2023 USL League One season

The 2023 USL League One season was the fifth season of USL League One.

Twelve teams participated in the 2023 season. Each team played ten teams three times and the one remaining team twice for a total of 32 games. Top six teams qualified for the playoffs. Lexington SC entered as an expansion team and One Knoxville SC joined from USL League Two. FC Tucson left to rejoin USL League Two.

Tormenta FC are the defending champions, having defeated Chattanooga Red Wolves in the 2022 final.

Teams

ClubCityStadiumCapacityHead coachJersey manufacturerJersey sponsor Central Valley Fuego FC Fresno, California Fresno State Soccer Stadium 1,000 Edison Gonzalez (interim) Capelli Sport El Mexicano Charlotte Independence Charlotte, North Carolina American Legion Memorial Stadium 10,500 Mike Jeffries Capelli Sport Novant Health Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Chattanooga, Tennessee CHI Memorial Stadium 5,000 Scott MackenzieAdidasTranscard Forward Madison FC Madison, Wisconsin Breese Stevens Field 5,000 Matt GlaeserHummelDairyland Insurance Greenville Triumph SC Greenville, South Carolina Paladin Stadium 16,000 John HarkesHummelScansource One Knoxville SC Knoxville, Tennessee Regal Stadium 3,000 Mark McKeeverHummelKUB Fiber Lexington SC Lexington, Kentucky Toyota Stadium 5,000 Nacho Novo (interim)NikeUK HealthCare North Carolina FC Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park 10,000 John BradfordAdidasWakeMed Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC Windsor, Colorado TicketSmarter Stadium at Future Legends Complex 6,000 Éamon Zayed Puma New Belgium Brewing Company Richmond Kickers Richmond, Virginia City Stadium 6,000 (Kickers matches) Darren SawatzkyAdidasUkrop's South Georgia Tormenta FC Statesboro, Georgia Tormenta Stadium 5,300 Ian CameronAdidasOptim Healthcare Union Omaha Papillion, Nebraska Werner Park 9,023 Dominic CasciatoHummelXCancer

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Jimmy Obleda Sacked November 8, 2022 Jeff Korytoski December 14, 2022 Union Omaha Jay Mims Resigned December 16, 2022 Dominic Casciato January 17, 2023 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Jeff Korytoski Sacked June 20, 2023 Jimmy Weekley (interim) June 20, 2023 Central Valley Fuego FC Martin Vasquez Sacked July 3, 2023 Adam Smith (interim) July 3, 2023 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Jimmy Weekley (interim) Medical leave August 4, 2023 Scott Mackenzie (interim) August 4, 2023 Central Valley Fuego FC Adam Smith (interim) Moved to front office August 30, 2023 Edison Gonzalez (interim) August 30, 2023 Lexington SC Sam Stockley Moved to front office September 17, 2023 Nacho Novo (interim) September 17, 2023 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Scott Mackenzie (interim) End of interim period October 5, 2023 Scott Mackenzie October 5, 2023

