2025 USL Championship season

The 2025 USL Championship season was the 15th season of the USL Championship, the eighth season under Division II sanctioning, and 30th season overall of a national division 2 league, in the United States.

Twenty-four teams in two conferences competed in the regular season. Lexington SC joined from USL League One. Memphis 901 FC withdrew because it was unable to secure the construction of a soccer-specific stadium. The team transferred their franchise rights to Santa Barbara Sky FC, which said they'd begin play in the 2026 season before announcing another delay, this time to the 2027 season. The Brooklyn FC men's team, which was scheduled to begin play in 2025, elected to postpone its debut to the 2026 season.

All 24 teams participated in the USL Jägermeister Cup alongside the 14 USL League One teams.

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC were the defending league champions and Louisville City FC were the defending Players' Shield winners.

Teams

Changes from 2024 Expansion clubs Lexington SC (from USL League One)

Departing clubs Memphis 901 FC (franchise rights transferred to Santa Barbara Sky FC)

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 9,334 Lexington SC Lexington SC Stadium 7,500Loudoun United FC Segra Field 5,000 Louisville City FC Lynn Family Stadium 15,304 Miami FC Pitbull Stadium 25,000 Monterey Bay FC Cardinale Stadium 6,000 North Carolina FC First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park 10,000 New Mexico United Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park 13,500 Oakland Roots SC Oakland Coliseum 53,200 (15,000) 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 Centreville Bank Stadium 10,500 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 Phanuel Kavita Hummel Coca-Cola Charleston Battery Leland Archer Hummel The Ideal Life Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Matt Mahoney Capelli Sport CommonSpirit Health Detroit City FC Stephen Carroll Adidas Metro Detroit Area Chevrolet Dealers El Paso Locomotive FC Hummel Southwest University at El Paso Hartford Athletic Jordan Scalett Hummel Trinity Health of New England Indy Eleven Aodhan Quinn Under Armour Ford Las Vegas Lights FC Antonio Nocerino Charlie Adams Hummel LiUNA! Lexington SC Speedy Williams Marcus Epps Hummel UK HealthCare Sports Medicine Loudoun United FC Zach Ryan Drew Skundrich Capelli Sport CORAS Louisville City FC Brian Ownby Puma GE Appliances Miami FC Gastόn Maddoni Nicolás Cardona Macron micromobility.com Monterey Bay FC Nico Gordon Charly Montage Health New Mexico United Dennis Sanchez Talen Maples Kalen Ryden Puma Meow Wolf (home)Sandia Resort and Casino (away) North Carolina FC Paco Craig Charly EmergeOrtho Oakland Roots SC Tyler Gibson Charly Elevance Health Orange County SC Tom Brewitt Hummel Hoag Phoenix Rising FC Pape Mar Boye Adidas Carvana Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Danny Griffin 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 Mitchell Taintor Charly Community First Health Plans Tampa Bay Rowdies Aaron Guillen Charly Spectrum FC Tulsa Abdoulaye Cissoko Hummel Williams

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentSan Antonio FC Alen MarcinaMutual separation October 31, 2024 Carlos LlamosaDecember 16, 2024Sacramento Republic FC Mark BriggsMutual separation November 4, 2024 Neill CollinsDecember 21, 2024Phoenix Rising FC Diego Gómez (interim)End of interim periodNovember 7, 2024 Pa-Modou KahNovember 18, 2024Oakland Roots SC Gavin Glinton (interim)End of interim periodNovember 12, 2024 Gavin GlintonNovember 12, 2024FC Tulsa Mario SanchezPromoted to Technical DirectorNovember 13, 2024 Luke SpencerNovember 13, 2024Lexington SC Darren PowellPromoted to front officeOctober 27, 2024 Terry BossDecember 4, 2024New Mexico United Eric QuillHired by FC DallasNovember 20, 2024 Dennis SanchezDecember 24, 2024Orange County SC Danny Stone (interim)End of interim periodDecember 13, 2024 Danny StoneDecember 13, 2024Las Vegas Lights FC Dennis SanchezHired by New Mexico UnitedDecember 24, 2024 Antonio NocerinoJanuary 9, 2025Miami FC Marcello Alves (interim)End of interim periodJanuary 23, 2025 Gastόn MaddoniJanuary 23, 2025Birmingham Legion FC Tom SoehnFiredApril 9, 2025 Mark BriggsApril 30, 2025

