2018_USL_season

2018 USL season

8th season of the USL

The 2018 USL season was the eighth season of the United Soccer League and second under Division II sanctioning. The previous season, the USL had provisional Div. II sanctioning from the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) along with the North American Soccer League, but was given full sanctioning for the 2018 season with a two-year deadline to meet the full requirements set by U.S. Soccer.^[1]

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

United Soccer League
Season	2018
Champions	Louisville City FC
Regular season title	FC Cincinnati
Matches played	561
Goals scored	1,612 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cameron Lancaster (25 – USL Record)
Biggest home win	TBR 5–0 OTT (April 7) LAG 7–2 LVL (May 26) OCO 6–1 TUL (June 23) NYR 6–1 ATL (July 6) LAG 6–1 SLC (September 22)
Biggest away win	RIC 0–6 LOU (August 25)
Highest scoring	POR 7–3 LAG (May 18) OKC 6–4 LVL (July 11) NYR 4–6 LOU (August 10)
Longest winning run	10 wins FC Cincinnati (August 12 – October 6)
Longest unbeaten run	23 games FC Cincinnati (June 2 – October 13) (USL Record)
Longest winless run	18 games Toronto FC II (March 17 – July 21)
Longest losing run	8 games OKC Energy FC (March 24 – May 9)
Highest attendance	31,478 CIN 3–0 IND (September 29) (USL Record)
Lowest attendance	50 TOR 0–0 NCA (April 18)
Total attendance	2,756,759
Average attendance	4,923
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of November 8, 2018.

Louisville City FC were the defending USL Cup champions, while Real Monarchs were the defending Supporters’ Shield champions.

This season was the last for four teams in the USL, with all changing leagues for 2019 and beyond. FC Cincinnati will join Major League Soccer.^[2] MLS side Toronto FC announced that its reserve side, Toronto FC II, would drop to USL League One, a third-level league slated to launch in 2019,^[3] and the Richmond Kickers also chose to drop to League One for 2019 and beyond.^[4] Near the end of the season, Penn FC announced that it would suspend professional operations for 2019 and resume play in League One in 2020.^[5]

It was also the final season for the league under the "United Soccer League" name. Effective with the 2019 season, the league has been rebranded as the USL Championship.^[6]

Changes from 2017

Expansion

Atlanta United 2^[7]
Fresno FC^[8]
Las Vegas Lights FC^[9]
Nashville SC^[10]

Joined from NASL

Indy Eleven^[11]
North Carolina FC^[12]

On hiatus

Orlando City B^[13]
- During the 2018 season, City B's MLS parent, Orlando City SC, announced that City B would resume play in 2019 as a founding member of USL League One.^[14]
Rochester Rhinos^[15]
- During the 2018 season, the Rhinos announced they would not return to the USL's top flight. The team will not resume professional operations until the 2020 season, at which time it will join USL League One.^[16]

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Vancouver Whitecaps 2^[17]

Rule changes

Regular season games will now be considered official after the 70th minute. Teams are allowed a fourth substitution in extra time for the USL Playoffs. Teams will submit a 23-player squad at least 48 hours before kickoff. A team's 18-player gameday roster may now contain a maximum of five players signed to USL Academy contracts.^[18]

Teams

ATL

BST

CHS

CLT

COS

CIN

FRS

IND

LAG

LVL

LOU

NSH

NYR

NCA

OKC

OCO

OTT

PEN

PHX

PIT

POR

SLC

RNO

RIC

RGV

SAC

STL

SAN

SEA

SPR

TBR

TOR

TUL

Locations of teams for the 2018 United Soccer League season

Western Conference

Eastern Conference

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach	MLS affiliate/ownership	First Match's Goalkeeper
Atlanta United 2	Lawrenceville, Georgia/Kennesaw, Georgia	Coolray Field/Fifth Third Bank Stadium	10,427	Scott Donnelly	Atlanta United FC	Alec Kann
Bethlehem Steel FC	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Goodman Stadium	16,000	Brendan Burke	Philadelphia Union	John McCarthy
Charleston Battery	Charleston, South Carolina	MUSC Health Stadium	5,100	Michael Anhaeuser		Odisnel Cooper
Charlotte Independence	Matthews, North Carolina	Sportsplex at Matthews	5,000	Mike Jeffries	Colorado Rapids	Andrew Dykstra
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Switchbacks Training Stadium	5,000	Steve Trittschuh		Steward Ceus
FC Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Nippert Stadium	35,061	Alan Koch		Evan Newton
Fresno FC	Fresno, California	Chukchansi Park	12,500	Adam Smith	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Kyle Reynish
Indy Eleven	Indianapolis, Indiana	Lucas Oil Stadium	62,421	Martin Rennie		Owain Fôn Williams
LA Galaxy II	Carson, California	StubHub Center Track & Field Facility	5,000	Mike Muñoz	LA Galaxy	Justin Vom Steeg
Las Vegas Lights FC	Las Vegas, Nevada	Cashman Field	9,334	Isidro Sánchez		Ricardo Ferriño
Louisville City FC	Louisville, Kentucky	Louisville Slugger Field	8,000	John Hackworth		Greg Ranjitsingh
Nashville SC	Nashville, Tennessee	First Tennessee Park/Nissan Stadium	8,500 69,143	Gary Smith		Matt Pickens
New York Red Bulls II	Montclair, New Jersey/Harrison, New Jersey	MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field/Red Bull Arena	5,000 25,000	John Wolyniec	New York Red Bulls	Evan Louro
North Carolina FC	Cary, North Carolina	Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park	10,000	Colin Clarke		Alexander Tambakis
OKC Energy FC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Taft Stadium	7,500	Steve Cooke	FC Dallas	Matt Van Oekel
Orange County SC	Irvine, California	Championship Soccer Stadium	5,000	Braeden Cloutier	Los Angeles FC	Andre Rawls
Ottawa Fury FC	Ottawa, Ontario	TD Place Stadium	24,000	Nikola Popovic	Montreal Impact	Callum Irving
Penn FC	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	FNB Field	6,187	Raoul Voss		Romuald Peiser
Phoenix Rising FC	Scottsdale, Arizona	Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex	6,200	Rick Schantz (interim)		Carl Woszczynski
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Highmark Stadium	5,000	Bob Lilley		Daniel Lynd
Portland Timbers 2	Portland, Oregon	Providence Park/Merlo Field	21,144 5,000	Cameron Knowles	Portland Timbers	Alex Mangels
Real Monarchs	Herriman, Utah/Sandy, Utah	Zions Bank Stadium/Rio Tinto Stadium	5,000 20,213	Jámison Olave (interim)	Real Salt Lake	Alex Horwath
Reno 1868 FC	Reno, Nevada	Greater Nevada Field	9,013	Ian Russell	San Jose Earthquakes	JT Marcinkowski
Richmond Kickers	Richmond, Virginia	City Stadium	22,000	David Bulow	D.C. United	Travis Worra
Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Edinburg, Texas	H-E-B Park	9,400	Gerson Echeverry	Houston Dynamo	Nico Corti
Sacramento Republic FC	Sacramento, California	Papa Murphy's Park	11,569	Simon Elliott		Josh Cohen
Saint Louis FC	Fenton, Missouri	Toyota Stadium	5,500	Anthony Pulis	Minnesota United FC	Jake Fenlason
San Antonio FC	San Antonio, Texas	Toyota Field	8,296	Darren Powell	New York City FC	Diego Restrepo
Seattle Sounders FC 2	Tacoma, Washington	Cheney Stadium	6,500	John Hutchinson	Seattle Sounders FC	Calle Brown
Swope Park Rangers	Kansas City, Kansas/Overland Park, Kansas	Children's Mercy Park/Shawnee Mission District Stadium	18,467 6,150	Paulo Nagamura	Sporting Kansas City	Adrian Zendejas
Tampa Bay Rowdies	St. Petersburg, Florida	Al Lang Stadium	7,227	Neill Collins		Cody Mizell
Toronto FC II	Toronto, Ontario	Lamport Stadium	9,600	Michael Rabasca	Toronto FC	Angelo Cavalluzzo
Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma	ONEOK Field	7,833	Michael Nsien (interim)	Chicago Fire	Fabian Cerda

