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USL League One
Season2026
Dates
  • March 7 – October 24
    (regular season)
  • October 31 - November 2
    (playoffs)
Matches109
Goals318 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorerHonduras Luis Álvarez Charlotte Independence
(9 Goals)
Biggest home winChattanooga Red Wolves SC 5–0 Richmond Kickers May 27
Biggest away winFC Naples 1–5 Charlotte Independence June 3
Spokane Velocity 0–4 One Knoxville SC June 20
Highest scoringCharlotte Independence 4–3 FC Naples June 13
Longest winning runCharlotte Independence (May 6 – Present)
7 Games
Longest unbeaten runFort Wayne FC (April 11 – Present)
10 Games
Longest winless runCorpus Christi FC (March 7 – May 29)
10 Games
Longest losing run6 games
New York Cosmos (May 2 – Present)
Highest attendance7,247 Athletic Club Boise 1–0 Union Omaha June 20
Lowest attendance268 Corpus Christi FC 1–3 Portland Hearts of Pine June 3
Total attendance325,424
Average attendance2,986
← 2025
2027 →
All statistics correct as of June 21, 2026.

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,[1] Corpus Christi FC,[2] Fort Wayne FC,[3] New York Cosmos,[4] and Sarasota Paradise,[5] joined as expansion franchises. Texoma FC self-demoted to USL League Two after one season in League One,[6] and Tormenta FC chose not to field a team for the 2026 season.[7]

The regular season started on March 7.[8] 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.[8]

One Knoxville are the defending league champions and Player's Shield winners.[9]

Teams

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Locations of teams for the 2026 USL League One season
Team City Stadium Capacity Head coach Jersey manufacturer Jersey sponsor
Athletic Club Boise Garden City, Idaho Stadium at Expo Idaho[i] 6,225 United States Nate Miller Hummel Saint Alphonsus
AV Alta FC Lancaster, California Lancaster Municipal Stadium[i] 5,300 United States Brian Kleiban Hummel Parris Law Firm
Charlotte Independence Charlotte, North Carolina American Legion Memorial Stadium[i] 10,500 United States Mike Jeffries Capelli Sport Novant Health
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC East Ridge, Tennessee CHI Memorial Stadium[i] 2,500 England Scott Mackenzie Adidas Transcard
Corpus Christi FC Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi Sports Complex[i] 5,000 Libya Éamon Zayed Capelli Sport TBA
Fort Wayne FC Fort Wayne, Indiana Ruoff Mortgage Stadium[i] 9,200 United States Mike Avery Capelli Sport PSM X ONE
Forward Madison FC Madison, Wisconsin Breese Stevens Field[i] 5,000 United States Matt Glaeser Hummel Dairyland Insurance
Greenville Triumph SC Greenville, South Carolina Multiple facilities[ii] [ii] United States Dave Dixon Hummel Prisma Health
FC Naples Naples, Florida Paradise Coast Sports Complex Stadium[i] 5,000 United States Matt Poland Hummel Physicians Regional Healthcare System
New York Cosmos Paterson, New Jersey Hinchliffe Stadium[iii] 7,500 Italy Davide Corti Capelli Sport Ion Bank
One Knoxville SC Knoxville, Tennessee Covenant Health Park[iv] 6,500 United States Ian Fuller Hummel Regions Bank
Portland Hearts of Pine Portland, Maine Fitzpatrick Stadium[iii] 5,500 United States Bobby Murphy Hummel Visit Maine
Richmond Kickers Richmond, Virginia City Stadium[i] 6,000 United States Brian Ownby (interim) Hummel Ukrop's
Sarasota Paradise Lakewood Ranch, Florida Premier Sports Campus[i] 3,000 Finland Mika Elovaara Hummel TBA
Spokane Velocity FC Spokane, Washington ONE Spokane Stadium[i] 5,100 England Leigh Veidman Capelli Sport Spokane Tribe Resort
Union Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Morrison Stadium[i] 6,000 Colombia Vincenzo Candela Hummel Centris Federal Credit Union
Westchester SC Mount Vernon, New York The Stadium at Memorial Field[iii] 3,900 United States George Gjokaj Hummel Northwell Health
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Soccer specific stadium
  2. ^ a b Home fixtures split between Stone Stadium and Riggs Field before the opening of GE Vernova Park, which will serve as the club's new permanent home.
  3. ^ a b c Shared facility
  4. ^ Baseball Park

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Westchester SC Republic of Ireland Dave Carton Dismissal November 3, 2025 United States George Gjokaj November 17, 2025[10]
Greenville Triumph SC Bermuda Rick Wright Retirement December 17, 2025 United States Dave Dixon December 17, 2025[11]
Richmond Kickers United States Darren Sawatzky Parted ways June 15, 2026 United States Brian Ownby June 15, 2026[12]

Regular season

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Format

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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.[13]