Regular season Format The teams played an unbalanced 30-game schedule plus four USL Jägermeister Cup games. Each team played their conference opponents twice, home and away, and 8 of the 12 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 DrawClubMatch123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930Birmingham Legion FC(BHM) LDN LOU DET PGH ELP HFD TBR RI DET MIA IND LOU SAC OAK CHS RI NCA COS PHX HFD PGH OCO TUL TBR IND SAN NCA LDN MIA CHS1–3 1-1 2-2 0–2 3-1 0-1 2-2 0-1 1-1 2-1 0-1 2-4 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 3-2 0-1 3-3 1-4 1-1 4-4 1-1 1–4 1–2 0–0 1-1 1-0 2-3 1–2Charleston Battery(CHB) LOU RI NCA TBR PGH IND HAR TBR SAN DET LDN HFD MIA PHX BHM NCA NMU MIA LOU PGH LDN RI IND OAK ELP OCO COS DET SAC BHM1–22-1 1–2 2-1 2-1 3-1 4-2 3-1 4-0 3-1 1-1 2-1 0-1 4-1 0-0 1–0 2-1 3-0 1-4 2-1 4-1 0-1 2-1 3–3 2-0 2–2 5-0 1-1 0-1 2-1(COS) ELP DET SAC IND MB ELP SAN PHX LVL PGH OCO NMU OAK LEX LOU BHM LEX OAK OCO PHX TUL MB TBR SAC HFD NMU SAN CHB LVL TUL2-21-2 2-2 3-2 1-2 1-1 2-3 1-1 0-0 1-0 1–3 1-1 1-0 1-2 0-1 1-0 3–1 2–1 0-1 1-4 2–0 2–1 3–3 0-2 1–2 0–2 1-0 0-5 1–0 0-3(DET) MIA COS BHM LOU MB PHX RI IND HFD BHM CHS PGH LDN MIA OAK HFD PGH RI IND NCA TBR SAN OCO NMU LEX LOU NCA LDN CHS TBR2-02-1 2-2 0-2 0-0 3-2 2-0 2-2 0-0 1-1 1–3 0-2 2-3 2-0 0-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 2–0 1-1 4–1 0-4 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1-1 1-1(ELP) COS PHX NMU HFD LEX BHM COS NMU TUL IND LVL OAK OCO MB SAN SAC LVL MIA MB SAC PHX LDN NCA CHS RI OAK OCO LEX TUL SAN2-2 4-4 0-1 2-1 2-1 1-3 1-1 3-0 1-1 3-1 2-1 0-0 0-3 2-1 1-2 0-3 6-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 3-3 1-2 0-1 0-2 2-2 3-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 2-5(HFD) LEX PGH ELP LDN BHM CHS DET LOU IND NCA CHS LDN DET TBR RI NMU MIA BHM TUL RI IND NCA MIA MB PGH COS OAK SAC TBR LOU0-2 0-1 1–2 0-2 1-0 2-4 0-0 1-1 4-4 0-1 1-2 3-0 2-1 0-1 0-0 4–0 2-0 4–1 1-1 3-0 3-2 0-2 1–0 4–0 1–2 2–0 3-1 3-2 2-3 0-1(IND) MIA LEX COS NCA CHS DET SAC ELP HFD BHM PGH LVL TBR MB RI NCA TBR DET LDN MIA LOU HFD CHS RI BHM TUL LOU PGH LDN OCO3-1 1-1 3-2 2-2 1-3 2-2 1-1 1-3 4-4 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-3 3–0 1-0 2-4 1–3 0-1 2-3 3-2 1-3 2-0 1-2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1-2 2–1 1-2(LVL) TBR NMU OAK OCO LEX TUL LDN COS SAC ELP PHX SAN MB IND SAC TUL OCO ELP SAN NMU NCA LEX PHX MIA LOU PGH RI OAK COS MB1–0 2-3 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-4 1–0 0-0 0-5 1–2 0–1 0-3 2-0 1-0 0-2 3-4 0-4 0-6 1-1 2-2 1–2 