MLS-affiliated

MLS-owned

Other venues

Four Toronto FC II home games were played at Marina Auto Stadium in Rochester, New York.^[19]
Nashville's March 24 game against Pittsburgh, and the July 7 game against FC Cincinnati, were played at Nissan Stadium.^[20]
Toronto's May 9 game against Penn FC was moved to Monarch Park Stadium due to BMO Field needing time to recover due to a busy early schedule.^[21]
The conclusion of a suspended game from June 16 between Atlanta United 2 and Ottawa was played August 7 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia.^[22]

Competition format

The season began on March 16 and ends on October 14. The top eight finishers in each conference qualify for the playoffs.^[23]^[24]

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Junior Gonzalez^[25]	Resigned	November 8, 2017	Gerson Echeverry	December 6, 2017^[26]
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Dave Brandt	Ineligible^[27]	November 14, 2017	Bob Lilley	November 14, 2017^[28]
Oklahoma City Energy FC	Jimmy Nielsen^[29]	Resigned	November 16, 2017	Steve Cooke	December 19, 2017^[30]
Swope Park Rangers	Nikola Popovic^[31]	Mutual separation	November 17, 2017	Paulo Nagamura	November 30, 2017^[32]
Saint Louis FC	Preki^[33]	Mutual separation	November 20, 2017	Anthony Pulis	November 21, 2017^[34]
Orange County SC	Logan Pause^[35]	Mutual separation	November 27, 2017	Braeden Cloutier	December 14, 2017^[36]
Ottawa Fury FC	Julian de Guzman^[37]	Interim	December 12, 2017	Nikola Popovic	December 12, 2017^[38]
Portland Timbers 2	Andrew Gregor	Moved to assistant coach	January 8, 2018	Cameron Knowles	January 8, 2018^[39]
Toronto FC II	Jason Bent^[40]	Promotion	January 26, 2018	Laurent Guyot	January 26, 2018^[40]
Seattle Sounders FC 2	Ezra Hendrickson^[41]	Resigned	January 30, 2018	John Hutchinson	January 30, 2018^[41]
Tampa Bay Rowdies	Stuart Campbell^[42]	Resigned	May 17, 2018	Neill Collins	May 18, 2018^[43]
Toronto FC II	Laurent Guyot^[44]	Mutual separation	June 1, 2018	Michael Rabasca	June 4, 2018^[45]
Phoenix Rising FC	Patrice Carteron^[46]	Left to manage Al Ahly SC	June 12, 2018	Rick Schantz (Interim)	June 12, 2018^[47]
Tulsa Roughnecks FC	David Vaudreuil	Fired	June 25, 2018	Michael Nsien (Interim)^[48]	June 25, 2018^[49]
Richmond Kickers	Leigh Cowlishaw^[50]	Resigned	June 26, 2018	David Bulow	June 27, 2018^[51]
Louisville City FC	James O'Connor^[52]	Left to manage Orlando City SC	June 30, 2018	Player Coaches ‡	July 1, 2018
Louisville City FC	Player Coaches ‡	Return to player duties	August 2, 2018	John Hackworth	August 2, 2018^[53]
Real Monarchs	Mark Briggs	Resigned	August 24, 2018	Jámison Olave (Interim)	August 24, 2018^[54]

‡ Luke Spencer, Paolo DelPiccolo, & George Davis IV appointed joint interim head coaches.^[55]

League table

Eastern Conference

Main article: Eastern Conference (USL)

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Cincinnati (X)	34	23	8	3	72	34	+38	77	Conference Playoffs
2	Louisville City FC (C)	34	19	9	6	71	38	+33	66
3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	34	15	14	5	47	26	+21	59
4	Charleston Battery	34	14	14	6	47	34	+13	56
5	New York Red Bulls II	34	13	13	8	71	59	+12	52
6	Bethlehem Steel FC	34	14	8	12	56	41	+15	50
7	Indy Eleven	34	13	10	11	45	42	+3	49
8	Nashville SC	34	12	13	9	42	31	+11	49
9	North Carolina FC	34	13	8	13	60	50	+10	47
10	Ottawa Fury	34	13	6	15	31	43	−12	45
11	Charlotte Independence	34	10	12	12	44	57	−13	42
12	Tampa Bay Rowdies	34	11	8	15	44	44	0	41
13	Penn FC	34	9	10	15	38	47	−9	37
14	Atlanta United 2	34	7	10	17	37	72	−35	31
15	Richmond Kickers	34	6	4	24	30	80	−50	22
16	Toronto FC II	34	4	6	24	42	77	−35	18

