2025 USL Championship season

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USL Championship
Season2025
Dates
  • March 8 – October 25
    (regular season)
  • November 1–22
    (playoffs)
Champions Pittsburgh Riverhounds (1st title)
Players' Shield Louisville City FC (2nd title)
Best Player Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Davila
Top goalscorer Flag of Liberia.svg Peter Wilson
(18 goals)
Best goalkeeper Flag of the United States.svg Damian Las
(10 clean sheets; 0.70 goals against average; 80 save percentage)
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The 2025 USL Championship season was the 15th season of the USL Championship, the eighth season under Division II sanctioning, and 30th season overall of a national division 2 league, in the United States.

Contents

Twenty-four teams in two conferences competed in the regular season. [1] Lexington SC joined from USL League One. Memphis 901 FC withdrew because it was unable to secure the construction of a soccer-specific stadium. The team transferred their franchise rights to Santa Barbara Sky FC, which said they'd begin play in the 2026 season before announcing another delay, this time to the 2027 season. [2] [3] [4] [5] The Brooklyn FC men's team, which was scheduled to begin play in 2025, elected to postpone its debut to the 2026 season.

All 24 teams participated in the USL Jägermeister Cup alongside the 14 USL League One teams. [6]

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC were the defending league champions and Louisville City FC were the defending Players' Shield winners.

Teams

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BHM
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CHS
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COS
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DET
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ELP
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MB
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HFD
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IND
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LVL
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LEX
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LDN
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LOU
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MIA
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NMU
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NCA
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OAK
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PHX
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PGH
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RI
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SAC
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SAN
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TBR
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TUL
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Locations of teams for the 2025 USL Championship season
Red pog.svg Western Conference   Blue pog.svg Eastern Conference

Changes from 2024

Expansion clubs

Departing clubs

Stadiums and locations

TeamStadiumCapacity
Birmingham Legion FC Protective Stadium 47,000
Charleston Battery Patriots Point Soccer Complex 5,000
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Weidner Field 8,000
Detroit City FC Keyworth Stadium 7,933
FC Tulsa ONEOK Field [A] 7,833
El Paso Locomotive FC Southwest University Park [A] 9,500
Hartford Athletic Trinity Health Stadium [A] 5,500
Indy Eleven IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium [A] 10,524
Las Vegas Lights FC Cashman Field 9,334
Lexington SC Lexington SC Stadium 7,500
Loudoun United FC Segra Field 5,000
Louisville City FC Lynn Family Stadium 15,304
Miami FC Pitbull Stadium [A] 25,000
Monterey Bay FC Cardinale Stadium 6,000
North Carolina FC First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park 10,000
New Mexico United Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park [A] 13,500
Oakland Roots SC Oakland Coliseum [A] 53,200 (15,000 [B] )
Orange County SC Championship Soccer Stadium 5,000
Phoenix Rising FC Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium 10,000
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Highmark Stadium 5,000
Rhode Island FC Centreville Bank Stadium 10,500
Sacramento Republic FC Heart Health Park 11,569
San Antonio FC Toyota Field 8,296
Tampa Bay Rowdies Al Lang Stadium [A] 7,227
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    Non-soccer specific stadium.
  2. ^
    Soccer seating capacity.

Personnel and sponsorships

TeamHead coachCaptain(s)Kit manufacturerKit sponsor
Birmingham Legion FC Flag of the United States.svg Mark Briggs Phanuel Kavita Hummel Coca-Cola
Charleston Battery Flag of the United States.svg Ben Pirmann Leland Archer Hummel The Ideal Life
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Flag of Ireland.svg James Chambers Matt Mahoney Capelli Sport CommonSpirit Health
Detroit City FC Flag of England.svg Danny Dichio Stephen Carroll Adidas Metro Detroit Area Chevrolet Dealers
El Paso Locomotive FC Flag of Colombia.svg Wilmer Cabrera Hummel Southwest University at El Paso
Hartford Athletic Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Burke Jordan Scalett Hummel Trinity Health of New England
Indy Eleven Flag of England.svg Sean McAuley Aodhan Quinn Under Armour Ford
Las Vegas Lights FC Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Nocerino Charlie Adams Hummel LiUNA!
Lexington SC Flag of the United States.svg Terry Boss Speedy Williams, Marcus Epps Hummel UK HealthCare Sports Medicine
Loudoun United FC Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Martin Zach Ryan, Drew Skundrich Capelli Sport CORAS
Louisville City FC Flag of the United States.svg Danny Cruz Brian Ownby Puma GE Appliances
Miami FC Flag of Argentina.svg Gastόn Maddoni Nicolás Cardona Macron micromobility.com
Monterey Bay FC Flag of England.svg Jordan Stewart Nico Gordon Charly Montage Health
New Mexico United Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Sanchez Talen Maples, Kalen Ryden Puma Meow Wolf (home)
Sandia Resort and Casino (away)
North Carolina FC Flag of the United States.svg John Bradford Paco Craig Charly EmergeOrtho
Oakland Roots SC Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Gavin Glinton Tyler Gibson Charly Elevance Health
Orange County SC Flag of England.svg Danny Stone Tom Brewitt Hummel Hoag
Phoenix Rising FC Flag of Norway.svg Pa-Modou Kah Pape Mar Boye Adidas Carvana
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Flag of the United States.svg Bob Lilley Danny Griffin Charly Allegheny Health Network (home)
84 Lumber (away)
Rhode Island FC Flag of Bermuda.svg Khano Smith Koke Vegas Capelli Sport Breeze Airways
Sacramento Republic FC Flag of Scotland.svg Neill Collins Rodrigo López Hummel UCDavis Health
San Antonio FC Flag of the United States.svg Carlos Llamosa Mitchell Taintor Charly Community First Health Plans
Tampa Bay Rowdies Flag of Scotland.svg Robbie Neilson Aaron Guillen Charly Spectrum
FC Tulsa Flag of the United States.svg Luke Spencer Abdoulaye Cissoko Hummel Williams

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointment
San Antonio FC Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alen Marcina Mutual separationOctober 31, 2024 [9] Flag of the United States.svg Carlos Llamosa December 16, 2024 [10]
Sacramento Republic FC Flag of England.svg Mark Briggs Mutual separationNovember 4, 2024 [11] Flag of Scotland.svg Neill Collins December 21, 2024 [12]
Phoenix Rising FC Flag of Spain.svg Diego Gómez (interim)End of interim periodNovember 7, 2024 [13] Flag of Norway.svg Pa-Modou Kah November 18, 2024 [14]
Oakland Roots SC Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Gavin Glinton (interim)End of interim periodNovember 12, 2024 Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Gavin Glinton November 12, 2024 [15]
FC Tulsa Flag of the United States.svg Mario Sanchez Promoted to Technical DirectorNovember 13, 2024 Flag of the United States.svg Luke Spencer November 13, 2024 [16]
Lexington SC Flag of England.svg Darren Powell Promoted to front officeOctober 27, 2024 [17] Flag of the United States.svg Terry Boss December 4, 2024 [18]
New Mexico United Flag of the United States.svg Eric Quill Hired by Flag of the United States.svg FC Dallas November 20, 2024 [19] Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Sanchez December 24, 2024 [20]
Orange County SC Flag of England.svg Danny Stone (interim)End of interim periodDecember 13, 2024 Flag of England.svg Danny Stone December 13, 2024 [21]
Las Vegas Lights FC Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Sanchez Hired by Flag of the United States.svg New Mexico United December 24, 2024 [22] Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Nocerino January 9, 2025 [23]
Miami FC Flag of Brazil.svg Marcello Alves (interim)End of interim periodJanuary 23, 2025 Flag of Argentina.svg Gastόn MaddoniJanuary 23, 2025 [24]
Birmingham Legion FC Flag of the United States.svg Tom Soehn FiredApril 9, 2025 Flag of England.svg Mark Briggs April 30, 2025 [25]

Regular season

Format

The teams played an unbalanced 30-game schedule plus four USL Jägermeister Cup games. Each team played their conference opponents twice, home and away, and 8 of the 12 teams in the opposite conference. The top 8 teams in each conference will make the playoffs. [1]

Eastern Conference

PosTeam
PldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Louisville City FC (S)3022175619+3773 Playoffs
2 Charleston Battery 3019656232+3062
3 North Carolina FC 30131164039+145
4 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (C)30121083228+444 [a]
5 Hartford Athletic 30131254836+1244 [a]
6 Loudoun United FC 30121264548−342
7 Rhode Island FC 30101282928+138
8 Detroit City FC 30911103335−237
9 Indy Eleven 30101554452−835
10 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3091474350−734
11 Miami FC 3081662944−1530
12 Birmingham Legion FC 30513123650−1427
Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head points; 2) head-to-head goal differential; 3) points-per-game within conference; 4) total wins; 5) total goal differential; 6) total goals scored; 7) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 8) disciplinary points; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (S) Players' Shield winner
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC are ahead of Hartford Athletic on head-to-head points. PGH 6, HFD 0.

Western Conference

PosTeam
PldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 FC Tulsa 3016595030+2057 Playoffs
2 Sacramento Republic FC 3013894427+1748 [a]
3 New Mexico United 30141064541+448 [a]
4 El Paso Locomotive FC 30109114745+241
5 Phoenix Rising FC 3098134848040 [b]
6 San Antonio FC 30111273938+140 [b]
7 Orange County SC 30101194445−139
8 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 30101373547−1237
9 Lexington SC 3091293142−1136
10 Oakland Roots SC 3081484252−1032
11 Monterey Bay FC 3071582745−1829
12 Las Vegas Lights FC 3061592350−2727
Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head points; 2) head-to-head goal differential; 3) points-per-game within conference; 4) total wins; 5) total goal differential; 6) total goals scored; 7) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 8) disciplinary points; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Sacramento Republic FC are ahead of New Mexico United on head-to-head points: SAC 6, NMU 0.
  2. 1 2 Phoenix Rising FC are ahead of San Antonio FC on head-to-head points: PHX 6, SAN 0.

