week 13: -- Week 14: LDN, CLT |
1 Last Week: 34 |
We’ll see if some time off was enough to help the Rangers get back on track when they host Loudoun on Wednesday night at Children’s Mercy Park. | |
36 | Tacoma Defiance (2-10-3) Week 13: T, 2-2 @LA, L, 1-2 TAC Week 14: @COS |
1 Last Week: 35 |
The Defiance’s defense continues to find new ways to let the side down as it threw away a two-goal late against Los Dos in midweek before falling to Locomotive FC. |
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