2024 USL League One season

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USL League One
Season2024
DatesMarch 9 – October 26 (regular season)
Matches played28
Goals scored73 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerLyam MacKinnon (5 goals)
Biggest home win2 goals:
GVL 3–1 SPK (March 9)
Biggest away win3 goals:
CV 0–3 MAD (March 29)
Highest scoring6 goals:
CV 2–4 CHA (April 13)
Longest winning run3 matches:
KNX
Longest unbeaten run4 matches:
GVL
MAD
Longest winless run4 matches:
CV
LEX
Longest losing run4 matches:
CV
Highest attendance5,086
SPK 2–1 RIC (March 16)
Lowest attendance397
CV 2–4 CHA (April 13)
Total attendance45,224
Average attendance1,966
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of April 21, 2024.

The 2024 USL League One season will be 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 are participating 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 will also include a new in-season tournament, the USL Cup (known as the USL Jägermeister Cup for sponsorship reasons). The 2024 USL Cup will feature a group stage and knockout round to be played between April and September.[5]

Teams[edit]

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Locations of teams for the 2024 USL League One season
Club City Stadium Capacity Head coach Jersey manufacturer Jersey sponsor
Central Valley Fuego FC Fresno, California Fresno State Soccer Stadium 1,000 Jermaine Jones Capelli Sport DAISYPRESS.COM
Charlotte Independence Charlotte, North Carolina American Legion Memorial Stadium 10,500 Mike Jeffries Capelli Sport Novant Health
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Chattanooga, Tennessee CHI Memorial Stadium 5,000 Scott Mackenzie Adidas Transcard
Forward Madison FC Madison, Wisconsin Breese Stevens Field 5,000 Matt Glaeser Hummel Dairyland Insurance
Greenville Triumph SC Greenville, South Carolina Paladin Stadium 16,000 Rick Wright Hummel Scansource
One Knoxville SC Knoxville, Tennessee Regal Stadium 3,000 Mark McKeever Hummel KUB Fiber
Lexington SC Lexington, Kentucky Toyota Stadium (Georgetown) 5,000 Darren Powell Nike UK HealthCare
Lexington SC Stadium[a] 7,500[7]
Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC Windsor, Colorado TicketSmarter Stadium at Future Legends Complex 6,000 Éamon Zayed Puma New Belgium Brewing Company
Richmond Kickers Richmond, Virginia City Stadium 6,000 Darren Sawatzky Adidas Ukrop's
South Georgia Tormenta FC Statesboro, Georgia Tormenta Stadium 5,300 Ian Cameron Puma Optim Healthcare
Spokane Velocity FC Spokane, Washington ONE Spokane Stadium 5,100 Leigh Veidman Capelli Sport Community Sponsors[8]
Union Omaha Papillion, Nebraska Werner Park 9,023 Dominic Casciato Hummel Centris Federal Credit Union
  1. ^ Lexington SC expects to open its new stadium during the 2024 USL1 season.[6]

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Central Valley Fuego FC United States Edison Gonzalez End of interim period November 5, 2023 United States Jermaine Jones November 6, 2023[9]
Lexington SC Spain Nacho Novo End of interim period October 23, 2023 England Darren Powell November 11, 2023[10]
Greenville Triumph SC United States John Harkes End of contract December 31, 2023[11] Bermuda Rick Wright January 1, 2024[12]

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Greenville Triumph SC 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13 Playoffs
2 Spokane Velocity FC 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 10
3 One Knoxville SC 4 3 1 0 5 2 +3 9
4 Union Omaha 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 7
5 Charlotte Independence 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
6 South Georgia Tormenta FC 6 2 3 1 8 8 0 7
7 Forward Madison FC 4 1 0 3 6 3 +3 6
8 Lexington SC 6 1 3 2 5 10 −5 5
9 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
10 Richmond Kickers 5 1 3 1 7 11 −4 4
11 Central Valley Fuego FC 5 1 4 0 7 13 −6 3
12 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2
Updated to match(es) played on April 21, 2024. Source: USL League One
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.