Results table

Color Key: Home •Away •Win •Loss •Draw
ClubMatch [26]
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Birmingham Legion FC
(BHM)		LDNLOUDETPGHELPHFDTBRRIDETMIAINDLOUSACOAKCHSRINCACOSPHXHFDPGHOCOTULTBRINDSANNCALDNMIACHS
1–31-12-20–23-10-12-20-11-12-10-12-41-00-10-01-13-20-13-31-41-14-41-11–41–20–01-11-02-31–2
Charleston Battery
(CHB)		LOURINCATBRPGHINDHARTBRSANDETLDNHFDMIAPHXBHMNCANMUMIALOUPGHLDNRIINDOAKELPOCOCOSDETSACBHM
1–22-11–22-12-13-14-23-14-03-11-12-10-14-10-01–02-13-01-42-14-10-12-13–32-02–25-01-10-12-1
Colorado Springs Switchbacks
(COS)		ELPDETSACINDMBELPSANPHXLVLPGHOCONMUOAKLEXLOUBHMLEXOAKOCOPHXTULMBTBRSACHFDNMUSANCHBLVLTUL
2-21-22-23-21-21-12-31-10-01-01–31-11-01-20-11-03–12–10-11-42–02–13–30-21–20–21-00-51–00-3
Detroit City FC
(DET)		MIACOSBHMLOUMBPHXRIINDHFDBHMCHSPGHLDNMIAOAKHFDPGHRIINDNCATBRSANOCONMULEXLOUNCALDNCHSTBR
2-02-12-20-20-03-22-02-20-01-11–30-22-32-00-21-20-00-11-01-12–01-14–10-40–10–12–00–11-11-1
El Paso Locomotive FC
(ELP)		COSPHXNMUHFDLEXBHMCOSNMUTULINDLVLOAKOCOMBSANSACLVLMIAMBSACPHXLDNNCACHSRIOAKOCOLEXTULSAN
2-24-40-12-12-11-31-13-01-13-12-10-00-32-11-20-36-00-02-21-03-31-20-10-22-23-10-02-11-12-5
Hartford Athletic
(HFD)		LEXPGHELPLDNBHMCHSDETLOUINDNCACHSLDNDETTBRRINMUMIABHMTULRIINDNCAMIAMBPGHCOSOAKSACTBRLOU
0-20-11–20-21-02-40-01-14-40-11-23-02-10-10-04–02-04–11-13-03-20-21–04–01–22–03-13-22-30-1
Indy Eleven
(IND)		MIALEXCOSNCACHSDETSACELPHFDBHMPGHLVLTBRMBRINCATBRDETLDNMIALOUHFDCHSRIBHMTULLOUPGHLDNOCO
3-11-13-22-21-32-21-11-34-41-01-00-11-33–01-02-41–30-12-33-21-32-01-20–12–12–10–21-22–11-2
Las Vegas Lights FC
(LVL)		TBRNMUOAKOCOLEXTULLDNCOSSACELPPHXSANMBINDSACTULOCOELPSANNMUNCALEXPHXMIALOUPGHRIOAKCOSMB
1–02-30-01-00-01-41–00-00-51–20–10-32-01-00-23-40-40-61-12-21–21–00-00-01-30–11-32-20-11-1
Lexington SC
(LEX)		HFDOCOINDSANELPLVLMBLOULDNTULTBRMBNMUCOSPHXMIASACCOSPHXSANOAKLVLNCAOCODETNMUTULELPSACOAK
2-02-21-12-31-20-00-00-21-50-21-11-22-12-11-01-10-01-32-01-02-10-12-11-11–01–20-31-22–20-3
Loudoun United FC
(LDN)		BHMNCALOURIHFDTBRPGHLVLLEXMIACHSDETHFDLOUOCOPGHOAKTULRIINDCHSMIAELPSANPHXTBRBHMDETINDNCA
3-12-10-22-02-02-12-10-15-11-21-13-20-31-40-02-20-22-30-03-21-43-12–12–52-22-20-11–01-20-1
Louisville City FC
(LOU)		CHSBHMLDNDETSACTBRLEXPGHHFDMBTBRRIBHMNCALDNCOSTULNCACHSMIANMUINDRIPGHLVLDETINDMIAOCOHFD
2-11-12-02-01-12-12-00-01-12-02-12-14-21-24-11-01-14-14–14-20-03-11-02–03-11–02-01-00-01–0
Miami FC
(MIA)		DETINDTBRNMUSANNCAMBLDNBHMRITBRCHSDETTULLEXCHSPGHHFDELPLOUINDLDNHFDLVLRINCAPGHLOUBHMSAC
0-21-31-20-12-12-11-12-11–21-01-21-00-22–21-10-31-10-20-02-42-31-30–10-00–10–13-10–13-21–0
Monterey Bay FC
(MB)		SANOAKOCOPHXDETCOSLEXNMUMIARIPHXLOULEXLVLELPINDOCOTULTULSACELPSANOAKCOSHFDNMUSACTBRPGHLVL
0-13-23-01-10-02-10-00-11-11-10-20-22-10-21-20-32-11-22-30-12-20-00-11-20-41-11–00-40-31-1
New Mexico United
(NMU)		SACLVLELPMIANCAMBELPPHXOCOOAKCOSLEXSANPGHCHSHFDTULLVLLOUSACSANDETTULMBCOSLEXPHXOCOOAKRI
1-22-31-01-01-01-00-31-23-03-01-11-24-20-11-20-42-52-20-00-21-04-00-11-12–12-11-03-33-32-1
North Carolina FC
(NCA)		PGHLDNTULCHSINDNMUMIAPGHOCOOAKHFDRILOUCHSBHMINDLOUTBRDETLVLHFDLEXELPTBRMIABHMDETPHXRILDN
1–11-21-02-12-20-11-22-01-04-21-01-22-10-12-34-21-42-11-12–12-31-21-02-21–01-10-20–20-01–0
Oakland Roots SC
(OAK)		OCOMBSANLVLRITULOCOSACSANNCANMUELPCOSBHMDETPHXLDNCOSSACLEXMBPGHCHSTULPHXELPHFDLVLNMULEX
2-42-31-20-00-32-12-00-12-12-40–30-00-11-02–01-22-01-23-31-21–00-23–31-13–31-31-32-23-33–0
Orange County SC
(OCO)		OAKLEXMBLVLSACOAKTULNCANMUCOSPHXELPLDNMBLVLPHXPGHCOSTULBHMDETLEXSANCHSSACELPNMUSANLOUIND
4-22-20-30-12-10-22-10-10-33-11-33-00-01-24-04–11-11-00-14-41–41-11-32–21-20-03-31-00-02–1
Phoenix Rising FC
(PHX)		TULELPRIMBSANDETSACCOSNMUMBLVLOCOTULCHSLEXOAKOCOBHMLEXTBRCOSELPLVLSACLDNOAKNMUNCASANPGH
0-14-42-21-12-12-32-21-12-12-01-03-11-11-40-12-11-43-30-21-14–13-30-02-22-23–30-12–01-00-0
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
(PGH)		NCASANHFDBHMCHSLDNNCALOUCOSRIDETINDTBRNMULDNDETMIARIOCOCHSBHMTBROAKLOUHFDLVLMIAINDMBPHX
1-10-21-02-01-21-20-20-00-11-02-00-12-11-02-20-01–12-01-11-21-11-22-00–22–11-01-32-13-00-0
Rhode Island FC
(RI)		CHSPHXLDNOAKDETSANMBBHMTBRPGHMIALOUNCASACBHMINDHFDPGHDETLDNHFDCHSLOUINDMIAELPLVLTBRNCANMU
0-22-20-23-00-20-01-11-03-00-10-11-22-10-21–10-10-00-21-00-00-31–00-11–01-02-23-15-00-01-2
Sacramento Republic FC
(SAC)		NMUCOSTULLOUOCOPHXOAKINDLVLTULSANBHMRILVLELPLEXSANMBOAKELPNMUTBRPHXCOSMBOCOHFDLEXCHSMIA
2-12-20-11-11-22-21-01-15-00-10-00-12-02-03-00-03-11-03-30-12–02-02-22–00–12-12-32–21–00–1
San Antonio FC
(SAN)		MBPGHOAKLEXPHXMIACOSRIOAKCHSTULLVLSACNMUELPTBRSACLVLLEXMBDETNMULDNOCOBHMCOSTULOCOPHXELP
1-02-02-13-21-21-23-20-01-20-41-13-00-02-42-11-01-31-10-10-01-10-15–23-10–00-10-20-10-15–2
Tampa Bay Rowdies
(TBR)		LVLTULMIACHSLDNLOUBHMCHSRILEXLOUMIAPGHINDSANHFDINDNCAPHXDETPGHSACCOSBHMNCALDNMBRIHFDDET
0-10-12-11-21-21-22-21-30-31-11-22-11-23-10-11-03-11-21-10–22-10–23–34–12-22-24–00-53-21-1
FC Tulsa
(TUL)		PHXTBRNCASACOAKLVLOCOELPLEXSANSACPHXMIALVLMBLOULDNMBNMUHFDOCOCOSBHMNMUOAKINDLEXSANELPCOS
1-01-00-11-01-21-41-21-12-01-11-01-12-24-32-11-13–23–25–21-11-00-21-11-01-11–23-02-01-13-0

