2023 USL Championship season

The 2023 USL Championship season was the 13th season of the USL Championship and the seventh season under Division II sanctioning. The 2023 season had 24 teams participating in two conferences during the regular season. San Antonio FC were the defending champions.

Teams

Changes from 2022 Joined MLS Next Pro Atlanta United 2 LA Galaxy II New York Red Bulls II

Stadiums and locations Team Stadium Capacity 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 7,933FC Tulsa ONEOK Field 7,833 El Paso Locomotive FC Southwest University Park 9,500Hartford Athletic Trinity Health Stadium 5,500 Indy Eleven IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium 10,524 Las Vegas Lights FC Cashman Field 9,334Loudoun United FC Segra Field 5,000 Louisville City FC Lynn Family Stadium 15,304 Memphis 901 FC AutoZone Park 10,000 Miami FC Riccardo Silva Stadium 25,000 Monterey Bay FC Cardinale Stadium 6,000 New Mexico United Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park 13,500 Oakland Roots SC Pioneer Stadium 5,000 Orange County SC Championship Soccer Stadium 5,000 Phoenix Rising FC Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium 10,000 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Highmark Stadium 5,000 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros H-E-B Park 9,400 Sacramento Republic FC Heart Health Park 11,569 San Antonio FC Toyota Field 8,296San Diego Loyal SC Torero Stadium 6,000 Tampa Bay Rowdies Al Lang Stadium 7,227

Personnel and sponsorships

Team Head coach Captain(s) Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor Birmingham Legion FC Nike BODYARMOR (Coca-Cola) Charleston Battery Hummel Volvo Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Stephen Hogan Capelli Sport Centura Health Detroit City FC Adidas Metro Detroit Area Chevrolet Dealers El Paso Locomotive FC Yuma Southwest University at El Paso FC Tulsa Rodrigo da Costa Puma Williams Hartford Athletic Hummel Trinity Health of New England Indy Eleven Puma Honda Las Vegas Lights FC Meyba LiUNA! Loudoun United FC Adidas Betfred USA Louisville City FC GE Appliances Memphis 901 FC Stephen Glass Puma Terminix Miami FC (interim) Paco Craig Macron Helbiz Monterey Bay FC Hugh RobertsPuma Montage Health New Mexico United Sam Hamilton Meow Wolf (home)New Mexico True (away) Oakland Roots SC Meyba Elevance Health Orange County SC (interim) Adidas Hoag Phoenix Rising FC Carvana Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Allegheny Health Network (home)84 Lumber (away) Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Puma Reliant Sacramento Republic FC Rodrigo López Hummel UCDavis Health San Antonio FC PC Puma Toyota San Diego Loyal SC Charlie Adams Charly BluPeak Credit Union Tampa Bay Rowdies Puma DEX Imaging

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentCharleston Battery Conor CaseyMutual separationOctober 12, 2022 Ben PirmannNovember 15, 2022El Paso Locomotive John HutchinsonMutual separationNovember 15, 2022 Brian ClarhautDecember 15, 2022Memphis 901 FC Ben PirmannHired by Charleston BatteryNovember 15, 2022 Stephen GlassNovember 22, 2022Oakland Roots SC Noah Delgado (Interim)End of interim periodDecember 1, 2022 Noah DelgadoDecember 1, 2022San Diego Loyal SC Landon DonovanMoved to front officeDecember 2, 2022 Nate MillerDecember 2, 2022Colorado Springs Switchbacks Brendan BurkeHired by Houston Dynamo as assistant coachJanuary 13, 2023 Stephen HoganJanuary 18, 2023Las Vegas Lights FC Enrique DuranHired by Los Angeles FC 2January 25, 2023 Isidro SanchezJanuary 25, 2023Orange County SC Richard ChaplowFiredMay 1, 2023 Morten Karlsen (interim)May 1, 2023New Mexico United Zach PrinceMutual separationJune 4, 2023 Eric QuillJune 13, 2023Miami FC Anthony PulisMutual separationJune 20, 2023 Lewis Neal (interim)June 20, 2023Hartford Athletic Tab RamosFiredJune 26, 2023 Omid NamaziJune 26, 2023Tampa Bay Rowdies Neill CollinsLeft to manage Barnsley FCJuly 8, 2023 Stuart Dobson (interim)July 8, 2023Tampa Bay Rowdies Stuart Dobson (interim)End of interim periodJuly 27, 2023 Nicky LawJuly 27, 2023

Regular season Format The teams will play a balanced 34-game schedule. Each team will play their conference opponents twice, and play one game each with the teams in the opposite conference. The top 8 teams in each conference will make the playoffs.

