The 2019 USL League One season was the inaugural season of USL League One. The regular season consisted of a 28–game schedule that began on March 29 and concluded on October 5. The playoffs began on October 12 with the final match of the postseason on October 19.
Teams
Club City Stadium Capacity Head coach Affiliate USL League One Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Chattanooga, Tennessee David Stanton Field 5,000 Tim Hankinson Forward Madison FC Madison, Wisconsin Breese Stevens Field 5,000 Daryl ShoreMinnesota United FC Greenville Triumph SC Greenville, South Carolina Legacy Early College Field 4,000 John Harkes Lansing Ignite FC Lansing, Michigan Cooley Law School Stadium 7,527 Nate MillerChicago Fire North Texas SC Frisco, Texas Toyota Stadium 20,500 Eric QuillFC Dallas Orlando City B Montverde, Florida Montverde Academy 3,500 Roberto Sibaja (Interim)Orlando City SC Richmond Kickers Richmond, Virginia City Stadium 22,611 David Bulow South Georgia Tormenta FC Statesboro, Georgia Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park 3,500 John Miglarese Toronto FC II Toronto, Ontario BMO Training Ground 1,000 Michael RabascaToronto FC FC Tucson Tucson, Arizona Kino Sports Complex 3,500 Darren SawatzkyPhoenix Rising FC
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentOrlando City B Fernando De ArgilaFiredJuly 25, 2019 Roberto Sibaja (Interim)July 25, 2019
League table
Results table
Color Key: Home Away Win Loss DrawClubMatch12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728Chattanooga Red Wolves(CHT) NTX MAD GVL TRM RIC ORL MAD TUC GVL TOR RIC GVL RIC LAN ORL MAD TUC LAN NTX TRM NTX TRM TUC TOR LAN ORL RIC TOR2–3 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–4 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–4 2–1 2–1 1–1Forward Madison FC(MAD) CHT NTX ORL GVL TOR CHT TRM NTX LAN ORL TUC NTX TOR TRM LAN CHT ORL TOR TUC RIC GVL RIC GVL TRM RIC NTX TUC LAN0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0Greenville Triumph SC(GVL) TRM LAN CHT RIC MAD NTX LAN RIC CHT TRM LAN CHT ORL NTX ORL TUC NTX TRM TOR MAD TOR MAD RIC TUC TOR TUC ORL TRM0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 4–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 3–1 3–2 0–1 1–3Lansing Ignite FC(LAN) RIC GVL RIC TOR TUC RIC GVL NTX TRM MAD TOR GVL TOR ORL NTX CHT MAD TUC TOR TRM CHT ORL ORL NTX TUC CHT TRM MAD3–2 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 3–2 2–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 5–0 4–3 1–1 0–1North Texas SC(NTX)CHT MAD ORL GVL ORL LAN MAD TOR RIC TOR MAD TUC LAN GVL RIC TRM GVL CHT TUC CHT LAN TRM TOR ORL RIC TRM MAD TUC3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 2–3 3–0 3–3 1–4 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–4 5–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–1Orlando City B(ORL)TUC TOR TRM MAD NTX CHT NTX TOR RIC TUC MAD TUC TRM LAN GVL CHT GVL RIC TRM MAD LAN LAN TUC NTX TOR CHT GVL RIC1–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–4 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–3 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–2Richmond Kickers(RIC)LAN TRM LAN GVL CHT LAN TUC GVL ORL NTX TUC CHT TRM CHT NTX ORL TOR MAD TOR MAD TRM GVL NTX MAD TUC CHT TOR ORL2–3 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–3 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 4–1 1–0 0–4 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–0Tormenta FC(TRM)GVL TUC RIC ORL CHT TUC TOR MAD LAN GVL ORL RIC MAD TOR NTX ORL LAN GVL CHT TUC CHT NTX RIC MAD NTX LAN TOR GVL1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–5 1–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–1Toronto FC II(TOR) ORL TUC LAN MAD TRM ORL TUC NTX CHT LAN NTX LAN MAD TUC TRM LAN RIC MAD GVL RIC GVL NTX CHT ORL GVL TRM RIC CHT2–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–3 0–2 1–0 3–2 2–2 3–0 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 3–3 1–2 1–4 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 3–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1FC Tucson(TUC) ORL TRM TOR TRM LAN RIC CHT TOR ORL RIC ORL MAD NTX TOR LAN GVL CHT MAD NTX TRM ORL CHT LAN GVL RIC GVL MAD NTX3–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 4–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–5 0–4 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–3
Playoffs
Semifinals
USL League One Championship <onlyinclude>
Championship Game MVP: Arturo Rodríguez (North Texas SC)
Attendance
Average home attendances Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.