Playoffs

Bracket

Conference Quarterfinals
November 1–2 		Conference Semifinals
November 8 		Conference Finals
November 14–16 		USL Championship Final
November 22
            
E1 Louisville City FC 0
E8 Detroit City FC 1
E8 Detroit City FC 0 (3)
E4 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 0 (4)
E4 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (p)0 (4)
E5 Hartford Athletic 0 (2)
E4 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 1
Eastern Conference
E7 Rhode Island FC 0
E3 North Carolina FC 1
E6 Loudoun United FC 0
E3 North Carolina FC 0
E7 Rhode Island FC 2
E2 Charleston Battery 0 (3)
E7 Rhode Island FC (p)0 (5)
E4 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (p)0 (5)
W1 FC Tulsa 0 (3)
W1 FC Tulsa (a.e.t.)1
W8 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 0
W1 FC Tulsa (a.e.t.)1
W5 Phoenix Rising FC 0
W4 El Paso Locomotive FC 0
W5 Phoenix Rising FC 1
W1 FC Tulsa 3
Western Conference
W3 New Mexico United 0
W3 New Mexico United 2
W6 San Antonio FC 0
W3 New Mexico United 2
W7 Orange County SC 1
W2 Sacramento Republic FC 0 (4)
W7 Orange County SC 0 (5)