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Results table

Color Key: Home Away Win Loss DrawClubMatch12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334Birmingham Legion FC(BHM) PGH TUL HFD TBR PHX LDN OCO HFD MIA OAK PGH ELP DET IND LDN SAN LVL TBR LOU CHS COS IND SAC LOU TUL DET SDG NMU RGV MEM MIA MEM MB CHS1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 3–2 1–3 1–4 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 3–3 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–4 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–3 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–1Charleston Battery(CHS) PHX SAC TBR HFD TBR TUL LOU COS LVL SAN MB RGV IND DET PGH HFD MEM LDN IND MIA PGH BHM OAK LOU DET OCO MEM NMU SDG LDN TUL ELP MIA BHM1–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–7 1–0 2–0 0–4 0–0 0–2 4–3 2–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–0Colorado Springs Switchbacks(COS) ELP HFD SAN LDN PGH SAC NMU CHS ELP MEM IND TBR OAK OCO LVL RGV NMU MIA MB SDG PHX SDG BHM TUL OAK MB LOU SAN OCO SAC DET RGV LVL PHX2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–4 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 0–5 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 2–0Detroit City FC(DET) SDG ELP IND RGV LOU MIA SAC TBR TUL TBR SAN BHM CHS HFD MEM OCO TUL NMU LDN PGH LOU MB OAK CHS LVL BHM MEM MIA PHX HFD COS IND LDN PGH1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–5 3–0 0–3 0–3 3–0 0–0El Paso Locomotive(ELP) SAC COS DET LOU TUL OCO PGH SDG COS LDN BHM NMU SAN LVL TBR NMU MB SAN RGV OAK RGV MIA PHX IND HFD MB OCO LVL SAC PHX CHS SDG MEM OAK0–1 1–2 1–3 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–5 0–4 0–5 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–4 2–1Hartford Athletic(HFD) MB COS BHM OCO CHS OAK BHM MEM PHX LDN SAC LOU IND DET CHS IND LDN SDG TUL LVL SAN NMU PGH MIA PGH ELP TBR MEM DET TBR MIA RGV LOU TUL3–5 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–3 0–2 1–3 2–0 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–3 3–4 0–2 1–2 0–2 2–3 2–0 2–5 2–1 0–2 0–3 3–4 0–2 1–2 2–4 0–3 0–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–5Indy Eleven(IND) TBR DET LVL OAK OCO MB PGH LDN SAC COS LOU CHS HFD BHM HFD SDG TUL CHS TBR PGH LOU MEM BHM MIA ELP MEM LDN MIA NMU PHX RGV DET TUL SAN1–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–3Las Vegas Lights(LVL) RGV OCO IND MEM MIA SAN CHS SAN TUL PGH PHX MB ELP COS LOU TBR NMU BHM HFD OAK SAC RGV LDN DET PHX NMU OCO OAK ELP MB SDG SAC COS SDG1–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 3–3 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–1 2–3 3–3 1–5 3–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–2Loudoun United FC(LDN) MEM SAN TUL COS BHM OAK PHX IND ELP NMU HFD PGH MB TUL MIA BHM TBR CHS HFD LOU DET OCO MIA MEM SDG LVL SAC IND PGH CHS LOU TBR DET RGV3–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–4 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–4 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 0~0 1–2 3–0 1–3 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–2Louisville City FC(LOU) OCO MB ELP SAC DET SAN CHS MEM MIA TUL IND HFD MEM PHX LVL PGH LDN PGH DET BHM IND TUL CHS RGV BHM OAK COS TBR SDG MIA LDN NMU HFD TBR3–1 1–0 0–3 0–5 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–4 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–3Memphis 901 FC(MEM) LDN PGH MIA LVL RGV LOU HFD COS TUL MIA LOU DET TUL CHS PHX SAN OAK SAC OCO PGH LDN IND SDG IND CHS DET TBR MB HFD BHM TBR BHM ELP NMU1–3 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 5–1 3–1 0–0 4–0 3–2 0–6 0–4 1–1 1–1 3–4 2–4 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 4–2 1–1 4–2 1–2 4–0 1–4Miami FC(MIA) TUL NMU PGH MEM TBR DET LVL OAK BHM LOU SDG OCO MEM RGV LDN MB COS PHX TUL CHS SAN LDN ELP IND HFD TBR IND DET PGH LOU BHM HFD CHS SAC1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 1–3 2–3 0–0 1–5 3–3 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 4–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1Monterey