Source: 2018 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (X) Regular Season League Champion

Western Conference

Main article: Western Conference (USL)

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orange County SC	34	20	6	8	70	40	+30	66	Conference Playoffs
2	Sacramento Republic	34	19	8	7	47	32	+15	65
3	Phoenix Rising FC	34	19	6	9	63	38	+25	63
4	Real Monarchs	34	19	3	12	55	47	+8	60
5	Reno 1868 FC	34	16	11	7	56	38	+18	59
6	Portland Timbers 2	34	17	4	13	58	49	+9	55
7	Swope Park Rangers	34	15	8	11	52	53	−1	53
8	Saint Louis FC	34	14	11	9	44	38	+6	53
9	San Antonio FC	34	14	8	12	45	48	−3	50
10	OKC Energy FC	34	12	7	15	43	46	−3	43
11	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	34	11	6	17	36	39	−3	39
12	Fresno FC	34	9	12	13	44	38	+6	39
13	Rio Grande Valley Toros	34	8	14	12	36	42	−6	38
14	LA Galaxy II	34	10	7	17	60	67	−7	37
15	Las Vegas Lights FC	34	8	7	19	50	74	−24	31
16	Seattle Sounders FC 2	34	6	7	21	40	71	−31	25
17	Tulsa Roughnecks	34	3	12	19	36	77	−41	21

Results table

More information Color Key: Home • Away • Neutral • Win • Loss • Draw, Club ...