1–0 0-0 0-0 1-3 0–1 1-3 2-2 0-1 1-1(LEX) HFD OCO IND SAN ELP LVL MB LOU LDN TUL TBR MB NMU COS PHX MIA SAC COS PHX SAN OAK LVL NCA OCO DET NMU TUL ELP SAC OAK2-0 2-2 1-1 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 1-5 0-2 1-1 1-2 2-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-3 2-0 1-0 2-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 1–0 1–2 0-3 1-2 2–2 0-3(LDN) BHM NCA LOU RI HFD TBR PGH LVL LEX MIA CHS DET HFD LOU OCO PGH OAK TUL RI IND CHS MIA ELP SAN PHX TBR BHM DET IND NCA3-1 2-1 0-2 2-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 0-1 5-1 1-2 1-1 3-2 0-3 1-4 0-0 2-2 0-2 2-3 0-0 3-2 1-4 3-1 2–1 2–5 2-2 2-2 0-1 1–0 1-2 0-1Louisville City FC(LOU) CHS BHM LDN DET SAC TBR LEX PGH HFD MB TBR RI BHM NCA LDN COS TUL NCA CHS MIA NMU IND RI PGH LVL DET IND MIA OCO HFD2-1 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-1 2-0 0-0 1-1 2-0 2-1 2-1 4-2 1-2 4-1 1-0 1-1 4-1 4–1 4-2 0-0 3-1 1-0 2–0 3-1 1–0 2-0 1-0 0-0 1–0Miami FC(MIA) DET IND TBR NMU SAN NCA MB LDN BHM RI TBR CHS DET TUL LEX CHS PGH HFD ELP LOU IND LDN HFD LVL RI NCA PGH LOU BHM SAC0-21-3 1-2 0-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 2-1 1–2 1-0 1-2 1-0 0-2 2–2 1-1 0-3 1-1 0-2 0-0 2-4 2-3 1-3 0–1 0-0 0–1 0–1 3-1 0–1 3-2 1–0Monterey Bay FC(MB) SAN OAK OCO PHX DET COS LEX NMU MIA RI PHX LOU LEX LVL ELP IND OCO TUL TUL SAC ELP SAN OAK COS HFD NMU SAC TBR PGH LVL0-1 3-2 3-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 2-1 0-2 1-2 0-3 2-1 1-2 2-3 0-1 2-2 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-4 1-1 1–0 0-4 0-3 1-1New Mexico United(NMU) SAC LVL ELP MIA NCA MB ELP PHX OCO OAK COS LEX SAN PGH CHS HFD TUL LVL LOU SAC SAN DET TUL MB COS LEX PHX OCO OAK RI1-2 2-3 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-3 1-2 3-0 3-0 1-1 1-2 4-2 0-1 1-2 0-4 2-5 2-2 0-0 0-2 1-0 4-0 0-1 1-1 2–1 2-1 1-0 3-3 3-3 2-1North Carolina FC(NCA) PGH LDN TUL CHS IND NMU MIA PGH OCO OAK HFD RI LOU CHS BHM IND LOU TBR DET LVL HFD LEX ELP TBR MIA BHM DET PHX RI LDN1–1 1-2 1-0 2-1 2-2 0-1 1-2 2-0 1-0 4-2 1-0 1-2 2-1 0-1 2-3 4-2 1-4 2-1 1-1 2–1 2-3 1-2 1-0 2-2 1–0 1-1 0-2 0–2 0-0 1–0Oakland Roots SC(OAK) OCO MB SAN LVL RI TUL OCO SAC SAN NCA NMU ELP COS BHM DET PHX LDN COS SAC LEX MB PGH CHS TUL PHX ELP HFD LVL NMU LEX2-4 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-3 2-1 2-0 0-1 2-1 2-4 0–3 0-0 0-1 1-0 2–0 1-2 2-0 1-2 3-3 1-2 1–0 0-2 3–3 1-1 3–3 1-3 1-3 2-2 3-3 3–0Orange County SC(OCO) OAK LEX MB LVL SAC OAK TUL NCA NMU COS PHX ELP LDN MB LVL PHX PGH COS TUL BHM DET LEX SAN CHS SAC ELP NMU SAN LOU IND4-2 