Wednesday night’s USL Game of the Week on ESPN3 includes a number of the league’s high-profile players, with the Tampa Bay Rowdies being led into Capelli Sport Stadium by the likes of Joe Cole, Marcel Schäfer and Georgi Hristov as they look to move clear at the top of the Eastern Conference (7:05 p.m. ET | Preview).

For the hosts, though, there is Kenardo Forbes, who may be one of the more overlooked of the league’s top players over the past two seasons. His numbers certainly aren’t as eye-popping as some. He has only eight goals and 10 assists in 63 regular-season games for the Rhinos, and two of those goals came in Rochester’s last two games. But it’s what Forbes does to get others into good situations that has made him so valuable.

Forbes earned some respect at the end of last season, claiming All-League Second Team honors as voted on by league management and national media. The work that he has done this season as a deep-lying midfielder has been key to the team finding success. Tampa Bay’s fullbacks on Wednesday night, likely Darnell King and Luke Boden, will have to be vigilant if the likes of Justin Chavez can’t close down Forbes’ time and space to operate.

RENO'S ROAD LEADS THROUGH KELLY

With hat tricks in each of his past two games – something never previously accomplished in the USL – it’s good to be Reno 1868 FC’s Dane Kelly right now. And given the manner 1868 FC is churning out chances for the USL’s all-time leading goal-scorer, it wouldn’t be a big surprise if this run of form continues a little longer.

On Wednesday night Reno will look for a third consecutive victory against a Tulsa Roughnecks FC side that has also shown major attacking flair this season as it comes into Greater Nevada Field (10:30 p.m. ET | Preview). With Juan Pablo Caffa, Joey Calistri and Ian Svantesson providing a strong attacking triumvirate for the Roughnecks, the nightcap to a five-game slate on Wednesday should provide a highly entertaining contest.