Color Key: Home • Away • Neutral • Win • Loss • Draw
Club	Match
Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Atlanta United 2 (ATL)	NYR	CLT	PEN	LOU	CHS	PGH	CIN	OTT	TOR	LOU	NCA	TBR	IND	CLT	NSH	NYR	BST	RIC	NSH	BST	OTT	CHS	CIN	IND	TOR	PEN	TBR	NCA	NSH	LOU	TBR	CHS	PGH	RIC
Atlanta United 2 (ATL)	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–4	0–2	5–4	1–2	0–4	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–6	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–4	1–1	0–1	1–5	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–6	0–2	1–4	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–2
Bethlehem Steel FC (BST)	RIC	TBR	NSH	CHS	CIN	LOU	RIC	CHS	NYR	IND	OTT	NCA	LOU	CIN	NYR	CLT	PEN	ATL	NCA	NYR	IND	ATL	RIC	CLT	PGH	TOR	OTT	NSH	PEN	PGH	TOR	OTT	IND	TBR
Bethlehem Steel FC (BST)	4–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	4–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–4	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
Charleston Battery (CHS)	CIN	PEN	NYR	BST	PEN	ATL	TBR	CLT	BST	OTT	NSH	IND	RIC	CLT	PGH	TOR	NCA	IND	LOU	PGH	RIC	NCA	TBR	ATL	CIN	NYR	LOU	TBR	CLT	NSH	NCA	TOR	ATL	OTT
Charleston Battery (CHS)	0–1	1–0	2–5	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	4–4	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–0
Charlotte Independence (CLT)	OTT	TOR	ATL	NSH	NCA	IND	CHS	CIN	TOR	RIC	OTT	NYR	ATL	CHS	RIC	TBR	BST	IND	NSH	CIN	LOU	PEN	BST	PGH	LOU	NCA	NSH	RIC	CHS	NYR	PGH	PEN	TBR	NCA
Charlotte Independence (CLT)	4–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	4–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–4	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–3	2–6	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–3
FC Cincinnati (CIN)	CHS	IND	LOU	BST	PGH	OTT	IND	ATL	CLT	NCA	LOU	NYR	NCA	BST	RIC	TOR	OTT	NSH	TBR	CLT	NYR	NSH	PEN	CHS	ATL	TBR	PGH	LOU	TOR	PEN	RIC	IND	PGH	NSH
FC Cincinnati (CIN)	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	3–2	4–2	1–4	4–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–3	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	5–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–3	2–1	4–1	3–0	0–0	3–3
Colorado Springs Switchbacks (COS)	LAG	POR	STL	SPR	RGV	RNO	SAC	SEA	OCO	RNO	LVL	OKC	STL	LVL	SPR	POR	FRS	SAN	OCO	OKC	SAC	TUL	SAN	RGV	OKC	TUL	PHX	SLC	LAG	RGV	PHX	SLC	FRS	SEA
Colorado Springs Switchbacks (COS)	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–4	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	4–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–4	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–3	2–2
Fresno FC (FRS)	LVL	LAG	SEA	OKC	STL	TUL	SAN	PHX	SAN	RGV	SLC	OCO	SEA	RNO	SAC	SPR	COS	SLC	SAC	POR	PHX	OKC	TUL	SAC	LAG	STL	LVL	RNO	SPR	OCO	POR	RGV	COS	SLC
Fresno FC (FRS)	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–3	4–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	4–2	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	0–1
Indy Eleven (IND)	RIC	CIN	NCA	NSH	CLT	CIN	LOU	PGH	BST	NYR	CHS	ATL	TOR	NSH	PEN	OTT	CLT	CHS	TBR	BST	LOU	NCA	OTT	TOR	ATL	PGH	RIC	NYR	PEN	PGH	TBR	CIN	BST	LOU
Indy Eleven (IND)	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–4	3–3	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	2–2	3–2	0–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–3	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–1
Las Vegas Lights (LVL)	FRS	RNO	SPR	SAC	SAN	SLC	TUL	COS	SLC	LAG	COS	PHX	SEA	SPR	TUL	STL	OKC	RGV	POR	SEA	RGV	STL	OCO	PHX	FRS	RNO	LAG	POR	RNO	OCO	OKC	SAN	PHX	SAC
Las Vegas Lights (LVL)	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–7	4–1	0–4	4–1	2–3	2–2	1–0	4–6	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–4	1–3	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–3	3–5	0–1	1–3	5–2	0–1
LA Galaxy II (LAG)	COS	FRS	SAN	OCO	PHX	STL	NYR	PHX	STL	POR	RGV	LVL	TUL	OCO	OKC	TUL	SEA	OCO	RNO	POR	SPR	SAN	FRS	SAC	RGV	SLC	COS	LVL	OKC	RNO	SLC	SEA	SAC	SPR
LA Galaxy II (LAG)	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–4	6–3	3–7	1–1	7–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	5–3	3–0	1–4	3–4	1–1	1–2	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	6–1	2–2	1–2	1–5
Louisville City FC (LOU)	NSH	TBR	CIN	RIC	ATL	BST	IND	NSH	ATL	CIN	BST	PEN	NCA	PGH	NYR	TBR	CHS	CLT	OTT	IND	NYR	NSH	CLT	RIC	TOR	CHS	CIN	PGH	PEN	OTT	ATL	TOR	NCA	IND
Louisville City FC (LOU)	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–3	2–2	0–1	3–3	2–1	1–2	4–1	3–0	2–2	6–4	0–0	3–0	6–0	1–4	2–2	0–1	2–2	3–0	4–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	1–0
Nashville SC (NSH)	LOU	PGH	BST	CLT	IND	PEN	NYR	LOU	CHS	PGH	PEN	TBR	NCA	IND	ATL	CIN	CLT	OTT	ATL	TOR	CIN	OTT	LOU	BST	RIC	CLT	NCA	TBR	CHS	ATL	NYR	RIC	TOR	CIN
Nashville SC (NSH)	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–1	3–3	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–3
New York Red Bulls II (NYR)	TOR	ATL	CHS	RIC	TBR	LAG	TOR	OTT	NSH	BST	IND	CIN	CLT	PGH	BST	OTT	LOU	ATL	RIC	BST	CIN	TBR	PEN	LOU	NCA	CHS	OTT	IND	TOR	CLT	NSH	NCA	PEN	PGH
New York Red Bulls II (NYR)	2–1	1–3	5–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–3	4–1	1–2	4–2	0–3	2–2	0–3	3–3	6–1	5–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	4–6	2–2	4–4	1–0	0–3	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1
North Carolina FC (NCA)	TBR	RIC	IND	CLT	TOR	OTT	PEN	CIN	ATL	BST	CIN	OTT	NSH	LOU	RIC	PGH	CHS	BST	TOR	PGH	CHS	TBR	IND	NYR	CLT	TBR	NSH	PEN	ATL	CHS	RIC	NYR	LOU	CLT
North Carolina FC (NCA)	1–3	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–4	4–0	1–2	0–2	4–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	6–2	0–3	3–3	1–0	6–1	0–2	3–2	1–2	1–2	3–1
Oklahoma City Energy (OKC)	TUL	PHX	OCO	FRS	POR	STL	RNO	SPR	PHX	COS	TUL	RNO	SEA	POR	RGV	LAG	SAN	COS	LVL	SAC	FRS	SAN	COS	TUL	SLC	RGV	SEA	SPR	OCO	LAG	SAC	LVL	SLC	STL
Oklahoma City Energy (OKC)	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	6–4	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	3–2	4–2	3–0	0–1	2–3	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0
Orange County SC (OCO)	PHX	SAC	OKC	TUL	LAG	SAN	RGV	COS	SLC	STL	FRS	SAC	LAG	RNO	TUL	PHX	COS	LAG	SAN	SPR	STL	POR	SPR	PHX	LVL	POR	RGV	SEA	OKC	FRS	SLC	LVL	SEA	RNO
Orange County SC (OCO)	1–1	0–1	1–0	5–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	6–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	3–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	4–3	3–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	5–2	5–3	2–1	1–3