League table

Results table

Color key: Home Away Win Loss DrawClubMatches1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132CV Fuego FC(CV) CHA OMA KNX GVL CLT KNX NCA TRM NCO MAD RIC GVL NCO OMA MAD LEX CLT KNX CHA TRM LEX CLT MAD RIC NCA LEX NCO NCA OMA CHA GVL RIC1–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–2 1–4 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–2 4–4 3–3 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–2 5–4Charlotte Independence(CLT) RIC TRM RIC NCA OMA CV MAD GVL LEX NCA CHA OMA KNX CHA NCA NCO LEX RIC GVL CV NCO GVL TRM CV KNX NCO CHA LEX MAD KNX OMA TRM0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–2 2–2 0–2 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 4–1 2–3 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–4 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–4 1–1Chattanooga Red Wolves(CHA) NCO CV KNX NCA LEX TRM KNX OMA CLT RIC MAD LEX GVL CLT RIC NCO TRM KNX NCA CV MAD RIC OMA GVL TRM MAD CLT OMA LEX CV GVL NCO0–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 3–1 0–2 0–2 3–3 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–5 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–4 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 4–4 3–1 0–3 2–3 5–3 3–1 2–2 1–3Forward Madison FC(MAD) OMA LEX GVL CLT KNX NCA NCO OMA CV CHA NCA RIC LEX TRM GVL CV NCA TRM GVL RIC CHA KNX TRM CV CHA KNX RIC NCO CLT LEX NCO OMA1–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–4 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–4 4–4 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–1Greenville Triumph SC(GVL) RIC TRM MAD CV LEX NCA CLT RIC KNX OMA TRM OMA CV CHA MAD KNX CLT TRM MAD CLT NCA NCO CHA OMA LEX NCA KNX RIC NCO CV CHA LEX0–1 0–2 1–4 3–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–1One Knoxville SC(KNX) LEX CHA CV TRM CV MAD NCO CHA GVL LEX NCA NCO CLT OMA RIC NCA NCO GVL OMA CHA CV OMA MAD LEX CLT TRM MAD GVL TRM CLT RIC NCA2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–4 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2Lexington SC(LEX) KNX NCA MAD TRM GVL CHA CLT RIC KNX NCO TRM CHA NCA MAD TRM CLT CV OMA RIC OMA NCO CV KNX RIC GVL NCO CV CLT CHA MAD NCA GVL1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–5 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–2 4–3 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 2–2 3–5 2–2 0–1 1–1North Carolina FC(NCA) TRM LEX CLT OMA CHA GVL CV MAD RIC CLT KNX MAD LEX CLT KNX MAD NCO CHA TRM RIC GVL RIC NCO CV OMA GVL TRM CV NCO OMA LEX KNX0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–4 2–0 2–3 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1NoCo Hailstorm FC(NCO) CHA TRM RIC OMA KNX MAD CV LEX RIC KNX CV CLT CHA KNX OMA RIC NCA CLT LEX OMA GVL TRM NCA CLT LEX TRM CV MAD NCA GVL MAD CHA0–0 3–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–4 3–4 2–3 0–0 2–2 2–1 4–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–1Richmond Kickers(RIC) CLT GVL CLT NCO TRM OMA GVL NCA LEX TRM CHA NCO CV MAD KNX CHA OMA CLT NCO LEX MAD NCA CHA NCA LEX CV OMA MAD GVL TRM KNX CV0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–4 2–2 1–3 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–3 0–1 3–3 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 4–5Tormenta FC(TRM) NCA CLT NCO GVL LEX KNX RIC CHA CV RIC GVL LEX OMA MAD LEX CHA GVL MAD OMA NCA CV CLT MAD NCO CHA KNX NCO NCA KNX RIC OMA CLT1–0 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 5–1 4–2 1–2 4–1 2–3 2–3 2–1 2–3 4–2 2–2 4–4 1–3 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–4 1–1Union Omaha(OMA) MAD CV NCA CLT NCO RIC CHA GVL MAD CLT GVL KNX TRM CV RIC NCO KNX LEX TRM LEX KNX NCO CHA GVL NCA RIC CHA CV NCA CLT TRM MAD 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 0–0 3–3 3–3 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 3–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 4–3 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 4–0 1–0

Playoffs The 2023 USL League One Playoffs (branded as the 2023 USL League One Playoffs presented by Hisense USA for sponsorship reasons) was the post-season championship of the USL League One season.

Bracket

Schedule Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

USL League One Final

Championship Game MVP: Raheem Somersall (NCA)

Attendance

Average home attendances Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Team Richmond Kickers 16 76,577 6,000 3,143 4,786 Forward Madison FC 16 68,963 5,000 3,223 4,310 Union Omaha 16 48,487 4,095 1,665 3,030 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 16 38,578 3,059 1,863 2,411 North Carolina FC 16 38,228 5,795 1,119 2,389 Lexington SC 16 35,717 3,029 1,911 2,232 Greenville Triumph SC 16 33,468 3,672 1,089 2,092 One Knoxville SC 16* 29,743 2,522 1,212 1,983 Charlotte Independence 16 25,617 3,947 107 1,601 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC 16 23,133 2,392 457 1,446 South Georgia Tormenta FC 16 21,152 2,041 1,001 1,322 Central Valley Fuego FC 16 11,762 1,436 370 735 Total 192 451,425 6,000 107 2,363

Regular season statistical leaders

Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Trevor AmannNorthern Colorado Hailstorm232 Oalex AndersonNorth Carolina FC173 Ates DioufLexington SC154 Leonardo CastroGreenville Triumph SC13 Steevan Dos SantosUnion Omaha Rafael MentzingenNorth Carolina FC Kazaiah SterlingTormenta FC8 Chevone MarshChattanooga Red Wolves12 Ropapa MensahChattanooga Red Wolves Noe MezaUnion Omaha

