The 2026 USL League One season is the eighth season of USL League One, and 30th season overall, of a professional men's soccer league in the third tier of the United States league system.
Seventeen teams are participating in the 2026 season, playing 32 league games each. Five teams, Athletic Club Boise, Corpus Christi FC, Fort Wayne FC, New York Cosmos, and Sarasota Paradise, joined as expansion franchises. Texoma FC self-demoted to USL League Two after one season in League One, and Tormenta FC chose not to field a team for the 2026 season.
The regular season started on March 7. The 2026 season also includes the in-season tournament, the USL Cup. It features a group stage and knockout round between all 43 teams in the two professional USL leagues, the USL Championship and the USL League One.
One Knoxville are the defending league champions and Player's Shield winners.
Teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Head coach Jersey manufacturer Jersey sponsor Athletic Club Boise Garden City, Idaho Stadium at Expo Idaho 6,225 Nate Miller Hummel Saint Alphonsus AV Alta FC Lancaster, California Lancaster Municipal Stadium 5,300 Brian Kleiban Hummel Parris Law Firm Charlotte Independence Charlotte, North Carolina American Legion Memorial Stadium 10,500 Mike Jeffries Capelli Sport Novant Health Chattanooga Red Wolves SC East Ridge, Tennessee CHI Memorial Stadium 2,500 Scott Mackenzie Adidas Transcard Corpus Christi FC Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi Sports Complex 5,000 Éamon Zayed Capelli Sport TBA Fort Wayne FC Fort Wayne, Indiana Ruoff Mortgage Stadium 9,200 Mike Avery Capelli Sport PSM X ONE Forward Madison FC Madison, Wisconsin Breese Stevens Field 5,000 Matt Glaeser Hummel Dairyland Insurance Greenville Triumph SC Greenville, South Carolina GE Vernova Park 6,300 Joel Tyson (interim) Hummel Prisma Health FC Naples Naples, Florida Paradise Coast Sports Complex Stadium 5,000 Zak Gordon (interim) Hummel Physicians Regional Healthcare System New York Cosmos Paterson, New Jersey Hinchliffe Stadium 7,500 Davide Corti Capelli Sport Ion Bank One Knoxville SC Knoxville, Tennessee Covenant Health Park 6,500 Ian Fuller Hummel Regions Bank Portland Hearts of Pine Portland, Maine Fitzpatrick Stadium 5,500 Bobby Murphy Hummel Visit Maine Richmond Kickers Richmond, Virginia City Stadium 6,000 Brian Ownby (interim) Hummel Ukrop's Sarasota Paradise Lakewood Ranch, Florida Premier Sports Campus 3,000 Mika Elovaara Hummel TBA Spokane Velocity FC Spokane, Washington ONE Spokane Stadium 5,100 Leigh Veidman Capelli Sport Spokane Tribe Resort Union Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Morrison Stadium 6,000 Vincenzo Candela Hummel Centris Federal Credit Union Westchester SC Mount Vernon, New York The Stadium at Memorial Field 3,900 George Gjokaj Hummel Northwell Health
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Westchester SC Dave Carton Dismissal November 3, 2025 George Gjokaj November 17, 2025 Greenville Triumph SC Rick Wright Retirement December 17, 2025 Dave DixonDecember 17, 2025 Richmond Kickers Darren Sawatzky Contract bought out by Sporting Cascades FC June 15, 2026 Brian Ownby June 15, 2026 FC Naples Matt Poland Dismissal July 10, 2026 Zak Gordon July 10, 2026 Greenville Triumph SC Dave Dixon Dismissal September 9, 2026 Joel Tyson September 9, 2026
Regular season
Format This season's schedule is a "home-and-home" schedule, meaning each team will play every other team twice: once home and once away. The top eight teams at the end of the season will qualify for the playoffs.