Ottawa Fury FC (OTT)	CLT	TBR	PGH	NCA	CIN	NYR	PEN	ATL	CHS	BST	TOR	CLT	NCA	NYR	CIN	IND	PGH	PEN	NSH	LOU	TBR	ATL	NSH	RIC	IND	BST	PEN	NYR	TOR	RIC	LOU	TOR	BST	CHS
Ottawa Fury FC (OTT)	1–4	0–5	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–4	3–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	4–3	2–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	0–2
Penn FC (PEN)	CHS	PGH	ATL	CHS	NSH	NCA	TBR	OTT	TOR	PGH	NSH	TOR	RIC	LOU	TBR	IND	BST	RIC	OTT	CLT	NYR	CIN	RIC	OTT	BST	ATL	IND	NCA	LOU	CIN	PGH	CLT	NYR	TOR
Penn FC (PEN)	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	3–2	2–1	3–3	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–0
Phoenix Rising FC (PHX)	OCO	OKC	RNO	SLC	LAG	SPR	FRS	LAG	OKC	TUL	SAC	SPR	STL	SAC	LVL	TUL	RGV	OCO	FRS	SEA	SLC	POR	OCO	LVL	SAN	COS	RGV	SAN	SEA	COS	STL	RNO	LVL	POR
Phoenix Rising FC (PHX)	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	4–3	3–0	5–1	1–3	0–1	3–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–4	1–0	1–4	4–1	3–4	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–5	0–1
Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PGH)	NSH	PEN	TOR	OTT	CIN	ATL	TOR	IND	TBR	PEN	NSH	RIC	NYR	CHS	LOU	NCA	OTT	CHS	NCA	RIC	TOR	BST	CLT	TBR	IND	CIN	BST	LOU	IND	PEN	CLT	CIN	ATL	NYR
Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PGH)	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	4–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–2
Portland Timbers 2 (POR)	SEA	COS	SLC	TUL	OKC	RGV	RNO	SAC	STL	SEA	LAG	SLC	SAN	RGV	OKC	COS	RNO	FRS	SPR	LVL	LAG	OCO	PHX	SPR	SAN	SEA	OCO	STL	TUL	LVL	FRS	SAC	RNO	PHX
Portland Timbers 2 (POR)	1–2	1–0	2–4	0–0	3–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	7–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–4	0–1	2–4	2–1	1–2	4–3	2–2	1–4	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–3	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–0
Real Monarchs (SLC)	TUL	POR	PHX	SEA	TBR	LVL	OCO	SPR	FRS	LVL	POR	SAC	RGV	SPR	STL	FRS	RNO	SAC	SEA	SAN	PHX	RNO	OKC	TUL	LAG	COS	SAN	RGV	STL	OCO	LAG	COS	OKC	FRS
Real Monarchs (SLC)	3–2	4–2	1–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	2–4	4–1	2–1	2–3	3–2	4–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–5	1–6	0–2	2–1	1–0
Reno 1868 FC (RNO)	SPR	LVL	PHX	COS	POR	OKC	RGV	COS	TUL	SAC	SEA	SAN	OKC	FRS	OCO	SAN	POR	SLC	SEA	LAG	STL	SLC	SPR	SAC	LVL	FRS	STL	LAG	LVL	RGV	TUL	POR	PHX	OCO
Reno 1868 FC (RNO)	3–4	1–1	0–1	0–4	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–2	1–2	3–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–3	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–1
Rio Grande Valley Toros (RGV)	STL	SAC	COS	SEA	POR	OCO	RNO	FRS	SAN	SPR	LAG	SLC	POR	OKC	PHX	STL	TUL	LVL	SPR	COS	LVL	SAC	OKC	LAG	OCO	SAN	PHX	SLC	COS	SEA	RNO	FRS	TUL	SAN
Rio Grande Valley Toros (RGV)	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–3	2–3	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–4	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–4	2–1	2–1	1–1
Richmond Kickers (RIC)	BST	IND	NCA	NYR	LOU	TOR	BST	TBR	CLT	PGH	CHS	PEN	CIN	CLT	NCA	PEN	NYR	ATL	CHS	PGH	BST	TOR	OTT	PEN	LOU	NSH	IND	CLT	OTT	TBR	CIN	NCA	NSH	ATL
Richmond Kickers (RIC)	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–4	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–5	1–1	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–1	0–2	3–2	0–6	0–4	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–4	2–3	0–3	2–3
Sacramento Republic (SAC)	SAN	OCO	RGV	SEA	LVL	COS	TUL	POR	SEA	RNO	PHX	SLC	OCO	PHX	FRS	SAN	STL	FRS	SLC	SPR	COS	OKC	FRS	RGV	STL	LAG	RNO	SEA	TUL	OKC	POR	SPR	LAG	LVL
Sacramento Republic (SAC)	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–4	2–1	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0
San Antonio FC (SAN)	SAC	STL	LAG	SPR	OCO	FRS	LVL	FRS	RGV	TUL	RNO	POR	SAC	RNO	COS	OKC	OCO	SLC	COS	OKC	LAG	SEA	POR	PHX	SPR	RGV	SLC	PHX	TUL	SPR	STL	SEA	LVL	RGV
San Antonio FC (SAN)	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	4–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	0–4	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1
Saint Louis FC (STL)	RGV	SAN	COS	FRS	LAG	OKC	SPR	POR	LAG	OCO	COS	PHX	SPR	TUL	SLC	SAC	RGV	LVL	OCO	RNO	SEA	LVL	SAC	FRS	TUL	SEA	POR	RNO	SLC	SPR	SAN	PHX	TUL	OKC
Saint Louis FC (STL)	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–6	1–1	0–3	1–3	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–3	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–0
Seattle Sounders FC 2 (SEA)	POR	SPR	FRS	SAC	SLC	RGV	COS	SAC	POR	RNO	FRS	OKC	LVL	LAG	SPR	RNO	SLC	PHX	LVL	STL	SAN	POR	OKC	STL	OCO	TUL	SAC	PHX	RGV	SAN	LAG	OCO	COS	TUL
Seattle Sounders FC 2 (SEA)	2–1	2–4	0–1	0–1	1–3	3–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–4	2–1	1–4	3–5	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	3–0	0–2	3–2	1–4	0–3	1–1	1–1	4–4	0–3	0–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–2	4–1
Swope Park Rangers (SPR)	RNO	SEA	LVL	COS	SAN	PHX	STL	OKC	SLC	RGV	PHX	STL	COS	SLC	FRS	LVL	SEA	SAC	POR	OCO	RGV	LAG	OCO	POR	RNO	SAN	TUL	OKC	FRS	STL	SAN	TUL	SAC	LAG
Swope Park Rangers (SPR)	4–3	4–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–4	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	3–2	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–3	1–2	0–4	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	3–3	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–4	2–0	1–1	1–3	5–1
Tampa Bay Rowdies (TBR)	NCA	BST	LOU	OTT	NYR	SLC	CHS	PEN	RIC	PGH	TOR	ATL	NSH	PEN	CLT	TOR	LOU	CIN	IND	NYR	OTT	CHS	NCA	PGH	CIN	NCA	CHS	ATL	NSH	RIC	IND	ATL	CLT	BST
Tampa Bay Rowdies (TBR)	3–1	2–0	0–1	5–0	0–4	2–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	2–2	4–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–1
Toronto FC II (TOR)	NYR	CLT	PGH	NCA	RIC	NYR	PGH	PEN	ATL	CLT	TBR	OTT	PEN	IND	CIN	CHS	TBR	NCA	NSH	PGH	RIC	BST	IND	LOU	ATL	OTT	NYR	CIN	BST	OTT	CHS	LOU	NSH	PEN
Toronto FC II (TOR)	1–2	0–2	0–4	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	4–5	1–2	2–4	0–3	2–3	1–3	3–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–3	4–1	1–2	3–4	3–3	3–4	0–4	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–2	0–0
Tulsa Roughnecks (TUL)	OKC	SLC	OCO	POR	FRS	SAC	LVL	RNO	PHX	SAN	OKC	LAG	STL	PHX	OCO	LAG	LVL	RGV	COS	FRE	OKC	COS	SLC	STL	SPR	SEA	POR	SAN	SAC	SPR	RNO	RGV	STL	SEA
Tulsa Roughnecks (TUL)	0–1	2–3	0–5	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–3	1–6	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–3	2–3	1–2	4–4	0–4	2–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–4