Playoff Schedule

Conference Quarterfinals

November 1, 2025 (2025-11-01)East Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Hartford Athletic Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
6:30 PM ET Report Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 4,932
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
Penalties
November 1, 2025 (2025-11-01)East Louisville City FC 0–1 Detroit City FC Louisville, Kentucky
7:00 PM ET Report Amoo-Mensah Soccerball shade.svg34'Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 8,210
Referee: Greg Dopka
November 1, 2025 (2025-11-01)East North Carolina FC 1–0 Loudoun United FC Cary, North Carolina
7:30 PM ET Anderson Soccerball shade.svg6' Report Stadium: First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,005
Referee: Natalie Simon
November 1, 2025 (2025-11-01)West FC Tulsa 1–0 (a.e.t.) Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CT Lukic Soccerball shade.svg92' Report Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: 7,583
Referee: Ryan Carrigan
November 1, 2025 (2025-11-01)West New Mexico United 2–0 San Antonio FC Albuquerque, New Mexico
7:00 PM MT
Report Stadium: Isotopes Park
Attendance: 8,287
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
November 1, 2025 (2025-11-01)West El Paso Locomotive FC 0–1 Phoenix Rising FC El Paso, Texas
7:30 PM MT Report Dennis Soccerball shade.svg86' (pen.)Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 3,469
Referee: Jeremy Scheer

Conference Semifinals

November 8, 2025East North Carolina FC 0–2 Rhode Island FC Cary, North Carolina
7:00 PM ET Report Dikwa Soccerball shade.svg81', 90+3'Stadium: First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,287
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
November 8, 2025West FC Tulsa 1–0 (a.e.t.) Phoenix Rising FC Tulsa, Oklahoma
8:00 PM ET Lukic Soccerball shade.svg120+2' Report Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: 7,917
Referee: Brandon Stevis
November 8, 2025West New Mexico United 2–1 Orange County SC Albuquerque, New Mexico
9:00 PM ET
 Report Pinto Soccerball shade.svg68'Stadium: Isotopes Park
Attendance: 10,150
Referee: Elton García

Conference Finals

November 15East Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 1–0 Rhode Island FC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
6:30 PM Mertz Soccerball shade.svg55' Report Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 6,745
Referee: Nabil Bensalah
November 15West FC Tulsa 3–0 New Mexico United Tulsa, Oklahoma
8:30 PM
 Report Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: 9,180
Referee: Greg Dopka

USL Championship Final

November 22Final FC Tulsa 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)		 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Tulsa, Oklahoma
12:00 PM EST Report Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: 9,507
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
Penalties

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

TeamGPTotalHighLowAverage
Sacramento Republic FC 15147,02011,5698,1769,801
Louisville City FC 15146,26413,6118,1479,751
New Mexico United 15142,91311,5816,7139,528
Indy Eleven 15141,96910,3757,0179,465
Rhode Island FC 15133,71310,7497,0728,914
Oakland Roots SC 15125,63226,5754,7658,375
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 15108,5638,0236,0597,238
San Antonio FC 1595,4938,1643,7356,366
Detroit City FC 1593,4407,2355,0476,229
El Paso Locomotive FC 1582,7098,4324,0495,514
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 1574,4796,1153,8084,965
Hartford Athletic 1573,7075,5004,0344,914
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1573,6147,3263,6924,908
Phoenix Rising FC 1573,0187,5633,7574,868
Orange County SC 1568,6275,5003,0204,575
Birmingham Legion FC 1568,1066,9202,7624,540
Lexington SC 1563,7356,0123,4714,249
Charleston Battery 1559,1335,0802,4803,942
Monterey Bay FC 1550,0985,1602,4203,340
FC Tulsa 1547,6544,0122,2893,177
Las Vegas Lights FC 1542,0484,5701,8512,803
North Carolina FC 1538,0583,7741,4722,537
Loudoun United FC 1534,9914,2045832,333
Miami FC 1517,4912,0337681,166
Total3602,002,66326,5755835,563

Player statistics

As of October 25, 2025

Goals

RankPlayerClubGoals [27]
1 Flag of Liberia.svg Peter Wilson Oakland Roots SC 18
2 Flag of the United States.svg Cal Jennings Charleston Battery 17
3 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Calheira FC Tulsa 15
Flag of the United States.svg MD Myers Charleston Battery
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Bonfiglio Miami FC 14
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Woobens Pacius Tampa Bay Rowdies
7 Flag of the United States.svg Phillip Goodrum Louisville City FC 13
8 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdellatif Aboukoura Loudoun United FC 12
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Kyle Edwards Hartford Athletic
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Hernandez San Antonio FC 11
Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Zubak Orange County SC
Flag of Haiti.svg Ronaldo Damus Birmingham Legion FC

