This weekend marks the midway point of the USL Championship’s 33-week regular season, an ideal time to survey the landscape on who stands where in the race for the postseason and to make note of some of the standout performances that have already made this campaign a memorable one.

My colleague John Arlia has the overview for the Eastern Conference right here, but I’ll be looking at the where things stand in the Western Conference, where while there’s a clear front-runner for the conference title, the battle for the top four positions and a place in the playoffs itself is shaping up for an enthralling second half of the season.