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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 34
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 10/27/2025, 5:00pm EDT
The Western Conference’s road to the USL Championship Final runs through Tulsa, where the Scissortails are excelling
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 33
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 10/20/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Pittsburgh’s late surge has brought prospect of home playoff game to Highmark Stadium
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 32
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 10/13/2025, 3:00pm EDT
Rhode Island’s surge is providing a familiar feeling as the postseason draws near
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 31
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 10/06/2025, 5:00pm EDT
FC Tulsa clinches first home playoff game, is maintaining momentum as postseason approaches
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 30
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 09/29/2025, 5:00pm EDT
New Mexico United makes its moments count in six-point week to push up Western standings
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 29
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 09/22/2025, 5:00pm EDT
San Antonio has found its scoring touch over the past two weeks, making up for lost time as it pursues a top-four place.
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 28
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 09/15/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Louisville City isn’t the thrill-machine it was a season ago, but it’s producing even better results
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 27
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 09/08/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Lexington’s second-half surge has it in position to host a playoff game with early season challenges firmly in rearview mirror
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 26
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 09/01/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Switchbacks’ victory against Tulsa is a start, but Chambers is correct to avoid overenthusiasm
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 25
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 08/25/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Lexington is putting the pieces together for a top-four bid in the Western Conference
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 24
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 08/18/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Louisville City’s attack is flying again, and on Saturday made club history
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 23
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 08/11/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Hartford Athletic is picking up steam and looking like a playoff contender
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 22
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 08/04/2025, 5:00pm EDT
The Switchbacks are on the move, but don’t want to get ahead of themselves with work left to do
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 21
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 07/28/2025, 5:00pm EDT
New Mexico United’s comeback in San Antonio wasn’t enough to advance, but adds a mental edge moving forward
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 20
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 07/21/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Phoenix Rising’s road form is stellar, now it needs to replicate that on home turf
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 19
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 07/14/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Scoreboard pressure could ramp up for Battery, LouCity over race for Players Shield, and scale up performances
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 18
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 07/07/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Lexington’s winning streak has put it on the verge of a move into the playoff positions out West
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 17
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 06/30/2025, 5:00pm EDT
FC Tulsa’s attacking outburst against Chattanooga underlined the side’s potential
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 16
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 06/23/2025, 5:00pm EDT
New Mexico’s fundamentals are possession, but against San Antonio it showed it can win in other ways
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 15
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 06/16/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Louisville City’s run of three wins in eight days is impressive, but also simply what they are at this point
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 14
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 06/09/2025, 5:00pm EDT
The Western Conference has developed a great divide after a weekend that saw the top six achieve separation
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 13
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 06/02/2025, 5:00pm EDT
North Carolina is on a hot streak, but there are warning signs on its sustainability
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 12
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 05/26/2025, 2:00pm EDT
Orange County’s split personality has us wondering how good this side could be
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 11
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 05/19/2025, 5:00pm EDT
With Cal Jennings on board the Charleston Battery’s attack continues to scale up
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 10
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 05/12/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Once again, the Western Conference is proving to be extremely unpredictable
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 9
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 05/05/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Republic FC has the positive underlying numbers as it tries to make its way toward the light with results
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 8
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 04/28/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Loudoun United keeps finding ways to win, building a virtuous cycle of success it hasn’t previously experienced
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 7
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 04/21/2025, 5:00pm EDT
The Charleston Battery have found their attacking footing, and their numbers are showing it
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 6
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 04/14/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Birmingham, Miami, Oakland find their first wins, relieve some pressure in the process
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 5
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 04/07/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Monterey Bay and Loudoun United have made strong starts, what do their underlying numbers say about potential staying power?