2-2 0-3 0-1 2-1 0-2 2-1 0-1 0-3 3-1 1-3 3-0 0-0 1-2 4-0 4–1 1-1 1-0 0-1 4-4 1–4 1-1 1-3 2–2 1-2 0-0 3-3 1-0 0-0 2–1Phoenix Rising FC(PHX) TUL ELP RI MB SAN DET SAC COS NMU MB LVL OCO TUL CHS LEX OAK OCO BHM LEX TBR COS ELP LVL SAC LDN OAK NMU NCA SAN PGH0-1 4-4 2-2 1-1 2-1 2-3 2-2 1-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 1-4 0-1 2-1 1-4 3-3 0-2 1-1 4–1 3-3 0-0 2-2 2-2 3–3 0-1 2–0 1-0 0-0Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC(PGH) NCA SAN HFD BHM CHS LDN NCA LOU COS RI DET IND TBR NMU LDN DET MIA RI OCO CHS BHM TBR OAK LOU HFD LVL MIA IND MB PHX 1-1 0-2 1-0 2-0 1-2 1-2 0-2 0-0 0-1 1-0 2-0 0-1 2-1 1-0 2-2 0-0 1–1 2-0 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-2 2-0 0–2 2–1 1-0 1-3 2-1 3-0 0-0Rhode Island FC(RI) CHS PHX LDN OAK DET SAN MB BHM TBR PGH MIA LOU NCA SAC BHM IND HFD PGH DET LDN HFD CHS LOU IND MIA ELP LVL TBR NCA NMU0-2 2-2 0-2 3-0 0-2 0-0 1-1 1-0 3-0 0-1 0-1 1-2 2-1 0-2 1–1 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-0 0-0 0-3 1–0 0-1 1–0 1-0 2-2 3-1 5-0 0-0 1-2Sacramento Republic FC(SAC) NMU COS TUL LOU OCO PHX OAK IND LVL TUL SAN BHM RI LVL ELP LEX SAN MB OAK ELP NMU TBR PHX COS MB OCO HFD LEX CHS MIA2-1 2-2 0-1 1-1 1-2 2-2 1-0 1-1 5-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 2-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 3-1 1-0 3-3 0-1 2–0 2-0 2-2 2–0 0–1 2-1 2-3 2–2 1–0 0–1San Antonio FC(SAN) MB PGH OAK LEX PHX MIA COS RI OAK CHS TUL LVL SAC NMU ELP TBR SAC LVL LEX MB DET NMU LDN OCO BHM COS TUL OCO PHX ELP 1-0 2-0 2-1 3-2 1-2 1-2 3-2 0-0 1-2 0-4 1-1 3-0 0-0 2-4 2-1 1-0 1-3 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 5–2 3-1 0–0 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-1 5–2Tampa Bay Rowdies(TBR) LVL TUL MIA CHS LDN LOU BHM CHS RI LEX LOU MIA PGH IND SAN HFD IND NCA PHX DET PGH SAC COS BHM NCA LDN MB RI HFD DET 0-1 0-1 2-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 2-2 1-3 0-3 1-1 1-2 2-1 1-2 3-1 0-1 1-0 3-1 1-2 1-1 0–2 2-1 0–2 3–3 4–1 2-2 2-2 4–0 0-5 3-2 1-1FC Tulsa(TUL) PHX TBR NCA SAC OAK LVL OCO ELP LEX SAN SAC PHX MIA LVL MB LOU LDN MB NMU HFD OCO COS BHM NMU OAK IND LEX SAN ELP COS 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-2 1-4 1-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 2-2 4-3 2-1 1-1 3–2 3–2 5–2 1-1 1-0 0-2 1-1 1-0 1-1 1–2 3-0 2-0 1-1 3-0

Playoffs

Bracket

Playoff Schedule Conference Quarterfinals

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

USL Championship Final

Average home attendances Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.