Utah Royals make serious noise; Kansas City Current far from where they need to be

There was plenty of movement in our latest rankings as USWNT talent made big impacts
Nothing says welcome back to NWSL like a slate of games and performances that give highs for some clubs and lows for others.

In between the wild come-from-behind performances and blowouts and shutouts, some teams returned to the grind with bigger statements.

That means it's time for my weekly NWSL Power Rankings again.

If you're keeping track of power trends between clubs, here are my previous rankings .

Coming off a break, you can learn pretty quickly who benefited and who didn't.

Portland Thorns forward Sophia Wilson may not have scored against Japan during the international break with the U.S.

women's national team, but she looked consistently dangerous, and now she is scoring across games in NWSL.

Gotham FC have hopped back into the schedule and finally brought the goalscoring.

Rose Lavelle, Jaedyn Shaw , and rookie Jordynn Dudley are producing as the defensive line gets back more pieces.

Racing Louisville had a nice return to action with a big performance against the Pride , but had a midweek stumble against the Washington Spirit , so they jumped in the rankings, but not out of the bottom five.

Speaking of this weekend, fans can watch a Sunday double-header on CBS Sports Network.

Gotham FC meet Racing Louisville FC , and it's an expansion battle between Boston Legacy and Denver Summit .

Here's the viewing info:
As clubs prepare to check off their seventh game of the year, they say farewell to a quarter of the season and ring in a brand new month.

That means performance trends will shift as the schedule catches up and everyone gets more into form as the season goes on.

But perhaps there is no better example of turning a page than the Utah Royals , who have one of the biggest jumps in the rankings this week.

While they're top five right now in the league standings, they're still a little lower for me.

That's not because of a lack of belief; that's just good old-fashioned skepticism of a team finding itself for the first time.

Still, I cannot wait to see what they pull off this weekend.

Now, onto the most recent rankings: