2022 USL Championship Playoffs

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2022 USL Championship Playoffs
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams14
Defending champions Orange County SC (2021)
Final positions
Champions San Antonio FC
Runner-up Louisville City FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored38 (2.92 per match)
Attendance104,695 (8,053 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Flag of Colombia.svg Santiago Patiño
(5 goals)
All statistics correct as of November 13, 2022.
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The 2022 USL Championship Playoffs (branded as the 2022 USL Championship Playoffs presented by Hisense for sponsorship reasons) is the post-season championship of the 2022 USL Championship. It is the twelfth edition of the USL Championship Playoffs. The playoffs began October 22, and concluded with the USL Championship Final on November 13. [1]

Contents

San Antonio FC won the regular season. [2] Defending title holders Orange County SC did not qualify for the playoffs. [3]

Format

The top seven teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs; the top team from each conference earned a bye to the conference semifinals. After the opening round the tournament will be reseeded to ensure that the top team from each conference plays the lowest seeded team and hosting rights will be determined by regular season record. [4] All playoff matches will be streamed live on ESPN+ except the Championship final on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, and Sirius XM FC. [1] [5]

Conference standings

Bracket

Conference Quarterfinals
October 22–23 		Conference Semifinals
October 28–30 		Conference Finals
November 5–6 		USL Championship Final
November 13
            
E1 Louisville City FC (p)2 (5)
E5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 2 (3)
E4 Birmingham Legion FC 2 (7)
E5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (p)2 (8)
E1 Louisville City FC (a.e.t.)1
Eastern Conference
E3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0
E2 Memphis 901 FC 3
E7 Detroit City FC 1
E2 Memphis 901 FC 0
E3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1
E3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3
E6 Miami FC 1
E1 Louisville City FC 1
W1 San Antonio FC 3
W1 San Antonio FC 3
W7 Oakland Roots SC 0
W2 San Diego Loyal SC 0
W7 Oakland Roots SC 3
W1 San Antonio FC 2
Western Conference
W3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 0
W3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 3
W6 Rio Grande Valley FC 0
W3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (a.e.t.)2
W4 Sacramento Republic FC 1
W4 Sacramento Republic FC 2
W5 New Mexico United 0

Schedule

Conference Quarterfinals

October 22East Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–1 Miami FC St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,937
Referee: Calin Radosav
October 22East Memphis 901 FC 3–1 Detroit City FC Memphis, Tennessee
8:00 PM CDT
Report
Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 6,010
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
October 22West Sacramento Republic FC 2–0 New Mexico United Sacramento, California
7:00 PM PDT
Report
Stadium: Heart Health Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
October 23West San Diego Loyal SC 0–3 Oakland Roots SC San Diego, California
5:30 PM PDT
Report
Stadium: Torero Stadium
Attendance: 5,719
Referee: Elton Garcia

Conference Semifinals

October 28West San Antonio FC 3–0 Oakland Roots SC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM CDT
 Report
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 8,208
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
October 29East Louisville City FC 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 PM EDT
 Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 8,509
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
Penalties
October 29West Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 2–1 (a.e.t.) Sacramento Republic FC Colorado Springs, Colorado
6:00 PM MDT
 Report
Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 7,075
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
October 30East Memphis 901 FC 0–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Memphis, Tennessee
3:00 PM CDT
 Report
Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 6,063
Referee: Elton Garcia
Note: Match rescheduled from October 29 due to weather. [6]

Conference Finals

November 5East Louisville City FC 1–0 (a.e.t.) Tampa Bay Rowdies Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 PM EDT
 Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 11,563
Referee: Mark Allatin
November 6West San Antonio FC 2–0 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM CST
 Report
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 8,245
Referee: Kevin Broadley

USL Championship Final

Similar to the 2022 MLS playoffs, the final featured the top seeds in the Eastern and Western Conferences, Louisville City FC and San Antonio FC, who were their conferences' regular-season and play-off champions. As overall regular-season champion, San Antonio FC had home-field advantage for the final.

For Louisville City, 2022 marks the fourth Championship final in five seasons, having won two of their previous three in 2017 and 2018. For San Antonio FC, this is a first USL Championship final.

November 13 San Antonio FC 3–1 Louisville City FC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM CST
 Report
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 8,534
Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Championship Game MVP: Santiago Patiño (SAN)

[7]

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Santiago Patiño San Antonio FC 5
2 Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Adeniran San Antonio FC 2
Flag of the United States.svg Russell Cicerone Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
Flag of Uruguay.svg Sebastián Guenzatti Tampa Bay Rowdies
Flag of Uganda.svg Edward Kizza Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Michee Ngalina Colorado Springs Switchbacks
Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Wheeler Colorado Springs Switchbacks

Awards

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