Tournament details | |
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Country | United States Canada |
Teams | 16 |
Defending champions | Louisville City FC |
Final positions | |
Champions | Louisville City FC |
Runner-up | Phoenix Rising FC |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 43 (2.87 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Didier Drogba Brian Ownby Michael Seaton (3) |
The 2018 USL Cup Playoffs was the postseason tournament following the 2018 United Soccer League regular season, the fourth since the league rebranded for the 2015 season, and second as a USSF Division II league. Including USL Pro history, it was the seventh postseason tournament. The tournament began on the weekend of October 20 and ended on November 8.
Sixteen teams (top 8 per conference) competed in the single elimination tournament. Teams were seeded one through eight in each conference. The conference semifinal winners played against each other in the Conference Championship, which served as the overall semifinals for the playoff. The winners of the Eastern and Western Conference Championship played for the USL Cup. The winner of the playoffs was to be crowned league champion.
FC Cincinnati clinched the USL regular-season title on September 26 and was the number one seed in the Eastern Conference. [1]
The top 8 teams from each conference advance to the USL playoffs.
Eastern Conference
| Western Conference
Source: 2018 USL standings |
October 20, 2018 [2] East | FC Cincinnati | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) | Nashville SC | Cincinnati, Ohio |
4:00 p.m. EDT | Bone ![]() Smith ![]() Ledesma ![]() | Report | Davis ![]() Bourgeois ![]() Tyrpak ![]() | Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 20,217 Referee: Farhad Dadkho |
Penalties | ||||
Adi ![]() McLaughlin ![]() Smith ![]() Hoyte ![]() Lasso ![]() Walker ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
October 20, 2018 [3] East | Charleston Battery | 0–1 | New York Red Bulls II | Charleston, South Carolina |
7:00 PM EDT | Bolt ![]() | Report | Barlow ![]() Stroud ![]() | Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 1,687 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
October 20, 2018East | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p) | Bethlehem Steel FC | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
7:00 PM EDT | Zemanski ![]() Dover ![]() Roberts ![]() ![]() Forbes ![]() Holland ![]() | Report | Moumbagna ![]() Ngalina ![]() Chambers ![]() Nanco ![]() | Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 5,189 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
Penalties | ||||
Kerr ![]() Forbes ![]() Banjo ![]() Greenspan ![]() François ![]() Vancaeyezeele ![]() Dabo ![]() Lee ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
October 20, 2018East | Louisville City FC | 4–1 | Indy Eleven | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30 p.m. EDT | McCabe ![]() ![]() Ilić ![]() Lancaster ![]() | Report | Mitchell ![]() Saad ![]() Ouimette ![]() | Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,763 Referee: Mark Allatin |
October 19, 2018West | Phoenix Rising FC | 3–0 | Portland Timbers 2 | Tempe, Arizona |
7:30 p.m. MST | Drogba ![]() Johnson ![]() Asante ![]() | Report | Zambrano ![]() Hanson ![]() Diz Pe ![]() | Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex Attendance: 7,511 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez |
October 20, 2018West | Real Monarchs | 0–1 | Reno 1868 FC | Herriman, Utah |
3:00 PM MDT | Velásquez ![]() | Report | Brown ![]() | Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
October 20, 2018West | Orange County SC | 4–0 | Saint Louis FC | Irvine, California |
7:00 PM PDT | Seaton ![]() ![]() Quinn ![]() Bjurman ![]() | Report | Walls ![]() Hertzog ![]() | Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,360 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
October 20, 2018West | Sacramento Republic FC | 1–2 | Swope Park Rangers | Sacramento, California |
7:30 PM PDT | Bijev ![]() Matjašič ![]() Hord ![]() | Report | Kuzain ![]() Barry ![]() Akhmatov ![]() | Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Joseph Dickerson |
October 27, 2018East | FC Cincinnati | 0–1 | New York Red Bulls II | Cincinnati, Ohio |
4:00 p.m. EDT | Adi ![]() | Report | Moreno ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 16,617 Referee: Tim Ford |
October 27, 2018East | Louisville City FC | 2–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30 p.m. EDT | Ownby ![]() ![]() Smith ![]() | Report | Moar ![]() Mbaizo ![]() Ofeimu ![]() | Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,881 Referee: Farhad Dadkho |
October 26, 2018West | Phoenix Rising FC | 4–2 | Swope Park Rangers | Tempe, Arizona |
7:30 p.m. MST | Johnson ![]() Drogba ![]() ![]() Cortez ![]() Lambert ![]() | Report | Blackwood ![]() Barry ![]() Akhmatov ![]() | Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex Attendance: 7,707 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. |
October 27, 2018West | Orange County SC | 1–0 | Reno 1868 FC | Irvine, California |
7:00 PM PDT | Alston ![]() Quinn ![]() Duke ![]() | Report | Richards ![]() Brown ![]() Hoppenot ![]() | Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,021 Referee: Victor Rivas |
November 2, 2018East | Louisville City FC | 5–1 | New York Red Bulls II | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30 p.m. EDT | Ilić ![]() ![]() Spencer ![]() Davis ![]() Craig ![]() Ownby ![]() ![]() Williams ![]() ![]() McCabe ![]() | Report | Ndam ![]() Tinari ![]() Barlow ![]() | Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 10,059 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
November 3, 2018West | Orange County SC | 1–2 | Phoenix Rising FC | Irvine, California |
7:00 p.m. PDT | Chaplow ![]() Hashimoto ![]() | Report | Cortez ![]() Drogba ![]() Forbes ![]() | Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,189 Referee: Tim Ford |
November 8, 2018 [4] Final | Louisville City FC | 1–0 | Phoenix Rising FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
8:00 PM EST | Smith ![]() Spencer ![]() ![]() Ranjitsingh ![]() | Report | Farrell ![]() Drogba ![]() Lambert ![]() | Stadium: Lynn Stadium Attendance: 7,025 Referee: Joseph Dickerson |
Championship Game MVP: Luke Spencer (LOU)
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