Washington Sports Power Rankings

 Happy Halloween power rankings update! In light of the holiday, we're spooking some teams with a change at the top. Sharktopus goes down to #5 after just two wins in their last six in all competitions, and Alt Olanchano slides after their second draw in four games in Liga Del Pacifico. On the other end, the WAC takes the top spot due to their good form and RATS and the USOC qualifiers, right ahead of undefeated Meat Sweats and undefeated (except to the WAC) Bellevue Athletic and Mustangs FC. Xolos also jump to #14 after winning the Wenatchee league this weekend; we'll say goodbye to them and Santa Cruz Prep after a week of inactivity next time around. Speaking of, congrats to Valle Azul for winning the Blue Mountain league (Walla Walla) back on 10/20, but all the eastern Washington leagues have officially moved indoors for the winter. Cruizero also leap up the standings due to their dominant form in La Liga Latina. Finally, we ask, what is going on with Wesco United? Draws aga...

Another great week of amateur soccer in the books. We've expanded the rankings to the top 35 teams. We'll see about future expansion, we don't want to hate ourselves for doing these. For now, a handful of new teams jump into the rankings for the first time this fall, none higher than ECS Black (currently third in GSSL D1). Atlas won the La Liga Bellevue/Redmond championship, crowning themselves kings of the eastside. Congrats to FTI for defeating the A/B Sharktopus on Thursday, who stay top but are wobbling a bit across competitions. Alt Olanchano stay strong at 2 after a win over Chivas, who slide to 31. Congratulations to River Rats and Spokane Llamas for making the Spokane final, as well as Real LP and Valle Azul for making the Blue Mountain Community Soccer (Walla Walla) final. River Rats, in particular, get a bump for winning the Inland Northwest Soccer Association; those teams will vanish next week as their leagues move into hibernation. Have to play to be ranked! Tha...

 Back with a new CURRENT top 25 amateur teams. Teams must be currently playing to make the list (we're watching you, River Rats and Spokane Llamas). We also dropped the pro teams; what fun is it ranking the Sounders #1 every time? Also, while a full rankings may return in the future, it's hard to track that many teams, so we're downsizing to 25 for the time being with the hope of posting more consistently. Enjoy! Rank Previous Rank Team Name League 1 17 Sharktopus UPSL/RATS 2 25 Atl Olanchano Liga Del Pacifico Championship 3 24 Washington Athletic Club RATS D1 4 30 International FC UPSL 5 N/A Meat Sweats GSSL D1 6 53 Bellevue Athletic UPSL 7 N/A UW Club GSSL D1 8 34 Mustangs FC Liga Del Pacifico Championship 9 106 Leon FC Wenatchee Soccer League 10 40 FTI RATS D1 11 93 Spokane Llamas Inland Northwest Soccer League 12 33 DALUL FC UPSL 13 43 River Rats Inland Northwest Soccer League 14 N/A Puerto Vallarta Liga Del Pacifico Championship 15 69 Holac FC UPSL 16 75 Fortaleza Skag...

Surprise! They're back. If you're an expert on any of these leagues in particular and you'd like to help keep the rankings updated, feel free to reach out on Facebook. Please include your team affiliations. Rank Previous Rank Team Name League Notes 1 NA Seattle Sounders MLS 2 NA Spokane Velocity USL League 1 Spokane over Defiance as, based on US Open Cup results, the USL League 1 has been the superior league to MLS Next Pro. Both are on the third tier of the US Soccer system. Both teams are mid-table in their respective leagues. 3 NA Tacoma Defiance MLS Next Pro 4 1 Ballard FC USL2 5 NA Tacoma Stars USL2 6 NA West Seattle Junction USL2 7 NA Midlakes United USL2 8 6 FC Olympia USL2 9 8 Crossfire Red Cascadia Premier League 10 15 Vancouver Victory Evergreen Premier League 11 17 Tacoma Stars Reserves Cascadia Premier League Previous ranking as Nido Anguila 12 2 Yakima United Evergreen Premier League 13 4 Spokane Shadow Evergreen Premier League 14 NA Tri-Cities Badgers Evergre...