Bay FC(MB) HFD LOU RGV SAN NMU PHX IND RGV PGH NMU CHS TUL LDN LVL SAC MIA OCO COS ELP OAK DET PHX SAC TBR SAN COS ELP MEM LVL SDG OAK SDG BHM OCO5–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–4 0–0 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–4 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–3 2–2 1–4 0–2 0–1New Mexico United(NMU) MIA OAK MB SDG COS OCO RGV MB LDN SAN ELP TBR RGV PHX COS ELP LVL DET SAC OCO HFD SAN SDG OAK TUL LVL CHS BHM IND SAC PGH LOU PHX MEM1–0 0–1 2–4 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–1Oakland Roots SC(OAK) SAN RGV NMU IND HFD LDN MIA BHM OCO SAC SDG COS PHX PGH PHX RGV TBR MEM MB ELP LVL DET CHS COS NMU LOU SAC LVL TUL MB SAN OCO SDG ELP1–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 4–1 3–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–4 1–2Orange County SC(OCO) LOU TBR LVL HFD ELP IND BHM NMU SDG OAK SAC PHX MIA RGV COS TUL DET MB RGV LDN MEM NMU SDG PGH CHS SAC LVL ELP COS SAN PHX OAK SAN MB1–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–4 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 3–1 4–3 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 0–0 0–1 0–4 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0Phoenix Rising FC(PHX) CHS SDG SDG BHM MB SAN LDN TBR HFD OCO LVL PGH OAK LOU NMU OAK MEM MIA COS SAC MB SAN ELP RGV LVL SAC RGV TUL DET IND ELP OCO NMU COS1–1 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 6–0 1–2 1–1 0–4 2–0 1–2 5–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2Pittsburgh Riverhounds(PGH) BHM MEM MIA TUL COS RGV ELP IND MB BHM LVL LDN PHX CHS OAK SDG LOU SAC LOU DET CHS IND MEM TBR HFD OCO HFD SAN LDN MIA NMU TUL TBR DET1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–3 4–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 4–3 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–0Rio Grande Valley Toros(RGV) LVL OAK MB DET PGH MEM MB NMU SDG TBR CHS OCO MIA NMU COS OAK SAC OCO ELP TUL ELP LVL LOU SAN PHX SDG SAN PHX BHM IND COS HFD SAC LDN1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–0 2–2 3–2 0–3 0–2 0–2 3–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 5–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–1Sacramento Republic(SAC) ELP CHS SDG LOU SAN COS DET TUL IND OCO OAK HFD TBR SDG MB SAN RGV PGH MEM NMU PHX LVL MB BHM LDN OCO PHX OAK ELP NMU COS LVL RGV MIA1–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 3–2 1–0San Antonio FC(SAN) OAK LDN COS MB SAC LOU PHX LVL LVL CHS DET NMU SDG ELP SDG SAC BHM MEM ELP MIA HFD PHX NMU RGV MB PGH RGV TUL COS TBR OCO OAK OCO IND3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 7–0 0–1 2–1 3–3 2–2 2–2 1–3 3–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 5–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–3 4–0 2–2 0–1 3–3San Diego Loyal(SDG) DET PHX SAC PHX TUL NMU TBR ELP OCO RGV MIA OAK SAN SAC SAN PGH IND HFD COS COS OCO LDN MEM NMU RGV BHM CHS LOU MB LVL MB ELP OAK LVL1–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 3–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 3–0 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–1 4–1 0–0 4–2 2–0Tampa Bay Rowdies(TBR) IND OCO CHS BHM MIA CHS SDG DET PHX DET RGV COS SAC NMU ELP LDN LVL OAK BHM IND TUL PGH MB TUL MIA HFD MEM LOU SAN MEM HFD LDN PGH LOU1–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 5–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 4–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 3–3 2–4 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–2FC Tulsa(TUL) MIA BHM LDN PGH ELP SDG CHS SAC DET LVL MEM LOU MB LDN OCO MEM DET IND MIA HFD RGV TBR LOU COS TBR BHM NMU SAN PHX OAK CHS PGH IND HFD1–1 2–3 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 0–3 0–4 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–2 5–2

Playoffs

Bracket

Schedule Conference Quarterfinals

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

USL Championship Final

Championship Game MVP: Rocco Ríos Novo (PHX)

Regular season statistical leaders

Top scorers