Results table[edit]

Color key: Home  • Away  • Win  • Loss  • Draw
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 5/3 5/17 6/15 7/3 7/13 7/27 8/3 8/16 8/24 9/7 9/18 9/21 10/2 10/9 10/15 10/20 10/26
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 5/3 5/17 6/1 6/14 6/19 7/6 7/16 7/27 8/3 8/14 8/24 9/7 9/14 9/21 10/4 10/12 10/19 10/26
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 5/18 6/2 6/5 6/14 6/22 7/6 7/13 7/16 7/27 8/3 8/7 8/17 9/7 9/14 9/21 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26
Forward Madison FC
(MAD)		 TRM GVL CV RIC GVL KNX SPK LEX TRM OMA RIC CV NCO OMA CLT LEX CHA SPK CLT CHA KNX NCO
1–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 5/4 5/8 5/19 6/1 6/15 6/20 7/3 7/13 7/27 8/3 8/14 8/24 9/7 9/21 10/4 10/12 10/19 10/26
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 5/4 5/18 6/2 6/19 6/22 7/13 7/27 8/16 8/25 9/7 9/14 9/21 10/5 10/12 10/20 10/26
One Knoxville SC
(KNX)		 CLT LEX TRM OMA RIC MAD CV RIC NCO GVL TRM NCO GVL CHA SPK CLT LEX OMA CHA CV MAD SPK
2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 5/3 5/8 5/17 6/1 6/17 6/22 7/5 7/13 7/27 8/17 8/24 9/7 9/14 9/21 10/5 10/15 10/19 10/26
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 6/1 6/23 7/6 7/13 7/27 8/3 8/16 8/24 9/7 9/14 9/18 9/21 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26
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 6/1 6/17 6/22 7/3 7/6 7/13 7/27 8/3 8/17 8/25 9/7 9/14 9/21 10/2 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26
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 5/3 5/18 6/1 6/15 6/22 7/3 7/13 7/27 8/3 8/16 8/24 9/14 9/21 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26
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 5/19 6/23 7/6 7/27 8/3 8/7 8/24 9/4 9/7 9/14 9/21 10/2 10/9 10/12 10/19 10/26
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 5/4 5/18 6/1 6/15 6/22 7/5 7/13 7/27 8/3 8/17 9/14 9/21 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26
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 5/4 5/17 6/1 6/5 6/20 7/6 7/13 7/27 8/3 8/24 9/4 9/7 9/14 9/21 10/2 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26

Regular season statistical leaders[edit]

As of April 21, 2024[14]

Top scorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Switzerland Lyam MacKinnon Greenville Triumph SC 5
2 Ghana Ropapa Mensah Chattanooga Red Wolves 4
3 Germany Adrian Billhardt Richmond Kickers 3
Colombia Leonardo Castro Greenville Triumph SC
5 United States Devin Boyce Forward Madison FC 2
United States Derek Gebhard Forward Madison FC
United States Luis Gil Spokane Velocity
Honduras Angelo Kelly-Rosales One Knoxville SC
United States Ahmed Longmire Spokane Velocity
Madagascar Romain Métanire Spokane Velocity
England Chandler O'Dwyer Richmond Kickers
Colombia Gabriel Rodriguez Tormenta FC
United States Zahir Vasquez Central Valley Fuego FC
England Niall Watson Tormenta FC
Malta Yannick Yankam Lexington SC

Hat tricks[edit]

Player Club Against Result Date
Ghana Ropapa Mensah Chattanooga Red Wolves Central Valley Fuego FC 4–2 (A)[15] April 13
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Top assists[edit]

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Haiti Ashkanov Apollon Central Valley Fuego FC 2
England Jack Denton Spokane Velocity
Cape Verde Steevan Dos Santos Union Omaha
United States Luis Gil Spokane Velocity
United States Callum Johnson One Knoxville SC
Honduras Angelo Kelly-Rosales One Knoxville SC
United States Pierre Reedy Spokane Velocity
United States Zion Scarlett Greenville Triumph SC
9 33 players 1

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank Player Club Shutouts
1 Jamaica Amal Knight Lexington SC 2
United States Sean Lewis One Knoxville SC
Mexico Carlos Merancio Spokane Velocity
Ghana Rashid Nuhu Union Omaha
United States Austin Pack Charlotte Independence
Philippines Bernd Schipmann Forward Madison FC
7 United States Lalo Delgado Northern Colorado Hailstorm 1
United States Christian Garner Greenville Triumph SC
United States Ford Parker Tormenta FC
Germany Gunther Rankenburg Greenville Triumph SC

League awards[edit]

Monthly awards[edit]

Month Player of the Month (sponsored by eFootball) Coach of the Month References
Player Club Position Coach Club
March Honduras Angelo Kelly-Rosales One Knoxville SC Midfielder Scotland Mark McKeever One Knoxville SC [16][17]

Weekly awards[edit]

USL Cup[edit]

Main article: 2024 USL Cup

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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