Season | 2024 |
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Dates | March 9 – October 26 (regular season) |
Champions | Union Omaha |
Players' Shield | Union Omaha |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 387 (2.93 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Lyam MacKinnon (16 goals) |
Biggest home win | 6 goals: LEX 7–1 CV (September 18) |
Biggest away win | 3 goals: CV 0–3 MAD (March 29) SPK 0–3 MAD (May 19) CHA 2–5 OMA (June 5) CHA 2–5 GVL (September 14) |
Highest scoring | 8 goals: LEX 7–1 CV (September 18) |
Longest winning run | 4 matches: OMA |
Longest unbeaten run | 9 matches: MAD |
Longest winless run | 9 matches: CV |
Longest losing run | 6 matches: CV |
Highest attendance | 5,574 RIC 2–1 MAD (July 3) |
Lowest attendance | 397 CV 2–4 CHA (April 13) |
Total attendance | 228,356 |
Average attendance | 2,261 |
← 2023 2025 →
All statistics correct as of October 26, 2024. |
The 2024 USL League One season was the sixth season of USL League One, a professional men's soccer league in the third tier of the United States league system.
Twelve teams participated in the 2024 season. Spokane Velocity FC entered as an expansion team. North Carolina FC, having defeated the Charlotte Independence in the 2023 final, left to rejoin the USL Championship.[1][2][3] The regular season started on March 9.[4] The 2024 season also included a new in-season tournament, the USL Cup (known as the USL Jägermeister Cup for sponsorship reasons) which featured a group stage and knockout round played between April and September.[5]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Central Valley Fuego FC | Edison Gonzalez | End of interim period | November 5, 2023 | Jermaine Jones | November 6, 2023[8] |
Lexington SC | Nacho Novo | End of interim period | October 23, 2023 | Darren Powell | November 11, 2023[9] |
Greenville Triumph SC | John Harkes | End of contract | December 31, 2023[10] | Rick Wright | January 1, 2024[11] |
One Knoxville SC | Mark McKeever | Mutual agreement | August 15, 2024[12] | Ilija Ilić (interim) | August 15, 2024 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Union Omaha (C, S) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 48 | Playoffs |
2 | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 41 | |
3 | Forward Madison FC | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 39 | |
4 | Greenville Triumph SC | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 37 | |
5 | One Knoxville SC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 35 | |
6 | Charlotte Independence | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 34 | |
7 | Spokane Velocity FC | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 27 | |
8 | Richmond Kickers | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 24 | |
9 | Lexington SC | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 21 | |
10 | South Georgia Tormenta FC | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 20 | |
11 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 18 | |
12 | Central Valley Fuego FC | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 18 |
Color key: Home • Away • Win • Loss • Draw | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Matches[13] | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
CV Fuego FC (CV) |
TRM | OMA | MAD | RIC | CHA | CLT | KNX | RIC | NCO | MAD | TRM | CHA | LEX | CLT | SPK | LEX | GVL | NCO | SPK | KNX | GVL | OMA |
2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–7 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
Charlotte Independence (CLT) |
KNX | SPK | GVL | OMA | CV | OMA | TRM | CHA | GVL | NCO | CHA | SPK | LEX | MAD | CV | KNX | RIC | TRM | MAD | NCO | LEX | RIC |
1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
Chattanooga Red Wolves (CHA) |
LEX | CV | NCO | TRM | GVL | OMA | CLT | TRM | SPK | RIC | CLT | OMA | CV | SPK | KNX | MAD | GVL | NCO | KNX | MAD | RIC | LEX |
0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
Forward Madison FC (MAD) |