Hat tricks Player Club Against Result Date Lyam MacKinnonGreenville Triumph SC Chattanooga Red Wolves 5–1 (H) June 21 Ates DioufLexington SC Northern Colorado Hailstorm 3–4 (A) August 5 Steevan Dos SantosUnion Omaha Charlotte Independence 4–1 (H) October 4 Trevor AmannNorthern Colorado Hailstorm FC Forward Madison FC 4–1 (H) October 21 Notes (H) – Home team(A) – Away team

Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Arthur RogersNorthern Colorado Hailstorm112 Luis GilUnion Omaha93 Allen GavilanesGreenville Triumph SC8 Tate RobertsonLexington SC5 Miguel IbarraCharlotte Independence7 Garrett McLaughlinNorth Carolina FC7 Oalex AndersonNorth Carolina FC6 Conor DoyleUnion Omaha Jonathan FilipeChattanooga Red Wolves Pedro FonsecaTormenta FC Jackson KhouryTormenta FC Ryley KraftChattanooga Red Wolves Jayden OnenForward Madison FC Derek WaldeckOne Knoxville SC

Clean sheets RankPlayerClubShutouts1 Lalo DelgadoNorthern Colorado Hailstorm132 Bernd SchipmannForward Madison FC123 Austin PackCharlotte Independence94 Sean LewisOne Knoxville SC8 Rashid NuhuUnion Omaha6 Jared MazzolaGreenville Triumph SC67 Amal KnightLexington SC4 Pablo JaraTormenta FC Brooks ThompsonNorth Carolina FC10 Akira FitzgeraldRichmond Kickers3 Nick HollidayNorth Carolina FC Will PalmquistRichmond Kickers

League awards Individual awards AwardWinnerTeamReasonGolden Boot Trevor Amann Northern Colorado Hailstorm League record 23 goals in 32 gamesGolden Glove Sean Lewis One Knoxville SC 8 shutouts; 1.04 goals against average; 85 savesGolden Playmaker Arthur Rogers Northern Colorado Hailstorm League record 11 assistsGoalkeeper of the Year Austin Pack Charlotte Independence League record 116 savesDefender of the Year Arthur Rogers Northern Colorado Hailstorm League record 11 assistsCoach of the Year Dominic Casciato Union Omaha Won Players' ShieldYoung Player of the Year Jackson Khoury Tormenta FC 7 goals; 6 assistsMost Valuable Player Trevor Amann Northern Colorado Hailstorm League record 23 goals; 7 bracesComeback Player of the Year Irvin Parra Northern Colorado Hailstorm Battled cancer earlier in the seasonSave of the Year Lalo Delgado Northern Colorado Hailstorm vs Tormenta FCGoal of the Year Victor Falck Central Valley Fuego FC vs Lexington SC

All-league teams First team Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Austin Pack (CLT) Arthur Rogers (NCO) Jordan Skelton (KNX) Alexis Souahy (OMA) Mikey Maldonado (NCA) Rafael Mentzingen (NCA) John Scearce (OMA) Nil Vinyals (RIC) Trevor Amann (NCO) Oalex Anderson (NCA) Ates Diouf (LEX)

Second team Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Sean Lewis (KNX) Dion Acoff (OMA) Jake Crull (MAD) Bruno Rendón (NCO) Mukwelle Akale (TRM) Omar Ciss (CLT) Joel Johnson (CLT) Angelo Kelly-Rosales (KNX) Leonardo Castro (GVL) Steevan Dos Santos (OMA) Noe Meza (OMA)

Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthCoach of the MonthReferences Player Club Position Coach ClubMarch Nil VinyalsRichmond KickersMidfielder Mike JeffriesCharlotte IndependenceApril Rafael MentzingenNorth Carolina FCMidfielder John BradfordNorth Carolina FCMay Trevor AmannNorthern Colorado HailstormForward Éamon ZayedNorthern Colorado HailstormJune Emiliano TerzaghiRichmond KickersForward Matt GlaeserForward Madison FCJuly Oalex AndersonNorth Carolina FCForward John HarkesGreenville Triumph SCAugust Chevone MarshChattanooga Red WolvesForward Dominic CasciatoUnion OmahaSeptember Ates DioufLexington SCForward Éamon ZayedNorthern Colorado Hailstorm

Weekly awards