League table
Results table
Attendances
Player statistics
Goals Rank Player Club Goals1 Conor McGlynn Westchester SC152 Souaibou Marou Charlotte Independence143 Omar Hernandez Chattanooga Red Wolves SC134 Ryan Carmichael Forward Madison FC125 Sergio Ors Union Omaha11 Ajmeer Spengler New York Cosmos7 Taig Healy Fort Wayne FC10 8 Luis Álvarez Charlotte Independence 9 Ryan Becher Fort Wayne FC Diego Gutiérrez Union Omaha Denis Krioutchenkov One Knoxville SC Sebastián Guenzatti New York Cosmos
Hat-tricks + Player Team Against Score Date Ajmeer Spengler New York Cosmos Charlotte Independence 3–2 (H) April 3 Matt Bentley Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Sarasota Paradise 4–1 (H) May 9 Ryan Carmichael Forward Madison FC Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 5–2 (H) July 29
Assists Rank Player Club Assists1 Jon Bakero Charlotte Independence152 Roman Torres Forward Madison FC9 Ajmeer Spengler New York Cosmos4 Jerry Desdunes AV Alta FC7 Ollie Wright Portland Hearts of Pine Blake Bowen Corpus Christi FC Omar Hernandez Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Teddy Baker One Knoxville SC Anderson Rosa Sarasota Paradise 10 Sander Røed Sarasota Paradise 6 Christopher Jaime Charlotte Independence Jay Tee Kamara Portland Hearts of Pine Nacho Abeal Corpus Christi FC Kevin O'Connor FC Naples Pedro Hernández Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Kyle Evans Westchester SC
Saves Rank Player Club Saves1 Hunter Morse Portland Hearts of Pine1032 Yann-Alexandre Fillion Richmond Kickers963 Matt Levy Charlotte Independence954 Denzil Smith AV Alta FC835 Edward Delgado FC Naples816 Alex Sutton Sarasota Paradise787 James Talbot Corpus Christi FC758 Jason Smith Chattanooga Red Wolves SC739 Johan Garibay One Knoxville SC6910 Amal Knight Greenville Triumph SC68 JT Harms Forward Madison FC
Clean sheets Rank Player Club Clean Sheets1 Bernd Schipmann Fort Wayne FC92 JT Harms Forward Madison FC8 3 James Talbot Corpus Christi FC7 Jonathan Kliewer Athletic Club Boise Johan Garibay One Knoxville SC Jason Smith Chattanooga Red Wolves SC7 Edward Delgado FC Naples6 Denzil Smith AV Alta FC 9 Sean Lewis Spokane Velocity 5 Alexander Sutton Sarasota Paradise Matt Levy Charlotte Independence
League awards Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthCoach of the MonthReferences Player Club Position Coach ClubMarch Denis KrioutchenkovOne Knoxville SC Forward Matt GlaeserForward Madison FCApril Denys KostyshynAthletic Club Boise Forward Ian FullerOne Knoxville SCMay Ollie WrightPortland Hearts of Pine Midfielder Vincenzo CandelaUnion OmahaJune Luis AlvarezCharlotte IndependenceForward Mike JeffriesCharlotte IndependenceJuly Lilian RicolFort Wayne FCForward Matt GlaeserForward Madison FCAugust Jon BakeroCharlotte IndependenceForward Mike JeffriesCharlotte Independence
Midseason awards Goalkeeper of the YearDefender of the YearCoach of the YearYoung Player of the YearPlayer of the YearReferences Matt LevyCharlotte Independence Anderson RosaSarasota Paradise Vincenzo CandelaUnion Omaha Denis KrioutchenkovOne Knoxville SC Luis ÁlvarezCharlotte Independence
Weekly awards Player of the Week Week Player Club Position Reason 1 Denis KrioutchenkovOne Knoxville SCForward2 goals; 1 assist in debut vs Westchester 2 Roman TorresForward Madison FCMidfielderStrong two-way performance vs Knoxville 3 Diego GutierrezUnion OmahaForward2 goals vs Boise 4 Azaad LiadiGreenville Triumph SCForward2 goals; 1 assists vs Westchester 5 Ajmeer SpenglerNew York CosmosForwardHattrick vs Charlotte 6 Dean GuezenWestchester SCMidfielder2 goals vs Sarasota 7 Denys KostyshynAthletic Club BoiseMidfielder2 goals vs Westchester 8/9 Ollie WrightPortland Hearts of PineForward2 goals; 1 assists vs New York 10 Matt BentleyChattanooga Red WolvesForwardHat trick and 1 assist vs Sarasota 11/12 Adam AoumaichAV Alta FCMidfielder3 goals in 2 games 13 Claudel N’goubouForward