TRM | GVL | CV | RIC | GVL | SPK | LEX | TRM | OMA | RIC | CV | NCO | OMA | CLT | LEX | CHA | SPK | KNX | CLT | CHA | KNX | NCO |
1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
Greenville Triumph SC (GVL) |
SPK | MAD | LEX | NCO | CLT | TRM | MAD | RIC | CHA | CLT | KNX | OMA | KNX | RIC | NCO | OMA | CHA | CV | LEX | SPK | CV | TRM |
3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | |
One Knoxville SC (KNX) |
CLT | LEX | TRM | OMA | RIC | CV | RIC | NCO | GVL | TRM | NCO | GVL | CHA | SPK | CLT | LEX | OMA | MAD | CHA | CV | MAD | SPK |
2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
Lexington SC (LEX) |
NCO | CHA | KNX | GVL | TRM | SPK | MAD | SPK | OMA | TRM | RIC | CLT | CV | MAD | NCO | KNX | CV | RIC | GVL | OMA | CLT | CHA |
0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
NoCo Hailstorm FC (NCO) |
LEX | SPK | GVL | CHA | OMA | KNX | RIC | CV | CLT | KNX | MAD | RIC | TRM | GVL | LEX | OMA | CHA | CV | TRM | CLT | SPK | MAD |
0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Richmond Kickers (RIC) |
SPK | TRM | CV | MAD | SPK | KNX | GVL | KNX | CV | NCO | MAD | CHA | LEX | NCO | GVL | OMA | CLT | LEX | OMA | TRM | CHA | CLT |
1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
Spokane Velocity FC (SPK) |
GVL | RIC | NCO | CLT | LEX | RIC | MAD | LEX | CHA | CLT | TRM | CHA | KNX | OMA | CV | TRM | MAD | OMA | CV | GVL | NCO | KNX |
1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
Tormenta FC (TRM) |
CV | MAD | RIC | KNX | LEX | GVL | OMA | CHA | CLT | MAD | CHA | KNX | LEX | CV | SPK | NCO | SPK | CLT | NCO | RIC | OMA | GVL |
1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | |
Union Omaha (OMA) |
CV | KNX | CLT | TRM | CLT | NCO | CHA | MAD | LEX | GVL | CHA | MAD | RIC | SPK | GVL | NCO | KNX | SPK | RIC | LEX | TRM | CV |
2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
The 2024 USL League One Playoffs (branded as the 2024 USL League One Playoffs presented by TERMINIX for sponsorship reasons) will be the post-season championship of the USL League One season.
Quarterfinals November 2–3 | Semifinals November 9 | Final November 17 | ||||||||||||
1 | Union Omaha | 1 | ||||||||||||
8 | Richmond Kickers | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Union Omaha | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Greenville Triumph SC | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Greenville Triumph SC | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | One Knoxville SC | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Union Omaha | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | Spokane Velocity FC | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | 0 | ||||||||||||
7 | Spokane Velocity FC | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | Spokane Velocity FC (p) | 0 (5) | ||||||||||||
3 | Forward Madison FC | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||
3 | Forward Madison FC | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Charlotte Independence | 0 |
November 2, 2024 | Greenville Triumph SC | 2–1 | One Knoxville SC | Greenville, South Carolina |
2:00 PM EDT | Report |
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Stadium: Paladin Stadium Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Thomas Snyder |
November 2, 2024 | Forward Madison FC | 2–0 | Charlotte Independence | Madison, Wisconsin |
6:00 PM CDT |
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Report | Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,953 Referee: Calin Radosav |
November 2, 2024 | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | 0–3 | Spokane Velocity FC | Windsor, Colorado |
7:00 PM MDT | Report | Stadium: 4Rivers Equipment Stadium Attendance: 1,601 Referee: Gerald Flores |
November 3, 2024 | Union Omaha | 1–0 | Richmond Kickers | Papillion, Nebraska |
2:30 PM CDT |
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Report | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,245 Referee: Jeremy Scheer |
November 9, 2024 | Union Omaha | 2–1 | Greenville Triumph SC | Papillion, Nebraska |
