The 2017 USL Cup playoffs is a postseason tournament following the 2017 United Soccer League regular season, the third since the league rebranded for the 2015 season, and the first as a USSF Division II league. Including USL Pro history, it is the sixth postseason tournament. The tournament will begin on the weekend of October 20 and end on the weekend of November 10.
Sixteen teams (top 8 per conference) will compete in the single elimination tournament. Teams will be seeded one through eight in each conference. The conference semifinal winners will play against each other in the Conference Championship, which will serve as the overall semifinals for the playoff. The Eastern and Western Conference Championship winners will play for the USL Cup. The winner of the playoffs will be crowned league champion.
USL Conference standings The top 8 teams from each conference advance to the USL playoffs.
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Bracket
Schedule
Conference Quarterfinals
Conference Semifinals
Conference Finals
USL Championship
Championship Game MVP: Paolo DelPiccolo (LOU)
Top goalscorers RankPlayer ClubGoals1 Stefano BonomoNew York Red Bulls II3 Brian OwnbyLouisville City FC3 César ElizondoSan Antonio FC2 Georgi HristovTampa Bay Rowdies Tarek MoradLouisville City FC Marcel SchäferTampa Bay Rowdies Wojciech WojcikOklahoma City Energy8 Kharlton BelmarSwope Park Rangers1 Stefan DefreggerRochester Rhinos Amer DidicSwope Park Rangers Didier DrogbaPhoenix Rising FC Luis EspinoSacramento Republic FC Junior FlemmingsNew York Red Bulls II Paris GeeTulsa Roughnecks FC Jochen GrafRochester Rhinos Éver GuzmánSan Antonio FC Chandler HoffmanReal Monarchs Ethan KutlerNew York Red Bulls II Cameron LancasterLouisville City FC Enzo MartínezCharlotte Independence Ben MinesNew York Red Bulls II Luke SpencerLouisville City FC Florian ValotNew York Red Bulls II
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