Season | 2024 |
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Dates | March 9 – October 26 (regular season) |
Champions | Union Omaha |
Players' Shield | Union Omaha |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 387 (2.93 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Lyam MacKinnon (16 goals) |
Biggest home win | 6 goals: LEX 7–1 CV (September 18) |
Biggest away win | 3 goals: CV 0–3 MAD (March 29) SPK 0–3 MAD (May 19) CHA 2–5 OMA (June 5) CHA 2–5 GVL (September 14) |
Highest scoring | 8 goals: LEX 7–1 CV (September 18) |
Longest winning run | 4 matches: OMA |
Longest unbeaten run | 9 matches: MAD |
Longest winless run | 9 matches: CV |
Longest losing run | 6 matches: CV |
Highest attendance | 5,574 RIC 2–1 MAD (July 3) |
Lowest attendance | 397 CV 2–4 CHA (April 13) |
Total attendance | 228,356 |
Average attendance | 2,261 |
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of October 26, 2024. |
The 2024 USL League One season was the sixth season of USL League One, a professional men's soccer league in the third tier of the United States league system.
Twelve teams participated in the 2024 season. Spokane Velocity FC entered as an expansion team. North Carolina FC, having defeated the Charlotte Independence in the 2023 final, left to rejoin the USL Championship. [1] [2] [3] The regular season started on March 9. [4] The 2024 season also included a new in-season tournament, the USL Cup (known as the USL Jägermeister Cup for sponsorship reasons) which featured a group stage and knockout round played between April and September. [5]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Central Valley Fuego FC | ![]() | End of interim period | November 5, 2023 | ![]() | November 6, 2023 [8] |
Lexington SC | ![]() | End of interim period | October 23, 2023 | ![]() | November 11, 2023 [9] |
Greenville Triumph SC | ![]() | End of contract | December 31, 2023 [10] | ![]() | January 1, 2024 [11] |
One Knoxville SC | ![]() | Mutual agreement | August 15, 2024 [12] | ![]() | August 15, 2024 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Union Omaha (C, S) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 48 | Playoffs |
2 | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 41 | |
3 | Forward Madison FC | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 39 | |
4 | Greenville Triumph SC | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 37 | |
5 | One Knoxville SC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 35 | |
6 | Charlotte Independence | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 34 | |
7 | Spokane Velocity FC | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 27 | |
8 | Richmond Kickers | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 24 | |
9 | Lexington SC | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 21 | |
10 | South Georgia Tormenta FC | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 20 | |
11 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 18 | |
12 | Central Valley Fuego FC | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 18 |
Color key: Home •Away •Win •Loss •Draw | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Matches [13] | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
CV Fuego FC (CV) | TRM | OMA | MAD | RIC | CHA | CLT | KNX | RIC | NCO | MAD | TRM | CHA | LEX | CLT | SPK | LEX | GVL | NCO | SPK | KNX | GVL | OMA |
2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–7 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
Charlotte Independence (CLT) | KNX | SPK | GVL | OMA | CV | OMA | TRM | CHA | GVL | NCO | CHA | SPK | LEX | MAD | CV | KNX | RIC | TRM | MAD | NCO | LEX | RIC |
1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
Chattanooga Red Wolves (CHA) | LEX | CV | NCO | TRM | GVL | OMA | CLT | TRM | SPK | RIC | CLT | OMA | CV | SPK | KNX | MAD | GVL | NCO | KNX | MAD | RIC | LEX |
0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
Forward Madison FC (MAD) | TRM | GVL | CV | RIC | GVL | SPK | LEX | TRM | OMA | RIC | CV | NCO | OMA | CLT | LEX | CHA | SPK | KNX | CLT | CHA | KNX | NCO |
1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
Greenville Triumph SC (GVL) | SPK | MAD | LEX | NCO | CLT | TRM | MAD | RIC | CHA | CLT | KNX | OMA | KNX | RIC | NCO | OMA | CHA | CV | LEX | SPK | CV | TRM |
3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | |
One Knoxville SC (KNX) | CLT | LEX | TRM | OMA | RIC | CV | RIC | NCO | GVL | TRM | NCO | GVL | CHA | SPK | CLT | LEX | OMA | MAD | CHA | CV | MAD | SPK |
2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
Lexington SC (LEX) | NCO | CHA | KNX | GVL | TRM | SPK | MAD | SPK | OMA | TRM | RIC | CLT | CV | MAD | NCO | KNX | CV | RIC | GVL | OMA | CLT | CHA |
0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
NoCo Hailstorm FC (NCO) | LEX | SPK | GVL | CHA | OMA | KNX | RIC | CV | CLT | KNX | MAD | RIC | TRM | GVL | LEX | OMA | CHA | CV | TRM | CLT | SPK | MAD |
0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Richmond Kickers (RIC) | SPK | TRM | CV | MAD | SPK | KNX | GVL | KNX | CV | NCO | MAD | CHA | LEX | NCO | GVL | OMA | CLT | LEX | OMA | TRM | CHA | CLT |
1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
Spokane Velocity FC (SPK) | GVL | RIC | NCO | CLT | LEX | RIC | MAD | LEX | CHA | CLT | TRM | CHA | KNX | OMA | CV | TRM | MAD | OMA | CV | GVL | NCO | KNX |
1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
Tormenta FC (TRM) | CV | MAD | RIC | KNX | LEX | GVL | OMA | CHA | CLT | MAD | CHA | KNX | LEX | CV | SPK | NCO | SPK | CLT | NCO | RIC | OMA | GVL |
1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | |
Union Omaha (OMA) | CV | KNX | CLT | TRM | CLT | NCO | CHA | MAD | LEX | GVL | CHA | MAD | RIC | SPK | GVL | NCO | KNX | SPK | RIC | LEX | TRM | CV |
2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
The 2024 USL League One Playoffs (branded as the 2024 USL League One Playoffs presented by TERMINIX for sponsorship reasons) was the post-season championship of the USL League One season.
Quarterfinals November 2–3 | Semifinals November 9 | Final November 17 | ||||||||||||
1 | Union Omaha | 1 | ||||||||||||
8 | Richmond Kickers | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Union Omaha | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Greenville Triumph SC | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Greenville Triumph SC | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | One Knoxville SC | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Union Omaha | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | Spokane Velocity FC | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | 0 | ||||||||||||
7 | Spokane Velocity FC | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | Spokane Velocity FC (p) | 0 (5) | ||||||||||||
3 | Forward Madison FC | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||
3 | Forward Madison FC | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Charlotte Independence | 0 |
November 2, 2024 | Greenville Triumph SC | 2–1 | One Knoxville SC | Greenville, South Carolina |
2:00 PM EDT | Report |
| Stadium: Paladin Stadium Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Thomas Snyder |
November 2, 2024 | Forward Madison FC | 2–0 | Charlotte Independence | Madison, Wisconsin |
6:00 PM CDT |
| Report | Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,953 Referee: Calin Radosav |
November 2, 2024 | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | 0–3 | Spokane Velocity FC | Windsor, Colorado |
7:00 PM MDT | Report | Stadium: 4Rivers Equipment Stadium Attendance: 1,601 Referee: Gerald Flores |
November 3, 2024 | Union Omaha | 1–0 | Richmond Kickers | Papillion, Nebraska |
2:30 PM CDT |
| Report | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,245 Referee: Jeremy Scheer |
November 9, 2024 | Union Omaha | 2–1 | Greenville Triumph SC | Papillion, Nebraska |
4:00 PM CDT | Report | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,053 Referee: Matthew Corrigan |
November 9, 2024 | Forward Madison FC | 0–0 (4–5 p) | Spokane Velocity FC | Madison, Wisconsin |
6:00 PM CDT |
| Report | Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,495 Referee: Thomas Snyder | |
Penalties | ||||
November 17, 2024 | Union Omaha | 3–0 | Spokane Velocity FC | Papillion, Nebraska |
2:00 PM CST | Report | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 5,849 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick |
Championship Game MVP: Joe Gallardo (OMA)
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
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![]() | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Central Valley Fuego FC | 4–2 (A) [15] | April 13 |
![]() | Greenville Triumph SC | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 5–2 (A) [16] | September 14 |
![]() | Lexington SC | Central Valley Fuego FC | 7–1 (H) [17] | September 18 |