4:00 PM CDT | Report | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,053 Referee: Matthew Corrigan |
November 9, 2024 | Forward Madison FC | 0–0 (4–5 p) | Spokane Velocity FC | Madison, Wisconsin |
6:00 PM CDT |
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Report | Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,495 Referee: Thomas Snyder | |
Penalties | ||||
November 17, 2024 | Union Omaha | 3–0 | Spokane Velocity FC | Papillion, Nebraska |
2:00 PM CST | Report | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 5,849 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick |
Championship Game MVP: Joe Gallardo (OMA)
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Lyam MacKinnon | Greenville Triumph SC | 16 |
2 | Juan Carlos Obregón | Charlotte Independence | 15 |
3 | Pedro Dolabella | Union Omaha | 10 |
4 | Ropapa Mensah | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 9 |
Kempes Tekiela | One Knoxville SC | ||
6 | Cameron Lancaster | Lexington SC | 8 |
Sebastián Vivas | South Georgia Tormenta FC | ||
8 | Leonardo Castro | Greenville Triumph SC | 7 |
Ates Diouf | Lexington SC | ||
Fonseca | South Georgia Tormenta FC |
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
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Ropapa Mensah | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Central Valley Fuego FC | 4–2 (A)[15] | April 13 |
Lyam MacKinnon | Greenville Triumph SC | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 5–2 (A)[16] | September 14 |
Cameron Lancaster | Lexington SC | Central Valley Fuego FC | 7–1 (H)[17] | September 18 |
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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1 | Alfredo Midence | Central Valley Fuego FC | 8 |
2 | Derek Gebhard | Forward Madison FC | 5 |
Luis Gil | Spokane Velocity FC | ||
Lyam MacKinnon | Greenville Triumph SC | ||
Gabriel Obertan | Charlotte Independence | ||
Nil Vinyals | Richmond Kickers | ||
Ben Zakowski | Greenville Triumph SC | ||
8 | Ates Diouf | Lexington SC | 4 |
Pedro Dolabella | Union Omaha | ||
Joe Gallardo | Union Omaha | ||
Callum Johnson | One Knoxville SC | ||
Joel Johnson | Charlotte Independence | ||
Stefan Lukic | Chattanooga Red Wolves | ||
Isidro Martinez | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | ||
Wolfgang Prentice | Forward Madison FC | ||
Zion Scarlett | Greenville Triumph SC |
Rank | Player | Club | Shutouts |
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1 | Lalo Delgado | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | 9 |
Bernd Schipmann | Forward Madison FC | ||
3 | Sean Lewis | One Knoxville SC | 7 |
Rashid Nuhu | Union Omaha | ||
5 | Austin Pack | Charlotte Independence | 5 |
6 | Amal Knight | Lexington SC | 4 |
Ford Parker | South Georgia Tormenta FC | ||
8 | Christian Garner | Greenville Triumph SC | 3 |
Gunther Rankenburg | Greenville Triumph SC | ||
James Sneddon | Richmond Kickers | ||
Brooks Thompson | Spokane Velocity FC |
Award | Winner | Team | Reason | Ref. |
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Golden Boot | Lyam MacKinnon | Greenville Triumph SC | 16 goals | [18] |
Golden Glove | Sean Lewis | One Knoxville SC | 7 shutouts; 0.73 goals against average; 52 saves | [18] |
Golden Playmaker | Alfredo Midence | Central Valley Fuego | 8 assists | [18] |
Goalkeeper of the Year | Sean Lewis | One Knoxville SC | 0.73 goals against average; 7 shutouts; 52 saves | [19] |
Defender of the Year | Bruno Rendón | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | 169 duels won | [20] |
Young Player of the Year | Alfredo Midence | Central Valley Fuego | Led the league with 8 assists | [21] |
Coach of the Year | Dominic Casciato | Union Omaha | Back-to-back Players' Shields | [22] |
Player of the Year | Lyam MacKinnon | Greenville Triumph SC | 16 goals; 5 assists | [23] |
First team[24] | |||
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Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
Sean Lewis (KNX) | Mitch Osmond (MAD) Bruno Rendón (NCO) Jordan Skelton (KNX) |
