Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Lower Division Power Rankings - July 17

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The top seven in the table went unchanged this week as the results were not earth-shattering enough from Orlando City or Charlotte to warrant leaps over the idle NASL clubs ahead of them. Top-ranked Richmond's results, meanwhile, were decent enough on the road to keep them from sliding below their idle NASL counterparts.

The middle portion of the rankings, however, was completely different as Charleston, Wilmington and Harrisburg all had disastrous weeks, allowing VSI Tampa Bay and the LA Blues to jump up into the picture. The bottom, well, remains the bottom.

This Week (Last Week) Club (League) :: W-L-D :: Notes

1 (1) Richmond Kickers (USL Pro) :: 10-0-7 :: Gave up a late equalizer at Rochester in a 1-1 draw Friday but found a late winner the next night in Harrisburg for a 1-0 victory.

2 (2) Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) :: 6-3-3 :: Idle

3 (3) San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) :: 6-4-2 :: Idle

4 (4) Carolina RailHawks (NASL) :: 5-2-5 :: Idle

5 (5) Orlando City (USL Pro) :: 11-2-5 :: Picked up a 2-1 victory over visiting Charleston Thursday but gave up the lead three times Sunday at Dayton in a 3-3 draw.

6 (6) Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) :: 5-4-3 :: Idle

7 (7) Charlotte Eagles (USL Pro) :: 8-2-8 :: Rallied twice at home against Wilmington, finding a late winner for a 3-2 victory Saturday.

8 (11) Dayton Dutch Lions (USL Pro) :: 7-4-6 :: Despite having initial lead, they lost to the Columbus Crew Reserves on the road 3-1 Wednesday, but rallied three times at home for a 3-3 draw against Orlando City Sunday.

9 (13) VSI Tampa Bay (USL Pro) :: 7-6-3 :: Posted a four-goal lead en route to a 4-2 home win against the Charleston Battery.

10 (8) Charleston Battery (USL Pro) :: 7-5-6 :: Fell on a second half penalty, 2-1, at Orlando City Thursday and were unable to come back from four down in a 4-2 loss at Tampa Bay Saturday.

11 (9) Wilmington Hammerheads (USL Pro) :: 6-9-3 :: Held the lead twice in Charlotte, but gave up a late winner to the Eagles in 3-2 loss.

12 (14) LA Blues (USL Pro) :: 9-6-5 :: Posted a big 4-2 road win at Harrisburg Wednesday before returning home to an easy 4-0 victory against Antigua Friday.

13 (10) Harrisburg City Islanders (USL Pro) :: 10-7-1 :: Fell at home, 4-2, to the visiting LA Blues on Wednesday and narrowly lost 1-0 to fellow top side Richmond on Saturday.

14 (12) FC Edmonton (NASL) :: 3-4-5 :: Idle

15 (15) Minnesota United (NASL) :: 4-6-2 :: Idle

16 (17) Rochester Rhinos (USL Pro) :: 3-8-8 :: Somehow found a late equalizer in stoppage time for a 1-1 draw against Richmond, also narrowly missing winner on controversial goal-line call.

17 (16) Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL Pro) :: 5-6-6 :: Idle

18 (18) Phoenix FC (USL Pro) :: 4-10-6 :: Posted another narrow 1-0 win against visiting Antigua Thursday with a stoppage time winner.

19 (19) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (NASL) :: 2-8-2 :: Idle

20 (20) Antigua Barracuda (USL Pro) :: 0-20-0 :: Lost in stoppage time 1-0 to Phoenix on Thursday and were drubbed 4-0 by Los Angeles Saturday.

Note: The LD Power Rankings are based on past results are not a projection of the future.

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