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 4
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 03/31/2025, 5:00pm EDT
San Antonio shows its mettle in comeback against Lexington to remain perfect
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 3
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 03/24/2025, 5:00pm EDT
After a false dawn two years ago, Monterey Bay looks much closer to a real deal this time around
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 2
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 03/17/2025, 5:00pm EDT
San Antonio is getting back to basics, and it’s got the side off to a perfect start
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 1
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 03/10/2025, 5:00pm EDT
Loudoun United starts the season off strongly again, now it needs to maintain that pace
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Preseason
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 03/06/2025, 3:00pm EST
The Switchbacks get the No. 1 slot as defending title-holders, where does everyone else stack up as the season arrives?
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 34
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 10/28/2024, 4:30pm EDT
The regular season is over, and some teams are hot heading to the playoffs. Will it matter?
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 33
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 10/21/2024, 4:30pm EDT
Led by Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, the Eastern Conference is coming into form ahead of the postseason
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 32
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 10/14/2024, 4:30pm EDT
Las Vegas continues to shine bright in assuming control of No. 2 slot in West
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 31
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 10/07/2024, 4:30pm EDT
Rhode Island’s three-game winning streak has it within sight of a first postseason berth
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 30
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 09/30/2024, 4:30pm EDT
LouCity’s resilience on display again as it drives toward first Players’ Shield in club history
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 29
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 09/23/2024, 4:30pm EDT
New Mexico United’s back on top, making history, and closing in on the No. 1 seed out West
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 28
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 09/16/2024, 4:30pm EDT
Switchbacks’ standards staying high, causing a surge up the standings in the West
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 27
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 09/09/2024, 5:00pm EDT
New Mexico’s ability to find ways to win has tilted the Western Conference in its favor
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 26
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 09/02/2024, 4:30pm EDT
The battle for a home playoff game in the West could be one of the best races we see this season
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 25
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 08/26/2024, 4:30pm EDT
The Rowdies’ attack isn’t firing on all cylinders right now, but that’s reason for optimism
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 24
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 08/19/2024, 4:30pm EDT
Loudoun United has found a level of consistency that should make the postseason a reality
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 23
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 08/12/2024, 4:30pm EDT
Indy, Legion are the strangest top four challengers we’ve seen in a while
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 22
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 08/05/2024, 4:30pm EDT
Beasts of the East Louisville City FC, Charleston Battery are rising to the top
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 21
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 07/29/2024, 4:30pm EDT
Rhode Island is putting all the pieces together in its pursuit of a first-season postseason berth
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USL Championship Power Rankings – Week 20
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 07/22/2024, 4:30pm EDT
LouCity’s second-half dominance is proving key to its position as Players’ Shield leader
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2025 USL Championship Goal of the Year – Final
By USLChampionship.com Staff 12/15/2025, 4:00pm EST
We’re down to the final round, which of the group winners gets your vote as the best of 2025?
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USL Championship announces Finalists for 2025 Comeback Player of the Year presented by Tiger Balm
By USLChampionship.com Staff 12/11/2025, 11:00am EST
Four nominees exemplified perseverance in the face of adversity, fan vote open to determine award winner
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Why Stefan Lukic was FC Tulsa’s ace in the hole in its postseason run | Prinx Impact Sub
By NICHOLAS MURRAY - nicholas.murray@uslsoccer.com 12/10/2025, 11:00am EST
Serbian forward’s stoppage-time winner against Phoenix Rising proved historic as the latest goal scored in USL Championship Playoffs history
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2025 USL Championship Save of the Year – Group Stage
By USLChampionship.com Staff 12/09/2025, 4:00pm EST
Almost 2,000 saves were recorded across the regular season and playoffs, which gets your vote to advance to the final?
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2025 USL Championship Goal of the Year – Group Stage
By USLChampionship.com Staff 12/08/2025, 4:00pm EST
Almost 1,000 goals were scored in across the regular season and playoffs, these rose to the top of the highlight reel
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Why LouCity’s Taylor Davila was the USL Championship’s Player of the Year | USL All Access
By USLChampionship.com Staff 12/03/2025, 8:30am EST
Mike Watts and Devon Kerr break down the standout central midfielder and dissect the rest of the year-end awards
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