Team Forward Madison FC 14 60,083 4,663 3,762 4,292 Richmond Kickers 14 48,555 5,936 1,089 3,468 Lansing Ignite FC 14 38,614 4,818 1,725 2,758 Greenville Triumph SC 14 35,131 4,014 1,570 2,509 Tormenta FC 14 24,133 3,519 1,038 1,724 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 14 22,842 3,527 512 1,632 North Texas SC 14 19,136 3,512 615 1,367 FC Tucson 14 13,451 1,772 702 961 Orlando City B 14 2,836 327 144 203 Toronto FC II 14 2,358 525 51 168 Total 140 267,139 5,936 51 1,908 Sources: USL Soccer Stadium Digest
Statistical leaders
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ronaldo Damus North Texas SC 162 Jordan Perruzza Toronto FC II 153 Jordan Jones FC Tucson10 Tumi Moshobane Lansing Ignite FC5 Steven Beattie Chattanooga Red Wolves9 Jake Keegan Greenville Triumph SC Ricardo Pepi North Texas SC8 Marco Micaletto Tormenta FC8 Don Smart Forward Madison FC10 Pato Botello Faz Lansing Ignite FC7 Carlos Gómez Greenville Triumph SC Sito Seoane Chattanooga Red Wolves Arturo Rodriguez North Texas SC
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Top assists
RankPlayerClubAssists1 Arturo Rodriguez North Texas SC 102 Rafael Mentzingen Lansing Ignite FC7 Vangjel Zguro Chattanooga Red Wolves4 Conner Antley Tormenta FC6 Matt Bolduc Richmond Kickers6 Carlos Gómez Greenville Triumph SC5 Xavier Gomez Lansing Ignite FC Paulo Jr. Forward Madison FC Serginho Orlando City B Don Smart Forward Madison FC Matthew Srbely Toronto FC II
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Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Dallas Jaye Greenville Triumph SC 132 Carlos Avilez North Texas SC9 Akira Fitzgerald Richmond Kickers Pablo Jara Tormenta FC5 Stefan Cleveland Lansing Ignite FC 76 Alex Mangels Chattanooga Red Wolves 67 Brian Sylvestre Forward Madison FC 58 Phillip Ejimadu FC Tucson 49 Juliano Chade Orlando City B3 Eric Klenofsky Toronto FC II
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Hat-tricks
Player Club Against Result Date Ricardo Pepi North Texas SC Chattanooga Red Wolves 3–2 March 30 Ronaldo Damus North Texas SC Toronto FC II 3–3 June 12 Steven Beattie Chattanooga Red Wolves Greenville Triumph SC 3–2 June 22 Ronaldo Damus North Texas SC Richmond Kickers 4–0 September 10 Carlos Gómez Greenville Triumph SC FC Tucson 4–0 September 13
League awards
Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Arturo Rodriguez (NTX) Defender of the Year: Conner Antley (TRM) Young Player of the Year: Arturo Rodriguez (NTX) Goalkeeper of the Year: Dallas Jaye (GVL) Coach of the Year: Eric Quill (NTX) Golden Boot: Ronaldo Damus (NTX) Assists Champion: Arturo Rodriguez (NTX) Golden Glove: Dallas Jaye (GVL) Goal of the Year: Mikie Rowe (TRM) Save of the Year: Phillip Ejimadu (TUC)
All-League Teams First team Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Dallas Jaye (GVL) Conner Antley (TRM) Christian Díaz (MAD) Tyler Polak (GVL) Cole Seiler (GVL) Joe Gallardo (RIC) Tumi Moshobane (LAN) Arturo Rodriguez (NTX) Steven Beattie (CHT) Ronaldo Damus (NTX) Jordan Perruzza (TOR)
Second team Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Alex Mangels (CHT) Wahab Ackwei (RIC) Patrick Bunk-Andersen (TOR) Brandon Fricke (LAN) Nick Moon (LAN) Alfusainey Jatta (NTX) Rafael Mentzingen (LAN) Ualefi (CHT) Jordan Jones (TUC) Ricardo Pepi (NTX) Paulo Jr. (MAD)
Midseason awards Goalkeeper of the YearDefender of the YearCoach of the YearYoung Player of the YearPlayer of the YearReferences Pablo JaraSouth Georgia Tormenta FC Conner AntleySouth Georgia Tormenta FC Eric QuillNorth Texas SC Jordan PerruzzaToronto FC II Don SmartForward Madison FC