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Playoffs

Main article: 2018 USL Playoffs

First round

Conference Semifinals

Conference finals

USL championship

October 20 – Nippert Stadium

#1 FC Cincinnati (p)

1 (6)

October 27 – Nippert Stadium

#8 Nashville SC

1 (5)

#1 FC Cincinnati

October 20 – MUSC Health Stadium

#5 New York Red Bulls II

#4 Charleston Battery

November 2 – Louisville Slugger Field

#5 New York Red Bulls II

#5 New York Red Bulls II

October 20 – Highmark Stadium

#2 Louisville City FC

#3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC

2 (7)

October 27 – Louisville Slugger Field

#6 Bethlehem Steel FC (p)

2 (8)

#6 Bethlehem Steel FC

October 20 – Louisville Slugger Field

#2 Louisville City FC

November 8 – Lynn Stadium (ESPN2)

#7 Indy Eleven

#2 Louisville City FC

October 20 – Championship Soccer Stadium

#3 Phoenix Rising FC

#1 Orange County SC

October 27 – Championship Soccer Stadium

#8 Saint Louis FC

#1 Orange County SC

October 20 – Zions Bank Stadium

#5 Reno 1868 FC

#4 Real Monarchs

November 3 – Championship Soccer Stadium

#5 Reno 1868 FC

#1 Orange County SC

October 19 – PRFC Soccer Complex

#3 Phoenix Rising FC

October 26 – PRFC Soccer Complex

#6 Portland Timbers 2

#3 Phoenix Rising FC

October 20 – Papa Murphy's Park

#7 Swope Park Rangers

#2 Sacramento Republic FC

#7 Swope Park Rangers

Eastern Conference

FC Cincinnati v Nashville SC

October 20, 2018 (2018-10-20) QF	FC Cincinnati	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Nashville SC	Cincinnati, Ohio
4:00 p.m. EDT	Bone 95' Smith 104' Ledesma 111'	Report	Davis 110' Bourgeois 115' Tyrpak 116'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 20,217 Referee: Farhad Dadkho
	Penalties
	Adi McLaughlin Smith Hoyte Lasso Walker		Doyle Allen Winn LaGrassa Tyrpak Davis

Charleston Battery v New York Red Bulls II

October 20, 2018 (2018-10-20) QF	Charleston Battery	0–1	New York Red Bulls II	Charleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Bolt 16'	Report	Barlow 21' Stroud 66'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 1,687 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC v Bethlehem Steel FC

October 20, 2018 (2018-10-20) QF	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	Bethlehem Steel FC	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT	Zemanski 25' Dover 86' Roberts 105' 109' Forbes 113' Holland 119'	Report	Moumbagna 45' Ngalina 70' Chambers 109' Nanco 111'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 5,189 Referee: Michael Radchuk
	Penalties
	Kerr Forbes Banjo Greenspan François Vancaeyezeele Dabo Lee		Chambers Nanco Holness Moar Skundrich Mahoney Real Mbaizo

Louisville City FC v Indy Eleven

October 20, 2018 (2018-10-20) QF	Louisville City FC	4–1	Indy Eleven	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 p.m. EDT	McCabe 29', 48' 66' Ilić 42' Lancaster 73'	Report	Mitchell 46' Saad 67' Ouimette 72'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,763 Referee: Mark Allatin

FC Cincinnati v New York Red Bulls II

October 27, 2018 (2018-10-27) SF	FC Cincinnati	0–1	New York Red Bulls II	Cincinnati, Ohio
4:00 p.m. EDT	Adi 41'	Report	Moreno 12' 72'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 16,617 Referee: Tim Ford

Louisville City FC v Bethlehem Steel FC

October 27, 2018 (2018-10-27) SF	Louisville City FC	2–0	Bethlehem Steel FC	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 p.m. EDT	Ownby 34', 59' 79' Smith 64'	Report	Moar 57' Mbaizo 83' Ofeimu 86'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,881 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Louisville City FC v New York Red Bulls II

November 2, 2018 (2018-11-02) F	Louisville City FC	5–1	New York Red Bulls II	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 p.m. EDT	Ilić 23' (pen.), 40' Spencer 32' Davis 61' Craig 65' Ownby 69', 81' Williams 73', 75' McCabe 80'	Report	Ndam 22' Tinari 44' Barlow 60'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 10,059 Referee: Ramy Touchan

Western Conference

Phoenix Rising FC v Portland Timbers 2

October 19, 2018 (2018-10-19) QF	Phoenix Rising FC	3–0	Portland Timbers 2	Tempe, Arizona
7:30 p.m. MST	Drogba 28' Johnson 62' Asante 90'	Report	Zambrano 40' Hanson 84' Diz Pe 90+5'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 7,511 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

Real Monarchs v Reno 1868 FC

October 20, 2018 (2018-10-20) QF	Real Monarchs	0–1	Reno 1868 FC	Herriman, Utah
3:00 PM MDT	Velásquez 45+4'	Report	Brown 90+2'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

Orange County SC v Saint Louis FC

October 20, 2018 (2018-10-20) QF	Orange County SC	4–0	Saint Louis FC	Irvine, California
7:00 PM PDT	Seaton 11', 29', 64' 21' Quinn 47' Bjurman 66'	Report	Walls 21' Hertzog 88'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,360 Referee: Ramy Touchan

Sacramento Republic FC v Swope Park Rangers

October 20, 2018 (2018-10-20) QF	Sacramento Republic FC	1–2	Swope Park Rangers	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM PDT	Bijev 16' Matjašič 38' Hord 68'	Report	Kuzain 27' Barry 31' Akhmatov 58'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

Phoenix Rising FC v Swope Park Rangers

October 26, 2018 (2018-10-26) SF	Phoenix Rising FC	4–2	Swope Park Rangers	Tempe, Arizona
7:30 p.m. MST	Johnson 22' Drogba 29' 90+4' Cortez 36' Lambert 48'	Report	Blackwood 26' Barry 33' Akhmatov 49'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 7,707 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

Orange County SC v Reno 1868 FC

October 27, 2018 (2018-10-27) SF	Orange County SC	1–0	Reno 1868 FC	Irvine, California
7:00 PM PDT	Alston 21' Quinn 29' Duke 90+2'	Report	Richards 12' Brown 41' Hoppenot 45+2'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,021 Referee: Victor Rivas

Orange County SC v Phoenix Rising FC

November 3, 2018 (2018-11-03) F	Orange County SC	1–2	Phoenix Rising FC	Irvine, California
7:00 p.m. PDT	Chaplow 47' Hashimoto 82'	Report	Cortez 2' Drogba 73' Forbes 90+7'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,189 Referee: Tim Ford

USL Championship

Louisville City FC v Phoenix Rising FC

November 8, 2018 (2018-11-08)^[57] Final	Louisville City FC	1–0	Phoenix Rising FC	Louisville, Kentucky
8:00 PM EST	Smith 45' Spencer 62', 90+1' Ranjitsingh 90+3'	Report	Farrell 39' Drogba 73' Lambert 85'	Stadium: Lynn Stadium Attendance: 7,025 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

Championship Game MVP: Luke Spencer (LOU)

Attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

More information Team, GP ...

