The 2019 NWSL Power Rankings start out with 5 sites participating. Hopefully at least one more will be added in the coming weeks.

As always, if you know of a site I have not used please let me know in the comments and I’ll look into adding it!

A reminder of what Power Rankings should be (not that every site does of course...): ”If two teams played tomorrow, given their current injury concerns, form, and other considerations, who is likely to win on a neutral field? All things being equal, who is the best team going forward, based on what we know now?” -Richard Farley, NBC Sports ProSoccerTalk. 3/11/14

Sites Used

You may notice the list includes ‘analytic’ sites; they serve to function as a stable counterbalance to the rest which are based more on personal opinions, and those done by ‘team’ blogs’. There are also included sites that some will argue are really ‘prediction rankings’ - but in reality isn’t that what a Power Ranking is (see the quote at the top).

2019 NWSL Power Rankings Team Wk 21 avg Wk 22 avg Wk 23 avg Best Worst St. Dev 2019 2Y Avg Team Wk 21 avg Wk 22 avg Wk 23 avg Best Worst St. Dev 2019 2Y Avg Chicago Red Stars 2.17 2 2 2 2 0 3.488 4.22 Houston Dash 6.83 7 7 7 7 0 6.466 6.72 North Carolina Courage 1 1 1 1 1 0 2.305 1.67 Orlando Pride 8.83 9 9 9 9 0 8.513 6.66 Portland Thorns 3.17 3 3.4 3 4 0.55 2.29 2.71 Seattle Reign 4.5 4 3.6 3 4 0.55 4.689 3.66 Sky Blue 8.17 8 8 8 8 0 8.243 8.41 Utah Royals 4.17 5 5.4 5 6 0.55 4.071 4.6 Washington Spirit 6.17 6 5.6 5 6 0.55 4.778 6.23

Highest Standard Deviation: North Carolina Courage at 2.7

Lowest Standard Deviation: Chicago Red Stars at 0.0

NWSL Site Accuracy Site Most Bias VS Most Bias For Least Bias Site Most Bias VS Most Bias For Least Bias FiveThirtyEight Utah Royals North Carolina Reign Soccer Club Stats Reign Utah Royals Sky Blue Backline Soccer Washington Spirit Portland Thorns Houston Dash Reddit /r/NWSL Utah Royals Chicago Red Stars Houston Dash RSL Soapbox Houston Dash Utah Royals Washington Spirit NWSL NA NA NA Freeborg North Carolina Reign Orlando Pride