+ USL League One Monthly AwardsMonthPlayer of the MonthGoal of the MonthSave of the MonthCoach of the MonthReferences Player Club Position Player Club Position Goalkeeper Club Coach ClubMarch / April Conner AntleyTormenta FCDefender Lucas CoutinhoTormenta FCMidfielder Phillip EjimaduFC Tucson John MiglareseTormenta FC May Arturo RodriguezNorth Texas SCMidfielder SérginhoOrlando City BMidfielder Ryan CoulterForward Madison FC Eric QuillNorth Texas SC June Stefan ClevelandLansing Ignite FCGoalkeeper Rafael SantosOrlando City BMidfielder Pablo JaraTormenta FC Tim HankinsonChattanooga Red Wolves July Rafael MentzingenLansing Ignite FCMidfielder Shinya KadonoTormenta FCMidfielder Pablo JaraTormenta FC Daryl ShoreForward Madison FC August Dallas JayeGreenville Triumph SCGoalkeeper Mikie RoweTormenta FCForward Phillip EjimaduFC Tucson Nate MillerLansing Ignite FC September Carlos GomezGreenville Triumph SCMidfielder Paul ClowesGreenville Triumph SCMidfielder Dallas JayeGreenville Triumph SC Eric QuillNorth Texas SC OctoberNo Award Chris BermudezGreenville Triumph SCMidfielder Kyle ZobeckNorth Texas SCNo Award
+ USL League One Player of the Week Week Player Club Position Reason 1 Ricardo PepiNorth Texas SCForwardHat trick vs Chattanooga 2 Conner AntleyTormenta FCDefender3 assists vs Tucson 3 Grant StonemanLansing Ignite FCDefender9 of 11 duels 4 Steven BeattieChattanooga Red WolvesForward2 goals 5 Lucas CoutinhoTormenta FCMidfielderGame winning goal vs Tucson 6 Don SmartForward Madison FCMidfielder1 goal 2 assists 7 Charlie DennisTormenta FCMidfielder2 goals 8 Devyn JambgaFC TucsonMidfielder2 goals 9 Alex MangelsChattanooga Red WolvesGoalkeeper4 save shutout 10 Jacob ShaffelburgToronto FC IIForward1 goal, 2 assists 11 Thiago De SouzaOrlando City BMidfielder1 goal, 1 assist 12 Ronaldo DamusNorth Texas SCForwardHat trick vs Toronto 13 Steven BeattieChattanooga Red WolvesForwardHat trick vs Greenville 14 Ronaldo DamusNorth Texas SCForward2 goals 15 Dallas JayeGreenville Triumph SCGoalkeeper3 save shutout 16 Rafael MentzingenLansing Ignite FCMidfielder1 goal 2 assists 17 Devyn JambgaFC TucsonMidfielder2 goals 18 Tyler PolakGreenville Triumph SCDefender2 assists vs North Texas 19 Tumi MoshobaneLansing Ignite FCMidfielder2 goals 1 assist 20 Carlos GomezGreenville Triumph SCMidfielder2 assists vs Toronto 21 Callum MontgomeryNorth Texas SCDefenderGame winning goal vs Chattanooga 22 Pato Botello FazLansing Ignite FCForward2 goals vs North Texas 23 Joe GallardoRichmond KickersForward2 goals vs Tormenta FC 24 Pato Botello FazLansing Ignite FCForward2 goals 1 assist vs Tucson 25 Carlos GomezGreenville Triumph SCMidfielderHat trick vs Tucson 26 Paul ClowesGreenville Triumph SCMidfielder1 goal 1 assist vs Toronto 27 Vangjel ZguroChattanooga Red WolvesMidfielder1 assist vs Richmond 28 Jordan PerruzzaToronto FC IIForward3 goals in 2 games
+ USL League One Goal of the Week Week Player Club Opponent 1 Steven BeattieChattanooga Red WolvesNorth Texas SC 2 Jordan PerruzzaToronto FC IIOrlando City B 3 Jamael CoxFC TucsonToronto FC II 4 Joe GallardoRichmond KickersGreenville Triumph SC 5 Lucas CoutinhoTormenta FCFC Tucson 6 Jacob ShaffelburgToronto FC IIForward Madison FC 7 Tanner TessmannNorth Texas SCOrlando City B 8 Ricardo PepiNorth Texas SCLansing Ignite FC 9 SérginhoOrlando City BRichmond Kickers 10 Rafael SantosOrlando City BFC Tucson 11 Rafael SantosOrlando City BForward Madison FC 12 Alex MorrellTormenta FCOrlando City B 13 Don SmartForward Madison FCNorth Texas SC 14 Jordan PerruzzaToronto FC IIForward Madison FC 15 Andrew Wheeler-OmiunuFC TucsonToronto FC II 16 Elma N'ForLansing Ignite FCForward Madison FC 17 Devyn JambgaFC TucsonGreenville Triumph SC 18 Shinya KadonoTormenta FCLansing Ignite FC 19 Don SmartForward Madison FCFC Tucson 20 Lucas CoutinhoTormenta FCChattanooga Red Wolves 21 Daniel JacksonRichmond KickersToronto FC II 22 Charlie DennisTormenta FCChattanooga Red Wolves 23 Mikie RoweTormenta FCRichmond Kickers 24 Jordan FariaToronto FC IIChattanooga Red Wolves 25 Arturo RodríguezNorth Texas SCTormenta FC 26 Paul ClowesGreenville Triumph SCToronto FC II 27 Franco Ramos MingoToronto FC IITormenta FC 28 Carlos GómezGreenville Triumph SCTormenta FC