Team	GP	Total	High	Low	Average
FC Cincinnati	17	437,197	31,478	22,407	25,717
Sacramento Republic FC	17	192,293	11,569	9,757	11,311
Indy Eleven	17	172,776	17,535	8,079	10,163
Nashville SC	17	162,640	18,922	7,487	9,561
Louisville City FC	17	134,153	9,684	6,009	7,891
Las Vegas Lights FC	17	123,529	9,019	6,810	7,256
San Antonio FC	17	117,969	7,946	6,090	6,939
Phoenix Rising FC	17	108,475	7,381	5,017	6,381
Tampa Bay Rowdies	17	94,399	7,368	5,059	5,553
Reno 1868 FC	17	86,128	7,103	3,224	5,066
Fresno FC	17	82,810	7,769	3,718	4,871
Ottawa Fury FC	17	80,778	8,084	2,781	4,752
North Carolina FC	17	80,414	9,505	3,169	4,730
Rio Grande Valley FC	17	79,049	7,846	4,102	4,650
Oklahoma City Energy FC	17	73,071	6,757	2,574	4,298
Richmond Kickers	17	67,594	5,860	1,519	3,976
Saint Louis FC	17	72,615	6,019	3,683	4,271
Seattle Sounders FC 2	17	57,285	6,049	2,090	3,370
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	17	67,674	5,000	2,534	3,295
Orange County SC	17	52,618	3,742	2,236	3,095
Tulsa Roughnecks FC	17	52,099	5,203	2,311	3,065
Charleston Battery	17	48,824	4,659	2,597	2,872
Atlanta United 2	17	44,158	5,615	1,923	2,598
Pittsburgh Riverhounds	18^†	43,212	3,123	1,823	2,401
Penn FC	17	36,498	2,909	852	2,147
Portland Timbers 2	17	34,256	5,857	1,548	2,015
Bethlehem Steel FC	17	39,898	3,284	1,418	2,347
Real Monarchs	17	29,432	4,065	1,089	1,731
Charlotte Independence	18^†	29,858	3,312	982	1,659
LA Galaxy II	17	17,818	1,236	858	1,048
Toronto FC II	15^†	12,143	4,100	50	810
Swope Park Rangers	17	14,978	1,134	737	881
New York Red Bulls II	17	10,946	1,592	498	812
Total	561	2,756,759	31,478	50	4,923

^† Two Toronto FC II home matches were moved to Highmark Stadium and Sportsplex at Matthews due to unplayable field conditions.

Updated to games of October 14, 2018.
Sources: USL Soccer Stadium Digest

Statistical leaders

More information Rank, Player ...

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Nation	Club	Goals
1	Cameron Lancaster	ENG	Louisville City FC	25
2	Thomas Enevoldsen	DEN	Orange County SC	20
2	Daniel Rios	MEX	North Carolina FC	20
4	Hadji Barry	GUI	Swope Park Rangers	17
	Chris Cortez	USA	Phoenix Rising FC
	Cameron Iwasa	USA	Sacramento Republic
7	Brian Brown	JAM	Reno 1868 FC	16
7	Emmanuel Ledesma	ARG	FC Cincinnati	16
9	Neco Brett	JAM	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	15
9	Ataulla Guerra	TRI	Charleston Battery	15

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Top assists

Rank	Player	Nation	Club	Assists
1	Emmanuel Ledesma	ARG	FC Cincinnati	16
2	Aodhan Quinn	USA	Orange County SC	14
3	Kyle Bekker	CAN	North Carolina FC	13
3	Antoine Hoppenot	USA	Reno 1868 FC	13
5	Jared Stroud	USA	New York Red Bulls II	11
6	Ilija Ilić	SER	Louisville City FC	10
6	Oscar Jimenez	USA	Louisville City FC	10
8	José Barril	ESP	OKC Energy FC	9
	Maikel Chang	CUB	Real Monarchs
	Thomas Enevoldsen	DEN	Orange County SC

Source:^[58]

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Shutouts

Rank	Player	Nation	Club	Shutouts
1	Maxime Crépeau	CAN	Ottawa Fury FC	15
2	Matt Pickens	USA	Nashville SC	14
3	Josh Cohen	USA	Sacramento Republic	12
	Joe Kuzminsky	USA	Charleston Battery
	Daniel Lynd	USA	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
	Carl Woszczynski	USA	Phoenix Rising FC
7	Greg Ranjitsingh	TRI	Louisville City FC	11
7	Owain Fôn Williams	WAL	Indy Eleven	11
9	Evan Newton	USA	FC Cincinnati	9
10	Andre Rawls	USA	Orange County SC	8

Source:^[58]