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Union Omaha 15 9 5 1 22 17 +5 28 Playoffs
2 One Knoxville SC 13 8 2 3 24 11 +13 27
3 Charlotte Independence 12 8 2 2 31 16 +15 26
4 AV Alta FC 13 6 2 5 21 14 +7 23
5 AC Boise 14 6 5 3 21 21 0 21
6 Fort Wayne FC 13 5 2 6 17 12 +5 21
7 Forward Madison FC 12 6 4 2 21 14 +7 20
8 Spokane Velocity FC 12 6 4 2 15 16 −1 20
9 FC Naples 15 5 8 2 16 23 −7 17
10 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 10 5 4 1 19 13 +6 16
11 Sarasota Paradise 16 5 10 1 17 28 −11 16
12 Westchester SC 12 4 6 2 22 18 +4 14
13 Portland Hearts of Pine 13 3 5 5 16 21 −5 14
14 Corpus Christi FC 13 3 5 5 17 23 −6 14
15 Richmond Kickers 12 3 7 2 11 19 −8 11
16 Greenville Triumph SC 11 3 7 1 11 21 −10 10
17 New York Cosmos 12 2 9 1 16 30 −14 7
Updated to match(es) played on June 20, 2026. 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 finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.

Results table

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Home \ Away ACB AVA CLT CHA COR FTW GVL KNX MAD NAP NYC OMA POR RIC SAR SPK WES
AC Boise — Oct 17 Sep 16 2–1 Aug 1 1–3 Oct 3 Jul 2 Aug 8 2–0 Sep 11 Jun 20 Jul 17 Jun 10 0–2 1–1 4–0
AV Alta 2–2 — Jul 5 2–2 Oct 24 Aug 8 Oct 10 Sep 5 2–0 Aug 22 4–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 Jun 10 Jun 13 Jul 25
Charlotte 1–0 Aug 29 — Jul 18 Jul 1 Sep 26 Aug 8 Aug 1 3–1 Jun 13 Oct 10 Jun 10 Sep 2 Jul 25 Aug 15 4–0 Sep 12
Chattanooga Aug 29 Jul 15 2–3 — Oct 3 0–1 Sep 5 Jul 25 Sep 16 Jun 20 Aug 22 Aug 8 Sep 19 5–0 4–1 Aug 1 Jul 1
Corpus Christi Sep 26 Jun 24 1–3 Jul 4 — Oct 7 Jul 25 2–2 Sep 5 Oct 10 Aug 19 Sep 12 Jun 3 Jun 13 Jun 20 0–0 Aug 22
Fort Wayne Oct 24 0–0 2–2 Aug 15 1–1 — Jul 18 Sep 16 Oct 3 Sep 19 Sep 5 Aug 1 3–0 Sep 2 Oct 17 Jul 4 1–0
Greenville Jul 29 Jun 20 Oct 17 1–2 Sep 16 Sep 12 — Aug 15 Jun 3 Aug 29 3–2 Sep 26 Aug 1 0–3 Jul 8 Oct 14 4–2
One Knoxville Aug 22 Jul 18 2–1 Oct 7 0–0 Jul 15 2–0 — 1–2 Sep 11 Jun 13 1–2 Aug 19 1–0 Aug 8 Oct 17 Sep 27
Forward Madison Jun 13 Sep 19 Aug 22 Jul 29 3–0 Jun 17 Aug 12 Sep 2 — Jul 25 Jun 20 Oct 24 Oct 17 Jul 15 Sep 12 Sep 26 Aug 1
FC Naples Sep 5 Aug 5 Jun 3 Sep 26 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 — Oct 3 Aug 26 Jul 3 Oct 7 2–0 Oct 24 1–0
NY Cosmos Jul 25 Aug 15 3–2 Oct 24 Jul 18 2–0 Jul 4 Oct 17 2–2 Jul 8 — 1–2 1–3 Sep 26 Sep 2 Aug 8 Sep 19
Union Omaha 3–2 Jul 1 Sep 5 2–0 2–1 Oct 10 2–0 Sep 19 1–0 2–1 Aug 29 — 2–2 Aug 16 Aug 22 Sep 16 Jul 18
Portland Oct 10 Sep 13 Oct 24 Jun 13 Aug 8 Aug 29 1–1 0–0 Aug 16 1–1 3–1 Jul 22 — Jun 24 Sep 26 2–1 Sep 6
Richmond 2–2 Aug 1 Sep 19 Sep 12 Oct 17 Jun 20 Oct 24 Oct 3 Aug 29 0–1 Aug 5 2–1 Aug 22 — Jul 3 Jul 18 1–0
Sarasota 0–1 1–2 Oct 3 Aug 19 2–1 2–2 Sep 19 1–2 1–3 Aug 1 2–1 Jun 13 1–0 Oct 10 — Sep 5 Oct 24
Spokane Sep 20 3–1 Jul 22 Oct 17 Aug 15 Jul 25 Aug 22 Jun 20 Jul 1 2–1 3–1 1–0 Oct 3 3–1 1–0 — Jun 24
Westchester Jul 5 Oct 3 1–1 Sep 2 5–1 Jun 10 Jun 14 2–3 Oct 10 Aug 15 Jul 22 Oct 17 Jun 19 Sep 16 2–0 Aug 29 —
Updated to match(es) played on May 30, 2026. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Athletic Club Boise 57,706 7,247 7,201 7,213 n/a†
2 Portland Hearts of Pine 37,117 6,292 6,033 6,186 +6.1%†
3 Richmond Kickers 17,690 5,494 3,970 4,423 +0.2%†
4 AV Alta FC 31,645 4,508 2,710 3,516 −16.1%†
5 Forward Madison FC 13,975 3,963 3,170 3,494 −12.5%†
6 One Knoxville SC 23,522 4,568 1,811 3,360 +10.9%†
7 Fort Wayne FC 15,585 4,000 2,389 3,117 +109.5%†
8 FC Naples 23,076 4,072 1,474 2,885 −17.3%†
9 Greenville Triumph SC 14,554 4,252 1,465 2,426 +16.2%†
10 Union Omaha 14,282 2,406 1,732 2,040 −33.0%†
11 New York Cosmos 10,030 4,099 931 2,006 n/a†
12 Spokane Velocity FC 12,827 2,016 1,669 1,832 −21.9%†
13 Sarasota Paradise 16,062 2,791 1,406 1,785 +32.4%†
14 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 7,882 2,750 1,206 1,576 −23.3%†
15 Westchester SC 10,437 2,350 1,035 1,491 −12.2%†
16 Corpus Christi FC 6,205 1,937 268 1,034 n/a†
17 Charlotte Independence 3,650 925 592 730 +2.2%†
League total 325,424 7,247 268 2,986 +7.2%†