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Award | Winner | Team | Reason | Ref. |
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Golden Boot | ![]() | Greenville Triumph SC | 16 goals | [18] |
Golden Glove | ![]() | One Knoxville SC | 7 shutouts; 0.73 goals against average; 52 saves | [18] |
Golden Playmaker | ![]() | Central Valley Fuego | 8 assists | [18] |
Goalkeeper of the Year | ![]() | One Knoxville SC | 0.73 goals against average; 7 shutouts; 52 saves | [19] |
Defender of the Year | ![]() | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | 169 duels won | [20] |
Young Player of the Year | ![]() | Central Valley Fuego | Led the league with 8 assists | [21] |
Coach of the Year | ![]() | Union Omaha | Back-to-back Players' Shields | [22] |
Player of the Year | ![]() | Greenville Triumph SC | 16 goals; 5 assists | [23] |
Comeback Player of the Year | ![]() | Charlotte Independence | Played entire season after back surgery. | [24] |
First team [25] | |||
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Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Second team [25] | |||
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Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Month | Player of the Month | Coach of the Month | References | |||
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Player | Club | Position | Coach | Club | ||
March | ![]() | One Knoxville SC | Midfielder | ![]() | One Knoxville SC | [26] [27] |
April | ![]() | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Forward | ![]() | Charlotte Independence | [28] [29] |
May | ![]() | Union Omaha | Midfielder | ![]() | Union Omaha | [30] [31] |
June | ![]() | Charlotte Independence | Forward | ![]() | Forward Madison FC | [32] [33] |
July | ![]() | Central Valley Fuego FC | Forward | ![]() | Charlotte Independence | [34] [35] |
August | ![]() | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | Forward | ![]() | Lexington SC | [36] [37] |
September | ![]() | Greenville Triumph SC | Midfielder | ![]() | Union Omaha | [38] [39] |
October | ![]() | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | Goalkeeper | ![]() | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | [40] [41] |
Player of the Week | |||||
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Week | Player | Club | Position | Reason | Ref. |
1 | ![]() | Greenville Triumph SC | Forward | Goal vs Spokane | [42] |
2 | ![]() | One Knoxville SC | Forward | 2 goals vs Charlotte | [43] |
3 | ![]() | Spokane Velocity FC | Midfielder | GWG PK vs Northern Colorado | [44] |
4 | ![]() | Charlotte Independence | Midfielder | GWG vs Spokane | [45] |
5 | ![]() | Greenville Triumph SC | Midfielder | 2 goals vs Northern Colorado | [46] |
6 | ![]() | Chattanooga Red Wolves | Forward | Hat trick vs Central Valley Fuego | [47] |
7 | ![]() | Greenville Triumph SC | Forward | 2 goals vs Tormenta FC | [48] |
8 | ![]() | Union Omaha | Midfielder | 1 goal; 2 assists vs Tormenta FC | [49] |
9 | ![]() | South Georgia Tormenta FC | Forward | 2 goals; 1 assist vs Chattanooga | [50] |
10 | ![]() | Chattanooga Red Wolves | Forward | 3 goals in 2 matches | [51] |
11 | ![]() | Charlotte Independence | Forward | 2 goals vs Chattanooga | [52] |
12 | ![]() | Greenville Triumph SC | Midfielder | 2 goals in 2 games | [53] |
13 | ![]() | Union Omaha | Forward | 2 goals vs Lexington | [54] |
14 | ![]() | Chattanooga Red Wolves | Forward | 2 goals vs Richmond | [55] |
15 | ![]() | Central Valley Fuego FC | Forward | 3 assists vs Tormenta FC | [56] |
16 | ![]() | Spokane Velocity FC | Midfielder | 2 goals; 1 assists | [57] |
17 | ![]() | One Knoxville SC | Forward | 2 goals; 1 assist vs Chattanooga | [58] |
18 | ![]() | Union Omaha | Midfielder | 2 goals vs Richmond | [59] |
19 | ![]() | Spokane Velocity FC | Midfielder | 1 goal; 1 assist in 2 games | [60] |
20 | ![]() | Greenville Triumph SC | Midfielder | Hat Trick vs Chattanooga | [61] |
21 | ![]() | Lexington SC | Forward | Hat Trick vs Central Valley Fuego | [62] |
22 | ![]() | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | Goalkeeper | 2 clean sheets; 15 saves in 2 games | [63] |
23 | ![]() | Greenville Triumph SC | Midfielder | 2 goals vs Spokane | [64] |
24 | ![]() | One Knoxville SC | Defender | 12 clearances; 5 blocks in 2 games | [65] |
25 | ![]() | Charlotte Independence | Goalkeeper | 9 saves and a clean sheet in his 1st start | [66] |