Hat-tricks

Player	Nation	Club	Against	Result	Date
Chris Cortez	USA	Phoenix Rising FC	OKC Energy FC	4–1	March 24
Thomas Enevoldsen	DEN	Orange County SC	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	5–0	March 31
Efrain Alvarez	MEX	LA Galaxy II	Saint Louis FC	6–3	May 9
Ethan Zubak	USA	LA Galaxy II	Saint Louis FC	6–3	May 9
Foster Langsdorf	USA	Portland Timbers 2	LA Galaxy II	7–3	May 18
Ethan Zubak	USA	LA Galaxy II	Las Vegas Lights	7–2 ^[A]	May 26
Adonijah Reid	CAN	Ottawa Fury FC	New York Red Bulls II	3–0	June 24
Raúl Mendiola	MEX	Las Vegas Lights FC	OKC Energy FC	4–6	July 11
Jared Stroud	USA	New York Red Bulls II	Richmond Kickers	5–1	July 13
Cameron Lancaster	ENG	Louisville City FC	New York Red Bulls II	6–4	August 10
Solomon Asante	GHA	Phoenix Rising FC	Orange County SC	3–4	August 11
Tom Barlow	USA	New York Red Bulls II	Charleston Battery	4–4	August 25
Sebastián Guenzatti	URU	Tampa Bay Rowdies	North Carolina FC	3–0	September 1
Jesús Ferreira	COL	Tulsa Roughnecks	Seattle Sounders FC 2	4–4	September 5
Tsubasa Endoh	JPN	Toronto FC II	FC Cincinnati	3–4	September 16
Donovan Ewolo	CMR	North Carolina FC	Atlanta United 2	6–1 ^[A]	September 21
Efrain Alvarez	MEX	LA Galaxy II	Real Monarchs SLC	6–1	September 22
Michael Seaton	JAM	Orange County SC	Saint Louis FC	4–0	October 20 (Playoffs)

Scored four goals.

League awards

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player: Emmanuel Ledesma (CIN) ^[59]
Defender of the Year: Forrest Lasso (CIN) ^[60]
Young Player of the Year: Efrain Alvarez (LAG) ^[61]
Goalkeeper of the Year: Maxime Crépeau (OTT) ^[62]
Coach of the Year: Alan Koch (CIN) ^[63]
Golden Boot: Cameron Lancaster (LOU)
Assists Champion: Emmanuel Ledesma (CIN)
Golden Glove: Evan Newton (CIN)

All-League teams

First Team

F: Thomas Enevoldsen (OCO), Cameron Lancaster (LOU), Daniel Rios (NCA)
M: Tah Anunga (CHS), Solomon Asante (PHX), Emmanuel Ledesma (CIN), Aodhan Quinn (OCO)
D: Paco Craig (LOU), Joe Greenspan (PIT), Forrest Lasso (CIN)
G: Maxime Crépeau (OTT)

Second Team

F: Hadji Barry (SPR), Ataulla Guerra (CHS), Cameron Iwasa (SAC)
M: Kyle Bekker (NCA), Corben Bone (CIN), Kenardo Forbes (PIT), Lebo Moloto (NSH)
D: Ayoze (IND), Darnell King (SAN), Denso Ulysse (SEA)
G: Josh Cohen (SAC)

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Month	USL Player of the Month			USL Coach of the Month		References
Month	Player	Club	Position	Player	Club	References
March	Kharlton Belmar	Swope Park Rangers	Forward	Isidro Sánchez	Las Vegas Lights FC
April	Cameron Lancaster	Louisville City FC	Forward	James O'Connor	Louisville City FC
May	Maxime Crépeau	Ottawa Fury FC	Goalkeeper	Nikola Popovic	Ottawa Fury FC
June	Emmanuel Ledesma	FC Cincinnati	Midfielder	Rick Schantz	Phoenix Rising FC
July	Ataulla Guerra	Charleston Battery	Forward	Mike Anhaeuser	Charleston Battery
August	Cameron Lancaster	Louisville City FC	Forward	Brendan Burke	Bethlehem Steel FC
September	Emmanuel Ledesma	FC Cincinnati	Midfielder	Alan Koch	FC Cincinnati
October	Cameron Lancaster	Louisville City FC	Forward	John Wolyniec	New York Red Bulls II

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USL Player of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Position	Reason
1	Kharlton Belmar	Swope Park Rangers	Forward	2G 2A GWG
2	Chris Cortez	Phoenix Rising FC	Forward	Hat Trick vs OKC Energy
3	Thomas Enevoldsen	Orange County SC	Forward	Hat Trick vs Tulsa
4	Neco Brett	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Forward	Hat Trick vs Toronto FC II
5	Soony Saad	Indy Eleven	Midfielder	2G vs Nashville
6	Danny Musovski	Reno 1868 FC	Forward	GWG vs Portland
7	Kyle Bekker	North Carolina FC	Midfielder	1G 2A
8	Tom Heinemann	Penn FC	Forward	2G
9	Efrain Alvarez	LA Galaxy II	Midfielder	Hat Trick vs St. Louis
10	Emmanuel Ledesma	FC Cincinnati	Midfielder	1G 3A
11	Ethan Zubak	LA Galaxy II	Forward	4G vs Las Vegas
12	Brandon Allen	Nashville SC	Forward	2G 1A
13	Joey Calistri	Saint Louis FC	Midfielder	2G 1A
14	Jason Johnson	Phoenix Rising FC	Forward	3G
15	Adonijah Reid	Ottawa Fury FC	Forward	Hat Trick vs NY Red Bulls II
16	Carl Woszczynski	Phoenix Rising FC	Goalkeeper	7-Save SO
17	Brian Brown	Reno 1868 FC	Forward	3G
18	Cameron Iwasa	Sacramento Republic	Forward	2G 1A
19	Junior Flemmings	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Midfielder	1G 2A
20	Nico Rittmeyer	Charleston Battery	Midfielder	2G
21	Neco Brett	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Forward	3G
22	Cameron Lancaster	Louisville City FC	Forward	Hat Trick vs NY Red Bulls II
23	Michael Seaton	Orange County SC	Forward	2G 1A
24	Tom Barlow	New York Red Bulls II	Forward	Hat Trick vs Charleston
25	Sebastián Guenzatti	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Forward	Hat Trick vs North Carolina
26	Jesús Ferreira	Tulsa Roughnecks	Forward	Hat Trick vs Seattle
27	Tsubasa Endoh	Toronto FC II	Midfielder	Hat Trick vs Cincinnati
28	Donovan Ewolo	North Carolina FC	Forward	4G vs Atlanta
29	Kyle Bekker	North Carolina FC	Midfielder	2G 1A
30	Romario Williams	Atlanta United 2	Forward	2G
31	Cameron Lancaster	Louisville City FC	Forward	3G

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