This year in the NASL has been a wild one, to be sure. Just looking back a few months, it’s remarkable how much has changed on and off the field. But I have to say that I’m most interested in how we’ll all view this year in four months. Or a year. Or three years.…

We’re almost at the close. #1. New York Cosmos – (18-5-7, 59 pts) – No Change You know what’s nuts? If the New York Cosmos, like Puerto Rico FC, had skipped the Spring Season and started after ten games…they’d still be in the playoffs if the season ended today. This past week, I submitted my ballot for…

I’m back! Many thanks to Jeff for taking over last week’s rankings. I’ve been away all week, and so I missed a lot of NASL action. Can’t wait to see how Minnesota did, that home match against Jacksonville was the perfect match to get back on tra— [scream] … I’m back! Many thanks to Jeff…

Well folks, we’ve got a race after all. Here’s the situation for the top spots. Indy won the spring, and are locked into the first or the second seed. The Eleven are four points behind New York in the combined table and the fall standings. Edmonton are six points behind New York in the combined,…

Okay, I might’ve been wrong. Two weeks ago, I called the NASL playoff race over. One week ago, I doubled down. But this week, I’m not so sure anymore. Three of the four spots are all but secured. But that fourth spot… #1. New York Cosmos – (15-4-6, 49 pts) – No Change The Cosmos were…

A week after I called the NASL playoff hunt more or less over, but the seeding race heating up, we got a battery of results this weekend that narrowed the contest significantly at the bottom and lengthened it at the top. Three of the league’s top four teams lost, and three of the chasers won,…

What a week it’s been in the NASL. Not the good kind. For all of the facts, rumors, speculation, and #PANIC about the league’s future, it’s worthwhile to remember that the league is still very much going on. I know that’s a bit rich coming from Chicken Little, but I do write these Power Rankings every week. You…

The past week in the NASL was a curiously quiet one, thanks to two teams going on bye weeks (didn’t even know we had those this year) and just a single midweek game. But the action picks right back up this coming week, with two (really important) midweek matches and a full slate the following…

There was NASL soccer played this week? Gee, I don’t remember seeing any NASL soccer played this week. My memory is completely blank from the hours of 7-9 on both Wednesday and Saturday of last week, so I really have no idea what happened. Guess I’ll have to watch the video highlights to job my…

At this point in the year, we are more or less halfway through the season. There’s never a precise middle point, because some teams have played seventeen matches and some have played fifteen. But most teams in the league have sixteen contests in the book at this moment, and so we’re going to call the…

Are the Power Rankings going to start coming out on Tuesdays now? It’s been a few weeks where my normal punctual Monday schedule has been upended by a lot of work and other commitments. The answer is no, I still will try to publish on Monday. But these things take a while to write, and…