Updated to games played on 20 June 2026
Source: https://www.backheeled.com/usl-attendance/

Player statistics

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As of June 20, 2026

Goals

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Rank Player Club Goals[14]
1 Honduras Luis Álvarez Charlotte Independence 9
2 United States Conor McGlynn Westchester SC 8
3 United States Taig Healy Fort Wayne FC 7
4 United States Ajmeer Spengler New York Cosmos 6
Israel Denis Krioutchenkov One Knoxville SC
6 United States Omar Hernandez Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 5
Cameroon Souaibou Marou Charlotte Independence
United States Adam Aoumaich AV Alta FC
France Lilian Ricol Fort Wayne FC
Ukraine Denys Kostyshyn Athletic Club Boise
United States Diego Gutiérrez Union Omaha

Hat-tricks

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Player Team Against Score Date
United States Ajmeer Spengler New York Cosmos Charlotte Independence 3–2 (H)[15] April 3
England Matt Bentley Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Sarasota Paradise 4–1 (H)[16] May 9

Assists

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Rank Player Club Assists[17]
1 Norway Sander Røed Sarasota Paradise 6
England Ollie Wright Portland Hearts of Pine
3 Spain Nacho Abeal Corpus Christi FC 5
4 United States Pedro Hernández Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 4
Haiti Jerry Desdunes AV Alta FC
Honduras Luis Álvarez Charlotte Independence
United States Roman Torres Forward Madison FC
United States Blake Bowen Corpus Christi FC
United States Ajmeer Spengler New York Cosmos
United States Christopher Jaime Charlotte Independence

Saves

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Rank Player Club Saves[18]
1 Canada Yann-Alexandre Fillion Richmond Kickers 46
2 United States Hunter Morse Portland Hearts of Pine 39
3 United States Matt Levy Charlotte Independence 38
4 United States Edward Delgado FC Naples 35
Philippines Bernd Schipmann Fort Wayne FC
Republic of Ireland James Talbot Corpus Christi FC
United States Johan Garibay One Knoxville SC
8 United States Alex Sutton Sarasota Paradise 32
9 United States Cole Jensen Union Omaha 31
10 United States JT Harms Forward Madison FC 29

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean Sheets[19]
1 United States Johan Garibay One Knoxville SC 6
2 Philippines Bernd Schipmann Fort Wayne FC 5
3 United States Edward Delgado FC Naples 4
4 Trinidad and Tobago Denzil Smith AV Alta FC 3
United States Matt Levy Charlotte Independence
United States Jonathan Kliewer Athletic Club Boise
7 United States Cole Jensen Union Omaha 2
United States JT Harms Forward Madison FC
Mexico Carlos Merancio Valdez Spokane Velocity
United States Jason Smith Chattanooga Red Wolves SC
Republic of Ireland James Talbot Corpus Christi FC
Canada Yann-Alexandre Fillion Richmond Kickers
United States Alexander Sutton Sarasota Paradise

League awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Player of the Month Coach of the Month References
Player Club Position Coach Club
March Israel Denis Krioutchenkov One Knoxville SC Forward United States Matt Glaeser Forward Madison FC [20][21]
April Ukraine Denys Kostyshyn Athletic Club Boise Forward United States Ian Fuller One Knoxville SC [22][23]
May England Ollie Wright Portland Hearts of Pine Midfielder Colombia Vincenzo Candela Union Omaha [24][25]

Weekly awards

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USL Cup

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Main article: 2026 USL Cup

All teams will once again compete in the USL Cup, along with the higher division USL Championship.[8]

See also

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References

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