Okay, for a first post on Monday morning, I thought I’d put up my scariness rankings for the USL1 (now that they’ve got three weeks of games under their belts. I’ve also settled into a formula for each game:
pts (game) + gd (game) + opp ppg (last 5 games) + 1 (away team)I figure a weighted average over the last five weeks (or as many weeks as the teams have played) to come up with the current scariness.
| Team | Scariness | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| POR | 4.27 | 1 |
| MIN | 3.9 | 2 |
| CAR | 3.05 | 3 |
| ATL | 2.88 | 4 |
| MON | 2.25 | 5 |
| CHA | 2.2 | 6 |
| SEA | 1.7 | 7 |
| PUE | 1.51 | 8 |
| MIA | 1.18 | 9 |
| VAN | 1.15 | 10 |
| ROC | 0 | 11 |
At this point, Portland is looking like the cream of the USL, unbeaten and untied in 3 games with a +4 goal differential makes them look awfully good. It will be interesting to see how they do in US Open Cup play.
Down near the bottom of the table, Miami and Vancouver are separated by only .03 points, and are ahead of only Rochester (who has yet to play a game).
Don’t look for a USL2 scariness post from me, but I am planning on doing one for the PDL Northwestern conference.