Madison FCMidfielder1 goal in strong two way performance vs Corpus Christi 14/15 Luis ÁlvarezCharlotte IndependenceMidfielder5 goals; 1 Assist in three games 16 Jonathan JiménezWestchester SCMidfielder2 goals vs Portland 17/18 Aboubacar CamaraPortland Hearts of PineForward2 goals; 1 assist vs Richmond and Naples 19/20 Kerfella ToureForward Madison FCDefender2 goals vs Richmond 21 Shavon John-BrownSpokane VelocityMidfielder2 goals in second half comeback vs Fort Wayne 22 Ryan CarmichaelForward Madison FCForward Recording the first hat trick in Forward Madison Club History 23 Darwin EspinalRichmond KickersMidfielder scored both goals in win over New York 24 Christopher JaimeCharlotte IndependenceMidfielder 1 goal; 1 assist win over Sarasota 25 Anderson RosaSarasota ParadiseDefender 1 goal; 1 assist in 4 point week vs Chattanooga 26 Jon BakeroCharlotte IndependenceForward 5 goal contributions in 5–0 win against AV Alta 27 Lamin JawnehNew York CosmosMidfielder 3 goals in 2 games 28 Joey SkinnerCharlotte IndependenceDefender 2 goals in 5-4 win vs Westchester 29 Conor McGlynnWestchester SCMidfielder 3 goals in 6 point week to lead golden boot race 30 Ajmeer SpenglerNew York CosmosMidfielder 2 goals in 3–2 victory over Richmond 31 Nil VinyalsSpokane VelocityMidfielder 1 goal, 2 assists in 3–3 draw against Portland
Goal of the Week Week Player Club Opponent 1 Christopher GarciaFC NaplesFort Wayne FC 2 Darren SidoelNew York CosmosPortland Hearts of Pine 3 Jack DentonSpokane VelocityNew York Cosmos 4 Brandon FrickeGreenville Triumph SCNew York Cosmos 5 Babacar DieneOne Knoxville SCSarasota Paradise 6 Taig HealyFort Wayne FCChattanooga Red Wolves SC 7 Denys KostyshynAthletic Club BoiseWestchester SC 8/9 Ollie WrightPortland Hearts of PineNew York Cosmos 10 Godwin AntwiAV Alta FCForward Madison FC 11/12 Anderson RosaSarasota ParadiseAV Alta FC 13 Anderson RosaSarasota ParadiseNew York Cosmos 14/15 Christian OrtizAV Alta FCSarasota Paradise 16 Cesar Bahena Jr.AV Alta FCGreenville Triumph SC 17/18 Jon BakeroCharlotte IndependenceCorpus Christi FC 19/20 Abel CaputoOne Knoxville SCFort Wayne FC 21 Sebastián GuenzattiNew York CosmosAthletic Club Boise 22 Jimmie VillalobosAV Alta FCRichmond Kickers 23 Blake BodilyAthletic Club BoiseForward Madison FC 24 Nicolas LikuliaFC NaplesWestchester SC 25 Ajmeer SpenglerNew York CosmosCorpus Christi FC 26 Taig HealyFort Wayne FCPortland Hearts of Pine 27 Eli ConwayOne Knoxville SCAV Alta FC 28 Tumi MoshobaneAthletic Club BoiseNew York Cosmos 29 Julian CisnerosFC NaplesFort Wayne FC 30 Jay Tee KamaraPortlan Hearts of PineSarasota Paradise
Save of the Week Week Player Club Opponent 1 Johan GaribayOne Knoxville SCWestchester SC 2 Bernd SchipmannFort Wayne FCSarasota Paradise 3 Kash OladapoPortland Hearts of PineAV Alta FC 4 Matt LevyCharlotte IndependenceSpokane Velocity 5 Edward DelgadoFC NaplesGreenville Triumph SC 6 Andrew HammersleyWestchester SCSarasota Paradise 7 Matt LevyCharlotte IndependenceOne Knoxville SC 8/9 JT HarmsForward Madison FCSarasota Paradise 10 Matt LevyCharlotte IndependenceCorpus Christi FC 11/12 Matt LevyCharlotte IndependenceForward Madison FC 13 Javier GarciaNew York CosmosSarasota Paradise 14/15 Seth TormanGreenville Triumph SCWestchester SC 16 Derrek ChanNew York CosmosForward Madison FC 17/18 Denzil SmithAV Alta FCCorpus Christi FC 19/20 Matt LevyCharlotte IndependenceChattanooga Red Wolves SC 21 Matt LevyCharlotte IndependenceRichmond Kickers 22 Denzil SmithAV Alta FCRichmond Kickers 23 JT HarmsForward Madison FCAthletic Club Boise 24 JT HarmsForward Madison FCGreenville Triumph SC 25 Matt LevyCharlotte IndependenceForward Madison FC 26 Javier GarciaNew York CosmosUnion Omaha 27 Hunter MorsePortland Hearts of PineWestchester SC 28 Lalo DelgadoFC NaplesOne Knoxville SC 29 Hunter MorsePortland Hearts of PineChattanooga Red Wolves SC 30 Lalo DelgadoFC NaplesChattanooga Red Wolves SC