Luis Álvarez (CLT) Devin Boyce (MAD) Pedro Dolabella (OMA) Luis Gil (SPK) |
Ethan Hoard (NCO) Lyam MacKinnon (GVL) Juan Carlos Obregón (CLT) |
Second team[24] | |||
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Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
Lalo Delgado (NCO) | Simon Fitch (RIC) David García (NCO) Nick Spielman (CLT) |
Ates Diouf (LEX) Chapa Herrera (GVL) Evan Lee (GVL) Jimmie Villalobos (MAD) |
Pedro Fonseca (TRM) Alfredo Midence (CV) Nil Vinyals (RIC) |
Month | Player of the Month | Coach of the Month | References | |||
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Player | Club | Position | Coach | Club | ||
March | Angelo Kelly-Rosales | One Knoxville SC | Midfielder | Mark McKeever | One Knoxville SC | [25][26] |
April | Ropapa Mensah | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Forward | Mike Jeffries | Charlotte Independence | [27][28] |
May | Pedro Dolabella | Union Omaha | Midfielder | Dominic Casciato | Union Omaha | [29][30] |
June | Juan Carlos Obregón | Charlotte Independence | Forward | Matt Glaeser | Forward Madison FC | [31][32] |
July | Alfredo Midence | Central Valley Fuego FC | Forward | Mike Jeffries | Charlotte Independence | [33][34] |
August | Ethan Hoard | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | Forward | Darren Powell | Lexington SC | [35][36] |
September | Lyam MacKinnon | Greenville Triumph SC | Midfielder | Dominic Casciato | Union Omaha | [37][38] |
October | Lalo Delgado | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | Goalkeeper | Éamon Zayed | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | [39][40] |
Player of the Week | |||||
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Week | Player | Club | Position | Reason | Ref. |
1 | Leonardo Castro | Greenville Triumph SC | Forward | Goal vs Spokane | [41] |
2 | Angelo Kelly-Rosales | One Knoxville SC | Forward | 2 goals vs Charlotte | [42] |
3 | Luis Gil | Spokane Velocity FC | Midfielder | GWG PK vs Northern Colorado | [43] |
4 | Luis Álvarez | Charlotte Independence | Midfielder | GWG vs Spokane | [44] |
5 | Lyam MacKinnon | Greenville Triumph SC | Midfielder | 2 goals vs Northern Colorado | [45] |
6 | Ropapa Mensah | Chattanooga Red Wolves | Forward | Hat trick vs Central Valley Fuego | [46] |
7 | Lyam MacKinnon | Greenville Triumph SC | Forward | 2 goals vs Tormenta FC | [47] |
8 | Joe Gallardo | Union Omaha | Midfielder | 1 goal; 2 assists vs Tormenta FC | [48] |
9 | Sebastián Vivas | South Georgia Tormenta FC | Forward | 2 goals; 1 assist vs Chattanooga | [49] |
10 | Chevone Marsh | Chattanooga Red Wolves | Forward | 3 goals in 2 matches | [50] |
11 | Juan Carlos Obregón | Charlotte Independence | Forward | 2 goals vs Chattanooga | [51] |
12 | Lyam MacKinnon | Greenville Triumph SC | Midfielder | 2 goals in 2 games | [52] |
13 | Steevan Dos Santos | Union Omaha | Forward | 2 goals vs Lexington | [53] |
14 | Ropapa Mensah | Chattanooga Red Wolves | Forward | 2 goals vs Richmond | [54] |
15 | Alfredo Midence | Central Valley Fuego FC | Forward | 3 assists vs Tormenta FC | [55] |
16 | Andre Lewis | Spokane Velocity FC | Midfielder | 2 goals; 1 assists | [56] |
17 | Kempes Tekiela | One Knoxville SC | Forward | 2 goals; 1 assist vs Chattanooga | [57] |
18 | Joe Gallardo | Union Omaha | Midfielder | 2 goals vs Richmond | [58] |
19 | Luis Gil | Spokane Velocity FC | Midfielder | 1 goal; 1 assist in 2 games | [59] |
20 | Lyam MacKinnon | Greenville Triumph SC | Midfielder | Hat Trick vs Chattanooga | [60] |
21 | Cameron Lancaster | Lexington SC | Forward | Hat Trick vs Central Valley Fuego | [61] |
22 | Lalo Delgado | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | Goalkeeper | 2 clean sheets; 15 saves in 2 games | [62] |
23 | Lyam MacKinnon | Greenville Triumph SC | Midfielder | 2 goals vs Spokane | [63] |
24 | Jordan Skelton | One Knoxville SC | Defender | 12 clearances; 5 blocks in 2 games | [64] |
25 | Matt Levy | Charlotte Independence | Goalkeeper | 9 saves and a clean sheet in his 1st start | [65] |