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USLFans.com Power Ratings

Final 2008 Rankings

(Strength of schedule is simply a statistical analysis of the record or power rating of the teams any particular team has already played)

USL First Division

Sorted by power rating
#	Team	Power Rating	Record	Strength of Schedule (based on record)	Strength of Schedule (based on power rating)	LW	+/-
1	Puerto Rico Islanders	.473	15-6-9	.484	.397	1
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	.454	14-7-8	.487	.399	3
3	Montreal Impact	.433	12-11-6	.497	.402	2
4	Minnesota Thunder	.422	9-11-9	.503	.403	6
5	Rochester Rhinos	.414	11-10-9	.498	.402	4
6	Carolina RailHawks	.403	7-11-10	.506	.405	10
7	Seattle Sounders	.395	10-9-10	.497	.404	5
8	Miami FC Blues	.379	7-12-10	.508	.406	8
9	Charleston Battery	.364	11-11-7	.499	.404	7
10	Portland Timbers	.352	7-12-10	.508	.407	9
11	Atlanta Silverbacks	.326	8-11-10	.504	.408	11

USL Second Division

Sorted by power rating
#	Team	Power Rating	Record	Strength of Schedule (based on record)	Strength of Schedule (based on power rating)	LW	+/-
1	Richmond Kickers	.562	14-4-2	.483	.400	1
2	Charlotte Eagles	.520	13-2-5	.479	.400	2
3	Cleveland City Stars	.469	10-3-7	.460	.392	3
4	Crystal Palace Baltimore	.433	11-8-1	.478	.398	4t
5	Harrisburg City Islanders	.425	7-3-10	.468	.395	5t
6	Wilmington Hammerheads	.388	4-9-7	.539	.423	6
7	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	.380	4-10-6	.529	.419	7
8	Western Mass Pioneers	.327	5-9-6	.504	.410	8
9	Bermuda Hogges	.300	5-13-2	.519	.415	9
10	Real Maryland FC	.272	3-15-2	.544	.424	10

The power rating uses the following factors:

Wins, ties (weighted more heavily for road wins or ties).
Record of the opponent
Goal differential (up to 3 goals, no bonus for running up the score)
Only matches that count in United Soccer Leagues matches within their division are used
For win percentage, ties count as half a win
Strength of schedule is only for games that have been played
Ratings are based on matches within each division, so comparison of power rating between First and Second Division is not valid
The last five matches count the equally towards the rating, reducing by 10% for each match from 6 to 10 matches ago
Ten or more matches ago only counts 50% as much as most recent five matches

Ratings by Allison Andrews

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