Hat-tricks

PlayerTeamAgainstScoreDate
Flag of Colombia.svg Wilmer Cabrera Jr. El Paso Locomotive FC New Mexico United 3–0 (H) [28] May 3
Flag of the United States.svg Phillip Goodrum Louisville City FC Birmingham Legion FC 4–2 (H) [29] June 14
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

  1. ^
    Scored four goals.

Assists

RankPlayerClubAssists [30]
1 Flag of the United States.svg Aodhan Quinn Indy Eleven 11
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Torres Charleston Battery 10
Flag of Ghana.svg Hope Avayevu Phoenix Rising FC
4 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Davila Louisville City FC 9
5 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Hegardt Orange County SC 8
Flag of France.svg Florian Valot Loudoun United FC
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Maldonado North Carolina FC
8 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Mines Loudoun United 7
Flag of the United States.svg Gennaro Nigro Las Vegas Lights FC
Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Torres El Paso Locomotive FC

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets [31]
1 Flag of the United States.svg Danny Vitiello Sacramento Republic FC 12
2 Flag of Spain.svg Koke Vegas Rhode Island FC 11
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Dick Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
4 Flag of Cuba.svg Raiko Arozarena Las Vegas Lights FC 10
Flag of the United States.svg Damian Las Louisville City FC
6 Flag of Cameroon.svg Antony Siaha Hartford Athletic 9
7 Flag of the United States.svg Kendall McIntosh Oakland Roots SC 7
Flag of the United States.svg Johan Peñaranda FC Tulsa
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Shutler Orange County SC
Flag of the United States.svg Luis Zamudio Charleston Battery

USL Cup

League awards

Individual awards

AwardWinnerTeamReasonRef.
Golden Boot Flag of Liberia.svg Peter Wilson Oakland Roots SC 18 goals in 28 goals [32]
Golden Glove Flag of the United States.svg Damian Las Louisville City FC 10 shutouts; 0.70 goals against average; 80 save percentage [32]
Golden Playmaker Flag of the United States.svg Aodhan Quinn Indy Eleven 11 assists [32]
Goalkeeper of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Damian Las Louisville City FC 10 shutouts; 0.79 goals against average; 80 save percentage [33]
Defender of the Year Flag of New Zealand.svg Kyle Adams Louisville City FC 159 duels overall at a 66% success rate [34]
Coach of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Danny Cruz Louisville City FC Led Louisville to the second-straight Players' Shield title [35]
Young Player of the Year Flag of Egypt.svg Abdellatif Aboukoura Loudoun United FC 12 goals; 2 assists [36]
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Davila Louisville City FC 4 goals, 9 assists, 190 recoveries, 40 tackles won [37]

All-league teams

First team [38]
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Flag of the United States.svg Damian Las (LOU) Flag of New Zealand.svg Kyle Adams (LOU)
Flag of the United States.svg Joshua Jones (LOU)
Flag of the United States.svg Aiden McFadden (LOU)
Flag of the United States.svg Sean Suber (PIT)		 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Davila (LOU)
Flag of Ireland.svg Aaron Molloy (CHS)
Flag of Colombia.svg Juan David Torres (CHS)		 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Calheira (TUL)
Flag of the United States.svg Cal Jennings (CHS)
Flag of Liberia.svg Peter Wilson (OAK)
Second team [38]
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Flag of the United States.svg Danny Vitiello (SAC) Flag of the United States.svg Lamar Batista (TUL)
Flag of England.svg Jack Gurr (SAC)
Flag of the United States.svg Talen Maples (NM)
Flag of the United States.svg Sean Totsch (LOU)		 Flag of Ghana.svg Hope Avayevu (PHX)
Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Hernández (SA)
Flag of the United States.svg Aodhan Quinn (IND)		 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdellatif Aboukoura (LDN)
Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Bonfiglio (MIA)
Flag of the United States.svg MD Myers (CHS)

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