The 2024 USL Championship season was the 14th season of the USL Championship and the seventh season under Division II sanctioning. The 2024 season had 24 teams participating in two conferences during the regular season. Conference realignment moved Memphis 901 FC and FC Tulsa to the Western Conference, while expansion sides North Carolina FC and Rhode Island FC joined the Eastern Conference. Phoenix Rising FC are the defending league champions and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC are the defending Players' Shield winners.
Teams
Changes from 2023 Expansion clubs North Carolina FC (from USL League One) Rhode Island FC
Departing clubs Rio Grande Valley FC Toros San Diego Loyal SC
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 North Carolina FC WakeMed Soccer Park 10,000 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 Rhode Island FC Beirne Stadium 5,252 Sacramento Republic FC Heart Health Park 11,569 San Antonio FC Toyota Field 8,296 Tampa Bay Rowdies Al Lang Stadium 7,227
Personnel and sponsorships
Team Head coach Captain(s) Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor Birmingham Legion FC Hummel Coca-Cola Charleston Battery Volvo Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Capelli Sport CommonSpirit Health Detroit City FC Adidas Metro Detroit Area Chevrolet Dealers El Paso Locomotive FC Yuma Hummel Southwest University at El Paso FC Tulsa Puma Williams Hartford Athletic Hummel Trinity Health of New England Indy Eleven Under Armour Ford Las Vegas Lights FC Dennis Sanchez Hummel LiUNA! Loudoun United FC Capelli Sport CORAS Louisville City FC Adidas GE Appliances Memphis 901 FC Charly Cancer Kickers Miami FC (interim) Macron micromobility.com Monterey Bay FC Puma Montage Health New Mexico United Sam Hamilton Meow Wolf (home)Sandia Resort and Casino (away) North Carolina FC Adidas EmergeOrtho Oakland Roots SC (interim) Charly Elevance Health Orange County SC (interim) Hummel Hoag Phoenix Rising FC (interim) John Stenberg Adidas Carvana Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Charly Allegheny Health Network (home)84 Lumber (away) Rhode Island FC Koke Vegas Capelli Sport Breeze Airways Sacramento Republic FC Rodrigo López Hummel UCDavis Health San Antonio FC Puma Community First Health Plans Tampa Bay Rowdies Puma DEX Imaging
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentDetroit City FC Trevor JamesPromoted to sporting directorOctober 29, 2023 Danny DichioNovember 29, 2023Hartford Athletic Omid NamaziFiredNovember 1, 2023 Brendan BurkeDecember 12, 2023Orange County SC Morten Karlsen (interim)End of interim periodNovember 6, 2023 Morten KarlsenNovember 6, 2023Tampa Bay Rowdies Nicky Law (interim)November 9, 2023 Robbie NeilsonNovember 9, 2023Miami FC Lewis Neal (interim)November 9, 2023 Antonio NocerinoNovember 14, 2023Indy Eleven Mark LowryMutual SeparationNovember 28, 2023 Sean McAuleyJanuary 8, 2024Colorado Springs Switchbacks Stephen HoganPromoted to sporting director / January 5, 2024 James ChambersJanuary 5, 2024Phoenix Rising FC Juan GuerraMutual SeparationJanuary 8, 2024 Danny StoneJanuary 18, 2024FC Tulsa Blair GavinMutual SeparationJanuary 8, 2024 Mario SanchezJanuary 16, 2024Las Vegas Lights FC Isidro SánchezMutual SeparationJanuary 29, 2024 Dennis SanchezJanuary 29, 2024Oakland Roots SC Noah DelgadoFiredApril 28, 2024 Gavin Glinton (interim)April 28, 2024El Paso Locomotive FC Brian ClarhautFiredMay 17, 2024 Wilmer CabreraMay 20, 2024Orange County SC Morten KarlsenHired by Lyngby BKJune 25, 2024 Paul Hardyman (interim)June 25, 2024Phoenix Rising FC Danny StoneFiredJune 29, 2024 Diego Gómez (interim)June 29, 2024Monterey Bay FC Frank YallopFiredJuly 31, 2024 Simon Dawkins (interim)August 1, 2024Monterey Bay FC Simon Dawkins (interim)End of interim periodAugust 5, 2024 Jordan StewartAugust 5, 2024Orange County SC Paul Hardyman (interim)Mutual SeparationAugust 29, 2024 Danny Stone (interim)August 29, 2024Miami FC Antonio NocerinoMutual SeparationOctober 16, 2024 Marcello Alves (interim)October 16, 2024
Regular season Format The teams played a balanced 34-game schedule. Each team played their conference opponents twice and played one game each with the teams in the opposite conference. The top 8 teams in each conference made the playoffs.
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Results table